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  <row Id="1" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-07-28T19:07:05.787" Score="15" ViewCount="1069" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/405/write-an-elevator-pitch-tagline&quot;&gt;Write an Elevator Pitch / Tagline&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Note:&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We are closing this domain naming thread. It is asking the &lt;em&gt;entirely&lt;/em&gt; wrong question. See this blog post for details: &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/10/domain-names-the-wrong-question/&quot;&gt;Domain Names: Wrong Question&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Stack Exchange sites will be keeping their sitename.stackexchange.com name. &lt;strong&gt;Due to Stack Exchange's prior agreement with Canonical Ltd., ubuntu.stackexchange.com will receive your  askubuntu.com domain name, as originally agreed.&lt;/strong&gt; Some Stack Exchange sites WILL also receive redirects from the more &amp;quot;popular&amp;quot; domains names. (e.g. seasonedadvice.com to cooking.stackexchange.com, basicallymoney.com to money.stackexchange.com, and others as we go through the list).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;New question: &amp;quot;&lt;strong&gt;Write an Elevator Pitch / Tagline!&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/405/write-an-elevator-pitch-tagline&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Click here to contribute ideas and vote.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;[original message text below]&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As per the &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/07/the-7-essential-meta-questions-of-every-beta/&quot;&gt;7 essential Meta questions&lt;/a&gt;, we need to pick a domain name for the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please post as answers your proposals for a &lt;strong&gt;.com domain name&lt;/strong&gt; for this site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rules:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Name must be available (or parked - see comment in blog post)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Avoid dashes where possible&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;.com is the preferred Top Level Domain&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Please do NOT post domains that are being used.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2010-10-11T22:07:14.807" Title="What should our .com domain name be?" Tags="|discussion|top-7|site-attributes|" AnswerCount="25" CommentCount="7" ClosedDate="2010-10-09T00:59:39.737" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-07-28T19:37:05.657" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="2" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1" CreationDate="2010-07-28T19:13:06.367" Score="-3" Body="&lt;h1&gt;osforhumans.com&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;osforhumanity.com&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Both available.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2010-07-28T19:13:06.367" CommentCount="2" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-07-28T19:37:05.657" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="3" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1" CreationDate="2010-07-28T19:36:30.353" Score="-7" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;buntubuntu.com&lt;/strong&gt; is available, at least according to &lt;code&gt;whois&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think its neat, because it can be read as 'buntu buntu' , or 'bunt ubuntu' (probably depending on how frustrated you might be at the moment).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="50" LastActivityDate="2010-07-28T19:36:30.353" CommentCount="2" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-07-28T19:37:05.657" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="4" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1" CreationDate="2010-07-28T19:36:54.703" Score="-2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ubuntu-Wise&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Ubuntuwise.com&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Available.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="62" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2010-07-28T19:36:54.703" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-07-28T19:37:05.657" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="6" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1" CreationDate="2010-07-28T19:39:56.273" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ubuntu Crowd&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;UbuntuCrowd.com&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Available.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="62" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2010-07-28T19:39:56.273" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-07-28T19:39:56.273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="7" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1" CreationDate="2010-07-28T19:40:48.610" Score="36" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;AskUbuntu.com&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Available.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="62" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2010-07-28T19:40:48.610" CommentCount="2" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-07-28T19:40:48.610" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="14" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1" CreationDate="2010-07-28T19:45:53.467" Score="-3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ultimate Ubuntu&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;UltimateUbuntu.com&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Available.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="62" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2010-07-28T19:45:53.467" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-07-28T19:45:53.467" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="16" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1" CreationDate="2010-07-28T19:47:31.340" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ubuntu Exchange&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;UbuntuExchange.com&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Available.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="62" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2010-07-28T19:47:31.340" CommentCount="3" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-07-28T19:47:31.340" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="17" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1" CreationDate="2010-07-28T19:48:08.623" Score="-3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ubuntu Junction&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;UbuntuJunction.com&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Available.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="62" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2010-07-28T19:48:08.623" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-07-28T19:48:08.623" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="18" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-07-28T19:54:55.270" Score="67" ViewCount="1511" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;StackApplet 1.5 released!&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Be sure to visit the &lt;a href=&quot;https://launchpad.net/stackapplet/+download&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;downloads page&lt;/a&gt; to give the latest version a try. If you are able to translate StackApplet to another language, that would be awesome! If not, you can still help by reporting bugs and issues that you come across.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I want to share with you all a nice applet I made for this site. &lt;sup&gt;(Well, not for this site &lt;em&gt;specifically&lt;/em&gt;, but it applies.)&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's called StackApplet. It's a status icon that notifies you of answers, comments people post to you, and reputation changes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is the package: (for both 32 and 64 bit installs)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://launchpad.net/stackapplet/1.5/1.5/+download/stackapplet_1.5_all.deb&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://launchpad.net/stackapplet/1.5/1.5/+download/stackapplet_1.5_all.deb&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The package is also in my PPA (&lt;em&gt;BUT&lt;/em&gt; it is an older version):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;ppa:george-edison55/george-edison&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is a screenshot:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/mRgnq.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note:&lt;/strong&gt; to add this site, click the icon and click preferences. Type &amp;quot;askubuntu&amp;quot; into the site name field. Type your user ID into the other. Then click &amp;quot;Add to List&amp;quot; and click &amp;quot;OK&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Second note:&lt;/strong&gt; The code for this app is on &lt;a href=&quot;http://launchpad.net/stackapplet&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Launchpad&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Third note:&lt;/strong&gt; StackApplet 1.4 is in the Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric) repositories.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2011-11-18T20:45:34.677" Title="StackApplet - Monitor your reputation and get notified of comments. [v1.5 released]" Tags="|discussion|applet|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="30" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="19" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1" CreationDate="2010-07-28T20:07:58.687" Score="-4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Expert Ubuntu&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;ExpertUbuntu.com&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Available.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="113" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2010-07-28T20:07:58.687" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-07-28T20:07:58.687" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="20" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1" CreationDate="2010-07-28T20:09:41.270" Score="-3" Body="&lt;p&gt;All Ubuntu&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;AllUbuntu.com&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Available.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="113" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2010-07-28T20:09:41.270" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-07-28T20:09:41.270" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="22" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1" CreationDate="2010-07-28T20:34:21.853" Score="-5" Body="&lt;p&gt;MAN Ubuntu&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;MANUbuntu.com&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Available.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2010-07-28T20:48:24.220" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-07-28T20:34:21.853" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="23" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1" CreationDate="2010-07-28T21:03:04.077" Score="48" Body="&lt;h1&gt;ask.ubuntu.com&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="56" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2010-07-28T21:03:04.077" CommentCount="16" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-07-28T21:03:04.077" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="24" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="25" CreationDate="2010-07-28T21:45:14.197" Score="12" ViewCount="381" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is a question on the site about this, but it belongs here so I rephrase.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is the site just about Ubuntu or also Xubuntu Kubuntu and so on. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;imho all official derivates should be covered including server, desktop and netbook editions as well as special purpose ones like mythbuntu, ubuntustudio and so on. There should be some sort of about section that explains this once we agree.. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="103" LastActivityDate="2022-04-05T10:46:12.687" Title="What ubuntu versions are covered?" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="25" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="24" CreationDate="2010-07-28T21:46:32.590" Score="24" Body="&lt;p&gt;I vote that &lt;strong&gt;all&lt;/strong&gt; Ubuntu variants be allowed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The list of supported official distros is described on our &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;on-topic wiki&lt;/a&gt; and also on Canonical's &lt;a href=&quot;https://ubuntu.com/download/flavours&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;own website&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastEditorUserId="14356" LastEditDate="2022-04-05T10:46:12.687" LastActivityDate="2022-04-05T10:46:12.687" CommentCount="6" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-07-28T22:21:36.420" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="26" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-07-28T21:36:46.473" Score="12" ViewCount="383" Body="&lt;p&gt;Or Xubuntu as well?  Is this *buntu independent?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="152" OwnerDisplayName="jjesse" LastEditorUserId="453" LastEditDate="2010-09-05T14:13:02.770" LastActivityDate="2010-09-05T14:13:02.770" Title="Can I ask Kubuntu related questions here as well?" Tags="|discussion|scope|derivatives|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2013-08-22T01:02:44.983" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="27" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="26" CreationDate="2010-07-28T21:45:39.593" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;Of course you can.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="K Poole" LastActivityDate="2010-07-28T21:49:03.477" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="28" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="26" CreationDate="2010-07-28T21:51:27.643" Score="-11" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think you should start a separate Kubuntu StackExchange, or use another more general site. This site was created very specifically to address Ubuntu questions; allowing questions about Ubuntu derivatives will make the site harder to use.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, if this site is successful, we will create an Ubuntu-specific design for it, which might make Kubuntu questions feel out of place(?).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="56" LastActivityDate="2010-07-28T21:51:27.643" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="29" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="24" CreationDate="2010-07-28T22:11:13.603" Score="-4" Body="&lt;p&gt;We should cover only Ubuntu questions here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Focusing this site on Ubuntu creates a much better user experience for Ubuntu users.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;StackExchanges are free to create, so any *buntu could and should create its own to deliver better user experience for its users.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;This site will receive Ubuntu-specific branding, which will make questions about other 'buntus seem out of place.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="56" LastActivityDate="2010-07-28T22:11:13.603" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="30" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="24" CreationDate="2010-07-28T22:20:53.330" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;We should cover all packages in the Ubuntu &lt;code&gt;main&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;restricted&lt;/code&gt;, and &lt;code&gt;universe&lt;/code&gt; repositories. This includes all Ubuntu variants. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;This way we don't have to worry about whether, for example, a Qt-based application that is commonly used in GNOME (like &lt;a href=&quot;http://k3b.plainblack.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;k3b&lt;/a&gt;) is part of the site or not&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The ommunity will not be fragmented into different sections. Instead, we can use tags to segment questions just as we have separate sub-forums on &lt;a href=&quot;http://ubuntuforums.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Forums&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="66" LastEditorUserId="66" LastEditDate="2010-07-29T02:53:24.620" LastActivityDate="2010-07-29T02:53:24.620" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="31" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="24" CreationDate="2010-07-28T23:38:43.987" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think this might be the problem of a StackExchange for a particular Linux distribution. Where do you draw the line? I believe that there are currently nine variants of Ubuntu fully supported by Canonical - Ubuntu, Ubuntu Netbook Edition, Kubunty, Xubuntu, Edubuntu, Gobuntu, Lubuntu, and Ubuntu JeOS, and Ubuntu Light. These are the versions that, in my opinion, should be on-topic for this site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The problem with the variants not officially supported by Canonical is that there's no control over them - they could deviate widely from Ubuntu. Someone who is experienced with Ubuntu could probably address questions related to most, if not all, of these distributions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But this kind of debate brings up my biggest concern with separate StackExchanges for different Linux distributions. I use Ubuntu, but I've very easily sat down at other Linux distros - OpenSUSE, Arch, Debian, Fedora - and been able to use my Ubuntu experiences to help me. There are some differences between the distros, but honestly, differentiating between Debian and Ubuntu and Ubuntu derivatives isn't easy and not that productive when you start to get the same questions across all of the sites. But that's a whole other story.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="124" LastActivityDate="2010-07-28T23:38:43.987" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="32" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="392" CreationDate="2010-07-29T00:19:01.367" Score="12" ViewCount="383" Body="&lt;p&gt;All the other sites seem to be doing this...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We need an image that will be displayed when users try to bring up a page that does not exist.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please quote the source so the team can negotiate rights if necessary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastEditorUserId="150" LastEditDate="2010-07-31T18:02:28.767" LastActivityDate="2010-10-08T18:13:54.133" Title="404 Image Nominations" Tags="|discussion|top-7|meta|" AnswerCount="7" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="33" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="32" CreationDate="2010-07-29T00:20:55.217" Score="-2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://linuxowns.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/bill_gates_ubuntu_mini.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From &lt;a href=&quot;http://linuxowns.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/pixelize/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;linuxowns.files.wordpress.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastActivityDate="2010-07-29T00:20:55.217" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="34" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="35" CreationDate="2010-07-29T00:50:45.903" Score="21" ViewCount="352" Body="&lt;p&gt;Figured I might as well be the first to bring this up...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some relation to but not the same issue as: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/24/what-ubuntu-versions-are-covered&quot;&gt;What ubuntu versions are covered?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At time of writing, there are currently &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ubuntu&quot;&gt;nine instances of the &quot;Ubuntu&quot; tag&lt;/a&gt; on the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To me, this makes roughly as much sense as tagging a StackOverflow question with 'programming'.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm going to propose discouraging use of the &quot;Ubuntu&quot; tag. If a question is specifically tied to a particular variant, of course, it should be tagged with that variant (e.g. Kubuntu), but for &quot;Ubuntu Prime&quot; or general questions not tied to a particular variant, it's redundant.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="57" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-12T07:23:18.803" LastActivityDate="2015-12-20T15:41:55.913" Title="Discouraging &quot;Ubuntu&quot; tags" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="35" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="34" CreationDate="2010-07-29T00:53:15.727" Score="19" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is good advice for any site. No use in filling the site with redundant, implied tags. &lt;code&gt;Ubuntu&lt;/code&gt; tags removed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="62" LastEditorUserId="62" LastEditDate="2010-07-29T00:59:04.390" LastActivityDate="2010-07-29T00:59:04.390" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="36" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="26" CreationDate="2010-07-29T01:05:49.850" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ubuntu &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; Kubuntu. The flavors are just different sets of starting packages.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="186" LastActivityDate="2010-07-29T01:05:49.850" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="37" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-07-29T02:30:08.903" Score="23" ViewCount="187" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can (and should) I use Ask Ubuntu to ask a question that I already know the answer to in order to make a &quot;how-to&quot;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="73" LastEditorUserId="5149" LastEditDate="2011-06-22T11:52:21.073" LastActivityDate="2011-06-22T11:52:21.073" Title="Can I use this site to post a how-to?" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="38" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="37" CreationDate="2010-07-29T02:39:53.687" Score="23" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sure. Just come up with a good question, and put the howto in an answer. We're here to answer real questions, but we don't have to personally have the problem in order to present it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just remember that posting your howto means you're putting under the cc-wiki with attribution license (see site footer).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="57" LastActivityDate="2010-07-29T02:39:53.687" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="39" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="32" CreationDate="2010-07-29T03:11:01.083" Score="-5" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://bethewumpus.sourceforge.net/evil-tux-large.png&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From &lt;a href=&quot;http://bethewumpus.sourceforge.net/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Be the Wumpus&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastActivityDate="2010-07-29T03:11:01.083" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="40" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-07-28T20:50:43.590" Score="7" ViewCount="258" Body="&lt;p&gt;I read the FAQ page and the About page, but no links to any help topics about the mechanics of using the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I post a comment, can I used formatting?  Where is the format or markdown help?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Okay, when I actually ask a question I get the formatting help sidebar on the right, with a link to the formatting reference &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/editing-help&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/editing-help&lt;/a&gt;, but I do not get that link when I'm writing a comment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="mp3foley" LastEditorUserId="57576" LastEditDate="2022-08-19T08:02:55.477" LastActivityDate="2022-08-19T08:02:55.477" Title="Where is the stackexchange/stackoverflow help, specifically about formatting and markdown?" Tags="|support|stackexchange|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-07-28T20:50:43.590" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="41" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="32" CreationDate="2010-07-29T03:17:26.670" Score="24" Body="&lt;h1&gt;We couldn't find the page you were looking for...&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should talk to our new network administrator.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://ftp.linux.org.uk/pub/linux/evil-penguin-rewires-the-net.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Source: &lt;a href=&quot;ftp://ftp.linux.org.uk/pub/linux/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;linux.org.uk&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastActivityDate="2010-07-29T03:17:26.670" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="42" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-07-29T04:28:40.757" Score="10" ViewCount="135" Body="&lt;p&gt;Should we merge all codename tags with the version tags? Already there are tags like lucid and 10.04 which are identical.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="42" LastEditorUserId="66" LastEditDate="2010-08-21T00:41:42.317" LastActivityDate="2010-08-21T00:41:42.317" Title="Merging codenames with versions" Tags="|discussion|status-completed|tags|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="44" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-07-29T06:34:25.287" Score="5" ViewCount="112" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is very much related to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/42/merging-codenames-with-versions&quot;&gt;this question about merging tags&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This goes one step further to assume that we SHOULD. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What should the naming convention be?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="91" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-16T17:33:45.993" LastActivityDate="2010-07-29T07:30:27.987" Title="Should we have a consistent naming scheme?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="45" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="44" CreationDate="2010-07-29T06:35:28.453" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'll put this as an answer to allow seperate up/down voting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;my vote is for [number]-[adjective]-[animal].&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is to include all parts of the version that could be identified to avoid confusion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="91" LastActivityDate="2010-07-29T06:35:28.453" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="46" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="44" CreationDate="2010-07-29T07:30:27.987" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;I vote for just the version number.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;kbd&gt;10.04&lt;/kbd&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;kbd&gt;9.10&lt;/kbd&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;kbd&gt;9.04&lt;/kbd&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;etc...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastActivityDate="2010-07-29T07:30:27.987" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="47" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="52" CreationDate="2010-07-29T08:48:44.897" Score="33" ViewCount="1328" Body="&lt;p&gt;I asked a question about vim in the ubuntu stackexchange, and someone suggested it should be taken to stack overflow or superuser.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would this be relevant, or should general Linux/UNIX software stuff be taken elsewhere?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="192" LastActivityDate="2020-07-20T15:06:54.403" Title="How do we tell if a question belongs here, or rather at stackoverflow/superuser?" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="48" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="47" CreationDate="2010-07-29T08:53:56.100" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;General Linux/UNIX (seriously, are you asking if UNIX questions should be posted on Ubuntu StackExchange?) question should be posted on &lt;a href=&quot;https://superuser.com/&quot;&gt;https://superuser.com/&lt;/a&gt; or the Linux StackExchange.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A good rule of thumb (for now) is that questions involving Ubuntu UI (e.g. applications, desktop shell) or community should be posted here; questions that do not relate to Ubuntu UI or the Ubuntu community should go elsewhere.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="56" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:18:11.723" LastActivityDate="2010-07-29T08:53:56.100" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="49" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="42" CreationDate="2010-07-29T11:42:32.943" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think so, although for readability I think that we should give preference to the codename (excluding the animal). For example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;lucid &amp;lt;= 10.04&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;lucid &amp;lt;= lucid-lynx&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="28" LastActivityDate="2010-07-29T11:42:32.943" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="50" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="65" CreationDate="2010-07-29T15:32:17.040" Score="16" ViewCount="236" Body="&lt;p&gt;Some of the questions appearing seem pretty advanced, wile others (like the ones I'm asking) are elementary.  Who is the user we imagine using this service?  The answer to this question should determine what kinds of question we ask here.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;The easy answer is, of course, both new and advance users can find this service useful.  But why would an advanced user come here, rather than, say, the ubuntu forums?  The interface here seems much more aimed at newer users.  I'm curious what people's thoughts are on this issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="109" LastActivityDate="2010-08-07T08:24:01.360" Title="Who is the public for which this service is intended, exactly?" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="51" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="50" CreationDate="2010-07-29T15:49:57.527" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;A lot of the users here I imagine come from stackoverflow for the most part.  So in general I would expect mostly users with a software background.  It's probably more the connection with stack overflow that will pull advanced users here over the ubuntu forums although I myself will probably ask questions at both if its a good question.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I should probably point out that I'm in no way an advanced user of Ubuntu.  I've used it for a few servers here and there but I still a primarily Windows user.  The most advanced thing I've ever done is a touch screen.  So this answer comes from someone probably more in the newer user category.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="58" LastActivityDate="2010-07-29T15:49:57.527" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="52" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="47" CreationDate="2010-07-29T16:21:56.240" Score="38" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't really think general Linux/Unix questions should be excluded from the Ubuntu StackExchange.  I really think anything related to Ubuntu at all, no matter how general should be accepted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sure they can go to the Linux StackExchange when thats up or SuperUser but really they are going to be asked here anyways by someone eventually,  its inevitable.  This is the whole problem with questions that can go on more than one site, not everyone can get it right as to where its supposed to go.  And these other sites, it isn't always obvious that they exist.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A Ubuntu user might look here for an answer to the vim question and not know about Super User or the Linux Stack Exchange, as they are completly seperate sites.  Or maybe they just dont want to do this whole signing up to 10 different sites and hopping between them.  So far as I know there is no inter-site search yet that isn't Google so searching isnt exactly a breeze either.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would ask a vim question here opposed to anywhere else more because I want a &lt;strong&gt;Ubuntu specific answer&lt;/strong&gt;.  I don't care if RedHat or another disto does it differently or the same. I dont want to get an answer for another distro that ends up being completly different for Ubuntu.  I want the answer &lt;strong&gt;from a Ubuntu user, for a Ubuntu user&lt;/strong&gt;.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If we draw the line at only Ubuntu applications and Ubuntu UI, users are going to drop off for other sites that have a more complete Question/Answer base.  On the flip side that could be fine, it concentrates the questions more. But it also just makes it less complete of a resource.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So my opinion is anything that has to do with Ubuntu at all is fine. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="58" LastEditorUserId="58" LastEditDate="2010-07-29T16:32:06.667" LastActivityDate="2010-07-29T16:32:06.667" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="54" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="47" CreationDate="2010-07-29T20:08:41.070" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;If it is part of the archives, it is right to ask here. If someone wants to install something on Ubuntu too&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4" LastActivityDate="2010-07-29T20:08:41.070" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="55" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-07-29T21:20:03.297" Score="2" ViewCount="153" Body="&lt;p&gt;The wrong user is displayed as the asker on the question list, the right one being shown on the question itself. This just happened moments ago...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://i581.photobucket.com/albums/ss255/jfoucher-photobucket/Screenshot-1.png&quot; alt=&quot;Question&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://i581.photobucket.com/albums/ss255/jfoucher-photobucket/Screenshot.png&quot; alt=&quot;List&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="38" LastEditorUserId="158" LastEditDate="2010-08-02T19:01:29.957" LastActivityDate="2022-01-14T11:33:26.220" Title="Wrong users on question list" Tags="|bug|status-bydesign|users|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="56" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="50" CreationDate="2010-07-29T21:21:24.420" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;I actually find this funny:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The interface here seems much more aimed at newer users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You, sir, have been violated by too many bad UIs!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The interface here is &lt;em&gt;well designed&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;unchaotic&lt;/em&gt;. It is, in fact, exactly what you come up with if you know what experienced users will want in a UI. It is also exactly what you come up with if you know what new users &lt;em&gt;need&lt;/em&gt; in a UI.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As with the original trilogy (Stack Overflow, Server Fault, Super User) and life in general, there are really no questions too basic, too advanced, or too stupid. There are, at worst, misplaced questions (e.g. we'll probably end up with a good number of questions that really belong on Super User), and &lt;em&gt;bad&lt;/em&gt; questions (where the definition of &quot;bad&quot; is a matter of eternal debate, but questions likely to provoke holy wars for no good reason, questions that just can't be answered, questions where it is entirely unclear what the question &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt;...).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="57" LastActivityDate="2010-07-29T21:21:24.420" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="57" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="55" CreationDate="2010-07-29T21:31:39.107" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is a feature, not a bug. The most recent user to post an answer or edit a question or answer shows up on the front page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, I can't find the longer discussion of this on meta.SO to link to!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="57" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2022-01-14T11:33:26.220" LastActivityDate="2022-01-14T11:33:26.220" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="58" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="42" CreationDate="2010-07-29T21:42:46.580" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Personally, I hope that over time the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/tagged?tagnames=discussion&amp;amp;sort=info&amp;amp;pagesize=15&quot;&gt;Tag Synonyms&lt;/a&gt; feature on the Info pages will take care of this for us and you'll be able to tag/search with &lt;code&gt;lucid&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;10.04&lt;/code&gt; and/or &lt;code&gt;lucid-lynx&lt;/code&gt; and these will be treated as equivalent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's early days for that feature, so I see where you're coming from.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="156" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-16T17:33:45.993" LastActivityDate="2010-07-29T21:42:46.580" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="60" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="62" CreationDate="2010-07-29T22:53:29.753" Score="26" ViewCount="550" Body="&lt;p&gt;Should we aim to provide answers that use the terminal, through shell commands, or answers that use the GUI, through pointing and clicking?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;May be related to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/50/who-is-the-public-for-which-this-service-is-intended-exactly&quot;&gt;this question about our intended public&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="38" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-16T17:33:45.993" LastActivityDate="2013-05-19T18:25:49.407" Title="Should answers have terminal or GUI instructions?" Tags="|discussion|answer-format|" AnswerCount="8" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="62" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="60" CreationDate="2010-07-29T23:13:14.713" Score="41" Body="&lt;p&gt;There's no harm in providing both. Comprehensive answers should be encouraged.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;personally, I look for different solutions for the same problem at different times (perhaps an expedient method to solve my immediate problem followed by a long term scriptable solution)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the person who asks the question isn't the only one who benefits from the answers&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="156" LastActivityDate="2010-07-29T23:13:14.713" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="63" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="60" CreationDate="2010-07-30T00:09:04.613" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;There's no reason to prefer one over the other in my opinion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think that for most questions, the method to use will either be obvious or unimportant.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think that it's also important that we get beginners familiar with using the terminal and creating shell scripts as well, so that should be a consideration.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastActivityDate="2010-07-30T00:09:04.613" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="64" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="66" CreationDate="2010-07-30T07:32:32.403" Score="-6" ViewCount="104" Body="&lt;p&gt;Because it is closed for some reasons.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="143" LastEditorUserId="66" LastEditDate="2010-08-21T00:43:00.910" LastActivityDate="2010-08-21T00:43:00.910" Title="Disable voting for closed questions." Tags="|feature-request|status-bydesign|voting|closed-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="65" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="50" CreationDate="2010-07-30T08:41:16.217" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;This StackExchange effort was initiated and promoted by Evan Dandrea and myself. We were hoping &lt;strong&gt;to address the needs of the average user&lt;/strong&gt; who wants an operating system that Just Works. These people are &lt;strong&gt;not tech savvy&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;don't know what a terminal is&lt;/strong&gt;, and are not interested in joining the Ubuntu community -- they merely have straightforward questions about Ubuntu and want straightforward answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="56" LastActivityDate="2010-07-30T08:41:16.217" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="66" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="64" CreationDate="2010-07-30T11:59:53.070" Score="17" Body="&lt;p&gt;No.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just because a question &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; closed doesn't mean it &lt;em&gt;should&lt;/em&gt; be closed. As on other SE sites, questions will get closed and reopened all the time, and upvotes on closed questions are a tool that allows members of the community that don't yet have the rep to directly vote to close/reopen to express their view that it is, in fact, a good question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="57" LastActivityDate="2010-07-30T11:59:53.070" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="67" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="69" CreationDate="2010-07-30T13:38:14.653" Score="6" ViewCount="244" Body="&lt;p&gt;All questions have the user's name at the bottom right. But some don't have the avatar and have the mysterious &quot;community wiki&quot; over the user's name. What exactly does that mean?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's an example: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/486/hidden-features-of-ubuntu&quot;&gt;Not-So-Well-Known features of Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="130" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-12T07:23:18.803" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Why do some questions have &quot;community wiki&quot; over the user's name?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="68" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="95" CreationDate="2010-07-30T15:44:19.670" Score="3" ViewCount="100" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'd like to write a question that will provide some info that I would have needed a year ago as I was learning Ubuntu.  But I'm having a hard time formulating it so that it is clear and simple.  I'll describe the problem; help me come up with a good wording for the question.  Thanks!  Here's the issue:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One thing that I had to learn (but was ultimately very rewarding) was writing simple bash scripts.  What drove me to do this was a desire to add programs to the Main Menu and the Panel that I had downloaded/built myself (not through Synaptic/apt/Software Center).  The reason I could not simply use the GUI to add them is because they need to be run from within their own directory.  If I tried to add a link to the programs to the menu or panel, the launcher would fail.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So what I did is this: I found a bash script online that would move to the directory and then launch the program and amended it to work for me.  Here's what I did for a Latin translation program I use, called &lt;a href=&quot;http://users.erols.com/whitaker/words.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Words&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;#! /bin/bash&#xA;&#xA;WORDSPATH=~/latin/latin.words/&#xA;&#xA;( cd $WORDSPATH ; ./words $* )&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd like to ask a question so that this kind of answer can be provided.  I know that, if I had come to this service 6 months ago, this would be one question I'd want answered.  But how can I write this up in a short, clear question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="109" LastEditorUserId="109" LastEditDate="2010-07-30T15:54:36.640" LastActivityDate="2010-08-03T12:39:42.450" Title="Help me formulate this question:" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="69" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="67" CreationDate="2010-07-30T16:05:38.460" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is the canonical source of what community wiki is about:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/11740/what-are-community-wiki-posts&quot;&gt;What are Community Wiki Posts?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="62" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2010-07-30T16:05:38.460" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="70" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="67" CreationDate="2010-07-30T16:08:17.847" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to the StackOverflow FAQ:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Community Wiki posts work by transferring ownership of the post from the original author to the community. They make the post easier to edit and maintain by a wider group of users, but they do not contribute to any user's reputation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;CW posts have lower thresholds for editing (usually around &lt;strong&gt;100&lt;/strong&gt;), among other things. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See the relevant &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/11740/what-are-community-wiki-posts&quot;&gt;StackOverflow meta question&lt;/a&gt; for more details.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="66" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2010-07-30T16:22:26.120" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="71" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="91" CreationDate="2010-07-30T16:17:38.433" Score="7" ViewCount="183" Body="&lt;p&gt;As we near the middle of our private beta, we probably should decide on moderators for the site. (per &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/07/the-7-essential-meta-questions-of-every-beta/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;the 7 essential meta questions&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In order to do so, we should determine criteria for such a decision. Should we hold an election, pick the top contributors, etc. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If we hold an election, what sort of nominations are expected? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="66" LastEditorUserId="570" LastEditDate="2011-02-01T17:17:16.203" LastActivityDate="2011-02-01T17:17:16.203" Title="How should we determine who will moderate?" Tags="|discussion|top-7|moderation|election|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="72" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="71" CreationDate="2010-07-30T16:21:49.070" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I believe we should hold &lt;strong&gt;elections&lt;/strong&gt;, where we solicit self-nominees and vote as per the standard upvote/downvote mechanism on the site. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The post will be marked &lt;em&gt;community wiki&lt;/em&gt;, so that votes will not impact a individual's reputation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Nominations would look roughly like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I, &lt;strong&gt;John Q. Public&lt;/strong&gt;, nominate myself as a Ubuntu Stack Exchange moderator. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I is uniquely qualified for the position because I have done X. &#xA;  If elected, I will promote freedom, justice, and the Ubuntu way. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="66" LastEditorUserId="66" LastEditDate="2010-07-30T18:57:10.880" LastActivityDate="2010-07-30T18:57:10.880" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="73" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="60" CreationDate="2010-07-30T20:30:45.680" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I support giving answers through both the methods but Ubuntu is meant to be used by common people. Most people do prefer UI over the Terminal. While seasoned Ubuntu users might feel that the Terminal is a faster and straightforward way to complete tasks, most people are not very happy using the Terminal. So I think that if a task can be done through the UI, we should give instructions for the UI method. I don't think Ubuntu will ever be able to reach the masses if we make people run for the Terminal for basic operations. We must keep user-friendliness in our minds.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="87" LastActivityDate="2010-07-30T20:30:45.680" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="74" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="55" CreationDate="2010-07-30T21:12:25.113" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think I finally understood what is going on here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For some reason, the behavior of the &quot;Active&quot; questions tab is diffferent than all the others : it shows the person who last responded/edited/commented on the question, whereas all the other tabs show the asker.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The reasons for this are understandable, in that if your are looking at active questions, you might as well show the last active user.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="38" LastActivityDate="2010-07-30T21:12:25.113" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="75" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-07-31T03:33:51.693" Score="37" ViewCount="1170" Body="&lt;p&gt;As some of you know, I have created some tools for Stack Exchange sites (like Ask Ubuntu) on &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackapps.com&quot;&gt;Stack Apps&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What tools have been developed for Ask Ubuntu, or are especially useful to Ask Ubuntu users?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastEditorUserId="41" LastEditorDisplayName="Roger Pate" LastEditDate="2010-12-31T16:33:51.597" LastActivityDate="2013-09-08T22:05:46.230" Title="Tools for Ask Ubuntu" Tags="|discussion|tools|" AnswerCount="13" CommentCount="2" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-07-31T03:33:51.693" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="77" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="75" CreationDate="2010-07-31T03:43:24.413" Score="6" Body="&lt;h1&gt;StackMobile&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Allows you to browse ubuntu.stackexchange.com through a mobile site designed for smartphones.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://stackmobile.com/site.php?site=ubuntu.stackexchange&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://stackmobile.com/site.php?site=ubuntu.stackexchange&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Screenshot:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://files.quickmediasolutions.com/ubuntu-so.png&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Screenshot from a webOS device.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastActivityDate="2010-07-31T03:43:24.413" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-07-31T03:43:24.413" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="78" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-07-31T09:34:03.360" Score="6" ViewCount="218" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/47/how-do-we-tell-if-a-question-belongs-here-or-rather-at-stackoverflow-superuser&quot;&gt;How do we tell if a question belongs here, or rather at stackoverflow/superuser?&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I got a down vote on this issue for a question that is not &quot;specific to Ubuntu&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe that an Ubuntu user should ask/answer everything here and not to research what is specific to Ubuntu and what is not (Ubuntu is, after all, a Linux distribution). &#xA;He/She will know that here everything WORKS on Ubuntu, could not care less what parts of the question/answer is specific to Ubuntu and what is not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There will be some overlap with Serverfault, and possibly other Linux stack exchange sites, but otherwise if we will try to nail &quot;Ubuntu specific&quot; in questions and answers, it will probably lead to a knowledge split and a usability nightmare. It should be one place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="278" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-16T17:33:45.993" LastActivityDate="2010-09-05T14:13:21.987" Title="Should the site be &quot;Ubuntu Specific&quot;?" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2010-09-05T21:10:18.363" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="79" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-07-31T09:36:17.730" Score="3" ViewCount="52" Body="&lt;p&gt;My question &quot;what are the most important ubuntu sysadmin tasks/tools&quot; was down voted as &quot;too general&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it? Should the site include some more general backgrounders?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="278" LastEditorUserId="453" LastEditDate="2010-09-05T14:14:49.833" LastActivityDate="2010-09-05T14:14:49.833" Title="Are general issues/backgrounders acceptable?" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="80" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="79" CreationDate="2010-07-31T17:49:35.317" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think some general questions are useful, but it is a question of how general. At some point the question gets too vague, and I think the question you asked was just too vague. Some other questions that are still fairly general, but can be answered well are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/565/tips-for-getting-to-grips-with-the-command-line&quot;&gt;Tips for getting to grips with the command line.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/501/whats-the-easiest-way-to-get-started-with-latex-on-ubuntu&quot;&gt;What's the easiest way to get started with LaTeX on Ubuntu?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/198/what-video-players-do-you-recommend-for-ubuntu&quot;&gt;What video players do you recommend for Ubuntu?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These would provide background information, but the questioner in these cases has been specific enough that a good answer can be provided. Your question wasn't. As I said in a comment to your question, I'd be up for specific questions with use cases - for example &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;LAMP server - what needs to be backed up and how?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I run a mail server using postfix, are there any tasks I should be doing regularly?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-12T07:23:18.803" LastActivityDate="2010-07-31T17:49:35.317" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="81" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-07-31T18:01:46.163" Score="5" ViewCount="150" Body="&lt;p&gt;OK, so as the beta testers we're supposed to work on key aspects of the site's attributes.  Taking a cue from other betas, I've made this list so we can easily find them all. I'll also tag the key questions with &lt;code&gt;[top-7]&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've made this a CW so anyone can edit it and change these list items into links when the questions are made.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Some from the &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/07/the-7-essential-meta-questions-of-every-beta/&quot;&gt;7 Essential Meta Questions of Every Beta&lt;/a&gt;, some from other betas)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://photo.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/faq-suggestion&quot;&gt;FAQ (What it should contain)&lt;/a&gt; - Please tag using &lt;code&gt;[faq-suggestion]&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1/what-should-our-com-domain-name-be&quot;&gt;Domain Name / Site Name&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/101/discussion-of-site-logo&quot;&gt;Site Logo&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/102/discussion-of-style&quot;&gt;Style&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/71/how-should-we-determine-who-will-moderate&quot;&gt;Moderators&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/32/404-image-nominations&quot;&gt;404 Image&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/84/help-select-a-captcha-image&quot;&gt;CAPTCHA Image&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What counts as &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/off-topic&quot;&gt;off topic&lt;/a&gt; - please tag using &lt;code&gt;[off-topic]&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What should the site log look like?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/171/help-spread-this-site&quot;&gt;How should we promote this site&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks for helping out in the beta!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Text nicked from &lt;a href=&quot;https://photo.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/11/site-attribute-questions-top-7&quot;&gt;meta.photo&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-16T17:33:45.993" LastActivityDate="2010-08-21T20:58:16.097" Title="Site Attribute Questions (Top 7)" Tags="|discussion|top-7|site-attributes|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2012-02-10T19:26:08.010" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-07-31T18:01:46.163" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="82" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1" CreationDate="2010-07-31T19:55:54.873" Score="-4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Uber Ubuntu&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;uberubuntu.com&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;available&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="236" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2010-07-31T19:55:54.873" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-07-31T19:55:54.873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="84" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="391" CreationDate="2010-08-01T04:36:45.850" Score="8" ViewCount="453" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to the &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/07/the-7-essential-meta-questions-of-every-beta/&quot;&gt;Top 7&lt;/a&gt;, we need to select a CAPTCHA image, which is the image that gets shown over most in-site CAPTCHA prompts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So please submit your proposals as answers to this question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastEditorUserId="1438484" LastEditDate="2022-03-10T01:36:50.227" LastActivityDate="2022-03-10T01:36:50.227" Title="Help select a CAPTCHA image" Tags="|discussion|top-7|captcha|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="85" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="84" CreationDate="2010-08-01T07:00:43.050" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here is a little something I started with the model I got &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.katorlegaz.com/3d_models/miscellaneous/0167/index.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://files.quickmediasolutions.com/tux-sign.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe we can put a funny phrase on the sign like &quot;Penguins Only&quot; or something... ideas are welcome.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastActivityDate="2010-08-01T07:00:43.050" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="86" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1" CreationDate="2010-08-01T18:09:53.327" Score="-4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Inspired by the &lt;em&gt;adjective animal-noun&lt;/em&gt; meme suggested by McDowell, I thought of the &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;purplepenguin.com&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;but there is a &lt;a href=&quot;http://purplepenguin.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;site using that name&lt;/a&gt; already :/ though it still has &quot;lorum ipsum&quot; text all over the place, so they may yet go bust and leave the domain free ...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is also an existing &lt;a href=&quot;http://orangepenguin.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://orangepenguin.com/&lt;/a&gt; but &lt;a href=&quot;http://auberginepenguin.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://auberginepenguin.com/&lt;/a&gt; is available, though it is doesn't trip off the tongue the way purple does ...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150" LastActivityDate="2010-08-01T18:09:53.327" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-08-01T18:09:53.327" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="87" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1" CreationDate="2010-08-01T18:11:24.527" Score="-5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Thinking a little more about alliterative penguins&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;ProlificPenguin.com&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not as ubuntu specific as the purple penguin, but might still be OK ... It does have the advantage of being available.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150" LastActivityDate="2010-08-01T18:11:24.527" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-08-01T18:11:24.527" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="88" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="71" CreationDate="2010-08-02T16:33:52.980" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think the best way to go here would be to see how other stackexchange sites do their moderation and emulate that&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think setting up elections and councils (and other governance bodies) right off the bat will bring too much process to the entire thing. We already have some people who have been doing a great job contributing, perhaps we should Just Do It when we leave beta and pick a few people who have shown a good eye for even handedness and go from there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2010-08-02T16:33:52.980" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="89" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-08-02T17:13:34.047" Score="74" ViewCount="1886" Body="&lt;p&gt;Following the style guides on &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/18614/style-guide-for-questions-and-answers&quot;&gt;Stack Overflow&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Wikipedia&lt;/a&gt;, I would like to propose that we create a style guide of our own.  Let's hold ourselves to a high standard and create or promote questions and responses that can be understood and followed by people who have just started with Ubuntu.  Let's make this a hallmark of the Ubuntu Stack Exchange over other resources.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In what ways do people overcomplicate responses to questions?  What can they do to ensure that their responses are understood by all audiences, not just the most technical among us?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What would a badly formatted question or answer look like compared to a well formatted variant?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should we avoid simply forwarding people to &lt;a href=&quot;http://wiki.ubuntu.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;wiki&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://help.ubuntu.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;help&lt;/a&gt; pages, and provide a response tailored to their individual question?  Or is there a way that an external resource can be incorporated into a response without completely deferring responsibility to it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="46" LastEditorUserId="186134" LastEditDate="2018-11-03T14:37:40.570" LastActivityDate="2018-11-03T14:37:50.020" Title="Style guide for questions and answers" Tags="|discussion|answer-format|faq-suggestion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-12-09T01:54:42.257" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="90" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-08-02T22:56:01.413" Score="11" ViewCount="429" Body="&lt;p&gt;This community needs to start contributing some names they would like to act as provisional Moderators. Please read this: &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/07/moderator-pro-tempore/&quot;&gt;Moderators Pro Tempore&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here are some basic guidelines:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Each nomination should be a separate answer. Link the name to the user’s profile (parent and meta) so we can see their activity (&lt;a href=&quot;https://math.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/150/elect-our-provisional-moderators&quot;&gt;see this&lt;/a&gt; for reference).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The nominee should indicate their acceptance by editing the answer, adding that they accept the nomination. Optionally they can write something about themselves.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Self nominations are okay, and even encouraged. Most sites have not had sufficient time for many users to stand out. Self nomination is simply a way to say, “I’m interested. Let my record speak for itself.” Links to other activities may be helpful: Area 51 participation, participation in other sites, blog posts reviewing or announcing the site, etc.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is what we are looking for in a Moderator...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We are seeing out members who are deeply engaged in the community’s development; members who:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Have a reasonably high reputation score to indicate active, consistent participation.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Show an interest in their meta’s community-building activities.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Lead by example, showing patience and respect for their fellow community members in everything they write.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Exhibit those intangible traits discussed in A Theory of Moderation.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Bonus points for:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Members with participation in both meta and the parent site (i.e. interest in both community building and expertise in the field).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Area 51 participation, social network referrals, or blogging about the site.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Members who have already shown an interest or ability to promote their community.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="62" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-16T16:37:16.280" LastActivityDate="2012-07-16T04:34:36.527" Title="Moderator Pro Tempore" Tags="|discussion|moderation|" AnswerCount="8" CommentCount="7" ClosedDate="2012-07-18T12:17:02.487" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-08-02T22:59:48.693" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="91" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="71" CreationDate="2010-08-02T22:59:31.737" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Okay, it's been long enough talking about &lt;em&gt;how&lt;/em&gt; to nominate provisional Moderators. It's time to bring attention to some outstanding members of your community. You have to keep the members of this site engaged, or the site will go downhill quickly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/90/moderator-pro-tempore&quot;&gt;Go here now. Go here often&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a make-it-happen-quickly kind of proposition. It's a temporary appointment. Don't make it overwrought with process and procedure.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="62" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-16T17:33:45.993" LastActivityDate="2010-08-02T22:59:31.737" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="92" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="90" CreationDate="2010-08-03T07:29:03.163" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;User:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/66/lfaraone&quot;&gt;lfaraone&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;Meta account:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/users/66/lfaraone&quot;&gt;lfaraone&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Reason&lt;/strong&gt;: lfaraone is a Ubuntu and Debian developer. His answers are well-written and concise. He is also active on the Meta site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-12T07:23:18.803" LastActivityDate="2010-08-05T20:54:52.950" CommentCount="2" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-08-03T07:29:03.163" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="93" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="90" CreationDate="2010-08-03T11:37:43.143" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;User&lt;/strong&gt;: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/4/txwikinger&quot;&gt;txwikinger&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;Meta account&lt;/strong&gt;: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/users/4/txwikinger&quot;&gt;txwikinger&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Reason&lt;/strong&gt;: txwikinger has been participating heavily and is a long-time contributor to Ubuntu and Kubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-12T07:23:18.803" LastActivityDate="2010-08-03T19:48:35.767" CommentCount="2" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-08-03T11:37:43.143" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="94" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1" CreationDate="2010-08-03T12:24:41.300" Score="-2" Body="&lt;p&gt;support.ubuntu.com&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;support.ubuntu.com&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;but it sounds like professional support :(&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="305" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2010-08-03T12:31:33.297" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-08-03T12:24:41.300" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="95" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="68" CreationDate="2010-08-03T12:39:42.450" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;OK, I think I've come up with a good phrasing:&#xA;&quot;How do I add a program that must be run from within its own directory to the panel or main menu?&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some programs can only be run from within their own directories. If I go to System-&gt;Preferences-&gt;Main Menu-&gt;Add Item and select the file, it will not work.  Similarly, if I right click on the Panel and choose &quot;Add to Panel...&quot;, choose &quot;Custom Application Launcher,&quot; and then point to the file, it will similarly fail.  How can I add a launcher to my panel and an entry in my Main Menu that will successfully launch this kind of program?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="109" LastActivityDate="2010-08-03T12:39:42.450" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="96" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="90" CreationDate="2010-08-03T23:14:03.587" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;User:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/5/george-edison&quot;&gt;George Edison&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;Meta account:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/users/5/george-edison&quot;&gt;George Edison&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Reason:&lt;/strong&gt; George is has been very active from the beginning of this beta, also in helping new users to stackexchange with comments. He also has experience with the concept of stackoverflow et al.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-12T07:23:18.803" LastActivityDate="2010-08-04T03:43:39.223" CommentCount="8" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-08-03T23:14:03.587" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="97" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="84" CreationDate="2010-08-04T08:21:01.773" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;How about &lt;img src=&quot;http://ubuntuone.com/p/BYr/&quot; alt=&quot;http://ubuntuone.com/p/BYr/&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please leave some comments too and it's just a prototype&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="305" LastEditorUserId="305" LastEditDate="2010-08-04T19:06:01.890" LastActivityDate="2010-08-04T19:06:01.890" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="98" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="100" CreationDate="2010-08-04T16:22:42.860" Score="2" ViewCount="95" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think it was supposed to start a week after private beta opened. It's been about that long. When does public beta open or has it already?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="130" LastEditorUserId="4" LastEditDate="2010-08-04T23:21:33.897" LastActivityDate="2013-09-24T16:14:23.127" Title="When does the public beta phase begin?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="99" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="98" CreationDate="2010-08-04T16:54:27.830" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;In about 2 hours see also &lt;a href=&quot;http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/7716/ubuntu&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. Public beta always starts 7 days after the begin of the private beta.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4" LastActivityDate="2010-08-04T16:54:27.830" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="100" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="98" CreationDate="2010-08-04T16:57:28.340" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;In about two hours (as of this post). By time you read this, the public beta will have likely already started. Public beta starts 7 days after launch. For reference, you can always track a site's progress in Area 51 (&lt;a href=&quot;http://area51.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;http://area51.stackexchange.com&lt;/a&gt;). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/7716/ubuntu&quot;&gt;Ubuntu's progress&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="62" LastEditorUserId="62" LastEditDate="2013-09-24T16:14:23.127" LastActivityDate="2013-09-24T16:14:23.127" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="101" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-08-04T17:14:40.467" Score="4" ViewCount="174" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/81/site-attribute-questions-top-7&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; we should start to discuss our future site logo as one of the top-7 items&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-16T17:33:45.993" LastActivityDate="2010-08-10T18:32:27.347" Title="Nominations for future site logo" Tags="|discussion|top-7|site-attributes|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2013-05-29T14:55:22.200" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-08-04T17:14:40.467" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="102" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-08-04T17:17:41.537" Score="7" ViewCount="164" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/81/site-attribute-questions-top-7&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; we should discuss our site's style, including the color scheme and logo. These are a few of the questions we should answer:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What's the theme of the site? (sophisticated, airy, friendly, etc.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What colors should be used on the site?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What color should the background be?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What should our logo be? (ideas and rough sketches are fine; most of us aren't artists)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-16T17:33:45.993" LastActivityDate="2014-07-30T08:42:37.250" Title="How should our site be styled?" Tags="|discussion|top-7|site-attributes|style|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-08-04T17:17:41.537" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="103" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="89" CreationDate="2010-08-04T17:57:16.610" Score="62" Body="&lt;p&gt;It appears that most of the questions will be of the form &quot;How do I do [some action]?&quot; I think the perfect answer to one of these questions would be a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/784/how-to-i-remove-windows-but-keep-ubuntu/794#794&quot;&gt;brief walkthrough&lt;/a&gt; of the steps required to complete the action. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the question is something new users might have to deal with, put the GUI answer first, ideally with a screenshot. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Guidelines&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Break up your text, leave room to breathe. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A wall of text can look tedious and some people just won't read it. Break up your text into small paragraphs of a few sentences. Point out where the important information is.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;For commands that users need to type into their terminal use backticks so that the site renders it in a &lt;code&gt;monospace font&lt;/code&gt; so it's easier to distinguish what is a command and what is part of the surrounding text.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/282/dollar-sign-in-command-line-instructions&quot;&gt;Don't use $'s&lt;/a&gt; for answers in the terminal (unless you're also showing output).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If something is a series of steps, break it down into a numbered list so it's easier to read instead of one line.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Don't &lt;strong&gt;overformat&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;your&lt;/em&gt; questions &lt;strong&gt;and&lt;/strong&gt; answers, &lt;em&gt;they&lt;/em&gt; become &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;hard to read&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;code&gt;remember&lt;/code&gt; that &lt;strong&gt;less is more&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strike&gt;not more&lt;/strike&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Question titles should ideally be actual questions, beginning with a capital letter and ending with a question mark.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Good example&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;How can I upgrade to Ubuntu 12.10?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bad example&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;upgrade ubuntu 12.10&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should not force the title to be a question, but at least &lt;strong&gt;try to write a meaningful title.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Images&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If an image is too large to fit on the page, instead of reminding the user that&#xA;they can right click it and select show image, make it a link to a larger&#xA;version of the same image. Don't use pre-formatted linking thumbnails with&#xA;extraneous information in them. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Images and screen shots should be on their own paragraph; Make sure the image&#xA;referece in the Markdown has a blank like before and after it. If you annotate&#xA;an image, you can use &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;*Picture of a cat*&lt;/code&gt; on the same line to stick the&#xA;text right onto the image. Use this technique sparingly.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Images &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/8713/176889&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;should not&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; be used if the sole purpose of the image is to display text (terminal or otherwise). An image takes more bandwidth and is does not support screen reading software. Text should instead be copied into a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/editing-help#simple-blockquotes&quot;&gt;quote&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/editing-help#code&quot;&gt;code&lt;/a&gt; block as appropriate.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Links and References&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If your answer is behind a link, on someone's website or in a manual somewhere,&#xA;rather than just linking to it, summarise the information in your answer. Make&#xA;sure that your summary is a good representation of the linked content, since&#xA;the link might not be reachable in the future. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Good Example:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuOne/Tutorials/Setup/Maverick&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Wiki&lt;/a&gt; has a solution for your problem:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Go to the Ubuntu One Preferences ...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;[...]&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bad Example:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Here's your solution: &lt;a href=&quot;http://dead-link.example.net/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://dead-link.example.net/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also remember that blogs and news sites quickly go out of date, punting someone to an older blog means we can't improve it over time like we can an answer right on the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Give credit where credit's due&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You are more than welcome to post an answer based on someone else's findings. Just&#xA;give them the credit they deserve. Do not paraphrase someone else's text, but quote&#xA;it directly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Good Example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;It says that was &quot;Suggested in xulrunner-1.9.1 in Ubuntu Karmic package &quot;xulrunner-1.9.1&quot;&#xA;  by ZhongHan Cai on 2009-09-21&quot;. There, it says that it was &quot;Suggested in evince in&#xA;  Ubuntu Natty package &quot;evince&quot;  – &lt;em&gt;via &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuOne/Tutorials/Setup/Maverick&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;K. Deniz Ogut&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;When you make any changes to a quote, mark them as such by putting the word or sentence in square brackets. If you emphasise specific parts of it, make your change apparent:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What [does] a badly formatted question or answer &lt;strong&gt;look&lt;/strong&gt; like [...]?&#xA;   – &lt;em&gt;via &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/89/style-guide-for-questions-and-answers&quot;&gt;Evan&lt;/a&gt; (my emphasis)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Examples&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Good formatting&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Do step 1 (&lt;code&gt;command -1&lt;/code&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Do step 2 (&lt;code&gt;command -2&lt;/code&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Bad formatting&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First, do step 1, then do step 2.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="108" LastEditorUserId="186134" LastEditDate="2018-11-03T14:37:50.020" LastActivityDate="2018-11-03T14:37:50.020" CommentCount="5" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-12-09T01:54:42.257" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="104" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="102" CreationDate="2010-08-04T19:24:50.463" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;It would seem to me as though the site should follow the new Ubuntu design. There is a &lt;a href=&quot;http://design.canonical.com/the-toolkit/guides-for-websites/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;design document&lt;/a&gt; available (supplemental to the &lt;a href=&quot;http://design.canonical.com/the-toolkit/ubuntu-brand-guidelines/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Brand Guidelines&lt;/a&gt;) that outlines all the different logos, colors, and various elements and their meaning.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="334" LastEditorUserId="1859" LastEditDate="2010-09-18T13:56:08.347" LastActivityDate="2010-09-18T13:56:08.347" CommentCount="4" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-08-04T19:24:50.463" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="105" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="98" CreationDate="2010-08-04T19:27:43.203" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;it is live now,woohooo&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="305" LastActivityDate="2010-08-04T19:27:43.203" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="107" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-08-04T21:37:18.047" Score="4" ViewCount="100" Body="&lt;p&gt;Some communities has done this on Stack Overflow to seed the site with content for particular topics.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For instance, should we take some recent threads from &lt;a href=&quot;http://ubuntuforums.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Forums&lt;/a&gt; that have a large number of views and create questions w/ answers for those topics?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other possible sources for seed content?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="155" LastActivityDate="2010-08-04T23:01:28.360" Title="Should we seed the site with questions and answers?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-08-07T11:51:38.947" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="108" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="32" CreationDate="2010-08-04T22:29:27.737" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think something more simplistic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Giant text, that says &quot;404&quot; after a few seconds though the number starts increasing slowly then more rapidly until it stops at 9,001 small text under the GIANT 9,001 says simply &quot;This page is over 9,000&quot; then a redirect to the home page should be in order after that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2010-08-04T22:29:27.737" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="109" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="107" CreationDate="2010-08-04T23:01:28.360" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think arbitrarily seed this site is not very effective. The problem is that information might be outdated, irrelevant or false. I think, if there are issues that are still current and need to be solved, it might make sense, but those issues will probably come up anyway.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4" LastActivityDate="2010-08-04T23:01:28.360" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="110" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="60" CreationDate="2010-08-04T23:14:36.450" Score="16" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would urge people to provide answers using &lt;strong&gt;both&lt;/strong&gt; methods.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I understand that most people can easily follow UI instructions and may not remember terminal commands as well, but the terminal allows for faster execution (usually) and automation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Personally, I try to use the mouse as little as possible. I'd much rather transfer a file using scp (in one command) than open up something like filezilla and sift through textboxes and buttons and use drag 'n' drop.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even though Ubuntu is supposed to be more user friendly (which typically means a nice, shiny, intuitive UI), that's no reason to support us terminal users as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="381" LastActivityDate="2010-08-04T23:14:36.450" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="111" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="117" CreationDate="2010-08-05T00:26:55.283" Score="14" ViewCount="740" Body="&lt;p&gt;And if one does, is it bad form to then select one's own answer as the preferred one?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's the particular case I have in mind:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/754/how-do-i-add-a-program-that-must-be-run-from-within-its-own-directory-to-the-pane&quot;&gt;How do I add a program that must be run from within its own directory to the panel or main menu?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="109" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-12T07:23:18.803" LastActivityDate="2012-08-01T05:15:21.430" Title="Should one answer one's own question?" Tags="|discussion|answers|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2015-02-19T12:52:39.750" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-08-05T10:14:01.990" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="113" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="111" CreationDate="2010-08-05T02:22:55.490" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is not the primary purpose to ask questions that one can answer themselves. At these beginning stages it may be done in order to create a proper SEO such that people find this site when looking for answers, but I don't think it is really necessary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, it might very well be, that someone ask a question they do not know the answer for. If after appropriate time nobody could give an answer, and the questioner has found a solution by themselves through further research, then it is ok to also share this answer, and appropriately to indicate the correct answer as the accepted answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is particularly true if others have up voted this question which usually means that they would also like to see an answer for it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4" LastActivityDate="2010-08-05T02:22:55.490" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-08-05T02:24:15.910" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="114" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="101" CreationDate="2010-08-05T02:30:05.477" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;What about morphing the circle of friends inside the orange dot into a question mark?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm no designer by any stretch of the imagination, but hopefully this will give you an idea what I'm thinking.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://mac9416.com/uploads/questionlogo.png&quot; alt=&quot;Question Mark Logo&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="130" LastEditorUserId="130" LastEditDate="2010-08-05T17:18:19.933" LastActivityDate="2010-08-05T17:18:19.933" CommentCount="6" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-08-05T02:30:05.477" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="115" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="32" CreationDate="2010-08-05T02:49:17.903" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Another idea I had.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The entire webpage is the bottom of a book. This book has a lot of pages. The footer of the book says &quot;Ubuntu StackExchange&quot; (or the name of the site once that's agreed) and the page number 403 on the next &quot;page&quot; the same footer &quot;Ubuntu StackExchange&quot; and the page number 406 and an obvious tear in the binding where page &quot;404/405&quot; would be.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For as you can see, the page &quot;404&quot; couldn't be found!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2010-08-05T02:49:17.903" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="116" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="102" CreationDate="2010-08-05T04:00:29.943" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://design.canonical.com/the-toolkit/guides-for-websites/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Website style guide&lt;/a&gt; from the Canonical Design team.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2010-08-05T04:00:29.943" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-08-05T04:00:29.943" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="117" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="111" CreationDate="2010-08-05T04:10:02.683" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;Every question should receive the best possible answer. For example, I asked this &lt;a href=&quot;http://gadgets.stackexchange.com/questions/643/sync-palm-centro-pictures-on-linux/1062#1062&quot;&gt;question&lt;/a&gt; and received this &lt;a href=&quot;http://gadgets.stackexchange.com/questions/643/sync-palm-centro-pictures-on-linux/1062#1062&quot;&gt;helpful but brief answer&lt;/a&gt;. When I figure it out, I'm going to answer my own question with a brief walkthrough, explaining the steps I took to sync the pictures, and accept my own answer. I think that if you can give a better answer than the ones you received, you should.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="108" LastActivityDate="2010-08-05T04:10:02.683" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="118" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18" CreationDate="2010-08-05T04:34:24.373" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;A maverick Version would be great.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="305" LastActivityDate="2010-08-05T04:34:24.373" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="119" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="121" CreationDate="2010-08-05T05:01:16.557" Score="10" ViewCount="216" Body="&lt;p&gt;Or should we focus on desktop and servers should go on ServerFault?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="332" LastEditorUserId="453" LastEditDate="2010-09-05T14:15:15.353" LastActivityDate="2017-10-30T12:21:38.987" Title="Should Ubuntu server questions be allowed?" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="120" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="119" CreationDate="2010-08-05T05:07:16.767" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Question about Ubuntu servers are certainly not off-topic, since Ubuntu is one of the Ubuntu flavors. That does not mean they would be off-topic on serverfault, especially if they are general. Some overlap is unavoidable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4" LastActivityDate="2010-08-05T05:07:16.767" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="121" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="119" CreationDate="2010-08-05T05:43:11.507" Score="18" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sorry to ask back: Shall we close Ubuntu and the Desktop users go to &lt;a href=&quot;https://superuser.com/&quot;&gt;SuperUser&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And now serious: I think Ubuntu server is a part of the Ubuntu universum, there are as well Kubuntu, Lubuntu, Xubuntu, Ubuntu studio, Ubuntu netbook remix, Ubuntu privacy remix, ...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="116" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:18:11.723" LastActivityDate="2010-08-05T05:43:11.507" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="122" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="60" CreationDate="2010-08-05T07:34:50.913" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think we should provide whatever is the fastest and easiest and we should provide apturls whenever possible like &lt;a href=&quot;http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/wine&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;wine&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="305" LastEditorUserId="305" LastEditDate="2010-08-05T07:41:35.347" LastActivityDate="2010-08-05T07:41:35.347" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="123" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="137" CreationDate="2010-08-05T07:48:51.637" Score="14" ViewCount="509" Body="&lt;p&gt;It seems that apt: doesn't work here,but there is a proxy for these type of sites&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;just provide apt.ubuntu.com/p/package_name&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should we use it(easy,fast and user friendly) or the traditional software center,apt-get or synaptic?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/vlc&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/vlc&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Note: doesn't work in Chrome on Ubuntu.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;DoctorMO has made another proxy&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://doctormo.org/2010/07/02/apturl-proxy/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://doctormo.org/2010/07/02/apturl-proxy/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="305" LastEditorUserId="453" LastEditDate="2010-09-05T14:18:26.257" LastActivityDate="2010-09-05T14:18:26.257" Title="Should we apturl whenever possible?" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|answer-format|faq-suggestion|apturl|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="124" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="123" CreationDate="2010-08-05T10:08:22.277" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Apturl doesn't work on all browsers and desktop environments, so i think it is a safe bet to add the url and manual instructions. Or one could persuade someone maintaining apt.ubuntu.com to add generic instructions if it detects a browser that isn't supported.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="42" LastActivityDate="2010-08-05T10:08:22.277" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="125" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="60" CreationDate="2010-08-05T10:13:03.317" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am in favor of using both. I was once scolded in IRC for giving GUI instructions to someone. In the end using the GUI provided the final hint on the root cause of the problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So giving GUI based instructions is good because GUI apps are designed for the non-technical people and give a lot more user readable information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand text based tools give you more accurate error messages and are easier to copy paste back to the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the end, it's up to the person answering to give instructions in such a way that they think is the most reliable and effective.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="42" LastActivityDate="2010-08-05T10:13:03.317" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="126" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="119" CreationDate="2010-08-05T12:42:13.740" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Seems like the same basic issue as &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/47/how-do-we-tell-if-a-question-belongs-here-or-rather-at-stackoverflow-superuser&quot;&gt;How do we tell if a question belongs here, or rather at stackoverflow/superuser?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It simply depends on the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any basic question where the answer involves pointing the user to /&lt;em&gt;etc/apache2/sites-{available,enabled}/&lt;/em&gt; or &lt;em&gt;/etc/apache2/mods-{available,enabled}/&lt;/em&gt; certainly feels relevant for this site. On the other hand, to continue with an Apache example, a question comparing the benefits of different MPM:s (prefork, worker, etc) might do better at Server Fault.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="24" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-16T17:33:45.993" LastActivityDate="2010-08-05T12:49:56.737" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="127" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="123" CreationDate="2010-08-05T13:22:44.317" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've added the feature request tag - I imagine this is a fairly easy change to make for this site. I believe it will be easier if someone starts by making a greasemonkey script that will support it, but quite a few sites have customisations for this or that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150" LastActivityDate="2010-08-05T13:22:44.317" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="128" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="32" CreationDate="2010-08-05T14:05:52.110" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since we have a nice round logo for ubuntu &amp;amp; friends, why not simply make it say 4 [logo] 4.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="42" LastActivityDate="2010-08-05T14:05:52.110" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="130" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="134" CreationDate="2010-08-05T14:29:14.247" Score="5" ViewCount="153" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've been looking at some answers and comments and I see several different ways of writing an instruction to install a particular application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is of course command line apt which is somewhat standard. However, with the package names there are sometimes more specific version packages. For example, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/988/how-can-i-install-windows-software-in-ubuntu&quot;&gt;this question about Wine&lt;/a&gt; is answered with (in part):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;sudo apt-get install wine1.2&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to the Ubuntu Software Centre on my computer, unless I've misunderstood something, this package is the beta release and the &quot;wine&quot; package is the regular one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The same question I just referenced also describes using Synaptic, with the instruction to &quot;install it from within Administration → Synaptic Package Manager&quot;, but &quot;Administration&quot; is not a top-level menu (presumably that would be &quot;System&quot; then &quot;Administration&quot;). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should references to something like Synaptic always include a path from a top-level menu?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other questions, such as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/348/installing-pyjamas-on-ubuntu&quot;&gt;this one&lt;/a&gt;, reference the Ubuntu Software Centre. I haven't looked at all the questions that mention it but some just say &quot;open the Ubuntu Software Centre&quot; or &quot;search the Ubuntu Software Centre&quot; without giving a menu path.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the appropriate way to give a Software Centre instruction? And, should the Software Centre or Synaptic be preferred when giving GUI instructions, or does it matter?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Possibly related: this &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/76/whats-the-difference-between-ubuntus-package-managers&quot;&gt;question about package managers&lt;/a&gt; has some good answers about the different methods of installing things on Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="453" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-12T07:23:18.803" LastActivityDate="2010-08-05T20:46:59.860" Title="Should there be a standard for application install instructions?" Tags="|discussion|answer-format|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="131" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-08-05T14:32:16.940" Score="5" ViewCount="133" Body="&lt;p&gt;Please add to the FAQ a link to our Code of Conduct and the Leadership Code of conduct:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Under the title &quot;Be nice&quot; it can be added:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please follow the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com/community/conduct&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Code of Conduct&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com/community/leadership-conduct&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Leadership Code of Conduct&lt;/a&gt; when participating in this community.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4" LastEditorUserId="4" LastEditDate="2010-08-30T16:34:09.123" LastActivityDate="2010-08-30T16:34:09.123" Title="Mentioning of the CoC in the final FAQ" Tags="|feature-request|status-completed|faq-suggestion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-08-05T14:32:16.940" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="133" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="131" CreationDate="2010-08-05T16:00:59.487" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think it should. The tone here has already been professional and courteous, so it's probably best to list it while the going is good.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In addition we have the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com/community/leadership-conduct&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Leadership Code of Conduct&lt;/a&gt;; do we think this is something we should ask moderators to look at? I am unsure if the forums moderators are held to it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="235" LastEditDate="2010-08-19T20:34:57.297" LastActivityDate="2010-08-19T20:34:57.297" CommentCount="2" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-08-05T16:00:59.487" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="134" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="130" CreationDate="2010-08-05T18:52:59.850" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I find it nice to provide both methods. Command line and if there is an equivalent GUI method to provide that. It helps bridge the gap of understanding between those who are new and coming from environments where everything was GUI based to the methods which hardened Linux fans have come to love and use: Command line. For now I'll continue to answer in both GUI and Command Line where applicable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for standards within each sect (Command line and GUI) I believe &lt;code&gt;apt-get&lt;/code&gt; (vs &lt;code&gt;aptitude&lt;/code&gt;) is a better more accepted verbiage - Though I believe it should go &lt;code&gt;tasksel&lt;/code&gt; &gt; &lt;code&gt;apt-get&lt;/code&gt; &gt; &lt;code&gt;dpkg&lt;/code&gt; - IE if the question could be answered using &lt;code&gt;tasksel&lt;/code&gt; it should (Rather than having 8-10 lines of &lt;code&gt;apt-get&lt;/code&gt;), If not it should be answered with &lt;code&gt;apt-get&lt;/code&gt;, and if it isn't available in &lt;code&gt;apt-get&lt;/code&gt; then the instructions and link for the relevant .deb package and &lt;code&gt;dpkg&lt;/code&gt; install command. Finally if it's only available by source a link to compiling it from source instructions, or brief instructions on how to compile from source should be provided with a link to the tarball.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For GUI I believe referencing &lt;code&gt;Applications &amp;gt; Ubuntu Software Center&lt;/code&gt; should be the first route (IE Installing Geany, or other regularly available software package) If not the next course of action should be &lt;code&gt;System &amp;gt; Administration &amp;gt; Synaptic Package Manager&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But really it's hard to say a definitive way - because each person has their own method for how they go about managing their installation. That's what I would propose though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2010-08-05T18:52:59.850" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="135" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="130" CreationDate="2010-08-05T20:46:59.860" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;It would be very difficult to enforce such a standard. An answer isn't automatically unhelpful just because the author forgot to include the top level of a menu path, or because he or she is using apt-get instead of aptitude (or whatever). If you see an answer that you think could be made clearer by making some small adjustment - go for it. I don't think there's a cookie cutter solution for every question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="334" LastActivityDate="2010-08-05T20:46:59.860" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="136" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="50" CreationDate="2010-08-05T22:32:55.680" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I initially wondered, too, about the use of this site, when the ubuntu forums are such a comprehensive source of information and support.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, they do suffer from exactly the same problems that all forums do, that stack overflow / exchange was written to fix. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This site allows the modification of answers that change over time, pushes the relevant answers to the top, allows voting etc, all things that make it a much more useful tool.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="752" LastActivityDate="2010-08-05T22:32:55.680" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="137" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="123" CreationDate="2010-08-06T04:01:59.977" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;The AptUrl demi-standard is a fantastic idea, and it promotes one of Ubuntu's (and Debian's) best features: awesome package installation and removal. They're also more usable than &lt;code&gt;sudo apt-get install ...&lt;/code&gt; strings.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I say we promote the standard as much as possible. If we have to request an apt.ubuntu.com, so be it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="252" LastActivityDate="2010-08-06T04:01:59.977" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="138" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="40" CreationDate="2010-08-06T12:06:12.283" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The markdown editing help link (question mark) is above the &quot;Your Answer&quot; box. Here is also the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/editing-help&quot;&gt;link&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="644" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-16T17:33:45.993" LastActivityDate="2010-08-06T12:53:59.427" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-08-06T12:06:12.283" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="139" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="90" CreationDate="2010-08-06T13:01:07.277" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;User:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/41/marco-ceppi&quot;&gt;Marco Ceppi&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;Meta account:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://area51.stackexchange.com/users/13045/marco-ceppi&quot;&gt;Marco Ceppi&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Reason:&lt;/strong&gt; I am long time Ubuntu Adapter (Since 4.10), also a Senior Linux System Administrator at my place of employment monitoring and administrating Ubuntu machines (As well as other distros). I am interested in helping this community grow and become a strong StackExchange site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am a member of my Ubuntu LoCo &lt;a href=&quot;http://dc.ubuntu-us.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Washing DC LoCo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-12T07:23:18.803" LastActivityDate="2010-08-06T13:01:07.277" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-08-06T13:01:07.277" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="140" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="90" CreationDate="2010-08-06T13:55:55.970" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;User:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/46/evan&quot;&gt;Evan&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;Meta account:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/users/46/evan&quot;&gt;Evan&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Reason:&lt;/strong&gt; He started this mess. :) On a more serious note, on the technical side Evan works on the installer and as a member of the Foundations team he has real good knowledge of the guts of the system. On the SE side he's an experienced stack user so he has a good level of understanding on what this site should be about (see his comments on the area51 proposal)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-12T07:23:18.803" LastActivityDate="2010-08-07T20:21:48.157" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-08-06T13:55:55.970" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="142" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-08-06T18:22:14.827" Score="2" ViewCount="129" Body="&lt;p&gt;I feel like I have been trying to be a good stackexchange citizen, but have been stymied by the points system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The one example I have right now is that it requires 150 reputation points to create new tags. Surely, it's better to allow people to create bad tags than it is to require that people get this much reputation. I had other examples previously, but this one seemed particularly too high.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I assume these are listed somewhere, but I can't find them. Can we change this one, and look more closely at some of the others?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, I just tried to tag this with &quot;reputation,&quot; but got bit by the same problem. Oh, irony...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="324" LastEditorUserId="667" LastEditDate="2010-08-07T11:51:17.077" LastActivityDate="2010-08-07T16:16:52.460" Title="Can we adjust the points and privileges system a bit?" Tags="|feature-request|reputation|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="143" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="142" CreationDate="2010-08-06T19:19:56.320" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think it is a good idea... It will stop duplicate tags and really long tags ect. and trolls may make new tags for bad... even more ect.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In other words it is only there to stop trolls!!!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="456" LastActivityDate="2010-08-06T19:19:56.320" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="144" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="145" CreationDate="2010-08-06T20:27:31.117" Score="6" ViewCount="123" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are currently no tag synonyms on the Ubuntu StackExchange site, and only a few users with the required reputation. It seems unlikely that I will have enough reputation to suggest synonyms anytime soon through the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged?tagnames=promotion&amp;amp;sort=info&amp;amp;pagesize=15&quot;&gt;site feature&lt;/a&gt; for that purpose. Is it appropriate to suggest them here?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm asking because I noticed &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1437/how-should-we-promote-ubuntu&quot;&gt;a question&lt;/a&gt; today that had tags for &quot;promotion&quot; and &quot;spread&quot; which, as I understand their definitions, are synonyms.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="453" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-12T07:23:18.803" LastActivityDate="2011-12-03T06:29:18.680" Title="Is it appropriate to suggest tag synonyms on Meta?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="145" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="144" CreationDate="2010-08-06T21:01:27.197" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes. We should.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="252" LastActivityDate="2010-08-06T21:01:27.197" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="146" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="90" CreationDate="2010-08-06T21:09:14.873" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;User:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/333/garbagecollector&quot;&gt;garbagecollector&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;Meta account:&lt;/strong&gt;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/users/333/garbagecollector&quot;&gt;garbagecollector&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Reason:&lt;/strong&gt; I have been using Ubuntu for about 3 years off and on. I am learning things everyday. I have photographic memory so I can spot duplicates a mile away. I would love the opportunity to help this stack grow, and learn from all the questions, and answer when I can.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another Canadian here too! :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Cheers!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="333" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-12T07:23:18.803" LastActivityDate="2010-08-07T20:22:21.683" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-08-06T21:09:14.873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="147" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="142" CreationDate="2010-08-07T02:49:58.577" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I believe that the Beta the points system is on a sliding scale. As most of us were able to create tags prior to 150 points. Ans while in Beta that makes sense because not every tag has been thought of.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Though I think the system as worked out rather well on the other StackExchange sites and I envision it would work well here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2010-08-07T02:49:58.577" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="148" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="50" CreationDate="2010-08-07T08:24:01.360" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;All questions, from the most basic to the most advanced, have their place here.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But... wasn't Ubuntu supposed to be &quot;the linux for human beings&quot;, or whatever variation of that ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The last thing I want is variations of the &quot;do it yourself n00b&quot; answer on an Ubuntu question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While this could be acceptable on Stack Overflow (it is a software engineers forum, after all), I want my 60-years old mother able to surf ubuntu.stackexchange.com and ask questions, even extremely naive or stupid questions, and not have answers pointing her as a newbie or a retard, or telling her to visit a 30 Mbytes web page describing all check-ins in the last Ubuntu repository to search for her answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe, too, this forum should be relaxed on the &quot;not really a real question&quot;: When someones wants to discover cool software on Ubuntu, this forum could do the trick, as the best answers will come up first. Is there an &quot;elite mafia&quot; at works ? Take a look at &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/486/not-so-obvious-features-of-ubuntu&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/486/not-so-obvious-features-of-ubuntu&quot;&gt;Not-So-Well-Known features of Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. The author not only asked a question that could have interested my 60-years old mother, and that interested me, too. The remarkable thing is that the author contributed two answers, one inside the question, and one as a separate answer. And it got downmodded. WTF?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;I would like some quote like &quot;Ubuntu@StackExchange : Ubuntu Q&amp;amp;A for Humans beings&quot; to be highly visible on ubuntu.stackexchange.com&lt;/b&gt;, as well as an explanation on the FAQ to have us all remember that no question is too n00b to be asked.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This way, human people could learn a lot on Ubuntu and be part of a community, instead of being the cowed plebeians of an elite of geeks who happen to run Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please note that there is competition, now: Miguel de Icaza's &lt;a href=&quot;http://tirania.org/blog/archive/2010/Aug-05.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;blog post&lt;/a&gt; about a ALL-Unixes Stack Exchange forum (in opposition to an Ubuntu-only forum, I guess).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe that if there is a room for a specialized Ubuntu forum instead of a generic Linux Desktop one, then this is a room for non-tech people asking obvious questions that will be mocked everywhere else. If this is not the case, then ubuntu.stackexchange.com should be merged with Miguel's proposition.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="281" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-12T07:23:18.803" LastActivityDate="2010-08-07T08:24:01.360" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="149" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-08-07T12:37:37.443" Score="21" ViewCount="930" Body="&lt;p&gt;Recently launched: &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Unix &amp;amp; Linux - Stack Exchange&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/3924/unix-linux&quot;&gt;Proposal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt; )&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is Ubuntu perhaps a too narrow topic?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="155" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:37:19.280" LastActivityDate="2016-03-09T00:21:02.127" Title="Are we better off with a general &quot;Unix &amp; Linux&quot; stackexchange site?" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="9" CommentCount="2" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-08-07T12:37:37.443" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="150" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="149" CreationDate="2010-08-07T13:15:12.080" Score="27" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't thinks so. The reason why you don't see &quot;CentOS&quot; StackExchange but an Ubuntu one is because most people using CentOS or other flavors have already forged through the basics. They're using it as server setups and typically will have questions regarding specific software setups or error messages.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ubuntu is more unique in that is takes an approach to Linux Desktop that other flavors really haven't hit on yet: Linux for everyone. which will receive a host more of questions from people actually using Ubuntu that will likely be Ubuntu setup specific and not specific to Linux.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've committed myself to that proposal also - and look forward to the beta.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2010-08-07T13:15:12.080" CommentCount="8" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-08-07T13:15:12.080" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="151" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="142" CreationDate="2010-08-07T16:16:52.460" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;In short, this isn't going to happen. On StackOverflow and the other parts of the trilogy, you now need 1500 rep to create a new tag - read this &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/08/tag-folksonomy-and-tag-synonyms/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;blog post about the reasoning&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150" LastActivityDate="2010-08-07T16:16:52.460" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="152" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="149" CreationDate="2010-08-07T19:03:29.607" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think it's plenty broad. There are huge differences between the communities around different Linux distros and it would help keep filter out some of the newbie questions from a more general Unix-Linux stack exchange that would focus more around the lower level parts of the operating system. The Ubuntu stack exchange is perfect for desktop users, but likely won't have as rich of a community who want to talk about the nitty gritty internals.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="18" LastActivityDate="2010-08-07T19:03:29.607" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-08-07T19:03:29.607" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="153" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="90" CreationDate="2010-08-07T19:44:35.190" Score="-2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;User:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/456&quot;&gt;MichealH&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;Meta Account:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/users/456&quot;&gt;MichealH&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Reason:&lt;/strong&gt; I have been using Ubuntu for at least 4 years now. I have some strong bonds in the community. I have been supporting people on the Ubuntu Forums for at least one year now and Have been very active in the community there. Not only have I supported people, I get involved in many projects and I help out Loco's. I package and I do a bit of Wiking! Also I am on the computer and around the internet (on average) 16 hours so I can cover as much of This site and The forums ect. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm from Britain by the way!  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Cheers in advance :D&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;MichealH&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="456" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-12T07:23:18.803" LastActivityDate="2010-08-07T20:22:33.697" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-08-07T19:44:35.190" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="154" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="156" CreationDate="2010-08-07T23:36:32.413" Score="4" ViewCount="126" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the ubuntu Q/A and some of the other stackexchange Q/As', I keep running into references to community wikis. So, where are these wikis? I've looked all around and see no links to wikis.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm new to the site, so maybe I'm just missing something.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;wdy&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="769" OwnerDisplayName="wdypdx22" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Where are the community wikis?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="155" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="154" CreationDate="2010-08-07T23:47:48.697" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;community wikis are questions which say community wiki underneath the author of the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1598/what-was-your-most-satisfying-hack-using-ubuntu&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1598/what-was-your-most-satisfying-hack-using-ubuntu&lt;/a&gt; is an example for this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4" OwnerDisplayName="txwikinger" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-12T07:23:18.803" LastActivityDate="2010-08-08T01:18:59.763" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="156" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="154" CreationDate="2010-08-08T00:12:18.627" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is a definition of &quot;Community Wiki&quot; available on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/11740/what-are-community-wiki-posts&quot;&gt;Stack Overflow meta site&lt;/a&gt;. As far as I know the information there applies to all other sites built on the Stack Exchange engine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I understand it a community wiki question is owned by the whole community instead of an individual user. As a result a lower bar is set for the reputation score needed to do certain things (like edits), and up/down votes do not have the affect reputation scores they would on a normal question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Update:&lt;/strong&gt; As &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/154/where-are-the-community-wikis/167#167&quot;&gt;noted here by Erigami&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/160/finding-community-wikis/166#166&quot;&gt;this answer&lt;/a&gt; on the Finding community wikis question, a list of community wiki questions can be obtained by using the search term &quot;wiki:1&quot;. Here's a link to the results of that search on the parent site:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=wiki:1&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=wiki:1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strike&gt;I am not aware of any method to get a definitive list of questions that have been set to community wiki.&lt;/strike&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="453" OwnerDisplayName="moberley" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-12T07:23:18.803" LastActivityDate="2010-08-11T01:22:54.940" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="157" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="158" CreationDate="2010-08-08T05:13:44.470" Score="4" ViewCount="99" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1444/i-have-problems-installing-ubuntu-10-04&quot;&gt;question on the parent site&lt;/a&gt; that has become like a forum (follow-up questions and responses posted as answers). The question is complicated because the person asking included several issues together, which txwikinger pointed out in a comment. It does appear to be on-topic, but I'm not sure it is helping anyone in its present state.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there anything that can be done to steer that question in a more Stack Exchange Q&amp;amp;A direction?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="453" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-12T07:23:18.803" LastActivityDate="2010-08-08T15:12:54.927" Title="Avoiding forum style usage and promoting SE style Q and A" Tags="|support|answer-format|moderation|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="158" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="157" CreationDate="2010-08-08T06:50:19.087" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;In general, users need to be encouraged to &lt;strong&gt;edit their existing question&lt;/strong&gt; (or answer) rather than adding more answers or more questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;edit, edit, &lt;em&gt;edit!&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;... should be your first impulse, not clicking &quot;new question&quot;, or &quot;new answer&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123" LastActivityDate="2010-08-08T06:50:19.087" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="159" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="157" CreationDate="2010-08-08T15:12:54.927" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I believe that several questions can be asked in one question so long as they pertain to one specific topic: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/868/use-ubuntu-for-a-public-computer-in-a-library/&quot;&gt;This question for instance&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However in the case above I think those questions are best suited for each their own topic. As they are each their own issue/question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-12T07:23:18.803" LastActivityDate="2010-08-08T15:12:54.927" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="160" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-08-08T19:29:51.900" Score="5" ViewCount="86" Body="&lt;p&gt;Why isn't there a listing of community wikis? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems to me that being able to easily find community wikis would be a great resource &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/11740/what-are-community-wiki-posts&quot;&gt;based on the description of community wikis&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would assume that there is already a database table or xml file with everything listed as a community wiki. Perhaps there could be a community wiki tag that would yield a listing of community wikis?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="769" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2010-08-10T16:20:01.697" Title="Finding community wikis" Tags="|feature-request|status-completed|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="161" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="60" CreationDate="2010-08-09T08:19:35.993" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Everybody should provide the answers they know, for most of the questions there isn't &lt;em&gt;one&lt;/em&gt; correct answer! There might event be more than one cli way of doing it, and most of the time there is more than one GUI way do to different GUI's...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Logging on to a wireless network for instance is quite different from server to &lt;em&gt;standard&lt;/em&gt; ubuntu. or setting keyboard layout in ubuntu or kubuntu is a bit different.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="455" LastActivityDate="2010-08-09T08:19:35.993" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="162" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="570" CreationDate="2010-08-09T19:20:50.080" Score="5" ViewCount="104" Body="&lt;p&gt;I believe we should replace the Loading Icon with the default pin wheel found in Ubuntu - something like this&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://this.is.not.theo.danya.com/its/marco/21-1.gif&quot; alt=&quot;Ubuntu Throbber&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As opposed to the default stackoverflow icon.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorDisplayName="Roger Pate" LastEditDate="2010-10-20T15:56:32.853" LastActivityDate="2010-10-21T04:25:30.757" Title="Replace the loading icon" Tags="|feature-request|design|icon|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="163" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-08-09T21:43:00.147" Score="1" ViewCount="66" Body="&lt;p&gt;Shouldn't when i select a community wiki as the option type. It should remove the select answer notification. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or alternately select the highest upped question as the answer dynamically?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thoughts?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="333" LastEditorUserId="62" LastEditDate="2010-08-10T16:17:26.817" LastActivityDate="2010-09-09T19:21:35.853" Title="selecting answers on community wikis" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|answer-format|moderation|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="164" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="162" CreationDate="2010-08-09T23:40:17.067" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;This site uses the same code as all of the other StackExchange sites... I don't think they want to deviate from the main codebase too much.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastActivityDate="2010-08-09T23:40:17.067" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="166" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="160" CreationDate="2010-08-10T16:19:33.850" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Use one of our advanced, super ninja search options:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;wiki:1&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Want better search results? &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/search&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;See our search tips!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="62" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-16T17:33:45.993" LastActivityDate="2010-08-10T16:19:33.850" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="167" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="154" CreationDate="2010-08-10T17:26:30.890" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;See the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/160/finding-community-wikis/166#166&quot;&gt;Finding community wikis&lt;/a&gt; question. Apparently you can add &lt;code&gt;wiki:1&lt;/code&gt; to limit your search to wikis. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="252" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-16T17:33:45.993" LastActivityDate="2010-08-10T17:26:30.890" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="168" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="101" CreationDate="2010-08-10T18:32:27.347" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Maybe we can shoot the guys over at deviant art a shout. Maybe make a contest for Ubuntu site logo. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know there a huge Ubuntu theme customizers group over there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="333" LastActivityDate="2010-08-10T18:32:27.347" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-08-10T18:32:27.347" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="169" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="163" CreationDate="2010-08-10T18:54:03.717" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think its fine as-is. It's perfectly acceptable for a community wiki question to have one right answer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="66" LastActivityDate="2010-08-10T18:54:03.717" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="170" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="90" CreationDate="2010-08-10T20:50:40.933" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;User&lt;/strong&gt;: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/236/qbi&quot;&gt;qbi&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;Meta&lt;/strong&gt;: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/users/236/qbi&quot;&gt;qbi&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Reason&lt;/strong&gt;: I'm a long term Debian user (+10y) and also use Ubuntu for at least four years. Mainly I administer a small PC pool and a handful of servers. I'm with the site since its initial beta phase and will try to help other people using Ubuntu (and of course Debian).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="236" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-12T07:23:18.803" LastActivityDate="2010-08-10T20:50:40.933" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-08-10T20:50:40.933" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="171" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-08-10T22:30:51.583" Score="15" ViewCount="1045" Body="&lt;p&gt;Please help us promote this site... I know there are some ways  in the sidebar. But can you come up with more interesting ways to promote this site?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The SE folks have a post on how to help spread a site: &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/08/a-recipe-to-promote-your-site/&quot;&gt;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/08/a-recipe-to-promote-your-site/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now this site also has its own URL: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By the way, now the short links &lt;a href=&quot;http://bit.ly/askubuntu&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://bit.ly/askubuntu&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://j.mp/askubuntu&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://j.mp/askubuntu&lt;/a&gt; link to this site. So, you can use those to spread this site using twitter etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="87" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2010-12-25T20:28:44.897" Title="Help spread this site...." Tags="|discussion|top-7|promote|" AnswerCount="11" CommentCount="3" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-08-10T22:30:51.583" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="172" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1" CreationDate="2010-08-11T02:30:47.023" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ubuntu Knowledge&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;UbuntuKnowledge.com&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Available.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="453" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2010-08-11T23:40:33.647" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-08-11T02:30:47.023" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="173" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="171" CreationDate="2010-08-11T02:56:49.287" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've updated all my clients websites to spawn obtrusive javascript popup windows yelling at visitors who run Ubuntu with: &quot;YOU NEED TO VISIT THIS SITE&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But in all seriousness those of the members here who are more social should bring the site up whenever appropriate. For instance at several monthly meetups I try to bring up this site to other Ubuntu users and other who are interested in taking the first step - word of mouth can be a powerful thing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For those members who are more into (micro)blogging I've been blowing up my Twitter feed (when appropriate) about the site as a lot of followers of mine use Linux or Ubuntu in some faucet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On forums I've added my &quot;Flair&quot; badge for this Ubuntu stackexchange to help attract other users to the site. This is especially helpful on technology forums (and the Ubuntu Forums) it's a more subtle way to promote this site without having potential backlash as &quot;spamming&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;--- Added some time later&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In addition to bringing the site to your blogs, feeds, and forums - bring them to events: Bug-crushing session with your Ubuntu LoCo, At an event representing Ubuntu, anywhere people who use the OS and would listen to you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Lastly when we move out of Beta and (hopefully) secure ask.ubuntu.com I think shirts (deep purple/white text or old school brown/white) with just the text ask.ubuntu.com would be just as effective.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="41" LastEditDate="2010-08-21T21:10:35.653" LastActivityDate="2010-08-21T21:10:35.653" CommentCount="3" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-08-11T02:56:49.287" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="174" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="171" CreationDate="2010-08-11T05:22:29.747" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;The best way I can think of is to put a copy of &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackapps.com/questions/847/stackimage-generating-images-of-questions-and-users&quot;&gt;StackImage Flair&lt;/a&gt; on your blog or in your signatures on forums.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What is StackImage?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's a small image that stays up to date with your current reputation on this site:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Examples:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://stackimage.quickmediasolutions.com/flair.php?id=5&amp;amp;site=askubuntu&amp;amp;background=eeeeee&amp;amp;border=ffffff&amp;amp;text=555555&amp;amp;title=5555ff&amp;amp;font1=sans&amp;amp;font2=sansbold&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://stackimage.quickmediasolutions.com/flair.php?id=5&amp;amp;site=askubuntu&amp;amp;background=eeeeee&amp;amp;border=ffffff&amp;amp;text=555555&amp;amp;title=5555ff&amp;amp;font1=sans&amp;amp;font2=sansbold&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://stackimage.quickmediasolutions.com/flair.php?id=4&amp;amp;site=askubuntu&amp;amp;border=ffffff&amp;amp;background=3b5998&amp;amp;text=ffffff&amp;amp;title=dddddd&amp;amp;font1=serif&amp;amp;font2=serifitalic&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://stackimage.quickmediasolutions.com/flair.php?id=4&amp;amp;site=askubuntu&amp;amp;border=ffffff&amp;amp;background=3b5998&amp;amp;text=ffffff&amp;amp;title=dddddd&amp;amp;font1=serif&amp;amp;font2=serifitalic&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Where can I get it?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just visit &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackimage.quickmediasolutions.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;stackimage.quickmediasolutions.com&lt;/a&gt; and follow the instructions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How does it work?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;StackImage fetches your current reputation using the API and creates an image based on the parameters supplied in the URL as follows:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;kbd&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://stackimage.quickmediasolutions.com/flair.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://stackimage.quickmediasolutions.com/flair.php&lt;/a&gt;&lt;b&gt;?options&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/kbd&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xA;[Required]&#xA;  id         - the desired user id&#xA;  site       - the desired SE site (in this case 'askubuntu')&#xA;&#xA;[Optional]&#xA;  background - the color of the background&#xA;  border     - the color of the border&#xA;  text       - the color of the text&#xA;  title      - the color of the user's name&#xA;  font1      - the font to be used for the badges *&#xA;  font2      - the font to be used for the display name and rep *&#xA;&#xA;* can be one of [mono,  monobold,  monobolditalic,  monoitalic,&#xA;                 sans,  sansbold,  sansbolditalic,  sansitalic,&#xA;                 serif, serifbold, serifbolditalic, serifitalic]&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:46.307" LastActivityDate="2010-10-10T22:09:23.030" CommentCount="9" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-08-11T05:22:29.747" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="175" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-08-11T13:46:31.077" Score="7" ViewCount="205" Body="&lt;p&gt;An &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1881/what-are-good-cd-ripping-programs/1887#1887&quot;&gt;answer&lt;/a&gt; on the main site copies content from one of the Ubuntu wikis without attribution (as required by the &lt;a href=&quot;https://help.ubuntu.com/community/License&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;license&lt;/a&gt;). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How should we handle unattributed copying?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="252" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-12T07:23:18.803" LastActivityDate="2010-08-22T02:30:10.970" Title="How should unattributed copying (plagiarism) be dealt with?" Tags="|discussion|moderation|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="176" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="175" CreationDate="2010-08-11T13:48:00.980" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;We shouldn't allow copying of text from external sites for a bunch of reasons:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;External sites (such as the Ubuntu support wikis) are maintained, and will be updated when new releases come out. A copied answer will fall out of sync.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Linking to an external site improves its page rank and will allow Ubuntu users who don't visit StackExchange to find the original answer more easily.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;We should give credit to the original author(s).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I suggest that when an answer is shown to be copied from an external site, we do one of two things:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If the answer is properly attributed, a moderator should remove the text and replace it with a link to the original page.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If the answer is not properly attributed, a moderator should remove the answer.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="252" LastActivityDate="2010-08-11T13:48:00.980" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="177" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="175" CreationDate="2010-08-11T15:39:39.883" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think completely removing an answer is an extreme - How can we tell if it's blatantly copied without attribution if they don't mention the source? In that case we can't do much. If a moderator is able to tell that it was copied from a source they should by then know the source and be able to edit the answer to keep it up to standards.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore if a user catches it they can flag an answer and mention the source it was copied from. I really find it disturbing to remove an entire answer just because of a formatting issue. If the content is correct linking a source is merely a formatting issue IMO (I take copyrighting seriously, but others may not). Furthermore having a copy of the text with a link to the main is not a bad idea.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;This can help cut down the reading of an entire article to the bare essentials.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Like you said sources change text for one version may be overwritten when a new version comes out, etc. Maintaining a quoted text and a link is the best course of action IMO - It gives the user the text they need and the option to go read more.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2010-08-11T15:39:39.883" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="178" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="175" CreationDate="2010-08-11T17:10:41.497" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;As long as it is possible to bring compliance with the licence of the original, we should do this, i.e. reference to to the original place (btw. reference should always be given, even if the licence does not require so. That is just part of having good manners). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Where the licence cannot be complied with, or the copying is not allowed, obviously the violating text (or images) must be removed. However, it should be possible to describe a little in one's own words what it is about and link to it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4" LastActivityDate="2010-08-11T17:10:41.497" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="179" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="42" CreationDate="2010-08-11T19:06:37.580" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;On the parent site there are (at this moment) 37 questions &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/10.04&quot;&gt;tagged with 10.04&lt;/a&gt; and 9 questions &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/lucid&quot;&gt;tagged with lucid&lt;/a&gt;. Of the 37 questions tagged with 10.04, 5 are also tagged lucid and 1 is also tagged lucid-lynx.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It looks like thus far 10.04 is the popular choice and I see also the top voted answer to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/44/should-we-have-a-consistent-naming-scheme&quot;&gt;this related question&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think it would make sense for the other two to be suggested as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged?tagnames=10.04&amp;amp;sort=info&amp;amp;pagesize=15&quot;&gt;synonyms for 10.04&lt;/a&gt;. However, that decision is in the hands of the +1000 users (currently 7) or the moderators (I think).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="453" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-12T07:23:18.803" LastActivityDate="2010-08-11T19:14:49.950" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="180" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-08-11T19:22:56.250" Score="12" ViewCount="144" Body="&lt;p&gt;More and more questions are not proper questions, but support requests. I think support requests should be &quot;moved&quot; to &lt;a href=&quot;https://answers.launchpad.net&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;launchpad&lt;/a&gt;, which is the better place for them. Questions here should be more general such that the answers are not only applicable only once. I think however, it is ok if support request can be formed into a proper question that has such a wider application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Launchpad allows a lot better the back and forth needed for clarifications or more details of particular support requests. This forum has a different strength but for that requires somewhat that there is a far more limited evolution of a question, or troubleshooting history.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4" LastEditorUserId="453" LastEditDate="2010-09-05T14:07:29.797" LastActivityDate="2010-09-05T14:07:29.797" Title="How should we deal with support requests?" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="2" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-08-11T19:23:40.180" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="181" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="180" CreationDate="2010-08-11T19:35:56.640" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think the Stack Exchange paradigm lends itself very well to support requests. The original trilogy is full of questions which relate only to specific issues and are therefore not broad or common enough to help other users. &lt;strong&gt;So what?&lt;/strong&gt; The primary purpose of a Q&amp;amp;A site is that a user can ask a question which is relevant to them, and then have that question answered. If other users benefit from this, it is merely an added bonus.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In other words, a user should not have to sacrifice a satisfactory resolution to a problem due to an excessive concern for the applicability and relevance of their question to the community at large.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10" LastEditorUserId="10" LastEditDate="2010-08-11T19:48:16.050" LastActivityDate="2010-08-11T19:48:16.050" CommentCount="3" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-08-11T19:35:56.640" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="182" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="180" CreationDate="2010-08-11T23:32:23.300" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think that generally speaking support requests could be on topic here. However, to be most useful it may require some extra attention. That is, in a scenario where a support question is asked that needs some clarifying information it would be best to have that edited into the original question rather than just sitting in the comments. Similarly, if an answer is given which doesn't solve the user's problem that should also go back into the original question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/613/trouble-creating-a-package-for-my-ppa&quot;&gt;one example&lt;/a&gt; of the above situation from the parent site. And, I would argue that although it is somewhat specific, the answer could be helpful to another person trying to do something similar.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can't think of a specific example right now but I know that sometimes my computer will exhibit some strange behaviour that I can't diagnose. I take the error message and put it into a search engine and find some old threads on a forum somewhere with a handful of possible solutions. Of course, because it's an old forum thread it can be hard to figure out which solutions are worth testing out and which are dead ends.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, if the problem is or appears to be a bug or something that ought to be brought to the attention of a developer then certainly the user should be encouraged to post it to Launchpad.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think it is easy to jump to the conclusion that some problems are only relevant to one person and one situation. There have been enough times when I've found a solution to a particular issue I had inside someone else's tech support conversation that I think it would be a shame to categorically discourage it here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The questions have to be judged individually as to whether they can be answered well enough here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="453" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-12T07:23:18.803" LastActivityDate="2010-08-11T23:58:39.913" CommentCount="2" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-08-11T23:32:23.300" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="183" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1" CreationDate="2010-08-11T23:39:43.803" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ubuntu Wisdom&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;UbuntuWisdom.com&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Available.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="453" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2010-08-11T23:39:43.803" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-08-11T23:39:43.803" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="184" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-08-12T02:06:47.530" Score="14" ViewCount="709" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;For future suggestions, make a separate post so we can keep track of how well we are doing with tags, as well as facilitating discussion on a specific tag. Thanks&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't have enough reputation to suggest or vote on tag synonyms, but I've noticed some possible synonyms. I already posted one suggestion in a &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/144/is-it-appropriate-to-suggest-tag-synonyms-on-meta&quot;&gt;separate question&lt;/a&gt; about whether I should suggest them here on meta, but I thought it would be useful to have a post just for suggested synonyms.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure what an appropriate format is, but the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tags/synonyms&quot;&gt;synonyms page&lt;/a&gt; lists them in a table with master tag to the left of the synonym with a left facing arrow. Therefore, I will post my suggestions in the answers using the format &quot;master &amp;lt; synonym&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="453" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-12T07:23:18.803" LastActivityDate="2012-02-28T02:49:54.480" Title="Tag synonym suggestions" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-08-12T02:06:47.530" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="185" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="184" CreationDate="2010-08-12T02:07:02.663" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;Everyone please feel free to add tag synonyms here if you're having a hard time getting a synonym pushed through:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Tag Synonyms&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/package-management&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;package-management&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;package-management&lt;/a&gt; &amp;lt;- &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/packages&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;packages&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;packages&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/networking&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;networking&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;networking&lt;/a&gt; &amp;lt;- &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/connectivity&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;connectivity&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;connectivity&lt;/a&gt; &amp;lt;- &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/connection&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;connection&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;connection&lt;/a&gt; &amp;lt;- &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/connections&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;connections&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;connections&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Meta or other worthless tags&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/software&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;software&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;software&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/connection&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;connection&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;connection&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/application&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;application&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;application&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/freeze&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;freeze&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;freeze&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/error&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;error&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;error&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/missing&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;missing&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;missing&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/learn&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;learn&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;learn&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="453" LastEditorUserId="6005" LastEditDate="2012-02-28T02:49:54.480" LastActivityDate="2012-02-28T02:49:54.480" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-08-12T02:07:02.663" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="187" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="184" CreationDate="2010-08-12T02:16:17.850" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Another group which might have some overlaps:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/package-management&quot;&gt;package-management&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/package-manager&quot;&gt;package-manager&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/installer&quot;&gt;installer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="453" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-12T07:23:18.803" LastActivityDate="2010-08-12T02:16:17.850" CommentCount="2" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-08-12T02:16:17.850" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="188" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="190" CreationDate="2010-08-13T09:24:34.573" Score="12" ViewCount="175" Body="&lt;p&gt;I noticed &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/2081/unable-to-switch-between-windows&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; today. The question is apparently about workspaces, but is a bit unclear on that. In any case, it used the &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tagged/windows&quot;&gt;windows&lt;/a&gt;&quot; tag with a different meaning than the other questions using that tag. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All the other questions so tagged refer to the operating system but &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/2081/unable-to-switch-between-windows&quot;&gt;the question in discussion&lt;/a&gt; does not. I'm not sure what the solution is, but it seems incorrect to have questions use the same tag but apparently using different definitions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="453" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-12T07:23:18.803" LastActivityDate="2011-07-15T09:51:01.487" Title="What is the proper usage of the windows tag?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="189" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="180" CreationDate="2010-08-13T12:52:29.730" Score="7" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Questions here should be more general such that the answers are not only applicable only once.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What? Why? &lt;em&gt;I'm&lt;/em&gt; here to help &lt;em&gt;all&lt;/em&gt; Ubuntu users with problems, not just the ones who have issues convenient enough to effect other users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As somebody who has &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/users/12870/oli&quot;&gt;quite a bit of experience on StackOverflow&lt;/a&gt; (both asking for support and giving it), I know there is value in both types of question and the system is very capable of archiving both.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Generic issues should of course be addressed here. They might effect somebody else so it's good if there's a question hanging around. If it effects you, vote for it and the answers if they helped you so that others might see the thread/answer.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Specific supports questions still belong to &lt;strong&gt;people&lt;/strong&gt; that have problems. There is also usually a correct answer or set of answers for their problem. Votes get applied the same way and in doing so, popular issues get attention. They fit the StackOverflow model perfectly. And if they ask them here, they might get noticed by people who can help.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Perhaps you should think of the site as an online version of &lt;code&gt;#ubuntu&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I also disagree with your one-man-campaign to retitle every thread as a question. I think you've just lost focus on what these sites are supposed to do: help people.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you think rearranging a few words and adding a question mark is going to help the OP or the next ten people with the same issue, I think you're sorely mistaken.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just to explicitly address one of your comments:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Questions that are relevant only to one person and one situation do not need to be indexed and tagged as they are here. This would only add clutter to subsequent people looking for solutions&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's what voting is for. It &lt;em&gt;very&lt;/em&gt; clearly shows the popularity of a question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-05-23T12:39:54.233" LastActivityDate="2010-08-13T12:52:29.730" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-08-13T12:52:29.730" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="190" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="188" CreationDate="2010-08-13T12:56:23.903" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The word means both things. Let it lie.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you attempt to split it to &lt;code&gt;windows&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;ms-windows&lt;/code&gt; you have two side-effects:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You spend more time retagging things than directly helping people.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You make it harder for people to search things externally. Who is going to put &quot;ms-windows&quot; into Google when they mean Windows?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2010-08-13T12:56:23.903" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="191" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="192" CreationDate="2010-08-13T15:18:02.997" Score="1" ViewCount="91" Body="&lt;p&gt;On the parent site there are currently 3 questions tagged with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/rythmbox&quot;&gt;rythmbox&lt;/a&gt; and 3 questions tagged with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/rhythmbox&quot;&gt;rhythmbox&lt;/a&gt;. In general, I would say that the former questions should be retagged in favour of the correct spelling. However, this appears to be a very common slip (and is very easy to do in this case) so I am wondering if anyone else thinks a tag synonym might be useful instead?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="453" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-12T07:23:18.803" LastActivityDate="2010-08-13T16:10:57.677" Title="Rhythmbox tags: retag or synonym?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="192" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="191" CreationDate="2010-08-13T16:08:10.237" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;In this case, I would say: Fix it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't think we should lower the quality of the site. Anybody who can, should fix typos when they see them be they typos in tags, titles or posts (even answers).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2010-08-13T16:08:10.237" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="193" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="191" CreationDate="2010-08-13T16:10:57.677" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Someone has fixed the rythmbox tags. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="252" LastActivityDate="2010-08-13T16:10:57.677" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="194" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="196" CreationDate="2010-08-13T20:42:30.410" Score="7" ViewCount="122" Body="&lt;p&gt;As &lt;a href=&quot;http://unix.stackechange.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Unix and Linux Stack Exchange&lt;/a&gt; has just reached beta I noticed this question: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/2163/nano-syntax-highlighting-for-c-and-or-asp-net&quot;&gt;Nano syntax highlighting for C# and/or ASP.Net&lt;/a&gt; duplicated here: &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/454/nano-syntax-highlighting-for-c-and-or-asp-net&quot;&gt;https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/454/nano-syntax-highlighting-for-c-and-or-asp-net&lt;/a&gt; So how should we handle this as a community? Let it slide despite now there are duplication of efforts?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:37:19.280" LastActivityDate="2016-09-04T01:42:44.960" Title="Duplicates on other sites" Tags="|discussion|stackexchange|duplicates|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="195" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="194" CreationDate="2010-08-13T21:23:14.000" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't think it's practical to say no to duplicating content if it means. Most questions here have been answered somewhere else on the internet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For the purpose of having our own set of answers, a succinct quote or paraphrase of the answer and a link.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If there are exact duplicates on &lt;em&gt;this&lt;/em&gt; site, post the link to the question as a comment and vote to close the thread.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2010-08-13T21:23:14.000" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="196" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="194" CreationDate="2010-08-14T04:12:11.377" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's difficult to draw a solid line around the UNIX/Linux subset that is &quot;Ubuntu&quot;. Clearly in the Ubuntu circle might be questions on the Ubuntu community, Ubuntu-related services (like Ubuntu One), or to Ubuntu-originated work (e.g. themes, indicators). Otherwise the line is very fuzzy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At this stage it is likely best to take a gentle approach until there is clear picture of the communities developed around the two sites. There will be overlap, but I think that overall the profiles will be slightly different. With a larger body of questions and answers on both sites it should be more clear where a particular question belongs. In my opinion that would be on the site where it's likely to get better answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For me, I haven't been able to answer very many questions on this site but I do try to answer some of them. I'm not sure I would be comfortable answering questions on a general site because I'm not at all familiar with UNIX or Linux systems other than Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, I don't see any problem with users that have the power casting a vote to close or migrate any question they think is off topic. If there is agreement the other votes will likely join in quickly, and if there is not the question will remain. If the consensus later shifts, then the question can be reopened. (At least that's my understanding of how the Stack Exchange system is supposed to work.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="453" LastActivityDate="2010-08-14T04:12:11.377" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="197" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1" CreationDate="2010-08-14T13:20:56.657" Score="-2" Body="&lt;p&gt;exchange.ubuntu.com&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="305" LastActivityDate="2010-08-14T13:20:56.657" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-08-14T13:20:56.657" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="198" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="199" CreationDate="2010-08-15T15:23:21.947" Score="3" ViewCount="159" Body="&lt;p&gt;Would someone please retag &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/2258/keyboard-mouse-not-recognised-during-installation&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; with 10.04 instead of 10.4.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="453" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-12T07:23:18.803" LastActivityDate="2010-08-22T03:21:58.917" Title="Retag request: 10.4 instead of 10.04" Tags="|support|status-completed|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="199" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="198" CreationDate="2010-08-15T16:08:12.253" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Happy to do so. Edited the instance in the question too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2010-08-15T16:08:12.253" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="200" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="201" CreationDate="2010-08-15T18:28:14.207" Score="13" ViewCount="207" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is it acceptable to ask elementary questions about Linux that will be of interest to Ubuntu users (e.g., how do I lock the screen in Xfce?) though one may be using another distro? Such questions will probably have similar answers for Ubuntu as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1292" LastEditorUserId="453" LastEditDate="2010-09-05T14:02:45.063" LastActivityDate="2010-09-05T14:02:45.063" Title="Are questions about other Linux distros acceptable?" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="201" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="200" CreationDate="2010-08-15T18:50:44.410" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;Seeing as there is now a &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Unix and Linux&lt;/a&gt; StackExchange site (public beta opens on 17th August) I believe such questions should not be encouraged.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="866" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:37:19.280" LastActivityDate="2010-08-15T18:50:44.410" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="202" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="149" CreationDate="2010-08-15T22:41:02.330" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;There's a separate proposal for that already.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1158" LastActivityDate="2010-08-15T22:41:02.330" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-08-15T22:41:02.330" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="203" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="200" CreationDate="2010-08-16T14:14:56.807" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;XFCE is an ACCEPTABLE question in my opinion - because Xubuntu (a supported flavor) uses XFCE as it's Window Manager. However As was pointed out, Unix and Linux StackExchange is in private beta and will soon be public - those questions will likely be migrated there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2010-08-16T14:14:56.807" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="204" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-08-16T19:48:00.767" Score="1" ViewCount="81" Body="&lt;p&gt;Starting from today I noticed that I get logged out from time to time at SE. It doesn't matter if I'm active or not. So normally I browse the web using &lt;a href=&quot;https://torproject.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Tor&lt;/a&gt;. Thatswhy &quot;my&quot; IP address changes every ten minutes and I assume that the login is connected with my current IP address. Is this true? If not what can be the reason for those logouts?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="236" LastEditorUserId="123" LastEditDate="2010-10-28T06:30:21.743" LastActivityDate="2010-10-28T06:31:02.507" Title="Is there a IP-based login?" Tags="|bug|status-norepro|login|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="205" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="204" CreationDate="2010-08-17T12:33:48.547" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;My ISP has dynamic IPs and my IP changes every few days (more if the router has spasms) but I'm not logged out. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They &lt;em&gt;might&lt;/em&gt; do a whois on the IP to do an ISP or country-check but it's quite a lot of work for a relatively small problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's more likely that your cookies are getting invalidated at some point or their servers just don't like you and keep dumping your session.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2010-08-17T12:33:48.547" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="206" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="208" CreationDate="2010-08-17T13:52:09.823" Score="7" ViewCount="203" Body="&lt;p&gt;When the Ubuntu Stackexchange website gets used more (and possibly a lot of questions that would otherwise have been asked on the forums get asked here), we're going to run into the issue of pointing out duplicates to newbies and non-native English speakers (who may not be able to find good keywords to search). On a forum, there's a neat way to inform the newbie that it is a duplicate and as long as you attribute the answer, you can copy the answer from the original thread.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Let me you know if you don't agree, but I'm worried that the whole &quot;closed because it's a duplicate&quot; will not be very welcoming to newbies and non-natives speakers. I can imagine a comment on the questions like &quot;Duplicate&quot;, followed by a url. A few minutes later the question will be &lt;strong&gt;[closed]&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should there be some extra guidelines for those pointing out duplicates that make Ubuntu SE friendly for newbies and non-native speakers? Should we allow answers to be copied from other questions when the question is a duplicate? (Maybe award only half rep points if the question is a duplicate?)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="203" LastEditorUserId="235" LastEditDate="2012-03-09T02:56:03.377" LastActivityDate="2012-03-09T02:56:03.377" Title="How should new users be pointed to duplicate questions?" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="207" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="204" CreationDate="2010-08-17T13:53:04.550" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am logged in on my netbook via wireless and even I move around between different locations with totally different IPs and domains, I always stay logged in. It must have something to do with session management of your browser or the effect that tor has on it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4" LastActivityDate="2010-08-17T13:53:04.550" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="208" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="206" CreationDate="2010-08-17T17:08:27.587" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm pretty sure the closure text reads something along the lines of &quot;closed as an exact duplicate of &lt;code&gt;http://url/to/proper/question&lt;/code&gt;&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Copying answers is unnecessary duplication of content. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Feel free to recommend rewordings of that text. As is, I don't think it's a problem, but I'd be open to other arguments. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="66" LastEditorUserId="66" LastEditDate="2010-08-18T15:44:22.570" LastActivityDate="2010-08-18T15:44:22.570" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="209" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-08-17T19:27:39.513" Score="16" ViewCount="381" Body="&lt;p&gt;There was a link on a popular Facebook 'Ubuntu fan page' to the site today. Somebody commented to ask &quot;Why can not use Launchpad username and password??&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course you can use your launchpad account - by entering your launchpad profile URL in the OpenID login – e.g. &lt;a href=&quot;https://launchpad.net/~fred-bloggs&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://launchpad.net/~fred-bloggs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In fact we could use the Launchpad Single Sign On (aka Launchpad sign on) as used by most official Ubuntu webpages, because Launchpad Single Sign On is as I understand it, effectively an OpenID provider.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It would be wonderful if by the Ubuntu Stack Exchange official launch there was an obvious option on the login page to use this 'standard Ubuntu account'. Without this, we may alienate many potential users of the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit: I asked about this at &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/61456/custom-openid-for-sites&quot;&gt;Meta StackOverflow&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="866" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Launchpad Single Sign On" Tags="|feature-request|status-completed|login|" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="210" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="149" CreationDate="2010-08-17T21:00:07.747" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;I found this &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/08/unix-and-ubuntu-why-both/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;blog entry&lt;/a&gt; from the SE team that seems to answer the question quite well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2010-08-17T21:00:07.747" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-08-17T21:00:07.747" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="211" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="209" CreationDate="2010-08-17T22:55:12.520" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think adding &quot;Launchpad&quot; as one of the big icons (next to Google icon) for the log in will help alleviate this and will likely be the best option. Once that option is clicked it should prompt for their launchpad username.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2010-08-17T22:55:12.520" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="212" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="206" CreationDate="2010-08-18T00:55:33.827" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;This site makes quite a lot of effort to help duplicate questions. When you enter the question subject suggestions appear that help (at least me) find questions that are similar to mine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think the current procedure of closing a question via vote of duplication by peers is the best. It'll say why the question was closed and link to the duplicate question. It also keeps false increase of points because someone was able to copy an answer from another question on this site (even with proper attribution).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2010-08-18T00:55:33.827" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="213" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="209" CreationDate="2010-08-18T02:16:17.307" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Launchpad's OpenID auth works a little like Google's implementation, insofar as you don't enter your Launchpad username on the client site, but instead the &lt;a href=&quot;http://login.launchpad.net&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Launchpad Login Service&lt;/a&gt; &#xA;returns a username. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Getting it added to the list should be straightforward, and is a great idea.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="66" LastActivityDate="2010-08-18T02:16:17.307" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="214" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-08-18T04:34:59.940" Score="0" ViewCount="82" Body="&lt;p&gt;We need to start discussing how we plan on promoting this site now that the beta is off the ground.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2010-08-18T08:36:02.150" Title="How should we promote this site?" Tags="|discussion|top-7|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-08-18T04:34:59.940" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="216" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="171" CreationDate="2010-08-18T04:40:23.223" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Existing Ubuntu mailing lists and forums have a good amount of traffic, perhaps having a signature tagline in people's email signature will help spread the word. For example&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Joe Smith&#xA;me@ubuntu.com&#xA;Questions about Ubuntu? Ask the experts at http://askubuntu.com&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also a link in IRC on your /quit and /away messages&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="235" LastEditDate="2010-12-25T20:28:44.897" LastActivityDate="2010-12-25T20:28:44.897" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-08-18T04:40:23.223" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="218" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="171" CreationDate="2010-08-18T08:36:02.150" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think a lot of the main marketing push relies on the site coming out of beta and getting a proper (something.ubuntu.com) domain. Until then it looks very unofficial.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other than that, we need to get listed in the main support sections. We'd be competing with Launchpad Answers so I'm not sure how feasible that is but it's important to the long-term success of this place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We already have the search engine crowd. Several posts here rank top in Google.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2010-08-18T08:36:02.150" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-08-18T08:36:02.150" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="219" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-08-18T14:36:49.377" Score="1" ViewCount="74" Body="&lt;p&gt;What are the logistics? How to deploy?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4" LastActivityDate="2010-08-20T22:01:25.380" Title="How will we get the future site into our Ubuntu theme?" Tags="|discussion|top-7|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="220" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="219" CreationDate="2010-08-18T14:38:09.327" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've mailed someone on the Canonical design team to see if they have time to help us with the branding.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EDIT: Also, by the time we're out of beta the Ubuntu font should be finished and available under a free license, we should use it on here!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="235" LastEditDate="2010-08-20T22:01:25.380" LastActivityDate="2010-08-20T22:01:25.380" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="221" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1" CreationDate="2010-08-18T18:31:28.433" Score="-3" Body="&lt;p&gt;How about something like&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;UbuntuJustWorks.com&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A reference to the Apple claim that their stuff &quot;just works&quot;. Linux certainly doesn't &quot;just work.&quot; But here, any mess you're in trying to get Ubuntu to work is solved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just an idea. And, it's available.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1415" LastEditorUserId="1415" LastEditDate="2010-08-19T01:55:01.643" LastActivityDate="2010-08-19T01:55:01.643" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-08-18T18:31:28.433" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="222" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="231" CreationDate="2010-08-18T18:39:28.043" Score="2" ViewCount="137" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/209/launchpad-single-sign-on&quot;&gt;Launchpad Single Sign On&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://one.ubuntu.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://one.ubuntu.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I like that the &quot;Ubuntu One&quot; cloud account goes hand in hand with the operating system, and now there's a music store... It seems like it has potential to be &lt;i&gt;the&lt;/i&gt; online account to be associated with an Ubuntu user, in his capacity as an Ubuntu user. I think that potential could be well approached if there was a way to use your Ubuntu One account on these forums. I'm not sure how exactly they would be integrated... I just think that they can be, to some greater end.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Granted, I can always just use my Google account or Facebook account... Maybe Canonical can start pulling together a greater online social-media-style presence?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1415" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-16T17:33:45.993" LastActivityDate="2010-08-20T15:15:03.687" Title="Ubuntu One Integration? Or something..." Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2010-09-16T00:39:32.967" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="223" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="222" CreationDate="2010-08-18T18:50:00.893" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you mean by integration, that you can use your single login with ubuntu's launchpad account, please look at &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/209/launchpad-single-sign-on&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-16T17:33:45.993" LastActivityDate="2010-08-18T18:50:00.893" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="224" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="222" CreationDate="2010-08-19T06:34:36.657" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't think there is much (any?) scope for this site to be part of Ubuntu One itself. However we could provide the ability to use the same username and password as is used for Ubuntu One, Launchpad, the forums, etc: see &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/209/launchpad-single-sign-on&quot;&gt;my question on Launchpad Single Sign On&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="866" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-16T17:33:45.993" LastActivityDate="2010-08-19T06:34:36.657" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="225" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-08-20T02:00:57.213" Score="8" ViewCount="205" Body="&lt;p&gt;As we enter the second week of the public beta, we desperately need members from the site whose focus is to engage the community, both in community-building issues and site management. That's why we select a few members from each community to act as temporary, provisional Moderators. You can read about the program here: &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/07/moderator-pro-tempore/&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Moderators Pro Tempore&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am pleased to announce that these members have stepped up and generously volunteered their time to help us assure that each community’s issues are properly addressed:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/7DK9A.png&quot; alt=&quot;alt text&quot; /&gt;  &lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/MW4Bi.png&quot; alt=&quot;alt text&quot; /&gt; &lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/7ScNM.png&quot; alt=&quot;alt text&quot; /&gt; &lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/sjBHc.png&quot; alt=&quot;alt text&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We want to make this site a huge success, and these members are great examples of exactly the type of people we need to make this site succeed. Please welcome them for the hard work and time they contribute.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Did I overlook anyone?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Almost certainly. There are members who are actively involved and very deserving of recognition. My failure to account for everyone this early on is in &lt;em&gt;no way&lt;/em&gt; a slight against them. Ideally, Moderators are elected by the community and that's why &lt;strong&gt;you'll have your elections in several weeks.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most of all, be respectful and understanding of the Moderators Pro Tem. Members of your community are volunteering their time and learning on the job. It’s a learning experience for everyone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="62" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-02-10T22:36:08.203" Title="Moderator Pro Tem Announcement" Tags="|discussion|moderation|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2012-02-12T15:05:22.250" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="226" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-08-20T03:46:18.707" Score="22" ViewCount="1217" Body="&lt;p&gt;Recently there was a bug report posted as a question here. I was hoping the community could discuss whether this should be done or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastEditorUserId="453" LastEditDate="2010-09-05T14:08:55.470" LastActivityDate="2016-03-27T15:27:13.693" Title="Are bug reports suitable for this site?" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-08-20T03:46:26.617" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="227" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="226" CreationDate="2010-08-20T03:47:38.143" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm gonna say no, because bug reports are something the program's author should be looking into, and not the community at large.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastActivityDate="2010-08-20T03:47:38.143" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-08-20T03:47:38.143" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="228" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="226" CreationDate="2010-08-20T03:50:32.457" Score="25" Body="&lt;p&gt;Questions that are simply problem reports are &lt;strong&gt;not suitable&lt;/strong&gt; for Ubuntu Stack Exchange. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://launchpad.net&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Launchpad&lt;/a&gt; is the place to report bugs, its where developers are monitoring for such things, and is more suited to the problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it's not &lt;em&gt;very obviously&lt;/em&gt; a bug, though, I think we can leave it. If it's behavior which might be a bug or, say, a case of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_error&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;PEBKAC&lt;/a&gt;, err on the side of being more permissive. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="66" LastActivityDate="2010-08-20T03:50:32.457" CommentCount="4" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-08-20T03:50:32.457" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="230" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-08-20T14:42:32.793" Score="5" ViewCount="317" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the unix.stackexchange.com site a banner pops up to vote for or against the merge of unix.stackexchange.com and ubuntu.stackexchange.com. However, here on the ubuntu site this banner does not pop up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is absolutely unfair. Besides, that this vote is unnecessary, because this choice has already been made in the proposal phase, any voting should be done in a fair and equal way. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Democracy is not voting until the desired result can be achieved, if necessary by means of unequal situations!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/polls/1/should-unix-linux-and-ubuntu-merge&quot;&gt;The voting link is here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-12T07:23:18.803" LastActivityDate="2010-08-23T11:32:03.743" Title="Why is the Unix community allowed to vote for or against a potential merge of Ubuntu and Unix, but not the Ubuntu community?" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="231" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="222" CreationDate="2010-08-20T15:15:03.687" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Okay... It hasn't really been answered per se, but... The issue is resolved I suppose. Thanks, guys, for helping me figure it out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can this thread be merged into the launchpad one? or... what?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1415" LastActivityDate="2010-08-20T15:15:03.687" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="232" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="230" CreationDate="2010-08-20T15:40:39.977" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The voting banner came up for me on the Ubuntu site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It looks like if you click the [X] on the voting banner on one site, then it won't show up for you on either site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="36" LastEditorUserId="36" LastEditDate="2010-08-20T15:55:16.953" LastActivityDate="2010-08-20T15:55:16.953" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="233" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="230" CreationDate="2010-08-20T18:00:28.523" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If the banner didn't come up, you can still -presumably- follow the URL from the &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/08/should-unix-linux-and-ubuntu-be-merged-vote/&quot;&gt;Should Unix Linux and Ubuntu be Merged&lt;/a&gt; blog entry, just to satisfy my completist fetish:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ubuntu community vote: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/polls/1/should-unix-linux-and-ubuntu-merge&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/polls/1/should-unix-linux-and-ubuntu-merge&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/polls/1/should-unix-linux-and-ubuntu-merge&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Unix community vote: &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/polls/2/should-unix-linux-and-ubuntu-merge&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/polls/2/should-unix-linux-and-ubuntu-merge&quot;&gt;https://unix.stackexchange.com/polls/2/should-unix-linux-and-ubuntu-merge&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="716" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:37:19.280" LastActivityDate="2010-08-20T18:00:28.523" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="234" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-08-20T22:02:14.067" Score="22" ViewCount="1444" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am surprised nobody has asked this, but I'll go ahead and start the flame war.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Why do you like this site more than the &lt;a href=&quot;http://ubuntuforums.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Forums&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To me, it seems like unnecessary fragmentation of the Ubuntu support community. The Ubuntu Forums provide everything from a large established community, large body of existing questions that new users are referred to, very well moderated (from what I've noticed), and questions usually get answered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This community on the other hand is new, undefined, and would seem like a mess to follow. On that last part, one of the things I like about the Ubuntu forums is the categorization. If I only wanted to help on begginer topics, I could go to the beginners forum (really helpful since my skill level with debugging linux isn't that much). If I was more advanved and wanted to help people string together a custom DE based on Compiz, Gnome-panels, a taskbar, and nautilus, I could follow more advanced forums like Desktop Environments or other similar advanced forums. From the outside it looks like in the future its going to be a mess of super advanced questions that nobody see's (and therefor doesn't get answered), and tons of basic &quot;Where's the browser?&quot; type questions. And &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/3811/how-about-a-difficulty-rating-for-questions&quot;&gt;as seen on MSO&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/58442/would-it-be-possible-to-add-a-difficulty-level-dimension-to-questions-closed&quot;&gt;difficulty rating systems&lt;/a&gt; aren't all that liked.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I just don't see any advantage over the Ubuntu Forums. However, considering that this site in Area 51 grew faster than most other sites, some people apparently like it. My question is &lt;strong&gt;why?&lt;/strong&gt; What are the deficiencies of the Ubuntu Forums? What draws you here? And lastly, &lt;em&gt;has the creation of this site stopped you from going to the Ubuntu Forums?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm curious to how this plays out. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="168" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2012-11-20T22:47:21.037" Title="Why is this site better than the Ubuntu Forums?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-08-20T22:02:14.067" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="235" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="234" CreationDate="2010-08-20T22:44:59.457" Score="17" Body="&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;This site is pretty. It is much prettier than those forums.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Meh. I searched for a solution, and I found it here. I found this place before I found that one. So I started using this stuff. It works.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I've seen questions get answered on here pretty fast, and pretty well. And in English. I somehow imagine that nobody on the Ubuntu forums speaks English. I'm not saying you don't... But if I were to go to that forum and ask &quot;where is the browser?&quot;, I feel like you guys would answer by telling me to write up a quick shell script to perform a depth first search from the root directory. People here answer questions in a surprisingly simple manner. And, yeah, I don't know how nice the answers in the forums are... I might be surprised. But I feel comfortable here. Which, I suppose, goes back to point number 1. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Who ever said we aren't using both?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1415" LastActivityDate="2010-08-20T22:44:59.457" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-08-20T22:44:59.457" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="236" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="230" CreationDate="2010-08-20T23:03:10.580" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;the &quot;vote on unix vs ubuntu&quot; was inserted into the message queue of all accounts with &gt;= 15 reputation with users who have been active in the last 30 days, excluding moderators&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123" LastActivityDate="2010-08-20T23:03:10.580" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="237" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="234" CreationDate="2010-08-20T23:22:22.233" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;As I understand the setup, the Stack Exchange engine tries to merge some additional concepts with the discussion part. I don't know if there is a definitive document describing all of this, it has been mentioned on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackexchange.com/2008/09/help-us-beta-test/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Stack Exchange blog&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From what I've seen it doesn't always work the way it is supposed to, but the idea is to emphasize coming up with the answer to a question (which should be the first item below that question because it has been voted up or accepted by the questioner). Users who are consistent about providing answers that others value should have a higher reputation score. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Forums encourage a conversation, which isn't always the same thing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The engine worked quite well for programming questions, and over time the original creators decided to see how well it handled collecting answers to questions on other topics. Sometimes it works better than other times. And, the many &lt;a href=&quot;http://area51.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;new sites&lt;/a&gt; (including this one) are an experiment to see what works and what doesn't.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="453" LastActivityDate="2010-08-20T23:22:22.233" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-08-20T23:22:22.233" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="239" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-08-21T02:57:22.773" Score="6" ViewCount="2826" Body="&lt;p&gt;I notice that in some people's answers say &quot;to edit the file, do sudo gedit $file&quot; some people say &quot;sudo nano $file&quot; and of course &quot;sudo vim $file&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By default doing &quot;sudoedit $file&quot; will open the file in the user's preferred editor. I think this is handy because documentation can be consistent regardless of what editor the user prefers. Thoughts?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="453" LastEditDate="2010-09-05T14:10:11.397" LastActivityDate="2011-11-28T00:48:47.273" Title="Recommending sudoedit instead of sudo $editor?" Tags="|discussion|answer-format|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="240" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="239" CreationDate="2010-08-21T07:27:02.447" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think this is a great idea - for a few reasons:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I had no idea &lt;code&gt;sudoedit&lt;/code&gt; even exisited! So plus one on learning something&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;This provides the asker of the question - and eventually other answer seekers - a uniform way of performing actions. I myself know enough that I personally love &lt;code&gt;nano&lt;/code&gt; for text editing. But just like &lt;code&gt;Vi&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;nano&lt;/code&gt; is a beast of its own to learn to use. For someone who is new and knows only of GUI editors, that's a big step to make.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2010-08-21T07:27:02.447" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="241" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="239" CreationDate="2010-08-21T13:28:21.523" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I slightly disagree. This assumes the user is competent with a text-mode editor which they might not be. When supporting a mixed range of user competency (which we are) I find it's often better to cater to the lowest common denominator. In this case that means keeping them in a GUI environment as much as possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;gksu gedit&lt;/code&gt; for Gnome/Ubuntu and &lt;code&gt;kdesudo kate&lt;/code&gt; for KDE/Kubuntu (etc) seem like safer bets. Experienced users could easily sub in their editor of choice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course for things that have to be done via the command line, &lt;code&gt;sudoedit&lt;/code&gt; is great. IMO this includes tasks where there are multiple commands to be fired off and it's not practical to keep opening Run dialogues.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2011-11-28T00:48:47.273" LastActivityDate="2011-11-28T00:48:47.273" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="242" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="234" CreationDate="2010-08-21T16:25:08.720" Score="32" Body="&lt;p&gt;The forums are great for discussions but not so great for keep answers up to date. Don't get me wrong, there are tons of great answers on the forums, but there are also tons of wrong answers from threads that don't get updated, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are countless threads that are &lt;em&gt;pages&lt;/em&gt; long and if you are unlucky enough not to read on page 14 that the more correct way is to do it another way you are doomed. On top of that it's tough to find JUST the answer you need without filtering through the tons of discussion in a thread. I don't really need to know or care if someone thinks the thread is +1 or that &quot;that feature is dumb&quot; or whatever, if people need help they should be able to just get the answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I like the SE has a concept of reputation based on your past performance. If someone's answer is better than another person's it gets voted and percolated to the top. There's no need for people to update threads or split off threads that are offtopic or any of that. Just the answer to the question, that's all people want.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I read the forums every day, and I find that using SE is a better tool for finding answers to questions; it's not a replacement to the forums because that's a great place to just talk about stuff, like &quot;that feature is dumb&quot;, but not mixing it in with a help knowledge base. To me I think using SE for the questions is better, however instead of &quot;the sticky thread on how to compile your own kernel&quot; on the forum containing the information that can be kept on an SE answer and the discussion can take place on the forums. &lt;em&gt;shrug&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2010-08-21T16:25:08.720" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-08-21T16:25:08.720" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="243" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="244" CreationDate="2010-08-21T17:15:07.493" Score="14" ViewCount="183" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since Launchpad is an integral part of Ubuntu, would questions relating to the use of Launchpad be on-topic?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Obviously questions about &lt;em&gt;a specific project&lt;/em&gt; on Launchpad would be off-topic. (Unless there's another good reason for the question.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastEditorUserId="66" LastEditDate="2010-08-22T03:36:44.570" LastActivityDate="2011-09-20T22:43:02.090" Title="Are Launchpad questions on-topic?" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="244" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="243" CreationDate="2010-08-21T17:25:04.000" Score="17" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think they should be considered ontopic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For more advanced users who might need to follow the progress of a bug or report a bug it can be useful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And for developers (especially SE people who are unfamiliar with Ubuntu) it's a great opportunity to showcase the things Launchpad can offer them as application developers (daily builds, bug tracking, PPAs, etc.) - which in turn get consumed by Ubuntu users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="1116" LastEditDate="2011-09-20T22:43:02.090" LastActivityDate="2011-09-20T22:43:02.090" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="245" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-08-22T01:50:38.867" Score="4" ViewCount="101" Body="&lt;p&gt;This isn't really a question but I guess I should bring it up now rather than later. In an effort to help spread the word I have asked some existing Ubuntu teams to start participating.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I started with the kernel team because in the past they have had concerns about tons of junk information about kernel support out there on the internet, so I've asked them to start participating in an effort to ensure users are getting the proper support.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Like many of us who started participating on SE we're going to need help getting existing teams used to the SE-way of going things, I just thought I'd announce this on meta because I plan and hope to involve as many existing teams in the project on here as we can muster.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2010-08-23T04:32:04.990" Title="Encouraging existing Ubuntu teams to use SE" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-08-22T01:50:38.867" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="246" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="245" CreationDate="2010-08-22T01:59:06.120" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;why is there going to be yet another place to contact a team?  We have Answers on launchpad, the corresponding freenode channel and the corresponding mailing list seems like a lot of places to have conversations in regards to contributing or suggesting changes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will this also become diluted by becoming a place to post bugs as well?  Then we will have bugs.launchpad.net as well?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Look the forums have a problem we all know that, but I think spreading the community thin will  be bad for the community as a whole&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="152" LastActivityDate="2010-08-22T01:59:06.120" CommentCount="2" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-08-22T01:59:06.120" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="247" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="234" CreationDate="2010-08-22T02:13:28.743" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;As other people said, it doesn't have to be one or the other.  This site is focused on concrete questions with concrete answers, as opposed to subjective discussions (both have their own role).  As other people noted, it's a wiki and it has voting and reputation.  People are supposed to be able to see the best answers (this works fairly well in practice), and you can edit other people's questions and answers when appropriate.  This helps things remain up to date, accurate, and organized.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, it has a free license (&lt;a href=&quot;http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike 2.5&lt;/a&gt;) and dumps (haven't seen a dump for Ubuntu yet, but I assume it's coming).  Both have played a big part in Wikipedia's success (and my participation therein), and this also encourages me to use StackExchange sites.  Forums come and disappear regularly and people's contributions usually aren't licensed at all.  A lot of good work has already been lost across the internet.  I can feel confident that even if StackExchange goes under, the content will still be available.  And people are free to reuse, modify, and mash it up to make something else.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1581" LastEditorUserId="1581" LastEditDate="2010-08-22T02:31:23.653" LastActivityDate="2010-08-22T02:31:23.653" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-08-22T02:13:28.743" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="248" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="175" CreationDate="2010-08-22T02:30:10.970" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I agree that plagiarism is clearly unacceptable.  Further, we can not permit people to copy (with or without attribution) large amounts (beyond plausible &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;fair use&lt;/a&gt;) of non-free content.  That would both put us in legal jeopardy and compromise this site's free nature.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But limited quoting with attribution is always acceptable.  Further, in &lt;em&gt;some&lt;/em&gt; cases, it may be appropriate to reuse a significant amount of content, provided we comply with the original license (incl. attribution), and it is compatible with &lt;a href=&quot;http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;ours&lt;/a&gt;.  This site is also a wiki, and we can also update answers.  Even if it weren't, it would be reasonable to have a fixed extract of a changeable external page.  After all, printed matter does this all the time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1581" LastActivityDate="2010-08-22T02:30:10.970" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="250" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-08-22T18:37:36.030" Score="18" ViewCount="341" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;[ The previous revision of this question didn't get much response and was incomplete because it did not include the derivatives, at least one of which also has editions. I have revised it to hopefully be more complete and I have switched it to a community wiki. ]&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note:&lt;/strong&gt; If you have a suggested set of tags to identify the various Ubuntu editions and derivatives I would recommend posting them as answers so that they can be voted on and discussed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Current usage on Ubuntu.com&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the official Ubuntu website the term &amp;quot;edition&amp;quot; is used to indicate the various formulations of the main distribution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com/desktop&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Desktop Edition&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com/netbook&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Netbook Edition&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com/server&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Server Edition&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;In the past Ubuntu Netbook was also known as the &amp;quot;Netbook Remix&amp;quot; but &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/250/how-to-tag-the-ubuntu-editions/251#251&quot;&gt;Jorge Castro&lt;/a&gt; noted that this usage has been officially dropped in the latest releases.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The official website divides the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com/project/derivatives&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;known derivatives&lt;/a&gt; into several groups:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Recognized (significant contributions to the overall project)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Localised (support for languages not included in the main CD release)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Other (see the &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DerivativeTeam/Derivatives&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;derivatives wiki&lt;/a&gt; for more lists)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems reasonable to limit this discussion to the main Ubuntu distribution and the recognized derivatives. Based on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DerivativeTeam/Derivatives&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;derivatives wiki&lt;/a&gt; an attempt to be more inclusive could easily become quite confusing. The recognized derivatives are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kubuntu.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Kubuntu&lt;/a&gt; - Ubuntu with the K Desktop environment&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.xubuntu.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Xubuntu&lt;/a&gt; - Ubuntu with the XFCE desktop environment&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://ubuntustudio.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Studio&lt;/a&gt; - Designed for multimedia editing and creation&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mythbuntu.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Mythbuntu&lt;/a&gt; - Designed for creating a home theatre PC with MythTV&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.edubuntu.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Edubuntu&lt;/a&gt; - Ubuntu for education&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kubuntu.org/getkubuntu/download&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the project website&lt;/a&gt; Kubuntu has two editions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Kubuntu Desktop (usually just &amp;quot;Kubuntu&amp;quot;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Kubuntu Netbook (also known as &amp;quot;Kubuntu Netbook Remix&amp;quot;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Edubuntu derivative doesn't appear to have editions in the same sense as it's siblings but that project does produce several &amp;quot;application bundles&amp;quot; including one that is intended for installation onto a Kubuntu-based system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Current usage on the Ubuntu Stack Exchange&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Desktop Edition&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The desktop edition appears to be mostly tagged as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ubuntu-desktop&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ubuntu-desktop&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ubuntu-desktop&lt;/a&gt; has &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/789/deprecate-the-ubuntu-desktop-tag&quot;&gt;been deprecated&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We assume questions on the site apply to the Desktop edition unless otherwise tagged or it is obvious.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is also &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/desktop&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;desktop&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;desktop&lt;/a&gt; but it's unlikely these refer to the Desktop edition, more likely the concept of a &amp;quot;desktop&amp;quot; (desktop background, etc).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Netbook Edition&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These are tagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ubuntu-netbook&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ubuntu-netbook&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ubuntu-netbook&lt;/a&gt; with some tagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/unity&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;unity&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;unity&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Server Edition&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ubuntu-server&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ubuntu-server&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ubuntu-server&lt;/a&gt; redirects to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/server&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;server&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;server&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Kubuntu Desktop&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At the moment, Kubuntu Desktop questions are tagged with either &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/kubuntu&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;kubuntu&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;kubuntu&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/kde&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;kde&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;kde&lt;/a&gt; (and both in a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/kde+kubuntu&quot;&gt;few instances&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Kubuntu Netbook&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are a couple of questions tagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/knr&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;knr&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;knr&lt;/a&gt;. Most questions tagged netbook are referring to the main distribution (as noted above).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Xubuntu&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions relating to the XFCE-based derivative are tagged with either &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/xubuntu&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;xubuntu&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;xubuntu&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/xfce&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;xfce&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;xfce&lt;/a&gt; (and a few with both).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mythbuntu&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions regarding the home theatre derivative are tagged with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/mythbuntu&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;mythbuntu&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;mythbuntu&lt;/a&gt;. However, there are more questions tagged with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/mythtv&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;mythtv&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;mythtv&lt;/a&gt;. The former should probably be a synonym of the latter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edubuntu&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are a small number of questions with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/edubuntu&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;edubuntu&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;edubuntu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ubuntu Studio&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are a very small number of questions with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ubuntu-studio&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ubuntu-studio&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ubuntu-studio&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="453" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2011-01-24T22:40:47.077" Title="How to tag the Ubuntu editions and derivatives" Tags="|discussion|tags|derivatives|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="6" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-08-26T15:23:40.450" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="251" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="250" CreationDate="2010-08-22T18:46:08.743" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since the &quot;ubuntu&quot; is redundant and we discourage that maybe we should drop that and go with &lt;code&gt;desktop-edition&lt;/code&gt; &lt;code&gt;server-edition&lt;/code&gt; &lt;code&gt;netbook-edition&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For sure we can drop &quot;unr&quot; and any mention of the &quot;netbook remix&quot; as those terms are deprecated in newer versions, though I suspect there are plenty of people using old UNR happily. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="235" LastEditDate="2010-08-22T21:04:56.637" LastActivityDate="2010-08-22T21:04:56.637" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="252" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="253" CreationDate="2010-08-22T21:55:46.000" Score="12" ViewCount="225" Body="&lt;p&gt;In &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1488/is-there-a-way-to-stream-netflix-to-my-ubuntu-install&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; Bertrand's answer is better because he linked to a blog post from an upstream developer with much better information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think my answer got top voted because I happened to post first and he came along later with a better answer. What's the desired behavior here, should I nick the information from his answer into mine since it's already at the top or do we just encourage people to vote my answer down and his up?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-12T07:23:18.803" LastActivityDate="2010-10-18T18:27:56.700" Title="How do I demote my own answer and encourage people to see the more detailed one?" Tags="|discussion|best-practice|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="253" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="252" CreationDate="2010-08-22T22:06:57.627" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;The Stack Exchange engine is designed to be editable so that questions and answers can be improved over time. I think the most useful solution depends on whether a later answer contains both better information and is complete. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this case, the best answer would appear to be a combination of what you provided (the short summary) and what Bertrand Lorentz provided (a link to more detail and alternatives). I have sometimes edited my answers to include information posted by others which I think is okay as long as the information is attributed. I generally try to edit my answer to work in a link to the other answer. (I also vote up those answers if I can so the users will get some points.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Short answer: I think you should edit your answer to reference the information provided by Bertrand.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="453" LastActivityDate="2010-08-22T22:06:57.627" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="254" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="245" CreationDate="2010-08-23T04:32:04.990" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I also think we should start reaching out to Ubuntu LoCos for support and participation on the site. Their knowledge and love for the platform could bring a lot of great answers and atmosphere to the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2010-08-23T04:32:04.990" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-08-23T04:32:04.990" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="255" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="149" CreationDate="2010-08-23T11:18:41.987" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't see why there should be a Unix/Linux OR an Ubuntu SE site.  The serverfault and superuser sites serve this function just fine.  Just click &quot;Ubuntu&quot; in the tags.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It WOULD be nice, though, if clicking Ubuntu also included Ubuntu-10.04, etc, or if there were a special-tag sort of section on those sites (something like the admin tags) where the distro/OS can be specified without namespace issues.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It would also be nice to be able to post a question simultaneously to multiple SOI sites when it crosses domains, and have the answers, etc all be merged.  It's not real clear sometimes whether a question is a server or client question.  Ubu servers can have the same issues as Ubu desktops.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a question of FIXING SU and SF, not making more sites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think the real question should be whether to merge SU and SF, and how to make it easier to pick out the questions in the domain YOU desire to see, without having to fight with the Tag interface as described above.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1304" LastActivityDate="2010-08-23T11:18:41.987" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-08-23T11:18:41.987" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="256" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="230" CreationDate="2010-08-23T11:25:23.380" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Where is a vote to close both unnecessary and redundant sites?  SOI has succeeded in fracturing the Ubuntu SOI community now to &lt;strong&gt;FOUR&lt;/strong&gt; SOI sites: SuperUser, ServerFault, Unix SE, and Ubuntu SE.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions about Ubuntu get answered in SECONDS on ServerFault and SuperUser.  Here, they don't get answered at all.  Why would we want to expend effort convincing people to come here when they're already there, asking and answering Ubuntu questions?  I'd rather see all of you back on SU and SF participating in the ACTIVE community there rather than fracturing the users among four different sites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Already, one needed to post the same question in two places just to get answers from everyone active on an SOI site.  I can't reasonably bring myself to cross-post to four SOI sites when it's already debatable whether cross-posting is permitted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, creating separate posts on different SOI sites for the same question shouldn't be necessary in the first place. The user and question namespaces should be merged such that a question and its answers can easily appear on several sites, and such that users are able to participate, search, and interact across the spectrum of SOI sites without need to repeat the same activities on all sites.  If that were done, it wouldn't be so bad to have extra SOI sites like this. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1304" LastEditorUserId="1304" LastEditDate="2010-08-23T11:32:03.743" LastActivityDate="2010-08-23T11:32:03.743" CommentCount="2" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-08-23T11:25:23.380" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="257" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-08-23T19:09:51.893" Score="71" ViewCount="7606" Body="&lt;p&gt;We're in an odd situtation as Stack Exchange has long-established communities and so has Ubuntu. We need to ensure that we communicate best practices to the existing Ubuntu teams.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How do Ask Ubuntu and Stack Exchange work?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="235" LastEditDate="2012-05-29T13:48:46.710" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="How does Ask Ubuntu work?" Tags="|discussion|faq|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-08-23T19:09:51.893" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="258" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="180" CreationDate="2010-08-24T01:52:52.553" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;On thing I think could help would be an addition to the text on the &quot;Ask a Question&quot; page. Currently it reads&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Is your question about Ubuntu?&#xA;  We prefer questions that can be answered, not just discussed.&#xA;  Provide details. Write clearly and simply.&#xA;  If your question is about this website, ask it on meta instead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think we should ask to have text added, something like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Ubuntu Stack Exchange is for asking&#xA;  questions on how to use and&#xA;  participate in Ubuntu, if you have a&#xA;  flaw with the software itself, please&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;file a bug&lt;/a&gt; in our bug tracker so&#xA;  a developer can fix it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="453" LastEditDate="2010-08-24T05:22:04.410" LastActivityDate="2010-08-24T05:22:04.410" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-08-24T01:52:52.553" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="259" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="257" CreationDate="2010-08-24T04:37:12.593" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;One thing I would caution against is just pasting in a bunch of questions from an already existing collection of frequent questions. The Stack Exchange engine seems to work best when participants are asking questions they really are trying to answer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my experience many of the questions in traditional FAQ listings tend to seem very hypothetical (even when they are not). Please don't take this as some kind of blanket statement (I find such statements are rarely useful, and I'm not a Stack Exchange expert user) but rather an encouragement to focus on more individual and more interesting questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the Stack Exchange blog there is a post from Robert Cartaino (the Stack Exchange community coordinator) where he &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/07/area-51-asking-the-first-questions/&quot;&gt;comments on seeding a site with questions&lt;/a&gt;. Although the Ubuntu Stack Exchange is now in public beta, I think the comments there are still relevant. In particular, two comments stand out to me:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&quot;... if people feel that the author doesn’t really care about the answer, the whole exercise would likely be perceived as a waste of time.&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&quot;... if you want to ask question just for the sake of asking questions, at least make them really good ones.&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Jeff Atwood also wrote about early questions in a post about the launch of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2008/07/stack-overflow-private-beta-begins/&quot;&gt;original Stack Overflow private beta&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I will attempt to illustrate with a couple of the FAQ-style questions that are listed under the kernel tag. I think these questions are slightly awkward in the Stack Exchange environment because they really don't have a question body. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In any case, the two questions are about &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/2839/how-do-i-communicate-with-the-ubuntu-kernel-team&quot;&gt;communicating with the kernel team&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/2842/how-do-i-get-involved-with-the-ubuntu-kernel&quot;&gt;getting involved with the kernel&lt;/a&gt;. Here is how I imagine those questions as if an individual had asked them. I won't presume that my suggestion is particularly good - it still feels very 'invented' - but hopefully it communicates what I was trying to say.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How can I contact the Ubuntu kernel developers and help improve the kernel?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I'm interested in helping out with development of the Ubuntu kernel.&#xA;  Where should I go to find out what needs to done? And, how can I get in&#xA;  touch with the kernel developers?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="453" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-12T07:23:18.803" LastActivityDate="2010-08-24T04:37:12.593" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-08-24T04:37:12.593" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="260" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2017" CreationDate="2010-08-24T14:07:49.217" Score="5" ViewCount="95" Body="&lt;p&gt;Where is the link back to ubuntu.stackexchange.com from meta.ubuntu.stackexchange.com?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1415" LastEditorUserId="66" LastEditDate="2010-08-24T18:05:57.753" LastActivityDate="2011-11-10T21:24:50.990" Title="Where is the link back?" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|status-norepro|stackexchange|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="261" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="263" CreationDate="2010-08-24T15:24:44.160" Score="15" ViewCount="334" Body="&lt;p&gt;When investing my time into something, I like to know where it's going. Helping one person is good but if I can help 10, that's better. Is my time here worth more than that on IRC/forums/etc? To know that I need to know the plan for this site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't mean to sound so self-important. I think this is a question that we should all be asking ourselves: &amp;quot;What this site is really aiming to do?&amp;quot; Are we striving to become Ubuntu's new official support mechanism or are we just another little community with very little impact on the whole?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I personally think we're better than the rest of the Ubuntu support mechanisms if only because we have a slightly better infrastructure and the naive enthusiasm and dedication that comes with shiny new things... But what happens when this wears off?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Like it or not, this place is going to be driven by the questions that come in. If we can't attract people with problems, people looking to help others aren't going to bother. And if we can't increase our daily throughput, we're going to lose existing users to other support streams.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;A dirty experiment fighting for life in the wild.&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's right. We're a dirty little experiment happening at the bottom of the garden --not even Canonical's garden-- trying to justify our own existence. We might gain critical mass to attract people on our own but as it is, I think we're on running on the fumes of the current members' enthusiasm. 20 questions a day is probably a hundredth of what we need as a base level. But how do people get here short of reading about it on the planet or Google?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We need official direction and people with problems coming from official sources.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know several users here are proper Ubuntu Members, some commanding a decent level of influence in Canonical and the Ubuntu community. As it is, I am not one of these people. Would it be possible for one/many of you to start having discussions with the &amp;quot;Powers That Be&amp;quot;. Ask them what they think of the infrastructure, how we could fit into an official support process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A link from the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com/support/community&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;community support pages&lt;/a&gt; would be a great start to get a few extra people trickling through.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the &amp;quot;Powers That Be&amp;quot; don't want us as an official part of Ubuntu, should we exist at all? At what point are we wasting our time? At what point do we just distract and fragment the support landscape? At what point should we consider merging with the more generic unix.se?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course none of this is just up to us, the Community Council or Canonical. Jeff Atwood (et al) need to enable us and set terms for any arrangement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-01-21T18:54:30.417" Title="Who's running this ship and where's it going?" Tags="|discussion|meta|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="262" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="260" CreationDate="2010-08-24T15:40:39.930" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's called &lt;code&gt;parent&lt;/code&gt;. Left of &lt;code&gt;faq&lt;/code&gt; in the navigation bar right at the top.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's not always right of the &lt;code&gt;log out&lt;/code&gt; link. Get 2000 reputation and it's right of a &lt;code&gt;tools&lt;/code&gt; link:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/HTZYx.png&quot; alt=&quot;Look ma! Tools menu!&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2010-08-24T15:40:39.930" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="263" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="261" CreationDate="2010-08-24T16:04:19.033" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;Thanks for bringing this up. I too am frustrated that we've only got ~1700 users. I can tell you what I've been doing to get this off the ground. (I am a Canonical employee but doing this because I think it's a great idea, it's not assigned to me or anything like that).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Blogged on planet ubuntu. Tweeted a ton of times.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Mailed the reddit/r/ubuntu guys to add a link (they have like 8000 people over there!) (Done)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Asked teams within Canonical and Ubuntu to use and support the site.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Asked Jono to post a link in the Ubuntu Facebook group, which he did twice.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Asked it to be put in the /topic of #ubuntu to make that channel actually useful. (Got declined on this one.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Asked for it to be included in Ubuntu Weekly News. (Done)&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Asked for the top 5 hot questions and top 5 contributors of the week to be included in each issues. (Done)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Sent in a voicemail announcement to the Ubuntu UK podcast. (Done)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Asked 2 LinuxJournal authors to tweet it. (One of them did)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Started a conversation with the Launchpad developers about the future of Launchpad answers.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Talked to the Canonical design team on help with the design and logos. (Done)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Community call for help to &lt;a href=&quot;http://castrojo.tumblr.com/post/1060203614/help-us-support-stackexchange-sites-in-gwibber&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;support the exchange&lt;/a&gt; in Gwibber.&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/gwibber/+bug/629826&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Bug report&lt;/a&gt; with linked first implementation. (Needs help finishing it off!)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately we still have a chicken and egg problem. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Many people still &quot;don't get&quot; the SE experience, so we need help trying to explain it. For example see morberley's answer to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/257/i-am-an-existing-ubuntu-community-member-how-does-stackexchange-work&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;, we're going to need this exact kind of help to make it work.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Many people want to support whatever the &quot;official&quot; thing is. We can't become &quot;official&quot; until people use it and there's quality content out there.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am open to any ideas, but please hang in there!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-16T17:33:45.993" LastActivityDate="2014-01-21T18:54:30.417" CommentCount="6" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-09-04T07:56:41.350" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="264" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="265" CreationDate="2010-08-25T19:28:17.327" Score="3" ViewCount="72" Body="&lt;p&gt;When I first log into the site, I get a little notification at the top about comments I've received on questions I've answered.  However, when I go into my &quot;Activity&quot; page on my profile, there's no mention of the comments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I miss the header (or dismiss it too early), I've no way of seeing what comments have been made against my answers without going through them one by one?  Or have I missed something?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note : I don't really want to sign up for e-mails about comments/activity - I get enough e-mail each day.  I do use RSS feeds a lot though and would be delighted to see comments appear in my &quot;user RSS feed&quot;.  Sadly, comments don't appear to show up in there either.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="861" LastActivityDate="2010-08-25T19:35:36.800" Title="Where is my &quot;comment&quot; activity?" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="265" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="264" CreationDate="2010-08-25T19:35:36.800" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can always access the &quot;Recent Activity&quot; page by clicking on the envelope icon next to your username. When there are new responses it should be highlighted in addition to the banner that is displayed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I notice that sometimes the icon is highlighted but the Recent Activity is blank. I'm not sure why that happens, but I usually just click the &quot;today&quot; button right under the summary tab. This will show everything from the current day which might include items you've already seen but is sorted in reverse chronological order so the newer stuff is at the top.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="453" LastActivityDate="2010-08-25T19:35:36.800" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="266" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="171" CreationDate="2010-08-26T00:22:22.520" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;For those members here who are connected to the wider Ubuntu community, it might be useful to find opportunities for &lt;em&gt;specific&lt;/em&gt; promotions. That is, to promote participation in answering a particular question on the Ubuntu Stack Exchange. (It might also work in reverse, prompting someone to ask a particular question here.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It would take some additional effort to choose (and possibly summarize) a top notch question, but a user of this site who is also syndicated on the Ubuntu Planet could blog about a question here and invite people to come check it out. Of course, bloggers syndicated on other aggregators or who are have a few readers, and users of twitter, identi.ca, facebook, etc. could certainly do the same.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I figure this would work for several kinds of interesting questions: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;community wiki questions (usually open to more answers)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;really interesting questions with good answers&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;interesting questions that need a better answer (probably the most useful for site improvement)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Recently I noticed a &lt;a href=&quot;http://ubuntulinuxtipstricks.blogspot.com/2010/08/what-are-barriers-to-walking.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;blog post&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/1158/maco&quot;&gt;maco&lt;/a&gt; about &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/2872/what-are-the-biggest-barriers-to-walking-the-motu-developer-path&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; from this site which is a pretty good community-wiki-style question (no obvious definitive answer) although not marked as such.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="453" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-12T07:23:18.803" LastActivityDate="2010-08-26T00:22:22.520" CommentCount="2" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-08-26T00:22:22.520" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="267" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="250" CreationDate="2010-08-26T15:30:11.600" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here is a suggestion based roughly on current usage:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;ubuntu-server&lt;/code&gt; (synonym &lt;code&gt;server-edition&lt;/code&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;ubuntu-desktop&lt;/code&gt; (synonym &lt;code&gt;desktop-edition&lt;/code&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;ubuntu-netbook&lt;/code&gt; (synonym &lt;code&gt;netbook-edition&lt;/code&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;kubuntu&lt;/code&gt; (synonym &lt;code&gt;kubuntu-desktop&lt;/code&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;kubuntu-netbook&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;xubuntu&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;mythbuntu&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;edubuntu&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;ubuntu-studio&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="453" LastActivityDate="2010-08-26T15:30:11.600" CommentCount="3" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-08-26T15:30:11.600" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="268" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="272" CreationDate="2010-08-28T03:05:27.697" Score="16" ViewCount="152" Body="&lt;p&gt;Lately I've noticed users leaving comments (additional questions for the OP) as answers to their questions - which isn't desired.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I understand for Ubuntu Community members joining the site who are used to listserves and Forums and are not used to the distinguishment between Answers and Comments. Currently I've been leaving comments for those Answers detailing that it would be better suited as a Comment and have considered emailing users who do this frequently directly to help explain the process further.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm looking for suggestions from the community on how to best handle these instances.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="How to handle Comments as Answers" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="269" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="270" CreationDate="2010-08-28T08:30:44.010" Score="10" ViewCount="162" Body="&lt;p&gt;I asked a few questions, and some of them didn't get me an answer that helped (or an answer at all, for that matter. Occasionally people answer a question with more info, but not an answer). *&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And yet, the StackExchange platform seems to chide me by pointing out my acceptance rate. Kind of like a dunce cap, isn't it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;a) Should I feel bad that the system is pointing out my &quot;low&quot; acceptance rate?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;b) What should I do if I don't get an answer to my question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;* Which isn't necessarily a bad thing, it's just not an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="199" LastActivityDate="2010-09-02T00:22:40.183" Title="What happens if I don't get a satisfying answer?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="270" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="269" CreationDate="2010-08-28T13:25:25.873" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Well, if you don't get an answer, but the issue is kind of resolved, you might answer your own question, or something like that. Or, just give the green check to somebody who was, at least, helpful. Or, if the answer was &quot;how do I...&quot; and the real answer is &quot;you can't,&quot; you can feel fair giving the check to the first person who let you know that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Don't feel bad about the low acceptance rate. But... Well, if you do, just work on being more generous with the green check.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1415" LastActivityDate="2010-08-28T13:25:25.873" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="271" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="269" CreationDate="2010-08-28T14:36:56.573" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;If your question isn't answered - then it's just not answered. I would hesitate giving out check-marks to answers that don't help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The acceptance rate isn't there to dunce you - it's more of a guide for answerers as a way to show the typical response rate from you (obviously 0% raises a concern) but it isn't necessarily a deterrent especially in a community this young.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;So how do I get my questions answered?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sometimes you just want answers - and the ones you have aren't cutting it. You can place a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq#bounty&quot;&gt;bounty&lt;/a&gt; on the question (offer a reward) to whomever can provide you an answer. This is great for questions that are more complicated / difficult to answer because the incentive will likely get someone to provide the answer&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I figured the answer out on my own!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This happens all the time - and it's not a problem! Just post the correct answer to your question and accept that answer. In addition to providing the ability to ask/answer questions we're also building a database of questions and answers (Like a knowledgebase) so it's always good to have the correct answer to a question. Accepting an answer just because doesn't help us in that arena.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-12T07:23:18.803" LastActivityDate="2010-08-28T14:36:56.573" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="272" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="268" CreationDate="2010-08-28T19:59:24.137" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;It seems to me that your solutions are reasonable. From what I've seen leaving comments to encouraging users to fix the problem themselves seem like the preferred solution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's also good to remember that comments (except on a user's own questions and answers) require a slightly higher reputation (50).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There have been several discussions related to this on the Meta Stack Overflow and Meta Stack Exchange sites. I've linked to a couple that I think have really useful answers. (The Meta Stack Exchange one has a top answer from Stack Exchange Community Coordiantor Robert Cartaino.) There are several more related questions if you want to look around on &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/&quot;&gt;Meta Stack Overflow&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Meta Stack Overflow: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/21549/comments-incorrectly-submitted-as-an-answer-instead-what-should-we-do&quot;&gt;Comments incorrectly submitted as an answer instead: what should we do?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Meta Stack Exchange: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/3614/users-treat-qa-like-a-forum-how-can-a-mod-easily-move-answers-that-should-have/3623#3623&quot;&gt;Users treat Q&amp;amp;A like a forum. How can a mod easily move answers that should have been comments&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="453" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2010-08-28T19:59:24.137" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="273" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="250" CreationDate="2010-08-30T01:32:58.823" Score="1" Body="&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;GNOME&lt;/code&gt; = &lt;code&gt;Ubuntu Desktop Edition&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;KDE&lt;/code&gt; = &lt;code&gt;Kubuntu Desktop Edition&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;Unity&lt;/code&gt; = &lt;code&gt;Ubuntu Netbook Edition&lt;/code&gt; (Lucid/Maverick+) &amp;amp; &lt;code&gt;Ubuntu Light&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;UNR&lt;/code&gt; = &lt;code&gt;Ubuntu Netbook Remix&lt;/code&gt; (&amp;lt;=Karmic)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;Plasma-netbook&lt;/code&gt; = &lt;code&gt;Kubuntu Netbook Remix&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;Foundations&lt;/code&gt; = kernels/X11/toolchain/linaro&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;Server&lt;/code&gt; = redirect to serverfault.com ? Unless it's about byobu or setting up deb mirrors/proxies&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;branding&lt;/code&gt; = &quot;How do I get back to [x|k|studio]ubuntu wallpaper/login screen/plymouth&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The idea is that &quot;Ubuntu Desktop&quot; question will most likely be about GNOME/GUI apps &amp;amp; desktop environment. Similarly &quot;Kubuntu&quot; question would want an answer for KDE/Qt apps. Similarly netbook-remix'y should only deal with those customised UI's instead of general app questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72" LastActivityDate="2010-08-30T01:32:58.823" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-08-30T01:32:58.823" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="274" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="276" CreationDate="2010-08-30T17:48:10.633" Score="3" ViewCount="88" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/3109/network-manager-or-wicd&quot;&gt;Network Manager or WICD?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am given an option to start a bounty. This is not my question, and it has been answered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1151" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-12T07:23:18.803" LastActivityDate="2010-09-01T00:03:18.810" Title="Is this a bug? I can start a bounty on someone's answered question." Tags="|bug|status-bydesign|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="276" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="274" CreationDate="2010-08-30T20:03:58.197" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;This was a somewhat recent change to how the bounty system works. Among other changes, you can now add a bounty to someone else's question. The changes and details are outlined in this blog post:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/06/improvements-to-bounty-system/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Improvements to Bounty System&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="62" LastEditorUserId="62" LastEditDate="2010-08-30T23:53:55.143" LastActivityDate="2010-08-30T23:53:55.143" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="277" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1" CreationDate="2010-08-31T15:53:53.727" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Trying to put the human element back into this and I realise I have missed the mark a little and it just sounds cheesy but, what about something like &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;strong&gt;MyUbuntuBuddy.com&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Available)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As in, &quot;I am stuck. I know I'll ask My Ubuntu Buddy.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or in forum threads you can link to answers on this site by saying&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can find out more from &lt;a href=&quot;http://myubuntubuddy.com/example&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;My Ubuntu Buddy&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is supposed to feel like you are referring to a good friend who knows about Ubuntu rather than yet another knowledge base site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="458" LastEditorUserId="866" LastEditDate="2010-09-01T20:24:33.410" LastActivityDate="2010-09-01T20:24:33.410" CommentCount="5" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-08-31T15:53:53.727" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="278" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="171" CreationDate="2010-08-31T20:23:22.100" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;SE has a feature which allows people to &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/08/a-recipe-to-promote-your-site/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;tweet and facebook&lt;/a&gt; their questions to their social networks. This serves two goals, it helps spread the site AND hopefully gets the person some exposure on their question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2010-08-31T20:23:22.100" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-08-31T20:23:22.100" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="279" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="269" CreationDate="2010-09-01T11:25:02.533" Score="3" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Should I feel bad that the system is pointing out my &quot;low&quot; acceptance rate?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Only if you're purposefully not accepting things that have accurate answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What should I do if I don't get an answer to my question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Leave a comment on the answers you get that don't satisfy you. Either point out that they outright don't help or need improvement. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If somebody gives you a partial answer that allows you to solve your issue, edit their answer (granted, you need more reputation to do that, so leave comments) so there is a detailed log for the next person with your problem.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Downvote answers that are miles off the mark, unhelpful or damaging. It costs you some rep but it'll help other people by ranking the answers you get. Make sure you leave a comment when you do this so the author gets a notification so they can improve or delete their answer.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you're not getting any answers, you can start a bounty, trading some of your reputation as an incentive for attention. You need reputation points to trade so you might need to get involved in other questions, helping out before you can do this effectively.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2010-09-02T00:22:40.183" LastActivityDate="2010-09-02T00:22:40.183" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="280" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="299" CreationDate="2010-09-02T04:29:51.793" Score="12" ViewCount="212" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Update&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This project as been added to &lt;a href=&quot;http://github.com/marcoceppi/TweetExchange&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;GitHub&lt;/a&gt; the current planning board is on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.pivotaltracker.com/projects/113805&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;PivotalTracker&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With the recent addition of this question: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/3460/gwibber-and-oauthcalypse&quot;&gt;Gwibber and OAuthcalypse&lt;/a&gt; I began realizing an opportunity to help spread Ubuntu StackExchange. I began monitoring &lt;a href=&quot;http://twitter.com/#search?q=gwibber&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Twitter&lt;/a&gt; and replying to users complaining about that very issue. (It's progress can be tracked on &lt;a href=&quot;http://bit.ly/gwibber+&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Bit.ly&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which brought me to another idea. Using StackExchange API we could target Social Media outlets by pulling certain posts containing keywords (Like Ubuntu) and running that post through a search to see if a relevant question appears. If a high enough Percentage match exists then reply to that user with the URL.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not one to go off making bots to destroy users life and fear this may have some backlash - but I think it might be a possibly helpful endeavor for both unknowingly new users and this site's success.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm looking for feedback and ideas regarding this. I've outlined the following possible steps:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Need to create a Twitter account (Possibly AskUbuntu - based on our &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1/what-should-our-com-domain-name-be&quot;&gt;Domain Name&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Got to hook into the StackExchange API&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Monitoring for replies should probably go to someone&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've continued my caffeine fueled adventure and decided to start some base line tests to see how effective this might be.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://twitter.com/askubuntu&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;AskUbuntu&lt;/a&gt; twitter account has been registered by someone other than me (If you're a community member let us know - that account may come in handy) in the meantime I've registered &lt;a href=&quot;http://twitter.com/ubuntuexchange&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;UbuntuExchange&lt;/a&gt; and continued my efforts outside of my &lt;a href=&quot;http://twitter.com/marcoceppi&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;personal Twitter account&lt;/a&gt;. I've begun digging into the Twitter API and StackExchange API to become more familiarized with the kind of effort needed for a project like this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've also asked some of the other MODs on StackExchange sites (The &lt;a href=&quot;http://cooking.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;Cooking site&lt;/a&gt; seems to have &lt;a href=&quot;http://twitter.com/seasonedadvice&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;taken a hold of the opportunity&lt;/a&gt;) Which may mean there's more merit in this idea than I initially thought.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some additional parameters I've been muling over to help prevent this from being a negative attraction:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rate Limit&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The bot needs to be aware of who it directly @ replies and limit how many replies a user gets in X amount of time (Something like 1 every week max, etc TDB)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Spamming&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Bot will need to run a comparison of each word to the question (and accepted answer for that question) as well as the tags and calculate a percentage based on how related the twitter post is to the match. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A threshold will need to be created (something like 100%-90% Auto-reply, 89%-75% Hold it - like an outbox, where human review is needed to say &quot;Send&quot; or &quot;Deny&quot;, &amp;lt;74% Ignore)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Community Promotion&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In addition to question matching, perform keyword searching (Like if Help &amp;amp; Ubuntu exist in the same tweet simply reply with a generic-ish &quot;If you need help with Ubuntu, try our Q&amp;amp;A Site: &lt;a href=&quot;http://bit.ly/askubuntu&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://bit.ly/askubuntu&lt;/a&gt;&quot;) again subject to aforementioned rate limits&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In addition to replying to users it should also post &quot;Hot&quot; questions regularly (bi-daily, or whatever rate makes sense) to help showcase some of our excellent community work!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of my torrent of replies there are a few people who were happy from the outcome:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://twitter.com/Prajwalit/status/22782130432&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Prajwalit&lt;/a&gt;: Thanks! RT @ubuntuexchange: @Prajwalit Gwibber will work with the new OAuth - The update instructions are here: &lt;a href=&quot;http://bit.ly/gwibber&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://bit.ly/gwibber&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://twitter.com/Prajwalit/status/22782211683&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Prajwalit&lt;/a&gt;: @nxD4n thanks! but I fixed Gwibber n its working now. thanks to @ubuntuexchange :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://twitter.com/t_koeppen/status/22780867502&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;t_koeppen&lt;/a&gt;: @ubuntuexchange thanks for the tip. Gwibber is a good interim solution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://twitter.com/WoundedLilies/status/22779953425&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;WoundedLilies&lt;/a&gt;: @ubuntuexchange THX!! Now it works!!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://twitter.com/spiky7/status/22780056792&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;spiky7&lt;/a&gt;: @ubuntuexchange Thanks, that won't take a minute :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://twitter.com/daw50n/status/22778202700&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;daw50n&lt;/a&gt;: @ubuntuexchange Will give a go, thanks for the tip.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So of the all the tweeting and gentle pushes towards strangers it was somewhat successful test. There was increased foot traffic to the site (as gauged by my Bit.ly links) and a positive response from users being interacted with. I still very much desire the communities feedback on this, but barring any major objections I think this is a worthwhile - and potentially successable - endeavor.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your thoughts, opinions, and feedback are most welcome.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-12T07:23:18.803" LastActivityDate="2010-09-11T14:31:11.490" Title="Should we target Social Media?" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|promote|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="281" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="149" CreationDate="2010-09-03T06:40:37.490" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;This was put to a vote, with the &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/09/fork-it/&quot;&gt;following results&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ubuntu membership &lt;strong&gt;against&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Linux/Unix membership &lt;strong&gt;for&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;end result: &lt;strong&gt;no merge&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="866" LastEditorUserId="6787" LastEditDate="2012-06-27T08:10:58.223" LastActivityDate="2012-06-27T08:10:58.223" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-09-03T06:40:37.490" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="282" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-09-03T19:07:39.343" Score="37" ViewCount="13952" Body="&lt;p&gt;I noticed a minor 'edit war' in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/3550/revisions&quot;&gt;an answer&lt;/a&gt; (NB: broken link, I'm guessing the answer was deleted) regarding whether or not we should promote &lt;code&gt;$&lt;/code&gt; at the front of command line instructions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is one of these preffered over the other? Or should it be left to the original author's discretion?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;sudo apt-get dist-upgrade&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;$ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;# apt-get dist-upgrade&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(I'd imagine we generally discourage #3)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="866" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2017-04-24T14:33:30.950" LastActivityDate="2017-11-24T13:51:34.560" Title="$ (prompt) in command line instructions" Tags="|discussion|answer-format|best-practice|" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="283" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="282" CreationDate="2010-09-03T19:19:56.660" Score="20" Body="&lt;p&gt;Wasn't an edit war. Dana clicked edit before I edited, then clicked save after I had. My change was lost. It happens sometimes ;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But on topic, I think it makes most sense to have something that is copy-paste-able. When you start munging dollars and hashes onto the front of lines, you break that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is scope for confusion (if you have multiple commands and then an example of some text you'd like the user to add to a file) but if that's possible, you just make sure you explain what each code block is with some text between the blocks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2010-09-03T19:39:31.703" LastActivityDate="2010-09-03T19:39:31.703" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="284" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-09-03T19:33:42.523" Score="9" ViewCount="275" Body="&lt;h1&gt;All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Part of the long-term success of StackOverflow has been the ability/allowance for occasional on-topic silliness. Letting new users relax and get involved with a light thread helps introduce them to the community here without any burden on them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One of my successful threads there (with 535 up-votes and 260 answers) is: &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/questions/182112/what-are-some-funny-loading-statements-to-keep-users-amused&quot;&gt;https://stackoverflow.com/questions/182112/what-are-some-funny-loading-statements-to-keep-users-amused&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I propose that every weekend we have a few less serious community wiki threads. Of course we don't want to go overboard (too frequent or too silly) but regular and predictable. And they would have to be Ubuntu-related.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I thought I'd lead by example on this one: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/3553/if-apt-get-from-2020-existed-what-one-project-would-you-install&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/3553/if-apt-get-from-2020-existed-what-one-project-would-you-install&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you think it's a rubbish idea, downvote the thread (it doesn't cost you anything to dv a community wiki IIRC) and pending a negative score (or a stern talking to from our mods), I'll delete the thread and we'll say no more on the matter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2010-10-14T17:39:07.710" Title="Fun-thread-friday!" Tags="|discussion|fun|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="285" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="286" CreationDate="2010-09-03T19:36:30.803" Score="10" ViewCount="327" Body="&lt;p&gt;Nearly half of the &#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users?tab=newest&quot;&gt;35 newest users in Ubuntu StackExchange&lt;/a&gt; have exactly 101 reputation and no history of participation on the site. What's the explanation?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1859" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-12T07:23:18.803" LastActivityDate="2011-09-26T07:26:50.530" Title="Why are there so many new users with 101 reputation?" Tags="|discussion|reputation|users|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="286" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="285" CreationDate="2010-09-03T19:45:18.100" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;You start with 1 point. You get 100 points for associating your account with one on another Stack-site (provided that other account has 200+ rep). There's more of an explanation &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/05/new-automatic-account-association/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;here on the StackOverflow blog&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2010-09-03T19:45:18.100" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="287" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="282" CreationDate="2010-09-03T20:28:24.873" Score="16" Body="&lt;p&gt;In with what Oli said:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When something is &lt;code&gt;looking like this&lt;/code&gt; it's generally meant to be code in SO - this isn't SO though, it's Ubuntu and has been come to be recognized as command line (Especially in context with the question) So there's no need to place identifiers like &lt;code&gt;$&lt;/code&gt; or (even worse) &lt;code&gt;#&lt;/code&gt;. Here are a few examples of ways to effectively use code syntax.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Q: &lt;strong&gt;How do I install the marcoceppi-rules application?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will first need to add the marcoceppi-rules PPA to your system:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;sudo add-apt-repository ppa:marcoceppi-rules/ppa&#xA;sudo apt-get update&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once that has been added you will need to install &lt;code&gt;marcoceppi-rules&lt;/code&gt; from either Applications -&gt; Ubuntu Software Center or via command line:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;sudo apt-get install marcoceppi-rules&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First you will need to add the marcoceppi-rules PPA then run apt-get:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;sudo add-apt-repository ppa:marcoceppi-rules/ppa&#xA;sudo apt-get update&#xA;sudo apt-get install marcoceppi-rules&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are many ways to word this most all answers I've seen demonstrate a basic workflow and don't just arbitrarily respond with a &quot;code&quot; block. However the format of the answer and what the code block means will be largely dictated by the context of the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="270" LastEditDate="2010-10-04T08:28:10.110" LastActivityDate="2010-10-04T08:28:10.110" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="289" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="280" CreationDate="2010-09-04T06:59:58.283" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;SE also has leagues, for example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/leagues/31/week/ubuntu&quot;&gt;http://stackexchange.com/leagues/31/week/ubuntu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think it would be great if the twitter account announced the user of the week or something. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2010-09-04T06:59:58.283" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="290" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="483" CreationDate="2010-09-04T08:20:06.137" Score="7" ViewCount="193" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would like to see the &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Issue208?action=show&amp;amp;redirect=UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Current&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Weekly News&lt;/a&gt; add a section for SE questions. The thing is that it's run by non-technical people and since the data we need is already in SE I figured someone could whip up a quick script to grab the right info and then spit it out in MoinMoin wiki format (That they use) so the editor can just fire off the command, and then copy and paste the moin-compliant results:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Grab the top five from here: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/?tab=week&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/?tab=week&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Top contributors for the week: &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/leagues/31/week/ubuntu&quot;&gt;http://stackexchange.com/leagues/31/week/ubuntu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The moin formatting information is here: &lt;a href=&quot;http://moinmo.in/HelpOnFormatting&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://moinmo.in/HelpOnFormatting&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It would look like this, but with links to the individual questions and users:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt; == Top User Questions ==&#xA;&#xA;  * My processor is 64-bit - does that mean I need the amd64 image?&#xA;  * Why might I want to use a clipboard manager?&#xA;  * Why are notifications so low?&#xA;  * With a launcher for a terminal application, how can I keep the terminal &#xA;    open after the program is complete?&#xA;  * Alternative desktop managers&#xA;&#xA;  People contributing the best questions and answers this week: Oli, Richard &#xA;  Holloway, Marco Ceppi, fluteflute, and Jan Claeys&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can someone help me out?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-12T07:23:18.803" LastActivityDate="2010-10-12T12:35:29.140" Title="Can someone whip up a quick script for UWN?" Tags="|support|tools|promote|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="291" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="171" CreationDate="2010-09-04T10:30:56.307" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've made an &lt;a href=&quot;http://ubuntudevelopers.blip.tv/file/4081707/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;instructive screencast&lt;/a&gt; for new users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="235" LastEditDate="2010-10-12T06:06:01.650" LastActivityDate="2010-10-12T06:06:01.650" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-09-04T10:30:56.307" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="292" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="123" CreationDate="2010-09-04T11:45:28.623" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think once the apt.ubuntu.com bug is sorted that we should do it this way to cover our bases:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For desktop related questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You should install &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.inkscape.org&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Inkscape&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/inkscape&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;install&lt;/a&gt;), it's a great piece of software!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This links the user to the upstream project, where they can learn more about how to use it, etc, and also gives them an install link.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For server-related things we should do:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;openldap is great, install it via &lt;code&gt;sudo apt-get install openldap-server&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Complete answers will of course have both, but the apt.ubuntu.com way is clearly so much easier to use for desktop applications and we should encourage people to use it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2010-09-04T11:45:28.623" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="293" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1" CreationDate="2010-09-05T16:32:29.020" Score="-2" Body="&lt;h1&gt;ubuntusexchange.com&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In ref to UbuntuExchange.com and the ill-thought expertsexchange.com&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2010-09-05T16:32:29.020" CommentCount="2" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-09-05T16:32:29.020" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="294" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="290" CreationDate="2010-09-05T17:05:00.457" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Well I wrote a little Python script to do this. Relies on BeautifulSoup (package: &lt;code&gt;python-beautifulsoup&lt;/code&gt; available from all good repositories right now for free).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Update:&lt;/strong&gt; This version inserts hyperlinks for the questions and users. This should be more useful for people actually getting to the site but if you don't want to that, click the &quot;edited at time&quot; link and you can see the previous revisions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Update 2:&lt;/strong&gt; I've written a quick tutorial on the basics behind what I'm doing here, explaining what's going on in a slightly simplified model: &lt;a href=&quot;http://thepcspy.com/read/scraping-websites-with-python/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Scraping websites with Python&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's some pretty crazy python in here that beginners might not comprehend. I &lt;em&gt;think&lt;/em&gt; in Python's list comprehension model now so things end up getting compacted pretty tightly. Roll on 8 lines of heaven!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;from BeautifulSoup import BeautifulSoup&#xA;import urllib2&#xA;&#xA;output = ' == Top User Questions == \n'&#xA;&#xA;for q in BeautifulSoup(urllib2.urlopen('http://ubuntu.stackexchange.com/?tab=week')).findAll('h3')[:5]:&#xA;    output = '%s\n * [[http://ubuntu.stackexchange.com%s|%s]]' % (output, q.contents[0]['href'], q.contents[0].string)&#xA;&#xA;contribs = ['[[%s|%s]]' % (u.contents[0]['href'], u.contents[0].string) for u in BeautifulSoup(urllib2.urlopen('http://stackexchange.com/leagues/31/week/ubuntu')).findAll('h2')[1:6]]&#xA;output = '%s\n\nPeople Contributing the best questions and answers this week: %s and %s' % (output, ', '.join(contribs[0:4]), contribs[4])&#xA;&#xA;print output&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Actual output:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;oli@bert:~/Desktop$ python se-top.py &#xA; == Top User Questions == &#xA;&#xA; * [[http://ubuntu.stackexchange.com/questions/3378/my-processor-is-64-bit-does-that-mean-i-need-the-amd64-image|My processor is 64-bit - does that mean I need the amd64 image?]]&#xA; * [[http://ubuntu.stackexchange.com/questions/3553/if-apt-get-from-2020-existed-what-one-project-would-you-install|If apt-get-from-2020 existed, what one project would you install? ]]&#xA; * [[http://ubuntu.stackexchange.com/questions/3335/why-might-i-want-to-use-a-clipboard-manager|Why might I want to use a clipboard manager?]]&#xA; * [[http://ubuntu.stackexchange.com/questions/3326/why-are-notifications-so-low|Why are notifications so low?]]&#xA; * [[http://ubuntu.stackexchange.com/questions/3541/can-not-paste-into-terminal|Can not paste into terminal]]&#xA;&#xA;People Contributing the best questions and answers this week: [[http://ubuntu.stackexchange.com/users/449/oli|Oli]], [[http://ubuntu.stackexchange.com/users/458/richard-holloway|Richard Holloway]], [[http://ubuntu.stackexchange.com/users/41/marco-ceppi|Marco Ceppi]], [[http://ubuntu.stackexchange.com/users/866/fluteflute|fluteflute]] and [[http://ubuntu.stackexchange.com/users/935/jan-claeys|Jan Claeys]]&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit 15:&lt;/strong&gt; I saw Javier's comment about getting just this week's top-voted threads and challenged myself to do it. I also went a little further overboard... The script will now automatically copy the output to the clipboard and send you a notification to let you know when you can paste. Should make it possible to just be a launcher for somebody to double-click.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This version requires one more dependency (&lt;code&gt;xsel&lt;/code&gt; for copying to the clipboard): &lt;code&gt;sudo apt-get install python-beautifulsoup xsel&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;import urllib2, StringIO, gzip, json, time, os&#xA;from BeautifulSoup import BeautifulSoup&#xA;&#xA;output = ' == Most Active Questions == \n' # (votes + answers + comments)&#xA;for q in BeautifulSoup(urllib2.urlopen('http://ubuntu.stackexchange.com/?tab=week')).findAll('h3')[:5]:&#xA;    output = '%s\n * [[http://ubuntu.stackexchange.com%s|%s]]' % (output, q.contents[0]['href'], q.contents[0].string)&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;output = '%s\n\n == Top Voted New Questions == \n' % output # top by votes only&#xA;api_url = 'http://api.ubuntu.stackexchange.com/1.0/questions?sort=votes&amp;amp;order=desc&amp;amp;pagesize=5&amp;amp;fromdate=%s' % int(time.time() - 604800)&#xA;source = urllib2.urlopen(api_url).read()&#xA;for q in  json.loads(gzip.GzipFile(fileobj=StringIO.StringIO(source)).read())['questions'][:5]:&#xA;    output = '%s\n * [[http://ubuntu.stackexchange.com/questions/%s/|%s]]' % (output, q['question_id'], q['title'])&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;contribs = ['[[%s|%s]]' % (u.contents[0]['href'], u.contents[0].string) for u in BeautifulSoup(urllib2.urlopen('http://stackexchange.com/leagues/31/week/ubuntu')).findAll('h2')[1:6]]&#xA;output = '%s\n\nPeople Contributing the best questions and answers this week: %s and %s' % (output, ', '.join(contribs[0:4]), contribs[4])&#xA;&#xA;print output&#xA;&#xA;# Why stop there?! Let's copy this to the clipboard and spring a notification!&#xA;os.popen('xsel', 'wb').write(output)&#xA;&#xA;os.system(&quot;notify-send 'Yo! When you next paste, you will be pasting the awesome scores from the Ubuntu StackExchange website.'&quot;)&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Output&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt; == Most Active Questions == &#xA;&#xA; * [[http://ubuntu.stackexchange.com/questions/3553/if-apt-get-from-2020-existed-what-one-project-would-you-install|If apt-get-from-2020 existed, what one project would you install? ]]&#xA; * [[http://ubuntu.stackexchange.com/questions/3378/my-processor-is-64-bit-does-that-mean-i-need-the-amd64-image|My processor is 64-bit - does that mean I need the amd64 image?]]&#xA; * [[http://ubuntu.stackexchange.com/questions/3541/can-not-paste-into-terminal|Can not paste into terminal]]&#xA; * [[http://ubuntu.stackexchange.com/questions/3690/linux-alternative-to-photoshop-or-paint-net|Linux Alternative to Photoshop or Paint.NET]]&#xA; * [[http://ubuntu.stackexchange.com/questions/3697/how-to-install-fonts-in-ubuntu| How to install fonts in Ubuntu?]]&#xA;&#xA; == Top Voted New Questions == &#xA;&#xA; * [[http://ubuntu.stackexchange.com/questions/3554/|How to make my proxy settings change depending on the network I connect to ?]]&#xA; * [[http://ubuntu.stackexchange.com/questions/3503/|Best way to cache apt downloads on a LAN?]]&#xA; * [[http://ubuntu.stackexchange.com/questions/3530/|What's happening with windicators?]]&#xA; * [[http://ubuntu.stackexchange.com/questions/3539/|How can I make and distribute an Ubuntu screensaver?]]&#xA; * [[http://ubuntu.stackexchange.com/questions/3750/|What precautions should I take when exposing my Ubuntu desktop directly to the internet?]]&#xA;&#xA;People Contributing the best questions and answers this week: [[http://ubuntu.stackexchange.com/users/449/oli|Oli]], [[http://ubuntu.stackexchange.com/users/866/fluteflute|fluteflute]], [[http://ubuntu.stackexchange.com/users/41/marco-ceppi|Marco Ceppi]], [[http://ubuntu.stackexchange.com/users/458/richard-holloway|Richard Holloway]] and [[http://ubuntu.stackexchange.com/users/235/jorge-castro|Jorge Castro]]&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2010-09-06T23:14:58.880" LastActivityDate="2010-09-06T23:14:58.880" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="296" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-09-07T14:06:30.403" Score="2" ViewCount="83" Body="&lt;p&gt;When I favor a question sometimes; I would like to be able to favor the question when I am browsing on the questions menu; as supposed to clicking the question and then favoring. I was wondering if I am the only one who feels this way as well, how can I move forward to get this changed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please and thank you. :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;GC&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="333" LastActivityDate="2010-09-07T19:19:22.640" Title="Can the star be on the browsing level of a question?" Tags="|feature-request|comments|bookmarks|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="297" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="296" CreationDate="2010-09-07T15:27:54.870" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You probably won't get support for this. Even if you do have local support here, you'd need somebody at StackOverflow Inc to push the change and they'd probably have to implement it over all sites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However you could implement this for yourself using a greasemonkey script. The pages already have jQuery running on them so I imagine it would be pretty simple to:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Loop over &lt;code&gt;$('.question-summary')&lt;/code&gt; and for each element:&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Pull out the question-ID from the element ID attribute&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Add a link to the box.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Bind the link's click action to throw a request to  one and then add a link that does an AJAX &lt;code&gt;POST&lt;/code&gt; to &lt;code&gt;http://ubuntu.stackexchange.com/posts/&amp;lt;Question ID&amp;gt;/vote/5&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd write you a full script if I had any free time at the moment but hopefully this is enough of a clue for somebody to pump something out in a few minutes. Or you if you've any experience with jQuery... It's really not &lt;em&gt;that&lt;/em&gt; hard once you know what you need to do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit:&lt;/strong&gt; Found some time. Greasemonkey script awaiting you: &lt;a href=&quot;http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/85630&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/85630&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It &lt;em&gt;can&lt;/em&gt; be better. It doesn't show if you have already favourited a question and that means that if you click it again, you un-favourite it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm trying to work out a way that the script can find out if a question is favourited or not. At the moment, the only way I can think is to load the whole question page up (behind the scenes, of course) and extract some javascript showing the vote-status. This would mean doing 30-100 extra requests per page. I'm certain the Stackoverflow servers would melt if more than a dozen people had a script like that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2010-09-07T19:19:22.640" LastActivityDate="2010-09-07T19:19:22.640" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="298" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1" CreationDate="2010-09-08T18:59:57.540" Score="-5" Body="&lt;p&gt;HolyCrapICanFinallyOpenAnExcelFile.com&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I figured people have issues with getting up and running with ubuntu. I was going to suggest&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;UbuntuMadeEasy.com&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But that has no umph to it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1151" LastActivityDate="2010-09-08T18:59:57.540" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-09-08T18:59:57.540" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="299" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="280" CreationDate="2010-09-08T19:55:08.870" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm wary of anything that is &lt;em&gt;completely&lt;/em&gt; automated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With the number of users we'd like to have, an intermediate step that requires human approval might be feasible, not to mention much more personal.&#xA;There could perhaps be something similar to blog comment moderation where human eyes would make sure nothing too spammy or stupid is sent out:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/7sGmw.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;blog comment moderation&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Suggested answers could be provided at the ready for approvers to include. A minimum reputation score could be required before a user is allowed to approve messages.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't know enough about the StackExchange platform to know if it would be possible, but it would be awesome if something like this could sit in a box on the sidebar for users to keep an eye on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1859" LastActivityDate="2010-09-08T19:55:08.870" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="300" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="301" CreationDate="2010-09-10T15:01:06.950" Score="11" ViewCount="371" Body="&lt;p&gt;What's the best way to describe a keyboard shortcut in a question? For instance, if I'm talking about a shorcut that consists of the Ctrl and the + keys pressed together.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Should I describe it as Ctrl++ (style used in ubuntu's &quot;keyboard shortcuts&quot; window), C^+ (emacs style), or something else?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I tried using angled brackets (&amp;lt; and &gt;) around each key, but I think the editor treated them as html formatting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1012" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="How to describe keyboard shorcuts?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="301" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="300" CreationDate="2010-09-10T15:12:42.247" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;kbd&gt;Ctrl&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;+&lt;/kbd&gt; is probably the most understandable. To make it:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;kbd&amp;gt;Ctrl&amp;lt;/kbd&amp;gt;+&amp;lt;kbd&amp;gt;+&amp;lt;/kbd&amp;gt;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think Emacs formatting would confuse a lot of Ubuntu desktop users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, unless you're specifically referring to the &lt;kbd&gt;+&lt;/kbd&gt;-only key on the number pad, it's probably a good idea to write &lt;kbd&gt;Ctrl&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;Shift&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;+&lt;/kbd&gt;. (Edit: See Marcel's point below.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For keyboard shortcuts in a question title, it &lt;a href=&quot;https://superuser.com/search?q=ctrl&quot;&gt;looks like&lt;/a&gt; the Ctrl++ form is most commonly used. While this form has more potential for ambiguity, it's probably best to clutter titles as little as possible and let your question clarify the meaning.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On a side note, if you ever need to type inequality signs you can use the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.w3schools.com/tags/ref_entities.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;HTML entities&lt;/a&gt; &lt;code&gt;&amp;amp;lt;&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;&amp;amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; to type &amp;lt; and &amp;gt;, respectively.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And one more thought: It should go without saying, but, for everyone reading this, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1939/kbd-elements-are-way-intrusive/23571#23571&quot;&gt;please don't abuse the &amp;lt;kbd&amp;gt; tag.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1859" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2010-09-14T19:49:09.750" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="302" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-09-10T21:45:56.203" Score="9" ViewCount="515" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://ubuntu.shapado.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Ask&lt;/a&gt; (hosted on &lt;a href=&quot;http://shapado.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Shapado&lt;/a&gt;) looks just like an open-source clone of Ubuntu StackExchange.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why should &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devils_advocate&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;I&lt;/a&gt; use one over the other?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1859" LastEditorUserId="1859" LastEditDate="2010-09-11T00:36:08.770" LastActivityDate="2010-09-13T22:15:51.433" Title="Why should I use this site instead of Ubuntu Ask/Shapado?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="303" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="302" CreationDate="2010-09-10T22:36:05.357" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are several reasons - first and foremost our question and user base far exceed that of Ubuntu Ask already. Secondly Shapado is a SAAS &amp;quot;rip&amp;quot; of the StackExchange software. The site software here is fully supported by the StackOverflow, LLC team and therefore receives regular updates and features pushes as well as support for bugs within the platform.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Outside of a larger/more active user base and question poll there is nothing stopping you from using both. However giving the publicity and current trends this StackExchange site will likely succeed in it's ventures whereas the Ubuntu Ask site appears to be dwindling.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Stats&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ubuntu.StackExchange&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;1,028 Questions&lt;br&gt;&#xA;2,195 Useres&lt;br&gt;&#xA;96% Answered Questions&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ubuntu.Shapado&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;42 Questions&lt;br&gt;&#xA;121 Users&lt;br&gt;&#xA;N/A Answered Questions&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was unable to find the accept rate for the shapado site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2010-09-13T17:43:51.970" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="304" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="280" CreationDate="2010-09-11T14:31:11.490" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think this is an excellent idea. I think it would be great to get the main StackExchange team involved in this, and have something that can be used across all the StackExchange sites. Of course it would be great for the Ubuntu site to lead the way...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="866" LastActivityDate="2010-09-11T14:31:11.490" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="305" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-09-12T07:23:47.847" Score="13" ViewCount="246" Body="&lt;p&gt;I asked a question with a bounty and didn't realize I would loose the ability to comment.  Can I get a few up votes to get enough reputation back please?  I've seen this done on other meta sites so I hope this wont be a problem&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Too bad once you give up reputation for a bounty you loose privleges with it.  Would it be possible to make things like commenting more perminent?  Like once you get the ability you keep it so long as its not down votes resposible for the reputation loss. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="58" LastEditorUserId="41" LastEditDate="2010-09-13T07:01:18.377" LastActivityDate="2010-09-13T07:01:18.377" Title="Am I allowed to ask for a rep boost?" Tags="|discussion|support|reputation|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="306" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="307" CreationDate="2010-09-12T17:13:52.017" Score="4" ViewCount="98" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just rolled back &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/285/why-are-there-so-many-new-users-with-101-reputation&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; and now the Markdown hyperlink appears unprocessed:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/5ak0F.png&quot; alt=&quot;screenshot&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I click Edit, the preview displays correctly, so I know there isn't a syntax mistake:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/zV5vF.png&quot; alt=&quot;screenshot&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1859" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-16T17:33:45.993" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Markdown isn't parsed after a question rollback." Tags="|bug|status-completed|markdown|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="307" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="306" CreationDate="2010-09-13T01:52:17.600" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;This has been reported on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/63390/rolling-back-question-edits-occasionally-kills-formatting&quot;&gt;StackOverflow Meta&lt;/a&gt; already - I'm sure they're looking into this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2010-09-13T04:58:20.433" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="308" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="305" CreationDate="2010-09-13T04:53:40.610" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Given the nature of the site - Quality Questions and Answers - just simply up-voting for the sake of up-voting is typically discouraged. Not that anyone of your questions/answers isn't good, but it should be up-voted based on merit/quality - not by request.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You're at a rep of 33 now, you're 17 points away from being able to comment again. I'm sure you can find a few &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/unanswered&quot;&gt;Unanswered Questions&lt;/a&gt; which could use some attention - or possibly &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/ask&quot;&gt;Ask a Question&lt;/a&gt; yourself!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-12T07:23:18.803" LastActivityDate="2010-09-13T04:53:40.610" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="309" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="312" CreationDate="2010-09-13T19:46:57.790" Score="14" ViewCount="228" Body="&lt;p&gt;Hi!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since it's beta I want to make sure we have high quality questions and answers. As a result I've been doing some editing, but a bunch of it things like capitalization, spelling, formatting, etc. which I think are minor things.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However this bumps the question. Do you think it interferes with the &quot;flow&quot; of what people are discussing if I flood the page with edits? Right now I am trying to kind of space it out so I don't clobber the page too much. Any advice?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorDisplayName="Roger Pate" LastEditDate="2010-11-05T11:30:55.997" LastActivityDate="2010-11-05T11:30:55.997" Title="Is it possible to &quot;over edit&quot;?" Tags="|discussion|best-practice|editing|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="310" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="171" CreationDate="2010-09-13T22:12:16.210" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;We have some excerpts from Jono's book on building community that might be useful here:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BuildingCommunity/KnowledgeBase#Building%20Buzz&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Building Buzz&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and Fedora maintains a great list of &lt;a href=&quot;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing_press_publications&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;press publications&lt;/a&gt; if someone wants to go down that route.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2010-09-13T22:12:16.210" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-09-13T22:12:16.210" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="311" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="302" CreationDate="2010-09-13T22:15:51.433" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have accounts on both. I prefer the AGPLv3 licensed Shapado (because Free Software needs Free Tools) but all the users are here, because of the crossover from StackOverflow.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="186" LastActivityDate="2010-09-13T22:15:51.433" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="312" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="309" CreationDate="2010-09-14T11:41:49.497" Score="28" Body="&lt;p&gt;No. I'm a believer in the religion of editing, overediting and superediting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Quality content usually comes from work, overwork and superwork ;). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="211" LastActivityDate="2010-09-14T11:41:49.497" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="313" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="316" CreationDate="2010-09-14T17:48:36.243" Score="1" ViewCount="109" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've noticed that &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackapps.com/questions/585/droidstack-for-android-1-0-8&quot;&gt;on this page&lt;/a&gt; on stackapp there's a handy sidebar with links under &quot;Get Started&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was wondering if it was possible to get on Ubuntu SE with individual tags, so that for example when people go to kernel answers they have a link to existing resources that that ubuntu team might provide. The existing box seems to be just the top FAQ questions but I am not sure.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An example would be a question like &quot;How do I write an application and get it in the software center?&quot; on the side there would be a link to getting started with quickly, etc. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:46.307" LastActivityDate="2010-09-14T20:04:10.230" Title="Per tag sidebar links?" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="314" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="315" CreationDate="2010-09-14T19:18:08.447" Score="3" ViewCount="113" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/4147/connecting-ubuntu-with-olympus-vn-960pc&quot;&gt;A question&lt;/a&gt; was asked about a problem that was later discovered to be nonexistent. The problem was due to a typo and the poster only realized this after asking the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should I vote to close a question like this? If so, which reason should I use? The choices are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;exact duplicate&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;This question covers exactly the same ground as earlier questions on this topic; its answers may be merged with another identical question.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;off topic&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Questions on Ubuntu are expected to generally relate to ubuntu and developers for ubuntu, within the scope defined in the faq.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;subjective and argumentative&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;It's impossible to objectively answer this question; questions of this type are too open ended and usually lead to confrontation and argument.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;not a real question&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;It's difficult to tell what is being asked here. This question is ambiguous, vague, incomplete, or rhetorical and cannot be reasonably answered in its current form.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;too localized&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;This question would only be relevant to a small geographic area, a specific moment in time, or an extraordinarily narrow situation that is not generally applicable to the worldwide audience of the internet.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;belongs on meta&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;This question is a discussion of this web site or community itself, and is a better fit for Meta.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1859" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-12T07:23:18.803" LastActivityDate="2010-09-16T14:54:46.007" Title="How should unnecessary questions be closed, if at all?" Tags="|discussion|close-reasons|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="315" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="314" CreationDate="2010-09-14T19:36:13.940" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the eyes of the site, he had a question - and provided an answer! The course of action for this question is to have the author submit his answer, and accept it. This does happen (and it's usually happens to me nearly moments after I ask a question!) from time to time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However - in regards to the idea of your question. If a question does appear that you think should be closed, and fits under any of those 6 bullets. It's not only your right - but as a community member it's practically a duty - to submit your vote. Questions will not be closed right away - it typically takes 5 votes to actually have a question closed - this is what helps keep the community clean.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As Moderators the four of us are merely here for guidance and &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/05/a-theory-of-moderation/&quot;&gt;do as little as possible&lt;/a&gt; in regards to interference. It's the members of this community who are really the ones that should &quot;police&quot; and maintain it's integrity. That's why (depending on your reputation level) more an more abilities are awarded (things like editing other posts, etc - which are all outlined on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq#reputation&quot;&gt;FAQ&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My last bit - and you've taken the right action. If a question seems inappropriate, weird, or odd - and the 6 outlined &quot;closed&quot; functions don't seem to fit it - this (meta.ubuntu) is the best place to discuss it's course of action.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-12T07:23:18.803" LastActivityDate="2010-09-14T19:42:34.423" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="316" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="313" CreationDate="2010-09-14T20:04:10.230" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;From my understanding those links are more-or-less &quot;hard coded&quot; on any stackApp. I know that StackExchange, LLC has just recently rolled out the &quot;featured&quot; tag:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you want to manually place meta questions on the meta house ad (appears on every question on every page) tag the meta question [featured]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But this seems to be for meta questions to appear on the side bar - not sure if we should (or even could) apply it to something like you mentioned.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2010-09-14T20:04:10.230" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="317" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-09-15T12:47:42.923" Score="4" ViewCount="215" Body="&lt;p&gt;When I saw today it was 12xx something but now it has gone back to 914,2 days ago it was 989.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there is bug in the system? If so,how do I get my reputation back?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="305" LastEditorUserId="123" LastEditDate="2010-10-28T06:23:56.077" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Why did my reputation change to 914?" Tags="|support|reputation|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="319" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-09-16T05:05:38.883" Score="4" ViewCount="77" Body="&lt;p&gt;Assuming we make it out of beta alive, it looks like SE sites get a &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/06/stack-overflow-creative-commons-data-dump/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons licensed data dump&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd like to start a discussion on how we can make these dumps useful for users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The data dump is now available.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.clearbits.net/get/1487-nov-2010.torrent&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Torrent for all SE sites&lt;/a&gt; - 2.02GB&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://files.quickmediasolutions.com/Ubuntu%2011-2010.7z&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Download for Ask Ubuntu only&lt;/a&gt; (provided by &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/users/5/george-edison&quot;&gt;George Edison&lt;/a&gt;) - 4.03MB&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.087" LastActivityDate="2010-11-11T17:07:00.123" Title="Ideas for creative-commons dumps of this site." Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-09-16T05:05:38.883" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="320" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="319" CreationDate="2010-09-16T05:09:14.057" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are plenty of places left in the world that don't have good connectivity. It's not uncommon for someone to burn CDs in a location and then take that to people who don't have the means to acquire Ubuntu over the internet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We could start a project that takes all the data and generates a CD ISO image of all the best answers and questions so people can pass those around like people do for wikipedia.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2010-09-16T05:09:14.057" CommentCount="7" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-09-16T05:09:14.057" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="321" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="325" CreationDate="2010-09-16T11:23:05.137" Score="3" ViewCount="150" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/4232/upgrading-kernel-and-drivers-in-a-backtrack-iso&quot;&gt;This question just rolled in a few hours ago&lt;/a&gt;. I'm unfamiliar with &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.backtrack-linux.org&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;BackTrack&lt;/a&gt; but it appears to be a highly modified Ubuntu installation which from the site's appearance - dropped most ties to Ubuntu. I know we've discussed &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/24/what-ubuntu-versions-are-covered&quot;&gt;What distros we should allow&lt;/a&gt;&quot; and seem to have agreed on the entire Ubuntu Family (Kubuntu, Edbuntu, Mythbuntu, Ubuntu Studio, etc) Those which stay close to the project.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How should Distros like BackTrack be handled?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-12T07:23:18.803" LastActivityDate="2011-02-03T18:32:59.307" Title="Should we include support for BackTrack?" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="322" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="314" CreationDate="2010-09-16T14:54:46.007" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;We used to have a close reason of &quot;no longer relevant&quot; which was useful when either the problem no longer existed (bug report) or the very premise of the question was wrong (your case).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The closest equivalent we have is [close - too localized]. It &lt;em&gt;sounds&lt;/em&gt; a bit odd but it is commonly used in these situations under the clause &quot;This question was only be relevant to ...  a specific moment in time ...&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That is your best option.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="62" LastActivityDate="2010-09-16T14:54:46.007" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="323" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-09-16T15:18:35.120" Score="12" ViewCount="341" Body="&lt;p&gt;(Heavy updates)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With 10.10 on the horizon I thought I'd start looking at we need to finish off. This is an extension of Oli's original question about &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/261/whos-running-this-ship-and-wheres-it-going&quot;&gt;steering this ship&lt;/a&gt;. Thanks to everyone who have made the beta a success, and now we're ready to open the doors for the rest of the world.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Current Status&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Check out the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/377/design-ideas-for-the-final-site&quot;&gt;Design Thread&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Barring any foreseeable problem we'll go live on 10.10, along with the distro.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Single Sign on with login.ubuntu.com openIDs will work at launch.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How to Help&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We need everyone helping market the site. Let's ride the wave of release. Mention it when you tweet, when you help people on IRC, etc. Encourage people to visit and give us a shot.&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you're going to a release party spread the word!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Focus on Quality. In 60-ish short days the quality of the site has been amazing, we're already showing up in google results, keep it up!&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Clean up your questions and answers, go clarify bits, add a screenshot; attention to detail!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Clean up your junk comments that might not be relevant anymore (I have a ton I will be cleaning up this weekend).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Give the unanswered questions a shot.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Help stem the tide of new questions&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Set the example for others to follow!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Future&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Automagic application installation via apt.ubuntu.com is still broken for everyone not using Firefox. Here's &lt;a href=&quot;https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-website/+bug/614590&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the bug&lt;/a&gt;. The best way to get that on the radar is to click on &quot;Does this bug affect you?&quot; and select yes! (Please don't comment spam the bug)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Did I miss anything?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-16T17:33:45.993" LastActivityDate="2010-10-10T13:52:31.473" Title="Finishing the Beta off strong and prepping for 10.10." Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-09-16T15:18:35.120" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="324" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="323" CreationDate="2010-09-16T15:35:34.650" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I like the launch idea for 10-10-10 very much !!!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4" LastActivityDate="2010-09-16T15:35:34.650" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-09-16T15:35:34.650" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="325" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="321" CreationDate="2010-09-16T15:39:23.940" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think if it is something we can help with no problem... If the question or problem only occurs on that distro and not at all on any of the &quot;official&quot; flavors, we should politely refer them to the distro in question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4" LastActivityDate="2010-09-16T15:39:23.940" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="326" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="319" CreationDate="2010-09-16T18:55:53.223" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;You would need to make it DE independent, or make it work in both KHelpCenter and GNOME's help tool then.  Or would you split out the questions/tags for each main distro (Xubuntu, Kubuntu, Ubuntu)???&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Otherwise you are missing some of the people who would need to use the information.  Imagine being excited to use this information but having to install GNOME packages over dialup in order to better understand&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="152" LastEditorUserId="41" LastEditDate="2010-09-16T22:54:16.917" LastActivityDate="2010-09-16T22:54:16.917" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-09-16T18:55:53.223" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="327" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="323" CreationDate="2010-09-16T19:41:44.450" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Launching on 10.10.10 will only see our announcement overshadowed by the Ubuntu release itself. I don't think the date matters...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All the things you talk about in your 'question' sound really exciting though!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="866" LastActivityDate="2010-09-16T19:41:44.450" CommentCount="2" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-09-16T19:41:44.450" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="328" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="323" CreationDate="2010-09-16T23:50:35.190" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Don't forget to get your votes in for the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/84&quot;&gt;Captcha&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/32&quot;&gt;404&lt;/a&gt; image nominations. These things need to be decided on soon.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, I'm going to make sure &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/75&quot;&gt;my tools&lt;/a&gt; get updated and everything is in place for this. Any bug reports or suggestions need to be submited / added soon.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-16T17:33:45.993" LastActivityDate="2010-09-16T23:59:05.547" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-09-16T23:50:35.190" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="329" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="317" CreationDate="2010-09-17T01:20:51.670" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can check &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/reputation&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/reputation&lt;/a&gt; for a detailed report of changes to your reputation. (&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/43004/how-do-i-audit-my-reputation&quot;&gt;Source&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1859" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-12T07:23:18.803" LastActivityDate="2010-09-17T01:20:51.670" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="330" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="102" CreationDate="2010-09-18T14:44:28.067" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Personally I think some branding ala the Canonical standards is needed for the header to ensure users realise it is an officially supported Ubuntu site. However, I also think keeping it clean and simple like now is &lt;strong&gt;very very&lt;/strong&gt; important because the basic stack overflow/exchange schemes are part of their success.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Therefore I would suggest the Logo strip be used, although I have to say I quite like the current light blue sketched logo!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How about half way between the two?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2358" LastEditorUserId="186134" LastEditDate="2014-07-30T08:42:37.250" LastActivityDate="2014-07-30T08:42:37.250" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-09-18T14:44:28.067" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="331" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-09-18T15:03:07.790" Score="11" ViewCount="153" Body="&lt;p&gt;From reading the SO Blog post, it seems the general consensus is that Ask Ubuntu is special since most users want simple, easy answers that don't require hacking something to get it to work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However what if I &lt;strong&gt;wanted&lt;/strong&gt; an answer that gave the complicated, but better, answer? I'm thinking more of server, command line only type stuff. It seems that this site wouldn't be the best place to ask because I'll get instructions and a simple intro guide, not the in depth answer I was looking for. Should I post it on &lt;a href=&quot;http://unix.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;Unix&amp;amp;Linux&lt;/a&gt; or Ask Ubuntu?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And before you say &quot;Try [insert distro] if you want to do some hacking&quot;, I like Ubuntu and its derivatives, and won't change that. However Ubuntu can be used for more than just simple stuff.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="168" LastEditorDisplayName="user25656" LastEditDate="2014-01-21T10:35:44.550" LastActivityDate="2014-01-21T10:35:44.550" Title="Where should I post complicated questions that are about Ubuntu?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="332" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="331" CreationDate="2010-09-18T16:11:34.430" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Go for it. Just put in your question that you want a detailed, in depth answer and tag it with the ubuntu-server tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2010-09-18T16:11:34.430" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="333" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="344" CreationDate="2010-09-18T16:36:32.113" Score="33" ViewCount="697" Body="&lt;p&gt;I wanted to blog/tweet our list of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/unanswered&quot;&gt;unanswered questions&lt;/a&gt;, which appear to be sorted by vote. However I noticed that given the amount of users on this site that the amount of voting on the questions isn't so hot. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this how it's supposed to be or are we still too small to expect more voting? There's a ton of good questions on the front page with only 1 vote. I try to vote on answers and questions every day to get the quality stuff on top, this is what I'm supposed to be doing right? :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Update: Here's a &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/10/vote-early-vote-often/&quot;&gt;blog post&lt;/a&gt; on the importance of voting, and some new badges to boot!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-12T07:23:18.803" LastActivityDate="2017-01-13T14:12:23.087" Title="Should we be encouraging people to vote more?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="334" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="171" CreationDate="2010-09-18T16:43:43.213" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ubuntu teams participate in conferences around the world. For larger events such as FOSDEM, ScALE, etc. many teams already run Ubuntu booths. Some of these events are huge (French release parties have been known to top 5,000 people). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At OLF I put a simple &quot;For ubuntu questions ask the experts at &lt;a href=&quot;http://ubuntu.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;http://ubuntu.stackexchange.com&lt;/a&gt;&quot; sign next to the business cards and opened the browser to an existing question an answer for a question I felt people would ask alot at the booth.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The existing Ubuntu Local Teams have an &lt;a href=&quot;http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;event lister&lt;/a&gt; of Ubuntu related events happening all over the world. Perhaps someone can volunteer to get in touch with upcoming teams having events.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2010-09-18T16:43:43.213" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-09-18T16:43:43.213" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="335" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="331" CreationDate="2010-09-18T20:41:37.613" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;Honestly, the goal of the site is to provide the best, most accurate and complete answer. If there is a complex question that can be solved using a simple approach - then that's even better.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the end the question will dictate how &quot;complex&quot; the answer is. Here's an example &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/4304/how-do-i-put-web-applications-in-my-unity-launcher&quot;&gt;question&lt;/a&gt; which has two correct answers. One that's completely correct, but very complex. The other is simple by nature, though not entirely &quot;complete&quot; with the end results. In this case the author has found the latter answer sufficient - but the community can also add merit to other answers by voting on them. Doing so helps to highlight multiple potentially great answers that helps add value to the question - and to other users seeking a solution to that same question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As the question asker you don't have to settle for an answer that's unsatisfactory. We're building a community of experts - answering questions and asking them too. Eventually if you don't find the answer you're looking for - you can apply a bounty to the question to help prod a more complex, but complete, answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That information can be found in our &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq&quot;&gt;FAQ&lt;/a&gt; - You'll want to try and avoid discussion forum style questions that are vague though. If you can keep questions focused on a particular item - the complexity of the question doesn't matter. Most of the time it's the scope of the question that causes an issue on this site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-12T07:23:18.803" LastActivityDate="2010-09-18T20:41:37.613" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="336" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="333" CreationDate="2010-09-18T20:47:46.593" Score="18" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes - voting is a very &lt;strong&gt;very&lt;/strong&gt; important act on this site. It's what drives the content - and it needs to be stressed - especially as the majority of this communities user base comes from outside the existent StackExchange community. The system of this style isn't one that's frequently used (Think of it as most users here are coming from the blog/IRC/Forum world). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Voting on great questions and even greater answers helps to drive the quality content that we strive for on this site. Almost equally as important is the downvote power which contributes to what is good and what is considered not good by this community - a community which should round out as Experts in the field of Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In addition to voting - the community here needs to start taking user moderation (that is the powers given to user for closing, editing, reopening, etc) a lot more seriously. It's hard to just type a great question or a great answer at first shot. But having feedback from users and having users directly edit questions and answers to contribute and even better answer or question further helps establish ourselves as a community of experts providing phenomenal answers to compelling questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2010-09-18T20:47:46.593" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="337" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="338" CreationDate="2010-09-19T21:28:15.613" Score="5" ViewCount="111" Body="&lt;p&gt;If the answer is the most popular one then i can favourite the question. But ive seen a couple answers that were low on the list, slightly off-topic, etc , that id like to look into (or quote) at a later date.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2313" LastEditorUserId="41" LastEditDate="2010-09-20T15:47:56.100" LastActivityDate="2010-09-20T15:47:56.100" Title="Is it possible to bookmark answers?" Tags="|feature-request|status-bydesign|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="338" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="337" CreationDate="2010-09-19T22:25:14.007" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yup. Just click the &lt;code&gt;link&lt;/code&gt; button on the answer to get a 'unique' link for it. Then bookmark that page.&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Zrgo2.png&quot; alt=&quot;alt text&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastActivityDate="2010-09-19T22:25:14.007" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="339" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-09-20T06:43:34.510" Score="5" ViewCount="144" Body="&lt;p&gt;What should the separator be?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;System &gt; Preferences &gt; Keyboard &gt; Layouts &gt; Apply System-Wide&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;System → Preferences → Keyboard → Layouts → Apply System-Wide&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;System --&gt; Preferences --&gt; Keyboard --&gt; Layouts --&gt; Apply System-Wide&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;System | Preferences | Keyboard | Layouts | Apply System-Wide&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;System/Preferences/Keyboard/Layouts/Apply System-Wide&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should they be italicized, or quoted?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Click Edit → Profile Preferences and then uncheck Terminal bell.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Click &lt;em&gt;Edit → Profile Preferences&lt;/em&gt; and then uncheck &lt;em&gt;Terminal bell&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Click &quot;Edit&quot; → &quot;Profile Preferences&quot; and then uncheck &quot;Terminal bell&quot;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What precedents are there in the Ubuntu and StackExchange communities?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1859" LastActivityDate="2010-09-20T16:50:42.563" Title="How should sequential clicks/menu items be formatted?" Tags="|discussion|style|formatting|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="340" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="339" CreationDate="2010-09-20T15:15:06.057" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't think there's anything wrong with the first three. &lt;code&gt;→&lt;/code&gt; is clearly the nicest character but it's a lot more effort for people to find and insert. I would say that all three are perfectly fine. There's also &lt;code&gt;»&lt;/code&gt; which is commonly misused around the web (I say &quot;misused&quot; because it's a Spanish quotation mark, not a double-arrow IIRC).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The last two are somewhat less instructive. I read both &lt;code&gt;/&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;|&lt;/code&gt; as &quot;or&quot; and they don't really show progression (eg click this, &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;then&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; click this)... But I'm certain people would understand them just as well as arrows.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Ubuntu documentation writing guidelines defer to the Gnome documentation guidelines and &lt;a href=&quot;http://library.gnome.org/devel/gdp-style-guide/2.30/gnome-glossary-user-actions.html.en&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;they state&lt;/a&gt; that &lt;code&gt;Applications ▸ Accessories ▸ Calculator&lt;/code&gt; be the standard flow. But again, &lt;code&gt;▸&lt;/code&gt; isn't a standard keyboard character so I don't think it would be fair to assume that people would use this. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I certainly don't think it's worth the time converting from &lt;code&gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;--&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; or even &lt;code&gt;|&lt;/code&gt;  to &lt;code&gt;▸&lt;/code&gt;. If anybody has a problem understanding, they have the power to comment and quickly ask for clarification. This isn't as static as the distribution documentation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In short: as long as there's some sort of break between things and the flow makes sense, don't worry about it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2010-09-20T15:15:06.057" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="341" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="331" CreationDate="2010-09-20T15:29:43.137" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think you've got the wrong idea about who the people here are. We're mostly either Ubuntu developers, members or power users. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;We aim to give the most helpful answer possible, not the most simple.&lt;/strong&gt; If you have a complicated issue, ask it and the answers should reflect the required amount of detail. Just remember, as with most things in life, if you put garbage in, you'll get garbage out so you should make sure to explain things, include model numbers if hardware is involved, explain the software stack if you're doing something utilising multiple software systems (and it's not default) and include what you've tried already to speed the whole process up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only time you'll hear any of us suggest another distribution is if it's genuinely the right thing to do. There's very little gained trying to hammer a square nail into a round hole.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2010-09-20T15:29:43.137" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="342" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="339" CreationDate="2010-09-20T15:33:12.723" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I believe the first three you have cited are perfectly acceptable:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;System &gt; Preferences &gt; Keyboard &gt; Layouts &gt; Apply System-Wide&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;System → Preferences → Keyboard → Layouts → Apply System-Wide&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;System --&gt; Preferences --&gt; Keyboard --&gt; Layouts --&gt; Apply System-Wide&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even add&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;System -&gt; Preferences -&gt; Keyboard -&gt; Layouts -&gt; Apply System-Wide&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We can ask to have  character set be added based to post formatting (IE have -&gt; actually create →) In the end slashes and pipes are really reserved for use in commands on the command line (&lt;code&gt;/&lt;/code&gt; for paths and &lt;code&gt;|&lt;/code&gt; for piping). Embedding text in the directions where you draw out the actual path by instructing them to do &lt;em&gt;this&lt;/em&gt; next only dilutes the instructions more IMO.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="41" LastEditDate="2010-09-20T16:50:42.563" LastActivityDate="2010-09-20T16:50:42.563" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="343" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="345" CreationDate="2010-09-20T15:34:14.203" Score="3" ViewCount="56" Body="&lt;p&gt;I went to tag a network-related question with one and ended up with:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;network x 37&#xA;networking x 26&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is also indicator-network and network-manager, which I think are useful to keep around. But for these two? Should we just pick the popular one or discuss it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2010-09-20T15:47:25.743" Title="Network or networking?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="344" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="333" CreationDate="2010-09-20T15:46:35.370" Score="32" Body="&lt;p&gt;Voting should be encouraged but voting &lt;em&gt;for the sake of voting&lt;/em&gt; should be dissuaded.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Voting on answers is pretty self explanatory&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's easy to notice a good answer amongst less-good answers even if it's competing with your own answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know it's very easy for the person with the most points on the site to say &amp;quot;be honest with your votes&amp;quot; but I mean it. We're all here for the same reason: to help people. Not voting the best answers up stops the site working like it's supposed to and that hurts its whole efficiency.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;But what makes a good question?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is it something that affects us?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Something we think may affect lots of other users?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Something that doesn't have enough attention?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Something you don't understand (for technical, not semantic reasons)?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Something you can answer?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I personally vote for the first four. I don't think the fifth is enough &lt;em&gt;on its own&lt;/em&gt; especially if it's done for the reason of getting the question asker over the points threshold so they can give your answer a +1.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ultimately this isn't something we can enforce. People will do what they want, when they want. But yes, including something in the FAQ might get people to vote more freely.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2010-10-25T22:04:31.953" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="345" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="343" CreationDate="2010-09-20T15:47:25.743" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think both have a vague difference about them, and when I see the questions that link to these I realize why some would call it &quot;network&quot; and others &quot;networking&quot;. Ideally these should probably be merged as you're correct - they are the same thing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for which tag we should use - Ideally you'd want to take the one that's used most. However on other SE websites &lt;code&gt;networking&lt;/code&gt; is the one preferred and I believe it encompasses that of what is tagged in &lt;code&gt;network&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2010-09-20T15:47:25.743" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="346" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="347" CreationDate="2010-09-21T14:16:33.083" Score="13" ViewCount="292" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've found a question I'm interested in - how can I receive updates of when it gets answers or updates?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="8698" LastEditDate="2020-06-17T09:18:57.333" LastActivityDate="2020-06-17T09:18:57.333" Title="How do I bookmark a Question/Answer?" Tags="|support|faq|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-10-24T03:45:03.240" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="347" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="346" CreationDate="2010-09-21T14:32:11.760" Score="10" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Questions&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you find an interesting question, one that pertains to you, or that you just want to monitor. You can add it as a Favorite. Doing so will provide you with a notification each time you login via the Message icon next to your name at the top.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To favorite a question simply click the star on the left side of the question under the Down-vote option.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/9tLFw.png&quot; alt=&quot;Unstarred&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When you favorite a question the star will turn gold and the total number of favorites will be increased by one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/e55uq.png&quot; alt=&quot;Starred&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To remove yourself from receiving further notifications simply click the start an additional time and it will return to it's original state.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Answers&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There currently is no way to &amp;quot;favorite&amp;quot; an answer. However you can directly link to an answer to recall it again later. At the bottom of an answer there are a series of options - one being &amp;quot;link&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/cuESt.png&quot; alt=&quot;link&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After clicking link the URL to page you are browsing will be updated to reflect a direct link to that answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2010-11-12T21:25:33.657" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-10-24T03:45:03.240" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="348" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-09-22T18:46:49.040" Score="7" ViewCount="343" Body="&lt;p&gt;What HTML and/or Markdown code is allowed in comments?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1859" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="What HTML and/or Markdown code is allowed in comments?" Tags="|support|comments|markdown|formatting|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="350" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="348" CreationDate="2010-09-23T00:18:03.457" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Comments can be formatted with a subset of Markdown: &lt;strong&gt;bold&lt;/strong&gt; (&lt;code&gt;**bold**&lt;/code&gt;), &lt;em&gt;italic&lt;/em&gt; (&lt;code&gt;*italic*&lt;/code&gt;), &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;bold italic&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, and &lt;code&gt;monospace/code&lt;/code&gt; (&lt;code&gt;`code`&lt;/code&gt;) are allowed. URLs will be automatically converted into actual links. Links are also allowed by using the syntax: &lt;code&gt;[link text](http://ubuntu.stackexchange.com)&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="62" LastEditorUserId="62" LastEditDate="2011-11-28T01:49:45.500" LastActivityDate="2011-11-28T01:49:45.500" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="351" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="352" CreationDate="2010-09-24T19:02:28.687" Score="23" ViewCount="878" Body="&lt;p&gt;What does this notification mean above my questions in my Stack Exchange profile? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Have you considered accepting an answer or starting a bounty for this question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What do I need to do?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="794" OwnerDisplayName="namkid" LastEditorUserId="176889" LastEditDate="2014-02-10T09:06:31.620" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="What is &quot;Accept Rate&quot; and why is it important?" Tags="|support|faq|accept-rate|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="352" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="351" CreationDate="2010-09-24T19:11:03.413" Score="29" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your profile shows that you've asked a bunch of questions but haven't accepted any answers. Instructions for accepting answers can be found in &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/5234/accepting-answers-what-is-it-all-about&quot;&gt;Accepting answers what is it all about?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The system is basically trying to help you out. When you accept answers the people who answered the question get a little bit of reputation (the score by your name). Think of it as a &quot;thank you&quot;. Your badge shows &quot;0% accept rate&quot;, which means you haven't accepted any answers at all, so it looks like no one has been able to answer any of your questions. From what I can see people with decent accept rates get good answers, as they tend to follow up and accept people's answers as the correct one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Clicking on your username will take you to your user page, which will show what questions you've asked. If someone's given you an answer that answers your question, give them a +1 vote and check the checkmark!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can use the search to find out which questions you have not accepted yet by searching for &lt;code&gt;user:me hasaccepted:0&lt;/code&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=user:me+hasaccepted:0&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=user:me+hasaccepted:0&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" OwnerDisplayName="Jorge Castro" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2010-12-31T16:35:55.370" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="353" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="351" CreationDate="2010-09-24T19:34:56.967" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;If an answer to your question indeed works, then accepting it is also an indication to anyone who may get to that question with the same issue (via a google search for example) that the answer has been tested.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="270" OwnerDisplayName="koushik" LastActivityDate="2010-09-25T06:28:13.803" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="354" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="333" CreationDate="2010-09-25T19:51:54.787" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes. IMHO, even if one is not personally interested in a particular question (if he is, he will usually not only vote, but also star it), he should vote it if he finds it interesting and/or probable to be practically useful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think for each n votes one should to be given a reputation gain. The only issue here is to resist reputation-increasing mass voting robots in this case, but I think it is not a hard problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also I think voting button should be available on questions listing pages, so one can vote without browsing to question details.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2390" LastActivityDate="2010-09-25T19:51:54.787" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="355" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-09-27T21:43:24.557" Score="10" ViewCount="154" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have seen many times people being down voted for doing something &lt;em&gt;wrong&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example posting an answer that really should have been a comment. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or posting an answer in the style of a forum thread post, offering suggestions to a fix, or requesting more information, without actually answering the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I understand why this happens, but it concerns me when people with very low reputation points are down voted for these sorts of things without a comment explaining why.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Worse still (on another SE site) someone with 1 reputation point asked a question to which the only answer provided was a link to the lmgtfy.com site with there question as the search phrase. This is no better than telling someone to RTFM. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That example wasn't on this SE site but I have seen lmgtfy.com links here too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I try whenever I see this sort of thing to add comments accordingly but what more can be done to be more welcoming to those still getting to grips with how these SE sites work?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="458" LastEditorUserId="235" LastEditDate="2012-03-09T02:55:56.607" LastActivityDate="2012-08-02T10:56:11.727" Title="How can we ensure that first timers are not given the wrong impression" Tags="|discussion|meta|new-users|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="6" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-09-27T21:43:24.557" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="356" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="355" CreationDate="2010-09-27T23:49:01.710" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am doing my best to correct people as I see them, by either leaving a comment explaining how it works, or pointing people to the FAQ and the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/257/i-am-new-here-how-does-stackexchange-work&quot;&gt;new user thread&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand I personally am being very brutal with my voting (46 downvotes) because we're in beta and I love the signal to noise ratio so far and I think this is an opportunity to set the standard for what a good SE should be like. I'm not even an expert and I run into wrong Ubuntu information on the internet everywhere, so I look at this site as a way to reverse the boat so people can love to use their computers with Ubuntu instead of being frustrated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think most people just are not used to SE and when we explain how it works people seem to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/351/have-you-considered-accepting-an-answer-or-starting-a-bounty-for-this-question&quot;&gt;correct themselves&lt;/a&gt; and enjoy the site and rock on. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, I think it's much easier to be tough early on and then ease up than it is to start allowing sloppy questions/answers and then try to clean it up after the fact. Also, I still think people think this is just another forum which can be confusing (there have been 2 horribly off-topic questions today for example).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe we can say something in the FAQ that a downvote isn't something to take personally and to think of it as a nudge in the right direction.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-16T17:33:45.993" LastActivityDate="2010-09-27T23:49:01.710" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-09-27T23:49:01.710" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="357" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="358" CreationDate="2010-09-28T06:51:42.017" Score="10" ViewCount="272" Body="&lt;p&gt;This &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/4839/what-is-the-strangest-most-controversial-thing-youve-heard-about-linux-or-ubunt&quot;&gt;question&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I understand it, it's just a fun question, quite like the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/3553/if-apt-get-from-2020-existed-what-one-project-would-you-install&quot;&gt;apt-get-from-2020&lt;/a&gt; one. I really can't understand why we accept and upvote one, but not the other. Sure it should be a community wiki and no one should gain reputation, but all jokes should be allowed or no one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe it's just that you can only make jokes on Fridays ;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="211" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditorDisplayName="Roger Pate" LastEditDate="2017-04-12T07:23:18.803" LastActivityDate="2010-10-29T03:42:26.430" Title="Why was question 4389 closed?" Tags="|discussion|closed-questions|close-reasons|fun|specific-question|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="358" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="357" CreationDate="2010-09-28T14:21:02.530" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't think those are really good questions, they're probably more appropriate on the Ubuntu forums. (I personally downvoted them both)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The FAQ currently says:  &quot;This is not a discussion board, this is a place for questions that can be answered!&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe we should change that to: &quot;This is not a discussion board, this is a place for questions that can be answered! We encourage discussion to happen on the existing &lt;a href=&quot;http://forums.ubuntu.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Forums&lt;/a&gt;.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="235" LastEditDate="2010-09-28T21:30:24.753" LastActivityDate="2010-09-28T21:30:24.753" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="359" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="357" CreationDate="2010-09-28T14:24:19.410" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The question was closed because it was in the opinion of the content being a &quot;baiting-like&quot; nature. Ultimately the Fun-Friday threads on StackOverflow were started because there really is no &quot;Discussion Board&quot; for StackOverflow. However, as Jorge Castro points out in the original &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/284/fun-thread-friday&quot;&gt;Fun-thread-friday&lt;/a&gt; post - we do have a discussion board, the &lt;a href=&quot;http://ubuntuforums.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Forums&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question - &lt;em&gt;in question&lt;/em&gt; - is much better suited for a discussion board - because each post will most likely stir a torrent of comments of people discussing about each of the &quot;strangest&quot; and &quot;most controversial&quot; things, in addition the 2020 question just barely falls in the scope of this site ( a more straight forward &quot;fun&quot; question - with short, decisive answers - and on topic with this site ).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the end - the goal and aims of this site should be to become THE authoritative place for Questions and Answers about Ubuntu. I know questions like this, and the 2020 question, help build the community in being able to cut-loose. Though with the addition of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.meta.stackoverflow.com/rooms/181/ubuntu&quot;&gt;Chat Room&lt;/a&gt; I imagine that would be the best place to loosely discuss things of this nature.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, do not feel defeated - Enough people of this community thought it should be closed, that's not to say that even more people could want it opened. You - and most everyone else of this community - has the power to vote to reopen the topic. As it stands if it's reopened then the Community has helped to further define the scope of questions for this site. It's within your power - and the power of the community - to do that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-16T17:33:45.993" LastActivityDate="2010-09-28T14:24:19.410" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="360" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="357" CreationDate="2010-09-29T16:00:32.403" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Now I have revisited the question, I can see it was not meant to be inflammatory but when I first saw it I thought it would be a prompt for answers to get mini flame wars in the comments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Perhaps I was too hasty in voting to close it on just those grounds but I felt it was too subjective in any case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Looking at the thread linked to on Ubuntu Forums it soon slips into my OS is better than... and other ramblings. It would be nice if this site could rise above that level of discussion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The apt-get-from-2020 was a bit more thought provoking but produced little value to the site in terms of answers. In fact I deleted my &quot;answer&quot; on the post because it was non constructive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I guess if it were a decision to keep &quot;fun&quot; topics or not, I would have to say not to have them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="458" LastActivityDate="2010-09-29T16:00:32.403" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="361" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="284" CreationDate="2010-09-30T06:44:07.533" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Why not move the humour to meta?. I hope that way, we can enjoy here the community building side of it, while at the same time we keep the main site clean.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While forums are a nice option they are not going to help to build a subcommunity here. They are too crowed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="211" LastActivityDate="2010-09-30T06:44:07.533" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="362" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="363" CreationDate="2010-09-30T08:58:07.843" Score="13" ViewCount="270" Body="&lt;p&gt;I see a bunch of comments on someone else's answer to several questions and I'd like to add one but I don't see how.  I can provide my own answer, but all I really want to do is add a little bit to someone else's.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2558" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2012-07-21T03:20:10.213" LastActivityDate="2012-07-21T03:20:10.213" Title="How do I comment on a post?" Tags="|support|comments|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="363" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="362" CreationDate="2010-09-30T10:44:59.500" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;You need at least 50 rep before you can add a comment. (Although you are always able to comment on your own questions &amp;amp; answers.) Once you have 50 rep, an &quot;add comment&quot; link will appear underneath each question and answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I see you answered a bunch of questions quite recently, You'll get 50 rep pretty quickly once people start voting on them. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq&quot;&gt;See the FAQ for more details&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="141" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-12T07:23:18.803" LastActivityDate="2010-09-30T10:44:59.500" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="364" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1" CreationDate="2010-09-30T19:10:55.390" Score="-4" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;linux4humans.com&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I like this one. As a bonus it goes with the Ubuntu human theme (both philosophy and ui) :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1151" LastActivityDate="2010-09-30T19:10:55.390" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-09-30T19:10:55.390" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="365" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1" CreationDate="2010-10-01T16:17:50.163" Score="2" Body="&lt;h2&gt;ubuntu.stackexchange.com&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think that the present domain would be &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;simple to remember&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;good for people who know stackexchange&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;good for SEO (maybe not that useful, since SE sites are well indexed)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;a nice precedent (repeating points 1,2,3 for the other SE sites going beyond beta stage)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1626" LastEditorUserId="1626" LastEditDate="2010-10-01T16:23:12.873" LastActivityDate="2010-10-01T16:23:12.873" CommentCount="2" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-10-01T16:17:50.163" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="367" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-10-04T08:08:07.770" Score="4" ViewCount="85" Body="&lt;p&gt;A part of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/906/ubuntu-and-vlc-make-default-and-hue/913#913&quot;&gt;answer&lt;/a&gt; to this &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/906/270&quot;&gt;question&lt;/a&gt; is, in my opinion, answering another &quot;new&quot; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/5145/270&quot;&gt;question&lt;/a&gt;. I wanted to redirect the person asking the &quot;new&quot; question to the existing answer and posted it as an &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/5145/why-do-my-avi-files-display-with-funky-colors/5156#5156&quot;&gt;answer&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should it be a comment instead ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is related to the discussion &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/268/270&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. However, this also involves the the &quot;new&quot; question having an accepted answer, relevance &amp;amp; applicability of the answer in this context etc .&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="270" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-12T07:23:18.803" LastActivityDate="2010-10-04T10:31:39.017" Title="Should redirections to other questions / answers be comments or answers ?" Tags="|support|comments|answers|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="368" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="367" CreationDate="2010-10-04T10:31:39.017" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Comment or if similar enough vote to close as an exact duplicate (it will post a comment for you).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You wouldn't be adding anything, so it only needs a comment. If you want to reference another post that isn't an exact duplicate but the same answer sort of applies, you can build off the previous answer and tailor it to the question... But don't post duplicate answers for the sake of posting something.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As we go on and more and people ask questions without searching, there are going to be more clashes. It's important we get this right sooner than later or we'll end up with a really messy database of questions and a large clean-up job.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2010-10-04T10:31:39.017" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="369" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="357" CreationDate="2010-10-04T15:04:15.757" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Frankly, community wiki is the reason here.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;I can tell you from semi-personal experience (as in: seeing it happen to other questions) that the community is much more likely to accept and upvote a discussion if it's both fun AND community wiki. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, if a discussion-oriented question is not immediately community wiki OR if it's controversial and leaves room for flame wars, it's very likely to get locked.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the end this is a community-driven site, and thus is susceptible to what the community thinks the site should be like (and, I believe, that is the intention). As it would in any other environment, that will lead to diverging behaviors sometimes. The best way to settle these discrepancies is to post a question in meta, just like you did here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1012" LastActivityDate="2010-10-04T15:04:15.757" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="370" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-10-04T19:38:57.023" Score="4" ViewCount="79" Body="&lt;p&gt;This question on &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/3578/which-app-can-i-use-for-easily-annotating-pictures-screenshots&quot;&gt;which screenshotting tool&lt;/a&gt; reminds me, should we add tool suggestions in the FAQ to encourage better quality questions/answers?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-12T07:23:18.803" LastActivityDate="2010-10-05T15:46:38.583" Title="What tools should we recommend for participation?" Tags="|discussion|faq-suggestion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-10-04T19:38:57.023" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="371" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="370" CreationDate="2010-10-04T20:41:15.167" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would suggest at least a mention of &lt;kbd&gt;Print Screen&lt;/kbd&gt; and &lt;kbd&gt;Print Screen&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;Alt&lt;/kbd&gt; (the latter being useful to screenshot a single window rather than the whole desktop).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/PgXdg.png&quot; alt=&quot;Screenshot of the default screenshot app... slightly confusing because I have two monitors&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Screenshot of the default screenshot app... slightly confusing because I have two monitors&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="866" LastEditorUserId="866" LastEditDate="2010-10-05T15:46:38.583" LastActivityDate="2010-10-05T15:46:38.583" CommentCount="3" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-10-04T20:41:15.167" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="372" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-10-05T17:43:25.103" Score="6" ViewCount="212" Body="&lt;p&gt;From &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/10/domain-names-the-wrong-question/&quot;&gt;the SO/SE blog&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Instead of stressing out over the vagaries of the brutal, cut-throat .com domain market and debating the “least worst” domain name options ad nauseam, simply focus on telling the world what your community is about. Don’t even think about the domain name! Give us the one sentence “elevator pitch” for your community. How would you explain your site to a stranger you met on an elevator? It’s about … what, exactly?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[...]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For the forseeable future, don’t even attempt to “Pick a domain name!”. If you ask the wrong question, you’ll just get endless variations of wrong answers. The correct question, the one we should have been asking the community all along, is this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Tell us what your community is about in one brief sentence!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(With thanks to Isaac at &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.math.stackexchange.com/questions/898/tell-us-what-your-community-is-about-in-one-brief-sentence&quot;&gt;meta.Mathematics&lt;/a&gt;.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="866" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditorDisplayName="Roger Pate" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2010-10-11T11:49:24.067" Title="Our community in one brief sentence" Tags="|discussion|top-7|site-attributes|elevator-pitch|tagline|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-10-05T17:43:25.103" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="373" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="372" CreationDate="2010-10-05T18:46:21.533" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I believe this community is about providing Quality answers and questions to all issues pertaining to Ubuntu and the Ubuntu family. Something like &quot;&lt;em&gt;Quality answers for human beings&lt;/em&gt;&quot; comes to mind when thinking in short what we aim to do here. In addition to quality (which I believe goes hand-in-hand with Quality) is Authoritative.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So more along the lines of:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;This site's aim is to provide Correct and concise answers of the highest quality for users of Ubuntu - and it's derivatives.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2010-10-05T18:46:21.533" CommentCount="2" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-10-05T18:46:21.533" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="374" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="372" CreationDate="2010-10-06T05:31:50.777" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since working with ubuntu involves facing issues and troubleshooting along with imagining some ideas and realizing them, I feel the focus of this site is to solve problems and realize the solutions to our idea of how the computer should be used. So a brief 1-liner about what our community is about would be ...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Helping people solve problems and build their ideal desktop with Ubuntu and its derivatives.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="270" LastActivityDate="2010-10-06T05:31:50.777" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-10-06T05:31:50.777" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="375" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="372" CreationDate="2010-10-06T13:33:26.750" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com/community/conduct&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Code of Conduct&lt;/a&gt; has some basic tenets in it. However the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com/project/about-ubuntu/governance&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;governance page&lt;/a&gt; has a nice quote:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt; We aim to make Ubuntu a wonderful place to participate.&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2010-10-06T13:33:26.750" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-10-06T13:33:26.750" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="376" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="282" CreationDate="2010-10-06T14:30:08.603" Score="34" Body="&lt;p&gt;I agree with the tenet &quot;keep text copy+pasteable&quot;, but I think there are cases where a &lt;code&gt;$&lt;/code&gt; or &lt;code&gt;#&lt;/code&gt; can be actually justified for readability reasons.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I like to put &lt;code&gt;$&lt;/code&gt; or &lt;code&gt;#&lt;/code&gt; in front of commands when I have a block of text that mentions a command / series of commands together with its intended output.  Example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you remove the &quot;r&quot; permission from a directory, you will not be able to list its contents: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;$ chmod -r /tmp/test.d&#xA;$ ls /tmp/test.d&#xA;ls: Permission denied&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this case, the &lt;code&gt;$&lt;/code&gt; marks the commands that a user would enter at the terminal prompt (I would have used &lt;code&gt;#&lt;/code&gt; for root terminal), and the un-prefixed lines are the command output.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I agree this can be formatted in a different way to keep it copy+pasteable, but I find this formatting more natural as it mirrors what would actually be seen on the terminal screen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="325" LastEditorUserId="301745" LastEditDate="2017-11-24T13:51:34.560" LastActivityDate="2017-11-24T13:51:34.560" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="377" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-10-06T16:10:25.813" Score="19" ViewCount="1524" Body="&lt;p&gt;Hi everyone,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At the beginning of the beta I linked up Mat Tomaszewski from the &lt;a href=&quot;http://design.canonical.com/theteam/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Canonical Design Team&lt;/a&gt; to work with Jin Yang from SO on the design for the final site. I am posting the design here on his behalf since he doesn't have the rep (yet!)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Home page:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/yKglj.png&quot; alt=&quot;alt text&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Question Page&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/gJPe4.png&quot; alt=&quot;alt text&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Error Page&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(a little pun on the twitter's fail whale ;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/xdIq7.png&quot; alt=&quot;alt text&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="41" LastEditDate="2010-10-11T03:20:54.213" LastActivityDate="2010-10-13T00:43:12.343" Title="Design Ideas for the final site" Tags="|discussion|design|" AnswerCount="8" CommentCount="6" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-10-06T16:33:53.660" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="378" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="377" CreationDate="2010-10-06T16:17:49.890" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;I can't think of a better suited person to design the SE Ubuntu site! Good job Mat, I love the design.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="61" LastActivityDate="2010-10-06T16:17:49.890" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-10-06T17:01:54.657" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="379" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="377" CreationDate="2010-10-06T16:18:30.250" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;How will site-wide messages be displayed/handled (Like that at the top of the site now)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Otherwise this site design looks absolutely spectacular! Great job Mat!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2010-10-06T16:18:30.250" CommentCount="3" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-10-06T17:01:54.657" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="382" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="377" CreationDate="2010-10-06T17:52:59.453" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Awesome !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4" LastActivityDate="2010-10-06T17:52:59.453" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-10-06T17:52:59.453" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="383" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="377" CreationDate="2010-10-06T18:37:28.360" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;can we stars on the browsing level of the questions without having to click into the question. Makes it easy to star questions, for later reading.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Great Job!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="333" LastActivityDate="2010-10-06T18:37:28.360" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-10-06T18:37:28.360" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="384" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="377" CreationDate="2010-10-07T01:23:15.887" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The whole thing looks amazing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One quick thing... were you able to secure the rights to use the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/32/404-image-nominations/41#41&quot;&gt;Penguin image&lt;/a&gt; for the 404 page? That was pretty much a unanimous decision.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The vote on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/84/help-select-a-captcha-image&quot;&gt;captcha image&lt;/a&gt; question seemed to suggest that &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/84/help-select-a-captcha-image/97#97&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; image should be used.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-16T17:33:45.993" LastActivityDate="2010-10-07T01:23:15.887" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-10-07T01:23:15.887" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="385" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="84" CreationDate="2010-10-07T01:44:21.050" Score="2" Body="&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt; _________________________________&#xA;&amp;lt; Be you human? Or be you machine &amp;gt;&#xA; ---------------------------------&#xA;       \ (__)&#xA;         (oo)&#xA;   /------\/&#xA;  / |    ||&#xA; *  /\---/\&#xA;    ~~   ~~&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I though using something from Cowsay would offer a little bit of humor!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2010-10-07T01:44:21.050" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="386" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-10-07T01:47:20.620" Score="10" ViewCount="139" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'd like to tag &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/5257/is-there-a-rational-reason-to-wait-for-the-release-date-to-download-install-or-u&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; with “ubuntu+1”, which has traditionally been our way of describing the current development focus which will become the next release.  Although the interface suggests that these are all valid characters for a tag, when trying to enter the tag ”ubuntu+1” it ends up as just being “1”.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="188" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditorDisplayName="Roger Pate" LastEditDate="2017-04-12T07:23:18.803" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Why am I unable to use “ubuntu+1” as a tag" Tags="|feature-request|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="387" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="386" CreationDate="2010-10-07T15:07:46.223" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Tags with a plus in the middle are not allowed; see &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/45353/how-can-i-create-a-tag-that-contains/52780#52780&quot;&gt;Jeff's answer on this Meta.SO question&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="237" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2010-10-07T15:07:46.223" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="388" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-10-08T13:49:24.967" Score="12" ViewCount="514" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/548/how-to-post-links-that-install-software-via-apt&quot;&gt;How to post links that install software via apt?&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I had a friend try stackexchange and he was disappointed that a bunch of the easier commands (like recommending installing applications) was still too complicated for someone like his father. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is a service called apt.ubuntu.com that prompts the user to install something from the software center, for example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should &lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.ubuntu.com/cat/applications/banshee/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;install Banshee&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The link I used here is &lt;code&gt;https://apps.ubuntu.com/cat/applications/banshee/&lt;/code&gt; This works for anything in the archive!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you're using Firefox and/or Chromium/Chrome this launches the Ubuntu Software Center. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think it's probably a good idea to get on an agreed-to convention earlier before it's too late to go back and update everything when we grow.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.087" LastActivityDate="2012-05-22T14:26:34.243" Title="How do we solve the package installation problem?" Tags="|discussion|answer-format|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="0" ClosedDate="2012-05-22T14:39:19.337" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-10-08T13:49:24.967" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="390" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-10-08T15:29:43.830" Score="3" ViewCount="102" Body="&lt;p&gt;Hi, I was wondering whether we should change the site welcome message (the one that pops up in the bar at the top) to say &quot;Welcome to the QA site for Ubuntu users&quot;, rather than &quot;...users and developers&quot;, in the attempt to put more focus on the daily problems of non-technical users, rather than complex development issues? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A good example of such technical bias causing problems for some users: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/388/the-package-installation-problem&quot;&gt;How do we solve the package installation problem?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2681" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-16T17:33:45.993" LastActivityDate="2017-09-12T13:48:54.527" Title="Should the welcome message put more focus on casual users?" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="391" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="84" CreationDate="2010-10-08T15:36:11.107" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;Have a look at the proposed design, making use of our pictogram artwork.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hopefully, in a bit of a playful way :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Looking forward to your comments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/7vNJv.png&quot; alt=&quot;alt text&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2681" LastActivityDate="2010-10-08T15:36:11.107" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="392" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="32" CreationDate="2010-10-08T15:42:25.433" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;Hi guys. &#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/kRvwd.png&quot; alt=&quot;alt text&quot;&gt;&#xA;Have a look at the proposed design and add your comments please :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2681" LastActivityDate="2010-10-08T15:42:25.433" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="393" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="548" CreationDate="2010-10-08T15:51:35.933" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I dont think this is something that should be fixed editorially, that is to say: us.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We would spend weeks changing &lt;code&gt;apt-gets&lt;/code&gt;, holding debates over whether a question is server- or desktop- orientated and it still might not be easier for somebody to install multiple packages the way &lt;code&gt;sudo apt-get package-1 package-2 package-3&lt;/code&gt; can.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Picking one or other isn't going to make everybody happy and enforcing it isn't going to make our lives any easier.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I'm not saying this isn't a feature we should leverage. Would it not make a certain amount of sense to have a little bit of javascript (and it &lt;em&gt;would&lt;/em&gt; be quite small) that searched the page for &lt;code&gt;apt-get install xxx&lt;/code&gt; and replaced &lt;code&gt;xxx&lt;/code&gt; with a link to apt.ubuntu.com, or added an icon next to it that users could click to install.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the same vein, we could do something with JS that just made a link direct to &lt;code&gt;apt://xxx&lt;/code&gt; but apturl could do with some attention to make it work a little prettier.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;To deal with PPAs&lt;/strong&gt; up until now I've been writing it out as a command using &lt;code&gt;add-apt-repository&lt;/code&gt;. A similar JS-search/replace thing could be used here but it would only serve as a help box to show the user a non-CLI method of adding the repo.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;And while we're at it,&lt;/strong&gt; we could have something that replaced --&gt;, -&gt; with ▸ (per the unified  style guides).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These are all things we'd need to sort out with StackOverflow but they're trivially easy that I can't see them having a problem with them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2010-10-08T15:51:35.933" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-10-08T15:51:35.933" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="394" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="390" CreationDate="2010-10-08T15:53:20.313" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I actually prefer the way it's laid out, because the site's aim is for authoritative answers for the Ubuntu Family (users, developers, and community). Driving out developers may close the scope of the site so much that it becomes less effective. I remember reading somewhere ( I believe it was on the Area 51 site ) about how the name was moved from &quot;QA site for Ubuntu&quot; to &quot;...users and developers&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Much like StackOverflow has questions for all different languages supporting questions for all different walks of life in the Ubuntu family seems most beneficial. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2010-10-08T15:53:20.313" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="395" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="548" CreationDate="2010-10-08T17:57:34.860" Score="48" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Volunteers Wanted!&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is a search of posts with &amp;quot;sudo apt-get install&amp;quot; but are missing apps.ubuntu.com links (we filter out &amp;quot;error&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;ppa&amp;quot;). If you want to make a difference for new users, add these buttons to existing questions &lt;strong&gt;where appropriate!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Aaskubuntu.com+%22sudo+apt-get+install%22+-apps.ubuntu.com+-error+-ppa+-hot+-closed&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Aaskubuntu.com+%22sudo+apt-get+install%22+-apps.ubuntu.com+-error+-ppa+-hot+-closed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note: If the only app(s) referenced in a particular post are CLI-only, adding a prominent Download button seems redundant - they're going to open a terminal anyway. In that case, or if putting the download button might ruin the formatting/flow, e.g. in a multi-step post, please consider using the less-obtrusive inline image/link.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is the official download button from Ubuntu, promoted &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.jonobacon.org/2012/06/06/download-for-ubuntu-button-campaign/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.ubuntu.com/cat/applications/banshee&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://hostmar.co/software-banner&quot; alt=&quot;Install via the software center&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Copy this and edit it for the package you want and paste it into an answer:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;[![Install via the software center](https://hostmar.co/software-banner)](https://apps.ubuntu.com/cat/applications/banshee)&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or like this when you want an inline app link:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.ubuntu.com/cat/applications/banshee&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;banshee&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.ubuntu.com/cat/applications/banshee&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://hostmar.co/software-small&quot; alt=&quot;Install banshee&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;[banshee](https://apps.ubuntu.com/cat/applications/banshee) [![Install banshee](https://hostmar.co/software-small)](https://apps.ubuntu.com/cat/applications/banshee)&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want a larger inline link (heading size) you can use this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.ubuntu.com/cat/applications/banshee&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;banshee&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.ubuntu.com/cat/applications/banshee&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://hostmar.co/software-large&quot; alt=&quot;Install banshee&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;#[banshee](https://apps.ubuntu.com/cat/applications/banshee) [![Install banshee](https://hostmar.co/software-large)](https://apps.ubuntu.com/cat/applications/banshee)&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Nathan Osman has a &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackapps.com/questions/2405/insert-apt-link-making-it-easy-to-insert-an-apt-link-into-your-question-answ&quot;&gt;script here&lt;/a&gt; that adds a button to the Ask Ubuntu formatting toolbar. (Get this if you plan on doing this, it makes it so easy).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Note, apps.ubuntu.com is the officialish way to link up applications in the software center as it has fallback for non-Ubuntu users, like this: &lt;code&gt;https://apps.ubuntu.com/cat/applications/banshee/&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;apt.ubuntu.com will still work and is fine, so we don't need to go redit every question, but new posts moving forward should use apps.u.c.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2017-03-12T19:49:22.080" CommentCount="9" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-10-08T17:57:34.860" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="396" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="377" CreationDate="2010-10-08T18:01:02.463" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Simply Awesome!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="214" LastActivityDate="2010-10-08T18:01:02.463" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-10-08T18:01:02.463" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="398" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="399" CreationDate="2010-10-08T19:53:27.690" Score="4" ViewCount="258" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1917/change-the-software-icon&quot;&gt;Change the software icon&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In regards to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/388/the-package-installation-problem&quot;&gt;The package installation problem.&lt;/a&gt; it's become clear we would like to add a custom launching icon that can be used to open the apt.ubuntu.com URL - allowing packages to be easily installed and obscurifying any command-line or complicated package installation options to more novice users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please submit one example Icon per rely including a 16x16 icon (and 24x24 icon if possible) also any SVG of the image and source of the image would be desired.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-16T17:33:45.993" LastActivityDate="2011-11-13T18:51:32.797" Title="Software package installation Icon" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|" AnswerCount="7" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2012-01-01T23:38:46.037" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="399" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="398" CreationDate="2010-10-08T20:00:09.233" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;The existing Software Center icons are already used to convey that you install stuff from it, so I think we should use those:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/oRhB2.png&quot; alt=&quot;alt text&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/9SOjZ.png&quot; alt=&quot;alt text&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2010-10-08T20:00:09.233" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="400" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="398" CreationDate="2010-10-08T20:11:10.200" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;There's also the Software Centre logo (as opposed to icon) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;16px: &lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/5x35v.png&quot; alt=&quot;16px Version of Software Centre Logo&quot;&gt; and 24px: &lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/8e6OC.png&quot; alt=&quot;24px Version of Software Centre Logo&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ubuntu_Software_Center_icon.svg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;SVG version&lt;/a&gt; (GPL license according to Wikimedia Commons)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Probably not preferable to the icons specially created to look good at a small size, but it is more colourful and interesting...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="866" LastActivityDate="2010-10-08T20:11:10.200" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="401" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="398" CreationDate="2010-10-08T20:11:55.233" Score="-3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I believe the Ubiquity install Icon is one that's recognizable as an &quot;Installation&quot; of something:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/svGhs.png&quot; alt=&quot;16x16&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Lr4xM.png&quot; alt=&quot;24x24&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From &lt;code&gt;/usr/share/icons/Humanity/apps/24/ubiquity.svg&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2010-10-08T20:11:55.233" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="402" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="398" CreationDate="2010-10-08T20:29:21.617" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;From the Tango Desktop Project:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/041Yl.png&quot; alt=&quot;16x16&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/4bOIL.png&quot; alt=&quot;24x24&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;SVG can be obtained from the &lt;a href=&quot;http://tango.freedesktop.org/Tango_Icon_Library&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Tango Desktop Project&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(In Ubuntu this icon used to be used in the menu entry for Add/Remove Applications before the Software Centre was created)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="41" LastEditDate="2010-10-08T20:56:58.743" LastActivityDate="2010-10-08T20:56:58.743" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="403" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="398" CreationDate="2010-10-08T22:40:15.043" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I personally prefer the standard &quot;package with arrow pointing down icon.&quot; I think it is much more relevant to the action that the user will be doing. The software center icon conveys the idea of a place where many different things can be found, while this icon shows that you will be downloading a package&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/rqMMK.png&quot; alt=&quot;16&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/trHkK.png&quot; alt=&quot;24&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These are from Humanity (/usr/share/icons/Humanity/apps/16/system-software-installer.svg). Although, I actually like the ones with the orange arrow &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/388/the-package-installation-problem/395#395&quot;&gt;in this answer&lt;/a&gt; better. I'm just not sure where they come from.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="570" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-16T17:33:45.993" LastActivityDate="2010-10-08T22:40:15.043" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="404" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="398" CreationDate="2010-10-08T22:54:20.103" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;These are modified from the &lt;code&gt;update-manager&lt;/code&gt; icon in the Humanity Theme.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/9m8UF.png&quot; alt=&quot;16x16&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Eea7m.png&quot; alt=&quot;24x24&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've uploaded the SVG &lt;a href=&quot;http://marcoceppi.com/u.se/download-icon.svg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="41" LastEditDate="2011-11-13T18:51:32.797" LastActivityDate="2011-11-13T18:51:32.797" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="405" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-10-09T00:54:01.907" Score="5" ViewCount="435" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;We closed the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1/what-should-our-com-domain-name-be&quot;&gt;domain naming thread (click for details)&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Instead, &lt;strong&gt;let's start with a killer &amp;quot;elevator pitch!&amp;quot;&lt;/strong&gt; Joel will be blogging about the elevator pitch approach to naming, but to get you started:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;The Elevator Pitch&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This isn't as easy as it sounds. Imagine the user who will never read your FAQ and you have two seconds to grab their attention. It should be catchy but descriptive. It should be thoroughly clear but painfully concise. &lt;strong&gt;Make every... word... count.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here are some creative examples:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://gawker.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Gawker&lt;/a&gt;: Daily Manhattan media news and gossip. Reporting live from the center of the universe.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://gizmodo.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Gizmodo&lt;/a&gt;: The gadget guide. So much in love with shiny new toys, it’s unnatural.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.autoblog.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Autoblog&lt;/a&gt;: We obsessively cover the auto industry.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dumblittleman.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;DumbLittleMan&lt;/a&gt;: So what do we do here? Well, it’s simple. 15 to 20 times per week we provide tips that will save you money, increase your productivity, or simply keep you sane.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.needcoffee.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Needcoffee.com&lt;/a&gt;: We are the Internet equivalent of a triple espresso with whipped cream. Mmmm…whipped cream.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Use it as a Tagline&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A shorter elevator pitch &lt;em&gt;can&lt;/em&gt; be used as a tagline — something you can display in the header at the top of the page. If it doesn't fit, consider shortening it or creating a separate tagline. Here are some great examples:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://slashdot.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Slashdot&lt;/a&gt;: News for nerds. Stuff that matters.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.lifehacker.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Lifehacker&lt;/a&gt;: Don’t live to geek, geek to live!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thesimpledollar.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;The Simple Dollar&lt;/a&gt;: Financial talk for the rest of us.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;The Motto (don't forget your logo)&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A logo begs for it own little, short tagline — like a motto. Maybe the tagline inspires the logo; Maybe it's the other way around. Mottos make good t-shirt, bumper stickers, and other marketing material. Either way, you'll recognize a good motto when you see it:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Just do it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Think Different.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The Uncola.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Intel inside.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Like a rock.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The king of beers.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;…and perhaps all this leads to a proper name and domain for your site… &lt;em&gt;eventually&lt;/em&gt;. So let's start from the basics. &lt;strong&gt;Come up with a killer elevator pitch, tagline, and/or motto!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="62" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2011-01-04T04:23:15.997" Title="Write an Elevator Pitch / Tagline" Tags="|discussion|elevator-pitch|tagline|" AnswerCount="8" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="406" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="408" CreationDate="2010-10-09T02:26:49.143" Score="10" ViewCount="137" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/919/share-link-via-identi-ca&quot;&gt;Share Link via identi.ca&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Like a lot of folks in the Ubuntu community, I have an &lt;a href=&quot;http://identi.ca/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Identi.ca&lt;/a&gt; account but not a Twitter one. Is there intrest in getting an Identi.ca button alongside the Facebook and Twitter one? Is this possible?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="570" LastActivityDate="2010-10-09T20:34:54.053" Title="Possibility of getting an Identi.ca button?" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2012-01-04T00:21:47.877" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="407" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="405" CreationDate="2010-10-09T08:23:15.123" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;A short elevator pitch/tagline:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://askubuntu.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;AskUbuntu.com&lt;/a&gt; : Learn by asking. Learn by example.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="266" LastActivityDate="2010-10-09T08:23:15.123" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="408" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="406" CreationDate="2010-10-09T20:34:54.053" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Identi.ca &lt;strong&gt;is&lt;/strong&gt; supported by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.addthis.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;AddThis.com&lt;/a&gt; which is what all the share links on the frontpage (excluding email) are powered by, so I suspect it would be quite simple to do from a technical point of view.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However I'm not sure if the new design launching tomorrow includes these links anymore - they're not in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/377/design-ideas-for-the-final-site&quot;&gt;design ideas&lt;/a&gt; and other launched sites such as &lt;a href=&quot;https://webapps.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Web Applications&lt;/a&gt; don't have them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="866" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:57:25.663" LastActivityDate="2010-10-09T20:34:54.053" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="409" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-10-10T01:30:59.023" Score="11" ViewCount="445" Body="&lt;p&gt;Thanks to Mat and Jin the new design is live. Here's how to report bugs. If you find a problem with the design that is &lt;em&gt;CSS related&lt;/em&gt;, for example something doesn't line up right or look wrong, then Jin will handle these problems. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it's a &lt;em&gt;design&lt;/em&gt; related issue, like you feel something about the look needs work, etc., then Mat will look at it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please tag all feedback with a &lt;strong&gt;bug&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;design&lt;/strong&gt; tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="5" LastEditDate="2010-10-31T20:59:17.290" LastActivityDate="2010-10-31T20:59:17.290" Title="Giving feedback on the design" Tags="|discussion|design|" AnswerCount="8" CommentCount="6" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="410" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="448" CreationDate="2010-10-10T05:21:27.060" Score="4" ViewCount="115" Body="&lt;p&gt;Awesome work on the new site design!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd like to note a couple CSS issues related to line spacing, in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/5418/change-login-screen-with-gksudo-u-gdm-does-not-work-in-10-10/5463#5463&quot;&gt;this answer&lt;/a&gt; as an expample:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/4zSZE.png&quot; alt=&quot;screenshot&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The scroll bars in the code block probably shouldn't be there. They scroll about 1 px beyond what is shown.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;kbd&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; tags in step four overlap the text on the next line.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;There is unneeded extra space between steps four and five.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm using Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US) AppleWebKit/534.7 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/7.0.517.24 Safari/534.7 via google-chrome-unstable-7.0.517.13-r6024.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1859" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2010-10-13T18:48:24.283" Title="Line spacing cosmetics" Tags="|bug|status-completed|design|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="411" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="405" CreationDate="2010-10-10T05:40:28.707" Score="-2" Body="&lt;p&gt;My 2c&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Ask your way to ubuntu uber-geekiness !&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;;-)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="270" LastActivityDate="2010-10-10T05:40:28.707" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="413" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="418" CreationDate="2010-10-10T06:37:12.880" Score="6" ViewCount="107" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is there a technical or functional difference between the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/sound&quot;&gt;sound&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/audio&quot;&gt;audio&lt;/a&gt; tags?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1859" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2010-10-10T08:07:49.683" Title="What is the difference between the 'sound' and 'audio' tags?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="414" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="424" CreationDate="2010-10-10T07:36:26.463" Score="5" ViewCount="153" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/7716/&quot;&gt;proposal page&lt;/a&gt; shows Ubuntu in a mix of states (&quot;Public beta&quot;/&quot;Public beta begins soon!&quot;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The site, however, has fully launched, becoming the first Area51 site with its own real domain. Congratulations!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1938" LastEditorUserId="74" LastEditDate="2010-10-10T14:29:41.043" LastActivityDate="2010-10-10T14:30:08.047" Title="According to Area51, askubuntu.com is in public beta/private beta" Tags="|bug|status-completed|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="415" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="480" CreationDate="2010-10-10T07:40:15.903" Score="12" ViewCount="399" Body="&lt;p&gt;The new design is great, but the font is &lt;strong&gt;really&lt;/strong&gt; killing me. Here's why:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Uneven kerning and spacing&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Have a look at this title. The space between &lt;code&gt;n&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;e&lt;/code&gt; in uneven, &lt;code&gt;r&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;n&lt;/code&gt; in kerning, &lt;code&gt;a&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;c&lt;/code&gt; in spacing are all wrong! There are a lot of other examples, but a font like this just isn't conducive to reading. If you want more, have a look at the  headers for each category of applications in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1237/what-are-the-most-useful-programs-installed-after-setup-of-a-vanilla-ubuntu&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See also: &lt;a href=&quot;http://ilovetypography.com/2007/09/15/type-torture-kerning/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://ilovetypography.com/2007/09/15/type-torture-kerning/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;The f and t characters are badly designed&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Words with t and f in them look really weird. For instance, &lt;strong&gt;Firefox&lt;/strong&gt; looks like it &lt;em&gt;might&lt;/em&gt; actually be two words when bold. The main problem is with the way the ascenders are designed. Suffice to say it'll only look good on headers&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Bold text is larger than non-bold text&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Really, it makes &lt;strong&gt;any string of text that is bold&lt;/strong&gt; look out of line. The x-height difference is jarring enough, but the letter spacing is even worse.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;The Ubuntu font is a display font&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And isn't suitable for long paragraphs of text.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Proposed solution&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;is simple. This font &lt;strong&gt;can&lt;/strong&gt; be used everywhere - even at small sizes, small doses can still look good. For example, the user info box that appears with every post. However, for large block of text, (I'm thinking stuff in &lt;code&gt;.post-text&lt;/code&gt; mainly), can we please stick to something more conventional? The &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitstream_Vera&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Bitstream Vera&lt;/a&gt; family is a good choice, as is the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberation_fonts&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Liberation&lt;/a&gt; and the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nimbus_Sans&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Nimbus Sans&lt;/a&gt; family. You'd want to keep the usual Arial/Helvetica last, since it's Ubuntu we're talking about here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2816" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-03-23T02:42:49.070" Title="May we please have another font for the body text?" Tags="|bug|status-completed|design|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="416" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="414" CreationDate="2010-10-10T07:50:16.553" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The slightly early launch of Ask Ubuntu to coincide with the release of Ubuntu 10.10 has made this happen. No doubt it will be fixed soon! (But meanwhile I don't suppose Area 51 is the main way new visitors will be finding us...)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="866" LastActivityDate="2010-10-10T07:50:16.553" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="417" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-10-10T07:50:43.050" Score="6" ViewCount="62" Body="&lt;p&gt;Maybe it is just my vision but I can't distinguish visited links in question/answer text from the surrounding text on Ubuntu Meta. I can see the links on the parent fine and I can see unvisited links here, but a visited link appears to be identical to regular text unless I move my mouse pointer over the link.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="453" LastEditorUserId="2" LastEditDate="2014-03-20T01:25:11.197" LastActivityDate="2014-03-20T01:25:11.197" Title="Visited links on Meta are hard to see" Tags="|bug|status-completed|design|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="418" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="413" CreationDate="2010-10-10T08:07:49.683" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Looking through the questions tagged with either sound or audio it appears there are being used to indicate an identical concept.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The sound tag is used almost twice as often as audio (32 vs 17; 28 vs 13 excluding the questions tagged with both terms) and therefore it should probably be the primary tag with audio being the synonym.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="453" LastActivityDate="2010-10-10T08:07:49.683" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="419" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="415" CreationDate="2010-10-10T08:13:11.247" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Please report the bugs with the font &lt;a href=&quot;http://fonttest.design.canonical.com/show&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;on Launchpad&lt;/a&gt;. I'm against using anything else than the Ubuntu font on AskUbuntu.com however, considered that on 10.10 the font is used basically everywhere.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1938" LastActivityDate="2010-10-10T08:13:11.247" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="420" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="422" CreationDate="2010-10-08T14:58:41.493" Score="7" ViewCount="1257" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is weird! ...  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In Firefox, &lt;strong&gt;for this site only&lt;/strong&gt;, I've am getting a screen full of basic text (and an occasional .png), but I've lost most of the decoration. There is still a semblence of  structure, but horizontal tables are now vertically aligned... There is &lt;strong&gt;no bling&lt;/strong&gt;!&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Plain ASCII may have its place, but not here!   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Have I inadvertently tripped some menu option?  If I did, I can't find it again.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've disabled  my add-ons, all bar the original &lt;code&gt;Ubuntu Firefox Mosifications&lt;/code&gt;, but that hasn't helped...&lt;br&gt;&#xA;I rebooted; still the samee.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any suggestions? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2670" OwnerDisplayName="fred.bear" LastEditorUserId="41" LastEditDate="2010-10-13T19:58:42.330" LastActivityDate="2010-10-13T19:58:42.330" Title="I've lost formatting in Firefox, but only for this site (ubuntu.stackexchange.com) !" Tags="|bug|status-norepro|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="421" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="420" CreationDate="2010-10-08T15:07:00.067" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Are you using a 3G wireless provider like O2 that proxies, caches and compresses lots of their users downloads? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I find that if I try using the website on my phone over 3G, it has no CSS, etc (as you describe)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" OwnerDisplayName="Oli" LastActivityDate="2010-10-10T08:22:45.187" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="422" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="420" CreationDate="2010-10-08T16:15:00.700" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;As Marco says it sounds like there is a problem with the CSS file(s). Try &lt;kbd&gt;Ctrl&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;F5&lt;/kbd&gt; and/or &lt;kbd&gt;Shift&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;F5&lt;/kbd&gt; to force a reload of not only the page but the associated files (in this case the CSS stylesheets).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If that doesn't work you could try clearing your cache (an option in &lt;a href=&quot;http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Clear+Recent+History&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Clear Recent History&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="866" OwnerDisplayName="fluteflute" LastActivityDate="2010-10-10T08:22:45.187" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="423" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-10-10T10:40:24.870" Score="5" ViewCount="95" Body="&lt;p&gt;Visited links are not underlined and black, just like text is.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1938" LastEditorUserId="2" LastEditDate="2014-03-20T01:25:05.737" LastActivityDate="2014-03-20T01:25:05.737" Title="Visited links cannot be distinguished from normal text" Tags="|bug|status-completed|design|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2014-03-21T17:02:31.523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="424" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="414" CreationDate="2010-10-10T14:30:08.047" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Good catch.  This is fixed now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="74" LastActivityDate="2010-10-10T14:30:08.047" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="425" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-10-10T14:32:53.797" Score="7" ViewCount="86" Body="&lt;p&gt;The welcome banner says &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Welcome to Q&amp;amp;A site for Ubuntu users and developers&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;image:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/V41kt.png&quot; alt=&quot;alt text&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It should probably say&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Welcome to the Q&amp;amp;A site for Ubuntu users and developers&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;or,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Welcome to Q&amp;amp;A for Ubuntu users and developers&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="74" LastEditorUserId="2" LastEditDate="2010-10-10T15:13:55.930" LastActivityDate="2012-02-10T21:31:11.677" Title="Typo in welcome banner" Tags="|bug|status-completed|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="426" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="409" CreationDate="2010-10-10T16:14:42.483" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't know who Mat and Jin are, but this design is awesome!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Kudos guys and keep up the good work!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2385" LastActivityDate="2010-10-10T16:14:42.483" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="427" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="171" CreationDate="2010-10-10T16:18:32.320" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think a widget, similar to the countdown widgets and the 10.04 widget that Jono Bacon has on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.jonobacon.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;his site&lt;/a&gt; (check it out on the left hand side) that we could just leave lying around on our websites would be a good way to passively promote the site. The user flair widgets don't say what the site is, so aren't really a good option for this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user2405" LastActivityDate="2010-10-10T16:18:32.320" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-10-10T16:18:32.320" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="428" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="409" CreationDate="2010-10-10T16:50:23.847" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;g's are chopped off in comments!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/GqBac.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;alt text&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="686" LastActivityDate="2010-10-10T16:50:23.847" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="429" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-10-10T17:47:41.223" Score="6" ViewCount="238" Body="&lt;p&gt;Now that this site has officially launched (no longer in beta), I think it'd be interesting to see what people elsewhere (outside the usual Stack Exchange circles) are saying. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Have you noticed askubuntu.com being talked about at a forum, or mentioned at a prominent site?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(I'm not sure, but I guess this is on-topic enough here on Meta... And of course this is closely related to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/171/help-spread-this-site&quot;&gt;promoting the site&lt;/a&gt;.) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="928" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.087" LastActivityDate="2010-10-11T01:54:49.060" Title="Reception of askubuntu.com" Tags="|discussion|promote|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-10-10T17:47:41.223" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="430" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="429" CreationDate="2010-10-10T17:50:10.457" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;There's an interesting thread at Ubuntu Forums:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1591890&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;askubuntu.com - what do you think?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Even though the opening post is very negative (some might say a flamebait), note that many misconceptions have already been &lt;a href=&quot;http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=9946940&amp;amp;postcount=10&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;rebutted&lt;/a&gt;.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="928" LastEditorUserId="928" LastEditDate="2010-10-10T22:25:46.267" LastActivityDate="2010-10-10T22:25:46.267" CommentCount="10" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-10-10T17:50:10.457" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="431" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="209" CreationDate="2010-10-10T18:17:56.967" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here's how to form the OpenID url:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;launchpad.net/~your_username_goes_here&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1938" LastActivityDate="2010-10-10T18:17:56.967" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="432" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="429" CreationDate="2010-10-10T18:24:10.527" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;OMG! Ubuntu!&lt;/a&gt; ran this story:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/10/ask-ubuntu-stack-exchange-site-out-of-beta-new-awesome-domain/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;“Ask Ubuntu” Stack Exchange site out of beta, new awesome domain&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The post itself and most comments are very positive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="928" LastActivityDate="2010-10-10T18:24:10.527" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-10-10T18:24:10.527" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="434" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-10-10T18:50:19.960" Score="11" ViewCount="609" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/5444/is-ask-ubuntu-official-ubuntu&quot;&gt;Is Ask Ubuntu “official” Ubuntu?&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is stackexchange? is Ask Ubuntu officially related to Ubuntu/canonical?&#xA;How do i subscribe for a question that I have not asked?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2910" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.087" LastActivityDate="2012-03-17T13:31:25.710" Title="What is StackExchange? Is Ask Ubuntu officially related to Ubuntu or Canonical?" Tags="|support|stackexchange|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="0" ClosedDate="2012-12-27T11:59:29.140" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="436" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="460" CreationDate="2010-10-10T19:12:40.493" Score="14" ViewCount="193" Body="&lt;p&gt;We're getting an influx of questions of people having problems that are best served by them reporting bugs. We should use the information &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/5121/how-do-i-report-a-bug-in-ubuntu&quot;&gt;for this question&lt;/a&gt; to allow us to close questions as bug reports (or add it as an option to an existing reason).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For bonus points it would be neat if we could paste in the URL to the bug number so that it could say &quot;This question was closed by fluteflute as actually &lt;a href=&quot;https://launchpad.net/bugs/1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Bug #1&lt;/a&gt;&quot; or whatever.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/5705/ubuntu-10-10-upgrade-results-in-blank-screen-after-login&quot;&gt;an example&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2010-10-11T17:42:59.077" Title="Ability to close a question as a bug report." Tags="|feature-request|best-practice|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="437" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-10-10T19:27:39.417" Score="7" ViewCount="86" Body="&lt;p&gt;Some questions asked are difficult to answer because they require several steps to troubleshoot. What I mean by this is that in order to help the asker, we need to ask them several questions. It seems to me that these sort of questions belong on the forums and IRC. Should we comment advising them to use these? What other steps should we take to improve the experience for askers and answerers?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="667" LastActivityDate="2010-10-10T19:45:51.267" Title="How should we tackle troubleshooting questions?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-10-10T19:29:42.767" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="438" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5444" CreationDate="2010-10-10T19:27:59.417" Score="20" Body="&lt;p&gt;Canonical gave permission for Stack Exchange to use the Ubuntu trademark and logo for Ask Ubuntu. A Canonical employee also assisted in the site's new design to help meet the &lt;a href=&quot;http://design.canonical.com/the-toolkit/ubuntu-brand-guidelines/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Brand Guidlines&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Beyond that Canonical has made no public announcements relating to Ask Ubuntu. (So we must assume that the site is not officially endorsed by or related to Canonical).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Note: There are Canonical employees that are members of the Ask Ubuntu community.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="866" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2015-11-22T17:08:22.553" LastActivityDate="2015-11-22T17:08:22.553" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="439" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="437" CreationDate="2010-10-10T19:34:33.663" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Suggestion: Use the ability to create chats for questions for this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Turn the question into a chat. Use that chat to troubleshoot the problem. Then post the result as an answer to the question (possibly along with a link to the chatlog).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For this to be feasible, we'd need two features, I think:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;An actual button to create a chat from a question, so people don't have to edit the URL by hand (I assume that's coming)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The poster of a question should automatically be notified if something is posted in the question's chat (don't know whether that's already the case or not).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="430" LastActivityDate="2010-10-10T19:34:33.663" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-10-10T19:34:33.663" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="440" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="437" CreationDate="2010-10-10T19:45:51.267" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Often (on other SE sites) it works pretty well like this: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If essential info is clearly missing, point it out in a comment to the question.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you think you might offer some help already, but still need to ask further questions, write an answer including those questions.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Once OP has edited their question, or has posted more details in comments to answers, you can (hopefully) revise your answer to be more helpful. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any of those steps may need to be repeated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This software indeed isn't &lt;em&gt;optimal&lt;/em&gt; for troubleshooting, but quite often it works satisfactorily.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="928" LastActivityDate="2010-10-10T19:45:51.267" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-10-10T19:45:51.267" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="443" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-10-10T20:20:31.937" Score="13" ViewCount="354" Body="&lt;p&gt;Instead of having to remember the whole &lt;code&gt;apt.ubuntu.com/p/package&lt;/code&gt; shebang, it would be easier to just support &lt;code&gt;apt://package&lt;/code&gt; links.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1938" LastActivityDate="2010-10-11T15:39:17.350" Title="Add support for apt:// link schema" Tags="|feature-request|hyperlinks|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="446" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="171" CreationDate="2010-10-10T21:21:51.353" Score="-2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Please promote this site: &lt;a href=&quot;http://ubuntu.shapado.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://ubuntu.shapado.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Perhaps I should have been a bit more verbose. &#xA;While I am a big fan of SO in general, I think it is unfortunate to be basing a FLOSS community around a non-FLOSS windows centered stack. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I also believe that in denying the community the ability to decide where to direct revenue (from advertising fx) we are doing ourselves and the mission a disservice. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While it is true that we might be able to grow faster due to cross pollination from other StackExchange venues, the arguments related to google juice are without much merit, askubuntu is on its own domain and gains no benefit from being in the SE fold (apart from cross links).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In terms of promotion, we are in the start phase and could easily direct efforts at a FLOSS platform instead. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I hope this is not construed as an attack on the efforts of the people who worked at making askubuntu happen, I think you have done an amazing job and the site looks great :) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have no doubt that you will succeed in making it the 'go to resource', which is precisely why I ask you to think twice and consider if we can't do one better, be it with shapado, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.osqa.net/gallery/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;osqa&lt;/a&gt; or something else entirely.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Much love -- unomi&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3090" LastEditorUserId="3090" LastEditDate="2010-10-10T23:37:19.787" LastActivityDate="2010-10-10T23:37:19.787" CommentCount="3" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-10-10T21:21:51.353" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="447" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="409" CreationDate="2010-10-10T21:52:15.887" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Both the design and the service are just awesome!&#xA;Good work ;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2827" LastEditorUserId="2827" LastEditDate="2010-10-12T13:26:05.337" LastActivityDate="2010-10-12T13:26:05.337" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="448" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="410" CreationDate="2010-10-10T23:25:25.743" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I put a fix in. Should be in the next deployment. Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="61" LastActivityDate="2010-10-10T23:25:25.743" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="450" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="409" CreationDate="2010-10-11T00:56:52.510" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;Why is the header so huge?  It takes up way too much retail space and offers little to no value.&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/rTnak.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/rTnak.png&quot; alt=&quot;alt text&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Compare it to the amount of space used by Stack Overflow or any of the other sites, and this seems outrageously tall.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1111" LastActivityDate="2010-10-11T00:56:52.510" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="451" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-10-11T01:24:42.257" Score="5" ViewCount="90" Body="&lt;p&gt;The background used for answers on askubuntu.com is slightly grey; this makes preformatted text such as &lt;code&gt;this&lt;/code&gt; stand out significantly less than on, say stackoverflow.com.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think this requires a design change to make such text a little bit more distinguishable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="188" LastEditorUserId="61" LastEditDate="2010-10-13T04:52:58.603" LastActivityDate="2010-10-13T04:52:58.603" Title="Preformatted text is insufficiently distinct?" Tags="|bug|status-completed|design|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="452" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="409" CreationDate="2010-10-11T02:56:09.703" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;strong&gt;Ask question&lt;/strong&gt; button is hard to see when you arrive on the site for the first time, I don't understand why it is not at the right of the orange panel.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The search entry is way too small, it should be much much bigger.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2834" LastActivityDate="2010-10-11T02:56:09.703" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="453" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="451" CreationDate="2010-10-11T04:38:25.990" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Well let's see -- this is a code block:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;foreach foo in bar&#xA;next&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and this is a &lt;code&gt;code span&lt;/code&gt; in text&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123" LastActivityDate="2010-10-11T04:38:25.990" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="456" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="451" CreationDate="2010-10-11T10:58:15.767" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I agree, I think we can make the bg a bit darker.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think we can go even as dark as #CCCCCC&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2681" LastActivityDate="2010-10-11T10:58:15.767" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="458" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-10-11T11:51:33.797" Score="4" ViewCount="103" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here's the real life example that triggered this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Make sure you check for duplicates before adding new entries. For example, &lt;a href=&quot;http://#&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;search &lt;code&gt;pitivi inquestion:this&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/a&gt; before adding PiTiVi. :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1938" LastEditorUserId="61" LastEditDate="2010-11-30T15:18:12.063" LastActivityDate="2010-11-30T15:18:12.063" Title="Links in &lt;code&gt; spans are indistinguishable from normal &lt;code&gt; spans" Tags="|bug|status-completed|design|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="460" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="436" CreationDate="2010-10-11T14:08:15.813" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are a lot of reasons one might vote to close a post. We've actually scaled back on list of close reasons because it became to daunting for the average user to choose from a long, detailed list.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Use the built-in tools&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would suggest closing bug reports as &amp;quot;Off Topic&amp;quot; (because that's what they are) and use the question-comments to provide the bug report URLs and to instruct the user as to the proper procedure for reporting bugs. That will quickly become part of the community routine (to close bug reports and add the comments) and soon everyone will be following suit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Don't forget message editing/wiki&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The community can adopt whatever conventions you choose to help guide bug-report posts. When a post is closed as an off-topic bug report, you can add whatever you feel would be helpful to the top of the post. For example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This question was closed by fluteflute as actually &lt;a href=&quot;https://launchpad.net/bugs/1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Bug #1&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Bug reports are off-topic for this forum. The Ubuntu Wiki has &lt;a href=&quot;https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;a very thorough guide&lt;/a&gt; on how to report bugs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Every time you do that, you are leaving a &amp;quot;sign post&amp;quot; for everyone to see, instructing them how to proceed in the future. Soon it will become the community convention and everyone will be pitching in to keep the site clean and helping new users along the way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are hundreds of little conventions that have been adopted this way. You don't notice them because they just seem second nature once everyone starts following along.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="62" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2010-10-11T15:42:07.923" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="462" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="443" CreationDate="2010-10-11T15:31:33.343" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is my understanding that apt:// protocol links are deprecated.  These provide a terrible experience on non-Ubuntu platforms, with no further explanation of what Ubuntu is and how they can get the software they just clicked the aforementioned link for.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Granted, apt.ubuntu.com currently suffers this problem as well, but it is my hope that its authors will use the free advertising space it provides to start a conversation with non-Ubuntu users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="46" LastActivityDate="2010-10-11T15:31:33.343" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="463" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="443" CreationDate="2010-10-11T15:39:17.350" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;apt.ubuntu.com currently doesn't have the nicest UI in the world, but &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AptUrlRedirector&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AptUrlRedirector&lt;/a&gt; suggests more how it &lt;em&gt;should&lt;/em&gt; work. I hope I'll get some time to actually implement nicer screens on apt.ubuntu.com to make it more worthwhile to link to.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2387" LastActivityDate="2010-10-11T15:39:17.350" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="465" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="451" CreationDate="2010-10-11T15:43:19.400" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have darkened the background color to #CCC as Mat suggested. Should be in the next deployment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="61" LastActivityDate="2010-10-11T15:43:19.400" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="467" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="458" CreationDate="2010-10-11T15:46:47.300" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have darkened the pre/code blocks' bgcolor to #CCC. Will be in the next deployment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="61" LastActivityDate="2010-10-11T15:46:47.300" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="468" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="415" CreationDate="2010-10-11T15:54:02.010" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;The font is designed for screen use and it is intended to be used on all Ubuntu websites. The font has been spaced, kerned and hinted, so if you see any problems, please &lt;a href=&quot;http://fonttest.design.canonical.com/show&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;report the bug for the font itself&lt;/a&gt; (as per badp's answer).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2681" LastActivityDate="2010-10-11T15:54:02.010" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="469" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-10-11T16:36:47.497" Score="0" ViewCount="95" Body="&lt;p&gt;The Captcha feature is really freaking annoying. This is the only thing that is really making my experience in the site less than enjoyable. It fails most of the time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2950" LastActivityDate="2010-11-10T17:45:04.373" Title="Why do I need to deal with Captcha while logged in?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="470" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="469" CreationDate="2010-10-11T16:48:41.613" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I can reproduce having to insert captcha while logged in. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2009/02/rate-limiting-and-velocity-checking.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;That's a &lt;strong&gt;rate limiting mechanism.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can't reproduce the consistent failures you are facing. Is it due to problems in typing in the correct response or does reCaptcha expect a completely different response?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1938" LastActivityDate="2010-10-11T16:48:41.613" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="471" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="436" CreationDate="2010-10-11T17:37:28.943" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Hmm... I like this idea a lot in theory, but we should be careful with it practice. I'm afraid of bouncing users around too much. The user is likely asking the question because they don't know if it is a bug or a problem with their own set up. We need to make it clear to them why it is a bug.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, closing the question shouldn't be the first reaction. Often times, there are existing work-arounds for known bugs. This information is valuable, and it should be included as an answer. This is especially true as stackexchange sites end up pretty high in Google searches.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think there should probably be at least some minimal effort to see if the bug has aready been reported. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="570" LastActivityDate="2010-10-11T17:37:28.943" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="472" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="409" CreationDate="2010-10-11T18:30:39.597" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Bug: The title of the site should be updated to &quot;Ask Ubuntu&quot;. It still reads as &quot;Ubuntu - Stack Exchange&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2321" LastActivityDate="2010-10-11T18:30:39.597" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="473" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="474" CreationDate="2010-10-11T19:51:31.603" Score="3" ViewCount="106" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't know why but suddenly my badges, answers, questions etc. all disappeared :\&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I had more than 8 answers, 3 badges and everything disappeared. One second I was watching my profile and everything was there but the next when I did a refresh everything was gone except of my reputation. What happened?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2898" LastActivityDate="2010-10-11T21:22:25.647" Title="Badges, Answers, Questions, everything disappeared" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="474" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="473" CreationDate="2010-10-11T20:30:12.620" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;When you're on meta, your profile shows only posts, badges and votes you made on meta.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you click the &quot;parent&quot; link (and everything goes back to orange) and then go to your profile, you'll see that all your posts[1], badges and votes are still &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/2898&quot;&gt;there&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[1] Or click the &quot;parent user&quot; link on your meta profile as moberley pointed out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="430" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2010-10-11T21:22:25.647" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="475" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="477" CreationDate="2010-10-11T21:23:00.683" Score="5" ViewCount="123" Body="&lt;p&gt;Well, the title says it all. I have a laptop on which I could't install 9.04 and was wondering if anyone tried 10.10 on one. Are this kind of questions on topic?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know there used to be a compatibility page on the ubuntu site, but it's really out of date.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="337" LastEditorUserId="235" LastEditDate="2010-10-11T21:28:52.150" LastActivityDate="2010-10-12T06:38:14.007" Title="Are &quot;Has anyone installed Ubuntu (version) on a (Notebook brand/model) successfully&quot; questions allowed?" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="476" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="209" CreationDate="2010-10-11T22:52:27.490" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;This has been implemented as noted by Jeff on &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/61456/custom-openid-for-sites/67221#67221&quot;&gt;Meta StackOverflow&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3368" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2010-10-11T22:52:27.490" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="477" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="475" CreationDate="2010-10-12T02:14:12.483" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been religiously closing those as duplicates of this question: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/131/which-computers-are-guaranteed-to-work-with-ubuntu&quot;&gt;Which computers are guaranteed to work with Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ultimately those questions are Too Localized and will only spawn numerous of posts about &quot;Is X machine compatible with Ubuntu&quot; All of which duplicate the responses given in the above linked question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2010-10-12T02:14:12.483" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="479" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="475" CreationDate="2010-10-12T06:38:14.007" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Take a look at the information located on &lt;a href=&quot;http://webapps.ubuntu.com/certification/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://webapps.ubuntu.com/certification/&lt;/a&gt; .&#xA;Toward the bottom of the page there is information about specific machines we have conducted testing on. This should be the best location for the information you seek.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;~JFo&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1657" LastActivityDate="2010-10-12T06:38:14.007" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="480" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="415" CreationDate="2010-10-12T07:05:01.803" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have removed font-face, using font-family: &quot;Ubuntu Beta&quot;,UbuntuBeta,Ubuntu,&quot;Bitstream Vera Sans&quot;,&quot;DejaVu Sans&quot;,Tahoma,sans-serif; instead. The fix will be in the next deployment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="61" LastActivityDate="2010-10-12T07:05:01.803" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="481" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2549" CreationDate="2010-10-12T09:50:14.237" Score="7" ViewCount="87" Body="&lt;p&gt;I noticed today that the Ubuntu site doesn't appear to have the cc-wiki graphic and &quot;revision&quot; note that usually appears in the Stack Exchange footer. I don't want to tag this as a bug, but I was wondering if the omission of that design feature was intentional?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="453" LastActivityDate="2012-02-10T06:28:30.820" Title="Lack of revision note and cc-wiki graphic in Ubuntu footer" Tags="|discussion|design|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="482" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="377" CreationDate="2010-10-12T12:07:24.663" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'd like an option for a dark them. I can't stand to look at very bright colors.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user2814" LastEditorDisplayName="user2814" LastEditDate="2010-10-13T00:43:12.343" LastActivityDate="2010-10-13T00:43:12.343" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-10-12T12:07:24.663" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="483" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="290" CreationDate="2010-10-12T12:35:29.140" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I noticed that this didn't feature in this week's UWN. I thought that might be because there was some problem with the code due to the domain switch but it still works.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyway, I've changed things so the links go directly to the right domain. I've also stripped out the clipboard output for now as it has a problem with some unicode characters that I (frankly) can't be bothered fixing at the moment. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Feel free to edit this post to fix the bug.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;import urllib2, StringIO, gzip, json, time, os&#xA;from BeautifulSoup import BeautifulSoup&#xA;&#xA;output = ' == Most Active Questions == \n'&#xA;&#xA;# top active threads (votes + answers + comments)&#xA;for q in BeautifulSoup(urllib2.urlopen('http://askubuntu.com/?tab=week')).findAll('h3')[:5]:&#xA;    output = '%s\n * [[http://askubuntu.com%s|%s]]' % (output, q.contents[0]['href'], q.contents[0].string)&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;output = '%s\n\n == Top Voted New Questions == \n' % output&#xA;&#xA;# top (by votes only) threads started in the past 7 days&#xA;api_url = 'http://api.askubuntu.com/1.0/questions?sort=votes&amp;amp;order=desc&amp;amp;pagesize=5&amp;amp;fromdate=%s' % int(time.time() - 604800)&#xA;source = urllib2.urlopen(api_url).read()&#xA;for q in  json.loads(gzip.GzipFile(fileobj=StringIO.StringIO(source)).read())['questions'][:5]:&#xA;    output = '%s\n * [[http://askubuntu.com/questions/%s/|%s]]' % (output, q['question_id'], q['title'])&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;contribs = ['[[%s|%s]]' % (u.contents[0]['href'], u.contents[0].string) for u in BeautifulSoup(urllib2.urlopen('http://stackexchange.com/leagues/31/week/ubuntu')).findAll('h2')[1:6]]&#xA;output = '%s\n\nPeople Contributing the best questions and answers this week: %s and %s' % (output, ', '.join(contribs[0:4]), contribs[4])&#xA;&#xA;print output&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2010-10-12T12:35:29.140" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="484" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-10-12T13:23:05.037" Score="5" ViewCount="98" Body="&lt;p&gt;It has took me time to understand why there is a strange grey square on my user page and to figure out what it is. I think there should be a text like &quot;No description&quot; or maybe we can just remove it when the user description is blank.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is a screenshot :&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/eDe74.png&quot; alt=&quot;user page&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2834" LastEditorUserId="2" LastEditDate="2014-03-20T01:25:50.267" LastActivityDate="2014-03-20T01:25:50.267" Title="If &quot;About Me&quot; is blank we have a grey square on the user page that mean nothing" Tags="|bug|status-bydesign|design|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="485" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="484" CreationDate="2010-10-12T13:56:29.573" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I agree this is an aesthetic issue. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I find however that it looks far worse on one's own profile page (as you have pictured yours) as the edit links, and openid settings mean that the text comes right up to the edges of the box.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="866" LastActivityDate="2010-10-12T13:56:29.573" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="486" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-10-12T14:45:43.213" Score="9" ViewCount="68" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's quite frustrating to prove I'm a human right before being told that I'm not allowed to post for x and y reasons.. why not wait to check that I'm a human until after verifying it's ok to post?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3542" LastEditorDisplayName="Roger Pate" LastEditDate="2010-10-28T23:48:24.527" LastActivityDate="2010-10-28T23:48:24.527" Title="Can the barriers to posting be shown before the human verification?" Tags="|feature-request|asking-questions|captcha|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="487" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="488" CreationDate="2010-10-12T15:53:34.547" Score="0" ViewCount="89" Body="&lt;p&gt;The title says it all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to read questions and answers (for that matter, also responses) in the order they were posted and may be get notified when new ones arrive. This way for some (say favorite questions) I can keep tab of new comments and answers instead of remembering to visit the page every now and then.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Currently I know I can get notified by email when new answers are posted to my questions and when I visit a new page or refresh I get notified of new responses needing my attention.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any way to get notified of (filtered) updates via an rss feed ? (Say, a questions feed or answers feed to selected question etc ?)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To state the case completely, I login to Ubuntu SE from multiple computers at work and at home with varying frequency and therefore the &quot;new responses since last visit&quot; presented before my user name is not really effective... not as much as an rss feed would be.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="270" LastActivityDate="2010-10-13T00:13:49.287" Title="Is there a way to get a feed of new questions and answers being posted to an SO site ?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="488" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="487" CreationDate="2010-10-12T16:12:51.533" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are RSS links at the bottom right of each question (and tags too) as well as the home page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2010-10-12T16:12:51.533" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="489" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-10-12T16:06:13.363" Score="19" ViewCount="966" Body="&lt;p&gt;Unless this is a Mono port of stackoverflow and it is running on Ubuntu server.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please clarify&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Ubuntu's bug #1 is that Microsoft is more popular than Ubuntu - see at &#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1&lt;/a&gt; )&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3575" OwnerDisplayName="Tzury Bar Yochay" LastEditorUserId="41" LastEditDate="2011-06-20T11:54:56.543" LastActivityDate="2011-06-21T15:54:24.223" Title="How would Ubuntu Bug #1 be fixed if Ask Ubuntu uses a Windows Platform?" Tags="|discussion|windows|" AnswerCount="6" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="490" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="489" CreationDate="2010-10-12T16:18:49.857" Score="31" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you read Bug #1 closely it's that&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Microsoft has a majority market share in the new desktop PC marketplace.&#xA;  This is a bug, which Ubuntu is designed to fix.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This has nothing to do with Servers, as I (unofficially), estimate that Linux Servers far out-weigh those of Microsoft and Apple servers. So having the StackExchange platform run on a Microsoft stack isn't so much detracting from Bug #1 - but rather is &lt;em&gt;helping&lt;/em&gt; resolve Bug #1 by being able to provide this magnificent platform for which to offer support for Ubuntu related questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="4" LastEditDate="2010-10-14T20:02:43.337" LastActivityDate="2010-10-14T20:02:43.337" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="491" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="489" CreationDate="2010-10-12T16:28:30.687" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't know anything about the infrastructure of either askubuntu or Stack Exchange (other than the software is open source), but don't think picking a tool simply out of principle is practical for a large project such as this. When it's just you and your desktop running tools for yourself, then you should feel free to use whatever floats your boat, however when the project is a site like this, then you have to consider the users before yourself, and whether or not using entirely open source tools will have a positive or negative impact on the user experience, and thus on the quality of the support they receive. If Microsoft provides the best possible tools to that end, then that's something we're just going to have to live with for the time being.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user2405" LastActivityDate="2010-10-12T16:28:30.687" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="492" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="489" CreationDate="2010-10-12T16:30:14.227" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;Even Canonical makes software for Windows. See the upcoming &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1276/when-will-ubuntu-one-for-windows-be-released&quot;&gt;Ubuntu One&lt;/a&gt; client for Windows.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;askubuntu.com isn't here to fix bug #1. We're here because we like Ubuntu and want to help others learn Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Be careful with religious attitudes, Ubuntu is just one tool among many. Use what you think is the best tool for the Job. If the SE developers want to use a Windows platform good their application, it's because they think it's the best tool for them. And we benefit, because the SE sites are a great application.  I say this as a Unix user for 19 years, and a Unix admin for 10 years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you feel that you can do better with an Ubuntu-based platform, then good! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="266" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2011-06-21T15:54:24.223" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="493" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="487" CreationDate="2010-10-12T16:55:56.210" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are several tools available for the StackExchange network that aren't actually provided by StackOverflow, Inc but rather by users interacting with the StackExchange API. One such example is &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackapps.com/questions/1599/stack2rss-a-json-to-rss-conversion-service-now-with-a-feed-browser-and-email-s&quot;&gt;Stack2RSS&lt;/a&gt; created by our very own &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/5/george-edison&quot;&gt;George Edison&lt;/a&gt; which provides additional features to the already existent RSS feeds provided by the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most pages on AskUbuntu already have RSS feeds in basic ATOM form as pointed out by Jorge Castro&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:46.307" LastActivityDate="2010-10-12T16:55:56.210" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="494" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="377" CreationDate="2010-10-12T17:59:59.703" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I love the design on this site and really digg the Ubuntu Font (i believe this is the same one used on the site correct?)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3660" LastActivityDate="2010-10-12T17:59:59.703" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-10-12T17:59:59.703" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="495" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-10-12T20:35:14.787" Score="9" ViewCount="1135" Body="&lt;p&gt;I notice some users with very high reputation scores. What is their &quot;trick&quot;, and how can I increase my reputation?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3390" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2013-10-07T20:07:50.727" LastActivityDate="2017-06-13T04:26:34.470" Title="How can I increase my reputation on Ask Ubuntu?" Tags="|discussion|reputation|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-10-14T14:35:34.827" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="496" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="495" CreationDate="2010-10-12T21:43:05.293" Score="20" Body="&lt;p&gt;The trick is providing quality answers to questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or more specifically:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Providing detailed answers that are easy to understand&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Asking questions that are well-written and include plenty of information&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Accepting answers to your questions&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can find more information &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq#reputation-gain&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2010-10-12T22:14:22.850" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-10-14T14:35:34.827" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="497" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="487" CreationDate="2010-10-13T00:13:49.287" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Often you can use &lt;a href=&quot;http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Yahoo Pipes&lt;/a&gt; to prune down or meld RSS feeds into something more tailored to your needs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1859" LastActivityDate="2010-10-13T00:13:49.287" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="498" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="522" CreationDate="2010-10-13T03:12:19.460" Score="2" ViewCount="150" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've seen the bug on &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/410/line-spacing-cosmetics&quot;&gt;Line spacing cosmetics&lt;/a&gt; but it doesn't seem to address the bug I'm seeing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you take a look at &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/3553/if-apt-get-from-2020-existed-what-one-project-would-you-install&quot;&gt;this bug&lt;/a&gt;, on my screen at least (Ubuntu 10.04 Firefox 3.6.10 1280x800), the h1 header has too small of a line-height and therefore overlaps itself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/5185/badlineheight.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;bad line height http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/5185/badlineheight.png&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The culprit appears to be&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;h1 { font-size: 170% }&#xA;.post-text { line-height: 17px }&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Removing either of those fixes the problem (although obviously there are side effects).  I think a simple override such as&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;.post-text h1 { line-height: 1em }&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;solves the problem nicely.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1577" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2010-10-18T07:55:38.423" Title="Line height bug in h1 tags" Tags="|bug|status-completed|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="499" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="409" CreationDate="2010-10-13T06:24:53.130" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am not a designer. But honestly saying i dont like the design.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Tags are not visible.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Header is too long&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It took me 10 seconds to identity where is &quot;Ask question button&quot;, provided i am using stack overflow from more than 1 year with more than 350 visits.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;This gray background is not good when you are reading consider these two examples. On &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2823571/im-graduating-with-a-computer-science-degree-but-i-dont-feel-like-i-know-how-to&quot;&gt;stackoverflow&lt;/a&gt; and on &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/6651/anyway-to-actually-make-10-10-a-10-10-closed&quot;&gt;askubuntu&lt;/a&gt;. White is much better.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Why you guys are trying to make thinks look funky or stylish etc. Simple things are much better. Considering this editor i was confused where is the hyperlink button. This infinity kinda symbol sucks.(Please dont mind it but it sucks.) &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am sure you guys have very good designer. But i think design should be reconsidered and go for simple and sober. Making thinks stylish is good for a website like &quot;Nike or Reebok.&quot;         &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="696" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-05-23T12:39:54.233" LastActivityDate="2010-10-13T06:24:53.130" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="500" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-10-13T06:28:01.877" Score="8" ViewCount="440" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/6586/270&quot;&gt;This&lt;/a&gt; question is along the lines of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2008/09/15.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;favourite emacs shortcut&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/5911/270&quot;&gt;best video editor&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/804/270&quot;&gt;text editor&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/4246/270&quot;&gt;php&lt;/a&gt;/&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/3778/270&quot;&gt;ror&lt;/a&gt; editor for ubuntu. Many of them are lingering along nicely as community wiki's without accepted answers capturing the opinions and suggestions of the community.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Compared to editors, games, IMO, may not even incite so much flame-wars and would rather educate on the variety and options avaialble. Most of us have a single text editor we can't live without, with games on the other hand the more the better I guess.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, the fact that there is IRC or forums shouldn't mean people should go there instead. For me, it is natural to aspire for the google search for favourite ubuntu games to also land in askubuntu.com.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I agree it should be community wiki, but not something deserving to be closed. Is this some new rule we have taken to up to ban all questions that invite such opinions ? Aren't we being too harsh here ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="270" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2010-10-14T13:38:54.287" Title="Are we too harsh on this one ?" Tags="|discussion|closed-questions|close-reasons|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="501" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-10-13T10:18:23.887" Score="40" ViewCount="393" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3490/please-make-the-ask-question-button-on-askubuntu-more-prominent&quot;&gt;Please make the &amp;ldquo;Ask Question&amp;rdquo; button on AskUbuntu more prominent&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm new to askubuntu.com and when I first wanted to ask a question it took me a while to find that button.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I guess if I didn't know other stackexchange sites I would have given up thinking that there's no way to ask a question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it possible to make it stand out just a little bit more?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2991" LastEditorUserId="570" LastEditDate="2011-02-10T01:08:10.150" LastActivityDate="2012-03-25T08:06:10.583" Title="Can we make the &quot;ask question&quot; button stand out more?" Tags="|bug|feature-request|design|" AnswerCount="6" CommentCount="7" ClosedDate="2012-06-20T18:38:54.220" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="502" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="501" CreationDate="2010-10-13T13:05:24.547" Score="24" Body="&lt;p&gt;I agree. I think the ask button should sit on the right of the main navigation bar (currently showing Questions, Tags, Users, Badges, Unanswered)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2010-10-13T13:05:24.547" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="503" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="500" CreationDate="2010-10-13T13:48:06.467" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am of two minds. I think &quot;best IDE&quot; type threads are kind of useless, since there's 15 years of those discussions already all over the internet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand I did find some rather nice entries in those threads, and I think if we get the quality right then it can be useful. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/4922/gui-twitter-clients-what-are-my-options&quot;&gt;This question&lt;/a&gt; is on it's way to becoming the best GUI twitter page already for example.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However I think a &quot;best game&quot; one is far too open ended. You'd end up with every game in the archive. Perhaps something more narrow?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:24.280" LastActivityDate="2010-10-13T13:48:06.467" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="504" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="489" CreationDate="2010-10-13T14:13:17.820" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Leaving my opinions aside:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Argument for:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's the best tool for the job as it is the most mature and polished. A good user experience is part of Ubuntu's purpose so it makes sense to make decisions to support that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Argument against:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ideally, using proprietary software is only acceptable when one is writing a free replacement for it. This site is not being used to write its free replacement, it is being used as a supporting tool for users of another free program. Is the user data under Canonical's complete control? No. Is it under the users' complete control? No.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However it is CC-BY-SA licensed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's the same old &quot;Open Source&quot; vs. &quot;Free Software&quot;, Pragmatism vs. Idealism, Best-Tool-For-The-Job vs Free-Tools-For-The-Job arguments this community will always have until all software fits both categories.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm here because the users are here, and yet I'm also on other sites because I want the users there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="186" LastActivityDate="2010-10-13T14:13:17.820" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="505" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="409" CreationDate="2010-10-13T18:13:33.377" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I actually really like the site design but it doesn't work well in the small window I tend to keep stack exchange sites in while working.  I can only usually see about 3 questions on the main page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So if anyone is interested, I created a &lt;a href=&quot;http://userstyles.org/styles/38242&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;userstyle&lt;/a&gt; to reclaim a lot of the wasted vertical space.  Screenshots are available there (especially if you use &lt;a href=&quot;http://userstyles.org/styles/6158&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;this style&lt;/a&gt;).  You can check the css to remove some optional bits if you just want to reduce the size of the header.  I'm welcome to feedback (probably best done on userstyles.org).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1577" LastActivityDate="2010-10-13T18:13:33.377" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="506" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="495" CreationDate="2010-10-13T18:53:17.657" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've been following recommendations from this &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/9731/fastest-gun-in-the-west-problem&quot;&gt;discussion&lt;/a&gt; on meta.stackoverflow to formulate my answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2010-10-13T18:53:17.657" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-10-14T14:35:34.827" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="507" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="500" CreationDate="2010-10-13T19:29:33.683" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ultimately that wasn't a question - and what the title was extremely subjective considering the wide range of games out there. If the poster has limited the scope of the question to native games, games in Wine, genre of games, and made it more constructive. Then it would possibly have a better chance. However, this also dabbles more in the world of &lt;a href=&quot;https://gaming.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Gaming&lt;/a&gt; and not so much Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've reopened the question with some modifications to give it a chance!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:10:05.083" LastActivityDate="2010-10-14T13:38:54.287" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="508" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="521" CreationDate="2010-10-13T19:33:07.187" Score="5" ViewCount="74" Body="&lt;p&gt;Q: What is Ubuntu?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A: Apparently, Ubuntu is a collaboratively edited question and answer site for people who love Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/5636/ubuntuis.png&quot; alt=&quot;Ubuntu is...&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think Canonical may not approve of that assessment ;).  Don't know if this is just a simple typo or due to a bad template swap somewhere but it should definitely say &quot;AskUbuntu is...&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1577" LastEditorUserId="123" LastEditDate="2010-10-16T08:33:42.230" LastActivityDate="2010-10-16T08:33:54.663" Title="Incorrect new user text box" Tags="|bug|status-completed|design|new-users|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="509" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="510" CreationDate="2010-10-13T19:35:20.117" Score="0" ViewCount="96" Body="&lt;p&gt;I asked a question in here some hours ago. Unfortunately I did not register on my first visit. Now - as registered user (I created a new account on another computer) I'd like to comment on the solution (not working btw). How do I &quot;overtake&quot; the ownership of my own question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;edit: Thanks for moving - couldn't ask in meta without 5 points.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3822" OwnerDisplayName="Sven" LastEditorUserId="41" LastEditDate="2010-10-13T19:48:13.180" LastActivityDate="2010-10-13T19:48:40.480" Title="How do I get the ownership of a unregistered account/question in askubuntu?" Tags="|feature-request|status-completed|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="510" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="509" CreationDate="2010-10-13T19:48:40.480" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your accounts have been merged with the newer &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/3822&quot;&gt;account&lt;/a&gt; as the parent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2010-10-13T19:48:40.480" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="511" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="512" CreationDate="2010-10-13T22:48:17.157" Score="3" ViewCount="94" Body="&lt;p&gt;The 'What is reputation?' section of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq&quot;&gt;FAQ&lt;/a&gt; briefly explains what is reputation, how to earn it, and what privileges you can earn by having enough reputation. However, due to the nature of being a FAQ entry, it is not possible for it to go into too much detail about the different privileges.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, there is a nice &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges&quot;&gt;page&lt;/a&gt; on the site that does this (and is shown to users whenever they gain new privileges). I think that it would be useful to add a link to this privileges guide under this section of the FAQ. Besides when a notification about earning new privileges pops up, there is no easy way for new users to find this very helpful page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="469" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2010-10-13T23:10:07.157" Title="Can we add a link to the /privileges page in the 'What is reputation?' section of the FAQ?" Tags="|feature-request|faq-suggestion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="512" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="511" CreationDate="2010-10-13T23:10:07.157" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have added a reference to the page in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq&quot;&gt;faq&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2010-10-13T23:10:07.157" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="513" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="495" CreationDate="2010-10-13T23:12:38.743" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately the most efficient way to farm XP is to rephrase existing simple answers on easy questions while the question is still hot. Long detailed answers on difficult questions are not worth much because too little people are interested in them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit&lt;/strong&gt;: This is based on my observation on StackOverflow. There is, however, one important difference between StackOverflow and AskUbuntu: SO has so much traffic that questions only stay on the front page for about 10 minutes after the last answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="964" LastEditorUserId="964" LastEditDate="2010-10-14T06:30:39.507" LastActivityDate="2010-10-14T06:30:39.507" CommentCount="2" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-10-14T14:35:34.827" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="515" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="516" CreationDate="2010-10-14T00:34:34.737" Score="1" ViewCount="116" Body="&lt;p&gt;On the FAQ page the reputation scale from the Public BETA is still present where it should reflect the current scale.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="41" LastEditDate="2010-10-14T16:46:17.117" LastActivityDate="2010-10-14T16:46:17.117" Title="Wrong reputation scale on FAQ" Tags="|bug|status-norepro|faq-suggestion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="516" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="515" CreationDate="2010-10-14T15:53:33.013" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The reputation levels are correct in the system. Your browser is likely still caching the previous version of that page. Clear your browser's cache (Ctrl-F5, on many systems) to get the most recent page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="62" LastActivityDate="2010-10-14T15:53:33.013" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="517" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="284" CreationDate="2010-10-14T17:39:07.710" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think this is a bad idea, and here are a few reasons why:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;(1) Increase in Noise.&lt;/strong&gt; I believe the Ubuntu Forums have become the de-facto place for that sort of discussion in the Ubuntu community. In fact, the Forums are so full of silliness that I don't find them useful anymore. This quote from &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/09/good-subjective-bad-subjective/&quot;&gt;the six guidelines for great subjective questions&lt;/a&gt; expresses it well:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Most forums and chat rooms have a scale problem. As in, &lt;em&gt;they don’t&lt;/em&gt;. The more people that join the discussion, the more noise each of those connections bring. So the forums get progressively noisier and noisier, and suddenly one day … &lt;a href=&quot;http://scobleizer.com/2009/11/02/the-chat-roomforum-problem-an-apology-to-technosailor/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;you stop learning&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ubuntu Forums is no longer a place for learning. People are lucky to get an answer to a serious question there because their voices quickly get lost in a flood of chatter, redundant questions, games, and other noise. On its own, the StackExchange system can only slow the progress of noise; moderation is still necessary to eliminate the noise that inevitably creeps in.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;(2) Decrease in Signal.&lt;/strong&gt; Likely a result of #1, it seems lots of the people who know what they're talking about have stopped checking in at Ubuntu Forums. There are still knowledgeable people there, but I believe ensuring Ask Ubuntu is an on-topic, learning-focused atmosphere will make it the easiest to find and keep knowledgeable people around.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;(3) &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey_see,_monkey_do&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Monkey See, Monkey Do&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt; It will probably be the case for a fair while that the majority of Ask Ubuntu users aren't yet used to the StackExchange system and don't understand why it's set up the way it is. More for-fun-only posts means more dilution of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq&quot;&gt;the message&lt;/a&gt; about what kinds of questions should be asked (especially when moderators and those with high reputation participate). This will likely result in an unmanageable portion of Ask Ubuntu users thinking &quot;…&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0325980/quotes?qt0416712&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;hang the rules&lt;/a&gt;. They're more like guidelines anyway.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;So, am I saying Ask Ubuntu should be completely serious one hundred percent of the time?&lt;/strong&gt; Absolutely not! Humor is vitally important to human interaction. What I &lt;em&gt;am&lt;/em&gt; saying is, let's encourage humor and whimsy as a &lt;em&gt;part&lt;/em&gt; of a good question or answer, but discourage and remove posts when it's the &lt;em&gt;substance or focus&lt;/em&gt; of a question or answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3256" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2010-10-14T17:39:07.710" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="518" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-10-14T19:11:49.643" Score="1" ViewCount="76" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've noticed for the past few days that the &lt;em&gt;Visit House&lt;/em&gt; advertisement on the right doesn't properly show the &lt;em&gt;most&lt;/em&gt; active rooms. Is this just me or is there a problem in showing the correct rooms?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/yq076.png&quot; alt=&quot;alt text&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/4sqkY.png&quot; alt=&quot;alt text&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="41" LastEditDate="2010-10-15T13:01:53.063" LastActivityDate="2010-10-15T15:36:50.933" Title="In-house chat Ad broken?" Tags="|bug|status-completed|chat|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="519" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="523" CreationDate="2010-10-15T13:59:15.113" Score="4" ViewCount="70" Body="&lt;p&gt;When I signed into chat today, the logo at the bottom-right looks like this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/J1dez.png&quot; alt=&quot;alt text&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/users/41&quot;&gt;Marco Ceppi&lt;/a&gt; commented on it:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I know they did some changes to chat yesterday to fix the API - there may have also been a design update to take care of other desgin bugs too which could have inadvertently broke that CSS&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="130" LastEditorUserId="237" LastEditDate="2010-10-16T09:02:46.110" LastActivityDate="2010-10-16T09:02:46.110" Title="Logo Squashed in Chat" Tags="|bug|status-completed|chat|css|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="520" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="518" CreationDate="2010-10-15T15:36:50.933" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;This appears to have been repaired overnight as the chat ad properly populates the rooms.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2010-10-15T15:36:50.933" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="521" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="508" CreationDate="2010-10-16T08:33:54.663" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;added &quot;Ask&quot; to the beginning of that string :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123" LastActivityDate="2010-10-16T08:33:54.663" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="522" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="498" CreationDate="2010-10-16T08:43:20.447" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The fix will be in the next deployment. thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="61" LastActivityDate="2010-10-16T08:43:20.447" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="523" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="519" CreationDate="2010-10-16T09:02:12.247" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, that had nothing to do with the API changes; it was actually a side effect of factoring out repeated code. Lesson learned: DRY is good, but do it right :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Fixed now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="237" LastActivityDate="2010-10-16T09:02:12.247" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="524" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-10-16T19:37:00.220" Score="5" ViewCount="196" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've been editing the titles to make more sense, for example &quot;How do I do foo on Ubuntu&quot; to &quot;How do I do foo?&quot; since we already know you'll be on Ubuntu (unless you specify otherwise). I've also been cleaning up the version number from the title and using a tag. Someone edited &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/6586/revisions&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; to make the title &quot;more googleable&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this the case? I would assume that typing in what native games are available for ubuntu in google would find this site anyway. (I'm not familiar with SEO techniques)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2010-11-05T11:22:59.020" Title="Title editing for googleability" Tags="|discussion|editing|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="525" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-10-16T23:44:31.990" Score="9" ViewCount="114" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure how to answer to a previous answer so I joined the chat and I couldn't ask anyone as I'm lacking repuatation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Come on guys, this side is supposed to be &quot;easy&quot; and enable an instant interaction -isn't it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="halakonifupoli" LastEditorUserId="41" LastEditDate="2010-10-17T01:02:47.680" LastActivityDate="2011-11-19T20:43:54.400" Title="Why do I need 20 reputation to chat even in the feedback channel?" Tags="|discussion|chat|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="526" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="525" CreationDate="2010-10-16T23:58:42.420" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't know why, but getting that reputation is pretty easy. Just explore the site a little bit, vote on some questions and answers you like or register on other Stack Exchange sites and you will get them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2950" OwnerDisplayName="lovinglinux" LastActivityDate="2010-10-17T00:21:27.967" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="527" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-10-17T00:54:45.233" Score="4" ViewCount="59" Body="&lt;p&gt;I found a little inconvenience: in the FAQ it says: &quot;Some links will be automatically inlined if posted on a single line by themselves [...]&quot; but if I write Text in the chatbox and enter a new line by pressing Shift+Enter and then enter a valid link it will not be inlined. If this is intention you should change the text in the FAQ.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For me forcing a line break using Shift+Enter and then pasting a valid link makes them look like on a single line for themselves but I without auto inlining...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just a small thing...but it got me&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4104" LastEditorUserId="133195" LastEditorDisplayName="Roger Pate" LastEditDate="2013-07-10T13:31:33.293" LastActivityDate="2013-07-10T13:32:38.627" Title="Chat FAQ auto inlining condition unclear" Tags="|bug|status-completed|chat|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="528" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="531" CreationDate="2010-10-17T00:57:25.927" Score="3" ViewCount="96" Body="&lt;p&gt;Are some of the new-user restrictions counter productive? If so, which.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My example: Until I had +50 rep, I could not post comments on answers. Instead, when I had something important to say, I had to post an &lt;strong&gt;answer&lt;/strong&gt; which looked like this (and I've seen it done by others as well):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xA;(I don't have 50 rep, but this is a response to John Doe's post above): .......&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(For the record, I get why &lt;em&gt;most&lt;/em&gt; of the restrictions are there, but there are one or two which really are counter-productive.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3739" LastActivityDate="2010-10-17T02:14:03.690" Title="Which new-user restrictions do more harm than good?" Tags="|discussion|new-users|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="529" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="525" CreationDate="2010-10-17T01:02:08.383" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;This site's number one focus is providing Quality Answers and Questions. The reputation is modeled around that - for both Chat and on the site. Gaining 20 reputation is &lt;em&gt;relatively&lt;/em&gt; easy so long as you participate within the site (If you gain two up votes on either a question you have authored &lt;em&gt;or&lt;/em&gt; an answer - as an example). The Chat is considered a &lt;em&gt;Third Place&lt;/em&gt; on the StackExchange network and isn't the main focus of the site as a whole.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe it's meant to deter new users from jumping into chat and asking questions without first understanding or participating on the main site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2010-10-17T01:02:08.383" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="530" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="528" CreationDate="2010-10-17T01:28:14.907" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;As the comments of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/7823/270&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; pointed out, having minimum 20 rep for posting in meta is not helping. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="270" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2010-10-17T01:28:14.907" CommentCount="2" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-10-17T01:28:14.907" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="531" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="528" CreationDate="2010-10-17T01:28:44.053" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;In short, when this has been brought up on other StackExchange sites the answer has always been the same. If you need to leave a comment on a question and can't - move to another question. Comments are really second class citizens in the network. If it's a pressing enough detail then there is a high chance someone else will ask that question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, there is a way to &lt;em&gt;Constructively&lt;/em&gt; comment on a question. For instance if a question is extremely too vague to even provide an estimated answer - just move on. Though if you can provide a ballpark answer you can try the follow.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Can you please provide X, Y, Z details in your original question?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  You can also try the following:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;em&gt;Etc&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This way you're providing feedback to the user, who can either comment on your answer, edit their question, or ignore it completely. Lower rep commenting rules work as follows: If you're the author of the question you can comment on any answer. If you're the author of an answer you can comment on your answer. Thereby allowing you to address each accordingly. It's designed to strongly ingrain the idea that Comments aren't required and should be used sparingly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is best discussed and demonstrated on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2008/09/15.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Joel Spolsky's Blog post: Stack Overflow Launches&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Note: This blog post was written before the comment system existed on the StackExchange network&lt;/em&gt; However, for low rep users the same concept applies.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While we encourage users to cut the extended discussion to a minimum it's often necessary to gather the minimum data to give that accurate, awesome, authoritative answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Along with helping to focus users on how to properly use the system - it's design (whether by design, or accidental) encourages users to participate by rewarding them for gathering reputation and providing a sense of entitlement. Now you can comment, create new tags, edit other peoples posts, vote to close, 10k user tools. If you work to gain 2k reputation then abuse the editing power your account will have actions taken against it and you'll have to work twice as hard on a new account to gain that level of destruction again. So just as much of an encouragement to participate it's also a deterrent once you gain that power.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It can be frustrating at times - being a new user and having such a low restriction - but the system is truly designed around one purpose. Questions &amp;amp; Answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="41" LastEditDate="2010-10-17T02:14:03.690" LastActivityDate="2010-10-17T02:14:03.690" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="532" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="541" CreationDate="2010-10-17T02:20:30.150" Score="7" ViewCount="110" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've spotted 3 or 4 questions which amount to &quot;How do I do backups&quot; in the past few days. This got me thinking about how to prevent really obvious dupes. One way might be to make searching the site easier / more obvious. What is the best way to do this currently? Could it be made easier.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Find a tag which relates to your question&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Go to the &quot;Ask a question&quot; page and type your question&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Search results for this are not very accurate, go try the backup question if you don't believe me, it doesn't treat &quot;backup&quot; and &quot;back up&quot; and &quot;back-up&quot; as the same word etc...&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3739" LastActivityDate="2010-10-17T18:25:27.077" Title="Best way to search AskUbuntu" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="533" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="715" CreationDate="2010-10-17T02:39:46.627" Score="23" ViewCount="510" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is there a plan to spin off Ask Ubuntu into (community driven) localized versions?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What I mean is something like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://interrogerubuntu.fr&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://interrogerubuntu.fr&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;http://fr.askubuntu.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://fr.askubuntu.com/&lt;/a&gt; where people who are more proficient with the French language can get the same support as in askubuntu.com?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://verhorenubuntu.de&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://verhorenubuntu.de&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;http://de.askubuntu.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://de.askubuntu.com/&lt;/a&gt; for people more comfortable with German, etc.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This has already happened for forums:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Tunisia Team: &lt;a href=&quot;http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=227&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=227&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Russian Team: &lt;a href=&quot;http://forum.ubuntu.ru/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://forum.ubuntu.ru/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Catalan Team: &lt;a href=&quot;http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=206&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=206&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Romanian Team: &lt;a href=&quot;http://forum.ubuntu.ro/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://forum.ubuntu.ro/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3026" LastEditorUserId="41" LastEditDate="2010-11-18T14:10:34.253" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Are there any plans for localized Ask Ubuntu instances?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="534" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-10-17T04:49:50.830" Score="6" ViewCount="105" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just spent a few minutes trying to figure out how to easily use the keyboard to split the screen between two windows (turns out I needed the Compiz Grid plugin from compiz-fusion-plugins-extra). I also solved a couple of little related issues, like how to properly maximize a window, which the Grid plugin didn't do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is good information that I'd love to contribute, and should be out there, but I can't really just make a question and answer it myself, can I? I don't get the impression sockpuppeting is really kosher on stack sites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any good way of handling this kind of situation?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2707" LastActivityDate="2010-10-18T02:39:17.997" Title="What should I do if I've solved an issue for myself and think it would be good to have out there?" Tags="|discussion|best-practice|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="535" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="534" CreationDate="2010-10-17T05:23:28.973" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;From the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq&quot;&gt;faq&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Please look around to see if your&#xA;  question has already been asked (and&#xA;  maybe even answered!) before you ask.&#xA;  It's also perfectly fine to ask and&#xA;  answer your own question, as long as&#xA;  you pretend you're on Jeopardy: phrase&#xA;  it in the form of a question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2010-10-17T05:23:28.973" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="537" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="564" CreationDate="2010-10-17T09:10:42.297" Score="0" ViewCount="706" Body="&lt;p&gt;AskUbuntu.com has a powerful API that allows developers to create rich applications to check questions, comments and user data from the site. Those apps can be browser extensions, desktop widgets or standalone applications.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you know about an application related to Ask Ubuntu, then please share it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Note: I have moved my AskUbuntu Add-on&#xA;  to a new answer&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2950" LastEditorUserId="41" LastEditDate="2010-10-30T03:35:22.143" LastActivityDate="2010-10-30T03:35:22.143" Title="'Apps' for Ask Ubuntu" Tags="|discussion|add-on|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-10-27T00:37:50.353" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="538" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="524" CreationDate="2010-10-17T15:23:49.470" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;Make the question titles useful for &lt;em&gt;real people&lt;/em&gt; first.  Including &quot;for Ubuntu&quot; in every post would get really tiring and lead to less user participation if enforced — much more disastrous than a small loss in SEO, even if that exists.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Compare to Stack Overflow, which has questions about many different programming languages, yet it's still much more common to &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; include the language in the title — and the titles are usually more clear and more useful because of it.  Remember that tags are displayed alongside the question title in many cases.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The analogue for us is not including the specific Ubuntu version in each question title: keep the titles shorter and more managable.  Even if this only reduces clutter and text wrapping on the homepage, that would be worthwhile.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For what it's worth, &quot;Ubuntu&quot; is already included in every page title (&quot;Question title - Ubuntu - Stack Exchange&quot;) plus numerous times on the page.  Any search engine that can't associate Ask Ubuntu posts with Ubuntu won't have many users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Roger Pate" LastEditorDisplayName="Roger Pate" LastEditDate="2010-11-05T11:22:59.020" LastActivityDate="2010-11-05T11:22:59.020" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="539" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="667" CreationDate="2010-10-17T16:30:22.790" Score="12" ViewCount="142" Body="&lt;p&gt;Compared to other SE sites I've participated in, especially SO, the icon for &quot;this comment was edited&quot; sticks out like a sore thumb on Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Could it be toned down?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's my crude attempt, alongside the original, of an orange-ish outlined pencil; I've merely erased most of the orange and then lightened it a bit:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/3ZNkV.png&quot; alt=&quot;modified&quot; title=&quot;Ceci n&amp;#39;est pas une pipe.&quot;&gt; &lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/crzbQ.png&quot; alt=&quot;original&quot; title=&quot;Why are you looking here?&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Roger Pate" LastEditorUserId="41" LastEditDate="2010-11-01T16:23:59.233" LastActivityDate="2010-11-05T11:58:40.637" Title="Tone down &quot;edited comment&quot; icon" Tags="|feature-request|status-completed|design|comments|icon|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="540" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="532" CreationDate="2010-10-17T18:13:32.593" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here is  the complete list of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search&quot;&gt;search tips&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="696" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2010-10-17T18:13:32.593" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="541" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="532" CreationDate="2010-10-17T18:25:27.077" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search&quot;&gt;search page&lt;/a&gt; lists all of the available options (including searching with tags) for use with the internal search tool (the box at the top right). The search page is also linked from the right side bar of the search results (as &quot;See our search tips&quot;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Otherwise, the Stack Exchange developers usually recommend just using Google (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.google.com/search?q=backup&amp;amp;sitesearch=askubuntu.com%2Fquestions&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;example&lt;/a&gt;). There are search boxes on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search&quot;&gt;search page&lt;/a&gt; for custom searches on Google, Bing, and DuckDuckGo.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Proposals to make changes to the Ask Question search function probably need to be on &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.stackoverflow.com&quot;&gt;Meta Stack Overflow&lt;/a&gt; (the support Q&amp;amp;A site for the software running all the sites in the Stack Exchange network).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="453" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2010-10-17T18:25:27.077" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="542" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="257" CreationDate="2010-10-17T18:43:33.840" Score="51" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Basics&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Too long, won't read?  &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDMsQNAl90Y&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Watch Jorge's video.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq&quot;&gt;Read our FAQ.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Check out the &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/89/style-guide-for-questions-and-answers&quot;&gt;style guide&lt;/a&gt; for formatting help.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You can log in with your Launchpad user by clicking the Launchpad icon on the Login page.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Unlike forums and mailing lists, this concentrates on highlighting the good answers, and downvoting the incorrect or bad answers.  It's &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/234&quot;&gt;not a replacement for discussion&lt;/a&gt;, just a more efficient way to get answers. The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/about&quot;&gt;about page&lt;/a&gt; has a picture which illustrates this best.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;A ton of value comes from finding a question and answer via a search engine.  We want a good answer to be the top hit for &quot;How do I use the me menu?&quot;  Don't worry if the questions are scrolling by too quickly on the front page, this isn't about tracking discussions.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;What is Stack Exchange and Stack Overflow?  Joel's &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2008/09/15.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;announcement for stackoverflow.com&lt;/a&gt; mentions the motivation behind this method of Q&amp;amp;A.  More information on Stack Exchange in general can be found in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/7931/&quot;&gt;Stack Overflow community FAQ&lt;/a&gt; (much of it is general, some is specific to SO).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Asking good questions&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;People will upvote your question based on it's quality, so &lt;a href=&quot;http://msmvps.com/blogs/jon_skeet/archive/2010/08/29/writing-the-perfect-question.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;put some effort&lt;/a&gt; into it. If you don't get any answers to your questions keep at it, you can edit as often as you'd like. This will give it a natural bump, and people will be able to watch your progress in adding more detail.  People tend to help/upvote people who are actively trying to investigate their problem.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;As soon as you post your question people will leave answers and comments. Comments are like &quot;meta&quot; for the answer - do NOT reply with an answer or another comment, having a conversation here is difficult and it's designed to be that way -- when people ask you for more detail &lt;em&gt;edit your original question and add all the information there&lt;/em&gt;. People will then update their answers. You'll continue in this ping pong manner until your question is answered.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;One question per question. It's easier to search for duplicates and to vote for the quality of answers when you ask one question per post instead of one huge post with multiple questions.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You don't need to put &quot;Ubuntu&quot; or the version in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/524&quot;&gt;question title&lt;/a&gt;, use tags instead.  For example, instead of &quot;How to install foobar in Ubuntu 10.04?&quot; you can say &quot;How to install foobar?&quot; and tag it with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tags/foobar&quot;&gt;[foobar]&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tags/install&quot;&gt;[install]&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tags/10.04&quot;&gt;[10.04]&lt;/a&gt;.  This makes the questions easier to read on the front page.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The more detail the better. &quot;Sound doesn't work&quot; or &quot;A question about firefox&quot; doesn't tell us anything. Your title should be clear and easy to understand. As you are investigating your problem feel free to edit your title to make it more specific, this will help it get the attention it needs.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;As you add to your question, if you end up finding the answer, then answer your own question (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/3126/upstart-supervised-apache-in-ubuntu-10-04&quot;&gt;example&lt;/a&gt;) so that future readers can benefit from it!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If someone answers your question, accept it as the answer. This is an important &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/5234&quot;&gt;part of the process&lt;/a&gt; and rewards the people trying to help you.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Not getting the help you need? If you're not getting answers to your questions (or at least upvotes) then it could be that your question is too difficult to understand. &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/62420/how-can-i-improve-my-questions-so-that-they-are-answered&quot;&gt;Here are some tips&lt;/a&gt; on improving your questions. Keep at it, the more detail you add the better chance we have of helping you!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Giving good answers &lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Try to give people an easy to understand answer, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/11075/how-can-i-enable-the-share-desktop-feature-in-empathy/11076#11076&quot;&gt;adding screenshots is a great way&lt;/a&gt; to help people. Here are &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/6558/what-screenshot-tools-are-available&quot;&gt;some tools&lt;/a&gt; to help you. The site itself handles image uploads, so you don't even have to worry about that.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;When recommending software &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/548/how-to-post-links-that-install-software-via-apt&quot;&gt;link it to apt.ubuntu.com&lt;/a&gt; so it's easy for people to install.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Don't only link to random sources on the Internet. Any person can type their question into Google and do that.  If the information is good and under an open license, just put it in the answer (don't forget to link to and attribute the author).  Try to make your answer &lt;em&gt;the&lt;/em&gt; definitive answer to the question and &lt;em&gt;also&lt;/em&gt; send them to the official documentation your team supports.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Edit, edit, edit should be your mantra. &amp;mdash; If you've got a good answer and someone adds more detail, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/252/how-do-i-demote-my-own-answer-and-encourage-people-to-see-the-more-detailed-one&quot;&gt;integrate it&lt;/a&gt;, and remember to always respect an individual's work.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ubuntu has existing teams that work very hard on documentation, take advantage of them, try to find and link up existing Ubuntu documentation when you can.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Keeping the site useful and running smoothly&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You can &lt;strong&gt;delete&lt;/strong&gt; things! If the questioner updates a question and your answer is now wrong, delete it! Same with comments. Was your answer wrong and is just getting you downvotes? Kill it with fire!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;After you get some reputation make sure you are voting good questions and answers up, and bad answers down!&lt;/em&gt; Check out &lt;a href=&quot;https://webapps.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/710/what-does-voting-mean-and-why-is-it-important&quot;&gt;this guide if you need help&lt;/a&gt; deciding on criteria on how to vote.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sometimes after the questioner updates their question your comments don't make sense anymore, feel free to delete them to keep the site clean.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Integration tips for Ubuntu teams&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Many teams keep FAQs on the Ubuntu Wiki.  Since Ask Ubuntu has tags, you can use this system as a &quot;living FAQ&quot;.  See the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/kernel&quot;&gt;[kernel] tag&lt;/a&gt; for an example.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&quot;I am already a subject matter expert on foo, give me rep and stuff to start weeding out junk.&quot; &amp;mdash; No.  It doesn't work that way.  If you're an expert start answering questions it works itself out.  This is the same system that keeps the junk out, so if you are an expert then you'll have no problem.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;This is &lt;strong&gt;not a replacement for how-to guides&lt;/strong&gt; your doc teams have been working on for years.  This is a place for answers to individual questions.  Do ensure that in the answer you &lt;em&gt;do&lt;/em&gt; link back to the place in the documentation that your team is already maintaining.  Consider this another avenue that users will use to get to your information.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;This is &lt;strong&gt;not a place to report bugs&lt;/strong&gt;, though we will get new users that will want to do that.  Be patient by pointing them to the right place and voting to close those questions (flagging for moderator attention if necessary and you're sure it should be closed).  You can downvote for asking a poor, unclear, or not-useful question, but downvoting for asking in the wrong place isn't necessary.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Existing Ubuntu Contributors: Fill out your user page (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/235/jorge-castro&quot;&gt;example&lt;/a&gt;) with what you do for the project.  This will help people learn who you are and your level of expertise.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Spread the word&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We need help getting the word out, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/171/help-spread-this-site&quot;&gt;we have some ideas&lt;/a&gt; on how you can help, especially in places where users are already asking you for help.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Roger Pate" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2013-01-24T01:11:15.467" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-10-17T18:43:33.840" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="543" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="534" CreationDate="2010-10-18T02:39:17.997" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes you can answer your own question.  It's perfectly acceptable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="58" LastActivityDate="2010-10-18T02:39:17.997" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="544" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="525" CreationDate="2010-10-18T03:01:36.357" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;It probably prevents people from being able to spam the site with bots because you actually have to do something non trivial on here before you get the rep&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4282" LastActivityDate="2010-10-18T03:01:36.357" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="545" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="252" CreationDate="2010-10-18T18:27:56.700" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;First, upvote the more detailed answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your answer is accepted, you can comment on the question to alert the OP that you believe there's an answer which probably helps them more, and that they should change the acceptance.  Even if the OP doesn't do this, that comment is left pointing later readers to the other answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't believe there needs to be a single all-encompassing answer for every question.  This is part of the point of Stack Exchange: multiple answers represent multiple viewpoints or possibilities.  (As this answer varies from the previous answer, for example.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With this in mind, I'd generally rather let the other answer stand on its own rather than edit mine&amp;nbsp;&amp;mdash;&amp;nbsp;though, of course, if it points out how my answer is wrong, I'll correct or delete my post.  However, particularly for questions that have 5-6 or more answers, I'll certainly add a comment or edit my answer to point out the other answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Roger Pate" LastActivityDate="2010-10-18T18:27:56.700" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="546" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="556" CreationDate="2010-10-18T18:41:08.263" Score="3" ViewCount="76" Body="&lt;p&gt;I placed flair on my &lt;a href=&quot;http://marenostrum.blogsome.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;blog&lt;/a&gt;. It updates my reputation (Edit: Now that, it doesn't update anything) but my badges is one less than the actual. I have 3 badges but it displays 2; it doesn't take the autobiographer one into account, I feel. Not a big deal but obviously it doesn't reflect the same with my badges on askubuntu.com. Is this behaviour OK or is it some kind of bug?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;PS: I couldn't create &quot;flair&quot; tag, system warned me as: &quot;users with less than 150 reputation can't create new tags. The tag 'flair' is new. Try using an existing tag instead.&quot; If some of you in charge of such things feel that &quot;flair&quot; tag is suitable here, please add it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3781" LastEditorUserId="123" LastEditDate="2010-10-28T06:14:14.890" LastActivityDate="2010-10-28T06:14:14.890" Title="Missing badges in flair" Tags="|support|badges|flair|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="547" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="546" CreationDate="2010-10-18T18:46:53.777" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You just need to wait a short while - you only received the third badge within the last hour.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="866" LastActivityDate="2010-10-18T18:46:53.777" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="548" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-10-18T19:29:28.150" Score="77" ViewCount="3551" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are some posts with nice Software Center icons and links to software installation via apt. How to do that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2950" LastEditorUserId="235" LastEditDate="2012-08-08T03:03:25.417" LastActivityDate="2017-04-03T02:42:37.513" Title="How to post links that integrate with the Software Center?" Tags="|support|apturl|" AnswerCount="10" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="549" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="548" CreationDate="2010-10-18T19:30:02.533" Score="29" Body="&lt;p&gt;A simple script that prompts for package name and copy the formatted code to your clipboard:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;#!/bin/bash&#xA;&#xA;PACKAGE=$(zenity --entry --text=&quot;packagename&quot;)&#xA;echo &quot;#[${PACKAGE}](https://apps.ubuntu.com/cat/applications/${PACKAGE}) [![Install ${PACKAGE}](https://hostmar.co/software-large)](https://apps.ubuntu.com/cat/applications${PACKAGE})&quot; | xclip&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Make sure you install &lt;a href=&quot;http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/xclip&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;xclip&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/xclip&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://hostmar.co/software-small&quot; alt=&quot;Install xclip&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2950" LastEditorUserId="158442" LastEditDate="2017-04-03T02:41:01.047" LastActivityDate="2017-04-03T02:41:01.047" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="553" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="548" CreationDate="2010-10-18T21:47:58.520" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;This is a partial solution for people who don't use Firefox, so can't use the new addon. I can confirm it works for Chromium 6.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can use browser bookmarks with 'javascript:' URLs to insert the correct markdown into the answer box.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bookmark 1:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Name: &lt;code&gt;APT Linker Big&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;URL: &lt;code&gt;javascript:(function (pkg) {document.getElementById('wmd-input').innerHTML += &amp;quot;#[&amp;quot; +pkg +&amp;quot;](http://packages.ubuntu.com/&amp;quot; +pkg +&amp;quot;) [![Install &amp;quot; +pkg +'](https://hostmar.co/software-large)](http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/' +pkg +')';})(prompt(&amp;quot;Enter the package name to link to it.&amp;quot;));&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Clicking on this will insert the markdown for a software package link in the title.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bookmark 2:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Name: &lt;code&gt;Apt Linker Small&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;URL: &lt;code&gt;javascript:(function (pkg) {document.getElementById('wmd-input').innerHTML += &amp;quot;[&amp;quot; +pkg +&amp;quot;](http://packages.ubuntu.com/&amp;quot; +pkg +&amp;quot;) [![Install &amp;quot; +pkg +'](https://hostmar.co/software-small)](http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/' +pkg +')';})(prompt(&amp;quot;Enter the package name to link to it.&amp;quot;));&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Clicking on this will insert the markdown for a software package link in the text.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is a problem with this: If you enter text then delete it and press one of the bookmarks, your deleted text will mysteriously appear.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On Chrome/Chromium, you can add these bookmarks by right clicking on the bookmarks bar and clicking 'Add Page'. You can toggle the visibility of the bookmarks bar by pressing &lt;kbd&gt;Ctrl&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;Shift&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;B&lt;/kbd&gt;.&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/S4XMl.png&quot; alt=&quot;add bookmark&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;DEMO&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://packages.ubuntu.com/hello&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;hello&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/hello&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://hostmar.co/software-large&quot; alt=&quot;Install hello&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://packages.ubuntu.com/hello&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;hello&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/hello&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://hostmar.co/software-small&quot; alt=&quot;Install hello&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="667" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2017-04-03T02:42:37.513" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="554" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="548" CreationDate="2010-10-18T22:00:01.570" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Version 1.0.1 of AskUbuntu Add-on will come with such functionality.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://askubuntu-extension.blogspot.com/2010/10/new-features-coming-soon.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://askubuntu-extension.blogspot.com/2010/10/new-features-coming-soon.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2950" LastActivityDate="2010-10-18T22:00:01.570" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="556" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="546" CreationDate="2010-10-19T11:33:29.290" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm answering myself: 16+ hours after my report, data on the flair is updated. Can such a delay be acceptable? Unfortunately I can not accept fluteflute's answer because he says &quot;You just need to wait a short while&quot;. 16+ hour is not that short. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3781" LastActivityDate="2010-10-19T11:33:29.290" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="557" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="560" CreationDate="2010-10-19T17:39:40.543" Score="0" ViewCount="52" Body="&lt;p&gt;click on your reputation score, view reputation privileges &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;i obtain this page&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;page not found : &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/privileges&quot;&gt;https://meta.askubuntu.com/privileges&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3550" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.087" LastActivityDate="2010-11-04T12:52:01.547" Title="Page not foundin on meta , when i click in click on my reputation score" Tags="|bug|status-completed|privileges|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="558" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="75" CreationDate="2010-10-20T01:25:46.590" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is a add on for chrome, not quite as good as this one, but it's a nice notifier, it works with any Stack Exchange site. I'm currently using this one to follow accounts on &lt;strong&gt;Stackoverflow, Superuser and AskUbuntu&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can get it &lt;a href=&quot;https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/onbgjnpdcjdhjngbnhnhplnamagmiike#&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/h1GwO.png&quot; alt=&quot;alt text&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="431" LastActivityDate="2010-10-20T01:25:46.590" CommentCount="2" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-10-29T18:00:03.100" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="559" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="489" CreationDate="2010-10-20T01:27:55.967" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://ubuntuforums.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Ubutnu Forums&lt;/a&gt; are the official forums for Ubuntu-related help, support and discussion. It runs on proprietary software. The main aim of this site is not to promote particular types of software but being a useful resource for the community. And I think that the StackExchange model is very useful for getting your questions answered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="87" LastActivityDate="2010-10-20T01:27:55.967" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="560" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="557" CreationDate="2010-10-20T04:29:57.380" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Though I don't know the details, this feature is relatively new and may not have been rolled out completely.  It should eventually look like other &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/privileges&quot;&gt;privileges&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/privileges&quot;&gt;pages&lt;/a&gt; (but use the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/faq&quot;&gt;meta FAQ&lt;/a&gt; for the reputation required as the numbers change based on each site's needs).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Roger Pate" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditorDisplayName="Roger Pate" LastEditDate="2017-05-23T12:39:54.233" LastActivityDate="2010-11-04T12:52:01.547" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="562" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="563" CreationDate="2010-10-20T11:21:16.147" Score="8" ViewCount="86" Body="&lt;p&gt;As far as I understand from &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/badges&quot;&gt;the related page&lt;/a&gt;, at the moment we can share a guestion on Twitter and Facebook and seems that there's a possibility to earn announcer, booster and publicist badges for some defined traffic from there. I use neither Twitter nor Facebook. I have some other places to share links of some questions. For sure I can and shall do it, by simply announcing the plain url of the question, for the sake of spreading the word and not for earning badges. On the other hand, given the condition that we are playing such a &quot;game&quot;, it won't be bad to earn badges at all. Is there a way to do it? If not, is it hard or useless to have such a feature?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3781" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditorDisplayName="Roger Pate" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2010-10-24T01:05:14.907" Title="Can we earn badges by sharing a link somewhere other than Twitter and Facebook?" Tags="|support|badges|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="563" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="562" CreationDate="2010-10-20T16:01:54.697" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;Copy from the &quot;link&quot; button below the question.  Sharing is tracked by your user ID:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;http:&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;//askubuntu.com/q/[question-id]/[user-id]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Share this any way you like!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can also drop the user ID to get a semi-short URL; you can even use an &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/2527&quot; title=&quot;I don&amp;#39;t know if this &amp;#39;feature&amp;#39; is here to stay.&quot;&gt;answer ID&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Roger Pate" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditorDisplayName="Roger Pate" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2010-10-24T01:05:14.907" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="564" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="75" CreationDate="2010-10-20T17:19:16.440" Score="18" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm proud to announce the first askubuntu.com extension, developed for Firefox, Opera and Chrome.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The extension, called &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.webgapps.org/addons/askubuntu&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;AskUbuntu Add-on&lt;/a&gt;, allows to easily track user info and questions.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The extension that displays user reputation/badges, monitor activity and provides an easy access to unanswered questions, user questions, user favorites and user tags from an askubuntu.com account. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Home page&lt;/strong&gt;: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.webgapps.org/addons/askubuntu&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.webgapps.org/addons/askubuntu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mozilla gallery&lt;/strong&gt;: &lt;a href=&quot;https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/242568/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/242568/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Opera gallery&lt;/strong&gt;: &lt;a href=&quot;https://addons.opera.com/addons/extensions/details/askubuntu-add-on/?display=en&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://addons.opera.com/addons/extensions/details/askubuntu-add-on...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Google gallery&lt;/strong&gt;: &lt;a href=&quot;https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/hamgohmiimamjpabgncmklojoibjknon&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please let me know what you think about it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note:&lt;/strong&gt; some Gnome users might experience diminished functionality if their&#xA;  Firefox does not show icons in menus,&#xA;  since the icons are indicators of new&#xA;  activity. To solve this problem visit:&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/8586/where-is-the-gnome-option-to-display-icons-in-menus&quot;&gt;Where is the gnome option to display icons in menus?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Firefox&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/YcnUn.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Firefox&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Opera&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/RrBJ1.png&quot; alt=&quot;Opera&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Chrome&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/RXX6e.png&quot; alt=&quot;Chrome&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2950" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2010-12-25T04:18:15.377" CommentCount="17" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-10-29T18:00:03.100" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="565" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="566" CreationDate="2010-10-20T17:23:39.683" Score="19" ViewCount="274" Body="&lt;p&gt;What's the name of our site?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;AskUbuntu seems to be more popular currently, but that could just be that it gained some initial momentum somewhere.  Our &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq&quot;&gt;FAQ&lt;/a&gt;, however, says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;AskUbuntu&lt;/strong&gt; is a Q&amp;amp;A site...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1/what-should-our-com-domain-name-be/7#7&quot;&gt;name answer&lt;/a&gt; says Ask Ubuntu, which is also how the site is identified when logging in via a Launchpad OpenID (and maybe others? haven't checked).  Stack Exchange convention is to use a space for the site name, and site names generally look better that way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Personally, I'd rather see &lt;strong&gt;Ask Ubuntu&lt;/strong&gt;, but it's not a big deal and I've been going with what has seemed the more popular choice.  On the other hand, there are still many users who use StackOverflow rather than Stack Overflow, and if the currently most popular SE site gets that, certainly we will too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the gripping hand, it is important to have a consistent face, even if which option is used doesn't matter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Roger Pate" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditorDisplayName="Roger Pate" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2010-10-20T18:38:30.983" Title="Ask Ubuntu vs AskUbuntu" Tags="|discussion|site-attributes|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="566" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="565" CreationDate="2010-10-20T18:38:30.983" Score="20" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;em&gt;proper&lt;/em&gt; way to write the name of the site is &lt;strong&gt;Ask Ubuntu&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is derived from our Trademark Guidance for all Stack Exchange sites:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/legal/trademark-guidance&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Legal &gt; Trademark Guidance&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Stack Overflow&lt;/em&gt; is a programmer Q&amp;amp;A site on the Stack Exchange Network. As a name, Stack Overflow, is always written &quot;Stack Overflow&quot; (two words, capital letters). The website domain name is always written &quot;stackoverflow.com&quot; (no CamelCase, single word capitalization rules apply). Currently, &lt;strong&gt;all Stack Exchange Network sites follow this convention&lt;/strong&gt;: Server Fault (serverfault.com), Super User (superuser.com), etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This would include the name &lt;strong&gt;Ask Ubuntu&lt;/strong&gt; with the domain name written as &lt;strong&gt;askubuntu.com&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="62" LastActivityDate="2010-10-20T18:38:30.983" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="567" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-10-20T18:40:45.357" Score="4" ViewCount="74" Body="&lt;p&gt;It would be really nice if I could run the chat on the browser sidebar, but it doesn't shrink enough.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2950" LastActivityDate="2010-10-20T18:58:03.970" Title="How to run the chat on the browser sidebar?" Tags="|support|chat|browser|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="568" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="567" CreationDate="2010-10-20T18:50:48.960" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;For Firefox you can do this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;bookmark the chat address, the&#xA;right-click in the bookmark, select&#xA;&quot;Properties&quot; then tick the option&#xA;&quot;Load this bookmark in the sidebar&quot;. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;install &lt;a href=&quot;https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/59/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;User Agent Switcher Extension&lt;/a&gt;   &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;download an agent list (&lt;a href=&quot;https://encrypted.google.com/url?sa=t&amp;amp;source=web&amp;amp;cd=4&amp;amp;ved=0CCIQFjAD&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Ftechpatterns.com%2Fforums%2Fabout304.html&amp;amp;ei=NTi_TNOAMYT6lwenusjlBw&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNFOPCKUwksQbB5gUaoNKBvkQJrzrQ&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;sample  here&lt;/a&gt;) and import it into User Agent Switcher or &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.useragentstring.com/pages/useragentstring.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;add the agent manually&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;select &quot;Mobile Devices &gt;&gt; OS &gt;&gt; iPone OS 3.0&quot; from the User agent Switcher menu before opening the chat  bookmark&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The agent switch is necessary to fool the site so you can load the compact version of the chat. You need to switch it back to the default agent after opening the chat, otherwise all your pages will load with mobile content.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/PMpXm.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;alt text&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2950" LastEditorUserId="2950" LastEditDate="2010-10-20T18:58:03.970" LastActivityDate="2010-10-20T18:58:03.970" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="569" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="75" CreationDate="2010-10-20T23:17:58.627" Score="29" Body="&lt;p&gt;StackApplet for Linux&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/18/monitor-your-reputation-and-get-notified-of-comments&quot;&gt;StackApplet - Monitor your reputation and get notified of comments. [v1.5 released]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/bTQgH.png&quot; alt=&quot;alt text&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2950" LastEditorUserId="5" LastEditDate="2010-11-18T20:59:21.853" LastActivityDate="2010-11-18T20:59:21.853" CommentCount="3" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-10-29T18:00:03.100" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="570" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="162" CreationDate="2010-10-21T04:25:30.757" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I can do that. I'm all for keeping the Ubuntu theme consistent. I'll add this to my queue of things to fix!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="61" LastActivityDate="2010-10-21T04:25:30.757" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="571" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="533" CreationDate="2010-10-21T07:27:29.330" Score="-5" Body="&lt;p&gt;What about giving Questions a language tag? For example, tag it with &quot;en&quot; if it is English, &quot;fr&quot; for French or &quot;de&quot; for German. The only thing to do is generating language based rss-feeds.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="116" LastActivityDate="2010-10-21T07:27:29.330" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="572" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-10-22T03:44:57.927" Score="1" ViewCount="83" Body="&lt;p&gt;Someone closed my question as a duplicate of another question, but mine is more specific. I cannot understand the reasons behind this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/8606/which-are-the-proprietary-and-paid-games-for-linux-do-you-know-commercial-games&quot;&gt;Which are the proprietary and paid games for linux do you know - Commercial games&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4515" OwnerDisplayName="Erikcht" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2012-08-20T15:40:02.303" Title="Reopen request for my question" Tags="|support|closed-questions|duplicates|questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="573" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-10-22T05:54:59.173" Score="17" ViewCount="168" Body="&lt;p&gt;Please help by making &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AskUbuntu&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AskUbuntu&lt;/a&gt; , the Wikipedia entry about AskUbuntu better. You may want to use &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StackOverflow&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StackOverflow&lt;/a&gt; as a reference on how our page should probably look like.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="87" LastEditorUserId="866" LastEditDate="2010-10-22T13:29:42.700" LastActivityDate="2012-02-18T08:01:56.317" Title="Help create a great Wikipedia entry for Ask Ubuntu" Tags="|discussion|promote|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="574" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="572" CreationDate="2010-10-22T07:20:39.430" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I believe your question was closed because any answer mentioning paid games would need to be duplicated on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/6586/what-native-games-are-available&quot;&gt;existing question about all games&lt;/a&gt;. This just creates extra effort and redundancy: why have something in two places when you could have it in just one?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If for some reason you want specifically commercial games, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/6586/what-native-games-are-available/7458#7458&quot;&gt;an answer for the question yours was marked as a duplicate of&lt;/a&gt;, specifically talks about &lt;a href=&quot;http://lin-app.com/category/games&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;LinApp&lt;/a&gt; - a website that specialises in listing commercial linux applications.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It could also be argued that there are few reasons to want only paid or commercial games - the majority of people will want the best value for money games - of these some will be free, some will require payment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="866" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2010-10-22T07:20:39.430" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="575" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="576" CreationDate="2010-10-22T14:53:48.333" Score="3" ViewCount="43" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've installed StackApplet but I can't link it to my askubuntu account. I have to fill two fields, &quot;Site name&quot; and &quot;User id&quot;. I think that ubuntu.stackexchange is the site name and skalka my user id, but the applet keeps hanging on &quot;Please wait...&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4180" OwnerDisplayName="skalka" LastActivityDate="2010-10-22T15:00:30.603" Title="What I should write in StackApplet settings to follow Askubuntu?" Tags="|applet|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="576" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="575" CreationDate="2010-10-22T15:00:30.603" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Site name is &quot;askubuntu&quot; or &quot;ubuntu.stackexchange&quot; without the &quot;.com&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the user id field, you're supposed to enter your numerical, unique id, not your name. So in your case 4180.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="430" LastActivityDate="2010-10-22T15:00:30.603" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="577" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="548" CreationDate="2010-10-22T21:34:57.867" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;You could use apt:// protocol links, which would open with the apturl package.  It sounds like apturl is installed by default, and doesn't depend on any browser-specific extensions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AptURL&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AptURL&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="352" LastActivityDate="2010-10-22T21:34:57.867" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="578" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-10-23T00:56:28.473" Score="1" ViewCount="26" Body="&lt;p&gt;The tag pages are not rendering the list of questions when using Firefox 4.0b8pre or Opera 11.00 alpha build 1029. It does render properly with Google Chrome 8.0.552.5 dev.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/s0ZzL.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;alt text&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2950" LastActivityDate="2010-10-23T19:17:50.360" Title="Tag pages not rendering properly" Tags="|support|tags|browser|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="579" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="580" CreationDate="2010-10-23T13:29:27.193" Score="5" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;For example &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/2530/ive-notice-suns-jdk-is-not-available-for-ubuntu-10-04&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; was &quot;merged&quot;, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/7912/gnome-doesnt-recognize-in-10-10-closed&quot;&gt;this one&lt;/a&gt; was &quot;closed&quot;. What is the difference?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="866" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2010-10-23T15:56:40.647" Title="Merged / Closed (exact duplicates)" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="580" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="579" CreationDate="2010-10-23T15:56:29.693" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The first question was merged because it contained several viable answers that contributed to the question it duplicated. It was first closed as off-topic then the answers were merged into its duplicate. Whereas the second question doesn't contain any answers which would be of value to the question it duplicates. Therefore a merge wasn't performed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2010-10-23T15:56:29.693" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="581" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="582" CreationDate="2010-10-23T18:39:22.880" Score="5" ViewCount="520" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ok so I got the Stack Overflow addon for Firefox (and the Gnome Panel Applet) and I just realised my UserID is not the same as Username, its a numerical value. How can I find this to make sure I have the correct stats?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The way I know it is a numerical value&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Open Prefrences of AskUbuntu Firefox Addon&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Look at the User ID field, there is a one.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Try typing in letters... It won't work&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="74398" LastActivityDate="2010-10-23T18:52:06.793" Title="How to find out my user id?" Tags="|support|add-on|user-accounts|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="582" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="581" CreationDate="2010-10-23T18:52:06.793" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Click on your profile and look at the URL: meta.askubuntu.com/users/&lt;strong&gt;2733&lt;/strong&gt;/russjr08&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your user ID is &lt;strong&gt;2733&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="114" LastActivityDate="2010-10-23T18:52:06.793" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="583" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="578" CreationDate="2010-10-23T19:17:50.360" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The problem was that I was accessing the tags with this url:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;http://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/firefox&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which uses the last selected filter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Adding the following to the url, fixed the problem and make it open the newest tags as I wanted:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;?sort=newest&amp;amp;pagesize=15&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2950" LastActivityDate="2010-10-23T19:17:50.360" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="584" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-10-23T19:58:21.530" Score="4" ViewCount="72" Body="&lt;p&gt;I happened to see the question &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/5644/widgets-for-promoting-ubuntu-on-your-website&quot;&gt;Widgets for promoting Ubuntu on your website&lt;/a&gt;. In the question it states:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;This is a collection for promoting Ubuntu on your website. If you have the rep, please enter the source in this post, rather than in an answer. If not, then post it as an answer and someone else will move it in here.&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Personally I'm not really a fan of this . I see no reason for that question to exist with people answering 'normally'.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just wondering what others views are (and perhaps how this is done elsewhere on Stack Exchange).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="866" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Do we promote &quot;collection&quot; wikis?" Tags="|discussion|community-wiki|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="585" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="584" CreationDate="2010-10-24T00:13:23.870" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's been tried on other sites (my experience is mainly SO and meta.SO), but it consistently seems to work better to &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; do this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu is a &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;question and answer site&lt;/strong&gt;,&lt;/em&gt; and we should keep that focus rather than trying to be everything for everyone.  Ask Ubuntu doesn't have to be and &lt;em&gt;shouldn't be&lt;/em&gt; the only Ubuntu resource people use.  (I've said similar things about SO &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/45740/rename-subjective-and-argumentative-close-reason-to-argumentative-inflammat/45743#45743&quot;&gt;before&lt;/a&gt;.)  Ubuntu in particular has a &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;dedicated wiki&lt;/a&gt; for other, non-Q&amp;amp;A types of content.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This shows, probably better than I can, the focus of Stack Exchange:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This isn't really a place for broad introspection. It's problem specific. You come here because you have a detailed problem or narrow question you want to answer.&#xA;  &lt;br&gt;&amp;emsp; &amp;mdash; &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/64238/can-stack-overflow-help-you-explore-the-magic-and-beauty-of-computer-science/64239#64239&quot;&gt;Jeff Atwood&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/faq&quot;&gt;our FAQ questions&lt;/a&gt; should follow the &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq&quot;&gt;Jeopardy principle&lt;/a&gt;&quot;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;It's also perfectly fine to ask and answer your own question, as long as you pretend you're on Jeopardy: phrase it in the form of a question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In cases such as FAQs, it makes sense to have one &quot;primary&quot; answer which is updated by everyone — and this is the point of CW — but they still ask a question in the question and provide answers with the answers. (It may be useful to look through the history of &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/7931&quot;&gt;SO's community FAQ&lt;/a&gt;, which started on SO itself when SO was just a single site.  However, much of the earliest history is only available to those with 10k rep as the questions have been migrated and deleted.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Specifically about the on the question you mention: posting more answers which people incorporate into the question body simply won't work.  This requires careful coordination from all posters to delete their answer once moved, but since that won't happen, it also requires a moderator spending &lt;em&gt;lots&lt;/em&gt; of time maintaining just those questions.  Neither is a good idea, and in practice will lead to detritus and a failed question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is a rep requirement to edit community wiki posts, but it's rather low at 100.  This level reflects that you have some basic experience with Stack Exchange sites, such as the mechanics of markdown, asking, answering, commenting, etc.  Remember you can start at 101 rep with enough experience on another SE site.  If people are trying to reach 100 rep and failing, we have a much bigger and completely different problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I would vote to close as &quot;not a real question&quot;:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;It's difficult to tell what is being asked here. This question is ambiguous, vague, incomplete, &lt;strong&gt;overly broad,&lt;/strong&gt; or &lt;strong&gt;rhetorical&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;cannot be reasonably answered in its current form&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Roger Pate" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditorDisplayName="Roger Pate" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2010-10-25T06:46:23.177" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="586" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="587" CreationDate="2010-10-24T00:36:06.213" Score="1" ViewCount="44" Body="&lt;p&gt;Clicking on &quot;Ask Question&quot; takes me to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/ask&quot;&gt;expected URL&lt;/a&gt;:, &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;but&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; the displayed page is primed with the &lt;strong&gt;tags&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;title&lt;/strong&gt;, and &lt;strong&gt;contents&lt;/strong&gt; of my &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/8998/why-does-kdes-konsole-not-have-top-level-menu-accelerator-keys-is-it-a-bug-is&quot;&gt;previous question&lt;/a&gt;:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is going on here?  I have tried two different browsers, with the same result...  Firefox and Konqueror. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does it have anything to do with the weekend's data migration (perhaps)? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2670" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="The &quot;Ask Question&quot; link opens up previous question in &quot;Edit&quot; mode." Tags="|bug|status-bydesign|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="587" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="586" CreationDate="2010-10-24T00:39:43.430" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/1177/54262&quot;&gt;Drafts&lt;/a&gt; are a relatively new feature, and this could be a bug: saved draft is brought up again, even though that question has been posted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just clear the fields and enter your different question.  It may be affected by the migration, we should wait until that's done before submitting a bug.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Roger Pate" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditorDisplayName="Roger Pate" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2010-10-24T00:47:15.827" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="588" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="346" CreationDate="2010-10-24T00:56:17.840" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;On the bottom right of the question page there is a feed link:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/DzLCa.png&quot; alt=&quot;screenshot&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This will be updated with new answers and edits to the question or answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Though this isn't a traditional bookmark, it's a great way to receive updates.  I've been using a single feed group/category for questions much like bookmarks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Roger Pate" LastEditorDisplayName="Roger Pate" LastEditDate="2010-11-10T18:12:58.263" LastActivityDate="2010-11-10T18:12:58.263" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-10-24T00:56:17.840" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="589" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="533" CreationDate="2010-10-24T01:09:44.397" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Even though I'd not participate in those sites as I'm no where near fluent in anything but English, I think after a period of time — another &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/26491/54262&quot;&gt;6-8 &lt;s&gt;weeks&lt;/s&gt;&lt;/a&gt; months? — to let Ask Ubuntu establish itself, those could be tried and might be successful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I hesitate to fracture the community.  It's been pointed out here (comments on another answer) and elsewhere (including meta.SO; don't ask me where, but please comment with links), it can be better to have more people communicate, sometimes poorly, in English rather than never get an answer because it's on a separate site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Roger Pate" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2010-10-24T01:09:44.397" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="590" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="613" CreationDate="2010-10-24T08:58:12.170" Score="3" ViewCount="122" Body="&lt;p&gt;If I Google &quot;Ask Ubuntu&quot; the sites description says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;AskUbuntu is a collaboratively edited&#xA;  question and answer site for people&#xA;  who love Ubuntu. It's 100% free, no&#xA;  registration required.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There should be a space in the site's title per &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/565/ask-ubuntu-vs-askubuntu&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(I &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/591/site-title-name&quot;&gt;would also like&lt;/a&gt; the title tags on all site pages to be changed from &quot;Ubuntu - Stack Exchange&quot; to &quot;Ask Ubuntu - Stack Exchange&quot;.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="866" LastEditorUserId="123" LastEditDate="2010-10-28T06:08:12.503" LastActivityDate="2010-10-28T06:08:12.503" Title="Add a space to &quot;Google description&quot;" Tags="|bug|status-completed|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="591" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="618" CreationDate="2010-10-24T08:59:54.763" Score="5" ViewCount="76" Body="&lt;p&gt;All the sites pages have &lt;strong&gt;Ubuntu - Stack Exchange&lt;/strong&gt; in their title. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe this should be changed to &lt;strong&gt;Ask Ubuntu - Stack Exchange&lt;/strong&gt; (or even simply &lt;strong&gt;Ask Ubuntu&lt;/strong&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This will help with branding our site on the internet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="866" LastEditorUserId="41" LastEditDate="2010-10-28T20:51:40.560" LastActivityDate="2010-10-28T20:51:40.560" Title="Site &lt;title&gt; name" Tags="|feature-request|status-completed|promote|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="592" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="593" CreationDate="2010-10-24T11:29:39.347" Score="2" ViewCount="89" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;In the original, pre-shortened form of the question I was complaining that I can't login some other StackExchange site with my Launchpad ID, providing the screenshot:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/SgmUr.png&quot; alt=&quot;alt text&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Rest was almost like this:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would be happy if our leading friends carry this message to StackExchange administration and I hope the people in charge of such things there, will accept this will. [&lt;em&gt;&quot;will&quot; being to have the ability to use Launcpad IDs for other StackExchange sites.&lt;/em&gt;]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3781" LastEditorUserId="41" LastEditDate="2010-11-24T00:11:05.077" LastActivityDate="2010-11-24T00:11:05.077" Title="Is there a way for StackExchange to accept Launchpad IDs to login systemwide?" Tags="|support|status-bydesign|stackexchange|launchpad|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="593" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="592" CreationDate="2010-10-24T15:33:08.380" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;StackExchange &lt;strong&gt;already&lt;/strong&gt; accepts Launchpad IDs to login systemwide. In fact the screenshot provided in the question tells all. The questioner (me) should click on the &quot;Confirm and Create New Account&quot; button. &quot;System is trying to make me not to use my launchpad account&quot; type of fear is baseless. If you click that button you are almost automatically registered with the info you provided for your alredy existing Ask Ubuntu account. However, I don't know what happens if one has no Ask Ubuntu account associated with his/her Launchpad account but try to sign in any of StackExchange sites with his/her Launchpad ID.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3781" LastActivityDate="2010-10-24T15:33:08.380" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="594" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="612" CreationDate="2010-10-24T16:30:19.827" Score="4" ViewCount="69" Body="&lt;p&gt;The following two addresses are not currently resolving to the expected webpages:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.askubuntu.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.askubuntu.com&lt;/a&gt; (see &lt;a href=&quot;http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/www.askubuntu.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;downforeveryoneorjustme.com&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.ubuntu.stackexchange.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://chat.ubuntu.stackexchange.com&lt;/a&gt; (see &lt;a href=&quot;http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/chat.ubuntu.stackexchange.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;downforeveryoneorjustme.com&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="866" LastEditorUserId="2" LastEditDate="2010-10-24T22:31:57.797" LastActivityDate="2010-10-28T05:53:15.067" Title="(New) DNS Issues" Tags="|bug|status-completed|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="595" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="591" CreationDate="2010-10-24T21:47:30.853" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I believe the page titles (for &lt;em&gt;all&lt;/em&gt; new SE sites) currently show the topic rather than the site name as a matter of course.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a branding issue that I believe hasn't been given too much attention yet, but should be done consistently across all SE sites (once they get out of beta, anyway).  We, the users, would like to build Ask Ubuntu's identity and SOInc. (that is, the company Stack Overflow Internet Serives, Inc.) is also trying to build Stack Exchange's identity — those aren't mutually exclusive goals, but you do have to consider both concerns.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Roger Pate" LastEditorDisplayName="Roger Pate" LastEditDate="2010-10-25T07:49:26.167" LastActivityDate="2010-10-25T07:49:26.167" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="596" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-10-25T00:12:23.897" Score="5" ViewCount="62" Body="&lt;p&gt;Based on the figures shown via the &lt;strong&gt;Questions&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;Users&lt;/strong&gt; links, it seems that there are 2,575 questions, and 4,652 users.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I head Joel Spolsky (co-founder of Stack Overflow) talking about how, in general, people prefer(?) to answer questions than to ask them.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would think that it's because; the more you know, the less you need to know (of what can be gleaned from a single point-specific question/answer).  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, an average of 0.55 questions per user surprises me.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are the totals correct?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2670" LastEditorUserId="2670" LastEditDate="2010-10-25T03:56:40.457" LastActivityDate="2010-10-25T03:56:40.457" Title="Users / Questions ratio." Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="597" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="596" CreationDate="2010-10-25T01:36:53.300" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just checked the other &lt;code&gt;stack..&lt;/code&gt; sites I use:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;                    Questions    Users   Ratio.  &#xA;&#xA;unix.stackexchange:       934    2,412   0.39&#xA;askubuntu:              2,575    4,652   0.55&#xA;superuser:             55,160   48,893   1.12&#xA;stackoverflow:      1,004,367  372,605   2.69&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A low ratio seems to be just a reflection of the newness of a site (assuming a site &quot;takes off&quot;)... so by seeing more stats, I'm now not surprised any more. It makes sense...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2670" LastActivityDate="2010-10-25T01:36:53.300" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="600" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-10-25T20:03:06.943" Score="3" ViewCount="74" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are a lot of questions like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/6586/what-native-games-are-available&quot;&gt;What native games are available?&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/8865/what-docks-are-available&quot;&gt;What docks are available?&lt;/a&gt;. Do you think we should make a tag for them? The first thing that comes to mind is &lt;code&gt;available-software&lt;/code&gt;, but I don't think this is very descriptive. Any ideas?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="463" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2010-10-28T06:29:26.173" Title="Tag for questions like &quot;What _____ are available?&quot;?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="601" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="600" CreationDate="2010-10-25T20:04:48.670" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I like the idea, but would prefer something a tag like &lt;code&gt;software-choices&lt;/code&gt; or perhaps &lt;code&gt;software-options&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="866" LastActivityDate="2010-10-25T20:04:48.670" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="602" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="603" CreationDate="2010-10-25T20:39:49.653" Score="12" ViewCount="256" Body="&lt;p&gt;If I want to directly contact a user, instead of just commenting on a post of his, is there a way a can do that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This could be useful, for instance, in providing guidance to a new user.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1012" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Is there a way to directly contact a user?" Tags="|discussion|users|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2017-05-19T18:03:23.663" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="603" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="602" CreationDate="2010-10-25T20:51:08.480" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is a &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/431/any-way-to-send-a-personal-message-to-another-user&quot;&gt;repeatedly&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/57203/private-messages-will-stackchat-reopen-the-debate&quot;&gt;declined&lt;/a&gt; feature request on the Stack Exchange Network.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="866" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2010-10-25T20:51:08.480" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="604" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-10-26T11:51:28.613" Score="4" ViewCount="64" Body="&lt;p&gt;These two tags both have roughly the same number of uses (10 and 8, I believe) so we can't just wait for the weaker one to atrophy. Perhaps they should be merged?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="702" LastEditorUserId="866" LastEditDate="2010-10-26T18:39:24.633" LastActivityDate="2010-10-26T18:44:28.910" Title="merge tags: repository and repositories" Tags="|feature-request|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="605" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="226" CreationDate="2010-10-26T12:14:43.817" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;I believe that Bugs are OK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The person asking the question might not know if their problem is a bug or a problem with their setup. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The person may realize its a bug but be looking for a work around.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If someone asks a question which turns out to be a bug the correct answer is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;Blockquote&gt;This is a known bug (link to bug report) you might want to try this work around (description of possible work around)&lt;/Blockquote&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do not believe just closing a question is helpful, it sends the wrong message to people trying out Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I also believe that if people run into a problems with ubuntu they should be able to find answers and solutions on this site. Just closing someones question will not do that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="448" LastActivityDate="2010-10-26T12:14:43.817" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-10-26T12:14:43.817" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="606" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="604" CreationDate="2010-10-26T18:44:28.910" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I agree that these should be merged. I think I prefer &lt;code&gt;repositories&lt;/code&gt;, although this is the one with less usage.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think the important thing in these cases is to check the usage of both tags is fairly similar - and in this case I can't see any difference between the questions tagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/repositories&quot;&gt;repositories&lt;/a&gt; and those tagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/repository&quot;&gt;repository&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="866" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2010-10-26T18:44:28.910" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="607" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-10-27T12:22:23.470" Score="4" ViewCount="135" Body="&lt;p&gt;How can I place an icon on my desktop to directly open Ask Ubuntu's chat?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Roger Pate" LastActivityDate="2010-10-31T03:52:32.693" Title="How can I open Ask Ubuntu chat directly?" Tags="|support|chat|faq-proposed|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-10-27T13:14:10.143" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="608" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="607" CreationDate="2010-10-27T12:22:53.623" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Google Chrome supports &quot;web applications&quot; which run in a dedicated browser window: no bookmark bar, tabs, and less UI in general.  These are useful for dedicated windows such as web-based email, feeds, and now &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.askubuntu.com/&quot;&gt;Ask Ubuntu chat&lt;/a&gt;.  In particular for chat, new links open in a different browser window if you middle-click or otherwise select &quot;open in new tab/window&quot;; this keeps the chat window visible and handy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Create a new file on your desktop, let's call it askubuntu-chat.desktop, with this content:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;[Desktop Entry]&#xA;Version=1.0&#xA;Name=AU Chat&#xA;Exec=/opt/google/chrome/google-chrome --app=&quot;http://chat.askubuntu.com/?tab=favorite&amp;amp;sort=active&quot;&#xA;Terminal=false&#xA;Icon=askubuntu&#xA;Type=Application&#xA;Categories=Network;WebBrowser;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Mark it executable:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;$ chmod +X ~/desktop/askubuntu-chat.desktop&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Grab a high quality icon:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;$ wget http://sstatic.net/askubuntu/img/apple-touch-icon.png -O ~/.local/share/icons/askubuntu.png&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The launcher name can be customized either in the file (&quot;Name&quot; entry) or on the desktop, and the URL can be whatever landing page on chat you find most useful.  I like the room favorites because I can see any recent activity or use &quot;rejoin all&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Desktop icons:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/TW8K8.png&quot; alt=&quot;desktop icon screenshot&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Less UI, handy rejoin button on first page you open:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/YOKkW.png&quot; alt=&quot;Chrome window screenshot&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The AU icon is also used for the Chrome window, shown here in the Avant Window Navigator dock:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ALC42.png&quot; alt=&quot;AWN dock screenshot&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Roger Pate" LastEditorDisplayName="Roger Pate" LastEditDate="2010-10-27T12:37:05.107" LastActivityDate="2010-10-27T12:37:05.107" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-10-27T12:23:21.877" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="609" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="600" CreationDate="2010-10-27T13:24:37.977" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've just been lumping them under &lt;code&gt;application&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2010-10-27T13:24:37.977" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="610" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-10-27T17:08:46.437" Score="18" ViewCount="737" Body="&lt;p&gt;On Friday will be a session where Mr Robert from SE will talk about Ask Ubuntu called &lt;strong&gt;How to integrate with Ask Ubuntu&lt;/strong&gt; , you can connect and chat directly and your questions will be answered, and  visit the following links &lt;a href=&quot;http://uds.ubuntu.com/participate/remote/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://summit.ubuntu.com/uds-n/2010-10-29/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It will be at 16:15 EDT. You can participate remotely using the &lt;a href=&quot;http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=ubuntu-uds-bonaire1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;#ubuntu-uds-bonaire1&lt;/a&gt; IRC channel. You can listen to the live stream by downloading &lt;a href=&quot;http://icecast.ubuntu.com:8000/bonaire1.ogg.m3u&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;this file&lt;/a&gt; and opening it with a media player.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;GOOD ROCK!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3550" LastEditorUserId="667" LastEditDate="2010-10-29T21:34:11.740" LastActivityDate="2010-10-29T21:34:11.740" Title="Ask Ubuntu session at the Ubuntu Developer Summit" Tags="|discussion|uds-n|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="611" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="489" CreationDate="2010-10-28T01:05:25.673" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Hopefully the Microsoft patents will expire by the year 2100 and this platform will become public domain. :D&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4782" LastActivityDate="2010-10-28T01:05:25.673" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="612" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="594" CreationDate="2010-10-28T05:53:15.067" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;This should be resolved - please let us know if you still find an issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2" LastActivityDate="2010-10-28T05:53:15.067" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="613" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="590" CreationDate="2010-10-28T06:08:05.763" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;OK, we're making these changes now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123" LastActivityDate="2010-10-28T06:08:05.763" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="614" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="317" CreationDate="2010-10-28T06:23:45.280" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Probably those votes were invalidated by our daily vote anomaly detection script.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are no known issues with the rep system, however, there are near-constant attempts to game the system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123" LastActivityDate="2010-10-28T06:23:45.280" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="615" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="600" CreationDate="2010-10-28T06:29:26.173" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is easy for &quot;list&quot; questions to fail the &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/09/good-subjective-bad-subjective/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;SE subjective guidelines&lt;/a&gt;; before worrying about tags, figure out if we want mindless lists all.  Usually these questions would be much better if made more specific; e.g. &quot;My specific needs are X, Y, and Z. I've already tried A, and it didn't work for me because of B.  What tools can I use to do C?&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/08/the-death-of-meta-tags/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Meta-tagging is explicitly discouraged&lt;/a&gt;, and that means there shouldn't be a tag for this &quot;type&quot; of question.  Tag the content of the question.  E.g. if it's asking about RSS feeds, tag [feeds]; if it's about capturing video, [video]; editing music, [music-editor]; and so forth.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just because every question has 5 tags doesn't mean we have to fill them up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Roger Pate" LastActivityDate="2010-10-28T06:29:26.173" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="616" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="204" CreationDate="2010-10-28T06:31:02.507" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Logins are not associated with IP addresses in any way. I expect something in the proxy layer is interfering with your cookies somehow.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123" LastActivityDate="2010-10-28T06:31:02.507" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="617" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="623" CreationDate="2010-10-28T06:34:38.107" Score="1" ViewCount="61" Body="&lt;p&gt;I start writing a comment... then I might move to another window to do something... time passes... I do many things in many windows...  Then I come back to complete my &lt;strong&gt;askubuntu&lt;/strong&gt; comment...  and it has been &lt;strong&gt;posted&lt;/strong&gt; (and I'm not the one who posted it!)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is becoming a chronic problem...   Some of these un-edited comments are definitely not ready for general viewing... and I can't re-edit them because of the comment-edit timeout (which I don't quite know the details of yet)... &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Has anyone else experienced this? ... &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've noticed that some general settings interact badly with some aspects of other programs.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;eg. When Assistive Technologies &quot;&lt;em&gt;Mouse Locate Pointer by pressing CtrL&lt;/em&gt;&quot; is enabled, it prevents me from using Ctrl+C to copy a filename when in &quot;&lt;em&gt;Nautilus filename-Rename (F2)&lt;/em&gt;*&lt;br&gt;&#xA;... maybe it is something along this line? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2670" LastEditorUserId="123" LastEditDate="2010-10-28T22:58:22.593" LastActivityDate="2010-10-28T22:58:22.593" Title="My comments are being posted when I move to another window..." Tags="|bug|status-norepro|comments|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="618" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="591" CreationDate="2010-10-28T07:34:17.610" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/590/add-a-space-to-google-description/613#613&quot;&gt;This was done&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="866" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.227" LastActivityDate="2010-10-28T07:34:17.610" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="619" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-10-28T12:43:17.403" Score="0" ViewCount="102" Body="&lt;p&gt;the askubuntu.com site has a rss/atom feed which is available via the rss icon in the awesomebar of firefox. if you click on that icon, the page firefox wants to open is &lt;a href=&quot;http://feed://http//askubuntu.com/feeds&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;feed://http//askubuntu.com/feeds&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;as you can see this is formatted wrong as it should be &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/feeds&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/feeds&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;if you click on the feed icons of opera and ie they are going to the right address, so it's firefox only.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4885" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditorDisplayName="Roger Pate" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2014-05-15T15:04:23.603" Title="feed icon link is wrong in firefox" Tags="|bug|status-norepro|icon|feeds|firefox|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="620" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="621" CreationDate="2010-10-28T13:38:26.347" Score="6" ViewCount="113" Body="&lt;p&gt;Often, principally with new users, it happens that useful or correct answers are not marked as answered. I'm asking if moderators have power to mark answered question by other users. A lot of question are answered but listed as not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4180" LastEditorUserId="64171" LastEditDate="2013-04-09T04:46:57.400" LastActivityDate="2013-04-09T04:46:57.400" Title="Can moderators mark a question as answered?" Tags="|discussion|moderators|answered-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="621" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="620" CreationDate="2010-10-28T16:36:19.533" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;Two different issues:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions are considered &quot;answered&quot; (as in &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; listed under the &lt;code&gt;unanswered&lt;/code&gt; tab) when they receive at least one answer with an up-vote. The original author has no control over that functionality.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &quot;Accepted Answer&quot; function (the check mark underneath the answer votes):&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/fhjYw.png&quot; alt=&quot;alt text&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&amp;hellip;is the answer that the author felt best solved their problem. It is not guaranteed to be correct or even having answered the question. It's simply the original author's opinion and their personal choice. The moderators do not have the ability to make that determination.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="62" LastActivityDate="2010-10-28T16:36:19.533" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="623" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="617" CreationDate="2010-10-28T22:58:15.540" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;We can't reproduce this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, note that comments will submit if the comment box has focus and &lt;kbd&gt;enter&lt;/kbd&gt; is pressed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123" LastActivityDate="2010-10-28T22:58:15.540" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="624" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="625" CreationDate="2010-10-29T01:15:45.243" Score="3" ViewCount="84" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've seen many questions with the mark [closed] in the title.&#xA;Does it mean that they will be erased later? Or just remains as closed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4568" LastEditorUserId="25798" LastEditorDisplayName="Roger Pate" LastEditDate="2012-06-25T08:54:13.930" LastActivityDate="2012-06-25T08:54:13.930" Title="Are the questions with the mark (closed) erased?" Tags="|support|moderation|closed-questions|deleted-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="625" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="624" CreationDate="2010-10-29T01:41:13.523" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;They may be deleted later.  It depends on the close reason and what attention they receive (some questions can just go unnoticed).  Duplicates which help point the way to other questions (that is, they are worded differently and aid searching) should not be deleted, but many others should.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Users get access to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/moderator-tools&quot;&gt;delete and undelete votes&lt;/a&gt; at 10k reputation.  Moderators (with diamonds) can always delete.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Roger Pate" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2010-10-29T01:41:13.523" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="626" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-10-29T03:45:51.330" Score="7" ViewCount="72" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1008/please-can-we-destroy-the-subjective-tag&quot;&gt;Please can we destroy the subjective tag?&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tags/subjective&quot;&gt;[subjective]&lt;/a&gt; tag should be removed and blacklisted from Ask Ubuntu for the same reasons it was &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/08/the-death-of-meta-tags/&quot;&gt;removed from other sites&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For past discussion, see &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/51627/54262&quot;&gt;SO.meta&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Roger Pate" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditorDisplayName="Roger Pate" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2010-10-30T03:23:07.687" Title="Remove [subjective]" Tags="|support|tags|tag-block-request|retag-request|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2011-02-21T15:09:02.087" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="627" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-10-29T04:05:09.323" Score="10" ViewCount="296" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu is a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq&quot;&gt;Q&amp;amp;A site&lt;/a&gt; rather than a discussion board, a bug tracker, or a poll/survey site, but I really love Ubuntu and want to discuss those things with other users!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Where can I discuss topics that aren't appropriate to ask on Ask Ubuntu?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Roger Pate" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2010-11-03T17:48:28.123" Title="Where can I find interesting Ubuntu discussions?" Tags="|support|asking-questions|faq-proposed|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-10-29T04:09:03.357" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="628" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="627" CreationDate="2010-10-29T04:05:33.380" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;(Because this is proposed for our Community FAQ, please add to this answer.)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://ubuntuforums.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Forums&lt;/a&gt; hosts discussion boards dedicated to Ubuntu.  The &lt;a href=&quot;http://wiki.ubuntu.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Wiki&lt;/a&gt; is community-edited documentation of various kinds.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can directly &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com/community/participate&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;participate&lt;/a&gt; in Ubuntu user groups and development, and you can find a &lt;a href=&quot;http://loco.ubuntu.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Local Team&lt;/a&gt; close to you if you want to help in your local area.  &lt;a href=&quot;http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/tour/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Brainstorm&lt;/a&gt; is for proposing and voting on ideas.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/5121&quot; title=&quot;How do I report a bug?&quot;&gt;Bug reports&lt;/a&gt; go on the project's preferred bug report site, or &lt;a href=&quot;http://launchpad.net/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Launchpad&lt;/a&gt;.  However, if you have a question about behavior you don't understand and aren't sure if it's a bug, or if you are asking for how to work around a bug, that is Q&amp;amp;A and appropriate for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/ask&quot;&gt;Ask Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.askubuntu.com&quot;&gt;Ask Ubuntu Chat&lt;/a&gt; is for talking to other AU users both about Ubuntu and about AU.  The &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IRC/ChannelList&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ubuntu IRC channels&lt;/a&gt; are for discussion and support; you'll need an &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/8015&quot;&gt;IRC client&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu Meta (this site) is for &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/tags/discussion&quot;&gt;discussion&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/tags/support&quot;&gt;support&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/tags/bug&quot;&gt;bug reports&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/tags/feature-request&quot;&gt;feature requests&lt;/a&gt; about AU itself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Roger Pate" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2010-11-03T17:48:28.123" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-10-29T04:05:33.380" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="630" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="75" CreationDate="2010-10-29T17:55:31.363" Score="10" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Droidstack&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;An Android app that allows you to browse StackExchange websites in a very cool, native kind of way, while keeping a stackoverflow-like look &amp;amp; feel.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/zUnj7.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;screenshot&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Links:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://stackapps.com/questions/585/droidstack-for-android&quot;&gt;On StackApps...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://foghina.imgur.com/droidstack&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;More screetshots...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SszXwWfdV_I&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Video...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://code.google.com/p/droidstack/issues/list&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Source code and bug tracker...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Install by scanning this QR code:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/TcYvn.png&quot; alt=&quot;qr barcode&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="570" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:46.307" LastActivityDate="2010-10-29T17:55:31.363" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-10-29T17:55:31.363" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="631" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="634" CreationDate="2010-10-29T21:34:18.743" Score="15" ViewCount="234" Body="&lt;p&gt;There was an &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/610/ask-ubuntu-session-at-the-ubuntu-developer-summit&quot;&gt;Ask Ubuntu session at UDS-N&lt;/a&gt; on Friday 29th October 2010.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What topics were discussed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What decisions were made?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="667" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="What was discussed, and what was the outcome of the Ask Ubuntu UDS-N session?" Tags="|discussion|uds-n|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="632" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="533" CreationDate="2010-10-29T21:52:05.133" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think people are more frustrated by having problems they can't solve.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When the asker speaks Danish and the guy who could write the best answer to that question speaks Turk, everybody loses. Having everybody use English instead, even if it's poor English, is far better.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;It's not a matter of technology. It's a matter of &lt;em&gt;audience&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See, if a Q&amp;amp;A site can't get you answers for your questions it has failed. To do so, the Q&amp;amp;A site must connect the asker to as many potential answerers as possible. If there are not enough of those, not enough questions get answered and users won't come back.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The site quickly becomes a ghost town, population: zero. Game over.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;If it was merely a technological challenge, &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/04/changes-to-stack-exchange/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;StackExchange 1.0 would have worked.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt; And so would ubuntu.shapado.com and ask.debian.net (also running Shapado) have -- instead, they sport respectively a whopping &lt;a href=&quot;http://ubuntu.shapado.com/badges/troubleshooter&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;11&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://ask.debian.net/badges/troubleshooter&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;21&lt;/a&gt; users who ever gave any answer. I'm &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; picking on Shapado, mind you -- other platforms, like &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cnprog.com/users/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;cnprog&lt;/a&gt;, also have this problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Compare with Area51, which considers a Q&amp;amp;A site healthy when it has at least &lt;a href=&quot;http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/7716/ubuntu&quot;&gt;90% answered questions, 1.5k hits per day and 150 avid users (200+ rep)&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Disclaimer: I'm a native Italian speaker.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1938" LastEditorUserId="1938" LastEditDate="2011-02-19T13:21:54.367" LastActivityDate="2011-02-19T13:21:54.367" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="634" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="631" CreationDate="2010-10-30T01:28:38.237" Score="20" Body="&lt;p&gt;This post aims to provide two documents related with the session. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1 - The written short record of the session taken during the session&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Publicly available source as of 30.10.2010 01:00 UTC via collaborative text editor &lt;a href=&quot;http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/gobby-0.5&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Gobby&lt;/a&gt;, with server: document &lt;code&gt;ubuntutheproject/ubuntutheproject-community-n-ask-ubuntu&lt;/code&gt; on server &lt;code&gt;gobby.ubuntu.com&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Agenda&#xA; * How to make site more accessible&#xA;   - screen readers will read it&#xA;   - possible issue with color compatibility&#xA; * Localisation&#xA;   - number one priority for us (most users are international)&#xA;   - Would be nice to have a subdomain (eg nl.askubuntu.com)&#xA;     -- could then have a shared database of questions, but automatically tagged with language&#xA;     -- possibly making community wikis translatable (flag needed to indicate outdated translations)&#xA;     -- would make it possible for multilingual answerers to look at other pages&#xA;     -- currently we lack an askubuntu.com alternative for multiple languages (shapado can be used instead)&#xA;   - The software is running on proprietary software - we should see if open source technologies can be linked to that (e.g. gettext)&#xA; * Replacing Launchpad answers (for Ubuntu project)&#xA;   - non-english bug reports session wants to use this for non-english bug reporters&#xA;     - questions can be converted to bugs and vice versa&#xA;   - would be nice to convert a launchpad bug to an askubuntu question&#xA;     - might be nice to be able to reconvert and automatically pull data back&#xA;       - existing launchpad bugs get converted to questions and back somewhat frequently&#xA;   - might be difficult to turn off answers in launchpad&#xA;     - redirecting to askubuntu would be different (eg with 15 day warning)&#xA;       - dealing with questions asked during transition period would also be a problem&#xA; * Integrating ask into existing work team processes&#xA;   - encourage people on ask to link to official documentation (rather than just giving answer for instance)&#xA;     - would help boost search ranks of official documenation too&#xA; * open source&#xA;   - we are following stackexchange here mostly&#xA;     - has hundreds of thousands of developers&#xA; * how community can use database dumps (cc-licensed) &#xA;   - in case stackexchange gets eaten by godzilla&#xA;   - &quot;offline wikipedia CD&quot;&#xA; * Loco team integration&#xA; * Default bookmark / adding ask link on stub page&#xA;   - bug filed in firefox to update default links LP: 602265&#xA;Work Items&#xA; * [marco] 508 compliance research (site has to be this for US Gov $$$)&#xA; * [jorge] bring up replacing answers in launchpad stakeholder process with Marjo (they have 6 month backlog or so)&#xA; * [jorge] talk to online services: change start.ubuntu.com (in english) help link to &quot;Ask a question&quot; that links to stackexchange&#xA; * [chris coulson] make a default bookmark for askubuntu and drop launchpad answers&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2- Log of the IRC chat parallel to the session&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From &lt;a href=&quot;http://ubottu.com/uds-logs/%23ubuntu-uds-bonaire1.log&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;ubottu.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;2010-10-29T20:08:54  &amp;lt;txwikinger&amp;gt; o/ Jorge&#xA;2010-10-29T20:09:34  &amp;lt;txwikinger&amp;gt; ok&#xA;2010-10-29T20:09:45  &amp;lt;badp&amp;gt; speaker: sooo ahead of you :P&#xA;2010-10-29T20:11:25  &amp;lt;txwikinger&amp;gt; great&#xA;2010-10-29T20:12:30  &amp;lt;txwikinger&amp;gt; Jorge: I announced the details in the askubuntu.com general chat&#xA;2010-10-29T20:14:01  &amp;lt;txwikinger&amp;gt; txwikinger is Ralph Janke&#xA;2010-10-29T20:14:18  &amp;lt;txwikinger&amp;gt; Hello Robert&#xA;2010-10-29T20:14:39  &amp;lt;txwikinger&amp;gt; rofl&#xA;2010-10-29T20:15:15  &amp;lt;marenostrum&amp;gt; marenostrum is Deniz. Launchpad: ~kdenizogut&#xA;2010-10-29T20:15:27  * nUboon2Age is Drew Johnson, involved in wiki documentation for ubuntu beginners&#xA;2010-10-29T20:15:40  &amp;lt;AlanBell&amp;gt; hello people who want to exchange their stack&#xA;2010-10-29T20:15:54  &amp;lt;marcoceppi&amp;gt; They don't call it a StackExchange for nothing!&#xA;2010-10-29T20:15:56  &amp;lt;dv3500ea&amp;gt; dv3500ea is David. Launchpad: ~david4dev&#xA;2010-10-29T20:16:12  &amp;lt;AlanBell&amp;gt; there is a bit of a concern from the Accessibility team about askubuntu.com and accessibility&#xA;2010-10-29T20:16:21  &amp;lt;AlanBell&amp;gt; as there is lots of ajax stuff going on&#xA;2010-10-29T20:16:43  &amp;lt;AlanBell&amp;gt; we believe they have at times broken accessibility&#xA;2010-10-29T20:16:47  &amp;lt;txwikinger&amp;gt; what is our document?&#xA;2010-10-29T20:16:50  &amp;lt;AlanBell&amp;gt; http://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/68898/how-accessible-are-the-stack-exchange-sites-for-users-of-screen-reader-software&#xA;2010-10-29T20:17:05  &amp;lt;AlanBell&amp;gt; http://meta.stackoverflow.com/search?q=blind+accessibility&#xA;2010-10-29T20:17:25  &amp;lt;badp&amp;gt; if you're fine with read-only access there are more accessible interfaces&#xA;2010-10-29T20:17:42  &amp;lt;badp&amp;gt; example: http://stackapps.com/questions/542/column-80-plain-text-optimised-sofu&#xA;2010-10-29T20:18:06  &amp;lt;AlanBell&amp;gt; not neccessarily a huge or unfixable problem but I would ask you to bear accessibility in mind, we want to bring all the ubuntu sites up to scratch in this regard&#xA;2010-10-29T20:18:31  &amp;lt;marcoceppi&amp;gt; AlanBell, As in 508 Compliant?&#xA;2010-10-29T20:18:41  &amp;lt;AlanBell&amp;gt; marcoceppi: well that would be nice&#xA;2010-10-29T20:18:54  &amp;lt;badp&amp;gt; AlanBell: that's not something the AskUbuntu team can do much about, you'll have to contact the StackExchange dev team at meta.stackexchange.com&#xA;2010-10-29T20:19:29  &amp;lt;txwikinger&amp;gt; Jorge: Are we using gobby or something else?&#xA;2010-10-29T20:19:36  &amp;lt;AlanBell&amp;gt; badp: I know, but if there are plans to move stuff from the wiki over to askubuntu.com then we don't want to introduce an accessibility regression&#xA;2010-10-29T20:19:38  &amp;lt;marcoceppi&amp;gt; From what I have seen, and know of 508 Compliancy - the style and engine for SE is pretty much there - though there are a few small things that would likely need to be changed. Primarily colors&#xA;2010-10-29T20:19:43  &amp;lt;marcoceppi&amp;gt; AlanBell, From what I have seen, and know of 508 Compliancy - the style and engine for SE is pretty much there - though there are a few small things that would likely need to be changed. Primarily colors&#xA;2010-10-29T20:19:50  &amp;lt;badp&amp;gt; you may be interested in WeMenu integration too&#xA;2010-10-29T20:19:52  &amp;lt;AlanBell&amp;gt; good stuff&#xA;2010-10-29T20:20:15  &amp;lt;txwikinger&amp;gt; speak up please&#xA;2010-10-29T20:20:20  &amp;lt;Morasique&amp;gt; i don't use the same nick on IRC as on SE; i feel like i'm in stealth mode&#xA;2010-10-29T20:20:22  &amp;lt;AlanBell&amp;gt; anyhow, I have to pop to the summit session, have fun with your stacks!&#xA;2010-10-29T20:20:50  &amp;lt;marcoceppi&amp;gt; Jorge: Sure&#xA;2010-10-29T20:21:10  &amp;lt;txwikinger&amp;gt; Jorge - we will have a similar law soon in Ontario&#xA;2010-10-29T20:22:58  &amp;lt;txwikinger&amp;gt; We might want to have multiple translations of the same question/asnwer?&#xA;2010-10-29T20:23:27  &amp;lt;badp&amp;gt; Honestly that sounds like a terrible idea.&#xA;2010-10-29T20:23:47  &amp;lt;Morasique&amp;gt; it's hard to keep them in sync, wikipedia has this problem&#xA;2010-10-29T20:24:48  &amp;lt;txwikinger&amp;gt; http://ubuntu.shapado.com&#xA;2010-10-29T20:26:02  &amp;lt;patcito&amp;gt; shapado.com runs on ubuntu by the way&#xA;2010-10-29T20:26:16  &amp;lt;badp&amp;gt; it's an open ghost town, yeah :)&#xA;2010-10-29T20:26:31  &amp;lt;txwikinger&amp;gt; shapado is a ruby on rails app&#xA;2010-10-29T20:26:38  &amp;lt;marcoceppi&amp;gt; It's based on the design of the &quot;StackExchange 1.0&quot; engine&#xA;2010-10-29T20:26:54  &amp;lt;patcito&amp;gt; badp: http://ask.debian.net is pretty active though and officially supported by debian.org&#xA;2010-10-29T20:27:00  &amp;lt;patcito&amp;gt; and it uses shapado&#xA;2010-10-29T20:27:14  &amp;lt;patcito&amp;gt; (I'm a shapado dev by the way)&#xA;2010-10-29T20:27:45  &amp;lt;badp&amp;gt; didn't know about that site :)&#xA;2010-10-29T20:28:03  &amp;lt;patcito&amp;gt; it's the official debian q&amp;amp;a site&#xA;2010-10-29T20:34:48  &amp;lt;badp&amp;gt; use the API and the monthly dumps&#xA;2010-10-29T20:35:55  &amp;lt;badp&amp;gt; http://stackapps.com/questions/1/api-documentation-and-help + http://blog.stackoverflow.com/category/cc-wiki-dump/ + http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/08/defending-attribution-required/&#xA;2010-10-29T20:36:46  &amp;lt;txwikinger&amp;gt; It's only the English questions anyway until we are multi-lingual&#xA;2010-10-29T20:38:55  &amp;lt;badp&amp;gt; I don't really think i18n can work. It's a matter of audience, rather than technical challenges.&#xA;2010-10-29T20:39:17  &amp;lt;badp&amp;gt; See StackExchange 1.0 (money) vs StackExchange 2.0 (audience)&#xA;2010-10-29T20:41:40  &amp;lt;badp&amp;gt; press the power button and pop in the oranger version between kubuntu and ubuntu in the cd tray&#xA;2010-10-29T20:42:00  &amp;lt;badp&amp;gt; http://chat.askubuntu.com/transcript/message/11770#11770&#xA;2010-10-29T20:43:49  &amp;lt;this_is_a_test&amp;gt; What is oranger, Ubuntu or Kubuntu?&#xA;2010-10-29T20:44:02  &amp;lt;txwikinger&amp;gt; Jorge: This is a matter of voting&#xA;2010-10-29T20:45:05  &amp;lt;txwikinger&amp;gt; 200 to retag&#xA;2010-10-29T20:45:14  &amp;lt;marcoceppi&amp;gt; http://askubuntu.com/privileges&#xA;2010-10-29T20:45:15  &amp;lt;txwikinger&amp;gt; 150 to create new tag&#xA;2010-10-29T20:45:37  &amp;lt;txwikinger&amp;gt; you can always ask a friendly moderator to help you :D&#xA;2010-10-29T20:45:41  &amp;lt;badp&amp;gt; tag wiki page requires being one of the top 20 answerers and having enough reputation&#xA;2010-10-29T20:46:18  &amp;lt;badp&amp;gt; +editing&#xA;2010-10-29T20:46:27  &amp;lt;Morasique&amp;gt; (1500, not 1000 like they said)&#xA;2010-10-29T20:48:03  &amp;lt;marcoceppi&amp;gt; Activity is edits, answers, responses&#xA;2010-10-29T20:48:19  &amp;lt;marcoceppi&amp;gt; for Hot it's like upvotes, page views, and above activity&#xA;2010-10-29T20:49:58  &amp;lt;Morasique&amp;gt; &quot;1500 reputation is like a couple days of using the site&quot; :)&#xA;2010-10-29T20:50:04  &amp;lt;patcito&amp;gt; stop coughing in the microphone&#xA;2010-10-29T20:50:45  &amp;lt;marcoceppi&amp;gt; One good answer can easily land you 250 reputation&#xA;2010-10-29T20:51:04  &amp;lt;Morasique&amp;gt; marcoceppi: not in a couple days, there's a limit&#xA;2010-10-29T20:51:14  &amp;lt;marcoceppi&amp;gt; 250 is the daily limit&#xA;2010-10-29T20:51:35  &amp;lt;Morasique&amp;gt; is it not 200 like the other sites? anyway, my point was a couple days would put you at ~500 rep, even maxing it out&#xA;2010-10-29T20:51:42  &amp;lt;txwikinger&amp;gt; 200 is the daily limit (however accepted answers can go over the limit)&#xA;2010-10-29T20:52:10  &amp;lt;marcoceppi&amp;gt; Ah, 250 was the most I got - txwikinger is right it's 200&#xA;2010-10-29T20:52:52  * txwikinger cheers on the security team&#xA;2010-10-29T20:53:01  &amp;lt;patcito&amp;gt; there are ways to get more than 200 rep per day http://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/8086/how-to-get-over-200-reputation-points-every-day&#xA;2010-10-29T20:53:38  &amp;lt;Morasique&amp;gt; patcito: yeah, txwikinger said it, accepted answers&#xA;2010-10-29T20:53:48  &amp;lt;marcoceppi&amp;gt; So many points to cover, so little time&#xA;2010-10-29T20:54:47  &amp;lt;txwikinger&amp;gt; but we certainly encourage stackexchange to look into using and developing open source&#xA;2010-10-29T20:56:58  &amp;lt;patcito&amp;gt; stackoverflow have been giving database dumps for a few years and nothing special came out of it btw&#xA;2010-10-29T20:57:26  &amp;lt;marcoceppi&amp;gt; Just because no one uses it doesn't mean it won't be used sometime soon :P&#xA;2010-10-29T20:57:50  &amp;lt;Morasique&amp;gt; well, odata used it, but just to provide a way to search it, not in any particularly clever way&#xA;2010-10-29T20:57:58  &amp;lt;marcoceppi&amp;gt; There are a few questions like this&#xA;2010-10-29T20:57:59  &amp;lt;marcoceppi&amp;gt; http://askubuntu.com/questions/2872/what-are-the-biggest-barriers-to-walking-the-motu-developer-path&#xA;2010-10-29T21:00:35  &amp;lt;this_is_a_test&amp;gt; why did my stream randomly pause?&#xA;2010-10-29T21:00:51  &amp;lt;days_of_ruin&amp;gt; That happened to me too.&#xA;2010-10-29T21:01:23  &amp;lt;marcoceppi&amp;gt; mad rep for that&#xA;2010-10-29T21:01:56  &amp;lt;marcoceppi&amp;gt; Other people are upvoting&#xA;2010-10-29T21:02:01  &amp;lt;htorque&amp;gt; yeah :P&#xA;2010-10-29T21:02:33  &amp;lt;days_of_ruin&amp;gt; holy cow, it gets more upvotes every time I refresh&#xA;2010-10-29T21:02:49  &amp;lt;marcoceppi&amp;gt; mass effect&#xA;2010-10-29T21:06:31  &amp;lt;txwikinger&amp;gt; Jorge: In Quebec you will be sued&#xA;2010-10-29T21:07:39  &amp;lt;marenostrum&amp;gt; Is written report of the session available on Gooby? Name?&#xA;2010-10-29T21:08:02  &amp;lt;this_is_a_test&amp;gt; Hello&#xA;2010-10-29T21:08:08  &amp;lt;txwikinger&amp;gt; Thanks Jorge.. thanks Robert for coming&#xA;2010-10-29T21:08:23  &amp;lt;marenostrum&amp;gt; Thanks a lot dear friends.&#xA;2010-10-29T21:08:48  &amp;lt;dv3500ea&amp;gt; Thanks.&#xA;2010-10-29T21:09:16  &amp;lt;hhlp&amp;gt; thx&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Later edit :&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;3- &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UDSProceedings/N/UbuntuTheProject#How%20to%20integrate%20with%20Ask%20Ubuntu&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;How to integrate with Ask Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt; subtitle on Ubuntu Wiki&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StackExchange&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;StackExchange&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;  will look into ways to localise&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AskUbuntu&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;AskUbuntu&lt;/a&gt;,&#xA;  so sites like 'nl.askubuntu.com' may&#xA;  become reality;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Chris Coulson will look into replacing Launchpad Answers with&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AskUbuntu&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;AskUbuntu&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;  in the default Firefox bookmarks;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Marco will investigate 508 compliance for&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AskUbuntu&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;AskUbuntu&lt;/a&gt;;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JorgeCastro&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;JorgeCastro&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;  will discuss with Marjo ask for&#xA;  replacing Launchpad Answers with a&#xA;  redirection to&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AskUbuntu&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;AskUbuntu&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;  for Ubuntu, in the Launchpad&#xA;  stakeholders meetings;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JorgeCastro&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;JorgeCastro&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;  will look into changing the 'Ubuntu&#xA;  Help' link on the default Ubuntu start&#xA;  page to link to&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AskUbuntu&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;AskUbuntu&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3781" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2014-04-23T13:47:43.277" LastActivityDate="2010-11-01T22:57:18.023" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="635" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-10-30T10:34:41.807" Score="1" ViewCount="57" Body="&lt;p&gt;Today, I've created an account on askubuntu, and I got the &quot;important notice&quot; bar at the top of the screen, urging me to vote in the Ubuntu&amp;amp;Unix merge/no-merge poll. After clicking through, I was greeted by &quot;This poll closed Aug 29 at 10:43&quot;. In my TZ, it is currently Oct 30; &lt;strong&gt;shouldn't the notification be disabled?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1319" LastEditorUserId="123" LastEditDate="2010-10-30T20:14:04.477" LastActivityDate="2010-10-30T20:14:04.477" Title="&quot;Please vote on merge poll&quot; ... which has been closed for two months?" Tags="|bug|status-bydesign|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="636" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="635" CreationDate="2010-10-30T15:25:05.033" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Clearly this shouldn't have shown.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've sent an email to the team pointing them at this thread so hopefully they'll fix it if they haven't already.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Did you visit the site (as a non member) before the end of August? I'm just wondering if it's possible that you had a cookie stored with the message in it and it just displayed once you registered. Seems unlikely but possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2010-10-30T15:25:05.033" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="637" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="642" CreationDate="2010-10-30T18:47:05.980" Score="6" ViewCount="153" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've noticed some great comments along the way and upvoted them. Will the commenter get any reputation boost from that? (If they do, how many points per vote?) I'm also wondering since I've seen some of my comments get voted up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3256" LastActivityDate="2010-10-31T04:41:30.937" Title="Does upvoting a comment add to the commenter's reputation? How much?" Tags="|discussion|reputation|comments|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="638" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="635" CreationDate="2010-10-30T20:13:48.783" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your account is two months old, as anyone can see:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/1319&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/users/1319&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;td&amp;gt;member for&amp;lt;/td&amp;gt;&#xA;&amp;lt;td&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span class=&quot;cool&quot; title=&quot;2010-08-16 08:42:04Z&quot;&amp;gt;2 months&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/td&amp;gt;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So it seems you had the message inserted a long time ago, and just never visited until then.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(although it is true, we should remove the old messages after the poll ends, but this was really a special case in every way)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2010-10-30T20:13:48.783" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="639" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-10-30T21:00:52.777" Score="7" ViewCount="157" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just decided to install some snmp daemon on my ubuntu servers.  I tried to start with this site, and searched for snmp. No hits.  I'm exclusively an Ubuntu Linux admin at this point so I figured I'd start at the source.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So then I try the dreaded unix.stackexchange.com. One hit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Serverfault: 114 hits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe Ubuntu is about the OS as a desktop. Maybe it's not about things that are sort of general UNIX admin like installing snmp.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most of what I will need to know about Ubuntu is things like the network stack. How to get Nagios, Cacti, SNPMD, SMTP and other daemony things working.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should I just hang out at ServerFault?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1201" LastActivityDate="2010-10-31T16:41:03.110" Title="Do we compete with ServerFault?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="640" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="639" CreationDate="2010-10-30T23:30:51.207" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;We're primarily desktop orientated here. That doesn't mean there aren't people here that could answer your question but only a portion of the people here to answer questions admin servers and only a portion of them will know what you're talking about.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;ServerFault is full of admins. If you need an answer to an adminning question, sure, they're probably a good bet. It's also &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;much&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; older than AskUbuntu and therefore has a lot more historical postings to find pre-written answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You could, of course, help out here and increase the number of people who know to administer Ubuntu servers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2010-10-30T23:30:51.207" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="641" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="607" CreationDate="2010-10-30T23:44:48.160" Score="3" Body="&lt;h1&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://packages.ubuntu.com/prism&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Prism&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/prism&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://bit.ly/software-large&quot; alt=&quot;Install prism&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can create your chat app by launching Prism from the Internet menu, or directly from Firefox via &lt;a href=&quot;https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/6665/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Prism extension&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are using the extension, visit the chat you want or the main chat page, then click &quot;Tools &gt;&gt;  Convert Web Site to Application&quot; in Firefox menu. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Z0Z2N.png&quot; alt=&quot;Prism Web App creation tool&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Desktop icon:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/eCHge.png&quot; alt=&quot;alt text&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Interface:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/acVOS.png&quot; alt=&quot;alt text&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2950" LastEditorDisplayName="Roger Pate" LastEditDate="2010-10-31T03:52:32.693" LastActivityDate="2010-10-31T03:52:32.693" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-10-30T23:44:48.160" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="642" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="637" CreationDate="2010-10-31T01:19:09.180" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, there is no reputation gained from voting or having received votes on comments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Comments are a really light-weight mechanism. They are, essentially, meta to a post. &#xA;A vote on a comment is really just a way of adding credence to a statement; to say that you agree or find the comment interesting without the bulk of adding a bunch of &quot;I agree&quot; or &quot;me, too&quot; or &quot;+1&quot; comments to the mix.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="62" LastActivityDate="2010-10-31T01:19:09.180" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="643" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="637" CreationDate="2010-10-31T04:41:30.937" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Comments aren't associated with reputation, but there is a &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/badges/54/pundit&quot;&gt;badge&lt;/a&gt; for leaving highly voted comments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Roger Pate" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.243" LastActivityDate="2010-10-31T04:41:30.937" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="644" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="619" CreationDate="2010-10-31T06:04:12.677" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;We can't reproduce this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123" LastActivityDate="2010-10-31T06:04:12.677" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="645" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-10-31T15:13:12.837" Score="2" ViewCount="90" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to start tweeting the good questions and answers, when I did one the tweet text came out like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Stack Exchange Ubuntu Q: Unity crashes when I move the cursor over it. &lt;a href=&quot;http://t.co/AnkE8RL&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://t.co/AnkE8RL&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think this is too wordy and it doesn't emphasize the question until the middle of the tweet, it also doesn't use the domain name.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="133195" LastEditDate="2013-07-10T14:02:02.393" LastActivityDate="2013-07-10T14:02:02.393" Title="Twitter question intro too long and wordy" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="646" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="645" CreationDate="2010-10-31T15:14:14.490" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Perhaps something like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Unity crashes when I move the cursor over it - askubuntu.com &lt;a href=&quot;http://t.co/AnkE8RL&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://t.co/AnkE8RL&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;or&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;askubuntu.com - Unity crashes when I move the cursor over it - &lt;a href=&quot;http://t.co/AnkE8RL&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://t.co/AnkE8RL&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2010-10-31T15:14:14.490" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="647" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="639" CreationDate="2010-10-31T16:41:03.110" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is a site for &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Unix and Linux&lt;/a&gt; as well, but I see a problem. If no one asks this kind of questions here, they will never appear here and the next person searching will not bei able to find this sort of information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, I would recommend asking here and if you do not get an answer, look to other sites and answer your own question here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="116" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:37:19.280" LastActivityDate="2010-10-31T16:41:03.110" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="648" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="645" CreationDate="2010-11-01T04:52:24.893" Score="1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Unity crashes when I move the cursor over it. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/10568/235&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/q/10568/235&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;  &lt;br&gt;Unity crashes when I move the cu... &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/10568/235&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/q/10568/235&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The ellipsis is only needed for longer titles, but I included it here to show what that would look like.  Using a &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/562/can-we-earn-badges-by-sharing-a-link-somewhere-other-than-twitter-and-facebook/563#563&quot;&gt;&quot;SE short link&quot;&lt;/a&gt; automatically includes the domain name and saves 7 characters over &quot;t.co&quot; (4+&quot; - &quot;) in &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/645/twitter-question-intro-too-long-and-wordy/646#646&quot;&gt;your suggestion&lt;/a&gt;, giving room for &quot;q/&quot; and the user ID.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It does look a little weird without any punctuation at the end of the title before the URL (in the first example above), but many question titles end with a question mark.  Including a hyphen if they don't end in punctuation would be my preference.  And I see now that the original title did include a period, so adding that to the above example.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Roger Pate" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditorDisplayName="Roger Pate" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2010-11-01T05:16:38.057" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="649" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2455" CreationDate="2010-11-02T01:31:30.597" Score="3" ViewCount="80" Body="&lt;p&gt;On &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/privileges&lt;/a&gt; there are several instances of the site title missing:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;When your fellow users vote up your questions and answers on Ubuntu, you generate reputation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should be &quot;questions and answers on Ask Ubuntu&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;will be granted additional privileges on Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should be on Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditorDisplayName="Roger Pate" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2013-07-10T14:03:24.740" Title="Privileges page missing site title." Tags="|bug|status-completed|privileges|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="650" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-11-02T09:09:15.367" Score="6" ViewCount="257" Body="&lt;p&gt;Hey,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was wondering how to know the best place for your question? I was browsing the 'questions' section and I came across a numbers of problems that aren't just &quot;questions&quot;, the same kind you'd find on the forums, so, is there a rule or something? or this site is going to be a better alternative for the forums?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4384" OwnerDisplayName="Reda Lazri" LastEditorUserId="1938" LastEditDate="2010-11-02T11:02:06.460" LastActivityDate="2010-11-02T11:02:06.460" Title="Will 'askubuntu.com' be an alternative for the 'ubuntu forums'?" Tags="|discussion|asking-questions|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="651" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="650" CreationDate="2010-11-02T09:32:26.827" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have read through a few questions on askubuntu that seem more like a discussion than question, and in most cases those who have been simply stating &quot;opinions&quot; have been reprimanded. As far as I know askubuntu is aimed at addressing issues or topics in the most objective manner possible. The Ubuntu-Forums however allow the users to be both objective and subjective; not always about addressing, but also discussing them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please let me know if that has been helpful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3330" OwnerDisplayName="Sixthlaw" LastActivityDate="2010-11-02T10:46:10.957" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="652" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="650" CreationDate="2010-11-02T09:56:33.047" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;askubuntu (and every other stack exchange site) is designed for questions to which there is a definitive answer. Questions that either dont have a single answer, or the answer is likely to be subjective or opinionated, arent really for ask ubuntu. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The ubuntu forums, whilst you can still ask specific questions (and get good some very good answers), its also possible to start debates and / or more argumentative questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As to which is best, that depends, to get something done or to get something to work, ask ubuntu is probably the better tool. For reasoned debate, head for the ubuntu forums.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;for more info on what you can ask, see here: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/faq&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2978" OwnerDisplayName="richzilla" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2010-11-02T10:46:10.957" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="653" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="650" CreationDate="2010-11-02T11:01:21.407" Score="20" Body="&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you want to have a &lt;em&gt;discussion&lt;/em&gt;, use forums.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you want to have a &lt;em&gt;final answer&lt;/em&gt;, use AskUbuntu.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1938" LastActivityDate="2010-11-02T11:01:21.407" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="654" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="657" CreationDate="2010-11-02T12:05:23.573" Score="4" ViewCount="105" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want ask here before share my idea in main &lt;strong&gt;ask ubuntu&lt;/strong&gt;. i think it may be against the &lt;strong&gt;website rules&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;so is it possible?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5034" LastEditorDisplayName="Roger Pate" LastEditDate="2010-11-02T19:04:42.763" LastActivityDate="2010-11-02T19:58:16.763" Title="Can I share an Idea about ubuntu here?" Tags="|discussion|asking-questions|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="655" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="654" CreationDate="2010-11-02T17:02:47.317" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;If your 'idea' isn't a question, then Ask Ubuntu probably isn't the place for it. If you have ideas for &lt;em&gt;discussion&lt;/em&gt; then take a look at the &lt;a href=&quot;http://ubuntuforums.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Forums&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="866" LastActivityDate="2010-11-02T17:02:47.317" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="656" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-11-02T19:35:24.220" Score="5" ViewCount="76" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/501/can-we-make-the-ask-question-button-stand-out-more&quot;&gt;Can we make the &amp;ldquo;ask question&amp;rdquo; button stand out more?&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've used stackoverflow, photo.stackexchange.com and others, but I couldn't find the &quot;ask question&quot; button on askubuntu.com.  After 30s I pulled up stackoverflow.com, found where it has the button, then found it on askubuntu.com&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The button blends into the background, I'd suggest we make it stand out!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5247" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.087" LastActivityDate="2010-11-02T19:35:24.220" Title="The &quot;Ask question&quot; button is rather obscure/hidden" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2011-02-23T14:33:38.807" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="657" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="654" CreationDate="2010-11-02T19:58:16.763" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;One place to share your ideas on Ubuntu is &lt;a href=&quot;http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="114" LastActivityDate="2010-11-02T19:58:16.763" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="658" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="659" CreationDate="2010-11-03T07:10:51.217" Score="3" ViewCount="94" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'd like to know how long a comment I've written is &quot;available&quot; to be re-edited...&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Either I'm too slow, or its too fast...  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, what limits are there on deleting a comment? ...(which I couldn't re-edit because it timed out on me.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2670" LastEditorDisplayName="Roger Pate" LastEditDate="2010-11-03T10:30:31.930" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Comment re-edit time-out is too short.. and Is there a limit on deleting my comments?" Tags="|support|comments|editing|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="659" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="658" CreationDate="2010-11-03T10:28:26.237" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;You have a five minute editing window.  (Same as for editing questions and answers without showing as a new edit.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are no limits on deleting your own comments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know there should be a better SO.meta post about it, but I did find &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/33997/please-ditch-the-five-minute-window-on-comment-editing&quot;&gt;Please ditch the five-minute window on comment editing&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Roger Pate" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2010-11-03T10:28:26.237" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="660" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="661" CreationDate="2010-11-04T00:36:43.313" Score="7" ViewCount="168" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/19738/who-is-the-community-user&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; the community user bumps old unanswered questions so that they get another shot at getting answered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've seen it do it a couple times in the past but it doesn't seem like it's a regular thing. It doesn't seem like it's doing it hourly as is stated in the meta.SO answer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this something that just kicks in after X amount of days or after a certain threshold?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="1406746" LastEditDate="2022-11-04T17:38:35.757" LastActivityDate="2022-11-04T17:38:35.757" Title="When does the community user start bumping old questions?" Tags="|support|questions|community-user|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="661" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="660" CreationDate="2010-11-04T02:59:51.780" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/-1/community&quot;&gt;Community&lt;/a&gt; user bumps some number* of randomly chosen questions per hour that meet the following criteria.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is not closed&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Does not have an accepted answer&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Does not have an upvoted answer&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Hasn't been bumped (by users or automated actions) in last 30 days&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Has a non-negative score&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;*On AskUbuntu, this number is 1.  It varies across the network.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2010-11-04T02:59:51.780" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="662" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="60" CreationDate="2010-11-04T07:49:50.797" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;GUI answers are preferred&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ubuntu is aiming to be the linux for human beings and to encourage wide spread adoption of linux on the desktop.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is nothing that puts a new linux user off more then finding that to fix their problem or do what they want they have to type magic commands into a terminal. Their are no widespread popular operating systems which require a normal user to ever touch the command line.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The problem is that ubuntu currently has a large base of geek users who are comfortable with the commandline meta.askubuntu is an even geekier subset of that group. And so you get the answers you see here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As long as we provide answers that require the use of the command line ubuntu will stay as a geeky minority on the desktop. We need to make an effort to break out of our geekiness and embrace the GUI. Provide the kind of answers that will make ubuntu approachable to normal everyday computer users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I will point to the &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/50/who-is-the-public-for-which-this-service-is-intended-exactly&quot;&gt;accepted answer&lt;/a&gt; about who AskUbuntu is for:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This StackExchange effort was initiated and promoted by Evan Dandrea and myself. We were hoping to address the needs of the average user who wants an operating system that Just Works. These people are not tech savvy, don't know what a terminal is, and are not interested in joining the Ubuntu community -- they merely have straightforward questions about Ubuntu and want straightforward answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;So there you have it the target user does not know what the terminal is.&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;The target user will not know what to do with your terminal command,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In line with this I will no longer be upvoting command line or config file based answers if their is a GUI alternative. The exception to this is for advanced questions which are geeky in nature.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="448" LastEditorUserId="448" LastEditDate="2010-11-04T23:03:19.697" LastActivityDate="2010-11-04T23:03:19.697" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="664" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="309" CreationDate="2010-11-05T11:30:05.137" Score="2" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Do you think it interferes with the &quot;flow&quot; of what people are discussing if I flood the page with edits?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes and no.  This isn't a discussion site; yet people discussing in comments and watching for new answers won't be affected.  But it does interfere with people looking at the homepage to see recently active questions.  However, AU has enough activity now to restore that fairly quickly.  OTGH, if several people do this often, that would be a problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe you should still do this kind of editing.  It helps to lump all the edits for a single page together; so instead of coming back later for subsequent edits and edits to other posts (i.e. answers or the question if you originally were editing an answer), get it all done at once.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Roger Pate" LastActivityDate="2010-11-05T11:30:05.137" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="666" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="501" CreationDate="2010-11-05T11:49:39.073" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I also found it a little oddly placed the first time, but this may be due to plenty of experience with SO and beta sites, as it is placed differently.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As more sites leave beta (and get their own unique designs) and we get more users who don't have previous experience with Stack Exchange, this should become much less of a problem.  To compare, an example of the former is the &lt;a href=&quot;https://photo.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;photography&lt;/a&gt; site, which has an even more drastic change to the page heading layout.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not saying we &lt;em&gt;shouldn't&lt;/em&gt; ask to change it, only that the problem probably feels exaggerated to us now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Roger Pate" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-12T07:30:58.180" LastActivityDate="2010-11-05T11:49:39.073" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="667" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="539" CreationDate="2010-11-05T11:58:40.637" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;(moved from comments)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I agree it draws a bit more attention than needed. What do you think if the pencil icon is in orange, and the circle is just a 1px outline? – Jin Oct 18 at 7:53&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I updated the edit icon tonight, both for the main site and meta. The changes will be in the next deployment. – Jin Oct 30 at 2:42&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The change is now live.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Roger Pate" LastActivityDate="2010-11-05T11:58:40.637" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-11-05T11:58:40.637" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="668" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="669" CreationDate="2010-11-05T17:03:38.140" Score="1" ViewCount="103" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/658/comment-re-edit-time-out-is-too-short-and-is-there-a-limit-on-deleting-my-comm&quot;&gt;Comment re-edit time-out is too short.. and Is there a limit on deleting my comments?&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was surprised of this feature. What is it useful for?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2591" LastEditorUserId="2591" LastEditDate="2010-11-05T17:13:24.663" LastActivityDate="2010-11-06T01:17:38.837" Title="Why limit the number of times I can edit a comment?" Tags="|discussion|comments|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2013-01-12T10:08:17.213" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="669" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="668" CreationDate="2010-11-06T01:17:38.837" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's not limited by edit count, but by &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/658/comment-re-edit-time-out-is-too-short-and-is-there-a-limit-on-deleting-my-comme/659#659&quot;&gt;time&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Roger Pate" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.227" LastActivityDate="2010-11-06T01:17:38.837" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="670" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-11-06T07:45:46.167" Score="4" ViewCount="79" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sometime, I would like to create questions for a few issues.  Since I don't have enough reputation, when I submit the second question, I am told to wait 20 minutes.  The page does not tell up when first the question was posted.  I have to guess it been 20 minutes or not.  Sometime I guess wrong, but I am asked to solve a captcha to be returned to the same page again?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why not tell the people to wait again first and check if they are a human being only after the 20 minutes is off?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3999" LastEditorDisplayName="Roger Pate" LastEditDate="2010-11-06T11:51:00.200" LastActivityDate="2010-11-06T11:51:00.200" Title="Why I am asked if I am a human being each time to be told that it has not been 20 minutes yet?" Tags="|feature-request|asking-questions|captcha|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="671" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="548" CreationDate="2010-11-06T13:01:21.430" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;For reference, the source syntax for a package called NAME is&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;code&gt;[NAME](http://packages.ubuntu.com/NAME) [![Install NAME](https://hostmar.co/software-small)](http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/NAME)&lt;/code&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;(for titles, there is also &lt;code&gt;software-large&lt;/code&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other answers show various means of automation that generate this from the name you enter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1059" LastEditorUserId="1059" LastEditDate="2017-04-03T00:24:33.817" LastActivityDate="2017-04-03T00:24:33.817" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="673" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="693" CreationDate="2010-11-06T15:28:36.830" Score="3" ViewCount="68" Body="&lt;p&gt;(This might be stack generic so this might belong on meta.SO, but then again it might only be interesting to AU so...)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my never ending quest to get more existing teams in Ubuntu to use Ask I am encouraging them to take ownership of their related tags. For example having the security team watching the security tag, etc. Here's what the security tag looks like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/FUz6y.png&quot; alt=&quot;alt text&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just like any other tag. Now, Kees went ahead and added information in the &quot;about the security tag&quot;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/cCEFK.png&quot; alt=&quot;alt text&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some good info there. The problem is that it's buried in &quot;about the security tag&quot; bit. Would it be a good idea to allow some links in the tag description on the top level page of a tag?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Allow formatting in tag wiki headers." Tags="|discussion|feature-request|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="674" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="673" CreationDate="2010-11-06T15:30:50.560" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here's something I mocked up. Basically allowing some links in the description of a tag might help point people to where they can get official support, etc. It should certainly be limited (I don't think having a ton of information there would be useful), but just something that allows a team to point people to contact information, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/u0qde.png&quot; alt=&quot;alt text&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2010-11-06T15:30:50.560" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="675" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="677" CreationDate="2010-11-07T01:52:46.670" Score="13" ViewCount="246" Body="&lt;p&gt;(I am reposting a question from &lt;a href=&quot;https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/132734&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Launchpad Answers&lt;/a&gt;.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From what I see, in the Ubuntu community we now have 2 official tools for asking questions related to Ubuntu. One is hosted by &lt;a href=&quot;https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Launchpad Answers&lt;/a&gt; the other by &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/&quot;&gt;StackExchange&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are there any recommendations for when to use one tool and when to use another?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should we post the same question in both places?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5522" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2010-11-07T08:51:53.777" Title="When should we use Launchpad Answers and when Ask Ubuntu" Tags="|discussion|launchpad|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="676" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="243" CreationDate="2010-11-07T01:57:20.697" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think that aksubuntu.com can provide an user friendly service for learning how Launchpad helps Ubuntu.&#xA;In the same time, I am not sure if the LP developers are using askubuntu.com. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For better results I suggest using the &lt;a href=&quot;https://launchpad.net/~launchpad-users&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Launchpad users mailinglist list&lt;/a&gt; (I know is not that user friendly ... but rather developer friendly) or ask a question in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/132734&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;„Answers” section for Launchpad itself&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5522" LastActivityDate="2010-11-07T01:57:20.697" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="677" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="675" CreationDate="2010-11-07T08:48:22.557" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;Firstly just to clarify, Ask Ubuntu is not strictly speaking &quot;official&quot;, although it has had quite a bit of support from the community, and from Canonical. There is talk that at some point Ask Ubuntu could become official and replace the Launchpad Answers functionality.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the meantime I'd suggest you use whichever you prefer, and feel you get better answers on. While you make up your mind which is most useful to you, doing as you've done here, and asking on both is perfectly acceptable in my opinion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are some fundamental differences in the format of each site though. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/&quot;&gt;Ask Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt; has a &quot;voting design&quot; with people competing to provide better answers, which can be voted up. There is a hope these can be useful and interesting to a wide number of people (or for more specialised questions easily findable through Google). Ask Ubuntu allows for a range of formatting (links, images, headings, bullet points, etc) not found on Launchpad Answers.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Launchpad Answers&lt;/a&gt; is in a &quot;forum style&quot;, essentially in the form of a discussion. This is particularly useful for troubleshooting problems because it allows for easier back and forth conversation. It is possible to ask a question about a particular package, and other people who are interested in that package will be notified by email. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a very broad generalisation, I find questions on Launchpad Answers are hardware questions, whereas  questions about software and the Ubuntu ecosphere tend to flourish on Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="866" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2010-11-07T08:48:22.557" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="678" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="691" CreationDate="2010-11-07T10:54:49.467" Score="2" ViewCount="212" Body="&lt;p&gt;Hi,&#xA;My question is about when somebody have a solution (e.g., specific problem which affect a couple of people), but nobody ask for different reasons. This question is similar as &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/107/should-we-seed-the-site-with-questions-and-answers&quot;&gt;Should we seed the site with questions and answers?&lt;/a&gt; but shift the focus to share up to date knowledge.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sincerely,&#xA;Ivaylo Raynov &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5341" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.087" LastActivityDate="2010-11-17T13:31:13.703" Title="Is it appropriate to Ask question and provide an Answer to topic which is not mentioned?" Tags="|discussion|answers|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="679" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="688" CreationDate="2010-11-07T11:01:52.643" Score="2" ViewCount="829" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have accidently created two user accounts but logging in with two different OpenID's, I foogot I already had an account.  Is there a way to merge the two accounts into one as I have questions on one account and some kudos on the other.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The two accounts are &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/3038/stephen-judge&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/users/3038/stephen-judge&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/5716/stephen-judge&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/users/5716/stephen-judge&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user5716" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2010-11-07T23:23:29.710" Title="Merge two User Accounts" Tags="|support|status-completed|user-accounts|duplicate-accounts|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="681" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-11-07T17:16:06.937" Score="0" ViewCount="78" Body="&lt;pre&gt;&#xA;Blockquote&#xA;&#xA;Blockquote&gt; HelloBlockquote&#xA;&#xA;Blockquote&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Above is an example of what I get when trying to create a blockquote using the toolbar button. I'm fairly sure this isn't what's meant to happen. I've also seen this in a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/11941/revisions&quot;&gt;few places&lt;/a&gt; on the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="866" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Blockquote button broken?" Tags="|bug|status-deferred|markdown|formatting|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="682" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="681" CreationDate="2010-11-07T19:33:07.180" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Turns out this is a Chrome 6 (and above) bug - see &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/63307/blockquote-glitch-in-editor-in-chrome-6&quot;&gt;Blockquote glitch in editor in Chrome 6 and 7&lt;/a&gt; on Meta Stackoverflow.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="866" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2010-11-07T19:33:07.180" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="683" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-11-07T19:42:32.860" Score="4" ViewCount="94" Body="&lt;p&gt;I know there is a way to get ALL questions through a feed, but what about great questions? Are they listed independently somewhere?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If not, can I do it with a yahoo pipe? Any cues as to how I should do it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I thought about this today, because some questions contain extremely nice insight, and I clearly don't check the site often enough to see them all. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="119" LastEditorDisplayName="Roger Pate" LastEditDate="2010-11-07T23:00:23.957" LastActivityDate="2011-06-26T11:02:21.337" Title="Is there a way to generate an rss feed with all questions that get 10+ upvotes?" Tags="|support|feeds|searching|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="684" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-11-07T20:54:07.523" Score="61" ViewCount="2344" Body="&lt;p&gt;(Inspired by &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/11947/how-do-i-connect-to-a-wireless-network-using-a-tp-link-tl-wn321g-usb-adapter&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; about Mint. )&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You only have to look at Wikipedia to find a &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Linux_distributions#Ubuntu-based&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;long long list&lt;/a&gt; of Ubuntu derivatives - should we allow, or even actively encourage, questions regarding these on Ask Ubuntu?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="866" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2017-02-27T16:42:00.857" Title="Are Linux Mint (and other unofficial derivatives of Ubuntu) questions on topic?" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="6" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="685" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="684" CreationDate="2010-11-07T20:56:51.637" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;My gut feeling is that this is okay, providing the question would also apply on Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So for instance that networking question would apply equally to Ubuntu (as it's a derivative) so would be on-topic, however if the question was about Mint specific applications/community then it would be off-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="866" LastActivityDate="2010-11-07T20:56:51.637" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="686" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="684" CreationDate="2010-11-07T21:07:55.067" Score="60" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't think it will be useful, there's no way to tell if an unofficial derivative has the same setup/versions/packages as an official Ubuntu release, it will just lead to confusion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Those questions should just go on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://unix.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;Unix and Linux Stack Exchange&lt;/a&gt;. There's no need to leave disparaging comments or downvoting the person for posting the wrong thing, just flag it for migration it and put &quot;This should be on unix/linux se&quot; in the text field so a moderator knows it needs to be moved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;For bonus points be neighborly and upvote if appropriate on UL and flag comments that will then be out of context. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sort of the same reason you wouldn't post about an unofficial derivative on an ubuntu list, or ask for ubuntu support on ask.debian.net, etc. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See also:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/5877/why-are-questions-about-specifically-ubuntu-based-distros-off-limits&quot;&gt;Why are questions about (specifically) Ubuntu based distros off-limits?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2014-08-26T02:24:07.067" LastActivityDate="2014-08-26T02:24:07.067" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="688" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="679" CreationDate="2010-11-07T23:23:18.803" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your accounts have been merged.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2010-11-07T23:23:18.803" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="689" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="690" CreationDate="2010-11-08T00:10:47.720" Score="10" ViewCount="166" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is there any way to connect to Stack Exchange chat rooms in Pidgin or Empathy or a different chat program?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5674" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-04-13T13:35:12.233" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Stack Exchange chat via Pidgin, Empathy, etc?" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|chat|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="690" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="689" CreationDate="2010-11-08T00:55:30.130" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;No.  Various people are working on doing that by manually handling the Javascript, but there is no official API or anything like that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;FWIW, I think using well-known protocols/clients is the killer feature chat is missing and would &lt;em&gt;love&lt;/em&gt; to see that happen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Roger Pate" LastActivityDate="2010-11-08T00:55:30.130" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="691" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="678" CreationDate="2010-11-08T02:20:53.330" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think you're asking if it's ok to ask a question and provide your own answer. From the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq&quot;&gt;FAQ&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;It's also perfectly fine to ask and answer your own question, as long as you pretend you're on Jeopardy: phrase it in the form of a question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2010-11-08T02:20:53.330" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="693" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="673" CreationDate="2010-11-09T15:58:44.417" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/62208/markdown-seems-not-to-work-in-tag-information-excerpts/62218#62218&quot;&gt;this answer&lt;/a&gt; this appears intentional to keep the pages cleaner. (Thanks for the pointer moberley)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2010-11-09T15:58:44.417" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="694" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="695" CreationDate="2010-11-09T22:43:25.077" Score="3" ViewCount="62" Body="&lt;p&gt;What do you think about separation of Q&amp;amp;A feed to specific branches, like Ask Ubuntu Hardware Q&amp;amp;A, Software Q&amp;amp;A, Drivers, Games and so on ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5011" LastEditorDisplayName="Roger Pate" LastEditDate="2010-11-10T18:09:21.493" LastActivityDate="2010-11-10T18:09:21.493" Title="Separation of Q&amp;A feed to specific topics" Tags="|feature-request|feeds|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="695" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="694" CreationDate="2010-11-10T03:24:54.587" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;There does already exist a separation between different questions based on Tags which are applied to questions. These help in the separation of questions in different categories. I do not think another level of separation is required.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="87" LastActivityDate="2010-11-10T03:24:54.587" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="696" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-11-10T14:37:09.793" Score="5" ViewCount="142" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've seen a couple of questions which actually were multiple questions at once. It's not only hard to answer if you don't know the answers to all of them, but also difficult for the questioner to accept an answer, if only multiple answers cover all of his questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I suggest to extend the pre-populated title text when opening a new question with something like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://img.xrmb2.net/images/758109.png&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3037" LastActivityDate="2010-11-10T15:47:45.350" Title="Give users a hint not to ask multiple questions at once" Tags="|feature-request|asking-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="697" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="696" CreationDate="2010-11-10T15:47:45.350" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think there are genuine cases where you have an issue that consists of more than one question where you have a sequence of things to do and you need help along the way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;I think it's more important to focus on the issue than the number of question marks.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One issue per thread but as many embedded sub-questions as makes sense.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can't think of a good hypothetical question today but I have a real example on StackOverflow: &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/questions/956700/how-best-to-convince-people-to-upgrade-ie&quot;&gt;How best to convince people to upgrade IE?&lt;/a&gt; This is an umbrella question with several little related questions. Some people answered the main question, some people answered the sub-questions. The end result was a large block of answers that collectively impart a lot of information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think my sub-questions there don't derail the main question at all. They all help to  concrete the scope of the issue and they also help people answer in directions that I wanted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Picking one best answer wasn't tough. There was one answer that proved the most useful to me but lots of answers that I voted up. That's kind of the point of voting. It makes sure that all the helpful answers get to the top.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is of course a limit to all this and that pulls me back to &lt;strong&gt;one issue&lt;/strong&gt;. As soon as a sub-question becomes something else completely, there's no sense in it being part of the first thread.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's not black, moderators have to keep on top of it... But I think it's a lot healthier than forcing people (or making them feel forced) to split up perfectly related questions when they're just trying to resolve a single problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2010-11-10T15:47:45.350" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="698" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="684" CreationDate="2010-11-10T17:04:32.207" Score="-2" Body="&lt;p&gt;As of the present moment I find no problem with questions being asked relating to ubuntu derivatives. But come natty narhwhal and the long list of radically new features proposed for it, that would be a problem. Mint is by far the most popular derivative and its developer clement lefevbre has already said NO to UNITY and WAYLAND. I think we would significant differences cropping up in the near future.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5845" LastActivityDate="2010-11-10T17:04:32.207" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="700" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="694" CreationDate="2010-11-10T18:08:32.037" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can already get a feed for a specific tag (the link is on a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tags/hardware&quot;&gt;tag page&lt;/a&gt; in the same location as &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/588&quot;&gt;question feed links&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want a group of related tags, you can use an &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/tagsets&quot;&gt;SE tag set&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Roger Pate" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2010-11-10T18:08:32.037" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="701" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="319" CreationDate="2010-11-11T00:21:32.647" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'd love to see e-reader versions of the data, so I could load up askubuntu.com on my kindle for example.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2010-11-11T00:21:32.647" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-11-11T00:21:32.647" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="702" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-11-11T18:25:06.463" Score="8" ViewCount="186" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/533/are-there-any-plans-for-localized-ask-ubuntu-instances&quot;&gt;Are there any plans for localized Ask Ubuntu instances?&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am native speaking german. Would be great to have this site in my language.&#xA;What should I do?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5955" OwnerDisplayName="alfalive" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.087" LastActivityDate="2012-08-20T15:41:30.490" Title="Comes ask Ubuntu in different languages?" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|asking-questions|languages|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2010-12-12T20:40:06.950" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="703" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="351" CreationDate="2010-11-12T07:48:02.687" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ok, so accepting an answer gives the person who answered it some reputation. So what? What's in it for you? A measly 2 reputation points? How about something a little more helpful?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Well, when you accept answers to all your questions, it establishes that answers to your questions are worth more reputation points. So when you ask questions in the future, people will be more willing to spend more effort to bring you better answers to those questions, because they know there are rewards. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, accepting answers to your questions makes this website more useful to you, by improving the quality of future answers to your questions. It's a positive feedback loop, and it's part of the genius of the whole StackExchange platform.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="880" LastActivityDate="2010-11-12T07:48:02.687" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="704" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="702" CreationDate="2010-11-12T18:05:21.843" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ubuntu has a reputation for promoting diversity through its &lt;strong&gt;Non-English support&lt;/strong&gt;. Due to it, people around the world can use Ubuntu in their native language or choosing one of the several different &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com/support/community/locallanguage&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;languages&lt;/a&gt;. We also have the efforts of &lt;strong&gt;LoCo Teams&lt;/strong&gt;, promoting and coordinating the community around the world. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Both (&lt;strong&gt;Non-English support&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;LoCo Teams&lt;/strong&gt;) are reasons for Ask Ubuntu to support another idioms questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5944" LastEditorUserId="5944" LastEditDate="2010-11-12T18:18:15.543" LastActivityDate="2010-11-12T18:18:15.543" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="705" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="702" CreationDate="2010-11-12T18:40:02.103" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/631/what-was-discussed-and-what-was-the-outcome-of-the-ask-ubuntu-uds-n-session/634#634&quot;&gt;results of the UDS session&lt;/a&gt; will help answer your question. (Short story: yes, the SO team is aware of our needs for multi-language support)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2010-11-12T18:40:02.103" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="707" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-11-12T22:19:37.543" Score="30" ViewCount="8354" Body="&lt;p&gt;Guys, I was looking in a question when I found a different way to markup keyboard (combination of keys) to express commands. I cant found a previously answer about Markdown (except &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/348/what-html-and-or-markdown-code-is-allowed-in-comments&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt;, but not covering my question). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I take the screenshot below (because I dont know how to call it ehehehe):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/qclGv.png&quot; alt=&quot;markup keyboard shortcut like in this&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the Markdown tag used to show &lt;strong&gt;Ctrl + D&lt;/strong&gt; as showed above?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5944" LastEditorUserId="866" LastEditDate="2010-11-13T21:30:38.830" LastActivityDate="2010-11-13T21:30:38.830" Title="How to use keyboard 'icon' in markdown?" Tags="|support|answer-format|markdown|formatting|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="708" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-11-13T00:16:40.490" Score="19" ViewCount="2478" Body="&lt;h2&gt;About:&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;StackExchange Data Dump Viewer is a small Qt-based application that allows you to view the contents of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/11/creative-commons-data-dump-nov-10/&quot;&gt;data dumps&lt;/a&gt;. This includes the Ask Ubuntu data dump.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Code:&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The application is written in C++ using the Qt framework. The project depends on &lt;em&gt;libqtwebkit&lt;/em&gt; as well, because some of the interface is implemented in HTML and associated technologies.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The code is located on Launchpad &lt;a href=&quot;https://launchpad.net/aubrowser&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. To build the project, simply follow the instructions in the README file included in the repository.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Screenshot:&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/lMPiw.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This application does imply the following questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;First off, &lt;strong&gt;what information do we want presented?&lt;/strong&gt; It doesn't seem to make sense to display a lot of user information due to the intended use of the application. (Primarily a means to lookup information offline.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Currently, the plan is to have a 'virtual filesystem' that represents the data - and the application will then allow you to browse that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ideas:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;/questions/votes&lt;/strong&gt; - Questions sorted by votes. &lt;em&gt;[implemented]&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;strong&gt;/questions/views&lt;/strong&gt; - Questions sorted by views. &lt;em&gt;[implemented]&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;strong&gt;/questions/tagged/&lt;i&gt;{tag}&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; - Questions with a given tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Obviously we need more, but that's a start.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strike&gt;Secondly, the data is licensed under a &lt;a href=&quot;http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;CC-Wiki w/ attribution&lt;/a&gt; license, so each page needs to have a link at the bottom indicating this and pointing to the original source of the information.&lt;/strike&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;em&gt;[taken care of]&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If anyone thinks of anything else, or has a suggestion, please post it as an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastEditorUserId="866" LastEditDate="2010-11-20T15:00:27.000" LastActivityDate="2011-04-12T09:36:03.587" Title="StackExchange Data Dump Viewer - A Desktop Tool for Viewing the StackExchange Data Dumps" Tags="|discussion|data-dump|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="709" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="707" CreationDate="2010-11-13T16:17:34.187" Score="36" Body="&lt;p&gt;Guys, I found it! just adding the html tag &lt;strong&gt;kbd&lt;/strong&gt; as:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;kbd&amp;gt;Alt&amp;lt;/kbd&amp;gt;+&amp;lt;kbd&amp;gt;F2&amp;lt;/kbd&amp;gt;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That will produce &lt;kbd&gt;Alt&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;F2&lt;/kbd&gt;. Would be very nice if someone able to edit &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/editing-help&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/editing-help&lt;/a&gt; and add this feature.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5944" LastActivityDate="2010-11-13T16:17:34.187" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="710" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="708" CreationDate="2010-11-14T08:42:10.783" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Perhaps only the highest rated/accepted answer could be shown by default on each question's page, with a bit of Javascript to &quot;Show other answers (4)&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This would help reduce low ranked answers, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="866" LastActivityDate="2010-11-14T08:42:10.783" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="711" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="708" CreationDate="2010-11-14T08:44:23.293" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;It would be good to have some system by which questions tagged &quot;7.04&quot; wouldn't show up on a Ubuntu 10.10 system. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is probably more complex that it would first seem, because a lot of questions tagged 10.10 will probably also apply to 10.04, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The switch to Unity is also going to create some issues in ensuring questions in the browser are relevant.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="866" LastActivityDate="2010-11-14T08:44:23.293" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="712" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="708" CreationDate="2010-11-14T08:54:15.463" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Not a priority, but would be good to get apt.ubuntu.com somehow redirected to the Software Centre (without an internet connection they won't work at present).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="866" LastActivityDate="2010-11-14T08:54:15.463" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="713" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="714" CreationDate="2010-11-15T10:01:45.350" Score="7" ViewCount="190" Body="&lt;p&gt;When we spot a duplicate question, what is the best way to handle it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course if we have a huge reputation, we can just do it, but when we don't have enough reputation we should have ways to notify peers that this question should be reviewed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So how to proceed, do we add a tag &quot;possible-duplicates&quot; that could be searched for more easily? The drawback of this is that you still need enough reputation to be able to retag a question. So do you have better ideas?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3004" LastActivityDate="2010-11-15T12:30:38.750" Title="When we see a potential duplicate, how should we handle it when we don't have proper privileges?" Tags="|support|duplicates|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="714" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="713" CreationDate="2010-11-15T12:30:38.750" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Underneath all questions there are four buttons: &quot;link edit close flag&quot;. If you click on &lt;em&gt;flag&lt;/em&gt; then a box will pop-up allowing you to enter a message for the attention the site moderators. Enter something along the lines of &quot;Duplicate, &lt;a href=&quot;http://link-to-other-question.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://link-to-other-question.com/&lt;/a&gt;&quot;. This will bring it to the attention of our wonderful moderators.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may also like to add a &lt;em&gt;comment&lt;/em&gt; to the question with the same information. This helps the question asker to get an answer, but also stops the community duplicating effort and answering the duplicate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think that adding a tag such as &quot;possible-duplicates&quot; should be avoided.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="866" LastActivityDate="2010-11-15T12:30:38.750" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="715" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="533" CreationDate="2010-11-15T16:18:51.113" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/631/what-was-discussed-and-what-was-the-outcome-of-the-ask-ubuntu-uds-n-session/634#634&quot;&gt;results of the UDS session&lt;/a&gt; will help answer your question. (Short story: yes, the SO team is aware of our needs for multi-language support)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.150" LastActivityDate="2010-11-15T16:18:51.113" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="716" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="718" CreationDate="2010-11-16T21:18:44.787" Score="35" ViewCount="691" Body="&lt;p&gt;Why are you only allowed to comment on other people's posts when you reached 50 reputation? In my opinion comments are a good way to ask people to clarify their questions or add additional information to problems. That's why I see no sense in limiting people's ability to comment questions. But maybe I'm just overlooking something here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are the reasons for that policy?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3320" LastEditorUserId="866" LastEditDate="2010-11-16T21:50:03.647" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Why are you only allowed to comment with 50 rep?" Tags="|discussion|comments|reputation|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="717" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-11-16T21:44:23.727" Score="7" ViewCount="69" Body="&lt;p&gt;Having gained &quot;create tag&quot; privilege I noticed tags are created when asking a new question. I can't seem to find how to add a new tag to an existing question. Is this possible ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4601" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2014-01-09T18:56:51.630" LastActivityDate="2014-01-09T18:56:51.630" Title="How can I create a new tag for an existing question?" Tags="|support|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="718" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="716" CreationDate="2010-11-16T21:45:19.453" Score="30" Body="&lt;p&gt;Take a look at &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/56565/why-is-there-a-threshold-to-add-a-comment-or-why-cant-we-send-private-messages/56613#56613&quot;&gt;this answer&lt;/a&gt; from one of the creators of the software Ask Ubuntu runs on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There may be people on Ask Ubuntu who disagree with this, but we're unlikely to see it change.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;There's a 50 rep threshold on comments mainly because we want users to focus first on the core part of a Q&amp;A site -- asking great questions and providing great answers!&#xA;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Also, comments tend to be meta-commentary, which while useful and often illuminating, isn't providing an answer.&#xA;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&#xA;We want users to learn this distinction before they are allowed to comment, hence, the requirement to earn 50 reputation.&#xA;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&#xA;(and remember, you can always comment on your own posts (and any answers to your questions) with only 1 reputation.)&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="866" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2010-11-16T21:45:19.453" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="719" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="533" CreationDate="2010-11-16T22:14:54.603" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;As an alternative you can try Shapado:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://ubuntu.shapado.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://ubuntu.shapado.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The community there is small but growing. Many languages are available, they just don't have many users yet but anyone is welcome to make it their Ubuntu questions destination. It's also free, open source software so you can contribute there in other ways too. I don't personally participate there as a developer, BTW.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4601" LastEditorUserId="866" LastEditDate="2011-10-11T05:41:14.863" LastActivityDate="2011-10-11T05:41:14.863" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="720" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="717" CreationDate="2010-11-16T22:17:24.370" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Create tags abilities come at 300 rep. This allows you to create a new tag. You can add existing tags to questions through suggested edits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's in the reputation section of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/create-tags&quot;&gt;FAQ&lt;/a&gt;. I notice you taking charge of touchpad questions (thanks for that) - feel free to ping me if you want to retag some questions in the meantime.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2014-01-09T18:53:34.007" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="721" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="708" CreationDate="2010-11-17T06:52:16.330" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;An issue I noticed which might be troublesome, is images. If this is intended for offline viewing the images from the dump will either need to be pre-fetched and cached to disk or removed from posts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2010-11-17T06:52:16.330" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="722" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="678" CreationDate="2010-11-17T10:17:54.397" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm disappointed you didn't answer this question yourself! ;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In all seriousness though, I think that there is a difference between asking and answering a question just because it's not already covered on the site, compared to asking a question and then stumbling across the answer while investigating it yourself (before any other users have been able to answer it).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4409" LastEditorUserId="4409" LastEditDate="2010-11-17T13:31:13.703" LastActivityDate="2010-11-17T13:31:13.703" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="723" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="75" CreationDate="2010-11-21T07:37:45.690" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu is now available in the Stack Exchange Data Explorer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/ubuntu/queries&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://data.stackexchange.com/ubuntu/queries&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The meta site is also available:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/ubuntumeta/queries&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://data.stackexchange.com/ubuntumeta/queries&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="453" LastEditorUserId="453" LastEditDate="2011-02-27T03:35:56.077" LastActivityDate="2011-02-27T03:35:56.077" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-11-21T07:37:45.690" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="724" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-11-21T08:38:30.397" Score="23" ViewCount="521" Body="&lt;p&gt;Migration paths allow for questions to be moved from Ask Ubuntu to other sites in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/sites&quot;&gt;Stack Exchange network&lt;/a&gt;. The idea is that rather than simply closing questions as being &quot;off-topic&quot;, then the questions can be moved to be the correct Q&amp;amp;A website.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These could allow us to keep our site on topic and at the same time not being 'mean' by simply closing questions and effectively preventing the asker from getting answers to valid (but off-topic) questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From the &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/10/new-question-migration-paths/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Stack Exchange blog&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you’d like to make a case that a migration path should be unlocked between two sites — show us examples of those questions being closed as off-topic on the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So what migration paths would we like?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="866" LastEditorUserId="1059" LastEditDate="2013-08-09T09:57:27.183" LastActivityDate="2019-02-07T12:53:43.347" Title="Migration Paths?" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|migration|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="725" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="724" CreationDate="2010-11-21T08:52:31.550" Score="20" Body="&lt;p&gt;I believe it should be possible to move questions from Ask Ubuntu to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Unix/Linux site&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Examples of questions that have been closed that could have been migrated include:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/12768/where-can-i-see-debian-squeeze-selected-artwork-closed&quot;&gt;Where can I see Debian Squeeze selected artwork? [closed]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/11405/are-my-packages-that-outdated-that-installing-one-package-breaks-dependencies-and&quot;&gt;Are my packages that outdated that installing one package breaks dependencies and suggests I remove &lt;em&gt;critical&lt;/em&gt; packages? [closed]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Additionally, it seems that the general consensus from &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/684/linux-mint-and-other-unofficial-derivatives-on-topic&quot;&gt;this discussion&lt;/a&gt; is that we are not warmly welcoming questions on Ubuntu derivatives such as Linux Mint. So far none of these questions have been closed, but I suspect the community would be far happier closing questions about Ubuntu derivatives if they were being sent on to Unix/Linux rather than being simply trashed. Examples include:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/11947/how-do-i-connect-to-a-wireless-network-using-a-tp-link-tl-wn321g-usb-adapter&quot;&gt;How do I connect to a wireless network using a TP-Link TL-WN321G USB adapter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/14242/additional-driver-install-fails-says-check-var-log-jockey-log&quot;&gt;Additional Driver Install fails, says check “/var/log/jockey.log”&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/15271/keryx-is-closing-unexpectedly-in-linuxmint-10)&quot;&gt;Keryx is closing unexpectedly in Linuxmint 10&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Note: I appreciate there is likely to be less support for migration of questions in the opposite direction, from Unix/Linux SE to Ask Ubuntu, so that isn't part of this proposal.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="866" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:37:19.280" LastActivityDate="2010-11-28T19:27:19.840" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="726" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="75" CreationDate="2010-11-21T20:25:18.053" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have written a tool that can be used to view the data dumps offline:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/708/stackexchange-data-dump-viewer-a-desktop-tool-for-viewing-the-stackexchange-dat&quot;&gt;StackExchange Data Dump Viewer - A Desktop Tool for Viewing the StackExchange Data Dumps&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Screenshot:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/lMPiw.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastActivityDate="2010-11-21T20:25:18.053" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-11-21T20:25:18.053" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="727" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="729" CreationDate="2010-11-22T16:32:56.450" Score="2" ViewCount="148" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a regular at askubuntu and tend to gloss over all the questions. Is there a way to enable auto reload on the main questions page so that new questions can be seen without refreshing the page. If not is there a greasemonkey script which can do this for me?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5845" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="enabling auto reload for askubuntu main questions page" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="728" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="727" CreationDate="2010-11-22T16:36:28.580" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4597/refresh-on-the-frontpage&quot;&gt;This question&lt;/a&gt; on MSO should give you some information on browser tools to do this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2010-11-22T16:36:28.580" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="729" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="727" CreationDate="2010-11-23T03:24:42.173" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you're using Firefox there is an extension that does just this: &lt;a href=&quot;https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/115/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;ReloadEvery Mozilla Firefox Addon&lt;/a&gt; However, I've found that pressing F5 is a good way to reload the page as I browse through the site. With this I'm able to know what question was last at the &quot;top&quot; and judge how many were added since I last checked.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2010-11-23T03:24:42.173" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="730" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-11-23T12:23:54.517" Score="5" ViewCount="136" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm very keen on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/command-line&quot;&gt;command-line&lt;/a&gt; tag, so I've decided to edit &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tags/command-line/info&quot;&gt;it's tag wiki&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've tried to give a gentle definition of the term, without sounding condescending to those who know about the command line already. I've also tried to provide helpful links.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Have I done it right? Are you happy with what I've come up with, or am i going in the wrong direction altogether?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Aside from this: I think the Excerpt might be a bit too basic. I'd be thankful if somebody has a better idea for what to put in it. As I've said, this tag is important to me. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2010-12-11T04:46:49.733" Title="The &quot;command-line&quot; tag wiki" Tags="|discussion|tag-wiki|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="731" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18" CreationDate="2010-11-23T13:11:20.080" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm getting an error with the latest (1.4) version:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;There was an error retrieving information from StackAuth when StackApplet was initialized.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The preferences dialog cannot be displayed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Please note that this is not an error in StackApplet - either a misconfigured Internet connection or StackAuth failure are likely the problem.&#xA;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm running maverick, and my internet connection seems fine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1012" LastActivityDate="2010-11-23T13:11:20.080" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="732" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-11-23T18:40:46.987" Score="5" ViewCount="153" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is there any reason to have both &lt;code&gt;gaming&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;games&lt;/code&gt; tags?&#xA;IMO the &lt;code&gt;games&lt;/code&gt; tag should be used instead of &lt;code&gt;gaming&lt;/code&gt;. Should we replace all &lt;code&gt;gaming&lt;/code&gt; tags with &lt;code&gt;games&lt;/code&gt; or vice versa, or use tag synonyms instead? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="114" LastEditorUserId="41" LastEditDate="2010-11-26T15:14:36.417" LastActivityDate="2010-11-26T15:14:36.417" Title="'games' or 'gaming' tag?" Tags="|discussion|status-completed|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="733" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="732" CreationDate="2010-11-23T18:53:12.873" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would definitely support &lt;code&gt;gaming&lt;/code&gt; being merged into &lt;code&gt;games&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="866" LastActivityDate="2010-11-23T18:53:12.873" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="734" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="735" CreationDate="2010-11-23T22:35:28.073" Score="6" ViewCount="440" Body="&lt;p&gt;To be completely honest, I think the current font family sequence is dictated by the Ubuntu Identity Guidelines. I still think that, right now, it's kind of silly:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;  font-family: &quot;Ubuntu Beta&quot;,&#xA;                UbuntuBeta,&#xA;                Ubuntu,&#xA;               &quot;Bitstream Vera Sans&quot;,&#xA;               &quot;DejaVu Sans&quot;,&#xA;                Tahoma,&#xA;                sans-serif;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is Ask Ubuntu still using the Ubuntu Beta font and if so, why?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1938" LastEditorUserId="25798" LastEditDate="2013-08-15T19:57:50.810" LastActivityDate="2013-08-15T19:57:50.810" Title="Is Ask Ubuntu using the UbuntuBeta font?" Tags="|discussion|status-bydesign|design|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="735" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="734" CreationDate="2010-11-23T23:01:59.473" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, Askubuntu.com is still using the Beta font. I'm using the exact same css font-stack as Ubuntu.com. If the official Ubuntu site stops using the Beta font, please let me know. Until then, I want to make sure the styling on this site reflects the official site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="61" LastActivityDate="2010-11-23T23:01:59.473" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="736" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="734" CreationDate="2010-11-24T00:05:56.247" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The current Design Guidlines are as follows:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;font-family: ‘Ubuntubeta’, ‘Ubuntu’, ‘Bitstream Vera Sans’, ‘DejaVu Sans’, Tahoma, sans-serif;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From the &lt;a href=&quot;http://design.canonical.com/brand/D.%20Ubuntu%20Web%20Guidelines.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Web Guidelines&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It would appear Ask Ubuntu is following the appropriate &lt;code&gt;font-family&lt;/code&gt; line up and fall-backs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="41" LastEditDate="2010-11-24T01:47:27.797" LastActivityDate="2010-11-24T01:47:27.797" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="737" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="734" CreationDate="2010-11-24T08:07:09.793" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Beacuse the Ubuntu font is still under development, having &lt;em&gt;Ubuntu Beta&lt;/em&gt; in the CSS before plain &lt;em&gt;Ubuntu&lt;/em&gt; means that testers of new versions of the font will get the new vesrion they are testing, not the old version.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Though don't ask me why they don't just release Beta versions with &lt;em&gt;Ubuntu&lt;/em&gt; as the font name...)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="866" LastActivityDate="2010-11-24T08:07:09.793" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="738" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="739" CreationDate="2010-11-27T19:28:14.713" Score="6" ViewCount="73" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is no visible difference between &lt;a href=&quot;http://askubuntu.com&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;AskUbuntu&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;code&gt;AskUbuntu&lt;/code&gt;, even though the first occurence points to &lt;a href=&quot;http://askubuntu.com&quot;&gt;a link&lt;/a&gt; and the second doesn't.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It could be argued that it is not necessary, but stackoverflow.com gives a different color to escaped text with a link - and I think following their behaviour would be good.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Adding these rules should do the trick (StackOverflow does not have to add such rules because it does not override the color in a &lt;code&gt;code&lt;/code&gt; block):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;a code{color:#07c;}&#xA;a:visited code{color:#4A6B82;}&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3760" LastEditorUserId="61" LastEditDate="2010-11-29T16:58:01.047" LastActivityDate="2010-11-29T16:58:01.047" Title="Make links visible on escaped text" Tags="|feature-request|status-completed|design|css|hyperlinks|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="739" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="738" CreationDate="2010-11-29T08:03:47.807" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The fix will be in the next deployment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="61" LastActivityDate="2010-11-29T08:03:47.807" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="740" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-11-29T20:50:03.010" Score="17" ViewCount="203" Body="&lt;p&gt;Lately I've noticed - we have a steadily growing population of users, but voting trends appear down. How can help educate users of their right - and inherent duty - to vote? How can we help promote the idea of voting in general?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="5786" LastEditDate="2011-01-04T15:57:15.490" LastActivityDate="2011-01-04T15:57:15.490" Title="How can we motivate the community to vote more?" Tags="|discussion|voting|site-promotion|" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="2" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-11-29T20:50:37.890" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="741" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="740" CreationDate="2010-11-30T17:13:39.297" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm really at kind of a loss on what to do here, we've linked to the voting thing on the top of the site since nearly the beginning. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Perhaps we should do a strong push for mentioning the civic duty bits as we get ready for moderator elections?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2010-11-30T17:13:39.297" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-11-30T17:13:39.297" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="742" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="740" CreationDate="2010-11-30T18:37:05.353" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;A couple of observations about voting on this site from my experience.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I find that (at least personally) when there is a question about an application or OS function which I've rarely or never used it is quite difficult to know if the answer is correct. In such situations I usually don't cast any votes even when the answer is clearly well written because I don't have time to check the validity of the information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, generally speaking, I don't think that voting rates are really that bad on this site, especially when compared to the Stack Overflow original trilogy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://odata.stackexchange.com/ubuntu/s/672/voting-comparisons-arranged-by-day-of-the-week&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Voting by Day of Week - Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://odata.stackexchange.com/superuser/s/672/voting-comparisons-arranged-by-day-of-the-week&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Voting by Day of Week - Super User&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="453" LastActivityDate="2010-11-30T18:37:05.353" CommentCount="3" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-11-30T18:37:05.353" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="744" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="740" CreationDate="2010-12-01T20:39:31.770" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;As a noob to Linux, this site and community computing in general, I came here looking for answers.  I didn't realize/understand that there was this whole process of acknowledgement of people's participation in the site until I was able to answer a simple question myself.  All of a sudden I had a number next to my name and a badge.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It wasn't until this point that I began to understand the nature of this site.  I still am guilty of not taking the time to vote up those questions I think are helpful to Ubuntu users at large.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It might be helpful to have the idea of voting (more than just the link) right on the top of each page when going to read a question.  Also, without throwing too much info at the newcomer to the homepage it might be good to enhance the idea of voting.  When looking for an answer I am more likely to follow THAT link than I am to think about participating in the life of the site by voting for something.  Especially if I haven't registered yet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6384" LastActivityDate="2010-12-01T20:39:31.770" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-12-01T20:39:31.770" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="745" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-12-02T14:19:01.843" Score="15" ViewCount="527" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just voted to close &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/15876/whats-eating-my-memory-closed&quot;&gt;this Debian question&lt;/a&gt;. There are a bunch of Debian questions that are open though; when is it appropriate to close a Debian question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2017-05-01T15:21:56.857" LastActivityDate="2017-05-01T15:21:56.857" Title="When are Debian questions off topic?" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="746" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="745" CreationDate="2010-12-02T14:23:25.300" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think that Debian user-style questions be flagged so it can be migrated to &lt;a href=&quot;http://unix.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;unix.se&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, in the case of questions that focus on how to work with Debian, like these should be most welcome:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1336/how-is-ubuntu-different-from-debian&quot;&gt;How is Ubuntu different from Debian?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/13255/how-do-i-propose-my-project-to-be-part-of-debian-too&quot;&gt;How do I propose my project to be part of Debian too?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/15220/tools-to-diff-deb-src-packages-between-ubuntu-and-debian-repos&quot;&gt;Tools to diff deb-src packages between ubuntu and debian repos&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I was thinking something like this for criteria:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Does it help people understand our working relationship and the importance of Debian?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is it something that will help contributors work with Debian better?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2011-10-05T12:12:54.787" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="747" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-12-02T22:01:33.533" Score="2" ViewCount="84" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's all in the title, really. I entered a URL and had to edit &lt;code&gt;http://filedump.ýes.info/UbuntuPartitions.png&lt;/code&gt; to &lt;code&gt;http://filedump.xn-es-zka.info/UbuntuPartitions.png&lt;/code&gt;. It appears to be failing here too in the preview, which is odd as I know that IDNs have worked properly for me before in comments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="652" LastEditorUserId="123" LastEditDate="2010-12-03T11:56:18.917" LastActivityDate="2010-12-03T11:56:18.917" Title="Upload image from web: Does not accept IDNs" Tags="|bug|status-bydesign|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="749" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="747" CreationDate="2010-12-03T11:56:04.330" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;We only support a restricted standard ASCII set in URLs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123" LastActivityDate="2010-12-03T11:56:04.330" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="752" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="756" CreationDate="2010-12-04T23:12:56.310" Score="2" ViewCount="120" Body="&lt;p&gt;Why is it that we can use HTML markup and entities in questions but not in comments? Shouldn't they be the same?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Testing &lt;code&gt;markdown&lt;/code&gt; here, &lt;em&gt;italic&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;bold&lt;/strong&gt;... well, that seems to work. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2315" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-04-27T05:41:42.403" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="HTML in questions but not comments?" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|status-bydesign|comments|formatting|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="753" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="740" CreationDate="2010-12-05T00:42:34.630" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't see the necessity of persuading or inducing users to vote more. While votes are obviously necessary, I suspect that a mechanism that increased the quantity of votes might have an adverse effect on the quality of votes. Do we want users voting just to vote? &#xA;Some users are more qualified than others to evaluate the usefulness of a question or answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2315" LastActivityDate="2010-12-05T00:42:34.630" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-12-05T00:42:34.630" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="754" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-12-05T01:42:19.340" Score="10" ViewCount="122" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/afQnO.png&quot; alt=&quot;alt text&quot; /&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/badges/57/announcer&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/badges/57/announcer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you can see in the above screenshot, if the question is too long, the information about the user who received the &lt;code&gt;Announcer&lt;/code&gt; badge is cut off.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="114" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-01-24T14:14:42.493" Title="Problem with the &quot;Announcer&quot; badge page..." Tags="|bug|status-completed|design|badges|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="755" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="754" CreationDate="2010-12-05T04:20:10.823" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;Truncation of the post text with either an Ellipsis (...) in the middle or at the end to ensure proper rendering.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Alternatively moving the badge winner to the front of the post rather than the end should  alleviate this issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="54298" LastEditDate="2012-10-31T22:46:49.857" LastActivityDate="2012-10-31T22:46:49.857" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="756" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="752" CreationDate="2010-12-05T16:25:37.037" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is by design, probably to encourage people to have the content in questions and answers and not comments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Reference: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/6407/allow-html-tags-in-comments&quot;&gt;Allow HTML tags in comments&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2010-12-05T16:25:37.037" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="757" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-12-06T15:00:19.547" Score="5" ViewCount="231" Body="&lt;p&gt;Where X == &lt;code&gt;Distribution&lt;/code&gt; &amp;amp;&amp;amp; Y == &lt;code&gt;System/Hardware/Device&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More and more frequently questions are appearing requesting feedback from users using such and such flavor of Ubuntu on such and such platform. Should these, &quot;almost-discussion-like&quot; questions be allowed? If so what guidelines should be followed so we don't have 5 topics regarding Dell XPS11, XPS12, XPS13, and XPS14? If not what course of action should be taken against such topics?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/16433/ubuntu-on-shuttle-xs35&quot;&gt;Ubuntu on Shuttle XS35&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/9542/ubuntu-on-thinkpad-edge-11&quot;&gt;Ubuntu on Thinkpad Edge 11&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/5876/is-a-dell-inspiron-13z-compatible-with-ubuntu-10-10-closed&quot;&gt;Is a Dell Inspiron 13z compatible with Ubuntu 10.10 ? [closed]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/5525/is-hp-pavillion-dv6-3011so-supported-by-ubuntu-closed&quot;&gt;Is HP Pavillion DV6-3011SO supported by Ubuntu? [closed]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2010-12-06T21:18:42.460" Title="What's your opinion of X on Y? Questions" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="759" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="757" CreationDate="2010-12-06T19:44:03.517" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Opposed&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A Question should contain one question, not a list of questions like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/9542/ubuntu-on-thinkpad-edge-11&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Known problems:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ol&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No wifi-driver&lt;/strong&gt;, solution: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/9542/ubuntu-on-thinkpad-edge-11&quot;&gt;answer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Fan is load&lt;/strong&gt;, even though it's on &lt;em&gt;auto&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;em&gt;No solution&lt;/em&gt;. Thinkfan is&#xA;  a possible solution, but correction&#xA;  values for sensors should be supplied&#xA;  (mapping sensors to specific areas).&#xA;  Also, one sensor is between -100C and&#xA;  +100C - maybe some kind of deactivation would help.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions that are related should be grouped using tags, not grouped together by all of them being asked in the same post. These &quot;questions&quot; are also all Community Wiki's, there are good answers on that page, why shouldn't the answerer be given reputation? I don't think AskUbuntu should try to be &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;wiki.ubuntu.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="114" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2010-12-06T19:44:03.517" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="760" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="757" CreationDate="2010-12-06T19:56:24.297" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Each piece of hardware is generally very specific and the chance of someone else being able to help is ever so slim, such questions could be closed as &quot;too localised&quot;. The official description for closing questions like this is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This question would only be relevant to a small geographic area, a specific moment in time, or an extraordinarily narrow situation that is not generally applicable to the worldwide audience of the internet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Despite that &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/9542/ubuntu-on-thinkpad-edge-11&quot;&gt;Ubuntu on Thinkpad Edge 11&lt;/a&gt; does appear to be managing to be (to some extent) productive - but I would &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/757/whats-your-opinion-of-x-on-y-questions/759#759&quot;&gt;agree with DoR&lt;/a&gt; that there is already the Wiki, various hardware databases and the forums - these aren't really &lt;em&gt;Questions&lt;/em&gt; and hence don't belong on Ask Ubuntu. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I don't think Ask Ubuntu is the right place for a &quot;hardware database&quot;, there are other Ubuntu community resources that already seek to do this, and can do so just as well, if not in a better way, than we can here.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="866" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2010-12-06T20:09:57.773" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="761" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="757" CreationDate="2010-12-06T21:18:42.460" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &quot;Is this a good laptop for Ubuntu&quot; questions are definitely offtopic I think unless someone is asking for a specific issue along the lines of &quot;I am interested in a Dell Latitude X123 but it has this specific wireless card and all the information on the internet seems to indicate that it's problematic, does anyone know if this is supported in Ubuntu?&quot; or something like that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as the &quot;sort of wiki&quot; questions I'm not so sure. I don't think for example that the Thinkpad Edge thread will end up being as thorough and as maintained as thinkwiki or attract as many experts as say the thinkpad-linux mailing list. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand from my experience on working with the Ubuntu wiki for my &lt;a href=&quot;https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Aspire1830T&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;current laptop&lt;/a&gt; is that people tend to not update wiki documentation even though they can. I've seen a few questions where people here link to the wiki docs and then in their answer say &quot;the wiki is out of date so do this instead&quot; but then no one goes and fixes the wiki!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I personally would love to have my laptop page be on Ask instead because the user experience is so much faster/better (the Ubuntu wiki is slow and painful to use). However I am hesitant to do so because we should really be improving the official documentation -- which means the wiki.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However people tend to make HOWTO threads on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=chrome&amp;amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=timelinex+ubuntu&amp;amp;qscrl=1#sclient=psy&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;qscrl=1&amp;amp;q=timelinex+ubuntu&amp;amp;aq=f&amp;amp;aqi=g1g-m2&amp;amp;aql=&amp;amp;oq=&amp;amp;gs_rfai=&amp;amp;pbx=1&amp;amp;fp=4488cb887e893d25&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;their laptops anyway&lt;/a&gt; regardless of what the official docs say so I figure you might as well use better tools.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think we should watch the thinkpad edge and shuttle threads over the next few weeks to see if they can be useful -- if they end up awesome then we should allow them, if they end up junk then we can drop it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2010-12-06T21:18:42.460" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="762" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="894" CreationDate="2010-12-07T05:19:55.587" Score="5" ViewCount="96" Body="&lt;p&gt;As you can see the circle outline is bigger than the space alloted for it, which causes it be &quot;cut off&quot;.&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/cpHKG.png&quot; alt=&quot;alt text&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="114" LastEditorUserId="61" LastEditDate="2011-01-24T19:56:26.043" LastActivityDate="2011-01-24T19:56:26.043" Title="Comment &quot;edited&quot; icon is too big..." Tags="|bug|status-completed|editing|icon|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="763" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-12-07T22:33:56.180" Score="5" ViewCount="122" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/13077/is-profile-sourced-by-bash/13182#13182&quot;&gt;This answer&lt;/a&gt; is really brutal on the eyes however I think it's key to have filenames and commands with that kind of formatting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe perhaps toning it down a bit? Similar in shade to the blockquote perhaps? Example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;ouchy ouch commands hurt eyes&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;softer nicey nicey commands not so much.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note: I am only talking about the background grey color, we should (for obvious reasons) keep the monospaced font for the code and commands.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2010-12-08T21:07:18.947" Title="Tone down the grey for formatting code/commands?" Tags="|discussion|bug|status-completed|design|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="764" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="763" CreationDate="2010-12-07T22:39:08.093" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;On StackOverflow, the background color for code is the same as for block quotes. The only difference between the two is that code font is monospace.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think that would work great here too.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/U2cWG.png&quot; alt=&quot;alt text&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="114" LastEditorUserId="114" LastEditDate="2010-12-08T00:03:22.873" LastActivityDate="2010-12-08T00:03:22.873" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="765" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="763" CreationDate="2010-12-08T07:52:32.510" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have put in a fix, it will be in the next deployment. I have lightened the code from #ccc to #e0e0e0 (still slightly darker than the blockquote).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="61" LastActivityDate="2010-12-08T07:52:32.510" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="766" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-12-09T12:45:35.683" Score="7" ViewCount="119" Body="&lt;p&gt;It currently takes 3000 reputation to close a thread and there are only 15 people who aren't moderators who have 3000+ reputation points.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I thought the premise of the Stack sites was that they're for the people by the people. With the bar set so high, we rely on moderators making the decisions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If we could lower this limit to 2000 points, we'd have an additional 16 people who can vote this way. If we lowered it to 1500 there would be another 7 people.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;1500 points is still a very strong sigh that a user is committed to the site and remember that it would still take multiple users to close/open anything so that would cut down on abuse.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="123" LastEditDate="2010-12-09T17:14:53.667" LastActivityDate="2010-12-09T17:14:53.667" Title="It takes too much reputation to quickly close a thread" Tags="|bug|status-bydesign|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="767" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="768" CreationDate="2010-12-09T13:05:32.320" Score="2" ViewCount="633" Body="&lt;p&gt;a) With GNU/Linux OS &amp;amp; Ubuntu in general in text editors&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;b) Specifically for askubuntu.com as to imply that the text is deleted (edited later) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;c) or as an html formatting in a broader sense. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I want to edit something but I would like the old text to be viewed in that form so that people can have an idea on was written before because there are comments on the original version. (I even don't know what that formatting is named. Edit after JorgeCastro's answer: Appearently its called &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strikethrough&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;strikethrough&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3781" LastEditorUserId="3781" LastEditDate="2010-12-09T14:41:57.817" LastActivityDate="2010-12-09T14:41:57.817" Title="How do we create letters with dash over them? (strikethrough or strikeout)" Tags="|support|formatting|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="768" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="767" CreationDate="2010-12-09T13:16:10.777" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is HTML for this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;s&amp;gt;struck out text&amp;lt;/s&amp;gt;&#xA;&amp;lt;strike&amp;gt;also struck out&amp;lt;/strike&amp;gt;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strike&gt;this is a test&lt;/strike&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Markdown format will allow a lot of different HTML.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2010-12-09T13:16:10.777" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="769" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="767" CreationDate="2010-12-09T13:34:56.167" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;What's the Stackoverflow precedent on strikethrough? I've always seen people just edit directly and the people who respond get a notification anyway and it's more &quot;wiki like&quot;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(I am asking because I find strikethrough hard to read)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2010-12-09T13:34:56.167" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="770" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="766" CreationDate="2010-12-09T13:43:06.577" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think we're doing okay at the closing threads, in cases where there aren't enough votes I've flagged the post and they get taken care of quickly. This is I think why we've been so &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/740/how-can-we-motivate-the-community-to-vote-more&quot;&gt;worried about voting&lt;/a&gt;, but it appears we're about average for a stack site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think we're mostly over this hump as long as people with higher rep continue to be vigilant. I suspect that by Ubuntu's Beta release when we get a surge of new people that we'll be in good shape.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2010-12-09T13:43:06.577" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="771" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="766" CreationDate="2010-12-09T17:14:44.713" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you feel very strongly that a question should be closed, &lt;strong&gt;flag it for moderator attention!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/wp-content/uploads/stack-exchange-flag-with-care.png&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Flags are escalated to moderators and shown in their top navigation very promimently.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123" LastActivityDate="2010-12-09T17:14:44.713" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="772" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="860" CreationDate="2010-12-10T13:14:56.563" Score="6" ViewCount="154" Body="&lt;p&gt;Hi everyone:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I ran into &lt;a href=&quot;http://twitter.com/#!/Ubuntu_Ask&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;@Ubuntu_Ask&lt;/a&gt; and thought, wow, what a great idea. I got in contact with &lt;a href=&quot;http://twitter.com/#!/Jrgifford&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;the author&lt;/a&gt; with the hope of making a more &quot;official&quot; twitter feed so people can just follow the account if they want to see the new questions and he's keen on the idea!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However the really nice name that we want is &lt;a href=&quot;http://twitter.com/#!/askubuntu&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;@askubuntu&lt;/a&gt;. Has someone on this site registered this? I started following it in the hopes that I could DM the person asking if they'd be willing to let us have the account.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;fluteflute has &lt;a href=&quot;http://twitter.com/#!/Ask_Ubuntu&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;@Ask_Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt; saved but the underscore is a bummer.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Marco Ceppi has tried contacting the person with no response.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ideas on how we can get this name? I think Twitter has a trademark policy but I am unsure if Canonical and/or Stack Overflow have trademarked &quot;ask ubuntu&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Namespace issues aside, we should discuss what we want in a twitter feed. I was thinking that we don't want every new question on there, perhaps a threshold (like 3) to make sure that the less-than-ideal questions don't flood the feed. Thoughts?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2015-11-07T22:53:43.527" Title="Improving our presence on Twitter" Tags="|discussion|promote|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="773" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="772" CreationDate="2010-12-10T13:30:09.503" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Rehashing the post from &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/280/should-we-target-social-media&quot;&gt;Should we target Social Media?&lt;/a&gt; and the frantic two days I spent searching feeds, creating a system to help extrapolate Ubuntu questions and pair with answers might still be useful - as well as posting statistics like: Popular questions as they arise, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It really shouldn't be too much a HARD SELL for the site, but rather an interaction with the other Ubuntu users - and prospective Ubuntu users - on twitter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.227" LastActivityDate="2010-12-10T13:30:09.503" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="774" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="772" CreationDate="2010-12-10T14:23:27.897" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here's what I've come across so far.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;When I set @Ubuntu_Ask up, I set it up as follows:&#xA;@Ubuntu_Ask is set to poll the RSS feed at &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/feeds&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/feeds&lt;/a&gt; every 15 minutes, and post the title, link and up to 5 tags of the question as a hashtag on twitter.&lt;a href=&quot;http://twitter.com/#!/Ubuntu_Ask/status/13217380322770944&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Example tweet&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I've found a way to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=votes:3&quot;&gt;filter the questions by votes&lt;/a&gt;, but I haven't been able to figure out how to get an RSS feed of that search. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2010-12-10T14:23:27.897" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="775" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="548" CreationDate="2010-12-10T23:05:21.813" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's nice to have an easy install link for packages, but I'd rather have it link to a short page with the package description, which in turn has an easy install link. I think there's a danger in making the process too transparent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there an alternative service to the standard &lt;a href=&quot;http://packages.ubuntu.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;package search site&lt;/a&gt; which doesn't make one pick a distribution version first, and has an &lt;a href=&quot;https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AptURL&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;apturl&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="254" LastActivityDate="2010-12-10T23:05:21.813" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="776" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="548" CreationDate="2010-12-11T19:17:57.320" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since this thread just popped back up, it reminded me that I made a small change to the above script that is worth sharing. I realized that I'm normally calling the script (which I call &lt;code&gt;ask-link&lt;/code&gt; BTW) from the command line or the &lt;code&gt;Alt-F2&lt;/code&gt; run dialog. So the zenity dialog is a bit redundant. So I first check to see if a package name is passed when calling the script and only show the dialog if it isn't.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;#!/bin/bash&#xA;&#xA;set -e&#xA;&#xA;# Create link for installing packages on AskUbuntu. Source:&#xA;# http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/548/how-to-post-links-that-install-software-via-apt&#xA;&#xA;if [ -n &quot;$1&quot; ]; then &#xA;    PACKAGE=$1&#xA;else&#xA;    PACKAGE=$(zenity --entry --text=&quot;packagename&quot;)&#xA;fi&#xA;&#xA;echo &quot;[${PACKAGE}](http://packages.ubuntu.com/${PACKAGE}) [![Install ${PACKAGE}](http://hostmar.co/software-large)](http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/${PACKAGE})&quot; | xclip&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="570" LastEditorUserId="41" LastEditDate="2012-01-01T23:38:09.330" LastActivityDate="2012-01-01T23:38:09.330" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="777" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="778" CreationDate="2010-12-11T20:39:15.540" Score="13" ViewCount="233" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm sure many of us have noticed this recent change across all Stack Exchange site, where the most popular tag is displayed at the front of page titles (as displayed in search engines, and in the browser's tabs and title bar).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;For some background see &lt;a href=&quot;https://webmasters.stackexchange.com/questions/6556/does-the-order-of-keywords-matter-in-a-page-title&quot;&gt;seo - Does the order of keywords matter in a page title? - Pro Webmasters - Stack Exchange&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/71906/first-tag-in-the-title-of-the-page-is-not-that-convenient/71950#71950&quot;&gt;feature request - First tag in the title of the page is not that convenient. - Meta Stack Overflow&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Whilst I appreciate the reasons for this, and actually think it is quite useful on some sites (the two questions I linked to above for instance) I don't believe the change should be implemented on Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Assuming the main reason for this change is for SEO purposes, I believe the reality is we will see a decrease in visits. Having the tag at the start of the title looks unprofessional because of being lowercase; is unusual on the internet; and on Ask Ubuntu is inconsistent across questions (see examples below). In my opinion this will put people off clicking on our Google listings.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What I have said above assumes we will see an increase in search engine position. I don't actually think the tags that are being picked out are likely to be entered into Google in the first place. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Taking the top five &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions?sort=votes&quot;&gt;highest voted questions&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions?sort=newest&quot;&gt;five most recent questions&lt;/a&gt; at the time of writing, plus one I threw in to illustrate version tags, then we have the following to use as examples:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/2596/comparison-of-backup-tools&quot;&gt;applications - Comparison of backup tools - Ask Ubuntu - Stack Exchange&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1237/what-are-the-most-useful-programs-installed-after-setup-of-a-vanilla-ubuntu&quot;&gt;install - What are the most useful programs installed after setup of a vanilla Ubuntu? - Ask Ubuntu - Stack Exchange&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/6586/what-native-games-are-available&quot;&gt;ubuntu desktop - What native games are available? - Ask Ubuntu - Stack Exchange&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/76/whats-the-difference-between-package-managers&quot;&gt;package management - What's the difference between package managers? - Ask Ubuntu - Stack Exchange&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/4983/what-are-ppas-and-how-do-i-use-them&quot;&gt;ppa - What are PPAs and how do I use them? - Ask Ubuntu - Stack Exchange&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/16995/configure-keyboard-commands-in-ubuntu-10-04&quot;&gt;shortcut keys - Configure keyboard commands in Ubuntu 10.04 - Ask Ubuntu - Stack Exchange&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/16992/how-can-i-listen-on-global-keypress-event&quot;&gt;keyboard - How can I listen on global keypress event? - Ask Ubuntu - Stack Exchange&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/16988/how-do-i-install-ubuntu-to-a-usb-key&quot;&gt;How do I install Ubuntu to a USB key? - Ask Ubuntu - Stack Exchange&lt;/a&gt; (no tag)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/16987/lightscribe-on-ubuntu-i32-and-i64&quot;&gt;dvd - Lightscribe on ubuntu (i32 and i64)  - Ask Ubuntu - Stack Exchange&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/16983/how-do-i-make-my-purchased-music-be-synchronized-on-rhythmbox-and-in-ubuntuone&quot;&gt;ubuntu desktop - How do I make my purchased music be synchronized on Rhythmbox and in ~./ubuntuone/Purchased from Ubuntu One?   - Ask Ubuntu - Stack Exchange&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/16925/how-to-permanently-mount-a-remote-share&quot;&gt;10.10 - How to permanently mount a remote share? - Ask Ubuntu - Stack Exchange&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So some observations:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ubuntu-desktop&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ubuntu-desktop&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ubuntu-desktop&lt;/a&gt; tag is the most used tag on this site, but no doubt something very unlikely to be entered by users into a search engine, and therefore adds nothing for SEO. (Note I'm not saying I think we should stop using this tag.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The version tags such as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/11.04&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;11.04&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;11.04&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/10.10&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;10.10&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;10.10&lt;/a&gt;  are very commonly used (2nd and 3rd &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tags?tab=popular&quot;&gt;most used tags&lt;/a&gt;) so will often appear in titles this way. However the way these tags are used on the site means that the question often applies to Ubuntu versions other than the one tagged (although perhaps we should consider changing this tagging practice, but that's another discussion... I can't imagine how we would do so). Placing the version at the start suggests quite strongly the question is very much specific to that Ubuntu version.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Placing &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/dvd&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;dvd&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;dvd&lt;/a&gt; at the start of the Lightscribe question actually prevents the keyword of &lt;em&gt;Lightscribe&lt;/em&gt; from appearing at the start of the title&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/install&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;install&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;install&lt;/a&gt; tag on the second question I listed is almost totally irrelevant to actual question (although I understand why it was tagged this way)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Having the tag greatly decreases usability; specifically when using tabs then it is very hard to work out what each tab is at a glance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/EbkZX.png&quot; alt=&quot;Screenshot of tabs&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.google.com/webmasters/docs/search-engine-optimization-starter-guide.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Google's own SEO guidlines&lt;/a&gt; (page 5) tell us to avoid:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;using extremely lengthy titles that are unhelpful to users&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;stuffing unneeded keywords in your title tags&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My fear is that that all this effort could result in our site being penalised by Google and other search engines.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I apologise for the length of this post; many thanks to those of you who have hung on until the end...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="866" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:33:25.803" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Please disable displaying a tag at the start of page titles" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="778" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="777" CreationDate="2010-12-11T23:48:03.063" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is by design, otherwise legal creative commons scrapers demolish us in search rankings. Your concerns are unfounded, in fact, it's &lt;em&gt;quite the opposite..&lt;/em&gt; Matt Cutts himself signed off on this approach and endorsed it in an email to me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/71906/first-tag-in-the-title-of-the-page-is-not-that-convenient&quot;&gt;First tag in the title of the page is not that convenient&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/71982/scrapers-enter-the-scene-was-the-choice-of-license-right&quot;&gt;Scrapers enter the scene - was the choice of license right?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;for details.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would also argue that this encourages proper and correct tagging of questions. &lt;strong&gt;If the tag is objectionable in the title, then it's probably a bad tag practice&lt;/strong&gt; -- as you pointed out!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2010-12-11T23:48:03.063" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="779" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="782" CreationDate="2010-12-12T02:09:56.570" Score="13" ViewCount="438" Body="&lt;p&gt;My goodness, for those of us who are not hip, please put text under the infinity symbol that apparently means 'link'.  Not intuitive at all.  Tooltips are nice, but text is nicer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/xoIUZ.png&quot; alt=&quot;alt text&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4291" LastEditorUserId="41" LastEditDate="2010-12-20T17:14:43.127" LastActivityDate="2011-01-10T05:27:42.987" Title="Please change the &quot;hyperlink&quot; symbol in the editor" Tags="|feature-request|status-completed|design|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="780" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="779" CreationDate="2010-12-12T20:15:13.870" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I actually thought this wasn't even possible. I simply resorted to doing my hyperlinks manually and I didn't care enough to check what the infinity symbol meant.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2591" LastEditorUserId="2591" LastEditDate="2011-01-10T05:27:42.987" LastActivityDate="2011-01-10T05:27:42.987" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="781" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="779" CreationDate="2010-12-12T20:30:05.330" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;This isn't an answer, but an observation of other &amp;quot;Popular&amp;quot; tools implementation of &amp;quot;Hyperlink&amp;quot; icon&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;OpenOffice 3&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/abnXE.png&quot; alt=&quot;alt text&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Microsoft Office Word 2000-2007&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/YRlwq.gif&quot; alt=&quot;alt text&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Google Docs&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/YV3nQ.png&quot; alt=&quot;alt text&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Our icon should implement two of the three options.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Blank Page&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Globe/World&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Chain Link&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Doing any two combination of three in mono-chrome should improve the current &amp;quot;Infinity&amp;quot; look of the icon.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2010-12-12T20:30:05.330" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="782" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="779" CreationDate="2010-12-12T21:56:58.207" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is one take I've been working on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/62eL6.png&quot; alt=&quot;alt text&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's a bit big, so I ended up scaling it down a little and included it in this mock up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Iunzi.png&quot; alt=&quot;alt text&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This thing is still monstrous. So I'll continue to work and hopefully refine this idea. I've included the two SVG (&lt;a href=&quot;http://ubuntuone.com/p/TNA/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;simple&lt;/a&gt; and &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://ubuntuone.com/p/TNB/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;detailed&lt;/a&gt;&quot;) if anyone wants a starting base.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After some more manipulation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/PTdJb.png&quot; alt=&quot;alt text&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Wpswi.png&quot; alt=&quot;alt text&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://ubuntuone.com/p/TNL/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;SVG Source&lt;/a&gt; Regular: (#333333) Hover: (#DD4C00)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="41" LastEditDate="2010-12-13T01:33:59.210" LastActivityDate="2010-12-13T01:33:59.210" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="783" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="784" CreationDate="2010-12-13T08:06:20.133" Score="7" ViewCount="185" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sometimes i might not answer the questions in a clear form.And so if someother person gives the brief and clear answer.I would like to delete my own answer,so that the post might contain the most relevant answer which is useful for all other users to get the right answer.But when i click delete,the answer is not deleted instead it show's a undelete option.Why??&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5691" LastActivityDate="2010-12-13T11:26:27.980" Title="How to delete my answer in the post??" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="784" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="783" CreationDate="2010-12-13T11:26:27.980" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;The answer &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; indeed deleted. However, this site is part-wiki so things are never truly deleted. Owners of the content (Like yourself) and certain privileged users can view deleted questions and answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/LoI4A.png&quot; alt=&quot;alt text&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The fact that you;re seeing an undelete options means the content was removed from public viewing for that post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2010-12-13T11:26:27.980" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="785" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-12-14T14:50:45.003" Score="7" ViewCount="78" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure if this is the right place to post, but i recently found a little rendering bug on this site. It's a problem of the z-index and the order of layers. Note: the red notification box was triggered after the &quot;share link box&quot; was already rendered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/AhNCF.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;alt text&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7155" LastEditorUserId="2" LastEditDate="2014-03-21T16:19:29.907" LastActivityDate="2014-03-21T16:19:29.907" Title="Little Bug with layer order on askubuntu" Tags="|bug|status-completed|design|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="786" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="787" CreationDate="2010-12-15T17:30:35.433" Score="3" ViewCount="182" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is it possible to cancel a bounty if I found the answer to my question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7155" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Is is possible to cancel a bounty?" Tags="|support|bounty|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="787" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="786" CreationDate="2010-12-16T14:55:39.990" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Details on the bounty system are here: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/16065/how-does-the-bounty-system-work&quot;&gt;How does the bounty system work?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At the bottom of the answer you'll see that you can't cancel a bounty. I assume you're referring to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/16688/how-can-i-add-specific-folders-to-places-in-mintmenu&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;. ændrük's answer will at least get the automatic bounty for half of the rep at the end of the period. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Personally I would just give him the full bounty for the effort (since once you spend the 50 it's gone for good). It's a good answer with nice screenshots so the next person will get a easy to use answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2010-12-16T14:55:39.990" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="788" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-12-17T21:16:58.480" Score="5" ViewCount="101" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you look at the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/grub&quot;&gt;grub&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/grub2&quot;&gt;grub2&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/boot&quot;&gt;boot&lt;/a&gt; tags you'll likely find pretty vague and incomplete questions and answers. I personally consider these 3 tags as the ones that we could improve the most on this site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is probably because:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It's insanely difficult to troubleshoot boot problems remotely.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;New users likely have no idea how to troubleshoot boot problems.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The documentation is &lt;a href=&quot;https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;lengthy and complicated&lt;/a&gt;, because booting operating systems is complicated.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It's difficult to have general guidelines when people have all sorts of combinations of hardware and needs.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've been wondering how to help do this better. We could of course offtopic them and send them to file bugs but remember that the person's computer is utterly broken so we should at least be making an effort to help get them back on their feet instead of sending them away. However it can be difficult to get that information out of someone who can't boot.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ideas on how to improve this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2010-12-19T13:55:26.813" Title="Improving boot/grub questions and answers" Tags="|discussion|best-practice|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="789" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-12-18T07:54:33.920" Score="8" ViewCount="241" Body="&lt;p&gt;This first came up when &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/777/please-disable-displaying-a-tag-at-the-start-of-page-titles&quot;&gt;SE introduced&lt;/a&gt; displaying the most common tag at the start page s for SEO reasons.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Commenting on the following two questions and their new titles&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/6586/what-native-games-are-available&quot;&gt;ubuntu desktop - What native games are available? - Ask Ubuntu - Stack Exchange&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/16983/how-do-i-make-my-purchased-music-be-synchronized-on-rhythmbox-and-in-ubuntuone&quot;&gt;ubuntu desktop - How do I make my purchased music be synchronized on Rhythmbox and in ~./ubuntuone/Purchased from Ubuntu One?   - Ask Ubuntu - Stack Exchange&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I said:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The ubuntu-desktop is the most used tagged on the site, but is no doubt something very unlikely to be entered by users into a search engine, and therefore adds nothing for SEO. (Note I'm not saying I think we should stop using this tag.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Jeff Atwood's response included (the Bold is his, not mine):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I would also argue that this encourages proper and correct tagging of questions. &lt;strong&gt;If the tag is objectionable in the title, then it's probably a bad tag practice&lt;/strong&gt; -- as you pointed out!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I wanted to seek the community's views on this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="866" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2011-01-18T10:32:44.317" Title="Deprecate the ubuntu-desktop tag?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="790" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="789" CreationDate="2010-12-18T08:11:19.527" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;My current view (I often change my mind...) is that we should deprecate the tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One thing Jeff said in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/08/the-death-of-meta-tags/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Stack Exchange blog comments&lt;/a&gt; was&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What you should be asking yourself is this: for each tag you use, could a question with &lt;em&gt;only&lt;/em&gt; that tag be valid?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would argue that questions tagged only with &lt;code&gt;ubuntu-desktop&lt;/code&gt; are meaningless - we don't actually know what the question is about, therefore according to the logic of one of the SE founders we shouldn't be using it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I look down the Ask Ubuntu homepage then of the 48 questions show the tag is used 11 times. I would say at least 40 of those questions could quite happily wear the tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But having over 80% of our questions tagged &lt;code&gt;ubuntu-desktop&lt;/code&gt; is to my mind unnecessary. Tag the exceptions not the rule.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="866" LastActivityDate="2010-12-18T08:11:19.527" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="791" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="788" CreationDate="2010-12-19T13:55:26.813" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ofcourse it is little bit difficult for us to help at the first sight.Because we need more details like their hard drive information,file system type etc etc.So the user when asking for help,should post the output of bootscript results.Bootscript answers many of our questions,also it says whether it is wubi installation or dual boot installation.So now it is quite easy for us to troubleshoot their problems.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5691" LastActivityDate="2010-12-19T13:55:26.813" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="792" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="793" CreationDate="2010-12-20T11:18:15.503" Score="4" ViewCount="188" Body="&lt;p&gt;What are the features of Ask Ubuntu??&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5691" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2016-07-01T01:27:11.570" LastActivityDate="2017-04-12T09:26:05.143" Title="What are the features of Ask Ubuntu?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2017-06-02T17:29:08.317" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="793" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="792" CreationDate="2010-12-20T17:16:26.277" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are a ton of features on Ask Ubuntu - However, the platform is designed to be &quot;Documentation through Discovery&quot;. So you won't find a list of features - StackExchange keeps things &quot;interesting&quot; by always adding and changing features and letting the user discover how to use the site. If you're wondering &quot;What things can I discover&quot; you may wish to view your &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges&quot;&gt;available privileges&lt;/a&gt;. This should give you an idea of what to look forward to and what you can do now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2010-12-20T17:16:26.277" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="794" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-12-21T02:22:20.133" Score="0" ViewCount="72" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/548/how-to-post-links-that-install-software-via-apt&quot;&gt;How to post links that install software via apt?&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I want to create a link in my answers that automatically open the Ubuntu Software Store with that package pulled up. I've gone through the FAQ, Ask Ubuntu questions, and Googled it as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7633" OwnerDisplayName="tibbyyo" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-09-17T20:05:07.063" LastActivityDate="2012-09-17T20:05:07.063" Title="How can I add a link within an answer on AskUbuntu.com to download a package?" Tags="|support|hyperlinks|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2010-12-21T03:43:00.780" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="796" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-12-23T20:12:24.203" Score="10" ViewCount="130" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can anyone provide a list of places that Ask Ubuntu is being used to enhance the Ubuntu community?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is intended as a community wiki question for us to collect and celebrate the use other parts of the Ubuntu community are making of us.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="866" LastEditorUserId="866" LastEditDate="2010-12-24T08:42:55.150" LastActivityDate="2011-03-20T15:24:28.993" Title="List of Ask Ubuntu uses within the Ubuntu community?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-12-23T22:54:04.267" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="797" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="800" CreationDate="2010-12-23T23:53:08.997" Score="6" ViewCount="171" Body="&lt;p&gt;What would be the best way to link to (and highlight) manpages when answering questions? I frequently want to refer back to manpages, and I'd like to get it right. (For example, in an answer, I'll say &quot;For more information see 'man whatever'&quot;. It would be nice to have that stand out or be a link.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="721" LastActivityDate="2014-08-12T06:11:46.617" Title="How to link to manpages?" Tags="|discussion|hyperlinks|" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="798" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="797" CreationDate="2010-12-24T01:52:58.713" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've been linking to &lt;a href=&quot;http://manpages.ubuntu.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;manpages.ubuntu.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For specific sections they have anchors on the left so you can link to directly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="235" LastEditDate="2010-12-24T17:49:21.280" LastActivityDate="2010-12-24T17:49:21.280" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="799" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="796" CreationDate="2010-12-24T08:42:10.283" Score="4" Body="&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://one.ubuntu.com/support/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Ubuntu One's support page&lt;/a&gt; lists us as the first place to ask for help, and contains a link to the relevant tag page.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://unity.ubuntu.com/projects/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;homepages&lt;/a&gt; of each of the Unity family projects (Unity, Application Indicators, uTouch and Notify OSD) contains a prominent &quot;Frequently Asked Questions&quot; link to the relevant tag page. In fact Ask Ubuntu links have be sprinkled over all of &lt;a href=&quot;http://unity.ubuntu.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;unity.ubuntu.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="866" LastActivityDate="2010-12-24T08:42:10.283" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-12-24T08:42:10.283" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="800" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="797" CreationDate="2010-12-25T00:23:49.267" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've been using &lt;a href=&quot;http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/maverick/en/man1/hello.1.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;man hello&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This provides the link, but also shows that it is a command.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;[`man hello`](http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/maverick/en/man1/hello.1.html)&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="570" LastActivityDate="2010-12-25T00:23:49.267" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="801" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="740" CreationDate="2010-12-26T03:23:26.943" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;As an ~11k contributor to SO, I have found the low voting rates on AU to be a tad discouraging. I've been around long enough to not wrap my ego around a reputation number, but either I'm far, far worse at answering questions here (unlikely) or it isn't as much of a community norm as  on SO. I expect that norm probably took some time to establish on SO, also.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Indeed there are times when I've sat down to an AU session and simply upvoted decent questions and answers. Often I'll add a comment as to why I felt the post warranted an upvote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sure, reputation points here seem much harder won than at SO but I don't think that necessarily good. Like every contributor, it is nice to know that my efforts were useful, and my raw score isn't particularly important to me. However, I do miss the editing privileges that I have on SO and feel that my desire to improve the quality of material on AU is correspondingly hampered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1078" LastActivityDate="2010-12-26T03:23:26.943" CommentCount="3" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-12-26T03:23:26.943" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="802" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-12-26T12:49:04.013" Score="3" ViewCount="233" Body="&lt;p&gt;I can't log in here using my Launchpad ID.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I get &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Canceled&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; on the identification page of AskUbuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the Launchpad, I get an &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Oops&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; page with an message saying that the error was logged.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sorry, something just went wrong in Launchpad Login Service. We've recorded what happened, and we'll fix it as soon as possible. Apologies for the inconvenience. (Error ID 1821canistellaunchpad10)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does the error come from Ask Ubuntu or Launchpad? Should I report it to Launchpad?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7892" OwnerDisplayName="Zakhar" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2020-06-25T02:00:22.027" LastActivityDate="2020-06-25T02:00:22.027" Title="Launchpad OpenID not working for login on Ask Ubuntu" Tags="|support|login|launchpad|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="803" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-12-26T15:15:14.170" Score="6" ViewCount="74" Body="&lt;p&gt;Clearly this should say &quot;Welcome to Ask Ubuntu!&quot; - it's the little things that matter...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/YYgm0.png&quot; alt=&quot;Screenshot&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="866" LastEditorUserId="2" LastEditDate="2010-12-28T11:27:30.620" LastActivityDate="2010-12-28T11:28:37.673" Title="Refers simply to &quot;Ubuntu&quot; on the welcome bar" Tags="|bug|status-completed|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="804" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="75" CreationDate="2010-12-27T23:20:10.830" Score="26" Body="&lt;p&gt;For everybody who can't get enough of &lt;em&gt;the numbers&lt;/em&gt;, there's now&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;StackStats&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Great name, I know :P&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/1ZAFK.png&quot; alt=&quot;alt text&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Usage:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Download the script from &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/sfstpala/StackStats/raw/master/stackstats.py&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/CqgaJ.png&quot; alt=&quot;alt text&quot;&gt; Here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; and save it somewhere&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Execute it like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;python /home/username/stackstats.py --site=askubuntu.com --user=41&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Where &lt;code&gt;/home/username/stackstats.py&lt;/code&gt; is the absolute path to the script, &lt;code&gt;askubuntu.com&lt;/code&gt; is any stackexchange site and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/41/marcoceppi&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;41&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/a&gt; is your user-id.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;To find out your user id, go to your profile page. It should be in the URL, i.e. &lt;code&gt;askubuntu.com/users/&lt;strong&gt;&lt;code&gt;1067&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;/stefano-palazzo&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I recommend you set up an alias in your &lt;code&gt;~/.bash_aliases&lt;/code&gt;, like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;alias ask-stats=&quot;python ~/stackstats.py --site=askubuntu.com --user=1067&quot;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hope you like it, let me know if something's wrong as always:-)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've tested it on fresh installs of &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;10.04 Lucid&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;10.10 Maverick&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;11.04 Natty&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Debian 6.0&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please edit this list, if you are running anything else&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;StackStats now &lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/sfstpala/StackStats&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;lives on GitHub&lt;/a&gt;. Also, it's now licensed under the terms of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;GNU GPL v3&lt;/a&gt;. Please hack if you like, and contribute your changes back.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you see a bug, and you know python and github, &lt;em&gt;fix it&lt;/em&gt;. ;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2011-02-16T12:45:02.247" CommentCount="4" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-12-27T23:20:10.830" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="805" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="803" CreationDate="2010-12-28T11:28:37.673" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;This has been updated but might take 24 hours to show up due to caching.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2" LastActivityDate="2010-12-28T11:28:37.673" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="806" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-12-28T17:37:30.187" Score="13" ViewCount="214" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3448/applications-application-and-software-tags-must-die&quot;&gt;Applications, application and software tags must die!&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To my mind &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/applications&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;applications&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;applications&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/application&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;application&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;application&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/software&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;software&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;software&lt;/a&gt; is useless - there is no clear meaning to them. Some questions should be tagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/software-recommendation&quot;&gt;software-recommendations&lt;/a&gt; instead, but on other questions there is no need for it at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should every question about any application be tagged with one of these? I think not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What should we do with them?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="866" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2012-05-14T19:01:04.777" Title="The future of the applications/software tag(s)" Tags="|discussion|support|tags|tag-synonyms|tag-block-request|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2012-06-18T16:13:29.993" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="807" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="806" CreationDate="2010-12-28T20:38:09.040" Score="12" Body="&lt;h2&gt;YES, remove them.&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I cannot see any useful use of the tag, so I propose that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Community members go through the tag page, and on relevant questions replace the &lt;em&gt;applications&lt;/em&gt; tag by &lt;em&gt;software-recommendations&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;After this is completed, all other uses of the &lt;em&gt;applications&lt;/em&gt; tag are removed (by a moderator in some way)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The &lt;em&gt;applications&lt;/em&gt; tag is blacklisted so it cannot be used&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="866" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-05-14T19:00:30.800" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="811" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-12-28T22:14:54.610" Score="4" ViewCount="61" Body="&lt;p&gt;Main site:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/AIlt3.png&quot; alt=&quot;alt text&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On meta:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Oz9EE.png&quot; alt=&quot;alt text&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Update: also on the meta bar the &lt;em&gt;chat&lt;/em&gt; link sends me to &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.meta.askubuntu.com/&quot;&gt;http://chat.meta.askubuntu.com/&lt;/a&gt; which does not work&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="866" LastEditorUserId="41" LastEditDate="2010-12-29T11:42:58.823" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="&quot;meta&quot; and &quot;parent&quot; navigation links in header missing" Tags="|bug|status-completed|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="812" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="814" CreationDate="2010-12-28T23:38:04.133" Score="4" ViewCount="84" Body="&lt;p&gt;When I try to enter the General chat room, the message &quot;You must be &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/login?returnurl=http%3a%2f%2fchat.askubuntu.com%2frooms%2f3%2fgeneral&quot;&gt;logged in&lt;/a&gt; to talk&quot; is displayed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Clicking &quot;logged in&quot; takes me to a page titled &quot;Change OpenID&quot; which lists OpenID providers. When I click one, I get the message &quot;You are currently logged in. Do you want to log out and log in with this OpenID?&quot;. I then click the &quot;Log in&quot; button and am taken back to the chat room, which still displays &quot;You must be &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/login?returnurl=http%3a%2f%2fchat.askubuntu.com%2frooms%2f3%2fgeneral&quot;&gt;logged in&lt;/a&gt; to talk&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This happened using Google Chrome 8.0.552.224 and Firefox 3.6.13.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1859" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Unable to log in to chat" Tags="|bug|status-completed|chat|login|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="813" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="792" CreationDate="2010-12-29T04:15:35.173" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I found &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review&quot;&gt;askubuntu.com/review&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This shows low rep new users, it's useful for guiding new users on how to use the site, etc. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/low-quality-posts&quot;&gt;Low quality posts&lt;/a&gt; is pretty useful too -- though I suspect it's mostly useful for people who do a ton of editing and/or moderation than the average user.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/72523/heuristics-for-detecting-a-bad-answer&quot;&gt;More information&lt;/a&gt; on the parent meta.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:24.280" LastActivityDate="2010-12-29T04:21:20.970" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="814" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="812" CreationDate="2010-12-29T11:53:20.597" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;This was due to an error made in part (accidentally) buy the StackOverflow Team. &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/73405/why-has-askubuntu-disappeared-from-the-stack-exchange-sites/73411#73411&quot;&gt;They have fixed this already&lt;/a&gt; and it should be resolving properly within the next 24 hours.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2010-12-29T11:53:20.597" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="815" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="824" CreationDate="2010-12-30T04:16:34.980" Score="13" ViewCount="7443" Body="&lt;p&gt;What is the difference between &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/terminal&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;terminal&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;terminal&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/command-line&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;command-line&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;command-line&lt;/a&gt;? Is it a big enough difference to make a distinction at all?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2011-01-02T11:12:32.813" Title="Terminal vs. Command-Line" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="816" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="815" CreationDate="2010-12-30T04:17:00.347" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The command-line tag should be used for questions that ask if or how something is done using the command-line as opposed to the GUI. The terminal tag is concerned with questions about the terminal iself, that is what you see when you press Ctrl+Alt+F1. When the question is specific to gnome-terminal or konsole, these tags should be used instead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastActivityDate="2010-12-30T04:17:00.347" CommentCount="4" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-12-31T00:07:30.283" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="817" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="815" CreationDate="2010-12-30T04:17:20.580" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is no meaningful distinction between the command-line and the terminal to be made by normal users, the tags should be merged. This will make it easier for users to search and tag their questions, and it won't impact the quality of answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastActivityDate="2010-12-30T04:17:20.580" CommentCount="2" CommunityOwnedDate="2010-12-31T00:07:50.597" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="819" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2010-12-30T08:22:46.443" Score="1" ViewCount="55" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/663/internet-explorer-7-support&quot;&gt;Internet Explorer 7 Support?&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Askubuntu.com looks odd on my work machine with WinXP and IE7: The header bar contains only the &lt;code&gt;@&lt;/code&gt; icon but all the rest (username etc.) is gone, and hovering over their positions doesn't offer anything clickable either. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Observations:&lt;/strong&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;On my home machines (Win7+Ffox, Win7+Chrome, iPhone+Safari), the same site work fine.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;This would indicate an IE7 issue.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;On my work machine (WinXP+IE7), other SE sites work fine.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;This would indicate that the issue is only for Askubuntu, not all SE sites.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;On my work machine (WinXP+IE7), on any SE site, the toolbar function &lt;em&gt;insert an image from my computer&lt;/em&gt; doesn't work (the &lt;em&gt;Browse&lt;/em&gt; button is dead and the text field can't be clicked to manually enter the file path) - but this works fine on my home machines.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;This would indicate a general SE issue with IE7.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/6v0Uq.png&quot; alt=&quot;missing information in top of screen&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5786" LastActivityDate="2010-12-30T08:22:46.443" Title="Site is broken on WinXP+IE7" Tags="|bug|css|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2010-12-31T16:23:48.530" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="820" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="821" CreationDate="2010-12-30T12:32:36.130" Score="7" ViewCount="117" Body="&lt;p&gt;This &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/8113/purevpn&quot;&gt;user&lt;/a&gt; is clearly spaming the site. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;He has his company link twice in his profile (hint 1).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then he asked &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/19405/what-is-virtual-private-network-closed&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; when it's offtopic and he identifies himself as a vpn company. Another link to himself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Afterwards he answer this &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/18988/openvpn-fails-to-start-automatically/19407#19407&quot;&gt;question&lt;/a&gt; twice. Of course there are a link to his own site in both answers. None of them has any quality content in them, nor are related to the question. They are likely just copy-pasted, as one even refences generic Windows problems.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What can we, as users do about it?.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="211" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2011-01-09T13:04:53.120" Title="What can users do about clear spam attempts?" Tags="|discussion|users|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="821" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="820" CreationDate="2010-12-30T13:04:59.383" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;First, &lt;strong&gt;flag them&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I thought about it when I read them, and my solution for the time between flagging them and a moderator deleting them is to&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;delete the links&lt;/strong&gt;, i.e. remove the hyperlink but leave the text&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;or&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;change the links&lt;/strong&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;http://tinyurl.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;tinyurl&lt;/a&gt;-previews, if their modest advertising instead of malicious spam&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can also just go ahead and &lt;strong&gt;delete the entire post&lt;/strong&gt;, replacing it with &lt;code&gt;(spam removed)&lt;/code&gt; or something like that, if you think it improves the site. I haven't encountered any spam where that seemed appropriate &lt;em&gt;to me&lt;/em&gt;, but I'm relatively sure nobody would be upset if you did it anyway.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And lastly, this especially if you don't have the reputation to edit posts:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Go to the chat and &lt;strong&gt;ask someone else&lt;/strong&gt; to do it for you&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;As Marco suggested, leave a comment on the post. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We're all concerned about spam and we'll all be glad to help, I dare saying. :-)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Also consider reporting the linked site to google at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.google.com/safebrowsing/report_badware/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.google.com/safebrowsing/report_badware/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;See &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.stopbadware.org/home/badware&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.stopbadware.org/home/badware&lt;/a&gt; for when this is appropriate.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastEditorUserId="1067" LastEditDate="2011-01-09T13:04:53.120" LastActivityDate="2011-01-09T13:04:53.120" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="822" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="823" CreationDate="2010-12-30T14:39:51.850" Score="14" ViewCount="152" Body="&lt;p&gt;I voted up for a comment and realized that it wasn't in fact such a great comment. I am not able to cancel my vote as I can do for questions or answers : &quot;click again to undo&quot; don't work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it just impossible, is there some timeout impeding you to change your mind every 10s or is it a bug in my browser ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I did not find an answer in the faq or the meta... Edit : should have looked on the other meta-sites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7567" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-04-27T05:46:28.093" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title=" Can I cancel a vote for a comment?" Tags="|support|comments|voting|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="823" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="822" CreationDate="2010-12-30T14:42:37.077" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, it's not possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1170/should-i-be-able-to-cancel-my-up-vote-on-a-comment&quot;&gt;Cancelling upvote on comment?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6861" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2010-12-30T14:42:37.077" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="824" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="815" CreationDate="2010-12-30T17:47:30.543" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;Terminal and shell are two very different concepts, though the separation is not obvious to the uninitiated (and the exact location of the separation is a little strange).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The terminal mainly provides a way to type and display characters.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The shell mainly provides a way to execute commands.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See also &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/14866/1059&quot;&gt;What are shells ?&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/q/4126/885&quot;&gt;What is the exact difference between a 'terminal', a 'shell', a 'tty' and a 'console'?&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I recommend using &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/terminal&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;terminal&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;terminal&lt;/a&gt; only for questions that are related to the terminal (emulator) and its configuration. Using this tag for “how do I do X on the command line” feels wholly counter-intuitive to me. I recommend keeping a separate &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/command-line&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;command-line&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;command-line&lt;/a&gt; for this purpose.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1059" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:37:19.280" LastActivityDate="2010-12-30T17:47:30.543" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="828" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-01-02T00:34:54.917" Score="11" ViewCount="166" Body="&lt;p&gt;As a young site we haven't had this problem much &lt;em&gt;yet&lt;/em&gt; but in a fast moving world, things change quickly and what were once very good answers can become out of date. Due to our prominence in the search engines, it could be possibly harmful to leave outdated answers as they are. This is already a problem with people getting information from old blog posts and forum threads.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, we have wiki style editing on our side so we can update answers as they become out of date or at least make it obvious that they are for a particular Ubuntu version.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What are the best practices for dealing with such situations?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="667" LastActivityDate="2012-11-20T05:59:32.940" Title="What should we do about outdated answers?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="829" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="828" CreationDate="2011-01-02T06:28:19.027" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am finding that for more popular questions (the ones bringing in new users with Me toos! and the popular question badges) the bump mentally reminds me that people are reading those often so I tend to pay attention more when they get bumped and I tend to give them a once over. (I check the popular question and answer badges since I am interested in what questions people read often)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What I've been doing personally is &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;making sure that I'm tagging questions with a version as often as it makes sense, basically any desktopish GUI related question because in 11.04 everything will be different.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Future proofing my answers so they won't be so out of date, usually in the form of not giving an answer but pointing to where that information might be available in the future. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Going through some of my older answers on a regular basis and seeing if they need to be updated. This likely won't scale forever, heh.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/greatest-hits&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/greatest-hits&lt;/a&gt; are our 1000 post popular questions, they should be reviewed regularly!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2012-11-12T03:37:43.810" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="830" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-01-02T22:33:34.633" Score="47" ViewCount="707" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the beginning there weren't that many high rep users who could edit questions. As that number grows I thought I would add some tips/tricks that I use for those of you striving to &lt;s&gt;earn a badge&lt;/s&gt; improve the quality of the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="570" LastEditDate="2011-08-28T23:42:35.577" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Editing tips and tricks" Tags="|discussion|editing|cleanup|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="831" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="830" CreationDate="2011-01-02T22:36:13.540" Score="44" Body="&lt;h3&gt;Finding things to Edit&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review&quot;&gt;askubuntu.com/review&lt;/a&gt; has a bunch of great ways to find things to fix.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/low-quality-posts?pagesize=15&amp;amp;filter=day&quot;&gt;Low quality posts&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Search for &amp;quot;edit&amp;quot;, this will bring up a bunch of answers where people forget the wiki aspect and just add EDIT all over the place.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Keep an eye out for new &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/badges/40/tumbleweed&quot;&gt;Tumbleweeds&lt;/a&gt;, see if they need editing help.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The three badges for traffic (based on views) are the most visible questions from search engines, we should try to make these &amp;quot;best of the best&amp;quot;:&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/badges/28/famous-question&quot;&gt;Famous&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/badges/27/notable-question&quot;&gt;Notable&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/badges/26/popular-question&quot;&gt;Popular&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/83075/easy-ways-to-find-answers-that-should-be-comments-for-flagging-purposes&quot;&gt;This thread&lt;/a&gt; on meta.SO has links to searches you can do to find common junk that can be fixed.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1908/troublesome-tags-that-need-cleaning-up/1909#1909&quot;&gt;Troublesome tags&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Clean up the title&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;People think in forums, so they title their actual question with a &amp;quot;topic&amp;quot; instead of their actual question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&amp;quot;Problem with Compiz&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;A question about Unity&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;What's wrong with Firefox?&amp;quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You'll usually find the real question right at the bottom.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;People tend to put the version and &amp;quot;Ubuntu&amp;quot; in the title. We have tags and the site is about Ubuntu, so you can change &amp;quot;How do I install Chrome in Ubuntu 10.10&amp;quot; to &amp;quot;How do I install Chrome?&amp;quot;. You probably don't need a version tag either, those are useful for hardware style questions but it's best if we keep questions without version tags so we can maintain them over time. You can also replace generic questions with specific titles, for example &amp;quot;Ubuntu doesn't suspend&amp;quot; to &amp;quot;Thinkpad X220 doesn't suspend&amp;quot;.  Here's a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?tab=newest&amp;amp;q=title:ubuntu&quot;&gt;list of questions with Ubuntu in the title&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If we had Ubuntu and version numbers in every title the front page would be unreadable. However I don't just drop it every time, I try to think of what the question would sound like if I asked someone in real life or &amp;quot;what would I google for?&amp;quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Think long term – Assume every question you edit will be the #1 result for that question in Google, make it count!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Here's &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=title:question&quot;&gt;some questions&lt;/a&gt; with &amp;quot;question&amp;quot; in the title, easy pickings!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Linking prexisting stuff&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(It would be crazy to list them all, just searching for highly voted questions in that tag does the trick, you get the idea) – by the time you have the rep to edit questions you probably know a bunch of these.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Any question asking about hardware – &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/14008/i-have-a-hardware-detection-problem-what-logs-do-i-need-to-look-into&quot;&gt;I have a hardware detection problem, what logs do I need to look into?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;gconf-editor – &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/17249/how-do-i-use-the-gconf-editor&quot;&gt;How do I use the gconf editor?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;PPA – &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/4983/what-are-ppas-and-how-do-i-use-them&quot;&gt;What are PPAs and how do I use them?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Formatting – In addition to the normal spelling and grammar&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Linking to similar but maybe related questions if the auto-relation thing doesn't do it right. Or if something is close but not quite a dupe. Interconnecting links between questions can be useful.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I concentrate on unanswered questions first, this gives the question a bump, helping the user!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Sometimes people overdo the bold and stuff, I edit it out. Professional journals don't overdo text formatting, neither should we.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Grammar – In my experience people who are not native speakers appreciate the help clarifying their question. If the editing is so invasive they will either let you know or you can always say something like &amp;quot;I tried to clear this up, is this what you mean?&amp;quot; as a comment.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Tagging&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Watch out for new &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/08/the-death-of-meta-tags/&quot;&gt;meta tags&lt;/a&gt; and stop them before it's too late!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Deduplication&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Having the same instructions for a task that is repeatable and popular isn't ideal because if we ever have to update/change it we have to do it across the site, instead we can have one set of instructions and then link answers back to it to strengthen the links between posts, for example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Replacing &amp;quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&amp;amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;ion=1&amp;amp;nord=1#sclient=psy&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;nord=1&amp;amp;qscrl=1&amp;amp;site=webhp&amp;amp;source=hp&amp;amp;q=%22sudo+apt-get+install+unity-2d%22+site:askubuntu.com&amp;amp;qscrl=1&amp;amp;pbx=1&amp;amp;oq=%22sudo+apt-get+install+unity-2d%22+site:askubuntu.com&amp;amp;aq=f&amp;amp;aqi=&amp;amp;aql=1&amp;amp;gs_sm=e&amp;amp;gs_upl=4873l5168l0l5595l2l2l0l0l0l1l313l482l0.1.0.1l2&amp;amp;bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&amp;amp;fp=882a02ceb0f94a12&amp;amp;biw=1333&amp;amp;bih=656&amp;amp;ion=1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;sudo apt-get install unity-2d&lt;/a&gt;&amp;quot; with a link to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/21686/how-do-i-install-the-unity-2d-desktop&quot;&gt;How do I install and switch to the Unity 2D desktop?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You can do searches for popular commands and then just go back and edit them to point to the canonical question and answer.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Cross-linking with other documentation&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Link manpages to the online page: &lt;a href=&quot;http://manpages.ubuntu.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://manpages.ubuntu.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Link to official documentation at: &lt;a href=&quot;http://help.ubuntu.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://help.ubuntu.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Deleting&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Questions about Alphas and Betas generally are too localized, if you can reword it to be more general (so it's useful for future releases), then that would be best, otherwise flag it for deletion!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Flagging&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The wonderful rlemon has created a &lt;a href=&quot;https://gist.github.com/1670907&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;user script that greatly simplifies flagging&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/206/conversation/awesome-flagging-tool&quot;&gt;How its used is outlined here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-03-12T19:39:29.883" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2011-01-26T02:41:11.953" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="832" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="405" CreationDate="2011-01-03T20:19:48.833" Score="1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/&quot;&gt;AskUbuntu.com&lt;/a&gt;: Improving the Ubuntu experience; one answer at a time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="866" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2011-01-03T20:19:48.833" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="833" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="405" CreationDate="2011-01-03T20:21:27.883" Score="0" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/&quot;&gt;AskUbuntu.com&lt;/a&gt;: Because between us: we know everything&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="866" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2011-01-03T20:21:27.883" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="834" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="405" CreationDate="2011-01-03T20:24:14.153" Score="-1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/&quot;&gt;AskUbuntu.com&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/2009-04-09-upsell-extra-sales_N.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;How about a screenshot with that?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="866" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2011-01-03T20:24:14.153" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="835" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="405" CreationDate="2011-01-03T21:29:36.227" Score="4" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu: because we're not the Ubuntu Forums&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2011-01-03T21:29:36.227" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="836" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="405" CreationDate="2011-01-03T21:31:47.070" Score="0" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu: Learn by asking. Lead by example.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A slight modification of Stefan's&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2011-01-03T21:31:47.070" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="837" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="405" CreationDate="2011-01-04T04:23:15.997" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;AskUbuntu.com: Finally, Linux Just Works.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1415" LastActivityDate="2011-01-04T04:23:15.997" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="838" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="839" CreationDate="2011-01-04T15:50:39.617" Score="11" ViewCount="186" Body="&lt;p&gt;I read in a comment that users can notify each other by starting the comment with &lt;code&gt;@username&lt;/code&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Assume I want to notify Marco Ceppi. Do I write &lt;code&gt;@Marco Ceppi&lt;/code&gt; or &lt;code&gt;@marco-ceppi&lt;/code&gt;?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What does that user see? How is this notification shown?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5786" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="How does @username commenting work?" Tags="|support|comments|notifications|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="839" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="838" CreationDate="2011-01-04T18:36:18.023" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4798/lets-make-it-easier-to-reply-within-comments/35917#35917&quot;&gt;From meta.stackoverflow&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Rules:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Only applies to other people in the comments that you are commenting on, or editors of the current post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Response must include @username that&#xA;you are referring to, where&#xA;&amp;quot;username&amp;quot; is a reasonable match to&#xA;the user's current display name (as&#xA;seen in the comments above yours).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;There must be a starts-with, case&#xA;insensitive match of at least THREE&#xA;characters to the displayname. So @a&#xA;and @ab will never match anyone or&#xA;anything.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Spaces cannot be used to match, so&#xA;if the person's display name is&#xA;&amp;quot;Peter Smith&amp;quot; then just use @peter&#xA;or @petersmith to match.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Matching is performed in reverse&#xA;chronological order, so if there are&#xA;five people named &amp;quot;John&amp;quot; in the&#xA;comments, writing &amp;quot;hey @john, have&#xA;you considered apples?&amp;quot; will match&#xA;the most recent John to comment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2011-01-04T18:36:18.023" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="840" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="838" CreationDate="2011-01-04T18:44:46.310" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;To answer my question #2 (based on fluteflute's helpful demonstration) the notification consists of an update in the &quot;StackExchange&quot; icon/menu in the top left of the page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/CN12L.png&quot; alt=&quot;Screenshot&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5786" LastEditorUserId="866" LastEditDate="2011-01-04T18:53:29.580" LastActivityDate="2011-01-04T18:53:29.580" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="843" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="844" CreationDate="2011-01-07T07:26:35.210" Score="6" ViewCount="157" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was just wondering whether or not askubuntu.com was hosted on Ubuntu Server? I tried searching for it but didnt find anything so I thought I would ask at meta.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6713" LastEditorUserId="6713" LastEditDate="2011-01-07T08:52:39.330" LastActivityDate="2011-01-11T14:48:39.173" Title="Is askubuntu.com hosted on Ubuntu Server Edition?" Tags="|discussion|server|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="844" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="843" CreationDate="2011-01-07T09:27:49.827" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, far from it (as far as we know).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2008/09/what-was-stack-overflow-built-with/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;What Was Stack Overflow Built With?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may also be interested in &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/489/how-would-1-bug-would-be-fixed-if-askubuntu-uses-a-windows-platfrom&quot;&gt;How would #1 Bug would be fixed if AskUbuntu uses a Windows Platform?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="866" LastActivityDate="2011-01-07T09:27:49.827" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="845" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="838" CreationDate="2011-01-07T18:57:36.067" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;There's a comprehensive (and updated from Jorge's) list at &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/43019/how-do-comment-replies-work&quot;&gt;meta.stackoverflow.com&lt;/a&gt;.  I'm not quoting it here so anyone won't be tempted to not read it and thus miss updates... and so I don't have to keep this updated myself. :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7207" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2011-01-07T18:57:36.067" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="848" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-01-10T06:28:20.727" Score="7" ViewCount="138" Body="&lt;p&gt;Looking around here, I haven't come across one asking about migrating questions to unix.SE. However, there is currently &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/389/migrate-ubuntu-specific-questions-to-askubuntu&quot;&gt;a discussion&lt;/a&gt; on that site's meta, regarding the issue. In fact, the site will be launched any day now, and I want to start a discussion on migrating questions that are very generic, the kind where there isn't a single mention of Ubuntu, like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/3592/how-to-configure-partitions-across-two-physical-drives&quot;&gt;this one&lt;/a&gt;. I say this because unix.SE audience could benefit from this influx, while Ubuntu users have &lt;em&gt;only&lt;/em&gt; one more site to learn about.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that the question is not about &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/47/how-do-we-tell-if-a-question-belongs-here-or-rather-at-stackoverflow-superuser&quot;&gt;what questions should be asked here&lt;/a&gt;, but about &lt;em&gt;should non-Ubuntu-specific questions be migrated to unix.SE?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2591" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2011-01-10T19:48:32.763" Title="Talk of migrating some questions to unix.SE" Tags="|discussion|migration|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="849" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="501" CreationDate="2011-01-10T10:37:38.963" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just styling it differently so that it is more visible would go a long way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I also upvoted Oli's answer because I think that moving it on the main navigation bar would also work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5361" LastActivityDate="2011-01-10T10:37:38.963" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="850" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-01-10T11:09:09.847" Score="8" ViewCount="348" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Context :&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I just hit the evil reputation, 666 (don't worry it's already over), I eventually did something bad here : copy-paste content, forgot to mention the source and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/19442/what-is-the-waiting-channel-of-a-process/19450#19450&quot;&gt;got caught by the author&lt;/a&gt;, ooops !&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Well, StackExchange content is under &lt;a href=&quot;http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;cc-by-sa&lt;/a&gt; license allowing me to remix that content &lt;em&gt;with&lt;/em&gt; conditions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is an &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/06/attribution-required/&quot;&gt;already discussed topic&lt;/a&gt; but, as I understood it, the blog post was more aimed at attributions while doing external reuse of the content. In that case it's fair to cite (or not to remove) author's name and original url while copying whole answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my case I just copied 2 lines of another answer because I noticed it could improve mine. Original author isn't cited, AskUbuntu obviously is. I voted up the reused content.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't want to piss off users, especially those with a high reputation ;-) because they like to be cited and I did not. Moreover I know for sure that people are happy to see they contributed to something even if it is anonymously (because in my point of view, that's how and why free software works).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I usually link to external content but &lt;em&gt;for small excerpts it isn't clear to me how I could do a full attribution without losing conciseness&lt;/em&gt;. I'd better not use external content if it makes my answers less clear.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Question(s) :&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is it fair to just reuse content if it stays in StackExchange without worrying for attributions because I already &quot;paid&quot; the other one with my (anonymous) vote ? &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is something like &lt;em&gt;I reuse content&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt; 1&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/a&gt; a nice solution ?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Can the author allow me to bypass some license restrictions, like allowing me to reuse some content without the attribution requirement ?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Imagine my remixed answer is again reused. From a more general point of view, how should the many-contributors-situation be handled ? It does not seems too obvious : &lt;a href=&quot;http://lwn.net/Articles/237098/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Share-Alike without Attribution topic&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;(edit) Bonus question (title question in fact) :&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How would you actually reuse content under the cc-by-sa license ?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;(I was more interested in the small in-line citation case but more general examples may also be interesting for the community).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7567" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2011-01-14T10:48:58.097" Title="What is a good attribution while reusing StackExchange content within StackExchange ?" Tags="|discussion|best-practice|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="851" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="149" CreationDate="2011-01-10T15:00:36.800" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;There are different communities :&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ubuntu being an &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix-like&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Unix-like&lt;/a&gt; OS, I'm &lt;strike&gt;pretty&lt;/strike&gt; 100% sure we will see &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/ubuntu&quot;&gt;ubuntu-tagged questions&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;https://unix.stackexchange.com/&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;As of today (2011/01/10) it only represents 7,3% of all questions so it makes sense to have an Unix StackExchange site.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;On the other hand, a real Ubuntu community exists making sense for an Ubuntu specific StackExchange site.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So let's keep with two different websites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;With two different kind of users :&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I understand and partly agree with the Ubuntu-for-newbies / Unix.SE-for-experts &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/149/are-we-better-off-with-a-general-unix-linux-stackexchange-site/150#150&quot;&gt;argument&lt;/a&gt; but I found it biased.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why ? Although Ubuntu is nowadays more recommended for end-users with no technical background we have all kind of users. Moreover telling what is an easy or difficult question is highly subjective and should be avoided.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The current situation seems fine :&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The current situation seems almost fine once we redefine what Unix and Ubuntu means in terms of StackEchange communities. As I understand :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Unix.stackexchange means asking (difficult ?) questions about Unix-like OS, including Ubuntu. Expect non distribution-specific answers. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Askubuntu means asking the Ubuntu community (not-too-difficult ?) questions about Ubuntu or Linux related topics.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This seems clever as most traffic will eventually come from search engines and that I personally uses the ubuntu word in my queries : I'm not sure if all online ubuntu-content is always also tagged as linux, asking for ubuntu generally gives good results.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;So, I agree we have good reasons to keep different websites BUT there is a clear overlap on some questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;But we still have issues :&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What could have been forgotten : the bigger the community, the better the content.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is well explained &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/08/unix-and-ubuntu-why-both/&quot;&gt;in this blog post&lt;/a&gt; with the StackOverflow example : many languages, one site (thanks &lt;em&gt;@Jorge Castro&lt;/em&gt; for the link).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Splitting the Unix-like-OS users community is a real drawback : many (all ?) ubuntu-tagged questions could have been answered on AskUbuntu and many AskUbuntu questions aren't Ubuntu specific.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is merging websites the solution ? Then forget this post ! AskUbuntu users already said no. Merging seems too radical.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Problem is : we currently only have 2 classification levels : website name and tags.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;This can't be fully satisfying with regards to the real classification : Computing -&gt; Software -&gt; OS -&gt; Unix-like OS -&gt; Ubuntu -&gt; tag1/tag2/tag3 -&gt; my question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe Ubuntu users like this : &lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/OfutP.png&quot; alt=&quot;alt text&quot;&gt; more than that : &lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/kjxL7.png&quot; alt=&quot;alt text&quot;&gt;. I do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Current solutions are :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Only move &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/389/migrate-ubuntu-specific-questions-to-askubuntu/390#390&quot;&gt;very oriented question&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/848/talk-of-migrating-some-questions-to-unix-se/853#853&quot;&gt;Don't move anything&lt;/a&gt; at all assuming the user had a good reason to post on a specific website (and tell users who do not have a good reason that there are others SE sites).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;One possible solution for overlapping questions :&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another solution ? As &lt;em&gt;@A Student at a University&lt;/em&gt; pointed out, there is one possibility (maybe should I ask a new question and move this part) :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Shared or cross-site Q&amp;amp;A&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Imagine :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Someone ask something non-Ubuntu specific on AskUbuntu&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;He has the possibility to post the same question on different StackExchange sites (assuming he is already registered). (Maybe) minimal reputation required.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Like close/transfer votes, enough users vote to open this question on unix.se or any other relevant site. Enough reputation on both sites is required.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The question stays open on askubuntu&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The question appears on unix.se and is transparently kept in sync with askubuntu.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Users get reputation on different sites depending where votes come from.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Closing on only one or all sites should be different options&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Pros :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A bigger community answers questions while keeping specific websites for specific users community without merging all topics.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Makes communities more open and dynamic&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Different point of views for &quot;out of the box&quot; answers.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Cons :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Involves a lot of work ?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Maybe too complicated, we're good with the current situation ?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sorry for the long answer. I just wanted to post some lines and ended up writing a lot (too much? vote it down and leave a comment).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7567" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:37:19.280" LastActivityDate="2011-01-10T20:41:07.947" CommentCount="2" CommunityOwnedDate="2011-01-10T15:00:36.800" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="852" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="501" CreationDate="2011-01-10T16:20:19.513" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;I agree that it needs to be changed. It's low contrast, and it doesn't look like a &quot;button&quot;--or even a &quot;link&quot;--but more like a title, or something. Also, I don't get the point of all the dots around it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Honestly, I still forget it's there, all the time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1415" LastActivityDate="2011-01-10T16:20:19.513" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="853" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="848" CreationDate="2011-01-10T19:48:32.763" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ultimately I'm going to say no, but this is just me. Furthermore I will go so far as to say &lt;em&gt;they&lt;/em&gt; shouldn't migrate to us. Said user has come to X site (where X = [Unix, Ubuntu]) to ask a question because they feel more comfortable asking there. Leaving a comment on either with a sign post that &quot;Hey Y site exists, you could try there&quot; is what we have been doing with programming questions or server questions here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Forcing a user to have a question answered on another site because it &lt;em&gt;fits&lt;/em&gt; better there is the wrong stance to take. It is much better to reserve the migration option for content and questions that are purely off-topic and belong on other SE sites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2011-01-10T19:48:32.763" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="854" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="850" CreationDate="2011-01-10T23:53:42.447" Score="6" Body="&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;No, it's against the license. Give attribution as specified. Not only is it a legal requirement, it's a moral indicator that your answer is not your work. I &lt;em&gt;hate&lt;/em&gt; it when other people try and pass my work off as their own (by omission or otherwise) so attribution keeps everything above board on both fronts.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Not really. For offline, paper-based documents this is beneficial because hyperlinks don't work when you poke them with your finger and an inline URL breaks the flow.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But we're on the web. Hyperlinks work here. Use them properly.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I don't see your argument. For a quick quote you can very easily write something like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;But &lt;a href=&quot;http://link/to/other/thread&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;I read on another post&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;    &lt;p&gt;Quote from the other source&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you're worried about not being curt enough, drop the quote inline and make the whole thing a link.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not only does it mean you're giving attribution correctly but the question asker (and people with similar issues) can trace the source, read the rest of the post and even talk directly to the person who wrote it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You do nobody a service by breaking the chain.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Seems simple enough. If they copy your text, they attribute you post. If they copy the post you copied, they attribute that post, if they copy yours in full, including the original post, they attribute both (if they haven't copied in your attribution).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2011-01-10T23:53:42.447" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="856" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="843" CreationDate="2011-01-11T14:48:39.173" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;And if you only want to use ubuntu, you could use &lt;a href=&quot;https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu&lt;/a&gt; . &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7694" LastActivityDate="2011-01-11T14:48:39.173" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="857" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-01-12T10:23:31.460" Score="7" ViewCount="162" Body="&lt;p&gt;Being a netbook user (Eee PC) I am frequently annoyed by the fact that askubunt doesn't fit on my screen horizontally. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Could this website's maintainer make the website resize correctly?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;As Ubuntu is heavily supporting netbooks with ther netbook edition this would be quite logical to me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See this screenshot as a reference:&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Av4bk.png&quot; alt=&quot;alt text&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2192" LastEditorUserId="2192" LastEditDate="2011-01-14T14:50:34.900" LastActivityDate="2011-01-14T15:44:13.127" Title="Can you make askubuntu fit on netbook screens?" Tags="|feature-request|design|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="858" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="859" CreationDate="2011-01-12T11:40:42.770" Score="4" ViewCount="132" Body="&lt;p&gt;Either something isn't being escaped properly or there's been some new HTML that bodges the site. I'm seeing this behaviour on both the main site and meta.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/oVaXO.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="41" LastEditDate="2011-01-12T22:10:22.333" LastActivityDate="2011-01-12T22:10:22.333" Title="Sidebar is all messed up." Tags="|bug|status-completed|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="859" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="858" CreationDate="2011-01-12T13:10:28.710" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;This issue is appearing for me on Firefox 3.6, Ubuntu 10.04, same as the screenshot posted by the OP. When using chrome, the sidebar appears fine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From looking at the source, it seems that it's to do with the chat panel on the RHS. &#xA;There's some js which tries to load the html for the whole panel, but doesn't seem to escape it correctly, as the browser seems to be interpreting two closing &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;/html&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; tags.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;$('#ad502-rooms').ready(&#xA;function () {&#xA;    var preloaded = &#xA;        &amp;lt;!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC &quot;-//W3C//DTD HTM...&#xA;        ....&#xA;        &amp;lt;/body&amp;gt;&#xA;    &amp;lt;/html&amp;gt;;        &amp;lt;-- everything after here getting dumped out in sidebar&#xA;    displayRooms(preloaded, null, null);&#xA;});&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="444" LastActivityDate="2011-01-12T13:10:28.710" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="860" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="772" CreationDate="2011-01-12T18:26:09.500" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;The SE folks have just implemented &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2011/01/twitter-question-feeds-for-stack-exchange/&quot;&gt;network wide twitter accounts&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's ours: &lt;a href=&quot;https://twitter.com/AskUbuntu&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://twitter.com/AskUbuntu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="235" LastEditDate="2015-11-07T22:53:43.527" LastActivityDate="2015-11-07T22:53:43.527" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="861" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="863" CreationDate="2011-01-12T20:44:19.290" Score="2" ViewCount="84" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/858/sidebar-is-all-messed-up&quot;&gt;Sidebar is all messed up.&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Voting on askubuntu.com is completely broken. Each time I try to press the vote buttons on questions, answers and comments, I get an error:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;An error has occurred - please retry your request.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  (click on this box to dismiss)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Using Firebugs netpanel, I found out that the vote request is not properly processed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/2636/vote/2&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/posts/2636/vote/2&lt;/a&gt; gets redirected to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/error?aspxerrorpath=/posts/2636/vote/2&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/error?aspxerrorpath=/posts/2636/vote/2&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This behavior was first observed while trying to vote on &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/1786/6969&quot;&gt;What is the difference between Network Manager and &amp;#39;ifconfig&amp;#39; &amp;#39;ifup&amp;#39;, etc?&lt;/a&gt;. Voting does still work on stackoverflow.com.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Browser: Mozilla Firefox 3.6.13. User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; nl; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20101206 Ubuntu/10.10 (maverick) Firefox/3.6.13&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Comments&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Cleared my cache, to no avail. Could it be related to a programming error that caused the sidebar being messed up? Are you able to vote? I can't even submit a comment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Clearing single __qca, ubuntuuser or all cookies didn't help. Changing the User-Agent string to Google Chrome using &lt;a href=&quot;https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/59/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;User Agent Switcher&lt;/a&gt; does not change the situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Although Google Chrome works, with the same User-Agent string and cookies from meta.askubuntu.com and askubuntu.com cleared, the bug does still exist. The used User-Agent string is: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US) AppleWebKit/534.13 (KHTML, like Gecko) Ubuntu/10.10 Chromium/9.0.597.45 Chrome/9.0.597.45 Safari/534.13.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6969" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2011-01-12T22:10:40.307" Title="Voting on questions, answers and comments does not work" Tags="|bug|status-completed|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2011-01-12T22:12:12.350" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="862" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="858" CreationDate="2011-01-12T21:53:36.117" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Team StackOverflow is aware of this and should be patching it shortly!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2011-01-12T21:53:36.117" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="863" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="861" CreationDate="2011-01-12T21:55:10.673" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Team StackOverflow is aware of this and should be patching it shortly!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2011-01-12T21:55:10.673" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="864" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-01-14T08:59:36.613" Score="3" ViewCount="115" Body="&lt;p&gt;careers.stackoverflow.com only shows &quot;Server Fault&quot;, &quot;Super User&quot;, &quot;Stack Overflow&quot; and Stack Apps accounts. How do I associate askubuntu account there? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6713" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="How can I associate my askubuntu profile to StackOverflow careers?" Tags="|discussion|user-accounts|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="865" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-01-14T11:05:22.863" Score="7" ViewCount="123" Body="&lt;p&gt;Looking at &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/4571/pros-and-cons-of-hibernating&quot;&gt;Q: Pros and cons of hibernating&lt;/a&gt;, I wonder why it was made Community Wiki? To me, it doesn't look subjective, nor is it like a poll.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2591" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2012-04-12T11:44:55.163" Title="Why was this made CW?" Tags="|discussion|community-wiki|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="866" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="857" CreationDate="2011-01-14T15:44:13.127" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Considering the &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/12/stack-overflow-2010-analytics/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Stack Overflow 2010 Analytics&lt;/a&gt;, @JeffAtwood tells us :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;We design for a fixed minimum width of 1024 px [...].&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Obviously screen and window widths can be different, especially in your case because of the Unity interface so you are unluckily part of the non-targeted audience.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can they make askubuntu more netbook-friendly ? Sure.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will they make it ? I don't know. I'm also not sure if we should consider this request as an askubuntu specific or as a generic stackexchange issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Currently you have some solutions :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Zoom out in your browser (Ctrl + scrolldown, works for Chrome and FF).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Maybe modify your interface : hiding the left panel, not using Unity (yes, I know, this can't be a really satisfying answer...)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7567" LastActivityDate="2011-01-14T15:44:13.127" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="867" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="868" CreationDate="2011-01-14T16:19:09.480" Score="10" ViewCount="140" Body="&lt;p&gt;I found a lot of peoples that does not know Ask Ubuntu yet, so I start looking if this important resource is linked in the main ubuntu.com web site and I was unable to find it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8770" LastActivityDate="2011-01-14T19:16:41.573" Title="Is Ask Ubuntu linked in the ubuntu.com website?" Tags="|support|promote|hyperlinks|site-promotion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="868" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="867" CreationDate="2011-01-14T19:16:41.573" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;In due course we'll have more links, I link it from unity.ubuntu.com currently to send people asking those questions here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2011-01-14T19:16:41.573" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="871" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="872" CreationDate="2011-01-16T02:28:58.823" Score="64" ViewCount="5547" Body="&lt;p&gt;&quot;ubuntu+1&quot; is the developmental release of Ubuntu, so it changes every day so it can cause people to have lots of problems and ask for help. So for example people asking 11.04 (aka natty) questions months before the release, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think a bunch of us agreed in chat on how we handle these kind questions but we never actually posted here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="41" LastEditDate="2012-09-28T14:19:22.303" LastActivityDate="2020-03-02T18:54:02.887" Title="When are questions about &quot;ubuntu+1&quot; appropriate?" Tags="|discussion|faq|scope|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="872" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="871" CreationDate="2011-01-16T02:47:12.123" Score="61" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since it would be a waste of time cleaning up most of this stuff since it's too localized here are my proposals.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Shouldn't be allowed:&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Bug report-style problems, as they &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/5121/how-do-i-report-a-bug&quot;&gt;should be filed as bugs&lt;/a&gt; so they can be fixed.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If the question is about a specific broken thing at that moment in time then it should be closed as off-topic for that's Too Localized: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/14896/how-safe-it-is-to-upgrade-to-natty-at-the-moment&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/14896/how-safe-it-is-to-upgrade-to-natty-at-the-moment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Long drawn out discussions about alpha-quality software that changes everyday should probably go to this Ubuntu subforum: &lt;a href=&quot;http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=416&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=416&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;UI and theme questions prior to UI freezes as the look and feel is usually not complete until then.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Should be allowed:&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Questions about features coming up in the release. This should be encouraged, as it's useful for users who might not know how to find information on the upcoming features (especially around the time of UDS) - however we need to be diligent as to not get swamped with hand-wavy faux questions: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/9890/will-unity-be-more-customizable&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/9890/will-unity-be-more-customizable&lt;/a&gt; is an example of a question that is unanswerable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If the question is a general one on how to test: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/12909/how-do-i-upgrade-to-the-development-release-aka-ubuntu1&quot;&gt;How do I upgrade to the development release (aka. Ubuntu+1)?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If the question is general enough to teach people how to use the developmental release then that would be fine, but most of them could probably be duped to this: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/18641/theres-an-issue-with-an-alpha-release-of-ubuntu-what-should-i-do&quot;&gt;There&amp;#39;s an issue with an Alpha/Beta Release of Ubuntu, what should I do?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2020-03-02T18:54:02.887" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="873" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18" CreationDate="2011-01-17T02:17:21.547" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is there a reason why I can't connect this to my Programmers SE account? The icon just says 'Please wait...' endlessly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, how do I get a context menu like that seen in the screenshot?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8993" LastActivityDate="2011-01-17T02:17:21.547" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="874" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="864" CreationDate="2011-01-17T20:55:40.127" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;As of now, this is not possible.  Please see &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/73792/how-do-i-add-stack-exchange-2-0-sites-to-my-cv-on-careers-stackoverflow-com&quot;&gt;this post on Meta.SO&lt;/a&gt; for more information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As Korneel mentions, for a workaround, you can add your &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/flair&quot;&gt;flair&lt;/a&gt; to one of the text fields that support markdown (though it isn't identical to the options for the Trilogy sites).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2686" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2011-01-17T20:55:40.127" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="875" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="789" CreationDate="2011-01-18T09:49:55.097" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Based on the feedback here and in chat, I have deleted the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ubuntu-desktop&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ubuntu-desktop&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ubuntu-desktop&lt;/a&gt; tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However this does leave 49 posts tagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/untagged&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;untagged&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;untagged&lt;/a&gt; which need to be retagged something more meaningful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123" LastActivityDate="2011-01-18T09:49:55.097" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="876" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="789" CreationDate="2011-01-18T10:32:44.317" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Okay I banged through the list giving them as good tags as I could manage.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There was only &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/13492/horoscope-or-astrology-software-in-ubuntu&quot;&gt;one thread I couldn't handle&lt;/a&gt;. It's a merge of a merge (nasty). I suggest we delete it (if that's possible) or just retag it to &lt;code&gt;software-recommendation&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or make me a moderator and I'll do that one too ;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2011-01-18T10:32:44.317" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="877" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="871" CreationDate="2011-01-18T23:37:30.960" Score="18" Body="&lt;p&gt;Almost all Natty threads I've seen so far fell into one of these categories:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&quot;Will natty/unity/other-new-feature do X&quot;&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I despise speculative threads. Not only can &lt;em&gt;I&lt;/em&gt; not answer them but often only the person driving the project can. I don't really see a difference between this and a feature request, even if the question is levelled directly against the whole distribution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These &lt;em&gt;should&lt;/em&gt; live on Brainstorm or Launchpad, filed under the specific project. If we can get people into that mentality, they'll see the current feature requests and targets before they ask, saving people triage time. That's the point of doing all this in the open, right?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm all for shooting these threads down as off-topic the instant they appear but I've seen enough of bug trackers to know that just hiding the issue just means the next person will ask... Repeating this process and expecting people to figure it out is, I believe, the very definition of insanity.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a compromise, perhaps just keeping one master thread for each topic and being a lot more diligent getting things marked as duplicates. At the moment a sub-3k user might comment that it's a dupe but that doesn't stop five people piling in with duplicate answers. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&quot;I just upgraded and I my screen doesn't work&quot; aka bugs&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We're not a bug tracker. To try and be one is hugely unfair on the developers. We need to push people to Launchpad (and upstream where applicable) so that proper bugs are filed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Similar logic applies though. If we close down a popular bug topic that affects a lot of natty users, we'll just spawn dozens of duplicates.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course to help people we need to push people to the right place. Instead of just punching them off to Launchpad we send them to the exact bug (and then close as off-topic).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&quot;How do I upgrade to Natty?&quot; and other direct process questions&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm warmer to these as they usually have lasting value but they're just as prone to duplicates as other hot topics.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's also a technical protectionism argument to make. If a user has to ask how to upgrade (and the upgrades function as documented), they've already demonstrated an inability or unwillingness to help themselves. On pre-release software the will and skill to Google your way out of an issue is as important as knowing how to file a bug.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know we're not doctors or lawyers but I feel we should show some professionalism and part of that is knowing when not to give advice.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2011-01-18T23:37:30.960" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="878" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-01-19T10:03:30.827" Score="22" ViewCount="165" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm suggesting this feature now because I've just seen &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/22247/10-10-wireless-will-not-connect&quot;&gt;this WiFi connection problem thread&lt;/a&gt; posted, giving no hardware information... But there are dozens of similar threads where hardware information is required and not given.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I suggest that if you use a hardware-related tag like &lt;code&gt;wireless&lt;/code&gt;, the question form expands to ask extra detail. In this case simple commands like: What is the output of &lt;code&gt;lsusb&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;lspci&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;sudo lshw -c network&lt;/code&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Give them a plain textarea for each one, each optional (because not all threads need this information, in fairness). When posted, this information is turned into a code-block and stuck, with some headers to the bottom of the main text.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Provided the question was tagged properly in the first place and the questions those tags use were good, this extra detail would go a long way to streamline the whole process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In terms of implementation, this is something we can ask StackOverflow Inc for... Or we could just do it ourselves. I see no reason why this can't be done by pure JS (which we have some control over IIRC), pulling in the questions from a JSON file on another server (also under our control).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would even go as far as to say this would be easy to accomplish.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've got some spare time later on today so I could push out a GreaseMonkey demo that could very easily be turned into a chunk of JS we upload to the theme... If this sounds like a good idea. I won't if it's deemed undesirable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2015-05-17T16:12:32.807" Title="Automatically asking for specific information based on tags chosen" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="879" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2557" CreationDate="2011-01-19T17:51:00.900" Score="7" ViewCount="261" Body="&lt;p&gt;As of 2011-01-18, Jeff Atwood deleted the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ubuntu-desktop&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ubuntu-desktop&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ubuntu-desktop&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/789/deprecate-the-ubuntu-desktop-tag/875#875&quot;&gt;tag&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One day later there are already new &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ubuntu-desktop&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ubuntu-desktop&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ubuntu-desktop&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ubuntu-desktop&quot;&gt;questions&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Considering all askers are relatively new to askubuntu, I suppose they were not addicted to this particular tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Was the tag still available in tag suggestions ? &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/13485/auto-remove-tags-left-without-an-associated-question&quot;&gt;It may be possible&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What should we do now ? Should moderators delete this tag in the said questions ? Should I flag those questions for inappropriate tagging because I can't do it myself now ?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7567" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2012-02-10T22:21:41.490" Title="Is the ubuntu-desktop tag immortal ?" Tags="|bug|status-completed|tags|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="880" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="209" CreationDate="2011-01-19T20:56:10.343" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The LP login should be replaced by Ubuntu SSO (Single Sign On) as the latter service will replace the former one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Source: &lt;a href=&quot;https://login.ubuntu.com/+description&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://login.ubuntu.com/+description&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://login.ubuntu.com/+faq&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://login.ubuntu.com/+faq&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8973" LastActivityDate="2011-01-19T20:56:10.343" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="881" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="882" CreationDate="2011-01-20T13:02:26.787" Score="16" ViewCount="259" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/12336/easter-eggs-in-ubuntu&quot;&gt;Easter eggs in Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt; vs. &lt;a href=&quot;http://j.mp/ePBn4x&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Easter eggs in Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt; – Spot the difference! &lt;br/&gt;&#xA;The second one has a shortened url; I find this downright rude. &lt;br/&gt;&#xA;What are your views on the usage of masked shortened-urls? &lt;br/&gt;&#xA;Is it wrong to edit such content and replace the shortened url with the original one?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4776" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2011-01-20T13:34:21.317" Title="How to deal with masked shortened-urls?" Tags="|discussion|markdown|etiquette|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="882" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="881" CreationDate="2011-01-20T13:26:05.210" Score="26" Body="&lt;p&gt;Shortened URLs only have a very niche area of positive effect: communicating a long URL over a transmission where it would be costly to do it unencrypted (eg SMS).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We're on the web, we have no need for them. They hinder transparency and add more potential faults to the system (What if the shortener used goes out of business and is bought by a spammer? or just dies? The link fails.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;If you see one, comment on the post to let the poster know your incandescent rage (&lt;em&gt;but be polite&lt;/em&gt;) and if you can, expand the link.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But yes, we should formally declare war on shortened URLs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2011-01-20T13:34:21.317" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="883" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="149" CreationDate="2011-01-21T22:22:32.130" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Being all clotted brings more frustration when navigating, unless good tags are provided.&#xA;Separated is better. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7505" LastActivityDate="2011-01-21T22:22:32.130" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2011-01-21T22:22:32.130" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="884" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="885" CreationDate="2011-01-22T21:48:34.620" Score="4" ViewCount="83" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think the two search strings &lt;code&gt;help ubuntu&lt;/code&gt; or &lt;code&gt;ubuntu+help&lt;/code&gt; should bring up Ask Ubuntu website in the search results. It does not feature in the first three pages of Google search.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What do you think?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9302" LastEditorUserId="1406746" LastEditDate="2022-08-25T00:22:30.663" LastActivityDate="2022-08-25T00:22:30.663" Title="Searching for &quot;help ubuntu&quot; or &quot;ubuntu+help&quot; in Google search should list Ask Ubuntu in results" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="885" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="884" CreationDate="2011-01-23T00:51:40.010" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;We don't really have control of what Google Search does. Many people try to game it (and some even succeed at least in the short term)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However these days I am finding AU questions and answers coming up more and more in my google searches (within minutes in some cases). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The way to ensure this always works long term is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Continue to provide high quality questions and answers&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ensure that we're doing a good job with editing and tagging&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/171/help-spread-this-site&quot;&gt;Help spread this site&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Keep working with new users to help them figure out the site and how to contribute.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If we keep doing core quality-level things the rest will work itself out. The better the content is, the more people will link, the more people link, the better we'll do in search engines, the better we do in search engines, the more people we have contributing content (and so on...)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.227" LastActivityDate="2011-01-23T00:51:40.010" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="886" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="878" CreationDate="2011-01-23T11:18:46.930" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think it is a nice idea, but if you give a plain text area for each tag, it will be not that easy to use and kind of confusing. However,I still like it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Moreover, it will better if at least one of the text areas is required and not all of them are optional. Beside, some of the tags will not have any text area such as Ubuntu 10.10 or 32-bit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9341" LastEditorUserId="225694" LastEditDate="2015-05-17T16:12:32.807" LastActivityDate="2015-05-17T16:12:32.807" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2011-01-23T11:18:46.930" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="887" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-01-23T11:46:17.163" Score="6" ViewCount="75" Body="&lt;p&gt;I will be more easy for the user to ask any thing from there Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The idea to add Ask Ubuntu inside the menu of help. that will help Ubuntu user to ask about specifies thing related the application. for example, if I want to ask about Mplayer all what I need is to open Mplayer from the menu Help&gt; Ask Ubuntu, which will show to the user all the questions that is related to the application system and so on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;that will make asking question better because some of the important tags is collected from the user automatically such as (32-bit or 64-bit)  (Ubuntu 10.04 or 10.10) (name of the application). that will lead to increase quality of the questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I believe it will be hard to add this feature in each application. for that, it can also added a &lt;code&gt;Ask Ubuntu&lt;/code&gt; button beside  &lt;code&gt;more info&lt;/code&gt; button in Ubuntu software center for each application there &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9341" LastActivityDate="2011-01-23T17:11:21.490" Title="Connect Ask Ubuntu with Help" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="888" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="906" CreationDate="2011-01-23T11:47:34.730" Score="7" ViewCount="115" Body="&lt;p&gt;Line breaks with &lt;code&gt;code&lt;/code&gt; involved leave a thin piece of the &lt;code&gt;code&lt;/code&gt; formatting in the previous line:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/BvRXf.png&quot; alt=&quot;alt text&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This only seems to happen with the Opera browser (ver. 11.00/11.01).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3037" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2011-01-31T07:19:04.843" Title="Line break glitch with code tag" Tags="|bug|status-declined|design|formatting|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="889" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="887" CreationDate="2011-01-23T17:11:21.490" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;There's currrently a &lt;em&gt;Help-&gt;Get Help Online...&lt;/em&gt; option in most/all Ubuntu programs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/zh6ca.png&quot; alt=&quot;Screenshot&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It would be very cool if that could be linked up to Ask Ubuntu rather than &lt;a href=&quot;https://answers.launchpad.net/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Launchpad Answers&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That could be changed in each application individually. But perhaps at some point in the future Launchpad Answers might be discontinued and all the links within programs could be automatically redirected here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="866" LastActivityDate="2011-01-23T17:11:21.490" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="890" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-01-23T18:45:10.210" Score="7" ViewCount="97" Body="&lt;p&gt;I know it's a small thing but to suggest there's 24 people chatting in the Ask Ubuntu rooms is misleading.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/5RQVv.png&quot; alt=&quot;Screenshot&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="866" LastEditorUserId="5" LastEditDate="2011-01-24T01:28:06.933" LastActivityDate="2011-01-24T01:28:06.933" Title="Number of people chatting" Tags="|bug|status-bydesign|chat|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="891" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="890" CreationDate="2011-01-23T21:26:07.887" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is by design, as we want natural cross-pollination between all &quot;family&quot; websites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So when you see 24 people chatting, it means 24 people chatting at &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;http://chat.stackexchange.com&lt;/a&gt; and you might find interesting people or topics you wouldn't otherwise have found.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And of course &lt;strong&gt;the chat house ad &lt;em&gt;does&lt;/em&gt; show how many people are in just the site-specific rooms&lt;/strong&gt; as well, so it's accurate in both dimensions. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123" LastActivityDate="2011-01-23T21:26:07.887" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="892" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="893" CreationDate="2011-01-24T03:50:56.440" Score="6" ViewCount="204" Body="&lt;p&gt;I noticed on another QA post here that someone mentioned that as a rule of thumb they keep comments short, and anything longer than short goes in an answer. A few times, I've asked for more information in comments, usually because I didn't know if I had an answer, or if I or anyone had enough information for a good answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm afraid that my comments are making things more cluttered while giving the impression of a sotto voce conversation, as opposed to an out-loud one which would be more encouraging or welcoming, if not necessarily more helpful.  Not to mention that I'm sure there is some standard way to do this which I have not discovered yet.   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is is it worse to ask too many questions or use too many words in comments, or to start an answer that is asking questions instead of giving answers?  There may be a better way to ask this question, so please answer the hypothetical better question if that seems to satisfy my intention for asking (bonus extra meta).   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8844" LastActivityDate="2011-01-24T14:50:20.217" Title="Should I ask for additional information in comments, or start an answer and ask questions there?" Tags="|discussion|comments|answers|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="893" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="892" CreationDate="2011-01-24T04:27:21.180" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you find yourself using two comments and doing the &quot;continued..&quot; hack then you're probably right.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But in general:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;answers should be &lt;em&gt;answers to the question&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;comments on answers are for clarifications, minor followups, and meta-discussion of the answer itself&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Certainly you shouldn't ask major new questions in comments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123" LastActivityDate="2011-01-24T04:27:21.180" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="894" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="762" CreationDate="2011-01-24T05:01:49.357" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sorry about the delay. I have made the icon smaller and it is now on dev, will be in the next deployment. (This applies to both the parent and meta site)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="61" LastActivityDate="2011-01-24T05:01:49.357" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="895" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="888" CreationDate="2011-01-24T11:45:19.500" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;For now I work around this by overriding the &lt;code&gt;code&lt;/code&gt; tag padding using a user style sheet for askubuntu.com:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;p code {&#xA;  padding: 1px 3px!important;&#xA;}&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3037" LastActivityDate="2011-01-24T11:45:19.500" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="896" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="892" CreationDate="2011-01-24T14:50:20.217" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;In addition to Jeff's response I try to use links to prexisting questions in comments to nudge people in the right direction. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example I got sick of asking people for debugging information in every comment so I made a question and now just leave a comment and link them here: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/14008/i-have-a-hardware-detection-problem-what-logs-do-i-need-to-look-into&quot;&gt;I have a hardware detection problem, what logs do I need to look into?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, as a whole we could all do a better job going back into old answers and cleaning up (deleting) old comments that made sense while trying to work out the problem with the person and instead now just clutter and confuse the answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2011-01-24T14:50:20.217" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="897" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="898" CreationDate="2011-01-24T23:51:55.763" Score="13" ViewCount="349" Body="&lt;p&gt;Recently I've &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/16867/missing-thumbnails-for-swf-files-in-nautilus&quot;&gt;started a Bounty&lt;/a&gt;, which is about to end very soon (in less than 23 hours, to be precise). And just a few minutes ago, I received this E-Mail:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Reminder: Your Bounty Is Ending Soon!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Your bounty on the question …&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/16867/missing-thumbnails-for-swf-files-in-nautilus&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Missing Thumbnails for .swf files in nautilus?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;… ends in 23 hours.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Don't forget to review the answers and award your bounty by clicking the bounty indicator to the left of each answer. If you don't award your bounty, the highest scored answer (with a minimum of 2 score) provided after your bounty started may be automatically awarded half the bounty amount!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The actual important part is bold. The problem is, that the highest voted answer doesn't answer the question at all, infact, it's merely a comment! How is this Bounty system in any way fair?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user2817" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2011-01-27T18:52:51.453" Title="Unfair Bounty System?" Tags="|support|bounty|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="898" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="897" CreationDate="2011-01-25T01:06:53.700" Score="16" Body="&lt;p&gt;What you're missing is that only the answer provided &lt;em&gt;after&lt;/em&gt; the bounty started with a score of higher than two will get the half bounty. Which would be &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/16867/missing-thumbnails-for-swf-files-in-nautilus/22894#22894&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The bounty system is &lt;em&gt;fair&lt;/em&gt; because two people from the community thought it was a &quot;good&quot; answer. If you think otherwise you can always downvote that answer (as it appears to not have worked for you yet). If the answer is edited and solves or answers your question you'll be able to change your vote (if you please) and award the bounty.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2011-01-25T01:15:41.737" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="899" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="900" CreationDate="2011-01-25T08:36:22.847" Score="6" ViewCount="143" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is there a way to see how many votes I have left for the day (prior to the 5 votes left warning)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8844" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-04-27T05:46:16.593" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Is there a way to see how many votes I have left for the day?" Tags="|support|voting|user-interface|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="900" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="899" CreationDate="2011-01-25T13:34:12.340" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Currently there is no easy way to view your remaining votes for the day. Details on this can be found in answers provided by &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/67984/any-easy-way-to-see-how-many-of-my-30-votes-i-have-remaining-for-today/67985#67985&quot;&gt;Rebecca Chernoff&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1967/display-the-number-of-votes-a-user-has-left-for-the-day/2056#2056&quot;&gt;Jeff Atwood&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2011-01-25T13:34:12.340" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="901" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="902" CreationDate="2011-01-27T03:27:55.807" Score="2" ViewCount="97" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was wondering why is that I can create tags at 150 rep only. On other sites that limit is 500 rep and how come I can retag questions 200 rep&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;EDIT:&lt;s&gt;For that I have to edit the question too which means I have to have 2000 rep for that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also for the nominate moderators on other sites you only need 150 rep to vote for mods.&lt;/s&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sorry but I didn't read that part normally. it changes site-by-site but tags don't&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8169" LastEditorUserId="123" LastEditDate="2011-01-27T04:32:12.633" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Why can I create tags at 150 rep" Tags="|bug|status-bydesign|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="902" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="901" CreationDate="2011-01-27T04:32:05.550" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;see&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/58587/reputation-requirements-compared&quot;&gt;Reputation requirements compared&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2011-01-27T04:32:05.550" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="903" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="897" CreationDate="2011-01-27T08:57:02.687" Score="-3" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The problem is, that the highest voted answer doesn't answer the question at all, infact, it's merely a comment!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you don't like the answer that will be automatically selected for your bounty, then you should manually select an answer you &lt;em&gt;do&lt;/em&gt; like!  In fact, you got the warning email to remind you that the deadline is coming up soon so you can do exactly that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7207" LastActivityDate="2011-01-27T08:57:02.687" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="904" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="897" CreationDate="2011-01-27T18:52:51.453" Score="-2" Body="&lt;p&gt;This should work: add a dummy answer to the question when starting a bounty, delete it, and if after seven days there's no decent answer, undelete yours, award the bounty, delete it again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3037" LastActivityDate="2011-01-27T18:52:51.453" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="906" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="888" CreationDate="2011-01-31T07:19:04.843" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I believe this is an Opera bug, not a bug in our HTML or CSS.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123" LastActivityDate="2011-01-31T07:19:04.843" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="907" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="916" CreationDate="2011-01-31T15:46:43.650" Score="7" ViewCount="83" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/development&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;development&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;development&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/programming&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;programming&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;programming&lt;/a&gt; tags seem very similar.  Sometimes it's obvious that a development question isn't strictly about programming, but otherwise, they overlap.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a user, I'm not sure when I would search through one or the other.  Maybe make programming be a synonym for development?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12" LastEditorUserId="866" LastEditDate="2011-02-01T16:30:14.030" LastActivityDate="2011-02-04T10:16:24.680" Title="Should the development and programming tags be merged?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="908" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="911" CreationDate="2011-01-31T15:53:04.707" Score="12" ViewCount="314" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here's an example of where I start to read a question, then get to the end and the person adds a bunch of edits that just end up confusing me instead of fixing the original question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/24096/convert-docx-or-odt-to-pdf&quot;&gt;Handle Doc/Docx Templates on a headless server to produce PDFs preferably without using OpenOffice.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is just one I've seen today, on top of that people tack &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;UPDATE!!!!11&lt;/strong&gt; It works!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;UPDATE2&lt;/strong&gt; Wait, no it doesn't&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;UPDATE3&lt;/strong&gt; It works again!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How can we encourage people to edit their question to just read right on the first read? I don't understand why people use the &quot;Update&quot; or &quot;Edit&quot; thing either, the dropdown thing notifies me when someone updates a question or answer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thoughts on how to improve this? (Yes I know it's mostly new user education, I'd just like to see how we can collectively explain this better to people).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2011-01-31T21:44:13.577" Title="I don't think people are getting the edit thing." Tags="|discussion|editing|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="909" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-01-31T20:16:39.623" Score="7" ViewCount="144" Body="&lt;p&gt;This doesn't work:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;*emphasized_text*&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;_emphasized_text_&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;*emphasized*text*&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;_emphasized*text_&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This works: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;lt;i&amp;gt;&lt;i&gt;emphasized_text&lt;/i&gt;&amp;lt;/i&amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;**more_bold**&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;**more*bold**&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3037" LastEditorUserId="123" LastEditDate="2011-01-31T23:03:59.827" LastActivityDate="2011-02-01T06:42:20.303" Title="Cannot italicize words containing an underscore or an asterisk" Tags="|bug|status-bydesign|markdown|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="910" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-01-31T20:21:39.607" Score="8" ViewCount="253" Body="&lt;p&gt;The 2011 Community Moderator Election is now underway!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Community moderator elections have three phases:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Nomination phase&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Primary phase&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Election phase&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most elections take between two and three weeks, but this depends how many candidates there are.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please visit the official election page at&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/election&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/election&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;for more detail, and to participate!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have general questions about the election process, or questions for moderator candidates, feel free to ask them here on meta -- just make sure your questions are tagged &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/election&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;election&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;election&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyone can check the results of the election with &lt;a href=&quot;https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openstv&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;openstv&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/openstv&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Install openstv http://bit.ly/software-small&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2011-02-16T23:19:57.847" Title="2011 Community Moderator Election" Tags="|discussion|election|moderators|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2011-01-31T20:21:39.607" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="911" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="908" CreationDate="2011-01-31T21:44:13.577" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is tricky -- we do want to encourage people to &lt;strong&gt;edit&lt;/strong&gt; their questions (or answers) when updating them rather than posting new ones, of course.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So two guidelines: if the updates are small and one-off, I think the pattern of &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Content&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;One-off edit:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Change to my content&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Isn't great but it is OK. When you have a LOT of updates, I think that falls apart and you should switch to:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Content&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I tried this, and this happened in detail.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I tried this, and this happened in detail.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I tried this, and this happened in detail.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Essentially you are &lt;em&gt;telling a story&lt;/em&gt;, the story of what happened when you tried to solve problem X. So it should be written to read like a story, with proper paragraphs and a narrative arc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123" LastActivityDate="2011-01-31T21:44:13.577" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="912" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="909" CreationDate="2011-01-31T23:03:53.070" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;We do not support intra-word Markdown emphasis. If you need that use HTML tags.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is by design. For context, see: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2008/06/three-markdown-gotcha/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2008/06/three-markdown-gotcha/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123" LastActivityDate="2011-01-31T23:03:53.070" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="915" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="909" CreationDate="2011-02-01T06:42:20.303" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you want to italicize a word containing an underscore:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;like_this&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;_like\_this_&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want to italicize a word containing an asterisk&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;like*this&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;_like\*this_&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123" LastActivityDate="2011-02-01T06:42:20.303" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="916" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="907" CreationDate="2011-02-01T08:35:54.593" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes. Nothing to add to Michael rational, he is just right, both tags have a very similar scope.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="211" LastActivityDate="2011-02-01T08:35:54.593" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="917" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="922" CreationDate="2011-02-01T17:22:01.157" Score="8" ViewCount="226" Body="&lt;p&gt;While looking at the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/election&quot;&gt;election page&lt;/a&gt;, I noticed that it states:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;moderator positions available 3&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We currently have &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/about#moderators&quot;&gt;four moderators&lt;/a&gt;. So we will lose one moderator spot. How many is right for this community?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="570" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2012-01-31T05:25:40.150" Title="How many moderators should we have?" Tags="|discussion|moderators|election|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="918" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="917" CreationDate="2011-02-01T20:00:36.963" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;I brought this up in chat earlier. It went something along the lines of:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Me: Why are there only 3 positions? Surely we want more than we have now.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Marco: Current mods aren't that active but I cope.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Me: True, you are awesome.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Marco: If we had 3 active mods, it would be easy.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Me: True&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On reflection we do only need a few but for it to be easy as we grow, we need two or three on &lt;em&gt;all&lt;/em&gt; the time. I do think five is a much healthier number but we have at least a dozen people who are trustworthy enough to have the designation... So why not?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm serious. Adding more only makes the job easier.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="1992" LastEditDate="2012-01-31T05:25:40.150" LastActivityDate="2012-01-31T05:25:40.150" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="919" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="920" CreationDate="2011-02-01T10:37:05.867" Score="15" ViewCount="231" Body="&lt;p&gt;I can share links for questions via mail, Twitter and Facebook. But what about identi.ca? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4871" OwnerDisplayName="burli" LastEditorUserId="41" LastEditDate="2011-02-02T18:33:10.917" LastActivityDate="2015-04-16T10:24:20.363" Title="Share Link via identi.ca" Tags="|feature-request|promote|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="920" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="919" CreationDate="2011-02-01T11:42:19.193" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;The short answer is: It isn't set up that way. &#xA;The long answer is: We (That is, AskUbuntu) can't add that feature because AskUbuntu.com uses the &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;StackExchange&lt;/a&gt; software that powers &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackoverflow.com&quot;&gt;StackOverflow&lt;/a&gt;. So if you really want it, go ahead and email the StackExchange team over at team@stackoverflow.com&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" OwnerDisplayName="jrgifford" LastActivityDate="2011-02-01T11:42:19.193" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="922" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="917" CreationDate="2011-02-02T02:28:37.010" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Three is the standard number of community moderators for a launched, public site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There will be more moderator elections later (typically every year), adding more moderators.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We can also appoint moderators if something urgent happens and a moderator has to step down or take an extended leave of absence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123" LastActivityDate="2011-02-02T02:28:37.010" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="923" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="924" CreationDate="2011-02-02T07:16:12.860" Score="3" ViewCount="57" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've used superscripts as footnote references a few times (e.g.,  &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/24406/how-to-close-vim-from-the-command-line/24414#24414&quot;&gt;...close-vim-from-the-command-line&lt;/a&gt; ) . &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it possible to link these so that they jump down to the appropriate place (such as the bottom/foot of the answer) when clicked on? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is probably overkill, as answers are not usually so long that they aren't visually scan-able.  But this is the only case so far in which I've missed wikipedia's markup features.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8844" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2011-02-02T09:14:19.157" Title="Is there a way to hyperlink within an answer?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="924" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="923" CreationDate="2011-02-02T09:14:19.157" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, there is no way to do footnoting or anchoring within a post at the moment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We have a post size limit of 30,000 chars which is a lot, but not so much that IMHO you'd really need such things. And most posts, even larger posts, are nowhere near 30k chars.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123" LastActivityDate="2011-02-02T09:14:19.157" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="925" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="927" CreationDate="2011-02-02T19:15:42.383" Score="3" ViewCount="74" Body="&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, I've foolishly closed the tab before I thought to take a screen shot.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I saw a link beneath a question, &lt;code&gt;edit (1)&lt;/code&gt;, and clicked on it. A notification popped up saying something like that the edit has already been approved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This notification didn't disappear, clicking the link again gave me another one, about 300 pixels below the first one. Subsequent clicking gave me more, exactly on top of the second one (thicker shadow).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm sorry about tha vague description. I never see these notifications, so it's hard to reproduce (maybe somebody could help me out with that).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastEditorUserId="1067" LastEditDate="2011-02-04T08:22:46.807" LastActivityDate="2011-02-04T08:22:46.807" Title="Design bug in Editing Review, Notifications don't disappear" Tags="|bug|status-completed|design|editing|suggested-edits|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="926" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-02-02T20:43:52.720" Score="7" ViewCount="150" Body="&lt;p&gt;This has been posted by ChrisF on the meta of all the other sites undergoing elections, so just in case you've missed it I'm adding it here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/users/150097/yi-jiang&quot;&gt;Yi Jiang&lt;/a&gt; has put together a nice site that use the Stack Overflow API to display information on the moderator candidates.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://se.awio.com/election.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Click here to see all the information.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The information presented is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What the candidate wrote when nominating themselves.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Answers/Questions on the main site and it's meta&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Up-vote/down-vote ratio&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Average reputation earned per post&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Average reputation earned per day.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Participation in other Stack Exchange sites.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It displays what Yi Jiang considers to be noteworthy badges and whether the nominee has the badge and a summary of their recent activity.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The information is presented as is with no commentary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It came about from this question on &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/75454/moderator-nomination-possibly-useful-statistics&quot;&gt;MSO Moderator nomination possibly useful statistics&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2012-02-10T06:27:13.317" Title="Information on the moderator candidates" Tags="|discussion|election|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="927" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="925" CreationDate="2011-02-03T05:00:43.447" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sorry about this - a fix has been deployed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3" LastActivityDate="2011-02-03T05:00:43.447" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="928" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="321" CreationDate="2011-02-03T18:32:59.307" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;BackTrack is an odd edge-case. It might be based on Ubuntu but its uses are very different.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The problems people will tend to have with it will likely fall into one of two categories:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Networking hardware issues (eg: I can't set my wifi card to promiscuous mode, doesn't work, etc). These we can probably help with as the same applies to Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Application support. These might range from acceptable answers about portscanning and nmap through to legally grey issues like WEP key cracking, and traffic sniffing.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't think we should explicitly turn away any BackTrack related question (just as we don't for other &quot;less-relevant&quot; questions) but I don't think we should advertise this. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And... When do we draw the line between security testing and hacking? Do we make the distinction? If so what's not acceptable to ask?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2011-02-03T18:32:59.307" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="929" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-02-03T23:51:05.450" Score="5" ViewCount="159" Body="&lt;p&gt;In connection with the moderator elections, we will be holding a Town Hall Chat session with the candidates.  This will be an opportunity for members of the community to pose questions to the candidates on the topic of moderation.  Participation is completely voluntary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Town Hall Chat will take place Tuesday the 8th at 4pm UTC, 11am EST.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=2&amp;amp;day=8&amp;amp;year=2011&amp;amp;hour=16&amp;amp;min=0&amp;amp;sec=0&amp;amp;p1=0&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;(view in other timezones)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/268/ask-ubuntu-town-hall-chat&quot;&gt;click here to join&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here are the details so far:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I have coordinated with the candidates and done the best I could with a best fit match that everyone can make.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The Town Hall Chat will be a one-hour event using our &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/?tab=site&amp;amp;sort=active&amp;amp;host=askubuntu.com&quot;&gt;chat platform&lt;/a&gt;.  You can &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/info/268/ask-ubuntu-town-hall-chat?tab=schedule&quot;&gt;register for the event&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The format will be an open discussion.  Users are encouraged to pose questions to the candidate regarding their thoughts on moderation.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;After the chat session, the transcript of the event will be permanently linked here.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2686" LastEditorUserId="41" LastEditDate="2011-02-08T19:28:55.413" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="2011 Moderator Election - Town Hall Chat: 4pm UTC on the 8th" Tags="|discussion|election|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="930" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="931" CreationDate="2011-02-04T08:16:11.373" Score="7" ViewCount="117" Body="&lt;p&gt;Every now an then, the suggested edits notification pops up, but I'm not allowed to visit &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits&lt;/a&gt; (getting the &lt;em&gt;Page not found&lt;/em&gt; page), so I guess it's a mod tool for 10k+ users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/XuhpT.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3037" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2011-02-04T09:04:54.580" Title="I'm getting the suggested edits notification even though I'm a &lt;10k rep user" Tags="|bug|status-completed|suggested-edits|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="931" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="930" CreationDate="2011-02-04T09:04:46.357" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sorry, this should be fixed now.   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123" LastActivityDate="2011-02-04T09:04:46.357" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="932" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="907" CreationDate="2011-02-04T10:16:24.680" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Maybe if the tags were seperated more - almost like programming being a beginners section and development being more technical?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5533" LastActivityDate="2011-02-04T10:16:24.680" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="933" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="929" CreationDate="2011-02-04T11:34:21.493" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;7-9th works for me as a range. I'm really not fussy which day.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Timing this is more awkward though. I'm UK based and I'm &lt;em&gt;less&lt;/em&gt; available in the early evening.. So 5-8pm UTC is not really an option for me. Earlier might be an issue for the America-based people but much later might be a problem for me again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;4pm UTC would be a good time for me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2011-02-04T11:34:21.493" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="934" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="501" CreationDate="2011-02-06T00:35:21.360" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;It took me several minutes to figure out how to ask a blasted question here. I searched meta, searched google.. OTL Somewhere between pounding a dent into my desk and a concussion I was enlightened and saw the Ask Question button focused by my newfound tunnel vision, highlighted by twinkling pinpricks of light.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I love this site. AskUbuntu is awesome. But this is a serious usability problem. The rectangle graphic it's part of is the shape of a banner ad, something my brain is conditioned to ignore. On top of that, it blends in perfectly. It doesn't look clickable. The text highlight on mouse over is a nice touch, but doesn't help you find it in the first place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Putting a button where &lt;strong&gt;all&lt;/strong&gt; the other buttons are would make a lot of sense. I expected an Ask button right after the link to Unanswered questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8515" LastEditorUserId="8515" LastEditDate="2011-02-09T00:27:22.920" LastActivityDate="2011-02-09T00:27:22.920" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="935" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="936" CreationDate="2011-02-06T00:58:07.830" Score="2" ViewCount="54" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just last week we were celebrating hitting 10k users and the past few days we went back down below 10k and we're just now approaching it again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there some regular culling of accounts or something?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="123" LastEditDate="2011-02-06T02:59:54.260" LastActivityDate="2011-02-06T02:59:54.260" Title="Is there a discrepancy in the amount of registered users?" Tags="|discussion|user-accounts|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="936" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="935" CreationDate="2011-02-06T02:59:35.730" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, there is auto-culling, primarily of &lt;em&gt;unregistered&lt;/em&gt; (cookie-based) accounts. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/02/when-is-an-account-abandoned/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/02/when-is-an-account-abandoned/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123" LastActivityDate="2011-02-06T02:59:35.730" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="937" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="501" CreationDate="2011-02-07T08:00:12.657" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think I might have seen it better if it had been on the left side (same graphic and horizontal position, but under the 'askubuntu' logo). It seems like the navigation tabs direct one's vision to the left.   But on the nav bar (as Oli said) is probably my second choice. &#xA;With the current design, as someone pointed out, the link doesn't do much to hint that it's a button, or clickable -- it's beautiful, but it really blends in too well with the graphic design of the banner.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If nothing else, I think this should be mentioned in the FAQ.&lt;/strong&gt;  Probably under the last line of the first paragraph :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Please look around to see if your&#xA;  question has already been asked (and&#xA;  maybe even answered!) before you ask.&#xA;  It’s also perfectly fine to ask and&#xA;  answer your own question, as long as&#xA;  you pretend you’re on Jeopardy: phrase&#xA;  it in the form of a question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A new line would read something like &lt;em&gt;&quot;If you're ready to ask your question, click the link on right side of the header, or jump to the question page &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/ask&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&quot;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;As in this example, &lt;code&gt;here&lt;/code&gt; would link to  &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/ask&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/ask&lt;/a&gt; .&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8844" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2011-02-07T08:00:12.657" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="938" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="961" CreationDate="2011-02-07T08:39:56.977" Score="7" ViewCount="141" Body="&lt;p&gt;From &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/22896/3940&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; question I started a bounty that ended recently. After the bounty started  user &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/8851/luri&quot;&gt;luri&lt;/a&gt; edited his answer to give a most useful additional information that made me award the bounty. However &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/8851/luri?tab=reputation&quot;&gt;luri's reputation score&lt;/a&gt; obviously did not change. Where did the bounty go? Am I missing something?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3940" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2011-02-08T20:51:46.440" Title="Where is the Bounty?" Tags="|support|reputation|bounty|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="939" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-02-07T16:58:46.733" Score="3" ViewCount="41" Body="&lt;p&gt;On &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/910/2011-community-moderator-election&quot;&gt;this question page&lt;/a&gt; it is said there have been three revisions. If you &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/posts/910/revisions&quot;&gt;look at the history&lt;/a&gt; it is clear there have only been two. What's going on?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Screenshot 1:&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ARYHu.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Screenshot 2:&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/hRUU3.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="866" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2011-02-08T04:33:33.303" Title="What's going on with this revision count?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="940" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="938" CreationDate="2011-02-07T20:35:24.517" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ty, Takkat, but (even though I haven't been closely watching my reputation), I'd swear it did increase. Is there any way to compute it so that I can check that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8851" LastActivityDate="2011-02-07T20:35:24.517" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="941" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="939" CreationDate="2011-02-08T04:33:11.870" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's because this question was programmatically inserted at election start.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123" LastActivityDate="2011-02-08T04:33:11.870" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="942" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-02-08T14:40:31.970" Score="10" ViewCount="195" Body="&lt;p&gt;Hi everyone,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd like to flesh out how we run &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ubuntu-one&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ubuntu-one&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ubuntu-one&lt;/a&gt; a little bit better so we don't collide. First, some background. The Ubuntu One team at Canonical &lt;a href=&quot;http://voices.canonical.com/ubuntuone/?p=664&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;uses Ask Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt; as a place where they send users to get community support (and they participate heavily in their tag).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On top of that, they put a cool button on the U1 control panel to send people here if they have questions: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/p9cBD.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately sometimes users will use Ask Ubuntu &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/25227/how-to-recover-work-lost-due-to-an-ubuntu-one-sync-error&quot;&gt;as a fancy ticket system&lt;/a&gt; instead of just asking questions. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am concerned that these will get closed before someone on the U1 team has a chance to look at it. I had a chat with Chipaca (the team lead) so I am proposing this for those of  us with vote-to-close/edit powers:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;We be careful about closing &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ubuntu-one&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ubuntu-one&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ubuntu-one&lt;/a&gt; questions too quickly. For example a user asks question on Friday night and maybe someone on the team won't be able to get to it until Monday kind of things.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If the question is a support question that doesn't belong here, the U1 team makes contact with the person, gets them in the proper support channel and then &lt;strong&gt;flags the question for deletion&lt;/strong&gt; so that we only keep questions that are useful for people instead of cries for help&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So tl;dr is &quot;yes, we know that question might be offtopic, but let's make sure the user has a place to go first and THEN close/delete.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Did I miss anything?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2014-03-20T21:09:35.420" Title="Keeping the Ubuntu One tag running smoothly" Tags="|discussion|editing|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="943" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="942" CreationDate="2011-02-08T15:19:27.387" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The given &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/25227/how-to-recover-work-lost-due-to-an-ubuntu-one-sync-error&quot;&gt;example of a now nice question&lt;/a&gt; on ubuntu-one is also a good example to discuss on how far we should go when it comes to support U1 (or get supported by U1). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the first place (go through revisions) this question was neither tagged ubuntu-one nor in any other way remotely reminicsent of the way we are used to ask &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. I was very impressed how @dv3500 turned it good and interesting indeed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do feel that this may be a better way to handle these kinds of questions than just closing them as it may keep people happier with Ubuntu on the long term. However there are questions that ask for closing. It would be unfair to treat U1 questions differently.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3940" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2011-02-08T15:19:27.387" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="944" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="942" CreationDate="2011-02-08T15:49:50.657" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't think we should get too despotic about these things. Ultimately any question has to fall into &quot;we can deal with it&quot; (be that with edits, as in this case) or &quot;this really should be somewhere else&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the face of it, I don't think we should treat any tag with any more leniency or we face getting bogged down in rotting questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I do see the problem. We have people with issues that should be elsewhere (e.g. a bug report) but rather than just closing the question, we &lt;em&gt;should&lt;/em&gt; still aim to help them, even if that means helping them get help elsewhere.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ideally we'd have a &quot;Belongs on Launchpad&quot; close option that both explains why something might need to be reported and (better yet) how to file a bug. This seems like a minimal feature to me (and much simpler than the fuller &quot;Migrate to Launchpad&quot; option that we've talked about before).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;... But how do we go about getting this implemented? Has this been suggested already?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="8844" LastEditDate="2014-03-20T21:09:35.420" LastActivityDate="2014-03-20T21:09:35.420" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="945" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="929" CreationDate="2011-02-08T16:00:17.230" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;As with the other town hall chats, I will be creating a &quot;digest&quot; version. This will be posted as one large Meta question. The digest will contain all the questions and their answers, with none of the other conversation from the room.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For more information, please see &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/77831/how-can-we-improve-the-town-hall-digests&quot;&gt;the meta post about Town Hall Digests&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/948/2011-moderator-election-town-hall-chat-digest&quot;&gt;Here is the Town Hall Digest Version&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2697" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2011-02-08T22:14:03.207" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="946" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="947" CreationDate="2011-02-08T17:04:02.703" Score="9" ViewCount="156" Body="&lt;p&gt;Not that this will ever be an issue, but what is the process of removing a moderator from office if he/she ever goes rogue or fails to meet the expectations of the community at large?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3889" LastEditorUserId="41" LastEditDate="2011-02-09T17:39:01.257" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="What is the process of removing a moderator from office if he/she goes rogue?" Tags="|discussion|moderators|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="947" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="946" CreationDate="2011-02-08T17:14:18.663" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you just have a minor concern, try contacting the moderator directly or starting a meta thread about what concerned you. You should be able to fix the problem with simple discussion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it's a very serious issue, you might be best to just explain this outright to the SO team. You'll find a &quot;contact us&quot; link at the bottom of every page. They can see what has happened and take appropriate action without there needing to be too much drama (the bane of all communities).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2011-02-08T17:14:18.663" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="948" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-02-08T19:43:07.287" Score="9" ViewCount="314" Body="&lt;p&gt;The following is a &quot;digest&quot; version of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/929/2011-moderator-election-town-hall-chat-4pm-utc-on-the-8th-now&quot;&gt;2011 Moderator Election Town Hall Chat &lt;/a&gt;. The format, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/77831/how-can-we-improve-the-town-hall-digests&quot;&gt;as described on Meta Stack Overflow&lt;/a&gt;, is one &lt;em&gt;answer&lt;/em&gt; to this question &lt;em&gt;for every question&lt;/em&gt; asked in the Town Hall, containing all the candidate's answers to that question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;To view the digest chronologically, please sort the answers by &quot;oldest&quot;&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have questions or comments about this, &lt;strong&gt;please do not answer this question&lt;/strong&gt; as the answers are designed to be used for the questions from the Town hall itself. Instead, please ask on &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/77831/how-can-we-improve-the-town-hall-digests&quot;&gt;the parent question&lt;/a&gt; or in &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.meta.stackoverflow.com/rooms/352/town-hall-discussion&quot;&gt;the Town Hall Discussion Room&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(A big thanks to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/users/145982/michael-mrozek&quot;&gt;Michael Mrozek&lt;/a&gt; for helping me compile this digest! And of course &lt;strong&gt;THANK YOU REBECCA CHERNOFF for organizing these town halls!&lt;/strong&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you see any corrections which need to be made to this digest, or if you were a candidate who was unable to attend the town hall and would like your answers included, please @Josh me and let me know!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2697" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2011-02-16T09:54:38.943" Title="2011 Moderator Election - Town Hall Chat Digest" Tags="|discussion|chat|election|" AnswerCount="15" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="949" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="948" CreationDate="2011-02-08T19:44:22.077" Score="4" Body="&lt;h2&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/dd7e03fbbfcabd4675844173ec5390d2?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Michael Mrozek&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/26/michael-mrozek&quot;&gt;Michael Mrozek&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/478726#478726&quot;&gt;asked&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/em&gt; How much time do you anticipate spending on the site? How much of that would be &quot;moderating&quot;?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c127c8150f8052e4b89d66f42b99be56?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Marco Ceppi&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/463/marco-ceppi&quot;&gt;Marco Ceppi&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/478737#478737&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; @MichaelMrozek Because of my position at work I'm on the internet about 18 hours a day. Of that time the AU site is open about 90% of the time (as many of our current chat users might know). Moderation is taken as an &quot;on need&quot; basis. I don't specifically set time aside to moderate the site but when something requiring moderator attention is brought up I plan to address it at that time (to my best ability)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/f0af40756420859b5b63cbceb6d30505?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Oli&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/4810/oli&quot;&gt;Oli&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/478740#478740&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; @MichaelMrozek I typically spend a few hours over the course of a day (split from ~8am-12am). Sometimes it's less than that (I do have a job that needs my occasional attention) and sometimes on a slow-work-day, a lot more. Not sure I can answer the second part other than to say: as much as needs doing and as much as I can spare.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/040289b472d3404383959370d112ea48?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Stefano Palazzo&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/2042/stefano-palazzo&quot;&gt;Stefano Palazzo&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/478752#478752&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; @MichaelMrozek I'm usually checking the site throughout the day, perhaps about four to six hours of real activity, I anticipate no change in that&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/b0d98734d95fa6d3fed729b2a919855d?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;fluteflute&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/412/fluteflute&quot;&gt;fluteflute&lt;/a&gt; answered after the event:&lt;/strong&gt; @MichaelMrozek I spend around four hours a day on the site (more or less other depending on other commitments of course). I think it will be good to have a wider base of timezones that moderators are in.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2697" LastEditorUserId="866" LastEditDate="2011-02-09T08:16:30.470" LastActivityDate="2011-02-09T08:16:30.470" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="950" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="948" CreationDate="2011-02-08T19:51:42.243" Score="3" Body="&lt;h2&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/fcc5b83dd722901e02ff34842692d152?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;TheX&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/1343/thex&quot;&gt;TheX&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/478748#478748&quot;&gt;asked&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/em&gt; What do you as hopeful candidates envision for askubuntu.com in the future?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/f0af40756420859b5b63cbceb6d30505?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Oli&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/4810/oli&quot;&gt;Oli&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/478756#478756&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; @TheX More of the same, really. It would be nice to have some new question-closing options so we can push users to the right place and some features to tease helpful information out of users... But really, I think as a community we've already shown ourselves to be helpful people that can turn their efforts to solving most problems. More of that, please. Edit: I haven't really answered that from a moderator perspective but moderators and answerers ultimately have the same aim: to help people.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c127c8150f8052e4b89d66f42b99be56?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Marco Ceppi&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/463/marco-ceppi&quot;&gt;Marco Ceppi&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/478760#478760&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; @TheX I know there is talk of making askubuntu.com into ask.ubuntu.com as well as transitioning the current Q&amp;amp;A site for Ubuntu (LaunchPad Answers) to here. I hope to help facilitate as much of that movement as possible. While I love LaunchPad I think the LP Answers section is less than adequate compared to what SE has done here. I also hope to bring more attention to this improved chat software over the current use of IRC. In addition to promoting the continued high quality we've seen here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/040289b472d3404383959370d112ea48?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Stefano Palazzo&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/2042/stefano-palazzo&quot;&gt;Stefano Palazzo&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/478775#478775&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; @TheX Eventually, I hope we'll become the Ubuntu Support platform, such as we are for Ubuntu One at the moment. This will be a great mix of real world problems and basic question. I want to help the site run great, to enable this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/b0d98734d95fa6d3fed729b2a919855d?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;fluteflute&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/412/fluteflute&quot;&gt;fluteflute&lt;/a&gt; answered after the event:&lt;/strong&gt; @TheX I want the site to get a wider audience, to see more people coming here, to grow, to facilitate the Ubuntu community's growth. On more specific notes, the potential for the Help-&gt;Get Help Online menu in Ubuntu applications to link here rather than LP Answers excites me, but I am more cautious about @MarcoCeppi's suggestion of using the SE chat software for general purpose Ubuntu use. My other long term goal is to see Ask Ubuntu reach the size of the SE Trilogy sites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/bba8a1d044a8309d5f9b562ddd3b8bef?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;fluteflute&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/1345/George-Edison&quot;&gt;George Edison&lt;/a&gt; answered after the event:&lt;/strong&gt; @TheX: I envision Ask Ubuntu becoming a common place for Ubuntu beginners to get their feet wet by not only reading answers to common questions (to which there will be detailed answers), but also asking their own questions and getting quick and detailed responses to them. I also envision Ask Ubuntu popping up in more search results.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2697" LastEditorUserId="5" LastEditDate="2011-02-10T20:50:08.833" LastActivityDate="2011-02-10T20:50:08.833" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="951" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="948" CreationDate="2011-02-08T19:58:34.200" Score="2" Body="&lt;h2&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/dd7e03fbbfcabd4675844173ec5390d2?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Michael Mrozek&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/26/michael-mrozek&quot;&gt;Michael Mrozek&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/478757#478757&quot;&gt;asked&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/em&gt; How would you deal with a user who produced a steady stream of valuable answers, but tends to generate a large number of arguments/flags from comments?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c127c8150f8052e4b89d66f42b99be56?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Marco Ceppi&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/463/marco-ceppi&quot;&gt;Marco Ceppi&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/478780#478780&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; @MichaelMrozek This is a tough one to tackle. High quality users are the reason we have a successful site. Leave public sign posts that this argumentative (and ultimately disruptive) behavior isn't favored and remind them of the Ubuntu CoC which touches on how to act civilly while still voicing an opinion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/040289b472d3404383959370d112ea48?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Stefano Palazzo&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/2042/stefano-palazzo&quot;&gt;Stefano Palazzo&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/478782#478782&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; @MichaelMrozek I would try to talk to them. Most often, they'll just be slightly mistaken about the scope of the site, and a nice chat will resolve such conflict. As the wikipedians say: Assume good faith (and sometimes, assume no clue).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/f0af40756420859b5b63cbceb6d30505?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Oli&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/4810/oli&quot;&gt;Oli&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/478790#478790&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; @MichaelMrozek If it's at the level where it's a problem, a discussion with them is the only real option. From that, if they feel there's something that needs to be discussed, I'd prompt them to start a thread on meta. They're helpful people, they'll see reason. Discussion helps everything.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/b0d98734d95fa6d3fed729b2a919855d?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;fluteflute&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/412/fluteflute&quot;&gt;fluteflute&lt;/a&gt; answered after the event:&lt;/strong&gt; @MichaelMrozek I don't differ from the other candidates views. If they're producing valuable answers then it's likely they'll be sympathetic to changing their behaviours to help make the site better.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2697" LastEditorUserId="866" LastEditDate="2011-02-09T08:25:44.637" LastActivityDate="2011-02-09T08:25:44.637" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="952" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="948" CreationDate="2011-02-08T20:03:13.777" Score="1" Body="&lt;h2&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/dd7e03fbbfcabd4675844173ec5390d2?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Michael Mrozek&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/26/michael-mrozek&quot;&gt;Michael Mrozek&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/478772#478772&quot;&gt;asked&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/em&gt; A diamond will be attached to everything you say and have said in the past, including questions, answers and comments. Everything you will do will be seen under a different light. How do you feel about that?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c127c8150f8052e4b89d66f42b99be56?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Marco Ceppi&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/463/marco-ceppi&quot;&gt;Marco Ceppi&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/478789#478789&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; @MichaelMrozek As a Pro Tempore Mod the Diamond is already attached to my name. My previous actions reflect my current actions which will ultimately reflect any future actions if re-elected&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/040289b472d3404383959370d112ea48?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Stefano Palazzo&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/2042/stefano-palazzo&quot;&gt;Stefano Palazzo&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/478797#478797&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; @MichaelMrozek I make a special effort to be confident about everything I post here. I am perfectly happy for all of it to be viewed very critically, and if I'm wrong about something, made a mistake or just talked nonsense, I'm always happy to be corrected or shouted at. I didn't ever post anything I should be embarrassed about on this site, as far as I know. :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/f0af40756420859b5b63cbceb6d30505?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Oli&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/4810/oli&quot;&gt;Oli&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/478799#478799&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; @MichaelMrozek Honestly, I think it would diminish the perceived  value of my score slightly... But I would know it just helps me get the site working better. In short: I'd be proud of it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/b0d98734d95fa6d3fed729b2a919855d?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;fluteflute&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/412/fluteflute&quot;&gt;fluteflute&lt;/a&gt; answered after the event:&lt;/strong&gt; @MichaelMrozek I've probably made mistakes (factual and in my social interactions) because no one's perfect. But I don't feel I have anything to be ashamed of on the site so this doesn't worry me at all. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2697" LastEditorUserId="866" LastEditDate="2011-02-09T16:14:47.867" LastActivityDate="2011-02-09T16:14:47.867" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="953" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="948" CreationDate="2011-02-08T20:11:01.960" Score="1" Body="&lt;h2&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/97ca2e94ba373515aa387feee67d613e?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Josh&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/637/josh&quot;&gt;Josh&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/478792#478792&quot;&gt;asked&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/em&gt; Candidates, what are your thoughts on the new &quot;Everyone Can Edit&quot; policy? Are you in favor? How has the system been working (where you have seen it) so far?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c127c8150f8052e4b89d66f42b99be56?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Marco Ceppi&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/463/marco-ceppi&quot;&gt;Marco Ceppi&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/478798#478798&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; @Josh I like it up until allowing anonymous edits. I believe that if you feel inclined to propose an edit you should at least sign up for an account to have your participation recorded. I think the Everyone Can Edit (ECE) Policy is a great idea to help take the weight of editing off those 2k users while focusing on the highest quality of questions and answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/f0af40756420859b5b63cbceb6d30505?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Oli&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/4810/oli&quot;&gt;Oli&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/478805#478805&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; @Josh It works. I've pushed through several edit recommendations and have rejected one. There's scope for abuse but it ultimately means (almost) anybody can help improve the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/040289b472d3404383959370d112ea48?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Stefano Palazzo&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/2042/stefano-palazzo&quot;&gt;Stefano Palazzo&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/478806#478806&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; @Josh From all of the edits I've seen so far, It's been working brilliantly! Edits are of high quality, and I approve about 90% of them. My opinion is guided by how i perceive it to work, and for that reason, I'm completely in favour of the new policy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/b0d98734d95fa6d3fed729b2a919855d?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;fluteflute&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/412/fluteflute&quot;&gt;fluteflute&lt;/a&gt; answered after the event:&lt;/strong&gt; @Josh I think this is brilliant. I haven't have't actually had any experience of it on our own site (but I believe moderators/10k users have tools to easily see all pending edits, so I would make sure I kept an eye on it), but it has allowed me to submit edits to other SE sites that I have very little reputation on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2697" LastEditorUserId="866" LastEditDate="2011-02-09T16:18:07.363" LastActivityDate="2011-02-09T16:18:07.363" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="954" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="948" CreationDate="2011-02-08T20:16:18.633" Score="1" Body="&lt;h2&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/fcc5b83dd722901e02ff34842692d152?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;TheX&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/1343/thex&quot;&gt;TheX&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/478800#478800&quot;&gt;asked&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/em&gt; As many of you know, we like to have fun in the chat room sometimes, and even while commenting on questions, current moderators have been lenient about getting after people for various things, that would not fly on ubuntuforums.com or even the IRC channel. I feel this is important as it makes users feel that this is a open and hospitable place for all users. Will this continue to be the case?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/f0af40756420859b5b63cbceb6d30505?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Oli&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/4810/oli&quot;&gt;Oli&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/478812#478812&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; @TheX I think we can afford to be slightly more lenient to the off-topic in chat because it's very much an additional service. Posting something like that in the forums or IRC interrupts the support flow. But ultimately, I think we should be striving to uphold the Ubuntu Code of Conduct here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c127c8150f8052e4b89d66f42b99be56?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Marco Ceppi&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/463/marco-ceppi&quot;&gt;Marco Ceppi&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/478814#478814&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; @TheX Some goofing around has been had in the chat room and I think that's the best place for it to occur. Like comments - the chat room is really a &quot;2nd class citizen&quot;. As long as the conversation and comments aren't insulting or negatively toned they are fine. If something becomes offensive or quiet obviously &quot;troll attack&quot; it shouldn't fly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/040289b472d3404383959370d112ea48?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Stefano Palazzo&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/2042/stefano-palazzo&quot;&gt;Stefano Palazzo&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/478821#478821&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; @TheX Yes. A bit of banter doesn't hurt anybody, And I never saw anything in the AU chat that I would deem offensive. We aren't all that lenient, it's just that chat work very well if we allow 'off topic jazz'. It's a nice place to hang out, and it'll stay that way&#xA;Question #7:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/b0d98734d95fa6d3fed729b2a919855d?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;fluteflute&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/412/fluteflute&quot;&gt;fluteflute&lt;/a&gt; answered after the event:&lt;/strong&gt; @TheX Ubuntu is &quot;linux for human beings&quot; and I think the friendly personal aspect is very important. I don't have any objections to the way chat is working at the moment - in fact I doubt many of us would be standing to be moderators without the conversations in chat.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2697" LastEditorUserId="866" LastEditDate="2011-02-09T16:22:33.820" LastActivityDate="2011-02-09T16:22:33.820" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="955" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="948" CreationDate="2011-02-08T20:20:03.810" Score="1" Body="&lt;h2&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d4f7d15de2abdec49cacaac7d14f00fc?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Jorge Castro&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/3423/jorge-castro&quot;&gt;Jorge Castro&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/478832#478832&quot;&gt;asked&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/em&gt; As a moderator you'll have a &quot;super vote&quot;, where your vote to close is very powerful - how do you feel about this and will it affect about how you currently vote to close?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/040289b472d3404383959370d112ea48?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Stefano Palazzo&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/2042/stefano-palazzo&quot;&gt;Stefano Palazzo&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/478842#478842&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; @JorgeCastro I can imagine it affecting my voting, yes. I'll probably be much more careful about edge cases, but I'll also have the ability to deal with clear cases much quicker. I think it's positive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/f0af40756420859b5b63cbceb6d30505?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Oli&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/4810/oli&quot;&gt;Oli&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/478851#478851&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; @JorgeCastro It means I'll have think to see if the question could otherwise be rescued... But that's something I already do. Voting to close and Closing outright demand the same mentality. But if I'm not sure, it's easy enough to ask for support from the other users either by watching the votes or asking in chat.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c127c8150f8052e4b89d66f42b99be56?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Marco Ceppi&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/463/marco-ceppi&quot;&gt;Marco Ceppi&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/478859#478859&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; @JorgeCastro The super vote has changed the way I vote and now questionable closes I typically pose in the chat room or watch for how many others vote to close. I prefer coming in as the &quot;nail in the coffin&quot; rather than being the first to vote and close (as those judgement calls have proved wrong in the past for me)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/f0af40756420859b5b63cbceb6d30505?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Oli&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/4810/oli&quot;&gt;Oli&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/478882#478882&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; @JorgeCastro I think it's important to note that I don't think I'd shy away from the opportunity to close something if I really thought it needed closing. Leaving it on the site for others to flag or close it doesn't help the site. Closing it and waiting for the OP to improve the post (they can still edit) and then re-opening it is much healthier than leaving it open for people to post answers to ambiguous questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/b0d98734d95fa6d3fed729b2a919855d?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;fluteflute&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/412/fluteflute&quot;&gt;fluteflute&lt;/a&gt; answered after the event:&lt;/strong&gt; @JorgeCastro I'll certainly have to give each close vote the extra thought. (Although unlike 'normal member close votes' it's easy to change your mind!) Of course working on edge cases I will work with the community. Having said all this, I think the voting to close system usually works fine without moderator intervention. The moderator power I am keen to make use of is the ability to move questions to other SE sites when appropriate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2697" LastEditorUserId="866" LastEditDate="2011-02-09T16:28:04.140" LastActivityDate="2011-02-09T16:28:04.140" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="956" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="948" CreationDate="2011-02-08T20:24:40.560" Score="2" Body="&lt;h2&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/fcc5b83dd722901e02ff34842692d152?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;TheX&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/1343/thex&quot;&gt;TheX&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/478839#478839&quot;&gt;asked&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/em&gt; Do you have any plans/ideas for promoting the site to, and through the community at large?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c127c8150f8052e4b89d66f42b99be56?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Marco Ceppi&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/463/marco-ceppi&quot;&gt;Marco Ceppi&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/478867#478867&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; @TheX Ask Ubuntu is everywhere I can put it - Email signatures with the email account I associate with Ubuntu - My Ubuntu Forums signature - and recommended to all the people I know who use Ubuntu or who I install and maintain Ubuntu with. I think we can expand more into the social sphere and the Ubuntu sphere with getting more teams to sign on to the idea of using it as a primary place for community support.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/040289b472d3404383959370d112ea48?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Stefano Palazzo&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/2042/stefano-palazzo&quot;&gt;Stefano Palazzo&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/478883#478883&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; @TheX Tons of them of course :) Aside from promoting the site myself, I'd like to talk to projects and people about it. The Ubuntu One model is working great, and I want to help getting more projects on board in the same way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/f0af40756420859b5b63cbceb6d30505?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Oli&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/4810/oli&quot;&gt;Oli&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/478893#478893&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; @TheX My plan is pretty simple: Make the site awesome. When people can see we're the real deal (as they already do) they choose us over the rest.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/b0d98734d95fa6d3fed729b2a919855d?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;fluteflute&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/412/fluteflute&quot;&gt;fluteflute&lt;/a&gt; answered after the event:&lt;/strong&gt; @TheX This may sound like a cop-out but I don't really see promoting the site as a specific role of our moderators. But I think we'll grow naturally through everyone seeing the quality of answers they can get here. I would like to see the Help-&gt;Get Help Online menu in applications redirect here, but I don't know if that will be accepted by the wider community, particularly due to the translation issue. Our growth so far has been stunning. (See &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/sites?expand=true&quot;&gt;http://stackexchange.com/sites?expand=true&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2697" LastEditorUserId="866" LastEditDate="2011-02-09T16:34:08.520" LastActivityDate="2011-02-09T16:34:08.520" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="957" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="948" CreationDate="2011-02-08T20:28:39.120" Score="1" Body="&lt;h2&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d4f7d15de2abdec49cacaac7d14f00fc?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Jorge Castro&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/3423/jorge-castro&quot;&gt;Jorge Castro&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/478885#478885&quot;&gt;asked&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/em&gt; Speaking of, how do you guys see AU's role in the rest of the ubuntu ecosystem?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/f0af40756420859b5b63cbceb6d30505?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Oli&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/4810/oli&quot;&gt;Oli&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/478905#478905&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; @JorgeCastro Pretty invasive at the moment. We overlap a lot and there aren't any easy answers on how to fix that (or even if we need to). We're helping lots of people and that is good. We just need to make sure our efforts don't hurt those with more underlying responsibility (eg we need to make sure bug reports end up on the trackers).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c127c8150f8052e4b89d66f42b99be56?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Marco Ceppi&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/463/marco-ceppi&quot;&gt;Marco Ceppi&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/478907#478907&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; @JorgeCastro Similar to my answer prior - I think Ask Ubuntu can quickly become the new LP Answers a better community tightly knit around getting questions answered. In addition to opening up alternative methods for support (possibly via the SE Chat software) and becoming the place for community support - like a stronger more awesome and unified goal oriented platform hybrid of Ubuntu Forums and LP Answers (the best the have to offer with the cruft removed)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/040289b472d3404383959370d112ea48?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Stefano Palazzo&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/2042/stefano-palazzo&quot;&gt;Stefano Palazzo&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/478918#478918&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; @JorgeCastro Exactly, we do have quite some overlap with other support channels, but we also have a chance to better integrate with things such as the bug tracker. It's certainly an area where there's room for improvement. Since I know pretty much how all of the other support channels work, I believe I could help out placing us in the greater community, so that we work together with the rest of them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/b0d98734d95fa6d3fed729b2a919855d?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;fluteflute&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/412/fluteflute&quot;&gt;fluteflute&lt;/a&gt; answered after the event:&lt;/strong&gt; @JorgeCastro I think we complement everything else in the ecosystem. Yes there's some overlap, but the SE model works better than (say the forums) a lot of the time. It's very helpful that we can redirect people to Brainstorm, the forums, Launchpad, etc if a question fits better there. It would be good to get some proposals together relating to  a standard way to &quot;Close as a bug&quot; or &quot;Close as an idea&quot; or &quot;Close as discussion&quot; with links to the relevant external site. Hardware support is another thing that is very difficult across Ubuntu, I'm yet sure where AU fits in there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2697" LastEditorUserId="866" LastEditDate="2011-02-09T16:41:41.493" LastActivityDate="2011-02-09T16:41:41.493" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="958" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="948" CreationDate="2011-02-08T20:34:06.650" Score="2" Body="&lt;h2&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/fab591eb34c76cbd0716024ce22d4906?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;dustyprogrammer&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/389/dustyprogrammer&quot;&gt;dustyprogrammer&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/478908#478908&quot;&gt;asked&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/em&gt; I have an issue about questions being reasked. I dont see much of them being closed as duplicates. we tend to just answer the questions at hand. i agree is better. but what do you guys think?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/f0af40756420859b5b63cbceb6d30505?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Oli&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/4810/oli&quot;&gt;Oli&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/478926#478926&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; @dustyprogrammer Merging answered duplicates is always going to be a big problem but we can make things easier on ourselves: get to the dupes faster and edit/tag questions so they're found by would-be dupe posters before they post. But it's just a way of life.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/040289b472d3404383959370d112ea48?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Stefano Palazzo&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/2042/stefano-palazzo&quot;&gt;Stefano Palazzo&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/478929#478929&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; @dustyprogrammer I'm only a 10k+ user on AU for a few days, and since then, i have a much easier time (due to the tools) finding those dupes and closing them. As a moderator, that'll be even more efficient, because of the super-ninja vote I can use on easy cases. Now, on the other hand, I have to disagree: I think we're working very well to close dupes quickly. If there's a specific post you like to see closed, you can always come and talk to me and us about it. It's a great help&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c127c8150f8052e4b89d66f42b99be56?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Marco Ceppi&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/463/marco-ceppi&quot;&gt;Marco Ceppi&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/478931#478931&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; @dustyprogrammer I think the policy of forward closing and if possible forward merging has been working (closing the less 'higher-quality' question as a duplicate of the better one) since the newer question typically has higher quality and better investment by the OP meaning it'll make more sense for users. Catching the obvious poor quality duplicates and closing them earlier will help prevent these from becoming a common practice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/b0d98734d95fa6d3fed729b2a919855d?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;fluteflute&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/412/fluteflute&quot;&gt;fluteflute&lt;/a&gt; answered after the event:&lt;/strong&gt; @dustyprogrammer I think this has been working reasonably well, but I think the key is to encourage everyone to use their close votes and encourage those without the rep to flag (which is being encourage already). Of course the number of users with the required rep is always increasing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/bba8a1d044a8309d5f9b562ddd3b8bef?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;fluteflute&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/1345/George-Edison&quot;&gt;George Edison&lt;/a&gt; answered after the event:&lt;/strong&gt; @dustyprogrammer: I agree that this is definitely a big problem and can never be &lt;em&gt;completely&lt;/em&gt; dealt with. However, I certainly think it is possible to minimize the occurrences of duplicates. One of the ways we can do this is by making sure that new users who ask a duplicate are quickly referred to the original post. This makes the user happy because they can view answers to their problem right away and it makes the community better because answers are not fragmented here and there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2697" LastEditorUserId="5" LastEditDate="2011-02-10T20:55:55.600" LastActivityDate="2011-02-10T20:55:55.600" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="959" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="948" CreationDate="2011-02-08T20:43:31.463" Score="1" Body="&lt;h2&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/fcc5b83dd722901e02ff34842692d152?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;TheX&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/1343/thex&quot;&gt;TheX&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/478921#478921&quot;&gt;asked&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/em&gt; The following is a two part question I love using askubuntu.com to ask questions and get support, but more importantly it has been  an outlet to allow me to give back to the community answering questions that I can with my limited knowledge of Ubuntu, or linux as a whole, coming from and working in a Windows world.&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/fcc5b83dd722901e02ff34842692d152?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;TheX&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/1343/thex&quot;&gt;TheX&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/478923#478923&quot;&gt;continued&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/em&gt; How do you plan on encouraging newer users to Ubuntu, and the site to continue to ask, and answer questions, even if they may not be the best, or most enlightening questions/answer, but perhaps more of a learning experience for these users?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/040289b472d3404383959370d112ea48?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Stefano Palazzo&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/2042/stefano-palazzo&quot;&gt;Stefano Palazzo&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/478935#478935&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; @TheX I always make an effort to check if a user is new, gauge their competence regarding ubuntu, and - always - make them feel as welcome as possible. Even if their question or answer isn't great. Leading by example has worked very well in the past. If they make a mistake, I'll explain it, and they usually turn out to have great fun using the site. Without naming names, there were a few users who had trouble understanding the site, and are now awesome contributors we couldn't live without.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/f0af40756420859b5b63cbceb6d30505?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Oli&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/4810/oli&quot;&gt;Oli&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/478945#478945&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; @TheX There isn't a non-organic way of getting new users to interact other than making their experience here as pleasant and helpful as possible. For moderators, this means making sure they understand what we expect from a question or answer before taking action. As I said in my promotion answer earlier, the better we can make the site, the more people we'll have using it. Just as people do with IRC and the Forums, new posters will occasionally stumble in and start answering something they see&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c127c8150f8052e4b89d66f42b99be56?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Marco Ceppi&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackoverflow.com/users/463/marco-ceppi&quot;&gt;Marco Ceppi&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/480380#480380&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; @Josh Editing and commenting to help guide users to our high quality standards. Leading mostly by example&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/b0d98734d95fa6d3fed729b2a919855d?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;fluteflute&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/412/fluteflute&quot;&gt;fluteflute&lt;/a&gt; answered after the event:&lt;/strong&gt; @TheX I think @marcoceppi summed it up: editing and (Assume Good Faith) commenting. One little thing is not continuing to vote new users down - they'll get the message at -2, taking their first posts to -10 isn't neccessary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/bba8a1d044a8309d5f9b562ddd3b8bef?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;fluteflute&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/1345/George-Edison&quot;&gt;George Edison&lt;/a&gt; answered after the event:&lt;/strong&gt; @TheX: I believe this is where peer-reviewed edits and revisions will really allow new users to share some of their knowledge while still keeping the site free from spam.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2697" LastEditorUserId="5" LastEditDate="2011-02-11T04:05:15.610" LastActivityDate="2011-02-11T04:05:15.610" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="960" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="948" CreationDate="2011-02-08T20:49:59.010" Score="1" Body="&lt;h2&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/fab591eb34c76cbd0716024ce22d4906?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;dustyprogrammer http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/fab591eb34c76cbd0716024ce22d4906?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/389/dustyprogrammer&quot;&gt;dustyprogrammer&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/478947#478947&quot;&gt;asked&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/em&gt; do you guys think there is a place for customization of ubuntu on AU. I feel that would help bring another crowd to AU as well as user to ubuntu&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/040289b472d3404383959370d112ea48?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Stefano Palazzo http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/040289b472d3404383959370d112ea48?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/2042/stefano-palazzo&quot;&gt;Stefano Palazzo&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/478953#478953&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; @dustyprogrammer As long as these questions are about customising Ubuntu, i.e. in the scope of the FAQ, they are very welcome indeed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c127c8150f8052e4b89d66f42b99be56?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Marco Ceppi http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c127c8150f8052e4b89d66f42b99be56?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/463/marco-ceppi&quot;&gt;Marco Ceppi&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/478973#478973&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; @dustyprogrammer I think there's a place for it on AU but I don't personally have a vested interest which is why I don't ask questions about it&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/b0d98734d95fa6d3fed729b2a919855d?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;fluteflute http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/b0d98734d95fa6d3fed729b2a919855d?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/412/fluteflute&quot;&gt;fluteflute&lt;/a&gt; answered after the event:&lt;/strong&gt; @dustyprogrammer I think they're fine, as long as they're clear questions. For instance &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/21784/how-do-i-change-the-background-of-the-side-pane&quot;&gt;How do I change the background of the side pane?&lt;/a&gt; is a great question, and was linked to on OMG Ubuntu&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2697" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2011-02-09T16:53:42.450" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="961" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="938" CreationDate="2011-02-08T20:51:46.440" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Only the bounties you start show up in the rep graph.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3037" LastActivityDate="2011-02-08T20:51:46.440" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="962" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="948" CreationDate="2011-02-08T20:58:58.033" Score="1" Body="&lt;h2&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d4f7d15de2abdec49cacaac7d14f00fc?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Jorge Castro&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/3423/jorge-castro&quot;&gt;Jorge Castro&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/478954#478954&quot;&gt;asked&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/em&gt; How do each of you feel about pursuing Ubuntu membership and abiding by the Leadership Code of Conduct?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c127c8150f8052e4b89d66f42b99be56?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Marco Ceppi&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackoverflow.com/users/463/marco-ceppi&quot;&gt;Marco Ceppi&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/478969#478969&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; @JorgeCastro I've thought heavily about becoming an Ubuntu Member. However, I realize while I put a lot of time towards Ask Ubuntu and have a few projects in LaunchPad I don't contribute enough to have such a nice status of Ubuntu Member I'd rather increase my contributions directly to the Ubuntu project before weighing my membership application on &quot;Moderator of Ask Ubuntu&quot;. I have signed the CoC and agree to the Leadership CoC as it is aligned with my views prior to joining AU&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/040289b472d3404383959370d112ea48?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Stefano Palazzo&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackoverflow.com/users/2042/stefano-palazzo&quot;&gt;Stefano Palazzo&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/478971#478971&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; I'm in the process of becoming a member, and I've signed the Code of Conduct ages ago :) I think it's been a great tool in forming a community that works towards the same goal. It also makes people aware of possible issues of communication.  I want to see a culture where the very active users of AU become members of the Ubuntu project.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/f0af40756420859b5b63cbceb6d30505?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Oli&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackoverflow.com/users/4810/oli&quot;&gt;Oli&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/478966#478966&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; @JorgeCastro I've been considering membership since I hit 10k and I confess I haven't seen the Leadership Code of Conduct. &lt;em&gt;Googles&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/f0af40756420859b5b63cbceb6d30505?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Oli&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackoverflow.com/users/4810/oli&quot;&gt;Oli&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/479000#479000&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; @JorgeCastro As for the Leadership CoC, I'm fine with the conduct element but I'm, honestly, slightly more hesitant about the parts that suggest I tug the party line. I'm an honest person. If I see something I don't like in Ubuntu, I'm not sure I could (or would want to) censor myself if asked about something directly. I'm not saying I'd be disruptive on purpose but hopefully you can see the crossover and the differences.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/b0d98734d95fa6d3fed729b2a919855d?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;fluteflute&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/412/fluteflute&quot;&gt;fluteflute&lt;/a&gt; answered after the event:&lt;/strong&gt; @JorgeCastro Ubuntu membership is an exciting thought, but I don't have a strong desire to go for it. The Leadership Code of Conduct is all stuff that to me makes perfect sense.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2697" LastEditorUserId="866" LastEditDate="2011-02-09T16:59:14.100" LastActivityDate="2011-02-09T16:59:14.100" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="963" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="948" CreationDate="2011-02-08T21:47:46.350" Score="2" Body="&lt;h2&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/4808cca0b254b6203fc9bdf4d9e58e09?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;jgbelacqua&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/6050/jgbelacqua&quot;&gt;jgbelacqua&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/479032#479032&quot;&gt;asked&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/em&gt; does anyone else think the FAQ might need to be expanded to help new or old and confused visitors?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/040289b472d3404383959370d112ea48?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Stefano Palazzo&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/2042/stefano-palazzo&quot;&gt;Stefano Palazzo&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/479039#479039&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; @jgbelacqua I think the FAQ could be a little bit better, but it's a difficult problem and we need to think carefully before messing with it, it's a very important page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c127c8150f8052e4b89d66f42b99be56?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Marco Ceppi&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/463/marco-ceppi&quot;&gt;Marco Ceppi&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/479040#479040&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; @jgbelacqua As moderators we have the power to expand some sections of the FAQ - I think a meta thread with ideas would be the best start for this&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/f0af40756420859b5b63cbceb6d30505?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Oli&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/4810/oli&quot;&gt;Oli&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/479043#479043&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; @jgbelacqua I'm sure our remit and functionality will change in time, so yes. Thankfully the entire community is pretty good at catching early mistakes people make and helping them into the right way of doing things.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/b0d98734d95fa6d3fed729b2a919855d?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;fluteflute&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/412/fluteflute&quot;&gt;fluteflute&lt;/a&gt; answered after the event:&lt;/strong&gt; @jgbelacqua It would be good to expand it to include some more Ask Ubuntu specific things, I'm sure aspects of the &quot;AU way&quot; that are obvious to us might be confusing to newcomers. (Even to experienced members of the wider Ubuntu community.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2697" LastEditorUserId="866" LastEditDate="2011-02-09T17:04:45.793" LastActivityDate="2011-02-09T17:04:45.793" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="964" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="948" CreationDate="2011-02-08T22:07:47.830" Score="2" Body="&lt;h2&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d8c43bb4c449d8054aebdd4ad98c6f6c?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Rebecca Chernoff&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/23/rebecca-chernoff&quot;&gt;Rebecca Chernoff&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/479037#479037&quot;&gt;asked&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/em&gt; Question (after @jgbelacqua's):  Final thoughts from the candidates please. (:&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/f0af40756420859b5b63cbceb6d30505?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Oli&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/4810/oli&quot;&gt;Oli&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/479055#479055&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; @RebeccaChernoff Final thoughts: Good session. Not only have I liked the questions but I've liked the answers that other people have given. Whatever the outcome, I think we're in good hands. Ps: thanks for hosting it!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/040289b472d3404383959370d112ea48?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Stefano Palazzo&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/2042/stefano-palazzo&quot;&gt;Stefano Palazzo&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/479059#479059&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; @RebeccaChernoff My final thoughts: If you vote for me, I'll be here to talk to you, I'll be considerate and consistent. And if I make a mistake, I'll correct it quickly. I wouldn't have nominated myself if I didn't think I'd be able to make a difference, and AskUbuntu is a great opportunity for us to build a prototype community support platform. The best of them all. Let's do that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c127c8150f8052e4b89d66f42b99be56?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Marco Ceppi&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/463/marco-ceppi&quot;&gt;Marco Ceppi&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/479069#479069&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; @RebeccaChernoff Good luck to all candidates and whatever the outcome I'm hooked on AU&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/97ca2e94ba373515aa387feee67d613e?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Josh&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/637/josh&quot;&gt;Josh&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/479065#479065&quot;&gt;concluded&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; I've said it many times before, but I will say again: good luck to all the candidates and as always, &lt;strong&gt;THANK YOU @RebeccaChernoff FOR YOUR DEDICATION AND HARD WORK FOR OUR COMMUNITIES!!!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/b0d98734d95fa6d3fed729b2a919855d?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;fluteflute&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/412/fluteflute&quot;&gt;fluteflute&lt;/a&gt; answered after the event:&lt;/strong&gt; @RebeccaChernoff I think I could be a great moderator. But I've also agreed generally with most of the views expressed here. So Ask Ubuntu is going to grow, in a unified direction, whoever gets elected!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2697" LastEditorUserId="866" LastEditDate="2011-02-09T17:07:46.853" LastActivityDate="2011-02-09T17:07:46.853" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="965" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="942" CreationDate="2011-02-09T08:19:32.903" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ubuntu-one&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ubuntu-one&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ubuntu-one&lt;/a&gt; tag wiki and excerpt should be updated - currently, it reads like an advertisement copy pulled from it's product page (probably is, too), but now that tags and their excerpts are easily available when asking a question, information on what &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; to post here (bug reports, etc.) should replace that. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/isTDi.png&quot; alt=&quot;ubuntu-one tag excerpt as shown on the ask question page&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;PS. Tag wikis are now editable by all, pending approval by users with sufficient reputations, so everyone can contribute! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2816" LastActivityDate="2011-02-09T08:19:32.903" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="966" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="967" CreationDate="2011-02-09T18:15:50.870" Score="2" ViewCount="33" Body="&lt;p&gt;I know that the revision history of questions is editable and viewable. Is this also possible for answers?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8844" LastEditorUserId="123" LastEditDate="2011-02-09T18:31:29.090" LastActivityDate="2011-02-09T18:32:36.780" Title="Is there a way to view or work with the revision history of answers?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="967" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="966" CreationDate="2011-02-09T18:32:36.780" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, the traditional way is to click the date and time on the edit -- which will appear any time a post has been edited. It behaves no differently on questions than answers, it is identical.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The actual URL is as follows, just edit it to taste.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/posts/966/revisions&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123" LastActivityDate="2011-02-09T18:32:36.780" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="968" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-02-09T20:57:20.623" Score="7" ViewCount="245" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think the title says it all.&#xA;Whats up with that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3960" LastActivityDate="2011-02-10T03:33:07.203" Title="Why don't I get my reputation back if nobody answers my bounty question?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="969" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="968" CreationDate="2011-02-09T22:07:08.567" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;When you create a bounty, the rep is deducted immediately, regardless of whether the question is answered or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="440" LastActivityDate="2011-02-09T22:07:08.567" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="970" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="968" CreationDate="2011-02-10T00:53:36.667" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Otherwise you receive all the benefit of promoting the question, at no cost.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thus, every question should be bountied, all the time, so the bounty concept would become meaningless.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq#bounty&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/faq#bounty&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2011-02-10T00:53:36.667" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="971" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="968" CreationDate="2011-02-10T03:24:18.927" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;(The other 2 answers have talked about the system, I'm just going to give some tips on how I would have done this since it took me a bit to figure it out)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I assume you're talking about &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/22360/high-resolution-cli&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;, which you posted a bounty on but only got 2 responses. When you bounty a question it puts it in the featured tab, which is only half the battle.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The other half (and I would consider the important part) is continuously improving your question. You've responded to two of the answers, but in the comments. What you could do is &lt;strong&gt;update your question&lt;/strong&gt; with the things you've tried. Did anything come out of Dylan's recommendation? The &lt;code&gt;vbeinfo&lt;/code&gt; feedback could have been integrated into your question that you've tried that. Have you found anything in your google searches that could maybe cast some light into this? What kind of video card is it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Every time you update your question with the information right up front this bumps the question to the front page (and with a nice unmissable orange 50). This gets your question more visibility, and more tips.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you improve your question it makes it easier for the next person to help answer it. The people with the now-out of date answers will either update with the next thing to try or delete their now-not-so-useful answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I tend to upvote questions that are always being improved because hey, maybe I don't know jack about high rez CLI, but I'll gladly upvote someone who is continuously improving their question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So in short; consider your bounty like an power up in a video game, it helps but not by itself. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've tacked on a bounty to the question, now we can use what we've learned and continue on and (hopefully) be a great example of how to collaboratively solve a problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2011-02-10T03:33:07.203" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="972" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-02-10T16:34:29.247" Score="4" ViewCount="58" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have checked &quot;Notify&quot; check box with my email id in my question but I don't get any notification even though I get answers to that question. Why is it so? Is there problem in &quot;AskUbuntu&quot;'s part?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10353" LastEditorUserId="123" LastEditDate="2011-02-10T21:31:53.150" LastActivityDate="2011-02-10T21:31:53.150" Title="Why am I not getting email notification to new answers to my question?" Tags="|support|answers|email|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="973" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-02-10T16:40:07.643" Score="7" ViewCount="189" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is it possible to blacklist that tag? I don't see it go away without a little extra help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3037" LastEditorUserId="12845" LastEditDate="2013-03-26T17:20:26.170" LastActivityDate="2013-03-26T17:20:26.170" Title="Blacklist the ubuntu-desktop tag?" Tags="|discussion|status-completed|tag-block-request|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="974" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="973" CreationDate="2011-02-10T19:10:54.787" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ubuntu&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ubuntu&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ubuntu&lt;/a&gt; tag would also need to be blacklisted, because it redirects to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ubuntu-desktop&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ubuntu-desktop&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ubuntu-desktop&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="866" LastActivityDate="2011-02-10T19:10:54.787" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="975" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="972" CreationDate="2011-02-10T21:31:36.600" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You have not allowed us to send email to you:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/10353/manohar-bhattarai?tab=prefs&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/users/10353/manohar-bhattarai?tab=prefs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Make sure the email notifications are checked otherwise you will not get email.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2011-02-10T21:31:36.600" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="976" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="973" CreationDate="2011-02-10T21:54:01.087" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Does it really need to be &lt;em&gt;blacklisted&lt;/em&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have deleted &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ubuntu-desktop&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ubuntu-desktop&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ubuntu-desktop&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ubuntu&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ubuntu&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ubuntu&lt;/a&gt; for now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;edit: this was also blacklisted as &lt;code&gt;^ubuntu(-desktop)?$&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123" LastEditorUserId="123" LastEditDate="2011-05-25T22:19:29.047" LastActivityDate="2011-05-25T22:19:29.047" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="977" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="978" CreationDate="2011-02-12T10:32:30.803" Score="0" ViewCount="140" Body="&lt;p&gt;Why is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/6586/what-native-games-are-available&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; closed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5149" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2011-02-12T16:24:23.277" Title="Why this question is locked?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="978" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="977" CreationDate="2011-02-12T16:24:23.277" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I didn't lock it, but I suspect it is locked because it is an &quot;infinite list of X&quot;, not really a question that can be &lt;em&gt;answered&lt;/em&gt; in any meaningful sense.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe it is correctly locked for that reason.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123" LastActivityDate="2011-02-12T16:24:23.277" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="979" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="981" CreationDate="2011-02-13T00:43:07.940" Score="8" ViewCount="166" Body="&lt;p&gt;Do you get Spam from people, who do a regular login? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why do I have to solve a captcha, after going through a login? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why do I sometimes get an captcha and sometimes not? Can't the system see, that there has never been a spam from my account, but that the foolish robotdetection is constantly suspecting me wrongly being a robot? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's so annoying! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How does this detection work, and what can I do to avoid captchas?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10068" LastEditorUserId="133195" LastEditDate="2013-07-15T12:20:48.187" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="why captchas + login?" Tags="|support|feature-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="981" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="979" CreationDate="2011-02-13T16:41:20.340" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;So, first of all: There's no need to create an account. The system, and the users, are perfectly happy with you just posting 'anonymously'. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Do you get Spam from people, who do a regular login?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Absolutely, spammers will sign up. I've no idea what the ratio between spam from unregistered vs. registered users is, but both happen. It's hard to say, because we don't get very much spam - which is possibly due to the thing that's annoying you at the moment. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note: Take my assertion about the quantity of spam with a grain of salt. I've no idea, basically. It's only backed by me not observing any spam when it is undetected, afterwards, I (usually) can't see it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Why do I have to solve a captcha, after going through a login?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For the aforementioned reason: spammers create accounts as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Ucrvs.png&quot; alt=&quot;topon sum i=0 up to infinity of&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;em&gt;some captchas are more difficult than others :)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Why do I sometimes get an captcha and sometimes not? Can't the system see, that there has never been a spam from my account[...]?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The system issues captchas based on&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Your reputation&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The quality of your content&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Your ability to solve them (I &lt;em&gt;think&lt;/em&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A bunch of things I don't know about&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The rate at which you're seeing captchas decreases as you gain reputation. At a certain level, 5k iirc, the rate drops drastically for &lt;em&gt;Edits&lt;/em&gt;. Though they do still show up even then, if you - for example - make a bunch of edits in a row. Once you hit 10k, they basically stop completely, except for very strange looking situations.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, to answer your question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What can I do to avoid captchas?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Most importantly: Gain reputation&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Think about how your posts look to the robots, think about:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;External links (tinyurls, obscure blogs, your own website, ...)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Phrases like &quot;Thanks&quot; or &quot;me too&quot; in answers&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Length of content (esp. regarding very short answers)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's also an official statement as to the rate at which they appear, made by Jeff Atwood on &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1343/how-often-do-captchas-appear&quot;&gt;'How often do captchas appear?'&lt;/a&gt; at MSO:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;To trigger CAPTCHA while editing /&#xA;  answering&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;The minimum window is 5 seconds&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;The maximum window is 40 minutes&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;There is a maximum of &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;one edit every 30 seconds&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;one answer every 60 seconds&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;one question every 60 seconds&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;To trigger CAPTCHA while doing&#xA;  performing other actions, there are&#xA;  throttles of various sizes depending&#xA;  on the action -- it's mostly a &quot;slow&#xA;  down&quot; speed bump to inhibit&#xA;  potentially dangerous &quot;I'm going to&#xA;  post obscene things as fast as&#xA;  possible!&quot; situations.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;edit: some new reductions in CAPTCHA&#xA;  throttle thresholds, &lt;strong&gt;if you have &gt;&#xA;  10k rep&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;for edits -- reduced by two-thirds&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;for post submission times -- min seconds reduced by one half, max&#xA;  minutes increased by x2&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;edit: assuming you are a logged in&#xA;  user and have &gt;= 200 reputation: after&#xA;  successfully completing one captcha,&#xA;  we now suppress captcha for 5 minutes&#xA;  on your account.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's reasonable to assume that there are many more rules that the community doesn't know about. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's lots of speculation about captchas, like &quot;do captchas get harder/easier over time?&quot;, I'm going to boldly attribute all of them to &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Confirmation Bias&lt;/a&gt;. As you rightly point out, this kind of system is basically designed to be wrong very often, so that it can be right when it matters.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2013-07-15T17:15:03.537" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="982" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-02-14T17:43:29.267" Score="1" ViewCount="48" Body="&lt;p&gt;whenever i try to add my email address to my profile I get an error saying email address already registered! why is that? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9302" LastEditorUserId="123" LastEditDate="2011-02-14T19:40:50.210" LastActivityDate="2011-04-15T20:47:44.060" Title="cannot add email on my profile" Tags="|support|user-accounts|email|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="983" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="982" CreationDate="2011-02-14T19:40:39.977" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Looks like you have duplicate accounts. I don't know what your email is, so you'll have to email us by clicking the contact link at the bottom of the page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123" LastActivityDate="2011-02-14T19:40:39.977" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="984" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="986" CreationDate="2011-02-14T20:17:31.490" Score="5" ViewCount="92" Body="&lt;p&gt;The community user just bumped this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/17593/why-cant-get-past-the-user-info-screen-when-installing-10-10&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/17593/why-cant-get-past-the-user-info-screen-when-installing-10-10&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However the person was last seen when they posted it on Dec 15th and hasn't really responded to queries on his problem. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was tempted to just downvote it since it's basically abandoned, this would effectively cause it to not get community bumped (right?). Is that sufficient or should we flag? The question's basically useless unless the person responds.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2011-02-14T22:53:29.627" Title="Is it a good idea to downvote bumped questions with no response or effort by the asker?" Tags="|discussion|moderation|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="985" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="987" CreationDate="2011-02-14T21:39:06.363" Score="7" ViewCount="153" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't see any use for the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/linux&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;linux&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;linux&lt;/a&gt; tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It would seem to me that the only valid uses are when it is used instead of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/kernel&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;kernel&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;kernel&lt;/a&gt; tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="866" LastActivityDate="2011-02-14T22:54:44.260" Title="Blacklist the linux tag?" Tags="|discussion|support|tags|tag-block-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="986" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="984" CreationDate="2011-02-14T22:53:29.627" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I wouldn't downvote it. If you strongly feel the existence of this question does not help anyone, flag it for moderator attention for potential removal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123" LastActivityDate="2011-02-14T22:53:29.627" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="987" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="985" CreationDate="2011-02-14T22:54:44.260" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Looking at the list of questions, I think some of the questions need to be cleaned up first. It is not clear to me what this tag is actually used for based on browsing 15-30 questions with it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123" LastActivityDate="2011-02-14T22:54:44.260" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="988" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-02-15T05:40:25.590" Score="-1" ViewCount="79" Body="&lt;p&gt;I know that its not the scope of this forum, but I see some answers being provided by developers of the said applications, and it would be a good place for the average user to post them, and another place for developers to look for improvements. Many average users cant go through the process of creating a wish-list, for the simple reason that it might be too complicated/difficult. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Appreciate your time,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3778" LastActivityDate="2011-02-15T16:12:37.540" Title="Should we create a wish-list tag?" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|tags|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="989" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="988" CreationDate="2011-02-15T10:37:52.497" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;No&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's out of the scope of the FAQ, and the Bug Tracker of the app in question is, and probably will be for some time, the correct place to put wishlist bugs. The problem with wishlist bugs is that they have no answer, in general.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Oh and there's &lt;a href=&quot;http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Brainstorm&lt;/a&gt; as well. :-)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as I can tell, wishlist bugs can be devided into two categories:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&quot;Please improve feature X&quot;, &quot;Add plugin Y&quot; and so on&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These are only interesting to the developers, they are &lt;strong&gt;too localised&lt;/strong&gt; for the general audience of the internet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&quot;Clock should be in the bottom right corner, not the top left&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These are conceptual and more general. They involve multiple projects and are generally  approved or rejected by, say the UX team or the Server team, because they change the &lt;em&gt;architecture&lt;/em&gt;. Those belong on Brainstorm, they are &lt;strong&gt;not real questions&lt;/strong&gt;, they have no answer, not even by any one developer.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Many average users cant go through the process of creating a wish-list, for the simple reason that it might be too complicated/difficult.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You're completely right, and it's a good idea. But it's not going to work. We should embrace the existing technologies in this case. Though I think Brainstorm could use a new lick of paint. ;-)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastActivityDate="2011-02-15T10:37:52.497" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="990" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="988" CreationDate="2011-02-15T16:12:37.540" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;This would be far outside the scope of the site; I suggest you leave feature requests in the bug / work item trackers of the respective projects, instead. That would be more effective.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123" LastActivityDate="2011-02-15T16:12:37.540" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="991" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="910" CreationDate="2011-02-15T23:00:07.980" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;The results from OpenSTV&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Ballot file contains 7 candidates and 145 ballots.&#xA;No candidates have withdrawn.&#xA;Ballot file contains 145 non-empty ballots.&#xA;&#xA;Counting votes for Ask Ubuntu Moderator Election 2011 using Meek STV.&#xA;7 candidates running for 3 seats.&#xA;&#xA; R|Marco Ceppi   |Stefano Palazz|Oli           |fluteflute    |George Edison &#xA;  |              |o             |              |              |              &#xA;  |--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------&#xA;  |txwikinger    |dustyprogramme|Exhausted     |Surplus       |Threshold     &#xA;  |              |r             |              |              |              &#xA;=============================================================================&#xA; 1|     27.000000|     36.000000|     48.000000|     11.000000|     11.000000&#xA;  |      9.000000|      3.000000|      0.000000|     11.749999|     36.250001&#xA;  |--------------------------------------------------------------------------&#xA;  | Count of first choices. Candidate Oli has reached the threshold and is&#xA;  | elected.&#xA;=============================================================================&#xA; 2|     30.182283|     41.140611|     36.250032|     12.223955|     12.223955&#xA;  |      9.734373|      3.244791|      0.000000|      4.890641|     36.250001&#xA;  |--------------------------------------------------------------------------&#xA;  | Count after transferring surplus votes. Keep factors of candidates who&#xA;  | have exceeded the threshold: Oli, 0.755209. Candidate Stefano Palazzo has&#xA;  | reached the threshold and is elected.&#xA;=============================================================================&#xA; 3|     30.671865|     41.140611|     37.005241|     12.223955|     14.223955&#xA;  |      9.734373|              |      0.000000|      5.645850|     36.250001&#xA;  |--------------------------------------------------------------------------&#xA;  | Count after eliminating dustyprogrammer and transferring votes. All&#xA;  | losing candidates are eliminated.&#xA;=============================================================================&#xA; 4|     32.886318|     36.535217|     37.305322|     13.561330|     14.543619&#xA;  |     10.137237|              |      0.030957|      1.356017|     36.242261&#xA;  |--------------------------------------------------------------------------&#xA;  | Count after transferring surplus votes. Keep factors of candidates who&#xA;  | have exceeded the threshold: Stefano Palazzo, 0.881125 and Oli, 0.739796.&#xA;=============================================================================&#xA; 5|     35.384272|     38.985283|     38.872858|     15.821534|     15.543619&#xA;  |              |              |      0.392434|      5.554357|     36.151892&#xA;  |--------------------------------------------------------------------------&#xA;  | Count after eliminating txwikinger and transferring votes. All losing&#xA;  | candidates are eliminated.&#xA;=============================================================================&#xA; 6|     37.579762|     37.167398|     36.724667|     16.905886|     15.971112&#xA;  |              |              |      0.651175|      3.210206|     36.087207&#xA;  |--------------------------------------------------------------------------&#xA;  | Count after transferring surplus votes. Keep factors of candidates who&#xA;  | have exceeded the threshold: Stefano Palazzo, 0.817087 and Oli, 0.688013.&#xA;  | Candidate Marco Ceppi has reached the threshold and is elected.&#xA;&#xA;Winners are Marco Ceppi, Stefano Palazzo, and Oli.&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2011-02-15T23:00:07.980" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2011-02-15T23:00:07.980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="992" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1000" CreationDate="2011-02-16T11:12:47.473" Score="4" ViewCount="112" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am one of the zeitgeist developers and I spend a lot of time helping people with problems and misconceptions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I had an idea of creating a wiki on askubuntu for the &lt;code&gt;zeitgeist&lt;/code&gt; tag. When I opened the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tags/zeitgeist/info&quot;&gt;tag info page&lt;/a&gt; I see this message&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Tag wikis can be edited by users with more than 20000 reputation.&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What does this mean? Approval of changes to tag wiki page? I can write the wiki but if it has to approved by someone of rep 20K then I don't think it is feasible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now the issue is no one has 20K reputations on askubuntu (as of now). The user with highest rep is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/449/oli&quot;&gt;Oli&lt;/a&gt; who has 18.3K but still that is far from 20K&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So in this case, what would new sites do?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="52" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2011-02-16T20:48:43.467" Title="Is 20K reputation required for wiki tag approvals for new sites" Tags="|discussion|support|reputation|community-wiki|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="993" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="994" CreationDate="2011-02-16T12:02:34.740" Score="12" ViewCount="228" Body="&lt;p&gt;When editing posts, is it good or bad idea to remove introductions (&quot;Hi, and I am new to here&quot;) and endings like (&quot;Thanks in advance&quot;), in addition to more important changes like multiple spelling errors and formatting? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Closely related, how about removing clearly unnecessary information? Fictional example: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This computer, located in my basement, next to ... is used as router/firewall. The problem is with firewall settings.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example location of computer might be important, if question is about instability, which might be caused by environment or by software.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my opinion it makes post cleaner and removes clutter, but on the other hand it removes something original questioner wanted to say.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Somehow related to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/309/is-it-possible-to-over-edit&quot;&gt;Is it possible to &amp;quot;over edit&amp;quot;?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10581" LastEditorUserId="94914" LastEditDate="2018-08-01T06:27:46.180" LastActivityDate="2018-08-01T06:27:46.180" Title="How much editing is fine? Removing hi, thanks etc" Tags="|discussion|editing|spelling|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="994" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="993" CreationDate="2011-02-16T12:28:29.373" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't think a simple &quot;Hi&quot; and &quot;Thanks&quot; hurts a post so certainly wouldn't bother edit a post just for that reason, but I do see your point.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are, of course, examples out there where people go way over the top with the &quot;sorry for my English&quot;, &quot;I'll love you long time if you help me&quot; style comments so if you had to do other major work on the post and some of those comments got trimmed down, I'd approve the edit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2011-02-16T12:28:29.373" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="995" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-02-16T12:43:37.067" Score="6" ViewCount="146" Body="&lt;p&gt;Abandoned threads are toxic. They take up space, people's time and they hurt our answer ratio.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a moderator now, I have the power to directly email somebody about their conduct on the site but not only is this time consuming for me, it might not seem very official to the other party... And I still have to chase it up if they don't respond.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;I suggest a feature: Alert user&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In short, this is an action like &amp;quot;Close&amp;quot; where people can vote to have the site contact the thread author by email, alerting them to urgent editing required.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;People vote for this, or moderators and trusted users can toggle it instantly.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It sends the email and adds a banner, telling people that the OP has been contacted to make edits (eg: stop posting comments/answers until there's been an edit)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;48 hours after the alert, if there hasn't been an edit, the Community account closes the thread. Perhaps issue another email at this point to tell the user.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;48 hours after &lt;em&gt;that&lt;/em&gt;, the Community account deletes the thread completely.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the user edits the post, all Alert votes and banners vanish, Community re-opens. Perhaps bump it to the top of the pile (if that's not what happens by default) so people can see it fresh.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The rationale for this is clear. There are plenty of people here that would like to help and in most cases, extra explanation from the OP clears things up and helps generate the answer. When this doesn't happen and the OP doesn't come back, the thread rots and generates lots of comments asking for more info, or worse, generates guess-answers that don't really help anybody.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Something like this allows us to be fair, allows the community to keep itself clean and helps us get our answer rate into the high-90s.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-03-28T13:13:29.843" Title="Ping people via email to get their attention" Tags="|feature-request|unanswered-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="997" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="992" CreationDate="2011-02-16T14:07:45.263" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've gotten a few tag wiki edit requests from low rep users adding tag wikis so I think it just goes into the edit pool. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks for helping with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/zeitgeist&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;zeitgeist&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;zeitgeist&lt;/a&gt; Manish, it's always great when an upstream project participates!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2011-02-16T14:07:45.263" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="998" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="993" CreationDate="2011-02-16T14:10:59.767" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here's the question from the parent Meta: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/2950/should-hi-thanks-and-taglines-and-salutations-be-removed-from-posts&quot;&gt;Should &amp;#39;Hi&amp;#39;, &amp;#39;thanks&amp;#39;, taglines, and salutations be removed from posts?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I usually won't go out of my way to edit out &quot;Hi&quot;'s and stuff, but if I'm editing the question anyway I'll go ahead and trim it out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2011-02-16T14:10:59.767" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="999" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="995" CreationDate="2011-02-16T14:29:03.207" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've been thinking about this too. To be honest I think you'll be wasting your time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other than the very hard/impossible questions which we'll always have had a bunch of us trudge through the unanswered with &quot;can you update this with some info?&quot; etc. or whatever.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think it probably scales better than you mailing people. Plus, if say, 3 people have already left a comment asking for info I don't think a mail will help that much either -- at that point we've held up our end of the arrangement, the person's obviously gone off or something. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We're going to end up with a long tail of junk no matter what (it's just the nature of the internet) so I've been mostly working on making our existing good answers better (linking, adding more docs, etc.). Mostly concentrating on making the cream float to the top instead of getting mired in the sludge.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(I also miss the 99% answer rate, but that's just the cost of getting bigger)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2011-02-16T14:29:03.207" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1000" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="992" CreationDate="2011-02-16T18:00:10.777" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;This means users with 20k rep &lt;strong&gt;do not have to have their tag wiki edits approved by &lt;em&gt;other users&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Everyone else has to be approved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq&quot;&gt;/faq&lt;/a&gt; for the list of reputation required to approve edits and tag edits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2011-02-16T20:48:43.467" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1001" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="910" CreationDate="2011-02-16T22:22:10.663" Score="5" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Congratulations to our new Ask Ubuntu overlords!&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/flair/41.png&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/flair/1067.png&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/flair/449.png&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Many thanks to our Moderators Pro Temp who are stepping down!&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/flair/5.png&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/flair/4.png&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/flair/66.png&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="570" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:32:08.513" LastActivityDate="2011-02-16T23:19:57.847" CommentCount="2" CommunityOwnedDate="2011-02-16T22:22:10.663" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1002" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-02-17T20:31:46.673" Score="14" ViewCount="180" Body="&lt;p&gt;As we add things under the umbrella &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ayatana&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ayatana&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ayatana&lt;/a&gt; project it's becoming too meta and doesn't really mean anything anymore.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/tips&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;tips&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;tips&lt;/a&gt; also appears to be not useful.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/linux&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;linux&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;linux&lt;/a&gt; isn't being used for the kernel, but more as a &quot;I happen to be running linux&quot; tag. This was once &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/985/blacklist-the-linux-tag&quot;&gt;cleaned up&lt;/a&gt; but it appears to be back, perhaps just symlink it to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/kernel&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;kernel&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;kernel&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've checked the affected questions and they all have proper tags to the subprojects, which is better anyway, so safe to remove those tags.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.227" LastActivityDate="2011-09-15T08:34:05.947" Title="Ayatana, linux and tips tags becoming too meta?" Tags="|support|tags|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1003" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1002" CreationDate="2011-02-18T21:24:18.507" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;What Jorge says makes sense. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No need for every &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/unity&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;unity&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;unity&lt;/a&gt; (1298) and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/indicator&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;indicator&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;indicator&lt;/a&gt; (203) to also be tagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ayatana&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ayatana&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ayatana&lt;/a&gt; (22).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can think of no situations where it would be particularly useful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="866" LastEditorUserId="866" LastEditDate="2011-09-14T05:44:11.183" LastActivityDate="2011-09-14T05:44:11.183" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1004" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1009" CreationDate="2011-02-19T03:15:59.227" Score="3" ViewCount="46" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/F246p.png&quot; alt=&quot;Tags on tags list with vertical misalignment&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The vertical alignment of the tags is incorrect on Firefox. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;.post-tag {&#xA;    vertical-align: middle;&#xA;}&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should fix this&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2816" LastEditorUserId="2" LastEditDate="2014-03-21T16:09:49.430" LastActivityDate="2014-03-21T16:09:49.430" Title="Vertically misaligned tags" Tags="|bug|status-completed|design|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1005" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-02-19T05:54:19.043" Score="12" ViewCount="214" Body="&lt;p&gt;Stack Overflow offers free, &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2011/01/free-vote-based-advertising-launches-third-round/&quot;&gt;vote based ads&lt;/a&gt; for open source projects. They seem to refresh them regularly, here's the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/74983/open-source-advertising-sidebar-1h-2011&quot;&gt;latest thread&lt;/a&gt; for this iteration.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I tried 2 experiments when they opened this time around:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Could I convince enough people to upvote an ad that would help find contributors to Ubuntu?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/74983/open-source-advertising-sidebar-1h-2011/77424#77424&quot;&gt;Done&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Could I convince another opensource project to submit an ad?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/74983/open-source-advertising-sidebar-1h-2011/76004#76004&quot;&gt;Also done&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However I've never seen any of those ads here, they run on the trilogy sites. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While I think this offer is relatively well known in SE circles I am guessing it's not so generally known in parts of the OSS community. Mixing these up with the Area51 ads on Ask Ubuntu might be worth a shot, I can think of a few upstream projects that might be interested if it was more widely known, and as the site grows it might be worth trying.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Response to non-Linuxy OSS projects on the ad network:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why not? If a windows developer trying Ubuntu in a VM has a question and runs into an ad for an OSS project for windows that needs people then that's a win right? And web OSS is mostly platform agnostic anyways. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We're pretty practical here anyway, we wouldn't care if the Unity ad ran on Stack Overflow in the .net tag right?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Should we add the SE network OSS ads?" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|status-completed|advertising|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1006" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1007" CreationDate="2011-02-19T07:35:35.060" Score="11" ViewCount="249" Body="&lt;p&gt;On several SE sites, my accept rate is below 90%. The reason isn't that I just neglect to accept the answer that solved the problem, but rather that &lt;strong&gt;no answer was really helpful.&lt;/strong&gt; My concern is that people will skip answering my question because the low rate would indicate they won't get any rep from me - which isn't true.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Rarely, I will just delete the question altogether if the issue is no longer relevant (improving the general SE signal/noise ratio). But most of the time, I'm still looking for a solution by the time SE drops by accept rate. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't have a lot of rep in the first place so it would be relatively expensive for me to &lt;strong&gt;offer bounties&lt;/strong&gt;, but obviously that is one way to attract new answers. However, I'm concerned that the bounties will not go to a working solution &lt;em&gt;for me&lt;/em&gt; but simply to any answer. That would be a waste of my hard-earned rep...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Besides offering (wasting?) a bounty; revising the question to make it current/complete/short/interesting;asking for attention in chat -- what can I do?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5786" LastEditorUserId="5786" LastEditDate="2011-02-19T08:55:55.460" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="How to improve my accept rate?" Tags="|discussion|reputation|accept-rate|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1007" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1006" CreationDate="2011-02-19T07:46:23.007" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;This sometimes bothers me too (my accept rate is currently 'only' 88%) but I think you have to understand that most of the time accept rate isn't really important.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I almost never look at people's accept rates, except for when questions like this come up on meta.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'll leave you with a &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/16721/what-is-accept-rate-and-how-does-it-work&quot;&gt;quote from our parent site&lt;/a&gt;; the last sentence is very true in my opinion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;What does the accept rate mean?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If the stat doesn’t appear at all, it’s a new user, or someone who rarely&#xA;asks questions.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you see a low percentage, it’s a user who asks a lot of questions but&#xA;accepts almost no answers.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you see a high percentage, it’s an engaged user, someone who&#xA;frequently goes back and interacts&#xA;with their questions after asking.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;If you see a middle of the road percentage, it’s an experienced user&#xA;who understands what accepted answers&#xA;are for.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="866" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2011-02-19T07:46:23.007" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1008" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-02-19T13:02:02.987" Score="7" ViewCount="128" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/subjective&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;subjective&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;subjective&lt;/a&gt; tag has 12 questions. Please can it be blacklisted per &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/08/the-death-of-meta-tags/&quot;&gt;The Death of Meta Tags&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="866" LastEditorUserId="123" LastEditDate="2011-06-26T11:19:04.893" LastActivityDate="2011-06-26T11:19:04.893" Title="Please can we destroy the subjective tag?" Tags="|support|status-completed|tag-block-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1009" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1004" CreationDate="2011-02-19T17:44:13.227" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The fix will be in the next deployment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="61" LastActivityDate="2011-02-19T17:44:13.227" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1010" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1005" CreationDate="2011-02-20T00:28:09.783" Score="3" Body="&lt;h1&gt;No&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't think this is a good fit, since the OSS ads are not scoped to Ubuntu. However, see:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1089/community-promotion-ads-1h-2011&quot;&gt;Community Promotion Ads - 1H 2011&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2011-03-10T00:30:44.500" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1011" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1005" CreationDate="2011-02-20T15:25:57.263" Score="4" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Yes&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are plenty of reasons to support this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It will promote awareness of open source software that people may not previously have known about.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It will promote contribution to open source software.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The adverts are unobtrusive and can be easily ignored.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for the arguments about adverts for projects targeted at different platforms, I don't think its really a big deal. Lots of users of this site and Ubuntu use other platforms as well - for work/education, to have the ability to run platform specific applications and games or just out of choice. Therefore, the adverts may be relevant.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, I believe that supporting any open source projects, even if they run on closed platforms, will benefit Ubuntu and its users by benefiting open source in general.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="667" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2011-02-20T15:25:57.263" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1012" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1005" CreationDate="2011-02-20T16:52:40.090" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm not convinced. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These adverts &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2011/01/free-vote-based-advertising-launches-third-round/&quot;&gt;are described&lt;/a&gt; as &quot;providing free advertising to open source projects &lt;strong&gt;looking for programmers&lt;/strong&gt;&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Stack Overflow is a site for programmers, so adverts for programmers make sense. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu's focus is more on 'ordinary' users, so adverts looking for programmers don't really make sense.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/74983/open-source-advertising-sidebar-1h-2011&quot;&gt;quote that confirms this&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;It must be an advertisement soliciting the participation and contribution of programmers writing actual source code. This is not intended as a general purpose ad for consumer products which just happen to be open source. It's for finding programmers who will help contribute code or other programmery things (documentation, code review, bug fixes, etc.).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="866" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2011-02-20T16:52:40.090" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1013" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-02-21T00:22:10.593" Score="3" ViewCount="159" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/su5lP.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you can see in the screenshot above, there is a small, light grey line to the right of the &quot;Emphasis&quot; icon in the editor. That shouldn't be there, right? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="114" LastEditorUserId="61" LastEditDate="2011-02-21T16:00:07.253" LastActivityDate="2011-02-21T16:00:07.253" Title="The &quot;emphasis&quot; symbol in the editor design issue." Tags="|bug|status-completed|design|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1014" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1013" CreationDate="2011-02-21T05:38:48.153" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The fix will be in the next deployment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="61" LastActivityDate="2011-02-21T05:38:48.153" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1016" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1017" CreationDate="2011-02-22T06:18:35.630" Score="0" ViewCount="66" Body="&lt;p&gt;I found a ridiculous bug for the comments notification system. If I comment on someone else's question thread, I'm notified of any reply to the particular answer or question I've commented on. However, if I commented on &lt;strong&gt;my own&lt;/strong&gt; question thread, I'm not notified of any comment activity at all. It's extremely annoying that I've to go check each and every question I asked just to review if there's been any activity.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;EDIT&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;The problem is more localized than I thought. In the couple of questions I posted on Ask Ubuntu today, I was notified of the comments to the question, but I missed the notifications of comments in the answers I received even though I commented on them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="814" LastEditorUserId="814" LastEditDate="2011-02-22T14:12:43.350" LastActivityDate="2011-02-22T14:12:43.350" Title="Comment system notifications" Tags="|support|comments|notifications|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1017" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1016" CreationDate="2011-02-22T07:30:54.950" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't think this is correct.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You are notified when:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;someone answers your question&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;someone comments on your question or answer&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;someone types @yourname in a comment below yours&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that users with 1 reputation can always comment on &lt;em&gt;their&lt;/em&gt; posts, questions, and answers to their questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;see: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/faq&lt;/a&gt; for more details.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2011-02-22T07:30:54.950" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1018" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1006" CreationDate="2011-02-22T20:30:33.337" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Let me add a little point here, which emphasizes fluteflute's view, and even torbengb's, but that I think it's important to have in mind: getting too mad about getting 'my' accept rate up to 100% is harmful for the community, as you'll be marking some answer as &quot;solutions&quot; for a problem, and that's something that can be &lt;em&gt;really&lt;/em&gt; misleading for novice users (me among them): if I don't really fully understand what's being said, I might try the solution provided in that answer, miserably failing in my attempt.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8851" LastActivityDate="2011-02-22T20:30:33.337" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1019" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-02-23T08:12:25.717" Score="3" ViewCount="112" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is this question &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1005/should-we-add-the-se-network-oss-ads&quot;&gt;Should we add the SE network OSS ads?&lt;/a&gt;&quot; about whether to re-use the SE ads which aim at gathering new developers. One of the comments is that those ads aren't a good match for AU because we're not primarily developers but &lt;em&gt;users&lt;/em&gt;. So:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Should we host OSS ads on AU &lt;em&gt;that are targeted towards users&lt;/em&gt;, in a similar fashion as those SE ads?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5786" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.087" LastActivityDate="2011-03-10T00:18:02.967" Title="Should we add OSS ads (targeted at users)?" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|status-completed|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1020" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1022" CreationDate="2011-02-23T10:05:27.073" Score="3" ViewCount="126" Body="&lt;p&gt;We have &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/google-chrome&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;google-chrome&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;google-chrome&lt;/a&gt; (41) and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/chromium&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;chromium&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;chromium&lt;/a&gt; (32). Seeing as they are basically the same product, the main difference being the branding, does it make sense to have them under two tags on our site?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="866" LastActivityDate="2011-02-23T14:07:00.633" Title="Does it make sense to have both chrome and chromium tags?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1021" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-02-23T13:01:58.237" Score="2" ViewCount="105" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/388/the-package-installation-problem&quot;&gt;The package installation problem.&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;just like the http link button and image button askubuntu should have a apt link buttom which asks for the package and automatically links it with &lt;a href=&quot;http://apt.marcoceppi.com/p/PACKAGE_NAME&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://apt.marcoceppi.com/p/PACKAGE_NAME&lt;/a&gt; the site by marcoceppi works in all browsers and is more descriptive. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5149" LastActivityDate="2011-02-23T13:01:58.237" Title="askubuntu should introduce a apt link button." Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2011-02-23T18:13:05.840" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1022" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1020" CreationDate="2011-02-23T14:07:00.633" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;We should keep them seperate, there are more differences than branding. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Chrome is provided by a third party and supported by Google, whereas Chromium is built in Ubuntu using Launchpad, Launchpad Translations, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Someone asking about a flash problem would have a totally different answer depending on if they had chrome or chromium, for example.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/6253/whats-the-difference-between-google-chrome-and-or-chromium-what-are-the-advanta&quot;&gt;What&amp;#39;s the difference between Google Chrome and/or Chromium? What are the advantages/disadvantages to each?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2011-02-23T14:07:00.633" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1023" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-02-24T07:19:21.230" Score="5" ViewCount="93" Body="&lt;p&gt;This person had their question answered by plugging it in and it works:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/9761/how-do-i-get-a-csl-usb-modem-u1-tf-to-work&quot;&gt;How do I get a CSL Usb Modem U1-TF to work?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However a new user just posted because it didn't work on an older version of Ubuntu. So is the right thing to do here to split off a new question tagged with 10.04 instead or do we try to get an answer for 10.04 in the same question and add the version tag?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Keeping in mind that we add 2 new version tags a year and those releases are supported for 18 months and every 2 years we add a tag that is supported for up to 5 years -- so we'll need something that scales.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Kind of baffled this doesn't come up more often. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2011-02-24T16:31:56.760" Title="New questions for different versions or pile them together?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1024" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1023" CreationDate="2011-02-24T16:31:56.760" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Most of the time a solution will be version indiscriminate. In my opinion it is &lt;em&gt;another&lt;/em&gt; question. CSL USB Modem U1-TF doesn't work with 10.04 - as such It's my opinion that it needs to be a new question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, we've had such questions where multi-version solutions have been provided - the problem isn't that we can't do this, it's that the original question asker has no vested interest in anything but &lt;em&gt;their&lt;/em&gt; question and their version of Ubuntu - so it likely won't be maintained very well when ubuntu+3 comes out (or even ubuntu+1)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2011-02-24T16:31:56.760" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1025" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-02-25T09:10:54.360" Score="4" ViewCount="144" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a new Linux (Ubuntu) user and I would like to ask about how to do certain things with popular applications like LMMS.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I ask these types of questions here?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't know how popular the site &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.linuxquestions.org&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.linuxquestions.org&lt;/a&gt; is, but I have seen plenty of people asking questions about LMMS there. However, I would prefer to ask on a Stack Exchange site for all the obvious reasons.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Example question: 'How can I disable the metronome when recording from LMMS'&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10500" LastActivityDate="2011-02-25T12:16:41.787" Title="Can I ask software specific questions here?" Tags="|discussion|asking-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1026" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1028" CreationDate="2011-02-25T10:03:42.793" Score="5" ViewCount="97" Body="&lt;p&gt;Now that LibreOffice is going to replace OOo while being the same, I find it irrelevant to have any OOo tags. They should be merged with LibreOffice's tags at least by the time on Natty's release.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="814" LastActivityDate="2011-05-31T23:18:20.970" Title="Relevancy of openoffice.org tags" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1027" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1025" CreationDate="2011-02-25T12:16:41.787" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;That's perfectly fine. After all, most questions are specific to some piece of software somehow!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may prefer to ask on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Unix and Linux site&lt;/a&gt; - it's completely up to you though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="866" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:37:19.280" LastActivityDate="2011-02-25T12:16:41.787" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1028" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1026" CreationDate="2011-02-25T15:19:30.943" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;I disagree. While, yes Natty will ship with LibreOffice by default, it doesn't mean that everyone is going to auto-upgrade to Natty at release date especially if they're going by LTS. 10.04 will still exist and will exist as the LTS for quite some time. So a merge of these tags seems premature for now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, it's not just about support issues, questions like &quot;How do I sent a patch to OpenOffice&quot; would different than LibreOffice, or roadmap questions, or any other question about the projects themselves.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="235" LastEditDate="2011-05-31T19:09:31.730" LastActivityDate="2011-05-31T19:09:31.730" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1029" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1026" CreationDate="2011-02-25T21:28:49.697" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's a bit like &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1020/does-it-make-sense-to-have-both-chrome-and-chromium-tags&quot;&gt;the chromium and Google Chrome question&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In an ideal world we'd merge them. But doing so isn't really the right thing (as Marco and Jorge) explained.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="866" LastActivityDate="2011-02-25T21:28:49.697" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1030" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1019" CreationDate="2011-02-26T12:52:34.160" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Personally, I don't think there's any point. Maybe that's just me though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think it will only publicise the already popular applications. People follow places like OMG Ubuntu to find out what the latest and greatest apps are.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And if programs are good, they will naturally be mentioned in answers to questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="866" LastEditorUserId="866" LastEditDate="2011-02-26T18:17:27.287" LastActivityDate="2011-02-26T18:17:27.287" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1031" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1032" CreationDate="2011-02-26T18:49:48.840" Score="3" ViewCount="108" Body="&lt;p&gt;Something I've noticed in the brief time I've been a moderator is that most of the &quot;not answer&quot; flagged posts have one word in common: &lt;strong&gt;same&lt;/strong&gt;. They're usually posts saying something along the lines of &quot;I have the same problem&quot; and don't usually provide an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most of the time they should be comments but because the way the reputation system works, new users can't comment so use the answer box to make themselves heard. I personally thing this is a huge design flaw (as I've said before) because it trains people into the wrong behaviour.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So assuming we can't lower the commenting boundary to 1, can the system at least look for the word &quot;same&quot; and make the user aware again that they should only post if their answer is actually an answer to the problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Failing that, a convert-to-comment link on the flagged pots page so it doesn't take 5 clicks to commentise and dismiss a flagged post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="1118" LastEditDate="2013-07-07T15:52:17.147" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Can we blacklist &quot;same&quot; in answers?" Tags="|feature-request|moderation|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1032" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1031" CreationDate="2011-02-26T19:18:17.673" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is already what the new answer auto-flagging heuristic does. Details:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/72523/heuristics-for-detecting-a-bad-answer&quot;&gt;Heuristics for detecting a bad answer?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;also announced on blog:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2011/01/how-to-say-thanks-in-an-answer/&quot;&gt;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2011/01/how-to-say-thanks-in-an-answer/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;specifically, note this paragraph:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;We now have some basic heuristics in place to check for the short answer, and the short “thank you” answer. If the answer is by a new user and matches enough of the heuristics, we provide automatic guidance — as originally suggested on meta by Kop — in the form of a (mandatory) &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/how-to-answer&quot;&gt;How to Answer page&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;edit: however, this test is only enabled for the trilogy (SO, SU, SF). &lt;strong&gt;I will enable it here for you as well.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We really don't want these &quot;I have same problem!!&quot; items as comments, they add nothing (and this is why we require rep to comment, by the way, so we don't get flooded by dumb, inane comments).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/56565/why-is-there-a-threshold-to-add-a-comment-or-why-cant-we-send-private-messages/56613#56613&quot;&gt;Why is there a threshold to add a comment? OR Why can&amp;#39;t we send private messages?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I don't support that, either. Just delete them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2011-02-26T19:41:19.683" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1034" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1035" CreationDate="2011-02-27T07:40:39.413" Score="0" ViewCount="80" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yesterday I moved this information from the Ubuntu wiki to AU:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/28086/keyboard-shortcuts-in-unity&quot;&gt;What are Unity&amp;#39;s keyboard and mouse shortcuts?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Within 10 minutes of posting it it was the #3 hit on Google for &quot;unity keyboard shortcuts&quot;. Somebody noticed and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&amp;amp;source=web&amp;amp;cd=1&amp;amp;sqi=2&amp;amp;ved=0CCAQqQIwAA&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fdownloadsquad.switched.com%2F2011%2F02%2F26%2Fubuntu-11-04-unity-keyboard-shortcuts-have-a-distinct-windows-7%2F&amp;amp;ei=tvxpTbG7JMiDtge-1vTmAg&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNE7PR04MMvGwH97wbEKmkI5aY58OQ&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;ran a story&lt;/a&gt; and it was also picked up by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&amp;amp;source=web&amp;amp;cd=5&amp;amp;sqi=2&amp;amp;ved=0CEYQFjAE&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.webupd8.org%2F2011%2F02%2Funity-ubuntu-1104-keyboard-shortcuts.html&amp;amp;ei=tvxpTbG7JMiDtge-1vTmAg&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNHrTfXsvCIcFn89hEFhvLHkZanYIw&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;webupd8&lt;/a&gt;, which runs Ubuntu-related news stories.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As of this post the original question is now on page 7! Content-farmed duplicates of the original story litter the pages, as well as other legitimately related unity bits. Adding 11.04, ubuntu, or other related terms doesn't seem to work, except ... putting 11.04 as the &lt;em&gt;first&lt;/em&gt; search term finally gets the original content on the front page as the 10th result.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This isn't really a question as much as it's feedback to the SO folks if they need data for improving search results. I moved the content here because I was sick of never being able to find the page buried in the wiki, so I was elated when it was indexed so quickly, but alas, smoked by content farms.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2011-02-27T08:02:55.817" Title="Linking to a question worsening Google result" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1035" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1034" CreationDate="2011-02-27T08:02:55.817" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Seems OK if you put it in quotes&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&amp;amp;q=%22keyboard+shortcuts+in+unity%22&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&amp;amp;q=%22keyboard+shortcuts+in+unity%22&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think this got a lot of publicity which may have skewed the results&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2011/02/26/ubuntu-11-04-unity-keyboard-shortcuts-have-a-distinct-windows-7/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2011/02/26/ubuntu-11-04-unity-keyboard-shortcuts-have-a-distinct-windows-7/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123" LastActivityDate="2011-02-27T08:02:55.817" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1036" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-02-27T14:55:37.993" Score="8" ViewCount="154" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just passed 1k reputation on askubuntu.com (hooray, carry on). When other reputation privilege milestones are passed (at least each time I can remember), there is nice &quot;You've gained the privilege&quot; message (bar in the top of the screen).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, when 1k is passed, there is nothing (at least in superuser.com or in askubuntu.com). Why is that? Are &quot;Create gallery chat rooms&quot; and &quot;view vote counts&quot; so minor, there is no reason to inform users?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10581" LastEditorUserId="1118" LastEditDate="2013-07-07T15:51:38.470" LastActivityDate="2013-07-07T15:51:38.470" Title="Why there is no &quot;You've gained the privilege&quot; when you pass 1000 reputation points?" Tags="|bug|status-bydesign|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1037" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-02-27T18:47:30.213" Score="28" ViewCount="2260" Body="&lt;p&gt;During our beta I created a video to kind of explain how the site works. I'd like to continue expanding on that and create other videos for the site if people want to watch to see how they work. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please feel free to add your own. I use &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/4428/how-to-create-a-screencast/4433#4433&quot;&gt;recordmydesktop&lt;/a&gt; to make these.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2018-01-22T12:12:56.507" Title="Video Tutorials for using the site" Tags="|discussion|faq|tutorials|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1038" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1037" CreationDate="2011-02-27T18:50:39.150" Score="24" Body="&lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgvXaCY9uek&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;How do I ask questions on Ask Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This tutorial is how to ask a good question right away so your question is high quality &lt;em&gt;before&lt;/em&gt; you post it to the site. (Ugh, audio stops working 9 minutes in, I'll need to redo this one)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptnlogCqOes&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;How to improve your answers on Ask Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some tips on how to improve your answers with more detail. (Some video corruption here in some places, bummer.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I made these at 1920x1024 so they show up nice if you fullscreen and want to get into the detail so if you can't read it click the fullscreen button.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Feedback on these as I make them is appreciated, I tend to get opinionated on how certain things should work so if that's obvious in the video and you think it's wrong please let me know. If you're from a sister stack site, please steal. Also, feel free to make your own and add them!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2018-01-21T22:04:29.107" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1039" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1036" CreationDate="2011-02-27T19:37:35.863" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;The system takes into account if you're a &quot;veteran&quot; or not when deciding to notify about new privileges (I think &quot;veterans&quot; are people with 200 rep on another SE site, but I'm not certain). All the privileges before &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/edit&quot;&gt;editing&lt;/a&gt; do not notify veterans, since they're somewhat minor and it's assumed you already know about them anyway&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1769" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2011-02-27T19:37:35.863" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1040" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-03-01T15:23:17.357" Score="6" ViewCount="763" Body="&lt;p&gt;Jorge Castro has done a great job starting these &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1037/video-tutorials-for-using-the-site&quot;&gt;video tutorials&lt;/a&gt; and I would like to help in producing a few myself. However, I'm not sure which topics would be good to cover.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.087" LastActivityDate="2011-03-09T02:10:12.127" Title="What topics would be good for Video Tutorials?" Tags="|discussion|tutorials|" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2011-03-01T15:23:23.207" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1041" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1040" CreationDate="2011-03-01T15:24:42.800" Score="4" Body="&lt;h1&gt;How to ask a question&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I figure this is pretty straight forward - though I find myself more and more pointing users to the &amp;quot;Ask Question&amp;quot; button. Hopefully a video showing HOW to ask a question and more importantly describing how to ask GOOD questions will be more informative than the current little &amp;quot;Read this and accept&amp;quot; page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2011-03-01T15:24:42.800" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2011-03-01T15:24:42.800" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1042" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1040" CreationDate="2011-03-01T15:28:02.457" Score="4" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Get moderators attention&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While it's rare, occasionally posts need a moderators attention. How to do so, what the different topics and reasons are - in a video may help to release some confusion and help users know &lt;em&gt;how&lt;/em&gt; to take action against posts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Possible topics:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Spam&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Abusive&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Inappropriate&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Close or Delete&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Migrate to another SE site&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2011-03-01T15:28:02.457" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2011-03-01T15:28:02.457" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1043" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1026" CreationDate="2011-03-02T00:12:15.033" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's another case of them still being different products. The tags are not supposed to be generic. A tag for OpenOffice should indicate a question about OpenOffice. If they use LibreOffice, the tag should be LibreOffice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And while we are here to support Ubuntu, we're not limited to the default applications in Ubuntu (although they'll probably be the main support topics). A change in defaults shouldn't ever mean we need to change our tagging regimes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2011-03-02T00:12:15.033" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1044" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-03-02T17:36:08.130" Score="3" ViewCount="71" Body="&lt;p&gt;With 11.04 Alpha 3 coming out tomorrow should we have a site-wide banner to help stem the tide of these questions?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If so what should the text say, potentials links to include, etc?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2011-03-02T17:38:29.680" Title="Should we have a banner for potential 11.04 question askers?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1045" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1044" CreationDate="2011-03-02T17:38:29.680" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've been pointing people here:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/18641/theres-an-issue-with-an-alpha-release-of-ubuntu-what-should-i-do&quot;&gt;There&amp;#39;s an issue with an Alpha/Beta Release of Ubuntu, what should I do?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/871/when-are-questions-about-ubuntu1-appropriate&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/871/when-are-questions-about-ubuntu1-appropriate&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think pointing people to those threads would be sufficient. Something like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;Please note that 11.04 is alpha. See &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/871/when-are-questions-about-ubuntu1-appropriate&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; to see what's appropriate to ask, and check &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/18641/theres-an-issue-with-an-alpha-release-of-ubuntu-what-should-i-do&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; to see how to get help.&quot; or something.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2011-03-02T17:38:29.680" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1046" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1040" CreationDate="2011-03-02T18:01:55.227" Score="5" Body="&lt;h1&gt;How and when to Comment&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is common for new users to post comments that should be answers, and answers that should be comments. This video could also show how to directly reply (e.g @JohnDoe) to another user.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="114" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2011-03-02T18:01:55.227" CommentCount="2" CommunityOwnedDate="2011-03-02T18:01:55.227" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1048" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-03-03T04:21:02.753" Score="11" ViewCount="119" Body="&lt;p&gt;I can see the reason for &quot;you need reputation to upvote&quot;. But I should be able to upvote answers to my question, since there could be more than one answers that work but only one that can be accepted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11580" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-08-27T20:29:32.280" LastActivityDate="2012-08-30T16:13:35.387" Title="I should be able to upvote answers to my question" Tags="|feature-request|voting|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1049" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-03-03T08:29:03.930" Score="6" ViewCount="68" Body="&lt;p&gt;It looks like there is no difference between &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/shell-scripting&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;shell-scripting&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;shell-scripting&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/script&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;script&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;script&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/scripts&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;scripts&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;scripts&lt;/a&gt; tag. Should we merge those and add tag synonym from script to scripts or vice versa?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10581" LastEditorUserId="6005" LastEditDate="2012-09-24T14:11:25.723" LastActivityDate="2012-09-24T14:11:25.723" Title="Merging scripting related tags" Tags="|discussion|status-completed|retag-request|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1050" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1049" CreationDate="2011-03-03T10:15:02.440" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Huh, very good find.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think they should all be synonyms of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/scripting&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;scripting&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;scripting&lt;/a&gt;, which doesn't even exist at the moment. Anyone agree? :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastActivityDate="2011-03-03T10:15:02.440" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1051" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1107" CreationDate="2011-03-03T14:17:37.903" Score="7" ViewCount="123" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have seen the flair boxes which look kinda funky, but what if I want just a little badge to go along with other ones like you see on the left of &lt;a href=&quot;http://podcast.ubuntu-uk.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://podcast.ubuntu-uk.org/&lt;/a&gt; ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/7EClm.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="612" LastEditorUserId="1067" LastEditDate="2011-08-31T14:56:10.227" LastActivityDate="2011-08-31T14:56:10.227" Title="Is there an askubuntu button I can put on my site?" Tags="|feature-request|badges|site-promotion|flair|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1052" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-03-03T15:44:53.577" Score="7" ViewCount="127" Body="&lt;p&gt;Quite often there are questions to which there is an answer on &lt;a href=&quot;http://help.ubuntu.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://help.ubuntu.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the preferred approach to answer such a question? Should one answer the question based on the content of the Ubuntu wiki or should one just link to the wiki?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my opinion it would be better to gather the information on AU so the actual answer is on the site rather than linking one across the net.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EDIT: I should add that I of course meant to add a proper attribution or source link.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2732" LastActivityDate="2011-03-03T16:12:42.587" Title="Answers based on Ubuntu wiki" Tags="|discussion|answers|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1053" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1052" CreationDate="2011-03-03T15:46:57.040" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think the approach for this should be the same for any site - including a summary of the page, or a snippet that resolves the issue at hand while still linking with &quot;More details &lt;em&gt;here&lt;/em&gt;&quot;, etc. That way users don't &lt;em&gt;have&lt;/em&gt; to click through to get the answer - while still maintaining where the content came from, where to get the most up-to-date information, and where to get additional information from.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2011-03-03T15:46:57.040" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1054" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1052" CreationDate="2011-03-03T16:11:21.797" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;We need to consider that our answers may now be state of the art but we will have a hard time to keep them update. Linking to Ubuntu resources may help users to find an answer even if solutions and procedures may have changed. This will keep AU a place to look first, even if it only was to find a precious link.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Still, I agrre it is much better to provide and maintain all information in one place. We should think of introducing an Updater badge.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3940" LastActivityDate="2011-03-03T16:11:21.797" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1055" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1052" CreationDate="2011-03-03T16:12:42.587" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'd like to add to Marco's answer by saying that since the wiki is so big and complicated (and finding things can be difficult) that a good answer summarizes what's in the docs to answer the question and then serves as an &quot;onramp&quot; to the official documentation if the person wants more detail.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On a related note, remember that Ubuntu teams do maintain their wiki presence, so for example the &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Kernel wiki page&lt;/a&gt; will always have up to date info, which is why we want to link and refer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However some pages on the ubuntu wiki are pretty junk or old. If you run into one of those that are so old that they're worthless to users just delete it from the wiki and put it in your answer as that's what would be best for users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2011-03-03T16:12:42.587" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1056" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1057" CreationDate="2011-03-03T19:55:30.280" Score="5" ViewCount="142" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to be able to post this as a comment:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;FYI, code &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/editing-help&quot;&gt;formatting&lt;/a&gt; is done with backticks, e.g. &lt;code&gt;`sudo vi /boot/grub/menu.lst`&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But as you can see, it doesn't come out quite right...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1859" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2011-03-03T21:29:05.923" Title="How do I escape backticks in a comment?" Tags="|support|comments|markdown|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1057" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1056" CreationDate="2011-03-03T21:29:05.923" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Use (inside backquotes) &lt;code&gt;\`sudo vi menu.lst\`&lt;/code&gt; for a &lt;code&gt;`sudo vi menu.lst`&lt;/code&gt; to be shown. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11786" LastActivityDate="2011-03-03T21:29:05.923" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1058" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1061" CreationDate="2011-03-04T09:52:08.547" Score="2" ViewCount="113" Body="&lt;p&gt;As on date there is 420+  questions with no-answers and I am unable to find  a way to see answers with no questions for the past one month or newest set of 25 or 50 questions with no answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a way for that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Regards,&#xA;James&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10077" LastEditorUserId="10077" LastEditDate="2011-03-07T11:57:47.273" LastActivityDate="2011-03-07T11:57:47.273" Title="How to find out newest set of (25 or 50)  questions with no answers" Tags="|support|unanswered-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1060" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1049" CreationDate="2011-03-05T07:50:04.850" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Hmm.  I don't really think of shell-scripting and scripting as the same thing.  Shell scripting is a sub-category, but it is a well-known sub-category with a long history and independent existence.  &quot;Scripting&quot; by itself is a generic -- it's light programming that might be done with shell syntax/semantics, but it could be done with expect, sed, awk , a little perl, maybe some tcl/tk. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To me, shell-scripting actually makes more sense as a tag, because 'scripting' is so vague as to be nearly meaningless.   It's basically a meta tag that means 'a program written in something other than Java or C (or variants)'.  Tags might as well be more precise rather than less, and just come out and say 'shell scripting,' or 'python,' or 'perl'. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8844" LastActivityDate="2011-03-05T07:50:04.850" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1061" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1058" CreationDate="2011-03-05T14:14:38.080" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;To search for questions with no answers, use &lt;code&gt;answers:0&lt;/code&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=answers%3A0&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=answers%3A0&lt;/a&gt;. You can then sort them - &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?tab=newest&amp;amp;q=answers%3a0&quot;&gt;by newest&lt;/a&gt;, for example. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A full list of search options can be found here: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/search&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2816" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2011-03-05T14:14:38.080" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1062" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1063" CreationDate="2011-03-06T07:56:54.010" Score="3" ViewCount="132" Body="&lt;p&gt;To be able to chat I need to logout and login again as the credentials given are too old. However I can't find a logout button:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/dRSAA.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What can I do?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3940" LastEditorUserId="123" LastEditDate="2011-03-06T08:14:41.890" LastActivityDate="2011-03-11T06:33:10.787" Title="Logout button not rendered" Tags="|support|login|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1063" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1062" CreationDate="2011-03-06T08:14:32.890" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Visit your user page, and click logout there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123" LastActivityDate="2011-03-06T08:14:32.890" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1064" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-03-06T19:18:14.900" Score="3" ViewCount="158" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/830/editing-tips-and-tricks&quot;&gt;Editing tips and tricks&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are about &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=%22sudo+gedit%22&quot;&gt;80 questions&lt;/a&gt; containing &lt;code&gt;sudo gedit&lt;/code&gt;. As you know, using &lt;code&gt;sudo&lt;/code&gt; with graphical applications / tools is discouraged, so I think we should replace it with &lt;code&gt;gksudo&lt;/code&gt; in those questions/answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Jorge Castro had the idea to spare those &quot;easy edits&quot; for new low-rep editors as an easy starting point for contributors.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We also could collect bad practices and list corresponding search links, so people can just clean up the site as we go along.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3037" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2011-03-09T04:05:40.423" Title="Low-hanging fruit for new editors" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2011-03-08T15:48:08.607" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1065" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-03-06T19:30:17.220" Score="6" ViewCount="49" Body="&lt;p&gt;Hi &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a question that has already been asked 4 moths ago. The author was asked to explain more his problem, but he didn't, so the topic was abbadoned.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have the same problem and I can try to explain more on what it consist. Should I create a new thread or continue the old one? And if the second is rigth - how should I do it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The thread in question is: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/6485/arabic-reading-error&quot;&gt;Arabic reading error&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11141" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2011-03-06T22:07:51.283" Title="have a question already asked but witout reply" Tags="|support|asking-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1066" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-03-06T20:47:14.277" Score="2" ViewCount="162" Body="&lt;p&gt;I posted &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/26601/new-computer-hangs-on-shutdown-reboot-how-to-troubleshoot/27976#27976&quot;&gt;this answer&lt;/a&gt; to my own question on which I had set a bounty. I lost the rep immediately when I set the bounty = OK, that's expected. I didn't get the bounty back when I added the best answer and accepted that = not OK, I had expected the bounty, based on how Superuser.com works.... so why didn't I get my bounty back?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Please note that I'm not whining, I just want to understand the reason.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5786" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2011-04-06T05:43:57.777" Title="Why don't I get my reputation back when I answer the question myself?" Tags="|discussion|bounty|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1067" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1072" CreationDate="2011-03-06T20:50:00.763" Score="6" ViewCount="107" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have regularly seen inactive questions like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/18988/6969&quot;&gt;OpenVPN fails to start automatically&lt;/a&gt;, asked by new users. There are no answers, neither does the author reply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What should be done with that kind of questions? Shouldn't those be deleted, it does not add anything helpful to Askubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6969" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2011-03-07T05:14:53.227" Title="What can be done with inactive, unanswered questions from 1-rep users?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1069" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1065" CreationDate="2011-03-06T21:54:41.440" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would edit the question and add more information to it if it is 100% the same problem you are facing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A &gt;10k user will see your edit request and approve it if it is OK. That will boost the question to the front page where it gets attention.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2732" LastEditorUserId="2732" LastEditDate="2011-03-06T22:07:51.283" LastActivityDate="2011-03-06T22:07:51.283" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1070" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-03-07T03:38:48.750" Score="1" ViewCount="33" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can a username be flagged as offensive?   Are there guidelines for what would reasonably be considered offensive?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8844" LastActivityDate="2011-03-07T04:27:39.133" Title="Reporting offensive usernames" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1071" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1070" CreationDate="2011-03-07T04:27:39.133" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sure; flag one of their posts and indicate that you consider the username offensive. Unless it is obvious, indicate why as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123" LastActivityDate="2011-03-07T04:27:39.133" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1072" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1067" CreationDate="2011-03-07T05:14:53.227" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;We already remove the following automatically with no intervention required:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;remove zero score questions with no answers, low views, &amp;lt;=1 comments that are more than 365 days old&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;remove negatively voted questions with no answers more than 30 days old&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123" LastActivityDate="2011-03-07T05:14:53.227" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1073" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1066" CreationDate="2011-03-07T05:15:46.440" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;It has always worked the way you describe, see and compare&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://superuser.com/faq#bounty&quot;&gt;https://superuser.com/faq#bounty&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq#bounty&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/faq#bounty&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2011-03-07T05:15:46.440" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1074" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1064" CreationDate="2011-03-07T05:16:44.973" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;If there are 80 questions with tags that need to be renamed or merged, a diamond moderator should do it using the admin tools for merging and renaming tags.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Otherwise, you will be cluttering up the homepage with 80 bumped questions for no very good reason.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123" LastActivityDate="2011-03-07T05:16:44.973" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1075" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1076" CreationDate="2011-03-08T00:00:01.777" Score="25" ViewCount="8324" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just ran across a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/29445/how-does-gimp-compare-to-photoshop&quot;&gt;link&lt;/a&gt; to LMGTFY on Ask Ubuntu. In the past, I've &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/201?m=376308#376308&quot;&gt;found it offensive&lt;/a&gt; when users have &lt;a href=&quot;https://superuser.com/questions/67451/active-desktop-for-windows-7-vista/67529#67529&quot;&gt;posted&lt;/a&gt; LMGTFY links for me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When, if ever, is it acceptable to link to LMGTFY on Ask Ubuntu?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1859" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2018-05-07T09:17:48.030" Title="When is it acceptable to link to LMGTFY?" Tags="|discussion|searching|" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1076" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1075" CreationDate="2011-03-08T07:09:40.883" Score="39" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;When, if ever, is it acceptable to link to LMGTFY on Ask Ubuntu?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Never, as far as I am concerned. If it is a problem we can blacklist it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123" LastActivityDate="2011-03-08T07:09:40.883" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1077" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-03-08T09:59:15.817" Score="2" ViewCount="94" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is it appropriate for users to lose privileges with handing out bounties? I've recently posted a bounty worth 400 points and consequently lost even the simple privilege of commenting everywhere. I think this drawback is uncalled for, and suggest that privileges are unaffected by points lost with bounties.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="814" LastEditorUserId="123" LastEditDate="2011-03-08T10:32:18.190" LastActivityDate="2011-04-07T10:44:28.853" Title="Losing privilege with points lost in setting bounties" Tags="|discussion|support|bounty|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1078" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1077" CreationDate="2011-03-08T10:34:07.717" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is how it has always worked.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If there were no cost to a bounty, then everyone would post one, and they would lose part of their essential value as motivators.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123" LastActivityDate="2011-03-08T10:34:07.717" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1079" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-03-08T11:00:14.367" Score="7" ViewCount="55" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is a suggestion: when we have the list of questions on screen, we can see below each of them the name of the asker, &lt;em&gt;unless&lt;/em&gt; it has been editted by someone, situation in which we can read the name of the editor. My suggestion would be to show the asker's AND the editor's names, so that we can see who actually asked.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Isn't this feasible and desirable?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8851" LastEditorUserId="41" LastEditDate="2011-03-08T14:14:43.613" LastActivityDate="2011-03-08T14:14:43.613" Title="Show asker AND editor" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|faq-suggestion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1080" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1064" CreationDate="2011-03-08T15:08:40.357" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What to edit:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Edit question titles that start with a lower case letter, if appropriate&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Edit out improper punctuation such as &quot;?!!!&quot;, &quot;!!&quot;, &quot;..&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Improve punctuation, such as &quot;logs : bla&quot; → &quot;logs: bla&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Fix grammar and spelling&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Especially users who don't speak very good English, I find, appreciate the help&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Edit out obvious words, as in &quot;WoW doesn't run in Ubuntu&quot; → &quot;WoW doesn't run&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Fix links and images&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Links should seldom be just URLs:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;see this: http://example.com&lt;/code&gt; → &lt;code&gt;[see this](http://example.com/)&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Images should be hosted on imgur. Copy the image URL, click the Image button on the editor and upload it again &quot;from the web&quot;. This way, we'll have far fewer dead links.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How to find posts:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Your first stop should be the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review&quot;&gt;Review Page&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You can use &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=&quot;&gt;Advanced Super Ninja Search Options&lt;/a&gt; to find posts to edit&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;For example: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=title%3AUbuntu&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;title:Ubuntu&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Almost every post can be improved in some way. Small and trivial edits are discouraged, so, if you decide to edit a post, make it rock!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2011-03-09T04:05:40.423" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2011-03-08T15:08:40.357" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1081" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1086" CreationDate="2011-03-08T18:48:56.267" Score="5" ViewCount="89" Body="&lt;p&gt;When a bounty is allocated to an answer, the bounty amount is shown against it. This kind of looks weird in Ask Ubuntu&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/vh5nf.png&quot; alt=&quot;bounty allocated AU &quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In contrast, the bounty allocated amount in Super User is much.. better&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/UWaO0.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1182" LastEditorUserId="2" LastEditDate="2014-03-21T16:12:33.900" LastActivityDate="2014-03-21T16:12:33.900" Title="Bounty allocated amount looks odd" Tags="|bug|status-completed|design|bounty|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1082" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1081" CreationDate="2011-03-08T20:22:23.947" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I agree, it is a little funky compared to the Super User screenshot.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However I think that's part of our site's character, and it's good for bounties to stand out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="866" LastActivityDate="2011-03-08T20:22:23.947" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1083" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1040" CreationDate="2011-03-09T02:04:15.907" Score="1" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Stack Exchange messages&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It was a month after regular use of the site before I realised the little StackExchange button in the upper left was a button and was useful&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8515" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2011-03-09T02:04:15.907" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2011-03-09T02:04:15.907" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1084" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1040" CreationDate="2011-03-09T02:10:12.127" Score="2" Body="&lt;h1&gt;The @ symbol and other easter eggs&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While some of the other Stack Exchange sites have an immediately comprehensible mailbox/reply icon, this invaluable place to track comments and replies was invisible to me until I accidentally clicked it instead of my name. I only wonder what else I'm missing out on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Possibly also cover:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;@'ing people when commenting so they get a notification&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8515" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2011-03-09T02:10:12.127" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2011-03-09T02:10:12.127" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1085" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1075" CreationDate="2011-03-09T14:10:47.303" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think Wikipedia covers that best. LMGTFY is a variation of RTFM:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RTFM&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RTFM&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to highlight this often ignored objectivization:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;There are contexts and participants for which a gradient of RTFM (in)appropriateness exists. These are the gray areas between black and white. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If RTFM and LMGTFY are offensive depends entirely on the context. There is no inherent evilness or malicousness in it; LMGTFY is widely believed to be amusing even to recipients. It can be and certainly is used in inappropriate and unhelpful fashions (much like newcomers are often ridiculed with the &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1732348/regex-match-open-tags-except-xhtml-self-contained-tags/1732454#1732454&quot;&gt;bobince link&lt;/a&gt; on SO).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That being said, I cannot imagine a lot of cases on Ask Ubuntu (currently) where it would be sensible to see that link. Ubuntu still lacks too much coherent documentation to warrant it. There are certainly dumb questions which can be answered by copying them verbatim into Google, but those seem the exception.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your example question is one of those &lt;strong&gt;instances&lt;/strong&gt; where it would indeed look offensive. (Apart from that it's not a particularly technical question.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3357" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-05-23T12:39:54.233" LastActivityDate="2011-03-09T14:10:47.303" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1086" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1081" CreationDate="2011-03-09T14:18:22.123" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The fix will be in the next deployment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="61" LastActivityDate="2011-03-09T14:18:22.123" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1087" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-03-09T19:04:46.910" Score="7" ViewCount="73" Body="&lt;p&gt;I know there was some consideration in the past about making sure Askubuntu was accessible (usable with screenreader software, e.g.).  For instance, the UDS-N session in October 2010 included talk about 508 compliance (documented in this post :  &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/631/what-was-discussed-and-what-was-the-outcome-of-the-ask-ubuntu-uds-n-session&quot;&gt;What was discussed, and what was the outcome of the Ask Ubuntu UDS-N session?&lt;/a&gt; ).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Has there been any more work done on 508 compliance or accessibility?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;What further actions can we take to make sure AskUbuntu is an accessible site?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here are some related meta.stackoverflow posts: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/68898/how-accessible-are-the-stack-exchange-sites-for-users-of-screen-reader-software&quot;&gt;Accessibility with Screen Reading Software&lt;/a&gt;   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions5207/stackoverflow-accessibility-with-screen-reading-software&quot;&gt;Bringing Up Accessibility Issues&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/69977/best-way-to-bring-up-accessibility-issues-with-stack-exchange-sites&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/74048/encourage-people-to-use-alt-text&quot;&gt;Encouraging People to Use Alt-Text&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8844" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2011-04-11T15:31:46.593" Title="Accessibility and AskUbuntu" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1088" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1087" CreationDate="2011-03-09T19:05:46.847" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;One area where we can improve the site in this regard is in helpful and consistent use of Alt tags.  For some guidelines on how to do this, see &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.abilitynet.org.uk/webarticle20&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;How to Use Alt-Text&lt;/a&gt; .&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8844" LastActivityDate="2011-03-09T19:05:46.847" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1089" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-03-10T00:07:18.677" Score="43" ViewCount="3619" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2158/community-promotion-ads-1h-2012&quot;&gt;Community Promotion Ads - 1H 2012&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;What in the Wide, Wide World of Sports is Going On Here?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;TL;DR -- put images and links in the answers. If they get voted up enough, they will appear on the main site as community promotion ads.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;But whyyyyyyy?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a method for the community to control what gets promoted to visitors on the site. For example, you might promote the following things:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;cool Ubuntu applications&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the site's Twitter account&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ubuntu scripts or power tools&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;cool events or conferences&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;anything else your community would genuinely be interested in&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The goal is for future visitors to find out about &lt;em&gt;the stuff your community deems important&lt;/em&gt;. And to click on it for great justice!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;How does it work?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The answers you post to this question &lt;em&gt;must&lt;/em&gt; conform to the following rules, or they will be ignored. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;All answers should be in the exact form of:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;[![Tagline to show on mouseover][1]][2]&#xA;&#xA;   [1]: http://image-url&#xA;   [2]: http://clickthrough-url &#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please &lt;strong&gt;do not add anything else to the body of the post&lt;/strong&gt;. If you want to discuss something, do it in the comments.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The question must always be tagged with the magic &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/community-ads&quot; class=&quot;post-tag moderator-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged 'community-ads'&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;community-ads&lt;/a&gt; tag.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Image requirements&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The image that you create must be &lt;strong&gt;220 x 250 pixels&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Must be hosted through our standard image uploader (Imgur)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Must be GIF or PNG&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;No animated GIFs&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Absolute limit on file size of 150&amp;nbsp;KB&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Score Threshold&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is a &lt;strong&gt;minimum score threshold&lt;/strong&gt; an answer must meet (currently 6) before it will be shown on the main site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Display and Statistics&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can check out the ads that have met the threshold with basic click statistics &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/ads/display/1089&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="anon" LastEditorUserId="123" LastEditDate="2011-12-02T23:22:39.073" LastActivityDate="2011-12-02T23:22:39.073" Title="Community Promotion Ads - 1H 2011" Tags="|discussion|community-ads|" AnswerCount="29" CommentCount="5" ClosedDate="2011-12-02T12:08:45.340" CommunityOwnedDate="2011-03-10T00:07:32.360" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1090" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1089" CreationDate="2011-03-10T00:12:59.210" Score="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://twitter.com/stackubuntu&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/77fWg.png&quot; alt=&quot;Help this community grow -- follow us on twitter!&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2" LastEditorUserId="2" LastEditDate="2011-03-11T23:11:45.213" LastActivityDate="2011-03-11T23:11:45.213" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2011-03-10T00:12:59.210" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1091" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1005" CreationDate="2011-03-10T00:15:46.510" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;We have enabled the ability for the Ubuntu community to have control over ads placed on the homepage and question landing pages.  See:  &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1089/community-promotion-ads-1h-2011&quot;&gt;Community Promotion Ads - 1H 2011&lt;/a&gt; for more details.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.227" LastActivityDate="2011-03-10T00:15:46.510" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1092" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1019" CreationDate="2011-03-10T00:17:53.323" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;We have enabled the ability for the Ubuntu community to have control over ads placed on the homepage and question landing pages.  See:  &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1089/community-promotion-ads-1h-2011&quot;&gt;Community Promotion Ads - 1H 2011&lt;/a&gt; for more details.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2" LastActivityDate="2011-03-10T00:17:53.323" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1093" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1089" CreationDate="2011-03-10T01:11:52.800" Score="43" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://unity.ubuntu.com/getinvolved/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Sw5Uf.png&quot; alt=&quot;Unity : Hackers wanted!&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="1859" LastEditDate="2011-04-24T17:13:03.337" LastActivityDate="2011-04-24T17:13:03.337" CommentCount="2" CommunityOwnedDate="2011-03-10T01:11:52.800" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1094" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1089" CreationDate="2011-03-10T01:13:06.260" Score="21" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://zeitgeist-project.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/JkvTL.png&quot; alt=&quot;Zeitgeist Project: our motivation is to bring the element of human context awareness to computer systems, paving the way for more user friendly and easier to use software.&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="8844" LastEditDate="2011-03-10T18:24:27.777" LastActivityDate="2011-03-10T18:24:27.777" CommentCount="6" CommunityOwnedDate="2011-03-10T01:13:06.260" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1095" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-03-10T02:11:57.333" Score="0" ViewCount="195" Body="&lt;p&gt;The Top bar for Ask Ubuntu (and Meta) doesn't seem to have enough space from the top of the window area. When a notification (badge, welcome/faq) etc appears, it is very close to the text. This seems different to all the other SE sites...The other sites have it nicely aligned with the Search box.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Personally, the Ask Ubuntu site is one of the best styled sites of all of them, just needs this bit fixed up. Here's the Chrome user agent in case it's not like this for everyone...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Google Chrome   9.0.597.107 (Official Build 75357)&#xA;WebKit  534.13&#xA;V8  2.5.9.15&#xA;User Agent  Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US) AppleWebKit/534.13 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/9.0.597.107 Safari/534.13&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here are the screenshots of how it looks...&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/7oag9.png&quot; alt=&quot;Main Ask Ubuntu Site&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/S41Z3.png&quot; alt=&quot;Meta Site&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/N8ign.png&quot; alt=&quot;SO top bar&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;EDIT&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Added in a screenshot of the same problem happening for me in IE8 on Windows XP&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/SK6nR.png&quot; alt=&quot;ie8 in vm showing error&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12114" LastEditorUserId="123" LastEditDate="2011-03-11T00:53:05.613" LastActivityDate="2011-05-10T02:01:41.517" Title="top bar style for ask ubuntu" Tags="|bug|status-norepro|design|windows|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1097" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1089" CreationDate="2011-03-10T13:49:00.163" Score="41" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://developer.ubuntu.com/get-started/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/9G4Q4.png&quot; alt=&quot;Learn how to write great applications for Ubuntu -- Quickly&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastEditorUserId="41" LastEditDate="2011-10-03T17:52:00.233" LastActivityDate="2011-10-03T17:52:00.233" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2011-03-10T13:49:00.163" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1099" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1089" CreationDate="2011-03-10T18:01:57.533" Score="36" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://podcast.ubuntu-uk.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/xRCSl.png&quot; alt=&quot;The lively podcast made by members of the Ubuntu UK LoCo includes debates, interesting points, news, competitions and much more&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="612" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2011-06-21T16:04:37.020" LastActivityDate="2011-06-21T16:04:37.020" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2011-03-10T18:01:57.533" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1100" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1051" CreationDate="2011-03-10T21:00:44.023" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;There aren't any official ones.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In case they're any use, I made these for you:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/dno9y.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/5ON1X.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You probably want to change it, so here's the &lt;a href=&quot;http://hour45.com/files/4d7941a7a0f06.svg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;SVG Version&lt;/a&gt; of it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastEditorUserId="1067" LastEditDate="2011-03-10T21:55:30.830" LastActivityDate="2011-03-10T21:55:30.830" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1101" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1095" CreationDate="2011-03-10T23:37:55.613" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is something wrong with your fonts, in my opinion. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am also on Windows 7 with Google Chrome and it looks like this, even &lt;em&gt;after&lt;/em&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.google.com/webfonts/family?family=Ubuntu&amp;amp;subset=latin#download&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;installing the Ubuntu fonts&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/xDEBb.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's a new account I just created without the diamond (which could, it is true, affect height):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/W8i1r.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So it is a few pixels higher for sure &lt;em&gt;with this crazy Ubuntu font on Windows only.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's kind of an exceptional case..&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123" LastEditorUserId="123" LastEditDate="2011-03-11T00:52:36.440" LastActivityDate="2011-03-11T00:52:36.440" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1102" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1105" CreationDate="2011-03-11T05:14:05.287" Score="2" ViewCount="33" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the new username drop-down, if I click on the 'privileges' link here on meta.askubuntu, it directs me to a nonexistent webpage: &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/privileges&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/privileges&lt;/a&gt; . &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8844" LastEditorUserId="123" LastEditDate="2011-03-11T08:38:13.167" LastActivityDate="2011-03-11T08:38:13.167" Title="user dropdown privilege link goes to non-existent page." Tags="|bug|status-completed|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1103" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1106" CreationDate="2011-03-11T06:07:06.413" Score="4" ViewCount="117" Body="&lt;p&gt;Seeing &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1064/low-hanging-fruit-for-new-editors-closed&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; I wanted to contact a moderator for changing all &lt;code&gt;sudo gedit&lt;/code&gt; to &lt;code&gt;gksu gedit&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;how do I do this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5149" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.227" LastActivityDate="2011-03-11T11:04:24.410" Title="How to contact a moderator?" Tags="|support|moderators|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1104" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1062" CreationDate="2011-03-11T06:33:10.787" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Updated&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/vikkk.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="814" LastActivityDate="2011-03-11T06:33:10.787" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1105" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1102" CreationDate="2011-03-11T08:38:05.773" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Oops -- will get that fixed in the next deploy!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123" LastActivityDate="2011-03-11T08:38:05.773" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1106" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1103" CreationDate="2011-03-11T11:04:24.410" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;We usually hang out in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;chat&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, you can contact us there. If something is wrong with a particular question, answer, or comment, you can &lt;em&gt;flag it for moderator attention&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Changing every occurrence of &lt;code&gt;sudo gedit&lt;/code&gt; is not something we can do. We rely on editors to make those changes, one by one. If you don't have the necessary 2000 reputation, you can submit an edit for review, one of the 2000+ users will approve it for you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please note:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;When it comes to editing, you don't have to rely on talking to a moderator.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any user with more than 2000 reputation has the privilege to edit questions and answers without review. The community trusts them to make the right changes. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In any case, you're very welcome to talk to all of us about it first. If your question is more complex, open a new question on Meta. Join us in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/201/ask-ubuntu-general-room&quot;&gt;AskUbuntu General room&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastActivityDate="2011-03-11T11:04:24.410" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1107" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1051" CreationDate="2011-03-11T12:08:50.390" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just a smaller alternative similar to the follow us &amp;amp; Subscribe badges&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/BtGWk.png&quot; alt=&quot;Small Ask ubuntu badge&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can get the SVG original from my &lt;a href=&quot;http://blood-angel79.deviantart.com/art/Buttons-For-Ask-ubuntu-200516962&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;deviantart&lt;/a&gt; page&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6450" LastActivityDate="2011-03-11T12:08:50.390" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1108" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1089" CreationDate="2011-03-11T16:11:21.477" Score="17" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://flavio.tordini.org/minitube&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/dC4S3.png&quot; alt=&quot;Tagline to show on mouseover&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5149" LastEditorUserId="5149" LastEditDate="2011-03-12T05:02:52.153" LastActivityDate="2011-03-12T05:02:52.153" CommentCount="4" CommunityOwnedDate="2011-03-11T16:11:21.477" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1111" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1089" CreationDate="2011-03-12T04:10:33.667" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thisweekinlinux.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/WDgck.png&quot; alt=&quot;This Week In Linux - Linux News, Reviews, and Tutorials&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5232" LastEditorUserId="6969" LastEditDate="2011-06-21T16:03:57.990" LastActivityDate="2011-06-21T16:03:57.990" CommentCount="4" CommunityOwnedDate="2011-03-12T04:10:33.667" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1112" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2555" CreationDate="2011-03-12T18:29:25.847" Score="5" ViewCount="54" Body="&lt;p&gt;The user overlay shows more rep points gained in the current week than in the current month:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/DYxLp.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Given that we are in the middle of a month, I'd say that's a bug.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3037" LastEditorUserId="1412" LastEditDate="2012-02-14T05:31:15.667" LastActivityDate="2012-02-14T05:31:15.667" Title="Rep change bug in new user overlay" Tags="|bug|status-completed|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1113" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1114" CreationDate="2011-03-12T21:00:43.147" Score="4" ViewCount="91" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am used to asking many questions on Ask Ubuntu, but a few of them remain unanswered. Maybe they are too hard to answer or too technical. But this is not the point.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My accept rate is therefore lower than I would expect it to be. It might discourage people to answer my other questions, for fear that I will not approve their answers. It looks like a vicious circle.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Could the accept rate calculation please do not include unanswered questions ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5592" LastEditorUserId="123" LastEditDate="2011-03-13T05:57:25.820" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Why does the accept rate calculation include unanswered questions ?" Tags="|support|accept-rate|unanswered-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1114" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1113" CreationDate="2011-03-12T21:18:48.247" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/08/new-question-asker-features/&quot;&gt;blog post that announced the idea of accept rate&lt;/a&gt; said that to be counted:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Questions must not be community wiki.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Questions must not be closed.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Questions must be more than 3 days old.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Questions must have at least 1 answer.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So unless the SE team have changed their mind this is likely a bug.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;However remember that most of the time accept rate isn't really important. I almost never look at people's accept rates, except for when questions like this come up on meta.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'll leave you with a &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/67490/unanswered-questions-and-accept-rate&quot;&gt;quote from our parent site&lt;/a&gt;; the last sentence is very true in my opinion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;h3&gt;What does the accept rate mean?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;If the stat doesn’t appear at all, it’s a new user, or someone who rarely&#xA;  asks questions.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;If you see a low percentage, it’s a user who asks a lot of questions but&#xA;  accepts almost no answers.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;If you see a high percentage, it’s an engaged user, someone who&#xA;  frequently goes back and interacts&#xA;  with their questions after asking.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;If you see a middle of the road percentage, it’s an experienced user&#xA;  who understands what accepted answers&#xA;  are for.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="866" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2011-03-12T22:37:46.557" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1115" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-03-12T21:25:51.487" Score="1" ViewCount="71" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is it possible to get the following 2 accounts merged:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/11668/chong&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/users/11668/chong&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/4844/tim&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/users/4844/tim&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11668" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2011-04-13T14:46:58.913" Title="Accidentally created 2 accounts, can they be merged?" Tags="|support|status-completed|duplicate-accounts|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1116" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1089" CreationDate="2011-03-12T21:54:28.220" Score="26" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://stackapplet.quickmediasolutions.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/AYdmc.png&quot; alt=&quot;StackApplet Screenshot&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastEditorUserId="5" LastEditDate="2011-05-12T01:42:45.160" LastActivityDate="2011-05-12T01:42:45.160" CommentCount="4" CommunityOwnedDate="2011-03-12T21:54:28.220" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1117" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-03-13T18:57:48.480" Score="8" ViewCount="97" Body="&lt;p&gt;Not really bugs, but:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Can we please get the same arrow to expand SE and user menus?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Please vertically center the links left to the search field.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://img.xrmb2.net/images/121706.png&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3037" LastEditorUserId="1412" LastEditDate="2014-04-22T23:59:35.323" LastActivityDate="2014-04-22T23:59:35.323" Title="Two visual annoyances in the header" Tags="|bug|status-completed|design|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2014-04-22T23:59:25.827" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1118" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1121" CreationDate="2011-03-14T05:50:01.087" Score="1" ViewCount="53" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've asked &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/29819/guide-to-particulars-in-customizing-ubuntu-installer&quot;&gt;a big question with a bounty of 400 reputation&lt;/a&gt;. It's not getting the attention and replies as I hoped for. Can I ask for a moderator to break it down to simpler question and dividing the bounty up or canceling it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="814" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2011-03-15T13:44:28.917" Title="Dividing a question along with bounties" Tags="|support|bounty|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1119" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1115" CreationDate="2011-03-14T14:26:16.837" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your accounts have been merged - with Chong as the main account.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2011-03-14T14:26:16.837" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1120" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1075" CreationDate="2011-03-14T16:48:10.027" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;I do not think that it is necessary to use that here on Ask Ubuntu, as it would be very counter-intuitive to Ubuntu's helpful nature.  I've been given a link with LMGTFY before in chat, and I found it rather off-putting, as it seemed like the issuer was being one of those &quot;elitist&quot; people who often say RTFM.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unless the question and answer were done in a humorous light, it should probably not be used.  It would be far better to share links you've found via Google than a post that just gives them a list of results, not necessarily even answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="537" LastEditorUserId="507051" LastEditDate="2018-05-07T09:17:48.030" LastActivityDate="2018-05-07T09:17:48.030" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="1121" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1118" CreationDate="2011-03-15T13:44:28.917" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, that isn't possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If a bounty has been issued, it will be either awarded or lost. It can't be cancelled.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastActivityDate="2011-03-15T13:44:28.917" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1122" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1124" CreationDate="2011-03-15T14:04:18.520" Score="5" ViewCount="696" Body="&lt;p&gt;recently two of my rejects were rejected on the basis of &quot;removing important information in favour of one-click installs&quot; and &quot;removing content that has value to people who like the command line (geeks like me)&quot; since i replaced &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Add the PPA (more detailed&#xA;  instructions)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;sudo add-apt-repository&#xA;  ppa:ubuntu-mozilla-daily/ppa sudo&#xA;  apt-get update&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Now you can install Firefox 4 with the&#xA;  following command sudo aptitude&#xA;  install firefox-4.0&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;with &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First Add the PPA (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/4983/what-are-ppas-and-how-do-i-use-them/5102#5102&quot;&gt;How to add a PPA&lt;/a&gt;) &lt;code&gt;ppa:ubuntu-mozilla-daily/ppa&lt;/code&gt; then install firefox-4.0 by &lt;a href=&quot;http://apt.marcoceppi.com/p/firefox-4.0&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;clicking here&lt;/a&gt; or from the software center.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;i only changed the command line to gui which retained all its functionality and added user-friendliness&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;if&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Ubuntu is an end-user operating system&#xA;  used by everyday people who are not&#xA;  typically interested in hacking around&#xA;  a kernel, nor configuring a large&#xA;  collection of tools, projects and&#xA;  packages, nor citing documentation&#xA;  references and command line arguments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;then user-friendliness should be a priority to values of a command-line geek.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5149" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2011-06-29T08:16:57.617" Title="Isn't Ask Ubuntu targeted towards end-users (GUI) rather than &quot;advanced&quot; command-line users?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="8" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1123" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1126" CreationDate="2011-03-15T14:28:37.350" Score="4" ViewCount="72" Body="&lt;p&gt;Realizing that I'm running the risk of sounding extremely petty, I'm confused and curious enough that I have to ask. :)  There was &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/27990/how-can-i-get-multitouch-enabled-on-my-sentelic-touchpad-msi-x350-notebook&quot;&gt;a question with a bounty&lt;/a&gt; of 50.  I answered this question after the bounty was placed, and my answer had two upvotes and was the highest ranked answer at the time the bounty ended.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It was my understanding that in this situation, having met &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq#bounty&quot;&gt;the criteria in the last bullet point&lt;/a&gt; about bounties, my answer would have automatically been awarded half of the bounty, as no other answer was chosen.  Since this didn't happen, I obviously seem to be missing something, and I'd like to understand more about how bounties work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2079" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2011-03-15T17:41:16.043" Title="What are the criteria for receiving a bounty if it is not manually awarded?" Tags="|support|bounty|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1124" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1122" CreationDate="2011-03-15T14:35:21.407" Score="23" Body="&lt;p&gt;When I write answers I do one click things and then add the geek stuff at the bottom of the answers in a sort of &quot;and for those of you who like to copy and paste have this part too.&quot; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would say an ideal answer would have both, but present the GUI-friendly way first, and the CLI way as a reference at the bottom.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Editing out the PPA text instructions is probably not a good edit, as by definition adding and managing PPAs is expert territory so we might as well give them all the instructions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It also depends on the question. If someone is asking how to do something graphically then I just do it with screenshots. If it's something server related then it would be reversed, you would probably favor a CLI answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="235" LastEditDate="2011-03-15T16:06:53.683" LastActivityDate="2011-03-15T16:06:53.683" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1125" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1122" CreationDate="2011-03-15T15:33:19.983" Score="16" Body="&lt;p&gt;I agree with Jorge. His was the stance I took when I rejected the edits (Alaukik already knows this because I emailed him, prompting this thread).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think there's too much value in &lt;em&gt;both&lt;/em&gt; methods to just edit one out in favour of the other. Command line geeks like myself find it much easier to smack their terminal-launching-shortcut and start pasting things in than:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Going to the Software Centre (which takes a good 30 seconds for some unknown reason)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Clicking the Edit menu&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Clicking Software Sources...&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Typing the password&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Clicking the Other Software tab&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Clicking Add...&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Pasting in the line&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Clicking Close&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Clicking Reload&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;And then searching the Software Centre to install something&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's also more thinking involved. With UI instructions I either have to know what to do or read through something like the above. With command-line instructions I can blindly force them into a terminal without a single thought other than loading the terminal followed by copying and pasting. Yeah, that isn't always a good thing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I respect that I'm probably not in a majority here but I really would prefer it that if somebody wants to edit something to add a graphical way, they also maintain the non-graphical method.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You also have to be conscious that AskUbuntu caters to an increasing population of administrators who administer their servers and remote desktops with SSH. If you edited out the CLI method, you're making things harder for these people too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your edits are high quality so I plea this doesn't deter you from making more in the future, you just need to be careful you're not breaking more than you fix when doing it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2011-03-15T15:33:19.983" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1126" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1123" CreationDate="2011-03-15T17:41:16.043" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Auto-awarding of expired bounties happens in a scheduled job that (currently) runs every hour, so it may take up to 60 minutes until the bounty is awarded.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="237" LastActivityDate="2011-03-15T17:41:16.043" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1127" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1128" CreationDate="2011-03-15T21:35:55.537" Score="1" ViewCount="61" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the chat system i was able to talk.  However, due to some strange issue in the system, the box in which I can type a message into disappeared, and I cannot get it back.  Applies to any system I log into, and I have more than the required rep to talk in chat.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any ideas on how to resolve this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="237" LastEditDate="2011-03-16T06:42:35.803" LastActivityDate="2011-03-16T06:44:43.977" Title="Chat: Issue in Communicating On Chat" Tags="|bug|support|status-completed|chat|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1128" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1127" CreationDate="2011-03-16T06:44:43.977" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;While the behaviour was indeed correct as you have noted, your report made me look at what the screen looks like for suspended users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It indeed just removed the input box without any further notice, which was simply an oversight. This is fixed now; there's now a message explaining the issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="237" LastActivityDate="2011-03-16T06:44:43.977" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1129" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1122" CreationDate="2011-03-16T10:34:24.247" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I use &lt;a href=&quot;http://askubuntu.com&quot;&gt;http://askubuntu.com&lt;/a&gt; over &lt;a href=&quot;http://unix.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;http://unix.stackexchange.com&lt;/a&gt; because Ubuntu does so many things differently than other distros. By and large I prefer the command line, though I still value GUI interfaces.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8515" LastActivityDate="2011-03-16T10:34:24.247" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1130" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1131" CreationDate="2011-03-16T15:43:32.077" Score="0" ViewCount="57" Body="&lt;p&gt;May be this question is for stackexchange but i stick on askubuntu  i always visit askubuntu not stackexchange. so my question is, is it possible to notify by the top notification bar when new question is posted, if i open askubuntu.com/questions and/or readying some question.  this is not a lazy question :) it is just prevent refresh every time to see the new questions. also it is will be nice for someone who has a slow internet connection like me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;it is just make the site more flexible. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9701" LastEditorUserId="9701" LastEditDate="2011-03-16T15:49:49.573" LastActivityDate="2011-03-16T16:48:15.000" Title="New post question notification on top notification bar" Tags="|feature-request|notifications|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1131" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1130" CreationDate="2011-03-16T16:48:15.000" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;A better idea might be to use a browser extension or applet built with the Stack Exchange API. For example, here's &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackapps.com/questions/587/new-q-google-chrome-extension-notifies-you-of-new-questions-of-interest&quot;&gt;one for Chrome&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackapps.com/questions/1699/askubuntu-add-on-for-firefox-opera-and-chrome&quot;&gt;another one&lt;/a&gt; for Firefox, Chrome and Opera, that does exactly what you want, and more. Find more of these apps on &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackapps.com&quot;&gt;Stack Apps&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can also try following the &lt;a href=&quot;http://twitter.com/askubuntufeed&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ask Ubuntu twitter feed&lt;/a&gt; or the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/feeds&quot;&gt;RSS feed&lt;/a&gt;. In short, there are so many ways to be informed of new questions, there really isn't a need to build something like this into the site itself. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2816" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:46.307" LastActivityDate="2011-03-16T16:48:15.000" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1132" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-03-16T21:02:17.307" Score="6" ViewCount="96" Body="&lt;p&gt;Some of us have been asking for something nicer for the &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;kbd&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; tag. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Jin mentioned &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/201?m=640141#640141&quot;&gt;maybe polishing&lt;/a&gt; them up to make questions &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/28086/keyboard-shortcuts-in-unity&quot;&gt;like this&lt;/a&gt; look nicer, just documenting that here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Also note, I love my IBM Model M more than anyone, no need to accuse me of keyism. :p)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2011-03-16T21:02:17.307" Title="Keyboard tags could use some love" Tags="|discussion|design|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1133" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-03-17T07:51:06.670" Score="6" ViewCount="145" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/30734/name-suggestions-for-ubuntu-12-04&quot;&gt;Name suggestions for Ubuntu 12.04?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;About the above linked question/post.  I've seen several other name suggestions threads in the history of the AskUbuntu system, however considering that this is a (seemingly) &lt;em&gt;VERY&lt;/em&gt; offtopic question that doesn't really ASK a question (but asks for suggestions, which can lead to people getting medals for participation in offtopic-ness, as well as getting unwarranted rep from similar reasons), are these questions really acceptable?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that I flagged the question initially, but then considered my action of doing that, and contacted a moderator because I was highly unsure of my action initially.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Community opinions?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2011-03-23T17:52:46.830" Title="RE: Acceptability of Off-Topic Questions" Tags="|discussion|moderation|scope|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1134" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1133" CreationDate="2011-03-17T08:02:51.380" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The general view in the community (I think) is that Ask Ubuntu isn't the right place for such questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unlike other Stack Exchange sites we have the Ubuntu Forums which are far better suited to questions like this one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See also &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/284/fun-thread-friday/517#517&quot;&gt;Fun-friend-friday!&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/357/why-was-question-4389-closed&quot;&gt;Why was question 4389 closed?&lt;/a&gt; Note that those are from a little while ago, and from the early days of the site, so things do always change.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Also, on this specific question: the naming suggestions thing &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DevelopmentCodeNames&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;has already been done to death&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="866" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.227" LastActivityDate="2011-03-17T08:15:41.620" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1135" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1207" CreationDate="2011-03-17T11:24:54.313" Score="14" ViewCount="258" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can we also have an AskUbuntu community blog like superuser.com?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5149" LastEditorUserId="1067" LastEditDate="2011-03-17T12:04:22.080" LastActivityDate="2011-05-18T20:39:16.463" Title="Can we have a community blog?" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1137" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-03-17T23:11:07.130" Score="14" ViewCount="1703" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was told my accept rate is awful, but I can't find anything to tell me how to do that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8357" OwnerDisplayName="Rob" LastActivityDate="2011-03-18T00:00:58.283" Title="How do I &quot;accept&quot; an answer?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1138" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1137" CreationDate="2011-03-17T23:30:07.450" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just click the &quot;accept answer&quot; button next to the answer that answers your question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5297" LastActivityDate="2011-03-17T23:30:07.450" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1139" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1137" CreationDate="2011-03-17T23:35:10.367" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;See also:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1006/how-to-improve-my-accept-rate&quot;&gt;How to improve my accept rate?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2011-03-17T23:35:10.367" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1141" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1137" CreationDate="2011-03-18T00:00:58.283" Score="24" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can accept an answer by clicking the check-mark next to it. Once you've accepted it, it'll show in green. You can change your choice at any time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/XUjwc.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you decide to accept your own answer (which is totally fine by the way), you will have to wait two days after asking the question. Otherwise, you can do it when ever you like.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The answer you accept should be the one that helped &lt;em&gt;you&lt;/em&gt; the most. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastActivityDate="2011-03-18T00:00:58.283" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1142" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1135" CreationDate="2011-03-18T09:05:45.793" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;If the community is sufficiently motivated to keep the blog up to date, and you feel it will be valuable to the greater Ubuntu-sphere.. then perhaps!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But consider carefully, as a blog is a fairly large unit of work to commit to, and a blog is only &quot;good&quot; if it is updated at least weekly...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123" LastActivityDate="2011-03-18T09:05:45.793" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1143" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1133" CreationDate="2011-03-18T09:11:41.527" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;I personally feel that these are the &lt;em&gt;exact&lt;/em&gt; kind of &quot;questions&quot; that our engine is NOT suited for.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is your community, but I would strongly advise you to not allow these pure poll / entertainment questions to take root ... they lead to a garden full of weeds :(&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123" LastActivityDate="2011-03-18T09:11:41.527" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1144" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1135" CreationDate="2011-03-18T12:12:27.090" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;I do like the idea of a blog and jumped out of my seat saying &quot;YEAH! We should do this&quot;, but as I thought more about it I came to the above conclusion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To be honest I think Ubuntu Blogs have been done to death - it would be hard to compete with say &lt;a href=&quot;http://omgubuntu.co.uk&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://omgubuntu.co.uk&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;http://webupd8.org&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://webupd8.org&lt;/a&gt; and the non-stop action of &lt;a href=&quot;http://planet.ubuntu.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://planet.ubuntu.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Rather I think forming a partnership with the prominent Ubuntu blogs would be a better course of action. Helping to feed them content, have them start using StackTack, and other suck tools to make a symbiotic relationship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="41" LastEditDate="2011-03-18T13:33:45.477" LastActivityDate="2011-03-18T13:33:45.477" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1145" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="796" CreationDate="2011-03-18T14:13:24.603" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://omgubuntu.co.uk&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;omgubuntu.co.uk&lt;/a&gt; now has a cool sidebar on each page with AU questions and answers, and it looks pretty slick too:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/jyE3l.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2011-03-18T14:13:24.603" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2011-03-18T14:13:24.603" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1146" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1122" CreationDate="2011-03-18T23:34:09.337" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;askubuntu should neither be targetted towards GUI nor the command line. It should be targeted towards optimal and comprehensive solutions to the problems people are asking question about. If there is both a GUI and a CLI solution, we should share both. If the best solution is a CLI solution, that's what people should get, if the best one is a GUI solution, that's what people should use. We can't make blanket rules like &quot;we should avoid command line&quot; or &quot;command line is more powerful than GUI&quot; -- it depends on the problem, and the question poster's personal preferences.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, it's absurd to say that we should avoid the CLI on a Linux forum. However terrifying you think it is to type, it's a necessary part of using a Linux system any time that (a) you have a problem, and there isn't a GUI solution to fix it (b) you need to do anything that's not programmed into your GUI.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12271" LastEditorUserId="12271" LastEditDate="2011-03-19T05:00:11.753" LastActivityDate="2011-03-19T05:00:11.753" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1147" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1089" CreationDate="2011-03-19T05:13:53.300" Score="52" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://omgubuntu.co.uk&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/2ijrs.png&quot; alt=&quot;Everything Ubuntu. Daily.&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="21195" LastEditDate="2011-07-14T20:17:09.447" LastActivityDate="2011-07-14T20:17:09.447" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2011-03-19T05:13:53.300" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1148" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1089" CreationDate="2011-03-19T22:46:53.430" Score="35" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.webupd8.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/EoEH7.png&quot; alt=&quot;WebUpd8 - Ubuntu / Linux news and app reviews&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="662" LastActivityDate="2011-03-19T22:46:53.430" CommentCount="3" CommunityOwnedDate="2011-03-19T22:46:53.430" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1149" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="796" CreationDate="2011-03-20T15:24:28.993" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Launchpad mentions AU on the reporting a bug page: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ULW07.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2011-03-20T15:24:28.993" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2011-03-20T15:24:28.993" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1150" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1151" CreationDate="2011-03-20T20:27:59.390" Score="4" ViewCount="137" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/command&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;command&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;command&lt;/a&gt; is not a helpful tag. Currently, 3 questions are tagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/command&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;command&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;command&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The subject of these questions looks like &quot;What is the command for ...?&quot;. These questions will be fine with the tag &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/shell-scripting&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;shell-scripting&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;shell-scripting&lt;/a&gt;, so my suggestion is to remove the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/command&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;command&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;command&lt;/a&gt; tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6969" LastEditorUserId="6969" LastEditDate="2011-03-24T14:59:35.873" LastActivityDate="2011-03-26T18:48:50.007" Title="Blacklist the &quot;command&quot; tag?" Tags="|discussion|tag-block-request|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1151" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1150" CreationDate="2011-03-20T21:08:35.363" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Why blacklist? At 3 tags it's not exactly a revolution. That's small enough that you could just &lt;em&gt;edit&lt;/em&gt; them out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123" LastActivityDate="2011-03-20T21:08:35.363" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1152" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1158" CreationDate="2011-03-21T14:04:00.947" Score="7" ViewCount="110" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sometimes I write an answer and i don't want to publish automatically i need to make sure my answer is correct and i need to wait more time for some reason Is there a way to save my answer draft?  and publish my answer after some time? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9701" LastActivityDate="2011-03-26T19:45:19.163" Title="Is there a way to save my Answer - Not publish a while " Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1153" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1152" CreationDate="2011-03-21T15:43:15.723" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Generally just use your regular off-line draft-saving tools (e.g., gedit, vim, etc.).  However, in my opinion it is perfectly fine to publish your speculation with a caveat, e.g., &quot;I believe this will work, but I am still in the process of testing it&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This makes sense to me particularly when there are not current solutions that look viable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You run the risk of being down-voted, but if done in good faith, you will probably get enough counteracting up-votes to end up with positive reputation anyway.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8844" LastEditorUserId="8844" LastEditDate="2011-03-26T19:45:19.163" LastActivityDate="2011-03-26T19:45:19.163" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1154" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1155" CreationDate="2011-03-21T16:27:50.550" Score="12" ViewCount="440" Body="&lt;p&gt;More and more I see requests for blacklisting tags. However, I'm not sure what a tag blacklist is - or when it's appropriate to request one. On what cirucmstances should this be requested and how would I go about doing so?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2011-03-21T22:07:22.753" Title="What does it mean to &quot;Blacklist&quot; a tag and when should I request it?" Tags="|discussion|faq|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1155" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1154" CreationDate="2011-03-21T22:07:22.753" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;It should be rare, and only when there is &lt;em&gt;overwhelming&lt;/em&gt; data supporting the idea that &quot;yes, there is a problem, this tag keep coming up and we can't make it go away.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Generally you should be using &lt;strong&gt;tag synonyms&lt;/strong&gt; far more.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123" LastActivityDate="2011-03-21T22:07:22.753" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1156" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1122" CreationDate="2011-03-22T08:35:01.963" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Some tasks could easily be done in a terminal whereas GUI solutions don't work. In this cases GUI-only users or beginners may be led to unneccesarily complicated procedures. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/30220&quot;&gt;This question&lt;/a&gt; is a good example for this. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We should take care to make CLI solutions acceptable for beginners in explaining exactly what to do. Still there will be people that simply refuse to use the command line.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3940" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2011-03-22T08:35:01.963" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1157" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1122" CreationDate="2011-03-22T10:41:28.553" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I also agree with Jorge and Oli.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is also another aspect I'd like to highlight. By leaving a command line solution in the answer you give users, willing to learn more ways to manage their system, a change to do it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If this site is meant to be a comprehensive knowledge base for Ubuntu users - which in my view it is - then we should give our best to add as much information as possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2732" LastActivityDate="2011-03-22T10:41:28.553" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1158" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1152" CreationDate="2011-03-22T11:00:30.580" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is an automatic mechanism which saves your draft every 45 seconds.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That means you can write your answer and wait 45 seconds before you leave the page, then your draft is saved. When you return to that question you can continue where you left off.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can find out if it was saved by looking for the &lt;code&gt;draft saved&lt;/code&gt; text below your edit box.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/TWAP6.png&quot; alt=&quot;draft saved example&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you need more control of that mechanism then you can use George Edison's awesome &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackapps.com/questions/2086/manual-draft-save-save-a-draft-on-demand&quot;&gt;Manual draft save script&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2732" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:46.307" LastActivityDate="2011-03-23T10:36:11.250" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1159" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-03-22T16:24:17.977" Score="8" ViewCount="97" Body="&lt;p&gt;Posting on behalf of our infrastructure folks,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The launchpad team would like to consolidate their single sign on in favor of a SSO for all Ubuntu users, &lt;a href=&quot;http://login.ubuntu.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;login.ubuntu.com&lt;/a&gt;, which is what all the newer Ubuntu services are using since it's branded nicer and easier to use.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(This is a wishlist request, the lp service isn't going away any time soon.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="41" LastEditDate="2011-03-22T18:12:35.507" LastActivityDate="2011-03-22T18:12:35.507" Title="Launchpad SSO should transition to login.ubuntu.com" Tags="|feature-request|openid|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1160" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1133" CreationDate="2011-03-23T17:52:46.830" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;When moderating, I do tolerate some open, subjective and fun threads. I'll admit right now, it's totally subjective. I'm even guilty of starting a few.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For me it all depends on &lt;strong&gt;how much value&lt;/strong&gt; or &lt;strong&gt;how much fun&lt;/strong&gt; a thread really holds.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A name suggestion thread might get a few giggles but you've probably got more chance in suggesting which underwear Mark wears tomorrow (coming to an AskUbuntu question near you) than successfully naming the next iteration of Ubuntu. In that vein, I don't see much value in naming threads because they never achieve anything.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the surface there might be some arguments for this style of question on the system: it allows voting in a clear and simple way. This would hypothetically allow the best answers to float to the top. But this isn't the case. Because there's so much time before another release these new answers don't get nearly as much love as the old ones. If the system supported time-based polls, this might work but it doesn't.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But as I say, it's not a science. What gets closed could very depend on which side of the bed I fell out of before clawing my way through a cup of coffee and onto AU.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2011-03-23T17:52:46.830" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1161" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1122" CreationDate="2011-03-23T19:53:01.207" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I agree with Jorge, askubuntu.com should be tailored to serve both user types. I'd recommend providing a marker/ visual prompt to distinguish between technical questions and regular questions in the question listings.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12885" LastActivityDate="2011-03-23T19:53:01.207" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1162" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="75" CreationDate="2011-03-24T00:26:34.480" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;We have a Lens for Unity in 11.04 now, which gives us desktop integration with the site. (This is handy for when you run into a question and remember that it's a dupe and you need to search it real quick.):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/31712/how-do-i-install-the-ask-ubuntu-unity-lens-and-how-do-i-use-it&quot;&gt;How do I install the Ask Ubuntu Unity Lens, and how do I use it?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2011-03-24T00:26:34.480" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2011-03-24T00:26:34.480" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1165" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1166" CreationDate="2011-03-26T14:52:58.253" Score="8" ViewCount="93" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is there anything wrong with me going through Ask Ubuntu and correcting spelling and grammar in questions? I want to help but I don't want to be the annoying guy that fills up the edit queue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5674" LastActivityDate="2011-03-26T16:14:01.960" Title="Correcting people's questions." Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1166" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1165" CreationDate="2011-03-26T16:14:01.960" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's absolutely encouraged and is a great contribution. It feels like we never have enough things in the editing queue. :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/830/editing-tips-and-tricks&quot;&gt;Editing tips and tricks&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2011-03-26T16:14:01.960" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1167" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1150" CreationDate="2011-03-26T18:48:50.007" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Command and command-line-interface (which is the tooltip hint for command-line) aren't synonyms. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A command might be a shell build-in or a program-execution, which means parameters, arguments and such.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;find /home -type f -name bar -execdir echo {} &quot;;&quot;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;is a command, where &lt;em&gt;find&lt;/em&gt; is the program name. Inside the program there is another command executed, named 'echo', and since it is called from find, not from the shell itself, is the external program, not the shell build-in.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are lots of places, where a command is issued without shell. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want a sweet little command executed, you may need the syntax and some options explained, but whether it is called from find, from a command-line or gedit is another topic. It can be meaningful, but it needn't.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10068" LastActivityDate="2011-03-26T18:48:50.007" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1168" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-03-26T18:50:16.193" Score="10" ViewCount="193" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note from Oli&lt;/strong&gt;: I have split this question in two. It originally asked both the technical ability to migrate and whether or not Ask Ubuntu would move to an Ubuntu platform in the future.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've left &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/32140/could-askubuntu-run-on-ubuntu-mono/32146&quot;&gt;the technical discussion on the main site&lt;/a&gt; and this thread can be for discussing our migration.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Inspired by the &lt;a href=&quot;http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1782975&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;old Hacker News conversation&lt;/a&gt; about this webiste, I'm wondering:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Does Canonical have any plans of helping to migrate Ask Ubuntu to Ubuntu + Mono?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm just asking if it would be &lt;em&gt;possible&lt;/em&gt; and if it is &lt;em&gt;planned&lt;/em&gt; to run this site on an Ubuntu server.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Dan" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-01-21T05:14:03.263" Title="Could Ask Ubuntu run on Ubuntu + Mono?" Tags="|discussion|windows|server|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1169" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1168" CreationDate="2011-03-26T21:05:45.120" Score="16" Body="&lt;p&gt;I in no way work for Stack Exchange and I anticipate Jeff Atwood will chime in - however, I doubt this will happen. There is a &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/489/how-would-1-bug-would-be-fixed-if-askubuntu-uses-a-windows-platform&quot;&gt;similar discussion about this&lt;/a&gt; when the site first started. In the end this site works, it works rather well on the platform running it. We're no different or special compared to &lt;a href=&quot;http://webapps.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;Webapps&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://gaming.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;Gaming&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://cooking.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Cooking&lt;/a&gt;, or any of the other &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/sites&quot;&gt;Area 51 Stack Exchange sites&lt;/a&gt; - so moving us to an Ubuntu server 'just because' would be like moving the &lt;a href=&quot;http://apple.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;Ask Different&lt;/a&gt; site to an Apple server - just a laborious act that can only result in less than the current stellar stability and performance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not endorsing Microsoft as a solution - I'm endorsing Stack Exchange as a solution. I trust they will make sure the platform runs and runs as well as possible while staying online as long as possible. If that means running the servers on 1,300 Windows Symbian based cellphones then that's that. :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Stack Exchange isn't Open Source, isn't running on Linux, and likely never will. However, Stack Exchange is a community - and it listens to its community. The tools that run the site aren't nearly as important as making sure the community (and by proxy the site) grow to become the authoritative Q&amp;amp;A site for Ubuntu related topics. That's where the SE team (and us) should and will be focusing time and effort.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:33:37.867" LastActivityDate="2013-01-21T05:14:03.263" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1170" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1171" CreationDate="2011-03-27T10:01:22.110" Score="12" ViewCount="205" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have found an answer with a dangerous mistake in chmod parameters. I did an edit suggestion(since I'm not privileged enough) but I was forced to change at least 6 characters for the system to accept it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In many cases when there are command-line examples a single character can be the difference between a working, nonworking or worse, dangerous command.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should smaller edits be allowed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are there any alternatives, should I flag the answer, describing the suggested edit, rather than edit it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4655" LastActivityDate="2011-11-07T12:29:33.307" Title="Why the minimum 6 characters limit on edits" Tags="|discussion|suggested-edits|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1171" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1170" CreationDate="2011-03-27T10:10:27.680" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The post is otherwise so perfect that there is &lt;em&gt;nothing in it that can be improved?&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Suggested edits take time from peers to vet and approve, so we ask that they be somewhat substantive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't feel 6 characters is an onerous burden. I say &lt;em&gt;dream bigger!&lt;/em&gt; If you wish to make trivial 1 character edits at will, that is possible -- it just takes 2k rep.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123" LastActivityDate="2011-03-27T10:10:27.680" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1172" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-03-27T18:43:55.577" Score="4" ViewCount="60" Body="&lt;p&gt;It has always slightly bugged me that &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/installation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;installation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;installation&lt;/a&gt; contains questions both about installing Ubuntu, and about installing applications within Ubuntu. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems to me that it might be good to split it up?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="866" LastActivityDate="2011-04-10T17:10:30.200" Title="Splitting up the installation tag?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2014-02-10T13:53:42.960" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1173" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1172" CreationDate="2011-03-27T18:44:38.277" Score="-2" Body="&lt;p&gt;We could leave things as they are - it's not harming anyone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="866" LastActivityDate="2011-03-27T18:44:38.277" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2011-03-27T18:44:38.277" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1174" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1172" CreationDate="2011-03-27T18:45:46.793" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;We could split the tag into &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/installing-ubuntu&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;installing-ubuntu&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;installing-ubuntu&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/installing-applications&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;installing-applications&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;installing-applications&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This could possibly be also extended to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/installing-hardware&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;installing-hardware&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;installing-hardware&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="866" LastEditorUserId="866" LastEditDate="2011-04-10T17:10:30.200" LastActivityDate="2011-04-10T17:10:30.200" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1175" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1172" CreationDate="2011-03-27T18:47:00.787" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;We could split the tag into &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ubuntu-installation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ubuntu-installation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ubuntu-installation&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/application-installation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;application-installation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;application-installation&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="866" LastActivityDate="2011-03-27T18:47:00.787" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1176" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1172" CreationDate="2011-03-27T18:47:33.000" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;We could split the tag into &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/installation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;installation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;installation&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/software-installation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;software-installation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;software-installation&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="866" LastActivityDate="2011-03-27T18:47:33.000" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1177" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-03-27T20:32:17.697" Score="11" ViewCount="179" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are some events in the Ubuntu Community that I'd love to run as &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1089/community-promotion-ads-1h-2011&quot;&gt;Community Promotion Ads&lt;/a&gt;, but unfortunately I don't have the skill to make nice looking ads, so this is a place where people can request ads for that thread and people can make ads.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Image requirements&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The image that you create must be 220 x 250 pixels&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Must be hosted through our standard image uploader (imgur)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Must be GIF or PNG&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;No animated GIFs&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Absolute limit on file size of 150 KB&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After you make it just post it to the promotion thread and mark it off here as &quot;done&quot; or something.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2011-11-27T12:09:36.890" Title="Request for Community Promotion Ads artwork." Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1178" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1177" CreationDate="2011-03-27T20:34:30.817" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would appreciate if someone who is GIMP-enabled would help us out by helping us promote these community events.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;An ad for &lt;a href=&quot;https://plus.google.com/b/107921963368679288414/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;the Google+ page&lt;/a&gt;, similar to the twitter ad.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="1067" LastEditDate="2011-11-27T12:09:36.890" LastActivityDate="2011-11-27T12:09:36.890" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1179" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-03-28T10:01:10.553" Score="1" ViewCount="43" Body="&lt;p&gt;A few minutes ago, I just had my first comment.&#xA;Id like to make bulletlists, due to better readabilty.&#xA;But I failed. I tried: &quot;-&quot; &quot;*&quot; and numbers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So is formatting disabled in comments ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6107" LastActivityDate="2011-03-28T14:17:38.253" Title="Comment-Syntax for askubuntu / stackexchange ?" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1180" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1177" CreationDate="2011-03-28T12:38:18.473" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Some one should do an ad for gimp (preferably made in gimp!).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5149" LastEditorUserId="8844" LastEditDate="2011-03-28T16:25:54.770" LastActivityDate="2011-03-28T16:25:54.770" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1181" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1179" CreationDate="2011-03-28T14:17:38.253" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Comments only have a bit of formatting allowed because the purpose of the site is to have good answers, not necessarily comments. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you're leaving a comment to your existing answer, just edit it to make it better. If it's not, consider expanding your thought of what you would have made in a comment and add another answer to the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2011-03-28T14:17:38.253" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1182" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-03-28T15:44:56.503" Score="7" ViewCount="127" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;tl;dr : I commented on an old answer to show corrected links.  Is there a better way?&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This has recently come up for me because of the accepted answer for this question:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/7292/is-there-a-way-to-autodetect-when-a-display-is-disconnected/10089#10089&quot;&gt;Is there a way to autodetect when a display is disconnected?&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There were at least two outdated pieces of information which required updating, and for now, anyway, I've just left comments indicating this.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would probably just edit the current answer if there was a one-for-one link replacement available, but I don't think that is the case here. Furthermore, I can't test the updated information because I don't have the set-up described in the question. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should I nevertheless have put the updates inline in the answer, somehow, or are comments a reasonable way to do this?  Is there a better way? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8844" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2012-06-16T15:27:15.067" Title="Best way to update old answers when links have changed?" Tags="|discussion|editing|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1184" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1089" CreationDate="2011-03-28T19:48:19.787" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://2buntu.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/QWvsb.png&quot; alt=&quot;Yet another ubuntu blog&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1992" LastEditorUserId="1992" LastEditDate="2011-05-09T04:40:15.813" LastActivityDate="2011-05-09T04:40:15.813" CommentCount="4" CommunityOwnedDate="2011-03-28T19:48:19.787" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1185" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1182" CreationDate="2011-03-29T00:16:17.380" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sure, just use your editing powers -- you have over 2k rep so click edit and edit generously to make improvements. What good are superpowers for great justice if you don't use them?! :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;( and, even anonymous users can submit suggested edits: &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2011/02/suggested-edits-and-edit-review/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2011/02/suggested-edits-and-edit-review/&lt;/a&gt; )&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123" LastActivityDate="2011-03-29T00:16:17.380" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1186" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1187" CreationDate="2011-03-29T14:09:02.980" Score="10" ViewCount="358" Body="&lt;p&gt;Fairly straightforward question, I don't want to clutter up the main site if it is.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit:&lt;/strong&gt; More specifically, hardware recommendations as it applies to driver support and the like in Ubuntu.  Obviously this isn't the place for general &quot;which CPU is better&quot; questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13109" LastActivityDate="2019-09-09T04:51:22.747" Title="Are hardware recommendations considered off topic?" Tags="|discussion|support|asking-questions|" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1187" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1186" CreationDate="2011-03-29T14:53:26.523" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is a question out there already which pretty much encompasses this: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/131/which-computers-are-guaranteed-to-work&quot;&gt;Which computers are guaranteed to work?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2011-03-29T14:53:26.523" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1188" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1186" CreationDate="2011-03-29T16:14:06.727" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think some of these are too open ended, for example: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/31183/best-mouse-to-use-on-ubuntu&quot;&gt;What wireless mice work well with Ubuntu?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, from my experience hardware information always seems out of date when I search for it and get some out of date information. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Perhaps maybe questions like &quot;What are your experiences with a Foobar 9000?&quot; are more useful, when someone is asking about a specific hardware component? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2011-03-29T16:14:06.727" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1189" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-03-29T16:52:46.747" Score="13" ViewCount="175" Body="&lt;p&gt;Should this be an accepted practice? It seems more obtrusive and annoying then anything else. Here are examples:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/32555/ubuntu-updated-and-now-the-option-to-boot-into-windows-xp-is-missing/32563#32563&quot;&gt;Ubuntu updated and now the option to boot into Windows XP is missing&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/32517/recording-output-while-listening-to-it/32564#32564&quot;&gt;Recording output while listening to it&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From my point of view, if you didn't design the contents of the screenshot - it's not really copyrighted to you. However, I'm not a lawyer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2011-03-31T06:16:19.777" Title="Watermarking images in posts" Tags="|discussion|legal|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1190" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1186" CreationDate="2011-03-29T17:56:54.860" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;They could be on topic, if they are &lt;em&gt;highly&lt;/em&gt; specialized to your community and specific enough.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should try one and see what happens -- the fact that you've asked on meta is a good sign!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123" LastActivityDate="2011-03-29T17:56:54.860" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1191" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1186" CreationDate="2011-03-29T22:33:07.880" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't have a problem with them as long as they are not repeats, or too general.   Which is not saying much.  I think our discomfort with the questions is a good sign.  Be vigilant!  If they seem goofy you can flag them or vote to close.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Really, though, I can imagine them being useful as long as they are well-defined. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8844" LastActivityDate="2011-03-29T22:33:07.880" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1192" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1194" CreationDate="2011-03-30T09:07:19.247" Score="1" ViewCount="35" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am finding it difficult to find the latest new questions that have been asked.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Active tab shows the latest updates to questions, so older questions are pushed back up to the top.  I think the active tab is useful, but can we have a newest one too? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to be an active member of this stack and try to help contribute to questions as they come in.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have looked at this question:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1058/how-to-find-out-newest-set-of-25-or-50-questions-with-no-answers&quot;&gt;How to find out newest set of (25 or 50)  questions with no answers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;which suggests entering the URL manually (or via a bookmark).&lt;br&gt;&#xA;This could help me individually, but I suspect there may be others who would like to view the most recently asked questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11572" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.087" LastActivityDate="2011-03-30T14:44:30.927" Title="newest question tab" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1194" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1192" CreationDate="2011-03-30T14:44:30.927" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think you want: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions?sort=newest&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions?sort=newest&lt;/a&gt; to show them all or&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/unanswered/tagged/?tab=newest&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/unanswered/tagged/?tab=newest&lt;/a&gt; to show unanswered only.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2011-03-30T14:44:30.927" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1195" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1189" CreationDate="2011-03-30T14:55:21.323" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;When people are putting in their time to a post, I think it's fair that we respect what that want to do with the content. It's already freely licensed (with conditions) - whatever they do to the image. So I think from a &amp;quot;rules&amp;quot; stance, we should let it fly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I say this because there's still somebody posting an answer that helps a user with a problem. It's that user who we should always have in our minds when setting rules for the site. A watermark, even as gratuitous as it is in this case, doesn't negate the whole post or the effort that went into writing it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it really bothers people they could just edit and replace the image, or write their own post based on the watermarked one with their own image.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Whether the other users here want to reward or penalise the activity is up to them. As has happened in this case, the posts have been downvoted because people don't like it. I think that's as far as we need to take it as moderators. If people posting watermarked images don't like it they can either stop or suffer the consequences.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Legally speaking, I'm not sure. Reading &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.chillingeffects.org/copyright/faq.cgi#QID809&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;What are screenshots, and is using them copyright infringement?&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The US Copyright Act of 1976, Section 101, says: &amp;quot;A derivative work is a work based upon one or more preexisting works, such as a translation, musical arrangement, dramatization, fictionalization, motion picture version, sound recording, art reproduction, abridgment, condensation, or any other form in which a work may be recast, transformed, or adapted. A work consisting of editorial revisions, annotations, elaborations, or other modifications which, as a whole, represent an original work of authorship, is a ?derivative work?.&amp;quot; A photograph of a copyrighted item is considered a derivative work in US jurisdiction. US Copyright Act of 1976, Section 106: &amp;quot;(...) (T)he owner of copyright under this title has the exclusive rights to do and to authorize any of the following: (...) (2) to prepare derivative works based upon the copyrighted work;&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Therefore, if one uses a screenshot of a copyrighted work without the proper license from the copyright holder, it is copyright infringement. One defense may be fair use, however, depending on the use of the screenshot and the extent to which the copyrighted work is the sole subject of the screenshot. Another possible defense may be that substantial changes were made to the orginal work so that the screenshot is a &amp;quot;new&amp;quot; piece of work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But given that application screenshots are actually live compositions that filter through dozens if not hundreds of copyrighted processes (theme, widgets, background, font rendering, fonts, decorations, mouse theme, etc), the process becomes untenable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Reading Wikipedia's &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collage#Legal_issues&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Collage article&lt;/a&gt; convinces me that it is probably a derived work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Given that you are allowed to create derived works from the software in question, sticking your own text over the top is also allowed. I don't feel there's any way to say screenshots are implicitly released under the GPL but with copyright ownership held by the user who took it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2011-03-30T15:03:22.877" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1196" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1197" CreationDate="2011-03-30T16:15:21.957" Score="4" ViewCount="103" Body="&lt;p&gt;I always check out Askubuntu and WordPress Answers several times a day. I have been a consecutive visitor of both for 59 days now. MY profile over at WPA shows it right but AskUbuntu is not. How can it go out of sync when WPA worked absolutely fine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have both of them pinned in my Firefox 4 and there is no way this could have happened. I was hoping to go for the 100 days consecutive badge. Sad! :(&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8238" LastEditorUserId="133195" LastEditDate="2013-07-16T13:33:19.973" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Incorrect Consecutive days visit count" Tags="|bug|status-bydesign|profile-page|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1197" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1196" CreationDate="2011-03-30T16:24:27.643" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yeah it definitely doesn't think you visited on the 29th.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One thing to mention is that Firefox does cache pages even between loads. I know this because I build websites and for testing I run a server that needs manually launching. I can view the testing site in Firefox and then restart the computer, load Firefox and it'll show the testing site (even though the server isn't running) from cache.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I suggest something like that happened on the 29th and you didn't actually load any new pages. I'll let Jeff comment but I think it's more likely that your browser just didn't request a page on that day than the server somehow not logging your activity.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've also checked your activity log which shows nothing for the 29th. If you want your uptime to be accountable, make sure you do something that leaves a date trail (post, comment, vote, flag, etc).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2011-03-30T16:24:27.643" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1198" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1196" CreationDate="2011-03-30T16:54:59.500" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;See :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/66482/consecutive-days-problem-97&quot;&gt;Consecutive Days Problem&lt;/a&gt; .&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/29303/enthusiast-fanatic-badge-do-we-need-to-just-visit-or-participate&quot;&gt;Do we need to just visit or participate?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/24884/what-are-the-exact-requirements-for-the-woot-enthusiast-badge&quot;&gt;What are the exact requirements for the enthusiast badge?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/63472/does-visiting-chat-count-towards-enthusiast-and-fanatic&quot;&gt;Does visiting chat count towards enthusiast and fanatic badges?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8844" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2011-03-30T16:54:59.500" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1199" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1189" CreationDate="2011-03-30T17:02:18.920" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's annoying, but if someone really wants to do it, I'm OK with it as long as the content is appropriate.  It would be nice if it was reasonably unobtrusive.  If it gets in the way of the answer content, it devalues the answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can imagine it might cause some down-votes if the watermarking is really over the top (as it were).  I would hope that this would be cause for some self-policing, but given the usual sympathy upvoting behavior and point structure, it might not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8844" LastActivityDate="2011-03-30T17:02:18.920" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1200" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-03-30T21:27:14.043" Score="9" ViewCount="247" Body="&lt;p&gt;While trying to maintain &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/28738/new-games-for-2011&quot;&gt;a question of mine&lt;/a&gt; by adding some more media, I bumped into the issue of not being able to embed YouTube videos. I asked in the Teachers' Lounge and was pointed to make a meta question stating my case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here are what I see as the immediate benefits of enabling (and advertising) YouTube support:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;We gain the ability to embed full- and micro- screencasts to demonstrate things&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A lot of what goes on here is explaining a process. Click here, do this, do that and shazzam, it should work. I don't suggest we remove the writing but it would be nice for the more complicated things if users could also do a small screencast on the topic to show you what's happening.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is particularly relevant to very new Ubuntu users who may not be familiar with the terminology used to describe certain UI elements.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's also scope for a lot of new material and guides through videos that may be more appealing to an audience that we don't currently attract.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/software-recommendation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;software-recommendation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;software-recommendation&lt;/a&gt; threads become a whole lot more awesome&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/28738/new-games-for-2011&quot;&gt;the post I'm trying to maintain&lt;/a&gt;, if I can add a demo of the application I'm trying to promote, it can save the user a lot of time deciding if it's really for them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As it is we tend to get an awful lot of screenshots that rarely convey as much information as is needed to decide.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I feel like there are more cases for Flash but really even if it only improves just one post, it's worth it in my eyes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To address a couple of concerns:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Flash Player is insecure/slow/buggy/evil/etc&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's no argument against it not being the ideal video delivery platform, it's the best of what's available to &lt;em&gt;most&lt;/em&gt; users in a way that can be embedded. As HTML5 support increases perhaps this will alleviate the stress on Flash haters.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Actually YouTube &lt;a href=&quot;http://apiblog.youtube.com/2010/07/new-way-to-embed-youtube-videos.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;already supports partial HTML5 embedding&lt;/a&gt; through an iframe. I'm not sure what it does if you don't have Flash but they claim this method, in time, will solve all plugin support issues. If SO aren't doing this, they should.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Videos may detract from written content&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We have plenty of screenshots that enrich both questions and answers and they work well because people don't just dump a screenshot but go on to explain it. I think it's important that videos, like screenshots are only used to illustrate and not be the sole instruction on a post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I did say a valid case would be full-on screencasts so there's a contradiction in my &quot;rules&quot; already. I still think they're a valid type of post but of course it depends on the context. If somebody is asking how to run a terminal command, a video is nigh-on worthless. If they're asking for a quick tutorial in how to do something in GIMP, a screencast becomes very relevant.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In short: The question decides how relevant videos are.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Videos detract from the professional nature of the site&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't agree. Good, relevant videos for the right questions just improve the amount of content we're delivering.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course bad videos (random kids faceplanting, cute kittens, rickrolling, etc) shouldn't be tolerated. At all. I'm two-strikes-serious about that. You'll get a warning for the first infringement and get a suspension for any future junk.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Accessibility!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Video isn't great for people who physically can't see it, be that because of some biological impediment or because they're choosing to use a browser or device that won't display the video.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I personally don't see a difference in this respect between videos and screenshots.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2011-05-03T09:14:47.267" Title="YouTube embedding request" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="12" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1201" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-03-30T22:37:11.553" Score="3" ViewCount="70" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1135/can-we-have-a-community-blog&quot;&gt;Can we have a community blog?&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I noticed over on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.superuser.com/&quot;&gt;Super User Meta&lt;/a&gt; that they are &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.superuser.com/questions/2278/the-super-user-blog-is-looking-for-writers&quot;&gt;looking for writers&lt;/a&gt; for the &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.superuser.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Super User Blog&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can we please have an Ask Ubuntu blog? Not only that, but can we also have someone oversee suggestions for articles for the blog?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ideas:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Tutorials on using Ubuntu applications / configuring hardware&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Reviews / comparisons of software&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;News related to Ubuntu releases or whatever&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:12:27.603" LastActivityDate="2011-03-30T22:37:11.553" Title="Can we have an Ask Ubuntu blog like SuperUser?" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2011-03-30T23:33:11.073" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1203" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-03-31T04:10:15.480" Score="3" ViewCount="63" Body="&lt;p&gt;For questions that have to do with authentication to a Windows AD (an Active Directory server or infrastructure), what's the best tag to use? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A lot of people were using &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/domain&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;domain&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;domain&lt;/a&gt;, which seems pretty hopeless to me as a description. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I changed a few of those to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/windows-active-directory&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;windows-active-directory&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;windows-active-directory&lt;/a&gt; (because &quot;windows-ad&quot; just does not look right).  Then I finally noticed there was an existing &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/active-directory&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;active-directory&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;active-directory&lt;/a&gt; tag.   It probably makes sense to Windows people (though having the &quot;windows&quot; prefix is better for me), and it is shorter, possibly prettier. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can imagine a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/windows-domain&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;windows-domain&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;windows-domain&lt;/a&gt;, though this may also be confusing. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe that the questions talking about &quot;domain&quot; which were not about web domains were all talking about attempting to &quot;become part of the [windows] domain&quot;, so I believe these could all be &quot;active directory&quot; tagged as well. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are there tags I'm missing which should be considered for deletion or tag synonyms?  Anyone have thoughts on this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8844" LastActivityDate="2011-03-31T04:42:59.207" Title="Tagging for Windows Active Directory questions" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1205" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1203" CreationDate="2011-03-31T04:42:59.207" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think we should drop the microsoft- because the standard term for it is active directory and everyone knows what that is and that's what people call it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Older &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_domain&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;domain&lt;/a&gt; questions are different. Most Windows admins I know refer to these as &quot;NT Domains&quot;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Becoming &quot;part of a Windows domain&quot; will be ambiguous, since you don't know if they mean an old NT style network (which is common in UNIX-land since that's what Samba 3.x uses) or if they mean &quot;join an active directory&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So maybe:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/active-directory&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;active-directory&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;active-directory&lt;/a&gt; for AD since that's what serverfault uses and it's common usage&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/domain&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;domain&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;domain&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/windows-domain&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;windows-domain&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;windows-domain&lt;/a&gt; both appear common on serverfault, in this case windows-domain makes sense so we don't mix it up with DNS domains, though I don't see how someone could mix one up with the other you never know.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2011-03-31T04:42:59.207" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1206" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1189" CreationDate="2011-03-31T06:16:19.777" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is not typical watermarking.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this case, the screenshots were &lt;em&gt;obnoxiously&lt;/em&gt; watermarked, in an &lt;strong&gt;extremely&lt;/strong&gt; &quot;in your face&quot; way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Perhaps if they were watermarked in a more subtle, less .. annoying .. way, they would have more readily accepted by the community.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123" LastActivityDate="2011-03-31T06:16:19.777" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1207" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1135" CreationDate="2011-03-31T07:16:43.113" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;I beg to differ! No authoritative blogs for that market? Guess you never heard of Lifehacker, HowToGeek or any of the large Windows oriented sites? Either way, I don't think the point is to compete, but to aggregate the site itself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When writing a blog you're always wondering, what should I be writing about next? Which in most cases mean blogs will try to stay on top of the news in search for the next best thing to blog about. The big advantage you guys have is that the community has already showed you what they think is hot at this moment:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/32202/is-64-bit-ubuntu-stable-for-general-use&quot;&gt;Is 64 bit Ubuntu stable for general use?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/32084/why-does-ubuntu-use-launchpad-instead-of-github-or-bitbucket&quot;&gt;Why does Ubuntu use Launchpad instead of GitHub or Bitbucket?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/29553/how-can-i-configure-unity&quot;&gt;How can I configure Unity?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Basically you have a whole community telling you what they want you to write about! Furthermore, in a lot of cases an answer is correct and solves the problem, but doesn't really address &lt;strong&gt;how&lt;/strong&gt; it solved the problem. &lt;em&gt;Don't we all prefer teaching our users to fish?&lt;/em&gt; So you can cover the basics, which will hopefully allow users to ask better questions. Sure, this content can be found anywhere else, but if it was that easy, why are some users still having problems with hooking up their iPhone with Ubuntu?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, there are things that are only relevant to your community. Perhaps you guys &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.superuser.com/2011/03/30/bobby-spam-hunter-extraordinaire/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;have an infamous spam hunter among you&lt;/a&gt;; &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.superuser.com/2011/03/16/meet-super-users-newest-rock-star-2/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;a user that managed to get 2k rep with lightening speed&lt;/a&gt;; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/449/oli&quot;&gt;you have a local Jon Skeet&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/5287/mark-shuttleworth&quot;&gt;the founder of the Ubuntu Foundation&lt;/a&gt;, you would like to know a little better?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Its also a more visible way to highlight conclusions from Meta discussion. Like when you want to &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1122/isnt-ask-ubuntu-targeted-towards-end-users-gui-rather-than-advanced-command/1124#1124&quot;&gt;point out Ask Ubuntu isn't only for GUI-users&lt;/a&gt; or want to explain why you guys &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/1075/2737&quot;&gt;don't want to see LMGTFY or bare links as answers&lt;/a&gt;. Sure these things have been covered on MSO and closed as dupes there many times over. But do you expect new Ubuntu users to know MSO is the main Meta site of Stack &lt;strong&gt;Exchange&lt;/strong&gt;? Its far easier to highlight discussions that are relevant to your community and your community only on your own blog.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or perhaps you want to explain users how to write better questions, write better answers, make awesome screen recordings, contribute to some open source project or highlight an even that &lt;strong&gt;you guys&lt;/strong&gt; find important. While news is created in a ton of places, who says this is the news you guys want to read? Create your own news instead! Let us know how that event or conference was.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I agree with Marco, if there's any way to tag-team with an established Ubuntu blog, to highlight some of your own questions as articles as a way to advertise the site, it certainly wouldn't hurt. But then again, why not let them repost your version of the &lt;strong&gt;Question of the Week&lt;/strong&gt; articles? Remember that a blog for the site doesn't necessarily has to attract new users, but can serve as an additional way to make your current users come back to the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the end, I can't decide anything for you guys, just share our own &lt;em&gt;frail&lt;/em&gt; experiences with the Super User blog. If you have any questions, &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/115/stack-exchange-community-blogs&quot;&gt;feel free to drop by in the Stack Exchange Community Blogs room.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2737" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2011-03-31T14:32:20.240" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1208" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1075" CreationDate="2011-03-31T13:52:29.103" Score="18" Body="&lt;p&gt;I believe that posting links to lmgtfy here on ask is highly inadvisable and just plain stupid.  People come here to AskUbuntu with the intent on getting &lt;strong&gt;good information&lt;/strong&gt; or &lt;strong&gt;links to good information&lt;/strong&gt;, not a link to somewhere where they explain &quot;This is how you google &quot;.  Answers that only post to lmgtfy links, in my opinion, should be removed by moderators when flagged by a user.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2011-03-31T13:52:29.103" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1209" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-04-01T18:10:33.247" Score="18" ViewCount="779" Body="&lt;p&gt;What is the simplest way to up your reputation points so that one can use all features offered by this site?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13350" LastEditorUserId="1067" LastEditDate="2011-04-02T01:52:14.390" LastActivityDate="2019-07-31T18:36:32.590" Title="How do I quickly gain reputation?" Tags="|discussion|reputation|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1210" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1209" CreationDate="2011-04-01T18:44:21.947" Score="44" Body="&lt;p&gt;Short version: Ask good questions and give good answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/257/how-does-ask-ubuntu-work&quot;&gt;How does Ask Ubuntu work?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2011-04-01T18:44:21.947" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1211" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1200" CreationDate="2011-04-02T14:47:45.147" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;While some people prefer a video over reading for everything, I personally prefer the opposite: reading is more pleasant for me than a video. While reading, you can always turn scroll back if you need to re-read some text.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my opinion, a video is not suited for Askubuntu and related Stackexchange sites. While video's can certainly be a rich addition for an answer, it might be distracting and not usable for screen readers and mobile devices.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm also afraid that adding a video embedding feature cause users to post video's as the only answer instead of a hand-written (typed ;) ) answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With text answers, users can compare the answers faster and copy parts of the answer (code) and URL's. If a video is really interesting, just link to it, there it nothing wrong with it. A Q&amp;amp;A with video's deserves an own site, it does not fit in the concept (IMO).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6969" LastActivityDate="2011-04-02T14:47:45.147" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1212" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1209" CreationDate="2011-04-03T07:08:28.623" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;By being awesome. Look at the people with high rep, and read through their question and answer history. Emulate their awesomeness.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8515" LastActivityDate="2011-04-03T07:08:28.623" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1214" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-04-03T00:08:14.000" Score="2" ViewCount="386" Body="&lt;p&gt;How can I change my profile photo on Ask Ubuntu?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13327" OwnerDisplayName="fly_high_hahaha" LastEditorUserId="866" LastEditDate="2011-04-04T15:47:26.083" LastActivityDate="2011-04-04T15:47:26.083" Title="How can I change my profile photo?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1215" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1214" CreationDate="2011-04-03T00:17:17.460" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Go to your profile page (You can access it by clicking your name at the top of the screen) click the edit link to edit your profile, then select change picture&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5297" OwnerDisplayName="Reuben Swartz" LastActivityDate="2011-04-03T00:17:17.460" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1216" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1214" CreationDate="2011-04-03T09:06:09.887" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Reuben is completely right, however alternatively just go to &lt;a href=&quot;http://gravatar.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;gravatar.com&lt;/a&gt; - this is where Ask Ubuntu gets your profile picture from (it is based on your email address).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="866" LastActivityDate="2011-04-03T09:06:09.887" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1217" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1209" CreationDate="2011-04-03T22:32:12.583" Score="18" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Don't cheat.&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not saying you would, just putting it here to deter anybody considering it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are several &lt;em&gt;apparent&lt;/em&gt; weaknesses in the system where you might think you could gain extra points but most of this is automatically logged. Puppet accounts, for example, are very easy for us to spot (even with different IPs) and when we do, we can undo all the effort in a few clicks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In short: it's not worth it and you'll just look silly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2016-01-26T16:15:31.763" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1218" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1214" CreationDate="2011-04-04T12:10:40.273" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your profile photo is based on your email address and is pulled from the free Profile Hosting site &lt;a href=&quot;http://gravatar.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Gravatar&lt;/a&gt; If you don't already have an account there, sign up with the email address used on Ask Ubuntu (You can add multiple email addresses, and have multiple &quot;profile images&quot; setup). Upload the profile image you'd like to use for Ask Ubuntu then wait an hour or two for the cache to update.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2011-04-04T12:10:40.273" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1220" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-04-04T15:08:09.503" Score="28" ViewCount="658" Body="&lt;p&gt;We (your moderators) have been mulling over an idea for a good way to deal with old, unanswered and unanswerable posts. We've been in discussion with the StackExchange team and while we're a long way from actually launching this, we feel it's about time we involve the community and let you help shape how such an event would work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;So what would happen in Clean-Up week?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Our working plan is to form a list of all the questions that aren't acceptably finished. They will be of a certain age and will either have no answers or answers without enough votes to count as a real answer. With that list users will be able to do one of several actions to help clean up the site and at the end of the week, the users who have been most helpful will get a reward.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The aim is two-fold: we heavily decrease the number of dead questions and get more users involved in the community both at an answering level and in maintenance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The actions for dealing with a thread are pretty similar to new, active questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Identifying &lt;em&gt;good&lt;/em&gt; answers&lt;/strong&gt; - Plenty of old questions do have some answers but those answers haven't been voted for nor have they been accepted. In these threads we need people to vote for the good answers, just like normal. Getting a good answer up to +1 will classify the question as resolved and get it off our list.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Answer it&lt;/strong&gt; - You probably haven't seen every question on the site so some of these  questions will get organic answers. You'll get rewarded by the community in the regular way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Flagging old topics&lt;/strong&gt; - Given the nature of Ubuntu releases we need to make sure we prune out unanswered old topics about old installation techniques or hardware issues that may be fixed by upgrading Ubuntu. This won't always be automatic but we need to keep on top of how many active, old-release questions we have.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Removing or improving the unanswerable&lt;/strong&gt; - Ask Ubuntu is only as good as its questions. We will need people to chase up old threads to make sure they have enough information to be answered. If their users don't respond and edit their posts, we need to cull the deadwood.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Merging duplicates&lt;/strong&gt; - So many duplicates slip through the gaps and we end up with multiple answered questions covering identical ground. While this isn't the prime aim of the week, any duplicates (even from established, answered questions) are candidates for treatment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Identifying &lt;em&gt;good&lt;/em&gt;, hard questions&lt;/strong&gt; - Some questions are unanswered because they're really very tough to solve. There's no value in closing them so if you can't answer them, we need users to try and involve relevant external groups and get askers to keep the information flowing in. If we can match people with the knowledge with the questions, we fulfil several of our goals.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Rewarding participation&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As part of the discussion leading up to this post, we've been talking about rewarding users who jump in with both feet. There are still some technical issues to rectify that SO Inc might not be able to help us with though, so if you're reading this and you know lots about the SE API or relevant systems development, we may need your help in getting a system set up to handle things.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The main problem is keeping track of the list of target threads (which we will generate for the week) and what actions people do on them. We need to track new answers, comments and flags (even after moderators deal with the flag in question) so that when we reach the end of the week, we can see who has done best.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for the rewards, we're negotiating with SO Inc to see what we can do. Extra points for anything but answering questions appears to be out of the question but physical &amp;quot;swag&amp;quot; (Ubuntu t-shirts, mugs, mice, etc) might be an option depending on the geography.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;When will this week be?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;TBA. We need to overcome technical issues to track the progress through the week and until we can do that, we can't really hold a competitive event like this. Ideally this would occur prior to the 11.04 Natty Narwhal release.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Any ideas, questions, etc?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is still a very young idea so we'd really like your input especially about the process of doing the week where we're still technically trying to work out how we do it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-02-23T16:08:36.560" Title="Clean-Up Week - Event planning" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|cleanup|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1221" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1220" CreationDate="2011-04-04T15:41:02.397" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Question: Will the dates be announced on the main page, like the moderator elections were, or do we have to watch this post/other posts for the dates? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, regarding awards (And I know I'm putting multiple questions into a single post), I'd think that reputation would be fine - no need for physical Ubuntu swag (In my opinion). You also mentioned the geography catch - I don't think that anything should be offered that can't be accepted/sent to everyone in the community, if they qualify. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastActivityDate="2011-04-04T15:41:02.397" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1222" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1220" CreationDate="2011-04-04T21:41:24.873" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Unix &amp;amp; Linux&lt;/a&gt; has &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/unanswered/tagged/ubuntu&quot;&gt;a few unanswered Ubuntu-tagged questions&lt;/a&gt; that you might be be able to answer (and you can probably claim them if the asker doesn't object).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Conversely, if you have unanswered questions that aren't particularly specific to Ubuntu (especially command line questions, but not exclusively), feel free to pimp them to the U&amp;amp;L community (e.g. on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/26/unix-and-linux&quot;&gt;chat&lt;/a&gt;, or even migrate them).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1059" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:37:19.280" LastActivityDate="2011-04-04T21:41:24.873" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1223" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1220" CreationDate="2011-04-04T21:55:01.113" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here's a list of things we could possibly look at (in no particular order):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/unanswered/tagged/?tab=noanswers&quot;&gt;Unanswered with 0 answers&lt;/a&gt; sorted by oldest&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/unanswered/tagged/?tab=newest&quot;&gt;Normal Unanswered&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/badges/40/tumbleweed&quot;&gt;Tumbleweeds&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Questions that are open but have &quot;Possible duplicate of&quot; as a comment so we can check them.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Unanswered questions in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/11.04&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;11.04&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;11.04&lt;/a&gt;, sorted by either age or low views. This would help us find the too localized bug report ones.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Questions where the OP responds to their own question but doesn't have an accepted answer. &quot;I ended up solving this by doing foo and bar&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Changing ?sort=newest to ?sort=oldest in the URL doesn't seem to give me what I need, however, since we want to clean things up we want something old, so say less than 60 days; which means we can just write a set of queries on data.se look at all those questions and tell people to look at those questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2011-04-13T01:53:17.470" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1224" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-04-05T02:18:20.607" Score="6" ViewCount="518" Body="&lt;p&gt;How do I leave a comment to an answer on the Ask Ubuntu site?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I posted a question and someone posted an answer. But the answer fails to take into account information posted on the site. How do I present this information in a comment? No way of leaving a comment is offered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="sam" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2013-02-03T17:04:04.373" LastActivityDate="2013-02-03T17:04:04.373" Title="How do I leave comments on Ask Ubuntu?" Tags="|discussion|faq|comments|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1228" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1224" CreationDate="2011-04-05T05:14:43.310" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;Commenting is a privilege you earn by using the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When you reach 50 Reputation, you earn the privilege called &lt;em&gt;Comment Everywhere&lt;/em&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;From the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/comment&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Privilege description&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;How do I comment? Click the add&#xA;  comment link under each post. Comments&#xA;  cannot be multi-line, so simply press&#xA;  enter to submit your comment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Note that comments support a small&#xA;  subset of Markdown, so you can do&#xA;  things like &lt;em&gt;italic&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;bold&lt;/strong&gt; and&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://example.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;named hyperlinks&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Note: you can always comment on every part of &lt;em&gt;your own question&lt;/em&gt;, even at 1 reputation.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When you comment, the owner of the Post, and - if applicable - the person that's mentioned in the comment (i.e. '@Stefano') is notified via their Global Inbox.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are asking a question, and you want to add additional information, it's better to &lt;strong&gt;edit the question&lt;/strong&gt; rather than commenting on it. This way, you'll avoid long threads of conversation, which this site really isn't designed for.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want to learn more about using the site, we have some brilliant &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1037/video-tutorials-for-using-the-site&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Video Tutorials&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2012-08-21T19:41:52.697" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1229" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1230" CreationDate="2011-04-05T13:22:27.893" Score="6" ViewCount="127" Body="&lt;p&gt;I created a question on behalf of a non-AU user. Now they've signed up for AU. Can I make them the owner of the question, and if so, how? If not, what's the closest alternative?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7146" LastActivityDate="2011-04-05T13:39:57.413" Title="How can I pass a question on to another user?" Tags="|support|asking-questions|users|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1230" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1229" CreationDate="2011-04-05T13:39:57.413" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Omnipotent as we are (or more accurately: aren't), even your moderators don't appear to be able to switch the user of a post. You could write to the StackExchange team (link at the bottom of the page) and they might be able to do it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The simplest way would just to be to ask your friend to repost and then flag your old one for deletion. If your version has attracted answers before this happens we can merge the answers across.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2011-04-05T13:39:57.413" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1231" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-04-05T23:49:48.503" Score="12" ViewCount="267" Body="&lt;p&gt;Have a look at, for instance, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/33398/1116&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;.  Someone asked for a text equivalent to wireshark, and I answered &quot;tshark&quot;.  Then some time later, someone else comes along and posts a second answer saying &quot;tshark or tcpdump&quot;.  I can't find the exact time stamps but I do know the second answer was posted several minutes afterwards.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I see this a fair bit and it gives askubuntu a kind of weirdly competitive feeling, as if everyone is trying to get the maximum reputation points by giving marginally better answers, rather than commenting so that we get one good well integrated answer.  It's a bit icky.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or is it just that there's no async notification when an answer is posted, so people don't know they're duplicating it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1116" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="what's up with duplicate answers?" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|etiquette|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1232" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1231" CreationDate="2011-04-06T00:36:02.250" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sometimes when I'm doing an answer the site will give me a banner that someone else has answered, I click load and see that someone has already given a similar answer and sometimes I question whether mine will add value or not. Usually I just say &quot;we'll let darwin decide&quot; and post it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When the site was getting busy last time I noticed people tripping over themselves trying to snag the quickest rep and posting quick answers. Here's a discussion on this kind of thing:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/9731/fastest-gun-in-the-west-problem&quot;&gt;Fastest Gun in the West Problem&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's what I do:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If the answers don't feel high quality to me and I know how to answer I do a search while the rep chasers post their half finished answers (and will use their partial answers to help my research) and then drop in a crushing complete tiger-blood uppercut answer full of screenshots and examples.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If the answer(s) are good I'll chip in by adding a screenshot or a link to more documentation, etc. and usually won't bother answering myself. This is personally more fun for me since when people see an edit they hopefully think &quot;oh I get it, we can just keep improving things over time.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Personally I think the competitive thing helps more than hurts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2011-04-06T00:43:18.590" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1233" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1231" CreationDate="2011-04-06T08:03:52.890" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;It really depends on the situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I typically have only three intentions when answering question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I want to just improve the entire question by adding another possible solution.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I don't agree with a solution already posted and post the solution I'm sure is more appropriate.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I want to write some kind of tutorial like answer like &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4827344/how-to-parse-xml-using-the-sax-parser/4828765#4828765&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/29553/how-can-i-configure-unity/29561#29561&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; where I simply don't care about the notification that an someone else already answered the question as I simply know that my answer will probably add more value.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That is the three types of scenarios where I typically answer a question with an answer posted already.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If however there is already an answer that mostly coincides with my opinion and I feel the answer is lacking either additional information, screenshots, unicorns etc. then I just edit that answer with what I think improves the answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2732" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-05-23T12:39:54.233" LastActivityDate="2011-04-06T08:03:52.890" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="1234" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-04-08T01:36:24.913" Score="6" ViewCount="98" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are quite a number of answers telling people to install software using aptitude. However it is not installed by default in 10.10 which may confuse people trying to follow the instructions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should we be migrating existing answers which include aptitude commands to apt-get?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="448" LastActivityDate="2011-04-08T01:58:27.720" Title="Should we be updating aptitude answers" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1235" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1234" CreationDate="2011-04-08T01:58:27.720" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's not as easy as a blanket search and replace because there are some answers that use the more advanced querying features of &lt;code&gt;aptitude&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But if you type &lt;code&gt;aptitude&lt;/code&gt; into a system that doesn't have it installed, it will tell you how to install it. That should circumvent any major confusion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I personally don't think it's worth it. There is lower hanging fruit lying around here that needs more urgent attention than the odd edit. But I wouldn't reject an edit that swapped &lt;code&gt;aptitude&lt;/code&gt; for &lt;code&gt;apt-get&lt;/code&gt; (unless it were syntactically incorrect, of course).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2011-04-08T01:58:27.720" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1236" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1238" CreationDate="2011-04-08T05:11:26.987" Score="0" ViewCount="226" Body="&lt;p&gt;The CSS for both Ask Ubuntu and Ask Ubuntu Meta contains a useless CSS value. (When I say useless, I mean that it doesn't affect the page at all if removed.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://fhc.quickmediasolutions.com/image/864158774.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you can see, the &lt;code&gt;.container&lt;/code&gt; for the page contains the CSS style &lt;code&gt;position: relative;&lt;/code&gt; and I have no idea why because none of the other StackExchange sites have that property set.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The reason it needs to be removed is because it's breaking at least two of my UserScripts that absolutely position content on the page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastEditorUserId="61" LastEditDate="2011-04-08T17:01:13.950" LastActivityDate="2011-04-08T17:01:13.950" Title="Unnecessary CSS property causing all manner of problems for UserScripts" Tags="|bug|status-completed|css|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1237" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1231" CreationDate="2011-04-08T05:29:38.790" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;tl;dr This is exactly like Rousseau's &lt;em&gt;Confessions&lt;/em&gt; except that I haven't peed in any kettles.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyway, I was the second answerer in @poolie's example, so here's what was up.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Oddly enough, I was trying to do the opposite of what you thought you were seeing (being competitive or ignoring the existing answer) by acknowledging the good answer that was already there.  In that case, 'tshark' was, in my opinion, almost exactly as good as 'tcpdump' (which was the new info I provided), so I was also trying to give a thumbs up to that answer (as in, I, some other user with a reasonably high reputation, approve).  And if you look at my edit, you'll see that I changed &quot;tshark is fine&quot; to &quot;tshark is a good option&quot; because I didn't want to give the impression that it was &quot;merely&quot; fine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a lot of experience with packet capture software, going back before Ethereal/Wireshark was born.  That experience was primarily with tcpdump, so I felt compelled to add that as an answer.   It's still a good option, but not only have I used Wireshark more lately, but anything wireshark-related would possibly be a better option for a typical(?) askubuntu user.   So I also added tshark and the apt-link to it.   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are definitely cases where I was feeling and possibly acting in a more competetive way.  This happened to be a question where, ironically, my primary impulse was purely to add information I felt I knew something about (even though there was a very good answer present). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my opinion, this means only that the example post you gave isn't a good one for your thesis, not that your thesis is wrong. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm sure that if I look back to when I first started on this site (waaaay back, less than three months ago), there are times when I didn't read the other answers completely.  I know that I've looked at a couple of old ones where I had to thoroughly edit my answers  because of some poor reading comprehension of both or either the question or existing answers.   Sometimes I've given additional answers with only slight additional info, because it appeared to fill the dual purposes of being helpful and possibly getting me some upvote juice.   Again, though, almost any answers I've given have the stress on the being helpful part.   Most of my questionable but potentially helpful informational posting is done as comments these days.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To go farther than that, I expect I've posted several less than stellar answers.  Some days, that's how I roll.  My intention is generally to go back to them to make them better (or even awesome, comprehensive, and FAQ-like), but in some cases I haven't.&#xA;That's OK.  If they suck, I expect they will be down-voted, and I'll notice this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is fine, and I won't take that personally.  That's how the site works. &#xA;It probably means that my quality filter was broken when I posted, or that I mis-read or misunderstood something.     I delete answers that I've made if they're completely wrong or broken.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyway, I don't expect that these kinds of behaviors are mine alone.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;I would be shocked if they were.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The system here attracts people who want to be helpful, and keeps people who at least initially like the point and badge-bling system.  People with varying degrees of altruism and greediness, or helpfulness or game-mindedness or competitiveness, come here and stay or leave.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;I do notice that, lessening the impact of the competitive answer thing is the fact that I and many others seem to slow down with posting possibly competing answers after certain point boundaries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For me, it's the same with editing.  If I don't get hit by a bus, I'll eventually get the gold badge for editing stuff.  But I'll continue to edit after that because I'm kind of OCD with some grammar and spelling mistakes, and because I want the site to be good, I want the answers to be helpful, and I want Ubuntu and this community to succeed. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8844" LastEditorUserId="8844" LastEditDate="2011-04-08T16:10:48.180" LastActivityDate="2011-04-08T16:10:48.180" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1238" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1236" CreationDate="2011-04-08T08:36:06.783" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have removed position: relative. The change will be in the next deployment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="61" LastActivityDate="2011-04-08T08:36:06.783" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1239" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1236" CreationDate="2011-04-08T10:09:12.707" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I often set a global &lt;code&gt;position:relative&lt;/code&gt; on containers. Makes development easier if they all behave the same way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But that's besides the point... I think you're doing it wrong. If you need something to display outside the confines of a container, logically speaking, one would inject their HTML outside the container.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2011-04-08T10:09:12.707" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1240" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-04-11T05:21:56.720" Score="3" ViewCount="183" Body="&lt;p&gt;This looked a bit unwieldy for flagging, so I'm posting this here instead.   I've looked through several of the dual-boot questions, trying to find ones that looked like duplicates.  I have found several that might be candidates for merging.  These are potentially useful because they deal with the current version of Windows, and it seems like this might be a popular topic for new questions centered around 11.04. (Now, I'm assuming that 10.x or 11.04 doesn't make much of a difference for dual-booting.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Possible merge candidates?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;[dual-boot] windows7 and Ubuntu (same drive)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/15936/installing-ubuntu-10-10-windows-7-dual-boot-confusion&quot;&gt;Installing Ubuntu 10.10 / Windows 7 dual boot confusion&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/18560/how-to-avoid-problems-when-installing-ubuntu-and-windows-7-in-dual-boot&quot;&gt;How to avoid problems when installing Ubuntu and Windows 7 in dual-boot?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/19354/what-is-the-proper-way-to-windows-7-ubuntu-10-10-dual-triple-boot-partitioning-fo&quot;&gt;What is the proper way to Windows 7/Ubuntu 10.10 Dual-Triple Boot Partitioning for Laptop OEM?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/23331/unable-to-dual-boot-windows-7-and-kubuntu-10-10&quot;&gt;Unable to dual-boot Windows 7 and Kubuntu 10.10&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/21439/installing-windows-7-on-a-ubuntu-10-10-system&quot;&gt;Installing Windows 7 on a Ubuntu 10.10 System&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/20189/questions-about-dual-boot-install-ubuntu-10-04-and-windows-7-on-same-hard-drive&quot;&gt;questions about dual-boot install Ubuntu 10.04 and Windows 7 on same hard drive&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;[dual-boot] two separate hard drives&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/30799/2-hard-drives-hd1-ubuntu-hd2-win7-best-practice-isolated-oss-for-dual-boot&quot;&gt;2 hard drives / HD1: UBuntu HD2: Win7. best practice isolated os&amp;#39;s for dual boot&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/23830/windows-7-cant-boot-with-ubuntu-on-different-hard-drive&quot;&gt;Windows 7 can&amp;#39;t boot with Ubuntu on different hard drive&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8844" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2011-04-11T05:21:56.720" Title="Some merge candidates for Windows 7 and Ubuntu dual-booting questions" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1241" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1087" CreationDate="2011-04-11T15:31:46.593" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Back during the UDS-N I ran several compliancy check tools that were available via the work I was doing on location at &lt;a href=&quot;http://danya.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Danya International&lt;/a&gt; (employed there at the time). Ask Ubuntu passed all the tests with just several warnings about alt and title tags missing. I haven't run the tool against the site in a few months, and since my contract work there is done I no longer have access to these tools.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'll see if I can have the reports generated again for the site and post the results here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2011-04-11T15:31:46.593" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1242" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="75" CreationDate="2011-04-11T19:24:05.953" Score="5" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Service has been discontinued.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately due to lack of resources and time, this service has been discontinued. This answer will remain for historical purposes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Ask Ubuntu Search&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu Search is a fast search engine for the site that uses the information in the data dumps and the API to respond to your search queries. Because it uses the API to keep up to date, the server uses data no older than two minutes to process your search query.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://askubuntu.quickmediasolutions.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://askubuntu.quickmediasolutions.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Screenshot:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/7ESBz.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-09-08T22:05:46.230" CommentCount="2" CommunityOwnedDate="2011-04-11T19:24:05.953" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1243" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1248" CreationDate="2011-04-11T22:20:41.857" Score="7" ViewCount="228" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have one of the beautiful Toshiba ac100s. Is it within the scope of askubuntu.com to ask specific questions here? It will be very technical, for example how to get one specific kernel-version for one specific sub-model working (how to compile, set up etc). It's developed in IRC for now and highly experimental (==fun).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4670" LastActivityDate="2011-04-12T17:01:20.457" Title="Is it OK to ask very specific question about Toshiba's ac100 (ARM smartbook)?" Tags="|discussion|asking-questions|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1244" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1243" CreationDate="2011-04-11T22:47:20.230" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sure, I don't see why not, if you're trailblazing with the laptop might as well document it here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2011-04-11T22:47:20.230" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1245" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-04-11T21:01:32.070" Score="1" ViewCount="53" Body="&lt;p&gt;I need to understand how to navigate the page. How do I post a question? where do I go to find the answers? How do I follow a thread...&#xA;As you can see, I'm an absolute beginner.&#xA;Thanks&#xA;rye37@cox.net&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="rye37" LastActivityDate="2011-05-12T09:11:25.337" Title="Navigate the forum" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1246" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1245" CreationDate="2011-04-11T21:06:19.413" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can find the answers in the FAQ section.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is it: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/faq&quot;&gt;https://meta.askubuntu.com/faq&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you still have some questions, please add a comment to my answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I hope this helped you,&#xA;Daniel&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8893" OwnerDisplayName="Daniel0108" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.227" LastActivityDate="2011-04-12T08:19:46.253" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1248" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1243" CreationDate="2011-04-12T17:01:20.457" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Its not subjective, not off topic, not a duplicate, not spam, not geographically limited and certainly not offensive. Thus, it doesn't fit any reason not to belong here ;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13570" LastActivityDate="2011-04-12T17:01:20.457" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1249" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-04-14T17:29:11.037" Score="5" ViewCount="1980" Body="&lt;p&gt;What should we do with the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/screen&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;screen&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;screen&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/monitor&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;monitor&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;monitor&lt;/a&gt; tags? Currently, there are 15 questions &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/screen&quot;&gt;tagged screen&lt;/a&gt; and 39 questions &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/monitor&quot;&gt;tagged monitor&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If these tags need to be distinct, I would add the next wiki excerpts:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/screen&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;screen&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;screen&lt;/a&gt; Questions about the picture as displayed on a monitor&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/monitor&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;monitor&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;monitor&lt;/a&gt; Questions about hardware like laptop &quot;screens&quot;, LCD monitors, projectors etc.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is another confusion about screen, namely &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/gnu-screen&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;gnu-screen&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;gnu-screen&lt;/a&gt;. All questions regarding the application &quot;screen&quot; should be tagged with that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/monitor&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;monitor&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;monitor&lt;/a&gt; might be added to question in the context of watching systems (monitoring). In that case, it should be tagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/monitoring&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;monitoring&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;monitoring&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The tag &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/display&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;display&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;display&lt;/a&gt; exists too which takes questions which would be a better alternative to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/monitor&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;monitor&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;monitor&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are these sensible wiki excerpts? Should the tag be renamed, like &quot;screen-hardware&quot; or &quot;display&quot;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6969" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:24.280" LastActivityDate="2011-04-22T13:42:33.633" Title="[screen] vs [monitor]" Tags="|discussion|tag-wiki|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1250" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1249" CreationDate="2011-04-14T17:35:06.100" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't think they need to be different. X doesn't care if it's a physical monitor or a projector, perhaps just pile them all under screen?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2011-04-14T17:35:06.100" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1251" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1249" CreationDate="2011-04-14T23:01:04.780" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't see any reason to distinguish between “monitor” and “screen” the way you describe. In fact, I wonder where you got this distinction; I've always seen the terms used interchangeably, except inasmuch “screen” is sometimes the part of the monitor that displays the picture (inside the frame). If you want a neutral term, you could use “display” — but for a tag name, you really want to capture common terms, even if they aren't “proper”.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Unix&lt;/a&gt; site, we use &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/tags/screen&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;screen&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/a&gt; for the application and &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/tags/monitor&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;monitor&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/a&gt; for the hardware device. On &lt;a href=&quot;https://superuser.com/&quot;&gt;Super User&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://superuser.com/tags/gnu-screen&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;gnu-screen&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/a&gt; is for the application and &lt;a href=&quot;https://superuser.com/tags/screen&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;screen&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://superuser.com/tags/monitor&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;monitor&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/a&gt; seem to be used interchangeably (excepts that &lt;code&gt;screen&lt;/code&gt; inevitably attracts questions about the application).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For what it's worth, outside Stack Exchange, I'm not used to seeing Screen referred to as GNU Screen, so until I saw it on Super User it wouldn't have crossed my mind that a question about Screen should be tagged &lt;code&gt;gnu-screen&lt;/code&gt; and not &lt;code&gt;screen&lt;/code&gt;. Of course, I do realize that many people wouldn't know about Screen and would naturally post monitor questions with the &lt;code&gt;screen&lt;/code&gt; tag. (But they ask monitoring questions with &lt;code&gt;monitor&lt;/code&gt; too.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1059" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:37:19.280" LastActivityDate="2011-04-14T23:01:04.780" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1252" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-04-15T03:30:26.653" Score="6" ViewCount="170" Body="&lt;p&gt;We're evaluating the feasibility of &lt;strong&gt;sponsoring a member of the Ask Ubuntu community to speak at a conference in 2011&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Speaking is a relatively big &quot;ask&quot;, so this needs to be planned many months in advance. Let's get started! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We'd like the community to establish &lt;strong&gt;where&lt;/strong&gt; ...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What relevant Ubuntu conferences are coming up in 2011 that have open speaker slots or calls for papers?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;... and then &lt;strong&gt;who&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Which members of the community are strongly interested in being sponsored by Stack Exchange, Inc to speak at one of the above conferences in 2011?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To be clear, the speaker is free talk about anything he or she wants so long as it would be roughly on topic for this site -- with a quick acknowledgement of support from Stack Exchange and a mention of the community here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123" LastEditorUserId="123" LastEditDate="2011-04-17T03:24:48.663" LastActivityDate="2011-04-20T10:57:28.243" Title="Possible Conference Speaking Sponsorships -- 2011" Tags="|discussion|conferences|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1253" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1252" CreationDate="2011-04-15T09:52:09.440" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm &lt;em&gt;very&lt;/em&gt; interested in talking about Ask Ubuntu at a conference, and I  would be going to UDS were it not for lack of &lt;s&gt;sponsorship&lt;/s&gt; money.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These are some Linux-/Ubuntu related conferences in 2011:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ubuntu and Debian&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://uds.ubuntu.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Developer Summit&lt;/a&gt; (May 9th-13th 2011, Budapest, Hungary)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://debconf11.debconf.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;DebConf11&lt;/a&gt; (July 24th-30th Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Linux and Free Software&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://patras.fosscomm.gr/?lang=en&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;FOSSCOMM&lt;/a&gt; (May 7th–8th, Patras, Greece)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.linuxtag.org/2011/en.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Linux Tag&lt;/a&gt; (May 11th–14th, Berlin, Germany)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/linuxcon-europe/cfp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;LinuxCon Europe&lt;/a&gt; (October 26th-28th, Prague, Czech Republic)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.desktopsummit.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Desktop Summit&lt;/a&gt; (August 6th-12th 2011, Berlin, Germany]&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of those, the UDS and DebConf are essential to our community, Linux Tag, as far as I can tell, is very influential to the Linux community at large.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastEditorUserId="1067" LastEditDate="2011-04-20T10:57:28.243" LastActivityDate="2011-04-20T10:57:28.243" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1254" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1252" CreationDate="2011-04-15T14:26:12.470" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;LWN has a &lt;a href=&quot;http://lwn.net/Calendar/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;calendar&lt;/a&gt; of all these if you want to peruse.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's the ones in North America I would target:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Southeast Linux Fest: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.southeastlinuxfest.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.southeastlinuxfest.org/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ohio Linux Fest: &lt;a href=&quot;http://ohiolinux.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://ohiolinux.org/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Normally I would just do a talk at Ohio (I've spoken there in the past) but unfortunately I won't be able to attend this year. I did run into some ServerFault community folks there last year and I remember people talking about it, so it might be a good 2 birds for one stone with the right speaker.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Pity we missed &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;SCaLE&lt;/a&gt;, that'd be a nice one for next year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2011-04-15T14:26:12.470" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1258" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-04-16T09:08:20.280" Score="2" ViewCount="78" Body="&lt;p&gt;After doing an edit, where the entry shows up on the activity page, the underline from the link is partly hidden by the highlighted section which says what the edit was. Screenshot:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/RUnPu.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Could we add a couple more pixels of space between the name of the question and the edit so it doesn't obscure the underline which just looks a little un-tidy?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13003" LastEditorUserId="1412" LastEditDate="2014-04-23T00:00:48.640" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T00:00:48.640" Title="Can we add a little more space on the User Activity page? (Graphical glitch)" Tags="|bug|status-norepro|design|recent-activity|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1260" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-04-17T20:19:55.370" Score="1" ViewCount="82" Body="&lt;p&gt;Both are associated with OpenIDs I own, one from creativecommons.net (greg-grossmeier) and one from launchpad.net (user11778).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please merge them into the greg-grossmeier account (this one).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1694" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2011-04-18T09:49:22.717" LastActivityDate="2011-05-18T10:15:14.080" Title="Please merge the accounts greg-grossmeier and user11778" Tags="|support|status-completed|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1261" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1260" CreationDate="2011-04-18T09:51:10.077" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yeah that's fine. They should have been merged now and the old account shouldn't show on the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2011-04-18T09:51:10.077" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1262" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1249" CreationDate="2011-04-22T13:42:33.633" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;When they post a message on Askubuntu, some users don't really know the difference between &lt;em&gt;screen&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;monitor&lt;/em&gt;...&#xA;So I think that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;those two tags should be merged...&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;or a message should appear when a user try to add a tag at her post (javascript, ajax ?)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I didn't knew the difference between these two words before having read your message ;P&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14769" LastActivityDate="2011-04-22T13:42:33.633" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1263" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-04-24T15:21:32.730" Score="7" ViewCount="154" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are lots of questions, especially about Unity that use incorrect terminology. For example, calling the launcher a dock. Should we edit these questions to use the proper terminology?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If we edit out the incorrect terminology, the asker will learn what they should call it in the future. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If we leave it as it is, search engine users will be more likely to find the answers they want because lots of them will use the same incorrect terminology.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which of these should we prioritise / what compromise can we use?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="667" LastActivityDate="2011-04-27T21:44:21.580" Title="Should we modify questions to remove incorrect terminology?" Tags="|discussion|editing|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1264" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1263" CreationDate="2011-04-24T23:03:18.953" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;My opinion is that we should prioritize correct terminology. For one, I've learnt quite a bit here just because the correct terminology was used by those explaining concepts to me or others. It's a technical field.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I wonder how smart Google's algorithms are at picking up, say, 'Dock' vs 'Launcher' type errors. I suspect when 'Dock', 'Unity' &amp;amp; 'Ubuntu' are all grouped together Google will direct people to a page that uses 'Launcher' terminology all the same.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An important aspect here I suppose is to really focus on not letting tags become 'muddied' with incorrect terminology.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12473" LastActivityDate="2011-04-24T23:03:18.953" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1265" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1266" CreationDate="2011-04-25T19:13:59.620" Score="4" ViewCount="93" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would like to increase the award amount of the bounty that I set a few days ago.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is that possible?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5191" LastActivityDate="2011-04-25T23:46:44.803" Title="Is there a way in increase Bounty?" Tags="|discussion|bounty|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1266" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1265" CreationDate="2011-04-25T19:37:42.867" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I do not believe that this is possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="23272" LastActivityDate="2011-04-25T19:37:42.867" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1267" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1265" CreationDate="2011-04-25T23:46:44.803" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can only let the bounty expire -- or flag it for a mod to remove it under &lt;em&gt;extreme circumstances only&lt;/em&gt; -- and then start a new one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123" LastActivityDate="2011-04-25T23:46:44.803" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1268" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1271" CreationDate="2011-04-26T05:44:27.627" Score="0" ViewCount="278" Body="&lt;p&gt;is it acceptable to edit and replace Linux with GNU/Linux (when used in the context of the whole os and not the kernel) .&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5149" LastActivityDate="2019-11-18T16:55:04.500" Title="Is it acceptable to replace linux with GNU/Linux ?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1269" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1268" CreationDate="2011-04-26T08:56:16.057" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;IMHO No.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's not about what name is right, or what is wrong. The problem is that this kind of edits are (likely) going to ignite a flame war that will do no good to our users or community.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="211" LastEditorUserId="211" LastEditDate="2011-04-26T11:34:27.700" LastActivityDate="2011-04-26T11:34:27.700" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1270" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1268" CreationDate="2011-04-26T11:51:56.713" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;As much as it might be technically incorrect, to all but the most extreme, the two phrases are synonymous. RMS might not like it, you might not like it, but that's language for you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What the poster &lt;em&gt;means&lt;/em&gt; (the important bit) when they say &amp;quot;Linux&amp;quot; is usually pretty simple to understand from the context, in my experience. Just as you can understand the different meanings of &amp;quot;lead&amp;quot; (element Pb or the verb &amp;quot;to lead&amp;quot;) based on the sentence, you can divine if the poster is talking about an operating system or a Kernel.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the meaning can't be inferred from its context, &lt;em&gt;then&lt;/em&gt; there's a problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit&lt;/strong&gt; You've linked in another thread about using correct terminology with regards to launchers, panels and docks. &lt;strong&gt;In these cases they are not synonyms.&lt;/strong&gt; To use one in place of another makes it very hard to understand the meaning.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Once we get past the ideology and phraseology, editing every instance of &amp;quot;Linux&amp;quot; to &amp;quot;GNU/Linux&amp;quot; needs a massive buy in of time. If you were to take that time and invest it in making questions more understandable, correcting answers or even writing new answers, you'd help the site a whole lot more.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A system-performed search-and-replace would not be good either as we'd end up breaking the context of posts that were talking about Linux-the-Kernel and not Linux-the-OS.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Edits should only be considered if they add value. Editing tags makes things easier to find, editing questions should make them easier to understand and make them answerable, and editing answers should make them easier to follow or more accurate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edits that don't follow those rules (removing salutations, etc) end with posts needlessly being bumped.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Simple edits should not be performed unless they're part of a valuable edit.&lt;/strong&gt; And even then I wouldn't bother replacing &amp;quot;Linux&amp;quot; with &amp;quot;GNU/Linux&amp;quot; as it might just confuse the OP.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit&lt;/strong&gt; This got discussed in Chat a couple of times over the day and I still haven't been convinced.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't want to draw this out any further so lets just say: if you want to call it GNU/Linux or just Linux in your own posts (there are various valid uses of the word &amp;quot;Linux&amp;quot; in posts where &amp;quot;Ubuntu&amp;quot; wouldn't suffice), that's fine. But don't edit it in or out of other people's posts. It wasn't the OP's wish and (as with the list of MMOs thread) it bumps the question right up for no reason. Essentially, it hurts the site and wastes your time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can't speak for the other mods but if I see an edit doing that, I'll roll it back. If you edit it back, I'll suspend you. That goes for everybody. In both directions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But that's enough on this. It's nowhere near important enough to have warranted all the keystrokes it's already attracted. Move along. Nothing to see here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I say, this might not be the policy that Marco and Stefano follow but I'll treat edits for something as trivial as this completely needless and may roll them back. If you persist, I'll treat it as intentional vandalism and take firm action.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not saying this as a threat -- if there's a good reason for an edit, that's fine -- but needless editing shouldn't be encouraged or abided.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2019-11-18T16:55:04.500" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="1271" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1268" CreationDate="2011-04-26T15:14:16.850" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;This discussion occurred earlier in &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/201/conversation/gnu-linux-v-linux&quot;&gt;chat&lt;/a&gt; but the end result is that 'Ubuntu' &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; the GNU/Linux operating system. So all mentions of Linux should be in reference to the kernel as a whole. All references to Linux which would be considered Linux as an operating system solution (GNU/Linux) should be Ubuntu or removed all together from the title due to redundancies. If the question isn't in the scope of Ubuntu - but instead a broader GNU/Linux family it belongs on &lt;a href=&quot;http://unix.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;Unix &amp;amp; Linux StackExchange&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="41" LastEditDate="2011-04-26T15:50:06.723" LastActivityDate="2011-04-26T15:50:06.723" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1272" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1289" CreationDate="2011-04-26T20:17:23.967" Score="9" ViewCount="208" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/37170/trouble-with-ubuntu&quot;&gt;This question&lt;/a&gt; popped up today.  Now, it's a terrible question (very unclear), but I think what she's asking is just a basic &quot;I'm new to Ubuntu... how does I use this thing?&quot;  Many Ubuntu users are tech savvy, but we forget how confusing and overwhelming a new OS is to your average joe user, and I think we could go a long way toward helping with the transition.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe my search-fu is off, but I couldn't find any good questions that deal with this in an easy-to-navigate format.  We have bits and pieces as questions have been asked, I think it might be worth putting together a CW, heavily cross-linked &quot;Intro to Ubuntu&quot; FAQ (akin to the SO &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/faq&quot;&gt;FAQ&lt;/a&gt; series of questions, only not on meta).  Has anything like this been started yet?  If not, I'm happy to kick it off.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14086" LastEditorUserId="57576" LastEditDate="2022-08-20T21:39:29.507" LastActivityDate="2022-08-20T21:39:29.507" Title="Should we put together a basic, &quot;Intro to Ubuntu&quot; faq?" Tags="|discussion|tutorials|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1273" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-04-27T20:12:25.100" Score="5" ViewCount="180" Body="&lt;p&gt;With Ubuntu redirecting Ubuntu wiki pages to AskUbuntu, we have an issue regarding copyright and attribution. Supposedly AskUbuntu, the Ubuntu wikis, the Ubuntu Manual, and the Ubuntu Desktop Guide all have the same &lt;a href=&quot;http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;CC-BY-SA-3.0&lt;/a&gt; licensing requirements. However, practically, Jeff Atwood has a &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/06/attribution-required/&quot;&gt;notice&lt;/a&gt; on the bottom of every page, requiring 4 things:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Visually indicate that the content is from Stack Overflow, Meta Stack&#xA;  Overflow, Server Fault, or Super User&#xA;  in some way. It doesn’t have to be&#xA;  obnoxious; a discreet text blurb is&#xA;  fine.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Hyperlink directly to the original question on the source site (e.g.,&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12345&quot;&gt;https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12345&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Show the author names for every question and answer&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Hyperlink each author name directly back to their user profile page on the&#xA;  source site (e.g.,&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/users/12345/username&quot;&gt;https://stackoverflow.com/users/12345/username&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't have a problem with 1 or 2 (but Yelp, Ubuntu's help browser does not show citations to end users which seems to be a bug in Yelp or Mallard or both). Number 3 and 4 are extremely time intensive and I see that requirement as significantly cluttering the user interface. Even AskUbuntu does not directly show all the editors for community wiki questions; you'd have to click revision history to see that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The way we normally cite wiki or team contributions when it's difficult to point to any one contributor is by citing the team like &quot;Ubuntu Documentation Team&quot; for the stuff we do or &quot;AskUbuntu Contributors&quot; for this content. This is similar to how Ubuntu packages are maintained by &quot;Ubuntu Developers&quot; instead of the individual person or persons that Debian packages are. The way I read the CC license is that it is possible for the Original Authors to delegate their copyright to another party to make attribution easier.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Wikipedia allows the simple URL to suffice for attribution, as seen on their &lt;a href=&quot;https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/wiki/Terms_of_Use&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Terms of Use&lt;/a&gt; or by clicking the Toolbox&gt;Cite This Page button. Because the original URL will have all of the original contributors in an easy to read format without cluttering the derivative work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can we follow Wikipedia's example or is there a better way?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1579" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-05-23T12:39:54.233" LastActivityDate="2011-04-27T20:26:57.833" Title="How can we make citing AskUbuntu easier?" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|copyright|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1274" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1273" CreationDate="2011-04-27T20:26:57.833" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://mathoverflow.net&quot;&gt;Math Overflow&lt;/a&gt; has a cite button on answers, generating something like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;\bib{MO63167}{misc}{    &#xA;    title={Decomposing a discrete signal into a sum of rectangle functions},&#xA;    author={Gabriel (mathoverflow.net/users/13825)},&#xA;    note={URL: http://mathoverflow.net/questions/63167 (version: 2011-04-27)},&#xA;    eprint={http://mathoverflow.net/questions/63167},    &#xA;    organization={MathOverflow},&#xA;}&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Our version of that could be something like&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;[1] [Unity keyboard/mouse shortcuts](https://askubuntu.com/questions/28086) —&#xA;[Jorge Castro on Ask Ubuntu](https://askubuntu.com/users/235/).&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/28086&quot;&gt;Unity keyboard/mouse shortcuts&lt;/a&gt; — &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/235/&quot;&gt;Jorge Castro on Ask Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's short and fulfills all four recommendations.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Optionally, one may want to include a date:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;[1] [Unity keyboard/mouse shortcuts](https://askubuntu.com/questions/28086) —&#xA;[Jorge Castro on Ask Ubuntu](https://askubuntu.com/users/235/),&#xA;retrieved [Apr 12 at 14:18](https://askubuntu.com/posts/28087/revisions).&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/28086&quot;&gt;Unity keyboard/mouse shortcuts&lt;/a&gt; — &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/235/&quot;&gt;Jorge Castro on Ask Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt;, retrieved &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/28087/revisions&quot;&gt;Apr 12 at 14:18&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We could either add a [cite] button to questions, like Math Overflow do, or (since that's a bit extreme in my view), have a topic on meta - &quot;How do I cite content&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What do we think?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2011-04-27T20:26:57.833" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1275" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1089" CreationDate="2011-04-27T20:30:13.963" Score="41" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gimp.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/328Mb.png&quot; alt=&quot;The GNU Image Manipulation Program&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2827" LastActivityDate="2011-04-27T20:30:13.963" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2011-04-27T20:30:13.963" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1276" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1272" CreationDate="2011-04-27T21:10:15.287" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;There's a great blog post by Jorge I think similar to your idea, &lt;a href=&quot;http://castrojo.tumblr.com/post/4795149014/the-power-users-guide-to-unity&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;The power user's guide to unity&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think it's a good idea, but to survive the community's scruteny it has to be full of great answers. I suggest if you decide to ask that question, you might want to start off the answer as well. Provide about 20 questions (and ask new ones if necessary), and link them up. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Beginner questions usually get a lot of views and upvotes, so I don't see any problem in asking them if they're not already asked (sticking to the guidelines obviously).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As Marco points out, the docs are supposed to solve this problem. So, it might be a good idea to link to the official documentation as much as you can, rather than questions on AU.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it still gets closed, that's life - nobody'll say you didn't think about it carefully. :-)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastActivityDate="2011-04-27T21:10:15.287" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1277" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1263" CreationDate="2011-04-27T21:44:21.580" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Tags should always be corrected. Answers should always be corrected. Questions, maybe not always.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For the dock/launcher thing, it's obvious what the user is talking about. But, not all wrong terminology is so obvious. Better to work with the asker to clarify. This has the added benefit clearly educating everyone who sees the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the majority of users are misusing a specific term, perhaps the problem is the UX design; then the misuse is valuable usability data.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8515" LastActivityDate="2011-04-27T21:44:21.580" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1278" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1285" CreationDate="2011-04-28T04:02:06.993" Score="14" ViewCount="175" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'll be helping out at the &lt;a href=&quot;http://loco.ubuntu.com/teams/ubuntu-washington&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Washington LoCo Team&lt;/a&gt; table at &lt;a href=&quot;http://linuxfestnorthwest.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;LinuxFest Northwest&lt;/a&gt; this weekend, and I thought it might be a good opportunity to spread the word about Ask Ubuntu. Is it okay to get these printed and set them out for visitors?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sheet 1, front:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://spreadubuntu.org/files/huge/askubuntu-handouts-combined.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/TdRxg.png&quot; alt=&quot;Sheet 1, front&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sheet 1, back:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://spreadubuntu.org/files/huge/askubuntu-handouts-combined.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/glWSg.png&quot; alt=&quot;Sheet 1, back&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sheet 2, front:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://spreadubuntu.org/files/huge/askubuntu-handouts-combined.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/TdRxg.png&quot; alt=&quot;Sheet 2, front&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sheet 2, back:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://spreadubuntu.org/files/huge/askubuntu-handouts-combined.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/QIJNs.png&quot; alt=&quot;Sheet 2, back&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have posted the &lt;a href=&quot;http://spreadubuntu.org/en/material/brochure/ask-ubuntu-handouts&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;source files&lt;/a&gt; and a &lt;a href=&quot;http://spreadubuntu.org/files/huge/askubuntu-handouts-combined.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;printable PDF&lt;/a&gt; on SpreadUbuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1859" LastEditorUserId="2449" LastEditDate="2011-04-30T05:32:09.177" LastActivityDate="2011-04-30T05:32:09.177" Title="Is it okay to set these out on our table at LinuxFest Northwest?" Tags="|discussion|status-completed|promote|copyright|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1279" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1280" CreationDate="2011-04-28T07:13:27.160" Score="0" ViewCount="51" Body="&lt;p&gt;Hope we will have many many question in the coming days regarding the new release Natty. Is there a plan to create a new category for Natty questions? shall we continue as it is? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9701" LastActivityDate="2011-04-28T12:19:32.913" Title="Is there a plan to create a new category for Natty questions" Tags="|feature-request|answer-format|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1280" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1279" CreationDate="2011-04-28T12:19:32.913" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/11.04&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;11.04&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;11.04&lt;/a&gt; and triaging duplicates outta do the trick.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2011-04-28T12:19:32.913" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1282" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1284" CreationDate="2011-04-28T23:39:49.213" Score="37" ViewCount="662" Body="&lt;p&gt;After reading this question: &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/111/ought-one-to-answer-ones-own-question&quot;&gt;Ought one to answer one&amp;#39;s own question?&lt;/a&gt; what happens in the case that you know several questions that will further help the community but you want to make the question instead of waiting for someone to make and answer it. For me i find it a little unethical but there has been several questions that i get asked from my students that come up a lot but i have not found the question here and i know the answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What happens in this case where you can make the question and the answer in a sense that helps the community and the site. one case is 2 students that came to askubuntu and did not find the question they were looking for. Of course they did not create the question instead they left. But from a point of view, creating and answering a common question that has not yet been asked could help in the search for users of ubuntu in finding a reference to askubuntu about that specific question or problem via google and other search engines or even the askubuntu search box.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This are just some thoughts about my doubt about this subject. With all the respect to everyone in the askubuntu board.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7035" LastActivityDate="2016-09-04T02:08:56.407" Title="Is it possible to ask a Question you already know and answer it" Tags="|discussion|asking-questions|answers|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1283" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1282" CreationDate="2011-04-29T00:28:20.780" Score="26" Body="&lt;p&gt;If it's a good question (fits our scope, well worded, enough detail, etc) and it's something that might help somebody else, we want it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The ethics side of it is handled by the points system. You won't get the +15 for having your own answer accepted and you won't get the +2 for accepting your own answer. If people vote for your posts, that's just fine too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One thing you should remember is to come back and accept your own answers (which you can't do for 48 hours, IIRC). As long as you don't litter the site with technically-unanswered threads, we're happy!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2011-04-29T00:28:20.780" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1284" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1282" CreationDate="2011-04-29T01:10:49.667" Score="37" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq&quot;&gt;FAQ&lt;/a&gt; says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;It’s also perfectly fine to ask and answer your own question, as long as you pretend you’re on Jeopardy: phrase it in the form of a question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also I tend to ask and answer my own questions when I am trying to figure something out and I find the results on google to be horrible or out of date, so I self document here. Here's &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/20543/how-do-i-get-a-boxee-remote-working&quot;&gt;an example&lt;/a&gt; where it took me a long time to find the answer so I just put it here to spare everyone the 2 hours it took me to solve that problem. :-/&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On a related note, Jeff's &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2011/04/helping-the-experts-get-answers/&quot;&gt;blogged&lt;/a&gt; about asking question on other people's behalf too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2011-04-29T01:10:49.667" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1285" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1278" CreationDate="2011-04-29T05:41:02.683" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Is it okay to set them out?&lt;/strong&gt; Yes, definitely.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Is it okay for you to have them printed?&lt;/strong&gt; If you insist… but Stack Exchange is happy to do it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If there's enough time (&lt;em&gt;this&lt;/em&gt; weekend?), you can email a PDF to me at &lt;code&gt;dori (at) stackexchange&lt;/code&gt;, and I can have the amazing Amanda find a printer near you where you can pick them up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We're always happy to see people promoting their sites, and want to make it as easy as possible for you to do so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For anyone reading this in the future: want some help with site promotion? Just let us know what we can do (and thanks)!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Followup&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Amanda worked with the printer @ændrük recommended, and he'll be able to pick them up this afternoon (you see why I said she was amazing?). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;ændrük, let us know in enough time, and we'll see about helping to &lt;a href=&quot;http://linuxfestnorthwest.org/sponsors&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;sponsor the conference&lt;/a&gt; next year. But most importantly, thanks &lt;em&gt;so&lt;/em&gt; much for helping to make this happen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I &lt;em&gt;love&lt;/em&gt; it when a plan comes together!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2449" LastEditorUserId="2449" LastEditDate="2011-04-29T21:04:07.443" LastActivityDate="2011-04-29T21:04:07.443" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1286" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1268" CreationDate="2011-04-29T09:51:46.753" Score="-6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Should you use Linux or GNU/Linux is up for eternal debate. Although name should not matter but it is important to know what it means.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Linux used to be a kernel, not a full-featured OS created by Linus Torvalds. At the time GNU foundation was working on GNU Hurd, an ambitious micro-kernel but it was still in development. So, to make things roll out faster GNU adopted the Linux kernel and build on top of it the whole operating system and there were other foundations involved. In 1992, the Yggdrasil project chose the name “Yggdrasil Linux/GNU/X” for its combination of software. &#xA;But finally, we settled for GNU/Linux because it is easier to say than &quot;Yggdrasil Linux/GNU/X&quot;, but to say &quot;Linux&quot; was even easier.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now we use the term &quot;Linux&quot; for the whole operating system which would be inaccurate but its easier that way for newbies. Imagine if other operating systems were named like this NT/Window, Darwin/MacOs, sounds cool but unusable in daily usage.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4026" LastEditorUserId="4026" LastEditDate="2019-11-18T14:16:27.237" LastActivityDate="2019-11-18T14:16:27.237" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="1288" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1272" CreationDate="2011-04-29T15:07:15.370" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I agree, even if there's Ubuntu Documentation and others trying to tackle this problem, Ask Ubuntu should also have a basic thread which will point to more relevant places along with a short intro.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Like the quoted question's questioner, many new users may come here seeking the ropes, so instead of just ignoring them saying the issue is being tackled by so-and-so, we need to point the users to so-and-so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="814" LastActivityDate="2011-04-29T15:07:15.370" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1289" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1272" CreationDate="2011-04-29T19:19:25.870" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I started an &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/38156/&quot;&gt;Index page&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I modeled it loosely after the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/7931/&quot;&gt;Stack Exchange FAQ&lt;/a&gt;, but as Marco points out in the comments, it isn't Jeopardy-style.  Is there a reason the SO FAQ isn't structured like that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14086" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2011-04-29T19:38:05.260" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1290" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1272" CreationDate="2011-04-29T21:34:43.770" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Every new user has different questions. Many have different hardware, so they have different problems. So they have different needs. The whole AU-site is to 50% about beginners problems. Collecting them in a superquestion isn't a good idea - it isn't meaningfully taggable and will not improve the search exprerience. I vote to close the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10068" LastActivityDate="2011-04-29T21:34:43.770" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1291" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-04-29T22:04:17.637" Score="-6" ViewCount="176" Body="&lt;p&gt;It seems anything argumentative of Unity is being closed. Great work on community support!!! You all know Unity is trash. It was a bad Idea. Now you should let the community fix the problem and the best way to do this is let us complain. Here are a few things. Give me my task bar and main menu back. What else is wrong with Unity? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="Joshua Gordon" LastActivityDate="2011-04-29T23:06:17.327" Title="Why are the moderators closing posts?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1292" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1291" CreationDate="2011-04-29T22:08:50.303" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;This site is for questions and answers - not for arguments.  Suggest ubuntuforums.org and the community-cafe forum for such posts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14356" OwnerDisplayName="fossfreedom" LastActivityDate="2011-04-29T22:08:50.303" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1293" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1291" CreationDate="2011-04-29T22:16:25.150" Score="17" Body="&lt;p&gt;The site is for questions that can be answered. Not gripes (or praise) about the new releases.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have an issue that can be asked in a question format (that isn't super-subjective, rhetorical, etc -- eg a question that can have &quot;one best answer&quot;), we welcome it. Otherwise it's our job to make sure people who need help get it. Closing random discussions is part of that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Coincidentally, if you don't like Unity, you can select Classic Ubuntu from the login screen which will give you a similar experience to Ubuntu 10.10.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit&lt;/strong&gt; I should go on to clarify that &lt;em&gt;any&lt;/em&gt; topic (not just Unity) is a candidate for closure if it can't be sensibly answered. This is by no means a conspiracy to protect Unity or to shield its developers from criticism.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2011-04-29T23:06:17.327" LastActivityDate="2011-04-29T23:06:17.327" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1294" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1291" CreationDate="2011-04-29T22:16:45.950" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Moderators close posts that are not questions, but rather inflammatory remarks or statements that demand subjective replies. Asking &quot;Why does X suck&quot; isn't a question that is appropriate for this site, and does not promote community support. Asking &quot;I don't like X, what can I do to make X more usable/enjoyable/better&quot; or &quot;I don't like X, what are my alternatives?&quot; are better ways to get a response. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13498" LastActivityDate="2011-04-29T22:16:45.950" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1295" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1291" CreationDate="2011-04-29T22:23:01.447" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Unity plays nicely with my dog, which is dead. Same way how your question plays nicely with my answer, which is not an answer.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Get the point I'm making?&#xA;&quot;Questions&quot; (rants) like this lead no where constructive, so we (the community) close them to avoid such problems as arguments, trolling, and flame wars. &lt;em&gt;(No; moderators are not fire fighters).&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1992" LastActivityDate="2011-04-29T22:23:01.447" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1296" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-04-29T23:32:36.020" Score="5" ViewCount="47" Body="&lt;p&gt;I already ask a lot of questions and it would be easier to hide answered questions to keep my &quot;to fix&quot; list to a minimum.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It would make the UI of my questions cleaner.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Easy to implement?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12772" LastActivityDate="2011-04-30T14:51:41.767" Title="hide old / answered questions I've asked" Tags="|feature-request|answered-questions|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1297" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1296" CreationDate="2011-04-29T23:40:35.283" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I agree. There should be a &lt;code&gt;Unanswered&lt;/code&gt; or &lt;code&gt;Open&lt;/code&gt; filter in the profile page so you can filter out the questions that are still open.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should be very simple to implement (the database already has everything required to make this achievable in a few lines of code).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'll send an email onto the StackExchange team pointing them to this thread. Hopefully it's something that can be implemented.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2011-04-29T23:40:35.283" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1298" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1299" CreationDate="2011-04-29T23:47:14.857" Score="13" ViewCount="263" Body="&lt;p&gt;Hi. I'm still very new to Askubuntu, and have a question about unanswered questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When one goes unanswered for a certain amount of time, what are our options to get the question noticed again?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14615" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Unanswered questions, what do we do?" Tags="|discussion|support|unanswered-questions|" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1299" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1298" CreationDate="2011-04-29T23:52:21.440" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;The best way to attract a lot of attention to a question is setting a bounty. After 48 hours you're allowed to put up some of your own reputation as a reward for somebody who answers the question. Obviously this &quot;costs&quot; reputation but even if you can only spare a little, just getting it into the featured section will help it get noticed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also make sure your question is as good as it possibly can be. If it's about hardware, make sure it has all the relevant model numbers, kernel modules, etc (&lt;code&gt;lspci&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;lsusb&lt;/code&gt; help here). If people can't understand your question, they're unlikely to be able to help you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other than that, advertising the question off-site is a good method to get help. You can ask people in IRC to help. If you have a twitter account or a blog, you can ask for help there too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2011-04-29T23:52:21.440" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1300" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1298" CreationDate="2011-04-30T01:28:26.673" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Also, see my video on how to improve your questions!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1037/video-tutorials-for-using-the-site&quot;&gt;Video Tutorials for using the site&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2011-04-30T01:28:26.673" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1301" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1298" CreationDate="2011-04-30T09:47:24.117" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Covered in the faq:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq#bounty&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/faq#bounty&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;What if I don’t get a good answer?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First, make sure you've &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/how-to-ask&quot;&gt;asked a good question&lt;/a&gt;. In order to get good answers to your question, you may need to put additional effort into your question. Edit your question to provide status and progress updates. Document your own continued efforts to answer your question. This will naturally bump your question and get more people interested in it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If, despite your best efforts, you feel questions aren’t getting good answers, you can help by offering a bounty. Slice off anywhere from +50 to +500 of your own hard-earned reputation and attach it to any question as a bounty. The bountied question will appear with a special indicator in all question lists, and it will also be visible on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/?tab=featured&quot;&gt;home page Featured tab&lt;/a&gt; for the duration of the bounty period.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2011-04-30T09:47:24.117" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1302" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1296" CreationDate="2011-04-30T14:51:41.767" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;There's no convenient button in the UI, and 10 questions isn't that much to go through. Still, you can use the &lt;code&gt;hasaccepted:0&lt;/code&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search#advanced-search&quot;&gt;search option&lt;/a&gt; to search for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=user%3A12772+hasaccepted%3A0&quot;&gt;your questions where you haven't marked an answer as accepted&lt;/a&gt;. The number in the URL after &lt;code&gt;user:&lt;/code&gt; is your user number, seen in the URL to your profile; it's pre-filled in the search box if you visit your profile. You can also use &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=user%3Ame+hasaccepted%3A0&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;user:me&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/a&gt; to mean “posts by me”.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Side note: now that you have more than 15 reputation, you can go and revisit your first questions (or any other question) and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/vote-up&quot;&gt;upvote&lt;/a&gt; answers that you found useful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1059" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2011-04-30T14:51:41.767" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1303" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-05-01T02:35:41.783" Score="0" ViewCount="88" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/309/is-it-possible-to-over-edit&quot;&gt;Is it possible to &amp;ldquo;over edit&amp;rdquo;?&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm kind of a perfectionist of sorts when it comes to my writing. I often go back, and edit my posts days later if I notice something that could be easier to read, better formatted, or even need a simple change of wording. I've seen a few instances where an edited question is &quot;bumped&quot; to the top of the page, and I certainly would not want to crowd the main page with all of my edits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So my question is, is it frown upon, editing too many of my own posts in a certain amount of time, thus crowding the page?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14615" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.087" LastActivityDate="2011-05-01T02:35:41.783" Title="Is editing too much, an annoyance?" Tags="|support|editing|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2011-05-01T13:28:19.817" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1305" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1306" CreationDate="2011-05-01T19:40:08.433" Score="18" ViewCount="168" Body="&lt;p&gt;As new users can't comment, they sometimes posts answers that would have been comments if they could. Should we flag them so they can be cleaned up properly, or leave them alone because that's how the site works?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13570" LastEditorUserId="235" LastEditDate="2012-03-09T02:55:41.770" LastActivityDate="2012-03-09T02:55:41.770" Title="Flag answers that should be comments?" Tags="|discussion|comments|answers|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1306" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1305" CreationDate="2011-05-01T19:48:07.777" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, flag them. Answers should always answer the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Moderators will then either delete the answer or convert it to a comment, abusing the Answer feature for comments is not welcome.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the 'comment' was made by the person asking the question, they should instead edit their question to include the new information. Also, the person asking the question can always comment on it, even at 1 reputation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastActivityDate="2011-05-01T19:48:07.777" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1307" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1309" CreationDate="2011-05-02T16:50:52.897" Score="2" ViewCount="97" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was tagging a multimonitor question and initially chose dualview, although it does not exist currently I have used/seen this often. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I did a little searching and came across this &lt;a href=&quot;http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=221174&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;thread&lt;/a&gt; so decided twinview would be more appropriate however it seems to be an Nvidia only term. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are the thoughts on this? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think it is important as searching for multi-monitor issues can be tricky. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If twinview is to be specific for nvidia what tag should non-nvidia users with the same monitor setup use?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8570" LastEditorUserId="8570" LastEditDate="2011-05-03T00:08:55.067" LastActivityDate="2011-05-03T05:55:59.437" Title="Clarification on twinview vs dualview tag" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1308" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1310" CreationDate="2011-05-02T18:46:38.907" Score="3" ViewCount="105" Body="&lt;p&gt;It seems like every page has a header saying:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Is this your first time here? Take a look at our Video Tutorials for using the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does that text ever change? I have more than 200 rep, so I'm not a new user. The tutorials aren't new.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think it bothers me so much because there's so much space in the header. There's a big blank space next to &quot;Ask question&quot;. Maybe we could use that blank space to showcase new features (like videos) instead of adding the perma-bar underneath.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9411" LastActivityDate="2011-05-02T19:37:09.190" Title="Why does AskUbuntu keep telling me about the video tutorials?" Tags="|discussion|design|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1309" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1307" CreationDate="2011-05-02T18:49:38.777" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The usual tag for questions regarding multiple monitors is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/multiple-monitors&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;multiple-monitors&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;multiple-monitors&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would strongly advise you against using &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/dualview&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;dualview&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;dualview&lt;/a&gt; (as it has not been used by anyone else).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your question is related to Nvidia &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/twinview&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;twinview&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;twinview&lt;/a&gt; then it might be a good idea to use that tag instead or as well as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/multiple-monitors&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;multiple-monitors&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;multiple-monitors&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can also tag your graphics card manufacturer: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/nvidia&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;nvidia&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;nvidia&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ati&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ati&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ati&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/amd-graphics&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;amd-graphics&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;amd-graphics&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/intel-graphics&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;intel-graphics&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;intel-graphics&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="866" LastEditorUserId="866" LastEditDate="2011-05-03T05:55:59.437" LastActivityDate="2011-05-03T05:55:59.437" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1310" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1308" CreationDate="2011-05-02T18:52:53.533" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Moderators can set the message along that bar. The whole point of it is to get people's attention so they show up to all users, targetting isn't (yet possible). The messages expire after two days, unless the moderators manually re-deploy them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The design is point is interesting though, I think it might look a bit odd though. On a netbook I can see the problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="866" LastEditorUserId="866" LastEditDate="2011-05-02T19:37:09.190" LastActivityDate="2011-05-02T19:37:09.190" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1311" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1312" CreationDate="2011-05-02T23:04:16.847" Score="9" ViewCount="229" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have received a negative vote today for no apparent reason (Sorry for my English written skill, am from Venezuela) and i was wondering is there some kind of anti vote system that checks or at least asks for the cause of the negative vote so the user that created the answer/question knows what to fix.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my case i believe to first tell in a comment what is missing, wrong, etc.. so the user can fix it before receiving a negative vote. That way 2 things can be achieved:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The user fixes the problem and it looks better for future users.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The user feels better since the site is not oriented towards who has the more votes (at least positive ones) but who has better explained answers/questions (in this part i suck since when i ask questions i tend to make them very bad..sorry again)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So basically, to know for a &quot;Why do you think this question/answer deserves a negative vote&quot; mechanism that ensures users do not get a magic negative vote without knowing why or what to fix to get it right.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7035" LastActivityDate="2011-05-03T12:23:49.297" Title="How to defend against negative incorrect votes" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|voting|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1312" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1311" CreationDate="2011-05-02T23:15:17.160" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;We ultimately leave it to the community to counter unreasonable downvotes with upvotes. The best you can do is improve your posts, but there is no mechanism to demand that users explain themselves when downvoting. Of course we encourage users to leave a comment explaining why they voted down, but ultimately we won't force them to explain themselves. Note that the privilege of downvoting (125 rep) kicks in after the privilege of commenting everywhere (50 rep).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another mechanism that safeguards against false downvotes is the fact that they only cause you to lose a little bit if reputation, easily offset by a single upvote. I suppose it's just a fact of life, there'll always be questionable downvotes. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If a user tries to 'attack' someone else with a lot of downvotes, we do indeed have an automated mechanism to detect them, and cancel their votes. There is no manual override, it kicks in at some undisclosed point.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastEditorUserId="7035" LastEditDate="2011-05-02T23:17:41.223" LastActivityDate="2011-05-02T23:17:41.223" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1313" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2343" CreationDate="2011-05-03T02:24:22.193" Score="4" ViewCount="163" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was away from my home computer and I wanted to check Ask Ubuntu for any notifications, so I decided to check from my mobile phone. The interface isn't too bad for browsing on a mobile phone but it would be great to have a mobile-optimised version of the website (or an app) for those people who can't reach their computer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any plans (if possible) to construct a version of the website specifically for mobile browsers? I know it probably won't be possible but it would be really great if so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user931" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-04-27T05:42:16.303" LastActivityDate="2012-04-28T02:59:40.807" Title="Ask Ubuntu for mobile" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|user-interface|browser|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1314" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1313" CreationDate="2011-05-03T02:36:05.167" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are plenty of mobile apps (and other cool tools) for this site here:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://stackapps.com/&quot;&gt;https://stackapps.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:46.307" LastActivityDate="2011-05-03T02:36:05.167" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1315" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1200" CreationDate="2011-05-03T09:14:47.267" Score="-2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think youtube embedding should be supported and the reccomended method should be iframe embedding&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;iframe class=&quot;youtube-player&quot; type=&quot;text/html&quot; width=&quot;WIDTH&quot; height=&quot;HEIGHT&quot; src=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/embed/VIDEO_ID?html5=1&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot;&amp;gt;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It will use html5 if you have a html5 capable browser (all modern browsers) .&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5149" LastActivityDate="2011-05-03T09:14:47.267" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1316" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1311" CreationDate="2011-05-03T12:23:49.297" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Hey Cyrex, I really hope it wasn't me. I earned myself a 'critic' badge yesterday because I accidentally down-voted a question that was perfectly legitimate in my view. I immediately undid this by up-voting it but the damage was done and I earned a dodgy badge.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I wanted to post something similar up here on meta afterwards but didn't in the end because I didn't know whether such a question was warranted (there are similar types of questions in other metas for example).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Nonetheless, I felt bad as I'd potentially annoyed a user with what could be viewed as trollish activity but which in fact was merely an accident.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12473" LastActivityDate="2011-05-03T12:23:49.297" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1317" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1318" CreationDate="2011-05-03T13:30:02.293" Score="48" ViewCount="3892" Body="&lt;p&gt;I always made the link to the bug report an answer, but I've also seen people adding that information as comment to the question. We probably should agree on one way to deal with such questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3037" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-05-07T07:52:20.833" LastActivityDate="2012-09-18T19:48:12.303" Title="What to do with questions that describe bugs?" Tags="|discussion|answer-format|" AnswerCount="10" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1318" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1317" CreationDate="2011-05-03T13:33:14.793" Score="29" Body="&lt;p&gt;So far the general method has been to comment on the question informing everyone this is a known bug then close the question as off-topic if you know the bug report that the person is asking about.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This site isn't designed to handle bugs - Launchpad, or the respective software's bug tracker is, and as such and workarounds or patches should end up on the tracker. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We can't answer a question if it's a bug, the built in reporting tools in Ubuntu do a much better job at collecting the information that developers will need to fix a bug and this is a Question and Answer site, not a bug tracker.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="235" LastEditDate="2012-02-01T18:39:54.193" LastActivityDate="2012-02-01T18:39:54.193" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1319" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1320" CreationDate="2011-05-03T22:10:34.243" Score="5" ViewCount="91" Body="&lt;p&gt;I found a &lt;a href=&quot;http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1430303&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;tumbleweed on the Ubuntu forums&lt;/a&gt; that I would like to know the answer to. Can I just copy-and-paste it into Ask Ubuntu and cite the original author with a link back to the forums?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1859" LastActivityDate="2011-05-03T22:33:52.490" Title="Can I re-ask someone else's question from the forums here?" Tags="|discussion|copyright|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1320" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1319" CreationDate="2011-05-03T22:33:52.490" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;The answer appears to be yes!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2011/04/helping-the-experts-get-answers/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2011/04/helping-the-experts-get-answers/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2011-05-03T22:33:52.490" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1321" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-05-04T09:02:14.517" Score="2" ViewCount="61" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you ask how to add a quicklist to a launcher and get it answered (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/39900/how-to-quicklist-for-deadbeef&quot;&gt;Case in question&lt;/a&gt;) and it then gets included into a main topic with several examples of how to add quicklists to a myriad of other launchers (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/35488/list-of-custom-launchers-quicklists-for-unity&quot;&gt;Case in question 2&lt;/a&gt;) would that merit flagging the question? As a dupe or as a 'more complete topic'(?) Even though the question by itself is valid.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2011-06-03T12:30:21.707" Title="Question about flagging topics that are a valid Q but also have a seperate main topic..." Tags="|discussion|duplicates|flagging|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1322" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1317" CreationDate="2011-05-04T09:12:15.363" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;My way would be to put in as much information as I can about the bug with at least 1 link to a bugreport. Then flag it for moderation. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Basically it is how I ended up on askubuntu: I found a solution to a problem and the way the answer was given made me register (concise and to the point with more than enough information I needed to fix it). If it was just a link I would have clicked and never even think twice about the site I ended up on. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/40303/ralink-rt2860-wifi-not-working-under-ubuntu-11-04&quot;&gt;Example&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2011-05-05T11:37:02.430" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1323" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-05-04T11:42:23.943" Score="77" ViewCount="3459" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'd like to gather a list of boilerplate comments (AKA canned responses) for Ask Ubuntu which can be used in combination with the awesome &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackapps.com/questions/2116/pro-forma-comments&quot; title=&quot;Pro-forma comments&quot;&gt;Pro-forma comments&lt;/a&gt; userscript.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Post suggestions too, you are not required to use the script.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please wrap your comments into a code-block for easier copying.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2732" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:46.307" LastActivityDate="2017-08-28T22:42:43.910" Title="What prewritten Pro-forma (aka AutoReviewComments) userscript comments can we use and share?" Tags="|discussion|comments|" AnswerCount="11" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2011-05-04T12:48:29.380" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1324" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1321" CreationDate="2011-05-04T11:42:24.990" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The question is not only valid, it is the source of the quicklist. IMHO, the best option would be for the posts in lists such as the quicklist one to link back to their sources where applicable. They are also good for searches, as the question solving your exact query (in the case of 'deadbeef quicklist') comes before the more generic list in the search result. If you go by the generic list, you have to search in the list as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not to mention that other possible solutions would be left out if the original question was closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13570" LastActivityDate="2011-05-04T11:42:24.990" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1325" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1323" CreationDate="2011-05-04T11:55:08.217" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;There should probably be one about information gathering for various hardware issues including &lt;code&gt;lsusb&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;lspci&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;lshw -c &amp;lt;whatever-we-want-to-know&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; or a combination of the above.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Might be sensible to have a comment for graphics issues, another for network issues, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2011-05-04T11:55:08.217" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2011-05-04T12:48:29.380" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1326" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1321" CreationDate="2011-05-04T12:23:11.450" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;An alternate view of this would be to close the First question as a duplicate, then merge the answer into the quicklist question. Thereby giving the original answerer credit for the work via upvotes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2011-05-04T12:23:11.450" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1327" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1323" CreationDate="2011-05-04T13:09:20.170" Score="58" Body="&lt;h2&gt;New method:&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After you &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackapps.com/questions/2116/pro-forma-comments&quot;&gt;install pro-forma comments&lt;/a&gt;, attempt to comment on a question and press the &quot;auto&quot; button. Down the very bottom of the screen there are a couple of options. You can click &quot;remote&quot; and then paste this in:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://raw.github.com/askubuntu/ProFormaComments/master/comments.jsonp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://raw.github.com/askubuntu/ProFormaComments/master/comments.jsonp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Opera &amp;amp; Chrome users will need to use a mirror (&lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/blog/1482-&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;why?&lt;/a&gt;) &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/5/nathan-osman&quot;&gt;@Nathan Osman&lt;/a&gt; set up (updates hourly) :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://files.quickmediasolutions.com/au/pro-forma/comments.jsonp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://files.quickmediasolutions.com/au/pro-forma/comments.jsonp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, if you're old school, or just don't like the idea of someone controlling what comments you have access to... you can do the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Old method:&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After you install pro-forma-comments you can click &quot;Import&quot; and paste these in to have them handy:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;h3&gt;[Q]Really a bug&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This question should instead be filed as a bug report, and &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1317/what-to-do-with-questions-that-describe-known-bugs/&quot;&gt;as such&lt;/a&gt; is off-topic, thanks! &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/5121/how-do-i-report-a-bug&quot;&gt;Instructions on filing a bug report are here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;h3&gt;[Q]Hardware&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;We need more hardware information to help you, can you look at &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/14008/i-have-a-hardware-detection-problem-what-logs-do-i-need-to-look-into&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; and then edit your question adding the information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;h3&gt;[Q]Duplicate Closure&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This question will probably be closed as a duplicate soon. If those answers don't fully address your question please edit it to include why and &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/6073/44179&quot;&gt;flag this for re-opening&lt;/a&gt;. Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;h3&gt;[Q]Abandonment!&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This question appears to be abandoned and unanswered. If you solved it, please post an answer explaining how it was solved (answering your own questions is not merely permitted, but &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2011/07/its-ok-to-ask-and-answer-your-own-questions/&quot;&gt;encouraged when there is no other answer that does the job&lt;/a&gt;). If the question no longer applies you may voluntarily delete/close it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;h3&gt;[Q]Boot issues&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;It looks like this could be a boot issue, can you &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/90045/how-do-i-investigate-boot-and-partition-issues&quot;&gt;look at this question&lt;/a&gt; to get the information we need and then edit it into your question? Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;h3&gt;[Q]Forums&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Welcome to Ask Ubuntu! Questions like this that are open ended should be posted in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://ubuntuforums.org&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Forums&lt;/a&gt;, please see the [help/on-topic] for what is on-topic here, thanks!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;h3&gt;[Q]Linux Mint &amp;amp; other non-official ubuntu distros&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Most questions about non-official Ubuntu derivatives are classified as &lt;em&gt;off-topic&lt;/em&gt;. This isn't the correct Stack Exchange site to ask questions about non-official Ubuntu distributions (see the [help/on-topic]. However, it would be on-topic at the [unix.se] Stack Exchange.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;h3&gt;[Q]Merge accounts&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Please use the contact us link at the bottom of this page to ask for your unregistered account and your new registered account to be merged. Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;h3&gt;[Q]EOL Release Question&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;New questions about &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases#End_of_Life_.28EOL.29&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;end-of-life&lt;/a&gt; Ubuntu releases are considered off-topic as per the [help/on-topic]. These old releases are unsupported and their use is not recommended. They don't even get updates for newly discovered security vulnerabilities, which makes using them risky. If you install or upgrade to &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases#Stable&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;a supported release&lt;/a&gt; and this question still applies, please flag and/or comment to request it be reopened.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;h3&gt;[Q]More than one question asked&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;It is preferred if you can post separate questions instead of combining your questions into one. That way, it helps the people answering your question and also others hunting for atleast one of your questions. Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;h3&gt;[A]Answers just to say Thanks!&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Please don't add 'thanks' as answers. Invest some time in the site and you will gain sufficient &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges&quot;&gt;privileges&lt;/a&gt; to upvote answers you like, which is the Ask Ubuntu way of saying thank you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;h3&gt;[A]Nothing but a URL (and isn't spam)&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;While this may theoretically answer the question, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/8259&quot;&gt;it would be preferable&lt;/a&gt; to include the essential parts of the answer here, and provide the link for reference.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;h3&gt;[A]Half answer in a comment&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Can you include a answer with instructions on how to do that? &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2281/please-stop-posting-half-answers-and-dumb-advice-as-comments&quot;&gt;Leaving a half-answer as a comment&lt;/a&gt; can often cause more harm than good. Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;h3&gt;[A]Comments as an answer (new users)&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Please don't add comments as answers. Invest some time in the site and you will gain sufficient &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges&quot;&gt;privileges&lt;/a&gt; to upvote answers you like, or to add actual comments when seeking clarification of any issues. If you have a new question please &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/ask&quot;&gt;ask it&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;h3&gt;[A]Comments as an answer (experienced users)&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Please don't add comments as answers. Use actual comments when seeking clarification of any issues.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;h3&gt;[A]OP adding a new question as an answer&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Remember this is a Q&amp;amp;A site - so keep on editing your question with new information - this section is for actual answers. If you have another question, please ask it by clicking the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/ask&quot;&gt;Ask Question&lt;/a&gt; button.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;h3&gt;[A]Answer that is a question&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you have another question, please ask it by clicking the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/ask&quot;&gt;Ask Question&lt;/a&gt; button.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;h3&gt;[Q]OP providing facts in a comment&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The best way to add additional information to your question is by editing it, with the &lt;em&gt;edit&lt;/em&gt; button. It is better visible that way, and comments are mainly for secondary, temporary purposes. Comments are removed under a variety of circumstances. Anything important to your question should be in the question itself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;h3&gt;[A]OP using an answer for further information&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Please use the &lt;em&gt;Post answer&lt;/em&gt; button only for actual answers. You should modify your original question to add additional information&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;h3&gt;OP should accept an answer&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;@[OP]: If [type here] answer was helpful to you, then please consider marking it as the accepted answer so others may more easily find it in the future. This is also a polite way to thank the person answering your question for helping you out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;h3&gt;[A]Duplicate answers.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Please do not post duplicate answers on different questions. It just creates more work for the moderators. If the questions are so similar that the same answer works on each, then the later of the two is likely a duplicate and should be flagged as such.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="5" LastEditDate="2017-08-28T22:42:43.910" LastActivityDate="2017-08-28T22:42:43.910" CommentCount="10" CommunityOwnedDate="2011-05-04T13:09:20.170" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1328" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1329" CreationDate="2011-05-04T15:45:51.397" Score="1" ViewCount="102" Body="&lt;p&gt;It seems I have two accounts. Request, please merge my accounts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would prefer my OpenID account credentials to login. So kindly allow me to keep the latest one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8749" LastEditorUserId="6969" LastEditDate="2011-05-04T16:01:00.297" LastActivityDate="2011-05-04T16:01:00.297" Title="Please merge my two accounts" Tags="|support|status-completed|duplicate-accounts|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1329" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1328" CreationDate="2011-05-04T15:50:17.937" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your accounts have been merged.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2011-05-04T15:50:17.937" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1330" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-05-04T21:21:20.067" Score="1" ViewCount="88" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/678/is-it-appropriate-to-ask-question-and-provide-an-answer-to-topic-which-is-not-men&quot;&gt;Is it appropriate to Ask question and provide an Answer to topic which is not mentioned?&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I just posted a question and a little while after posting I found out the answer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should I leave the question on there, wait the 8 hours to answer it myself (if nobody else has before that)... It took me some googling and searching to figure out, so I'd like to think that a well formulated question and answer still have reason to exist.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or should I delete it? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not really sure what the protocol is here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11481" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.087" LastActivityDate="2011-05-04T21:21:20.067" Title="I figured out the answer to my question, should I remove it or post it." Tags="|discussion|answers|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2011-05-04T22:14:57.810" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1331" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1339" CreationDate="2011-05-05T08:09:49.987" Score="0" ViewCount="76" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am not receiving any notification for the responses to my questions. For some of the questions I had enabled the daily email notification option, but as of now I have not received any.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am yet to locate any other settings which I probably have to &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8749" LastActivityDate="2011-05-06T15:25:36.130" Title="How to enable receiving Email Notification for responses to my questions" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1332" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1338" CreationDate="2011-05-05T18:59:27.307" Score="5" ViewCount="104" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am talking about the add image, url etc. Am I the only one? I have a post that needs an image but I can't :P&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I made a screenshot and it is on my PC but can't use the upload tool. Had to use good old imageshack.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just now formatting tools came back but seconds later they are missing again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://img821.imageshack.us/img821/4286/themeshowicansetananima.png&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastEditorUserId="123" LastEditDate="2011-05-05T21:52:59.293" LastActivityDate="2011-05-29T17:58:08.957" Title="Formatting tools keep disappearing..." Tags="|bug|status-declined|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1336" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1332" CreationDate="2011-05-05T21:50:28.903" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;UPDATE:&lt;/strong&gt; This is only happening on latest Chrome 12 Dev. As of version &lt;strong&gt;12.0.742.30 dev&lt;/strong&gt; it has been solved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7035" LastEditorUserId="7035" LastEditDate="2011-05-07T13:57:05.533" LastActivityDate="2011-05-07T13:57:05.533" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1338" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1332" CreationDate="2011-05-05T21:52:42.960" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;We do not support beta browsers. We only support officially released browsers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Chrome sometimes needs it's cache cleared, go to the wrench menu, then preferences, or just this URL:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;chrome://settings/clearBrowserData&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And clear the content settings:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/eWTyj.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123" LastEditorUserId="235" LastEditDate="2011-05-06T15:17:27.967" LastActivityDate="2011-05-06T15:17:27.967" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1339" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1331" CreationDate="2011-05-06T15:25:36.130" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is available on your user page, click on your name at the top of the page (not on meta but on askubuntu itself, otherwise you'll sub to questions here, which you probably don't want):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/2UEvn.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2011-05-06T15:25:36.130" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1340" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-05-06T17:13:59.210" Score="28" ViewCount="871" Body="&lt;p&gt;According &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/sites?sort=percentanswered&quot;&gt;to this&lt;/a&gt; our answered rate (percentage of questions with an upvoted answer) is now 76%.  We took a big hit with the number of new questions for 12.04/12.10 and the difficulty of being able to scale with so many new questions and users; despite months of cleanup/voting/reviewing effort we're now competing for 4th worst on the SE network. :-/&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I recognize that as sites get larger it goes down, but the recent surge has left us pretty battered and busy (in a good way) -- so perhaps there are some things we can do to improve this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="235" LastEditDate="2013-02-02T20:58:18.247" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="How can we improve the site's answered rate?" Tags="|discussion|answers|unanswered-questions|" AnswerCount="6" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1341" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1340" CreationDate="2011-05-06T17:18:45.130" Score="17" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/ubuntu/queries&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Stack Exchange data dump&lt;/a&gt; is now more up to date and is now being &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/145697/when-will-data-se-get-updated-data&quot;&gt;updated on a weekly basis&lt;/a&gt;! This means that even if you run out of votes you can still leave a comment on the question so that it can show up in a query and get into the review queue:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here are some queries to find questions (feel free to add your own): &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/ubuntu/query/59227/unanswered-questions-that-have-a-zero-score-answer-from-the-questioner&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://data.stackexchange.com/ubuntu/query/59227/unanswered-questions-that-have-a-zero-score-answer-from-the-questioner&lt;/a&gt; (these are easy, just vote!)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/ubuntu/query/82555/possibly-open-bug-reports&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://data.stackexchange.com/ubuntu/query/82555/possibly-open-bug-reports&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/ubuntu/s/1916/kill-all-abandoned-questions&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://data.stackexchange.com/ubuntu/s/1916/kill-all-abandoned-questions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/ubuntu/s/1449/possible-duplicates&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://data.stackexchange.com/ubuntu/s/1449/possible-duplicates&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I am out of votes I'm going to keep adding &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1323/what-prewritten-pro-forma-userscript-comments-can-we-use-and-share&quot;&gt;pro forma&lt;/a&gt; comments on questions that I think should be reviewed so they'll show up in these queries. If we only have a few people doing this we should be able to clean these up considerably by getting them into the review queue!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also there are a ton of &quot;crash&quot;, &quot;bug&quot;, and &quot;freeze&quot; questions that should be on Launchpad, not AU:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=crash+answers%3A0+closed%3Ano&quot;&gt;&quot;crash&quot; in the title&lt;/a&gt; could probably be closed &amp;lt;-- OMG, over 450 results.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=freeze+answers%3A0+closed%3Ano&quot;&gt;&quot;freeze&quot; in the title&lt;/a&gt; could probably be closed. &amp;lt;-- ~325 results.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=bug+answers%3A0+closed%3Ano&quot;&gt;&quot;bug&quot; in the title&lt;/a&gt; probably need a once over. &amp;lt;-- 517 results.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/boot-error&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;boot-error&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;boot-error&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=%5Bboot-failure%5D+closed%3A0&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=%5Bboot-failure%5D+closed%3A0&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most of those are bug reports disguised as questions, there's some serious orange circles  (0 answers) in some of those searches.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2013-04-09T01:10:33.747" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1342" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1340" CreationDate="2011-05-06T17:23:13.940" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;We should have a separate chat room where we can post questions that need to be closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course we'd have to spread the word among the 37 people that can cast close votes so they know where to look for questions that would need to be closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2732" LastActivityDate="2011-05-06T17:23:13.940" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1343" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-05-06T20:33:35.257" Score="6" ViewCount="149" Body="&lt;p&gt;Generally, I don't delete my comments. I've seen several posts on AU where people's comments don't make sense, presumably because previous posters deleted their comments. It's worse when these comments don't reference previous comments (making them seem like wild tangents).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Deleting comments seems to be more prevalent on AU than other Stack Exchange sites, so I'm wondering what is the custom here for deleting comments?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only reason I can think of to delete a comment is if it was no longer true (ex: pointing out flaws in an answer that have been fixed). However, this can be confusing if others in the discussion don't delete their comments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9411" LastActivityDate="2011-05-07T10:44:10.390" Title="Does AskUbuntu encourage deleting old comments?" Tags="|discussion|comments|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1344" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1343" CreationDate="2011-05-06T22:20:35.410" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Anyone can delete their comments, and comments may be removed if flagged. The &quot;why&quot; is mostly a personal matter, although moderators should refrain from removing comments that provide some value to the post they're attached to when at all possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you come across a comment thread that is superfluous, out of date, or broken due to deletions, flag the post they're associated with for moderator attention and request that they be removed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12845" LastActivityDate="2011-05-06T22:20:35.410" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1345" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1346" CreationDate="2011-05-07T06:33:27.373" Score="5" ViewCount="91" Body="&lt;p&gt;The accepted answer to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/22054/how-can-i-suspend-using-a-keyboard-shortcut-without-administrator-privileges&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; stopped working when I upgraded to 11.04. What is the preferred way to ask for updated answer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1859" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2011-05-07T07:37:51.667" Title="How do I re-ask a question for a new release?" Tags="|discussion|asking-questions|answered-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1346" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1345" CreationDate="2011-05-07T07:37:51.667" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Generally speaking, if you know how to do it in the newer version:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;update the accepted answer by adding the new information&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you don't know the answer, there is no harm in asking another question, but:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;at the very least, link the two questions afterwards. Better yet, merge them into one.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Merging should be done by updating the older question, unless you have a very good reason to extend the newer one (i.e. the old one is of very poor quality).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When you're done merging, mark the new question as a duplicate of the old one, after adding the newer version tag to the old question, or flag it for moderator attention. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Right from the start, make sure to state your intentions in an aside or a comment:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This question &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1345/&quot;&gt;has been asked&lt;/a&gt; for version 10.10.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the question is quite prominent, or not that difficult, it will in many cases suffice to just add a comment to the accepted answer, &quot;this doesn't work in Natty, can you update your answer?&quot;, which is what you should always try first.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastActivityDate="2011-05-07T07:37:51.667" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1347" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1343" CreationDate="2011-05-07T10:44:10.390" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;With some questions and answers quite a long list of comments evolve that may have been needed to clarify things. I always try to integrate important conclusions from these comments by editing the question or answer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then most if not all comments may be deleted to reduce clutter. This will make both the question, and the answer better.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3940" LastActivityDate="2011-05-07T10:44:10.390" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1348" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1340" CreationDate="2011-05-07T11:24:10.730" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;With increasing numbers of new users we are also faced with increasing numbers of non-voters and non-acceptors. This can e.g. be seen from only just about 800 users that have cast more than 10 votes. I feel this is a poor rate considering that we are more than 15k users and have asked more than 13k questions by today. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We need an elegant way to encourage new user to vote and to accept without let them feel to be forced to and without leaving the impression that we are greedy for rep. We could think of a prominent message that asks users that haven't done so to vote and to accept answers to their question. We could also explain in this message why this is so important for our site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3940" LastActivityDate="2011-05-07T11:24:10.730" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1349" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1360" CreationDate="2011-05-07T16:04:18.137" Score="6" ViewCount="69" Body="&lt;p&gt;When I enter Ask Ubuntu by &lt;a href=&quot;http://askubuntu.com&quot;&gt;http://askubuntu.com&lt;/a&gt; a &lt;strong&gt;chat-feature module&lt;/strong&gt; displaying a nice  box where I can see who is on chat and where I can enter the room is displayed:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/lZvms.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However when loading &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions&lt;/a&gt; the chat-feature module is no longer present:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Mrkhm.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is still there on &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Was this feature deliberately disabled for good reason?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3940" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2011-05-09T04:49:05.410" Title="What happened to the chat-feature module on the Questions page?" Tags="|feature-request|design|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1350" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1317" CreationDate="2011-05-08T00:29:35.347" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Have another &lt;em&gt;state&lt;/em&gt; for questions: that of &quot;bug-reported&quot;, as a red circle (as opposed to orange - unanswered, grey --answered, and green -- accepted). This would mean that these question would not show up as an unanswered question searchbox, but would still be searchable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If this were linked to the reported bug, then once it is fixed, the answer can be circled green.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5243" LastActivityDate="2011-05-08T00:29:35.347" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1351" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-05-07T03:28:24.470" Score="21" ViewCount="1173" Body="&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://ubuntuforums.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://ubuntuforums.org/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I wonder what the real difference between these two services, made for Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="rjbgbo" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2011-05-09T18:48:58.870" Title="What is the difference between Ubuntuforums and Askubuntu?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1352" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1351" CreationDate="2011-05-07T03:45:34.100" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;Besides all the neat editing and voting features (or maybe because of them) askubuntu.com gets a lot more attention from developers.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And in general, the competitive nature of building points seems to encourage more participation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="731" OwnerDisplayName="Mark Russell" LastActivityDate="2011-05-07T03:45:34.100" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1353" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1351" CreationDate="2011-05-07T03:49:32.570" Score="23" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu (this website) is a member of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;StackExchange network&lt;/a&gt;. Although it has the support of the Ubuntu community, it is not affiliated with Canonical Ltd. This site is designed to make it easy to get answers to specific questions about using Ubuntu. This site was launched in July of 2010.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Ubuntu forums on the other hand are officially run by Canonical Ltd. and have a slightly broader scope than this site. Questions there are structured more around discussion rather than the question / answer format that Ask Ubuntu uses. The Ubuntu forums have been around since 2004.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" OwnerDisplayName="George Edison" LastActivityDate="2011-05-07T03:49:32.570" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1354" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1351" CreationDate="2011-05-07T10:00:57.700" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ubuntu  is a computer operating system based on the Debian Linux distribution and distributed as free and open source software. It is named after the Southern African philosophy of Ubuntu (&quot;humanity towards others&quot;). (&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_%28operating_system%29&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;copied from wikipedia/Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt; 2011-05-09 18:46 UTC)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ubuntu is designed primarily for desktop use, although netbook and server editions exist as well. Web statistics suggest that Ubuntu's share of Linux desktop usage is about 50%, and indicate upward-trending usage as a web server. Ubuntu holds an estimated global usage of more than 12 million users. (&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_%28operating_system%29&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;copied from wikipedia/Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt; 2011-05-09 18:46 UTC)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu is a community driven Question and Answer website for the Ubuntu Linux operating system. It is part of the Stack Exchange Network, running the same software as Stack Overflow. Ask Ubuntu started life as a &quot;Proposed Q&amp;amp;A site for ubuntu users and developers&quot; on Stack Exchange. With other internet users supporting the proposal through &quot;commitment&quot; Stack Exchange chose to launch the site in a beta form. (&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ask_Ubuntu&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;copied from wikipedia/Ask_Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt; 2011-05-09 18:46 UTC)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="nehit" LastEditorUserId="8515" LastEditDate="2011-05-09T18:48:58.870" LastActivityDate="2011-05-09T18:48:58.870" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1355" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1356" CreationDate="2011-05-08T11:37:20.210" Score="1" ViewCount="133" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't like the grey highlightening on askubuntu, it highlights every two questions, and is just very annoying.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How can I disable it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;since I don't really know why it's being highlighted, makes it also much harder to stop.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10698" LastEditorUserId="10698" LastEditDate="2011-05-08T13:21:20.873" LastActivityDate="2011-05-18T17:08:48.800" Title="How can I disable the grey highlightening on askubuntu?" Tags="|support|tags|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1356" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1355" CreationDate="2011-05-08T12:51:50.753" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;One way to do so is to add a tag that you're either interested in, or that gets very little useage (like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/vpcy&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;vpcy&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;vpcy&lt;/a&gt; which has only one question attached to it on the main site). This would be a stop gap until the StackExchange team produces configuration options for default highlighting&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2011-05-08T12:51:50.753" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1357" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1317" CreationDate="2011-05-08T19:06:58.653" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Answer with a link to the bug report, and a short explanation of how you found the bug report (if it was easy to find, teach the asker to fish) or how the bug explains the symptoms in the question (if it was not obvious at the asker's level that that bug would be relevant).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ideally, explain how to work around the bug in the user's specific situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1059" LastActivityDate="2011-05-08T19:06:58.653" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1358" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1359" CreationDate="2011-05-09T02:07:01.377" Score="8" ViewCount="202" Body="&lt;p&gt;I put a bounty on a question of mine and later found a solution to that problem. &#xA;I was given 0 points for the answer (obviously) but i was also not given the bounty points back when i clicked for it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't really care about the points themselves, I just thought it was strange.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(i put the tag of &quot;bug&quot; because it seemed like the less wrong one - it wouldn't let me post without one of &quot;bug feature-request discussion support&quot;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12692" LastEditorUserId="14356" LastEditDate="2012-08-01T12:07:16.627" LastActivityDate="2019-07-24T09:08:17.127" Title="Is a user not allowed to give the bounty to himself?" Tags="|support|status-bydesign|bounty|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1359" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1358" CreationDate="2011-05-09T04:38:40.997" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here's a link to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/16065/how-does-the-bounty-system-work#16067&quot;&gt;the bounty FAQ&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From that page (updated):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Can I award a bounty to my own answer?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No. This used to be possible, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/97802&quot;&gt;but it has been disabled&lt;/a&gt;. The user would not get the reputation back, and the bounty will be displayed as &lt;strong&gt;+0&lt;/strong&gt;, “this answer has been awarded bounty worth 0 reputation”.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2019-07-24T09:08:17.127" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="1360" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1349" CreationDate="2011-05-09T04:49:05.410" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;There was a recent change to the sidebar on individual question pages (as &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.answers.onstartups.com/questions/403/why-is-the-right-column-the-way-it-is&quot;&gt;written up here&lt;/a&gt;) : &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;For questions with …&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;0 answers, we display only related questions&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;1-3 answers, 40% chance of meta house ad, 40% chance of se 2.0 network ad, 20% chance of chat ad.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;4 answers, we display meta + house ad + chat&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Apparently, the &lt;code&gt;/questions&lt;/code&gt; sidebar was changed at the same time to use similar logic—no answers are shown, so no widgets appear in the sidebar. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We're reviewing that choice now to make sure that that was the right decision. Thanks for reporting it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2449" LastActivityDate="2011-05-09T04:49:05.410" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1361" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1358" CreationDate="2011-05-09T06:31:25.823" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;Why would we allow this? Think it through. This means you could start a bounty, enjoy all the privileges of promotion that a bounty confers -- and then answer and accept your own answer to get &quot;refunded&quot; the bounty in full.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, that would make bounties effectively free and risk-free. Which  makes no sense...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123" LastActivityDate="2011-05-09T06:31:25.823" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1364" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1365" CreationDate="2011-05-10T22:22:49.830" Score="4" ViewCount="54" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've seemed to have created two accounts - I dont use &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/16600/user16600&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/users/16600/user16600&lt;/a&gt; but I do use my openID account launchpad.net/~fossfreedom&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please can these be merged - or just delete account &quot;16600&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14356" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2011-05-11T01:44:10.677" Title="Please merge my accounts fossfreedom and user16600" Tags="|support|status-completed|duplicate-accounts|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1365" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1364" CreationDate="2011-05-11T01:43:54.500" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;As there aren't any posts or reputation on &lt;code&gt;user16600&lt;/code&gt;, I went ahead and deleted the account for you. Thanks for letting us know, it always helps to keep the site clean.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastActivityDate="2011-05-11T01:43:54.500" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1366" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1385" CreationDate="2011-05-11T16:42:54.697" Score="7" ViewCount="218" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am looking for a consensus on what to call the Alt+F2 mode.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems that quite a few questions simply refer to it as Alt+F2 which is a bit clunky. Looking around I have also seen the following used:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Dash 'special mode' &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Run Dialog &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Run Application&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As most of the answers I post are tailored to Unity I have been using &lt;strong&gt;Dash Run&lt;/strong&gt; in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/39843/application-indicator-for-shutter/39854#39854&quot;&gt;answers&lt;/a&gt; since it made sense to me at the time of writing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8570" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2011-05-14T13:09:50.283" Title="What to call the Alt+F2 mode in Unity?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1367" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1366" CreationDate="2011-05-11T18:01:25.043" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The inline text says &quot;Run a command&quot; so I myself decided to call it the &quot;Run a command&quot;-dialog. But I do like the &lt;strong&gt;Dash Run&lt;/strong&gt; more than any of the others. So +1 on that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastActivityDate="2011-05-11T18:01:25.043" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1368" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1313" CreationDate="2011-05-12T01:45:28.493" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You might be looking for &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackmobile.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;StackMobile&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastEditorUserId="5" LastEditDate="2012-04-28T02:59:40.807" LastActivityDate="2012-04-28T02:59:40.807" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1369" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-05-12T10:35:56.457" Score="3" ViewCount="73" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'd like to have our LoCo team (Austrian LoCo) fully integrated into Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now the question or idea I had is, what would be the policy on questions written in German and translated into English by our LoCo and possibly other german speaking Ask Ubuntu members (only if they want to help with that)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The idea is to allow people, that don't speak English that well or that don't feel that comfortable to write English, to use Ask Ubuntu as their tech support channel.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An example. Peter has a problem with setting up an account in Gwibber and posts the initial question on German. A member of our LoCo would then post a translated version below. Answers would be provided solely in English.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What do you think about that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2732" LastActivityDate="2011-05-14T08:26:49.687" Title="Austrian LoCo team Ask Ubuntu integration idea" Tags="|discussion|loco|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1370" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1383" CreationDate="2011-05-12T11:32:35.120" Score="15" ViewCount="324" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here at UDS a lot of people of course wear Ubuntu T-Shirts, for very obvious reasons. Wouldn't it be awesome if we could have some nice Ask Ubuntu T-Shirts to give away as there are a large number of Ubuntu experts here (~600 attendees)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's what the UDS one looks like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/NGskX.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And we could just pile on to the existing tshirt system:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/CzYJD.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;T-Shirts, stickers and pens would be great to have, I'd definitely buy them and I'm sure more of our community would too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What do you think about it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;02-07-12: There is nothing in the Stack Exchange shop yet. Is it still planned?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2732" LastEditorUserId="2732" LastEditDate="2012-02-07T22:31:32.607" LastActivityDate="2012-02-07T22:31:32.607" Title="Ask Ubuntu goodies anyone?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1371" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-05-12T13:20:03.413" Score="0" ViewCount="35" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1479/question-column-too-narrow-in-firefox&quot;&gt;Question column too narrow in Firefox&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &quot;Top Questions&quot; list contained in &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;div id=&quot;question-mini-list&quot;&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; has setting overflow to auto. With my Firefox set to have minimum font size to 16 (&lt;em&gt;Options &gt; Content &gt; Fonts &amp;amp; Colors &gt; Advanced &gt; Minimum font size&lt;/em&gt;), it makes this list clipped, so almost unreadable. A scroll-bar is added at the bottom of the page, but it's really not convenient. Here's a screen-shot to illustrate the bug:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/D87nn.png&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This bug occurs with any tab of the &quot;Top Questions&quot; list (active, featured, hot, week, month).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More information: if I comment the following CSS property:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;#question-mini-list {overflow: auto;}&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't have the bug.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16150" LastEditorUserId="5" LastEditDate="2011-05-12T16:36:23.317" LastActivityDate="2011-05-12T16:36:23.317" Title="Bug with &quot;Top Questions&quot; overflow" Tags="|bug|design|css|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2012-02-03T03:58:26.667" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1372" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-05-12T13:46:49.520" Score="0" ViewCount="26" Body="&lt;p&gt;On &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tags&quot;&gt;&quot;Tags&quot; page&lt;/a&gt;, longer descriptions are clipped and the text that exceeds is invisible, so it can't be accessed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It often occurs with my Firefox minimum font size to 16 (Options &gt; Content &gt; Fonts &amp;amp; Colors &gt; Advanced &gt; Minimum font size).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's a screen-shot of the bug:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/NzAmR.png&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16150" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2011-05-13T03:00:05.767" Title="Part of description on &quot;Tags&quot; page is invisible" Tags="|support|design|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1373" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1374" CreationDate="2011-05-12T20:32:20.030" Score="14" ViewCount="243" Body="&lt;p&gt;For underdeveloped troubleshooting questions like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/42336/my-computer-has-begun-to-restart-after-i-updated-to-ubuntu-11-04&quot;&gt;this one&lt;/a&gt; I want to look at whole log files such as &lt;code&gt;/var/log/syslog.1&lt;/code&gt; or &lt;code&gt;/var/log/kern.log.1&lt;/code&gt;, which can be several thousands of lines long.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How should users share this kind of information on Ask Ubuntu?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1859" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2011-05-16T18:11:13.947" Title="How should users share long log files?" Tags="|discussion|best-practice|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1374" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1373" CreationDate="2011-05-12T20:38:14.193" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;I suggest using &lt;a href=&quot;http://paste.ubuntu.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://paste.ubuntu.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3037" LastActivityDate="2011-05-12T20:38:14.193" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1375" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1372" CreationDate="2011-05-13T02:59:51.087" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;We don't support arbitrary font size adjustment in this manner.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We support +1 and -1 font size only, and of course infinite browser zoom.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2009/01/the-two-types-of-browser-zoom.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2009/01/the-two-types-of-browser-zoom.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123" LastActivityDate="2011-05-13T02:59:51.087" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1376" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1370" CreationDate="2011-05-13T05:38:17.753" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Stack Exchange do &lt;a href=&quot;http://shop.stackexchange.com/collections/all&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;have a (beta) shop&lt;/a&gt;. At the moment however, there are no Ask Ubuntu specific items. Good idea though...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="866" LastActivityDate="2011-05-13T05:38:17.753" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1377" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1379" CreationDate="2011-05-13T11:45:58.457" Score="3" ViewCount="94" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since Ask Ubuntu has a dedicated domain name, shouldn't the &quot;Stack Exchange&quot; part be removed from the title? Other SE sites with a dedicated domain already do this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Titles of other SE websites with a dedicated domain:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://superuser.com&quot;&gt;Super User&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://stackoverflow.com&quot;&gt;Stack Overflow&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://serverfault.com&quot;&gt;Server Fault&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Titles of SE websites on the stackexchange.com domain:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://webmasters.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;Pro Webmasters - Stack Exchange&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://programmers.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;Programmers - Stack Exchange&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This question is related to &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/591/6969&quot;&gt;Site &amp;lt;title&amp;gt; name&lt;/a&gt;, but this question specifically targets the &lt;code&gt;Stack Exchange&lt;/code&gt; part of the title.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6969" LastActivityDate="2011-05-13T13:05:13.160" Title="Remove Stack Exchange from title" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1378" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-05-13T12:01:12.857" Score="2" ViewCount="52" Body="&lt;p&gt;As someone who has just made the mistake of clicking the unsubscribe link in an email can we please have an &quot;Oops! I didn't mean it.&quot; button on the unsubscribe page - Thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2358" LastActivityDate="2011-05-13T12:01:12.857" Title="Oops! Button on StackExchage Unsubscribe page" Tags="|feature-request|stackexchange|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1379" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1377" CreationDate="2011-05-13T13:05:13.160" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't think this will happen anytime soon. We're still a child of the Area51 StackExchange service. As such our branding would likely remain the same.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This site started as a community effort on &lt;a href=&quot;http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/7716/ubuntu&quot;&gt;Area51&lt;/a&gt; The Trilogy sites were launched prior to the existence of Stack Exchange. Just because we have a full name does not change our lineage. We're no more different than Programmers, Pro Webmasters, Gaming, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2011-05-13T13:05:13.160" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1380" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1366" CreationDate="2011-05-14T06:57:17.270" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Personally I think calling it anything is just unnecessary and if anything would cause confusion. Because we need to mention that you press Alt+F2 to get there - no need to add a name for it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/39843/application-indicator-for-shutter/39854#39854&quot;&gt;In this answer&lt;/a&gt; I think the added 'Dash Run' text is confusing (it is to me at least).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Seeing as we don't have an official name for this, I think it would be better not to call it anything.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="866" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2011-05-14T06:57:17.270" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1381" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1366" CreationDate="2011-05-14T06:58:25.397" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;If we were going to settle on a name, then seeing as we have the &quot;Applications Lens&quot; and &quot;Files &amp;amp; Folders Lens&quot; then I would suggest &lt;em&gt;Command Lens&lt;/em&gt; or &lt;em&gt;Run Lens&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="866" LastActivityDate="2011-05-14T06:58:25.397" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1382" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1369" CreationDate="2011-05-14T08:26:49.687" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would be very careful with this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Perhaps try it once or twice as a test, to see how it works, and to see what the community thinks of it, before moving forward?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123" LastActivityDate="2011-05-14T08:26:49.687" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1383" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1370" CreationDate="2011-05-14T08:27:51.400" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;We do have plans to print site-specific shirts and stickers in the works! Stay tuned to the Stack Exchange Blog for news on that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123" LastActivityDate="2011-05-14T08:27:51.400" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1384" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1373" CreationDate="2011-05-14T09:03:11.373" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is generally a bad idea to post enormous log files. Who is going to read an enormous wall of text? It's a disincentive to answering.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Generally, try to post &lt;em&gt;the most relevant section&lt;/em&gt; of the log file, then link to the full file elsewhere.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Give it a shot, at least.. since the full file is linked, it's the best of both worlds.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123" LastActivityDate="2011-05-14T09:03:11.373" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1385" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1366" CreationDate="2011-05-14T13:09:50.283" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I always used &quot;Run Command&quot; to refer to this, since that's what it does and referred to by the &lt;code&gt;gnome-panel&lt;/code&gt; version.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="814" LastActivityDate="2011-05-14T13:09:50.283" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1386" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1373" CreationDate="2011-05-15T00:47:25.800" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;In addition to htorque's suggestion of &lt;a href=&quot;http://paste.ubuntu.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;paste.ubuntu.com&lt;/a&gt;, I found there is a command line app that can be used to make it easier:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Pastebinit&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;pastebinit&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/pastebinit&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://bit.ly/software-small&quot; alt=&quot;Install pastebinit&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's quite relevant considering &lt;em&gt;ændrük's&lt;/em&gt; comment about problems pasting very large log into the browser. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;df -h | pastebinit -b &lt;a href=&quot;http://paste.ubuntu.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://paste.ubuntu.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only question I have about &lt;em&gt;paste.ubuntu.com&lt;/em&gt; is that there is no information about the expiry of the url and no explicit option to make it longer, such as &lt;a href=&quot;http://dpaste.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;dpaste&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8570" LastActivityDate="2011-05-15T00:47:25.800" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1387" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1534" CreationDate="2011-05-15T07:44:21.630" Score="3" ViewCount="115" Body="&lt;p&gt;When I ask a question I do get a list of related questions that helps a lot to find out if my question has been asked before.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However I sometimes find an additional question that covers exactly the same topic in the list of related questions that only appears on the right after having posted the question. To avoid dupes I then need to delete my question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It would be a nice feature to see this list at a time point before posting a question. This could also help new users to avoid posting dupes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3940" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="How can I find out if my question has been asked before?" Tags="|feature-request|duplicates|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1388" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1373" CreationDate="2011-05-16T11:27:08.960" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Jeff's point is valid when you know what is the relevant part of the log - but when you don't, it's best to resort to Ubuntu Pastebin to &quot;paste up the whole shebang&quot; as boehj puts it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="814" LastEditorUserId="814" LastEditDate="2011-05-16T18:11:13.947" LastActivityDate="2011-05-16T18:11:13.947" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1389" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1391" CreationDate="2011-05-17T16:45:21.213" Score="8" ViewCount="958" Body="&lt;p&gt;I like many things about the stack-exchange websites. Especially the editor I'm writing this post in and the tagging system. Is the software by any change available under an open license? I'd use it on personal sites, if it was allowed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Partly I can answer my own question:&#xA;At least the &lt;a href=&quot;http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;markdown editor&lt;/a&gt; is available.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17789" LastEditorUserId="17789" LastEditDate="2011-05-17T17:13:54.573" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="StackExchange software open source?" Tags="|discussion|design|stackexchange|legal|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1390" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1389" CreationDate="2011-05-17T16:54:13.643" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;No it isn't.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/302/why-should-i-use-this-site-instead-of-ubuntu-ask-shapado&quot;&gt;Why should I use this site instead of Ubuntu Ask/Shapado?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/489/how-would-1-bug-would-be-fixed-if-askubuntu-uses-a-windows-platform&quot;&gt;How would #1 Bug would be fixed if AskUbuntu uses a Windows Platform?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.227" LastActivityDate="2011-05-17T16:54:13.643" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1391" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1389" CreationDate="2011-05-17T19:04:45.033" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;See also:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/2267/stack-overflow-clones/37953#37953&quot;&gt;Stack Exchange clones&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2011-05-17T19:04:45.033" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1392" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1355" CreationDate="2011-05-18T17:08:48.800" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Override the style sheet (a good browser should let you add site specific user style sheets):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;.tagged-interesting {&#xA;    background-color: #f7f7f7 !important;&#xA;}&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3037" LastActivityDate="2011-05-18T17:08:48.800" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1393" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1135" CreationDate="2011-05-18T20:39:16.463" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;We are now set up to support Stack Exchange Community Blogs.  Please see the following for details and guidelines in getting a blog for your community set up:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://blogoverflow.com/2011/05/18/blogoverflow-com-the-stack-exchange-community-blogging-site/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://blogoverflow.com/2011/05/18/blogoverflow-com-the-stack-exchange-community-blogging-site/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2686" LastActivityDate="2011-05-18T20:39:16.463" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1394" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1395" CreationDate="2011-05-18T21:33:30.373" Score="7" ViewCount="293" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is a silver badge &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/badges/30/beta&quot;&gt;Beta&lt;/a&gt;, it says Actively participated in the private beta.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the private beta?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4937" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2011-05-18T21:42:12.647" Title="What is the private beta ?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1395" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1394" CreationDate="2011-05-18T21:42:12.647" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu once started off as a simple proposal on &lt;a href=&quot;http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/7716&quot;&gt;Area 51&lt;/a&gt;. During which people helped to shape and define the parameters which the site would operate under. Once this was defined the proposal went through a commitment phase to see how much traction it would gain and test how many people were interested in this idea. After that &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/sites&quot;&gt;Stack Exchange&lt;/a&gt; launched &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/&lt;/a&gt; - a private beta to see if the site could survive a public beta launch. As you can imagine it then launched into public beta where anyone could join and shortly after public beta became the site you see today; full launched as Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can check out each part of the phase, from definition to launch on the Area 51 profile.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-12T07:23:18.803" LastActivityDate="2011-05-18T21:42:12.647" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1396" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1398" CreationDate="2011-05-19T22:41:06.553" Score="6" ViewCount="643" Body="&lt;p&gt;How do I add images to a question, answer or comment. When I press Images on the top panel it says something like &quot;Images are exactly like links...&quot; and suggests adding the link to the image. But what if I just have a file with the image on my computer or even have it in the clipboard?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16177" LastEditorUserId="235" LastEditDate="2011-05-20T14:25:45.213" LastActivityDate="2019-10-24T19:50:52.660" Title="How do I add images to posts?" Tags="|support|formatting|" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1397" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1387" CreationDate="2011-05-20T00:53:59.477" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;A search in the search bar, and examining posts with tags through the tags section related to your question should be a good way to check for duplicates. Also google searches should turn up results from AskUbuntu. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13498" LastActivityDate="2011-05-20T00:53:59.477" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1398" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1396" CreationDate="2011-05-20T00:57:48.630" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;When submitting a post, click on the &quot;img&quot; directly above the input box. This will bring up a dialogue box which will allow you to select an image from a URL or local drive when posting a question or answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strike&gt;To the extent of my knowledge I do not believe you can post an image in a comment. So only Questions and Answers will support this.&lt;/strike&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Comments can also contain images. See comment below by Oli for explanation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/08/new-image-upload-support/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Blog post&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13498" LastEditorUserId="13498" LastEditDate="2011-05-20T12:18:23.980" LastActivityDate="2011-05-20T12:18:23.980" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1399" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1400" CreationDate="2011-05-20T09:11:05.817" Score="8" ViewCount="617" Body="&lt;p&gt;Some posts are closed whereas some posts are locked , there must be some difference between them otherwise they would be the same.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;what is the difference between closing and locking a post ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5149" LastEditorUserId="5149" LastEditDate="2011-05-20T14:47:00.710" LastActivityDate="2011-05-23T05:01:38.720" Title="what is the difference between closing and locking a post ?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1400" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1399" CreationDate="2011-05-20T09:37:22.993" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Locking is stops any further interaction. A locked post can't receive votes or comments. A closed post can. Only moderators can lock or unlock a post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Things usually only get locked if we've closed them and they continue to attract bad comments or votes. It's just a good way of keeping things clean. It's one step short of deleting the question entirely, which we try to avoid so the poster has some reference to see why something was closed and know what to do next in the case of a duplicate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="12845" LastEditDate="2011-05-23T05:01:38.720" LastActivityDate="2011-05-23T05:01:38.720" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1402" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1389" CreationDate="2011-05-21T09:43:10.863" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;As other post have mentioned it is not open-source so you would need to look at the alternatives, such as &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.osqa.net/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;OSQA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8570" LastActivityDate="2011-05-21T09:43:10.863" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1403" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1404" CreationDate="2011-05-21T14:58:00.100" Score="9" ViewCount="149" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been floating around on Meta occasionally, but most of the time is spent on Ask Ubuntu. When I receive upvotes or accepts on Meta, it says that I gain reputation, but it does not seem to affect my overall reputation score. Is there a specific way in which rep is shared between the two sites? Or is reputation simply not gain from Meta? Or is there two different scores, and whichever one is highest is displayed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks in advance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13498" LastActivityDate="2011-05-22T15:55:26.997" Title="How is reputation shared between Meta and Ask Ubuntu?" Tags="|support|reputation|meta|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1404" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1403" CreationDate="2011-05-21T15:32:42.553" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Answered my own question when I was browsing around Meta. According to &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/305/am-i-allowed-to-ask-for-a-rep-boost&quot;&gt;Torbengb's comment here&lt;/a&gt; upvotes on Meta do not count towards your reputation score. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The link in the comment below by fluteflute has a much more detailed explanation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13498" LastEditorUserId="13498" LastEditDate="2011-05-22T15:55:26.997" LastActivityDate="2011-05-22T15:55:26.997" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1405" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="548" CreationDate="2011-05-21T17:26:07.593" Score="9" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Note:&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This tool has been superseeded by &lt;a href=&quot;http://files.quickmediasolutions.com/userscripts/au_toolbar.user.js&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this UserScript&lt;/a&gt; which offers the same functionality but adds some additional features and integrates better with the editing toolbar.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Insert Apt Link&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This small UserScript adds a button to the editing toolbar that makes it easy to insert a link to an APT package. Simply click on the button and type the name of the package.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/mOB8u.png&quot; alt=&quot;Screenshot&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;License&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;MIT License&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Download&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://files.quickmediasolutions.com/userscripts/apt.user.js&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://files.quickmediasolutions.com/userscripts/apt.user.js&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Platform&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Tested on Chrome 11 - should work on Firefox and Opera as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Contact&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can be reached at &lt;code&gt;admin@quickmediasolutions.com&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Code&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Written in JavaScript using jQuery.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-08-08T05:31:06.277" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1406" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-05-21T23:06:02.373" Score="5" ViewCount="110" Body="&lt;p&gt;What should we do when a question would make a perfect wiki, but the author has a criteria too strict for one? Please forgive me if this question sounds stupid, I'm not quite sure how the community wiki thing works.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14615" LastActivityDate="2011-05-24T21:30:23.177" Title="What should we do when a question would make a perfect wiki, but..." Tags="|discussion|support|community-wiki|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1407" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1298" CreationDate="2011-05-22T00:58:55.310" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;From &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/7046/152101&quot;&gt;a question on Meta StackOverflow&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You can &quot;bump&quot; your thread by&#xA;  providing status and progress updates&#xA;  resulting from your own continued&#xA;  efforts to answer the question&#xA;  yourself. I usually do that unless I&#xA;  really hit a dead end with no further&#xA;  clues to follow. Some times I&#xA;  eventually bring about enough&#xA;  understanding to realise the answer,&#xA;  and thus post a resolution to my own&#xA;  problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you have at least 75 rep points,&#xA;  you can offer a bounty, promising to&#xA;  give some of your points to the person&#xA;  who correctly answers your question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5179" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2011-05-22T00:58:55.310" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1409" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-05-22T09:56:02.613" Score="6" ViewCount="509" Body="&lt;p&gt;From &lt;a href=&quot;http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=716201&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=716201&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Policy&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Tutorials explaining how to enable the root account for a graphical login or autologin will not be supported on the forums and will be moved to the Jail. Although we believe people should have the freedom to run their computers however they want, we also believe in supporting Ubuntu's security model. You can find or post information elsewhere on the internet regarding graphical Ubuntu root logins; such tutorials do not have to be hosted on the Ubuntu Forums.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Users posting such tutorials after this announcement will be given a warning or infraction at the discretion of the staff.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should we adopt that and close questions like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/44418/how-to-make-a-root-account-on-ubuntu&quot;&gt;How to enable root login?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3037" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2011-05-22T16:31:53.270" Title="AU policy on questions about root login?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1410" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1409" CreationDate="2011-05-22T11:02:52.500" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't like to rule technical things off-limits but I can't help agreeing with the sentiment. There certainly only ever needs to be one question about this but that question currently has the line:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;i realise the security implications of this .&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While this might be suitable protection for Alaukik, anybody else that reads the question isn't getting a suitable warning. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As with anything dangerous, there should be something big and bold added to the end of the question explaining why this is a bad idea for most people.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit: In this case I've appended the following onto the message, linking to existing questions that already:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;#Warning: [Running as root is a bad idea](http://askubuntu.com/questions/16178/why-is-it-bad-to-run-as-root) - You never need to do it but if you do you can very easily and irreparably destroy your system and your data.&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's pretty bold but I don't think you can be too bold when it comes to these things. If you see something similar, I'd encourage and sanction a similar edit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And I know the issue hasn't arisen yet but if somebody removes the warning, flag it up. Users' security should come before the presentation of somebody's post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2011-05-22T11:34:38.317" LastActivityDate="2011-05-22T11:34:38.317" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1411" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1409" CreationDate="2011-05-22T14:11:13.393" Score="17" Body="&lt;h1&gt;I disagree.&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the stance that if people want to &lt;em&gt;know&lt;/em&gt; how to do this then it's better getting the whole answer from an authoritative source like Ask Ubuntu rather than some back-ally forum or blog.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Knowledge is power&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To be honest, activating the &lt;code&gt;root&lt;/code&gt; account - typically via password change - isn't any more dangerous then a flimsy password for a user in the &lt;code&gt;admin&lt;/code&gt; wheel group. What can be done by &lt;code&gt;root&lt;/code&gt; that can't be done already via &lt;code&gt;sudo&lt;/code&gt;/&lt;code&gt;gksudo&lt;/code&gt; with this - mind you default - level of access?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;%admin ALL=(ALL) ALL&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the note that it's easy for a user to forget they're in &lt;code&gt;root&lt;/code&gt; and run a command that breaks something. It's just as equally easy for a user to run a command via &lt;code&gt;sudo&lt;/code&gt; and mess something up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/43621/what-if-i-accidently-run-command-chmod&quot;&gt;What if I accidently run command chmod&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/21188/how-to-repair-restore-after-sudo-chmod-777&quot;&gt;How to repair/restore after 'sudo chmod / 777'?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/23512/sudo-setuid-must-be-root&quot;&gt;sudo: setuid must be root&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/21931/error-after-sudo-ing-sudo-must-be-setuid-root&quot;&gt;Error after sudo-ing “sudo: must be setuid root”&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunate as it may be, mistakes happen every day &lt;em&gt;without&lt;/em&gt; root 'activated' - As long as cautions are thrown into the answers like Ads were on Geocities (Like we currently do on activities that are potentially harmful) there shouldn't be anything wrong with accepting questions pertaining to &lt;code&gt;root&lt;/code&gt;, how to activate &lt;code&gt;root&lt;/code&gt;, and how to use a graphical &lt;code&gt;root&lt;/code&gt; should be allowed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2011-05-22T16:31:53.270" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1412" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-05-22T01:29:06.467" Score="2" ViewCount="208" Body="&lt;p&gt;If this site is supposed to be a question/answer forum let me forward this one. Tumbleweed badge awarded to me for a question that I posted and everybody else has ignored? What does that mean? Was my question asked wrong? Was it not significant enough for all of you guru's out there? Previously I asked another question on this site which earned me another badge, &quot;Student&quot;, whatever that means. But that old profile of mine is not accessible by me already, so I had to create another profile (this one). People, humans, I am confused, my brothers and sisters. What's the point of this game, dear ones?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17665" OwnerDisplayName="Avetik Topchyan" LastEditorUserId="17665" LastActivityDate="2013-03-08T22:17:12.893" Title="What kind of role do the badges play on AskUbuntu?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1414" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1412" CreationDate="2011-05-22T03:32:49.633" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is nothing wrong in being awarded a Tumbleweed. I have one too. You shouldnt take it seriously. We here have lot of fun answering serious questions. Badges are awarded depending on how serious your answers are. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are also a few, that are just plain funny.  I always find a new one and sometimes it makes me smile, and sometimes it makes me wanna do something, to earn that badge. Coming back to your tumbleweed question, it is possible that no one has done what you are asking for. It might be possible, but people dont want to find an answer for it, because it is too simple to waste their time on, or too complicated to give an outright answer. You should just keep an open mind. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All the guys here are dedicated people, who make an effort to answer all the questions posted here. But you should remember, that they have a life beyond the forums, and AU might not always be a priority for some of them. So, just relax, come join the forum, and contribute to humanity, ie Ubuntu!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3778" OwnerDisplayName="Kaustubh P" LastEditorUserId="235" LastEditDate="2011-05-23T13:32:21.147" LastActivityDate="2011-05-23T13:32:21.147" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1415" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1412" CreationDate="2011-05-22T14:41:23.050" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Badges are designed as few 'gaming' devices on the site. The first that comes to mind is flair!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They show the community and other users accomplishments you've made in the community. While some badges are easier to get than others none are really trivial - It's not easy to ask a question that gets 'untouched' for a tumbleweed period of time, on the same note necromancer is to highlight those users taking care of tumbleweeds.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/hCIfh.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Office Space photo&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Brian has 37 pieces of flair.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Second, it's a gaming device. StackExchange is constantly improving the network and will occasionally add badges to help keep things interesting. Ideally there here to help users have objectives other than just answer questions for what basically amounts to no compensation (Outside of reputation and unicorn bucks)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/NLXaB.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So you can view each badge, what it means, and who has gotten it on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/badges&quot;&gt;Badges page&lt;/a&gt; each has it's own meaning and level of difficulty to achieve (Bronze is 'easiest', Silver is 'relatively hard', and Gold is 'got to really try hard to get this').&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2011-05-22T14:41:23.050" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1416" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1417" CreationDate="2011-05-22T16:35:01.910" Score="3" ViewCount="107" Body="&lt;p&gt;I noticed there is a tag called &lt;em&gt;deivatives&lt;/em&gt; which should really be &lt;em&gt;derivatives&lt;/em&gt;. Could a moderator please fix this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user7182" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2011-12-19T06:27:54.200" LastActivityDate="2011-12-19T06:27:54.200" Title="Fix the &quot;deivatives&quot; tag" Tags="|bug|status-completed|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1417" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1416" CreationDate="2011-05-22T16:52:26.880" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Thanks for noticing and bringing it to our attention. I've merged the old tag into the new one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2011-05-22T16:52:26.880" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1419" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1420" CreationDate="2011-05-22T23:29:13.883" Score="3" ViewCount="47" Body="&lt;p&gt;I asked &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/42321/when-i-kill-xserver-it-causes-a-random-process-usually-compiz-to-use-100-of-a&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; some time ago . After today's reinstallation of ubuntu I no longer face this problem. What am i supposed to do with the question now?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12692" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2011-05-23T01:59:13.767" Title="What am i supposed to do with a question of mine if it's no longer valid?" Tags="|support|unanswered-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1420" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1419" CreationDate="2011-05-23T01:59:13.767" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would recommend that you flag it for closure as &quot;Too Localized&quot; since you can no longer reproduce the error (yay!) That way others who have the problem won't be waiting on a stale question and can start a new thread.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2011-05-23T01:59:13.767" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1422" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-05-23T15:13:12.970" Score="7" ViewCount="104" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/806/the-future-of-the-applications-tags&quot;&gt;The future of the applications tag(s)&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I ran into &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/software&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;software&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;software&lt;/a&gt; today and it's pretty meta/worthless. I've gone through and retagged the ones that should be software recommendations in the past, but I checked up on it today and it's kind of a mess.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Somehow the description is now:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Questions related to software, including Linux alternatives to Windows programs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which conflicts with what software-recommendations is supposed to be. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.087" LastActivityDate="2011-10-08T14:08:03.217" Title="Software tag too meta, delete?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2012-04-12T11:37:55.967" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1423" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1425" CreationDate="2011-05-23T15:30:22.923" Score="3" ViewCount="61" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sometimes I want to refer readers to a specific revision of a question. Can I accomplish this with a single link?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1859" LastEditorUserId="12845" LastEditDate="2011-05-23T17:35:58.090" LastActivityDate="2011-05-26T14:48:30.850" Title="How can I link to a specific revision?" Tags="|support|editing|hyperlinks|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1424" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1426" CreationDate="2011-05-23T15:34:01.733" Score="0" ViewCount="45" Body="&lt;p&gt;After editing a question's tags, its &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/44726/revisions&quot;&gt;revisions page&lt;/a&gt; indicates that the &lt;em&gt;r&lt;/em&gt; tag was both removed and added by me. Why wasn't it just left untouched?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1859" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2011-05-23T17:43:20.537" Title="Why was this tag deleted and added in the same revision?" Tags="|support|tags|editing|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1425" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1423" CreationDate="2011-05-23T17:35:01.953" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/revisions/1423/1&quot;&gt;Sure!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can get a link to &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/posts/1423/revisions&quot;&gt;the revision list&lt;/a&gt; for a post that's been edited simply by clicking the &quot;edited [time]...&quot; link underneath it, and from there simply click or copy the link labeled &quot;link&quot; at the top of each revision in the list. This will produce a complete rendered copy of that revision.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12845" LastEditorUserId="12845" LastEditDate="2011-05-26T14:48:30.850" LastActivityDate="2011-05-26T14:48:30.850" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1426" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1424" CreationDate="2011-05-23T17:43:20.537" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;This seems to be a side-effect of how the revision list calculates changes to tags, combined with how tags are sorted...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First the easy one: the tag list is compared &lt;em&gt;in-place&lt;/em&gt; - so if a tag is moved from position #1 to position #4, it'll show up in the diff as being removed and then added.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now comes the twist: tags are automatically ordered by frequency of use, but this is done only when a new revision is saved. So when your first revision was created on Stack Overflow, where &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/r&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;r&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;r&lt;/a&gt; outranks &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/latex&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;latex&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;latex&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;code&gt;r&lt;/code&gt; came first. When the tags were edited again after the migration, they were re-ordered to reflect their frequency here on AskUbuntu - where &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/r&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;r&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;r&lt;/a&gt; is much, &lt;em&gt;much&lt;/em&gt; less common. So it &quot;moved&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12845" LastActivityDate="2011-05-23T17:43:20.537" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1427" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-05-24T11:43:07.010" Score="2" ViewCount="77" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't know if y'all can see the deleted item:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/44698/keyboard-command-to-make-window-smaller&quot;&gt;Keyboard command/shortcut to resize window&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I can.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No comment left to indicate why.  So I'm wondering what line I crossed...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7488" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2011-05-24T11:53:50.553" Title="Why was my answer deleted" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1428" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1427" CreationDate="2011-05-24T11:53:50.553" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;It was flagged as not being an answer, and it appeared you were simply placing a comment saying &quot;Thanks I see what to do now&quot; in the Answer box. Re-reading it several times now and I'm still confused with the content of the answer itself, though it's now undeleted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2011-05-24T11:53:50.553" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1429" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-05-24T14:11:32.847" Score="3" ViewCount="85" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am new to Ask Ubuntu. I asked a question and got a prompt and useful answer. I wanted to thank the responder and click his up arrow, but discovered I had to be registered to do it, and that it required me to have an OpenID.&#xA;I got an OpenID through my Yahoo account; Yahoo said just type in yahoo.com when a site asked for my OpenID. I clicked the Ask Ubuntu register button, put in yahoo.com, went to yahoo and signed in, and it then sent me back to Ask Ubuntu. I thought I was all set, but I am still unable to make any comments, or change the arrows and check mark.&#xA;Can someone tell me what I am doing wrong?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17210" LastEditorUserId="17210" LastEditDate="2011-05-24T15:26:03.707" LastActivityDate="2011-07-04T18:55:54.327" Title="Why can't I change check marks and up/down arrows?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1430" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1406" CreationDate="2011-05-24T21:30:23.177" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think it's OK to edit the question to make it more general so long as it's within the (reasonable) spirit of the question. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2011/01/the-wikipedia-of-long-tail-programming-questions/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2011/01/the-wikipedia-of-long-tail-programming-questions/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;It is OK to edit a question to make it more general.&lt;/strong&gt; With the power of editing comes the power to take someone’s selfish, very specific question, and edit it a little bit until they’re asking the more general question that hundreds of people encounter. For example, if someone asks, “I set up a web server at home but I can’t access it from work,” it’s OK to rewrite the question as, “What things should I check when a web server running at home is not visible on the Internet?” In fact, sometimes selfish, stupid questions of the “do my homework” variety can be easily edited into a form where the answer will provide an extremely valuable resource for the internet at large.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123" LastActivityDate="2011-05-24T21:30:23.177" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1431" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1317" CreationDate="2011-05-26T10:07:04.463" Score="33" Body="&lt;p&gt;I know the answer has already been decided, but I would like to elaborate my comment, on Marco's answer, and explain it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Instead of coldly dismissing questions related to bug reports, I want to suggest that instead of [closed] appearing on the question, it should be [bug] with relevant link to the bug report.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It will also be more informative to users with the same or similar issues.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="814" LastActivityDate="2011-05-26T10:07:04.463" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1432" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-05-28T16:51:25.713" Score="3" ViewCount="71" Body="&lt;p&gt;Hi. Recently a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/45628/what-gwibber-alternatives-are-there/45648#45648&quot;&gt;question&lt;/a&gt; of mine was closed due to being an exact duplicate of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/4922/what-microblogging-clients-are-available&quot;&gt;this one&lt;/a&gt;. While I always skim-through the questions with similar titles, I hadn't thought to search under &quot;microblogging&quot; too. After looking through that community wiki for an application similar to what my criteria for the question was, I found that not a single one of the applications listed were quite what I had asked about originally.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I edit the question to achieve a more narrow criteria? I'm not sure of what I should do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14615" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2011-05-28T19:33:27.167" Title="Reopening of a closed question?" Tags="|support|closed-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1433" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1432" CreationDate="2011-05-28T19:33:27.167" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you narrow or change the scope of your question simply flag it for moderator attention (once edited) requesting it be reopened.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2011-05-28T19:33:27.167" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1436" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1332" CreationDate="2011-05-29T17:58:08.957" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just for the record: I did have the &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1434/why-did-the-dhtml-content-on-stackexchange-cease-to-work-all-of-a-sudden/1435#1435&quot;&gt;same problem in firefox&lt;/a&gt;. As well the solution was clearing my browser cache (including cookies).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17789" LastActivityDate="2011-05-29T17:58:08.957" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1441" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1442" CreationDate="2011-05-30T07:19:14.503" Score="5" ViewCount="191" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are a couple of Badges that i do not understand the explanation they have on how to obtain them. For example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Epic Badge (Silver)&lt;/strong&gt; - Earned at least 200 reputation on 50 days&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does that mean that i need to get 200 reputation in 50 days? How is that possible?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Legendary Badge (Gold)&lt;/strong&gt; - Earned at least 200 reputation on 150 days&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If Epic Badge was tough i think Legendary is for Chuck Norris. Mortarboard (Bronze) is more logical than this two. The way i understand it is that i need to obtain 200 reputation everyday for 50 days (Epic Badge) and 200 rep for 150 days (Epic Badge). Is this correct? Or is it that i need to get 200 reputation in a 50 days time and 200 rep in a 150 days time? Sorry for the lack of understanding of this two.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tenacious (Silver)&lt;/strong&gt; - Zero score accepted answers: more than 5 and 20% of total   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Unsung Hero (Gold)&lt;/strong&gt; - Zero score accepted answers: more than 10 and 25% of total &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Electorate (Gold)&lt;/strong&gt; - Voted on 600 questions and 25% or more of total votes are on questions &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Did NOT understand anything about this last two. I mean WHAT??&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7035" LastEditorUserId="7035" LastEditDate="2011-08-30T14:06:32.233" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Better Understanding Badges" Tags="|discussion|badges|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1442" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1441" CreationDate="2011-05-30T08:27:06.327" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;You need to earn at least 200 rep. on &lt;em&gt;each of&lt;/em&gt; 50 / 150 days to get Epic and Legendary. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For Tenacious and Unsung Hero, you need at least 5 / 10 accepted answers with no upvotes on them, and these Accepted answers without upvotes have to make up at least 20% / 25% of all your answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastEditorUserId="1067" LastEditDate="2011-05-31T15:41:46.623" LastActivityDate="2011-05-31T15:41:46.623" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1444" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1445" CreationDate="2011-05-30T23:58:23.957" Score="10" ViewCount="156" Body="&lt;p&gt;When reviewing questions, there is indication of the number of &lt;strong&gt;views&lt;/strong&gt; for a particular question.  In some cases it is listed as &lt;strong&gt;kviews&lt;/strong&gt; instead of &lt;strong&gt;views&lt;/strong&gt;.  What are &lt;strong&gt;kviews&lt;/strong&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16267" OwnerDisplayName="Kory Wnuk" LastActivityDate="2011-05-31T02:18:26.477" Title="What are kviews?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1445" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1444" CreationDate="2011-05-31T00:04:28.753" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;1000's of views. (Kilo-views).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1217" OwnerDisplayName="Nerdfest" LastActivityDate="2011-05-31T00:04:28.753" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1446" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1441" CreationDate="2011-05-31T15:47:27.643" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Zero scores, if I understand right, is answers without upvotes or downvotes. If 5 to 20% of your &lt;em&gt;accepted&lt;/em&gt; answers are have no up or downvotes you get the Tenacious badge. Likewise, if 10 t0 25% of your accepted answers have received no love you get the Unsung Hero badge.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="814" LastActivityDate="2011-05-31T15:47:27.643" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1447" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1449" CreationDate="2011-05-31T18:54:00.233" Score="0" ViewCount="116" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm surprised no one brought this up before, but there are both &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/software-recommendation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;software-recommendation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;software-recommendation&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/software-recommendations&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;software-recommendations&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;software-recommendations&lt;/a&gt; tags around representing the same thing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Fix?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;EDIT&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Okay, found out too late that the latter redirects to the former. Can't we just merge them, so when the wrong one is used, it automatically corrects itself?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="814" LastEditorUserId="133195" LastEditDate="2013-07-19T09:51:54.133" LastActivityDate="2013-07-19T09:51:54.133" Title="Software recommendation tags" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1448" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1026" CreationDate="2011-05-31T23:18:20.970" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;From the meta.unix.SE: &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/612/does-merging-libreoffice-and-openoffice-make-sense&quot;&gt;Does merging libreoffice and openoffice make sense?&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The answer there: &lt;code&gt;/openoffice&lt;/code&gt; was kept with a synonym for &lt;code&gt;/libreoffice&lt;/code&gt; created.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12473" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-16T15:45:04.257" LastActivityDate="2011-05-31T23:18:20.970" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1449" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1447" CreationDate="2011-06-01T10:34:45.210" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's been done: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tags/software-recommendation/synonyms&quot;&gt;the plural is marked as a synonym&lt;/a&gt; which means that you won't be able to create a question with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/software-recommendations&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;software-recommendations&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;software-recommendations&lt;/a&gt; no matter how hard you try.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="866" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2011-06-01T10:34:45.210" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1450" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1451" CreationDate="2011-06-02T15:20:18.237" Score="3" ViewCount="42" Body="&lt;p&gt;Am trying to give a bounty in this question &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/46545/limiting-internet-bandwidth-for-already-started-applications&quot;&gt;Limiting internet bandwidth for already started applications&lt;/a&gt; but somehow the option does not appeared. I tested on Firefox 4 and Chrome 12/13. It appears in other posts but not that one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7035" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Bounty on another question" Tags="|support|bounty|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1451" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1450" CreationDate="2011-06-02T15:24:44.287" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;A question must be older than 2 days before you can add a bounty.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For completeness' sake, you also can't add a bounty to a question that has an accepted answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See also: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/16065/how-does-the-bounty-system-work&quot;&gt;http://meta.stackoverflow.com/content/stackoverflowmeta/img/favicon.ico How does the bounty system work?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2011-06-02T15:24:44.287" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1452" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-06-02T16:22:51.633" Score="6" ViewCount="84" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't remember when this changed but before when you clicked &quot;log in with launchpad&quot; the little options thing would autoexpand and let you put your username in a field so that you can use it to log in.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now when you click on the lp button nothing happens, and it's non obvious that you need to next click on &quot;More OpenID options&quot; to expand the thing to add in your username.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/a9EcM.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="158" LastEditDate="2011-06-03T17:31:25.210" LastActivityDate="2011-06-03T17:34:23.100" Title="Login in option for launchpad no longer autoexpands, confusing" Tags="|bug|status-completed|login|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1456" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1452" CreationDate="2011-06-03T17:34:23.100" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The next build will fix this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An oversight on my part.  None of our default* top-level providers require entering a name so I assumed the &quot;More&quot; div would always be expanded, my apologies.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;*OpenID.SE, Google, Yahoo, MyOpenID, and Facebook&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158" LastActivityDate="2011-06-03T17:34:23.100" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1457" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1429" CreationDate="2011-06-04T17:59:10.743" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your &quot;unregistered&quot; account and your &quot;registered&quot; account need to be merged.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(I don't know why Marco Ceppi gives this answer as a comment, preventing you from accepting an answer.) :) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10068" LastActivityDate="2011-06-04T17:59:10.743" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1458" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1441" CreationDate="2011-06-04T18:20:54.400" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;On &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/66749/have-i-misunderstood-tenacious&quot;&gt;general meta&lt;/a&gt; there are many such discussions, and they are better suited there, imho, because the badges-system is common for all sites, afaik, and not related to ubuntu especially.&#xA;And SO-meta is to my knowledge the right place for those common questions (but moderators don't seem to care much about it, leading to duplicated discussions in all meta places).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Moderators! Are you trying to collect many questions in meta?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you follow the linked discussion, you will find that it is a common sport to upvote unupvoted questions, when somebody is complaining about not getting the badge. ;) So I will look now what I can do for you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10068" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2011-06-04T18:20:54.400" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1459" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1460" CreationDate="2011-06-04T18:33:49.977" Score="1" ViewCount="255" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have noticed in a number of answers to questions where the use of the apt.ubuntu.com (I think this is what I recall) is employed to assist with the installation of some Ubuntu package that may not be installed by default.  I think that the example I saw was &lt;a href=&quot;http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/compizconfig-settings-manager&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/compizconfig-settings-manager&lt;/a&gt;.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How does one use this apt.ubuntu.com URL to effectively communicate a package requiring installation before the given answer is able to be invoked?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is this something that folks have access to as they achieve greater reputation?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16267" LastActivityDate="2011-06-04T19:07:46.597" Title="Understanding apt.ubuntu.com and its use in askubuntu" Tags="|discussion|support|answer-format|answers|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1460" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1459" CreationDate="2011-06-04T19:07:46.597" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Anyone can use apt links, here you go!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/548/how-to-post-links-that-install-software-via-apt&quot;&gt;How to post links that integrate with the Software Center?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.227" LastActivityDate="2011-06-04T19:07:46.597" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1461" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-06-04T19:20:17.927" Score="10" ViewCount="441" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think it's nice that there are cross network ads to have people find other SEs, but it feels to me like most of the skeptics ads are so offtopic that it detracts from the site itself:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/enWPf.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Jeff asked for examples): Are you looking for examples from skeptics in general or ones that have specifically been run as ads? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Plus there's a scale difference in offtopicness between &quot;How do I beat this level in this game&quot; vs. any one of the discussions on &lt;a href=&quot;https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/sex&quot;&gt;sex&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/religion&quot;&gt;religion&lt;/a&gt; on skeptics. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I see an ad for another site on the network I think &quot;oh ok, this is a group of site for experts and I can apply these concepts to other things like DIY or making my own beer, cool, oh wait, a question about virginity.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note: I'm not personally offended or anything, I just know that the Ubuntu community is a diverse place, and from scanning some of the questions on skeptics it's only a matter of time before one of those offends someone. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:46:46.673" LastActivityDate="2011-06-07T13:05:06.200" Title="Some SE network ads are offtopic/inappropriate." Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1463" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1461" CreationDate="2011-06-05T04:35:17.147" Score="2" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;most of the skeptics ads&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is awfully vague; I don't find the skeptics ads that unrelated. And you're focusing on one example. I'd need to see at least 5 or 6 to be convinced. (I can point to &lt;em&gt;many&lt;/em&gt; gaming.se ads that I feel are incredibly irrelevant, for example.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We're more concerned about German and Japanese questions appearing for people at the moment. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123" LastActivityDate="2011-06-05T04:35:17.147" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1464" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1465" CreationDate="2011-06-05T12:11:39.237" Score="0" ViewCount="46" Body="&lt;p&gt;After reinstalling ubuntu it forgot the cookies of my unregistered account &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/18267/amith?tab=accounts&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/users/18267/amith?tab=accounts&lt;/a&gt; .I'd like to restore this account&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17722" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2011-06-05T14:30:21.873" Title="Pls help cookie account forgotten after reinstall of ubuntu" Tags="|support|user-accounts|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1465" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1464" CreationDate="2011-06-05T14:30:21.873" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;While we can't restore it - I have merged it with your new account which will give you access to all the items from your old account under you newly create account.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2011-06-05T14:30:21.873" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1466" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1467" CreationDate="2011-06-05T14:57:18.960" Score="3" ViewCount="92" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to initiate a bounty for one of my question &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/46554/how-can-i-enable-fast-printing-from-firefox-cups-on-ubuntu-10-10&quot;&gt;Link here&lt;/a&gt; and as per FAQ the question should be atleast 2 days old. Now the question is more than 2 days old and I still cannot initiate a bounty. Why is that ?&#xA;More  over the next to my question I get a note &quot;Have you considered accepting an answer or starting a bounty for this question?&quot; which makes me wonder more why I cannot offer bounty to this question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The FAQ states: &#xA;1.Questions must be at least 2 days old to be eligible for a bounty.&#xA;2.Users must have at least 75 reputation to offer a bounty.&#xA;3. There can only be 1 active bounty per question and per user at any given time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does the third point means, I can offer bounty for only ONE question ?&#xA;I already have another question where I offered the bounty. Also the last edit of the question is not 2 days old. Since I am not sure if it is a bug, I am not tagging it as a bug yet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10077" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2023-02-14T12:00:55.587" Title="Why I can't initiate a bounty" Tags="|support|bounty|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1467" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1466" CreationDate="2011-06-05T16:18:34.553" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can only have one active bounty at a time - since it appears you already have another bounty, you can not create another until you either award that bounty or it expires.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Update: As of &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/104813/&quot;&gt;September 2011&lt;/a&gt;, you may have 3 active bounties at a time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="8698" LastEditDate="2023-02-14T12:00:55.587" LastActivityDate="2023-02-14T12:00:55.587" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="1468" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1469" CreationDate="2011-06-05T17:33:34.220" Score="6" ViewCount="111" Body="&lt;p&gt;Jorge Castro brought this up in chat a few days ago so I'm opening a discussion: Do we need the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/firefox-4&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;firefox-4&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;firefox-4&lt;/a&gt; AND &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/firefox&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;firefox&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;firefox&lt;/a&gt; tags? I don't think &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/firefox-4&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;firefox-4&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;firefox-4&lt;/a&gt; offers any additional data that couldn't be derived from the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/firefox&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;firefox&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;firefox&lt;/a&gt; tag. It would be like having &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/firefox&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;firefox&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;firefox&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/firefox-2&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;firefox-2&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;firefox-2&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/firefox-3&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;firefox-3&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;firefox-3&lt;/a&gt; they are all &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/firefox&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;firefox&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;firefox&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Opinions, suggestions?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2011-06-18T11:31:16.157" Title="Purpose of the firefox-4 tag" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1469" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1468" CreationDate="2011-06-05T17:34:22.660" Score="8" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Merge&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/firefox-4&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;firefox-4&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;firefox-4&lt;/a&gt; should be merged with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/firefox&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;firefox&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;firefox&lt;/a&gt; since it does not offer any additional value other than being a meta tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2011-06-05T17:34:22.660" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1472" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-06-07T11:41:02.333" Score="9" ViewCount="133" Body="&lt;p&gt;Unless Marco and Stefano beat me to it, I can delete 10-20 answers in a day. These are usually answers that get flagged up by users for not being an answer. I'm fine with that, they're not answers and typically have little value as comments so need deleting (though some do and we do convert these out, when we can).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My problem is we're trying to grow a community at the same time as maintain a system. New users come on here and even with the warning screens, don't always understand that an answer is only ever supposed to be an answer. I've seen people post extremely long comments as answers, often people desperate to get some help on a question (sometimes already answered). They typically have slightly different scenarios through different hardware and software stacks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My problem is that when I see one of these, my only real option &lt;em&gt;for the system&lt;/em&gt; is to delete the post but this hurts because I'm essentially silencing somebody who needs help with something. I want to be able to do something &lt;em&gt;for the user&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;for the system&lt;/em&gt;  &lt;strong&gt;at the same time&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I consider the current behaviour as a bug. Taking a post that somebody has spent a long time writing and chucking it in the bin without any feedback is rude. I know we have to do it, but as it is, we're not helping somebody who is asking for help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Extending from that, I think there are a couple of simple feature-requests that could easily remedy how we handle non-answers:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Create a &lt;code&gt;should-be-own-question&lt;/code&gt; flag.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would feel better if instead of outright snubbing a subquestion, users and moderators had the ability to turn something into its own question. In my mind, actioning this function would create a new question, attached to user with a notice that linked it back to the original question (which the user has already indicated as relevant), similar to the duplicate question notice, just in reverse, perhaps explaining why this is now its own question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There would be some missing meta-data and I think moderators would be happy enough writing in titles and tags for these new questions.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Notify users when we close or delete something and tell them why.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When there's a plain non-answer (eg, &quot;Thanks, this really helped&quot; or &quot;This affected me too and the accepted answer worked!!1&quot;) it racks up flags fast. We delete them. The first the user finds out about it (AFAIK) is when they go to their profile page or the question and see a red answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When things are deleted, we should have reasons, just like when you close something. This reason should be based off the flags (again, just like with close flags) but a moderator should be able to tailor the message so they can add extra detail.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We had an incident last week that resulted in quite a long disagreement over how we moderate things. Up-front communication, built directly into the closing/deleting system would help new users understand the system, help make them improve their questions and hopefully would encourage them to stay on a site where they could see that the moderators aren't robots.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="133195" LastEditDate="2013-07-19T13:26:16.397" LastActivityDate="2013-07-20T03:49:54.797" Title="Better notifications for users when moderators do things" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1473" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1472" CreationDate="2011-06-07T12:08:23.183" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can add a comment to the post prior to deleting it - doing so will notify the user in the StackExchange™ SuperCollider™ Global Inbox and since they are the owner of the post they will be able to see it post deletion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="6969" LastEditDate="2011-06-09T10:14:38.737" LastActivityDate="2011-06-09T10:14:38.737" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1474" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1461" CreationDate="2011-06-07T13:05:06.200" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't think this problem is specific to Skeptics. For example, I personally don't have any interest in the Math questions, most of those titles are completely incomprehensible to a large part of the audience here. I don't think you'll find an easy rule to decide which questions are interesting to the audience here, and which are not. With the wide variety of subjects now on Stack Exchange, a large part of the ads will be irrelevant to the viewer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The idea behind the ads is to show the users some SE sites they might never have visited otherwise. Skeptics gets a lot of views though questions in the Supercollider, many of our questions have a pretty wide appeal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for offensive titles, if the title is unnecessarily inflammatory or offensive, please flag the question on our site and we will intervene. In this specific case though the title is not the problem, but the subject itself. In this case the title is not offensive itself, although I certainly see how some people could be offended. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't think Skeptics ads should be removed entirely from the ad rotation for any site, but of course I'm biased as I am a moderator on Skeptics. I could see something like a blacklist for the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/sex&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;sex&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;sex&lt;/a&gt; tag for the ad rotation to keep the more technical sites safe for work. I'm not a big fan of that, but I would understand if such a filter would be implemented.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4068" LastActivityDate="2011-06-07T13:05:06.200" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1475" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1476" CreationDate="2011-06-07T14:36:23.550" Score="8" ViewCount="116" Body="&lt;p&gt;What happens when all ten moderator flags get used up? Does a moderator look if I am flagging the right posts and then refill them so that I can continue to flag posts for moderator attention? Or do I have to have enough priveleges or something?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="18887" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="What happens when all ten moderator flags get used up?" Tags="|support|flagging|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1476" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1475" CreationDate="2011-06-07T14:48:59.167" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Flags aren't refilled but you can earn more, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/79742/are-the-new-moderator-flag-limits-sufficiently-high/80117#80117&quot;&gt;as pointed out by this answer&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;default 10 per day&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;one bonus flag per 2000 reputation (capped at 100k rep)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;one bonus flag per 20 &quot;flag weight&quot; above the default (capped at 500 flag weight)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;maximum 100&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Flag weight is something you earn by assigning flags to things that we moderators go on to action. If we deem one of your flags as valid, you earn more flag weight. If you flag something we feel is petty (eg should be handled by an edit suggestion), you'll lose flag weight.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You get +10 weight for flagging a question or answer that we go on to action. +5 for a comment. The same numbers in reverse if we say it's a silly flag. If you get to a point where your flag weight is 0, your flags are ignored by the system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And you can check your weight from your main profile. In your case: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/flag-weight/18887&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/users/flag-weight/18887&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you run out of flags and you think something needs dealing with, just &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/201/ask-ubuntu-general-room&quot;&gt;hop into the chat room&lt;/a&gt; and somebody will either be able to flag it for you or deal with it directly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2011-06-07T14:48:59.167" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1477" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2354" CreationDate="2011-06-07T20:20:03.527" Score="12" ViewCount="103" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm curious about which of my submitted edits get accepted and denied.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a way I can find a page with a complete list of all my edits? Both those that were accepted and those where were rejected?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am aware of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/6005/james-gifford?tab=activity#apage_1-afilter_revisions&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; page, but that only shows my accepted ones, not my rejected edits as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2012-01-22T01:27:36.970" Title="Where can I find my suggested edits page?" Tags="|support|suggested-edits|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1478" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1493" CreationDate="2011-06-07T21:39:07.173" Score="4" ViewCount="149" Body="&lt;p&gt;AskUbuntu has done a good job that the people ask them solves the makeshift. Ubuntu BrainStorm, had made ​​a great role temple ahy not many comments yet, apart from this outdated the web. Building a merger between the two pages would be the best solution. Since the ideas are being generated on both a web as in the other can lead developers to new fields.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="18161" OwnerDisplayName="AlejoNext" LastEditorUserId="1992" LastEditDate="2011-06-08T18:56:36.873" LastActivityDate="2011-06-09T23:00:18.430" Title="AskUbuntu and Brainstorm" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1480" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1481" CreationDate="2011-06-08T12:24:33.937" Score="19" ViewCount="745" Body="&lt;p&gt;If I have a question that is on-topic on, say, both Linux &amp;amp; Unix and Ask Ubuntu, may I post it on both sites? And if so, do I need to do anything special?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Cross-Posting questions that are on-topic on multiple Stack Exchange sites" Tags="|support|asking-questions|stackexchange|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1481" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1480" CreationDate="2011-06-08T12:54:29.503" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;I personally don't have anything against it &lt;strong&gt;if it's done well&lt;/strong&gt; but &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/64068/is-it-possible-to-post-questions-across-a-couple-of-the-sites-because-its-debata/64073#64073&quot;&gt;the official Stack Exchange policy on intra-StackExchange cross-posting&lt;/a&gt; is more clear on the topic:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Allowing cross-posting is a slippery&#xA;slope.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you might have slightly better odds&#xA;of getting an answer by posting it on&#xA;two sites, well, by gum, why not&#xA;maximize your odds by posting it on&#xA;&lt;em&gt;twenty sites!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are some questions which fall&#xA;into grey areas between sites, and I&#xA;think it's OK to &lt;strong&gt;ask and delete,&#xA;then re-ask&lt;/strong&gt; if you feel you have&#xA;asked on the wrong site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But as a general rule, do not&#xA;cross-post questions, please. Pick a&#xA;site and go with it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;I don't completely agree with this policy.&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't want to confuse people too much, but the Internet is bigger than StackExchange sites and most things (be that programming or Ubuntu) have more than one support channel. I essentially don't think it would be fair for me to moderate in a way I don't behave.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A common cross-posting behaviour I engage in is asking for help with web development. I'm a StackOverflow member so [more frequently than I'd like], I'll ask a question on there and immediately ask on IRC (linking to the question on SO). I do this because this is my &lt;code&gt;$DAYJOB&lt;/code&gt;. If I'm stuck behind some blocker, I'm losing money to it and I want help ASAP. It's completely selfish, but equally true.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With Ubuntu, I used to be a fairly active UbuntuForums poster. When I started here, I would very often post something here or there and then cross-link, or again, use IRC. I still do if it's urgent but thankfully I haven't had many super-serious issues recently.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I think I'd be a massive hypocrite if I slammed every cross-posted question as some sort of &lt;em&gt;Simpsons-did-it-first&lt;/em&gt;-duplicate.&lt;/strong&gt; What makes two diverse StackExchange sites more &amp;quot;special&amp;quot; than disconnected support avenues like Ask Ubuntu is to Ubuntu Forums or IRC? The same mechanics apply: you ask for help; people invest time to help you; you win.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But that doesn't mean I support all sorts of cross-posting; &lt;strong&gt;it's incredibly important that questions are maintained&lt;/strong&gt;. By starting a question anywhere, you're creating a social contract: you're asking people for help and if they see an answered question, they might put [considerable] time into giving you a good answer. If you get an answer somewhere else and don't update your question here, you're wasting our users' time and I'm not okay with that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My view on basic guidelines would be:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Find the best location for your question.&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are a lot of StackExchange sites, some more active than others. Remember that activity is a double-edged sword. For example, questions on the front-page of StackOverflow are on the second page within a few minutes. On a slower, site, even if there are fewer users, more people might see your question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;h2&gt;If you do cross-post, cross-link them!&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Child posts should have links to the original post and if you can, try to keep the parent posts updated with a list of places you've cross-posted it to. This means that users of any site can quickly see if there have been any answers. Or post their answer on the main thread.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you're honest and up-front about it, we [moderators] are going to get fewer flags about it. People can track things and see if your other thread has any answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Update all your threads as soon as one gets a result.&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is probably the most important point. They you're questions so it's your responsibility to tell users on all the sites when you no longer need help. Doing this means they're not going to waste time fixing something that is already fixed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do this by either answering your own question with a link to the other answer, or in the case of IRC, say what's happened, giving the user credit. Chances are you won't be able to accept your own question if you're answering it yourself, so just flag it up and we can close it for you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, this is more work for &lt;em&gt;you&lt;/em&gt; but that's the cost of responsible cross-posting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is slightly different to the path other SE sites tread. If you cross-post something on another site with a different policy, they may well outright delete your thread. That's their choice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a deterrent against poor cross-posting, if we notice you cross-posting without taking these steps seriously, we'll give you a warning. Twice and we'll take action to protect our users from you wasting their time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2011-06-08T13:46:44.040" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1482" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1480" CreationDate="2011-06-08T19:09:34.313" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/64068/is-it-possible-to-post-questions-across-a-couple-of-the-sites-because-its-debata/64073#64073&quot;&gt;official answer&lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/64068/is-it-possible-to-post-questions-across-a-couple-of-the-sites-because-its-debata&quot;&gt;Is it possible to post questions across a couple of the sites because it's debatable which site it fits best?&lt;/a&gt; is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Allowing cross-posting is a slippery slope.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you might have slightly better odds of getting an answer by posting it on two sites, well, by gum, why not maximize your odds by posting it on twenty sites!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;There are some questions which fall into grey areas between sites, and I think it's OK to ask and delete, then re-ask if you feel you have asked on the wrong site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;But as a general rule, do not cross-post questions, please. Pick a site and go with it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you regret your initial choice and want to change sites, I recommend &lt;strong&gt;flagging for migration&lt;/strong&gt; rather than deleting and re-asking, in case someone has seen the question and is preparing an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unix and Linux's FAQ explicitly says &lt;strong&gt;not to cross-post&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Cross-posting is strongly discouraged -- if you post on one site and then change your mind it can always be migrated to another. If you're not sure if your question is on-topic, ask on meta or just give it a try and the community will decide.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So &lt;strong&gt;Do not post the same question on both Ask Ubuntu and Unix &amp;amp; Linux&lt;/strong&gt;. When a question is cross-posted to U&amp;amp;L and other sites, what normally happens is that all but one instance of the question are deleted. You get a warning the first time, and doing it routinely would be considered abuse.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By the way, althought the term “cross-post” is often used, there is technically no cross-posting facility on Stack Exchange. A given question exists on a single site; if you post questions with identical contents, that's a multi-post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1059" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2011-06-08T19:09:34.313" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1485" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-06-09T05:48:37.840" Score="3" ViewCount="30" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is there a way to do a boolean search with tags and answered or unanswered status? For example, I found myself wanting to search for something like this: ([networking] and not [wireless])and(unanswered)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9308" LastActivityDate="2011-07-09T13:26:37.227" Title="Boolean searching with tags and answered status?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1488" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1490" CreationDate="2011-06-09T06:44:11.587" Score="3" ViewCount="86" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Hii There ..&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;when i visit &lt;strong&gt;omgubuntu.co.uk&lt;/strong&gt; and i find a &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;hot question&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; widget in the rightside of that website, how can i get the script or anything else, so i can add the widget in our web ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;thanks for your help&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19564" OwnerDisplayName="ubuntu.buzz" LastEditorUserId="1067" LastEditDate="2011-06-09T08:48:22.963" LastActivityDate="2011-06-09T12:33:31.467" Title="How can I get &quot;Hot Question&quot; widget of askubuntu ?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1489" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1485" CreationDate="2011-06-09T10:13:03.290" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;To limit search results to questions with no answers, put &lt;code&gt;answers:0&lt;/code&gt; in the query. For questions with accepted answers, you need &lt;code&gt;hasaccepted:1&lt;/code&gt; (opposite: &lt;code&gt;hasaccepted:0&lt;/code&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm afraid that there is no such thing as &quot;exclude tag from search query&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See also &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/search&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6969" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2011-06-09T10:13:03.290" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1490" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1488" CreationDate="2011-06-09T12:33:31.467" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;We don't provide this widget, the guys at OMG! Ubuntu! made it themselves (as far as I can tell anyway).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Take a look at our &lt;a href=&quot;http://api.stackoverflow.com/1.0/usage&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;API help&lt;/a&gt;, especially the &lt;a href=&quot;http://api.askubuntu.com/1.1/questions?sort=Hot&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;code&gt;questions?sort=Hot&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; method. It should get you started quite quickly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you don't want to implement all of the API calls yourself, and depending on the Language you're using on the server, you'll probably find something suitable in this &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackapps.com/questions/288/list-of-libraries&quot;&gt;List of Libraries&lt;/a&gt; for the Stack Exchange API.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, George Edison has made easy to use libraries for &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackapps.com/questions/362/stackscript-javascript-wrapper&quot;&gt;Javascript&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackapps.com/questions/826/stack-php-clean-easy-to-use-wrapper-for-php-now-with-v1-1-support&quot;&gt;PHP&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:46.307" LastActivityDate="2011-06-09T12:33:31.467" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1491" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-06-09T19:51:51.350" Score="3" ViewCount="122" Body="&lt;p&gt;I need to attach a log file to a question I'm going to ask on Ask Ubuntu. Is this allowed by the site rules and if yes, how to do it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="18140" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2016-07-01T01:27:29.993" LastActivityDate="2016-07-01T01:27:29.993" Title="Ask Ubuntu and file attachments" Tags="|support|asking-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1492" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1491" CreationDate="2011-06-09T19:56:57.547" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Absolutely, &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have a long log-file, use something like &lt;a href=&quot;http://paste.ubuntu.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;the Ubuntu Pastebin&lt;/a&gt; and link it up in your question. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This makes the question far easier to read, and neat and tidy questions always have a better chance of getting answered quickly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastActivityDate="2011-06-09T19:56:57.547" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1493" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1478" CreationDate="2011-06-09T23:00:18.430" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I can barely understand your question but I take it you're asking if Ask Ubuntu and Brainstorm can be merged (I've had people ask me in the past and it seems to be what you are asking).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The answer to that question is, not really; the sites are totally different and have different purposes. This is a question and answer site (see &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq&quot;&gt;the FAQ&lt;/a&gt;). Brainstorm is a place for people to submit ideas about Ubuntu and then people vote on them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The one common thing that people might confuse is that both sites have voting, but other than that, the sites are totally different, even though from a quick glance they might look similar.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2011-06-09T23:00:18.430" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1494" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1340" CreationDate="2011-06-10T14:53:16.257" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;In my opinion, a HUGE improvement would be to be able to filer the &lt;em&gt;unnaccepted&lt;/em&gt; questions. Currenty, only the &lt;em&gt;unanswered&lt;/em&gt; questions can be filtered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So a question that gets 1 silly answer quickly goes off the radar, and remain with no accepted answer forever.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An no easy way to track down such questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11015" LastActivityDate="2011-06-10T14:53:16.257" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1495" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-06-10T20:58:13.183" Score="10" ViewCount="184" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sometimes, questions (or answers) contains a typo in the tag, title or description.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a way to correct these mistakes without bumping the question? It could be a privilege, marking such edits as &quot;Minor edit&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To prevent big changes from being done unnoticed, a maximum character limit of modifications could be introduced which is calculated since the last non-minor edit. Some characters (whitespace) could be ignored. Formatting like &lt;strong&gt;bold&lt;/strong&gt; or &lt;em&gt;italic&lt;/em&gt; could be ignored too in this character limit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6969" LastActivityDate="2011-06-11T13:06:25.800" Title="Prevent bumping an old question when editing" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1496" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1497" CreationDate="2011-06-11T12:17:28.260" Score="2" ViewCount="53" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've registered an account on Unix.SE but the website does not appear in the website selection for &lt;em&gt;Close as Offtopic&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I doubt if it's a reputation issue, on &lt;a href=&quot;http://Stackoverflow.com/&quot;&gt;http://Stackoverflow.com/&lt;/a&gt; (8595 reputation) I see sites like programmers.stackexchange.com listed on which I've 103 reputation. On Unix.SE I've 111 rep.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6969" LastActivityDate="2011-06-11T12:24:58.250" Title="What do I need for being able to migrate questions to other Stackexchange sites?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1497" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1496" CreationDate="2011-06-11T12:24:58.250" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Migration paths for normal users don't exist on Ask Ubuntu - while they do exist on others. At this time a simple vote as off-topic then an accompanying moderator flag suggesting it be migrated will suffice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2011-06-11T12:24:58.250" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1498" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1495" CreationDate="2011-06-11T13:06:25.800" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;This has been requested &lt;em&gt;many&lt;/em&gt; times. As far as I can tell, there are a few reason why it still hasn't been implemented:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Even high-rep users make mistakes&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Bumping a question makes them visible to others, so that they can be corrected quickly. Good peer review is more important than a 'clean' front page.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Every question deserves a chance to get looked at&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even if you deem a question to be of no value to visitors of the front page, it still might help someone, even if it's just the users who asked and answered it.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Rather than implementing something dangerous like this, I'd much rather have SO's new &quot;Interesting&quot; view as the default, rather than &quot;Active&quot;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastActivityDate="2011-06-11T13:06:25.800" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1499" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-06-12T00:10:46.810" Score="11" ViewCount="164" Body="&lt;p&gt;Title says it all. Please consider adding a mechanism that blocks other users from starting an edit on a post if someone's already editing it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3037" LastEditorUserId="123" LastEditDate="2011-06-12T03:40:44.483" LastActivityDate="2011-06-12T03:40:44.483" Title="Don't allow editing posts that are currently being edited" Tags="|discussion|editing|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1500" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1499" CreationDate="2011-06-12T01:38:42.860" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Edit-locking is a sticky subject in computing. We used to have an FTP server that allowed users to lock files while they worked on them from Dreamweaver. That's all great until some nonce opens up the most important file and then goes for lunch, locking their PC. Locks expired after an hour of inactivity but it basically cost us a lot of effort (and one staff member's job).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If people wanted to be evil, they could post something offensive and lock it for editing. We'd normally edit the post as well as deleting it but outright edit-locking would stop us doing that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In short, I don't think I could ever be happy with outright edit-locking but I do have some counter suggestions (combinations might work too):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Make the edit screen &quot;live&quot;.&lt;/strong&gt; Used Google Docs' word processor in collaboration-mode recently? You should! It's amazing. It was based on EtherPad and multiple people can edit at once and all people see the changes about 40ms after they happen. It's amazing to watch 10 people burrow away on a document at once.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This single point is such a good fix that it would counter-act the need for my other points entirely. If done well, this could solve all the problems... And probably hasten in world peace too.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Notify all editors when other people are editing.&lt;/strong&gt; The edit page should poll the server to check who is editing. This way people might hold off if their edit is more trivial. Plus you could see if the owner of the post is doing work to it.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Merge edits better.&lt;/strong&gt; If PersonA and PersonB both open a post for editing at roughly the same time, PersonA saves and then the PersonB saves different changes, PersonB should be alerted. They should see a diff between the post when they opened it, the current post (with PersonA's changes) and their own additions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For bonus marks, it would be nice to mix-and-match parts. PersonB might want to drop some of their edits if they thought PersonA did a better job on the first paragraph, or thought the tag improvements were more relevant.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Notify mods and trusted users of edit conflicts.&lt;/strong&gt; We [mods] get lots of notifications as it is, but sometimes when you wipe out somebody else's edits, you don't know you've done anything.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If two edits are made from the same version at roughly the same time, trusted editors should be prompted to fly in and clean up. This notification should disappear as soon as one editor goes in to fix it (or you'll get second-generation conflicts!)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2011-06-12T01:38:42.860" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1501" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1499" CreationDate="2011-06-12T03:38:51.567" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;A recent change we made is that the &lt;em&gt;longer&lt;/em&gt; body edit has priority. So if you are editing a post at the same time as another user:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;if one of you changes title, and the other does not: title is merged&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;if one of you changes tags, and the other does not: tags are merged&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;if both of you change body: the &lt;em&gt;longer&lt;/em&gt; body edit (the diff length) has priority and will win, assuming it is longer by some non-trivial amount.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123" LastActivityDate="2011-06-12T03:38:51.567" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1502" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1503" CreationDate="2011-06-12T10:18:14.853" Score="5" ViewCount="98" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ive asked a question which so far has only received one answer. This answer was good enough to help me figure out the solution for myself, but isnt entirely accurate. I'd like to accept this answer but only after its been edited to show the steps that i took, which ive left in a comment. I don't have enough rep to do the edit myself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So how do i get the attention of people with enough rep to edit this answer? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2313" LastActivityDate="2011-06-12T11:29:51.833" Title="How do i request an edit to an answer?" Tags="|support|editing|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1503" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1502" CreationDate="2011-06-12T11:29:51.833" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can suggest edits yourself if you don't have the 2000 reputation needed for full edit privileges. Just click on the edit button on the answer and edit away. Your edit has to be approved by a high-reputation user, so it might take a short while until it is visible for everyone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4068" LastActivityDate="2011-06-12T11:29:51.833" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1504" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1505" CreationDate="2011-06-12T23:11:55.130" Score="8" ViewCount="773" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Oops! Your question couldn't be submitted because:&#xA;  It does not meet our quality standards.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thats the message I'm getting while trying to post a question. I've seen it a couple times before, usually solved by starting my sentence with a capital letter. Not this time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My title is a true question. The title and body are in correct English. I have added a tag. I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing wrong.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So my questions here are: What triggers this message? What are these standards? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and as a suggestion: for askers, adding a line to the above message explaining why it didn't meet the quality standards. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question was:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Title:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What does a compositor do?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Body: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I know it's used for true transparancy. But what else is it good for?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Tag: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;compositing&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2313" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-03-13T18:35:54.667" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="How do I interpret this &quot;Your question does not meet our quality standards&quot; error?" Tags="|support|asking-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1505" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1504" CreationDate="2011-06-13T01:48:40.420" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is explained here:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/92074/&quot;&gt;What can I do when getting “It does not meet our quality standards”?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From checking out your questions you can probably do with adding some length to the question. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2014-03-11T23:19:18.797" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1506" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1507" CreationDate="2011-06-13T09:15:18.240" Score="28" ViewCount="581" Body="&lt;p&gt;What should we do with questions (or answers) that are written in a non-English language?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm now talking about:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/48458/error-con-cualquier-dock-que-se-instale&quot;&gt;Problem using any docks (Cairo, AWN, Docky)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These can be downvoted, but what if the question or answer is useful? It could be closed, should the reason be &quot;too localized&quot;? As a last resort, the question or answer could be flagged, especially for answers which can be &quot;closed&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6969" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2012-06-02T17:29:16.877" Title="What to do with non-English questions or answers?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1507" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1506" CreationDate="2011-06-13T09:31:59.293" Score="22" Body="&lt;p&gt;Localisation &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/533/are-there-any-plans-for-localized-ask-ubuntu-instances&quot;&gt;has been discussed before&lt;/a&gt; but speaking about this question right now, we really only support English.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, this is still somebody who needs help. Closing something just because of its language should be a last resort. Ubuntu is global and we should expect that, as the best Ubuntu support channel, people from all around the world want to use us.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If you can speak the language, translate it.&lt;/strong&gt; The tools here allow us to do things that aren't practical elsewhere. Don't remove the native version, just write the English translation above it with a notice so that people understand that it may be inaccurate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it doesn't get answered, it doesn't get answered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Edit: Do we really want this?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While I kind of agree with Marco's comment (this means more work for a sub-optimal result), I still think this is desirable. As &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/533/are-there-any-plans-for-localized-ask-ubuntu-instances/632#632&quot;&gt;BadP's suggests in an answer&lt;/a&gt;, it's healthier to have one community with every nationality than splitting everybody into their own site... As long as we have a common protocol.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not suggesting we translate answers; &lt;strong&gt;I'm saying we keep &lt;em&gt;everything&lt;/em&gt; in English&lt;/strong&gt;. The onus on understanding the answer is on the asker but they can ask for clarification or simple-English version if they want, just as they could anywhere else. This may limit their use of the site but it should be fairly obvious from every page on this website that we deal exclusively in English.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I don't think this makes things too much harder on us. Our answer ratio might drop but hopefully by tagging everything that needs a translation, we can keep on top of it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I also don't think translating things is inviting people to bombard us with non-English answers. I think there are more than enough natural dissuading factors:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It's going to take time for it to be translated.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Things get lost in translation.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You might not be able to understand the English responses.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It should be said that people should only tackle a translation if they are fluent in the language and understand the question being asked. There's little point in hamming the translations and providing answers to questions that were never asked.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Assuming people don't get silly with it, the worst that happens is something doesn't get adequately answered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-06-02T17:29:16.877" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1508" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1089" CreationDate="2011-06-13T10:27:17.837" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntubuzz.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/nOfxz.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Discover what&amp;#39;s new in ubuntu&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="18384" LastEditorUserId="18384" LastEditDate="2011-06-20T03:08:09.460" LastActivityDate="2011-06-20T03:08:09.460" CommentCount="3" CommunityOwnedDate="2011-06-13T10:27:17.837" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1511" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1518" CreationDate="2011-06-14T15:38:14.840" Score="3" ViewCount="212" Body="&lt;p&gt;What is our final decision on questions like these?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/40606/what-arcade-platform-or-role-playing-games-are-available&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/40606/what-arcade-platform-or-role-playing-games-are-available&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/48299/what-ides-are-available-for-ubuntu&quot;&gt;What IDEs are available for Ubuntu?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Our &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq&quot;&gt;FAQ&lt;/a&gt; is quite clear on the subject:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What kind of questions should I not ask here? ...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You should only ask practical, answerable questions based on &lt;strong&gt;actual problems&lt;/strong&gt; that you face&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;...avoid asking [questions where]...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;every answer is &lt;strong&gt;equally valid&lt;/strong&gt;: “What’s your favorite ______?” &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, let us set some guidelines. Should we close or lock all of them? Should we add a notice to the old ones like &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/questions/194812/list-of-freely-available-programming-books&quot;&gt;Stack Overflow do&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-05-23T12:39:54.233" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="What's the final word on &quot;What X are available&quot; and &quot;List of X&quot; type questions?" Tags="|discussion|scope|asking-questions|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1512" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1511" CreationDate="2011-06-14T15:40:29.860" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;We should allows posts that have a limited scope like &quot;What Platformers are available?&quot; but close or lock the posts with unlimited scope like &quot;What Native Games are available?&quot; .&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5149" LastActivityDate="2011-06-14T15:40:29.860" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1513" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="415" CreationDate="2011-06-15T01:37:44.520" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Yi Jiang:&lt;/b&gt;  It's wonderful to meet other people that also care about presentation.  I'll try to respond to your points;  I'm sorry that it has taken so long because I missed the separate report on meta rather than the main askubuntu.com site itself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;i&gt;&quot;Uneven kerning and spacing&quot;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How a particular &quot;title&quot; looks depends on the text in the title, and the configuration and machine that it is being viewed upon.  The only way to know what &lt;i&gt;you're&lt;/i&gt; definitely seeing is if you can share a screenshot.  The Ubuntu Font Family is carefully kerned, with both negative and positive kerning used between many pairs.  Currently there ~5,000+ kern-pairs, per weight:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;$ for f in /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ubuntu-font-family/Ubuntu-*.ttf ; do\&#xA;    basename $f | tr \\n \\t ; showttf $f | awk '/npairs/{print$1}' ; done&#xA;Ubuntu-L.ttf    npairs=4987&#xA;Ubuntu-LI.ttf   npairs=5957&#xA;Ubuntu-R.ttf    npairs=5264&#xA;Ubuntu-RI.ttf   npairs=6055&#xA;Ubuntu-M.ttf    npairs=5527&#xA;Ubuntu-MI.ttf   npairs=5697&#xA;Ubuntu-B.ttf    npairs=6752&#xA;Ubuntu-BI.ttf   npairs=8366&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Having said that, not everything is perfect.  Please file a bug report along with a screenshot if you spot something that's still not ideal yet:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://launchpad.net/ubuntu-font-family/+filebug?field.title=Kerning:+...&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;launchpad.net/ubuntu-font-family/+filebug?field.title=Kerning: ...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The most likely answer though is just that the browsers aren't using kerning by default &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;i&gt;&quot;The f and t characters are badly designed&quot;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Again, it's only really possible to know what you're seeing with a screenshot.  It could be many things;  stylistic familiarity is a possibility in that the '&lt;b&gt;t&lt;/b&gt;' and '&lt;b&gt;f&lt;/b&gt;' do not feature full crossbars except in the Ubuntu Mono.  The artefacts that you're seeing could also be from synthesis, hinting, or substitution.   (For example, it could be a completely different font you're looking at, or an early alpha version of something still in &lt;b&gt;~/.fonts&lt;/b&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;i&gt;&quot;Bold text is larger than non-bold text&quot;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, bold text is wider.  There is a 7% difference in the average width between Regular and Bold:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;$ for f in /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ubuntu-font-family/Ubuntu-*.ttf ; do\&#xA;  basename $f | tr \\n \\t ; showttf $f | awk '/avgWidth/{print$1}' ;\&#xA;  done | sort -t= -nk2&#xA;Ubuntu-LI.ttf   avgWidth=562&#xA;Ubuntu-RI.ttf   avgWidth=584&#xA;Ubuntu-L.ttf    avgWidth=589&#xA;Ubuntu-R.ttf    avgWidth=602&#xA;Ubuntu-MI.ttf   avgWidth=605&#xA;Ubuntu-M.ttf    avgWidth=614&#xA;Ubuntu-BI.ttf   avgWidth=634&#xA;Ubuntu-B.ttf    avgWidth=643&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is also a slight variance in xHeight between the weights (517, 520, 523, 526) although I'm puzzled how 6/1,000s between Regular and Bold is going to be jarring, unless autohinting is in use and one amount gets rounded up, whilst the other gets rounded down.  Again, a screenshot would be helpful in trying to understand what you're seeing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;i&gt;&quot;The Ubuntu font is a display font&quot;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not really.  The previous &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu-Title&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Ubuntu-Title&lt;/a&gt; font used for the Ubuntu logotype was definitely a display font; where-as members of the Ubuntu Font Family have (so-far) been designed for on-screen or print use.  It's possible that in the future there might be members of the family targeted for other uses (perhaps an &quot;Ubuntu Thin&quot;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;i&gt;&quot;And isn't suitable for long paragraphs of text.&quot;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Have you tried Ubuntu Light; do you find that more suited to your eyes in long-runs of text?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7702" LastActivityDate="2011-06-15T01:37:44.520" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1514" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1515" CreationDate="2011-06-15T12:02:20.413" Score="16" ViewCount="244" Body="&lt;p&gt;For example, when someone asks a question and he is saying &lt;code&gt;I am using Ubuntu 11.04&lt;/code&gt;. Should the question also be tagged &lt;code&gt;11.04&lt;/code&gt; or not ?   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4937" LastEditorUserId="4937" LastEditDate="2011-06-15T12:09:08.527" LastActivityDate="2011-06-16T20:54:44.470" Title="When should we use the versions tags?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1515" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1514" CreationDate="2011-06-15T12:28:43.657" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;If I see any mention of version (either software version which I lookup on &lt;a href=&quot;http://packages.ubuntu.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://packages.ubuntu.com/&lt;/a&gt; or Ubuntu version) I tag it accordingly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It could be used for determining the age and relevancy of the question. Tags can be used for searching: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/11.04+upgrade&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/11.04+upgrade&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I find the version tag more useful to questions related to upgrades, bugs, drivers and the use of new software like Unity. Software recommendations and shell-scripting questions are examples of questions where the Ubuntu version does not matter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6969" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2011-06-15T14:10:02.600" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1516" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1514" CreationDate="2011-06-15T13:24:31.827" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;In addition to what Lekensteyn I use the following ideas myself:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If something changed a ton, like say unity, I tag those with the versions so that it's obvious which major release people are using, but I don't tag general stuff like apt, dpkg, or something like that.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Kernel/Hardware/Video stuff for sure since hardware detection is version specific there.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2011-06-15T13:24:31.827" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1517" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1511" CreationDate="2011-06-15T19:21:31.533" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't think Ask Ubuntu is the place for them. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Close and lock them all and add a notice to the old ones (&lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/questions/194812/list-of-freely-available-programming-books&quot;&gt;like they did on Stack Overflow&lt;/a&gt;). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="866" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-05-23T12:39:54.233" LastActivityDate="2013-12-31T23:06:05.690" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1518" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1511" CreationDate="2011-06-16T11:21:17.233" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is a &lt;em&gt;variation&lt;/em&gt; of this which is allowed, namely &quot;Hidden Features of...&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/56669/should-hidden-features-of-x-be-removed-closed-locked&quot;&gt;Should &amp;#39;hidden features of X&amp;#39; be removed/closed/locked?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The difference as I see it, is these aren't just mindless &lt;em&gt;lists of stuff&lt;/em&gt;, but pro-tips where experts share specific details about how they do things.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A simple &quot;what is available&quot; or &quot;let's list all things of type X&quot; does not fit this criteria at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2011-06-16T11:21:17.233" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1519" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1520" CreationDate="2011-06-16T12:19:15.363" Score="21" ViewCount="279" Body="&lt;p&gt;Recently I have seen questions where few good answers were given but no answer was accepted and no comment was left on any answer i.e no activity from the user who asked the question. Is it okay to leave a comment on the question asking the answer which most helped him so that remaining community can benefit from it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What if the answers also include my own answer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6713" LastActivityDate="2015-02-01T19:00:39.833" Title="Is it okay to ask a user to accept an answer for his/her question?" Tags="|discussion|comments|answers|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1520" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1519" CreationDate="2011-06-16T12:27:37.343" Score="19" Body="&lt;p&gt;The system will consider a question as &quot;answered&quot; after one of the answers has at least one up vote. While it won't reward you rep as &quot;the accepted answer&quot;, or mark it as accepted, it will remove the question from the &lt;code&gt;unanswered&lt;/code&gt; queue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for nudging the user, there is nothing wrong with leaving a comment on the question requesting the author select an answer - or &lt;em&gt;improve&lt;/em&gt; their original question if it's still unanswered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's hard to know if the solutions provided are actually viable fixes for this situation or if the user just is unaware of how the system works, so make sure to take that into consideration when gently nudging users to accept answers :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="41" LastEditDate="2011-06-17T04:29:31.183" LastActivityDate="2011-06-17T04:29:31.183" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1521" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1514" CreationDate="2011-06-16T20:54:44.470" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would &lt;em&gt;definitely&lt;/em&gt; avoid adding a version tag just for the sake of having it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Version tags can be dangerous if the community starts to believe that every question, no matter what, has to have a version tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Only version tag posts that provide at least some evidence they are in fact tied to a specific version of Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123" LastActivityDate="2011-06-16T20:54:44.470" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1522" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1511" CreationDate="2011-06-17T08:34:51.197" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Thinking about this, one of the problems is that these questions often start as valid requests, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/49174/is-there-a-source-insight-alternative&quot;&gt;like this one&lt;/a&gt; where someone asks for an alternative to a program that only runs in Windows.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Knowing where to draw the line is quite tricky.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="866" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2011-06-17T08:34:51.197" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1523" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1524" CreationDate="2011-06-17T13:21:33.480" Score="12" ViewCount="8112" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've seen a few questions and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/31131/multiple-shells-in-one-window/31154#31154&quot;&gt;answers&lt;/a&gt; with images like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The image you are requesting does not exist or is no longer available.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Obviously, that's not good for the use of this website.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What's wrong with imgur.com, why are images being deleted?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How can this deletion be prevented?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Should StackExchange use other services? (Imageshack? Hosting images themselves?)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6969" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2011-06-17T18:33:55.400" Title="imgur.com is deleting images" Tags="|discussion|bug|status-completed|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1524" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1523" CreationDate="2011-06-17T13:30:24.010" Score="18" Body="&lt;p&gt;Well &lt;a href=&quot;https://imgur.com/faq#long&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;according to imgur&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;As long as images are getting at least 1 view every 6 months, they will stick around forever. After that, your image may be removed to create more space for newer images. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But the answer you linked to was only posted in March so it's guaranteed to have had at least one view in the past 6 months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's obviously not ideal if graphics for things go missing after 6 months and it's unacceptable if they go missing before that [predictable] deadline.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ideally the SE sites would host the images themselves but as you can probably understand, this would essentially require them to create their own content delivery network to handle the extra disk and bandwidth requirements. Either that or they come to an arrangement with imgur where they guarantee lifetime hosting of all files.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm going to convert this into a bug to get more attention for it because if things carry on like this, it's going to be a serious issue for a lot of posts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit:&lt;/strong&gt; I have contacted imgur via email to ask them to investigate what happened in this specific case and to make sure, if it's a bug, it doesn't happen again. Hopefully it's a temporary issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit 2:&lt;/strong&gt; Had a response back from the founder of Imgur saying they're investigating and fixing things. Rock on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit 3:&lt;/strong&gt; Should be completely fixed now and here's what happened:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Hey Oli,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I'm really sorry about that. Every&#xA;  single missing image that occurred&#xA;  from it is back online. It happened&#xA;  with images that were under the&#xA;  i.imgur.com domain, non of which were&#xA;  deleted, but they weren't where they&#xA;  were supposed to be.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Allow me to explain what happened and&#xA;  how it's been fixed. We've been moving&#xA;  data between disks (almost 45 million&#xA;  images) over the past month because&#xA;  the original storage we've been using&#xA;  has been filling up rapidly. To move&#xA;  all the images over to a new storage&#xA;  solution, a script was created that&#xA;  simply moves the images and creates&#xA;  symlinks pointing to the new&#xA;  locations. However, in order to resume&#xA;  the script where it left off, it&#xA;  ignored all symlinks it came across&#xA;  and only moved actual images. All of&#xA;  this has been working great and I've&#xA;  been running it since early last&#xA;  month. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Last week when I moved all of SE's&#xA;  images to the new setup&#xA;  (stack.imgur.com), I did a similar&#xA;  process with moving the file and&#xA;  dropping down a symlink where it used&#xA;  to be, that points to the new&#xA;  location. This also worked great and&#xA;  everything was moved over. However,&#xA;  when you combine this with the general&#xA;  image moving script that was already&#xA;  running, it ends up ignoring all of&#xA;  SE's symlinks and images that were&#xA;  just working fine are no longer&#xA;  linking up properly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;To fix this, I've changed the image&#xA;  moving script to take SE's symlinked&#xA;  images into account and handle them&#xA;  appropriately. I've also just finished&#xA;  scanning SE's entire library of images&#xA;  to make sure that each and every one&#xA;  was in the proper place and&#xA;  accessible. I've also setup additional&#xA;  monitoring for 404's on the&#xA;  stack.imgur.com, to ensure that&#xA;  something like this never happens with&#xA;  the new system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you have any&#xA;  questions/comments/concerns then&#xA;  please let me know. I also contacted&#xA;  Jeff and the sysadmins for SE and&#xA;  informed them of the fix as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Regards,&#xA;  Alan Schaaf&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2011-06-17T16:35:26.247" LastActivityDate="2011-06-17T16:35:26.247" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1525" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1537" CreationDate="2011-06-17T20:06:41.490" Score="10" ViewCount="106" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/46964/what-to-do-with-a-cluster-of-old-computers-running-ubuntu&quot;&gt;I asked a question&lt;/a&gt; regarding computer clusters. The question was apt for the community wiki, and was made into one. The first response that it received was good and I upvoted it. However since then, the question has not received any further answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should I have waited before upvoting so that it stayed a bit longer in the unanswered section. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or is offering a bounty the only way?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2012-04-27T05:47:25.470" Title="Should I wait before upvoting the first answer?" Tags="|discussion|voting|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1526" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-06-18T10:41:37.630" Score="4" ViewCount="55" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a problem with my computer (a reproducible crash), and posted a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/49231/5719&quot;&gt;question&lt;/a&gt; here on AskUbuntu. I hoped that this is a known situation with a known workaround, or that somebody can spot what I did wrong, or that there will be advice for troubleshooting. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But now my question has an unusually low view count, and no answers. There were two comments, which left me with the impression that their authors were just as puzzled as I am. So I am unsure if I didn't stumble upon a bug, and a new one at that (at least I couldn't find another case of this problem with google, but maybe I chose unfortunate search terms). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, what are in general good indicators that the abnormal behaviour of a computer is a bug and not something else? When should I abandon my question here and go bother the devs on Launchpad? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5719" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2011-06-18T18:31:50.200" Title="When to submit a question as an Ubuntu bug?" Tags="|discussion|unanswered-questions|launchpad|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1528" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1526" CreationDate="2011-06-18T18:31:50.200" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Freeze and &quot;It doesn't boot&quot; questions are just fundamentally hard. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's a bunch of things that can cause a computer to freeze, which is why if you do a search for &quot;freeze&quot; or &quot;crash&quot; on this site you'll likely find that you're not alone. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would say in that case you're better off filing a bug report, especially if the built in tools have a crash report or something that might help a developer diagnose the problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2011-06-18T18:31:50.200" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1529" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-06-18T19:07:44.547" Score="6" ViewCount="1180" Body="&lt;p&gt;In &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/49387/is-there-mono-appindicator-notification-area-icon-available-for-xchat/49423#49423&quot;&gt;this answer&lt;/a&gt; that I helped in reformatting, you can see reference to privilege gained by using &lt;code&gt;sudo&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;gksu&lt;/code&gt;, etc are referred to by administrator privileges (by me) and superuser privileges (by author). What is the proper reference to the privileges?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;IMO, I don't think it should be root privileges because, even using &lt;code&gt;sudo&lt;/code&gt;, there are some restrictions. And superuser sounds improper and does not give a real meaning, being one of the terms .&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please share your opinion on the matter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="814" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2011-06-19T11:58:08.167" Title="Administrator, superuser or root privileges?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1530" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1539" CreationDate="2011-06-18T22:00:48.560" Score="4" ViewCount="44" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just started my first bounty on Ask Ubuntu! A very special one as I offered it on &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/37972/diagnose-brightness-control&quot;&gt;another person's question&lt;/a&gt;. Btw, gaining the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/badges/45/investor?userid=18140&quot;&gt;Investor Badge&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Actually I'm planning to keep track of them using &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/18140/guandalino&quot;&gt;my profile space&lt;/a&gt;, but I'd really love to know if there is a better way to do this. I'd love to see something like &lt;em&gt;Bounties&lt;/em&gt; after Info, Reputation, Activity, etc. links.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does this make sense to anyone? Or is it just me?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="18140" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2011-06-21T13:40:14.027" Title="Bounty chronology, possible or N/A?" Tags="|feature-request|bounty|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1531" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1529" CreationDate="2011-06-18T22:52:12.767" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Superuser&lt;/em&gt; is the proper term.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When talking about Linux systems, &lt;em&gt;Administrator&lt;/em&gt; often means a normal user that may gain superuser privileges via &lt;code&gt;su&lt;/code&gt; or &lt;code&gt;sudo&lt;/code&gt; (super user &lt;em&gt;do&lt;/em&gt;). You can also call it &lt;em&gt;root privileges&lt;/em&gt; if you want to be entirely unambiguous, as sudo give the admin 'privileges like root'.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastActivityDate="2011-06-18T22:52:12.767" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1532" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1543" CreationDate="2011-06-19T06:45:20.920" Score="1" ViewCount="83" Body="&lt;p&gt;I asked &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/37972/diagnose-brightness-control&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; about diagnosing why the brightness control won't work. But now the laptop doesn't work any more (water ruined it), so is it possible to name it under someone who is interested in it or something?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="814" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2011-06-21T21:46:52.067" Title="Question I can no longer respond to" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1533" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1529" CreationDate="2011-06-19T11:58:08.167" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The privileges gained with &lt;code&gt;su&lt;/code&gt; or &lt;code&gt;sudo&lt;/code&gt; are called properly called root privileges. That's the definition of what these commands do, in fact: execute a command as root.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Superuser is an informal synonym of root user. Administrator generally refers to a physical user who is legitimately able to gain root privileges.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1059" LastActivityDate="2011-06-19T11:58:08.167" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1534" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1387" CreationDate="2011-06-19T14:24:12.863" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The same related questions now appear when you're composing a question (in fact, this was done only a few hours after you posted this question).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The “questions with similar titles” shown under the title when composing the question are based only on the title.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The “similar questions” shown in the sidebar once you've entered enough of a question body are the same you'd see in the sidebar under “Related” after posting.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For more details, see &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/91568/feedback-requested-similar-questions-displayed-in-sidebar-on-ask&quot;&gt;Feedback requested: Similar Questions displayed in sidebar on /ask&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1059" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2011-06-19T14:24:12.863" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1535" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-06-19T19:14:43.913" Score="4" ViewCount="521" Body="&lt;p&gt;Answers, Questions, Comments, Everything....&#xA;I don't care about the points system, but when I get negative comments on the recommendations I make to help solve a problem, I'm done here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7463" LastActivityDate="2017-03-09T02:02:27.830" Title="How do I delete my account?" Tags="|feature-request|user-accounts|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1537" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1525" CreationDate="2011-06-20T04:05:40.137" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't think it matters much. If lots of people are interested in a question, it's going to get answers what ever the voting on the previous answers looks like.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want to get more and better answers, edit your question and make it better. Read &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq&quot;&gt;our FAQ&lt;/a&gt; as well, it will tell you what sort of question this community really likes, and what sort it doesn't like so much. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This will all be more valuable than voting tactics. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2011-06-20T04:05:40.137" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1538" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-06-20T20:20:03.620" Score="3" ViewCount="45" Body="&lt;p&gt;When answering a question you will get a notification when someone has also posted an answer just before you have.  This is very useful - there is no point in submitting an answer when your answer is identical!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there anyway to have a similar notification if someone has also posted a comment before you have submitted an answer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sometimes I have been working on an answer and after submitting the answer, maybe one or more comments have been added to the question which would have been useful to know before submitting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14356" LastActivityDate="2011-06-20T20:20:03.620" Title="Display any received comments whilst answering a question" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1539" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1530" CreationDate="2011-06-21T13:40:14.027" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;There's now a Bounty tab in your user page:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/235/jorge-castro?tab=bounties&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/users/235/jorge-castro?tab=bounties&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2011-06-21T13:40:14.027" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1540" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1541" CreationDate="2011-06-21T17:51:42.957" Score="0" ViewCount="126" Body="&lt;p&gt;I found &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/37083/how-can-i-change-the-unity-launcher-delay/37098#37098&quot;&gt;this answer&lt;/a&gt; where some of the &lt;code&gt;i.stack.imgur&lt;/code&gt; images were &quot;no longer available&quot;, so I converted them to &lt;code&gt;i.imgur&lt;/code&gt;. Discussion on &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1523/imgur-com-is-deleting-images&quot;&gt;imgur.com is deleting images&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt; makes it sound like this shouldn't happen any more and that it's better to keep i.stack.imgur.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's bad to have answers with invalid pictures, but it sounds like we should always use i.stack.imgur.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What should I do? Is there a place to report broken images?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9411" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2011-06-21T18:23:42.223" Title="Should I fix posts where imgur is being flaky?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1541" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1540" CreationDate="2011-06-21T18:23:42.223" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If the image was uploaded using the image upload button within the SE editor toolbar, the image should work.  If the image was uploaded to imgur &lt;em&gt;separately&lt;/em&gt; since the time that SE has used a pro imgur account, then yes, just edit it and move on.  If it is an image uploaded to the SE account that is broken, &lt;em&gt;those&lt;/em&gt; are the ones that should absolutely work and we would want to know about.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2686" LastActivityDate="2011-06-21T18:23:42.223" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1542" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1544" CreationDate="2011-06-21T20:56:43.120" Score="9" ViewCount="150" Body="&lt;p&gt;I found this site after I spent some time on &lt;a href=&quot;https://tex.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;tex.stackexchange&lt;/a&gt;. Don't take this as me getting on my high horses but compared to the questions on tex.stackexchange the questions on this site has much worse quality. Often they are short and unspecific and it also happens that people haven't even tried do some basic searching before asking. I don't want new or inexperienced to be chased off but for communication to be improved and, more specifically, for questions to be possible to answer. I know that it's not fair to compare the sites in all aspects because TeX is a subject where the interested people are more used to communicate technical problems, but I wonder&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What is done to get quality questions on this site?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What can be done by those who wants to help?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example if think the text &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/how-to-ask&quot;&gt;How to Ask&lt;/a&gt; is really good. Can we make it so that more people take note of its contents and practice it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19490" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:36:11.123" LastActivityDate="2011-06-22T10:09:10.697" Title="What can be done to increase the quality of questions?" Tags="|discussion|asking-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1543" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1532" CreationDate="2011-06-21T21:46:52.067" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Questions aren't transferable. As it's something that no longer affects you, and these things are quite make/model-specific I'm going to close it and refund the bounty.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If somebody else has this issue and wants to resurrect the topic, they can ask a similar question and if somebody pokes a moderator, we can merge in the current answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2011-06-21T21:46:52.067" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1544" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1542" CreationDate="2011-06-21T22:02:00.920" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just to defend the quality issue, we deal in a lot more grey areas and a lot of problem solving here is an iterative process where we have to tease the right information out of the askers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The questions here are very organic. People have problems and they come here as a choice between IRC, UbuntuForums.org and several other online support forums. Of course they don't post perfect questions every time but through commenting, we try to increase the quality of the questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course there are non-organic questions too (things people post because they think they'll be a good question) and we welcome those too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;But if you see any post on the site that you think to be of poor quality, do something about it. Things don't fix themselves.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If it's almost there and has a few formatting or language issues, just improve on it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If it's missing information that might be essential to getting a precise answer, leave the user a comment. You might have to explain how they get the right data (eg &lt;code&gt;lspci&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;lsusb&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;lshw&lt;/code&gt;, etc) and you might need to trim the output once they post it, but most people respond well to this.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you can divine extra information from their question (eg a user says they have wireless problems on a Dell Computersaurus 901b; and you find that the Computersaurus 901b only ever has a Ralink rt2570 wifi chipset) edit the question and add that information.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you think it's just a bad question (however it could be phrased), vote against it and flag it up. Your moderators will be along shortly to deal with it, if they agree.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At all of these points, you're free to leave comments for people. We ask you be polite, but I would certainly welcome people pointing out how I could improve my posts here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2011-06-22T10:09:10.697" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1545" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1546" CreationDate="2011-06-22T00:27:07.790" Score="4" ViewCount="114" Body="&lt;p&gt;Should be in META, but I can't post there without logging in:I am unable to login using the Launchpad OpenID. When I click the launchpad button the page stays the same. (It has links to recover my account or make a new one, but no input boxes.) This has worked for me before with firefox4. It also does not work with Chromium. I'm not sure what has changed. What can I do to login? I'm using firefox 4. I don't have the noscript plugin installed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user20418" LastEditorUserId="158" LastEditDate="2011-06-22T15:48:49.547" LastActivityDate="2011-06-22T15:48:49.547" Title="Unable to login using launchpad openID, text input box fails to appear." Tags="|support|status-completed|login|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1546" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1545" CreationDate="2011-06-22T04:00:07.667" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here's how I finally got in to my account:&#xA;Clear the cache and cookies in your browser. Then go to the login page and click the more OpenID options link. Put in &lt;code&gt;https://launchpad.net/~&amp;lt;your-launchpad-user-name&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; and click sign in. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9308" LastActivityDate="2011-06-22T04:00:07.667" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1547" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-06-22T15:39:14.073" Score="7" ViewCount="114" Body="&lt;p&gt;Should I vote to close strictly the newest one, or the one that has the most constructive content?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What if both have constructive content, as is the case with these two questions?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/4872/bind-software-to-different-network-interfaces&quot;&gt;bind software to different network interfaces&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/25778/how-can-an-application-like-firefox-be-forced-to-use-a-certain-network-interfac&quot;&gt;How can an application (like Firefox) be forced to use a certain network interface?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1859" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2011-08-19T17:09:44.827" Title="How should I decide which duplicate to close?" Tags="|discussion|best-practice|vote-to-close|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1548" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1547" CreationDate="2011-06-22T16:06:04.580" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;If both questions have good content, they should be &lt;em&gt;Merged&lt;/em&gt; rather than closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Otherwise, you should vote to close the one that's worse. Which can be defined in a few different ways. I'll try to put them in ascending order of importance (this is my opinion, nothing more):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Has poor quality answers (one clinches the deal, as far as I'm concerned)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is less general, less &lt;em&gt;canonical&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Has fewer or no answers&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is older, or concerning an outdated version of some software&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The OP is inactive, the question isn't edited&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Has fewer views (that's &quot;other&quot;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most of the time, it'll be obvious to you which one deserves to stay. And hopefully, as we discourage answering duplicates, the newer question won't have better answers by the time you see it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastEditorUserId="1067" LastEditDate="2011-06-22T16:30:14.247" LastActivityDate="2011-06-22T16:30:14.247" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1549" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1547" CreationDate="2011-06-22T16:12:50.203" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;In this case (between these two questions) I'd be inclined to leave both as they are. One is dealing with two distinct applications (a browser and not a browser) and the other is dealing with two browsers. There are several technique of doing what they're asking the if it's the same protocol, that cuts off some options and opens up others.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's a pretty technical difference but it's similar (in my mind) to the reason we don't merge every &quot;Help my wireless isn't working&quot; question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Annoyingly their answers are probably the wrong way around (I'd recommend SOCKS to dierre and iproute to Lekensteyn).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2011-06-22T16:12:50.203" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1550" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-06-22T16:54:09.110" Score="9" ViewCount="166" Body="&lt;p&gt;This tag merge will affect a lot of questions, so I think we should discuss it here before doing it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To be clear:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;all &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ati&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ati&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ati&lt;/a&gt; questions will be tagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/amd-graphics&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;amd-graphics&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;amd-graphics&lt;/a&gt; after the merge.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ati&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ati&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ati&lt;/a&gt; tag will be a synonym for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/amd-graphics&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;amd-graphics&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;amd-graphics&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should we do it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastEditorUserId="1067" LastEditDate="2011-06-26T02:04:02.207" LastActivityDate="2015-07-28T12:06:34.247" Title="Merging the &quot;ati&quot; tag into &quot;amd-graphics&quot;" Tags="|discussion|status-deferred|tags|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1551" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1089" CreationDate="2011-06-25T10:11:19.503" Score="22" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fullcirclemagazine.org&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/HYONG.png&quot; alt=&quot;THE INDEPENDENT MAGAZINE FOR THE UBUNTU COMMUNITY&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5149" LastEditorUserId="3037" LastEditDate="2011-06-26T18:19:17.160" LastActivityDate="2011-06-26T18:19:17.160" CommentCount="2" CommunityOwnedDate="2011-06-25T10:11:19.503" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1552" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-06-26T04:44:28.653" Score="3" ViewCount="88" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is a bug in chat's upload feature ,If you had previously posted an image using upload and you open up the dialouge again without selecting a pic and press cancel it reposts the previous image without conformation &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17722" LastEditorUserId="237" LastEditDate="2011-06-27T10:37:10.427" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Bug Found in SE chat's upload feature" Tags="|bug|status-completed|chat|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1553" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2932" CreationDate="2011-06-26T07:35:04.017" Score="0" ViewCount="78" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/n1Nwy.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5149" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-04-12T14:38:18.770" LastActivityDate="2012-04-12T14:39:14.750" Title="Big font on the 'click on this box to dismiss' text" Tags="|bug|status-completed|user-interface|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1554" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="683" CreationDate="2011-06-26T11:02:21.337" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Not built in; you might check &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackapps.com&quot;&gt;http://stackapps.com&lt;/a&gt; to see if there are any RSS apps that will work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123" LastActivityDate="2011-06-26T11:02:21.337" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1555" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1008" CreationDate="2011-06-26T11:18:58.763" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Agreed, it is now burninated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/9FL2Q.png&quot; alt=&quot;tag burninated&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123" LastActivityDate="2011-06-26T11:18:58.763" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1556" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-06-26T12:53:36.127" Score="3" ViewCount="64" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1466/why-i-cant-initiate-a-bounty&quot;&gt;Why I can&amp;#39;t initiate a bounty&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have started a question which is quite old now and i din get any clear solution to that question still. So i thought to start a bounty for my question but i don see any option in that question. Please look at the screenshot. Is it a bug?&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/qORdM.png&quot; alt=&quot;Bounty&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5691" LastEditorUserId="123" LastEditDate="2011-06-26T13:51:51.073" LastActivityDate="2011-06-26T13:51:51.073" Title="No option found to start a bounty" Tags="|support|bounty|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2011-06-26T15:00:22.183" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1557" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1556" CreationDate="2011-06-26T13:33:06.143" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can only have one bounty at a time, see the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq#bounty&quot;&gt;FAQ&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;There can only be 1 active bounty per question and per user at any given time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Currently, you've put a bounty on &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/41273/6969&quot;&gt;How to copy/paste text from remote system?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6969" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2011-06-26T13:33:06.143" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1558" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1559" CreationDate="2011-06-27T06:25:15.597" Score="3" ViewCount="60" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was shown two notifications, but after a moment of loading image, nothing appears. Hot questions and all sites area load as expected.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not browser-specific, same results on Opera, Firefox and Chromium.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please help me check those updated questions before I forget!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;UPDATE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I received a new notification, it appeared but all the old ones has been cleared! I've got questions on the SE network, how can I know where I've been updated?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="814" LastEditorUserId="123" LastEditDate="2011-06-27T07:16:07.130" LastActivityDate="2011-06-27T07:16:07.130" Title="Emergency; inbox not loading" Tags="|bug|status-completed|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1559" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1558" CreationDate="2011-06-27T07:16:00.110" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;We made some emergency changes to the network on Sunday; this should resolve itself soon.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123" LastActivityDate="2011-06-27T07:16:00.110" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1560" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1552" CreationDate="2011-06-27T10:37:00.583" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;We have added a workaround for this Chrome (or possibly WebKit) bug; see &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/94649/weird-repost-of-last-picture-in-chat/96562#96562&quot;&gt;Weird repost of last picture in chat&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="237" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2011-06-27T10:37:00.583" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1561" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1562" CreationDate="2011-06-28T00:00:14.247" Score="5" ViewCount="65" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is there an unwritten convention that is considered more appropriate than others in reference to key sequence notation when replying to questions?  Specifically, which is considered more appropriate?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;kbd&gt;CTRL&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;ALT&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;T&lt;/kbd&gt; &amp;lt;= All uppercase&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;or&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;kbd&gt;Ctrl&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;Alt&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;T&lt;/kbd&gt; &amp;lt;= mixed case lettering&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I seem to recall the first methodology in a number of books I have had the opportunity to peruse over the years.  However, I see the latter methodology as matching the actual keys on a standard keyboard.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16267" LastActivityDate="2011-06-28T07:55:36.373" Title="Is there a preferred convention as to how key sequences are noted?" Tags="|discussion|editing|answer-format|best-practice|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1562" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1561" CreationDate="2011-06-28T07:55:36.373" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I agree with Jeff, just pick one and move on. I prefer normal capitalisation too, but the discussion is not worth your time. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/8672/what-do-all-capital-letters-typically-refer-to-in-writing/8678#8678&quot;&gt;What do all CAPITAL letters typically refer to in writing?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkinson%27s_Law_of_Triviality&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Parkinson's Law of Triviality&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:38:17.203" LastActivityDate="2011-06-28T07:55:36.373" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1563" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1122" CreationDate="2011-06-29T08:16:57.617" Score="-2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think, that command line geeks are making new users feel uncomfortable. While I agree that it's easyer to copy/paste, it stops new users from getting knowledge about how system works.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, nobody explained me how to add repositories myself. There were situations when you see the address. You search google &quot;how to add repositories on Ubuntu&quot; and they all give you command line solutions. Then you try using them and fail. After that you simply give up, because the program you want to install isn't worth so much time. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, if people would as well give a GUI solution, I could have learned that you can add repositories through software center app. That is a real problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Moreover, if Ubuntu wants to be popular, geeks should stop making everyone scared of the command line. I know it is useful, but somehow I have no idea on how to use it properly without instructions. It isn't explained anywhere.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Sorry for my English. Somehow this text got messy for me...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5552" LastActivityDate="2011-06-29T08:16:57.617" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1564" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-06-29T08:18:06.343" Score="5" ViewCount="249" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is a question about this website. What is the script that runs AskUbuntu questions, answers, rating, tagging, and search? Is it custom programmed or derived from an open source? It must be on of the best I have ever run across! :) Brendon&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20817" OwnerDisplayName="Brendon" LastEditorUserId="235" LastEditDate="2012-07-08T17:18:56.683" LastActivityDate="2012-07-08T17:18:56.683" Title="What is the script that runs AskUbuntu questions, answers, rating, tagging, and search? " Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1565" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1564" CreationDate="2011-06-29T08:24:03.487" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's closed-source. The company behind is is StackExchange, see the bottom of this page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The software runs on a MS server.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The idea is not unique though, there are other Q&amp;amp;A sites like this one, some of them are open-source, others not. Some even ask for money like experts-exchange.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6969" LastActivityDate="2011-06-29T08:24:03.487" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1566" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1564" CreationDate="2011-06-29T08:24:27.863" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Proprietary, closed source and runs on ASP.NET and Windows Server. Not exactly the most Ubuntu-thing in the world but it's just a platform. It's from the same people that started the programmer-support site &lt;a href=&quot;http://StackOverflow.com&quot;&gt;StackOverflow.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The real jewels here are our users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2011-06-29T08:24:27.863" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1567" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1564" CreationDate="2011-06-29T08:27:07.137" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu runs on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Stack Exchange&lt;/a&gt; software. It's a bunch of proprietary software to run many Question and Answer sites, beginning with &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/&quot;&gt;Stack Overflow&lt;/a&gt;. Users can create new sites at &lt;a href=&quot;http://area51.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Area 51&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can't get the software for yourself. But there are similar implementations, such as&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://shapado.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://shapado.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which is, at least in the way it looks, &lt;em&gt;very&lt;/em&gt; similar to the Stack Exchange software.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See also:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.serverfault.com/post/stack-exchanges-architecture-in-bullet-points/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Stack Exchange’s Architecture in Bullet Points&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-05-23T12:39:54.233" LastActivityDate="2011-06-29T08:27:07.137" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1568" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-06-29T14:12:50.647" Score="21" ViewCount="821" Body="&lt;h3&gt;What?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Ask Ubuntu classroom is a series of free sessions where an Expert teaches attendees some of their skills in a variety of fields.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Where?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The sessions are going to be held in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/663/ask-ubuntu-classroom&quot;&gt;Classroom&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.askubuntu.com&quot;&gt;Ask Ubuntu Chat&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;When?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This post is to organise the calendar. If you want to hold a session, add your name and the topic to the calendar, and let one of the Moderators know to Schedule the Event in the Ask Ubuntu Chat System.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;For Attendees&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you plan to attend a session, please register for the event. Transcripts of all events will be available to the public afterwards.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Take a look at the &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/info/663/ask-ubuntu-classroom?tab=schedule&quot;&gt;chat schedule&lt;/a&gt; for estimated durations. Sessions may run over the alloted time, but we expect them to be fairly close.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;For Speakers&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want to hold your own session, please come and talk to one of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/about&quot;&gt;moderators&lt;/a&gt; in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/201/ask-ubuntu-general-room&quot;&gt;Ask Ubuntu chat&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We expect sessions to take between 30 and 120 minutes. You should make sure your material fits in that time-frame. You should also be &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/faq&quot;&gt;familiar&lt;/a&gt; with our chat system. Sessions should generally relate to the topic of Ubuntu in the same way as questions on the site should. You can of course hold session on topics such as Inkscape or Perl, but they should assume Ubuntu users as the target audience.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;For organisers&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please discuss organisational issues here:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/info/705/ask-ubuntu-classroom-organizers?tab=general&quot;&gt;Ask Ubuntu Classroom Organizers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Keep in mind that you can just leave messages. It's much easier to read than a huge comment thread on this question :-)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2011-07-25T14:13:50.943" Title="What is the Ask Ubuntu Classroom and how can I participate?" Tags="|discussion|chat|tutorials|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2011-06-29T14:23:08.880" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1569" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1568" CreationDate="2011-06-29T14:18:44.187" Score="14" Body="&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Scheduled Sessions&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;h3&gt;DVCS, why you should be doing it.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An introduction to the ideology of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributed_revision_control&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;DVCS&lt;/a&gt;, various workflows, comparison of: &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Git_(software)&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Git&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercurial&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Mercurial&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bazaar_(software)&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Bazaar&lt;/a&gt; - and how to get started with each. Time permitting this will also cover connecting to &lt;a href=&quot;http://launchpad.net&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;LaunchPad&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://github.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Github&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;http://code.google.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Google Code&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;TBD - &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/41/marco-ceppi&quot;&gt;Marco Ceppi&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/info/663/ask-ubuntu-classroom?tab=schedule&quot;&gt;register for this event&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;    &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Past Sessions&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/663/conversation/introduction-to-computer-programming-using-python-3rd-july-2011-1800-utc&quot;&gt;Introduction to Computer Programming using Python&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a gentle introduction into writing computer programs in Python. It starts from the basics of writing and running the &quot;Hello World&quot; program and finishes with your first simple GTK application. After the session, you will be able to write applications for the Ubuntu Desktop.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sunday, 3rd of July, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Ask%20Ubuntu%20Classroom:%20Introduction%20to%20Computer%20Programming%20using%20Python&amp;amp;iso=20110703T18&amp;amp;ah=2&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;18:00 UTC&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/1067/stefano-palazzo&quot;&gt;Stefano Palazzo&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/663/conversation/introduction-to-computer-programming-using-python-3rd-july-2011-1800-utc&quot;&gt;Transcript&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;  (&lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/663/conversation/introduction-to-computer-programming-using-python-3rd-july-2011-1800-utc&quot;&gt;Online&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href=&quot;http://dl.dropbox.com/u/240188/python_class.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;PDF&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/663/conversation/the-basics-of-packaging-on-ubuntu-packaging-part-1&quot;&gt;The Basics of Packaging on Ubuntu (Packaging: Part 1)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a step-by-step procedure for beginners to create packages (.deb installers) on Ubuntu.  Utilizing steps in the how-to provided on the Ubuntu Wiki, this guide is to help explain those steps so a normal user can use them, but it also addresses steps outside those that are defined in the how-to which are critical to creating a .deb for Ubuntu, including helping beginners understand how to create the basic structure for creating a .deb installer/package.  This will focus on the end result of a standalone .deb installer, and does &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; cover uploading to a launchpad PPA, does &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; cover creating a PPA-compatible version of a .deb, and does &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; explain incorporating the .deb into Ubuntu, Launchpad, or other systems. (There will be other Packaging classroom sessions which will cover these items)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Saturday, 9th of July, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=The+Basics+of+Packaging+on+Ubuntu&amp;amp;iso=20110709T14&amp;amp;p1=97&amp;amp;ah=1&amp;amp;am=30&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;18:00 UTC&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/10616/the-evil-phoenix&quot;&gt;The Evil Phoenix&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/663/conversation/the-basics-of-packaging-on-ubuntu-packaging-part-1&quot;&gt;Transcript&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/663/conversation/ubuntu-packaging-for-launchpad-ppas-packaging-part-2&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Packaging for Launchpad PPAs (Packaging: Part 2)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is the second part of the packaging sessions, specifically regarding the packaging process and the uploading of packages to Launchpad PPAs.  This session does not cover the steps outlined in the first session, and does not outline the process for getting your packages considered for addition to the standard Ubuntu repositories.  This session strictly continues from the first session, elaborating on how to upload to a Launchpad PPA and allow for your packages to be modified there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Saturday, 9th of July, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Ubuntu+Packaging+for+Launchpad+PPAs&amp;amp;iso=20110709T1530&amp;amp;p1=97&amp;amp;ah=1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;19:30 UTC&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/10616/the-evil-phoenix&quot;&gt;The Evil Phoenix&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/663/conversation/ubuntu-packaging-for-launchpad-ppas-packaging-part-2&quot;&gt;Transcript&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Proposed Sessions&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Sed and Awk&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Introduction to Bash scripting&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Introduction to Perl scripting&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Getting up and running with LAMP on Ubuntu Server&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Introduction to SQL and MySQL Database Management&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Introduction to Video Editing using OpenShot&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Introduction to Ardour &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Working with virtual machines&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Basic 3D modelling with Blender&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Working with the Gimp &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Setting up Squid (proxy server)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Introduction to C++ programming with Qt&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Compiling the Linux kernel&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Introduction to the NGINX Webserver&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2011-07-25T14:13:50.943" CommentCount="16" CommunityOwnedDate="2011-06-29T14:23:16.057" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1570" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1571" CreationDate="2011-07-01T09:47:15.757" Score="0" ViewCount="43" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is there a way to hook up unanswered questions from a launchpad mailing list to askubuntu?&#xA;I thought the poor man's solution would be to just copy+paste the mailing list question to askubuntu and reply to the mailing list with the askubuntu URL, but maybe there is something better out there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17702" LastActivityDate="2011-07-01T10:14:45.470" Title="link up unanswered questions from a launchpad mailing list to askubuntu?" Tags="|feature-request|unanswered-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1571" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1570" CreationDate="2011-07-01T10:14:45.470" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;LP Answers currently doesn't have a way to connect to an external source (such as AU) to a project.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We've discussed this at a UDS and currently it's on a &quot;wow this would be great to have&quot; column, but it wouldn't be useful if we were trying to do this by hand as it would be confusing to people unless we did it right.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/631/what-was-discussed-and-what-was-the-outcome-of-the-ask-ubuntu-uds-n-session&quot;&gt;What was discussed, and what was the outcome of the Ask Ubuntu UDS-N session?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2011-07-01T10:14:45.470" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1572" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-07-01T18:29:14.043" Score="4" ViewCount="161" Body="&lt;p&gt;This relates to the fact that &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/489/how-would-ubuntu-bug-1-be-fixed-if-ask-ubuntu-uses-a-windows-platform&quot;&gt;Stack Exchange is hosted on a Windows platform&lt;/a&gt;. It is indeed worrying that a communication platform of a community focused on &lt;em&gt;free&lt;/em&gt; software relies on &lt;em&gt;proprietary&lt;/em&gt; software. Apart from this, what worries me is the availability of the data, that is, all the knowledge accumulated on askubuntu (all questions and answers on this site). I know that all user generated content is licensed as cc-wiki but this is not what I'm getting at. I wonder what happens if SX is shut down or if its decided that Ubuntu's Q&amp;amp;A platform is to be hosted in another place or be handled in any other way. Is all the data generated on this site freely available so that it may be transferred to another platform?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In short: Is there any reason to worry that this site's information and community are locked in &amp;ndash; or that they run the risk of getting locked in &amp;ndash; because of Stack Exchange not being free software?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19490" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.087" LastActivityDate="2011-07-01T19:43:52.847" Title="Is community locked in?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1574" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1572" CreationDate="2011-07-01T19:06:06.753" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;The site's content is licensed as cc-wiki and will &lt;em&gt;always&lt;/em&gt; be such. Data dumps are available every months and efforts to make these more real-time are underway. The platform is free and will always be free to use. The infrastructure running this free platform is indifferent because the content and platform are free and always will be.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2011-07-01T19:06:06.753" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1575" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1572" CreationDate="2011-07-01T19:43:52.847" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;As Marco mentioned, the data is all cc-wiki (cc-by-sa-3.0) and &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/category/cc-wiki-dump/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;freely available to anyone&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In times of trouble, you are completely free to switch to &lt;a href=&quot;http://shapado.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Shapado&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.osqa.net/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;OSQA&lt;/a&gt; which can import this data directly, I believe.*&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;&lt;sub&gt;* however I cannot be held responsible for any bleeding from the eyes that may result from looking at and using these systems&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123" LastActivityDate="2011-07-01T19:43:52.847" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1578" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-07-02T10:01:31.433" Score="2" ViewCount="150" Body="&lt;p&gt;How do I / can the appropriate person or system please delete my Ask Ubuntu account; it is not to my liking and I do not want to be associated with it. Thanks !&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user20997" LastActivityDate="2011-07-02T10:39:22.183" Title="How do I delete my Ask Ubuntu account?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1579" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1578" CreationDate="2011-07-02T10:39:22.183" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;That's very unfortunate. :\&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'll delete your account for you now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastActivityDate="2011-07-02T10:39:22.183" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1581" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1586" CreationDate="2011-07-03T10:54:46.990" Score="6" ViewCount="391" Body="&lt;p&gt;The current notification sound is a little bit annoying. I thought the sound is the browser default sound but it is not. I heard a different sound the same browser in different chat rooms.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How can i change notification sound?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9701" OwnerDisplayName="Achu" LastEditorUserId="9701" LastEditDate="2011-07-03T12:45:48.500" LastActivityDate="2011-07-04T18:10:24.303" Title="How can I change chat sound notifications?" Tags="|support|chat|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1582" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1581" CreationDate="2011-07-03T11:30:30.837" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can't.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The SE Chat creates an &lt;a href=&quot;http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/Overview.html#the-audio-element&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;audio element&lt;/a&gt; on the site to play the sound (or a Flash applet, if your browser doesn't support it). So the sound is hard coded into the system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only thing you can do is disable the sound altogether. Luckily, this is pretty granular: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/RjMza.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastEditorUserId="1067" LastEditDate="2011-07-03T11:36:11.640" LastActivityDate="2011-07-03T11:36:11.640" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1583" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1611" CreationDate="2011-07-03T17:03:53.020" Score="4" ViewCount="71" Body="&lt;p&gt;Three hours before the event starts, the system sent out emails saying:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You registered for the following chat&#xA;  events happening today on&#xA;  chat.stackexchange.com:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;in 2 hours&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The same thing is happening on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/info/663/ask-ubuntu-classroom?tab=schedule&quot;&gt;schedule page&lt;/a&gt;. Though the times are correct (and it showing the time in my timezone is a real boon).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastEditorUserId="237" LastEditDate="2011-07-11T13:23:00.837" LastActivityDate="2011-08-10T13:26:34.580" Title="Chat schedule reminder email is off by an hour" Tags="|bug|status-completed|chat|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1584" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1585" CreationDate="2011-07-04T06:17:12.037" Score="2" ViewCount="267" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicates:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/443/add-support-for-apt-link-schema&quot;&gt;Add support for apt:// link schema&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/548/how-to-post-links-that-install-software-via-apt&quot;&gt;How to post links that install software via apt?&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's a shame that we have to tell people to &quot;sudo apt-get install packagename&quot; on AskUbuntu.com. It should be sufficient to provide apt://packagename and let the user just click it to install. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19779" LastActivityDate="2011-07-04T07:57:52.813" Title="Make apt-links clickable." Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2011-07-05T12:15:36.600" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1585" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1584" CreationDate="2011-07-04T07:57:52.813" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/548/how-to-post-links-that-install-software-via-apt&quot;&gt;There are several options for posters to generate their links as links that will open the software centre.&lt;/a&gt; The basis behind all of them is linking to &lt;code&gt;http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/&amp;lt;package-name&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There have been discussions about making this automatic (eg to detect &lt;code&gt;apt-get install ...&lt;/code&gt;) but my attempt to do this failed. The major problem is you'll also see &lt;code&gt;add-apt-repository&lt;/code&gt; scattered around the site and this can be a major part to getting some things working. Adding apt repos is not possible via a link (for good reason!).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.243" LastActivityDate="2011-07-04T07:57:52.813" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1586" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1581" CreationDate="2011-07-04T18:10:24.303" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've created an Userscript for it which is available at &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackapps.com/q/2479/6969&quot;&gt;SE Chat custom notification sound&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After installation, you need to reload the page. The button will be available next to the &quot;set audio notification level&quot; button:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/dXS1g.png&quot; alt=&quot;Screenshot&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6969" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:46.307" LastActivityDate="2011-07-04T18:10:24.303" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1587" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-07-04T19:36:03.227" Score="1" ViewCount="113" Body="&lt;h2&gt;The Problem&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu's favicon, that is &lt;a href=&quot;http://cdn.sstatic.net/askubuntu/img/favicon.ico&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ask Ubuntu&amp;#39;s favicon http://cdn.sstatic.net/askubuntu/img/favicon.ico&lt;/a&gt;, is too similar to the inbox alert. The problem is that when the favicon is placed close to the Stack Exchange menu (the menu in the top left of the site) the favicon might be mistaken for an inbox alert.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An example of this is in Firefox when the tabs are set to appear at the bottom of the top panel and Ask Ubuntu is opened in the leftmost tab. The following might be mistaken for an inbox alert:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/twx9k.png&quot; alt=&quot;Ask Ubuntu with no inbox alert&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That is, the favicon might be mistaken for there being an inbox alert in the Stack Exchange menu. This happens especially for me when looking at it from the corners of my eye and I take it to be due to the Stack Exchange menu appearing very close to the favicon and the favicon being too similar to the favicon. The similarity may be observed when looking at a case where there is a inbox alert:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/g2dgC.png&quot; alt=&quot;Ask Ubuntu with inbox alert&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Notice that if you look a the image above from the corner of your eye the favicon and inbox alert (the red circle with '1' in it) they look identical.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also note that this also happens when viewing other Stack Exchange sites and the Ask Ubuntu site is in the leftmost tab. &lt;a href=&quot;https://superuser.com/&quot;&gt;Super User&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/WZB63.png&quot; alt=&quot;Super User with no inbox alert&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://tex.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;tex.stackexchange&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/5hA31.png&quot; alt=&quot;tex.stackexchange with no inbox alert&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;The question&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does this problem need to be solved? If it needs to be solved, what can be done to solve it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19490" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:36:11.123" LastActivityDate="2011-07-05T20:18:48.857" Title="Ask Ubuntu's favicon is too similar to the inbox alert" Tags="|feature-request|browser|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1589" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1587" CreationDate="2011-07-05T12:22:05.047" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would like to suggest that Ask Ubuntu's favicon might benefit from having another color or design to make it more distinct from an inbox alert or that the Stack Exchange menu is changed to make it more distinct from Ask Ubuntu's favicon.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since Ask Ubuntu's favicon is the only Stack Exchange favicon that I've observed this for and the Stack Exchange menu appears on every Stack Exchange site it seems reasonable that the Ask Ubuntu favicon is changed and not the Stack Exchange menu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19490" LastActivityDate="2011-07-05T12:22:05.047" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1590" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1587" CreationDate="2011-07-05T16:53:41.983" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Changing the favicon because of such a small issue sounds silly to me. If you need to be notified of new inbox messages, consider the next Stackapps:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://stackapps.com/q/2356/6969&quot;&gt;stacknotify google chrome extension&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://stackapps.com/q/2362/6969&quot;&gt;A user script to update the page/tab title with # of unread notifications&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want to, I can create a userscript that colors the whole bar red on new inbox messages.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6969" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:46.307" LastActivityDate="2011-07-05T16:53:41.983" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1591" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1587" CreationDate="2011-07-05T20:18:48.857" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Whilst at first glance I nodded and went &quot;hmm, this isn't ideal&quot;, I think it's something you're going to have to live with:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Orange is &quot;the Ubuntu colour&quot; - changing the favicon would make little sense from that point of view, and would also detract from the Ask Ubuntu brand that the community has worked hard to establish.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;At the same time, orange is a useful colour to get attention as is wanted with the inbox alert.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, what really makes me think that this isn't worth fussing over is best shown in a screenshot:&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/1Copt.png&quot; alt=&quot;Screenshot of Firefox and Chromium&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By default then both Chromium and Firefox (which I think are probably the most common browsers for Ubuntu users) have the URL and navigation bar and bookmarks bar between the tabs and the page content. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Therefore screenshots and situation you described regarding &quot;Firefox when the tabs are set to appear at the bottom of the top panel and Ask Ubuntu is opened in the leftmost tab&quot; is simply very unusual and unlikely to be experienced by most users. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's not something worth changing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="866" LastActivityDate="2011-07-05T20:18:48.857" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1594" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-07-06T09:40:25.093" Score="4" ViewCount="64" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ok, maybe it's not the best title...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/35871/left-button-send-to-no-option-to-send-the-file-as-an-attachment-using-evolu&quot;&gt;a question&lt;/a&gt; that was really about a bug. Some person answered with a good work-around that solved the problem, it gets up-voted to the top spot, it could even be accepted (not this time).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Something happens, this time I reported the &lt;a href=&quot;https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus-sendto/+bug/765847&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;bug&lt;/a&gt;, it get solved, a SRU was accepted and the solution is now in the propposed repo.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now the most voted answer is not the best one. Just updating will solve the problem way better.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What should we do in this or similar cases?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="211" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2011-07-06T11:14:26.723" Title="What is the best way to update a question when something changes?" Tags="|discussion|answers|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1595" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1594" CreationDate="2011-07-06T09:42:58.790" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm leaning to add another answer and edit the most voted one to reflect that there is now a new solution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But there are some problems: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I fear that is rude to the author of the original answer to edit it pointing to another answer (mine).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It's a solution available only to people with editing privilege.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="211" LastActivityDate="2011-07-06T09:42:58.790" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1596" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1594" CreationDate="2011-07-06T11:14:26.723" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;In this case I propose&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Answer the question saying &quot;This has been fixed ...&quot;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Alternatively, edit the top answer with a note of it being fixed&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Flag the question as being &lt;em&gt;too localised&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We normally tend to close bug-reports disguised as questions. They belong on launchpad, not AU. But we always like them to be answered before they're closed. It's kind of a half-measure.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastActivityDate="2011-07-06T11:14:26.723" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1597" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-07-06T13:13:29.523" Score="7" ViewCount="148" Body="&lt;p&gt;Are there detailed policies outlining flag-worthy actions or kick/ban worthy offenses within the Ask Ubuntu General Room chat?  If so, what are the policies, or can a link be provided to them?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2012-06-21T00:39:29.500" Title="Chat Room Policies: Ask Ubuntu General Room" Tags="|discussion|chat|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1598" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1597" CreationDate="2011-07-06T13:28:47.200" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;One general rule:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Be nice, be civil&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Don't say something you wouldn't say in the company of strangers. The internet, by now, knows you're &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Internet,_nobody_knows_you%27re_a_dog&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;not a dog&lt;/a&gt;. :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This includes unnecessary profanity (but, just like in the real world, not all profanity), illegal activities, bullying, rudeness and so on. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If in doubt, use your best judgement. Always remind yourself there are humans on the other side of the cable.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only thing where there is absolutely &lt;em&gt;no tolerance&lt;/em&gt; is bullying. For all else, rudeness, insults, annoying @-pings, you should first try to talk the person before flagging.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Remember that valid spam flags cause users to be temporarily suspended. Generally speaking, flag if you think that a 1 hour suspension would be &lt;em&gt;fair or necessary&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is my little summary, the &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/faq&quot;&gt;official chat FAQ&lt;/a&gt; also touches on the problem:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Do I have to be nice?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Yes. We expect community members to&#xA;  treat each other with respect … even&#xA;  when they don't deserve it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This site is collectively moderated by&#xA;  the community through participatory&#xA;  flagging. If your chat messages are&#xA;  repeatedly being flagged by your peers&#xA;  you might find yourself muted, banned,&#xA;  or – in extreme cases – your The Stack&#xA;  Exchange Network reputation may be&#xA;  negatively affected.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you see an inappropriate, spam, or&#xA;  offensive chat message, please use the&#xA;  hover menu at the far right of each&#xA;  chat message to flag it. This will&#xA;  draw it to the attention of the&#xA;  community moderators.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2012-06-21T00:39:29.500" LastActivityDate="2012-06-21T00:39:29.500" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1599" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1597" CreationDate="2011-07-06T13:53:07.133" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;What &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1597/chat-room-policies-ask-ubuntu-general-room/1598#1598&quot;&gt;Stefano Palazzo said&lt;/a&gt;. Or, to put it in two words:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Common sense.&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, looking at the room transcript, I guess I know what made you ask this, and I can very well understand you (we've been through several issues with the user in question).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But &amp;ndash; and I know I might not only be making friends by saying this &amp;ndash; I really don't like the COC mentality of needing a document to point somebody to and say &quot;you violated section 22a, paragraph 8 of this; hence you did wrong.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What Stefano quotes from the FAQ should be more than enough. Except for FlackBot, we're all human beings here, so I expect people to try get along with each other. If this basic rule of social interaction isn't acceptable to some people, then this has to be taken care of, but a list of &lt;em&gt;dos and don'ts&lt;/em&gt; is not the right way to go.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="237" LastEditorUserId="237" LastEditDate="2011-07-06T14:13:09.690" LastActivityDate="2011-07-06T14:13:09.690" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1600" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1601" CreationDate="2011-07-06T15:50:05.533" Score="4" ViewCount="172" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sorry guys, but I completly forgot that I already had created this account (using facebook) and I created a new one (using lauchpad), if there is some way to merge the accounts I would enjoy it, but if it's not possible, please delete this user.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21195" OwnerDisplayName="Rodrigo Martins" LastEditorUserId="225694" LastEditDate="2017-09-02T15:30:13.987" LastActivityDate="2017-09-02T15:30:13.987" Title="Merge my accounts" Tags="|support|user-accounts|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1601" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1600" CreationDate="2011-07-06T15:56:30.927" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Done and done :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can log in to your account with both open-ids now. If you want to change this, see your profile settings (the &quot;alt openid&quot; section).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And just comment on this answer if you need anything else&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastActivityDate="2011-07-06T15:56:30.927" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1602" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-07-06T18:11:33.243" Score="17" ViewCount="116" Body="&lt;p&gt;It would be great if the system could detect the language of a question, and pop up a little notice:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please note that this site is in English only&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your question will be flagged for moderator attention. Please help the editors by spelling carefully, so that they can use a translation program. Thank you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(and in their respective langauge)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then, the system should automatically flag the question with &amp;quot;translation needed&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All of this should be possible using the google translation api (which I know nothing about, so I might be wrong).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What do we think? Is that something that could work?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At the moment, people are quite quick to translate questions, but they're often stumped by complicated grammar (i.e. Google translate is).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-03-26T09:09:28.147" Title="Detecting the language a question is written in" Tags="|feature-request|asking-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1603" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1604" CreationDate="2011-07-06T18:28:09.953" Score="4" ViewCount="69" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to ask some questions about Ubuntu Wiki and LoCo pages in it, are they relevant to AU? I'm hoping they'd fall under &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/community&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;community&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;community&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="814" LastActivityDate="2011-07-11T22:17:28.490" Title="Questions about Ubuntu Wiki and LoCos" Tags="|discussion|community|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1604" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1603" CreationDate="2011-07-06T18:45:38.267" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Questions regarding the wiki and LoCo (as a general, LoCo specific questions would probably be better served elsewhere) are on topic of Ask Ubuntu&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2011-07-06T18:45:38.267" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1607" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1089" CreationDate="2011-07-08T13:48:42.143" Score="16" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuDeveloperWeek&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/gMMcD.png&quot; alt=&quot;Ubuntu Developer Week&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastEditorUserId="235" LastEditDate="2011-11-22T20:09:49.527" LastActivityDate="2011-11-22T20:09:49.527" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2011-07-08T13:48:42.143" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1608" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1485" CreationDate="2011-07-09T13:26:37.227" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you want to exclude a tag you just enter &lt;code&gt;-[wireless]&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So for your search you'd want to search for one of:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;[networking] -[wireless] answers:0&lt;/code&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;[networking] -[wireless] hasaccepted:0&lt;/code&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="866" LastActivityDate="2011-07-09T13:26:37.227" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1609" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1610" CreationDate="2011-07-10T18:13:59.970" Score="11" ViewCount="154" Body="&lt;p&gt;The user who asked &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/52238/wireless-keeps-cutting-out-every-several-minutes&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; question has offered the bounty worth 500 but their own reputation is just 314. Is it possible to offer a bounty worth more than one's own reputation?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6713" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2017-01-27T06:26:17.193" Title="Can a user offer a bounty that is worth more than their own reputation?" Tags="|support|bounty|reputation|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1610" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1609" CreationDate="2011-07-10T18:17:42.737" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;As soon as you put a bounty on a question the reputation is deducted from your total - as there are no refunds on bounties. As such the resulting &quot;lower than posted&quot; rep means they originally had around 800 rep prior to posting the bounty.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2011-07-10T18:17:42.737" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1611" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1583" CreationDate="2011-07-11T13:22:52.493" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;We now round the hours correctly (instead of picking just the non-fractional part), i.e. &quot;in 2 hours and 58 minutes&quot; translates to &quot;3 hours&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="237" LastActivityDate="2011-07-11T13:22:52.493" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1612" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-07-11T15:10:00.377" Score="4" ViewCount="58" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/188/what-is-the-proper-usage-of-the-windows-tag&quot;&gt;What is the proper usage of the windows tag?&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am curious.  Why does the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/windows&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;windows&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;windows&lt;/a&gt; tag cover both the Windows OS as well as application windows?  shouldn't those be two separate tags, i.e. &lt;code&gt;windows-os&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;application-windows&lt;/code&gt; or something?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;* EDIT *&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, does this still apply? &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/188/what-is-the-proper-usage-of-the-windows-tag&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/188/what-is-the-proper-usage-of-the-windows-tag&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my opinion, it does not, because you should &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;never&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; be grouping application windows and the windows os in the same tag&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;EDIT2&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Can a moderator or someone please pitch in on this thread?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2011-07-12T13:34:18.737" LastActivityDate="2011-07-12T13:34:18.737" Title="What is the purpose of two topics in one tag: windows" Tags="|discussion|tags|tag-wiki|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2011-07-14T10:18:50.570" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1613" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1614" CreationDate="2011-07-11T18:19:28.560" Score="1" ViewCount="41" Body="&lt;p&gt;I posted a reply to Russ in this thread:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/3883/how-to-recover-deleted-files/52083#52083&quot;&gt;How to recover deleted files?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I did so, I began it with &quot;@Russ, &quot; to tag him.  When I posted the comment though, the tag vanished.  I tried several times to edit the comment to put the tag back and it keeps removing it.  What gives?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8500" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2011-07-11T19:56:57.913" Title="@Tag keeps vanishing" Tags="|support|status-bydesign|comments|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1614" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1613" CreationDate="2011-07-11T18:26:09.210" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is by design -- @postowner is never necessary when addressing the post owner, as the post owner is always notified of every single comment on their post, forever, always.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So we auto-remove it when the only people talking are you and the post owner.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Click the &quot;help&quot; link next to the &quot;add comment&quot; button for more details.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123" LastActivityDate="2011-07-11T18:26:09.210" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1615" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1612" CreationDate="2011-07-11T19:36:55.803" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I agree with that...a Windows tag isn't the same as a windows app tag, they're completely different sets of information that tie into each other...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="890" LastActivityDate="2011-07-11T19:36:55.803" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1616" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-07-11T21:10:35.930" Score="-1" ViewCount="112" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1564/ask-ubuntu-scripts&quot;&gt;Ask Ubuntu Scripts?&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was wondering if the askubuntu website script is available for free, I am willing to create a website similar, but for a personal website, I'm wondering if it's offered for free, or if it's made on a CMS or something&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user21464" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Ubuntu ask script?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2011-07-11T21:55:28.513" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1617" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1616" CreationDate="2011-07-11T21:56:28.327" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;askubuntu&lt;/em&gt; is based on &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Stack Exchange&lt;/a&gt;, a free closed source platform available only as a hosted solution, i.e. no in-house use (see &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/15753/stack-exchange-for-in-house-use&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, the answer is no, you cannot use it for your personal website.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15155" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2011-07-11T21:56:28.327" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1618" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1609" CreationDate="2011-07-11T22:15:40.957" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;No they can't offer more bounty then they currently hold but bounty is immediately subtracted when offered. If a user has 100 reputation and they offer a +50 bounty their rep immediately decreases to +50 reputation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="890" LastActivityDate="2011-07-11T22:15:40.957" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1619" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1603" CreationDate="2011-07-11T22:17:28.490" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;LoCo teams have their own tags and yes they would also fall under the &quot;community&quot; tag as LoCo teams are a major part of the Ubuntu Community world wide.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="890" LastActivityDate="2011-07-11T22:17:28.490" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1620" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="188" CreationDate="2011-07-12T19:28:47.107" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;Let's blacklist the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/windows&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;windows&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;windows&lt;/a&gt; tag (prevent anyone from using it) because it's too ambiguous. Instead:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Use &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/window-management&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;window-management&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;window-management&lt;/a&gt; for the 'GUI object' (instead of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/windows&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;windows&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;windows&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/window&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;window&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;window&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Use the already heavily used &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/windows-xp&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;windows-xp&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;windows-xp&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/vista&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;vista&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;vista&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/windows-7&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;windows-7&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;windows-7&lt;/a&gt; and don't let anyone tag with the generic &quot;windows&quot; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="866" LastActivityDate="2011-07-12T19:28:47.107" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1621" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-07-13T09:08:34.963" Score="1" ViewCount="118" Body="&lt;p&gt;In question regarding batch rename, the tags pyRenamer and Krename don't exists (and should). I don't have the need rep of 300+ to create them. Will someone here - with the capacity to create tags do so - please &amp;amp; thank you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="94348" LastEditorUserId="41" LastEditDate="2011-07-15T13:16:57.363" LastActivityDate="2011-07-15T13:16:57.363" Title="Missing tags, will someone with a reputation &gt;= 300 create tags for pyRenamer and Krename" Tags="|support|status-declined|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1622" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1089" CreationDate="2011-07-14T15:21:37.357" Score="28" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://help.launchpad.net/GetInvolved/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/GioOg.png&quot; alt=&quot;Lauchpad&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21195" LastEditorUserId="235" LastEditDate="2011-07-14T17:45:25.550" LastActivityDate="2011-07-14T17:45:25.550" CommentCount="2" CommunityOwnedDate="2011-07-14T15:21:37.357" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1624" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1621" CreationDate="2011-07-14T19:15:41.387" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;May I ask why you need these two tags created?  Not every program in the repositories requires a tag, and tags should only be created  when they are &lt;strong&gt;absolutely&lt;/strong&gt; needed.  Otherwise, if they're sparsely used, they tend to get removed or merged with other tags.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;EDIT&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;A google search of the site for &lt;code&gt;pyRenamer&lt;/code&gt; only returns it being mentioned as a solution for mass renaming.  Same for &lt;code&gt;Krename&lt;/code&gt;.  There is no need for a tag for a program that is mentioned as a solution - only for a tag in which there are at least a few questions pertaining to the need for support with a program (i.e. &quot;pyRenamer won't run, how can I fix this?&quot;), to which this does not apply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;EDIT2&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;We have decided that the tags for the specific programs themselves is now unnecessary.  Per the comments to this answer, it has now come down to deciding on whether to leave the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/rename&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;rename&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;rename&lt;/a&gt; tag as is or whether to split them: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/general-rename&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;general-rename&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;general-rename&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/mass-rename&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;mass-rename&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;mass-rename&lt;/a&gt;.  My opinion on this is as follows:  For the given use cases as specified in teh question's comments showing two questions pertaining to mass renaming, the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/rename&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;rename&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;rename&lt;/a&gt; tag is sufficient for the purpose: &quot;rename&quot; covers manual renaming and technically mass renaming as both are renaming of files.  At this point, we would like community involvement in this question, including moderator opinions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2011-07-15T11:55:06.047" LastActivityDate="2011-07-15T11:55:06.047" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1625" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="188" CreationDate="2011-07-15T09:51:01.487" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Use &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/windows&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;windows&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;windows&lt;/a&gt; for all issues related to interoperability with Microsoft Windows. (That's what we do on &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/windows&quot;&gt;Unix &amp;amp; Linux&lt;/a&gt;, where the problematic is the same.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't think it's a good idea to have a completely different meaning for the same tag. I recommend &lt;code&gt;window-NOUN&lt;/code&gt; tags, such as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/window-management&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;window-management&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;window-management&lt;/a&gt;. There's even &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/window&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;window&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;window&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/window&quot;&gt;U&amp;amp;L&lt;/a&gt;), which I consider a good name in principle but a bad name in practice because of the potential for confusion. (&lt;code&gt;echo &quot;think of a better name for the window tag&quot; &amp;gt;&amp;gt;TODO&lt;/code&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1059" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:37:19.280" LastActivityDate="2011-07-15T09:51:01.487" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1626" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2355" CreationDate="2011-07-15T16:14:08.803" Score="12" ViewCount="141" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm trying to help &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/20732/waterloo2005&quot;&gt;waterloo2005&lt;/a&gt; with a kernel related &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/53054/i-can-not-find-sys-kernel-debug-vgaswitcheroo-switch&quot;&gt;question&lt;/a&gt;, at first it looked like a simple permission mistake, It seems I was wrong... &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Right now, there's 8 comments of both me and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/20732/waterloo2005&quot;&gt;waterloo&lt;/a&gt; trying to &quot;debug&quot; the situation and this subtle warning is bugging me:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Please avoid extended discussions in comments. Would you like to automatically move this discussion to chat?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I move the discussion to the chat what happens? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A channel just for the question is created and linked back? And is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/20732/waterloo2005&quot;&gt;waterloo&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;notified? &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What if my &quot;discussion&quot; was with a user with less than 20&#xA;reputation?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3303" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2012-01-22T02:29:05.093" Title="What implications does 'move this discussion to chat' has?" Tags="|support|chat|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1627" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1628" CreationDate="2011-07-15T21:20:39.833" Score="2" ViewCount="78" Body="&lt;p&gt;I saw a community ad for the newsletter pop-up and subscribed&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/1mzUL.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, this is what I received in my inbox with regards to confirmation:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/sKFIV.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do &amp;lt;3 Astronomy and all but I currently don't even have an account there! Could this please be resolved to avoid further confusion?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="6" LastEditDate="2011-07-15T22:14:42.550" LastActivityDate="2011-07-15T22:14:42.550" Title="Ask Ubuntu Newsletter signs me up for Astronomy Newsletter?" Tags="|bug|status-completed|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1628" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1627" CreationDate="2011-07-15T22:14:31.927" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ack, sorry about that. As you discovered, there's a newsletters bug in which sites get mixed up. I've turned off newsletters (globally) for now, and will gradually roll them out again later tonight or tomorrow.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6" LastActivityDate="2011-07-15T22:14:31.927" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1629" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-07-16T08:12:44.170" Score="2" ViewCount="52" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's been more than five days since I posted &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/52668/small-non-native-firefox-icons&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;, yet I cannot see the option to offer bounty. I think someone also requested the question be closed (there's 1 mentioned in parenthesis besides the close button), does it have something to do with the inability to place bounty?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="814" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2011-07-17T15:21:43.717" Title="Cannot offer bounty" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1630" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-07-16T17:16:30.477" Score="5" ViewCount="57" Body="&lt;p&gt;When I edit someone's question, I have to wait for the edit to be approved before the link that says when the question was edited and links to the changes appears if I want to see the changes I have made. However, I'm most likely to want to see my changes before it is approved. How can I do this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9308" LastActivityDate="2011-07-19T09:19:55.050" Title="How can I see the diff for an edit I have made before it is approved?" Tags="|support|feature-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1631" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1629" CreationDate="2011-07-17T15:21:43.717" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Today I noticed I can offer a bounty, and promptly did so. Can't figure out the reason.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="814" LastActivityDate="2011-07-17T15:21:43.717" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1633" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-07-18T01:04:50.597" Score="21" ViewCount="492" Body="&lt;h2&gt;What's up?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We all love Ask Ubuntu and I began thinking that it would be a great idea if we could have some wallpapers that we can use.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So please post your Ask Ubuntu-themed wallpapers below as an answer. Please also include a small preview of the wallpaper.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;How can I use them?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Basically you can use them as a background or anything else &lt;strong&gt;for your own personal use&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-05-21T08:39:40.457" LastActivityDate="2013-04-20T20:26:17.360" Title="Get Ask Ubuntu Wallpaper for Your Desktop Here!" Tags="|discussion|site-promotion|" AnswerCount="6" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1634" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1633" CreationDate="2011-07-18T05:42:56.097" Score="17" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://files.quickmediasolutions.com/wallpaper/askubuntu.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;http://files.quickmediasolutions.com/wallpaper/askubuntu_preview.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;1280x800&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note:&lt;/strong&gt; I currently only have one resolution: &lt;code&gt;1280x800&lt;/code&gt; since that's what I have my primary monitor set to. I'm sure it would be easy to modify the image to other smaller resolutions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Second note:&lt;/strong&gt; for attribution purposes, I should mention that this image uses a modified version of the stock Ubuntu wallpaper on Natty.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastActivityDate="2011-07-18T05:42:56.097" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1635" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1633" CreationDate="2011-07-18T05:46:39.977" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;My wallpaper is an alteration of Aubergine Sea by Wyatt Kirby&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/kRTKC.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/gpc1F.png&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;2000x1250&#xA;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It can be easily resized.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17722" LastEditorUserId="5" LastEditDate="2011-07-18T05:48:58.483" LastActivityDate="2011-07-18T05:48:58.483" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1636" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1640" CreationDate="2011-07-18T18:50:21.310" Score="6" ViewCount="86" Body="&lt;p&gt;This question counts as an edge-case question: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/53631/how-to-organize-a-block-of-text-in-8-character-lines&quot;&gt;How to organize a block of text in 8-character lines?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Such an edge-case question can be considered extremely loosely on-topic for AskUbuntu.  However, it is fully on-topic for StackOverflow or Unix&amp;amp;Linux.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In such edge cases as these, what is the moderation/migration policies relating to such questions?  Subsequently, if a question is found to be an edge case for AskUbuntu, but is fully on-topic for one other StackExchange site, what is the recommended &lt;em&gt;flagging action&lt;/em&gt; that should be taken by a non-Moderator?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2011-07-18T20:10:39.977" Title="Moderating Edge-Case Questions which can belong on Multiple Sites" Tags="|discussion|moderation|migration|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1637" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-07-18T18:55:10.387" Score="0" ViewCount="56" Body="&lt;p&gt;In some cases, there is a rendering issue with user pages or non-Question pages, where the left boundary of the page shows up as extremely far off the left edge of the window, and there is no way to fix this from a client perspective.  I believe that this is a bug, but as this occurs on my work machine, I cannot screenshot the issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="123" LastEditDate="2011-07-18T19:19:06.070" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="IE7 and Site Rendering" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1638" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1637" CreationDate="2011-07-18T19:01:30.003" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is the site still readable? If it is you probably won't see this fixed, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/68303/badges-publicist-badge/68327#68327&quot;&gt;per Jeff Atwood&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;We're starting to put IE7 in our &quot;we will guarantee the site works, but there may be visual inconsistencies from time to time that you would not experience in a more modern browser&quot; bucket.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;As long as the site works, we aren't fixing cosmetic issues with IE7 any more.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="866" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2011-07-18T19:01:30.003" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1639" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1637" CreationDate="2011-07-18T19:21:46.770" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Why would you expect an Ubuntu site to work in IE7?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;IE7 is our &lt;em&gt;absolute minimum browser&lt;/em&gt; supported on the network, and only in the sense that we want the site to work but make no guarantees that it will look good or correct.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For this site in particular, our minimum bar of IE7 seems not very relevant.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123" LastActivityDate="2011-07-18T19:21:46.770" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1640" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1636" CreationDate="2011-07-18T20:10:39.977" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;If it's not &lt;em&gt;off-topic&lt;/em&gt; we don't expect the user to take the time to learn about another site, get an account and so on. We only migrate if the question is off-topic. Otherwise, it's perfectly fine to ask a programming question on AU, as long as it relates to Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The right course of action I think is to remind them of the other site(s), in a comment. And let the user decide to move the question or not. (In the same manner, we don't move stack exchange question from askubuntu meta to meta.so anymore). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hope that makes complete sense :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastActivityDate="2011-07-18T20:10:39.977" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1641" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1630" CreationDate="2011-07-19T09:19:55.050" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Well when you edit the question you'll see it in the preview box below the text editor with which you are performing the edit. It's exactly the same for when you post a question, comment, answer, or perform an edit you'll see what you're typing and/or editing before said post/edit is tossed up on the site for all to gawk at... &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What I mean is this, you have the text box to type in and all, then below that it'll display it as a preview so you can see how it'll look when your question, answer, comment, or edit is posted. Granted only you and the mods will see it till it's approved but at least you'll get an idea of how it'll look to other folks if &amp;amp; when it's approved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="890" LastActivityDate="2011-07-19T09:19:55.050" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1642" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1089" CreationDate="2011-07-19T22:04:02.067" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGlobalJam&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/mYVNF.png&quot; alt=&quot;2-4 March 2012&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="235" LastEditDate="2011-11-22T20:12:29.053" LastActivityDate="2011-11-22T20:12:29.053" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2011-07-19T22:04:02.067" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1654" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-07-25T08:59:13.317" Score="5" ViewCount="325" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is a question talking about the &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/201/ask-ubuntu-general-room&quot;&gt;Ask Ubuntu General Room&lt;/a&gt; chat.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems like every day we have an incident where somebody goes over the top with the bot that sits in the room. A moderator has to threaten somebody with punitive action and the tone of chat sours for a while.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From a moderation point of view, we [think we] &lt;em&gt;have to&lt;/em&gt; stop people taking up three pages of chat with nonsense because it really does make things harder for other people to hold and follow a conversation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I still don't really understand what FlackBot brings to the party. When I see it, it's being used to Google things (you're already in a browser!) and for people to try and get it to understand what they say (which it invariably fails at). It's not like an IRC bot that provides a useful function (services, flood detection, etc). If somebody could explain what and why it is, I'd quite appreciate that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other than that, it only seems to have a detrimental effect on chat (as above)... So I guess the question is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Do we really want something that doesn't really seem to add anything and causes friction between users and moderators sitting around in the main chat room?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know some people use FlackBot so I'd like to hear from them on why it should stay (if they think it should, that is).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a discussion. There aren't rights or wrongs, just opinions. Please share yours.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2011-07-26T03:19:47.510" Title="What is the purpose of the FlackBot in chat? Do we want it?" Tags="|discussion|chat|" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1655" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1654" CreationDate="2011-07-25T09:05:56.363" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The main chat room has a low post frequency most of the time, so I don't see an urgent need to remove bot chatter - whether it's deemed useful or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3037" LastActivityDate="2011-07-25T09:05:56.363" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1657" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1654" CreationDate="2011-07-25T09:53:54.277" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't use it but I also don't mind Flackbot being around if it's not being over-used for off-topic issues too much. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In rare cases when the chat is cluttered by many messages from Tweet, U&amp;amp;L, etc. additional messages from Flacky makes it harder for me to find messages from real people. Still, I could live with that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To reduce overusage of the bot, we may think about implementing an upper limit of lets say 30 messages a day after which the bot will automatically be sent to sleep for a while.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3940" LastActivityDate="2011-07-25T09:53:54.277" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1658" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-07-25T13:58:23.707" Score="7" ViewCount="109" Body="&lt;p&gt;If FlackBot was to become a permanent fixture in chat what are some features which should be added to provide merit for it's presence in chat?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;As with most other polls please only post one suggestion per answer. In addition to your idea please provide use cases, examples, or other supporting arguments for said feature.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Technical information by George Edison:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In addition to suggesting ideas, actual code for the ideas would be appreciated too. So if you have worked with JavaScript before, you can easily write the code for your idea yourself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Each 'command' includes two components:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;a RegEx or function that matches against the user's input&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;a function that will be executed upon a successful match&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So for example, to have FlackBot say 'Hello &lt;i&gt;username&lt;/i&gt;.' when a user types 'My name is &lt;i&gt;username&lt;/i&gt;.' you would have the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;/* pattern */&#xA;/^my name is (?:\w+)$/i&#xA;&#xA;/* function */&#xA;function($, input, message_data, output_callback) {&#xA;    return 'Hello ' + input.match(/^my name is (\w+)$/i)[1] + '.';&#xA;}&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Explanation of arguments to the function:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The function that gets executed when the RegEx is matched gets four parameters passed to it. The first is a reference to jQuery. The second is the user's input. The third is metadata about the message the user sent (like username, timestamp). The fourth parameter is a function that can be called to output a message to the user - this is useful if you need to make AJAX requests in order to reply to the user. When using &lt;code&gt;output_callback&lt;/code&gt;, be sure to return &lt;code&gt;null&lt;/code&gt; from the function.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="5" LastEditDate="2011-07-25T17:48:01.607" LastActivityDate="2011-07-25T17:48:01.607" Title="Potential Features for FlackBot" Tags="|discussion|chat|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" ClosedDate="2012-04-12T13:46:37.727" CommunityOwnedDate="2011-07-25T13:58:56.250" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1659" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1654" CreationDate="2011-07-25T16:58:21.037" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;As creator and maintainer of FlackBot, I am slightly biased :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First: FlackBot's intended role. When I created the bot, I had two purposes in mind. The first was to create the first chatbot to run in the Stack Exchange chat rooms (which is quite a technical feat considering there is no API and the bot needs to perform OAuth authentication and keep track of cookies himself). Secondly, I wanted to provide some helpful commands that would be quicker than pulling open a terminal (or even firing up Google in some cases). For example, FlackBot can run WHOIS queries and return the results quite quickly. Another thing FlackBot can do is keep track of things for you. Although still in its early stages, you can tell FlackBot what you're favorite 'x' is and when asked later, he will remember what you told him.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I fully agree with you that misuse has been a bit of a problem lately and I have begun exploring some solutions. One of the most obvious was enabling multi-room support for FlackBot so that he could be both in the General Room &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; in the Sandbox where people &lt;em&gt;could&lt;/em&gt; play with him and not worry about it. Unfortunately there is some glitch with the chat causing him to mysteriously leave the room every so often. I'll be working on that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some other ideas that might resolve this issue:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A predetermined number of questions in a short time frame by one user will result in the message 'Let's continue this discussion in a new room.' For extra points, FlackBot could create a new room automatically and invite the user.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Prevent any user with less than a predetermined amount of rep. from talking to FlackBot. (The user will simply be ingored or a predefined message will be provided.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Perhaps complete documentation on his abilities will supress the need to experiment with him. If everyone knows what he does, then there's no need to 'try it out.'&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;For those of you who simply can't stand seeing so many FlackBot posts, you could always ignore his posts by clicking his Gravatar and 'ignore user'.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastActivityDate="2011-07-25T16:58:21.037" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1660" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1654" CreationDate="2011-07-25T18:49:09.737" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sorry to be a buzz-kill, but I do mind FlackBot.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;His &quot;Hey, nice to see you!&quot; messages are confusing new users, and, apart from being cool software, it doesn't add anything to our community.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;His messages are pure noise, it's a throwback to the days of IRC bots. Really not the kind of thing we ought to be doing here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Let's try to make a great chat room for humans, not software.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastActivityDate="2011-07-25T18:49:09.737" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1661" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1654" CreationDate="2011-07-26T03:19:47.510" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I like the &lt;em&gt;idea&lt;/em&gt; of flackbot, there are times when it's been useful to me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But the main chat room has had serious signal/noise issues the last month or so and the bot just enables people to do more stupid crap instead of working on the site. Maybe dial it back for a while and see how that works.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2011-07-26T03:19:47.510" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1665" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1666" CreationDate="2011-07-28T06:06:46.487" Score="4" ViewCount="104" Body="&lt;p&gt;For some reason we always collect &quot;How do I get/install foobar beta!&quot; type questions, which are probably too localized (useful for what, a few weeks at most?).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They do seem to provide a service to people when some new snazzy thing comes out and people want to mess with it, so I think that's cool.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, check out when I do a search for &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=firefox%20beta&quot;&gt;firefox beta&lt;/a&gt;&quot;. A good deal of these can be blown away and the internet would be a better place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;... or is it one of those &quot;they're marked answered, they helped someone at the time, they're not bothering anyone, so let them be, go find better things to do.&quot;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2011-07-28T08:22:21.547" Title="What to do about old alpha/beta questions?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1666" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1665" CreationDate="2011-07-28T08:22:21.547" Score="5" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A good deal of these can be blown away and the internet would be a better place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think you have answered your own question, and it's certainly what I would advise... :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123" LastActivityDate="2011-07-28T08:22:21.547" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1667" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-07-28T15:09:01.453" Score="12" ViewCount="197" Body="&lt;p&gt;The description of this site's topic in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq&quot;&gt;FAQ&lt;/a&gt; is not very informative:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu is a Q&amp;amp;A site designed to make it easy for users to get answers to Ubuntu-related questions. It's also a place for users to share their knowledge about the Ubuntu Platform.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here are a few ways in which the site FAQ could be improved:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Expand “Q&amp;amp;A” to “questions and answers”. Keep it human, not geeky.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Explain where Ubuntu stops. Are alpha releases on-topic? Are out-of-support releases  on-topic? Are “alternative” releases (Kubuntu and co) are on-topic? Are derivatives (Mint and co) are on-topic? Are issues with applications in universe/multiverse on-topic? Are issues with third-party applications running on Ubuntu are on-topic?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;(I suggest refering to &lt;a href=&quot;http://unix.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;Unix &amp;amp; Linux&lt;/a&gt; for questions that are off-topic.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Remove the paragraph on privileges: they're explained below anyway.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Add a short note with a link to the &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/tags/faq&quot;&gt;faq tag on Meta&lt;/a&gt;, something like&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If your question is not answered here, check our &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/tags/faq&quot;&gt;community FAQ&lt;/a&gt;, and more generally our &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/&quot;&gt;meta-discussion site&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1059" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2011-09-21T20:00:14.367" Title="The site FAQ should indicate where Ubuntu stops" Tags="|feature-request|site-faq|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1668" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1669" CreationDate="2011-07-28T19:45:19.207" Score="8" ViewCount="112" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are some web sites with embedded 'download as PDF' feature. In many occasions it would be very useful to have a PDF version of AskUbuntu thread. Therefore, I would like to suggest adding 'Print/Download as PDF' to AskUbuntu interface.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5011" LastActivityDate="2011-07-28T20:12:15.743" Title="Preformatted print AskUbuntu thread to printer or (even better) to PDF" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1669" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1668" CreationDate="2011-07-28T20:12:15.743" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.stackprinter.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.stackprinter.com/&lt;/a&gt; is a great tool for this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2011-07-28T20:12:15.743" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1670" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1667" CreationDate="2011-07-30T19:36:15.927" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;(Here's my stab at it, making CW so people can polish)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do fear that it's already too wordy and no one will read it and I'm only making it worse, heh.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;What kind of questions should I not ask here?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should only ask practical, answerable questions based on actual problems that you face. Chatty, open-ended questions diminish the usefulness of our site and push other questions off the front page. Avoid asking questions that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Are really bug reports. A &quot;bug&quot; is a flaw in the software that ships in Ubuntu. Ubuntu uses a bug tracker called Launchpad for bug reports. Usually the best thing to do is to &lt;a href=&quot;https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;report this bug&lt;/a&gt; in the right place so someone can look at it. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;While questions about &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com/project/derivatives&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;official Ubuntu derivatives&lt;/a&gt; are ontopic here, third party derivatives that are not supported by Ubuntu itself (like Linux Mint) are offtopic here, however you can ask our friends at the &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Unix and Linux Stack Exchange&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Questions about problems with the next unreleased development version of Ubuntu are offtopic here, follow &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/18641/theres-an-issue-with-an-alpha-release-of-ubuntu-what-should-i-do&quot;&gt;these instructions&lt;/a&gt; to report your problem.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your motivation for asking the question is “I would like to participate in a discussion about ______”, then you should not be asking here. (You are more than welcome to have such discussions in our real time web chat or the &lt;a href=&quot;http://ubuntuforums.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Forums&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InternetRelayChat&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;IRC&lt;/a&gt;.) However, if your motivation is “I would like others to explain ______ to me”, then you are probably OK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To prevent your question from being flagged and possibly removed, avoid asking subjective questions where …&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;every answer is equally valid: “What’s your favorite ______?”&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;your answer is provided along with the question, and you expect more answers: “I use ______ for ______, what do you use?”&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;there is no actual problem to be solved: “I’m curious if other people feel like I do.”&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;we are being asked an open-ended, hypothetical question: “What if ______ happened?”&#xA;it is a rant disguised as a question: “______ sucks, am I right?”&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(The above section was adapted from MetaFilter’s FAQ. For more detail, see six guidelines for great subjective questions.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your question is not answered here, check our &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/tags/faq&quot;&gt;community FAQ&lt;/a&gt;, and more generally our &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/&quot;&gt;meta-discussion site&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:37:19.280" LastActivityDate="2011-07-30T19:44:12.347" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2011-07-30T19:36:15.927" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1672" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-07-31T10:20:18.410" Score="5" ViewCount="154" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/684/linux-mint-and-other-unofficial-derivatives-on-topic&quot;&gt;Linux Mint (and other unofficial derivatives) - on topic?&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I post questions on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.linuxmint.com/about.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Linux Mint&lt;/a&gt; in this forum? Linux Mint is a spinoff based on Debian &amp;amp; Ubuntu, so is it appropriate to ask questions based on the Mint OS here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've seen many of my questions closed because they were off-topic.So can anyone tell me whether Linux Mint queries are on topic in this forum?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks in advance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22534" OwnerDisplayName="Green Noob" LastActivityDate="2011-07-31T14:59:07.073" Title="Can I ask questions on Linux Mint on this forum" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2011-07-31T15:17:35.097" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1674" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1675" CreationDate="2011-08-01T14:47:08.683" Score="7" ViewCount="173" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was thinking it would be nice to have an appindicator for StackExchange that would change color for a few seconds when an answer or question is voted up or down, etc. It would display your reputation, the most recent badges, a list of the most recently affected questions and it would provide a list of the n newest unseen questions. The latter can be easily implemented by using webfeeds. But what about the other things? Is there an API for that -- perhaps even for Python? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19779" LastActivityDate="2017-03-23T23:04:21.647" Title="Is there a public API for StackExchange?" Tags="|support|feature-request|stackexchange|api|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1675" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1674" CreationDate="2011-08-01T14:48:13.210" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is, you can find it on each of the sites at &lt;a href=&quot;https://api.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;https://api.stackexchange.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can also find a slew of tools, libraries, and apps built by other users on &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackapps.com/&quot;&gt;Stack Apps&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:46.307" LastActivityDate="2017-03-23T23:04:21.647" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1676" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1691" CreationDate="2011-08-02T03:25:51.133" Score="0" ViewCount="27" Body="&lt;p&gt;Was I banned or something? I don't see anything but that I need to login first.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1992" LastEditorUserId="123" LastEditDate="2011-08-02T03:49:25.893" LastActivityDate="2011-08-05T04:32:32.333" Title="Can't access chat, says I'm not logged in" Tags="|support|chat|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1677" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1676" CreationDate="2011-08-02T03:49:19.327" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/help&quot;&gt;http://chat.stackexchange.com/help&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which is linked from&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/faq&quot;&gt;http://chat.stackexchange.com/faq&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123" LastActivityDate="2011-08-02T03:49:19.327" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1678" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1679" CreationDate="2011-08-02T08:06:51.043" Score="9" ViewCount="70" Body="&lt;p&gt;May we ask questions on AskUbuntu if we encounter a bug, and we do not know how/where to report it? For example, one can see black screen and is unsure whether he/she should report it against xorg, unity, or whatever else. Is it allowed to ask questions on how to troubleshoot an issue &lt;strong&gt;in order&lt;/strong&gt; to report it as a bug?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="705" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2016-03-10T00:23:19.233" LastActivityDate="2016-03-10T00:23:19.233" Title="Are questions like 'Where should I report this bug' allowed?" Tags="|support|asking-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1679" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1678" CreationDate="2011-08-02T08:39:45.597" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Generally yes, but it would be better to as a canonical question such as &quot;How to find out what package to report a bug against&quot;. There is a chance your question will be closed as &lt;em&gt;too localised&lt;/em&gt; if it's unlikely to be useful for the &lt;em&gt;general audience&lt;/em&gt; of Ask Ubuntu. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, if your specific question  is likely to help someone else, ask it! Otherwise it might be better to ask in one of Ubuntu's IRC channels, mailing lists, or the Ask Ubuntu chat. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastActivityDate="2011-08-02T08:39:45.597" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1680" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-08-02T21:36:55.593" Score="8" ViewCount="334" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm using the chromium browser. I keep getting the error &quot;Ask Ubuntu requires external JavaScript from another domain, which is blocked or failed to load.&quot; What settings should I be checking?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9308" LastEditorUserId="123" LastEditDate="2011-08-02T22:13:38.280" LastActivityDate="2015-07-05T15:11:08.643" Title="&quot;Ask Ubuntu requires external JavaScript from another domain, which is blocked or failed to load.&quot;" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1681" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1680" CreationDate="2011-08-02T22:13:21.027" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;The source of the page has a few clues...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;href=&quot;http://cdn.sstatic.net/askubuntu/img/favicon.ico&quot;&#xA;href=&quot;http://cdn.sstatic.net/askubuntu/img/apple-touch-icon.png&quot;&#xA;src=&quot;http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.5.2/jquery.min.js&quot;&#xA;src=&quot;http://cdn.sstatic.net/js/stub.js?v=118154f2a0c5&quot;&#xA;href=&quot;http://cdn.sstatic.net/askubuntu/all.css?v=1c6ec0c47668&quot;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123" LastActivityDate="2011-08-02T22:13:21.027" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1682" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-08-04T05:43:35.457" Score="8" ViewCount="207" Body="&lt;p&gt;I see a bunch of questions like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/49348/how-do-i-set-a-theme-in-oneiric&quot;&gt;How do I set a theme in Oneiric?&lt;/a&gt; that are closed as &quot;too localized.... unlikely to every help any future visitor&quot;.  Well, the answer to it would have helped me (I think), because I can't find the Appearance dialog either.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/18641/theres-an-issue-with-an-alpha-release-of-ubuntu-what-should-i-do&quot;&gt;There&amp;#39;s an issue with an Alpha/Beta Release of Ubuntu, what should I do?&lt;/a&gt; says I should instead &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;file a bug&lt;/strong&gt; -&gt; well, I don't know if this is a bug, and if it is it's probably a dupe, and I'd rather have that discussion first.  Filing bugs about transient issues is no more helpful than opening questions about them.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;forums&lt;/strong&gt; -&gt; kind of ironic for askubuntu to point there, since they have an even bigger problem with old posts&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;irc&lt;/strong&gt; -&gt; yeah, I can, but I'm disappointed.  irc leads to people asking the same question again and again.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1116" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2011-08-04T21:12:37.563" Title="Are you going to close every Oneiric question?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1683" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-08-04T17:20:12.957" Score="9" ViewCount="184" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2011/08/supporting-community-conferences/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Stack Exchange recently blogged&lt;/a&gt; about their resolution to support attendees and speakers at conferences in the field of each Area51 Graduate. This includes us - so I would like to see what conferences in the realm of Linux and Ubuntu that it would be beneficiary for someone from Ask Ubuntu to be there and represent/promote the site?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please provide one conference per answer, include why it would be good for someone to represent Ask Ubuntu there, average previous attendees, link to their site, and any applicable dates!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2011-08-04T17:20:12.957" Title="Promotion of Ask Ubuntu at Conferences" Tags="|discussion|site-promotion|conferences|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" CommunityOwnedDate="2011-08-04T17:22:23.860" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1684" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1682" CreationDate="2011-08-04T17:44:02.473" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think that due to the number of people who confuse us for bug reporting sites for Oneiric, and given that about 95% of all current Oneric questions are about bugs, it's easier to close as too localized, because by the time stable Oneric is rolled out, those bugs will have been fixed.  Ask Ubuntu is not for bug fixes, its for general support for Ubuntu and its software.  ubuntuforums.org is similar, but they try and point you to bug fixes, while closing bug-report-like threads.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The goal should be similar here: if a bug is found and reported, it will most lilkely be fixed when stable comes along, and we should not be trying to fix Alpha/Beta versions of Ubuntu Operating Systems, thus the current way of handling things is sufficient.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="41" LastEditDate="2011-08-04T18:16:00.240" LastActivityDate="2011-08-04T18:16:00.240" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1685" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-08-04T18:26:06.307" Score="2" ViewCount="168" Body="&lt;p&gt;Today I asked a question about dual-head video cards for Ubuntu 10.04 or 11.04.  It was marked as a duplicate and CLOSED, though the link I was directed to provides absolutely NO information about dual-head video cards.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The moderator who marked it as closed perhaps doesn't understand what I was asking, but marking it as closed and &quot;exact duplicate&quot; is an insult.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17548" LastEditorUserId="41" LastEditDate="2011-08-04T18:41:00.627" LastActivityDate="2011-08-04T18:41:00.627" Title="I asked a specific question - it was marked as closed due to &quot;exact duplicate.&quot; It's NOT a duplicate?" Tags="|discussion|closed-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1686" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1685" CreationDate="2011-08-04T18:35:14.327" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;The question was closed as a duplicate of another question asking for virtually the same information:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;How do I find which graphic cards work with Ubuntu&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/25682/how-to-research-graphics-cards/25743#25743&quot;&gt;answer to that question&lt;/a&gt; points you to the same location: All the certified as working hardware components for Ubuntu - single, dual, n head video cards are included in that link. Just because your questions scope was more narrow shouldn't negate the fact that it's still a duplicate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The primary reason for closing, aside from the fact I believe it is a duplicate, is leaving it open would likely have ended up being a large list of various cards - content like this is difficult to maintain in this environment as support for cards changes from time to time depending on improvements in the system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Reopening your question will ultimately lead to the same exact answer provided in the question with a more narrow scope regarding &quot;Support for graphics card&quot; and that, with all the above reasons, is why it was ultimately closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2011-08-04T18:35:14.327" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1687" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1682" CreationDate="2011-08-04T21:12:37.563" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;We've discussed this &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/871/when-are-questions-about-ubuntu1-appropriate&quot;&gt;in the past&lt;/a&gt; and as someone who has been trying to go back and weed out all the old 11.04 questions that were asked before release I am convinced that supporting ubuntu+1 questions is a &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sisyphus&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Sisyphean task&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I mention in the post I linked, ideally as the release comes closer questions should become more and more &quot;long lived&quot; as nothing is changing as much. However we're neither at Beta or UI freeze, so questions tend to be useful for only that short amount of time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;user606723 says that maybe we can blow them away post-release, but that doesn't work either as by the time it's released we have a mix of useful questions already, as well as a bunch of &quot;too localized&quot; stuff. What needs to happen is we need to look at the tags and then decide for each one. This is a lot of work, and we always miss them (I find and flag old 11.04 alpha questions nearly every week, still!)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as &quot;if it is it's probably a dupe, and I'd rather have that discussion first.&quot; goes, the format of this site doesn't really lend itself well to having discussions, but either way when it's released people will ask if it's a bug anyway, so we're likely doomed there. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am in favor of having these sorts of questions handled in the subforum on ubuntuforums.org because they do end up closing the subforum at the end of the cycle and whatever is broken at that time will be looked at by people who might be able to help better than we can. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know it's not ideal but I tend to err on the side of &quot;keep it strict and tight&quot; because the lesser of evils to me seems to be to have people asking when it's released or close to final, as opposed to trying to deal with things that are changing too quickly. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would love if we had many more people editing questions to remain relevant but it seems to me that we can do a better job documenting the stable releases than grinding away at this problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2011-08-04T21:12:37.563" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1688" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-08-04T23:37:58.017" Score="6" ViewCount="179" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are a lot of questions about how well specific applications run in Wine:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1686/how-well-does-microsoft-office-excel-work-in-wine&quot;&gt;How well does Microsoft Office Excel work in Wine?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/17902/does-visual-studio-express-work-well-with-wine&quot;&gt;Does Visual Studio Express work well with Wine?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/46999/running-shaiya-in-wine&quot;&gt;Running Shaiya in wine?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/52670/run-the-bada-simulator-with-wine&quot;&gt;Run the bada simulator with Wine&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/2728/what-is-the-best-way-to-run-itunes&quot;&gt;What is the best way to run iTunes?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/5296/installing-windows-media-player-11-on-wine&quot;&gt;Installing Windows Media Player 11 on Wine&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;etc...&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems like the only valid answer to each of these questions is a link to the appropriate page on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://appdb.winehq.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Wine Application Database&lt;/a&gt;. Because of this, I am wondering if these questions really belong here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What does everyone else think?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2014-02-11T17:46:48.197" Title="What should be done (if anything) about the &quot;How to run [Windows Program] in Wine?&quot; questions?" Tags="|discussion|asking-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1689" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1692" CreationDate="2011-08-05T00:50:25.507" Score="7" ViewCount="84" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm working on writing a C-daemon for Ubuntu and I wish to make it configurable but I'm new to linux\ubuntu and I don't know the standard way daemon configuration is preformed. Is AskUbuntu an appropriate place to ask about how daemon configuration generally works?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="18525" LastActivityDate="2011-08-05T08:05:44.663" Title="Are questions related to ubuntu as it relates to development on topic?" Tags="|discussion|asking-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1690" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1688" CreationDate="2011-08-05T04:05:54.480" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Maybe this is a good example of something that should be a canonical question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2011/01/the-wikipedia-of-long-tail-programming-questions/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2011/01/the-wikipedia-of-long-tail-programming-questions/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Help us build a great library of canonical answers.&lt;/strong&gt; If you keep seeing the same form of questions, whether it’s mod_rewrite rules on Server Fault, freezing computers on Super User, or how to use regular expressions to parse HTML, write a great, canonical answer, once and for all. Make it community wiki so that as many other people as possible can make it great. Work really hard on writing something that is clear, concise, and understandable by as wide an audience as possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123" LastActivityDate="2011-08-05T04:05:54.480" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1691" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1676" CreationDate="2011-08-05T04:32:32.333" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;It turns out it was simply a site wide problem. Seems to be fine for the past several hours.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1992" LastActivityDate="2011-08-05T04:32:32.333" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1692" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1689" CreationDate="2011-08-05T08:05:44.663" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sounds like a great question, and yes it's absolutely on topic. This site is about using Ubuntu &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; developing on Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastActivityDate="2011-08-05T08:05:44.663" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1693" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1695" CreationDate="2011-08-05T08:27:11.837" Score="5" ViewCount="202" Body="&lt;p&gt;After a bit of fact finding back and forth in the comments about a fix-it question, the site will now display something like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Please avoid extended discussions in comments. Would you like to&#xA;  automatically move this discussion to chat?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;in the comments.  Part of it is bolded, and the auto move portion is linked to an action.&#xA;While nifty, and obviously took some work to write, is it more likely to be used than to annoy? It does stand out and is distracting.  I wonder...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First, there is a bug in that there is no way to answer &quot;no thanks, I'd rather not.&quot;&#xA;Or how about, &quot;No, I'd rather not. This discussion clarifies the question being asked.&quot; linked to a script that pulls the faux comment containing the hint and autochat link. Or even a little X box to dismiss it, and a counter somewhere for the admins so they can see how well this policy works.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Second, there are probably people chatting already.  Does this flood their conversation with my concerns?  Similarly, will other people auto-moving discussions in comments to chat be mixed in with the one on my question? Are all these separate chat rooms.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Third, are people following my specific question going to know to look in the chat for the clarifying discussion? What will they find there? Will they find others' chatter as well? Or is each questioner expected to continuously refine and copy-edit the question instead of leaving the clarification where immediately interested parties are reading?  While this might be an ideal, it is not practice, nor is it a practical price to pay. Most questioners just want an answer and have no interest (or time to donate) towards leaving the Q&amp;amp;A database in shape for future generations.  Most choosing to answer probably want some combination of learning by doing, social technical interaction in down time, helping people, advertising expertise, or collecting the points.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Fourth, if the idea is that all this chatter in comments harms the Q&amp;amp;A database making it unsuitable for future generations of questioners, then is it more or less harmful to have questions with the wrong answer because all the clarifying remarks occurred in volatile chat, which is now gone, and the questioner never changed the title?  Because you can get more of those if more is moved to chat....&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11990" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2011-08-05T10:02:29.250" LastActivityDate="2011-08-06T11:51:45.163" Title="moving question-related discussions from comments to chat seems pointless, destroys clarifying information" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|chat|comments|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1694" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-08-05T09:42:25.690" Score="48" ViewCount="265" Body="&lt;p&gt;At the moment, code posted to the chat rooms only differs in the font that's used. It would be nice if, like in comments, the code was highlighted by a different background colour. The way it is now, I sometimes get confused about where a piece of code &lt;em&gt;ends&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Awjbx.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/tkX17.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This works very well in comments. Can we have it in the chat rooms as well?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastEditorUserId="1067" LastEditDate="2011-08-22T10:34:21.280" LastActivityDate="2014-07-21T23:59:16.443" Title="Can we have highlighted code blocks in the chat rooms?" Tags="|feature-request|design|chat|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1695" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1693" CreationDate="2011-08-05T13:17:23.893" Score="19" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think you may have some misconceptions on how the StackExchange network works.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Comments are &lt;em&gt;second class citizens&lt;/em&gt; they're only used to pose comments to the Author of a post and shouldn't actual contain any real information pertaining to a post. For instance: If I were to ask you for the last 10 lines of &lt;code&gt;/var/log/foo&lt;/code&gt; You should then simply edit your question to include that information (then I could just delete my comment as it's now obsolete) - by replying in the comments we become no better than any bulletin board or forum system on the internet. Where if a new user comes along to answer your question they would have to read through your initial post, then all the noise in the comments to get the whole story.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Comments are noise&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They will always be noise and that is why the system does it's best to hide them - they shouldn't be important in the long run. The reality though - is some posts have 5, 10, 20+ comments all with mixed information, feedback, and noise. A lot of problem solving goes into the comments - but ultimately the solution &lt;em&gt;needs&lt;/em&gt; to be in the answer or the information &lt;em&gt;needs&lt;/em&gt; to go into the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The addition of &amp;quot;move this to chat&amp;quot; allows users to make use of our &amp;quot;third class&amp;quot; citizen: Chat. Where real time troubleshooting and discussion can take place - ultimately geared towards: Identifying the problem and supplying an answer. Then &lt;em&gt;updating each post respectively&lt;/em&gt; to provide a solution for future users experiencing the same issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore: The chat never goes away - when you move to chat a signpost is left in the comments saying &amp;quot;this has been moved to chat&amp;quot; and linked to the room. The system then creates a whole new room for just discussion around your question. It doesn't interrupt the other rooms on chat (though you're welcome to ask for help in them). The conversations are always available for public review and don't get removed unless by a moderator.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2011-08-05T13:22:36.557" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1696" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-08-05T13:54:38.973" Score="8" ViewCount="96" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/faq#formatting&quot;&gt;Oneboxing&lt;/a&gt; is one of the brilliantly useful features of our chat system. Could we also have oneboxing for Google+ posts and profiles? I'm told it's the future.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastActivityDate="2011-08-05T13:54:38.973" Title="Is oneboxing for Google+ posts coming to the chat?" Tags="|feature-request|chat|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1697" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-08-05T14:59:08.457" Score="14" ViewCount="142" Body="&lt;p&gt;Recently some of the Area51 sites have gotten &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/100137/what-is-the-meaning-of-chaos-is-it-related-to-the-psi-character&quot;&gt;CHAOS&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;...they will spend a couple of days sweeping up a little bit just to get the place in order. This is the world's most superficial cleanup: they're just looking at the top 1000 questions in order by page views and, if necessary, editing the titles to make them more grammatical, fix spelling, and make them reflect the gist of the question better.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think this is a great idea by the StackExchange team! While CHAOS is more than just editing and fixing posts - I feel we can go a little further with this idea on our site I think the community as whole here could really benefit from cleaning up a lot of our older posts that may have slipped below the high standards of questions and answers we've come to expect.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've created a few queries using the StackExchange Data explorer, I'd like to get users of the community the information they need to help our most viewed questions and turn them into stellar examples of Q&amp;amp;A.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/ubuntu/s/1684/top-1000-viewed-questions&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Top 1000 Questions sorted by Views&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/ubuntu/s/1449/possible-duplicates&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Possible Duplicates: Posts with &quot;Duplicate&quot; in the comments&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/ubuntu/s/1608/high-view-counts-with-no-images&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Questions with high view counts that have no images&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think it'd be great if we could go through a few a day, making edits &lt;em&gt;only when necessary&lt;/em&gt; and when it help to improve the content of the question/answer. What are your thoughts?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2011-08-28T23:43:09.213" Title="SOAHC, edit popular questions with (maybe) low quality" Tags="|discussion|cleanup|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1698" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1697" CreationDate="2011-08-05T15:04:09.677" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Count. Me. In. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, we'll need to kinda keep tabs on how well this goes. Perhaps use the &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/206/ubuntu-regulators&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Regulators Chatroom&lt;/a&gt; for communication? Just a thought.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastActivityDate="2011-08-05T15:04:09.677" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1699" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-08-05T20:15:24.223" Score="52" ViewCount="1235" Body="&lt;p&gt;As a thank you for &lt;em&gt;being awesome&lt;/em&gt;, if you are on page 1 or page 2 of &amp;hellip;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users?tab=reputation&amp;amp;filter=all&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/users?tab=reputation&amp;amp;filter=all&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&amp;hellip; we'll be sending you a little care package shortly:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ask Ubuntu t-shirt in your size&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ask Ubuntu die-cut, vinyl stickers&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://shop.stackexchange.com/collections/frontpage/products/stack-exchange-sharpies&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Stack Exchange sharpie&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://shop.stackexchange.com/products/stack-exchange-pens&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Stack Exchange pen&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://shop.stackexchange.com/products/stack-exchange-network-stickers&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Stack Exchange stickers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can expect to get an email soon with details on how to confirm and provide your mailing address and size preferences.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;T-Shirt&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/HbYGw.png&quot; alt=&quot;askubuntu.com Tshirt&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Sticker&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/V6ZM8.png&quot; alt=&quot;askubuntu.com sticker&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The rest of the items you can view in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://shop.stackexchange.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Stack Exchange store&lt;/a&gt; &amp;mdash; direct links to &lt;a href=&quot;http://shop.stackexchange.com/collections/frontpage/products/stack-exchange-sharpies&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;sharpie&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://shop.stackexchange.com/products/stack-exchange-pens&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;pens&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://shop.stackexchange.com/products/stack-exchange-network-stickers&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;stickers&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Congratulations! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;(for anyone else who wants this swag, but isn't on page 1 or page 2 of the all time top users -- the limited edition t-shirts and stickers will be available for purchase from the store soon as well)&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2011-12-05T16:24:33.330" Title="Ask Ubuntu swag for top users" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="13" CommentCount="26" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1700" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1699" CreationDate="2011-08-06T03:38:35.267" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm from Venezuela, when it gets here I will let everybody know. This is awesome!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7035" LastActivityDate="2011-08-06T03:38:35.267" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1701" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1697" CreationDate="2011-08-06T05:03:11.427" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's definitely a good idea to tend to your garden, and &lt;strong&gt;particularly those posts which have reached a reasonable view threshold&lt;/strong&gt;, meaning they &lt;em&gt;are&lt;/em&gt; getting found by others on the internet, and &lt;em&gt;will&lt;/em&gt; represent what your site is to newcomers!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So even if it's your &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=views%3A4500&quot;&gt;top 100&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=views%3A2500&quot;&gt;top 250&lt;/a&gt; questions by views, great idea to start looking at them and making them more awesome:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;edit the title to be clearer&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;clean up the tags&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;improve the body through editing&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;add a relevant screenshot or picture that helps make the question/answer clearer&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;improve the answers through editing&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;add an awesome answer of your own&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2011-08-06T05:03:11.427" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1702" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1699" CreationDate="2011-08-06T06:49:11.173" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm from Nepal. Well I kinda filled medium for t-shirt but seems my t-shirt size is large so I kinda filled the form twice. I hope you guys will pardon the error. Thanks guys :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1543" LastActivityDate="2011-08-06T06:49:11.173" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1703" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1704" CreationDate="2011-08-06T00:28:45.327" Score="7" ViewCount="130" Body="&lt;p&gt;where can I ask my question using other languages? I'm not good with english and would like to ask in portuguese or italian.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22849" OwnerDisplayName="Jaff Andrews" LastActivityDate="2011-08-06T12:32:23.367" Title="where can I ask in other languages?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1704" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1703" CreationDate="2011-08-06T00:58:56.063" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com/support/community/locallanguage&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.ubuntu.com/support/community/locallanguage&lt;/a&gt; for Non-English support ressources. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For Italian there's a web forum at &lt;a href=&quot;http://forum.ubuntu-it.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://forum.ubuntu-it.org/&lt;/a&gt;, for Brasilian Portuguese at &lt;a href=&quot;http://ubuntuforum-br.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://ubuntuforum-br.org/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2369" OwnerDisplayName="Florian Diesch" LastActivityDate="2011-08-06T00:58:56.063" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1705" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1703" CreationDate="2011-08-06T04:51:27.687" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href=&quot;http://asklinux.ru/ubuntu&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://asklinux.ru/ubuntu&lt;/a&gt; for Russian languages users&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21863" OwnerDisplayName="ruNovel" LastActivityDate="2011-08-06T04:57:46.620" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1706" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1703" CreationDate="2011-08-06T09:14:11.140" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You could try &lt;a href=&quot;http://translate.google.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Google Translate&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22860" OwnerDisplayName="jfgagne" LastActivityDate="2011-08-06T09:14:11.140" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1707" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1693" CreationDate="2011-08-06T11:51:45.163" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;All relevant information should be moved into the question. If there's information that the asker initially provided in comments, chat or anywhere else and that was instrumental in answering the question, it should appear somewhere on the page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ideally the asker will edit his question to add information as requested. If he doesn't do it, feel free to do it (anyone can edit). Leave an edit comment indicating what you're doing, e.g. “added information from comment” or “added information from chat” or “added information linked to”. If the question is a troubleshooting question which led to a chat session, it can be instructive to future visitors to see how the troubleshooting worked to find the problem, so leave a link to a chat bookmark (or at least to the first message in the troubleshooting session).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Comments are more appropriate for specific requests. Chat is more appropriate when you're fishing in the dark at first. Either way, again, all relevant data should eventually be incorporated into the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1059" LastActivityDate="2011-08-06T11:51:45.163" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1708" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1667" CreationDate="2011-08-06T12:12:55.783" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Here's my stab at an improved version of the moderator-editable part of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq#questions&quot;&gt;FAQ&lt;/a&gt; (between “What kind of questions can I ask here?” and “Please look around …”). I don't follow AU very closely so I hope I haven't misreported any policy. Feel free to edit this answer to improve on this text.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ask Ubuntu&lt;/strong&gt; is a questions and answers site for Ubuntu-related questions. It's also a place to share knowledge about Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please follow the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com/community/conduct&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Code of Conduct&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com/community/leadership-conduct&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Leadership Code of Conduct&lt;/a&gt;, and this FAQ when participating in this community.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1037/video-tutorials-for-using-the-site&quot;&gt;Video tutorials&lt;/a&gt; about how to use the site are available.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please note that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;This site is about Ubuntu, including &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com/project/derivatives&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;official Ubuntu derivatives&lt;/a&gt;. For questions about Linux Mint and other Linux distributions, try our friends at &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Unix &amp;amp; Linux Stack Exchange&lt;/a&gt; instead.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you are running Ubuntu, third-party applications and development are on-topic here.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you've found a flaw (a “bug”) in Ubuntu, &lt;a href=&quot;https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;report your bug on the bug tracker&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you have a problem with the next unreleased version of Ubuntu, don't ask about it here; instead follow &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/18641/theres-an-issue-with-an-alpha-release-of-ubuntu-what-should-i-do&quot;&gt;these instructions&lt;/a&gt; to analyze and report it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have a question about the site that is not answered in this FAQ, check our &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/tags/faq&quot;&gt;community-maintained FAQ&lt;/a&gt;, and more generally our &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/&quot;&gt;meta-discussion site&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;(alternate version of the on/off-topic list arranged into two separate lists, like most SE sites)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We welcome questions about:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;using and administering Ubuntu, including &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com/project/derivatives&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;official Ubuntu derivatives&lt;/a&gt;;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;running third-party applications on Ubuntu;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;development on Ubuntu.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is not the right place for:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Linux Mint and other Linux distributions (try our friends at &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Unix &amp;amp; Linux Stack Exchange&lt;/a&gt;);&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;bug reports (&lt;a href=&quot;https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;report your bug on the bug tracker&lt;/a&gt;);&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;problems with the next unreleased version of Ubuntu (follow &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/18641/theres-an-issue-with-an-alpha-release-of-ubuntu-what-should-i-do&quot;&gt;these instructions&lt;/a&gt; to analyze and report it).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1059" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:37:19.280" LastActivityDate="2011-09-21T20:00:14.367" CommentCount="2" CommunityOwnedDate="2011-08-06T12:12:55.783" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1709" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1703" CreationDate="2011-08-06T12:32:23.367" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;On the &lt;a href=&quot;http://area51.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Area 51&lt;/a&gt; site, you can propose new Stack Exchange sites, including sites in languages other than English.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A few examples of existing proposals:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/2912/persian-information-technology-and-computer&quot;&gt;Persian Information Technology and Computer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/30384/ubuntu-in-german&quot;&gt;Ubuntu (in German)&lt;/a&gt; (with &lt;a href=&quot;https://area51.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1438/abgrenzung-zu-anderen-linux-distributionen&quot;&gt;some discussion on extending to Linux or even unix in general&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/23539/software-development-in-portuguese&quot;&gt;Software Development (in Portuguese)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that a site would not have to be specifically about Ubuntu — you can ask Ubuntu questions on a site about &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;unix in general&lt;/a&gt; or even about &lt;a href=&quot;https://superuser.com/&quot;&gt;all computer hardware and software&lt;/a&gt;. My recommendation on the right size of a site is unix in general.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you decide to create an Area 51 proposal, tell all your Portuguese or Italian-speaking friends! The site will be created if and when it has a critical mass of committed users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1059" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-05-03T08:41:06.177" LastActivityDate="2011-08-06T12:32:23.367" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1710" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1699" CreationDate="2011-08-06T23:40:32.123" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is there any time limit (within reason, of course) on when we need to reply by? I'm between houses at the moment (that is to say, I don't really have a fixed address) but I don't want to miss out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It might be a week or two before I'm sure I know where I'll be. Is it okay to hold off until then or do I need to submit something ASAP?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2011-08-06T23:40:32.123" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1711" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1712" CreationDate="2011-08-07T19:49:39.117" Score="7" ViewCount="171" Body="&lt;p&gt;Hi this may be a question that has been asked before but after a bit of searching I could not find anything this specific so I have taken the liberty to ask just in case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have just answered a question over on the main site concerning some problems with the Grub2 loader. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/56169/how-can-i-recover-endpoint-encryption-bootloader&quot;&gt;How can I recover Endpoint Encryption bootloader?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As stated in the comments section the user did not create the recovery disk when they had access to the OS and now the need has arisen its not possible to create it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After doing a few checks in Goggle I found a downloadable version of the recovery software on a not so respectable torrent site. I would never advocate copyright theft etc. but If a torrent link was from a reputable source is it okay to link to the .Torrent file directly?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do have issues with this from my point  of view in the sense that not everybody knows how to use Torrent software and also there is no way of guaranteeing that the source is sound and thus could cause more damage than good but I wondered if there is a written or even unwritten rule on this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22330" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2011-08-07T22:55:27.817" Title="Use of download links in answers" Tags="|discussion|hyperlinks|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1712" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1711" CreationDate="2011-08-07T21:11:43.460" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is no rule against this and it might be who of someone to create a &quot;How do I use torrents?&quot; question that we can link as when we post PPA's with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/4983/what-are-ppas-and-how-do-i-use-them&quot;&gt;What are PPAs and how do I use them?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, in order to offer the best quality answer I would truly recommend &lt;em&gt;testing&lt;/em&gt; or at the least verifying the torrent is what it is. It's no different (though there isn't an explicit rule about this) when linking directly to a .deb or a PPA in the end you're offering software as a solution and not testing or verifying ahead of time will only cause more trouble then assistance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2011-08-07T21:11:43.460" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1713" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1711" CreationDate="2011-08-07T22:55:27.817" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Torrents are fine as long as there is no possible copyright issue under US law. That's what you have agreed to adhere to here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the file is freely re-distributable, post away but as Marco says, it would be nice if you could test to check that the torrent works, is what it says it is, and does what you say it can (as to actively try to not waste people's time).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, most freely re-distributable applications will be available directly from their creators. If something can be had this way, it's wholly preferable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it's legally grey or you're not sure, don't post it. Posting copyrighted materials or links to them (US courts seem to view them as practically the same thing, but IANAL) will probably result in an indefinite suspension.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2011-08-07T22:55:27.817" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1714" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1715" CreationDate="2011-08-09T17:58:37.393" Score="7" ViewCount="77" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/package&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;package&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;package&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/packages&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;packages&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;packages&lt;/a&gt; tags seem to be used in an identical matter. Should we merge them?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="570" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2018-05-14T08:14:17.620" LastActivityDate="2018-05-14T08:14:17.620" Title="Should the &quot;package&quot; and &quot;packages&quot; tags be merged?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1715" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1714" CreationDate="2011-08-09T18:02:47.530" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't perceive any difference in how they are being used. There are currently 31 questions tagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/package&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;package&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;package&lt;/a&gt; and 116 questions tagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/packages&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;packages&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;packages&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/packages&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;packages&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;packages&lt;/a&gt; has a tag wiki (however brief) while &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/package&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;package&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;package&lt;/a&gt; does not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I suggest we permanently alias  &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/package&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;package&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;package&lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/packages&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;packages&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;packages&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="570" LastActivityDate="2011-08-09T18:02:47.530" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1716" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1718" CreationDate="2011-08-09T18:38:33.637" Score="5" ViewCount="72" Body="&lt;p&gt;Because I see that new icon up there but I'm not sure which item it represents. It's difficult to tell if it is supposed to go to the &quot;review&quot; link or the &quot;blog&quot; link.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5674" LastEditorUserId="164112" LastEditDate="2014-09-25T20:57:18.417" LastActivityDate="2014-09-25T20:57:18.417" Title="Is the review new or the blog new?" Tags="|discussion|design|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1717" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-08-09T19:23:34.873" Score="4" ViewCount="83" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was looking through the google tubes and &lt;a href=&quot;https://launchpad.net/~askubuntu&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;found this&lt;/a&gt; - it appears that there is a AskUbuntu launchpad.net team. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I just wanted to bring this up - is there anything we want to do with this? Note that there is also the &lt;a href=&quot;https://launchpad.net/~askubuntu-tools&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;askubuntu-tools&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/a&gt; group as well, with a PPA for StackApplet and the Unity lens. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastActivityDate="2011-08-09T19:23:34.873" Title="We have a launchpad team?" Tags="|discussion|launchpad|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1718" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1716" CreationDate="2011-08-09T19:27:31.330" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's the blog. It'll show a new tag for 24 hours after a blog is posted then return back to normal and the chat link will reappear.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Typically when a link in the header denotes a change it'll show a circular counter with the total items awaiting review.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2011-08-09T19:27:31.330" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1719" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1699" CreationDate="2011-08-10T02:44:08.270" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;How long till we can expect our beloved swag to arrive in the mail??&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3889" LastActivityDate="2011-08-10T02:44:08.270" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1720" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1721" CreationDate="2011-08-10T14:33:11.087" Score="2" ViewCount="112" Body="&lt;p&gt;I created an AskUbuntu account here, months ago, using my Launchpad account that was named &quot;andy80&quot;. In the mean time I renamed my LP account from &quot;andy80&quot; to &quot;andreagrandi&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I tried to access AskUbuntu again using my Launchpad account I was recognized as a NEW user. So I lost all my contribution made with &quot;andy80&quot; account.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's not all: even using this new account, I cannot set my email to &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;*&lt;/em&gt;**&lt;em&gt;*&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; (censured) because the user &quot;andy80&quot; is already using it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Who can merge the two accounts and fix this problem please?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5151" OwnerDisplayName="Andrea Grandi" LastEditorUserId="41" LastEditDate="2011-08-10T15:29:39.893" LastActivityDate="2011-08-10T15:29:39.893" Title="AskUbuntu bug: I renamed my Launchpad account from andy80 to andreagrandi and I cannot access my old data nor use my email account here" Tags="|support|user-accounts|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1721" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1720" CreationDate="2011-08-10T15:29:23.483" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your accounts have been merged.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2011-08-10T15:29:23.483" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1722" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1723" CreationDate="2011-08-12T15:18:18.303" Score="1" ViewCount="58" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm using opera mini 4.3 on a Nokia 5000d. I just realised today that i can't perform the functions listed above. I could do all those things previously using the same device and browser. Is it a bug or am i doing something wrong?   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12846" LastEditorUserId="6969" LastEditDate="2011-08-18T20:35:50.530" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Mobile web version the site now doesn't allow me to up vote, down vote, accept answer" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1723" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1722" CreationDate="2011-08-12T15:54:04.777" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Opera Mini is not in our supported browser list, for a variety of reasons.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A few more details here:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/102010/functionality-regression-on-opera-mini&quot;&gt;Functionality regression on Opera Mini&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2011-08-12T15:54:04.777" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1724" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1699" CreationDate="2011-08-13T15:53:28.270" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;For anyone wondering about what to choose for size: XL in the US is not the same as XL in Europe. If I rememberd correctly: size US XL is equal to Europe's XXL.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Jeff: If I want to change the size how would I do that? :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastActivityDate="2011-08-13T15:53:28.270" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1725" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-08-15T00:36:18.300" Score="23" ViewCount="258" Body="&lt;p&gt;We recently printed some business cards for our Stack Exchange employees and they turned out great.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It got us thinking: our sites' moderators have been working hard to keep our sites high quality for the past few years. They may not be employees, per se, but great community moderators are why our communities are safe, sane, and worth visiting in the first place…&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you're a moderator on the main site, would you be interested in having your own Ask Ubuntu contact card? Would you find it useful?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can see them being handy to pass out during your local Ubuntu meetups or conferences.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Below is a mockup:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;(click on image to see full res version)&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/vjRG4.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/vjRG4.png&quot; alt=&quot;Ask Ubuntu Moderator Cards&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course Twitter ID/phone# are optional. It can be Skype, AIM, URL etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;Note: the text rendering in the mockup is slightly blurry. But when printed it will be crisp.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="61" LastActivityDate="2011-09-20T08:33:24.173" Title="Ask Ubuntu Moderator Cards" Tags="|discussion|design|community|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1726" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1725" CreationDate="2011-08-15T00:43:50.793" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'd find it really cool to own but I don't know where I'd give them out. It makes sense if you're an employee who needs a professional hand-me-out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Has this been done for any other sites' moderators? How are they using them?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not against the idea - they look great.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2011-08-15T00:43:50.793" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1727" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1728" CreationDate="2011-08-17T14:48:59.207" Score="10" ViewCount="122" Body="&lt;p&gt;So, we've got the &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGlobalJam&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Global Jam&lt;/a&gt; coming up, and Ask Ubuntu has around &lt;strong&gt;3,600&lt;/strong&gt; unanswered questions. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, I'd like to have my LoCo team help Ask Ubuntu for the jam - any particular tips/tricks that people have for tackling Ask Ubuntu in larger groups? (Also, on the same IP address - anyone had issues with 20 users, the same IP and SE's anti-cheating system?)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastEditorUserId="41" LastEditDate="2011-08-17T14:50:03.457" LastActivityDate="2011-08-18T22:56:08.313" Title="How can I have a LoCo team help Ask Ubuntu?" Tags="|discussion|loco|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1728" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1727" CreationDate="2011-08-18T16:10:22.760" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can't speak for the IP address business, but basically you can just grab the &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/257/how-does-ask-ubuntu-work&quot;&gt;tips and stuff that we have here in Meta already&lt;/a&gt; and just apply it to the entire group.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe start off with a quick tutorial showing people how the site works and then just have people dive in?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="6005" LastEditDate="2011-08-18T19:13:16.030" LastActivityDate="2011-08-18T19:13:16.030" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1729" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1727" CreationDate="2011-08-18T22:56:08.313" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;We do have an IP based rate limiter in place that &lt;em&gt;may&lt;/em&gt; affect you. If you are just browsing the site normally, and posting good answers you shouldn't run into our rate limiter. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you happen to hit the rate limiter you will see this message: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;We're sorry...&#xA;     There are an unusual number of requests coming from this IP address.&#xA;     To protect our users, we can't process any more requests from this IP address right now.&#xA;     We'll restore access as quickly as possible, so try again soon.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you run into this I would take a short break and the ban is auto cleared by our systems. If you consistently run into this message feel free to email me at: &lt;code&gt;george@stackexchange.com&lt;/code&gt; and i'll see what I can do to get you guys up and running for the duration of your event.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3389" LastActivityDate="2011-08-18T22:56:08.313" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1730" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-08-19T12:21:54.300" Score="6" ViewCount="72" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is there a way do a search in your own questions and specify keywords contained in the title. The same function for answers, would be usefull. As wellas to only search in the title or only in the body.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17789" LastActivityDate="2012-11-23T13:42:46.577" Title="Is there a way to search for a keyword in the title / body of your own questions / answers only?" Tags="|feature-request|searching|search|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1731" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1730" CreationDate="2011-08-19T12:24:00.677" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Damn I hate it when this happens: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/search&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;Never saw it. Sorry. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyway it would be nice if there was a &lt;strong&gt;search field&lt;/strong&gt; on the users profile each in the questions and answers section.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17789" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2011-08-19T12:24:00.677" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1732" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1730" CreationDate="2011-08-19T12:32:49.127" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Specifically for your issue, the search parts you want:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;user:me&#xA;title:'Title search'&#xA;body:'Body search' &#xA;is:answer&#xA;is:question&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2011-08-19T12:32:49.127" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1733" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1547" CreationDate="2011-08-19T17:09:44.827" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Close the question who's posted date is greater than the other post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="23272" LastActivityDate="2011-08-19T17:09:44.827" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1734" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1735" CreationDate="2011-08-19T19:12:47.570" Score="5" ViewCount="49" Body="&lt;p&gt;I haven't earned sufficient privileges here to make a proposal -- would it be reasonable for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/keybindings&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;keybindings&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;keybindings&lt;/a&gt; to be a synonym of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/key-bindings&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;key-bindings&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;key-bindings&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2696" LastActivityDate="2011-08-19T19:24:28.520" Title="Tag Synonym request: [keybindings] -&gt; [key-bindings]?" Tags="|discussion|tags|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1735" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1734" CreationDate="2011-08-19T19:24:28.520" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I agree. They've been synonym'd and merged&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2011-08-19T19:24:28.520" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1737" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1738" CreationDate="2011-08-21T05:23:56.793" Score="8" ViewCount="154" Body="&lt;p&gt;I got 199 reputation points today, and it seemed a little strange, because it just stopped at 199. I read up, and I discovered that there is a limit at 200 points per day. Why? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19779" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="What is the point of the daily limit?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1738" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1737" CreationDate="2011-08-21T12:27:30.630" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;em&gt;Daily Reputation Limit&lt;/em&gt; is primarily designed for one purpose:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;to make you &lt;strong&gt;take a break&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The last thing this community wants is burnt out users. In addition, it also prevents a handful of users' reputation on the site from shooting upward much too quickly. Which makes it more realistic for a newcomer to join the first page of the reputation leagues. Not that it's important. :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, this reasoning, one might say, is retrofitted to the site. Generally it's just good practice in &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamification&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;game mechanics&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reputation_system&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;karma systems&lt;/a&gt; to never have &lt;em&gt;any&lt;/em&gt; unbounded behaviours. It also rather takes some of the seriousness out of the 'competition'. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Lastly it makes users come back. A user who posts a great answer now and again, for many months, is much more helpful than one who shoots up the reputation ladder within two months, never to be seen again after he's entered the gruelling dungeon that is the top 10. Where it gets harder and harder to climb places. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyway,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;take a break. :-)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See also:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/22447/what-is-the-reasoning-behind-the-reputation-cap&quot;&gt;MSO: What is the reasoning behind the reputation cap?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/54695/does-a-rep-cap-discourage-participation&quot;&gt;MSO: Does a Rep Cap discourage participation?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/90865/how-does-limiting-my-ability-to-gain-reputation-for-upvotes-200-per-24-hours-ac&quot;&gt;MSO: How does limiting my ability to gain reputation for upvotes (200 per 24 hours) actually &quot;level the playing field&quot;?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2008/12/daily-dose-of-daily-reputation-ca/&quot;&gt;Blog: Daily Dose of Daily Reputation Cap&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2011-08-21T12:34:21.343" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1740" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1742" CreationDate="2011-08-24T19:41:44.367" Score="7" ViewCount="144" Body="&lt;p&gt;What counts as editing, specifically for badges such as Strunk &amp;amp; White, Copy Editor, Excavator and Archaeologist?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Does retagging count?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Editing my own posts?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Rollbacks? (I assume so.)  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Flagging?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Other ways to edit that I'm missing?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I see in my profile the total number of edits I've made?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17739" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="What constitutes an &quot;edit&quot; for badges?" Tags="|discussion|editing|badges|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1741" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1740" CreationDate="2011-08-25T12:39:33.847" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;These are several question. The answer to &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Can I see in my profile the total number of edits I've made?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;is that you can't find that info in your profile. But you can find it in another place. Namely by checking out the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users?tab=editors&quot;&gt;Editors tab&lt;/a&gt; under Users, looking at &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users?tab=editors&amp;amp;filter=all&quot;&gt;All&lt;/a&gt; and searching for your name, e.g. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users?tab=editors&amp;amp;filter=all&amp;amp;search=root45&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/users?tab=editors&amp;amp;filter=all&amp;amp;search=root45&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19490" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2011-08-25T21:48:11.637" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1742" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1740" CreationDate="2011-08-25T15:21:26.717" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;Found this at meta.stackoverflow:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Edits to your own posts do not count&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Edits to CW posts do count&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Edits that consist only of tag changes do not count      &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Tag wiki edits do count      &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Edits you suggest before gaining full edit privileges do    count, &#xA;  once approved&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/84766/strunk-white-badge-missing&quot;&gt;Strunk &amp;amp; White badge missing&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/28454/does-retagging-a-question-count-as-an-edit&quot;&gt;Does retagging a question count as an edit for Strunk &amp;amp; White?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6861" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2011-08-25T15:21:26.717" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1743" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1740" CreationDate="2011-08-25T15:34:01.180" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;In addition to N.N. and Vojtech Trefny's answers, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/442/what-kind-of-edits-contribute-to-the-editor-badges/445#445&quot;&gt;this thread&lt;/a&gt; on meta.stackoverflow answers all my questions with an answer from Jeff Atwood.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17739" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2011-08-25T15:34:01.180" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1744" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1745" CreationDate="2011-08-26T16:43:38.990" Score="7" ViewCount="71" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tags/lense/&quot;&gt;this tag&lt;/a&gt; was just created by &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/6107/pablo&quot;&gt;Pablo&lt;/a&gt; maybe as a mistake for the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/lenses&quot;&gt;lenses tag.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I'm not sure if it should just be deleted, or synomized with lenses (Wikipedia says &quot;lense&quot; is an appropriate but uncommon spelling of lens).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I also kind of think we should add a tag for &quot;lens&quot; and synomize it with these two.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't have permission to even request the synonym, but maybe someone else can do it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17739" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2011-08-27T06:08:48.777" Title="Tag Synonym Request: [lense] -&gt; [lenses]?" Tags="|discussion|status-completed|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1745" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1744" CreationDate="2011-08-27T06:08:48.777" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Looks like this got created. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(FYI, we like to have answers on questions so they don't look unanswered, please.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123" LastActivityDate="2011-08-27T06:08:48.777" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1746" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-08-27T13:47:40.043" Score="23" ViewCount="254" Body="&lt;p&gt;OK,&#xA;  to give an example - &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/57169/how-does-one-customize-kubuntu-search-and-launch-with-the-plasma-netbook-interfa/58846#58846&quot;&gt;How does one customize Kubuntu Search and Launch (with the Plasma-Netbook interface)?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When the user posted the answer it clearly wasnt an answer - in this case it was just a bunch of questions as you can see by the edit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I flagged the answer.  Sometime later the poster changed his answer to what looks like a valid answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So my question is - being a good citizen (!) - I flagged the answer correctly, but no moderators were around to deal with this flagging.  When they are, they'll reject my flagging seeing only the now correctly editing answer - thus &quot;penalizing&quot; my flagging reputation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There doesnt appear anyway to &quot;undo&quot; my flagging - or is there?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14356" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:24.280" LastActivityDate="2016-08-03T20:17:50.793" Title="How can one retract or undo a flag on a post?" Tags="|feature-request|flagging|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1748" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-08-28T02:17:56.627" Score="6" ViewCount="97" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/24/what-ubuntu-versions-are-covered&quot;&gt;What ubuntu versions are covered?&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Such as Kubuntu? or the other official derivatives. Is there any rules on this or opinions?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a former Ubuntu user, and a Kubuntu user I would be interested to know.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3889" LastActivityDate="2011-08-28T06:38:28.040" Title="Is this a good place to ask questions about official derivatives of Ubuntu?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2011-10-18T23:59:25.100" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1749" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1748" CreationDate="2011-08-28T06:38:28.040" Score="6" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Yes!&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We don't much like questions about &lt;em&gt;unofficial&lt;/em&gt; derivatives, but questions such on &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/kubuntu&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;kubuntu&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;kubuntu&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/xubuntu&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;xubuntu&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;xubuntu&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/lubuntu&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;lubuntu&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;lubuntu&lt;/a&gt; (and probably some others I forgot...) are actively encouraged.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="866" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2011-08-28T06:38:28.040" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1753" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1768" CreationDate="2011-08-30T13:55:28.917" Score="3" ViewCount="54" Body="&lt;p&gt;Seems like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/monitor-resolution&quot;&gt;monitor-resolution&lt;/a&gt; should be synomized with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/resolution&quot;&gt;resolution.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17739" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2011-08-31T14:59:09.753" Title="Tag Synonym Request: [monitor-resolution] -&gt; [resolution]?" Tags="|discussion|status-completed|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1754" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-08-30T14:22:50.033" Score="3" ViewCount="69" Body="&lt;p&gt;Taking this as base: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1441/better-understanding-badges&quot;&gt;Better Understanding Badges&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;many badges descriptions should be rewritten for the user to understand them better. There are a lot that can be understood in several ways and if they are interpreted wrongly then they are not very helpful descriptions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If anybody reads them all at the end you would have a hard time understanding many of them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe this is just me but I feel there is a little more work to be done on that part.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7035" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.150" LastActivityDate="2011-08-31T15:02:28.050" Title="Badges descriptions should be rewritten" Tags="|discussion|badges|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1755" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1757" CreationDate="2011-08-30T14:50:53.480" Score="1" ViewCount="67" Body="&lt;p&gt;My flag weight is displayed with decimals. Currently it reads &quot;510.0000&quot; both on my &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/19490/&quot;&gt;user page&lt;/a&gt; for the main site and on my flagging summary page for the main site (no sense in linking the latter since they seem to be private). The following image shows how it currently looks on my user page:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/uPqjB.png&quot; alt=&quot;Flag weight with decimals&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have only noticed this behavior for my current flag weight. Am I right in assuming that it's a bug?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19490" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Why is my flag weight displayed with decimals" Tags="|bug|flagging|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2012-02-10T19:26:23.670" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1756" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-08-30T15:44:31.460" Score="2" ViewCount="60" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are 2 tags with the same purpose: Badge and Badges. I think badges should be used instead of badge since it includes one or many badges.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7035" LastEditorUserId="1067" LastEditDate="2011-08-31T14:57:24.780" LastActivityDate="2011-09-30T15:34:38.993" Title="2 tags meaning the same (Badge and Badges" Tags="|discussion|status-completed|badges|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1757" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1755" CreationDate="2011-08-30T15:57:41.447" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's not a bug.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your flag weight reaches 500, the calculation turns from linear to asymptotic, eventually reaching 749.99999 (or maybe 750, if you're lucky).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See also: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/80170/what-is-flag-weight/80178#80178&quot;&gt;What is flag weight?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe it should be rounded, but this display gives you an idea of what you're heading for, if you keep raising great flags :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2011-08-30T15:57:41.447" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1758" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1759" CreationDate="2011-08-30T16:51:03.820" Score="6" ViewCount="85" Body="&lt;p&gt;It seems that I don't have an &quot;edit&quot; button for posts on meta. Looking at the meta users page, it seems that edits can be made here if you're a moderator or if you have the requisite rep to make edits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a reason suggestions are disabled for other users? Not a huge deal, just curious really.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17739" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Why can't I suggest edits on meta?" Tags="|discussion|editing|meta|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1759" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1758" CreationDate="2011-08-30T17:47:44.687" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Some searching on &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.stackoverflow.com&quot;&gt;http://meta.stackoverflow.com&lt;/a&gt; came up with the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/87890/why-cant-i-suggest-edits-on-se-meta-sites/97371#97371&quot;&gt;Why can&amp;#39;t I suggest edits on SE meta sites?&lt;/a&gt; it's due to the fact that it would add an another burden to moderators which is explained by the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Mostly because the per-site metas are generally low traffic -- some of&#xA;  them count daily visits in the &lt;em&gt;dozens&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;That means the moderators will have to do the work, since the 10k site&#xA;  users are the only ones that can even see this queue. And on many&#xA;  sites, like say Bicycles -- there are exactly zero users at this rep&#xA;  level, even after many months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;[...]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;We were uncomfortable adding Yet Another Queue for Moderators to Look&#xA;  At across every site in the network.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;According &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/78223/per-site-metas-dont-have-ability-of-suggested-edits/78319#78319&quot;&gt;Per-site metas don&amp;#39;t have ability of suggested-edits&lt;/a&gt; (which is older than the above answer) it's a feature that is not needed on meta sites.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19490" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2011-08-30T17:47:44.687" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1761" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-08-30T17:57:12.597" Score="1" ViewCount="88" Body="&lt;p&gt;Are there any way to get started with StackOverFlow APIs. I wanted to build a small application tool for ubuntu which will post and retrieve feeds from StackExchange Network.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any place to get started!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://api.stackoverflow.com/1.0/usage&quot;&gt;http://api.stackoverflow.com/1.0/usage&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="23706" LastActivityDate="2011-09-02T03:00:32.290" Title="Are there any way to get started with StackOverFlow APIs" Tags="|discussion|api|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1762" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1761" CreationDate="2011-08-30T18:24:22.817" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is an entire Stack Exchange site dedicated to writing applications with the API. This site includes not only tools built around the Stack Exchange API but also &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackapps.com/questions/tagged/library&quot;&gt;libraries built in almost every language&lt;/a&gt; which should make development of an app quite easy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:46.307" LastActivityDate="2011-08-30T18:24:22.817" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1763" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1441" CreationDate="2011-08-30T19:51:28.720" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;In &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2011/08/a-bevy-of-new-badges/&quot;&gt;a recent blog post on badges&lt;/a&gt;, Jeff wrote:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Badges are supposed to be a little mysterious; you should view them as minor puzzles with obvious hints.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="570" LastActivityDate="2011-08-30T19:51:28.720" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1765" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1766" CreationDate="2011-08-31T13:38:36.920" Score="8" ViewCount="435" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've been going through &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/&quot;&gt;review&lt;/a&gt; lately and flagging answers. I come across a lot of answers like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1986/is-it-possible-to-load-my-installed-ubuntu-from-my-windowsxp-vista-7/16526#16526&quot;&gt;this one&lt;/a&gt; that just have a link with no explanation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Personally, I really dislike these types of answers. They offer little value, don't add information to the site, and worst of all, they may lose all value if the posted link goes dead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Nevertheless, they &lt;em&gt;are&lt;/em&gt; answers of some form and they probably solve the problem at hand. So I feel bad flagging them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should they be flagged, or just left alone?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17739" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Should I flag answers with just a link to another site?" Tags="|discussion|answers|flagging|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1766" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1765" CreationDate="2011-08-31T14:11:07.057" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;It depends.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I see answers like this, I add a &lt;strong&gt;comment&lt;/strong&gt; first of all:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Whilst this may theoretically answer the question, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/8259&quot;&gt;it would be&#xA;  preferable&lt;/a&gt; to include the&#xA;  essential parts of the answer here, and provide the link for&#xA;  reference.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the link is unreliable (some blog you've never heard of), if it's behind a wall (ubuntu forums login, anything other then &lt;em&gt;the answer&lt;/em&gt;), or if it's old, not well written, or it seems wrong, I also &lt;strong&gt;downvote&lt;/strong&gt; the answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The comment plus the downvote usually encourage users to write a real answer, based on the link, which is much better.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If on the other hand the link &lt;em&gt;isn't helpful&lt;/em&gt;, flag it and use the text-box to let us know why. For example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Just a link, and it doesn't answer the question&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;or &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Just a link, and you have to register to read it&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If the link is to the answering user's own site and it doesn't answer the question, you're welcome to post a &lt;em&gt;spam-flag&lt;/em&gt; rather than &lt;em&gt;moderator attention&lt;/em&gt;. You're not forced to tolerate obvious self-promotion.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If the answer behind the link is &lt;em&gt;written by the user&lt;/em&gt;, you're welcome to just edit the answer and paste in the whole thing. That is, if the answer isn't subject to copyright restrictions (&lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/06/attribution-required/&quot;&gt;you are licensing it&lt;/a&gt; to AU users, so be careful you have the right to do so).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As always, use your best judgement. Even if a moderator doesn't delete the answer, we may still mark your flag as 'helpful', especially if you've taken the time to leave a comment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note also, there is absolutely no shame in reading the link, deciphering the contents and &lt;strong&gt;posting an answer of your own&lt;/strong&gt;, if it really does solve the problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the same way you're encouraged to combine three good answers into one great answer, you're also encouraged to cut, copy and paste together a fantastic solution to a real problem. While, of course, respecting copyright and attributing properly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Short summary:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Leave a comment!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Flag, if the answer bothers you&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Always mark spam&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See also:  &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/8231/are-answers-that-just-contain-links-elsewhere-really-good-answers/8259#8259&quot;&gt;Are answers that just contain links elsewhere really &quot;good answers&quot;?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2011-08-31T14:11:07.057" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1767" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1756" CreationDate="2011-08-31T14:57:15.140" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Thanks for the note :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the tag is only used once, you can just edit the question that uses it to use the more popular tag instead. I've just done that for this question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastActivityDate="2011-08-31T14:57:15.140" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1768" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1753" CreationDate="2011-08-31T14:59:09.753" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Thanks for the suggestion; I've added a synonym. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastActivityDate="2011-08-31T14:59:09.753" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1769" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1754" CreationDate="2011-08-31T15:02:28.050" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think this is intentional. See this recent blog post, &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2011/08/a-bevy-of-new-badges/&quot;&gt;A Bevy of New Badges&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Badges are supposed to be a little mysterious; you should view them as minor puzzles with obvious hints.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastActivityDate="2011-08-31T15:02:28.050" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1770" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1779" CreationDate="2011-09-01T08:43:15.280" Score="3" ViewCount="103" Body="&lt;p&gt;If not deemed helpful flags can be declined or disputed. What flags should be declined and what flags should be disputed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19490" LastActivityDate="2011-09-02T13:18:42.873" Title="What is the policy on flag review?" Tags="|discussion|flagging|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1771" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-09-01T21:13:34.357" Score="11" ViewCount="516" Body="&lt;p&gt;I posted an answer to a question and it's been deleted. Why!?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As we head in to &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1832/psa-11-10-release-today-aka-lets-get-rockin&quot;&gt;Ubuntu 11.10 release&lt;/a&gt; I'd like to make sure when we are going through the site and marking items for removal in this (and any) clean up period we're leaving notices to users as to &lt;em&gt;what is really&lt;/em&gt; going on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is designed to be a Community Wiki FAQ where each answer is a brief reason why a post may be deleted and how to remedy this. Please at least leave a comment with at least a link to the reason why the post is (or is flagged to be) delete.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="41" LastEditDate="2011-10-14T20:58:47.580" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="My answer was deleted, why?" Tags="|support|faq|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2011-09-01T21:13:45.357" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1772" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1771" CreationDate="2011-09-01T21:17:47.063" Score="5" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Asking a new question in the Answer section&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have a new question, or a similar situation not resolved by the current question, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/ask&quot;&gt;Ask a new Question&lt;/a&gt; instead of posting that question in the answer section. This site is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq#deletion&quot;&gt;designed to handle one question per post&lt;/a&gt; - posting your question in the answer portion of another post will result in it not being handled properly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2011-09-01T21:17:47.063" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2011-09-01T21:17:47.063" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1773" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1771" CreationDate="2011-09-01T21:26:01.637" Score="4" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Abusive or not constructive&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In order to maintain Stack Exchange and Ask Ubuntu's primary goal of professional high quality Q&amp;amp;A site abusive and non-constructive (noise) answers will be removed. There are ample areas of this &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.askubuntu.com/&quot;&gt;site&lt;/a&gt; and the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com/support/community/webforums&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Network&lt;/a&gt; at large to hold discussion and voice opinions, the answer section of this site does not serve that purpose.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not only are abusive posts against the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq#etiquette&quot;&gt;rules&lt;/a&gt; of Ask Ubuntu they violate the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com/community/conduct&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Code of Conduct&lt;/a&gt;. You'll be issued a warning with a potential for suspension if abusive conduct continues.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2011-09-01T21:26:01.637" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2011-09-01T21:26:01.637" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1774" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1770" CreationDate="2011-09-02T00:25:07.210" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is covered in the privilege pages:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/flag-posts&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/flag-posts&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/moderator-tools&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/moderator-tools&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's pretty straight forward, the scope of the site is listed in the FAQ so it's not like we're making judgement calls all the time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Though every once in a while I might mark a flag as invalid when someone flags an answer that might be not-very-high-quality but isn't so bad that it should be deleted. In those cases IMO it should just be a downvote. I usually decline the flag and then read the answer and it usually just needs a down vote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2011-09-02T00:25:07.210" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1775" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1761" CreationDate="2011-09-02T03:00:32.290" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;See&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://stackapps.com&quot;&gt;http://stackapps.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;for API examples, documentation, and sample apps.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123" LastActivityDate="2011-09-02T03:00:32.290" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1776" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1765" CreationDate="2011-09-02T03:22:09.993" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Per &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/how-to-answer&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/how-to-answer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Provide context for links&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A link to a potential solution is always welcome, but &lt;strong&gt;please add context around the link so your fellow users will have some idea what it is and why it is there&lt;/strong&gt;. Always quote the most relevant part of an important link, in case the target site is unreachable or goes permanently offline.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2011-09-02T03:22:09.993" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1777" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1771" CreationDate="2011-09-02T09:58:15.353" Score="2" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Answer contains nothing but a URL&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your answer just contains a link, it &lt;strong&gt;might&lt;/strong&gt; be deleted. We prefer you answer the question rather than defering it to someone else, somewhere else:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;An analogy would be if you are standing at 100 Main St. and you ask&#xA;  where 98 Main St. is. A good answer would be &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;    &lt;p&gt;&quot;It is the next building over&quot;. &lt;em&gt;points at building&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you instead include a link, you are saying &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;    &lt;p&gt;&quot;I'll direct you to a tourism information booth, and they will be&#xA;    able to provide you with your answer and much more!&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, if the answer is the only solution to the problem, we won't delete it. Please always try to directly include the essential parts of the answer, and provide the link for reference.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See also:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1765/should-i-flag-answers-with-just-a-link-to-another-site&quot;&gt;Should I flag answers with just a link to another site?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/8231/are-answers-that-just-contain-links-elsewhere-really-good-answers/8259#8259&quot;&gt;Are answers that just contain links elsewhere really &quot;good answers&quot;?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2011-09-02T09:58:15.353" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2011-09-02T09:58:15.353" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1778" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1771" CreationDate="2011-09-02T10:02:09.870" Score="6" Body="&lt;h2&gt;The answer should have been a comment&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We require that users &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/comment&quot;&gt;gain 50 reputation points&lt;/a&gt; before they're able to post a comment. If, in the meanwhile, you post a comment &lt;em&gt;as an answer&lt;/em&gt;, we will delete it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;em&gt;Post Answer&lt;/em&gt; button may only ever be used for actual answers to the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that you can always leave comments on your own question and its answers. If you want to add more information, add it to the question itself! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you just want to say thanks, this worked for me, accept the answer by clicking the green check-mark, and don't forget to &lt;em&gt;vote up&lt;/em&gt;. This is the Ask Ubuntu way of saying &lt;em&gt;thank you&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2011-09-02T10:07:11.470" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2011-09-02T10:02:09.870" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1779" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1770" CreationDate="2011-09-02T13:18:42.873" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;If your flag is dismissed by somebody, it might be for one of several reasons:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This list is incomplete of course&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You could have simply misunderstood a post. For example, an answer might not &lt;em&gt;seem&lt;/em&gt; to answer the question, but it does if read it more carefully&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;A seemingly duplicate question might have merit if the differences are subtle but important (think Python 3 questions, or Compiz vs Mutter)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The reviewer took care of the post in some other way. E.g. a down-vote instead of deleting the post, where the flag indicates something unnecessary&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The user invalidated your objection by improving their post&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you object to a reviewers decision, you can always just leave a message to one of the moderators, and/or start a discussion about the disputed post in the chat room.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We use our best judgement when approving or declining flags. If you disagree, help us do a better job by discussing the flag specifically.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastActivityDate="2011-09-02T13:18:42.873" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1780" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1782" CreationDate="2011-09-02T14:48:56.430" Score="3" ViewCount="116" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was wondering since today is my birthday if askubuntu or the stackexchange network had some kind of additional points for visiting on the day of your birthday. It happens once a year and maybe a &quot;birthday badge&quot; is not a bad idea.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Birthday Badge&lt;/strong&gt; - Happy birthday from &quot;Stack Exchange Site you are visiting&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7035" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Does askubuntu give points by visiting the day of your birthday?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1781" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1783" CreationDate="2011-09-02T18:10:16.010" Score="4" ViewCount="75" Body="&lt;p&gt;From time to time I come across postings containing e-mail addresses. Should we remove those from the postings to help the users not getting spammed (of course also leaving a comment)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3037" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="How to handle contect postings containing addresses?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1782" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1780" CreationDate="2011-09-02T18:20:47.523" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;As of now, there is no such badge. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See also:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/47718/display-a-happy-birthday-message-when-a-user-logs-in-on-their-birthday&quot;&gt;Display a &quot;Happy Birthday&quot; message when a user logs in on their birthday [closed]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4963/please-award-reputation-equal-to-a-users-age-on-their-birthday-as-a-gift&quot;&gt;Please award reputation equal to a user's age on their birthday as a gift&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2011-09-02T18:20:47.523" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1783" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1781" CreationDate="2011-09-02T18:32:19.063" Score="7" Body="&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If the user is &lt;strong&gt;asking for answer via email&lt;/strong&gt;, like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Please send answers to &lt;code&gt;me@hotmail.ru&lt;/code&gt; &lt;sub&gt;(I can't be bothered to check the site)&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then &lt;strong&gt;yes&lt;/strong&gt;, remove it. Leave a comment to make the user aware of this feature:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/PGqGf.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If the user &lt;strong&gt;posts their email address&lt;/strong&gt; for another (valid) reason, use your best judgement. In general, it makes sense to remove the email address and leave a comment. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Try to estimate if the user knows what they're doing.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If someone &lt;strong&gt;posts &lt;em&gt;another user's&lt;/em&gt; email address&lt;/strong&gt;, remove it immediately, unless you have &lt;em&gt;very&lt;/em&gt; good reason to believe the other person is okay with it.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also remember that revisions can always be undone.&lt;br&gt;If you're really not sure, shoot first and ask questions later :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;MSO &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/23351/can-i-give-out-my-email-here/23354#23354&quot;&gt;user 134432 has a nice summary&lt;/a&gt; on why this is a bad idea:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;It's never safe to publish your email address on an open web site. If you want someone to get in touch set up a new temporary address and use that until you're sure you can trust them. Even if the people on the site are trustworthy there are people out there harvesting every publicly available email address and selling them to the spammers and mass marketers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a pro-forma comment, this could work:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(Welcome to Ask Ubuntu!) It's never safe to publish your email address on an open web site. I've removed it from the post. If you're sure you want it to be publicly visible, you can &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq#editing&quot;&gt;undo this revision&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2011-09-02T18:39:19.303" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1784" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1781" CreationDate="2011-09-02T20:41:10.107" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you realize you've posted an email address or other confidential information, edit your post to remove it. Past revisions are still publicly visible, but they are not indexed by Google. You can flag the post to request that the revision be deleted; moderators can't do that, but they can relay the request to a developer who can. Since this requires a lot of busy people to get involved, it's only to be done as a last resort; double-check before posting, especially when dealing with sensitive data such as logs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Remember that even if the data is eventually deleted from the site, someone may have seen it and copied it. If you accidentally posted a password, consider it compromised and change it immediately.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you see an email address or other confidential information in someone else's post, and you're pretty sure that this was done by mistake, edit the post to at least stop the information from being indexed by Google. Leave a note for the poster that he may want to escalate the removal further.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1059" LastActivityDate="2011-09-02T20:41:10.107" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1785" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1323" CreationDate="2011-09-02T23:09:38.837" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;###Bug report&lt;/code&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;code&gt;[What to do with questions that describe known bugs?](http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1317/what-to-do-with-questions-that-describe-known-bugs/) this has been reported on [Launchpad]() and as such is now closed.&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;###Comments&lt;/code&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;code&gt;Welcome to Ask Ubuntu! In the future please edit your post with new information instead of [posting it in the comments section](http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1693/moving-question-related-discussions-from-comments-to-chat-seems-pointless-destro/1695#1695) :)&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="14356" LastEditDate="2012-02-12T22:36:20.687" LastActivityDate="2012-02-12T22:36:20.687" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2011-09-02T23:09:38.837" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1786" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-09-04T00:35:43.580" Score="3" ViewCount="125" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am new to this Ubuntu forum but not to using Ubuntu as much. I recently made a first post asking a question on Ubuntu security and that was all. I was given an email that I was suspended (15 pts) for spam for a personal website I placed in my profile page in the webpage slot. For reference &lt;a href=&quot;http://JayCouture.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://JayCouture.com&lt;/a&gt; I am including this as a reference only,  as there is not anything you can sign up for or to be spammed on this page in my view. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Could this be done in error or automatically be a errant anti-spam bot? I hesitate on making another forum membership at this point because this would be dishonest without gaining more info on the subject.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="24371" OwnerDisplayName="Jay Couture" LastActivityDate="2011-09-04T01:30:35.627" Title="What is considered a spammable offense on AskUbuntu?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1787" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1786" CreationDate="2011-09-04T00:45:50.473" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Not sure what this site has to do with the ubuntuforums.org, but I think the following explains what happened:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://bapoumba.wordpress.com/2011/09/03/ubuntuforums-changes-on-accounts-permissions/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://bapoumba.wordpress.com/2011/09/03/ubuntuforums-changes-on-accounts-permissions/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;Fact is several of us in the forums Staff team had to spend at least one   hour a day cleaning after spammers. Spammers tactic: fill profile fields with spam links, upload spam pics as avatar, even create user albums with the pics, comment on other regular users profiles, send PMs or emails etc. All of these are sneaky as we need to examine each profile to find them out.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is also a related forum announcement:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1836816&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1836816&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20054" OwnerDisplayName="mikewhatever" LastActivityDate="2011-09-04T00:50:52.150" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1788" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2357" CreationDate="2011-09-04T18:53:42.590" Score="6" ViewCount="63" Body="&lt;p&gt;Very recently a new tag &quot;tabs&quot; was created.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From the one linked question, it looks like it could have been tagged &quot;tab&quot;.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe &quot;tabs&quot; should be merged with &quot;tab&quot;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14356" LastEditorUserId="123" LastEditDate="2012-01-22T09:16:05.403" LastActivityDate="2012-01-22T09:16:05.403" Title="merge tags: tab and tabs" Tags="|support|status-completed|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1789" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1790" CreationDate="2011-09-04T18:58:47.343" Score="5" ViewCount="68" Body="&lt;p&gt;A new tag called &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/4096&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;4096&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;4096&lt;/a&gt; has been recently created.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is linked to only one question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I personally don't see future questions using this tag and I don't see any value why the one linked question requires this tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe this tag should be removed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14356" LastEditorUserId="41" LastEditDate="2011-09-04T19:43:38.340" LastActivityDate="2011-09-04T19:44:38.040" Title="Delete Tag: 4096" Tags="|feature-request|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1790" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1789" CreationDate="2011-09-04T19:44:38.040" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;The tags been removed from the question, after a period of time the tag will be removed so long as it's not used again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2011-09-04T19:44:38.040" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1791" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1699" CreationDate="2011-09-05T09:28:15.917" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm currently living in China with my girlfriend and have no idea how to write my apartment's address in English so I just wrote the address that's on my girlfriend's business card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;no matter where in the world you live.&quot; - let's see :) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By the way, did anyone receive the swag yet?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2331" LastActivityDate="2011-09-05T09:28:15.917" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1792" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1793" CreationDate="2011-09-06T05:10:07.167" Score="4" ViewCount="104" Body="&lt;p&gt;I accidentally downvoted a question (misclick, drank lots of coffee heh...) and then upvoted the same answer.  I noticed I was award the critic badge for giving my first downvote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="23959" LastEditorUserId="123" LastEditDate="2011-09-06T06:41:51.843" LastActivityDate="2011-09-06T06:41:51.843" Title="Why is the critic badge awarded if you downvote by accident and then upvote the same answer?" Tags="|bug|status-bydesign|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1793" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1792" CreationDate="2011-09-06T06:41:45.773" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Why is it wrong? You indeed cast a downvote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Whether you revoke it later or not isn't relevant, it was indeed cast for at least  a few minutes (that's how long the badge process takes to run).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123" LastActivityDate="2011-09-06T06:41:45.773" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1794" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1795" CreationDate="2011-09-06T07:38:08.620" Score="2" ViewCount="105" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just came across this, don't know if its a feature or a bug. Basically if you don't type out http on a link in the markdown, it does not get converted to the link.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;[Link](google.com)&lt;/code&gt; =&gt; Link&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;does not work, while&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;[Link](http://google.com)&lt;/code&gt; =&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://google.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I feel that if I am using the inline markdown link syntax then I know that I'm creating a link. So irrespective of that fact that the link is correct (http), I want it to be formatted as a link. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11736" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2019-09-12T13:19:27.753" LastActivityDate="2019-09-12T13:19:27.753" Title="Links without http don't get linked" Tags="|support|status-bydesign|markdown|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1795" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1794" CreationDate="2011-09-06T08:06:49.180" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is correct and by design.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want a link, be explicit about the link &lt;em&gt;protocol&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(hint: ftp:// works too.. as does https://)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123" LastActivityDate="2011-09-06T08:06:49.180" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1796" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1797" CreationDate="2011-09-06T16:04:39.753" Score="4" ViewCount="76" Body="&lt;p&gt;How can I notify a user that placed a comment on my original question asking for extra information? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is because I once gave the extra information as a comment but it was placed on the original question and i was told that &quot;new information goes in your question, not comments!&quot; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But if I do this the commentator will not receive a notification, there is nothing in this &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/43019/how-do-comment-replies-work&quot;&gt;FAQ&lt;/a&gt; that suggests that the commentator will be notified over an edit to the original question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="23217" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2011-09-06T16:13:20.233" Title="Notify a commentator of new information on the original question" Tags="|support|editing|notifications|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1797" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1796" CreationDate="2011-09-06T16:13:20.233" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can simply leave a comment like&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;@user I've updated my post with more details&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Eventually these will be removed or hidden by moderators or the system as comments are treated a lot like second class citizens, in that they don't matter as much as the Question and Answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2011-09-06T16:13:20.233" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1798" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-09-08T07:01:08.990" Score="1" ViewCount="62" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is it possible to reopen the question which was really unanswered, because user read latest questions mostly?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not to offence Sir :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;Sometimes you ask a question, and specifically in that day, if it was noticed by someone else and they know the answer, we have chance to get correct answers.&quot; - Excellent&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;But sometimes you do not know the answer, as a result it keeps going to the underground or stay without answer, for years, month, days.&quot; - Its ok, i am good but can we not help on those questions too? Like a reminder tab or random unanswered tab (jack pot)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it possible to click that question after 1 week if not answered to rollback on top of readers, or such as another new tab which says &quot;I was Old, questions&quot;, kind of follow up or reminder to solve many questions which is living as junk but may have hope to get answers just because readers do not read anymore the old records?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note: When you search google it shows 1 millions of records, but mostly you, me we check the first 100 page maximium, the last records are old&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user25165" LastEditorUserId="41" LastEditDate="2011-09-08T12:01:03.267" LastActivityDate="2011-09-08T12:01:03.267" Title="Can old unanswered questions appear on the homepage again?" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1800" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1798" CreationDate="2011-09-08T12:00:01.630" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;This already happens to some extent. There is a Community &quot;user&quot; on the site which performs a number of automated functions for Ask Ubuntu - one of them is to push old, unanswered questions with low views back on to the front page. This gives them a second, third, and even fourth &quot;chance&quot; at getting answered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, there are other ways to get your question back into the frontpage stream. Constantly editing your question to add additional details and narrate things you've tried (if you're trying to troubleshoot) will put your question on the frontpage after each edit. So as long as you keep contributing to your questions body content and improving it's quality, it'll keep showing up on the frontpage.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Lastly questions that leave the frontpage aren't close or gone forever. Unanswered questions show up in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/unanswered&quot;&gt;Unanswered Queue&lt;/a&gt; which users frequently check in order to ensure that everyone gets there question answered! The Unanswered page allows you to sort by date question was asked, the question's score, by tags you're interested in, or just show questions with 0 answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2011-09-08T12:00:01.630" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1801" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1089" CreationDate="2011-09-08T21:39:42.970" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuOpenWeek&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/0nj2n.png&quot; alt=&quot;Ubuntu Open Week&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3037" LastEditorUserId="235" LastEditDate="2011-11-22T20:05:17.350" LastActivityDate="2011-11-22T20:05:17.350" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2011-09-08T21:39:42.970" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1802" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1803" CreationDate="2011-09-09T12:39:28.243" Score="3" ViewCount="49" Body="&lt;p&gt;The tag &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/processes&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;processes&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;processes&lt;/a&gt; is just a pluralization of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/process&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;process&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;process&lt;/a&gt; tag. Seems like they could be synomized.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17739" LastEditorUserId="1067" LastEditDate="2011-09-09T14:52:29.370" LastActivityDate="2011-09-09T14:52:29.370" Title="Tag Synonym Request: [processes] -&gt; [process]?" Tags="|feature-request|status-completed|tags|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1803" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1802" CreationDate="2011-09-09T14:52:18.870" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Great suggestion. Pluralisations should always be synonyms yes. I've created and approved it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastActivityDate="2011-09-09T14:52:18.870" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1804" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1805" CreationDate="2011-09-09T22:53:14.870" Score="16" ViewCount="645" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/60732/1006&quot;&gt;This question asks&lt;/a&gt; how to fake bittorrent traffic. It received some up- and  downvotes, 7:7 by time of me writing this. :) Wow! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Obviously, some massive commenting had been started, and Marco Ceppi suggests to open a thread on meta, if we like to close the question. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Given the large volume of discussion regarding this I encourage all those who believe this should be closed on grounds of ethics to open a meta question for discussion. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now I don't suggest to close the question. It isn't fair play, but maybe there are legitimate reasons to fake the traffic. It seems unfair to me, but not such an issue to close the post. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, the user should pay the price for such unfair behaviour, so I would suggest to downvote, but not to close. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now I observed an paradox effect: While 7:7 looks like a neutral question, with 0 reputation gain, the &lt;code&gt;secret&lt;/code&gt; balance is 7*5 reputation in upvotes vs. 7*2 reputation in downvotes. And the people, playing the judge, are those paying the price. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I don't open a new thread on core-meta, suggesting a very new ruleset for reputation in all aspects, but that we live with it heroically. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10068" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2013-03-06T01:49:50.500" Title="Downvoting and/or closing a question about faking bittorrent" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="6" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1805" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1804" CreationDate="2011-09-09T23:54:58.420" Score="23" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think that topic should remain open and should be answered if there is a program to fake a ratio.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It might be considered un-ethical but besides it not being illegal in any country a method to create a fake ratio should be considered a bug in the torrent program/protocol. And it is not the Ubuntu way to keep a bug to yourself. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Making it open to all that there is a method allows for the torrent program creators to also create counter measurements (even if it is just blocking that version of a torrent program). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Please don't be concerned if you receive downvotes – members of the community may simply disagree with your bug, feature request, support issue, or the nature of the discussion.&quot; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;... so the downvotes I am not concerned about: the upvotes will always outweigh the downvotes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastEditorUserId="15811" LastEditDate="2011-09-11T13:14:13.543" LastActivityDate="2011-09-11T13:14:13.543" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1806" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1804" CreationDate="2011-09-10T00:27:53.437" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think the question should remain open. We are not here to question ethics of people's inquiries, we're merely here to answer Ubuntu-related questions in a quick, precise manner.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5674" LastActivityDate="2011-09-10T00:27:53.437" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1807" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1808" CreationDate="2011-09-10T11:41:16.913" Score="4" ViewCount="166" Body="&lt;p&gt;Through my sojourns through the Ask Ubuntu world, I've seen this question several times:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;How do I switch to ?&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/28050/how-do-i-switch-to-the-classic-gnome-desktop&quot;&gt;How do I switch to the Classic GNOME Desktop?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/41173/switching-between-kubuntu-and-ubuntu-without-re-installation&quot;&gt;Switching between Kubuntu and Ubuntu without re-installation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;While &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/42576/how-to-install-gnome2-on-xubuntu&quot;&gt;this one doesn't ask that exact question&lt;/a&gt;, it is similar, and should have been mentioned in the answer.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think there were XFCE, LXDE and Unity 2D questions, but I can't find them so maybe not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyhow, here's the problem:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The answer of all of these will include &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Logout, select [desktop environment name here], and log back in.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, is this something we want? With Unity being the default desktop period (no way to escape to normal GNOME2!) in 11.10, we're likely to get a lot more of this kind of question. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2011-09-10T14:01:48.703" Title="Do we want to have a &quot;How do I switch from one desktop environment to another?&quot; question?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1808" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1807" CreationDate="2011-09-10T14:01:48.703" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think they should be separate because when you google for something you're thinking &quot;How do I use XFCE in Ubuntu?&quot; or &quot;How do I use LXDE&quot;, etc. and you'd want to read the target page with instructions for that instead of one huge mega list with every window manager on it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That way we get a nice standalone page for each one (my fave is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/21686/how-do-i-install-the-unity-2d-desktop&quot;&gt;Unity 2d&lt;/a&gt;) that people can just reference to in the context for that desktop. I've crosslinked that page a ton of times and it's nice because it's a specific answer with a simple screenshot. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So whever wants to do this can just fire up a virtual machine install a bunch of desktops, screenshot each dropdown entry in lightdm/gdm and then post/improve one question for each one and toss them in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/login-manager&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;login-manager&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;login-manager&lt;/a&gt; or something.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also for some reason these sorts of questions are popular blogspam entries or something, so we might as well do them. :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2011-09-10T14:01:48.703" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1809" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1804" CreationDate="2011-09-11T13:02:57.640" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sometimes a question asks for what is considered bad practice. Giving a direct answer to the question might be a clear description on how to achieve what's considered bad. In writing such an answer I think that, if the person writing is aware of it, it's important that writer warn about it being a bad practice, e.g. &quot;don't do this!&quot; or &quot;you should try to find another way to solve this because this is bad for this and that reason!&quot;. After all the OP is asking for help and if they've misunderstood or are ignorant about something they might be happy to learn about it. This is also important to stop other ignorant people reading the answer from taking up the bad practice. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There might be indirect answers to these questions too, some way to &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; end up where you'll have to do something bad. Keeping questions open gives the chance of these sorts of answers to appear.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, there might be questions that are so bad for the community that we don't want them, e.g. &quot;How do I violate this software license and get away with it?&quot;, &quot;How do I cause damage to &lt;em&gt;x&lt;/em&gt; part of Ubuntu's infrastructure?&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19490" LastActivityDate="2011-09-11T13:02:57.640" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1810" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1935" CreationDate="2011-09-14T20:07:01.467" Score="19" ViewCount="194" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://uds.ubuntu.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;UDS-P&lt;/a&gt; will be held in Orlando, FL from October 31st – November 4th. While there is a Summit every six months I feel UDS-P is a &lt;em&gt;vital&lt;/em&gt; event for Ask Ubuntu to have representation in since it will be for the next &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/16366/whats-the-difference-between-a-long-term-support-release-and-a-normal-release/16370#16370&quot;&gt;Long Term Support&lt;/a&gt; release of Ubuntu. As such, I would like to represent the Ask Ubuntu Community at this event.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;What is the Ubuntu Developer Summit?&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://uds.ubuntu.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Developer Summit&lt;/a&gt; (UDS) is held twice a year to plan for the next release of Ubuntu. The event pulls together Canonical engineers, community members, partners, ISVs, upstreams and more into an environment focused on discussion and planning. As a whole this is where the next 6 months of development and design are discussed and planned.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;What could I do for Ask Ubuntu while I'm there?&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Pending sponsorship, I plan on presenting a lightning talk on Ask Ubuntu to familiarize the teams present about it’s existence. I then plan on holding a multiple sessions throughout the week about how Ubuntu can better integrate Ask Ubuntu into the community at large. As it currently stands &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com/community&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ubuntu.com doesn’t officially recognize Ask Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt; as the valued resource it is. Additionally Ask Ubuntu is slowly working it’s way into pieces of Ubuntu Software: Most notably the &lt;a href=&quot;http://unity.ubuntu.com/contact-us/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Unity&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://one.ubuntu.com/help/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ubuntu One&lt;/a&gt; webpages as well as the new &lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/wab1t.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ubiquity Slideshow&lt;/a&gt; which is visible to all users during the installation process! These integration points are great so far, but I think we could use the next 6 months to take this a step further.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Integration ideas include:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the Ubuntu Manpages site&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ubuntu Packages site&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Community Support&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;other Ubuntu Service sites&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Talking to line managers at Canonical on how they can use the site better&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Talking to community leaders within Ubuntu on how they can use AU for their team.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I feel having someone like myself from the community working to make these a reality will help push Ask Ubuntu to further success.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;What I'd want to do to promote us there:&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Aside from holding talks about the site, I’d like to continue to show that Ask Ubuntu is all about quality content and getting questions answered quickly, completely, and accurately. By actually have a presence in the Summit, to be able to answer questions about the site itself, and direct users to not only ask questions on the site, but also for Ubuntu teams to monitor their respective tags on the site. I can help grow the experts as well as the user base.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;What I would need:&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Travel would be relatively cheap for me since I live just a few air hours away; however, I don't think I would be able to afford the week long stay at the hotel at which the event is being held.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, what do you guys think about this? Do you have any questions or concerns? Personally, I really think this would be a great chance to increase our visibility and grow our relations within the Ubuntu Community. If you think this is a worthwhile pursuit please up-vote or leave comments. If you have any suggestions about what groups I should target during the UDS let me know as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2011-10-25T18:22:53.313" Title="Ubuntu Developer Summit Sponsorship Proposal" Tags="|discussion|site-promotion|conferences|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1811" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1812" CreationDate="2011-09-14T22:20:21.723" Score="0" ViewCount="35" Body="&lt;p&gt;Some of those comments are obsolete and noisy, so they should be removed imho.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1992" LastActivityDate="2011-09-15T02:22:12.753" Title="Should the comments on the community ads be cleaned up?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1812" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1811" CreationDate="2011-09-15T02:22:12.753" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;They should be removed. Please feel free to flag them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2011-09-15T02:22:12.753" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1813" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1814" CreationDate="2011-09-15T00:52:55.703" Score="15" ViewCount="556" Body="&lt;p&gt;A student today asked me when I told him to ask questions in AskUbuntu instead of the Ubuntu forums what did AskUbuntu offer instead of the forums in the Ubuntu site. I thought did would be a good question to ask here so to let people know what does one offer and what benefits do each bring to the community.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Basically what benefits does a user gain by using Askubuntu over the Ubuntu Forums (And vice versa) and what differs (what do each bring to the table) between both for the community.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Feel free to edit the title or move to another more related place just in case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7035" OwnerDisplayName="Luis Alvarado" LastActivityDate="2015-01-11T09:07:18.110" Title="Benefits of using Askubuntu versus Ubuntu Forum and what differs between both" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1814" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1813" CreationDate="2011-09-15T01:36:55.223" Score="17" Body="&lt;p&gt;Good question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One of the things I really like about AskUbuntu is that is uses the Stack Exchange format.  Not only can you ask and answer questions, but the answers and questions can be both rated and commented on.  Having the ability to see what is the highest rated answer is a great help when trying to sort out the noise.  Many studies have shown that a group of people who reach a consensus often come up with better answers than someone working alone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The biggest thing I think the Ubuntu Forums bring to the table is the depth of knowledge.  Topics there go back years, and there have been some good answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I also think that the Ubuntu Forums are still a bit more popular, but I haven't really checked.  Personally, I spend most of my time here, and once and a while refer people to answers in the Ubunutu Forums or Wiki.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That brings up another good point.  AskUbuntu is a Q/A format.  Ubuntu Forums are open to any relevant topic, not just Questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4435" OwnerDisplayName="jwernerny" LastActivityDate="2011-09-15T01:36:55.223" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1815" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1813" CreationDate="2011-09-15T04:55:07.973" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;StackExchange sites allow answer collaboration. So if someone comes up with a good answer, but it isn't complete, other users can add on to it/correct it without fragmenting everything into numerous pages, forming one, complete answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15898" LastEditorUserId="15898" LastEditDate="2011-09-15T11:56:38.450" LastActivityDate="2011-09-15T11:56:38.450" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1816" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1838" CreationDate="2011-09-15T05:22:04.957" Score="4" ViewCount="98" Body="&lt;p&gt;The current askubuntu.com mobile-optimised website uses a black background and a gray foreground(text). This makes it difficult to read and draws attention away from the important part, i.e., the text itself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can the colour combination be changed to something more legible, like a white background and a black foreground or a black background and a white foreground?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is how the website looks on my Nokia 5530 XpressMusic phone:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ZRNNS.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;askubuntu.com main page, as seen from a Nokia 5530&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/7mo61.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;A question on askubuntu.com website, as seen from a Nokia 5530&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13802" LastEditorUserId="1438484" LastEditDate="2022-08-18T16:09:32.377" LastActivityDate="2022-08-18T16:09:32.377" Title="Askubuntu mobile-optimised website is difficult to read" Tags="|feature-request|design|stackexchange|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1817" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1002" CreationDate="2011-09-15T08:34:05.947" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;For clearness, what about renaming &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/linux&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;linux&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;linux&lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/linux-kernel&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;linux-kernel&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;linux-kernel&lt;/a&gt;? That tag will be suggested when users tag questions and will avoid the use of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/linux&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;linux&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;linux&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/kernel&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;kernel&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;kernel&lt;/a&gt; does not necessarily have to do with Linux, but even the tag description says so. Perhaps all of the questions tagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/kernel&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;kernel&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;kernel&lt;/a&gt; should be moved to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/linux-kernel&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;linux-kernel&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;linux-kernel&lt;/a&gt; for the above mentioned reason.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6969" LastActivityDate="2011-09-15T08:34:05.947" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1818" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1804" CreationDate="2011-09-15T10:14:52.583" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I initially upvoted the question, but after giving it a second thougt, I'm all for closing it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I just don't see any legitimate reasons to fake traffic, so answering this is nothing but enabling the user to break an agreement between him and the tracker operator.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In contrast, asking for zero upload clients seems fine to me. Disabling the upload might be a way to (temporarily) get the user full upload bandwidth for other purposes, or prevent expensive traffic with mobile internet solutions. Most importantly: the BitTorrent protocol doesn't force you to upload, so you aren't violating any agreements like in the above case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3037" LastActivityDate="2011-09-15T10:14:52.583" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1819" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-09-16T15:26:24.550" Score="15" ViewCount="179" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ok so SE has this feature that doesn't let new users answer their own questions in like 6 hours or something. While I appreciate that this helps cut down on whatever big-city problems stack overflow has I've run into two questions where this kind of sucks:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/61678/how-do-i-fix-a-problem-with-inkscape-not-starting-fixed&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/61678/how-do-i-fix-a-problem-with-inkscape-not-starting-fixed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/61559/ubuntu-mylaptop-will-boot-only-when-failsafe-graphics-mode-selectedseveral-erro&quot;&gt;Ubuntu @myLaptop will boot only when failsafe graphics mode selected(several errors)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you can see, even with the &quot;you can't answer yet&quot; limitation, people are trying to do the right thing and just editing the answer into their question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Perhaps newish user self-answers should go into a queue like the anonymous edits to be approved, that way the user can post their solution right away (and have better feedback than just sticking them in a dungeon). Or since we don't have the same flood of crap questions as SO maybe the threshold of being able to answer your own question can be relaxed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2016-07-01T01:30:45.367" Title="Making users wait to answer their questions hindering a new user's progress?" Tags="|discussion|answers|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1820" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1819" CreationDate="2011-09-17T00:17:43.000" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'd go with your suggestion of an answer queue for new users. We already have enough 10k+ users to handle such situations, so it would be nice to implement it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe we could even let 7.5k users pitch in here. It would be another little encouragement for dedicated AU users who have not yet reached 10k.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1992" LastEditorUserId="1992" LastEditDate="2011-09-19T22:09:27.047" LastActivityDate="2011-09-19T22:09:27.047" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1821" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1819" CreationDate="2011-09-17T07:33:57.757" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think you're radically underestimating the amount of noise self-&quot;answers&quot; this is already preventing on your site, and instead focusing on the rare cases when it is a hindrance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would not support removing this new user restriction.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123" LastActivityDate="2011-09-17T07:33:57.757" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1822" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-09-17T14:13:36.380" Score="6" ViewCount="137" Body="&lt;p&gt;Which posts on AskUbuntu need a screenshot? We can make a list here (and remove a post when screenshot is added) so it is easier to search for posts that need screenshots and add them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5149" LastActivityDate="2011-10-04T14:59:22.513" Title="Which posts need screenshots?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2011-09-17T22:17:47.183" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1824" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1822" CreationDate="2011-09-18T03:14:57.467" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Good idea! I recommend perhaps starting with those questions which have a lot of views:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=views%3A7500&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=views%3A7500&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More advanced search options are at &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/search&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/aqXh7.png&quot; alt=&quot;Screenshot&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2011-09-18T07:08:46.703" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2011-09-18T03:14:57.467" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1825" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1725" CreationDate="2011-09-20T08:33:24.173" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;OK, moderators have officially been mailed the form to obtain the cards. Stay tuned!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123" LastActivityDate="2011-09-20T08:33:24.173" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1826" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1075" CreationDate="2011-09-20T22:32:52.430" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think, if you feel the urge to use that because the question seems just &lt;em&gt;so stupid&lt;/em&gt; or &lt;em&gt;so lazy&lt;/em&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;consider that the person might be much newer to computers (or Ubuntu) than you are&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;consider they might not be expressing themselves well, eg not &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/62173/download-c-reference/62176#62176&quot;&gt;Where can I download a C++ reference&lt;/a&gt; (which you can google) but &quot;how can I get that through an Ubuntu package&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and if that fails&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;take a break from askubuntu&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;leave the question and let someone else answer it&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;downvote the question&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;flag the question&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1116" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2011-09-20T22:32:52.430" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1828" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-09-21T20:48:14.220" Score="11" ViewCount="131" Body="&lt;p&gt;For instance, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/4983/what-are-ppas-and-how-do-i-use-them/&quot;&gt;What are PPAs and how do I use them PPA?&lt;/a&gt; this has multiple correct answers depending on what version of Ubuntu you are using. Should we continue this method or look to create separate questions for each version of Ubuntu? Why either way?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2011-09-22T00:32:21.117" Title="What do we do about topics spanning multiple versions of Ubuntu?" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1829" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1828" CreationDate="2011-09-21T21:18:10.830" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think these should have been seperate questions. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;AU wants 1 answer to be accepted solely based on it being the most correct answer and all of  them are correct for a particular version. Having them seperate would make them all &lt;code&gt;acceptable&lt;/code&gt; thus indicating they are the best method for that tag included with the question.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;More importantly... if 10.04 would have had its own answer it would disappear over time. As it would with all other questions: if they are about an old release they tend to stay away from the main view. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now this topic is going to come back every 6 months and will become larger and larger and larger. Imagine what this looks like in 2 years if all releases would have a different method (probably wont but...).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastActivityDate="2011-09-21T21:18:10.830" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1830" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1828" CreationDate="2011-09-22T00:32:21.117" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;One problem I can see with &quot;all versions in one question&quot; is that after a while it would be tough to &quot;unseat&quot; a proven answer for an old version. For example here's a popular question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/29553/how-can-i-configure-unity&quot;&gt;How can I configure Unity?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is for 11.04. For 11.10 this will be different, it will have different looking settings, some new options in the dialogs, etc. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I were to add an answer outlining it for 11.10 it would need to get 96 upvotes to come up top, we can't really control the order of the answers, and it wouldn't make sense to go and upvote things that are current for the new version and downvote things for another version, as the older answer is still valid and will be for the forseeable future.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On top of that it'd be up to the person who asked the question to accept and answer. What would that person choose? the latest stable version? latest LTS? What they're using? Even if we had a policy there's no way people would want to go on shifting their accepted answers depending on what Ubuntu version is current.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand having &quot;How do I configure Unity?&quot; for 10.10, 11.04, and now 11.10 would be seem to me to be even worse. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've been doing it like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/19770/how-do-i-change-fonts-and-adjust-their-size&quot;&gt;How do I change fonts and adjust their size?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Where I add a version to each answer up top so that it's obvious to people that the answers are versioned. To me it seems the lesser of two evils. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2011-09-22T00:32:21.117" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1832" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-09-22T03:53:00.823" Score="34" ViewCount="1196" Body="&lt;p&gt;I know, I know, I always put out &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1163/psa-11-04-release-day&quot;&gt;a warning&lt;/a&gt;, but release time is usually when more users start using Ubuntu and as a bonus this time Ask Ubuntu is featured in the Ubuntu installer slider show:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/b6UfN.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some tips for helping when the site gets busy:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Lots of new attention and traffic means it's usually an influx of duplicate questions, especially the easy ones, so keep an eye out for dupes.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Some users don't write descriptive questions, editing as they come in is very useful and helps point people in the right direction. No one wants to read an entire page of &quot;ubuntu 11.10 firefox problem&quot; style questions. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;When we're really busy sometimes people stumble over each other on the brand new incoming questions -- I hit pages 2-3 during the release to find questions that might have been bumped off too soon.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Check out these &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1323/what-pro-forma-comments-do-you-use&quot;&gt;pro forma comments&lt;/a&gt;, they help when trying to guide new users.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Who knows, this might lead to a nice influx of new users, so good luck everyone, I get the feeling we're going to be busy!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-03-28T13:22:00.570" LastActivityDate="2012-03-28T13:22:00.570" Title="PSA: 11.10 Release today! (aka. let's get rockin')" Tags="|discussion|community|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1833" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1835" CreationDate="2011-09-22T10:27:06.637" Score="1" ViewCount="75" Body="&lt;p&gt;Searching for strings is broken. A string like &quot;me too&quot; returns posts that contain &quot;me&quot;, &quot;too&quot;, and &quot;me too&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3037" LastEditorUserId="133195" LastEditDate="2013-08-09T14:14:10.493" LastActivityDate="2013-08-09T14:14:10.493" Title="Search for strings broken" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1834" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1833" CreationDate="2011-09-22T13:14:41.177" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;This has been the case for a while (at least a few weeks). In a pinch, you can add a &lt;code&gt;title:&lt;/code&gt; or &lt;code&gt;body:&lt;/code&gt; qualifier and it seems to work. Something like&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/search?q=body%3A%22me+too%22&amp;amp;submit=search&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/search?q=body%3A%22me+too%22&amp;amp;submit=search&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17739" LastActivityDate="2011-09-22T13:14:41.177" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1835" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1833" CreationDate="2011-09-22T20:28:35.940" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is intentional, the default search operator for Stack Exchange sites is &lt;code&gt;OR&lt;/code&gt; (not &lt;code&gt;AND&lt;/code&gt;).  Also, the default search result screen is &lt;em&gt;relevance&lt;/em&gt;, so ones matching more terms will be presented up top, with additional posts you may be interested in listed below.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Additionally, by default we roll up to &lt;strong&gt;showing questions&lt;/strong&gt;, so the match for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=%22me%20too%22&quot;&gt;&quot;me too&quot;&lt;/a&gt; (if you are using quotes) may be in an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you wish to search that &lt;em&gt;exact&lt;/em&gt; string, you should use &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=%22me%20too%22&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;&quot;me too&quot;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/a&gt; (with quotes) to get exact matches only.  Or, if you want all the terms, but not necessarily together, use &lt;code&gt;+&lt;/code&gt;, like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=%2bme%20%2btoo&amp;amp;submit=search&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;+me +too&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For more info, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search&quot;&gt;see the search help/options&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1118" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2011-09-22T20:28:35.940" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1836" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1816" CreationDate="2011-09-23T08:32:09.567" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I disagree with your assessment of what the current site is. Here's a screenshot:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/RYjvX.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's what it should look like. It sounds like that's not what you're seeing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2011-09-23T08:32:09.567" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1837" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-09-24T19:43:17.997" Score="8" ViewCount="171" Body="&lt;p&gt;So I was presented with the following tag wiki approval screen below. Basically it's a copy of the first paragraph of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://luakit.org/projects/luakit/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;project's homepage&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know it's a relatively minor priority from our site's perspective, but I think we need to stop ignoring copyright law and strongly discourage the copying of these short descriptions (even from project homepages and Wikipedia).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See also:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/80351/make-rules-regarding-copying-tag-wiki-content-from-other-websites-more-explicit&quot;&gt;Make rules regarding copying tag wiki content from other websites more explicit (Meta Stack Overflow)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/79000/would-it-be-ok-to-paste-content-from-wikipedia-into-a-popular-empty-tag-wiki&quot;&gt;Would it be ok to paste content from wikipedia into a popular empty tag-wiki?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ieA1Z.png&quot; alt=&quot;Screenshot&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="866" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Let's stop copying tag wiki excerpts from the internet?" Tags="|discussion|tag-wiki|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1838" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1816" CreationDate="2011-09-24T19:50:22.073" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Have you given &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackmobile.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;StackMobile&lt;/a&gt; a try? It currently only provides read-only access to the site, but it offers a sleek AJAX-based interface to the site that is specially optimized for smartphones, tablets, and mobile devices.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's an example of the latest questions on the site and one particular question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/9CJvY.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&#xA;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/jUckt.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastActivityDate="2011-09-24T19:50:22.073" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1839" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-09-26T17:17:36.920" Score="5" ViewCount="103" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'll be &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1810/ubuntu-developer-summit-sponsorship-proposal&quot;&gt;attending UDS-P&lt;/a&gt; and would like to start a brainstorm of topics that would be good to cover at the summit. The last time we had representation in the form of a session at a UDS was UDS-N which &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/631/what-was-discussed-and-what-was-the-outcome-of-the-ask-ubuntu-uds-n-session&quot;&gt;covered a number of topics in one session&lt;/a&gt;. This time around I'd like to have another &quot;What is Ask Ubuntu&quot; session to cover the basics and different portions/use cases for the site that aren't that obvious.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other ideas I had:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ask Ubuntu for Power users&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How to integrate with Ask Ubuntu&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have several other ideas, but I'll hold on to them for now as I don't want to stifle community ideas by leading them with my own. What would be effective topics to help promote, interest, and inform Ubuntu Developer Summit goers?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.087" LastActivityDate="2011-12-02T23:23:02.740" Title="UDS-P Session Topics" Tags="|discussion|conferences|site-promotion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1840" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1804" CreationDate="2011-09-26T17:20:38.773" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;It violates the code of conduct and so should be closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Lieing to others ( about your ratio in this case ) is disrespectful, which the CoC forbids.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8500" LastActivityDate="2011-09-26T17:20:38.773" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1841" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1839" CreationDate="2011-09-26T17:26:55.643" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here's some (some might not be big enough to have a separate session on, so we can just combine the small ones, etc:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Mining Ask Ubuntu data to improve Ubuntu - this session would be how we can use data.se, anonymous feedback, and other metrics from the site to bring attention to issues. So for example, tech leads and engineering managers need to know how to mine AU data to see what topics are consistently brought up, etc most dupes, which questions are getting the most eyeballs in a tag, etc.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Instead of a &quot;power user&quot; session I would just do:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How to use Ask Ubuntu More effectively - the audience of UDS is Ubuntu developers and contributors, basically, experts in the field; the kind of people we want participating more often.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;.... and lastly, do a 5 minute lightning talk since that lets you address the entire audience at once. Here's &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ppt2Og6qp8Y&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;the video&lt;/a&gt; of myself and Robert doing one last year (go about 4:09 in); a continuation of this might be a good idea, we can sit down in Orlando during the week and bash something out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2011-09-26T17:26:55.643" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1842" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1837" CreationDate="2011-09-27T14:58:01.303" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;It seems that Wikipedia only requires a link back to the article as attribution. That's according to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/79000/would-it-be-ok-to-paste-content-from-wikipedia-into-a-popular-empty-tag-wiki/79002#79002&quot;&gt;an answer&lt;/a&gt; from one of the questions you posted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In general, I think it's better to write original content for tags, but if a paragraph from Wikipedia is apt, then including it with the link shouldn't be that big of a deal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I agree though, that anything more than a link (e.g., a licence agreement, or requiring the &lt;em&gt;entire&lt;/em&gt; article, not just a part) would be too much for the tag wiki.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17739" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2011-09-27T14:58:01.303" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1843" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1844" CreationDate="2011-09-29T01:29:24.483" Score="31" ViewCount="504" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's inevitable that people will come to this site, ask a low quality question, and not return to follow up on comments requesting additional information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What should be done with these examples? Closed as too localized? What would be the criteria to determine when, if any, action should be taken?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/ubuntu/s/1916/kill-all-abandoned-questions&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;I've created a query to help track down abandoned questions&lt;/a&gt;. While the query is pretty rudimentary is should help with the bulk of these.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="41" LastEditDate="2011-09-29T16:20:20.530" LastActivityDate="2012-02-05T13:43:49.783" Title="What to do with abandoned questions?" Tags="|discussion|unanswered-questions|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1844" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1843" CreationDate="2011-09-29T01:54:46.753" Score="24" Body="&lt;p&gt;Close it as &lt;strong&gt;Not a Real Question&lt;/strong&gt; and move on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;It's difficult to tell what is being asked here. This question is ambiguous, vague, incomplete, overly broad, or rhetorical and cannot be reasonably answered in its current form.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you intend to check back, then it's okay to leave the question open so the OP has a chance to answer.  If not, leave a detailed comment explaining what the question needs and that in &lt;em&gt;can&lt;/em&gt; be re-opened if properly edited, then vote to close.  Closures aren't permanent, and it's better to have to re-open than to leave un-answerable questions lying around.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9377" LastActivityDate="2011-09-29T01:54:46.753" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1845" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1846" CreationDate="2011-09-30T12:28:32.473" Score="4" ViewCount="53" Body="&lt;p&gt;What about making &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/locales&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;locales&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;locales&lt;/a&gt; a synonym of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/locale&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;locale&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;locale&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19490" LastEditorUserId="41" LastEditDate="2011-09-30T15:03:06.760" LastActivityDate="2011-09-30T16:39:00.733" Title="Make locales a synonym of locale?" Tags="|discussion|status-completed|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1846" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1845" CreationDate="2011-09-30T15:03:29.177" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Excellent idea. Merged!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2011-09-30T16:39:00.733" LastActivityDate="2011-09-30T16:39:00.733" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1847" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1862" CreationDate="2011-10-03T16:41:11.583" Score="3" ViewCount="81" Body="&lt;p&gt;What about making &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/bugs&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;bugs&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;bugs&lt;/a&gt; a synonym of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/bug&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;bug&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;bug&lt;/a&gt; since the former is just the plural of the latter?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19490" LastEditorUserId="123" LastEditDate="2011-10-07T01:46:45.600" LastActivityDate="2011-10-07T01:46:45.600" Title="Make bugs a synonym of bug?" Tags="|discussion|status-completed|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1852" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-10-03T17:00:26.200" Score="17" ViewCount="495" Body="&lt;p&gt;The software centre image is often used when explaining how to install software, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/37083/how-can-i-change-the-unity-launcher-delay/64100#64100&quot;&gt;like this&lt;/a&gt; (I fixed this one on the original page):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In Ubuntu 11.10 it is now possible to change the edge reveal time out using &lt;a href=&quot;http://packages.ubuntu.com/compiz-config-settings-manager&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;compiz-config-settings-manager&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/compiz-config-settings-manager&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Install compiz-config-settings-manager http://bit.ly/software-small&lt;/a&gt;.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you can see, the image link is broken.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The bitly link for the software centre is broken:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;http://bit.ly/software-small&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It points to &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;http://i.imgur.com/oRhB2.png&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;instead of&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;https://i.stack.imgur.com/oRhB2.png&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't know much about bitly, but &lt;a href=&quot;https://bitly.com/software-small+&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;it looks like&lt;/a&gt; it was posted by marcoceppi. If he's out there, can he change it? Otherwise, all instances need to be changed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or, if we had a template for apt packages, that would be a good replacement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/uviiL.png&quot; alt=&quot;Screenshot&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;wget https://bitly.com/software-small&#xA;--2011-10-20 01:55:03--  https://bitly.com/software-small&#xA;Resolving bitly.com... 69.58.188.33, 69.58.188.34&#xA;Connecting to bitly.com|69.58.188.33|:443... connected.&#xA;HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 301 Moved&#xA;Location: http://i.imgur.com/oRhB2.png [following]&#xA;--2011-10-20 01:55:04--  http://i.imgur.com/oRhB2.png&#xA;Resolving i.imgur.com... 93.184.221.133&#xA;Connecting to i.imgur.com|93.184.221.133|:80... connected.&#xA;HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found&#xA;2011-10-20 01:55:04 ERROR 404: Not Found.&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9411" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2013-08-09T14:39:33.053" Title="Software centre image link is broken" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1853" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1852" CreationDate="2011-10-03T17:50:43.137" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;A hotfix has been created, going forward the following urls should be utilized:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;http://hostmar.co/software-small&#xA;http://hostmar.co/software-large&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They will &lt;em&gt;always&lt;/em&gt; map to the appropriate Software Center icon.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Stack Exchange is aware of this and a fix is in the works with no ETA at this time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This appears to be an issue with certain ISPs, while the root cause is unknown, it appears to affect a large part of the community. As a result I've updated the bit.ly link to point to a different URL of the same image.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/icoOT.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The image links isn't broken.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Rm8oU.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/HNdPD.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not sure how else to replicate this. The image isn't hosted on the Stack Exchange imgur account - it's hosted in my personal imgur account. &lt;strike&gt;Furthermore you can not change a bit.ly URL map once it's been created. So even if it wasn't working I still wouldn't be able to update the shortcut.&lt;/strike&gt; Rechecked, you can't edit the link.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="41" LastEditDate="2012-01-01T23:36:33.483" LastActivityDate="2012-01-01T23:36:33.483" CommentCount="15" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1854" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-10-04T14:58:29.120" Score="0" ViewCount="401" Body="&lt;p&gt;Would be nice to be able to post images directly rather than a coded web page.&#xA;i.e. so we can use pictures in forums, emails, http image etc.&#xA;Any idea if this will be implemented?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user26194" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2011-10-04T15:57:14.663" LastActivityDate="2011-10-04T19:36:26.540" Title="When can we link to pictures direct, ie. posting [img]http://ubuntuone.com/mypic7YREE555.jpg[/img]?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1855" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1854" CreationDate="2011-10-04T15:00:46.883" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, thats possible.  I tryd it with a html file and Google Chrome.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="26187" OwnerDisplayName="Flokass" LastActivityDate="2011-10-04T15:00:46.883" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1856" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1854" CreationDate="2011-10-04T15:43:44.143" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;On Ask Ubuntu, you need to use the proper &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/editing-help&quot;&gt;markdown&lt;/a&gt; for this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;![image description](http://ubuntuone.com/mypic7YREE555.jpg)&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Results in the image being embedded.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="1067" LastEditDate="2011-10-04T18:19:23.917" LastActivityDate="2011-10-04T18:19:23.917" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1857" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1854" CreationDate="2011-10-04T15:45:26.267" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Although the link Ubuntu One provides doesn't end with &lt;code&gt;.jpg&lt;/code&gt; you can still use it on the Ubuntu forums as you have described:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;[img]http://ubuntuone.com/1bwxP9xWhvm3mvB2t2zkMn[/img]&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="866" LastActivityDate="2011-10-04T15:45:26.267" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1858" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1837" CreationDate="2011-10-04T19:24:46.380" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;In addition to the license issue, external content is often not well-adapted to the use in tag wikis. Wikipedia articles tend to be too encyclopedic; they often start with too much background detail (such as a history of project versions) and don't contain enough practical information of the kind that's useful here (such as a link to the Ubuntu package or PPA, or to official or unofficial documentation). Project home pages are often worded too much like ad copy, and tend to lack a lot of context (it's not the case here, but many project home pages leave me to wonder what that software actually does).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think I reject a majority (or at least a sizable minority) of the suggested edits to tag wikis across Stack Exchange because they're lifted directly from an external source. Not for legal reasons (though it can happen), but because it's rarely the right information for Stack Exchange.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1059" LastActivityDate="2011-10-04T19:24:46.380" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1859" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-10-04T19:28:08.853" Score="6" ViewCount="181" Body="&lt;p&gt;I spent several minutes to prepare sew screenshots and describe my problem - and finally I got this error:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Oops! Your question couldn't be submitted because:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;We're sorry, but as a spam prevention mechanism, new users aren't&#xA;  allowed to post images. Earn more than 10 reputation to post images.&#xA;  sorry, the 'ubuntu' tag is not allowed. users with less than 300&#xA;  reputation can't create new tags. The tag 'ubuntu' is new. Try using&#xA;  an existing tag&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Could you show this message on the beginning to prevent wasting time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17587" OwnerDisplayName="user17587" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-04-27T05:40:43.263" LastActivityDate="2012-04-27T05:40:43.263" Title="&quot;Oops! Your question couldn't be submitted because...&quot; ISSUE" Tags="|discussion|user-interface|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1860" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1859" CreationDate="2011-10-04T19:30:29.630" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can just post links to the images and a higher reputation-ed users will convert them in to images.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2011-10-04T19:30:29.630" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1861" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1854" CreationDate="2011-10-04T19:36:26.540" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;You need to have enough &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq#reputation&quot;&gt;reputation&lt;/a&gt; to be able to insert a picture in your post: that &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges&quot;&gt;privilege&lt;/a&gt; comes at &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/new-user&quot;&gt;10 reputation points&lt;/a&gt;. A single upvote on an answer, or two on a question, will bring you to this point; the restriction is solely there to prevent drive-by spammers from posting images.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To insert an image in your post, click the &lt;code&gt;img&lt;/code&gt; button in the editor toolbar or press &lt;kbd&gt;Ctrl&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;G&lt;/kbd&gt;, then enter a link to the picture on the Web or the location of the picture file on your computer. The image will be uploaded to Stack Exchange's servers, so that it's always available.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1059" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2011-10-04T19:36:26.540" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1862" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1847" CreationDate="2011-10-07T01:46:38.410" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Merged. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We now have some rudimentary protection in place to prevent new &quot;just differ by an ending s&quot; plural (or single) tags from being created.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123" LastActivityDate="2011-10-07T01:46:38.410" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1864" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1870" CreationDate="2011-10-10T00:00:27.010" Score="18" ViewCount="234" Body="&lt;p&gt;For those of you who have been around this site for one year or more (in other words, you have the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/badges/13/yearling&quot;&gt;yearling badge&lt;/a&gt;), you will most definitely remember what transpired exactly one year ago (10/10/10):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ubuntu_releases#Ubuntu_10.10_.28Maverick_Meerkat.29&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat)&lt;/a&gt; was released&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/10/ask-ubuntu-stack-exchange-site-out-of-beta-new-awesome-domain/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ask Ubuntu went public!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to UTC time, that day was exactly one year ago. A lot of questions have been asked since then and a lot of excellent answers provided. A lot of changes have made their way into the site as well - not only changes in the way the site operates, but changes in policy too (many of which were decided right here on Meta).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, basically all I wanted to say is...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Happy Birthday, Ask Ubuntu!&lt;sup&gt;*&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://stackoverflow.quickmediasolutions.com/images/askubuntu.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://stackoverflow.quickmediasolutions.com/images/askubuntu.png&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;* May this be the first of many more to come!&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2011-10-12T15:47:46.053" Title="Happy First Anniversary Ask Ubuntu!!! " Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1865" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1864" CreationDate="2011-10-10T18:48:09.647" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Maybe a digital cake piece can go to all members and a thank you card for being part of  askubuntu. Askubuntu family maybe?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7035" LastActivityDate="2011-10-10T18:48:09.647" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1866" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-10-10T23:11:03.567" Score="0" ViewCount="44" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/533/are-there-any-plans-for-localized-ask-ubuntu-instances&quot;&gt;Are there any plans for localized Ask Ubuntu instances?&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If not question, or proposed assertion. But what we do know is that I have very hard every time you ask a question, translated into google or some other translator. As I could help or could be done?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="18161" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.087" LastActivityDate="2011-10-10T23:11:03.567" Title="AskUbuntu and Meta AskUbuntu in other languages?" Tags="|discussion|asking-questions|stackexchange|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2011-10-11T14:30:50.787" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1867" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1868" CreationDate="2011-10-10T23:28:30.800" Score="4" ViewCount="93" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't see any more ads on the site. I'm not sure if it is something to do with Firefox 10.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does anyone else have this problem?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1992" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-05-19T06:31:47.557" LastActivityDate="2012-05-19T06:31:47.557" Title="Are the ads still being shown?" Tags="|support|advertising|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1868" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1867" CreationDate="2011-10-11T01:12:49.383" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;They're still there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/03nrv.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2011-10-11T01:12:49.383" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1869" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1864" CreationDate="2011-10-11T10:49:46.273" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Happy Birthday, Ask Ubuntu! and go for other year..&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7731" LastActivityDate="2011-10-11T10:49:46.273" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1870" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1864" CreationDate="2011-10-11T18:20:39.013" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/w19HQ.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Cake!&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1769" LastEditorUserId="5" LastEditDate="2011-10-12T15:47:46.053" LastActivityDate="2011-10-12T15:47:46.053" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1871" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-10-12T17:00:10.363" Score="6" ViewCount="77" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/embedded&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;embedded&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;embedded&lt;/a&gt; has questions about embedded systems, about audio embedded in a PDF, and about embedding a terminal in the desktop, as well as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/65500/can-i-ssh-via-usb&quot;&gt;this one&lt;/a&gt; about a tablet, which might be considered an embedded system by some.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What does this tag mean?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I ask because I've tried to follow questions about electronics on several sites across the network via &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/filters/12100/electronics-questions-not-on-ee&quot;&gt;this feed&lt;/a&gt;, should AskUbuntu's &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/embedded&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;embedded&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;embedded&lt;/a&gt; tag be included in this feed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25652" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2012-06-15T14:03:12.953" Title="What does the [embedded] tag on AskUbuntu mean?" Tags="|discussion|tags|tag-wiki|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1872" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-10-12T19:20:04.847" Score="28" ViewCount="4016" Body="&lt;p&gt;We get quite a few &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/software-recommendation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;software-recommendation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;software-recommendation&lt;/a&gt; questions. I'd like to bang out an expected format for these questions to prevent them from melting into too localized or subjective trite.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What are tips for formatting stellar &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/software-recommendation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;software-recommendation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;software-recommendation&lt;/a&gt; questions?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How should answers be provided?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="1165986" LastEditDate="2023-03-13T18:46:59.813" LastActivityDate="2023-03-13T18:46:59.813" Title="How to ask and answer Software Recommendation Questions" Tags="|discussion|faq|best-practice|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="1873" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1872" CreationDate="2011-10-12T19:51:15.550" Score="16" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Questions&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Tips and points related to asking for software recommendations.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Scope, Scope, Scope&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If a question is too broad it will attract a large quantity of answers which will likely lower the overall quality of the question due to the impossibility of sifting through each. However, if the scope is too narrow the answers will only pertain to a very small audience, resulting in many narrow scoped questions about similar topics and a fractured solution overall.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;When can narrowing the scope improve the quality of the answers?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When you ask a software-recommendation question, make sure you detail the features you're looking for and/or what your end goal/ideal solution would be.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Simply asking &lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;What games are available on Ubuntu?&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt; will be too large of a scope and can generate too many answers to be of value.  Instead you may wish to ask something like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I used to play a game on my Amiga that was a Lunar Lander clone with the added feature of dodging meteors while landing.  Are there any similar games for Ubuntu that anyone is aware of?  Or other &amp;quot;gravity games&amp;quot; like Lunar Lander that I might try on Ubuntu?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;When can broadening the scope improve the quality of the answers?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When asking questions like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;Photoshop Alternatives?&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;What music players are there other than Banshee?&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;... consider making your question a little &lt;em&gt;broader&lt;/em&gt; in scope.  For example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;Graphic Manipulation Software for Ubuntu?&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;Music Players for Ubuntu?&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;... appeals to a larger audience and can be used as a canonical answer for other such recommendation questions.  The answer to the later will also, of course, include Banshee as an answer, but it will also provide a list of additional music playing software.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At the same time, keep in mind the &amp;quot;Narrow Scope&amp;quot; rule above, and list any requirements or features that you consider essential in the alternative.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="1165986" LastEditDate="2023-03-13T18:42:56.533" LastActivityDate="2023-03-13T18:42:56.533" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2011-10-12T19:51:15.550" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="1874" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1872" CreationDate="2011-10-12T20:07:33.020" Score="22" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Answers&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Suggestions for answers to a software-recommendation question&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Be specific!&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your answer is less than a paragraph you likely haven't created a high quality answer to a software-recommendation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;A picture is worth over 9,000 words&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The title says it all! Include screenshots of the software in action, a photo will typically help hook a user and encourage them to read more. &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/257/how-does-ask-ubuntu-work/542#542&quot;&gt;It's no secret users &lt;em&gt;love&lt;/em&gt; pictures in answers&lt;/a&gt; decorate your answer with 1-2 pictures of it in action and consider the quality of your post increased!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Details, Details, Details!&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Consider highlighting features that are related to what the user originally requested or include use cases for this piece of software in particular. What sets it apart from every other solution? Why do you use it? The more information you can pack in the answer, without simply just copy-paste the product page, the more informative your answer becomes and the more awesome you are!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Learn more, tutorials, additional resources&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Topping off your post with a round of links to the software's tag, the homepage for the software, really good tutorials for getting started, or any other places for a user to explore further!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="1165986" LastEditDate="2023-03-13T18:45:26.990" LastActivityDate="2023-03-13T18:45:26.990" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2011-10-12T20:07:33.020" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="1875" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1891" CreationDate="2011-10-13T13:42:08.797" Score="2" ViewCount="61" Body="&lt;p&gt;I guess this is not really the intended behavior:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://wstaw.org/m/2011/10/13/ask_ubuntu.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12824" LastEditorUserId="237" LastEditDate="2011-10-18T08:57:34.990" LastActivityDate="2011-10-18T08:57:34.990" Title="Reputation from two edits is summed up as &quot;2 votes&quot;" Tags="|bug|status-bydesign|profile-page|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1876" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1323" CreationDate="2011-10-14T14:53:12.617" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;I use this one a lot now:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;###Answered in comment&lt;/code&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;code&gt;Congrats on getting it solved, can you add that as an answer? :)&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastEditorUserId="62" LastEditDate="2011-10-16T20:34:05.970" LastActivityDate="2011-10-16T20:34:05.970" CommentCount="2" CommunityOwnedDate="2011-10-14T14:53:12.617" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1877" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-10-14T18:59:47.137" Score="15" ViewCount="262" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://font.ubuntu.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Font Family&lt;/a&gt;'s &lt;a href=&quot;http://font.ubuntu.com/#charset-mono-regular&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;monospace variant&lt;/a&gt; has been released recently - is it possible to have it as the default monospace font on AU?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="814" LastEditorUserId="41" LastEditDate="2011-10-15T12:18:39.563" LastActivityDate="2011-10-15T12:18:39.563" Title="Ubuntu monospace font on Ask Ubuntu" Tags="|feature-request|design|font|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1878" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1877" CreationDate="2011-10-14T19:10:09.917" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;It'd be great to get it for tag text and codeblocks:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;.post-tag&#xA;{&#xA;    font-family: 'Ubuntu Mono Regular', 'Ubuntu Beta', UbuntuBeta, Ubuntu;&#xA;}&#xA;&#xA;code&#xA;{&#xA;    font-family: 'Ubuntu Mono Regular', &quot;Ubuntu Mono&quot;, &quot;Ubuntu Beta Mono A&quot;, &quot;Consolas&quot;, monospace;&#xA;}&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="41" LastEditDate="2011-10-15T12:18:26.163" LastActivityDate="2011-10-15T12:18:26.163" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1879" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-10-15T23:51:11.577" Score="16" ViewCount="317" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have seen some questions regarding &lt;a href=&quot;https://launchpad.net/deja-dup&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Déjà Dup&lt;/a&gt; that use accented characters (&amp;quot;Déjà Dup&amp;quot;) and some that don't (&amp;quot;Deja Dup&amp;quot;). Which way is preferable?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does using accented characters make questions harder to find via search?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Edit from Oli to the SE team&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is a search &amp;quot;bug&amp;quot; here. In my/Google's opinion when you index and search, you should ignore any accents. The current SE search is very strict with them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To test, just compare the results of searching for &lt;code&gt;déjà&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;deja&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These should both show the same list IMO.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="114" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-07-17T11:23:59.323" Title="Déjà Dup or Deja Dup?" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1880" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1879" CreationDate="2011-10-15T23:55:31.937" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would suggest preferring the accented version (Déjà Dup) since that's the way it is spelled on the project's &lt;a href=&quot;https://launchpad.net/deja-dup&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Launchpad page&lt;/a&gt; and within the program's own &lt;a href=&quot;http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~deja-dup-team/deja-dup/ubuntu/view/head:/debian/control&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Debian packaging&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you can see here, this doesn't seem to hurt search engine results at all:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Aaskubuntu.com+D%C3%A9j%C3%A0+Dup&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Aaskubuntu.com+D%C3%A9j%C3%A0+Dup&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastActivityDate="2011-10-15T23:55:31.937" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1881" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1879" CreationDate="2011-10-15T23:55:52.257" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'd say &lt;code&gt;Deja Dup&lt;/code&gt;, or even &lt;code&gt;backup&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's why:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It's known as &lt;code&gt;Backup&lt;/code&gt; in 11.10.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Thanks for the bug, and you are right that it might create a bit of&#xA;  confusion, but the change is intentional.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Starting with release 20, the goal is to be a more integrated and&#xA;  invisible part of the user experience.  More a feature of the OS than&#xA;  a standalone app.  &lt;em&gt;Part of that is debranding&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://bugs.launchpad.net/deja-dup/+bug/848951&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Via a Deja Dup bug report&lt;/a&gt;, emphasis mine&lt;/em&gt;&#xA;- Typing &lt;code&gt;Déjà Dup&lt;/code&gt; on a keyboard isn't easy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;99.9999999999999 (ok, you get the idea)% of the people who go to google are going to type in &lt;code&gt;Deja Dup&lt;/code&gt;, not &lt;code&gt;Déjà Dup&lt;/code&gt;. Why? See my first reason. Also, if/when they see &lt;code&gt;Déjà Dup&lt;/code&gt;, some people (primarily those that don't have english as a primary language) are going to be confused. I know I would be.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I'm not going to go back and change &lt;code&gt;Deja Dup&lt;/code&gt; to &lt;code&gt;Déjà Dup&lt;/code&gt; in every question. :P&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Why use &lt;code&gt;Déjà Dup&lt;/code&gt;? Yes it's the Official Name, but the only times I've seen it written that way are on . . . the official project docs. Never seen it accented like that anywhere else.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastEditorUserId="6005" LastEditDate="2011-10-16T20:53:04.400" LastActivityDate="2011-10-16T20:53:04.400" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1882" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1879" CreationDate="2011-10-15T23:59:23.027" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Well the name is Déjà Dup, doing a search without the accented characters will return different results so yeah, its makes it harder. Editing the posts seems hard and tedious but its the correct thing to do, that's the project name, it should be used.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;btw, searching in google for &quot;askubuntu Déjà Dup&quot; and &quot;askubuntu deja dup&quot; return same results.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastActivityDate="2011-10-15T23:59:23.027" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1883" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1879" CreationDate="2011-10-16T00:26:39.197" Score="10" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Does using accented characters make questions harder to find via search?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, it seems to. If you search with accents the accented posts show. If you search without accents the posts without accents show. This is bad.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It should be possible for StackExchange to Anglicise the titles when they're indexed (and searched) so no punctuation or accent interferes with things. This is what Google does and it works pretty well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'll convert your post into a bug report and we'll see what happens.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But aside from the technical issue, I don't have any issue with people using either. Some people are going to be more correct but the vast majority are going to type what their keyboards [easily] allow them to do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In terms of moderation/editing to bring all posts into one standard, it's not worth the effort. That time is better spent doing actual edits that help people, or posting answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2011-10-16T00:26:39.197" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1884" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1885" CreationDate="2011-10-16T16:12:34.290" Score="7" ViewCount="209" Body="&lt;p&gt;I made a question. I received an answer. This answer does not resolve my problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another user commented this &quot;wrong&quot; answer, with the solution to my problem, i.e., providing the correct answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I upvoted the comment... but the question remains &quot;unanswered&quot;, because I won't accept the wrong answer as correct... right?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What should I do, then? The answer I want to accept is a comment!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See it here: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/67441/which-input-rules-do-i-need-to-add-to-iptables-so-apt-apt-get-aptitude-can-wo&quot;&gt;Which INPUT rules do I need to add to iptables so apt (apt-get, aptitude) can work (update, upgrade, search, install)?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Denwerko answer didn't work for me. The solution which worked for me is right below, in Riccardo Murri's comment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="27339" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2011-10-17T09:06:37.167" Title="What to do when the correct answer to my question is a comment to a wrong answer?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1885" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1884" CreationDate="2011-10-16T16:43:02.200" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;You need to ask the user to put their comment in an answer. In most cases they will gladly do this because they will earn at least 15 reputation. If they don't, feel free to post the comment as an answer yourself (perhaps making a note of the user that posted the comment). You will be able to accept your own answer within 2 days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastActivityDate="2011-10-16T16:43:02.200" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1886" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1884" CreationDate="2011-10-16T16:43:36.183" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The obvious thing is to add another comment begging the commenter to post his comment as answer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="24398" LastActivityDate="2011-10-16T16:43:36.183" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1887" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1839" CreationDate="2011-10-17T06:54:10.457" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would thinking of making Ubuntu Developers more involved in AskUbuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example if you are addressing Kernel developers, you can tell them to keep a watch on &lt;code&gt;kernel&lt;/code&gt; tag. You can ask them to subscribe to this tag too, such that when a question comes, they can get an email notification.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It would be handy if you can prepare the most used tags and the least answered question tags and get the developers to get more involved in such kind of questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Lastly, don't forget to take a minute to sing the song praising the success of AskUbuntu :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="52" LastActivityDate="2011-10-17T06:54:10.457" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1888" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1884" CreationDate="2011-10-17T09:06:37.167" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;@Manish: Interesting. By doing this, IMO, you frustrated everyone involved at the same time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Myself - because you gave big credit to me as provider of the answer. I provided the question, and Riccardo provided the answer. He deserves the credit (and reputation points). Not me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Denwerko - his suggestion has been erased. What appears now as his answer does not contain a single word of what he has written.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Lekensteyn - he already had included the working solution in his answer. I should have accepted his answer... I only wanted to know if credit + reputation could go to Riccardo, which answered quickly and correctly, although in a comment. Now, credit coming to me + points going to Denwenko is unfair to Lekensteyn.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Riccardo - he only provided a good answer, and now is involved in this &quot;mess&quot;. :-)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;George Edison and bernd_k - they provided nice suggestions, as ANSWERS, but they are witnessing another super-powered COMMENT steal the scene, again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yourself - you tried to do a good thing, but instead of providing a good answer... you are probably also frustrated now because of this reaction from me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;1) Can you undo your edit?&#xA;2) How can I contact Riccardo, following George + Bernd suggestion, asking him to post his comment as an answer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe Denwenko himself could fix his own answer. Maybe I could simply accept Lekensteyn answer. Maybe it's just me, creating a storm in a glass of water. Sorry. I really disliked to see myself credited there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="27339" LastActivityDate="2011-10-17T09:06:37.167" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1889" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1699" CreationDate="2011-10-17T16:43:39.063" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;My swag arrived today, and I'd figured I'd make you all drool with pictures, then I thought &quot;Eh, no need to make you all hate me&quot;, so I decided to write a thank-you note instead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, here's my thank-you note to the Stack Exchange team.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks guys, you rock, I have no words to say, just a huge &quot;Thank you!!!&quot;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Oh, and Mr. Spolsky, thanks for signing the letter, I'm going to frame it. (seriously)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Oh, and if you really want pictures, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/jrgifford/sets/72157627915634148/with/6253912195/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;here they are&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastActivityDate="2011-10-17T16:43:39.063" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1890" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-10-17T18:43:39.200" Score="4" ViewCount="96" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is there a better way to answer the &quot;upgraded and my 'random graphics maker string here' driver stopped working&quot; (or any other derivatives of hardware category as long as its frequent)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have seen that some of you answer your own questions with known information, can a big post with some of the all solutions be created where people asking the same information over and over again be redirected to?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the best way to do it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastEditorUserId="41" LastEditDate="2011-10-24T18:42:36.427" LastActivityDate="2011-10-26T18:13:26.033" Title="Answer aglomerate, group of possible solutions for a frequent question" Tags="|discussion|support|duplicates|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1891" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1875" CreationDate="2011-10-18T08:57:27.283" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1875/reputation-from-two-edits-is-summed-up-as-2-votes#comment-2543&quot;&gt;Your comment says&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Oh, I did not know that there are edit votes, it reads like th two edits (+2 each) are summed up in +4 as &quot;2 votes&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&amp;ndash; well, but that's exactly what it is. You &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/65653/revisions&quot;&gt;suggested &lt;em&gt;two&lt;/em&gt; edits to that question&lt;/a&gt;; each of those was approved, and thus you get two +2 each.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="237" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2011-10-18T08:57:27.283" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1892" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1323" CreationDate="2011-10-18T10:34:36.577" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;The OP needs to add more information to get a good answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;###Needs more info&#xA;Welcome to Ask Ubuntu! As it stands, your question may need a little more information  in order for it to be answered. If you are not technically savvy don't worry, just add as much information as you can, so that you can get an answer (and a good one at that).&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1992" LastEditorUserId="176889" LastEditDate="2013-09-28T10:25:14.580" LastActivityDate="2013-09-28T10:25:14.580" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2011-10-18T10:34:36.577" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1893" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-10-18T14:46:18.223" Score="8" ViewCount="122" Body="&lt;p&gt;I notice that some moderators close questions without an adequate explanation of how to get to previous answers - this question has already been asked! - It might be easier for a newbie to research previous answers if there were an adequate search procedure? Certainly from my point of view this site is about as user friendly as a cornered RAT!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I realize this is not a question but an observation however unenlightened. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If there is a tutorial then perhaps some kind sole will shed light?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="28248" OwnerDisplayName="Collin Owens" LastActivityDate="2011-10-18T15:53:10.580" Title="Questions Closed" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1894" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1893" CreationDate="2011-10-18T14:52:43.557" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is a great question - but not for the front page of this site. Each stack exchange site (of which Ask Ubuntu is one of them) has a meta site for questions like these. See &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/&lt;/a&gt; . In addition, the FAQ contains many useful answers &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/faq&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/faq&lt;/a&gt; and the search bar (while partially hidden due to a bad color scheme) is above and to the right.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In addition - I've found that in asking a question, the interface often suggests good questions that may have similar themes. Often I've found my answer once I've sat down and crafted a good question and looked at the suggestions!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2566" OwnerDisplayName="Hooked" LastActivityDate="2011-10-18T14:52:43.557" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1895" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1893" CreationDate="2011-10-18T15:02:58.007" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Duplicates aren't a bad thing, the more duplicates a question has the more chances it has to be found while the next person is typing out their question, so having them actually improves the chances of a person finding an answer the next time around.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Using the site is covered in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq&quot;&gt;the FAQ&lt;/a&gt;. (There are video tutorials there). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2011-10-18T15:02:58.007" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1896" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1893" CreationDate="2011-10-18T15:53:10.580" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;When a question is closed because it is a duplicate, it links to the original question.  The link is right there under the line where it says this question was closed.  Can't get much better explanation of how to get to the previous answers than that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8500" LastActivityDate="2011-10-18T15:53:10.580" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1897" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1633" CreationDate="2011-10-18T17:51:57.103" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://files.quickmediasolutions.com/wallpaper/stripes.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;http://files.quickmediasolutions.com/wallpaper/stripes_preview.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;1920x1200&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note:&lt;/strong&gt; for attribution purposes, I should mention that this image uses a modified version of the stock Ubuntu wallpaper (for Gnome 3) on Oneiric.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastActivityDate="2011-10-18T17:51:57.103" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1898" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1899" CreationDate="2011-10-19T00:41:57.893" Score="12" ViewCount="197" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'd like to have my accepted answer rate increase from 57%. What's dragging it down, though, is that I've posted a number of specific and/or difficult questions that haven't been answered, are unlikely to be answered satisfactorily, and for which I'm no longer interested in an answer (possibly because the question is obsolete).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See, for example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/56210/13398&quot;&gt;Toggling between Unity 2D and 3D&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/35691/13398&quot;&gt;Constraint-based software to help with scheduling&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the proper way to deal with such questions? Is it to close the questions? Write a non-answer and accept it? Something else?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13398" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2017-04-13T18:52:08.343" Title="How should I deal with old unanswered questions that are unlikely to be answered satisfactorily?" Tags="|discussion|close-reasons|old-questions|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1899" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1898" CreationDate="2011-10-19T00:47:24.440" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you're no longer interested in an answer to the question just leave a comment stating just that. Then flag the question to be closed as &quot;Too Localized&quot; and a moderator will come by and review it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T18:52:08.343" LastActivityDate="2017-04-13T18:52:08.343" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1900" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1902" CreationDate="2011-10-19T21:50:02.260" Score="60" ViewCount="1748" Body="&lt;p&gt;Before reading see the following links I noticed today&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/235/jorge-castro&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/users/235/jorge-castro&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users?tab=voters&amp;amp;filter=all&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/users?tab=voters&amp;amp;filter=all&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://about.me/jorge.castro&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://about.me/jorge.castro&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users?tab=editors&amp;amp;filter=all&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/users?tab=editors&amp;amp;filter=all&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After that, how can a human have time for all of that. HE MUST BE A ROBOT!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So the question is: Is he a Robot, and Android, A future evolution of human kind or a Borg&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More evidence: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/4cNpq.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7035" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2022-11-30T15:12:23.413" Title="Is Jorge Castro a Robot?" Tags="|discussion|users|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="5" ClosedDate="2011-10-21T20:02:35.267" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1901" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1900" CreationDate="2011-10-19T22:02:11.593" Score="49" Body="&lt;p&gt;All joking aside, Jorge Castro isn't actually a robot, he's &lt;a href=&quot;http://about.me/jorge.castro&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;a member of the Ubuntu Community Team&lt;/a&gt;, which in short, means his job &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; Ubuntu. It's not surprising to see such a high volume of participation on this site, or other sites in the Ubuntu network.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That being said he has been a tremendous help in keeping this community moving forward, as is reflected in his statistics.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, we can never really be to sure...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2011-10-19T22:02:11.593" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1902" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1900" CreationDate="2011-10-19T23:15:05.633" Score="78" Body="&lt;h3&gt;The facts:&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Jorge is the result of an elaborate Chinese botnet running on millions of Windows XP computers around the world.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;He became self-aware in 2003.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;He controls more bandwidth than Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Cloudflare, and Akamai combined.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Using early-day MakerBots, he built himself an android avatar that he uses to attend various conferences.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;He is disgusted with his technological heritage and so uses every last CPU cycle to further the ends of free operating systems. Some say this could be explained by his communist roots trying to bring the end of western capitalism.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Once shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Successfully typed the complete works of Shakespeare, just hitting random keys. In one afternoon.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="65496" LastEditDate="2022-11-30T15:12:23.413" LastActivityDate="2022-11-30T15:12:23.413" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="1905" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1900" CreationDate="2011-10-20T16:08:04.313" Score="36" Body="&lt;p&gt;Don't believe the heretical lies of Marco Ceppi! Jorge's origins are generally a well kept secret, but with the permission of the universal council, I will reveal his nature:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Jorge is an entity.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Where there is a question, Jorge is present to edit.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Jorge was created via a mysterious process unknown to even the high council itself.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;He has the ability to edit up to 42 questions at once, even across the multiverse.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Most certainly, Jorge is &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; a bot.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Jorge has a perpetual presence on IRC during the season called &quot;Open Week&quot;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;His powers include Android manipulation (he can control androids), community modulation (with his thoughts can control the entire community at will), moderator con-&lt;strong&gt;flag&lt;/strong&gt;-gration ( :) &lt;em&gt;the wise will catch the joke&lt;/em&gt;), and chat ignore... ation - if you ping him for no reason, the ping will have no effect.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Jorge runs on steak and metal (the music kind, though it is possible that he can consume Chromium).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;The council will deal with any dissenting voices who object to this revelation...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1992" LastEditorUserId="1992" LastEditDate="2011-10-20T16:25:06.833" LastActivityDate="2011-10-20T16:25:06.833" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1906" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1907" CreationDate="2011-10-20T17:47:15.020" Score="3" ViewCount="83" Body="&lt;p&gt;A couple times recently I've been seeing questions asking for specific files to be shared via download links posted in the answers or via email. The latest example of this I've seen is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/69859/help-missing-unique-theme-metacity-for-gtk-2&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; asking for a GTK 2 theme when the original download link is dead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are these questions okay to ask? Or are they off-topic?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="18612" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2011-10-20T21:05:40.270" Title="Should questions asking for files via download or email be flagged?" Tags="|discussion|flagging|scope|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1907" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1906" CreationDate="2011-10-20T21:05:40.270" Score="-2" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's probably okay. It's not great, but it's probably okay.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2011-10-20T21:05:40.270" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1908" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-10-20T22:51:19.633" Score="6" ViewCount="82" Body="&lt;p&gt;We've got a ton of incoming questions and I've realized some tags really do need some love, so I'm going to make a list of the worst ones:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2011-10-22T15:24:50.383" Title="Troublesome tags that need cleaning up" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1909" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1908" CreationDate="2011-10-20T22:51:53.487" Score="5" Body="&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/broadcom&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;broadcom&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;broadcom&lt;/a&gt; - specifically questions having to do with BCM4311 need de duping.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/boot&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;boot&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;boot&lt;/a&gt; - IMO our worst tag, these are hard because they're &quot;my computer won't boot&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/software-center&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;software-center&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;software-center&lt;/a&gt; - A bunch of these seem like bug reports.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/upgrade&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;upgrade&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;upgrade&lt;/a&gt; - Probably a bunch of too localized bug reports.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/nvidia-optimus&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;nvidia-optimus&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;nvidia-optimus&lt;/a&gt; - these are really troublesome in linux and we need a way to point everyone to one canonical question that makes sense for a bunch of people.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="235" LastEditDate="2011-10-22T15:24:50.383" LastActivityDate="2011-10-22T15:24:50.383" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1910" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1900" CreationDate="2011-10-21T06:14:16.977" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Jorge is an amazing guy along with the rest of the Community Team.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="23357" LastActivityDate="2011-10-21T06:14:16.977" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1911" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1699" CreationDate="2011-10-21T11:48:56.420" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;THANKS!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/4ZkFQ.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3037" LastActivityDate="2011-10-21T11:48:56.420" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1912" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-10-21T12:49:12.780" Score="1" ViewCount="75" Body="&lt;p&gt;I ask a question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/70127/is-it-possible-to-create-nested-quicklists&quot;&gt;Is it possible to create nested Quicklists?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I asked &quot;Is it possible to create nested quicklists in 11.10? Or will it be possible in 12.10?&quot; because I want to know the &lt;strong&gt;current&lt;/strong&gt; status of nestet quicklists. I also add tags for 11.10 and 12.04.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After just 5 minutes my post was edit to some generic question and now its closed becaus of a six month old &quot;possible duplicate&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I dont want to know what's in May and Ubuntu 11.04. I want to know what's NOW. So what's going on here? I know that there is another question. Thats why I add 11.10 and 12.04 tags. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4871" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2011-10-21T15:18:29.097" Title="Question edited and then closed because of duplicate. Why?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1913" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1912" CreationDate="2011-10-21T12:57:53.120" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm not responsible for the edit but I did nail the coffin shut. With or without the edit, the question is completely duplicate (the older question talks about the future). The only difference is when they were asked.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We like to keep the number of open questions to a minimum especially when they're about the same thing. It would be unmanageable if every release, every question was re-asked.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My only suggestion is if you really want an answer, post a bounty (it can be a small one) or talk to the people in charge of steering Unity and ask them to post an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2011-10-21T12:57:53.120" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1914" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="75" CreationDate="2011-10-21T14:51:09.647" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Google Chrome/Chromium Site Specific search.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Open up Chrome's preferences.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Click the &quot;Manage Search Engines&quot; button.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Drk7s.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Then, you'll need to change the &lt;code&gt;Ask Ubuntu&lt;/code&gt; search engine information.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/zKprC.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You'll see that I selected the third part - you'll need to change that to the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;http://www.google.com/search?gcx=w&amp;amp;ix=c2&amp;amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=site%3Aaskubuntu.com+%s&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Boom, you've now replaced the default Ask Ubuntu search with Google's site-specific search.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastActivityDate="2011-10-21T14:51:09.647" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2011-10-21T14:51:09.647" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1915" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1912" CreationDate="2011-10-21T15:18:29.097" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;That was me sorry, I've untagged the version of the old one to make it clear it's not version specific. Sorry for the confusion!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Tip: You can post a bounty on a question and select the option to ask for updates for new versions, that's probably the easiest way to get something updated. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Also the current answer still applies)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2011-10-21T15:18:29.097" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1916" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="75" CreationDate="2011-10-21T15:46:35.557" Score="6" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Google Custom Search Plugin (Site-specific search) for Firefox:&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Create a file called &lt;code&gt;ask-ubuntu.xml&lt;/code&gt; at &lt;code&gt;.mozilla/[profile.name]/searchplugins&lt;/code&gt; folder. For example, &lt;code&gt;/home/nits/.mozilla/firefox/airbfsl5.default/searchplugins/ask-ubuntu.xml&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Add the following content in it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;   &amp;lt;SearchPlugin xmlns=&quot;http://www.mozilla.org/2006/browser/search/&quot;&#xA;xmlns:os=&quot;http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/&quot;&amp;gt;&#xA;    &amp;lt;os:ShortName&amp;gt;Ask Ubuntu&amp;lt;/os:ShortName&amp;gt;&#xA;    &amp;lt;os:Description&amp;gt;Search Ask Ubuntu: Q&amp;amp;amp;A for Ubuntu users and developers&amp;lt;/os:Description&amp;gt;&#xA;    &amp;lt;os:InputEncoding&amp;gt;UTF-8&amp;lt;/os:InputEncoding&amp;gt;&#xA;    &amp;lt;os:Image width=&quot;16&quot; height=&quot;16&quot;&amp;gt;data:image/x-icon;base64,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&amp;lt;/os:Image&amp;gt;&#xA;    &amp;lt;os:Url type=&quot;text/html&quot; method=&quot;GET&quot; template=&quot;http://www.google.co.in/search?q=site%3Aaskubuntu.com+{searchTerms}&quot;&amp;gt;&#xA;    &amp;lt;/os:Url&amp;gt;&#xA;    &amp;lt;/SearchPlugin&amp;gt;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Restart the browser&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You'll see it among the list of search-engines in the search-engine plugin. And that's it, go nuts, quicker searching AU!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/pFDG7.png&quot; alt=&quot;list-of-search-engines&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/q36pV.png&quot; alt=&quot;zoomed-view&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/46mJa.png&quot; alt=&quot;search-results&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="18887" LastActivityDate="2011-10-21T15:46:35.557" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2011-10-21T15:46:35.557" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1917" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1922" CreationDate="2011-10-21T16:28:12.677" Score="8" ViewCount="229" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've been working to &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1852/software-centre-image-link-is-broken&quot;&gt;resolve this software icon issue&lt;/a&gt;, this will likely require a large find/replace on the site. In 11.10 the software icon was revised, going forward should we use that icon for the software links?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please vote below.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2011-10-24T15:13:08.963" Title="Change the software icon" Tags="|discussion|icon|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1919" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1921" CreationDate="2011-10-21T18:26:34.030" Score="8" ViewCount="100" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently had a question closed as an exact duplicate. It was not an exact duplicate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/68861/how-can-i-customize-my-themes-in-ubuntu-11-10&quot;&gt;How can I edit GTK+3 themes (preferably with a GUI)?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The other question: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/61567/how-do-i-change-the-theme&quot;&gt;How do I change to a theme not listed in the Appearance screen?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was asking how I could change things within a theme. The other question is asking how to change from one theme to another theme.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, I looked around the area where it marked my question as closed... And there was no link to say, &quot;no, this shouldn't have been closed!&quot; I left a comment on my thread, but that didn't seem to work. Two days later, I looked to message the two people who closed the thread, but could not reach them. So I was, in a nutshell, shocked to find that there &lt;em&gt;does not seem to be any recourse available to me.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is my question merely to be forgotten forever?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1415" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2011-10-21T18:36:32.253" Title="How do you challenge a ruling?" Tags="|discussion|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1920" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-10-21T18:26:58.640" Score="6" ViewCount="62" Body="&lt;p&gt;Rather than having the current system, where in a question or answer the revision history link is the &quot;Edited  ago&quot; text, wouldn't it be less confusing to add a link called &quot;Revisions&quot; or &quot;Revision History&quot; to the line of links that shows up on a question (the links for link, edit, flag, and so on.)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Personally, I find having the revisions link under that line of text stating the time since the last edit too confusing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2011-10-21T18:47:58.840" LastActivityDate="2012-01-21T10:37:32.343" Title="&quot;Revision History&quot; link" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|revision-history|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1921" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1919" CreationDate="2011-10-21T18:36:32.253" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your question is not forgotten! One of the great things about this site is most everything is reversible. Mistake can be made from time to time and we like to correct those as quickly as possible. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In general, if your question was closed as a duplicate, too localized, or non-constructive it's likely because it's too difficult to discern a difference from those mentioned. Consider editing your question to make it's scope more obvious, clearly state the goals of your, what you've tried if anything, links to places you've already researched, etc. The more information you pack into the question the better we can gear an answer for you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In your example you exclaim how your themes have gone away, how you dislike the defaults and wish to change. Your second post goes on to say customizing themes but that can be construed in multiple meanings. In this case you'll likely want to capitalize more on the fact you wish to either create or modify current theme aesthetics. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you've reviewed your question, made any applicable changes, there area few ways to get it reopened. If you have enough reputation you can vote to reopen the question. If not, you can flag the question using the &quot;flag&quot; button with an appeal to re-open your question. From there a moderator will review your question and either reopen it or leave a note as to why it will not be.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you disagree with any of this during this process you can always post on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com&quot;&gt;meta&lt;/a&gt; (as you have) asking why and here you'll be able to carry out a discussion in more detail as to why something was closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2011-10-21T18:36:32.253" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1922" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1917" CreationDate="2011-10-22T07:07:39.010" Score="18" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Yes&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These are cooler&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/xMis9.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/1Rv36.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5149" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2011-10-24T15:13:08.963" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1923" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1879" CreationDate="2011-10-22T14:48:46.690" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;See this thing depends on the people discussing it and on the search engine/site you using like on Google it hardly makes any difference but if you are having problems you may use the áçcéńted characters&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="29520" LastActivityDate="2011-10-22T14:48:46.690" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1925" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1926" CreationDate="2011-10-22T15:18:35.227" Score="19" ViewCount="285" Body="&lt;p&gt;We've been hit by way more spam than normal, just thought I'd point out these discussions on meta that might be useful to folks:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/110025/what-can-we-do-about-the-increasing-amount-of-spam-on-ask-ubuntu&quot;&gt;What can we do about the increasing amount of spam on Ask Ubuntu?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/110030/should-spam-posts-be-edited&quot;&gt;Should Spam posts be edited?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2013-03-22T20:20:43.290" Title="Don't edit spam answers, just flag them" Tags="|discussion|deleted-questions|spam-handling|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1926" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1925" CreationDate="2011-10-22T15:42:36.560" Score="17" Body="&lt;p&gt;So far what the community has been doing is great. Flagging works to get our attention and will also nuke the post if enough people flag it. When the moderators are online, we have easily been killing spam within 10-30 minutes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One thing I will say about web spam and the editing discussion: most automated spammers test a website to make sure that their spam gets posted. Although there are very few resources required to post to a Stack Exchange site, if we can make sure posts are worthless (via Google et al) ASAP, there's a &lt;em&gt;slim&lt;/em&gt; chance the spammer will just give up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We have also been talking with the Stack Exchange team about spam prevention. We're currently pretty toothless when it comes to &lt;em&gt;preventing&lt;/em&gt; spam, we can only really nuke the user and their posts. So I asked for more power through a few suggestions and got a fairly positive email back:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;We're discussing your suggestions about additional moderator powers when you detect a large amount of spam.  Hopefully we can get something rolled out next week.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They also banned the IP that the current spam was coming off so that might tide us over until we have some power to deal with the next wave. Until then, keep flagging!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2011-10-22T15:42:36.560" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1927" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1929" CreationDate="2011-10-22T17:20:05.667" Score="10" ViewCount="232" Body="&lt;p&gt;Out of curiosity, when it was decided to change the domain from ubuntu.stackexchange.com why was askubuntu.com instead of ask.ubuntu.com chosen? Since SE is an official support channel, wouldn't it be better for it to be under ubuntu.com domain umbrella?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PS&lt;/strong&gt; Just my personal preferences, I prefer ask.ubuntu.com.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="814" LastActivityDate="2011-10-26T15:17:15.903" Title="Why is it askubuntu.com instead of ask.ubuntu.com?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1928" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1699" CreationDate="2011-10-22T21:07:46.847" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;i got that e-mal and send it ... sorry a lost that e-mail because my box dead but i didn't receive nothing jet ......&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;anyway thxs for the present ....&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and regards.,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;UPDATE&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You are so fast guys i' just receive my t-shirt now thx for the gift and good luck&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3550" LastEditorUserId="3550" LastEditDate="2011-10-24T15:07:07.150" LastActivityDate="2011-10-24T15:07:07.150" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1929" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1927" CreationDate="2011-10-23T04:38:36.913" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;There was discussion of this when the first came out of beta. However, it was decided that askubuntu.com would be the domain. It'll likely stay this way since AU is a community effort and in the same vein as ubuntuforums.org (which also isn't forums.ubuntu.com)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2011-10-23T04:38:36.913" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1930" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-10-24T06:09:55.400" Score="3" ViewCount="49" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/919/share-link-via-identi-ca&quot;&gt;Share Link via identi.ca&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've noticed that your own answers on AskUbuntu can be shared via Facebook and Twitter currently:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/24Sgv.png&quot; alt=&quot;Current sharing options&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, some of us might prefer not to sign our souls over to evil corporate overlords, but rather go with a more open solution. Is there any chance a sharing option for &lt;a href=&quot;http://identi.ca/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Identi.ca&lt;/a&gt; could be added in addition to these?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="18612" LastActivityDate="2011-10-24T06:09:55.400" Title="Allow answers to be shared on Identi.ca" Tags="|feature-request|answers|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2011-10-24T15:17:14.263" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1932" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1917" CreationDate="2011-10-24T15:04:20.253" Score="-5" Body="&lt;h1&gt;No&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These icons are fine:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://bit.ly/software-small&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://bit.ly/software-large&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="41" LastEditDate="2011-10-24T15:09:54.710" LastActivityDate="2011-10-24T15:09:54.710" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1933" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1940" CreationDate="2011-10-24T20:35:04.803" Score="5" ViewCount="41" Body="&lt;p&gt;The tag &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/keyboard-shortcut&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;keyboard-shortcut&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;keyboard-shortcut&lt;/a&gt; seems like it should just be part of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/shortcut-keys&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;shortcut-keys&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;shortcut-keys&lt;/a&gt; tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17739" LastActivityDate="2011-10-26T00:49:36.727" Title="Tag Synonym Request: [keyboard-shortcut] -&gt; [shortcut-keys]?" Tags="|feature-request|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1934" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1340" CreationDate="2011-10-25T08:33:14.603" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't think our problem is the lack of answers, but all those unanswered questions (in the &quot;two upvotes&quot;-sense) that just need to be closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Best case: a question is only open because nobody knows the answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We could split the questions via search into: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Questions that have no answers and no comments: &lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/PsNBk.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;graph&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Questions that have no answers but comments: &lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/TjZqG.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;graph&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Questions that have answers but no comments: &lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/JWFGC.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;graph&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Questions that have answers and comments: &lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/eY4Wo.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;graph&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One list for each category. Then it's more or less &quot;take a closer look at the question&quot; and decide what to do (e.g., if a question has no answers, but a comment including an answer, we could add this to the question, upvote and it's off the list).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would be great if I could say: &quot;I have time, let me pick and work on those 50 questions.&quot; Afterwards I would update their states (close/open/needs_upvotes/unsure) in the list.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We could do this in meta with four community wiki answers, putting &quot;reservations&quot; in the comment section while we are working on questions, but then we'd need to break the operation up into smaller time periods, because currently we'd end up with an average of 1200+ items per list. :-)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;[V] = needs upvotes, [C] = vote to close ongoing, [ ] = todo, &amp;lt;s&amp;gt;Done&amp;lt;/s&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ol&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;[V]&lt;/code&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Question question question&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;s&gt;Question question question&lt;/s&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;[C]&lt;/code&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Question question question&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;s&gt;Question question question&lt;/s&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;s&gt;Question question question&lt;/s&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;s&gt;Question question question&lt;/s&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;[ ]&lt;/code&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Question question question&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;[ ]&lt;/code&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Question question question&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;[ ]&lt;/code&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Question question question&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;[ ]&lt;/code&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Question question question&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;100 should be ok, so ~400 questions targeted at a time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Two important questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;When do we consider a user inactive? After one month? Three months? Half a year?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;When do we consider a question important enough, so that we do not care about whether the questioner is active/interested or not? One vote? Two votes? (Stars?)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3037" LastEditorUserId="3037" LastEditDate="2011-10-27T20:53:58.553" LastActivityDate="2011-10-27T20:53:58.553" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1935" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1810" CreationDate="2011-10-25T18:22:53.313" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Marco has been approved for the Ubuntu Developer Summit in Orlando on October 31st – November 4th. Marco will be working with Jorge Castro to help lead sessions for AskUbuntu where he will be giving away a butt-load of cool AskUbuntu swag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Marco should be following up with some relevant meta posts reporting about his  experiences in this year's summit. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Incidentally, I am planning on attending the Summit in Orlando on the opening day (Monday). See you there!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="62" LastActivityDate="2011-10-25T18:22:53.313" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1936" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1927" CreationDate="2011-10-25T19:16:05.290" Score="-3" Body="&lt;p&gt;This community is not a part of Canonical, and is not an official Ubuntu thing. Think of it as a fansite. Granted, if we worked it out with Canonical, we might get them to give us that subdomain of their website, but if we are independent of them, that's not really necessary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And that's part of the wonder of Ubuntu and all Free Software -- anybody can do anything independently. Canonical manages Ubuntu, but they don't own it -- and if you want to start &quot;BetterUbuntu.com&quot; and sell people copies of Ubuntu with a few small tweaks, you could go ahead and do that. Or if you wanted to actually start a real branch, like Kubuntu, you could do that too. Or you could start a community site like this. Or you could just start distributing Ubuntu as is (except with different branding, because Canonical has a few trademarks), yourself, and try to get recognized as the new authority in the Ubuntu community -- although the community is pretty close to Canonical, at this point.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1415" LastEditorUserId="1415" LastEditDate="2011-10-26T15:17:15.903" LastActivityDate="2011-10-26T15:17:15.903" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1937" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1699" CreationDate="2011-10-25T21:00:07.427" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just wanted to let you know that my package arrived in the mail today.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you again for the t-shirt and accessories. The shirt looks awesome and I look forward to wearing it around!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastActivityDate="2011-10-25T21:00:07.427" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1938" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-10-25T22:08:17.240" Score="5" ViewCount="151" Body="&lt;p&gt;(Yes, I know this is a meta question, but as a new user of askubuntu, I don't have the reputation to ask on meta (or, it appears, do anything but ask a new question here).)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I came here looking for the answer to a unity/global menu question. Someone else has already asked the question I would have done, but... it has been closed as a duplicate (wrongly in my opinion), and there seems to be no obvious way to get it reopened. I can't add a comment, and I can't flag it for someone's attention, and I can't see any obvious way to directly contact the user who closed it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems that my only option is to ask the question again, creating a genuine duplicate, just to explain why the original isn't, which is a bit ridiculous; or to do what I have done - ask a meta question in the wrong place - and hope I don't get flamed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, as a new user here, what are my options? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="30611" OwnerDisplayName="jpd" LastActivityDate="2011-10-26T13:16:10.407" Title="How do I add a comment to a wrongly closed question, or get it reopened?" Tags="|discussion|community|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1939" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1938" CreationDate="2011-10-26T00:47:01.617" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;You're right, you need 5 rep to play around in Meta. I migrated this over for you. You should have enough rep now to post in here but you know for future reference.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Before I go any further, you can see more about how much rep you need to do things here: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/privileges&lt;/a&gt; it may seem silly or elitist but it's a good driving motivator to get new users active and behaving well. I realise in this case it isn't great for you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To directly answer the question, you'd challenge a moderator or users about the reason something was closed through one of four routes:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Flag it (15 rep required). If you think it's an outright mistake that doesn't need discussion or explanation you can just flag your post and leave a short message to explain why what happened was wrong. We take flags seriously and will give you the time you need. If we still disagree with you, we'll &lt;em&gt;probably&lt;/em&gt; write to you via email to outline what's going on. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;In here. Post a thread about it including a link (the moderators make judgements on about 100 questions a day so &quot;a unity/global menu question&quot; probably won't ring many bells). It'll be open discussion so you may get tips from other users before a moderator sees it. Get enough high-rep users on side and you can re-open the question without a moderator at all. Mods are alerted of all new meta threads so you should get a response if you still need one.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Chat (20 rep required) is a good place to ask other users and there's &lt;em&gt;usually&lt;/em&gt; a moderator in there depending on the time of day and how busy we are. It's less formal but you might not get a moderator.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you don't have enough rep for any of those you have to try and find one of us by email. That's not too hard because all three moderators have personal contact details on their webpages and or profiles. Just look for the ♦s on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users?tab=reputation&amp;amp;filter=all&quot;&gt;users page&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now to combat the reason it was closed. Most things that are closed on the site are deemed close-worthy by &lt;em&gt;at least&lt;/em&gt; two users. Somebody will flag it and a moderator will notice and investigate or six high-rep users will all think it needs to be closed (this way a moderator doesn't need to step in).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If that many people thought your question needed to be closed, there's a strong possibility that it's not selling itself. If they thought it was a duplicate, it needs to differentiate itself from the other threads on the site (we have tons of unity questions).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If people thought it was off-topic or time-sensitive, you might have to explain why you think it's still a valid question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you could see any reason why it might be considered closeable, you might want to fix that by editing it to make it clear &lt;em&gt;before&lt;/em&gt; you ask moderators/users to examine your case. You should be able to do that while it's closed. Then ask one of us to have a look.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By the way, welcome to the site. Sorry you're having a rough start and I hope it gets better for you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2011-10-26T13:16:10.407" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1940" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1933" CreationDate="2011-10-26T00:49:36.727" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I agreed with you so much that I just went ahead and did it. Good suggestion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2011-10-26T00:49:36.727" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1941" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1942" CreationDate="2011-10-26T12:38:09.003" Score="2" ViewCount="108" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have this &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/70736/trouble-connecting-to-share-from-ubuntu-11-10-to-windows&quot;&gt;question from a user&lt;/a&gt; that I was trying to help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It was taking a bit of time to troubleshot everything so I offered a bounty for it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After that I could pin point the problem and answer it, user marked it correct.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What happens to the bounty in this case?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2011-10-26T13:09:24.553" Title="Bounty for self answered question" Tags="|discussion|bounty|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1942" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1941" CreationDate="2011-10-26T13:09:24.553" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;What bounty? I don't see a bounty.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Perhaps a nice moderator refunded it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2011-10-26T13:09:24.553" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1943" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-10-26T15:24:52.817" Score="1" ViewCount="59" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1900/is-jorge-castro-a-robot&quot;&gt;Is Jorge Castro a Robot?&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The user page reports strange values that cannot be true for a normal human, I suspect a hacker or a bot. Beware :)!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/8nIeK.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastActivityDate="2011-10-26T15:24:52.817" Title="Found a bug /exploit in the data from askubuntu.com?" Tags="|discussion|bug|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2011-10-26T16:17:30.110" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1944" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-10-26T16:44:20.783" Score="6" ViewCount="174" Body="&lt;p&gt;What is the difference between this site, Ask Ubuntu, and Ask Ubuntu Meta? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25067" OwnerDisplayName="teejay17" LastActivityDate="2011-10-26T16:49:20.133" Title="What is the Difference Ask Ubuntu and A.U. Meta?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1945" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1944" CreationDate="2011-10-26T16:47:58.733" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;AskUbuntu Meta is a site where questions (such as this one) should be posted to ask about AskUbuntu itself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/about&quot;&gt;about page:&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The FAQ explicitly disallows meta-discussion on the main site, to&#xA;  reduce clutter and noise. This frustrated many members of the&#xA;  community who wanted to ask questions about how and why the website&#xA;  works the way it does. We needed an outlet for this activity, a&#xA;  separate place where community members could go for sanctioned&#xA;  meta-discussion. And here it is!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The focus of this site is the content topic. If the question is about&#xA;  the Stack Exchange engine in a general sense, it should be asked on&#xA;  Meta Stack Overflow instead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/faq&quot;&gt;Here is&lt;/a&gt; the FAQ page where you can learn more.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17739" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.227" LastActivityDate="2011-10-26T16:47:58.733" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1946" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1944" CreationDate="2011-10-26T16:49:20.133" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/faq&quot;&gt;FAQ&lt;/a&gt; does a great job explaining the differences:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What kind of questions can I ask here?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This site is for &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/about&quot;&gt;meta discussion&lt;/a&gt; about &lt;a href=&quot;http://askubuntu.com&quot;&gt;askubuntu.com&lt;/a&gt;. Any question relevant to our community is welcome here. For example, things like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ol&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Are questions about &lt;strong&gt;_&lt;/strong&gt; on or off topic?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;What should our FAQ contain?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;How should we tag questions about &lt;strong&gt;_&lt;/strong&gt;?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;What should our elevator pitch be?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;What should our site design look like?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Who should the moderators be?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;How do we promote our site?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2011-10-26T16:49:20.133" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1948" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1970" CreationDate="2011-10-26T18:50:48.380" Score="13" ViewCount="204" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was going along doing some editing and whatnot on the main site when I hit a question that just looked so ugly quality-wise that I could not think of how one might be able to edit it back into something that made sense. The specific question I'm referring to is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/72254/upgrade-problem-during-ubuntu-11-10&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/72254/upgrade-problem-during-ubuntu-11-10&lt;/a&gt; . In the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/revisions/72254/1&quot;&gt;original version&lt;/a&gt; posted, the beginning seemed extremely vague, and was followed up with a clearly modified log file; the whole question also had no formatting whatsoever.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I never felt a need to do so before, but I wondered if this was the kind of situation the &amp;quot;very low quality&amp;quot; flag was meant for:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;it needs ♦ moderator attention&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;very low quality&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This question has severe formatting or content problems. This question is unlikely to be salvageable through editing, and might need to be removed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I thought about it, then decided to try flagging the question and see what happened. (I flagged the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/revisions/72254/1&quot;&gt;first revision&lt;/a&gt; by the way, just to be clear on that.) Some time later, somebody else came along and apparently had a better idea than I on how to clean the question up. I still don't think it's a great question, but I would not have flagged it after the new edit, and it didn't surprise me too much to see that my flag was then rejected:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;very low quality – 11 hours ago   &lt;em&gt;declined - flags should only be used to make moderators aware of content that requires their intervention&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So all in all, this has got me wondering: when, if ever, should the &amp;quot;very low quality&amp;quot; flag be used? I find it hard to imagine now a situation in which this would be a good idea, so perhaps some examples or guidelines would be helpful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="18612" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2011-11-01T23:11:29.070" Title="Under what specific conditions should a question be flagged as &quot;very low quality&quot;?" Tags="|discussion|flagging|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2017-08-31T15:13:14.440" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1949" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1340" CreationDate="2011-10-26T21:21:08.303" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Go through the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/unanswered&quot;&gt;list of unanswered questions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. Pick one. Answer it (or close it, if it's not a good question). Repeat.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1059" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2011-10-26T21:21:08.303" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1950" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1951" CreationDate="2011-10-27T05:12:17.887" Score="4" ViewCount="67" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can someone tell me what's the best way to handle the answer to this &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/70950/what-icon-does-unity-use-for-an-application&quot;&gt;question&lt;/a&gt; considering that it wasn't accurate when I asked it? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should I post my own answer and accept it? Should I award the bounty to @fossfreedom since he answered the first part of the question (dash icons) and not the second part (launcher item icon) which is what I actually wanted to fix and I figured out after I asked the question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="29789" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2011-10-27T09:55:47.670" Title="How to handle answer and bounty for initially incomplete question?" Tags="|support|accepted-answer|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1951" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1950" CreationDate="2011-10-27T09:50:01.620" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think you're one the right track. The best may be to:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Award the bounty to fossfreedom for the effort (you can't award a bounty to yourself anyway so even if it doesn't answer your intentional question it's reasonable to award a good answer to one aspect of what was actually asked for).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If there is no answer that resembles your solution write one up yourself and post it as an answer to your own question.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If your own answer to your question is the best, then accept it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19490" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2011-10-27T09:55:47.670" LastActivityDate="2011-10-27T09:55:47.670" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1952" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-10-26T11:36:25.320" Score="2" ViewCount="142" Body="&lt;p&gt;My usual nicks of don-quixote, quixote and donquixote were already in use at Launchpad when I registered there, so I registered as mdcrawford, my real name.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At all the StackExchange sites - which includes this one, AskUbuntu - I registered under the nick I prefer, Don Quixote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This resulted in two different OpenID URLs being created.  I would tell you what they are but I can't figure out now how to get The Series of Tubes to tell me what they are.  But one of them ends in &quot;mdcrawford&quot;, the other ends in I think &quot;donquixote&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Isn't OpenID meant to be a single sign-on service?  Shouldn't I have just one OpenID URL?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a whole bunch of Ubuntu bugs to report, but it took me a couple weeks to figure out how to sign into my existing LaunchPad account, as I had registered with an email address that I no longer use much anymore.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="26426" OwnerDisplayName="Don Quixote" LastActivityDate="2011-10-27T11:26:18.977" Title="How to get same OpenID URL at Launchpad and StackExchange?" Tags="|discussion|login|launchpad|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1953" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2930" CreationDate="2011-10-27T15:46:12.987" Score="4" ViewCount="52" Body="&lt;p&gt;The tag &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/scripts&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;scripts&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;scripts&lt;/a&gt; is just a pluralization of the tag &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/script&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;script&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;script&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, I don't know if these should be synommized with the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/shell-scripting&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;shell-scripting&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;shell-scripting&lt;/a&gt; tag. I suppose there are scripts that aren't shell scripts, although it seems like all the questions with those two tags are about shell-scripting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17739" LastEditorUserId="6005" LastEditDate="2012-04-12T11:50:40.243" LastActivityDate="2012-04-12T11:57:30.733" Title="Tag Synonym Request: [script] -&gt; [scripts]?" Tags="|discussion|status-completed|tags|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1955" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-10-27T21:28:36.053" Score="16" ViewCount="166" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes or no?  I would argue that most of the time, one should vote up the question if you're answering it. I'd like to see more people taking the half-a-second to upvote a question, after they've clearly spent tens or hundreds or times as long answering the question.  Once you've answered a question, you've presumably also spent the time understanding and measuring the validity of the question, so I would have thought this would tend to encourage an upvote. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is also an element of self-interest, if you're interested in scoring reputation points.  Voting up questions &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/6792/upvoting-of-a-question-should-bump-it-to-the-front-page&quot;&gt;apparently adds to &quot;hotness&quot;&lt;/a&gt;, and if questions are listed by votes, and there are more of them, your answer is likely to be seen and up-voted as well. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's a relevant discussion (I'm sure there are others), from meta.stackoverflow: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/9508/why-arent-people-voting-for-questions&quot;&gt;Why Aren't People Voting for Questions?&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8844" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2011-10-28T00:59:54.883" Title="If it's worth answering, it's worth upvoting" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1956" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1955" CreationDate="2011-10-27T21:37:57.227" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;I typically upvote if:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;it's a good question&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the person has added detail that someone else can answer it, even if I can't, because a good question is a contribution to the site. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2011-10-27T21:37:57.227" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1957" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1955" CreationDate="2011-10-27T21:44:11.417" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a bit more stingy with my votes on questions. I'll vote for something if:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It's a genuinely good and interesting question.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I think it deserves more attention.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I think people have unfairly voted against it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I wouldn't vote for something just because I understood it well enough to answer it. Mediocre questions can often be answered too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2011-10-27T21:44:11.417" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1959" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1960" CreationDate="2011-10-27T22:07:03.350" Score="6" ViewCount="95" Body="&lt;p&gt;In this question :&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/72437/what-to-use-to-connect-to-nomachines-server&quot;&gt;What to use to connect to nomachine&amp;#39;s server?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the comments, someone said that the merge would be good. So, what exactly is the question merge?   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What happens to the accepted answer? &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What happens to the question? &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What happens to the answers?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6228" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2011-10-27T22:18:25.103" Title="Are answers to a question marked as duplicate merged?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1960" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1959" CreationDate="2011-10-27T22:18:25.103" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;When we just close something it creates two-way links between the threads and stops people answering the duplicate. That's about it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When we do a merge, all the answers from the duplicate are moved into the master question. The dupe is locked (no more comments, votes, etc).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If an answer on a dupe is accepted, a merge will unset this, it won't become an accepted answer on the master thread. Any accepted answer on the master thread is unaffected but the OP may wish to change it based on the quality of the merge.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We don't merge as often as we could. We only do it when we feel there are answers of quality worth saving. Answers on duplicates are often duplicates themselves so there's little reason in pulling them over.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2011-10-27T22:18:25.103" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1961" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1966" CreationDate="2011-10-28T07:17:04.840" Score="8" ViewCount="239" Body="&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How do we award a partial bounty?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;And how would we split a bounty up between several users?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And (3): I believe the two above are not possible, so is this the right place to ask for an enhancement of the system?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ad 1) It seems the only way to award a partial bounty is to wait until the bounty expires and let the automatic system decide &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/897/28323&quot;&gt;(&quot;Unfair Bounty system?&quot;)&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems even &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/1265/28323&quot;&gt;increasing a bounty&lt;/a&gt; is not possible, so probably reducing isn't either.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ad 2) For increasing I guess one has to close the first, immediately offer a second and award it, too.  Maybe this is a good practice to start offering a smaller bounty than wanted, and thus have some leeway to award a second one if a good second answer comes by.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/968/28323&quot;&gt;Not getting the reputation back&lt;/a&gt; is not a bad thing either, but I'd prefer if one would get back a certain percentage. I feel the temptation to just award the bounty to whoever tried to be helpful just to not let the rep vanish in the dark abyss.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And just for reference: This &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/1231/28323&quot;&gt;discussion about duplicate answers&lt;/a&gt; does not cover bounties.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any older questions/discussion I have not seen?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Update:&#xA;On stackoverflow there's a discussion of (2) &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/2786/170949&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; and someone suggesting the above mentioned workaround &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/63825/170949&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Update2:&#xA;Hm, maybe this Q needs to (a) migrated to meta.stackexchange.com and then (b) closed as a duplicate. According to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/60819/170949&quot;&gt;Meta on StackExchange&lt;/a&gt; a question like mine which affects all sites, should probably be hosted and asked on meta.stackexchange.com.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And I guess &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/64367/170949&quot;&gt;&quot;Why is SE split into multiple sites&quot;&lt;/a&gt; applies to meta as well with the difficulty that users (like me) should learn when to post to the global meta.stackexchange.com and when to post to the individual site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I will keep this Q open for a day or so, and if there are no other answers/opinions, I will move my updates into an answer and then request closure from the moderators.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="28323" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Possible to split a bounty or award a partial bounty?" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|bounty|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1962" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-10-28T17:07:02.023" Score="8" ViewCount="144" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently flagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/73161/how-to-customize-unity-shortcuts&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; as an exact duplicate of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/34182/can-i-edit-which-icons-appear-in-the-unity-dash&quot;&gt;this one.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A little later, in my flagging summary I got the message&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;declined - flags should only be used to make moderators aware of content that requires their intervention&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/nvKdy.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/713/when-we-see-a-potential-duplicate-how-should-we-handle-it-when-we-dont-have-pr&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;, I should flag questions that are exact duplicates, but according to the mod who declined my flag, I shouldn't.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, if we're not meant to flag them, then why is that even an option in the flagging screen?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17739" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2014-01-13T15:55:57.917" Title="Should I not flag questions that are duplicates?" Tags="|support|flagging|moderators|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1963" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1962" CreationDate="2011-10-28T19:17:08.007" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;We (here meaning SE as a whole, not just Ask Ubuntu) discourage flagging of things that users already have the tools to deal with, except in egregious cases like v14gr@ spam and the like.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Users with 3k or more reputation can vote to close such posts as duplicates; they really don't need moderator attention.  Flagging them detracts attention from things that &lt;em&gt;do&lt;/em&gt; need quick responses from moderators: spam, trolling, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's up to the moderators of each individual site to decide how they will deal with these superfluous flags.  Mods tend to be more tolerant of these flags when there aren't enough of them to impact moderator workflow, and more likely to decline them when they are showing up before things that are in greater need of attention.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9377" LastActivityDate="2011-10-28T19:17:08.007" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1964" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1965" CreationDate="2011-10-29T20:37:12.343" Score="5" ViewCount="69" Body="&lt;p&gt;I answered a question on &lt;a href=&quot;https://serverfault.com/&quot;&gt;Server Fault&lt;/a&gt;, which was then &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/73601/ubuntu-guest-account-files-lost-how-to-recover#325957&quot;&gt;migrated to AskUbuntu&lt;/a&gt;. Then, in agreement with a suggestion for improvement by another user posted in a comment, I decided to edit my post. I don't yet have editing privileges on AskUbuntu (to edit other people's posts--I can edit my own posts). So my edits are pending approval, because the question was posted by &quot;another&quot; user (Eliah Kagan on Server Fault, rather than Eliah Kagan here on AskUbuntu).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the future, is there something I can do to &lt;em&gt;associate&lt;/em&gt; my ServerFault and AskUbuntu accounts, so that if my question or answer or comment on one is migrated to the other, I have the ability to perform actions with them that I would be able to perform on my own posts (like editing)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:24.280" LastActivityDate="2011-10-29T21:22:33.583" Title="Can I associate my AskUbuntu account with my other Stack Exchange accounts, for migrated questions?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1965" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1964" CreationDate="2011-10-29T21:22:33.583" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;If they use the same &quot;Authentication&quot; methods then they'll be automerged/associated within a 48 hour period. The only way to really avoid that is to have an account setup and associated on &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/sites&quot;&gt;all the sites&lt;/a&gt; that you think you'd be interested it :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2011-10-29T21:22:33.583" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1966" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1961" CreationDate="2011-10-30T18:27:54.593" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;After doing some searchingand after I waited some days for others to chime in, I come to the conclusion that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Both (1) and (2) are not possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On stackoverflow there's a discussion of (2) &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/2786/170949&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; and someone suggesting a workaround &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/63825/170949&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; which essentially means to close/award the original bounty, and then award a second one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/60819/170949&quot;&gt;Meta on StackExchange&lt;/a&gt; a question like mine which affects all sites, should probably be hosted and asked on meta.stackexchange.com.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Let me know by commenting or providing more answers if you disagree with my conclusion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="28323" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2011-10-30T18:27:54.593" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1967" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-10-30T19:45:13.457" Score="6" ViewCount="107" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here are the sessions for this UDS that are AU related, they are all in the Community track:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://summit.ubuntu.com/uds-p/track/community&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://summit.ubuntu.com/uds-p/track/community&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More specifically:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Integrating with Ask Ubuntu, Tuesday, 10am&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://summit.ubuntu.com/uds-p/meeting/19718/community-askubuntu-integrate/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Notes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/user/ubuntudevelopers#p/search/1/2lgXqIiYDw4&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Video&lt;/a&gt; of the session.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu for Experts, Wednesday, 10am&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://summit.ubuntu.com/uds-p/meeting/19717/community-askubuntu-experts/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Notes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/user/ubuntudevelopers#p/u/19/aHCIsRE_5HA&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Video&lt;/a&gt; of the session.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For information on how to connect to IRC see this page on &lt;a href=&quot;http://uds.ubuntu.com/participate/remote/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Remote Participation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="235" LastEditDate="2011-11-05T18:55:35.410" LastActivityDate="2011-11-05T18:55:35.410" Title="Ask Ubuntu Sessions at the Ubuntu Developer Summit" Tags="|discussion|uds|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2011-10-31T01:32:43.147" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1968" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1969" CreationDate="2011-10-30T21:44:49.340" Score="7" ViewCount="285" Body="&lt;p&gt;I noticed that the logos and fav icons from sites like askubuntu.com and omgubuntu.co.uk are almost the same.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are they connected in any ways? Is there a specific reason they would look so similar?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastEditorUserId="25863" LastEditDate="2011-11-01T14:54:40.023" LastActivityDate="2021-01-05T03:44:57.807" Title="Why are the logos from some ubuntu related sites and askubuntu so similar?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1969" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1968" CreationDate="2011-10-31T02:52:07.390" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;The little bubble is part of the design guidelines, check it out here:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://design.canonical.com/the-toolkit/brand-communication-guide/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://design.canonical.com/the-toolkit/brand-communication-guide/&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;https://web.archive.org/web/20111028170932/http://design.canonical.com/brand/A.%20Brand_Communication_Guide_v1.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;archive link for the PDF&lt;/a&gt; on Wayback Machine)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="158442" LastEditDate="2021-01-05T03:44:57.807" LastActivityDate="2021-01-05T03:44:57.807" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="1970" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1948" CreationDate="2011-11-01T23:11:29.070" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;It appears that this option for flagging has been recently removed from the flagging menu. I'm interpreting this to mean it was not a good option to use and was removed for that reason.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="18612" LastActivityDate="2011-11-01T23:11:29.070" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1971" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-11-02T14:00:35.957" Score="6" ViewCount="101" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was looking at the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/74437/revisions&quot;&gt;editing history&lt;/a&gt; for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/74437/how-to-solve-the-error-in-sources-list-when-updating&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; which used to not be in English. I noticed that &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/-1/community&quot;&gt;Community&lt;/a&gt; translated the question into English.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I thought this was pretty cool, since, as far as I know, Community is just a process. Does it look for non-English posts and then use a translating service to change them?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The description on Community's profile page makes it sound like it doesn't really do a lot, but now I'm wondering what other things it does.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17739" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2011-11-02T14:10:26.553" Title="Community can translate questions?" Tags="|discussion|community|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1972" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1971" CreationDate="2011-11-02T14:03:02.820" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, nothing automated here. Community edits are one submitted by anonymous people.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The person who did the translation in this case was a moderator from another SE site who didn't want to register an account. It came through into the edit approval queue and I approved it. The result of all that is what you see.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2011-11-02T14:03:02.820" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1973" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1699" CreationDate="2011-11-02T19:18:02.560" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;WOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It just arrived today!!!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you very much!!! You guys are awesome!!! I love this stuff!!! Thank you!!! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is the best gift I have received in the past 20 years :D Thank you!!! Really representative... Awesome!!! I am amazed!!! And the T-Shirt is my size!!! fits perfectly!!! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;LOL I am happy!!!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A picture is here for you! I didn't expect this to come, I thought that you missed my message but you got it!!! hahaha Thank you!!! I really appreciate this!!!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Somehow I can't put a picture right now but you can see my gift in this link: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flickr.com/photos/geppettvs/6306411627/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.flickr.com/photos/geppettvs/6306411627/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you!!!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9598" LastActivityDate="2011-11-02T19:18:02.560" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1974" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-11-02T20:51:53.730" Score="11" ViewCount="174" Body="&lt;p&gt;Over the next week we'll be importing a large amount of Mythbuntu questions from their FAQ. Due to this import we will have a lot of questions that require cleanup in both formatting and tagging.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, some of the content was originally written for 9.10 - those running Mythbuntu, or willing to setup a machine for testing, we'd appreciate testing of these instructions in current releases and updating the answers, where needed, to make them current.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'll update this post with more information as it becomes available.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=751719&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=751719&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So basically at UDS Jorge and I were approached by the Mythbuntu team to help them out importing this content into AU so that it can be updated and maintained. We need to:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Import the content, much of it is out of date and needs help, but right now it's locked in forum posts that no one can improve, so sucking them in is needed.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Edit and improve them.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Update them to newer versions of Ubuntu if possible.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The mythbuntu folks will end up closing that thread and marking it as out of date, regardless we do need to link back to the forum thread as we &lt;em&gt;must&lt;/em&gt; cite our sources.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If something is obviously horrible and we bring it in then flag it or just leave it to die on the old thread, most of the hardware ones will likely not be useful, it could be that destroying the information is actually the best thing to do. :)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Some of the users will be new and will need editing/site usage help, so please be helpful to them.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Feel free to start now, or at least discussing this in meta now, Jorge is planning on starting importing the easier/complete ones in a few hours.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="235" LastEditDate="2011-11-21T04:14:14.517" LastActivityDate="2011-11-21T04:14:14.517" Title="A bunch of incoming Mythbuntu Questions" Tags="|discussion|questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1976" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-11-03T09:21:40.437" Score="6" ViewCount="167" Body="&lt;p&gt;I keep seeing questioners answering their own questions with an update instead of editing the question. Is this maybe a problem of a not prominent enough edit link? Since this site heavily depends on editing, we should make sure that people find it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3037" LastActivityDate="2011-11-07T00:11:03.697" Title="Is the 'edit' link prominent enough?" Tags="|discussion|design|" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1977" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1976" CreationDate="2011-11-03T09:26:44.250" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;In my opinion either the edit link alone or all the links could do with some more attention. Here's a (maybe too extreme) example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/tJEy0.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe it could also help to just switch the positions of tags and links?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/NQSQ6.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3037" LastActivityDate="2011-11-03T09:26:44.250" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1978" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1976" CreationDate="2011-11-03T12:02:39.487" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I also think that maybe the tooltips shown when hovering some of these links should be updated. For example, the tooltip shown when hovering the &quot;edit&quot; link currently reads:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;revise and improve this post&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Perhaps it should be expanded a little to say:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;improve this post with more details, corrections or an update&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="18612" LastActivityDate="2011-11-03T12:02:39.487" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1979" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1974" CreationDate="2011-11-03T12:46:15.693" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/2334409#2334409&quot;&gt;It was brought up in chat&lt;/a&gt; that we might need to consider some tag synouns.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;primarily, perhaps make &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/mythtv&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;mythtv&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;mythtv&lt;/a&gt; be a synoun of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/mythbuntu&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;mythbuntu&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;mythbuntu&lt;/a&gt;? Upvote this if you agree, downvote otherwise. But if you downvote, please leave a comment stating why you think this isn't needed! :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastActivityDate="2011-11-03T12:46:15.693" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1980" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1976" CreationDate="2011-11-03T16:38:41.293" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't think the problem is due to how well the links stand out but how well people are acquainted with the format of a Q&amp;amp;A site such as this. Some newcomers seems think of this as no different from a conventional forum (while it's not, see &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/about&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/about&lt;/a&gt;) and therefore act as such. Thus, actions such as answering one's own question to provide details instead of editing the question or posting a comment as an answer may rather be the mistake of treating this site as a forum.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, the solution to this problem is not, I think, to change the appearance of the links but to inform newcomers of how to use this site. This can be done via comments, flagging and also by discussion in chat. Maybe we should give &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1323/what-pro-forma-comments-do-you-use&quot;&gt;pro-forma coomments&lt;/a&gt; that describes how certain aspects of this site works a push?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, I think the appearance of the links are good as it is. It's good that they don't stand out too much so that pages look less cluttered. If you understand that each post can be edited you'll know that there are links below each post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19490" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2011-11-03T16:38:41.293" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1981" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1843" CreationDate="2011-11-04T08:18:15.637" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;If the question meets the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/2468/18612&quot;&gt;definition of an abandoned question&lt;/a&gt; &lt;em&gt;(see my own current definition &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/2479/18612&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/em&gt;, then I'd say flagging as &lt;strong&gt;Too Localized&lt;/strong&gt; seems to me to be the most appropriate option.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="18612" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.243" LastActivityDate="2012-02-05T13:43:49.783" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1982" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1967" CreationDate="2011-11-04T22:30:11.093" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'd like to thank Marco and Jorge and congratulate them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think there was not a single session where I didn't hear something about Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Very well done guys!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2732" LastActivityDate="2011-11-04T22:30:11.093" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2011-11-04T22:30:11.093" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1983" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1985" CreationDate="2011-11-05T04:09:08.053" Score="3" ViewCount="107" Body="&lt;p&gt;I encountered yet another &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/75653/turn-off-gnome-shell-notifications-while-user-is-available&quot;&gt;question&lt;/a&gt; where the poster had submitted their response to my comment as an &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/75653/turn-off-gnome-shell-notifications-while-user-is-available/75660#75660&quot;&gt;answer&lt;/a&gt;. As usual, I directed them to add the answer as a comment on their question instead. However, when they still couldn't find the relevant link, they sent me &lt;a href=&quot;http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/231/unledmdu.png/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this picture&lt;/a&gt; showing that they have no links below their question besides the feedback link, thus making editing /commenting on their original post impossible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this a bug we just found? Or am I forgetting some restriction on new users? The page on &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/comment&quot;&gt;commenting&lt;/a&gt; under privileges says there is no reputation requirement for commenting on your own posts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="18612" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2014-07-18T09:00:54.480" Title="A new user is missing their edit, comment, etc. links on their question" Tags="|support|editing|comments|hyperlinks|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1984" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="716" CreationDate="2011-11-05T09:49:10.120" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;For a new user (who might not be familiar with reputation), it can be incredibly frustrating to see comments but see no UI for commenting. The UI just looks wrong, broken, and inconsistent.. The &quot;answer&quot; being the only way one can say something, new users will just use that if they really want to say something. For example, this very answer!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is quite reasonable to give more information about a question (even someone else's question) without answering it - eg, someone may see an &quot;I have XYZ problem, how do I solve it?&quot; question, and they might have the same or similar problem: they might be able to contribute by describing the problem in more detail, or by giving their insight on why the problem occurs, even if they can't actually solve it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="28170" LastActivityDate="2011-11-05T09:49:10.120" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1985" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1983" CreationDate="2011-11-05T09:59:34.537" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is no bug. If you notice the reputation for each user differs. This is because these users aren't creating registered accounts, instead they are creating unregistered accounts. This happens if they sign on to a new computer or remove the cookies from their browser upon closing. As a result they have to continually enter their information into the bottom of the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/gpBla.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/VP6HJ.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/cojNx.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As is evidenced in the above screenshot the user has the same email and username; however, they have different user ids.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've merged these accounts but this is merely a bandage until they create a full registered account.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What you may wish to do instead is encourage the user to use the Login button at the top of the page to create a permanent account so they can take advantage of all the sites functions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2011-11-05T09:59:34.537" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1986" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1967" CreationDate="2011-11-05T14:53:34.370" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Take a look at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EM4Ko3Rsxb8&amp;amp;feature=feedu&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;an interview with Marco Ceppi&lt;/a&gt; that was recorded at UDS!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="866" LastActivityDate="2011-11-05T14:53:34.370" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2011-11-05T14:53:34.370" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1987" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="1990" CreationDate="2011-11-06T14:33:13.743" Score="5" ViewCount="77" Body="&lt;p&gt;Simple bug: You go to your user profile, under the image there is your reputation which links to reputation changes (something like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;http://askubuntu.com/users/*****/*******?tab=reputation&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, when you hover over that number (your reputation, under your image, in your profile), it is supposed to be underlined (as I can see in stackOverflow for example), but the line appears 1/3 way from the bottom over the number, kind of crossing the number out. A bit similar to &lt;del&gt;this&lt;/del&gt;. Here is a snapshot of how it looks like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/rmvqt.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am using Firefox 7.0.1 for Ubuntu. I'm using Ubuntu 11.10.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="31099" LastEditorUserId="1118" LastEditDate="2013-12-15T03:31:41.980" LastActivityDate="2013-12-15T03:31:41.980" Title="Link to &quot;view reputation changes&quot; from user page (under user image) has incorrect underline position" Tags="|bug|status-completed|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1988" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1323" CreationDate="2011-11-06T16:32:50.757" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;For questions that are not constructive like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/76076/why-do-you-think-ubuntu-ist-better-than-windows&quot;&gt;this one&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;###Not constructive&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Welcome to Ask Ubuntu! This question is not a good fit to our Q&amp;amp;A format. We expect answers to generally involve facts, references, or specific expertise; this question will likely solicit opinion, debate, arguments, polling, or extended discussion. Please have a look at the _[What kind of questions should I not ask here?](https://askubuntu.com/faq#dontask)_ section of the [faq].&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is how the actual message looks like.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Welcome to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/&quot;&gt;Ask Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt;! This question is not a&#xA;  good fit to our Q&amp;amp;A format. We expect answers to generally involve&#xA;  facts, references, or specific expertise; this question will likely&#xA;  solicit opinion, debate, arguments, polling, or extended discussion.&#xA;  Please have a look at the &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq#dontask&quot;&gt;What kind of questions should I not ask&#xA;  here?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt; section of the&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq&quot;&gt;faq&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm aware that most of it is just copied out of the close reason message but since the users can't see the message I think it is worth &lt;em&gt;reposting&lt;/em&gt; it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2732" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:24.280" LastActivityDate="2012-02-12T22:35:15.463" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2011-11-06T16:32:50.757" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1989" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1976" CreationDate="2011-11-06T17:37:24.030" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here is my proposal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/kz3Lc.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The links now have a light orange background and the font color is a slightly bit darker.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Note: The &lt;code&gt;start a bounty&lt;/code&gt; link is standard!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2732" LastActivityDate="2011-11-06T17:37:24.030" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1990" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1987" CreationDate="2011-11-06T20:28:58.950" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The problem is a CSS rule of the class &lt;code&gt;.summarycount&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;vertical-align: middle;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is causing the underline to appear way higher up than it should.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2732" LastActivityDate="2011-11-06T20:28:58.950" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1991" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1976" CreationDate="2011-11-07T00:11:03.697" Score="2" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Adding Hint Text Next To the Answer Box&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I just had an alternate idea I'd like to add. Perhaps the problem is not with the links, but the answer box itself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's how the top of the answer box currently looks:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/V6Fnj.png&quot; alt=&quot;Current answer box screenshot&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To a newbie, there is nothing overtly obvious about this that suggests this is where you post the answer to your question. &quot;Your Answer&quot; could just as easily mean &quot;Your Answer To The Previous Post&quot;, like in a forum. This could be a potential source of confusion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A possible solution for this is to use some hint text that reminds the user what the answer box is for. Below are a couple ideas I just quickly made up in GIMP for what this could look like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Version 1&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/GzPqo.png&quot; alt=&quot;version 1&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Version 2&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/uXQlj.png&quot; alt=&quot;version 2&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The wording/appearance doesn't have to look exactly like this, but it conveys my general idea.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In addition, if it is possible then perhaps the wording could change depending on whether you are answering your own question or somebody else's question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Version 1 (someone else's question variant)&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/1B5XI.png&quot; alt=&quot;version 1 variant&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The added advantage of this is that it could also help guide users away from misplacing comments on other questions, adding &quot;me too's&quot;, etc. I think a lot of these all stem from users expecting our site to work like a conventional forum, and we should help point out to them the differences.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="18612" LastActivityDate="2011-11-07T00:11:03.697" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1992" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-11-07T01:34:51.570" Score="0" ViewCount="48" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would prefer to have the textboxes on the Ask Ubuntu website be in a non-monospace font, it makes them more attractive to look at.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="30405" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2011-11-07T16:26:39.847" LastActivityDate="2012-01-22T08:58:12.890" Title="Non-monospace font for tag edits, answering questions, etc" Tags="|feature-request|font|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1993" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1170" CreationDate="2011-11-07T12:29:33.307" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;And what if the post is indeed so perfect that nothing can be improved? What if it is not so perfect, but the editor does not have the expertise to make it an awesome post? I too had a similar experience now, where I wanted to correct a command-line thing, and one character was the difference between right and wrong.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why waste the editor's time by making him/her look for things which can be rephrased without changing the meaning?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why waste the approver's time by making him look at irrelevant parts of the diff which are there solely as a workaround to the 6-character issue?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Instead there should be a way to manually override the 6-character limit, an &quot;I know what I'm doing, this edit is important&quot; checkbox. A well-meaning user correcting a dangerous command to a correct command might get frustrated and annoyed by the system (and rightly so) and just let the dangerous command be.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="28170" LastActivityDate="2011-11-07T12:29:33.307" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1994" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1323" CreationDate="2011-11-07T14:44:25.707" Score="13" Body="&lt;h3&gt;Abandoned question:&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You use this one after you've flagged a question as being abandoned - you then vote to close as too localized, &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1843/what-to-do-with-abandoned-questions&quot;&gt;as per this meta question&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This question appears to be abandoned, if you are experiencing a&#xA;similar issue please &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/ask&quot;&gt;ask a new&#xA;question&lt;/a&gt; with details pertaining&#xA;to your problem. If you feel this question is &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; abandoned, please&#xA;flag the question explaining that. :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;shamelessly stolen from &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/2364274#2364274&quot;&gt;Marco Ceppi&lt;/a&gt;, and then edited&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is why I recommend that you use this comment instead of other ones:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Person A asks a question, abandons it. Person B comes along with the same issue, then flags that question for reopening.&#xA;if we leave a comment asking for more info, person A gets a inbox notification which will probably get ignored, and person B doesn't get it, so B can't add any information. Hence why I suggest that they ask a new question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2017-04-10T17:40:11.673" CommentCount="3" CommunityOwnedDate="2011-11-07T14:44:25.707" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1995" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-11-07T18:45:23.750" Score="7" ViewCount="80" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/new-user&quot;&gt;This page&lt;/a&gt; has some messed up alignment in the right sidebar.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's what it should look like,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/SvtXT.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But when you click on the link it breaks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ZwMF3.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This doesn't seem to be an issue on other StackExchange sites like StackOverflow.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17739" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2014-10-03T23:36:19.773" Title="Privileges page has broken alignment" Tags="|bug|status-norepro|design|site-faq|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1996" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1089" CreationDate="2011-11-07T22:28:18.160" Score="18" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://juju.ubuntu.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/klg3J.png&quot; alt=&quot;Devops Distilled&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2011-11-07T22:28:18.160" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2011-11-07T22:28:18.160" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1997" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2001" CreationDate="2011-11-08T01:37:36.957" Score="4" ViewCount="70" Body="&lt;p&gt;I see many AskUbuntu questions that are really too localized for the format. That's a recognized problem: we do&#xA;have a &lt;code&gt;too localized&lt;/code&gt; flag, after all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I think many localized questions &lt;em&gt;are&lt;/em&gt; worth answering at a broader&#xA;level. For example, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/76848/24694&quot;&gt;this problem&lt;/a&gt; is&#xA;specific to the present state of an unstable PPA for a certain software&#xA;configuration; it's very localized. But the greater question—&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/76932/24694&quot;&gt;'What should I do when a PPA breaks my system'&lt;/a&gt;—is quite useful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Could we possibly get a feature similar to the duplicate system, but one that&#xA;links closed questions to their more general equivalents?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="24694" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2011-11-08T11:15:19.493" Title="Closing questions as instances or subsets of another question?" Tags="|feature-request|moderation|close-reasons|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1998" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2055" CreationDate="2011-11-08T03:13:17.640" Score="1" ViewCount="113" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am the proud owner of an internet-enabled Microsoft Zune HD. However, I am frustrated by the limitations that occur when viewing the Ask Ubuntu site on my Zune HD. To start, the regular Ask Ubuntu site (not mobile) displays quite well for the most part, with the occasional layout glitch that comes with browsing the internet on a mobile device. The one problem is that when asking a question, you can not select tags to assign to your question, which results in an error when trying to post the question. Other than that, the full site works just fine. The mobile site, however, has severe layout flaws on the Zune HD screen. The questions on the main page are seemingly randomly placed on the page, covering each other and being an awful mess in general. The mobile site also has many more layout problems compared to the full site. I just wanted to make these bugs known to the rest of the community.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="30405" LastEditorUserId="1118" LastEditDate="2013-12-15T03:30:44.850" LastActivityDate="2013-12-15T03:30:44.850" Title="Ask Ubuntu does not display well on Microsoft Zune HD" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="1999" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-11-08T08:45:36.113" Score="2" ViewCount="81" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is there an app/software available which would integrate askubuntu.com into my unity desktop something like GMail notifier.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This would help me to see what all question are posted on the site without logging in the site&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="29520" LastActivityDate="2011-11-15T20:35:14.847" Title="Askubuntu app for unity" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2000" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1999" CreationDate="2011-11-08T10:02:21.530" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Maybe you will like &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/18/stackapplet-monitor-your-reputation-and-get-notified-of-comments-v1-5rc1-rel&quot;&gt;StackApplet&lt;/a&gt;. It's available through &lt;a href=&quot;http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=stackapplet&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;the repositories&lt;/a&gt;, so you can install it by running:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;sudo apt-get install stackapplet&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See also &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/75/tools-for-ask-ubuntu&quot;&gt;Tools for Ask Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19490" LastEditorUserId="5" LastEditDate="2011-11-15T20:35:14.847" LastActivityDate="2011-11-15T20:35:14.847" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2001" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1997" CreationDate="2011-11-08T11:15:19.493" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you think that a question is too localized and you know a question that essentially answers the localized question in a more general way then vote to close the too localized question as a duplicate of the more general one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2732" LastActivityDate="2011-11-08T11:15:19.493" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2002" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-11-08T21:11:01.860" Score="4" ViewCount="76" Body="&lt;p&gt;Related, but not really:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1711/use-of-download-links-in-answers&quot;&gt;Use of download links in answers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ok, now that I've got that out of the way, it was recently posted in the chatroom that folks have a tendency to post answers with links to random blog sites/download sites, and there's no way to make sure that is' really what they're downloading, as opposed to a trojan or something. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the best way to handle this? I floated the idea of having a launchpad project just for Ask Ubuntu, and doing file uploads &lt;em&gt;that&lt;/em&gt; way, but that could get messy. Ideas?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastActivityDate="2011-11-08T22:42:08.167" Title="Download links in answers - best way to handle this?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2003" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-11-08T22:04:12.570" Score="13" ViewCount="403" Body="&lt;p&gt;Someone's comment in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/77290/mount-the-documents-folder-on-a-different-partition-11-10-unity&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; led me to realize there's a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/dual&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;dual&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;dual&lt;/a&gt; tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This tag is pretty silly. It looks like most of the questions are about dual booting, but some of them are about dual monitors.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems that in nearly every case someone typed &quot;dual boot&quot; or &quot;dual monitors&quot; and that got separated into &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/dual&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;dual&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;dual&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/boot&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;boot&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;boot&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/dual&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;dual&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;dual&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/monitors&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;monitors&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;monitors&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should this tag be about dual booting or dual monitors, and synomized with one of those tags? Or do we really need a tag for things that come in pairs?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17739" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2011-11-12T18:39:08.683" Title="What is the dual tag for?" Tags="|discussion|tags|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2004" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2002" CreationDate="2011-11-08T22:42:08.167" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is a step that involves some extra effort from you but it can help to improve the trust a user has when downloading something.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you write an answer that links to a file then make sure to also post a MD5 hash of that file so people can check if it is the same file or if it is &lt;em&gt;intact&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When posting a link to an external site I generally also mention where the link will take the user to.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Read this &lt;a href=&quot;http://somesite.com/somearticle&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a href=&quot;http://somesite.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Somesite.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is not much more you can do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2732" LastActivityDate="2011-11-08T22:42:08.167" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2005" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2007" CreationDate="2011-11-09T00:42:12.933" Score="2" ViewCount="79" Body="&lt;p&gt;I came across &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/76914/ubuntu-screenshot-program&quot;&gt;Ubuntu screenshot program&lt;/a&gt;, which &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/revisions/76914/1&quot;&gt;started off&lt;/a&gt; as a couple questions mashed together. Although it has since been edited to only ask about screenshot programs, it originally asked for both these and applications for taking notes. As a result, answers have been provided which only answer one of those questions (either the kept one or about the notes) or both. As such, some of the answers' content now appears partially or completely off-topic with regards to the question although they once were not. (This, IMHO, is a great example of why we only allow one question per post.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How can messy situations like this be best dealt with?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="18612" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2011-11-09T07:50:15.877" Title="How should answers to questions that have since been split be dealt with?" Tags="|discussion|answers|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2007" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2005" CreationDate="2011-11-09T07:50:15.877" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't know if there's some automated way but the task seems to need interaction anyway. The best might be to write a comment to each answer and write that the question has been reduced to one question now, that some parts of the answer is off-topic and provide links to the other parts of the original question so that the authors may move their answer there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If this is something that needs to been often it might make sense to put together a good &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1323/what-pro-forma-comments-do-you-use&quot;&gt;pro-forma comment&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19490" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.087" LastActivityDate="2011-11-09T07:50:15.877" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2008" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2025" CreationDate="2011-11-09T09:24:58.237" Score="17" ViewCount="537" Body="&lt;p&gt;I really understand that down voting should not be as easy as voting up over a good question/answer but the loss of rep associated with it makes it really something to avoid by a lot of users. I am still learning how to vote up, vote down but more important of all learning to add a proper comment on any down vote given. I know that the moderators comment a lot on users that flag a question / answer that is low quality instead of just down voting, they do that because of ignorance, lack of experience or because they know that down voting will leave them with less rep.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions from me here are: How hard would it be to implement a solution where the user down voting would only lose rep (even more than just 1, up to 5 would be acceptable) if he / she did not drop a comment on the down vote? Would that be something interesting to have?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To avoid duplicate reasons for down voting I suggest that if you are down voting in agreement to a previous down vote one you could select a comment that already was made. The same way you get a list of sites that might be duplicate when closing a dupe question a user could choose either to leave their comment on the down vote or chose a comment that already exists that might fit the same reason for the down vote. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;P.S. keep in mind this is marked as a discussion, I know that probably there is no valid answer to this (at least not 1 that would satisfy all).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastEditorUserId="25863" LastEditDate="2012-11-05T12:19:53.897" LastActivityDate="2014-04-20T02:12:38.720" Title="Down voting consequences" Tags="|discussion|downvoting|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2009" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2008" CreationDate="2011-11-09T09:37:49.177" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;As far as I can tell, one of the important reasons for down-votes costing rep is that it prevents users from voting down answers so that their own answer looks better.  Even if you force people to comment, it would still leave the door open for such behaviour.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I like the idea in principle, but I don't think it would make for better peer-review. Given that down votes are fairly infrequent, your being diligent at peer-review also provides you with an incentive to post a better answer, in order to offset the lost rep from down-voting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The interesting question, I think, is this: does anybody actually care about the rep they lose from down-voting? I can only speak for myself: The satisfaction of &quot;sorting&quot; answers, so that users find the right one more easily, more than makes up for the lost reputation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Though I can understand that you might not down-vote a bad answer if you're &lt;em&gt;just&lt;/em&gt; about to hit an important milestone, such as gaining the privilege to comment everywhere.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Lots of questions that need to be answered before you can risk implementing it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastActivityDate="2011-11-09T09:37:49.177" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2012" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2013" CreationDate="2011-11-10T06:18:44.133" Score="27" ViewCount="861" Body="&lt;p&gt;After a disagreement I had with another user in the comments to their answer recommending that the poster of the question uninstall &lt;code&gt;ccsm&lt;/code&gt; after breaking Unity with it (after, of course, running an actual fix in the same answer), it got me wondering whether we should be trying to steer new users away from using advanced tools and configuration options if they could mess things up by doing so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The user who answered reasoned that we should generally tell others to refrain from using &lt;code&gt;ccsm&lt;/code&gt; or similar software. They could potentially get themselves into trouble by using such tools without understanding the risks beforehand, especially when bugs might be present, and should avoid using them until more robust / safer solutions are implemented later.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My stance was that we should not be telling these users to not use these settings. I rather think it is a learning experience for people to experiment with these settings, and if they break something and learn later how to fix it then they are getting valuable skills from doing so. Also, if they are uncovering bugs from using certain configurations, then this could also be useful to developers for improving stability. I think ultimately the choice of whether to use these tools should be up to the user.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What do you think our policy on this should be as a community?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="18612" LastActivityDate="2012-02-08T05:48:19.120" Title="Should we recommend inexperienced users to refrain from using advanced tools?" Tags="|discussion|best-practice|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2013" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2012" CreationDate="2011-11-10T06:57:26.650" Score="24" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Yes (sort of)&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;The OP is &lt;strong&gt;only one&lt;/strong&gt; of the people you should think about. And generally, the OP is one of only a handful of technically-minded users who will read your answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, you can break your system with CCSM, and in such a way that a novice user won't be able to recover without a great deal of frustration. That certainly isn't what we want.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But outright telling them to stay away from advanced tools like that can't be very helpful. Instead, I recommend you add a caveat. Possibly split your answer into two parts. Remember this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Most of your readers &lt;em&gt;by far&lt;/em&gt; will get to the question via a google search.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Explain the advanced methods, and add a recommendation for novice users like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you're inexperienced, you can damage your configuration by following these steps. To be on the safe side, *.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Where &lt;code&gt;*&lt;/code&gt; is something like &quot;use the simpler method I described above&quot;, &quot;follow these steps exactly&quot;, or even &quot;don't do it at all&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you can provide it, the most complete answer will be the best, no matter the OPs level of experience. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I rather think it is a learning experience for people to experiment with these settings&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes indeed. But there will be a large number of users who simple don't want a &quot;learning experience&quot;. They will want to get their taxes done, finish their school papers, watch films, or go to facebook.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These users should know exactly what they're getting themselves into when they follow an advanced answers, and be able to &lt;em&gt;opt-out&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Our policy should be to think about these users, the ones who &lt;strong&gt;don't care about learning anything about the system&lt;/strong&gt;, first of all. And we can add more information for technically-minded users as well, which results in a &lt;strong&gt;better answer&lt;/strong&gt;, and a chance for the curious reader to learn something new.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, leaving a comment like &quot;You should be careful when using CSSM, It's an advanced tool that allows you to mess up your configuration easily.&quot; is considered helpful. Even if it sometimes &lt;em&gt;seems&lt;/em&gt; like we're all technical people here, again we're only a very small fraction of the readership of Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastActivityDate="2011-11-10T06:57:26.650" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2015" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-11-10T15:55:10.077" Score="5" ViewCount="128" Body="&lt;p&gt;When I go to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tags/synonyms?filter=suggested&amp;amp;tab=newest&quot;&gt;this page&lt;/a&gt; I don't see any suggested synonyms.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/T9rYV.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But when I log out, I can see several listed there&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/tuAWC.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any particular reason for it? I'd like to be able to see what synonyms have been suggested.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17739" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2012-01-23T06:09:37.347" Title="I can't see suggested synonyms unless I'm logged out?" Tags="|bug|status-bydesign|tags|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2016" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2022" CreationDate="2011-11-10T18:21:01.280" Score="7" ViewCount="480" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1089/community-promotion-ads-1h-2011&quot;&gt;This question&lt;/a&gt; has a template already created for answering it. That is, instead of the answer textbox starting out empty, it starts out with this text in it:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;[![Tagline to show on mouseover][1]][2]&#xA;&#xA;  [1]: http://image-url&#xA;  [2]: http://clickthrough-url&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, granted, a template like this would rarely be suitable...especially outside of &lt;code&gt;meta&lt;/code&gt;. But...how is that done? Is this just a special feature that only moderators or Stack Exchange employees can use?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.087" LastActivityDate="2012-06-13T22:00:30.320" Title="How to ask a question with a template already created for answers?" Tags="|support|asking-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2017" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="260" CreationDate="2011-11-10T21:24:50.990" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The other answer looks out-of-date now. Here is an updated screenshot I took; the link you want is now called &lt;strong&gt;main&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/3dPs9.png&quot; alt=&quot;links screenshot&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="18612" LastActivityDate="2011-11-10T21:24:50.990" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2018" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1699" CreationDate="2011-11-11T02:17:53.850" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Today I got IT!!!! WHOOHOO!!. Am going to go to the nearest geek party and walk around... slooowwllyy.. groovy style. Ohh yeah! You know you are cool when you got that shirt and you are level 85.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7035" LastActivityDate="2011-11-11T02:17:53.850" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2019" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2012" CreationDate="2011-11-11T05:01:34.410" Score="16" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was the 'contra' voice in the thread that WarriorIng64 referred to.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A little bit about my credentials: I was a kernel developer for many years; more recently I was the lead developer on the Vodafone webbook project for Canonical, which shipped Ubuntu and Unity-2D, and I've patched hundreds of packages all up and down the stack, from grub to upstart to metacity to unity-2d to Firefox.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not trying to show off; I only mention these facts to show my context, which is -- the other day, I did a fresh install of 11.10 on my laptop, and wanted to customize something (turning on focus-follows-mouse). I poked around in gnome-control-center for a 30 minutes before giving up and discovering the only way to do this was using ccsm.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After installing ccsm, I configured ffm, and then -- accidentally! -- my mouse cursor passed over the preferences button and the touchpad on my laptop registered a click.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Boom!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unity session dead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Luckily I still had an irc window open and I could beg for help from my colleagues who told me how to recover (rm ~/.compiz-1).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Look, I know that people are going to google for how to configure things and land up here and they're going to see lots of mentions of ccsm. The horse is out of the barn already, and we can't go back. The determined users are going to find it anyway, and anyone that tenacious deserves to know how to get what they want.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But my point is that from now on, we can try and do better for our users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;ccsm is dangerous; even if you know not to touch the bad thing, you might accidentally touch it anyway like I did&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;ccsm has no future; the future plans for Unity are to migrate all the useful configurability bits out of ccsm into safer, supported tools&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the Unity developers are &lt;strong&gt;quite&lt;/strong&gt; aware of the bugs in ccsm; we are not helping them in this regard&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the attitude of &quot;recovering from your mistakes is a positive learning experience&quot; is niche. Most normal people just want to use their computers without having them randomly break in mysterious, non-recoverable ways; most normal people do not share our culture of taking things apart to see how they work.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Again -- I know that people are going to find the dangerous stuff no matter what. But what we can do here is change our culture and give &lt;strong&gt;opinionated help&lt;/strong&gt;, steering people away from the bad stuff and towards the good stuff.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's easy to convey facts; it's much harder to convey wisdom.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here, we should be aiming higher than merely giving the facts of what is possible; we should be sharing the wisdom of what is recommended.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1372" LastActivityDate="2011-11-11T05:01:34.410" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2020" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2021" CreationDate="2011-11-11T05:18:52.963" Score="7" ViewCount="133" Body="&lt;p&gt;Anyone want to explain &lt;a href=&quot;http://askoli.quickmediasolutions.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/daj9X.png&quot; alt=&quot;NOOOOOOOO! We will NEVER be this famous!&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastActivityDate="2011-11-11T13:54:57.097" Title="Why does Oli have his own search engine while the rest of us poor folk have to use the site's search box?" Tags="|discussion|fun|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2011-11-11T18:27:49.300" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2021" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2020" CreationDate="2011-11-11T13:54:57.097" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Because he is carelessly nice and apparently has good enough friends with enough free time that like to create search engines with his name in it! ;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastActivityDate="2011-11-11T13:54:57.097" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2022" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2016" CreationDate="2011-11-11T15:34:37.990" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Community promotion ad posts are an anomaly in that they aren't really questions in the SE sense -- it's just a way for us to get the ads rolling without writing a whole separate UI for them&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;No one can template answers&lt;/em&gt;, because any answer that would benefit from this is a &lt;strong&gt;BAD QUESTION&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq#dontask&quot;&gt;FAQ&lt;/a&gt; specifically warns against asking questions for which every answer would be equally valid (a poll or list of anything is an example).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu is a place to &lt;em&gt;share expertise&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;solve problems&lt;/em&gt;, not a place to run polls.  Our format isn't good at it, and these types of questions get in the way of the things our format &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; good at.  There are plenty of places for aimless discussion, but Ask Ubuntu is valuable precisely because it isn't like those places.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9377" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2011-11-12T20:38:45.753" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2023" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-11-11T20:57:16.097" Score="10" ViewCount="269" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is a good amount of Ubuntu software that is not currently in the Software Center, but that users still want to install. When this happens, we usually tell them to do something like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;tar xf third_part_app.tar.gz&#xA;cd third_party_app/&#xA;sudo apt-get install dependencies&#xA;chmod u+x installer &amp;amp;&amp;amp; ./installer&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Setting the executable bit and dependency resolution are very roundabout to achieve graphically, so we can either send them to the command line or give them a very lengthy sequence of GUI instructions. And by the way, dependency resolution sometimes requires a lot of back and forth. Which kind of sucks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Recently several third-party services (eg &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.desura.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Desura&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gameolith.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Gameolith&lt;/a&gt;) have stepped into this niche and offered easy methods of installation for non-USC software. Under what circumstances, if any, is it okay to recommend users install from these services? If these services got into the USC, would they become more recommendable? If they were open source?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Example cases: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/64765/24694&quot;&gt;Dwarf Fortress&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/28738/24694&quot;&gt;New Games of 2011&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="24694" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2012-04-12T14:37:34.453" Title="Is it good practice to recommend users install software from third-party app stores?" Tags="|discussion|best-practice|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2024" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-11-12T11:58:56.177" Score="2" ViewCount="33" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1852/software-centre-image-link-is-broken&quot;&gt;Software centre image link is broken&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I keep seeing the message 'the image you are requesting does not exist or is no longer available', and I discovered this only happens with apt links. Here's an example, from a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/75505/how-do-i-stop-that-launcher-from-popping-up-when-mouse-goes-to-the-left-edge&quot;&gt;post&lt;/a&gt; made just a few days ago:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/BoMIt.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;image error&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This post '&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/548/how-to-post-links-that-install-software-via-apt&quot;&gt;How to post links that install software via apt?&lt;/a&gt;' also has the image error in the first answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I found &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1523/imgur-com-is-deleting-images&quot;&gt;this post&lt;/a&gt; from earlier this year that says this is a temporary problem, and images only have to be viewed one time per 6 months. The first link and the image above are from a post less than a week old, so why am I seeing the error message?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12864" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2011-11-12T11:58:56.177" Title="Images to apt links not appearing?" Tags="|bug|apturl|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2011-11-12T14:17:56.783" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2025" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2008" CreationDate="2011-11-12T15:16:01.920" Score="18" Body="&lt;p&gt;When you downvote, a pop-up appears suggesting that you leave a comment. Mandating a comment has already been proposed many times on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;main Stack Exchange meta site&lt;/a&gt;. It was shot down because&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;votes are anonymous, so you should not have to reveal your identity when you downvote;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;often you're not the first to find the flaw in the answer, so you would upvote an existing comment rather than post your own;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;sometimes “you're way out there, read the other answers” is the only thing you need to say, and that doesn't really warrant a comment;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you can't realistically prevent someone from posting a comment then immediately deleting it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In short, downvoting carries a symbolic penalty (1/10 of an answer upvote); you are encouraged, but in no way obligated to comment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1059" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2014-04-20T02:12:38.720" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2026" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2003" CreationDate="2011-11-12T18:37:31.670" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The description that comes up with the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/retag-questions&quot;&gt;privilege of retagging questions&lt;/a&gt; notes that when mistakes are made when using tags, like using spaces instead of hyphens, we should retag them. I guess the newer users of the site do not know that a hyphen should be used instead of space for compound words. As such, I guess we should retag all of those questions with the right tag. In other words, questions with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/dual&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;dual&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;dual&lt;/a&gt; tag should be retagged with either &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/dual-boot&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;dual-boot&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;dual-boot&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/dual-monitors&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;dual-monitors&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;dual-monitors&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2011-11-12T18:39:08.683" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2027" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2029" CreationDate="2011-11-12T18:48:05.610" Score="-2" ViewCount="244" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure if the Meta is the right place for sharing ideas, but I couldn't find any better one (let me know if I should have proposed it somewhere else).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What I would like to suggest is to mark &lt;strong&gt;questions&lt;/strong&gt; of a &lt;strong&gt;low lingual quality&lt;/strong&gt; with a common tag (for example: &quot;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;poor-english&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&quot;). Because you already wonder, why this might be useful, let me explain some of benefits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Using such tag would allow it to easily find questions that need editing due to grammar mistakes. Just browse such tagged questions, edit (or rewrite them, though very carefully - but &lt;strong&gt;only&lt;/strong&gt; if that is possible &lt;em&gt;without changing or guessing the meaning&lt;/em&gt;), and remember to remove the tag after applying corrections.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you feel a question you've just seen contains serious mistakes, but either &lt;strong&gt;a)&lt;/strong&gt; do not know how to correct it &lt;strong&gt;b)&lt;/strong&gt; prefer a native English speaker would fix the mistakes in it, or &lt;strong&gt;c)&lt;/strong&gt; do not have time to edit it, simply mark it with the tag, and someone else will take care.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If we used such tag, even users with little reputation might mark questions, to help cleaning-up, instead of (or while?) informing moderators.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If non-moderators would be able to browse &amp;amp; edit questions marked as &quot;poor-english&quot;, more users would help the mods to edit these questions.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;We might also &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;somehow&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; suggest new users to add such tag to their question, if they feel their message may be difficult to understand (instead of writing: &quot;i'm sorrying for mine badly englisch&quot;, or anything related).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The point in this everything? I've just noticed that there is quite a lot of questions that are never answered, because of their terrifying language. Maybe this way it would be way easier to manage grammatically incorrect questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="705" LastActivityDate="2011-11-20T10:22:47.727" Title="What about using a &quot;poor-english&quot; tag?" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2028" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2027" CreationDate="2011-11-12T19:28:50.643" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;There's a general policy that outlaws &quot;meta tags&quot;. These are tags that don't describe the content specifically. E.g. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/questions-that-contain-an-assumption&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;questions-that-contain-an-assumption&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;questions-that-contain-an-assumption&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/big-list&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;big-list&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;big-list&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/beginner&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;beginner&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;beginner&lt;/a&gt;. These are all unwelcome.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A good tag is one that a question could have, with no other tags. Like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/firefox&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;firefox&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;firefox&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/apache&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;apache&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;apache&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you come across a poorly phrased question, you can either just quickly improve it yourself, or - but only if it's &lt;em&gt;seriously bad&lt;/em&gt;- flag it for moderator attention.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which is a long-winded way of saying: Please edit &amp;lt;3.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastEditorUserId="1067" LastEditDate="2011-11-13T07:18:23.030" LastActivityDate="2011-11-13T07:18:23.030" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2029" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2027" CreationDate="2011-11-13T01:52:57.217" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Some things here:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First off, if we were to add &quot;poor-english&quot; tags on incoming questions that would include nearly all of them. We're getting popular now and getting horribly written questions. Usually the worst ones are from native speakers. :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I cover some grammar stuff in my editing guide here:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/830/editing-tips-and-tricks&quot;&gt;Editing tips and tricks&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think the best thing to do instead of doing &quot;meta work&quot; like tagging and reviewing stuff is to just fix the question on the spot. You don't even need editing rights to fix a question, it'll just go into a queue and get approved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you're not sure that your edit overly changes the meaning then just leave a comment. Besides, we don't need a tag for overly poor questions, you can do things like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Search for generic words like &quot;ubuntu&quot; &quot;11.10&quot; &quot;question&quot; &quot;problem&quot; in the title. Questions like this almost always need an edit.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Search for common mispellings or text speak. (You'd be surprised.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Look at the tumbleweed tag and edit them, they have low views for a reason.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/ubuntu/queries&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Browse around the data dump&lt;/a&gt; and look for queries that point out horrible questions/answers.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just doing these four things will get you pages upon pages of questions to improve, no new tags needed. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We need more people fixing questions and answers, constantly improving them is a key to our long term health, so I hope this just encourages people to go fix more stuff.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.243" LastActivityDate="2011-11-13T01:52:57.217" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2030" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2031" CreationDate="2011-11-13T02:14:47.760" Score="6" ViewCount="85" Body="&lt;p&gt;What's the suggested way of handling a problem that devolves to a pursuit?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Me:&lt;/strong&gt; Type these commands and let me know the result.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;User:&lt;/strong&gt; ....&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;Me:&lt;/strong&gt; Type these commands2 and let me know the result.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;User:&lt;/strong&gt; ....&lt;br&gt;&#xA;...  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should I (or the User) keep updating the Question? Make a string of Comments on the Question? I'll get to an Answer (probably), but I reserve the right to pursue wrong paths, so I don't have an Answer at the beginning.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are there examples of good/bad questions, good/bad answers, good/bad pursuits?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25618" LastActivityDate="2011-11-13T06:46:29.007" Title="How to answer a question calling for conversation?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2031" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2030" CreationDate="2011-11-13T03:37:12.967" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu is good for situations in which there is a clear question and answer (i.e. try to avoid extended discussions).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you need to know more information from the OP about their situation before you can answer, which can be found out from running terminal commands you post in the comments, then that is okay. Try to avoid situations where you are posting a series of commands that may or may not fix the problem, which would be better consolidated into an answer. Then, as the user gets the output from those commands, have them edit that information back into the body of their question to keep the comments and the question clear.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At any rate, if you feel you are going back and forth with a user too much, you may suggest moving the discussion into &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;chat&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="18612" LastEditorUserId="18612" LastEditDate="2011-11-13T06:46:29.007" LastActivityDate="2011-11-13T06:46:29.007" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2033" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2034" CreationDate="2011-11-13T10:36:10.777" Score="6" ViewCount="175" Body="&lt;p&gt;From &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/established-user&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/established-user&lt;/a&gt; :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Voting &lt;em&gt;scores&lt;/em&gt;, as displayed, are the sum of the up and down votes on a post. Vote counts are the individual up and down votes that make up the score.&#xA;  &lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/mHf2C.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Viewing vote counts needs 1000 reputation. Why is this so? Is it sensitive information? Why not display vote counts at reputation 100, or 10, or even 1?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="28170" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Why is 1000 rep needed to view vote count?" Tags="|discussion|voting|privileges|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2034" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2033" CreationDate="2011-11-13T11:02:07.293" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;A lot of the non-essential functionality is withheld from lower-point users to act as an incentive for using the system more. It's essentially an RPG. If you play enough, you get cool little additions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There were technical arguments against not displaying votes but these have since been resolved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And as &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/82442/view-vote-count-privilege-should-be-much-easier-to-gain&quot;&gt;people discuss here&lt;/a&gt;, there are ways of working out what the breakdown is through the timeline, API or &lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;data.stackexchange.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2011-11-13T11:02:07.293" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2035" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="398" CreationDate="2011-11-13T18:46:23.787" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Stolen from &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1917/change-the-software-icon/1922#1922&quot;&gt;this answer&lt;/a&gt; to a &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/1917/18612&quot;&gt;similar question&lt;/a&gt;, these icons are similar to the new Ubuntu Software Center icon used in 11.10:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/xMis9.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/1Rv36.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="18612" LastActivityDate="2011-11-13T18:46:23.787" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2036" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-11-13T19:08:03.273" Score="0" ViewCount="53" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1843/what-to-do-with-abandoned-questions&quot;&gt;What to do with abandoned questions?&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;what is the guidlines for questions without an owner? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Should they be closed?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;should they be maintained by anyone?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;what's the deal?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/22402/will-ubuntu-11-04-work-on-my-old-pc&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; question, should it be closed or kept open?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10698" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2011-11-13T19:13:15.853" Title="what to do with questions without an owner?" Tags="|discussion|closed-questions|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2011-11-15T23:13:38.797" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2037" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2038" CreationDate="2011-11-13T20:50:42.360" Score="6" ViewCount="111" Body="&lt;p&gt;I do not understand what the description &quot;First Rollback&quot; means for the badge Cleanup. What is a rollback? Can someone please explain to me what this is?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="31284" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2011-11-23T07:57:36.837" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="What does the &quot;First rollback&quot; description mean for the badge Cleanup" Tags="|support|badges|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2038" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2037" CreationDate="2011-11-13T21:21:14.370" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;A rollback is when you undo an edit, see here:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/17038/what-is-a-rollback&quot;&gt;What is a &amp;#39;rollback&amp;#39;?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2011-11-13T21:21:14.370" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2040" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-11-14T17:56:33.653" Score="0" ViewCount="61" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to delete my Ask Ubuntu and Ask Ubuntu meta account, but there is a problem, in the section &quot;Contact us&quot;, the following e-mail adress &quot;team%2bmeta.askubuntu@stackexchange.com&quot; and &quot;team%2baskubuntu@stackexchange.com&quot; contains a % symbol, so my Hotmail tell me he can't send the mail.&#xA;My User ID is 33572.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can you delete my account please ? Thanks in advance&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user33572" LastActivityDate="2011-11-14T18:00:01.923" Title="Delete my Ask Ubuntu and Ask Ubuntu Meta account" Tags="|support|meta|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2041" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2040" CreationDate="2011-11-14T18:00:01.923" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;We have deleted your account for you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2011-11-14T18:00:01.923" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2042" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2045" CreationDate="2011-11-14T18:08:28.457" Score="4" ViewCount="179" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is an increased in the amount of new users that confuse askubuntu.com to a forum, engaging even the answers as thought to be similar to the way we use a forum. For example, making comments, additional questions and misc as an answer instead of a comment. Or just creating several comments that get the OP and future readers nowhere.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/faq&lt;/a&gt; but it does not cover easily how to comment and answer. This also does not appear in an easier manner to new users telling (forcing them) to READ before starting 2 million questions about the same issue or answering a question with another question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a way to create a Help page to guide users before they start posting something and force them there before going to the main page? Is this something askubuntu related or meta stackexchange related?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7035" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="How to force new users to a FAQ that includes how to make a question, comment and answer" Tags="|discussion|support|site-faq|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2043" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2044" CreationDate="2011-11-14T22:12:19.267" Score="4" ViewCount="65" Body="&lt;p&gt;I read somewhere (please don't ask me where as I have forgotten) that I could add my profile points to blogger so as to show that you are indeed a member of the community (ask Ubuntu ). Can someone please help me with a guide to make this happen on my soon-to-be-launched blog on blogger?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12846" LastActivityDate="2011-11-14T22:26:13.097" Title="How to add my askubuntu points widgets to blogger?" Tags="|discussion|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2044" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2043" CreationDate="2011-11-14T22:26:13.097" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/12846/mysterio?tab=flair&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/users/12846/mysterio?tab=flair&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's called Flair! They're static images that get updated every so often, instructions on how to add it to your page are included in the above link.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2011-11-14T22:26:13.097" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2045" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2042" CreationDate="2011-11-15T00:28:49.133" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;For answers there is a system that detects certain things in new users posts and if it looks like it's poor quality, they're forced through a quick &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/how-to-answer&quot;&gt;how to answer&lt;/a&gt; guide. This invariably fails at stopping people posting &quot;I have the same problem&quot;. But it's a nice thought.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a lot higher tolerance for colloquial, even off-topic comments. This is mainly because they're only very rarely an issue and when they are, it's simple to clean up. Comments self-compact and are small compared to answers. They're also not available until people have been on a Stack Exchange site for a while. It's hard to get to 50 points if you don't do anything worthwhile.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Ask-a-Question page has links to the FAQs and it even does a fairly good job at spotting duplicates... But people ignore it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;As a great philosopher once said: Website users are just like cats.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm a web developer and I've been dealing with &quot;users&quot; and how they interact with websites for about 8 years at a professional level.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it ever possible to predict what a user will do? Almost certainly not. Even if you put arrows, warnings and bells up around something, they're going to stumble in and start ripping up your curtains.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;First of all, they don't need documentation because cats can't read. They don't need to because every web-surfing kitty these days has innate knowledge of how a website works. You click here, oh there's a text box, text in, post, done, catnip mouse plz.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The more warnings and FAQs you put up, the cooler they look when they nonchalantly stroll past them. They're the centre of the Internet at that point in time. FAQs read them, not the other way around.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you try to over-complicate things and try to herd your cats, they'll give up, walk away and have a nap. They'll probably accuse you of being an elitist dog-sympathiser too. That is how defamation lawsuits start.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Stack Exchange system understands all this. We have good tools to try and spring as many helpers up as is automatically feasible and when they do post something awful, flags are raised for moderators and the trusted users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At that point we can gently say &quot;No kitty, that's a bad kitty&quot;, and point them in a better direction. But by this point, we've got a brand new user inside the system. They're logged in to some degree and they're learning about how it works.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The hope from that point is we turn them from a one-post-wonder into a regular user That's a reason that if you see somebody doing something wrong you should interact with them instead of &lt;em&gt;just&lt;/em&gt; flagging it. Help them out, even if it's yet another I get this too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We do appreciate the flags (and we'll comment if somebody else hasn't) but good, fast communication is the way to get people involved here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2011-11-15T00:28:49.133" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2046" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-11-15T09:18:18.410" Score="4" ViewCount="91" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is similar to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/96951/prevent-the-notification-bar-fiesta&quot;&gt;this proposal&lt;/a&gt; on MSO, but happens at AskUbuntu. As a double treat, it's the same message twice AND the bounty was already awarded!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/aV4dK.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&#xA;Could this be prevented?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20270" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2012-01-21T11:27:16.490" Title="Prevent the 'Notification Bar Fiesta'" Tags="|feature-request|notifications|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2047" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2048" CreationDate="2011-11-15T12:59:03.560" Score="3" ViewCount="81" Body="&lt;p&gt;Could someone please help me with the steps to adding a personal picture to my Ask Ubuntu profile?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12846" LastActivityDate="2011-11-15T13:26:20.983" Title="How do I add a photo to my Ask Ubuntu profile?" Tags="|discussion|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2048" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2047" CreationDate="2011-11-15T13:26:20.983" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's based on Gravatar.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All you need to do is &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.gravatar.com/site/signup/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;sign up&lt;/a&gt; with them (using the same email address you have here) and upload your image.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2011-11-15T13:26:20.983" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2049" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2051" CreationDate="2011-11-15T16:11:37.577" Score="5" ViewCount="201" Body="&lt;p&gt;As directed by a user in response to a comment on my question, I asked the question on Webapps also on Stack exchange (for the first time as I never knew there are other sites like this) and immediately I got 100 points (not that I'm complaining). Can someone please explain to me as to why this is so?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12846" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2011-11-23T07:57:15.027" LastActivityDate="2011-11-23T07:57:15.027" Title="Why was I given 100 points for asking my first question on Webapps Stack Exchange?" Tags="|discussion|support|reputation|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2050" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2049" CreationDate="2011-11-15T16:32:01.180" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you have 200+ rep on one Stack Exchange site, then when you join another you are given 100 when you join another. This is in recognition of the fact you know how the SE model works, so you can get stuck in (and not have to wait for privileges such as commenting).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="866" LastActivityDate="2011-11-15T16:32:01.180" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2051" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2049" CreationDate="2011-11-15T16:32:20.620" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;Because you &lt;a href=&quot;https://webapps.stackexchange.com/users/14855/mysterio?tab=accounts&quot;&gt;linked to your Ask Ubuntu account&lt;/a&gt;, which has over 200 reputation. You get 100 rep on every other Stack Exchange account so long as one of you linked accounts has more than 200 reputation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:57:25.663" LastActivityDate="2011-11-15T16:32:20.620" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2052" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-11-15T17:23:13.857" Score="2" ViewCount="28" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1828/what-do-we-do-about-topics-spanning-multiple-versions-of-ubuntu&quot;&gt;What do we do about topics spanning multiple versions of Ubuntu?&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For release-specific solutions two approaches are being taken: either edited into existing, and selected answer, or a separate answer entirely.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Personally, I think it should be edited into an existing answer. But there are a few issues like the original author having a different solution in mind, and the one updating it not getting the credit (reputation) for it, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, separating release-specific solution doesn't bring it the attention of a selected answer to it. Same thing happens if the new release-specific answer is selected as the correct solution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An ideal solution would be an AU-specific feature that lets us manage release-specific answers (I've some ideas in mind, but this is not the post for that), but for now we need to decide on standard practices for updating answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="814" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.087" LastActivityDate="2011-11-15T17:23:13.857" Title="Create a new answer for release-specific solution or add to existing (and selected answer)?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2011-11-15T23:13:29.547" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2053" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2042" CreationDate="2011-11-15T19:51:54.730" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have started to write a longish answer, but instead I have it now reduced to one important thing: &lt;strong&gt;If users keep using the site in a &quot;wrong&quot; way, then maybe the site does not fit the needs of the users.&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I actually agree fully with the answer from Oli, but really needed to add this idea. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe a short addition to the one sentence above: Most answers on askubuntu seem to come from new users (new to ubuntu &lt;strong&gt;and&lt;/strong&gt; to askubuntu). And what they actually seem to need is not a place where you can ask spot-on questions, but more a wizard, that guides you through the process of providing the information that is needed to get actual help. A forum is one way that can act as a wizard, a chat or the comment system might serve the same purpose, but in the case of askubuntu, especially the chat is not well integrated into the interface and the comment seems also the wrong way for this kind of work. It is however a sign of appraisal for askubuntu that those users who actually need a forum, instead come here, because here they nevertheless seem to get the best/fastest answers. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A typical example of a question that requires a wizard can be seen here: the relevant sentence is: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/79440/problems-after-distribution-update&quot;&gt;&quot;Help me pls and ask questions if needed.&quot;&lt;/a&gt; And the next two comments are actually about additional information that should go into the question. If the askubuntu site would be especially build to help (new) ubuntu users, it would have to be different. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And one related note: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/109193/why-does-linuxquestions-org-still-exist-and-can-we-learn-something-from-it&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; is another example of the same discussion. SE is not a forum, but it is very close. And maybe it is better/easier/faster to change the SE software/interface instead of blaming many/most users of using it the wrong way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9953" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2011-11-15T19:51:54.730" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2054" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2056" CreationDate="2011-11-15T20:30:40.650" Score="3" ViewCount="129" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/79590/how-to-download-packages-for-offline-installation&quot;&gt;This question&lt;/a&gt; has been closed as a duplicate of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/974/how-can-i-install-software-offline&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;. But I do not believe they are really asking the same thing. I think that the recent question is asked in a way that is unfortunately not specific enough for that to be obvious to everyone, but I would recommend that the question be edited and reopened. I'm not sure if the right place for me to discuss this is here in meta, or in comments to the question, but I figure I'll play it safe and post here first. While I'm aware of closed questions being reopened with editing following discussion, I'm not familiar with any situations where this has happened to questions marked as duplicates (without prior discussion in meta).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/34006/muhammad-qasim&quot;&gt;Muhammad Qasim&lt;/a&gt;, who asked the recently posted question, had just previously &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/79567/customize-ubuntu-server-to-load-a-minimal-desktop-only-when-needed&quot;&gt;asked&lt;/a&gt; about how to install a minimal GUI on an Ubuntu Server system. One of the answers suggested to use &lt;code&gt;sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop --no-install-recommends&lt;/code&gt;. Since he did not indicate an inability to do this, and since he posted part of that command in his second, recently closed question, there is no reason to think the machine he is using doesn't have an Internet connection. Instead, it looks like he wants to avoid downloading all the same &lt;code&gt;.deb&lt;/code&gt; files when either starting over from scratch on the same machine, or setting up other machines similarly. For that purpose, an offline package management utility like Keryx (as suggested in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/974/how-can-i-install-software-offline/1002#1002&quot;&gt;accepted (and most popular) answer&lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/974/how-can-i-install-software-offline&quot;&gt;the question&lt;/a&gt; of which &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/79590/how-to-download-packages-for-offline-installation&quot;&gt;Muhammad Qasim's&lt;/a&gt; has been marked a duplicate) would likely be extreme overkill (whereas it is clearly the best solution to the problem it was written in response to). And if an offline package management utility turns out to be the best solution for Muhammad Qasim, it's likely that something like &lt;code&gt;apt-offline&lt;/code&gt; will be preferable, because his machine will not be using a GUI all the time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For these reasons, it seems to me that &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/79590/how-to-download-packages-for-offline-installation&quot;&gt;this recent question&lt;/a&gt; is asking something different from &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/974/how-can-i-install-software-offline&quot;&gt;this previous question&lt;/a&gt;, that the best answers are likely quite different, and thus that they should not be considered duplicates.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2011-11-16T09:34:47.257" Title="question about &quot;download[ing] packages for offline installation&quot; incorrectly closed as duplicate" Tags="|discussion|support|duplicates|closed-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2055" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1998" CreationDate="2011-11-15T20:33:49.920" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You might want to consider giving &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackmobile.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Stack Mobile&lt;/a&gt; a try. It's a read-only front-end to the entire Stack Exchange network of sites that I wrote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastActivityDate="2011-11-15T20:33:49.920" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2056" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2054" CreationDate="2011-11-15T21:30:28.550" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I agree with you on all the points except where you say it is not a duplicate. If the user posts an comment in the original question asking for an text based offline solution there will probably be an answer there in the next day that will help him. If not he can create or ask to create a bounty that will attract 1 zillion answer to what ever is written on that bounty.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;His question is a duplicate, only the best accepted solution posted on the first question will not fit him.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want to really help out ask him to post an comment on the original question, if you can, answer it with a nice guide, if you cant answer it, post his comment in the general chat from askubuntu. Someone will create a help guide for text based offline installs eventually and if fits for him will fit to many others thus making the original question more valid and the information all fitted &quot;under one roof&quot; instead of distributed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just because a question is centralized and an answer accepted as the most valid one does not render the original question useless for users that have only minor changes. In this case its only the GUI/text change, there are solutions for both, why not include them under the same question if that is a generalized one?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Plus there are already solutions on the original question that can actually help him, the USB mirror one will fit either GUI and text based systems. If you have another solution that you want to purpose you can add it to the original question and point the user to it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastEditorUserId="25863" LastEditDate="2011-11-16T09:34:47.257" LastActivityDate="2011-11-16T09:34:47.257" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2057" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2058" CreationDate="2011-11-15T22:40:04.220" Score="4" ViewCount="106" Body="&lt;p&gt;I had wanted to edit &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/79622/is-there-any-way-to-have-the-old-appearance-app-from-10-10-back-and-use-it-wit&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; to remove the signature in accordance with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq#signatures&quot;&gt;this policy&lt;/a&gt; (which has since been &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/79622/revisions&quot;&gt;taken care of&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/8724/zpletan&quot;&gt;zpletan&lt;/a&gt;). However, I was unable to do so. Since I only have &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/22949/eliah-kagan?tab=reputation&quot;&gt;1,269 reputation&lt;/a&gt;, I understand that &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/edit&quot;&gt;my edits must be approved&lt;/a&gt; before being visible to other users. That's not the problem. (After all, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/8724/zpletan&quot;&gt;zpletan&lt;/a&gt; has only &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/8724/zpletan&quot;&gt;761 reputation&lt;/a&gt;.) The problem was that I could not edit it at all--there was no edit link. And I have edited other people's posts before (subject to approval before being viewable)...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now that zpletan's has edited the post and I have reloaded the page, I have an edit link. But reloading the page before that did not give me one. (I am using Chromium 15.0.874.106 (Developer Build 107270 Linux), provided by &lt;code&gt;15.0.874.106~r107270-0ubuntu0.11.10.1&lt;/code&gt;, on Lubuntu 11.10.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Was the reason I could not edit because &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/8724/zpletan&quot;&gt;zpletan&lt;/a&gt; had already submitted his/her edit, which was pending approval? If so, then wouldn't it be better to say something like &quot;an edit is already pending&quot; rather than simply not to show the edit link at all? Would the current behavior be considered a bug?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2011-11-16T08:54:29.767" Title="Why couldn't I edit question 79622?" Tags="|support|editing|suggested-edits|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2058" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2057" CreationDate="2011-11-15T22:42:15.787" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since there was already a pending edit the edit button is hidden for those who can not accept suggested edits. As you've witnessed, now that it's accepted you can once again submit your edit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2011-11-15T22:42:15.787" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2059" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2060" CreationDate="2011-11-15T23:11:40.147" Score="1" ViewCount="72" Body="&lt;p&gt;I upvoted &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/users/41/marco-ceppi&quot;&gt;Marco Ceppi&lt;/a&gt;'s &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2057/why-couldnt-i-edit-question-79622/2058#2058&quot;&gt;answer&lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2057/why-couldnt-i-edit-question-79622/2058#2058&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; of mine here on &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/&quot;&gt;meta&lt;/a&gt;. But I am waiting on accepting the answer until it provides more of the information I had requested. I had posted a comment to this answer, indicating that I was hoping for that information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I upvoted the answer, I did not see a box pop up to remind me that I could accept the answer, like I had seen when upvoting an answer to a previous question. I think I've seen that reminder box here on &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/&quot;&gt;meta&lt;/a&gt;, but perhaps it was just on &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/&quot;&gt;main&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why didn't I see that reminder that I could accept the answer? Was it because it was on meta (reflecting the &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/faq#vote-differences&quot;&gt;different way votes are often used on meta&lt;/a&gt;)? Or because I had just previously commented on the answer? Or because I have been using Ask Ubuntu long enough (or have accumulated enough reputation) that I am expected to know how to use the system, such that I don't need such a reminder? Or for some other reason? Or is this a bug?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Why wasn't I reminded to consider accepting the answer to my question that I upvoted?" Tags="|support|voting|meta|accepted-answer|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2060" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2059" CreationDate="2011-11-16T02:17:03.090" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Looks like there's a rep limit (around 1000)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/69775/remind-new-users-to-choose-some-answers/69777#69777&quot;&gt;Remind new users to choose some answers?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Although in an older answer apparently it was a time limit&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/14594/can-we-have-an-option-to-disable-the-dont-forget-to-accept-reminder/14599#14599&quot;&gt;Can we have an option to disable the &amp;quot;don&amp;#39;t forget to accept&amp;quot; reminder?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Probably a combination of both, or something a little more complex. In any event, I don't think it's a bug.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17739" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2011-11-16T02:17:03.090" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2061" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-11-16T15:52:34.057" Score="0" ViewCount="70" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/75/tools-for-ask-ubuntu&quot;&gt;Tools for Ask Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there Any new Stack software for Ubuntu 11.10&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So i can manage from desktop&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Stack Applet 1.4 is not Working  (not finding my username)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="38776" OwnerDisplayName="Muhammad Qasim" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.087" LastActivityDate="2011-11-16T16:01:58.583" Title="Any Stack (ask Ubuntu) software" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2011-11-16T16:03:44.213" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2062" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2061" CreationDate="2011-11-16T16:00:35.797" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You should check the &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackapps.com/questions/83/stackapplet-bringing-stack-exchange-notifications-to-your-desktop-1-5-beta-2&quot;&gt;1.5 beta2&lt;/a&gt; of stackapplet at the moment. That should work. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For additional software for stackexchange and askubuntu you can look here: &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackapps.com/&quot;&gt;https://stackapps.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9953" OwnerDisplayName="xubuntix" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:46.307" LastActivityDate="2011-11-16T16:00:35.797" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2063" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-11-16T21:01:00.553" Score="3" ViewCount="73" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to get notifications of stuff that I flagged. &#xA;I would like to know:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What question/answer it's about&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If it was declined or accepted&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I want this notification on askubuntu.com&#xA;Possible workaround could be to get the  feature added in stackapplet, if @georgeEdison agrees. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10698" LastEditorUserId="10698" LastEditDate="2011-11-17T13:54:08.207" LastActivityDate="2011-11-17T13:54:08.207" Title="Notifications of flags" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|flagging|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2064" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2063" CreationDate="2011-11-16T21:09:33.923" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can see that information already in the flag weight report under the url&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;http://askubuntu.com/users/flag-weight/10698&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;or you can click on your flag weight in your profile to get there. It lists the posts you flagged and whether the flags were helpful or declined.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4068" LastActivityDate="2011-11-16T21:09:33.923" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2065" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2066" CreationDate="2011-11-16T21:25:17.340" Score="2" ViewCount="110" Body="&lt;p&gt;Why do we have &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/torrent&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;torrent&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;torrent&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/bittorrent&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;bittorrent&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;bittorrent&lt;/a&gt; as separate tags on &lt;a href=&quot;http://askubuntu.com&quot;&gt;main&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2011-11-17T04:41:06.467" Title="Why separate &quot;torrent&quot; and &quot;bittorrent&quot; tags?" Tags="|discussion|support|tags|asking-questions|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2066" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2065" CreationDate="2011-11-17T04:41:06.467" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sometimes people make tags and don't think about existing ones. We have an open question where you can lump in all the tag synonyms and the mods will look after them, feel free to add on:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/184/tag-synonym-suggestions&quot;&gt;Tag synonym suggestions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2011-11-17T04:41:06.467" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2067" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-11-17T04:45:55.537" Score="4" ViewCount="62" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sometimes people post multiple questions at once like so:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/79812/customizing-gnome-shell-in-11-10&quot;&gt;Customizing Gnome Shell in 11.10&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is unfortunate because each one of those would be great standalone questions that would show up in searches better, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was mulling if splitting it up and reposting the rest as CW would be a good idea but that's quite invasive to the original question, so I just asked here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2011-11-17T06:12:39.887" Title="Is it worth the effort of splitting up multiple questions that get posted as one post?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2068" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2067" CreationDate="2011-11-17T06:12:39.887" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is a bit invasive, but that's not &lt;em&gt;too&lt;/em&gt; bad if you wait for the original question to be answered first.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you leave a comment explaining why it would be better, you can give the OP a chance to do it himself as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastActivityDate="2011-11-17T06:12:39.887" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2069" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2070" CreationDate="2011-11-17T22:51:32.463" Score="2" ViewCount="148" Body="&lt;p&gt;Someone mind explaining what content was inappropriate, and why the system is automatically banning users now, and can perhaps undo the suspension?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;edit&lt;/em&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;yes i found what content was inappropriate, so i apologize for using the &quot;flagged language&quot;.  But for the record, the system autobanning users is not worthy of a support system.  Moderators exist to moderate.  We do not need autobanning bots for that purpose.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="6005" LastEditDate="2011-11-17T22:57:14.697" LastActivityDate="2011-11-17T23:01:12.767" Title="AutoSuspension from Chat for &quot;Inappropriate Content&quot;" Tags="|support|chat|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2070" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2069" CreationDate="2011-11-17T23:01:12.767" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is no completely automatic ban on chat, a 30 minute suspension is triggered by a successful spam or offensive flag. So you need either multiple 10k+ chat users or one chat moderator to declare the flag valid for the suspension to trigger.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've checked the post you were suspended for and it was in my opinion harmless, not worth a suspension, so I unsuspended your account.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4068" LastActivityDate="2011-11-17T23:01:12.767" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2072" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2073" CreationDate="2011-11-18T19:26:42.613" Score="3" ViewCount="41" Body="&lt;p&gt;I created &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/70504/mouse-can-still-move-but-no-clicks-are-registered-and-everything-is-locked-up&quot;&gt;a question&lt;/a&gt; a while back.  The hard drive on that computer recently failed so I have no way of actually checking if the new solution that was proposed today would actually solve the problem.  I hadn't marked anything as the answer because there was only one other suggestion and it didn't work.  Should I just leave the question unanswered even though the proposed answer might work?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="27702" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2011-11-18T19:44:33.427" Title="I can't check an answer - what should I do?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2073" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2072" CreationDate="2011-11-18T19:44:33.427" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's become a pseudo-policy on Ask Ubuntu, if you can't test a question anymore that it should just be closed as too localized.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can do so by simply flagging the post for moderator attention explaining that you can no longer test this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2011-11-18T19:44:33.427" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2074" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-11-18T19:48:24.003" Score="14" ViewCount="231" Body="&lt;p&gt;Okay, I don't run any loco :) The idea of this question is to create a few brief bullet points that explain a couple of things:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Why should my loco care about AU? What makes it so great?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What should I (as a LoCo leader) urge people to do on AU?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What should I warn them about / ask them not to do?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This might also include language issues. Eventually, a short document, maybe even a presentation, should be sent to all of the Locos, to get them excited about AU.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastActivityDate="2011-11-22T16:58:59.067" Title="Why does Ask Ubuntu matter to my LoCo, and how should we use it?" Tags="|discussion|loco|ubuntu-community|" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2075" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2074" CreationDate="2011-11-18T19:53:28.347" Score="0" Body="&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;LoCos + Ask Ubuntu = PROFIT?!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Jokes aside, here's why I think LoCos should care:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It means that to a degree, the LoCo &lt;strong&gt;has failed&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Someone asking a question on Ask Ubuntu means that the LoCo hasn't:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Made itself widely known&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Because it isn't widely know, that means the person can't go ask the LoCo guys &quot;Hey, I have a problem, can you help?&quot; - this is true for all online support methods.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LoCoFAQ#What_is_a_LoCo_team.3F&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;From the LoCoFAQ:&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A LoCo Team is a Local Community of (in our case) Ubuntu users. A LoCo&#xA;  can involve things such as local promotion, &lt;strong&gt;support in the local&#xA;  language, general support to local users&lt;/strong&gt; and much more. Most&#xA;  importantly however, it lets people find other Ubuntu users near them&#xA;  and experience the Ubuntu Community firsthand.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;(Emphasis mine)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Currently, Ask Ubuntu is English only, which could (and has been) a issue in the past.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just my two cents, but that's something I feel very strongly about.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;however, at the same time, I'm no saying that LoCo's and Ask Ubuntu can't co-exist to their mutual benefit - in fact, &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1727/how-can-i-have-a-loco-team-help-ask-ubuntu&quot;&gt;I was one of the first to try and get a LoCo involved&lt;/a&gt; - I'm just saying that it's a sympton of a failing (or nonexistent) LoCo.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastEditorUserId="6005" LastEditDate="2011-11-18T21:10:29.587" LastActivityDate="2011-11-18T21:10:29.587" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2076" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-11-18T20:15:35.097" Score="12" ViewCount="193" Body="&lt;p&gt;Related to this &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1159/launchpad-sso-should-transition-to-login-ubuntu-com&quot;&gt;request&lt;/a&gt; only with an update in urgency and focus in completion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ubuntu SSO is the universally recognized login provider for the Ubuntu community, as such Ask Ubuntu needs to use it over Launchpad. During one of the sessions at UDS-P it was confirmed that Ask Ubuntu should be changed to use Ubuntu SSO instead &lt;code&gt;https://login.ubuntu.com/&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.227" LastActivityDate="2013-08-25T02:03:20.487" Title="LaunchPad Single Sign On needs to be replaced with Ubuntu SSO" Tags="|feature-request|status-deferred|login|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2077" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2074" CreationDate="2011-11-18T20:28:40.347" Score="7" Body="&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Why should my LoCo care about AU?&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Quite simply, because it is big. Big things cannot &lt;em&gt;just&lt;/em&gt; be ignored.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It's a viable resource, and such resources should never be wasted.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Your LoCo should care because AU will likely be one of the first support channels that many users encounter when installing Ubuntu (&lt;em&gt;heck! it's in the installer!&lt;/em&gt;).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What makes it so great?&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Unlike a forum, there is much more control over the direction which &quot;threads&quot; take. &quot;Threads&quot; are less likely to get turned into knots. What this means in simple terms is, when a question is asked, it gets answered - and nothing more. Forums often lead into long discussions etc, which can be a support nightmare.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A LoCo &lt;em&gt;should&lt;/em&gt; promote AU locally as a resource for both casual users and those who actually provide support to others within the LoCo.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;AU can remove a lot of the stress of asking/searching around for a solution to a tough issue.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What should I (as a LoCo leader) urge people to do on AU?&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You should urge them (and practise this yourself) to look out for any opportunity to pitch in and help. The more questions (of greater variety) are answered, the less likely you are to have to go looking for obscure solutions.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You should especially look for members of your LoCo (local community) on AskUbuntu and try to help them where you can. You can even open a chat room for them to meet up and stay organized.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;AskUbuntu is an English-only site, but at the same time you should encourage those in your community who know multiple languages to help out where they can to direct others in the right direction.&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;This means you should encourage them to translate questions and answers where necessary (&lt;em&gt;original text + translation&lt;/em&gt; &amp;lt;--- &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;perfect!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;), and to remind new members of the LoCo who and where to go when they need help in this way.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What should I warn them about / ask them not to do?&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;There are many things you could ask them &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; to do, but giving a bunch of &quot;don't&quot;s isn't the most encouraging way to engage them.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What you should encourage them not to do is use Ask Ubuntu as the first choice in cases where they can provide support locally.&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In such cases, encourage them to interface directly with the person(s) who need assistance (in a friendly way of course), because nothing beats that local, personal, touch.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Let them know it's fine to use Ask Ubuntu as a resource for finding solutions to other's problems, but that it's best if they act as a proxy.&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;That means, if someone in the community has a problem, and there is someone else with more experience providing assistance, that someone else should be the one to jump on to AU and ask the questions, and not the less experienced user.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Encourage them &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; to circumvent Ask Ubuntu's rules and policies. If they don't like the way we do things, direct them to &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com&quot;&gt;meta&lt;/a&gt;, or kindly suggest that they simply find somewhere else.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We are a global community, but remember the site is run from an English-Speaking country. This means that it is rather difficult to provide multilingual support.&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Encourage your LoCo to avoid using a language that most people on Ask Ubuntu will not understand, and explain to them that it is for their own benefit if they do not.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Do not encourage them to join chat rooms with English-speaking users and start blabbering off in another language.&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I say this from experience. As a community moderator (a GM from the community) in a game with a worldwide player base, we often had users who came on chat and started rattling off in a language most other players had no clue about.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It resulted in prejudice (not every one is wise or kind), and often in fights. It's not that anything is wrong with other languages, but just that communication is not something to mess with.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1992" LastActivityDate="2011-11-18T20:28:40.347" CommentCount="2" CommunityOwnedDate="2011-11-18T20:38:02.277" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2078" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2074" CreationDate="2011-11-18T20:30:06.890" Score="5" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Helping users solve problems&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've never been involved in a LoCo but I imagine that a LoCo would like to learn people how to help themselves. To help oneself is to identify one's problem and resolve it and this is something both LoCos and Ask Ubuntu can help with. The typical parts of solving problems is the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Identifying the problem.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Finding a solution for the problem when it's identified.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Applying the solution.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The first two parts are something both LoCos and Ask Ubuntu can help with.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To identify a problem is not always straightforward and may requires skill and such skill which can be learned both from LoCo and Ask Ubuntu. Obviously LoCo may be better in learning novice users such skills because they may not know of Ask Ubuntu or how to use it. Once a user knows how to use Ask Ubuntu they may also use it to learn how to identify a problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To find a solution to a problem also requires skill which can be learned both from LoCo and Ask Ubuntu. A user may ask someone in a LoCo for a solution but also search the internet for a solution. However searching the internet for a solution requires skills in searching which may be learned from the LoCo. A LoCo may also teach users how to use Ask Ubuntu to find a solution to a problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Benefits&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Helping more users solve problems is obviously a benefit for both LoCos and Ask Ubuntu but there's more.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;LoCos may benefit from Ask Ubuntu because it contains &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/community&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;community&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;community&lt;/a&gt; questions. For example if one wonders how to solve some LoCo problem one may ask it at Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu may benefit from LoCos if LoCos learn people how to ask good questions and how to use Ask Ubuntu properly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In short, there is a mutual benefit for LoCos and Ask Ubuntu in collaborating.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19490" LastActivityDate="2011-11-18T20:30:06.890" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2079" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18" CreationDate="2011-11-18T20:45:34.677" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Are you planning to add a text display of the total rep for a selected site to the indicator's icon (similar to what the system temperature indicator does)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1992" LastActivityDate="2011-11-18T20:45:34.677" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2080" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="525" CreationDate="2011-11-19T20:43:54.400" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Would you have used the site enough for feedback before getting a meager 20 rep?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="814" LastActivityDate="2011-11-19T20:43:54.400" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2081" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-11-20T01:21:49.843" Score="0" ViewCount="49" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/533/are-there-any-plans-for-localized-ask-ubuntu-instances&quot;&gt;Are there any plans for localized Ask Ubuntu instances?&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sometimes is easier to make a question or explain one in your own lenguage... It is possible to have an &quot;Que Ubuntu?&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So this si more like a how-to deal&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Where can I suggest this?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What haveto do to get this?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Do I have to get more reputation to do this?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="26252" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.087" LastActivityDate="2011-11-20T01:21:49.843" Title="Can I suggest a Spanish askubuntu" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2011-11-20T04:29:12.133" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2082" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2074" CreationDate="2011-11-20T06:26:20.530" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was going to post this as a comment but seeing as I got a little over the max limit of characters here is my 2 cents (Give them back cause I need to buy some AskUbuntu pants to match my AskUbuntu Shirt ;) ):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First the 3 points made:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Why should my loco care about AU? What makes it so great?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What should I (as a LoCo leader) urge people to do on AU?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What should I warn them about / ask them not to do?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my country (spanish) I have been and seen several &quot;problems&quot; in regards to all 3 points mentioned here. The fact of the matter is that if AU is in english and does not have a spanish version (in my case spanish but this includes all other possible languages) then a loco team will find it very difficult, I mean REALLY difficult to not only tell newcomers to go to AU but to promote it since it is not in a common language for my country.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is better for an individual to just search the internet for a answer to the problem in their native language than to come here. Few exceptions like myself and any other from any country that has English as a second, third.. language.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The LoCo group promotes Ubuntu yes, but in their language, with what they can and have in hand to work with.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Saying this includes the fact that for English speaking users, the LoCo teams and the AskUbuntu site can work together and not only create a better environment for each but centralized questions and answers in AskUbuntu (And their respective site forums) and focus a little bit more on real world events (For example Ubuntu reunions, celebrating when a release is made, Ubuntu Parties, Ubuntu FliSol which is a celebration in spanish latin countries.) The can focus more on the community and organize better ideas and have to worry less on solving questions and answers since they can be found in AskUbuntu, at least most of them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course this is only for English speaking users. For others is totally different. In my country for example, users rely on the LoCos forum, IRC and other places with few questions ever answered (Which is why I am trying to create another LoCo team but as I was told I can not create another but only work with the existing one which for various reasons including but not limited to political ideas and not actually been centralized on the community it will be impossible). AskUbuntu is very tough place to ask LoCo uses if you are not from the US or UK (Or other english spoken places). You ask in my country and you will actually get a &quot;Are you LOCO!&quot; response.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;So: Why should my loco care about AU? What makes it so great?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They won't care until the language is in their native tongue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;So: What should I (as a LoCo leader) urge people to do on AU?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should do nothing since trying to teach users to use Ubuntu is enough without trying to teach users to go to an english site to resolve Ubuntu problem (Its like me trying to learn Ubuntu in a Russian, Chinese or Arab language. It will be very difficutl for me and since am coming from Windows as a newcomer the first thing in my mind would be to return to it. I point this 3 since I have good friends there and the letter type is different.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;So: What should I warn them about / ask them not to do?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should warn them that AskUbuntu is in english and promote a way for StackExchange to hurry with the Language support. As an alternative maybe create an alternative to AskUbuntu for ubuntu users which supports multiple languages and this site would be worked not only by a group of Ubuntu developers but also LoCo teams for each language and the Ubuntu community worldwide.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only thing I can say is that all 3 points are mute until the language barrier is broken, either here or at a new central site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7035" LastActivityDate="2011-11-20T06:26:20.530" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2083" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2027" CreationDate="2011-11-20T10:22:47.727" Score="-3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would suggest: &quot;English as second language&quot; or '&lt;strong&gt;non-EN speaker&lt;/strong&gt;'.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The intent is fine, but has to get past the &lt;em&gt;non-PC&lt;/em&gt; trolls.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="34576" LastActivityDate="2011-11-20T10:22:47.727" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2084" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2085" CreationDate="2011-11-20T19:09:05.353" Score="13" ViewCount="104" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just had a look at &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/unanswered&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/unanswered&lt;/a&gt; and I saw that most of the questions were answered. Not recently either. Some of them were answered two months ago. Why is this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19779" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2011-11-23T07:55:36.620" Title="Why are most questions in unanswered answered?" Tags="|support|unanswered-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2085" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2084" CreationDate="2011-11-20T19:24:35.847" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;Answers need upvotes to be considered answered. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So if a question has like 3 answers and none of them have upvotes then it's still considered unanswered because no one in the community thinks the answers deserve an upvote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is why voting is crucial for the health of the site:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/10/vote-early-vote-often/&quot;&gt;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/10/vote-early-vote-often/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2011/05/vote-for-this-question-or-the-kitten-gets-it/&quot;&gt;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2011/05/vote-for-this-question-or-the-kitten-gets-it/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2011-11-20T19:24:35.847" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2087" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-11-21T13:38:48.317" Score="3" ViewCount="69" Body="&lt;p&gt;I &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/suggested-edits/5656&quot;&gt;edited&lt;/a&gt; (or rather, suggested an edit) on a question about Chuck montages on Planet Ubuntu, to add the tag 'planet-ubuntu'. It was rejected with the following reason:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This edit is too minor; suggested edits should be substantive improvements addressing multiple issues in the post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the reason said that we don't need a planet-ubuntu tag or something like that, it would have been fine. But why is adding a tag too minor an edit? Is adding a tag always a too-minor edit, or are there situations in which adding a tag is acceptable?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="28170" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2011-11-21T14:12:26.173" Title="Adding a tag is a minor edit?" Tags="|discussion|tags|editing|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2088" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2087" CreationDate="2011-11-21T14:12:26.173" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;It often makes sense to add one tag. But we require that you have &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/retag-questions&quot;&gt;500 reputation&lt;/a&gt; before you can re-tag questions. You also need &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/create-tags&quot;&gt;300 reputation&lt;/a&gt; to create a new tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Suggested edits should always be substantial improvements to the post.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;You're encouraged to improve the wording, grammar, spelling and layout of the post as well. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this particular case, I think the planet-ubuntu tag is indeed unnecessary. The community tag covers all questions related to the planet, and the fewer tags we have, the better. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2011-11-21T14:12:26.173" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2090" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-11-21T15:52:40.277" Score="6" ViewCount="93" Body="&lt;p&gt;Tags are quite helpful when searching for question on a specific topic, and they are also used for Google searches. Therefore a nice base of tags like we have is precious and should not be spoiled by clutter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Occasionally I stumple over tags I do feel they are quite useless. These include tags that have not much to do with Ubuntu, that may have typing errors, or that are already available (maybe with a slightly other interpunction).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A recent example of such a tag was &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/.deb&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;.deb&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;.deb&lt;/a&gt; (note the dot) where we even had a tag wiki suggested already.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What I did here is, I rejected the wiki suggestion and removed the tag from the question (that was already tagged with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/deb&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;deb&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;deb&lt;/a&gt;) hoping it will disappear over time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However I am not sure if I did the right thing. What is your opinion on this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3940" LastActivityDate="2011-11-22T15:47:16.780" Title="What to do with useless new tags?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2091" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2090" CreationDate="2011-11-21T16:29:52.943" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;In this case it could be a synonym, since &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/.deb&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;.deb&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;.deb&lt;/a&gt; &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/deb&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;deb&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;deb&lt;/a&gt;, in other cases, tags are auto deleted after some time when they have 0 questions tagged under them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2011-11-21T16:29:52.943" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2092" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2093" CreationDate="2011-11-21T16:42:22.893" Score="4" ViewCount="61" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm quite new on Ask Ubuntu but have been getting stuck in, mostly answering, some editing, some retagging.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I noticed that while I was at low reputation and needed approval to tweak tags, I would get +2 once it was approved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I recently passed the threshold to be able to edit tags all on my own, and now I don't seem to get the +2 for it anymore.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This seems inconsistent to me, should it be this way? I realise it could probably be abused to point-whore, but as it is now there's no incentive (yes, helping the community is the incentive) to fix up tags, while they're quite an important organisational tool of the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="34401" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2011-11-23T07:55:25.420" LastActivityDate="2011-11-23T07:55:25.420" Title="Tag organisation - reputation reward inconsistency?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2093" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2092" CreationDate="2011-11-21T18:08:47.750" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm not an authority on the SE software but it seems to be that it's there to encourage you to try something else to improve the site. Basically, it looks like you've graduated tag wiki school and are ready for something new.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We're always in need of more editors, you get your +2 and there's some good badges there, as well as a new review UI that makes it awesome:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2011/11/review-early-review-often/&quot;&gt;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2011/11/review-early-review-often/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And here are some tips on editing: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/830/editing-tips-and-tricks&quot;&gt;Editing tips and tricks&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1340/our-answered-rate-keeps-plummeting-ideas-to-improve-this&quot;&gt;Our answered rate keeps plummeting, ideas to improve this?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So if you'd like to strive towards &quot;Strunk and White&quot; it would be most appreciated!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2011-11-21T18:08:47.750" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2094" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2092" CreationDate="2011-11-21T20:02:47.813" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The +2 is when you make a suggested edit, which is when you don't have enough rep to perform edits on your own. When one of your suggested edits is accepted, you gain +2 rep - your retag efforts fall under here. Once you reach the rep levels for retags and edits on your own, you don't gain that suggested edit bonus.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="440" LastActivityDate="2011-11-21T20:02:47.813" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2095" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-11-21T20:05:17.357" Score="4" ViewCount="83" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've noticed that I often collect data to diagnose a problem by:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Causing the problem to happen, then   &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;ls -lrt/var/log&lt;/code&gt;,  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;tail -n 25&lt;/code&gt; on recently modified log files, and  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;dmesg&lt;/code&gt;.  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Read, wonder, think, guess, test, repeat as needed.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm sure that most of you have a few canned methods (like the above) for gaining information.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Where is a good place to share these tips?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25618" LastActivityDate="2011-11-21T20:12:10.637" Title="Is there a place for keeping &quot;problem solving hints&quot;?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2096" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2095" CreationDate="2011-11-21T20:12:10.637" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you can make them somewhat specific to a set of problems, you can ask a question and answer it yourself:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;How do I debug hard drive mounting errors?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;How can I find out what's causing X to crash?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's a prime specimen of such a question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/14008/i-have-a-hardware-detection-problem-what-logs-do-i-need-to-look-into&quot;&gt;I have a hardware detection problem, what logs do I need to look into?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2011-11-21T20:12:10.637" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2097" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2098" CreationDate="2011-11-21T22:17:07.263" Score="6" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just earned the create new tag privilege and this made me curious to check out the current NEW tags created. For my surprise I noticed that there are quite a few tags without description.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know that a good tag name should &quot;speak for it self&quot; but how hard could it be to make a tag description?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="30400" LastActivityDate="2011-11-21T22:24:17.160" Title="Should tags without description be allowed?" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2098" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2097" CreationDate="2011-11-21T22:24:17.160" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Tags exist without descriptions, because the tag needs someone with the knowledge to fill in that data! The user asking/creating the tag might not always know the best way to describe the tag software.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you're lower than a certain reputation, every tag wiki edit you submit gets you two reputation points, so you can take the initiative to help document all the tags!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2011-11-21T22:24:17.160" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2099" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2042" CreationDate="2011-11-22T00:10:14.487" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;how about, before posting, having a button saying &quot;are you new to ubuntu?&quot; are you &quot;intermidiate&quot; and is this an &quot;advanced&quot; question, of course which button is pressed is in the posters opinion, &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;none the less, it will auto tag the question with one of the 3 as well as what the question is in relation to, then those who want to answer said questions will know what to expect, a forum like back and forth for those that are new, and more straight to the point for those in the middle, then lots of &quot;mad terminal skills code&quot; answers for the advanced?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;that way every one knows what to expect, just a thought&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="33730" LastActivityDate="2011-11-22T00:10:14.487" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2100" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2490" CreationDate="2011-11-22T02:52:05.407" Score="0" ViewCount="71" Body="&lt;p&gt;When you edit a tag, you get two points, no matter much work or lack of work you put into it. I propose that there should be an option for moderators to award additional reputation for especially good, detailed tag edits as an inncentive to eliminate twenty character non-descriptive tag edits. Does anyone disagree/agree? Leave a comment and say why.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="30405" LastEditorUserId="30405" LastEditDate="2012-02-06T04:35:04.973" LastActivityDate="2012-02-06T09:45:14.183" Title="Suggestion: Multiple reputation gain options to tag edits" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2101" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-11-22T10:23:18.083" Score="10" ViewCount="102" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1746/how-to-undo-a-flagging&quot;&gt;how to undo a flagging&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't see a way to cancel a &quot;flag for moderation&quot; request once I've made it, if I see that it was in error.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a way to do it? If not, should there be?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="34401" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2011-11-23T07:53:01.847" LastActivityDate="2012-01-21T10:27:14.963" Title="How do I cancel a flag request?" Tags="|feature-request|flagging|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ClosedDate="2012-02-15T23:49:34.230" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2102" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2100" CreationDate="2011-11-22T10:49:31.553" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't think we (the moderators) should ever have the power to award reputation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Personally, I find a 20 character tag wiki much better than a 0 character one. :) Though I agree, they don't get as much attention as they deserve, both in the form of editors and readers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastActivityDate="2011-11-22T10:49:31.553" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2103" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2090" CreationDate="2011-11-22T15:47:16.780" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Additional tags can easily be very useful as you say.  I added a tag to a &quot;kernel parameter&quot; question, it already had a &quot;grub2&quot; tag, the original question didn't mention a specific boot loader, why is that tag there?  I agree it should be as it is useful, but perhaps there needs a more generic tag of &quot;boot loader&quot; ... the permutations could be enormous though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My addition is for a very likely situation that you need to find this q &amp;amp; a&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Without the extra &quot;xen&quot; tag, it makes the perfect answer much less likely to be found.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="34906" LastActivityDate="2011-11-22T15:47:16.780" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2104" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2074" CreationDate="2011-11-22T16:58:59.067" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ask Ubuntu does two core things for a LoCo team&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Allows the loco team to venture out of 'being' local only and contribute to the global Ubuntu Community. Ask Ubuntu has a lower technical requirement than doing bug jams, etc. A person can start contributing simply by asking questions for others to answer and build their knowledge until they are answering questions.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Allows loco teams to find people in their geographic region and make them aware of their loco team. You can do this using a &lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/ubuntu/s/2090/top-100-people-near-me&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;query&lt;/a&gt; I fleshed out that Jorge C showed me. Even if making contact is not desired a loco team can use the information about questions to tailor the meeting topics they have towards topics being asked about.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;There are also benefits for Ask Ubuntu:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Help being rendered at the local level can be self-documented for others to use instead of stuck at the local level.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Loco teams can help show people how to use Ask Ubuntu raising the number of people contributing too and using the service&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;There are some points raised in other answers I would like to address&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;It means that to a degree, the LoCo has failed&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would have to disagree. The sole purpose of a loco is not to provide help to Ubuntu users. One of the missions is to advocate for the adoption of Ubuntu and another is to help local Ubuntu users contribute to the Global Ubuntu Community. Both of these missions are symbiotic with Ask Ubuntu and do not conflict.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, for some geographically large loco teams it may be impossible to offer local in-person support. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Consider:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Texas — 2nd largest state&#xA;  268,581 sq mi&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;vs &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;UK&#xA;  94,060 sq mi&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Currently, Ask Ubuntu is English only, which could (and has been) a issue in the past&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I agree that it would be fantastic if StackExchange had built in translations, but the English Only issue should not result in the resource being useless to loco teams. I also wonder if it is possible to use &lt;a href=&quot;http://babelfish.yahoo.com/translate_url?doit=done&amp;amp;tt=url&amp;amp;intl=1&amp;amp;fr=bf-home&amp;amp;trurl=https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2074/why-does-ask-ubuntu-matter-to-my-loco-and-how-should-we-use-it&amp;amp;lp=en_it&amp;amp;btnTrUrl=Translate&amp;amp;vm=r&amp;amp;s=1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;translation sites&lt;/a&gt; to translate the answers well enough to still allow the site to serve as a resource.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2022" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.227" LastActivityDate="2011-11-22T16:58:59.067" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2106" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-11-22T22:45:41.630" Score="11" ViewCount="138" Body="&lt;p&gt;We've set up &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://plus.google.com/b/107921963368679288414/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;+Ask Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;! Now we need your feedback about what to post on it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would you like top questions? What criteria? Anything else?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or can you think of a better way to gather and review posts for the AU page?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastEditorUserId="6005" LastEditDate="2012-06-12T15:18:22.923" LastActivityDate="2012-06-12T15:18:22.923" Title="What should be posted on Ask Ubuntu's Google+ page?" Tags="|discussion|community|google+|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2107" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2106" CreationDate="2011-11-22T22:55:23.390" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;How to Answer and How to Ask from the FAQ! Also a link to the newsletter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2011-11-22T22:55:23.390" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2108" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-11-22T23:31:30.850" Score="19" ViewCount="97" Body="&lt;p&gt;The current package image system on links is very manual. Too manual. You have to remember or look up a URL, insert an image, blah blah blah. Not to forget we're currently having to go through a messy database search-replace to change the images. Nasty. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Could we instead just add some javascript to the page that detected the package links and added a CSS class to them. Something as simple as this would work:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;$('a[href^=&quot;http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/&quot;]').addClass('packageLink');&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And then some CSS to display the image:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;a.packageLink {&#xA;    background:url(...) center right no-repeat;&#xA;    padding-right: 20px&#xA;}&#xA;h1 a.packageLink, h2 a.packageLink, h3 a.packageLink {&#xA;    /* bigger version for headers */&#xA;    background-image:url(...);&#xA;    padding-right: 25px&#xA;}&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm guessing on all those padding values, but the idea is solid.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then somebody only needs link to the package url, and an image pops up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2011-11-23T12:26:58.060" LastActivityDate="2011-11-23T12:26:58.060" Title="Automatically displaying images on package links" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2109" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2106" CreationDate="2011-11-22T23:32:02.150" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Bounties ofc, so pll can be updated of nice rep bounties for fancy questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastActivityDate="2011-11-22T23:32:02.150" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2110" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1089" CreationDate="2011-11-23T03:22:40.963" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://trello.com/board/ask-ubuntu/4ec557e6ea86c7153d127fc5&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/V5ghL.png&quot; alt=&quot;Come and follow our progress!&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastActivityDate="2011-11-23T03:22:40.963" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2011-11-23T03:22:40.963" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2111" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-11-23T04:29:38.683" Score="2" ViewCount="61" Body="&lt;p&gt;why does &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?tab=relevance&amp;amp;q=indicators&quot;&gt;a search for &quot;indicators&quot;&lt;/a&gt; return the #1 hit as a closed thread with one upvote that was closed because it was an exact duplicate of the thread &quot;List of application indicators&quot; that has been upvoted 171 times, instead of that thread?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8500" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2011-11-23T15:05:22.117" Title="Goofy search results" Tags="|support|searching|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2112" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2113" CreationDate="2011-11-23T04:36:29.243" Score="9" ViewCount="86" Body="&lt;p&gt;I will start teaching some students about Linux using Ubuntu and I was wondering if it could be possible to use askubuntu to answer some of their questions regarding Ubuntu and any problem they have found.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the positive side, they have to know english to take the course so that saves me from worrying about the language barrier and is the main reason why I was thinking of using Askubuntu as a helping tool for various course related issues.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7035" LastActivityDate="2011-11-23T09:38:28.163" Title="Is it possible to use askubuntu Question/Answer for Ubuntu lessons" Tags="|discussion|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2113" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2112" CreationDate="2011-11-23T09:38:28.163" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Absolutely, that sounds great. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you give them a quick run down of the FAQ, I don't foresee any problems.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastActivityDate="2011-11-23T09:38:28.163" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2114" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2111" CreationDate="2011-11-23T15:05:22.117" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq#close&quot;&gt;Closed questions may&lt;/a&gt; contain relevant content. For instance if a question is closed as a duplicate both the duplicate and the original question (linked from the duplicate) may contain relevant content. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't know what the algorithm for relevance sorted searches is but the tooltip says &quot;Search results with best match to search terms&quot;. So sorting by relevance is about finding posts that post matches the search terms best and then it's irrelevant whether or not it's closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want to posts with most votes you can sort search results by Votes (and you can also sort by Newest and Active).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19490" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2011-11-23T15:05:22.117" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2115" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-11-24T03:31:17.483" Score="6" ViewCount="109" Body="&lt;p&gt;The SO blog mentions the new review interface for people who are keen to improve questions. It's pretty awesome, it's automating things I've been doing by hand, so kudos there. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2011/11/review-early-review-often/&quot;&gt;Review early, review often&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On Meta SO they have a &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/112600/has-the-new-reviewing-interface-and-or-the-badge-objectively-reduced-spam-and-no/112692#112692&quot;&gt;neat chart&lt;/a&gt; that shows progress. How are we doing in this area? It &quot;feels&quot; like I am seeing more posts that need to be fixed up, but this is anecdotal. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2011-12-27T11:09:04.453" Title="How has the new review view improved our editing?" Tags="|discussion|editing|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2116" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2117" CreationDate="2011-11-25T10:57:29.303" Score="3" ViewCount="303" Body="&lt;p&gt;I hear this from time to time but I have no idea of what it is. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Could someone please tell me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/10698/alvar/flair&quot;&gt;still&lt;/a&gt; don't get what it is or how I should use it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10698" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2011-12-01T13:07:05.513" Title="What is custom flair?" Tags="|discussion|flair|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2117" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2116" CreationDate="2011-11-25T14:11:23.250" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's just a nice and stylish way of &lt;em&gt;showing off&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Flair exists to let everyone else know about your brilliant Stack Exchange profile. You should put it on your website, your page on the Ubuntu wiki, and your vest that you wear at work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEs67tv401o&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/A8iWe.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;em&gt;Brian, for example, has 37 pieces of flair (and a terrific smile)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The URL of your flair is &lt;code&gt;http://askubuntu.com/users/flair/0.png&lt;/code&gt;, where &lt;code&gt;0&lt;/code&gt; is your user id. You can customize your piece of flair by adding &lt;code&gt;?theme=dark&lt;/code&gt;, (or &lt;code&gt;clean&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;hotdog&lt;/code&gt;). And you can include this image anywhere you like.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastActivityDate="2011-11-25T14:11:23.250" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2118" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2116" CreationDate="2011-11-25T18:02:45.190" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm not 100% sure on this, but are you referring to &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackapps.com/questions/2400/stackimage-2-create-your-own-unique-custom-flair&quot;&gt;StackImage 2&lt;/a&gt;? It's a tool that allows you to create your very own custom flair by dragging-and-dropping components onto a grid. You can customize all aspects of the flair, including width, height, color, font, etc. Then you can generate an image URL, HTML markup, or JavaScript code that can be embedded on your website.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://stackimage2.quickmediasolutions.com/4dd2fde77a2ca/askubuntu/10698&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://stackimage2.quickmediasolutions.com/4dd2fde77a2ca/askubuntu/10698&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:46.307" LastActivityDate="2011-11-25T18:02:45.190" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2119" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1089" CreationDate="2011-11-25T20:21:52.660" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://sixgun.org/linuxoutlaws&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/RmecP.png&quot; alt=&quot;Linux Outlaws - The hardest-hitting Linux podcast around.&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastActivityDate="2011-11-25T20:21:52.660" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2011-11-25T20:21:52.660" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2120" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1089" CreationDate="2011-11-25T20:36:23.103" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuAppDeveloperWeek&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/aWIIF.png&quot; alt=&quot;Ubuntu App Developer Week&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastActivityDate="2011-11-25T20:36:23.103" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2011-11-25T20:36:23.103" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2121" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2928" CreationDate="2011-11-26T00:49:44.657" Score="15" ViewCount="369" Body="&lt;p&gt;Well after a &lt;em&gt;very&lt;/em&gt; long time, I think I have the website for the &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1220/clean-up-week-event-planning&quot;&gt;Clean Up Week&lt;/a&gt; ready. It's taken so long because I've had to refactor the plans several times over due to technical restrictions on what we can handle.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The plan is still to have a week-long competition where people can chow through as many old threads as possible. I'm just waiting on Stack Exchange to get back to me on what we can offer up as prizes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;But right now, I need to make sure this works!&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm looking for 10-20 people who have some time on Saturday. Preferably people who have had experience reviewing questions/answers, people who are good at posting answers, leaving helpful comments, flagging, voting to close things, etc. I also hope people will be good at submitting bugs and suggestions to make the whole thing better.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As such there is a minimum reputation for the demo. For the demo, I'd like users with at least 3000 reputation. I know that's quite high but I'd like people who can do everything needed (edit/close/comment/etc) on this first run.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There won't be any limits on the real thing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you're interested just send an email to &lt;strong&gt;oli@thepcspy.com&lt;/strong&gt; with a link to your profile (yes, I'm lazy) and I'll reply within 24 hours with a web address and some basic instructions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-04-12T11:11:43.957" Title="Moderator seeks testers for short private beta of Clean Up Week" Tags="|discussion|cleanup|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2122" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2124" CreationDate="2011-11-26T02:01:18.080" Score="17" ViewCount="532" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/5611/should-we-allow-questions-that-are-about-releases-which-are-considered-end-of-li&quot;&gt;Should we allow questions that are about releases which are considered End of Life?&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should questions requesting advice using end-of-life (i.e., officially unsupported) Ubuntu releases (like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/82220/grub-boot-problems-with-older-ubuntu&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;), when the questions are neither about nor directly useful to upgrading to a supported release (or migrating to a supported version of some non-Ubuntu OS), be closed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2011-11-28T16:42:12.977" Title="Should questions about using end-of-life Ubuntu releases be closed?" Tags="|discussion|support|close-reasons|scope|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2012-12-27T20:07:07.817" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2123" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2122" CreationDate="2011-11-26T02:34:43.673" Score="20" Body="&lt;p&gt;Good question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As somebody who had their own 9.10 install up until a few days ago, I think there's still call to support it, as your example question shows: people still have problems.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And while I agree &quot;UPGRADE YOU FOOL!&quot; is probably going to be the most popular answer on new threads about old versions, some people can't upgrade without a large amount of pain. I had six different applications that I knew would break if I upgraded so chose to leave things very late.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So no, I think we should give them a chance. It's still somebody who needs help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2011-11-26T02:34:43.673" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2124" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2122" CreationDate="2011-11-26T05:45:11.483" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;I concur with Oli. These types of questions should still be answered; after all, Ask Ubuntu is about Ubuntu regardless of the version, and there's nothing in the FAQ saying that these questions are offtopic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One advantage that Ask Ubuntu has versus doing a regular online search is that it makes it easy to find relevant information if questions are tagged properly. As I understand, a major problem some people run into when trying to find solutions to their problems is that they find information that is for the wrong version. Oftentimes the problem is that this information is too out-of-date, but in other cases where people are looking for information regarding an older version of Ubuntu, they may run into stuff that is too &lt;em&gt;up&lt;/em&gt;-to-date. One solution to this problem is that Ask Ubuntu has tags for the different versions of Ubuntu, which should be used to indicate that a given question has information that is relevant for version X, etc. We are in a unique position to provide users of obsolete versions support that is easy to locate and more likely to be relevant to them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That being said, we should still gently remind these people that they should consider upgrading when it is convenient for them, even as we help them. After all, it gets harder to continue providing quality support for older versions of Ubuntu when fewer people are using them, and it takes away from our ability to help those out with newer, officially-supported versions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="18612" LastActivityDate="2011-11-26T05:45:11.483" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2125" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2122" CreationDate="2011-11-26T06:07:02.540" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/users/24694/j-johan-edwards&quot;&gt;j-johan-edwards&lt;/a&gt; pointed out a very important drawback to keeping these questions open and answering them:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;What about the threat that Google will point people to &amp;quot;old version&amp;quot; problems (ie the Can I Delete Parts Of The Internet problem) and they will apply counter-productive &amp;quot;old version&amp;quot; solutions?&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe I have the answer that will solve this problem. For all questions that are specific to an unsupported Ubuntu release, I propose we add the following header to the top of the question (excuse the terrible markdown):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;                                    ——— WARNING ———&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This question concerns an Ubuntu release that is no longer supported. The answers to this question should be considered specific to that release and &lt;strong&gt;should not&lt;/strong&gt; be applied to a more recent release. For your convenience, here are links to similar questions that concern Ubuntu releases that are still supported:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/70748/can-i-install-gimp-2-7&quot;&gt;Can I install Gimp 2.7?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/82755/how-to-get-icedtea7-plugin&quot;&gt;How to get icedtea7-plugin?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note: those are sample questions at the bottom and will point the user to a similar post for a more recent Ubuntu release.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The real benefit to this is that we could ask the SE team to have this banner automatically inserted when a question is tagged with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/9.10&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;9.10&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;9.10&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/7.04&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;7.04&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;7.04&lt;/a&gt;, etc. That saves us from having to manually copy / paste the banner every time such a question is asked.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2011-11-26T06:07:02.540" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2126" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="239" CreationDate="2011-11-27T00:08:00.963" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;sudoedit&lt;/strong&gt; is an abstract reference, that is it will point by default to the editor selected by the distribution, or if the default is overridden to whatever editor selected see &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cs-repository.info/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.cs-repository.info/&lt;/a&gt;.  This override likely would be caught by a system admin, but not by an inexperienced user (who could have actually made the changes).  The danger here is the non-default editor could have shell escapes.  An additional caution is that an example presented pedagogically would be different if the default editor had be changed to &lt;strong&gt;vi&lt;/strong&gt; or &lt;strong&gt;emacs&lt;/strong&gt; both of which have been defaults for &lt;strong&gt;sudoedit&lt;/strong&gt; in the past, or other editor.  &lt;strong&gt;vi&lt;/strong&gt; is currently the default choice of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sudo.ws/sudo/sudo.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.sudo.ws/sudo/sudo.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;nano&lt;/strong&gt; is a specific GNU editor with no shell escapes (and is the default &lt;strong&gt;sudoedit&lt;/strong&gt; editor in later distributions of Ubuntu).  When executed with the &quot;&lt;code&gt;-B&lt;/code&gt;&quot; ( or &quot;&lt;code&gt;--backup&lt;/code&gt;&quot;) option it offers safety and relative ease for superuser editing using the terminal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;gksu gedit&lt;/strong&gt; is excellent for this purpose and favored by the command-line phobic or command-line adverse.  I after 45 years in this business used it until I discovered &lt;strong&gt;nano&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My idea⋯offer &lt;strong&gt;gksu gedit $file&lt;/strong&gt; or &lt;strong&gt;nano -B $file&lt;/strong&gt; with the other as an alternative and leave &lt;strong&gt;sudoedit&lt;/strong&gt; alone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Personally, I would never recommend &lt;strong&gt;sudoedit&lt;/strong&gt; to a non-sysadmin.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's my 12₵ worth (2₵ in '65 dollars)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;O.K., another 12₵ worth…&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First of all, when I was first introduced to &lt;strong&gt;sudo&lt;/strong&gt; I didn't like it. After all, when I first started using &lt;a href=&quot;http://hpmuseum.net/images/2115A-2-filled-44.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;computers&lt;/a&gt;, the terminal was a &lt;a href=&quot;http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/ASR-33_1.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;real teletype machine&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I've learned to go with the flow, and there were some very good reasons to use &lt;strong&gt;sudo&lt;/strong&gt;, a good synopsis is &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sudo.ws/sudo/intro.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.  Basically for the inexperienced user it helps prevent unintended consequences when superusing (or super &lt;em&gt;like&lt;/em&gt; using).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But the protection of &lt;strong&gt;sudo&lt;/strong&gt; can be breached by shell escapes (i.e. &lt;a href=&quot;http://docstore.mik.ua/orelly/unix/upt/ch30_26.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://docstore.mik.ua/orelly/unix/upt/ch30_26.htm&lt;/a&gt;), notably &lt;strong&gt;vi&lt;/strong&gt;, which allows a user run commands in a subshell, as an superuser.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A senario is an inexperienced user finds out that he can change &lt;strong&gt;sudo&lt;/strong&gt; while mucking about on the Internet(&lt;em&gt;i.e.&lt;/em&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://docstore.mik.ua/orelly/unix/upt/ch30_26.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;diddling with &lt;code&gt;/etc/sudoers&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/a&gt;) to, for example, use &lt;strong&gt;sudo&lt;/strong&gt; without requiring a password .  He does this and then discovers all the other &lt;em&gt;cool&lt;/em&gt; things he can do. The unintended consequence here is that the inexperienced user may not grasp all the implications of &lt;code&gt;sudo visudo&lt;/code&gt;.  Abstraction &lt;em&gt;e.g.&lt;/em&gt; &lt;strong&gt;sudoedit&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;code&gt;sudo visudo&lt;/code&gt; contribute to unintended consequences.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Of course trying to protect users from these things is like herding cats.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;nano&lt;/strong&gt; is a great choice for inexperienced users (and for me who likes to eschew the command-line when practical) in that it is most like GUI editors.  I'm confident that's why Ubuntu selected it as the default editor of &lt;strong&gt;sudoedit&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But my thinking is to avoid abstraction unless it has obvious benefits, hence &lt;strong&gt;sudo nano -B&lt;/strong&gt; vice &lt;strong&gt;sudoedit&lt;/strong&gt; and occasionally &lt;code&gt;gksu gedit $file&lt;/code&gt; (or &lt;code&gt;gksu jEdit $file&lt;/code&gt; if I'm amped up).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The nub of the discussion is how far to go herding cats.  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="30982" LastEditorUserId="30982" LastEditDate="2011-11-27T16:46:03.603" LastActivityDate="2011-11-27T16:46:03.603" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2127" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-11-27T01:42:37.927" Score="19" ViewCount="159" Body="&lt;p&gt;Well, see title.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems that upvotes are really few and far in between on Ask Ubuntu. I see some really amazingly good answers that have been there for hours and sometimes have zero or one upvotes. The sort of answer where if I could upvote 5 times I would, because a lot of effort has clearly been put in.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The structure of sites like this is wasted if the good answers aren't upvoted to separate the wheat from the chaff.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, why aren't people upvoting? What can we do about it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Does Ask Ubuntu not make it clear enough how important this is to new users?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Are there simply too many new users who can't upvote, and not enough established ones bothering to upvote?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Am I making this problem up, and do you think the situation is ok as-is?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="34401" LastEditorUserId="1067" LastEditDate="2011-11-27T12:06:04.197" LastActivityDate="2011-11-27T12:06:38.440" Title="Is the importance of voting understated on Ask Ubuntu?" Tags="|discussion|voting|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2128" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2127" CreationDate="2011-11-27T02:44:45.513" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;Indeed it's a problem, we were doing so-so it seems before 11.10 was released but we've had a huge influx of new users and it's taken us a while to get things back to &quot;normal&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/10/vote-early-vote-often/&quot;&gt;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/10/vote-early-vote-often/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It can be difficult to understand why people vote the way they do. There are some awesome questions that get little voting but supposed-to-be offtopic poll questions and shopping recommendations get an overrepresentative amount of votes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I personally just give people a bounty if I feel their answer is excellent and not getting enough attention and take the time to max out my votes every day.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2011-11-27T02:44:45.513" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2129" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2115" CreationDate="2011-11-27T10:30:15.667" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The review view is great for finding stuff that has to be fixed up. What I get stuck on is how to fix some things up so they actually disappear from the review view!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some one liner answers kind of answer the question, or offer something useful, but I can't think of non-invasive ways to improve them so they drop out of review, which I guess is what we're trying to achieve?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example.. &#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/21082/how-can-i-disable-the-prefetch-cache/82375#82375&quot;&gt;How can I disable the prefetch cache?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sorry, this isn't really an &quot;answer&quot;, but it wasn't a &quot;question&quot; either, I guess I'm just soliciting for opinions :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="34401" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2011-11-27T10:30:15.667" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2130" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2127" CreationDate="2011-11-27T12:00:27.467" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Actually, that proplem doesn't seem to be a big as it appears. As moderators, we get a small glimpse into some of the analytic data for the site. And it sort of shows this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The number of upvotes has risen proportionally quicker than the number of total page views&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/lEREs.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This graph is totally inaccurate, because I've drawn it by hand. But that's the effect I'm talking about.  It would be better to look at &quot;upvotes / question&quot;*, but at least from a quick look at this, it seems like we're not doing so badly.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The mass of new users that came with 11.10 should be able to vote during the coming weeks, when it'll be even better.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, you can never have enough voting. Anything we can do to encourage it would be great.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;* which is doable using &lt;a href=&quot;http://api.askubuntu.com/1.0/usage&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the api&lt;/a&gt; or the data dump.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastEditorUserId="1067" LastEditDate="2011-11-27T12:06:38.440" LastActivityDate="2011-11-27T12:06:38.440" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2133" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2134" CreationDate="2011-11-28T02:24:31.340" Score="4" ViewCount="70" Body="&lt;p&gt;Suppose I leave a comment to a question or answer suggesting a change that I cannot make myself or don't wish to make because of uncertainty as to whether or not I'm missing something. Then the change is either made or not, but another comment mentions or explains the change or absence thereof. Assuming the confusion I would cause other users would only be slight, is it justifiable for me to delete my original comment, which has served its purpose, in order to make the comment &quot;thread&quot; shorter and easier to understand overall, and to make new comments more likely to appear by default?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure this is the best example, but a possible example where I'd consider doing this is my first comment to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/350/22949&quot;&gt;this answer&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, if I delete that comment, then my second comment will become the first, and then &lt;em&gt;this&lt;/em&gt; question will stop making sense. In this particular instance, I can ensure there is no confusion by also editing this question. But since I can never be sure of who is relying on my comments, I'm inclined to think I should probably avoid deleting them unless they are truly unproductive. But maybe the rest of you have other ideas...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.087" LastActivityDate="2011-11-28T04:06:19.457" Title="How much confusion is justifiable in the name of simplifying comment &quot;threads&quot;?" Tags="|discussion|comments|best-practice|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2134" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2133" CreationDate="2011-11-28T04:06:19.457" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The primary use for comments are to ask for or provide clarification on questions or answers. Once such clarification has been provided, these comments no longer serve a useful purpose and should be removed. Then again, it usually doesn't hurt too much to just leave them there unless there is a lot of clutter building up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would say it is best practice to remove comments whenever you possibly can without removing important information others need to know. Such information would be better relocated in an edit to the question/answer anyways, so readers don't have to hunt for it in the comments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="18612" LastActivityDate="2011-11-28T04:06:19.457" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2135" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2136" CreationDate="2011-11-28T07:26:40.503" Score="4" ViewCount="122" Body="&lt;p&gt;What should I do when I come upon a question that's missing some information, which has been requested...but only in an answer that does not actually attempt to &lt;em&gt;answer&lt;/em&gt; the question, nor even to outline or even hint at how the information could lead to an answer? Should I repost it in summary (and in quotes or my own words) as a comment, in case it's deleted? Should I flag it for moderator attention? Should I do both? Neither? Something else?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/10868/22949&quot;&gt;This &quot;answer&quot;&lt;/a&gt; is what I have in mind (though who knows if it will still be there, and still fit this description, when you are reading this). But I find this happens frequently, and I've never been quite sure what to do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2011-11-28T07:54:47.690" Title="What to do when an answer is just a (very good) request for information?" Tags="|discussion|comments|best-practice|answers|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2136" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2135" CreationDate="2011-11-28T07:54:47.690" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;These should be flagged as &lt;strong&gt;not an answer&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This was posted as an answer, but it does not answer the question. It&#xA;  should possibly be an edit, a comment, another question, or deleted&#xA;  altogether.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When you do so, you should probably also post a comment explaining that the answer's content needs to be moved into a comment on the question (since it is clearly asking for clarification from the OP), and possibly add a link to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq&quot;&gt;FAQ&lt;/a&gt; if the answerer's reputation score seems low enough to justify it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="18612" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2011-11-28T07:54:47.690" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2137" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2122" CreationDate="2011-11-28T16:42:12.977" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;In my opinion, Nope, They shouldnt be. By asking or answering questions, one gets to learn something, it may be about things In-Use or something obsolete. Old versions of Ubuntus may serve Thought Provoking and Idea Igniting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="35750" LastActivityDate="2011-11-28T16:42:12.977" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2138" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2139" CreationDate="2011-11-29T00:35:47.463" Score="11" ViewCount="174" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have seen a lot of questions where people do not bother to spell check or capitalize their I's, and leave beginnings of sentences uncapitalized. I have seen posts that use texting abbreviations, etc. Sometimes I would like to downvote the question/answer because the person should do a better job making their work look presentable. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, if I downvote the question or answer and then correct the grammar and capitalization, then the question is lower in the list. However, I still want to somehow get across to the person to use better grammar, etc. when posting their questions and answers. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, I am torn. Does anyone have any suggestions? This is a problem that needs to be addressed, when people click on links to StackExchange websites from Google and look at poorly written questions and answers, they might assume a low trust level)for lack of a better word) of the website. We want to make the site look good too. So, that can done to encourage well-written content?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="30405" LastEditorUserId="235" LastEditDate="2011-11-29T01:13:37.357" LastActivityDate="2011-11-29T01:40:09.010" Title="Poorly Written Questions - Is it okay to downvote?" Tags="|discussion|downvoting|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2139" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2138" CreationDate="2011-11-29T01:40:09.010" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;To me, downvoting might send a message to the person asking the question, but it does nothing to help the quality of the question.  I'm sure people monitoring the questions don't want to correct the grammar, opening a new can of worms, and adding comments asking the OP to correct might drive user(s) away.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;AU gets people from all over the world, some that use English as a second language or barely speak it, much less put sentences together, while others can grammatically express themselves better than a lot, if not more, than us English speaking people (proper English is a second language for me, I'm from Alabama).  Unless someone comes up with a really good answer, I say we just live with it for now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22929" LastActivityDate="2011-11-29T01:40:09.010" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2140" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-11-29T19:02:30.670" Score="2" ViewCount="47" Body="&lt;p&gt;On questions where the person posting had upgraded their Ubuntu version (for example, from 11.04 to 11.10) prior to / while experiencing an issue, how should the version tags be properly handled? Should tags for both versions be left on, or just the tag for the version that was upgraded to?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm especially wondering how this to be handled in the case of upgrading to an LTS release, where they could have upgraded from one of two prior versions. For example, someone upgrading to 12.04 LTS might have upgraded from either 11.10 or 10.04. Should this difference then be noted in the tags, if it might make a difference in the solution they're looking for?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="18612" LastActivityDate="2011-11-29T19:02:30.670" Title="Version tags on questions involving upgrades" Tags="|discussion|tags|best-practice|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2141" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2143" CreationDate="2011-11-29T23:32:31.783" Score="7" ViewCount="135" Body="&lt;p&gt;When a user with a very low accept rate posts a new question, is it OK to comment, suggesting that the user accept some answers to other questions to raise their accept rate?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am not suggesting commenting &lt;em&gt;instead&lt;/em&gt; of answering the question (though I understand that some users would be less inclined to work on answers for questions by users with very low accept rates). The particular question I'm thinking of, I have already answered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or is this not really a good practice, since such a comment is not really &lt;em&gt;about&lt;/em&gt; the question at hand?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(This relates to but is &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; the same as: &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1519/is-it-okay-to-ask-a-user-to-accept-an-answer-for-his-her-question&quot;&gt;Is it okay to ask a user to accept an answer for his/her question?&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2011-11-30T02:02:54.070" Title="Is it OK to suggest to a user to increase overall accept rate?" Tags="|discussion|comments|accept-rate|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2142" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1089" CreationDate="2011-11-29T23:46:44.167" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale10x/events/ubucon&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/h0wJC.png&quot; alt=&quot;This year it&amp;#39;s all about Ubuntu&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="34049" LastEditorUserId="235" LastEditDate="2011-11-30T15:38:48.327" LastActivityDate="2011-11-30T15:38:48.327" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2011-11-29T23:46:44.167" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2143" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2141" CreationDate="2011-11-30T02:02:54.070" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;People who aren't accepting answers aren't using the site correctly. Sometimes this is because they forget they have open questions, some times they just don't know that's what they're supposed to do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm generally okay with people prompting others to get on top of their open questions. Just do it politely and with a hint of an explanation as to what that means and why it matters. Link to a help page where possible so you're not writing an entire manual for the site in each comment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I say &quot;generally okay&quot; because I've seen some people (on other SE sites) being quite rude about it. There's no need to be obnoxious about it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And it also might help if you check some of their open questions before posting the comment. I've left comments only to find out that the answers on their questions are dud and they're doing the right thing by not accepting them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2011-11-30T02:02:54.070" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2144" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1089" CreationDate="2011-11-30T15:30:36.390" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://juju.ubuntu.com/CharmSchool/Scale10x&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/a7iKw.png&quot; alt=&quot;Tagline to show on mouseover&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2011-11-30T15:30:36.390" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2011-11-30T15:30:36.390" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2145" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1089" CreationDate="2011-11-30T15:36:38.613" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale10x&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/dnqzd.png&quot; alt=&quot;SCALE 10x returns to the Hilton Los Angeles Airport Hotel!&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2011-11-30T15:36:38.613" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2011-11-30T15:36:38.613" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2146" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="684" CreationDate="2011-11-30T23:57:39.070" Score="16" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;NOTICE: This post was written long ago in 2011, when the FAQ was where we pointed people for what was or was not on topic.  In the intervening four+ years the FAQ for this type of information has been replaced by the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;Help Center page on &quot;What topics can I ask about here?&quot;&lt;/a&gt;.  The original content of this answer, however, is left here for historical purposes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I may at least point at the FAQ... &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/faq&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We welcome questions about:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;using and administering Ubuntu, including &lt;strong&gt;official Ubuntu derivatives.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;running third-party applications on Ubuntu.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;development on Ubuntu.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Any question not mentioned below or here are great! There are no &quot;dumb&quot; questions!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is not the right place for:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Linux Mint, Backtrack, and other Linux distributions (try our friends at Unix &amp;amp; Linux Stack Exchange).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Bug reports (How do I submit a bug?).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Issues with the next version of Ubuntu (Ubuntu+1) (More information about Alpha and Beta release issues).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Given the aforementioned, I believe that Mint and unofficial derivatives (including Crunchbang) should not be supported here, therefore should be marked as offtopic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And even though this is not IRC, from what I can tell, the official&#xA;IRC support has its limits.  If I may quote the factoids of their bot,&#xA;ubottu:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;There are some Ubuntu derivatives that we cannot provide&#xA;  support for due to repository and software changes. Please consult&#xA;  their websites for more information. Examples: gNewSense (support in&#xA;  #gnewsense), Linux Mint (see !mint), LinuxMCE (support in #linuxmce), CrunchBang (support in #crunchbang), BackTrack (support in&#xA;  #backtrack-linux), Ultimate Edition&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Perhaps, due to that, these should not be on-topic as well? (just saying)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2016-09-04T02:17:47.293" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2147" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2151" CreationDate="2011-12-01T02:51:58.527" Score="7" ViewCount="159" Body="&lt;p&gt;No one has ever been awarded this badge, what is the purpose of having it? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="30405" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2011-12-01T13:04:53.037" LastActivityDate="2013-09-07T19:07:01.963" Title="What's the purpose of the Reversal badge?" Tags="|discussion|badges|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2149" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-12-01T04:03:18.430" Score="2" ViewCount="34" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu mobile does not let you make tag edits, you have to switch to the full site, make the edits, and switch back. And the editor is temperamental on my mobile browser, sometimes working and sometimes not. So, could the Ask Ubuntu Mobile developers add support for tag wiki edits? Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="30405" LastEditorUserId="54298" LastEditDate="2012-08-27T16:08:14.077" LastActivityDate="2012-08-27T16:08:14.077" Title="Tag Wiki Edits on Ask Ubuntu Mobile" Tags="|feature-request|tags|editing|tag-wiki|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2151" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2147" CreationDate="2011-12-01T14:07:28.253" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you have 10k reputation, you can have a look at &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/14936/cant-connect-to-wireless-access-point-after-installing-proprietary-drivers/14983#14983&quot;&gt;this deleted question&lt;/a&gt;. If you don't, here are the headlines:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The question was in a terrible state, and it got &lt;code&gt;-12&lt;/code&gt; as a consequence:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;h2&gt;Just read details&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I had windows vista basic i replaced it {completely} using ubuntu 10.10 disk&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I downloaded the wireless driver from aditional drivers&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I enabled wireless&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;It wont read my router my game systems will so...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;[...]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Everyone worked fairly hard to turn it into a good question&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I provided a huge answer, which got &lt;code&gt;+13&lt;/code&gt; — Oh, so close!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Reversal badge motivated me to write a big general guide about this strange, non-reproducible problem. Effectively turning it from &quot;I have this weird problem with my wireless network&quot; into &quot;What do I do if I have &lt;em&gt;any&lt;/em&gt; problems with wireless networks&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Terrible questions that can be turned into great resources are few and far between. But when they turn up, there's a badge to make sure someone is motivated to save it, in case it can be saved. Even if that badge seems impossibly hard to get.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2011-12-01T14:48:11.527" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2152" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1089" CreationDate="2011-12-01T16:20:26.170" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://plus.google.com/107921963368679288414/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/10irJ.png&quot; alt=&quot;Ask Ubuntu on Google+&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="34049" LastActivityDate="2011-12-01T16:20:26.170" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2011-12-01T16:20:26.170" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2153" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1089" CreationDate="2011-12-01T16:43:40.687" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/201/ask-ubuntu-general-room&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/G15xv.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Come and chat!&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17722" LastActivityDate="2011-12-01T16:43:40.687" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2011-12-01T16:43:40.687" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2154" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-12-01T17:15:15.503" Score="8" ViewCount="336" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've looked for how to remove the unity dock from my new installation and have found two answers that were closed as exact duplicates of previous questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What previous questions?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please update the template so that if a question is closed as a duplicate, someone who finds it in a search is directed to the answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="36160" OwnerDisplayName="NewUbuntu11.10Installed" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-11-01T06:30:21.747" LastActivityDate="2012-11-01T06:30:21.747" Title="Where is the link to the original question when a question is closed as a duplicate?" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|user-interface|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="5" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2155" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2154" CreationDate="2011-12-01T17:30:15.347" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;When something is closed as a duplicate a header appears at the top of the post like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt; link&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That wouldn't stop somebody editing the post to remove it (maliciously or otherwise) but if you check the edit logs (click the &quot;edited ...&quot; link at the bottom of the post) you should be able to see what's happening.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you still can't find it, please update your question with a link to the problem question and I'll try and track down what happened.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2011-12-01T17:30:15.347" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2156" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1089" CreationDate="2011-12-01T19:17:11.753" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://ubuntu.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/8wdrS.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="34049" LastActivityDate="2011-12-01T19:17:11.753" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2011-12-01T19:17:11.753" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2157" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1089" CreationDate="2011-12-02T02:07:21.583" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://juju.ubuntu.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/hxTTo.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="34049" LastActivityDate="2011-12-02T02:07:21.583" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2011-12-02T02:07:21.583" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2158" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-12-02T12:08:04.043" Score="28" ViewCount="1880" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/5504/community-promotion-ads-2013&quot;&gt;Community Promotion Ads - 2013&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We... may have left 1H 2011 running a whole half-year long extra. Whoops. Well, now we begin-anew the next round of Community Promotion Ads!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;What in the Wide, Wide World of Sports is Going On Here?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;TL;DR -- put images and links in the answers. If they get voted up enough, they will appear on the main site as community promotion ads.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;But whyyyyyyy?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a method for the community to control what gets promoted to visitors on the site. For example, you might promote the following things:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;cool Ubuntu applications&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the site's Twitter account&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ubuntu scripts or power tools&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;cool events or conferences&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;anything else your community would genuinely be interested in&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The goal is for future visitors to find out about &lt;em&gt;the stuff your community deems important&lt;/em&gt;. And to click on it for great justice!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;How does it work?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The answers you post to this question &lt;em&gt;must&lt;/em&gt; conform to the following rules, or they will be ignored. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;All answers should be in the exact form of:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;[![Tagline to show on mouseover][1]][2]&#xA;&#xA;   [1]: http://image-url&#xA;   [2]: http://clickthrough-url &#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please &lt;strong&gt;do not add anything else to the body of the post&lt;/strong&gt;. If you want to discuss something, do it in the comments.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The question must always be tagged with the magic &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/community-ads&quot; class=&quot;post-tag moderator-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged 'community-ads'&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;community-ads&lt;/a&gt; tag.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Image requirements&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The image that you create must be &lt;strong&gt;220 x 250 pixels&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Must be hosted through our standard image uploader (Imgur)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Must be GIF or PNG&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;No animated GIFs&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Absolute limit on file size of 150&amp;nbsp;KB&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Score Threshold&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is a &lt;strong&gt;minimum score threshold&lt;/strong&gt; an answer must meet (currently 6) before it will be shown on the main site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Display and Statistics&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can check out the ads that have met the threshold with basic click statistics &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/ads/display/2158&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22665" LastEditorUserId="123" LastEditDate="2011-12-02T23:28:16.013" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Community Promotion Ads - 1H 2012" Tags="|discussion|community-ads|" AnswerCount="29" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2012-12-10T12:49:57.287" CommunityOwnedDate="2011-12-02T12:08:04.043" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2159" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2158" CreationDate="2011-12-02T12:28:06.160" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://2buntu.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/tpCPN.png&quot; alt=&quot;Ubuntu news for human beings&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastEditorUserId="1992" LastEditDate="2012-03-19T15:36:09.233" LastActivityDate="2012-03-19T15:36:09.233" CommentCount="2" CommunityOwnedDate="2011-12-02T12:28:06.160" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2160" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2158" CreationDate="2011-12-02T12:29:11.183" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://trello.com/board/ask-ubuntu/4ec557e6ea86c7153d127fc5&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/V5ghL.png&quot; alt=&quot;Come and follow our progress!&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastActivityDate="2011-12-02T12:29:11.183" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2011-12-02T12:29:11.183" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2164" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2158" CreationDate="2011-12-02T12:30:38.840" Score="23" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://twitter.com/askubuntu&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/77fWg.png&quot; alt=&quot;Help this community grow -- follow us on twitter!&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastEditorUserId="35931" LastEditDate="2012-06-11T19:56:07.117" LastActivityDate="2012-06-11T19:56:07.117" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2011-12-02T12:30:38.840" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2165" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2158" CreationDate="2011-12-02T12:31:53.503" Score="20" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://juju.ubuntu.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/hxTTo.png&quot; alt=&quot;Juju, Isn&amp;#39;t it Charming.&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17722" LastEditorUserId="47291" LastEditDate="2012-06-21T14:59:38.727" LastActivityDate="2012-06-21T14:59:38.727" CommentCount="2" CommunityOwnedDate="2011-12-02T12:31:53.503" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2167" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2158" CreationDate="2011-12-02T12:34:02.563" Score="31" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://plus.google.com/107921963368679288414/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ewXR2.png&quot; alt=&quot;Ask Ubuntu on Google+&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17722" LastEditorUserId="41" LastEditDate="2011-12-31T21:56:23.543" LastActivityDate="2011-12-31T21:56:23.543" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2011-12-02T12:34:02.563" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2168" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2158" CreationDate="2011-12-02T14:56:29.430" Score="33" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://omgubuntu.co.uk&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/2ijrs.png&quot; alt=&quot;Everything Ubuntu. Daily.&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2011-12-02T14:56:29.430" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2011-12-02T14:56:29.430" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2169" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2158" CreationDate="2011-12-02T14:56:47.450" Score="28" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://unity.ubuntu.com/getinvolved/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/4PlgX.png&quot; alt=&quot;Unity : Hackers wanted!&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="6005" LastEditDate="2012-01-17T19:16:44.183" LastActivityDate="2012-01-17T19:16:44.183" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2011-12-02T14:56:47.450" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2170" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2158" CreationDate="2011-12-02T14:57:11.050" Score="29" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://developer.ubuntu.com/get-started/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/9G4Q4.png&quot; alt=&quot;Learn how to write great applications for Ubuntu -- Quickly&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2011-12-02T14:57:11.050" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2011-12-02T14:57:11.050" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2171" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2158" CreationDate="2011-12-02T14:57:39.570" Score="22" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.webupd8.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/EoEH7.png&quot; alt=&quot;WebUpd8 - Ubuntu / Linux news and app reviews&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2011-12-02T14:57:39.570" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2011-12-02T14:57:39.570" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2172" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2158" CreationDate="2011-12-02T14:58:09.350" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://juju.ubuntu.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/klg3J.png&quot; alt=&quot;Devops Distilled&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2011-12-02T14:58:09.350" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2011-12-02T14:58:09.350" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2175" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2158" CreationDate="2011-12-02T15:01:23.857" Score="16" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://podcast.ubuntu-uk.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/xRCSl.png&quot; alt=&quot;The lively podcast made by members of the Ubuntu UK LoCo includes debates, interesting points, news, competitions and much more&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="612" LastActivityDate="2011-12-02T15:01:23.857" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2011-12-02T15:01:23.857" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2178" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-12-02T21:50:37.927" Score="1" ViewCount="59" Body="&lt;p&gt;Why does your home page feature the question, &quot;What is Unity?&quot; and then not provide an actual answer? Is the answer hidden? On another page? Another website? Another server? Another planet?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user36393" LastActivityDate="2011-12-03T01:35:23.027" Title="Your home page and the question therein" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2179" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-12-02T23:01:43.667" Score="16" ViewCount="134" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/help&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;help&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;help&lt;/a&gt; is kind of a pointless tag, no?  There's 36 questions which have it, each of them is asking for support with something different.  There's no real purpose for it, since this site is for support and help &lt;em&gt;anyways&lt;/em&gt;.  Should it be removed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="6005" LastEditDate="2011-12-14T01:07:43.693" LastActivityDate="2011-12-14T01:07:43.693" Title="Why do we have a &quot;help&quot; tag?" Tags="|discussion|support|tag-block-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ClosedDate="2022-08-24T23:54:52.090" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2180" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2178" CreationDate="2011-12-03T01:35:23.027" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think you may be slightly confused about what this site is. It's a community driven &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq&quot;&gt;question and answer site&lt;/a&gt;! Questions on the homepage are recently asked and updated questions - if a question doesn't have an answer yet, it's because no one has gotten a chance to answer it! If you can supply an answer or a solution, then feel free to provide one an help out!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2011-12-03T01:35:23.027" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2181" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2179" CreationDate="2011-12-03T06:15:38.247" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/help&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;help&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;help&lt;/a&gt; is one of those &quot;meta&quot; tags that seriously needs to go. It could apply to a vast majority of the questions on Ask Ubuntu and serves no constructive purpose. It should be killed with fire.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="18612" LastActivityDate="2011-12-03T06:15:38.247" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2182" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="144" CreationDate="2011-12-03T06:29:18.680" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;It would seem so. See &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/184/18612&quot;&gt;Tag synonym suggestions&lt;/a&gt; if you have tag synonyms you would like to suggest.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="18612" LastActivityDate="2011-12-03T06:29:18.680" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2184" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2185" CreationDate="2011-12-04T12:17:11.850" Score="4" ViewCount="76" Body="&lt;p&gt;I had &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/39382/10698&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; question closed for being a list.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/30334/10698&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; question is open, and I think it's a list because of this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;it's not scoped enough&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;it hasn't accepted the answer that's specified in the question.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;it's a too wide area in the question, with multiple valid answers.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please explain the FAQ more so this won't happen again. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10698" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2011-12-04T19:33:50.440" Title="What is the definition of lists?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2185" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2184" CreationDate="2011-12-04T16:40:30.020" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;These kinds of questions aren't actually &quot;allowed&quot; as such. But the Indicator-question is an outstanding special-case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The FAQ should rule them out altogether, as it currently does:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You should only ask practical, answerable questions based on actual problems that you face. Chatty, open-ended questions diminish the usefulness of our site and push other questions off the front page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question about indicators is incredibly useful and on-topic. Even though it's the sort of question we would normally close, this one has proven to not lead to extended discussion, poll voting or anything like that. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I fundamentally disagree with the practice of having special cases, but there is no discussion about it at the moment, no argument to close it. So I guess I'll leave that for the future. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is just my opinion. I'm not sure, really. As soon as this question loses it's outstanding relevance, it should probably be treated the same as questions like &quot;what native games are available&quot;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This question exists because it has historical significance, but it is not considered a good, on-topic question for this site, so please do not use it as evidence that you can ask similar questions here. See the FAQ for more information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At the moment, the indicator question &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; on topic, and it's significance is not (yet) historical.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or to answer the title of your question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Lists are a subset of questions that &lt;em&gt;don't have an answer&lt;/em&gt; as such.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A question doesn't have to say &quot;list of&quot; to be a list, and sometimes it's difficult to tell. For instance, &quot;what native games are available&quot; is clearly a list, because there are hundreds, but &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/29540/browsing-the-internet-from-the-command-line&quot;&gt;&quot;Browsing the internet from the command line&quot;&lt;/a&gt; isn't, because someone will likely post an answer naming all of the command line browsers. Or that's what we'd hope for. (:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The discussion was continued in the Ask Ubuntu chat, as a result of which two questions were posted:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2187/what-is-a-good-place-to-collect-lists-of-applications&quot;&gt;What is a good place to collect lists of applications?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2186/how-do-i-move-a-au-question-to-the-ubuntu-wiki&quot;&gt;How do I move a AU question to the Ubuntu wiki?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2011-12-04T19:33:50.440" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2186" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-12-04T17:49:34.933" Score="4" ViewCount="103" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have some questions on Ask Ubuntu that is being closed for being lists (the FAQ doesn't allow it) and I want to move them to the Ubuntu wiki since I think they are good lists and still useful. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Examples:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/39382/10698&quot;&gt;Where can I find websites that list games for Ubuntu?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/44326/10698&quot;&gt;What web browsers are there for Ubuntu?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10698" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2011-12-04T19:50:19.660" Title="How do I move a Ask Ubuntu &quot;list question&quot; to the Ubuntu wiki?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2188" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2189" CreationDate="2011-12-04T20:46:27.360" Score="1" ViewCount="157" Body="&lt;p&gt;This &lt;a href=&quot;https://superuser.com/questions/361525/how-to-shutdown-a-computer-on-the-lan-that-use-windows-os&quot;&gt;question&lt;/a&gt; I asked here on Ask Ubuntu was migrated to &lt;a href=&quot;https://superuser.com/&quot;&gt;Super User&lt;/a&gt; and I don't know what that is for?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="28340" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:04:50.393" LastActivityDate="2011-12-05T13:41:28.343" Title="What is the difference between Ask Ubuntu and Super User?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2189" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2188" CreationDate="2011-12-04T21:22:39.580" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Both Ask Ubuntu and Super User are part of the Stack Exchange Network:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Super User is for computer &lt;a href=&quot;https://superuser.com/faq&quot;&gt;enthusiasts and power users&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ask Ubuntu is a questions and answers site for &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_(operating_system)&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt;-related questions. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu only covers questions about &lt;em&gt;the Ubuntu operating system&lt;/em&gt;. Whereas Superuser covers &lt;em&gt;Windows&lt;/em&gt;, computer software, and computer hardware.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:18:11.723" LastActivityDate="2011-12-04T21:22:39.580" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2190" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1699" CreationDate="2011-12-05T16:24:33.330" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;You guys are so generous! I was already happy with the swag I received about a month ago, but now I've got more post addressed at me containing an Ask Ubuntu swag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I guess it's a mistake, but I'm still very happy with it. Thanks Jeff and your Stack Exchange team!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/bug&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;bug&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;bug&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6969" LastActivityDate="2011-12-05T16:24:33.330" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2195" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2158" CreationDate="2011-12-05T20:15:42.633" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://launchpad.net/juju-gui&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/8fDc5.png&quot; alt=&quot;Show your interest in cloud computing!&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastActivityDate="2011-12-05T20:15:42.633" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2011-12-05T20:15:42.633" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2196" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2197" CreationDate="2011-12-07T01:44:20.143" Score="6" ViewCount="119" Body="&lt;p&gt;3 days ago I was in a technology event and one of the things they talked about was Ubuntu (after a whole bunch of twitter stuff) but somehow it moved in one part of the Ubuntu talk to Askubuntu and they mentioned me in the event (I was like huh?) but it got me thinking. Maybe there are other askubuntu users from my country, from south america, from a latin country. How can I see or find which users are from my country or at least a country nearby so I might be able to work with them in Ubuntu events and relate with askubuntu stuff.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know there might me communities in USA, UK and well many european and asian countries but for what I have seen there are little here it might be nice to have a group of users to whom I can share stuff about askubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7035" LastActivityDate="2011-12-07T14:28:30.343" Title="How to see from what countries Askubuntu users are" Tags="|discussion|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2197" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2196" CreationDate="2011-12-07T07:20:06.067" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can use the Data Explorer to check from what countries people are: &lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/ubuntu/s/1650/which-country-are-the-users-from&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://data.stackexchange.com/ubuntu/s/1650/which-country-are-the-users-from&lt;/a&gt;. It sums the number of users per country based on what users have filled in their profile. Note that this relies on people actually filling their profile with the country their from and that they're honest.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example there are 15 people listed for Venezuela:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/6IBrz.png&quot; alt=&quot;Example of output from the Data Explorer&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19490" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2011-12-07T14:28:30.343" LastActivityDate="2011-12-07T14:28:30.343" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2199" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2158" CreationDate="2011-12-08T21:58:28.180" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://launchpad.net/~loneowais/+archive/gmailwatcher.dev&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/RAKlE.png&quot; alt=&quot;Gmail notifier for Ubuntu&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="214" LastActivityDate="2011-12-08T21:58:28.180" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2011-12-08T21:58:28.180" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2200" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-12-09T00:08:47.713" Score="1" ViewCount="84" Body="&lt;p&gt;Specifically , the &quot;good answer&quot; and &quot;great answer&quot; two, it seems I have a few answers which would qualify.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/86226/keep-the-ubuntu-package-version-im-using-now/86235#86235&quot;&gt;Keep the Ubuntu package version I&amp;#39;m using now&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That answer has 5 upvotes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is not really a big deal, just trying to understand how the system works.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="35795" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2011-12-09T07:47:21.347" Title="I do not understand some of the badges" Tags="|discussion|badges|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2201" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2200" CreationDate="2011-12-09T07:47:21.347" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm afraid you currently don't have any answer that would qualify for any of the badges. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/badges/24/good-answer&quot;&gt;The good answer badge&lt;/a&gt; is given to answers with &lt;strong&gt;25&lt;/strong&gt; upvotes. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/badges/25/great-answer&quot;&gt;The great answer badge&lt;/a&gt; is given to answers with &lt;strong&gt;100&lt;/strong&gt; upvotes. (Neither do you currently qualify for the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/badges/23/nice-answer&quot;&gt;the nice answer badge&lt;/a&gt; which is given to answers with &lt;strong&gt;10&lt;/strong&gt; upvotes.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19490" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2011-12-09T07:47:21.347" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2202" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-12-09T15:41:09.530" Score="6" ViewCount="68" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently noticed by writing a comment that multiple spaces are replaced by a single space inside a code block. The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/86323/how-do-you-add-positional-parameters&quot;&gt;question&lt;/a&gt; has since been migrated to &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8447397/how-do-you-add-positional-parameters&quot;&gt;SO&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I worked around it by replacing spaces with underscores, but that looks awkward at least.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Put aside that comments are not for code, is that a known behaviour? (And if so, what is the correct way to handle that situation?)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="28369" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-05-23T12:39:54.233" LastActivityDate="2011-12-09T17:21:31.687" Title="Code formatting in comments discards whitespace" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2204" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2348" CreationDate="2011-12-09T18:38:23.740" Score="5" ViewCount="75" Body="&lt;p&gt;I put this in my question to include 2 screenshots:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;![MP3 Tunes v2 (v1 was much better)][1]&#xA;![The largest accurate screenshot I found of v1 &amp;gt;.&amp;lt;][2]&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And this is what happened:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/DrCyQ.png&quot; alt=&quot;Screenshot&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The first screenshot shows up, followed by a part of my description, a title attribute, and an end tag...&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;It looks  like HTML isn't being escaped? Or have I missed something? I don't remember this ever happening before.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sorry if this is supposed to be like that, but it looks kinda strange to me :p&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Yes, I know this is caused by the &gt; I put in the description)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="18953" LastEditorUserId="237" LastEditDate="2011-12-12T14:39:15.573" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Bug with images?" Tags="|bug|status-completed|image|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2205" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2207" CreationDate="2011-12-10T19:40:01.900" Score="11" ViewCount="139" Body="&lt;p&gt;Marco Ceppi just told me that moderators can't dispute flags, and I would like to know who can and what is it for?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If moderators can't use it who can?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;for an example &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/flag-weight/10698&quot;&gt;I&lt;/a&gt; have 8 disputed flags.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10698" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2012-02-03T14:45:13.340" Title="What is a disputed flag?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2207" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2205" CreationDate="2011-12-10T19:49:54.917" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;A disputed flag is when a 10K user marks the flag as invalid. When this occurs no one's flag weight is changed or modified.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="18612" LastEditDate="2012-02-03T14:45:13.340" LastActivityDate="2012-02-03T14:45:13.340" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2208" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2211" CreationDate="2011-12-12T18:43:26.753" Score="11" ViewCount="138" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would like to know if any legal penalty can be applied against any of the answers/comments posted on the site or if there is any history involving legal action against any of the information posted here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know that we are working for free and trying to help users voluntarily on the site but imagining that some solutions can cause more problems then they solve, and some if not followed by the letter / miss interpreted / badly written can cause data loss there should be some information about the legality of the information posted on the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;i.e.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Lets assume that in a good will I tell a user that the command to remove a dir that is is not longer necessary is &lt;code&gt;sudo rm -rf /opt/something_something&lt;/code&gt; and because I mistyped or the user miss read the format he ended up typing &lt;code&gt;sudo rm -rf / opt/something_something&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(&lt;em&gt;I know that it does not work and you get a warning, but you get the picture&lt;/em&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;He gets pissed for either reasons and finds it fair to start a legal action against me and AskUbuntu. Should one worry about this? is there a agreement on the site that protects us from legal action?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastActivityDate="2011-12-12T21:09:48.957" Title="Legal issues regarding information in the site" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2209" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-12-12T19:21:16.737" Score="4" ViewCount="114" Body="&lt;p&gt;My account seems to be capped at 305 for today despite additional up votes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="35795" LastEditorUserId="25863" LastEditDate="2012-04-06T11:53:36.440" LastActivityDate="2012-04-06T11:53:36.440" Title="Is there a limit on how much reputation one can earn in 24 hours?" Tags="|discussion|status-bydesign|reputation|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2210" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2209" CreationDate="2011-12-12T19:29:44.350" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;OK, I found the answer in the FAQ (had to hit the expand button , thought I saw that before).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can we consider increasing the daily limit of extra good helpers =)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="35795" LastActivityDate="2011-12-12T19:29:44.350" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2211" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2208" CreationDate="2011-12-12T20:59:58.213" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is a warranty statement in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/legal&quot;&gt;legal gubbins&lt;/a&gt; that every user here implicitly claims to have read in order to use the site (I see you were paying attention!) that essentially says: there's no guarantee anything here will work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The Services, Content, Network and any Software are provided on an &quot;as is&quot; basis, without warranties of any kind, either express or implied, including, without limitation, implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose or non-infringement. Stack Exchange makes no representations or warranties of any kind with respect to the Network, the Services, including any representation or warranty that the use of the Network or Services will (a) be timely, uninterrupted or error-free or operate in combination with any other hardware, software, system or data, (b) meet your requirements or expectations, (c) be free from errors or that defects will be corrected, (d) be free of viruses or other harmful components.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The site is self-protecting to some degree and hopefully most people will edit or vote down an answer that they can see is nonsense, or query an answer that they can't understand.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm sure it will happen one day and it won't be innocent as you suggest. It'll be a fork bomb or a system-killer but whoever posts it will be reported to their ISP and local police and hopefully locked in a box until they learn that messing up people's computers is not funny.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="25863" LastEditDate="2011-12-12T21:09:48.957" LastActivityDate="2011-12-12T21:09:48.957" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2212" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-12-13T08:41:57.973" Score="-1" ViewCount="112" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are many questions where users dont mention their Ubuntu version and ppl then ask them to add the version of Ubuntu they are using to their question so question could be answered accordingly. Why dont we make at least one version tag a must for any new question? Similar to how a question on meta must have at least one of feature-request, bug, support or discussion tag added.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I understand that there are questions which dont require version info and can be answered without it but having version info for even those questions wont harm.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6713" LastActivityDate="2021-07-20T15:33:19.280" Title="Can we make version tags a must for every question?" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2213" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2212" CreationDate="2011-12-13T12:55:48.493" Score="10" Body="&lt;h1&gt;No&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are questions that are version agnostic, where it could apply to multiple versions. Forcing version tags is a bad idea as versions then become meta tags. Currently, tagging a post with a version should only happen when that post is directly related to that release in some way. If you have problems with Apache and PHP don't tag &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/11.10&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;11.10&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;11.10&lt;/a&gt; because it's not really &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/11.10&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;11.10&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;11.10&lt;/a&gt; specific. It's &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/apache&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;apache&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;apache&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/php&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;php&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;php&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2011-12-13T13:17:57.700" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2214" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2216" CreationDate="2011-12-13T13:47:50.953" Score="4" ViewCount="59" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to retag posts that have to do with dv6 laptops by HP with the new dv6 tag. I can do this by searching for &quot;dv6&quot; and going down the list and retagging each question with the dv6 tag. The problem is, this makes all the questions pertaining to dv6 automatically move to the top of the question list on the homepage, which crowds out all other questions. So, is there some way I can retag questions without having them go to the top of the question list? Thanks for any help in advance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="30405" LastActivityDate="2011-12-13T17:46:15.067" Title="How to retag a question without making it go to the top of the question list?" Tags="|support|tags|tag-wiki|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2215" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2214" CreationDate="2011-12-13T13:53:31.100" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Moderators can bulk-replace/merge tags without (IIRC) floating them all to the top.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Let me know what the two tags are and I'll gently poke them together.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2011-12-13T13:53:31.100" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2216" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2214" CreationDate="2011-12-13T17:46:15.067" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think a better way to go about this is instead of just reorganizing them is to take the time to just give the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/dv6&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;dv6&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;dv6&lt;/a&gt; tag love in the process, so instead of just mass tagging them all you can:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Improve the existing questions and answers and help organize them, are some of them duplicates of the others?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is there crosslinking you can do between the questions that help them mutually support each other?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Are any of the questions canonical enough to keep improving and/or mention in the tag description?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is there any official documentation on that laptop that could be linked in existing answers?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Are there entries in the laptop database that can be linked to help users?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;so basically, if you're gonna edit it, make it count!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you go through a tag with that mindset you'll find that it takes you longer and is more difficult than just organizing, which won't churn the front page as much but makes a huge difference in the quality of the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2011-12-13T17:46:15.067" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2217" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2218" CreationDate="2011-12-14T10:22:56.970" Score="4" ViewCount="96" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have seen some community wiki answers laying around the site, I am wondering when should one use it and the main reason for them to exist.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can moderators convert a user answer to community wiki?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;ie: a user makes a great answer with a lot of votes up, but the answer is outdated and the user in no where to be seen. I know you can downvote and create a new answer but maybe it can be converted to community wiki and edited to best fit the current situation?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="What are community answers and why / when to use them?" Tags="|discussion|faq-suggestion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2218" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2217" CreationDate="2011-12-14T10:52:51.760" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can edit answers even if they're not community wiki. It just reduces the reputation requirements to be able to edit without approval if a post is CW. The main use of CW is to directly invite others to edit the post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And yes, moderators can convert to community wiki, but I don't think that it necessary just because an answer is outdated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/108137/151385&quot;&gt;From a more general question on Meta.SO I answered a while ago:&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;From the &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2011/08/the-future-of-community-wiki/&quot;&gt;blog post on Community Wiki from Grace Note&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;    &lt;p&gt;The intent of community wiki in answers is to help share the burden of&#xA;    solving a question. An incomplete “seed” answer is a stepping stone to&#xA;    a complete solution with help from others; an incomplete question is a&#xA;    hindrance and an obstacle to getting a solution as no one understands&#xA;    the inquiry. It is in answers that the goal of community wiki, for the&#xA;    community, by the community, shows its truest colors.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you know that your answer is incomplete and you want to encourage&#xA;  other users to add information to it, you can make it CW to invite&#xA;  others to edit the answer. Since everyone can propose edits, community&#xA;  wiki is not necessary anymore for collaborative answers, so it has&#xA;  lost a lot of its usefulness. It is now more of an invitation for&#xA;  other users to edit, but it is not really a technical necessity&#xA;  anymore.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;It is rather used as a sign for others that you don't mind, and even&#xA;  encourage other users to edit the post. Many users hesitate to make&#xA;  big changes to posts belonging to other users, CW means you relinquish&#xA;  the sole ownership of the answer and encourage other users to add to&#xA;  the answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4068" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2011-12-14T10:52:51.760" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2219" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2223" CreationDate="2011-12-14T17:08:14.873" Score="5" ViewCount="93" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have notice many of the Answers are not really answers but comments made from mostly users that do not yet have the comment privilege (So they get energetic when they see a question that relates to them) and so they create an answer for it. Is there a way to somehow allow them to comment but wait for moderator to accept or deny this comment. At least it would be help when flagging.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7035" LastActivityDate="2011-12-15T02:54:14.350" Title="Possibility to lower the comment privilege" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2220" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2222" CreationDate="2011-12-14T23:57:46.840" Score="7" ViewCount="89" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was just looking at my edit suggestions. Last I checked, I had 51 edits accepted and 2 rejected. Where can I find out what those rejected edits were, so I can learn from the experience?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13398" LastActivityDate="2011-12-15T00:51:10.483" Title="Where can I find a list of rejected edit suggestions?" Tags="|support|editing|suggested-edits|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2221" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-12-15T00:50:08.157" Score="2" ViewCount="60" Body="&lt;p&gt;If I go to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/faq&lt;/a&gt; and click on &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq#etiquette&quot;&gt;this FAQ&lt;/a&gt;, it doesn't take me to another section of the page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14772" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2012-01-22T12:41:02.907" Title="Link to etiquette is broken" Tags="|bug|status-completed|hyperlinks|site-faq|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2222" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2220" CreationDate="2011-12-15T00:51:10.483" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Edits you've suggested appear in the Activity tab on your profile page, and you can filter  to produce &lt;em&gt;just&lt;/em&gt; a list of suggested edits &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/13398/scott-severance?tab=activity&amp;amp;sort=suggestions&quot;&gt;like so&lt;/a&gt;. Unfortunately, I don't know of a good way to find the ones that are &lt;em&gt;rejected&lt;/em&gt; short of clicking through each one... Here's one of the two: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/suggested-edits/6169&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/suggested-edits/6169&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for learning from experience: you're probably best off just periodically going back to the list and checking for rejections. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12845" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2011-12-15T00:51:10.483" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2223" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2219" CreationDate="2011-12-15T02:54:14.350" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;While this is a good idea in theory, it's set this way to really focus new users on the core of the site: Asking questions, giving answers. Not only is the &quot;gain rep, gain privileges&quot; a gaming mechanism, but it's also a way to prevent shell shock for new users by throwing too many things at them at one time. It's easy enough to convert an answer to a comment and we probably deal with 5 of them a day - in the grand scheme of flags per day that's pretty low and it's a chance for us to teach new users about the whole reputation system (by leaving a comment prior to converting their answer to a comment). Furthermore, conversion of answers to comments is one way, and if a user posts an awesome answer as a comment by mistake there's no immediate way to rectify that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/716/why-are-you-only-allowed-to-comment-with-50-rep&quot;&gt;This answer also goes into the &quot;generic&quot; SE answer as to why there is 50 rep for commenting&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the end, it's not a rampant issue, hence why in the three years of operation it hasn't changed in the Stack Exchange system. If you're interested in helping users out instead of just flagging, check out the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1323/what-pro-forma-comments-do-you-use&quot;&gt;Pro-Forma comments tool&lt;/a&gt; as it has a nice &quot;Comment as an Answer&quot; message that you can use :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.087" LastActivityDate="2011-12-15T02:54:14.350" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2224" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-12-15T07:57:22.123" Score="15" ViewCount="326" Body="&lt;p&gt;I know different sites have different rules for this, I'm only asking now because this is the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/87817/how-to-correctly-create-a-virtual-file-system#question&quot;&gt;first &quot;homework&quot; question I've come across&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should we allow these types of questions? If so, under what – if any – conditions?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2017-07-29T05:33:38.987" Title="Allow &quot;homework&quot; questions?" Tags="|discussion|asking-questions|" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2225" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2224" CreationDate="2011-12-15T08:00:33.523" Score="20" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Yes&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Though, the same standards need to apply - just like any other question on the site. Poorly worded questions, questions that don't fit the standard question criteria, etc should be closed accordingly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2011-12-15T08:00:33.523" CommentCount="3" CommunityOwnedDate="2011-12-15T08:00:33.523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2226" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2224" CreationDate="2011-12-15T08:01:00.137" Score="4" Body="&lt;h1&gt;No&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I learnt most by reading&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I learned a ton by making mistakes and then solving them.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I learned a lot by solving other people's mistakes&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Will you ever trust someone who's just good at googling canned answers to handle your sensitive personal data? (the person you're helping now will one day graduate)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Pure homework questions waste our time, the teacher's time, the student's time&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/yqeFm.gif&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/yqeFm.gif&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2017-07-22T23:20:38.557" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2011-12-15T08:01:00.137" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2227" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2224" CreationDate="2011-12-15T08:29:30.753" Score="15" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Yes but ...&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;... we should not solve his assignment for them. We should only point them towards the necessary documentation and give them high-level concept explanations.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After all homework assignments are supposed to make you learn something.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2732" LastActivityDate="2011-12-15T08:29:30.753" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2228" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-12-16T02:47:06.380" Score="5" ViewCount="60" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/MRMac.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One was declined, one was marked &quot;helpful&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Jhs4O.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This was flagged as not a real question - however, what ended up happening...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/49836/audio-stopped-working-sudden-in-a-avi-file&quot;&gt;audio stopped working sudden in a .avi file&lt;/a&gt; - it got closed as too localized, in part because I voted, in part (and this is a guess) because of the flag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/NjD1g.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can't see the entire flag message in the screenshot, but it was this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;duplicate of - https://askubuntu.com/questions/35625/how-do-i-make-unity-remember-which-applications-are-in-the-launcher&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And what happened? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/38463/launcher-doesnt-remember-custom-icons&quot;&gt;Launcher doesn&amp;#39;t remember custom icons&lt;/a&gt; [Closed as duplicate of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/35625/how-do-i-make-unity-remember-which-applications-are-in-the-launcher/&quot;&gt;The Suggested Question&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm just pointing those out - and the point of this post &lt;strong&gt;is not&lt;/strong&gt; to be a ranty-ranty-rant-rave, it's more to ask the moderators this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can you please figure out how to handle flags consistently? I'm &lt;em&gt;guessing&lt;/em&gt; that these were probably handled by different people - however, that's just a guess. Note that I'm not getting up in arms about my flag weight or anything like that - I'm just asking why they were handled... inconsistently with the end result (well, except in the first case)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2011-12-16T04:12:42.497" Title="Inconsistent flag handling?" Tags="|discussion|moderation|flagging|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2229" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-12-16T04:07:37.620" Score="10" ViewCount="179" Body="&lt;p&gt;Many times users simply post an answer to a question which contains a link to an offsite page with little or no context. When that link breaks, what should the policy be to handle those?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2011-12-16T10:58:29.177" Title="What should we do about answers with Link Rot?" Tags="|discussion|answers|flagging|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2230" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2229" CreationDate="2011-12-16T04:11:47.630" Score="8" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Down-vote and comment&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ultimately these answers are bad, but they shouldn't warrant moderator intervention. Instead a comment mentioning the link is broken (as well as &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/1327/41&quot;&gt;mentioning the user &lt;em&gt;should&lt;/em&gt; be including the pertinent information&lt;/a&gt;) and down-voting will suffice. Enough down-votes will push the answer out of the public space and if the link is only temporarily down the answer will &lt;em&gt;still&lt;/em&gt; survive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2011-12-16T04:11:47.630" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2011-12-16T04:11:47.630" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2231" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2229" CreationDate="2011-12-16T04:12:16.880" Score="8" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Flag for deletion&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the answer can't be salvaged (it's just a link and no replacement can be found and the poster isn't likely to fix it themselves) the post might just want deleting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you're doing this, please leave a comment to let the poster know what you're doing - it gives them some additional warning to fix things and makes a moderator's job much easier.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2011-12-16T10:58:29.177" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2011-12-16T04:12:16.880" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2232" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2228" CreationDate="2011-12-16T04:12:42.497" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think the first one is an interesting case scenario that we haven't seen enough of in the flags to make a judgement on. &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/2229/41&quot;&gt;I've created a new question about how to handle answers with &quot;Link Rot&quot;&lt;/a&gt; as this should really be hashed out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In regards to the next example, the question wasn't closed until almost a month later. While I can't speak for the thought process but this question was closed nearly a month after it was flagged, in fact it wasn't until it was picked up by the Twitter feed that it was handled. Without knowing what the thought process was at that time (since this was before we could provide a &quot;reason&quot;) it's hard to ultimately say why it was declined.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, your last example seems like a simple mistake on our part, it was either declined hastily or accidentally as you were correct in identifying the duplication and it wasn't until another community member flagged the post that it was indeed closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ultimately, you have to take in to account what the question was like at the time of the flag, it may go through several revisions after a flag decline that it becomes apparent the flag was actually correct. Looking over your flag weight and history it would seem very few of your flags have been declined, and the remaining seem to be declined &quot;correctly&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2011-12-16T04:12:42.497" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2233" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2229" CreationDate="2011-12-16T10:53:58.303" Score="5" Body="&lt;h1&gt;There's a hole in your bucket? Well... Fix it, dear Henry!&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;There's a hole in the bucket, dear Liza, dear Liza,&lt;br/&gt;&#xA;There's a hole in the bucket, dear Liza, a hole.&lt;br/&gt;&#xA;Then fix it, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry,&lt;br/&gt;&#xA;Then fix it, dear Henry, dear Henry, fix it.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd suggest this as a precursor to any voting or commenting. Anybody can suggest an edit so if you see a broken link, Google for an alternative and if you find one, edit the post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You could even Google for the old URL and try to find the cached version. From there you could look for clues for finding an alternative link and if there's something particularly pertinent on that cached page, and you can't find an alternative, copy in that chunk of the text (within the rules of Fair Use if it's not freely copy-able).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you can't do any of that, move on to other measures.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2011-12-16T10:53:58.303" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2234" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2012" CreationDate="2011-12-17T05:05:29.843" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;For those users who do have the configuration required to use CCSM, it maybe possible to mention which aspects are relatively (or absolutely) safe and which aren't. For example, tweaking the &lt;strong&gt;about:unity&lt;/strong&gt; plug-in settings to reduce the icon size in the launcher and to increase the time-delay for the launcher to appear when my mouse inadvertently strays into launcher territory hasn't broken anything for me.&#xA;I haven't tried anything else since I'm not confident about fixing things if they go wrong. (I would like to enable the grab handles for resizing windows but I'm hesitant.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I also agree with the notion that there are many users who just want to use their PC rather than learn by recovering from mistakes. If things, in general, can somehow be adequately &quot;flagged&quot; in terms of their potential to break in a novice's hands, that would be a friendly gesture.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user25656" LastActivityDate="2011-12-17T05:05:29.843" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2235" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2238" CreationDate="2011-12-17T13:50:35.587" Score="5" ViewCount="42" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently happened to be on the site while I wasn't logged in, and I noticed that on each post, where the comment link normally is, is a feedback link. When you run your mouse over it, it changes to the question, &quot;Was this post useful to you?&quot; followed by yes/no buttons.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If someone clicks one of those buttons, what happens? Does it count as an up- or downvote? Does it flag the post? I can't see anything in the UI which would seem to be the result of one of those buttons being clicked.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13398" LastEditorUserId="13398" LastEditDate="2011-12-17T16:36:46.603" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="What does the feedback link do?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2236" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2237" CreationDate="2011-12-17T14:54:47.207" Score="3" ViewCount="64" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just re-tagged a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/83742/does-all-hardware-of-a-thinkpad-edge-e525-work&quot;&gt;question&lt;/a&gt; with a misspelled tag. From &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1789/delete-tag-4096&quot;&gt;these&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2090/what-to-do-with-useless-new-tags&quot;&gt;two&lt;/a&gt; search results, it looks like tags are dropped after a period of inactivity. Can misspelled tags be deleted instead, so the error is less likely to recur?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The tags at issue here are 'hardware-recommendation' (correct) and 'hardware-reccommendation' (incorrect). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12864" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2011-12-17T16:09:20.477" Title="Can misspelled tags be deleted?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2237" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2236" CreationDate="2011-12-17T16:09:20.477" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;They can be merged with the proper tag, which has just happened in this case. In the future visit the correct tag's page, click Synonym, and suggest that the incorrect spelling of the tag be a synonym of the correctly spelled tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2011-12-17T16:09:20.477" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2238" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2235" CreationDate="2011-12-17T16:32:21.377" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is part of the anonymous feedback feature for people who don't have the ability to vote, there's a whole tag about it on the parent meta (Can't seem to find a blog post about it):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/post-feedback?sort=active&amp;amp;pagesize=50&quot;&gt;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/post-feedback?sort=active&amp;amp;pagesize=50&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as I can tell we're collecting the data in the system but don't really use it for anything yet. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The questions show up for users with 10k reputation in the review section, but right now it just shows you which questions are getting the most anonymous feedback so we can improve/vote on questions which are being voted on by people on the internet who might not have an account or can't vote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Perhaps as this corpus of information gets larger we can do something with this information but I really only go in there every once in a while to see if there's a page getting a bunch of &quot;this is not useful&quot; links. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2011-12-17T16:32:21.377" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2239" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-12-18T01:14:37.343" Score="1" ViewCount="55" Body="&lt;p&gt;I know this is a bit of a stretch, as it probably requires something on StackExchange's part or whatever, I don't know. But I find myself refreshing constantly, and in an age of Javascript and HTML5, it's suddenly irritating to have to navigate pages and check for updates. So many things could be JS Pop-ups or realtime updates...or am I just crazy?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="38282" LastActivityDate="2012-01-23T03:56:49.793" Title="Real-time updates?" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2241" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-12-18T09:34:40.030" Score="2" ViewCount="34" Body="&lt;p&gt;I noticed that there are two nearly-identical tags: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/script&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;script&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;script&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/scripts&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;scripts&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;scripts&lt;/a&gt;. One should be made a synonym of the other, but I don't have enough rep to do so. Would someone else like to handle this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13398" LastActivityDate="2011-12-18T09:34:40.030" Title="Tag synonyms needed" Tags="|discussion|tags|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2013-07-11T22:11:59.380" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2242" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-12-18T15:24:55.963" Score="2" ViewCount="55" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/716/why-are-you-only-allowed-to-comment-with-50-rep&quot;&gt;Why are you only allowed to comment with 50 rep?&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am a new user to SO , to be true(3 days) , we can see other users questions, but if we are confused for an answer , we can't comment(due to low rep), so there is no choice other than posting answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, if the answer is incorrect, then others downvote , which further leads to low repu and further we can't comment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am facing this, may be others too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="38241" LastActivityDate="2011-12-18T15:24:55.963" Title="Low reputation people can't comment if they are not sure of answer" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2011-12-18T21:07:58.433" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2244" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2245" CreationDate="2011-12-19T13:56:28.790" Score="1" ViewCount="42" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've accidentally deleted my own &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/88945/hotkeys-stop-working-in-eclipse&quot;&gt;question&lt;/a&gt;, should I ask it again or can it be undeleted?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="31936" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2011-12-19T14:13:25.543" Title="Accidentally deleted my own question" Tags="|support|deleted-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2245" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2244" CreationDate="2011-12-19T14:13:25.543" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've just undeleted it for you. :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastActivityDate="2011-12-19T14:13:25.543" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2246" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2247" CreationDate="2011-12-19T18:49:29.980" Score="15" ViewCount="416" Body="&lt;p&gt;Recently, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/89020/41&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; appeared asking how to bypass a firewall using Ubuntu. What should we do about questions which seek out how to use Ubuntu to bypass security implementations?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2011-12-20T01:10:37.937" Title="Questions seeking how to bypass security, off-topic?" Tags="|discussion|scope|acceptable-use|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2247" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2246" CreationDate="2011-12-19T18:51:14.223" Score="19" Body="&lt;h1&gt;On-topic&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe these questions are on-topic, nevermind the motive behind the question, as long as the question doesn't break or interfere with any laws these questions should remain open.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2011-12-19T18:51:14.223" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2011-12-19T18:51:14.223" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2249" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2246" CreationDate="2011-12-19T20:47:42.130" Score="-6" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Off-topic&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;This question is about bypassing web-filtering (a type of firewall) on the questioner's network (possibly a university campus, but could be anywhere).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;This would then allow him/her to reach objectionable content, download pirated content (movies, music), and/or carry out communications otherwise blocked or monitored for this location.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;This is breaking the law, although it may be only a minor criminal act in &lt;strong&gt;some jurisdictions&lt;/strong&gt;.  We should &lt;strong&gt;NOT&lt;/strong&gt; be encouraging, endorsing, or discussing such functionality.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;This type of action is problematic, because the institution or business is legally (and criminally) responsible for the actions of persons using its network.  They therefore have the right to mitigate or limit their exposure.  This is &lt;strong&gt;NOT&lt;/strong&gt; censorship, but more like self preservation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;This is &lt;strong&gt;NOT&lt;/strong&gt; about Ubuntu.  The chosen methodology (some method of proxy bypass) may involve the installation of software, but would more likely involve identifying and/or connecting to an external 'facilitating service'.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="34576" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2011-12-19T23:38:07.353" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2250" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2246" CreationDate="2011-12-20T01:10:37.937" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is no correlation between who has the firewall or bypasses it, and who has the high moral ground. Sometimes the firewall is protecting a private network from intrusion, sometimes the firewall is enforcing censorship, and sometimes it's just a dumb IT choice that prevents you from doing your job. I'll reiterate what I wrote on a &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.superuser.com/questions/2290/legal-basis-for-restriction-of-discussions/2294#2294&quot;&gt;related topic on a related site&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;strong&gt;concentrate on the technical merits of posts&lt;/strong&gt;, don't try to guess what the legal or ethical situation may be (the next person with the same question may be in the opposite camp anyway).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How it's done on other sites:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://superuser.com/&quot;&gt;Super User&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.superuser.com/questions/533/handling-questions-that-are-clearly-trying-to-break-some-kind-of-policy-tos-et&quot;&gt;Handling questions that are clearly trying to break some kind of policy, TOS, etc?&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.superuser.com/questions/2290/legal-basis-for-restriction-of-discussions&quot;&gt;Legal basis for restriction of discussions?&lt;/a&gt; If the request is evidently highly likely to be illegal and immoral, then the question is up for deletion. But merely violating some policy does not make one immoral.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://serverfault.com/&quot;&gt;Server Fault&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.serverfault.com/questions/1659/handling-illegal-immoral-questions-and-answers&quot;&gt;Handling illegal/immoral questions and answers&lt;/a&gt; On Server Fault, if you don't make IT policy, you're not one of “us”. This attitude is not friendly even on a site for system administrators (sometimes you're the local administrator and you have to dodge around central IT), and it does not make any sense on a site for everyone like Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Unix &amp;amp; Linux&lt;/a&gt;: It doesn't seem to have come up, but I can assure you that if it does, one vocal user will strongly defend judging questions on their technical merits alone.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://security.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;IT Security&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href=&quot;https://security.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/290/how-do-we-provide-value-to-white-and-grey-hats&quot;&gt;How do we provide value to white and grey hats?&lt;/a&gt;, where it's widely noted that much of the information that's useful to black hats is also useful to white hats and vice versa.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Regarding the particular question you cite, I'm not against it on moral grounds; how to bypass a firewall is a perfectly legitimate question. But the question itself is vague, we don't know what kind of firewall is being used (we do need to have some idea of what it blocks to provide a useful answer). This isn't a good question, but for technical reasons, not for moral reasons, and it can improve if the asker provides more details.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1059" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:37:19.280" LastActivityDate="2011-12-20T01:10:37.937" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2251" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2252" CreationDate="2011-12-20T03:17:53.573" Score="4" ViewCount="155" Body="&lt;p&gt;My computer shows that it's still Monday the 19th, but Ask Ubuntu does not show me on site today, but shows me tomorrow.  Is there another setting I need to set on my computer?  I don't remember or see any time zone settings on my personal information page but my computer shows my location to be Los Angeles, which is the closest place on the time zone map.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/27eFB.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Ask Ubuntu Calendar&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My time settings on same screen shot.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/gCDxo.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;My time settings from the desktop&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22929" LastEditorUserId="22929" LastEditDate="2011-12-20T03:23:50.957" LastActivityDate="2012-01-03T03:40:08.970" Title="Why doesn't Ask Ubuntu's calendar match my calendar" Tags="|discussion|support|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2252" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2251" CreationDate="2011-12-20T06:20:46.833" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;All dates and times on Ask Ubuntu are based on UTC or Zulu time (Can't remember which, though I think it's the latter). 7PM EST is when midnight on Ask Ubuntu occurs. Based on your screenshot I'm guessing you're a few hours behind EST, maybe PST so for you 4PM is when the &quot;clock&quot; on Ask Ubuntu rolls over.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2011-12-20T06:20:46.833" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2253" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2256" CreationDate="2011-12-20T07:49:24.143" Score="21" ViewCount="808" Body="&lt;p&gt;This question is being posted largely in response to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/88974/18612&quot;&gt;this answer&lt;/a&gt; describing the &quot;Adult Lens and Porn Scope&quot; and how to install it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As Roland Taylor and I commented on the answer, we have concerns over whether this material should be posted at Ask Ubuntu. Besides the fact that someone under legal age could easily install and use the lens by following the posted instructions, some of us also have concerns that it is indecent and inappropriate to even mention on the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It was pointed out in the reason for my rejected flag that a &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/2761094#2761094&quot;&gt;chat discussion&lt;/a&gt; over the answer eventually decided that it was on-topic and therefore stay. It was also noted, however, that a Meta question would be the proper way to handle this issue, and so here it is.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, in summary: should we not allow questions or answers which discuss the usage of software intended for use with adult materials?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="18612" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:24.280" LastActivityDate="2011-12-21T05:39:55.180" Title="Should questions/answers dealing with &quot;adult&quot; software be flagged as inappropriate?" Tags="|discussion|flagging|acceptable-use|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2254" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2253" CreationDate="2011-12-20T08:01:39.867" Score="-5" Body="&lt;h1&gt;No, they should not be allowed&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are many of us who would strongly object to this. It could create serious problems with underage readers, and could also be seen as indecent, inappropriate, offensive and/or unprofessional. I for one would not want to &lt;em&gt;ever&lt;/em&gt; see this material come up in my browser even inadvertently (note that the provided answer appears on a question not even asking for that type of lens), or want those looking at our community to believe we condone this sort of behavior.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Decency may be largely a cultural thing, but it doesn't change the fact that a significant portion of the community would still likely find this makes visiting Ask Ubuntu a very uncomfortable experience, to say the least. The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq#flagging&quot;&gt;Ask Ubuntu FAQ&lt;/a&gt; encourages readers to flag anything they find to be inappropriate, which is what my position asserts it is.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="18612" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2011-12-20T08:01:39.867" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2255" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2253" CreationDate="2011-12-20T08:17:36.033" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is not the responsibility of Ask Ubuntu or OMG! Ubuntu! to educate and protect minors. It is their parents' job.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What was described in that answer was a technical interface. If it would be like that we shouldn't allow any question or answer related to browsers because people may browse for pornography with their browser.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is totally on topic and should not be removed just because some people don't like it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2732" LastEditorUserId="2732" LastEditDate="2011-12-20T08:25:18.703" LastActivityDate="2011-12-20T08:25:18.703" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2256" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2253" CreationDate="2011-12-20T10:13:52.423" Score="39" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Yes, they must be allowed&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We don't even have a choice in the matter, because we're unable to form any policy that would be fair and respectful to the vast majority of users if we start deleting &lt;em&gt;any&lt;/em&gt; content on moral grounds. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;We don't make the moral rules.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And if anybody is offended by any kind of content, that's not nice. But the alternative, imposing our own morals on the community, is far worse. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The case against pornographic material, at this level of abstraction, is weak at best.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If someone posts outright adult content, it will be deleted - of course - because it has no place on a site like Ask Ubuntu. The post in question is legal, and decent enough such that &quot;being offended&quot; is not a good enough argument against it.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Consider other types of content that &lt;em&gt;will&lt;/em&gt; offend people:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Political content (e.g. right wing news lens for unity)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Lèse-majesté / dissent (e.g. proxy software to circumvent government censorship)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Religious content (e.g. Bible/Koran/Torah  software)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;LGBT content (e.g. gay-friendly genealogy software)&lt;sup&gt;[1]&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Online gambling (e.g. hosting your own gambling site with ubuntu/foss)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Free expression (e.g. the political cartoon of the day desktop widget)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Pornography firmly belong on that list.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The values of Ubuntu include freedom. A discussion about the morals of any kind of behaviour belongs into politics, not software. Which means:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;if you are offended by anything, it's no excuse to &lt;strong&gt;exclude people&lt;/strong&gt; from the Ubuntu community.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Being respectful demands that we not &lt;strong&gt;judge people&lt;/strong&gt; by arbitrary standards.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Concretely, the only valid reason for an Ask Ubuntu moderator to judge someone is the law, which is - I think - pretty clear: Mentioning the existence of pornography is not illegal, requires no age limit&lt;sup&gt;[2]&lt;/sup&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I delete any content on moral grounds, &lt;em&gt;one of&lt;/em&gt; two conditions are met:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It's illegal (e.g. hate speech)&lt;sup&gt;[3]&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It doesn't belong on Ask Ubuntu (e.g. &quot;what's a good porn site?&quot;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Okay. Sorry about babbling on for so long. (:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;[1]: For instance, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GRAMPS&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;GRAMPS&lt;/a&gt;. Which also allows for children born out of wedlock, I'm told.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;sub&gt;[2]: I am not a lawyer of course, but I think it's fairly clear that preventing &quot;dissemination of pornography to minors&quot; is YouPorn's job, not Ask Ubuntu's. In a similar fashion, Google doesn't need to block it from search results.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;sub&gt;[3]: We've actually had a case of that here. Needless to say, it was deleted instantly.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastActivityDate="2011-12-20T10:13:52.423" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2257" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2253" CreationDate="2011-12-20T11:04:18.987" Score="15" Body="&lt;h2&gt;We allow it...&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The context here that started all this is an answer which describes an addon that allows somebody to search for porn. The answer itself is not pornographic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If somebody is offended by porn they don't look at it. That's usually fairly simple. If somebody looked at this answer, they would not see porn so nobody has been harmed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If somebody has a child or employee who they don't want to view porn, they need a solution, but not one that involved us self-censoring. There are technological and educational steps to reduce the problem, and if they want to ask about them here, that's great but we're not here to hold a curtain around certain subjects unless they're off-topic, unhelpful or illegal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;...within reason&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If somebody posts actual pornographic material to the site, it's hard to imagine how that would be required to answer a question and we would delete or edit it accordingly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's nothing new, it's just as we would (and do) delete hate speech, rants, trolls and most other sorts of unneccessary, unhelpful posts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2011-12-20T11:04:18.987" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2258" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-12-20T12:38:37.793" Score="2" ViewCount="37" Body="&lt;p&gt;When I flag a post from the &lt;em&gt;Flags&lt;/em&gt; tab, it gets removed on reload. I'd like to see the same thing happen with entries in the &lt;em&gt;Close&lt;/em&gt; tab.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are currenty 17 questions in &lt;em&gt;Recent Votes&lt;/em&gt; and I voted on half of them - I don't want to open and try to vote on all of those questions to see which ones are new.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3037" LastActivityDate="2011-12-20T12:38:37.793" Title="Remove already voted to close questions from the &quot;Close&quot; review tab" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2260" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-12-22T14:20:09.267" Score="18" ViewCount="214" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sometimes a person's answer is really helpful, but I'm not sure if thanking the person as a comment is appropriate (as it's not a discussion forum). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="38642" LastActivityDate="2011-12-22T14:39:15.460" Title="Am I allowed to say thanks?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2261" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2260" CreationDate="2011-12-22T14:25:39.810" Score="20" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Vote for them!&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's the proper way of saying thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You're spot-on though, we do like to keep the chatter down to a minimum as it makes it harder for people to find good answers if they have to wade through comments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But it's unlikely anybody (users or moderators) would mind the &lt;em&gt;occasional&lt;/em&gt; comment letting people know how good an answer is. As somebody who has written one or two answers and has had a few thankful comments in return, I can say it is nice to have personal feedback.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think you should go for it, but save thanks-comments for the truly exceptional answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2011-12-22T14:39:15.460" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2262" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-12-22T15:43:18.923" Score="7" ViewCount="100" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is there a way to merge my previous questions on askubuntu.com with my later registered account ( i use the same email address )?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="38866" OwnerDisplayName="Kostyantyn" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2011-12-22T16:03:49.040" LastActivityDate="2011-12-22T16:04:34.093" Title="Is there a way to merge my previous questions on askubuntu.com with my registered account ( i use the same email address )" Tags="|discussion|status-completed|email|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2263" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2262" CreationDate="2011-12-22T16:04:34.093" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Okay I've done this for you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've merged in two unregistered accounts and you've had their questions and points allocated to your new registered account.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2011-12-22T16:04:34.093" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2265" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2267" CreationDate="2011-12-24T18:07:34.033" Score="12" ViewCount="235" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm new to Linux so I can't answer most questions here. Are there any good ways, other than surfing the site and answering, to increase my reputation?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="34836" OwnerDisplayName="John McKean Pruitt" LastEditorUserId="18612" LastEditDate="2012-01-08T18:34:17.353" LastActivityDate="2012-01-08T18:34:17.353" Title="How do I increase my rep as a Linux newbie?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2266" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2265" CreationDate="2011-12-24T18:49:05.623" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Asking questions is a good way to first earn reputation (make sure that they haven't already been asked first though). As you earn more and more rep., you will unlock more features that will help you gain more reputation. Try looking around at questions that have already been answered, maybe you will will learn something from them that you can use in the future. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="26947" OwnerDisplayName="Icedrake" LastActivityDate="2011-12-24T18:49:05.623" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2267" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2265" CreationDate="2011-12-25T15:21:21.203" Score="16" Body="&lt;h2&gt;1. Ask Good Questions&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Firstly, ask good questions. Good and thorough questions are more likely to be upvoted to increase your reputation. When you ask questions you learn to, so you can help other people on the site with similar problems.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;2. Edit Tags&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Secondly, edit tags. This is something that anyone can do with access to google and some time on thier hands. Adding descriptions to tags that don't have descriptions already will help you further understand Ubuntu and help other pepole to learn about terms that they don't already know. You can edit tags by clicking on the &quot;Tags&quot; link in the top navigation bar.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;3. Leave Helpful Comments&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thirdly, leave thought-provoking and helpful comments. Don't be so critical to the point of being annoying. Leave a comment if something needs to be clarified, this will help the asker of the question so that the people who are trying to answer further understand the problem. Don't leave comments saying that the asker did a good job on thier question, instead, upvote. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;4. Be an active user&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Fourth, be an active user of the site. You get badges for leaving so many comments, upvoting so many times, visiting the site for so many days in a row, etc. For more information on what badges you can get for doing what, go to the &quot;Badges&quot; tab in the top bar.  Read other people's questions and maybe they will help you learn something. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Conclusion&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You earn &lt;strong&gt;privlieges&lt;/strong&gt; for gaining rep. The more rep you have, the more stuff you can do. Remember that the FAQ says that &quot;reputation is a measure of how much the community trusts you&quot;. In real life, building up trust takes time. Gaining a high reputation is going to take a lot of time and effort. Take some time and read through the whead the FAQ for some more ideas on how to gain rep and use the site appropriately.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="30405" OwnerDisplayName="William" LastActivityDate="2011-12-25T15:21:21.203" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2268" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-12-28T19:19:52.920" Score="-9" ViewCount="359" Body="&lt;p&gt;This particular site of stack exchange is not amusing me, has no function and has over zealous moderators who deleted every single one of my posts, two of which because i mentioned that unity is a bug filled useless piece of code (which was very relevant to the question, but which they put 'was not relevant' with no recourse whatsoever) and one because, well because they just wanted to. i rate it lower than zero, and want it removed from my list of stack exchange sites but i dont want to remove my whole stack exchange login. thanks. to the moderators who deleted my relevant posts, what kind of overzealous idiots are you ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user39052" LastActivityDate="2012-01-03T18:41:14.027" Title="Hi, how can i remove this account?" Tags="|discussion|asking-questions|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2269" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2268" CreationDate="2011-12-28T21:07:20.953" Score="17" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm sorry to hear you've had such a negative experience with Ask Ubuntu. First of all allow me to address each one of your points, then if you still wish to remove your account instructions will be outlined at the bottom.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've reviewed each of the answers in question and would like to shed some light on each.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;This was the first answer I reviewed. Since it's been deleted I've included the body of the text with a link. As you may well know, nothing is ever really &quot;deleted&quot;, you can always view questions and answers that have been deleted as well as the comments attached to them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/69102/compiz-grid-feature-abruptly-stopped-working-correctly-now-ctrl-alt-num-4-an/90035#90035&quot;&gt;I would suggest that unity is a 'bug' in the thinking of ubuntu developers. Why o why did they start doing that when there is so many other things to do ! :) set session to classic mode to turn it off. (you then have to fiddle around with compiz setup, but youll get it)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I agree with the course of action taken here. The user was specifically asking for a solution to an issue which, according to the comments, turned out to be a bug. The bug was reported, a patch was created, and is now fixed. &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1317/what-to-do-with-questions-that-describe-known-bugs/&quot;&gt;Bug reports are off-topic for Ask Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt; to begin with. That being said, your question neither addresses the issue or provides any fruitful actions for the user. Simply saying &quot;unity is a 'bug'&quot; and informing the user to disable unity isn't really a solution. It parallels a similar scenario of &quot;My Microsoft Windows computer used to open Word Documents but now doesn't&quot; then replying &quot;Windows is a virus, you should buy a Mac&quot;. As you can see, this isn't really a solution to the problem at all. At best your answer was a comment, one posed in jest at your apparent dislike of a Desktop Shell.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Similar to the previous example, you answered a question about LibreOffice Unity Launcher not working, your reply:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/47914/libreoffice-unity-launcher-doesnt-work/90995#90995&quot;&gt;Unity is a new device tagged on to an operating system with already too many graphical choices, it looks awful, is buggy, hooks into compiz in horrible awful ways, does nothing useful and totally confuses me why someone would bother doing such a thing, the only solution is using 'classic' mode and uninstalling anything with unity in the name.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Again, this question ended up being a bug, and was closed; however, your proposed &quot;solution&quot; offers nothing that addresses the issue at hand, a user is having a problem performing X on Y. Your proposed solution is to forget about Y and just switch to Z.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;This is the final answer you've provided on the site. Unlike the previous two you've attempted to reach out to the user who asked the question and collect additional information:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/22247/wireless-will-not-connect/90999#90999&quot;&gt;is it the case that when you have set your router to accept any non-WPA connections you forgot to erase the settings from 'edit connections' in Network Manager ? Reason I ask is because your non-WPA connection shows wpa-supplicant having an error which i thought was the program that deals with WPA connections. For non WPA connections i think it shouldnt be using that, so perhaps you have switched it to an OPEN network but forgot to change your settings on your client to reflect that ? Assuming your ubuntu install is a fresh one and you havent fiddled too much, this looks to me like a router issue, try another router to double check if possible.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a great attempt to further hone in on the issue and reach a solution, so I will have to apologize for the confusion. Your answer wasn't actually deleted, it was instead converted to a comment on the original question. Since you're posing several questions to the author these are better served as comments. I likely don't have to remind you, since you are a Stack Exchange veteran, that all users need &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/comment&quot;&gt;50 reputation points in order to post comments on any posts other than their own&lt;/a&gt;. So, one of our moderators converted the answer for you. You can visit the question, click &quot;See all comments&quot; and confirm it's been moved. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I hope the above sheds some light on what you've referred to as &quot;overzealous moderation&quot; from the &quot;overzealous idiot&quot; moderator team. In all honesty, with the exception of the last post, your posts were flagged by members of our community. As I'm sure you're aware, given your Stack Exchange history, moderators work the majority of their actions as an extension of what the community dictates. Each post in question, with the exception of the last one, were flagged by community members bringing to our attention the sub-par nature of the content.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you still want just your Ask Ubuntu account removed, we'd be happy to help and finish that process for you. Just drop a comment on this post with something to the tune of &quot;Please continue with the deletion of my account&quot; and it'll be done shortly after your reply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2012-01-03T18:41:14.027" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2270" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2268" CreationDate="2011-12-29T11:15:20.087" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;I deleted two of your posts. One rant and the one that was converted to a comment because it was a series of questions, not an answer. Marco is completely correct in his reasoning.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Answers-to-comments is standard fare. The users and moderators here are pretty attentive so we deal with more than what you might be used to.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Rants are very, &lt;em&gt;very&lt;/em&gt; rarely any use to anybody. As I pointed out in my comment, we are not a forum for people just to &quot;me too&quot;, &quot;Unity tuk auer jawbs!&quot;, etc along with the OP. Other people, people not me, were voting against your post &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; flagging it for moderator attention... So I took action and here we are.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Considering your account has been deleted now I'm not sure if you'll ever come back to check to see why we're &quot;overzealous idiots&quot;, but I thought I should say something as 66% of your problem is me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you'll hopefully come to accept one day, I am but a channel for the rules of Ask Ubuntu. If you disagree with those rules, you're welcome to start a thread on Meta to discuss what posts are acceptable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2011-12-29T11:15:20.087" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2271" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2272" CreationDate="2011-12-30T16:57:34.630" Score="5" ViewCount="152" Body="&lt;p&gt;What should be done if a question goes unanswered for a long time? (as an example, one of my questions about MouseHover is still unanswered.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="35750" LastEditorUserId="6005" LastEditDate="2012-01-01T01:49:01.327" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="What to do if no one answers a Question?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2272" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2271" CreationDate="2011-12-30T18:57:53.803" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is taken from meta.stackexchange.com&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/7046/how-do-i-get-attention-for-my-old-unanswered-questions&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How do I get attention for my old, unanswered questions?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You can &amp;quot;bump&amp;quot; your thread by editing the question to &lt;strong&gt;provide status and progress updates resulting from your own continued efforts to answer the question yourself&lt;/strong&gt;. I usually do that unless I really hit a dead end with no further clues to follow. Some times I eventually bring about enough understanding to realise the answer, and thus post a resolution to my own problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you have &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/privileges/set-bounties&quot;&gt;at least &lt;strong&gt;75&lt;/strong&gt; rep points&lt;/a&gt;, you can offer a &lt;strong&gt;bounty&lt;/strong&gt;, promising to give some of your points to the person who correctly answers your question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="62" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2011-12-30T18:57:53.803" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2273" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2271" CreationDate="2011-12-30T18:59:09.777" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are at least two options:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;edit the question to add more detail or any updated detail - this will bump the question to the top of the list&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;create a bounty by giving up some rep - this attracts more attention&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="440" LastActivityDate="2011-12-30T18:59:09.777" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2274" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2011-12-31T19:44:12.633" Score="15" ViewCount="80" Body="&lt;p&gt;I ran into &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/manager&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;manager&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;manager&lt;/a&gt; and realized that people weren't really using it properly, instead it was people doing things like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/network&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;network&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;network&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/manager&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;manager&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;manager&lt;/a&gt; instead of just &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/network-manager&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;network-manager&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;network-manager&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ditto for file-manager, modem-manager, power-manager, and so on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I redited the questions to get rid of it, but I thought I'd post it here as it might be a good idea to blacklist it to force the questions into the right tags instead of allowing &quot;manager&quot; to exist at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2012-01-25T03:32:14.797" Title="manager tag is horrible, I have killed it" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2276" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-01-01T23:39:46.380" Score="0" ViewCount="109" Body="&lt;p&gt;By my calendar, it's not January 2. 2012. When I look at the stats for this week, month, quarter and year, it seems we're still in December. When does this change? :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19779" LastEditorUserId="1118" LastEditDate="2013-12-16T02:05:05.930" LastActivityDate="2013-12-16T02:05:05.930" Title="When does askubuntu.com celebrate new years eve?" Tags="|discussion|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2014-12-31T19:02:11.197" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2277" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2392" CreationDate="2012-01-02T09:09:59.477" Score="4" ViewCount="54" Body="&lt;p&gt;It looks like the content area of the question retag page needs more padding-left. I'm using Firefox 8.0 on Oneiric.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/QftVb.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5674" LastEditorUserId="61" LastEditDate="2012-01-26T15:44:57.943" LastActivityDate="2012-01-26T15:44:57.943" Title="Retag page needs more left padding?" Tags="|bug|status-completed|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2278" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-01-02T10:52:25.980" Score="1" ViewCount="122" Body="&lt;p&gt;the tag system-tray refers to the upper panel, and the panel refers to the upper panel.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So why do they both exist?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/92164/10698&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; question: it has system-tray listed and not upper panel?! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10698" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2012-01-02T14:06:26.817" Title="what the difference between system-tray and panel?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2279" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2278" CreationDate="2012-01-02T14:06:26.817" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The panel is the entire grey bar that spans the top of your screen. The &quot;system-tray&quot; is only the indicator area, where you have icons and stuff. In Unity, it isn't so easy to spot the difference, but in Gnome Panel, for instance, this area is a panel applet that can be moved around. The same is true for Xfce and LXDE, so in those environments, the difference is more noticeable. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19779" LastActivityDate="2012-01-02T14:06:26.817" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2281" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2377" CreationDate="2012-01-02T20:59:11.360" Score="103" ViewCount="3463" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ok so I've spent a few days doing hardcore cleaning and we have a problem with comments and people misusing them. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;People who are too lazy to write a real answer so they write a half finished one that doesn't work or is just some commands out of context. This hurts the site because they're usually incomplete, and more importantly, the community can't downvote them or edit them so we have to flag them, which takes up precious moderator time when they have real flags they can be handling. Many of these comments are even missing links to the proper information. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It's rude, you might as well leave a LMGTFY link while you are at it. We don't leave people links to wrong things on blogs, or say things like &quot;Did you search Google?&quot; because we already know it's probably wrong, that's why we're here! &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbNnVV5cnSw&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Be better than The Gap&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We have too many &lt;em&gt;experienced users who should know better&lt;/em&gt; just responding back and forth in the comments instead of FIXING THE USER'S QUESTION. Any one can submit an edit, if you see a new user struggling take the time to help them out with a quick edit until they learn it, it will improve the site.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;(This is an easy one): Instead of asking people to reply with information, instead make it explicit when leaving a comment that you would like an edit, example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Instead of:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;What kind of wireless is it?&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Can you [edit] your question to add what kind of wireless card you have?&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;putting the &lt;code&gt;edit&lt;/code&gt; in &lt;code&gt;[]&lt;/code&gt; will make it a clickable link to  the edit page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;or better yet, reuse and improve the existing &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1323/what-prewritten-comments-can-we-use-and-share&quot;&gt;precanned comments&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2021-12-02T16:19:48.443" LastActivityDate="2021-12-02T16:19:48.443" Title="Please stop posting half answers and bad advice as comments" Tags="|discussion|comments|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="2282" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-01-02T21:48:15.597" Score="12" ViewCount="185" Body="&lt;h2&gt;A problem&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Looking at titles on the &lt;em&gt;Newest Questions&lt;/em&gt; page today, I'm not seeing many questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;&quot;I have two top panels in Ubuntu for some reason&quot;&#xA;&quot;Performance Test Software&quot;&#xA;&quot;Feedback for 11.10&quot;&#xA;&quot;Intel 3945ABG wifi sees only some networks&quot;&#xA;&quot;Cannot modify my USB Files/Folders&quot;&#xA;&quot;Kmail migration issues in 11.10&quot;&#xA;&quot;Broadcom 4313 (gn) wirelless card on HP Pavilion g6 weak signal but close to AP&quot;&#xA;&quot;Network Manager Failing to allow Ubuntu 11.10 to shut down.&quot;&#xA;&quot;Queable packagemanagement&quot;&#xA;&quot;aptitude update as cronjob, customize the cron-mail-output&quot;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;People are not starting their titles with  interrogatives and ending them with question marks. While this may seem like a trivial issue, in my view &lt;strong&gt;we are losing the battle to get people to ask coherent questions in AskUbuntu.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A question is a useful mental constraint. It forces people to pinpoint exactly what they want answered, and cut out side-issues. It's also a useful condensation: it makes it easy for question-answerers to scan for problems they might be able to solve. Finally, &lt;em&gt;the presence of non-questions on AskUbuntu prevents visitors from realizing this is a Q&amp;amp;A site, not a forum.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;A suggestion&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Could we use Javascript to regex match the Title input against question syntax...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;^(Who|What|When|Where|Which|Why|How|Is|Are|Will|Can|Could).+\?$&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;... and display a notification if there's no match?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hey, that doesn't look like a question&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;AskUbuntu is a Q&amp;amp;A site, so we recommend you phrase your problem as a concrete and answerable question. For example, don't type:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Software installation&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;but instead:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;How do I install software?&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="24694" LastEditorUserId="24694" LastEditDate="2012-01-03T22:35:44.393" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Could a suggestion appear when users type a non-question title?" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2283" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2251" CreationDate="2012-01-03T03:40:08.970" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I saw another question similar so I thought I would put a picture of it to help.  I never would have found it until Marco pointed me in the right direction.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hover your mouse over your user name in the top center of your browser.  Look for the UTC time in the bottom left corner of the picture.  This is what the Stack Exchange uses for time and date.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I did this screenshot at 7:14pm Pacific time and askubuntu time shows 03:14.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/8Q0NU.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;User window&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit out if not appropriate. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22929" LastActivityDate="2012-01-03T03:40:08.970" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2284" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2285" CreationDate="2012-01-03T14:00:26.807" Score="3" ViewCount="64" Body="&lt;p&gt;One of the common thing in new AU Users is that they tend to post a question without doing a bit of research, How about adding a Checklist for new users with Reputation less than 'xy' like....&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;{X} Have you Googled It?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;{X} Have you searched AU thorougghly for Questions Similar to that of yours?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;{X} Have you tried finding out if your problem is a Bug?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;{X} Are you sure your Question is not a Know-How previously discussed in Forum or AU.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Implementing the above can (hopefully) decrease Duplication of Questions, coz Users (like me-in past) tend to be too lazy to do all those Mentioned above.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="35750" LastEditorUserId="235" LastEditDate="2012-01-03T14:20:06.043" LastActivityDate="2012-01-03T14:20:06.043" Title="How about adding a &quot;Check List&quot; for Every New AU User who asks a Question?" Tags="|discussion|users|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2285" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2284" CreationDate="2012-01-03T14:19:58.197" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't think we have a duplicate problem per se, the problem is more that we don't have enough people with enough reputation to close duplicates quickly enough and people start  putting answers in the duplicate instead of the original question. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Recommending people to google things doesn't always work as there's a ton of information out there, which in many cases is incorrect. I would never send a friend to google, I would send them here, though we're now starting to have decent rankings in google so this is becoming less of a problem.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The site automatically does this for people when they ask a question. If they don't then we can easily mark it as a duplicate, this strengthens the ability for people to find a question. If someone is too lazy to do a search it's not a problem. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Most people don't know how to do this or might not know the difference between a software flaw or they don't know how to use it.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Same as answer #2.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, long story short, if you see something that is a duplicate, flag it so we can dupe it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2012-01-03T14:19:58.197" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2286" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-01-03T14:51:02.170" Score="1" ViewCount="99" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is hard to believe, I want to ask for some help, but doing it just by text is really annoying. I have to wait for some reputation to do that, how do you want me to get fast help then?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="39400" LastActivityDate="2012-01-03T18:50:59.970" Title="New users should be able to upload images" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2287" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2286" CreationDate="2012-01-03T18:50:59.970" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can always post a link to the image hosted on an online image-sharing site like &lt;a href=&quot;http://imgur.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;imgur.com&lt;/a&gt;, and one of us with higher reputation will gladly edit it in properly for you until you earn the privilege to do so on your own.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="18612" LastActivityDate="2012-01-03T18:50:59.970" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2288" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2282" CreationDate="2012-01-04T00:44:54.563" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The SE system already &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/10/asking-better-questions/&quot;&gt;checks incoming new questions for quality&lt;/a&gt;, so it does weed out the most worthless ones. (I have no insight how many of those it's catching though)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't think fixing the title will get what you want though, it's about the entire question. I find that if a question's title is horrible that the content of the question itself is poor, so really it's about improving the entire question itself, not just the title. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This takes time and effort that can't be so easily automated, and no matter how awesome of an editor we might become it's really up to the asker to take ownership of their question and make it better.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;My personal guideline is I usually give an incoming question (and whatever &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2011/11/improved-reviewing/&quot;&gt;shows up in the review tool&lt;/a&gt; a once over edit to improve it as best as I can, and then hopefully the asker will keep improving it. They will either keep improving it, or abandon it. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You have &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2011/06/optimizing-for-pearls-not-sand/&quot;&gt;free question downvotes&lt;/a&gt; for a reason, if a question is bad enough that you can't fix it then downvote it and leave a comment. You'll be saving the next contributor time and frustration by not wasting their time looking at a question that can't be answered.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2012-01-04T00:44:54.563" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2289" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2276" CreationDate="2012-01-04T02:12:55.843" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;All dates in Stack Exchange are bases on UTC time. Check your local timezone for the offset from UTC time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="62" LastActivityDate="2012-01-04T02:12:55.843" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2290" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2291" CreationDate="2012-01-04T12:28:18.857" Score="53" ViewCount="1002" Body="&lt;p&gt;The site has special features for moderators.&#xA;Can I see how the site looks like to the average moderator(tools and stuff)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17722" LastEditorUserId="518562" LastEditDate="2016-06-17T10:18:27.797" LastActivityDate="2018-05-03T06:46:29.883" Title="What does the site look like to a moderator?" Tags="|discussion|moderation|user-interface|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2291" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2290" CreationDate="2012-01-04T12:39:08.673" Score="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;If we told you, we'd have to kill you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No, it's not drastically different. There are just a few mod links in different places that pop up dialogues to allow us do things like merging, locking (etc) that aren't in the standard close/delete menus. I'd show you these but they're really very dull. &lt;strong&gt;Edit&lt;/strong&gt;: I'm adding some screenshots of some of the screens. Most are fairly self explanatory.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's also a mod screen (like review) that tells us about the new flags and lets us action them. We're not allowed to show these screens because they contain identifying information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Right now I just need you to go over there and stand on that patch marked &amp;quot;Definitely not a trap-door&amp;quot;. We'll make it quick but can't promise it will be painless.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Answer mod pop-up&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Qd1T1.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Qd1T1.png&quot; alt=&quot;mod actions for answers: add post notice, convert to wiki, lock, convert to comment, convert to edit, show flag history&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Question mod pop-up&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/qJKY3.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/qJKY3.png&quot; alt=&quot;mod actions for questions: protect, add post notice, convert to wiki, merge, lock, show flag history&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;User profile mod pop-up (two parts)&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/sjJhb.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/sjJhb.png&quot; alt=&quot;mod actions for user profiles: annotate, clear sessions, delete, destroy, merge, recalc rep, contact user privately (includes suspension)&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/9LU2Y.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/9LU2Y.png&quot; alt=&quot;user information: history, IPs, IP cross ref (other users with same IP as this user), votes (only users who voted for this user and users this user has voted for - individual votes are private), privileges)&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;The main mod screen&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not really allowed to show you any more than this but it should give you an idea about what's in there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/vcRCc.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/vcRCc.png&quot; alt=&quot;mod tools overview with links to stuff of interest to mods like user info, merges, possibly dodgy goings on&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2018-05-03T06:46:29.883" CommentCount="16" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="2292" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2290" CreationDate="2012-01-04T12:51:02.067" Score="21" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you want to get a real insight into the daily work of the moderators, the &lt;strong&gt;moderator newsletter&lt;/strong&gt; is available to everyone. It talks about all of the new features, changes in policy and so on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://modnewsletter.stackexchange.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Moderator Community Blog&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The site get more features the more reputation you earn. To a moderator, the site looks more or less like it does to a user with 10,000 reputation. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At the top of the page, there are two notification bubbles for Moderator Flags and Pending Edits:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/2V0sA.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;code&gt;mod&lt;/code&gt; link point to the Moderator Tools, And the &lt;code&gt;tools&lt;/code&gt; link is the same as the 10K tools.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the moderation tools, we can do various janitorial things. There are some interfaces for things like System Messages (the messages you see atop every page sometimes, like when there's an election), merging user accounts, and creating tag synonyms. And that's pretty much all of the stuff we use. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At the bottom of every answer, the links are the same as they are for a 10K user, plus a &lt;code&gt;mod&lt;/code&gt; item where we can Merge questions, protect them, convert answers to comments and so on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/gesLM.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you can see, apart from the ability to actually affirm or invalidate moderator flags, plus some small things like the ability to email users directly, 10K users can do pretty much the same things.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Remember that we spend 90% of the time on the &lt;em&gt;Flags&lt;/em&gt; page (which looks just like the 10K flag page at tools → flags). Clicking on a question, sorting it out (i.e. deleting an answer, adding a comment, downvoting, upvoting, ...) and repeating that process until there are no more flags left (for about 20 seconds).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastEditorUserId="25798" LastEditDate="2017-02-03T19:40:30.323" LastActivityDate="2017-02-03T19:40:30.323" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2293" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2294" CreationDate="2012-01-04T15:51:04.683" Score="2" ViewCount="58" Body="&lt;p&gt;I installed the script extension in Chrome 16.0.912.63 on Windows 7, but I can't insert prewritten comments. I click on Auto and it shows me the default comments, but when I select one of them, the Insert button is blocked and I can't insert the comment, but I can just cancel and press the other functions.&#xA;Am I doing something wrong or is there a problem with the script?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5460" LastActivityDate="2012-01-04T16:49:40.817" Title="Cannot use prewritten comments" Tags="|bug|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2012-01-05T11:53:46.443" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2294" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2293" CreationDate="2012-01-04T16:49:40.817" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Looks like it's a problem with the script, see the comments to the first answer here: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://stackapps.com/questions/2116/autoreviewcomments-pro-forma-comments-for-se&quot;&gt;https://stackapps.com/questions/2116/autoreviewcomments-pro-forma-comments-for-se&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hopefully it will be fixed soon!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:46.307" LastActivityDate="2012-01-04T16:49:40.817" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2295" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-01-04T19:37:18.250" Score="5" ViewCount="98" Body="&lt;p&gt;Currently, Our LoCo is receiving all questions from Ubuntu users on FB group, this has many disadvantages as it wasn't made for it mainly. We need to move it to Ask Ubuntu, but &lt;strong&gt;How can an individual/group of people get notified if some question is asked in a specific language?&lt;/strong&gt;. If it's asked in English it won't be a problem, as English speaking supports are many.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11319" OwnerDisplayName="ashams" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-02-10T22:54:38.160" LastActivityDate="2012-02-10T22:54:38.160" Title="How to get notified about questions in specific language on askubuntu.com?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2299" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-01-05T16:43:19.783" Score="4" ViewCount="123" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a quite old user of linux in general and ubuntu in particular and find it quite frustrating not to be able to answer a question.&#xA;Since I just register it appears that I only have one reputation point when I need 5 to answer a question.&#xA;But well, how can I earn these points if I can't answer a question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Cheers&#xA;Gildas&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user40610" LastActivityDate="2012-01-05T17:34:18.217" Title="How can I answer a question or post a comment when I first get on this site?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2300" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2299" CreationDate="2012-01-05T16:47:49.240" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You should read this:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq#reputation&quot;&gt;faq&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3921" OwnerDisplayName="Wolfy" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2012-01-05T16:47:49.240" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2301" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2299" CreationDate="2012-01-05T16:48:53.747" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;You don't need to have 5 points to answer questions &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;, you need 5 points to participate to &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/&lt;/a&gt; (probably where your question will be in a few hours)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just check the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges&quot;&gt;privilege&lt;/a&gt; page to understand what you can do or not with your points.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="18196" OwnerDisplayName="Cédric Julien" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2012-01-05T16:48:53.747" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2302" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2299" CreationDate="2012-01-05T17:34:18.217" Score="3" Body="&lt;h2&gt;1. Ask Good Questions&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Firstly, ask good questions. Good and thorough questions are more likely to be upvoted to increase your reputation. When you ask questions you learn to, so you can help other people on the site with similar problems.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;2. Edit Tags&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Secondly, edit tags. This is something that anyone can do with access to google and some time on thier hands. Adding descriptions to tags that don't have descriptions already will help you further understand Ubuntu and help other pepole to learn about terms that they don't already know. You can edit tags by clicking on the &quot;Tags&quot; link in the top navigation bar.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;3. Leave Helpful Comments&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thirdly, leave thought-provoking and helpful comments. Don't be so critical to the point of being annoying. Leave a comment if something needs to be clarified, this will help the asker of the question so that the people who are trying to answer further understand the problem. Don't leave comments saying that the asker did a good job on thier question, instead, upvote. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;4. Be an active user&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Fourth, be an active user of the site. You get badges for leaving so many comments, upvoting so many times, visiting the site for so many days in a row, etc. For more information on what badges you can get for doing what, go to the &quot;Badges&quot; tab in the top bar.  Read other people's questions and maybe they will help you learn something. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Conclusion&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You earn &lt;strong&gt;privlieges&lt;/strong&gt; for gaining rep. The more rep you have, the more stuff you can do. Remember that the FAQ says that &quot;reputation is a measure of how much the community trusts you&quot;. In real life, building up trust takes time. Gaining a high reputation is going to take a lot of time and effort. Take some time and read through the whead the FAQ for some more ideas on how to gain rep and use the site appropriately.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="30405" LastActivityDate="2012-01-05T17:34:18.217" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2303" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2304" CreationDate="2012-01-06T15:13:30.640" Score="0" ViewCount="80" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was notified that I had gotten the &quot;peer pressure&quot; badge, and was told to see my profile. I did and that badge doesn't appear there. I think maybe I've experienced that before with another badge. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19779" LastEditorUserId="146516" LastEditDate="2014-01-24T15:07:17.207" LastActivityDate="2014-01-24T15:07:17.207" Title="&quot;Peer pressure&quot; badge doesn't appear in my profile page" Tags="|bug|status-norepro|badges|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2304" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2303" CreationDate="2012-01-06T15:41:07.280" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;It does appear in your profile:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/19779/jo-erlend-schinstad?tab=activity&amp;amp;sort=badges&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/users/19779/jo-erlend-schinstad?tab=activity&amp;amp;sort=badges&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/19779/jo-erlend-schinstad?tab=badges&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/users/19779/jo-erlend-schinstad?tab=badges&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19490" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2012-01-06T15:41:07.280" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2305" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2306" CreationDate="2012-01-08T20:07:15.413" Score="7" ViewCount="109" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;strong&gt;Electorate&lt;/strong&gt; badge is given when a user votes 600 times and 25% of the votes are on questions if I understand correctly. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I reached that couple of months back and while looking at my profile now, I have apparently voted 914 times and &lt;em&gt;almost&lt;/em&gt; half of them are questions and I still haven't achieved the badge yet. Have I misunderstood the badge-awarding procedure for this badge or is something wrong with the system?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="18887" LastEditorUserId="3" LastEditDate="2012-01-09T15:50:29.027" LastActivityDate="2012-01-09T15:50:29.027" Title="Why haven't I received my Electorate badge yet?" Tags="|support|badges|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2306" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2305" CreationDate="2012-01-09T08:20:28.573" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your interpretation of the electorate badge is incorrect. The user should have voted on 600 &lt;em&gt;questions&lt;/em&gt; and not just vote 600 times along with the added requirement of at least 25% of the total votes are being voted on questions. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Evidence:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The snippet from the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/badges&quot;&gt;badges page&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/6y86E.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The snippet from my &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/&quot;&gt;review page&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/DsycE.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/25798/jokerdino&quot;&gt;verify&lt;/a&gt; that those are the exact number of votes that I have cast on questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From your &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/18887/nitstorm&quot;&gt;profile&lt;/a&gt;, I note that you have voted on 427 questions and you still have quite a distance to cover before the electorate badge is awarded to you. Good luck!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2012-01-09T08:20:28.573" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2307" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2308" CreationDate="2012-01-10T00:41:54.930" Score="4" ViewCount="67" Body="&lt;p&gt;One trait that makes AskUbuntu different from many SE communities is that our subject matter changes at a six-month clip. The answer for new versions is often very different from the answers for older versions. And even when new answers appear to readdress the question for a new release, they often fail to accrue the upvotes necessary to display as the top solution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These include questions that explain...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/12493/24694&quot;&gt;... how to perform tasks with the user interface.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/91399/24694&quot;&gt;... the process of getting imperfectly supported hardware to work.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/94148/&quot;&gt;... a subject that is likely to radically expand/change in the future.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, I don't want to suggest that answers for these questions don't deserve to get rep. But I think that when these answers go out of date, they should enter the commons and allow other community members to fix them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Could we make requesting an outdated post enter the community wiki a valid use for moderator flags?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Alternatively&lt;/em&gt;, how can we deal with outdated posts that aren't &quot;dangerous&quot; and thus eligible for deletion?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="24694" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2012-01-10T01:11:51.550" Title="Could we migrate outdated answers to community wiki mode?" Tags="|discussion|best-practice|flagging|moderation|community-wiki|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2308" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2307" CreationDate="2012-01-10T01:11:51.550" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Currently there isn't any barrier for someone to edit a post. As such making edits to the accepted answer is something that can occur already without the need to move to community wiki.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2012-01-10T01:11:51.550" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2309" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2282" CreationDate="2012-01-10T06:56:47.260" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Re-labeling the &quot;Title&quot; box to &quot;Question&quot; might make it more clear that a question is to be entered there.  I felt discouraged from entering my question into that part, instead interpreting it as a request to come up with a title for my question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="37065" LastActivityDate="2012-01-10T06:56:47.260" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2310" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2311" CreationDate="2012-01-10T09:39:34.573" Score="4" ViewCount="119" Body="&lt;p&gt;Lets say a user created an answer to a question and because he is nice enough and he knows people can concentrate on his answer as a base and add more information to it he marked the answer as community wiki.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But the answer is good enough already, he is the sole contributor to it and shown good effort to putting the answer up and maintaining it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I want to give extra rep to the guy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I assign a bounty to the question with reason &quot;One of the answer is good and deserves extra bounty&quot; with the intention of giving that user the bounty will he get it? How is that sorted out? What if he is not the main contributor but the changes made by him are so important that he still deserves that bounty?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="How can I give rep to a wiki answer?" Tags="|discussion|faq-suggestion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2311" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2310" CreationDate="2012-01-10T10:09:07.490" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;From the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/16065/how-does-the-bounty-system-work&quot;&gt;MSO FAQ on bounties&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Bounties are not affected by community wiki mode. When you award a bounty to an answer marked community wiki, the reputation bonus will be awarded to the user who posted the original revision of the answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So just apply the bounty to the answer. The person will get the reputation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2012-01-10T10:09:07.490" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2312" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2314" CreationDate="2012-01-10T18:10:31.743" Score="6" ViewCount="93" Body="&lt;p&gt;I saw some answers where the user just puts in random comment. I like what I read from this link &quot;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1305/flag-answers-that-should-be-comments&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1305/flag-answers-that-should-be-comments&lt;/a&gt; &quot; but is downvoting  these comments a useful thing to do as well?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;one example of such a comment is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/94223/24314&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/a/94223/24314&lt;/a&gt; .&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="24314" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2012-01-10T23:28:07.957" Title="downvoting random comments in answers?" Tags="|support|answers|downvoting|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2314" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2312" CreationDate="2012-01-10T23:28:07.957" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;It might be a useful deterrent as it costs the poster some reputation but it also costs you reputation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think you'd be better off just flagging.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2012-01-10T23:28:07.957" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2315" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2316" CreationDate="2012-01-11T19:42:02.267" Score="0" ViewCount="46" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just submitted a question with regards to networking. A router is involved. Unfortunately, there is no router tag, only a route tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="27506" LastActivityDate="2012-01-11T19:52:10.077" Title="Could somebody please create the [router] tag?" Tags="|feature-request|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2316" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2315" CreationDate="2012-01-11T19:52:10.077" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would have to disagree with the need for a router tag, your question has nothing to do with the router, it's just an additional detail. Tags have gone under several major changes - in this case &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/router&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;router&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;router&lt;/a&gt; would be considered more a &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/08/the-death-of-meta-tags/&quot;&gt;meta tag&lt;/a&gt;, which wouldn't add any additional value to your post. Instead I've added the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/file-sharing&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;file-sharing&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;file-sharing&lt;/a&gt; tag which seems to be more in-line with your ultimate goal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2012-01-11T19:52:10.077" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2317" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2787" CreationDate="2012-01-11T20:53:14.903" Score="16" ViewCount="266" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/20667&quot;&gt;Upgrade Ubuntu 10.04 to 11.04&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt; is a duplicate question, merged with the more general &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/34430/24694&quot;&gt;How to Upgrade from a very old release to the latest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The problem? &lt;em&gt;How to Upgrade&lt;/em&gt; has about nine thousand views. Its closed, unanswered duplicate has &lt;strong&gt;over twenty-five thousand&lt;/strong&gt;, making it one of the most popular questions on AskUbuntu. At least sixteen thousand people came to that question through search engines, and did not follow the &quot;Possible duplicate&quot; link to its answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Clearly more people search &quot;upgrade 10.04 to 11.04&quot; than &quot;upgrade from old release to latest&quot;, and they don't understand SE's duplicate redirection system. AU is failing them. What can we do about situations like this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;January 13:&lt;/strong&gt; I just &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/118903/172094&quot;&gt;proposed something on meta stackoverflow&lt;/a&gt;. Little chance of getting noticed, and probably not ideal, but it's something.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="24694" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="What can we do about high traffic duplicates?" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|closed-questions|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2318" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-01-12T12:11:25.743" Score="6" ViewCount="208" Body="&lt;p&gt;Currently (from what I can see) the rules for ordering the answers in a question is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Accepted answer (no matter what votes it has)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Answer with most votes numbers below the accepted answer&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Answers with less or same votes as answer number 2 on the list&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;And so on (you get the picture)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But sometimes the accepted answer is outdated, no longer valid, etc, but the person responsible for the question is gone so no correction is done on that, the issue was solved, that was it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;AskUbuntu works best by downvoting and upvoting answers, works great overtime and gives us a very good control and idea over the value of each answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why would an answer with 3 upvotes, 2 downvotes (or something like that, I don't have a good example but we can have a look at it later if necessary, I'm sure these exist) and a check marking it &quot;answered&quot; be above an answer that is updated, working and has plenty of upvotes and good comments?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Similar, if I create a question and answer it myself, mark it accepted 2 days later but proves to be not the best answer because there are answers on that with more upvotes, my answer will be on the top of the list.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It kinda obfuscates the answer below the accepted, specially if the accepted answer is a body of text, no?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would it not make more sense to have the question with more upvotes on the top of that list, even if it is not the accepted answer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-05-24T18:04:05.630" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Why are the accepted answers always on the top of the answer list?" Tags="|discussion|answers|accepted-answer|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2319" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2318" CreationDate="2012-01-12T13:18:57.583" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I do not know if this is a big problem for Ask Ubuntu. Could you please provide some examples?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/badges/39/populist&quot;&gt;Populist badge&lt;/a&gt; can be a rough measure of this problem because it is awarded to answers have lots more votes than the accepted answer. Compared to &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/sites&quot;&gt;other sites in the Stack Exchange network&lt;/a&gt; the Populist badge has been awarded a relatively few times on Ask Ubuntu:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ask Ubuntu: 33 k questions, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/badges/39/populist&quot;&gt;4 Populist badges&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Mathematics: 34 k questions, &lt;a href=&quot;https://math.stackexchange.com/badges/39/populist&quot;&gt;14 Populist badges&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Meta Stack Overflow: 31 k questions, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/badges/37/populist&quot;&gt;54 Populist badges&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Programmers: 16 k questions, &lt;a href=&quot;https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/badges/49/populist]&quot;&gt;98 Populist badges&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe the issue you are describing is best solved by adding another sort option. Currently you can sort by &lt;em&gt;active&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;oldest&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;votes&lt;/em&gt; but the latter sorts accepted answers from other users first. Therefore, it might, given what you describe, make sense to add an option to sort by votes &lt;em&gt;propertly&lt;/em&gt; (ignoring accepted answers). However, I do not know if this change is motivated enough.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19490" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2012-01-12T13:24:03.083" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2320" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2158" CreationDate="2012-01-12T18:54:30.427" Score="34" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://launchpad.net/+tour/index&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/GioOg.png&quot; alt=&quot;Lauchpad&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21195" LastActivityDate="2012-01-12T18:54:30.427" CommentCount="2" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-01-12T18:54:30.427" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2321" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2317" CreationDate="2012-01-12T23:45:47.270" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I do think this is a major flaw in the duplicate system on Stack Exchange. It's good enough for us because we know what a duplicate is. But for non-users, they're not necessarily going to notice the &quot;possible duplicate&quot; banner, nor know they should follow it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are a few manual options without having to get SE to redesign things:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mods can merge.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We can merge things so that if you visit the old URL, you're redirected to the new one. One danger in this is we lose traffic over time as the ranking is earnt for the duplicate.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SEO the main question&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;People are landing on the duplicate because it best satisfies their search. If we can pull the key phrases over onto the master question, this might make that one gain ranking and search-traffic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But that may come at the cost of quality. Nobody likes a dump of SEO text.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Add bigger signage to the duplicate&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is probably the least offensive. We &quot;deface&quot; the duplicate post so that it better shows users that they should be clicking through to see another page. It's not going to work for everybody - but it may work for some.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm thinking a big blockquote, big header, bold text, link to the duplicate along the lines of:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;h1&gt;This post is a duplicate of another on Ask Ubuntu&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;To view the original question and its answers, please use the following link:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://link&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;New question title&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ideally, it would be nice if the auto-text was similarly clear.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure how viable those options are, I'm just putting them out there. &lt;strong&gt;Discuss!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="24694" LastEditDate="2012-03-16T15:24:18.847" LastActivityDate="2012-03-16T15:24:18.847" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2322" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2158" CreationDate="2012-01-13T00:09:27.517" Score="17" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.reddit.com/r/ubuntu&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/qA8DM.png&quot; alt=&quot;The Ubuntu Subreddit: Ubuntu news. All of it.&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="24694" LastActivityDate="2012-01-13T00:09:27.517" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-01-13T00:09:27.517" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2324" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2325" CreationDate="2012-01-15T14:12:21.200" Score="5" ViewCount="171" Body="&lt;p&gt;I came across &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/3553/if-apt-get-from-2020-existed-what-one-project-would-you-install&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; question and noticed that it was tagged with 'always-friday-in-iceland, I couldnt catch the reason behind creating that tag and also its Usage/meaning, kindly elucidate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="35750" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Use of the tag &quot;Always-Friday-In -Iceland" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2325" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2324" CreationDate="2012-01-15T16:42:13.967" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;The same question has been asked on &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/36918/always-friday-in-iceland&quot;&gt;StackOverflow Meta&lt;/a&gt;. Here is the answer that was provided there:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;That started with the user &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/users/22459/olafur-waage&quot;&gt;Olafur Waage&lt;/a&gt; who lives in Iceland. I&#xA;  believe it started with someone asking a Friday type of fun question&#xA;  and it started as a comment, then turned into a tag. And then people&#xA;  started slapping it on more fun meta questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Friday is kind of the official &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/19478/the-many-memes-of-meta/21413#21413&quot;&gt;let a few fun questions survive on&#xA;  meta&lt;/a&gt;&quot; relaxed day. I believe someone asked a fun type of question&#xA;  and it was not Friday and someone's defense was it is always Friday in&#xA;  Iceland!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="18887" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2012-01-15T16:42:13.967" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2326" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2318" CreationDate="2012-01-15T19:34:55.303" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The reason is that sometimes the voters get it wrong. The asker gets a pass to select the answer that will appear first. Usually, the asker knows best, because he can verify that the proposed solution works.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An especially important case is when the most-upvoted answer is outdated, or still works but is inferior to a late-coming answer. Votes accumulate, and it can take a very long time for a recent answer to percolate through. Accepting that newer, better answer helps a lot in this situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sure, there are cases where the asker gets it wrong. But putting the accepted answer first helps in far more cases than it hurts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that own answers are always sorted according to the number of votes, even if they are accepted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1059" LastActivityDate="2012-01-15T19:34:55.303" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2327" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2282" CreationDate="2012-01-15T19:43:37.523" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, question &lt;em&gt;titles&lt;/em&gt; do not have to be worded as questions. In many cases, wording a title as a question is inferior because it adds unnecessary words in a very short space. Also note that the title ends up being the title of the whole question+answers page; in a search result, “how to do X” or plain “X” looks more promising that “how do I do X?”.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This topic often comes up on &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/&quot;&gt;Meta Stack Overflow&lt;/a&gt;, with some strong pro-title-as-question advocates and some strong anti-title-as-questions advocates. I recommend reading &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/10647/how-do-i-write-a-good-title/10648#10648&quot;&gt;Mark Harrison's post on writing a good title&lt;/a&gt;, which is backed by usability studies.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Looking at your example titles, I see some bad and some good, but not a single example that would be improved, specifically, by adding a question word at the beginning and a question mark at the end. Taking the only example where you give both wordings, “How do I install software?” is marred by leading with three useless words; “Software installation” is better, but none of these are specific enough for a good question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1059" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2012-01-15T19:43:37.523" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2329" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3903" CreationDate="2012-01-17T20:31:38.263" Score="23" ViewCount="291" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've been doing a bunch of digging around to help solve our &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1340/our-answered-rate-keeps-plummeting-ideas-to-improve-this&quot;&gt;accept rate problem&lt;/a&gt;. It's probably a multifaceted problem so I thought I'd tackle this one for now. According to meta, our policy is to &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1843/what-to-do-with-abandoned-questions&quot;&gt;vote to close&lt;/a&gt; as Not a Real Question (though Too localized seems to make more sense, but whatever.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finding abandoned questions is easy, Oli even has a nice &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2121/moderator-seeks-testers-for-short-private-beta-of-clean-up-week&quot;&gt;web tool&lt;/a&gt; that does this for us. The problem is once I've voted to close there's no way for me to get that question on anybody's radar unless I:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Post it in the chat channel and hope enough people are around to close it. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Flag it for moderation, which means then the moderator's supervote can close the question too easily, and adds a task for them that the community should be able to easily handle.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Edit it in the hopes that the bump will get it in front of other high rep users who can vote accordingly. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the review page I can see incoming vote closes, but not everyone has access to that, and it feels like there isn't a core group of people doing that (though I do it every day).  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, my TL;DR problem is, anybody on the internet can come in, post a question and bail on us. That costs them almost no effort.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However it takes us seemingly a much larger amount of effort to undo this, and it feels like we're losing this battle. So how can we make this easier?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2012-08-14T23:39:48.910" Title="Closing abandoned questions is harder than it should be." Tags="|discussion|unanswered-questions|accept-rate|" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2330" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2329" CreationDate="2012-01-17T21:02:41.530" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Forgive me if I have forgotten the ins and outs on bounties, but didn't they previously work in a fashion that they would set some kind of de facto acceptance of an answer in the absence of the OP?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have used bounty'ing questions often, and in some cases it brings the OP back to the site. Nonetheless, it seems that, especially considering that we can qualify the purpose behind the bounty, we should be able to consider a bounty-winning answer equivalent to an OP-accepted answer (basically, it is a community-accepted answer).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Perhaps not only closing questions is a route to the goal of upping acceptance rates, but perhaps also opening up the ability of the community at large to be able to accept answers. Of course up-voting is not difficult, but creating a culture of active voting is. Perhaps pursue a way of promoting the electoral badges (i.e. sportsman, vox populi, etc)? Other sites would, based on the type of contest, appear to need more questions. As a result they use that Ask-a-question-about-[tag] contest. Maybe an approach to achieving any of the electoral badges could be used, i.e. get entered every time you ding the reqs to get the suffrage badge.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, I noticed there are currently 17 bountied questions, many of which are very individual-problem oriented. It seems bounties are being used for hyper-local issues, and less to develop canonical answers. Where possible, it seems like it would be a good idea to generalize any viable hyper-local questions through liberal editing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1655" LastEditorUserId="1655" LastEditDate="2012-01-17T21:34:15.897" LastActivityDate="2012-01-17T21:34:15.897" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2331" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2329" CreationDate="2012-01-17T21:07:52.460" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Purging those questions would be an option (not a popular one I know) but the truth is we are talking about software, it changes very fast, problems can be here and gone with small updates applied and there might never be an answer to some problem because those are solved in the meanwhile.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions that are more than 12 months old, that have no recent activity, no correct or at least good enough answers and the user has not been online for all that time could be easily just deleted. They will not help anyone to just leave it hanging around.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why do we need to have all those closing votes to something that is obviously abandoned?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastActivityDate="2012-01-17T21:07:52.460" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2332" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2333" CreationDate="2012-01-18T15:08:59.783" Score="7" ViewCount="182" Body="&lt;p&gt;Not sure about how often it happens but this &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/96531/how-do-you-log-in-when-you-first-start-the-new-install&quot;&gt;question&lt;/a&gt; started out with a bit rude tone and words. You can also see the same with some answers given on the website.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I am talking among people that I am familiar with or friends, on a social situation I won't lie an say its all pretty and roses, I curse, to some extend which can be considered much.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We are a sociable community, I understand that during a joke or 2 some words can be written without any issues being raise but on a question being made or an answer being given I find that rude and to some extend offensive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know a quick edit could fix that and make the questions &quot;more presentable&quot; to all eyes, but creating them on the first place using rude words or expressions should be be happening.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How to deal with those questions, quick edit them, flag them for deleting, letting a moderator aware of them, warning the user and asking him to refrain from that behaviour?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am sure that if it was an answer that used rude words it would probably be flagged and deleted. Why not the same procedure for questions?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2012-01-18T15:12:09.637" Title="What to do with questions that use rude words or expressions?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2333" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2332" CreationDate="2012-01-18T15:12:09.637" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Edit, edit, edit. It's your civic duty on the site to ensure content is of the highest quality. While &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1268/is-it-acceptable-to-replace-linux-with-gnu-linux&quot;&gt;there have been nit-picks in the past about certain naming conventions&lt;/a&gt;; However, changing a post to help it form a high quality question is completely the right thing to do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.087" LastActivityDate="2012-01-18T15:12:09.637" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2334" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1550" CreationDate="2012-01-19T09:01:41.443" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The companies may have recently merged (or changed names - I don't know offhand), but my ATI Radeon graphics card was made by ATI, not AMD.  Have the drivers merged as well?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Certainly the lspci still reports:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon RV250 If [Radeon 9000] (rev 01)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I'm asking for help about this, I'm not going to know to use a tag referring to a new company name that my driver (or card) isn't reporting.  I'd vote to leave the tag as it is and let the amd-graphics tag refer to the new stuff that actually comes from amd (or reports so).  Can new marketing catch up with old hardware?  I doubt it is motivated to do so, yet old hardware doesn't change.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="37065" LastEditorUserId="37065" LastEditDate="2012-01-19T09:09:27.220" LastActivityDate="2012-01-19T09:09:27.220" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2337" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2353" CreationDate="2012-01-19T14:20:53.567" Score="3" ViewCount="41" Body="&lt;p&gt;How often is the information at &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/users&lt;/a&gt; updated? Is this something that happens instantaneously, or hourly like the main reputation synching with the meta, or something entirely different? Does the refresh time vary by whether you are looking at the &quot;week&quot;, &quot;month&quot;, &quot;quarter&quot;, or &quot;year&quot; tabs? Explanations will be greatly appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="30405" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2012-01-21T22:52:11.740" Title="How often is the information in the &quot;Users&quot; list updated?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2338" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2339" CreationDate="2012-01-19T18:04:27.243" Score="19" ViewCount="152" Body="&lt;p&gt;Let's say I managed to realize something interesting, tricky and not foundable with a simple web search.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should I post it on Ask Ubuntu, with me asking a question and answering it myself right after?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5592" LastEditorUserId="5592" LastEditDate="2012-01-19T19:18:19.773" LastActivityDate="2012-01-22T20:03:59.240" Title="Is Ask Ubuntu the place for tutorials?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2339" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2338" CreationDate="2012-01-19T18:15:19.683" Score="19" Body="&lt;p&gt;Absolutely!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/93334/how-do-i-make-quickly-apps-install-into-opt&quot;&gt;do&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/82322/how-do-i-fix-broken-networking-in-cloned-virtual-machines&quot;&gt;that&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/60712/how-do-i-quickly-encrypt-a-file-with-aes&quot;&gt;all&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/40732/how-do-i-get-spaces-instead-of-tabs-in-nano&quot;&gt;the&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/33528/how-do-i-write-raw-bytes-to-a-sound-device&quot;&gt;time&lt;/a&gt; ;-) Somebody's bound to get some use out of it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you have a good question, ask it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you know an answer to a question, answer it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ergo: if you have a good question and you know the answer, ask and answer it. :-)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I type a question into google and I find the answer on AU, I don't really mind who wrote it. And that's what the site is for. So, out of habit, I nearly always &quot;+2&quot; these self-documentation questions. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, if your question is even slightly interesting, there's a good chance you'll get additional answers on it, which means more information available to everyone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In fact, on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2011/07/its-ok-to-ask-and-answer-your-own-questions/&quot;&gt;Stackoverflow Blog it is stated that&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;To be crystal clear, it is not merely OK to ask and answer your own&#xA;  question, it is explicitly encouraged.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2012-01-22T20:03:59.240" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2340" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2585" CreationDate="2012-01-20T06:11:58.957" Score="1" ViewCount="39" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would like to see my &lt;strong&gt;inbox&lt;/strong&gt; first instead of the &lt;strong&gt;hot questions&lt;/strong&gt;. Is there a way I can fix this? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's really annoying. Really!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/wDZWq.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10698" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Can I always see my inbox first?" Tags="|feature-request|stackexchange|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2341" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2338" CreationDate="2012-01-20T09:15:59.970" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just a follow up since this won't fit in a comment, but I've been using AU as a sort of &quot;personal documentation system&quot; for when I am trying to do something and the information on the net is bad and I want to make sure that it's available to people and in a place where it can be peer reviewed:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Pre-write your answer ahead of time so that you can post it right away after you post your question. I've posted a question and then started writing my answer and I find that people start trying to answer the question right away! So then I feel bad that people were going off trying to find an answer that I already knew, so what I do is post the question and answer right away as soon as I can so that I don't waste someone else's time trying to fix something I already know but haven't written up yet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2012-01-20T09:15:59.970" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2343" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1313" CreationDate="2012-01-20T14:40:33.540" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Click the &quot;mobile&quot; link at the bottom of the main page. Great mobile version of the site with support for posting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="30405" LastActivityDate="2012-01-20T14:40:33.540" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2344" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2329" CreationDate="2012-01-20T15:15:56.600" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've asked a few other members of the community, and they feel that we might even need more moderators to handle the load - and while I feel this way, I'm not sure this is &lt;strong&gt;the solution&lt;/strong&gt;, but it might be part of a solution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastEditorUserId="24694" LastEditDate="2012-08-14T23:39:48.910" LastActivityDate="2012-08-14T23:39:48.910" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2346" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-01-20T18:35:14.827" Score="7" ViewCount="93" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just now I observed that my profile is no longer showing &quot;flag weight&quot; instead it is showing &quot;helpful flags&quot;. Where did flag weight go? Is it being replaced with helpful flags count?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6713" LastEditorUserId="25863" LastEditDate="2012-01-21T09:43:51.010" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="What happened to flag weight" Tags="|support|flagging|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2347" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2346" CreationDate="2012-01-20T18:36:38.180" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/119715/what-happened-to-flag-weight&quot;&gt;It's gone forever, replaced instead with just a count of your helpful flags&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We now only show the number of helpful flags on your profile page (visible only to you) ... this number only ever increases.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Flag weight on the other hand, is gone ... it is dead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-01-20T18:36:38.180" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2348" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2204" CreationDate="2012-01-20T19:01:28.817" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Thanks for the report; we have now fixed this per &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/115338/angle-brackets-in-image-alt-texts-should-be-auto-encoded&quot;&gt;Angle brackets in image alt texts should be auto-encoded&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And the angle brackets are properly encoded &gt;.&amp;lt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2012-01-20T19:01:28.817" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2349" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2101" CreationDate="2012-01-21T10:27:14.963" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is currently no way to cancel a flag once cast. I haven't ever seen this request come up before, so I am not sure this is enough of an actual problem to warrant action.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123" LastActivityDate="2012-01-21T10:27:14.963" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2350" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1920" CreationDate="2012-01-21T10:37:32.343" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is somewhat obscure, but then, so are revisions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once learned (and I agree, it has to be learned) it is not a difficult convention to follow, IMHO.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Generally we're not a fan of arbitrarily adding more links to the page in the name of &quot;Don't Make Me Think&quot;; there is a lot to be said for having just the most important things as obvious links.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123" LastActivityDate="2012-01-21T10:37:32.343" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2351" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2239" CreationDate="2012-01-21T11:21:58.930" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can you be more specific? On the question page itself, or elsewhere? What specifically is the problem?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please search &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.stackoverflow.com&quot;&gt;http://meta.stackoverflow.com&lt;/a&gt; as I believe this kind of request has been made before, and you might be able to vote for it there to move it up in the priority list.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123" LastActivityDate="2012-01-21T11:21:58.930" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2352" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2046" CreationDate="2012-01-21T11:26:48.003" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;How is this a &quot;bug&quot;? Both messages were sent to you and were valid at the appropriate time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want them collapsed, that's a feature request. And not a really big deal, is it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123" LastActivityDate="2012-01-21T11:26:48.003" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2353" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2337" CreationDate="2012-01-21T22:52:11.740" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I checked with the developers and I'm told the reputation is cached for about 10 minutes. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1412" LastActivityDate="2012-01-21T22:52:11.740" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2354" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1477" CreationDate="2012-01-22T01:27:36.970" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sorry about the belated response.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To view your suggested edits, go to your profile, switch to the Activity tab and then filter by suggestions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/6005/jrg?tab=activity&amp;amp;sort=suggestions&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/users/6005/jrg?tab=activity&amp;amp;sort=suggestions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1412" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2012-01-22T01:27:36.970" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2355" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1626" CreationDate="2012-01-22T02:29:05.093" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;When you click that link, a chat room will be created for you and waterloo2005. Its name will be &quot;Discussion between sergio91pt and waterloo2005&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The comments so far will be copied into it, and the question or answer will be linked to from the chat room as well. Once all this is done, there will be a &quot;let us continue this discussion in chat&quot; comment left on the post that links to the newly created chat room. The user you're inviting to a chat conversation will be notified.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your discussion is with a user with less than 20 reputation (across Stack Exchange, not just on this site), he or she would not be able to participate in the chat. I believe the &quot;move to chat&quot; link would pop up anyway, but if you try to use it it will warn you that the other user doesn't have enough reputation and do nothing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1412" LastActivityDate="2012-01-22T02:29:05.093" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2356" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1992" CreationDate="2012-01-22T08:58:12.890" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;For what purpose? The &lt;em&gt;preview&lt;/em&gt; is in a proportional font; the actual &lt;em&gt;editor&lt;/em&gt; is in a monospace font.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't see any merit in this request, since both font styles are always available.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123" LastActivityDate="2012-01-22T08:58:12.890" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2357" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1788" CreationDate="2012-01-22T09:15:56.467" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;OK, good idea -- I merged them. We generally prefer the plural form of a tag unless there is some compelling reason to use the singular version.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123" LastActivityDate="2012-01-22T09:15:56.467" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2358" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2221" CreationDate="2012-01-22T10:20:14.643" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I can't reproduce this in Firefox at all. I can click on the Etiquette section and it takes me that section of the page in the faq.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123" LastActivityDate="2012-01-22T10:20:14.643" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2359" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2221" CreationDate="2012-01-22T12:40:53.687" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;This behavior depends on the browser, but it was broken in some cases (fixed in the next build).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We do something insanely hacky here because of how different browsers behave: &lt;strong&gt;WE CHANGE YOUR LINKS!&lt;/strong&gt; We do this because we want the FAQ to be as accessible as possible and highlight exactly what was linked to (by copying it up top and giving it an eye-catching fade).  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Details:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;To get this effect but not have your browser jump immediately to the &lt;code&gt;#id&lt;/code&gt; element in the page (from the URL hash) we actually change the IDs on all the sections from &lt;code&gt;#id&lt;/code&gt; to &lt;code&gt;#link-id&lt;/code&gt; (this is &lt;em&gt;explicitly&lt;/em&gt; to prevent the jumping).  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now that we've broken everything, JavaScript compensates and our click handlers undo that &lt;code&gt;link-&lt;/code&gt;-ification.  That wasn't happening in the full URL (&lt;code&gt;href=&quot;http://askubuntu.com/faq#etiquette&quot;&lt;/code&gt;) case like askubuntu has, it was only happening in hash (&lt;code&gt;href=&quot;#etiquette&quot;&lt;/code&gt;) case, this is fixed for the next build.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1118" LastActivityDate="2012-01-22T12:40:53.687" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2360" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-01-22T13:03:40.693" Score="12" ViewCount="125" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can I use my Canonical/Ubuntu.com or Launchpad account to post and / or answer questions here as well?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I use the same name on Launchpad.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="43090" OwnerDisplayName="Coen Naninck" LastActivityDate="2012-01-22T13:50:04.867" Title="Can I use my Canonical/Ubuntu.com or Launchpad account to post and / or answer questions here as well?" Tags="|discussion|login|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2361" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2360" CreationDate="2012-01-22T13:10:31.547" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes you can. The whole network of StackExchange sites supports OpenID logins and since Launchpad provides OpenID login facility, you can use it to register an account here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After following the Login link, you have the possibility to select an Open ID provider. Launchpad is one of them. Simply press the Launchpad button, enter your Launchpad username and hit &lt;em&gt;Sign In&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Cuxfd.png&quot; alt=&quot;Login form&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" OwnerDisplayName="jokerdino" LastActivityDate="2012-01-22T13:12:29.587" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2362" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2372" CreationDate="2012-01-22T14:23:26.663" Score="5" ViewCount="52" Body="&lt;p&gt;I remember to have upvoted the question and answer &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/97569/6969&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/q/97569/6969&lt;/a&gt; and after migration to meta I thought, &lt;em&gt;good question and answer, let's upvote it&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After that, I realized that I've &lt;strong&gt;already&lt;/strong&gt; voted those posts before as I can see on the main site. These upvotes are added to the previous ones as can be seen on &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/2360/6969&quot;&gt;Can I use my Canonical/Ubuntu.com or Launchpad account to post and / or answer questions here as well?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6969" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Migrated posts can be voted twice" Tags="|bug|status-bydesign|voting|migration|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2363" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2365" CreationDate="2012-01-22T15:48:51.100" Score="8" ViewCount="117" Body="&lt;p&gt;I note that we have a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/error&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;error&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;error&lt;/a&gt; tag in the main site and it doesn't mean anything on its own. When last checked, it has over 280+ questions tagged as such. Manually editing them out of all of those questions is soo Jorge-Castro like and I thought I would open a meta post to discuss it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, do we keep the tag or just blacklist it? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastEditorUserId="12845" LastEditDate="2013-03-26T17:19:22.697" LastActivityDate="2013-03-26T17:19:22.697" Title="Why do we have an &quot;error&quot; tag?" Tags="|discussion|status-completed|tag-block-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2364" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2367" CreationDate="2012-01-22T15:56:05.623" Score="12" ViewCount="183" Body="&lt;p&gt;In &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/30468/revisions&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; a deb-package was linked without any hint to the potential danger of bypassing Ubuntu's package management. I know that in the Window's world setup.exe are quite common, but common does not mean secure and also does not mean advisable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I was wondering:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Should we never link to external deb-packages?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Should we only use packages from trusted sources? What are trusted sources?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Should we add them but always add a &quot;be careful what you download&quot;-hint?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="32792" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2013-03-19T16:20:46.677" Title="What is the policy concerning external deb-packages?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2365" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2363" CreationDate="2012-01-22T16:00:54.087" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;because someone with enough reputation created it and then none have been bothered to do anything about it. A lot of new users will probably use this misleading tag.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;a lot of the questions on the site are errors, but adding that they are errors isn't helpful. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10698" LastActivityDate="2012-01-22T16:00:54.087" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2366" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2364" CreationDate="2012-01-22T16:46:25.497" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;We don't (yet) have a real policy concerning this. If you see a link to a .deb package and the same version of the same program is available from the repositories, you can of course edit the answer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The german Ubuntu wiki - for instance - adds this notice whenever they use a standalone .deb:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Notice&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&amp;amp;sl=de&amp;amp;u=http://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/fremdquellen&amp;amp;ei=TTwcT_HyIcyd-wbfhMn0CQ&amp;amp;sa=X&amp;amp;oi=translate&amp;amp;ct=result&amp;amp;resnum=1&amp;amp;ved=0CCYQ7gEwAA&amp;amp;prev=/search%3Fq%3Dhttp://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/Fremdquellen%26hl%3Den%26biw%3D1280%26bih%3D714%26prmd%3Dimvns&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;External packages&lt;/a&gt; may harm your system&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want to add this notice to an answer, you can do so. But you should find a better link than this google-translated page explaining why.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Chrome also warns you if you're trying to download a .deb:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/nJrbO.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I suggest you ask a question like &quot;How can external packages harm my system?&quot; and link to that, once it has an answer. Then you can add this notice every time you see a link to a deb and it will make sense to the user (who potentially has no choice but to download and install it in order to fix their problem).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastActivityDate="2012-01-22T16:46:25.497" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2367" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2364" CreationDate="2012-01-22T21:54:09.123" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;JRG has asked a question you can link to, now you can do this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you see a question referencing a random .deb from the internets, edit it and add this notice:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note&lt;/strong&gt;: Installing packages from untrusted sources &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/97667/what-precautions-should-i-take-with-debs-i-find-on-the-internet&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;may harm your computer&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. Please consider finding an alternative, trusted source if you have to install this package.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you know of one, definitely add a comment pointing to a &lt;em&gt;more trusted&lt;/em&gt; source, such as an officially endorsed PPA (by the vendor) or the Ubuntu repositories themselves.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you're sure your new source doesn't harm the quality of the answer, replace it altogether rather than adding a notice.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please remember, this is only an &quot;official policy&quot; if you actually start doing it. Until then, I merely post this for the purpose of discussion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I'm championing this solution. Even though a couple of users will get disgruntled at the suggestion that their package is 'harmful', in the long term it'll help keep Ubuntu secure.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2012-01-22T21:54:09.123" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2368" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2015" CreationDate="2012-01-23T02:37:15.057" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes this is by design, we only show synonyms you have the permission to vote on. The fact there are a ton pending that you can not act on in any way was problematic in the past, people could not tell what they could vote on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am open to amending this, but need some ideas on how. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="265" LastActivityDate="2012-01-23T02:37:15.057" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2369" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2239" CreationDate="2012-01-23T03:56:49.793" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you are referring to the homepage, then you can install &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackapps.com/questions/2684/live-home-page-never-touch-the-refresh-button-on-the-home-page-of-a-stack-exch&quot;&gt;Live Home Page&lt;/a&gt;, a small UserScript that updates the homepage with questions as they are asked without needing to refresh the page (&lt;strong&gt;disclaimer:&lt;/strong&gt; I wrote it).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If on the other hand you are referring to a desktop application or browser extension that lets you know when people answer your questions, comment to you, etc. then you need to head on over to &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackapps.com&quot;&gt;Stack Apps&lt;/a&gt; where you can find a number of programs / extensions that do that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have written a couple you might be interested in:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://stackapps.com/questions/83/stackapplet-bringing-stack-exchange-notifications-to-your-desktop-version-1-5&quot;&gt;StackApplet&lt;/a&gt; - a cross-platform (Windows and Linux) desktop application that sits in your system tray / status panel and pops up little notifications when an event occurs on one of your accounts.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Stack Alert (&lt;a href=&quot;https://stackapps.com/questions/2874/stack-alert-google-chrome-extension-keep-tabs-on-your-inbox-without-needing&quot;&gt;Chrome&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackapps.com/questions/2909/stack-alert-mozilla-firefox-add-on-keep-tabs-on-your-inbox-without-needing-t&quot;&gt;Firefox&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackapps.com/questions/2948/stack-alert-opera-keep-tabs-on-your-inbox-without-needing-to-have-a-stack-ex&quot;&gt;Opera&lt;/a&gt;) - a browser extension that displays the number of unread items in your Stack Exchange inbox and makes it easy to view them with the click of a button.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:46.307" LastActivityDate="2012-01-23T03:56:49.793" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2370" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2015" CreationDate="2012-01-23T06:09:37.347" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Perhaps we could add onto the tag synonyms page with the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/oCpDH.png&quot; alt=&quot;Mockup of synonyms page&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;sup&gt;(Mockup based on &lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/tuAWC.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;screenshot&lt;/a&gt; provided by root45. Please excuse the quality.)&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This would add:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&quot;Permission to vote&quot; column&lt;/strong&gt;: This would allow showing all tag synonyms, along with whether the user could vote on them or not.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&quot;Votable&quot; filter&lt;/strong&gt;: As seen in the upper right, clicking this could organize the tag synonyms to show the ones the user can vote on first, still arranged by chronological order. Alternatively, it could simply hide the ones the user can't vote on altogether (similar to what currently happens, but makes it an option to be opted into).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="18612" LastActivityDate="2012-01-23T06:09:37.347" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2371" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2504" CreationDate="2012-01-23T17:03:25.997" Score="10" ViewCount="100" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't know how better to phrase this, so here are a few examples:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/97861/24694&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Derivate with Rolling Release? Possible?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/44199/24694&quot;&gt;Kiosk that is able to transfer videos to a thumb drive&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/85584/24694&quot;&gt;Is there any way a can buy on iTunes Store?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Basically, these are questions for which there is no answer that will satisfy the requirements of the asker. So should we...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Answer &quot;No. There is no existing solution to do that. Have a nice day.&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Flag as &lt;code&gt;Not Constructive&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Leave the question be in hopes that future developments will allow a proper answer, or some guru will emerge with an unlikely perfect-match solution (eg &quot;Yes, use &lt;em&gt;UbuntuDerivativeFoo&lt;/em&gt; with &lt;em&gt;KioskMaker iTunes edition&lt;/em&gt;.&quot;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="24694" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2012-02-08T16:37:18.883" Title="What is the appropriate way to deal with &quot;Can I do X&quot; questions?" Tags="|discussion|best-practice|unanswered-questions|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2372" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2362" CreationDate="2012-01-23T22:53:18.293" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;As often, this has been noticed for a long time on other sites: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/20208/migrated-questions-answers-can-be-upvoted-twice-by-the-same-user&quot;&gt;Migrated question's answers can be upvoted twice by the same user&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/20210&quot;&gt;Jeff's answer that this is by design&lt;/a&gt; makes zero sense to me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would in fact prefer to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/87031/reset-votes-on-migrated-questions&quot;&gt;reset votes on migrated question&lt;/a&gt;, which would make this bug moot.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1059" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2012-01-23T22:53:18.293" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2373" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-01-24T15:03:50.207" Score="3" ViewCount="34" Body="&lt;p&gt;When does a component of a larger project require its own tag? Example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We have &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/unity&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;unity&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;unity&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/dash&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;dash&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;dash&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/launcher&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;launcher&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;launcher&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;code&gt;dash&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;launcher&lt;/code&gt; are components of Unity, as well as separate packages.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So the question is, do we need/want a master &lt;code&gt;unity&lt;/code&gt; tag, or have all these other tags?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastActivityDate="2012-01-24T15:26:53.287" Title="When does a component of a larger project require its own tag?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2374" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2373" CreationDate="2012-01-24T15:09:10.167" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would say that you can use a tag on a component from a larger project when the project it self can or not incorporate that component.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the example given &lt;code&gt;dash&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;launcher&lt;/code&gt; are part of Unity, they &lt;em&gt;are&lt;/em&gt; Unity. You cannot split them from Unity.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Having a small other component that might work with Unity, even for Unity, but is really not necessary to have to make Unity work would give rights to that component to have it's own tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One example of that is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/zeitgeist&quot;&gt;zeitgeist&lt;/a&gt;. It works with Unity and even tough it is necessary to have to be able to use Unity (I think) there is a tag just for it since a lot of configuration can be done for zeitgeist that will not be directly connected to Unity.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2012-01-24T15:26:53.287" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2375" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-01-24T16:19:48.030" Score="8" ViewCount="89" Body="&lt;p&gt;I went to ask a question about Dash (/bin/sh) in Ubuntu to find that &quot;dash&quot; is being used to describe problems with Unity's Dash interface.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2012-01-31T23:15:51.393" Title="How should we tag Dash (the shell)" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2376" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2274" CreationDate="2012-01-25T03:32:14.797" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it keeps re-appearing, let us know and we can consider actually blacklisting it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1412" LastActivityDate="2012-01-25T03:32:14.797" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2377" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2281" CreationDate="2012-01-25T03:54:01.937" Score="45" Body="&lt;p&gt;Further to that, you (as the community) can also help clean up comments on posts by flagging them or removing your own stale comments as you come across them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/17364/how-do-comment-voting-and-flagging-work&quot;&gt;How do comment voting and flagging work?&lt;/a&gt; FAQ:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If a comment is flagged by enough users it will be auto-soft-deleted. There is no penalty for this. Flagged comments will be surfaced to moderators, so if you have a problem with a comment, flag it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You can always delete your own comments by clicking on the &quot;Delete&quot; link next to your comment. This is not a flag, it takes effect immediately.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Comment flags do not affect the user in any way if a comment gets deleted. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Flag a comment by clicking on the flag icon that appears when you hover the mouse over the comment. You'll need to enter a reason (see below).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/v5J7N.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/v5J7N.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1412" LastEditorUserId="283843" LastEditDate="2019-05-21T16:08:35.567" LastActivityDate="2019-05-21T16:08:35.567" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="2378" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-01-25T08:34:17.330" Score="5" ViewCount="220" Body="&lt;p&gt;Let's say we have a question of the form &lt;strong&gt;&quot;How can I make &lt;em&gt;X&lt;/em&gt; do &lt;em&gt;Y&lt;/em&gt;?&quot;&lt;/strong&gt; and it is a perfectly valid, on-topic question. Now suppose someone then posts an answer which basically says &lt;strong&gt;&quot;Forget &lt;em&gt;X&lt;/em&gt; and just switch to &lt;em&gt;Z&lt;/em&gt;&quot;&lt;/strong&gt;, even though an answer on how to make &lt;em&gt;X&lt;/em&gt; do &lt;em&gt;Y&lt;/em&gt; would probably be feasible or is already provided by someone else. A typical example of this might be a question like &quot;How do I configure Ubuntu in this particular way?&quot;, and someone responds with &quot;Don't use Ubuntu, just use Windows/Linux Mint/Arch/whatever&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have noticed a few users posting answers like these, and they don't seem to quite understand that their proposed solutions are not helpful because they &lt;em&gt;do&lt;/em&gt; resolve the issue, if only by running away from it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For actual examples of where this occurred, take a look at the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/2269/18612&quot;&gt;Marco Ceppi's explanation of why a (now deleted) user's answers were being removed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/98098/18612&quot;&gt;This answer&lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/98016/18612&quot;&gt;Alternative printer driver for Fuji Xerox DocuPrint P205b?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/93738/18612&quot;&gt;This answer&lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/93688/18612&quot;&gt;Can I legally build and sell desktops with Ubuntu pre-installed?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think this is getting to be enough of a problem that we should have some sort of policy and procedure for handling these.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="18612" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2012-01-25T13:13:34.570" Title="How should answers which basically equate to &quot;give up and use x instead&quot; be handled?" Tags="|discussion|best-practice|answers|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2379" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-01-25T12:57:30.057" Score="12" ViewCount="219" Body="&lt;p&gt;tl;dr: Read the whole thing guys. Please. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As part of an effort to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1340/our-answered-rate-keeps-plummeting-ideas-to-improve-this&quot;&gt;clean up the site&lt;/a&gt; (with a focus on &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2329/closing-abandoned-questions-is-harder-than-it-should-be&quot;&gt;closing abandoned questions&lt;/a&gt;), jokerdino, Bruno and I have done a few cleanup sprints - wherein we start with a data.se query, our flags and close votes, and just RUN until we are out. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And while this is (on the one hand) great, at the same time, assuming we all have all (or pretty close) our votes, that's still only 3 of us. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So what I'd like to suggest is a &quot;daily&quot; (or however often as the community sees fit) sprint wherein we all cluster to the &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/206/ubuntu-regulators&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Regulators room&lt;/a&gt;, and someone just starts posting questions from the query of the day and we all vote to close on them. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Pros: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Closing abandoned questions will get a little easier.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Our answer rate goes up.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Only takes 20-30 minutes for us to do it. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;It's a good way to get your Marshal and Deputy badges.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Cons:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;We need 3-4+ people to make this affective. Or just two, a user and a moderator. However, I'd prefer to do this without moderator intervention if possible, we already put enough work on them. (&lt;em&gt;cough&lt;/em&gt;ISent42FlagsAtHimBeforeLunchYesterday&lt;em&gt;cough&lt;/em&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;It only takes 20-30 minutes before we're all out of votes. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;In the past there hasn't been a really &lt;em&gt;good&lt;/em&gt; advertisement of our suggested solutions - in other words, it's Amith, myself, the mods, htorque and then like, two other random people. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SO&lt;/strong&gt;. Yay? Nay? A &quot;lolwhut is this guy smoking?&quot;? Is it worth a try for a week or two? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.227" LastActivityDate="2012-02-01T02:38:32.980" Title="Suggestion for daily-weekly-whatever cleanup sprints" Tags="|discussion|cleanup|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2380" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2378" CreationDate="2012-01-25T13:13:34.570" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just to address these cases:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/2269/18612&quot;&gt;Marco Ceppi's explanation of why a (now deleted) user's answers were being removed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With the exception of the third answer (which I believe we converted to comment) the first two were overboard. If you asked how you could get rid of maleria in the world, some of these answers are analogous to &quot;Nuke the world, problem solved&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/98098/18612&quot;&gt;This answer&lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/98016/18612&quot;&gt;Alternative printer driver for Fuji Xerox DocuPrint P205b?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Similar deal here. &quot;Ubuntu doesn't work? Install Windows on bare metal to solve all your problems.&quot; As valid a point as this might be, it's not really the answer we're looking for here. It's also implicit that it might work on Windows given that there is a driver for it. It's not a helpful post.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/93738/18612&quot;&gt;This answer&lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/93688/18612&quot;&gt;Can I legally build and sell desktops with Ubuntu pre-installed?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This one is getting trashed because the &lt;em&gt;emphasis&lt;/em&gt; makes it look like a troll. It's also hinting something (that Ubuntu isn't free or re-distributable) which is technically incorrect.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All these share something: &lt;strong&gt;they're unhelpful in some way&lt;/strong&gt;. Giving an answer which is dangerous, obvious or is just wrong is a good way to get it voted down. If it goes too far in one of those directions, the mods step in and shut it down.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;That's the policy&lt;/strong&gt; and I don't think it needs expanding. It's always going to be fairly subjective based on the nuances in English, the mood of everybody involved, etc. As soon as we start writing what can and can't be written in answers, we risk treading on what might actually be very helpful posts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sidebar: It's important to note that there are already helpful examples of &quot;No, but what about this&quot; answers. &quot;No&quot; is a valid answer and you can provide helpful alternatives in your answers. Here's one I gave on a networking question &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/72989/449&quot;&gt;How to share my WiFi Internet via WiFi?&lt;/a&gt; where over half my answer is not to do it the way the user was planning on. I think it's helpful, you might disagree.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another thing to note is that it doesn't matter how many policies we write, an unhelpful poster is going to post whatever they like. We don't hold seminars for new users before they can post so a lot of people learn what is acceptable on-the-job.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2012-01-25T13:13:34.570" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2381" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2379" CreationDate="2012-01-25T18:43:28.700" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;After some discussion, a short debate and something inbetween, here's what I think we'll do - feel free to leave comments etc to make sure we get things right.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At about 12AM UTC (so in other words, as soon as we all get our votes replenish), I'll show up &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/206/ubuntu-regulators&quot;&gt;in the Regulators room&lt;/a&gt; armed with votes, flags and a &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/1341/6005&quot;&gt;data.SE query from this list&lt;/a&gt; &lt;del&gt;(I'm currently working on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/ubuntu/s/1916/kill-all-abandoned-questions&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;kill all abandoned questions&lt;/a&gt; one)&lt;/del&gt; STATUS: Complete until next data dump, and then we'll just run with it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Jorge pointed out (rightly so) that some users have access to existing close votes - I think we should utilize that &quot;ability&quot;, and have users who don't have access to the mod tools get in on the action as first because from my point of view, we have a &lt;em&gt;lot&lt;/em&gt; of close votes that aren't being used - and if we could just focus this vote source, we could make a dent on cleanup. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(ok, that sounded like I'm planning a rebellion &lt;em&gt;which I might be&lt;/em&gt;, but its true about having no focus...)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;UPDATES ON PROGRESS:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As of &lt;code&gt;01:50 UTC on the 27th of January&lt;/code&gt;, we've done two sprints and have gotten to 2011-06-23. At this point, I'm not sure if we're being effective - I'd appreciate some feedback on that from the moderators if they can give that to us. Also, I've not seen &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions?sort=unanswered&quot;&gt;this number&lt;/a&gt; go down at all, in fact its gone up - however, as I said earlier, I'd like some feedback from the moderators.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, of special interest to me is the answer to the question &quot;are we doing the right thing by flagging all of them?&quot; - I'm pretty sure jokerdino and I are both flagging most (if not all) of the posts we deal with - is that overkill? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, we're now moving onto the &lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/ubuntu/query/52984/possible-duplicates&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;possible duplicates&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2012-02-01T02:38:32.980" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2382" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2346" CreationDate="2012-01-26T01:09:39.297" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;The weight of the flag was so awesome that it crushed the pole where it stood. So people all over the community came to give it a &quot;helping hand&quot;. many people touched the flag to put it up, that is why the name &quot;helpful flags&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now the flag floats in the air with magnetized nitrogen ubuntu technology (Which can be viewed only with an Ubuntu TV)..&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you do not believe me read the information I left for you in the directory /dev/null you can find there everything from what happen to the flags, what is the meaning of life, the universe, how to always win the lottery without paying a ticket for it 5 times in a row and how to pick up girls with 10 words or less.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7035" LastEditorUserId="7035" LastEditDate="2012-01-26T14:11:56.903" LastActivityDate="2012-01-26T14:11:56.903" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2383" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2389" CreationDate="2012-01-26T04:55:33.097" Score="13" ViewCount="456" Body="&lt;p&gt;Why does my reputation decrease when I down-vote answers? Isn't down-voting &lt;em&gt;bad&lt;/em&gt; answers a &lt;em&gt;good&lt;/em&gt; thing?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="35750" LastEditorUserId="35750" LastEditDate="2012-01-26T09:21:16.560" LastActivityDate="2012-01-26T13:18:22.100" Title="I observed that my reputation decreases when I downvote answers, why?" Tags="|discussion|voting|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2384" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2383" CreationDate="2012-01-26T06:14:23.833" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;As far as I know Stack Exchange sites are meant to be based primarily on up-voting. If a post deserves a down-vote it should be so bad that the voter is prepared to lose 1 reputation. Thus, I think that losing reputation on down-voting an answer is to restrain down-voting to a reasonable level and promote up-voting as the primary voting method (note that there are three alternatives when it comes to voting: vote up, vote down and not vote). Also it will work against answerers voting down competing answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, in the ideal case you down-vote an answer and also post a comment so that the answerer may improve their answer accordingly and then the answerer improves their answer and you remove your down-vote. In that case the quality is improved and you regain the lost reputation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19490" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-01-26T06:20:50.420" LastActivityDate="2012-01-26T06:20:50.420" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2385" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1602" CreationDate="2012-01-26T07:52:31.953" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;How often does this happen? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How many questions per day are submitted in a language other than English?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This would be a fair bit of work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123" LastActivityDate="2012-01-26T07:52:31.953" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2386" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2387" CreationDate="2012-01-26T10:49:06.747" Score="2" ViewCount="538" Body="&lt;p&gt;If I ask a question that nobody else is able to answer, and I later figure it out, then there is no way for me to mark the question as answered. It will be marked unaccepted forever. I consider this to be a bug since it'll have a negative impact on statistics, etc. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19779" LastEditorUserId="1118" LastEditDate="2013-12-16T11:16:42.387" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="There's no way to mark a question solved when you figure it out yourself." Tags="|feature-request|status-completed|accepted-answer|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2387" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2386" CreationDate="2012-01-26T12:25:15.193" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can answer your own question and then mark it as the best answer after two days of asking the question. It won't be considered as an unanswered question if there is at least one upvote on the provided answer. There is even a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/badges/14/self-learner&quot;&gt;badge&lt;/a&gt; promoting such a behavior.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2012-01-26T12:30:26.417" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2388" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2386" CreationDate="2012-01-26T12:28:47.703" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;But there is a way!! Write your own answer, and then accept it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;it isn't considered impolite. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;it gets off the unanswered list. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For more info, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/16930/is-it-ok-to-answer-your-own-question-and-accept-it&quot;&gt;take a look at this meta stackoverflow question. &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2012-01-26T12:28:47.703" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2389" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2383" CreationDate="2012-01-26T13:18:22.100" Score="18" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's there to help stop people gaming the system (eg posting an answer and then downvoting everybody else to make their post the top of the pile).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Voting against questions is free (there's no chance of personal gain).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A vote down is a lot stronger than voting up. It sends a message to the poster (they lose rep too) and if something gets enough negative votes, it starts to show up on the review boards as a bad answer. That's when mods get involved to tidy things up if somebody hasn't flagged it already.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the answer is so bad that it gets deleted, I believe you get that reputation back. If not immediately, at some time in the not-too-distant future.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2012-01-26T13:18:22.100" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2390" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-01-26T15:10:26.863" Score="7" ViewCount="71" Body="&lt;p&gt;As Ubuntu gets more attention in the general media (which is a very good thing), people get more questions they'd like to get answers to. For instance, HUD is going to attract a lot of curiosity. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions of that kind will not be useful forever, but they can be quite important in the interim. The media, as we know, tend to not always present the absolute truths. I think it would be good if we could use AskUbuntu to answer some of those questions in order to stop the misconceptions before they become widely accepted. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would therefore suggest using tags such as future-1204 that can be used to identify these types of questions. That way, we can easily manage them when the future becomes present. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I really don't like the notion that when users are enthusiastic about the future and comes to us in order to learn, that we turn them away by saying it's off-topic and closing the question. In fact, I think it's the opposite of what we should do. We should welcome the enthusiasts and use AskUbuntu to spread high quality information about what's going on in the development scene. That way, when a news site presents incorrect information, people can link to a question on AskUbuntu to clear it up. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19779" LastActivityDate="2012-01-26T15:23:55.053" Title="Questions about the future is off-topic?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2391" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2390" CreationDate="2012-01-26T15:23:55.053" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;We tried this when Unity launched as Mark and the rest of the DX team answered Unity questions. Instead of asking how Unity works most of the questions were hypothetical. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The problem with this is it becomes open ended and the only real answer is either &quot;We'll know when someone writes it&quot; or asking the community to guess what the answer is, which is what you see on other places. When those kinds of questions are allowed then we get flooded with things like &quot;Will the panel ever support unicorns?&quot; instead of real user questions that solve problems. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What we usually do is as we get closer to beta and past feature freeze and UI is when we &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/871/when-are-questions-about-ubuntu1-appropriate&quot;&gt;start to loosen up&lt;/a&gt; and allow these sorts of questions, but right now things are moving to fast to be useful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example it makes no sense right now to answer HUD questions as it's not in the distro and not even finished, there's not many questions we can answer other than the one on how to install it and report bugs. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2012-01-26T15:23:55.053" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2392" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2277" CreationDate="2012-01-26T15:44:47.800" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;The fix will be in the next production build.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="61" LastActivityDate="2012-01-26T15:44:47.800" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2393" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-01-26T19:13:01.777" Score="8" ViewCount="64" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is there some way I can see what my per-badge completion status is? For example, to view the completion status for the &lt;em&gt;Electorate&lt;/em&gt; or &lt;em&gt;Copy-Editor&lt;/em&gt; badge I can go to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/&quot;&gt;review&lt;/a&gt; page and take a look at what my status is. Is there a way to see the completion status for all the other badges as well?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="18887" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2012-01-29T03:57:13.803" Title="How can I see per-badge completion-status?" Tags="|support|badges|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2394" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2395" CreationDate="2012-01-27T07:55:15.513" Score="7" ViewCount="61" Body="&lt;p&gt;My question was just edited. It seems I had used wildly differing tags. Happy that someone helped me, it also made me a little bit curious what I had done. So, how can I see the older versions of my question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19779" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2016-07-01T01:30:23.727" LastActivityDate="2016-07-01T01:30:23.727" Title="How can I see old versions of a question or answer?" Tags="|support|revision-history|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2395" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2394" CreationDate="2012-01-27T08:13:47.730" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;To the left of the poster's name will be the name of the last editor. Above this, a link saying when the post was last edited. Click it and you'll get a detailed revision history with diffs from edit to edit. Each revision will have a chain icon labelled &quot;link to this formatted revision&quot; that will show the post as it was after a given editor's changes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/2HSbA.png&quot; alt=&quot;Screenshot of diff link&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/E5J1f.png&quot; alt=&quot;Screenshot of formatted source link&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Took me a while to stumble across too...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="24694" LastEditorUserId="24694" LastEditDate="2012-01-27T08:25:48.957" LastActivityDate="2012-01-27T08:25:48.957" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2396" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2379" CreationDate="2012-01-27T15:48:02.287" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is really a good work and we can do this for a very long manageable time but another thing that is also missing from all of this is continuing to vote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since the main reasons for this group effort are not only cleanup but also increase the answered questions score for Ask Ubuntu we need ot make sure that we vote on answers that are good enough to be voted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Vote, its necessary! Does not cost a thing (besides when you down vote but has mentioned on another question that is necessary and down votes normally are not as important as up votes).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If an answer is well formed, has content, makes sense in the current situation and could help the user is some form vote up! 2x votes and the question is answered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can close 50 questions a day, everyday (you cant, that's just an idea) but if another 50 come that have no enough up votes on the answers the number of un-answered questions will maintain it self.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Vote, its useful, its nice, it makes ppl more comfortable and happy!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastActivityDate="2012-01-27T15:48:02.287" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2398" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2399" CreationDate="2012-01-28T07:16:46.607" Score="3" ViewCount="43" Body="&lt;p&gt;The question is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/71528/make-network-manager-restart-after-dropped-connection/99110#99110&quot;&gt;this one&lt;/a&gt; and the bug seems to be &lt;a href=&quot;https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ppp/+bug/869954&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. None of the &quot;close&quot; options seem appropriate. Perhaps, &lt;strong&gt;exact duplicate&lt;/strong&gt; could be extended to &lt;strong&gt;exact duplicate or existing bug&lt;/strong&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user25656" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2012-01-28T14:11:12.227" Title="Is it okay to suggest that my own question be closed since it's related to a confirmed bug?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2399" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2398" CreationDate="2012-01-28T14:11:12.227" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;There's nothing wrong with suggesting your question be closed (and it won't count against you in any way). As for bugs, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1317/what-to-do-with-questions-that-describe-known-bugs&quot;&gt;they should be closed as off-topic&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.087" LastActivityDate="2012-01-28T14:11:12.227" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2400" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2401" CreationDate="2012-01-28T15:19:16.743" Score="4" ViewCount="78" Body="&lt;p&gt;As a new user to Ask Ubuntu, or for that matter any other forum based site, upon registering, it would be very useful to have some kind of basic introduction on how to ask questions. Not the process for doing so as that is fairly straight forward, but how to actually write and compose the question and subject, to best assist the people that will have to read it and answer it. I feel that this would greatly increase the efficiency of the process and make life a lot easier for those answering. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="43801" LastActivityDate="2012-01-28T15:24:44.690" Title="New starters to Ask Ubuntu" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2401" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2400" CreationDate="2012-01-28T15:24:44.690" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is covered in the faq: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq#howtoask&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/faq#howtoask&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/how-to-ask&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/how-to-ask&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These are both linked in the same page you ask a question (look on the right, by the formatting help, etc.) I've also made some videos to help:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://blip.tv/jorge-castro/how-to-ask-good-questionson-askubuntu-com-4927281&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://blip.tv/jorge-castro/how-to-ask-good-questionson-askubuntu-com-4927281&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://blip.tv/jorge-castro/how-to-improve-your-questions-on-ask-ubuntu-4838345&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://blip.tv/jorge-castro/how-to-improve-your-questions-on-ask-ubuntu-4838345&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2012-01-28T15:24:44.690" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2402" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2393" CreationDate="2012-01-29T03:57:13.803" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is currently no support for badge progress display on the site itself, but there's a new &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackapps.com/questions/2982/stinkingbadges-track-your-progress-towards-long-term-badges&quot;&gt;user script on Stack Apps&lt;/a&gt; that will show you your progress towards (at this time) Legendary, Generalist, and the Nice/Good/Great Question/Answer badges.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are also queries you can run against the data dump. They aren't always accurate, but if you're interested you can find many of them on &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.stackoverflow.com&quot;&gt;Meta Stack Overflow&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1412" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:46.307" LastActivityDate="2012-01-29T03:57:13.803" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2403" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2570" CreationDate="2012-01-29T20:52:29.810" Score="12" ViewCount="197" Body="&lt;p&gt;Reading this &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/99668/2732&quot;&gt;answer&lt;/a&gt; I've realized that we don't have &lt;a href=&quot;http://code.google.com/p/google-code-prettify/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Google Code Prettify&lt;/a&gt; support on Ask Ubuntu like we have on Stack Overflow.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since we &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/1692/2732&quot;&gt;agreed&lt;/a&gt; that we welcome Ubuntu development questions I think we should also have Google Code Prettify support.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2732" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Google Code Prettify support for Ask Ubuntu?" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|status-completed|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2404" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2379" CreationDate="2012-01-30T04:06:31.327" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;While I think these sprints are a good idea, we need to be careful not to turn this into a hunt against old questions. Abandoned questions are questions that can't be resolved without further input from the asker. They are &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; just &quot;old questions&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/78321&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; is not abandoned. It may be a bad question for other reasons, but it is fully coherent, has all requested information in it, and could be addressed fully even if the asker dropped off the face of the earth (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/19779&quot;&gt;which he hasn't&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Moral of the story: this isn't a game to purge questions that aren't answered from the system. It's a game to purge questions that &lt;em&gt;can't&lt;/em&gt; be answered from the system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="24694" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2012-01-30T04:06:31.327" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2405" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2407" CreationDate="2012-01-30T13:41:29.183" Score="18" ViewCount="358" Body="&lt;p&gt;I will give the example of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/70813/25863&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It was a bad answer, not much information in it, not really a good work around. A bad answer is a bad answer, we all understand that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, I look at the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/29008/fer0ce&quot;&gt;user&lt;/a&gt; that answered that and I see 1 valid question, nothing else. I can assume that this was one of his first answers in the site. Everyone has been there: new to the site, ingenuous, maybe a bit shy and not knowing exactly if his information will be in any way received or helpful, and then it gets hit with comments as the ones posted on that answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;This answer is not helpful or useful at all! explain yourself give us names and links! or just delete the post! read the &lt;strong&gt;FAQ&lt;/strong&gt;!!!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;(...)but that answer is so bad that it annoys me a lot...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my humble and not so important opinion, this way of commenting should be strongly avoided. We are a community that prides it self with good behaviour, help is given and taken, development is done based on that. We are one of the faces of Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If someone needs help or guidance when he himself is trying to help but instead gets whooshed out what kind of example are we?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was tempted to flag those comments as rude at the time, but being myself also a recent member to the site I have failed on not doing so. I was afraid another user would be punished for something that can be considered rude or for others just harsh.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is your opinion on flagging comments to moderators, where is the threshold where things go from acceptable to rude, who decides those and will there be any consequences to the person flagged? What if a moderator does not agree, what will happen?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the end my question is: should we be quicker on flagging rude comments?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2014-03-25T19:49:52.023" Title="Should comments be flagged for &quot;light&quot; rudeness?" Tags="|discussion|comments|flagging|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2406" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2405" CreationDate="2012-01-30T13:48:07.523" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;Those two comments you have quoted in your answer are downright rude. I would flag them if I'd spot them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2732" LastActivityDate="2012-01-30T13:48:07.523" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2407" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2405" CreationDate="2012-01-30T18:34:03.330" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;Comments are very clearly second-class citizens in the system, and we delete them much more briskly than questions or answers. So I'd say it's okay to flag (and subsequently delete) them for mild rudeness, given that the comment doesn't add anything useful to the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Rude comments are seldom useful, but when they happen to be, I tend to just edit them. So in that case a flag would be helpful as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now the important bit:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Clearly mark your flag to provide some context. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you know, for example, that a commenter has misunderstood the question, add that to the flag's description. This'll make it much more likely your flag is dealt with quickly and it saves us a bunch of time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Do flag comments that are&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Obsolete or wrong  (&quot;You can't install Gnome3 on Ubuntu&quot;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;insulting in any way&lt;/strong&gt; (&quot;Haha, you use Windoze?!?!&quot;, &quot;Is this a serious question?&quot;, &quot;roflcopter that's not a daemon, that's a kernel module.&quot;, &quot;rtfm&quot;*, &quot;[lmgtfy]&quot;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Noisy (&quot;Don't I know you from IRC?&quot;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;unnecessary (&quot;Works for me too&quot;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/TXjwM.png&quot; alt=&quot;deletehead&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Deletehead!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If, however, a comment is &lt;em&gt;useful&lt;/em&gt;, please indicate that in the flag's description and we'll do our best to salvage it by &lt;strong&gt;editing out the rudeness&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;*:RTFM stands for &quot;read the fucking manual&quot;. Not so nice when you spell it out, right? (: It's actually close to being bullying.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastEditorUserId="25863" LastEditDate="2012-01-30T18:59:35.550" LastActivityDate="2012-01-30T18:59:35.550" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2408" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-01-30T20:07:04.577" Score="17" ViewCount="838" Body="&lt;p&gt;The 2012 Community Moderator Election is now underway!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Community moderator elections have three phases:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Nomination phase&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Primary phase&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Election phase&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most elections take between two and three weeks, but this depends on how many candidates there are.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please visit the official election page at&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/election&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/election&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;for more detail, and to participate!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have general questions about the election process, or questions for moderator candidates, feel free to ask them here on meta – just make sure your questions are tagged &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/election&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;election&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;election&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2012-02-18T23:45:37.440" Title="2012 Community Moderator Election" Tags="|discussion|moderators|election|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="2" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-01-30T20:07:04.577" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2409" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2410" CreationDate="2012-01-30T23:44:47.153" Score="15" ViewCount="1671" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have seen the community 2012 moderator opened and I was thinking that maybe I would run for office.. I mean moderator but like anybody that is scared to jump into something bigger than himself I ask, by experience of already existing moderators and any other moderators from other sites, what should a moderator have as experience and what should a new moderator expect from the site when gaining moderator election. What activities should a moderator do on a daily/weekly basis.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By asking this I am trying to relax anybody that might want to go for the gold... I mean position.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am guessing there is a minimum amount of points to have and a way of answering and helping people in the community. But additionally what other experience stuff should humble not deity humans like us know and be ready for.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have already passed the 7 tests of fire, brought back the princess 21 $%!&quot;#! times from the same castle, killed too many dragons, found the triforce 2 million times and helped the old neighbor lady put out the trash (while ;) at her daughter obviously).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What more should we do or know before going for this position in the community (and Cry havoc and let slip the Chihuahuas of poker war)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7035" LastEditorUserId="1992" LastEditDate="2012-01-31T03:45:24.390" LastActivityDate="2012-01-31T22:19:13.520" Title="By experience, what characteristics should a moderator have?" Tags="|discussion|moderation|election|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2410" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2409" CreationDate="2012-01-31T03:27:31.500" Score="17" Body="&lt;p&gt;While I can't speak for the other moderators, in my experience as an Ask Ubuntu moderator since August 2010 I can offer a brief glimpse into moderator qualities from my perspective.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Tolerance&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you become frustrated easily, moderation might not be for you. Assuming you visit the site on a daily basis, you'll have to interact with people with whom you may not share the same definition, vision, or belief about something -- Whether that something is related to how Ask Ubuntu should operate, topics acceptable on the site, or even just personal philosophies you have to always be tolerant and understanding despite what you personally believe.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Political&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a moderator you're just one misstep away from being alluded to the subject of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin%27s_law&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Godwin's law&lt;/a&gt;. As such, you have to try to always remain tactful when performing actions on the site. You gain powers that not many people will even get close to having and as a result it's very easy to appear you have a &quot;heavy hand&quot; despite the best of intentions. Remaining objective and political in your actions to maintain the appearance of neutrality during moderation can often be a tricky dance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Neutral&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You're a moderator, which means you were elected because the community entrusts you to do their bidding. As such, remaining neutral and performing actions that fit within the guidelines of &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/05/a-theory-of-moderation/&quot;&gt;a theory of moderation&lt;/a&gt; is something you'll have to do on a daily basis. No longer can you simply vote to close something because you don't particularly agree with the subject, now your votes are Stack Exchange Super Votes™. So when you use these new powers, ones you could say come with &lt;a href=&quot;http://youtu.be/IKmQW7JTb6s?t=11s&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;great responsibility&lt;/a&gt;, try to remain neutral and only perform actions that the community would do. This also includes closing &quot;questionable&quot; topics - or too many questions at a time. It's a lot easier to justify a closed question to a user when more than one person has voted on it. So remaining neutral (and not closing a ton of questions with just your super vote) helps to convey the community effort in the site. Basically, just &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4r7wHMg5Yjg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;don't be a honey badger&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;You're wrong&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Always have someone else agree with, multiple people even, in fact make sure &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com&quot;&gt;meta&lt;/a&gt; agrees with you. If you plan on doing something to the site that could be controversial like &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2246/questions-seeking-how-to-bypass-security-off-topic&quot;&gt;a new policy&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/250/how-to-tag-the-ubuntu-editions-and-derivatives&quot;&gt;spear-heading&lt;/a&gt; some of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/879/is-the-ubuntu-desktop-tag-immortal&quot;&gt;worst tags&lt;/a&gt; on the site, or even just &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2253/should-questions-answers-dealing-with-adult-software-be-flagged-as-inappropria&quot;&gt;clarification about what's acceptable&lt;/a&gt; always make sure to get a general consensus about your plans and be open to having it shot down, repeatedly, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7dbdZlsR3Y&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;in the face&lt;/a&gt;. When dealing with these things it helps to start out thinking you're wrong until proven right. When you do &lt;a href=&quot;http://youtu.be/scyGo7tkC4I?t=14s&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;done goofed&lt;/a&gt; it's best to just state why you did something and keep an open mind. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;They're wrong&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It goes without saying, just as you're fallible, so are they. Not everything everyone wants you to do is the right choice. If you have doubts make sure to confer with the other moderators (both on this site and others), as well as the Stack Exchange community team. This is a good way to ensure what's demanded of you is correct and you don't become someone else's puppet. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Community&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Something that took a while to sink in: the users aren't powerless without moderators, moderators are powerless without the users. We're here to serve them. You don't own Ask Ubuntu anymore than the next person does. It's a community effort, you're just a tool the community uses when it's needed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you're looking for glory or popularity, you won't find it here. If you're looking to scratch an ego, look elsewhere. If you find yourself limited on a daily basis (votes, flags, turn around times) by what you can do to help the Ask Ubuntu community - then apply within. It's a grueling, tedious, near monotonous position where every action you take is scrutinized. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="41" LastEditDate="2012-01-31T22:19:13.520" LastActivityDate="2012-01-31T22:19:13.520" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2411" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2418" CreationDate="2012-01-31T06:43:32.207" Score="6" ViewCount="113" Body="&lt;p&gt;As per my brother's request, I want to hide the GRUB menu, on his dual-boot machine, only to have it appear when he presses some key. I Googled and found &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/70875/hide-grub-menu-and-keystroke-to-reveal&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;, and a few days later I noticed it was closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why? What makes hiding GRUB too localized? How is it a knowledge that will not benefit others? I request it to be reopened.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On an unrelated note, I wish there's something like the Launchpad feature of 'me too' on SE, that will allow inputs from others to the question as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="814" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2012-01-31T12:08:24.953" Title="Why is hiding GRUB menu too localized?" Tags="|discussion|closed-questions|" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2412" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2411" CreationDate="2012-01-31T08:15:18.320" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The last comment for that question reads&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This question appears to be abandoned and unanswered, could you&#xA;  perhaps add more detail to your question? If you are experiencing a&#xA;  similar issue please ask a new question with details pertaining to&#xA;  your problem. If you feel this question is not abandoned, then please&#xA;  flag explaining that (as well as editing your question with any&#xA;  details you have).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See also &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2329/closing-abandoned-questions-is-harder-than-it-should-be&quot;&gt;Closing abandoned questions is harder than it should be.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Instead of 'me too' you could vote for the question if it is well written or add comments with more info so that it gets a higher chance of getting answered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19490" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.087" LastActivityDate="2012-01-31T08:15:18.320" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2413" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2411" CreationDate="2012-01-31T08:15:35.483" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;That question was closed in an effort to weed out our abandoned questions. It is not too localized for the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Apparently it is a false positive. I have voted to reopen it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2732" LastActivityDate="2012-01-31T08:15:35.483" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2416" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2411" CreationDate="2012-01-31T11:43:47.247" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;As one of the five people who voted on the question in discussion to be closed, I think it is only appropriate that you hear from one of us. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, well, as Octavian Damien pointed out, our intentions were merely to keep the site clear of abandoned questions and not to limit sharing of knowledge. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On saying that, I have cast my reopen vote on the question. You should hopefully get it opened sooner rather than later. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastActivityDate="2012-01-31T11:43:47.247" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2417" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2411" CreationDate="2012-01-31T11:49:03.717" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Its is not that the question was too localized, it was simply closed because there was no input of activity from the OP for a long time and such question can be closed after some time using &lt;em&gt;too localized&lt;/em&gt; as the main reason.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you look at the user page from the OP you can see that the user has only that question, no answers or further activity on the site since October. I would agree that flagging a question with less then 3 months as abandoned has a great risk of not being valid, but in this case I would say it is safe to do so. There is a big change the user will not come back (last login was almost 4 months ago) so flag it, close it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In case a user feels that his question was flagged unfairly and he wants to open the question again he can always flag a moderator to open it or if a new user would like to ask the same question with intentions of getting an answer and responding to comments that user can simply create a new one. New question that have activity cannot be flagged as dupes of something that is closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the end we closed a question that probably would be lost and without answers for a very long time and we create opportunity for a user to ask that same question without the risk of having it closed as dupe.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastActivityDate="2012-01-31T11:49:03.717" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2418" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2411" CreationDate="2012-01-31T12:08:24.953" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is now reopened. I apologize for closing it, it appeared to be abandoned and without answer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastActivityDate="2012-01-31T12:08:24.953" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2419" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-01-31T13:17:13.443" Score="8" ViewCount="290" Body="&lt;p&gt;The following question was posed to me on my moderator nomination&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;Is there any concrete issues you would like to focus on as a moderator?&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My answer is what amounts to janitorial work, but I'd like to ask &lt;em&gt;you&lt;/em&gt;, the &lt;em&gt;community&lt;/em&gt; this question - what are the problems (outside of our formerly dropping answer rate and related sadness) that Ask Ubuntu is currently experiencing, if any?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastEditorUserId="1116" LastEditDate="2012-02-01T01:38:40.503" LastActivityDate="2012-02-01T02:56:36.773" Title="What are Ask Ubuntu's current problems, if any, as of early 2012?" Tags="|discussion|election|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2422" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2419" CreationDate="2012-01-31T14:29:00.317" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;One answer is growth.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I wouldn't call it a problem thought on the contrary. The more people use Ask Ubuntu the better however growth has certain side effects.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Two of those side effects are an increasing influx of questions and the higher probability of lower quality content. What this means is that we will have to put more effort into keeping the quality level up to our standard (In other words we have to push our cloning research effort so we can clone Jorge a couple of times).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To answer the question directly I'd say other than being active and helping the community to reach their goal there is not much a moderator should do on his own.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Note: By helping the community I meant encouraging them to get involved and &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2011/12/own-your-community-2/&quot;&gt;own their community&lt;/a&gt;. I'd also like to point out that this is something that jrg already successfully did.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2732" LastEditorUserId="2732" LastEditDate="2012-01-31T21:08:38.640" LastActivityDate="2012-01-31T21:08:38.640" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2423" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2419" CreationDate="2012-01-31T14:51:54.063" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I do not mean that Ask Ubuntu is doomed or anything. But there are things we can work with to make it a better site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One problem is that Ask Ubuntu has a relatively high influx of new content. More content means more janitorial work. Thus, a relevant issue is: how can we get more people to do janitorial work?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another, but related, problem is that some questions lack in describing the problem at hand such that they are hard to answer without lots of guesswork. So, a relevant issue is: how can we encourage people to write answerable and researched questions?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19490" LastActivityDate="2012-01-31T14:51:54.063" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2425" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2430" CreationDate="2012-01-31T16:57:29.757" Score="8" ViewCount="441" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've seen quite a few questions that ask how to do something with some software that happens to be able to run on Ubuntu, but could equally be answered on any Linux related stackoverflow site. They have nothing in particular to do with Ubuntu directly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When are such questions off-topic? When should they be redirected to SuperUser or serverfault or such?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For instance, this one got closed: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/100153/how-to-install-mac-os-x-lion-10-7-on-virtualbox-4-1&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/100153/how-to-install-mac-os-x-lion-10-7-on-virtualbox-4-1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But this one is apparently ok?&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/85776/what-is-iommu-how-can-i-use-it-with-virtualbox-and-will-it-improve-my-vm-perf&quot;&gt;What is IOMMU and  will it improve my VM performance?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I bring this up because I was considering flagging the following but wasn't sure:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/100235/bind-9-on-ubuntu-with-special-functionalities&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/100235/bind-9-on-ubuntu-with-special-functionalities&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I figured to myself that a simple rule of thumb might be &quot;if this question could be asked on AskSUSE with only s/Ubuntu/SUSE/g done to it, it's likely offtopic&quot;. Is that about right?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="34401" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2012-01-31T21:36:49.453" Title="Where's the off-topic line?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2428" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-01-31T20:26:22.600" Score="6" ViewCount="75" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the past few weeks, I've noticed some newish users coming to &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/201/ask-ubuntu-general-room&quot;&gt;the general room&lt;/a&gt; looking for IRC-style technical support or (perhaps more objectionably) using it as advertising space for their questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm personally not too bothered by this, provided it doesn't get out of control. However, chat is ostensibly supposed to be a &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/04/do-trilogy-sites-need-a-third-place/&quot;&gt;&quot;third place&quot;&lt;/a&gt; for community-building and coordination, not &lt;em&gt;AskUbuntu: RealTime Edition&lt;/em&gt;&lt;sup&gt;TM&lt;/sup&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How, if at all, should we address this issue?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="24694" LastActivityDate="2012-02-02T22:56:20.103" Title="How should we handle support requests in the Ask Ubuntu General Room?" Tags="|discussion|chat|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2429" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2428" CreationDate="2012-01-31T20:31:42.383" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Chat is completely Ask Ubuntu RealTime Edition™ - that's what chat's for. Chat should ultimately facilitate everything Ask Ubuntu is and does. This should include meta discussion, community building, and support. Comments, the second class citizens they are, sometimes don't cover the bridge that's needed to really troubleshoot an issue. That's where chat can play a vital role in getting an exchange of comments done in realtime.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Often users stumble in and ask for support directly. If it's an easy one-off question there's no harm in just saying &quot;oh, do this&quot;. However, I've made it a practice that if a user comes in with either a question that is complex, or one that can benefit multiple people, that they first ask it on the site, and come back to chat with a link. That way a discussion can occur, when new details are found out the original author is request to place it in his question, when an answer is discovered whomever found it is encouraged to answer it on the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2012-01-31T20:31:42.383" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2430" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2425" CreationDate="2012-01-31T21:36:49.453" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;We &amp;lt;3 application questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have a question about Firefox, it could be answered on AskSuSE or &lt;a href=&quot;http://ask.fedoraproject.org/questions/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ask Fedora&lt;/a&gt;, but you're not running Fedora or SuSE, you're running Ubuntu. :) So if we enforced application-questions be specific to Ubuntu, we'd have very few questions left.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's hard to make a definitive rule, so here are &lt;strong&gt;some examples&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;This is completely on-topic:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How do I install the latest Chrome?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How do I make nano/vim/emacs print spaces instead of tabs&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Why does Bind9 keep crashing with this error?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How do I set up a Bind server?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How do I connect USB devices to MacOS X in VirtualBox?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;This is &lt;em&gt;mostly&lt;/em&gt; off topic:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Mac OS Installer crashes when Installing OSX in VirtualBox&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;TeX page margins are too large&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How do I install the ... Plugin in Wordpress?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;This is off topic:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How do I add 2 and 2 in Mathematica?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How do I make my web-server serve more requests per second?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Should I buy hard drives or use tapes for my backup?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I can't buy anything on the Chrome Webstore&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can use a few criteria to make an initial judgement:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is there a better site on the Stack Exchange network?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is the user actually running Ubuntu or any of the &lt;em&gt;official&lt;/em&gt; derivatives?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is the user &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; reporting a bug? (those go on launchpad)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These three will catch about 90% of off-topic questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know the remaining 10% can be tough, so I hope this helps clearing it up a bit. In any case, if this question could also be asked on Unix &amp;amp; Linux, that does not make it off topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Onto your examples:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/100153/how-to-install-mac-os-x-lion-10-7-on-virtualbox-4-1&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/100153/how-to-install-mac-os-x-lion-10-7-on-virtualbox-4-1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is off-topic because it's an issue with Mac OS X, as far as I can tell.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/85776/what-is-iommu-how-can-i-use-it-with-virtualbox-and-will-it-improve-my-vm-perf&quot;&gt;What is IOMMU and  will it improve my VM performance?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's hard to tell whether this is off topic if you're not very well versed in virtualisation technology, so err on the side of caution and leave it open.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/100235/bind-9-on-ubuntu-with-special-functionalities&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/100235/bind-9-on-ubuntu-with-special-functionalities&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This one is just as on-topic as any other Ubuntu Server or application question. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please tell me if I've left anything very unclear. It's late. ;-)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2012-01-31T21:36:49.453" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2431" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2375" CreationDate="2012-01-31T23:15:51.393" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Why not &lt;code&gt;dash-shell&lt;/code&gt;? That seems to me to be rather destriptive without being over-generic (&lt;code&gt;shell-scripting&lt;/code&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13398" LastActivityDate="2012-01-31T23:15:51.393" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2432" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2419" CreationDate="2012-02-01T01:37:04.127" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;For me, the worst part of AskUbuntu compared to StackOverflow is the influx of bad questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One example to hand (not necessarily the best example) is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/97637/ubuntu-11-10-freezes-on-boot-just-installed&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/97637/ubuntu-11-10-freezes-on-boot-just-installed&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What I think is bad about this question (at least at the moment I'm writing) is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The title sounds like something that might apply to anyone but there's no good reason to think another machine that freezes will be doing so for the same reason.  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;There are answers (which should be, at most, comments) where other people report similar problems, probably from different causes&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The question is incomplete and it's likely to either stay that way or turn into a long comment thread to eventually work it out&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Questions like this are unlikely to get votes or acceptance&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The result is that it does not produce a wiki of reusable answers in the way that StackOverflow aspires to do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I wonder if AskUbuntu should actually send people who are having machine specific problems to either file a bug, or a Launchpad answer (though that ui is not great), or to some other site that is user-friendly but better suited to an ongoing user-specific question (getsatisfaction.com?)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I wonder, too, what we should do with these questions.  Sometimes they are answered in a way that helps that individual user, but they are generally not adding value to the site.  I am inclined to start downvoting them, but this seems unfair to the questioner, who doesn't know they're doing something bad.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To summarize the comment discussion so far: we can improve AU by just pointing the user to bug filing advice and promptly closing the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1116" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2012-02-01T02:33:31.693" CommentCount="14" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2433" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2419" CreationDate="2012-02-01T02:50:37.453" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't think the user growth by itself is a problem. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Up until October we weren't doing so bad, we had the right &quot;ratio&quot; of experienced users who could handle the traffic. Then we got &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1832/psa-11-10-release-today-aka-lets-get-rockin&quot;&gt;mentioned in the installer&lt;/a&gt; and got a ton of traffic. Unfortunately for us we were overwhelmed in new questions and not enough people who could vote for duplicates, and we've been backlogged this entire cycle with abandoned questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Up until then we were growing in a more steady rate and it wasn't so bad. I think if we would have naturally gotten to this amount of traffic we would have enough mid-to-high reputation users where we could more easily handle the incoming questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The people who bother to do cleanup are either limited by running out of close votes or overflagging. It's increasingly &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2329/closing-abandoned-questions-is-harder-than-it-should-be&quot;&gt;difficult to close questions&lt;/a&gt;. So we end up flagging.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;So now we have too many flags and not enough people to look after them, so now we need an election, which should help.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Either way I don't think more moderators solves too many of the problems, we still need a core group of experienced users to handle closing questions. Moderators have &quot;supervotes&quot; which means they can close questions in one vote. When they do that it feels heavy handed and IMO it's no substitute for having the community manage it's own questions.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think eventually at some point we'll reach equilibrium with the amount of people over 3k who can vote to close and over 10k people who are basically already moderators can manage this kind of incoming question load.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Poolie is right that we're getting swamped with questions that should be bug reports, a scan of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/boot&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;boot&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;boot&lt;/a&gt; tag is a wasteland of dead bodies. I think part of the problem is that we're getting too soft on the amount of questions we allow here and we should be stricter on pushing people to the bug tracker or the forums for &quot;soft&quot; questions like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/100084/why-should-my-business-choose-ubuntu&quot;&gt;this one&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(196 posts in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/crash&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;crash&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;crash&lt;/a&gt;, 196!!!)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2012-02-01T02:56:36.773" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2434" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2435" CreationDate="2012-02-01T03:05:41.370" Score="5" ViewCount="95" Body="&lt;p&gt;In &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2419&quot;&gt;a recent question about problems with Ask Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt;, the topic of low-quality, incomplete, pseudo-bug-report questions came up. From &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1317/what-to-do-with-questions-that-describe-known-bugs&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;What to do with questions that describe known bugs?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, I was under the impression that problems needed to be duly processed, identified, and linked to bug reports to be closed as such. However...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;h3&gt;&lt;em&gt;From comments&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;We're supposed to be sending those [referencing &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/97637/ubuntu-11-10-freezes-on-boot-just-installed&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt;] to Launchpad. I usually leave a comment when something should be a bug and vote to close. – &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/users/235&quot;&gt;Jorge Castro&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;hr&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Don't we need a bug link to close? While it's nice to talk about what we &lt;em&gt;should&lt;/em&gt; do, in practice identifying problems and finding/creating their bug reports is a pretty daunting administrative burden. Meanwhile, dumping a question like that on AU takes twenty seconds. – &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/users/24694&quot;&gt;Me&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;hr&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;We're a Q+A site, not a bug tracker for people who don't want to use a bug tracker. – &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/users/235&quot;&gt;Jorge Castro&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;hr&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I'd like it that way, but the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1317&quot;&gt;voted consensus here&lt;/a&gt; indicates that it should be a known bug to close. Am I misinterpreting it? (If so, free cocktails for everyone) – &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/users/24694&quot;&gt;Me&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, do I have to buy drinks for everyone?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="24694" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2012-02-01T07:47:24.093" Title="Do we need a linked report to close bug questions?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2435" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2434" CreationDate="2012-02-01T03:33:49.730" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's impossible for us to process people's bugs for them, they themselves need to run the &lt;code&gt;ubuntu-bug&lt;/code&gt; tool on their computer in order for it to be an effective bug report. It collects things like all their hardware information, and then at some point a retracer is run on whatever they submit to find the real problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We're just not equipped to handle that sort of thing here, we'd end up just handling incoming bug reports poorly and having to send the person to the bug tracker anyway, where the tools do all the work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="235" LastEditDate="2012-02-01T03:40:19.203" LastActivityDate="2012-02-01T03:40:19.203" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2436" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2437" CreationDate="2012-02-01T03:55:53.233" Score="16" ViewCount="343" Body="&lt;p&gt;After doing some investigation on issues brought up doing these questions I've found something that I'm embarrassed that we have let get out of control, see these questions for some background.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2419/what-are-ask-ubuntus-current-problems-if-any-as-of-early-2012&quot;&gt;What are Ask Ubuntu&amp;#39;s current problems, if any, as of early 2012?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2434/do-we-need-a-linked-report-to-close-bug-questions&quot;&gt;Do we need a linked report to close bug questions?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Have a look at these tags and the amount of posts in each (click on the unanswered tab on each one and you'll see what I mean):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/crash&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;crash&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;crash&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=%5Bcrash%5D+closed%3A0&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=%5Bcrash%5D+closed%3A0&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/boot-error&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;boot-error&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;boot-error&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=%5Bboot-failure%5D+closed%3A0&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=%5Bboot-failure%5D+closed%3A0&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or check these out, all without accepted answers:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=-[crash]+crash+answers%3A0+closed%3Ano&quot;&gt;&quot;crash&quot; in the title&lt;/a&gt; but not tagged that way &amp;lt;-- OMG, over 450 results.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=-%5Bfreeze%5D%20freeze%20hasaccepted:0&amp;amp;submit=search&quot;&gt;&quot;freeze&quot; in the title&lt;/a&gt; but not tagged that way&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=-%5Bbug%5D+bug+hasaccepted%3A0+closed%3A0&amp;amp;submit=search&quot;&gt;&quot;bug&quot; in the title&lt;/a&gt; but not tagged that way&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most of those are bug reports disguised as questions, there's some serious orange circles  (0 answers) in some of those searches.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think we're running the risk of becoming a poor man's bug tracker instead of a Question and Answer site. I just spent all my moderator flags marking these as offtopic (and plenty more to go!) and leaving a comment on how the person can file a proper bug report. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However culturally we haven't really been enforcing this, perhaps it's time we consider refocusing on our core mission of being Q+A? Maybe during this release we should run a banner reinforcing our FAQ and reminding people that bug reports don't belong here? We should probably also figure out a way to close a ton of these.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="How can we refocus on being a Q+A, not a support forum or bug tracker?" Tags="|discussion|scope|accept-rate|" AnswerCount="6" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2013-04-12T11:12:33.497" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-04-09T00:48:25.300" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2437" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2436" CreationDate="2012-02-01T06:13:06.193" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was thinking about this after reading &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2011/12/building-social-software-for-the-anti-social.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;these great slide decks&lt;/a&gt; by Jeff Atwood, which reemphasized to me that SO is &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; meant to be a forum or support site, and &lt;em&gt;not even&lt;/em&gt; for one-off Q&amp;amp;A, but rather something that generates general reusable articles.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think closing these questions is the clearest path for this site to survive and flourish.  The test needs to be not &quot;would I like to help this person?&quot; but rather &quot;is having a page about this question going to be useful in future?&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think AU needs a strong direction or consensus on this otherwise there may be pushback that it's unhelpful or negative to close a question when the person's clearly having trouble.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some specific actions when you see such a question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;comment advising the user to file a bug etc, with a link&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;don't downvote&lt;/em&gt;, the question is invalid not bad&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;flag for moderators or close them&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;ideally one of the moderators would add some banner text about not filing bugs here&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;flag&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1116" LastEditorUserId="1116" LastEditDate="2012-02-03T00:37:47.790" LastActivityDate="2012-02-03T00:37:47.790" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2438" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2439" CreationDate="2012-02-01T06:45:13.430" Score="0" ViewCount="352" Body="&lt;p&gt;If I use (for example):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Run &lt;code&gt;grun fishsticks&lt;/code&gt; and then&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;code&gt;sudo breadcrumbs&lt;/code&gt; in a terminal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The system fails to render this correctly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Instead it renders:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Run `grun fishsticks` and then&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  `sudo breadcrumbs` in a terminal&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this a known bug or by design?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1992" LastEditorUserId="237" LastEditDate="2012-02-01T07:00:59.907" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Multiple/multiline commands (terminal command formatting) in chat don't work?" Tags="|bug|status-completed|chat|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2439" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2438" CreationDate="2012-02-01T07:00:47.117" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/70141/markdown-in-chat-fails-for-multi-line-messages&quot;&gt;by design&lt;/a&gt;. Multi-line messages have Markdown disabled.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Allowing multiline messages (with several restrictions, like this one) is there for, say, enabling pasting a log file in chat or some other kind of text.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What we &lt;em&gt;don't&lt;/em&gt; want people to do is start using multiline for normal chatting. The purpose of chat messages is to be messages, and not walls-of-text.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's why Markdown is disabled there: a) if you copy/paste something from somewhere, chances are it's &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; Markdown, and b) for discouraging the use of multiline messages for regular chatting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="237" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2012-02-01T07:00:47.117" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2440" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2434" CreationDate="2012-02-01T07:47:24.093" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I get your point that bug questions should be closed with the relevant bug report links. But, that would only work if it is a known bug. What if we are handling something that is a relatively new bug that has yet to be documented in any of the relevant bug trackers? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not closing such questions just because we don't already have a link to the bug report would send a wrong signal to the OP that a solution to his bug/problem will be resolved in the confines of this site, which is definitely not the case most of the time. If we work this way, we are neither helpful to the end user nor to the developers, who might have relevant information to fix the bug, if we had directed this question in hand to them. Hence, I think closing bug questions is the best way to approach these questions regardless of whether there is already a bug report documented somewhere or not. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastActivityDate="2012-02-01T07:47:24.093" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2441" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2436" CreationDate="2012-02-01T08:54:16.467" Score="2" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;We should probably also figure out a way to close a ton of these.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would advocate, as a temporary measure to clear our backlog of these (which is quite massive, to the point that I thought they were okay) we encourage mods to instaclose any bug report questions that have not seen meaningful activity since the Oneiric release.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While mods already have this power, they (seem to) usually avoid it for its heavyhandedness and lack of community process. Our community process is outgunned. We would have to spend weeks (months?) worth of limited-resource close votes to achieve the same effect. I am proposing a one-time community mandate to redirect the ship of site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ostensibly this mandate would have a name (eg &lt;strong&gt;Bug Report Redirection Month&lt;/strong&gt;) and well-established community approval, so that mods could point to it in case of backlash.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If this answer receives some upvotes and not too many downvotes (and moderators are willing), I'll open a chatroom and we'll all hash out the details. Alternately, if mods don't think a big community pow-wow is necessary to start doing this, I'd fully support them jumping to it right away.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;EDIT:&lt;/strong&gt; A number of community members are now collaborating on this. No need for a special mandate; just starting closing. Basically, the procedure is to find bugreport-style questions, leave the following &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1323&quot;&gt;pro-forma comment&lt;/a&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;###Really a bug&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;This question should instead be filed as a bug report, and [as such](https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1317/what-to-do-with-questions-that-describe-known-bugs/) is off-topic, thanks! [Instructions here](http://$SITEURL$/questions/5121/how-do-i-report-a-bug).&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;... and then either flag as &quot;Bug report&quot; for moderator attention (instant closing) or vote to close (potentially controversial cases). &lt;strong&gt;For the moment&lt;/strong&gt;, we are only addressing the obvious low hanging fruit: the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/crash&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;crash&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;crash&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/bug&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;bug&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;bug&lt;/a&gt; tags. For the chat conversation about all this, &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/201/conversation/discussion-of-au-bug-report-eradication-plans&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt;. All janitors welcomed to join; many thanks to Marco!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="24694" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.150" LastActivityDate="2012-02-01T18:38:57.970" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2442" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2436" CreationDate="2012-02-01T09:42:36.377" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think we already have an answer to this menace. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am pointing to this meta SO discussion:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/78048/auto-deleting-old-unanswered-zero-score-questions-after-a-year&quot;&gt;Auto deleting old answered zero score questions after a year&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What I suggest we should be doing is, mercilessly down vote all the irrelevant bug reports / questions. We should stop feeling pitiful to the new users because it is actually their fault that they didn't bother to properly read the FAQ. And probably also discourage users from answering such horrendous questions. This would ensure such questions go down the drain after a month or so. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you note it carefully, we are actually doing ourselves a favour. It reduces burden on the community running around casting close votes on questions that should never exist in the site in the first place. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Pros:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Less stress on the community&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Just one downvote is enough to kill a question (compared to five close votes from high rep users)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Moderators have lesser flags to handle because we so often run out of close votes and start flagging like mad men. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Cons:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Almost none. I can't find any plausible reasons to entertain bug reports when they can be effectively dealt elsewhere (the bug trackers I mean) for the betterment of both the questioner and the Ask Ubuntu community.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2012-02-01T09:42:36.377" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2443" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-02-01T21:43:50.783" Score="11" ViewCount="189" Body="&lt;p&gt;In connection with the moderator elections, we will be holding a Town Hall Chat session with the candidates.  This will be an opportunity for members of the community to pose questions to the candidates on the topic of moderation.  Participation is completely voluntary.  I am working with the candidates to find a time that allows the most participation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;**The Town Hall Chat will take place Tuesday the 7th at 21:00 UTC / 4:00pm EST&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=2&amp;amp;day=07&amp;amp;year=2012&amp;amp;hour=21&amp;amp;min=0&amp;amp;sec=0&amp;amp;p1=0&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;view in other timezones&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/info/268/ask-ubuntu-town-hall-chat?tab=schedule&quot;&gt;register here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/268/ask-ubuntu-town-hall-chat&quot;&gt;participate here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here are the details so far:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I would like to schedule this towards the beginning of the primary phase.  This means that I am looking at the 6th-8th. As soon as I coordinate with the existing moderators and candidates to find a best fit based on availability, I will edit this post with details on the &quot;when&quot;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The Town Hall Chat will be a one-hour event using our &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/?tab=site&amp;amp;sort=active&amp;amp;host=askubuntu.com&quot;&gt;chat platform&lt;/a&gt;.  I will update this post with a direct link to the chat room once the event is scheduled.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The format will be an open discussion.  Users are encouraged to pose questions to the candidates regarding their thoughts on moderation.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;After the chat session, a digest of the event will be permanently linked here.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2686" LastEditorUserId="1059" LastEditDate="2012-02-07T20:47:31.150" LastActivityDate="2012-02-07T20:47:31.150" Title="2012 Moderator Election: Town Hall Chat - Tuesday 7 Feb 21:00 UTC / 4pm EST" Tags="|discussion|election|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2012-02-14T05:45:52.833" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2444" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2447" CreationDate="2012-02-02T06:46:01.803" Score="4" ViewCount="76" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was going to edit a post and I just found out that &quot;edit&quot; Is missing from all questions&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Rrmx5.png&quot; alt=&quot;See?&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Although the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/100688/edit&quot;&gt;edit link&lt;/a&gt; works&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17722" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2012-10-01T22:05:57.653" Title="Edit link Missing" Tags="|bug|status-bydesign|editing|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2445" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2891" CreationDate="2012-02-02T07:02:19.810" Score="6" ViewCount="123" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sometimes, I find that before I post my edit, someone already has edited the post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can't we make a system like this:&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/P7KTl.png&quot; alt=&quot;like this&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Without the Feature&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, lets say User A started editing X post, and User B barges in while User A is editing. User A sends edit, few seconds later User B sends edit, which is less good. Good edit by user A lost&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With the Feature&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;User A started editing X post, and User B barges in while User A is editing. Warning shown.. User B checks out new edit after A has finished posting. User A&amp;amp;B gusta.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17722" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-04-03T15:17:38.797" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="&quot;Another user Is editing this post&quot; warning" Tags="|feature-request|status-completed|editing|user-interface|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2446" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2408" CreationDate="2012-02-02T12:26:12.093" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just a heads up. In the information in the right column of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/election&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/election&lt;/a&gt; I read:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;After 7 days, the top 30 nominees, ordered by reputation, advance to&#xA;  the primary phase. However, &lt;em&gt;if there are 10 candidates or less, we&#xA;  skip directly to the election phase&lt;/em&gt; [my emphasis].&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We currently have 10 candidates and, thus, if we do not get one more candidate then the primary phase will we skipped. I do not know if this is a good or bad for the election as a whole but to me it seems that if people get more time to vote, e.g. by voting two times as in a primary followed by an election, we will have more people participating in the election and that seems to be a good thing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19490" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2012-02-02T12:26:12.093" CommentCount="4" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-02-02T12:26:12.093" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2447" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2444" CreationDate="2012-02-02T16:36:45.277" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;If the edit link has &quot;disappeared&quot; that means that the question has already been edited by another user, and the edit is pending approval by a mod or 2k user. Never fear! The link shall be back shortly!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="35931" LastEditorUserId="54298" LastEditDate="2012-10-01T22:05:57.653" LastActivityDate="2012-10-01T22:05:57.653" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2448" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-02-02T17:02:53.800" Score="28" ViewCount="450" Body="&lt;p&gt;Jorge Castro recently commented on &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/45233/13398&quot;&gt;one of my questions&lt;/a&gt; that it should be filed as a bug instead. And I've seen &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1317/what-to-do-with-questions-that-describe-bugs&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; that the general view is that questions about bugs should be considered off-topic here and handled on Launchpad instead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;My question is whether that stance should be modified somewhat.&lt;/strong&gt; Obviously, for bugs to be fixed they need to be reported in the appropriate bug tracker(s). However, there are two situations where I think that questions about bugs are relevant here:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sometimes, the user might not have enough understanding of the situation to be able to file a good bug report. An answer here could help provide that data. It has been my experience that vague bugs rarely get fixed, while bugs that provide sufficient detail are more likely to be addressed.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;In other cases, while a bug report is possible and should be filed (or in some cases, might already exist), there's a need to find a workaround for a particular bug. I've asked several questions of this nature (always being sure to file the appropriate bug report). Ask Ubuntu is a better way to manage workarounds than Launchpad because, frankly, it can be quite time-consuming to find a suitable workaround, especially for bug logs that contain lots of comments. Searching for workarounds is the exact type of Q&amp;amp;A our format works so well for.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13398" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2015-05-28T07:31:39.260" Title="Are bugs necessarily off-topic?" Tags="|discussion|bug-reports|" AnswerCount="7" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2449" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2448" CreationDate="2012-02-02T17:18:37.753" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;I can touch on both of your points to hopefully help you with these types of situations.. &#xA; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/5121/how-do-i-report-a-bug&quot;&gt;How do I report a bug?&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;em&gt;There is a wonderful list of answers here...&lt;/em&gt;, or when looking for more information you can pop into the Chat room, or post a question asking how to identify the issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;so, No I don't think the current stand on Bugs being reported on AU should change, however if you follow the two points above you should be able to get the answers you are looking for. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="34049" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2014-01-12T23:35:40.447" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2450" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2158" CreationDate="2012-02-02T17:32:49.957" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntuvibes.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/fJinN.png&quot; alt=&quot;Latest Ubuntu/Linux Apps and Games Reviews&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8592" LastActivityDate="2012-02-02T17:32:49.957" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-02-02T17:32:49.957" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2451" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2448" CreationDate="2012-02-02T17:41:39.447" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think our current policy is good.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Sometimes, the user might not have enough understanding of the situation to be able to file a good bug report. An answer here could help provide that data. It has been my experience that vague bugs rarely get fixed, while bugs that provide sufficient detail are more likely to be addressed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Vague bugs don't get addressed; neither do vague questions. The advantage of Launchpad is that it automatically collects hardware and package details and relevant logs (with &lt;code&gt;ubuntu-bug&lt;/code&gt;), and uses an advanced duplicate detection system for crashes; AskUbuntu has neither of these features.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Bugs are more likely to get addressed in Launchpad. Trying to eke answers out of people here is less efficient than doing it there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;In other cases, while a bug report is possible and should be filed (or in some cases, might already exist), there's a need to find a workaround for a particular bug.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even when there are workarounds to find, they are inherently too localized for the format. They have an expiration date of whenever the bug gets fixed. Ask Ubuntu is not a customer support site; it is intended to create valuable information for the long term. We are the intersection between support and documentation. Support-only belongs in other channels. And yes, I believe we should do a better job communicating this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;In short, my vote is stay the course.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="24694" LastActivityDate="2012-02-02T17:41:39.447" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2452" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2453" CreationDate="2012-02-02T18:25:26.943" Score="2" ViewCount="87" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;delete my accepted Answer as it is not the right answer&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="38776" OwnerDisplayName="One Zero" LastEditorUserId="38776" LastEditDate="2012-02-03T22:01:27.397" LastActivityDate="2012-02-03T22:01:27.397" Title="Delete Accepted Answer" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2453" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2452" CreationDate="2012-02-02T18:42:06.047" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I will answer your second question (so make a new one for the first).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have accepted an answer and no longer accept it because it is incorrect:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Click the tick again to undo the acceptance. The answerer loses 15 rep, but that's okay.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your answer has been accepted but it is not correct, here is the solution:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If the system does not allow you to delete it, you can always leave a comment for the OP, edit your answer with a note, or flag your own answer. However, you should not have this problem because IIRC you can delete an answer that gets accepted.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1992" LastActivityDate="2012-02-02T18:42:06.047" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2454" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2445" CreationDate="2012-02-02T19:14:18.490" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think that we should enable peer editing with this particular situation so that someone else may choose which post is best. That way, there isn't any bias-based opinions. &#xA;Also, Why not just make it into two separate answers? It may add a few extra lines but it may also be useful because the answers will be different.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44016" LastActivityDate="2012-02-02T19:14:18.490" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2455" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="649" CreationDate="2012-02-02T21:36:40.657" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is now fixed. I checked &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/privileges&lt;/a&gt; and every of the 24 subpages to make sure.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19490" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2012-02-02T21:36:40.657" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2456" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1258" CreationDate="2012-02-02T21:44:26.327" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Either this is a browser issue or this is fixed because it does not happen for me, look for example at &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/19490/n-n?tab=activity&amp;amp;sort=revisions&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/users/19490/n-n?tab=activity&amp;amp;sort=revisions&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19490" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2012-02-02T21:44:26.327" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2458" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-02-02T22:34:07.690" Score="11" ViewCount="239" Body="&lt;p&gt;I noticed there are a number of dedicated and helpful members on Ask Ubuntu. Has there been any suggestion to encourage such members to become Ubuntu Members as a recognition of their contributions here (similar to forums)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Membership&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Membership&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Forums/Membership&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Forums/Membership&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="35795" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-04-01T08:07:54.017" LastActivityDate="2012-05-25T15:18:28.677" Title="Has there been any suggestion to encourage AU members to become Ubuntu Members?" Tags="|discussion|community|ubuntu-community|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2459" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2458" CreationDate="2012-02-02T22:40:49.220" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I know of several people from the site who have become members, myself being one of them. Becoming a member is a personal choice so I wouldn't say every awesome contributor has to become one. However, &lt;em&gt;just&lt;/em&gt; contributing in Ask Ubuntu typically isn't enough. Membership boards typically like to see involvement in other areas of the community, whether that be with your LoCo, LaunchPad, IRC, Forums, etc; though your reputation and contributions to Ask Ubuntu should certainly be mentioned if anyone is planning to apply for membership :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2012-02-02T22:40:49.220" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2460" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2448" CreationDate="2012-02-02T22:46:08.310" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Bug reports are critical.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What the more experienced members of the community need to do (perhaps in chat, irc, or elsewhere) is to guide users to be able to file a bug report.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With Ubuntu much of the information is automated via Apport and the documentation is quite good.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/5121/how-do-i-report-a-bug&quot;&gt;How do I report a bug?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BugSquad/Mentors&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BugSquad/Mentors&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While &quot;work arounds&quot; are nice, helpful even, bug reports are critical.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why ? The best summary I know of is here&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.redhat.com/magazine/020jun06/features/bugzilla/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.redhat.com/magazine/020jun06/features/bugzilla/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Simply stated, bug reports are a systematic approach of identifying, triaging, and fixing bugs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some bugs are easy to fix, others difficult, some are security or higher or lower priority and Lanuchpad allows some order to the chaos.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;BUT there is a culture to development and bug reports.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The classic is of course - &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, as a community, we need to teach users new to Ubuntu or open source how to file effective bug reports so we can have effective solutions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="35795" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2012-02-02T22:46:08.310" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2461" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2428" CreationDate="2012-02-02T22:56:20.103" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would not duplicate community effort. The advantage of askubuntu (or any &quot;forums&quot; meaning public Q&amp;amp;A on a web server) is that others can benefit from both the questions and answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So if someone needs support -&gt; sure ask and answer in chat -&gt; but (ideally) the Q&amp;amp;A should at some point be added to askubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The point is not to turn down a support opportunity, but rather make the Q&amp;amp;A available for all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="35795" LastActivityDate="2012-02-02T22:56:20.103" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2462" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2463" CreationDate="2012-02-03T03:32:11.427" Score="13" ViewCount="188" Body="&lt;p&gt;It shows no increase in the reputation points of the asker, then what is the purpose of being able to bookmark questions by clicking on bookmark icon with a star?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="30405" LastEditorUserId="816190" LastEditDate="2020-06-04T18:23:53.947" LastActivityDate="2020-06-04T18:26:39.033" Title="What is the purpose of bookmarking questions?" Tags="|support|faq|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="2463" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2462" CreationDate="2012-02-03T03:48:33.203" Score="16" Body="&lt;p&gt;When you bookmark a question you'll receive updates to it (edits, comments, and new answers). One use case is if you're interested in a question and wish to follow it's progress. By &quot;starring&quot; it you've bookmarked it and the system will provide updates to you in the StackExchange SuperCollider™ as if you were the owner of the question and a banner on the site when items change.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="816190" LastEditDate="2020-06-04T18:26:39.033" LastActivityDate="2020-06-04T18:26:39.033" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="2464" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2436" CreationDate="2012-02-03T16:13:16.143" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;+100 on closing and encouraging questions that are best served by filing a bug report. reference the appropriate links&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/5121/how-do-i-report-a-bug&quot;&gt;How do I report a bug?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Honestly I think that the &quot;problem&quot; is that it is &quot;easy&quot; to post a question on AU, but &quot;difficult&quot; to file a bug report.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sort of along those lines, occasionally these &quot;bug reports&quot; are listed in the bounty questions. Is there a way to review that ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="35795" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2012-02-03T16:13:16.143" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2465" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1317" CreationDate="2012-02-03T17:24:49.003" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Known bug&lt;/strong&gt; is a too vague category. The bug trackers handle multiple things, from segmentation fault over ugly layout, from feature requests to incompatibilities many things. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The bug-related questions can be about different things, from solving a singular problem, resulting from such a bug, solving the bug, searching for an alternative product without the bug, workarounds for the bug, recovering from bad state from a bug and maybe more. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just closing as &lt;code&gt;[bug]&lt;/code&gt; is the 'I got a hammer - where is the nail?' method. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe the user has already reported the bug, but it's not enough, maybe he needs instant help. The bugtrackers are full of open bugs, which isn't helpfull for the users. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Don't close.&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Closing every question which is related to a bug is undifferentiated and shouldn't be done. Helpful answers are circumvented that way. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10068" LastActivityDate="2012-02-03T17:24:49.003" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2466" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2436" CreationDate="2012-02-03T19:20:28.627" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/830/editing-tips-and-tricks&quot;&gt;There is a excellent answer&lt;/a&gt; from Jorge Castro (and other members of the community) about editing tips and tricks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, the wonderful rlemon has created a &lt;a href=&quot;https://gist.github.com/1670907&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;user script that greatly simplifies flagging&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/206/conversation/awesome-flagging-tool&quot;&gt;How its used is outlined here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastActivityDate="2012-02-03T19:20:28.627" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2467" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1843" CreationDate="2012-02-03T22:45:52.533" Score="7" Body="&lt;h3&gt;Close them as &lt;em&gt;Too Localized&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This question is unlikely to ever help any future visitors; it is only relevant to a small geographic area, a specific moment in time, or an extraordinarily narrow situation that is not generally applicable to the worldwide audience of the internet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If there is any suspicion that it might be user or bug related, or sometimes users make questions involving errors that cannot be reproduced anymore and since none of the answers can be verified as possible solutions these questions can be closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I then use this pro-forma comment&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This question seems abandoned, the reported faults could be bug related, no longer valid on current versions of packages or cannot be solved without further confirmation from the OP. I am flagging this to be closed by a moderator. If you think this issue is still affecting you you can flag a moderator to re-open it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then I vote and flag to a moderator.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Close them as &lt;em&gt;Not a Real Question&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's difficult to tell what is being asked here. This question is ambiguous, vague, incomplete, overly broad, or rhetorical and cannot be reasonably answered in its current form.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If there is obviously not enough information in them, if comment requests were not met or is the user simply does not exist anymore.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I then normally use this pro-forma comment&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This question seems abandoned, there is not further information or activity added to it for several months. I am flagging this to be closed by a moderator. If you think this issue is still affecting you you can flag a moderator to re-open it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then I vote and flag to a moderator.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Important to remember is that this is not a hunt to close old questions, this is a hunt to identify and possibly close questions that cannot be answered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If a question is less than 6 months old I would say not to touch it, hunt something else&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Normally if is less than 6 months old, &lt;strong&gt;do not flag that or comment as abandoned&lt;/strong&gt;. Vote to close and follow the normal procedure of the site, 5 votes and its closed if there is reason to do so. Remember, &lt;strong&gt;abandoned flags are exceptions to the rule!&lt;/strong&gt; There is plenty of other questions that deserve the title of abandoned out there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If a question has solutions that you can edit, fix, sound reasonably true and are easily tested&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Its important that if the answers to a question that seems abandoned sound good those can be considered helpful, if its obvious that a answer would satisfy the question then don't flag as abandoned. If the answers need some editing, do so. If you know the answer to a question that seems abandoned answer it!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Read the questions and think about the consequences of flagging&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have seem many questions on the site that where old, about bugs or simply old bad questions with a comment as &amp;quot;do you think this issue still affects you?&amp;quot; yet they where left open after that comment for several months. Do not do this!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Take responsibility for every comment you drop on a question if your intention is to close it. Mark them down, add them to the favorites, track them down, just don't abandon a abandoned question!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have found on the total opposite of the previous point some questions on the site with less then 3 months old where one of us flagged as abandoned and closed when they sounded perfectly good questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This should be avoided, there is so much on the site that can be closed why would we focus on closing these as abandoned? Again, don't close questions with less than 6 months as abandoned! If you think they will fit any of the closing options vote and leave them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-02-04T00:30:35.187" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2468" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-02-03T22:58:17.900" Score="8" ViewCount="214" Body="&lt;p&gt;Assume a question is clear, fully fleshed-out in details, compliant with question policy, and relevant to a large audience... but unanswered. At what point (if ever) does this question because closable as abandoned? That is, does a valid question become invalid if a user leaves the site? After a certain period of time? If so, how long?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1843&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;What to do with abandoned questions&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; does not specify a detailed definition, dealing with &lt;em&gt;how&lt;/em&gt; rather than &lt;em&gt;what is&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="24694" LastEditorUserId="24694" LastEditDate="2012-02-03T23:16:45.133" LastActivityDate="2012-02-05T13:39:16.873" Title="How should we define &quot;Abandoned&quot; as a close reason?" Tags="|discussion|close-reasons|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2470" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2468" CreationDate="2012-02-03T23:33:06.113" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;If &quot;Abandoned&quot; doesn't become a separate close-reason, we don't &lt;em&gt;have&lt;/em&gt; to define it at all:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This question is unlikely to ever help any future visitors; it is only relevant to a small geographic area, a specific moment in time, or an extraordinarily narrow situation that is not generally applicable to the worldwide audience of the internet. See the FAQ.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A question, for instance, which describes a problem and - since it's abandoned - will never have a tested solution in an accepted answer, will not help future visitors. In most cases, the problem has gone away, or the user has solved the problem and simply didn't take the time to update their question (which is fine, by the way; People do as little or as much as they like).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These are a few criteria applying to abandoned questions which make it too localized:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;An out of date Ubuntu version is run by a small number of users&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The problem has been fixed after an update, &lt;strong&gt;virtually nobody will ever encounter this problem again&lt;/strong&gt; - since the probability of you running the exact same revision of Ubuntu is minute&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The problem occurred because of unusual software or hardware, making the number of users who will be interested in the question even smaller yet.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The issue has not been solved, but it doesn't affect anybody anymore, not even the OP. Which is evidenced by the fact that they don't respond to requests for information and so on.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In certain cases, I will close an abandoned question for any of the other close reasons if they apply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In short: These comments people leave before they vote to close - &quot;this question appears to be abandoned, ...&quot; - are &lt;em&gt;extremely&lt;/em&gt; helpful! But the question gets closed for the usual reason, we did not add a new close-reason, nor do we abuse the &quot;too localized&quot; reason for abandoned questions. In theory anyway.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In practice, we might very well be wrong about any specific question. If so, a flag to re-open from the OP will usually be enough to re-open the question. If I see that people are interested in or affected by the question, and it's within the scope of the FAQ, there is &lt;strong&gt;no reason not to re-open it&lt;/strong&gt;, and it's easy to do so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastActivityDate="2012-02-03T23:33:06.113" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2473" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2474" CreationDate="2012-02-04T20:15:35.160" Score="3" ViewCount="39" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is there a way to be informed about questions as soon they're asked?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For instance:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;gwibber (notifications)&#xA;facebook, google+ (as new on my wall)&#xA;twitter (as tweets)&#xA;email (ugh.. all that spam)&#xA;rss...&#xA;some smartphone app...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Those things will keep answerers closer and answers may come faster.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13888" LastActivityDate="2012-02-04T22:10:52.160" Title="Social Networks: Is there a way to be informed about questions as soon they're asked?" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|meta|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2474" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2473" CreationDate="2012-02-04T20:22:04.010" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you hover over any tag on the main site, like say &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/unity&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;unity&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;unity&lt;/a&gt; you have a link to an RSS feed and email subscription. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://twitter.com/#!/StackUbuntu&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;official twitter feed&lt;/a&gt; also sends out questions on a regular basis. And some guy set up &lt;a href=&quot;https://twitter.com/#!/askubuntufeed&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;@askubuntufeed&lt;/a&gt; that sends out a ton of questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://plus.google.com/s/askubuntu&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;This search&lt;/a&gt; on google plus seems to capture the questions shared there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="235" LastEditDate="2012-02-04T22:10:52.160" LastActivityDate="2012-02-04T22:10:52.160" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-02-04T20:22:04.010" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2476" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-02-05T01:57:45.703" Score="7" ViewCount="69" Body="&lt;p&gt;Over time as I've become more familiar with the Stack Exchange way of doing things, I see the value of making sure my questions see resolution. Either that an answer gets accepted, or that the question be closed. People are more inclined to respond to someone who has a higher acceptance rate and all that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Okay, but it seems to me more than other SE networks I'm a part of, questions I ask here seem to have a more fleeting relevance. I notice with a bunch of questions I ask, that if they go enough time without a suitable answer, then one of two things happen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One is that some upgrade or change makes the problem magically go away. I find often I don't know exactly what changed, but sometimes things that were problems just go away.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The other is that I end up moving on, away from the problem. So, for example, if I'm using some problematic software, I might just eventually give up on it. I find other software, or another way of doing things, and while the problem technically remains, it's not relevant to me anymore.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is different, from, say, asking on one of the language based SE networks (Japanese or German or English or whatever )where the language is unlikely to evolve that fast, so a question can wait indefinitely for an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, in these cases, when life has moved on and I have these old questions around, what should I do with them? Put in an answer and mark it resolved? Flag it to be closed? I don't have enough points on my account to vote to close things on my own.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What's the accepted way of dealing with this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17041" LastActivityDate="2012-02-05T02:05:36.813" Title="Should I close or give my own answer on questions that have become moot?" Tags="|discussion|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2477" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2476" CreationDate="2012-02-05T02:05:36.813" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Unless of course you can give an answer like &quot;This problem was resolved in an update&quot; (or if you feel that's not a satisfactory answer) then it should be closed as &quot;too localized&quot;. Keeping it open after you've moved on won't help future users with that issue. I'd be far better to leave a comment saying &quot;I no longer experience this issue&quot; and then having it closed. If someone else has that issue in the future they can open a new question and provide more details as they experience the issue. This has kind of become the accepted practice for questions of this nature.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2012-02-05T02:05:36.813" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2478" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-02-05T12:40:21.713" Score="3" ViewCount="63" Body="&lt;p&gt;Regarding &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/88371/i-done-what-the-web-said-to-do-and-still-get-this-error-msg&quot;&gt;I done what the web said to do and still get this error msg&lt;/a&gt; the question is poor enough that it is at -2 (though good enough I found it by searching for my error message). But the one non-up voted answer resolved my own question. What's the proper way to deal with this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should I edit the question to be more generic and informational? Just up vote the good answer? Or write my own question (judging from the user profile, they probably won't come back and accept the good answer)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6828" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2012-02-05T14:58:53.063" Title="How to treat a poor question with a good answer?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2479" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2468" CreationDate="2012-02-05T13:29:43.443" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the case of when the question meets most of the following criteria:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The question appears to be of decent quality (i.e., it's a legitimate question, it is not spam, it stays within community guidelines, and it remains salvageable through edits)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The question is not a Community Wiki&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The question is about a problem specific to that user's system (or at least no one else seems to be having the same issue)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The user's account no longer exists, so they can't follow up with additional information or accept an answer&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The question is very old and hasn't been updated in a long time (i.e., months or years)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;...then I'd say the question is &quot;abandoned&quot; and can be flagged in accordance with &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/1843/18612&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/1843/18612&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(I'd like to present &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/15383/why-does-pressing-alt-tab-cause-a-freeze&quot;&gt;Why does pressing Alt + Tab cause a freeze?&lt;/a&gt; as an example of where this may be appropriate.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;(Answer content based on my &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/revisions/1981/2&quot;&gt;previous post&lt;/a&gt; and posted here as it seems appropriate. &lt;strong&gt;This is of course based on my previous definition of what an abandoned question is. If you notice an issue with it or have questions, please let me know in a comment and I'll revise as necessary.&lt;/strong&gt;)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="18612" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2012-02-05T13:39:16.873" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2480" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2478" CreationDate="2012-02-05T14:58:53.063" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;If the solution worked, then I would strongly recommend you upvote it - questions who have answers with at least one upvote are considered &quot;answered&quot; by the system. By upvoting that answer you add it to the list of questions with answers (even though it may never be &quot;accepted&quot; as the answer). If the question and answer need some editing to help make them more clear, doing that as well will only help people coming to that question in the future. You're right in saying that question needs a bit of help, since you've had the same issue editing to include more details and better formatting will only help other people find it from search engines.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2012-02-05T14:58:53.063" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2481" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2482" CreationDate="2012-02-05T16:06:44.013" Score="2" ViewCount="66" Body="&lt;p&gt;What abilities do a moderator have more than, lets say a 10k or 20k rep'd user?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17722" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="What abilities does a high rep'd user doesn't have that a mod has?" Tags="|discussion|moderation|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2482" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2481" CreationDate="2012-02-05T16:13:13.697" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/75192/151385&quot;&gt;From an FAQ post on Meta.SO:&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;They have access to all the abilities of 10k users regardless of their reputation.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Their votes are binding. Any place we have voting — close, open, delete, undelete, offensive, migration, etc — that vote will reach the&#xA;  threshold and take effect immediately if a single diamond moderator&#xA;  casts a vote.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;They can &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/22228/what-is-a-locked-post&quot;&gt;lock&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;  posts. Locked posts cannot be voted on, commented, or changed in any&#xA;  way.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;They can &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/52764/what-is-a-protected-question/&quot;&gt;protect&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;  questions. Protected questions only allow answers by users with more&#xA;  than 10 reputation.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;They can see more data in the system, including vote statistics (but not ‘who voted for this post’) and user profile information.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;They can view all deleted posts on an individual user's profile.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;They can place users in timed suspension, and delete users if necessary.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;They can perform large-scale maintenance actions such as merging questions and tags, tag synonym approvals, unbounded question&#xA;  migration, and so forth.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;They can convert a post into Community Wiki status, or convert an answer into a comment.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4068" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2012-02-05T16:13:13.697" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2483" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2448" CreationDate="2012-02-05T19:35:26.753" Score="6" Body="&lt;h1&gt;When should I post such a question?&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/5121/18612&quot;&gt;How do I report a bug?&lt;/a&gt; should address this for most cases. Of course, in some cases (like a bug for which you don't know the package and there's no specific window you can click on for &lt;code&gt;ubuntu-bug -w&lt;/code&gt;), you may have to ask in chat or the forums.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;This point's a bit more interesting. Go ahead and post a question with a link to the specific bug report (either a pre-existing one or one you filed yourself) and ask for a workaround only if you can't find it there already. That being said, keep in mind that such a question is only valid up until the fix is released, and should then be closed as &lt;strong&gt;Too Localized&lt;/strong&gt;. Thus when doing so, you should probably check that both of the following are true:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Such a workaround would be highly useful to a significant number of people until the bug is fixed properly.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The fix for the bug is not going to be released soon. If the bug was just reported not too long ago (like, say, a week or two at most), then it's advisable to wait on it. If the bug is quite old though (months or years) and there's no fix being worked on, then it makes more sense to ask if a workaround's available.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All that being said, most such posts probably are only a good idea in a few exceptional cases where they will be useful for a non-trivial period of time, and will require your own judgment on whether it's worth making the post despite the risk of closure.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;What if I find such a question that someone else posted?&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If they're looking for assistance in filing a bug, point them again to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/5121/18612&quot;&gt;How do I report a bug?&lt;/a&gt; and ask in a comment if it answers their question. If it doesn't, check whether you can find the desired solution there; if not, then their question is probably worthy of an answer. In all other cases, flag their question as a dupe of that.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If they're seeking a workaround to a problem:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If they provide a link to the bug report, see if there's a workaround there which resolves the issue for them. If there is and it works for them, flag as &lt;strong&gt;Too Localized&lt;/strong&gt;. If there isn't, either provide a workaround yourself or wait for someone else to do so; once it is provided and the OP verifies it works for them, encourage them to post it in a comment on the bug report and then flag the question.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If no bug report is provided, tell them to file one according to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/5121/18612&quot;&gt;How do I report a bug?&lt;/a&gt; and flag as &lt;strong&gt;Offtopic&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;What about reporting/workarounds in Ubuntu+1?&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It should go without saying that, regardless of who's posting, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/871/18612&quot;&gt;questions relating to bugs in Ubuntu+1 releases are always offtopic&lt;/a&gt;. People looking for help filing bugs for these specifically should refer to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/18641/18612&quot;&gt;There&amp;#39;s an issue with an Alpha/Beta Release of Ubuntu, what should I do?&lt;/a&gt;, and those looking for workarounds are advised to be patient as Ubuntu+1 bugs are often rapidly fixed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="18612" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2012-02-05T19:35:26.753" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2484" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2488" CreationDate="2012-02-05T19:55:07.053" Score="8" ViewCount="119" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just doing a quick scan and seemingly we have hundreds of &quot;cannot connect&quot; wifi and other type connection questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is simple... Should be be treating these as bug-reports and hence closed as &quot;off-topic&quot; with a comment to file a bug?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or should we be trying to solve these issues and treating these as valid for this Q&amp;amp;A site?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm torn - these type of issues should be filed on launchpad otherwise the kernel devs won't have visibility.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But then again, I'm also thinking that they are valid questions for AU&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14356" LastEditorUserId="25863" LastEditDate="2012-02-05T20:40:46.590" LastActivityDate="2012-02-07T08:48:05.980" Title="How should we handle wifi and other connection type questions?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2485" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-02-05T19:56:16.033" Score="8" ViewCount="122" Body="&lt;p&gt;Today I have spotted &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/101534/can-i-reset-everything-to-its-factory-default-settings&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It lists a bunch of completely unrelated problems with a huge variety of programs, and asks how to revert everything to default. Is that a case of 'too-localized'? If not, how can I best help users who ask that way?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="705" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2016-03-08T02:39:51.700" Title="How to deal with &quot;How to fix everything?&quot; questions?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2486" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2485" CreationDate="2012-02-05T20:21:45.053" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Personally, I would leave a comment asking the OP to narrow down the question to something that can be answered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Depending, how open-ended I would also point them at the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq#dontask&quot;&gt;FAQ&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't see any reason why to issue an immediate &quot;close&quot; or Flag.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14356" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2012-02-05T20:21:45.053" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2487" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2484" CreationDate="2012-02-05T20:39:31.290" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;It will depend a lot on the usefulness of the answer and how much work will it be to help the users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do not think it is the same as asking something very specific that only affects a few users but I also feel a bit split about them. I am sure there are many many bug reports already that explain why chipset X drivers are not being correctly installed activated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My suggestion is do what we have been doing until now, make a broad question / answer and make it the default go to for dupes. These questions support a huge quantity of users that without the help provided will be lost without a wireless connection.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastActivityDate="2012-02-05T20:39:31.290" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2488" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2484" CreationDate="2012-02-05T20:58:34.283" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't think we should close these as bugs as a general rule; from reading them they can go either way. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's a bunch of ones that are module blacklists, installing the wrong driver and needing to swap it out, or editing a config file in order to make it work. I think this is one of those areas where we can really improve the user-workaround experience.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Though if it's something like a crash report that needs to be submitted then in that case it should be a bug report.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2012-02-05T20:58:34.283" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2489" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2502" CreationDate="2012-02-06T08:50:22.897" Score="15" ViewCount="128" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/speed&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;speed&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;speed&lt;/a&gt; has the perfect quality of a &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/08/the-death-of-meta-tags/&quot;&gt;meta tag&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;can’t work as the only tag on a question (I see &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/speed&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;speed&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;speed&lt;/a&gt; on network, bootup, video playback &amp;amp; so on)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;means different things to different people (is it about speeding up? Or once fast system slowed down to a crawl?)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So please &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/120640/133693&quot;&gt;burninate&lt;/a&gt; the tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/uhP3E.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1182" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2012-02-08T06:14:25.417" Title="Please burninate speed tag" Tags="|support|status-completed|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2490" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2100" CreationDate="2012-02-06T09:45:14.183" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't think that it should be a moderator only feature.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Something like the bounty system for answers could work here as well. If a user thinks that a tag wiki edit deserves more reputation then they can award it much like answer bounties but with a lower step range.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2732" LastActivityDate="2012-02-06T09:45:14.183" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2491" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2492" CreationDate="2012-02-06T11:20:13.177" Score="6" ViewCount="68" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is 8 hours until &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/election&quot;&gt;the election&lt;/a&gt; begins. Currently no election banner is shown on the main site but the election banner is showing on the meta site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The main site:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/xRZeh.png&quot; alt=&quot;Main site, no election banner&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The meta site:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/CF70Y.png&quot; alt=&quot;Meta site, election banner&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this a bug?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19490" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="The election banner is not shown on the main site close to the beginning of the election" Tags="|discussion|status-bydesign|election|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2492" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2491" CreationDate="2012-02-06T12:41:06.033" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, this is by design. Banners on the front page have a max display time of &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/75409/close-button-for-community-moderator-election-is-underway-notification/75421#75421&quot;&gt;48 hours&lt;/a&gt;. For the past week we've been re-adding the banner to detail that the election is in the nomination phase. With just a few hours left in the nomination period, I've decided to just wait until the next automatically generated banner pops up (which will announce the start of the final election) run it's course then continue to re-add that banner throughout the final election period. Since meta is designed to be questions and announcements about the sites it doesn't fall into the same &quot;2 day banner limit&quot; as the main site does.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2012-02-06T12:57:25.850" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2495" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2500" CreationDate="2012-02-06T19:12:56.897" Score="12" ViewCount="125" Body="&lt;p&gt;The tag &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/asterix&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;asterix&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;asterix&lt;/a&gt; should really be a tag synonym of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/asterisk&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;asterisk&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;asterisk&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just so you understand why.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This guy, is &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asterix&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Asterix&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/2S9dZ.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.asterisk.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Asterisk&lt;/a&gt; on the other hand is an open source PBX software.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2732" LastEditorUserId="25863" LastEditDate="2012-02-06T19:17:01.087" LastActivityDate="2012-02-07T05:13:42.410" Title="Tag synonym request: [asterix] -&gt; [asterisk]" Tags="|discussion|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2496" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-02-06T20:46:11.417" Score="10" ViewCount="60" Body="&lt;p&gt;Apparently people are using the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/background&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;background&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;background&lt;/a&gt; tag for two totally different topics. Some refer to their desktop background and others refer to running a process in the background.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems rather ambiguous to me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should we burninate the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/background&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;background&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;background&lt;/a&gt; tag?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2732" LastActivityDate="2012-02-06T20:56:09.263" Title="Should the [background] tag be burninated?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2497" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2496" CreationDate="2012-02-06T20:50:32.047" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;After reviewing the list of topics using the &quot;background&quot; tag, I think it would be better if we split the tag up... &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/wallpaper&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;wallpaper&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;wallpaper&lt;/a&gt; is one, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/background-process&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;background-process&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;background-process&lt;/a&gt; could be another.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Below is my opinion on what should be done, and on what already exists (but some &quot;background&quot; questions should go into):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Tags To Burnificate with Fire (and BlackList):&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/background&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;background&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;background&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Tags to Create:&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/background-process&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;background-process&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;background-process&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Tags Already In Existence:&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/wallpaper&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;wallpaper&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;wallpaper&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Tag Aliases To Create:&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(assuming the &quot;Tags to Create&quot; section is created)&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/background-process&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;background-process&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;background-process&lt;/a&gt; &amp;lt;- &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/background-task&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;background-task&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;background-task&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2012-02-06T20:56:09.263" LastActivityDate="2012-02-06T20:56:09.263" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2498" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2448" CreationDate="2012-02-06T23:50:45.780" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would actually agree with you and expect some to be unhappy with what I am about to say.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While users should be asking about bugs in support forums, it should not be an excuse to try to frame every question asked in the context of a bug and close them in a bid to reduce the unanswered percentage or some other metric.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Bug or not, the user by posting a valid question is expecting a specific answer that could resolve / alleviate a real problem faced, whether is it caused by a bug or a design decision the user does not usually know or care. Telling the user to file bug reports is unhelpful, since bug report != bug fix, unless that is a way of answering by affirming that a present bug is causing the problem. An answer should affirm the presence of a bug and offer any current workarounds, a suggestion to file a bug report can be added but that should not be communicated as a solution, which it really isnt. Furthermore, launchpad is not necessarily helpful to the user considering that sometimes &quot;bugs&quot; are rationalized and closed from the dev's perspective. The user's problem remains unsolved. See &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/63456/waiting-for-network-configuration-adding-3-to-5-minutes-to-boot-time&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/upstart/+bug/886414&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some long time issues (like &lt;a href=&quot;http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1022411&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; one which I guess &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; a bug impacting a whole lot of laptop makes using that NIC Realtek 8168 and a whole bunch of users no doubt) have been around since 9.04? (I personally encountered it since 10.04) and are still not fixed by the time of 12.04 Alpha 2. I just hunted down the bug report &lt;a href=&quot;https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.22/+bug/141343&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; and it is &lt;em&gt;sooo&lt;/em&gt; going to assuage my faith in launchpad..&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="43485" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2012-02-07T00:37:41.760" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2499" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-02-07T01:22:45.903" Score="2" ViewCount="46" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've noticed something about the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/date&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;date&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;date&lt;/a&gt; tag.  It has questions regarding the date/time indicator, getting date/revision info from a file/folder metadata, and has been included on questions regarding &quot;cron tab output&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my opinion, some of these tags are wrong, as I have seen a tag about the date-time indicators, and tags about file-related items.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As well, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/date&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;date&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;date&lt;/a&gt; has no tag wiki, so its purpose could be interpreted incorrectly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyone got any opinions on whether this needs fixing or removal?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2012-02-07T01:22:45.903" Title="Is [date] a tag that needs some fixing?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2500" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2495" CreationDate="2012-02-07T05:13:42.410" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Done an done. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's a poem by Omar Khayyam to get the minimum character count.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Dreaming when dawn's left Hand was in the sky&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  I heard a voice within the tavern cry,&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &quot;Awake, my little ones, and fill the cup&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  before life's liquor in its cup be dry.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastActivityDate="2012-02-07T05:13:42.410" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2501" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2484" CreationDate="2012-02-07T08:48:05.980" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If there is a real intent to actually help rather than boosting some site metric, redirecting to support threads in ubuntu forums is more helpful than asking people to file bug reports on launchpad, for notorious issues like &lt;a href=&quot;http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1022411&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; anyway.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="43485" LastActivityDate="2012-02-07T08:48:05.980" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2502" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2489" CreationDate="2012-02-08T05:08:27.047" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/HSbZa.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1412" LastEditorUserId="1412" LastEditDate="2012-02-08T06:06:10.917" LastActivityDate="2012-02-08T06:06:10.917" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2503" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2012" CreationDate="2012-02-08T05:48:19.120" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;ccsm is not an advanced tool, it is an essential tool that just does not work very well with Unity. I don't refer to Unity as an advanced tool just because it breaks often for me (and that is not a big deal for me). If Unity was not forced onto new users as the only interface they would have access to, this would have been a non-issue. I would actually argue that Unity should be more robust considering how it is dependent on Compiz, and until that actually happens, people should refrain from it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="43485" LastActivityDate="2012-02-08T05:48:19.120" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2504" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2371" CreationDate="2012-02-08T06:28:30.943" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Discounting the occasional &quot;maybe&quot;, there are two possible answers to a question like that :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Yes, you can.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;No, you can't.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The former can be made better by also asking the implied &quot;how?&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The latter... Well, there is nothing inherently wrong with answering &quot;Nope, sorry, you can't.&quot; That's the bare minimum that would answer a question. To make it better, you could go into some detail on &lt;em&gt;why&lt;/em&gt; or propose alternative solutions if the asker gave enough background that you can determine what they're actually trying to do instead of having to just work with the solution &lt;em&gt;they&lt;/em&gt; decided they need.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That actually would create a fourth approach to the three you suggested: clarify in comments that the ultimate goal is, if needed, and answer to solve that problem instead, optionally editing the question to be about that instead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1412" LastActivityDate="2012-02-08T06:28:30.943" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2505" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2507" CreationDate="2012-02-08T15:51:25.413" Score="6" ViewCount="205" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure how to deal with this question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/76997/which-is-better-staying-with-10-04-lts-until-12-04-comes-out-or-upgrading-to-11&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/76997/which-is-better-staying-with-10-04-lts-until-12-04-comes-out-or-upgrading-to-11&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I could categorize it as &lt;em&gt;not constructive&lt;/em&gt; and close it because the OP doesn't provide any information on what would be &lt;em&gt;better&lt;/em&gt; for him.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;not constructive&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  This question is not a good fit to our Q&amp;amp;A format. We expect answers to generally involve facts, references, or specific expertise; this question will likely solicit opinion, debate, arguments, polling, or extended discussion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In other words he seems to be asking for opinions rather than answers based on facts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The first sentence of the highest voted answer shows what I mean.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;From &lt;strong&gt;My point of View&lt;/strong&gt; Avoid Upgrading to 11.10 or 11.04.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should we close that question as &lt;em&gt;not constructive&lt;/em&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2732" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2012-02-08T18:29:49.047" Title="How should we deal with question 76997?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2506" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2371" CreationDate="2012-02-08T16:37:18.883" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;My solution in the past to questions like this has almost always been #1. This works very well for us, because then it covers the future developments issue in #3:- if we get a solution in the future, we simply edit the answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That way, you avoid having to close the question (which can often be a turn off to users), and still manage to produce something useful going forward.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1992" LastActivityDate="2012-02-08T16:37:18.883" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2507" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2505" CreationDate="2012-02-08T18:29:49.047" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Close as a duplicate of the question below and move on, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/45870/which-should-i-recommend-10-04-vs-11-04&quot;&gt;as was done with this question&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/16366/whats-the-difference-between-a-long-term-support-release-and-a-normal-release&quot;&gt;What&amp;#39;s the difference between a Long Term Support Release and a Normal Release?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2012-02-08T18:29:49.047" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2508" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-02-08T19:36:11.777" Score="10" ViewCount="338" Body="&lt;p&gt;The following is a &quot;digest&quot; version of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2443/2012-moderator-election-town-hall-chat-tuesday-7-feb-2100-utc-4pm-est&quot;&gt;2012 Moderator Election Town Hall Chat&lt;/a&gt;. The format, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/77831/how-can-we-improve-the-town-hall-digests&quot;&gt;as described on Meta Stack Overflow&lt;/a&gt;, is one &lt;em&gt;answer&lt;/em&gt; to this question &lt;em&gt;for every question&lt;/em&gt; asked in the Town Hall, containing all the candidate's answers to that question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;To view the digest chronologically, please sort the answers by &quot;oldest&quot;&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have questions or comments about this, &lt;strong&gt;please do not answer this question&lt;/strong&gt; as the answers are designed to be used for the questions from the Town hall itself. Instead, please ask on &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/77831/how-can-we-improve-the-town-hall-digests&quot;&gt;the parent question&lt;/a&gt; or in &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.meta.stackoverflow.com/rooms/352/town-hall-discussion&quot;&gt;the Town Hall Discussion Room&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you see any corrections which need to be made to this digest, or if you were a candidate who was unable to attend the town hall and would like your answers included, please @Rebecca or @TimStone &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/268/ask-ubuntu-town-hall-chat&quot;&gt;in the chat room&lt;/a&gt; and let us know!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2686" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2012-02-08T20:25:17.460" Title="2012 Moderator Election - Town Hall Chat Digest" Tags="|discussion|election|" AnswerCount="30" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2509" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2508" CreationDate="2012-02-08T19:36:35.410" Score="7" Body="&lt;h2&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c127c8150f8052e4b89d66f42b99be56?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Marco Ceppi&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/463/marco-ceppi&quot;&gt;Marco Ceppi&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3305902#3305902&quot;&gt;asked&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/em&gt; Why would you ever want to be a moderator? (It’s seriously not a &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2409/by-experience-what-characteristics-should-a-moderator-have/2410#2410&quot;&gt;glamorous position&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/de85c185f39ef9feef79d9933409d400?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;jrg&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/6738/jrg&quot;&gt;jrg&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3305924#3305924&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; Why would I ever want to be a moderator? Well, I &lt;em&gt;love&lt;/em&gt; serving the community, and being a moderator would just enable me to serve the community more, and in &quot;better&quot; ways.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c88f455192559b06f95d006abfe33f9f?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;fossfreedom&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/13011/fossfreedom&quot;&gt;fossfreedom&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3305938#3305938&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; I'm a fan of Ubuntu and love this site. I try my best always to help to improve Q&amp;amp;A's, frequently helping directly through answers and comments and explaining &amp;amp; most importantly following up queries and issues&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/17f955dcc67792f420f47dc6471d376a?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Amith KK&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/16377/amith-kk&quot;&gt;Amith KK&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3305940#3305940&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; I want to be a moderator because I want to help a site with a big awesome communal hand because I &amp;lt;3 the community ... I know that one moderator can't be free of flags for more than 3 minutes. Also I can't earn rep too fast, So I can help the community without having 10k&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/6e744502dc7c5f0305e2d428bf117569?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;William&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/26610/william&quot;&gt;William&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3305947#3305947&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; I would like to be a moderator so I can help make the site better for other users. Moderator privileges remove the initial restrictions of having a lower reputation, and give the person who is a moderator more power. Being a moderator shows how much you serve the community. And, don't forget the diamond.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/32d851b22e4659bca3a94b6286cada76?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Octavian Damiean&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/1318/octavian-damiean&quot;&gt;Octavian Damiean&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3305949#3305949&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; Basically because what I enjoy most on the SE sites is to do maintenance work so it is the most logical step. Being more effective to help your community maintain the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/858395cf1fc125b0609a1070081038b8?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Bruno Pereira&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/24421/bruno-pereira&quot;&gt;Bruno Pereira&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3305953#3305953&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; Because it would increase the possibilities I have of contribution on the site and removing the limitations and need to be flagging to solve something I can do it myself. I can work by myself and my work speaks for me, being a moderator would speed up things over something I already do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d629b6ac45d58dbd918c0246b364748d?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Roland Taylor&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/4769/roland-taylor&quot;&gt;Roland Taylor&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3305972#3305972&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; I've never known glamour, I want to be a mod to serve.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8bfa3d624cdb4f087d8d8ffcaf786315?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;jokerdino&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/24463/jokerdino&quot;&gt;jokerdino&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3312935#3312935&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; That is actually easy to answer. I want to serve the Ask Ubuntu community as a whole. Not just through answering the questions, which would limit my usability to specific topics. Hence, I think becoming a moderator is the logical step forward if you want to continually serve the site in as many aspects as possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2686" LastEditorUserId="2686" LastEditDate="2012-02-08T19:50:52.580" LastActivityDate="2012-02-08T19:50:52.580" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2510" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2508" CreationDate="2012-02-08T19:36:58.140" Score="-1" Body="&lt;h2&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/fcc5b83dd722901e02ff34842692d152?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;TheX&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/1343/thex&quot;&gt;TheX&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3305964#3305964&quot;&gt;asked&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/em&gt; Candidates as valued members of our community and our lives, many of us worship cats and other small furry creatures... What is your stand in regards on animal cruelty and the treatment of said animals?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/17f955dcc67792f420f47dc6471d376a?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Amith KK&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/16377/amith-kk&quot;&gt;Amith KK&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3305980#3305980&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; I don't do much animal cruelty.. I have this friend who made the unicorn starring script, and I love cats and kittens. Animal cruelty is a NoNo&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/6e744502dc7c5f0305e2d428bf117569?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;William&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/26610/william&quot;&gt;William&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3305984#3305984&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; I like cats, my avatar is a bird. Being an Ask Ubuntu moderator has absolutely nothing to do with Animal Crulety.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/fcc5b83dd722901e02ff34842692d152?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;TheX&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/1343/thex&quot;&gt;TheX&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306012#3306012&quot;&gt;explained&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; It will help me judge the type of person you are, and help me form an opinion of if you are ready to be a moderator or not.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/de85c185f39ef9feef79d9933409d400?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;jrg&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/6738/jrg&quot;&gt;jrg&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3305988#3305988&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; First, I would like to question exactly what that has to do with moderation, however I am &lt;strong&gt;firmly&lt;/strong&gt; against animal cruelty and of said animals.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/6e744502dc7c5f0305e2d428bf117569?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;William&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/26610/william&quot;&gt;William&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306040#3306040&quot;&gt;added&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; I am also firmly against animal cruelty, and I still fail to see what this has to do with being a moderator.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/fcc5b83dd722901e02ff34842692d152?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;TheX&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/1343/thex&quot;&gt;TheX&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306052#3306052&quot;&gt;responded&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; Simply put... better person == better moderator..&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/6e744502dc7c5f0305e2d428bf117569?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;William&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/26610/william&quot;&gt;William&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306058#3306058&quot;&gt;responded&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; You have a point.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/858395cf1fc125b0609a1070081038b8?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Bruno Pereira&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/24421/bruno-pereira&quot;&gt;Bruno Pereira&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3305997#3305997&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; Anything related to animal cruelty is shameful, no matter in what situation that is applied.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d629b6ac45d58dbd918c0246b364748d?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Roland Taylor&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/4769/roland-taylor&quot;&gt;Roland Taylor&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3305999#3305999&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; Animal cruelty is sick. &quot;A righteous man is kind to his animals.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/32d851b22e4659bca3a94b6286cada76?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Octavian Damiean&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/1318/octavian-damiean&quot;&gt;Octavian Damiean&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306014#3306014&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; My stand in regards to animal cruelty? I am totally against animal cruelty in any imaginable way. I have five cats, I hope that says enough. :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c88f455192559b06f95d006abfe33f9f?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;fossfreedom&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/13011/fossfreedom&quot;&gt;fossfreedom&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306019#3306019&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; Taking a stand is admirable - being patient and understanding is another... listen to the arguments and once you've got a consensus... act&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8bfa3d624cdb4f087d8d8ffcaf786315?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;jokerdino&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/24463/jokerdino&quot;&gt;jokerdino&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3312966#3312966&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; I am strongly against the act of cruelty against anyone and anything. It doesn't matter whether it is against fellow human beings or poor animals. I find acts of cruelty inhumane and simply unimaginable. If possible, they should be prosecuted according to the relevant law.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2686" LastActivityDate="2012-02-08T19:36:58.140" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2511" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2508" CreationDate="2012-02-08T19:37:19.170" Score="2" Body="&lt;h2&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/dd7e03fbbfcabd4675844173ec5390d2?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Michael Mrozek&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/26/michael-mrozek&quot;&gt;Michael Mrozek&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3305978#3305978&quot;&gt;asked&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/em&gt; A diamond will be attached to everything you say and have said in the past, including questions, answers and comments. Everything you will do will be seen under a different light. How do you feel about that?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/6e744502dc7c5f0305e2d428bf117569?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;William&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/26610/william&quot;&gt;William&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306022#3306022&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; I, personally think that &quot;With great diamonds come great responsibility&quot;. I would try as hard as I can to make every thing I say well written, as I am representing the views of the users on Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/17f955dcc67792f420f47dc6471d376a?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Amith KK&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/16377/amith-kk&quot;&gt;Amith KK&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306033#3306033&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; I don't mind, I believe I have done no post which will cause me problems when I get a diamond&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d629b6ac45d58dbd918c0246b364748d?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Roland Taylor&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/4769/roland-taylor&quot;&gt;Roland Taylor&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306036#3306036&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; I recognize it is a tricky position, so I try to act like I'm always on camera, mod or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/32d851b22e4659bca3a94b6286cada76?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Octavian Damiean&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/1318/octavian-damiean&quot;&gt;Octavian Damiean&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306048#3306048&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; I am generally careful with what I say. I have absolutely no problem with people being more critical with what I say or said.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c88f455192559b06f95d006abfe33f9f?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;fossfreedom&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/13011/fossfreedom&quot;&gt;fossfreedom&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306050#3306050&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; A star is a honour in itself - however I judge being a mod just as an extension of being a good user. Just me POV.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/de85c185f39ef9feef79d9933409d400?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;jrg&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/6738/jrg&quot;&gt;jrg&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306059#3306059&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; With a diamond comes both responsibility and a sense of trust in the community - and we all know community is watching, always watching, so I will continue to think before I comment, before I vote to close, and before I write an answer, just as I have been doing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/858395cf1fc125b0609a1070081038b8?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Bruno Pereira&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/24421/bruno-pereira&quot;&gt;Bruno Pereira&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306063#3306063&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; I take great pride on the work I do for the site but if one thing is being a normal user with some power another is having that diamond next to my name. I think I would ponder my decisions more than I already do and be aware that they will be reviewed very closely. I would be extra careful on the actions I take on the site. It would be more than serious with moderation status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8bfa3d624cdb4f087d8d8ffcaf786315?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;jokerdino&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/24463/jokerdino&quot;&gt;jokerdino&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3312987#3312987&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; I personally think adding a diamond to the back of my name wouldn't have too much of a negative impact at all. Instead, I think the added focus on my past, current and future actions would only ensure that I stay on guard on all times. In other words, I don't feel pressurized about the change at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2686" LastActivityDate="2012-02-08T19:37:19.170" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2512" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2508" CreationDate="2012-02-08T19:37:37.267" Score="4" Body="&lt;h2&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c5b62b399bc488863dc513546020dfa3?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Stefano Palazzo&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/2042/stefano-palazzo&quot;&gt;Stefano Palazzo&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306043#3306043&quot;&gt;asked&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/em&gt; What will change about Ask Ubuntu after you are elected?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/17f955dcc67792f420f47dc6471d376a?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Amith KK&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/16377/amith-kk&quot;&gt;Amith KK&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306066#3306066&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; I will try to help change the answer rate to a glamorous 80%, by using my SuperDiamond'Omatic powers, along with the communities work&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d629b6ac45d58dbd918c0246b364748d?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Roland Taylor&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/4769/roland-taylor&quot;&gt;Roland Taylor&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306071#3306071&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; On the one hand, very little - I won't be intrusive. On the other hand, it will become a cleaner, friendlier place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/de85c185f39ef9feef79d9933409d400?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;jrg&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/6738/jrg&quot;&gt;jrg&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306078#3306078&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; What will change? For me, not much - I'm already pretty big into the maintenance side of things, and my understanding of moderator work is its...  maintenance. :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/32d851b22e4659bca3a94b6286cada76?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Octavian Damiean&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/1318/octavian-damiean&quot;&gt;Octavian Damiean&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306085#3306085&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; Hopefully not all &lt;em&gt;too&lt;/em&gt; much other than a steadily improving quality of the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/6e744502dc7c5f0305e2d428bf117569?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;William&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/26610/william&quot;&gt;William&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306101#3306101&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; Also quoting from my slides: 1. Clean up days: As with a lot of the other candidates, I believe that cleanup days are a great way to help the site as a whole. I would really like to work together with the other moderators and organize more of them. 2: My opinion on bugs : see my comment here: &lt;a href=&quot;http://marcoceppi.com/2012/02/bugs-are-not-questions/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://marcoceppi.com/2012/02/bugs-are-not-questions/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/6e744502dc7c5f0305e2d428bf117569?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;William&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/26610/william&quot;&gt;William&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306102#3306102&quot;&gt;continued&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; Flags: My opinion on flags is that they are a thing that should be used only as a last resort. If the post can be edited into something that is a work of art, then edit it, don't flag it. You're doing the community a favour. There are cases where flags are necessary, such as spam. Then, go ahead, flag away. But it can be improved, think of the preciousness of others and improve the post instead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/858395cf1fc125b0609a1070081038b8?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Bruno Pereira&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/24421/bruno-pereira&quot;&gt;Bruno Pereira&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306105#3306105&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; I think that the actions taken until now are work to be continued. Seriously I don't think that much will change. Things will be done faster, true, but no drastic changes. Of course I want to see the site flourish and work to the best of possibilities but I would not expect drastic changes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c88f455192559b06f95d006abfe33f9f?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;fossfreedom&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/13011/fossfreedom&quot;&gt;fossfreedom&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306221#3306221&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; To be honest - I'm not going to make grand promises - I dont see the role as a &quot;I know everything&quot;.  I want the site to become more accurate and easier to navigate.  This involves correctly tagging, making questions easier to find through better titles etc...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8bfa3d624cdb4f087d8d8ffcaf786315?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;jokerdino&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/24463/jokerdino&quot;&gt;jokerdino&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3313014#3313014&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; Basically nothing. From what I remember about the theory of moderation, a moderator should have to do as little as possible. So, if I am elected, I would try to preserve the current nature of the site as much as possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2686" LastActivityDate="2012-02-08T19:37:37.267" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2513" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2508" CreationDate="2012-02-08T19:38:04.160" Score="0" Body="&lt;h2&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/17f955dcc67792f420f47dc6471d376a?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Amith KK&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/16377/amith-kk&quot;&gt;Amith KK&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306045#3306045&quot;&gt;asked&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/em&gt; How much time will you spend in moderation?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/6e744502dc7c5f0305e2d428bf117569?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;William&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/26610/william&quot;&gt;William&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306064#3306064&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; Quoting from my slide: I operate on a very strange schedule that continues to mystify some. I am struggling to get done what I have to get done, but whatever free time I have I pour into Ask Ubuntu. If elected moderator, I can solemnly promise devoting all the time that I can to helping this community grow, live long, and prosper.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/de85c185f39ef9feef79d9933409d400?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;jrg&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/6738/jrg&quot;&gt;jrg&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306086#3306086&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; As much as is required to keep the site running smoothly, and probably a lot more than that to keep it running better than &quot;smooth&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/17f955dcc67792f420f47dc6471d376a?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Amith KK&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/16377/amith-kk&quot;&gt;Amith KK&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306093#3306093&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; I use all my time possible, and put it into AskUbuntu. I would take ages to get 10k, so I would be able to get all the powers, and help clear the flags and aid the community&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d629b6ac45d58dbd918c0246b364748d?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Roland Taylor&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/4769/roland-taylor&quot;&gt;Roland Taylor&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306110#3306110&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; As much time as I currently spend on the site actively doing something, which ranges from a few, to several hours a week.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c88f455192559b06f95d006abfe33f9f?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;fossfreedom&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/13011/fossfreedom&quot;&gt;fossfreedom&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306117#3306117&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; Personally I spend approx 25%+ trying to improve stuff (questions, editing etc) - I would expect something similar in the future.  As a high rep user I use the tools offered as much as poss.  Being a mod hopefully will just improve the effectiveness of what I'm already doing!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/32d851b22e4659bca3a94b6286cada76?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Octavian Damiean&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/1318/octavian-damiean&quot;&gt;Octavian Damiean&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306129#3306129&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; Since Ask Ubuntu is open almost all day when I'm on the computer (which is the majority of the day since I'm a professional software developer)  I will check the site very often. However it depends on how much needs to be done.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/858395cf1fc125b0609a1070081038b8?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Bruno Pereira&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/24421/bruno-pereira&quot;&gt;Bruno Pereira&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306146#3306146&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; I and online from 7:00AM until 00:00AM, I have permanent connection to the internet everywhere I go and even tough I would not assume I would be 100% of that time online I am sure to be around most of it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8bfa3d624cdb4f087d8d8ffcaf786315?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;jokerdino&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/24463/jokerdino&quot;&gt;jokerdino&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3313046#3313046&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; I won't be overzealous and say I will spend all my time that I currently spend on Ask Ubuntu moderating the site. I will make sure that I spend optimal amount of time with regard to moderation and the rest of the time contributing to the site through valid answers and quality questions. In simpler words, I will participate as a regular user and moderation would just be an extension of that. After all, no one wants a moderator who burns himself out and then throws the towel!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2686" LastActivityDate="2012-02-08T19:38:04.160" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2514" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2508" CreationDate="2012-02-08T19:38:19.917" Score="0" Body="&lt;h2&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c127c8150f8052e4b89d66f42b99be56?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Marco Ceppi&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/463/marco-ceppi&quot;&gt;Marco Ceppi&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306091#3306091&quot;&gt;asked&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/em&gt; Everything you vote on, once elected, will be a binding Super Vote. How will this change your voting habits?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/de85c185f39ef9feef79d9933409d400?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;jrg&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/6738/jrg&quot;&gt;jrg&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306127#3306127&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; It won't change them that much - I already do a fair amount of research on things before I vote to close - I will be more inclined to wait for more (as in, 3-4) votes before I swoop in and close it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d629b6ac45d58dbd918c0246b364748d?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Roland Taylor&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/4769/roland-taylor&quot;&gt;Roland Taylor&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306145#3306145&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; A great deal. I will call for more consultation, until I get the hang of it, and every time I fell conflicted on a choice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/17f955dcc67792f420f47dc6471d376a?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Amith KK&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/16377/amith-kk&quot;&gt;Amith KK&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306154#3306154&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; I will reduce my votes and flags, Because its the supervote, and I'll let the community decide and approve on that&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/32d851b22e4659bca3a94b6286cada76?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Octavian Damiean&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/1318/octavian-damiean&quot;&gt;Octavian Damiean&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306158#3306158&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; It means that I will have to think twice before I cast any vote and that I would try to get more views on a certain case to decide.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c88f455192559b06f95d006abfe33f9f?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;fossfreedom&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/13011/fossfreedom&quot;&gt;fossfreedom&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306164#3306164&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; I'm not asking to be a mod to be the first and foremost arbitrator.  I would expect my thoughts to be as now - listen carefully, listen to the pros and cons and then make a decision.  The binding vote should be used sparingly and only in the glaringly obvious.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/6e744502dc7c5f0305e2d428bf117569?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;William&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/26610/william&quot;&gt;William&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306168#3306168&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; I will do research on the post before I close.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/858395cf1fc125b0609a1070081038b8?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Bruno Pereira&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/24421/bruno-pereira&quot;&gt;Bruno Pereira&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306181#3306181&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; Take extra care, scrutinize all decisions at first and read everything 3x before going forwards with an action at start. Be sure of my actions and be sure that those are the best for the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8bfa3d624cdb4f087d8d8ffcaf786315?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;jokerdino&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/24463/jokerdino&quot;&gt;jokerdino&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3313062#3313062&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; I don't think this so-called super vote is going to affect my voting habits at all. Because I already cast my votes as if it is the final judgment and hence take immense care and attention before voting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2686" LastActivityDate="2012-02-08T19:38:19.917" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2515" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2508" CreationDate="2012-02-08T19:38:37.810" Score="2" Body="&lt;h2&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e5b801f3e9b405c4feb5a4461aff73c2?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;rlemon&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/23989/rlemon&quot;&gt;rlemon&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306107#3306107&quot;&gt;asked&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/em&gt; A user has a complaint with the way another Moderator has handled a situation and has contacted your privately about it. Assuming you agree with the user, how would you handle this situation?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/6e744502dc7c5f0305e2d428bf117569?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;William&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/26610/william&quot;&gt;William&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306139#3306139&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; I would confront the other moderator and ask their standing on the issue, and attempt to work out a compromise.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/de85c185f39ef9feef79d9933409d400?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;jrg&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/6738/jrg&quot;&gt;jrg&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306166#3306166&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; Talk to the moderator in question, and talk to them in an attempt to straighten things out - it might be that i'm not seeing the whole picture, and it might be that the user isn't seeing the whole picture either. However, I will not take immediate action, because most situations like that are not &quot;cut and dry&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/17f955dcc67792f420f47dc6471d376a?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Amith KK&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/16377/amith-kk&quot;&gt;Amith KK&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306175#3306175&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; I would Initiate a chat between the User, Myself, and the other Mod, and try to get a solution in hand.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d629b6ac45d58dbd918c0246b364748d?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Roland Taylor&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/4769/roland-taylor&quot;&gt;Roland Taylor&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306177#3306177&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; Much like I handle such situations in my personal positions of authority outside the site: get as much info as I can, and only take action if I think the action is meritted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/32d851b22e4659bca3a94b6286cada76?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Octavian Damiean&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/1318/octavian-damiean&quot;&gt;Octavian Damiean&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306193#3306193&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; I would talk to the other moderator to get an idea of his point of view so I can understand why he performed the action he performed. If both of us disagree I think that the best solution would be to ask the community. That is post a meta question about it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/858395cf1fc125b0609a1070081038b8?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Bruno Pereira&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/24421/bruno-pereira&quot;&gt;Bruno Pereira&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306217#3306217&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; Protect the moderators and the site at all costs, backup all of my fellow moderators decisions while on the private and on a one on one chat ask him why were things the way they were so I have a better understanding of his actions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8bfa3d624cdb4f087d8d8ffcaf786315?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;jokerdino&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/24463/jokerdino&quot;&gt;jokerdino&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3313130#3313130&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; Even if I agree to the user, I will still confine myself to hear from both the sides. In this case, consulting with the moderator regarding the situation and getting to know the events that led to this particular decision would be crucial. And, if possible, I will try to convince both the sides regarding the actions of the other sides to try and cool the situation down.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2686" LastActivityDate="2012-02-08T19:38:37.810" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2516" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2508" CreationDate="2012-02-08T19:39:13.707" Score="0" Body="&lt;h2&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/fcc5b83dd722901e02ff34842692d152?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;TheX&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/1343/thex&quot;&gt;TheX&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306122#3306122&quot;&gt;asked&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/em&gt; The community has for a long time allowed a sense of humor, how will this appropriate fun be handled?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/6e744502dc7c5f0305e2d428bf117569?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;William&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/26610/william&quot;&gt;William&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306156#3306156&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; I will use my sense of sarcasm when it is appropriate. Having a sense of humor goes in the &quot;better person, better moderator&quot; category.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/de85c185f39ef9feef79d9933409d400?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;jrg&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/6738/jrg&quot;&gt;jrg&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306190#3306190&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; As long as it is A. safe for work, and B. the community is serious when it is required (such as, user comes into the chatroom with a serious problem that requires immediate fixing), by all means be funny.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d629b6ac45d58dbd918c0246b364748d?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Roland Taylor&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/4769/roland-taylor&quot;&gt;Roland Taylor&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306201#3306201&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; I encourage humour and social flexibility; so fun is okay with me when it's appropriate, otherwise I would kindly discourage it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/32d851b22e4659bca3a94b6286cada76?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Octavian Damiean&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/1318/octavian-damiean&quot;&gt;Octavian Damiean&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306226#3306226&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; As long as that humor is not abusive or otherwise inappropriate and stays on chat or meta  (to some extent) it is alright. We are all people (with a few exceptions).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/fcc5b83dd722901e02ff34842692d152?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;TheX&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/1343/thex&quot;&gt;TheX&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306248#3306248&quot;&gt;asked&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; You say we are all humans, with a few exceptions, who might you be referring to?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/32d851b22e4659bca3a94b6286cada76?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Octavian Damiean&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/1318/octavian-damiean&quot;&gt;Octavian Damiean&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306259#3306259&quot;&gt;responded&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; Mostly Jorge Castro, he seems to be a bot.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/6e744502dc7c5f0305e2d428bf117569?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;William&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/26610/william&quot;&gt;William&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306281#3306281&quot;&gt;added&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; We jokingly believe Roland Taylor to be an alien, he even admitted it himself. See chat transcripts.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/858395cf1fc125b0609a1070081038b8?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Bruno Pereira&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/24421/bruno-pereira&quot;&gt;Bruno Pereira&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306295#3306295&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; On chat I see no problems with it. As long as it does not cross the borders of being rude or making someone upset over a subject go for it. But, if we are talking about areas of the site that are exposed to the public or might reflect the site's public image I say that is off limits. All the time you spend having fun on the site on areas where you should not means more time a moderator needs to clean those up, meaning that more time will have to be spent on trivial unnecessary actions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8bfa3d624cdb4f087d8d8ffcaf786315?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;jokerdino&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/24463/jokerdino&quot;&gt;jokerdino&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3313184#3313184&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; As long as humor stays as humor, I will just be fine with it. But, anyone can instinctively feel when the fun factor is getting too much out of hand. In that case, I will try to curb the fun to make sure that it doesn't go beyond.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2686" LastEditorUserId="25863" LastEditDate="2012-02-08T20:17:40.030" LastActivityDate="2012-02-08T20:17:40.030" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2517" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2508" CreationDate="2012-02-08T19:40:17.980" Score="0" Body="&lt;h2&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/4cf459e8f1d600d3e25c5b1c282ee52f?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;andybleaden&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/14548/andybleaden&quot;&gt;andybleaden&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306155#3306155&quot;&gt;asked&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/em&gt; What one thing would you change to encourage new people to ask questions and then what one thing would you do to encourage people to participate in askubuntu&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/6e744502dc7c5f0305e2d428bf117569?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;William&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/26610/william&quot;&gt;William&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306188#3306188&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; I want to spread the word about Ask Ubuntu, the link in the 11.10 installer was a great way of gaining popularity. However, this has the side effect of a lot of more questions that don't belong on the site on the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/de85c185f39ef9feef79d9933409d400?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;jrg&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/6738/jrg&quot;&gt;jrg&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306256#3306256&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; What &lt;em&gt;one&lt;/em&gt; thing? I have so many things I'd love to do that its difficult to pick one... I'm going to pretend this is &quot;one thing&quot; and say furthering the plans of getting Ask Ubuntu properly integrated with the existing ubuntu community.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c88f455192559b06f95d006abfe33f9f?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;fossfreedom&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/13011/fossfreedom&quot;&gt;fossfreedom&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306258#3306258&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; Much as what I do at the moment.  Drop a comment, offer advice, help to improve their questions and answers.  A mod is there to help just like any good contributor. After all we are all users of the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/32d851b22e4659bca3a94b6286cada76?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Octavian Damiean&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/1318/octavian-damiean&quot;&gt;Octavian Damiean&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306325#3306325&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; I would (I do) actively advertise Ask Ubuntu as much as possible. That would go for encouraging people to ask questions. To encourage people to further participate I would try to get users more involved in chat which I believe is a great medium for that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/858395cf1fc125b0609a1070081038b8?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Bruno Pereira&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/24421/bruno-pereira&quot;&gt;Bruno Pereira&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306352#3306352&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; Be extra careful with comments on new users, prevent &quot;older users&quot; from being harsh over some questions, prevent rudeness. Those are important things that can change the initial experience of a new user. It is important that all users feel at home in AskUbuntu while sharing their questions. Sharing questions on media sites, invite new users to the site is a great and noble idea. The more people participating the more the site benefits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d629b6ac45d58dbd918c0246b364748d?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Roland Taylor&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/4769/roland-taylor&quot;&gt;Roland Taylor&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306378#3306378&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; I am not sure of what I would do (on the site itself) to encourage others to ask questions, other than to give them friendly feedback when they do (I cannot speak with authority as I am not aware of just how deep a moderator can go in changing the site). However, I would encourage people to participate by asking them to assist (I already share questions on Google+ a lot, where many technical minds hang around), and pointing them to Ask Ubuntu if they have problems (I've also done this)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8bfa3d624cdb4f087d8d8ffcaf786315?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;jokerdino&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/24463/jokerdino&quot;&gt;jokerdino&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3313206#3313206&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; There is no better way to induce others than to personally involve yourself in the event itself. So, I think my participation should be more than enough to encourage more people to participate in Ask Ubuntu (inclusive of new people asking questions).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2686" LastActivityDate="2012-02-08T19:40:17.980" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2518" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2508" CreationDate="2012-02-08T19:40:36.323" Score="0" Body="&lt;h2&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e5b801f3e9b405c4feb5a4461aff73c2?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;rlemon http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e5b801f3e9b405c4feb5a4461aff73c2?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/23989/rlemon&quot;&gt;rlemon&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306184#3306184&quot;&gt;asked&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/em&gt; &lt;em&gt;Where there is a will, there is a way&lt;/em&gt;: How far would you go to help another user? How far have you gone in the past to ensure a new user does not become discouraged at the first sign of trouble?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/17f955dcc67792f420f47dc6471d376a?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Amith KK http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/17f955dcc67792f420f47dc6471d376a?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/16377/amith-kk&quot;&gt;Amith KK&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306206#3306206&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; I'd help his as much as time permits, Often trying my best to explain in the comments session&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/6e744502dc7c5f0305e2d428bf117569?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;William http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/6e744502dc7c5f0305e2d428bf117569?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/26610/william&quot;&gt;William&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306209#3306209&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; This far: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/100404/ubuntu-software-centre-does-not-load&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/100404/ubuntu-software-centre-does-not-load&lt;/a&gt; (deleted)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/6e744502dc7c5f0305e2d428bf117569?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;William http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/6e744502dc7c5f0305e2d428bf117569?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/26610/william&quot;&gt;William&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306222#3306222&quot;&gt;continued&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; Put in a ton of effort on that question, initiated chat session, contacted RolandTaylor, and the whole 9 yards.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/de85c185f39ef9feef79d9933409d400?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;jrg http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/de85c185f39ef9feef79d9933409d400?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/6738/jrg&quot;&gt;jrg&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306298#3306298&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; Let me say this first: Jorge Castro helped me when I got discouraged about a few things that happened during my first few months here on Ask Ubuntu, and since then I have tried to help others who are/have been in similar states - I have been known to send users tips about editing, tagging, asking questions and similar things - so far, I haven't encountered any users who are resentful about my doing this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/32d851b22e4659bca3a94b6286cada76?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Octavian Damiean http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/32d851b22e4659bca3a94b6286cada76?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/1318/octavian-damiean&quot;&gt;Octavian Damiean&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306356#3306356&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; As far as the other user is ready to follow. Best way is to get him to join the chat and try to explain how SE works to him.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c88f455192559b06f95d006abfe33f9f?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;fossfreedom http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c88f455192559b06f95d006abfe33f9f?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/13011/fossfreedom&quot;&gt;fossfreedom&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306363#3306363&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; ... I try not to do an instant flag or close... for instance I saw a question recently that was badly structure, wide open and the potential to be instantly flagged and closed.  I worked with the user to get a great question ... and I see it made it into the askubuntu newsletter.  Great news.  I take much pleasure in that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/858395cf1fc125b0609a1070081038b8?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Bruno Pereira http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/858395cf1fc125b0609a1070081038b8?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/24421/bruno-pereira&quot;&gt;Bruno Pereira&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306395#3306395&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; No question is so dumb that does not deserve being answered. We are not machines and should not act as such. Giving bounties, editing old questions, making sure that questions have some visibility is the way to go. Sometimes even a small comment under the questions asking how the status of the situation is enough.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d629b6ac45d58dbd918c0246b364748d?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Roland Taylor http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d629b6ac45d58dbd918c0246b364748d?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/4769/roland-taylor&quot;&gt;Roland Taylor&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306413#3306413&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; There's little telling how far I &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;would&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; go. However, to put it in perspective, I set up a virtual machine, installed a bunch of stuff I did not need, and even endured months of emotional stress from the same person - to help that single person with a problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8bfa3d624cdb4f087d8d8ffcaf786315?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;jokerdino http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8bfa3d624cdb4f087d8d8ffcaf786315?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/24463/jokerdino&quot;&gt;jokerdino&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3313215#3313215&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; I have, many a times, extended my hand when I know there is someone looking for help and I know I can help them to safety. I have noted in the past that advising the users that there is almost nothing to lose and everything to gain has always helped them from getting discouraged. So, I think encouraging users in times of distraught has always been an useful remedy to their problems.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2686" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2012-02-08T19:40:36.323" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2519" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2508" CreationDate="2012-02-08T19:40:54.310" Score="1" Body="&lt;h2&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/dd7e03fbbfcabd4675844173ec5390d2?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Michael Mrozek&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/26/michael-mrozek&quot;&gt;Michael Mrozek&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306213#3306213&quot;&gt;asked&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/em&gt; How would you deal with a user who produced a steady stream of valuable answers, but tends to generate a large number of arguments/flags from comments?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/6e744502dc7c5f0305e2d428bf117569?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;William&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/26610/william&quot;&gt;William&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306239#3306239&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; I would confront the user and tell him/her to stop, possibly adding account suspension if neccessary. I know that sounds a little first, but I would be nice about it first.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/17f955dcc67792f420f47dc6471d376a?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Amith KK&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/16377/amith-kk&quot;&gt;Amith KK&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306240#3306240&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; Ah, A hard one, &quot;Nothing will be unsolved if you ask nicely&quot; is my policy, so I will get in contact with the user and make him understand thats not good behaviour. If the warning is dismissed, Light suspension will be applied&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/de85c185f39ef9feef79d9933409d400?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;jrg&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/6738/jrg&quot;&gt;jrg&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306322#3306322&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; Talk to the user first before anything else, because they might not know they are doing that - at that point, asking them politely to stop should work, if they continue, consider temporary suspension.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c88f455192559b06f95d006abfe33f9f?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;fossfreedom&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/13011/fossfreedom&quot;&gt;fossfreedom&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306324#3306324&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; Count to 10, think through what they are trying say - invite them into the chat rooms - get a consensus and a way forward.  I'm not the argumentative type.  I like to listen carefully and contribute my thoughts in a clear manner as possible.  Hopefully this will molify most users and their thoughts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/32d851b22e4659bca3a94b6286cada76?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Octavian Damiean&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/1318/octavian-damiean&quot;&gt;Octavian Damiean&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306392#3306392&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; I would try to contact him and find out why he produces such a large number of flags. If he is producing a steady stream of valuable answers then he definitely cares enough to work on that problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d629b6ac45d58dbd918c0246b364748d?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Roland Taylor&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/4769/roland-taylor&quot;&gt;Roland Taylor&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306428#3306428&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; I would probably pull that person aside privately (if they agree to have a chat) and let them know what problems we are encountering, without being personal or identifying who flags them. I would encourage them to take positive steps in the right direction, until the problem goes away.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/858395cf1fc125b0609a1070081038b8?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Bruno Pereira&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/24421/bruno-pereira&quot;&gt;Bruno Pereira&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306438#3306438&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; There will always be some point where you have no choice but to ask the user to stop that behavior. I would do so privately and ask him to replace the negative behavior with more of what good he has to offer. There will always be these cases and they deserve to be discussed with the users in question. No harsh speech but let him be aware that that kind of behavior is not acceptable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8bfa3d624cdb4f087d8d8ffcaf786315?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;jokerdino&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/24463/jokerdino&quot;&gt;jokerdino&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3313250#3313250&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; If necessary, trying to contact the user in question and explaining to him that many flags have been raised against his rather irritating behavior and he should probably either think about his current state or he should take a break for a while. If the user still continues with his own ways, then suspending the user for a given period of time wouldn't be inappropriate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2686" LastActivityDate="2012-02-08T19:40:54.310" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2520" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2508" CreationDate="2012-02-08T19:41:12.703" Score="1" Body="&lt;h2&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c127c8150f8052e4b89d66f42b99be56?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Marco Ceppi&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/463/marco-ceppi&quot;&gt;Marco Ceppi&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306278#3306278&quot;&gt;asked&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/em&gt; In your opinion, what do moderators do?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/6e744502dc7c5f0305e2d428bf117569?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;William&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/26610/william&quot;&gt;William&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306310#3306310&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; They help other users on the site and attempt to provide a better experience for everyone. Their role is to serve the community and make it a better place for everyone. Most of that is janitorial work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/17f955dcc67792f420f47dc6471d376a?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Amith KK&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/16377/amith-kk&quot;&gt;Amith KK&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306320#3306320&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; In my opinion, Mods are legendary warriors who fight flags all day and control the chaos(if any) between the community using legendary powers, also a mod helps his community and does maintanance to the total quality of the site :D&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d629b6ac45d58dbd918c0246b364748d?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Roland Taylor&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/4769/roland-taylor&quot;&gt;Roland Taylor&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306334#3306334&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; Moderators:  1. Serve.  2. Assist.  3. Police (keep things in check).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/de85c185f39ef9feef79d9933409d400?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;jrg&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/6738/jrg&quot;&gt;jrg&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306336#3306336&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; Maintenance. Which I love, because its both easy to do and indeed required.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c88f455192559b06f95d006abfe33f9f?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;fossfreedom&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/13011/fossfreedom&quot;&gt;fossfreedom&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306402#3306402&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; Listen carefully to the the community - through chat and meta.  Review questions and answers, look at the flags.  Basically make the site as clean and tidy as possible.  Janitor is an apt phrase indeed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/32d851b22e4659bca3a94b6286cada76?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Octavian Damiean&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/1318/octavian-damiean&quot;&gt;Octavian Damiean&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306421#3306421&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; They are there for their community. That means when the community can't fix something by itself then a moderator should be there to help them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/858395cf1fc125b0609a1070081038b8?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Bruno Pereira&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/24421/bruno-pereira&quot;&gt;Bruno Pereira&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306492#3306492&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; They are the middle man between the community's opinions and decisions. They can be seen as janitors but will only take actions when it is favorable and supported by the community. They close, clean, give opinions, end discussions, listen, get shouted to, get bored of listening to users rant, etc. And they always do it with a smile. ;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8bfa3d624cdb4f087d8d8ffcaf786315?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;jokerdino&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/24463/jokerdino&quot;&gt;jokerdino&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3313265#3313265&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; In my opinion, I think moderators mainly focus on all the janitorial work of the site like cleaning up the site of spam and poor quality content, etc. If they genuinely follow the theory of moderation, they shouldn't be doing anything significant at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2686" LastActivityDate="2012-02-08T19:41:12.703" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2521" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2508" CreationDate="2012-02-08T19:41:29.210" Score="0" Body="&lt;h2&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e5b801f3e9b405c4feb5a4461aff73c2?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;rlemon&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/23989/rlemon&quot;&gt;rlemon&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306305#3306305&quot;&gt;asked&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/em&gt; What is your single most valuable attribute / trait (which would benefit the site) that I should take into consideration when deciding whether to give you my vote?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/17f955dcc67792f420f47dc6471d376a?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Amith KK&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/16377/amith-kk&quot;&gt;Amith KK&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306330#3306330&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; Good Question&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/17f955dcc67792f420f47dc6471d376a?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Amith KK&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/16377/amith-kk&quot;&gt;Amith KK&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306401#3306401&quot;&gt;continued&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; My love for everything Ubuntu would make me a good moderator, I will do all I can within my powers on AskUbuntu to help the community&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/de85c185f39ef9feef79d9933409d400?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;jrg&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/6738/jrg&quot;&gt;jrg&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306343#3306343&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; I would like to think that the site would benefit most from my enthusiasm/energy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/6e744502dc7c5f0305e2d428bf117569?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;William&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/26610/william&quot;&gt;William&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306346#3306346&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; Good question. I believe that one of my defining characteristics is my devotion to Ubuntu. I really want to get the word out there and help all Ubuntu users have a good experience so that they tell their friends, and their friends tell their friends, and... you get the point. I will spend however much time it takes to make that happen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/32d851b22e4659bca3a94b6286cada76?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Octavian Damiean&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/1318/octavian-damiean&quot;&gt;Octavian Damiean&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306453#3306453&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; Good question. I guess because I am honest, especially when I made a mistake.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d629b6ac45d58dbd918c0246b364748d?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Roland Taylor&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/4769/roland-taylor&quot;&gt;Roland Taylor&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306462#3306462&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; That is a tough question, since I tend not to look at myself to find what is best about me, but rather let others tell me what they see in me. However, I would say, my ability to put myself in others' shoes, and exercise &quot;grace&quot; to them, would be one of my strongest points.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/858395cf1fc125b0609a1070081038b8?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Bruno Pereira&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/24421/bruno-pereira&quot;&gt;Bruno Pereira&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306515#3306515&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; Responsible would be my most valuable attribute.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8bfa3d624cdb4f087d8d8ffcaf786315?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;jokerdino&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/24463/jokerdino&quot;&gt;jokerdino&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3313279#3313279&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; I would say my self-confidence in dealing issues under pressure would be my defining character.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2686" LastActivityDate="2012-02-08T19:41:29.210" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2522" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2508" CreationDate="2012-02-08T19:42:13.123" Score="0" Body="&lt;h2&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/fcc5b83dd722901e02ff34842692d152?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;TheX&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/1343/thex&quot;&gt;TheX&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306339#3306339&quot;&gt;asked&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/em&gt; What will your position be on flagrant, and obvious, repeated violations be? How will such incidents, people be handled?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/de85c185f39ef9feef79d9933409d400?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;jrg&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/6738/jrg&quot;&gt;jrg&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306382#3306382&quot;&gt;asked for clarification&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; What kind of situations? Are you asking just in general, or is there anything specific? Keep in mind it can be anything from repeatedly asking off-topic questions to repeatedly insulting another user, to vandalizing questions/answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/fcc5b83dd722901e02ff34842692d152?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;TheX&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/1343/thex&quot;&gt;TheX&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306390#3306390&quot;&gt;clarified&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; Just in general...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/6e744502dc7c5f0305e2d428bf117569?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;William&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/26610/william&quot;&gt;William&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306394#3306394&quot;&gt;added&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; I completely agree. The punishment should fit the situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/fcc5b83dd722901e02ff34842692d152?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;TheX&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/1343/thex&quot;&gt;TheX&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306400#3306400&quot;&gt;continued&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; I can't give you a specifice example because I have never seen it happen here, but you never know.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/6e744502dc7c5f0305e2d428bf117569?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;William&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/26610/william&quot;&gt;William&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306366#3306366&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; If they have already been asked to stop and refused, try a suspension. If that doesn't work, they will have to be removed. No one person can spoil the community for everyone else.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/17f955dcc67792f420f47dc6471d376a?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Amith KK&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/16377/amith-kk&quot;&gt;Amith KK&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306370#3306370&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; Such people would be face'd with a week's/month's suspension, after a chat on what they did wrong&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/de85c185f39ef9feef79d9933409d400?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;jrg&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/6738/jrg&quot;&gt;jrg&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306435#3306435&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; In general, talk to the user, if its something such as repeatedly asking off-topic questions, just say &quot;hey, unix and linux might be a better spot for this&quot; (depends on the question of course), or, in the hypothetical case of a user insulting everyone, a chat, then suspension &lt;em&gt;after consulting the other moderators as to what a &quot;appropriate&quot; &quot;sentence&quot; would be&lt;/em&gt; - I wouldn't he the only moderator, and I have no intention of acting like I am.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c88f455192559b06f95d006abfe33f9f?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;fossfreedom&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/13011/fossfreedom&quot;&gt;fossfreedom&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306441#3306441&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; Mods shouldnt work in isolation.  Drop a line to others and work through an appropriate response.  I dont see myself as god all mighty.  Think through, the issues and use what powers are given a sparingly as possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d629b6ac45d58dbd918c0246b364748d?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Roland Taylor&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/4769/roland-taylor&quot;&gt;Roland Taylor&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306512#3306512&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; My personal position is that such behaviour needs a time out: the person needs to be pulled aside and spoken to, if that is possible, and if they refuse to stop, then they need to be quarantined, so to speak, for a little while.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/32d851b22e4659bca3a94b6286cada76?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Octavian Damiean&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/1318/octavian-damiean&quot;&gt;Octavian Damiean&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306539#3306539&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; I would try to get in touch with the particular user to resolve the problem in a way that lets him still be an active part of our community. If that fails and he repeatedly violates the rules then I guess he would have to take some time off (he should be temporarily banned, depending on the severity of the voilations).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/858395cf1fc125b0609a1070081038b8?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Bruno Pereira&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/24421/bruno-pereira&quot;&gt;Bruno Pereira&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306582#3306582&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; Ban a user would be an action applied  only on extreme cases and with the shared opinion of fellow moderators. Repeated violations can be handled with some will but there is a limit for everything. Again, talking to the user in question would be the first step to take, asking to stop and try to get some sense from his personality. If all is lost in the end there would be consequences of course.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8bfa3d624cdb4f087d8d8ffcaf786315?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;jokerdino&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/24463/jokerdino&quot;&gt;jokerdino&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3313289#3313289&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; Trying to reach the user and explaining to him that such behavior is unwelcome here. If that doesn't produce the desired effect, hopefully a temporary suspension would.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2686" LastActivityDate="2012-02-08T19:42:13.123" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2523" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2508" CreationDate="2012-02-08T19:42:38.083" Score="0" Body="&lt;h2&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c5b62b399bc488863dc513546020dfa3?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Stefano Palazzo&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/2042/stefano-palazzo&quot;&gt;Stefano Palazzo&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306399#3306399&quot;&gt;asked&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/em&gt; As a moderator on AU, you will also moderate the entire Stack Exchange chat system. How much time do you spend, or plan to spend in the Ask Ubuntu chat room, and why?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/6e744502dc7c5f0305e2d428bf117569?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;William&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/26610/william&quot;&gt;William&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306414#3306414&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; I spend way too much time in the chat room. That part will not change. I would be happy to be a chat moderator as I feel that I know how the chat system works.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/6e744502dc7c5f0305e2d428bf117569?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;William&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/26610/william&quot;&gt;William&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306461#3306461&quot;&gt;continued&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; The chatroom is one of the best features of Ask Ubuntu in my opinion, but it is a privilege, not a right.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/de85c185f39ef9feef79d9933409d400?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;jrg&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/6738/jrg&quot;&gt;jrg&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306449#3306449&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; I spend a large amount of time in the Ask Ubuntu chatroom as it is, so I would say I'm on there about as often as my browser opens, which is a lot.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/17f955dcc67792f420f47dc6471d376a?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Amith KK&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/16377/amith-kk&quot;&gt;Amith KK&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306464#3306464&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; I would use it for the same time I'm using it now, I know how to handle flags and stuff, so I have a good understanding of how it all works. I would &amp;lt;3 to be a chat moderator&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d629b6ac45d58dbd918c0246b364748d?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Roland Taylor&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/4769/roland-taylor&quot;&gt;Roland Taylor&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306557#3306557&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; I already spend a lot of time in the Ask Ubuntu chat room, both for the pleasure of hanging with great people, and so that I can help others. I have already had a taste of the harmony of the chat system across the SE network, through being alerted of flags in rooms I had no clue of. I would take each case based on its own merit, of course, and remain in the AU chat room as much as I do now, if not more.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/32d851b22e4659bca3a94b6286cada76?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Octavian Damiean&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/1318/octavian-damiean&quot;&gt;Octavian Damiean&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306599#3306599&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; All my time. I'm already online in the chat as much as possible. The reason is simple. It is the easiest and quickest way to communicate with the other users. You can do a lot of things like discussing questions, tags and stuff like that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c88f455192559b06f95d006abfe33f9f?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;fossfreedom&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/13011/fossfreedom&quot;&gt;fossfreedom&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306647#3306647&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; I often spend some time reviewing the chat room transcripts looking through what the issues of the day are.   The more useful non-general chat room such as the ubuntu regulators I often monitor.  So, will I spend more time in the more general chit-chat rooms - honestly, maybe more time but not a dramatic amount.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/858395cf1fc125b0609a1070081038b8?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Bruno Pereira&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/24421/bruno-pereira&quot;&gt;Bruno Pereira&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306662#3306662&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; I am always there or at least having an overview of the chat most of the times, it is important to be part of it since most incident behavior will end up there. The chat is a cauldron of messages, they can be only funny, informative or general but also rude, form of warning, request for help or opinion. It is important to be present at most times and at least have an idea of the topics shared in it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8bfa3d624cdb4f087d8d8ffcaf786315?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;jokerdino&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/24463/jokerdino&quot;&gt;jokerdino&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3313319#3313319&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; I already spend most of the time that I spend on Ask Ubuntu in the chat. Moderating the chat room shouldn't be too tough of a chore when you are already part of the chatting group. Moderating the room is necessary because it is the next line of support after the site itself. It will either make or break the user's impression about our site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2686" LastActivityDate="2012-02-08T19:42:38.083" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2524" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2508" CreationDate="2012-02-08T19:42:57.273" Score="0" Body="&lt;h2&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e5b801f3e9b405c4feb5a4461aff73c2?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;rlemon&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/23989/rlemon&quot;&gt;rlemon&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306412#3306412&quot;&gt;asked&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/em&gt; your almighty judgement was wrong: The &amp;lt;insert incorrect action&amp;gt; you handed out was in fact pre-mature and now you have angry users... how do you circumvent the anger, and ensure the user does not leave the site with a bad taste in their mouth... so to speak...&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/17f955dcc67792f420f47dc6471d376a?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Amith KK&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/16377/amith-kk&quot;&gt;Amith KK&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306434#3306434&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; I would contact  the users and say sorry, I will undo the action(If possible). The mistake made will not be repeated. I can't say I don't make mistakes, we're humans&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/6e744502dc7c5f0305e2d428bf117569?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;William&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/26610/william&quot;&gt;William&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306437#3306437&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; I would apologize and say that I was wrong to do what I did. I won't try to make excuses. I will ask for forgiveness. People are a lot more receptive to forgivingif you simply say that your'e sorry.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/de85c185f39ef9feef79d9933409d400?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;jrg&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/6738/jrg&quot;&gt;jrg&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306470#3306470&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; I would talk to the other moderators, and write a measured, but apologetic response to the user(s).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c88f455192559b06f95d006abfe33f9f?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;fossfreedom&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/13011/fossfreedom&quot;&gt;fossfreedom&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306521#3306521&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; Yes that can happen - it happens in real life.  Fortunately the golden rule which works for me is to count to 10 before making a decision. You be surprised how your thoughts change in those brief seconds.  Dont be afraid to apologise - we are all humans and are not infallible.  Offer to tidy up the issue as quickly and effectively as poss.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d629b6ac45d58dbd918c0246b364748d?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Roland Taylor&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/4769/roland-taylor&quot;&gt;Roland Taylor&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306607#3306607&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; I've had to deal with such decisions in my personal life before, and one thing I've learned, is to be clear about both the reasons for my decisions, and about my mistakes, and allow others time to vent their feelings, within safe boundaries. Avoiding their anger is almost impossible, but handling it correctly would ensure that at the end of the day, we end up as friends, if not friendly, when we part ways for the moment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/32d851b22e4659bca3a94b6286cada76?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Octavian Damiean&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/1318/octavian-damiean&quot;&gt;Octavian Damiean&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306636#3306636&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; I would try to revert what I did and officially apologize. I'm as human as everyone else and make mistakes. I can only try to learn from those mistakes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/858395cf1fc125b0609a1070081038b8?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Bruno Pereira&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/24421/bruno-pereira&quot;&gt;Bruno Pereira&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306705#3306705&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; Talk to him, review the situation several times and try to listen. Ask other moderators opinions on the subject and if wrong apologize and offer to change / fix the situation asap.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8bfa3d624cdb4f087d8d8ffcaf786315?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;jokerdino&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/24463/jokerdino&quot;&gt;jokerdino&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3313335#3313335&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; If the action that I took was in fact pre-mature, then I would apologize to the necessary party and try to undo the effects of my action.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2686" LastEditorUserId="25863" LastEditDate="2012-02-08T20:22:30.913" LastActivityDate="2012-02-08T20:22:30.913" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2525" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2508" CreationDate="2012-02-08T19:43:16.070" Score="1" Body="&lt;h2&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/fcc5b83dd722901e02ff34842692d152?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;TheX&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/1343/thex&quot;&gt;TheX&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306460#3306460&quot;&gt;asked&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/em&gt; okay, so the moderators will work as a team, but what will be the choosen method of communication between them? and how will regular users be able to be part of this if at all?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/6e744502dc7c5f0305e2d428bf117569?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;William&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/26610/william&quot;&gt;William&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306483#3306483&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; The Ubuntu Regulators chatroom is a great way to communicate among moderators and for regular users to give feedback.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/de85c185f39ef9feef79d9933409d400?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;jrg&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/6738/jrg&quot;&gt;jrg&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306529#3306529&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; I don't know of how they normally communicate, however I * believe* moderators communicate via email and a specific chatroom - as for regular users, I publish my email and contact info pretty much everywhere, you can find it easily on the internet.  (@Marco or @Stefano, can you confirm this?)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/17f955dcc67792f420f47dc6471d376a?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Amith KK&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/16377/amith-kk&quot;&gt;Amith KK&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306540#3306540&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; I would like to create a &quot;Moderator Duties&quot; room , which Is private,and only mods are allowed in.. There we discuss the matters which are to be kept confidential(?). For other things, the Current room for Ubuntu Regulators is fine&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d629b6ac45d58dbd918c0246b364748d?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Roland Taylor&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/4769/roland-taylor&quot;&gt;Roland Taylor&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306639#3306639&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; IIRC, moderators have their own char room on the site, however, I like to hang with the common man, so to speak - so I would figure that any action that affects users on a larger scale would be discussed in the open, either via Meta or in the general chat room.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/32d851b22e4659bca3a94b6286cada76?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Octavian Damiean&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/1318/octavian-damiean&quot;&gt;Octavian Damiean&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306686#3306686&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; I would say that most of the discussions should be held on chat and documented on Meta. That is the easiest way to ensure that the part of the community that wants to participate can effectively do it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8bfa3d624cdb4f087d8d8ffcaf786315?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;jokerdino&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/24463/jokerdino&quot;&gt;jokerdino&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3313345#3313345&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; The current moderators already have a public trello board set up. I think continuing with that will be a great way to get the community involved and engaged.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2686" LastActivityDate="2012-02-08T19:43:16.070" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2526" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2508" CreationDate="2012-02-08T19:43:34.480" Score="-1" Body="&lt;h2&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e5b801f3e9b405c4feb5a4461aff73c2?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;rlemon&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/23989/rlemon&quot;&gt;rlemon&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306527#3306527&quot;&gt;asked&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/em&gt; If elected, which specific &lt;em&gt;task&lt;/em&gt; of moderation (as you understand the role of moderation to be), will you admit-tingly lack in? Which is to say: Where can we expect you will suck? (we all have pitfalls and I would like to know what you think yours is in the context of moderation)&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/de85c185f39ef9feef79d9933409d400?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;jrg&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/6738/jrg&quot;&gt;jrg&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306548#3306548&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; What specific &lt;em&gt;task&lt;/em&gt; of moderation do I suck at? Well, I think I suck at deciding edge cases - however, I think everyone sucks in one way or another with edge cases, so I don't think that says a lot. . .&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e5b801f3e9b405c4feb5a4461aff73c2?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;rlemon&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/23989/rlemon&quot;&gt;rlemon&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306559#3306559&quot;&gt;argued&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; Fair enough.. but that is kinda cheating the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/de85c185f39ef9feef79d9933409d400?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;jrg&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/6738/jrg&quot;&gt;jrg&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306610#3306610&quot;&gt;responded&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; However, I firmly believe that is the truth, since I have seen pretty much every user greater than 3K on Ask Ubuntu that is in this chatroom stumble with an edge case at least once, and I'm just as &quot;guilty&quot; of that as everyone else here. :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e5b801f3e9b405c4feb5a4461aff73c2?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;rlemon&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/23989/rlemon&quot;&gt;rlemon&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306640#3306640&quot;&gt;responded&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; Yes but is it fair to say &quot;we all lack in edge cases&quot;, because &quot;edge cases&quot; by definition are hard to rule for or against. So I think a different answer would be more helpful (just saying)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/6e744502dc7c5f0305e2d428bf117569?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;William&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/26610/william&quot;&gt;William&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306556#3306556&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; Quite frankly, a lot of the stuff on Ask Ubuntu is beyond me. I have to do research to understand the question, and then I learn more, but research takes time, and that time is taking out of my time I can spend on Ask Ubuntu&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/17f955dcc67792f420f47dc6471d376a?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Amith KK&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/16377/amith-kk&quot;&gt;Amith KK&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306605#3306605&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; I suck at deciding at how to handle flags with edge cases, like many are. I've not experienced Mod like powers, so I'm not exactly sure&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d629b6ac45d58dbd918c0246b364748d?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Roland Taylor&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/4769/roland-taylor&quot;&gt;Roland Taylor&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306717#3306717&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; It is difficult to answer this question without being a moderator at this time - but judging from my past experience, my main short coming might be in occasionally forgetting a promise or goal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/32d851b22e4659bca3a94b6286cada76?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Octavian Damiean&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/1318/octavian-damiean&quot;&gt;Octavian Damiean&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306733#3306733&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; As @jrg said. Deciding on edge cases. I would consult the community.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/858395cf1fc125b0609a1070081038b8?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Bruno Pereira&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/24421/bruno-pereira&quot;&gt;Bruno Pereira&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306824#3306824&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; Talking all the time on chat is not one of my strong points. It can be seen as not being very social. Its not that I do not try or that I have a problem doing so, its just that I dont feel the need to do so all the time, I would rather be focusing on other parts and doing some work while I am at it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8bfa3d624cdb4f087d8d8ffcaf786315?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;jokerdino&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/24463/jokerdino&quot;&gt;jokerdino&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3313375#3313375&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; What I am very poor at? Trying to convince people why I came at a particular conclusion..&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2686" LastActivityDate="2012-02-08T19:43:34.480" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2527" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2508" CreationDate="2012-02-08T19:43:49.767" Score="0" Body="&lt;h2&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/dd7e03fbbfcabd4675844173ec5390d2?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Michael Mrozek http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/dd7e03fbbfcabd4675844173ec5390d2?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/26/michael-mrozek&quot;&gt;Michael Mrozek&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306574#3306574&quot;&gt;asked&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/em&gt; How do you feel about migrating questions between Ask Ubuntu and Unix and Linux? When should questions be migrated? Should it happen more often than it does now? Less? Never?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/6e744502dc7c5f0305e2d428bf117569?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;William http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/6e744502dc7c5f0305e2d428bf117569?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/26610/william&quot;&gt;William&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306611#3306611&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; Questions should be migrated when they have to do do with a linux distribution that it is not an Ubuntu derivative and is outside the scope defined in the FAQ.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/de85c185f39ef9feef79d9933409d400?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;jrg http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/de85c185f39ef9feef79d9933409d400?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/6738/jrg&quot;&gt;jrg&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306664#3306664&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; It depends. I have nothing wrong with migrating a &quot;good&quot; off-topic question (for example, a question about Linux Mint, an unofficial Ubuntu derivative) - however, if its a bad off-topic question, I won't give the U&amp;amp;L guys a burden, they probably have enough to deal with as it is without Ask Ubuntu sending them the bad stuff.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c88f455192559b06f95d006abfe33f9f?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;fossfreedom http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c88f455192559b06f95d006abfe33f9f?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/13011/fossfreedom&quot;&gt;fossfreedom&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306718#3306718&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; I see the SO sites are one large team - the vast knowledge pool.  AU doesnt work and should never work in isolation.  We shouldnt be afraid to migrate to other SO sites if the Q deserves are more effective answer where such expertise exists.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/32d851b22e4659bca3a94b6286cada76?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Octavian Damiean http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/32d851b22e4659bca3a94b6286cada76?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/1318/octavian-damiean&quot;&gt;Octavian Damiean&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306813#3306813&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; I had to learn about migration rule #1 (Don't migrate crap) the hard way on &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/&quot;&gt;Stack Overflow&lt;/a&gt;. I would try to find out if a question would be of value on the other site, that is if it isn't a duplicate and generally matches the acceptable question definition of the FAQ. If in doubt I would ask in chat or Meta of U&amp;amp;L.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d629b6ac45d58dbd918c0246b364748d?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Roland Taylor http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d629b6ac45d58dbd918c0246b364748d?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/4769/roland-taylor&quot;&gt;Roland Taylor&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306840#3306840&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; I believe questions should only be migrated to another site if they are:    1. Totally off topic. Ubuntu is not Fedora, or Debian, or Linux Mint.  2. Better answered by a different community, namely that on U &amp;amp; L.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/858395cf1fc125b0609a1070081038b8?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Bruno Pereira http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/858395cf1fc125b0609a1070081038b8?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/24421/bruno-pereira&quot;&gt;Bruno Pereira&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306849#3306849&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; I think the rate is as good as it will be. We can successfully identify them and migrate questions to other sites, it is important that they are on the right place to help the user the best we can. I think that at start I would ask other moderators before clicking the button to migrate but they are not so hard to spot.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8bfa3d624cdb4f087d8d8ffcaf786315?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;jokerdino http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8bfa3d624cdb4f087d8d8ffcaf786315?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/24463/jokerdino&quot;&gt;jokerdino&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3313393#3313393&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; If the question is more suited for the other site and both the site and the question will only benefit, then it is appropriate to be migrated. If not, then it is better to be closed as off-topic in the parent site. I haven't seen the amount of migrations that has happened in this case. So, I can't comment about any possible change in this regard.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2686" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-05-23T12:39:54.233" LastActivityDate="2012-02-08T19:43:49.767" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2528" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2508" CreationDate="2012-02-08T19:44:04.197" Score="0" Body="&lt;h2&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/fcc5b83dd722901e02ff34842692d152?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;TheX&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/1343/thex&quot;&gt;TheX&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306581#3306581&quot;&gt;asked&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/em&gt; I am a firm believer of if you can't say it in front of everyone then you shouldn't say it at all... complete transparency... working for a school district I have seen the lack of this at times, and how it can work to destroy the work and community environment. Any thoughts on this?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/94a120ebea16fdecb14c1ba90bf85e41?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;bambuntu&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/31936/bambuntu&quot;&gt;bambuntu&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306641#3306641&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; I aree with you on that.  The problem with anonymity is that we may not know when something unscrupolous is occurying whereas when people must be in open, there is less change for deceptive practices.  This is the problem with AMerican democracy and private voting.  It allows the in for fraud.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/17f955dcc67792f420f47dc6471d376a?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Amith KK&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/16377/amith-kk&quot;&gt;Amith KK&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306646#3306646&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; Unless It is not about the official derivatives of ubuntu, Its going to go to Unix&amp;amp;Linux. It needs to go at the same speed as it is now being flagged and migrated. We dont need to make the mods there get more work from AU&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/6e744502dc7c5f0305e2d428bf117569?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;William&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/26610/william&quot;&gt;William&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306660#3306660&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; Ask Ubuntu is particularly good about not bringing users down. This is not an issue. Believe me, as a middle schooler, I see the worst in people as far as integrity goes each day. This gives me first hand experience on how to deal with these sort of situations.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/de85c185f39ef9feef79d9933409d400?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;jrg&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/6738/jrg&quot;&gt;jrg&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306726#3306726&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; For some moderator actions, I'm pretty sure the rules regarding the privacy policy and such don't allow transparency, however, for other things (for example, integrating Ask Ubuntu with the general Ubuntu community), transparency is something I would say is a &lt;strong&gt;requirement&lt;/strong&gt; and is not optional in any way, shape or form.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d629b6ac45d58dbd918c0246b364748d?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Roland Taylor&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/4769/roland-taylor&quot;&gt;Roland Taylor&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306883#3306883&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; Great question. Transparency is something I treasure, and as such, I would strive to be as transparent as is possible + necessary + allowed - though I would be careful to use wisdom - which means, avoiding making blanket statements, being personally negative toward another user (especially in cases where it could attract a group attack), and in private (when it would be backstabbing).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/858395cf1fc125b0609a1070081038b8?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Bruno Pereira&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/24421/bruno-pereira&quot;&gt;Bruno Pereira&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306893#3306893&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; I think some transparency is of the up most importance. If it does not offend and it is justified there is nothing wrong with it. We cannot be all the time seen on good hands when handling transparency or being frontal but then again we are not here to be popular.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8bfa3d624cdb4f087d8d8ffcaf786315?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;jokerdino&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/24463/jokerdino&quot;&gt;jokerdino&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3313685#3313685&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; As an advocate of transparency myself, I am happy to see someone who believes in transparency. I would try to make decision making as much transparent as possible, as that would enable the community to make a wiser opinion regarding the decision. Saying that, from what I have read from the moderator terms, there are certain things that shouldn't be exposed to the general public and I seek no compromise on that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2686" LastEditorUserId="25863" LastEditDate="2012-02-08T20:25:17.460" LastActivityDate="2012-02-08T20:25:17.460" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2529" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2508" CreationDate="2012-02-08T19:44:26.817" Score="0" Body="&lt;h2&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/916f60f3569667d756fa30ed5a2ffdd5?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;N.N.&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/15795/n-n&quot;&gt;N.N.&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306608#3306608&quot;&gt;asked&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/em&gt; Would you work in any way to promote Ask Ubuntu, i.e. work to get new people to the site?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/6e744502dc7c5f0305e2d428bf117569?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;William&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/26610/william&quot;&gt;William&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306727#3306727&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; We need more publicity, as I have stated many times, but with more users w might have problems with more questions that don't belong on the site. This comes with a trade-off. We can possibly talk more with Ubuntu and the Ubuntu forums. Some questions on the Ubuntu forums would do much better on Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/de85c185f39ef9feef79d9933409d400?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;jrg&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/6738/jrg&quot;&gt;jrg&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306755#3306755&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; Outside of what I do already on Google Plus/other social networks, my LoCo team and in person? Not really, although I wish I could do more.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/17f955dcc67792f420f47dc6471d376a?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Amith KK&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/16377/amith-kk&quot;&gt;Amith KK&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306800#3306800&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; I do it now, and I don't think becoming a mod will enhance my abilities on spreading AskUbuntu (Other than Optimizing titles for google) :D&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c88f455192559b06f95d006abfe33f9f?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;fossfreedom&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/13011/fossfreedom&quot;&gt;fossfreedom&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306817#3306817&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; This should be just role of mods - we all should as good users of the site.  I do this in my career.  I'm fortunate - I can do this (and do do this) through my workplace chatrooms and &quot;watercooler&quot; type environment.  However perhaps the most effect way to get &quot;new users&quot; are great  Q&amp;amp;A's show up in google and as such this should be the way we should focus on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/32d851b22e4659bca3a94b6286cada76?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Octavian Damiean&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/1318/octavian-damiean&quot;&gt;Octavian Damiean&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306864#3306864&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; Since I've been at the Ubuntu Developer Summit in Budapest (UDS-O) I've always wanted to participate in person again. This would be another good reason to do it. Speaking at Linux events in my area would also be a good option.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d629b6ac45d58dbd918c0246b364748d?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Roland Taylor&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/4769/roland-taylor&quot;&gt;Roland Taylor&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306892#3306892&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; I have already answered this question, but yes, I would, as I already do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/858395cf1fc125b0609a1070081038b8?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Bruno Pereira&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/24421/bruno-pereira&quot;&gt;Bruno Pereira&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306937#3306937&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; I cannot spend more time on social groups linking the site, I do it on everything I can: work, social sites, ask friends to have a look at some questions, ask for information about my answers. It is of the up most importance for the community to be open and as popular as possible. Every where I can I will use the site and promote him as the go to destination for questions about Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8bfa3d624cdb4f087d8d8ffcaf786315?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;jokerdino&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/24463/jokerdino&quot;&gt;jokerdino&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3313701#3313701&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; Sure, why not? More users means more quality questions and even more quality answers. In every way possible, it only seems to benefit the overall efficiency of the site. If your question was about what I would do to get new people, then I think producing and maintaining quality content should be the top priority. Other than that, promoting Ask Ubuntu is not just limited to the moderators and I would continue to promote the site regardless or whether I am elected as the moderator or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2686" LastActivityDate="2012-02-08T19:44:26.817" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2530" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2508" CreationDate="2012-02-08T19:44:43.837" Score="0" Body="&lt;h2&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e5b801f3e9b405c4feb5a4461aff73c2?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;rlemon&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/23989/rlemon&quot;&gt;rlemon&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306724#3306724&quot;&gt;asked&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/em&gt; you have encountered a low-quality issue where is it difficult to determine what the problem is; if a problem exists. Downvote, Edit, Flag.... which do you do first? and what associating comments would you provide the OP (if any)?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/de85c185f39ef9feef79d9933409d400?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;jrg&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/6738/jrg&quot;&gt;jrg&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306786#3306786&quot;&gt;asked for clarification&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; So we have a badly written question, correct? If so, my answer is edit, edit edit edit edit did I mention that I can edit the question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e5b801f3e9b405c4feb5a4461aff73c2?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;rlemon&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/23989/rlemon&quot;&gt;rlemon&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306799#3306799&quot;&gt;clarified&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; Low-quality meaning poorly written, no information, bad english/grammar, bad formatting, ect..&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/17f955dcc67792f420f47dc6471d376a?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Amith KK&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/16377/amith-kk&quot;&gt;Amith KK&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306775#3306775&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; I would leave a comment stating telling its of low quality, Edit it if I can and If the user doesn't respond In 2 days, I'd close as Low Quality&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/6e744502dc7c5f0305e2d428bf117569?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;William&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/26610/william&quot;&gt;William&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306776#3306776&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; Edit! I believe that by editing instead of flagging you are setting the example to the community and the user on how to write better questions. I wouldn't leave a comment, because they might interpret it as  me insulting them, and that is not the case. There are times when flags are entirely appropriate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/de85c185f39ef9feef79d9933409d400?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;jrg&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/6738/jrg&quot;&gt;jrg&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306838#3306838&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; Using our &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1323/what-prewritten-comments-can-we-use-and-share&quot;&gt;wonderful selection of pro-forma comments&lt;/a&gt;, ask for more information if required (logs, what hardware they have etc), if its just bad formatting, English/grammar etc, just edit it and leave a comment saying that I edited it to try and help them get an answer. :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/32d851b22e4659bca3a94b6286cada76?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Octavian Damiean&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/1318/octavian-damiean&quot;&gt;Octavian Damiean&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306915#3306915&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; If it is problematic to determine the problem I would leave a comment to the user asking him to try to be more clear. I would definitely never down-vote a question just because I don't understand it. If I understand the problem but the question can be improved to be easier to understand then I would of course edit it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d629b6ac45d58dbd918c0246b364748d?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Roland Taylor&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/4769/roland-taylor&quot;&gt;Roland Taylor&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306922#3306922&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; Normally in such cases, I refrain from voting or closing until I have been able to gather some information regarding the question from the user, unless of course they seem to be just wasting time. In either case, I would ask the user in a comment what they were trying to ask, and if needed, provide assistance by editing or having a chat with them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c88f455192559b06f95d006abfe33f9f?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;fossfreedom&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/13011/fossfreedom&quot;&gt;fossfreedom&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306934#3306934&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; I very rarely downvote - 5 in my whole history!  I prefer to edit and improve.  I do flag.  I dont see a reason as mod to enforce &quot;superpower&quot; rights.  Work with others.  Give a question the 5 chances that it has at the moment.  It really has to be a rarity to force me to use &quot;superpower&quot;.  After all, this is a community and we need to work through whatever issue is bugging us.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/858395cf1fc125b0609a1070081038b8?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Bruno Pereira&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/24421/bruno-pereira&quot;&gt;Bruno Pereira&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306974#3306974&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; Edit. Edit, edit, edit. If in doubt edit even further. Make things as good as they can be and within AskUbuntu's topics. If that is not possible take action based on what you have in your hands and flag, link in chat, ask other ppl's opinion on the matter or just ask for support to close the issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8bfa3d624cdb4f087d8d8ffcaf786315?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;jokerdino&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/24463/jokerdino&quot;&gt;jokerdino&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3313717#3313717&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; If I can understand the core meaning of the low quality content, I would try to edit it to make it more useful and meaningful. If that is not possible, then I would post it in the chat room hoping that someone else will finish off the task that I intended to start. I try not to downvote or flag when the problem is fixable. Regarding comments, I would ask the OP to be more specific and relevant and request to stick to the problem in hand.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2686" LastActivityDate="2012-02-08T19:44:43.837" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2531" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2508" CreationDate="2012-02-08T19:44:58.890" Score="0" Body="&lt;h2&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/fcc5b83dd722901e02ff34842692d152?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;TheX&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/1343/thex&quot;&gt;TheX&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306748#3306748&quot;&gt;asked&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/em&gt; I am a funny person, and like to have fun... but sometimes I make comments that can be misread (and in hindsight perhaps should not have been said at all) if a person does this, but is sincerely is sorry after the fact,  how would a situation be handled like this?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/6e744502dc7c5f0305e2d428bf117569?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;William&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/26610/william&quot;&gt;William&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306804#3306804&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; If they said they are sorry and they appear to be sorry, and they don't do it again, then I would let it go.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/17f955dcc67792f420f47dc6471d376a?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Amith KK&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/16377/amith-kk&quot;&gt;Amith KK&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306852#3306852&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; One would apologize to the user, stating the real meaning of your post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/de85c185f39ef9feef79d9933409d400?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;jrg&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/6738/jrg&quot;&gt;jrg&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306895#3306895&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; Depends on the context - in the chatroom, its a pretty loose bunch of people, so I don't think anything there is taken &quot;seriously&quot; (other than the times we do support there) - if its on a question/answer, delete the comment as too chatty, because thats what it &lt;em&gt;probably&lt;/em&gt; is.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d629b6ac45d58dbd918c0246b364748d?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Roland Taylor&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/4769/roland-taylor&quot;&gt;Roland Taylor&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306949#3306949&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; I would likely encourage the person to explain themselves, and in extreme situations, I would ask them to delete the comment, or ask them if they want the comment removed for them. I would also encourage them to be careful with what they say, as not everyone has either a sense of humour or the ability to handle such mistakes well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/32d851b22e4659bca3a94b6286cada76?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Octavian Damiean&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/1318/octavian-damiean&quot;&gt;Octavian Damiean&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306954#3306954&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; I would tell him that it was not appropriate and ask him to be more careful. If he is sorry it means that he already knows that he did something &lt;em&gt;wrong&lt;/em&gt; which in most cases means that he will be more careful in the future anyway.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/858395cf1fc125b0609a1070081038b8?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Bruno Pereira&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/24421/bruno-pereira&quot;&gt;Bruno Pereira&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3307015#3307015&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; Everything can be fixed with a simple conversation / discussion. If the time is not correct, wait until things calm down and then try to solve the situation with a conversation. In the end we are all humans, nothing is unforgivable in these kind of situations.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8bfa3d624cdb4f087d8d8ffcaf786315?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;jokerdino&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/24463/jokerdino&quot;&gt;jokerdino&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3313736#3313736&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; If the person accepts that he has made a mistake and apologizes, there is nothing that can be done after that. Other than advising the person to move on with other things and to ask him to be more thoughtful about the implications of his actions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2686" LastActivityDate="2012-02-08T19:44:58.890" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2532" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2508" CreationDate="2012-02-08T19:45:13.150" Score="0" Body="&lt;h2&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/916f60f3569667d756fa30ed5a2ffdd5?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;N.N.&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/15795/n-n&quot;&gt;N.N.&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306798#3306798&quot;&gt;asked&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/em&gt; It seems not too many users visit our meta site. Have you got any idea of how we could get more people to participate in meta? I guess this comes down to getting more people interested in also making AU a better place and not only getting answers to one's questions.&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/17f955dcc67792f420f47dc6471d376a?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Amith KK&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/16377/amith-kk&quot;&gt;Amith KK&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306818#3306818&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; We need and Ad that says &quot;Make this place better to ask and answer, Visit meta&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/6e744502dc7c5f0305e2d428bf117569?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;William&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/26610/william&quot;&gt;William&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306841#3306841&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; I think that users discover the meta when they unlock more priveleges on ask Ubuntu. By this time they have more of an idea on how the site works, and have things to contribute to the meta. So, I think this is just fine as it stands.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c88f455192559b06f95d006abfe33f9f?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;fossfreedom&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/13011/fossfreedom&quot;&gt;fossfreedom&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306871#3306871&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; Meta is an interesting concept - but sometimes seen as the &quot;lesser&quot; AU.  We should perhaps discuss this further as to how we can bring Meta and AU together rather than working in isolation.  It needs to be upfront on the main site not tucked away under a tiny link.  One thought - make use of &quot;great - and potentially interesting&quot; meta questions and promote these more in the front page and next to Q&amp;amp;As more than we do at the moment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/de85c185f39ef9feef79d9933409d400?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;jrg&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/6738/jrg&quot;&gt;jrg&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306956#3306956&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; I think thats something every site has a problem with - and I &lt;em&gt;think&lt;/em&gt; that we barely have enough people contributing to meta, but I don't know how many we actually have contributing. As for getting people involved, I would say that we need to try and get people to take pride in the site, in their questions and so on and so forth. Exactly &lt;em&gt;how&lt;/em&gt; i'd go about that I'm still not 100% sure, but raising awareness of meta is something that is a on going process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d629b6ac45d58dbd918c0246b364748d?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Roland Taylor&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/4769/roland-taylor&quot;&gt;Roland Taylor&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306977#3306977&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; I personally do not visit meta as regularly as I do the main site, which is something I have made a personal mission to correct. What I would like to do is to share appropriate meta questions with the wider community via various channels, while encouraging them to engage in healthy discussions. Everyone knows, humans love a good discussion ;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/32d851b22e4659bca3a94b6286cada76?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Octavian Damiean&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/1318/octavian-damiean&quot;&gt;Octavian Damiean&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306985#3306985&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; I can think of two things. Try to get them on chat, because that is the easiest way to explain them the concept of Meta and why it matters to use it and second maybe a Meta Ad for the sidebar.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8bfa3d624cdb4f087d8d8ffcaf786315?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;jokerdino&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/24463/jokerdino&quot;&gt;jokerdino&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3313757#3313757&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; Personally I think the interest to make Ask Ubuntu a better place should come from the person himself. If the person cares about Ask Ubuntu, he will do what he feels is right. And regarding meta, I think things like adding important decisions and discussions made in the meta to the newsletter might be useful and helpful to the community. (Yes, this is derived from your suggestion.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2686" LastActivityDate="2012-02-08T19:45:13.150" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2533" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2508" CreationDate="2012-02-08T19:45:28.500" Score="0" Body="&lt;h2&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/fcc5b83dd722901e02ff34842692d152?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;TheX&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/1343/thex&quot;&gt;TheX&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306891#3306891&quot;&gt;asked&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/em&gt; Outside of the community/Ubuntu/Technology, what else are you guys involved in, enjoy doing?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/6e744502dc7c5f0305e2d428bf117569?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;William&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/26610/william&quot;&gt;William&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306916#3306916&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; Ubuntu is my life. Therefore, I have no life. I say that jokingly. Unfortunately school consumes the majority of my life at present, so all my time is Ubuntu and school.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/17f955dcc67792f420f47dc6471d376a?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Amith KK&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/16377/amith-kk&quot;&gt;Amith KK&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306929#3306929&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; Out of ubuntu, I &amp;lt;3 DIY Electronics, an I own An Arduino. But I have school, so It's a high priority :D&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/de85c185f39ef9feef79d9933409d400?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;jrg&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/6738/jrg&quot;&gt;jrg&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306965#3306965&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; Hiking, school, and similar activities.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c88f455192559b06f95d006abfe33f9f?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;fossfreedom&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/13011/fossfreedom&quot;&gt;fossfreedom&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3307000#3307000&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; &quot;... in my nomination... friends and family (foremost) - enjoy life, be busy, theatre, cinema &amp;amp; golf&quot; ... maybe heresy ... but getting out-there makes us a better person, more considerate and thoughtful, understanding issues and reacting appropriately.   Is this a good view on life to be a mod - hope so :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/32d851b22e4659bca3a94b6286cada76?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Octavian Damiean&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/1318/octavian-damiean&quot;&gt;Octavian Damiean&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3307016#3307016&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; Reading books and general sport activities (sometimes even skateboarding).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d629b6ac45d58dbd918c0246b364748d?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Roland Taylor&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/4769/roland-taylor&quot;&gt;Roland Taylor&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3307019#3307019&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; I'm involved in Church/evangelism, science (mainly biology), gaming/game development, and making friends from around the world. My list of things that excite me is too long to answer with right now. I guess what would be interesting to many: I'm interested in cryptozoology (yes, I think the unicorn was a real thing, just not like it is portrayed ;), and paleontology. Oh, and I love writing/reading :)!!!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8bfa3d624cdb4f087d8d8ffcaf786315?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;jokerdino&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/24463/jokerdino&quot;&gt;jokerdino&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3313767#3313767&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; In Ubuntu itself, other than Ask Ubuntu, I contribute in bug triaging and translating. Outside of that, I spend my time in philosophical and literature books, to improve my critical thinking.  But, since I am still a college student, most of my time is spent in my education.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2686" LastActivityDate="2012-02-08T19:45:28.500" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2534" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2508" CreationDate="2012-02-08T19:45:43.960" Score="0" Body="&lt;h2&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/916f60f3569667d756fa30ed5a2ffdd5?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;N.N.&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/15795/n-n&quot;&gt;N.N.&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306897#3306897&quot;&gt;asked&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/em&gt; What would be the most rewarding aspect of being a moderator for you?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/17f955dcc67792f420f47dc6471d376a?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Amith KK&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/16377/amith-kk&quot;&gt;Amith KK&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306951#3306951&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; The Most Rewarding thing for me is that I know I'm helping the community In a great way, using my Moderation powers&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/de85c185f39ef9feef79d9933409d400?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;jrg&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/6738/jrg&quot;&gt;jrg&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306993#3306993&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; Most rewarding part of being a moderator for me would be helping users and keeping this as high quality as I can. I find that work extremely rewarding.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d629b6ac45d58dbd918c0246b364748d?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Roland Taylor&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/4769/roland-taylor&quot;&gt;Roland Taylor&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3307032#3307032&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; The ♦, of course :D. On a serious note, I enjoy serving others, and this is where I would be most rewarded as a moderator - no joke.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/858395cf1fc125b0609a1070081038b8?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Bruno Pereira&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/24421/bruno-pereira&quot;&gt;Bruno Pereira&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3307035#3307035&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; The opportunity to give back to a community that I have fallen in love with. Simple as that. I have not other ambitions within AskUbuntu besides doing more of what I am already doing. Moderator means more responsibility and more freedom to do so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/32d851b22e4659bca3a94b6286cada76?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Octavian Damiean&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/1318/octavian-damiean&quot;&gt;Octavian Damiean&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3307036#3307036&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; Being able to help the community I care about as effectively as possible and of course representing my community in the public!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8bfa3d624cdb4f087d8d8ffcaf786315?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;jokerdino&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/24463/jokerdino&quot;&gt;jokerdino&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3313776#3313776&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; The feeling when you get when you wholeheartedly do things, which helps others. That, I think would be the most rewarding aspect of being a moderator for me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2686" LastActivityDate="2012-02-08T19:45:43.960" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2535" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2508" CreationDate="2012-02-08T19:46:03.117" Score="0" Body="&lt;h2&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/916f60f3569667d756fa30ed5a2ffdd5?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;N.N.&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/15795/n-n&quot;&gt;N.N.&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306939#3306939&quot;&gt;asked&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/em&gt; Moderators are elected for life. Do you think you will be able to &lt;em&gt;frequently&lt;/em&gt; visit the site and do the required duties &lt;em&gt;in the next couple of years&lt;/em&gt;?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/6e744502dc7c5f0305e2d428bf117569?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;William&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/26610/william&quot;&gt;William&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306950#3306950&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; Yes, I am a dedicated user and can visit the site frequently. I will do that, moderator or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/17f955dcc67792f420f47dc6471d376a?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Amith KK&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/16377/amith-kk&quot;&gt;Amith KK&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306988#3306988&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; Yes, I do hope I'm able to. I can Moderate More on holidays and also i'll continue my moderation till as far I can do it :D&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/de85c185f39ef9feef79d9933409d400?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;jrg&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/6738/jrg&quot;&gt;jrg&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3307020#3307020&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; I can't speak for the next few years, but I have a distinct feeling that Ask Ubuntu has helped me enough over the past year that I will continue to contribute as best and as often as I can in the future.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c88f455192559b06f95d006abfe33f9f?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;fossfreedom&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/13011/fossfreedom&quot;&gt;fossfreedom&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3307027#3307027&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; I'm a ubuntu user for life (or at least until our dear leader (!) keeps ubuntu going) - so, I'm here for the long haul.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d629b6ac45d58dbd918c0246b364748d?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Roland Taylor&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/4769/roland-taylor&quot;&gt;Roland Taylor&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3307044#3307044&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; I believe so. I'm not married yet ;), so I have quite a bit of free time, and even when I am :), I expect to remain an active member of the Ubuntu community and continue to contribute to Ask Ubuntu as much as I can.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/858395cf1fc125b0609a1070081038b8?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Bruno Pereira&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/24421/bruno-pereira&quot;&gt;Bruno Pereira&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3307057#3307057&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; Yes, my life is quite stable and planned enough for me to do a commitment as this one. There are situations that you cannot run from of course, but I see myself around and active for a very long time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/32d851b22e4659bca3a94b6286cada76?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Octavian Damiean&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/1318/octavian-damiean&quot;&gt;Octavian Damiean&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3307092#3307092&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; @I'm a professional software developer and student (evening classes). I don't plan to change anything in my life which means that my activity will only be determined by the amount of Uni work. Once I finish uni I'll have even more time than I already do. :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8bfa3d624cdb4f087d8d8ffcaf786315?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;jokerdino&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/24463/jokerdino&quot;&gt;jokerdino&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3313786#3313786&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; I only commit in things that I am confident that I can truthfully and sincerely accomplish. So, I think I will make it a point to not only visit the site, but to ensure the smooth running of the site itself. Regardless of the duration.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2686" LastEditorUserId="25863" LastEditDate="2012-02-08T20:21:24.220" LastActivityDate="2012-02-08T20:21:24.220" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2536" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2508" CreationDate="2012-02-08T19:46:19.140" Score="0" Body="&lt;h2&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/916f60f3569667d756fa30ed5a2ffdd5?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;N.N.&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/15795/n-n&quot;&gt;N.N.&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306976#3306976&quot;&gt;asked&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/em&gt; Is there anything in becoming a moderator that makes you uneasy or nervous?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/6e744502dc7c5f0305e2d428bf117569?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;William&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/26610/william&quot;&gt;William&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3306997#3306997&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; Nope, not really. The fact that the whole community is relying on you is a little unnerving, however.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/de85c185f39ef9feef79d9933409d400?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;jrg&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/6738/jrg&quot;&gt;jrg&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3307061#3307061&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; The fact that the community is watching, &lt;em&gt;always&lt;/em&gt; watching makes me a &lt;em&gt;tad&lt;/em&gt; uneasy, but at the same time, I realize that it will keep me on task and &quot;on target&quot; so to speak.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c88f455192559b06f95d006abfe33f9f?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;fossfreedom&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/13011/fossfreedom&quot;&gt;fossfreedom&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3307085#3307085&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; No - if I was nervous or worried I would stand down now - short and sweet answer :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/858395cf1fc125b0609a1070081038b8?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Bruno Pereira&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/24421/bruno-pereira&quot;&gt;Bruno Pereira&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3307086#3307086&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; Of course there is! Nothing that cannot be fixed with a bit of experience and help from fellow moderators. Experience is probably where you will find calm when handling things as a moderator.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d629b6ac45d58dbd918c0246b364748d?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Roland Taylor&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/4769/roland-taylor&quot;&gt;Roland Taylor&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3307099#3307099&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; Probably the fact that human nature is most obvious when someone has authority. There is a chance that my enemies/friends will likely come to the surface more than before, but I am accustomed to that, so it would not bother me much.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/17f955dcc67792f420f47dc6471d376a?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Amith KK&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/16377/amith-kk&quot;&gt;Amith KK&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3307108#3307108&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; One thing would be that any mistake you make can be a potentially big one that makes me a little bit uneasy :D&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/32d851b22e4659bca3a94b6286cada76?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Octavian Damiean&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/1318/octavian-damiean&quot;&gt;Octavian Damiean&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3307117#3307117&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; No.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8bfa3d624cdb4f087d8d8ffcaf786315?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;jokerdino&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/24463/jokerdino&quot;&gt;jokerdino&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3313789#3313789&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; If I found even the slightest part of the moderating duty that would make me uneasy or nervous, I wouldn't have stood up for the nomination. So, the answer is no.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2686" LastActivityDate="2012-02-08T19:46:19.140" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2537" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2508" CreationDate="2012-02-08T19:46:38.530" Score="0" Body="&lt;h2&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e5b801f3e9b405c4feb5a4461aff73c2?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;rlemon&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/23989/rlemon&quot;&gt;rlemon&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3307033#3307033&quot;&gt;asked&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/em&gt; As a follow up to my previous question: When do you feel a question AND answer (I want a answer for both Q and A) should receive a downvote, and not just be flagged. this is not a question about whether you would downvote.. rather in your opinion, when does a Q/A warrant one...&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/6e744502dc7c5f0305e2d428bf117569?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;William&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/26610/william&quot;&gt;William&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3307054#3307054&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; Sometimes I downvote before editing if I feel that the OP put absolutely no effort into the post at all. Then, I believe downvoting is okay.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c88f455192559b06f95d006abfe33f9f?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;fossfreedom&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/13011/fossfreedom&quot;&gt;fossfreedom&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3307058#3307058&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; never - honestly - we have all failed the OP and answerers if both the Q&amp;amp;A needs flagging and downvoting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/17f955dcc67792f420f47dc6471d376a?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Amith KK&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/16377/amith-kk&quot;&gt;Amith KK&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3307065#3307065&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; Can you please give us an Example Case Scenario, that would require such a treatment. Anyways, I'd downvote&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d629b6ac45d58dbd918c0246b364748d?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Roland Taylor&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/4769/roland-taylor&quot;&gt;Roland Taylor&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3307068#3307068&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; When the question/answer are clearly done with little care or effort, they may sometimes require a downvote to show the person that it is not acceptable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/6e744502dc7c5f0305e2d428bf117569?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;William&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/26610/william&quot;&gt;William&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3307073#3307073&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; At that point, the question should be flagged or closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/32d851b22e4659bca3a94b6286cada76?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Octavian Damiean&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/1318/octavian-damiean&quot;&gt;Octavian Damiean&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3307150#3307150&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; I down-vote when a question or answer is just wrong or highly dangerous.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/858395cf1fc125b0609a1070081038b8?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Bruno Pereira&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/24421/bruno-pereira&quot;&gt;Bruno Pereira&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3307185#3307185&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; If the question / answer is on topic but not helpful in any matter it should be downvoted. It does not matter much your personal opinion on these cases, be cold and cruel, downvote when needed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/858395cf1fc125b0609a1070081038b8?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Bruno Pereira&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/24421/bruno-pereira&quot;&gt;Bruno Pereira&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3307280#3307280&quot;&gt;continued&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; When a question is on topic, doesn't have severe formating or quality issues but at the same time has no usefulness as a question per se, it should be downvoted. The same with an answer, if the answer is harmful, only contains some information or links but in the end the usefulness of that answer can be questionable it deserves a downvote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/de85c185f39ef9feef79d9933409d400?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;jrg&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/6738/jrg&quot;&gt;jrg&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3307193#3307193&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; When does it deserve a downvote? For both Question and Answer, when I personally don't agree with it. Specifically for a answer, when it is technically wrong, but not legally wrong, and it won't even harm a users system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8bfa3d624cdb4f087d8d8ffcaf786315?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;jokerdino&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/24463/jokerdino&quot;&gt;jokerdino&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3313807#3313807&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; Questions should be downvoted when they are not really a real question or when they are merely stating their opinion. Answers should be downvoted when they don't actually answer the question in hand. But, that is just my opinion though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2686" LastActivityDate="2012-02-08T19:46:38.530" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2538" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2508" CreationDate="2012-02-08T19:47:04.007" Score="0" Body="&lt;h2&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/dabd223496ac04bc7ae811f815008a2b?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Rebecca Chernoff&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/23/rebecca-chernoff&quot;&gt;Rebecca Chernoff&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3307021#3307021&quot;&gt;asked&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/em&gt; Finally:  final thoughts from the candidates please (:&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d629b6ac45d58dbd918c0246b364748d?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Roland Taylor&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/4769/roland-taylor&quot;&gt;Roland Taylor&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3307119#3307119&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; I would like to make it clear again, I'm not seeking to be a moderator for selfish reasons, but rather so I can serve.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/858395cf1fc125b0609a1070081038b8?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Bruno Pereira&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/24421/bruno-pereira&quot;&gt;Bruno Pereira&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3307133#3307133&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; Thank you all for the opportunity and support given until now. Thanks you all the responsible people that organized this and keep working for the sites in the network. Vote for me! ;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/de85c185f39ef9feef79d9933409d400?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;jrg&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/6738/jrg&quot;&gt;jrg&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3307138#3307138&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; I'd like to thank everyone for such good questions, and I look forward to any further questions on meta &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2408/2012-community-moderator-election&quot;&gt;as outlined in this question&lt;/a&gt;. :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/6e744502dc7c5f0305e2d428bf117569?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;William&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/26610/william&quot;&gt;William&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3307139#3307139&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; No, vote for me!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/6e744502dc7c5f0305e2d428bf117569?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;William&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/26610/william&quot;&gt;William&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3307143#3307143&quot;&gt;continued&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; And look at &lt;a href=&quot;http://portal.sliderocket.com/OMS/William&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;my presentation&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c88f455192559b06f95d006abfe33f9f?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;fossfreedom&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/13011/fossfreedom&quot;&gt;fossfreedom&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3307148#3307148&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; ... final thoughts.  enjoy life, enjoy being a good user, enjoy being a mod.  We are all users - lets make this site the best that it potentially can be...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c88f455192559b06f95d006abfe33f9f?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;fossfreedom&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/13011/fossfreedom&quot;&gt;fossfreedom&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3307187#3307187&quot;&gt;continued&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; Thanks for a great hour - thoroughly enjoyed this&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/17f955dcc67792f420f47dc6471d376a?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Amith KK&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/16377/amith-kk&quot;&gt;Amith KK&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3307170#3307170&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; My final Thoughts: Moderation is a great responsibility, and there would be many cases i'd have to face.But I can depend on help from the other Moderators and the Community. And I loved the questions asked in this session&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/32d851b22e4659bca3a94b6286cada76?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Octavian Damiean&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/1318/octavian-damiean&quot;&gt;Octavian Damiean&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3307175#3307175&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; Thanks @RebeccaChernoff and @TimStone!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/32d851b22e4659bca3a94b6286cada76?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Octavian Damiean&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/1318/octavian-damiean&quot;&gt;Octavian Damiean&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3307178#3307178&quot;&gt;continued&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; And thanks to everyone around asking questions!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8bfa3d624cdb4f087d8d8ffcaf786315?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;jokerdino&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/24463/jokerdino&quot;&gt;jokerdino&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/3313826#3313826&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; Well, I couldn't make it to the actual chat session. Nonetheless, I feel it has been a valuable discussion. I have noted many pointers that have been mentioned here. Overall, the standard of the question and the thoughts given into the question more than just impresses me. Many thanks to you for organizing such an enriching and engaging session.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2686" LastActivityDate="2012-02-08T19:47:04.007" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2539" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-02-08T23:49:10.250" Score="-5" ViewCount="129" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a suggestion: After a certain set amount of time automatically mark the question with the most upvotes as the accepted answer. Many of us have experienced this: You answer a question posted by someone with 1 reputation. They leave a comment thanking you for solving their problem. You respond back that you are happy to help and asking them to click the green check mark to mark your post as the accepted answer. But alas, it is too late. They will never see your comment because they only needed Ask Ubuntu to solve their one problem  so they will never sign in and check their inbox, and they didn't set up email notifications. The question will remain unanswered, and you will be annoyed. Therefore, you don't answer users with low reputation's questions for fear of the same thing happening again. I propose a solution so that users with low rep get answers and the answerer gets their 15 reputation. I propose that after a fixed amount of time, let's say a month, the answer with the most votes is marked the accepted answer. In the case of a tie the longer answer gets it (they put in the most effort). Any comments, questions or concerns regarding this idea?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="30405" LastActivityDate="2012-02-09T12:10:14.253" Title="Highest voted answer auto-accepted after length of time" Tags="|discussion|reputation|accepted-answer|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2540" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2539" CreationDate="2012-02-09T00:04:10.963" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Would be a hell load of trouble just to get a user their (deserved, correct) 15 rep.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu works over time already, answer a question in a good manner and you will keep having reputation incoming for a very long time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A question that as an answer with at least 2 up votes is already considered answered, so statistically for the site it self this is kinda useless.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;In the case of a tie the longer answer gets it (they put in the most effort).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So are you saying that if a question has 2 answers: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&quot;hi I solved this by using something else&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&quot;ih I devlos siht yb gnisu gnihtemos esle.&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If none of the answers has up votes and no one catches the 2nd one - and deletes it - for some time, the 2nd answer should be marked as the solution because it has 1 char more than the first? I do not see the usefulness in this, sorry. Too much automation is bad!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Giving a better answer or taking care of your old answers and improve them will score you much more reputation than getting a green check next to it and ignoring it forever.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You cannot force a user to accept an answer even if he says that it was the solution for their problem, it is also wrong to accept it for him. Each user has an accepted answers percentage displayed with their name, that should give you an idea of what will happen even if the user agrees with your answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course new users will always be a (?) but that is just a risk you will have to take when answering questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastEditorUserId="25863" LastEditDate="2012-02-09T12:10:14.253" LastActivityDate="2012-02-09T12:10:14.253" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2541" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-02-09T00:29:21.700" Score="12" ViewCount="108" Body="&lt;p&gt;One of the most overly used tags in the site is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/error&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;error&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;error&lt;/a&gt;.  In almost every case, there are many other tags which are far more descriptive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All 303 questions using that tag aside, I believe the tag should be purged and blacklisted.  I would like everyone else's opinion, however this is a very strong recommendation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/4m7s3.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Related Threads:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2363/why-do-we-have-an-error-tag&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2363/why-do-we-have-an-error-tag&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="2732" LastEditDate="2012-02-09T13:24:30.397" LastActivityDate="2012-02-09T14:25:34.383" Title="Request: Burnination and Blacklisting of [error] tag" Tags="|discussion|support|tags|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2542" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2541" CreationDate="2012-02-09T01:48:09.260" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;note: I'm playing devils advocate here, because while I partially agree with this, &lt;strong&gt;I also think the tag is bad.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While I agree that it is a bad tag, I like it to some extent, because most of the questions in that tag are actually bugs, and thus off-topic. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Its almost childs play to stop bugs/off-topic stuff &lt;em&gt;when&lt;/em&gt; we have a tag that 90% of off-topic questions are going to use.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastEditorUserId="6005" LastEditDate="2012-02-09T14:25:34.383" LastActivityDate="2012-02-09T14:25:34.383" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2543" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="495" CreationDate="2012-02-09T02:55:46.977" Score="15" Body="&lt;h2&gt;1. Ask Good Questions&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Firstly, ask good questions. Good and thorough questions are more likely to be upvoted to increase your reputation. When you ask questions you learn to, so you can help other people on the site with similar problems.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;2. Edit Tag Wikis&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Secondly, edit tag wikis. This is something that anyone can do with access to a search engine and some time on their hands. Adding descriptions to tags that don't have descriptions already will help you further understand Ubuntu and help other people to learn about terms that they don't already know. You can edit tags by clicking on the &quot;Tags&quot; link in the top navigation bar.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;3. Leave Helpful Comments&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thirdly, leave thought-provoking and helpful comments. Don't be so critical to the point of being annoying. Leave a comment if something needs to be clarified, this will help the asker of the question so that the people who are trying to answer further understand the problem. Don't leave comments saying that the asker did a good job on their question, instead, upvote. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;4. Be an active user&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Fourth, be an active user of the site. You get badges for leaving so many comments, upvoting so many times, visiting the site for so many days in a row, etc. For more information on what badges you can get for doing what, go to the &quot;Badges&quot; tab in the top bar.  Read other people's questions and maybe they will help you learn something. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;5. Give Detailed and Easy to understand Answers&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Fifthly, Give quality answers to questions, Try to give answers after you actually do researches with them, tested them or at least confidence with them. Try to give instructions as clear as possible. Give several options for answers, if they exists. And Revise your answers as new information arrives. Also, always keep in mind the questioner's knowledge level with Ubuntu, so give answers accordingly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Conclusion&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You earn &lt;strong&gt;privileges&lt;/strong&gt; for gaining rep. The more rep you have, the more stuff you can do. Remember that the FAQ says that &quot;reputation is a measure of how much the community trusts you&quot;. In real life, building up trust takes time. Gaining a high reputation is going to take a lot of time and effort. Take some time and read through the whead the FAQ for some more ideas on how to gain rep and use the site appropriately.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="30405" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2017-06-13T04:26:34.470" LastActivityDate="2017-06-13T04:26:34.470" CommentCount="2" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-02-09T02:55:46.977" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2544" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2541" CreationDate="2012-02-09T12:19:31.403" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Burn it down as deserved, most issues that contain errors will be associated with it and the tag does not help sorting out specifically what is the issue about.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I mean &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/error&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;error&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;error&lt;/a&gt; will be used for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/wireless&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;wireless&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;wireless&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/compiling&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;compiling&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;compiling&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/application&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;application&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;application&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/apt-get&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;apt-get&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;apt-get&lt;/a&gt; and other more. What kind of separation or usefulness does it provide?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does anyone really subscribe to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/error&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;error&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;error&lt;/a&gt; as one of their favorite tags?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastActivityDate="2012-02-09T12:19:31.403" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2545" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-02-09T16:03:02.190" Score="7" ViewCount="137" Body="&lt;p&gt;I had a flag declined as: &quot;flags should only be used to make moderators aware of content that requires their intervention&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The flag that was used was &quot;Low Quality&quot;.  If these are going to be declined, I suggest we remove &quot;Low Quality&quot; as a flag reason.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2012-02-20T11:38:15.163" Title="Regarding &quot;Low Quality&quot; flag" Tags="|discussion|support|flags|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2546" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2545" CreationDate="2012-02-09T16:08:19.187" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I tend to disagree with these flags when I see them in the queue. I think people use them as a way to downvote without spending rep. (Which on questions makes no sense to me since those are free downvotes).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But whatever. :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2012-02-09T16:08:19.187" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2547" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2408" CreationDate="2012-02-10T06:25:33.017" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The information site mentioned in &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/926/information-on-the-moderator-candidates&quot;&gt;Information on the moderator candidates&lt;/a&gt; gives valuable information on the nominees. See  &lt;a href=&quot;http://elections.stackexchange.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://elections.stackexchange.com/&lt;/a&gt; and choose Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19490" LastEditorUserId="6005" LastEditDate="2012-02-11T15:22:15.007" LastActivityDate="2012-02-11T15:22:15.007" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-02-10T06:25:33.017" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2548" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="926" CreationDate="2012-02-10T06:27:13.317" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The information &lt;a href=&quot;http://se.awio.com/election.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://se.awio.com/election.html&lt;/a&gt; gives on nominees is valuable for the current (2012) election too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19490" LastActivityDate="2012-02-10T06:27:13.317" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2549" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="481" CreationDate="2012-02-10T06:28:30.820" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is now a creative commons graphic in the footer of both the main site and meta.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19490" LastActivityDate="2012-02-10T06:28:30.820" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2550" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="423" CreationDate="2012-02-10T06:34:37.847" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is now fixed (and can be tagged status-complete).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19490" LastActivityDate="2012-02-10T06:34:37.847" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2551" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-02-10T18:00:16.300" Score="6" ViewCount="71" Body="&lt;p&gt;In &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/revisions/31538/4&quot;&gt;this tag wiki&lt;/a&gt;, we have the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Refers either to Microsoft's Windows operating system(s), &lt;strong&gt;or&lt;/strong&gt; application windows.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;emphasis mine&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is that kind of thing &quot;allowed&quot; or not? Or should we have a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ms-windows&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ms-windows&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ms-windows&lt;/a&gt; for Microsoft Windows, and a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/windows&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;windows&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;windows&lt;/a&gt; for application windows? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;for the purposes of this meta post, please ignore the fact that we might not even &lt;em&gt;need&lt;/em&gt; a application windows tag, because thats another discussion entirely.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2012-02-10T18:00:16.300" Title="Should we have have IF or ELSE type statements in tags?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2552" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="425" CreationDate="2012-02-10T21:31:11.677" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;This has been fixed according to your second suggestion. It now reads:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Welcome to Q&amp;amp;A for Ubuntu users and developers — check out the&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq&quot;&gt;FAQ&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/yJzUX.png&quot; alt=&quot;Welcome to Q&amp;amp;A for Ubuntu users and developers — check out the FAQ&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19490" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2012-02-10T21:31:11.677" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2553" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="811" CreationDate="2012-02-10T21:34:44.777" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is now fixed. It was due to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/73411/163868&quot;&gt;a bad setting&lt;/a&gt; made by the devs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19490" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2012-02-10T21:34:44.777" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2554" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="879" CreationDate="2012-02-10T21:36:49.143" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;This issue has been straightened out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19490" LastActivityDate="2012-02-10T21:36:49.143" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2555" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1112" CreationDate="2012-02-10T21:46:00.893" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to Nick Craver this was a calculation bug that is now fixed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19490" LastActivityDate="2012-02-10T21:46:00.893" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2557" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="879" CreationDate="2012-02-10T22:21:41.490" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/3Z5cB.png&quot; alt=&quot;This tag has been BURNINATED&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1059" LastActivityDate="2012-02-10T22:21:41.490" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2559" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1995" CreationDate="2012-02-11T09:46:14.900" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;This seems fixed. The following shows how it looks for me in Firefox and Chromium.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Firefox 10.0:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/aq5QC.png&quot; alt=&quot;Seen in Firefox 10.0&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Chromium 16.0.912.77:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/k1Ukr.png&quot; alt=&quot;Seen in Chromium 16.0.912.77&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19490" LastActivityDate="2012-02-11T09:46:14.900" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2560" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-02-12T15:55:36.467" Score="4" ViewCount="155" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't know how we ended up with version specific gnome tags but we should probably merge &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/gnome-shell&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;gnome-shell&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;gnome-shell&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/gnome3&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;gnome3&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;gnome3&lt;/a&gt; into &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/gnome&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;gnome&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;gnome&lt;/a&gt; now. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's been long enough and all it does is cause confusion, perhaps consider cleaning up &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/gnome-panel&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;gnome-panel&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;gnome-panel&lt;/a&gt; too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="6005" LastEditDate="2012-08-21T00:10:54.383" LastActivityDate="2012-08-21T00:10:54.383" Title="Time to merge the GNOME tags?" Tags="|discussion|status-completed|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2561" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2560" CreationDate="2012-02-12T19:05:11.633" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think we should merge them. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/gnome&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;gnome&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;gnome&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/gnome3&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;gnome3&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;gnome3&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/gnome-shell&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;gnome-shell&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;gnome-shell&lt;/a&gt; should all be merged. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastActivityDate="2012-02-12T19:05:11.633" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2563" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-02-13T15:17:38.257" Score="12" ViewCount="209" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Problem&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In a &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/201/conversation/reputation-problem-on-ask-ubuntu&quot;&gt;chat discussion&lt;/a&gt; about the moderator elections on different Stack Exchange sites I've seen a couple of numbers that make me think.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Apparently we have a pretty low reputation per user ratio. I'm going to compare some numbers from &lt;a href=&quot;http://programmers.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;Programmers&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://askubuntu.com&quot;&gt;Ask Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ask Ubuntu Numbers&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Total users:              36065&#xA;Users &amp;lt; 150 rep:      33911&#xA;Users &amp;gt;= 150 rep:      2154&#xA;Users &amp;gt;= 3000 rep:        82&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Programmers Numbers&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Total users:              40708&#xA;Users &amp;lt; 150 rep:      34888&#xA;Users &amp;gt;= 150 rep:      5820&#xA;Users &amp;gt;= 3000 rep:      256&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Note: All data is from 2nd February&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now that leaves us with roughly &lt;strong&gt;5.9%&lt;/strong&gt; of the Ask Ubuntu community being eligible for a vote in the elections. Programmers had &lt;strong&gt;14.3%&lt;/strong&gt; of the community being eligible!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That is quite a lot but it gets even worse when comparing the users &gt;= 3000 reputation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Only &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;0.22%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; of our community can cast close votes on questions! On Programmers it is &lt;em&gt;0.63%&lt;/em&gt; which isn't a great figure either but still better than what we have.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here are the results of last years Ask Ubuntu community moderator elections.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;776&lt;/em&gt; voters were eligible, 211 visited the election, and &lt;strong&gt;145&lt;/strong&gt; voted&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That means that we had a vote participation of 18,7% last year. We'll have to wait for the results of this year's election to find out if that number went up or down of course.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here are the figures of the 2012 election.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;2,226&lt;/em&gt; voters were eligible, 880 visited the site during the election, 353 visited the election page, and &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;180&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; voted&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We've gained 1450 eligible users however the vote participation this year was only &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;8%&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;! Which is frustrating. We have gained 35 voters.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;That&lt;/em&gt; is a problem!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Suggestion&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The figures above mean that we have to get the rest of the community more involved in voting. The best option to do this is to organize an event especially for Ask Ubuntu beginners.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This event should be about the Stack Exchange concept, that is how Ask Ubuntu is supposed to work. Why it is important to vote on questions and answer, to flag posts, to edit and of course to participate in Meta and chat.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course such an event doesn't help without letting people know about it. Thus advertisement is going to be crucial.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here are some ideas on how to address that problem:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Write a Meta.AU question about the event.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Create an ad for the sidebar that links to the Meta question.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Have a site banner (like in the moderator elections) linking to the Meta question.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Get some media coverage (OMG! Ubuntu! for example [Joey Sneddon is happy to help]).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Blogging and micro-blogging.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've already added a &lt;a href=&quot;https://trello.com/card/ask-ubuntu-beginners-event/4ec557e6ea86c7153d127fc5/35&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;card&lt;/a&gt; to our &lt;a href=&quot;https://trello.com/board/ask-ubuntu/4ec557e6ea86c7153d127fc5&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Ask Ubuntu Trello board&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here are the tasks to make it happen:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Preparing material for the event.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That is, relevant Meta.SO and Meta.AU questions for example.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Preparing the actual event.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Write all the chat comments and proofread them.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Writing the Meta.AU question (announcement)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Creating a sidebar ad for the event&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Creating a site banner ad for the event&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Creating an article for OMG! Ubuntu!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;NOTE: This event is not meant to attract new users to Ask Ubuntu - even though that might be a nice side effect - but to help already registered Ask Ubuntu users get the concepts of Ask Ubuntu right thus improve their user experience.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;NOTE2: This should be an Ask Ubuntu chat event by the way.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What do you think about it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2732" LastEditorUserId="2732" LastEditDate="2012-02-14T20:58:46.400" LastActivityDate="2012-03-31T08:41:14.183" Title="Should we have an Ask Ubuntu Beginners event?" Tags="|discussion|community|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2564" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2563" CreationDate="2012-02-13T15:32:40.590" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;(Partial answer)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We can definitely run more AU tutorial events on things like Ubuntu Open Week. Marco's been blogging AU tips and stuff that make it on Planet Ubuntu, it would perhaps be useful to have more people helping him out with that to get people more interested. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2012-02-13T15:32:40.590" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2565" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-02-13T15:38:48.067" Score="10" ViewCount="607" Body="&lt;p&gt;Welcome &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGlobalJam&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Global Jammers&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks for taking the time to check out tasks for Ask Ubuntu. We've put together a list of things that should help you get started. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and then submit an edit, then it will go into the queue and you'll earn 2 points for each edit. Once you feel comfortable how the site works you can start to tackle answering questions. Of course, if you're new to Ubuntu you can participate just by asking questions to things you want to know!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some of the tasks require certain amount of points (to weed out spammers), so just submit a few edits to get the hang of it and then you should get enough points to start to be able to do things like attaching screenshots.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should check out the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq&quot;&gt;FAQ&lt;/a&gt; if you've never been here before, and feel free to pop into &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;chat&lt;/a&gt; if you need help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2012-09-07T20:29:23.880" Title="How can we participate in the Ubuntu Global Jam?" Tags="|discussion|community|site-promotion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2567" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2565" CreationDate="2012-02-13T18:34:54.413" Score="6" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Things to Do!&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Ask and Answer questions&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is what the site's all about, though editing and improving content over time is important, this is our bread and butter:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;New here and know Ubuntu? You can dive right into the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/unanswered/tagged/?tab=votes&quot;&gt;unanswered questions&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you're already used the site before, then feel free to dive into the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/unanswered/tagged/?tab=mytags&quot;&gt;unanswered questions&lt;/a&gt;, these are tailored for tags you have answered in the past.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Editing existing content&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is great for people who know how to copy edit and proofread, but might not be Ubuntu experts, you can learn a bunch just by helping fix spelling and grammar mistakes and by retitleing questions to be easier to read. Just click on &quot;improve this post&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/X0kh2.gif&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Going through our &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions&quot;&gt;top questions&lt;/a&gt; and our &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions?sort=faq&quot;&gt;FAQ questions&lt;/a&gt; (yes, there will be overlap) and making sure they are up-to-date for Precise.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Go through the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/software-recommendation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;software-recommendation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;software-recommendation&lt;/a&gt; tag and spruce up all the screenshots/add them/update them/etc. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/badges/40/tumbleweed&quot;&gt;Tumbleweeds&lt;/a&gt; - these are questions that got low views and little attention, can they be improved/edited to be more useful?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/badges/28/famous-question&quot;&gt;Famous&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/badges/27/notable-question&quot;&gt;Notable&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/badges/26/popular-question&quot;&gt;Popular Questions&lt;/a&gt;: These get higher traffic than most questions, check them to see if they can be updated for 12.04&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/low-quality-posts?s=1&amp;amp;pagesize=15&amp;amp;filter=month&quot;&gt;Low quality posts&lt;/a&gt;, can they be improved?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Search for people posting man pages and link them to: &lt;a href=&quot;http://manpages.ubuntu.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://manpages.ubuntu.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;When people recommend software link it to app.ubuntu.com: &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/395/235&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/395/235&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Go through an ambiguous tag and replace the ambiguous tag with a more descriptive tag which will be provided.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Look at our &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/greatest-hits&quot;&gt;greatest hits&lt;/a&gt; and make sure they are as high quality as possible.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Experienced Users&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We could use a hand with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review&quot;&gt;review&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Tips and Tricks&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/830/editing-tips-and-tricks&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/830/editing-tips-and-tricks&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2012-08-17T02:47:38.437" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-02-23T14:03:12.310" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2568" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2563" CreationDate="2012-02-13T21:26:03.677" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would like to see that also translated in to tutorial videos, the more the merrier. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Events are nice and work as a charm, being in direct contact with the users and helping them understand how the site works and why it always useful but when they are done and don't get a repetition run people tend to just move on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Make introduction movies with these topics:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How to ask a question?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How to edit a question?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;When to upvote a question or an answer and why is it important to do so?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How to remove a post?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How to flag and which options to choose when doing so, when to use each of those?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What is &lt;em&gt;meta&lt;/em&gt;, how does it compare to the main site?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;etc (&amp;lt; means I cant bother to remember now but if I make an effort I can get some more topics)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have seen Jorge Castro making 1 or 2 and posting them in G+, those are nice. We should make more and make them more visible on the site. A new bored user would definitely learn a lot from those if they are visible and 1 or 2 clicks away.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can't say I have the best voice in the world (I sound as I look, caveman) but I r got skillz and can edit, convert, host the movies (lets pretend youtube and other options do not exist :)).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other than that we could make a room for new users to hang out and ask questions about the site, with some attendance from a few of us we could hand out some help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastEditorUserId="25863" LastEditDate="2012-02-14T11:39:21.903" LastActivityDate="2012-02-14T11:39:21.903" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2569" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2560" CreationDate="2012-02-14T00:54:01.563" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think we should just merge &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/gnome3&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;gnome3&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;gnome3&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/gnome&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;gnome&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;gnome&lt;/a&gt;, personally. I think the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/gnome&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;gnome&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;gnome&lt;/a&gt; tag should cover whatever is the latest version number of GNOME (with, say, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/gnome2&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;gnome2&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;gnome2&lt;/a&gt; remaining separate in case users have questions specific to the older version of GNOME pre-11.10 releases use). When GNOME 4 comes along, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/gnome&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;gnome&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;gnome&lt;/a&gt; could then cover that and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/gnome3&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;gnome3&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;gnome3&lt;/a&gt; would once again be its own tag, and so on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm hesitant to accept the idea that &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/gnome-shell&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;gnome-shell&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;gnome-shell&lt;/a&gt; should also be merged into &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/gnome&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;gnome&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;gnome&lt;/a&gt;. On the one hand, GNOME Shell is intended by the GNOME project to be the official desktop shell for the GNOME desktop environment, so it would make sense that &quot;GNOME&quot; could refer to either. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, GNOME also includes more than just the shell, as Unity, GNOME Classic, Pantheon and Cinnamon demonstrate. We could have questions come up which are about the underlying GNOME 3 system itself, and not GNOME Shell or whatever other shell is running on top of it. As such, I think we should recognize that the DE and shell are sufficiently different topics that we keep their tags separate, as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="18612" LastEditorUserId="235" LastEditDate="2012-08-19T19:24:10.740" LastActivityDate="2012-08-19T19:24:10.740" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2570" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2403" CreationDate="2012-02-14T05:03:54.320" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is done. :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You have syntax highlighting enabled and moderators can configure the setting for individual tags from their respective tag wiki info pages. The default is &quot;none&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For more info on the finer points of syntax highlighting, see &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/72082/changes-to-syntax-highlighting&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1412" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2012-02-14T05:03:54.320" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2571" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-02-14T06:17:06.330" Score="1" ViewCount="506" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have posted this question before, but because I was using my local DNS, I thought it might be an error in my DNS. Now I'm using OpenDNS and Google's DNS with the same error:&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/X2L4s.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/UPIZQ.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="38776" LastEditorUserId="133195" LastEditDate="2014-07-28T12:59:32.007" LastActivityDate="2014-07-28T12:59:32.007" Title="Request Time-out 408 error" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2572" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2563" CreationDate="2012-02-14T08:54:10.657" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think an explanation for the stats is that the system is partially broken.  Compare StackOverlow to AskUbuntu.  On AskUbuntu, you can have a newbie asking questions about some weird hardware configuration and why s/he can't install something, and it might be something even an experienced Ubuntian (or whatever the term is :-)) doesn't know, but another newbie who just dealt with the same problem does know.  So you have newbies mainly interacting with other newbies (as a newbie, perhaps I pay more attention to these things, but it seems to happen a lot, including with me).  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But you see the problem.  They can't mark up each other's answers or even make comments to each other appropriately because they don't have the privilege yet.  This makes sense on a site like StackOverflow.  For example, if you have a C++ question, is it likely some newb is going to know the answer and some expert perusing the question is not?  And even if the newb can answer and the expert cannot, how likely is it that there is a productive conversation between newbs where an expert cannot jump in and clarify things?  But with installing stuff, that can happen all the time; on AskUbuntu, a lot of the questions are with troubleshooting some installation issue.  Even experts will be leery of jumping into some mundane, detailed troubleshooting session, whereas they feel good about joining in some discussion of C++ syntax.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does this mean I think AskUbuntu is completely broken?  Absolutely not.  It is apparent however that extra vigilance is required on the part of Ubuntians to welcome newcomers and make sure that those that are contributing well in good faith are quickly able to give back, without being limited -- I mean, I could have answered several more questions if I were able to questions as comments to clarify the original post...instead i had to post the questions as answers and they get deleted because &quot;your comment is not an answer.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="43660" LastActivityDate="2012-02-14T08:54:10.657" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2573" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-02-14T21:45:26.750" Score="4" ViewCount="104" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure if this is simple for the SO/SE dev team, or if you moderators can do something about it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've got plenty of rep on SO, but don't know too much about Linux. (Surely my 100 points should count towards this?)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;However&lt;/strong&gt;, I &lt;em&gt;can&lt;/em&gt; answer &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/66928/i-cannot-set-up-dual-monitors-to-work-with-11-10-using-amdcccle-11-9&quot;&gt;I cannot set up dual monitors to work with 11.10 using amdcccle 11.9&lt;/a&gt;, which would seem to be of much benefit to the community.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(And having now sorted out my monitors, I've not much time to figure out other linux problems...)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19802" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2012-02-15T18:46:35.473" Title="108 Rep, but only earned 8" Tags="|support|status-bydesign|reputation|stackexchange|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2574" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2573" CreationDate="2012-02-14T21:59:27.870" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;The 100 extra rep come (as you probably know) from joining in another site from the Stack Exchange network. Still those do not count when facing a protected question as the one you linked.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Protected questions require that a user gains at least 10 rep on his own before posting any answer in to it. You need to get 2 more rep from somewhere. Maybe a upvote on something you did on the site?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There you go, problem solved. Next time you can also just join the &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/201/ask-ubuntu-general-room&quot;&gt;general chat room&lt;/a&gt; and ask for some help about it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If its useful its valuable and we will help of course.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastEditorUserId="25863" LastEditDate="2012-02-14T22:23:35.827" LastActivityDate="2012-02-14T22:23:35.827" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2575" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2576" CreationDate="2012-02-15T19:53:02.103" Score="3" ViewCount="263" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am adding Favorites Question &amp;amp; its not adding in my Favorites list&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Using Chromium , i think its latest Version&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;UPDATED&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/leagues/31/month/askubuntu/2012-02-01/38776#38776&quot;&gt;i have checked lots of people Favorites &amp;amp; find that they got 15 to 20&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/r8jc8.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Deleted Some Favorites &amp;amp; Added one &amp;amp; Its Showing&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;is there any Favorites limits ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="38776" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-02-16T16:25:19.477" Title="Favorites Question Are Not Been Added To My List?" Tags="|support|bookmarks|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2576" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2575" CreationDate="2012-02-15T22:45:44.837" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;From your screenshot, it looks like you're sorting favorites by &lt;strong&gt;activity&lt;/strong&gt; - try sorting by &lt;strong&gt;added&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/1THgL.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3" LastActivityDate="2012-02-15T22:45:44.837" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2577" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2606" CreationDate="2012-02-16T05:37:05.327" Score="3" ViewCount="101" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have recently decided to bounty a meta question of mine. This got me thinking about bounties on meta questions. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the purpose of them? In my case, only the  moderators and high rep'd users could help me, and for them my humble offering of 50 reputation was a drop in the bucket.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, could someone please explain to me why meta questions should be bountied? Can you give a specific example? Thanks for everyone's time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="30405" LastEditorUserId="30405" LastEditDate="2012-02-16T22:25:44.883" LastActivityDate="2012-02-19T04:18:37.737" Title="What is the purpose of the ability to bounty a meta question?" Tags="|discussion|bounty|meta|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2578" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-02-16T12:39:39.723" Score="6" ViewCount="40" Body="&lt;p&gt;I noticed that the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/move&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;move&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;move&lt;/a&gt; is rather useless, do we want to destroy it? We need to reach a community consensus before Stack Exchange can do it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastEditorUserId="6005" LastEditDate="2012-02-16T13:05:55.790" LastActivityDate="2012-02-16T13:05:55.790" Title="Do we want to burninate the move tag?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2579" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2578" CreationDate="2012-02-16T12:41:10.543" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, it is more then useless since it does not specify anything palpable or that a user keeping it as a favorite will find it useful for tracking anything.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastActivityDate="2012-02-16T12:41:10.543" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2580" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-02-16T12:58:11.303" Score="5" ViewCount="77" Body="&lt;p&gt;Why do we need a grub-error tag?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It will not fit both &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/grub&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;grub&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;grub&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/grub2&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;grub2&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;grub2&lt;/a&gt; at the same time and its a useless tag to follow.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Normally if someone is good at solving &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/grub&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;grub&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;grub&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/grub2&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;grub2&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;grub2&lt;/a&gt; issues he will also know how to solve errors on those tags.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We don't have a &lt;strong&gt;unity-error&lt;/strong&gt; tag, we have &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/unity&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;unity&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;unity&lt;/a&gt;, we dont have &lt;strong&gt;wireless-error&lt;/strong&gt;, we have &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/wireless&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;wireless&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;wireless&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/grub-error&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;grub-error&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;grub-error&lt;/a&gt;? Should we kill it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastEditorUserId="6005" LastEditDate="2012-02-28T02:49:21.423" LastActivityDate="2012-02-28T02:49:21.423" Title="Kill the grub-error tag" Tags="|discussion|status-completed|tag-block-request|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2581" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2580" CreationDate="2012-02-16T13:02:24.953" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Things to consider when discussing this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/grub-error&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;grub-error&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;grub-error&lt;/a&gt; is generally a more serious error - however, while that needs to be taken into consideration, its not really a &lt;em&gt;stopping&lt;/em&gt; problem.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Currently, for the moment I have it as a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tags/grub/synonyms&quot;&gt;synonym of grub.&lt;/a&gt; However, because I didn't merge the tags, we can easily change that to whatever we want, if we need to.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2012-02-16T13:02:24.953" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2582" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2580" CreationDate="2012-02-16T13:19:37.413" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yup. You might as well merge &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/grub&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;grub&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;grub&lt;/a&gt; into &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/grub2&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;grub2&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;grub2&lt;/a&gt; at the same time. If people need to specify Grub v1, they can do that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2012-02-16T13:19:37.413" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2584" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-02-16T20:45:53.257" Score="2" ViewCount="105" Body="&lt;p&gt;in 11.04 I remember that we had both the classic desktop and Unity as a pre-installed option of desktop. But in all questions I find there's the Unity ones &lt;strong&gt;from 11.04&lt;/strong&gt; and the old ones &lt;strong&gt;until 10.10&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What did we really have? and what should we recommend to use for situations like these. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/31/10698&quot;&gt;Here's an answer&lt;/a&gt; I thought should have been &lt;strong&gt;until 11.04&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I want to know on what version we should set GNOME Classic and on which to say Unity. Should we have both? Or should we just call them GNOME CLASSIC? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;@warriorIng64 spoke my mind&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I just want a general answer, because right now it's a mess!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10698" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2012-02-21T08:19:54.723" Title="Did you have both Unity and classic Gnome in 11.04?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2585" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2340" CreationDate="2012-02-16T20:47:30.153" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/86347&quot;&gt;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/86347&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This answer answers my question and I see the point of the way it's designed. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10698" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2012-02-16T20:47:30.153" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2586" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2584" CreationDate="2012-02-16T23:28:13.817" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;11.04 did have GNOME 2 installed as well, but on that answer I think it was edited to only go up to 10.10 since Unity is assumed to be the default interface in 11.04 onwards. It looks like it has to do with how one is able to start the Update Manager.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="18612" LastActivityDate="2012-02-16T23:28:13.817" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2588" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2584" CreationDate="2012-02-17T16:11:39.700" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think we should say 11.10 and GNOME classic, or something like that. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10698" LastActivityDate="2012-02-17T16:11:39.700" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2589" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2290" CreationDate="2012-02-17T16:37:05.037" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;As per your request, this is what chat.stackexchange.com looks like to a moderator:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Room owner and moderator controls:&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/h01p8.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We (as moderators) can put a room into a timeout - this is generally used for a short period of time as a &amp;quot;hey guys, you're &lt;em&gt;waaayyyy&lt;/em&gt; off topic, so lets take a minute to cool down and then we can move on&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We can freeze a room - this means that all non-moderators cannot talk in the room, but moderators can.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We can delete a room - this takes it away from the public eye, but we can bring it back.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Message admin lets us migrate messages from one room to another - lets say we get super chatty in the main room about a specific topic - we can migrate the messages to a new room specifically for that topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;User Options:&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/vNRVT.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here we have options about what to do with a user.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We can add them as a start a new room with this user, hide posts and ignore this user just like a normal user.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But, we have a &amp;quot;add as room-owner&amp;quot; button, as well as a &amp;quot;kick this user&amp;quot; option.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Lastly, room owners (and all mods) have the ability to clear stars, and pin a message:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/UqG2N.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-02-17T16:37:05.037" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2590" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2584" CreationDate="2012-02-18T07:55:02.727" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think, unless the questioner explicitly wants to know how to do any task in GNOME 2, we can safely assume that he is only interested in doing the particular task in Unity. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In simple words, if the OP doesn't ask for steps in GNOME, just answer for Unity.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastActivityDate="2012-02-18T07:55:02.727" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2591" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="573" CreationDate="2012-02-18T08:01:56.317" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I promised to update the Wikipedia page in my nomination post. Even though I didn't get elected, I think it is only fair to keep the Wikipedia page updated. Hence, I have decided to maintain the page for the foreseeable future. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, I am looking for opinions for what should be described in the article and what should be kept out. Please post your opinions as comments or other answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastActivityDate="2012-02-18T08:01:56.317" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2592" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2605" CreationDate="2012-02-18T08:08:53.837" Score="13" ViewCount="84" Body="&lt;p&gt;I posted a question on askubuntu, unfortunately it was a duplicate of a previous question (I did search, sorry!). However, I came back a few times over the next few days to check the homepage to see whether I had any inbox messages informing me of any answers or comments on the question I had asked. As there were none I assumed it hadn't been answered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Eventually I went to the page of the actual question to see that it had been marked as an exact duplicate, which is fine but would it not be helpful to have a message sent to the question-asker to inform them their question has been marked as a duplicate?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="40955" LastActivityDate="2012-02-19T00:06:13.953" Title="Can we get an inbox message when a question we ask is marked as a duplicate?" Tags="|feature-request|duplicates|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2593" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1550" CreationDate="2012-02-18T13:22:06.653" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since all the recent AMD distributed graphic cards are in fact labeled as &lt;em&gt;AMD Radeon&lt;/em&gt; for example, I'd say we should go for it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Googling for ATI results in the first four entries to be linked to &lt;a href=&quot;http://amd.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://amd.com&lt;/a&gt; and have a lot of AMD references in them. It think it is time to merge the tags as proposed if it happened already.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2732" LastActivityDate="2012-02-18T13:22:06.653" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2594" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2012-02-18T16:55:17.057" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/design&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged 'design'&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;design&lt;/a&gt; is for questions about the design of Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19490" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-02-18T21:06:48.153" LastActivityDate="2012-02-18T21:06:48.153" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2595" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2012-02-18T16:55:17.057" Score="0" Body="question about the design of the site" OwnerUserId="19490" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-02-18T21:06:52.117" LastActivityDate="2012-02-18T21:06:52.117" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2597" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2012-02-18T16:59:31.200" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Tags are keywords or labels that categorize a question with other, similar questions. Using the right tags makes it easier for users to find and answer a question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a broad scope tag. If your question is about a specific tag-related action, please also use a more specific tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19490" LastEditorUserId="618353" LastEditDate="2024-03-11T13:39:01.057" LastActivityDate="2024-03-11T13:39:01.057" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="2598" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2012-02-18T16:59:31.200" Score="0" Body="Tags are keywords or labels that categorize a question with other, similar questions. Using the right tags makes it easier for users to find and answer a question. Use this tag for proposing actions upon tags (such as merging, synonymization, removal, etc.), or other tag-related questions." OwnerUserId="19490" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2024-03-11T13:41:49.427" LastActivityDate="2024-03-11T13:41:49.427" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="2599" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2012-02-18T17:20:17.073" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/tag-synonyms&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged 'tag-synonyms'&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;tag-synonyms&lt;/a&gt; is for questions about synonymous tags, e.g. for requesting that a tag is made a synonym of another tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19490" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-02-18T21:07:13.317" LastActivityDate="2012-02-18T21:07:13.317" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2600" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2012-02-18T17:20:17.073" Score="0" Body="about synonymous tags" OwnerUserId="19490" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-02-18T21:07:27.283" LastActivityDate="2012-02-18T21:07:27.283" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2601" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-02-18T21:00:33.977" Score="5" ViewCount="70" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm quitting with Google mail, but I cannot edit my address to my new one (first time I logged in with Google-login).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just says &lt;em&gt;&quot;oops, there was an error&quot;&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="45837" OwnerDisplayName="ph1b" LastEditorUserId="2732" LastEditDate="2012-02-21T09:17:31.610" LastActivityDate="2012-02-21T09:17:31.610" Title="How can I convert my Ask Ubuntu account?" Tags="|discussion|email|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2602" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2601" CreationDate="2012-02-18T21:56:47.603" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you try now, you should be able to do that. We had some server issues.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To change your choice of logins:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Head to your user page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then, click the &quot;my logins&quot; button:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/CLSj7.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Click the &quot;Add more logins...&quot; button.&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/SjFrr.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then just add a login from the list here:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/WudzV.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastActivityDate="2012-02-18T21:56:47.603" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2603" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2408" CreationDate="2012-02-18T23:45:37.440" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;(For closure, it seems like the winners should be announced in this thread.)&lt;/em&gt;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Welcome our new AskUbuntu overlords!&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/6005/jrg&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/flair/6005.png&quot; width=&quot;208&quot; height=&quot;58&quot; alt=&quot;profile for jrg at Ask Ubuntu, Q&amp;amp;A for Ubuntu users and developers&quot; title=&quot;profile for jrg at Ask Ubuntu, Q&amp;amp;A for Ubuntu users and developers&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/25863/bruno-pereira&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/flair/25863.png&quot; width=&quot;208&quot; height=&quot;58&quot; alt=&quot;profile for bruno-pereira at Ask Ubuntu, Q&amp;amp;A for Ubuntu users and developers&quot; title=&quot;profile for bruno-pereira at Ask Ubuntu, Q&amp;amp;A for Ubuntu users and developers&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/14356/fossfreedom&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/flair/14356.png&quot; width=&quot;208&quot; height=&quot;58&quot; alt=&quot;profile for fossfreedom at Ask Ubuntu, Q&amp;amp;A for Ubuntu users and developers&quot; title=&quot;profile for fossfreedom at Ask Ubuntu, Q&amp;amp;A for Ubuntu users and developers&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Stats:&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;2,226 voters were eligible&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;880 visited the site during the election&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;353 visited the election page&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;180 voted&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The results from OpenSTV:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Loading ballots from file askubuntu-com-2012-election-results.blt.&#xA;Ballot file contains 10 candidates and 180 ballots.&#xA;No candidates have withdrawn.&#xA;Ballot file contains 180 non-empty ballots.&#xA;&#xA;Counting votes for Ask Ubuntu Moderator Election 2012 using Meek STV.&#xA;10 candidates running for 3 seats.&#xA;&#xA; R|jrg          |Roland Taylor|Bruno Pereira|fossfreedom  |Octavian Dami|William      |gajdipajti   &#xA;  |             |             |             |             |ean          |             |             &#xA;  |-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------&#xA;  |Amith KK     |jokerdino    |UAdapter     |Exhausted    |Surplus      |Threshold    &#xA;  |             |             |             |             |             |             &#xA;====================================================================================================&#xA; 1|    34.000000|    23.000000|    26.000000|    71.000000|    11.000000|     2.000000|     1.000000&#xA;  |     5.000000|     7.000000|     0.000000|     0.000000|    25.999999|    45.000001&#xA;  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------&#xA;  | Count of first choices. 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Keep factors of candidates who have exceeded the&#xA;  | threshold: fossfreedom, 0.633803.&#xA;====================================================================================================&#xA; 3|    45.859152|    40.352107|    41.521122|    49.436634|             |             |             &#xA;  |             |             |             |     2.830985|     6.711278|    44.292254&#xA;  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------&#xA;  | Count after eliminating Octavian Damiean, William, gajdipajti, Amith KK, jokerdino, and UAdapter&#xA;  | and transferring votes. All losing candidates are eliminated. Candidate jrg has reached the&#xA;  | threshold and is elected.&#xA;====================================================================================================&#xA; 4|    45.311475|    42.968215|    43.602463|    44.447513|             |             |             &#xA;  |             |             |             |     3.670334|     1.594154|    44.082417&#xA;  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------&#xA;  | Count after transferring surplus votes. Keep factors of candidates who have exceeded the&#xA;  | threshold: jrg, 0.965833 and fossfreedom, 0.567850.&#xA;====================================================================================================&#xA; 5|    44.152578|    43.552162|    44.005908|    44.200477|             |             |             &#xA;  |             |             |             |     4.088875|     0.425617|    43.977782&#xA;  |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------&#xA;  | Count after transferring surplus votes. Keep factors of candidates who have exceeded the&#xA;  | threshold: jrg, 0.939636 and fossfreedom, 0.563186. Candidate Bruno Pereira has reached the&#xA;  | threshold and is elected.&#xA;&#xA;Winners are jrg, Bruno Pereira, and fossfreedom.&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;P.S. While the site only gives you links to OpenSTV for windows or mac to audit the results, it is also available in the Ubuntu repositories. &lt;a href=&quot;http://packages.ubuntu.com/openstv&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;openstv&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/openstv&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Install openstv http://hostmar.co/software-small&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="570" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2012-02-18T23:45:37.440" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-02-18T23:45:37.440" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2604" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-02-19T00:02:23.520" Score="24" ViewCount="185" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/election/2&quot;&gt;election results&lt;/a&gt; tell you that you can use OpenSTV to audit the results and provide links to windows and mac installers. This is Ask Ubuntu. We don't need to download random installers from the web. &lt;a href=&quot;http://packages.ubuntu.com/openstv&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;OpenSTV&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/openstv&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Install openstv http://hostmar.co/software-small&lt;/a&gt; is available in the Ubuntu archives.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/RRgD7.png&quot; alt=&quot;OpenSTV on Ubuntu&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know that this isn't going to come up for another year, but it would be nice to have an Ubuntu install link included:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.ubuntu.com/cat/applications/openstv&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Install via the software center http://hostmar.co/software-banner&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="570" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2014-02-26T09:24:46.797" Title="Can we link to OpenSTV in the Ubuntu repos on the election page?" Tags="|feature-request|election|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2605" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2592" CreationDate="2012-02-19T00:06:13.953" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;When a user with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/close-questions&quot;&gt;cast close and reopen votes&lt;/a&gt; votes to close a question as a duplicate you do get a inbox notice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A small comment is left in to the message automatically so the user is warned and can review or at least comment on the duplicate warning, sometimes they are incorrect or the OP can adjust the question to better describe why it is not a duplicate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What happened in your case was that a moderator closed your question as a duplicate because it was &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/105158/where-can-i-see-a-list-of-updates-that-ive-previously-installed&quot;&gt;an obvious one&lt;/a&gt;. No voting, no arguments, not comments required. Its not a matter of a possible duplicate, its a dupe.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is no notice in such cases because there is no accusation, only a sentence, the question is closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I agree with what you recommend, leaving a comment when closing a question sounds to be a good solution, but truth be told you can also check your user page instead of the inbox for your questions status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2012-02-19T00:06:13.953" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2606" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2577" CreationDate="2012-02-19T04:18:37.737" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is a moot point on SE 2.0 site metas like this one. Bounties aren't possible on these child meta sites at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Bounties are acceptable on Meta Stack Overflow largely for the reasons you mentioned - to draw more attention to the question. I've had mixed results with it myself. Generally I find that most high-rep users, moderators, and employees try to keep up with the questions already, though some do fall through the cracks once in a while.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Generally speaking, if you want moderator attention, flagging a question is the best way to go.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1412" LastActivityDate="2012-02-19T04:18:37.737" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2607" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-02-19T10:51:47.157" Score="14" ViewCount="190" Body="&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Give a man a fish, and you will feed him for a day.&#xA;Teach a man to fish, and you will feed him and his family for a lifetime.&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I first started using Ask Ubuntu, I was all over the easy questions, doing research for people, repwhoring like most new users do I imagine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now I've been using it for a while, I see the same old questions pop up repeatedly [and rightfully getting closed], and many of the questions asked are very easily answered with a Google or Ubuntu wiki search.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think this suggestion/musing this might fly in the face of the purpose of this site, since a &quot;hint&quot; answer pointing someone in the right direction encouraging someone to go find the answer will be downvoted because it's not the answer in a neatly packaged form for them to c&amp;amp;p into their computer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To make this into an on-topic question: is there not any way we can encourage the question askers to engage in a bit of DYOR? Or is this concept, and this site, mutually incompatible?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="34401" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-02-19T12:03:19.657" LastActivityDate="2013-06-23T04:00:20.680" Title="(How) can we encourage question askers to do some research of their own?" Tags="|discussion|asking-questions|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2608" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2607" CreationDate="2012-02-19T13:04:27.703" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;This answer will be a little short because I've gotta leave soon, but the short answer is&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;No.&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why? Because users have been stuck with sucky search for years and years. Heck, search still sucks!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Next time before you say it's easily found via a Google search, open up your browser incognito mode and search in Google, Bing and Yahoo! - and if it's on the first page of two of those, then you can say they don't have an excuse.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.jorgecastro.org/2012/02/13/your-search-sucks/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;note that I'm essentially quoting Jorge Castro's blog post&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for hint answers, meh. You are right, they do fly in the face of the sites purpose - also, keep in mind that unlike Stack Overflow (which is a tech savvy audience to begin with), we're essentially tech support here - and we will have users that don't understand what they're doing, &lt;strong&gt;so we need to hold their hand&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'll flesh this out more later today, but that's my initial stuff. :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-02-24T23:08:03.207" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2609" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2607" CreationDate="2012-02-19T14:13:28.760" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Search in X, Y or Z search engines is never the answer and should not in a good spirit be recommended.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you know what a question is a duplicate or you have slight suspicions of that drop a comment, flag it or when you have rep enough vote to close it based on that fact. You should not even drop comments saying: &quot;have you even bothered to look?&quot; in my opinion. Help the user out not matter if its that simple to point out the solution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also the danger of keep pushing people to search engine is that it will be followed by search engine answers, 1 liners &quot;I found this in search page X&quot;. That is just wrong. We are trying to improve the support and life of Ubuntu users, just pointing information out makes an answer hard to check, makes it hard to verify it's content and makes its hard to verify it as valid answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Make sure that the information is here on the site, its the only way it can be reviewed and corrected without having to go to outside sources. If present, point the user towards it and if un sure ask if the information in the other post is helpful. When sure point out its a duplicate within the site and raise a flag against it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastActivityDate="2012-02-19T14:13:28.760" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2610" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2607" CreationDate="2012-02-19T15:46:31.830" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;We can learn a lot, as I keep mentioning, from our friends at Wikipedia here. In particular, I urge you to read the these:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia%3aAssume_good_faith&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Assume good faith&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For instance, and this is just an example, if a new user posts a very short question that lacks the detail we need to answer it, there are more reasons for this than just &quot;they don't care&quot;. Maybe they don't want to post a wall of text, and they think their problem is probably easy to solve for an experienced Ubuntu user. If someone doesn't do their research, assume good faith and help them gather the detail we need.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia%3aAssume_no_clue&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Assume no clue&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This site is not a forum, but, I didn't know that when I first got here, and neither do many of our first timers. Instead of getting angry, flagging the post, posting a comment like &quot;see FAQ&quot;, explain to them how they can make their particular question fit better. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia%3aNewbies_aren%27t_always_clueless&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Newbies aren't always clueless&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some of these &quot;bad&quot; questions would be very good forum topics, some bug report questions would be great bug reports, and so on. If someone is in the wrong place, their bad question might be very valuable anyway. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia%3aIPs_are_human_too&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;IPs are human too&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's good to remember, and I've had this experience a few times, that a user named &quot;user8282841&quot;, who's posted one question, might be a proper Ubuntu expert with years of experience. And yet again, the key is to explain to them some basic principles of how the site works. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is the sort of comment I have in mind:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;[Welcome to Ask Ubuntu!] I think your question doesn't contain enough detail to solve the problem. Please edit it to include the research you've done so far, and some more information about [...]. This way you should get a better answer more quickly. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you think the user assumes their problem is simpler than it is, but that they are basically capable of providing all the detail we need, a shorter comment might be enough:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What have you tried so far, and how did it fail?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, DO NOT alienate the user by telling them what they did wrong &lt;strong&gt;without the information they need to improve the question&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you are sure they will solve their own question if they just do a little bit of research, do the same things you'd normally do, but also remind them to post their own answer if they can solve it. This is constructive and friendly, and it helps everyone else in the long run.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If the section of the FAQ they need to read fits into a comment, post it (and paraphrase!) instead of linking to the FAQ. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In essence, I'm saying two things:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Talk to people&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Being polite is not enough, you also need to be helpful&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastActivityDate="2012-02-19T15:46:31.830" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2611" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-02-19T18:57:16.053" Score="3" ViewCount="60" Body="&lt;p&gt;Would not it be nice if we could add LinkedIn between social networks to share links Askubuntu? Especially focus on the labor side that this network continues to provide.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="26252" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Add Linked In share button to askubuntu" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2612" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2611" CreationDate="2012-02-19T21:40:48.597" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The LinkedIn button was removed when StackExchange added the Google+ share button.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, as &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/94802/135201&quot;&gt;Nick Craver (one of the StackExchange staff said) on Meta Stackoverflow&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/83722/share-question-answer-links-to-linkedin/94802#94802&quot;&gt;Jeff answered here&lt;/a&gt; those links were experimental.  The LinkedIn one simply wasn't being used, not to nearly the volume of the others...so we removed the extra clutter from the UI.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It will likely be replaced with Google+, given they ever provide an officially supported link-only way to share.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-02-19T21:40:48.597" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2613" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-02-19T23:17:11.870" Score="1" ViewCount="74" Body="&lt;p&gt;I know PHP5 is very different from previous versions and that all (its a new version!) but do we need a split between the tags &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/php&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;php&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;php&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/php5&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;php5&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;php5&lt;/a&gt;? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are not talking about the same thing in the end? Can you not figure out which version is refereed in a question just by reading it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the same note do we need a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/python2&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;python2&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;python2&lt;/a&gt; and a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/python3&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;python3&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;python3&lt;/a&gt; separation in our tags?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I say php5 is still php and there is no need to be so specific on the tags.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/php&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;php&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;php&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/php5&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;php5&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;php5&lt;/a&gt; be merged?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastActivityDate="2012-02-20T00:46:04.380" Title="PHP, PHP5 tags merge" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2614" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2613" CreationDate="2012-02-20T00:46:04.380" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since php4 is no longer in the repos, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/php5&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;php5&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;php5&lt;/a&gt; is installed by default, there really is no need for a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/php&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;php&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;php&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/php5&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;php5&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;php5&lt;/a&gt; tag. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/php5&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;php5&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;php5&lt;/a&gt; should be a synonym of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/php&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;php&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;php&lt;/a&gt;. However, since both &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/python2&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;python2&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;python2&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/python3&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;python3&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;python3&lt;/a&gt; exist in the repos, there should be separate tags as I've come to learn &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/python2&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;python2&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;python2&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/python3&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;python3&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;python3&lt;/a&gt; are &lt;em&gt;very&lt;/em&gt; different.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2012-02-20T00:46:04.380" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2615" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-02-20T01:45:23.553" Score="7" ViewCount="108" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am using my mobile phone to access Ask Ubuntu with Opera mini and it works with Ask Ubuntu mobile version but while posting answers it redirects me to the full website to enter a Captcha.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why is there no mobile version?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="39372" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-03-27T12:40:18.250" LastActivityDate="2012-03-27T12:40:18.250" Title="Why does Ask Ubuntu need a Captcha even from mobile users?" Tags="|feature-request|captcha|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2616" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2545" CreationDate="2012-02-20T06:16:48.853" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think the most common problematic questions are from well intended but inexpert users who are either hitting a bug, or who have given only a vague description of their problem.  Pace Jorge, I think it is better to flag these questions rather than downvoting them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Downvoting (especially to a negative number) seems harsh; it's better that the question either be edited or closed &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ideally these questions would disappear or at least be clearly closed, rather than just low scored.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I guess to me moderation is for &quot;wrong&quot; vs scoring being &quot;not interesting&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1116" LastActivityDate="2012-02-20T06:16:48.853" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2617" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-02-20T09:26:47.880" Score="3" ViewCount="60" Body="&lt;p&gt;What If a Bounty'd question is duped?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Like if X question has a bounty of, lets say +100. And Y question does not have a bounty.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;X is a exact dupe of Y. A mod closes it as a dupe, what happens to the +100 bounty on X?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17722" LastActivityDate="2012-02-20T09:28:24.447" Title="Bounty transfer in exact dupe?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2618" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2617" CreationDate="2012-02-20T09:28:24.447" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;If a question has a bounty on it, it can't be closed as a duplicate. Closing the question with a bounty is only possible if the moderator reimburses the bounty rep and then close the question. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastActivityDate="2012-02-20T09:28:24.447" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2619" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2545" CreationDate="2012-02-20T11:38:15.163" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;(&lt;strong&gt;Very low quality&lt;/strong&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This answer has severe formatting or content problems. This answer is unlikely to be salvageable through editing, and might need to be removed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is a big miss understanding about this flag and about down voting here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &quot;low quality flag&quot; is useful and should not be removed from the options available. What users do not understand is where to apply it most of the times.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The low quality flag should be applied when ever a post has reasonable amounts of confusion, spelling and grammar or simply the simple contents of it cannot be rescued without having to spend huge amounts of time investigating any information is supplies, (ie for the last case: url answers and one line solutions that don't really explain how would that be a solution).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Normally what we see in the queue are answers flagged as low quality that are not the solution for the issue and people that do not agree with what is being said. But the post is an answer, it has information up to a certain point. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Those most of the times are not bad quality answers and the only reason they where flagged in the first place is that someone doesn't agree with them. That is not what flag is for, that is what down votes are for.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If an answer is a comment, a request for further help, added information that should be somewhere else or just something that cannot answer the question flag it as not an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you disagree with an answer, think it is not the correct one, would rather not see it there because of the path taken to help the user (dangerous instructions, etc) down vote it! Do not mark it as low quality!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If an answer is confusing, has severe formatting issues, you think no one would figure out what was being said there or its just an URL that does not specify the information linked you can flag the post as low quality and down vote it if you wish.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Down voting should always come first before a low quality flag, posts that are down voted enough will eventually be deleted and unless they cannot be rescued of fit the reasons above the flags do not need to be approved / declined.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastActivityDate="2012-02-20T11:38:15.163" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2621" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2622" CreationDate="2012-02-20T20:56:04.307" Score="11" ViewCount="163" Body="&lt;p&gt;I came across a question this evening which I thought was unfairly down voted. I instinctively up voted to counter the down vote, however this might not have been the correct way of handling this scenario. After a bit of thought it occurred to me that I probably should have flagged the question for the moderators.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I understand that what I may deem a good question others may not, but there are undoubtedly some circumstances where a down vote has been cast recklessly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does one counter the down vote with an up vote, or is the correct way of handling it to flag the down vote for a moderators attention?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="46646" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-04-27T05:49:31.770" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Flag a Down Vote" Tags="|discussion|flagging|moderators|downvoting|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2622" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2621" CreationDate="2012-02-20T21:14:25.290" Score="17" Body="&lt;p&gt;The correct way is to vote based on the content.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is it a good question? - Vote it up.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is it a bad question? - Vote it down.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Don't just vote to counter down-votes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are two problems with flagging a question for moderator attention because of a down-vote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;A moderator should not be there to judge a down-vote and invalidate it if he thinks it was not correct.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It wouldn't be fair either, the down-voter may have a valid reason to down-vote something.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/15948/151013&quot;&gt;Moderators can't see specific votes cast on each question and answer by individual users.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2732" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-02-20T21:30:27.030" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2623" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2621" CreationDate="2012-02-20T22:20:31.003" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Voting is probably one of the most important things you will do on the site. Either down and up it is important to do it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The site works over time, you should never look as something that happened right now as important.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Vote up if you like, if there is effort and if the information seems correct.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Vote down if you do not find it useful or even logic as information, if its not correct, if there is not effort or if you think its dangerous and there might be better and safer methods of doing something.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do not down vote or up vote as a feeling, do it just by the contents.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Votes are anonymous, either up votes and down votes. Do not flag a moderator about a down vote that you thing was unfair, if it was unfair the site will make sure that this is fixed with some time. Keep voting!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastActivityDate="2012-02-20T22:20:31.003" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2624" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2633" CreationDate="2012-02-20T22:33:53.720" Score="28" ViewCount="1117" Body="&lt;p&gt;Because our current Google+ logo doesn't exactly fit the trademark guidelines we need a new one!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The good news is, SE have offered to give away &lt;strong&gt;one amazing swag package full of Stack Exchange and Ask Ubuntu goodies&lt;/strong&gt; to the person who comes up with the next logo for &lt;a href=&quot;https://plus.google.com/107921963368679288414&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;our Google+ page&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These are the rules:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The logo must be original and your own work&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You need to provide a large size (512×512 would be nice, preferably SVG)&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Make sure the logo renders nicely at 44×44, 48×48, and 200×200 pixels&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The logo must not be too similar to the Ask Ubuntu or Stack Exchange logo (&lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/legal/trademark-guidance&quot;&gt;see more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Since we might use the logo elsewhere too, a transparent background would be helfpul&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;One entry per per person. If you're unhappy with a previous submission, and you want to change it, consider deleting your old answer and posting a new one.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The contest closes on Sunday, 20:00 UTC, and the winner is the entry with the highest score.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So fire up Inkscape, the Gimp, read &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/legal/trademark-guidance&quot;&gt;SE's trademark guidance&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com/aboutus/trademarkpolicy&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Canonical's trademark policy&lt;/a&gt;, and let's see what you can come up with!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;We have a winner&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks a lot to everyone for participating, and to Octavian Damiean for posting the winning entry. The logo is &lt;a href=&quot;https://plus.google.com/107921963368679288414&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;on our page now&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastEditorUserId="1067" LastEditDate="2012-02-26T20:17:51.723" LastActivityDate="2012-03-02T04:37:01.293" Title="Google+ Fan Page Logo Competition" Tags="|discussion|google+|" AnswerCount="9" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2625" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2624" CreationDate="2012-02-20T23:59:25.617" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://files.quickmediasolutions.com/askubuntu_contest/askubuntu1_200.png&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://files.quickmediasolutions.com/askubuntu_contest/askubuntu1_200.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;200 x 200 PNG with 8-bit alpha channel&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://files.quickmediasolutions.com/askubuntu_contest/askubuntu1_48.png&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://files.quickmediasolutions.com/askubuntu_contest/askubuntu1_48.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;48 x 48 PNG with 8-bit alpha channel&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://files.quickmediasolutions.com/askubuntu_contest/askubuntu1_44.png&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://files.quickmediasolutions.com/askubuntu_contest/askubuntu1_44.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;44 x 44 PNG with 8-bit alpha channel&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can download the SVG version of the logo above here:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://files.quickmediasolutions.com/askubuntu_contest/askubuntu1.svg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://files.quickmediasolutions.com/askubuntu_contest/askubuntu1.svg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastEditorUserId="5" LastEditDate="2012-02-21T00:35:13.847" LastActivityDate="2012-02-21T00:35:13.847" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2626" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-02-21T04:03:55.403" Score="1" ViewCount="40" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/436/ability-to-close-a-question-as-a-bug-report&quot;&gt;Ability to close a question as a bug report.&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are many questions that should really be filed as bug reports instead. Currently, these are closed as &quot;off topic&quot;. Wouldn't it be better to have a Close &gt; Bug category? For one thing, it might seem like a friendlier way of pushing users onto Launchpad than simply saying its off topic and please go away. :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another thing is that some users might not actually follow through and report the bug. It might be useful if someone had a look at the list after some time and see if the bug was reported. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just an idea. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19779" LastActivityDate="2012-02-21T04:03:55.403" Title="Add a Close &gt; Bug category?" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2012-02-21T04:15:42.090" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2627" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2584" CreationDate="2012-02-21T04:12:37.233" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Whether you call it Gnome Fallback, Gnome Classic or Ubuntu Classic, &lt;em&gt;please&lt;/em&gt; also use its proper name: Gnome Panel. It deserves more attention than it currently receives. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your question seems to be which shells were installed by default in 11.04? That was Unity and Gnome Panel (Ubuntu Classic). In 11.10, Unity 2D replaced Gnome Panel as a secondary shell. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19779" LastActivityDate="2012-02-21T04:12:37.233" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2628" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2624" CreationDate="2012-02-21T05:31:46.673" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Nv6RD.png&quot; alt=&quot;512 by 512&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Nv6RD.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;512 by 512 without transparency, white background, PNG&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Oniyo.png&quot; alt=&quot;200 by 200&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Oniyo.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;200 by 200 without transparency, white background, PNG&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/sfe9O.png&quot; alt=&quot;48 by 48&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/sfe9O.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;48 by 48 without transparency, white background, PNG&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/FyepR.png&quot; alt=&quot;44 by 44&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/FyepR.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;44 by 44 without transparency, white background, PNG&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I apologize but I cannot generate an SVG with the tool that I am using. I can, however, give you a super high resolution version as well as a PDF for files, and I can give you a link to a Sliderocket presentation which can be as big as your screen size. That is all I can offer for alternate options. Sorry about the surrounding white space, even though it can be easily deleted through GIMP or your favorite image editor.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sliderocket presentation (Rev 3): &lt;a href=&quot;http://portal.sliderocket.com/OMS/My-Presentation-3&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://portal.sliderocket.com/OMS/My-Presentation-3&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Super high resolution (Rev 2): &lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/iuW3T.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://i.stack.imgur.com/iuW3T.png&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Super high resolution with only 8 layers of dots (Rev 1): &lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/455ac.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://i.stack.imgur.com/455ac.png&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;PDF (Rev 3): &lt;a href=&quot;http://cboos.com/My%20Presentation%203.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://cboos.com/My%20Presentation%203.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Super High resolution with transparency and 8 layers of dots (Rev 1): &lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/PQ57z.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://i.stack.imgur.com/PQ57z.png&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;XCF (Rev 1): &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cboos.com/image.xcf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.cboos.com/image.xcf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Changelog: Rev 1: Original Image.&#xA;Rev 2: Added another layer of dots on top to make it look more complete when viewed in a square resolution.&#xA;Rev 3: Seperated &amp;quot;Stack&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;Exchange&amp;quot; and altered the color of the fourth color of dots to make the color transition more smooth. Changed the color of the dot in the bottom left hand corner to be a darker orange. Increased the font size of &amp;quot;Ask Ubuntu&amp;quot; so the text would be readable at lower resolutions. Got rid of two random dots that somehow wound up at the bottom of the picture.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="30405" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-02-22T00:40:54.717" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2629" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2621" CreationDate="2012-02-21T05:39:19.690" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Tell me about it. I've had this happen to me many times. I got a downvote here for no apparent reason: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/102396/connecting-to-the-internet-through-firefox/102410#102410&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/102396/connecting-to-the-internet-through-firefox/102410#102410&lt;/a&gt;. The person in question did not leave a comment. I have no problem when people downvote things, that's what the button is for. But please, always leave a comment explaning your reasoning before downvoting. As far as flagging the question for moderator attention, I wouldn't. The moderators have enough on thier respective plates already. Anyway, keep voting, and especially &lt;strong&gt;keep commenting&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="30405" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2012-02-21T05:39:19.690" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2630" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2631" CreationDate="2012-02-21T07:45:01.050" Score="6" ViewCount="442" Body="&lt;p&gt;Where can I get that speech bubble from Ask Ubuntu in SVG version?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I need it for my presentation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ErTQE.png&quot; alt=&quot;Ask Ubuntu speech bubble logo&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user45651" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-02-21T15:45:09.777" LastActivityDate="2012-02-22T12:35:49.650" Title="Where can I get the Ask Ubuntu speech bubble logo?" Tags="|discussion|design|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
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  <row Id="2632" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2624" CreationDate="2012-02-21T12:03:18.190" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Alternate colour scheme and layout&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/FhZ3F.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/nAQRg.png&quot; alt=&quot;main&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/nAQRg.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;512 by 512 without transparency,with ring,coloured background, PNG&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/oR0iu.png&quot; alt=&quot;200*200&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/oR0iu.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;200 by 200 without transparency,with ring,coloured background, PNG&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/rpD9I.png&quot; alt=&quot;48*48&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/rpD9I.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;48 by 48 without transparency,with ring,coloured background, PNG&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I will add other versions later.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Transparents&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/aqqr2.png&quot; alt=&quot;stx&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/aqqr2.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;512 by 512 with transparency,with ring,no background, PNG&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/D00On.png&quot; alt=&quot;str&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/aqqr2.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;200 by 200 with transparency,with ring,no background, PNG&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/wX6Ux.png&quot; alt=&quot;stn&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/wX6Ux.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;48 by 48 with transparency,with ring,no background, PNG&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17722" LastEditorUserId="17722" LastEditDate="2012-02-24T16:10:57.590" LastActivityDate="2012-02-24T16:10:57.590" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2633" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2624" CreationDate="2012-02-21T18:36:50.107" Score="21" Body="&lt;p&gt;I wanted to keep it simple because I just prefer simplicity in design.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;512x512&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/nKOR2.png&quot; alt=&quot;Ask Ubuntu Google Plus logo 512x512&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;200x200&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/xmgRH.png&quot; alt=&quot;Ask Ubuntu Google Plus logo 200x200&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is 48x48, 44x44 and 16x16 accordingly. 16x16 just to show you how a favicon would look like.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;48x48&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/qvuRy.png&quot; alt=&quot;Ask Ubuntu Google Plus logo 48x48&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;44x44&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/5xwD3.png&quot; alt=&quot;Ask Ubuntu Google Plus logo 44x44&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;16x16&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/v6Sic.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Additional material:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://ubuntuone.com/5VVj81Ljv7JgRNXkjRSIFf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Inkscape SVG source - 2048x2048&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://ubuntuone.com/6bO0xfyBAoyfyF2VALukeu&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Plain SVG version - 2048x2048&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://ubuntuone.com/5LlQqzwZ8Ghat691tFl5EK&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;PNG version - 2048x2048&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;The logo is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution license. Ask Ubuntu has the full rights to use it as needed with or without attribution.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2732" LastEditorUserId="2732" LastEditDate="2012-02-21T20:26:27.617" LastActivityDate="2012-02-21T20:26:27.617" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2634" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2624" CreationDate="2012-02-21T20:51:07.890" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Edited to make text visible even at smaller sizes &lt;em&gt;(44x44 &amp;amp; 48x48)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://ubuntuone.com/3ikTAsPWNzqGhddwO5dpFS&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Inkscape's SVG file hosted @ U1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/XolME.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;512x512&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/XolME.png&quot; alt=&quot;512x512&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/f3jT6.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;200x200&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/f3jT6.png&quot; alt=&quot;200x200&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/b7tvp.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;48x48&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/b7tvp.png&quot; alt=&quot;48x48&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/4Ru3P.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;44x44&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/4Ru3P.png&quot; alt=&quot;44x44&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Feel free to use the design if you can salvage it to make it better :) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="18887" LastEditorUserId="18887" LastEditDate="2012-02-22T03:09:15.683" LastActivityDate="2012-02-22T03:09:15.683" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2635" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-02-22T07:40:32.587" Score="0" ViewCount="154" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2008/down-voting-consequences&quot;&gt;Down voting consequences&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sometimes down-voting is done without leaving proper comments or reason. The person next-in-line commenting on the post telling them what's wrong might be misjudged for down-voting. This tends to be unpleasant for both the parties. Apart from that, it's always nice to know what a person is doing wrong to get down-voted so that they don't repeat it again, making AskUbuntu a little easier on the editors.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a feature request which I am pretty confident will benefit a lot of people and just make AU better on the whole. So, is it possible to have the user fill out a comment or a form just like what pops up when a post is flagged &lt;em&gt;(which can later be attached as a comment to the post)&lt;/em&gt; when a user down-votes a post?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="18887" LastActivityDate="2012-02-22T10:25:26.527" Title="Can we have a feature where downvoting is only possible if the user has left a comment or filled out a form?" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ClosedDate="2012-02-22T16:31:49.087" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2636" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2635" CreationDate="2012-02-22T09:53:01.123" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;I see what your concerns are about, but requiring users to comment for a downvote is bad because:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Posts that are clearly wrong (e.g. dangerous) will receive many downvotes. If each user needs to comment on their vote, the comment list grows huge&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Voting is anonymous. While it may be preferred to have comments for downvotes, not everyone may feel for commenting on a post&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In case you are worried, there are already mechanisms to check for vote bots.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Currently, a popup is shown that requests the user to comment if you think that the post can be improved. Maybe an improvement to this would be opening the comment form and focusing it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6969" LastActivityDate="2012-02-22T09:53:01.123" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2637" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2635" CreationDate="2012-02-22T10:25:26.527" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm for this. Not quite as you suggest but something like it. As Lekensteyn says, a key principal of voting here is the voter's anonymity and that's the way it &lt;em&gt;should&lt;/em&gt; be. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So how about a new dialogue when you try to downvote? As soon as you click the down-arrow, you're forced to pick a reason. Something like this:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/qsJS2.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/qsJS2.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Perhaps there should be an open-mic &quot;other&quot; reason where the user can specify their reasons without it becoming a comment.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Posters and moderators would be able to see the vote reasons but not the voters.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Moderators would be able to overturn dodgy votes. That is, if a moderator sees negative votes for an incorrect reason or one that has since been fixed, they can remove them, as they would a flag.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;This should require a vote from moderators so that one mod can't go rogue.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The people who voted against something should be notified when that something gets edited with the incentive that if they go back and cancel or reverse their vote, they get their lost rep back.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This does take more time (at least three clicks vs one) but I honestly thing it's worth it. Answers on the site &lt;em&gt;deserve&lt;/em&gt; a downvote reason.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Disclaimer: That might just be because I've had a couple of downvotes recently.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2012-02-22T10:25:26.527" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2638" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2641" CreationDate="2012-02-22T12:18:50.413" Score="8" ViewCount="83" Body="&lt;p&gt;I caught this question which was highlighted on the SE network:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/106039/so-what-is-the-advantage-of-using-the-terminal&quot;&gt;So, what is the advantage of using the terminal?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's a user Mehrdad who has been posting comments attacking the CLI-oriented linux in favor of GUI-oriented Windows.  This question has nothing to do with Windows, yet he continues to make the comparison.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have flagged his comments and most of them have been removed.  This morning, he has posted another one.  Apparently, simply removing the comments is not getting the message through to this user that these off-topic and highly-opinionated comments are unwelcome.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the next step?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47366" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2012-02-22T12:58:54.907" Title="What is the next step with this user who continues to post biased off-topic comments?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2639" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2638" CreationDate="2012-02-22T12:25:21.667" Score="7" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What is the next step?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Exactly what you've done. We'll deal with it now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;* &lt;em&gt;Puts his boots on&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2012-02-22T12:25:21.667" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2640" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2630" CreationDate="2012-02-22T12:35:49.650" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've made a proper SVG version of the logo. It is in 512x512.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The logo is still intellectual property of Stack Exchange inc.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;?xml version=&quot;1.0&quot; encoding=&quot;UTF-8&quot; standalone=&quot;no&quot;?&amp;gt;&#xA;&amp;lt;!-- Created with Inkscape (http://www.inkscape.org/) --&amp;gt;&#xA;&#xA;&amp;lt;svg&#xA;   xmlns:dc=&quot;http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/&quot;&#xA;   xmlns:cc=&quot;http://creativecommons.org/ns#&quot;&#xA;   xmlns:rdf=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#&quot;&#xA;   xmlns:svg=&quot;http://www.w3.org/2000/svg&quot;&#xA;   xmlns=&quot;http://www.w3.org/2000/svg&quot;&#xA;   xmlns:xlink=&quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink&quot;&#xA;   version=&quot;1.1&quot;&#xA;   width=&quot;512&quot;&#xA;   height=&quot;512&quot;&#xA;   id=&quot;svg2&quot;&amp;gt;&#xA;  &amp;lt;title&#xA;     id=&quot;title3874&quot;&amp;gt;Ask Ubuntu Logo&amp;lt;/title&amp;gt;&#xA;  &amp;lt;defs&#xA;     id=&quot;defs4&quot;&amp;gt;&#xA;    &amp;lt;color-profile&#xA;       xlink:href=&quot;/usr/share/color/icc/sRGB.icc&quot;&#xA;       name=&quot;sRGB&quot;&#xA;       id=&quot;color-profile2985&quot; /&amp;gt;&#xA;  &amp;lt;/defs&amp;gt;&#xA;  &amp;lt;metadata&#xA;     id=&quot;metadata7&quot;&amp;gt;&#xA;    &amp;lt;rdf:RDF&amp;gt;&#xA;      &amp;lt;cc:Work&#xA;         rdf:about=&quot;&quot;&amp;gt;&#xA;        &amp;lt;dc:format&amp;gt;image/svg+xml&amp;lt;/dc:format&amp;gt;&#xA;        &amp;lt;dc:type&#xA;           rdf:resource=&quot;http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage&quot; /&amp;gt;&#xA;        &amp;lt;dc:title&amp;gt;Ask Ubuntu Logo&amp;lt;/dc:title&amp;gt;&#xA;        &amp;lt;dc:date&amp;gt;02.22.2012&amp;lt;/dc:date&amp;gt;&#xA;        &amp;lt;dc:rights&amp;gt;&#xA;          &amp;lt;cc:Agent&amp;gt;&#xA;            &amp;lt;dc:title&amp;gt;© 2012 Stack Exchange inc.&amp;lt;/dc:title&amp;gt;&#xA;          &amp;lt;/cc:Agent&amp;gt;&#xA;        &amp;lt;/dc:rights&amp;gt;&#xA;      &amp;lt;/cc:Work&amp;gt;&#xA;    &amp;lt;/rdf:RDF&amp;gt;&#xA;  &amp;lt;/metadata&amp;gt;&#xA;  &amp;lt;g&#xA;     transform=&quot;translate(0,-540.36218)&quot;&#xA;     id=&quot;layer1&quot;&amp;gt;&#xA;    &amp;lt;g&#xA;       transform=&quot;matrix(2.9250182,0,0,2.9250182,-496.71358,-1523.4822)&quot;&#xA;       id=&quot;g3827&quot;&amp;gt;&#xA;      &amp;lt;path&#xA;         d=&quot;m 344.46203,255.6738 c 0,16.04488 -4.3246,31.0797 -11.87177,44.00243 6.07959,23.82733 11.81397,44.09695 11.81397,44.09695 0,0 -22.84734,-6.44552 -43.04488,-12.75311 -12.9838,7.64611 -28.11748,12.03192 -44.27552,12.03192 -48.25764,0 -87.37819,-39.12055 -87.37819,-87.37819 0,-48.25765 39.12055,-87.3782 87.37819,-87.3782 48.25765,0 87.3782,39.12055 87.3782,87.3782 z&quot;&#xA;         transform=&quot;matrix(0.97413644,0,0,0.97413644,6.9016419,543.69182)&quot;&#xA;         id=&quot;path3052&quot;&#xA;         style=&quot;fill:#dd4814;fill-opacity:1;stroke:none&quot; /&amp;gt;&#xA;      &amp;lt;text&#xA;         x=&quot;192.6866&quot;&#xA;         y=&quot;820.78467&quot;&#xA;         id=&quot;text3823&quot;&#xA;         xml:space=&quot;preserve&quot;&#xA;         style=&quot;font-size:90px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:125%;letter-spacing:0px;word-spacing:0px;fill:#eeeeee;fill-opacity:1;stroke:none;font-family:Ubuntu;-inkscape-font-specification:Ubuntu&quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;tspan&#xA;           x=&quot;192.6866&quot;&#xA;           y=&quot;820.78467&quot;&#xA;           id=&quot;tspan3825&quot;&#xA;           style=&quot;letter-spacing:-2.70000005px;fill:#eeeeee&quot;&amp;gt;ask&amp;lt;/tspan&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/text&amp;gt;&#xA;    &amp;lt;/g&amp;gt;&#xA;  &amp;lt;/g&amp;gt;&#xA;&amp;lt;/svg&amp;gt;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2732" LastActivityDate="2012-02-22T12:35:49.650" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2641" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2638" CreationDate="2012-02-22T12:58:54.907" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have dropped a notice and will purge the comments from that answer later on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The user has already been contacted and we will keep an eye on the situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please feel free to contact any of the moderators any time with situations like this on meta or more directly try the general chat room.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastActivityDate="2012-02-22T12:58:54.907" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2642" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-02-22T18:10:26.827" Score="26" ViewCount="2163" Body="&lt;p&gt;Release is &lt;em&gt;this week&lt;/em&gt;, which means that we'll have people who are going to start asking questions here, so we need to stay on our toes, update existing questions (more below), and just generally keep an eye on things so we don't get battered like we did for 11.10's release cycle.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other than the HUD there's not many major user-visible changes, so we can likely just update questions by removing the version tag and making them more general, so they likely need some minor editing as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="14356" LastEditDate="2012-04-23T09:29:31.073" LastActivityDate="2012-04-24T04:41:57.603" Title="PSA: 12.04 Launches this week, steel yourselves!" Tags="|discussion|community|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2643" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-02-22T18:28:24.887" Score="7" ViewCount="104" Body="&lt;p&gt;Today we got this one: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/106614/how-to-downgrade-ubuntu&quot;&gt;How to downgrade Ubuntu?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which I knew was a dupe, but we have a bunch of these:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/94872/downgrading-ubuntu-from-11-10-to-10-04&quot;&gt;downgrading ubuntu from 11.10 to 10.04&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/77644/downgrade-ubuntu-11-10-to-older-release-8-10&quot;&gt;Downgrade Ubuntu 11.10 to older release (8.10)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This one actually seems to be the best one, should we just generalize this one and point them all there since no matter what the version is it's always going to be the same answer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/49869/how-to-roll-back-ubuntu-11-10-to-11-04&quot;&gt;How to roll back Ubuntu to a previous version?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2012-06-14T06:19:01.347" Title="What's the canonical &quot;how do I downgrade?&quot; question?" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2644" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2643" CreationDate="2012-02-22T18:56:50.830" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes definitely. A general answer could cover all those questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have changed the title of the question last linked question (it already has a very good answer) and removed the versions tags, we should mark possible duplicates and point them there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I suggest we make the answer there community wiki and give a nice bounty to the user that posted the answer (like if he needs any more!).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That should allow us to point all dupes to that one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastActivityDate="2012-02-22T18:56:50.830" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2645" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2158" CreationDate="2012-02-22T19:30:33.823" Score="30" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://apps.ubuntu.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/0VHa8.png&quot; alt=&quot;Find new apps&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2012-02-22T19:30:33.823" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-02-22T19:30:33.823" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2646" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2624" CreationDate="2012-02-23T02:02:11.397" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the spirit of the sites humble beginnings, my own lack of artistic talent and etc, I present the Crayon Logo:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/9mOPT.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, due to the medium I used, I cannot produce a SVG, nor the suggested sizes - however, I can and will do a proper scan. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastActivityDate="2012-02-23T02:02:11.397" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2647" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2649" CreationDate="2012-02-23T10:16:58.350" Score="3" ViewCount="66" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've noticed that comments I make are being stripped of the &quot;@name&quot; part. For example, my comment &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/106837/update-manager-always-says-it-is-outdated&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;, &quot;&lt;em&gt;@yossile, the OP has mentioned &lt;strong&gt;Google Chrome beta&lt;/strong&gt; and there is (or was) a problem regarding it described &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/105102/does-someone-know-why-the-chromium-daily-package-isnt-build-anymore&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. So, as you suggest, disabling the relevant repository should help.&lt;/em&gt;&quot; displays &lt;strong&gt;without&lt;/strong&gt; the &quot;@yossile&quot; bit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it possible to know the reason?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user25656" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2012-02-23T15:03:18.497" Title="Notifying posters of comments restricted?" Tags="|support|status-bydesign|comments|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2648" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2647" CreationDate="2012-02-23T10:26:52.980" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you are the first to comment on a question/answer, then the system assumes you are referring to the OP themselves and hence strips the &lt;em&gt;@yossile&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You would normally only need to use &lt;em&gt;@yossile&lt;/em&gt; where there are multiple commentators and you want to respond directly to them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14356" LastActivityDate="2012-02-23T10:26:52.980" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2649" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2647" CreationDate="2012-02-23T10:28:50.093" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The first comment for any post is usually about the post itself and hence adding the @ to notify the post author is redundant and the system has probably removed it. If you were using @ to notify someone else, I am guessing the system would just leave it there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastActivityDate="2012-02-23T10:28:50.093" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2650" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2647" CreationDate="2012-02-23T11:45:13.137" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Also, if you are posting an comment under a post and want to refer the user that posted it there is no need ping his name, a notification will be sent to him anyways.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Under a question, the user that posted the question gets notification of all the comments, under an answer the same thing, its not just the first comment, all comments made under a post will send a notification to the user that created the post, either a question or an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is no need to ping the user that created the post if you are commenting in the post he created.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That should only be necessary to refer another user other than the user that made the post. The system removes it automatically because you can ping max 2 users in a comment and adding the user that created the post is useless, so it is removed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/a7VTf.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastEditorUserId="25863" LastEditDate="2012-02-23T13:16:55.480" LastActivityDate="2012-02-23T13:16:55.480" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2651" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-02-23T16:20:24.160" Score="30" ViewCount="1933" Body="&lt;h3&gt;tl;dr Go to &lt;a href=&quot;http://cleanup.thepcspy.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://cleanup.thepcspy.com&lt;/a&gt; and start cleaning!&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It only took a year but it's finally here: It's clean up time! But let's step back a bit... What on earth am I talking about?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Well we get a lot of questions. Most of those are answered but a significant portion (over 20%) are currently in Limbo, with no answers or answers with a score less than +1. They either haven't attracted the right attention or their answers have been ignored. There are a few things we can do with these questions, as I said in &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1220/clean-up-week-event-planning&quot;&gt;the initial plans&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Identifying &lt;em&gt;good&lt;/em&gt; answers&lt;/strong&gt; - Plenty of old questions do have some answers but those answers haven't been voted for nor have they been accepted. In these threads we need people to vote for the good answers, just like normal. Getting a good answer up to +1 will classify the question as resolved and get it off our list.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Answer it&lt;/strong&gt; - You probably haven't seen every question on the site so some of these  questions will get organic answers. You'll get rewarded by the community in the regular way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Flagging old topics&lt;/strong&gt; - Given the nature of Ubuntu releases we need to make sure we prune out unanswered old topics about old installation techniques or hardware issues that may be fixed by upgrading Ubuntu. This won't always be automatic but we need to keep on top of how many active, old-release questions we have.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Removing or improving the unanswerable&lt;/strong&gt; - Ask Ubuntu is only as good as its questions. We will need people to chase up old threads to make sure they have enough information to be answered. If their users don't respond and edit their posts, we need to cull the deadwood.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Merging duplicates&lt;/strong&gt; - So many duplicates slip through the gaps and we end up with multiple answered questions covering identical ground. While this isn't the prime aim of the week, any duplicates (even from established, answered questions) are candidates for treatment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Identifying &lt;em&gt;good&lt;/em&gt;, hard questions&lt;/strong&gt; - Some questions are unanswered because they're really very tough to solve. There's no value in closing them so if you can't answer them, we need users to try and involve relevant external groups and get askers to keep the information flowing in. If we can match people with the knowledge with the questions, we fulfil several of our goals.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Until now it's been slightly painful to get a good grip on what questions need answering. It's also a job that goes without recognition. These are two things we wanted to change so I set about building something that uses the StackExchange API to find and allocate people questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Today that &lt;em&gt;something&lt;/em&gt; is going live and everybody and anybody can join this targeted clean up effort.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://cleanup.thepcspy.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://cleanup.thepcspy.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You'll see how it all works when you get there but essentially, per &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1220/clean-up-week-event-planning&quot;&gt;the plans&lt;/a&gt;, you get &amp;quot;Clean Up points&amp;quot; for cleaning up. These are completely separate from your reputation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So go there, sign up and see if you have any problems (let me know!)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Assuming everything goes to plan we'll then hold a competition-based Clean Up Week to see who can clean the most in 7 days. We're just working out what we're going to do for prizes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Frequently Asked Questions&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;How can I log in? What is my OpenID?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you don't have a regular OpenID with another provider, you can use Stack Exchange's provider by entering the URL: &lt;code&gt;https://openid.stackexchange.com/&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;I've just cleaned something up but it's still in my queue... What's going on?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The queues update every 20 minutes and there's 5-minute caching on the pages so in the worst case scenario you could be waiting for 25 minutes for something to disappear. In most cases, you'll be waiting less time than this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;It's been hours and it's still on my list! What gives?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Might be a bug. I've certainly turned up a few of them during this process so just let me know via an answer on this thread and I'll try to see what's going on and fix it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-02-19T22:03:50.033" Title="Ask Ubuntu Clean Up" Tags="|discussion|cleanup|" AnswerCount="10" CommentCount="15" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2653" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2651" CreationDate="2012-02-23T17:34:25.190" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Removing or improving the unanswerable&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is not really an answer, but a question, but... keeping all info in the same place will be a great idea, and this is going to be too long for a comment. Feel free to edit the question with this info and delete this &quot;&lt;em&gt;answer&lt;/em&gt;&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What should we do with those questions?.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a good candidate, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/47017/5-1-usb-headphones-not-recognized&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt;. It's impossible to answer as the original asker didn't give any of the data that was requested.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can either flag it to the moderators for deletion, vote to close as too localized, or both. How should we proceed with this kind of questions?.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="211" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2012-02-23T17:34:25.190" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2655" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2651" CreationDate="2012-02-23T17:57:52.717" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is not clear how this works.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I registered on &lt;a href=&quot;http://cleanup.thepcspy.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://cleanup.thepcspy.com&lt;/a&gt; , was assigned 10 questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This was my first:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/59265/how-to-troubleshoot-apt-get-connection-problems&quot;&gt;How to troubleshoot apt-get connection problems?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I marked it as a duplicate and I gave it an up vote as the answer was a good one with some nice screen shots.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question still shows up on my 10 assigned questions and I do not have the ability to take some of the actions listed. Specifically I can not alone close the question, I can not merge duplicates.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems there are some actions on your list that are simply not options for me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EDIT- OK, it took longer then expected, but the question is now off my assigned questions, but it still seems there are actions you suggest that I can not take.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="35795" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2012-02-23T17:57:52.717" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2656" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2651" CreationDate="2012-02-23T18:17:59.537" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can this system be gamed by moderators? As far as I understand the workings of the site when moderators vote for closing their vote is a final ruling compared to normal users who either have to flag for closing (and the flag is handled by a moderator) or vote to close (it takes five normal votes to close). Thus, moderators have an upper hand in scoring cleaning points for closing questions. Their votes do not rely on any other users participation since it is final.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am not saying that moderator would game the system by unjustified closing but there might be an interest in build the system against such use if possible. Is it possible to build the system such that it counter bad usage such as the described possibility? Maybe there are such counter measures implemented already?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One way to make the system more fair is to give moderators slightly less cleaning points for anything involving closing. This would reflect that the effort for closing a question is greater for a normal user than for a moderator.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am not trying to be pessimistic. I appreciate the effort of putting this together. I just want to see it as good and fair as possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19490" LastActivityDate="2012-02-23T18:17:59.537" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2657" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2651" CreationDate="2012-02-23T18:42:39.230" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;How do I &quot;Removing or improving the unanswerable - Ask Ubuntu is only as good as its questions. We will need people to chase up old threads to make sure they have enough information to be answered. If their users don't respond and edit their posts, we need to cull the deadwood.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I found a question that appears to be abandoned in that the OP has not provided the necessary information. Do I flag it as abandoned ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Similar, How does one &quot;merge duplicates&quot;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="35795" LastActivityDate="2012-02-23T18:42:39.230" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2659" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2660" CreationDate="2012-02-23T22:51:36.343" Score="3" ViewCount="30" Body="&lt;p&gt;As a part of the cleanup week I see a FAQ - &quot;How to completely remove a program and it's configuration files?&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a part of clean up, this question &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/81761/how-to-fully-remove-a-package&quot;&gt;How to fully remove the eclipse package?&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;could possibly be merged with these two &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/105627/how-to-remove-unwanted-configuration-files-folders&quot;&gt;How to remove unwanted configuration files/folders?&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/20127/how-to-remove-configuration-files-completely&quot;&gt;How to remove configuration files completely&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the best method of communicating this ? Listing them in meta or flagging them ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="35795" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2012-02-23T23:01:01.743" Title="How to suggest a FAQ?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2660" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2659" CreationDate="2012-02-23T23:01:01.743" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The system &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions?sort=faq&quot;&gt;calculates these FAQs based&lt;/a&gt; upon views, votes and how many duplicates it has - so in otherwords, you can't suggest it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, if you're talking about duplicates that should be merged, flag them, and a moderator will merge them if necessary. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2012-02-23T23:01:01.743" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2661" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2621" CreationDate="2012-02-23T23:53:24.037" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I understand the purpose of down votes, but I would also suggest that it is better to encourage people to improve answers then to simply down vote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With that said, everyone is entitled to his or her opinion and I think it would be futile to ask moderators to start reviewing the votes cast, let them spend their time on more important issues such as spam or disruptive comments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="35795" LastActivityDate="2012-02-23T23:53:24.037" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2662" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2651" CreationDate="2012-02-24T11:23:07.197" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;OK I'm up for this. My first question in the first allocation is &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/69410/unity-does-not-work-after-upgrade&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/69410/unity-does-not-work-after-upgrade&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The guy has 6 rep points ( 1 for signing up, 5 for an up vote to this one question ), logged in only once to ask this question and not logged in since. &#xA;He has two comments asking for more information and not done so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I plan to flag this as too localised, not enough people uninstall unity to make this a valuable question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I will use my own initiative in future but I just want some feedback to see if this is the right approach.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="458" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2012-02-24T11:23:07.197" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2663" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6370" CreationDate="2012-02-24T18:23:14.173" Score="8" ViewCount="84" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just came across the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/black-screen&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;black-screen&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;black-screen&lt;/a&gt; tag that has about 81 questions tagged against it. A quick look at the questions seem to suggest that they are either graphic problems or boot error. I am not sure what we should do with the tag. So, I thought I would start a meta post to discuss the matter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Update&lt;/strong&gt;: 95 questions have been tagged with this. We should do something about this already!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastEditorUserId="12845" LastEditDate="2013-03-26T17:17:24.297" LastActivityDate="2013-03-26T17:18:23.177" Title="What to do with black-screen tag?" Tags="|discussion|status-completed|tags|tag-block-request|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2664" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2663" CreationDate="2012-02-24T18:28:25.757" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Kill it! We kill it and forget about it! Do it fast, do it clean, just like &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dexter_%28TV_series%29&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Dexter&lt;/a&gt; would!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastActivityDate="2012-02-24T18:28:25.757" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2665" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2663" CreationDate="2012-02-24T18:29:21.840" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Trogdor! We need your assistance!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/YMs7q.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2732" LastActivityDate="2012-02-24T18:29:21.840" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2666" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2624" CreationDate="2012-02-24T23:13:47.747" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm no designer, but I thought I'd give it a try anyway.&#xA;Anyone who can take the same idea and do it better is welcome to try. :)&#xA;There's transparency behind the outer gradient. IMO it also looks fine on a black background.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's the &lt;a href=&quot;https://picasaweb.google.com/111247824106764957942/AskUbuntu&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;album&lt;/a&gt;.&#xA;Here's the modified version:&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-JeFYDYZISac/T0jQx100arI/AAAAAAAAATU/X8JUH4AeKtY/s800/AskUbuntu2-512p.png&quot; alt=&quot;512x512&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47538" LastEditorUserId="1067" LastEditDate="2012-02-25T13:12:50.887" LastActivityDate="2012-02-25T13:12:50.887" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2667" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2651" CreationDate="2012-02-25T00:29:08.013" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;What would you like me to do with these sorts of things&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/81430/how-do-i-update-grub-to-also-load-mandriva&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/81430/how-do-i-update-grub-to-also-load-mandriva&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question is semi-answered in the comments or the OP found an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In some I posted a comment asking the OP to post the solution, in others I have marked them as &quot;close&quot; as &quot;too localized&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would you prefer I transcribe the answer ? If so, does it then need an upvote from someone else ? That hardly seems fair as I would be getting credit for the work of others.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="35795" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2012-02-25T00:29:08.013" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2668" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-02-25T04:10:11.597" Score="-3" ViewCount="85" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have noticed that the moderators in Ask Ubuntu Genral Room seem to say that they run out of votes for the day each day. And I know from experience that there are more then 40 great posts each day on Ask Ubuntu. So, should the moderators be allowed more votes? Or, should more votes be added as a privilege for high-ranking users? If so, how many additional votes should be allowed? Please leave feedback.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="30405" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="More upvotes per day for moderators" Tags="|discussion|moderators|voting|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2669" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2668" CreationDate="2012-02-25T04:28:09.967" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm against this for the reasons outlined &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/109018/152101&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; by Robert Cartaino (An SE employee) when this came up a while ago on Meta Stack Overflow.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The daily vote limit used to be 30 votes per day; we’ve increased that&#xA;  to a maximum of 40 votes per day (provided some of those votes go to&#xA;  questions).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Already, it is so exceedingly rare for users to even hit the 30 vote&#xA;  daily cap, most users are not even aware that there is a limit. Still,&#xA;  there needs to be a limit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Reputation is awarded by the community to the users for good content.&#xA;  There is an &quot;economy&quot; to the site with reputation as its currency, and&#xA;  voting drives that economy. But for that currency to have value, it&#xA;  has to be a limited resource. Users have to apportion their votes to&#xA;  their favorite content. That's what gives the award value.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/28314/why-are-there-voting-limits&quot;&gt;Why are there voting limits?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you are routinely using your daily allotment, that puts you well up&#xA;  into the +99 percentile of users. That's fantastic; I'm glad you are a&#xA;  conscientious voter. But if the limit was 50, somebody would want 60.&#xA;  If not 60, then 70. You see where I am going with this. There needs to&#xA;  be a limit, and 40 seems just about right, or the apportionment of&#xA;  voting would become increasingly skewed from a small minority of&#xA;  users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5179" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2012-02-25T04:28:09.967" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2670" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-02-25T05:07:15.020" Score="2" ViewCount="55" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2679/another-small-bug-in-the-olis-cleanup-user-script&quot;&gt;Another small bug in the oli&amp;#39;s cleanup user script&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I may have run across a small bug in the user script.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These six have been given to me to review, and remain on my list&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/50504/sound-problems-in-unity-input-but-no-output&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/50504/sound-problems-in-unity-input-but-no-output&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/60540/panel-theme-reverts-to-standard-gnome-in-indicator-area&quot;&gt;Panel theme reverts to standard GNOME in indicator area&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/35761/how-do-i-get-to-which-window-i-am-hovering-over&quot;&gt;How do I get to which window I am hovering over?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/60540/panel-theme-reverts-to-standard-gnome-in-indicator-area&quot;&gt;Panel theme reverts to standard GNOME in indicator area&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/50504/sound-problems-in-unity-input-but-no-output&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/50504/sound-problems-in-unity-input-but-no-output&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/61577/ubuntu-one-refuses-my-11-character-login&quot;&gt;Ubuntu One refuses my 11 character login&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These remain in &quot;My Open Allocations&quot; , but have been closed , 3 hours ago as of the time of this post. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Otherwise, nice user script Oli&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;=)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="35795" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2012-02-27T07:41:13.023" Title="Small bug in cleanup user scripts" Tags="|discussion|cleanup|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2012-02-27T00:33:05.440" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2671" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2673" CreationDate="2012-02-25T12:17:02.940" Score="7" ViewCount="79" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was reading the Stack Overflow blog earlier today regarding the &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2012/02/stack-exchanges-greatest-hits/&quot;&gt;greatest hits&lt;/a&gt; of the Stack Exchange sites. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I realize that these posts are what make our site popular across the Internetz and hence, I think we should work to make them even better. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I feel that things like adding screenshots where necessary, editing the titles and body for a clearer answer and retagging appropriately such that the questions even more discoverable can be done to improve the quality of the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thoughts?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(&lt;em&gt;On a side note, I have edited a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/67946/force-alt-tab-switcher-to-display-applications-from-active-workspace/67951#67951&quot;&gt;couple&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/67924/where-are-my-recent-documents-in-unity/67926#67926&quot;&gt;of my&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/66653/cannot-use-meta-d-to-show-desktop/66667#66667&quot;&gt;answers&lt;/a&gt; that were featured in the greatest hits to make it slightly better than before. I would love some feedback on that.&lt;/em&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2012-02-25T13:20:03.320" Title="How can we improve the 'greatest hits' of our site?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2672" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2624" CreationDate="2012-02-25T12:42:03.437" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here's a PNG export of my first attempt with Inkscape (I've never succesfully made a logo in my life, let alone with Inkscape).&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Q7cdb.png&quot; alt=&quot;My attempt&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The PNG export looks fine... The problem is that when I try to save it as an SVG file, the horizontal rectangle disappears. Even odder is that it looks fine in this post as well, but not on my computer when I try to open it with Inkscape again...&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;SVG file: &lt;img src=&quot;http://robinj.be/AskUbuntu.svg&quot; alt=&quot;SVG file&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="18953" LastActivityDate="2012-02-25T12:42:03.437" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2673" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2671" CreationDate="2012-02-25T13:20:03.320" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;We should do what the CHAOS team did. Improving, improving and improving some more by editing, editing and yet again editing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The editing involves, fixing up stylistic errors, fixing the general structure, grammar and adding screenshots where appropriate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2732" LastActivityDate="2012-02-25T13:20:03.320" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2674" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2675" CreationDate="2012-02-25T19:31:38.587" Score="3" ViewCount="82" Body="&lt;p&gt;During the Ask Ubuntu Clean UP campaign I have run out of my allotment of flags. Must I wait 24 hrs to receive more? Moderators?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="46312" OwnerDisplayName="BlueXrider" LastActivityDate="2012-02-25T19:37:57.277" Title="Question for moderators (Ask Ubuntu Clean UP)" Tags="|discussion|cleanup|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2675" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2674" CreationDate="2012-02-25T19:37:57.277" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, you have to wait until midnight UTC to get more flags.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;however&lt;/strong&gt;, there is another option - mainly, you can join the &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/206/ubuntu-regulators&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Regulators Chatroom&lt;/a&gt; and drop questions in need of closing in there - currently, we have three moderators lurking there, as well as other community members. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastActivityDate="2012-02-25T19:37:57.277" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2676" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2677" CreationDate="2012-02-25T19:48:18.680" Score="2" ViewCount="59" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was looking through some questions today and stumbled upon this one: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1109/what-is-flag-weight&quot;&gt;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1109/what-is-flag-weight&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The answer contains link rot so I searched for what to do in that situation and found this: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2229/what-should-we-do-about-answers-with-link-rot&quot;&gt;What should we do about answers with Link Rot?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The suggested advice is to downvote and leave a comment.  However I was still interested in the answer and I don't feel that this would get the question answered.  I did some searching and it appears flag weight is no more so it doesn't matter but I still want to know what I should have done if I had the same question and the answer is corrupted by link rot.  Should I flag the question?  Ask the same question after flagging the other one for deletion?  What is appropriate here?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="27702" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.087" LastActivityDate="2012-02-26T07:26:24.827" Title="What should we do if an answer contains link rot and there is no other appropriate answer?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2677" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2676" CreationDate="2012-02-25T20:40:23.227" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Wow. I up-voted that for some reason, and apparently you can't take back a vote after a certain length of time. Even if the link still worked, it wouldn't be a good answer as it doesn't contain any info besides the link. We encourage people to provide a summery of the information that they are linking to for just this reason.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Still, the advise in &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2229/what-should-we-do-about-answers-with-link-rot&quot;&gt;What should we do about answers with Link Rot?&lt;/a&gt;&quot; is probably best.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Leaving a comment will hopefully prompt the user to provide a better answer. Since it really can't be saved through an edit, since it only consists of a dead link, it's probably appropriate to flag the &lt;em&gt;answer&lt;/em&gt; for deletion. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="570" LastActivityDate="2012-02-25T20:40:23.227" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2679" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2681" CreationDate="2012-02-26T14:40:04.390" Score="1" ViewCount="75" Body="&lt;p&gt;The user Alvar deleted the question&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/46280/&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/46280/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It remains on &quot;My Open Allocations&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can &quot;give up&quot; and remove it, but will leave it for the moment, not sure if you wish to look at this or not&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="35795" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2012-02-27T07:40:39.357" Title="Another small bug in the oli's cleanup user script" Tags="|discussion|cleanup|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2680" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1323" CreationDate="2012-02-26T19:09:44.680" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Have you considered converting these comments into a (greasemonkey) user script ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit: Just added the pro-forma user script, add these lines for cleanup (at the bottom of the &lt;code&gt;//default comments&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;      {Name: &quot;Abandoned question&quot;, Description: 'This question appears to be abandoned, if you are experiencing a similar issue please &amp;lt;a href=&quot;http://askubuntu.com/questions/ask&quot;&amp;gt;ask a new question&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; with details pertaining to your problem. If you feel this question is *not* abandoned, please flag the question explaining that. :)' },&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You then click the &quot;reset&quot; button (test) at the bottom to re-load the comments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit: Added many of these onto the pro-forma script - thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="35795" LastEditorUserId="35795" LastEditDate="2012-02-26T19:57:35.337" LastActivityDate="2012-02-26T19:57:35.337" CommentCount="2" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-02-26T19:09:44.680" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2681" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2679" CreationDate="2012-02-26T23:56:48.090" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think I fixed this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A couple of days ago there was a bug in the close-detection code that I fixed. I then needed to fix a load of allocations manually but it turns out I did some of those wrong (234 of them to be precise) and forgot to set some data that would remove them from people's allocated lists. I've just fixed those manually so they shouldn't be showing on your list now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Let me know if you're seeing the right things now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2012-02-26T23:56:48.090" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2682" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2683" CreationDate="2012-02-27T00:53:04.187" Score="5" ViewCount="95" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are a number of old buried questions which I have voted to close as duplicates, too localized, etc... Most of them, I'm the only vote so far. I imagine that there are many other open questions that should be closed that are hanging around with one or two close votes. How can I find them in order to kill them? Is there a list of questions with votes to close?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="570" LastActivityDate="2012-08-18T01:30:40.200" Title="List of questions with votes to close?" Tags="|discussion|vote-to-close|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2683" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2682" CreationDate="2012-02-27T01:09:02.913" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/close?s=1&amp;amp;pagesize=15&amp;amp;filter=all&amp;amp;no-random=1&quot;&gt;list here&lt;/a&gt; but I think it's part of the 10k rep tools.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2012-02-27T01:09:02.913" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2684" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2685" CreationDate="2012-02-27T09:37:44.853" Score="6" ViewCount="73" Body="&lt;p&gt;With the clean-up in progress, I've come across quite a few questions which have a comment by the OP on how they solved their question or they answer their question in an edit to the question. How do we handle this so that question doesn't remain unanswered (technically)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="18887" LastActivityDate="2012-02-27T09:44:27.590" Title="What to do when the OP answers their own question in comments/edits to the question?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2685" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2684" CreationDate="2012-02-27T09:38:10.923" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;When encoutered with such a scenario, it was advised in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/206/ubuntu-regulators&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Regulators chatroom&lt;/a&gt; to add the comment as a community wiki answer or edit the question to separate the question and the answer and add the answer as a community wiki answer with a note prepended saying,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;According to a comment/edit made by the OP&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/108077/help-installing-ubuntu-11-10&quot;&gt;Link to live example&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Just a reminder of how to mark an answer as a community wiki:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/qmpfh.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="18887" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2012-02-27T09:44:27.590" CommentCount="4" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-02-27T09:38:10.923" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2686" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2687" CreationDate="2012-02-27T10:17:16.117" Score="7" ViewCount="49" Body="&lt;p&gt;What are the list of keyboard shortcuts you can use on this site? I know I can get each shortcut by hovering my mouse over the buttons above the answer text area but I was wondering if there's a list somewhere.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Just for clarification's sake I'm not talking about the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/editing-help&quot;&gt;markdown editing help page&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="18887" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2012-02-27T10:52:19.690" Title="What are all the keyboard shortcuts for this site?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2687" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2686" CreationDate="2012-02-27T10:17:29.343" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;The list of keyboard-shortcuts for the buttons listed above the answer's text area &lt;em&gt;(in their order of appearance)&lt;/em&gt; are as follows:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bold&lt;/strong&gt; = &lt;kbd&gt;Ctrl&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;B&lt;/kbd&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Italics&lt;/em&gt; = &lt;kbd&gt;Ctrl&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;I&lt;/kbd&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://askubuntu.com&quot;&gt;Hyperlink&lt;/a&gt; = &lt;kbd&gt;Ctrl&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;L&lt;/kbd&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Blockquote = &lt;kbd&gt;Ctrl&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;Q&lt;/kbd&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;Code Tags&lt;/code&gt; = &lt;kbd&gt;Ctrl&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;K&lt;/kbd&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Image&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/vVwzc.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt; = &lt;kbd&gt;Ctrl&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;G&lt;/kbd&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ordered list = &lt;kbd&gt;Ctrl&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;O&lt;/kbd&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Unordered list = &lt;kbd&gt;Ctrl&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;U&lt;/kbd&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Heading = &lt;kbd&gt;Ctrl&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;H&lt;/kbd&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;Horizontal Rule = &lt;kbd&gt;Ctrl&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;R&lt;/kbd&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Undo = &lt;kbd&gt;Ctrl&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;Z&lt;/kbd&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Redo = &lt;kbd&gt;Ctrl&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;Shift&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;Z&lt;/kbd&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="18887" LastActivityDate="2012-02-27T10:17:29.343" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2688" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2686" CreationDate="2012-02-27T10:52:19.690" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Don't forget the wonderful user script which gives you MOAR KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS!!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://stackapps.com/questions/2567/official-keyboard-shortcuts&quot;&gt;https://stackapps.com/questions/2567/official-keyboard-shortcuts&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:46.307" LastActivityDate="2012-02-27T10:52:19.690" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2689" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2690" CreationDate="2012-02-27T14:06:46.517" Score="8" ViewCount="83" Body="&lt;p&gt;When I found a duplicate question recently, I noticed some conflicting information on how new users like myself should handle such.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/close-questions&quot;&gt;Privileges - Cast Close and Reopen Votes&lt;/a&gt; it says that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;If the question is a duplicate, post a comment with a link to the original.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, the page &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/vote-down&quot;&gt;Privileges - Vote Down&lt;/a&gt; says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;If the question is duplicate or off-topic — flag it for moderator attention.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While on &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/flag-posts&quot;&gt;Privileges - Flag Posts&lt;/a&gt; there is nothing at all about flagging duplicates.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Additionally, the answer to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/713/when-we-see-a-potential-duplicate-how-should-we-handle-it-when-we-dont-have-pr&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; suggests than one should in fact do both. Some clarification on what the preferred course of action is would be useful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44965" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2012-04-27T05:49:15.263" Title="Conflicting information on how to treat duplicate questions" Tags="|discussion|flagging|duplicates|new-users|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2690" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2689" CreationDate="2012-02-27T14:11:12.220" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Essentially, the answer is If you have the rep to vote to close, vote to close. If you don't, flag. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/vote-down&quot;&gt;vote down privileges&lt;/a&gt; are granted at 125 reputation, and the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/close-questions&quot;&gt;close questions&lt;/a&gt; privilege is granted at 3,000 reputation. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2012-02-27T14:11:12.220" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2691" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-02-27T14:16:16.253" Score="4" ViewCount="77" Body="&lt;p&gt;I asked this question (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/98164/how-to-reformat-reindent-all-the-source-files-in-a-given-directory&quot;&gt;How to reformat/reindent all the source files in a given directory?&lt;/a&gt;) which – I admit – at the beginning was not very well defined, but, with the help of the comments left by people, I have improved a bit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The problem is that it seems that the question still isn't getting much attention and there aren't any interesting answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is: how can I improve that question so that it gets more attention and hopefully a good answer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13796" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2012-02-27T15:03:36.367" Title="How to improve a question that isn't being answered?" Tags="|discussion|support|asking-questions|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2692" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2691" CreationDate="2012-02-27T14:58:23.970" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Tacking a bounty on it always helps!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One thing you can do is keep updating your question with the results of your research. What tools have you tried so far? Did they get you the results you wanted? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Making your question be a sort of journal of what you've been searching for over time will just keep improving it and giving people more information over time, and a crucial bump to get it back onto the home page. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Something I tend to do is do like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Here are some of the things I've tried so far:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;at the bottom of my question, and then I just keep adding things to it that might or might not have worked. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="235" LastEditDate="2012-02-27T15:03:36.367" LastActivityDate="2012-02-27T15:03:36.367" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2693" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2691" CreationDate="2012-02-27T14:59:52.923" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&quot;Pictures are worth a thousand words&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Think about the before and after - show a good example of what your current view from &lt;em&gt;Nautilus&lt;/em&gt; - and show another picture (maybe crafted in Pinta for example) how you might want it too look.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have been looking at this for sometime, give some thoughts to what stuff you have been looking at, blogs, websites etc.  Add this to the question. For example you been looking at source trees - which ones? example projects?  Try to make the question as specific as possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It may be worth trying to restrict your question to more specific related areas e.g. a scripting tool, a compiled language tool.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If a question is getting relatively low views, then you need to be thinking about regularly editing the question to bump it to the top of the activity list.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the question is important to you, you may wish to consider offering a small bounty - you'll be surprised how this would galvanise someone to spend a little more effort answering you question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14356" LastActivityDate="2012-02-27T14:59:52.923" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2694" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2696" CreationDate="2012-02-28T23:57:30.657" Score="6" ViewCount="202" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently flagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/108609/kinect-for-ubuntu-users&quot;&gt;Kinect for Ubuntu users&lt;/a&gt; as Not Constructive, and my flag was declined.  I'm wondering why &amp;mdash; not because I care about the flag at all, but because it seems pretty clear to me that the question is at odds with the FAQ.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4064/is-kinect-for-ubuntu-users-off-topic-question&quot;&gt;It was closed on Gaming&lt;/a&gt; before migration as off-topic, not because it isn't about games (it is) but because speculative questions are off-topic.  Speculative questions are closed as Not Constructive or Too Localized on most other sites and we've only made them off-topic on Gaming because they're so common.  The non-speculative portion of the question is also NC; it asks for a dump of non-specific information and it's not clear that there's a real problem to be solved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why does Ask Ubuntu view this question differently, so much so as to want it migrated here?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8530" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2012-11-20T22:52:45.033" Title="Why is &quot;Kinect for Ubuntu users&quot; considered constructive here?" Tags="|discussion|specific-question|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2695" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2694" CreationDate="2012-02-29T00:27:12.953" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Being a operative system related Q&amp;amp;A site we normally deal with questions that involve hardware support for the platform.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question linked presents 3 points:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is the Kinect controller supported under Ubuntu (can you make it do anything)?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Can you play Kinect games in Ubuntu?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is there any software or plans for software development using the Kinect as a controller?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The first point is on-topic, being an operative system questions about hardware support are common and are accepted as valid. This point can even be answered with a question already existing in Ask Ubuntu:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/102814/how-to-use-kinect-xbox-360-as-a-desktop-controller&quot;&gt;How to use Kinect (Xbox 360) as a Desktop Controller&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The second point is a bit far fetched since there are no Kinect games for Windows (as far as I know) that could possibly be emulated in Ubuntu. Still does not make it that much off topic, we get questions all the time with &quot;Is &lt;code&gt;*random stuff the user wants to do*&lt;/code&gt; possible using Ubuntu?&quot;. They are not really high quality questions, but can easily answered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The 3rd point is always valid when talking about a community that has learned to create, develop and support out of the ordinary projects. It is amazing the amount of small niches you will find if you dig hard. There is a high change that some group of people is actually developing and having fun while programming applications that use Kinect in any way. I would not expect something commercial or fancy, but probably exists.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know this is not a great question, it is a bit speculative on the content and wont make the delights of a mind eager for challenge but some moderator thought it was still a valid question and declined your flag. I have to agree with him.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since the question can be answered, will not involve opinion, debate, arguments, polling or extended discussion it seems reasonable that it stays.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2012-02-29T00:27:12.953" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2696" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2694" CreationDate="2012-02-29T00:28:42.550" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;As the moderator who &quot;approved&quot; the migration from gaming, I'll explain.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In addition to what Bruno said in his answer:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From what one of the gaming mods said before they sent it over, it was more along the lines of it was opened-ended, not really related to gaming in general. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here on Ask Ubuntu, with a &lt;em&gt;wee bit of edit love&lt;/em&gt;, it could be a &lt;strong&gt;fantastic&lt;/strong&gt; question. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm waiting for a spare moment when I can do an edit, but if someone would like to beat me to it, I'll approve it without a moment's hesitation. :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastEditorUserId="8844" LastEditDate="2012-11-20T22:52:45.033" LastActivityDate="2012-11-20T22:52:45.033" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2698" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2651" CreationDate="2012-03-01T20:08:35.960" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Observations / feedback on &lt;a href=&quot;http://cleanup.thepcspy.com/info/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://cleanup.thepcspy.com/info/&lt;/a&gt; after spending some time with cleanup.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Team work and answers to questions is to be encouraged !!!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Clear definitions of abandoned questions&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Older than __ months , OP not seen in __ months and or not responded&#xA;to requests for additional information after 3 days (3 days is the&#xA;expiration you set on allocated questions).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Not a bug report, no clear answer to a problem, inactivity.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think this needs to be defined as tight as possible for the cleanup process, guidelines can be relaxed after the cleanup.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Clear guidance for triage of bug reports&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. Seems there are 3 types&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Open source drivers -&gt; perhaps most should be triaged to Lanuchpad&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Open source drivers that should be triaged up stream -&gt; Examples would be kernel and gnome/kde&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Closed source drivers -&gt; Should be triaged to ATI/Nvidia/Wireless etc&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Bug reports should be triaged and closed if they are inactive, but IMO leave them open if it seems to affect a sufficient # of people to stimulate a productive discussion on askubuntu.com.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;IMO bug reports should be encouraged and, Ideally, experienced users should mentor new users (new meaning new to LP or new to bug reports).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Perhaps award a point for Question -&gt; new bug report ?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Encourage answers (either new or upvoted) &gt;&gt; closure&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ask for community support for closure.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; This is the team work part, but it seems as if closure requests are inactive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think closure should be primarily a community decision.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Define how active (or inactive) the moderators should be with closure.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My suggestion is for clear guidelines for how many flags / posts on &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/206/ubuntu-regulators&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Regulators chatroom&lt;/a&gt; are appropriate per user per day (otherwise the moderators are going to be swamped with closure requests and the community effort is circumvented).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My suggestion would be to limit users to no more then 5 flags / posts on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/206/ubuntu-regulators&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Regulators chatroom&lt;/a&gt; per day.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Perhaps ask the moderators to limit their activity to 5 closures / day.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sort of depends on if your preference is to make a concerted effort at closure, and if so you should increase the flags / close votes users have per day and encourage posts on &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/206/ubuntu-regulators&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Regulators chatroom&lt;/a&gt; or answers, in which case you should encourage answers / bounties and limit close requests by moderators.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Encourage setting bounties for good questions&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. Perhaps 1 point for offering a bounty for good questions.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="35795" LastEditorUserId="18887" LastEditDate="2012-03-02T05:53:50.373" LastActivityDate="2012-03-02T05:53:50.373" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2699" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-03-02T02:41:00.440" Score="2" ViewCount="63" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/84009/why-gsettings-isnt-enough-to-reset-my-nautilus-settings&quot;&gt;This question&lt;/a&gt; is closed as a duplicate, but as a duplicate of what? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2012-12-31T02:44:35.327" Title="What's this question duped to?" Tags="|support|duplicates|close-reasons|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2700" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2624" CreationDate="2012-03-02T04:37:01.293" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/K0JZs.png&quot; alt=&quot;Better than Gold&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;An idea a little bit out of competition :) Enjoy, &lt;strong&gt;Au&lt;/strong&gt; !&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://ubuntuone.com/4qn8VxLwDrMIor7pGkLFat&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;au-gplus.svg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="38988" LastActivityDate="2012-03-02T04:37:01.293" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2701" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2703" CreationDate="2012-03-02T11:09:11.693" Score="12" ViewCount="152" Body="&lt;p&gt;Someone has suggested I delete/close &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/54422/is-there-a-way-to-disable-or-limit-system-xrandr-probes&quot;&gt;Is there a way to disable or limit system xrandr probes?&lt;/a&gt; because I am no longer experiencing the bug that prompted me to ask it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Personally, I think it's still an interesting question that an experienced X.Orger could answer (even if to say, &quot;sorry, it's not possible&quot;), and might be useful to others with the same or similar problems. (I guess this is the opposite of &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1898/how-should-i-deal-with-old-unanswered-questions-that-are-unlikely-to-be-answered&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1898/how-should-i-deal-with-old-unanswered-questions-that-are-unlikely-to-be-answered&lt;/a&gt; where the OP wants to get rid of a question that doesn't directly affect them any more.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are these reasons inappropriate? Why should I close this question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Bonus: Should I reword it to minimise/remove references my original issue? In this particular case should I ask to migrate it to Unix/Linux SE?)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7146" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2014-03-13T08:20:07.237" Title="Why should I close 54422?" Tags="|discussion|close-reasons|deleted-questions|specific-question|old-questions|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2702" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2701" CreationDate="2012-03-02T11:39:23.497" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;If your answer is &quot;its a bug&quot;, then its technically off-topic and should be closed as such. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1317/what-to-do-with-questions-that-describe-bugs&quot;&gt;What to do with questions that describe bugs?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.227" LastActivityDate="2012-03-02T11:39:23.497" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2703" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2701" CreationDate="2012-03-02T12:46:00.900" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you still want to know the answer to something to a valid question and can maintain the question (keep up with comments/edits), there's no reason to close the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my opinion this isn't a bug report, it's asking for a way to disable xrandr from doing something, and you're perfectly active with it so it's fine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In terms of going forward:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A rewrite would be advisable. Make it less about the bug and more about what you're trying to achieve.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Involve the people that suggested it in the first place. Ask them to post an answer if they know how (even if it's &quot;can't be done&quot;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Bounties are a good motivator for tough questions.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2014-03-13T08:20:07.237" LastActivityDate="2014-03-13T08:20:07.237" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2704" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2705" CreationDate="2012-03-02T17:10:30.017" Score="10" ViewCount="111" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've just found that on the following page users are recommended to report bugs by filling in bug reports, asking on IRC/mailing list, &lt;strong&gt;or asking on askubuntu.com&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com/community/report-problem&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.ubuntu.com/community/report-problem&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is that correct? I've always thought questions which should be bug-reports are not welcome here. Is that a bug/misunderstanding on the Ubuntu website, or is that recommendation valid?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="705" LastActivityDate="2012-03-06T16:21:55.890" Title="Ubuntu website recommends to report bugs on askubuntu.com?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2705" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2704" CreationDate="2012-03-02T17:21:06.587" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-website-content/+bug/940021&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;This is a bug&lt;/a&gt;, I'm working on it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2012-03-02T17:21:06.587" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2706" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2076" CreationDate="2012-03-02T20:04:06.183" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I went and took a whack at this and encountered two problems.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The presented credentials from SSO don't match those from Launchpad&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;There's only space for one custom login provider.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are a few thousand people using launchpad at the moment, so I can't really justify pulling it in favor of Ubuntu SSO.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158" LastActivityDate="2012-03-02T20:04:06.183" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2707" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2651" CreationDate="2012-03-04T05:47:19.747" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;What to do with question like this&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/74826/since-installing-printer-hp-laserjet-1600-in-ubuntu-10-04&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/74826/since-installing-printer-hp-laserjet-1600-in-ubuntu-10-04&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The OP has not been seen since asking the question, question has had no activity, but both the community and moderators seem reluctant to close the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Personally, I have been simply moving on if I do not know the answer and can not find a duplicate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;1) This situation seems to frustrate some people who take part in the clean up effort. They want to flag it to be closed , and no action is taken.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2) It seems likely this sort of question will continue to linger.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;3) There are only so many bounties I can offer, I am limited to 3, and currently have 3 open.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="35795" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2012-03-04T05:47:19.747" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2709" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2710" CreationDate="2012-03-05T00:25:39.757" Score="1" ViewCount="94" Body="&lt;p&gt;When I first started using Stack Exchange, I did not have an e-mail account of my own and was using my father's.  Now, I have my own e-mail address, but I can not change the address that I use to log in.  Is this currently not possible or is it possible but I have not yet figured out how?&#xA;I am using a Stack Exchange OpenID.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47437" LastActivityDate="2012-03-06T22:10:18.837" Title="How do I change my login e-mail to match that of my current e-mail?" Tags="|support|login|email|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2710" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2709" CreationDate="2012-03-05T07:21:04.020" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, it is not possible to change the email of your Stack Exchange Open ID account.  As far as Stack Exchange OpenID is concerned, email is your identity. You can't suddenly be someone else.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What you'll need to do is go to your profile and click &quot;my logins&quot;. This dialog will allow you to add/remove as many login credentials as you want.  From there, add a new Stack Exchange credential - setting up a new SEID account.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you have the new account set up and connected you can remove the old account.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2686" LastEditorUserId="2686" LastEditDate="2012-03-06T22:10:18.837" LastActivityDate="2012-03-06T22:10:18.837" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2711" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-03-05T15:15:18.707" Score="3" ViewCount="31" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/plugin&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;plugin&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;plugin&lt;/a&gt; should be merged into &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/plugins&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;plugins&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;plugins&lt;/a&gt;, there shouldn't be a need for two of them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="6005" LastEditDate="2012-03-26T18:32:58.987" LastActivityDate="2012-03-26T18:32:58.987" Title="Plugin should be merged into plugins" Tags="|discussion|status-completed|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2712" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2711" CreationDate="2012-03-05T15:18:31.687" Score="7" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Yes.&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/plugin&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;plugin&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;plugin&lt;/a&gt; should be merged into &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/plugins&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;plugins&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;plugins&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-03-05T15:18:31.687" CommentCount="2" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-03-05T15:18:31.687" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2713" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2711" CreationDate="2012-03-05T15:19:10.530" Score="-1" Body="&lt;h1&gt;No.&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They are two separate tags, they mean different things and shouldn't be merged.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-03-05T15:19:10.530" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-03-05T15:19:10.530" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2714" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-03-05T15:49:29.757" Score="2" ViewCount="46" Body="&lt;p&gt;Whilst I suppose a distinction could be drawn between &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/startup&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;startup&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;startup&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/boot&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;boot&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;boot&lt;/a&gt; (boot = grup, startup = everything later), I don't think there is any difference in the way they are being used.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I prefer the term startup, but boot has more uses currently.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="866" LastActivityDate="2012-05-04T23:14:52.850" Title="Tag synonyms: startup and boot" Tags="|discussion|support|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2715" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2714" CreationDate="2012-03-05T22:02:30.270" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I suppose you will get various answers here, BUT imo there are at least 5 categories.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;BIOS - update bios, set bios to boot from CD / Flash&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Grub - Second step in the boot process, main issues are configuring grub.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Boot - Generally this refers to upstart, mounting the file system(s) and starting networking and services (root owned processes or daemons).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;GDM / LightDM - Graphical log in screen and configuration.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Startup - Generally, IMO, this refers to a users graphical session. What programs start automatically (pulse audio, customize what applications start on login , vino (VNC), seahorse, etc) (user owned processes).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="35795" LastEditorUserId="35795" LastEditDate="2012-03-05T22:21:14.520" LastActivityDate="2012-03-05T22:21:14.520" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2716" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2701" CreationDate="2012-03-06T06:45:22.007" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;well... if i have the same bug in the future.. i'll be happy to have the page with the answer already there.. instead of having to research/formulate/check responses/choose answer ..  but that's me..  :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;unless the bug is completely eradicated from all present and future versions..in my opinion it should stay.. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10676" LastActivityDate="2012-03-06T06:45:22.007" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2717" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2718" CreationDate="2012-03-06T10:33:25.437" Score="4" ViewCount="41" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've noticed that there seem to be a lot of questions which basically ask, &quot;how can I upgrade my Ubuntu installation directly from version &lt;em&gt;x&lt;/em&gt; to version &lt;em&gt;z&lt;/em&gt;, skipping version(s) &lt;em&gt;y&lt;/em&gt; in between?&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There appears to be a tendency for people to post a different question for each possible pair of versions, when in reality they all would have the same &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/45669/18612&quot;&gt;answer&lt;/a&gt;. I was slightly surprised to not be able to find a &quot;master&quot; question for all these in a search.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's a partial list of such questions for reference:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/47807/18612&quot;&gt;Skipping intermediate Ubuntu OS upgrade to latest one,How do I upgrade from 9.04 to 10.04.2?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/92119/18612&quot;&gt;Can I upgrade from 10.04 to 11.10?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/65707/18612&quot;&gt;How to upgrade from 10.04 to 11.10&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/45666/18612&quot;&gt;Is it possible to skip releases during an upgrade?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/46712/18612&quot;&gt;Can I upgrade from 10.04 to 11.04 using iso image &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should one of these questions be modified to a more general one which we can then point all the duplicates to? Is there already a &quot;master&quot; question that I simply missed? Or would a new generalized post be best?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="18612" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2012-03-06T13:03:45.203" Title="What should we point duplicates of &quot;how to upgrade while skipping in-between releases&quot; to?" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2718" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2717" CreationDate="2012-03-06T13:03:45.203" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/45666/is-it-possible-to-skip-releases-during-an-upgrade&quot;&gt;Is it possible to skip releases during an upgrade?&lt;/a&gt; should likely be the canonical question for questions of these types.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2012-03-06T13:03:45.203" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2719" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2704" CreationDate="2012-03-06T16:21:55.890" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Adding bug reports to askubuntu would cause several things:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;It will make it difficult to find answers to problems that end users have. Looking for a solution will involve going through bug reports that do not yet have an answer and the answer will not be available until the bug is fix.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The answer to at least most of the bug reports will be: When the fix is available. Basically throwing out the idea of the answers.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;It will create a problem with launchpad and the bug report system (which I honestly find very well made) by adding around 1000 bugs per month to askubuntu if not more which would create even more work for Moderators not to mention looking if a bug report that was made had a correct answer, was a duplicate of a similar bug and any other situations that actually show in launchpad for the bug reports. There are situations that are for bug reporting only and others that are for questions that need specific answers.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I am assuming there will be less freedom in doing statistics about the bug reports and ways to study the system for better implementation later on.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The idea of askubuntu is to directly go where no man has... wait sorry. The idea is to find the solution to a question or doubt you are having about Ubuntu in a easy and direct way. Saving you from time consuming reading (which in some cases is actually needed) and learning how others solve the same problem in different ways.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Regards&lt;br&gt;&#xA;- Spock (Live long and prosper)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7035" LastActivityDate="2012-03-06T16:21:55.890" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2720" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-03-06T17:31:44.520" Score="5" ViewCount="34" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is more of a call for help but we have a bunch of duplicates and stuff in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/broadcom&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;broadcom&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;broadcom&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Our most popular questions &quot;feel&quot; correct to me but you can never tell with these cards. I don't own any of this gear so I can't really try/test these but we can probably save ourselves a bunch of headache by checking them against 12.04 now and making sure we're up to date. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also I am unsure if we need to split them into individual model numbers of cards or generalized them for clumps of related ones.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any takers?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2012-03-06T17:31:44.520" Title="Broadcom tags probably need a once over, help?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2721" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5444" CreationDate="2012-03-06T19:19:00.070" Score="21" Body="&lt;p&gt;I first heard about AskUbuntu via the images displayed during installation of 11.10, which (seems to me) is a pretty official endorsement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="46538" LastActivityDate="2012-03-06T19:19:00.070" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2723" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2725" CreationDate="2012-03-06T21:04:04.117" Score="17" ViewCount="682" Body="&lt;p&gt;Specifically with regards to these JAVA questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/5567/how-to-install-the-sun-java-jdk&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/5567/how-to-install-the-sun-java-jdk&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/52154/how-do-i-install-the-latest-version-of-sun-java/52158#52158&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/52154/how-do-i-install-the-latest-version-of-sun-java/52158#52158&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Whilst these questions and answers have been closed as a duplicate - these questions have now outdated answers that is - Sun Java has been removed from the repositories.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've noticed that some of the answers are still being updated - however the accepted answers and some of the other answers are clearly wrong (although correct at the time of the question submission).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should we:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ignore and do nothing - the questions have been closed&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Edit and headline the incorrect answers as &quot;This is outdated but was historically correct when submitted&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Delete the answers referring to the installing SUN JAVA via the repositories.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My personal preference is point 2 - but I would welcome a community consensus. Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Community Outcome - the largest number of votes is to delete and hence has been accepted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14356" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2012-05-16T06:33:26.120" Title="What should we do with an invalid accepted answer?" Tags="|discussion|accepted-answer|" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2724" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2726" CreationDate="2012-03-06T21:05:41.183" Score="7" ViewCount="68" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/card&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;card&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;card&lt;/a&gt; makes no sense as a tag, it should be killed as we have &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/video&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;video&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;video&lt;/a&gt; for video stuff and the various wireless tags for wireless.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Perhaps synonyming it to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/hardware&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;hardware&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;hardware&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="235" LastEditDate="2012-03-06T21:19:15.767" LastActivityDate="2012-03-06T22:10:32.237" Title="&quot;card&quot; tag is too meta, time to kill it?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2725" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2723" CreationDate="2012-03-06T21:16:42.790" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;Option 3, we should be a resource that is as correct and useful as possible. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Having archives of information that doesn't work doesn't really help anybody and having those answer there just clutters up the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2012-03-06T21:16:42.790" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2726" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2724" CreationDate="2012-03-06T22:10:32.237" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have removed (edited out) all the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/card&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;card&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;card&lt;/a&gt; tags out of networking (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/network&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;network&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;network&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/wireless&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;wireless&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;wireless&lt;/a&gt; cards) posts and have merged all remaining card tags to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/graphics&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;graphics&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;graphics&lt;/a&gt; it felt that video was too generic since it can relate to video capture cards or graphics cards, all video tagged questions where edited out to remove card also.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you see any further &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/card&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;card&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;card&lt;/a&gt; tags running loose kill it asap so that the tag is also dropped.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastActivityDate="2012-03-06T22:10:32.237" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2727" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2723" CreationDate="2012-03-06T22:39:46.867" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Down vote, easy pie. Outdated content that is incorrect should be down voted, if possible leave a comment on why you did so and move on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You cannot in a good sense delete the question / answers but you can use the tools of the site to leave your opinion: &quot;This answer is not useful&quot; -as written on the down vote tip-, down vote it, leave a comment, move on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Each one of us is responsible for the content we publish and take responsibility for keeping it updated. The lack of that does not help anyone and should be down voted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastActivityDate="2012-03-06T22:39:46.867" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2728" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-03-07T01:12:16.390" Score="5" ViewCount="137" Body="&lt;p&gt;None of my posts are even remotely spammy.  No URLs, or anything close to a URL--just a normal response.  Yet I keep hitting the stupid CAPTCHA.  Makes me want to go away.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why isn't the code smarter?  Why can't it at least look for URLs, repeated words, use a Bayesian filter like SpamAssassin does...  It should be obvious that my posts are not spam.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Argh, even THIS post made me do one!  CAPTCHAs are ruining the Internet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user41313" LastEditorUserId="2" LastEditDate="2015-02-05T19:56:28.307" LastActivityDate="2015-03-07T19:56:57.897" Title="Why isn't the CAPTCHA code smarter?" Tags="|bug|status-completed|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2729" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="871" CreationDate="2012-03-07T01:15:27.697" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;In addition to the above considerations, I would suggest allowing ubutnu +1 as on topic with some concrete milestone, with the release of the RC or beta 2 ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sort of depends on when, in general, ubuntu +1 is both stable enough and in use enough such that closing all the threads becomes too burdensome and / or appears unwelcoming.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="35795" LastActivityDate="2012-03-07T01:15:27.697" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2730" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2723" CreationDate="2012-03-07T13:36:17.057" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was being too condescended, that all thing should be deleted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Its mostly wrong, there is no useful information to merge to the main post and the user should have taken care of that a long time ago. Locking it &quot;for historical reasons&quot; only means that the post will stay there visible to all -would be the same as its current state except it cannot be fixed by the user or down voted by anyone else-, down voting does not seem to work, it has only 2 down votes in total and 1 is mine (why are people afraid to down vote content?).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Kill it, its all wrong and out dated information anyways, but that should be done by the community and not a moderator -1 kill shot- any user with 10k+ can vote the all post to be deleted, if that is the will of the community then we should not be afraid to do so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastActivityDate="2012-03-07T13:36:17.057" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2731" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2734" CreationDate="2012-03-08T03:14:34.077" Score="3" ViewCount="51" Body="&lt;p&gt;I can't synonym &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/precise&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;precise&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;precise&lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/12.04&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;12.04&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;12.04&lt;/a&gt;, the popup says a moderator is needed to make the synonym.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="6005" LastEditDate="2012-03-08T12:11:54.627" LastActivityDate="2012-03-08T12:12:25.937" Title="Precise needs a tag synonym" Tags="|discussion|status-completed|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2734" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2731" CreationDate="2012-03-08T12:12:25.937" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tags/12.04/synonyms&quot;&gt;This has been completed, Bruno did it a few hours ago.&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2012-03-08T12:12:25.937" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2735" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1323" CreationDate="2012-03-08T21:52:24.267" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;###[A] Linux Mint &amp;amp; other non-official ubuntu distros&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;code&gt;Most questions tagged with non-official ubuntu distros are classed as *off-topic*. This isn't the correct Stack Exchange site to ask questions about non-official Ubuntu distributions (see the [FAQ](http://askubuntu.com/faq)). However, it would be on-topic at [the Unix &amp;amp; Linux Stack Exchange](http://unix.stackexchange.com).&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;###[A]Comments as an answer!&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;code&gt;Please don't add &quot;comments&quot; as answers. Invest some time in the site and you will gain sufficient [privileges](http://askubuntu.com/privileges) to upvote answers you like, or to add actual comments when seeking clarification of any issues.&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;###[A]Comments as an answer - to those that should know better!&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;code&gt;Please don't add &quot;comments&quot; as answers. Use actual comments when seeking clarification of any issues.&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;###[A]Answer that is a question - variation on Jorge's suggested answer.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;code&gt;Remember this is a Q&amp;amp;A site - so keep on editing your question with new information - this seciton is for actual answers.  If you have another question, please ask it by clicking the [Ask Question](http://askubuntu.com/questions/ask) button.&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14356" LastEditorUserId="1992" LastEditDate="2012-12-31T05:18:36.617" LastActivityDate="2012-12-31T05:18:36.617" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-03-08T21:52:24.267" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2736" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2723" CreationDate="2012-03-08T22:50:20.313" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think a lot of this particular question cruxes on people wanting to use ubuntu only packages.  I'm all for the addition of more pseudo-packages in the repos that pull in dependencies to make command sets work for longer out of the box.  If there is no pseudo-package to pull something in and it's a vendor specific repo, I think that generates kind of a new category.  Just my 2 cents.  It's not a fix, but a reasonable commentary on the problem so maybe it gets noticed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2012-03-08T22:50:20.313" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2737" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2738" CreationDate="2012-03-08T23:09:00.883" Score="10" ViewCount="132" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a really random question. When somebody starts using Ask Ubuntu, they start with 1 reputation. According to the &quot;privileges&quot; page, you must have at least 1 reputation to create a post. If, for instance, a new user creates his/her first post, and it gets a downvote, would they loose the right to post questions?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="42136" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-04-27T05:48:48.323" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Can you lose the right to ask a question?" Tags="|discussion|new-users|privileges|downvoting|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2738" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2737" CreationDate="2012-03-08T23:14:37.687" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, the minimum rep is and will always be 1 no matter what, that is the minimum necessary to ask a question and will be the minimum for a user after reputation recalculation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If a user drops bellow 1 the system will compensate for that and after a recalculation it will be back to 1.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are several reasons for that already discussed in Stack Exchange meta, have a look:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/2621/why-does-reputation-have-a-lower-bound-of-1&quot;&gt;Why does reputation start at 1, and have a lower bound of 1?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2012-03-08T23:14:37.687" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2739" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2737" CreationDate="2012-03-08T23:17:47.550" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Not how you mentioned above, however moderators can impose a question ban, or can suspend you so you can answer questions/edit etc, but can't &lt;em&gt;ask&lt;/em&gt; questions. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastActivityDate="2012-03-08T23:17:47.550" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2740" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2723" CreationDate="2012-03-09T04:52:19.393" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;My suggestion would be as follows:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;We have the right to edit any out dated content if the person who posted no longer updates it. In the case of &lt;em&gt;open&lt;/em&gt; questions, then we should just exercise this right.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;In the case (as with this case) of a closed question, we should take step 2 first, and then leave a comment asking the person to update (if they have been active within a month or so).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Finally, take action 3, as we really don't want to keep such things around.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If the person stands to lose a load of rep, well then we may have to exercise the right to edit if it is not a &lt;strong&gt;major&lt;/strong&gt; edit (such as a package rename or such).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Otherwise, our hands are tied (if the person has not been active within a reasonable time, and we should just go ahead and delete.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1992" LastActivityDate="2012-03-09T04:52:19.393" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2741" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-03-09T15:31:34.817" Score="28" ViewCount="454" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu, as any other site in the Stack Exchange sites network, works with the help of a rating system. Sometimes it's hard for people to understand the importance of a single vote but votes are the base for the site and in truth what makes it work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Up and down voting has huge consequences on they way people view posts, it sorts users and improve the overall quality of the site. We should all be supplying votes as a first triage method for posts and that helps out the site sort out questions and helps editors focus more in great content or to transform really bad posts into acceptable ones.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not all posts can be fixed and not all posts are great, but start using the sites up and down vote system to rate questions, please.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What I am looking for are the community's viewpoints on the above&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Up voting&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;It is better to share than to receive&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is true, either talking about Christmas, Hanukkah, Buddha Day or something else it is a bigger pleasure to give away than to take. Don't be afraid to give rep on the site, just up vote good questions as you see them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Either because of the content (sometimes is not well written, but contains all the necessary information) or because the little information it requested - as long as valid and relevant - was presented on a very good and detailed way, don't be afraid, press that up arrow and show your appreciation for the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Down voting&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Voting down is not a crime! Use the site tools, the right tool for the right job&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;A down vote can be brutal&lt;/em&gt;. You can also think that &lt;em&gt;there is no such thing as a dumb question / answer&lt;/em&gt;, that is not always the case. The amount of low quality posts we get is concerning in Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We do, at all times, try to help the users and Ask Ubuntu works very good at it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But there are some issues with questions on the site, those are mostly:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Bad formed questions with very high spelling errors, poor word choices, generally low quality&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Users that did not bother to search &lt;em&gt;at all&lt;/em&gt; for anything related to their questions&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Questions that are not real questions (and generally off topic ones)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Users that are looking for Unicorn answers, ie: &lt;em&gt;I want Unity to have unicorns cleaning the virus from my system, how do I do that?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Questions with no information what so ever useful to solve the issue in case&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These questions are all over, if you look at the front page mainly 40% will fall into any of these categories.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a bit concerning, editors cannot take all of this work on their shoulders. Don't get me wrong, I love editing and I know every editor out there does it with pleasure but the user is responsible for the quality of the post he created at all times.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We should not be here to save the site from the bad boggy phantom of low quality questions, the site has tools for that. One of them is down voting. If you can't edit it, can't figure out what is being said, if there is not enough information on a question or the question is just all bad you should down vote it, no matter if the user has 1 of 100k rep.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would, 100% of the times, like to see a question down voted, eventually flagged and closed than to see the amount of low quality posts you see around. We should be proud of the quality we bring to the site. Fail to do it &lt;strong&gt;does not help at all&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Clean up effort is working, start at the source!&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At the moment Ask Ubuntu is going thru a massive cleanup effort that is working brilliantly, I cannot say more thanks to all users involved and praise the involvement of the site's moderators on that, but we can do it better and we can start earlier.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A bad question that is not fixed or updated by the user that gets downvoted will vanish from the site after some time and from what I can see in the flagged questions on the moderators' queue you see a lot of questions that if simply down voted a long time ago would not be there in the first place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Start cleaning now, if it cannot be edited and fixed within reasonable parameters, if it does not belong here, if it shows low effort to create or no effort to supply information, if it's very confusing in a way that you cannot figure out what is being asked or what the user wants, downvote it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Don't get me wrong, I am not saying I agree with revenge or competition down voting, that is just silly and will get you into trouble sooner than later.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I fear that even going forwards with a constant clean up effort is not enough, the burden of the share quantity over quality is simply enormous, editors are magicians with super powers not Gods. Bad quality questions take more time to solve than the time we focus on good content.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I guess I am trying to say here is that we should really prefer to see a bad started question be fixed and improved because of a down vote than to leave if lingering around for ages before someone decides it is a low quality question or that the user never replied to that 4 months old comment asking for more information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am simply asking you to stop being so judgmental on posts and leave your opinions about the effects of a down vote behind. Be objective, think of the possibilities, leave a comment and down vote if that is the correct thing to do! Ask Ubuntu should shine for the quality of it's contents and that is the responsibility of all of us. We cannot supply that if we are not using the tools available in the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Keep voting!&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;It is probably one of the most important things you do on the site&lt;/strong&gt;, vote up for anything you like and agree, vote down for bad and incomplete posts. This is a great way of sorting things up and making sure that the posts quality is peer reviewed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is important and easy to do so. Whatever you read on the site, rank it!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;No one should care that much for reputation anyway&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Reputation gives you privileges around the site. It shows how much you are trusted. That is all. Does not make you a better person, does not make you less or more important. &lt;strong&gt;If your name is on a list and the person right below you gave a good answer&lt;/strong&gt; the fact that if you upvote that content from him will make you drop a place should never be the reason not to vote!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No one looks at what place you are and if that is what matters most to you then you are looking at the site the wrong way. &lt;em&gt;I like more editors and people that keep up and down voting&lt;/em&gt; that most of the people that are the week's best reputation ranked user. In fact, if you look at the users that are on the global reputation rank top, most of them are great editors, voters and content focused.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Don't worry about giving reputation away, worry about your content, other people's content and keep upvoting good content, it will come back, be patient, this is not a race.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2018-07-31T16:06:47.787" Title="Plea to the decentralized sense of opinion - use your vote!" Tags="|discussion|voting|questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2742" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2743" CreationDate="2012-03-10T05:56:59.923" Score="4" ViewCount="42" Body="&lt;p&gt;I believe some parts of the answer for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq#questions&quot;&gt;What kind of questions can I ask here&lt;/a&gt; should actually be under the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq#dontask&quot;&gt;What kind of questions should I not ask here?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Specifically, the part about &lt;em&gt;This is not the right place for&lt;/em&gt; should be better placed under the next section.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Z6pRk.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I hope this will give the new users a better glance of what not to ask in the site. Any thoughts on whether the content should be moved or not?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2012-03-14T17:01:31.160" Title="Usability improvements for the FAQ" Tags="|discussion|site-faq|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2743" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2742" CreationDate="2012-03-10T14:29:48.653" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;This has been requested multiple times on meta.so, however Moderators can &lt;em&gt;only&lt;/em&gt; edit the What kind of questions can I ask here portion of the faq&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2012-03-10T14:29:48.653" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2744" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6768" CreationDate="2012-03-10T17:50:27.033" Score="7" ViewCount="101" Body="&lt;p&gt;Should there be added to the Leaderboard a Total for all the clean up efforts?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Total questions cleaned: = &#xA;Dupes: =&#xA;New Answers: =&#xA;Voting: =&#xA;Closes: =&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe include a header on the main page&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="46312" LastEditorUserId="46312" LastEditDate="2012-03-15T15:45:38.680" LastActivityDate="2013-05-26T22:28:00.433" Title="Tallyboard for Clean Up" Tags="|discussion|cleanup|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2745" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2748" CreationDate="2012-03-10T18:40:44.597" Score="8" ViewCount="79" Body="&lt;p&gt;Why do the tags &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/scanner&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;scanner&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;scanner&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/scanning&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;scanning&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;scanning&lt;/a&gt; both exist? Are they exact duplicates? If not, the &lt;code&gt;scanning&lt;/code&gt; tab could do with a tag wiki to resolve the ambiguity. (The &lt;code&gt;scanner&lt;/code&gt; tag already has one.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="652" LastActivityDate="2012-03-11T21:48:26.287" Title="scanner/scanning: Duplicate?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2746" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-03-11T17:08:55.467" Score="7" ViewCount="59" Body="&lt;h3&gt;Completed:&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/keyboard-shortcuts&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;keyboard-shortcuts&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;keyboard-shortcuts&lt;/a&gt; which is weird, as we symlinked keyboard-shortcut to shortcut-keys a while back. This one not only is dupe but ended up with a tag wiki, woo!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/key-bindings&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;key-bindings&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;key-bindings&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/keybindings&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;keybindings&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;keybindings&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/keyboard-accelerators&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;keyboard-accelerators&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;keyboard-accelerators&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Our master tag seems to be:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/shortcut-keys&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;shortcut-keys&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;shortcut-keys&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Incomplete/not sure about:&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/keycodes&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;keycodes&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;keycodes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/keys&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;keys&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;keys&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/key&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;key&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;key&lt;/a&gt; seems to be a mix of ssh/gpg, and keybinding stuff, I am not sure if I should just go in there and sort them or let a moderator do it so it doesn't clobber the homepage.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-03-11T19:29:16.640" Title="Keyboard shortcut tags are messy" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2748" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2745" CreationDate="2012-03-11T21:48:26.287" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;To my mind, these are obviously exact duplicates. (Unless I am missing something.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="866" LastActivityDate="2012-03-11T21:48:26.287" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2749" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2775" CreationDate="2012-03-12T01:59:44.037" Score="12" ViewCount="133" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm using the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tools/post-feedback/least-helpful?filter=all&quot;&gt;review tools&lt;/a&gt; to see which questions are being voted on as useful and not useful by anonymous/low-rep users. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/61775/how-to-uninstall-unity-in-ubuntu-11-04-not-disable-it&quot;&gt;how to uninstall unity in ubuntu 11.04, not disable it&lt;/a&gt; (-18)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/62004/how-to-remove-unity-and-unity-2d&quot;&gt;How to remove unity and unity-2d?&lt;/a&gt; (-17)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/66520/how-to-downgrade-11-10-to-11-04&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/66520/how-to-downgrade-11-10-to-11-04&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And so on. I'm thinking people are landing on these pages and then not realizing they can follow the link to the actual question, is there anything we can or should do about this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="What if a duplicate is being voted on as not helpful by anonymous users?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2751" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-03-13T11:07:09.140" Score="3" ViewCount="106" Body="&lt;p&gt;I know that when you have rules then you should abide them and make sure everyone does too. But look at this screenshot and tell me if it doesn't make you laugh.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/JpTns.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17453" LastActivityDate="2012-03-13T11:09:04.937" Title="Don't you find this ridiculous?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ClosedDate="2012-03-13T11:09:28.367" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2753" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2741" CreationDate="2012-03-13T12:35:27.340" Score="19" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is a great post, but I'd like to add a point:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please, add a comment telling why you downvoted a question, &lt;strong&gt;specially if the asker is low-rep, newbie&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I feel that there is nothing more discouraging for a new user that seeing his question (it's usually a question not an answer) downvoted to oblivion with no explanation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We don't need a comment for each vote, if some other comment includes your reasons, as always, a +1 is enough.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="211" LastEditorUserId="211" LastEditDate="2012-03-13T14:44:55.777" LastActivityDate="2012-03-13T14:44:55.777" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2754" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2749" CreationDate="2012-03-14T02:44:44.307" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;If the question is a clear duplicate and has useful answers, you can consider merging it into the original.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The drawback would be that you'd lose out on the terms/phrases from the duplicate appearing in the Google results thanks to being phrased differently than the original.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1412" LastActivityDate="2012-03-14T02:44:44.307" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2756" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2757" CreationDate="2012-03-14T17:03:30.317" Score="5" ViewCount="48" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is there a way to have Ask Ubuntu send me emails when new comments are posted? I can't seem to find an option for this. A lot of times, someone asks me a question in a comment and I don't know about until I manually open every question that I participated in.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks in advance!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6791" LastEditorUserId="41" LastEditDate="2012-03-14T17:19:47.857" LastActivityDate="2012-03-14T17:19:47.857" Title="Is there a way to get emails for new comments?" Tags="|support|comments|email|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2757" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2756" CreationDate="2012-03-14T17:15:51.933" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;New comments (answers, updates, etc) show up in the StackExchange Global Inbox in the top right corner of the screen for all Stack Exchange sites. You can opt-in for email updates by clicking the Stack Exchange icon&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/bxbLF.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Select Email Settings at the bottom, and enter the appropriate information&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/RfX8c.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you've done so, select Save you'll start receiving emails when inbox items appear depending on your interval.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2012-03-14T17:15:51.933" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2758" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2759" CreationDate="2012-03-14T17:55:12.513" Score="3" ViewCount="22" Body="&lt;p&gt;I did some clean up in VLC today and noticed that these should be synonymed, unfortunately no one I can find in chat has enough rep to vote on the tag:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/indicator-sound&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;indicator-sound&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;indicator-sound&lt;/a&gt; &amp;lt;- &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/sound-menu&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;sound-menu&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;sound-menu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="6005" LastEditDate="2012-03-14T18:25:29.293" LastActivityDate="2012-03-14T18:25:29.293" Title="indicator-sound should be a synonym of sound-menu" Tags="|discussion|status-completed|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2759" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2758" CreationDate="2012-03-14T18:25:18.920" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Done, just  approved it and merged the tags. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastActivityDate="2012-03-14T18:25:18.920" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2760" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2776" CreationDate="2012-03-15T00:14:29.573" Score="4" ViewCount="151" Body="&lt;p&gt;The Contact Us link on the bottom of the site currently reads&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;href=&quot;mailto:team+askubuntu@stackexchange.com&quot;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;as far as I know, this is the incorrect format for &lt;strike&gt;most&lt;/strike&gt; some email clients. I don't know if the address is just 'askubuntu' or 'team_askubuntu' (or other lost symbol), however if it is the former then the following would work for me (GMail):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;href=&quot;mailto:team+&amp;lt;askubuntu@stackexchange.com&amp;gt;&quot;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EDIT: Since I was informed the correct address has a plus in it, I would recommend the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;href=&quot;mailto:team%2Baskubuntu@stackexchange.com&quot;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41418" LastEditorUserId="304689" LastEditDate="2014-10-17T17:57:55.700" LastActivityDate="2014-10-17T17:57:55.700" Title="Contact Us link is broken?" Tags="|bug|status-bydesign|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2761" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2760" CreationDate="2012-03-15T00:16:35.920" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, that's a valid email address. Pluses are valid characters and they certainly work in Gmail (I've used that email address a &lt;em&gt;lot&lt;/em&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2012-03-15T00:16:35.920" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2762" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2760" CreationDate="2012-03-15T00:17:46.077" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is the correct address, &lt;code&gt;+&lt;/code&gt; is a valid email operator is the receiving email server supports it. As Stack Exchange is likely using Google Domain to manage their mail services the &lt;code&gt;address+filter&lt;/code&gt; format would automatically filter incoming emails to specific folders if it's setup.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2012-03-15T00:17:46.077" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2763" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-03-15T09:08:36.260" Score="2" ViewCount="40" Body="&lt;p&gt;My account shows 95 reps today, but 85 of those are from yesterday. There was a similar bug a while back. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It doesn't bother me, but I thought I'd report it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19779" LastEditorUserId="2686" LastEditDate="2012-03-15T19:28:38.850" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="My account reps from yesterday is counted today" Tags="|support|reputation|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2764" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-03-15T10:50:51.803" Score="28" ViewCount="702" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've seen many questions where the person asking for help, uses insults as part of their question. As examples, look at these: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How can I get your (bad word here) software to do what I (bad word here) want?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You are all (list of bad words here) if you think I'll keep using your (bad word here) software if I can't get this to work!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this a good way to get people to help me? For instance, if I threaten to leave Ubuntu if I don't get help immediately; will that make the community realize how important my question is and make them rush to my resque? Or if I insult the software or community, does it make helpers feel that they can save face by providing extra good help extra quickly? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am asking because so many users choose this tactic. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19779" OwnerDisplayName="Jo-Erlend Schinstad" LastActivityDate="2012-09-25T01:30:53.373" Title="Is it smart to use threats or insulting language when asking for help?" Tags="|discussion|community|" AnswerCount="8" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2765" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2764" CreationDate="2012-03-15T10:57:41.047" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;Most helpers on this site are volunteers. They are not paid to do customer service. They do so because they're proud of the software and community they're contributing to. This means that if you insult the software, you are also insulting them. This makes it very much more likely that your question will be downvoted and closed rather than people stepping forward to volunteer to help you. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Threatening to leave Ubuntu if you don't get immediate help will usually result in a polite &quot;goodbye&quot; rather than quick help. The volunteers do not loose anything if you choose some other operating system. In fact, many helpers would feel that if rude users went somewhere else, it would be a good thing. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In other words, neither threats nor insults are likely to result in higher quality assistance. It is a bad strategy and should be avoided. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19779" OwnerDisplayName="Jo-Erlend Schinstad" LastEditorUserId="19779" LastEditDate="2012-04-08T19:18:38.670" LastActivityDate="2012-04-08T19:18:38.670" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2766" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2764" CreationDate="2012-03-15T10:59:38.863" Score="21" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;takes off moderator hat&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a free software developer, if you come to me swearing like a pirate, insulting something I've put hours into and lots of thought, then I will help you, but I will remember you and your name. And that's not a good thing. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;puts on moderator hat&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a community moderator here on Ask Ubuntu, if someone does that, I will edit/or delete it and ask them to try again and&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Not&lt;/strong&gt; Insult anyone if possible.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Do&lt;/strong&gt; remember to treat the developers/those who help you politely, &lt;strong&gt;since many of them if not 99.9% do it for free with no pay&lt;/strong&gt; . (that number might be slightly off, but probably not by much)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" OwnerDisplayName="jrg" LastEditorUserId="6005" LastEditDate="2012-09-25T01:30:53.373" LastActivityDate="2012-09-25T01:30:53.373" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2767" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2764" CreationDate="2012-03-15T11:10:33.137" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Some people get frustrated and start swearing like a pirate. I know the feeling because I've been there several times before. I don't think this is particularly malicious but in terms of cleaning up things here, we usually edit them out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand (and what you're really alluding to) people who make ultimatums and threats can choke on them for all I care. That behaviour is not and will not be tolerated anywhere in the Ubuntu community.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I see a post that is anti-social, it goes. If it's really bad, the user goes too. We aim to maintain a friendly environment for asking and answering questions so people who can't play nice are not welcome here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2012-03-15T11:10:33.137" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2768" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2764" CreationDate="2012-03-15T11:20:19.227" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I believe Ubuntu is awesome and that the community is awesome. Also hats off to every programmer here for their work. I learned a few languages in windows and trying here,so I know the fun and frustrations a programmer might go through. Personally I think everyone should follow the golden rule-do unto others as you would have them do unto you. I know if I put some software together, chances are there will be someone that has an issue with it because this is a big world with lots of people. So if the person cussing me doesn't realize or isn't mature enough to be patient to let me further assist, I guess I really wouldn't care if he/she used it or not. There is a thing called respect, same thing that person cussing would want in return. In Microsoft OS I noticed when I actually found an application that I liked In windows if I used it, it wouldn't work long anyway and there was no way to fix it. At least I can say here if you re using something and something happens you have a community that cares. But if you tarnish your name by cussing at the people that will actually help you, lol, it might not turn out in your best interest and at same time it just makes yourself look bad.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47510" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-05-26T06:32:28.443" LastActivityDate="2012-05-26T06:32:28.443" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2769" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2770" CreationDate="2012-03-15T13:02:07.910" Score="1" ViewCount="59" Body="&lt;p&gt;My interest is in both backend and frontend technologies.&#xA;If possible some idea about hardware is also very interesting for me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22263" LastActivityDate="2012-03-15T13:08:58.363" Title="What technologies are being used for StackExchange sites?" Tags="|discussion|stackexchange|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2770" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2769" CreationDate="2012-03-15T13:08:58.363" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's a big complicated site so it has a fairly complex setup but the core of is ASP.NET MVC and MS SQL Server. For a more complete look at things there was a post about it a while back on ServerFault:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.serverfault.com/2011/02/11/stack-exchanges-architecture-in-bullet-points/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://blog.serverfault.com/2011/02/11/stack-exchanges-architecture-in-bullet-points/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This has probably expanded but I'd be surprised if there have been many major tech switches.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2012-03-15T13:08:58.363" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2771" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2764" CreationDate="2012-03-15T17:09:27.680" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;language, no. Threats to leave, well... you might think it conveys how important the feature is to you enjoying the software, but it sets up the opposite message (yes if ultimately if you can not resolve certain things you will leave) but if you say that people will say &quot;ok, leave then, the community will be better without you&quot; and that sets up a harmful effect to the community as well. So users state why a certain usability issue is important you (i.e. how the software is used daily), and consider that there might not be a magic fix all solution. Also don't respond to &quot;I'll leave&quot; threats, someone might drop one in haste or frustration, Edit out the threat and get down to what the real problem is. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastActivityDate="2012-03-15T17:09:27.680" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2772" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2773" CreationDate="2012-03-15T19:11:57.730" Score="0" ViewCount="47" Body="&lt;p&gt;With the upcoming release of Ubuntu 12.04 and the attention ubuntu got on tech blogs lately it's very likely IMO, that ubuntu will get a lot of new users (even if it's just people trying).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since a lot of the problems of first time 'ubuntuers' are quite easy fixes and mostly involve stuff about drivers (graphics,printers, other peripherals), software recommendations and general usage questions, wouldn't it be a good idea to create a 'new-user' tag to easily find these rather easy but important questions.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;At the same time it gives us a hint to write our solutions more verbose for these tags and explain what's happening and not just simply post a link to a man page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think this would improve the speed at which these types of questions would be resolved and with that take a lot of frustration from the new user as well as strengthen their faith in the ubuntu community.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For this to really work out there should be a notification when you log into askubuntu for the first time, that promotes this tag.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Anyone think this is an idea worth discussing?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="32010" LastActivityDate="2012-03-15T19:47:08.967" Title="Wouldn't it make sense to create and promote a 'new-user' tag?" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2773" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2772" CreationDate="2012-03-15T19:21:37.987" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;This won't work. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The incoming easy ones can easily be marked as duplicates, and the site automatically recommends duplicates to them. Every release we get crushed by new users and we manage to scale quite well, most of the most common questions have good answers and we regularly check those so it shouldn't be any more crazy than it usually is. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Answers should always be more verbose and easy for the user to understand, wether they are new or not. (An answer that is a link to a manpage doesn't sound like an acceptable answer anyway.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One way you can help new users is by reviewing/editing incoming new questions. If you contribute enough edits and get access to the Review tab there's a section for new incoming questions from first time users. I try to check these every day. Here's some information if you want to get started:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2011/11/improved-reviewing/&quot;&gt;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2011/11/improved-reviewing/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See also:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/08/the-death-of-meta-tags/&quot;&gt;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/08/the-death-of-meta-tags/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="235" LastEditDate="2012-03-15T19:47:08.967" LastActivityDate="2012-03-15T19:47:08.967" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2774" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2763" CreationDate="2012-03-15T19:28:24.093" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;So, the way the columns in the profile popup that shows when you hover over your name at the top of the page is implemented is that we just have a column that stores and increases the number throughout the day.  Then, at exactly 0:00 UTC, we have a job that sets everyone's daily value to 0, and the increasing begins again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, last night, there were some, um, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/125729/140548&quot;&gt;issues&lt;/a&gt;, and the servers were very unhappy with us.  This prevented the column from being reset to 0.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This will naturally be corrected at the UTC rollover tonight.  We are leaving it as is for today as this isn't very high priority for the work to fix it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2686" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2012-03-15T19:28:24.093" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2775" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2749" CreationDate="2012-03-16T04:21:23.450" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/125807/172094&quot;&gt;Kevin Montrose&lt;/a&gt;, the next update to Stack Exchange will redirect anonymous users through duplicates transparently, provided the duplicate has zero answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The solution, then, seems to be making sure that answers to popular duplicates get properly merged into their target question. The dupe question itself will remain, so its SEO benefits will as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit&lt;/strong&gt;: I've checked while logged out: this feature is now in effect. A discussion about merging/deletion/redirect policy for duplicates has sprouted up &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2778/automatic-duplicate-redirection-sop&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="24694" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2012-03-16T15:17:13.427" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2776" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2760" CreationDate="2012-03-16T06:53:52.257" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is ... a bone of contention; basically, the email address is perfectly valid - but the browsers can't agree on what the correct encoding is - whether it is &lt;code&gt;foo+bar@blap.com&lt;/code&gt; vs %-encoding, and no single encoding works on all browsers. We've gone with the former for now, as it has wider compatibility - BUT I was very disappointed that when google added an official &lt;code&gt;mailto:&lt;/code&gt;  handler, they broke this (so it comes in as &lt;code&gt;foo bar@blap.com&lt;/code&gt;), when every other browser works the other way. FWIW, the previous unofficial handlers in gmail were also broken.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is discussed more &lt;a href=&quot;https://webmasters.stackexchange.com/questions/15920/should-plus-be-encoded-in-mailto-hyperlinks&quot;&gt;https://webmasters.stackexchange.com/questions/15920/should-plus-be-encoded-in-mailto-hyperlinks&lt;/a&gt;, and AFAIK the conclusion is: it is ambiguous spec.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But! Try it in IE/FF/Safari/Chrome etc to see it work/not-work. You might need to test both the &quot;mailto:&quot; handler (i.e. going to an email client), and the &quot;copy email address&quot; that most browsers will add as a context menu. Sigh.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Example: &lt;a href=&quot;http://jsfiddle.net/zmEPe/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://jsfiddle.net/zmEPe/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Browser     |             With +           |             With %2b&#xA;            | Click link    | Copy address | Click link    | Copy address&#xA;------------+---------------+--------------|---------------|----------------&#xA;Chrome 18   | Fail (&quot; &quot;)    | Pass (&quot;+&quot;)   | Pass (&quot;+&quot;)    | Fail (&quot;%2b&quot;)&#xA;w/ GMail    |               |              |               |&#xA;            |               |              |               | &#xA;IE 9        | Pass (&quot;+&quot;)    | N/A          | Pass (&quot;+&quot;)    | N/A&#xA;w/LiveMail  |               |              |               |&#xA;            |               |              |               |&#xA;Safari 5    | Pass (&quot;+&quot;)    | Pass (&quot;+&quot;)   | Pass (&quot;+&quot;)    | Fail (&quot;%2b&quot;)&#xA;w/ LiveMail |               |              |               |&#xA;            |               |              |               |&#xA;Firefox 10  | Pass (&quot;+&quot;)    | Pass (&quot;+&quot;)   | Pass (&quot;+&quot;)    | Pass (&quot;+&quot;)&#xA;w/ LiveMail |               |              |               |&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So: if we want this to work everywhere, we're going to need per-browser markup, which is - just wrong.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From the table, and the spec, I conclude that &lt;code&gt;mailto:team+askubuntu@stackexchange.com&lt;/code&gt; is the &lt;em&gt;more right&lt;/em&gt; representation, and &lt;strong&gt;if only&lt;/strong&gt; the GMail handler wasn't broken, the world would make sense everywhere.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Blame GMail.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I tested this and logged a bug as soon as the &lt;em&gt;official&lt;/em&gt; GMail mailto handler was released. AFAIK, it disappeared into the ether.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1504" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:33:25.803" LastActivityDate="2012-03-16T11:30:44.783" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2778" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2780" CreationDate="2012-03-16T12:16:39.307" Score="8" ViewCount="91" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to this question and the link in the answer from &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/2775/25863&quot;&gt;Jacob Edwards&lt;/a&gt; closed duplicates that have no answers will redirect the user automatically to the main post after the dupe is closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This gets us to a point where we all wanted to be, its a nice implemented feature that should be considered useful to the site, but it leads us to discuss 2 points:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Should the moderators in their all mighty wisdom and powerful knowledge (and by that I mean the &lt;em&gt;flip a coin, make a decision&lt;/em&gt; method) delete any answers that might not add any information, or are simply bad answers (only links, low info, one liners, etc) before closing the post?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;What if the answers have 1 or more up votes? Would your opinion still apply? Even if the answer does not really bring anything new compared with the ones on the main post?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please read carefully the meta post linked in the answer from Jacob and share your opinion, this will be useful to allow moderators to act based on these points.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastActivityDate="2012-03-16T13:32:23.317" Title="Automatic duplicate redirection SOP" Tags="|discussion|questions|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2779" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2778" CreationDate="2012-03-16T12:23:53.967" Score="5" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Yes!&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If a posted answer in a dupe and does not add any information to the main post then the answer should be deleted to allow the automatic mechanism to work. After all if there are good answers in a post that is a dupe of another &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;those should in the first place be merged instead of just closed.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Automatic redirection works only if the duped post does not contain any answer, moderators should check the answer to see if they are valid in the first place, check the information on the answers to see if they are no dupes of the main post and delete and close as dupe, or merge the posts in to 1 maintaining the answers from the dupe.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-03-16T13:20:53.523" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2780" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2778" CreationDate="2012-03-16T13:32:23.317" Score="4" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Maybe, but with the merging ...&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was looking at this question today looking forward to flagging for merging: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/93148/how-to-install-deb-files-the-old-fashion-way&quot;&gt;How to install .deb files the old fashion way?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The problem is some of those answers are okay, but if we were to merge them with the original they become out of context. Of course with popular questions we wouldn't want to have all the one-liner fast-gun answers from duplicates starting to pile up on the original question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There have been plenty of times though when a person's answer on the new dupe is nicer than the original, and I leave a comment encouraging them to post it on the original question instead. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Perhaps a canned comment or message on the duplicate? Something like &quot;Thanks for this answer, but this question has been asked before and we like to keep information in one place, can you put this answer on the original question? Or better yet, update an existing one there to be better!&quot; or something. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I really love this feature however I am hesitant if a person took the time to try to answer the question that we just go through them deleting them all. Is it possible to selectively merge only some answers into the original? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also we should do a query finding dupes with posts (sorted by views) so we can get the low hanging fruit immediately.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2012-03-16T13:32:23.317" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2781" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2782" CreationDate="2011-03-18T21:55:34.763" Score="0" ViewCount="31" Body="&lt;p&gt;I know that this probably isn't a good place to ask this, but I can't really think of another. I have questions about Free Software theory and opinions on how to create SaaS sites which incorporate freedom. Where can I ask this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6645" OwnerDisplayName="TK Kocheran" LastEditorUserId="25863" LastEditDate="2012-03-16T14:45:14.307" LastActivityDate="2012-03-17T07:47:28.680" Title="Is there a forum/StackExchange site for discussing Free Software?" Tags="|discussion|stackexchange|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="2782" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2781" CreationDate="2011-03-18T21:59:00.457" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;There isn't yet a Stack Exchange site for this. There used to be &lt;a href=&quot;http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/13558/free-open-source-software-projects&quot;&gt;proposal for such as site&lt;/a&gt;, but due to inactivity it was deleted. It's not really a wide enough topic area for an entire SE site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[The correct place for the SE part of this is &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/&quot;&gt;Meta Stack Overflow&lt;/a&gt;.]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="866" OwnerDisplayName="fluteflute" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T09:16:20.523" LastActivityDate="2012-03-17T07:47:28.680" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2783" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2781" CreationDate="2011-03-18T23:23:07.357" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;You could try &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;https://unix.stackexchange.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1579" OwnerDisplayName="Jeremy Bicha" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:37:19.280" LastActivityDate="2011-03-18T23:23:07.357" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 2.5" />
  <row Id="2784" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2786" CreationDate="2012-03-16T14:53:27.980" Score="2" ViewCount="130" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is useless and should not exist in the first place! Kill it please!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Who, oh who has enough time to remove that nasty tag out of all those questions?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastEditorUserId="41" LastEditDate="2012-03-17T13:40:21.643" LastActivityDate="2012-03-17T13:40:21.643" Title="Tag untagged: He's dead, Jim" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2785" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2784" CreationDate="2012-03-16T14:55:08.773" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just edited all posts under the tag &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/untagged&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;untagged&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;untagged&lt;/a&gt;, its dead, it was the worst 30 mins I spent on the site. Dont make me do it again!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you see any more questions with the tag &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/untagged&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;untagged&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;untagged&lt;/a&gt; please edit them your selfs or link them in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/206/ubuntu-regulators&quot;&gt;Ask Ubuntu regulators room&lt;/a&gt; so someone can have a look at it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastActivityDate="2012-03-16T14:55:08.773" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2786" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2784" CreationDate="2012-03-16T15:03:22.343" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/untagged&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;untagged&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;untagged&lt;/a&gt; posts occur when questions are migrated from other sites. It's a &quot;site&quot; special tag. There's no way to get rid of them except to go through and give them proper tags.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2012-03-16T15:03:22.343" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2787" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2317" CreationDate="2012-03-16T15:23:00.517" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;As part of a &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/125807/172094&quot;&gt;new Stack Exchange feature&lt;/a&gt;, anoymous users are now redirected through duplicates transparently, provided the duplicate has zero answers. If you run into a high traffic duplicate with answers, please flag for moderator attention! &lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/LMDSy.png&quot; alt=&quot;;)&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;See also:&lt;/em&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2778/automatic-duplicate-redirection-sop&quot;&gt;Automatic duplicate redirection SOP&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="24694" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2012-03-16T15:23:00.517" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2788" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-03-16T22:43:38.267" Score="0" ViewCount="43" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/434/what-is-stackexchange-is-askubuntu-officially-related-to-ubuntu-or-canonical&quot;&gt;What is StackExchange? Is AskUbuntu officially related to Ubuntu or Canonical?&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a &quot;simple&quot; question that I can't find the answer to anywhere online. Is AskUbuntu owned or operated by Cannonical? If not, who ownes it? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="42136" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.087" LastActivityDate="2012-03-16T22:43:38.267" Title="Is AskUbuntu owned or operated by Cannonical?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2012-03-16T22:49:57.667" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2789" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2848" CreationDate="2012-03-18T00:38:13.630" Score="6" ViewCount="48" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't see any difference between &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/file&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;file&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;file&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/files&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;files&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;files&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Alternatively, blacklist? They don't seem particularly descriptive, and I doubt anyone considers themselves an expert on the topic of files and wants to subscribe to these tags.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="24694" LastEditorUserId="6005" LastEditDate="2012-03-27T14:42:45.333" LastActivityDate="2012-03-27T14:42:45.333" Title="Tag Synonym Request: [file] -&gt; [files]?" Tags="|discussion|status-completed|tags|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2790" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-03-18T04:38:13.017" Score="0" ViewCount="104" Body="&lt;p&gt;Stop marking questions as duplicates without linking to the duplicate in question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/60651/how-can-i-remove-unity-safely&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/60651/how-can-i-remove-unity-safely&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, I'm sure that this is a duplicate question/request.  To bring this full circle, please mark it as such and be sure not to link to what it's a duplicate of.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="45156" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2013-04-17T12:47:24.497" Title="question is duplicate of what, precisely?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2013-04-17T12:47:33.980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2791" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2764" CreationDate="2012-03-19T03:08:19.353" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;People who bad mouth the software they are using are making it plain they accept no role in causing their problem. First question I ask someone with trouble, what is the last thing you did before you noticed the problem. Understanding how they got there is helpful in identifying a problems cause even if it's not a cockpit problem. If they're nasty and playing the blame game they're not ready to cooperate in resolution. I won't subject myself to their abuse and bad attitude.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9558" LastActivityDate="2012-03-19T03:08:19.353" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2792" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2793" CreationDate="2012-03-19T13:42:34.750" Score="1" ViewCount="64" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/2004/alternative-good-looking-desktop-for-ubuntu&quot;&gt;Alternative good-looking desktop for Ubuntu [closed]&lt;/a&gt; is a recent example. It was closed as not being a real question on Sep 8 '11. I feel that editing closed questions without intending to have them re-opened bumps them, perhaps unnecessarily.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user25656" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2012-03-27T12:41:03.303" Title="Why are some questions that were closed as not &quot;real&quot; being edited months later?" Tags="|discussion|close-reasons|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2793" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2792" CreationDate="2012-03-19T13:50:18.673" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/2004/revisions&quot;&gt;Take a look the revisions.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It was part of a cleanup to fix the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/untagged&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;untagged&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;untagged&lt;/a&gt; mess. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2012-03-19T13:50:18.673" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2794" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2795" CreationDate="2012-03-19T18:02:32.137" Score="4" ViewCount="54" Body="&lt;p&gt;I created a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/114305/create-tattoo-in-gimp&quot;&gt;question&lt;/a&gt; related to &lt;em&gt;Gimp&lt;/em&gt; usage, because a few such questions were under the tag &lt;em&gt;Gimp&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question was closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I asked on &lt;em&gt;askubuntu&lt;/em&gt; because I'm &lt;em&gt;Ubuntu&lt;/em&gt; user. I know that &lt;em&gt;Gimp&lt;/em&gt; is multi-platform and I could have asked on &lt;em&gt;superuser&lt;/em&gt; (if they have different rules about particular applications). The other reason is that &lt;em&gt;superuser&lt;/em&gt; don't accept my questions, though I don't have bad reputation there now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Where should this question be migrated (&lt;em&gt;graphics design&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;superuser&lt;/em&gt;, or another) and how to do it in my sitatuation?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13394" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2012-03-19T18:39:58.207" Title="What to do with questions related to Gimp usage?" Tags="|support|closed-questions|migration|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2795" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2794" CreationDate="2012-03-19T18:39:58.207" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;It depends.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it is a question about general graphic design, like yours, you have much better chances of getting a good answer in those sites, a good graphic designer, even if he has only experience in Photoshop can help you more than most people here. I'd migrate it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But if the question is related to the use of Gimp in Ubuntu (like where does it store it's plugins, or what PPAs are there to install development versions), then I believe that it belongs here at least as much as those other sites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="211" LastActivityDate="2012-03-19T18:39:58.207" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2796" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-03-20T01:42:52.200" Score="10" ViewCount="91" Body="&lt;p&gt;We have 3 quite similar and somewhat ambiguous tags:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/image&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;image&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;image&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/images&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;images&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;images&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/image-processing&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;image-processing&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;image-processing&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Only &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/images&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;images&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;images&lt;/a&gt; contains an ounce of info.  But &lt;em&gt;only&lt;/em&gt; an ounce:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Questions about opening / editing / saving images using image-editing applications.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are these tags the same?  Do they need merging?  If not, do they need tag wikis so that people (like me) can &lt;em&gt;know&lt;/em&gt; that they're not the same?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;And while we're at it, here on Meta, &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/tags&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;tags&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;tags&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/tagging&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;tagging&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;tagging&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5179" LastActivityDate="2012-03-23T15:31:56.003" Title="Too many images!" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2797" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2798" CreationDate="2012-03-20T13:50:05.840" Score="3" ViewCount="74" Body="&lt;p&gt;It seems to me that a LARGE number of not useful for most users of askubuntu questions come from this area.  Other than driver bugs, it seems to be the second most chain-gunned question that clogs up the horribly useful for new user questions.  If there's a reason, I'm completely cool with that.  It's just a question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastEditorUserId="6005" LastEditDate="2012-03-20T13:51:35.213" LastActivityDate="2012-03-20T13:59:53.430" Title="Why aren't &quot;I compiled X from source or installed from PPA questions&quot; considered off-topic?" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2798" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2797" CreationDate="2012-03-20T13:59:53.430" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Because these can probably be solved with the installation of an extra missing package or instruction. They are on topic!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They do not ask for solving issues with the source, they do not involve asking for issues with the packages.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;They are off topic if:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;They ask to solve an issue with the package or the source it self (bug)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;They ask for features and changes on the source or package (off topic by default)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;They are on topic if:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;They ask how to install&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;They ask how to solve a fault during build&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;They ask how to sort PPA dependencies and installation/removal issues&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These can easy be sorted (and most cases are), we are working always on this and the flag queue shows good judgment from users flagging them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do not see the issue with them and &lt;strong&gt;we should not be flagging all PPA or source issues as off topic!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastActivityDate="2012-03-20T13:59:53.430" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2799" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2764" CreationDate="2012-03-21T04:29:39.003" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Perhaps surprisingly, I have observed it can be effective, if done correctly: less like pure insulting and rudeness and more like trolling.  After all, if you have some technical issue that nobody really wants to get their hands dirty on, if you insult their manhood (or whatever), it &lt;em&gt;can&lt;/em&gt; bring you attention where someone wants to show how smart he is (and how stupid you are) -- and the way he can show you his smartness is by providing actual useful info; it works in real life, so why would it be different here?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="43660" LastActivityDate="2012-03-21T04:29:39.003" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2800" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-03-21T14:06:29.603" Score="2" ViewCount="105" Body="&lt;p&gt;This question has been flagged as &quot;too localized&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/83858/ubuntu-11-10-with-unity-does-not-run-xsession-xsession-xsessionrc-xinitrc-on&quot;&gt;Unity does not run .xsession/.Xsession/.xsessionrc/.xinitrc on login&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;this is clearly wrong, just look at all the other questions talking about xinitrc:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=xinitrc&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=xinitrc&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="36052" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2012-03-27T12:38:52.260" Title="Wrong flag on question" Tags="|support|flagging|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2801" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2800" CreationDate="2012-03-21T14:18:55.767" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;That action is part of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2651/ask-ubuntu-clean-up&quot;&gt;Ask Ubuntu Clean Up&lt;/a&gt; in progress since a month ago.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions that have no answers, no activity and no comments for a long time are being closed as &lt;em&gt;Abandoned&lt;/em&gt; with the recommendation of improving the details in it, flagging the question's closure has invalid (will probably trigger an bounty from one of the mods to create attention to it) or to simply re-create the question again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a fair issue since question that have no answers might prevent a user from creating them once visiting the site. Closing those creates the opportunity and draws attention to them, increasing the chances that answers will be posted and a valid solution will be presented to the issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since mods do not have a &quot;Abandoned&quot; reason for closure a comment is created on the question and this one is closed as &quot;Too localized&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sometimes it does not fit perfectly the conditions but seems to be the most appropriate course of action.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that a question closed will remain in the site and a user can &lt;strong&gt;always&lt;/strong&gt; flag and talk to a moderator to re-open it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.087" LastActivityDate="2012-03-21T14:18:55.767" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2802" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-03-21T17:57:29.217" Score="2" ViewCount="46" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been given (re-allotted) questions that I have previously commented on. Trying to prod the OP to respond. (not flagged)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While waiting these questions are making a second or third round. I also note that I have received questions previously allotted to others with similar properties in comments that are from just 3 days ago.   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;1) Can the clean-up script determine activity, or lack of, on a question before reissuing? &#xA;2) Do you want these questions that make round two handled differently or just ignore them and move on? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="46312" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-03-28T12:59:14.853" LastActivityDate="2012-03-28T12:59:14.853" Title="Clean up (re-allotted question)" Tags="|discussion|cleanup|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2804" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2806" CreationDate="2012-03-22T00:39:58.797" Score="6" ViewCount="128" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've noticed that a bunch of closed questions on &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/12.04&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;12.04&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;12.04&lt;/a&gt; are clogging up the search column on the related questions for each question, and also are generally all alpha/beta stuff anyway.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should we make a conscious effort to remove these before 12.04 is released so not to clog up the new incoming questions?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes I mean deletion, here's a list:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=%5B12.04%5D+closed%3A1&amp;amp;submit=search&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=%5B12.04%5D+closed%3A1&amp;amp;submit=search&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2012-04-13T07:16:07.167" Title="Should we clean up the 12.04 closed questions?" Tags="|discussion|closed-questions|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2805" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2804" CreationDate="2012-03-22T01:18:46.080" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm for this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my mind there's nothing touchy or controversial about deleting bad content.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Our reasons for closing Ubuntu+1 are fairly solid: it's a moving target and it makes for bad questions. By release-time the closed questions are rot that only serve to pull in people from search engines, showing them a &quot;This question is closed&quot; banner. How can that ever be good for users (or Ask Ubuntu's public image)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Duplicates are somewhat different because they forward the user onto the master question (if they don't have +1+ answers). There is an exception to this exception: questions that are marked a duplicate of &quot;how do I file a bug&quot; and the other one occasionally used about +1 questions (I'm too lazy to link) - which should also be burnt. With fire.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And if we make a mistake, we can revert deletions. Nothing we delete here is actually deleted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Bring the rain.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2012-03-22T01:18:46.080" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2806" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2804" CreationDate="2012-03-22T05:35:08.740" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Delete them, delete them all! (most of them at least)!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is also something nice:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=%5B12.04%5D+closed%3A1+beta+alpha&amp;amp;submit=search&quot;&gt;[12.04] Closed Alpha Beta questions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=%5B11.10%5D+closed%3A1+beta+alpha&amp;amp;submit=search&quot;&gt;[11.10] Closed Alpha Beta questions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=%5B11.04%5D+closed%3A1+beta+alpha&amp;amp;submit=search&quot;&gt;[11.04] Closed Alpha Beta questions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why are these even here? You cant even put your system back to the state of those question much even answer most of them! Should those not &lt;em&gt;vanish&lt;/em&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not going on a rampage, we could check those, one by one and make them go away :/&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Deleting is a &lt;em&gt;subjective&lt;/em&gt; issue only if the questions have been considered useful or have valid answers in them. Those have no value, no content and wont, &lt;strong&gt;ever&lt;/strong&gt;, help anyone since they are not even linking to possible solutions. They are closed and a dupe of a general &lt;em&gt;what to do if I have a issue with beta, alpha&lt;/em&gt; answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2012-04-12T22:15:23.973" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2807" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2808" CreationDate="2012-03-22T09:39:13.440" Score="10" ViewCount="53" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'd like to say, on another web site, &lt;em&gt;please ask a question on AskUbuntu tagged &lt;code&gt;foo&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/em&gt;, and make that a link to the 'ask' form here with the tags already populated, so that it's more likely the right people will see it quickly.  Is there any way to make such a URL?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1116" LastActivityDate="2012-03-22T13:15:47.757" Title="Is there a URL to ask a pre-tagged question?" Tags="|support|tags|best-practice|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2808" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2807" CreationDate="2012-03-22T10:24:28.093" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Well who knew? &lt;strong&gt;There is!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;http://askubuntu.com/questions/ask?tags=tag,tags2&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can also suggest the initial title with &lt;code&gt;title=something&lt;/code&gt; (join the two with an &lt;code&gt;&amp;amp;&lt;/code&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Example from developer.ubuntu.com (See the ask a question link):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://developer.ubuntu.com/community/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://developer.ubuntu.com/community/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="235" LastEditDate="2012-03-22T13:15:47.757" LastActivityDate="2012-03-22T13:15:47.757" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2811" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-03-23T14:34:42.293" Score="4" ViewCount="34" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was doing some tag editing and found the STD tag: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/std&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/std&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It only has 1 question associated with but the tag can be many things, for example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;STD - Standard Input/Output of data&lt;br&gt;&#xA;STD - Suspend To Disk (Hibernation mode)&lt;br&gt;&#xA;STD - Sexually Transmitted Disease. But since we are in Linux my best bet is this is not it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How to know what info to put in this Tag?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7035" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2012-03-23T14:55:49.703" Title="STD Tag information" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2812" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2811" CreationDate="2012-03-23T14:55:49.703" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you come up with small issues like that feel free to edit the tag out, it can at all times be reverted as you know and does not hurt.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have fixed this for now, thanks for the heads up and keep meta(ing) these!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastActivityDate="2012-03-23T14:55:49.703" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2813" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-03-23T15:18:08.630" Score="19" ViewCount="464" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is a heads up for people who regularly flag things as abandoned:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;The mods are stepping back&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We're not actually going anywhere and we'll still be dealing with most of the flags that come in but we feel that we've become &lt;em&gt;too&lt;/em&gt; efficient recently and we're starving the community of the opportunity to use the moderation tools that are available to our 3k+ and 10k+ users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We want the community to get involved and work together to maintain the site. It's something that needs to happen for the long term health on the site. There are plenty of people who can close things but there's no coordination. Instead of voting things just get flagged and the mods have been dealing with it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So we've picked abandoned questions as our target. From today (as soon as the memo gets around) we're going to stop actioning any flags that come in for abandoned reasons.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;So how do I get an abandoned question closed now?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In short, if you want something closed as an abandoned question, you're going to have to get at least 5 3k+ users  together to close it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Options for that include:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/206/ubuntu-regulators&quot;&gt;The Ubuntu Regulators chat room&lt;/a&gt; is good for spamming out your questions but this only works if you help other people too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Monitoring &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/close?s=1&amp;amp;pagesize=50&amp;amp;filter=all&amp;amp;no-random=1&quot;&gt;the Review page&lt;/a&gt; to see what questions need closing. There are currently 233 posts that need more votes. Note this is for 10k users only. If you're close to 10k, get a move on :P we need your help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;&amp;quot;But you're moderators! It's &lt;em&gt;your&lt;/em&gt; job to deal with this!&amp;quot;&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's a job we're all responsible for as community members but as I said before, the community currently relies on flagging for almost everything. That's not a system that will scale up with the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For both the mods' and the community's sake, we need to get people into the spirit of working together, using the tools we already have to maintain the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Changes to how we close abandoned questions" Tags="|discussion|unanswered-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2814" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2796" CreationDate="2012-03-23T15:31:56.003" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Both &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/image&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;image&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;image&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/images&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;images&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;images&lt;/a&gt; are ambiguous, the tag description is neither helpful. There are at least two meanings that I can think of:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;image in the meaning of &quot;picture&quot; or &quot;photo&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;image in the meaning of &quot;disk-image&quot; (also: firmware images)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd drop (blacklist) both the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/image&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;image&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;image&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/images&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;images&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;images&lt;/a&gt; tag and tag these to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/picture&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;picture&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;picture&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/disk-image&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;disk-image&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;disk-image&lt;/a&gt;. For &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/image-processing&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;image-processing&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;image-processing&lt;/a&gt;, it should be clear that this is really about editing pictures and such. The disadvantage is that visitors are likely searching for &quot;image&quot; or &quot;imaging&quot; instead of &quot;disk image&quot; when they mean to write an image to a USB or something. The second solution is to keep the tag, but allow for both meanings, but add extra tags to questions as needed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6969" LastActivityDate="2012-03-23T15:31:56.003" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2815" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2816" CreationDate="2012-03-24T07:44:15.937" Score="5" ViewCount="63" Body="&lt;p&gt;I went through the description of bounty and its terms / rules. However, I couldn't find what will happen if I have a bounty on my own question and I decide to close or delete the question.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Any experience with that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22263" LastActivityDate="2012-03-24T12:51:56.180" Title="What happens to bounty of closed/deleted question?" Tags="|discussion|bounty|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2816" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2815" CreationDate="2012-03-24T11:46:36.183" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you already have a bounty running on a question, you would not be given an option to either close or delete the question. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/59RGv.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want to close or delete question, for whatever reason, you can possibly flag the question and ask the moderator to refund the bounty, so that you can proceed to close or delete the question. Though I can't guarantee that the moderator will indeed refund the bounty as you wish. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Related question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2617/bounty-transfer-in-exact-dupe/2618#2618&quot;&gt;Bounty transfer in exact dupe?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastEditorUserId="25798" LastEditDate="2012-03-24T12:51:56.180" LastActivityDate="2012-03-24T12:51:56.180" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2817" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-03-24T21:05:37.077" Score="10" ViewCount="316" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tl;dr: What is going on with all the unanswered Ubuntu One questions on the site?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have come across a few Ubuntu One questions during the clean up like &quot;cannot sysc&quot;, &quot;folders missing&quot;, &quot;logs me out&quot; and such. Some have Windows related questions too. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the correct or proper answer given in these situations? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I see this as more of a Canonical issue. They have their cloud issues and storage problems. They allow purchasing of applications and responsible for the safe keeping of users files. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They have their own support page &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com/support&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.ubuntu.com/support&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and contact information &lt;a href=&quot;https://one.ubuntu.com/help/contact/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://one.ubuntu.com/help/contact/&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The first 50 questions on the first page under &quot;ubuntu-one&quot; tag have 23 answers. What is happening to the rest of them? There are 951 questions tagged, and not all of them have answers. Yes, its not always possible to answer something, but there should be more of them answered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="46312" LastEditorUserId="6005" LastEditDate="2012-03-24T23:05:42.593" LastActivityDate="2013-03-05T12:14:28.373" Title="How to correctly handle Ubuntu One questions" Tags="|discussion|support|cleanup|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2818" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2817" CreationDate="2012-03-24T22:26:40.300" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently contacted Ubuntu One support re just this matter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is their email to me:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Joshua Hoover&#xA;&amp;lt;ubuntuone-support@canonical.com&amp;gt;   13 March 2012 14:41&#xA;Reply-To: ubuntuone-support@canonical.com&#xA;&#xA;Hi,&#xA;&#xA;The best place to direct people to for support is this page:&#xA;&#xA;https://one.ubuntu.com/help/&#xA;&#xA;You can point out the FAQs, Tutorials, U1 status page and finally the&#xA;contact form you used to contact us. :)&#xA;&#xA;FAQs - https://one.ubuntu.com/help/faq/&#xA;Tutorials - https://one.ubuntu.com/help/tutorial/&#xA;Status - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuOne/Status&#xA;Contact Ubuntu One support - https://one.ubuntu.com/help/contact/&#xA;&#xA;We don't recommend pointing people to the Ubuntu One wiki as it needs A&#xA;LOT of clean up. We hope to get to that soon.&#xA;&#xA;I would only suggest pointing people to file bugs if it seems like&#xA;they're problem is a bug and not a request for help. We (Ubuntu One&#xA;support) can help the user determine if the problem is a bug or not and&#xA;file one on their behalf if it is a bug.&#xA;&#xA;Thanks!&#xA;&#xA;Joshua Hoover&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thus Ask Ubuntu is the place where Ubuntu One users can ask and answer general questions. However, account and payment-specific questions you will need to contact support directly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14356" LastEditorUserId="14356" LastEditDate="2012-03-24T22:47:19.243" LastActivityDate="2012-03-24T22:47:19.243" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2819" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2817" CreationDate="2012-03-24T22:50:21.103" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ubuntu One team follows the tag and answers when possible. From their &lt;a href=&quot;http://one.ubuntu.com/help&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;help page&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Did you know?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;h1&gt;FAQs&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Our frequently asked questions are here to help you quickly find an answer to your question. So please have a quick look here first. If you can’t find what you are looking for here, have a look at our tutorials, jump on to our &lt;strong&gt;Ask Ubuntu&lt;/strong&gt; forum or contact us directly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;h1&gt;Community&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;We have an enthusiastic community. Chances are if you have a problem someone from our global community can help you. &lt;strong&gt;Ask Ubuntu&lt;/strong&gt; is the place where Ubuntu One users can ask and answer general questions. However, if you have account or payment-specific questions you will need to contact us directly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;h1&gt;Contact us&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you can’t find an answer on our FAQs or &lt;strong&gt;Ask Ubuntu&lt;/strong&gt;, then please fill in our contact form and someone from the team will get in touch with you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Emphasis my own&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ubuntu One is watched after by a few of the Ubuntu One devs. Questions revolving around sensitive information or account specific details are off-topic for the site. All other questions that fall under the current On-Topic umbrella are on-topic&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="41" LastEditDate="2012-03-25T01:19:04.833" LastActivityDate="2012-03-25T01:19:04.833" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2820" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2764" CreationDate="2012-03-24T23:29:58.710" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Flag it&lt;/strong&gt; as &lt;code&gt;not welcome in our communitiy&lt;/code&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Insulting will annoy serious people and distract the more professional and the more adult ones. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Moderators shouldn't do the work of clean up, but close the questions. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;So if you meet me&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Have some courtesy&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Have some sympathy,&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  have some taste (woo woo)&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Use all your well-learned politesse&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Or I'll lay your soul to waste,&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  mmm yeah (woo woo, woo woo)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;M. Jagger/K. Richards, Sympathy for the Devil &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10068" LastActivityDate="2012-03-24T23:29:58.710" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2822" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-03-26T05:48:12.780" Score="0" ViewCount="80" Body="&lt;p&gt;This &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/115565/stability-of-beta-and-daily-live&quot;&gt;question&lt;/a&gt; comparing the beta and daily-live builds of Ubuntu+1, was closed as an exact duplicate of this &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/36259/are-daily-builds-of-ubuntu-stable-enough-for-general-desktop-usage&quot;&gt;question&lt;/a&gt;, which is a much more general question, &quot;Are daily builds of Ubuntu stable enough for general desktop usage?&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I had asked 3 specific questions (numbered 1,2,3) which only compare beta and daily-live with each other, given that I'm using a pre-release version. They do not ask if I should use a pre-release version to begin with. Therefore I think this was incorrectly closed as duplicate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="28170" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2012-03-26T09:47:27.693" Title="Question wrongly closed as duplicate" Tags="|support|closed-questions|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2823" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2822" CreationDate="2012-03-26T07:40:36.920" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Please do not ask multiple questions in one post. It kind of defeats the purpose of the Q&amp;amp;A format.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If possible, I imagine it would be more correct to close your question as a duplicate to several questions. Unfortunately, StackExchange's close reason system isn't as expressive as some of us would like.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your first two questions were really duplicates of:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/36259/are-daily-builds-of-ubuntu-stable-enough-for-general-desktop-usage&quot;&gt;Are daily builds of Ubuntu stable enough for general desktop usage?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/5675/i-upgraded-from-an-alpha-or-beta-am-i-up-to-date-if-i-keep-upgrading&quot;&gt;I installed an alpha or beta, am I up to date with the final release if I keep upgrading?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And the third is too localized, because it solicits advice on the current state of Ubuntu's pre-releases. This will not be useful to future visitors to the site. Perhaps ask a new, more general question &quot;What is the difference between Beta and Daily releases&quot;? Or, if you want specific advice on 12.04 beta, try the Ubuntu forums.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you're wondering why we do things this way, read &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2011/01/the-wikipedia-of-long-tail-programming-questions/&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Wikipedia of Long Tail Answers&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. That's what SE sites like AskUbuntu aim to be.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="24694" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2012-03-26T08:57:52.143" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2824" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2822" CreationDate="2012-03-26T08:32:13.360" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The senior signatories of the flag and closure considered this carefully - in that this question covered the &lt;em&gt;same ground&lt;/em&gt; as the linked question and as such should either be &lt;em&gt;closed or merged&lt;/em&gt; with the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From my point of view, a beta is simply a point in time towards the stable release.  The daily builds are again, just points in time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thus in terms of the question asked, the stability of a beta and daily are similar.  Many of the answers in the linked question considered the same points.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Remember, questions can be reopened.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Consider carefully if the question needs to be reworded.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;With sufficient rep - you will be able to nominate a question to be reopened.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You can always pop into the Ubuntu Regulators chat room and with the help of those that have sufficient rep can reopen questions.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Consider raising a bounty on the linked question indicating what additional information you require that is not already covered by the current answers. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14356" LastEditorUserId="14356" LastEditDate="2012-03-26T09:47:27.693" LastActivityDate="2012-03-26T09:47:27.693" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2825" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-03-26T11:38:32.967" Score="6" ViewCount="250" Body="&lt;p&gt;We closed this as per parent &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/09/good-subjective-bad-subjective/&quot;&gt;site guidance&lt;/a&gt; and previous &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2184/what-is-the-definition-of-lists&quot;&gt;Ask Ubuntu meta discussion&lt;/a&gt; over the same issue&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/115237/music-players-in-ubuntu-linux&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/115237/music-players-in-ubuntu-linux&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Was it fair?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;List questions are not proper for the site&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is called a list question where the OP asks people - most of the time following a pre defined answer template - to add answers to the post to build up a list of available &lt;em&gt;solutions&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is not a constructive question. It does not request a solution for a issue, there is no issue. Some questions can be answered with multiple solutions, true, but these have no issue so they ask no definitive solutions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;But there are more list question on the site, now what?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I did not spot them all, but while looking for one example I to compare &lt;strong&gt;I found this one&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/35488/what-custom-launchers-and-unity-quicklists-are-available&quot;&gt;What Custom Launchers and Unity Quicklists are available?&lt;/a&gt; &lt;strong&gt;and locked it&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This created some discussion since the question already has a lot of answers in it and has thousands of views (107k views to be more exact).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not really sorry I did it, I hate ambiguous handling and the button was there, was not really a hunt, just happened to be the one I saw first.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I closed the music players one because its a non constructive question I could not create a blind spot for this one so I opted to lock the Quicklists question so that it cannot be used as a based for further discussion on why can one exist and the other not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;There are many many more out there!&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know! Not nice, hem? I want to lock them all, they have information that is still useful and its not fair to delete them, people have worked on them and deserved the reputation gains. But should we moderators do that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To me it sounds fair that they stay but the same should not be used as a opinion based to whether a question should or not be closed as &lt;em&gt;Not a constructive question&lt;/em&gt;, it is more fair that those are locked for historical reasons:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This question exists because it has historical significance, but it is not considered a good, on-topic question for this site, so please do not use it as evidence that you can ask similar questions here. This question and its answers are frozen and cannot be changed. More info: FAQ.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XYrqYVialk&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Brainstorm!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What is your opinion on that?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should we take care of those question and lock them somehow so that the &lt;em&gt;Lists are not cool answers&lt;/em&gt; idea prevails or should we keep those open? How can we then prevent new lists question to be created?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should we care about lists at all? Keep them alive and even incentive the creation of new ones (or at least not close new ones)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Answers please! &lt;em&gt;I agree&lt;/em&gt; or &lt;em&gt;I do not agree&lt;/em&gt; can be given on up and down votes in answers. We have created 2 answers for that but you can add your opinion as an answer or if its just a small thing as a comment on either the question or any of the answers created. &lt;strong&gt;Futher answers are really welcome!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="List questions, fair cases of knowledge or just a waste of time?" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="8" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2826" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2825" CreationDate="2012-03-26T11:47:05.577" Score="-5" Body="&lt;h1&gt;I agree to lock list questions (vote up or down)&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Remember: locked questions and their answers cannot be edited, the posts in them cannot be voted and new answers cannot be added.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14356" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-03-26T11:58:51.960" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-03-26T11:47:05.577" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2827" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2825" CreationDate="2012-03-26T11:48:16.497" Score="2" Body="&lt;h1&gt;List questions should not be locked (vote up or down)&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Remember: locked questions and their answers cannot be edited, the posts in them cannot be voted and new answers cannot be added.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14356" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-03-26T11:59:02.177" CommentCount="3" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-03-26T11:48:16.497" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2828" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2825" CreationDate="2012-03-26T12:15:10.757" Score="4" Body="&lt;h2&gt;My answer: &lt;em&gt;I'm not sure if I agree or not! Argl!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;These are questions that lots of people want answers to. They're often highly voted for and some of our existing infinite-list-of-X (ILoX herein) questions are the most popular on the site in terms of traffic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;ILoX is widely regarded as a &amp;quot;bad thing&amp;quot; in the wider StackExchange community because it doesn't fit the Q/A format. Lots of sites shoot them on sight.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;When we close NARQ and OT questions, we often tell the OP to go to UbuntuForums - but how is a forum structure &lt;em&gt;any&lt;/em&gt; better than ours? If you look over UbuntuForums you'll see thousands of these questions and they bloat, stagnate and die in just the same way as they would here. At least we can rank answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By banning this style of question here and doing nothing else, we're blindly hoping that another segment of the community can fulfil the demand for answers but as I say, the alternatives to us are no better at handling the problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So yes. I'm in two minds between &amp;quot;Argl, this is somebody else's problem!&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;Argl, think of the users!&amp;quot;. I think there are arguments for:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Embracing the demand and trying to enhance how we deal with ILoX questions. This does need work because infinite lists are very hard to browse and new (better) answers take a while to float to the top.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit: Computer Science Theory keep a &lt;a href=&quot;https://cstheory.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/big-list&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;big-list&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/a&gt; meta-tag and seems to allow them. Yeah I know everybody hates meta-tags but if we were to adopt something similar, it would help us monitor the usage.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Finding a better solution in the community. My first thought for something better than both AU and UF was the oft-forgotten Wiki. MoinMoin is not my favourite format language but technically speaking it's slightly more adaptive than our version of Markdown. The challenge (that Jorge &amp;quot;Delete-a-wiki-page&amp;quot; Castro will hate) is maintaining these.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Converting our content out to the Wiki is one thing but it would be irresponsible (and a waste of our time) to push the content there and then just abandon it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This isn't really an answer but I'd like to hope that some workable ideas can come from my rambling.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit: I've read &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/01/stack-overflow-where-we-hate-fun/&quot;&gt;Stack Overflow: Where We Hate Fun&lt;/a&gt; and like my opinion the answer is not cut-and-dry. Not all lists are evil, but that doesn't mean they all hold value either. The decision should come from a three-way balance between it fitting our remit, what the community wants and the actual value in the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Oli's Opinion-o-meter (last updated: 12.48UTC)&lt;/strong&gt;: Currently erring more toward saying we shouldn't just close all lists because they're lists. Chance of rain.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-03-26T12:48:49.747" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2829" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2825" CreationDate="2012-03-26T12:21:10.747" Score="5" Body="&lt;h2&gt;List questions are okay, provided a defined scope&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I feel that questions like &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/115237/music-players-in-ubuntu-linux&quot;&gt;Music Players in Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt; add value to the site. They address a practical problem ('I'm looking for a music player'), have a defined and objective scope, and — in my view — did not &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/01/stack-overflow-where-we-hate-fun/&quot;&gt;flood out other content with low-calorie &quot;fun&quot;&lt;/a&gt; back when their admissibility was more ambiguous. Also, it seems to me that no other arm of the Ubuntu community is well structured to answer this sort of question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, totally open-ended questions like &lt;em&gt;&quot;What cool tricks and tips are there for new Ubuntu users&quot;&lt;/em&gt; should remain off topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A quick battery test could be: &quot;Is the number of possible answers finite?&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="24694" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2012-03-26T12:21:10.747" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2830" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2825" CreationDate="2012-03-26T12:43:13.793" Score="1" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Split, no split? Draw a line please.&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Answers on the site should address a issue that can be solved, list question only mean one thing: information ready to be outdated soon but will not will not be deleted for sheer amount of votes on them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is not the way we roll, we should not be deleting several 30+ voted answers because we made the mistake of allowing them to exist in the first place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Why?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do understand that the user comes first all the times and that information is always nice to have at hand but we need to draw a line between Ask Ubuntu and the outdated random information we see population blogs out there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Lets be reasonable we work with down and up votes but no answer will get 30+ down votes once it becomes outdated in a non solvable manner.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am proud of Ask Ubuntu because of the reliable information provided and the trust worthy updatability of the content, sheer amounts of answers do not fit any of those parameters and I would easier see these questions and future list question locked out of the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;New list questions are valid questions then?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How can we justify the closure of new list questions then? Lets not be ambiguous on this, its a matter of time before the answers on those questions are not longer relevant and the amount of answer outcomes the attempts to check and control the information on them, it will be a grave yard of emptiness crap if no one controls them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If we allow these to populate we are not better than any blog out there that explains the users solutions that do not work and are not updated anymore.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But if we are to allow those list to stay we should allow new ones to exist instead of closing them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Solutions please!&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We need to lock those and future version of them closed. Allowing them to be open while closing new ones is not the solution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would really feel wrong to just close something and call it &lt;em&gt;not welcome&lt;/em&gt; when others are still there under the same parameters used for closing new ones.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Moving them to a wiki format is a great solution, the risks of letting them die would greatly be minimal compared with having to delete answers later on here on the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If a page is outdated on a wiki it can simply be deleted, no one will probably complain. The opposite here in the site is not true.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-03-27T08:59:18.890" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2832" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2825" CreationDate="2012-03-26T13:37:43.007" Score="6" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Tl;dr: Don't close &lt;em&gt;existing&lt;/em&gt; questions, but &lt;strong&gt;do&lt;/strong&gt; crack down on new ones.&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In an attempt to help the debate, I used the &amp;quot;Incognito google search&amp;quot; test.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I opened up a incognito window, and went to google and searched for &amp;quot;unity quicklists&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Lo and behold!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/y6Crs.png&quot; alt=&quot;Yeah, I can't do half-decent freehand circles, so I did a square. That didn't work so well either.&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Look at that! First result is us. How nice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Except that its locked.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Currently, since it is locked, it is uh, shall we say &amp;quot;un-updatable&amp;quot;, and therefore is also going to be outdated really, really quickly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What possible solutions do we have? After all, we have a fair amount of questions out there that are similar to it - they don't belong here, and we don't have an easy way to get them into the Ubuntu Wiki or something like that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Short term&lt;/strong&gt;: Unlock, and add a historical &lt;em&gt;notice&lt;/em&gt;, but no lock, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/42532/what-media-players-are-there&quot;&gt;just like I did here.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Short term&lt;/strong&gt;: Leave them locked.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Long term&lt;/strong&gt;: Move them off this site!! They don't belong here. However, there is no other place on the internet with &lt;strong&gt;this much information&lt;/strong&gt;, and that is &lt;strong&gt;this high quality&lt;/strong&gt; (as in, has a list of features, screenshots, etc) - for now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, StackExchanges purpose is to make the internet a better place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As was posted on &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/124576/is-making-the-internet-a-better-place-still-a-useful-or-relevant-test-for-indi/124583#124583&quot;&gt;Meta Stack Overflow&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Wikipedia &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Ignore_all_rules&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;has a&#xA;policy&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;called &amp;quot;Ignore all rules&amp;quot;. Simply:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If a rule prevents you from improving or maintaining Wikipedia, &lt;strong&gt;ignore it.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;Make the internet a better place&amp;quot; is Stack Exchange's &amp;quot;ignore all&#xA;rules&amp;quot; policy. If a guideline, precedent, or action goes against what&#xA;you sincerely believe makes the Internet a better place, you have an&#xA;obligation to ignore it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Something similar was brought up on Stack Overflow. What ended up being decided was the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Broken links&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;High rep users whinged about losing their precious reputation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2 isn't a problem with us, since most of them are community wiki right now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;1, on the other hand, isn't either, because SO was talking about &lt;em&gt;deletion&lt;/em&gt;. However, I would argue that having &lt;strong&gt;outdated, potentially dangerous information&lt;/strong&gt; available is worse than broken links.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Lastly:&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We already discussed this a few months ago - a SE community team member came in and started closing some of our list questions. We fought to keep them, and &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1872/how-to-run-the-software-recommendation-tag&quot;&gt;these guidelines are what came out of it&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If we decide to change this &amp;quot;policy&amp;quot; (for lack of a better word) now, then we need to make sure that is also updated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hopefully I made some sense, if I didn't, &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/201/ask-ubuntu-general-room&quot;&gt;then find me in chat&lt;/a&gt; and I'll try to help you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-03-26T18:20:59.343" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2833" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2825" CreationDate="2012-03-26T13:43:43.700" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Perhaps there should be some modular way to put things on the Ubuntu wiki and embed chunks of text specifically from that site.  This way, someone could link to an article (which is typically frowned upon) with an embed.  Then the question could be locked or not.  The REAL data might be more likely to be maintained on the wiki.  Solving both problems I think.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2012-03-26T13:43:43.700" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2834" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-03-26T22:27:45.017" Score="0" ViewCount="35" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm confused about policy.  I posted a question and another user used the edit feature to remove part of it he thought should be in a seperate question.  I rolled the change back as I did not agree with the change.  That user then &quot;Locked&quot; my question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What does it mean for the question to be Locked?  What happens now with it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44077" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Confused about &quot;Locked&quot; policy" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2835" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2834" CreationDate="2012-03-26T22:34:43.480" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You asked multiple questions. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As per Meta StackOverflow, our parent &quot;site policy&quot; site:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/120633/what-do-we-do-with-multiple-question-questions&quot;&gt;What do we do with &quot;Multiple question &quot;questions&quot;&quot;?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/2995/multi-question-questions-how-best-to-handle-them&quot;&gt;Multi-Question Questions: How Best to Handle Them?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In short, what we did was edit out your second, unrelated question and said &quot;hey, please go ask another question.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for locked, because you kept rolling back the edit, another moderator locked it for 24 hours. It will expire at that point, and then you can edit your question - &lt;strong&gt;however&lt;/strong&gt;, at that point in time, if you continue to roll back the edit, then we will lock it again, and for a longer (perhaps permanent) period of time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2012-03-26T22:34:43.480" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2836" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2825" CreationDate="2012-03-26T23:29:14.057" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;As the author of this post in question (thank you Bruno Pereira, for bringing it up and pointing it out to me), i honestly admit, that it was intended and expected to be a listing-your-answers request. You already established that fact, so this is only a personal remark.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore i understand, why this and other requests like these were closed, but i don't oppose, nor do i agree. Why? Because there is clearly a conflict involved, which has been pointed out sufficiently in the comments above, both for pro and contra.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Next&lt;/strong&gt; (and most important) &lt;strong&gt;Step:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;How to deal with these sort of problems / How to make community rules fair and equal to all of its members, which only leaves two options:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Allow list questions&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Exclude list questions&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Being a non-supporter of strict rules, that totally cut out useful, helpful and valuable content/information, which is to be considered the case here, i suggest the following idea:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Why not allow these list-question in a fair way to everyone!&lt;/strong&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;First of all (if this is the way to go) all list-questions, that have been submitted must be deleted, in order to put everyone on the same level.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I noticed, that there is a community-bot, that edits answers, which can be used, to create these questions anew (best web-browser, music-player, applets etc..), so that users can only answer instead of doing both. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Also the reputation-points system is somewhat a disturbing factor in this case. If possible (that is for the developers/website ppl to say) points shouldn't be given for list-answers at all, since these can also be considered as opinions and secondly regarded as answers. Not every effort must be rewarded if we talk about community, even if Ayn Rand would strongly object, if still living and interested in this discussion. (A great woman of her time!!)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;These questions would also make a good sub-category, which are not shown on the main page as questions, as it is right now, rather there would be a link to the sub-category section, like the meta forum. (Again, this is for the developers to consider/decide and some work for sure!)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Also it is important to make a template like structure, that requires specific information in a specific order, like (only an example):&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;1) Image of the application.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  2) Link to HP/Developer.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  3) Extendable through/with plug-ins.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  4) How to install / installation-options.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  5) Stable/unstable release&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  6) Last update / maintenance&lt;br&gt;&#xA;     etc..&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;And the last point would be, to transform list-questions to non-discussion posts, (no comments of-topic, nor sub-comments in this area), since this was the idea in the first place! All necessary information required are there, thanks to the template-structure and user could post specified questions about on of the listed (i go with browsers again) in the askUbuntu HP, like before.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Well, i made some new rules in this idea as it seems, in a slightly different context, though it is more acceptable as it is right now imo.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So far!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47151" LastEditorUserId="47151" LastEditDate="2012-03-27T10:16:06.267" LastActivityDate="2012-03-27T10:16:06.267" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2837" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-03-27T00:42:38.327" Score="8" ViewCount="349" Body="&lt;p&gt;We're planning to replace the &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2076/launchpad-single-sign-on-needs-to-be-replaced-with-ubuntu-sso&quot;&gt;Launchpad provider button with the Ubuntu SSO&lt;/a&gt; in the near-ish future.  This will require a bit of shuffling, including a brief period where neither button is shown on &lt;code&gt;/users/login&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Why the unavailability?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Basically, there's not a real way for us to map existing Launchpad credentials to new Ubuntu SSO ones (although the logins, and backing database, are the same).  Canonical* is willing to help us out, taking a snapshot of the Launchpad creds and giving us the equivalent Ubuntu SSO ones.  For those in the OpenID know, this is providing a Launchpad Claimed ID -&amp;gt; Ubuntu SSO Claimed ID map.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In order to do this completely, we need to deter new registrations with Launchpad for the duration of the migration; so we'll remove the Launchpad button.  Once the mapping is done, we'll replace it with an Ubuntu SSO one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;How will this work?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At the end of the migration, everyone currently with Launchpad credentials will have both Launchpad and Ubuntu SSO credentials.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Like so:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/D8cpd.png&quot; alt=&quot;Wallet&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;When will this happen?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Soon... ish, think days not weeks (fingers crossed).  There are still some logistics to be worked out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hopefully once under way it'll take minutes, if it takes longer we'll put up a system message.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have any &lt;strong&gt;concerns or objections&lt;/strong&gt; please raise them here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;*Many thanks to &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/users/41/marco-ceppi&quot;&gt;Marco&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/users/235/jorge-castro&quot;&gt;Jorge&lt;/a&gt; for getting us a technical contact.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-03-27T02:14:38.237" Title="Moving to Ubuntu Single Sign On" Tags="|discussion|login|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2838" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2837" CreationDate="2012-03-27T02:14:38.237" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;For what it is worth, it should be possible to deduce the Ubuntu SSO identity URL from a Launchpad profile page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Taking my own Launchpad profile page as an example, I can grab the OpenID discovery   information about it:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;$ curl -H 'Accept: application/xrds+xml' https://launchpad.net/~jamesh&#xA;&amp;lt;?xml version=&quot;1.0&quot;?&amp;gt;&#xA;&amp;lt;xrds:XRDS xmlns=&quot;xri://$xrd*($v*2.0)&quot;&#xA;           xmlns:xrds=&quot;xri://$xrds&quot;&#xA;           xmlns:openid=&quot;http://openid.net/xmlns/1.0&quot;&amp;gt;&#xA;  &amp;lt;XRD&amp;gt;&#xA;    &amp;lt;Service priority=&quot;0&quot;&amp;gt;&#xA;      &amp;lt;Type&amp;gt;http://specs.openid.net/auth/2.0/signon&amp;lt;/Type&amp;gt;&#xA;      &amp;lt;URI&amp;gt;https://login.launchpad.net/+openid&amp;lt;/URI&amp;gt;&#xA;      &amp;lt;LocalID&amp;gt;https://login.launchpad.net/+id/xxBzhNG&amp;lt;/LocalID&amp;gt;&#xA;    &amp;lt;/Service&amp;gt;&#xA;    &amp;lt;Service priority=&quot;1&quot;&amp;gt;&#xA;      &amp;lt;Type&amp;gt;http://openid.net/signon/1.1&amp;lt;/Type&amp;gt;&#xA;      &amp;lt;URI&amp;gt;https://login.launchpad.net/+openid&amp;lt;/URI&amp;gt;&#xA;      &amp;lt;openid:Delegate&amp;gt;https://login.launchpad.net/+id/xxBzhNG&amp;lt;/openid:Delegate&amp;gt;&#xA;    &amp;lt;/Service&amp;gt;&#xA;    &amp;lt;Service priority=&quot;2&quot;&amp;gt;&#xA;      &amp;lt;Type&amp;gt;http://openid.net/signon/1.0&amp;lt;/Type&amp;gt;&#xA;      &amp;lt;URI&amp;gt;https://login.launchpad.net/+openid&amp;lt;/URI&amp;gt;&#xA;      &amp;lt;openid:Delegate&amp;gt;https://login.launchpad.net/+id/xxBzhNG&amp;lt;/openid:Delegate&amp;gt;&#xA;    &amp;lt;/Service&amp;gt;&#xA;  &amp;lt;/XRD&amp;gt;&#xA;&amp;lt;/xrds:XRDS&amp;gt;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So my profile page delegates to the identity URL &lt;code&gt;https://login.launchpad.net/+id/xxBzhNG&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As &lt;code&gt;login.launchpad.net&lt;/code&gt; is basically just a reskinning of Ubuntu-SSO rather than an independent service, my identity URL on Ubuntu-SSO is &lt;code&gt;https://login.ubuntu.com/+id/xxBzhNG&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So it would theoretically be possible to determine what identity URLs to add using only publicly available information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12469" LastActivityDate="2012-03-27T02:14:38.237" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2839" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-03-27T04:38:39.567" Score="3" ViewCount="143" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have recently come across &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/35375/18612&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; (probably abandoned) asking how to file a bug for a specific issue on Ubuntu 10.10. 10.10 will no longer be supported as of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ubuntu_releases#Table_of_versions&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;April 10th this year&lt;/a&gt;, which is about 2 weeks away.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Assuming it's not closed between now and then for some other reason, should this question and others like it be closed as &lt;strong&gt;Too Localized&lt;/strong&gt; after the end date passes? I would tend to think these should be closed (after all, they're no longer officially supported), but I'd like confirmation on it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note: &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/2122/18612&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/2122/18612&lt;/a&gt; talks about questions regarding &lt;em&gt;using&lt;/em&gt; EOL releases, but not filing bugs for them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="18612" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2016-03-13T07:55:10.187" Title="Should questions asking how to report bugs for EOL releases be closed?" Tags="|discussion|close-reasons|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2840" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2841" CreationDate="2012-03-27T05:10:48.493" Score="0" ViewCount="108" Body="&lt;p&gt;Mu question &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/116051/can-i-do-full-install-on-4gb-usb-stick&quot;&gt;Can I do an install onto a 4GB usb stick which is smaller than the recommended installation size?&lt;/a&gt; was closed as exact duplicate with a url to possible duplicate answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Currently I have very specific conditions that stated in my question. Especially that I have &lt;strong&gt;no hdd&lt;/strong&gt; and only &lt;strong&gt;4GB stick&lt;/strong&gt; available. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I cannot find the solution in provided &quot;possible duplicate&quot; answer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I admit that I am not so experienced Ubuntu user and working solution might be there but I cannot see it. Please help :-)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2571" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2012-03-27T13:58:25.703" Title="Closed as exact duplicate -&gt; where is the solution?" Tags="|discussion|closed-questions|duplicates|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2841" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2840" CreationDate="2012-03-27T09:28:24.703" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have revised your question and reopened it to clarify the points in the comments - specifically - how to squeeze the installation of Ubuntu onto a HDD or USB stick smaller than the recommended size.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However - I consider this as a possible duplicate of&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/55984/full-install-ubuntu-on-4gb-usb-drive&quot;&gt;FULL install Ubuntu on 4GB USB drive&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'll leave this to others as to whether this is actually a duplicate or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14356" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2012-03-27T13:58:25.703" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2842" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2839" CreationDate="2012-03-27T11:54:02.073" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I voted for that question to be a duplicate, since the original question has since been updated to include a method for people to just click on a window instead of guessing the package name.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2012-03-27T11:54:02.073" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2843" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-03-27T12:22:45.230" Score="2" ViewCount="34" Body="&lt;p&gt;From looking at &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/home-server&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;home-server&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;home-server&lt;/a&gt; there's nothing there that can't just go in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/server&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;server&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;server&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2012-03-27T12:36:39.227" Title="home-server tag makes no sense" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2844" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2845" CreationDate="2012-03-27T12:27:09.120" Score="2" ViewCount="105" Body="&lt;p&gt;In comments to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/115686/how-can-one-handed-work-in-ubuntu-be-eased#comment137786_115686&quot;&gt;How can one-handed work in Ubuntu be eased?&lt;/a&gt; it is argued that it is subjective in that there is no correct answer to it per se. What is your thoughts?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19490" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2012-03-28T15:43:45.140" Title="Is question 115686 too subjective?" Tags="|discussion|close-reasons|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2845" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2844" CreationDate="2012-03-27T12:27:21.170" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think that it is not too subjective, at least not compared to other questions. Seeing that the question already has useful answers it is possible to answer. Any question where it is hard to tell what would be most useful for the OP is subjective in a sense, but if this seen as a reason for closing questions &lt;em&gt;lots&lt;/em&gt; of questions will have to be closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, questions based on actual problems are encouraged. This question is based on an actual practical problem, namely that when a user suddenly only can use one hand, then Ubuntu (as most other systems) is less efficient and more straining to interact with.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, it might be argued that the question is too general and therefore subjective. I think not. It makes sense to pose the problem generally because using Ubuntu with one hand, rather than two, is a general problem. It is a problem that some users are likely to face (of course, this does not mean that particular questions on using certain programs with one hand lose force). Some solutions to using a particular program with one hand are applicable to any program because they rely on something external to that program, e.g. some system feature. Such solutions are fitting answers to a question on using Ubuntu with one hand.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19490" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-03-27T12:34:40.137" LastActivityDate="2012-03-27T12:34:40.137" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2846" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2843" CreationDate="2012-03-27T12:35:31.037" Score="6" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Merge it with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/server&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;server&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;server&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only &amp;quot;difference&amp;quot; is that a home server will do a lot more stuff than say, a companies server. (as in, it'll run many different services as opposed to say, one or two.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-03-27T12:35:31.037" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-03-27T12:35:31.037" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2847" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2843" CreationDate="2012-03-27T12:36:39.227" Score="-4" Body="&lt;h1&gt;No, keep it!&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We need our home server tag!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;edit away with reasons to keep it folks&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-03-27T12:36:39.227" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-03-27T12:36:39.227" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2848" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2789" CreationDate="2012-03-27T14:42:14.570" Score="4" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Done.&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just merged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/file&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;file&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;file&lt;/a&gt; → &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/files&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;files&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;files&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-03-27T14:42:14.570" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2849" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2850" CreationDate="2012-03-27T19:30:55.620" Score="4" ViewCount="63" Body="&lt;p&gt;Some questions from a literal perspective only have a no answer. I've answered some of these by explaining how one can create a compromise solution that brings them closer to what the OP wants. These answers are rarely accepted -- should I bother in those cases?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9558" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-03-28T13:12:35.680" LastActivityDate="2012-03-28T13:12:35.680" Title="Handling questions when the answer is no" Tags="|discussion|answers|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2850" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2849" CreationDate="2012-03-27T19:35:52.597" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Definitely 175%!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Even if it isn't the &lt;em&gt;exact&lt;/em&gt; solution, it is a solution. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Users come here for help - most of them don't care if it isn't done a particular way, &lt;strong&gt;they just want it to work&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Because you might just be helping someone who comes along later with a &lt;em&gt;similar&lt;/em&gt; question/problem, and then they see that and say &quot;Hey! That might work!&quot; and then they try it and it works!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why not?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I honestly cannot think of any good, solid applicable reasons not to try and answer a question (there are always edge cases, admittedly mainly when the person is being stubborn and doesn't want a solution, things like that).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastActivityDate="2012-03-27T19:35:52.597" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2851" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2844" CreationDate="2012-03-27T22:58:02.787" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;It is not a subjective question, as to extract a certain response.&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This question could be put into any forum that pertains to a general question format. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question was asked as to gain incite to the possibility of other apparatus or applications to assist in the daily functions of typing, using one hand. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That kind of question is applauded.+1 &quot;How else my I assist you&quot;? Should be the next part of the answer! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question was not asked to gain sympathy, meant to extract an opinion nor was it derogatory. The Ask Ubuntu forum should be proud to help out. My personal opinion may be subjective, just ask me.      &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="46312" LastEditorUserId="46312" LastEditDate="2012-03-28T15:43:45.140" LastActivityDate="2012-03-28T15:43:45.140" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2852" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2877" CreationDate="2012-03-28T01:49:16.357" Score="4" ViewCount="154" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have checked the following questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1843/what-to-do-with-abandoned-questions&quot;&gt;What to do with abandoned questions?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2468/how-should-we-define-abandoned-as-a-close-reason&quot;&gt;How should we define &amp;quot;Abandoned&amp;quot; as a close reason?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2813/changes-to-how-we-close-abandoned-questions&quot;&gt;Changes to how we close abandoned questions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2329/closing-abandoned-questions-is-harder-than-it-should-be&quot;&gt;Closing abandoned questions is harder than it should be.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And I have not seen an answer to a particular doubt I have about the time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, what should constitute an abandoned question. For me it should be a question that is not affected by the current Ubuntu release. For example, if the question is in regard to a problem in the Ubuntu 11.10 version, then, until a new release appears, the &quot;countdown&quot; for the abandoned status should not start.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After a new release is made, typically most people update to the latest. This increase might help solve some of this question if by chance somebody sees it and finds that it was fixed on the new release. If this is not the case, the OP should check in a time period of at least half the release cycle (3 months) to see if the new Ubuntu release fixes the problem. If not, he or she should update the tag to reflect that it was tested on a new release and it is still a current problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This way, moderators and helpers know that if a question is on the current Ubuntu version of is at least 9 months old with no changes, then it can be thought to be an abandoned question. There are several users that might still be waiting after 5 months for example for a solution to a question and not find it until a new releases comes out. If they do, then good, question is answered. If not they can update the tag to reflect the new version. If they don't flag it or test the new version, then it is most likely a forgotten question that will surely be abandoned.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But the point is that a time frame could be added to abandoned question so that at least 6 months need to pass to start giving the question a doubtful eye. If the 9 month period arrives then that question is pregnant with an abandoned flag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sorry for the english, If something was written wrong or confuses let me know. Just wanted to clear the time frame about abandoned questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7035" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.087" LastActivityDate="2012-03-31T09:57:34.043" Title="Time Frame of Abandoned/Old Questions" Tags="|discussion|unanswered-questions|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2853" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-03-28T12:20:31.987" Score="12" ViewCount="399" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Ask Ubuntu moderator team with the Stack Exchange community people is happy to announce that your work and efforts to keep the site clean and tidy have been noticed and we are thankful for all your efforts and community spirit.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;In fact we are so grateful that we put together a plan to spoil you with gifts!&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;10 is the magic number&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We've had 69 people get involved on &lt;a href=&quot;http://cleanup.thepcspy.com/leaderboard/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the cleanup site&lt;/a&gt; and while we'd love to reward every last one of you, we had to draw the line somewhere! With our magical and infinite wisdom we have decided that the &lt;strong&gt;top 10 users&lt;/strong&gt; would be, without exceptions, awarded a nice swag pack with Ask Ubuntu and Stack Exchange items.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The swag pack we have putted together contains Ask Ubuntu stickers, one tshirt, one sharpie, one pen and three Stack Exchange stickers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The following people will be contacted shortly about claiming their prize: &lt;strong&gt;bluexrider, bodhi.zazen, Nitin Venkatesh, Tom Brossman, Jorge O. Castro, Mark Rooney, amith kk, André Pereira, N.N. and Eliot Brown.&lt;/strong&gt; We'd appreciate a quick response :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;What's next? That's right: Our first proper Clean-up Week!&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;We are happy for all the great work done until now, but its no time to stop!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Before the launch for 12.04 we are planning on another give away action. We'll be updating this post with the details very shortly. It'll be a shorter contest but with better prizes. Awesome prizes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not wanting to tease too much but the next prizes will include awesome items!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We have planned as top prize a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.etsy.com/listing/75747073/ubuntu-linux-logo-wall-light-computer&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Logo Wall Light&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Ouv9S.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And two prize packs composed of one &lt;a href=&quot;http://shop.canonical.com/product_info.php?products_id=828&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ubuntu mug&lt;/a&gt; and one official &lt;a href=&quot;http://shop.canonical.com/product_info.php?products_id=643&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ubuntu mouse&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/gozqX.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;What are we looking for in the cleanup?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's not all going to be based on score. The moderators are going to see how well people are working together and will be looking at the quality of the job people are doing. It's more important that we do things well than quickly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As part of that we want more team work! Many of you work by yourselves but we'd like to see more teaming up. Collaboration is what's required to keep the site clean autonomously.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We will be watching all the participants and further ahead decide how the next prize give away will be done. Again, this post will be updated with further details before 12.04 is launched.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-04-17T11:02:25.757" Title="Swag for the cleanup team" Tags="|discussion|cleanup|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2854" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2012-03-28T13:02:25.567" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2651/ask-ubuntu-clean-up&quot;&gt;Ask Ubuntu Clean Up&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://cleanup.thepcspy.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://cleanup.thepcspy.com/&lt;/a&gt; for the site that organize the cleaning.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19490" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-03-28T13:26:12.060" LastActivityDate="2012-03-28T13:26:12.060" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2855" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2012-03-28T13:02:25.567" Score="0" Body="about the Ask Ubuntu Clean Up meant to clean up the site" OwnerUserId="19490" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-03-29T18:02:42.870" LastActivityDate="2012-03-29T18:02:42.870" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2856" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2012-03-28T13:09:49.693" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2012-03-28T13:09:49.693" LastActivityDate="2012-03-28T13:09:49.693" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2857" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2012-03-28T13:09:49.693" Score="0" Body="about unanswered and abandoned questions" OwnerUserId="19490" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-03-28T13:26:16.427" LastActivityDate="2012-03-28T13:26:16.427" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2858" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1832" CreationDate="2012-03-28T13:15:11.307" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The release is past and we are looking forward to the next release which is preceeded by a beta release, see &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2642/psa-12-04-beta-has-landed&quot;&gt;PSA: 12.04 Beta Has Landed&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19490" LastActivityDate="2012-03-28T13:15:11.307" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-04-12T11:14:12.910" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2859" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-03-28T14:16:59.787" Score="0" ViewCount="191" Body="&lt;p&gt;Virgin Media use Google Mail as their email client and because of this my &lt;code&gt;toby[dot]whaymand [at] googlemail [dot] com&lt;/code&gt; account defaults to my&lt;code&gt;tobywhaymand [at] gmail [dot] com&lt;/code&gt; account which has caused Ask Ubuntu to create two separate accounts under my name.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do have an outstanding question under my 'gmail' account and I am no longer able to log into that account has the owner which is causing problems because I really need to get my wireless router working.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="52430" OwnerDisplayName="user52430" LastEditorUserId="25798" LastEditDate="2013-10-22T09:13:55.330" LastActivityDate="2013-10-22T09:13:55.330" Title="Gmail &amp; Google Mail Are Linked to the same account for Virgin Media customers causing Ask Ubuntu to create two accounts" Tags="|discussion|status-completed|email|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2860" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2859" CreationDate="2012-03-28T16:03:47.357" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;No worries, I'll merge the accounts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit: And it's done.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2012-03-28T16:03:47.357" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2861" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2862" CreationDate="2012-03-28T20:13:07.877" Score="2" ViewCount="131" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am wondering, why &lt;code&gt;code tag&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;bold text&lt;/strong&gt; option which both work perfectly fine in full comments doesn't work in sub-comments, like shown in the screenshot below, using the same syntax?!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sometimes, when i write sub-comments, i almost use all of the 600 characters and things get a little messy for the receiver/person who reads it, because of the tight formatting, (no problem there) if it wasn't for the possibility to use both &quot;code and bold tag option&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have seen it is possible (at least for highlight code) &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1792/how-can-i-suspend-hibernate-from-command-line&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; (comment by &lt;strong&gt;qbi&lt;/strong&gt;), even with a low reputation, but how. All variations tried failed so far!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/9f1DN.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;screenshotSub-comments&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47151" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2014-07-11T05:03:58.820" Title="Code tag/code highlight problem in sub-comment on askUbuntu mainpage" Tags="|support|comments|formatting|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2862" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2861" CreationDate="2012-03-29T13:02:42.197" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;(&lt;em&gt;Taken from &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/editing-help#comment-formatting&quot;&gt;Comment Formating&lt;/a&gt; from the Stack Overflow markdown guide&lt;/em&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Comments support only bold, italic, code and links; in addition, a few shorthand links are available.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;_italic_ and **bold** text, inline `code in backticks`, and [basic links](&lt;a href=&quot;http://example.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://example.com&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-05-23T12:39:54.233" LastActivityDate="2012-03-29T13:10:23.707" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2863" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2907" CreationDate="2012-03-29T14:57:35.400" Score="16" ViewCount="799" Body="&lt;p&gt;Following on from &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2853/swag-for-the-cleanup-team&quot;&gt;Bruno's post&lt;/a&gt; I've just added a new event to the clean up system: &lt;a href=&quot;http://cleanup.thepcspy.com/leaderboard/2/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Clean Up Week 1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;When?!&lt;/strong&gt; The event lasts 7 days, starting at 00:00 on the 30th of March running through the end of the 5th April. Times are in UTC so adjust accordingly.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Who?!&lt;/strong&gt; The event is open to all users.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&quot;But I'm way behind! That's not fair!&quot;&lt;/strong&gt; Don't worry, the scores for the event will be separate from the ongoing leaderboard so everybody has an equal chance.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PRIZES!&lt;/strong&gt; We have three prizes for this. The two runners up will get a lovely Ubuntu mug and mouse. The winner gets an epic &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.etsy.com/listing/75747073/ubuntu-linux-logo-wall-light-computer&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Ubuntu wall light&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Scores aren't everything.&lt;/strong&gt; They count for a lot but we're going to keep a close eye on things and will be factoring in things like teamwork to help us decide who wins. This means if you blindly flag &lt;em&gt;everything&lt;/em&gt; for closure, you're probably not going to win.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any questions?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="14356" LastEditDate="2012-04-16T22:15:27.337" LastActivityDate="2012-04-16T22:32:31.077" Title="It's time for Clean Up Week!" Tags="|discussion|cleanup|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2864" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2865" CreationDate="2012-03-29T02:51:40.170" Score="7" ViewCount="114" Body="&lt;p&gt;I know this very dumb question in Ask Ubuntu.&#xA;I want to know how in this &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/115408/how-do-i-change-my-control-or-alt-key-to-emit-a-space-key-event&quot;&gt;link&lt;/a&gt; the key symbols are attached in question &#xA;and in this &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/116494/how-can-i-add-more-wallpapers-in-11-10/116908#116908&quot;&gt;link&lt;/a&gt; (in answer section 2 question) how Ubuntu software center open directly from clicking on link.&#xA;I tried in formatting help but not found anything. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="31515" OwnerDisplayName="Gaurav_Java" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2012-03-29T21:43:02.140" Title="how to add keys symbol &amp; and software center package link in askUbuntu answer?" Tags="|discussion|markdown|formatting|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2865" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2864" CreationDate="2012-03-29T03:20:15.690" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/editing-help&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/editing-help&lt;/a&gt; will help you out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Use &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;kbd&amp;gt;Your Key Here&amp;lt;/kbd&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; for &lt;kbd&gt;Your Key Here&lt;/kbd&gt;. To link to the Software Center, use &lt;code&gt;[package name](link)&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="31515" OwnerDisplayName="Adams" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2012-03-29T21:43:02.140" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2866" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-03-30T17:05:02.760" Score="1" ViewCount="60" Body="&lt;p&gt;Looks like this happened before &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/812/unable-to-log-in-to-chat&quot;&gt;Unable to log in to chat&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I use firefox 11.0. Followed the test on all looks ok, but I can't log in.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="26252" LastEditorUserId="25863" LastEditDate="2012-04-05T19:49:28.703" LastActivityDate="2012-04-05T19:49:28.703" Title="Unable to use the askubuntu chat" Tags="|bug|status-completed|chat|login|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2867" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2873" CreationDate="2012-03-30T19:41:58.057" Score="10" ViewCount="193" Body="&lt;p&gt;Consider the following opening words to a question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;&quot;I'm using HFS...&quot;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;strong&gt;(red flag)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;&quot;I'm running Ubuntu in a VM on Mac...&quot;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;strong&gt;(red flag)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;&quot;My Mac won't boot Ubuntu...&quot;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;strong&gt;(red flag)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;&quot;Bootcamp...&quot;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;strong&gt;(red flag)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;etc...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At which point does the question fail to meet the criteria for staying on Ask Ubuntu?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit: Moving a comment into the question because I feel it's useful:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Comment on jrg's response:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;I completely understand your response. I'm looking for a metric on when it should be considered off-topic. Like most of your answer is completely valid for VMs, but I think there needs to be a further discussion of exactly when a Mac issue become a VM issue  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;The one I gave the check is b/c I most agreed with this-&lt;br&gt;&#xA;'Is the problem directly related to the Ubuntu OS? Does an answer require tweaking in Ubuntu only?'  See my answer below if you want my opinion.    &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastEditorUserId="5768" LastEditDate="2012-03-31T08:51:49.690" LastActivityDate="2012-03-31T08:52:19.207" Title="At what point does an Ask Ubuntu question become a Mac question?" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2868" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2867" CreationDate="2012-03-30T19:57:07.290" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think the question is &quot;at what point is a question about a VM a question about a host OS?&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, a few weeks ago we had a guy come into the chatroom and start asking about VirtualBox and Ubuntu. He kept blaming Ubuntu for not updating his &lt;em&gt;Macs&lt;/em&gt; kernel scripts so VirtualBox could run. Needless to say, we tried to be helpful, but I ended up sending him to Apple.SE, and I don't think he ever figured it out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Lets go through the examples you gave:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I'm using HFS.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not necessarily. Lets say I'm given a USB drive which was formatted on a Mac - its going to be HFS(+). &quot;How do I mount my HFS+ USB stick on Ubuntu?&quot; is a valid question (even though the answer is &quot;plug it in, it should work&quot;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I'm running Ubuntu in a VM on Mac.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not necessarily either. However, I'm more inclined to point at this one as a Mac question for 9 times out of 10.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My Mac won't boot Ubuntu.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not a red flag &lt;strong&gt;at all&lt;/strong&gt;! As far as we are concerned, its no different from any other hard ware question (like say, an oddball ATI card or something).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Bootcamp.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;eehhhhh... I know &lt;strong&gt;nothing&lt;/strong&gt; about bootcamp, how it works or anything, so I can't comment on this one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastEditorUserId="5" LastEditDate="2012-03-30T19:58:26.953" LastActivityDate="2012-03-30T19:58:26.953" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2869" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-03-30T20:06:12.057" Score="13" ViewCount="221" Body="&lt;p&gt;I guess this might have been already covered somewhere on the Meta, but I have no idea on how to search for it - if so, please point me to that question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My problem is that I've noticed that since several weeks I get very often upset about answers, that are really great, &lt;strong&gt;but are not marked as accepted.&lt;/strong&gt; In case the user has 1 rep, and it seems that he'd have never touched the site again after he had asked the question, I can excuse them. But if the user who asked has ~100 or even ~600 rep points, and he &lt;strong&gt;actually comments that this answer worked/helped him perfectly&lt;/strong&gt;, but &lt;strong&gt;does not mark the answer as accepted&lt;/strong&gt;, I find that a bit worrying.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The first reason is that AU would be somehow easier to maintain if the questions that are answered and solved were actually marked as such. &lt;em&gt;This also negatively affects the statistics :)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Another thing is that very often these answers are written by users of 50-300 rep points, and in their case the +15 points they would get if the answer was accepted &lt;strong&gt;really matters&lt;/strong&gt;, and is also a factor that encourages them to contribute to AU further. &lt;em&gt;(I feel like writing obvious things, but I have a strange need to explain my idea clearly ;-) )&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;And of course, in case of users that have 500+ rep points, such cases lower their accept rate, and they definitely do not want so, but probably do not know about that.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some quick examples: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/113866&quot;&gt;one&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/116606&quot;&gt;another&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/90947/how-to-completely-wipe-ubuntu-11-10-from-hdd#comment136207_90947&quot;&gt;one more&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I guess that the cause may be that they are either not aware of the possibility to accept answers, or are not aware of why this is important &lt;em&gt;(It's not that they are ignoring it completely, because very often they sort of accept it by writing a comment of praise, relief, or express thankfulness)&lt;/em&gt;. Usually I write a comment, encouraging to use the grey/green button left to their favorite answer, with a short as possible explanation of why it is good to do so - it helps, but only occasionally.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yet I am not sure if my approach is right, and would like to consult how to deal with such cases. Should I even care? And if yes, is there any effective way of encouraging such users to accept the answer they like?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="705" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2012-04-01T08:07:24.220" Title="Encouraging (new) users to accept answers" Tags="|discussion|accepted-answer|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2870" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2869" CreationDate="2012-03-30T20:18:58.980" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I often comment before answering that a 0% accept rate will not inspire user help...or that a &amp;lt;%33 accept rate will keep most power-users out.  Most of the time, this is sufficient.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The real question is are we talking about one question users that eventually become &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2852/time-frame-of-abandoned-old-questions&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; or are we talking about several questions where we wind up solving or saying it can't be done...because it's a bug report veiled as a question or not really a question anyway and gets closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastEditorUserId="5768" LastEditDate="2012-03-31T09:56:04.513" LastActivityDate="2012-03-31T09:56:04.513" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2871" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2867" CreationDate="2012-03-30T20:24:47.507" Score="3" Body="&lt;h2&gt;On-Topic&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is the problem &lt;em&gt;directly&lt;/em&gt; related to the Ubuntu OS? Does an answer require tweaking &lt;em&gt;in&lt;/em&gt; Ubuntu only?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Off-Topic&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is the problem directly related to the Mac OS? Does an answer require tweaking in Mac OSX only?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Using these requirements I'd answer your points like this...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;I'm using HFS...&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;HFS is not &lt;em&gt;directly&lt;/em&gt; related to Mac OS X. An answer requires tweaking in Ubuntu → On-Topic&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;I'm running ubuntu in a VM on Mac...&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Running Ubuntu in a VM is not &lt;em&gt;directly&lt;/em&gt; related to Mac OS X. However, the solution might require either tweaking of the VM Software on Mac OSX or virtualized Ubuntu. → this could be either Off- or On-Topic&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;My Mac won't boot Ubuntu...&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is directly related to boot configurations of Ubuntu software and Mac hardware (not the Mac OS) → On-Topic&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;Bootcamp...&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Bootcamp is an umbrella term for software that runs on Mac OS X and Window. It's not directly related to Ubuntu and does not require tweaking in Ubuntu. → Off-Topic&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user24668" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-03-30T20:24:47.507" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2872" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2867" CreationDate="2012-03-30T20:40:47.923" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think in many ways, I also agree with &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/2868/23155&quot;&gt;jrg's answer&lt;/a&gt;. I'd like to expand a bit though, since I'm an active &lt;a href=&quot;https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/7833/daviesgeek&quot;&gt;Ask Different user.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I'm using HFS&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As jrg pointed out, the majority of the time, this is a Ubuntu question the majority of the time the question is an Ask Ubuntu question, rather than a &lt;a href=&quot;https://apple.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Ask Different&lt;/a&gt; question. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I'm running Ubuntu in a VM on Mac.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the question is about using software in a Ubuntu VM on a Mac it would be on-topic for Ask Ubuntu, and off-topic for &lt;a href=&quot;https://apple.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Ask Different.&lt;/a&gt; If the question pertains to &lt;em&gt;installing&lt;/em&gt; Ubuntu in VM on a Mac, it may or may not be a valid Mac question. If it's a question about drivers for the VM, I'd say that it is an Ask Ubuntu question, not an Ask Different question. If it is about the VM on the Mac not working correctly and deals with the VM itself, not the OS being installed in it, it'd be an Ask Different question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;My Mac won't boot Ubuntu&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This doesn't pertain to OS X, so, it would be off-topic for Ask Different.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Bootcamp&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Same as the VM, if it isn't problems with the Bootcamp software itself, then it is an Ask Ubuntu question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Summing it all up, about 95% of all questions that have &quot;Mac&quot; in them are Ask Ubuntu. The other 5% (stuff that pertains to the software on a Mac) is a valid Ask Different question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="23155" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:45:31.530" LastActivityDate="2012-03-30T20:40:47.923" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2873" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2867" CreationDate="2012-03-30T20:52:40.527" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here's a simple migration test.  Would it be considered on-topic &lt;em&gt;if there was no other specific Mac related site to migrate to&lt;/em&gt;.  If Ask Different didn't exist, would you vote to close instead?  If no, then it's still good to keep within AU.  Just because there &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; a Mac site, doesn't mean we need (or want) to have &lt;em&gt;all&lt;/em&gt; Mac questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, bear in mind that if the migration results in a stranded question that is never answered and that the OP never follows up because it's been migrated, then it's to no-one's benefit.  Just imagine all the SuperUser questions that we would end up with if we migrate on the basis of keywords rather than context.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, unless it's &lt;strong&gt;highly&lt;/strong&gt; specific to OSX, keep it :) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="52774" LastActivityDate="2012-03-30T20:52:40.527" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2874" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2852" CreationDate="2012-03-31T07:44:52.193" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Eeek! I pretty much forgot about this question until now. Anyway, let me get to answering this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have set myself the release date of 11.10 as a cut-off mark for deciding the abandoned questions. This actually helps me take decisions easier. I don't want to go around asking people if they would consider it or not. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;OK, but why the release date?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most of us would know that people hear about Ubuntu on the release date and would pretty much forget about it until the next release date. Having their questions closed when they return once again (if they return, that is) wouldn't be too nice. And, if they still have a problem, hopefully they will reply to the comments. I am not saying that this will definitely happen but rather just a blind hope that they will eventually return. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And, I joined the site just a while before 11.10 and I feel it hasn't been too long since then. Why close the questions so quickly?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You have every right to agree or disagree with the points I raised. They are in no way binding to anyone other than myself and I only use them as a guideline to take decisions. You can fall back to my thoughts or have your own, as you wish.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastActivityDate="2012-03-31T07:44:52.193" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2875" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2813" CreationDate="2012-03-31T07:52:53.590" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;While I feel that moderator should use their privileges as sparingly as possible, I don't feel comfortable with the way things are currently heading to. Instead of completely stepping back from abandoned questions, I feel that moderators can play a supportive role, like giving feedback to the people flagging questions. No one likes to be ignored. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Saying that, if you think you have flagged or cast your close votes on abandoned questions and they are not sufficiently acted upon, you can do other things that will determine the fate of the question. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Like downvoting. If the question falls under &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/78048/auto-deleting-old-unanswered-zero-score-questions-after-a-year&quot;&gt;certain conditions&lt;/a&gt;, then it becomes a candidate for automatic deletion. You don't need to worry too much about garnering 5 close votes for it when a single downvote is all it takes to wipe it off the site. (&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/2442/25798&quot;&gt;I already did propose downvoting for a similar situation, but people didn't prefer it&lt;/a&gt;.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2012-03-31T11:28:42.997" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2876" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2458" CreationDate="2012-03-31T08:08:07.097" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I really hope that Ask Ubuntu will eventually have a separate avenue for becoming Ubuntu members. Not only does it puts us in par with other official support platforms like IRC and the Ubuntu forums, who already have such platform, it also motivates the contributors to do a little extra towards Ubuntu. I consider it to be a win-win situation. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't think this would be in violation of anyone's preferences but rather, act as an appreciation of users' contributions to Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While you can always apply through the general route, it is pretty tricky to explain to the community council what sort of a platform Stack Exchange is. It is also not obvious for them to see beyond the number of answers you have so far. While, we the commoners of Ask Ubuntu would exactly know how useful a certain user is, that user would lose that advantage if he is to apply through a general route. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't find the argument that contributing to Ask Ubuntu is not just enough particularly convincing. We already are a thriving community and one that we should be proud of. While I had activity across a variety of community, which helped my Ubuntu membership application get approved, I would like to point out that Ask Ubuntu was a big part of my contribution. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In short, we should go beyond just encouraging Ask Ubuntu contributors to become Ubuntu members and set up a community council specially for that case. I doubt anyone wouldn't want to have that. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastActivityDate="2012-03-31T08:08:07.097" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2877" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2852" CreationDate="2012-03-31T08:40:11.093" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;a) if a question references a package that is no longer fully updated.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;b) if an OP doesn't respond to &quot;is this still an issue&quot; in a couple days  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;c) questions with exceedingly low rep judged with more stringent guidelines - e.g. if they only asked one question and they're probably never going to accept an answer since it wasn't instant  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Summary:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;It's about keeping the QA:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;a) relatively clean&lt;br&gt;&#xA;b) devoid of questions that despite best efforts to solve a problem aren't meeting with user response  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastEditorUserId="5768" LastEditDate="2012-03-31T09:57:34.043" LastActivityDate="2012-03-31T09:57:34.043" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2878" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2563" CreationDate="2012-03-31T08:41:14.183" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The entire idea of holding a beginners event for Ask Ubuntu is excellent and should be encouraged. And, I have a couple of points to make regarding that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Perhaps, we should define the audience for our event to be more specific. Like holding one for the newer users to support channel and another one attracting people who are already providing support elsewhere (like in IRC, forums and the Launchpad answers, etc). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe we should be targeting the second group of people more than the first especially because they have sufficient experience providing support and as such, will be crucial to our growth. I note that we already do have some users who are across a variety of support channels and we should try to improve on that. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A quick chat I had with the Ubuntu forums contributors earlier helped me realize their perspectives regarding Ask Ubuntu. While they feel that Ask Ubuntu is a great platform for questions that have definitive answers, they don't particularly feel comfortable about questions that require holding hands with the users. They feel that our platform isn't too suitable for such troubleshooting. When I pointed them to the chat as a medium for troubleshooting, they were quite surprised to learn that we actually have a chat for that purpose. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is pretty clear that they will (and we too, indirectly) definitely benefit from an awesome well-organized and executed beginners' event, where we basically walk through the potential contributors about the several features of Ask Ubuntu. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Let's collaborate on this and hopefully, we will get cracking before at least the next jam.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastActivityDate="2012-03-31T08:41:14.183" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2879" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2867" CreationDate="2012-03-31T08:52:19.207" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The answer I accepted is a REALLY concise way to put it.  It's not a Virtualbox/VMWare issue. It's not a Mac can't boot from USB if you don't have MacOS on the USB. It's not an issue with file recovery on HFS using Ubuntu.  It's not an issue using Ubuntu live media to do something to Mac OS.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just thought I should weigh in too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2012-03-31T08:52:19.207" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2880" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2866" CreationDate="2012-03-31T11:22:59.163" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;It seems to be some issue with your sessions, I have cleared your sessions info from the moderators panel in your account (forced logout), that should do the trick.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Log back, it should be working.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I get a similar effect when logging in via Gmail, logging out from Gmail in to another account while using Ask Ubuntu and opening chat. While it says that i am logged in the main site, the chat will say I am not logged at all and will refuse to even login.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastActivityDate="2012-03-31T11:22:59.163" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2881" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2869" CreationDate="2012-03-31T15:39:55.307" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Users don't &lt;em&gt;have&lt;/em&gt; to understand the site to use it. Way more people just use the site than &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/leagues/31/week/askubuntu&quot;&gt;participate in it&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If answers to questions have enough votes they don't show up on the unanswered list, so it doesn't affect our answer rate if a question is marked accepted or not. The root of the issue is people aren't voting enough, which has always been a problem: &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2127/is-the-importance-of-voting-understated-on-ask-ubuntu&quot;&gt;Is the importance of voting understated on Ask Ubuntu?&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We have enough higher reputation/experienced people on the site that we shouldn't have to worry about if unaccepted answers are bad for the site. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyway, on your example questions, the first one makes some claims with no backing evidence, so that one wouldn't even get an upvote from me, let alone a checkmark. The 2nd one is a post on a duplicate that should be removed so the autoforwarding works, and the last one has a bunch of uncompleted half-answers with no references to anything, no pointers on where to find the tools they reference, no screenshots, and generally not something I would consider completed answers to begin with. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyway the site does remind people to accept answers if they have a low accept rate and are still new, but I don't think it's a real big problem if people aren't accepting answers, the community should be recognizing good content and voting on it to begin with and the extra 15 isn't that big a deal. You can probably earn more reputation by just fixing your older answers and making them more detailed and easier to understand than by chasing down people who didn't check the check.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2012-03-31T15:39:55.307" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2882" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2883" CreationDate="2012-03-31T20:46:08.643" Score="8" ViewCount="55" Body="&lt;p&gt;Should there be a tab in the review pane for 'someone voted to close'/'needs close votes'/'partially closed' or something?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It would make finding the partially closed questions a lot easier before they get buried.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-04-01T08:00:03.513" LastActivityDate="2012-04-01T08:00:03.513" Title="Should there be a tab in the review pane for 'someone voted to close'" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|vote-to-close|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2883" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2882" CreationDate="2012-03-31T20:54:33.687" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ok, here's the deal:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What I'll start doing is in the regulators room, I'll start linking some questions that have 1 or 2 votes on them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/close?s=1&amp;amp;pagesize=30&amp;amp;filter=week&quot;&gt;There currently is.&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, its part of the 10K &quot;mod tools&quot;, so most users can't see it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2012-04-01T04:29:22.173" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2884" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2885" CreationDate="2012-03-31T22:11:15.667" Score="6" ViewCount="99" Body="&lt;p&gt;Question on a rarer type of abandoned question:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a way for 'Community' to take ownership of these questions so an answer can be accepted and the data can be maintained?  Is it simpler to just create a new question and drop in the useful bits and accept it?  How is this 'supposed' to be done?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-04-01T07:59:10.410" LastActivityDate="2013-01-28T21:33:40.177" Title="Another bit on abandoned questions, but specifically good ones with good answers" Tags="|discussion|unanswered-questions|accepted-answer|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2885" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2884" CreationDate="2012-03-31T22:20:56.450" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Leave them, they have good answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, if a answer has a score of 1+, than the system considers it &quot;answered&quot;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So in short, I don't think anything needs to happen, and I'm not sure we can even do a lot.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastEditorUserId="6005" LastEditDate="2013-01-28T21:33:40.177" LastActivityDate="2013-01-28T21:33:40.177" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2886" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2887" CreationDate="2012-04-01T12:52:24.843" Score="8" ViewCount="188" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is this unicorn on Ask Ubuntu an April Fools' Day joke?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ky1zU.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="49155" LastEditorUserId="6005" LastEditDate="2012-04-01T18:27:43.693" LastActivityDate="2012-04-01T18:27:43.693" Title="Ask Ubuntu Unicorn" Tags="|discussion|status-bydesign|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2887" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2886" CreationDate="2012-04-01T13:02:48.920" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Most likely. It looks like a reincarnation of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clippy&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Clippy&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8724" LastActivityDate="2012-04-01T13:02:48.920" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2888" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-04-02T07:49:57.917" Score="1" ViewCount="92" Body="&lt;p&gt;My account is still getting merged with my brother's account even though my suspension period is over.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This happens even if I try using a different system with different IP address.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I cleared all logins from that account from &lt;code&gt;my login&lt;/code&gt;. How can I resolve this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="31515" LastEditorUserId="35931" LastEditDate="2012-04-04T14:54:41.290" LastActivityDate="2012-04-04T14:54:41.290" Title="Account Still getting merged" Tags="|support|status-completed|login|user-accounts|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2889" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2888" CreationDate="2012-04-02T07:59:11.450" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Make sure that there are no mail addresses in common between the two accounts, neither in the email field nor in the OpenIDs. There is some semi-automatic or automatic merging happening with that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also make sure not to log in on top of each other. Always log yourself out before your brother logs in. That can also trigger a merge.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4068" LastActivityDate="2012-04-02T07:59:11.450" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2890" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2888" CreationDate="2012-04-02T11:47:31.653" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You have removed the email account from the addresses in your login but Gmail still considers the site as authorized to access your Gmail data and log you in in Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Go to your brother's &lt;em&gt;Gmail account&lt;/em&gt; &gt; &lt;em&gt;Account Settings&lt;/em&gt;, look for &lt;em&gt;Security&lt;/em&gt; &gt; &lt;em&gt;Application and sites authorization&lt;/em&gt;, click &lt;strong&gt;Edit&lt;/strong&gt;. From the list of authorized sites look for &lt;em&gt;askubuntu.com&lt;/em&gt; and click &lt;strong&gt;Remove Access Authorization&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am assuming that you have used Gmail to login to Stack Exchange with his account, if you use another service this should be similar.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastActivityDate="2012-04-02T11:47:31.653" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2891" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2445" CreationDate="2012-04-03T09:21:06.307" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is already implemented as far as I know&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/93169/the-editing-race-the-slackers-always-win&quot;&gt;The editing race - the slackers always win&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2012-09-20T08:50:48.320" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2892" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2888" CreationDate="2012-04-04T14:03:56.187" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;We've fixed this, or so I'm told. :) You should be able to log in again without getting auto-merged into your sibling's account.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="35931" LastActivityDate="2012-04-04T14:03:56.187" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2893" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2894" CreationDate="2012-04-04T19:19:46.980" Score="6" ViewCount="1590" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think there are a lot of related questions that could be turned in to umbrella questions.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One example:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;How do I set environment variables for cron/upstart?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It could cover ruby, python, and bash for cron and upstart.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That way we could have one question/answer/set-of-answers to handle all upstart/cron environment variable questions.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This would enable something like redirecting &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/117978/script-doesnt-run-via-crontab-but-works-fine-standalone/117989#117989&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/83549/python-script-wont-write-data-when-ran-from-cron&quot;&gt;that&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/105761/how-to-get-a-bundler-enabled-rails-app-running-as-a-service-with-upstart&quot;&gt;one of mine&lt;/a&gt;.  I just think it would be cleaner.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2012-04-05T11:45:46.467" Title="Is there a procedure for making umbrella questions?" Tags="|discussion|asking-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2894" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2893" CreationDate="2012-04-04T19:29:31.523" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sure thing!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It does depend a &lt;em&gt;little&lt;/em&gt; bit on what you mean by &quot;umbrella questions&quot;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, 90% of the ATI card questions we get are easily answerable by a answer with a link to Bruno's ATI card question plus a little extra elaboration on a particular point that is sticky.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another one is our wonderful Unity configuration questions - we cover 11.04, 11.10 and 12.04, all in one question. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So in short, if you can do this, go ahead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you're interested in getting help with this, feel free to ping a mod and we'll do our best to help you clean things up. :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastActivityDate="2012-04-04T19:29:31.523" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2895" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-04-04T20:01:35.587" Score="4" ViewCount="37" Body="&lt;p&gt;We're having a Stack Overflow meetup to get together with fellow programming, web, and other technology enthusiasts. But not all of our programmers and technology enthusiasts live on Stack Overflow, so this year we're explicitly expanding the Meetup Everywhere to include the whole Stack Exchange tech family. As an Ask Ubuntu participant, you're invited, too!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2012/03/stack-overflow-meetup-everywhere-april-28-2012/&quot;&gt;recently announced&lt;/a&gt; the Second Annual Stack Overflow Meetup Everywhere day. This year, it will be on Saturday, April 28 (though local groups are welcome to pick any other day that week if a Saturday doesn't work for most of your members). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What:&lt;/strong&gt; Stack Overflow worldwide meetups&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;When:&lt;/strong&gt; Saturday, April 28, 2012&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Where:&lt;/strong&gt; your city!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Who:&lt;/strong&gt; All users on Stack Exchange technology sites&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can visit the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.meetup.com/stackoverflow/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;official Meetup.com page&lt;/a&gt; to find existing groups near you (or start a new one). Keep an eye on the Stack Exchange blog for more information as we move closer to the event - I'll post tips on what we learned from last year's event and some things to keep in mind when organizing your local meetup. See the &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2012/03/stack-overflow-meetup-everywhere-april-28-2012/&quot;&gt;blog announcement&lt;/a&gt; for some ideas about what your meetup can look like, why we're doing this, and some help navigating the meetup.com interface.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We'd love to see as many of you as possible participate in our Meetup Everywhere. We had over 2,000 people meet up around the world last year, and we've grown a lot since then. Help us spread the word by sharing info about this event through your blogs, social media accounts, lunches with coworkers, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As always, if you have any questions or comments, do not hesitate to get in touch, and I hope to see you there!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44684" LastActivityDate="2012-04-04T20:01:35.587" Title="Stack Overflow Worldwide Meetups 2012" Tags="|discussion|community|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2896" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2897" CreationDate="2012-04-05T11:12:11.263" Score="2" ViewCount="110" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2122/should-questions-about-using-end-of-life-ubuntu-releases-be-closed&quot;&gt;Should questions about using end-of-life Ubuntu releases be closed?&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/30374/10698&quot;&gt;Boot failure : No DEFAULT or UI configuration directive found!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think this question should be closed because: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;it has no (Ask Ubuntu) owner&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;it's over a year old&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;about 10.10&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;an old boot-failure &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;either it's &lt;strong&gt;too localized&lt;/strong&gt; or &lt;strong&gt;not constructive&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10698" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2012-04-05T11:55:31.977" Title="Should we go ahead and delete out-dated content?" Tags="|discussion|close-reasons|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="6" ClosedDate="2012-04-05T16:40:17.333" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2897" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2896" CreationDate="2012-04-05T11:19:53.720" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;The decision to close this should be a &lt;strong&gt;community decision&lt;/strong&gt;.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I note you are almost at the 3K rep mark and thus will achieve the ability to vote to close.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is an answer voted +3.  In Ask Ubuntu terms this classifies the question as being &quot;Answered&quot; i.e. it doesnt appear in the unanswered lists.  A question doesnt have to have an &quot;accepted&quot; mark to achieve answered status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14356" LastActivityDate="2012-04-05T11:19:53.720" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2898" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2896" CreationDate="2012-04-05T11:47:45.980" Score="3" Body="&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;h2&gt;it has no (Ask Ubuntu) owner&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;It has an owner, &lt;strong&gt;its called Ask Ubuntu and Stack Exchange&lt;/strong&gt; via the copyrights license that Stack Exchange uses. All the work you produce on the site is considered owned by public domain, not user defined.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just because the user is not here anymore to reply to anything does not mean it should be deleted. In fact, according to the license &lt;em&gt;a user cannot go ahead and start deleting his own content just because he thinks that's what should be done&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;h2&gt;it's over a year old&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;So everything over a year needs to be removed from the site? Don't label things abandoned just because... It has answers and it contains valid information for anyone still looking for that information.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;h2&gt;about 10.10 / an old boot-failure&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;That is no reason to delete things on the site. I think you are referring to it as &lt;em&gt;that release its not supported anymore, so we should delete it&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That is just wrong, there might be people still using it even if its not supported anymore, ie: Windows XP mainstream support is long gone, but I still use it professionally and that requires me to look for information to solve issues from time to time. Thank Darwin that the internet doesn't go ahead and deletes random stuff just because &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;its outdated and support has ended&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the end, this should be a community decision. As Fossy-pants says there, you are almost 3k, if you want to vote on this to be closed you should try harder to get the privilege of doing so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Meta is really not the place to take these things. Unless its urgent, sensible content, offensive in some way that deserves discussion, avoid creating a fuzz where there is not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Get another 50 reputation, vote to close it, link it in the regulators and see if anyone else agrees with your reasons. That's what needs to be done here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastEditorUserId="25863" LastEditDate="2012-04-05T11:54:07.423" LastActivityDate="2012-04-05T11:54:07.423" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2899" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2900" CreationDate="2012-04-05T16:16:27.843" Score="0" ViewCount="75" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/707/how-to-use-keyboard-icon-in-markdown&quot;&gt;How to use keyboard &amp;#39;icon&amp;#39; in markdown?&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've seen in some questions or answer that people are able to turn 'alt' or 'shift' into little button icons that say the name of the button.  How do I do that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6161" LastActivityDate="2012-04-05T16:17:29.123" Title="How do I get the button icons?" Tags="|support|markdown|formatting|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2012-04-05T19:48:25.413" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2900" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2899" CreationDate="2012-04-05T16:17:29.123" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;kbd&amp;gt;KEY&amp;lt;/kbd&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; gives &lt;kbd&gt;KEY&lt;/kbd&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And if you see something in the wild like that in the future, you can click the edit link to see the source for it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2012-04-05T16:17:29.123" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2901" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-04-05T21:12:27.667" Score="3" ViewCount="123" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/113235/176889&quot;&gt;Question 113235&lt;/a&gt; is closed, being considered an exact duplicate of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/43174/installing-ubuntu-on-external-hard-disk&quot;&gt;question 43174&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, I got the answer I needed before the question was closed, so I won't suffer much from it being closed, but I believe the questions aren't duplicates, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/113235/176889&quot;&gt;question 113235&lt;/a&gt; might have value for other people.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To me it's apparent by looking at how different the answers to the two questions are, that it isn't the same question, and that the answers to one question doesn't cover the second.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Am I missing something?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="50751" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2014-01-16T16:01:22.080" Title="Consider reopening question 113235" Tags="|discussion|status-completed|closed-questions|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2902" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-04-06T11:59:34.530" Score="6" ViewCount="79" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;I'm just posting this as a proxy for jokerdino. He can't post because of internet problems, but we both agree this needs to get out &lt;em&gt;now&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;Also, special thanks to N.N for asking jokerdino to write this.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe that appropriately tagging questions that are actually answered are far more important than those that are waiting to be answered. I will list down some of the points on why I think so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It makes the questions and answers much more easily discoverable and that is never a bad thing.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It makes it much easier to track the various duplicates.&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We have quite a huge number of duplicates that are yet to be closed, which we aren't doing the site any good by leaving open. I guess no one disagrees on that.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It also ensures that the questions (and the huge volumes of good advice that comes with it in the form of comments and answers) doesn't get lost in the noise.&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If a question only has one tag but probably could use another couple of relevant tags, people browsing for the latter will probably miss these questions. Again, it ties back to the initial point, that is, it makes our content much more discoverable. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;And, on a smaller scale, it gives those users at the 500 rep level something to do. This will make them feel encouraged and inspired and make them feel that they are contributing to the site one way or the other.&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Perhaps, this will also drive people towards improving our tag-wiki and adding tag-wikis to tags that already doesn't have them?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, I guess we should give some more attention to the tagging part of the question, which more often than not, gets overlooked for other outspoken components of the questions.&#xA;I suggest we start at the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2671/how-can-we-improve-the-greatest-hits-of-our-site&quot;&gt;greatest-hits&lt;/a&gt; of our site first and eventually move on to other questions. Remember, while I point that we should focus on questions that are already answered, appropriately tagging questions that aren't already answered are useful as well.&#xA;We have a &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/2455/ask-ubuntu-updaters&quot;&gt;chat room&lt;/a&gt; for users who focus on updating and improving our answers. Perhaps, we can use that room to collaborate on retagging the questions?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.087" LastActivityDate="2012-04-06T12:09:24.737" Title="Let's tag our questions properly" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-04-06T11:59:34.530" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2903" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-04-06T16:23:21.733" Score="4" ViewCount="62" Body="&lt;p&gt;I tried to tag a question and found out that there are two tags which are somewhat similar: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/internet-connection&quot;&gt;internet-connection&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/networking&quot;&gt;networking&lt;/a&gt;. In my opinion both are more or less duplicates and should be handled as such. What is your opinion about?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="236" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2012-04-08T13:50:43.790" Title="Are the tags networking and internet-connection duplicate?" Tags="|discussion|tags|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2904" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2903" CreationDate="2012-04-06T16:42:20.383" Score="-1" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Yes. They are duplicates. Merge them.&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-04-06T16:42:20.383" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-04-06T16:42:20.383" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2905" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2903" CreationDate="2012-04-06T16:43:17.473" Score="5" Body="&lt;h2&gt;No, they aren't.&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Networking clearly in-globes internet connections but and internet connection is a specific connection type used by millions around the world with a simple purpose. In fact it is so huge and largely scale used that people use it every day to describe: usage, problems, good time, actions, features, software, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You don't go out saying: Hey, my new smart phone has networking connections_ or even _Hey my new smart phone has networking connections to other computers in a multi scale global network that allows me to connect via networking to other networking networks and allows me to open this kind of awesome services that work over networking connections.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You simply say: My new smart phone is connected to the internet and I can use the internet the all day to use many many services, unless the internet is borked.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, no, don't merge the tags, they are useful they way they are.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-04-08T13:50:43.790" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-04-06T16:43:17.473" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2906" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2329" CreationDate="2012-04-06T22:18:46.993" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am happy to add my vote to a close when I come across it, but all too often, votes simply go unnoticed.  It would be helpful if there were a way for those with more than 3k but less than 10k rep to get a list of open votes they might weigh in on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8500" LastActivityDate="2012-04-06T22:18:46.993" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2907" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2863" CreationDate="2012-04-07T14:08:01.977" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cleanup Week (April 2012)&lt;/strong&gt; has been a fantastic effort by the whole Ask Ubuntu community.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That last word is important - &lt;em&gt;community&lt;/em&gt; - without our fantastic users, this site would not be as great as it has become.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First - the major special thanks has to go to @Oli - without Oli, this cleanup week would simply have never happened.  The website &amp;amp; cleanup routines were invaluable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your community moderators have been keeping a close eye on proceedings.  The common consensus was &lt;em&gt;wow&lt;/em&gt; - we just could not believe the commitment of numerous people to the cleanup effort.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At our low point, Ask Ubuntu was at 72% answered rate.  Second to last of all the Stack Exchange sites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, with the help of many - and this week in particular, we have reached the dizzying heights of 84.7% answered rate.  That puts us up to the number 2 of the top 5 (in terms of size) of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/sites?view=list#questions&quot;&gt;Stack Exchange sites&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We were looking for not only those questions that could and should be closed but more importantly, improving both questions and answers, upvoting great answers and creating new great answers to almost forgotten questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It has been hard … and if we had more we would have given more prizes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In life there are winners and losers - but on this occasion we consider all the entrants as winners.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Our runners up for Cleanup Week (April 2012) are&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Amith KK&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Bodhi.zazen&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For both dedication, bringing various people together - and for virtually living in the regulators room...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Drum Roll....&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Our grand prize winner is....&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;BlueXrider&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;postscript...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Well done all and many thanks - &lt;strong&gt;but we must just say, we cannot stop now.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We'll be contacting all the winners shortly - so look out for your email!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14356" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-04-16T22:32:31.077" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2908" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2909" CreationDate="2012-04-08T00:10:16.420" Score="8" ViewCount="68" Body="&lt;p&gt;Example.  &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/91582/how-to-apply-webcam-effects-to-other-applications&quot;&gt;This&lt;/a&gt; question could be considered a skype feature request as opposed to a question about making a pseudo-device that is essentially jack for video.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2013-02-05T00:48:15.167" Title="Should 'feature request' on AU be noted off-topic like bug in the FAQ?" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2909" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2908" CreationDate="2012-04-08T00:25:51.457" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;I generally include those as:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;Not a real question&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Mainly because the &lt;strong&gt;only&lt;/strong&gt; answer that we could give is the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If someone builds it, then yes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With that being said, if people want to have it added to the FAQ, we can do that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastActivityDate="2012-04-08T00:25:51.457" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2910" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2908" CreationDate="2012-04-08T11:32:42.400" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think you should be cautious over marking some &quot;feature requests&quot; as a off topic question mainly because some of those can be actually answered and via some kind of magic, there can be something we can do. That is what Linux is stronger at.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Is there a way of...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; questions should not be automatically labeled off-topic. You just need to use common sense on those and mostly realize that you, as a person, don't know everything about how a solution can work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I mean, if the question is &quot;&lt;em&gt;Can I have unicorns make me food every time I'm hungry because I am too lazy to get my ass out of my chair, and feed me via the terminal&lt;/em&gt;?&quot; common sense will tell you, &quot;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;No, no you can't, cause even tough Unicorns exist they don't know how to cook!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&quot; and that makes it a lame question. Mark is as a non question and move on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If its about applying real time effects to a Skype feed and have some fun about it with my friends, probably there will be some way of doing it. If its about removing the background change in Unity greater (lightdm) per user base, there will be an answer for that, even if you need to hack a bit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Again: &lt;strong&gt;Use common sense. If you think its impossible or that the question is a half rant about some feature that does not exist, vote on it, mark it as a non question or a off topic feature request and move on. Don't fuzz about it&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastEditorUserId="25863" LastEditDate="2012-04-08T11:49:29.603" LastActivityDate="2012-04-08T11:49:29.603" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2911" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2914" CreationDate="2012-04-08T19:55:15.257" Score="8" ViewCount="142" Body="&lt;p&gt;This happens to me all the time on Ask Ubuntu:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Question from JB: How do I accomplish exactly X on my machine?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;[1] Answer by AZ: Here's a tutorial showing you exactly how and even more useful related stuff.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;OR&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;[2] Answer by AZ: Here's a clear general answer for which your answer is an example; still written clearly enough that it's obvious how to answer your question, though.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;[3] Answer by JB: This is just me using the knowledge AZ gave me to write out explicitly the precise answer to my original question.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Who do I upvote?  Who gets a checkmark?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I intuitively want [1]/[2] to get the checkmark, but [3] is the exact answer that somebody would want to find on a quick search.  I'd like to give upvotes to both anyway.  But who cares what I want?  What's the right thing to do?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="52599" LastEditorUserId="52599" LastEditDate="2012-04-09T15:33:10.373" LastActivityDate="2012-04-09T15:33:10.373" Title="What is the right way to answer your own question, giving the original answer full credit?" Tags="|discussion|accepted-answer|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2914" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2911" CreationDate="2012-04-09T07:36:38.053" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;The best thing might be to first comment on the answer and ask for what you feel is missing in hope that the answer will be changed by editing. Make sure to be specific in your comments, e.g.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Have you thought of writing the solution as a numbered list that&#xA;  covers all the steps? It might be easier to follow then. Also you&#xA;  forgot to mention step &lt;em&gt;x&lt;/em&gt; which I had to figure out myself using your&#xA;  solution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, remember the wiki aspect of the site. You can edit (or suggest an edit for) the answer to clarify it and make it more complete.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These ways of handling the issue are good in that they do not &quot;steal&quot; credit from the original answer and in that it does not flood a question with answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, given that these approaches fail, I think there are situations where writing up your own clearer and more complete answer is justified.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19490" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-04-09T12:20:52.857" LastActivityDate="2012-04-09T12:20:52.857" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2915" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2911" CreationDate="2012-04-09T12:30:17.327" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;There's nothing wrong with writing up your answer that solves your &lt;em&gt;exact&lt;/em&gt; problem by deriving from other answers. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should make it clear in your answer that AZ's information was important to your success. This will credit his work and is a tip for those of us voting that you guys solved this together as a team and will encourage us to vote you both up. So I would just mark yours as the answer and then give the guy an upvote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's an example of how I did it when I ran into this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/4572/how-can-i-cache-nfs-shares-on-a-local-disk&quot;&gt;How can I cache NFS shares on a local disk?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Note that you should edit your question to include a link so that we can vote on it as well!) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2012-04-09T12:30:17.327" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2916" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2917" CreationDate="2012-04-09T21:38:09.413" Score="3" ViewCount="73" Body="&lt;p&gt;The main thrust of the question is that I saw in chat an 'official answer reached' statement involving a question on meta.  I'm no moderator, but I do ask questions here.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do I just accept the highest voted answer, the one I think is most correct/reasonable(not necessarily the one I agree with the most), etc?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-04-10T05:39:11.357" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="A Meta question about Meta. On accepting answers/which answer to accept" Tags="|discussion|accepted-answer|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2917" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2916" CreationDate="2012-04-09T21:44:59.153" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The answer I got from a moderator in chat was highest voted answer as a general rule of thumb.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think it might be more relevant as a general rule for non-moderators like myself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2012-04-09T21:44:59.153" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2918" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-04-10T00:37:26.333" Score="4" ViewCount="51" Body="&lt;p&gt;Something that I've noticed lately is that we have some bad tags springing up (nothing &quot;new&quot; there), as well as some tags that are being abused/cluttered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;Do note that this isn't a witch hunt against old questions, or even abandoned ones. This is more of a librarian just making sure that the books are in the right categories&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As part of an attempt to both get a community of &quot;edit, try again and &lt;em&gt;then&lt;/em&gt; close if we didn't fix it&quot;, I would like to suggest (in conjunction with BlueXrider) a easy target:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Making sure some of our most popular tags are actually filled with questions that are... about that tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, I'm not saying that we need to go through all 6.3 &lt;em&gt;thousand&lt;/em&gt; questions tagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/11.10&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;11.10&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;11.10&lt;/a&gt;. Far from it!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm thinking more along the lines of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tags?page=10&amp;amp;tab=popular&quot;&gt;this page&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;AKA, page 10 of our top tags.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Using that as a starting point is easy - we pick a tag or two, and for a week (as people have time) they go through, editing (retagging is key for some tags), answering if they can, up voting, testing answers, and if need be voting to close and flagging.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is a chat room which can be used for communication about this - we have the regulators for closing, and then the &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/2455/ask-ubuntu-tag-cleaners&quot;&gt;Ask Ubuntu tag cleaners&lt;/a&gt; for everything else.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2012-04-10T00:37:26.333" Title="Some minor cleanup, with a focus on tags" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2919" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2920" CreationDate="2012-04-10T06:31:27.287" Score="5" ViewCount="103" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is it fine if I use 'Ask Ubuntu' logo as my profile pic (my current profile pic) or is it violation of terms and conditions of this site (if exists)? I love it very much :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25414" LastEditorUserId="25863" LastEditDate="2012-04-10T17:49:19.207" LastActivityDate="2012-04-10T17:49:19.207" Title="Can I use 'ask Ubuntu' logo as my profile pic?" Tags="|discussion|user-accounts|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2920" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2919" CreationDate="2012-04-10T11:19:19.250" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Probably not as per the &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/legal/trademark-guidance&quot;&gt;Trademark Guidelines&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2012-04-10T11:19:19.250" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2921" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-04-10T21:12:37.210" Score="3" ViewCount="65" Body="&lt;p&gt;Askubuntu has been amazing with providing me with useful information and I recommended it highly to others I know using Ubuntu. I now have no purpose for this account because I converted my computer back to Windows. If anyone could tell me how to unassociate my askubuntu account with my email as well as delete it, that would be great.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="50525" LastActivityDate="2012-04-10T21:17:56.840" Title="How to unassociate my askubuntu account with my email and delete it?" Tags="|discussion|support|user-accounts|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2922" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2921" CreationDate="2012-04-10T21:17:56.840" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;We, as moderators, can delete your account. However, I'd recommend keeping it around. There's no real harm in it being here and if you ever do switch back to Ubuntu you'll have your previous rep already.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you do still wish to continue with the deletion, bet aware that this is a permanent deletion and there will be no way to re-associate your account with your previous questions/answers. If that's okay just drop a comment on this answer saying so and I'll have it removed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2012-04-10T21:17:56.840" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2923" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2924" CreationDate="2012-04-10T21:19:59.570" Score="8" ViewCount="77" Body="&lt;p&gt;when voting to close I saw this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/J0kro.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the purpose of limiting close votes? Is this how many I have for ever or do they refresh every 24 hours?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="30405" LastEditorUserId="41" LastEditDate="2012-04-10T21:23:30.377" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Close votes remaining?" Tags="|discussion|faq|closed-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2924" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2923" CreationDate="2012-04-10T21:22:53.313" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;That number is how many you have for a period of 24 hours. &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/22447/what-is-the-reasoning-behind-the-reputation-cap&quot;&gt;The purpose of this is the same as the rep cap&lt;/a&gt;, which is to keep users in check and to make sure you don't burn out. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2012-04-10T21:22:53.313" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2925" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2916" CreationDate="2012-04-11T08:47:50.750" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Actually, on meta, it is not really necessary to accept an answer. We don't even have the &quot;Accepted rate&quot; metric on meta. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But, if you are focused on accepting an answer, you may choose the highest voted answer if it is a discussion type question, especially if the discussion is meant to arrive at a consensus from the community. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Possibly related question on Meta.SO: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/85095/when-do-you-accept-an-answer-on-meta&quot;&gt;When do you accept an answer on meta?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2012-04-11T08:47:50.750" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2926" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-04-11T23:44:16.820" Score="1" ViewCount="39" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/533/are-there-any-plans-for-localized-ask-ubuntu-instances&quot;&gt;Are there any plans for localized Ask Ubuntu instances?&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm looking for good resource similar to Ask Ubuntu on Russian. Does anyone know it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="883941" OwnerDisplayName="user54539" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.087" LastActivityDate="2012-04-12T07:33:37.437" Title="Is there analog of askubuntu on russian?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2012-04-12T05:40:03.667" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2927" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2926" CreationDate="2012-04-11T23:50:50.037" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;There's a service, similar to askubuntu, but for russian users: &lt;a href=&quot;http://rubuntu.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://rubuntu.com&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;I hope it helps.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user54540" LastActivityDate="2012-04-11T23:50:50.037" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2928" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2121" CreationDate="2012-04-12T11:11:43.957" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The testing is done and the software has been used for some time now. See  &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2651/ask-ubuntu-clean-up&quot;&gt;Ask Ubuntu Clean Up&lt;/a&gt; for the public release.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19490" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.227" LastActivityDate="2012-04-12T11:11:43.957" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-04-12T11:11:43.957" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2929" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="865" CreationDate="2012-04-12T11:44:55.163" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's a list &quot;question&quot;, since there really is no &quot;real&quot; answer to that. More along the lines of &quot;It might or might not work&quot;, &quot;Depends on your hardware&quot; etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastActivityDate="2012-04-12T11:44:55.163" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2930" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1953" CreationDate="2012-04-12T11:57:30.733" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Done. Thanks for your attention to detail.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastActivityDate="2012-04-12T11:57:30.733" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2931" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2023" CreationDate="2012-04-12T12:15:36.327" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here's my thoughts on this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Pretty much, just treat it the same as this meta post (&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2364/what-is-the-policy-concerning-external-deb-&quot;&gt;What is the policy concerning external deb packages?&lt;/a&gt;), and as this one (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/7662/is-there-any-guarantee-that-software-from-launchpad-ppas-is-free-from-viruses-an&quot;&gt;Is there any guarantee that software from launchpad PPAs is free from viruses and backdoor threats?&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In summary, here are my thoughts on this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Warnings. Something like this might be wise:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Warning: This involves install software from a non-Ubuntu repository. Please, be careful. For more information, check out &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2364/what-is-the-policy-concerning-external-deb-&quot;&gt;this post&lt;/a&gt;, as well as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/7662/is-there-any-guarantee-that-software-from-launchpad-ppas-is-free-from-viruses-an&quot;&gt;this post&lt;/a&gt;. Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;As someone writing an answer, try &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; to use a external app store if possible, but at the same time, don't be afraid to do it if there is no other way.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2012-04-12T14:37:34.453" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2932" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1553" CreationDate="2012-04-12T14:39:14.750" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;As indicated &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1553/big-font-on-the-click-on-this-box-to-dismiss-text#comment2122_1553&quot;&gt;in comments&lt;/a&gt; this has been fixed and can be considered as answered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19490" LastActivityDate="2012-04-12T14:39:14.750" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2933" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-04-12T22:10:53.340" Score="5" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;It would be great if someone could volunteer to hold a class on how to use Ask Ubuntu, tips and tricks, etc. for Ubuntu Open Week. Ping me on chat if you're interested!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.jorgecastro.org/2012/04/09/ubuntu-openweek-for-12-dot-04/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.jorgecastro.org/2012/04/09/ubuntu-openweek-for-12-dot-04/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-04-13T07:14:29.740" LastActivityDate="2012-04-13T07:14:29.740" Title="OpenWeek class for Ask Ubuntu?" Tags="|discussion|site-promotion|ubuntu-community|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2934" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2804" CreationDate="2012-04-13T01:46:30.680" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;My own Report on this topic.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yep, I will give you a vote on this one, I see far to many old posts, if we don't delete  the old posts it will start to get confused in the data information given out, with the newer types of alpha/beta etc. and this could end up being bad for Ask-Ubuntu. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If say you are new to Ubuntu and get mixed up with the older knowledge out there.. it could even end up being very damaging to the users computer systems! By reading misleading information with the old Alpha/Beta.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A could be fix.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe there should be somewhere and some way that the old posts can be archived and saved if needed, so if someone wanted to find out something about an older system problem etc. &#xA;They could go back to the archive and have a look there for the best answer for there problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54224" LastEditorUserId="54224" LastEditDate="2012-04-13T02:10:43.473" LastActivityDate="2012-04-13T02:10:43.473" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2935" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2953" CreationDate="2012-04-12T23:08:05.837" Score="6" ViewCount="74" Body="&lt;p&gt;I ask a question in this forum: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/118293/bug-report-invalid-unupdated-packages&quot;&gt;Bug report invalid, unupdated packages&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;And I want to tag as a valid answer the comment of a comment. Is it possible?&#xA;The comment is not the answer that I search...but yes the comment of the comment.&#xA;How I have to proceed in this case?&#xA;Thank you in advance&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="53180" OwnerDisplayName="Carlos Soriano Sánchez" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2012-04-15T20:41:29.720" Title="Tag a comment as the correct answer" Tags="|discussion|comments|accepted-answer|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2936" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2941" CreationDate="2012-04-13T06:21:34.470" Score="2" ViewCount="80" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm not too sure if this question is appropriate for the site or not...if it isn't, please remove it so that it doesn't clog up the website.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I always consider an asker's Accept Rate before answering question. What should a user do, however, if their rate is lowered not because they do not accept an answer but because all answers that are given for those questions are not quite what are needed? Is there a way to tell the site that the answer is not what you were looking for?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="46672" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-04-13T07:15:14.857" LastActivityDate="2016-09-02T15:58:44.453" Title="How to have incorrect answers not affect Ask Ubuntu Accept Rate?" Tags="|discussion|accept-rate|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2937" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2938" CreationDate="2012-04-13T12:17:42.547" Score="5" ViewCount="52" Body="&lt;p&gt;I wanted to put a bounty on an &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/46233/converting-djvu-to-pdf&quot;&gt;old question&lt;/a&gt;, but am only able to put up 100, 150, 200, 250 or 300 (no option of 50). Any ideas why?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://FAQs%20says%20I%20should%20be%20able%20to%20do%20just%2050.&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;FAQs&lt;/a&gt; says I should be able to do just 50. Is this something to do with an answer already being accepted? &lt;em&gt;I want to advertise for a better answer&lt;/em&gt; :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5243" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2012-04-13T12:34:36.427" Title="Unable to put a bounty of only 50 on my question" Tags="|support|bounty|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2938" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2937" CreationDate="2012-04-13T12:22:09.070" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is part of the system. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It assumes that you haven't had much success with the bounty, so it automatically ups it to double what it was last time (or something along those lines).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, if you explain what you want to bounty it as, someone in the community (&lt;em&gt;cough&lt;/em&gt; me &lt;em&gt;cough&lt;/em&gt;) will bounty it for you at 50 rep. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastActivityDate="2012-04-13T12:22:09.070" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2939" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-04-13T15:04:09.673" Score="1" ViewCount="42" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1317/what-to-do-with-questions-that-describe-bugs&quot;&gt;What to do with questions that describe bugs?&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An user ask this &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/121692/12-04-after-latest-update-no-unity-no-top-bar-only-wallpaper-can-you-help&quot;&gt;12.04 after latest update, no unity, no top bar, only wallpaper. Can you help?&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;And I answer him.&#xA;In that case, I can answer helping him or I have to tell him that it is a bug and this site is not for bugs?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="53180" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2012-04-13T15:11:53.347" Title="Is this a bug or a question?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2012-04-13T20:59:17.177" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2940" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2939" CreationDate="2012-04-13T15:11:53.347" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Answer:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Its both. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While it is a bug, it is also a duplicate of another question. So it doesn't really matter what it is. :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastActivityDate="2012-04-13T15:11:53.347" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2941" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2936" CreationDate="2012-04-13T16:02:52.017" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Down-vote the answer and comment i.e.: &quot;although this answer may work for some, it does not pertain to the issue&quot; or something to that effect. Just looking at the asker's accept rate before answering a question really doesn't help. This is kind of a dual-edge sword. The unanswered questions also count against Ask Ubuntu. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please, if you can answer the question, do so! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The answers posted hopefully help more folks than just the one asking. Some folks have several open, unanswered questions affecting there acceptance rate, others have questions answered but haven't got the correct answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="46312" LastEditorUserId="16835" LastEditDate="2016-09-02T15:58:44.453" LastActivityDate="2016-09-02T15:58:44.453" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2942" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2936" CreationDate="2012-04-14T03:42:52.300" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;First of all, if a question is interesting and you can provide a useful answer then you may as well do so.  Even if the person who asked the question forgets to mark it accepted, your answer may help other people who read the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Further more you've outlined some valid reasons why an active user might have questions open without accepted answers, so having an accept rate lower than 100% shouldn't be a stigma.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As long as you provide enough information for people to answer your questions and accept correct answers, you are doing enough on the site as a questioner.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12469" LastActivityDate="2012-04-14T03:42:52.300" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2943" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2944" CreationDate="2012-04-14T05:43:35.297" Score="3" ViewCount="41" Body="&lt;p&gt;A link to a page where it shows pre tags and indents, code tags and backticks, and that type of thing.  There's already an AU question floating around about how to make answers more useful, but it might be time for one that addresses formatting.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't know that the proposed question belongs on AU since it's a question about AU, but either way.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit for clarification, I don't mean a this is how you do pre-tags/indents.  I mean something like &quot;See how much better this looks with formatting&quot;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's something I think should be discussed.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-04-14T21:24:24.957" LastActivityDate="2012-04-14T21:24:24.957" Title="Should there be a question on AU or Meta about question/answer formatting?" Tags="|discussion|answer-format|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2944" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2943" CreationDate="2012-04-14T07:31:51.543" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is pretty good formatting help already if you click the question mark icon on the right of the editing tool bar.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It covers most of the editing questions I've ever had, but I'll admit that it took me a while to find it.  Perhaps having a label like &quot;Editing help&quot; next to the icon would make it more obvious to people?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12469" LastActivityDate="2012-04-14T07:31:51.543" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2945" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-04-14T13:51:59.370" Score="5" ViewCount="70" Body="&lt;p&gt;At times I see questions with single-line answers, that are perhaps more useful as an aggregate. Can I combine all such answers into one, and mark the answer community wiki?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The particular question that triggered this: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/7771/45659&quot;&gt;K9-like program that blocks websites?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="45659" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2012-04-14T21:25:09.433" Title="Is creating a community wiki answer with summary of all posted tiny answers welcome?" Tags="|discussion|answers|community-wiki|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2946" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2945" CreationDate="2012-04-14T15:40:55.217" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is a reason why the answers are left on its own. The better solution, as and when tested by the users, can be voted up and poor and unreliable answers can voted down. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This way, it is easier for everyone to use the best answer when they have a similar question. I hope that makes sense.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastActivityDate="2012-04-14T15:40:55.217" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2947" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-04-14T16:00:52.843" Score="1" ViewCount="62" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm pretty sure that your user name used to display when you were logged in and using the mobile version of the site, but now it appears to be missing. I've included a screenshot where I was using Opera Mobile browser (though it is the same on my stock Android browser, Firefox Mobile, and when you use the mobile version in a normal desktop browser. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The screenshot is showing a fingerpress and the empty part of the selected area (to the right of the avatar) is where I'm sure the username used to appear. Could be wrong of course!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/YWk6E.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="40955" LastEditorUserId="304689" LastEditDate="2014-10-28T20:27:20.673" LastActivityDate="2014-10-28T20:27:20.673" Title="User name missing in mobile version of askubuntu (I think!)" Tags="|bug|status-norepro|user-interface|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2948" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2947" CreationDate="2012-04-14T21:44:00.517" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;It does not also checking the mobile site with Firefox&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Xubz2.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Only the avatar and badges, clicking on the avatar or badges will take you to your user profile.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Think this is by design (could be wrong tough).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastActivityDate="2012-04-14T21:44:00.517" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2949" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="689" CreationDate="2012-04-14T22:54:59.943" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;On Meta Stack Overflow, there is &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/57316/offer-an-xmpp-method-for-chat&quot;&gt;a request&lt;/a&gt; for XMPP support which is marked status-deferred. An unofficial &lt;a href=&quot;http://trac.sitepalette.com/soxmpp/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;XMPP bridge&lt;/a&gt; is mentioned in &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/63420/150419&quot;&gt;this answer&lt;/a&gt; to that question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="453" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2012-04-14T22:54:59.943" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2951" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2952" CreationDate="2012-04-15T10:42:33.813" Score="4" ViewCount="61" Body="&lt;p&gt;The question is clear i guess, and i am particularly referring to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/19997/45659&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Such questions may be of importance for purely historical reasons, but does that mean we live with them around forever?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="45659" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2012-04-16T11:21:29.360" Title="what to do with questions that are not useful to users anymore?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2952" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2951" CreationDate="2012-04-15T20:36:26.900" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Such questions should be closed as &lt;strong&gt;too localized&lt;/strong&gt;. If you don't have the reputation required to vote to close a question (3000) then you can flag the question for moderator attention (with a note explaining why you are flagging it).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To quote from the too localised description (emphasis is mine):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This question is &lt;strong&gt;unlikely to ever help any future visitors&lt;/strong&gt;; it is only&#xA;  relevant to a small geographic area, a specific moment in time, or an&#xA;  extraordinarily narrow situation that is not generally applicable to&#xA;  the worldwide audience of the internet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="866" LastActivityDate="2012-04-15T20:36:26.900" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2953" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2935" CreationDate="2012-04-15T20:41:29.720" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would ask the user to consider adding an answer. That way, he or she deserves the credit for the answer. If after a while they do not, answer the question yourself and after the time limit lifts, go ahead and accept your own answer. That way it can be answered for the rest of the community...I'm not too sure you get reputation for it though. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="46672" LastActivityDate="2012-04-15T20:41:29.720" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2954" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="684" CreationDate="2012-04-16T04:00:27.913" Score="-6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I personally find it a bit upsetting that this is even a question! I originally signed up for ask ubuntu after using it as a guest for quite awhile. Why did I finally register? I found the questions &amp;amp; answers to be more relevant than other Ubuntu forums/blogs etc. &#xA;Now I am considering leaving Ask Ubuntu. I feel that this restriction to discuss only official ubuntu's goes against the core values of the Linux &amp;amp; FOSS ideals. While I do agree that this stack should be used **ONLY for Ubuntu based distros, I do not see why they must only be those ending in -buntu! The idea that a question about other Ubuntu based distros (such as Zorin) is not relevant &amp;amp; is therefore immediately closed to be quite restrictive &amp;amp; yes, a little insulting. &#xA;While many unofficial Ubuntu based distro have there own set of tweaks &amp;amp; features, at there core they are STLL UBUNTU &amp;amp; in every such case I have seen, funtion closely enough to be TOTALLY relevant here! &#xA;The freedom ideal that Linux was founded on is essential to me. While rules are a necessity, overly restrictive rules annoy me. Hopefully tese closed attitudes will change on Ask Ubuntu. But until then, I will try to find a more open minded resource!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="42982" LastActivityDate="2012-04-16T04:00:27.913" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2955" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2951" CreationDate="2012-04-16T11:21:29.360" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Specifically to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/19997/&quot;&gt;When will ratings and review for Ubuntu Software Center start?&lt;/a&gt; what's wrong with just leaving it as it currently is? It was a valid question at the time of asking, effort was put into answering it and they've picked a good answer as the accepted answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, what value is there in closing that? It's already dealt with. It has a good answer and that was accepted. It's not attracting crud (meaningless comments/answers). People can understand that it was about a certain time (everything has timestamps on). It's not causing us any problems and closing it won't make any difference.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And as somebody who does occasionally write things, I'm personally interested in how historians are going to perceive us in the next hundred/thousand years. If we went around cleaning up everything that &lt;em&gt;we&lt;/em&gt; thought was insignificant, I can guarantee that the future's view of us would not be an accurate one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In short: It's already dealt with, just leave it alone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The antithesis to this: If you see something mega-old, now irrelevant and &lt;em&gt;without&lt;/em&gt; answers (of at least +1 score), flag it for deletion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2012-04-16T11:21:29.360" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2956" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-04-17T17:39:16.353" Score="4" ViewCount="46" Body="&lt;p&gt;From time to time, I notice some missing tags that would be useful. How do I add one?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19779" LastEditorUserId="235" LastEditDate="2012-11-20T17:51:14.060" LastActivityDate="2012-11-20T17:51:14.060" Title="How do I create a new tag?" Tags="|support|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2957" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2956" CreationDate="2012-04-17T17:45:09.460" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Tags can only be created if you ask a question and tag it with a tag that has not been used on the site previously, otherwise there is no way to &quot;create&quot; a tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2012-04-17T17:45:09.460" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2958" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-04-17T21:08:27.257" Score="6" ViewCount="128" Body="&lt;p&gt;Consider questions like &quot;Why doesn't Internet work on my Ubuntu?&quot; Obviously this is too vague and the person is not following the suggestion in the title box to &quot;be specific&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The catch-22 is that telling someone &quot;be specific&quot; is unlikely to help in the majority of cases.  It's like telling a student with bad study habits to &quot;study better&quot;.  They don't know what that means.  They need to be guided by the hand and told specifics of how to do so.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I noticed that Debian's &quot;Ask&quot; site has a much better (IMO) &lt;a href=&quot;http://ask.debian.net/pages/faq&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;FAQ&lt;/a&gt; setup.  Under the first section &quot;How shall I ask my question?&quot;, it states &quot;Include as much information as possible. If you ask question like &quot;I can't open my fridge&quot; we can't help you.&quot;  On Ubuntu's main FAQ, to get to a section like that, you first have to scroll all the way down to &quot;What if I don't get a good answer?&quot;  First, this suggests that users are just supposed to ask away and only if that fails are they supposed to read this.  Second, after clicking on the follow up &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/how-to-ask&quot;&gt;link&lt;/a&gt;, the first section is &quot;Do your homework&quot;.  The second section explains what being &quot;specific&quot; means, but surprisingly, without an example or much explanation.  It's assumed the reader just needs a reminder to include details and not be vague.   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Given all this (context for &lt;em&gt;my&lt;/em&gt; question), let &lt;em&gt;me&lt;/em&gt; be specific.  What I want people to comment on is:&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;Should the FAQ (and related things like the form field for questions and side-panel etc) be more geared toward getting people to ask more desciptive, less ambiguous questions?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would think that's what we all want, but after examining the setup here, I am considering maybe Ask Ubuntu is purposefully set up to actually encourage a lot of noise, under the assumption that many people are incapable of following the guidelines without much prompting.  So here's a second, related question: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Is Debian's FAQ format less &quot;friendly&quot;?&lt;/strong&gt;  Is that why Ubuntu's is different?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Debian's question box has above it: &quot;What's your question?  be descriptive.&quot;  I think 'descriptive' is a lot better than 'specific'.  It implies we want them to describe the problem, not just specify the categories of their problem (I noticed even vague questions often get appropriate tagging by the OP).  What about changing &quot;be specific&quot; to &quot;describe in detail&quot;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="43660" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2012-06-26T00:07:58.157" Title="Should we change the FAQ and question box to encourage less vague questions? Or does that make the site less &quot;friendly&quot;?" Tags="|discussion|faq-suggestion|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2959" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2958" CreationDate="2012-04-18T21:25:17.530" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Basically, &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/201/conversation/for-meta-users-are-lazy&quot;&gt;here's the answer&lt;/a&gt; - granted, we were talking about showing a video when you ask a question, but the premise is the same:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;users will just say &quot;f u video&quot; and ask anyway - why? because when they've come to the site, &lt;strong&gt;they've already made up their mind to ask the question, regardless of what we do.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, vague questions are a problem. But changing it from one thing to another won't really help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So in short, changing it won't help. Why? Because we can give users all the help, hints etc we want, but until they &lt;em&gt;understand&lt;/em&gt; what the site is about, they will ignore 99% of it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastActivityDate="2012-04-18T21:25:17.530" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2961" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-04-19T06:09:17.823" Score="0" ViewCount="64" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1519/is-it-okay-to-ask-a-user-to-accept-an-answer-for-his-her-question&quot;&gt;Is it okay to ask a user to accept an answer for his/her question?&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have come across some users who have 0% accept rate. They don't accept the answer even when the answer is helpful or correct. What to do with this type of users?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="35507" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-04-19T08:02:36.610" LastActivityDate="2012-04-19T08:02:36.610" Title="What to do if a user doesn't accept any answer even when the answer is correct" Tags="|discussion|accept-rate|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ClosedDate="2012-09-20T00:04:54.470" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2962" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2963" CreationDate="2012-04-19T13:45:52.923" Score="10" ViewCount="83" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/vlc&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;vlc&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;vlc&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/vlc-player&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;vlc-player&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;vlc-player&lt;/a&gt; seems like they should be synonyms, not entirely sure which way round though!?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="40955" LastActivityDate="2012-04-19T14:49:47.057" Title="Tag synonym request: [vlc] -&gt; [vlc-player]" Tags="|discussion|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2963" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2962" CreationDate="2012-04-19T14:49:47.057" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/vlc-player&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;vlc-player&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;vlc-player&lt;/a&gt; just became a synonym of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/vlc&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;vlc&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;vlc&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastActivityDate="2012-04-19T14:49:47.057" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2964" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2970" CreationDate="2012-04-19T15:43:18.633" Score="3" ViewCount="62" Body="&lt;p&gt;A bit ago I read the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/editing-help#comment-formatting&quot;&gt;Comment Formatting&lt;/a&gt; section in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/editing-help&quot;&gt;Markdown help&lt;/a&gt; and actually used some shorthand links in a comment. At the time I just assumed that these shorthand links would also work when asking or answering a question even though (in hindsight) the title of the section does &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; imply this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But now I have tried the shorthand links in a question/answer and they definitely do &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; work in that context.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't understand why this feature would be restricted to comments. Is this intentional? If so, why?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is a list of the shorthand links copied from the help section to illustrate which ones do and do not work outside of a comment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;These shorthand links do appear to work:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;code&gt;[tag:tagname]&lt;/code&gt; which formats as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/tagname&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;tagname&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;tagname&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;code&gt;[meta-tag:tagname]&lt;/code&gt; which also formats as &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/tagname&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;tagname&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;tagname&lt;/a&gt; (but only in a &lt;code&gt;meta&lt;/code&gt; exchange).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;These short hand links do not work:&lt;/strong&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[meta], [main], [edit], [so], [su], [sf], [metaso], [a51], [se], [chat], [ask], [answer]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[faq], [meta-faq],&lt;br&gt;&#xA;[faq#anchor] (i.e. [faq#questions]),&lt;br&gt;&#xA;[meta-faq#anchor] (i.e. [meta-faq#questions]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[something.se] (i.e. [ubuntu.se])&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="52923" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2012-04-20T05:45:44.640" Title="Are the shorthand links only supported when used in comments? If so, why?" Tags="|feature-request|design|markdown|hyperlinks|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2967" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2968" CreationDate="2012-04-19T21:18:41.557" Score="3" ViewCount="61" Body="&lt;p&gt;I asked a question which was closed as a &quot;Duplicate Question&quot;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/123381/how-do-i-add-customized-wallpapers-in-usr-share-backrounds-in-12-04&quot;&gt;How do I add customized wallpapers so they appear in the dynamic unity greeter?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I even acknowledged this by linking the potential duplications to my question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How do I reopen the question as it was specific to 12.04 and The duplications cited did not give me a resolution.  I probably would have expected a comment from an experienced user asking something like, if my resolution is not in the links can I explain better what differentiates it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="53498" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2013-02-03T07:01:05.940" Title="How do I get my question reopened as I would really like a resolution?" Tags="|support|close-reasons|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2968" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2967" CreationDate="2012-04-19T21:27:20.387" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can get it reopened by either leaving a comment on the question, flagging the question for moderator attention, or by posting here on meta, as you already have! There appears to be some conflict as to whether it &lt;em&gt;actually&lt;/em&gt; is a duplicate. I'll let the community debate if it is, in the mean time it's been reopened. Though if found to be a duplicate by the community it'll likely be re-closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2012-04-19T21:27:20.387" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2970" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2964" CreationDate="2012-04-20T05:45:44.640" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, it only works in the comments (and to an extent, in the chat as well).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just think about why it is not allowed in the answers a little. Why would anyone want to link to the FAQs and other SE sites in their answers? It clearly doesn't have much of a use case, really. If anyone wants to link people to those things, it makes more sense for the links to be left as a comment than as an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastActivityDate="2012-04-20T05:45:44.640" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2971" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-04-20T12:33:23.447" Score="7" ViewCount="955" Body="&lt;p&gt;I stumbled across a question today that was right up my street: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/123696/grabbing-video-from-webofstories&quot;&gt;How do I grab video from webofstories.com?&lt;/a&gt;. If I were to paraphrase it it would be:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I want to download videos from a video streaming site that doesn't provide download links.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Everything about this is tailored for me. As part of &lt;code&gt;${DAYJOB}&lt;/code&gt; I do an amount of video streaming work. I know the ins, the outs and the otherwises of RTMP and I'm very familiar with the various utilities that allow you to download the content as I've used them for testing various encrypted setups.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My technical, helpful site took over and in about a minute I had an answer, including a full example on how to download one of their videos. I was about to click the submit button when I heard a voice in the back of my head asking some uncomfortable questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Are they allowed to do this?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is it technically illegal to do this?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Am I allowed to show them how to do this?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The facts here are it's not an open license for the videos and the terms and conditions clearly state the only way they license the videos to you is via the website (and no other mechanism).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We nuke &lt;em&gt;any&lt;/em&gt; question we see about people trying to circumvent DRM. It's illegal under the DMCA so it's not welcome here. This isn't the same as that but it is legally questionable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More than that, I'm acutely aware of the costs of hosting and streaming video, especially through Amazon S3/Cloudfront. It's not a cheap CDN. This sort of question makes me uncomfortable on the level that if I give somebody a viable answer, they could very easily use a cheap home broadband connection to cost this company hundreds of dollars in extra streaming costs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And what if this was a question about a site where all this was okay? An answer would be legally fine but it could easily be adapted for use on another site where it is against terms of service.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is just one example and I'm already pretty conflicted about how we should deal with it. Part of me feels like it might be somebody just trying to do something and the other side feels like helping them is akin to teaching somebody how to most effectively graffiti a wall.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd like to hear what other people think about legally and morally questionable content. Please feel free to give examples (real or not) to illustrate your thoughts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2012-04-21T17:34:36.577" Title="Copyright and morality in questions" Tags="|discussion|legal|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2972" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2974" CreationDate="2012-04-20T13:43:04.140" Score="4" ViewCount="145" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have just a answered a question because I knew where the information was (it was part of a response to another question authored by someone else).   I gave the credit to that user by creating a link.  Is this the correct way to give credit?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please note that I did not include the complete link to older answer as I thought it may have confused the person asking the new question (he was asking something specific).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This the question I answered: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/123721/what-are-the-criteria-for-a-user-background-to-become-login-background-on-user-s&quot;&gt;What are the criteria for a user background to become login background on user selection?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="53498" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2012-04-21T09:33:25.650" Title="How do I give credit for someone elses answer to a question?" Tags="|discussion|answers|answer-format|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2973" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2971" CreationDate="2012-04-20T14:32:33.547" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a stark believer in knowledge is power as I've &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/2247/41&quot;&gt;carried&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/1411/41&quot;&gt;about before&lt;/a&gt;. However, I'm not lawyer and I can't say for certain, in fact I don't think many of us can say for certain if this violates DMCA. I* &lt;em&gt;don't&lt;/em&gt; think it violates any laws, much like posting questions about &quot;Sniffing WiFi passwords&quot;, or the formula for Crystal Methamphetamine, Pipe Bombs, and other such topics which exist on the the internet, but aren't illegal. The information isn't what's illegal, it's the act of doing so, and that's up to the user if they wish to execute it or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With proper warnings of &quot;use best judgement&quot; and &quot;this is illegal in some countries&quot; should suffice prior to the information being posted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;*&lt;/code&gt; I am not a lawyer, or providing any legal council as to the legitimacy of this claim. It is my belief and does not necessarily represent the views of Stack Exchange, or Stack Overflow.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.227" LastActivityDate="2012-04-20T14:32:33.547" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2974" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2972" CreationDate="2012-04-21T09:33:25.650" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think that giving credit by linking the answer that you used in creating your answer is the correct way. This could look like&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This answer is partly based on [some link].&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that you linked the user and not the answer that you used in the answer you refer to.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19490" LastActivityDate="2012-04-21T09:33:25.650" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2975" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-04-21T10:41:46.347" Score="7" ViewCount="61" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/icon&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;icon&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;icon&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/icons&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;icons&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;icons&lt;/a&gt; look like they should be the same, there is also &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/desktop-icons&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;desktop-icons&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;desktop-icons&lt;/a&gt; but that's only been used once so guess that'll die out on its own accord.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="40955" LastActivityDate="2012-06-11T06:28:22.257" Title="Tag synonym request: [icon] -&gt; [icons]" Tags="|discussion|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2976" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2971" CreationDate="2012-04-21T17:34:36.577" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;This doesn't seem like a copyright issue at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Suppose a service's terms of use say that, by using the site, you agree not to save permanent copies of videos on your computer. That is independent of the copyright status of the videos themselves. A website that hosts only free (as in freedom) videos could potentially say that, and might even have a motive to do so, if they wanted more people to go to their site and see advertisements.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So if this is about someone asking to do something that might violate a contract they have agreed to, consider:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Have they really agreed to it, by using the service? Legally? Are we lawyers who are willing to make that judgment (and to work for free, for the for-profit web service, by making it)?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is that term of the contract binding and enforceable in this specific situation, for this specific person, in the relevant jurisdiction?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Do we care? There is some sense--though it is heavily contested--that abiding by copyright law furthers the public good. But this isn't about the public good or the rights of authors and artists. This (in my example) is about a company getting ad revenue for redistributing other people's work. In the real world, how many video sites are there that have anything else as the motive behind their policies?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As an individual, you might decide not to answer some questions if you think people will use the answers in ways you don't like. As a community, we might decide to prohibit some well-defined classes of questions. But having a policy of not telling people how to do something that a reasonable person would &lt;em&gt;suspect&lt;/em&gt; they might use to violate a &lt;em&gt;contract&lt;/em&gt;? There seems to me no legal or moral argument in favor of such a policy, and no strategic advantage to our community of having one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Suppose we decide we don't want to give people information that they're likely to use to commit an illegal act. That's irrelevant to this question, because while there is such a thing as criminal copyright infringement (at least in some countries), failing to abide by a civil contract is a &lt;em&gt;tort&lt;/em&gt;, not a &lt;em&gt;crime&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I deliberately answer some questions and not others to further my personal and political goals. But only in extreme cases would I try to keep other people from answering something because I wouldn't answer it myself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Like Marco Ceppi, I am not a lawyer.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2012-04-21T17:34:36.577" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2977" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2978" CreationDate="2012-04-22T18:48:02.410" Score="5" ViewCount="61" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't know who would subscribe to a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/missing&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;missing&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;missing&lt;/a&gt; tag. I'd be happy to clean up untagged ones afterwards.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="25798" LastEditDate="2012-04-23T09:44:51.827" LastActivityDate="2012-04-23T09:44:51.827" Title="missing is meta/worthless, time to remove it?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2978" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2977" CreationDate="2012-04-22T18:48:18.383" Score="9" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Yes&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This tag sucks, it should be removed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-04-22T18:48:18.383" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2979" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2977" CreationDate="2012-04-22T18:48:56.777" Score="-3" Body="&lt;h1&gt;No&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I like meaningless tags that add no value to the site and just create noise for people.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-04-22T18:48:56.777" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2980" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2642" CreationDate="2012-04-22T19:57:56.817" Score="9" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Things we can do to make the next few weeks suck less&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Add your own!)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Important ones: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We get swamped with new questions. Other than answering questions, one of the most important things you can do is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/first-questions?s=1&amp;amp;pagesize=15&amp;amp;filter=day&quot;&gt;review questions&lt;/a&gt;. This ensures that horrible questions get fixed and updated. You need at least 125 reputation to start reviewing and the Strunk and White badge:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2011/11/improved-reviewing/&quot;&gt;Review incoming questions&lt;/a&gt;. If we get at least 10 people doing this once a day for the next few weeks we'll be rocking it! Note that the efforts of reviewing, such as finding duplicates, can be improved by coordinating it in &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;chat&lt;/a&gt; such as via &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/206/ubuntu-regulators&quot;&gt;the room Ubuntu Regulators&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Nice to have:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/830/editing-tips-and-tricks&quot;&gt;Editing tips and tricks&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/89/style-guide-for-questions-and-answers&quot;&gt;Style guide for questions and answers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1323/what-prewritten-pro-forma-userscript-comments-can-we-use-and-share&quot;&gt;What prewritten Pro-forma (aka AutoReviewComments) userscript comments can we use and share?&lt;/a&gt; (If you're planning on helping out with incoming questions, please install this, it makes it much easier.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A good deal of questions don't need to be version tagged with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/12.04&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;12.04&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;12.04&lt;/a&gt;, save those  for hardware specific questions, or things that are drastically different inbetween versions that require it. Remember we strive to keep questions up to date over time, so keeping questions updated that apply to multiple versions helps us, having the version in the body is usually enough anyway. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2012-04-24T04:41:57.603" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-04-23T01:11:37.410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2981" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2994" CreationDate="2012-04-23T09:27:14.563" Score="3" ViewCount="55" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to view my voting history on my profile page here on Ask Ubuntu. How do I do this? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Judging from &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/41932/can-i-see-my-vote-history&quot;&gt;this Meta Stack Overflow question&lt;/a&gt;, this functionality existed and was removed '&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/41935/176211&quot;&gt;for some reason&lt;/a&gt;'. Digging further into the search results, I see &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/14610/where-did-the-votes-tab-go/14625#14625&quot;&gt;this related question&lt;/a&gt;, with many votes in favor, and many down-votes for the statement '&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/14625/176211&quot;&gt;We don't think this tab is useful any more&lt;/a&gt;'.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Can this feature be restored, or a workaround provided, even if it is only for askubuntu.com?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12864" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Can we add 'Vote History' back to our Ask Ubuntu profile page?" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|voting|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2983" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2984" CreationDate="2012-04-24T10:06:51.850" Score="2" ViewCount="38" Body="&lt;p&gt;Currently there are various meta tags for voting:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/voting&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged 'voting'&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;voting&lt;/a&gt;× 8&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/down-votes&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged 'down-votes'&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;down-votes&lt;/a&gt;× 4&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/vote-to-close&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged 'vote-to-close'&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;vote-to-close&lt;/a&gt;× 3&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/up-votes&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged 'up-votes'&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;up-votes&lt;/a&gt;× 3&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/votes&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged 'votes'&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;votes&lt;/a&gt;× 3&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/downvoting&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged 'downvoting'&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;downvoting&lt;/a&gt;× 2&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There seems to be no reason to have so many different tags for voting. How can the variation be reduced?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19490" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-04-24T10:12:24.027" LastActivityDate="2012-04-27T05:52:03.687" Title="Redundant voting meta tags" Tags="|discussion|tags|meta|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2984" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2983" CreationDate="2012-04-24T10:11:07.650" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have now retagged as follows:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/votes&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged 'votes'&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;votes&lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/voting&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged 'voting'&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;voting&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/down-votes&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged 'down-votes'&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;down-votes&lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/downvoting&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged 'downvoting'&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;downvoting&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/up-votes&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged 'up-votes'&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;up-votes&lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/voting&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged 'voting'&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;voting&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19490" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-04-27T05:52:03.687" LastActivityDate="2012-04-27T05:52:03.687" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2985" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2986" CreationDate="2012-04-24T17:28:48.213" Score="7" ViewCount="152" Body="&lt;p&gt;I saw this today and it's awesome, as seen here: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/124747/235&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/a/124747/235&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I like this better than our small icon because this one looks clickable and will do what you expect it to do instead of the little orange bag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know Marco controls the shortlink to the image, but I don't think we could just swap them out, so for your consideration, I think using this would be a huge improvement for our new-user questions and would tie AU better with the USC experience&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;References:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/388/how-do-we-solve-the-package-installation-problem&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/388/how-do-we-solve-the-package-installation-problem&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Banshee is great, you should install it:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.ubuntu.com/cat/applications/banshee/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/KTmH9.png&quot; alt=&quot;Install via the software center&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2012-04-25T16:15:51.497" Title="Way nicer software installation than we have now, should we do this?" Tags="|discussion|answer-format|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2986" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2985" CreationDate="2012-04-24T17:47:00.127" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is a great alternative. as it sells the branding for Ubuntu Software Center better, as well as serves as a better Call to Action. I'm all for this as an improvement to the current button. However, I don't think it'll work as a drop-in replacement given the current structure of the markup for the button.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It would be great to add it to the current package installation post as the suggested button in addition to amending the current user script to have this as an option.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2012-04-24T17:47:00.127" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2987" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2988" CreationDate="2012-04-24T18:07:11.210" Score="2" ViewCount="26" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure if I'm right about this but I recieved this question in my allocation for the clean-up: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/6075/vga-for-external-monitor-is-flickering&quot;&gt;VGA for external monitor is flickering&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This question has already been merged with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/7700/gma-5700-mhd-dell-vostro-3300-externel-vga-monitor-is-flickering&quot;&gt;GMA 5700 MHD Dell Vostro 3300 externel vga monitor is flickering&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So presumably it is already closed? There are no answers and it can't be answered as the space to enter answers has been removed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="40955" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2012-04-24T18:09:27.333" Title="Possible bug with the Clean-Up site. Recieved a merged question in my allocation" Tags="|bug|cleanup|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2988" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2987" CreationDate="2012-04-24T18:09:27.333" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is a known bug.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It actually wasn't closed, because merging != closing (for some reason).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I just closed it for you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastActivityDate="2012-04-24T18:09:27.333" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2989" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-04-24T20:50:28.167" Score="10" ViewCount="87" Body="&lt;p&gt;we usually have some sessions at UDS to talk about AU and work on stuff. So far we have these 2 proposed sessions, one general one, and one specifically looking at integration:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/community-q-askubuntu&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/community-q-askubuntu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/community-q-askubuntu-integration&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/community-q-askubuntu-integration&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We have a &lt;a href=&quot;https://trello.com/board/ask-ubuntu/4ec557e6ea86c7153d127fc5&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;list of things&lt;/a&gt; on the Trello board we have been working on. If there's any topic you'd like to see addressed please add an answer and we'll add it to the agenda. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'll publish remote participation details when I have them so people can join in. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-04-25T06:20:13.907" LastActivityDate="2012-05-09T06:42:23.343" Title="The Ubuntu Developer Summit is coming up, what goals should we set for Ask Ubuntu?" Tags="|discussion|community|ubuntu-community|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2990" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2991" CreationDate="2012-04-25T19:22:00.747" Score="2" ViewCount="78" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/123388/how-do-i-remove-lubuntu-desktop-from-ubuntu-12-04&quot;&gt;How do I get this question re-opened?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A moderator has closed this question citing it as an exact duplicate, but its clear that any of the answers on the original question do not specifically answer the question I asked.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have updated the question with an answer as the method I took to resolve is issue was not prescribed in another answer and it worked.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="53498" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2016-09-15T11:19:34.147" Title="How do I get Question 123388 reopened?" Tags="|discussion|close-reasons|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2991" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2990" CreationDate="2012-04-25T19:29:54.410" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Could you update your question (you should be able to edit it, even though it's closed) to add more details to what you've tried, what isn't working, etc. From first glance it would appear that the closure was correct (though it should, in my opinion be a duplicate of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/73993/how-to-completely-remove-desktop&quot;&gt;How to completely remove desktop?&lt;/a&gt; ).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So while I agree with the current closure, it might be that those instructions are out of date, etc. Could you update your question with the exact steps you've tried, what questions you've viewed, any errors, or other information that would help us to narrow down the actual problem and provide you with an accurate answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2012-04-25T19:29:54.410" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2994" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2981" CreationDate="2012-04-26T08:08:34.987" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Seems like it is back now. :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Read waffle's answer on Meta StackOverflow: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/130380/177471&quot;&gt;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/130380/177471&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2012-04-26T08:08:34.987" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2995" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="2996" CreationDate="2012-04-26T09:34:14.533" Score="2" ViewCount="67" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have just realized I have 2 AU accounts, I cant recall how this happened but I did change my e-mail address recently.  How do i go about merging them, is this something you can help me with?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Primary User ID: 53498&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Old Account (to be removed when merged): 51556&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="53498" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-04-26T10:00:57.050" LastActivityDate="2012-04-26T10:02:10.853" Title="How do I merge my 2 Ask Ubuntu Accounts?" Tags="|support|status-completed|user-accounts|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2996" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2995" CreationDate="2012-04-26T10:02:10.853" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;As indicated &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2995/how-do-i-merge-my-2-ask-ubuntu-accounts#comment4123_2995&quot;&gt;in comments&lt;/a&gt; this has been fixed and can be considered as answered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19490" LastActivityDate="2012-04-26T10:02:10.853" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2997" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-04-26T15:32:23.690" Score="2" ViewCount="39" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am using my mobile to connect to Ask Ubuntu. But the problem is I can't remove/edit comments from mobile version of Ask Ubuntu. Is it problem of my mobile or a known issue in Ask Ubuntu?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Browser: Opera Mini 6.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="39372" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-04-27T05:40:01.377" LastActivityDate="2012-04-27T05:40:01.377" Title="Comments in mobile version of Ask Ubuntu" Tags="|bug|comments|user-interface|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2998" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-04-26T16:51:53.740" Score="11" ViewCount="348" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is AskUbuntu now the &quot;official&quot; support forum for Ubuntu and Canonical? I am aware of the link between AskUbuntu and Stack Exchange.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In particular, why is Ask Ubuntu on the 11.10 and 12.04 installers, and not any of the other official resources?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="36515" LastEditorUserId="6005" LastEditDate="2012-04-26T17:43:24.277" LastActivityDate="2012-04-30T13:50:45.233" Title="Why is Ask Ubuntu on the default installer, and not other support sites?" Tags="|discussion|support|ubuntu-community|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="2999" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2998" CreationDate="2012-04-26T17:55:48.617" Score="18" Body="&lt;p&gt;The Community maintainer for the installer slideshow &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dylanmccall.com/blog/2012/03/11/why-isnt-ubuntu-forums-in-the-installer-slideshow/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;made this decision&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This one is a mix of things.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The install slideshow ends with a slide that is about getting help. Right now it’s pretty heavy on tech support, but the idea is “don’t worry, you are not alone!”&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;With Ubuntu Forums, the information available at a glance is that you really need to REGISTER, there are a lot of categories, there’s a category for absolute beginners, and (if you’re especially observant) people post quite frequently. The last two pieces of information are quite compelling, but I’m put off by how far the viewer of the slideshow is from actually seeing people get help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I think Ask Ubuntu just does a better job for the quick glance - “hey, this place looks helpful” – kind of thing. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;First, there is no obligation to register, and I like that for making things a little more relaxed. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Second, the site is all about Q and A and the landing page has a prominent list of questions and their answers. The site also has an “Ask a question” button whether you’re signed in or not, so I think it’s a little more inviting. I think someone can see Ask Ubuntu and understand it in three seconds.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastActivityDate="2012-04-26T17:55:48.617" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3002" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3003" CreationDate="2012-04-27T17:32:52.543" Score="4" ViewCount="55" Body="&lt;p&gt;Occasionally on AskUbuntu, I've seen highly upvoted answers listed before the accepted answer for a question. This is useful for when the OP accepts a suboptimal or incorrect answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, when does this phenomenon occur? For &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/95336/why-cant-i-update-applications-without-upgrading-the-whole-os/&quot;&gt;some questions&lt;/a&gt; it clearly doesn't. Is there a mathematical ratio of upvotes vs. downvotes? If so, what is the ratio?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="24694" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2012-04-27T17:57:55.047" Title="When are upvoted answers listed above accepted answers?" Tags="|support|voting|accepted-answer|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3003" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3002" CreationDate="2012-04-27T17:50:45.493" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;The highest voted answer is listed first if the accepted answer is made by the OP. See &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2318/why-are-the-accepted-answers-always-on-the-top-of-the-answer-list&quot;&gt;Why are the accepted answers always on the top of the answer list?&lt;/a&gt; for details.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that you can choose how to sort answers. Currently it is possible to sort by activity, date and votes. The latter is the default.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19490" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-04-27T17:57:55.047" LastActivityDate="2012-04-27T17:57:55.047" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3004" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3005" CreationDate="2012-04-27T21:12:00.307" Score="5" ViewCount="817" Body="&lt;p&gt;Tonight I successfully resolved &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/126297/new-problems-installing-ati-catalyst-driver-in-12-04-lts&quot;&gt;my own question.&lt;/a&gt; after getting into some difficulties.  The resolution in the end was simple and came straight from the &lt;a href=&quot;https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto/ATI&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Community Documentation&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The reason why I am asking &quot;How do I answer my own question&quot; is because there is a trail which may cause confusion (historically) if members click on associated links etc.  Let me explain:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/124292/what-is-the-correct-way-to-install-ati-catalyst-video-drivers-in-12-04-lts&quot;&gt;I asked this question a while ago&lt;/a&gt;.  It was closed and I was told it was a duplicate of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/124292/what-is-the-correct-way-to-install-ati-catalyst-video-drivers-in-12-04-lts&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;.  I took this at face value and followed these instructions that got me into difficulties today, (hence my new question)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While you guys have the decision, I think it would be appropriate (cleaner) to reopen my original question and put the answer there and reference this with a Problem solved &#xA;link back to the original on my new question.  Maybe you have other rules of how to tidy things up.  My intent is good as I dont want future members to run into the same difficulties as I did.  let me know what approach I should take and I will follow up&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By the way, I forgot to mention, the final resolution was completely different from the instruction I was following&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="53498" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2012-04-27T21:30:51.200" Title="How do I answer my Own Question?" Tags="|discussion|support|editing|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3005" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3004" CreationDate="2012-04-27T21:30:51.200" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your original question is reopened.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for if you can, go right ahead - &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2011/07/its-ok-to-ask-and-answer-your-own-questions/&quot;&gt;this stackexchange blog post&lt;/a&gt; states:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;To be crystal clear, &lt;strong&gt;it is not merely OK to ask and answer your own question, it is explicitly encouraged.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastActivityDate="2012-04-27T21:30:51.200" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3007" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3086" CreationDate="2012-04-28T02:22:27.047" Score="17" ViewCount="390" Body="&lt;p&gt;Pro-forma comments (the tool that let's us quickly paste precanned comments for common user questions now supports hosting the comments on a remote server:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://stackapps.com/questions/2116/autoreviewcomments-pro-forma-comments-for-se&quot;&gt;https://stackapps.com/questions/2116/autoreviewcomments-pro-forma-comments-for-se&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We have quite a collection of &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1323/what-prewritten-pro-forma-userscript-comments-can-we-use-and-share&quot;&gt;community maintained comments&lt;/a&gt;, should we the AU community provide this as a service to our users so we can make it easier to maintain and for newer contributors to use?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We need a place to host the json file.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:46.307" LastActivityDate="2016-04-18T23:09:34.927" Title="Pro-forma comments now support remote sources, should we set this up?" Tags="|discussion|comments|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3009" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3010" CreationDate="2012-04-28T18:22:55.960" Score="14" ViewCount="300" Body="&lt;p&gt;A senior community member left a comment stating &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/124292/what-is-the-correct-way-to-install-ati-catalyst-video-drivers-in-12-04-lts/126513#126513&quot;&gt;my answer was incomplete&lt;/a&gt;, even though it worked for me when I tested on my machine. The components he stated were missing were actually installed correctly on my machine.  I do not want to be misleading other members if my answer is incorrect. I prepared a response to the comment (quoted below) but thought but  I would approach Meta first for advice on how to handle before I add it (dont want things to get ugly) and the answer is starting to get down voted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are 2 options&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Remove the question and answer (as it worked for me only) and won't.&#xA;benefit others &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Update the answer with the correct resolution (something I personally cannot do).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Proposed response to the comment&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;@Bruno, I just read your comment and checked out what you state I was missing (according to your comment note).  FYI, I appear to have a fully working video driver. But I am not technical and I need to trust the community to help me on this. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Firstly, I went to Synaptic Manager and lib32gccl, libc6-i386 &amp;amp; ia32-libs-multiarch where already installed (they were not missing).  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Secondly, I also ran the &lt;code&gt;sudo&lt;/code&gt; code you said I was missing &lt;a href=&quot;http://pastebin.com/eCrFScpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;(see the output)&lt;/a&gt; As you can see output stated I already have the newest version(s).  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have 2 objectives here, &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;To make sure my video drivers are installed correctly on my machine. (if they are not, I need the communities assistance).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;To make sure others can benefit from this Question and answer (without confusion).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I ran the code in the from the Ubuntu Document community it was trouble free and I had no issues, everything performed as described and I appear to have a fully working video driver.  I need someone (anyone) from the community to give me the correct answer, as I do not want to leave a legacy were others will fail by reading this Q&amp;amp;A..  If what I have done is incorrect I want to avoid future issues  please update the answer with what is right (but please test it first) as I did.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="53498" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2012-04-29T08:45:15.733" Title="I am concerned an answer I gave will mislead others?" Tags="|discussion|answers|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3010" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3009" CreationDate="2012-04-28T19:38:23.340" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Its great and all but the necessary packages are &lt;em&gt;not installed&lt;/em&gt; by default in a standard 64bit installation, you need to make sure that the instructions you are telling will make everyone happy in the end, so yeah probably you will need to include all those packages according to the documentation else we end up with a half answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was going to update the one I did with instructions to 12.04 as soon as it is released but you beat me up to it, and with a great title and instructions! That is so nice to see in Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I took some time and read the driver release documentation and those are the listed packages according to AMD that should be installed in a Ubuntu 12.04 system and the 2nd part or the list for a Ubuntu 12.04 64bit one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I installed 12.04 in a vbox and updated the packages to latest and tried to install all those packages from start, all of them except for 1 or 2, all are missing from a clean install, so that probably means that you had them already installed because of some other attempt you did. All those packages are necessary (according to AMD) to install the driver.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We can do 2 things, nothing or fix your answer so I can link it in to mine so people are redirected to yours when they look at it. I would rather see the 2nd :/&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the end its up to you, I think that just because it worked with you and because you say that you already had those packages installed that the answer should be fixed with the missing packages so we can support on it when people need to install the binary driver in 12.04. I dropped a comment with the missing packages from a clean install, even if 1 or 2 are already installed those are the total packages needed. They should be included in the answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, without confusing and without discussion on what state your machine was before you installed the driver (the issue is not if it worked for you or not), we should make sure that those packages are installed by default on a system when installing the driver.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastEditorUserId="25798" LastEditDate="2012-04-29T03:15:28.953" LastActivityDate="2012-04-29T03:15:28.953" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3011" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-04-29T07:25:03.057" Score="0" ViewCount="75" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/362/how-do-i-comment-on-an-answer&quot;&gt;How do I comment on an answer?&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I really searched all the area inside the post page to comment or ask the user about the post but failed. How it is possible as many doing the same? I could see &quot;add comment&quot; on my posts page but not on others.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="55329" OwnerDisplayName="beeju" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.087" LastActivityDate="2012-04-29T08:45:54.703" Title="How to comment below the post" Tags="|discussion|comments|privileges|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2012-04-29T10:17:35.140" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3012" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3014" CreationDate="2012-04-29T12:17:45.590" Score="3" ViewCount="35" Body="&lt;p&gt;I dont really think we need both &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/sound&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;sound&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;sound&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/sound-problem&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;sound-problem&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;sound-problem&lt;/a&gt; tags.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Doesn't both of them mean the same thing?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17722" LastEditorUserId="25798" LastEditDate="2012-04-29T12:36:02.293" LastActivityDate="2012-04-30T12:01:46.623" Title="Tag Synonym Request [sound-problem] -&gt; [sound]" Tags="|feature-request|status-completed|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3014" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3012" CreationDate="2012-04-29T12:33:08.363" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;It looks like it was made a synonym, but not merged. I've merged them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/rWAIS.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastEditorUserId="17722" LastEditDate="2012-04-30T12:01:46.623" LastActivityDate="2012-04-30T12:01:46.623" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3015" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3016" CreationDate="2012-04-29T16:51:20.153" Score="3" ViewCount="65" Body="&lt;p&gt;I request that &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/30334/what-application-indicators-are-available&quot;&gt;What Application Indicators are available?&lt;/a&gt; be &quot;refreshed&quot; to show which indicators are still being maintained and usable in 12.04.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user25656" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2012-04-29T17:17:05.333" Title="Should the question on Application Indicators be updated to include whether they work with 12.04?" Tags="|discussion|answers|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3016" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3015" CreationDate="2012-04-29T16:56:11.770" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes - I fully agree with you ... its a community wiki and thus its up-to the Ask Ubuntu community, that includes both yourself and myself to go through the answers and update them to include the most up-to date information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I suggest - for those indicators that are not yet 12.04 compatible that the answer includes with the version(s) they work with - for example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Install from PPA (11.04/11.10/12.04) - &lt;code&gt;ppa:indicator-multiload/stable-daily&lt;/code&gt; and install package &lt;code&gt;indicator-multiload&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;or &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/indicator-multiload&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;indicator-multiload&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/indicator-multiload&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/7F9Bw.png&quot; alt=&quot;Install indicator-multiload&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt; in Ubuntu Software Centre (for 12.04 only)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Where the indicator can be installed from the software-center:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1917/change-the-software-icon&quot;&gt;Change the software icon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;for example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Happy editing!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14356" LastEditorUserId="14356" LastEditDate="2012-04-29T17:17:05.333" LastActivityDate="2012-04-29T17:17:05.333" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3017" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-04-29T17:03:53.883" Score="22" ViewCount="489" Body="&lt;p&gt;When I was using Apport I got the following messages:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/OYeHq.png&quot; alt=&quot;Screenshot from Apport&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you select &lt;strong&gt;I don't know what to do&lt;/strong&gt; or &lt;strong&gt;Please point me to a good place to get support&lt;/strong&gt; you get another pop-up window directing you to Ask Ubuntu:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/4hUgj.png&quot; alt=&quot;Screenshot from Apport&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and upon clicking close you get a message saying that &quot;this issue cant be reported, please work this issue through technical support channels first&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This seems a little strange as bugs are &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1317/what-to-do-with-questions-that-describe-bugs&quot;&gt;off topic&lt;/a&gt; so why are they redirecting potential bug reports to a channel which does not deal with them?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="40955" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-04-29T17:15:47.050" LastActivityDate="2012-06-25T02:17:20.433" Title="Why is Ask Ubuntu being linked to from Apport?" Tags="|discussion|site-promotion|" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3018" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3017" CreationDate="2012-04-29T17:43:48.693" Score="17" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's not just this. Canonical and the Ubuntu community as a whole are pushing Ask Ubuntu as their default support solution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;h3&gt;&lt;em&gt;From ubuntu.com&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/cGIa7.png&quot; alt=&quot;Picture for ubuntu.com linking to AskUbuntu&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;h3&gt;&lt;em&gt;From the installer&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/CJ35z.png&quot; alt=&quot;Picture from Ubuntu intaller of AskUbuntu&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It may be we've advertised ourselves more stridently than &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/2432/24694&quot;&gt;our policy&lt;/a&gt; should allow. More importantly, though, it seems &lt;a href=&quot;http://ubuntuforums.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;other&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://help.ubuntu.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;user-facing&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com/support/community/chat&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;problem&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://launchpad.net&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;sites&lt;/a&gt; have buckled under tech support strain, while Ask Ubuntu is merely shaking, creaking, and throwing splinters in the air.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would suggest to those going to UDS next week: please discuss how Ask Ubuntu can scale up to these new expectations (eg having Apport send information to Ask Ubuntu), &lt;strong&gt;or&lt;/strong&gt; how we can let the rest of Ubuntu know we're not a catch-all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="24694" LastActivityDate="2012-04-29T17:43:48.693" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3019" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-04-29T18:15:40.977" Score="1" ViewCount="43" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/75/tools-for-ask-ubuntu&quot;&gt;Tools for Ask Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to get desktop notification if someone comments/answers any of my questions in askubuntu or any stackexchange site. Is there a way to get in ubuntu 12.04? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8600" OwnerDisplayName="balki" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.087" LastActivityDate="2012-04-29T18:40:05.830" Title="Is there a way to get Desktop notification for AskUbuntu answers/comments?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2012-04-29T18:40:23.880" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3020" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3017" CreationDate="2012-04-29T19:39:30.173" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;We don't have direct control over this, first off. Secondly, the phrasing is&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu is the best place to get free technical support&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In that text it doesn't say &quot;Report your bugs to Ask Ubuntu&quot;, it merely mentions that Ask Ubuntu is a free technical support venue. In the context of the workflow this makes sense since the user selected the field that says &quot;I don't know what to do&quot; indicating they are stuck and require assistance. Most average users don't know that Apport is used for bug reporting. In the end, the user will ask a question - and will either be pointed to the appropriate source, or receive an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you believe the text is misleading the best course of action, almost comically, would be to open a bug against the Apport project explaining your opinions on this item.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2012-04-29T19:39:30.173" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3021" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-04-30T02:57:34.057" Score="1" ViewCount="49" Body="&lt;p&gt;It currently reads: This question shows &lt;strong&gt;research effort&lt;/strong&gt;; it is useful and clear.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What about questions that show no or minimal research effort but are useful?&#xA;For example, I upvoted &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/128198/is-there-an-indicator-like-battery-status&quot;&gt;Is there an indicator like Battery-Status?&lt;/a&gt; because it points to a need to get &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/30334/what-application-indicators-are-available&quot;&gt;What Application Indicators are available?&lt;/a&gt; updated by &quot;community participation&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user25656" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2012-05-01T21:21:24.407" Title="Should the tooltip that appears when voting up a question be modified?" Tags="|discussion|voting|user-interface|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3022" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2998" CreationDate="2012-04-30T13:50:45.233" Score="1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;In particular, why is Ask Ubuntu on the 11.10 and 12.04 installers, and not any of the other official resources?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We are featured on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com/support/community&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Community Support page&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To answer the broader question of &lt;em&gt;why we're featured&lt;/em&gt;: I think our way of doing things and the structure of the site provides people with the best possible opportunity to get something answered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Obviously the aim for Ubuntu is to make it so great that nobody ever has to ask a question but when you have a resource like Ask Ubuntu sitting here poised to help people, why not advertise us?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2012-04-30T13:50:45.233" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3024" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3025" CreationDate="2012-04-30T20:23:14.357" Score="14" ViewCount="401" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am seeing a small issue with &quot;me too&quot;s on a few questions, especially common hardware that often has driver issues, like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/128116/slow-wireless-just-installed-12-04lts-via-cd&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;. Should this be flagged, commented, or something else?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54298" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2012-05-29T17:57:25.153" Title="Should I flag &quot;me too&quot; answers?" Tags="|discussion|answers|flagging|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3025" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3024" CreationDate="2012-04-30T20:31:13.553" Score="23" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is the comment used to inform users that &quot;Me too&quot; is not a valid answer:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you have a NEW question, please ask it by clicking the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/ask&quot;&gt;Ask Question&lt;/a&gt; button. If you have sufficient reputation, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/vote-up&quot;&gt;you may upvote&lt;/a&gt; the question. Alternatively, &quot;star&quot; it as a favorite and you will be notified of any new answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt; If you have a NEW question, please ask it by clicking the [Ask Question](https://askubuntu.com/questions/ask) button. If you have sufficient reputation, [you may upvote](https://askubuntu.com/privileges/vote-up) the question. Alternatively, &quot;star&quot; it as a favorite and you will be notified of any new answers.&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These should be flagged as not real answers and deleted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2012-05-29T17:57:25.153" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3026" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3027" CreationDate="2012-05-01T09:03:25.457" Score="3" ViewCount="58" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yesterday I answered &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/128855/how-to-save-screenshots-as-jpg-automatically/128865#128865&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Today I noticed the question has been edited and now my answer only makes partial sense.&#xA;Should I edit it accordingly?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Secondly, if it was a decision by a moderator to edit this question, why did they not send me a comment to suggest that I modify the answer to make it more meaningful. Also some comments left by others are now redundant because the question has been edited.  I guess I'm using this as an example of what to do in this situation.  I don't want to leave a legacy of ambiguity for other members.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="53498" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2012-05-01T10:36:11.637" Title="Should I edit my Answer to this question?" Tags="|discussion|editing|answers|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3027" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3026" CreationDate="2012-05-01T10:36:11.637" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Good spot - and perhaps an unfortunate oversight from the editor.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The edit was clear and was valid - the title and main part of the question was referring to gnome-screenshot.  The reference to Paint wasnt key to the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I suggest, when reviewing and answering questions - best prompt the OP by dropping a comment to split the question into multiple questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you can, edit the question to focus on the OP's main area and remove the non-associated part of the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally - to answer your meta question directly - yes, if you can, edit your answer to reflect the edited question - or delete it if you are unsure.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14356" LastActivityDate="2012-05-01T10:36:11.637" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3028" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3021" CreationDate="2012-05-01T21:21:24.407" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;To me that just seems like you want to double-upvote the &quot;What Application Indicators are available?&quot;. I really can't understand the need to change the tooltip. It is, in my opinion, exactly what is should be.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="56090" LastActivityDate="2012-05-01T21:21:24.407" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3029" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-05-02T10:26:08.100" Score="1" ViewCount="28" Body="&lt;p&gt;I edited this &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/129980/bug-on-starting-ubuntu-12-04&quot;&gt;question&lt;/a&gt;. But after saving the edit, I got a 404 page. The question was not deleted in the mean time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="964" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2012-05-02T11:16:08.943" Title="Editing questions results in 404" Tags="|bug|editing|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3030" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3029" CreationDate="2012-05-02T11:16:08.943" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I could not reproduce the problem. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/129980/revisions&quot;&gt;I edited question&lt;/a&gt; without problems.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19490" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2012-05-02T11:16:08.943" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3031" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3032" CreationDate="2012-05-02T13:55:13.537" Score="7" ViewCount="276" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have seen many people edit questions and answer just for trivial matters like capitalizing small letters at the start of a sentence, removing words like &quot;Cheers&quot; or &quot;Thanks in advance&quot;, or simple grammatical errors (the question can be easily understood with those errors), etc.   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also we get this before editing any stuff:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Pus48.png&quot; alt=&quot;Screenshot of request for constructive edits&quot;&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can something be done about these trivial edits?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See the edits this question has gone through. Does the third one make any sense? This is just for clarification.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/KeLc0.png&quot; alt=&quot;Edits this question has gone through&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="29470" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-05-03T14:54:08.340" LastActivityDate="2015-06-09T21:43:47.413" Title="Trivial edits on Ask Ubuntu" Tags="|discussion|editing|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3032" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3031" CreationDate="2012-05-02T14:20:10.210" Score="25" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/82865/should-tiny-edits-be-accepted-or-rejected-in-review&quot;&gt;Trivial edit suggestions are discouraged for users with fewer than 2000 reputation points&lt;/a&gt;, because it imposes a burden on other users to peer review them. Editing questions in small ways to remove forum-like miscellanea  is otherwise encouraged.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Seem harsh and depersonalizing? Kinda. To explain, Ask Ubuntu strives to be a &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2011/01/the-wikipedia-of-long-tail-programming-questions/&quot;&gt;Wikipedia of Long Tail Ubuntu Answers&lt;/a&gt;. Reducing questions and answers to their bare informational value is an important part of that goal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="24694" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2012-05-02T16:36:26.903" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3033" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3017" CreationDate="2012-05-02T14:34:23.530" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is probably also the cause why so many questions show so little effort at trying to find an answer from a search machine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="50395" LastActivityDate="2012-05-02T14:34:23.530" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3034" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-05-02T16:02:21.943" Score="0" ViewCount="43" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1519/is-it-okay-to-ask-a-user-to-accept-an-answer-for-his-her-question&quot;&gt;Is it okay to ask a user to accept an answer for his/her question?&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When one answers a question which is confirmed as correct, is it solely up to the individual who asked the question to accept it? I feel that sometimes, a flash in the pan user which never returns leaves the answer un-accepted and denies the answer his/hers reputation. Is this just a &quot;fact of the matter&quot; here or is there options to claim my correct response?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20205" LastActivityDate="2012-05-02T16:02:21.943" Title="Is there a way to prompt someone for an answer acceptance" Tags="|feature-request|answers|reputation|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2012-05-02T16:08:11.477" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3035" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3031" CreationDate="2012-05-03T08:56:11.180" Score="11" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;simple spelling errors&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may call me a nitpick but those errors can be vital... Spelling errors mess up searching. For instance: &lt;code&gt;millennium&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;millenium&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;milennium&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;milenium&lt;/code&gt;. If it is not the 1st one you are never going to find the topic when searching for it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have wasted time on AU ending up finding the topic because it eventually ended up at the top of the stack and not by finding it through searching. Very frustrating. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastEditorUserId="225694" LastEditDate="2015-06-09T21:43:47.413" LastActivityDate="2015-06-09T21:43:47.413" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3036" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3038" CreationDate="2012-05-03T12:48:16.843" Score="3" ViewCount="99" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've come across this question: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/79546/network-manager-greyed-out-cant-edit-nor-save-changes&quot;&gt;Network Manager greyed out, can't edit nor save changes&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One of the answers is essentially a link to the answerers own personal blog (judging by the names). I don't think there is any intention to self-promote and don't think the site contains adverts or anything. I was wondering which of the following would be appropriate:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Flag the answer as spam.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Add the comment:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Whilst this may theoretically answer the question,    &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/8259&quot;&gt;it would be&#xA;  preferable&lt;/a&gt; to    include the&#xA;  essential parts of the answer here, and provide the link    for&#xA;  reference.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Or edit the question to include the information from the site.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="40955" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2012-05-03T14:59:58.503" Title="Should an answer that is a link to the answerers personal blog be flagged as spam?" Tags="|discussion|answer-format|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3038" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3036" CreationDate="2012-05-03T13:10:18.507" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm not a lawyer but I would like to think I have an understanding of the basics.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The default status for a piece of work is copyright, all rights reserved. So unless stated, you have no permission to copy it (outside fair use/dealing allowances). This does &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; require somebody to stick &lt;code&gt;Ⓒ Oli 2012&lt;/code&gt; on a bit of work, nor does it require the author to register the work; it's all implicit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In short copying the blog content onto the site (and thereby forcibly opening that content up to a CC-Wiki permission set - without permission) is nothing less than copyright infringement. It should not be done without the author's permission and in which case &lt;em&gt;they&lt;/em&gt; should do the copying so there's absolute certainty about who is granting whom the license for that work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have rolled back the answer to it's original state.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, it's a crap answer as it was. The blog post isn't much better. I'd say just writing a new answer from scratch and downvoting the original would be the best solution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For other cases, there are scenarios where links probably work out okay (bias alert: I've linked to my blog a couple of times) but one-liners that do nothing to answer the actual problem on the site, are poor.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should probably consider them on the quality of the answer rather than automatically flagging because they contain a link to another website.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="14356" LastEditDate="2012-05-03T13:24:35.463" LastActivityDate="2012-05-03T13:24:35.463" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3039" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3040" CreationDate="2012-05-03T20:13:40.170" Score="11" ViewCount="172" Body="&lt;p&gt;Aren't we suppose to flag duplicate questions instead of posting &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/130443/how-to-run-compiz-on-unity-2d-ubuntu-12-04&quot;&gt;comments&lt;/a&gt; about possible duplicates. Or it is the best practice to post a comment in addition to flagging a question as duplicate?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="37006" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2012-05-04T05:49:26.770" Title="Why post a comment about a duplicate question?" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3040" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3039" CreationDate="2012-05-03T20:40:01.307" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;Best practice is to comment AND flag questions. Commenting helps drive people to the correct question, as well as gives the author a chance to try out the solutions on the duplicate. Often times questions are in fact a duplicate; however, occasionally it turns out that the question which was to be the duplicate doesn't actually solve the question. The resulting question then is edited to refine the issues at hand.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2012-05-03T20:40:01.307" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3041" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-05-04T16:55:41.063" Score="13" ViewCount="386" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.system76.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;System76&lt;/a&gt; is the largest vendor for consumer PCs with Ubuntu pre-installed, are questions about their products allowed if they don't concern the OS in particular? That would include&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What usb3 or e-stata drives actually work with their laptops&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What peripherals work with particular system76 machines.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How/should I upgrade the BIOS?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="59427" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-05-04T23:28:56.237" LastActivityDate="2012-05-06T16:30:45.393" Title="Are questions regarding System76 hardware allowed?" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3042" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3041" CreationDate="2012-05-04T18:00:34.440" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't see why we wouldn't though your first two questions would probably be out of scope for the site anyway as we're not a &quot;list of things&quot; kind of place. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However &quot;How do I upgrade the BIOS on a Pangolin 12345&quot; sounds awesome to me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2012-05-04T18:00:34.440" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3043" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-05-04T18:34:30.443" Score="7" ViewCount="292" Body="&lt;p&gt;A few days ago I asked &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/123162/make-bootable-win8-usb-on-ubuntu-macbook&quot;&gt;a question&lt;/a&gt; on Ask Ubuntu because I needed a way to install Windows on my currently Ubuntu-only computer. It however received some negative feedback from people in the community, saying it's not 'Ubuntu-related', it 'doesn't belong on this site' or 'is off-topic', etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are they right? When Ubuntu is the only operating system you have installed on your computer, would this be the right place to ask for advice on how to install another OS with the help of Ubuntu? (either next to Ubuntu (dual/triple/'poly' boot) or replacing Ubuntu)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54578" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2012-05-04T18:45:45.483" Title="Is this the right place to ask a question about installing another OS on an Ubuntu computer?" Tags="|discussion|asking-questions|scope|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3044" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3043" CreationDate="2012-05-04T18:37:27.663" Score="16" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your question doesn't make your intent clear, and that's apparent by the answers you're getting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Title is off&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your title currently states&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Make bootable Win8 USB on Ubuntu MacBook&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That, when first reading, is very confusing as you mention three different operating systems at once. From your meta question here a more appropriate title might be&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How can I dualboot Windows on an existing Ubuntu installation?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Digging further it appears you might already be dual booting Ubuntu on an Apple machine, so the question title might instead be&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How can I triple boot Windows on an existing Ubuntu/Mac OSX setup?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Body is long and jumbled&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Stories are good, but sometimes too much information isn't a good thing, try sticking more to the facts of the setup.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some time ago, I bought a new HDD for my MacBook 2,1. I put it in and installed Ubuntu on it, using a CD. Everything went fine, didn't have to setup any special Apple stuff, didn't need to bless my partition, make an EFI partition, etc. Everything was done for me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Recently, I found out that my DVD drive broke, though I'm not sure how it exactly happened. Anyway, I want to install Windows 8 Consumer Preview onto my MacBook, next to the Ubuntu install, preferrably using GRUB to load the Windows 8 bootloader. However, since my DVD drive is broken, the only way for me to be able to install it is to use a USB drive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is great, but reading it is difficult. Trying simplifying the statements and getting straight to the point:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a MacBook 2.1 with Ubuntu installed along-side OSX (Unless it's &lt;em&gt;just&lt;/em&gt; Ubuntu, then drop the mention of Mac all together, it's not that important). I have have Windows 8 Consumer Preview on a USB drive, how can I install Windows 8 along side Ubuntu (and Mac OSX maybe) without losing access to my Ubuntu (and maybe Mac OSX partitions)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Same can be done with the next few paragraphs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;What is the question?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You later go on to state this, which is another source of confusion:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;So my question is: how do I make a bootable USB drive for my MacBook so I can install Windows 8? And when that works, how do I get my GRUB back?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This contradicts what you mean to accomplish. So far you've gone to detail trying to install Windows 8 on this machine, but now you want to know how to make a bootable USB Drive for your MacBook then get you GRUB back. You're really asking two different questions here. How to make a bootable USB drive (in Ubuntu I assume) and how to get your GRUB back. So have you tried this and lost GRUB? There seems to be some vital information missing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Try making the question more clear. State that you have Ubuntu installed and wish to dual boot Windows on it, what the procedure is for this, etc. To be honest it's been asked before so it'll likely end up being closed as a duplicate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-05-04T18:45:45.483" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3045" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3049" CreationDate="2012-05-04T18:38:36.407" Score="10" ViewCount="551" Body="&lt;p&gt;Will we be asked to provide instructions for booting Ubuntu on these systems, even when most of the work is done on the other operating system. For instance, currently we answer questions about OSX booting usb, and for booting windows on a mac 'running' Ubuntu, when these questions mostly require operations done in Windows or OSX?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-05-04T23:30:43.100" LastActivityDate="2012-05-06T06:58:09.417" Title="What happens Once Windows 8 implements Secure Boot on ARM and pc's" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3046" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3045" CreationDate="2012-05-04T22:55:19.083" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;Why wouldn't we? They'll be people wanting to use Ubuntu. That's who we're here to help!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's going to be some time before we finally know how ugly the situation with UEFI really is. For example the last I heard W8/ARM &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;certified&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; devices are only allowed to run the OEM-installed OS but given quite how draconian that is, I'm not sure how many device makers will jump at ARM certification.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, I'm not sure how many OEMs care about supporting more than one OS. You don't have to look far to see that the main ones don't give a flying-monkey-████-banana about anything but Windows... It seems they probably make money from the bloat they install on top of Windows.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Perhaps Ubuntu would do better if there were more trialware bloat available for OEMs... I'm getting off-topic...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But yes, we'll answer them and keep answering them until we can't.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2012-05-04T22:55:19.083" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3047" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3048" CreationDate="2012-05-05T09:14:46.700" Score="12" ViewCount="211" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can I know who down voted my question/answer on Ask Ubuntu so that I can ask him the reason for it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="57073" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-05-05T10:14:15.347" LastActivityDate="2012-05-05T10:14:15.347" Title="Who downvoted my question/answer on Ask Ubuntu?" Tags="|support|downvoting|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3048" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3047" CreationDate="2012-05-05T09:21:05.210" Score="20" Body="&lt;p&gt;Voting on StackExchange sites is anonymous - even the community moderators do not have access to that information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Try adding a comment to your question asking for feedback on how to improve the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Look for similar style questions - look at their content and see if you can add similar information to improve the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At the end of the day - sometimes you just get random down-votes for no apparent reason.  It does balance out eventually with equally random upvotes, so try not to worry too much!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14356" LastActivityDate="2012-05-05T09:21:05.210" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3049" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3045" CreationDate="2012-05-06T06:58:09.417" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think history will repeat itself. Some mobile manufacturers created their android device with locked bootloader. Later they had to drop this because of peer pressure:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.pcworld.com/article/226509/motorola_to_make_its_phones_easier_to_jailbreak.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;pcw/motorola&lt;/a&gt;,&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.engadget.com/2011/05/26/htc-officially-dissolves-locked-bootlader-policy/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;engadget/htc&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;There has been overwhelmingly customer feedback that people want access to open bootloaders on HTC phones. I want you to know that we've listened. Today, I'm confirming we will no longer be locking the bootloaders on our devices. Thanks for your passion, support and patience.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="40445" LastActivityDate="2012-05-06T06:58:09.417" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3050" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3041" CreationDate="2012-05-06T16:30:45.393" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;As Jorge mentioned, it would be dependent on what the questions actually relate to.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hardware related questions are better suited for one of the other sites.  Hardware compatibility as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Asking &quot;How do I upgrade the BIOS?&quot; is one of those edge-case questions, it could be on topic, it could be offtopic.  If you specify that you're wanting to update the BIOS via Ubuntu, then it becomes a non-edge-case question and is valid for here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2012-05-06T16:30:45.393" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3051" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1317" CreationDate="2012-05-06T20:11:36.653" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think you are over-looking something when you assume &quot;&lt;em&gt;the built in reporting tools in Ubuntu do a much better job at collecting the information that developers will need to fix a bug and this is a Question and Answer site, not a bug tracker.&lt;/em&gt;&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sometimes the answer to the question is to help a person figure out &lt;strong&gt;how&lt;/strong&gt; to file a bug report. In other words, the standard reporting tools are not always a good fit to the problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As an example consider a question where a person's system is dead from an apparent ACPI problem. Are the standard built-in collection/reporting tools currently a good fit for that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I realize you don't want to become a site that focuses on debugging. But I think there is middle ground where assistance can still be useful. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="52923" LastActivityDate="2012-05-06T20:11:36.653" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3052" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3059" CreationDate="2012-05-07T03:04:07.400" Score="2" ViewCount="334" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq&quot; title=&quot;asked on meta Stack Overflow&quot;&gt;faq for Ask Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt; ... as well as, I assume, all of the Stack Exchange sites (?) ... states in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq#howtoask&quot;&gt;&quot;How Do I Ask Questions Here?&quot;&lt;/a&gt; section &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;If other users ask you for more information in the comments, &lt;strong&gt;edit your question&lt;/strong&gt; using the edit link just below your original question.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, people do not listen. A &lt;em&gt;lot&lt;/em&gt; of users, both new &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; old, do not follow the suggested convention and respond to a comment with another comment. But I think new users are more likely to reply with a comment which reads like the text below.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;&#xA;irrational@MB-VB-Ubu32:~$ sudo fdisk -l&#xA;Disk /dev/sda: 8589 MB, 8589934592 bytes&#xA;255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1044 cylinders, total 16777216 sectors&#xA;Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes&#xA;Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes&#xA;I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes&#xA;Disk identifier: 0x000015d2&#xA;   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System&#xA;/dev/sda1   *        2048    12582911     6290432   83  Linux&#xA;/dev/sda2        12584958    16775167     2095105    5  Extended&#xA;/dev/sda5        12584960    16775167     2095104   82  Linux swap / Solaris&#xA;&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My point is that if you could convince any of the SE users to alter their behavior, you might benefit most if you focused on the newest users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Stack Exchange already restricts the capabilities of the newest users, those with 10 or less points. Why not add one more restriction and not allow the restricted new users to comment in the context of their own questions? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note:&lt;/strong&gt; I am not proposing any restriction to comments in other people's questions, only in their own.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Spending too much effort in a fruitless attempt to change human nature is clearly pointless. But as changes go this one seems less radical. And the policy of the site as expressed in the faq &lt;strong&gt;does&lt;/strong&gt; seem to be to &lt;em&gt;encourage&lt;/em&gt; responding via updates to the question and discourage comments. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Perhaps a minor tweak like restricting new users from commenting in their own questions would be a desirable step in this direction?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Re: notifications following edits to a question or answer&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;I asked the question linked below on &lt;em&gt;meta stackoverflow&lt;/em&gt; to see what feedback I would get.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/132165/147712&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Why does the faq recommend updating a question to respond to a comment when (apparently) no notifications are issued?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="52923" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2017-11-19T13:31:40.920" Title="Should new users be restricted from using comments within the questions they ask?" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|comments|privileges|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3053" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-05-07T14:12:51.483" Score="37" ViewCount="1286" Body="&lt;p&gt;So according to &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2011/01/the-wikipedia-of-long-tail-programming-questions/&quot;&gt;the Gospel of Spolsky 13:4&lt;/a&gt;, a core mission of Stack Exchange communities is to stop re-answering the same questions, and instead build a library of canonical answers. When general duplicates (instances of a problem) arise, we close and refer them to one such answer. For example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/19170/24694&quot;&gt;bisig PPA causing 404 error?&lt;/a&gt; -&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/65911/how-can-i-fix-a-404-error-using-a-ppa&quot;&gt;How can I fix a 404 Error when using a PPA or updating my package lists?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, many times on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/&quot;&gt;review tab&lt;/a&gt; I see the same issues popping up, over and over... but don't know where to find the canonical question I know must exist! And should it not exist, that I know that we must &lt;em&gt;make&lt;/em&gt; exist. Partial Upgrade errors anyone?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please list common canonical questions that you know of in the following format. &lt;em&gt;You can also answer with canonical questions you think &lt;strong&gt;should&lt;/strong&gt; exist.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1900/is-jorge-castro-a-robot&quot;&gt;Is Jorge Castro a Robot?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Examples:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/-1/not-an-actual-question-yet&quot;&gt;How does Jorge Castro have so many badges?&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/-1/not-an-actual-question-yet&quot;&gt;I shook hands with a guy at UDS. Why was his hand cold and rubbery?&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/-1/not-an-actual-question-yet&quot;&gt;whiprush on internet - biology uncertainty&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Queries:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;code&gt;[if any, list data.stackexchange.com duplicate searches here]&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Template:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;### QUESTION_URL_HERE&#xA;&#xA;**Examples:** DUPLICATE_URL_HERE, DUPLICATE_URL_HERE [and so on]&#xA;&#xA;**Queries:** DATA_QUERY_HERE [omit this line if no query exists]&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="24694" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2023-02-07T08:15:37.883" Title="What are common canonical questions for our site?" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|canonical-questions|" AnswerCount="6" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3054" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-05-07T15:39:46.747" Score="2" ViewCount="71" Body="&lt;p&gt;Why does Ask Ubuntu have such a terrible login method?  Surely there are better ways to organise a site and keep it &quot;safe&quot;.  {e.g.  make the &quot;Log In&quot; at top of page larger and more accessible / legible /findable, or re-think the actual login page once that has been found).  This is not a criticism, I think Ask Ubuntu contributors do a wonderful job - I would hope constructive critique is acceptable?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="55522" OwnerDisplayName="SuperEngineer" LastActivityDate="2012-05-07T16:08:25.913" Title="Ask Ubuntu login needs improving" Tags="|discussion|login|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3055" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3056" CreationDate="2012-05-06T20:41:49.307" Score="1" ViewCount="57" Body="&lt;p&gt;I know this is not the place to ask this but I'm desperate I've just signed up to the stack exchange about an hour ago but it won't let me on because no email has gone though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="61108" OwnerDisplayName="dashernasher" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2013-02-02T08:58:29.710" LastActivityDate="2013-02-02T08:58:29.710" Title="Stack exchange log-in fail" Tags="|support|login|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3056" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3055" CreationDate="2012-05-06T20:50:22.207" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Callum, I'm not sure what you mean as here you are, 'in'!!&#xA;In the FAQ it says this &quot;Do I have to log in or create an account?.You can ask questions, answer, and suggest edits as an anonymous user, much like Wikipedia. There are some things you won’t be able to do on the site without registering, such as vote. But it’s easy to register&quot;. So just carry on with your questions, someone will help you here. We want to encourage more people to join the great Ubuntu community!!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60732" OwnerDisplayName="Sun Dial" LastActivityDate="2012-05-06T20:50:22.207" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3057" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3054" CreationDate="2012-05-07T16:08:25.913" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;I, for one, like that the focus is not on registering before you can use askubuntu. There are pleny of websites/forums that force me to register only to show me a site that is not worth looking at for longer than 10 seconds.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;I would be more happy if the login would work on my PS3 though.&lt;/sub&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastActivityDate="2012-05-07T16:08:25.913" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3058" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-05-07T16:38:50.100" Score="3" ViewCount="47" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/129761/how-to-skip-to-create-ubuntu-menu-in-status-bar&quot;&gt;How to skip to create Ubuntu Menu in status bar?&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;was merged with&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/132977/how-to-get-global-menu-for-gvim&quot;&gt;How to get global application menu for gvim?&lt;/a&gt;.&#xA;After this, the short permalink to one of the answers still referred to the old question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/132977/how-to-get-global-menu-for-gvim#129764&quot;&gt;Answer 129764&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/129764/32651&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/a/129764/32651&lt;/a&gt; &amp;lt;--- Worked&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/132977/how-to-get-global-menu-for-gvim#132581&quot;&gt;Answer 132581&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/132581/32651&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/a/132581/32651&lt;/a&gt; &amp;lt;--- Didn't work&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The problem seems to be that the server sends a &quot;301 Moved Permanently&quot; when accessing the short link. According to&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6980192/firefox-5-caching-301-redirects&quot;&gt;Firefox 5 'caching' 301 redirects&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;this is a cacheable response.&#xA;Since I had already accessed the short link before the merge, it was probably cached in my browser as a redirect to the pre-merge location of the answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some other response code might be more appropriate:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_HTTP_status_codes#3xx_Redirection&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_HTTP_status_codes#3xx_Redirection&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="32651" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-05-23T12:39:54.233" LastActivityDate="2012-05-07T16:38:50.100" Title="Short permalink to answer doesn't work after merge" Tags="|bug|merge|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3059" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3052" CreationDate="2012-05-07T17:07:27.083" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Possibly, only if edits would send notifications, and you could tell what new information was introduced. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Things like system identification, and the text like you mentioned should allways be put in the question. But I have seen some new users do running edits to posts (with information best suited to a comment) without informing users or answer posters, causing people to down-vote answers, that seem to have already been tried by the user (when it was an edit to say they tried the specific solution).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also to help users, when asking for specific information or clarification, say to edit the post so it is clear to new users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit:&lt;/strong&gt; here is an edit on my answer (may be diffrent with questions?) to test this out, did you get notified John&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also do you check the edit history when voting on a question and answers?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastEditorUserId="47291" LastEditDate="2012-05-09T23:38:59.477" LastActivityDate="2012-05-09T23:38:59.477" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3060" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-05-08T01:32:42.090" Score="5" ViewCount="1040" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2837/moving-to-ubuntu-single-sign-on&quot;&gt;Moving to Ubuntu Single Sign On&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That pretty much sums it up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've tried.  Failed.  Did I miss it?  Feel free to call me out if I did.  I'm OK with that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="61514" OwnerDisplayName="Derrell Durrett" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.087" LastActivityDate="2012-05-08T06:21:19.617" Title="I have a UbuntuOne account, why can't I use it to login here?" Tags="|discussion|login|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2012-05-08T04:27:24.163" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3061" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3060" CreationDate="2012-05-08T01:42:02.357" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think it is not among the list of recommended ways of signing into Askubuntu.com. The ones I know which are listed are, the Askubuntu, Stackoverflow, social networks and mail providers logins.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, you are free to contact them through the 'Contact Us' or check the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq&quot;&gt;FAQ&lt;/a&gt; if your question is among answered ones.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="29152" OwnerDisplayName="all4naija" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2012-05-08T01:42:02.357" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3062" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3060" CreationDate="2012-05-08T01:47:42.740" Score="-5" Body="&lt;p&gt;AskUbuntu is a community based site developed and maintained by volunteers. It has emerged from Area 51 ( &lt;a href=&quot;http://area51.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;http://area51.stackexchange.com/&lt;/a&gt; ) and is not (and can not be) linked directly with any enterprise (see: &lt;a href=&quot;http://area51.stackexchange.com/faq&quot;&gt;http://area51.stackexchange.com/faq&lt;/a&gt; ). &#xA;Ubuntu One is a service from Canonical, the enterprise behind Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12943" OwnerDisplayName="desgua" LastActivityDate="2012-05-08T01:47:42.740" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3063" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3060" CreationDate="2012-05-08T01:48:21.723" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ubuntu One uses the &lt;a href=&quot;https://login.ubuntu.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Single Sign On&lt;/a&gt; service, which acts as an &lt;a href=&quot;http://openid.net/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;OpenID&lt;/a&gt; Provider.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Stack Exchange supports OpenID login, so you can add this identity to your account:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Go to your profile page and click the &lt;code&gt;my logins&lt;/code&gt; link near the top.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In the window that opens, pick &lt;code&gt;add more logins...&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;On this page, enter &lt;code&gt;https://login.ubuntu.com&lt;/code&gt; into the field for your OpenID (and clear the Launchpad username field if it contains anything).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Click &lt;code&gt;Log In&lt;/code&gt;, and you should be presented with the same pages you see when logging in to the Ubuntu One site, for instance.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once this is complete, you should be able to log in to your account on this site by using &lt;code&gt;https://login.ubuntu.com&lt;/code&gt; as the OpenID URL.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12469" OwnerDisplayName="James Henstridge" LastActivityDate="2012-05-08T01:48:21.723" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3065" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1317" CreationDate="2012-05-08T10:53:56.940" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;How is the noob supposed to know to follow the link to the bug report and elevate the status, as in click &quot;this affects me to&quot;? Or to use the tools available? Judging from the recent graphics and speed issues in Precise, there are bugs that (probably) affect many people but are still tagged as only affecting &quot;1 user&quot; in launchpad. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="56147" LastActivityDate="2012-05-08T10:53:56.940" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3066" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2989" CreationDate="2012-05-08T18:48:48.003" Score="6" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Session notes&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Session is on Wednesday 17:05..18:00 PDT&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=ubuntu-uds-room-202&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;#ubuntu-uds-room-202&lt;/code&gt; on Freenode&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://icecast.ubuntu.com:8000/room-202.ogg.m3u&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Live audio stream of the session room&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://summit.ubuntu.com/uds-q/meeting/20396/community-q-askubuntu/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Collaborative session notes etherpad&lt;/a&gt; (join the &lt;a href=&quot;https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-etherpad/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;~ubuntu-etherpad&lt;/code&gt; team&lt;/a&gt; to view/edit)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other random agendas:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Jorge &amp;quot;anti-bug reports&amp;quot; vs. Chipaca &amp;quot;well not exactly&amp;quot; showdown.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-05-09T06:42:23.343" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-05-08T18:48:48.003" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3067" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2158" CreationDate="2012-05-08T20:13:39.337" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://howtoubuntu.org/?utm_source=askubuntu&amp;amp;utm_medium=tile_ad&amp;amp;utm_campaign=community_promotions&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/a1fgn.png&quot; alt=&quot;How to Ubuntu!&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="24819" LastEditorUserId="24819" LastEditDate="2012-07-14T09:58:36.853" LastActivityDate="2012-07-14T09:58:36.853" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-05-08T20:13:39.337" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3068" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-05-08T23:16:30.213" Score="6" ViewCount="108" Body="&lt;p&gt;On the question &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/87667/getting-mtp-to-work-with-a-galaxy-nexus&quot;&gt;Getting MTP enabled devices to work with Ubuntu?&lt;/a&gt; , I flagged an answer as &quot;not an answer&quot;.  It was declined with &quot;flags should not be used to indicate technical inaccuracies, or an altogether wrong answer&quot;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since this is perhaps the third time I've gotten a decline for this reason, I want to make sure I am on the right track with my reasoning.  (I also realize the Mods are likely getting hammered by all the traffic/activity at the moment, so this might also be an issue of this one just not being clear cut enough for the quick accept/decline decision that the site workflow encourages.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In any case, my understanding of the OP's question is (to paraphrase), &quot;How do I get MTP to work with my phone and Ubuntu&quot;?    &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(All of my following statements can be prefaced with &quot;It is my belief/view/reading that ....&quot;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's the answer ( &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/109678/8844&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/a/109678/8844&lt;/a&gt; ):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;It's neither a Samsung nor an Android issue per se. It's a design decision. [...snipped discussion of architecture decisions...]  IMO, mtp, as long as it works, is better choice than either of the two above [....]&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The answer immediately seems to veer off into forum-like discussion.  It then tacks into a discussion about generic design choices -- failing to take the listed specifications from the OP into account, and then posing additional questions, as if the OP didn't exist.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To the question, &quot;How do I get MTP to work?&quot; the linked answer replies, &quot;MTP would be a better thing to try and get working than X or Y.&quot;   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't see this as a technically deficient answer, I see it as not answer to the question at all, since it is only answering and paying attention to itself.  It seems to use the OP as a discussion springboard -- while it is fine or interesting as a discussion of tangential issues, it doesn't attempt to answer the question at all.  To me, this seemed like a good candidate for a 'not an answer' flag. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Am I on the wrong track here?  Should I have used a different flag (perhaps &quot;other&quot;, with an explanation), or no flag at all?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8844" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2012-05-09T21:36:22.453" Title="Is it a bad answer, or not an answer at all?" Tags="|support|answers|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3069" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3070" CreationDate="2012-05-09T00:22:23.817" Score="2" ViewCount="46" Body="&lt;p&gt;What information is tracked under the &lt;em&gt;Reviews&lt;/em&gt; tab in the &lt;em&gt;Activity&lt;/em&gt; section of a user's profile?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/AAiZ7.png&quot; alt=&quot;edited screenshot of section referred to&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I assume this section is related in some way to actions which are performed on &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;posts listed for review&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. But I thought that I had reviewed some posts which were in this list, yet nothing has changed under &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/52923/irrational-john?tab=activity&amp;amp;sort=reviews&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Reviews&lt;/em&gt; in my profile&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I clearly do not understand the &lt;em&gt;Reviews&lt;/em&gt; tab or the information it is meant to provide.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;I think I understand now&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you &lt;em&gt;suggest&lt;/em&gt; an edit then this is tracked under the &lt;em&gt;Suggestions&lt;/em&gt; tab in the &lt;em&gt;Activity&lt;/em&gt; section. If you review a suggested edit and either approve or reject it, then this is (apparently) tracked under the &lt;em&gt;Reviews&lt;/em&gt; tab.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since I lack the karma to do any approving or rejecting, there is not going to be any activity under my &lt;em&gt;Reviews&lt;/em&gt; tab.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="52923" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-05-09T07:20:40.883" Title="When is the 'Reviews' tab under 'Activity' in a user's profile updated? What activity does it track?" Tags="|support|profile-page|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3070" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3069" CreationDate="2012-05-09T00:37:54.780" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's related to suggested edits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For an example, take a look at &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/6005/jrg?tab=activity&amp;amp;sort=reviews&quot;&gt;my review tab&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/wJY7x.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2012-05-09T00:37:54.780" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3071" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3069" CreationDate="2012-05-09T02:16:03.533" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Also check this blogpost:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2011/11/improved-reviewing/&quot;&gt;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2011/11/improved-reviewing/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To see how you can track your review progress!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2012-05-09T02:16:03.533" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3072" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3068" CreationDate="2012-05-09T05:32:12.230" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;There's a thin line between &quot;Not an answer&quot; and &quot;Not an answer delete&quot;. From a moderation standpoint where not here to clean up every answer that doesn't address the question but rather chooses to drive off in to a tangent or an answer that misinterprets the question. For that it's up to the community to police the content and vote. Voting is how the majority of disagreements with the content of questions and answers should be handled. If this answer is inadequate, incomplete, or just wrong - then down vote it and leave a comment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When to flag are more serious things, when you &lt;em&gt;really&lt;/em&gt; don't have an answer. A few examples include:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Putting a comment as an answer&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Asking a new question in an answer&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Posting offensive content in an answer&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;People saying 'Me too'&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Rants&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These are things that aren't actually answers and don't follow any form of a semantically valid answer to a question. That's when a flag should be employed. Moderators don't have the bandwidth to deal with just technically wrong or inaccurate answers - that's what voting is for.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="41" LastEditDate="2012-05-09T21:36:22.453" LastActivityDate="2012-05-09T21:36:22.453" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3073" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3053" CreationDate="2012-05-09T09:58:44.737" Score="22" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Existing canonical questions:&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/333795/169736&quot;&gt;What are the system requirements for each flavour of Ubuntu Desktop?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Examples:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/333535/what-is-the-best-ubuntu-version-for-my-hp-tc4200-netbook&quot;&gt;What is the best Ubuntu version for my hp tc4200 netbook?&lt;/a&gt; , &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/332722/what-are-the-ubuntu-13-04-32-bit-desktop-system-requirements&quot;&gt;What are the Ubuntu 13.04 32-bit desktop system requirements?&lt;/a&gt;, I have X hardware, what version you recommend me?, I am chinese! What version of Ubuntu should I install?, I want to setup a SmartTV, what I need? Plenty of them&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/986878/will-my-device-work-with-ubuntu&quot;&gt;Will my device work with Ubuntu?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Examples:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;Many...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/65911/how-can-i-fix-a-404-error-using-a-ppa&quot;&gt;How can I fix a 404 Error when using a PPA or updating my package lists?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Examples:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/19170/bisig-ppa-causing-404-error&quot;&gt;bisig PPA causing 404 error?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/126724/i-cant-boot-into-a-usable-system-anymore-what-should-i-do&quot;&gt;I can&amp;#39;t boot into a usable system after updates. What should I do?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Examples:&lt;/strong&gt;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/128584/upgrade-from-11-10-to-1204-failed&quot;&gt;Upgrade from 11.10 to 12.04 failed&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/126756/my-ubuntu-is-broken-help&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/126756/my-ubuntu-is-broken-help&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/635/how-to-convert-wubi-install-into-regular-install&quot;&gt;How to convert Wubi install into regular install?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Examples:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/27988/how-to-migrate-from-wubi-to-a-regular-installation&quot;&gt;How to migrate from Wubi to a regular installation?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/34430/24694&quot;&gt;Can I skip over releases when upgrading?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Examples:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/92119/can-i-upgrade-from-10-04-to-11-10&quot;&gt;Can I upgrade from 10.04 to 11.10?&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/37612/now-that-11-04-is-out-will-10-04-still-upgrade-to-10-10&quot;&gt;Now that 11.04 is out will 10.04 still upgrade to 10.10?&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/125600/update-11-04-to-12-04-with-livecd&quot;&gt;Update 11.04 to 12.04 with LiveCD&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/601/the-following-packages-have-been-kept-back-why-and-how-do-i-solve-it&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;The following packages have been kept back:&amp;quot; Why and how do I solve it?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Examples:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/125645/apt-get-packages-kept-back&quot;&gt;Apt-get packages &amp;quot;kept back&amp;quot;&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/21412/natty-alpha-testing-kept-back-updates-ubuntu-or-my-system&quot;&gt;Natty Alpha Testing &amp;quot;Kept Back&amp;quot; Updates, Ubuntu or My System?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/19770/how-do-i-change-fonts-and-adjust-their-size&quot;&gt;How do I change fonts and adjust their size?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Examples:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/59919/how-do-i-change-fonts-icons-in-a-theme&quot;&gt;How do I change fonts &amp;amp; icons in a theme?&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/3697/how-do-i-install-fonts&quot;&gt;How do I install fonts?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/15433/fixing-could-not-get-lock-var-lib-dpkg-lock&quot;&gt;Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/) is another process using it?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Examples:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/99537/24694&quot;&gt;Installation Error, &amp;quot;Unable to lock the administration directory&amp;quot;&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/122923/cannot-install-skype-due-to-error-var-lib-dpkg-lock-error&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/122923/cannot-install-skype-due-to-error-var-lib-dpkg-lock-error&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1877/what-is-the-easiest-way-to-resolve-apt-get-badsig-gpg-errors&quot;&gt;What is the easiest way to resolve apt-get BADSIG GPG errors?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Examples:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/94249/badsig-error-while-updating&quot;&gt;BADSIG error while updating&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/140246/how-do-i-resolve-unmet-dependencies&quot;&gt;How do I resolve unmet dependencies after adding a PPA?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Examples:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/96420/gimp-package-broken-ubuntu-software-centre-not-working&quot;&gt;GIMP Package broken, Ubuntu Software centre not working&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/25761/broken-package-error-after-updating&quot;&gt;Broken package error after updating&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/221835/176889&quot;&gt;How do I install Ubuntu alongside a pre-installed Windows with UEFI?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Examples:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/219027/how-do-i-dual-boot-windows-8-uefi-and-ubuntu-12-10?lq=1&quot;&gt;How do I Dual Boot Windows 8 UEFI and Ubuntu 12.10?&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/215661/boot-manager-is-showing-ubuntu-winboot-wubildr-mbr-is-missing-or-contains-error?lq=1&quot;&gt;Boot manager is showing \Ubuntu\winboot\wubildr.mbr is missing or contains error&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/814/how-to-run-scripts-on-start-up&quot;&gt;How to run scripts on start up?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Examples:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/108800/&quot;&gt;Run shell script on startup or boot&lt;/a&gt;,&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/308993/&quot;&gt;Run script at boot/startup in Ubuntu 12.04 x64 Server&lt;/a&gt;,&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/442246/&quot;&gt;How To Run An Application On Startup Automatically?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/10290/how-do-i-improve-boot-speed&quot;&gt;How do I improve boot speed?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Countless examples&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/171209/my-boot-partition-hit-100-and-now-i-cant-upgrade-cant-remove-old-kernels-to&quot;&gt;My /boot partition hit 100% and now I can&amp;#39;t upgrade. Can&amp;#39;t remove old kernels to make room&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Examples:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/142926/&quot;&gt;Can&amp;#39;t upgrade due to low disk space on /boot&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/317763&quot;&gt;apt-get: No space left on device (12.04)&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1410549/&quot;&gt;0 bytes left on /boot, apt autoremove and apt --fix-broken install fail due to unmet dependencies&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1333069/acpi-error-on-every-boot&quot;&gt;ACPI error on every boot&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Examples:&lt;/strong&gt;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1418244/how-to-fix-these-errors-during-boot&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1418244/how-to-fix-these-errors-during-boot&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1418222/strange-messages-on-startup-after-the-latest-update&quot;&gt;Strange messages on startup after the latest update&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1418139/multiple-errors-when-booting-ubuntu-sgx-disabled-by-bios-among-others&quot;&gt;Multiple errors when booting ubuntu (SGX disabled by BIOS among others)&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1418135/bios-acpi-error-when-dual-booting-ubuntu-22-04&quot;&gt;BIOS ACPI error when dual booting Ubuntu 22.04&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1417480/can-someone-explain-help-me-understand-solve-this-acpi-error-bug&quot;&gt;Can someone explain/help me understand/solve this ACPI error bug?&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1417209/ubuntu-boot-acpi-error&quot;&gt;Ubuntu boot ACPI error&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1416767/ubuntu-firmware-bug-on-boot&quot;&gt;Ubuntu firmware bug on boot&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1405225/when-i-turn-on-my-desktop-every-time-showing-some-error-ubuntu-22-04&quot;&gt;When I turn on my desktop, every time showing some error [ Ubuntu 22.04 ]&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1367947/acpi-error-messages-during-boot&quot;&gt;ACPI error messages during boot&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1407739/how-do-i-fix-an-acpi-error&quot;&gt;how do I fix an ACPI error?&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1360648/error-messages-at-boot-what-they-mean-and-how-can-i-fix-them&quot;&gt;Error messages at boot, what they mean and how can I fix them&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/91815/how-to-install-software-or-upgrade-from-an-old-unsupported-release&quot;&gt;How to install software or upgrade from an old unsupported release?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Examples:&lt;/strong&gt;  many&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/911865/no-more-disk-space-how-can-i-find-what-is-taking-up-the-space&quot;&gt;No more disk space: How can I find what is taking up the space?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Examples:&lt;/strong&gt;  many&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1431940/what-are-phased-updates-and-why-does-ubuntu-use-them&quot;&gt;What are phased updates, and why does Ubuntu use them?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Examples:&lt;/strong&gt;  many&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1452497/what-are-esm-apps-and-how-do-they-relate-to-ubuntu-pro&quot;&gt;What are ESM Apps, and how do they relate to Ubuntu Pro?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Examples:&lt;/strong&gt;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1325365/extended-security-maintenance-esm-for-focal-fossa-20-04&quot;&gt;Extended Security Maintenance (ESM) for focal fossa (20.04)&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1453597/why-am-i-getting-esm-updates-1-year-into-a-lts-release/&quot;&gt;Why am I getting ESM updates 1 year into a LTS release?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Desired canonical questions:&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;h3&gt;How to fix &amp;quot;connected&amp;quot; wireless but no working internet?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Examples:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/180476/&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/180476/&lt;/a&gt;,&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/180512/&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/180512/&lt;/a&gt;,&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/150212/&quot;&gt;Wireless Connected But No Internet Connection (Ubuntu 12.04)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;h3&gt;How do I diagnose fan problems?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Possibly multiplexes into other questions for specific, common hardware configurations.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;h3&gt;How to fix partial upgrades error?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Common, fairly annoying.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;h3&gt;How to boot after failed Kernel upgrade&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/61166/kernel-update-failed-using-apt-get-dist-upgrade&quot;&gt;kernel update failed using apt-get dist-upgrade&lt;/a&gt;,&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/57937/how-can-i-roll-back-a-kernel-update&quot;&gt;How Can I Roll Back a Kernel Update?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;h3&gt;How to fix getting text mode when rebooting after install?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/135895/i-get-a-command-prompt-on-rebooting-after-install-what-should-i-do&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/135895/i-get-a-command-prompt-on-rebooting-after-install-what-should-i-do&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Installing Ubuntu failed. What should I do?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Countless examples&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;h3&gt;How do I swap / remap keys?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A variety of cases. System-wide versus application-specific.  Swapping keys or altering the layout in some way.  Solutions also differ.  There are DE-specific solutions and general X-windows solutions.  Sometimes these conflict, causing their own issues.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;h3&gt;The system has frozen up, although the mouse still works.  What should I do?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Pointless to just tell them to file a bug, because ubuntu-bug alone doesn't capture the right information.  There are specific troubleshooting steps to do in order to collect the required information, but what to do is also driver-specific.  The Ubuntu-X freeze troubleshooting guide in the wiki is a good reference but users often need some additional hand-holding and encouragement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;h3&gt;The session terminated and left me at the login screen.  What do I do?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Basically, need a full backtrace collected via gdb; apport is &lt;em&gt;supposed&lt;/em&gt; to collect this but in cases where it's come to a question, it probably has failed to do so.  The Ubuntu-X Backtrace wiki page walks the user through how to do this manually but can be intimidating for less technically oriented folks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;h3&gt;My screen went blank and I can't turn it back on.  What do I do?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The symptoms for &amp;quot;black screen bugs&amp;quot; are always indistinguishably similar, but the underlying causes are quite varied. There are several dozen different distinct causes for blank screens, and it's worthless to guess based merely on reported symptoms.  But simply filing a bug report is not usually enough either, since you need to look at the status of things both before and after to spot differences.  The Ubuntu-X wiki pages have some guides on what to do here, but most users need extra hand-holding.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;h3&gt;I upgraded and something stopped working right.  How do I narrow down what exactly broke?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Package bisection search time.  /var/log/dpkg.log to the rescue!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;h3&gt;I want to uninstall &amp;quot;program X&amp;quot; but I get a warning that my desktop will be deleted.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Examples:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/233662/25656&quot;&gt;lubuntu-desktop&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/235897/25656&quot;&gt;xubuntu-desktop&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="24694" LastEditorUserId="1066942" LastEditDate="2023-02-07T08:15:37.883" LastActivityDate="2023-02-07T08:15:37.883" CommentCount="2" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-05-09T09:58:44.737" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="3074" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-05-09T11:22:35.273" Score="3" ViewCount="42" Body="&lt;p&gt;Today I faced this strange issue.&#xA;There are no quick buttons (linking/image insert) in answer field. The preview field is neither updating.  please see the screen shot,&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;http://dl.dropbox.com/u/26252340/err.JPG&quot; alt=&quot;problem&quot;&gt;&#xA;But I can see the icons when I am logged out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Whats going on?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Tested with &#xA;IE8, win 7&#xA;Firefox 12,win 7&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="35775" LastActivityDate="2012-05-09T11:22:35.273" Title="Why no tool buttons above answer field while logged in" Tags="|support|bug|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3075" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3077" CreationDate="2012-05-09T12:58:15.277" Score="3" ViewCount="208" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/134053/why-to-run-through-the-purchasing-process-for-a-0-priced-product&quot;&gt;This question&lt;/a&gt; was closed as nonconstructive, which seems wrong to me. (The creator of the question also did not think it was right for it to be closed.) It's a question about a design decision (or else, about whether or not a particular behavior is a bug). Such questions have definite answers, even if the answers are hard to determine. Unless we're going to start closing questions for being hard to answer, it seems to me that questions about design decisions should be left open.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some users' justification for the idea that this question should be closed was that the creator of the question can file a bug against the odd behavior, and then the response to the bug would answer the question. This is true for plenty of behaviors, but it is rarely an appropriate way to get support. For example, if I wanted to know why Libreoffice was written in Java, I could file a bug, &quot;Libreoffice written in Java,&quot; in which I argue it should be written in some other language. In extreme cases, one could meaningfully say that an application is written in the wrong language and that a rewrite or code translation is warranted to fix the bug. But in those cases, one would be well-advised to consult with others first before filing the bug. In cases like the question linked above, it's not inappropriate to file the bug...but it's still better to consult with others first if there is doubt about whether or not the behavior really is a bug.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm concerned that by closing questions like this as nonconstructive, we're setting a precedent of encouraging potentially nonconstructive bug reports.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems to me that a better alternative would be to leave the question open. Then, if there are no good answers after a while, it would be reasonable to &lt;em&gt;answer&lt;/em&gt; or &lt;em&gt;comment&lt;/em&gt;, &quot;No one has been able to provide a particularly good explanation for this behavior, strongly suggesting that it is a bug. You should consider filing a bug report about the behavior, and then the developers can decide if it is appropriate. They may also be able to provide an explanation for it. You could then use that explanation to write your own answer to your question.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some questions about design decisions can be easily answered (like questions about why root logins are disabled by default, or why Libreoffice is included in recent versions of Ubuntu instead of OpenOffice.org). Those questions are never closed. I wonder if the desire to maintain a high accept rate on AskUbuntu subconsciously drives the practice of closing the harder questions about design decisions...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2012-05-09T21:18:37.047" Title="Are questions about design decisions considered constructive?" Tags="|discussion|status-completed|best-practice|close-reasons|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3077" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3075" CreationDate="2012-05-09T15:09:40.190" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Generally, I think you can only decide on the constructiveness of a design decision related questions on a case-by-case basis. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question under consideration seems to be a rather useful one. I believe the question was closed because it was poorly worded and it wasn't obvious that the OP wants to know why it works the way it is. It sounded more like OP was giving suggestions on how the whole experience could be improved. I have since edited the question and improved the wording so it is obvious to others what the OP is trying to ask. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I had a similar question on why an application has a $0.00 price tag and I could figure out the reasoning. If the question is to be reopened, I am confident I can give a rather reasonable answer that, I think, is constructive to the site as well as serve as a useful resource to people who have had similar question. I can provide links to the filed bug report, with references to the updated design specifics of software-center along with the answer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Waiting for the community and the moderators to make a decision..&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastActivityDate="2012-05-09T15:09:40.190" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3078" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3075" CreationDate="2012-05-09T16:12:08.543" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;jokerdino's answer&lt;/strong&gt; sounds reasonable, but even if anyone can point to somewhere to find an answer to this question I can't yet find how useful its answer is. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am more for &lt;strong&gt;Matthew's answer&lt;/strong&gt; who provides reasons why the question can not be answered or why people shouldn't dare to answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is no solution to the question as it is not a real issue nor a major problem. I agree that $0.00 value items shouldn't be &quot;purchased&quot; but I yet wish to know how &quot;knowing why&quot; will become useful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As Matthew says, people uses to down vote answers which seems not to have sense for them and this affects the user's acceptation rate/reputation. (even this answer is going to be down voted as Mattew's answer has already been).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Reopening the question isn't either useful. I am for closing it down in the understood that people will be affected if they dare to drop an answer to that question, which is really tempting indeed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9598" LastActivityDate="2012-05-09T16:12:08.543" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3079" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-05-09T18:04:48.147" Score="2" ViewCount="49" Body="&lt;p&gt;The question &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/134549/6969&quot;&gt;Is it legal to install msttcorefonts package? Is Wine legal?&lt;/a&gt; has just caught my attention. I'm tempted to vote it as &quot;Off-topic - too localized&quot;, but also see that the question may be edited in such a way that it applies to a broader group. But as for questions about law, it is really region-specific and the answers will likely vary a lot.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How should we treat these kind of questions?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6969" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2012-05-09T18:47:40.777" Title="Are questions about legislation welcome to AU?" Tags="|discussion|asking-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3080" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3079" CreationDate="2012-05-09T18:47:40.777" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Brazil is a big place. A question is too localized if it's unlikely it will help any other users. Clearly there are at least thousands of users who stand to benefit from such a question being answered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Good answers to a question about law will indicate that they don't constitute legal advice (either by stating that outright or by saying that the author isn't a lawyer), and will explain that what's legal and what's not, especially as applied to copyright and patent issues, varies from jurisdiction to jurisdiction.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure if there's a good general protocol for handling questions that are about, or that touch on, legal issues. Since we allow questions on meta that discuss these matters (I don't mean this question, I mean questions like &quot;Should we allow questions about topic X&quot; where topic X is legally controversial in some country), it would be strange to have a blanket prohibition on law questions in main.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, some questions about the law can be easily and definitively answered, even if it is done with the above caveats. For example, suppose someone asked, &quot;Is LibreOffice legal? I thought only Microsoft was allowed to make an office suite.&quot; A good answer to that could point out the long history of different office suites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The specific question that has caught your attention is asking about the legal status of a package that provides content with Microsoft's copyright. I answered the question by pointing out that it's provided in the official software sources, so it's not considered by the package maintainer or Ubuntu project as a whole to be problematic from a copyright or patent perspective, but that one is probably bound by the terms of use that one is asked to agree to when installing the package.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think that question, and my answer, are reasonable, because I think the OP's concern was that the &lt;code&gt;msttcorefonts&lt;/code&gt; package might constitute a violation of Microsoft's copyright, even when the accompanying terms of use are followed. (Or more likely, the OP may not have been aware that this package comes with terms of use, to which users are asked to agree during installation. The OP may have held off on installing &lt;code&gt;wine&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;msttcorefonts&lt;/code&gt; pending research into legal concerns.) There is no reason to believe that's the case in any jurisdiction, and Microsoft has not been trying to stop the distribution of the &lt;code&gt;msttcorefonts&lt;/code&gt; package. (If you think I'm mistaken, please do respond, preferably on main in the original question. But &lt;code&gt;msttcorefonts&lt;/code&gt; has been around for a very long time, and it's been provided in Debian and Ubuntu without interruption.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2012-05-09T18:47:40.777" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3081" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3052" CreationDate="2012-05-09T20:04:38.903" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Besides the problem with notifications that &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/3059/22949&quot;&gt;Mateo raises&lt;/a&gt;, there are a few problems with preventing users from commenting on their own questions, which could not be easily fixed:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sometimes, a user may not know how to obtain information that has been requested. It's better for them to ask in a comment (which can even be cleaned up later) than to clutter the question with a series of numbered or dated (or unlabeled!) edits at the end--&quot;running edits,&quot; as Mateo puts it. Many of us have seen this happen on a number of sites including Ask Ubuntu, and it's way nastier than the problem of long comment threads (which, again, can be cleaned up).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sometimes, users will have &lt;em&gt;already&lt;/em&gt; provided the information that was requested, and the commenter just didn't notice. A comment is really the only reasonable response in this situation. Even editing the question to make the information more prominent would not always be warranted, and would not usually be sufficient to call the commenter's attention to the presence of the information they requested.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Users would probably feel that the system does not respect them, if they cannot reply to a comment someone has made to them. And they would be right. It's one thing to restrict new users from posting comments on other people's posts. It's another if they are at a disadvantage when speaking back to people who have spoken to them. The purpose of getting new privileges as you advance in reputation is to keep inexperienced users focused on functionality they're likely to use well. Rewarding users for their contributions might be considered a legitimate justification for the system we have, too. But if we impaired people's ability to express themselves on an even keel with people who have spoken to them, then I think we would have moved into downright elitism.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;New users sometimes have trouble figuring out how to properly edit their questions, or to properly undo accidental edits (like deleting most of their post by mistake). Meta is a good place for these questions but very new users cannot create questions here, and they're not likely to know to do so anyway. Simple questions about how to properly edit one's post are very reasonably and efficiently asked in comments, which can (again) be cleaned up later.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To clarify about cleaning up comments later: when a comment is no longer relevant, it can be flagged for moderator deletion for that reason, even if the OP doesn't delete it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2017-11-19T13:31:40.920" LastActivityDate="2017-11-19T13:31:40.920" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3082" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-05-09T23:44:55.117" Score="5" ViewCount="164" Body="&lt;p&gt;How can I create/save a list of questions/answers that are useful for me in my account, for later use?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="61754" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Is there a possibility to create/save a list of favorite/useful questions?" Tags="|support|answered-questions|bookmarks|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3083" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3082" CreationDate="2012-05-09T23:56:20.940" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;I usually mark the question as a &quot;&lt;em&gt;favorite&lt;/em&gt;&quot; if I want to be able to have some hope of (more) easily finding it again in the future. (See the image below.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another alternative is, of course, to bookmark the post in your browser. I tend to do this less often as I tend to find it more, well, tedious. But I do sometimes also use browser bookmarks, just a lot less often.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/JIbf2.png&quot; alt=&quot;big, honkin&amp;#39; arrow pointing at the favorites button&quot; title=&quot;Click the star to add the question to your favorites list&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Some additional suggestions&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I also stumbled upon the other options in the list below while I was looking for something else. I decided to mention them here. (If nothing else this might allow me to find them again later. ;-)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/13996/147712&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This answer&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.stackoverflow.com&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;meta stackoverflow&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; also points out that each question has its own RSS feed which you can subscribe to if you wish. I found the RSS link obfuscated at the bottom right hand corner of the page. (See also the image below.)&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;br/&gt;&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/HGbv3.png&quot; alt=&quot;big, honkin&amp;#39; arrow pointing at link to RSS feed&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;br/&gt;&#xA;This option is apparently not restricted to question pages. Many other pages on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Stack Exchange&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; sites also appear to have RSS feeds available.  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/86250/147712&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This answer&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; (to the same question) provides a reference to an App on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackapps.com/&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;StackApps&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; site which might be useful. &#xA;&lt;br/&gt;&#xA;Note: I have not used any App from StackApps yet, so I have no idea if this is a good tool or not.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/95519/147712&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This answer&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; appears to provide a good explanation of how to use your profile dropdown at the top of each page to sleuth out updates to your &quot;&lt;em&gt;Favorites&lt;/em&gt;&quot; list.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="52923" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:46.307" LastActivityDate="2012-05-10T19:40:01.047" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3086" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3007" CreationDate="2012-05-10T13:55:54.533" Score="16" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've set this up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They are &lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/askubuntu/ProFormaComments&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;available on GitHub here&lt;/a&gt;, so if:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you have an additional comment that you would like added after it has been added to that meta post&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you notice a typo or something&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Fork and submit a pull request. Or ping me on chat, and I'll give you a hand.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To use this repo, add the following as a remote source in the script:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://raw.github.com/AskUbuntu/ProFormaComments/master/comments.jsonp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://raw.github.com/AskUbuntu/ProFormaComments/master/comments.jsonp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Opera users will need to use a mirror set up by &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/users/5/nathan-osman&quot;&gt;Nathan Osman&lt;/a&gt; (updates hourly):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://files.quickmediasolutions.com/au/pro-forma/comments.jsonp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://files.quickmediasolutions.com/au/pro-forma/comments.jsonp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.243" LastActivityDate="2016-04-18T23:09:34.927" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3087" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3082" CreationDate="2012-05-10T14:51:31.033" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I use favorites and I also use my user profile.  That way I can select a few questions and organization them as I like.  I like to keep a few questions handy for reference or later implementation, to have them handy to recommend to other users, and to remind myself to vote for them (after the vote bucket is refilled).  I do that in my profile, because my favorites list is too large and unwieldy.  Also, if anyone checks my profile, they will see questions I think are interesting or important, and may read them or vote for good/bad answers there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8844" LastActivityDate="2012-05-10T14:51:31.033" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3088" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-05-10T15:53:34.777" Score="1" ViewCount="99" Body="&lt;p&gt;I noticed with amusement that my &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/52725/why-do-my-youtube-videos-play-for-two-seconds-then-stop&quot;&gt;youtube question&lt;/a&gt; from almost a year ago (!!!) was closed today. Our esteemed &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/24694/jacob-johan-edwards&quot;&gt;Mr. Edwards&lt;/a&gt; deemed it offtopic. According to him this should rather be a bug report.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I politely disagree. As he himself stated: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;it's a closed source flash issue, so that [meaning a bug report] might not help much.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I think it's a valid question since I was looking for a work around. The bug has already been reported without any effect and there will most certainly be no bugfix from Adobe in the future (considering Adobe announced the current version would be the last flash released for linux).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No hard feelings, I don't know you, Mr. Edwards, but my humble opinion is, that you have been a bit too eager here. Not that I'd expect an answer to my question or that it was particularly precious to me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks for your time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17789" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2012-05-10T18:39:21.873" Title="Why exactly was my youtube question closed again?" Tags="|discussion|moderation|close-reasons|closed-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3089" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3088" CreationDate="2012-05-10T16:11:59.810" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;All questions can be reopened.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I note that the last edit on your question was 13 July 2011.  We do need OP's to maintain their questions, providing updates (lets say weekly, fortnightly etc) as to what they have tried.  It could also have been construed as too-localised since no updates have been made since then.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There also some information that would be helpful that is currently lacking - ubuntu version, desktop-environment, flash version, graphics card, graphics driver.  Any particular videos, links (if not unappropriate) - have you got multiple versions of flash, gnash installed.  Have you tried the latest version of lightspark? Does this happen with HTML5 videos.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You've also tagged the Q as a &quot;bug&quot; and &quot;I'm thinking of reporting a bug&quot;.  As I'm sure you are fully aware, bug-reports are off-topic for this site and should be reported to launchpad.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I said at the outset - happy to reopen your question - but first, have a think about the above.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14356" LastActivityDate="2012-05-10T16:11:59.810" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3090" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-05-11T09:48:32.597" Score="7" ViewCount="270" Body="&lt;p&gt;My question is can new badges be added or removed from the already list of existing badges?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="29470" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-05-19T09:42:16.120" LastActivityDate="2012-06-24T06:58:54.797" Title="Custom badges on Ask Ubuntu" Tags="|discussion|support|badges|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3091" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3092" CreationDate="2012-05-11T16:10:03.757" Score="6" ViewCount="59" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sometimes a comment is posted that answers a question. This is not even always wrong--sometimes the comment is insufficiently detailed to constitute a good answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then, sometime later, a good, simple, thorough answer that includes all the information in the comment is posted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At this point, is it appropriate for the comment to be flagged as obsolete?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sometimes, keeping the comment would serve to highlight an idea important in the question or answer. But often, it seems to me that a good comment can be obsoleted by an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2012-05-11T16:33:19.280" Title="Should comments that answer a question be marked obsolete after full answers are posted?" Tags="|discussion|comments|answers|flagging|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3092" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3091" CreationDate="2012-05-11T16:33:19.280" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, flag them all and have them destroyed, but &lt;strong&gt;only&lt;/strong&gt; if the comment matches the answer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastActivityDate="2012-05-11T16:33:19.280" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3095" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3096" CreationDate="2012-05-11T22:28:38.993" Score="6" ViewCount="172" Body="&lt;p&gt;So, I'm once again violating the policies of AU by having an extended discussion in comments. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The link offering to &lt;code&gt;move this discussion to chat&lt;/code&gt; pops up. I get distracted and do not act on it immediately. When I bring my browser back to that question, the link is gone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now what? How can I accomplish the same thing that clicking on the &lt;code&gt;move this discussion to chat&lt;/code&gt; link would have done?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Adding some links to questions on meta Stack Overflow that seem related or similar to this question as additional context.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/117587/147712&quot;&gt;“move comments to chat” link disappeared&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/100967/147712&quot;&gt;Should “move-to-chat” be provided on demand (as a button perhaps)?&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="52923" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2012-05-12T02:30:49.257" Title="How can I move a discussion from comments to chat after the 'move this discussion to chat' link has disappeared?" Tags="|support|chat|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3096" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3095" CreationDate="2012-05-12T01:56:12.967" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;While it isn't the same feature, what you can do is the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Go to &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/new&quot;&gt;chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/new&lt;/a&gt; and make a new room.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Then, leave a comment with the link of that new room. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you can't create a room (for whatever reason), ping one of the moderators or just ask a high rep user &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/201/ask-ubuntu-general-room&quot;&gt;in chat&lt;/a&gt; to make one for you. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastActivityDate="2012-05-12T01:56:12.967" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3097" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3098" CreationDate="2012-05-12T12:33:32.523" Score="3" ViewCount="47" Body="&lt;p&gt;I tried deleting some of the older answers which I had posted but could not delete more than five. These were the ones which were wrong or out of context or had something wrong with them. Why is this limit?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="29470" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-05-12T17:43:46.123" LastActivityDate="2012-05-12T17:43:46.123" Title="Deleting Older Posts" Tags="|discussion|answers|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3098" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3097" CreationDate="2012-05-12T12:43:53.347" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here is what happened:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The system detects 'vandalism', aka RAGEQUIT's. It thought you were rage quitting, so the system stopped you from deleting anything else. If you're serious about cleaning up, you have three options:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Flag those posts for deletion, with a comment explaining why - then the mods can help.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find me (or another mod) in chat and then we can help you. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Or, wait a week or two and do it again. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastActivityDate="2012-05-12T12:43:53.347" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3099" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-05-12T12:57:35.583" Score="2" ViewCount="115" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently lost some reputation points (about 30. I know it shows 20 but during the same period I got an answer upvoted as well.) I do not know how but it may be because of a removed upvote, deselecting as the correct answer or or some bug. I do not care much about the points all I want is to &lt;code&gt;get notifications for how I lost those points&lt;/code&gt;. Is that possible?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;@Jokerdino - I couldn't find anything. neither on &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/reputation&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/reputation&lt;/a&gt; or the link which jrg provided. But anyways forget about these rep points, my main aim is to get notifications in the future for how I lost these points.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/HIPTZ.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;I had got the same notification for the main site as well&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="29470" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2012-07-12T13:41:02.427" Title="Get notifications for how I lost reputation" Tags="|support|reputation|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3100" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-05-12T13:02:27.370" Score="1" ViewCount="37" Body="&lt;p&gt;Referring to my &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3099/lost-reputation&quot;&gt;previous question&lt;/a&gt;, I typed the title as &lt;code&gt;Lost REPUTATION !&lt;/code&gt; but I got &lt;code&gt;Lost REPUTATION?&lt;/code&gt; Is this a bug? Or some secret feature?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="29470" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-05-12T17:41:51.290" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Bug in writing titles" Tags="|support|asking-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3101" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3099" CreationDate="2012-05-12T13:04:45.003" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Well, you were deleting answers. ;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Take a look at your reputation tab:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/29470/ashu?tab=reputation&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/users/29470/ashu?tab=reputation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And it will show (to you, and nobody else) what posts lost you reputation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2012-05-12T13:04:45.003" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3102" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3103" CreationDate="2012-05-12T14:32:35.003" Score="8" ViewCount="269" Body="&lt;p&gt;Recently I noticed in the edits that twice a user edited without posting any new content, only spaces. I think this may be an abuse of the system, but I am not sure about something, do edits on your own question get the questions bumped up in the Active question list?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is the edit link to the question, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/113570/revisions&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/posts/113570/revisions&lt;/a&gt; Notice edit 3 &amp;amp; 4, In edit 4 the description states &quot;just added some spaces so this can get some answers or tell why its not there&quot; Also note that the spaces did not split the content up any, like you would expect if it was edited for readability. Leading me to believe he edited the question with no additional content just to get it noticed more.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What to do in situations like this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="I noticed a user using edits to get the question noticed, without adding any content (spaces)" Tags="|discussion|editing|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3103" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3102" CreationDate="2012-05-12T14:41:28.863" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;To be perfectly honest, nothing. But, you can add a comment to that they really should add a bounty to the question. Something like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;Hello! Welcome to Ask Ubuntu. I've noticed that you are looking for an answer, the best way of attracting attention to your question is to offer a bounty. More details [here](http://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/16065/how-does-the-bounty-system-work)&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2014-04-23T13:47:43.277" LastActivityDate="2012-05-12T14:41:28.863" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3104" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3100" CreationDate="2012-05-12T15:55:11.220" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;This isn't a bug, it's a feature. Typically questions aren't statements, but questions. So Stack Exchange &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/115327/stop-rewriting-trailing-exclamation-marks-as-question-marks&quot;&gt;lightly nudges you to the correct punctuation.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2012-05-12T15:55:11.220" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3105" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-05-12T21:29:45.363" Score="9" ViewCount="324" Body="&lt;p&gt;In these questions: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/91086/al-reiniciar-tengo-que-volver-a-instalar-dhcp3-client-para-conectarme-on-every&quot;&gt;Al reiniciar tengo que volver a instalar dhcp3-client para conectarme / on every boot i've had to reinstall dhcp3-client to get internet&lt;/a&gt; &#xA;and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/84168/como-puedo-instalar-age-of-mythology-en-ubuntu-how-i-can-install-age-of&quot;&gt;¿Como puedo instalar Age of Mythology en Ubuntu? - How I can install Age of Mythology on Ubuntu?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;the poster has written the question in Spanish (I think!) and has also provided an English translation. Should the Spanish part be edited out as all questions are supposed to be in english, or is it not really doing any harm?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="40955" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2013-01-30T04:16:33.167" Title="If a question is written in a non-English language with an English translation provided should the non-English part be removed?" Tags="|discussion|languages|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3106" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3105" CreationDate="2012-05-12T21:35:52.500" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think so, having the language there encourages other users to post comments and answers in the same language making is hard to those following the question. If the user was able to translate his question into English he should be able to know enough to translate answers back, usless it is a case of &quot;google translate&quot;. However It looks like the orginal poster did not do the translation. So I would leave it alone, and let mods deal with it or whoever wants to be on translation duty for the poster and people answering.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastActivityDate="2012-05-12T21:35:52.500" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3107" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3128" CreationDate="2012-05-12T22:07:44.090" Score="7" ViewCount="335" Body="&lt;p&gt;I asked a question (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/123960/kernel-panic-on-booting#comment153755_123960&quot;&gt;Kernel Panic On Booting&lt;/a&gt;) about 1 month ago. Also I started a bounty. I got a few answers not none of them solve my problem. So I have to reinstall my system. There aren't any valid answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What should I do now? Which answer should I accept? I answered question and accepted it (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/136147/17345&quot;&gt;check here&lt;/a&gt;). Is it right way for this situation?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, @irrational John's answer was great, but does not solve my problem. Still can I accept his answer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17345" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2014-04-05T13:43:39.240" Title="Question Solved But There Isn't Any Correct Answer" Tags="|discussion|accepted-answer|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3108" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-05-13T07:28:45.520" Score="2" ViewCount="57" Body="&lt;p&gt;It would be nice if there was something like a &lt;code&gt;name change history&lt;/code&gt;. Many users change their display names and then it becomes difficult to recognise them. So having such a feature will be certainly helpful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="29470" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-05-13T13:26:35.417" LastActivityDate="2012-05-13T13:26:35.417" Title="Name change history" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|profile-page|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3109" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3108" CreationDate="2012-05-13T09:27:05.390" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Display changes are recorded, but your history is shown only to you, as of now. I see no harm in giving a user the option to make his username history publicly visible, but maybe thats just me. (PS: I'm not mimicking aking :P)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Enforcing public visibility would be considered a privacy infringement perhaps..&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="45659" LastActivityDate="2012-05-13T09:27:05.390" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3110" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3090" CreationDate="2012-05-13T21:22:03.030" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;Nice ideas would be:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Does not have a life Badge&lt;/strong&gt; - Awarded for 200 consecutive days&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Forever Alone Badge&lt;/strong&gt; - Awarded for 365 consecutive days and no girlfriend detected over that period.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Keep on Rolling Badge&lt;/strong&gt; - Gain 100+ points every day for 1 week.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sonic de Hedgehog Badge&lt;/strong&gt; - Gain 100+ points every day for 1 month&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Trololol&lt;/strong&gt; - Have 3x more comments than all of your questions and answers combined&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Wololo&lt;/strong&gt; - Have so many comments that people will convert to commentisim.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Space Balls Power&lt;/strong&gt; - Answer a question every 42 days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7035" LastActivityDate="2012-05-13T21:22:03.030" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3111" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3105" CreationDate="2012-05-14T05:06:58.587" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;For a couple of these, I've edited the posts so that the translation appears at the start, before the untranslated original.  I clean up the translation to the extent I can, but leave the non-English original.   That way, if a native speaker of the OP's language comes along, he or she can help with the the question text or possibly the answer. &#xA;I've done these where someone has already done a google translate cut-paste, which by itself seems fine to me.  It's better than nothing, no puppies are hurt, and further clean-up can be done as necessary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8844" LastActivityDate="2012-05-14T05:06:58.587" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3112" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3090" CreationDate="2012-05-14T12:09:03.923" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;A few (crappy) ideas are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Optimist&lt;/strong&gt; – Has made at least 150 votes and none are downvotes.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Street-cleaner&lt;/strong&gt; – Has at least 10 flags and less than 20 votes.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Socially accepted&lt;/strong&gt; – Has 5 accepted answers in a row. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Pessimist&lt;/strong&gt; – Has made at least 150 votes and over half are downvotes.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54298" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-05-19T08:11:00.197" LastActivityDate="2012-05-19T08:11:00.197" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3113" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3090" CreationDate="2012-05-14T12:54:49.390" Score="3" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Unlucky&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Asked a question with 5k views within one month, but no upvotes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note: this badge may help to detect ignored but important questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="39372" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-05-19T08:10:15.827" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3114" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3115" CreationDate="2012-05-14T14:35:27.197" Score="0" ViewCount="125" Body="&lt;p&gt;I took a specialist interest in answering &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/130970/google-earth-will-not-launch&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; because I similar difficulties which I resolved and wanted to help a fellow member with it.  I answered the question, however, the member still had difficulties (but I stayed with it).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I sent a final comment suggesting to try something new.  The bottom line is they answered their own question with &lt;strong&gt;more or less&lt;/strong&gt; what I suggested in my comment and accepted their answer.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If he/she had of answered my comment instead, I would have gladly modified my answer which may have benefited others in the future.  As it stands the question is tagged with 64bit and he/she installed the 32bit package (my answer catered for both versions).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="53498" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2012-05-20T02:33:34.187" Title="Should we encourage this behavior?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3115" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3114" CreationDate="2012-05-14T14:56:32.380" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;There's nothing we can really do about this behavior. Except correct it by voting. I went ahead and upvoted you (for putting the work in) and downvoted him (for providing a less than stellar answer). He also made his answer a Community Wiki, why he did this I'm not certain of, but he's not collecting any reputation for that answer in the end. In the short term it sucks to have something like this happen, and luckily it's a corner case on Ask Ubuntu to see this kind of behavior. In the long term your question will far outshine his despite it being the accepted answer as it will logically sort your answer to the top (since it's the highest voted)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2012-05-14T14:56:32.380" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3116" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3105" CreationDate="2012-05-14T15:48:07.007" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;It seems to me that the non-English text should be retained so that it is more apparent if the translation is wrong or otherwise needs improvement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;As for the possibility that leaving the non-English text might encourage non-English answers...&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &amp;quot;English only&amp;quot; rule does not need to be enforced &lt;em&gt;proactively&lt;/em&gt;. We are not in the middle of a crisis of Ask Ubuntu being taken over by other languages. If there are answers in non-English languages that don't get translated, they can be flagged and removed. They are uncommon now; if they become common, the policy can be revisited.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-01-30T04:16:33.167" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3117" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3118" CreationDate="2012-05-14T16:42:54.210" Score="6" ViewCount="117" Body="&lt;p&gt;I understand why I cannot flag a comment I've upvoted. When I upvote a comment, it means I think it is of especially high quality.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But an especially high quality comment can become obsolete (for example, if a question is posted that contains and expands on the same information, or if it requests additional details subsequently provided by the OP). Then, it seems to me that I should be able to flag the comment as obsolete, even if I cannot flag it as anything else.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any good reason why we cannot flag comments as obsolete that we have previously upvoted?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2012-05-14T16:51:18.740" Title="Should users be able to flag comments as obsolete that they have previously upvoted?" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|comments|flagging|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3118" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3117" CreationDate="2012-05-14T16:51:18.740" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;Workaround: What I did when I saw that was flag the post with a comment saying &quot;hey, please destroy all these comments they are obsolete&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To answer the &quot;why&quot; part, comments are really second class citizens - questions and answers are name of the game, so technically comments shouldn't exist at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That being said, just flag the post saying &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;hey, please delete all the comments, they are inaccurate or too chatty.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And it shall be done. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In fact:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Comments are disposable on Stack Exchange. They can be deleted without warning or review by moderators, participants, or other users. If you have something important to say, say it in an answer. – Shog9♦ &lt;a href=&quot;https://physics.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1282/david-zaslavsky-moved-comments-no-good#comment3033_1282&quot;&gt;yesterday&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(I copy/pasted that here, since comments can be well... deleted without warning or review... ironic isn't it?)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-16T16:03:22.007" LastActivityDate="2012-05-14T16:51:18.740" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3119" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3120" CreationDate="2012-05-14T18:44:40.643" Score="1" ViewCount="56" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is it sometimes appropriate to flag comments as &quot;too chatty&quot; even if they are not actually part of discussion taking place in comments?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here are some made up examples where I would be tempted to flag comments as &quot;too chatty&quot; even when they don't appear in a sequence of comments:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;(in a question about the alternate CD) &lt;code&gt;+1 the alternate CD rocks!&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;(in a question about switching from gedit to emacs) &lt;code&gt;Yeah gedit is not powerful enough, good luck switching.&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or should such comments be flagged as unconstructive?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A real-world example of this is currently &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/100965/how-to-uninstall-windows&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;, though of course it may disappear (which I why I gave made-up examples).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2012-05-14T18:59:42.010" Title="Can comments not part of a discussion still be flagged as &quot;too chatty&quot;?" Tags="|discussion|support|comments|flagging|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3120" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3119" CreationDate="2012-05-14T18:59:42.010" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;More or less, just flag them. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/3118/6005&quot;&gt;As I stated earlier&lt;/a&gt;, comments are second class citizens, and may be destroyed at any point in time. As such, pointless comments that don't add anything to the discussion can be safely flagged as too chatty. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastActivityDate="2012-05-14T18:59:42.010" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3121" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="806" CreationDate="2012-05-14T19:01:04.777" Score="-2" Body="&lt;h2&gt;No&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These tags are awesome, administrative burden is my kind of thing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2012-05-14T19:01:04.777" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3122" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3123" CreationDate="2012-05-14T23:10:04.787" Score="1" ViewCount="106" Body="&lt;p&gt;As the titles states, I asked &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/137031/ubuntu-tweak-updates-every-day-is-this-correct/137043#comment163383_137043&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; and 2 people gave the correct answer at the same time.  Answer 1 was originally incorrect but he put effort in and eventually came to the same conclusion as answer 2 through commenting.  My instinct tells me to give the tick the Answer 2 which was right first time.  What would you do?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="53498" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2012-05-16T06:33:55.463" Title="One Question, 2 right answers, who gets the tick in the box?" Tags="|discussion|accepted-answer|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3123" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3122" CreationDate="2012-05-14T23:14:41.693" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Which one shows more research, effort, explanations and is a general, better all-around answer? Pick that one. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastActivityDate="2012-05-14T23:14:41.693" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3126" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3161" CreationDate="2012-05-15T19:37:11.480" Score="-21" ViewCount="233" Body="&lt;p&gt;We should have a rule that says, don't edit posts unless you understand what the topic is... &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Someone (not sure if it was a prank) edited my post without reading it and basically made the title and body ask for two different things. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/137454/bash-script-help-for-hud&quot;&gt;How does one open the HUD from the command line.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please stop doing that. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="62784" OwnerDisplayName="Isaac" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2016-06-10T14:53:29.393" Title="askubuntu.com rule idea: Don't edit post titles unless you read the body first" Tags="|discussion|edits|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3127" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3126" CreationDate="2012-05-15T19:49:49.093" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;Now that this has been moved I will answer it. For the most part, you are right. However, the person that edited it DID indeed read your question and decided to give it more detail.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;BASH script help&quot; can cover a wide variety, so he specialized it in order for a more concentrated crowd to see and be able to answer your question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To prevent editing in the future you could make clearer questions or post elsewhere such as the Ubuntu forums to keep your post unabridged.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="62005" LastActivityDate="2012-05-15T19:49:49.093" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3128" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3107" CreationDate="2012-05-16T04:34:52.960" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;As the person who asked the question, it's entirely up to you to decide which answer should be chosen as the &quot;accepted&quot; answer, or indeed if none of them should be chosen.  You are also free to change your mind later.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What &lt;em&gt;I would suggest&lt;/em&gt; you do is choose the answer which helped you solve the problem the most, even if it was only a partial or alternative solution.  If none of the answers provided any help whatsoever, regardless of how well-written or well-intentioned, don't accept any.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The unfortunate part to this is that then your &quot;acceptance rate&quot; will suffer, since you will have received answers but accepted none of them.  You have three options here:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Accept someone's answer even if it didn't help you very much.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Write and submit your own answer and accept that one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Remember that you can - and are encouraged to - answer your own question, if you discover your own solution.  This helps others with the same problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you do this, it &lt;em&gt;must&lt;/em&gt; actually be an answer.  &quot;Still having trouble with this&quot; is &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; an answer.  &quot;I re-installed and I don't have the problem anymore&quot; is fine though, as is &quot;I've read up on it and the answer is it simply can't be done&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Leave it un-accepted and just put up with not having a 100% accept rate.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Essentially, it's all up to you how you choose to award or not award your accepted answer and these are only my suggestions.  You can't really do anything wrong here since it's your personal choice - unless of course you're trying to spam or disrupt in any way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that if you offer a bounty, there is no longer any requirement that the bounty winner becomes your accepted answer.  You can choose a bounty winner, and choose a different answer as the accepted answer, or choose no answer as the accepted answer.  It's mandatory to choose a bounty winner, even if none of the answers have helped (and if you don't, one will be automatically chosen for you).  So I'd suggest that you award the bounty to the best answer you received so far, even if none actually help.  And award the accepted answer to it only if it helped you (even a bit).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54256" LastEditorUserId="54256" LastEditDate="2014-04-05T13:43:39.240" LastActivityDate="2014-04-05T13:43:39.240" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3129" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="111" CreationDate="2012-05-16T04:39:15.747" Score="-1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;And if one does, is it bad form to then select one's own answer as the preferred one?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not bad form at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The way you choose the accepted answer is your own personal choice.  You also don't need to choose any if you don't want to, and you can submit and choose your own answer if you want.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would suggest only choosing your own answer as the accepted answer if none of the other answers have helped you with the problem, not even a little bit.  But that is just my suggestion, and it is really up to you what you do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only exception to this is that you shouldn't use self-answers as a way of spamming this site :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Edit: as others have pointed out, let's clarify something: answering your own question is for when you didn't know the answer at the start but you subsequently figure out an answer later.  If you knew the answer all along, you probably shouldn't have asked the question.  But then, opinions will vary on whether asking and answering it anyway will overall be a net benefit to the site.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54256" LastActivityDate="2012-05-16T04:39:15.747" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-05-16T04:39:15.747" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3130" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-05-16T12:40:00.217" Score="5" ViewCount="52" Body="&lt;p&gt;Do we really need &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/missing&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;missing&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;missing&lt;/a&gt;? I can't imagine anyone subscribing to it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2012-05-16T12:41:13.193" Title="missing tag is meta/worthless" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3131" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3130" CreationDate="2012-05-16T12:40:26.270" Score="11" Body="&lt;h3&gt;Get rid of it&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Remove it, it just gets in the way and confuses people.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2012-05-16T12:40:26.270" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3132" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3130" CreationDate="2012-05-16T12:41:13.193" Score="-5" Body="&lt;h3&gt;Keep it!&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You would suck for removing such an amazing tag!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2012-05-16T12:41:13.193" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3133" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3134" CreationDate="2012-05-16T12:44:25.003" Score="7" ViewCount="445" Body="&lt;p&gt;About a week ago the Indian Government has Blocked(read Banned) a few sites,one of them is &lt;code&gt;pastebin.com&lt;/code&gt;. I have seen a few people linking their errors to pastebin so I sincerely request them to choose some other site  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Alternatives are  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://gist.github.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://gist.github.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://paste.ubuntu.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://paste.ubuntu.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://pastie.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://pastie.org/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://codepad.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://codepad.org/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.pasteall.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.pasteall.org/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://0bin.net/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://0bin.net/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://ideone.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://ideone.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://pastee.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://pastee.org/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://tinypaste.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://tinypaste.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.safebin.net/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.safebin.net/&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some more alternatives &lt;a href=&quot;http://alternativeto.net/software/pastebin/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="29470" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-05-26T10:55:58.420" LastActivityDate="2012-05-26T10:55:58.420" Title="A request for all Ask Ubuntu users" Tags="|discussion|formatting|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="14" ClosedDate="2016-01-21T20:19:07.793" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3134" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3133" CreationDate="2012-05-16T12:48:08.403" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;The pastebin that we encourage is the official Ubuntu Pastebin, &lt;a href=&quot;http://paste.ubuntu.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;paste.ubuntu.com&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's to hoping that it gets unblocked soon!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastActivityDate="2012-05-16T12:48:08.403" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3137" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3144" CreationDate="2012-05-16T20:25:47.433" Score="3" ViewCount="142" Body="&lt;p&gt;If a bounty is set and only one answer is given: when the bounty is not awarded what happens to the bounty? Does the only answer get the bounty despite it not being accepted assuming the answer is right?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="46000" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-05-17T06:02:38.787" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="What happens to bounty points that are not awarded?" Tags="|support|bounty|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3138" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3137" CreationDate="2012-05-16T22:50:13.690" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;If your answer was given  in the bounty period and it has earned 2 upvotes but it was not accepted, then after the bounty period has ended + 24 hours, you will receive half of the bounty.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This automatic mechanism is useful for where there is a good answer as recognised by the community but the bounty offerer has not themselves  manually offered the bounty:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Let's say the bounty offerer did not come back in the 7 days - the community mechanism takes care of this issue.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Let's say the bounty offerer did not think the answer given was the answer they were  looking for - again this community mechanism recognizes the effort put into the answer&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The bounty offerer and the original poster does not have to be the same - the bounty  offerer has the &quot;control&quot; on this.  Thus, if the OP never revisits their question, its up-to the bounty offerer to either manually give you the bounty, or yourself to give a great answer that persuades everyone else to upvote you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you did not receive more than 2 upvotes, then the bounty will not be awarded.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More info about the bounty system can be found:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/16065/how-does-the-bounty-system-work&quot;&gt;How does the bounty system work?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14356" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2012-05-17T06:29:04.463" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3139" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3145" CreationDate="2012-05-17T05:06:24.453" Score="4" ViewCount="101" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think the bounty/reputation should be preserved for the answers even after the question is deleted. I mean you give an answer and it is accepted and then question gets deleted because of some reason... It is not my problem.So, the reputation earned through votes up or accepted answer must not be decreased for the person answering the question. It is kind of not fair sometimes. I got an answer with 3 votes up and accepted and then later question got deleted and my reputation was drastically decreased. hmmm... its not all about reputation but just not fair. :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="56338" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-07-14T08:58:44.930" LastActivityDate="2012-09-16T03:46:25.443" Title="The reputation on deleted question" Tags="|feature-request|reputation|accepted-answer|deleted-questions|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3140" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-05-17T05:10:24.277" Score="0" ViewCount="197" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is there any way to understand who or at least why a downvote was awarded?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because in 2 cases that I got a downvote, the answer seemed perfectly fine and also had upvotes from other users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only thing being that they were simpler ways to go around the stuff instead of a sophisticated way from the terminal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How can users just downvote because they personally felt the answer to be &quot;less technical for a Linux user&quot; (that's the only reason I can see in those downvotes) or just because their answers to the same question should be considered?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Users just downvote without giving a reason!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is just not acceptable!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There needs to be some way to find this out!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If this feature is not yet into use I would like to suggest it!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="46000" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-05-17T06:01:04.780" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="How to understand a downvote" Tags="|support|feature-request|downvoting|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3142" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3140" CreationDate="2012-05-17T06:07:40.873" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Looking at your answers that have been downvoted, in this case : &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/138026/how-do-i-delete-kernels-from-a-server/138038#138038&quot;&gt;How do I delete kernels from a server?&lt;/a&gt; The question stated that the OP was unable to use GUI methods to solve the problem, and your answer involved installing Ubuntu Tweak which they wouldn't be able to do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this answer: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/138003/cant-watch-youtube-flash-videos-in-opera-browser-on-ubuntu/138004#138004&quot;&gt;Can't watch Youtube Flash videos in Opera Browser on Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt; your answer was a link to another of your answer which stated to install Chrome, it isn't desirable to just leave a link as an answer, and installing a new browser isn't a good solution to the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said it would be helpful if whoever had downvoted these had left a comment to explain their actions, this would help to explain what was wrong with the post and how it can be improved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="40955" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2012-05-17T06:07:40.873" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3143" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3140" CreationDate="2012-05-17T06:08:52.233" Score="3" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Is there any way to understand who or at least why a downvote was awarded?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No, not unless the person left a comment - which need not mean that that's the person who cast a downvote. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Answer #1:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/138004/1182&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/a/138004/1182&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Check the compete discussion on this answer: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/137024/no-sound-in-flash-videos/137030#137030&quot;&gt;No sound in Flash videos&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This will definitely solve it&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This should be a comment, not an answer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Answer #2: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/138026/how-do-i-delete-kernels-from-a-server/138038#138038&quot;&gt;How do I delete kernels from a server?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;OP says&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I can't really use GUI &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;.. and yet your answer tells a GUI tool&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This is just not acceptable!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No, Voting is anonymous and you should be ready accept any vote - up or down. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If this feature is not yet into use I would like to suggest it!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/93355/badge-to-encourage-leaving-comments-on-downvote-constructive-critic&quot;&gt;This&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/32226/why-not-allow-downvote-only-with-at-least-an-anonymous-comment&quot;&gt;has&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/110279/must-comment-while-downvoting&quot;&gt;been&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/6521/allow-users-to-leave-an-anonymous-comment-when-voting&quot;&gt;discussed&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/search?q=encourage%20comment%20on%20downvote&quot;&gt;Ad nauseam&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.stackoverflow.com&quot;&gt;Meta&lt;/a&gt; and declined.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1182" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2012-05-17T06:21:16.413" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3144" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3137" CreationDate="2012-05-17T06:15:45.687" Score="2" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;what happens to the bounty&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Bounty amount goes &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/4Z9Mt.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Does the only answer get the bounty despite it not being accepted assuming the answer is right&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;But then what if the user does not log in within that period to check the answer??&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Refer &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/3138/1182&quot;&gt;fossfreedom's answer&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;And plus what if the bounty has been offered by someone who edited the post and not by the actual user who questioned&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Doesn't matter, it's the same.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I am talking about this one-askubuntu.com/questions/134577&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/22949/eliah-kagan&quot;&gt;Eliah&lt;/a&gt; doesn't login and award the bounty &amp;amp; you don't get a score of 2, you won't get the bounty.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If Eliah doesn't login &amp;amp; your answer get a score of 2, you get half the bounty. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If Eliah accepts your answer but doesn't login, after the bounty period +24 hours, you get the full bounty. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1182" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2012-05-17T06:15:45.687" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3145" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3139" CreationDate="2012-05-17T06:23:53.337" Score="7" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I think the bounty/reputation should be preserved for the answers even after the question is deleted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2012/03/reputation-and-historical-archives/&quot;&gt;specific conditions in which rep on deleted posts are preserved:&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;First, if you’ve contributed something worthwhile to the site, you&#xA;  should keep the reputation for that even if it eventually gets&#xA;  deleted. “Worthwhile” here is defined as,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;A score of 3 or greater&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Visible on the site for at least 60 days&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;It is kind of not fair sometimes. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Well, nothing's fair in this world. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1182" LastEditorUserId="1182" LastEditDate="2012-09-16T03:46:25.443" LastActivityDate="2012-09-16T03:46:25.443" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3146" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3140" CreationDate="2012-05-17T07:23:55.243" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Downvotes are a means to tell the OP that his post is neither useful to the community in specific nor to the Internet in general. If you scroll your mouse over the downvote option you can see the overlay text &lt;em&gt;This answer is not useful&lt;/em&gt;. That should already give you a rough idea on why your answer was downvoted. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/138038/25798&quot;&gt;This answer&lt;/a&gt; is clearly incorrect because the OP already mentions that GUI-methods don't really work for him. In that case, it just shows that you didn't spend enough time to thoroughly read the question and understand what it requires in your answer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The other answer (which seems to be deleted now) is not useful either because you are just linking to another answer. Worse still, the linked answer of yours is suggesting to use Google Chrome to solve the OP's problem of not being able to watch Flash videos in Opera. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We have guidelines on how to proceed with such answers. Give it a read when you have some time:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2378/how-should-answers-which-basically-equate-to-give-up-and-use-x-instead-be-hand&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2378/how-should-answers-which-basically-equate-to-give-up-and-use-x-instead-be-hand&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you don't know a better way to solve an OP's problem, it is better not to answer at all than to misguide them incorrectly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In case you are ever downvoted again, go through this question and see how best you can react to the downvote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/121350/ive-just-been-down-voted-how-should-i-react-to-this&quot;&gt;I've just been downvoted. How should I react to this?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On a side note, you can read about how voting is different on Meta. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/42558/why-are-people-downvoting-my-question-on-meta&quot;&gt;Why are people downvoting my questions on meta?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2012-05-18T01:11:43.087" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3147" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3154" CreationDate="2012-05-17T08:00:43.850" Score="5" ViewCount="90" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;135 questions tagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/home&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;home&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;home&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;52 questions tagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/home-directory&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;home-directory&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;home-directory&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The excerpts for both are nearly the same, implying the same use: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/home&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;home&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;home&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Questions about users' home folders or the actual /home directory are appropriate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/home-directory&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;home-directory&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;home-directory&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The home directory is the directory in which all the user's files reside. The Documents folder, Pictures, and settings reside in this directory, under /home/username on the filesystem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't see why we need two tags for the same, please consider making &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/home&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;home&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;home&lt;/a&gt; a synonym of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/home-directory&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;home-directory&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;home-directory&lt;/a&gt; and merge the 2 tags&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1182" LastEditorUserId="6005" LastEditDate="2012-05-24T01:47:06.013" LastActivityDate="2012-05-24T01:47:56.417" Title="Make [home] a synonym of [home-directory] and merge the two tags" Tags="|support|status-completed|tag-synonyms|retag-request|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3148" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-05-17T17:20:48.553" Score="1" ViewCount="59" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2383/i-observed-that-my-reputation-decreases-when-i-downvote-answers-why&quot;&gt;I observed that my reputation decreases when I downvote answers, why?&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why do I loose 1 reputation point for downvoting others answers?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I even provided a reason!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I just lost 1 reputation because I downvoted an answer of a user who had not read the OPs question description properly and had thus given a wrong answer!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="46000" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-05-17T18:22:02.900" LastActivityDate="2012-05-17T18:22:02.900" Title="Reputation lost on downvoting others" Tags="|support|downvoting|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2012-05-17T17:39:21.840" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3149" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3150" CreationDate="2012-05-18T11:02:50.167" Score="3" ViewCount="203" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was first to answer &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/138547/how-to-understand-the-ubuntu-file-system-layout/138550#138550&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; yesterday with an answer something like you will find all the information you need here.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My link pointed to official Ubuntu Documentation and the content answered the question in its entirety.  In fact subsequent answers by others to this question had nothing new to offer in terms of information in comparison to the content on the link I provided.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;So what is my point?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I received a comment which made me think, &quot;links tend to rot Websites and pages on websites disappear all the time (even pages on help.ubuntu.com)&quot;.  I see all sorts of links in both Question and Answers and I was kind of surprised when I read this comment, especially as I was utilizing a robust source.  The bottom line is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;What is the best approach?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To copy and paste information from other websites and provide a credit?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or are links to official Ubuntu documentation acceptable?  What is the realistic risk of page rot?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;One final thought&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I see this question became a banker for reputation, which would lead to a suspicion there was an ulterior motive for this comment, giving it the benefit of my doubt this would not be the sort of philosophy or behavior I signed up for&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="53498" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditorDisplayName="user25656" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2013-04-10T16:19:37.123" Title="When is it not appropriate to use links in answers?" Tags="|discussion|answer-format|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3150" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3149" CreationDate="2012-05-18T11:09:32.767" Score="9" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Never.&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is always appropriate to say&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is the gist of what I'm saying:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;.......&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://askubuntu.com&quot;&gt;Source here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is almost never appropriate to say:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;read this and it'll help you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;We do make exceptions for some of the &lt;em&gt;very&lt;/em&gt; bleeding edge stuff - for example, Juju in its early early EARLY days was one of those gray areas where we pointed people to the mailing list - it was changing so fast that anything except the developer list was outdated within a week. That's about it though. &lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Only times it's appropriate to consider that is if you're referencing another Ask Ubuntu answer, but in that case it's probably better to close it as a duplicate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We do tend to be a &lt;em&gt;little&lt;/em&gt; lenient towards the Ubuntu Wiki, but even then, we &lt;em&gt;prefer&lt;/em&gt; it if you post the gist of what you're saying.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, the answer is '99.9999% of the time, no. &amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-04-10T16:19:37.123" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3151" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3149" CreationDate="2012-05-18T11:27:35.690" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Besides &quot;link rot&quot;, it's just a lot easier to see the summary than go to the link.  Now it might be that in this one case your link happens to be the perfect help page, but most often, one needs to peruse the webpage and glean what one actually needs to answer the question.  I don't actually know if one needs to glean with your link, because I didn't visit it.  And that leads to my next point...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I didn't visit it because I have other things I'm doing on my computer right now.  I think many of us find this a familiar experience.  Someone searching for a solution on Ask Ubuntu is likely to be simultaneously searching other venues.  If it were me, I'd have a dozen Ask Ubuntu tabs open alone.  Now in the midst of all that, there is one question where someone (you) has answered, &quot;Look at this link&quot;.  I'm perusing the links, looking for useful info, and probably there are half a dozen &quot;this link will solve your problem&quot; comments in my open tabs.  Each time I open such a link, there are more links (exponential growth, anyone?).  Yes, I'll get to the link eventually (if I don't get distracted or lost in my forest of links), but it'll be lower on my priority queue than reading the answers where people have &lt;em&gt;actually written a solution&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="43660" LastActivityDate="2012-05-18T11:27:35.690" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3152" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3153" CreationDate="2012-05-18T12:13:48.207" Score="3" ViewCount="49" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;73 questions tagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/download&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;download&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;download&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;69 questions tagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/downloads&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;downloads&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;downloads&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The two tags are redundant, please consider making &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/download&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;download&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;download&lt;/a&gt; a synonym of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/downloads&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;downloads&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;downloads&lt;/a&gt; and merge the 2 tags (note:&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/downloads&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;downloads&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;downloads&lt;/a&gt; has tag wiki, so having this as a master would be nice)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, consider merging &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/download-speed&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;download-speed&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;download-speed&lt;/a&gt; with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/download&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;download&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;download&lt;/a&gt; - though a synonym isn't necessarily needed&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1182" LastEditorUserId="6005" LastEditDate="2012-05-18T14:28:56.113" LastActivityDate="2012-05-18T14:28:56.113" Title="Make [download] a synonym of [downloads] and merge the two tags" Tags="|support|status-completed|tag-synonyms|retag-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3153" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3152" CreationDate="2012-05-18T12:18:47.493" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;All done, I looked through and it made sense. Thanks for bringing this up. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastActivityDate="2012-05-18T12:18:47.493" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3154" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3147" CreationDate="2012-05-18T12:22:08.033" Score="6" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Yes.&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They are the same, etc etc etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Completed. Thank you for your attention to detail, etc etc etc. :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-05-24T01:47:56.417" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3155" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3147" CreationDate="2012-05-18T12:23:04.227" Score="1" Body="&lt;h2&gt;No.&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They mean something completely different.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-05-18T12:23:04.227" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3156" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3157" CreationDate="2012-05-18T12:29:08.143" Score="2" ViewCount="60" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are two tags  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;vista&lt;/strong&gt; with 29 questions &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;windows-vista&lt;/strong&gt; with just 5  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know it is not much significant , but a cleanup is never bad.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="29470" LastEditorUserId="6005" LastEditDate="2012-05-18T12:37:37.330" LastActivityDate="2012-05-18T12:37:37.330" Title="Make [vista] a synonnym of [windows-vista] and merge the two" Tags="|discussion|status-completed|tag-synonyms|merge|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3157" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3156" CreationDate="2012-05-18T12:36:31.153" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've merged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/vista&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;vista&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;vista&lt;/a&gt; into &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/windows-vista&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;windows-vista&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;windows-vista&lt;/a&gt; so that it matches the other windows* tags.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastActivityDate="2012-05-18T12:36:31.153" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3158" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3107" CreationDate="2012-05-18T13:45:28.873" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since reinstalling Ubuntu was ultimately the solution you used, and none of the other  proposed solutions worked, writing your own answer saying you had to reinstall and accepting it (as you did) seems perfectly good.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You did solve your problem, after all. It's just that, unfortunately, you were not able to solve it in a particularly ideal way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2012-05-18T13:45:28.873" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3161" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3126" CreationDate="2012-05-18T14:31:22.337" Score="-15" Body="&lt;p&gt;OP is 100% correct!!! If we're not sure what a post is, we should ask the author before editing. What a great idea!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="62784" LastActivityDate="2012-05-18T14:31:22.337" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3162" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-05-19T02:32:22.670" Score="3" ViewCount="80" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1461/some-se-network-ads-are-offtopic-inappropriate&quot;&gt;Some SE network ads are offtopic/inappropriate.&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I recently saw a side add that was a bit surprising, albeit quite funny...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Xhmu9.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe we could limit the ads to a limited scope of relevant stack exchange sites?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does Ask Ubuntu screen these? Or are we at the mercies of other stackexchanges on this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastEditorUserId="47291" LastEditDate="2012-05-20T03:03:31.403" LastActivityDate="2012-05-20T03:03:31.403" Title="Does AskUbuntu have a say in what side adds are put up?" Tags="|discussion|advertising|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2012-05-20T13:19:53.043" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3163" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-05-19T05:07:22.477" Score="4" ViewCount="194" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've seen a few answers which are essentially saying &quot;install a different Linux distro, and you won't have this problem&quot;. Even if the answerer is acting in good faith, trying to be helpful, but the technical fix is to switch distros, is this acceptable? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Based on &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/2378/8844&quot;&gt;How should answers which basically equate to &amp;quot;give up and use x instead&amp;quot; be handled?&lt;/a&gt;, I am inclined to think that answers suggesting using a different OS aren't real answers.  Should I flag them as non-answers, not welcome, or maybe just downvote them?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An interesting recent example of this is here: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/139280/how-do-i-install-alientvault-siem-manually/&quot;&gt;How do I install Alientvault SIEM manually?&lt;/a&gt; .   Not the epitome of the type of answer, but I'm inclined to think it should have been a comment. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My suspicion is that this is probably best dealt with on a case by case basis. The questions I was thinking most of were where someone is using Ubuntu and having a problem that looks soluble within Ubuntu. If I'm asking specifically for Ubuntu help (not 'how do I get my scanner to work in Linux', e.g.), and you want me to stop using it (&quot;use NetBSD, it works there!&quot;), you're kind of working in a parallel reality. I mean, that kind of thing can make a good comment or data point, but not so much an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note : I originally had a link to a pretty non-germane example answer, so I've edited to remove it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8844" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2012-07-16T18:08:35.940" Title="Should I flag answers which only suggest &quot;install a different OS&quot;?" Tags="|discussion|answers|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3165" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-05-19T10:33:34.377" Score="2" ViewCount="71" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am in the market for a new laptop and I would like to ask for the level of support for Ubuntu on recently released laptop models. I would like to be able to ask the askubuntu community if a given laptop model is going to be well supported, but I am not sure if this is a good kind of question for askubuntu. See an example template question below:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Are the new VAIO Z Series laptops well supported under Ubuntu 12.04?&#xA;&#xA;VAIO Z Series:&#xA;3rd generation Intel® Core™ i7 quad-core processors&#xA;3rd generation SSD RAID&#xA;Power Media Dock adds optical drive and advanced graphics&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the best way to ask for level of support for a new laptop model?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17702" LastActivityDate="2012-05-20T13:34:43.197" Title="What is the best way to ask for level of support for a new laptop model?" Tags="|discussion|support|asking-questions|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3166" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3114" CreationDate="2012-05-19T11:09:37.663" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Actually, Stephen, the person did respond to your last comment on your answer.  S/he said your suggestion didn't work.  Then s/he apparently tried something different (and yes, whether one removes configuration files or not is a &lt;strong&gt;big&lt;/strong&gt; difference, I don't see how you can suggest otherwise), and it worked.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="43660" LastActivityDate="2012-05-19T11:09:37.663" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3167" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3169" CreationDate="2012-05-19T12:09:09.803" Score="2" ViewCount="496" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have added link to apps.ubuntu.com by providing a button to click on till now...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But neither by the method -&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;[package name] (link)&quot; and nor by assign a url to the button image,i could give a direct link to start the software center.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have found out by inspecting the javascript og other sites and apps.ubuntu.com that the url that the button leads to is &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;apt://packagename&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;but when i use it,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;in the &quot;[package name] (link)&quot; method the link is not created at all and&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;in the button method the button does not remain a button an becomes just a simple image.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and neither is my answer accepted if i put just &lt;strong&gt;apt://packagename&lt;/strong&gt; as the link behind the button.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It says invalid url or something..&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How do i get it working.??The Button one specially...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="46000" LastActivityDate="2012-05-19T17:37:41.200" Title="how to add a link that will open the software center" Tags="|discussion|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3168" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3208" CreationDate="2012-05-19T15:41:10.660" Score="3" ViewCount="123" Body="&lt;p&gt;When logged in, my profile shows &quot;Unregistered&quot;. I can't vote or anything, I get the &quot;Please login or register to vote for this post.&quot; message. When I log in (through Stack Exchange or google) everything looks alright, but I still get the &quot;Please login or register to vote for this post.&quot;. Any way I try, I can't get it to work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have access to meta, however I can't post there (&quot;Anonymous participation isn't allowed here; please log in before posting.&quot;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60263" OwnerDisplayName="Piotr" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-05-19T16:51:23.000" LastActivityDate="2012-05-24T06:11:32.807" Title="Can't login to AskUbuntu, account shows as unregistered" Tags="|support|login|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3169" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3167" CreationDate="2012-05-19T17:37:41.200" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;URIs on the internet go like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;scheme name&amp;gt;://&amp;lt;hierarchical path&amp;gt;?&amp;lt;query&amp;gt;&#xA;&#xA;(eg) http://askubuntu.com/questions?sort=newest&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are dozens of URI scheme names in use; the most popular are &lt;code&gt;http&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;https&lt;/code&gt;, but &lt;code&gt;irc&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;geo&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;git&lt;/code&gt;, and &lt;code&gt;apt&lt;/code&gt; are some examples of alternatives.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as I know, Stack Exchange (our Q&amp;amp;A engine) only allows &lt;code&gt;http&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;https&lt;/code&gt; URIs. As such, your &lt;code&gt;apt://&lt;/code&gt; URLS will not be accepted in posts. This is unlikely to change. &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/388/how-do-we-solve-the-package-installation-problem&quot;&gt;Ask Ubuntu community consensus recommends linking to packages for installation like this.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="24694" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.087" LastActivityDate="2012-05-19T17:37:41.200" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3170" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3187" CreationDate="2012-05-19T20:06:47.023" Score="3" ViewCount="48" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &quot;Please login or register to vote for this post&quot; text doesn't display correctly when viewed in Internet Explorer 9 on Windows 7 Professional SP1 64-bit:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/GnGo8.png&quot; alt=&quot;Ask Ubuntu in Internet Explorer 9&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1859" LastEditorUserId="237" LastEditDate="2012-05-21T13:49:01.853" LastActivityDate="2012-05-21T13:49:01.853" Title="The &quot;login or register&quot; link is invisible in Internet Explorer" Tags="|support|design|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3172" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3165" CreationDate="2012-05-19T23:27:28.240" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's my guess that any question of that flavor will be directed to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com/certification/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the certified hardware&lt;/a&gt; page.  I had a similar question about wireless card feature sets, but it wasn't &quot;will this one work&quot;.  It was &quot;I'm trying to build a list of wireless cards with feature X&quot;.  If you want to see that question it's &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/139123/what-purchasable-wireless-cards-support-master-mode-hostapd&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I see a distinction in the two types of question, but others may disagree.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2012-05-19T23:27:28.240" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3173" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3163" CreationDate="2012-05-19T23:31:21.980" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think we're going to see a lot more of the &quot;don't use unity&quot; type answers for cheaper/older/lower-end hardware.  I don't think it's a bad thing to say really, it's just how it is.  It does cripple some hardware.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't think saying use a different DE equates to &quot;install a different OS&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2012-05-19T23:31:21.980" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3174" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3189" CreationDate="2012-05-19T23:50:01.643" Score="14" ViewCount="523" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sometimes when I come across a question I like, I usually upvote it.  When I com across a bad question, I leave a comment or edit it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The thing is, do I really have to think before I upvote a question?  Upvoting is good, but I am worried if I upvote too much something bad will happen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="39869" LastEditorUserId="25798" LastEditDate="2012-05-20T05:53:01.800" LastActivityDate="2017-08-22T16:07:44.853" Title="Does voting up have to be serious?" Tags="|discussion|voting|" AnswerCount="7" CommentCount="8" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3175" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3174" CreationDate="2012-05-20T00:26:05.807" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, nothing bad will happen if you upvote a question. If the question is well-written and you feel it deserves an upvote, then don't hesitate to click the upvote button - there is absolutely nothing wrong with that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What makes a well-written question? Well, feel free to use your own criteria, but here are a couple of suggested questions you might ask yourself:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Does the question explain the problem in terms that are easy to understand?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Are plenty of technical details (logs, error messages, etc.) provided?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastActivityDate="2012-05-20T00:26:05.807" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3176" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3177" CreationDate="2012-05-20T02:16:04.297" Score="6" ViewCount="111" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would like that Ubuntu community discuss a little about which word processor is best to replace MSOffice Word and has the best compatibility with it - LibreOffice Writer, Abiword or Calligra Words. Can I make this question on Ask Ubuntu?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="64720" LastEditorUserId="25798" LastEditDate="2012-05-20T05:53:29.913" LastActivityDate="2012-05-20T05:53:29.913" Title="Can we compare apps on Ask Ubuntu?" Tags="|discussion|asking-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3177" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3176" CreationDate="2012-05-20T02:53:24.780" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately no, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq#dontask&quot;&gt;our FAQ page&lt;/a&gt; states:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&quot;You should only ask practical, answerable questions based on actual problems that you face.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Asking a &lt;em&gt;specific question&lt;/em&gt; about a &lt;em&gt;specific word processor&lt;/em&gt; on the other hand is more than welcome. Example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&quot;What compatibility issues will I encounter when opening MS Office documents in AbiWord?&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2012-05-20T02:53:24.780" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3178" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3174" CreationDate="2012-05-20T07:56:53.427" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Voting is mainly for sorting content so that good content is sorted above bad content. Obviously, we want good content to be sorted above bad content, so if you vote for things you think are good, then all is good and you are helping the site. But if you are not serious and vote for whatever, even really bad posts, you are not helping the site. Also note that you do not want to trigger &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/126829/163868&quot;&gt;the serial voting alarm&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19490" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2012-05-20T07:56:53.427" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3179" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="4226" CreationDate="2012-05-20T08:58:43.910" Score="4" ViewCount="326" Body="&lt;p&gt;Our good old Amithkk has made a IRC bot that adds RSS feeds for tags in IRC channels. Currently, the bot servers the #juju and #ubuntu-app-devel rooms for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/juju&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;juju&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;juju&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/application-development&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;application-development&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;application-development&lt;/a&gt; with plans to add &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/community&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;community&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;community&lt;/a&gt; to #ubuntu-community-team as well. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I first brought this up with dpm, he was quite interested to do the same. And, going through our Trello board, Marco Ceppi seems to have wanting to do the same with juju room. I then requested Amithkk to consider building a bot and he has duly delivered a bot that seems to handle the task quite efficiently. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, would it be good that we closely monitor the rooms with RSS feed added and see how the users react with a bot spewing links to Ask Ubunbu questions? Perhaps, if it works out well, we can probably extend this to other relevant tags and rooms as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am more than interested in knowing what Jorge Castro, Marco Ceppi and the other moderators have to say regarding this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Just a quick glance about what this is about and what I think might be good and bad about this:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A quick intro&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;What this means is that, if there is a new question tagged with juju, then a link to the question will be posted in the juju IRC channel. If we are to extend this to other tags, we can get the bot to do the same with other tags as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible benefits&lt;/strong&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Allows the relevant people to answer questions in their field of expertise. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It could benefit both the users who might want precise and accurate responses.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Experts would know what users are looking for and might adapt their tutorials to include that.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible problems&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The users of channels might be bogged down by too many questions if the tag was high volume. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;They might not be interested in Ask Ubuntu after all. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is how each chat message look like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;twobottux&amp;gt; auappdev: Problems with simple media player tutorial &amp;lt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/139420/problems-with-simple-media-player-tutorial&amp;gt;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2012-10-13T06:52:32.653" Title="How about adding RSS feeds for certain tags in IRC channels?" Tags="|discussion|ubuntu-community|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3180" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3179" CreationDate="2012-05-20T10:31:22.593" Score="3" Body="&lt;h1&gt; Analytics &lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will it be good to shorten the links in the RSS feeds to bit.ly links so that we can track if people are actually clicking the link?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17722" LastActivityDate="2012-05-20T10:31:22.593" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3182" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3165" CreationDate="2012-05-20T13:27:57.347" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Asking for shopping recommendations is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq&quot;&gt;off-topic on any Stack Exchange site&lt;/a&gt; the questions themeselves are too narrow-scoped to be of any real value to anyone else. Shopping recommendations are also so subjective that it's truly difficult to provide any form of an objective answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In lieu of this we have a canonical question about &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/131/which-computers-are-guaranteed-to-work&quot;&gt;Which computers are guaranteed to work?&lt;/a&gt;&quot; which links to the officially supported hardware page as it's answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2012-05-20T13:34:43.197" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3183" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3179" CreationDate="2012-05-20T13:41:05.470" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is a work item this cycle to better integrate Ask Ubuntu data into the ububots that sit in various support channels. It would be ideal to have this integrated in to the official Ubuntu bot setup so other teams can take advantage of this feature.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2012-05-20T13:41:05.470" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3184" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1633" CreationDate="2012-05-20T23:53:04.130" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://files.quickmediasolutions.com/wallpaper/sunrise.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;http://files.quickmediasolutions.com/wallpaper/sunrise_preview.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;1280x800&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note:&lt;/strong&gt; Again, I currently only have one resolution: &lt;code&gt;1280x800&lt;/code&gt; since that's what I have my primary monitor set to. I'm sure it would be easy to modify the image to other smaller resolutions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Second note:&lt;/strong&gt; as the sole designer of this wallpaper, I hereby release it into the public domain.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastActivityDate="2012-05-20T23:53:04.130" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3185" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-05-21T10:18:11.337" Score="4" ViewCount="120" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was just wondering if there is a way to directly communicate with a certain moderator with a private message. Just to help get a couple clarifications on one or two things.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="52606" OwnerDisplayName="jredkai" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-05-21T13:51:07.327" LastActivityDate="2012-05-21T13:51:07.327" Title="Asking a moderator a question directly, a private message" Tags="|support|moderators|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3186" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3185" CreationDate="2012-05-21T10:28:36.023" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;As far as I know, no, not directly. (and its for the best! I would not want to wake up every 2 mins with other peoples &quot;issues&quot; :))&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can contact us via the general chat or the regulators room by pinging us with @foo_user, we normally keep an eye on those 2 rooms and if the moderator you pinged is not there I am sure the community or some other imba user will be there to help you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other than that use the comments under posts using the same method (@foo_user) or if you think some thing needs to be solved and you need to actually discuss it with the community you should open a question on meta (such as this one migrated by a moderator to the right place).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastEditorUserId="25863" LastEditDate="2012-05-21T10:37:49.733" LastActivityDate="2012-05-21T10:37:49.733" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3187" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3170" CreationDate="2012-05-21T13:48:44.287" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I cannot reproduce this in regular IE9; however, this indeed happens when you switch to compatibility mode (because it doesn't support &lt;code&gt;color: inherit&lt;/code&gt;), so I'm fairly certain that your browser is in that mode. Compat mode essentially turns the browser into IE7, which we don't support anymore. If you turn of compatibility mode, you should be able to see the link.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="237" LastActivityDate="2012-05-21T13:48:44.287" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3188" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3192" CreationDate="2012-05-21T14:22:10.017" Score="5" ViewCount="134" Body="&lt;p&gt;First I asked &lt;a href=&quot;https://superuser.com/questions/424015/what-bunch-of-ffmpeg-scripts-do-i-need-to-run-video-for-everybody&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; at superuser which required me to upgrade away from Ubuntu's ancient ffmpeg.  Then I asked &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/139570/how-do-i-remove-all-metadata-from-a-quicktime-movie-file&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; at Ask Ubuntu whose answer requires Ubuntu's ancient version of ffmpeg.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a reasonable way to move the question to superuser, or should I just delete it here and re-ask it there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, it seems like a reasonable question to ask &quot;How do I do this on Ubuntu?&quot; so if possible, I'd like to leave it asked here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="52599" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:24.280" LastActivityDate="2012-05-22T07:05:28.220" Title="How do I (and should I) move a question to SuperUser?" Tags="|support|scope|best-practice|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3189" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3174" CreationDate="2012-05-21T15:41:13.420" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here's a fairly good treatment of the question (and related voting) from the Big Meta (meta.stackoverflow) : &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/130046/when-should-i-vote&quot; title=&quot;When Should I Vote?&quot;&gt;When Should I Vote?&lt;/a&gt; . &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It covers the bases pretty well.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That being said, I think as long as you vote in good conscience, things will work themselves out in the system.  (It's Stackexchange Karmic balancing!) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can vote flexibly and playfully, but take it seriously.   Your intention should ultimately align with the larger interests of the site or community.&#xA;Not everyone is made in the same mold, has the same approach, or behaves identically -- but there are many models of good citizen, and many ways to provide a positive contribution. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Personally, (and subject to change) I don't downvote much.  If I can improve (through editing) a question or an answer, I'll do that.  If it's irremediably bad, I'll flag it.   If it's technically wrong, or just bad advice, &lt;em&gt;then&lt;/em&gt; I'll down-vote it.  (Assuming I have votes left, which I don't.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To the Great Sea of Askubuntu, we're just statistical motes.  One user won't break the system, or bring Evil upon the site or her/his self.&lt;br&gt; &#xA;If everyone is a dope, things &lt;em&gt;will&lt;/em&gt; break.  (&quot;Dope Corollary&quot; of Kantian Categorical Imperative.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So:  Don't be arbitrary, but in upvoting, you add reputation to the Great Reputation Bucket.  It's hard to do harm this way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8844" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2012-05-21T15:41:13.420" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3190" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2436" CreationDate="2012-05-21T20:14:03.517" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here is a data query of questions with comments about filing bugs but the question is still open:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/ubuntu/query/70444/possibly-open-bug-reports&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://data.stackexchange.com/ubuntu/query/70444/possibly-open-bug-reports&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We should be going through these and flagging them if appropriate. I'm starting from the bottom and working my way up, if someone wants to start from the top and start flagging that would be great!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-05-21T21:54:33.337" LastActivityDate="2012-05-21T21:54:33.337" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3191" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3188" CreationDate="2012-05-21T21:56:36.723" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I see two issues here.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Should I cross-post&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ffmpeg&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No you shouldn't cross-post.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want to use ffmpeg of multiple versions you can statically compile a later ffmpeg.  If you want libav latest, you're going to get avconv not ffmpeg.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2012-05-21T21:56:36.723" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3192" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3188" CreationDate="2012-05-21T22:02:15.923" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You don't really have to &lt;em&gt;move&lt;/em&gt; anything, since the question on your mind now is a product of the two questions you've asked previously... You might ask,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;How can I run &amp;quot;Video for everybody&amp;quot; on Ubuntu without losing the ability to strip metadata?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;...or better yet,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;How can I run &amp;quot;Video for everybody&amp;quot; without breaking software that depends on Ubuntu builds of ffmpeg?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;...And then reference both of your previous questions in describing your predicament. Then &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3188/how-do-i-and-should-i-move-a-question-to-superuser/3191#3191&quot;&gt;someone like aking1012&lt;/a&gt; can guide you without having to re-hash what you've already learned.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12845" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-05-21T22:02:15.923" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3194" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3195" CreationDate="2012-05-22T14:54:35.447" Score="0" ViewCount="111" Body="&lt;p&gt;In &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/134847/install-windows-7-and-ubuntu-12-04-from-the-same-usb#140734&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; link the user has answered his own question and accepted his own answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is like cheating the system to gain reputation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;10 points for the accepted answer and 2 for accepting it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What to do of such cases?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="46000" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2012-05-22T17:24:37.657" Title="Users answering their own questions and accepting those answers" Tags="|discussion|accepted-answer|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3195" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3194" CreationDate="2012-05-22T14:58:15.850" Score="12" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Nothing.&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since Stack Overflow began, it has been strongly encouraged for a user &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2011/07/its-ok-to-ask-and-answer-your-own-questions/&quot;&gt;to answer their own question.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In fact, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq#questions&quot;&gt;it's codified in the FAQ&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It’s also OK to ask &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2011/07/its-ok-to-ask-and-answer-your-own-questions/&quot;&gt;and answer your own question.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Official Stack Overflow blog says this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To be crystal clear, &lt;strong&gt;it is not merely OK to ask and answer your own question, it is explicitly encouraged.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So in short, there is nothing wrong with that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Bottom line — &lt;strong&gt;never hesitate to ask and answer your own question on any Stack Exchange site.&lt;/strong&gt; Please do! It’s all part of our shared mission to make the internet better.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's even an option now for &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2012/05/encyclopedia-stack-exchange/&quot;&gt;users to answer their own questions&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/KS97a.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-05-22T17:24:37.657" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3196" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3198" CreationDate="2012-05-22T20:43:56.483" Score="5" ViewCount="147" Body="&lt;p&gt;When I go to privileges, I see that at 500 reputation I will get the privilege to edit tags to questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But the strange thing is that I have already edited tags before.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It also says that I will get an organizer badge on editing a tag first time! And I already have it!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So what is all this? 500 rep needed to earn the edit tags privilege but I already have edited tags before without having that privilege.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="46000" LastEditorUserId="25798" LastEditDate="2012-05-24T12:16:54.790" LastActivityDate="2012-05-24T12:16:54.790" Title="Privilege for editing tags is at 500 rep but I already have done it before!" Tags="|discussion|badges|privileges|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3197" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3196" CreationDate="2012-05-22T21:02:08.743" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Most editing privileges mean editing without approval.  You can submit an edit before that, but it has to go through the review page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2012-05-22T21:02:08.743" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3198" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3196" CreationDate="2012-05-22T21:02:32.003" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;Before you reach 500 reputation all your tag edits are revised by some one with more reputation, namely someone with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/edit&quot;&gt;more than 2000&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So yes, you have edited tags, yes you have gotten your badge for editing those tags, but only after 500+ reputation you will be able to do it alone ;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2012-05-22T21:02:32.003" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3200" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-05-23T08:00:01.447" Score="14" ViewCount="186" Body="&lt;p&gt;This &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/141031/how-do-i-format-an-ssd-to-be-used-as-the-hibernation-drive-acer-s3&quot;&gt;question was closed as off topic&lt;/a&gt; and the original poster was asked to crosspost. As far as I can tell, diamond moderators have the ability to move posts from one site to another – in this case from Ask Ubuntu to Superuser. I've noticed we can flag to move to specific sites as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's unusual, since all the SE sites are linked and moving the question is a more efficient way of handling this than closing and asking to crosspost.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Could we have the mods here move posts appropriately rather than closing them?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17681" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2012-05-23T18:35:14.683" Title="Good off topic questions: migrate rather than close?" Tags="|discussion|close-reasons|migration|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3201" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3200" CreationDate="2012-05-23T08:11:42.910" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;We can and we do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this case I was in the middle of contacting the mods on the other site to see if they wish to take it.  We tend to close – ask – and then migrate if necessary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is a judgment call as to what is &quot;good to migrate&quot; and what is &quot;not good to migrate&quot;.  Ask Ubuntu mods cannot generally make this call unless they have some expertise.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other sites do not like it if we automatically migrate incomplete questions or questions that are not really a good fit for their site - thus we need the mods on other sites and the community here to help out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is where the Ask Ubuntu community could help – they can flag or drop comments if they recognise it is a valid fit for a particular site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hope this explains how we migrate questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14356" LastEditorUserId="14356" LastEditDate="2012-05-23T18:35:14.683" LastActivityDate="2012-05-23T18:35:14.683" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3202" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3200" CreationDate="2012-05-23T08:53:01.820" Score="3" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Migration process to another site:&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Close question in Ask Ubuntu&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Go for coffee so you don't make quick judgements over the post&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Look at the post again and judge the level of interest and quality&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If it looks good contact the mods on the sites you think that post can fit and ask them if they are interested in having it migrated there&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Go for another coffee and wait for reactions from mods&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Migrate if good, don't do anything if mods are not interested&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Only rule here is: &lt;strong&gt;don't migrate unnecessary crap to other sites.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since we are not experts on all other sites in SE we need to have some feedback from people that take care of them, ie: &lt;em&gt;would hate to migrate a gardening question to cooking or SciFi when it obviously was math related :/&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Things happen, you just need to be patient.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-05-23T08:53:01.820" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3203" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-05-23T11:25:36.997" Score="9" ViewCount="76" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was looking through the unanswered questions in Ask Ubuntu and after reading through some I was at the top of the page. In order to go to the page before or after it, I had to scroll down to the current page's bottom to click on the page number. Wouldn't it be easier if we had page number selectors on the top and bottom of the page?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit : Perhaps mentioning I'm using a netbook and it has a small screen would be useful to consider this question's relevance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="57073" LastEditorUserId="57073" LastEditDate="2012-05-24T16:56:26.997" LastActivityDate="2012-05-24T16:56:26.997" Title="How about page numbers on the top of pages as well?" Tags="|feature-request|unanswered-questions|user-interface|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3204" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3205" CreationDate="2012-05-24T00:01:19.343" Score="3" ViewCount="104" Body="&lt;p&gt;Usually &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3024/should-i-flag-me-too-answers&quot;&gt;&quot;me too&quot; answers&lt;/a&gt; don't contribute much to working on the problem, but sometimes they do, as when they present details that are subtly different than (or more detailed than) what is provided by the OP. It seems to me that &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/141424/22949&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; may be an instance of a &quot;me too&quot; answer that gives sufficiently different detail from a logfile to be potentially useful in solving the problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should I edit the detail into the original question (even though it's a significant number of lines) before flagging it? Or should I put the logfile excerpt on &lt;a href=&quot;http://paste.ubuntu.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ubuntu PasteBin&lt;/a&gt; and edit the question to point to it, before flagging this answer? Or should I just flag it, without doing any of that? And what are some general guidelines that I should consider when making these decisions about similar but slightly different cases in the future?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2012-05-24T00:30:46.653" Title="Should really good/detailed &quot;me too&quot; answers have their content merged into the question?" Tags="|discussion|support|answers|editing|flagging|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3205" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3204" CreationDate="2012-05-24T00:30:46.653" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would put a comment asking the OP if the &lt;code&gt;me too&lt;/code&gt; bit applies or be absolutely sure it doesn't change the meaning of the question.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then I'ld just edit it in.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edits can be reverted if it turns out they changed the meaning of something.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2012-05-24T00:30:46.653" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3206" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3207" CreationDate="2012-05-24T00:36:24.560" Score="1" ViewCount="67" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1403/how-is-reputation-shared-between-meta-and-ask-ubuntu&quot;&gt;How is reputation shared between Meta and Ask Ubuntu?&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I asked a question (or rather, made a feature request) recently on meta. The question got upvoted 5 times but I did not receive any reputation points for them. Is that a bug or don't we get reputation points for getting upvoted on meta?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="57073" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.087" LastActivityDate="2012-05-24T00:44:38.463" Title="No reputation for upvotes on meta?" Tags="|support|bug|reputation|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2012-05-24T00:47:11.533" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3207" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3206" CreationDate="2012-05-24T00:44:38.463" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is by design that upvotes on meta don't increase your reputation, and downvotes don't decrease it. You do need some reputation (gained through main) to participate in meta. While meta doesn't change your reputation, you can be awarded badges in meta (and there is even at least one meta-specific badge displayed in your badge list in main). See the meta faq on &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/faq#reputation&quot;&gt;reputation&lt;/a&gt; for more information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One of the reasons it wouldn't make sense for upvotes and downvotes to affect your reputation on meta is that they fundamentally &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/faq#vote-differences&quot;&gt;do not mean the same thing as on main&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another reason for this policy is probably that having more on-topic questions and answers in main is, generally speaking, a good thing, whereas rapid increases in the volume of questions (and answers) on meta would distract from main and reduce the utility of the site for providing support and creating high-quality answers about Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2012-05-24T00:44:38.463" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3208" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3168" CreationDate="2012-05-24T06:11:32.807" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've contacted Askubuntu team directly and they've fixed my account.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks for your help!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60263" LastActivityDate="2012-05-24T06:11:32.807" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3210" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3203" CreationDate="2012-05-24T10:57:11.057" Score="8" Body="&lt;h1&gt;That would be awesome!&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Supporters upvote. Those who are against upvote the other option)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="45659" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-05-24T10:57:11.057" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-05-24T10:57:11.057" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3211" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3203" CreationDate="2012-05-24T10:58:28.903" Score="-3" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Nah! That does not improve navigation, so NO.&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Supporters upvote. Those who are against upvote the other option)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="45659" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-05-24T11:25:26.470" LastActivityDate="2012-05-24T11:25:26.470" CommentCount="2" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-05-24T10:58:28.903" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3212" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-05-24T11:49:46.947" Score="2" ViewCount="54" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to know if I delete my own question will affect the &lt;strong&gt;reputation system&lt;/strong&gt; or trigger any &lt;strong&gt;question asking ban&lt;/strong&gt;? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am asking this before deleting because I have already been banned on other StackExchange website and don't want to be blocked here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="49715" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Will deleting question affect my account?" Tags="|discussion|support|moderation|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3213" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3212" CreationDate="2012-05-24T12:08:03.460" Score="6" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I delete my own question will affect the reputation system&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Deleting a post schedules a reputation recalc to correct the reputation. So if your post had a positive score, you'll lose the rep and a negatively scored post will restore the rep.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;delete my own question will  trigger any question asking ban?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Deleting a question doesn't trigger the question ban, neither does it absolve you from the ban.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Quoting &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/86997/133693&quot;&gt;the FAQ&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An automatic filter is in place to ban questions and/or answers from&#xA;IP addresses or accounts with a history of extremely poor posts. To&#xA;avoid bypassing the filter its internal rules are a secret, but it is&#xA;partly based on downvotes cast by other members of the communities.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Are deleted posts taken into account too?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, deleted questions (if less than 30 days old) and deleted answers&#xA;count towards an automatic ban.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So a poor post followed by deletion doesn't make the system ignore your previous post. If you &lt;em&gt;don't&lt;/em&gt; want to be banned, you should think about what you write and write clearly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Consequently, deleting a question doesn't trigger the ban either.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1182" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-05-24T12:08:03.460" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3214" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3215" CreationDate="2012-05-24T12:56:55.353" Score="3" ViewCount="74" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have made a feature request recently in meta. You can find it at &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3203/how-about-page-numbers-on-the-top-of-pages-as-well&quot;&gt;How about page numbers on the top of pages as well?&lt;/a&gt; . &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do I just leave it there or are there any specific steps that I should do in order to get the feature request approved or rejected?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I am to leave it there, then how does acceptance or rejection of a feature request work out in meta? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Better still, when does a feature-request get accepted or rejected? Is there a threshold value for the number of upvotes or downvotes that it should receive?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="57073" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-05-24T18:01:43.560" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="How to proceed with a feature request?" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|meta|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3215" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3214" CreationDate="2012-05-24T17:50:02.047" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just leave it there and hope it gets enough attention. As far as I know there is no special conditions for getting a requested feature accepted or rejected. It is all about presenting a good case that those in power happen to approve of. It may be easier to get attention for features that will affect the whole network on &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.stackoverflow.com&quot;&gt;Meta Stack Overflow&lt;/a&gt;. But it has been said &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/118212/163868&quot;&gt;that Stack Exchange employees monitor metas&lt;/a&gt; across the network.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Acceptance and rejection of a feature request is handled by Stack Exchange employees. Feature requests can be tagged accord to their status by moderators, i.e. &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/status-completed&quot; class=&quot;post-tag moderator-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;status-completed&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;status-completed&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/status-declined&quot; class=&quot;post-tag moderator-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;status-declined&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;status-declined&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/status-deferred&quot; class=&quot;post-tag moderator-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;status-deferred&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;status-deferred&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/status-planned&quot; class=&quot;post-tag moderator-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;status-planned&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;status-planned&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/status-review&quot; class=&quot;post-tag moderator-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;status-review&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;status-review&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here are some general tips:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;As for any question, make sure the title is clear and that you present a clear case of what you are after. Screenshots and mockups are good ways to make your case even clearer.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Describe how your feature request can be implemented.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Provide arguments for why your feature request should be implemented.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Provide arguments for how any problems the feature might case can be handled.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If someone argues against you, then you should counter their arguments.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Make sure to tag it properly, i.e. as &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/feature-request&quot; class=&quot;post-tag required-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;feature-request&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;feature-request&lt;/a&gt; and some appropriate tag on what the feature request relates to.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19490" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2012-05-24T18:14:51.587" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3217" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-05-24T18:08:23.720" Score="7" ViewCount="94" Body="&lt;p&gt;I found two tags here on meta that might be considered meta tags and, thus, should be &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/120640/163868&quot;&gt;burninated&lt;/a&gt;. What is your opinion of the following?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/help&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;help&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;help&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/features&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;features&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;features&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/uhP3E.png&quot; alt=&quot;Meta Trogdor, I call upon you!&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19490" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2012-05-24T18:43:33.573" Title="Burninate the meta tags {help} and {features}?" Tags="|discussion|tags|meta|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3219" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3217" CreationDate="2012-05-24T18:43:33.573" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;I definitely think that &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/help&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged 'help'&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;help&lt;/a&gt; should be banned. Because it doesn't add anything to the question. It's like having a Ubuntu tag. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10698" LastActivityDate="2012-05-24T18:43:33.573" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3220" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-05-24T18:51:28.510" Score="0" ViewCount="101" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is a proposal. We have chat bots that &lt;strike&gt;annoy us in&lt;/strike&gt; feed AUGR with new questions tagged &lt;code&gt;ubuntu&lt;/code&gt; from U&amp;amp;L. Why not have one that feeds from SU.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I noticed some useful questions on SU tagged Ubuntu, recieving a bit less attention. So this may probably help us help those seeking help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="45659" LastActivityDate="2012-05-24T18:54:16.217" Title="Chat bot to annoy us with questions from SU" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3221" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3220" CreationDate="2012-05-24T18:53:31.413" Score="-5" Body="&lt;h2&gt;YESSS! We cant live without it!!&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="45659" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-05-24T18:53:31.413" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-05-24T18:53:31.413" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3222" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3220" CreationDate="2012-05-24T18:54:16.217" Score="9" Body="&lt;h2&gt;NO!! It wont be any useful, anyway.&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="45659" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-05-24T18:54:16.217" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-05-24T18:54:16.217" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3223" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3228" CreationDate="2012-05-24T21:24:31.640" Score="9" ViewCount="199" Body="&lt;p&gt;Recently, a new answer popped up for a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/78410/how-can-i-get-the-buttons-back-on-the-left-side-in-gnome&quot;&gt;&quot;resolved&quot; question&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I can't get this to work! I've tried to do it manually and in terminal but nothing works. [...]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(why cant i post comments!?)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Like a good worker bee, I immediately reported it as &lt;code&gt;not an answer&lt;/code&gt;, but — as it turns out — the existing answers did not actually work anymore. So I updated the accepted answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The problem is: that wayward commenter had no correct way express the inadequacy of existing solutions. They had only 1 reputation point. What should low-rep users do in this situation?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="24694" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2012-05-25T19:40:04.100" Title="How should users with low permissions indicate that an answer doesn't work?" Tags="|discussion|comments|privileges|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3225" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3226" CreationDate="2012-05-25T08:23:30.623" Score="15" ViewCount="8183" Body="&lt;p&gt;I sure it doesn't really matter, but I noticed the other day that that package name for the Ubuntu Software Centre is &lt;code&gt;software-center&lt;/code&gt; which is the American spelling of center, so I thought it would probably be preferable for me to use that spelling in general when discussing the Software Centre even if not using the package name?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I guess most of the others don't matter &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Colour - Color&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Behaviour - Behavior etc etc etc.......&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course if doesn't mean I'm ever prepared to use the expression 'do the math' &lt;em&gt;shudders&lt;/em&gt; ;)&lt;br&gt;&#xA;And in the unlikely event there is a question involving association football then I will have to call it football and not soccer as it's a well known fact that: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Whenever an American calls football soccer, an Englishman dies.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;;-)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="40955" LastActivityDate="2012-05-27T20:31:22.310" Title="Is it prefered to use English (US) spelling to English (UK)?" Tags="|discussion|languages|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3226" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3225" CreationDate="2012-05-25T11:21:17.707" Score="14" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Nobody can speak English, we all speak the 21st century.&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyway, I don't think it really matters - as someone who hangs out with Canadians a lot, I tend to (as an example) do color and colour interchangeably - so as long as we are consistent &lt;em&gt;in our answers&lt;/em&gt;, and we are also naming packages correctly, we're fine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-05-25T11:21:17.707" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3227" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3223" CreationDate="2012-05-25T13:30:02.760" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Addressing your question, the users who don't have privilege to cast vote can provide their feedback by clicking whether the post is useful or otherwise. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/wp-content/uploads/post-feedback.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is my understanding that the moderators and the 10k+ users can see anonymous feedback on posts. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastActivityDate="2012-05-25T13:30:02.760" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3228" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3223" CreationDate="2012-05-25T14:48:21.493" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Someone found a problem, didn't have the reputation, but misused the site in good faith, allowing it to get on your radar, and then we found the duplicate, fixed it, updated it, merged it, and then made the site better for the win. What's the problem here? :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It might not be pretty or an ideally designed workflow, but it does seem to actually work!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Out of curiosity, we should investigate a query to search for new posts with things like &quot;doesn't work&quot; from low rep users and see if we can find some low hanging fruit of this exact sort of thing, I'm willing to bet it'd be a nice &quot;things to update&quot; list.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="235" LastEditDate="2012-05-25T14:57:44.367" LastActivityDate="2012-05-25T14:57:44.367" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3229" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-05-25T15:10:28.130" Score="11" ViewCount="338" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/5611/should-we-allow-questions-that-are-about-releases-which-are-considered-end-of-li&quot;&gt;Should we allow questions that are about releases which are considered End of Life?&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How should we handle &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;new&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; questions regarding past-End-Of-Life releases of ubuntu?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Discussion is welcome!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2012-05-25T15:49:35.523" LastActivityDate="2021-10-26T17:19:45.373" Title="Dealing with past-EOL release questions" Tags="|discussion|end-of-life|" AnswerCount="6" CommentCount="7" ClosedDate="2012-12-27T20:07:26.770" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3230" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2458" CreationDate="2012-05-25T15:18:28.677" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;There has been some questioning within some of the councils about contributions primarily from here being driving forces of membership.  A bunch of the members of here, myself included, have worked on this site primarily, but have other contributions throughout the Ubuntu project.  I personally started on IRC, then on ubuntuforums, then here, and now I'm on the Bug Squad and trying to get myself onto other big teams.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most of the regional councils have been briefed on how Ask Ubuntu works, and myself and jokerdino have both been driving forces for here to be used as primary support stuffs.  Regional councils seem to recognize that Ask Ubuntu is an alternate iteration of the Ubuntu forums community, so accordingly support the stuff here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The NDAs moderators sign prevent an Ask Ubuntu council from being formed, and since this site isnt controlled by the Community Council they can't support a council for just here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I strongly suggest that strong contributors to here apply for Ubuntu membership.&lt;/strong&gt;  If I know you, I'll give you a testimonial to support you.  But I strongly believe that Ask Ubuntu is gaining momentum in the Ubuntu community, and will one day become a driving factor for membership.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2012-05-25T15:18:28.677" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3231" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2839" CreationDate="2012-05-25T15:21:16.050" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Bugs that are filed against &quot;End of Life&quot; releases get ignored by ubuntu bug squad, and sometimes set to Invalid or Incomplete, and sometimes &quot;Won't Fix&quot; by BugControl, which closes those bugs.  Since Ubuntu releases that are EOL are no longer valid, I believe that here on Ask Ubuntu, questions about end-of-lifed releases (whether about filing bugs against EOL releases or asking for support with EOL releases per our EOL handling policies) should be either closed, or have a response of &quot;The version of ubuntu you are asking about is past end of life, and isn't supported.  You should upgrade.&quot; and then be closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2016-03-13T07:55:10.187" LastActivityDate="2016-03-13T07:55:10.187" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3232" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3229" CreationDate="2012-05-25T15:24:39.790" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Taking a page from the Ubuntu IRC stuff, and also taking a page from Bug Squad policies:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think we should close these types of questions.  Questions regarding EOL releases get ignored in the IRC, and get said &quot;You should upgrade&quot; messages in response.  Similarly in Bug Squad, we either invalidate or mark as &quot;incomplete&quot; the bugs that are filed against EOL releases (most are invalidated), and say &quot;Test with the latest stable, if the bug exists here, we'll make a note of that, and work on the bug.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To reiterate: We should add a close reason of &quot;Questions related to End-Of-Life releases are not supported here, as those releases are past the end of their official support.&quot;, and recommend to users to upgrade to a supported release.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2012-05-25T15:24:39.790" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3233" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3229" CreationDate="2012-05-25T15:57:37.520" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Taking a snippet directly from the FAQ&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ask Ubuntu&lt;/strong&gt; is a questions and answers site for Ubuntu-related questions. It's also a place to share knowledge about Ubuntu.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please follow the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com/community/conduct&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Code of Conduct&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com/community/leadership-conduct&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Leadership Code of Conduct&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq#etiquette&quot;&gt;this FAQ&lt;/a&gt; when participating in this community.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We welcome questions about:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Using and administering Ubuntu, including &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com/project/derivatives&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;official Ubuntu derivatives&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Running third-party applications on Ubuntu.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Development on Ubuntu.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Services provided by Ubuntu&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Any question not mentioned below or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq#dontask&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; are great! There are no &quot;dumb&quot; questions!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; the right place for:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Linux Mint, Backtrack, and other Linux distributions (try our friends at &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Unix &amp;amp; Linux Stack Exchange&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/226/are-bug-reports-suitable-for-this-site&quot;&gt;Bug reports&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/5121/how-do-i-report-a-bug&quot;&gt;How do I submit a bug?&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Issues with the next version of Ubuntu (Ubuntu+1. (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/18641/theres-an-issue-with-an-alpha-release-of-ubuntu-what-should-i-do&quot;&gt;More information about Alpha and Beta release issues&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Shopping Recommendations&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have a question about the site that is not answered in this FAQ, check our &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/tags/faq&quot;&gt;community-maintained FAQ&lt;/a&gt;, and more generally our &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/&quot;&gt;meta-discussion site&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Now&lt;/strong&gt;, after reading this I think, &quot;Ok, I cannot ask about future releases... that makes sense.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;However Any, and all previous releases are fair game and should be allowed. Ensure the user has tagged them accordingly and let them live.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just because they &lt;em&gt;should&lt;/em&gt; be using a supported version does not mean they should be alienated for not. What if they have a very valid case for using the EOL release and still need support for it! They cannot get said support from Canonical, so we are their next best option.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There will be cases where the only answer to the question will be &quot;Update to a newer version&quot;, and they should be answered as such... however there will also be many users who have used these previous releases and will have helpful answers to contribute to anyone still using them!  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="34049" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:37:19.280" LastActivityDate="2012-05-25T15:57:37.520" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3234" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3229" CreationDate="2012-05-25T17:30:04.787" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;To answer this quesion it would be helpful to characterize this community. Is it:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Part of the Stack Exchange Community (but affiliated with the Ubuntu&#xA;Community).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Part of the Ubuntu Community (but affiliated with the Stack Exchange&#xA;Community).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Its own community (but affilicated with both the Stack Exchange&#xA;Community and Ubuntu Community).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it is 1. there's no reason not to continue to answer questions about old releases where possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it is 2, the answer should be no.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it is 3, the community can decide on its own based on what it knows.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the decision is to continue to answer new questions about unsupported releases the AskUbuntu community should try to set expectations lower for its ability to answer questions about old releases citing that memories fade and information tools drop information about old releases.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="63886" LastActivityDate="2012-05-25T17:30:04.787" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3235" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3229" CreationDate="2012-05-25T20:56:18.880" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I oppose EOL questions. If applicable, they should be migrated to currently-supported release questions. If not, they should be removed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The advantage of the Stack Exchange Q&amp;amp;A format is that it organically creates highly-reusable documentation. Unfortunately, good information about old Ubuntu releases is frequently incorrect and even &lt;strong&gt;damaging&lt;/strong&gt; to new releases. Users, desperate for some answer to their problem, then misapply old solutions and wreck their systems.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the flipside, the usefulness of EOL-specific questions falls precipitously as time passes, as does the population of people able to maintain them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We see this problem every day in questions that begin with &quot;I followed a guide on this 2009 blog post, but...&quot; As time passes, &lt;em&gt;we&lt;/em&gt; will become that 2009 blog post, unless out-of-date content is aggressively culled.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Cxs9OHIBcs&amp;amp;t=22m43s&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;I find this presentation by Jorge Castro especially relevant.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="24694" LastEditorUserId="24694" LastEditDate="2012-05-25T21:06:07.813" LastActivityDate="2012-05-25T21:06:07.813" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3236" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3229" CreationDate="2012-05-25T21:52:21.313" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think post EOL questions (new ones) are off-topic.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There may be some case for questions relating to older kernels being used for some VPS providers, but they could become un-answerable.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/120216/how-do-i-get-klips-or-netkey-on-11-10-server&quot;&gt;Here's an example of a 'non-EOL release' using a super old kernel&lt;/a&gt;.  It's not the exact example, but it could give you some idea why I think it could progress to unanswerable.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Leaving answers that fix EOL releases, surely okay.  I like the idea of closing as off-topic if a question is asked about EOL,  I'm definitely for dropping a link to the canonical how do I release-upgrade question.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In relation to 'I have an old package that will not work on the new release'.  My answer is, then you should virtualise that old box and upgrade your bare metal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2012-05-25T21:59:12.910" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3237" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3258" CreationDate="2012-05-25T21:52:42.013" Score="1" ViewCount="65" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here on meta, sometimes issues arise, and then arise again later as circumstances change. Is it appropriate, in such a situation, to close &lt;em&gt;older&lt;/em&gt; questions about a topic as duplicates of a &lt;em&gt;newer&lt;/em&gt; question about the same topic, if we want to direct current discussion of the topic to the newer question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The specific situation I have in mind is the issue of whether or not we should continue allowing new questions about EoL releases. That's been discussed &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2122/should-questions-about-using-end-of-life-ubuntu-releases-be-closed&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2839/should-questions-asking-how-to-report-bugs-for-eol-releases-be-closed&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;, and now it's being discussed &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3229/dealing-with-past-eol-release-questions&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. Can we make the older questions duplicates of the new one?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.087" LastActivityDate="2012-05-26T19:45:47.857" Title="Can older questions be closed as duplicates of newer questions in special circumstances on meta?" Tags="|discussion|support|closed-questions|duplicates|meta|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3238" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3237" CreationDate="2012-05-25T21:57:46.313" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't think they should be closed.  Re-opening the topic for discussion is okay, but I might put the older link references in the new question.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would also solve search ranking with question upvotes.  If the site is growing, it should be possible for there to be more voters to just fix search result ranking.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Something to remember is our user volume is changing, AU is on the installation media and main website now, and I think AU is trying to target newer users as opposed to long maintenance users.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastEditorUserId="5768" LastEditDate="2012-05-25T22:07:01.373" LastActivityDate="2012-05-25T22:07:01.373" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3239" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3257" CreationDate="2012-05-25T23:29:41.770" Score="13" ViewCount="144" Body="&lt;p&gt;If I ask a question and want to draw attention to it, is it OK to post links to it in the general chat room? Or is this considered bad, since there is already a questions feed and if lots of people manually posted links to their questions in chat, the chat room might be overwhelmed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please note that I am not asking if it is OK for me to to &lt;em&gt;eventually&lt;/em&gt; post a link to my question in chat, to draw attention to it. I'm assuming that if I wait a while without much response, and I am willing to discuss the question in chat, then this is OK (in moderation). Instead, I'm asking if it is OK for me to &lt;em&gt;immediately&lt;/em&gt; post a link to it in chat, just a couple minutes after creating the question, to stimulate attention to it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2012-05-26T19:42:15.180" Title="Is it OK to post a link to my question in the general chat room, to publicize it?" Tags="|discussion|support|asking-questions|chat|best-practice|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3240" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3241" CreationDate="2012-05-26T02:37:16.477" Score="0" ViewCount="55" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is a question which had a bounty and it was given to the highest voted answer (as the faq says), but &lt;strong&gt;none&lt;/strong&gt; of the answers has been accepted yet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What if someone answers this question (perhaps after a long time), and the new answer gets more votes than the answer that was originally awarded the bounty? Suppose the OP even unaccepts the originally accepted answer and accepts this new answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this situation, will the bounty be given to the new answer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="40166" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-07-14T08:59:41.200" LastActivityDate="2012-07-14T08:59:41.200" Title="Will bounty be given to the accepted answer?" Tags="|support|bounty|voting|accepted-answer|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3241" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3240" CreationDate="2012-05-26T03:25:11.690" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Once a bounty is awarded (or the bounty period has expired if the bounty has not been awarded), you can't remove the bounty from one answer and award it to another. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What you &lt;em&gt;can&lt;/em&gt; do, is to start another bounty and award it to the new answer as you see it fits. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastActivityDate="2012-05-26T03:25:11.690" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3242" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3245" CreationDate="2012-05-26T03:32:32.090" Score="5" ViewCount="253" Body="&lt;p&gt;For a new user, the freedom that Ubuntu affords is really liberating. However, the user soon finds himself or herself running into different kinds of problems – which is but natural for any new user. It is here that he or she comes to Ask Ubuntu. When he or she does that, this is what I have found that Ask Ubuntu lacks in solving his or her problems:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;There is a whole bunch of experts talking in the jargon that he or she can't understand.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The problems that are solved are the ones that the user would have stumbled upon anyhow.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The problems that are really pressing are closed as 'off-topic'.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;So if the user is smart enough, he or she becomes addicted to earning reps and badges on Ask Ubuntu and starts speaking the same jargon that newer users don't understand, but the questions related to bugs that were posted by him or her, still remain in his or her  computer.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Or if the user isn't smart enough, he or she soon gets fed up of all the technical jargon and reverts to Microsoft Windows.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If my observations are correct, please tell me exactly where Ask Ubuntu is helpful if not indispensable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit: Really, while putting this question, I thought that as a member of Ask Ubuntu community, I was making the community aware of the experience of an outsider. I had hoped to get replies which would result in more outsiders being attracted to Ask Ubuntu and becoming part of it. I wasn't ready for all the attacks and reading between the lines that my question was subjected to. I believe that if Open Source is better than commercial software, the users of Open Source should be given more respect and better deal than users of commercial software and I really wish that some day this dream becomes a reality. But this will not be achieved by all these downvotes or curt replies. I am really thankful to John S Gruber for keeping my hope alive for the ultimate success of Open Source software.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60234" LastEditorUserId="60234" LastEditDate="2012-05-27T05:50:32.843" LastActivityDate="2012-05-27T10:04:50.080" Title="Is Ask Ubuntu really about solving problems?" Tags="|discussion|scope|new-users|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3243" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3242" CreationDate="2012-05-26T03:48:02.110" Score="6" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&quot;There is a whole bunch of experts talking in the jargon that he or she can't understand?&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can you please provide examples?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&quot;The problems that are solved are the ones that the user would have stumbled upon anyhow.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How can you &quot;stumble&quot; upon a problem unless you have that problem? And if you have that problem, isn't it a good thing that we have an answer for it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&quot;The problems that are really pressing are closed as 'off-topic'.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm afraid that Ask Ubuntu is not a bug tracker. Any bug reports disguised as questions and posted to Ask Ubuntu will be closed. Specific questions about using software or solving issues with hardware are welcome. (See the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq&quot;&gt;FAQ&lt;/a&gt; for more details.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&quot;So if the user is smart enough, he or she becomes addicted to earning reps and badges on Ask Ubuntu and starts speaking the same jargon that newer users don't understand, but the questions related to bugs that were posted by him or her, still remain in his or her computer.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Again, bug reports &lt;em&gt;are&lt;/em&gt; off-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&quot;Or if the user isn't smart enough, he or she soon gets fed up of all the technical jargon and reverts to Microsoft Windows.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why would a user revert to Windows? There are a proportionately equal number of Windows users speaking &quot;jargon&quot; as well (I assume you refer to support technicians or programmers).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2012-05-26T03:48:02.110" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3245" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3242" CreationDate="2012-05-26T05:22:01.683" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've not used the site for very long. I got involved to answer a question someone posted on a social network, rather than coming to have a question answered. As a result I don't know how expectations are set in that avenue with regard to AskUbuntu and the other StackExchange sites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ideally, as I understand it, the idea is that questions representing the concerns of current and future Ubuntu users are paired with good. ranked answers one time, and then the experts, as you call them, move on to other questions. If there's a concentration on technical questions or newbie questions I don't know that yet. It's not always clear, as I think you said, to determine what's a misunderstanding or lack of a fact, and what represents someone running into a bug.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd like to say, in defense of the folks trying to answer questions here, that it can be very difficult to determine at what technical level of the person on the other side of the question. I've had people ask pretty detailed questions, but then they ask me to give them diagnostic procedures step by step--and I try to do that. If you talk over someone's head they get frustrated, if you talk down to them they get angry. That's human nature. It's much easier to manage this in person where you can see the other person's face and mannerisms. (It still can be hard to get tech. people to slow down, believe me). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Nevertheless, a good answer should help anyone, so your point still stands and I'm sorry you have had that experience with AskUbuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Besides the jargon issue, it's difficult for a user to know what an expert needs to know to solve a problem, and it's difficult for the remote answerer to really understand what the questioner is seeing. Distance is an enemy of effective problem solving.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do think that people do try to sneak bug reports into AskUbuntu because it takes quite a long time for most bugs posted to Launchpad to be fixed and they get frustrated. All we have to offer are, maybe, some ideas on how to circumvent the problem. (I hesitate to say &quot;we&quot; because I'm so new here). It takes a long time to get bugs fixed on any system, by the way, open or proprietary and  many never are.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You closed your question with the &quot;bottom line&quot;. What value is AskUbuntu? The value I have been finding, primarily on the StackOverflow sister site, has been having good questions and answers returned, answers I could use right away. That, more than helping individual users asking questions, is what I think the site is about. Getting to these question/answer pairs often helps the individual question posters, but certainly not always, and that's not actually the promise of the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But that leaves the most basic question &quot;Something came up, I don't know what to do, I don't know if it is a bug or a normal occurence or something I did wrong, how can I get help?&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My answers:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Look here for answers from those who have had the problem before. Use general search engines as well, Google often provides me with answers from AskUbuntu and other sites I find useful. If nothing turns up, I hope you will continue to try to ask questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;ubuntuforums.org is another forum to find help. Their approach is different than the approach here and therefore you may sometimes find them more effective in assisting you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ask on the irc channels in the #ubuntu family. The trouble is you may hear jargon there, too. It also takes patience to match up your question with the occasion that someone is listening with knowledge and a little time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Use launchpad if you think you have a bug. If it is a question instead they will convert it to a Launchpad question or refer you here or to the irc channels. No big deal if they do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Don't be afraid that someone will say your bug isn't one or your question isn't one. On askUbuntu you can edit your question and have it reopened, or reword it to show you are looking for information and try again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most important, get to know the people in your area in the Ubuntu Loco, the local Ubuntu users group. There may also be groups of people who are Unix users but not Ubuntu users, who can help nevertheless. People you get to know and who can see your face, or at least hear your voice, are more likely to give you an answer tailored to you. Frankly they may be more thoughtful, too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You mention people looking to get badges and reputation points, and not being helpful. Excessive speed in answering question can exacerbate the already tough problem of communicating without jargon. Nevertheless I see that stackexchange does try to stop people from getting too caught up in a race for points. If you get an answer that has too much jargon, please vote it down. That's a way for you to exert feedback on the individual and the community.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's tempting to compare the Ubuntu alternatives to those of Microsoft or someone else, but I think I'll pass on that. As a newbie I'll just wait for your response, if you decide to post one, and to be corrected by the many more experienced hands about AskUbuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="63886" LastEditorUserId="63886" LastEditDate="2012-05-26T05:29:39.413" LastActivityDate="2012-05-26T05:29:39.413" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3246" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3174" CreationDate="2012-05-26T05:28:17.893" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Well, upvoting is just that: &lt;em&gt;up&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;voting&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have 3 candidates to choose from, and vote for 2 instead of 1, it just lowers the weight of your own vote, since, after all, it's only the relative numbers that make a difference when voting, not the absolute numbers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other than that, really, feel free to upvote whatever you feel should be upvoted...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8678" LastActivityDate="2012-05-26T05:28:17.893" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3247" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3242" CreationDate="2012-05-26T09:14:23.450" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You might have too high expectations on this site. After all it is based on volunteers. There is professional support if that is what you are after.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu is note for solving &lt;em&gt;any&lt;/em&gt; problem but only problems that are within &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq#questions&quot;&gt;the scope of the site&lt;/a&gt; and are formulated so that they are possible to understand. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Saying that you might abandon Ubuntu &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/2764/19490&quot;&gt;is not relevant to questions&lt;/a&gt; so it is not strange to interpret it as a threat. For future questions you might benefit from avoiding such expression and also from avoiding explicit demands. The following is from &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/131226/lenovo-ideacentre-b300-bluetooth&quot;&gt;the closed question&lt;/a&gt; you seem to refer to:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Please either provide an update for it or let me know how I can get&#xA;  its bluetooth working.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here you seem to demand a solution. As mentioned, this site is run by volunteers and it is not their responsibility to help you. They do it because they find it rewarding. So demanding solutions might irritate presumable helpers and make avoid your question. Think how you would feel yourself if you spend your free time helping people and they start making demands or saying that they might abandon Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19490" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2012-05-26T09:19:35.597" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3248" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3250" CreationDate="2012-05-26T10:15:06.227" Score="6" ViewCount="109" Body="&lt;p&gt;what is &lt;code&gt;Serial downvoting reversed&lt;/code&gt;? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I just got +14 Reputations from the event listed as &lt;code&gt;Serial downvoting reversed&lt;/code&gt;.&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/FoKui.png&quot; alt=&quot;+14 Reputations from the event listed as Serial downvoting reversed&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What does that mean?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="40166" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-05-26T10:55:43.567" LastActivityDate="2012-05-26T10:55:43.567" Title="Serial downvoting reversed" Tags="|support|voting|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3249" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-05-26T10:20:35.567" Score="1" ViewCount="30" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2444/edit-link-missing&quot;&gt;Edit link Missing&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I found a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/108456/error-in-installing-gocr&quot;&gt;question&lt;/a&gt; which is very ugly and improperly formatted so I want to edit it but there is no edit button only link and flag buttons are there !! &#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Iukkx.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it a bug?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="40166" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2012-05-26T10:27:36.810" Title="no edit button beside flag" Tags="|support|answer-format|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2012-05-26T12:47:39.920" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3250" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3248" CreationDate="2012-05-26T10:23:43.183" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;The Stack Exchange system is very good at recognizing people who (for whatever reason) decide to trawl through someones Question or Answer list and either upvote or downvote repeatedly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is regarded as abusive behaviour and the system reverses this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thus look at the previous day reputation - you'll notice a number of your answers were downvoted over a short period of time.  The system recognized that this was down from one person and reversed the result.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1311/how-to-defend-against-negative-incorrect-votes&quot;&gt;Additional community reliance for negative downvote reversal is also a component of a solution.&lt;/a&gt;  This was noted in another answer, but I, aking1012 the editor, didn't feel it merited another answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14356" LastEditorUserId="5768" LastEditDate="2012-05-26T10:32:38.327" LastActivityDate="2012-05-26T10:32:38.327" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3253" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-05-26T14:26:58.473" Score="-1" ViewCount="909" Body="&lt;p&gt;I know that in posts(answers/questions) I can use html, but when I try to write:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;a href=&quot;http://some_link&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&amp;gt;Link&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;its not working, how to fix that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47044" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-05-26T15:48:44.867" LastActivityDate="2012-05-26T15:49:18.127" Title="How to make link open in new tab" Tags="|feature-request|hyperlinks|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3254" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-05-26T15:20:59.287" Score="5" ViewCount="47" Body="&lt;p&gt;Why I can make my own question a favourite?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/s6SDT.png&quot; alt=&quot;what is this?&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47044" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-05-26T15:40:46.113" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Why I can make my question favourite" Tags="|support|bookmarks|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3255" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3254" CreationDate="2012-05-26T15:40:23.337" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am not sure but I think one reason is that you might have asked a lot of question and you might be more interested to track changes in some rather than others and, then, it makes sense to be able to track them via the favorite feature. After all if you hang around for a long time you might have asked a lot of question. This guess is confirmed by &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/36517/163868&quot;&gt;an answer on Meta Stack Overflow&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19490" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2012-05-26T15:40:23.337" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3256" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3253" CreationDate="2012-05-26T15:43:11.647" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I do not think this would make the site better. It is irritating if a link opens in a new tab (or window) if you do not want it to. If you want it to open in a new tab you can simply open it in a new tab by choosing that (e.g. &lt;kbd&gt;Ctrl&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;Left click&lt;/kbd&gt; or &lt;kbd&gt;Middle click&lt;/kbd&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/q/946248/789593&quot;&gt;When should you use target=“_blank” on your links?&lt;/a&gt; for arguments of why you should not use &lt;code&gt;target=_blank&quot;&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19490" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-05-23T12:39:54.233" LastActivityDate="2012-05-26T15:49:18.127" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3257" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3239" CreationDate="2012-05-26T19:42:15.180" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's actually the preferred method of handling questions in chat. Typical workflow is: Ask question on Ask Ubuntu, paste link in chat to carry a discussion about the question, edit question to reflect new information discovered in chat, potentially have answer questioned - the answer of course being posted to the question on Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As opposed to just asking a question in chat and having a conversation then getting an answer. That way your question can help other users in the future.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2012-05-26T19:42:15.180" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3258" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3237" CreationDate="2012-05-26T19:45:47.857" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I actually prefer this method of closing old question, it's been a policy between moderators for sometime. Ideally it's not the age of the question that matters, it's the quality. The higher quality question should always be the &quot;master&quot; that all others are closed as a duplicate of. What actions typically happen is, if the answers are still good on an older duplicate, but the newer duplicate has a better &quot;canonical&quot; question setup the answers will be migrated from the old question to the new one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2012-05-26T19:45:47.857" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3259" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3276" CreationDate="2012-05-27T01:37:56.930" Score="5" ViewCount="321" Body="&lt;p&gt;We should have a notice about vandalism in edits, such as adding notes to answers that have nothing to do with the actual question or the answer itself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Example:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Answer to a question about sparkleshare.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Editor tries to add &quot;I used it but it was too slow&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There should be a notice explicitly warning them before they try to suggest the edit, if there is not one already (I no longer have to wait for my edits to be accepted so I don't remember if there is such a thing).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1992" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-05-27T10:35:01.637" LastActivityDate="2012-05-28T22:24:22.527" Title="Notice against Vandalism" Tags="|feature-request|editing|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3261" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3242" CreationDate="2012-05-27T10:04:50.080" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I agree with Mujahid.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The experts here do use jargon that presupposes knowledge that some users do not have. But, as an Instructional Designer, I come across this constantly. Whilst the experts may know how to solve these problems, being able to tell novices in clear, simple terms how to do it, is not, always, achieved. Moreover, the over-reaction to Mujahid's observation (which he is perfectly entitled to without being vilified by the supposed friendly Ask Ubuntu community) is a perfect example of what his original point was. The threads here which take apart his initial comments line-by-line, to try and obfuscate his point, are childish and pathetic. Talk about apophenia!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Windows is King in the retail sector like it or, not. Linux systems will NEVER be accepted in the mainstream when the place you go to for help merely mocks, attacks or, ridicules. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Deduct as many points, votes and smiley faces as you like but come down from your ivory towers and face reality. Ubuntu is good. It allows freedom. But, it is not user-friendly. The self-confessed experts should be.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Mark L. Potts &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60335" LastActivityDate="2012-05-27T10:04:50.080" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3262" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3263" CreationDate="2012-05-27T10:14:37.433" Score="13" ViewCount="178" Body="&lt;p&gt;It comes up in chat sometimes, so I figured I'ld post a question and answer on the thing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-05-27T10:32:55.497" LastActivityDate="2012-05-27T10:32:55.497" Title="How do I invite a low rep user into chat?" Tags="|support|chat|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3263" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3262" CreationDate="2012-05-27T10:23:43.477" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;On the main page go to chat, then site rooms.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/6NjmG.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Scroll to the very bottom and create a room.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/yieCt.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Once you're in the room, go to info.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/3Vtmx.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Then access, and grant explicit write access.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/PVZlf.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Then just invite to chat like normal.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2012-05-27T10:23:43.477" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3264" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3225" CreationDate="2012-05-27T12:23:07.220" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;You answered your own question I think...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If there is a real possibility of confusion due to a package name, command name, parameter name, etc. then use the American spelling.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Otherwise, use whatever spelling you feel like.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm an American and an (EFL) English teacher and I can't even tell which spelling is British and which is American for a lot of words because I've been exposed to both through print and virtual media for most of my life.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Dictionaries are even starting to adapt to an age where geography doesn't confine spelling conventions anymore and often include multiple spellings for the same word.  For example, &lt;code&gt;localization&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;localisation&lt;/code&gt; are both correct according to my English (US) spell checker (if I had to guess I'd say the former is American and the second is British but--proving my point--I really don't know).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said about spelling, I still do get really confused when my British/Irish/Australian/etc. colleagues use completely different terms for something (think &lt;code&gt;trunk&lt;/code&gt; vs. &lt;code&gt;boot&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;hood&lt;/code&gt; vs. &lt;code&gt;bonnet&lt;/code&gt;).  However, I think that if anything is ever not clear, someone will ask and editing can be done! :P&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="63478" LastActivityDate="2012-05-27T12:23:07.220" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3265" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3266" CreationDate="2012-05-27T13:44:42.577" Score="13" ViewCount="527" Body="&lt;p&gt;Officially Ubuntu supports Unity, KDE, XFCE and LXDE desktop environment. So naturally we can answer relating to them in Ask Ubuntu. But I saw many peoples asking help on cinnamon desktop environment. Since cinnamon is created with Linux mint in mind (not Ubuntu) so isn't the question is out of the scope of Ask Ubuntu? Should we answer that question? If not then this type of question should be closed as soon as it is encountered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="35507" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2012-06-11T09:02:50.447" LastActivityDate="2012-06-11T09:02:50.447" Title="Should questions related to cinnamon desktop environment be answered?" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3266" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3265" CreationDate="2012-05-27T15:03:26.647" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;The FAQ says it's ontopic:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Running third-party applications on Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I would say yes. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2012-05-27T15:03:26.647" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3267" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1317" CreationDate="2012-05-27T18:03:18.100" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I agree that bugs do not belong on Ask Ubuntu, even if Launchpad is not friendly to non-technical users for reporting bugs. The Ubuntu Forums should be the backup option for diagnosing bugs not a Q&amp;amp;A site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However while I think individual questions should be closed, I think that the best response to these questions as a whole should be trying to create more canonical answers on how do identify, diagnose and report possible bugs within specific areas of functionality/hardware/software/etc. Most users are able to identify that they are having a sound problem, or a video problem, or an input problem, or a problem with unity, but beyond that identifying the specific package to run apport on, and knowing where else to look for information that can assist in filing the bug can be a mystery (the &lt;a href=&quot;https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;ReportingBugs&lt;/a&gt; page is useful if you actually know the package name or have a window you can click on, but for bugs in background services related to hardware this is rarely the case).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example &quot;How to diagnose fan problems&quot; is &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/3073/63478&quot;&gt;already&lt;/a&gt; on the list of desired canonical questions.  I would like to see more topics like this, both to help users who need to file bugs, and also for non-bug questions that would benefit from the the user knowing what information is relevant and what information isn't. I believe that &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/142859/63478&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; question from today exemplifies the types of questions we should be answering for (and encouraging be asked by) users potentially encountering bugs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even if new users' other bug-related questions are closed, they at least leave more knowledgeable, with a positive experience, and with the tools to properly report their bug (or contribute to an existing report).  And more importantly, Ask Ubuntu gets a widely re-usable, searchable how-to.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At first thought, such questions appear to violate the FAQ as being too broad, but I think that the scope could be kept concise by only aiming to answer what the first few steps should be in narrowing down where to look for diagnostic information and how to determine if something is a bug or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="63478" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2012-05-27T18:03:18.100" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3268" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3225" CreationDate="2012-05-27T20:31:22.310" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't think it matters much, as long as it's understandable. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only case where I think some caution is called for is in editing other questions/answers (or correcting them).  If I edit a post, I try to stay with the regional spelling variation that the original writer used. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That being said, I do sometimes attempt to rewrite regional idiomatic phrases, in an effort to make them more easily understood across regions. I may have introduced my share of regionalisms myself -- it's always fair to ask for clarifications from anyone. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Again, the goal is to be understandable. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8844" LastActivityDate="2012-05-27T20:31:22.310" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3269" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-05-27T22:13:03.557" Score="4" ViewCount="65" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have tried 2 different OpenID accounts to try to register and in each case I get an error and cannot register&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have cut and pasted the links suggested by both my openID accounts into the URL box on the registration page and nothing works&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user66563" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2013-01-31T12:41:37.600" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Cannot register" Tags="|support|openid|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3270" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3271" CreationDate="2012-05-27T23:14:46.867" Score="1" ViewCount="45" Body="&lt;p&gt;In chat, there is an option to &lt;code&gt;link my next chat message as a reply to this&lt;/code&gt;. But I do not see a way to get a hyperlink to the chat transcript, at a particular post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know this is possible (that is, that it is possible to formulate such a link), because links like this appear in my StackExchange inbox when someone replies and pings me (with @EliahKagan) in chat.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How can I get a link like this for any post (not just posts I've been notified about in my SE inbox)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2012-05-27T23:21:35.627" Title="How to link to a post in chat, to be accessed outside chat?" Tags="|support|chat|hyperlinks|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3271" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3270" CreationDate="2012-05-27T23:21:35.627" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/BuCKa.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Click on the grey down arrow on the post and then copy the permalink on the pop up box.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastActivityDate="2012-05-27T23:21:35.627" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3272" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3269" CreationDate="2012-05-27T23:26:23.557" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you have a dot in your user name, such as first.last.myopenid.com, you can't use the normal link to register; you will need to click the link to manually enter your ID, then enter it manually at the openid site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have this problem, and found the answer somewhere on the stackoverflow site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For more information, see this discussion:  &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/71584/login-via-myopenid-does-not-work/96080#96080&quot;&gt;stackoverflow openID problem&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="39753" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2012-05-27T23:26:23.557" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3273" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3274" CreationDate="2012-05-28T06:12:18.363" Score="8" ViewCount="92" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've just pasted a link to the code of a Launchpad project to an answer, and I noticed it remained as plain text. It would be nice if Launchpad shortcuts could be linkified automatically to point to the project's URL.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;E.g. when I write &lt;code&gt;lp:qreator&lt;/code&gt; it is recognized as a Launchpad project and gets converted to a link to &lt;a href=&quot;http://launchpad.net/qreator&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://launchpad.net/qreator&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9781" LastEditorUserId="41" LastEditDate="2012-05-29T01:59:09.287" LastActivityDate="2012-05-29T01:59:09.287" Title="Linkify Launchpad project links" Tags="|feature-request|hyperlinks|launchpad|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3274" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3273" CreationDate="2012-05-28T07:17:43.697" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;If there is sufficient interest in adding this feature, I could easily implement it as a UserScript. The script could scan the WMD editor immediately before submission and convert &lt;code&gt;lp:whatever&lt;/code&gt; to the appropriate markdown.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Alternatively, I have developed &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackapps.com/questions/2405/ask-ubuntu-toolbar-buttons-a-set-of-toolbar-buttons-for-ask-ubuntu-that-make-i&quot;&gt;a script&lt;/a&gt; that adds some buttons to the editing toolbar - one of which already provides an easy way to insert links to a PPA (including a link to detailed instructions on adding the PPA). Perhaps I could add another button that inserts the appropriate markdown for a Launchpad project.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Update:&lt;/strong&gt; this has now been completed. Simply make sure that you are using Chrome(ium), Opera, or Firefox with GreaseMonkey and click &lt;a href=&quot;http://files.quickmediasolutions.com/userscripts/au_toolbar.user.js&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this link&lt;/a&gt; (Opera users &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackapps.com/tags/script/info&quot;&gt;need to do a bit of extra work to install the script&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should then have a toolbar button that looks like this when you hover your mouse over it:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/EL6lI.png&quot; alt=&quot;Menu screenshot&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Click &quot;Insert Project Link&quot; and enter the name of the project. The markdown will be generated and inserted into the editor.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://launchpad.net/stackapplet&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;stackapplet &lt;img src=&quot;https://launchpad.net/@@/launchpad.png&quot; alt=&quot;Launchpad logo&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:46.307" LastActivityDate="2012-05-28T22:56:45.080" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3276" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3259" CreationDate="2012-05-28T22:24:22.527" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is a notice in the sidebar:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How to Edit&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;fix grammatical or spelling errors&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;clarify meaning without changing it&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;correct minor mistakes&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;add related resources or links&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;always respect the original author&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can see it by browsing the site without being logged in, or on another Stack Exchange site where you don't have the edit privilege.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The notice could be more in-your-face, but no matter what it says and how obnoxious it is, it's well-known that users don't read.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Don't be afraid to use that &lt;code&gt;Reject&lt;/code&gt; button. (I reject about 1 suggested edit in 4 on Stack Overflow.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1059" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-05-28T22:24:22.527" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3277" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3427" CreationDate="2012-05-29T06:54:33.337" Score="5" ViewCount="147" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since the 27th May I've been unable to log in to &lt;a href=&quot;http://cleanup.thepcspy.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;cleanup.thepcspy.com&lt;/a&gt; with the Google OpenID that I was previously using, I keep getting a &quot;&lt;strong&gt;500 Internal Server Error, Cherokee web server, Port 80&lt;/strong&gt;&quot; error.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Using Launchpad OpenID works fine as does Yahoo so no great problem, just thought I'd mention it, it may well be something I'm doing wrong! I've tried de-aunthenticating but get the same message when trying again, and different browsers make no difference either.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I noticed this page with people having similar problem with Google OpenID not sure if its relevant &lt;a href=&quot;http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine/browse_thread/thread/7107dead22a56879/b0d78a7e13ccf1e4&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine/browse_thread/thread/7107dead22a56879/b0d78a7e13ccf1e4&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="40955" LastEditorUserId="40955" LastEditDate="2012-06-08T10:44:53.450" LastActivityDate="2012-06-16T16:28:17.870" Title="Unable to log in to the Clean-Up site with a Google OpenID" Tags="|bug|cleanup|openid|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3278" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3376" CreationDate="2012-05-29T14:11:10.100" Score="6" ViewCount="115" Body="&lt;p&gt;These are all related:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/171/help-spread-this-site&quot;&gt;Help spread this site....&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/772/improving-our-presence-on-twitter&quot;&gt;Improving our presence on Twitter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/280/should-we-target-social-media&quot;&gt;Should we target Social Media?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks to Robert at Stack Exchange, Jorge and I now have access to &lt;a href=&quot;http://twitter.com/askubuntu&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;@askubuntu&lt;/a&gt; on twitter (and I'm going to email the other mods with details here shortly).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Something that was mentioned at UDS-Q was that @stackubuntu was &quot;weird&quot;. Should we formally request that Stack Exchange rename @stackubuntu to @askubuntu? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's already been done for &lt;a href=&quot;https://apple.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1164/using-the-stackapple-twitter-account&quot;&gt;Apple.se&lt;/a&gt;, so I don't think it should be that much of a issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-16T15:45:19.340" LastActivityDate="2012-06-11T19:57:05.493" Title="We now have control of @askubuntu on Twitter - what should do with it?" Tags="|discussion|status-completed|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3279" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3278" CreationDate="2012-05-29T14:21:33.003" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;For branding issues @stackubuntu &lt;em&gt;needs&lt;/em&gt; to be renamed to @askubuntu We've done an excellent job from the get go of pushing the name Ask Ubuntu, a lot of people know and are familiar with it. To continue to use stackubuntu would be hinder our branding and image in the social networking realm.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2012-05-29T14:21:33.003" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3280" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-05-29T19:54:21.843" Score="7" ViewCount="1508" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am sort of reviving &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1711/use-of-download-links-in-answers&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt;, but sort of not as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;@BrunoPereira was aware of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/96427/how-do-i-install-a-wimax-usb-driver/143605#143605&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt;, as I poked him about it.  I did not flag it as I was being overly cautious, i just wanted moderator input at the time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But now that I think about it, these &quot;anonymous hosting&quot; sites (including Rapidshare among others) pose somewhat of a security risk, as these &quot;download links&quot; can contain almost anything.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;PPAs and official torrents are one thing, anonymous download links are another.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I think we should not allow them&lt;/strong&gt;, but I'm biased towards listening to the IT Security aspect of using random links that dont provide details and are from &quot;non official&quot; sources (like stuff on mediafire).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thoughts on this?  Moderator input is welcome too :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2012-06-05T12:44:28.830" Title="Use of Mediafire or Anonymous Hosting links in Answers" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="12" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3281" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3280" CreationDate="2012-05-29T20:27:47.800" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I actually opened the file with the extreme secure method of clicking on the link and checking it out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Normally I would kill anything that moves and has random links that have nothing to do about anything the site but from the 2 secs it took to read the file I saw that the user that posted it was simply confused about what was asked and the kind of solution he proposed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In simple words, the post is harmless (imho, correct me if wrong).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I say no, no links in anonymous file sharing sites should be considered a good thing:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If they are files for your system, you need to be crazy to actually download them and use them from a file sharing site like that;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If its documentation (not extensive pages ofc) it belongs in our site as an answer instead of a lost PDF file in the internet.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is almost no reason to use file sharing sites like those to share anything useful in AU, they can be flagged and discussed with a moderator, or if you don't have the patience or time you can simply flag and forget about it. Your flag will return useful (because it is useful in these cases) and a moderator will take care of it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastEditorUserId="25863" LastEditDate="2012-05-29T20:53:40.777" LastActivityDate="2012-05-29T20:53:40.777" CommentCount="19" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3282" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-05-29T20:59:49.770" Score="28" ViewCount="788" Body="&lt;p&gt;Jono and Marco have been working on integrating the Ask Ubuntu badges you earn here with the &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Accomplishments&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Accomplishment system&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is basically badges, but at a higher project level, so of course we want people's Ask Ubuntu work to count as trophies in Ubuntu as a whole. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In order to do this we need to basically create a small text file for each badge so that the Ubuntu accomplishment system knows what to do. Ends up there are a ton more badges than you'd think, so we'd like to see if people can chip in helping us get this done:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Accomplishments/Creating/Guide/AccomplishmentFile&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Accomplishments/Creating/Guide/AccomplishmentFile&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-05-30T08:12:07.017" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Let's integrate Ask Ubuntu badges with the operating system!" Tags="|discussion|badges|ubuntu-community|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3283" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3282" CreationDate="2012-05-29T20:59:50.347" Score="19" Body="&lt;p&gt;Please remember that an important goal of these accomplishments is that the documentation should be detailed: think of it as a wikipedia for how to get started with a particular Ask Ubuntu badge.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To write an accomplishment file do this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;bzr branch lp:ubuntu-community-accomplishments&#xA;cd ubuntu-community-accomplishments/accomplishments/ubuntu-community/en/support&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In there you should see a bunch of .accomplishment files, each corresponding to a badge. Open it up, it should look like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;[accomplishment]&#xA;title=Altruist on Ask Ubuntu&#xA;description=First bounty you manually awarded on another person's question&#xA;collection=ubuntu-community&#xA;category=Ask Ubuntu:Bounty&#xA;icon=askubuntu-gold.png&#xA;needs-signing=true&#xA;needs-information=askubuntu-user-url&#xA;summary = Explain here in detail what this badge is, and what is involved is accomplishing it.&#xA;steps: Provide step by step instructions for to accomplish this.&#xA;    Each step should be on a new line with a tab at the beginning, like this.&#xA;links: http://www.askubuntu.com&#xA;tips: Things and recommendations that people might find useful in earning the accomplishment.&#xA;pitfalls: Provide tips to avoid&#xA;    So users can learn&#xA;help = #ubuntu-community-team on Freenode&#xA;author = Jorge Castro &amp;lt;jorge@ubuntu.com&amp;gt;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You only need to fix up icon, steps, tips, pitfalls, and author, you can leave the rest alone. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;category&lt;/strong&gt; - The format is &lt;code&gt;category=Ask Ubuntu:subcategory&lt;/code&gt;. For the list of subcategories, use this &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/68259/150182&quot;&gt;meta post&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;icon&lt;/strong&gt; - for the icons, use use the same icon as used by Ask Ubuntu (e.g. if it is Gold on Ask Ubuntu, ensure it has the gold icon in Ubuntu Accomplishments. You can use the following filenames: &lt;code&gt;askubuntu-gold.png&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;askubuntu-silver.png&lt;/code&gt;, and &lt;code&gt;askubuntu-bronze.png&lt;/code&gt; for the icons corresponding to each badge. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;summary&lt;/strong&gt; - this should be a detailed description of the badge and what is involved. For example if you are talking about your profile, explain what a profile is, why the user should care, and how they access it. To start a new paragraph, start a new line and put a tab at the beginning.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;steps&lt;/strong&gt; - add a series of chrononological steps for how to accomplish the badge. To add a new step, start a new line and put a tab at the beginning.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;tips&lt;/strong&gt; - add a series of tips that can help someone be successful in accomplishing the badge. To add a new tip, start a new line and put a tab at the beginning.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;pitfalls&lt;/strong&gt; - add a series of things the user should &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; do. To add a new pitfall, start a new line and put a tab at the beginning.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Save your file, and then submit it by doing:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;bzr commit &#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And then add a changelog entry, something like &quot;Added the yearling badge&quot;, then save and push:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;bzr push lp:~yourlaunchpadusername/ubuntu-community-accomplishments/give-your-branch-a-cool-name-here&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now open your branch in your browser:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;bzr lp-open&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And then click on &quot;Propose for merging&quot; and then add a decription, paste in &lt;code&gt;lp:ubuntu-community-accomplishments&lt;/code&gt; for the branch you want to propose into and click &quot;Submit&quot;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Tips:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You can remove the tag description that says &quot;This badge can be earned multiple times&quot; as the Ubuntu system only awards for the first time. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;All the descriptions are on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/badges&quot;&gt;badge page&lt;/a&gt; so you can copy and paste those. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you've submitted the accomplishment file cross it off this list. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;s&gt;Altruist&lt;/s&gt; - Marco&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;s&gt;Analytical&lt;/s&gt; - Marco&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;s&gt;Announcer&lt;/s&gt; - Marco&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;s&gt;Archaeologist&lt;/s&gt; - Marco&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;s&gt;Autobiographer&lt;/s&gt; - Marco&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;s&gt;Benefactor&lt;/s&gt; - Marco&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;s&gt;Beta&lt;/s&gt; - Marco&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;s&gt;Booster&lt;/s&gt; - Marco&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;s&gt;Citizen Patrol&lt;/s&gt; - Marco&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;s&gt;Civic Duty&lt;/s&gt; - Marco&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;s&gt;Cleanup&lt;/s&gt; - Marco&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;s&gt;Commentator&lt;/s&gt; - Marco&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;s&gt;Convention&lt;/s&gt; - Marco&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;s&gt;Copy Editor&lt;/s&gt; - Marco&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;s&gt;Critic&lt;/s&gt; - Agmenor&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;s&gt;Deputy&lt;/s&gt; - Marco&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;s&gt;Disciplined&lt;/s&gt; - Marco&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Editor - Marco&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Electorate - Marco&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Enlightened - Marco&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Enthusiast - Marco&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Epic - Marco&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Excavator - Marco&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;s&gt;Famous Question&lt;/s&gt; - htorque&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;s&gt;Fanatic&lt;/s&gt; - WarriorIng64&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;s&gt;Favorite Question&lt;/s&gt; - htorque&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Generalist&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;s&gt;Good Answer&lt;/s&gt; - George Edison&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;s&gt;Good Question&lt;/s&gt; - htorque&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;s&gt;Great Answer&lt;/s&gt; - jorge&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;s&gt;Great Question&lt;/s&gt; - jorge&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Guru&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Investor&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Legendary&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Marshal&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mortarboard&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Necromancer&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;s&gt;Nice Answer&lt;/s&gt; - htorque&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;s&gt;Nice Question&lt;/s&gt;  - htorque&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;s&gt;Notable Question&lt;/s&gt; - htorque&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;s&gt;Organizer&lt;/s&gt; - WarriorIng64&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;s&gt;Outspoken&lt;/s&gt; - WarriorIng64&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;s&gt;Peer Pressure&lt;/s&gt; - htorque&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;s&gt;Popular Question&lt;/s&gt; - htorque&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;s&gt;Populist&lt;/s&gt; - htorque&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;s&gt;Precognitive&lt;/s&gt; - htorque&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;s&gt;Promoter&lt;/s&gt; - htorque&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;s&gt;Proofreader&lt;/s&gt; - WarriorIng64&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;s&gt;Publicist&lt;/s&gt; - htorque&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;s&gt;Pundit&lt;/s&gt; - htorque&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;s&gt;Quorum&lt;/s&gt; - htorque&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Research Assistant&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Reversal&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Reviewer&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Revival&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;s&gt;Scholar&lt;/s&gt; - WarriorIng64&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;s&gt;Self-Learner&lt;/s&gt; - surgemcgee&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;s&gt;Sportsmanship&lt;/s&gt; - surgemcgee&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;s&gt;Stellar Question&lt;/s&gt; - surgemcgee&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;s&gt;Strunk &amp;amp; White&lt;/s&gt; - surgemcgee&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;s&gt;Student&lt;/s&gt; - WarriorIng64&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;s&gt;Suffrage&lt;/s&gt; - WarriorIng64&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;s&gt;Supporter&lt;/s&gt; - WarriorIng64&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Synonymizer&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;s&gt;Tag Editor&lt;/s&gt; - jorge&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;s&gt;Talkative&lt;/s&gt; - WarriorIng64&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;s&gt;Taxonomist&lt;/s&gt; - jorge&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;s&gt;Teacher&lt;/s&gt; - WarriorIng64&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strike&gt;Tenacious&lt;/strike&gt; - jorge&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strike&gt;Tumbleweed&lt;/strike&gt; - jorge &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strike&gt;Unsung Hero&lt;/strike&gt; - jorge&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strike&gt;Vox Populi&lt;/strike&gt; - jorge&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strike&gt;Yearling&lt;/strike&gt; - jorge&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2012-06-27T05:21:14.490" CommentCount="8" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-05-29T21:13:25.680" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3284" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3280" CreationDate="2012-05-30T00:01:26.223" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think &lt;strong&gt;we should allow these links&lt;/strong&gt;, because I don't think links to file-sharing sites that don't require account creation actually pose a risk &lt;em&gt;greater&lt;/em&gt; than other kinds of download links.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is no reason to think that links to sites that require creating an account (like Dropbox) are safer. There's nothing stopping a bad guy from creating a free account. This applies not just to Dropbox-style sites, but also to SourceForge, GitHub, Launchpad, and the like. Anyone can make a Launchpad account with a fake identity, sign the code of conduct under false pretenses, and roll out a PPA to infect users with malware. The PPA could even be named similarly to an existing PPA, to fool users. (To the best of my knowledge, we haven't seen this yet, but that's only because Ubuntu still occupies a pretty small market share--there probably aren't enough users yet--that is, potential victims--to make it worth the time, effort, and risk.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Such a miscreant could even create and use a paid account on an online service. Rather than going into deeply instructional detail about different ways to do this, I'll just point out the simplest: A criminal can con someone into trusting them, give this initial victim (real) money, and get the victim to create the account in the victim's name, for the criminal to use.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If &lt;em&gt;practically speaking&lt;/em&gt; there are &lt;em&gt;specific websites&lt;/em&gt; that are &lt;em&gt;shown to be used on AskUbuntu, other Ubuntu support resources, or other StackExchange sites&lt;/em&gt; to fool people into downloading dangerous files, then that would probably warrant an automatic warning message cautioning users, and maybe warrant a policy of forbidding links to those sites. But fundamentally, &lt;strong&gt;anonymous file sharing sites are only needed by those of us who aren't criminals taking over people's computers. If you can take over people's computers, you can run your own download servers.&lt;/strong&gt; You can even register (free or not) DNS for them. &lt;strong&gt;And you can always enjoy anonymity online with a fake identity.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With that said, providing any kind of &lt;em&gt;direct&lt;/em&gt; download link for &lt;em&gt;software&lt;/em&gt; (except apt: links for installing packages from the official repositories) should be &lt;strong&gt;strongly discouraged except in the rare cases where it is demonstrably necessary&lt;/strong&gt;, and in those cases, users should always be cautioned about the risks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think we should &lt;s&gt;start&lt;/s&gt; continue disclosing the potential risks of PPA's, too (in every post that suggests installing from a PPA, or automatically for posts containing PPA syntax). &lt;em&gt;[EDIT: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/users/235/jorge-castro&quot;&gt;Jorge Castro&lt;/a&gt; has reminded me that &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/35629/are-ppas-safe-to-add-to-my-system-and-what-are-some-red-flags-to-watch-out&quot;&gt;we're essentially already supposed to be doing this&lt;/a&gt;.]&lt;/em&gt; This would not be to keep people from using them. Rather, assuming Ubuntu continues growing in user base, eventually PPA's and other non-official software sources are going to start being exploited to fool users into installing malware. It would be good for Ubuntu users to be prepared for this, before it starts happening.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In conclusion, making a distinction between safe and unsafe downloads is only a good thing if the safe downloads are substantially safer than the unsafe ones. What it means for a site to allow anonymity is that it lets &lt;strong&gt;rule-abiding users&lt;/strong&gt; go without disclosing their identity, because &lt;strong&gt;rule-breaking users&lt;/strong&gt; can and will always be willing to break the rules and create a fake identity that looks real. Singling out and prohibiting linking to download sites allowing anonymity would only give us false comfort, and make us all the less prepared to deal with threats effectively.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2012-06-05T12:44:28.830" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3285" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3286" CreationDate="2012-05-30T06:08:07.527" Score="2" ViewCount="90" Body="&lt;p&gt;I know that on AskUbuntu, we close duplicate questions. What is the reason that we do that? Is it to narrow the amount of questions that exist on the site that way users don't need to sift through 20 of the same question to find an answer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If that is the case, why do we close? Why do not simply have these duplicate questions? That way, they won't be there to sift through.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, my question is multi-fold:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the reason that we close duplicates?&#xA;Why do we not delete duplicates?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="46672" LastActivityDate="2012-05-30T13:59:58.073" Title="Why do we close duplicate questions?" Tags="|discussion|closed-questions|duplicates|deleted-questions|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3286" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3285" CreationDate="2012-05-30T06:33:40.507" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;My opinion only:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Duplicates get closed instead of deleted for several reasons.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;seo&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;adding search terms without modifying the meaning of the original question&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;having duplicates closed allows a central way to put all the answers in one place&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;(read as merge)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/62518/how-burn-or-mount-an-iso-file&quot;&gt;Here's a specific example where something got closed and merged to put an answer that merited being seen into the original question&lt;/a&gt;.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It was originally intended to be an ISO mount/burn question for Ubuntu only.  A later question was asked about burning an Ubuntu ISO for Windows.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It makes more sense to have a single ISO burning question.  It keeps the site clean and centralises canonical answers.  This way we can have one place to point a user with that type of problem.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2012-05-30T06:33:40.507" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3287" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3285" CreationDate="2012-05-30T08:43:26.540" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you delete a post that is duplicate of an original any information in it will be lost forever.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ideally all duplicates should be merged in to single one and we should be left without answers in the closed post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The site has recently enabled something called &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;automatic redirection&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, that means that if an user arrives at a page via any search engine that is a duplicate of an more complete with better answers post, he/she will be automatically redirected from the closed post to the complete one. But for that the closed post has to have no answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Closing and merging allows the worthy answers from the closed post to be transported in to the more complete one without intervention from the users involved in posting them. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We normally try to save all good answers that give extra information, if we can't there is a chance that we delete a few so that automatic redirection works.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the end it is just a way or directing the user to the right information without him worrying if there are other better / different answers out there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In simple terms:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Deletion = gone, useless, waste of time to all that posted anything there; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Closing (and eventually merging) = redirection to proper information, happy users.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's a lot of work sometimes and a pain in the butt when something goes bad, but it works and its a useful way of making users happy and information centralized on the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastActivityDate="2012-05-30T08:43:26.540" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3288" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3285" CreationDate="2012-05-30T13:14:52.063" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Closing duplicates also helps the following things:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Maintenance&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We don't abandon or &quot;archive&quot; wrong information, we strive to always have that page be the relevant awesome answer for that particular question. In October Ubuntu had to &lt;a href=&quot;https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2011-December/001528.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;change how we shipped Java&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It took us about 2 hours to update all the Java questions here, because it's centralized into a few questions instead of 15 variations of &quot;How to install Java?&quot;. We were able to remove almost all reference to the wrong information referring the partner repository nearly instantly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is way more powerful and useful to users than blogs, forums, and mailing lists. We can make wrong information just go away and not pollute the internet. Search around other places for posts recommending the (now wrong) partner archive for Java, we can minimize problems like this. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Finding stuff&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Check out this question: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/21305/desktop-forgets-theme&quot;&gt;Desktop forgets theme?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And then check out the &quot;Linked&quot; on the right side. Those are all duplicates that were linked to this question. We're nerds, so we know the problem is gnome-settings-daemon crashing. Look at all the useful user-centric terms they used to describe the problem that now are nice landing pages that redirect here. &quot;gray and boxy&quot;, &quot;sometimes ugly when I log in&quot;, &quot;looking like Windows 98&quot;. Each one of those is a sign post to this master question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One thing that is not obvious to people is when a user is asking a question the site is automagically filling out the sidebar with questions it thinks are relevant. The more links and duplicates a question has the more information is available. The more links a question has also makes it show up in the autogenerate FAQ for the tag and the site, etc. and drives traffic to the one canonical answer and question. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Consolidation&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I originally posted this on the G+ page but it's relevant here:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One of the common responses to having a question closed as a duplicate is &quot;But the original question is unanswered!&quot; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This seems callous, you're asking for help, and you see that the other person didn't get help, so we seemingly just shove you both into the same sinking boat.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's not immediately obvious, but what we're doing is consolidating people with the same problem into one place. Imagine if everyone had the same problem and posted another question, we'd have 15 unanswered questions! Now we're worse off than before, now people who might know the answer are lost in clutter. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What we do instead is rally every one around the same question. This way it's in one place, it makes it easier to share, to tweet, and more importantly, to find when people are searching.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Do you have any information you could add to the question?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Does the question itself need improvements? &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Does the question have links to logs?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there more information missing? By having everyone improving one question instead of a bunch of half finished ones, it increases your chances of getting a question answered!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Deletion&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't vote to delete it as it helps people find things unless it's a worthless bug report or something too localized that would just clutter the site. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2012-05-30T13:59:58.073" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3290" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3291" CreationDate="2012-05-31T07:00:43.153" Score="2" ViewCount="259" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't know why askubuntu doesn't have a way for users to communicate with each other like as we have in Ubuntu Forums (via private messages).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the reason is preventing malicious activities like spamming, etc., then perhaps we can make &quot;private messaging&quot; a privilege granted only upon reaching rep 1000 or 1500 or higher?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="33833" LastEditorUserId="47291" LastEditDate="2013-03-14T17:26:52.617" LastActivityDate="2013-03-14T17:26:52.617" Title="Feature request for &quot;private messages&quot; privilege for user communication" Tags="|feature-request|privileges|user-communication|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3291" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3290" CreationDate="2012-05-31T07:27:50.460" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;AskUbuntu does already facilitate direct communication between users, through chat. Users can create chat rooms to carry on one-to-one conversations. These rooms are not &lt;em&gt;private&lt;/em&gt;, but private communication can be facilitated by using the contact information in a user's profile. If a user doesn't provide contact information in their profile, they probably don't want to be contacted privately by other AskUbuntu users who don't otherwise know them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Remember, AskUbuntu is a question-and-answer site focused on creating reusable high-quality articles in question-answer form. There are many social elements of the site--after all, communication is fundamentally social. But the purpose of the site is to publish useful information for the community to use; it is not a social networking site. Private messaging between users isn't really part of what AskUbuntu is designed to do, and there are many ways users can already communicate privately if they choose.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Personally, I don't think there would be anything particularly wrong with having private messaging on AskUbuntu, so long as people can opt out of it (so they cannot be messaged), and so long as there is a prominent reminder that it is usually better for the community if people carry on conversations about matters of interest to the community in (publicly readable) chat. But I don't think there is much reason to implement this feature either, and I'd prefer that the development efforts that could go into it would instead be applied to enhancements more tangibly beneficial to our community and mission.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2012-05-31T07:27:50.460" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3292" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-05-31T17:55:03.743" Score="7" ViewCount="51" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/MTQqJ.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To replicate:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Get one or two suggested edits.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Load the suggested edits page.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Approve the edits really really quickly.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Watch. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastActivityDate="2012-05-31T17:55:03.743" Title="Suggested edits count is broken, shows -1" Tags="|bug|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ClosedDate="2012-12-02T21:51:33.673" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3293" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-06-01T07:52:01.083" Score="2" ViewCount="171" Body="&lt;p&gt;Suppose I ask a question..I know that some user might be knowing its answer..&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For eg,its a question related to a script.and i know that user xyz is good in scripts.I want him to notice my question..or rather I know he can answer..&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By existing means,i can share a link to fb,twitter,email.But there is no option to share it with an ask ubuntu user itself.I dont know his e-id,m not on fb and twitter..or he isnt.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How can i do it?As of now i just add a comment with &lt;code&gt;@username&lt;/code&gt; to let him know..any propper way to do it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="46000" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2012-06-01T21:29:30.577" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="How to address a question to a particular user?" Tags="|support|asking-questions|users|user-communication|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3294" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3293" CreationDate="2012-06-01T08:25:23.460" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would tag the user in chat with &lt;code&gt;@username&lt;/code&gt;.  Be patient - it can take a few hours if that user does not have that chatroom open.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A user is only notified when using &lt;code&gt;@username&lt;/code&gt; in a question or answer if they have already contributed to that question or answer i.e. &lt;code&gt;@fredbloggs&lt;/code&gt; will not work if fredbloggs had not previously added a comment or wasnt the original poster (OP).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/43019/how-do-comment-replies-work&quot;&gt;How do comment @replies work?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2012-06-01T09:01:40.357" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3295" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-06-02T02:56:19.927" Score="10" ViewCount="144" Body="&lt;p&gt;Whew!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Despite the tremendous amount of work we put into being prepared for 12.04 we still got wailed on in Answer Rate. While sitting pretty on almost 85% Answer Rate the release really hammered us. Despite our best efforts, we're now close to 80%. I've been waiting for a lull so we can catch up, but the site isn't spiking and dropping like it used to, we're spiking in growth and NOT dropping; which is great for growth, not so great for catching up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the old days we spiked, then took the next few months to shape the content on the site for the next release. But like all short summers, the time of being small and comfortable are over. The amount of new users and incoming questions aren't going down, so I think we'll have to learn to adjust. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unlinke last time this time we've had a bunch of new people step up to the plate and contribute. Look at &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/leagues/31/month/askubuntu&quot;&gt;the top users the past month&lt;/a&gt;. That's a bunch of new blood rocking it. I don't have science to back me up, but I feel like the incoming edit queue is overflowing way more than it used to.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, we have a bunch of new heroes, a bunch of work to do, how do we move on to shaping the ship up? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2012-06-20T15:02:19.093" Title="Post-12.04 release recovery and moving forward, winter is coming" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3296" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3295" CreationDate="2012-06-02T02:56:20.257" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Some ideas from me:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;There's a new data dump: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.clearbits.net/torrents/2017-apr-2012&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.clearbits.net/torrents/2017-apr-2012&lt;/a&gt; We should run queries on it for questions since release to find the dupes, etc.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Do a better job on making canonical questions awesome, like &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3053/what-are-common-canonical-questions-for-our-site&quot;&gt;Johan's thread&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A 12.04 specific clean up day? Talk to Oli and see if we can adapt the system to go post-12.04 so we can target that?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Do a normal clean up day?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Review of common duplicates. I know for example there's a bunch of &quot;I can't login.&quot; questions with 12.04. Those are probably either the same bug or something, we should investigate.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="25798" LastEditDate="2012-06-02T08:20:07.793" LastActivityDate="2012-06-02T08:20:07.793" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-06-02T03:20:53.937" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3297" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3280" CreationDate="2012-06-02T10:50:50.887" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;It does raise some concern for me, but I definitely don't think PPA and github should be forbidden.  There's also pastebin for source/file/document type of posts.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;is the user generally established on the site?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;does the user intentionally link several accounts together?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;does the user have a substantial amount of data on github or PPA?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/142007/cant-install-aircrack-ng/142015#142015&quot;&gt;Here's an example where I link to one of my PPAs&lt;/a&gt;.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't think there's a lot of concern on that one because I took the old package from universe and bumped the distribution to precise.  It's pretty clear from the change-log and patches.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I didn't, however, link to some compiled binary for which you couldn't get the deb-src.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/107701/how-to-disable-lenses-in-the-in-the-dash-menu/128295#128295&quot;&gt;Another example where I linked to a PPA or github&lt;/a&gt;.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I made it for an earlier question, and it's just a simple python script and some packaging.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think disallowing mediafire or rapidshare is completely a good idea.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think users should just discriminate a little about the anticipated content and how much a given user has done to try and help out before making a determination on what to install/run and what not to install/run.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After all, what's the point of PPAs if you can't share them.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2012-06-02T10:50:50.887" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3298" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3301" CreationDate="2012-06-02T17:14:12.297" Score="4" ViewCount="154" Body="&lt;p&gt;Questions in languages other than English, or which contain non-English text and translated text, have been discussed before on meta.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But what about answers that are written in other languages? How should we deal with them? If someone can translate them, can we keep them? Should we tell people not to post answers that aren't in English? If a non-English answer is translated, should the original text be retained, in case the translation is misleading or incorrect? Should users who have limited English proficiency be told not to post answers in both English and another language? (They might be doing so with the intention that someone more proficient will check their English.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This question is partly inspired by &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/25863/bruno-pereira&quot;&gt;Bruno Pereira&lt;/a&gt;'s recent edit and comment to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/145325/22949&quot;&gt;this answer&lt;/a&gt;. But it's not limited to that one highly specific scenario. I'm asking a more general question--what is (or should be) our policy, for this entire continuum of situations?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2012-06-02T17:36:26.353" Title="Is it OK to post, and how should we deal with, non-English (or partly non-English) answers intended for translation?" Tags="|discussion|support|answers|editing|flagging|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="0" ClosedDate="2014-09-24T23:56:19.337" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3299" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3300" CreationDate="2012-06-02T17:25:57.180" Score="1" ViewCount="45" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've seen a number of requests to merge two accounts, posted here on meta and actioned by moderators. But what if a user has &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/faq#reputation&quot;&gt;less than 5 reputation&lt;/a&gt;, and thus cannot post a question on meta. What is the best way for such a user to get their two separate AskUbuntu accounts merged into one?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.087" LastActivityDate="2012-06-02T17:30:10.997" Title="How can low rep users request account merges?" Tags="|support|reputation|user-accounts|duplicate-accounts|merge|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3300" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3299" CreationDate="2012-06-02T17:30:10.997" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;A user noticing an account merged is required can flag any number of the posts to bring it to moderator attention.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2012-06-02T17:30:10.997" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3301" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3298" CreationDate="2012-06-02T17:36:26.353" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've avoided trying to spec out policy for this, because in my opinion there are far bigger issues to deal with. We rarely get questions or answers in different languages, and the few times I've caught a post that needed translation, it was translated by a community member shortly afterwards. The truth is we're fortunately enough to have a large community and a very active subset of that community that's bi-lingual.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We have a general policy that questions and answers should be in &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3225/is-it-prefered-to-use-english-us-spelling-to-english-uk&quot;&gt;en_US&lt;/a&gt;. However, I like to give leeway to questions and answers in another language, some time to let them survive and hope someone in the community can translate it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.087" LastActivityDate="2012-06-02T17:36:26.353" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3302" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3303" CreationDate="2012-06-02T17:56:29.437" Score="5" ViewCount="132" Body="&lt;p&gt;Some users might want to have multiple AskUbuntu accounts. There are a number of legitimate reasons for wanting this. I won't try to list them all but here are a few:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Separate accounts for work-related and non-work-related questions/answers (to make bosses and supervisors more OK with the user spending time on AU during work, when asking work-related questions or providing assistance with work-related products).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Separate accounts because one account is effectively shared with another person.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Separate accounts because the user needs support with something that could lead to social or political/governmental backlash if some more information were revealed...and they have revealed that information with their first identity.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Separate accounts because a question (or information) provided in the first account could exacerbate IT security threats if taken together with information provided in a question asked with the second identity.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Separate accounts because the first account personally identifies the user, and the user prefers to remain anonymous on the Internet when possible.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Separate accounts to protect the identity of other people, such as relatives. In particular, if a user has an AskUbuntu account associated with other StackExchange sites, there could be information revealed on those sites which, in combination with some questions about Ubuntu, could potentially violate the privacy of other people. One possible example of this could be a parent who has revealed enough information about his/her child on Parenting.SE that the child's teachers and peers (though not the public) could identify them, then asking here on AU about a child with a certain disability using Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Do we allow this?&lt;/strong&gt; Or should multiple accounts belonging to the same user &lt;em&gt;always&lt;/em&gt; be merged, no matter what?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course there are illegitimate reasons for having multiple accounts too, like &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sockpuppet_%28Internet%29&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;sockpuppetry&lt;/a&gt; (and the related avoidance of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq#promotion&quot;&gt;disclosure of relevant commercial affiliations&lt;/a&gt;), &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spam&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;spamming&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll_%28Internet%29&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;trolling&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberbullying&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;bullying&lt;/a&gt;. I'm not suggesting we should permit using multiple accounts for those purposes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Is it allowed to have multiple AU accounts, intentionally, without having them merged?" Tags="|discussion|support|user-accounts|duplicate-accounts|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3303" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3302" CreationDate="2012-06-02T18:01:02.033" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;The only time it is &lt;strong&gt;illegitimate&lt;/strong&gt; to have multiple accounts is when spamming, trolling, sockpuppetry and bullying. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/35607/156713&quot;&gt;Related on meta.stackoverflow.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2012-06-02T18:01:02.033" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3304" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-06-02T21:31:24.557" Score="2" ViewCount="79" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is there a way to find a random question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Currently in ask Ubuntu there are 5 question category tabs/tags : newest, faq votes, active, unanswered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I found it quite useful to be a &lt;strong&gt;random&lt;/strong&gt;  category tab/tag&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Could it be a possible feature request?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit&lt;/strong&gt;: Still I haven't found a way to look at random questions!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="48864" LastEditorUserId="48864" LastEditDate="2012-06-07T09:32:51.760" LastActivityDate="2012-06-07T09:32:51.760" Title="Find a random question" Tags="|feature-request|searching|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="12" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3305" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3306" CreationDate="2012-06-03T01:12:15.623" Score="1" ViewCount="71" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sometimes a comment with lots of upvotes is still obsolete and should be removed. This is usually the case, for example, when it requests information that the OP then provides (and provides in such a way that it's clear what information is being provided). There are other situations as well where this makes sense--for example, if the information it contains is fully integrated into the answer, or when the commenter asks for it to be marked obsolete under some circumstances and then those circumstances come to pass.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, sometimes comment upvotes don't just express voters' views about how well-written or technically correct a comment is, but also express subjective agreement with a well-articulated opinion the comment expresses. Or, agreement with a course of action the comment describes. For example, in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/143578/is-seagates-new-fast-factor-boot-technology-compatible-with-ubuntu&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/63478/adempewolff&quot;&gt;adempewolff&lt;/a&gt; commented about contacting a hardware vendor to get information pertinent to the question, which itself is potentially of great interest to a large number of Ubuntu users. This course of action (which adempewolff took) is both proper and admirable, which is probably why that comment got five upvotes. Since then, the vendor replied and detailed information about their communication has been prominently added to the question. So this &lt;em&gt;comment&lt;/em&gt; is obsolete. But the upvotes express some measure of community agreement with this course of action, so arguably &lt;em&gt;the upvotes themselves are not obsolete&lt;/em&gt; and the comment should be retained.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, since comments are &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3117/should-users-be-able-to-flag-comments-as-obsolete-that-they-have-previously-upvo/3118#3118&quot;&gt;second-class citizens&lt;/a&gt;&quot;, surely their upvotes are even more peripheral to the operation of Ask Ubuntu. So arguably no comment should ever be retained on account of its upvotes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What's the best course of action here? Would it be right to flag this comment as obsolete?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please note that a &quot;no, keep the comment&quot; answer here should not commit us to keeping all comments that express good ideas, and which are upvoted by the community. For example, if a comment says to provide hardware details missing in a question about boot problems, it can probably still be removed (after the information is provided) no matter how many upvotes it gets, because experienced users of Ubuntu are already very mindful of the need to provide and request this information. On the other hand, realizing that sometimes it's important to contact a manufacturer of (existing or future) hardware to figure out if/how it will work with Ubuntu is something we're not always as mindful of. That could be taken as a reason to keep this and a minority of other comments expressing subjectively good ideas, without having to keep most such comments which turn from valuable information to clutter over time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2012-07-14T08:59:24.633" Title="Should otherwise obsolete comments sometimes be retained for the community opinion their upvotes express?" Tags="|discussion|support|comments|flagging|voting|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3306" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3305" CreationDate="2012-06-03T02:12:06.810" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;My personal policy is to remove comments if they are clogging up the comment area or distracting from the questions and answers.  For example, sometimes if there is a long back and forth--for example, suggesting debugging steps to a new user without chat privilege--after the information in the comments is integrated into an answer or a question I will delete all my comments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would agree that my comment about contacting the manufacturer is now obsolete.  But when when it was just a single line comment, in an otherwise unclogged comment area, I feel a lot less urge to delete it (although if the comment area fills up more I might still do so).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In general my take on best practices is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If the comments are taking up too much space/distracting from the important information, delete obsolete comments--even if they have upvotes.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If the comments are not taking up much space/distracting from important information, it's probably okay to leave them--if not just for historical interest.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="63478" LastActivityDate="2012-06-03T02:12:06.810" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3307" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3308" CreationDate="2012-06-03T21:58:54.303" Score="1" ViewCount="112" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/716/why-are-you-only-allowed-to-comment-with-50-rep&quot;&gt;Why are you only allowed to comment with 50 rep?&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I am in 'AskUbuntu' look an Ask I can answer but I can't comment. And I can see other people that can comment it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have 6 of reputation and 3 badges. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That is ok? Why?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="62483" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.087" LastActivityDate="2012-06-11T13:15:23.330" Title="Commenting questions" Tags="|support|comments|asking-questions|answers|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2012-09-17T00:33:54.233" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3308" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3307" CreationDate="2012-06-03T22:14:19.330" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is not a bug; this is the intended behavior of AskUbuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can always comment on your own question or answer (that way, you can always reply to comments directed at you).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;To be able to comment everywhere, you must have at least 50 reputation.&lt;/strong&gt; Which badges you've  earned, or how many, is not taken into account for the commenting privilege (nor for any other privilege).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/716/why-are-you-only-allowed-to-comment-with-50-rep&quot;&gt;This question explains the reason for this policy.&lt;/a&gt; In summary, it's because as a question-and-answer site, we want to focus on asking and answering questions. Comments are secondary. (Unfortunately, many users with over 50 reputation--myself included, sometimes--post unnecessary comments...but that's a different topic. &lt;strong&gt;;-)&lt;/strong&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2012-06-03T22:14:19.330" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3309" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3332" CreationDate="2012-06-04T04:21:52.053" Score="5" ViewCount="129" Body="&lt;p&gt;If a question describes a problem that the OP once had, but which then goes away, and the OP has no idea how and didn't do anything to precipitate a solution, should the question be closed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems to me that such question should at least be closed when there are no answers (as for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/146052/integrated-cd-dvd-drive-no-longer-working-in-12-04#comment176105_146052&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;), or no answers good enough that the OP is (or should be) willing to accept.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this kind of situation what's being referred to by the phrase &quot;a specific moment in time&quot; in the description of the &quot;too localized&quot; close reason?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;too localized&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This question is unlikely to help any future visitors; it is only&#xA;  relevant to a small geographic area, &lt;em&gt;a specific moment in time&lt;/em&gt;, or&#xA;  an extraordinarily narrow situation that is not generally applicable&#xA;  to the worldwide audience of the internet. For help making this&#xA;  question more broadly applicable, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq#close&quot;&gt;see the&#xA;  FAQ&lt;/a&gt;.&#xA;  &lt;sub&gt;[italics mine]&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2012-06-05T19:51:52.947" Title="Should questions describing problems that mysteriously went away be closed?" Tags="|discussion|support|close-reasons|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3310" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3309" CreationDate="2012-06-04T07:41:22.180" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes. If a question is not ever going to be useful to anyone else, there's no point it continuing to exist.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="866" LastActivityDate="2012-06-04T07:41:22.180" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3311" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3307" CreationDate="2012-06-04T10:20:26.137" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is normal that a user with less than 50 reputation cannot comment on any post, there is a reason for that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Answers / questions created by new users will show up in tools available to higher reputation users and to moderators, makes it easy to review them and catch spammers, edit the posts to help out the user and review those posts for faults.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Comments show no where in those tools so they are not reviewed / moderated.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This means that in no time we would have the site filled with comments advertizing from Rolex watches to sexual enhancement pills... You get the idea.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;It is very hard to moderate and catch all nasty comments.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The site is built so that if you are a new user you should gain some reputation by making and answering questions and once you have gotten some ground (50 reputation is nothing) you will gain the privilege of commenting. Its just a (fair imo) safe guard to spam and nasty comments that could be created by someone with no reputation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-06-04T10:20:26.137" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3313" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3314" CreationDate="2012-06-04T23:46:07.410" Score="3" ViewCount="120" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sometimes users make the best answer on the comments, what should I do to make them best answer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="64720" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2012-06-05T01:35:03.380" LastActivityDate="2012-06-05T01:35:03.380" Title="How do I choose comments to be the best answer?" Tags="|discussion|comments|best-practice|accepted-answer|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3314" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3313" CreationDate="2012-06-05T00:03:07.497" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;If they don't bother to post it as an answer I usually put it as an answer, give them credit, and then mark it Community Wiki.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can then flag the comment as &quot;obsolete&quot; so it can be removed and not be redundant.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2012-06-05T00:03:07.497" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3315" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3316" CreationDate="2012-06-05T01:16:31.670" Score="6" ViewCount="195" Body="&lt;p&gt;My understanding is that we consider questions about running Ubuntu One in Windows to be &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/4833630#4833630&quot;&gt;on-topic for this site&lt;/a&gt; (thanks to Jorge Castro for clarifying this in chat).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But we close at least some questions about running official Ubuntu software (by which I mean, software developed by Canonical and part of the overall Ubuntu project) on non-Ubuntu systems as off-topic, like this question about &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/71345/have-any-other-distributions-packaged-unity&quot;&gt;Unity on distros other than Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is the distinction just that Ubuntu One is officially supported on Windows, but Unity is not officially supported on any OS but Ubuntu? Or is there a more textured/complex approach that we take, in deciding whether or not a question about running Ubuntu (or Ubuntu-related) software on another OS is on-topic?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My motivation for posting this is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/146551/no-purchases-in-ubuntu-software-center-in-mint-13&quot;&gt;this question about running Ubuntu Software Center in Linux Mint&lt;/a&gt;. This seems to me to be more similar to a question about running U1 on Windows than a question about Unity on other platforms, since like a Windows user running U1, a Linux Mint user may need to run the Software Center to access content through a service provided by Canonical. (The question is specifically about accessing proprietary payware in the Software Center, in Linux Mint 13.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Actually, I think that question &lt;em&gt;should&lt;/em&gt; be considered off-topic and closed, as the alternative seems to be for us to give preference to questions about obtaining and running proprietary software over questions about FOSS (even if that's not the effect we intend).&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt; I don't want to stand in the way of people using proprietary software, but I think free open source software should receive at least the level of &lt;em&gt;community support&lt;/em&gt; that proprietary software receives. Furthermore, there are a number of similarities between Ubuntu and some of its unofficial derivatives like Mint, which might tempt us to consider some Mint questions on-topic...but we don't, and I don't see why we should start now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With that said, I'd like to gather some feedback before voting to close that question (and others like it that might come around in the future).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;1. To clarify, I am &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; saying the Ubuntu One client is proprietary software (it's not, it's FOSS), but rather than if AU allows questions about USC on non-Ubuntu distros because you need USC to buy proprietary software, but doesn't allow other similar questions about accessing other functionality, then we're giving preference to questions about proprietary software.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2012-06-05T05:35:23.823" Title="Are questions about official Ubuntu software in other OSes generally on-topic?" Tags="|discussion|close-reasons|scope|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3316" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3315" CreationDate="2012-06-05T01:42:21.077" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;The answer is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;No.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other than the Windows Ubuntu One situation, &lt;em&gt;as of right now&lt;/em&gt; there is no reason any questions about say, Unity on Arch would be on-topic, or Ubuntu Software Center on Solaris (How they got that working is beyond me!) or Mint, or straight Debian, or some other Linux distro. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Related: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/684/linux-mint-and-other-unofficial-derivatives-on-topic&quot;&gt;Are Linux Mint (and other unofficial derivatives of Ubuntu) questions on topic?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.150" LastActivityDate="2012-06-05T01:42:21.077" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3317" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3370" CreationDate="2012-06-05T09:42:34.617" Score="8" ViewCount="267" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is there a way to find questions with a high closed as dupe points here count?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If there were, I think it would be a great way to get a list of questions for people with close-votes without as much digging.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It would also allow easier canonical question/answer transitions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2012-06-10T06:43:22.627" LastActivityDate="2012-06-10T12:33:28.870" Title="Finding questions that other questions have been closed as a dupe of" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|duplicates|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3318" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3384" CreationDate="2012-05-30T22:02:30.290" Score="1" ViewCount="96" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is there any official or recommended Android application for Ask Ubuntu or Stack Overflow?&#xA;Features wanted:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;ask/answer/comment questions&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;view user profile&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;notification about reputation changes&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2949" OwnerDisplayName="Sergey" LastActivityDate="2012-06-13T07:06:33.070" Title="Android application for Ask Ubuntu or Stack Overflow" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3319" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3318" CreationDate="2012-05-30T22:32:24.947" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Have you checked &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackmobile.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;stackmobile.com&lt;/a&gt; ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More info &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackapps.com/questions/36/stack-mobile-view-stack-exchange-sites-on-your-smart-phone-or-tablet&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="48864" OwnerDisplayName="pl1nk" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:46.307" LastActivityDate="2012-06-01T23:25:16.940" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3320" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-06-05T12:50:28.590" Score="-8" ViewCount="98" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think, if AskUbuntu born to help all users, and I agree we can vote down to an answer, but, at least, the user that downgrade the answer, have to answer the question correctly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="63731" LastEditorUserId="63731" LastEditDate="2012-06-06T05:26:00.567" LastActivityDate="2012-06-06T05:26:00.567" Title="Some users downgrade votes and not give an answer" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3321" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3320" CreationDate="2012-06-05T12:56:57.507" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's their choice. They can be encouraged to do that, but nobody can force them to do that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's what &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/search?q=conscience&amp;amp;user=6738&amp;amp;room=201&quot;&gt;I've said before&lt;/a&gt;, and I'll say it again:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;People vote their conscience, nothing more.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this instance, the following was wrong (from my point of view) with this answer:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;It was copy and paste from somewhere else.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;It was unverified.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;It appears that it was copyrighted material. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;I am not a lawyer, so this is opinion, not legal advice/judgement.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastEditorUserId="6005" LastEditDate="2012-06-05T13:12:54.070" LastActivityDate="2012-06-05T13:12:54.070" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3322" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3320" CreationDate="2012-06-05T12:59:19.607" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;I agree absolutely that Ask Ubuntu is about helping users.  However helping users requires a level of quality control.  If the user had tried following your answer, it &lt;strong&gt;would not have worked&lt;/strong&gt;. Downvoting is about quality control.  Poorly researched answers that do not work are the definition of those that should be downvoted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In addition to this, you blatantly copied a solution from another site and neither cited it, tested it, nor understood what it was doing well enough to know that you needed to explain GRUB2's syntax for hard drives and partitions--which is different from the syntax the kernel uses.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I did not post an answer (yet), because I have a policy of not posting answers unless I can do a better job of answering the question than existing documentation.  For this particular question I decided that an existing &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/88432/63478&quot;&gt;answer&lt;/a&gt; for another question would be the best solution for the user so I posted a link to it as a comment.  If that doesn't work I will go back and write an answer on how to boot from the &lt;code&gt;grub&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; prompt.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;edit in response to request for clarification on why answer was wrong:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is the solution you copied from Aaron Kelley's copyrighted blog.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;At the grub prompt, issue these commands:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;set root=(hdX,Y)&#xA;linux /vmlinuz root=/dev/sdZ ro&#xA;initrd /initrd.img&#xA;boot&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Your machine should boot up.  Start a terminal and issue these&#xA;  commands:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;sudo grub-install /dev/sdZ&#xA;sudo update-grub&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(&lt;a href=&quot;http://aaron-kelley.net/blog/2011/04/grub-prompt-after-upgrade-to-ubuntu-11-04/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;source&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However you forgot to copy or paraphrase a very important sentence before the copied portion (you did mention that they should replace Z, but without replacing X and Y the user wouldn't even get to that step).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Note that in the commands that follow, “X”, “Y”, and “Z” should be&#xA;  replaced with numbers/letters that represent your boot disk.&#xA;  (&lt;a href=&quot;http://aaron-kelley.net/blog/2011/04/grub-prompt-after-upgrade-to-ubuntu-11-04/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;source&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the user had tried your solution they would have gotten an &lt;code&gt;error: no such disk&lt;/code&gt; as soon as they tried accessing root, which had been set as &lt;code&gt;(hdX,Y)&lt;/code&gt; as shown in the following screenshot:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/121FU.png&quot; alt=&quot;grub&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Notice the difference between the first time when I use your posted method and try &lt;code&gt;ls /&lt;/code&gt; and when I do it the correct way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Furthermore&lt;/strong&gt;, the source material you copied from probably wouldn't have helped the user even if you had included the extra sentence about changing the variables.  This is because GRUB uses a different naming convention for drives and partitions than the Linux kernel does (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/html_node/Naming-convention.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;source&lt;/a&gt;).  GRUB starts drive numbering from &lt;code&gt;0&lt;/code&gt; while the kernel starts from &lt;code&gt;a&lt;/code&gt;; GRUB starts partition numbering from &lt;code&gt;0&lt;/code&gt; whereas the kernel starts from &lt;code&gt;1&lt;/code&gt;.  So even if the user knew that their linux root partition was on &lt;code&gt;sda5&lt;/code&gt;, trying &lt;code&gt;(hda,5)&lt;/code&gt; wouldn't work, neither would &lt;code&gt;(hd1,5)&lt;/code&gt;.  They would need to enter &lt;code&gt;(hd0,4)&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All of this said.  If you had simply asked for clarification on these matters had you not understood them, you could have edited your answer and I would have removed the downvote and Ask Ubuntu would have had a usable answer.  That's what Ask Ubuntu is about, &lt;em&gt;usable answers&lt;/em&gt;--not cobbling together answers from googled sources that you don't understand.  In alot of cases posting a cobbled together answer could cause the user to damage their system or lose data.  This is why we downvote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="63478" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2012-06-05T14:34:15.993" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3324" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3320" CreationDate="2012-06-05T13:29:52.253" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have thoughts on this part, and then I shall be done:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I think, if AskUbuntu born to help all users, and I agree we can vote down to an answer, but, at least, the user that downgrade the answer must give the correct answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(1) The user that downgrades the answer may downgrade on any criterion, including but not limited to the level of technical skill necessary to fix the problem, not enough details on the answer as to why certain steps were done in the order they're being done.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;(2) While the user that downgrades your answer may agree your answer is correct, and therefore vote on quality control, that same user may not have the required information to explain it in greater detail to warrant an answer being posted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All other statements made by other users to this meta question are also valid.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2012-06-05T13:29:52.253" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3325" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3327" CreationDate="2012-06-05T13:37:34.957" Score="7" ViewCount="143" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am thinking we should have a community blog for Ask Ubuntu. Yes, I know I am poking the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1135/can-we-have-a-community-blog&quot;&gt;older discussion&lt;/a&gt; of the same topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The reason why I am bringing this about is because, recently I took up the task of blogging monthly updates of Ask Ubuntu on the Ubuntu planet. As I just started writing the next post, I started wondering why I am doing this updates on my blog instead of doing it on a standalone blog for Ask Ubuntu. Surely, that is the best way to go about?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Having a separate blog for Ask Ubuntu makes the monthly updates more meaningful. It is much better to be on a &amp;quot;official&amp;quot; blog than on some random guy's personal blog. The blog could also be used for other purposes like highlighting awesome users through interviews and awesome question, amongst others.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I wouldn't want to consider our blog competing against other well established blogs like OMG!Ubuntu! and Webupd8 because our scope is much different than theirs. Ours is about Ask Ubuntu and its community and not the entire Ubuntu universe itself. It makes having a separate blog all the more necessary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some of the issues that comes to my mind at the moment:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Potential problems&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Blog might not be updated regularly because&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Not enough contributors&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The contributors' interest and motivation level might drop off over time&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Potential benefits&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The blog can be a perfect way to showcase our community&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We can use it highlight great content produced in the site&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We can also use it to highlight and propagate our community decisions over a wider audience.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, given the above situation, would you think it is ideal for us to have a community blog?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-06-05T14:40:14.603" Title="Could we have an Ask Ubuntu blog?" Tags="|discussion|community|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3326" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3325" CreationDate="2012-06-05T13:43:51.300" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think a tumblr snap-in to post link contents in pinned posts might be useful.  This way AU could endorse a particular statement.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This way you could have a blog with only contents that were mod-starred.  I can think of only about 5 users that have had pinned statements in recent history.  It would allow a way to grab pinned data very quickly or subscribe to an RSS feed of pinned posts for exceedingly important data.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2012-06-05T13:43:51.300" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3327" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3325" CreationDate="2012-06-05T14:40:14.603" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;First of all, thank you for helping to promote Ask Ubuntu on the planet and the community at large. Your efforts are much appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I still wrestle with this idea, I'm always one for jumping in feet first and giving things a try. However, as I mentioned in the previous post the majority of &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/blogs&quot;&gt;other blogs on the network&lt;/a&gt; cover far more than the happenings on their respective sites, and if we were to pursue a blog it would need to be more than just Ask Ubuntu. They help fill a void by becoming an authoritative source for blog posts on their subject matter. We have some great sources of subject matter reporting already in the Ubuntu eco-system. If we're to go through with this, we need to figure out how we'll fit in and bring unique and compelling stories at a relatively regular rate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another argument against this is the &lt;a href=&quot;https://plus.google.com/107921963368679288414/posts&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Ask Ubuntu Google+ Fan Page&lt;/a&gt;. Currently eight people have access to this page and it's hardly updated. I'd much rather the idea of a blog arise as a need and not a probative measure. For me to say &quot;we need a blog&quot; I'd want to first see engagement in things like the Google+ page and other already established areas of outer-community outlets.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One solution to this would be to allow more trusted community members to post on the Google+ page as a trial run for if we could use a blog. I'm much more interested in that idea than say just trying &lt;em&gt;another thing&lt;/em&gt; (this blog).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2012-06-05T14:40:14.603" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3328" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3329" CreationDate="2012-06-05T14:54:18.607" Score="3" ViewCount="163" Body="&lt;p&gt;We use the dollar sign link for code and the &lt;strong&gt;&quot;&lt;/strong&gt; for quotes right, Why am I seeing code formated as quotes? One example is this answer &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/146792/revisions&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/posts/146792/revisions&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have heard that some don't like how it looks, But it looks that way on purpose, It's mono-space so we can tell where the spaces are, and the font so we can tell the difference between certain letters and numbers&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Examples:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Code/Formated/as/quote oO0 1 IL il /\| some example of characters with code formated /sda/bin/abcde/bcda/bin.bin quote and it wraps around even when you don't have a break in text makes it confusing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Code/Formated/as/code oO0 1 IL il /\| some example of characters with code formated as code and scrolls&#xA;And maintains the lines and you can see spaces clearly.&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the proper way to format code? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2012-06-05T16:01:24.950" Title="Why are people using Quotes instead of Code?" Tags="|discussion|formatting|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3329" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3328" CreationDate="2012-06-05T15:39:09.067" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's incorrect. Fix it when you see it. Also new users tend to put a dollar sign too&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;$ do this command&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;but our style here is no $, so usually I do them both at once.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2012-06-05T15:39:09.067" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3330" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3320" CreationDate="2012-06-05T17:05:47.070" Score="3" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I think, if AskUbuntu born to help all users, and I agree we can vote&#xA;  down to an answer, but, at least, the user that downgrade the answer,&#xA;  must give the correct answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is the famous notion that &quot;you shouldn't complain if you can't do it yourself.&quot; Please consider the following examples:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Your municipal sewage system stops working because of some mistake made in the Department of Public Works (or similar). Your toilets are backing up, raw sewage is seeping out onto the streets, and your kids can't safely play outside. A small cholera epidemic is starting in your community. You call your elected officials, and they tell you that you have no right to complain, unless you know how to properly administer or repair municipal sewage systems yourself.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You bring home a new laptop and plug it in. A few hours later, your power adapter bursts into flames. You call tech support, and they tell you that you have no right to complain, unless you know how to design a power adapter that doesn't burst into flames.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You ask your doctor if the bone is broken. Your doctor says &quot;no.&quot; Then you are injured far worse, because actually it was broken. You complain, and your doctor tells you that if you can't read x-rays, you have no right to insist that he can, just because he presented himself as knowing how when he gave you the answer.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You might not think people have treated you justly in these hypothetical scenarios. You might think that you can often &lt;strong&gt;know something is wrong or bad&lt;/strong&gt; even if you cannot &lt;strong&gt;do that thing right yourself&lt;/strong&gt;. You would be right about that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A related objection that is sometimes raised, is to say that users who downvote should always leave comments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's often helpful for users to give comments when downvoting, but this is not required. One reason it's not required is so that downvoting can be anonymous, like upvoting. Occasional extremely judgmental responses on the part of users whose posts have been downvoted constitute proof that downvoting must be able to remain anonymous. Being required to answer the question when downvoting would eliminate that anonymity just as much as being required to post a comment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another reason why it may make sense to dowvote without leaving a comment is if what's wrong with the post would be obvious to anyone who has read &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq&quot;&gt;the FAQ&lt;/a&gt;. Usually, in these situations, someone can know what's wrong with the post without being able to answer the question themselves.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, in case there is any confusion, please note that &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/faq#vote-differences&quot;&gt;voting here on meta doesn't mean the same thing it does on the main site&lt;/a&gt;. This meta question's downvotes indicate that people disagree with you, &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; that they think your meta question is bad or that you shouldn't have posted it. So the downvotes your meta question got don't mean the same thing as the downvotes your answer on main got.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2012-06-05T19:55:18.340" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3331" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3337" CreationDate="2012-06-05T19:40:25.083" Score="-2" ViewCount="81" Body="&lt;p&gt;Are long comment threads on &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/&quot;&gt;meta&lt;/a&gt; questions discussing issues directly pertinent to the question considered bad, even if they do not become repetitive? I know this is considered bad on main...but meta is different (for example, comments are hardly ever deleted by moderators on meta).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3280/use-of-mediafire-or-anonymous-hosting-links-in-answers&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;, the original poster (&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/users/10616/lord-of-time&quot;&gt;Lord of Time&lt;/a&gt;) seems to have expressed the wish that &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/users/47291/mateo-salta&quot;&gt;mateo_salta&lt;/a&gt; and I stop our back-and-forth argument. The OP has also claimed, strangely, that &quot;argument is counter-intuitive here&quot; (even though it's meta and the question is tagged &lt;code&gt;discussion&lt;/code&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the right thing to do here?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;In this situation, it seems wrong to continue the argument (in that place), given the OP's expressed desire not to do so.&lt;/strong&gt; The OP gets a notification for every comment, which is one of the OP's expressed reasons for not wanting to do this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Still, what options are available for discussing a complex site-related issue that is relevant to a large number of people? &lt;strong&gt;Should we move this to chat?&lt;/strong&gt; I would be quite happy to do this, but I feel it might not be the best option because we have both made important points which deserve to retain visibility to anyone visiting the meta question. &lt;strong&gt;I don't want to move this to chat if that's not the right thing to do in this situation.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Please note that I do not have a bone to pick with Lord of Time (or anyone else), and I do not want to disrespect Lord of Time or any other participant in that discussion. I am posting about this here because I feel that it would expressly violate Lord of Time's wishes (and appear argumentative, or even combative) for me to ask about it there; because it's a site-related support question so it deserves its own meta question; and because &lt;strong&gt;I am unsure what to do, so I am consulting others.&lt;/strong&gt; Lord of Time should feel welcome to post an answer to this question (or not).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I assume there is some &quot;right&quot; answer for what I should do here, which more experienced users and moderators know. So I am not tagging this &lt;code&gt;discussion&lt;/code&gt;. Anyone who feels they &lt;em&gt;know the answer&lt;/em&gt; should feel free to post it, but I don't want to turn this into an extended &quot;meta meta discussion&quot; of &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3280/use-of-mediafire-or-anonymous-hosting-links-in-answers&quot;&gt;this meta question&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2012-06-05T21:14:49.650" Title="How to continue discussions important to a meta question?" Tags="|support|comments|best-practice|meta|notifications|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3332" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3309" CreationDate="2012-06-05T19:51:52.947" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;As &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/users/866/fluteflute&quot;&gt;fluteflute&lt;/a&gt; has &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/3310/22949&quot;&gt;said&lt;/a&gt;, it seems to me that questions about problems that mysteriously appear and then disappear and don't come back should be &lt;em&gt;closed&lt;/em&gt;. These questions &lt;em&gt;cannot be answered&lt;/em&gt;, and even if someone else had the problem, they would typically not know it was the same problem (and should post a separate question anyway).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I do not think these questions should be deleted (not unless there is some &lt;em&gt;other&lt;/em&gt; reason to delete them, anyway). Problems that mysteriously happen and then stop are very useful to have documented publicly, as this can help the process of reporting and fixing bugs enormously, if someone has a similar situation or notices a pattern.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If a user asks a question about something that appears to be a bug &lt;em&gt;when the question is asked&lt;/em&gt;, we tell them to &lt;a href=&quot;https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;file a bug report&lt;/a&gt;. But a problem that mysteriously appears and then goes away for good is not always due to a bug, so there's often no bug report. Furthermore, even if the OP did report the bug, the bug report would likely be closed if neither they nor anybody else can reproduce the bug or provide any detailed technical information about it. Later on, the problem might occur for many more users, or become more prominent and reproducible for some. At that point, having the closed question still present on AskUbuntu would provide an important resource to those people, and to the bug reporting process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not saying that sufficiently mysterious or difficult-to-reproduce bugs should ever be posted about on AskUbuntu instead of filed as bug reports. Anything someone thinks is a bug &lt;em&gt;when they experience it&lt;/em&gt; should be filed as a bug report, and not posted here as a question (though questions about whether or not something is a bug, or how to report something as a bug, are on-topic for AskUbuntu).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;This answer is adapted from a &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/3310/22949&quot;&gt;discussion in comments&lt;/a&gt;. Thanks to &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/users/10616/lord-of-time&quot;&gt;Lord of Time&lt;/a&gt; for pointing out that I should post my thoughts on this matter as a separate answer.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2012-06-05T19:51:52.947" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3333" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3334" CreationDate="2012-06-05T20:10:42.747" Score="0" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;I asked a question &lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/146950/export-everything-from-iphone-3g-to-samsung-galaxy-s2&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/146950/export-everything-from-iphone-3g-to-samsung-galaxy-s2&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;br&gt;&#xA;And it almost got closed/deleted/moved. Cause i didn't put in the question that i was using ubuntu&lt;br&gt;&#xA;should an OPTION to add a system-info like link. like the commands in this &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/146633/36315&quot;&gt;question&lt;/a&gt; be available in a system-info tab. Like &lt;a href=&quot;https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/1006330&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;launchpad&lt;/a&gt; is using for reporting bugs!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="36315" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2012-06-05T20:27:34.573" Title="Add systeminfo option to question" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3334" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3333" CreationDate="2012-06-05T20:27:34.573" Score="3" Body="&lt;h2&gt;What Went Wrong Here&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think the problem here was not that you didn't explicitly state you were running Ubuntu, but that &lt;em&gt;people assumed you weren't running Ubuntu&lt;/em&gt;. That was an unreasonable assumption for them to have made. They should have &lt;em&gt;asked&lt;/em&gt; if you were using Ubuntu instead of &lt;em&gt;asserting&lt;/em&gt; that you weren't.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This was an especially unreasonable assumption considering that your question (even before you edited it) contained the text &lt;code&gt;My preferred music player is rhythmbox.&lt;/code&gt; Rhythmbox is a very popular (and the default) music player on Ubuntu, but it hardly ever used (and is hard enough to set up that it's widely considered even not to be available) for Windows or Mac OS X.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Everybody makes mistakes, and I'm not trying to attack those who made this one. Rather, I want to express that I think this is just an unfortunate error on the part of a few people who saw your question. I don't think this is a systematic flaw in AskUbuntu that would require a technical solution to correct.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, if it turns out that this is happening all the time (and I just haven't noticed), then I would be mistaken about that, and then we should start investigating ways to mitigate it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;General Thoughts About Automatically Gathering System Info&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With that said, for separate reasons, it would be convenient for AskUbuntu to automatically suggest information for someone to add to a question. For example, when asking a question about video drivers, AskUbuntu could automatically recommend that you include the output of &lt;code&gt;sudo lshw -C video&lt;/code&gt;. I know this isn't quite what you have in mind, plus this might be quite nontrivial to implement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for automatically including information, some very basic information about your system can usually be gleaned by a web site through the facilities provided by your browser. But people often post questions about different systems from the one they're using to post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is different from reporting bugs in Ubuntu. When a program crashes, if Apport crash reporting is enabled, Apport (which runs on your computer and is separate from your web browser) will gather information and send it to Launchpad. Then Apport will open a web browser window/tab and bring you to Launchpad, where you wait for the information to be processed and then fill out the bug report. Launchpad is not itself able to gather this information about your computer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It might be difficult to write good client-side active content that works in multiple browsers and automatically adds information to AskUbuntu questions. It would have to have a level of access to your computer that could raise security concerns. However, browser extensions/plugins for this functionality probably could be written and made available.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-06-05T20:27:34.573" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3335" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3351" CreationDate="2012-06-05T20:41:26.260" Score="6" ViewCount="174" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is there a possibility of creating a mentor program where an experienced user helps one or two specific users to get used to the site and its operations? When I had signed up, the complex reputation system and tight quality control(Read:Quick, brutal downvotes) (Edit: of any SE site) were quite daunting, so I'd like to see new users being helped until they are used to the operation of Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54298" LastEditorUserId="54298" LastEditDate="2012-06-15T12:02:27.287" LastActivityDate="2012-06-15T12:02:27.287" Title="Mentor program for Ask Ubuntu(Read: StackExchange)" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|new-users|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3336" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3331" CreationDate="2012-06-05T21:14:42.067" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Perhaps we should start another meta question for the security concerns about PPA's or launchpad accounts. There were some good points made, and would make good individual meta posts. I think the overly broad discussion we were having may not have been best for the original topic of the post. And I myself may have taken parts of the discussion a step too far. I believe that LordofTime's orginal gesture to take the discussion into chat was the point where we should have stoped or considered if our discusion would fit better as another meta question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastActivityDate="2012-06-05T21:14:42.067" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3337" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3331" CreationDate="2012-06-05T21:14:49.650" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are 41 comments on that entire page. People are obviously talking past each other.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We have 9,786 unanswered questions. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm having a hard time understand how continuing that discussion is useful for anybody outside the few people having it when we clearly have more important issues to deal with.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Use the chat perhaps?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2012-06-05T21:14:49.650" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3338" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3339" CreationDate="2012-06-05T22:41:23.177" Score="3" ViewCount="47" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've asked a question and after a couple of days thinking on it (and seeing low viewing) I suspect I might get better/faster results by moving it to Unix SE.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So how do I do this or request this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2313" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-06-06T07:28:25.463" LastActivityDate="2012-06-06T07:28:25.463" Title="How do i move my question to a different SE?" Tags="|support|migration|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3339" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3338" CreationDate="2012-06-06T00:34:09.710" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;First, I'm not encouraging moving a question to another stack site.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So if you want it moved and you don't have any answers yet you can just delete it.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have answers, you can flag it so the mods see it.  Use the custom flag and say why you think it would receive a better response on UL.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2012-06-06T00:34:09.710" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3340" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3174" CreationDate="2012-06-06T06:44:32.603" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's your choice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Everybody is free to upvote for any reason they like.  It is your own personal choice.  Since upvotes are free, there is no penalty for upvoting anything and there really isn't all that much harm, either (see below for exceptions).  You may upvote if you think something is well-written, it's a good question, or you just find the topic interesting or think it should have more attention.  You can use whichever reason you think is appropriate.  You can give it as much or as little thought as you like, though of course we might &lt;em&gt;suggest&lt;/em&gt; that you don't do it indiscriminately, or using a random number generator, or anything like that, and it might be a &lt;em&gt;good idea&lt;/em&gt; to have some sort of beneficial, sensible reasons for how you upvote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;I&lt;/em&gt; upvote things when I think they are important - that they are good examples of questions or answers and they are what future visitors would benefit most from seeing.  But that is my choice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only exception to the &quot;however you like, it's your choice&quot; rule is that you may not upvote in order to &lt;em&gt;game or spam the system&lt;/em&gt;.  That is, you cannot have multiple accounts and use them to upvote each other, or upvote everything your friend does simply because they are your friend.  While this sort of gaming the system can be difficult to detect, this site uses various methods to detect what it calls &quot;serial voting&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54256" LastActivityDate="2012-06-06T06:44:32.603" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3341" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3354" CreationDate="2012-06-06T09:08:32.633" Score="6" ViewCount="63" Body="&lt;p&gt;If I try to access &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com&lt;/a&gt;, the certificate is signed for *.stackexchange.com instead of askubuntu.com.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can this be fixed for a better HTTPS access?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="56451" LastEditorUserId="237" LastEditDate="2012-06-11T12:28:04.827" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="HTTPS: Certificate is not signed for askubuntu.com" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3342" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3335" CreationDate="2012-06-06T12:36:02.780" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;We've had a few IRC tutorial sessions. Maybe we could run some intro classes in chat?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Either way, I recommend hanging out in the chat room if you can, there's plenty of people always hanging out and doling out advice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2012-06-06T12:36:02.780" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3343" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-06-06T20:00:12.590" Score="35" ViewCount="752" Body="&lt;p&gt;Basically, what I'd like to do is get community 'permission' to do the following over the next few weeks (for whats left of June, and then thereafter whenever I have time):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Completely destroy and utterly eradicate the following tags:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/error&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;error&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;error&lt;/a&gt; &lt;strong&gt;DONE.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/freeze&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;freeze&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;freeze&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/crash&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;crash&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;crash&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/bug&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;bug&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;bug&lt;/a&gt; &lt;strong&gt;DONE.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/slow&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;slow&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;slow&lt;/a&gt; &lt;strong&gt;DONE.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Try and clean up our duplicates, primarily:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;all those &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=can%27t%20login&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;I can't login&amp;quot; questions&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=%5Bunity%5D%20broken&amp;amp;submit=search&quot;&gt;The 'unity is broken' ones&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Clean up &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=+low+graphics+mode&amp;amp;submit=search&quot;&gt;the low graphics mode ones&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Any others the community thinks there might be a fair amount of.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Hack my way through the latest data dump and close all those dupes that slipped through the cracks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why am I writing this? I mean, I'm a moderator, it's my &lt;em&gt;job&lt;/em&gt; to intervene in situations like this, right?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I'm proposing a massive undertaking. If I'm going to undertake something &lt;em&gt;this big&lt;/em&gt; in a period of weeks (not months), I should have a stamp of community approval.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Not only the above, but a little help now and then would be appreciated. ;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Lastly, while I &lt;em&gt;think&lt;/em&gt; I'll have my plate full, I think having the community give me possible 'targets' for cleaning would be artificial.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why am I doing this &lt;em&gt;now&lt;/em&gt;, instead of earlier? I mean, this would have been nice &lt;em&gt;during&lt;/em&gt; the 12.04 release week!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Well, this summer I have a part time job, and no school. As such, I have 2-3 days a week to devote (as in, a 9-5 job) to doing stuff like this, so I'd like to get stuff done while I can (Making hay while the sun shines type thing).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the community has any comments, please make them - I'm planning on going full speed ahead on June 11th (roughly).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd like to note &lt;strong&gt;one more thing&lt;/strong&gt;: As I'm going through the three tags listed above, I &lt;strong&gt;will&lt;/strong&gt; be closing them as bugs (so off-topic). I will leave comments. If people have a problem with that, lets talk about how I can make that &amp;quot;not a problem&amp;quot;, either through peer review, a weekly list of all the ones I've taken action on, etc. However, since I've been accused of a 'shoot-first-ask-questions-later' mentality, I want to make this clear.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2015-03-16T02:33:19.113" Title="Summer cleanup, feedback wanted, etc" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="18" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3344" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2012-06-06T20:15:51.713" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;A bug report is considered bydesign if, after review of the detailed erroneous behavior, it is determined that the behavior is desirable to keep in place rather than fix. This is independent of whether or not the behavior was formerly known to the site developers prior to the time of the report - the important thing is that the behavior will not be altered because its current behavior is preferred.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This tag should only be used on questions reporting what is purported as erroneous behavior and suggests them being fixed / reversed. For when a question that is requesting a new feature that addresses a behavior that the asker believes to be erroneous, &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/status-declined&quot; class=&quot;post-tag moderator-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;status-declined&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;status-declined&lt;/a&gt; should be used.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Status tags can only be applied by moderators and site developers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;Copied from: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/tags/status-bydesign/info&quot;&gt;https://meta.stackexchange.com/tags/status-bydesign/info&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="12845" LastEditDate="2018-06-13T21:03:40.733" LastActivityDate="2018-06-13T21:03:40.733" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="3345" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2012-06-06T20:15:51.713" Score="0" Body="Indicates that the reported behavior is intentional and not subject to change" OwnerUserId="54298" LastEditorUserId="12845" LastEditDate="2018-06-13T21:03:40.733" LastActivityDate="2018-06-13T21:03:40.733" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="3346" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-06-06T21:24:53.617" Score="1" ViewCount="19" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/game&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;game&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;game&lt;/a&gt; needs to be merged into &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/games&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;games&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;games&lt;/a&gt;. I've taken care of merging in ubuntu-games already.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="6005" LastEditDate="2012-06-06T21:27:52.387" LastActivityDate="2012-06-06T21:27:52.387" Title="game tag needs to be cleaned up" Tags="|discussion|status-completed|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3347" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3346" CreationDate="2012-06-06T21:27:44.587" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Done. Thank your for your attention to detail!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastActivityDate="2012-06-06T21:27:44.587" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3348" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3352" CreationDate="2012-06-06T22:06:05.833" Score="3" ViewCount="147" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been seeing new users who copy/paste code or information into posts not add extra newlines(or even type without extra newlines) and make posts hard to read, wasting the time of a moderator or editor. Can this behavior be changed to make single linebreaks act as lienbreaks? Or is by design?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54298" LastActivityDate="2012-06-07T07:18:42.980" Title="Line breaks in markdown" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|design|editing|markdown|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3349" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3350" CreationDate="2012-06-06T22:44:44.250" Score="4" ViewCount="83" Body="&lt;p&gt;On some new users do I often see a grey text next to their name &lt;strong&gt;&lt;code&gt;Unregistered&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. What does this mean? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does it mean that the user has removed his/her account? Because I've seen people log-in after that they've been marked &lt;strong&gt;&lt;code&gt;Unregistered&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Really what's the deal with this mark? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10698" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-06-07T06:08:13.680" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="What does the term Unregistered mean on the user page?" Tags="|support|profile-page|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3350" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3349" CreationDate="2012-06-06T22:54:07.303" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;They didn't add an openID. They can only log in by using the same browser. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/68524/unregistered-user&quot;&gt;Source: Meta Stackoverflow&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2012-06-06T22:58:07.387" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3351" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3335" CreationDate="2012-06-06T22:55:25.163" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have seen just this week on other SE sites: someone with reputation of 1 ( therefore taking their first steps into a new community ) asking their first question and getting hit with three down votes in quick succession with no comments or answers. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe that this happens less often on AskUbuntu and, as many other do, comment when people on low rep get down votes to explain why. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is a core strength of Ubuntu that the community help each other. For some newcomers it can be difficult finding out how to use the site and how to ask the right questions and how to sort of fit in to how things work here. &#xA;I don't think it can be assumed that using Ubuntu implies a knowledge of IRC.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am not sure how a mentoring system might be implemented but I agree with ObsessiveFOSS that it is a good idea to have a way to support people who need it whilst they learn the ropes. I'd be happy to volunteer for something like that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="458" LastActivityDate="2012-06-06T22:55:25.163" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3352" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3348" CreationDate="2012-06-07T07:18:42.980" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is by-design - the &lt;a href=&quot;http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/syntax#p&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Markdown syntax&lt;/a&gt; specifies a blank line between paragraphs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Code&lt;/em&gt; should be indicated as such - &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/editing-help#code&quot;&gt;indented four spaces&lt;/a&gt;. There's a button on the toolbar and a shortcut key to accomplish this, and doing so also handles escaping special characters in cases where it otherwise can't be done automatically.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12845" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.087" LastActivityDate="2012-06-07T07:18:42.980" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3353" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3343" CreationDate="2012-06-07T15:08:52.277" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just a suggestion but for questions that we see that start to create a duplicate ripple, why not create a question to rule them all. For example, for the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=%20low%20graphics%20mode&amp;amp;submit=search&quot;&gt;Low Graphics Mode&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;how about create a question that has most of the information gathered from all of the answers provided or a general step by step way to solve most problems related to it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Same goes for slow, error and other tags. A single, community wiki question that has multiple answers that can answer most users, eventually helping out the moderators, the clean up done in the future and saving a lot of time. I could help with this if the community thinks is a good idea as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7035" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2012-06-07T15:08:52.277" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3354" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3341" CreationDate="2012-06-07T18:05:31.173" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Currently We do not support connecting to our sites via SSL. We are starting to slowly work on this, but it is not a high priority project for us. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please See &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/116782/better-https-support-for-stack-exchange-sites&quot;&gt;Better HTTPS support for Stack Exchange sites&lt;/a&gt; for more information&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3389" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2012-06-07T18:05:31.173" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3355" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3357" CreationDate="2012-06-08T07:55:34.343" Score="14" ViewCount="205" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just got the &quot;notable question&quot; badge for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/41330/let-xorg-listen-on-tcp-but-only-to-localhost&quot;&gt;Let Xorg listen on TCP, but only to localhost?&lt;/a&gt;.  This means the question got 2500 views ... &#xA;&lt;sub&gt;It is my first notable-question badge at all on the SE network, actually. (I only got another &quot;popular question&quot; (1000 views) on Stack Overflow.)&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2500 views, but it got no vote at all, and the three answers got only 5 votes (summed).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;(This is not meant as a complain that I get too few upvotes, for my questions but a general analysis of the voting vs. viewing behavior. Since I posed this question here, the linked question got some more votes, thanks.)&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this a &lt;strong&gt;good sign&lt;/strong&gt;, since questions get found in search machines and viewed by the general public (which can't/won't vote), or a &lt;strong&gt;bad sign&lt;/strong&gt; as it reflects almost no voting activity by the Ask Ubuntu users?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I looked up &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/badges/27/notable-question&quot;&gt;some other questions which got this badge recently&lt;/a&gt;, and while they usually don't have zero votes, there are some with 1 or 3 votes, most was 7 votes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a discrepancy between voting and &quot;popularity&quot;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11138" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2012-06-08T20:21:16.810" Title="Is it a good or a bad sign that I get the &quot;notable question&quot; badge for a zero-votes question?" Tags="|discussion|voting|badges|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3356" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3358" CreationDate="2012-06-08T10:02:22.550" Score="1" ViewCount="249" Body="&lt;p&gt;What If we have something like online users list . &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So on helping with the problems/Questions, for discussions we could invite to chat from the posting area . so this online list users can give us a confirmation that the other end user  is online or offline .so if he is online we can send him a discussion invite on his issue/problem and we can improve the time of issue solving . &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;i thinks its also a good idea . &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="33833" LastActivityDate="2012-06-08T17:57:03.427" Title="Online Users List" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3357" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3355" CreationDate="2012-06-08T10:42:57.273" Score="11" Body="&lt;h3&gt;Even a bad question can attract a lot of search engine traffic.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's honestly not pointed at &lt;em&gt;your&lt;/em&gt; question but we do have a lot of poor questions that attract a surprisingly large amount of traffic, usually because they're full of the right keywords.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While this does show up what people are having problems with it's not a reflection of what people with votes are seeing as they're coming from the questions list, not Google.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;People vote for things that interest them.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now this is aimed at your question: none of the topics in your question are that sexy. And dealing with the networking aspects of X is probably considered specialist and that probably puts people off opening it, let alone voting for it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;People also have different reasons for voting up. Coherent English isn't enough for a lot of people. I personally factor in the the scale of the problem with how useful I think the answer would be to other people.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Either way, it's not your fault. It's a very subjective process and while it would be great if more people voted more, I don't think you should worry too much about making sure all your questions get +10.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-06-08T10:42:57.273" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3358" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3356" CreationDate="2012-06-08T10:50:24.957" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Meh, you can already do this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In your scenario, if you want to check whether a user is online, you can just pootle over to their profile page and look at the &quot;Last Seen&quot; value. If they're active and on the site, it'll tell you clearly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And in terms of contacting them, you can just leave a comment on their question or (and I think this works) write @their_username in chat and they'll get a notification at the top of their screen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't see the utility in adding a fat list of users who are currently online (like the forums do). It doesn't really &lt;em&gt;do&lt;/em&gt; anything for the user experience.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="8844" LastEditDate="2012-06-08T17:57:03.427" LastActivityDate="2012-06-08T17:57:03.427" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3359" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-06-08T10:52:01.583" Score="4" ViewCount="107" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was looking at my previous questions and noticed that I have a question &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/94676/is-there-a-simple-gui-based-program-available-to-join-combine-mp3-files&quot;&gt;Is there a simple GUI-based program available to join/combine mp3 files?&lt;/a&gt; that has (rightly) be closed, but I could mark the answer there as the accepted answer if I wish.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this just a quirk of the system or is there a reason why it is still possible to mark answers as accepted when the question ha been closed&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="40955" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2012-06-08T10:52:01.583" Title="Why can you still vote and accept answers on closed questions?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3360" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-06-08T17:09:22.713" Score="-1" ViewCount="42" Body="&lt;p&gt;Hi I am here with a new badge feature .&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Suppose A person visits everyday and gaining minimum 10 reputation every day for one month =&gt; A Silver Badge .&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Similarly Visiting everyday and gain minimum 10 reputation everyday and up to an Year &#xA;=&gt; A Gold Badge . &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="33833" LastActivityDate="2012-06-08T17:38:09.293" Title="New Badge feature" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3361" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3360" CreationDate="2012-06-08T17:37:22.117" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;There's already reputation badges.  IMO this would take too much settings and configuration.  if anything, the first one about a month could be bronze, 10 rep every day for a year could be silver.  if it were 50 rep a day for a year then maybe gold, but nobody ever would get this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2012-06-08T17:37:22.117" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3362" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3360" CreationDate="2012-06-08T17:38:09.293" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;While I agree that this might breed some engagement, I think it would lead to more poor answers.  One upvote is relatively easy to achieve with a poor answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2012-06-08T17:38:09.293" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3364" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2158" CreationDate="2012-06-08T19:34:48.260" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/85897/is-there-a-rss-to-the-stackexchange-inbox-how-about-to-activity/135045#135045&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/k0WVt.png&quot; alt=&quot;Tagline to show on mouseover&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2012-06-08T19:34:48.260" CommentCount="3" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-06-08T19:34:48.260" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3365" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3335" CreationDate="2012-06-09T04:44:48.303" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't think organising training events or specific 1-to-1 mentors is really that required.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe just video/audio of someone for practical intents and purposes reading the Faq(not literally, but you get the point). People tend to disregard anything called faq, but don't mind pushing play.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Good point in the already having videos in the comments, the list of videos is &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1037/video-tutorials-for-using-the-site&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I suppose the underlying point in my response was the way the user has to get there.  I don't know of a better way than clicking FAQ, but I think novice users of anything avoid FAQs like the plague.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-06-13T18:48:16.163" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3367" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-06-10T03:20:48.230" Score="-2" ViewCount="120" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm interested about &quot; askubuntu.com &quot; website construction.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Does anyone know what CMS &quot; askubuntu.com &quot; is using?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I tested so many A&amp;amp;Q website system before, but &quot;askubuntu&quot; is one of the best sites  for Answer and Question I have seen.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user69614" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="what system is using on askubuntu.com website" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3368" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3367" CreationDate="2012-06-10T07:04:19.330" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Check out:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/about&quot;&gt;This site is for meta-discussion of the Stack Exchange family of Q&amp;amp;A websites&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="34576" OwnerDisplayName="david6" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T09:39:07.847" LastActivityDate="2012-06-10T07:04:19.330" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3369" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3367" CreationDate="2012-06-10T07:19:08.697" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is a list answer on SO Meta that describes the benefits and disadvantages to many of the SO clones.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/2267/stack-overflow-clones&quot;&gt;Here is the specific question for which you are looking on SO Meta&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" OwnerDisplayName="aking1012" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-06-10T07:19:08.697" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3370" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3317" CreationDate="2012-06-10T11:23:44.290" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;Usage: &lt;code&gt;./dupes.sh posts.xml&lt;/code&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Yields: &lt;code&gt;./dupes.txt&lt;/code&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;when applied to the latest data dump.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;dupes.sh  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;#/bin/bash&#xA;cat $1 | grep ' ClosedDate\=\&quot;' | grep 'Possible Duplicate' | awk -F 'Possible Duplicate:&amp;amp;lt;/strong&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;br&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;#xA;  &amp;amp;lt;a href=&amp;amp;quot;' '{print $2}' | awk -F '&amp;amp;quot;&amp;amp;gt;' '{print $1}' | grep questions &amp;gt; dupes.txt  &#xA;python dupes.py&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;dupes.py  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;lines = []&#xA;with open('dupes.txt', 'r') as dupeList:&#xA;    for line in dupeList.readlines():&#xA;        lines.append(line.rstrip())&#xA;&#xA;links = {}&#xA;for line in lines:&#xA;    try:&#xA;        links[line] += 1&#xA;    except:&#xA;        links[line] = 1&#xA;thelinks = []&#xA;for link in links.keys():&#xA;    thelinks.append((link, links[link]))&#xA;&#xA;thelinksort = sorted(thelinks, key=lambda alink: alink[1])&#xA;&#xA;thelinksort.reverse()&#xA;&#xA;with open('dupes.txt', 'w') as dupeList:&#xA;    for line in thelinksort:&#xA;        dupeList.write('Link: ' + line[0] + ' Count: ' + str(line[1]) + '\n')&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's the list of all questions duped more than 3 times sorted in descending order by number of dupes:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Link: http://askubuntu.com/questions/18641/theres-an-issue-with-an-alpha-beta-release-of-ubuntu-what-should-i-do Count: 100&#xA;Link: http://askubuntu.com/questions/17381/unity-doesnt-load-no-launcher-no-dash-appears Count: 27&#xA;Link: http://askubuntu.com/questions/58172/how-to-revert-to-gnome-classic Count: 23&#xA;Link: http://askubuntu.com/questions/33605/can-i-move-the-unity-launcher Count: 19&#xA;Link: http://askubuntu.com/questions/974/how-can-i-install-software-offline Count: 18&#xA;Link: http://askubuntu.com/questions/30072/problem-with-mergelist-error-when-trying-to-do-an-update Count: 18&#xA;Link: http://askubuntu.com/questions/21305/desktop-forgets-theme Count: 18&#xA;Link: http://askubuntu.com/questions/36930/how-well-do-laptops-with-nvidia-optimus-work Count: 17&#xA;Link: http://askubuntu.com/questions/1877/what-is-the-easiest-way-to-resolve-apt-get-badsig-gpg-errors Count: 14&#xA;Link: http://askubuntu.com/questions/24006/how-do-i-reset-a-lost-administrativeroot-password Count: 13&#xA;Link: http://askubuntu.com/questions/13065/how-do-i-fix-the-gpg-error-no-pubkey Count: 11&#xA;Link: http://askubuntu.com/questions/96967/how-do-i-fix-this-etype-is-not-known-on-line-in-source-list-update Count: 11&#xA;Link: http://askubuntu.com/questions/131/which-computers-are-guaranteed-to-work Count: 10&#xA;Link: http://askubuntu.com/questions/17610/how-do-i-reset-my-unity-configuration Count: 10&#xA;Link: http://askubuntu.com/questions/25785/can-auto-hide-for-the-application-menu-be-turned-off-in-unity Count: 10&#xA;Link: http://askubuntu.com/questions/29553/how-can-i-configure-unity Count: 10&#xA;Link: http://askubuntu.com/questions/22946/how-do-i-install-and-use-the-latest-version-of-gnome-3 Count: 9&#xA;Link: http://askubuntu.com/questions/4428/how-to-create-a-screencast Count: 9&#xA;Link: http://askubuntu.com/questions/19770/how-do-i-change-fonts-and-adjust-their-size Count: 9&#xA;Link: http://askubuntu.com/questions/22946/how-do-i-install-and-use-the-latest-version-of-gnome-shell Count: 9&#xA;Link: http://askubuntu.com/questions/48535/how-to-customize-live-ubuntu-cd Count: 9&#xA;Link: http://askubuntu.com/questions/6302/how-can-you-remove-unity Count: 8&#xA;Link: http://askubuntu.com/questions/73997/failed-to-download-package-files-error Count: 8&#xA;Link: http://askubuntu.com/questions/77487/how-to-fix-check-your-internet-connection-error-in-software-center Count: 8&#xA;Link: http://askubuntu.com/questions/5675/i-upgraded-from-an-alpha-or-beta-am-i-up-to-date-if-i-keep-upgrading Count: 8&#xA;Link: http://askubuntu.com/questions/2793/is-there-a-way-to-remove-hide-old-kernel-versions Count: 8&#xA;Link: http://askubuntu.com/questions/16988/how-do-i-install-ubuntu-to-a-usb-key Count: 8&#xA;Link: http://askubuntu.com/questions/28050/how-do-i-switch-to-the-classic-gnome-desktop Count: 8&#xA;Link: http://askubuntu.com/questions/4662/where-is-the-x-org-config-file-how-do-i-configure-x-there Count: 7&#xA;Link: http://askubuntu.com/questions/38327/broadcom-bcm4311-wireless-not-working Count: 7&#xA;Link: http://askubuntu.com/questions/9865/how-can-i-configure-unitys-launcher-auto-hide-behavior Count: 7&#xA;Link: http://askubuntu.com/questions/100/sound-comes-out-of-my-speakers-even-when-headphones-are-plugged-in Count: 7&#xA;Link: http://askubuntu.com/questions/6339/how-do-i-install-the-latest-stable-version-of-firefox Count: 7&#xA;Link: http://askubuntu.com/questions/34572/how-can-i-reduce-or-increase-the-number-of-workspaces-in-unity Count: 7&#xA;Link: http://askubuntu.com/questions/65911/how-can-i-fix-a-404-error-using-a-ppa Count: 7&#xA;Link: http://askubuntu.com/questions/34182/can-i-edit-which-icons-appear-in-the-unity-dash Count: 7&#xA;Link: http://askubuntu.com/questions/38327/how-can-i-get-broadcom-bcm4311-wireless-working Count: 6&#xA;Link: http://askubuntu.com/questions/12909/how-do-i-upgrade-to-the-development-release-aka-ubuntu1 Count: 6&#xA;Link: http://askubuntu.com/questions/18641/theres-an-issue-with-an-alpha-release-of-ubuntu-what-should-i-do Count: 6&#xA;Link: http://askubuntu.com/questions/74171/is-my-ati-graphics-card-supported-in-ubuntu Count: 6&#xA;Link: http://askubuntu.com/questions/37084/nvidia-driver-activated-but-currently-not-in-use Count: 6&#xA;Link: 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3&#xA;Link: http://askubuntu.com/questions/108572/i-had-a-bunch-of-notes-in-my-account-where-did-they-go Count: 3&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastEditorUserId="5768" LastEditDate="2012-06-10T12:33:28.870" LastActivityDate="2012-06-10T12:33:28.870" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3371" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3343" CreationDate="2012-06-10T13:15:23.433" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;I thought a list of common dupes might be useful for your purposes.  I compiled one.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3317/finding-questions-that-other-questions-have-been-closed-as-a-dupe-of/3370#3370&quot;&gt;Here's a pretty comprehensive list of common dupes from the April dump.&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2012-06-10T13:15:23.433" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3372" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3380" CreationDate="2012-06-11T06:23:31.217" Score="3" ViewCount="95" Body="&lt;p&gt;We currently have more than 4000 questions that are closed, excluding being closed as duplicates.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should we just delete most of these questions, since they don't technically add much value to our site?  I understand there are some questions that we could retain but I don't think all of these questions are actually useful to us.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Perhaps, we could just delete questions that have less than 200 views or something, to make sure we are not destroying questions that have a high public interest?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am just dropping the discussion to the community and decide what is best for our site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Relevant data query for tracking these questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/stackoverflow/query/61773/questions-that-are-closed-excluding-duplicates&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://data.stackexchange.com/stackoverflow/query/61773/questions-that-are-closed-excluding-duplicates&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastActivityDate="2012-06-12T05:55:59.310" Title="Should we delete closed questions?" Tags="|discussion|closed-questions|deleted-questions|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3373" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2975" CreationDate="2012-06-11T06:28:22.257" Score="2" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Yes please.&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Currently, we have a huge number of questions tagged as both. I don't think we should have both of them and would like it if the mods can just merge them or make icon a synonym of the other.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/icon&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;icon&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;icon&lt;/a&gt; x 152&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/icons&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;icons&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;icons&lt;/a&gt; x 267&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;P.S. I have suggested a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tags/icons/synonyms&quot;&gt;synonym for icons&lt;/a&gt;. If you have 2500 rep and more than 5 answer votes in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/icons&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;icons&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;icons&lt;/a&gt;, feel free to vote on the synonym.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2012-06-11T06:28:22.257" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3374" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5894" CreationDate="2012-06-11T18:18:58.173" Score="5" ViewCount="59" Body="&lt;p&gt;When a hyperlink contains a &lt;code&gt;(&lt;/code&gt; character that is matched at the end of the URL by a &lt;code&gt;)&lt;/code&gt; character, AskUbuntu should recognize that the final &lt;code&gt;)&lt;/code&gt; character is part of the URL. However, currently that is not the case, for example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_(operating_system)&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_(operating_system)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I noticed this bug when revising a post (see the original revision &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/149457/revisions&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, it's important that a fix for this bug not be &lt;em&gt;overzealous&lt;/em&gt; in recognizing trailing &lt;code&gt;)&lt;/code&gt; characters as part of URL's. An unmatched &lt;code&gt;)&lt;/code&gt; at the end of a URL (i.e., one that does not have a corresponding &lt;code&gt;(&lt;/code&gt; character &lt;em&gt;earlier in the URL&lt;/em&gt;) should not be taken as part of the URL. URL's are frequently present at the end of parentheses-enclosed text, and it would be bad to break that currently-working functionality. For example, this behavior should not be changed:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Wikipedia has an article on URL's (at &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_Resource_Locator&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_Resource_Locator&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="matched parentheses in hyperlinks are not handled correctly" Tags="|bug|status-completed|hyperlinks|formatting|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3375" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3374" CreationDate="2012-06-11T18:28:11.947" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This is indeed a bug, and should be addressed.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's a workaround, though...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xA;[Wikipedia - Ubuntu (Operating System)](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_(operating_system))&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;yields this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_%28operating_system%29&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Wikipedia - Ubuntu (Operating System)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2012-06-11T18:28:11.947" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3376" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3278" CreationDate="2012-06-11T19:54:48.630" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;StackUbuntu has been renamed AskUbuntu, as per your requests. :D&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="35931" LastActivityDate="2012-06-11T19:54:48.630" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3377" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3372" CreationDate="2012-06-12T05:45:33.113" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes we should delete off-topic/NARQ immediately.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2012-06-12T05:45:33.113" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-06-12T05:45:33.113" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3378" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3372" CreationDate="2012-06-12T05:46:18.667" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, we should delete off-topic/NARQ after a specified waiting period to give the user a chance for rebuttal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2012-06-12T05:46:18.667" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-06-12T05:46:18.667" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3379" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3372" CreationDate="2012-06-12T05:46:35.937" Score="-5" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, these questions should remain for eternity.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2012-06-12T05:46:35.937" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-06-12T05:46:35.937" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3380" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3372" CreationDate="2012-06-12T05:55:59.310" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think that this is a good idea on a case by case basis--users with delete votes should use their best judgement in voting to delete when they see a closed question that is such (ie. off topic, localized, poor quality) that it would never be of interest to anyone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I think that a specific campaign to find and delete such closed questions would be a waste of time that would be better spent cleaning up still open questions, fixing tags, approving edits, acting on flags, reviewing answers--and, of course, answering new questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the site were to get to a point where we weren't busy with all these other tasks and the closed but not deleted questions were clogging search results, distracting from useful questions or answers, etc. then I could see such a campaign being a good use of time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="63478" LastActivityDate="2012-06-12T05:55:59.310" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3381" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-06-12T17:00:50.590" Score="-24" ViewCount="371" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just self answered two questions that I see get asked a ton. They both follow the same template.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/149975/29097&quot;&gt;How do you remap Caps Lock to Control in Xubuntu?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/149971/29097&quot;&gt;How do you swap Control and CAPS Lock in Xubuntu?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Both of these two involve the same objects, &lt;kbd&gt;Control&lt;/kbd&gt; and &lt;kbd&gt;Caps Lock&lt;/kbd&gt; but they're totally different questions with different goals, and different search terms. Sure some people get confused between the two (like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/25863/bruno-pereira&quot;&gt;Bruno Pereira ♦&lt;/a&gt; the mod) but that's why I linked the two together. I think I did I good job using the terms and writing a well marked up answer to both of them. Could someone please undo Bruno's tyrannical deletion?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/149975/29097&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/q/149975/29097&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;He didn't just close the question either, he deleted my answer! What gives? Should I expect this kind of trigger-reflex resistance to any contribution I make to AskUbuntu?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="29097" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2014-08-26T20:48:51.307" Title="Duplicate post or not? Why is the mod deleting questions that are clearly not duplicates?" Tags="|discussion|support|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3382" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3381" CreationDate="2012-06-12T17:08:51.633" Score="16" Body="&lt;p&gt;In this instance, they are similar enough that they should be made into one canonical answer. Hence the closing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As such, I would recommend that in the future, you make one canonical question and answer, and then go from there. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for the deletion, after looking at the two answers and seeing just a minor difference, I am personally going to let the deletion stay, because there is almost no &lt;em&gt;noticable&lt;/em&gt; difference between them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, for future reference, I would recommend treating people nicely, and with respect. Calling people &quot;tyrannical&quot; is not really a good way to get them to listen to you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastActivityDate="2012-06-12T17:08:51.633" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3384" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3318" CreationDate="2012-06-13T07:06:33.070" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is currently an Android application for browsing StackExchange sites, so including Ask Ubuntu and Stack Overflow, is StackAnywhere.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, since StackExchange APIs does not support login or actions, it's useful only for searching and browsing; it have also a nice widget. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My opinion: I prefer to use the mobile version of Ask Ubuntu official site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Links:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rectangularsoftware.stackanywhere&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;StackAnywhere on Google Play&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://rectangularsoftware.com/stackanywhere/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;StackAnywhere Website&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12064" LastActivityDate="2012-06-13T07:06:33.070" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3385" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3381" CreationDate="2012-06-13T09:18:33.763" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;A few points:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you think the people searching the site are going to be able to pick the version they actually want, you're being completely unrealistic. You assume people know the difference between &quot;swap&quot; and &quot;remap&quot; but based on the subtlety of the two answers, if you know that already, you know all you need to.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Response to comment:&lt;/strong&gt; my point is that people use the two terms interchangeably without knowing the technical difference (reading the two lists of questions would have shown you that!) And your answer still does nothing to clarify this.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I do think that this needs to be a question &amp;mdash; &lt;kbd&gt;CapsLock&lt;/kbd&gt; works in mysterious ways &amp;mdash; and any answer should point that out, explaining what the &lt;code&gt;swapcaps&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;nocaps&lt;/code&gt; arguments really do. The answer currently does not do this.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I don't think this has anything to do with &lt;kbd&gt;Control&lt;/kbd&gt; because it works just like any other key in respect to &lt;code&gt;setxkbmap&lt;/code&gt;. The question should just be about swapping/remapping &lt;kbd&gt;CapsLock&lt;/kbd&gt; to &quot;another&quot; key.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;RTC:&lt;/strong&gt; No, I still don't see the significance of Control to these examples. Why couldn't they work for Shift? A?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;While we're talking about &lt;code&gt;setxkbmap&lt;/code&gt;, I should point out that this also has very little to do with Xubuntu. Your question and answer are valid for all graphical Ubuntu variants. I'd be inclined to ditch all the shell-specific nonsense and bring this back to something that works for everyone.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;We occasionally delete answers when we dupe-close so that people landing on the dupe are automatically redirected to the master question. It's not tyranny, it's logic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;RTC:&lt;/strong&gt; You want a referendum for everything we do here, before we do it? Well, it's not going to happen. If you could see the number of things we need to do on a daily basis to keep the site clean, you wouldn't want us discussing everything either.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While that sounds like a typical evil-government &quot;you need us because the world is scary&quot;, well... I don't care how it sounds, that's what this is. We're elected to handle the junk and keep things running as best they can. That's all that happened here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And we're accountable. Look at you holding us accountable. Democracy in action.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just to draw a line under this, the community has &lt;em&gt;democratically&lt;/em&gt; come to the conclusion  that you don't need two questions for this (+5 vs -23).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now that's resolved, is there anything else I can help you with today?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="186134" LastEditDate="2014-08-26T20:48:51.307" LastActivityDate="2014-08-26T20:48:51.307" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3386" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3544" CreationDate="2012-06-13T14:49:04.643" Score="17" ViewCount="190" Body="&lt;p&gt;In regards to this, &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3343/summer-cleanup-feedback-wanted-etc?cb=1&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3343/summer-cleanup-feedback-wanted-etc?cb=1&lt;/a&gt; the jrg has eliminated questions tagged with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/bug&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;bug&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;bug&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to request blacklisting of this tag, to begin now and to last until the End of Time Itself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please vote on this, since there's now voting points on it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="12845" LastEditDate="2012-07-02T15:40:09.547" LastActivityDate="2012-07-03T02:50:33.073" Title="Please blacklist the 'bug' tag" Tags="|support|status-completed|tags|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3387" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3335" CreationDate="2012-06-13T17:57:05.293" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;As a final solution, feel free to add/edit to this community wiki answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;ObsessiveFOSS states: Maybe permanent, private &quot;chat-rooms&quot; that you can use even with 1 rep can be used to help mentor, along with something like collaborative &quot;session-sharing&quot;, where the mentor works with the new user at the same time, whiteboard-style.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54298" LastActivityDate="2012-06-13T17:57:05.293" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-06-13T17:57:05.293" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3388" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-06-13T18:33:06.090" Score="4" ViewCount="32" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/compiling-from-source&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;compiling-from-source&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;compiling-from-source&lt;/a&gt; tag is rarely used and the potential differences between it and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/compiling&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;compiling&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;compiling&lt;/a&gt; are small and mostly theoretical.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2012-06-13T18:33:06.090" Title="Tag synonym request: [compiling-from-source] -&gt; [compiling]" Tags="|feature-request|tags|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="0" ClosedDate="2012-09-24T13:58:24.570" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3389" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3396" CreationDate="2012-06-13T19:39:25.880" Score="5" ViewCount="102" Body="&lt;p&gt;Either on-site or in chat.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I understand that they are technically classifiable as 'software that can be installed', but it gives rise to un-answerable/complaint types of queries.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Simple relatively abstract example:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;I want to do this that is available in current mainline someproject&lt;br&gt;&#xA;I can't do it in older unmaintained project  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it were actively maintained my answer would be 'file a feature-request/wishlist bug'  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it's not, where do i go from there?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-06-14T06:19:40.020" LastActivityDate="2012-06-14T10:58:46.253" Title="How do we handle questions about unmaintained software?" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3390" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3391" CreationDate="2012-06-13T20:51:17.753" Score="3" ViewCount="41" Body="&lt;p&gt;Some summaries are large, many are small, some are in orange.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm going to slap my head when I get the answer, I just know it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="63886" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-06-14T06:16:43.067" LastActivityDate="2012-06-14T06:16:43.067" Title="In review, why are some question summaries different than others" Tags="|support|user-interface|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3391" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3390" CreationDate="2012-06-13T21:21:33.723" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Large with circles are Questions.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Small with squares are Answers.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Orange = no answers&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Green = Accepted answer, or has an accepted answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also if the title is orange it means you already clicked on that link.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastEditorUserId="47291" LastEditDate="2012-06-14T01:59:58.150" LastActivityDate="2012-06-14T01:59:58.150" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3392" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-06-13T21:58:31.870" Score="5" ViewCount="58" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3724/tag-synonym-request-library-libraries&quot;&gt;Tag synonym request: [library]-&amp;gt;[libraries]&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/library&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;library&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;library&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/libraries&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;libraries&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;libraries&lt;/a&gt; seem to be used exactly the same way. Perhaps one of them was once meant to relate to the use of Ubuntu in &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;libraries of the non-computing sense&lt;/a&gt;, but if so, then with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/146146/how-to-configure-ubuntu-for-public-kiosk-use&quot;&gt;just one notable exception&lt;/a&gt;, that's not how either tag is used in practice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure which tag should be the canonical one, but &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/libraries&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;libraries&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;libraries&lt;/a&gt; has a few more questions, so I suggest that &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/library&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;library&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;library&lt;/a&gt; be made the synonym targeting it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I cannot &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tags/libraries/synonyms&quot;&gt;suggest the synonym here&lt;/a&gt; because I don't have a high enough answer score in the tag. Perhaps someone else can suggest it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2012-07-06T19:56:13.197" Title="Tag synonym request: [library] -&gt; [libraries]" Tags="|discussion|tags|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="0" ClosedDate="2012-09-20T08:53:12.540" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3393" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-06-13T22:39:09.240" Score="6" ViewCount="212" Body="&lt;p&gt;Writing these down before we forget. We have a bunch:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/48984/best-way-to-install-ruby-1-9-rails-3-postgres-heroku-github-using-rvm&quot;&gt;Best way to Install Ruby 1.9, Rails 3, Postgres, Heroku, GitHub, Using RVM?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/7654/how-do-i-set-up-ruby-on-rails&quot;&gt;How do I set up Ruby on Rails?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/13541/step-by-step-guide-to-install-ruby-on-rails&quot;&gt;Step by step guide to install Ruby on Rails?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/150446/how-can-i-easily-install-ruby-on-rails&quot;&gt;How can I easily install ruby on rails?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2012-12-11T12:03:55.530" Title="What is the canonical Ruby on Rails question?" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3394" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3174" CreationDate="2012-06-14T04:46:38.347" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;All other answers say one common thing. &lt;em&gt;up voting&lt;/em&gt; is not dangerous. If you feel that a question is useful, upvote it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;BUT:&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;B for but, B for bounty!! When a question is under bounty, think a bit more before upvoting/downvoting its &lt;em&gt;answers&lt;/em&gt;. Votes on question dont make any different difference, but two random upvotes may result in bounty being auto awarded.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="45659" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-06-14T04:46:38.347" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3395" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3393" CreationDate="2012-06-14T09:47:26.420" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Status in progress. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm working on that today, I just need to understand how the heck to use rbenv. :p&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastActivityDate="2012-06-14T09:47:26.420" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3396" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3389" CreationDate="2012-06-14T10:08:54.270" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;On-site.&lt;br&gt;&#xA; - If unmaintained, hopefully someone familiar with the project/source passes by...&lt;br&gt;&#xA;        - Or someone else takes the time to do so (hint: bounty ;)&lt;br&gt;&#xA; - Not every question has an answer... :p  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="58612" LastEditorUserId="5768" LastEditDate="2012-06-14T10:58:46.253" LastActivityDate="2012-06-14T10:58:46.253" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3398" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3399" CreationDate="2012-06-14T12:14:16.667" Score="14" ViewCount="237" Body="&lt;p&gt;If I know right i can use maximum 30 votes in day. How can i get  &lt;code&gt;Vox Populi&lt;/code&gt;  badge when it needs 40 votes:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Vox Populi&lt;/strong&gt; Used the maximum 40 votes in a day.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47044" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-07-14T08:57:55.633" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="How to get Vox Populi badge" Tags="|discussion|voting|badges|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3399" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3398" CreationDate="2012-06-14T12:24:00.030" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is covered by this &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/90726/cannot-vote-on-question-although-40-votes-limit-not-reached&quot;&gt;MetaStackoverflow Q&amp;amp;A&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;... plagarising unashamedly....&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This is totally by design...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If 1 in 3 of your votes are on questions, you will get 40 votes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you vote on less questions than that you will get less (lowest is&#xA;  30)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;... and Jeff Atwood has a &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2011/05/vote-for-this-question-or-the-kitten-gets-it/&quot;&gt;great blog&lt;/a&gt; - its well worth a read.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;So how do we encourage people to remember the questions when voting?&#xA;  Perhaps we should institute a new policy: every time you forget to&#xA;  vote a great question up, or a bad question down — a kitten gets it!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/H3LOK.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;... but he is only kidding... honest!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14356" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2012-06-14T12:24:00.030" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3400" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5883" CreationDate="2012-06-14T17:00:40.790" Score="5" ViewCount="62" Body="&lt;p&gt;When I do the following...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;post a comment&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;start editing the comment I recently posted&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;see that newer comments have been posted&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;click the link to show the newer comments&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;...my editing of my [less than 5 minutes] old comment is cancelled, and I lose the changes I haven't posted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Comments are limited in both length and importance, so this is not as bad as other possible bugs that could cause loss of unsaved work, but it is annoying and reduces productivity.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, it seems unlikely that this behavior is by design, since I can show new comments when &lt;em&gt;writing a new comment of my own&lt;/em&gt; and I don't lose my progress composing the new comment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="237" LastEditDate="2013-01-24T15:29:45.090" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="unsaved comment edits are lost when showing new comments" Tags="|bug|status-completed|editing|comments|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3401" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2158" CreationDate="2012-06-14T17:02:23.673" Score="18" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://leanpub.com/littleorangeubuntubook&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/aaIBn.png&quot; alt=&quot;Getting Started with Ubuntu can be a little dangerous - this book aims to make it easy and enjoyable.&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastActivityDate="2012-06-14T17:02:23.673" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-06-14T17:02:23.673" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3402" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3418" CreationDate="2012-06-14T20:34:30.727" Score="15" ViewCount="286" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm not talking about exact copying, failure to give credit, or one person passing off another person's answer as their own.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Rather, I'd like to know what the best practice is when one user answers a question with an answer that is either:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;effectively identical to an existing answer, and not really stylistically different (so there is nothing about it that would make it preferable to the existing answer)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;effectively identical to an existing answer, just with some information removed (but the information that was removed was useful, and was not false, misleading, or even confusing)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think this doesn't happen only (or even primarily) from one user copying another user's answer. Rather, when a question has a simple enough answer, answers that look extremely similar may be posted ...if subsequent answerers don't look to see what other answers have been posted, first.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Another possibility is a user starting to compose a 2-line answer, but taking an hour or more to finish it, and then another answer that is similar being posted. I consider this to be &lt;em&gt;possible&lt;/em&gt;, but &lt;em&gt;unlikely&lt;/em&gt;.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;s&gt;As one example of this, consider &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/150856/boot-manager-in-ubuntu-12-04&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;, where &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/150895/22949&quot;&gt;this answer&lt;/a&gt; was posted, and then about an hour later &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/150859/22949&quot;&gt;this answer&lt;/a&gt; was posted.&lt;/s&gt;&lt;sub&gt;I've edited one of those answers for unrelated reasons, to improve it, so this is no longer a good example. If anyone can replace it with another/others, great! If anybody thinks this whole text should just be edited out entirely from this meta question, I'm OK with that too.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should these be...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;just left alone?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;flagged for moderator attention?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;downvoted?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;commented on?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;or something else?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm reluctant to downvote something like this because the answer is &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; any of the following: wrong, misleading or otherwise dangerous to users, very low quality, or not really an answer to the question that was asked. I usually try to downvote answers that meet any of those descriptions (and cannot readily be improved), and to not downvote answers otherwise.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sometimes these second, equivalent answers get upvoted, and are then shown higher than the original answers, so they're upvoted some more. This seems counterproductive to the goal of getting us to answer questions that still need answers (whether or not they already have answers), and then moving on to other questions that need answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please note that I do not believe this is the same as &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1231/whats-up-with-duplicate-answers&quot;&gt;the situation discussed here&lt;/a&gt;. In this situation I'm asking about, subsequent answers are posted with &lt;strong&gt;the same or less information&lt;/strong&gt;. In that situation, subsequent answers are posted with &lt;em&gt;more information or partially overlapping information&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="How to handle duplicate answers that add nothing?" Tags="|discussion|support|answers|duplicates|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3404" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3402" CreationDate="2012-06-14T21:06:07.517" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I usually vote for the one with more information (especially references). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this case one is just a command without explaining, and the other one assumes you have synaptic installed but doesn't show how to install it. Personally I feel both of those answers are incomplete.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Semi-related: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/9731/fastest-gun-in-the-west-problem&quot;&gt;Fastest Gun in the West Problem&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2012-06-14T21:06:07.517" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3406" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3402" CreationDate="2012-06-14T23:47:48.633" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;IMO as long as the timestamps indicate the lower-information answer as a &quot;fastest gun in the west&quot;-type thing and it is not an unattributed copy-paste, it should be left alone to its own democratic fate by the community (votes) and the questioner (accept).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If the answer came in more than a few minutes - say 20-30 -- later, to me it shows that the poster more than likely did not read the existing more complete answer or simply ignored it.  In that case, I would downvote it with a comment indicating why, and recommending either a self-delete, or a more extensive edit (adding unique information) to cure the downvote.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;As Eliah mentions, there certainly are cases where such &lt;em&gt;later-and-with-less-information&lt;/em&gt; answers get upvoted more and sometimes even accepted. I think those should still be left alone, trusting the law of averages and a somewhat intelligent reader who will return to read the alternatives if the accepted/most-upvotes answer doesn't do the job. I would certainly upvote the more informative answer(s) though -- as I usually do anyway -- while not voting on the &lt;em&gt;later-with-less&lt;/em&gt; answer.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;For new answerers who might get agitated in the above situation when theirs is the older answer -- as I was a while ago -- here's a reassuring example of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/146624/58612&quot;&gt;democracy in action&lt;/a&gt; in a somewhat similar situation. Note that the answer was initially unaccepted, &lt;em&gt;got Populist&lt;/em&gt; and then seems to have even convinced the OP to change his mind and switch his accept.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="58612" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2012-06-14T23:47:48.633" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3407" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3409" CreationDate="2012-06-15T00:27:02.500" Score="1" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;My question is best explained with an example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Skype panel icon has bothered lots of folks, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/7479/how-can-i-remove-the-skype-panel-icon-in-ubuntu-12-04-and-earlier&quot;&gt;who have been asking about how to remove it&lt;/a&gt; since at least 10.04.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The problem with the accepted/most-upvoted current answer is that it works &lt;strong&gt;only for 11.04&lt;/strong&gt; and while you can follow the steps in there, &lt;strong&gt;they do not work&lt;/strong&gt; for 12.04 (or 11.10). There is a 12.04 answer lower on the page though.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;In such a situation, to make life easier for most readers who are presumably on 12.04, would it to be appropriate to &quot;fork&quot; this into a question/answer specifically dealing with 12.04?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If so, when should such forked Q/As be merged back into the &quot;canonical&quot; question:&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;x&lt;/em&gt; amount of time after the next release, or&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Longer if the version being dealt with is an LTS?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="58612" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2012-06-15T09:43:20.890" Title="When is &quot;forking&quot; a version-specific canonical question for the latest release acceptable?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3408" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3407" CreationDate="2012-06-15T01:17:37.150" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think the opposite is the preferred case (no fork).  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Solve the ranking with votes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2012-06-15T09:43:20.890" LastActivityDate="2012-06-15T09:43:20.890" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3409" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3407" CreationDate="2012-06-15T01:26:38.120" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I suggest you do something like what I've got going &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/7657/&quot;&gt;here with the ruby on rails question&lt;/a&gt;, as well as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/4983/what-are-ppas-and-how-do-i-use-them&quot;&gt;the PPA list&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2012-06-15T01:26:38.120" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3410" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3053" CreationDate="2012-06-15T04:08:46.310" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I added a proposed bracket.  I think desired, proposed, and accepted should all have lists.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Proposed&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Example suitable duplicate: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/151049/how-to-deal-with-a-frozen-screen&quot;&gt;How to deal with a frozen screen?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;Proposed canonical answer:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/4408/what-should-i-do-when-ubuntu-freezes&quot;&gt;What should I do when Ubuntu freezes?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Rationale:&#xA;Different than, How do I file a bug?, How do I troubleshoot what is crashing?,&#xA;and their ilk, but has a good detailed answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-06-15T04:14:01.953" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-06-15T04:08:46.310" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3411" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-06-15T09:10:26.890" Score="5" ViewCount="41" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3924/synonimization-of-singular-plural-tag-pairs&quot;&gt;Synonimization of singular/plural tag pairs&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We have both &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/version&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;version&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;version&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/versions&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;versions&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;versions&lt;/a&gt; tags.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I recommend &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/version&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;version&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;version&lt;/a&gt; be made a synonym of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/versions&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;versions&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;versions&lt;/a&gt;. There are more questions in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/versions&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;versions&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;versions&lt;/a&gt;, and the plural is less awkward when asking questions about different &lt;em&gt;versions&lt;/em&gt; of software (e.g., comparisons between, upgrading/downgrading from one to another, having 2+ installed/running simultaneously).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.087" LastActivityDate="2012-06-15T09:10:26.890" Title="Tag synonym request: [version] -&gt; [versions]" Tags="|feature-request|tags|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="0" ClosedDate="2012-10-06T12:03:22.247" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3412" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1871" CreationDate="2012-06-15T10:08:22.110" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would suggest we do away with this tag, which has been used ambiguously. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It has been used to describe embedding audio file in PDF, embedding lyrics in music tracks, Gedit embedded terminals to embedding terminals in Nautilus browser. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you can see, there is no clear usage of this tag and is only used vaguely. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please kill this tag either by manual retagging or mod hammering. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastActivityDate="2012-06-15T10:08:22.110" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3413" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3414" CreationDate="2012-06-15T12:17:33.137" Score="2" ViewCount="56" Body="&lt;p&gt;Could there be a system that, for certain tags, like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/freeze&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;freeze&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;freeze&lt;/a&gt;, or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/crash&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;crash&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;crash&lt;/a&gt;, gives a friendly prompt to the user to give details like the output of &lt;code&gt;lspci&lt;/code&gt; or the Xorg logs before the question is posted, but allows you to bypass these with a confirmation, saving time for users that didn't know to post their logs or other info?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54298" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2012-06-16T14:28:04.700" LastActivityDate="2012-06-16T14:28:04.700" Title="Automated prompt for system details" Tags="|feature-request|asking-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3414" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3413" CreationDate="2012-06-15T12:48:15.577" Score="9" Body="&lt;h1&gt;No&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We're not a bug tracker. If you're posting topics about &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/freeze&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;freeze&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;freeze&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/crash&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;crash&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;crash&lt;/a&gt; (and if you read back in meta you'll know &lt;em&gt;why&lt;/em&gt; you shouldn't) you need to be using Apport and Launchpad.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This has been asked several times, the platform Stack Exchange really doesn't support prompting people for details. However, people can add the details to tag wikis so those who do look at the tag wikis can see what useful commands can be run to improve their post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-06-16T13:59:49.397" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3415" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-06-15T13:00:29.377" Score="11" ViewCount="237" Body="&lt;p&gt;We need a canonical answer for &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/150445/why-do-the-repositories-not-have-the-latest-upstream-versions&quot;&gt;Why do the repositories not have the latest versions of software&lt;/a&gt;&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyone who can write one (if one does not already exist) will be rewarded with a +100 Rep bonus courtesy of a bounty after-the-fact.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I continue to see many questions about &quot;Why is/are [software] in the repos older than [version]?&quot; with differing wording, but the answer needs to be the same.  A canonical question and answer would be wonderful&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This was proposed, but is not what I seek:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/95336/why-cant-i-update-applications-without-upgrading-the-whole-os/95586#95586&quot;&gt;Why can&amp;#39;t I update applications without upgrading the whole OS?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question/answer I'm asking for is about the disparity between upstream latest and current repository versions, not upgrading packages separately from upgrading the OS.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The following is the canonical question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/151283/why-is-repository-software-older-than-upstream-versions&quot;&gt;Why don&amp;#39;t the Ubuntu repositories have the latest versions of software?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Marked as completed as requested by the OP.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2013-01-18T03:32:33.593" Title="Need a canonical answer for repository versions" Tags="|discussion|status-completed|canonical-answer|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3417" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1871" CreationDate="2012-06-15T13:27:16.040" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Agreed: too vague, ambiguous, overbroad, etc. (writing some legalese atm ;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Tag has been eradicated; and replaced where appropriate; specifically with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/embedded-system&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;embedded-system&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;embedded-system&lt;/a&gt; where tablets, Pandaboards, etc. are concerned. Added a brief tag-wiki, will expand when I have the chance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="58612" LastActivityDate="2012-06-15T13:27:16.040" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3418" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3402" CreationDate="2012-06-15T14:06:38.757" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;For most users that have a problems reviewing answers and checking who is what in a duplicate posted answer with the same content there is a tool you can use to check the exact timing it took for stuff to happen in a post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is called timeline an can be accessed by going to a post's revisions page and replacing &lt;code&gt;revision&lt;/code&gt; with &lt;code&gt;timeline&lt;/code&gt; in the URL, ie:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/posts/3402/timeline&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/posts/3402/timeline&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;will show you the exact times for creation, modifications, votes and all the rest for this question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That is probably the best way to check for possible plagiarism in answers and will help you make up your mind in what to do next.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I spot identical post I normally use this tool to make up my mind, up vote the post I think deserves more and leave the others alone. If there is need to downvote it will happen but not as often as I would like to admit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastEditorUserId="25863" LastEditDate="2012-06-16T22:00:56.847" LastActivityDate="2012-06-16T22:00:56.847" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3419" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3423" CreationDate="2012-06-15T22:07:30.057" Score="4" ViewCount="146" Body="&lt;p&gt;IS it acceptable to use HTML comments(&amp;lt;!--TEXT--!&gt;) in posts as signals that can be seen by other editors in order to clarify info to future editors, but things that should not be shown on the post as it is unnecessary there?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When one edits, they see something that they are unsure of the meaning of(unclear, but looks salvageable) and when they make it clearer, they put a comment to other editors that they extrapolated it this way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is easier than the edit description as it is directly seen by other editors. Is this acceptable?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54298" LastActivityDate="2012-06-15T23:11:33.493" Title="HTML comments in posts" Tags="|discussion|editing|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3420" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1182" CreationDate="2012-06-15T22:23:44.977" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The Review system should have an option for searching for posts with deadlinks. I don't know if this will overtax the StackOverflow servers, though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54298" LastEditorUserId="54298" LastEditDate="2012-06-16T15:27:15.067" LastActivityDate="2012-06-16T15:27:15.067" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3421" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3424" CreationDate="2012-06-15T22:40:20.163" Score="4" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sometimes when I come to a user profile page, I will see some &quot;Tag Badges&quot; like the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/badges/65/10-10&quot;&gt;10.10 badge&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/badges/63/unity&quot;&gt;the unity badge&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/badges/80/installation&quot;&gt;the installation badge&lt;/a&gt;.  Not only these.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I can't find &quot;Tag Badges&quot; on &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/badges&quot;&gt;this page&lt;/a&gt;.  So how could they exist?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="39869" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2012-06-15T23:46:36.070" Title="Why are there &quot;Tag Badges&quot;?" Tags="|support|badges|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3422" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3419" CreationDate="2012-06-15T22:45:48.750" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would think it is not only acceptable, but an AWESOME idea.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It gives a way for editors to drop notes to other editors that might have a better understanding of the question at hand, without just waiting for something to be seen.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another bonus of this approach could be if a low-priv/rep editor didn't fully grasp the issue at hand, but was REALLY trying to help out a LOT.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just my thoughts....&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2012-06-15T22:45:48.750" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3423" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3419" CreationDate="2012-06-15T23:11:33.493" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm not a moderator, and this is just my opinion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think it is &lt;em&gt;acceptable&lt;/em&gt; to do this, and &lt;em&gt;good&lt;/em&gt; to do it when it makes sense. But I think that situations where it makes sense to do this are not &lt;em&gt;extremely&lt;/em&gt; common. Here are what I consider a couple good use cases for this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Explaining Why Something Should Stay The Way It Is&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have done this myself in the past, to clarify the reason for long alt text describing what can clearly be seen in the image. (I was encouraging future editors to retain the alt text because it made the post &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accessibility&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;accessible&lt;/a&gt; even to people who could not use the image.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Similarly, if a post was a derivative work of free content that required attribution, and editors had been failing to retain the attribution, I would likely add such an HTML comment explaining why the attribution needed to be retained.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If a post contained more complex HTML syntax that was necessary for it to be formatted properly, and editors were converting it to markdown syntax that lost subtle but important formatting, I would add an HTML comment about this as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Explaining Why Something Should Be Changed&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Requests for editing to improve a post should probably never be made just in HTML comments, but they could reasonably be expanded on in HTML comments, for the benefit of people actually attempting to make the requested changes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Communicating With Editors Approving/Rejecting/Improving Suggested Edits&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a very different scenario, I agree with &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/users/5768/aking1012&quot;&gt;aking1012&lt;/a&gt; that HTML comments make sense for edits that are subject to approval, to clarify the reason for a change that might not be obvious, or to annotate a change that the low-rep editor is pretty sure but not totally sure is correct.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have approved edits that included this, and been grateful it was included. In at least one instance, I left the comment, to account for the small possibility that both the author of the suggested edit and I were making a mistake.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;With that said, I do have one concern about this: If someone just approves (or rejects) a suggested edit, do they ever actually see these HTML comments? The post is shown to editors as it appears (i.e., the raw code, whether it be HTML or markdown, is not shown), so editors will only see it in edits they think are worthy but need improvement.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Therefore, unless I am mistaken about how this works, in suggested edits this should probably be limited to providing information that is specifically useful when improving the edit, but which would not affect the decision between Approving as-is, approving and editing (i.e., Improving), and Rejecting.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Explaining How Information Was Obtained From The OP&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I edit a post to include information the original poster provided in comments, chat, an &amp;quot;answer&amp;quot; that should have been an edit, or elsewhere, I explain where I got the information in the edit summary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While I have yet to encounter this situation, I would imagine that sometimes an edit is sufficiently complex that the edit summary, while still important, would not explain how each piece of information was gleaned from the OP. In these scenarios, it might make sense to include some HTML code comments next to specific text, explaining how it was obtained.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please note that I am not saying HTML code comments should be used for &lt;em&gt;attribution&lt;/em&gt;. Rather, I am saying that, &lt;em&gt;in moderation&lt;/em&gt;, HTML code comments may be used as annotations to enhance (not replace) the information provided in the edit summary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do not think this particular situation happens often.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are also some general kinds of scenarios where I think HTML code comments shouldn't be used.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Information that is likely to be useful to the following groups of people should not, in my opinion, be relegated to HTML code comments:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The original poster.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;People using the post (e.g., answering the question, using an answer, voting).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;People &lt;em&gt;considering&lt;/em&gt; editing the post, as they will probably not see the source until they decide to edit it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;People deciding whether or not to close the post or flag for moderator attention.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Moderators, unless they have specifically requested information be conveyed to them in this way.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;People creating derivative works of the post not on Ask Ubuntu, as they might never actually see the source code (they might copy-with-formatting the formatted text).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, when a post is a derivative work, attribution should never be &lt;em&gt;just&lt;/em&gt; in HTML code comments; it should always be visible to whoever reads the work (and thus probably doesn't need to be in HTML code comments).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-06-15T23:11:33.493" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3424" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3421" CreationDate="2012-06-15T23:16:14.207" Score="5" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;So how could they exist?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They don't. The Ubuntu fairy hand-embroiders them and leaves them under your pillow....when at least 20 of your answers to questions containing that tag have a combined score (upvotes) of over 100. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="58612" LastEditorUserId="58612" LastEditDate="2012-06-15T23:46:36.070" LastActivityDate="2012-06-15T23:46:36.070" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3425" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-06-16T14:10:04.457" Score="6" ViewCount="63" Body="&lt;p&gt;We have separate &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/resolution&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;resolution&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;resolution&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/screen-resolution&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;screen-resolution&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;screen-resolution&lt;/a&gt; tags. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/resolution&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;resolution&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;resolution&lt;/a&gt; is almost always used, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/screen-resolution&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;screen-resolution&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;screen-resolution&lt;/a&gt; almost never. Theoretically these are different, as resolution applies to things besides screens ...but practically speaking these tags are probably extremely unlikely to be used differently, especially considering that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;All the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/resolution&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;resolution&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;resolution&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/resolution&quot;&gt;questions&lt;/a&gt; seem to be about screen resolution.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/monitor-resolution&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;monitor-resolution&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;monitor-resolution&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1753/tag-synonym-request-monitor-resolution-resolution&quot;&gt;is a synonym&lt;/a&gt; targeting &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/resolution&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;resolution&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;resolution&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/screen-resolution&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;screen-resolution&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;screen-resolution&lt;/a&gt; should almost certainly be considered to mean the same thing as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/monitor-resolution&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;monitor-resolution&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;monitor-resolution&lt;/a&gt;, and thus should also be a synonym of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/resolution&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;resolution&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;resolution&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2012-06-17T02:44:45.070" Title="Tag synonym request: [screen-resolution] -&gt; [resolution]" Tags="|feature-request|status-completed|tags|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3426" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3402" CreationDate="2012-06-16T15:07:33.467" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The users of Ask Ubuntu should decide in most cases. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And of course the timeline feature can be used to check possible plagiarism in answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="61218" LastActivityDate="2012-06-16T15:07:33.467" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3427" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3277" CreationDate="2012-06-16T16:28:17.870" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think I have fixed this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A while ago I started moving Django sites to being hosted with uwsgi in a hope to move from Cherokee HTTPd to nginx. I got halfway through and stalled.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I only just had time to have a proper look at this last night and found that it was Cherokee throwing the error (instead of Django - as one might expect in this sorts of things). Turns out Cherokee isn't happy interacting with uwsgi in some cases so the only practical fix was to move the whole server to nginx (or backtrack, which I don't like to do).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Well I've just spent a couple of hours migrating dozens of sites over the nginx, including the clean up site and things seem to be working well, including with Google-based OpenIDs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Let me know if this is a lie.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2012-06-16T16:28:17.870" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3428" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3430" CreationDate="2012-06-16T22:10:25.990" Score="3" ViewCount="102" Body="&lt;p&gt;I could of course just reapply the tag (at least I expect I can.. can I? Haven't tried.), just to have it removed again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Usually I'm happy that people mess around with &quot;my&quot; tags, as it improves the question. Not this time. Clicking on the editor only reveals the edit and not the reasoning. How should I proceed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2313" LastActivityDate="2012-06-18T08:40:18.360" Title="I disagree with the removal of a tag from my question.... now what?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3429" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3432" CreationDate="2012-06-16T23:00:39.797" Score="5" ViewCount="60" Body="&lt;p&gt;We have seperate &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/education&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;education&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;education&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/teaching&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;teaching&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;teaching&lt;/a&gt; tags.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems that &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/teaching&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;teaching&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;teaching&lt;/a&gt; with 4 questions, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/education&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;education&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;education&lt;/a&gt; with 6 questions are essentially the same.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also there is the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/children&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;children&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;children&lt;/a&gt; tag that may factor into this somewhere.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit:&lt;/strong&gt; It seems &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/children&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;children&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;children&lt;/a&gt; are dead, so don't worry about that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2012-06-17T11:47:46.483" LastActivityDate="2012-06-17T11:47:46.483" Title="Tag synonym request:  [teaching] -&gt; [education]" Tags="|feature-request|status-completed|tags|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3430" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3428" CreationDate="2012-06-16T23:29:12.117" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;I'm not a moderator; I think this information is correct, but please feel free to edit, comment, downvote, or any combination of these if it's wrong.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;In general&lt;/strong&gt;, if you believe your question is de-tagged wrongly, here are some options at your disposal:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Read the tag's tag wiki and see what other questions are tagged with it. This can sometimes help in figuring out whether or not a tag is appropriate for your question.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Search meta, to see if the tag is under consideration for removal, or otherwise under discussion.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If removing the tag &lt;em&gt;clearly was't intended&lt;/em&gt; by the editor, just add it back.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Similarly, if you are &lt;em&gt;sure&lt;/em&gt; the editor removed it based on a subjective judgment, you may add it back (but don't get into an editing/rolling-back war--if it' re-removed again, use a different option). In the case of a tag that has few or no other questions, you should probably not do this, as the intention of the editor may be to get rid of the tag. That's not always right, but should usually be discussed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;This also applies to editing other people's posts. I've occasionally been guilty of re-adding removed tags to posts I've edited, not realizing that the posts had them before, and then they were removed. If I'd realized this, it would have been better for me to discuss it first!&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you do re-add a removed tag, it helps to explain the reason in your edit summary for the re-addition.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ask a specific question on meta&lt;/strong&gt;, about whether or not the tag should really have been removed. That's what this question was taken to be about (in comments). This is usually the best way. If in doubt, this is probably the best thing to do.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ping the user in chat. For example, to ping me in chat, go into the general chat room, and post a short message with @EliahKagan in it. Even if the user isn't in chat, they will be notified (though it may take some time and you shouldn't expect them to reply immediately). Then you can ask them about the tag removal. You should avoid pinging repeatedly, and remember that meta is often a better place to post, because you can solicit community consensus here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;One caveat:&lt;/strong&gt; The user will only be pinged by the chat &quot;bot&quot; if he/she has logged in to chat within &lt;em&gt;three days or less&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;In the very unusual situation that someone is clearly making intentionally abusive edits removing tags, you can flag the post itself for moderator attention and explain the problem. Unless you're quite sure this is what's happening, it's best to ask on meta first.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="58612" LastEditDate="2012-06-18T08:40:18.360" LastActivityDate="2012-06-18T08:40:18.360" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3432" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3429" CreationDate="2012-06-16T23:40:12.290" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since you asked so nicely, I went through the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/teaching&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;teaching&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;teaching&lt;/a&gt; tag and retagged the questions as relevant. Now, we shall only have a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/education&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;education&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;education&lt;/a&gt; tag. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastActivityDate="2012-06-16T23:40:12.290" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3433" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3428" CreationDate="2012-06-17T02:24:16.373" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you feel very strongly about it, add it back and leave a comment explaining why you've done so, perhaps @mentioning the person who edited it out (so they can respond).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This goes for any sort of edit that you disagree with (whether you're the editor or the, urm, editee). Reverting is optional but you shouldn't do nothing if you think it is the incorrect thing to do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not every incident needs to go to meta. I respect that you're asking for the conduct here and not about the removal of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/children&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;children&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;children&lt;/a&gt; tag (though I'll say something on that in a minute).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;The best course of action is always communication.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Have a word with them in comments. Talk with them in the chat rooms. Find their email in their profile and have a chat. Just remember you're not going to get anywhere unless you're polite, explain your reasoning and also listen to what they've got to say. Ignore those basic concepts and you're going to start an edit war.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you can't come to a consensus, that's when it's time to go to meta. Be specific. People need to know the post in question and why you're opening the thread. All the moderators get a notification so even if nobody else replies, at least one of us should be able to donate $0.02 to the topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;About &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/children&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;children&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;children&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;em&gt;I&lt;/em&gt; don't see anything wrong with the idea of having a child/infant/young-person oriented tag but I'm not wild about the name &amp;quot;children&amp;quot;... I just don't think I'd neccessarily think to add that tag if I were writing that sort of a post...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I don't know if there's anything better. Thesaurus.com offers &lt;a href=&quot;http://thesaurus.com/browse/children&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the following synonyms&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;adolescent, anklebiter, babe, baby, bairn, bambino, brat, cherub, chick, cub, descendant, dickens, imp, infant, innocent, issue, juvenile, kid, kiddie, lamb, little angel, little darling, little doll, little one, minor, mite, moppet, neonate, nestling, newborn, nipper, nursling, offspring, preteen, progeny, pubescent, shaver, small fry, sprout, squirt, stripling, suckling, tadpole, teen, teenager, teenybopper, toddler, tot, tyke, urchin, whippersnapper, young one, youngster, youth&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I find myself wishing we had more use for an &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/anklebiter&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;anklebiter&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;anklebiter&lt;/a&gt; tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No, I think &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/children&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;children&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;children&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/child&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;child&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;child&lt;/a&gt; is probably on the right track.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-06-17T02:24:16.373" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3434" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3428" CreationDate="2012-06-17T03:51:16.860" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I untagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/children&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;children&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;children&lt;/a&gt; because I felt it's a tag no one would subscribe to and was unnecessary. If you think it should be tagged with something then perhaps &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/parental-controls&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;parental-controls&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;parental-controls&lt;/a&gt; would work?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2012-06-17T03:51:16.860" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3435" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-06-17T11:06:50.793" Score="2" ViewCount="95" Body="&lt;p&gt;Now comment button wont work for my questions and answer to my questions . Is it a bug or am I blocked due to rude behavier? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;PS:Commenting IN others questions and its answers still works &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit1&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I forgot to mention that I am using mobile version of askubuntu via opera mini&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;this problem is not specific to a simple question . It appears in all questions in askubuntu&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After logout and back metaaskubuntu comments also disabled :(&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit2&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Full site works without any problem ,only mobile version have this issue :-)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit3:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;This bug is fixed  by operateam or stackexchange team , Now no problem :)&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="39372" LastEditorUserId="39372" LastEditDate="2012-07-10T13:31:43.890" LastActivityDate="2012-07-10T13:31:43.890" Title="Commenting problems when using Opera Mini to browse AU" Tags="|bug|status-declined|comments|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ClosedDate="2012-06-18T15:40:05.183" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3436" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3435" CreationDate="2012-06-17T11:46:52.337" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is there a specific question you had in mind or is this global to all your main-site questions?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should be able to comment unless:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You're not logged in properly. Anon and new users can't comment.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The question (or answer) you're trying to comment on is locked (none of yours appear to be)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You've been suspended. You only have 1 rep in these cases which stops you doing things.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is by no means an answer but try logging out and back in.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2012-06-17T11:46:52.337" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3437" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3438" CreationDate="2012-06-17T16:51:11.600" Score="1" ViewCount="40" Body="&lt;p&gt;I assume the question is self explanatory.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I click on a link, &lt;em&gt;may be&lt;/em&gt; with the intention of gaining rep, and I get, question closed by bla blah. &lt;em&gt;(if we have a user bla or blah, note that I'm not referring you explicitly.)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;Result:&lt;/strong&gt; I get frustrated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://twitter.com/#!/askubuntufeed&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;@askubuntufeed&lt;/a&gt; Y U NO make sense?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="45659" LastActivityDate="2012-06-17T19:49:28.343" Title="Why does askubuntufeed on twitter post links to closed questions?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3438" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3437" CreationDate="2012-06-17T18:12:22.393" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;It doesn't. Those questions were closed after they were posted to the feed. As a result you click through to a closed question. Also, @askubuntufeed isn't run by anyone officially from the community. @AskUbuntu is.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2012-06-17T19:49:28.343" LastActivityDate="2012-06-17T19:49:28.343" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3439" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3440" CreationDate="2012-06-17T20:08:15.763" Score="0" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;Let's say that I leave a comment on a question,  responding to an answer that was left.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can the person who left the answer delete his answer and my comment?  I didn't think that it was possible, is it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="59676" LastEditorUserId="58612" LastEditDate="2012-06-18T08:37:20.767" LastActivityDate="2012-06-18T08:37:20.767" Title="What happens to my comment if the parent question/answer is deleted?" Tags="|support|comments|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3440" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3439" CreationDate="2012-06-17T20:11:24.073" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Because the parent post is deleted, the comment is as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastActivityDate="2012-06-17T20:11:24.073" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3441" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3442" CreationDate="2012-06-17T23:55:42.503" Score="5" ViewCount="45" Body="&lt;p&gt;I believe the tag &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/problem&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;problem&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;problem&lt;/a&gt; is useless as it gives no help to the question. True, it could be argued that some questions are not problems, but attempts to do even more, but this tag is still useless.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54298" LastActivityDate="2012-06-18T12:34:44.353" Title="Tag elimination: [problem]" Tags="|feature-request|tag-block-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3442" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3441" CreationDate="2012-06-18T01:30:29.927" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Looks like the tag got removed from all the questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastEditorUserId="6005" LastEditDate="2012-06-18T12:34:44.353" LastActivityDate="2012-06-18T12:34:44.353" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3445" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3446" CreationDate="2012-06-18T13:05:35.437" Score="7" ViewCount="104" Body="&lt;p&gt;My answer to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/152468/take-data-from-website-and-save-it-in-office/152496#152496&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;this question&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; was accepted. However I don't believe the question itself will be useful to others in its current state. Is it appropriate to edit a question to be more meaningful to others after the answer has been accepted?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="53498" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2012-06-19T15:16:59.457" Title="Should I edit a Question once the Answer has been accepted?" Tags="|discussion|asking-questions|answers|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3446" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3445" CreationDate="2012-06-18T13:28:22.833" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Edits can always be reverted.  If it's obvious you're doing it with good intentions, I see no problems with it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I recently edited a question title with an accepted answer.  &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/151394/is-a-non-trivial-plug-in-for-some-application-considered-an-app&quot;&gt;Here's my example.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I edited the title from something referencing blender plug-ins to something more generic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-06-18T13:28:22.833" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3447" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3445" CreationDate="2012-06-18T13:33:03.670" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Absolutely&lt;/strong&gt;. A more general answer is better than a narrower one most of the time. If you need to edit the question to correspondingly be a little more generalized, so be it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hijacking a question to fit a pre-fabricated answer is what would be beyond the pale.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="58612" LastActivityDate="2012-06-18T13:33:03.670" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3448" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3499" CreationDate="2012-06-18T16:10:51.383" Score="10" ViewCount="125" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Originally discussed here:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/806/the-future-of-the-applications-software-tags&quot;&gt;The future of the applications/software tag(s)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;  &lt;sub&gt;Needs to be discussed again as an effort to ban the tags permanently&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/applications&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;applications&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;applications&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/application&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;application&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;application&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/software&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;software&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;software&lt;/a&gt; are useless - they have no usefulness to sort out posts or follow them, but users keep using them because they are suggested by the system or because they do not know what to use as tags for their post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should we ask the community to blacklist them so it is not a suggestion or a user cannot tag posts with them anymore?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do you see any meaning or think they are useful?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.227" LastActivityDate="2012-06-20T19:52:09.040" Title="Applications, application and software tags must die!" Tags="|discussion|status-completed|tags|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3449" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3448" CreationDate="2012-06-18T16:10:51.930" Score="9" Body="&lt;h2&gt;YES, remove them.&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I cannot see any useful use of the tag, so I propose that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Community members go through the tag page, and on relevant questions replace the &lt;em&gt;applications&lt;/em&gt; tag by &lt;em&gt;software-recommendations&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;After this is completed, all other uses of the &lt;em&gt;applications&lt;/em&gt; tag are removed from posts where it is not relevant to use them.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The &lt;em&gt;applications&lt;/em&gt; tag is blacklisted so it cannot be used.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-06-18T16:10:51.930" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-06-18T16:12:09.540" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3450" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3448" CreationDate="2012-06-18T16:11:58.573" Score="-4" Body="&lt;h2&gt;No, do not remove them.&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think the tag is useful and should stay.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(If you have any points to add to this defending why the tags should stay edit the post)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-06-18T16:11:58.573" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-06-18T16:12:17.013" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3451" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3452" CreationDate="2012-06-18T18:34:00.160" Score="2" ViewCount="94" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm new to Ask Ubuntu, and I am new to this Stack Exchange thing too.  I see that there are clients for Android and Mac.  Anything like this for Ubuntu?  Maybe an Indicator??&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks very much.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="71339" OwnerDisplayName="Dean Howell" LastActivityDate="2012-06-18T19:36:22.037" Title="Is there a Stack-Exchange indicator for Precise?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3452" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3451" CreationDate="2012-06-18T19:36:22.037" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is, it's called &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackapps.com/questions/83/stackapplet-bringing-stack-exchange-notifications-to-your-desktop-1-6-alpha-f&quot;&gt;StackApplet&lt;/a&gt;. There's a PPA and instructions for installing at that link.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:46.307" LastActivityDate="2012-06-18T19:36:22.037" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3453" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3478" CreationDate="2012-06-18T20:07:40.687" Score="1" ViewCount="57" Body="&lt;p&gt;Could there be a graph or indicator somewhere on this site to show activity during the day? It seems that one has better luck getting answers if they post during active times so this could be a good feature for users that want quick(er) answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54298" LastActivityDate="2012-06-19T14:01:46.777" Title="Site activity monitor" Tags="|feature-request|recent-activity|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3454" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3455" CreationDate="2012-06-18T20:35:03.340" Score="5" ViewCount="70" Body="&lt;p&gt;I believe that bounties that are awarded to community wiki questions should be split according to the work done by each user(See the percentages under any community wiki answer to get this data) instead of giving all to the original user. Or, the person giving the bounty can choose how to distribute the bounty manually. Feel free to add other opinions to the mix.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54298" LastEditorUserId="54298" LastEditDate="2012-06-18T21:32:35.913" LastActivityDate="2012-06-18T21:32:35.913" Title="Community Wiki bounties should be split" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|bounty|community-wiki|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3455" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3454" CreationDate="2012-06-18T20:36:58.563" Score="4" Body="&lt;h1&gt;I agree: automatically split&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This should be done by automatically splitting according to the amount of work done by each user.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54298" LastActivityDate="2012-06-18T20:36:58.563" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-06-18T20:36:58.563" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3456" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3454" CreationDate="2012-06-18T20:37:41.540" Score="-2" Body="&lt;h1&gt;I agree: manually split&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This should be done by allowing the person awarding the bounty to manually choose how much goes to each user.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54298" LastActivityDate="2012-06-18T20:37:41.540" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-06-18T20:37:41.540" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3457" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3454" CreationDate="2012-06-18T20:38:19.793" Score="-3" Body="&lt;h1&gt;I disagree&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This should not be implemented and the behavior left as is: the person creating the answer gets all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54298" LastActivityDate="2012-06-18T20:38:19.793" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-06-18T20:38:19.793" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3458" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-06-18T20:54:05.133" Score="2" ViewCount="65" Body="&lt;p&gt;At the time I asked this question (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/149028/is-an-acpi-gpe-storm-normal-in-an-ubuntu-session&quot;&gt;Is an ACPI GPE storm normal in an Ubuntu session?&lt;/a&gt;) I didn't have enough rep. Now I do and I want to set a bounty, but there's no link. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The link states &quot;question eligible for bounty Jun 12 at 16:28&quot;. If I click that, it gives me the FAQ, but no way to actually set one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there no way to set a bounty? Do I have to ask it all over again?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't have any other bounties running at the moment, for other questions I do have the option to set a bounty.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Wbzp1.png&quot; alt=&quot;screenshot&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="65499" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2012-06-19T05:10:50.007" Title="How to set bounty? sufficient rep but no link" Tags="|support|reputation|bounty|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2013-02-06T05:17:05.533" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3459" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-06-19T01:07:47.913" Score="8" ViewCount="153" Body="&lt;p&gt;If I post an answer that gets downvoted for unknown reasons so that I cannot improve it, would it be considered bad form to delete the answer completely?  What if the answer gets downvotes, but actually helps the poster solve the problem?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I suppose a lesser consideration might be what happens to the negative reputation points.  It's only one point for each downvote, I think, but do they go away?  The reason I'm curious about this is I wonder if people would delete all their questions and answers that get downvoted to build up their reputation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="39753" LastActivityDate="2012-06-19T02:38:56.040" Title="Should bad answers be deleted" Tags="|discussion|answers|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3460" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3459" CreationDate="2012-06-19T01:28:42.880" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can always improve your answer, whether someone downvotes it or not. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as removing your answer, yes, you can always delete your answers to get your reputation back, unless it's an accepted answer, in which case you'd need to flag the answer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;People wouldn't really be gaming the system, they would just be getting their points back, which is fine, if the community feels that the answer was so terrible that the total votes on the answer are negative then it's probably better to remove it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It would help if you linked the answer that was downvoted, then maybe we could give you some hints on how to improve it!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2012-06-19T01:28:42.880" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3461" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3459" CreationDate="2012-06-19T01:38:43.543" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;I only delete an answer I've posted if I think it has one or more of the following problems:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Wrong, and I can't improve it to make it right.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Dangerously misleading, and I can't improve it to fix this.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Not helpful, and I can't make it helpful.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Remember that upvotes will more than cancel out downvotes in the long run, especially random upvotes vs. random downvotes, and especially in terms of reputation gained/lost.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2012-06-19T01:38:43.543" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3462" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5303" CreationDate="2012-06-19T02:30:56.643" Score="5" ViewCount="111" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the sidebar of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review&quot;&gt;the review page&lt;/a&gt; it said:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;These are automatically detected low quality posts on Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How are those detected?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="39869" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="How are low-quality answers detected?" Tags="|discussion|review|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3463" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3459" CreationDate="2012-06-19T02:38:56.040" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;@Jorge 's answer is absolutely correct.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If we're talking specifically about &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/152727/cannot-use-sudo-from-live-cd/152729#152729&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; I would examine the comments again. Particularly the ones by @psusi and @Dylan .  Sudo is absolutely possible on live media...so your answer was factually incorrect.  If you went back through and fixed that bit, I suspect you would be at at least 0 (which would be a net gain of 16 points)  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2012-06-19T02:38:56.040" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3464" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-06-19T05:42:35.400" Score="2" ViewCount="103" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sometimes, I need to edit multiple answers, (updates, changes, new ways, etc.).  But I found out that I could only do 5 edits per day.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How can get past this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You have already edited 5 of your own posts today (excluding very&#xA;  recent posts); further edits are not allowed until tomorrow.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Instead of waiting till tomorrow?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="59676" LastEditorUserId="59676" LastEditDate="2012-06-19T09:22:25.350" LastActivityDate="2012-12-05T11:34:33.763" Title="How can get past 5 edits" Tags="|support|editing|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3465" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3469" CreationDate="2012-06-19T06:59:05.273" Score="3" ViewCount="168" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/142386/how-to-modify-a-freebsd-9-0-iso-file&quot;&gt;This question&lt;/a&gt; was closed as off topic, and there is a comment (though not by one of the close-voters) saying that it's off-topic but would be on topic at Unix.SE.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question is undeniably about FreeBSD, in that it's asking how to remaster a FreeBSD ISO. But presumably, it's on topic for our site--after all, it's presumably about &lt;strong&gt;how to do it using Ubuntu.&lt;/strong&gt; Furthermore, the specific information being requested doesn't seem to be particular to FreeBSD at all. This is asking how to remaster a bootable &lt;code&gt;.iso&lt;/code&gt; image.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is the reason this was closed &lt;strong&gt;the assumption that the OP is not using Ubuntu&lt;/strong&gt;? If so, why was this assumption made without asking in a comment? Or did the OP communicate with someone via other means (e.g., chat), indicating that he is not actually using Ubuntu?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If someone asks how to create a text document, or edit images, or access email, and they don't explicitly state they're using Ubuntu, we assume they are, or we ask if we're unsure. But for some other questions, involving another operating system, we seem to assume they are not running Ubuntu. (That is, if I'm recalling correctly, this doesn't seem like an isolated case.) Is there a good reason to assume that? Or is this just a mistake that's made frequently?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2012-06-19T08:49:16.857" Title="Was 142386 closed because it's about FreeBSD, or because it might not also be about Ubuntu?" Tags="|discussion|closed-questions|close-reasons|scope|vote-to-close|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3467" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3468" CreationDate="2012-06-19T08:16:46.830" Score="4" ViewCount="259" Body="&lt;p&gt;I understand that the best course of action is to add a source for a particular question.  Is there a stronger way to encourage users to cite their sources in answers beyond down-voting factually correct but copied answers?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2012-07-02T05:46:00.523" Title="How can we handle users that continually copy paste answers without citing a source?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3468" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3467" CreationDate="2012-06-19T08:22:20.133" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Simply copying information, word by word or big chunks of it, without citing the source is wrong.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't care how you see it or what license the information is shared from.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should work the information that you obtain, adapt it and fit it to the needs of the site, after you did that you should add a link to the information you based your post on as the source.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Answers that are exact copies of information from other sites should not really exist in a good context, if you can edit them and make some use of that information great, else they should be flagged for moderation and possibly deleted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Users that continuous paste information from other sources as their own answers will be warned and possibly have their accounts suspended.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastEditorUserId="25863" LastEditDate="2012-06-19T13:02:27.770" LastActivityDate="2012-06-19T13:02:27.770" CommentCount="12" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3469" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3465" CreationDate="2012-06-19T08:49:16.857" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;In my capacity of supporting the other three members of the community, I was content that this was not a borderline case and that it was a potential better fit with Unix &amp;amp; Linux.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the OP flagged for the migration I would have approached the mods there to migrate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this case, a junior member of the community dropped an &quot;off-topic&quot; comment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Two senior members of the community supported this by exercising their close votes.  There wasnt any need to add additional comments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;FreeBSD I would contend is not an OS the majority of Ubuntonians are familiar with.  This sort of question would need feedback from the OP to resolve.  Hence, the combination of a non-ubuntu OS, the fact that he was using a third-party piece of software that may or may not be running on Ubuntu and that this may need further feedback led me to believe this is either off-topic or too-localised.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I dont believe this would have added to our mission to produce &quot;reusable articles&quot; for  ubuntu users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As always, all closed questions can be reopened at any time.  If the OP in question flags or drops a comment to that, we can revisit this then.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14356" LastActivityDate="2012-06-19T08:49:16.857" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3470" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3464" CreationDate="2012-06-19T11:26:03.417" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is a feature of the system that you can't edit your own posts more than five times. You should try to consolidate multiple edits made to one post into one, and use comments for small communications, not edits. Disclaimer: I am &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;NOT&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; a moderator, so I cannot be sure of the exact rule.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Actually, this appears to make it so you can't keep bumping your questions on the homepage, whether to get votes, or to draw unfair attention for an answer. Either way, it is useful IMO and will remain that way for the foreseeable future.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even if you hit 5 edits on your posts, you can edit others' posts at your will.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54298" LastEditorUserId="54298" LastEditDate="2012-12-05T11:34:33.763" LastActivityDate="2012-12-05T11:34:33.763" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3471" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3467" CreationDate="2012-06-19T11:45:02.713" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I do that sometime.  Reason, I don't know much about Ubuntu, and Linux fro that matter, and I know that is not an excuse.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The first rule of copying information from a location to another is to identify the owner.  By doing so it is not considered plagiarism.  Now copying and changing few word, is still called plagiarism if you don't cite your source.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I try to be Conscientious about what to copy and include the site that it was copied from, just to avoid such a dilemma.  I sometimes go back to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.plagiarism.org&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;plagiarism.org&lt;/a&gt; in case I get worried about something, and I try to research it.  Sometimes I even ask the professors at the university that I work at on how to copy information, and use it without committing plagiarism.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Bruno Pereira said in his answer &quot;Plagiarism without citing the source is wrong&quot;  well if you cite the source is not plagiarism, you are merely copying the words verbatim. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Don't miss understand me I agree with Bruno Pereira, you should try to put thing in your own words, but that doesn't relieve you from citing.  You still have to cite the source (website) and sometimes that author or creator of the information that you are trying to use.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I hope that all of us here would work in harmony, and help each other in any way we can if possible.  I remember asking a question about down-voting earlier, and it was closed as being a duplicate,  I looked at that question, and one of the answers said &quot; votes are anonymous, so you should not have to reveal your identity when you down-vote&quot; &lt;a href=&quot;/users/1059/gilles&quot;&gt;Gilles&lt;/a&gt;.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I agree with that, but there should be an option of multiple reasons that you can choose from, and I think that may help that person to improve his question/answer.  I don't know maybe I went off on a tangent here, but lets all work together as one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="59676" LastActivityDate="2012-06-19T11:45:02.713" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3472" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3477" CreationDate="2012-06-19T11:51:41.720" Score="1" ViewCount="92" Body="&lt;p&gt;Could there possibly be a [canonical-answer] moderator-only(or otherwise officiated) tag on the main site to single out good canonical questions? Currently, a list of canonical questions is hidden somewhere in meta where panicky users that have just panicked with unmet dependencies, to cite an example. Possible options listed below. If this is approved, then there should be a prominent location with these questions or at least a prompt to look through them before posting your own question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54298" LastEditorUserId="41" LastEditDate="2012-06-19T12:22:21.973" LastActivityDate="2012-06-19T12:24:49.390" Title="Official canonical questions list" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|tags|" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3473" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3472" CreationDate="2012-06-19T11:52:48.130" Score="0" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Yes.&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It should be moderator-only.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54298" LastActivityDate="2012-06-19T11:52:48.130" CommentCount="7" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-06-19T11:52:48.130" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3474" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3472" CreationDate="2012-06-19T11:53:51.123" Score="0" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Yes.&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It should be something you can propose with enough reputation, and approved by somebody with even more reputation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54298" LastActivityDate="2012-06-19T11:53:51.123" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-06-19T11:53:51.123" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3475" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3472" CreationDate="2012-06-19T11:54:43.790" Score="0" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Yes.&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It should be something you can vote on that isn't just approved, but requires a certain amount of &quot;canonical&quot; votes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54298" LastActivityDate="2012-06-19T11:54:43.790" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-06-19T11:54:43.790" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3476" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3472" CreationDate="2012-06-19T11:55:54.803" Score="3" Body="&lt;h1&gt;No.&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Let's &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; avoid clutter with common duplicates because we don't prompt people to look at canonical questions because we don't even have an official list readily available at a prominent location within the main site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54298" LastActivityDate="2012-06-19T11:55:54.803" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-06-19T11:55:54.803" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3477" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3472" CreationDate="2012-06-19T12:24:49.390" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would argue that this isn't needed. Why? Because if it really is a a canonical question, and it is a well done, popular question, it shows up as the first question in Google, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions?sort=faq&quot;&gt;or in here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't think this is needed, and that we should spend our time making canonical questions awesomer (that is a word, right?) instead of trying to make our really simple mission - questions and answers even more complicated. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2012-06-19T12:24:49.390" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3478" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3453" CreationDate="2012-06-19T14:01:46.777" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Moderators have access to such tools and can monitor site traffic, posts, type of posts, accesses, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do not see how that would be interesting to a normal user and since the measuring is done on top of the SE servers it would create a lot of pressure on top of busy servers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do not think that posting a question in a busy time attracts more views as posting an answer in busy times has better chances to get up votes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You get greater visibility by posting a good quality question, with details and effort to be assisted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You get greater visibility by posting a good quality answer, with direct, clear instructions and a good explanation on how that would solve the issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unless there is a direct, more specific reason why this should be implemented I do not see any reason for it to happen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastActivityDate="2012-06-19T14:01:46.777" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3479" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3482" CreationDate="2012-06-19T15:10:12.847" Score="1" ViewCount="54" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can we have a tab labeled &quot;Accepted&quot;, like &quot;Active&quot;, which will show recently accepted answers (including all at the end).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am asking this because in heavy moderation time, there are questions coming one by one very quickly, which can confuse a new Ask Ubuntu user. I also suggesting that tab to be default.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="61218" LastActivityDate="2012-06-19T20:16:34.987" Title="Answered tab in the home page of Ask Ubuntu" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3480" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3445" CreationDate="2012-06-19T15:14:19.487" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Another point&lt;/strong&gt;: Not such a way that, The Accepted answer becomes invalid. It will be harmful for the site&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="61218" LastActivityDate="2012-06-19T15:14:19.487" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3481" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3479" CreationDate="2012-06-19T15:25:37.533" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure the point of this, most users who land on the site don't land here because they know to go to &lt;a href=&quot;http://askubuntu.com&quot;&gt;http://askubuntu.com&lt;/a&gt; - they come from a search result on a search engine. The stream shows recently modified/new questions, regardless of if they're accepted or not. As most users who are staring at the homepage are experienced users, making a list of all the accepted questions helps a very small population of the site on the home page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you're interested in questions that have answers, you can use &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?tab=newest&amp;amp;q=hasaccepted%3a1&quot;&gt;the search functions&lt;/a&gt; to weed out only those with answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2012-06-19T15:25:37.533" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3482" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3479" CreationDate="2012-06-19T17:33:21.393" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Once you get enough reputation (10k to be more precise) you get access to a lot more information than probably you want.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/moderator-tools&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;access to moderator tools&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/a&gt; privilege will allow you to check most of everything the site has.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A preview of most of the tools available when you reach the 10k reputation mark is &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2290/how-does-the-site-look-like-to-a-moderator&quot;&gt;displayed here&lt;/a&gt;. They are not the same but there are a lot of common functions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Until then you can simply search the site with a lot of possible filters, a cool one that might help you sort out recent questions with accepted answers is &lt;code&gt;hasaccepted:1&lt;/code&gt;, try that in the search box from the main site and it will return all the questions in Ask Ubuntu that have accepted answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sort that by activity or by creation and you have something close to what you request, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?tab=newest&amp;amp;q=hasaccepted%3a1&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;have a look here!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can sort of understand some usefulness to your request, but because of the already implemented solutions and tools and style I don't really agree that we need to clutter the main site with another tab.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2012-06-19T20:16:34.987" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3484" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3486" CreationDate="2012-06-19T20:23:34.417" Score="1" ViewCount="64" Body="&lt;p&gt;I believe &lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;data explorer&lt;/a&gt; is enabling users to get around restrictions, as with a simple query, users with less than 1000 rep can get vote counts(the ones unlocked by Trusted User), (see &lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/ubuntu/query/466/most-controversial-posts-on-the-site&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;this query&lt;/a&gt;), as well as many kinds of votes or possibly even flags(line 4 on &lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/ubuntu/query/70682/close-votes-cast-by-a-user&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;this query&lt;/a&gt;, or even that number changed to get scarier vote statistics). I believe that the system should be revised denying access to sensitive data to users that don't have sufficient rep on the site they are looking at.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54298" LastEditorUserId="6005" LastEditDate="2012-10-23T01:03:44.297" LastActivityDate="2012-10-23T01:03:44.297" Title="StackExchage data explorer gets around restrictions" Tags="|feature-request|status-bydesign|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3486" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3484" CreationDate="2012-06-19T20:24:10.690" Score="2" Body="&lt;h1&gt;No&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We should allow users to get past new user restrictions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54298" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-06-19T20:24:10.690" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-06-19T20:24:10.690" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3487" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3488" CreationDate="2012-06-19T21:41:04.947" Score="11" ViewCount="2133" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is it acceptable to ask questions &quot;just for curiosity&quot;, or should we refrain from that to avoid overloading the site already choked with panicked questions? Also, if we do, should we somehow mark it as &quot;low-priority&quot; in some way?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54298" LastActivityDate="2012-06-19T22:30:36.237" Title="Questions &quot;just for curiosity&quot;" Tags="|discussion|asking-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3488" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3487" CreationDate="2012-06-19T22:30:36.237" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;A good question is a good question, as long as it follows the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq&quot;&gt;FAQ&lt;/a&gt; you should be fine, some of our best questions are people wondering why something works.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2012-06-19T22:30:36.237" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3489" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3493" CreationDate="2012-06-20T05:40:32.963" Score="1" ViewCount="135" Body="&lt;p&gt;I signed into (and presumably registered with) askubuntu using my launchpad openid.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd like to also ask some questions on other Stack Exchange sites but keep all the accounts connected.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I go to sign in at (for example) stack overflow, the openid options do not include askubuntu or launchpad. How can I ensure that any new accounts I create will be correctly linked?&#xA;Should I register an account with the main stack exchange site first?&#xA;I seem to already be a Stack Exchange user as I can click on &quot;Network Profile&quot;, and this takes me to Stack Exchange where I can see my stats, but I don't seem to have an actual log in to Stack Exchange.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="71355" LastActivityDate="2012-06-20T18:41:34.153" Title="Can I (and How do I) use my askubuntu account on other Stack Exchange sites?" Tags="|support|stackexchange|user-accounts|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3490" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6850" CreationDate="2012-06-20T12:41:08.167" Score="36" ViewCount="318" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a user familiar with StackOverflow websites but it took me a while to locate the Ask Question button on &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/&quot;&gt;Ask Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Reason: Insufficient contrast (as can be seen below). A single grey / translucent back background should fix the problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/pIUJt.png&quot; alt=&quot;top right of askubuntu theme&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2740" OwnerDisplayName="Srirangan" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2013-06-15T01:28:02.710" Title="Please make the &quot;Ask Question&quot; button on AskUbuntu more prominent" Tags="|feature-request|status-completed|design|" AnswerCount="6" CommentCount="15" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3492" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3017" CreationDate="2012-06-20T18:00:40.577" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;This ended up being a problem in the xdiagnose hook. It has been fixed so AU won't be mentioned when something crashes. It's in -proposed now and will be pushed out as an update in probably a week or so. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xdiagnose/+bug/991602&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xdiagnose/+bug/991602&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If someone can try Scott's recommendation in the comment to test that it works that would be appreciated, I could never get this dialog to come up in the first place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2012-06-20T18:00:40.577" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3493" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3489" CreationDate="2012-06-20T18:41:34.153" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, you can. It's quite simple. You simply create an account on another Stackexchage site with the same credentials(assuming your Launchpad &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;username&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; is &lt;em&gt;example&lt;/em&gt;, click the option for something like &quot;other&quot;, and type , &lt;a href=&quot;https://launchpad.net/~&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://launchpad.net/~&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;example&lt;/em&gt; and continue the login. This has a benefit--if you hit 200 reputation on any one StackExchange site, you get an extra 100 reputation for all sites. Unfortunately, you can only get this bonus once.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another option to login:&#xA;Go to your Askubuntu profile page and click &quot;My Logins&quot;. Click &quot;add more logins..&quot; and use any option there to create a login with a site you already have an account on. You can then login to any site in order to share the account.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54298" LastActivityDate="2012-06-20T18:41:34.153" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3494" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3490" CreationDate="2012-06-20T18:44:55.723" Score="-6" Body="&lt;h2&gt;I don't think its necessary.&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While some people may not be able to see the button, 95% of the people out there are able to see it (supported by how many new questions we get in any given time period greater than an hour).  Given this, I wouldn't find any logical reason to change the way it is now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As well...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A single grey / translucent back background should fix the problem&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That would take away from the design of the site.  Aesthetics are important, and adding a grey or translucent background to the button takes away from the aesthetics (it looks ugly).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2012-06-20T18:53:16.943" LastActivityDate="2012-06-20T18:53:16.943" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3495" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-06-20T17:48:43.013" Score="11" ViewCount="287" Body="&lt;p&gt;Seriously. I'm running 12.04 and getting messages about /usr/bin/Xorg crashing. So I come over here, start searching... and every case I've found is closed with &quot;this is not the right place per the FAQ&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would it be that much of a difficulty to either a) offer a known solution or b) link to the bug so future searchers can check on it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user72076" LastEditorUserId="14356" LastEditDate="2012-06-20T19:08:55.200" LastActivityDate="2012-06-20T19:28:52.237" Title="If Ask Ubuntu is the place I'm supposed to go to get help, why is every hit related to my answer closed with &quot;this isn't the place, file a bug?&quot;" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3497" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3495" CreationDate="2012-06-20T18:14:04.810" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is due to a bug in the bug reporting tool sending you to Ask Ubuntu when it should have reported the bug to the bug tracker instead. This has been reported, and fix was committed. Soon, you should get an update via the update-manager that fixes it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3017/why-is-ask-ubuntu-being-linked-to-from-apport&quot;&gt;Why is Ask Ubuntu being linked to from Apport?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://bugs.launchpad.net/apport/+bug/991602&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Bug link here.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Some info you may find useful:&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As such, Bugs are considered off-topic here. We are a Q&amp;amp;A system, that is aimed to be a comprehensive one-stop solution for users seeking support. And yes, Ask Ubuntu is the best place for free technical support on Ubuntu related issues, but that does not mean we deal with bugs. I understand that a user seeing the message directing him to Ask Ubuntu may not be aware of that. Launchpad is the right place for bugs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="45659" OwnerDisplayName="Mahesh" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-06-20T19:28:52.237" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3498" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3490" CreationDate="2012-06-20T19:11:41.273" Score="-3" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;(At start I agreed totally with this idea)&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Our &lt;em&gt;Ask Question&lt;/em&gt; button kinda fades out a bit and might be hard to find for a new user visiting the page for the first time(s).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Pondering a bit I went to some random sites in SE to check out possible suggestions...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Wow, we have a nice looking &lt;em&gt;Ask Question&lt;/em&gt; button compared with other sites, and it looks awesome in the layout!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's probably easier to find than 75% of the sites I checked:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The position is nice&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The styling copying Ubuntu style guides fits the site&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It is unique!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It looks (a tinny bit) like the default Ubuntu desktops&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It is visible!&#xA;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;sub&gt;But could be better ):&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I agree that we could improve the visibility of the button, the hover effect is nice, but the button could get nicer border to make it more prominent on the main page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is my wish that we have a look at some options, without modifying the button so much, but make it more prominent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastActivityDate="2012-06-20T19:11:41.273" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3499" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3448" CreationDate="2012-06-20T19:31:15.790" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;These tags have been removed from all questions and blacklisted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12845" LastEditorUserId="25863" LastEditDate="2012-06-20T19:52:09.040" LastActivityDate="2012-06-20T19:52:09.040" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3500" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-06-20T18:04:06.367" Score="8" ViewCount="108" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the question list, there are orange circles, green circles, grey circles, etc...  Is there a legend or a key for this somewhere?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="71339" OwnerDisplayName="Dean Howell" LastActivityDate="2012-06-21T01:14:43.127" Title="Where can I find a legend for the vote and answer count color combinations in the question list?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3501" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3490" CreationDate="2012-06-20T22:51:57.323" Score="9" Body="&lt;h2&gt;If Some People Really &lt;em&gt;Can't See It&lt;/em&gt;, It Needs To Be &lt;em&gt;More Visible&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/3494/22949&quot;&gt;1 in 20 people&lt;/a&gt; coming to the site to get help can't see the button they have to click to get help, that would make this an extremely serious bug.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We don't have to break the aesthetic feel of the site to change this. We can give the text itself more contrast. We could even have a notification bar appear at the top of the screen for new users (well, I think we could do this) reminding them that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Questions should be asked as questions. Answers should be posted as answers. (I'm not saying we should word it quite like that!)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You can ask a question by pressing &lt;strong&gt;that button&lt;/strong&gt;. When the user hovers the mouse pointer over the notification, the Ask Question button is highlighted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In effect, this would achieve all the positive effects, and none of the negative effects, of actually having a green hand-drawn circle around the Ask Question button. ;-)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;While decisions about this should be made to make the site accessible to users, that would not be the only benefit. Questions posted as answers constitute a substantial commenting and flagging load on users, and the workload for moderators to deal with all these flags is probably rather formidable too.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, we should &lt;em&gt;find out&lt;/em&gt; if the Ask Question button, as it is now, is specifically inaccessible to people with certain disabilities. &lt;em&gt;It is critically important that we not conclude it's fine as it is, at least until we have satisfied ourselves that we're not discriminating against people with visual impairments.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-06-22T13:19:29.000" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3502" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3508" CreationDate="2012-06-20T23:16:40.410" Score="18" ViewCount="253" Body="&lt;p&gt;In &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits&quot;&gt;review&lt;/a&gt;, I've seen a number of edits that were good ...except for the edit summaries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Bad summaries are most often something like, &quot;Improved question.&quot; This is a bad summary because any editor assumes his/her edits have &lt;em&gt;improved&lt;/em&gt; the question, or they would never have suggested the edits in the first place. This provides no information whatsoever about what is changed, and is worse than putting in no summary at all, because with no summary, Ask Ubuntu generates a basic, purely syntactic summary of the edit, which is often somewhat useful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So far I've just largely ignored the problem. When I think the changes made by an edit are good, I approve the edit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But the number of users applying these bad summaries seems to be increasing (though I do &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; intend that as a scientific claim). I feel like I shouldn't simply ignore this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But what should I do? Here are some possibilities...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I could &lt;strong&gt;reject the edit&lt;/strong&gt;. But I don't want to do that, because the &lt;em&gt;actual changes&lt;/em&gt; are good.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I don't think I can &quot;Improve&quot; the edit (with the &quot;Improve&quot; button)--edits that change only a summary are not accepted by Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Should I try to contact the user personally?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Should I post a comment? I don't want to pollute questions and answers with these kinds of comments (not even directed at the original poster).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I could post a feature request, asking that the edit summary text box carry a more explicit statement of what it's for, or for phrases like &quot;improved question&quot; to be automatically detected and rejected as edit summaries.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Or I could just go back to ignoring this, as I've been doing until now.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2018-04-20T19:35:08.807" Title="What to do about good suggested edits with very bad summaries?" Tags="|discussion|suggested-edits|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3503" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3500" CreationDate="2012-06-21T01:14:43.127" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think they tried to make them self evident, but...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Orange = no answers&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Grey = answer(s) but no accepted answer&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Green = has accepted answer  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastActivityDate="2012-06-21T01:14:43.127" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3504" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3502" CreationDate="2012-06-21T01:52:26.887" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the beginning (at Ask Ubuntu), I made many edits with this kind of summary. I thought That was OK, since there are reviewers, who actually see my edits, and I also think that was good suggestions. ( 1/66 is rejected, for the rejected one, I also feared that might be rejected ). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But now, I see that, this kind of summary may confuse reviewer or create annoyance. So, I am now changing that habit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My answer will be (After knowing that the edits are not hidden) : Option 5, that is post a feature request, asking users to remind about good summaries by adding something with this one:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;We welcome all constructive edits, but please make them substantial. Avoid trivial, tiny one-letter edits unless absolutely necessary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/GpOW7.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because, that helped me to avoid unnecessary edits, might also help me (and many others) to avoid typical, two worded summaries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, if a certain pattern is found on the summary string, we can warn user with a warning like this :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/G3Y7w.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, We need to remove these strings as suggested summaries: (Because that does something for my short edit summary habit )&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/3JyPP.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="61218" LastEditorUserId="61218" LastEditDate="2012-06-21T03:09:30.473" LastActivityDate="2012-06-21T03:09:30.473" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3505" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3506" CreationDate="2012-06-21T02:46:04.353" Score="0" ViewCount="113" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sometimes I will come across a &quot;warning&quot; on an answer or question.  Sort of.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On my &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/97236/39869&quot;&gt;super-old first answer&lt;/a&gt; that I answered, I got this &quot;warning&quot;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Whilst this may theoretically answer the question, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/8231/are-answers-that-just-contain-links-elsewhere-really-good-answers/8259#8259&quot;&gt;it would be&#xA;  preferable&lt;/a&gt; to include the essential parts of the answer here, and&#xA;  provide the link for reference.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I thought that was just a normal comment on my question, so I ignored it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Later then I was getting more involved into Askubuntu.  That's when I saw the same message across &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review&quot;&gt;low-quality posts&lt;/a&gt;.  Again and again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Next I received another comment warning me to accept more questions that I asked.  This time I took it more seriously (although the poster wasn't a moderator) because I saw the same message before on somebody else's question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Recently I also saw a warning about using bounties correctly somewhere on both StackOverFlow &lt;strong&gt;and&lt;/strong&gt; AskUbuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The same thing in common on those warnings is that they seem to be created by a robot (no offense if you the reader created them).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know this may sound like a stupid question, but where do these repeated &quot;warning&quot; comments come from, and why do people want to use them when they can make up their own?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="39869" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2012-06-22T01:22:19.873" Title="Repeated &quot;warnings&quot; across questions and answers across StackExchange?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3506" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3505" CreationDate="2012-06-21T03:13:09.140" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is from our Pre-written Pro forma userscript comments:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1323/what-prewritten-pro-forma-userscript-comments-can-we-use-and-share&quot;&gt;What prewritten Pro-forma userscript comments can we use and share?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An advice:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Don't ignore such comments from other community members , Review your post if you got such comments. If you have doubts about it ,contact the commentor in chat&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="39372" LastEditorUserId="39372" LastEditDate="2012-06-22T01:22:19.873" LastActivityDate="2012-06-22T01:22:19.873" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3507" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3490" CreationDate="2012-06-21T03:15:55.190" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here are some mock-ups, of what I was thinking would make the Ask question-&lt;br&gt;&#xA;A- more visible&lt;br&gt;&#xA;B- In line as a &quot;tool&quot; on the Main bar&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My main point is that it seems to be more part of the side bar - then the top primary navigation.&lt;br&gt;&#xA; When first searching where to ask a question, people look first to the primary horizontal navigation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I visited many other Stack Exchange sites, and noticed the main difference is that they have &quot;Ask question&quot; in line with the main bar, below are examples that I feel have a good visibility of the Ask question,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://rpg.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;https://rpg.stackexchange.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://drupal.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;https://drupal.stackexchange.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://diy.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;https://diy.stackexchange.com/&lt;/a&gt;   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Notice that they have varying design aesthetics, I think we can improve visibility of the button without sacrificing the look of the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is a mock-up, using the &quot;Light aubergine&quot; that is used to indicate a &quot;consumer focus&quot;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://design.ubuntu.com/assets/colour-palette&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://design.ubuntu.com/assets/colour-palette&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/DwfGo.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that we can keep more space between the orange bar and the questions, sometimes important notes appear in that space. The positioning over the darker color automatically improves contrast.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or perhaps something more subtle -&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Eos0Q.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is an option based on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.ubuntu.com/&lt;/a&gt; site,&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/DWvjw.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:47:15.470" LastActivityDate="2012-06-22T15:05:05.423" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3508" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3502" CreationDate="2012-06-21T07:12:16.800" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;When the edit in itself is good, summaries shouldn't matter.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What about those super bot type editors whose edits always carry summaries like &lt;code&gt;added xxx chars in body&lt;/code&gt;??&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, while good summaries are to be encouraged, we don't have a specific need of discouraging 'bad' ones, I believe...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="45659" LastEditorUserId="58612" LastEditDate="2012-06-21T07:26:22.057" LastActivityDate="2012-06-21T07:26:22.057" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3509" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-06-21T08:30:04.463" Score="1" ViewCount="233" Body="&lt;p&gt;I realize that the topic of derivatives has been &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/684/42224&quot;&gt;touched on before&lt;/a&gt; but I am shocked that this community is so closed to questions that, were they answered, could assist pure Ubuntu users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I recently noticed this question was closed without explanation by those moderating it:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/153729/42224&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/q/153729/42224&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As Mint is so closely tied to Ubuntu I would have expected that there would be a good overlap.  Surely the tag system is there to handle this sort of thing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, the closing of questions do not &lt;em&gt;appear&lt;/em&gt; to be consistently applied.  Many questions here are so generic they should be asked at other sites (Linux/Unix, Server Fault etc.), yet these have been kept open.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've been a member of [SO] for quite a while and several other sites including Area51 and thought that the same community spirit would be matched here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is a fundamental flaw in the way StackExchange works that doesn't address overlap which needs to be addressed but this may never be addressed so the best thing that can be done is to apply a consistent and fair policy, which is clearly not being practiced here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I welcome your comments, but please be constructive as animosity is rarely welcome or helpful. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;UPDATE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After reading some of the feedback here I just wanted to clarify that my main concern is that this site embodies a sense of friendly and open community spirit.  The primary objection I have is that many closed questions don't offer OP's or subsequent visitors any constructive assistance, merely a &quot;closed as off-topic&quot;.  Not sure why redirection isn't happening.  While it is perfectly acceptable that people wish to keep this site clear of off-topic material it's not good for the reputation of [AU] if people are bluntly rejected.  People asking for help are putting their faith in our community, we should do our best to live up to that responsibility.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="42224" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2012-06-22T07:42:59.880" Title="I think closing questions on Ubuntu derivatives as off-topic is unhelpful" Tags="|discussion|scope|close-reasons|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3510" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3509" CreationDate="2012-06-21T09:10:25.423" Score="10" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Rationale for Closing&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions that &lt;em&gt;say they are not about Ubuntu&lt;/em&gt;, by saying they are about how to do something on a non-Ubuntu OS, or in any other way, are closed as off-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Lots of information that's off-topic for this site is potentially useful to Ubuntu users. Information about hardware repair is potentially useful to Ubuntu users. Information about general programming skills is potentially useful to Ubuntu users. Information about cooking is potentially useful to Ubuntu users. It's helpful to set a reasonably clear delineating line where we consider something off-topic, which we have done. When something is about how to use an unofficial Ubuntu derivative, it is considered off-topic for this site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(The exception is when it is &lt;em&gt;also&lt;/em&gt; about Ubuntu. For example, if you had a question about how to burn an Ubuntu installation CD in Linux Mint, I think that would probably be considered on-topic, just as questions about how to do that on Windows and Mac OS X are considered on-topic.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You're saying this policy is applied inconsistently. That may be so (and if it is, that should perhaps be fixed, though doing so wouldn't necessarily mean closing &lt;em&gt;fewer&lt;/em&gt; questions). But as far as I can tell, you have not identified any way in which the policy is applied inconsistently. Questions aren't closed &lt;em&gt;because&lt;/em&gt; they're potentially useful to users of non-Ubuntu OSes. They're closed when they're &lt;em&gt;not about Ubuntu&lt;/em&gt;. The question you've brought up as an example is potentially useful to users of Ubuntu and of other OSes, but it is not about Ubuntu. Other questions that are equally useful to users of other OSes, but which &lt;em&gt;are about Ubuntu&lt;/em&gt;, are not closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Like other users of the Internet, Ubuntu users can search the web for information we need. We are not limited to this site. Users of other OSes (whether or not they also use Ubuntu) shouldn't feel limited to this site either. If this and similar questions are posted on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://forums.linuxmint.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Linux Mint forums&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Unix.SE&lt;/a&gt;, or elsewhere, Ubuntu users should still be able to find and benefit from it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Providing Constructive Assistance&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;In substantial part, this is in reply to the more recently posted UPDATE section of the question.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I agree that we have a responsibility to treat people respectfully and in a friendly manner, including when they have off-topic questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question you've given as an example has a comment in it, suggesting another site where the question would be on-topic (&lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Unix.SE&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are questions that are off-topic because they're about a different OS being closed &lt;em&gt;without&lt;/em&gt; a comment? If so, then I do see that as a problem. But if comments are being posted &lt;strong&gt;(1)&lt;/strong&gt; explaining clearly why it's off-topic, &lt;strong&gt;(2)&lt;/strong&gt; referring to a site where it's on-topic, &lt;strong&gt;(3)&lt;/strong&gt; linking to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq&quot;&gt;the FAQ&lt;/a&gt; (since it contains information about the scope of this site and where people can go for help with unofficial Ubuntu derivatives), or some combination of those, then I think we are already providing constructive assistance to people posting questions about those operating systems.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-06-21T12:10:39.047" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3511" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3512" CreationDate="2012-06-21T12:03:59.883" Score="2" ViewCount="69" Body="&lt;p&gt;Currently, we have multitude of various version specific DE tags and flavour tags.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My feeling is that the group of tags should be made synonyms of each other to prevent users from getting confused.:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/gnome&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;gnome&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;gnome&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/gnome3&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;gnome3&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;gnome3&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/kubuntu&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;kubuntu&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;kubuntu&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/kde&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;kde&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;kde&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/kde4&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;kde4&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;kde4&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/lubuntu&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;lubuntu&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;lubuntu&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/lxde&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;lxde&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;lxde&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/xubuntu&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;xubuntu&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;xubuntu&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/xfce&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;xfce&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;xfce&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To be honest, I don't think we have to have this many multiple tags when they more often than not, are pointing to the same thing. But, for anything to happen, we need community consensus.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastActivityDate="2012-06-21T12:35:48.080" Title="Do we need separate version specific DE and flavour tags?" Tags="|discussion|tags|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3512" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3511" CreationDate="2012-06-21T12:35:48.080" Score="9" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Merging Versioned and Versionless Desktop Environment Tags&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/gnome3&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;gnome3&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;gnome3&lt;/a&gt; (and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/gnome2&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;gnome2&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;gnome2&lt;/a&gt;, if we have it) could be made synonyms of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/gnome&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;gnome&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;gnome&lt;/a&gt;. Similarly, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/kde4&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;kde4&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;kde4&lt;/a&gt; (and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/kde3&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;kde3&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;kde3&lt;/a&gt;, if we have it) could be made synonyms of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/kde&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;kde&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;kde&lt;/a&gt;. Before doing this, it would be good to make sure we're not losing significant information from questions that use this (and only this) to indicate what version of KDE they're talking about. If it's just a few questions that would lose this information, they could be edited to add it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Merging Desktop Environment Tags with Ubuntu &amp;quot;Flavor&amp;quot; Tags&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for merging &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/lubuntu&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;lubuntu&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;lubuntu&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/lxde&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;lxde&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;lxde&lt;/a&gt;, or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/xubuntu&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;xubuntu&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;xubuntu&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/xfce&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;xfce&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;xfce&lt;/a&gt;, or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/kde&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;kde&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;kde&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/kubuntu&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;kubuntu&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;kubuntu&lt;/a&gt;, I'm not as sure this would work out well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A question tagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/lxde&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;lxde&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;lxde&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/xfce&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;xfce&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;xfce&lt;/a&gt;, or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/kde&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;kde&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;kde&lt;/a&gt; is a question that is deliberately &lt;em&gt;about&lt;/em&gt; a desktop environment. A tag denoting an Ubuntu flavor is much more general and may not capture that a question is &lt;em&gt;specifically and intentionally related to the associated desktop environment&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In contrast, any user of Lubuntu, Xubuntu, or Kubuntu may tag their questions that way for the following reasons:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;They want people to answer their question with instructions that can be followed in their Ubuntu flavor. For example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Kubuntu users cannot generally use &lt;code&gt;gksu&lt;/code&gt; or &lt;code&gt;gksudo&lt;/code&gt; to run a graphical program as &lt;code&gt;root&lt;/code&gt;, because they probably don't have those commands. Instead, they usually must (and otherwise still generally should) use &lt;code&gt;kdesudo&lt;/code&gt;. This doesn't mean the question itself is about the desktop environment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Different flavors have different default text editors, web browsers, terminal applications, default office applications, and other applications, with different interfaces, provided by different packages, and runnable via different commands.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Different flavors have different graphical configuration utilities. For example, when a Lubuntu user asks a question about how to configure users, the answer should not &lt;em&gt;just&lt;/em&gt; provide information about using the GNOME Control Center (&amp;quot;System Settings&amp;quot;). The answer should (at least) provide information about how to use the tools available in the flavor the OP is using (in this case, &lt;code&gt;users-admin&lt;/code&gt;, i.e., System Tools &amp;gt; Users and Groups&amp;quot;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;They are using that derivative and are not sure if it's relevant to their question. This is related to the first point, in that here it's even &lt;em&gt;more&lt;/em&gt; important to provide these users with answers that won't &lt;em&gt;necessarily&lt;/em&gt; fail for them due to the differences.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;They are asking about general features of those derivatives, or whether or not those derivatives will work well on particular hardware and/or for some particular task. A question about how lightweight Xubuntu is, is not really about Xfce. Xfce factors into it, but it's the whole of Xubuntu being asked about. Similarly, questions about artwork, or support (as not all derivatives have LTS releases, for example), are questions about the derivative and not the desktop environment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If someone asked a question about Kubuntu's support lifecycle and tagged it &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/kde&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;kde&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;kde&lt;/a&gt;, I would probably remove that tag and replace it with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/kubuntu&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;kubuntu&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;kubuntu&lt;/a&gt;. I think that strongly suggests that these tags have a different meaning and should exist separately, unmerged.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, there are all sorts of situations where either tag would do. There are probably fewer use cases where a tag like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/kde&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;kde&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;kde&lt;/a&gt; conveys information obscured by &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/kubuntu&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;kubuntu&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;kubuntu&lt;/a&gt; than the other way around. So if these are to be merged, I think the tags denoting the Ubuntu flavor's name (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/lubuntu&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;lubuntu&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;lubuntu&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/xubuntu&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;xubuntu&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;xubuntu&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/kubuntu&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;kubuntu&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;kubuntu&lt;/a&gt;) should be the master tags.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-06-21T12:35:48.080" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3513" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3505" CreationDate="2012-06-21T13:26:25.220" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can avoid those specific comments by editing and fixing your answers to not be just links to blogs or forums. For example your first old answer links to a post with a broken image, no wonder it's getting downvotes! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I use these on Low Quality Posts as well, an answer that is just a link is basically a person going into google and then pasting a link, which is what we don't really do here, we strive to be the place where people end up after searching in Google, and having the information in a post that can be edited and improved on over time (and kept up to date!) is always preferable to blogs and forums. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2012-06-21T13:26:25.220" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3514" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3509" CreationDate="2012-06-21T21:36:38.800" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;They can always create an &quot;ask mint&quot; site. Plus we are all here because we use &quot;Ubuntu&quot;, There was Once a question I was working on that the user did not say what version Ubuntu he was using, turns out he wasn't using ubnutu at all, and the accepted &quot;Patch&quot; or workaround failed simply because of small differences in folder structure. Plus If we let one, we would need to change the &quot;Ubuntu&quot; part of the logo to &quot;All Debian based linux&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ubuntu ≠ Mint&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe some think that is mean is some way, but it is just practical, not everyone can run more than one version on linux on their computer, 4-5 derivatives of ubuntu and debian from which ubuntu is based. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastEditorUserId="47291" LastEditDate="2012-06-21T22:10:02.463" LastActivityDate="2012-06-21T22:10:02.463" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3515" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3519" CreationDate="2012-06-22T13:01:21.807" Score="5" ViewCount="115" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am having this error whenever I try to log in on Launchpad and Ask Ubuntu with browsers as Opera, Comodo Dragon (my default on Windows) and Chrome. Only Firefox seems to work. Why is this happening and how to fix it? (I have cookies allowed.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="64720" OwnerDisplayName="user64720" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2012-06-22T13:54:52.657" LastActivityDate="2012-06-22T13:58:35.630" Title="&quot;Your page was stale.&quot; when logging in askubuntu with launchpad ID" Tags="|discussion|launchpad|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3516" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-06-22T13:30:09.107" Score="0" ViewCount="104" Body="&lt;p&gt;Flagged Answer:  &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/154482/10616&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/a/154482/10616&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I flagged this answer as &quot;Not an Answer&quot; with the reasoning:&#xA;&quot;Not an Answer since the OP explicitly stated the command initially (so repeating the command to use is not an answer in this case)&quot; because the OP of the original question explicitly stated that was the command they already used.  Therefore, suggesting that they may have mistyped the command, or suggesting that they should run that command is &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; a valid answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, @jrg states that it &quot;may be useful to people in the future&quot; in the decline reason.  I challenge any moderator (or any other user) to prove this, given that the OP already said they were using the &lt;code&gt;pppoeconf&lt;/code&gt; command &lt;strong&gt;in their question&lt;/strong&gt;, which means generally that they were &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; misspelling the command, thereby making the answer that was flagged invalid.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2012-06-22T15:14:47.470" Title="Flagging Dispute: Flag Decline by @jrg on question &quot;internet Connection problem in ubuntu 12.04- pppoeconf&quot;" Tags="|discussion|support|flagging|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2012-06-22T15:09:17.070" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3517" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3516" CreationDate="2012-06-22T13:41:07.807" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your flag message is as follows:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Not an Answer since the OP explicitly stated the command initially (so repeating the command to use is not an answer in this case)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My decline reason:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;It is a answer, and it might help someone in the future. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Full reasoning:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is &lt;strong&gt;possible&lt;/strong&gt; (although perhaps somewhat unlikely) that someone finds that question, and that the answer you flagged might be useful to them. And since Stack Exchange (and by extension, Ask Ubuntu) exists to &quot;Make the Internet a better place to get expert answers to your questions&quot;, I would argue that since this answer might help someone with a similar problem, it stays.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, it may be a 'bad' answer for any number of other reasons, including lack of formatting, bad spelling, dead links  or anything else that might make it a 'bad answer'. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, there is another decline reason that I did not select that would fit this situation:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;flags should not be used to indicate technical inaccuracies, or an altogether wrong answer&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this situation, either decline message (either my custom one or the stock that I quoted above) would have worked. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastActivityDate="2012-06-22T13:41:07.807" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3518" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3516" CreationDate="2012-06-22T13:44:25.040" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;IMHO - this is the beginning of an answer and investigation between the OP and the answerer.  From the comments it looks like the answer is double checking that they are entering the correct command.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Its perhaps too early to flag just yet.  Let a few days pass.  If the &quot;conversation&quot; ends then it may be a valid flag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Remember, questions and answers are only moderated for clear and unambiguous issues.  Answers, unless in the moderators expertise are not moderated for their technical content - whether good or bad.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14356" LastActivityDate="2012-06-22T13:44:25.040" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3519" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3515" CreationDate="2012-06-22T13:58:35.630" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Do you use Launchpad Single Sign-On Service to access Ask Ubuntu? That's the most obvious technical connection between the sites, especially since you say this problem is happening when you try to log on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If so, then I recommend posting a question about this on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://answers.launchpad.net/canonical-identity-provider&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Canonical SSO provider&lt;/strong&gt; support tracker on Launchpad&lt;/a&gt;. (You should search first, and be aware that this might be judged as a bug; you might be asked to create a bug report, or your question on Launchpad might be converted into one.) This is the recommended way to get support for Ubuntu SSO and Launchpad SSO.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2012-06-22T13:58:35.630" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3520" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-06-22T14:10:50.787" Score="17" ViewCount="649" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm ready to dive in and help the moderators weed out content which requires their attention. What does each flag mean and when is the best time to use it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2022-07-16T19:59:55.653" LastActivityDate="2022-07-16T19:59:55.653" Title="What does each flag reason mean, and when should I use them?" Tags="|discussion|flagging|" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="7" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-06-22T14:10:50.787" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3521" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3520" CreationDate="2012-06-22T14:10:51.130" Score="7" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Not an answer&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The not an answer flag can only be associated to answers themselves (and not questions). Flagging criteria differs from scenario to scenario but the end goal is almost always post removal. Keep this in mind when flagging.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Use this flag when one of the following criteria is met:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;An answer is blatantly wrong and potentially harmful or dangerous to run.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The answer is actually a comment which needs to be moved to the appropriate post&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The answer is instead another question which needs to become it's own separate post&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Instead of editing a post, someone has posted an edit as an answer and it needs to be merged in to another post instead&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If an answer is just a &amp;quot;poor&amp;quot; answer (not very detailed, little perceived value, or you feel the urge to flag as not an answer when it does not fit the above criteria) then you should down-vote that answer instead of flagging it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While some corner cases may exist that aren't covered above, those are the majority of cases that fall under this flag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-06-25T22:11:47.460" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-06-22T14:10:51.130" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3522" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3520" CreationDate="2012-06-22T14:15:07.143" Score="6" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Very low quality&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This answers content is not understandable or translatable, it can't be saved with editing or offers little to no solution at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This flag is designed to be used not because a post is &amp;quot;bad&amp;quot;, but because it can not be saved at all. As a rule of thumb, if you flag a post because it &lt;em&gt;needs&lt;/em&gt; to be edited, you should be editing it instead of flagging it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This close reason also overlaps &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/3521/41&quot;&gt;Not an answer&lt;/a&gt; in that if a post has no real solution (no real solution as it does not offer any support or solutions, not necessarily that the solution isn't optimal or a solution isn't exactly what the author is looking for) then it might as well be flagged as very low quality.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-06-22T14:15:07.143" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-06-22T14:15:07.143" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3523" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3520" CreationDate="2012-06-22T14:20:40.223" Score="5" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Not welcome in our community&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While some may derive this to mean posts about things that are Offtopic this flag is designed for posts that do not fit within one of two rules.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Violates the &amp;quot;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq#etiquette&quot;&gt;be nice&lt;/a&gt;&amp;quot; rule&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Violates the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com/project/about-ubuntu/conduct&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Code of Conduct&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If any posts break the content of these two covering rules on the site the post is not welcome in this community. Depending on the severity of the offense, the post will at a minimum be removed and the user may encounter any number of actions including and not limited to suspension or permanent ban.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-06-22T14:20:40.223" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-06-22T14:20:40.223" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3524" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3520" CreationDate="2012-06-22T14:28:23.143" Score="6" Body="&lt;h1&gt;It is spam&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This flag reason is pretty straight forward, with a few caveats. Spam is pretty easy to spot. Obviously purchasing Lucky brand jeans will not answer your questions about Ubuntu, if you see one of these posts use this flag reason instead of the &amp;quot;not an answer&amp;quot; flag reason.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only caveat is with self-promotion. Self-promotion is allowed on the site &lt;em&gt;to an extent&lt;/em&gt;. First the post must identify this is a solution they've created or work for, secondly they need to provide more than just a link (that is, either an abridged version of the solution, or a brief explanation of how to apply the software to fix the question asker's situation).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-06-22T22:36:53.837" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-06-22T14:28:23.143" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3525" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3516" CreationDate="2012-06-22T14:41:56.530" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I believe you jumped the gun here. The revision history (and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/154480/timeline&quot;&gt;the timeline&lt;/a&gt;) clearly show that the OP misspelled &lt;code&gt;pppconf&lt;/code&gt; and revised it to &lt;code&gt;pppoeconf&lt;/code&gt; &lt;strong&gt;only after that answer pointed out the typo&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As others have stated, it's also obvious from the comments that once the typo was resolved, a productive troubleshooting session seemed to be beginning. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Chill. Go visit &lt;a href=&quot;http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Sapphire_Waterfall&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the Sapphire Waterfall&lt;/a&gt; or something :P&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/hqSd0.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="58612" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2012-06-22T15:14:47.470" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3526" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3520" CreationDate="2012-06-22T14:53:16.490" Score="9" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Doesn't belong here, or it is a duplicate&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is only available on posts that are &amp;quot;questions&amp;quot;. Users who have close vote powers already know what this menu and it's options look like. However, those who have not seen what the close vote screen looks like may be slightly confused as to what this is. When you select this option a second menu appears that presents you with the following options:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Exact Duplicate&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Rather self explanatory, place the duplicate question in the box.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Off topic (OT)&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is wide range of off topic criteria:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;CRITERIA!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Not constructive&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Not a real question (NARQ)&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Too localized&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2017-09-05T06:20:44.660" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-06-22T14:53:16.490" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3527" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-06-22T15:48:31.047" Score="0" ViewCount="100" Body="&lt;p&gt;To be extremely precise in what I'm targetting this to, so you know I'm not against all the canned responses:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/pIKPP.png&quot; alt=&quot;Moderator Flag Decline Reasons&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I agree with the first and third canned responses.  I have a problem with the use of the second canned response.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I fully, 100% &lt;em&gt;disagree&lt;/em&gt; with the use of the second canned response.  This canned response is cold, and not helpful to flaggers at &lt;em&gt;all&lt;/em&gt; to understand why their flags are declined.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While there are those moderators here on Ask Ubuntu who will use the &quot;Other....&quot; reason to actually &lt;em&gt;describe&lt;/em&gt; the reasoning (and kudos to those mods for taking the time to do this), other mods just blindly use the &quot;no evidence&quot; cananed response without explaining the reasoning.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm tired of seeing this in my flags feedback, because then I have to hunt down the moderator and ask for the description of why.  Can we just have mods &lt;em&gt;extremely limit the use&lt;/em&gt; of that canned response and have the moderator give a better description of &lt;em&gt;why&lt;/em&gt; the flag is declined by using the &quot;other&quot; option to put a description?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2012-06-22T17:09:48.897" Title="Flag Declining: Use of the Stock Canned Responses" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3528" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3527" CreationDate="2012-06-22T17:01:15.267" Score="7" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A moderator reviewed your feature request, but found no evidence to support it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But in seriousness, the only time I ever decline things without saying something is when it isn't obvious. I do make assumptions based on what people &lt;em&gt;should know&lt;/em&gt;, I assume they've read the FAQ and they understand the technical side of the posts they're flagging.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my eyes, most of the time it is obvious.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Flag messages are very often completely absolute, like &quot;This is really off topic&quot;, &quot;This hasn't answered the question&quot; or &quot;1+1=3&quot;. If I decline one of those, it's obvious that the reason I'm declining is because I don't agree. As a moderator, I don't want to discuss every little thing when I disagree with somebody. I'm not here to transcribe the FAQ and meta discussions into 140 characters for every incorrect or disputable flag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course if you do get a message you don't understand, open up a Meta question (like you have today) and discuss what's going on. Moderators get notifications of all new Meta questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;TL;DR&lt;/strong&gt;: If I think that my disagreement is clear enough, you'll get a canned response.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2012-06-22T17:09:48.897" LastActivityDate="2012-06-22T17:09:48.897" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3529" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3531" CreationDate="2012-06-22T18:55:33.883" Score="8" ViewCount="168" Body="&lt;p&gt;I asked this question: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/117632/how-can-i-drag-and-drop-files-into-the-ubuntu-one-bookmark-in-nautilus&quot;&gt;How can I drag and drop files into the Ubuntu One bookmark in Nautilus?&lt;/a&gt; It turned out that the reason why it wasn't possible was a bug in Nautilus which has been solved following today's update.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question could possibly be seen as a bug report but the way it was asked has provided a useful answer with possible workarounds. Essentially now though the answer is &quot;You can just drag and drop, it works&quot;. I was just wondering what the preferred way of dealing with this question is now, should I:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Delete the question&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Add a new answer linking to the bug report and saying that the behaviour works as expected now.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Just leave a comment on the answer&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Edit the current answer to include information that the bug is solved, but leave the original, useful, workarounds.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or something else?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="40955" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2012-06-22T22:48:23.060" Title="How should I deal with my own, now slightly outdated, question?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3530" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3529" CreationDate="2012-06-22T18:59:35.840" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The fix is in -proposed so it hasn't been rolled out to users yet. I would leave an answer saying the bug is fixed and will be shipped out over the next 2 weeks or so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then after that I would just remove the entire thing, no reason to clog the internet with out of date information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2012-06-22T18:59:35.840" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3531" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3529" CreationDate="2012-06-22T22:48:23.060" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Even after the bug fix is released, the question may be useful to someone who has not applied the fix (so they know they should apply the fix). It may also be useful to someone who experienced the problem in the past and assumed there was no solution. Furthermore, the workarounds people have posted may also be useful again for people who are (1) running the software from a live CD that was mastered before the update was released or otherwise doesn't incorporate the update, or (2) experiencing a later, similar bug.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Therefore, I think the best thing to do for the community is to post an answer explaining that this is due to such-and-such bug and that the bug was fixed and explaining briefly how to update to get the fix. Assuming you promptly (i.e., shortly after two days time) accept this answer to your question, I think having that clearly answered question more than makes up, in value to the community, for the clutter the question introduces. Furthermore, with this as the accepted answer, people will not be fooled into thinking that any outdated information is still applicable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Clearly, once the fix is released, updating will be the best solution, so there's nothing wrong with accepting your answer even in the face of others that offered worthy workarounds. Those other answers may deserve upvotes; but yours, explaining how to get rid of the problem entirely, should be the accepted answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think it's &lt;em&gt;acceptable&lt;/em&gt;, though less ideal, to simply delete the whole question. However, I feel that you should be very reluctant to do this, unless you know that all the workarounds posted are readily accessible somewhere else that's likely to stay online. In particular, if all the workarounds are also posted as comments on the Launchpad bug page, &lt;em&gt;then&lt;/em&gt; I think it may make sense to decide your question has come to be of minimal value to the community. (I do &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; think you should &lt;em&gt;post&lt;/em&gt; the workarounds on Launchpad, so that you can feel better about then deleting your question.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2012-06-22T22:48:23.060" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3532" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3533" CreationDate="2012-06-23T06:29:31.387" Score="18" ViewCount="409" Body="&lt;p&gt;I had answered a question by using information from the web, and citing the source.  But then I modified the answer, and put it in my own words, and direct it specifically to Ubuntu, and the user who asked the question, and also citied the source.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have emailed the author, and asked permission from him, and he allowed me to use his information.  Now that I have modified the answer, and cited, do I have to add the authors permission in the answer?  If yes, what should I add to the answer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/153964/how-do-i-prevent-standard-users-from-using-the-usb-ports/153999#comment187425_153999&quot;&gt;How do I prevent standard users from using the USB ports?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="59676" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2012-06-23T10:05:06.293" Title="Answering a question by using information from the Web" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3533" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3532" CreationDate="2012-06-23T10:05:04.577" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you reproduce copyrighted material in a way that requires permission from the author, it is best to include a statement that it is reproduced with permission, so that people do not think you have infringed someone's copyright.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But if you convey the same information as an existing source, with your own words and (if applicable) your own images, then you are not at risk of infringing the original author's &lt;em&gt;copyright&lt;/em&gt;. In this case, it is still important that you &lt;em&gt;cite the source&lt;/em&gt;, for reasons of integrity and good scholarship. But since you have not included any material from the copyrighted source, &lt;em&gt;permission of the original author&lt;/em&gt; is not needed. Since permission is not needed, there is no need to include a statement saying that you have obtained permission to reproduce the original work, even if you have obtained it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;To put this another way:&lt;/em&gt; If you have permission to reproduce a work (or parts of it) as-is, but you instead make your own work that uses information from the original work but does not contain any part of it, then &lt;strong&gt;you have not done the same thing that you've asked permission to do&lt;/strong&gt;. What you have done is &lt;strong&gt;still OK&lt;/strong&gt; (though you should cite the work as a source). But it is &lt;strong&gt;not what you needed to ask for permission to do&lt;/strong&gt;, it's not what you got permission for, so there is &lt;strong&gt;no reason to include information about the permission you received&lt;/strong&gt; in the work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you get permission from the author of a copyrighted work to reproduce the work (or some part of it), and then you decide &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; to reproduce it, that's fine. That seems to be the case in this instance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2012-06-23T10:05:04.577" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3534" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3532" CreationDate="2012-06-23T10:05:06.293" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you cite a source, I see no problem with googling.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If google returns man-pages that explain it adequately, I see no problem citing the man pages.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have done both of those things.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The best answers are typically &quot;I tried it, and I know it works for sure&quot;.  I always include a &quot;According to so and so&quot; bit if it's not directly from the developer of the software(Answering FF questions with their how-to page is contents is different than answering it with a half-cocked answer by Joe Blow).  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just my 2 cents.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2012-06-23T10:05:06.293" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3535" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3539" CreationDate="2012-06-23T15:22:00.837" Score="-2" ViewCount="59" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have seen several questions which are asked by users who does not know English very well, &lt;em&gt;(sometimes just bad, including myself)&lt;/em&gt;. I want to propose an Edit flag, which users can raise to aware community to edit their posts when they feel, they should be edited.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I want to hear from the community about this feature.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Though the original question was quickly edited, here is an &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/155018/revisions&quot;&gt;example&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="61218" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Edit flag for users" Tags="|feature-request|editing|flagging|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3536" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3537" CreationDate="2012-06-23T19:39:46.733" Score="13" ViewCount="416" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is it bad Stack Exchange etiquette to ask a duplicate of an Ask Ubuntu question on Super User and vice versa? (Assuming of course that said question is relevant on both sites.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="37700" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-11-01T06:24:39.003" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Can I cross-post the same question in both Super User and Ask Ubuntu?" Tags="|discussion|asking-questions|stackexchange|etiquette|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3537" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3536" CreationDate="2012-06-23T20:18:25.510" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;The last time we discussed this &lt;em&gt;we&lt;/em&gt; didn't really have a problem (people getting problems solved is the priority) but &lt;em&gt;most&lt;/em&gt; other stackexchange websites don't allow cross-posting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/64068/is-it-possible-to-post-questions-across-a-couple-of-the-sites-because-its-debata/64073#64073&quot;&gt;official line from upon high&lt;/a&gt; is to pick the best site and post there and only there. Write the best question you possibly can and if it doesn't pay off, ask for it to be migrated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2012-11-02T20:50:08.207" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3539" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3535" CreationDate="2012-06-24T03:07:22.677" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;This &lt;em&gt;has&lt;/em&gt; been proposed a few times in the past, and we've certain features &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/137174/new-feature-community-review-tasks&quot;&gt;on the way&lt;/a&gt; that will hopefully work toward this end as well...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But really, if you see something wrong, the best way to make sure it gets fixed is to &lt;em&gt;dive in and fix it yourself&lt;/em&gt;. Anyone can suggest an edit, and once you have 2K reputation points your edits will be visible without pre-approval. If &lt;strong&gt;you&lt;/strong&gt; can't fix it yourself, assuming that someone else can is a pretty bad assumption - maybe someone can, but who says they want to? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12845" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2012-06-24T03:07:22.677" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3540" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3541" CreationDate="2012-06-24T03:37:52.107" Score="6" ViewCount="293" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is there a &quot;bump&quot; feature to move an old unsolved/unanswered question to the top of the list?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="33833" LastEditorUserId="58612" LastEditDate="2012-06-24T03:56:54.377" LastActivityDate="2012-06-24T03:56:54.377" Title="How can I bump my unsolved question?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3541" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3540" CreationDate="2012-06-24T03:42:50.730" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Editing your question bumps it to the top in the &quot;Active&quot; list (default for all visitors).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But just don't edit it to bump it, add more information, the results of your research, etc. so that it has a better chance of being answered. If you're not getting any answers at all you usually need to add more information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Tips here:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/how-to-ask&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/how-to-ask&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can also add a bounty:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq#bounty&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/faq#bounty&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2012-06-24T03:55:23.770" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3542" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3090" CreationDate="2012-06-24T06:58:54.797" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Everyday Vist &amp;amp; Minimum 10 Reputation on everyday&lt;/strong&gt;  for &lt;strong&gt;a month&lt;/strong&gt;  =&gt; A Silver Badge .&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Everyday Vist &amp;amp; Minimum 10 Reputation on everyday&lt;/strong&gt;  for &lt;strong&gt;a year&lt;/strong&gt;  =&gt; A Gold Badge .&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="33833" LastActivityDate="2012-06-24T06:58:54.797" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3543" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3386" CreationDate="2012-06-24T07:54:12.240" Score="-2" Body="&lt;h2&gt;No! Do not blacklist the tag!&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think the tag is useful and should not be blacklisted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;Please edit this and include any reasoning behind your thoughts.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-07-03T02:50:33.073" CommentCount="9" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-06-24T07:54:12.240" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3544" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3386" CreationDate="2012-06-24T07:54:46.560" Score="14" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Yes, the tag should be blacklisted.&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I cannot see any useful use of the tag, so I propose that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Community members go through the tag page and on relevant posts replace it with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/packages&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;packages&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;packages&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/package-management&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;package-management&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;package-management&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/debug&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;debug&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;debug&lt;/a&gt;, or other relevant tag.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;After this is completed, all other uses of the bug tag are removed from posts where it is not relevant to use them.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The bug tag is blacklisted so it cannot be used.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-06-25T16:22:59.147" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-06-24T07:54:46.560" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3545" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3595" CreationDate="2012-06-25T00:02:16.513" Score="6" ViewCount="252" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have read on a &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1182/best-way-to-update-old-answers-when-links-have-changed/3420#comment5239_3420&quot;&gt;different meta post&lt;/a&gt; that there is a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/broken-links&quot;&gt;system&lt;/a&gt; being implemented to fix bad links systematically. Could it be set up to automatically use the &lt;a href=&quot;http://web.archive.org&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Wayback machine&lt;/a&gt; to automatically redirect until a reviewer finds a more up-to-date link?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54298" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2012-07-03T00:16:49.910" Title="Using Wayback Machine of internet archive" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|hyperlinks|review|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3546" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3017" CreationDate="2012-06-25T02:17:20.433" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;So the background here is we get tons and tons of &quot;bug reports&quot; filed against X in the stable release which are utterly useless.  And most of the time the user is really only looking for a workaround to get their system working again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's not hard to find a workaround (installing and running the current upstream kernel tends to solve a lot of &quot;X&quot; problems, and there's various kernel parameters to fiddle with).  Problem is the reporter loses interest at that point and doesn't follow through with git bisection or whatever, so we can actually &lt;em&gt;fix&lt;/em&gt; Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Users of the development release tend to be better behaved on this count, so we generally focus our efforts there.  There aren't very many of us that work on X bugs in Launchpad; hardly anyone from the community works on them, and of the Canonical employees our job duties are more around the development release.  Stable release bugs are more of an as-time-permits type activity.  (Ironically the vast majority of the issues people file against X aren't actually bugs in X, but rather issues in the kernel or gnome or the window manager.  They just file them against X out of habit I guess.  We try to help them regardless.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Many stable release users expect a quicker response than we generally can provide in Launchpad, and they want to know workarounds ASAP so they can get their system up.  They &lt;em&gt;don't&lt;/em&gt; want to hear all the technobabble about git bisects and kernel rebuilds.  They certainly don't want to invest any more time into it than they have to.  So they're not good candidates for bug fixing work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Still, they deserve assistance, it's just that a bug report in Launchpad isn't going to get them what they want.  Their report is just going to add to the log jam.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And so that is the purpose the above dialog: to try and steer the users to where they are most likely to get some sort of response and guidance with their troubles.  Certainly there are plenty of support options out there; problem is that by and large most of them aren't very effective.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, a couple years back I was bellyaching all of the above to Jorge over beers, and how much time I would waste invalidating these useless bug reports.  At the time he was very gung ho about AskUbuntu, and so was pushing that.  From what he described it sounded like it met these needs &lt;em&gt;way&lt;/em&gt; better than Launchpad.  Because of the high level of community activity new requests get addressed &lt;strong&gt;right away&lt;/strong&gt;.  Because of the voting, you're more likely to get effective answers.  Because of the bounty system, users can &quot;pay&quot; to stimulate people to help them.  Waaay better than Launchpad or any other support options.  I had been putting time into writing up detailed troubleshooting guides in our wiki for things like X freezes, crashes and so on, but no one seems to ever be able to find those docs.  Jorge felt that AskUbuntu was much better because it had a way higher google ranking, and people would be better able to find these answers that way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And &lt;strong&gt;that&lt;/strong&gt; is the real answer to why Ask Ubuntu is linked to from the X apport hook.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyway, now Jorge has asked that xdiagnose not encourage users to use Ask Ubuntu, and since he asked I've removed it.  Instead it's just pointing them to a generic support page.  I've also provided a &quot;just file the dang bug report&quot; button too.  But I can't help but feel this is a step in the wrong direction, and puts us back to where we were.  But if Ask Ubuntu is just marking the questions invalid too, that's hardly helping anyone so it's pointless to direct people here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My original hope was not that Ask Ubuntu would be fielding bugs, but rather that it would translate them into a question like &lt;strong&gt;&quot;How do I properly diagnose and report a problem with &lt;em&gt;_&lt;/em&gt;__&quot;&lt;/strong&gt; and answer &lt;em&gt;that&lt;/em&gt;, and then dupe all the incoming Q's there.  Or at least point people to the X troubleshooting guides in wiki.  Or even coming up with some spiffy hybrid solution that better leverages the strengths of Ask Ubuntu, Apport, and Launchpad towards actually getting these issues sorted out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="913" LastActivityDate="2012-06-25T02:17:20.433" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3547" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3548" CreationDate="2012-06-25T10:53:51.103" Score="7" ViewCount="104" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/124292/what-is-the-correct-way-to-install-ati-catalyst-video-drivers/126513#126513&quot;&gt;One of my questions&lt;/a&gt; reached over 10,000 views at the weekend and when I was reviewing it I realized that reputation (up votes) doesn't reflect its popularity.  It made me think, while  the question title was attracting viewers, however the content may not be as useful as it could be.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question here in meta is, should we tidy this question and make it more beneficial, for example the comments are not longer relevant and the question itself has the capacity to be edited and improved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="53498" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2012-06-25T12:13:57.823" Title="Should we modify/edit a popular question to be more useful to others?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3548" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3547" CreationDate="2012-06-25T12:13:57.823" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes! Totally! Absolutely! :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Stack Exchange (and by extension, Ask Ubuntu) exists to make the internet a better place, and making a popular question useful to a wider audience (within reason) &lt;em&gt;totally&lt;/em&gt; fits into that. Edit away, and for comments just toss up a flag for the mods to handle it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastActivityDate="2012-06-25T12:13:57.823" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3549" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-06-25T16:02:38.523" Score="2" ViewCount="67" Body="&lt;p&gt;Why do you need so much reputation in order to propose Tag synonyms?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="48864" LastEditorUserId="48864" LastEditDate="2012-06-25T16:40:41.313" LastActivityDate="2012-06-25T17:14:50.520" Title="Why Tag synonymizing needs so much rep?" Tags="|discussion|tags|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3550" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3549" CreationDate="2012-06-25T17:14:50.520" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Because we want users to realize the usage of tags and how they work before they can propose tags synonymous.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyone with some reputation can edit, remove, fix posts with some reviewing associated. It is ok and part of the site that the community is responsible for them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Tag synonymous on the other hand gets registered in the site and will affect the inner works of the site, you should at least have spent some time understanding how the site works before the site allows you to do so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Tag synonymous requires votes to pass, I would hate to be reverting synonymous voted by a group of low reputation users or to have the suggestion list filled with noise, even so, the reputation required is not has high as you think and as I wanted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another point of the way we work is that even &lt;strong&gt;a user with a low reputation can suggest a tag synonymous: you can do so via a meta post with that proposition.&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;We can then further discuss, agree or disagree and move to action if in favor and create the tag synonymous.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other than that it requires that users with some reputation and that participate on the site agree and vote for them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastActivityDate="2012-06-25T17:14:50.520" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3551" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3552" CreationDate="2012-06-25T22:19:56.947" Score="7" ViewCount="131" Body="&lt;p&gt;I find it awfully tedious adding 4 spaces to every line, does anyone have any tricks they would like to share?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;code&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="70757" LastEditorUserId="1059" LastEditDate="2012-06-25T22:38:29.593" LastActivityDate="2012-06-25T22:48:57.660" Title="Quick way to add code" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3552" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3551" CreationDate="2012-06-25T22:37:52.323" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;Select the code and click the “Code Sample” button &lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/pPKLY.png&quot; alt=&quot;&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;&amp;lt;$&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;&quot;&gt; or press &lt;kbd&gt;Ctrl&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;K&lt;/kbd&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1059" LastActivityDate="2012-06-25T22:37:52.323" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3554" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2958" CreationDate="2012-06-25T23:56:28.073" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I see exactly the same problem with bug reports filed in Launchpad.  A one-liner describing a generic symptom with no context, background, or even expression of what they want.  But same thing happens in forums, email lists, irc, and so on.  So I think the problem is not so much with Ask Ubuntu, but a problem with the question asker.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From what I've observed, what these people want is to be engaged.  They don't know what information you want, so they want you to ask (easy) questions to draw the information out of them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Problem is, this twenty-questions approach uses up a colossal amount of time, and it's quite dull work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For Launchpad bug reports, my solution was to utilize apport hooks and dialogs that either gather the info I will need automatically, or prompt the user with multiple-choice questions, so they simply can't file the bug without giving me at least the basics.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So a few ideas along those lines to be more Ask Ubuntu oriented:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If the question wasn't given much in the way of tags, present a screen with some of the more common ones to select, to help categorize their question better.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If a user tags a bug with say, 'graphics', instead of posting the question, go to a page with some canned questions.  &quot;What is your video driver?&quot;  &quot;When did the problem first appear?&quot; etc.  You could have different sets of questions for each tag.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Allow users with higher rep an easy way to bypass the questions.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Examine the types of questions that get asked frequently but typically just get closed.  If you can identify their question, can you redirect them to the right answer, even if it exists outside askubuntu?  If so, then they get their solution and no one has to close out invalid questions - win/win.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="913" LastEditorUserId="913" LastEditDate="2012-06-26T00:07:58.157" LastActivityDate="2012-06-26T00:07:58.157" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3555" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2958" CreationDate="2012-06-25T23:59:24.343" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here's a crazy idea:  Have a rep cost for posting short questions, for users less than 125 rep.  The more text in your question, the lower the cost.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="913" LastActivityDate="2012-06-25T23:59:24.343" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3556" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3557" CreationDate="2012-06-26T09:39:03.173" Score="2" ViewCount="110" Body="&lt;p&gt;I looking for a diary program, that I can use for writing things, shopping, doctor apointments, and other things for my wife and I found an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I can't ask the guy a question like other answer where you can comment.  This one has no comment available. why?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How can I can leave a comment?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is the question and answer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/140116/digital-diaries-for-ubuntu&quot;&gt;What Digital Diaries are available?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can you help me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="59676" OwnerDisplayName="Clint Eastwood" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2012-06-26T13:45:53.440" Title="Why can't I comment on other questions/answers?" Tags="|discussion|comments|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2013-02-28T06:01:58.390" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3557" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3556" CreationDate="2012-06-26T09:56:10.317" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;You need a minimum of &lt;strong&gt;50 rep&lt;/strong&gt; to be able to comment &quot;everywhere&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq#reputation&quot;&gt;see this section of the FAQ.&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;If you really, desperately, absolutely need to comment without the minimal rep -- post the comment as answer, and it will most probably be flagged and converted into a comment in a little bit.&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="58612" OwnerDisplayName="izx" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2012-06-26T13:45:53.440" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3558" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3559" CreationDate="2012-06-27T00:12:48.827" Score="3" ViewCount="79" Body="&lt;p&gt;From &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3239/is-it-ok-to-post-a-link-to-my-question-in-the-general-chat-room-to-publicize-it&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; I got the strong impression that publicizing questions I've posted, by posting links to them in main chat--provided that it is done in moderation and not, for example, over and over again with the same question--is considered both acceptable and a particularly good way to use chat to handle questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I've started doing this occasionally. No one has objected.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But another user seems to have done the same thing, and a moderator indicated that this goes against accepted chat etiquette. &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/5101615#5101615&quot;&gt;The moderator's comment got starred six times.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Am I doing it wrong? Is there a difference between what I've been doing and the situation there? Is this moderator's comment wrong? Is the advice (by another moderator) &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3239/is-it-ok-to-post-a-link-to-my-question-in-the-general-chat-room-to-publicize-it&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; wrong? Am I misunderstanding that advice?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is the distinction that it's OK to post a question in main chat, but that it should be accompanied by some specific statement as to what I want people in chat to do with it? What if the statement would just be &quot;hey, if you have time and feel like it, please take a look at this for me&quot;? That's the specific sort of promotion I asked about &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3239/is-it-ok-to-post-a-link-to-my-question-in-the-general-chat-room-to-publicize-it&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; and thought I was told was OK. I feel a bit bewildered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.150" LastActivityDate="2012-06-27T00:37:45.473" Title="When I post links to my questions in chat, am I doing it wrong?" Tags="|discussion|support|chat|promote|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3559" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3558" CreationDate="2012-06-27T00:37:45.473" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Context my friend, context. :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You post a link, and also explain the &lt;em&gt;context&lt;/em&gt; of the question. The user that foss was talking about &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/5101615#5101615&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; had posted it in with no context. If context is provided, then sure! Post away (within reason). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastActivityDate="2012-06-27T00:37:45.473" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3560" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2158" CreationDate="2012-06-27T20:38:05.040" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://launchpad.net/nitroshare&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/DoNb5.png&quot; alt=&quot;Visit the website today!&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastActivityDate="2012-06-27T20:38:05.040" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-06-27T20:38:05.040" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3561" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-06-28T00:27:14.943" Score="6" ViewCount="101" Body="&lt;p&gt;Should the tag &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/encrypted-home&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;encrypted-home&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;encrypted-home&lt;/a&gt; be a synonym of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ecryptfs&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ecryptfs&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ecryptfs&lt;/a&gt;? While there are other ways to encrypt a home directory, Ecryptfs is the official method under Ubuntu. All three questions tagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/encrypted-home&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;encrypted-home&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;encrypted-home&lt;/a&gt; are about Ecryptfs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think the tag should be made a synonym, rather than deleted, because its name is more discoverable to non-technical users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1059" LastEditorUserId="6005" LastEditDate="2012-09-24T14:13:43.133" LastActivityDate="2012-09-24T14:13:43.133" Title="Should [encrypted-home] be a synonym of [ecryptfs]?" Tags="|discussion|status-completed|tags|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3562" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3561" CreationDate="2012-06-28T01:07:56.480" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would say yes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, before we do &lt;strong&gt;anything&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://crypto.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/132/stewardship-of-an-ecryptfs-tag&quot;&gt;we need to read the crypto.se post on the stewardship of the ecryptfs tags.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;tl;dr:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;For technical process (eg &amp;quot;How to I encrypt this in Ubuntu?&amp;quot;), Ask&#xA;Ubuntu wants those.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;As above for non-Ubuntu, to Unix &amp;amp; Linux&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;For underlying theory Crypto and Security are probably better audiences.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;(borrowed from Oli's answer there).&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I will ping Dustin Kirkland and find out if he wants this, because I think that for something that he put so much effort into trying to manage properly on Stack Exchange, we should consult him before doing anything.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-06-28T01:07:56.480" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3563" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3564" CreationDate="2012-06-28T17:43:14.530" Score="8" ViewCount="338" Body="&lt;p&gt;Some edits, such as those adding information about &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/5763/what-is-the-meaning-of-op&quot;&gt;an OP's&lt;/a&gt; system, should only be made...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;by the OP, &lt;em&gt;or&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;at the OP's explicit request, &lt;em&gt;or&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;by someone who is merely putting the information into the question, from what the OP has actually said (usually from comments).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's not, generally speaking, safe to assume that anonymous edits are faithful to this. Wrong edits, adding &quot;me too&quot; information, are pretty common. Such edits should generally be rejected since information from someone else's system may not be true of the OP's system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I doubt it's common for someone to &lt;em&gt;maliciously&lt;/em&gt; edit a post to add incorrect system information. Given that, &lt;strong&gt;what should I do when someone claiming to be the OP suggests an edit as an anonymous user&lt;/strong&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That situation currently pertains to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/157173/cant-load-windows-without-plugging-in-the-external-drive&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;, but I'm also interested in knowing how to respond to this in general. (I don't plan to post a new meta question &lt;em&gt;every&lt;/em&gt; time this happens.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should I:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;...accept the edit?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;...reject it?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;...flag the post for moderator attention so that the user can be helped to log in, or heuristic factors (like if the anonymous user's IP is the same) can be assessed?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Something else?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This question has since been asked on other &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/298735/what-is-child-meta-in-stackexchange&quot;&gt;child metas&lt;/a&gt;,&#xA;  too:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4621/what-do-i-do-when-a-user-edits-their-question-with-another-account&quot;&gt;What do I do when a user edits their question with another account&lt;/a&gt; (on &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.meta.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Unix &amp;amp; Linux Meta&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.superuser.com/questions/12690/should-i-perform-a-duck-test-when-reviewing-suggested-edits&quot;&gt;Should I perform a duck test when reviewing suggested edits?&lt;/a&gt; (on &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.superuser.com/&quot;&gt;Super User Meta&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2017-10-19T18:35:17.190" LastActivityDate="2017-10-19T18:35:17.190" Title="What to do when an anonymous user insists they are the OP for an edit?" Tags="|discussion|support|review|suggested-edits|user-accounts|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3564" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3563" CreationDate="2012-06-28T18:11:16.803" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;I approve if they aren't obviously a vandal. We can't do a IP check, or anything like that so its a little difficult, but again, if it isn't vandalizing (and adds value to the question) then by all means, approve it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastActivityDate="2012-06-28T18:11:16.803" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3565" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-06-28T21:44:03.137" Score="29" ViewCount="160" Body="&lt;p&gt;At the moment when you look at the main page of questions there are 3 different &#xA;categories of questions differentiated by colour:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Questions with no answers&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/mAqAv.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Questions with no answers&quot;&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Questions with answers but none accepted:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/m8F9t.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Questions with answers but none accepted&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Question with accepted answer:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/tOe2Z.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Question with accepted answer&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think it would be useful for there to be a difference between &quot;questions that have answers but no upvoted answers&quot; and &quot;questions that have upvoted answers&quot;. I think it would encourage people to look at questions with no upvoted answers, which they may normally ignore looking at as it would seem there is already an answer. It may also encourage to look and vote on new answers. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a note, the mobile version of the site already has this functionality, with the font colour different dependent on whether a question has answers with upvotes:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Answers but no upvotes&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/aevKi.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Answers but no upvotes&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Answers with upvotes&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/NNsHs.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Answers with upvotes&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Question has accepted answer&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/JHudL.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Question has accepted answer&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="40955" LastEditorUserId="176889" LastEditDate="2014-01-13T04:21:54.830" LastActivityDate="2014-02-12T04:37:26.507" Title="Could the colour of questions be changed to reflect that they have no upvoted answers?" Tags="|feature-request|user-interface|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3566" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3575" CreationDate="2012-06-29T00:17:44.420" Score="10" ViewCount="166" Body="&lt;p&gt;I really think there needs to be a way to track the out of date tutorials on quickly/python/ubuntu developer portal. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't think anyone argues with that. Would you be for or against a question here that developed into:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;a list of out of dates &lt;em&gt;or&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the answer is a link to some free blogging site where you could track it?  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastEditorUserId="5" LastEditDate="2012-06-29T00:19:32.703" LastActivityDate="2012-06-30T14:36:52.807" Title="Tracking out of date tutorials on Ubuntu developer portal" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3567" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3569" CreationDate="2012-06-29T15:13:21.110" Score="11" ViewCount="74" Body="&lt;p&gt;My &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/22949/eliah-kagan&quot;&gt;profile&lt;/a&gt; says I voted 41 times today. But we only get up to 40 votes/day. So how can this be?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Could this have happened due to undownvoting (or unupvoting) a post, and getting a vote back? I don't recall having uncast any votes today.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Could it be from voting on a post that was subsequently deleted? I think I did that today.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="How did I cast more than 40 votes in a single day?" Tags="|support|voting|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3568" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="899" CreationDate="2012-06-29T15:21:22.770" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your profile shows the number of votes you've cast today. This and other voting totals are tallied at the lower-right corner of the &lt;code&gt;summary&lt;/code&gt; tab, even though they're not shown in the &lt;code&gt;votes&lt;/code&gt; tab itself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, this is what that looks like right now, for my meta user:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/A1jOu.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Subtract that number from 40, and that's how many votes you have left today.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2012-06-29T15:21:22.770" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3569" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3567" CreationDate="2012-06-29T15:37:58.583" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;That happens if one of the post you voted on is deleted. So, technically you did vote 41 votes. But only 40 of the posts exist in the site at the moment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/124172/how-does-someone-get-to-cast-more-than-40-votes-in-a-day&quot;&gt;How does someone get to cast more than 40 votes in a day?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Votes on deleted posts do not count towards your daily total.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;xxxxxx did indeed vote 42 times in one day: two of the target&#xA;  posts were deleted before the day ended, allowing him to have those&#xA;  two extra votes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2012-06-29T15:37:58.583" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3570" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="899" CreationDate="2012-06-30T06:31:43.207" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Another way to see the votes remaining is hover the cursor over the down tick button on the name of a user. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/MY93D.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It will show, how many votes the user has already given. Subtract this number from 40 if the votes on questions are 1:3 in ratio with answer. Subtract this from 30 otherwise. As &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/3399/61218&quot;&gt;this answer&lt;/a&gt; suggests.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="61218" LastActivityDate="2012-06-30T06:31:43.207" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3572" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-06-30T13:56:31.907" Score="0" ViewCount="58" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2383/i-observed-that-my-reputation-decreases-when-i-downvote-answers-why&quot;&gt;I observed that my reputation decreases when I downvote answers, why?&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do you loose reputation if you downvote an answer?  Is there a document that shows you the different points you can get for different things?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="59676" OwnerDisplayName="Buford Speed" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.087" LastActivityDate="2012-06-30T14:03:14.430" Title="Reputation and Reputation loss" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2012-06-30T14:09:23.693" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3573" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3566" CreationDate="2012-06-30T14:35:31.937" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think it should be a list on meta with &quot;up to date&quot; or &quot;out of date&quot; because it's not actually a question&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2012-06-30T14:35:31.937" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-06-30T14:35:31.937" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3574" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3566" CreationDate="2012-06-30T14:36:15.070" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think it should be a list on the main site with &quot;up to date&quot; or &quot;out of date&quot; so we could dupe tutorial questions to it&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2012-06-30T14:36:15.070" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-06-30T14:36:15.070" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3575" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3566" CreationDate="2012-06-30T14:36:52.807" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think it should be a wiki page&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2012-06-30T14:36:52.807" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-06-30T14:36:52.807" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3576" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-06-30T15:17:11.473" Score="5" ViewCount="142" Body="&lt;p&gt;I  am providing screen shots as follows:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For &lt;a href=&quot;http://askubuntu.com&quot;&gt;Askubuntu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/InEYw.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;AskUbuntu&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions&quot;&gt;AskUbuntu questions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/jSXq9.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since, by default &lt;strong&gt;Active&lt;/strong&gt; is type of question that is being displayed, and rest all at its L.H.S are its Further Date based categories.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And selecting &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions&quot;&gt;question&lt;/a&gt; gets you to a different menu a Newest and others to their L.H.S.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question may be stupid though , but it confuses a lot to me ( My Mistake) , it is like this , that rather than having two different pages for questions stating &lt;strong&gt;ACTIVE&lt;/strong&gt; or &lt;strong&gt;NEWEST&lt;/strong&gt; with their respective sub menus, why can't we have one &lt;strong&gt;PAGE&lt;/strong&gt; having Either of them as First Menu title and having other (including both pages) options as sub-menus to it .&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am not asking it as feature , rather it is my (and many users , i guess, apologize for this wrong guessing too) folly to discover the site entirely , but prior to few days back as a beginner to this site I was Unable to Locate the Search Bar Hidden at Top-Right Corner , which i read in a answer was present there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;P.S: May be a total Stupid Question , please post so , so  i can delete.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="63025" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2012-06-30T15:31:44.347" Title="Why is there a different Questions menu on AskUbuntu main menu SIte" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3577" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3576" CreationDate="2012-06-30T15:31:44.347" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's a way to get high activity questions to the top of the thread, but for people answering questions to disregard question bumping via edit if they want to do so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2012-06-30T15:31:44.347" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3578" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-06-30T16:24:09.397" Score="0" ViewCount="53" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm running Ubuntu as host and as guest, using VMWare.  I can see some questions in the host, but not in the guest, and sometimes vice-versa.  Shouldn't the views be the same regardless?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="59676" LastEditorUserId="59676" LastEditDate="2012-06-30T16:29:17.007" LastActivityDate="2012-06-30T16:29:17.007" Title="Different views when viewing newest unanswered questions" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3579" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3580" CreationDate="2012-06-30T23:13:37.790" Score="4" ViewCount="87" Body="&lt;p&gt;I asked this &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/153340/why-is-skype-startup-sound-scratchy-grainy&quot;&gt;question&lt;/a&gt; a while ago and gave a bounty of 50 rep to it. I received some good answers in no time and went through them.  Although they didn't fix my problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Next the bounty was over and I was left with the &quot;Grace Period&quot;.  So I went through the answers again and tried the solutions.  None of them worked. Still.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then I allowed myself to concentrate on that problem for 3 hours and eventually I found a solution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At last I was left with a question that is already solved and had 2 answers waiting for me to choose the best one.  Really, I can't choose any one of them for the bounty, so I upvoted both of them and left an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For the next couple of hours on Askubuntu I have a guilty feeling for not giving out the bounty.  I don't know why, but I just felt bad for what I'd just done.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So should I feel bad about that?  A good answer will be appreciated, since this is my first bounty.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="39869" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2012-06-30T23:43:14.930" Title="Should I feel bad about not giving a bounty to an answer on a bountied question?" Tags="|discussion|bounty|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3580" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3579" CreationDate="2012-06-30T23:43:14.930" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;You should feel very bad and guilty. &lt;em&gt;just kidding&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No, don't. They tried to answer it, and you happened to come up with an answer. Simple as that. Do note that you can't award a bounty to yourself, so that rep is lost - forever gone. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastActivityDate="2012-06-30T23:43:14.930" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3581" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="822" CreationDate="2012-07-01T09:11:56.847" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;This feature was added.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But it is deliberately limited. To remove an upvote from a comment, you must not have left the page since casting the vote, and it must be within a minute of casting the vote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, once you've removed a comment vote, you cannot subsequent upvote the comment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/129032/185080&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Source&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2012-07-01T09:11:56.847" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3582" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3895" CreationDate="2012-07-01T09:12:06.313" Score="13" ViewCount="218" Body="&lt;p&gt;As I was going through the tag-wikis today to try to add excerpts to those that are lacking, I found many plagiarized tag-wikis and excerpts. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Examples:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/libvirt&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;libvirt&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;libvirt&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/octave&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;octave&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;octave&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/google-drive&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;google-drive&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;google-drive&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/pango&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;pango&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;pango&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/anacron&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;anacron&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;anacron&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/avadon&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;avadon&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;avadon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/flac&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;flac&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;flac&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/gbrainy&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;gbrainy&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;gbrainy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/motif&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;motif&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;motif&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/scidavis&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;scidavis&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;scidavis&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The listed examples is just a drop in the ocean. There are far too many of them to be listed here. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What I mean by plagiarism is that the content has been copied from somewhere else (usually Wikipedia) but has not been attributed at all. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Considering that we have a &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3467/how-can-we-handle-users-that-continually-copy-paste-answers-without-citing-a-sou&quot;&gt;strict policy against plagiarism in answers&lt;/a&gt;, I think we would require one for tag-wikis as well. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While I could have just added in the reference links to the plagiarized content, I don't think this would send the right signal to inadvertent offenders. But, adding in the reference links is the only stopgap solution that we have in our hands until we manage to do something about this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastEditorUserId="14356" LastEditDate="2012-07-01T09:48:06.173" LastActivityDate="2012-08-12T22:38:22.527" Title="What to do with plagiarized tag-wikis?" Tags="|discussion|tag-wiki|plagiarism|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3584" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3467" CreationDate="2012-07-02T05:46:00.523" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Perhaps adding a script to the site that detects pasting of blocks of text over 150 (tweet-length) characters, and prompts an in-site pop-up with &quot;Is this copied from an article?&quot;, reminding you to cite your source. For many people it may sadly just slip their mind, and this plagiarism may turn out to be negated by such a reminder.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="74407" LastActivityDate="2012-07-02T05:46:00.523" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3585" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3590" CreationDate="2012-07-02T07:21:27.937" Score="1" ViewCount="73" Body="&lt;p&gt;I asked &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/158351/61218&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; yesterday, but when I was writing the answer, a comment from &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/58612/izx&quot;&gt;izx&lt;/a&gt; was there, asking more details. Then a completed the answer, and told him that, I actually trying to share a find out. Though I was feeling shame or some uneasiness about the fact that, I should have give more time to other answerer to give the answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is: Should I really give more time for the interested answerer, or Was I OK in my procedure. I feel some uneasiness about that. I want to hear from community.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="61218" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2012-07-02T12:24:44.073" Title="Should I leave a self-QA open?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3586" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3585" CreationDate="2012-07-02T07:33:28.420" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The question is still &quot;open&quot;: the system gives &lt;em&gt;at least 2 days&lt;/em&gt; for other answerers before you can mark yours as &quot;accepted&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, I think that particular question may be a little too localized or &quot;thin&quot; on content, but that's just my opinion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="58612" LastActivityDate="2012-07-02T07:33:28.420" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3587" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3588" CreationDate="2012-07-02T08:02:46.323" Score="6" ViewCount="126" Body="&lt;p&gt;Before it gets too much to handle, can we merge driver and drivers tag?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/driver&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;driver&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;driver&lt;/a&gt; x 1243&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/drivers&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;drivers&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;drivers&lt;/a&gt; x 6&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastEditorUserId="12845" LastEditDate="2012-09-23T05:44:33.167" LastActivityDate="2012-09-23T05:44:33.167" Title="Can we merge driver and drivers tag?" Tags="|discussion|status-completed|retag-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3588" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3587" CreationDate="2012-07-02T08:30:10.270" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Per suggestion &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/driver&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;driver&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;driver&lt;/a&gt; was syn'ed to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/drivers&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;drivers&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;drivers&lt;/a&gt; being the plural form used by default.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastEditorUserId="25863" LastEditDate="2012-07-02T09:18:17.400" LastActivityDate="2012-07-02T09:18:17.400" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3589" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3585" CreationDate="2012-07-02T10:27:06.940" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;My opinion would be, by approaching with the idea for a question to be eligible for Bounty , it should be two days old .&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So before Accepting answer which is Self-answered , i guess Giving that Two days Bounty eligibility days as time period for Interested Answerer , would be Better and Logical choice. It provides a fair share of getting a better or equivalent answer and also a cleared view of what should it contain from other answers whilst Self posting it .However,  sometimes they can be much better than you can add , so availability of chance matters.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Otherwise , you can put &lt;strong&gt;P.S.&lt;/strong&gt; or &lt;strong&gt;NOTE&lt;/strong&gt; or a comment stating that Answer from the Asker is also intended or Expected as in a Tutorial Format .So the interested Answerer could or would suggest the content in the answer(which ofcourse would be brief , and it also helps in gaining reputations from community, like a fair chance)  ,according to him. Thereby making it a better QA.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As Jeff Atwood said &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2011/07/its-ok-to-ask-and-answer-your-own-questions/&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;To be crystal clear, it is not merely OK to ask and answer your own&#xA;  question, it is &lt;strong&gt;explicitly encouraged&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I do it all the time! For example, when I ran into a nasty issue with&#xA;  Java exploits in Google Chrome when browsing for images, I documented&#xA;  that on Super User by asking and answering my own question. Now,&#xA;  others can benefit from my misfortune — and &lt;strong&gt;best of all, I got new&#xA;  even better answers beyond what I offered! Overall, a huge win all&#xA;  around.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So availing a time period for interested answer would be good enough , or If you are Confident enough to post it as Answer and accept it quite soon, both are welcomed. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="63025" LastEditorUserId="63025" LastEditDate="2012-07-02T10:36:50.613" LastActivityDate="2012-07-02T10:36:50.613" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3590" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3585" CreationDate="2012-07-02T12:24:44.073" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can ask a question and not post it for answering immediately.  The system allows for you to create your own encyclopedic content, i.e. ask a question and answer it simultaneously.  For &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/153692/how-are-ubuntu-bugs-importance-values-decided&quot;&gt;both of my bug-&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/153765/how-do-bugs-get-categorized-and-what-is-the-lifecycle-of-a-bug&quot;&gt;related questions and self-answers&lt;/a&gt; I was able to write the question &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; the answer simultaneously, and then hit &quot;Submit&quot; and the question showed it was already immediately answered.  This feature has been in place for a while now.  Granted, the question will be open until you can mark it as answered, but the question and answer will be both posted simultaneously.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And I am a strong supporter of posting your own QAs, if you know what you're talking about ;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2012-07-02T12:24:44.073" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3591" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3594" CreationDate="2012-07-02T15:51:12.153" Score="2" ViewCount="179" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm still a newbie on the askubuntu site, and what I experienced is that you need a reputation of 15 to upvote. I don't understand this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Say you see a question that you would like to see answered or a problem you have too, and you would like to upvote but you can't. There are 2 alternatives to upvoting:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;give a &quot;me too&quot; answer -&gt; undesirable&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;ask the same question,  AND get 15 reputation for asking it (only if discovered not a duplicate?) -&gt; undesirable&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I understand that askubuntu wants quality questions and answers, but I don't see how this particular decision helps to achieve this. I would like to see this dropped, or can someone explain?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41499" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-07-04T08:40:43.873" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Why do you need 15 reputation to upvote?" Tags="|support|voting|privileges|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3592" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3593" CreationDate="2012-07-02T15:53:48.657" Score="3" ViewCount="55" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have extensively customized my &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1323/what-prewritten-pro-forma-userscript-comments-can-we-use-and-share&quot;&gt;pro-forma userscript comments&lt;/a&gt; (with new comments and new wordings/linkifications for default ones). I use Chromium as my browser most of the time, and Firefox occasionally. (My pro-forma userscript comments are stored in Chromium.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How can I back up, and restore, these comments? I can back up my entire profile, which contains them. But I'd like to be able to restore them to a different profile, so that I can retain them in these sorts of situations:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I switch profiles.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I use another machine, or another browser.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I experience data loss.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I want to clear out my browser profile, to fix/troubleshoot some unrelated problem.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In case it's relevant, I mostly use Ubuntu as my operating system (which may not come as a surprise).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How can I do this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.087" LastActivityDate="2012-07-02T15:57:09.667" Title="How to back up and restore customized pro-forma userscript comments?" Tags="|support|comments|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3593" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3592" CreationDate="2012-07-02T15:57:09.667" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can now create remote Pro-forma comment repositories. &lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/askubuntu/ProFormaComments&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;We've set one up already for shared common pro-forma comments&lt;/a&gt;. You can do the same by uploading a jsonp file somewhere and just referencing it on all your installs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you'd like to add some of the ones you use more frequently to the shared repository, please feel free to do so!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2012-07-02T15:57:09.667" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3594" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3591" CreationDate="2012-07-02T16:08:08.183" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;This seems to be answered on the main meta site:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/41347/why-is-15-reputation-required-to-upvote&quot;&gt;Why are 15 reputation points required to upvote?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2012-07-02T16:08:08.183" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3595" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3545" CreationDate="2012-07-03T00:16:49.910" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;If the link is broken the the answer probably needs to be updated, why not just fix the answer to be correct? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2012-07-03T00:16:49.910" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3596" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-07-03T23:10:46.253" Score="1" ViewCount="42" Body="&lt;p&gt;How do I find out if I have an answer to a question I post?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have posted 2 questions. One was tagged as too vague, the other seems to have disappeared.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am trying to get some traction on Ubuntu, but everything is obscure, even the question forum.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user74870" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-07-04T08:39:57.140" LastActivityDate="2012-07-04T08:39:57.140" Title="How do I find out if I have an answer to a question I post?" Tags="|discussion|asking-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3598" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3596" CreationDate="2012-07-04T03:05:09.870" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If one of your questions was flagged as 'Too Vague' and closed, it will still show up on your profile, with [closed] appended to the end.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If one of your questions was downvoted a lot, it'll kind of autohide itself.  You should still be able to see it &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/74870/namretaw&quot;&gt;from your own profile page&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If all your questions are hidden, you wont see them.  Or if they were deleted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for seeing whether you have any responses, a number will show up in the top left corner surrounded by an orange circle, letting you know you have a notification/response.  Click the number, it'll open up a list of why you got that notification, you should see your question there (or at least a link to it)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2012-07-04T03:05:09.870" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3599" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-07-04T09:56:33.787" Score="6" ViewCount="85" Body="&lt;p&gt;In &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/&quot;&gt;review&lt;/a&gt;, I'm told there are 3 suggested edits for me to approve/reject/improve:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/cdTGP.png&quot; alt=&quot;suggested edits shown when on another tab&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;strong&gt;(These images are from the old review system; the new system's interface is different but this still seems to occur.)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It looks like that when I am on any tab except the suggested edits tab itself. But when I switch to the suggested edits tab, so that I can review edits, there's nothing there:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Qzo2i.png&quot; alt=&quot;no suggested edits shown on the suggested edits tab&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I switch back to any other tab, and I see that there are 3 suggested edits again. I switch back to the 3 suggested edits tab, and they edits are gone. So this is not caused just by the edits having been reviewed by someone else.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This does not appear browser-specific.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Update:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/25798/jokerdino&quot;&gt;jokerdino&lt;/a&gt; has pointed out that these 3 suggested edits that I cannot review were &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/5222600#5222600&quot;&gt;my own tag wiki edit suggestions&lt;/a&gt;. That clarifies for me &lt;strong&gt;why&lt;/strong&gt; this is occurring, but it still seems like a bug. Shouldn't the number of suggested edits listed in review for any user be the number of pending suggestions &lt;em&gt;that user&lt;/em&gt; can review?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please note that this will only happen for users with at least &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/approve-tag-wiki-edits&quot;&gt;5,000 reputation&lt;/a&gt; and less than &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/trusted-user&quot;&gt;20,000&lt;/a&gt;. This is the rep range in which a user can review a tag wiki edit but cannot make one without it being approved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Related:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/117671/when-you-suggest-an-edit-to-a-tag-wiki-the-suggested-edits-counter-is-increased&quot;&gt;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/117671/when-you-suggest-an-edit-to-a-tag-wiki-the-suggested-edits-counter-is-increased&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2013-01-30T06:08:49.383" Title="Suggested edits count includes a user's own tag wiki edits" Tags="|bug|editing|suggested-edits|review|tag-wiki|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3600" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3601" CreationDate="2012-07-05T10:17:25.660" Score="27" ViewCount="4131" Body="&lt;p&gt;I note in the comments to this &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/159808/problems-running-gta-san-anread-under-wine#question&quot;&gt;Question&lt;/a&gt;, that the user is using ripped software.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;umm, I just copied the folder of the game to my home folder.. thats&#xA;  it.. should I download the installation and install it? because I have&#xA;  ripped version of GTA that has no installations but files to extract&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This was flagged as off-topic with a query about Ask Ubuntu/Stack Exchange policy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hence this question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should this question and similar questions be automatically closed as off-topic - are we condoning the use of illegitimate software by answering these questions?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or are these type of questions valid and can &amp;amp; should be answered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14356" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2012-07-15T17:04:56.667" Title="Questions that refer to using or installing ripped/pirated software" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="6" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3601" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3600" CreationDate="2012-07-05T12:10:49.363" Score="17" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think that this question and similar questions should closed automatically as off-topic.  Questions that ask about how to use pirated or illegitimate software, to me should be considered un-ethical to answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But if someone likes to answer, I guess it would be OK, providing that they inform the OP about his/her situation, and the ramifications that could arise from using such software.  I know from the Windows days, most of the time you have to buy software and that can get expensive, but its not reason  to use such software.  But also, most software companies, will let you try their software, before you buy, to see if it is what you're looking for, or if they like it, but they should buy it if they decide that they want it.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now with Ubuntu, or Linux for that matter,  Most software is Open Source, and cost nothing.  When someone offers you their product free, to me that says that the product is good.  There is a lot of real life example of that.  So you decide.&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;Disclaimer: The opinion expressed here represent my own personal opinion&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="59676" LastEditorUserId="61218" LastEditDate="2012-07-15T17:04:56.667" LastActivityDate="2012-07-15T17:04:56.667" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3602" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-07-05T17:00:35.433" Score="3" ViewCount="99" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am trying to install Ubuntu 12.04.&#xA;I have installed it on two machines, and had to give up on third.&#xA;(I was able to simply install 11.10 on the third)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I need to get some help, and I want to give enough context that what I'm&#xA;saying makes sense. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Where can I ask for help, and give context?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I also have some questions about updates to the LTS release, and how they get&#xA;folded into the distributions I find on the web (eg does 12.04 turn to 12.05)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Where can I ask questions about how the Ubuntu release system works?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I really don't want to labeled as a winner.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="68759" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-08-06T17:23:59.923" LastActivityDate="2012-08-06T17:23:59.923" Title="Ubuntu 12.04 install problems - where/how to ask a question" Tags="|support|asking-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3603" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3602" CreationDate="2012-07-05T17:21:24.443" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The best resource I've found for information on release schedules and such is &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions about Ubuntu or Ubuntu installation are fine an AskUbuntu main.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions about AskUbuntu are for AskUbuntu meta.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Releases you find on the web are going to be off topic per the FAQ.  Only official Ubuntu releases are supported (there is no 12.05).  The numbering system has been explained before, but basically it's:&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;12.04, 12.04.1, 12.04.2, etc, etc, until it reaches EOL.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-07-05T17:21:24.443" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3604" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5337" CreationDate="2012-07-06T01:23:58.523" Score="0" ViewCount="331" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think that we should use the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/macbook-air&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;macbook-air&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;macbook-air&lt;/a&gt; tag and the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/macbook-pro&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;macbook-pro&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;macbook-pro&lt;/a&gt; tag instead of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/macbook&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;macbook&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;macbook&lt;/a&gt; tag if the question is Macbook-Air or Macbook-pro specific, since Macbooks are discontinued.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I spent some time retagging questions that are from &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/macbook&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;macbook&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;macbook&lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/macbook-pro&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;macbook-pro&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;macbook-pro&lt;/a&gt;/&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/macbook-air&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;macbook-air&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;macbook-air&lt;/a&gt;.  But I decided to ask &quot;Is it right to do this?&quot; before going any further.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="39869" LastEditorUserId="25798" LastEditDate="2012-07-08T09:33:10.800" LastActivityDate="2012-11-04T20:08:43.753" Title="Use of the macbook-air tag and the macbook-pro tag instead of the macbook tag" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3605" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3604" CreationDate="2012-07-06T01:58:38.723" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just my opinion, not a great idea.  I understand that it's a specific model from Mac.  But we do have a Dell tag (manufacturer), and a Dell-Inspiron tag (model family), but not a Dell-Inspiron-XXXX tag (specific model).  I don't think it needs to get subdivided any further.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, I'm not entirely sure we should have it divided further than dell/mac.  Inspiron is pushing it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2012-07-06T01:58:38.723" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3606" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3607" CreationDate="2012-07-06T05:29:21.130" Score="2" ViewCount="52" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have this &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/122148/17041&quot;&gt;one issue which has been driving me crazy for ages&lt;/a&gt;. However, with help from Ask Ubuntu, I feel it's closing in on a solution. I've discovered a workaround, and maybe that can be exploited to find an answer. Thus I was hoping maybe I could push to the finish line by offering a bounty.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I previously offered a bounty of 50 points, so this would be the second bounty. My understanding is that if I offer a second bounty, I would have to offer at least double the previous amount. My expectation, then, was that I would have to offer a minimum bounty of 100 points.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, when I was considering the bounty and clicked the &quot;start a bounty&quot; link I noticed that the minimum bounty it would allow me to set was 200. It would be worth 200 points to me, but since I only have 215 points, that would wipe me out. (I don't really care so much about building &quot;rep&quot; as I do about being able to participate in a marketplace of helpfulness).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why is it only giving me the option of 200? Is there some other factor that is preventing me from offering 100? I thought maybe I offered two bounties and forgot, but if that were the case, then shouldn't two of the answers be marked as having had bounties? I can only see the one for 50 points.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've read through the FAQs and other questions, and I can't see any clear reason why 200 is the minimum in this case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17041" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2012-07-06T05:59:30.877" Title="Shouldn't I be able to offer a bounty of 100 on this question?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3607" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3606" CreationDate="2012-07-06T05:59:30.877" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;You are mostly correct except that the previous bounty was 100 rep. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See the post's revisions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/122148/revisions&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/posts/122148/revisions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2012-07-06T05:59:30.877" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3608" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3617" CreationDate="2012-07-06T06:57:00.547" Score="10" ViewCount="271" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have noticed that some users are answering questions that are exact duplicate, specially the ones that have a comment pointing to the duplicate.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a way to stop this?  I mean the system will have multiple question with multiple answers about the same issue.  I think that should be part of the Summer cleanup.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="59676" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-07-07T12:36:19.227" LastActivityDate="2016-08-19T17:17:32.450" Title="Answering Duplicate questions" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3609" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3600" CreationDate="2012-07-06T07:36:17.167" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I used similar logic to push for a Mac VM question close until someone introduced the possible ambiguity (however unlikely) that it might have been Mac Server edition in question.  I was willing to edit the question to make it general OS ISO, so it became useful.  In my opinion, pirated software questions are not only not useful, but open AU to liability issues.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2012-07-06T07:36:17.167" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3610" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3611" CreationDate="2012-07-06T09:39:49.270" Score="4" ViewCount="327" Body="&lt;p&gt;OK, I asked a question, and it gets answered. I don't want to bother anyone anymore, so I want to mark my question as answered and consequently closed. How do I do that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="48114" OwnerDisplayName="Kom-Si" LastActivityDate="2012-07-06T10:31:39.737" Title="How do I close a question on Ask Ubuntu?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3611" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3610" CreationDate="2012-07-06T10:31:39.737" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you get answer from any of the proposed answer, you can check the grey tick mark on the left side of the answer. In this way, It will be marked as having an accepted answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you don't get the answer from any of the proposed answer, but by other way &lt;em&gt;(such as in Ubuntu forums, Linux forums or other stack Exchange site or by your own research )&lt;/em&gt; then you should write the answer, and accept it. This way, the future visitor will be benefited from your answer. &lt;em&gt;Note that, you can accept your own answer after two days of submitting question&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And for the &lt;em&gt;consequently closed&lt;/em&gt; feature, As far As I know, this is not possible. The question will be open for any future answers. Even, later answers can get more upvotes than the original accepted answer. The question is only closed if they do not comply with Ask Ubuntu policy as the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq#close&quot;&gt;FAQ&lt;/a&gt; indicates. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="61218" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2012-07-06T10:31:39.737" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3612" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-07-06T11:44:15.603" Score="1" ViewCount="51" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3262/how-do-i-invite-a-low-rep-user-into-chat&quot;&gt;How do I invite a low rep user into chat?&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Time to time, I get a new user that is committed to their problem, and I would like to help, but the comment lists are getting very long, which StackExchange apparently discourages. I would like to get the user to at least have temporary rights to chat. Is it acceptable to ask a moderator for these things, or should I continue t resolve the problem in comment discussions?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54298" LastActivityDate="2012-07-06T11:44:15.603" Title="Requesting chat rights for other users" Tags="|discussion|chat|moderation|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2012-07-31T14:37:30.403" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3613" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3614" CreationDate="2012-07-06T12:19:45.547" Score="5" ViewCount="80" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is there any explanation for why the first comment on &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/89934/54298&quot;&gt;this post&lt;/a&gt; has been made by a user with 1 rep and no participation on that thread? Is it a bug?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54298" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2012-07-10T09:23:39.310" Title="Comment with one rep without participation in post" Tags="|support|comments|reputation|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3614" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3613" CreationDate="2012-07-06T12:25:03.010" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Yes there is a simple explanation...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This was flagged because it was really a comment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since its the Mods that can see flags, this answer was converted to a comment for the post in question.  The answer itself was marked for deletion.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hope this helps :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14356" LastActivityDate="2012-07-06T12:25:03.010" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3615" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3616" CreationDate="2012-07-06T13:29:19.623" Score="16" ViewCount="739" Body="&lt;p&gt;I sometimes see questions in a foreign language, translated below. Is it acceptable to answer the question in both English and the OP's language(if I speak it) to make the process simpler for the OP? Or does that encourage improper use of foreign languages here?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54298" LastEditorUserId="54298" LastEditDate="2012-09-25T10:52:07.450" LastActivityDate="2012-09-25T10:52:07.450" Title="Answering questions in OP's language" Tags="|discussion|answer-format|languages|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3616" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3615" CreationDate="2012-07-06T13:47:24.017" Score="17" Body="&lt;p&gt;As far as other languages we have extended discussions about it already in meta, the key points are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We use English to communicate in the site, both Questions or Answers should be written using a certain level of English, enough to be understood;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Questions made in other languages do not belong in the site, if by any chance a poor soul with some language knowledge and Google translate skills wants to edit the post and translate it that is fine, else we can close them as NARQ or too localized;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Answers to any question should be given in English, if you want to try to add the same content in another language to make yourself more understandable to the OP go ahead, but try not to do that in a extensive post.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Users that post questions in other languages normally do not participate on the site or will even bother to come back and check the replies, specially if they are in English. You can see a lot of questions that even with translation under them will be closed as too localized because the information on them is not enough and the OP will not reply to comments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Its a shame, but that is the way it is. Localization of SE sites using other langauges is discussed with many for and against points, nothing we can do more for now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastActivityDate="2012-07-06T13:47:24.017" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3617" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3608" CreationDate="2012-07-06T14:53:18.363" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;People may disagree that the question is a duplicate. Answers can only be posted on questions &lt;em&gt;before&lt;/em&gt; they have been closed as duplicates. Someone asserting a question is a duplicate doesn't constitute community consensus. There's nothing wrong with posting an answer to a question that &lt;em&gt;somebody&lt;/em&gt; thinks is a duplicate. Of course, if you think it's a duplicate, you should post the answer to the question you think it's a duplicate of.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, when people choose to answer a question that is &lt;em&gt;under consideration for being closed as a duplicate&lt;/em&gt;, that's not really a problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, once the question is closed as a duplicate, having answers there instead of on the open dupe target is potentially a problem. There are two solutions, and I think we're implementing them quite well already:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If the answer is bad, wrong, or not valuable, it can be downvoted and commented on.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If the answer is valuable and good, moderators can merge it (and other answers to the duplicate question) into the main question. Anyone in the community can ask a moderator to do that. Sometimes it makes sense to ask by commenting.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2012-07-06T19:13:51.323" LastActivityDate="2012-07-06T19:13:51.323" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3618" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3619" CreationDate="2012-07-06T14:58:25.067" Score="4" ViewCount="28" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/winxp&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;winxp&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;winxp&lt;/a&gt; was created yesterday. We already have &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/windows-xp&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;windows-xp&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;windows-xp&lt;/a&gt;, which is used extensively. But &quot;winxp&quot; is a pretty common abbreviation for &quot;Windows XP.&quot; Therefore, I recommend making &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/winxp&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;winxp&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;winxp&lt;/a&gt; a synonym of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/windows-xp&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;windows-xp&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;windows-xp&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="25863" LastEditDate="2012-07-06T15:02:46.510" LastActivityDate="2012-07-06T15:02:46.510" Title="Tag synonym request: [winxp] -&gt; [windows-xp]" Tags="|discussion|status-completed|tags|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3619" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3618" CreationDate="2012-07-06T15:00:22.007" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Done, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/winxp&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;winxp&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;winxp&lt;/a&gt; was synn'ed to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/windows-xp&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;windows-xp&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;windows-xp&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastActivityDate="2012-07-06T15:00:22.007" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3620" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3646" CreationDate="2012-07-06T16:29:18.763" Score="6" ViewCount="35" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think the new tag &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/upgrading&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;upgrading&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;upgrading&lt;/a&gt; should be made a synonym of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/upgrade&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;upgrade&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;upgrade&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tags/upgrade/synonyms&quot;&gt;proposed the tag synonym&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2012-07-09T01:00:47.640" Title="Tag synonym request: [upgrading] -&gt; [upgrade]" Tags="|discussion|status-completed|tags|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3621" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3622" CreationDate="2012-07-06T18:00:36.323" Score="5" ViewCount="151" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ok, so I have been going back and forth on questions between askubuntu.SE and linux.SE.  I don't mean to compare, but experience is telling me that I tend to get a better response rate on linux.SE.  A few of the question I have asked here still remains dead (even answered my own questsion), while all the questions on linux.SE have seen some sort of response.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, understanding that not all questions are equal, I still can't help feeling compelled reposting questions asked here and posting them on Linux.SE. I also understand that is kind of behaviour is not welcomed.  But, how do I deal with my shameless need for answer as opposed to my desire to be be a good citizen on SE?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="35907" LastActivityDate="2012-07-06T19:12:00.247" Title="When is ok to repost a question on linux.SE?" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3622" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3621" CreationDate="2012-07-06T19:12:00.247" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;It seems like what you really want is to &lt;em&gt;move&lt;/em&gt; some of your unanswered questions from here to Unix.SE.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If that's the case, why not just delete those particular questions of yours here, and then post them on Unix.SE?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's not cross-posting if the question is only one one site at a time, and:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Since the questions you'd prefer to have on Unix.SE haven't gotten any response here, there's little harm done by deleting them. It's not like there are valuable answers that will be deleted too.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Since you're subsequently posting the question on Unix.SE, it's not like people searching  the web to see if anyone has asked a question won't find just as useful information.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for publicizing questions between AskUbuntu and Unix.SE:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;There is a feed in Ask Ubuntu's main chat room that notifies about questions that are posted on Unix.SE and tagged &lt;code&gt;ubuntu&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you have an Ubuntu-related question on Unix.SE and you want to advertise it in Ask Ubuntu's main chat yourself, that would probably be OK, provided that&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;it's done in moderation&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you don't just post the question link, but also provide some info in chat about why you need help&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you stick around in chat so that if people want to reply in chat, they can&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you have an Ubuntu-related question on Ask Ubuntu and you want to advertise it in Unix.SE's main chat, they might be OK with that. But I'm not active enough on Unix.SE to know for sure. I'd suggest posting a question on Unix.SE Meta first, to ask if this is OK.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2012-07-06T19:12:00.247" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3623" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3600" CreationDate="2012-07-06T19:33:32.427" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think that we should keep answers to a minimum for questions that obviously are only about piracy and don't have any principles/techniques that could be extrapolated to legal applications.  BUT, we shouldn't automatically close them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think VM questions should be excepted and okayed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In short, we shouldn't be too harsh but we should avoid any legal liability and we shouldn't become a help forum for TPB.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="37700" LastActivityDate="2012-07-06T19:33:32.427" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3624" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-07-07T07:02:04.510" Score="9" ViewCount="181" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have recently seen &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/79023/61218&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;, where I see a spelling error in the title. I wanted to edit that, but I see that question was closed already. I am a bit confused to edit that title. Because editing that question will bump that on the front page. Should I edit that title or I should simply leave that question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="61218" LastEditorUserId="94914" LastEditDate="2018-08-01T06:27:31.843" LastActivityDate="2018-08-01T06:27:31.843" Title="Should I edit closed questions?" Tags="|discussion|editing|closed-questions|spelling|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3625" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3624" CreationDate="2012-07-07T12:01:36.977" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;In my opinion:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;It is OK to edit closed questions, though sometimes you should be more reluctant to edit them than you would be to edit open questions.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Preventing them from being bumped up to the front page is not a major reason to avoid editing them--since there won't likely be additional activity, they won't stay there for long. If an edit is worthwhile, it's worth having people see it and be able to react to it (even if they probably won't).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Whether or not an edit is appropriate depends in part on the question's close-reason.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Specifically:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Closed questions with formatting problems that can be fixed should be edited.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Closed questions that can be fixed for reopening, while remaining useful to the OP, should be. That is, if you know what the OP meant to ask in a question that was closed because it was unclear, go ahead and edit it. (A trivial example of this is if the question was closed as not-a-real-question, and the OP accidentally enclosed parts of the question between &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt;, hiding them.)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Closed questions should not be edited to generalize them, especially if they are closed as too-localized, unless you are the OP or are editing the question on behalf of, or in response to a discussion with, the OP.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Closed questions with spelling or terminology problems that can be fixed should be edited if the problem is sufficiently bad (or if you just really feel like doing the edit), &lt;strong&gt;unless they are closed as a duplicate of another question&lt;/strong&gt;. One of the reasons we keep duplicates (rather than eventually deleting some of them) is so that people searching for the same or a similar problem can find them and be directed to the master question, even if their search would not have revealed the master question otherwise. &lt;strong&gt;Keeping misspelling, and wrong terms, facilitates this goal.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To expand on the idea of retaining misspellings:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I think we should really keep misspelled words in closed questions. Common misspellings of &quot;terms of art&quot; (like &quot;Ubutnu&quot;, &quot;Foxfire&quot;, and &quot;patritioning&quot;) may be the &lt;em&gt;most&lt;/em&gt; important situations to retain misspellings, but we should at least seriously consider keeping even misspellings of common words. A question about how to &quot;clere Firefox history&quot; will help someone else who makes that typo, with minimal disadvantage since a correctly spelled query would probably find the master question or another duplicate.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, I do agree that misspellings in lengthy prose that are unlikely to match even mistyped search terms can safely be corrected. Misspellings in titles of dupe-closed questions, in my opinion, should virtually never be corrected. The only major exception I can think of is if the OP decides they want to correct it (we should respect that, though not encourage them to correct it), or if the misspelling would reflect in an unjustifiably negative manner on the OP. (For example, the OP may have &lt;em&gt;unintentionally&lt;/em&gt; misspelled a word to convert it to an offensive word. In that case, they would probably prefer that the misspelling be corrected, even though doing so would decrease the success rate of subsequent searches with the same misspelling.)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2012-07-17T04:18:56.387" LastActivityDate="2012-07-17T04:18:56.387" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3626" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3600" CreationDate="2012-07-07T15:11:09.117" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu shouldn't be an avenue for this type of support. Whether or not users agree or disagree with the topic, it is illegal. Better support should be found in the pirated software's comments, or from the author of the posted content. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With that said, the topic shouldn't be closed. We should update &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/faq&lt;/a&gt; to include piracy and other illegal activities. A friendly reminder to the user should be thrown out there, asking to rephrase their question in accordance with the FAQ.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="70571" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2012-07-07T15:11:09.117" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3627" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-07-07T15:31:07.657" Score="3" ViewCount="73" Body="&lt;p&gt;While both tags are popular, I think we should merge &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/mail&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;mail&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;mail&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/email&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;email&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;email&lt;/a&gt; since you can't send a real mail in ubuntu and most questions using &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/mail&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;mail&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;mail&lt;/a&gt; are often problems in sending or receiving email.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="39869" LastEditorUserId="25798" LastEditDate="2012-07-08T09:32:12.797" LastActivityDate="2012-07-09T23:25:03.983" Title="Should we merge the mail tag with the email tag?" Tags="|discussion|tags|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3628" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3627" CreationDate="2012-07-07T15:41:40.500" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Agreed. Theoretically there might be questions about how to order Ubuntu installation media by postal mail, but since most questions about &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/mail&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;mail&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;mail&lt;/a&gt; are about &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/email&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;email&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;email&lt;/a&gt;, I think &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/mail&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;mail&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;mail&lt;/a&gt; should be made a synonym of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/email&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;email&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;email&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2012-07-07T15:41:40.500" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3629" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3631" CreationDate="2012-07-07T16:44:41.390" Score="1" ViewCount="69" Body="&lt;p&gt;Apart from the visible down-votes to a particular question considered as off-topic or irrelevant, how to know that it is &lt;strong&gt;flagged&lt;/strong&gt; for deletion with &lt;code&gt;x&lt;/code&gt; number of flags. Same thing for &lt;strong&gt;answers&lt;/strong&gt; too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have the idea that it is only shown to Mods for deletion, since they are going to delete it or reconsider it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;P.S&lt;/strong&gt;: If the only function of flagging is to ping mods for attention for action on it, then I guess, even this question needs to be deleted. Please comment so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="63025" LastEditorUserId="25798" LastEditDate="2012-07-08T06:17:45.723" LastActivityDate="2012-07-08T06:17:45.723" Title="How to know if a question is flagged apart from guessing from the downvotes?" Tags="|discussion|flagging|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3630" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3629" CreationDate="2012-07-07T17:09:56.420" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Flag for deletion is a workaround to let low rep users close things. High rep users can see it in tools however. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Its probably by design that you can't view if its flagged.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17681" LastActivityDate="2012-07-07T17:09:56.420" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3631" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3629" CreationDate="2012-07-07T18:41:24.613" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can already view close votes on your own questions at 250 reputation, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/view-close-votes&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/view-close-votes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For casting close votes at 3,000 reputation, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/close-questions&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/close-questions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or you can wait for 10,000 reputation for mod tools. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/moderator-tools&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/moderator-tools&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2012-07-07T19:07:37.590" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3632" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3633" CreationDate="2012-07-07T20:41:31.313" Score="1" ViewCount="47" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are questions with excellent answers and descriptions marked as &lt;strong&gt;Community wiki&lt;/strong&gt;. The problem I found,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How&lt;/strong&gt; to &lt;code&gt;search&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;access&lt;/code&gt; them in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/&quot;&gt;Ask Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt; or for that matter in &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/&quot;&gt;Meta&lt;/a&gt; too. (don't suggest &quot;making it favourite&quot; in answer, it makes Favourites list too long to search too)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I tried with &lt;strong&gt;community wiki&lt;/strong&gt; subject in search bar, but got directed to answers with &lt;strong&gt;Ubuntu-wiki&lt;/strong&gt; like tags.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One of the best purpose of &lt;strong&gt;Community wiki&lt;/strong&gt; answers I found  was, that they &lt;strong&gt;address &amp;amp; provide in-Depth solutions to common queries / questions and problems&lt;/strong&gt;. Which helps a lot to new-Comers like me and amateurs alike. Example questions like &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/29553/how-can-i-configure-unity&quot;&gt;How can I configure Unity?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/4983/what-are-ppas-and-how-do-i-use-them&quot;&gt;What are PPAs and how do I use them?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Although the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions?sort=votes&quot;&gt;Votes section&lt;/a&gt; addresses them but not exclusively for all Wiki questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From my side I could suggest this &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ADgpV.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From the above screenshot, instead of having placed four &lt;strong&gt;Meta&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;(I don't know why and what for meta questions are highlighted in Ask Ubuntu page)&lt;/em&gt;, we can horizontally divide it for the &lt;strong&gt;Community Wiki&lt;/strong&gt; section with &lt;strong&gt;community-wiki tags&lt;/strong&gt; if possible. Which will be showing two questions down below same as &lt;strong&gt;Community Bulletin&lt;/strong&gt; section.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or in any other way &lt;strong&gt;easily accessible&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another feature I can suggest is &lt;strong&gt;scrolling down&lt;/strong&gt; them to see most active or on Main-page-based question  posting idea, within the two question area, similar to Facebook right-side notification scrolling &lt;em&gt;(I hope they don't have a patent for that)&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;P.S.&lt;/strong&gt;: By this, I am just suggesting a  Community-Wiki based questions format for easy accessibility. I am just trying to post my views for a better Ask Ubuntu through this. In the end, they are just personal view or suggestions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="63025" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2012-07-08T06:09:27.467" Title="Why don't we have a Community Wiki Section or a Community wiki tag in Questions menu for their easier access" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|community-wiki|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3633" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3632" CreationDate="2012-07-07T21:05:43.520" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can find all wiki questions by searching with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;wiki:1&lt;/code&gt; set as part of the search criteria&lt;/a&gt;. As for easy access, I don't think it's really &lt;em&gt;that&lt;/em&gt; important. Contents scores are more important than if is's a community wiki or not. People don't typically come to Ask Ubuntu and hunt for questions and answers, they come from outside searches, with a search query already in mind. As a result this only helps a select few of us who are constantly on the site. So for adding it to the side bar I don't quite agree, though as I mentioned above you can easily find wiki content with the search feature.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2012-07-07T21:05:43.520" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3634" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3600" CreationDate="2012-07-08T16:24:26.280" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Answers which are only useful in pirating software, such as a response to &quot;How do I apply [group]'s crack to [game]&quot; should not be given, as they are of no realistic use to non-pirates.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, questions like &quot;My copy of [game] crashes when using Unity but not Gnome Shell - oh and by the way it happens to be pirated&quot; should be answered, because the problem and its solutions will probably apply just as much to non-pirate-copy users as to pirate-copy users. They are not asking for help with the actual act of pirating and the answers should be useful to other non-pirates who have similar problems. However, you should ask the poster to remove their comment that their software is pirated and to not mention piracy in future.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Similarly if someone asks &quot;How do I copy files to root directories, because I want to crack a program&quot; you should tell them that they can use 'sudo nautilus' to access the whole filesystem, but warn them that the use they are planning is unethical and illegal. Your answer may still be useful to others who stumble upon the question who want to use the same information for non-illegal purposes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="38510" LastEditorUserId="38510" LastEditDate="2012-07-08T16:35:43.847" LastActivityDate="2012-07-08T16:35:43.847" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3635" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-07-08T16:46:46.880" Score="7" ViewCount="202" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/websites&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;websites&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;websites&lt;/a&gt; doesn't really mean anything. Should we get rid of it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="25863" LastEditDate="2012-07-08T17:38:41.637" LastActivityDate="2012-07-08T17:38:41.637" Title="Websites tag is worthless, should we kill it?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3636" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3635" CreationDate="2012-07-08T16:47:15.520" Score="11" Body="&lt;h3&gt;Yes&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;meta tags are bad! This tag doesn't describe anything to do with the questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-07-08T16:47:15.520" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3637" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3635" CreationDate="2012-07-08T16:47:58.733" Score="-4" Body="&lt;h3&gt;No&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I like to organize questions about &quot;this website doesn't work&quot; into one spot.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2012-07-08T16:47:58.733" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3638" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3640" CreationDate="2012-07-08T16:51:47.560" Score="7" ViewCount="89" Body="&lt;p&gt;This looks like it's getting a bunch of views since it's probably a common problem for people with Optimus cards.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/126905/ubuntu-12-04-cant-use-nvidia-x-driver&quot;&gt;Nvidia driver cannot be installed with jockey for old hardware&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2012-07-08T17:34:39.533" Title="This closed question just got 10k views, we should fix it" Tags="|discussion|status-completed|closed-questions|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3639" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3638" CreationDate="2012-07-08T16:53:54.700" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Possible solutions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The bug report seems to have a good amount of information, perhaps make the bug comment a more solid answer.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The posted answers look more like flailing with the same problems than solutions.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Perhaps consider duping/merging it with? &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/36930/how-well-do-laptops-with-nvidia-optimus-work&quot;&gt;Is a NVIDIA GeForce with Optimus Technology supported by Ubuntu?&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ask &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/6969/lekensteyn&quot;&gt;Lekensteyn&lt;/a&gt; what do do. :) &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2012-07-08T16:53:54.700" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3640" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3638" CreationDate="2012-07-08T17:07:16.437" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;We have 2 different issues on that question and all the relevant bug posts:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;This is a bug with jokey since it should not be offering the latest drivers to be used on that hardware;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The hordes of people that arrive there and start giving random thoughts about how they fixed their random issue with their random Nvidia Optimus hardware;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Think this was closed as a valid off-topic issue since its a bug. We can of course re-open it and create some sort of warning for older cards, but for that we need to change the title since &lt;strong&gt;the issue itself is very solvable but also specific for users that need to use the 170 version of the driver for older hardware.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All other Nvidia Optimus issues are answered by the awesome Lekensteyn and his brilliant answers to users all over our site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The thing is, the title is the only thing that got that question the 10k hits, if we change it to reflect the actual issue (installation of drivers via jokey for old hardware) I do not think it would get the same amount of hits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We can:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Keep it closed and edit the title so the right people arrive here and read the bug report instructions;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Add the bug instructions to an answer, re-open the post. But we need to make the title more relevant to the issue;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Understand that this is only a random great title in the middle of all the posts we have about Nvidia and leave it like this.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to do the 2nd, even if it means not getting as many hits as it has till now. Ideas, comments?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastActivityDate="2012-07-08T17:07:16.437" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3641" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3644" CreationDate="2012-07-08T16:02:48.163" Score="0" ViewCount="42" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can people post to this forum from a mailing list? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, would it be possible to use the forum software here in such a way that you never needed to use a web browser? Could you do it all by e-mail - sending posts to the forum by e-mail and receving replies from the forum by e-mail too?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am not asking to start sending a mailing list content to this forum. I just want to know if it is capable of handling it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By the way, I heard that tags to post comments don't really help things. Is that right? They aren't meant to improve search results, somebody said to me... But I suppose you might be able to filter searches by tag, so I don't know.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75798" OwnerDisplayName="user75798" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="ask ubuntu forum and a mailing list" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3642" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-07-08T16:14:32.003" Score="0" ViewCount="34" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1394/what-is-the-private-beta&quot;&gt;What is the private beta ?&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How do you enrol for the ask ubuntu private beta? There is a badge for it. I would like to see it in action. Perhaps I would be able to give feedback.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75798" OwnerDisplayName="user75798" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.087" LastActivityDate="2012-07-08T17:14:32.127" Title="Private Beta Participation" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2012-07-08T17:37:07.427" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3643" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-07-08T15:54:18.480" Score="0" ViewCount="32" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1564/what-is-the-script-that-runs-askubuntu-questions-answers-rating-tagging-and&quot;&gt;What is the script that runs AskUbuntu questions, answers, rating, tagging, and search? &lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are some great features on this website!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the name of this forum software?&#xA;Is it free as in freedom software?&#xA;Is this website based on Drupal? Which version?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75798" OwnerDisplayName="user75798" LastActivityDate="2012-07-08T17:14:43.653" Title="Which forum software does ask ubuntu use?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2012-07-08T17:36:15.477" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3644" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3641" CreationDate="2012-07-08T17:24:51.980" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;This isn't currently possible. The best you can do is subscribe to a tag to receive the questions via email or subscribe to the email newsletter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/54451/is-it-possible-to-receive-and-post-reply-to-questions-via-email&quot;&gt;Is it possible to receive and post reply to questions via email&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you think about how the system works doing AU via email wouldn't work, the entire point of the system is to not do post-reply-over-and-over, questions and answers are just edited as information about the problem is discovered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as tags go, they should be used to describe the question you're asking. By default it seems that google at least picks up the first tag and displays it in the search results. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2012-07-08T17:24:51.980" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3645" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-07-08T18:11:26.787" Score="0" ViewCount="31" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/495/how-can-increase-my-reputation-on-askubuntu&quot;&gt;How can increase my reputation on AskUbuntu?&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This question should go in the meta section, I believe, but I am not yet able to post there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to find out how to go about gaining reputation. On the ask ubuntu webpage &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/new-user&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; it tells you about reputation and the priviledges it permits you, but there is no link to how to go about gaining reputation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think the webpage should be updated to include a link to such information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75798" OwnerDisplayName="user75798" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2012-07-08T18:15:45.350" Title="How do we add information to an ask ubuntu webpage?" Tags="|discussion|privileges|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2012-07-08T18:16:56.953" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3646" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3620" CreationDate="2012-07-09T01:00:47.640" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;This has been done. Thank you for your attention to detail.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastActivityDate="2012-07-09T01:00:47.640" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3647" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-07-09T06:32:04.877" Score="1" ViewCount="44" Body="&lt;p&gt;It seems a bit of a meta tag to me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I can also see some desire to keep it (I have used it myself!)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="866" LastActivityDate="2012-07-09T14:23:28.363" Title="Is application-development a useful tag?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3648" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3647" CreationDate="2012-07-09T06:49:00.880" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think so.  The reasoning is multi-faceted.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The people that follow it either know, or know people that know (I suspect there are about 10 people in that tag with the majority of the answers).  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's a simple way to consolidate programming related questions (we're not SO, we shouldn't have a python, c++, c, etc set of tags).  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's a great way for a tag search to zero in on new questions that should be closed as OT.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2012-07-09T06:49:00.880" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3649" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3647" CreationDate="2012-07-09T14:23:28.363" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;It might be called &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/application-development&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;application-development&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;application-development&lt;/a&gt;, but what it really is is a tag for ubuntu-the-platform. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It tends to cover the intersection of packaging, programming, and process (like quickly, etc.) It's been tremendously active during the app contest, I think it's one of our best tags, &lt;em&gt;snif&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2012-07-09T14:23:28.363" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3650" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-07-09T17:14:41.923" Score="6" ViewCount="206" Body="&lt;p&gt;How should we handle &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/161636/probelm-installing-adobe-audition-3-0&quot;&gt;questions like this one&lt;/a&gt; where the question is &quot;How do I get the software installer to work&quot;?  While this is partly related to ubuntu, it is not directly related, and is related to either some inconsistency with Wine or other programs running under Wine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2012-07-10T13:02:02.603" Title="Questions relating to installation of software in Wine" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3651" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3627" CreationDate="2012-07-09T23:25:03.983" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;Mail&lt;/code&gt; tag can be used, but now it's widely used wrong.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Perhaps a better description to the &lt;code&gt;mail&lt;/code&gt; tag will do the trick.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How do you make the tag code?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="66987" LastActivityDate="2012-07-09T23:25:03.983" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3652" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3650" CreationDate="2012-07-10T04:48:59.037" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;If it relates to running a Windows program within Wine within Ubuntu, I think it should be allowed here. Most people don't know to check WineHQ so I don't think it's fair to them. If we close questions for Wine because they can be asked on WineHQ, are we going to close threads for Video Cards because they can be asked on the Nvidia/AMD/Intel forums as well?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is just my opinion, but I think as long as the question involves using Ubuntu it should be allowed here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="76027" LastActivityDate="2012-07-10T04:48:59.037" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3653" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3679" CreationDate="2012-07-10T04:59:15.343" Score="15" ViewCount="462" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a specific question in mind and will provide it if needed but I'm asking in general for now.&#xA;In any case, a downvote should be accompanied by a suitable comment so should I just comment and not downvote? It does feel odd to downvote a &quot;competing&quot; answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user25656" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-07-29T12:41:17.207" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Is it appropriate to downvote an answer to a question which I have also answered?" Tags="|discussion|downvoting|" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3654" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3653" CreationDate="2012-07-10T05:03:39.033" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is really personal preference, but if you did downvote something I would definitely leave a comment saying why you downvoted it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for downvoting a competing answer, don't look at it as a competing answer. Look at &quot;Answers&quot; as possible solutions to the problem. The &quot;answer&quot; is chosen by the person who asked the original question, and if they choose the other &quot;answer&quot; then it will display at the top regardless of your downvote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="76027" LastActivityDate="2012-07-10T05:03:39.033" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3655" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3653" CreationDate="2012-07-10T06:19:59.953" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you think, the proposed answer is not really an answer, i.e It doesn't do anything with the question asked &lt;em&gt;(And you are sure about this)&lt;/em&gt;, Then it is OK to downvote it. My personal opinion is, It is your duty to downvote a really bad answer. But... If you have hesitation about the answer's usefulness, Don't downvote that answer. It is good to see all answers in the same view, regardless of whether they are competing or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="61218" LastActivityDate="2012-07-10T06:19:59.953" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3656" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3658" CreationDate="2012-07-10T07:04:14.817" Score="14" ViewCount="377" Body="&lt;p&gt;A while ago, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/145773/why-does-my-grub-have-two-entries-for-windows#comment194430_145773&quot;&gt;I asked a question&lt;/a&gt; about something. An answer was provided by another user, and although it did help with my original problem, it created new problems that were discussed in comments. After a while, I ended up reinstalling the troubling software instead of trying to fix the installation (as mentioned in the comments to the answer).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I accepted the answer nonetheless, since it actually did help me with the problem I had to start with, and since I couldn't verify that the new problems were directly caused by the suggestions in the answer. Now, a month later, the user who authored the answer commented on my question, hinting that &lt;em&gt;&quot;an upvote for the answer you accepted would be appreciated :)&quot;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this customary on askubuntu.com? The answer was awarded 15 rep since I accepted it - but does that mean that I should, by default, give it another 10 by upvoting it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That is not how I have understood the voting customs on other SX sites, but since each site has its own community I guess things can be different on different sites. Personally, I think upvotes and accepting answers are two different things, and one should not necessarily imply the other.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="18112" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2012-07-10T11:26:20.043" Title="I accepted an answer to my question - does that mean I should upvote it, too?" Tags="|discussion|voting|accepted-answer|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3657" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3600" CreationDate="2012-07-10T07:10:44.320" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you know that it is absolutely pirated and/or ripped, it should not be allowed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But, if someone ripped their own disc to an .iso to preserve the original disc's integrity and to prevent it from further scratches and damage, and they need help with the ripped disc, by all means it should be allowed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Only if it is confirmed to be pirated and/or ripped, we should flag it for removal. Don't assume that it is illegally obtained if they mention a disc image file. I personally rip every disc I purchase to my computer and put the real disc away for safe keeping.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit: I gave some thought to this today and remembered I should put this in too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Mentioning cracks is NOT always a hint to pirated software. Some developers, such as Blizzard, will release cracks and patches to their own software, usually for running an application without a CD.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="46672" LastEditorUserId="46672" LastEditDate="2012-07-11T00:16:14.677" LastActivityDate="2012-07-11T00:16:14.677" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3658" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3656" CreationDate="2012-07-10T07:37:41.640" Score="16" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, no need for that. But...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Up vote great content and correct information that helps directly solve issues on the site. Was there effort? Get that guy some rep! Was it sloppy, confusing and all in all a not so good post? Well, its up to you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Bad content, wrong information, you don't agree with the posted information or the information is dangerous? Down vote, do nothing, again, its up to you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The key point is: the more voting, the merrier.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Asking for votes? Well, not the best you can do with your time on the site, accepting an answer and not up voting it is normal and I don't consider it rude. Neither asking for an up vote, is. &lt;em&gt;No need to make a fuzz about it I think.&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you don't agree with it you can flag it as chatty, if the same user keeps asking for more on the same post or any other posts, constantly, then probably the mods will send him/her a courtesy PM and we all move on with our lives.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastEditorUserId="25863" LastEditDate="2012-07-10T07:51:32.640" LastActivityDate="2012-07-10T07:51:32.640" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3660" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3650" CreationDate="2012-07-10T09:20:21.733" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since wine is a third party app available for ubuntu ,question about wine is perfectly on topic here&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;But&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;wine does not give guarantee to run every windows apps in ubuntu. So it is better to create a canonical answer for ,what to do if wine installation stucked , &#xA;             winHQ already deals with these issues ,but it is not reason for closing wine related questions from askubuntu&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="39372" LastActivityDate="2012-07-10T09:20:21.733" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3661" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3650" CreationDate="2012-07-10T11:22:23.480" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;From my personal experience I know that depending on the Ubuntu release you can see some applications that are supported and have good ratings in WineHQ getting messed up or even not working.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Even WineHQ has different ideas for rankings depending on the distribution one tries to use the application, so there is something unique about distribution to distribution.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I remember when I tried to play Startcraft2 when it first came out, Wine supported it, people where playing it since beta! Me? Not a chance, if it was not for some obscure information on the net that explained that using fglrx and Ubuntu needed an extra kernel parameter I would had never had played the game at that time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What is the harm of having these on the site?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; I see none. More than that we all know that &lt;strong&gt;&quot;no&quot;&lt;/strong&gt; is always a valid answer to a question. Sure they clutter up sometimes but I dare saying that the rate of dupes about Wine is so low and they give so little work to manage it makes this discussion almost irrelevant.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I propose this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If a user asks something about Wine installation or the Wine PPA usage those are totally on topic;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If a user asks if an application works or why can't he install X version of that application we give a polite short answer and redirect him to the WineHQ page supporting our information;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If we see a question about Wine application installation that has no or little answers after a few weeks we can close it as too localized automatically.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Wine usage, installation and application support is not an issue for the site and can be proven to be useful. Don't flag them off topic just because. I know I have helped at least 5 or 6 users with my answers and I know that they are happy I did it!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastActivityDate="2012-07-10T11:22:23.480" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3662" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3650" CreationDate="2012-07-10T13:02:02.603" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The problem with asking how to install Windows software via WINE on Ubuntu is that if it &lt;em&gt;doesn't&lt;/em&gt; work it should be considered a Bug of WINE and reported to &lt;a href=&quot;http://winehq.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;WineHQ&lt;/a&gt;. Just as you would expect if we got a question about Thunderbird or Nautilus not working (they would likely need to be bug reports on LaunchPad).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, for topics of &lt;em&gt;How do I install Wine&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;How do I install software with Wine&lt;/em&gt;, and other such topics of use, I believe those are on-topic. I feel in order to provide the best line of service for users on the site we should be treating &quot;I installed X on Wine and it doesn't work&quot; as we would bug reports and shuffle them either to a Canonical Wine Problem question or directly to WineHQ.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2012-07-10T13:02:02.603" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3663" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3664" CreationDate="2012-07-10T15:11:14.277" Score="0" ViewCount="64" Body="&lt;p&gt;And adjacently: is there an intention to organize this site in different subcategories for the different members/desktop environments of the Ubuntu family?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user47206" LastEditorDisplayName="user47206" LastEditDate="2012-07-10T15:51:20.280" LastActivityDate="2012-07-10T15:51:20.280" Title="Was this site conceived implicitly for the Gnome/Unity desktop environment?" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3664" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3663" CreationDate="2012-07-10T15:16:57.643" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu gives support for any of the Ubuntu family releases, not only Unity or GNOME. Questions regarding Lubuntu, Xubuntu and Kubuntu are more than welcome and there are plenty out there already.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is no intent to split the site to cover these releases separately, only that most users will be using the default Unity release. Tags are used to separate the different DEs, ie: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/kde&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;kde&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;kde&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/kubuntu&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;kubuntu&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;kubuntu&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/xfce&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;xfce&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;xfce&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/xubuntu&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;xubuntu&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;xubuntu&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please read the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq&quot;&gt;FAQ&lt;/a&gt; for more information on what belongs or not in Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2012-07-10T15:30:24.213" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3665" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-07-10T17:24:08.097" Score="18" ViewCount="355" Body="&lt;p&gt;We have 858 questions about this, it's probably time to consolidate this into one good CW and start duping things instead of having it all over the site, so we made this: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/162075/my-computer-boots-to-a-black-screen-what-options-do-i-have-to-fix-it&quot;&gt;My computer boots to a black screen, what options do I have to fix it?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Discussions/ideas can go in this meta post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2012-07-20T02:25:09.853" Title="Let's consolidate &quot;black screen on boot&quot; questions" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3666" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-07-11T11:08:28.850" Score="1" ViewCount="94" Body="&lt;p&gt;I wrote a question before like this &quot;Hi i just installed Ubuntu and it seems like a nice operating system. I just have some questions about the security. How safe is ubuntu? is there no risk developers make source codes like trojans in the operating system , is it safe to download applications and use them? or are there risks that applications can have functions like a trojan?&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It was closed and said to be duplicate question by  &lt;em&gt;please don't call people out by name in questions...it will only end badly&lt;/em&gt;...&#xA;i searched through their questions but did not find any question like my question on them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why not give a direct link to that specific question instead?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So for me the question is still like above.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user76338" LastEditorUserId="54298" LastEditDate="2012-07-12T19:51:30.160" LastActivityDate="2012-07-12T19:51:30.160" Title="why is my question closed?" Tags="|discussion|close-reasons|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3667" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3666" CreationDate="2012-07-11T12:18:20.510" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;You appear to be asking multiple questions in one question, the way this site works is to have one question per post (so that you can accept one answer as being the best one). In order for this to work questions need to be posted separately. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I ends up you're asking something things that have been asked before and already have answers for on this site, that's why your question is being closed and redirected to those questions. See the top links on the body of your question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/rpBz0.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2012-07-11T12:18:20.510" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3668" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3669" CreationDate="2012-07-11T06:51:43.947" Score="2" ViewCount="36" Body="&lt;p&gt;I cannot see an upload button in chat.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why is this? Maybe you require a certain amount of reputation to get this feature. How much do you need?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The fixed font button is missing, too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Perhaps it should be listed as a privilege in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/wxbrc.png&quot; alt=&quot;Upload&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Hfi55.png&quot; alt=&quot;Fixed Font&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75798" OwnerDisplayName="user75798" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2012-07-12T01:09:33.900" Title="Why is the upload button in chat missing?" Tags="|discussion|chat|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3669" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3668" CreationDate="2012-07-11T19:29:49.217" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;You need 100 reputation to upload images directly. You're right, this doesn't seem to be documented anywhere, we should fix this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for the &quot;fixed font&quot; button, that only appears when you have multiple lines of content in the chat box. It's for e.g. pasting a log file, some source code (as in your example screen shot), or similar, which you usually want to display in a monospace font.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="237" LastActivityDate="2012-07-11T19:29:49.217" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3670" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3671" CreationDate="2012-07-11T20:12:42.313" Score="57" ViewCount="1578" Body="&lt;p&gt;What are some of the common chat items?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I want to understand what people who are more familiar with other chat clients are trying to say to me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-07-14T09:01:18.127" LastActivityDate="2018-06-02T18:42:37.610" Title="I saw something in chat I don't understand" Tags="|discussion|chat|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3671" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3670" CreationDate="2012-07-11T20:13:38.210" Score="74" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Expressions:&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;-.-&lt;/code&gt; - could be sarcastic, can mean &lt;em&gt;fail&lt;/em&gt; or express disbelief&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;o/&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;\o&lt;/code&gt; - Waving either hello or goodbye&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;\o/&lt;/code&gt; - excitement, exclaiming &amp;quot;yay!&amp;quot; (both hands in the air)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;/me&lt;/code&gt; - it's like &amp;quot;insert my name here&amp;quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;¯\_(ツ)_/¯&lt;/code&gt; - Shrug, I don't know&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;;P&lt;/code&gt; - Almost anything with a ; on the front indicates winking&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;:P&lt;/code&gt; - Almost anything with a P on the end indicates a &amp;quot;tongue out&amp;quot;...most often expressing humor, sarcasm, or jest.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;O_o&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;o.O&lt;/code&gt;, and similar - Can be used to express shock or surprise or just &amp;quot;Really?&amp;quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;:o&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;:O&lt;/code&gt; - surprised look, amazement (open mouth/jaw dropped)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;^^ this&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;--^&lt;/code&gt;, and &lt;code&gt;^--&lt;/code&gt;, and sometimes &lt;code&gt;^&lt;/code&gt; - point to the post directly above. By itself, it indicates agreement with that post.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;^^&lt;/code&gt; - Can also mean a smug smiley face, like pikachu! (^-^)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;&amp;gt;:)&lt;/code&gt; - Evil grin&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;:/&lt;/code&gt; - Skeptical, or dissatisfied&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;:(&lt;/code&gt; (and variants) - Sad&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;@_@&lt;/code&gt; - Hypnotized/dazed&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;&lt;/code&gt; or &lt;code&gt;&amp;gt;_&amp;lt;&lt;/code&gt; - Frustrated&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;&amp;gt;_&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; or &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;_&amp;lt;&lt;/code&gt; - Sideways glare&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;:|&lt;/code&gt; - Neutral&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)&lt;/code&gt; - &amp;quot;I want to troll teh Forumz!&amp;quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;ಠ_ಠ&lt;/code&gt; - The &amp;quot;Look of Disapproval&amp;quot;, usually used to show disapproval with something that was said in chat.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Ask Ubuntu/&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/40353/stack-exchange-glossary-dictionary-of-commonly-used-terms&quot;&gt;Stack Exchange&lt;/a&gt; network specific terms:&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;AU&lt;/code&gt; - Ask Ubuntu&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;Closegoat&lt;/code&gt; - Close vote. A joking term used by some community members to indicate vote to close.  More generally in odd words involving vote, substitute &lt;em&gt;boat&lt;/em&gt; or &lt;em&gt;goat&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;CW&lt;/code&gt; refers to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/11740/188988&quot;&gt;Community Wiki&lt;/a&gt;. Possible usage may include, &amp;quot;I am working on a CW&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;Make that a CW&amp;quot;. Also used as an adjective: &amp;quot;a CW answer.&amp;quot; And &lt;em&gt;occasionally&lt;/em&gt; as a verb: &amp;quot;I CW'd it.&amp;quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;DV&lt;/code&gt; - Downvote, or possibly Delete vote.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;EoL&lt;/code&gt; - End of Life, referring to a release of Ubuntu that is no longer supported&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;MSE&lt;/code&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Meta Stack Exchange&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;NAA&lt;/code&gt; - not an answer (sometimes seen as &lt;code&gt;NaA&lt;/code&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;OP&lt;/code&gt; - Original Poster (the person who asked a question) or Original Post (the original question itself)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;OT&lt;/code&gt; - Off Topic, refers to a question not within the scope of the site.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;POB&lt;/code&gt; - Primarily Opinion Based, a reason why questions may be closed&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;Starbait&lt;/code&gt; or &lt;code&gt;Star Bait&lt;/code&gt; - indicative of a post that has either received a ton of stars in the chat, or is a post made for the sole purpose of getting starred by the community.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;star wall&lt;/code&gt; - The &amp;quot;starred posts&amp;quot; section of the chat room page when viewed in a web browser.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;VLQ&lt;/code&gt; - Very Low Quality, a flag that is supposed to be rarely used, for un-salvageable posts&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;VTC&lt;/code&gt; is an acronym for Vote to Close.  This refers to the task of voting to close a question.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;VTD&lt;/code&gt; - Vote to Delete&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;VTR&lt;/code&gt; - Vote to Resolve. This means to upvote an answer (usually to an old question) so that the question no longer appears on the list of unanswered questions. Of course, this should only be done if the answer has value. Sometimes good answers have simply been neglected. This term may also be applicable when requesting upvotes for a CW answer posted after OP or someone else has answered in a comment that was not later posted as an answer.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Other terms (capitalisation may or may not be used):&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;ASAP&lt;/code&gt; - As Soon As Possible&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;ASAHP&lt;/code&gt; - As Soon As Humanly Possible (Slightly less urgent then ASAP)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;afk&lt;/code&gt; - away from keyboard&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;afaik&lt;/code&gt; - as far as I know&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;BBL&lt;/code&gt; - Be back later&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;BBT&lt;/code&gt; - Be back tomorrow&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;btw&lt;/code&gt; - by the way&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;CUL8R&lt;/code&gt; - See you later&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;cya&lt;/code&gt; - see you around&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki//dev/null&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;/dev/null&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/a&gt; - black hole, to put things in&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;ftl&lt;/code&gt; - for the lost (but please do not use &amp;quot;ftl&amp;quot; to be mean to people)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;FTR&lt;/code&gt; - for the record&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;ftw&lt;/code&gt; - for the win&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;FWIW&lt;/code&gt; - For what it's worth&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;FYA&lt;/code&gt; - For Your Action&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;FYI&lt;/code&gt; - For Your Information&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;gp&lt;/code&gt; - Good point&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;gtg&lt;/code&gt; (or &lt;code&gt;g2g&lt;/code&gt;) - got to go&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;IANAL&lt;/code&gt; - I am not a lawyer (normally followed by &amp;quot;but...&amp;quot;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;iirc&lt;/code&gt; - If I recall (or remember) correctly.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;IMO&lt;/code&gt; - in my opinion&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;IMHO&lt;/code&gt; - in my humble opinion (&amp;quot;humble&amp;quot; is sometimes sarcastic). Could also be &amp;quot;In my honest opinion&amp;quot; (and not sarcastic at all).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;IMNSHO&lt;/code&gt; - In my not so humble opinion&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;IKR&lt;/code&gt; -  I know, right! (expressing agreement)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;IYKWIM&lt;/code&gt; - If you know what I mean&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;IYKWIMAITYD&lt;/code&gt; - If you know what I mean, and I think you do...&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;HTH&lt;/code&gt; Hope This Helps&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;jk&lt;/code&gt; - Just Kidding&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;kk&lt;/code&gt; - OK, okay cool&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;lol&lt;/code&gt; - laughing out loud&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;np&lt;/code&gt; - No Problem&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;NRN&lt;/code&gt; - No Reply Necessary&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;OMG&lt;/code&gt; - Oh My Gawd (or insert your preference of 'G' word)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;omw&lt;/code&gt; - On my way OR Oh my word&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;ROI&lt;/code&gt; - Return on investment&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;rofl&lt;/code&gt; or &lt;code&gt;rotfl&lt;/code&gt;  - rolling on the floor laughing&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;RTFM&lt;/code&gt; - &amp;quot;Read the ******* manual!&amp;quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;RTFFAQ&lt;/code&gt; - &amp;quot;Read the ******* FAQ!&amp;quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;smh&lt;/code&gt; - Shaking my head&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;TANSTAAFL&lt;/code&gt; - There aint no such thing as a free lunch&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;tbh&lt;/code&gt; - To be honest&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;TIL&lt;/code&gt; - Today I Learned&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;TFIF&lt;/code&gt; - Thank Fuck it's Friday (for the atheists)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;TGIF&lt;/code&gt; - Thank God it's Friday (for the religiously inclined)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;TL;DR&lt;/code&gt; - Too long; didn't read. Points out that a text (e.g. a post) is long and the person didn't read it all before giving up. This acronym is often used to highlight a short summary of a long post (meaning something like, for those who just want the gist of that, here's the short version).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;TTYL&lt;/code&gt; - Talk To You Later&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;WIP&lt;/code&gt; - Work In Progress&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;YMMV&lt;/code&gt; - Your mileage may vary (you might get different results, depending on your situation)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;YMMVAPD&lt;/code&gt; - Your mileage may vary and probably does&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2018-06-02T18:42:37.610" CommentCount="6" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-07-11T20:13:38.210" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="3672" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3668" CreationDate="2012-07-12T01:09:33.900" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Do a couple of Shift+Enter's to get fixed font to appear&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;for some reason I thought Control + L to get fixed font worked, but it isn't on my mac...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastActivityDate="2012-07-12T01:09:33.900" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-07-12T01:09:33.900" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3673" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3653" CreationDate="2012-07-12T14:49:18.333" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;First point I'd like to make. This is not a competition. There is no competition here. We are all about helping each other.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for down voting answers to the same question to which you have answered, for me is not a necessity. How would you feel if your answer will be down voted? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would agree to down voting answers as well as questions if and only if the answer is NOT useful, and if it would also result to more harm than good to the asker. Other than that, you should just leave a comment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="74307" LastEditorUserId="74307" LastEditDate="2012-07-12T15:42:19.547" LastActivityDate="2012-07-12T15:42:19.547" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3674" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3653" CreationDate="2012-07-12T18:44:33.303" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;You shouldn't downvote to be vindictive, but you can absolutely downvote answers that don't answer the question or are just bad answers. Downvotes cost you rep, which encourages judicious use of them, but if you think the downvote is warranted the fact that you have a better answer shouldn't stop you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13049" LastActivityDate="2012-07-12T18:44:33.303" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3675" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-07-12T21:51:06.733" Score="0" ViewCount="26" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are a bunch of ways to say the concept behind &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/community&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;community&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;community&lt;/a&gt;. I was tagging a question and typed what I thought were plausible ways to express it (project, management, ubuntu-project, governance, maintainer), and it took many tries before I found &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/community&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;community&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;community&lt;/a&gt;. Because the name of our tag is non-obvious, it would help future taggers if we preemptively set up these as aliases.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="64389" LastActivityDate="2012-07-12T21:51:06.733" Title="Add tag synonyms for [tag:community]" Tags="|discussion|tags|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3676" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3582" CreationDate="2012-07-13T07:50:47.423" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you know the tag-wiki is plagarised, then you must know the original source. In that case, I think, you should just edit the tag wiki and attribute the content to original source.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6713" LastActivityDate="2012-07-13T07:50:47.423" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3677" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3678" CreationDate="2012-07-13T11:14:40.303" Score="3" ViewCount="133" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just out of curiosity, what powers does a moderator have?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Before I asked this question, I think of moderators as people who have super powers – who can change this site to whatever they want, like changing the rep of a user.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="39869" LastEditorUserId="39869" LastEditDate="2012-08-05T12:58:37.120" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="What Super-powers does a Moderator have?" Tags="|support|privileges|moderators|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3678" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3677" CreationDate="2012-07-13T11:37:05.270" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;We are&lt;s&gt;n't&lt;/s&gt; super heroes, &lt;s&gt;although&lt;/s&gt; and we &lt;s&gt;might&lt;/s&gt; look like it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We have the powers and tools mentioned in &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/75189/who-are-the-diamond-moderators-and-what-is-their-role&quot;&gt;this Meta Stack Overflow post&lt;/a&gt;, plus I have power of detecting where there is food. Although there might be &lt;em&gt;twitch&lt;/em&gt; other &lt;em&gt;twitch&lt;/em&gt; causes for that. ;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2012-07-13T13:57:41.083" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3679" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3653" CreationDate="2012-07-13T11:55:22.217" Score="17" Body="&lt;p&gt;The main rule of thumb I would use is to ignore the fact that you answered it, and use regular downvoting rules depending on how you downvote. In one sentence:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you hadn't answered it, would you downvote?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Especially, you shouldn't downvote early to get your answer up for the OP and others to vote on more, and you shouldn't do this just out of jealousy for another answer. In my opinion, these are strict no-no's.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;This has been made community-wiki, so feel free to contribute with edits.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54298" LastEditorUserId="54298" LastEditDate="2012-12-05T11:30:36.833" LastActivityDate="2012-12-05T11:30:36.833" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-07-19T12:54:54.600" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3680" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2158" CreationDate="2012-07-13T14:47:42.770" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.ubuntu.com/cat/applications/fogger/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/IQBsH.png&quot; alt=&quot;Create desktop apps from webapps&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="214" LastEditorUserId="214" LastEditDate="2012-09-17T17:50:39.930" LastActivityDate="2012-09-17T17:50:39.930" CommentCount="6" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-07-13T14:47:42.770" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3681" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-07-13T17:13:05.530" Score="1" ViewCount="52" Body="&lt;p&gt;I suggest the following change to the way questions are displayed on the homepage: In addition to showing the number of upvotes, number of answers, and number of views, we also include the number of comments on the original question. I feel that this serves a similar purpose to showing the number of views, as it indicates the level of activity on the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I recognize the a potential issue with my suggestions. AU users may be less inclined to visit a question if the see many comments, as this may indicate that there requests for clarification that have not been addressed by the OP. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I hope to address the following two questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is this kind of change possible within the StackExchange network?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Should this change be implemented, and what is the best/most efficient way to display the number of comments?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="49647" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-07-14T09:02:26.970" LastActivityDate="2012-07-14T09:02:26.970" Title="Include number of comments in question preview" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|design|comments|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3682" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3681" CreationDate="2012-07-13T17:40:11.383" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think what should be happening here is if you've got a question with not enough information and comments asking for information and they're not being provided then do the next person a favor and downvote it so they don't waste their time clicking through and reading an unanswerable question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Downvotes are free on questions!)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2012-07-13T17:40:11.383" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3683" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3681" CreationDate="2012-07-13T17:56:21.530" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't believe this will be a helpful feature for questions, simply because of the volatile nature of comments. At the end of the day they're expendable and temporary at best. So it's not a good metric for gauging activity, especially when the majority of comments are heavily tied to time. The currently &quot;question activity&quot; metrics primarily follow Edits to the question and existing answers, and new answers on the post. These are far more concrete since they are the only parts of the question that actually matter at the end of the day.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for &lt;em&gt;if&lt;/em&gt; a feature like this could be added, it &lt;em&gt;can&lt;/em&gt; (you can even add it yourself with a UserScript). If it were to land in the platform it would need to be agreed by the SE people to have value. Then it would be created and rolled out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2012-07-13T17:56:21.530" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3684" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2158" CreationDate="2012-07-13T21:17:15.353" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://launchpad.net/showmyfaves&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/dVAyf.png&quot; alt=&quot;Download ShowMyFaves, a bookmarks manager, which can do more than manage your bookmarks...&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="73016" LastActivityDate="2012-07-13T21:17:15.353" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-07-13T21:17:15.353" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3685" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3139" CreationDate="2012-07-14T16:15:39.860" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm not convinced this is really unfair. If others cannot benefit from the post, why should the reputation be retained? Reputation is supposed to say something about certain kinds of contributions that exist in the community from a user. (It's a intended as a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq#reputation&quot;&gt;rough gauge of how much we trust them&lt;/a&gt;, so it should be possible to infer it, for the most part, by looking at their contributions.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, while I don't think it's necessarily bad to answer a question you think might get closed and deleted (or just deleted), I don't think there's any good reason to go out of our way to create rules incentivizing the creation of posts that are likely to be invisible due to their parent questions being deleted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2012-07-14T16:15:39.860" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3688" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2158" CreationDate="2012-07-14T18:24:29.113" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://launchpad.net/facebook&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/11m1B.png&quot; alt=&quot;community-ads&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75762" LastActivityDate="2012-07-14T18:24:29.113" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-07-14T18:24:29.113" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3689" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="4121" CreationDate="2012-07-14T18:50:27.663" Score="12" ViewCount="169" Body="&lt;p&gt;While they &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/201?m=5240578#5240578&quot;&gt;can behave differently&lt;/a&gt; (mostly on non-Ubuntu systems), &lt;code&gt;gksu&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;gksudo&lt;/code&gt; are &lt;strong&gt;not really separate topics&lt;/strong&gt;. They're provided by the same package (&lt;code&gt;gksu&lt;/code&gt;). They're even the same executable (which can behave differently depending on how it's invoked...but rarely on Ubuntu). Furthermore, the vast majority of questions asked about them don't have anything to do with any &lt;code&gt;su&lt;/code&gt; vs. &lt;code&gt;sudo&lt;/code&gt; distinction.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Therefore, I don't think it makes sense to have separate &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/gksu&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;gksu&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;gksu&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/gksudo&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;gksudo&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;gksudo&lt;/a&gt; tags. While &lt;code&gt;gksudo&lt;/code&gt; seems slightly preferred as a command and there are more questions tagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/gksudo&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;gksudo&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;gksudo&lt;/a&gt;, I think the main tag should be &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/gksu&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;gksu&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;gksu&lt;/a&gt; since that is also the package name. But I &lt;strong&gt;don't think it really matters&lt;/strong&gt; which is the main tag. I do think we should:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;have both of them (no blacklisting)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;have one of them be a synonym of the other&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would suggest the synonym myself, but I don't have a high enough answer score in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/gksu&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;gksu&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;gksu&lt;/a&gt; tag. Furthermore, I think the community should decide which should be the main tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="6005" LastEditDate="2012-09-24T14:11:41.077" LastActivityDate="2012-09-24T14:11:44.227" Title="Tag synonym request: [gksudo] -&gt; [gksu]" Tags="|discussion|status-completed|tags|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3691" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-07-15T17:13:44.030" Score="11" ViewCount="87" Body="&lt;p&gt;This isn't really a question, but I'm not exactly sure where to put it. I would like to request stack exchange linking rewards.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Everyday many of the same questions are asked. Users that are experienced will link to a Post where the question has already been answered. If the link is put in as a comment, and the the question is recommended for close, the user gets no rewards for that. But if they answer it again (or answer it with a link to duplicate question), they are more likely to get rewards.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Linking common questions to well established answers would seem to be desirable, and should possibly be rewarded more than another new answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not saying how this could be implemented, but I wanted to throw this idea out there as something to consider.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit:&#xA;I want to acknowledge that I think it's good for the same question to get asked in different ways by different people. This makes searching to find the answer easier (assuming that they all link to a common answer). All duplicate questions should ideally link to the correct question they are duplicating. Searching to find the best answer can take some time and effort on behalf of the person answering/requesting close, and would seem to warrant some reward.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54228" LastEditorUserId="54228" LastEditDate="2012-07-15T21:12:00.927" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Linking Encouragement" Tags="|feature-request|comments|duplicates|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3692" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3694" CreationDate="2012-07-15T18:15:20.853" Score="2" ViewCount="66" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have seen recently that, When I re-tag a question, It is considered as edit. Then I can even reverse my vote on that question. I have a feeling that, It should not be considered as edit since, The actual meaning of the question is not changed. Also I think, very few of the answerer get information from tag. (I also answered a question, where OP put only a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/xubuntu&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;xubuntu&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;xubuntu&lt;/a&gt; tag to inform me, he is using xubuntu. later I have to edit that answer). &#xA;Also, someone might misuse this feature for removing their upvotes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, my question is, Why re-tagging should be considered as edit? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My view is: You have given the chance to re-vote the question after edit, because in that way, you can re-judge the question and can give your vote accordingly. As, simply re-tagging doesn't change the meaning of the question, why should you be given the chance to re-merit the question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="61218" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-07-15T18:31:16.690" LastActivityDate="2012-07-16T13:02:24.377" Title="Should re-tagging really be considered as edit?" Tags="|discussion|tags|editing|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3693" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3691" CreationDate="2012-07-15T18:22:12.010" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Provided that a question asks the same thing as another question &lt;em&gt;on the same StackExchange site&lt;/em&gt;, the way we deal with that should not just be to comment with a link, but to &lt;em&gt;close the question as a duplicate&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think commenting with links should not carry any reputation or badges. Except when accompanied by close votes, it's not particularly more valuable than any other kind of comment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This leads to the question of whether or not there should be reputation or badges for closing questions, under some circumstances.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Reputation is awarded for &lt;em&gt;authoring content&lt;/em&gt;--that is, you get rep for upvoted questions and answers, and a tiny bit for edits that are approved by other users. I don't think it would be appropriate to give reputation for closing questions, under any circumstances.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for badges, we should be careful. There's nothing &lt;em&gt;inherently&lt;/em&gt; good about closing a question--it depends on whether or not the question was &lt;em&gt;rightly closed&lt;/em&gt;. We don't want to unbalance people's judgment by offering extrinsic rewards for closing questions. (To conceptualize how this would be bad, think of the inverse: Imagine if we gave reputation or badges for &lt;em&gt;reopening&lt;/em&gt; questions.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, the system is capable of granting badges based on complex rules, so I think a badge for &lt;em&gt;closing questions well&lt;/em&gt; is something we should strongly consider. The simplest way I can think of, that I think would work well, would be to have a badge (or multiple badges) for voting to close some number of questions &lt;em&gt;N&lt;/em&gt; that were:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;each subsequently closed as duplicates, in part as a result of that vote&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;each not reopened, at least for some reasonably long time period &lt;em&gt;T&lt;/em&gt; after closing&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;each subsequently visited by some number of users &lt;em&gt;K&lt;/em&gt;, who then visited the master question and upvoted it and/or one or more answers&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Granting the badge based on the question's closure leading to upvotes on posts in the master is, I think, the critical element necessary, if rewarding close-votes is to be balanced and helpful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2012-07-15T18:22:12.010" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3694" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3692" CreationDate="2012-07-15T18:30:06.120" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;It seems to me that re-tagging may &lt;em&gt;clarify&lt;/em&gt; the meaning of a question, which could cause someone to change their mind about a vote (either up or down).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;In particular, I've noticed that some questions that are not bug reports but have the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/crash&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;crash&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;crash&lt;/a&gt; tag are downvoted, perhaps because people don't read closely enough to see that the question is actually about how to investigate a crash or report a bug. When that tag is removed and a more specific and appropriate tag is added (like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/bug-reporting&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;bug-reporting&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;bug-reporting&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/debugging&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;debugging&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;debugging&lt;/a&gt;), those voters might realize that the question doesn't deserve a downvote. They should be able to reverse their vote under these circumstances.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;This also applies to upvotes. A wrongly tagged question might seem good, but turn out to be poorly researched or to lack important information when retagging reveals it's about something else.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, a question is sometimes retagged to add information provided in a comment. OP's should usually be editing their questions to provide new information rather than posting comments, but it still does sometimes make sense to change a vote on a question in response to new information provided by the OP in a comment. We can't provide for this in general while still restricting vote reversal, but we can cover some useful cases by allowing vote reversals when the question is retagged.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2012-07-16T13:02:24.377" LastActivityDate="2012-07-16T13:02:24.377" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3696" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3772" CreationDate="2012-07-16T13:38:40.510" Score="4" ViewCount="235" Body="&lt;p&gt;Wouldn't it be cool that this&lt;hr&gt; &lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/wlQiP.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;toolbar&quot;&gt; &lt;hr&gt;toolbar could be fixed for easier access for activities and votes? Saying &lt;strong&gt;FIXED&lt;/strong&gt; i mean that while scroll it won't stay in the top of document, and will be in the top of window. Talking in css: &lt;code&gt;position: fixed&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;EDIT&lt;/strong&gt; for @N.N&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/jQSy4.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;activity&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47044" LastEditorUserId="47044" LastEditDate="2012-07-16T14:47:31.710" LastActivityDate="2012-07-26T07:07:05.007" Title="Can we make the top tool bar position fixed while scrolling?" Tags="|feature-request|design|css|style|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3698" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2158" CreationDate="2012-07-16T15:40:57.927" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://launchpad.net/parcel-tracker/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/1Ypyp.png&quot; alt=&quot;Parcel Tracker&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="47291" LastEditDate="2012-08-10T21:50:13.550" LastActivityDate="2012-08-10T21:50:13.550" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-07-16T15:40:57.927" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3699" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3163" CreationDate="2012-07-16T18:08:35.940" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Based on @Chan-Ho Suh's comment, asked to be moved by @MarcoCeppi:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I think on Ask Ubuntu, the problem isn't really people suggesting a different OS as much as suggesting another desktop environment, web browser, or some switch which is likely to be undesirable since it is so major. I see from looking at your example now that the answers are suggesting another DE not another distro (as aking12 pointed out below). Perhaps those answers are not so good (I can't tell since I don't know how resource-heavy Unity really is on 12.04), but a lot of people seem to think Unity is pretty &quot;heavy&quot; and so it may be that the only really useful answer is to not use Unity. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54298" LastActivityDate="2012-07-16T18:08:35.940" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-07-16T18:08:35.940" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3700" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-07-16T18:16:18.993" Score="3" ViewCount="26" Body="&lt;p&gt;Upon the homepage, if a question is deleted, and another triggers the &quot;New activity&quot; notification, which is then clicked on, the deleted posts are not removed from the list while bumped ones are added. Is this a bug? Please comment if you need more details.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54298" LastActivityDate="2012-07-16T18:16:18.993" Title="Deleted questions not removed from homepage on &quot;New Activity&quot; notification" Tags="|bug|deleted-questions|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3701" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-07-16T19:03:31.850" Score="0" ViewCount="31" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is there a real changes &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/gnome3&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;gnome3&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;gnome3&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/gnome3.4&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;gnome3.4&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;gnome3.4&lt;/a&gt; for to be tag synonyms?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47044" LastEditorUserId="25863" LastEditDate="2012-07-16T19:44:00.070" LastActivityDate="2012-07-16T19:44:00.070" Title="Tag synonym request: [gnome3] -&gt; [gnome3.4]" Tags="|discussion|tags|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3702" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3691" CreationDate="2012-07-16T20:07:09.197" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since we are part of the larger Stack Exchange family of websites, I knew duplicates would be an issue well covered already. Duplicates about duplicates on two Metas, oh, the irony.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Required Meta Stack Overflow reading &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/52530/are-duplicates-creating-broken-windows&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/65742/finding-a-system-to-handle-duplicates&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/32311/do-not-delete-duplicates&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/36366/please-provide-a-table-of-duplicates&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My preference going in to this was to see users asking and answering duplicates lose reputation when the duplicate was closed. I don't care as much now, though I still wish more would spend time improving existing Q&amp;amp;As. Merging can only be done by a select few, but we can all edit and improve questions. Do so, it lessens the burden for moderators. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I propose a 'De-duplicator' badge, or some other way of rewarding those that take the time to seek out and link to dupes.&lt;/strong&gt; This takes a lot of effort, many of us do it religiously, and there is no recognition nor reward granted.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Rewards need to be based on a very high percentage of your dupe flags being accepted (maybe 90-95%?), to discourage reckless flagging.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;20 Dupes closed in one day with your 40 flags? Not bad Tiger. Here's&#xA;a bronze.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;200 in one month? Is that a silver badge in your pocket or are you&#xA;just happy to see me?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;One thousand duplicates flagged correctly? B-I-Double-G-I-E &lt;em&gt;De-Double-duplicator&lt;/em&gt; come on over here and get your gold medal.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12864" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2012-07-16T20:07:09.197" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3703" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="4109" CreationDate="2012-07-17T04:02:20.480" Score="5" ViewCount="57" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is really no need for a separate &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/xfce4&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;xfce4&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;xfce4&lt;/a&gt; tag, since virtually any question about &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/xfce&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;xfce&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;xfce&lt;/a&gt; in Ubuntu will pertain to major version 4. Previous versions are not currently supported in Ubuntu. (&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xfce#Modern_Xfce&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;They use GTK+ &lt;strong&gt;1&lt;/strong&gt;!&lt;/a&gt;) We might get a question about an earlier version on extremely rare occasion, but I don't think this merits a separate tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Still, I don't think &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/xfce4&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;xfce4&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;xfce4&lt;/a&gt; should be blacklisted. Other desktop environments have tags for their current versions, so &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/xfce4&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;xfce4&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;xfce4&lt;/a&gt; should exist for consistency. But (perhaps) unlike for some desktop environments, it shouldn't be a separate tag. People aren't using versions of Xfce prior to 4 these days. At least not often enough to merit a separate tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I write this, there is only one question tagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/xfce4&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;xfce4&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;xfce4&lt;/a&gt;. There are 196 questions tagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/xfce&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;xfce&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;xfce&lt;/a&gt;. As far as I can tell, they're all about Xfce 4.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Therefore, I recommend we make &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/xfce4&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;xfce4&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;xfce4&lt;/a&gt; a synonym of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/xfce&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;xfce&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;xfce&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt; (I cannot propose the synonym myself, since I don't have a high enough answer score in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/xfce&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;xfce&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;xfce&lt;/a&gt;.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2012-09-23T06:20:36.723" Title="Tag synonym request: [xfce4] -&gt; [xfce]" Tags="|discussion|tags|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3704" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3705" CreationDate="2012-07-17T12:22:13.697" Score="0" ViewCount="91" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3302/is-it-allowed-to-have-multiple-au-accounts-intentionally-without-having-them-m&quot;&gt;Is it allowed to have multiple AU accounts, intentionally, without having them merged?&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example I provide chat logs:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/5394002#5394002&quot;&gt;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/5394002#5394002&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-07-17T20:14:56.527" LastActivityDate="2012-07-17T20:14:56.527" Title="Should there be a vtc option for &quot;I'm convinced this user is a sockpuppet&quot;?" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|duplicate-accounts|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2012-07-19T19:40:45.673" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3705" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3704" CreationDate="2012-07-17T13:03:02.893" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;You have able and present moderators that have the tools to decide if a user is voting on his other accounts with the intent of inflating his reputation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Voting, accusing a user of sock-puppeting,  is not and will not - imo - be of any use for normal users and I refuse to imagine how can that be of any good for the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is no rule that says a user can have only one registered account on the site, and if not created for wrong purposes, he can have as many as he wishes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastActivityDate="2012-07-17T13:03:02.893" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3706" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-07-17T13:25:36.517" Score="12" ViewCount="111" Body="&lt;p&gt;Please blacklist the tag &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/help&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;help&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;help&lt;/a&gt;, its a useless meta tag that can contain literally &lt;em&gt;any question&lt;/em&gt;.  It should be purged with fire.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Related:  &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2179/why-do-we-have-a-help-tag&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2179/why-do-we-have-a-help-tag&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;It was created yesterday again. – Emerson Hsieh &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2179/why-do-we-have-a-help-tag#comment5511_2179&quot;&gt;15 hours ago&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="12845" LastEditDate="2012-08-01T21:59:45.733" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Please blacklist the help tag" Tags="|support|status-completed|tag-block-request|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3707" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3706" CreationDate="2012-07-17T13:27:23.987" Score="11" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Yes, the tag should be blacklisted.&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I cannot see any useful use of the tag, so I propose that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Community members go through the tag page and replace tags on posts with more useful and descriptive tags.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The help tag is blacklisted so it cannot be used.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Notes:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;While &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/help&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;help&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;help&lt;/a&gt; can refer to documentation, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/yelp&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;yelp&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;yelp&lt;/a&gt; is better.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/help&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;help&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;help&lt;/a&gt; tag was &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/102165/please-blacklist-the-help-tag&quot;&gt;blacklisted on StackOverflow for the same reason&lt;/a&gt;. As Jeff Atwood said, &amp;quot;if we removed it and it keeps coming back, that's a fair argument for blacklist.&amp;quot; The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/help&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;help&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;help&lt;/a&gt; tag situation here on AU &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3706/please-blacklist-the-help-tag#comment5516_3706&quot;&gt;seems to have developed into the same&lt;/a&gt;, so it should be blacklisted here as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-07-17T17:04:58.970" CommentCount="2" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-07-17T13:27:23.987" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3708" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3706" CreationDate="2012-07-17T13:28:36.217" Score="-2" Body="&lt;h1&gt;No! Do not blacklist the tag!&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think the tag is useful and should not be blacklisted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;Please edit this and include any reasoning behind your thoughts.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-07-17T15:31:22.987" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-07-17T13:28:36.217" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3709" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3712" CreationDate="2012-07-17T18:30:10.883" Score="18" ViewCount="582" Body="&lt;p&gt;See this question: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/163613/offline-installation/&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/163613/offline-installation/&lt;/a&gt;: top answer, third comment. I told the commenter that it's better to correct the answer himself than to threaten others to do so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I'm still not entirely certain if my reaction was correct. It's good if answers or questions get better this way, but that having said, it seems a bit rude to me to force that by threatening with downvotes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it acceptable to threaten with downvotes?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="18510" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2019-08-12T21:55:25.360" Title="Is it acceptable to threaten users with downvotes?" Tags="|discussion|downvoting|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3710" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3709" CreationDate="2012-07-17T19:06:10.313" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;Short answer: no.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Long answer: no.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is never okay to threaten anyone with downvotes or similar measures, because in general threats are not accepted in the community, and downvotes are not to be used for this purpose. In this particular case however, I think you misunderstood what the person was saying.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They seem to be suggesting that if the answerer does not edit their question that they are likely to be downvoted. I didn't sense a threat there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1992" LastActivityDate="2012-07-17T19:06:10.313" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3711" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3709" CreationDate="2012-07-17T19:12:36.460" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Flag them as &lt;em&gt;rude&lt;/em&gt; / &lt;em&gt;offensive&lt;/em&gt; for moderation attention and make sure they are away next time you visit the post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Makes no sense &lt;strong&gt;EVER&lt;/strong&gt; to threaten users with down votes when we are talking about community edited content.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you understand what is wrong, fix it, if you don't then you don't even have reasons to be judging. If you cannot fix it or the post is all bad then flag it, down vote it, ask for someone to fix it on chat, etc. Threats are just simply not helping anyone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2012-07-19T22:13:52.317" LastActivityDate="2012-07-19T22:13:52.317" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3712" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3709" CreationDate="2012-07-17T19:35:17.890" Score="21" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;This is a response to the general question, and not specifically to the example. The whole Stack Exchange system is a bit complicated, so if the example involved a new or new-ish user, it was probably just an innocent mistake using the site, and not something for which anyone ought to be faulted.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think threatening to downvote is a bad practice. If you think a post is bad, don't &lt;em&gt;threaten&lt;/em&gt; to downvote it. &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Downvote it.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Or edit it, if you think you can improve it. Just remember, editing is a good thing and even major changes are often OK, but &lt;em&gt;an edit should retain the original meaning of the post and respect the author&lt;/em&gt;. Some posts cannot be fixed easily by editing.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One can comment when downvoting, explaining the reason. After the post is edited, one can remove one's downvote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Votes express the community's beliefs about the quality and accuracy of posts. They result in reputation changes for the post's author (unless the post is community-wiki), but they are about &lt;em&gt;the post&lt;/em&gt;, not &lt;em&gt;the author&lt;/em&gt;. A downvote is not a punishment. The amount of reputation lost by the author is just &lt;strong&gt;2&lt;/strong&gt;. Very small. One of the reasons it's so small is so that we are not discouraged from downvoting posts that are wrong or bad. So let's not be discouraged.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sometimes people downvote when they shouldn't, but I think it's at least as common, at least on our site, for people &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; to downvote when they should. If we &lt;em&gt;threaten downvoting&lt;/em&gt; as an alternative to &lt;em&gt;downvoting&lt;/em&gt;, we're at the point where &lt;strong&gt;our reluctance to downvote makes us meaner rather than nicer&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Downvoting costs some reputation (&lt;strong&gt;-1&lt;/strong&gt; to the voter), which sometimes discourages us from doing it (and often should). But if it's worth saying something like &quot;this post deserves be downvoted&quot; then it's &lt;em&gt;worth downvoting it&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If we want to express that an answer is bad, we can do that without threatening to downvote. For example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&quot;Method X never works in situation A. So this answer is not very useful here.&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&quot;Method X is dangerous for reason A. Please edit this to add a warning about Calamity C. Otherwise, users who read this may damage their systems / lose data!&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&quot;This answer would be much improved if it more clearly explained Method X. Right now, it's unlikely someone who doesn't know Method X already would be able to follow this answer.&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&quot;That's really not how Thing Q works at all. See this Thing Q article (link) for why this approach is not at all applicable.&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I see this as a subcategory of unproductive &quot;meta&quot;-comments (comments on main about using the site itself, rather than about Ubuntu). Some meta-comments (like &quot;You've said this worked for you, so you should probably accept this answer&quot;) are productive, but comments that tell people they're voting wrong are usually not productive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Therefore, I think there are also some related sorts of things we should avoid saying:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&quot;I've improved my answer, so please remove your downvote!&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's enough just to comment (pinging them with &lt;code&gt;@TheirName&lt;/code&gt;) and say you've improved the answer.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&quot;That downvote was uncalled for.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We should avoid telling people not to use their votes, even if we think they're not using them very well. (The only possible exception is serial downvoting, and that's automatically reversed quite well by the automated safeguards in place.) Good alternatives:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If someone downvotes &lt;em&gt;without a comment&lt;/em&gt;, either ignore it or say, &quot;I'm not sure why someone downvoted, perhaps they thought X, but actually, Y.&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If someone downvotes &lt;em&gt;and leaves a comment&lt;/em&gt; and you disagree and don't want to ignore it, say, &quot;I said X because A,&quot; or &quot;X is not really wrong, because A.&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If someone downvotes, leaves a comment, and you agree with the criticism but think it didn't warrant a downvote, don't say anything. If you agree your answer had a significant flaw (something worth mentioning in a comment), then whether or not to downvote it is subjective. Attacking people for downvoting too readily will only make them less likely to comment when they downvote in the future.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&quot;Hey everybody, downvote this!&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Commenting to assemble a mob of downvoters is ugly and bad. It's one thing to say you don't believe a post is as good as the community thinks (suggesting, but not stating explicitly, that it deserves downvotes). And it's OK to say you think a post is underappreciated, too (suggesting, but not stating explicitly, that it deserves upvotes). But I think it crosses a line of etiquette to explicitly call for downvotes on a post (or even to explicitly call for upvotes). Each of us votes our own &quot;conscience.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I can think of one exception. If someone has &lt;em&gt;explicitly said&lt;/em&gt; they think an answer &lt;em&gt;to a question with an active bounty&lt;/em&gt; is bad, you can remind them they can downvote bad answers and that an answer with less than +2 score will not receive any part of an expired bounty. I am &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; saying that we should say this lightly. Only that in limited circumstances it should not be considered harmful.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Similarly, it's OK to request upvotes in chat for a community-wiki answer to a question solved by the OP. (Often, an OP will solve their problem, edit or comment about it, but not post a solution. A community-wiki answer stating the solution, like any answer, needs a score of +2 for the question to no longer appear in the &quot;unanswered&quot; list.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;There may be another limited exception to &lt;em&gt;a similar situation&lt;/em&gt;: When &lt;em&gt;in chat&lt;/em&gt;, and a post &lt;em&gt;is spam&lt;/em&gt;, and &lt;em&gt;you are flagging it as spam&lt;/em&gt;, it may be OK to explicitly ask people to downvote it and flag it as spam. This is &lt;em&gt;not very useful&lt;/em&gt;, both because flagging it is the most important thing and because people will downvote it anyway, but &lt;em&gt;calling for downvotes on actual question/answer spam&lt;/em&gt; should probably not be considered &lt;em&gt;actively harmful&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&quot;You did that thing in your comment that some guy put in a list of things not to do in a comment. Ha!&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The purpose of this list is to make suggestions for better communication. It is not a weapon to beat people up with.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If a comment bothers you and you think it should be removed, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2405/should-comments-be-flagged-for-light-rudeness&quot;&gt;flag it&lt;/a&gt;. Comments get removed all the time. Even good comments often get removed once they are obsolete.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If a comment bothers you and you &lt;em&gt;don't&lt;/em&gt; think it should be removed, &lt;em&gt;ignore it.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you feel obligated to reply to a mean comment to come to someone's defense, then (1) make sure you're flagging it too, and (2) think real hard about whether or not you should be doing anything else besides flagging it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Commenting to object to someone else's meanness may be justified in a tiny minority of instances, but even at best it risks inflaming things further and leaving you feeling sick inside. I know this from experience.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(This is not to say that posting questions on meta is bad. Posting meta questions is often good. I'm talking about &lt;em&gt;comment replies&lt;/em&gt;.)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I think asking &lt;em&gt;why&lt;/em&gt; someone downvoted &lt;strong&gt;is&lt;/strong&gt; okay and can even be helpful (provided it's not done rudely).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2019-08-12T21:55:25.360" LastActivityDate="2019-08-12T21:55:25.360" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="3713" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3715" CreationDate="2012-07-17T19:52:59.393" Score="9" ViewCount="311" Body="&lt;p&gt;The title pretty much sums up my question. Is it ok to ask for an upvote when the OP feels his/her question deserves one?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12846" LastEditorUserId="61218" LastEditDate="2012-07-28T11:19:12.230" LastActivityDate="2012-07-28T11:19:12.230" Title="Is it acceptable to ask for an upvote on question by the OP?" Tags="|discussion|voting|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3714" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3713" CreationDate="2012-07-17T20:59:42.193" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;In most cases we generally don't encourage this (though we don't discourage it either - and I'm speaking from the standpoint of experience in the community).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is okay so long as there is a good reason for asking though, such as if the question needs to get more notice, or if the question is well worth the vote, such as in the case of &quot;canonical&quot; questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1992" LastEditorUserId="1992" LastEditDate="2012-07-18T07:47:44.177" LastActivityDate="2012-07-18T07:47:44.177" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3715" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3713" CreationDate="2012-07-18T01:11:33.500" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is acceptable only if the OP has done his/her best to formulate a concise, clear and well researched question. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, if the question is unclear, lacks details, contains spelling, grammar and punctuation errors, and wrong tags as well, then it is not acceptable to ask for an upvote. In such cases, the OP must be advised to revise the question to make it clearer, useful and answerable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Frankly, I would rather edit the question myself than upvote it to get it noticed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="74307" LastActivityDate="2012-07-18T01:11:33.500" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3716" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2405" CreationDate="2012-07-18T10:03:29.597" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;To add to what was said earlier I definitely think those 2 comments don't belong on Ask Ubuntu, from experience I've always found users on this site friendly, constructive and polite and most people would agree it's far better to keep it that way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;However&lt;/strong&gt; I am also of the opinion that if someone tries to answer and doesn't go into enough detail you should be allowed to give some constructive criticism in order to give the person (especially new users) a chance to explain more clearly their answer, such as: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;I'm not sure exactly what you mean with your answer, could you please go into more detail? As it is, it doesn't give me enough information. It might turn out to be exactly what I need once you've added to it.&lt;/code&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;or&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;I know you are trying to be helpful; however as it stands your answer isn't complete enough for me to understand, could you please go further with your explanations so I can see what you mean as this might solve my issue&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As pointed out by Bruno Pereira in his original post, a new user could have good ideas but because they're new to the site they could hesitate in posting, and this is even truer for user's who don't have English as their first or second language. And constructive criticism would not only help the poster of a question, but also enable people who answer to improve their answers and bring an added benefit to the rest of the community.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you feel my examples of criticism are too harsh, feel free to mention it in the comments so that I'm aware of it as I'm quite new to the site and the rules. As stands I think that people wouldn't take those two examples of criticism badly in a real situation, however I should state that this is just my personal opinion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="77178" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2013-08-04T15:03:15.530" LastActivityDate="2013-08-04T15:03:15.530" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3717" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-07-18T15:07:15.133" Score="-1" ViewCount="126" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have just visited every page in the FAQ, hoping to get my 1st badge. But it didn't reward me one. Can someone tell me how to get the badge?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="77787" OwnerDisplayName="Archie Burden" LastEditorUserId="40421" LastEditDate="2012-07-18T16:06:16.773" LastActivityDate="2012-07-18T16:06:16.773" Title="Can't get my Analytical badge" Tags="|support|badges|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3718" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3717" CreationDate="2012-07-18T15:22:51.133" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Often, the system does not calculate badges immediately, but only after a delay. This is because a constant recalculation will tax the servers heavily. Therefore, you must wait until the next refresh for badges to show. Also, if after some time, you do not see your badge, clear your browser's cache.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54298" LastEditorUserId="14356" LastEditDate="2012-07-18T15:49:12.033" LastActivityDate="2012-07-18T15:49:12.033" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3720" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3709" CreationDate="2012-07-18T16:46:02.480" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Any form of threat(s) is/are NOT acceptable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="74307" LastActivityDate="2012-07-18T16:46:02.480" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3722" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3723" CreationDate="2012-07-19T03:33:45.027" Score="3" ViewCount="138" Body="&lt;p&gt;A long time ago I wrote a question on ask ubuntu ( &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/70415&quot;&gt;How can I install another version of Ubuntu on my computer and then uninstall it without messing up my bootup process?&lt;/a&gt; ) and I never got a great answer. I accepted the answer I got because I appreciated the help. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now I am wondering essentially the same question again--the only difference is if I asked the question now I wouldn't refer to the particular version of Ubuntu I used at the time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At this point, should I re-ask the question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="27645" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2012-07-19T21:03:57.480" Title="Should I ask the same question again?" Tags="|discussion|best-practice|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3723" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3722" CreationDate="2012-07-19T04:29:28.940" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If the question is different&lt;/strong&gt;, asking a new question makes sense. For example, if you asked a question, then the question turned into one special case of what you asked, and that got answered, and now you need help with a different special case or need a much more general answer, then you might want to post a new question. Just make clear how the new question is really different, so it doesn't get closed as a duplicate, and so that people know how their answers should be different from answers to your original question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, &lt;strong&gt;if the question really isn't fundamentally different&lt;/strong&gt; (which seems to be what you're saying), then you shouldn't ask a new question. Instead:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Unacccept the answer you accepted to your old question, so people know when they look at the question that it no longer has an accepted answer, and thus that you need help with it.&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Looking at your question, it doesn't look like it currently has an accepted answer. Perhaps you already unaccepted. Or perhaps you had not previously &lt;em&gt;accepted&lt;/em&gt; an answer (which is accomplished by clicking the gray check mark to the left of the answer), but had instead simply &lt;em&gt;upvoted&lt;/em&gt; an answer. &lt;em&gt;You do not need to remove upvotes from answers to make clear you're still looking from an answer, and unless you've changed your mind about the answer being good or valuable, you should not remove an upvote (as an upvote indicates your belief that an answer is good or valuable).&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit&lt;/strong&gt; your old question to modify it as needed (in this case, at least to remove the reference to the old Ubuntu version). If possible, include information and insights you've obtained on the issue since then. Explain why you need help now (though don't go into too much detail about things that won't help people understand the problem), and why whatever answers exist so far, even if they may be valuable, are not sufficient for your needs. Make sure your question is tagged well too. Don't retag it just for the sake of retagging it, but when editing it (or at any other time), if you realize it has some inappropriate tags, or doesn't have some appropriate tags, correct that.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unaccepting will make clear you're seeking answers again. Editing the question will bump it up higher on the list of questions. While you shouldn't edit a question just to bump it up, even when you have no improvement to make, it is a fundamental part of our site's design that editing a question increases its visibility. You've provided more information, so others will have the chance to see it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can also publicize the question in the same ways you can use for newer questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Create &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/set-bounties&quot;&gt;a bounty&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Share a link to the question on social networks and/or microblogging services.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Post about the question &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/201/ask-ubuntu-general-room&quot;&gt;in chat&lt;/a&gt;. But don't just pop into chat, post a link, and leave. It is much better to instead post a bit of information about the question and what kind of help you're looking for, respond to questions and suggestions posted in chat, and stay in chat a while, so people feel like if they reply to you, you'll be there to hear them.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Related: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq#bounty&quot;&gt;FAQ: What if I don't get a good answer?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2012-07-19T21:03:57.480" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3724" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3727" CreationDate="2012-07-19T13:44:43.367" Score="11" ViewCount="101" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/library&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;library&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;library&lt;/a&gt; has 15 posts, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/libraries&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;libraries&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;libraries&lt;/a&gt; also has 15 posts. They should be merged into &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/libraries&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;libraries&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;libraries&lt;/a&gt;, as both tags have fairly similar questions about missing libaries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54298" LastEditorUserId="12845" LastEditDate="2012-09-23T06:02:23.400" LastActivityDate="2012-09-23T06:02:23.400" Title="Tag synonym request: [library]-&gt;[libraries]" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|status-completed|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3727" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3724" CreationDate="2012-07-19T14:25:05.087" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, I think so. Both tag should be merged without delay. They have similar questions about the missing libraries. And the master tag should be &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/libraries&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;libraries&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;libraries&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="61218" LastActivityDate="2012-07-19T14:25:05.087" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3728" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3729" CreationDate="2012-07-19T17:52:40.820" Score="2" ViewCount="195" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just today i tried to add Profile Pic on AU , but &lt;code&gt;change picture&lt;/code&gt; takes me to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Gravatar.com.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Don't we have other choice like simple Uploading window to put a pic &lt;code&gt;( IMO the required size X*Y resolution)&lt;/code&gt;, to use it. I know its simpler from user view point , whilst otherwise pic has to be cropped to the required size . &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But what if I don't want &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Gravatar&lt;/a&gt; to provide me that service to upload my pic on AU. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is another option (custom upload)  available .&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="63025" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-07-19T19:04:36.260" LastActivityDate="2012-07-19T19:04:36.260" Title="Why is Gravatar necessary for profile pic , any other option available" Tags="|discussion|profile-page|gravatar|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3729" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3728" CreationDate="2012-07-19T17:58:56.257" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, Gravatar is used just like OpenID and Imgur is used. The idea is Stack Exchange doesn't need to handle file uploads and unique logins (or avatars for that matter). A lot of developer services and resources already use these centralized services (Github, etc). This gives Stack Exchange the unique ability to focus solely on the platform and not any of these extra conveniences.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2012-07-19T17:58:56.257" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3730" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3665" CreationDate="2012-07-20T02:25:09.853" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;From all the questions about black screen issues, I was surprised they most had different causes and different solutions! I did not find any that matched my problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="76683" LastActivityDate="2012-07-20T02:25:09.853" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3732" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-07-20T09:13:03.070" Score="0" ViewCount="48" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/548/how-to-post-links-that-install-software-via-apt&quot;&gt;How to post links that install software via apt?&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was answering a question and I wanted to add a direct link to a package using the apt: format but the askubuntu told me the link is invalid. Is there a way to add this kind of link to an askubuntu question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14003" OwnerDisplayName="Kristofer" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.087" LastActivityDate="2012-07-20T09:41:44.650" Title="How do you add an apt-link to an askubuntu question?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2012-07-20T09:42:41.750" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3733" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-07-20T16:45:37.057" Score="1" ViewCount="70" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3290/why-doesnt-au-allow-users-to-privately-communicate&quot;&gt;Why doesn&amp;#39;t AU allow users to privately communicate?&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sometimes I would like to contact one Askubuntu user directly (for example to talk about a subject which is not directly related to Ubuntu).&#xA;Is there a way to send a message to somebody? (like PM in forums)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(sorry if the answer is obvious or already present somewhere-else)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="38610" OwnerDisplayName="LovinBuntu" LastActivityDate="2012-07-20T16:56:30.600" Title="Is there a way to send PM via Askubuntu?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2012-07-20T17:30:11.197" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3734" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3733" CreationDate="2012-07-20T16:56:30.600" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Private chat rooms are one of the few methods, but only moderators can create truly private chat rooms, users if they have enough rep can create Gallery chat rooms, but those are logged publicly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other than that, there is no &quot;private messaging&quot; system on Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2012-07-20T16:56:30.600" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3735" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3736" CreationDate="2012-07-20T18:01:48.947" Score="6" ViewCount="580" Body="&lt;p&gt;When a user has only ever previously used the site for trolling, and then they post an answer that looks like it might be a genuine attempt to answer the question, except:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The answer is not likely to be helpful.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The answer ignores important information provided prominently in the question.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;As you read the answer, it becomes more and more absurd, until you wonder if perhaps it is a work of satire rather than an attempt to provide any help.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;...should such a post be flagged? Or just downvoted?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it weren't by a known troll, I wouldn't flag it. Lots of bad answers suffer from problems &lt;strong&gt;1&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;2&lt;/strong&gt;. And &lt;strong&gt;3&lt;/strong&gt; is pretty subjective.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please note that I'm deliberately not identifying the post I'm thinking of, because:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I'm interested in &lt;em&gt;general&lt;/em&gt; guidelines about this, not just applicable to the one post I have in mind.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If it is trolling, I don't want to publicize it or feed the troll.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If it's not trolling, I don't want to cause hard feelings by publicly calling out someone's post as &quot;humorously bad.&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, I'll certainly provide identifying information about the post that's motivated this question, on request by a moderator.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="25798" LastEditDate="2012-07-23T09:12:17.167" LastActivityDate="2012-07-23T09:12:17.167" Title="Should humorously bad answers by known trolls be flagged?" Tags="|discussion|answers|flagging|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="5" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3736" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3735" CreationDate="2012-07-20T18:41:04.460" Score="5" Body="&lt;h1&gt;No&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We don't have the time or patience to play police with every single answer. That's why we wrote these &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3520/what-does-each-flag-reason-mean-and-when-should-i-use-them&quot;&gt;flagging guidelines&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you're uncertain, feel free to ask in our &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.askubuntu.com&quot;&gt;Chat room&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-07-20T18:52:00.437" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3737" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3738" CreationDate="2012-07-20T20:47:25.713" Score="3" ViewCount="46" Body="&lt;p&gt;On my android smart phone, I was able to access &lt;strong&gt;&quot;Ask ubuntu&quot;&lt;/strong&gt; with my browser with a resolution specifically designed for the phone (it was perfect).  Then, I accidentally hit a small link labelled &lt;strong&gt;&quot;web&quot;&lt;/strong&gt; and the result isn't pretty, in fact it's very unintuitive. It has no resemblance to the AU site at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would really like to get this resolution back as I visit the AU site almost everyday and my question is, does anyone know how?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="53498" LastActivityDate="2012-07-20T21:15:47.087" Title="How can I get the correct resolution for &quot;Ask ubuntu&quot; back on my Android device" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3738" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3737" CreationDate="2012-07-20T21:15:47.087" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;At the bottom of the page(it may be awkward to get to) there is a link labelled &quot;Mobile&quot;. That link will set the display to the mobile interface. Also ,you could use a javascrpt console to run     &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;StackExchange.switchMobile('on', '/')&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;but it will move you to the homepage. Note that this javascript cannot be run from a &lt;code&gt;javascript:&lt;/code&gt; url. It must be run from a web console. Tested on Firefox 14.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54298" LastActivityDate="2012-07-20T21:15:47.087" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3739" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-07-20T22:46:20.830" Score="0" ViewCount="31" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/362/how-do-i-comment-on-an-answer&quot;&gt;How do I comment on an answer?&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I guess it's all in the Title, but I can't find the link to just post a preliminary question , so I can get more info and then post an answer to their question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="77901" LastActivityDate="2012-07-20T23:22:08.337" Title="How do I add a comment to ask a question of the person so I can get more info to answer them?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2012-07-21T00:24:12.727" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3741" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3748" CreationDate="2012-07-21T09:11:44.330" Score="12" ViewCount="196" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've noticed a lot of questions where an individual has linked to external content to answer a question without bringing in the actual information. Some of these questions, the links are dead (even links to the official ubuntu wiki, for example). Is there a plan or policy for dealing with these types of &quot;redirection&quot; answers? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2638" LastActivityDate="2012-07-24T11:24:31.137" Title="Hyperlinked answers with no content" Tags="|discussion|answers|hyperlinks|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3742" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3741" CreationDate="2012-07-21T13:27:13.490" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am not a moderator and so I have no idea about any contingency plans regarding these &quot;dead&quot; links issue. Although I don't think that there is an existing policy, otherwise they would have dealt with it already.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I personally believe that only AU links (questions with useful answers) should be linked on answers or comments especially on possible duplicate or related questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As with external links, there is no stopping someone from embedding links to external (alive or dead) sites on their comments and answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Best way to deal with these is to leave a comment requesting for the OP to revise the comment or answer to remove dead links and provide new (working) ones.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;OR&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We could just edit the questions or answers ourselves.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="74307" LastActivityDate="2012-07-21T13:27:13.490" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3743" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3745" CreationDate="2012-07-21T14:47:32.267" Score="3" ViewCount="48" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am noticing lately that there is an increasing number of question asking &lt;strong&gt;&quot;is it safe to install..... something&lt;/strong&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/166351/amd-propietary-drivers&quot;&gt;like this one&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My instinct says they should be flagged as answerers may have different opinions based on their experience, but I wanted to ask in meta to be sure.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="53498" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2012-07-21T15:27:25.107" Title="How to answer &quot;is it safe to install...... questions?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3744" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5817" CreationDate="2012-07-21T14:59:45.250" Score="1" ViewCount="127" Body="&lt;p&gt;I believe I understand why &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/166282/why-are-the-login-boxes-on-the-left-and-how-can-i-easily-move-them-to-the-center&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; was closed--it seemed to be leading to subjective debate. However:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;UI choices are usually made by the &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Ayatana&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ayatana Design team&lt;/a&gt;, and usually have &lt;em&gt;objectively citable, or researchable&lt;/em&gt; reasons.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;LightDM is actually extremely customizable (&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LightDM&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Wikipedia&lt;/a&gt;: &quot;It uses a WebKit backend to draw HTML-based login interfaces.&quot;), so it's possible to change the appearance of the login screen without switching to GDM.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The existing answer there was written by two users who later close-voted the question. While answering a question and then voting to close it is appropriate on rare occasion, I think in this case it shows that there's something fundamentally answerable about this question. Future answers could address one or both of the points above.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I think we should reopen the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As an alternative to reopening the question, the OP could be asked to open two separate additional questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;One about the design decision.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The other about customizing the login screen.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2013-01-17T02:00:29.973" Title="Should this LightDM / Ayatana Design question be reopened?" Tags="|discussion|closed-questions|close-reasons|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3745" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3743" CreationDate="2012-07-21T15:27:25.107" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't think we should be closing these questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Many if not most of them have &lt;strong&gt;perfectly good objective answers&lt;/strong&gt;. If answers are coming off as people's opinions, without any real weight behind them, then the answers are the problem, not the questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To properly answer a question about whether or not something is safe (whether or not it's a question about installing anything), we should usually either:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Say it's not safe, and why it's not safe. If there are major mitigating factors that would make it safe in some circumstances, they should likely be discussed, while emphasizing that it's not safe in the major use case.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Say it's safe, and why it's not going to cause harm. Any obvious or explicitly stated concerns should be addressed. If it's safe in general but not under certain circumstances, those circumstances should be mentioned if possible (at least if they're likely to occur).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There may be competing answers asserting different viewpoints, but so long as they're backed up with objective facts and clear reasoning, that's not necessarily different from questions like, &quot;How do I accomplish X?&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, &lt;strong&gt;some questions about what's safe might, in practice, be unanswerable, and those should be closed.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2012-07-21T15:27:25.107" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3746" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3741" CreationDate="2012-07-21T15:48:45.760" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I find that most answers with just links are pretty much the terms the person asked in the question put into google and then the link is regurgitated as an answer, which is usually incorrect and/or out of date in a place that we can't fix it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is the sort of junk this site set out to fix so I usually downvote this kind of stuff.  If it's a link to official documentation or something then usually it's not a problem just fixing the link. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2012-07-21T15:48:45.760" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3747" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3760" CreationDate="2012-07-21T18:34:23.437" Score="6" ViewCount="78" Body="&lt;p&gt;Early July 19th I had 24 bronze badges &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Z5jkS.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and now they are 23 what gives?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/0FXH4.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="59676" LastEditorUserId="25798" LastEditDate="2012-07-23T09:11:40.880" LastActivityDate="2012-07-23T09:11:40.880" Title="Why is my Badge Count Different" Tags="|support|badges|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3748" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3741" CreationDate="2012-07-21T22:53:58.213" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is a policy, stated in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/how-to-answer&quot;&gt;how to answer&lt;/a&gt; page which is linked from the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq&quot;&gt;FAQ&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Provide context for links&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A link to a potential solution is always welcome, but please add context around the link so your fellow users will have some idea what it is and why it’s there . Always quote the most relevant part of an important link, in case the target site is unreachable or goes permanently offline.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you see an answer which is little more than a link, the acid test is: if the link is not accessible, is the answer still useful?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the answer is still useful (for example, the question was how to do X, and the answer is a link to a package page on &lt;a href=&quot;http://packages.ubuntu.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://packages.ubuntu.com&lt;/a&gt; for a program that does X), then it's a valid answer. It's usually not a very good answer — an explanation of why the linked resource applies would be nice — but it is an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you need to visit the link to get any use from the answer, then it is in fact not an answer and &lt;strong&gt;should be removed&lt;/strong&gt;. Use your best judgement as to what to do with it:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If the link is to another Ask Ubuntu question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;leave a comment telling the answerer to vote or flag to close the question as a duplicate in such circumstances.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;flag the answer as “not an answer” (or delete it if you're a moderator).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;vote or flag to close the question as a duplicate if you agree.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If the answer is recent, and you think the linked resource is worthwhile, leave a comment citing the answer policy and suggesting that the answerer add some real content and that the answer might be deleted otherwise. I recommend also downvoting the (non-)answer, as this tends to motivate posters to improve their answers; be sure to come back later to check, and transform your downvote into an upvote if the answer has been updated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you think the linked resource is worthwhile, and you have the time and knowledge, edit the answer, summarizing the information found behind the link.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If the link is already given by other answers, or the material behind the link is similar to material given in other answers, the link-only answer should be deleted outright. Vote to delete if you can, otherwise flag to delete (use either the generic “not an answer” flag or a custom flag citing the answer that already has the material).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If none of the above applies, flag the answer, either as “not an answer” or with a custom flag suggesting that the answer be transformed into a comment. A link to a place where an answer can be found is best posted as a comment to the question: it provides useful information, but it is does not in itself answer the question (so having it in the answer section is bad, because it gives the false impression that the question is answered).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that it's ok to flag a link-only post as not an answer even if you posted a “competing” answer. A moderator will review the flag, so don't worry about a possible conflict of interest. If you're a moderator, you might want to let one of your colleagues handle this — or not, there is no conflict of interest in &lt;em&gt;blatant&lt;/em&gt; cases.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1059" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-07-24T11:24:31.137" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3749" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-07-22T04:14:45.600" Score="4" ViewCount="99" Body="&lt;p&gt;When I see a question that is off topic, I'll flag it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/6KUZE.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But, should we add an option like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;o belongs to (dropdown list of SE sites)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Questions about (bla bla bla) should be asked here instead of Askubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So that Moderators can migrate off-topic questions to corresponding sites like Unix and Linux, since most off-topic questions got closed instead of being migrated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="39869" LastActivityDate="2012-07-22T04:14:45.600" Title="Add a &quot;Migrate to xx SE site&quot; option in the Off-Topic section for flagging questions" Tags="|feature-request|flags|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3750" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3753" CreationDate="2012-07-22T08:36:49.280" Score="3" ViewCount="176" Body="&lt;p&gt;We have a tag called &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/gateway&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;gateway&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;gateway&lt;/a&gt;. Perhaps with insufficient forethought, I am partially responsible for its existence. (I used it to indicate the personal computer brand.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/gateway&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;gateway&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;gateway&lt;/a&gt; be used for computer branded &quot;Gateway&quot;? Or should it be used for network gateways, like routers (as its current tag wiki says)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or should it not exist, due to this ambiguity?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or should it be used for both? (That seems like a bad idea to me.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2012-07-22T09:59:58.443" Title="What should the &quot;gateway&quot; tag be used for?" Tags="|discussion|tag-wiki|tags|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3751" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3754" CreationDate="2012-07-22T09:18:18.057" Score="1" ViewCount="75" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sometimes I am searching for questions related to current Ubuntu release (e.g. 12.04) and end up in finding the exact question but being closed, as this question has been previously asked for (10.10). As software systems will change over time, the optimal answer to the same question might be different for different Ubuntu releases. Of course I know that there are tag's for the releases I could use for my question. But this does not seem to be regarded: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/129480/installation-on-ssd&quot;&gt;installation on SSD&lt;/a&gt; Of course the top answer there was recently edited, but I am unsure as the older question explicitly targets 10.10.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So what I am asking here: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How do you handle this &quot;out-of-date&quot; problem currently.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Are there currently any plans to improve this situation.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know this are two questions inside of one post, &lt;em&gt;BUT&lt;/em&gt; they are so closely related I think I can expect an answer of both within one answer. I don't wanted to offend anybody, I am just asking! And if this question is a duplicate too: Sorry I didn't found the duplicate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Cheers, and thanks for your notes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4977" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2012-07-22T09:55:28.320" Title="Duplicate question, but out of date?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3752" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3750" CreationDate="2012-07-22T09:41:40.110" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Gateway as a computer brand is so irrelevant that I do not see a reason why it should exist. Add that the fact that &lt;em&gt;gateway&lt;/em&gt; as network gateway should be covered by &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/network&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;network&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;network&lt;/a&gt; and that makes the complete tag sort off useless, totally, imo.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Tags should have meaning, base, posts to sort. Gateway as a brand has such a small market share (were they bought by Dell or something?) that little or no questions arrive specifically about Gateway computers and a gateway tag makes no sense alone, no one asks &quot;I have a problem with my gateway&quot; normally you will see &quot;Problem with wireless&quot; or &quot;Internet&quot; or &quot;Network&quot;, if its about gateways or not comes later on with some troubleshooting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastActivityDate="2012-07-22T09:41:40.110" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3753" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3750" CreationDate="2012-07-22T09:47:18.563" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Well since I initiated the original edit, it didn't occur to me that it also could be Gateway Computer Company.  But since this is about Ubuntu, it doesn't make a lot of since to be about the Company, and that it should be about network gateway.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Based on Eliah Kagan comment below, and as per Bruno Pereira, computer gateway should be merged with the network tag, and the tag gateway should be about the company.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="59676" LastEditorUserId="59676" LastEditDate="2012-07-22T09:59:58.443" LastActivityDate="2012-07-22T09:59:58.443" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3754" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3751" CreationDate="2012-07-22T09:55:28.320" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is not an unique situation, it happens all the time and has you say software changes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Did it change so much that needs updating of the information? Fix it, flag it for fixing, add a bounty to it and explain it needs updated information, make it better!&#xA;This does not need improving, its how the site works.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;ie: if &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/19376/installing-ubuntu-on-a-ssd&quot;&gt;Installing Ubuntu on a SSD&lt;/a&gt; does not cover all the aspects of current information but its where people are redirecting duplicates to it:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;flag it to our attention that the information on that posts needs to be updated for newer systems&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;start by editing the tags to remove any previous system references&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;join us in our &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/201/ask-ubuntu-general-room&quot;&gt;chat rooms&lt;/a&gt; and talk to the people there, tell us that the post needs to be bumped up and updated&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;if you have the chance update it your self with a newer answer, make sure that you specify the release version in you header, ie:&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;For Ubuntu 12.04&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Since Ubuntu 11.04&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the end it is important that outdated questions are updated with more recent information if that is necessary. That is what we do, constantly, on the site and thats how the site works. If you stop it and can help, fix it, else ask someone to help you fix it. This is really important work!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2012-07-22T09:55:28.320" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3755" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3756" CreationDate="2012-07-22T09:56:10.380" Score="4" ViewCount="186" Body="&lt;p&gt;I stumbled accross a question which I thought was very well written and didn't get as much attention as it deserved, and/or the answers aren't complete enough, other than putting a bounty on it there isn't much to be done to make it more visible, is it ok for me to ask in the general chat-room for people to give it a look? Or is this not considered constructive? (If every good question was posted there, there'd be some serious chat-flooding) How could I best go around this so I'm aware of the policy of the site? Thanks in advance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="77178" LastActivityDate="2012-07-22T10:03:12.200" Title="Is it ok to post someone's question in general chat?" Tags="|discussion|asking-questions|chat|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3756" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3755" CreationDate="2012-07-22T10:03:12.200" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;As long as you are not in the middle of some other discussion and its a proper question feel free to post them on the the chat room. Don't over do it ofc, no flooding of information will you get any attention, but I see no reason why not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Adding a bounty to the posts is probably the best option (premium spot for 7 days ftw) but also editing and fixing small issues with them will shoot the post straight to the top of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions?sort=active&quot;&gt;active&lt;/a&gt; question list and give them a bit more visibility.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2012-07-22T10:03:12.200" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3757" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3735" CreationDate="2012-07-22T14:24:18.313" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;A post like you describe should just be voted down. By -3, most people get the idea and delete their own rubbish...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But there are occasionally posts that start as you've described but then descend into abuse, shouting, or long, boring, off-topic rants. There's a line where nonsense answers become harmful to the site and need removing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately that line is very subjective. Even between moderators, some people might be happy to let something sit at -2 on the site while another might feel deleting it is the best action for everybody involved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's a hard subject to quantify. I doubt any moderator would penalise you for flagging a question which is clearly junk regardless of it being harmful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2012-07-22T14:24:18.313" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3758" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3761" CreationDate="2012-07-22T23:14:44.083" Score="0" ViewCount="65" Body="&lt;p&gt;So perhaps Ask Ubuntu has enough weight to initiate subsections in the site. I was looking through the questions and felt quite intimidated because I didn't know any of the answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Perhaps subsections would accommodate peoples specialities so as to improve the number of questions answered and the quality of the answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would argue that it would perhaps reduce the number of repetitions since people would generic broadcom wireless questions would be covered by a few questions navigating to the wireless section. Or perhaps I don't know where to find Ubuntu's installation guide.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Tags are great, but are they good enough?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="70757" LastEditorUserId="25798" LastEditDate="2012-07-23T09:10:29.447" LastActivityDate="2012-07-24T00:37:37.893" Title="Create sub sections/categories to accommodate specialities?" Tags="|discussion|asking-questions|duplicates|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3759" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3758" CreationDate="2012-07-22T23:52:01.383" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Tags do everything subsections would do, and can also overlap each other (in that a question may have more than one tag). You can simply browse the questions in a particular tag. It's unclear to me what value an additional system of categorization could bring.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What could, perhaps, be valuable in helping people find their way, would be a guide to the canonical often-asked questions on the site. Such a guide could probably be written as a community-wiki meta question-and-answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2012-07-22T23:52:01.383" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3760" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3747" CreationDate="2012-07-23T08:34:40.630" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here's my guesswork. Considering that the system does not remove normal badges and only tag based badges can be withdrawn, I narrowed my focus on the number of votes you got on tags. I see you have 96 score on 12.04 right now. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From this, I conclude that you got a 12.04 badge earlier and that tag was removed from one of the question that you answered and hence you lost the badge for the time being. So, once you get more than 100 score in 12.04 tag, you will get back the tag. Hurray! :-)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastActivityDate="2012-07-23T08:34:40.630" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3761" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3758" CreationDate="2012-07-23T10:27:59.527" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;You may not realise it but you've stumbled into the age-old taxonomy-vs-folksonomy debate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As it is, the system uses a folksonomic approach, with a few tweaks to make it work well here:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Questions can be tagged freely multiple times. Not every question has to be shoehorned into a subject that might not quite fit. We also don't have to bounce threads from one subforum to another - we just fix the tags.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Nothing is hidden. Taxonomic systems obfuscate the threads (where real people need interaction) behind [often multiple] layers of navigation and structure. Here everybody has a chance to see the new questions and jump in if they have an idea about it. In a taxonomical setting, many many threads are never seen by the general populous because they've never ventured into all the sub-forums.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;But things &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;can&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; still be hidden. You can filter out tags, search for others, make some your favourites, etc. If you specialise in a single system and want to help people here with that one topic, you only need search. Tagging lets you tweak the SNR... Often more than just sectioning would.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;It adds a metadata layer that is easier to analyse. For example you can search by multiple tags. Taxonomy only gives you one vector of information.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2012-07-23T10:27:59.527" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3762" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3758" CreationDate="2012-07-23T17:37:39.973" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;In addition to Oli's answer, one thing you can do to make it easier to see targetted questions is to set favorite and ignored tags on the homepage for things you care about and things you want to ignore, and then use this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/unanswered/tagged/?tab=mytags&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/unanswered/tagged/?tab=mytags&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This will then give you a more customized place to get questions based on your interests instead of just the front page firehose. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2012-07-23T17:37:39.973" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3763" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3765" CreationDate="2012-07-23T23:39:12.993" Score="12" ViewCount="288" Body="&lt;p&gt;Someone did a really nice job enhancing one of my answers and I have a simple question.  Is there any way I can transfer rep as a thank you? Do I have any other options to give him credit?  I,m not sure what the protocol is.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="53498" LastActivityDate="2012-08-02T08:05:10.213" Title="Giving Credit for an Edit" Tags="|discussion|editing|reputation|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3764" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3758" CreationDate="2012-07-24T00:37:37.893" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;We could perhaps, have a different section for highlighting the &quot;Canonical answer&quot; type of questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I find often that clicking on a tag is often too narrow - or too broad (in the case of graphics problems), and often times general questions that have really good answers are easy to overlook in using the search function&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It could possibly be similar to how &quot;featured&quot; questions are listed, but questions might be &quot;nominated&quot; or put in by mod's.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Something to think about, a organization system, that groups by simple &quot;categorizes&quot; could still be made that does not interfere with the current one, the question is how to implement such a system, would the categories be groups of relevant tags? or would users vote to place questions in categories...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastActivityDate="2012-07-24T00:37:37.893" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3765" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3763" CreationDate="2012-07-24T00:59:52.047" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;We are all here to help each-other, so I would say pass on that helpfulness to others. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, A lot of older questions for some users may be less than perfect, or have gone unnoticed, So finding a couple of things to edit on some of their older questions would not only be of great help to the user but to the whole site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastActivityDate="2012-07-24T00:59:52.047" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3766" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3763" CreationDate="2012-07-24T04:46:27.507" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sure, As aking1012 said in a comment, You may want to give some upvotes on their question or answers, if you think they deserve so. But, doing serial upvoting is caught by the system as unexpected behavior. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I also read a comment by an user who said, &quot;I'll try to give you bounty, as soon as possible&quot;. I don't know the exact procedure, but what I understand is, He will declare a bounty where an answer existed there already and then apply bounty. In this way, A user can give extra rep to a good answer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Check this question for extra&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2310/how-can-i-give-rep-to-a-wiki-answer&quot;&gt;How can I give rep to a wiki answer?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="61218" LastActivityDate="2012-07-24T04:46:27.507" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3768" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3769" CreationDate="2012-07-24T21:17:16.663" Score="2" ViewCount="60" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just asked a question related to &quot;avconv&quot; and I was surprised that the tag for it did not exist. I do not have enough reputation to create a tag. I posted the question with &quot;ffmpeg&quot; tag instead. &#xA;Would request anyone who is reading this to create a tag : avconv.&#xA;You may even consider to make ffmpeg and avconv tag-synonyms. But first things first, create a tag!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="78407" LastEditorUserId="25863" LastEditDate="2012-07-24T21:25:46.203" LastActivityDate="2012-07-24T21:25:46.203" Title="&quot;Avconv&quot; tag does not exist!" Tags="|discussion|status-completed|tags|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3769" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3768" CreationDate="2012-07-24T21:24:18.450" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Taaaaa da! Done: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/avconv&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;avconv&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;avconv&lt;/a&gt;. :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastActivityDate="2012-07-24T21:24:18.450" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3770" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3771" CreationDate="2012-07-26T05:25:19.270" Score="14" ViewCount="312" Body="&lt;p&gt;Having moved to new hardware, a problem I was having has gone away.  What should I do with the question I raised?  Delete it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="77901" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-07-29T12:40:37.630" LastActivityDate="2012-07-30T13:35:21.510" Title="What should I do when an answer to my question is no longer required?" Tags="|discussion|asking-questions|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3771" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3770" CreationDate="2012-07-26T06:20:00.660" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;If there is an answer with upvotes, you cannot delete it. But if there isn't any answer or the answer is very short (which can be considered as poor answer by the system) You can delete it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For the answer to the question, &quot;Should I delete?&quot;, I'd say, yes, You should delete the question, if you can,Because, there is no way to test and verify the answer now. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But, If you still have the old hardware and you can test answers and you believe the question will help future visitor, in that case, You should not delete the question. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="61218" LastActivityDate="2012-07-26T06:20:00.660" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3772" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3696" CreationDate="2012-07-26T07:07:05.007" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I found this userscript in the Stack Apps.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://stackapps.com/questions/2043/a-way-to-keep-the-user-bar-on-the-top-of-the-site-stuck-there-stickybar&quot;&gt;https://stackapps.com/questions/2043/a-way-to-keep-the-user-bar-on-the-top-of-the-site-stuck-there-stickybar&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It does what you are looking for. It stickies the top bar so it stays visible even if you scroll down the page. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:46.307" LastActivityDate="2012-07-26T07:07:05.007" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3773" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3770" CreationDate="2012-07-26T13:20:46.147" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Flag the question to be closed as &quot;Too Localized&quot; and we'll have the question closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2012-07-26T13:20:46.147" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3774" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2158" CreationDate="2012-07-26T19:35:03.587" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://netsniff-ng.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/zjo7j.png&quot; alt=&quot;netsniff-ng - the packet sniffing beast&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="79511" LastActivityDate="2012-07-26T19:35:03.587" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-07-26T19:35:03.587" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3775" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3779" CreationDate="2012-07-26T20:58:58.617" Score="3" ViewCount="80" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've used the site for a relatively small time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I just edited an answer, and it was rejected on grounds of being too trivial. I am just wondering if this triviality bar &quot;moves&quot; as the cost of an edit goes down (i.e., there is no longer need of a reviewer)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, if I might, was it really trivial ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;the question was: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/167652/how-to-play-games-using-wine/167655&quot;&gt;How to play games using Wine?&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I added the content of the third answer into the second one (i.e. added what now is my answer as a part of the answer about the appdb)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="56440" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2012-07-29T12:39:26.100" Title="Are the criteria for peer-reviewed edits and &quot;2000 rep&quot; edits the same?" Tags="|discussion|support|editing|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3776" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3775" CreationDate="2012-07-26T21:03:54.863" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since the Wine appdb has (is) already a list of application and their current support status I do not see how adding a small list of games in to that answer really enhances it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I did not reject your edit but would say probably would have done so on the same bases.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastActivityDate="2012-07-26T21:03:54.863" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3777" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-07-26T21:43:04.657" Score="0" ViewCount="43" Body="&lt;p&gt;What I'm talking about is a wiki syntax dedicated to explaining command lines. We can all try out best with ASCII art, bullet lists, etc, but what would be perfect would be a format that produces a presentation with roll-over highlights which pop up annotations explaining particular pieces of the command line.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1718" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-07-29T12:40:17.083" LastActivityDate="2012-07-29T12:40:17.083" Title="Is there a place for a command-line argument wiki format?" Tags="|feature-request|markdown|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3778" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3775" CreationDate="2012-07-26T22:19:48.233" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;We do appreciate your effort in creating a list of games that will run with Wine, even though I agree with Bruno that the site format here might not be the right place for this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Approving an edit that is more than editing typos or grammar issues is not so easy. We do take our time for that to be careful with both approving or rejecting an edit. We have to see whether an edit really adds value to the existing answer, whether it makes the answer considerably better, and most importantly whether it is correct what comes with an edit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Think of how the person who wrote the answer in the first place might feel when we added content that may not be correct, that they themselves may disagree with, or that may even lead to a downvote (e.g. here simply because some people do not like such lists). Mind that the name of that person still is attached to that question. In your case it might have been o.k as the upvote on your own answer shows. But who would know that in advance? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Therefore, and because it was not really asked &lt;strong&gt;what&lt;/strong&gt; games can be played but rather if  something special was needed in addition, I decided to reject you edit. My bad that I did not choose a free text to explain but rather ticked the preformed option &lt;em&gt;&quot;too trivial&quot;&lt;/em&gt;, sorry for any confusion this might have caused.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3940" LastActivityDate="2012-07-26T22:19:48.233" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3779" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3775" CreationDate="2012-07-27T03:12:46.333" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sometimes when a reviewer rejects an edit as too trivial, what they mean is that the &lt;em&gt;benefit&lt;/em&gt; it would provide is too trivial to really know that it definitively improves the post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sometimes an edit is quite small, but is easily improved, because it clearly make the post better. For example, if I see an edit that adds missing spaces after a few periods that end sentences but not paragraphs (&lt;code&gt;Like this.Periods, but no spaces.Pretty hard to read.&lt;/code&gt;), I'll approve that edit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, if I see an edit that totally rewords a big long post, and it doesn't seem like that wording is better than the original, I may reject it as too trivial. (I will more likely use a custom reason, to explain precisely why I am rejecting the edit. It depends if I think the canned rejection reason will make sense.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this case, a highly incomplete list of games serves to show that there really are games, some of them new, and many of them quite popular and graphics-intensive, that run well in Ubuntu with Wine. I consider that to be quite valuable, but if I'd been reviewing your suggested edit, I would probably have reject it as well, since it doesn't clearly improve &lt;em&gt;the post it was editing&lt;/em&gt;. I'm not always the most efficient user of words myself, but sometimes brevity itself is to be valued in a post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Still, I'm glad you posted that list in a separate answer. If I'd been reviewing your edit, I would probably have rejected it with a custom reason suggesting to post it in a new answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So to answer your question (&quot;[W]as it really trivial?&quot;): It depends what you mean by trivial. In this case, it's unlikely the reviewer intended to say that the work you'd put in it, or the volume taken up by the new text, was small. Instead, they probably didn't have a high enough degree of belief that the edit would improve the post, to feel comfortable approving it, especially since if it were approved, it would have taken up most of the post (visually, and by number of words).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even rejected edits are saved in the system (they're in your suggested edits history), so even if you lose the text yourself, you can retrieve it and use it to create new posts or for other purposes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2012-07-27T04:46:53.063" LastActivityDate="2012-07-27T04:46:53.063" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3780" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-07-27T08:53:46.093" Score="2" ViewCount="64" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/webapps&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;webapps&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;webapps&lt;/a&gt; makes sense to me, but this seems to have other uses. Perhaps &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/unity-webapps&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;unity-webapps&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;unity-webapps&lt;/a&gt; would be best?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="866" LastActivityDate="2012-08-06T10:18:10.213" Title="Tag for unity webapps?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3781" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-07-27T22:36:35.677" Score="2" ViewCount="41" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am searching for unanswered questions on my favorite tags (mysql, lubuntu, virtualbox, and etc.) &#xA;But all of them are empty (zero unanswered) is this right? Or I'm having some kind of trouble? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Could it  be a bug?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="26252" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-07-29T12:39:49.377" LastActivityDate="2012-08-04T18:10:14.137" Title="My favorite tags are empty" Tags="|support|bug|tags|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2012-10-06T12:01:59.643" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3782" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3775" CreationDate="2012-07-28T08:17:03.923" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;To answer your secondary question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;I am just wondering if this triviality bar &quot;moves&quot; as the cost of an edit goes down (i.e., there is no longer need of a reviewer)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you get edit privileges, there are no reviews besides the automated system stuff (minimum number of characters, etc.). At 2000+ we trust you will use your power wisely :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="58612" LastActivityDate="2012-07-28T08:17:03.923" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3783" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3780" CreationDate="2012-07-28T11:20:20.667" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I prefer &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/unity-webapps&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;unity-webapps&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;unity-webapps&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because , &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/webapps&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;webapps&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;webapps&lt;/a&gt; is too broad &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="39372" LastActivityDate="2012-07-28T11:20:20.667" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3784" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3785" CreationDate="2012-07-28T17:41:20.440" Score="2" ViewCount="41" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just visited link from my profile&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/pPqxq.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/leagues/31/year/askubuntu/2012-01-01/40166#40166&quot;&gt;http://stackexchange.com/leagues/31/year/askubuntu/2012-01-01/40166#40166&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;it says,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Umyq5.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How my year reputation can be more than total reputation?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="40166" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-07-29T12:38:09.847" LastActivityDate="2012-07-29T12:38:09.847" Title="Why is year reputation more than total reputation?" Tags="|support|reputation|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3785" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3784" CreationDate="2012-07-28T17:50:42.960" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You seemed to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/40166/virpara?tab=reputation&quot;&gt;have lost&lt;/a&gt; some reputation due to down votes, removal of accepted answers or possibly deletion of questions with up votes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The reputation league systems are not constantly updated as your reputation in the main sites are. You just need to wait for the system to catch up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2012-07-28T17:50:42.960" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3786" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-07-29T09:26:14.347" Score="0" ViewCount="55" Body="&lt;p&gt;What is the tag for Macbook Pros with retina displays?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this case, I created &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/retina-display&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;retina-display&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;retina-display&lt;/a&gt;.  Any better ideas?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="39869" LastEditorUserId="39869" LastEditDate="2012-07-29T09:31:57.270" LastActivityDate="2012-07-29T09:41:33.793" Title="Tag for Macbook Pros with retina displays?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3787" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3786" CreationDate="2012-07-29T09:41:33.793" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Maybe the tag is too specific, or just untimely. Perhaps we should wait for a relevant &lt;em&gt;non-hypothetical&lt;/em&gt; question before creating the tag, e.g. what problems Ubuntu is having on someone's Macbook that are related to the retina display -- specifically, the &lt;em&gt;retina&lt;/em&gt; part?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In general, I think &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/resolution&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;resolution&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;resolution&lt;/a&gt; is a good fit for now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="58612" LastActivityDate="2012-07-29T09:41:33.793" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3788" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3790" CreationDate="2012-07-29T10:37:28.873" Score="2" ViewCount="1549" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/111/ought-one-to-answer-ones-own-question&quot;&gt;Ought one to answer one&amp;#39;s own question?&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Asking certain questions, I found answers to other questions that I have not yet posted and that I consider very important. Now, I know the answer to the later  questions, but I would like to share these answers with others.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A specification of this question would be: Is it considered proper conduct answering my own questions?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user47206" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-07-29T12:37:44.480" LastActivityDate="2012-07-29T12:37:44.480" Title="Is it considered proper conduct creating a question just for the purpose of providing an answer that I consider very useful?" Tags="|discussion|answers|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ClosedDate="2012-07-29T11:57:10.753" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3789" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2158" CreationDate="2012-07-29T11:31:21.050" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://launchpad.net/labtools&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/4Bm47.png&quot; alt=&quot;Tagline to show on mouseover&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="71461" LastActivityDate="2012-07-29T11:31:21.050" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-07-29T11:31:21.050" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3790" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3788" CreationDate="2012-07-29T12:02:41.953" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes! If you think the question will be useful to others, do it!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="866" LastActivityDate="2012-07-29T12:02:41.953" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3792" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3794" CreationDate="2012-07-30T10:54:20.363" Score="3" ViewCount="87" Body="&lt;p&gt;What do you do when you find there is a duplicate question which has some answers, but none of the answers are accepted or upvoted.  Do you still flag it as a duplicate even though the OP may not get satisfaction from the answers provided.  Please review &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/169960/issues-connecting-laptop-with-broken-screen-to-my-tv&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; as a case to make the point.  (I havent flagged it but i have commented on the duplication)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="53498" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2014-01-13T15:57:27.610" Title="Flagging Duplicate questions when answers are not accepted" Tags="|discussion|flagging|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3793" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3770" CreationDate="2012-07-30T13:35:21.510" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'd say you shouldn't delete it unless it was very localised (as per what Marco says about &quot;too localised&quot;). If you can still verify an answer, or if an answer is obviously correct without testing (but beware of the &quot;obvious&quot;, often &quot;obvious&quot; means &quot;speaker is not thinking&quot; rather than &quot;speaker can work this out perfectly without testing&quot;), then mark it correct. Otherwise leave a comment about your inability to verify.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This way it may benefit someone in the future. I've never asked a question on the stack exchange sites, but I've had my questions answered by them hundreds of times, precisely because it was someone else's question some time before. Also, finding the answer to my question when it was someone else's question 5 months ago, is much faster than asking and waiting for an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="71566" LastActivityDate="2012-07-30T13:35:21.510" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3794" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3792" CreationDate="2012-07-30T13:35:24.587" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;I always flag as a duplicate if the question is a duplicate. Having multiple sources for the same problem is bad. Better to have one question where we know we need help than multiple unanswered questions on the same topic. It gives us &lt;em&gt;one&lt;/em&gt; place to bounty, edit, improve, and spread the word on. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the answers on the duplicate look better than the original, then I flag and ask for a merge so that the better answers float to the top. If the duplicate is already closed and there are 0 score answers there I also flag and ask the 0 score answers to be removed so that autoforwarding to the original question works. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sometimes it sucks to be duped to a question with no good answers, in that case I make a conscious effort to edit the question to improve/update it to give it another shot, or toss a bounty on it if I think it will be useful to a larger audience. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2012-07-30T13:35:24.587" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3795" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3800" CreationDate="2012-07-31T07:46:52.437" Score="1" ViewCount="135" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/169470/12864&quot;&gt;This question&lt;/a&gt; from an experienced AU member was closed yesterday. I think it was a mistake to close it. The question is clear and the linked duplicate does not fully answer the original. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Direct quote from the original: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&quot;What I want is not only to forbid the package to update but to &lt;strong&gt;save&#xA;  it for future installations too&lt;/strong&gt;. How can I achieve this?&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The duplicate only addresses the issue of locking the current package in the &lt;em&gt;current install&lt;/em&gt;. It does not answer the question of how to save the package for a future clean install by reformatting the drive. Drive failure and recovery would be another reason to back up the package.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can we get this reopened please? It needs a good answer involving copying the deb from &lt;code&gt;/var/cache/apt/archives&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12864" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2012-08-01T00:42:32.337" Title="This question mistakenly flagged as a duplicate, correct?" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|close-reasons|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3796" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3799" CreationDate="2012-07-31T12:46:59.593" Score="4" ViewCount="96" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am not sure if this is the right place to post this inquiry.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In AU, I have an &lt;em&gt;old account&lt;/em&gt; with only 1 rep which I have used for about a week. I forgot the password for that account so I then created a new account (this account) which I have been using for almost a month now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My old account was &lt;em&gt;flagged to be merged&lt;/em&gt; with this account. Now SE or so I think, does not allow me to talk in any SE Network chat saying that I &lt;em&gt;need at least 20 rep&lt;/em&gt; to talk in chat.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does this mean that in Ask Ubuntu I have 600+ rep but on SE, I only have 1 rep (which was my old account's rep)? What should I do for SE to recognize my user profile (credentials) from AU?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On AU, this is my user profile:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/we4PB.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On SE Chat, this is my user profile:&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/zhlyV.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Every time, I click on my username (circled above) from the SE Chat page, it leads to a &lt;em&gt;Page Not Found&lt;/em&gt; on AU site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, on the SE Chat page, it seems that I am able to get into any room that I click on, in fact it appears that I am in a room, the only problem is I can't talk (send a message) into the room.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="74307" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-07-31T13:47:39.113" Title="Account merged, now cannot login to SE chat" Tags="|support|status-completed|chat|user-accounts|merge|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3798" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3795" CreationDate="2012-07-31T12:59:00.140" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since it was closed by five independent votes, I doubt it's an obvious &quot;mistake&quot;. As one of the close-voters, here's my (&lt;em&gt;izx&lt;/em&gt;'s) reasoning:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The &lt;em&gt;how-do-I-forbid-update&lt;/em&gt; part was addressed extensively in the linked original &lt;strong&gt;from the same user&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The right thing for the OP to do, IMO, would have been to edit the question to &lt;em&gt;remove&lt;/em&gt; the part that was already answered.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The timeline doesn't show it now, but I believe @jokerdino's comment pointing out the redundancy stayed for more than few hours before the close votes began rolling in. There was enough time to do the above. Additionally, the OP didn't respond to @jokerdino's comment to clarify his question, in which case someone else could have edited it to reflect that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Are you saying you already upgraded to the latest version but want to stick to the previous version? If yes, you can get the older version's deb and then &quot;hold&quot; it to that version.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  The OP can &lt;em&gt;still&lt;/em&gt; edit it and flag it to ask a moderator to reopen, or if enough readers with reopen vote privileges agree this was a mistake, they can do so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="58612" LastEditorUserId="58612" LastEditDate="2012-07-31T13:09:47.333" LastActivityDate="2012-07-31T13:09:47.333" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-07-31T12:59:00.140" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3799" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3796" CreationDate="2012-07-31T13:15:39.603" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;More details: You have multiple chat.SE accounts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/43118/mspeachy&quot;&gt;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/43118/mspeachy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/41794/mspeachy&quot;&gt;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/41794/mspeachy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Both link to the correct Ask Ubuntu profile, however the first chat account doesn't refresh from the parent correctly. Theoretically, you should be able to log in right now and be fine, however I'm going to ping a developer about this. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastActivityDate="2012-07-31T13:15:39.603" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3800" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3795" CreationDate="2012-07-31T14:56:01.743" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm another one of the close voters. I saw it as two questions, where the first question was a duplicate, and where the second question would clearly be separate given the answers to the first.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I now believe that &lt;strong&gt;we were wrong to close this question.&lt;/strong&gt; I believe this for a different reason than you've raised in this meta question. I think this question shouldn't be closed because &lt;strong&gt;you actually have to save two &lt;code&gt;.deb&lt;/code&gt; files to be able to reinstall Skype&lt;/strong&gt;. That's non-obvious information, and it makes this question a notable special case. (And it's not too localized, because thousands of people use Skype; it's unlikely that one person, but only one, prefers the old version.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Right now, if the OP follows the advice given in comments, the OP will find he &lt;strong&gt;cannot reinstall Skype after a clean install of Ubuntu&lt;/strong&gt; (because he won't have &lt;code&gt;skype-bin&lt;/code&gt;). I see that as a compelling reason to reopen this question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If we reopen this question, I think it would be best to make sure:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;that we treat it as a separate question, and avoid duplicating the instructions in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/18654/how-to-prevent-updating-of-a-specific-package&quot;&gt;How to prevent updating of a specific package?&lt;/a&gt;. A specific example of how to pin just the Skype packages might be OK, but let's not make this question more general than it needs to be, if we're reopening it based on its notable specificity.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;that we answer it quickly, so answers don't accumulate in it that ought to be in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/18654/how-to-prevent-updating-of-a-specific-package&quot;&gt;How to prevent updating of a specific package?&lt;/a&gt; instead.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's a possible answer. If we reopen the question, let's post &lt;em&gt;some&lt;/em&gt; answer soon. To everyone: please feel free to post this answer (or a derivative of it) as community-wiki (unless I have already posted it).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You want to keep a particular version of the package &lt;code&gt;skype&lt;/code&gt; for the&#xA;  foreseeable future, even when newer versions are available, and even&#xA;  if you install Ubuntu again from scratch.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;First, assuming this beta version is packaged the same way as the&#xA;  current version, &lt;strong&gt;there are actually &lt;a href=&quot;https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/skype&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;two&#xA;  packages&lt;/a&gt;--&lt;code&gt;skype&lt;/code&gt;, and&#xA;  &lt;code&gt;skype-bin&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;There are two things you must do, for each of these packages:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ol&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Pin them at their current versions so they're left alone when you update software. That's been covered in this question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/18654/how-to-prevent-updating-of-a-specific-package&quot;&gt;How to prevent updating of a specific package?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Keep copies of the &lt;code&gt;.deb&lt;/code&gt; package files used to install them. You'll probably find them in &lt;code&gt;/var/cache/apt/archives&lt;/code&gt;. Their names&#xA;  should begin with &lt;code&gt;skype_2.2.0.35-&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;skype-bin_2.2.0.35-&lt;/code&gt; (and&#xA;  both end in &lt;code&gt;.deb&lt;/code&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Back them up, and if you have to reinstall Ubuntu from scratch or if you want to install this version of Skype on another machine, just&#xA;  install those packages. One way to install them is to run this&#xA;  command, after &lt;code&gt;cd&lt;/code&gt;ing to the folder that contains the &lt;code&gt;.deb&lt;/code&gt; files:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;sudo dpkg -i skype_2.2.0.35-*.deb skype-bin_2.2.0.35-*.deb&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you're told one or both of these packages can't be completely configured because you don't have the necessary dependencies&#xA;  installed, make sure you're connected to the Internet and run these&#xA;  commands:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;sudo apt-get -f install&#xA;sudo dpkg --configure -a&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Finally, please note that if you continue to use an old version of Skype that is no longer supported&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.skype.com/intl/en-us/home&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;upstream&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;It may stop working, or stop working properly, over time.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;It may contain security vulnerabilities fixed in later versions.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've included this sample answer to demonstrate that this question really can be answered in a way that treats it as a separate, non-duplicate question. &lt;strong&gt;This meta answer&lt;/strong&gt; should not become the answer to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/169470/12864&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;that main question&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. If we reopen this question and an answer is posted, I plan to edit it out of this meta answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I will also edit it out if people start using this meta answer as a substitute for answering the question or providing more useful comments on main. I'm not posting this here to circumvent the question's closure, and making people come to meta for information that should be on main is not really beneficial.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For the reasons detailed above--that &lt;em&gt;Skype is provided by two binary packages even though most of us think of it as a single package, so this is a notable special case with a complicating factor that deserves a specific answer&lt;/em&gt;--I have cast a reopen vote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Update:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; I've changed the question's title to &lt;strong&gt;How to prevent Skype from upgrading and keep the old version for reinstallation?&lt;/strong&gt; (from &lt;strong&gt;How to save an old package?&lt;/strong&gt;) so that it's clearer what the OP is asking (and what I believe we can answer as a separate, non-duplicate question).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2012-08-01T00:42:32.337" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3801" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-07-31T15:25:54.490" Score="2" ViewCount="45" Body="&lt;p&gt;This question is corresponding to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/revisions/167143/4&quot;&gt;edit by Eliah Kagan&lt;/a&gt; to my &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/167143/27559&quot;&gt;answer&lt;/a&gt; to &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/167137/is-it-possible-to-have-a-small-indicator-showing-that-updates-are-available-red&quot;&gt;Is it possible to have a small indicator showing that updates are available (red for security updates) instead of having the update manager pop up?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The issue is while the software centre icon was visible in the edit window, after posting the answer it seems to be gone. This is in edit window: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/nskTw.png&quot; alt=&quot;in edit&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is after posting:&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/eVifF.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&#xA;How can it be fixed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="27559" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2012-08-01T07:47:46.790" Title="Software Installation Icon is invisible after posting but visible while editing" Tags="|bug|editing|user-interface|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3802" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3801" CreationDate="2012-07-31T15:29:39.233" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;From what I can tell, it didn't exist until I added it just now. Can you please check again?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastActivityDate="2012-07-31T15:29:39.233" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3803" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3805" CreationDate="2012-07-31T15:42:33.883" Score="9" ViewCount="328" Body="&lt;p&gt;The title pretty much sums up the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If a question has already an &lt;em&gt;accepted answer&lt;/em&gt;, should I still try to answer it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Provided that &lt;em&gt;the answer is not similar&lt;/em&gt; to the accepted answer, but an alternative method which may also solve the problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="74307" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-08-01T07:49:30.157" LastActivityDate="2012-08-01T07:49:30.157" Title="Should I answer a question which already has an accepted answer?" Tags="|discussion|answers|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3804" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3803" CreationDate="2012-07-31T15:45:50.800" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sure, why not, if you think it's useful then do it!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Though if it's just slight changes you might just want to submit an edit to the accepted answer).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2012-07-31T15:45:50.800" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3805" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3803" CreationDate="2012-07-31T15:46:04.143" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have something new to offer that answers the question and is not appropriate as an edit to another answer, then you are helping the community (and sometimes even the OP) by posting it as a new answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2012-07-31T15:46:04.143" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3806" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3801" CreationDate="2012-07-31T15:46:27.967" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have momentarily fixed the formatting in the post. I will try to see if I can explain what causes the break in the formatting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastActivityDate="2012-07-31T15:46:27.967" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3807" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3803" CreationDate="2012-07-31T15:47:17.233" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, If you think, the new answer will help future visitor, you should. It is encouraged to answer. More option is always better for All. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The answers here are not for the OP only, these are for all the visitors. It is also possible that, the accepted method may not work for some people while, your method is working for them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And You will find many example of this situation, where a later answer has far many votes than the accepted answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="61218" LastActivityDate="2012-07-31T15:47:17.233" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3808" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-07-31T17:07:09.493" Score="0" ViewCount="36" Body="&lt;p&gt;At present users are able to filter their Tag searches by Info, Newest, FAQ, Votes, Active and Unanswered&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would it be possible to add a Recommended filter also.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For instance if &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/162075/my-computer-boots-to-a-black-screen-what-options-do-i-have-to-fix-it&quot;&gt;My computer boots to a black screen, what options do I have to fix it?&lt;/a&gt; were to be added to the Recommended filter for the Tags Installation, Boot and Black-screen, users are more likely to find answers they are looking for faster.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To keep the Recommended filter less cluttered, only users with a very high reputation should be allowed to add questions to it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I suppose in some way it would be the equivalent of a 'sticky' found on forums. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="32548" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2012-08-31T08:01:12.340" Title="Can a 'Recommended' Filter be added to the search criteria of Tags" Tags="|feature-request|tags|searching|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3809" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3808" CreationDate="2012-07-31T21:16:00.097" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;This site already handles this sort of thing for frequently asked questions.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While a person is writing out their question the site is automatically populating the right side column with recommended duplicates and similar questions. So as I am typing &quot;black screen on install&quot; it's adding those as recommended duplicates. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The way to strengthen this sort of thing is to continue cross linking and duplicating questions/answers when appropriate. This helps the generated FAQ be more relevant to users. So for example here is the list of current FAQs for all tags:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions?sort=faq&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions?sort=faq&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These cover a bunch of topics and we know is generated by views, votes, and other things that make us know they're real FAQs, not user curated, I think if you just think of this tab as Recommended then it's basically what you're looking for?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not really sure what problem having &quot;stickies&quot; would solve, no one would read them, if you could maybe clear up your question with more detail on what you feel the main issue is then that would help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2012-07-31T21:22:14.770" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3810" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3803" CreationDate="2012-08-01T04:28:02.780" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you are able to apply a different perspective to the answer or add to that answer a proven (real) salvation then, yes. Tested answers are encouraged. Opinions are not.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="46312" LastActivityDate="2012-08-01T04:28:02.780" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3811" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3812" CreationDate="2012-08-01T05:57:48.990" Score="3" ViewCount="77" Body="&lt;p&gt;If a user, who have dual booted system (with Windows) accidentally deletes Ubuntu partition and He now only interested to get Windows back, should we help him considering that, He fell into the trouble using Ubuntu?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question in consideration is this: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/170646/grub-rescue-please-help&quot;&gt;Grub rescue please help&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="61218" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2012-08-01T07:46:55.510" Title="Is it considered on-topic, If a user needs help to get back only Windows after he deleted Ubuntu partition?" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3812" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3811" CreationDate="2012-08-01T06:12:59.343" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think this one of those situations where we have to have some idea of what a good answer might look like, to decide if it's on topic. It's to that end that I shall discuss (but &lt;em&gt;not answer&lt;/em&gt;) the question a bit, from a technical perspective.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am aware of two good approaches to this problem (though I haven't used either and might not be able to write a good &lt;em&gt;answer&lt;/em&gt; myself that explains them).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Use Windows installation media to reinstall the Windows boot loader. This is very simple. I see no harm in answering questions about how to do this, though providing advanced support for the rare cases where it doesn't work is probably off-topic for our site.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Boot from an Ubuntu live CD and install some boot loader that, unlike GRUB, is completely confined to the MBR and doesn't require that a &lt;code&gt;/boot&lt;/code&gt; directory exist anywhere to work. (That's why this error occurs when you remove the Ubuntu partition--GRUB needs to access data &lt;em&gt;inside the Ubuntu partition&lt;/em&gt; to boot anything.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To the best of my knowledge, &lt;code&gt;syslinux&lt;/code&gt; is the best (and possibly only good) choice for this. Information about how to install &lt;code&gt;syslinux&lt;/code&gt; to the MBR from an Ubuntu live CD is definitely on topic for Ask Ubuntu (even if the only operating system it will be booting is Windows).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think a good answer can cover both of these options. Fundamentally, then:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The question is about a condition created by Ubuntu but not by Windows.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The solution that doesn't involve Ubuntu is very simple.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;There is an important solution that does use Ubuntu.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, I think &lt;strong&gt;such questions are on-topic&lt;/strong&gt; (though once we get a good, comprehensive answer to one of them, it can be considered a canonical question, and any others can get duped to it).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2012-08-01T06:12:59.343" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3813" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-08-01T05:01:56.547" Score="1" ViewCount="144" Body="&lt;p&gt;The account I'm logged in with now is one that I guess was made when I logged in for the first time. It uses my Gmail account to authenticate it. But I am working very hard to try and move entirely away from everything Google. I have an Android phone, but don't use the Play store at all. Instead I use F-Droid Repository. And later if the 100% free software rom, Replicant, is ported to a Verizon device. I will switch to using it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But upon trying to switch AskUbuntu over to my Launchpad ID clem11388 instead of Gmail. It instead created an entirely new user called: user65492 . All my points/repuation are back to zero with that account. And I very much don't feel like starting from scratch. Is there anyway I can have a moderator transfer this account over to my Launchpad ID? I can provide login credentials (only by secure means) if necessary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="65492" OwnerDisplayName="Daniel Clem" LastActivityDate="2012-08-01T10:15:24.637" Title="Transfer/ Merge this account with my Launchpad account" Tags="|discussion|login|launchpad|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3814" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-08-01T09:42:23.453" Score="0" ViewCount="53" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1358/is-a-user-not-allowed-to-give-the-bounty-to-himself&quot;&gt;Is a user not allowed to give the bounty to himself?&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I had answered a question and got many upvotes for it. However, the asker accepted another answer as the correct one. I started a bounty on that question saying that one of the answers were exemplary (my own) and it was worth an additional bounty. However, I do not see a button that allows me to award my bounty for my own answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now if the bounty expires, the FAQ says that the bounty award's half will be given to the most upvoted answer. So will I get half of the bounty that I offered?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/129854/what-downloaders-are-available-for-downloading-large-over-1-gb-files&quot;&gt;What downloaders are available for downloading large (over 1 GB) files part by part?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="57073" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2012-08-01T09:42:23.453" Title="Can I award bounty to my own answer?" Tags="|support|bounty|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2012-08-01T12:07:31.820" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3815" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3813" CreationDate="2012-08-01T10:15:24.637" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have merged your &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/65492/user65492&quot;&gt;launchpad ID&lt;/a&gt; account with your &lt;em&gt;Daniel Clem&lt;/em&gt; account.  You should now be able to login using your Launchpad account credentials.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14356" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2012-08-01T10:15:24.637" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3816" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3763" CreationDate="2012-08-02T08:05:10.213" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The biggest help you could give someone on a stack-exchange site is of course to answer a question they have.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If they've a question open, and you yourself don't know the answer, you could open a bounty on that question, which will give the question more attention, and hence up the chances that they get an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="71566" LastActivityDate="2012-08-02T08:05:10.213" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3817" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="355" CreationDate="2012-08-02T10:56:11.727" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was in the process of writing a similar question then this surfaced as a duplicate.  So this is a kind of &quot;me too&quot; answer with some constructive suggestions (though JCs answer may have burst my bubble a bit as its spot on).  But i am looking at it from a slightly different angle.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Badly  written and ambiguous questions are “par for the course” for a site like this and everyone does their best to police and edit them as well as flagging when inappropriate.  This is especially true for new AU subscribers. I am relatively new here myself and I feel we should encourage those who are willing to answer questions or make constructive comments to give obvious “newbies” a break and be more helpful&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I agree some are quick to down vote badly written questions without attempting to edit or seek clarity, get a better understanding of what they are looking for or comment that it is a possible duplicate without addition explanation.  Keep in mind I am only talking about new subscribers to AU where it is obvious they are first time Ubuntu users. I am not naive, I do understand there are new subscribers who are experienced and revisit the site with a new user name and login etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe it’s not the role of this site to encourage new Ubuntu users to “stay the course” and maybe we should just stick to answering the question presented.  I am in no doubt you guys who have been around here a lot longer than I have tried and failed many things.  I just think that during my short experience here there is a gap and that some of us can encourage others to be more helpful and lead by example.  I have noted evidence of answers to “first time” questions being vague, mild abuse in comments short of calling the new OP stupid.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Some of my own thoughts are&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Always, welcome new subscribers (who bother to complete a profile and&#xA;give themselves a user name)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In the welcome comment or note maybe a provide a link to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions?sort=votes&quot;&gt;“highest&#xA;voted”&lt;/a&gt; question list, encourage them to browse there while waiting on&#xA;their first answer.  (a learning curve to encourage self research and expose them to well&#xA;written questions and answers). &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Prevent those under a certain Rep    score from answering/commenting&#xA;on a new subscriber’s first question.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If my answer makes the readers think a bit more about being more helpful to so called “newbies” then I have achieved an objective.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="53498" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2012-08-02T10:56:11.727" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-08-02T10:56:11.727" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3818" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3820" CreationDate="2012-08-02T19:56:55.303" Score="-2" ViewCount="81" Body="&lt;p&gt;In response to a small three-person &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/201/conversation/rep-cap-discussion&quot;&gt;discussion&lt;/a&gt; on Chat, I am requesting that the rep cap be increased as the user gains more trust. This could be done as &lt;code&gt;200+(rep/10)&lt;/code&gt; as more trusted users have less of a chance to &quot;spam&quot; with many one-upvote insignificant answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54298" LastActivityDate="2012-08-02T20:05:12.863" Title="Increasing reputation cap in accordance with trust" Tags="|feature-request|reputation|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3820" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3818" CreationDate="2012-08-02T19:57:32.833" Score="11" Body="&lt;h1&gt;No.&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Let's not do this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;---Add reasoning and ideas below this line---&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think keeping it the same could contribute to higher rep users letting lower rep users approach the threshold instead of banging out all the answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some users are more than capable of answering far more questions than they do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We definitely need more users with higher privilege levels instead of a couple users with insanely high reputation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This helps users return to the site for rep since they may only earn 200 at a time, so they can't just get 1000 votes quickly, become a trusted user, then with a sense of fulfillment, leave the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;That likely won't happen, the 200 rep limit is just as much a good thing as it may seem a bad. If you're hitting 200 rep daily, you should probably take a break from the internet. Maybe open a window, take a walk, get some sleep, etc :)&amp;quot; &lt;sub&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2209/is-there-a-limit-on-how-much-reputation-one-can-earn-in-24-hours&quot;&gt;marco ceppi&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sub&gt; - good advice!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54298" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-08-02T20:05:12.863" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-08-02T19:57:32.833" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3821" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3822" CreationDate="2012-08-03T07:10:02.550" Score="6" ViewCount="77" Body="&lt;p&gt;When I am logged out and I browse a random post I see this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/hX9dW.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note the little question below.  What is that for?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="39869" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-08-03T08:55:41.313" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="What is the &quot;Was this post useful?&quot; thing for?" Tags="|support|user-interface|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3822" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3821" CreationDate="2012-08-03T07:27:06.900" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is for anonymous users to vote on the quality of a post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It gathers opinions from people with no account or little rep in a way that doesn't affect the user or the poster's reputation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Source: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/98630/anonymous-user-feedback-now-in-testing&quot;&gt;Anonymous user feedback now in testing&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72212" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2012-08-04T16:12:20.743" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3823" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3824" CreationDate="2012-08-03T16:34:27.440" Score="7" ViewCount="510" Body="&lt;p&gt;Personally I don't like to be censored and every now and then I like to curse. It is clear that insults and belittling of others it NOT tolerable. But how about using terms like the system is &quot;fucked up&quot;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can keep my mouth in check if I have to, but I see forbidding some kinds of language just because someone doesn't like to hear it as censorship. As &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/users/167210/keith-thompson&quot;&gt;Keith Thompson&lt;/a&gt; put it in SO's meta:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Are there well defined rules for which words are considered expletives and which are not? If not, how the heck are we supposed to avoid them?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We don't want &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newspeak&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Newspeak&lt;/a&gt;, do we?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After all my cursing as long as it does not insult people personally and belittles them just reflects on me. If people think I'm unprofessional because of that I'm okay with it. But it doesn't change the quality or usefulness of the help I provide so just don't see why.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17789" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T09:39:07.847" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="What is AU's stance on profanity?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="7" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3824" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3823" CreationDate="2012-08-03T16:36:22.273" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;I generally edit them out &lt;strong&gt;when I come across them&lt;/strong&gt;, but I don't go hunting for them. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/22232/are-expletives-allowed-on-se-sites&quot;&gt;Are expletives (cursing, swear words or vulgar language) allowed on SE sites?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2012-08-03T16:36:22.273" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3825" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3823" CreationDate="2012-08-03T16:54:03.270" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;To quote the SE answer which has 63 upvotes for &quot;No, expletives are not allowed&quot;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Expletives are not acceptable behavior on meta or any other Stack&#xA;  Overflow site. If you can't effectively communicate what you need to&#xA;  say without resorting to lowest common denominator cursing, then keep&#xA;  it to yourself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I agree with this.  I think that Ask Ubuntu shoudl be family-friendly, which is why when I happened to stumble across your use of the f word, i edited your answer to make it more family-friendly.  I didnt go hunting for it, and I am sorry you took it as censorship, but... well... &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/22232/are-expletives-allowed-on-se-sites&quot;&gt;points at the meta.SO post&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2012-08-03T16:54:03.270" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3826" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3823" CreationDate="2012-08-03T16:57:35.513" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;A few disjointed points from my thoughts:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Profanity isn't required to say something. You can communicate your message without the profanity. If you can't, you're probably not saying anything.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;... But I'd be a hypocrite if I claimed I never swore. I swear like a drunk pirate and I'm sure some of those drip through into my posts here. I'm saying accidents happen and there's clearly going to be a line when the conduct of a user goes from being a silly post to flagrant abuse.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;We can keep on top of abuse with tools like: &lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/ubuntu/query/57032/posts-that-contain-awesome-words&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://data.stackexchange.com/ubuntu/query/57032/posts-that-contain-awesome-words&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Editing it out is completely fine but &lt;strong&gt;do it properly&lt;/strong&gt;. In my mind, replacing a few letters for asterisks does &lt;em&gt;nothing&lt;/em&gt; - and that's the point of it. It allows people to post &quot;f**k&quot; but read &quot;fuck&quot;. It's completely silly so if you're going to edit out &quot;fuck&quot;, make sure you're doing things properly.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If a post is just a rant, flag it up and we'll nuke it from orbit.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1k1ccguXiws&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Intercourse the penguin!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="8844" LastEditDate="2012-08-07T20:34:15.830" LastActivityDate="2012-08-07T20:34:15.830" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3827" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3823" CreationDate="2012-08-03T17:00:03.717" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just my thoughts:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I occasionally curse, but I wouldn't start dropping F-Bombs or include profanity in a expletive type of phrasing.  Some may disagree, but I may occasionally say something like:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is how that goes and it's crap.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To be fair calling something crap isn't really offensive to most people.  Some may not even consider it profane.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2012-08-03T17:00:03.717" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3828" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3849" CreationDate="2012-08-04T04:35:53.487" Score="6" ViewCount="122" Body="&lt;p&gt;I asked &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/70560/why-am-i-getting-this-connection-to-pulseaudio-failed-error&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; a long time ago. It got closed because it seemed as though the problem had gone away. However, the problem resurfaced so I requested that it be opened again. And it was - the &lt;code&gt;[Closed]&lt;/code&gt; status and label was removed, the question was &lt;strong&gt;re-opened&lt;/strong&gt; (as far as I can tell).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, thanks to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/122148/flash-in-browsers-does-not-play-sound-accurately-using-pulse-network-audio&quot;&gt;help and support I got through another question&lt;/a&gt;, I think I have a definite answer as to why I was having this problem. So I thought that the cool thing to do would be to put an answer in and give what I think is the definitive explanation for what was happening. I think I can also generalize the lessons I learned so that it's useful for others.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, the button to add an answer is not visible, at least to me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I thought maybe because I had awarded some recent bounties that reduced my reputation, and maybe I fell below a permission threshold for answering one's own questions or something like that. However, reading through the FAQ, I can't see any obvious reason why I can't answer this question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think it would be better to provide an answer as there are 5 upvotes and maybe others are having the same issue. I don't particularly care if the answer comes from me or not, I just think it would be best for there to be more information for people to consider.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How can I answer this question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is a screenshot of what I see. Unless I'm mistaken, the &quot;Add an answer&quot; or &quot;answer your own question&quot; button should be at the bottom of other answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/OwWSc.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17041" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Why can't I answer this question that I originally asked?" Tags="|support|answers|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3830" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-08-04T16:11:06.197" Score="14" ViewCount="186" Body="&lt;p&gt;I always feel the AU chat rooms ping sounds are not very good. &lt;em&gt;(They are intimidating, sometimes actually)&lt;/em&gt;. I've recently joined &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackoverflow.com/rooms/139/java&quot;&gt;Stack Overflow Java&lt;/a&gt; and found that they are enjoying a very gorgeous ping sound. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am impressed with the sound so much that, I request to our moderator to replace the ping sound of AU rooms to that of SO java room or  more sweeter one. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="61218" LastEditorUserId="61218" LastEditDate="2012-08-07T15:55:15.007" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Sweet ping sounds for AU rooms" Tags="|feature-request|chat|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3831" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3830" CreationDate="2012-08-04T16:15:52.127" Score="8" Body="&lt;h2&gt;For&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The sounds on Java room is a gentle one (to be nice to our room) &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The theme on Ask Ubuntu is nice and the sounds should fit with that.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;No one is liking it. (AU chat sound)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Looks like a harsh voice, when someone pings you&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Sometimes that sound breaks my concentration ( here, it is Anwar)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The sound suggestions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Our preference is as follows, (top indicate higher preference)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackoverflow.com/rooms/139/java&quot;&gt;Java Room&lt;/a&gt;'s ping sound&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://or.cdn.sstatic.net/chat/sf.mp3&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;This old sound&lt;/a&gt; of Server Fault&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://or.cdn.sstatic.net/chat/bonfire.mp3&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;This sound&lt;/a&gt;, which is also a Stack Exchange network sound. &lt;em&gt;(not sure which site)&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72212" LastEditorUserId="61218" LastEditDate="2012-08-07T15:56:51.183" LastActivityDate="2012-08-07T15:56:51.183" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-08-04T16:15:52.127" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3832" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3830" CreationDate="2012-08-04T16:17:03.937" Score="-2" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Against&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The current sound is nice    &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Users would be confused with another chat room's sound (aka using SO Java and AU at the same time)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72212" LastEditorUserId="72212" LastEditDate="2012-08-05T14:38:20.403" LastActivityDate="2012-08-05T14:38:20.403" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-08-04T16:17:03.937" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3834" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3823" CreationDate="2012-08-04T19:26:44.867" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just as opinion .&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu is about getting help for Ubuntu,  used by All the &lt;strong&gt;age-groups&lt;/strong&gt; and most importantly all over world with different Languages. So the code of ethics, behaviour and Interpretation of cursing varies with every age-group and continents. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It actually comes down to what the OP or other Users interpret it , which is hard to guess. Which is why i think profanity is avoided as long as possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="63025" LastActivityDate="2012-08-04T19:26:44.867" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3835" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3840" CreationDate="2012-08-05T06:49:49.260" Score="-6" ViewCount="206" Body="&lt;p&gt;To all those newbies of Ubuntu, does your query get solved in most easy steps?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most of the time, I have seen questions are either left unanswered or are linked to duplicate questions in comments. Ubuntu versions make difference. So they are not exactly duplicate questions as they differ from older versions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does reputation points work really great or does it mislead users in answering or trusting the solution?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu works very well but the questions of newbie users, who get migrated from Windows, are not answered in easy steps.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Newbie users need answers in much easy step. If they get tough solution, won't those users go back to other systems?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is Ask Ubuntu making answer in easy step to newbie?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="57224" OwnerDisplayName="AthloX" LastEditorUserId="58612" LastEditDate="2012-08-07T07:26:47.530" LastActivityDate="2012-11-21T17:11:24.367" Title="How often do questions get answered?" Tags="|discussion|new-users|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3836" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3835" CreationDate="2012-08-05T07:02:08.893" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Are you saying that is Ask Ubuntu is not helping new users?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is totally wrong. Sometime ago, I was also a new user and there are many good people. You earn this reputation by answering question to new user and to old user also..&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ask Ubuntu says that you need to do some home work before you ask any question.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Answer to your question depends on how you ask.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If a same question is already asked in Ask Ubuntu and answered, only then will your question be marked as duplicate.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It is not true that only new users don't get any answer. Even I have posted some stupid and good questions which don't have any answer even now.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;And if you ask good question, you will get reputation from upvotes on that question. If your answer is good and accepted by the user, you will also be awarded with reputation.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ask Ubuntu never forces you to accept any answer. It's upon you to accept the answer that helps you resolve your problem.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For more details, please read &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/how-to-ask&quot;&gt;how to ask questions on Ask Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="31515" OwnerDisplayName="Gaurav_Java" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2012-08-05T07:24:27.727" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3837" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3830" CreationDate="2012-08-05T07:14:35.293" Score="2" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Choose a custom sound&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://stackapps.com/questions/2479/se-chat-custom-notification-sound&quot;&gt;https://stackapps.com/questions/2479/se-chat-custom-notification-sound&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The above script allows you to choose a custom sound for your Stack Echange rooms.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72212" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:46.307" LastActivityDate="2012-08-05T07:14:35.293" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3838" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3835" CreationDate="2012-08-05T07:24:11.807" Score="2" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Most of the time i have seen questions are left unanswered or link to&#xA;  duplicate leaving comments. UBUNTU Versions make difference so it&#xA;  won't be duplicated as same question ask in older version.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Let's try to answer that query in parts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Well, if they are unanswered as you have seen, you are &lt;strong&gt;free and highly encouraged&lt;/strong&gt; to answer them in best possible way. Sometimes commenting makes sure that they are addressed, next to get answered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ubuntu versions does make difference but mostly in Window managers and desktop environments. The basic building blocks remains same and equally configurable to newer versions, hence coined as &quot;Duplicate&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If a new user asks &lt;em&gt;How to spell Ubuntu&lt;/em&gt;, then I would consider answering them in most easy way possible as anybody here would.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But logically speaking, if the OP was able to research about where and how to get help (Ask Ubuntu in this case), then to some extent it is assumed OP is equally qualified to know what are &lt;strong&gt;similar&lt;/strong&gt; or &lt;strong&gt;Duplicate&lt;/strong&gt; questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This duplicate process is highly avoided and highlighted by the Ask Ubuntu system itself. For example, try asking a New Question and see the previously similar asked question below them or Q's with the highest &lt;strong&gt;Resemblance&lt;/strong&gt; .&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you are familiar, I guess so, Ask Ubuntu QA system is contributed and maintained by volunteers like you and me in free time or being human time. :) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And AFAIK, the migrated user gets best possible help not even provided by their previous counter-OS-Support by allowing you to run both of them. Refer &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/3812/63025&quot;&gt;Eliah Kagan's answer for that&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's all about how you can contribute to Ubuntu in most suitable way possible (nobody is forcing you), unlike Paid Support, where your question holds true to last full-stop.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="63025" LastEditorUserId="63025" LastEditDate="2012-08-05T07:55:42.293" LastActivityDate="2012-08-05T07:55:42.293" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3839" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3835" CreationDate="2012-08-05T07:35:59.867" Score="7" Body="&lt;h3&gt;We are human beings. We can't solve every problems.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Don't think new users are idiots. They know how to ask a question. New user's questions may not be simple and answerable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;we have lives outside Ask Ubuntu. We help users voluntarily. So its not our 'fault' if something is unanswered. Try asking support for something you use, other than Ubuntu, in real life. You'll know how good we are doing&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="39372" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-11-21T17:11:24.367" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3840" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3835" CreationDate="2012-08-05T08:01:01.947" Score="13" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To all those newbie of ubuntu, does you get your query solved in most easy step ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Most easy step&lt;/em&gt; is a relative measure. I find installing software from terminal &lt;em&gt;most easy&lt;/em&gt;. But, some  other users may not agree with me. So, my answer and their answer may look different. They may provide a GUI step. And for newbie, if is also relative. Some may find terminal way better, some may prefer GUI way. So, &lt;strong&gt;there is no absolute measure of most easy steps.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most of the time, I have seen questions are either left unanswered or are linked to duplicate questions in comments. Ubuntu versions make difference. So they are not exactly duplicate questions as they differ from older versions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The duplicateness of a question is determined by the Moderators, but most of the time by the Ask Ubuntu users. &lt;strong&gt;5&lt;/strong&gt; votes are required by the users to close a question &lt;em&gt;(if not moderation action is taken)&lt;/em&gt;. So, you can't just say, they are all wrong. If you have any specific objection about a closing of a question, discuss that issue in &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/&quot;&gt;meta site of Ask Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt;. There are many examples of such questions. Just &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/search?q=why%20this%20question%20is%20closed&quot;&gt;look at this query&lt;/a&gt;. Here is some example, for the answer being easy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3666/why-is-my-question-closed&quot;&gt;why is my question closed?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/357/why-was-question-4389-closed&quot;&gt;Why was question 4389 closed?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/977/why-this-question-is-locked&quot;&gt;Why this question is locked?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;there are may examples of such questions and those are answered in good&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does reputation points work really great or does it mislead users in answering or trusting the solution?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You don't need to look at the reputation of the answerer. You simply need to follow the steps. Some users are really new, so they don't have enough reputation. But, that doesn't mean, their solutions are bad. In early time in AskUbuntu, I have one answer accepted where a much higher reputed user gave an answer. Also, acceptance depends on OP. Otherwise, reputation points work good, &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;if not great&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Newbie users need answers in much easy step. If they get tough solution, won't those users go back to other systems?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That really depends on the newbies. Some &lt;em&gt;newbies&lt;/em&gt; are really like winning over a tough situation and they stick to Ubuntu. Some may go back to older systems. We don't want to lose them but, We really can't help beyond our ability, Sorry.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu works very well but the questions of newbie users, who get migrated from Windows, are not answered in easy steps.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is Ask Ubuntu making answer in easy step to newbie?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think, &lt;strong&gt;Yes&lt;/strong&gt;, Ask Ubuntu making answers in as easy step as possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A note on easiness and AU answerers and users:&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;Well, Ask Ubuntu is run (meaning working) by voluntary and free help of many of the Ubuntu users. They are not paid for this service. So, we can't blame them for uneasiness of solutions. &lt;strong&gt;Sometimes there is no easy solutions either.&lt;/strong&gt; For example, If a user ask, &lt;strong&gt;I liked the Windows File Explorer, How do I run this on Ubuntu?&lt;/strong&gt;. There is no easy solution to this question, I think.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="61218" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-08-05T08:20:48.387" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3841" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3842" CreationDate="2012-08-05T13:29:34.877" Score="17" ViewCount="472" Body="&lt;p&gt;That's something I have noticed at many questions in this site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A user with a reputation of 20 has posted a &lt;em&gt;great&lt;/em&gt; answer but has not received any up votes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, a user with 5k reputation with a less good answer to the same question has indeed received up votes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So my question is why does that bias happen and what is your opinion on it? Do you up vote answers from low reputation users? If not, why?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44844" LastEditorUserId="25863" LastEditDate="2012-08-05T15:42:32.740" LastActivityDate="2012-08-22T05:01:39.207" Title="Biased votes at answers" Tags="|discussion|answers|reputation|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="14" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3842" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3841" CreationDate="2012-08-05T17:40:31.937" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;What I think (purely IMO) is that high-rep users (the ones with 10k+ rep) had helped many people before.  These people know what kind of answers are considered as &quot;good&quot; and will both get upvotes and help the asker.  Because those users post great stuff one-in-a-while, most Askubuntu regulars would think that the user will post great stuff all the time, resulting in upvoting stuff from that user no matter what.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;New users doesn't know the rules to this site, so they will have to learn how this site works and it's community.  Answers that the new user that is considered &quot;Good&quot; might be a spam for the whole community.  Some users will go through a &quot;learning stage&quot; that helps them to learn through the stuff in the community and while they are learning, they might post stuff that are great to themselves but not-so-great to the community, which results in lesser upvotes on the question/answer at the beginning.  But as they learn new users can know how to write good post and have many upvotes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can look at my &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/users/1138715/emerson-hsieh?tab=reputation&quot;&gt;rep-count&lt;/a&gt; graph if you want.  At first it takes a while to learn, but after the rules are learnt upvotes seem like a normal thing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's wholly in my own opinion, so correct me if I am wrong or you(the reader) disagree.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="39869" LastEditorUserId="39869" LastEditDate="2012-08-22T05:01:39.207" LastActivityDate="2012-08-22T05:01:39.207" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3843" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3841" CreationDate="2012-08-05T17:55:40.143" Score="16" Body="&lt;p&gt;Low rep people may post great, and useful answers, however I tend to find that people with higher reputation tend to format their posts better and this makes their posts easier to understand.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is because they know the site better and how to better convey their solution to the asker.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is a daily reputation limit on this site for a reason; to stop high rep people getting excessive amounts of rep off a single question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72212" LastActivityDate="2012-08-05T17:55:40.143" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3844" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3821" CreationDate="2012-08-05T18:14:23.357" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;That is an option for unregistered users to express their feedback regarding the quality of a post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It also does not affect the votes of the post. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44844" LastActivityDate="2012-08-05T18:14:23.357" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3845" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3823" CreationDate="2012-08-05T19:47:19.640" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;If by Newspeek, you mean a common form of professional and technical language that limits what is acceptable to say, and promotes understandable speech, then Yes we are using a form of Newspeak, although hardly a form that gets to &lt;em&gt;George Orwell&lt;/em&gt; extremes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some examples of how we refine what is said on the site-&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Tag Creation and destruction, creating tag synonymous. This has everyone using the same phrase for a certain word. Now instead of using remove or removal, we use uninstall. The same for add-ons and plugins. Granted this is a system of organization, I think this still effects how we phrase questions and answers.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Removing of tags, such as Bug, even if it is not a &quot;bug&quot; if someone says &lt;strong&gt;bug&lt;/strong&gt; in their question &lt;em&gt;What happens?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We edit grammar&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We edit descriptions about items, and give them a singular name, ex. Launcher &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/131868/revisions&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/posts/131868/revisions&lt;/a&gt; what is wrong with &quot;purple verticle icon bar&quot;, nothing that I can see except more people will understand &quot;Launcher&quot;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Some edit out rants, or remove extraneous CAPS AND EXCLAMATIONS!!!??!?!? :D :S :P&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Pro-forma comments, &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1323/what-prewritten-pro-forma-userscript-comments-can-we-use-and-share&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1323/what-prewritten-pro-forma-userscript-comments-can-we-use-and-share&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3670/i-saw-something-in-chat-i-dont-understand&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3670/i-saw-something-in-chat-i-dont-understand&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;And lastly the removal of offending words or material.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, Is this bad thing? In our case it is all about making a friendly and helpful site, and to promote understanding. From 1984 -&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;It's a beautiful thing, the destruction of words.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2012-08-05T20:14:44.707" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3846" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3847" CreationDate="2012-08-05T22:10:09.250" Score="10" ViewCount="418" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/release-upgrade&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/release-upgrade&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This tag makes no sense to me, it looks like it's just a subset of what should just be in &quot;upgrade&quot; anyway, should we just merge/symlink it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2013-01-09T03:03:25.647" Title="Do we really need &quot;release-upgrade&quot;?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3847" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3846" CreationDate="2012-08-06T10:03:52.167" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;I agree with your opinion that we don't need the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/release-upgrade&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;release-upgrade&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;release-upgrade&lt;/a&gt; tag. I suggest we replace this tag with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/release-management&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;release-management&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;release-management&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/upgrade&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;upgrade&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;upgrade&lt;/a&gt; where appropriate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastActivityDate="2012-08-06T10:03:52.167" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3848" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3780" CreationDate="2012-08-06T10:18:10.213" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am not entirely convinced if we should split the tag. I feel they are inherently the same thing - Webapps in the desktop. Whether they are created through the Google Chrome or Firefox's Market Place or Epiphany web apps, they are very much the same thing. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But, on the other hand, I also feel that having a tag serving multiple purposes is not really a good thing. I feel that we should try to disambiguate the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/webapps&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;webapps&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;webapps&lt;/a&gt; before it gets out of control. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Right now, the majority of the tagged questions are talking about the Unity webapps and I think we should instead tag them as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/unity-webapps&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;unity-webapps&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;unity-webapps&lt;/a&gt; to better differentiate these questions from those that deal with the traditional webapps concept.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastActivityDate="2012-08-06T10:18:10.213" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3849" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3828" CreationDate="2012-08-06T12:52:20.843" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;You need to have 10 reputation &lt;em&gt;excluding the 100 rep account association bonus&lt;/em&gt; in order to answer protected questions.  So you just need a bit more rep to hit 110 and you'll be good.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See the last point in &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/52764/what-is-a-protected-question&quot;&gt;What is a “protected” question?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Users with 10 or more reputation can answer a protected question.&#xA;  However, the +100 account association bonus is ignored for this check,&#xA;  so you must have earned 10 or more reputation on that specific site to&#xA;  answer a protected question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user81658" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2012-08-06T12:52:20.843" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3850" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3830" CreationDate="2012-08-06T17:35:01.087" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Quoting &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/139222/115866&quot;&gt;myself&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Regarding the discussion about the sound choice, I'll say what I've said time and time again: Anything that is not &lt;em&gt;constructive&lt;/em&gt; is in vain. Opinions on particular sounds are more subjective than on Jarrod's toe socks, so to change a notification sound, you have to a) offer an alternative, not just &quot;the current one is bad, give us another one&quot;, and b) there has to be reasonable agreement that the new choice isn't worse than the old one. In such a case, we're happy to change notification sounds. The sounds for the no-longer-existing sites are still there, so you even have some suggestions to start with (&lt;a href=&quot;http://or.cdn.sstatic.net/chat/sf.mp3&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;1&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://or.cdn.sstatic.net/chat/su.mp3&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;2&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://or.cdn.sstatic.net/chat/bonfire.mp3&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;3&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://or.cdn.sstatic.net/chat/ubuntu.mp3&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;4&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also note that (currently) the sound is identical per chat site, so all rooms on chat.stackoverflow.com have the same sound, and all rooms on chat.stackexchange.com (which includes the AU rooms) have the same sound.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="237" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2012-08-06T17:35:01.087" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3851" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3853" CreationDate="2012-08-06T19:06:05.840" Score="2" ViewCount="32" Body="&lt;p&gt;In case two synonymed tags end up becoming unrelated (e.g. through separating software development, etc), what would the proper method be for removing said synonym? I am asking for future reference.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54298" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-08-06T21:25:39.137" LastActivityDate="2012-08-07T10:30:29.703" Title="Method for removing tag synonyms" Tags="|discussion|tags|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3852" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-08-06T19:09:15.540" Score="4" ViewCount="35" Body="&lt;p&gt;While &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/tag&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged 'tag'&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;tag&lt;/a&gt; is synonymed to &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/tagging&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged 'tagging'&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;tagging&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/tags&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged 'tags'&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;tags&lt;/a&gt; is not synonymed yet. Could &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/tags&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged 'tags'&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;tags&lt;/a&gt; be synonymed to &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/tagging&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged 'tagging'&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;tagging&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54298" LastEditorUserId="25798" LastEditDate="2012-08-22T07:41:59.473" LastActivityDate="2012-08-22T07:41:59.473" Title="Meta tag-synonym request: [tags]-&gt;[tagging]" Tags="|discussion|tag-synonyms|meta|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3853" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3851" CreationDate="2012-08-07T10:30:29.703" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You start a post here suggesting it. If the mods agree, we nuke the link between the two tags.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2012-08-07T10:30:29.703" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3854" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3855" CreationDate="2012-08-07T12:52:37.060" Score="15" ViewCount="254" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have encountered this predicament when reviewing posted questions and answers on AU.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should I &lt;em&gt;flag a question as a duplicate&lt;/em&gt; even if the &lt;em&gt;older question pointed to as the duplicate has no answers yet (or worse outdated)&lt;/em&gt; ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Commenting with a link to the duplicate question wouldn't be much use either since the OP would have no use for a link to duplicate question without answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should the question be left alone? Or be flagged still?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="74307" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-08-07T14:01:18.930" LastActivityDate="2013-07-13T15:33:14.197" Title="Should a question be flagged as duplicate even if the question (older) pointed to as the duplicate has no answers?" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3855" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3854" CreationDate="2012-08-07T13:17:14.830" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'd recommend flagging, and then ping the usual suspects in chat (Jorge, myself, there are a few others) about a bounty on the original.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, as per JorgeArturos comment, you should leave a comment on the duplicate saying that there is a bounty on the other question. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastEditorUserId="6005" LastEditDate="2013-07-13T15:33:14.197" LastActivityDate="2013-07-13T15:33:14.197" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3856" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-08-07T18:48:15.230" Score="2" ViewCount="103" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have 33 rep and cannot chat; why? You have to have 20 to do so; is this an error? How do I fix it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72724" LastActivityDate="2014-01-05T04:12:12.600" Title="Why can't I chat? I have 33 rep; is this an error? How do I fix it?" Tags="|bug|chat|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3857" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3859" CreationDate="2012-08-08T10:13:43.940" Score="8" ViewCount="254" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been an Ubuntu user for a while but recently found out how great the community is.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This has quickly become yet another reason I love Ubuntu and I would like to be more involved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What else can I do, except answering questions and editing posts, to be a more productive member of this community?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastEditorUserId="54298" LastEditDate="2012-08-18T17:17:24.040" LastActivityDate="2012-08-18T17:17:24.040" Title="How can I get more involved with the Ask Ubuntu community?" Tags="|discussion|community|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3858" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3857" CreationDate="2012-08-08T11:04:53.693" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't know what exactly is meant by &lt;em&gt;more involved&lt;/em&gt;. If you are answering questions and editing posts, I think you are involved already.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here are some suggestions from me:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Try to upvote great posts, both questions and answers. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Try to find duplicate questions and flag the questions for moderator attention, so that they can be closed.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Downvote wrong, dangerous answers which can create more harm.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;And finally, editing. Edit posts with bad formatting, incorrect tags. Editing is considered truly a great contribution to the community. You can visit the &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/review/&quot;&gt;review&lt;/a&gt; section to see low-quality posts.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="61218" LastEditorUserId="8844" LastEditDate="2012-08-09T01:44:38.563" LastActivityDate="2012-08-09T01:44:38.563" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3859" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3857" CreationDate="2012-08-08T12:40:56.410" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can hang out in chat and help out. I usually post sets of questions or queries that could use editing, that sort of thing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2012-08-08T12:40:56.410" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3860" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-08-08T12:51:22.467" Score="5" ViewCount="65" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/module&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;module&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;module&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/modules&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;modules&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;modules&lt;/a&gt; needs to be symlinked/merged&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2012-08-08T16:39:22.037" Title="Module and Modules needs to be merged/linked" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3861" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3862" CreationDate="2012-08-08T13:40:41.003" Score="13" ViewCount="293" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have seen that we have several tags on the burning CD/DVD topic. One tag &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/burn&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;burn&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;burn&lt;/a&gt; has wiki, but there are three more tags on the same topic. These are &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/burning&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;burning&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;burning&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/dvd-burning&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;dvd-burning&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;dvd-burning&lt;/a&gt; , &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/cd-burning&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;cd-burning&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;cd-burning&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do we really need those many tags? I think, we can make &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/burn&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;burn&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;burn&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/burning&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;burning&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;burning&lt;/a&gt; tag master and synonymies other tags.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="61218" LastEditorUserId="12845" LastEditDate="2012-09-23T06:05:22.910" LastActivityDate="2012-09-23T06:05:22.910" Title="Do you really need &quot;burning&quot;, &quot;dvd-burning&quot;, &quot;cd-burning&quot; tag?" Tags="|discussion|status-completed|tags|retag-request|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3862" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3861" CreationDate="2012-08-08T13:42:22.217" Score="22" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Yes&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We don't need those many tags. Because, the questions under those tags are very similar. And the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/burning&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;burning&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;burning&lt;/a&gt; seems more generic. So, it should be the master tag&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="61218" LastEditorUserId="61218" LastEditDate="2012-08-08T14:16:12.767" LastActivityDate="2012-08-08T14:16:12.767" CommentCount="2" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-08-08T13:42:22.217" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3863" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3861" CreationDate="2012-08-08T13:43:35.897" Score="2" Body="&lt;h2&gt;No&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We need those tags.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/cd-burning&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;cd-burning&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;cd-burning&lt;/a&gt; is about bruning cd's and very often includes making music cd's&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/dvd-buring&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;dvd-buring&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;dvd-buring&lt;/a&gt; is about burning dvd's and often includes making dvd videos&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Tasks that followers of either of the tags would want to keep seperate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="61218" LastEditorUserId="47291" LastEditDate="2012-08-10T18:54:51.383" LastActivityDate="2012-08-10T18:54:51.383" CommentCount="2" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-08-08T13:43:35.897" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3864" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3860" CreationDate="2012-08-08T16:39:22.037" Score="3" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Yes&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Both tag contains similar questions, so symlinked or merging is necessary. My suggestion for the master tag is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/modules&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;modules&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;modules&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="61218" LastActivityDate="2012-08-08T16:39:22.037" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3865" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3823" CreationDate="2012-08-08T18:05:37.767" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think the discussion has been distracted by a red herring.  It's not about whether the site is family-friendly or should we be offended, etc.  The question is really about whether using profanity helps in a forum for technical computer assistance or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most things aren't neutral; they either help or detract from the overall mission.  Sometimes people ask why others are such grammar-nazis and try to create a debate about whether it's wrong or right to correct people's grammar, spelling, and punctuation.  Just like here, that's the wrong topic for discussion.  Those things help make questions and answers clearer and more useful.  That's why people do it.  Or at least, that's why people should do it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To use an example in the question, does it really help to describe a system as &quot;fucked up&quot;?  Isn't it better to actually describe the situation in a less vague manner?  Like &quot;I only get a blank screen&quot;?  Of course, the person asking may get to these details later, but my point is, does throwing in profanity usually make things clearer?  In my experience, profanity doesn't.  We're talking about computer stuff.  Would you rather have &quot;Don't use this command or it will fuck up your account&quot; or &quot;Don't use this command because it will delete your access to the account, although all data will remain and is actually backed up daily.&quot;  Again, maybe someone saying the former will eventually get to the usual info, but we should value conciseness.  Get to the point.  We don't need a prelude of profanities to the actual useful info and we certainly don't need profanity laced into the useful info.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This also highlights another problem with profanity.  Usually it indicates a lack of control on the part of the speaker.  It suggests the person is letting emotion get the better of them and that the advice is somehow less objective.  Now, some people, I'm sure, think they just use profanity everywhere unemotionally, e.g. &quot;Would you fucking like to eat some fucking cereal?  We have fucking Cheerios and fucking Fruit fucking Loops.&quot;  Yeah ok, fine.  Such people have entirely forgotten the point of profanity.  Since most people have not, communication is now fraught with potential for misunderstanding.  For example, I could take the neutral statement about cereal and believe that the person thinks eating cereal is stupid or that they don't like Cheerios.  Such confusion is natural when profanity is now being used generically for no purpose other than to fill in pauses in a sentence.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To make a long answer short: yes, profanity does &quot;change the quality or usefulness of the help I provide&quot;.  Give me an example of the help you provide and I am pretty sure I can improve the quality by removing things like &quot;the system is fucked up&quot; and replacing it with something clearer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="43660" LastActivityDate="2012-08-08T18:05:37.767" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3866" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-08-09T00:19:34.163" Score="17" ViewCount="555" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sometimes a user posts a question that they think has to do with Ubuntu, but it turns out to be a hardware problem. (And not one that can be worked around or troubleshooted by Ubuntu. There are, of course, many hardware problems, like failing disks, that can be troubleshooted and sometimes even worked around in Ubuntu. That's not what I'm talking about here, when I say &quot;hardware problem.&quot;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At least some of the time (here's &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/161937/my-external-monitor-is-turning-off-every-few-seconds&quot;&gt;an example&lt;/a&gt;), these questions are closed as too-localized.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems to me that a question that &lt;em&gt;turns out&lt;/em&gt; to be about a hardware problem, but &lt;em&gt;could plausibly&lt;/em&gt; have been a problem in Ubuntu, should &lt;em&gt;not be considered too localized&lt;/em&gt; unless the hardware problem itself is unlikely to occur for anyone else again. (For the same reasons, as detailed below, I think they should &lt;em&gt;not be considered off-topic&lt;/em&gt;.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If we close (and ultimately delete) these questions, we'll just get more questions like them, &lt;em&gt;even if everybody reads the FAQ carefully, follows it, and searches for duplicates before posting&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Suppose I have a problem that I think is Ubuntu-related but is actually a hardware problem that can't be fixed or troubleshooted in Ubuntu. Here's what I would do:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I search the web for the problem. Supposing I don't find anything...&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I search Ask Ubuntu for the problem. I don't find anything because all the other people who had this same problem had their questions closed and then deleted.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I post a question, and am then informed that it's purely a hardware problem. Asking the question helped me, but...&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The question is then closed as &quot;too localized.&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The question is deleted.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then the next person comes along and repeats the process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm interested the community's perspective on this &lt;em&gt;general&lt;/em&gt; issue, but I'm also specifically interested in the fate of this particular question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/161937/my-external-monitor-is-turning-off-every-few-seconds&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/161937/my-external-monitor-is-turning-off-every-few-seconds&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There, the OP had a problem that he presumably thought could be related to video drivers (or power management), and posted a question here on Ask Ubuntu. Then he found that it was due to a loose cable, and posted a brief but detailed answer explaining this, which could be quite useful to others. That answer was converted to a comment by one moderator, and the question was closed as &quot;too localized&quot; by another moderator (there were no close votes from non-moderators first).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since loose cables are a common problem in computing, I'm having trouble agreeing with the idea that any of the criteria for &quot;too localized&quot; are met here:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It is likely to help future visitors, since people who come here with the same problem will see that answer. Just as the OP hadn't thought of the solution initially, others might not either. As for the reasons a question might &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; be likely to help future visitors:&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Loose cable connections to monitors are not confined to a small geographic area.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Loose cable connections to monitors have been happening for decades and will continue to be an issue for the foreseeable future, as long as there are external monitors that attach to computers with wires.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I think about half the people I know have personally experienced loose cables on monitors at some point in their lives. Furthermore, the question had a comment 5 minutes after it was posted, suggesting a loose cable. (It was a different cable from the one that turned out to be loose.) This is not a narrow situation.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, imagine if the question had been this instead (modified from &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/161937/my-external-monitor-is-turning-off-every-few-seconds&quot;&gt;the question&lt;/a&gt;):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;My external monitor keeps turning off every 10-30 seconds then back on.&#xA;  Sometimes it will stay on for several minutes then it starts doing it&#xA;  again. I have a toshiba ultrabook.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Could this be due to my Ubuntu system? Or is it more likely to be some&#xA;  kind of hardware problem? How can I fix this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems to me that a question worded like that would never have been closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Edit: As there hasn't been much response here aside from several upvotes, I've gone ahead and voted to reopen the question I used as an example. Users with enough rep can either vote to reopen, or not. (Or even vote to delete it, if you feel that should happen.) But I do still certainly welcome any opinions/answers here!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2018-03-26T05:35:53.967" Title="Are questions about problems later revealed to be common hardware issues &quot;too localized&quot;?" Tags="|discussion|close-reasons|closed-questions|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3867" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2158" CreationDate="2012-08-09T09:02:50.123" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://solancer.blogspot.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ODBKZ.png&quot; alt=&quot;My name is Srinivas Gowda, and this is my personal blog. All of the silly things that I rant about here are my own experience, so you can blame me.&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="57756" LastEditorUserId="47291" LastEditDate="2012-08-10T18:20:31.427" LastActivityDate="2012-08-10T18:20:31.427" CommentCount="2" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-08-09T09:02:50.123" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3868" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3857" CreationDate="2012-08-09T09:12:32.700" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Some points to add to what have already been said:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Comment to help guide improvement of questions and answers.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Tag questions properly to ease finding content.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Follow the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tags&quot;&gt;tags&lt;/a&gt; of topics of your expertise to be able easily spot question which you may answer.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Visit the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/&quot;&gt;meta site&lt;/a&gt; to see what the community is up to.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Rather than trying to do everything you might want to focus on particular tasks and areas to avoid burn out.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19490" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2012-08-09T09:12:32.700" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3869" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3870" CreationDate="2012-08-09T16:02:53.127" Score="1" ViewCount="80" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/untagged&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;untagged&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;untagged&lt;/a&gt; does not mean anything. Any question should at least belong to one tag, so this is useless. It should be burninated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note:  I had retagged the questions that had &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/untagged&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;untagged&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;untagged&lt;/a&gt; to their corresponding tags.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="39869" LastEditorUserId="25798" LastEditDate="2012-08-10T20:47:30.920" LastActivityDate="2012-08-10T20:47:30.920" Title="Please burninate the &quot;untagged&quot; tag" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3870" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3869" CreationDate="2012-08-09T16:03:53.270" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;You misunderstand the purpose of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/untagged&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;untagged&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;untagged&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is a system tag that is used for questions that only have one tag, so that when that tag is destroyed they aren't &quot;broken&quot;.  We can't do anything about it without breaking the system. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastActivityDate="2012-08-09T16:03:53.270" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3871" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-08-10T16:56:38.007" Score="14" ViewCount="616" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is something I have seen in both stackoverflow and askubuntu. That is happening way more at stackoverflow but even at AskUbuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are questions with minus ratings and negative votes (for instance -1 or -2) aimed towards simple or obvious questions. As far as I know voting down is used to indicate a question which lacks quality. As &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/vote-down&quot;&gt;Privileges-Vote Down&lt;/a&gt; states:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;When should I vote down?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Use your downvotes whenever you encounter an egregiously sloppy,&#xA;  no-effort-expended post, or an answer that is clearly and perhaps&#xA;  dangerously incorrect.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do not think that questions that expect an obvious answer should be voted down. Some examples with minus votes are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/171499/ubuntu-and-windows-7-on-1-tb-hard&quot;&gt;Dual Boot Ubuntu and Windows 7 on 1TB&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/172532/why-is-ubuntu-more-laggy-than-windows-7-home-premium-on-netbook&quot;&gt;Why is Ubuntu more laggy than Windows 7 home on netbook&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/159818/does-a-firewall-come-with-the-kde-install&quot;&gt;Does a firewall come with KDE?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/167134/how-to-install-firefox-14-0-1-from-a-tar-bz2-which-is-located-in-usr-downloads&quot;&gt;How to install firefox from tar.gz?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are these questions dangerously incorrect? Or do they show no-effort?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I find all of them &lt;strong&gt;correct&lt;/strong&gt;, even if most of them expect an obvious answer. For example, it may seem quite obvious how to dual boot Ubuntu and Windows7, and sometimes how to install a program from tarball is three simple steps.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But that is why these users created their accounts and posted a question expected to get an answer from us.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I mean, we have all have had to start from somewhere. A lot of us have had a &quot;Is it plugged in&quot; moment. And programmer start learning a language by writing their first &quot;Hello World!&quot; program. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So why do other experienced users tend to downvote these types of questions like the above ones? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why don't we try to be modest and help even the new users. Is it hard?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44844" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2012-08-18T20:53:15.823" Title="Why are people downvoting questions with obvious solutions?" Tags="|discussion|reputation|voting|downvoting|" AnswerCount="6" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3872" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3871" CreationDate="2012-08-10T17:08:07.770" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;First one: subjective question &lt;em&gt;low quality down-vote is understandable&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Second one: lacks details needed to give a real answer &lt;em&gt;low quality down-vote is understandable&lt;/em&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Third one I don't understand the down-votes  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Fourth one: we can't possibly field-  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How to compile each and every package from source&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It is a duplicate of general tar.gz compilation instructions&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;/usr/downloads is a non-standard location to download a tar.gz that will, in all probability, introduce permissions issues...&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2012-08-10T17:08:07.770" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3873" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3871" CreationDate="2012-08-10T17:09:26.473" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would disagree. These questions are often duplicates of more-obvious canonical ones, which may be more general, but do solve the problem. By looking at the mouseover text of the downvote button, you will see that it states:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This question does not show any research effort; it is unclear or not useful (click again to undo)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and since a search on AU or Ubuntu documentation can find usable answers, these questions &quot;[do] not show any research effort&quot;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54298" LastEditorUserId="54298" LastEditDate="2012-08-18T20:53:15.823" LastActivityDate="2012-08-18T20:53:15.823" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3875" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3871" CreationDate="2012-08-10T17:14:02.943" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;We would love to see you, or anyone else, answer them, if you can. It's a community.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Why don't they try to be modest and help even the absolute &quot;noob&quot; by not trying to show themselves as superheroes? Is it really that hard?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, sir. It's really hard. It is highly subjective. There are people who edit questions, answer them and make things better. And there are people who are just not patient enough, or to quote you, 'arrogant'. Though I don't find any justification to that statement of yours.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="45659" LastEditorUserId="25798" LastEditDate="2012-08-10T21:48:58.463" LastActivityDate="2012-08-10T21:48:58.463" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3876" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3871" CreationDate="2012-08-10T17:41:24.520" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ok so out of these four:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/171499/ubuntu-and-windows-7-on-1-tb-hard&quot;&gt;Dual Boot Ubuntu and Windows 7 on 1TB&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This can probably be a duplicate for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/247/whats-your-recommendation-on-drive-partitioning-schemes-for-a-desktop-and-home&quot;&gt;What&amp;#39;s your recommendation on drive partitioning schemes for a desktop and home server?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;but he has some other specific questions about platter size and stuff I can't find on the site, so that question might actually be able to be made really interesting in general with some editing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/172532/why-is-ubuntu-more-laggy-than-windows-7-home-premium-on-netbook&quot;&gt;Why is Ubuntu more laggy than Windows 7 home on netbook&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This question is unanswerable and hasn't had a single edit since it was posted. It's getting the same amount of attention that the poster put into it (not much).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/159818/does-a-firewall-come-with-the-kde-install&quot;&gt;Does a firewall come with KDE?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This seems like a legitimate question to me, in fact, it's the 5th ranked search result for &quot;kde firewall ubuntu&quot;! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/167134/how-to-install-firefox-14-0-1-from-a-tar-bz2-which-is-located-in-usr-downloads&quot;&gt;How to install firefox from tar.gz?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also seems like a legitimate question to me if it had more details on the specific version of firefox, if not it's a duplicate.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, out of 4 questions, only one is pretty horrible, the others are fine; vote accordingly! In fact vote often: &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/10/vote-early-vote-often/&quot;&gt;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/10/vote-early-vote-often/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You don't need to be technically skilled to upvote questions, mostly just make sure the question is communicated clearly. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for the duplicates I don't know why people downvote duplicates, we actually want duplicates to help make crosslinking across the site to be more thorough and strengthen the likelyhood of someone finding an answer from search engines.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2012-08-10T17:41:24.520" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3877" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3871" CreationDate="2012-08-10T17:47:02.997" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/172532/why-is-ubuntu-more-laggy-than-windows-7-home-premium-on-netbook&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/172532/why-is-ubuntu-more-laggy-than-windows-7-home-premium-on-netbook&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Above, if you would have read correctly, AU users try to clarify about the details that led them to ask it. Down-votes due to non-response from OP may be obvious.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In other questions too, you may notice that there was no response from OP. If OP himself is not interested in providing more info to make it a better QA format, then it may be a obvious reason to downvote it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="63025" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2012-08-10T21:51:44.223" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3878" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3871" CreationDate="2012-08-10T18:23:15.227" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here's my take on the four. Remember that both presentation and content of a question matter; as &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3871/why-are-people-downvoting-silly-questions#comment5799_3875&quot;&gt;Nick commented&lt;/a&gt;, most of us have a life outside of AU and cannot spend a lot of time trying to pin down the essence of a very poorly phrased or unnecessarily long question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/171499/ubuntu-and-windows-7-on-1-tb-hard&quot;&gt;Ubuntu and Windows 7 on 1 Tb hard&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Notice the title, which is why the question probably never got more of the upvotes it may have deserved.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The OP already has a partitioning scheme in mind - the table details 7 partitions; but in the question it looks like he's asking for a general recommendation. This confusion could have led some people to thing the question was too localized, while others may have thought it was overbroad.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The OP knows about platters, and the precise model number of his HDD; perhaps he could have taken a moment to tell us exactly how many platters are on the drive?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Bottom line: the question boils down to: &lt;em&gt;Does the number of platters/density affect partitioning and what do you think of my partitioning scheme in the table?&lt;/em&gt;. Good question, but ruined by the OP's jumbled presentation and lack of a response even after some of these issues were pointed out in the comments &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; a general answer was given.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/172532/why-is-ubuntu-more-laggy-than-windows-7-home-premium-on-netbook&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/172532/why-is-ubuntu-more-laggy-than-windows-7-home-premium-on-netbook&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;This question fits the &quot;no research effort&quot; bill to a T. One line, no details of &lt;em&gt;why&lt;/em&gt; it's &quot;laggy&quot;, such as &quot;the cursor freezes&quot;, or &quot;Firefox takes 2 minutes to start up&quot; etc.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;This is a variant of the very common one-liner &quot;Why is my Ubuntu slow?&quot;, and without further details or follow-up, there is no practical option but to close these questions.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/159818/does-a-firewall-come-with-the-kde-install&quot;&gt;Why is SSH not accessible after installing KDE on Ubuntu Server?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I agree with those who've said this is a valid question - it most certainly is and I would (did) upvote it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The downvote may have come because the question was &quot;abandoned&quot; by the OP - notice he &lt;em&gt;never came back&lt;/em&gt; after asking it, thus precluding the possibility of every really solving his problem. Some may associate such behavior with &quot;lack of effort&quot;...&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/167134/how-to-install-firefox-14-0-1-from-a-tar-bz2-which-is-located-in-usr-downloads&quot;&gt;How to install firefox 14.0.1 from a tar.bz2 which is located in /usr/downloads?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It's a fair question, but we can't go around answering every single &quot;How do I install X program from a tarball?&quot; question. And everything @aking1012 said.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Notice that the OP is certainly around (last seen 2 days ago), but &lt;em&gt;never bothered&lt;/em&gt; to respond to four commenters who were each concerned and wondered why he simply wasn't installing Firefox 14 via the normal update channels.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I wouldn't downvote it, but if abandoned it could probably be duped to a canonical &quot;How do I install binary software packaged in a tarball?&quot; question.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="58612" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2012-08-10T18:23:15.227" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3879" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3854" CreationDate="2012-08-11T12:55:21.407" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;I always take two things into account when flagging a duplicate &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;1: For new (or relatively new) subscribers AU (to be helpful)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2: Those with rep (looking at their profile to see what questions they have asked recently to build a better picture what they are looking for)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;For new subcribers&lt;/strong&gt; when flagging a duplicate, I always make sure the target Q&amp;amp;A has been well asked and the answer will actually help them (without confusion).  As well as adding a comment that states &quot;Possible&quot; or &quot;Exact&quot; duplicate&quot; I will also explain the context. The assumption Im making here is that new subcribers dont realize their questions have been asked before. I know others take a more hard-lined view.  I never point a new subscriber to an unanswered or badly answered duplicate. In this case I will coach them (in comments) to clarify their question better&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;For more experienced subscribers&lt;/strong&gt;, I will comment &quot;Possible duplicate&quot; even if the target Q&amp;amp;A has not got a conclusive answer, and ask them to edit their question for additional clarity to ensure better success.  In this case I would flag it to be merged. This sets an expectation with the OP that their question has been asked before with little or no success. I would expect them to go back and edit their question to be better than the original. (we live in hope :-) )&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When in doubt I follow jrc's advice, head for chat room, and flag the abandoned question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="53498" LastActivityDate="2012-08-11T12:55:21.407" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3880" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3582" CreationDate="2012-08-12T14:23:27.340" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;When I see those kind of tag wikis, I usually do 3 steps:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Read the whole tag wiki&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Delete &lt;strong&gt;everything&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Retype everything &lt;strong&gt;in my own words&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="39869" LastActivityDate="2012-08-12T14:23:27.340" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3881" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3893" CreationDate="2012-08-12T14:50:12.467" Score="5" ViewCount="64" Body="&lt;p&gt;I asked a question and subsequently a user (and then another one) edited my question. Their edits were tags (thank you) and formatting, both of which I really liked, but I have noticed a grammatical issue (that either they introduced through edits or I overlooked in my original post), which although kind of a picky thing, I do like to clean up my work when I see issues with what I've done.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Additionally, through trying to resolve the issue I originally posted about, I now have updated info about the nature of the question which may help someone else answer it, and I wanted to add that below the original question, but not far below with the running comments.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, when I try to edit the question, it warns me that I am editing an older version of the question and accepting changes will cause the whole thing to rollback to an earlier version.  I noticed the Revision Dropdown at the top of the editing screen, but when I try to select the most recent revision (because that would presumably avoid a rollback) it defaults to the revision prior to that one (but not to my original version). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Am I doing something wrong with my edits? Do I lack permissions to edit based on who did the most recent edit? Should I even be trying to edit this way, or just tack on another comment?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="82018" LastActivityDate="2012-08-12T21:50:15.970" Title="How do I edit my original question without rolling back?" Tags="|support|comments|editing|revision-history|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3882" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3881" CreationDate="2012-08-12T15:40:56.150" Score="3" Body="&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You can always edit your question without the need for approval. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It does not depend on who did the last edit. All edits are equal.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Always edit the question to add information. Comments are second class citizens and can be cleaned anytime without notice.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We appreciate your concern towards making the site better. That said, lets wait for mods to jump in and clarify whats wrong here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="45659" LastActivityDate="2012-08-12T15:40:56.150" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3883" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3898" CreationDate="2012-08-12T18:09:20.583" Score="7" ViewCount="203" Body="&lt;p&gt;I noticed that this question just got 10,000 views:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/137704/how-to-install-java-and-enable-java-plug-in-for-firefox-in-ubuntu-12-04lts&quot;&gt;How to install java and enable java plug in for firefox in Ubuntu 12.04LTS?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've flagged it to either be merged or have the answer removed so that autoforwarding from search engine works, as outlined here: &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2317/what-can-we-do-about-high-traffic-duplicates&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2317/what-can-we-do-about-high-traffic-duplicates&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, other than browsing through the popular question badge, is there a smarter way we can make sure incoming high traffic duplicates go to the right place?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2012-08-13T05:13:36.680" Title="How do we find high traffic duplicates?" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3884" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3894" CreationDate="2012-08-12T20:28:41.837" Score="6" ViewCount="250" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are some questions that are not deserving a downvote considering the circumstances, such as when the OP is obviously not accustomed to using the the site and thinks that it is pretty much a forum. In such cases, closing the question with a comment is the better solution in my opinion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An example:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/174062/ubuntu-x64-on-dell-xps-15&quot;&gt;How do I get Ubuntu working on a Dell XPS 15?&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/O8eRH.png&quot; alt=&quot;Question screenshot&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Clearly, the OP has only 1 rep, yet someone took it upon themselves to downvote a question that was clearly not deserving a downvote (it wasn't the best of questions but the OP or anyone else could easily get that impression).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thoughts? Am I thinking correctly on this or am I wrong? I'd like to get some opinions and discussion on how we should handle such questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1992" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Some closed questions should not be downvoted, just closed. Thoughts?" Tags="|discussion|closed-questions|downvoting|" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3885" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2012-08-12T20:30:24.723" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Reasons a question may be closed:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/sV3V1.png&quot; alt=&quot;Reasons screenshot&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1992" LastEditorUserId="1992" LastEditDate="2012-08-12T20:30:24.723" LastActivityDate="2012-08-12T20:30:24.723" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3886" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2012-08-12T20:30:24.723" Score="0" Body="Questions which have been closed for any of the usual reasons." OwnerUserId="1992" LastEditorUserId="1992" LastEditDate="2012-08-12T20:30:24.723" LastActivityDate="2012-08-12T20:30:24.723" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3887" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2012-08-12T20:34:38.900" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Any two or more questions which cover the same topics and/details and can be answered by one of the existing questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Examples:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&quot;How do I delete a file from the command line?&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&quot;How do I remove a file using the command prompt?&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&quot;I would like to delete a file using a command, how do I achieve&#xA;this?&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1992" LastEditorUserId="1992" LastEditDate="2012-08-12T20:34:38.900" LastActivityDate="2012-08-12T20:34:38.900" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3888" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2012-08-12T20:34:38.900" Score="0" Body="Any two or more questions which cover the same topics and/details and can be answered by one of the existing questions." OwnerUserId="1992" LastEditorUserId="1992" LastEditDate="2012-08-12T20:34:38.900" LastActivityDate="2012-08-12T20:34:38.900" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3889" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3884" CreationDate="2012-08-12T20:43:50.543" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I won't name names, but there is a certain element in the community who down vote closed, &quot;low quality&quot; questions, because within 30 days (and for older closed questions, a week) they are deleted, and then &quot;aren't cluttering up the site&quot;. (And I'm not spying on people's vote patterns - actually, I can't. They have stated this publicly in the past.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The community user also gives out random downvotes, so those are two possible sources. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastEditorUserId="6005" LastEditDate="2012-08-15T10:43:37.283" LastActivityDate="2012-08-15T10:43:37.283" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3890" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3884" CreationDate="2012-08-12T20:48:23.693" Score="-2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes we should carte-blanche down vote closed questions to work around delete votes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2012-08-12T20:48:23.693" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-08-12T20:48:23.693" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3891" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3884" CreationDate="2012-08-12T20:49:34.690" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sometimes we should based on our better judgement down vote closed questions to work around delete votes.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This would exclude duplicates so we could use them as signs to help SEO.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2012-08-12T20:49:34.690" CommentCount="6" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-08-12T20:49:34.690" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3892" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3884" CreationDate="2012-08-12T20:50:19.743" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;No we should almost never down vote closed questions.  Delete votes exist for a reason.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2012-08-12T20:50:19.743" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-08-12T20:50:19.743" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3893" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3881" CreationDate="2012-08-12T21:50:15.970" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Possible things to try:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Can you try it again? Maybe you collided with someone editing your question? It should just let you edit your question.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;how about just clicking &quot;edit&quot; on the question instead of picking it from the revisions screen?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2012-08-12T21:50:15.970" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-08-12T21:50:15.970" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3894" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3884" CreationDate="2012-08-12T22:23:51.157" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;Closing a question as &lt;em&gt;off-topic&lt;/em&gt; or &lt;em&gt;not a real question&lt;/em&gt; gives it an automatic downvote (the downvote is recorded as by the Community user).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is nothing wrong with a bad question being downvoted. You should never upvote a question just to compensate: upvote only if you think the question deserves an upvote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the question is reopened, the automatic downvote will be removed. (This wasn't always the case, but it is now.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I disagree that the question you cite is “clearly not deserving a downvote”. There is too little information in the question to say anything — this isn't only a bad Stack Exchange question, it would a bad forum post too. The asker hasn't said anything about what kind of problem they're worried about. The proper reaction to this kind of question is to vote to close as &lt;em&gt;not a real question&lt;/em&gt; and leave a comment saying what information is missing from the question, which has been done here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Delete votes have nothing to do with downvotes. You should always give the asker some time to improve a question. In particular, the ability to delete closed questions before 48 hours are up when you have at least 20k reputation is only for extreme cases, do not make it a matter of course. There is no consensus on how long to wait, but two days is a minimum for most users with the delete privilege for a reason. See &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/138686/how-long-should-i-wait-before-deleting-a-closed-question&quot;&gt;How long should I wait before deleting a closed question?&lt;/a&gt; on the main meta.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1059" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2012-08-12T22:23:51.157" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3895" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3582" CreationDate="2012-08-12T22:38:22.527" Score="5" Body="&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Is the content appropriate?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Often, content directly copied from Wikipedia is not a good fit for the tag wiki because it contains a lot of irrelevant details — things like biographical details of the project authors do not belong in tag wikis. People come to this site with technical questions, and tag wikis should be geared to that end: a short description of what the concept or software designated by the tag is, some general guidelines as to how to handle technical problems related to that tag, and links for further information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Content from official documentation is rarely appropriate either. It often lacks context and perspective.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In the rare cases where the content is appropriate, check whether it can legally be copied. Wikipedia content may be copied into tag wikis with attribution. Wikipedia content may not be copied into excerpts, because excerpts cannot contain the necessary link.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the plagiarized content is not fit for the tag wiki, which is the most common case, have no qualms about removing it. Try to write something in your own words. If you don't know the subject well, at least write a sentence or two saying what the tag means.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In your edit summary, be sure to mention “removed plagiarized content” so that reviewers know why you've removed a large swathe of seemingly-ok text.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1059" LastActivityDate="2012-08-12T22:38:22.527" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3896" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3897" CreationDate="2012-08-13T04:05:00.013" Score="2" ViewCount="118" Body="&lt;p&gt;I had opened a question in Ask Ubuntu when I started using the site, without knowing much.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That question got closed as off topic. Here it is: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/99028/35775&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/q/99028/35775&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Today I noticed that I had -2 rep change because of a down vote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I didn't gave any answer. I thought that a downvote in an answer didn't change the user's reputation. Am I wrong, or has there been a new policy implemented?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even if it is true that a down vote on a question causes negative rep, why is it the same for a closed question?  I don't see any reason for this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="35775" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Downvote on a closed question causes decrease in asker's reputation? Is this new?" Tags="|discussion|reputation|downvoting|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3897" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3896" CreationDate="2012-08-13T04:21:45.983" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;If someone downvoted your question, you lose 2 reputation. But, on the other hand, if you downvote someone's question, you don't lose any rep.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is similar to how the voting works on answer. If your answer is downvoted, you lose 2 reputation. If you downvoted an answer, you lose 1 rep. This is to prevent abuse of downvotes on competing answers. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In addition to all of these, if a question is closed as Not A real question or Off topic, a downvote is given to the question by the system. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastActivityDate="2012-08-13T04:21:45.983" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3898" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3883" CreationDate="2012-08-13T04:35:30.333" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;We can possibly use the search parameters and see if things are going well:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=views%3A5000+closed%3A1+%22possible+duplicate%22+answers%3A1&quot;&gt;views:5000 closed:1 &quot;possible duplicate&quot; answers:1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The data is pretty live and will look for questions that are closed as duplicates and have more than 5000 views. You can tweak the page view count and find the questions as you see is relevant. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2012-08-13T05:13:36.680" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3899" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3896" CreationDate="2012-08-13T12:48:36.763" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I ran into this question on meta.SO about downvotes on closed questions, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/112752/185528&quot;&gt;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/112752/185528&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Basically they let downvotes continue on closed questons so people can clean up their own content.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2012-08-13T12:48:36.763" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3900" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-08-13T19:19:08.337" Score="0" ViewCount="34" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/707/how-to-use-keyboard-icon-in-markdown&quot;&gt;How to use keyboard &amp;#39;icon&amp;#39; in markdown?&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How do you display buttons on keyboard eg: Control, Alt etc. in your discussion? I have seen many people even displaying tags. How to do it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="78407" LastActivityDate="2012-08-13T19:19:08.337" Title="How to display keys and tags?" Tags="|support|tags|formatting|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2012-08-13T19:28:21.507" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3903" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2329" CreationDate="2012-08-14T14:41:40.023" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Good news, the new &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review&quot;&gt;askubuntu.com/review&lt;/a&gt; has an entire section that shows all the pending close votes on the site:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/E504E.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now we have a number to drive down to 0, and when finding old abandoned questions it will just go in the queue, no more hunting for 4 people in chat, let's get to work!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2012-08-14T14:41:40.023" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3904" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-08-14T14:41:53.423" Score="1" ViewCount="53" Body="&lt;p&gt;This has been happening since a couple of weeks ago but I thought it was a temp thing. Now I really need to use the chat system and the problem still persists. Here is what is happening:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I go to the make Ask Ubuntu page and click on the &lt;strong&gt;General Chat Room&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I can see what everyone is writing but when I click on LOGIN it sends me to an Stack Exchange page where it says is trying to login but stays there forever.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If I go back to the chat again just to make sure it logged in for some luck, I see am not logged in yet.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am using Firefox 14 on Ubuntu 12.04&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7035" LastEditorUserId="6005" LastEditDate="2012-08-15T10:39:11.093" LastActivityDate="2012-08-15T10:39:11.093" Title="Can not login to Ask Ubuntu chat" Tags="|support|status-completed|chat|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3905" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3904" CreationDate="2012-08-14T18:28:36.620" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just so if anybody has the same problem. Switching to Google Chrome worked. Also if this happens, ask a moderator for help. There was an issue with my account and now it works perfectly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7035" LastActivityDate="2012-08-14T18:28:36.620" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3906" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3907" CreationDate="2012-08-15T05:55:38.187" Score="26" ViewCount="334" Body="&lt;p&gt;I ask because I just recently tried to correct a post that had a command in it - but the command was wrong. The poster had typed chwon instead of chown. Of course this means it would not work. However Ask Ubuntu would not let me make an edit smaller than 6 characters. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I feel it is important to be able to alter small, but critical errors like this (without it, the new user may not get their problem solved).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="77901" LastEditorUserId="25798" LastEditDate="2012-08-15T09:05:04.607" LastActivityDate="2014-08-01T14:36:06.290" Title="How to make small but important edits?" Tags="|discussion|editing|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3907" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3906" CreationDate="2012-08-15T07:23:48.570" Score="18" Body="&lt;p&gt;If it's important (as your example is):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Add an alternative or improve the answer. Especially relevant to command-line questions where things can be refactored to improve how they work. For example I've been going back to my answer for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/28644/how-can-i-backup-my-ppas&quot;&gt;How can I backup my PPAs?&lt;/a&gt; and slowly cutting down its length. I'm sure there's an &lt;code&gt;awk&lt;/code&gt; waiting to happen. Exciting times.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Look around the post for language errors. Capitalise &quot;i&quot;, &quot;ubuntu&quot;, etc. Remove thanks notices. There are few posts on the site that don't need at least 6 chars changing to improve them.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;See if you can rephrase something without changing the meaning. Break big walls of text into nice paragraphs. Swap in synonyms.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Lastly, if you've got no other option, add some fluff. Something like an HTML comment as &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/3908/449&quot;&gt;jokerdino points out&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it's not important (eg if it's point #3 or point #4 above) ignore it, or find something more important in the post to fix.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2014-08-01T14:36:06.290" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3908" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3906" CreationDate="2012-08-15T08:43:59.080" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Not that I recommend you or any others to do it, but if you can't seem to hit the minimum 6 character edit limit, add in a &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;!--&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; at the end of the post. It won't show up and will help you reach the 6 characters.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastActivityDate="2012-08-15T08:43:59.080" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3910" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3911" CreationDate="2012-08-15T14:31:38.523" Score="5" ViewCount="48" Body="&lt;p&gt;An edit has been made to my answer to this &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/73779/25656&quot;&gt;question&lt;/a&gt;. It has already been approved by Jorge Castro and I agree with the edits. Do I need to do anything more?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user25656" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2012-08-15T15:07:23.343" Title="An answer I provided has been edited and approved. Do I need to do anything?" Tags="|support|editing|answers|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3911" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3910" CreationDate="2012-08-15T14:37:36.510" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Nope. If you disagree with the edit, you can, of course do a rollback. But you don't need to do anything.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastActivityDate="2012-08-15T14:37:36.510" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3913" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-08-15T17:07:00.043" Score="6" ViewCount="61" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/reVmq.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If one looks at the title of any page on AU Meta, then will see that the title is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;[Page title] - Ubuntu Meta - Stack Exchange&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;when IMO it should say &quot;Ask Ubuntu Meta&quot;. Even worse, on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/ask&quot;&gt;ask page&lt;/a&gt;, once a few words are typed and suggestions for similar questions given out, the title is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;[Title] - Ubuntu - Stack Exchange&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;which doesn't even have a meta designation. Is this by design, or a bug?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/CEbka.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/qEH7f.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54298" LastEditorUserId="47291" LastEditDate="2012-09-20T23:19:29.063" LastActivityDate="2012-09-20T23:19:29.063" Title="Ask Ubuntu meta page title says just &quot;Ubuntu Meta&quot; and another title issue" Tags="|bug|user-interface|meta|site-attributes|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="12" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3914" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3915" CreationDate="2012-08-15T17:43:13.383" Score="0" ViewCount="43" Body="&lt;p&gt;Often, I see a question that is off-topic, but I only see options on the flagging interface to flag for a close or to flag to send it to meta, which is quite limited. Is this by design since other sites don't want AU's posts being dumped there, or should this be implemented?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54298" LastActivityDate="2012-08-15T17:47:10.540" Title="More destinations for off-topic questions" Tags="|feature-request|flagging|scope|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3915" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3914" CreationDate="2012-08-15T17:47:10.540" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is by design and hopefully it will be changed with a better solution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The moderators need to evaluate the need to migrate to another SE site before the decision is made, no one should want that automated, lets not give more power to the robots in our life.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Too much automation is evil!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastActivityDate="2012-08-15T17:47:10.540" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3916" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3841" CreationDate="2012-08-15T19:38:19.910" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is a problem on every website that has voting. (HackerNews, Reddit, etc.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My view is to interpret highly-upvoted material not as &quot;good&quot; &lt;em&gt;per se&lt;/em&gt;, but as &quot;representative of the particular site's hive mind&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12518" LastActivityDate="2012-08-15T19:38:19.910" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3917" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-08-16T16:10:44.883" Score="3" ViewCount="47" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is the first question I have asked, and I hope it this is not an inappropriate place for it ...&lt;br&gt;&#xA;But I thought it was worth mentioning, sharing  and posting this picture I have.&lt;br&gt;&#xA; :o)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://happybirthdaygnome.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Happy Birthday GNOME&lt;/a&gt;    &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Version 1 of the GNU Network Object Model Environment(GNOME), from 1999.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/fuSJ2.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;t&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="71699" LastActivityDate="2012-08-16T16:10:44.883" Title="Did you know it was GNOME's birthday yesterday?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2012-08-16T16:22:52.047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3918" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-08-16T17:11:28.677" Score="2" ViewCount="82" Body="&lt;p&gt;Are questions asking how to do something in a web browser, which either implicitly or explicitly must be accomplished by a plugin, considered on-topic? That is, should we accept questions like this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/16062/how-to-display-currency-in-inr-directly-in-sites-like-ebay&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/16062/how-to-display-currency-in-inr-directly-in-sites-like-ebay&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My inclination is to say that this is on-topic, since such a plugin is software running on Ubuntu, we &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq#questions&quot;&gt;support third party applications&lt;/a&gt; anyway (so why not third party plugins?), and &lt;strong&gt;there are substantial differences in what plugins are available and how well they work, from platform to platform&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I'm interested in seeing what the community thinks, as it's been suggested that this question should be closed as off-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2013-02-11T21:12:41.787" Title="Are software-recommendation questions for browser plugins on-topic?" Tags="|discussion|close-reasons|scope|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3919" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3920" CreationDate="2012-08-16T19:43:48.127" Score="2" ViewCount="37" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have seen a user tag a question with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/swedish&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;swedish&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;swedish&lt;/a&gt;, and there may be other languages. Should such tags be avoided, instead using &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/language&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;language&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;language&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/language-support&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;language-support&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;language-support&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/localization&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;localization&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;localization&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54298" LastActivityDate="2012-08-16T19:57:39.447" Title="Tags related to languages" Tags="|discussion|tags|languages|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3920" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3919" CreationDate="2012-08-16T19:57:39.447" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, they needed to be merged, likely in to either localization or language.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2012-08-16T19:57:39.447" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3921" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3918" CreationDate="2012-08-17T11:07:46.177" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;In my opinion the answer is &lt;strong&gt;NO&lt;/strong&gt; but I totally understand your inclination to say yes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I guess there is a broader question &quot;What is the definition of Third party Software as it relates to Ubuntu?  This may provoke differing opinions but my understanding is defined in &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2023/is-it-good-practice-to-recommend-users-install-software-from-third-party-app-sto&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; and there is a possibility that we need clearer guidelines on TPS.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I looked at the example you used I initially thought yes this is on-topic as the OP is using Ubuntu, but then I asked myself, if I was was googling this query would AU be my first port of call to find the answer?  I think the answer to this is no.  Therefore the question maybe considered too localized as it will not benefit others.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, I can be swayed by the thoughts and opinions of others and I am eager to know also what everyone else thinks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="53498" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.227" LastActivityDate="2012-08-17T11:07:46.177" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3922" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3841" CreationDate="2012-08-17T14:56:04.147" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Well Nick, here's a case of the opposite happening.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/177056/cant-see-databases-of-mysql-from-command-prompt-in-ubuntu-12-04/177061#177061&quot;&gt;Cant see databases of mysql from command prompt in ubuntu 12.04&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question was asked, and I provided an answer.  Then a newbie user comes along &lt;em&gt;5 minutes later&lt;/em&gt;, posting basically the same information that was in my answer, and his gets accepted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe I'm a little biased in this case, and &quot;no&quot; I don't have rep that equals a few thousand points, but I guess sometimes it just goes the other way too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="46270" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2012-08-17T14:56:04.147" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3923" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2682" CreationDate="2012-08-18T01:30:40.200" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;We also now have: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review-beta/close&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/review-beta/close&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="570" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2012-08-18T01:30:40.200" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3924" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-08-18T17:09:28.317" Score="7" ViewCount="166" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are a few [foo]/[foos] tag pairs on Ask Ubuntu. Such tag pairs are usually the singular and plural of the same word and should be synonyms. Occasionally.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Only moderators can create [foos] when [foo] exists or vice versa, but this wasn't the case when the site launched, so a few such pairs have crept in. &lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/ubuntu/query/72948/tags-with-similar-names&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;This query&lt;/a&gt; provides the complete list. Among these: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/window&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;window&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;window&lt;/a&gt;/&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/windows&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;windows&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;windows&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/synaptic&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;synaptic&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;synaptic&lt;/a&gt;/&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/synaptics&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;synaptics&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;synaptics&lt;/a&gt; are obviously coincidences. The others seem to be synonyms but I haven't looked very closely.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please review that the following tag pairs are indeed synonyms. If they are, they should be merged. The number after each tag is the number of questions as of 2012-06-27 (the last data dump).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/shortcut-keys&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;shortcut-keys&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;shortcut-keys&lt;/a&gt; (672)    &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/shortcuts-keys&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;shortcuts-keys&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;shortcuts-keys&lt;/a&gt; (4)  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/users&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;users&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;users&lt;/a&gt; (151)    &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/user&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;user&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;user&lt;/a&gt; (73)  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/service&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;service&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;service&lt;/a&gt; (111)    &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/services&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;services&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;services&lt;/a&gt; (16)  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/image&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;image&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;image&lt;/a&gt; (111)    &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/images&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;images&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;images&lt;/a&gt; (32)  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/codecs&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;codecs&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;codecs&lt;/a&gt; (58)    &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/codec&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;codec&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;codec&lt;/a&gt; (10)  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/color&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;color&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;color&lt;/a&gt; (51)    &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/colors&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;colors&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;colors&lt;/a&gt; (50)  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/speakers&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;speakers&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;speakers&lt;/a&gt; (47)    &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/speaker&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;speaker&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;speaker&lt;/a&gt; (12)  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/versions&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;versions&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;versions&lt;/a&gt; (46)    &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/version&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;version&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;version&lt;/a&gt; (28)  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/distribution&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;distribution&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;distribution&lt;/a&gt; (38)    &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/distributions&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;distributions&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;distributions&lt;/a&gt; (2)  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/hostname&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;hostname&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;hostname&lt;/a&gt; (32)    &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/hostnames&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;hostnames&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;hostnames&lt;/a&gt; (2)  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/tool&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;tool&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;tool&lt;/a&gt; (18)    &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/tools&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;tools&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;tools&lt;/a&gt; (15)  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/module&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;module&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;module&lt;/a&gt; (18)    &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/modules&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;modules&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;modules&lt;/a&gt; (13)  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/widgets&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;widgets&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;widgets&lt;/a&gt; (16)    &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/widget&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;widget&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;widget&lt;/a&gt; (12)  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1059" LastEditorUserId="12845" LastEditDate="2012-09-23T05:55:42.220" LastActivityDate="2012-09-23T05:55:42.220" Title="Synonimization of singular/plural tag pairs" Tags="|discussion|status-completed|tags|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3925" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-08-18T17:53:01.717" Score="2" ViewCount="47" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been spending a bit of time in the past few days in the new &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review-beta/low-quality-posts/stats&quot;&gt;Review&lt;/a&gt;&quot; tool after reading the stack &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/139536/new-feature-community-review-tasks-now-in-beta&quot;&gt;feedback document&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. Im also getting some positive comments from users who receive automated comments, so the tool has my thumbs up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a query though (I couldn’t find the answer in the feedback document).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The are alot of answers appearing in the &lt;strong&gt;Low Quality Post&lt;/strong&gt; section, and these answers are related to questions that have been closed.  Firstly, should they be appearing and if so what are the benefits of putting effort in to review them and take what action is needed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="53498" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2012-08-18T17:53:01.717" Title="How do I handle the reviewing and editing of LQ Answers for closed Questions?" Tags="|discussion|review-beta|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3926" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-08-18T21:09:13.627" Score="6" ViewCount="199" Body="&lt;p&gt;This may be off-topic even for Meta, but I'd like some clarification before I do something stupid.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've just created a Brainstorm proposal. Is it ok to mention it as part of a useful answer within Ask Ubuntu?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, there's this question: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/168264/thunderbird-date-format&quot;&gt;Thunderbird date format?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Could I go answer it and explain how to do the whole thing, step by step, and only then add a link to my Brainstorm idea, that deals with exactly that issue?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Jorge's answer here in Meta would seem to indicate otherwise &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1478/askubuntu-and-brainstorm&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1478/askubuntu-and-brainstorm&lt;/a&gt; but I'd like for us to establish official policy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The idea is this one, if that's relevant: &lt;a href=&quot;http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/30055/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/30055/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="157" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2012-08-20T17:22:35.497" Title="Is it ok to mention a Brainstorm proposal in Ask Ubuntu?" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3927" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3926" CreationDate="2012-08-18T21:33:00.437" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am not speaking as official advice, but I don't see a problem. I often post links to bug reports, and this is similarly useful. I would, however, mention to upvote suggestions that you like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;While this is not implemented, and there is no program you can use to&#xA;  so this, there is a brainstorm proposal&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/30055/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. I recommend that if you&#xA;  want this to be implemented, that you upvote solutions you like.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54298" LastEditorUserId="54298" LastEditDate="2012-08-18T21:43:57.340" LastActivityDate="2012-08-18T21:43:57.340" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3929" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3926" CreationDate="2012-08-18T21:43:11.557" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Merging&lt;/strong&gt; Ask Ubuntu and Brainstorm is not an option, we're two different things.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, referring to a Brainstorm proposal in a Ask Ubuntu &lt;strong&gt;answer&lt;/strong&gt; is ok with me, just as we talk about &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/97248/6005&quot;&gt;how if it weren't for this bug, this would work.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2012-08-18T21:43:11.557" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3930" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3931" CreationDate="2012-08-19T21:26:32.333" Score="3" ViewCount="36" Body="&lt;p&gt;Why does the Unanswered button take me to a list of questions with answers?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Shouldn't I got to a list of questions with no answers, perhaps with the oldest one first?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the are questions whose answers have no up votes then shouldn't there be a different button for that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="83935" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-08-20T17:21:48.227" LastActivityDate="2012-08-20T17:21:48.227" Title="Why does the Unanswered button take me to a list of questions with answers?" Tags="|support|unanswered-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3931" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3930" CreationDate="2012-08-19T21:36:23.030" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Unanswered means that either the answers don't have enough upvotes to be considered a good answer, or the person that asked the question has not selected an answer as the accepted answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Like the first question on the list, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/122830/how-to-set-a-text-theme-for-plymouth&quot;&gt;How to set a text theme for plymouth?&lt;/a&gt; the answer has no upvotes, and the user commented that that was not what what he was looking for, so it still does not have an &quot;answer&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want to find questions that no one has tried to answer try this custom search:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?tab=votes&amp;amp;pagesize=50&amp;amp;q=closed%3a0%20answers%3a0%20votes%3a0&amp;amp;page=1&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/search?tab=votes&amp;amp;pagesize=50&amp;amp;q=closed%3a0%20answers%3a0%20votes%3a0&amp;amp;page=1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is one sorted by the oldest first:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?tab=oldest&amp;amp;q=closed%3a0%20answers%3a0%20votes%3a0&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/search?tab=oldest&amp;amp;q=closed%3a0%20answers%3a0%20votes%3a0&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2012-08-19T21:44:45.997" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3932" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-08-20T00:56:33.673" Score="2" ViewCount="48" Body="&lt;p&gt;My question &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/97449/firefox-addon-deutsches-worterbuch-2-0-2-full-of-errors&quot;&gt;firefox addon &amp;quot;Deutsches W&amp;#246;rterbuch 2.0.2&amp;quot; full of errors&lt;/a&gt; was closed and downvoted recently. Reason given: Off topic/RTFM. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the faq I read: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;We welcome questions about:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Using and administering Ubuntu, including official Ubuntu derivatives.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Running third-party applications on Ubuntu.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Firefox is a genuine Ubuntu program, and the plugin a third party software - isn't it? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since I thought the location of the dictionary might be interesting I didn't asked at Superuser where I might had get Windows-answers. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or what would you think would be the right place to ask? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In general - is it a good idea to close old questions everybody has forgotten and is losing time, reconstructing the thread and the situation it was asked? If people close fresh questions, it will have a positive effect on the time, people lose or save. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another problem is the generic form of closing. Instead of &quot;read the faq&quot; the reason should be given explicitly. I'm now asking myself what is wrong, don't get it, start a meta thread. Much more work, than a short note in the comments, what closing users think the the problem is.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10068" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2012-08-20T01:08:29.443" Title="Question closed as off topic, months later, with generic hint to read the FAQ" Tags="|discussion|close-reasons|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3933" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3932" CreationDate="2012-08-20T01:08:29.443" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;From what I understand, this was closed as a bug. I'm not sure why the comment didn't make it, but &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1317/what-to-do-with-questions-that-describe-bugs&quot;&gt;bugs are off-topic&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastActivityDate="2012-08-20T01:08:29.443" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3934" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3935" CreationDate="2012-08-20T06:12:13.260" Score="11" ViewCount="168" Body="&lt;p&gt;I noticed this in my &quot;activity drop down:&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/XhT3e.png&quot; alt=&quot;user removed&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't particular care about losing 10 points, but it piqued my interest. What does this mean? If someone's account is deleted for some reason, their up votes are taken away?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="570" LastEditorUserId="25798" LastEditDate="2012-08-22T07:35:40.433" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="What does &quot;-10 User was removed&quot; mean?" Tags="|support|voting|user-accounts|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3935" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3934" CreationDate="2012-08-20T06:33:08.703" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;If the user who upvoted your post got removed from the system, his votes are deleted as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/126470/what-does-user-was-removed-mean-and-why-did-my-reputation-change-because-of-it&quot;&gt;What does &amp;quot;user was removed&amp;quot; mean and why did my reputation change because of it?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2012-08-20T06:33:08.703" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3936" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3937" CreationDate="2012-08-20T14:58:13.063" Score="1" ViewCount="61" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been reviewing the OpenSTV results for the election, and would like to know what STV method has been used to run the election. Where can I get this information?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54298" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2012-08-21T19:42:46.737" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="What STV method is used for the moderator elections?" Tags="|support|election|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3937" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3936" CreationDate="2012-08-20T15:05:05.443" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Stack Exchange Moderator Election uses &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/election/2?tab=election&quot;&gt;Meek STV method&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;After 8 days, the final voting results will be freely downloadable from this page forever, and we will calculate the winners using OpenSTV with the Meek STV method.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The entire process is explained over at Meta Stack Overflow:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/77541/how-are-moderator-election-votes-counted-in-plain-english&quot;&gt;How are moderator election votes counted, in plain English?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Meek STV does calculations in rounds (or &quot;iteratively,&quot; for you&#xA;  programmer types). In the first round, all votes count for the&#xA;  candidate marked as the first choice. The system figures out how many&#xA;  votes are needed to win. If anyone gets that many votes, he wins, and&#xA;  any &quot;extra&quot; votes he got are handed out to the voters' second choices.&#xA;  If nobody wins, the weakest candidate gets cut and all votes he&#xA;  received go to the voters' second choices. Then the next round starts.&#xA;  Rounds keep going until enough people have been elected.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1182" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2012-08-20T15:05:05.443" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3939" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2012-08-20T15:42:44.357" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;This tag is used for questions without a tag. This tag may be added to questions via migration if there is no destination tag, or if the only tag used by a question is deleted. Do not add this tag yourself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54298" LastEditorUserId="54298" LastEditDate="2012-08-20T15:46:47.587" LastActivityDate="2012-08-20T15:46:47.587" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3940" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2012-08-20T15:42:44.357" Score="0" Body="This tag is used for questions without a tag. This tag may be added to questions via migration if there is no destination tag, or if the only tag used by a question is deleted. Do not add this tag yourself." OwnerUserId="54298" LastEditorUserId="54298" LastEditDate="2012-08-20T15:43:22.053" LastActivityDate="2012-08-20T15:43:22.053" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3941" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-08-20T18:53:07.163" Score="4" ViewCount="60" Body="&lt;p&gt;Trying to sign into Ask Ubuntu using a Launchpad account. It won't let me get that far once it got me to the authentication part but none the less it fails.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user84544" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-08-21T09:06:28.153" LastActivityDate="2012-08-21T09:06:28.153" Title="How to sign into Ask Ubuntu?" Tags="|support|login|launchpad|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3942" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3415" CreationDate="2012-08-21T01:33:31.527" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Because new versions of packages have a regression risk and those should be avoided after the official release. While new packages usually fix bugs, they sometimes introduce new bugs. Aside from these involuntary bugs, there are also intended 'bugs' -- namely new features that break expected behaviour.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="42592" LastActivityDate="2012-08-21T01:33:31.527" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3943" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-08-21T11:02:59.570" Score="0" ViewCount="39" Body="&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/172494/18510&quot;&gt;this answer&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I edited an answer. This edit was accepted, and I was granted 2 reputation points. Thirty minutes later, I realized that I made a small mistake. So I re-edited the question. This edit was accepted again, earning another 2 reputation points.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While I'm grateful for these last two reputation points, I'm wondering whether they were really necessary. Should a second, short edit like this be awarded with reputation points?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="18510" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2012-08-21T11:25:28.317" Title="Should a second, short edit be awarded with reputation points?" Tags="|discussion|editing|reputation|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3944" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3943" CreationDate="2012-08-21T11:25:28.317" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Lets call a spade a spade, shall we?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An edit is an edit, no matter how small, as long as it's valid. Doesn't make a difference to me. Once we start to make it complicated, then we never know the rules, and one of the nicest things about Stack Exchange is that it's simple.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastActivityDate="2012-08-21T11:25:28.317" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3945" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3949" CreationDate="2012-08-21T13:37:23.663" Score="3" ViewCount="98" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is it good practice to edit answer to ones own question? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Suppose some one gives a good answer to an OP's question and the OP edits that answer. Is it considered a good practice?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="78407" LastActivityDate="2012-08-21T14:15:21.483" Title="Should one edit answer to own question?" Tags="|discussion|editing|answers|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3946" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-08-21T13:46:40.373" Score="8" ViewCount="263" Body="&lt;p&gt;If a user edits an answer to make a small edit that increases the aesthetic value of it. Should it be acceptable?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;NOTE: this is not a duplicate of: &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/3906/78407&quot;&gt;How to make small but important edits?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That question refers to &quot;small but important&quot; edit. Here, the edit is not very important. All it does is it just &quot;improves the aesthetic value&quot; (by increasing integrity of between the question and the answer, therefore improving readability).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="78407" LastEditorUserId="54298" LastEditDate="2012-09-03T21:47:42.290" LastActivityDate="2015-07-09T16:37:55.210" Title="Is it acceptable to make small edits?" Tags="|discussion|editing|answers|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3947" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-08-21T13:49:18.693" Score="3" ViewCount="46" Body="&lt;p&gt;20k+ users (or something) should get more close and delete votes. It is limiting when we are out of votes and come across questions to close or answers/questions to delete.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Flagging is cool, but sometimes we can take care of things, and because of the limited votes, and overwhelming number of questions, a few things slip through the cracks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a way to increase our number of votes or at least return our voting capacity faster?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1992" LastActivityDate="2012-08-21T13:49:18.693" Title="Certain users should get more close and delete votes" Tags="|feature-request|voting|privileges|vote-to-close|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3948" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3946" CreationDate="2012-08-21T14:05:35.383" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;So long as there's good reason to think the post is improved by the edit, even if it's only improved a little bit, then the edit makes sense.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, if you don't yet have &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/edit&quot;&gt;enough reputation&lt;/a&gt; - so your edits need to be reviewed by others - then you should avoid edits that are small and unimportant (and most edits that are unimportant, even if not small), because someone has to actually review your edit and decide between accepting, rejecting, or improving it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Therefore, users with 2000+ reputation may sometimes make edits that are quite acceptable, even though they might have been rejected if someone with less reputation made them. The issue is whether or not an edit is significant enough to be worth burdening reviewers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please note, though, that as far as I can tell, the &lt;em&gt;majority&lt;/em&gt; of all edits on our site, including those by 2000+ rep users, would be quite appropriate for anyone to make, even if they had to be reviewed and approved. Even if, for example, you've just improved capitalization throughout the post, such an edit is pretty clearly major enough to be worth making, and ought to be approved (or improved, if applicable).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2015-07-09T16:37:55.210" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3949" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3945" CreationDate="2012-08-21T14:11:00.617" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Editing is always good practice so long as the edits are valid. There's really no special case that doesn't apply. In any event, with any edit on the site the revision is tracked and edits can be rolled back at any time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, please go ahead and edit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2012-08-21T14:11:00.617" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3950" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3946" CreationDate="2012-08-21T14:12:38.593" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;If your edit improves the quality of the post in even a small way, feel free to edit. Sometimes it's something as little as changing &quot;i&quot; to &quot;I&quot; or adding a question mark, but it should still be done in my opinion, if it indeed improves the quality of the post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Remember, people from all walks of life read the questions on this site eventually, and almost every question/answer will be of some benefit to more than one person at some time. Therefore, it's best to have questions and answers at the highest possible quality, because quality improves readability, and besides, it lends some credence to a question or answer if it &quot;looks good&quot; ;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Personally, I have no qualms accepting such minor edits when reviewing suggested edits, because in fact I encourage them (the minor edits), and anything that in general improves the quality of the site and its content overall.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1992" LastEditorUserId="1992" LastEditDate="2015-07-04T06:34:50.080" LastActivityDate="2015-07-04T06:34:50.080" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3951" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3945" CreationDate="2012-08-21T14:15:21.483" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, you can edit answers to your own questions. You should keep in mind the same considerations that apply to editing in general:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The edit should be reasonably scoped to the answer. If you're writing a totally new answer (and you're not the author of the existing answer), post a new answer instead. (Remember, &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2011/07/its-ok-to-ask-and-answer-your-own-questions/&quot;&gt;you can answer your own questions&lt;/a&gt;.)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you have less than &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/edit&quot;&gt;2000 reputation&lt;/a&gt;, the edit should be significant, as someone (perhaps the answer's author, perhaps someone else) will have to review the edit and decide whether or not to accept it. The work of reviewing is justified by most edits (even ones that just add a few commas, improve capitalization throughout the post, or fix a couple misspellings), but if you would consider the edit to be small and insignificant, you shouldn't suggest it.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The edit should respect the original author of the post. You can say things in first person, especially if you're rewording something they've already said. But obviously, you should avoid putting words in their mouth that they wouldn't want to be there. For example, don't say, &quot;I was a fool to write that last paragraph, as that only applies if...&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If the post is expressing a position on something, the edit should not change it to a different position. And unless the post is a rant or contains sections that are clearly and uncontroversially off-topic, you should not remove content that expresses a position either (though rewording it is often good, if it's ungrammatical or unclear).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An example of a position you probably &lt;strong&gt;shouldn't&lt;/strong&gt; remove is: &quot;Utility X is probably the best way for you to reconfigure your window manager.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An example of a position you almost definitely &lt;strong&gt;should&lt;/strong&gt; remove is: &quot;This is unrelated, but I've gotta say, team X is the best hockey team in all of Eastern Europe.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But this is applicable to editing in general. As &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/users/41/marco-ceppi&quot;&gt;Marco Ceppi&lt;/a&gt; has &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/3949/22949&quot;&gt;said&lt;/a&gt;, &quot;go ahead and edit.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2012-08-21T14:15:21.483" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3952" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-08-21T18:40:18.713" Score="3" ViewCount="83" Body="&lt;p&gt;In &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/176974/51272&quot;&gt;this answer&lt;/a&gt; to a question about aptitude, a block of text from the &lt;a href=&quot;http://wiki.debian.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Debian Wiki&lt;/a&gt; was copied (&lt;a href=&quot;http://wiki.debian.org/Aptitude&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;source&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While the source has been referenced by now, I think the license of the original content is not clear. The Debian Wiki has no obvious license statements I could find. The page &lt;a href=&quot;http://wiki.debian.org/DebianWiki/LicencingTerms&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;LicensingTerms&lt;/a&gt; explicitly says that the license is unclear and references a long gone &lt;a href=&quot;http://wiki.debian.org/copyright.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;copyright.html&lt;/a&gt; which currently says basically nothing. In the wayback machine I have found &lt;a href=&quot;http://web.archive.org/web/20050415001944/http://wiki.debian.net/copyright.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this version&lt;/a&gt; as the last version of that file with more content. The license there does not allow the distribution of material in the wiki (only referencing, personal use and fair use). There is also a &lt;a href=&quot;http://wiki.debian.org/DebianWikiIsNotGFDL&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;second page  with discussion about the license&lt;/a&gt; on the wiki.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Although I am not a lawyer, I think technically we cannot have content from the Debian Wiki on AskUbuntu. Do you agree? Should we remove such content?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="51272" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2012-08-21T18:40:18.713" Title="How to handle content copied from the DebianWiki (debian.wiki.org)?" Tags="|discussion|legal|plagiarism|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3953" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-08-21T19:28:11.050" Score="1" ViewCount="48" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1224/how-do-i-leave-a-comment-to-an-answer-on-the-ask-ubuntu-site&quot;&gt;how do I leave a comment to an answer on the Ask Ubuntu site?&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This may be a stupid question, but I don't get it. I see that all kinds of people leave comments on specific answers to questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All I have is an answer box on the bottom of the page. I don't want to reply with a new answer. I want to comment on someone's answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't see any 'reply' or 'comment' link so I assume that to comment on a particular answer, it must all be done from the one answer box in the bottom with some sort of string like @james123.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm going to post this question and then try some things to figure it out since it doesn't say anywhere how to do it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/JZzSS.png&quot; alt=&quot;CANT comment??&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/oeeCQ.png&quot; alt=&quot;CAN comment?&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54516" OwnerDisplayName="Benjamin" LastEditorUserId="25798" LastEditDate="2012-08-22T07:36:12.430" LastActivityDate="2012-08-22T07:36:12.430" Title="How do I add comments on answers?" Tags="|support|comments|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2012-08-21T19:38:52.967" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3955" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1224" CreationDate="2012-08-21T19:47:28.150" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you can't comment on your own questions or on answers to your own questions, that almost always means you're logged in as a different user than the one you used to post the question. Log in as the same user.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you're not a registered user, you can register and then request that the accounts be merged. Then you gain the ability to post comments on your questions and on answers to them, as well as to mark an answer as the accepted answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2012-08-21T19:47:28.150" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3956" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-08-22T15:11:51.567" Score="2" ViewCount="58" Body="&lt;p&gt;Review system looks good in controlling spam and low quality contents  . I am aware it is still in BETA.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While reviewing i came across an answer whose author had less Reps to comment originally , hence seems to have posted it as answer . Thus reviewing enables me to post comment below it as , &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;This is really a comment, not an answer to the question. Please use &quot;add comment&quot; to leave feedback for the author.&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But it seems meaningless to post it under such answers whose Author have less rep . So i found a comment by &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/58612/izx&quot;&gt;izx&lt;/a&gt; more useful for such situation as &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This is really a comment, not an answer to the question. You can&#xA;  always comment on your own posts, and once you have sufficient&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq#reputation&quot;&gt;reputation&lt;/a&gt; you will be able to&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/comment&quot;&gt;comment on any post&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So should we leave the post as &lt;code&gt;Not sure&lt;/code&gt; or wait for OP to gain rep to comment so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or the BETA system is not yet to be discussed until fully integrated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;PLUS, what to do for the answers such as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/5790/gnome-do-in-doesnt-have-the-docky-appearance-anymore&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;, whose author seems not to exist on AU any more.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/xSBWN.png&quot; alt=&quot;Author without account&quot;&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="63025" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2012-08-23T07:13:54.927" Title="About the Comment system in New Review BETA feature" Tags="|discussion|comments|review-beta|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3957" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3958" CreationDate="2012-08-22T17:24:56.423" Score="2" ViewCount="45" Body="&lt;p&gt;I used to participate on AskUbuntu.com as the user:3419.  Unforunately, the domain in which I have had previously used for that account is no longer in existence.  I am not sure how to recover it or the launchpad id from then.  I was using the passwordcard method to keep up with everything and that system turned out to be a failure for me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is:  Is there a way to my old account or reset it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="77594" LastActivityDate="2012-08-22T18:36:20.760" Title="Old Ask Ubuntu account" Tags="|support|user-accounts|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3958" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3957" CreationDate="2012-08-22T18:36:20.760" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've merged your old account in to your new one. This will carry over your reputation, questions, bounties, statistics, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2012-08-22T18:36:20.760" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3959" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="4016" CreationDate="2012-08-23T09:02:21.643" Score="10" ViewCount="254" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think that the new Review Tasks is an excellent idea to clean the system of duplicates, dead questions, low quality, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have noticed while reviewing, that some answers have already been recommended for deletion by other users, but are still showing up.  Is there a reason for that, because there is no sense in doing it again, since it has been done.  What are the reason(s) for that, and could it be a bug?  Plus if an answer has already been looked at, and it is done by another user, why does it still show up in the queue?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/euSyU.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/L5ksU.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, I have recommended deletion on some answers, as comment only, or just a link, and I have gotten back from other users, that I was wrong.  I really appreciate those users' comments, because it's a learning experience.  The reason behind my choices, that what's available.  Because sometimes the best choice is no comment, but I don't think that's fair to the user.  I think the list of choices should be expanded to include something like, short answer, try to expand, or answer format is wrong.  I mean I don't mind doing the editing, but just to really explain to (specially new uses) what is expected from them.  Because not everybody reads the FAQs. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Something I have to add is that, sometimes you look at a flagged question, and you see a link, so you approach the choice that says that this a link, and it should have more info than just the link, but you realize that its not a link, but actually an answer to the question, and sometimes a good one, but unfortunately, you can't go back, and fix it.  So maybe the ability to go back might be something to look at, so better decisions can be made.  I know that I did these mistakes, and I'm thankful for the members who commented, and help me see that there are better choices, and better (simple) ways to make an answer look a lot better.  So I hope that we all can keep helping each other, so this can be a great site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also since there seem to be a lot of duplicate questions, and questions that need to be closed for other reasons, why can't we have more close votes, or get those back at a shorter time (16 Hours fro me).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="59676" LastEditorUserId="59676" LastEditDate="2012-09-09T05:34:42.800" LastActivityDate="2012-09-09T05:34:42.800" Title="Ask Ubuntu Review Tasks (beta)" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|review-beta|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3960" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-08-23T07:59:31.543" Score="1" ViewCount="98" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3591/why-do-you-need-15-reputation-to-upvote&quot;&gt;Why do you need 15 reputation to upvote?&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First, I’m totally new here Ubuntu/community.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I had a wifi problem and look for the answer here at ask Ubuntu and yes I found the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/139168/dell-1390-wireless-bcm4311-ubuntu-12-04-no-wireless-icon-in-unity&quot;&gt;solution&lt;/a&gt;. Now I want to Vote Up the answer that’s help me out but then I saw I need to have a rep of 15. I'm new and can't help anyone now because I have zero experience so I can´t gain my rep. What is the exact reason for that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85032" OwnerDisplayName="John Wells" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Why does Vote Up require 15 reputation?" Tags="|discussion|community|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="0" ClosedDate="2012-08-23T10:50:51.123" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3961" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3960" CreationDate="2012-08-23T08:06:40.050" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think the main reason is to limit people from registering accounts and voting themselves up.  Although this is technically still possible it would take more work.  I must say I am not basing this on anything I've read just a guess really.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question has been asked over on Meta though check here &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/41347/why-is-15-reputation-required-to-upvote&quot;&gt;Why are 15 reputation points required to upvote?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="37577" OwnerDisplayName="Goddard" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2012-08-23T08:06:40.050" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3962" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-08-23T13:54:49.437" Score="0" ViewCount="36" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3053/what-are-common-canonical-questions-for-our-site&quot;&gt;What are common canonical questions for our site?&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When a user posts a question about, for instance, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/179421/ubuntu-10-04-freezes-unexpectedly&quot;&gt;Ubuntu freezing&lt;/a&gt;, it would be useful to have a page that list the most common questions, and the answers that should be linked to.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So under &quot;Freezing&quot;, there would be a link to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/4408/what-should-i-do-when-ubuntu-freezes&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's just a wild idea, but I think it could actually be useful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="40421" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2012-08-23T13:58:02.020" Title="We need a central list of canonical answers or best answers for oft-seen question" Tags="|feature-request|answers|canonical-answer|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2012-08-23T13:58:28.903" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3963" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3964" CreationDate="2012-08-24T08:14:32.030" Score="0" ViewCount="69" Body="&lt;p&gt;People using Gnome/Unity usually post their questions without bothering to mention this fact. Also, most users assume that when talking about folders or file browser we should assume they are talking about Nautilus.&#xA;Many questions/answers happen without ever the DE or the file browser being mentioned, although these questions/answers are in fact Gnome/Unity/Nautilus-specific. They give an impression of generality that do not in fact posses, and may become misleading.&#xA;Adding this request for users would greatly improve the clarity and usefulness of the website.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user47206" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-08-24T15:56:14.640" LastActivityDate="2012-08-24T15:56:14.640" Title="Shouldn't users be asked to give more info, especially on their their desktop environment, when asking questions?" Tags="|discussion|asking-questions|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3964" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3963" CreationDate="2012-08-24T12:57:07.230" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I believe that we should assume the answer needs to be about a vanilla Ubuntu. When someone is using a specific piece of software it is the questioneers responsibility to mention that fact. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That being said: this what you are asking is the function of tags and it is encouraged to use tags when opening a question. A '1 tag required and max 5 possible' is enforced when asking a question so this leaves enough room. But I do not see how AU can enforce users to use certain tags.&#xA;If you see such a question you can tag it &lt;code&gt;unity&lt;/code&gt; or &lt;code&gt;nautilus&lt;/code&gt; if it does not have that specific tag. It helps when searching for a specific issues where you know that tag is important. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastActivityDate="2012-08-24T12:57:07.230" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3965" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3963" CreationDate="2012-08-24T13:03:30.680" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is there was a runaway trend of ambiguous questions?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I could be wrong (given my lowered presence in the past few months) but most people use what they're given. They use the defaults. If they don't they &lt;em&gt;usually&lt;/em&gt; know enough to specify what they're using.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know assumptions aren't great and we could pester people for all sorts of detail before they were allowed to post but, as I say, this isn't something that I've witnessed as a major issue here and I've seen a few questions in my time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On another side of this multi-faceted coin, there is an argument that adding information for the sake of adding information only serves to water down the value of those tags.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you make the tag relevant to what the user uses and not specifically the question, you end up with a load of junk tags. Finding questions explicitly by a desktop environment become useless.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Those tags just become meta-noise and mean nothing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2012-08-24T13:03:30.680" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3966" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3967" CreationDate="2012-08-25T05:27:47.160" Score="2" ViewCount="72" Body="&lt;p&gt;This question was recently closed as &lt;em&gt;not a real question&lt;/em&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/144318/ubuntus-app-store-drm-licensing&quot;&gt;Does the Software Centre provide a DRM/licensing scheme?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It asks if the Software Center implements DRM. I think &lt;em&gt;that part&lt;/em&gt; is clearly a question, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/58612/izx&quot;&gt;izx&lt;/a&gt; wrote &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/144326/22949&quot;&gt;an excellent answer&lt;/a&gt;, which &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/5768/aking1012&quot;&gt;aking1012&lt;/a&gt; then &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/144326/revisions&quot;&gt;made even better&lt;/a&gt;, and which currently has five upvotes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After the question was answered, the answer got some upvotes, the answer was edited, and then the question was closed. izx, who wrote the answer, was one of the close voters. (I mention this because it is an indication of something unusual. I'm not trying to pick on izx, or even say he shouldn't have voted to close.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ordinarily this would seem wrong, but &lt;strong&gt;I do understand why this was closed&lt;/strong&gt;. Or at least I think I do. The first sentence of the question asks if the Software Center implements DRM, but it ends asking, &quot;pls?&quot; By itself, that could be interpreted as a feature request rather than a question. (Or it could be interpreted as an attempt to politely request that the question be answered.) After that, &lt;strong&gt;it becomes much more like a feature request&lt;/strong&gt;. It argues that DRM is important and good, and it suggests that we become more like Apple.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can certainly imagine, just looking at the question, that I could have voted to close it. Users requesting features are not done any favors by having their questions kept open--like bugs, feature requests should be closed and their authors referred to the proper places for posting them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But here's why I think this question shouldn't have been closed, and probably should be reopened:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;In its present form, it's not a very good feature request.&lt;/strong&gt; Without intending offense to the author, as written, it's a worse feature request than it is a question. I think that in its current form, it's better handled here as a question than on Brainstorm or Launchpad as a feature request.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A minority of people in our community think DRM is good and that there should be more of it, but this is probably a very small minority. Opposition to DRM in the Ubuntu community and in the free open source software community more generally is sometimes on technical grounds--for example, that a system that deliberately makes things not work, and that takes away a user's control of their own computer, is a broken system. But many of us--myself included--think DRM is not only technically problematic, but morally reprehensible as well. Ask Ubuntu may well not be an appropriate platform to argue about the ethics of DRM. But &lt;strong&gt;a feature request for DRM should address the community's widespread objections to DRM&lt;/strong&gt;. Since this one doesn't, I think it makes sense to answer it by explaining:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;That the Software Center does not support DRM.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;That such a feature is presently unlikely because the community as a whole embraces a system of values inconsistent with DRM.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;That the absence of DRM in the Software Center does not actually prevent individual proprietary applications from implementing DRM to enforce license restrictions or for other purposes.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;That the developers themselves have considered the issue and oppose adding a DRM framework to the Software Center.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In its current form, the &lt;em&gt;answer&lt;/em&gt; says all that. If the OP now wishes to post on Brainstorm or Launchpad to request DRM be added to the Software Center, the OP will know what the main issues are that should be addressed in such a proposal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another thing to consider, suggesting that this should be considered a real question, is &lt;strong&gt;if it would have been closed, if the answer had been &quot;yes.&quot;&lt;/strong&gt; It pains me to imagine a world where the Ubuntu Software Center implements DRM, but suppose it did. I would suggest that, in that case, this would never have been closed, even though it seems like a feature request. It would simply have been answered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;This extends beyond that one closed question, to the issue described in the title: If a question looks like a feature request, but it can be answered as a question, and it &lt;strong&gt;has&lt;/strong&gt; been answered, and the answer is good (and itself on-topic for our site), should we still close the question?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2012-08-25T08:23:20.860" Title="Should possible feature requests that can be interpreted as questions and have good answers be closed?" Tags="|discussion|close-reasons|closed-questions|answered-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3967" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3966" CreationDate="2012-08-25T08:13:03.250" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;You had me sold by the third paragraph :) I've reopened it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;I'm not saying: &lt;em&gt;Woohaa! Let's handle feature requests!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I need to be clear on that. We don't. This particular question isn't really a feature request at all, it's somebody asking if something is available and podging up the language a bit, making it sound like a request.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've rephrased it so it's black and white: Does X exist.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is scope for a technical question about how to best design a DRM system — but I don't think it's in this question. The user hasn't indicated that they've got any interest in building something. If you want to start a new development question, I think that's fine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-08-25T08:23:20.860" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3968" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3973" CreationDate="2012-08-25T12:46:09.027" Score="6" ViewCount="696" Body="&lt;p&gt;Why I am getting &quot;You can accept the answer in 2 minutes&quot; while I try to accept the answer on Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="73328" OwnerDisplayName="Ankit" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-08-25T16:43:59.267" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="You can accept the answer in 2 minutes – Why I am getting this?" Tags="|discussion|accepted-answer|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3969" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3970" CreationDate="2012-08-25T16:26:17.693" Score="0" ViewCount="82" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am using &lt;code&gt;firefox&lt;/code&gt; 14. Whenever I open my normal &lt;code&gt;askubuntu&lt;/code&gt; user feed (and my &lt;code&gt;meta&lt;/code&gt; one, although that is blank anyway until I post this question), it opens up a download box instead of displaying it in a new tab; when I open the downloaded file in &lt;code&gt;firefox&lt;/code&gt; (after adding the &lt;code&gt;.xhtml&lt;/code&gt; suffix) it comes up with:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;XML Parsing Error: XML or text declaration not at start of entity&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I try to add mine or anyone else's feed to &lt;code&gt;Thunderbird&lt;/code&gt;, I get a message relating to an invalid feed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I try to validate my user feed at &lt;code&gt;w3.org&lt;/code&gt;, I get the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;This feed does not validate.&#xA;    line 2, column 0: XML parsing error: &amp;lt;unknown&amp;gt;:2:0: XML or text declaration not at start of entity [help]&#xA;        &amp;lt;?xml version=&quot;1.0&quot; encoding=&quot;utf-8&quot;?&amp;gt;&#xA;&#xA;Source: http://askubuntu.com/feeds/user/76204&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This problem has been going on for several days now and I think it's the same for everyone?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user76204" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-08-25T16:43:15.320" LastActivityDate="2012-08-27T22:34:52.053" Title="All rss feeds (tags and user feeds) are misconfigured" Tags="|bug|rss|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3970" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3969" CreationDate="2012-08-25T21:13:26.787" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have just tested the feeds now and they seem fine again, but they were appearing as &lt;strong&gt;invalid&lt;/strong&gt; for the last 2-3 days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think the issue is solved now, so I'll mark it as such. If it happens again we can reopen it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user76204" LastEditorDisplayName="user76204" LastEditDate="2012-08-27T22:34:52.053" LastActivityDate="2012-08-27T22:34:52.053" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3971" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3975" CreationDate="2012-08-26T03:48:11.643" Score="8" ViewCount="169" Body="&lt;p&gt;What should be do with the users' questions that are inactive from a long time ago?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/102002/62483&quot;&gt;This question&lt;/a&gt; is from &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/45268/santiago&quot;&gt;this user&lt;/a&gt; how posted one question in February and after that never came back.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What I'm trying to say is that without the help and testing from the users (that made the questions) the answers &lt;strong&gt;maybe&lt;/strong&gt; will be incomplete or subjective. So my suggestion is that the user with a two months &lt;em&gt;(to give an example)&lt;/em&gt; inactive question and &lt;strong&gt;login&lt;/strong&gt;, other user with the same problem take the ownership of this one, and thereby it can contribute with the answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should other user replace the first one? Should the questions be closed? Do you think that this can be useful or not? Should be as they are now?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="62483" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2012-08-26T08:52:52.807" Title="What happens to inactive users' questions?" Tags="|discussion|login|user-accounts|new-users|old-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3972" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3974" CreationDate="2012-08-26T04:03:32.773" Score="1" ViewCount="72" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/3fzq9.png&quot; alt=&quot;RELATED_BAR&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the &lt;code&gt;Related&lt;/code&gt; bar while I'm looking Questions or creating one, appear related questions that are duplicated. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;EXAMPLE:&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;In &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/180754/62483&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; you will see at the end of the list a related question called &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/161480/nvidia-gtk-warning?rq=1&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;nvidia GTK warning&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. This last one is a &lt;strong&gt;duplicated question&lt;/strong&gt; but even so it appears on the &lt;code&gt;Related&lt;/code&gt; menu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This can't fix displaying the &lt;em&gt;original&lt;/em&gt; question or by removing the duplicates?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="62483" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2013-01-15T20:03:53.517" Title="Why the Related Question queue have questions that are duplicates?" Tags="|support|duplicates|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3973" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3968" CreationDate="2012-08-26T06:41:09.270" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;Adding an answer so this question doesn't go unanswered..&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Stack Exchange system prevents accepting an answer within the first 15 minutes of asking the question. This is the system's way of ensuring that good to great answers are made.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If an answer is made to your question within the first 15 minutes of asking, but is not particularly good but you still accept it, it discourages others from adding an even better answer. In order to prevent that, this check is in place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Relevant Meta Stackoverflow question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/38090/discourage-questions-being-marked-as-answered-within-an-hour-or-so-of-being-post&quot;&gt;Discourage questions being marked as answered within an hour or so of being posted&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2012-08-26T06:41:09.270" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3974" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3972" CreationDate="2012-08-26T06:56:09.750" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you think the original question is a duplicate of one of the related question or if the related question is a duplicate of another related question, etc., flag them for closure.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What you are doing is for the greater good for the community and the site and I am sure the mods would really appreciate it if you do so too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The functionality of the related question side bar is to help the questioner to quickly go through related question of the same topic. It is possible that the related question answers the original question, in which case the questioner wouldn't have to duplicate the question at all. But, on occasions, the questioner might not actively check the related questions sidebar and that's when the community steps in and helps close the question if it should be rightfully closed as a duplicate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastActivityDate="2012-08-26T06:56:09.750" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3975" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3971" CreationDate="2012-08-26T08:52:52.807" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;If there is no obvious answer to the post then you can:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Flag or vote for the post to be closed as too localized,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If lacking further information necessary to answer them they can be closed  as  not really a question.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastActivityDate="2012-08-26T08:52:52.807" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3977" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3979" CreationDate="2012-08-26T17:18:14.443" Score="9" ViewCount="169" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've been editing tag wikis for a while, and I always write tag wikis with this formatting:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Excerpt: Questions about using/installing (tag) on Ubuntu&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Wiki: (tag) is a (blah blah blah). (extra info) then (external&#xA;  resources or official website)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For weeks and I never thought to change anything.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One day I went to the &quot;Name&quot; section of the tags page, which I never went there until now.  There were tags wikis that were very different from other tag wikis, some long, some short, some irrelevant, some useful, some... well, you get the point.  And some plagiarized.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some tag wikis are really great that I want to ditch my own formatting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After I read a bunch of different tag wikis, I thought maybe I should not use my usual formatting and use something else (better or not, just something else).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But before editing more tags (or creating new ones) I thought it would be right to ask here first: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What kind of tag wikis are considered as &quot;good&quot;?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="39869" LastEditorUserId="25798" LastEditDate="2012-08-27T14:02:21.350" LastActivityDate="2012-08-27T02:22:13.887" Title="What makes a tag wiki &quot;good&quot;?" Tags="|discussion|tag-wiki|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3978" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-08-26T19:11:33.770" Score="2" ViewCount="51" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently commented on this &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/180639/request-about-description-regarding-cpuinfo&quot;&gt;question&lt;/a&gt;, considering it off topic. User &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/22949/eliah-kagan&quot;&gt;EliahKagan&lt;/a&gt; very politely indicated that he disagrees. The OP is asking for an explanation of what each of the fields in /proc/cpuinfo mean. In other words, asking what terms such as &quot;cpu cores&quot;, &quot;cpu MHz&quot;, &quot;cache size&quot;, &quot;fpu&quot;, &quot;cpu family&quot; etc. mean. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These are questions that are not in any way related to Ubuntu. They are hardware questions. They are not even specific to *nix. The same information can be found and will apply to &lt;em&gt;any&lt;/em&gt; OS out there. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, is this question on topic here? Would it not find a better home at superuser? If it is on topic, could someone explain why?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just to clarify, if the community considers it on topic, then great. I am just trying to understand what the rules are here. I am very new to this site and spend most of my time on super user so I really do not want to step on any toes. I was just trying to help. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2012-08-27T07:17:48.363" Title="Are questions about hardware specifications (not compatibility) on topic?" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3979" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3977" CreationDate="2012-08-27T02:22:13.887" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Thanks for taking the time to ask this question. I always intended to write this meta post on how we can improve our tag wikis and I'll use this opportunity to do exactly that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my opinion, a tag wiki should have &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;a &lt;strong&gt;brief introduction&lt;/strong&gt; about what the tag is about, unless it is too commonsensical. For example, you would want to explain what a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/chroot&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;chroot&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;chroot&lt;/a&gt; is, but not what a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/keyboard&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;keyboard&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;keyboard&lt;/a&gt; is. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;what type of questions are welcome in the site with reference to the topic and what aren't. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;some of the &lt;strong&gt;common FAQ&lt;/strong&gt; in each of the tags. You would want to list how to configure different parts of Unity in Unity tag wiki, etc.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;a tag wiki excerpt that summarily gives an &lt;strong&gt;overview of the topic&lt;/strong&gt; / tag to people who are pretty short of time. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;relevant &lt;strong&gt;links to official documentation&lt;/strong&gt; when and where necessary for further research. If there is a more appropriate Stack Exchange site on the topic, feel free to mention it in the tag wiki as well as the tag wiki excerpt.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As well, a tag wiki should &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;be merely a link to the official project page or the Wikipedia article.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;be a copy+paste from other sources, whether or not you have properly cited. More often than not, &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/3895/25798&quot;&gt;such content are not appropriate&lt;/a&gt; for the site and I would like it if you don't do it that way.  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Jeff Atwood has some really excellent guidance on how to write a great tag wiki. You can check this blog post:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2011/03/redesigned-tags-page/&quot;&gt;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2011/03/redesigned-tags-page/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can also take a look at some of the splendid tag wikis in Stack Overflow like the &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/tags/java/info&quot;&gt;java tag&lt;/a&gt; and the &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/tags/php/info&quot;&gt;PHP tag.&lt;/a&gt; They should give you a very good idea on how great a tag wiki should be and can be.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-05-23T12:39:54.233" LastActivityDate="2012-08-27T02:22:13.887" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3980" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-08-27T02:36:14.163" Score="5" ViewCount="106" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would suggest if we can have one question for each of the Broadcom chipsets, with one answer covering each of the release. So, we would have one question about Broadcom BCM4313 (and other chipsets) and multiple answers with each of them targeting one release version each. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The main reason behind the idea is - &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=+wireless+%2B+broadcom+%2B+bcm4312+closed%3A0&amp;amp;submit=search&quot;&gt;wireless + bcm4312 closed:0&lt;/a&gt; leads to about 40 open questions that are necessarily about the same chipset. If we have had one single question, maintaining the question and the answers would be relatively easier.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ideally, such questions should be made community wiki in order to let more people help with maintaining the question and update the answer when and where necessary. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, if there arises a need to ask specific question about any of the chipset, I understand such questions should not be blocked.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any thoughts and opinions on this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2012-08-27T13:21:26.110" Title="Can we better organize Broadcom questions?" Tags="|discussion|community-wiki|canonical-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3981" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3980" CreationDate="2012-08-27T13:21:26.110" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I agree, but not for &lt;em&gt;each&lt;/em&gt; chipset. Instead, go for the ones that are supported by a b43 variant, the ones supported by the new brcm in-kernel modules and the ones only supported by proprietary wl. Should come down to 5 or 6 &quot;canonical&quot; questions. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See table here: &lt;a href=&quot;http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43/#Supported_devices&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43/#Supported_devices&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="58612" LastActivityDate="2012-08-27T13:21:26.110" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3982" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3988" CreationDate="2012-08-27T15:14:18.123" Score="2" ViewCount="92" Body="&lt;p&gt;The question in question is: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/180990/ubuntu-and-zeitgeist&quot;&gt;What is zeitgeist used for?&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Check the edit history for details, but essentially:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Question asked likening Ubuntu using Zeitgeist to God-lessness.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Attempt to salvage question by rephrasing it as a &quot;what is the difference between Zeitgeist the package and Zeitgeist the movie&quot; type of thing.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Inflammatory religious language edited back in.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another user edits it back out.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At what point should an exchange like this be turned in to close-votes/flags and should it have been a salvage attempt in the first place?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2012-08-28T09:04:20.160" Title="How do we handle edits that seem to intentionally add inflammatory language?" Tags="|discussion|editing|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3983" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-08-27T17:52:57.073" Score="2" ViewCount="67" Body="&lt;p&gt;Should there be a canonical &quot;How/where do I get package X edge PPA&quot; question?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Alternately, should it be rolled in to the &quot;What are PPAs and how do I use them&quot; question?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've seen at least three questions in the last week that could have been answered/duped to:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&quot;This is how you search launchpad...&quot;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I added a couple of CW answers.  Feel free to propose other options.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By edge PPA, I mean a PPA &lt;em&gt;possibly the official +1 PPA if available&lt;/em&gt; where active development is taking place.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This type of generic answer would be useful for things like the previously repetitive &quot;Where do I get Gimp latest&quot;, &quot;Where can I get Unity active development train without upgrading to beta&quot;, &quot;Where can I get libsane-perl-xyz for gscan2pdf&quot;, or any other &quot;Where can I get package xyz that is not in stable yet&quot;.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think edge PPAs are distinguished from personal project PPAs by the fact that they are already in repo and the OP of a question wants an edge/squeeze/+1 version.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-08-27T20:26:21.897" LastActivityDate="2012-08-27T20:26:21.897" Title="Should there be a canonical &quot;How/where do I get package X edge PPA&quot; question?" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3984" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3983" CreationDate="2012-08-27T17:53:27.833" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, there should be a generic  &quot;How/where do I get package X edge PPA&quot; question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2012-08-27T17:53:27.833" CommentCount="3" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-08-27T17:53:27.833" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3985" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3983" CreationDate="2012-08-27T17:53:51.390" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, it should be rolled in to the &quot;What are PPAs and how do I use them&quot; question? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2012-08-27T17:53:51.390" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-08-27T17:53:51.390" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3986" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3983" CreationDate="2012-08-27T17:54:34.557" Score="-3" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, I think we should have loads of questions about &quot;Which PPA should I get this package from?&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2012-08-27T17:54:34.557" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-08-27T17:54:34.557" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3987" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3983" CreationDate="2012-08-27T19:18:21.813" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, there should be one question with a generic &quot;How/where do I get package X edge PPA&quot; and a list of commonly-searched-for PPA's.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54298" LastActivityDate="2012-08-27T19:18:21.813" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-08-27T19:18:21.813" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3988" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3982" CreationDate="2012-08-28T08:55:10.003" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure I would have classed this edit as inflammatory.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The user was asking what, if any relation the application called Zeitgeist had to do with the series of films (starting 2007) film of the same name. That's technically a perfectly on-topic question.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;English does not appear to be their first language and I think that's clear from some of the awkward phrasing.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The edit came, I think, to justify the significance of the question for them and to tailor the response. Christianity seems to be something important for them. The comment was mild.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A similar edit might be adding &quot;Oh and I use Gnome-Fallback instead of Unity&quot; to a question asking how to do something.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;I think&lt;/em&gt; it's fairly obvious that there no link between the two things &lt;strong&gt;but I'm an atheist&lt;/strong&gt; and I'm certain that some things bother me less than somebody with beliefs might.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;So I consider that some people need independent certification about some things that don't bother me but that bothers them. Perhaps this user doesn't want to use anything even mildly associated with this film and they're asking us for confirmation that there's nothing linking the two other than letters.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I consider this no different than a rabbi certifying a deli's kosher status.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Assuming I'm not missing anything, I would say what happened has been an overreaction to something very mild and IMHO, the edit war was far worse than the initial re-edit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you notice something bad being edited in, or being maliciously rolled back, you need to kick it back to us. We can lock things down and have a word with the OP in private. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2012-08-28T09:04:20.160" LastActivityDate="2012-08-28T09:04:20.160" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3989" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3990" CreationDate="2012-08-29T16:53:05.863" Score="14" ViewCount="274" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sometimes someone asks how to do something that is very hard, unlikely to have the intended effects, or fundamentally impossible or meaningless due to an insufficient understanding of what it would mean to do it. In these instances, it makes sense that answers will suggest that the OP should do some other thing instead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, sometimes it is valuable to interpret a question more broadly than it was asked, so that it can be more beneficial to the community (while usually still being at least as beneficial to the OP).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But at what point do we consider &quot;you can do this instead&quot; answers to not really answer the question anymore?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I'm not insisting we need to have a formal set of rules about this.&lt;/strong&gt; Instead, I'm hoping people may have ideas about some &lt;strong&gt;practical pointers&lt;/strong&gt; for deciding questions like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I have an idea that might be helpful to someone, perhaps even the OP. It does not answer the question, as the question was asked. In fact, I have even written in my answer that it doesn't answer the question, or that it won't solve the problem as articulated in the question. Should I be submitting this as an answer?&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Variation 1&lt;/em&gt;: It could just as well be a comment, given its length and complexity, and I have enough reputation to post it as a comment.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Variation 2&lt;/em&gt;: I've been composing a comment that's sort of like an answer but not really, for the above reasons. Should I post it as an answer instead, so it can be improved, voted on, more easily noticed and flagged in case I'm mistaken about it being valuable, and so forth?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I have come upon an answer that provides information that might meet the OP's needs, but which is clearly outside the scope of what the OP was asking for. The question has not been edited to expand it. Should I flag this as &lt;em&gt;not an answer&lt;/em&gt;?&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Variation 1&lt;/em&gt;: Should I flag this using a custom flag that explicitly suggests it be converted to a comment?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Variation 2&lt;/em&gt;: Should I comment to suggest the author ought to post this sort of thing as a comment instead, even if I'm not flagging the post?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;There might be some hard and fast rule.&lt;/strong&gt; But &lt;strong&gt;even if you think these questions can only be decided on a case-by-case basis, I want to hear from you.&lt;/strong&gt; Specifically, I am interested in suggestions about what kinds of things to consider, in making those judgments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/181732/22949&quot;&gt;This answer put me in the situation described in question 2, situation 1.&lt;/a&gt; The OP was interested in workarounds for a particular bug, ways to get a particular program to perform a specific task. The answer, while potentially valuable (even to the OP), instead suggests a different application altogether. Furthermore, the question of what applications can be used to perform that general task is essentially identical to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/48546/list-of-gui-based-bittorrent-clients&quot;&gt;an existing community-wiki question&lt;/a&gt;. It seemed to me that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This is a potentially valuable suggestion, but it doesn't answer the question (and it would be bad if this question becomes filled with answers recommending various different BitTorrent applications). So I recommend this be converted to a comment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I submitted that custom flag, which was declined with the canned response:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;a moderator reviewed your flag, but found no evidence to support it&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This is not about whether or not my flag should have been declined.&lt;/strong&gt; I don't think it was &lt;em&gt;wrong&lt;/em&gt; for that flag to be declined. Instead, I think it was probably reflective of a &lt;strong&gt;community consensus&lt;/strong&gt; with which I am not sufficiently familiar, or of &lt;strong&gt;differing standards&lt;/strong&gt; within the community. (If there is no community consensus to support a flag, such that a good percentage of the community would want the post to remain, then I think that's a &lt;strong&gt;perfectly good reason&lt;/strong&gt; to decline the flag.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as I know, &lt;strong&gt;having a small number of declined flags is in no way harmful to anyone ever&lt;/strong&gt;. I do not feel wronged in any way. Instead, I want to know, at what point do we consider an answer not to be an answer (or to be better as a comment) because it is &lt;strong&gt;too peripheral&lt;/strong&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To reiterate--I was planning to ask a meta question like this for quite some time before I ever saw and flagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/181732/22949&quot;&gt;that answer&lt;/a&gt;. I just didn't have a good example. I'm asking this because, now I do. Answers to this meta question about whether or not I was wrong to flag that post are acceptable, but that is not centrally what I am interested in.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Instead, please try to answer this: &lt;strong&gt;What kinds of questions should I be asking myself when deciding if peripherally relevant content is appropriate as an answer?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2012-08-29T17:08:38.393" Title="When are &quot;you can do this different thing instead&quot; answers considered good?" Tags="|discussion|comments|answers|flagging|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3990" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3989" CreationDate="2012-08-29T17:02:46.593" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;I tend to think of the answer as appropriate if:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It's evident that the user is after a specific way of doing something, but the goal can be accomplished in another way  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It's appears that the question is a bug complaint, but there is a known work-around&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Don't do it&lt;/strong&gt; answers are, I think, occasionally appropriate.  Most often more appropriate as comments, but I think sometimes an answer of &quot;Bad idea&quot; is appropriate&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/180258/how-to-add-some-margin-for-icon-space-in-unity-bar-menu/&quot;&gt;Here's&lt;/a&gt; a simple example.  It's evident that the OP wants a CSS based solution.  A CSS solution might break if the theme was changed, so I suggested an alternate way of doing what was needed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2012-08-29T17:08:14.453" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3991" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3995" CreationDate="2012-08-30T09:51:16.043" Score="2" ViewCount="97" Body="&lt;p&gt;Recently there was a question that some interpreted as a rant:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/180990/ubuntu-and-zeitgeist&quot;&gt;What is zeitgeist used for?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This question now has &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/180994/22949&quot;&gt;a good answer&lt;/a&gt; (written by one of the people who had voted to close it, which by itself often means the question's status has changed and it should be considered for reopening).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More importantly, &lt;strong&gt;it has essentially been &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/3988/22949&quot;&gt;resolved here&lt;/a&gt; that the question is, at least in its current form, a real, answerable question, appropriate for our site.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's not just one moderator who seems to have said this; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/180990/ubuntu-and-zeitgeist#comment225317_180990&quot;&gt;this comment&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/6005/jrg&quot;&gt;jrg&lt;/a&gt; seems to assert the same thing.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Essentially, what happened is that the OP asked if there is any connection between the software Zeitgeist (which is an important part of Ubuntu) and the popular film series &lt;em&gt;Zeitgeist&lt;/em&gt;. In some earlier versions of the question, it had sounded like the OP was posting to argue that Ubuntu was possibly unsuitable for use by (some) Christians, depending on the meaning of the package &lt;code&gt;zeitgeist&lt;/code&gt;. That it was closed is thus quite understandable, as Ask Ubuntu is not a good place for such debates. However, it turns out that &lt;strong&gt;fundamentally the OP wanted to know the answer to a simple question of fact--why is the software called Zeitgeist called that.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/5768/aking1012&quot;&gt;aking1012&lt;/a&gt;'s &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/180994/22949&quot;&gt;quite good answer&lt;/a&gt; explains quite well that the software Zeitgeist is named after the &lt;a href=&quot;http://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/zeitgeist&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;German word zeitgeist&lt;/a&gt; (which it turns out has also &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/zeitgeist&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;come into English in its own right&lt;/a&gt;), and has nothing to do with the film series by the same name. This answer has 7 upvotes, and I presume would be accepted if the question were reopened. I see &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3982/how-do-we-handle-edits-that-seem-to-intentionally-add-inflammatory-language#comment5996_3988&quot;&gt;no reason not to reopen the question&lt;/a&gt;, now that it's clear it &lt;strong&gt;is&lt;/strong&gt; a question, and the form of the question is such that no one appears to be objecting to it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If you disagree, please answer explaining why. Otherwise I suggest that people who have enough reputation to cast close and reopen votes on questions cast their reopen votes.&lt;/strong&gt; (Or if no one objects, it would probably be quite acceptable for a moderator to simply reopen the question, as is sometimes done in this sort of situation.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2012-08-30T13:16:06.907" Title="Should recent controversial question about Zeitgeist and pop culture be reopened?" Tags="|discussion|closed-questions|answered-questions|vote-to-close|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3992" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3991" CreationDate="2012-08-30T10:07:23.637" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The question has been reopened, so this is now resolved.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;However, if anyone thinks it should not have been reopened or otherwise wants to discuss this, please of course feel free to post your own answer here.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2012-08-30T10:07:23.637" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3993" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3997" CreationDate="2012-08-30T10:30:08.337" Score="3" ViewCount="60" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't think this question is off-topic:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/181782/apple-cloud-replacement&quot;&gt;Apple cloud replacement?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But it seems like a lot of other people do, and it looks like it may be closed soon.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In that question, the OP is asking if you can work on documents, check and write email, use instant messaging, and so forth, all on Ubuntu ...and sync the relevant information (e.g., newest versions of documents, contact lists) with an Android phone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While I'm not sure the current answer is sufficiently Ubuntu-specific, and I can see why people may think of this as an Android question rather than an Ubuntu question, I think this is &lt;strong&gt;fundamentally a question about what you can do with Ubuntu, and how to do it&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think it should be possible to explain how to use each of Ubuntu's several main productivity applications, syncing data with an Android phone. A very general answer that explains that--with some screenshots for good measure, and perhaps links to relevant Android documentation or questions on &lt;a href=&quot;https://android.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Android Enthusiasts&lt;/a&gt;, would probably answer the question quite well. (I don't have any Android devices; otherwise, I'd be writing such an answer right now, rather than writing this meta question.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I don't think that question should be closed. On the other hand, if we really can't give an Ubuntu-specific answer to it, then it probably should be closed. What do you all think? Is a good, on-topic answer that addresses the specifics of Ubuntu possible? Does anyone feel prepared and willing to write such an answer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:24.280" LastActivityDate="2012-08-30T11:23:18.600" Title="Can we consider the recent question about syncing to Android on-topic?" Tags="|discussion|close-reasons|scope|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3994" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="3996" CreationDate="2012-08-30T10:47:06.600" Score="8" ViewCount="118" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am curious about migrated questions. Who can migrate questions? Normal users or only specific users or user who got the privilege with reputation. If normal users or privileged users can do it, how? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it possible to made request migration of questions?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="33833" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-08-30T14:11:48.347" LastActivityDate="2012-08-30T14:11:48.347" Title="How can a question be migrated and who can do this?" Tags="|discussion|migration|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3995" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3991" CreationDate="2012-08-30T11:00:44.367" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Done, I see no issues with that question. It's not a great one but its a question. I blame the pigeons on this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to see some editing on the answer though linking to more information about what is Zeitgeist for Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastEditorUserId="25863" LastEditDate="2012-08-30T11:11:12.960" LastActivityDate="2012-08-30T11:11:12.960" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3996" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3994" CreationDate="2012-08-30T11:16:52.730" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are two sorts of migrations:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Site to Meta: The question is taken from the main site and plonked in the meta site. Anybody who can close-vote suggest one of these.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Site to Site (or another meta): The question is sent somewhere else in the Stack Exchange universe. Only moderators can do this.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want something migrating fast, you'll do best just to flag it and we can punch it around&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2012-08-30T11:16:52.730" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3997" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3993" CreationDate="2012-08-30T11:23:18.600" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yeah. It's not just about syncing Android - it's about syncing Android &lt;em&gt;with Ubuntu&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'll push an edit to make that clearer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2012-08-30T11:23:18.600" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="3999" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3991" CreationDate="2012-08-30T13:16:06.907" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Why re-open the question? It was a borderline question to begin with and has an answer now. Just because a question is closed doesn't make it's answers any less valid.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2012-08-30T13:16:06.907" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4000" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1048" CreationDate="2012-08-30T16:13:35.387" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;You need 15 reputation points to upvote, even for answers on your own question. It isn't that hard to get 15 points: 3 upvotes on one or more question will do it, or 2 upvotes plus 2 questions where you accept an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you reach 15 points, you can come back to your questions and upvote answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is by design that voting, even on answers to your own questions (or to questions that you've answered), requires a small amount of positive participation. Before you can start formally giving your opinion on other posts (by voting), you need to make a small recognized contribution to the community. This requirement also makes some forms of vote fraud more difficult (if you attempt to make multiple accounts in order for them to vote for each other).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1059" LastActivityDate="2012-08-30T16:13:35.387" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4001" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="4002" CreationDate="2012-08-30T21:55:11.833" Score="7" ViewCount="233" Body="&lt;p&gt;I know shopping recommendations are off-topic, but I think &quot;Is this hardware compat&quot; or &quot;What hardware is compat&quot; could have a useful answer that links to the Canonical certified hardware page.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A good question would be worded in a general way.  A good answer would make it clear that there IS other &quot;working&quot; hardware, but that asking if each individual piece of hardware works is off-topic.  If you want to be sure, buy certified hardware.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just today at least three questions have come up for close-vote based on this.  I think it might be more productive to dupe them to a sort of &quot;FAQ for supported hardware&quot; question.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should it exist?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;If it does, what is the canonical question/answer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-08-31T08:19:54.467" LastActivityDate="2017-06-16T20:41:13.080" Title="Should we have a blanket question for &quot;Is this hardware compatible with Ubuntu?&quot;" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4002" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4001" CreationDate="2012-08-30T21:57:54.107" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;Many possibles:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/33969/up-to-date-hardware-compatibility-lists&quot;&gt;Up-to-date hardware compatibility lists&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/10958/how-do-i-know-if-a-laptop-will-work-with-ubuntu&quot;&gt;How do I know if a laptop will work with Ubuntu?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/169059/which-hardware-manufacturers-are-more-friendly-to-ubuntu-besides-intel&quot;&gt;Which hardware manufacturers are more friendly to Ubuntu, besides Intel?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;del&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/13920/best-hardware-for-a-ubuntu-computer&quot;&gt;deleted question&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Pick one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastEditorUserId="367990" LastEditDate="2017-06-16T20:41:13.080" LastActivityDate="2017-06-16T20:41:13.080" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4003" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1117" CreationDate="2012-08-31T00:09:10.157" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;This has been inactive for a while, but here goes...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems to me that the changes you're recommending should not actually be made.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The SE and user menu arrows are fundamentally different. The SE menu arrow is a small part of the SE menu. The user menu arrow is a fully self-contained interface element (that is, clicking on the user menu arrow has a different effect from clicking on your name). For these reasons, it's better that the arrows look different, and that the arrow on the SE menu look less significant (which it does).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The links to the left of the search box, together with the search box, are &lt;em&gt;specific to a particular SE site&lt;/em&gt;. In contrast, the one interface element on the left side--the Stack Exchange menu--applies to the whole network and its appearance and function differ only in theme, from site to site. Physically separating elements that are site-wide from those that are network-wide makes sense.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, if there is a space between the links and the search box, then the interface will actually feel more cluttered, because there will be just as many interface elements, but separated into more groups. There's no need to separate links like &lt;em&gt;faq&lt;/em&gt; from the search box because they already look totally different; it's not confusing for them to be together. If we had a very large number of links, &lt;em&gt;then&lt;/em&gt; it might make sense to move some of them to the left.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2012-08-31T14:35:05.100" LastActivityDate="2012-08-31T14:35:05.100" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4004" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="4005" CreationDate="2012-08-31T15:47:06.147" Score="0" ViewCount="71" Body="&lt;p&gt;Editing can substantially change an answer or question. These changes, if accepted, may increase the value of the answer/question and the number the up-votes it gets. These should be reflected in the score of the editor making these changes, not only of the initial creator. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user47206" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-09-04T20:00:03.373" LastActivityDate="2012-09-04T20:00:03.373" Title="Editing an answer (or question) can make it get more upvotes. Shouldn't the editor also get credit for these later upvotes?" Tags="|discussion|editing|reputation|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4005" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4004" CreationDate="2012-08-31T16:04:50.293" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Editors get credit (at least those with less than 2000 reputation) by getting 2 points of reputation for each valid edit. In the end the original content came from the user. You just helped them improve it, fix it, or clean it up. If you're adding mountains of new information to the answer and want reputation, why not just add a new answer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2012-08-31T16:04:50.293" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4006" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="4221" CreationDate="2012-08-31T20:57:43.683" Score="2" ViewCount="73" Body="&lt;p&gt;This question is about how to use ping properly:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/159921/why-cant-i-ping-http-ushou-appeng01-ufm&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/159921/why-cant-i-ping-http-ushou-appeng01-ufm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The user is &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; asking:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;why a particular site does not respond to pings. The OP expected that it should, and that the problem is on the client machine. The OP was correct (though the problem was that the &lt;code&gt;ping&lt;/code&gt; command was being used incorrectly on the client machine).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;why a ping might not succeed in general.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;how to configure a non-Ubuntu system to respond to pings.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Instead, the question is about why a particular ping command produced a particular error. And the information that has been provided in comments actually answers the question (and should be given as an answer).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can anyone explain why it is correct for this to have been closed as &lt;em&gt;off-topic&lt;/em&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If not, I'd suggest it ought to be reopened.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;It seems to me that this was closed because it appeared that the OP was asking why a particular site does not respond to pings. Since that's not really what the question is about, and it is instead about how to use Ubuntu's ping command, I recommend this be reopened.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2012-10-09T07:59:00.877" Title="Should this ping question, where the OP was using improper syntax, really be closed?" Tags="|discussion|scope|close-reasons|closed-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4007" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="4010" CreationDate="2012-08-31T21:45:59.380" Score="8" ViewCount="133" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/9406/22949&quot;&gt;This answer&lt;/a&gt; is an example of an answer that is just a link, and to a page that requires a user account &lt;strong&gt;just to view&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Creating an account on that external site is free. You can even log in with a Launchpad SSO account. And it's even an official Ubuntu resource.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(In case that answer is removed or edited: it currently links to an Ubuntu Forums topic, which requires login to view, presumably because it may pertain to old versions of Ubuntu and thus be misleading to newcomers.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But still. For most people, clicking the link would not immediately provide an answer. In effect, this adds another layer of indirection between the post here on Ask Ubuntu, and the information that might answer the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems to me that such answers should be flagged as &lt;em&gt;not an answer&lt;/em&gt; or &lt;em&gt;very low quality&lt;/em&gt;, and deleted. But maybe others think they should stay.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems to me that one thing to consider, in deciding if such answers should stay, is: How easy is it for members of the community (including, but not only, moderators and users with enough rep to flag), to know if the content behind the login-wall actually answers the question, at all?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What do you think? (I'm interested in moderators' views, but also the ideas of anyone else in the community who has an opinion on the matter.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2013-02-19T10:11:08.807" Title="What to do with answers that are just a link to a page that requires registration/login to view?" Tags="|discussion|answers|flagging|hyperlinks|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4008" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-09-01T07:05:46.300" Score="8" ViewCount="207" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think so.  This question is just a way to get a consensus/vote on the thing.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;wifi is already duped to wireless and wi-fi is just another spelling of wifi.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-09-04T19:59:23.973" LastActivityDate="2012-09-04T19:59:23.973" Title="Should the tag wi-fi be a synonym of wireless?" Tags="|discussion|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4009" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4008" CreationDate="2012-09-01T07:06:55.600" Score="11" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Yes&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;There is no difference in the two tags&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Wifi seems more standard&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Duplicate tags based on spelling differences only confuse the thing&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The fellow that brought it up in chat should add at least one reason ;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72212" LastEditorUserId="5768" LastEditDate="2012-09-01T07:09:57.663" LastActivityDate="2012-09-01T07:09:57.663" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-09-01T07:10:56.700" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4010" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4007" CreationDate="2012-09-01T09:02:46.187" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;This only needs registration because it's now an archived thread.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ubuntu Forums segregates off old content like this to stop it being archived by the search engines indefinitely. And once you do log in, you see a banner like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hello, &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;username&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; You are browsing a READ ONLY archive of the main support categories pre 4/21/2008. You will not be able to post or reply any threads in this section.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Be aware that information contained here may be outdated, and could cause irreparable damage to your install - read and follow these threads at your own risk.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyway... The advice I'd give you is that link-only answers aren't great. This is a good example as to why, as good as one where the link just 404s. Sometimes you can't get  at where they point and that completely invalidates the answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But that doesn't mean they're all evil. Some links come from necessity - needing to post a video, or not having copyright over a post (and not being able to understand it enough to adapt). There are valid examples.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I don't think we should nuke all link-only answers on sight. In nothing else, they might actually be useful to the OP. We're years on with this one and the answer was never intended to be a login-only link but something similar could happen tomorrow and it could still help somebody.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And at the very least, if you notice a dead link, leave a comment. My experience on Stack Exchange is that most people do fix them, even years after the fact.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-09-01T09:02:46.187" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4011" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="4013" CreationDate="2012-09-01T15:19:20.817" Score="1" ViewCount="153" Body="&lt;p&gt;My question is if we should really answer questions regarding games run on top of Wine. Or should we not try to support such questions? MY objection to answering this is that it is &lt;strong&gt;too&lt;/strong&gt; specialized and it is wasting energy to answer questions related to activities that are just &lt;strong&gt;not native to Ubuntu&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It may sound awkward up until now, but let me demonstrate my point with an example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would rather put effort in answering &lt;strong&gt;these&lt;/strong&gt; questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/182952/apache-not-listening-on-port-80&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/182952/apache-not-listening-on-port-80&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/137623/google-chrome-cannot-be-installed&quot;&gt;Google chrome cannot be installed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/182890/how-long-does-it-take-to-install-kernel-linux-3-2-5-on-ubuntu-12-04&quot;&gt;How long does it take to compile a kernel (linux 3.2.5)?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Rather than &lt;strong&gt;these&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/182930/heroes-of-newerth-inventory-hotkeys&quot;&gt;Heroes of Newerth inventory hotkeys&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/180442/gta-san-andreas-problems-with-wine&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/180442/gta-san-andreas-problems-with-wine&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/98598/how-do-i-get-gtasan-andreas-and-most-wanted-to-work-in-wine&quot;&gt;How do I get GTA:San Andreas and Most Wanted to work in WINE?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/10779/how-to-install-world-of-warcraft&quot;&gt;How to install World of Warcraft?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Do not get me wrong here.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; I understand that gaming is important to a lot of people, and that they want to be able to port gaming in linux while they are trying it out, &lt;strong&gt;BUT&lt;/strong&gt; unless Valve and or others make an official port of their clients and games in linux, I believe that we should not encourage people asking about games, and that relative questions should be closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As is, there is a very high percentage of questions regarding &lt;strong&gt;Wine&lt;/strong&gt;. Now I do not care trying to answer some of them, but I am not here to provide technical support for Wine. That's wine's community problem. I am here to answer Ubuntu related problems. I understand that wine is useful, and that occasionaly someone might do good use of it, but answering questions about games not being able to run properly on a compatibility layer I believe is beyond the scope of this site. Not only are those questions &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq#close&quot;&gt;too localized per faq&lt;/a&gt;, but they also push other more important questions out of the front page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What do you feel about it? Should we vote to close, flag questions regarding Windows games and Wine? Or should we just answer them, (well those who can anyway), anyway?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="74578" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2012-09-03T01:12:46.183" Title="Should we answer questions regarding games played via wine?" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="6" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4012" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4011" CreationDate="2012-09-01T15:37:41.353" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;We should just answer them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Wine is supported, and hence, running any software (game or not) on Wine is supported. Just because &lt;em&gt;you&lt;/em&gt; don't like games, or don't like Wine, or don't care to answer them, does not mean that &lt;em&gt;we&lt;/em&gt; should close questions related to gaming on Wine. Improving the experience of those gaming on Wine is just as important as helping someone configure their apache server.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1992" LastActivityDate="2012-09-01T15:37:41.353" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4013" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4011" CreationDate="2012-09-01T16:01:30.630" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I personally think we shouldn't be closing such Wine questions as off topic because a significant number of people play Windows-based games on Ubuntu using Wine and they do run into issues that they want some help on. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think as long as the question is not a bug (E.g. Sound doesn't work in so-and-so game, in which case such questions would be closed as off-topic) or related to a very obscure game (which would be rightfully closed as too localized), we should let them be asked on here. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hopefully, someone who knows how to handle the issue and help fix the problems of these questions will come around and satisfactorily answer these questions. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you think your energy can be better invested in Ubuntu-related questions, by all means, go ahead and answer those questions. We get enough questions that aren't related to Wine at all. At the time of writing, we have had 63000+ questions with 634 of them about Wine and just 70 of them about games played through Wine*. So, I think it is not a matter of concern at this point of time as we clearly aren't getting drowned in questions regarding buggy Wine support for Windows-based games. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To round up, just because Wine questions are currently considered on-topic shouldn't be the deciding factor on what questions &lt;em&gt;you&lt;/em&gt; should answer. You brought up a valid topic for discussion, but probably not at the best time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;* Assuming all the questions are tagged properly.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastEditorUserId="25798" LastEditDate="2012-09-02T00:16:17.827" LastActivityDate="2012-09-02T00:16:17.827" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4014" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4011" CreationDate="2012-09-01T16:05:19.387" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think, If the question is about issues related with playing the Game with WINE such as installing, un-installing, tweaking WINE for the game, then it is OK, we should not close such questions, &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;BUT&lt;/strong&gt;, if the question is related with actual the game, such as a trick to play nice, God mod, changing game options which do not depends on WINE, then I think those question should be better asked on the respective game support site or forums and we should definitely close them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because, tweaking game performance which is not &lt;em&gt;specific&lt;/em&gt; to WINE and which can be as generic as questionable on any forums (regardless of WINE, such as a Windows forum or the game support sites) should not be asked on Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="61218" LastEditorUserId="61218" LastEditDate="2012-09-01T16:56:10.880" LastActivityDate="2012-09-01T16:56:10.880" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4015" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="4022" CreationDate="2012-09-01T17:17:39.407" Score="0" ViewCount="72" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/172280/61218&quot;&gt;this question about customizing the themes&lt;/a&gt; should be re-opened, because the master questions are not really asking this question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Master question 1: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/29553/how-can-i-configure-unity&quot;&gt;How can I configure Unity?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This question deals with configuring various aspects of Unity, such as chaning launcher icon size, animations etc, but It do not with changing theme colors, theme's font color etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Master question 2: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/93278/how-to-change-gtk-theme&quot;&gt;How to change GTK+ theme?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This question deals with &lt;em&gt;changing&lt;/em&gt; gtk themes in newer versions of Ubuntu, where we don't have the option to select other installed themes as was before. It also don't do anything with customizing themes themeselves.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What I understand is, the question was asking changing theme's window colors, selection background colors, selection text colors, input box background color (the background color in search entries etc)&#xA;, input box text colors etc, which was an option in the older Ubuntu releases (before Ubuntu 11.10).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I saw a question which ask changing selection color but that question wasn't broad in scope to include this and for that, we can't dupe this to that question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can execute this command to see the types of customizations asked (If I understand the question correctly):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface gtk-color-scheme &amp;quot;fg_color:#000000;bg_color:#2f568;fbutton_bg_color:#E5CBCB;backdrop_selected_bg_color:#F0C5B4;base_color: #F0C5B4&amp;quot;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="61218" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-09-04T19:58:53.837" Title="This question should be re-opened" Tags="|discussion|close-reasons|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4016" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3959" CreationDate="2012-09-01T19:14:48.537" Score="3" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Plus if an answer has already been looked at, and it is done by another user, why does it still show up in the queue?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Everyone makes mistakes so the system makes it so that multiple people review a question, sort of like how it takes 5 of us to close a question.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Because not everybody reads the FAQs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We have reusable comments that we can reuse as a browserscript: &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1323/what-prewritten-pro-forma-userscript-comments-can-we-use-and-share&quot;&gt;What prewritten Pro-forma userscript comments can we use and share?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This will save you a ton of time with adding comments that point people in the right direction. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I agree with your feedback of wishing you could go back to something you just reviewed, you should post that feedback on meta.stackoverflow.com so the developers can see it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2012-09-01T19:14:48.537" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4017" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4011" CreationDate="2012-09-01T19:27:47.830" Score="5" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;As is, there is a very high percentage of questions regarding Wine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/wine&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;wine&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;wine&lt;/a&gt; questions are just shy of 1% of all questions, so I wouldn't call that high. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The ones that are basically bug reports are already offtopic and should be marked as such. Most of the wine questions I run into are like this, so I just flag them along with all the other ones, but I think having the tag be offtopic is probably going too far, I'm sure there has to be a few good questions in there somewhere. :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want to ignore wine completely put it in your ignored tags (on the right side of the front page) and then in your preferences make it so it doesn't show them at all and then you'll never see wine questions again. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2012-09-01T19:27:47.830" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4018" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="4019" CreationDate="2012-09-01T19:30:49.027" Score="1" ViewCount="82" Body="&lt;p&gt;I came across &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/183000/what-are-the-differences-between-different-releases-of-ubuntu&quot;&gt;What are the differences between different releases of Ubuntu?&lt;/a&gt; earlier today, and noticed that for some reason it ended up being closed as a duplicate of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/690/what-is-the-difference-between-ubuntu-and-its-derivatives&quot;&gt;What is the difference between Ubuntu and its derivatives?&lt;/a&gt; .&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To me, they seem sufficiently different: the former asks for differences between different &lt;em&gt;releases&lt;/em&gt; of Ubuntu (i.e. Ubuntu 11.10 and Ubuntu 12.04), while the latter asks for differences between different &lt;em&gt;derivatives&lt;/em&gt; of Ubuntu (i.e. Ubuntu and Kubuntu).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I just noticed that it was closed as duplicate by multiple people, so I'm wondering if someone can clarify why these are duplicates to me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="18612" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2012-09-01T19:31:46.247" Title="What is the rationale for marking these questions as duplicates?" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4019" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4018" CreationDate="2012-09-01T19:31:46.247" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I made a mistake, I've voted to reopen it. Though it's probably a dupe of this one: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/111269/what-is-new-in-12-04&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/111269/what-is-new-in-12-04&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2012-09-01T19:31:46.247" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4020" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="4024" CreationDate="2012-09-01T21:29:14.183" Score="5" ViewCount="160" Body="&lt;p&gt;At the time of updating the system, sometimes appears package errors. e.g.:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;E: Encountered a section with no Package: header&#xA;E: Problem with something /var/lib/apt/lists/*&#xA;E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have seen many questions related, such as:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/183037/62483&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/q/183037/62483&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/144248/62483&quot;&gt;I can&amp;#39;t check for updates&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/30072/62483&quot;&gt;How do I fix a &amp;quot;Problem with MergeList&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;status file could not be parsed&amp;quot; error when trying to do an update?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/182820/62483&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/q/182820/62483&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;many are closed but other doesn't. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My doubt is that some of them differ from the others, but not their solutions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should they be closed as &lt;em&gt;Exact Duplicated&lt;/em&gt;? Some doesn't should be closed? Which of them?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="62483" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2012-09-02T00:03:24.247" Title="What to do with widespread questions about issues updating?" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|closed-questions|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4021" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4020" CreationDate="2012-09-01T21:48:22.203" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;This question is the &quot;master&quot; one:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/30072/how-do-i-fix-a-problem-with-mergelist-error-when-trying-to-do-an-update&quot;&gt;How do I fix a &amp;quot;Problem with MergeList&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;status file could not be parsed&amp;quot; error when trying to do an update?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;with 90-some questions marked as duplicate for that one, so I just close as exact duplicate. The &quot;I can't check for updates&quot; question is just a duplicate of this one: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/65911/how-can-i-fix-a-404-error-using-a-ppa&quot;&gt;How can I fix a 404 Error when using a PPA or updating my package lists?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;which is another commonly asked question. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2012-09-01T21:48:22.203" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4022" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4015" CreationDate="2012-09-01T22:54:43.483" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;This question has now been reopened. Can we consider your question as having been resolved now?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastActivityDate="2012-09-01T22:54:43.483" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-09-02T00:17:18.560" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4023" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4011" CreationDate="2012-09-01T23:14:02.710" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Maybe automatically refer them to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.winehq.org/help/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.winehq.org/help/&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="36396" LastActivityDate="2012-09-01T23:14:02.710" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4024" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4020" CreationDate="2012-09-02T00:03:24.247" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Most questions that talk about Mergelist can be closed as a duplicate of &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/30072/how-do-i-fix-a-problem-with-mergelist-error-when-trying-to-do-an-update&quot;&gt;How do I fix a &amp;quot;Problem with MergeList&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;status file could not be parsed&amp;quot; error when trying to do an update?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This Mergelist error is, in fact, &lt;a href=&quot;https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/346386&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;a bug&lt;/a&gt; that keep resurfacing in releases every once in a while. The bug has been triaged and would hopefully be fixed sooner so we won't get any more duplicate questions. This bug is pretty interesting because once you hit on the bug, you can't update your system to fix the bug even if the bug has been fixed on Ubuntu as the bug would block apt-get and update-manager.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyway, I think not every question that mentions MergeList are duplicates. There are some valid questions that shouldn't be closed. Some examples:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/180837/apt-lists-in-var-lib-apt-lists-overwritten-with-html-page-for-starbucks-wifi-te&quot;&gt;apt lists in /var/lib/apt/lists overwritten with html page for Starbucks wifi terms&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/154460/why-do-apt-get-and-wget-fail-on-my-server-when-ping-is-working&quot;&gt;Why do apt-get and wget fail on my server when ping is working?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/161333/why-does-apt-give-me-a-dynamic-mmap-ran-out-of-room-error-when-trying-to-upgra&quot;&gt;Why does apt give me a &amp;quot;Dynamic MMap ran out of room&amp;quot; error when trying to upgrade 6.06 LTS?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/27715/create-a-deb-package-from-scripts-or-binaries&quot;&gt;create a .deb Package from scripts or binaries&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, to clarify, if the question is about not being able to update your system because of MergeList error, then it should be closed. But, if the question is not essentially about MergeList, we should not close it as a duplicate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hope that makes sense.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2012-09-02T00:03:24.247" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4025" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-09-02T14:48:58.287" Score="17" ViewCount="247" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the past we ran a &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2863/its-time-for-clean-up-week&quot;&gt;Clean Up week&lt;/a&gt; to find abandoned questions or questions that needed votes, and so on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Oli set up an &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2651/ask-ubuntu-clean-up&quot;&gt;awesome site here&lt;/a&gt; where it would find older questions and give you a queue that you could just go through when cleaning up. This worked out well, and we went from something like a low-70% accept rate to the high 80s. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Our accept rate is now 78%, and given the 12.04 growth I was thinking maybe we should do this again, but not as a special event, just encourage people to keep doing it. Sort of like how you're supposed to keep your room clean all the time instead of when mom comes home.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think it's much easier to just run cleanup all the time because:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review&quot;&gt;new review view&lt;/a&gt; is awesome for incoming close questions. In the past if you found a question and flagged it you had to go find 4 people on chat or whatever to help you close a question. Now it just goes in a pile and everyone with close votes can review it, no more questions stuck in limbo!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The close queue started at 400-something and after a week or two it was down to 0, and we now have enough people looking at it that it remains 0 after people review every day -- this means we can easily handle a ton more incoming close votes.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The new queue means we can run cleanup without flooding the moderators with close votes and swamping them, we can just chrun through them.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also this can be not about old abandoned questions, but just about questions without answers in general, getting people to review and edit questions without answers, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2012-09-03T17:58:12.037" Title="We should start reviewing more regularly" Tags="|discussion|cleanup|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4026" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="4029" CreationDate="2012-09-02T21:19:15.840" Score="5" ViewCount="125" Body="&lt;p&gt;Looking for example at questions &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/17381/unity-doesnt-load-no-launcher-no-dash-appears&quot;&gt;Unity doesn&amp;#39;t load, no Launcher, no Dash appears&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/75998/is-it-possible-to-have-a-different-background-for-each-workspace&quot;&gt;Is it possible to have a different background for each workspace?&lt;/a&gt;, both questions include in their answers the use of ccsm (compizconfig-settings-manager). But then there is this question &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/80589/what-are-some-of-the-issues-with-ccsm-and-why-should-i-not-use-it&quot;&gt;What are some of the issues with CCSM and why would I want to avoid it?&lt;/a&gt; where in the answer an experienced user says that using ccsm is outright &quot;dangerous&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How would one go about finding out if an answer is still relevant (even if the answer has lots of upvotes), for example if ccsm has recently became stable, or if some other answer is no longer viable because of some other change, especially if (sometimes) the questions and answers have no mention of the versions used?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In some cases it might be just a matter of testing it out, but other times it might be a big risk of really breaking something.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since I for example at the moment don't have enough rep to go comment an answer and ask if the case is still as stated, should I then just post a new question like &quot;Is ccsm safe to use yet?&quot; or &quot;What other ways are there to achieve x other than y?&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="81728" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2012-09-03T13:25:38.523" Title="How to know if an answer is still relevant?" Tags="|discussion|asking-questions|answered-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4027" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4011" CreationDate="2012-09-03T01:12:46.183" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;If they are asking about a bug in wine, when running a program, or a certain bug with running that program with wine, I say close them. Like this one about a bug with a game freezing, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/183119/diablo-3-freezes-periodically&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/183119/diablo-3-freezes-periodically&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it is about how to install wine or to configure it, that is good.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2012-09-03T01:12:46.183" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4028" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4025" CreationDate="2012-09-03T10:43:14.570" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's all well and good closing down the old crufty questions and the new review tools do a good job for that but I'm more concerned about another factor: the rate we answer &lt;em&gt;new&lt;/em&gt; questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Answering questions is &lt;em&gt;much&lt;/em&gt; more important than closing them!&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Cruft does need to be cleared up but I don't think this is the time for that right now. Unless I'm deeply mistaken, the rate of new questions is far outpacing the rate of answers. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Look at &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions?sort=newest&amp;amp;pagesize=50&amp;amp;page=5&quot;&gt;page 5 of the new questions&lt;/a&gt;. 200-250 questions and they're less than 24 hours old still. Most importantly, &lt;strong&gt;most of these questions have no answers&lt;/strong&gt;. We're not talking about votes here — it's not like they have answers without votes (one of the things the clean-up targeted) — they have nothing close to an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;These&lt;/em&gt; are the questions we need to target. If we don't answer our new questions and spend time playing around with the old questions instead, the site is failing its main objective and we're just treading water.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We need more people answering but we also need better systems. Here's what I'm thinking:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hardware questions need to be perfect, &lt;em&gt;first time&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt; The current system seems to be that people post a rubbishy vague mess. This is followed by a comment from somebody in the community asking for &lt;code&gt;lspci&lt;/code&gt; (et al) and that's followed by an edit... By this point the question is on page 4 of the new questions and lots of people are never going to see it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We need to improve the question form so people include the right information &lt;em&gt;all the time&lt;/em&gt;. I've suggested asking follow-up questions based on the tags (that edits the post automatically) via javascript but I've never had a chance to write anything like this.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Outreach programmes to get more helpers.&lt;/strong&gt; The wider Ubuntu community knows who we are (several of us here are also Ubuntu Members who post on the planet) but we need to make it easier for new people to get involved in topics they're interested in, at a level they can manage.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How successful is the five-a-day program for Launchpad? Something similar to that might work for us and it wouldn't be hard to randomly email unanswered posts to different people.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;We&lt;/em&gt; need to be better.&lt;/strong&gt; If you're a hard-working member here, you're probably  enjoying this post and if you feel I'm wrong, I probably am but as much as this is a system or numbers problem, we're also at fault. &lt;em&gt;We're&lt;/em&gt; here now and &lt;em&gt;we've&lt;/em&gt; let things get to their current state.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We need to improve things but we need to remember how to be better users too. A couple of examples from my activity:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I know I have answered things that were probably duplicate questions. I felt it was easier to answer them than track down the best parent. I was lazy and probably greedy.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I've also stopped opening some questions because I know how painful it'll be to discern anything of value. Wifi and networking threads are famously hard to understand and they seem to be 90% bug related. I'm not going in, I'm not fixing them and I'm not answering or closing them.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know I'm not being good enough and given the number of these questions we're not dealing with, I suspect I'm not the only one.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I shouldn't need to point out the obvious: if we answer more questions off the bat, our answer rate goes up and we're not left playing catch-up trying to close dead questions...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2012-09-03T10:57:02.647" CommentCount="13" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4029" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4026" CreationDate="2012-09-03T13:25:38.523" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;As the answer says, &lt;code&gt;ccsm&lt;/code&gt; can be prone to accidental breakage if you do something it's not designed for. So is &lt;code&gt;rm&lt;/code&gt;. You would never consider suggesting you remove &lt;code&gt;rm&lt;/code&gt; though, would you?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I stand by my suggestions of &lt;code&gt;ccsm&lt;/code&gt;. It's a tool that can be poorly used but I think my directions are explicit enough to make it the best solution to that problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the wider scope, yes you would either test it yourself or if you had concerns about the safety of doing so, you can:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Comment on the answer (probably preferred if the user is still active - their profile should tell you this)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ask in Chat.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Start a new question on the main site (or here). A question like that would be on-topic on both sites.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2012-09-03T13:25:38.523" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4031" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-09-03T23:07:09.753" Score="1" ViewCount="47" Body="&lt;p&gt;A question I recently saw was closed for being a bug, and one of the commenters pointed to the bug report ticket that was open for it. However, the linked bug report (and, in fact, the only related bug report in the system's tracker) had an &quot;unconfirmed&quot; status, and had been open for nearly three months, nor had seen any activity in over a month.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This led me to wonder - should questions here really be closed as bugs if there are no confirmed bugs in the relevant system's tracker? While I think they should certainly be referenced (&quot;hey, there is a bug report open on this already that might be of interest to you, but it's not yet confirmed&quot;), bugs that aren't confirmed aren't acknowledged by the team as &lt;em&gt;being&lt;/em&gt; a bug, and the bug report's status can just as easily be changed to &quot;invalid,&quot; &quot;not a bug,&quot; etc., effectively nullifying/invalidating the AskUbuntu verdict that the question is a bug.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14325" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-09-04T19:58:01.217" LastActivityDate="2012-09-04T19:58:01.217" Title="Should questions be closed as bugs if the bug report doesn't list a confirmed status?" Tags="|discussion|close-reasons|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4032" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4031" CreationDate="2012-09-03T23:11:24.373" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The reason for closing as a bug is not just because there is (what should be) a better resource elsewhere, it's to make sure that people file bugs and subscribe to things.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If there's a bug already, that just helps to confirm that something somebody is talking about is a bug.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If there's no bug already, that's all the more reason they should be filing a new one instead of posting about it here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2012-09-03T23:11:24.373" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4034" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="4035" CreationDate="2012-09-06T21:24:07.777" Score="8" ViewCount="73" Body="&lt;p&gt;I read that concurrent questions can be merged instead of closing one or more of them. How to do that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user47206" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-09-10T19:35:32.247" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="How to merge questions instead of closing one or more of them?" Tags="|support|merge|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4035" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4034" CreationDate="2012-09-06T21:59:10.483" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;To request that a question be merged, please click the flag button and explain why, then a moderator will merge it if needed. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For more info, see this. &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/107846/are-there-guidelines-on-direction-for-merging-questions-which-question-to-close&quot;&gt;Are there guidelines on direction for merging questions (which question to close/merge?)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2013-04-12T12:20:21.017" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4036" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-09-07T09:00:54.500" Score="5" ViewCount="82" Body="&lt;p&gt;How to receive email alert if anyone answer my question here, I mean askubuntu.com. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Every time my question was been answer, I only can see the answer when I came here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75570" OwnerDisplayName="王子1986" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-09-10T19:35:12.123" LastActivityDate="2012-09-10T19:35:12.123" Title="How to receive email alert if anyone answer my question?" Tags="|support|email|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4037" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4036" CreationDate="2012-09-07T13:54:14.270" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Click on the Stack Exchange button on the top left of the site, and then email settings:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/24mvi.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/rcsx9.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2012-09-07T13:54:14.270" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4038" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="4040" CreationDate="2012-09-07T14:45:53.127" Score="1" ViewCount="51" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/185117/software-center-not-opening&quot;&gt;This&lt;/a&gt; is an example.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My first reaction was to vote for closure as &lt;strong&gt;Not a real question&lt;/strong&gt;, yet the title says what's wrong, and the OP gave his error message.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Therefore, it doesn't really fall in the scope of &lt;strong&gt;NARQ&lt;/strong&gt; as defined in the &quot;Close&quot; popup:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;It's difficult to tell what is being asked here. This question is ambiguous, vague, incomplete, overly broad, or rhetorical and cannot be reasonably answered in its current form. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should we tolerate these questions? Or should we close them, even though we &lt;em&gt;can&lt;/em&gt; tell what's being asked, simply to discourage badly formatted questions?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="40421" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2012-09-08T17:21:26.173" Title="Should we close questions that aren't well asked, even if it's obvious what the OP wants?" Tags="|discussion|asking-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4039" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="4123" CreationDate="2012-09-08T16:28:21.410" Score="16" ViewCount="314" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Credit goes to &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/users/25798/jokerdino&quot;&gt;jokerdino&lt;/a&gt; for making me aware of almost all of these tags. He sent me a list of tags he considered low quality, and asked me to post on meta about the ones I think we should take action about. Thus, this is really a collaborative effort. But this post reflects my viewpoint, so any blame and spam should be directed toward me. &lt;strong&gt;;-)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Tags to Dupe&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think these tags should be made synonyms of other tags, as shown below.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/recover&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;recover&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;recover&lt;/a&gt; --&amp;gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/recovery&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;recovery&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;recovery&lt;/a&gt; &lt;strong&gt;DONE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/impress&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;impress&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;impress&lt;/a&gt; --&amp;gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/libreoffice-impress&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;libreoffice-impress&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;libreoffice-impress&lt;/a&gt; &lt;strong&gt;DONE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/copy&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;copy&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;copy&lt;/a&gt; (134), &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/paste&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;paste&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;paste&lt;/a&gt; (25) --&amp;gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/clipboard&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;clipboard&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;clipboard&lt;/a&gt; &lt;strong&gt;DONE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/custom&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;custom&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;custom&lt;/a&gt; (31), &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/customize&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;customize&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;customize&lt;/a&gt; (7)--&amp;gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/customization&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;customization&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;customization&lt;/a&gt; &lt;strong&gt;DONE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/version&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;version&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;version&lt;/a&gt; --&amp;gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/versions&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;versions&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;versions&lt;/a&gt; &lt;strong&gt;DONE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/color&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;color&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;color&lt;/a&gt; (62), &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/colour&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;colour&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;colour&lt;/a&gt; (11)--&amp;gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/colors&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;colors&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;colors&lt;/a&gt; &lt;strong&gt;DONE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/pendrive&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;pendrive&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;pendrive&lt;/a&gt; --&amp;gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/usb-drive&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;usb-drive&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;usb-drive&lt;/a&gt; &lt;strong&gt;DONE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/menu-bar&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;menu-bar&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;menu-bar&lt;/a&gt; (28)--&amp;gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/panel&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;panel&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;panel&lt;/a&gt; &lt;strong&gt;DONE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Tags to Remove&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think these tags should be untagged from all questions that have them, and perhaps even removed from the system ...but the more extreme step of having them blacklisted is probably not necessary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/freeze&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;freeze&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;freeze&lt;/a&gt; (337): not very specific, used in different ways, and traps people into reporting bugs on AU&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/lag&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;lag&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;lag&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;strong&gt;DONE&lt;/strong&gt;): used like &amp;quot;slow&amp;quot; this doesn't provide much information, at least as it's currently used&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/fun&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;fun&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;fun&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;strong&gt;DONE&lt;/strong&gt;): too meta, and not helpful to getting a question answered&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/close&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;close&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;close&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;strong&gt;DONE&lt;/strong&gt;): is used mean way too many things, and even if we know which one, it's not sufficient tagging&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/tools&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;tools&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;tools&lt;/a&gt; (39): mainly means &amp;quot;program&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;utility&amp;quot; which are too general, let's remove this, replacing with &amp;quot;software-recommendation&amp;quot; (only) where appropriate&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/utility&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;utility&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;utility&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;strong&gt;DONE&lt;/strong&gt;): too general (occasionally should be replaced with &amp;quot;software-recommendation&amp;quot;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/features&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;features&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;features&lt;/a&gt; (22): very meta, plus we don't have &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/bug&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;bug&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;bug&lt;/a&gt; anymore, so no reason to have this either&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/editing&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;editing&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;editing&lt;/a&gt; (27): too broad, we don't need a tag that means making changes to anything under any circumstances&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/multiboot&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;multiboot&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;multiboot&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/multiple-boot&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;multiple-boot&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;multiple-boot&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;strong&gt;DONE&lt;/strong&gt;): I think we should remove these but keep dual-boot and triple-boot. If this is done, we can edit &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/triple-boot&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;triple-boot&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;triple-boot&lt;/a&gt;'s tag wiki so it explicitly includes questions about booting more than 3 OSes.&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;An alternative could be to get rid of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/dual-boot&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;dual-boot&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;dual-boot&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/triple-boot&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;triple-boot&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;triple-boot&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;But in practice, I think there really are a lot of special situations and considerations that come into play when you have three operating systems on one machine (especially if two of them are GNU/Linux systems or similar, and try to install GRUB by default).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/connection&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;connection&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;connection&lt;/a&gt; (214): we should retag this to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/networking&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;networking&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;networking&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/internet-connection&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;internet-connection&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;internet-connection&lt;/a&gt; (or both), but this tag need not itself exist&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/workaround&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;workaround&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;workaround&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;strong&gt;DONE&lt;/strong&gt;): too meta -- doesn't give enough info about the question, and nobody can really be an expert in &amp;quot;workarounds&amp;quot; generally&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/error&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;error&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;error&lt;/a&gt; (33): I'm sorry to see this has popped up again. Way too general. Let's remove...and maybe even ask for blacklisting.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/lid&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;lid&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;lid&lt;/a&gt; (33): I actually like this tag, but @jokerdino has expressed the view that it ought to be cleaned up, and I can definitely see that point of view. While &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/lid&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;lid&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;lid&lt;/a&gt; is not the same as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/suspend&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;suspend&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;suspend&lt;/a&gt;, usually that or some other tag would apply.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Tags to Rename&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure if it's possible to rename tags, but these tags have unfortunate names and would be better off with different names:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/open&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;open&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;open&lt;/a&gt; (34) --&amp;gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/opening-files&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;opening-files&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;opening-files&lt;/a&gt; (Doesn't exist yet)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/corruption&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;corruption&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;corruption&lt;/a&gt; (11) --&amp;gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/corrupted-files&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;corrupted-files&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;corrupted-files&lt;/a&gt; (0) (The one or two that are instead about graphics can just be retagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/screen-corruption&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;screen-corruption&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;screen-corruption&lt;/a&gt;.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-01-17T01:52:35.823" Title="Can we make some low quality tags synonyms, and outright remove some others?" Tags="|discussion|tags|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2013-03-02T15:44:46.093" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4040" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4038" CreationDate="2012-09-08T17:21:26.173" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;If we know what they are asking, then we should edit it to make it more clear, of course without changing the original purpose of the question. The only way a person is going to learn what a quality question looks like, is that if we teach them, and closing the question won't help teach them anything other then that we are intolerant of new users that don't know how things work yet. Remember we all start new, and require learning... some of us learn faster then others, but that is just life.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3889" LastActivityDate="2012-09-08T17:21:26.173" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4041" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-09-08T04:07:24.557" Score="17" ViewCount="441" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/675/when-should-we-use-launchpad-answers-and-when-ask-ubuntu&quot;&gt;When should we use Launchpad Answers and when Ask Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems that Ask Ubuntu and Questions for Ubuntu on Launchpad at &lt;a href=&quot;https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu&lt;/a&gt; cater to the same type of questions. What is the difference between the two, in the sense that in which of the two should I post my questions? Is there any duplication of effort?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user88247" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.227" LastActivityDate="2012-09-12T18:48:33.093" Title="What is the difference between Ask Ubuntu and Ubuntu Questions on Launchpad?" Tags="|discussion|launchpad|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ClosedDate="2012-09-21T05:06:28.303" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4042" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4041" CreationDate="2012-09-08T04:24:05.713" Score="-4" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Launchpad&lt;/strong&gt; is a software collaboration platform that provides:&#xA;&lt;em&gt;Bug tracking&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Code hosting using Bazaar&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Code reviews&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Ubuntu package building and hosting&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Translations&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Mailing lists&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Answer tracking and FAQs&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;*Specification tracking**&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other hand &lt;strong&gt;Askubuntu&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a free, community driven Q&amp;amp;A for Ubuntu users and developers. It is a part of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/sites&quot;&gt;Stack Exchange network of Q&amp;amp;A websites&lt;/a&gt;, and it was created through the open democratic process defined at &lt;a href=&quot;http://area51.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Stack Exchange Area 51.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;It  synthesize aspects of Wikis, Blogs, Forums, and Digg/Reddit in a way that we think is original.&lt;/em&gt;&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Ycuz8.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my personal experiences here you get fast answer if you have good question &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="31515" OwnerDisplayName="Gaurav_Java" LastActivityDate="2012-09-08T04:24:05.713" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4044" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-09-09T19:32:21.707" Score="2" ViewCount="59" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/-1/community&quot;&gt;I have a question about the Community moderator bot.&lt;/a&gt; I have seen and understood what its mission is. I also noticed something that was weird, at least for me. The bot votes several questions. And while it clearly states that it votes down to oblivion bad questions or answers, I do not really understand how and why it votes some answers up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I &lt;strong&gt;do not have any problem with it voting up, but I do not understand its criteria for voting up an answer. Apart from that, isn't it essentially giving away free rep?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="74578" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2012-09-10T19:34:15.867" Title="Why does the community bot upvote some things?" Tags="|support|voting|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4045" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="4046" CreationDate="2012-09-10T12:07:52.760" Score="0" ViewCount="69" Body="&lt;p&gt;I see some a lot of Spanish (and other languages) questions. is it possible to provide a Google translator plug-in for those or all question? Or provide it through out Ask Ubuntu (Question answer and comment)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="36315" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-09-10T19:33:40.377" LastActivityDate="2012-09-10T19:33:40.377" Title="google translator plugin for different languages" Tags="|feature-request|languages|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4046" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4045" CreationDate="2012-09-10T12:24:13.450" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1506/what-to-do-with-non-english-questions-or-answers&quot;&gt;Related&lt;/a&gt;.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My opinion is no.  We should not do this.  It would in effect encourage splintering the site in to a bunch of different languages.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions and answers are supposed to be English.  Making a plug-in or incorporating one would just encourage people to do what they're already asked not to do.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That being said, a user-script might be a nice way to do it without making it official/accepted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2012-09-10T12:24:13.450" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4047" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="4048" CreationDate="2012-09-11T09:36:14.440" Score="2" ViewCount="817" Body="&lt;p&gt;How can I insert image from picture folder of Ubuntu while asking question or answering to question in Ask Ubuntu?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="86929" OwnerDisplayName="Namshum" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-09-12T09:55:13.267" LastActivityDate="2012-09-12T09:55:13.267" Title="Insert picture in Ask Ubuntu" Tags="|support|user-interface|image|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4048" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4047" CreationDate="2012-09-11T09:38:50.503" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just press &lt;kbd&gt;Ctrl&lt;/kbd&gt; + &lt;kbd&gt;G&lt;/kbd&gt; to insert an image. The image can be from your PC or a link in the internet.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or click the img button to insert an image like this:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/8miqL.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="61218" LastEditorUserId="5768" LastEditDate="2012-09-11T09:46:52.113" LastActivityDate="2012-09-11T09:46:52.113" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4050" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="4051" CreationDate="2012-09-11T20:44:41.003" Score="10" ViewCount="79" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3490/please-make-the-ask-question-button-on-askubuntu-more-prominent&quot;&gt;Please make the &amp;ldquo;Ask Question&amp;rdquo; button on AskUbuntu more prominent&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It took me 3 minutes to find the damn &quot;Ask question&quot; button on this website and it's all because it's so white you can barely notice it. There also is barely any contrast around there. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user89004" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.227" LastActivityDate="2012-09-12T09:55:57.340" Title="Isn't the &quot;Ask question&quot; button on this website a bit inconspicuous?" Tags="|discussion|design|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="0" ClosedDate="2012-09-12T12:30:22.013" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4051" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4050" CreationDate="2012-09-11T22:42:44.247" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes it is. We've talked about it before:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/501/can-we-make-the-ask-question-button-stand-out-more/502#502&quot;&gt;Can we make the &amp;quot;ask question&amp;quot; button stand out more?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/409/giving-feedback-on-the-design/505#505&quot;&gt;Giving feedback on the design&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3490/please-make-the-ask-question-button-on-askubuntu-more-prominent&quot;&gt;Please make the &amp;quot;Ask Question&amp;quot; button on AskUbuntu more prominent&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We talk and talk and talk. We've been talking about this for two years and we always come to to same conclusion: the ask question link gives a &lt;em&gt;relatively&lt;/em&gt; awful user experience. I think there's unity in everybody's mind that we want it changing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But nobody having these discussions has the power to edit the design directly. It's slightly annoying to be ignored so thoroughly by our usually-benevolent overlords but I guess on the scale of things, the link is just a link. People seem to find it eventually.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2012-09-11T22:42:44.247" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4052" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4041" CreationDate="2012-09-12T18:48:33.093" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Asking questions on Launchpad:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You contact developers directly. That means you will probably get the most accurate and technically correct answer.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Your question may get redirected to developers of specific project your question concerns.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The question cannot be guaranteed to be answered soon, keep in mind developers are busy making Ubuntu awesome.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;There are no formatting options when asking/answering.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;There are mechanisms that sometimes allow you to ask in your native language.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Questions on Launchpad can be easily converted into bug reports.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It may happen that developers will provide you with poor answer, due to their lack of time or resources.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Asking questions on AskUbuntu:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You ask the Ubuntu community. That &lt;strong&gt;may&lt;/strong&gt; include developers, but in most cases your questions are answered by Ubuntu experts and fans.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You can expect to have your question answered within days, or even within minutes! That is because there is many many times more people that can answer you here.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Questions and answers may be formatted, include pictures, lists etc.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It is possible that the answer will be incorrect, as there is noone to guarantee its quality.&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;On the other hand, other users may improve such answer or correct it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You can be the one answering too. That's a great way to provide others with support.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Witty comments, sharing off-topic experience, reputation scoring and badges - all that makes AskUbuntu community an enjoyable environment, as opposed to Launchpad's plain interface.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="705" LastActivityDate="2012-09-12T18:48:33.093" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4053" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-09-13T01:30:09.000" Score="2" ViewCount="32" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is there a possible way of sorting my favorite questions by name or tags? As I have too many favorite questions in my account. So sorting them would make it easier to find the needed question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="24621" LastEditorUserId="25798" LastEditDate="2012-09-13T02:08:49.583" LastActivityDate="2012-09-13T02:08:49.583" Title="Can I sort my &quot;favourites&quot; questions based on tags?" Tags="|support|bookmarks|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4054" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="4055" CreationDate="2012-09-13T12:18:02.047" Score="1" ViewCount="42" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to comment &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/186499/47206&quot;&gt;an answer&lt;/a&gt; asking for more help, but cannot add the &lt;code&gt;@name-of-user&lt;/code&gt; - the user that my comment is addressed to. Why is that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user47206" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2012-09-13T12:42:31.137" Title="Cannot add @name at the beginning of a comment in an answer" Tags="|support|comments|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4055" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4054" CreationDate="2012-09-13T12:21:49.263" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Because in this case, the user is also the post owner - the post owner &lt;em&gt;always&lt;/em&gt; gets notified of comments on their question. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastActivityDate="2012-09-13T12:21:49.263" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4056" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="4057" CreationDate="2012-09-13T13:39:54.550" Score="5" ViewCount="362" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a couple of questions still open &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/145675/nvidia-geforce-go-7600-can-it-ever-run-unity&quot;&gt;nVidia GeForce Go 7600? can it ever run unity?&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/113439/ufw-is-not-logging-how-do-i-troubleshoot&quot;&gt;UFW is not logging how do I troubleshoot?&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/148967/will-my-data-be-erased-if-i-upgrade-from-ubuntu-11-10-to-12-04&quot;&gt;Will my data be erased if I upgrade from Ubuntu 11.10 to 12.04&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But the users asking those question haven't been active for months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What to do when users have been inactive for months and there question remain open?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="36315" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2012-09-15T07:10:55.443" Title="What to do when users have been inactive for months and their question remain open?" Tags="|discussion|accepted-answer|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4057" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4056" CreationDate="2012-09-13T14:28:04.330" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;There's not much you can do if a user doesn't come back and accept an answer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However the &lt;em&gt;community&lt;/em&gt; can judge the answers based on their quality and vote accordingly. So basically if you leave an answer and the person bails on you but you're getting a bunch of upvotes then the system considers it answered. I think the threshold is 2? (Not sure on that one)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2012-09-13T14:28:04.330" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4058" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3490" CreationDate="2012-09-14T01:13:08.210" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Update:&lt;/strong&gt; the entire header was changed; see: &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/6788/upcoming-site-design-changes&quot;&gt;Upcoming site design changes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I like it. I think it's classy. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/sites#questionsperday&quot;&gt;And &lt;em&gt;really&lt;/em&gt;, it looks like plenty of folks have been able to find it so far&lt;/a&gt; - only two other sites on the network have more questions asked each day, and one of those is Stack Overflow. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3490/please-make-the-ask-question-button-on-askubuntu-more-prominent/3507#3507&quot;&gt;mateo_salta's alternate designs&lt;/a&gt; are nice enough, but frankly, I think this is &lt;em&gt;change for the sake of change.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12845" LastEditorUserId="12845" LastEditDate="2013-06-15T01:28:02.710" LastActivityDate="2013-06-15T01:28:02.710" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4059" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-09-14T02:13:25.803" Score="1" ViewCount="102" Body="&lt;p&gt;Does it mean the answer is &quot;completely satisfactory&quot;, and the question can be considered finished ? Or just that a given answer was &quot;the most helpful&quot; ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;for example, in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/164892/why-do-youtube-videos-stop-loading-after-suspend&quot;&gt;why do youtube videos stop loading after suspend?&lt;/a&gt; , the user ventures a guess. It is not a definite answer, but it is a helpful guess.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should I accept ? Should I not ? Can I choose for myself a policy, or is there one in place ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am a bit bothered by the site complaining about a low accept rate. But I also don't want to fake accepts =(&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="56440" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2012-09-15T07:10:02.403" Title="What is the meaning of an accept (of an answer)?" Tags="|discussion|support|accepted-answer|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4060" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4059" CreationDate="2012-09-14T02:44:51.330" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;It rather depends on the question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If it's a finite problem (as yours seems to be) I would personally only accept answers that solve the problem. A suspicion can fit into that category if it proves correct and helps you solve the issue.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If there is more than one possible answer (and you have some to choose from), pick what you find the best. You don't have to do it immediately and you can change your pick later on.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The meaning essentially comes down to which post the opening poster thinks is best. It's the answer you pick. It rewards the poster with 15 reputation points (assuming it's not a community wiki) and pushes the answer to the top of the stack (usually), making it more likely to attract further votes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's also a strong indication to people that visit the site (with the same problem as you) that this is the post they should be reading. It's &lt;em&gt;your&lt;/em&gt; responsibility as OP not to mislead them. But ultimately it's your call. Other users can only vote on the answers. We can't overturn an acceptance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you're worried about a low accept rate, go through your old open questions. If you can accept something in good faith, accept it. If you can still work with an answerer (eg it's a problem you have still) give them a poke.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you can't resolve the question positively I would personally rather you left it open (and perhaps stuck a bounty on it) or deleted it, than accept an answer which does not help, or worse, is not helpful at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's almost 4am and I'm running on five hours sleep from &lt;em&gt;last&lt;/em&gt; night so I doubt this post makes any more than 75% sense. I'll give it a read through tomorrow and follow up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2012-09-14T02:44:51.330" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4061" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="4107" CreationDate="2012-09-14T07:46:01.340" Score="8" ViewCount="306" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think they are inherently the same thing and don't deserve multiple tags. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Breakdown of the tags:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/distro&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;distro&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;distro&lt;/a&gt; x 15&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/distribution&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;distribution&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;distribution&lt;/a&gt; x 40&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/distributions&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;distributions&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;distributions&lt;/a&gt; x 3&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/linux-distro&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;linux-distro&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;linux-distro&lt;/a&gt; x 14&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastEditorUserId="12845" LastEditDate="2012-09-23T05:43:42.883" LastActivityDate="2012-09-23T05:44:03.057" Title="Can we merge distro, distribution, distributions and linux-distro tags?" Tags="|discussion|status-completed|retag-request|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4062" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="4066" CreationDate="2012-09-14T10:57:58.977" Score="10" ViewCount="306" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Our goal is 200 million users of Ubuntu in 4 years&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  - Mark Shuttleworth (2011) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What does the Ask Ubuntu community do to prepare for such an increase in users? probably &lt;em&gt;less experienced users&lt;/em&gt; beginning to ask questions here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="36315" LastEditorUserId="36315" LastEditDate="2014-10-31T10:09:13.543" LastActivityDate="2014-10-31T10:09:13.543" Title="What precautions have been taken to prepare for when more people use Ask Ubuntu for help?" Tags="|discussion|ubuntu-community|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4063" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4059" CreationDate="2012-09-14T13:13:12.087" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is a case where you can use commenting to your advantage. In this case you can ask the answerer for references to add. There's nothing wrong with people guessing, it should just be clear when something is a guess vs. something that is a known fact, which is why we love references around here. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In cases where you feel the answers aren't detailed enough, do a quick review of your own question and edit it to make it clear exactly what you're looking for so that the people who answer have a better understanding of what they need to provide to answer your question. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can also edit your question in certain cases to mention answers provided and why they don't work for you. This not only gives the answerer &lt;em&gt;feedback&lt;/em&gt; so they can improve their answer, it saves people from having to read every answer, they can get the information right from the question. The way I do it is I add it to the bottom of a question like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I tried John's answer (link to the answer), but it didn't work for me for the following reasons, blah blah.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This will allow the next person to possibly take all the information provided and provide a better answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2012-09-14T13:13:12.087" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4064" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="4065" CreationDate="2012-09-14T13:53:25.517" Score="3" ViewCount="81" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have deleted some post but it still shows the comment of the deleted post in my inbox. How to delete those message?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="86929" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-09-15T07:08:33.747" LastActivityDate="2012-09-15T07:08:33.747" Title="Delete message from inbox" Tags="|discussion|user-interface|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4065" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4064" CreationDate="2012-09-14T14:38:54.450" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;You simply can't. They'll be marked as read once you click the StackExchange notification and will remain there. It's was once a valid notification, and remains a notification to this day.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2012-09-14T14:38:54.450" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4066" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4062" CreationDate="2012-09-14T14:53:04.760" Score="16" Body="&lt;p&gt;Right now we're the &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/sites#users&quot;&gt;number 4 site in the network&lt;/a&gt; in users, traffic behind Stack Overflow, Super User, and Server Fault; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/sites#questionsperday&quot;&gt;number 3 in the network&lt;/a&gt; for questions per day. To all accounts we're already quite large and see an increase of new and experienced users everyday. A great role model for us, at Ask Ubuntu, is the Stack Overflow site which sees over 4.1 million users every day.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Traffic increases aren't much of an issue for us, Stack Exchange knows what they're doing, and can grow to meet the needs of the site. Our community has grown significantly in the last two years, where it now largely moderates itself via trusted users. As the site grows so will the community, for every 5 new users asking questions for the first time we've got an expert* to answer them. New users rise quickly through the ranks and the barrier for joining the group of community members who moderate the site everyday is quite low.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While I welcome the challenge of supporting that many users, only a fraction of those users will actually use Ask Ubuntu. When they start coming in we'll be ready to welcome and help them as we have been ready since our public beta :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2012-09-14T14:53:04.760" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4067" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4061" CreationDate="2012-09-14T22:45:18.920" Score="4" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Based on @jacob and @njallam&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Let's just destroy them!&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This site is about Ubuntu, so none of these tags are needed. This is like having &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/programming-language&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;programming-language&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;programming-language&lt;/a&gt; in Stack Overflow.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54298" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-09-14T22:45:18.920" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-09-14T22:45:18.920" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4069" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-09-15T10:37:20.410" Score="11" ViewCount="237" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was wondering if there are any plans to release a dedicated Ask Ubuntu app on Android.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know of a few stack exchange apps but with the upcoming Ubuntu for Android will a Ask Ubuntu app follow?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think me and many others would gladly download this and even pay a pound or so for it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-09-17T20:06:09.590" LastActivityDate="2012-09-17T20:06:09.590" Title="Any plans for a dedicated Ask Ubuntu Android app?" Tags="|discussion|android|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4070" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="4071" CreationDate="2012-09-15T10:55:14.310" Score="7" ViewCount="247" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been using Ask for a while now, but have noticed a problem, there are many spam questions, if you will.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To clarify my meaning if you search the site for things like &quot;how to burn a live CD&quot; or &quot;do I need drivers&quot; or &quot;cant connect to wifi&quot; etc.. you will find thousands of Q and A's on these subjects with the same answers. This makes it difficult for new users to navigate the site as there are so many questions that are just worded a bit different, splitting the main page in to two sections would make it much easier to keep track of duplicates.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also this would benefit the people like me who answer these beginners questions and let more advanced users focus on more technical questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ubuntu gains popularity every day and this will bring more and more beginners to the site asking the same questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't want to go on to much so what do you guys think?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-09-17T20:05:43.863" LastActivityDate="2012-09-25T04:25:47.927" Title="Would adding a beginners section to this site make it easier to use?" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|new-users|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4071" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4070" CreationDate="2012-09-15T13:01:57.257" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, people don't come here based on &quot;I'm a new user SHOW ME ALL THE THINGS&quot;. People come to the site (at least over 90% of them) via search engine traffic. IE: &quot;This is broken, how do I fix?&quot;. Adding a beginner section will only just fracture the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, what constitutes a beginner question? That alone is largely subjective and impossible to say what would be a beginner, what wouldn't, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What I would recommend, you (and others) add tags that you &lt;em&gt;know&lt;/em&gt; how to answer. Say, things like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/nautilus&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;nautilus&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;nautilus&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ubuntu-one&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ubuntu-one&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ubuntu-one&lt;/a&gt;. Software which you're familiar with and feel comfortable answering. That way you can easily pick these out. On the flip side, you can add tags that you have no interest in (maybe server stuff like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/server&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;server&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;server&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/mysql&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;mysql&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;mysql&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/foo&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;foo&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;foo&lt;/a&gt;, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2012-09-15T13:01:57.257" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4072" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4039" CreationDate="2012-09-15T19:08:28.773" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is meta. Guys, speak up!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I say most make sense. Others, either I didn't look at them or probably I don't see the point yet. I trust &lt;em&gt;@jokerdino&lt;/em&gt; to be a better judge regarding these issues, but can you people verify if the changes really make sense?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;P. S: Look at the general pattern in questions tagged with a particular tag. &lt;em&gt;That&lt;/em&gt; is what is to be accepted as its general usage.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;@mods: Your comments are requested, and required. If we are talking of mass re-tagging, we'll probably need your supercow[1] powers and approvals.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[1]: intended to be a reference to some &lt;code&gt;man&lt;/code&gt; page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="45659" LastActivityDate="2012-09-15T19:08:28.773" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4073" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="4074" CreationDate="2012-09-15T23:51:07.877" Score="2" ViewCount="53" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since the site went into read only mode then came back, it has not updated at all. According to the question list, the last newest question was five hours ago. It is the same with some of the other stack exchange sites, except for stackoverflow which hasn't undergone the server change yet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this a dns propagation issue if the servers have been changed?&#xA;I include a screen shot of my front page. &lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/6GEd1.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I probably will not be able to see my question when it appears, but I just thought I'd see if anyone else was having issues. I can only see one or two recent questions if I go to stackexchange's realtime questions list.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(I have tried it in Firefox and Chrome, rebooted Xubuntu, rebooted router, etc)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user76204" LastEditorUserId="1412" LastEditDate="2012-09-16T03:31:17.597" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Site not updating at all" Tags="|bug|status-completed|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2012-09-16T03:39:57.040" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4074" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4073" CreationDate="2012-09-16T03:29:47.467" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;This issue affected Stack Exchange as a whole.  &lt;strong&gt;It has been fixed&lt;/strong&gt; for several minutes now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More information is available in these Meta questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.superuser.com/q/5576/83694&quot;&gt;I can post questions, but they don't show up on the front page or anywhere else&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/147246/188803&quot;&gt;Is my question (incorrectly) banned due to fighting with spam?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="18979" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2012-09-16T03:29:47.467" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4075" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="4078" CreationDate="2012-09-16T17:50:51.793" Score="5" ViewCount="3529" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is there any way to obtain a link to a concrete answer? Like this: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/188085/12-04-gui-works-but-the-consoles-ctrl-alt-f1-f6-dont/189486#189486&quot;&gt;GUI works but the console&amp;#39;s (CTRL-ALT-F1-F6) &amp;quot;don&amp;#39;t&amp;quot;&lt;/a&gt; (but I obtained this link via the Stack Exchange notifications).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="89764" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:24.280" LastActivityDate="2012-09-17T20:04:33.223" Title="How to obtain a direct link to an answer?" Tags="|support|hyperlinks|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4076" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4075" CreationDate="2012-09-16T18:10:35.043" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Right click on share which is located under the answer / question and choose copy link address. Thats it. Thats the direct link for the answer from which you have copied the link.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The direct link for my answer will be &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/4076/5691&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt;. You can check it yourself :D&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5691" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.227" LastActivityDate="2012-09-16T18:10:35.043" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4077" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="4080" CreationDate="2012-09-16T18:17:54.643" Score="8" ViewCount="386" Body="&lt;p&gt;Why don't we offer Ubuntu membership for helpful members here with good bounties?? Like they do in www.ubuntuforums.org with a new membership icon and an email ID?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5691" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-09-17T20:03:52.210" LastActivityDate="2012-09-24T04:07:01.057" Title="Why don't we have Ubuntu membership here?" Tags="|discussion|ubuntu-community|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4078" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4075" CreationDate="2012-09-16T18:28:44.150" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Providing a link that sends someone directly to a particular answer (rather than the top of the question) is often quite useful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know of several ways to do this, depending on your preferences and the specific kind of link you want.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;To Get a Short Link&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can click &lt;em&gt;Share&lt;/em&gt; at the lower-left corner of the answer, then copy the link in the text box.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/7VVFe.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or just right-click &lt;em&gt;Share&lt;/em&gt; and click &lt;em&gt;Copy&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Either way, the shortened URL you get has two numbers in it:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The first (&lt;code&gt;189486&lt;/code&gt; in this case) identifies the answer. If you change it, the link will no longer be correct.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The second (&lt;code&gt;22949&lt;/code&gt;, here) identifies &lt;strong&gt;you&lt;/strong&gt;. (Or, in this example, me.) This makes it possible for the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/badges/57/announcer&quot;&gt;Announcer&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/badges/58/booster&quot;&gt;Booster&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/badges/59/publicist&quot;&gt;Publicist&lt;/a&gt; badges to be awarded. If for any reason you don't want the link to identify you, you can remove this part, and it will still work fine. For example, here it will be &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/189486&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/a/189486&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;To Get a Long Link&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To get a full-length link, containing an abbreviated name for the question, like the link you got from your notifications, you can use any of these methods:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Get a short link using the method described above. Then go to it in your browser. The URL in your address bar will be the full-length link.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The fastest way to do this is typically to just click the &lt;em&gt;Share&lt;/em&gt; link with your middle mouse button. This will open the answer in a new tab. Click on that tab, and copy the long URL from the address bar there.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Every answer has a number, which you can manually add (in the appropriate way) to the end of the question URL. Usually the easiest way to get this number is to hover your mouse over the &lt;em&gt;Share&lt;/em&gt; link and read it off. Then the long link will be the question link with &lt;code&gt;/&lt;strong&gt;number&lt;/strong&gt;#&lt;strong&gt;number&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/code&gt; appended to it (where each instance of &lt;strong&gt;number&lt;/strong&gt; is replaced by the actual number.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, the full-length question link in the question you asked about is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt; https://askubuntu.com/questions/188085/gui-works-but-the-consoles-ctrl-alt-f1-f6-dont&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So the full-length answer link, for answer number 189486 (i.e., that answer), is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt; https://askubuntu.com/questions/188085/gui-works-but-the-consoles-ctrl-alt-f1-f6-dont/189486#189486&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's actually sufficient to include just the last part (i.e., just &lt;code&gt;#189486&lt;/code&gt;), though if you leave off the initial &lt;code&gt;/189486&lt;/code&gt;, it won't be exactly the same form as automatically generated full-length links. So, this URL will also work fine:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt; https://askubuntu.com/questions/188085/gui-works-but-the-consoles-ctrl-alt-f1-f6-dont#189486&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;While typically less convenient than the above methods, you can get the full-length answer link from anywhere on the site where it is linked to by automatically generated content (except by clicking &lt;em&gt;Share&lt;/em&gt;, of course, which generates short links). For example, you got it from your notification.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You won't always have notifications pointing to every particular answer you're interested in. But if you go to the profile of the answer's author, the answer will be listed there and the link to it will be the long link.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-09-16T18:38:41.153" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4079" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4077" CreationDate="2012-09-16T18:34:07.853" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Don't we? Don't you have to apply for an Ubuntu membership, telling about how you've contributed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Membership&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;details here&lt;/a&gt; about Ubuntu membership. (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/16403/how-to-get-ubuntu-membership&quot;&gt;This question&lt;/a&gt; might also help, as well as &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2458/has-there-been-any-suggestion-to-encourage-au-members-to-become-ubuntu-members&quot;&gt;this meta question&lt;/a&gt;.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think users who have contributed &lt;strong&gt;extensively&lt;/strong&gt; on Ask Ubuntu, even if they aren't significantly active anywhere else in the Ubuntu community, surely would be eligible for Ubuntu membership.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I should add that usually membership is granted based on contribution in multiple areas (see &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/2459/22949&quot;&gt;Marco Ceppi's meta answer&lt;/a&gt; explaining this).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2012-09-16T18:43:24.610" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4080" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4077" CreationDate="2012-09-16T23:04:10.143" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;It sounds like you're confusing two things — or at the very least the two are tangled in your question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ubuntu membership is open to all. Anybody can apply for it and their work here on Ask Ubuntu can contribute towards that membership application (speaking as an Ubuntu Member who got through almost wholly on his AU work).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We don't &lt;em&gt;offer&lt;/em&gt; membership because we do not have a community council just for us. IRC and UF both have their own councils with which to create members. AU users step through the traditional regional membership boards.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To pre-empt &lt;em&gt;why don't we have a council?&lt;/em&gt;, I think there are three main reasons:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Moderatorship and Council member election work completely differently. Moderatordom is permanent (until you die or give it up) while community councils need to be regularly re-elected, with open nominations.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In short, there could easily be a conflict between the two groups.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;It's more work its members. CCs are supposed to resolve conflicts, they need to hold regular meetings and in the case of sub-boards (as we would be), we would need to report to a higher board once a month. Assuming this would be moderator lead (at least to begin with), we'd just be wrapping what we already do in a ton more red tape.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Do we even need it? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;For the purpose of becoming a member, you can go through the standard channels. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;For resolving a dispute you can either come to meta, or if it's deeply personal with one moderator you can go to the Ubuntu Community Council or Stack Exchange. We moderators are already accountable to both groups.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;For anything else (planning, whatnot) you can just use meta to discuss it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;We don't display membership slang next to users because the only thing that gets displayed next to the username is the post date and their reputation data. That's internal to Stack Exchange and that won't change.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ubuntu members are more than free to advertise their membership on their profile.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2012-09-17T11:07:10.677" LastActivityDate="2012-09-17T11:07:10.677" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4081" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-09-16T23:34:35.453" Score="0" ViewCount="22" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't have the necessary score to propose &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/boot-failure&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;boot-failure&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;boot-failure&lt;/a&gt;-&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/boot&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;boot&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;boot&lt;/a&gt;, so could someone with the necessary score please propose it? Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54298" LastEditorUserId="61218" LastEditDate="2012-09-17T13:38:11.943" LastActivityDate="2012-09-17T13:38:11.943" Title="Tag synonym request [boot-failure]-&gt;[boot]" Tags="|discussion|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4082" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4081" CreationDate="2012-09-17T00:00:34.963" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't think the two are synonymous though. Booting (in general) and boot-failure are significantly different enough to necessitate different tags.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1992" LastActivityDate="2012-09-17T00:00:34.963" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4083" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="4084" CreationDate="2012-09-17T11:39:23.970" Score="1" ViewCount="60" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would like to check that how many users are registered with AU so far. A graph which shows from start date to til date will be fine. We are going to conduct a Ubuntu workshop for 2 days. I would like to share about the AU support and no of users in AU in the workshop.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5691" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-09-17T20:02:45.130" LastActivityDate="2012-09-17T20:02:45.130" Title="How to check how many users are registered with AU til date?" Tags="|discussion|users|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4084" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4083" CreationDate="2012-09-17T13:02:16.163" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;We have tools to show this in our moderator section but as we're not allowed to show you any of the detail in there (of which this probably counts) I built you a query on data.stackexchange.com:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/ubuntu/query/80302/new-users-per-day&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://data.stackexchange.com/ubuntu/query/80302/new-users-per-day&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Those are the &amp;quot;new user&amp;quot; counts for each day. If you want a running total, you'll need to build something that accumulates a running total (fairly simple, either in a script or a spreadsheet).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note: the data on that site isn't live. The latest data on there at the moment is from the end of June. They do dumps every few months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For other site stats in less depth (but more current) you can look at Stack Exchange:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/sites#traffic&quot;&gt;http://stackexchange.com/sites#traffic&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Edit: Got bored; made a graph.&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Ka2Lk.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can download the spreadsheet from:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://people.ubuntu.com/%7Eoli/au-users-20120626.ods&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://people.ubuntu.com/~oli/au-users-20120626.ods&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-09-17T17:42:05.673" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4085" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="4087" CreationDate="2012-09-17T13:32:23.297" Score="8" ViewCount="237" Body="&lt;p&gt;I sometimes run into a situation where I realize my own question is a dupe, or the problem goes away, and I need to vote to close as too localized, or with another close reason. It it proper to closevote my question, or should I flag, wait, or do something else?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54298" LastActivityDate="2012-09-26T00:31:14.807" Title="Is it proper to closevote one's own questions?" Tags="|discussion|close-reasons|closed-questions|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4086" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4085" CreationDate="2012-09-17T13:38:51.623" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;If it's a dupe, it's a dupe!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've closed my own questions a few times, there is nothing wrong with it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastActivityDate="2012-09-17T13:38:51.623" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4087" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4085" CreationDate="2012-09-17T13:42:39.717" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;There's certainly no question about propriety. If your question should be closed, it probably should be closed. But there are a few options:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Delete&lt;/strong&gt;. If you completely messed up and your question was a problem caused by you, and it's never going to be useful to anybody else, you could nuke it.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Answer it yourself&lt;/strong&gt;. I've actually had pebcak issues that I've solved, posted the answer and have since turned out to be very common issues. Posting the question and answer helped other people.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Accept what would have been the most useful answer&lt;/strong&gt;. Sometimes I'll do something very wrong, float a question out. I'll get a few valuable (but incorrect) answers back before I notice that I accidentally moved &lt;code&gt;/etc/&lt;/code&gt; to &lt;code&gt;/bananahammock/&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An answer of &lt;code&gt;sudo mv /bananahammock /etc&lt;/code&gt; is not going to help anybody else because few people are as stupid as me. So then I look at the answers that were there. People suggesting good diagnostic issues that could help the next person in a similar situation. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's not just a case of clicking accept. If you pick a useless answer you might lead future visitors up the wrong path completely.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Or &lt;strong&gt;vote to close&lt;/strong&gt; it, as you suggest. This is preferable to deletion in cases where it's still valuable to have the content around. One such way is where it's a duplicate. By close-duping your question, you make the master question easier to find for people in the future.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You just have to think what's most useful to other people. What option delivers most value?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="54298" LastEditDate="2012-09-26T00:31:14.807" LastActivityDate="2012-09-26T00:31:14.807" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4090" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-09-18T10:08:30.533" Score="1" ViewCount="87" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3290/why-doesnt-au-allow-users-to-privately-communicate&quot;&gt;Why doesn&amp;#39;t AU allow users to privately communicate?&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How do I send a private message to someone on this website? I want to ask them more questions about a certain command.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user89004" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.087" LastActivityDate="2012-09-18T10:17:00.967" Title="How do I pm a user of this website?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2012-09-20T08:49:38.260" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4091" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4090" CreationDate="2012-09-18T10:17:00.967" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;You don't. There is no PM functionality.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However you &lt;em&gt;can&lt;/em&gt; earn the commenting privilege (just 50 rep) and then you can leave a comment on their answer. Or you can go through their profile and see if they've left any contact information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2012-09-18T10:17:00.967" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4093" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1317" CreationDate="2012-09-18T19:48:12.303" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;How about sending threads that describe bugs to Launchpad?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="40223" LastActivityDate="2012-09-18T19:48:12.303" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4094" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-09-20T08:18:12.140" Score="0" ViewCount="43" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2445/another-user-is-editing-this-post-warning&quot;&gt;“Another user Is editing this post” warning&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It sometimes happen when I am editing a post, that I can't save the edit because somebody else also started editing the post. Could it be useful when one user starts to edit the post the others can't, at least until he is finishing editing that post?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="36315" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.087" LastActivityDate="2012-09-20T08:58:01.480" Title="When a post is edited, deny other users who want to edit the exact same post" Tags="|feature-request|editing|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2012-10-16T14:01:18.127" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4095" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4094" CreationDate="2012-09-20T08:49:38.970" Score="0" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Could it be useful when one user starts to edit the post the others can't,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Others actually can't edit the post&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;when I am editing a post, that I can't save the edit because somebody else also started editing the post&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It may also be possible that, the other users started editing before you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="61218" LastActivityDate="2012-09-20T08:49:38.970" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4096" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4094" CreationDate="2012-09-20T08:58:01.480" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;It wouldn't be useful to &quot;lock&quot; the post during editing.  It would just be a way for spam/rage posts to &quot;lock&quot; their posts to prevent editing out language or links.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2012-09-20T08:58:01.480" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4097" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-09-20T09:18:14.990" Score="3" ViewCount="144" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1535/how-do-i-delete-my-account&quot;&gt;How do I delete my account?&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it possible for a user to delete his account? If yes, how it could be done?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user61928" LastEditorUserId="25798" LastEditDate="2012-09-29T00:17:01.337" LastActivityDate="2012-09-29T00:17:01.337" Title="How can I delete my account?" Tags="|discussion|support|user-accounts|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="0" ClosedDate="2012-10-06T12:03:13.400" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4098" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="4100" CreationDate="2012-09-21T11:02:38.213" Score="1" ViewCount="49" Body="&lt;p&gt;Let's say a user asks a question and that question is because of an error on the user's part. Here is an example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/191294/missed-snapshot-tab-in-virtualbox&quot;&gt;Missed snapshot tab in virtualbox&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another example is when one asks a question like &lt;em&gt;Can't find the Firefox preference tab&lt;/em&gt;. But then later on, the user finds the Firefox preference tab and answers the question &#xA;himself. I've seen a lot of these questions over the past couple  of months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, my question is, does these type of questions need to be deleted because it's a &quot;user error&quot; (no coffee / simply overlooked / 10 hours straight programming, brain is fried!, etc)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="36315" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2012-09-21T12:01:46.187" Title="How to deal with questions that turn out to be a result of the user overlooking something?" Tags="|discussion|best-practice|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4099" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="4101" CreationDate="2012-09-21T11:24:22.893" Score="2" ViewCount="101" Body="&lt;p&gt;I once answered a question &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/185101/too-many-images-in-one-directory/&quot;&gt;Too many images in one directory&lt;/a&gt;. I suggested Shotwell to create sub-folders. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And later on, I flagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/190088/is-there-a-terminal-command-to-split-a-folder-in-two&quot;&gt;Is there a terminal command to split a folder in two?&lt;/a&gt; as a possible duplicate  and later one was closed as an exact duplicate by &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/6005/jrg&quot;&gt;jrg&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After thinking about it, I think those questions are not the same. Question one asks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What is the simplest way to see the previews of these images?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Question 2 asks &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Is there a terminal command I could use to split it in two equal&#xA;  folders so it would be easier for Nautilus to open one of them? Or&#xA;  maybe 4 folders?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Granted they both want to open / preview pictures in a folder which contains images of a half a million/80.000. but they are not exact duplicates!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now my question is, how can I vote to reopen these question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="36315" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2012-11-20T16:58:43.443" Title="How can I request for a question to be reopened which was incorrectly closed as a duplicate?" Tags="|discussion|closed-questions|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4100" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4098" CreationDate="2012-09-21T11:54:52.180" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Generally, we close those questions as &amp;quot;Too localized&amp;quot; as they are not particularly helpful to the larger audience.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Too localized&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This question is unlikely to help any future visitors;&#xA;it is only relevant to a small geographic area, a specific moment in&#xA;time, or an extraordinarily narrow situation that is not generally&#xA;applicable to the worldwide audience of the internet. For help making&#xA;this question more broadly applicable, see the FAQ.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can flag those questions for closure when and where necessary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See also:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3520/what-does-each-flag-reason-mean-and-when-should-i-use-them&quot;&gt;What does each flag reason mean, and when should I use them?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-09-21T11:54:52.180" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4101" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4099" CreationDate="2012-09-21T13:22:36.447" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You need &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/close-questions&quot;&gt;3000 or more reputation point&lt;/a&gt; to have re-open voting privilege. For now, you can try posting in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com&quot;&gt;meta site&lt;/a&gt; or discussing the issue in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/201&quot;&gt;Ask Ubuntu general chat room&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="61218" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2012-09-21T13:22:36.447" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4102" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="4103" CreationDate="2012-09-21T16:31:14.117" Score="6" ViewCount="77" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am hoping &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;omgubuntu.co.uk&lt;/a&gt; while writing this aricle &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/07/list-of-that-websites-support-unitys-new-web-apps-feature&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;list of websites that supports unity's webapps feature&lt;/a&gt; they simply forgot to put askubuntu on that list.... but just in case&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;does &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/&quot;&gt;askubuntu&lt;/a&gt; support unity's webapps feature?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="36315" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2012-09-22T00:07:24.510" Title="Does Ask Ubuntu support the unity webapps feature?" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4103" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4102" CreationDate="2012-09-21T17:50:01.633" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;At this time it does not, but it really really should. That being said it should be almost trivial to write in Ask Ubuntu web-apps support for Ask Ubuntu and the other Stack Exchange sites. Either via a greasemonkey script and including it in the OS, or by having the SE team write it in to the site. I'm fairly certain that we can produce a script to be included in the package, but it might be worth seeking out help from the SE devs to just have it included in the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2012-09-21T17:50:01.633" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4104" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1535" CreationDate="2012-09-22T02:19:20.807" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you have never voted and have only 1 post you can delete your account yourself from your profile. Under &quot;Edit Profile &amp;amp; Settings&quot; click &quot;Delete Profile&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/bvmqb.png&quot; alt=&quot;image of delete button&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can't delete your account yourself if you have more than one post and / or you have voted on the site. If you want to delete your account after making a post or voting on other posts, you have to contact the Stack Exchange team. The moderators don't have the ability to delete or destroy accounts once they exceed a minimal reputation threshold. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To contact the Stack Exchange regarding the deletion of your account, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/user-deletion&quot;&gt;fill out the form&lt;/a&gt; and submit it. You need to follow all the procedures exactly as it says. Once the team deletes your account, they will send you an email notifying you of the deletion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can also find the account deletion form if you click on the &lt;em&gt;Contact us&lt;/em&gt; link at the bottom of the site. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See also:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/5999/how-can-i-delete-my-account&quot;&gt;How can I delete my account?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2017-03-09T02:02:27.830" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4106" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4061" CreationDate="2012-09-22T19:51:48.137" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think we should merge them. The people saying we should destroy them, what if the people are asking about Kubuntu, or similar distro's to Ubuntu. (I, personally, count Kubuntu, Lubuntu and all the other &quot;untu&quot; distro's as seperate fom Ubuntu)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe their asking about the differences between Fedora and Ubuntu. These tags would apply. So, why destroy them?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="78647" LastActivityDate="2012-09-22T19:51:48.137" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4107" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4061" CreationDate="2012-09-23T05:44:03.057" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;These tags have been destroyed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tags/untagged&quot;&gt;Please care for the widows and orphans&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12845" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2012-09-23T05:44:03.057" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4109" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3703" CreationDate="2012-09-23T06:20:36.723" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I manually retagged the 4 questions that had the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/xfce4&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;xfce4&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;xfce4&lt;/a&gt; tag with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/xfce&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;xfce&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;xfce&lt;/a&gt; tag. This question can now be marked as &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/status-completed&quot; class=&quot;post-tag moderator-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;status-completed&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;status-completed&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastActivityDate="2012-09-23T06:20:36.723" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4111" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="919" CreationDate="2012-09-23T21:27:04.427" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I’ve tried to create such a button (not for Stack Exhange, but for other sites). It didn’t work well, because Identi.ca itself was not set up to let it work well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you happen to be signed into Identi.ca, it does work, albeit a little clunkily.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you’re not, what you’d expect is a login/signup screen, and once you’re logged in or signed up, you’d expect a “post message” screen with the link text already there in the message. That’s not what you get. What you get is an incomprehensible error message. Not helpful. I don’t expect Stack Exhcange to add “Share on Identi.ca” buttons till Identi.ca themselves tidy up a bit.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So push Identi.ca first, then come back to pushing Stack Exchange.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Things may have changed: maybe, when you talk to Identi.ca, you’ll find that they’ve already fixed this problem. If so, please do let me know.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="652" LastEditorUserId="652" LastEditDate="2015-04-16T10:24:20.363" LastActivityDate="2015-04-16T10:24:20.363" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4112" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-09-23T22:09:48.320" Score="0" ViewCount="52" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/871/when-are-questions-about-ubuntu1-appropriate&quot;&gt;When are questions about &amp;ldquo;ubuntu+1&amp;rdquo; appropriate?&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Generally, Beta releases, while not used by the masses, are ready enough to warrant support by the solid user base who participates in public betas. Can we allow these releases? They are pretty stable, and while they may have a few more bugs, they are not that bad. Can we consider allowing questions about &lt;em&gt;only the final public (publicized on the ubuntu.com website) betas&lt;/em&gt;, and no bug-type questions(thanks to @jokerdino)? That is, all configuration and setup questions, but no bugs or other hardware support issues.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyway, some would make good canonical questions as the behavior wouldn't change too much as the release enters its final stages.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54298" LastEditorUserId="54298" LastEditDate="2012-09-23T22:31:26.167" LastActivityDate="2012-09-23T22:31:26.167" Title="Can we allow questions for beta releases, while continuing to prohibit Alpha?" Tags="|discussion|scope|questions|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2012-09-24T00:10:07.547" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4114" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4077" CreationDate="2012-09-24T04:07:01.057" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Small answer, but...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As Oli and other pointed out, Ubuntu Membership is unrelated to Ask Ubuntu.  However, in your application for Ubuntu Membership, activities here can be used as part of the &quot;I'm contributing&quot; proof, as contributions here still technically count towards supporting the Ubuntu community.  There's just no Ask Ubuntu specific membership track, you apply through one of the regional boards is all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2012-09-24T04:07:01.057" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4115" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="4116" CreationDate="2012-09-24T06:48:54.290" Score="2" ViewCount="123" Body="&lt;p&gt;Questions about Amazon search results appearing in the Dash in 12.10 are appearing here on the site. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/191897/12864&quot;&gt;Example 1&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/192269/12864&quot;&gt;Example 2&lt;/a&gt;.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Reading our &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq#questions&quot;&gt;FAQ&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This is &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; the right place for...Issues with the next version of&#xA;  Ubuntu (Ubuntu+1)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is &lt;strong&gt;Isn't this off-topic here?&lt;/strong&gt; If not why not?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm very interested in this subject but I have voted to close both questions as they clearly do not meet the definition of acceptable questions in the FAQ. &lt;em&gt;Are we making an exception due to the popularity of this issue?&lt;/em&gt; I'm okay with that in some cases but I'd like this exception, if that's what this is, to be better defined.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12864" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2012-09-24T13:10:23.403" Title="Questions about Amazon search results in the Dash in 12.10 are off topic, are we making an exception here?" Tags="|discussion|close-reasons|scope|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4116" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4115" CreationDate="2012-09-24T08:00:59.943" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;If we go by what is written in the FAQ, yes we should be closing any question that is about Ubuntu+1. However, the &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/871/when-are-questions-about-ubuntu1-appropriate&quot;&gt;agreed upon consensus about the Ubuntu+1 questions&lt;/a&gt; is that we allow questions about features that we are sure will not go away mid way through the development release and is generally useful for the masses when they are released for the public. Bug reports and discussion types will be closed as normal. This consensus never made it to the FAQ and so naturally, most new users and veteran users assume that all Ubuntu+1 are off-topic. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If we take this into account, those two questions about Amazon search results should not be closed as it can be useful for people when they eventually upgrade to 12.10 and it is a major feature that we can be sure will not be removed, particularly given that the development cycle is at the point of feature freeze and beta-2 milestone freeze. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, I think we should state the scope of Ubuntu+1 questions explicitly in the FAQ in order not to misguide users. I suggest we allow all questions about Ubuntu+1 once they are after beta-2 milestone (feature freezes doesn't necessarily mean no more features will be added). In addition, we can also entertain Ubuntu+1 questions that are of some value to the general public like those of HUD and webapps, regardless of which point in the development cycle do they get introduced into Ubuntu. This way, we can ensure that the questions don't lose their value in a matter of days or even hours. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastActivityDate="2012-09-24T08:00:59.943" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4117" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="4118" CreationDate="2012-09-24T11:41:09.737" Score="2" ViewCount="72" Body="&lt;p&gt;This question is about posts on askubuntu in general, but I'll use my post as an example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/166934/how-do-i-backup-the-pre-installed-windows-before-installing-ubuntu&quot;&gt;How do I backup the pre-installed Windows before installing Ubuntu?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Only recently I've found out that the post has been closed for being off-topic and then later reopened.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/166934/revisions&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/posts/166934/revisions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems there has been some consensus between 5 moderators who decided to close it. My question is, how does a post becomes off-topic. Is there a debate I can see and maybe defend the post? Or do moderators just independently label it and if enough moderators do so it becomes off-topic?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="64222" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2012-09-24T12:10:40.567" Title="Was there a debate about my post? If so, can I see it?" Tags="|discussion|moderation|scope|moderators|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4118" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4117" CreationDate="2012-09-24T12:10:40.567" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;It is unlikely&lt;/strong&gt; there was much debate about closing the question, and if there was it may still be in the comments. Users here are free to delete their own comments, and moderators can remove any comments as well, so there is no guarantee all comments are still visible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/close-questions&quot;&gt;Anyone with 3000 reputation&lt;/a&gt; here can cast close (or re-open) votes, you don't need to be a moderator. The legitimate reasons for closing questions are spelled out in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq&quot;&gt;FAQ&lt;/a&gt; of course, but there is some 'grey area'.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Understand that when people vote to close here it is just an expression of opinion. Our threshold here is five concurring opinions = question gets closed. I wouldn't take it as a bad thing, especially if your question was closed and then re-opened as this is rare.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please don't read too much in to the closing of your post. It's easy to take it the wrong way but it is a community moderated site so you will often see differences of opinion. If it's any consolation I have voted to close &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/192269/12864&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; asked by Jorge Castro, who has much more reputation and experience than I do. It has two other close votes pending as I type this. Nothing personal, I just feel differently about the question than Jorge does.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One last note, questions involving Windows or Linux Mint frequently attract negative attention here and are far more likely to be closed as off-topic. It's not always fair but it is the reality. If your question gets closed and you think it was unfair, log in to the chat and ask, that's usually the best way to get feedback.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12864" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2012-09-24T12:10:40.567" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4119" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4115" CreationDate="2012-09-24T13:10:23.403" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't get why the FAQ says that, we probably just say that to discourage people from posting bug-like questions. From the last time I posted &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/871/when-are-questions-about-ubuntu1-appropriate&quot;&gt;the question&lt;/a&gt; about this it seems that questions about the upcoming release is fine. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To me it's not a hard/fast rule about +1, the question will be useful to people. It just so happens that most +1 questions won't be useful to people.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.227" LastActivityDate="2012-09-24T13:10:23.403" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4120" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1049" CreationDate="2012-09-24T14:10:06.083" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Completed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you for your attention to detail. :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastActivityDate="2012-09-24T14:10:06.083" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4121" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3689" CreationDate="2012-09-24T14:11:44.227" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Completed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you for your attention to detail. :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastActivityDate="2012-09-24T14:11:44.227" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4123" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4039" CreationDate="2012-09-24T14:25:07.423" Score="6" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Done&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/recover&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;recover&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;recover&lt;/a&gt; --&amp;gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/recovery&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;recovery&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;recovery&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/impress&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;impress&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;impress&lt;/a&gt; --&amp;gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/libreoffice-impress&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;libreoffice-impress&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;libreoffice-impress&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/copy&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;copy&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;copy&lt;/a&gt; (134), &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/paste&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;paste&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;paste&lt;/a&gt; (25) --&amp;gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/clipboard&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;clipboard&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;clipboard&lt;/a&gt; (42)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/custom&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;custom&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;custom&lt;/a&gt; (31), &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/customize&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;customize&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;customize&lt;/a&gt; (7)--&amp;gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/customization&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;customization&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;customization&lt;/a&gt; (225)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/version&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;version&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;version&lt;/a&gt; --&amp;gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/versions&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;versions&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;versions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/pendrive&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;pendrive&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;pendrive&lt;/a&gt; --&amp;gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/usb-drive&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;usb-drive&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;usb-drive&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/color&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;color&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;color&lt;/a&gt; (62), &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/colour&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;colour&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;colour&lt;/a&gt; (11)--&amp;gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/colors&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;colors&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;colors&lt;/a&gt; (62)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/menu-bar&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;menu-bar&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;menu-bar&lt;/a&gt; (28)--&amp;gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/panel&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;panel&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;panel&lt;/a&gt; (282)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/utility&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;utility&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;utility&lt;/a&gt; (22): --&amp;gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/software-recommendation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;software-recommendation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;software-recommendation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Done (Removed)&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/close&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;close&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;close&lt;/a&gt; (15): is used mean way too many things, and even if we know which one, it's not sufficient tagging&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/workaround&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;workaround&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;workaround&lt;/a&gt; (5 - at least one of the question is locked): too meta -- doesn't give enough info about the question, and nobody can really be an expert in &amp;quot;workarounds&amp;quot; generally&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-09-24T14:44:31.810" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4124" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-09-25T01:14:13.400" Score="11" ViewCount="167" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've been reviewing a ton lately and the version tags are becoming worse and worse. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note to selves, Jeff warned us about this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1514/when-should-we-use-the-versions-tags&quot;&gt;When should we use the versions tags?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Version tags can be dangerous if the community starts to believe that every question, no matter what, has to have a version tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Dun dun dun!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.227" LastActivityDate="2012-09-25T05:11:47.527" Title="PSA: When reviewing, remember to think of the future!" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4125" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4124" CreationDate="2012-09-25T01:14:13.400" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;When reviewing, if you notice a question has a version tag for no reason and it can be be dropped, then there's no need for it. We can leave the version in the question or whatever, but if something applies to multiple ubuntu versions then just leave it out of the question. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's some other things I do:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If a question needs a new answer for a new version, bounty it for an update.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Add &quot;For 11.10&quot; and so on headers to answers that are version specific.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In the extreme case, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/4983/what-are-ppas-and-how-do-i-use-them&quot;&gt;like this one&lt;/a&gt;, add a little Table of Contents at the top. Luckily we don't have many of these.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;FAQ&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;But wait Jorge, how did we get into this mess, you old users who set this policy really painted us into a wall, we should be allowed to punch you.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ah yeah, we did, the other alternative was no version tags at all, then we'd have &quot;How do I do foo in 11.04?&quot; &quot;How do I do foo in 11.10?&quot; &quot;How do I do foo in 12.04?&quot; and so on. To me that seems way worse and would make consolidation a total nightmare. At least we have the multiversion nightmares consolidating into individual questions.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hindsight and time machines and all that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;How do I help fix this problem?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's a good portion of things that can be version agnostic, when you're editing and so on and you know it can apply to multiple versions, then do so!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Our really high traffic questions are usually already generalized, so if you run into an older question that can be modified to be useful for our future selves, then do it!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2012-09-25T01:14:13.400" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4126" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4070" CreationDate="2012-09-25T04:25:47.927" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'd like to think this site is &lt;em&gt;already&lt;/em&gt; a &quot;beginners site&quot;.  Or more accurately, it is friendly to beginners and experienced people alike.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's a lot more friendly toward beginners than other communities including forums and mailing lists.  This is from my observation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't see any conflict in letting beginners' questions continue to be asked among all the other questions, and I don't see much evidence of hostility toward beginners for asking &quot;dumb&quot; questions.  Certainly not like you would see, as I said, on the mailing lists or even some forums.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54256" LastActivityDate="2012-09-25T04:25:47.927" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4127" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-09-25T12:30:28.913" Score="14" ViewCount="188" Body="&lt;p&gt;Currently, you only need &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/create-tags&quot;&gt;300 reputation to create new tags&lt;/a&gt;. If you couple that with the 500 reputation required to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/retag-questions&quot;&gt;retag questions&lt;/a&gt; at your will, you can easily end up with lots of tags that should never exist in the first place. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tags?tab=new&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Qi5wm.png&quot; alt=&quot;New crappy tags FTW&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once the new tags get created, newer users start using it all over the place and we would end up with having to awkwardly deal with them through &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/4039/can-we-make-some-low-quality-tags-synonyms-and-outright-remove-some-others.&quot;&gt;mega retag threads&lt;/a&gt; that aren't pleasant to handle for the community or the moderators. Having to cleanup after poor tags essentially distracts the community from activities that are generally more productive, like &lt;em&gt;answering questions.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;(Did I also mention that we have a small army of users who look forward to adding tag wikis to these new tags, without actually taking the time to check whether the tags are obvious misspellings or poor tags at best?)&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, in order to rein in on this matter, I suggest that we raise the reputation required to create new tags to 1500 reputation from the current 300 reputation, while keeping the retag privilege at 500 reputation. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This suggestion is not groundbreaking given it already works that way in Stack Overflow, requiring &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/privileges/create-tags&quot;&gt;1500 reputation to create new tags&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While I understand that having lower reputation for creating new tags might work better for smaller sites who don't have enough personnel or not many other problems, I think for sites of our scale, it doesn't work out well. Especially when getting rid of these tags require Stack Exchange team interaction as the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/137286/give-mods-better-tools-to-get-rid-of-poor-tags&quot;&gt;mods don't have the necessary tools to nuke the tags&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-05-23T12:39:54.233" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Can we increase the minimum reputation requirement for creating new tags?" Tags="|feature-request|tags|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4128" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-09-25T19:38:40.310" Score="1" ViewCount="60" Body="&lt;p&gt;The close reason for &lt;em&gt;Too Localized&lt;/em&gt; currently reads as:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This question is unlikely to help any future visitors; it is only relevant to a small geographic area, a specific moment in time, or an extraordinarily narrow situation that is not generally applicable to the worldwide audience of the internet. For help making this question more broadly applicable, see the FAQ.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can we change it a bit so it reads somewhat as follows:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This question is unlikely to help any future visitors; it is only relevant to a small geographic area, a specific moment in time, or an extraordinarily narrow situation that is not generally applicable to the worldwide audience of the internet, &lt;em&gt;or has been suddenly resolved without explanation.&lt;/em&gt; For help making this question more broadly applicable, see the FAQ.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It currently (IMHO) confuses to not know that the question was closed for suddenly solving itself without explanation, as the close reason (&quot;Too Localized&quot;) doesn't directly allude to this, and the long text doesn't directly address this. Any thoughts?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54298" LastActivityDate="2012-09-25T20:08:48.630" Title="Can we reword the Too Localized close reason?" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|close-reasons|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4129" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4127" CreationDate="2012-09-25T19:51:28.400" Score="-2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't agree (with what I admit appears to be the general consensus so far) that we should increase the amount of reputation needed to create new tags.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Most of the time, these new, bad tags should be made synonyms of older, existing tags. Then they serve a positive purpose.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;It's better for people to tag a post (especially if it's theirs) with bad tags, than not to tag it sufficiently. Experienced users can change the bad tags to good tags, given the information provided by the bad tags. Of course there are exceptions to this; some tags are so bad they don't facilitate this. But even tags that are too meta and should possibly be blacklisted, like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/error&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;error&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;error&lt;/a&gt;, do convey some information that could be used to help give a better tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Sometimes posts are tagged redundantly, with some just-right tags, and some newly created tags that are far too specific, or which really mean the same thing as the just-right tags. But &lt;em&gt;this means the bad tags should be made synonyms, and such posts provide excellent impetus for us to do it.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;At minimum, to take away tagging privileges from users below 1500 reputation, we should first have some explicit evidence that &lt;em&gt;most tags created by users with less rep than that are bad.&lt;/em&gt; Otherwise, we're throwing the good out with the bad.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Can we even make this change, or is the amount of rep it takes to create tags network-wide?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rather than make it harder for lower-rep users to create tags, I think we should consider trying to make it easier for higher-rep users to make tags synonyms.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for the side point about tag wikis, however, I suspect you are correct. I have sometimes myself approved tag wiki edits that create tag wikis, where I am unsure how valuable the tag will be. I'd recommend another meta question about this (I might post it myself if nobody else gets around to it first). I don't know for sure about anybody else, but I know I could use more guidelines, supported by community consensus, about when a tag wiki edit should be rejected on the grounds that the tag itself is not valuable enough.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2012-09-25T19:51:28.400" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4130" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4128" CreationDate="2012-09-25T20:08:48.630" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Here's my take on this. I'd encourage others to post different answers, especially if you disagree.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A question that is suddenly solved without explanation should not always be closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In particular, if the question is more general, and has general answers, then just because the OP's situation was later resolved (and without explanation) doesn't mean we should close it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Instead, questions that are suddenly resolved without explanation should &lt;em&gt;most often&lt;/em&gt; be closed, because they are &lt;em&gt;most often&lt;/em&gt; too localized, given the current meaning of &quot;too localized.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That is, a question that is resolved suddenly without explanation, in a situation &lt;strong&gt;where that makes it only applicable to the moment in time during which the OP was struggling with the problem&lt;/strong&gt;, or in a situation where not knowing what happened means the post won't help anybody outside &lt;strong&gt;the OP's very narrow situation&lt;/strong&gt;, should be closed as too localized.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not against rewording the too localized close reason if people are having trouble seeing how this applies. &lt;strong&gt;But I don't think we should reword it in a way that makes it broader than it currently is.&lt;/strong&gt; When the OP's &lt;em&gt;problem&lt;/em&gt; is highly localized but the actual &lt;em&gt;question&lt;/em&gt; is not, the question should not be closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2012-09-25T20:08:48.630" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4131" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4085" CreationDate="2012-09-25T23:50:58.977" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's up to you, but I would recommend only close-voting it if you would do the same had the question been asked by anyone else.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;I realize my own question is a dupe&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Mark is as a dupe like you would anyone else's question who you realise is a dupe.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;the problem goes away&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These questions should NOT be closed.  It's unfair to others who may experience the problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54256" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-09-25T23:50:58.977" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4132" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-09-26T08:41:40.427" Score="2" ViewCount="167" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are some annoyances that would require more than just a casual google or from the top of the head answer. Some questions and problems require effort in answering, and the bounty system helps getting these questions answered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, for annoyances that are really hard to solve, I would be ready to put a bounty of hundreds if not thousands of points. If only the bounty could stand for more than a week; a week is short time to get a complex problem of a user solved remotely.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would it be possible / would it make sense to prolong the time for which a bounty of 500 or more stands?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="83703" LastActivityDate="2012-09-26T08:41:40.427" Title="Would it make sense to prolong bounty time limit for large bounties?" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|bounty|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4133" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-09-26T08:14:35.850" Score="1" ViewCount="42" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1504/how-do-i-interpret-this-your-question-does-not-meet-our-quality-standards-erro&quot;&gt;How do I interpret this &amp;ldquo;Your question does not meet our quality standards&amp;rdquo; error?&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I keep trying to post a question and it won't let me because &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;It does not meet our quality standards. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm just leaving the tags from my original question because I don't know how to categorize this one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Seriously all I want to know is if there's a program that will rip the songs from my iPod so I can save them to my computer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user92780" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.087" LastActivityDate="2012-09-26T08:52:37.727" Title="What are the quality standards for posting questions here?" Tags="|discussion|asking-questions|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2012-09-26T11:50:55.900" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4135" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="4136" CreationDate="2012-09-26T14:49:30.413" Score="3" ViewCount="68" Body="&lt;p&gt;I logged in to askubuntu.com using my Launchpad OpenID, but, afaik Gravatar uses email address to identify the account.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;How will be linked to this profile in this case?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="68484" LastEditorUserId="25798" LastEditDate="2012-11-05T08:06:26.383" LastActivityDate="2012-11-05T08:06:26.383" Title="Can I add picture to my profile if I am using OpenID?" Tags="|support|openid|gravatar|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4136" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4135" CreationDate="2012-09-26T15:01:33.853" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your assertions are correct. Fixing it is fairly simple though: provide an email address.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You'll still be logging in with your OpenID but your gravatar will load.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2012-09-26T15:01:33.853" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4137" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-09-27T15:14:05.070" Score="18" ViewCount="309" Body="&lt;p&gt;So, as each day goes by, we are growing bigger and bigger, both in terms of the size as well as the participating members. Now, that is not essentially a bad thing to happen. But it does present some interesting problems. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As we grow bigger, we tend to neglect parts of the site that aren't so much visible for the commoners of the site but does deserve attention for what they are. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, I have put together a small list of things both on and off the site that could use some attention. I would like it if interested parties take care of one or more of these task items and work on them on a regular basis. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyways, here's the list:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Review the suggested edits reviews.&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Check if edits are mistakenly approved or rejected&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Cleanup new tags (requires 500 rep).&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Remove new and bad tags before they grow out of control&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Tag wikis&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Make them more awesome - &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3977/what-makes-a-tag-wiki-good&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3977/what-makes-a-tag-wiki-good&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Also handle plagiarism - &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3582/what-to-do-with-plagiarized-tag-wikis&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3582/what-to-do-with-plagiarized-tag-wikis&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Possibly include FAQ in that tag inside of tag wiki for better canonical questions management&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Take care of meta &#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Editing for general readability&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Retag them with appropriate tags.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Make sure the posts are readable.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Post updates on Planet Ubuntu (I am doing this at the moment)&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Updates about hot questions and top users of the month.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Also, important decisions made in the month in meta.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/573/help-create-a-great-wikipedia-entry-for-ask-ubuntu&quot;&gt;Monthly update of Wikipedia article&lt;/a&gt; (I am supposed to do this but I have neglected it over time)&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Update stats and other minor niggles.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2106/what-should-be-posted-on-ask-ubuntus-google-page&quot;&gt;Regularly update Google+ feeds.&lt;/a&gt; (The mods, Jorge Castro and myself)&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Post Planet Ubuntu updates.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Awesome questions and answers.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Important decisions and discussions in meta.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Tumbleweeds&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Improve them, retag them, vote on them, add more info, etc&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2671/how-can-we-improve-the-greatest-hits-of-our-site&quot;&gt;Greatest hits of the site&lt;/a&gt;.&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Retag them, specific title, screenshots, improved instructions.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Follow 2500 views questions and improve them.&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Same as Greatest hits&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3179/how-about-adding-rss-feeds-for-certain-tags-in-irc-channels&quot;&gt;IRC bots for channels&lt;/a&gt;. Be a bot contact, improve them, add to new channels, engage the channels, etc. (Amith was working on it last time)&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Make a bot and build an interface to deploy bots. Sit on the chat room and see if it is buggy.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Build a closer community with IRC and Ask Ubuntu&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/4124/psa-when-reviewing-remember-to-think-of-the-future&quot;&gt;Take care of version tags&lt;/a&gt;. (Might need significant number of users)&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Remove tags where unnecessary - &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/4124/psa-when-reviewing-remember-to-think-of-the-future&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/4124/psa-when-reviewing-remember-to-think-of-the-future&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Bounty questions.&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Every bounty question needs to be spruced up. Go through the bounty tab everyday and improve the question where necessary. Edit in the details from the comments. Improve answers, add screenshots, fix formatting, etc&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Fix Misspelled Ubuntus.&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Fix all the wrong Ubuntu! (P.S. Last time I checked, there was quite a bit. Would require effort initially to clear up the backlog)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=Ubunto+Ubunut+Ubunutu+Ubunu+Ubntu+Ubutnu+Uuntu+Unbuntu+Ubunty+Ubunt+Ubintu+Ubutu&amp;amp;submit=search&quot;&gt;0&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=Ubantu+Ubbuntu+Ubnuntu+Ubnuto+Ubnutu+Ububntu+Ububtu+Ubuhntu+Ubuhtu+Ubunbtu+Ubunti+Ubuntuu&amp;amp;submit=search&quot;&gt;1&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=Ubunuto+Ubutno+Ubuto+Ubuuntu+Ubuutu+Unbnuto+Unbnutu+Unbunto+Unbunu+Ununtu+Uubuntu+Ybuntu&amp;amp;submit=search&quot;&gt;2&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=Ubguntu+Ubhntu+Ubhuntu+Ubiuntu+Ubjntu+Ubjuntu+Ubkntu+Ubkuntu+Ubuintu+Ubujntu+Ubujtu+Ubukntu&amp;amp;submit=search&quot;&gt;3&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=Ubumntu+Ubumtu+Ubunftu+Ubunfu+Ubungtu+Ubungu+Ubunhtu+Ubunhu+Ubunjtu+Ubunmtu+Ubunntu+Ubunot&amp;amp;submit=search&quot;&gt;4&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=Ubunoto+Ubunrtu+Ubunru+Ubuntfu+Ubuntgu+Ubunth+Ubunthu+Ubuntiu+Ubuntj+Ubuntju+Ubuntk+Ubuntku&amp;amp;submit=search&quot;&gt;5&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=Ubuntru+Ubunttu+Ubuntuh+Ubuntui+Ubuntuj+Ubuntuk+Ubuntuy+Ubuntyu+Ubunytu+Ubunyu+Ubuyntu+Ubvuntu&amp;amp;submit=search&quot;&gt;6&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=Ubyntu+Ubyuntu+Ugbuntu+Uguntu+Uhbuntu+Uhuntu+Unbunot+Unbunoto+Uvbuntu+Uvuntu&amp;amp;submit=search&amp;quot;&quot;&gt;7&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Flag queue (Requires 10K+)&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Add proforma comments to flags where necessary. Validate and invalidate flags as usual.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Delete queue. (Requires 10K+)&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Keep hold of the delete queue. If needed, can create a new chat room for posting questions with outstanding delete votes.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Hot questions per day / week / month&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Hot questions tab should be updated and made more awesome.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Three groups for each of the tab would be great.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://twitter.com/askubuntu&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Tweeted questions&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Closely follow the questions posted on Twitter and make sure that they are in tip top fashion. They sorta show what Ask Ubuntu is about to the general public&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Might need members around the clock to maintain quality throughout the day.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Interact with the larger Ubuntu community for community events (I am guessing Jorge Castro already deals with this.)&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Prepare a chat transcript for Open week. We can possibly reuse it every time with minor alterations.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ubuntu accomplishment systems (write documentation, etc)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Keep the tags that are posted in the IRC chat clean. &#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Improve them, edit them etc. They showcase what sort of a community Ask Ubuntu is.. ;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/broken-links&quot;&gt;Fix broken links posts&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/newsletters/newsletter?site=askubuntu.com&quot;&gt;Keep track of posts on the newsletters&lt;/a&gt;.&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Improve them, edit them, fix grammar, add screenshots, edit title, etc&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;General things everyone can chip in:&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Answer new questions :D&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Vote on new posts. The more reputation we generate, the more community custodians we get. The more the merrier.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Edit posts for grammar and formatting as you see on the site.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Close posts from the review queue.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Review Low quality, first posts and late answers.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Contribute more task items. :D&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some tasks might require more than just a single person. I haven't specified how many personnel each of the tasks would need because I can't exactly predict the kind of reaction for this post. So I didn't want to spend too much energy into this if no one is remotely interested. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One community member has already made it clear that he is not interested in doing free voluntary unpaid delegate work. (If you already didn't know, you probably won't get anything of actual value in real life for what you are doing but I'll be glad to email you a thank you message if you want one. :-))&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And I haven't asked any of the community moderators for their opinions but I hope they don't mind this because I hope this will help make Ask Ubuntu an even better place and also possibly, create a community spirit in the site which I think is largely wanting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the general consensus towards this idea is positive from the community, I can create a Trello board if necessary and you can assign the card to yourself and take care of the task items as you wish.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you for taking the time to read this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;OK. Fine. I'll admit the truth. I go through some of the things once in a while when I feel bored. But I am getting increasingly inefficient as time goes by and I would like some additional help. If a good number of people are at least marginally interested, that would be great and much appreciated.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2014-01-13T10:26:49.873" Title="Should we create task items for better managing the site?" Tags="|discussion|community|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4138" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4127" CreationDate="2012-09-27T17:10:47.000" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I asked a similar question on Meta Stackoverflow few months ago. (I discussed before doing so with the OP of this question i.e jokerdino). &#xA;&lt;em&gt;My first created tag was listed in the crappy tag list, may be a consequence :( .&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I strongly agree with the reason given in the question. &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;We should increase the reputation points required to create new tags&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. 300 rep is very low. Here is my reasons:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Unlike StackOverflow.com and other SE sites, AskUbuntu site is really for beginners. We are providing supports for new, unexperienced users. These users are sometimes (well most of the time) so much unexperienced that, some can't even formulate a question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just an example, I saw an off-topic question asked on the StackOverflow (belongs to meta site) and within 2 minutes it got -5 votes[!] without any comments. After 5 minutes it removed. So the content expected on StackOverflow is of good quality, &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;but unfortunately we can't expect that level of quality in the questions here&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, we should not give tag creation privilege to users with 300 rep. Most users can't even understand the system with such small time (required to gain 300 rep).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Re-tagging may be considered a solution, but why should we depend on that? It's a tedious work. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If 1500 seems to be quite large, I suggest to increase it to at least 800 rep. Preferably 1000 rep. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is the link of the asked question on SO meta: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/137833/new-tag-should-require-more-privilege&quot;&gt;New tag should require more privilege&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="61218" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2012-09-27T23:53:18.930" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4139" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4137" CreationDate="2012-09-27T19:14:33.243" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;We have a Trello board, feel free to use it!:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://trello.com/board/ask-ubuntu/4ec557e6ea86c7153d127fc5&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Ask Ubuntu - Trello&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Though I don't think we need to put general &quot;maintenance-y&quot; type things on there like correcting mispellings and whatnot, at some point it becomes burdensome to do meta-work when we could be doing real work. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I say just put the things that we need to be reminded of doing, like Wikipedia, the blogging, and so on on the Trello board, and then the other stuff just plop it in the editing guy: &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/830/editing-tips-and-tricks&quot;&gt;Editing tips and tricks&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sincerely,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A guy who spent way too much time writing up guides and meta-work on Meta that subsequently is never read by anyone so I just concentrate on doing real work instead of collating lists. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="36315" LastEditDate="2014-01-13T10:26:49.873" LastActivityDate="2014-01-13T10:26:49.873" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4142" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="4143" CreationDate="2012-09-28T13:05:54.493" Score="3" ViewCount="67" Body="&lt;p&gt;Our &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq#questions&quot;&gt;FAQ&lt;/a&gt;s clearly define questions about upcoming releases as off-topic:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This is not the right place for:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Issues with the next version of Ubuntu (Ubuntu+1) (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/18641/theres-an-issue-with-an-alpha-release-of-ubuntu-what-should-i-do&quot;&gt;More information about Alpha and Beta release issues&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Is it time to update our FAQs to better define &lt;em&gt;when and which&lt;/em&gt; questions about upcoming releases are acceptable?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a source of confusion for both new and established users and has been &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/871/12864&quot;&gt;discussed before&lt;/a&gt;, but no action taken yet to update them.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I keep coming across questions in review flagged by established users, and the questions are clearly on-topic and should stay open. I think this is due to a lack of clarity in our FAQs, which should be updated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12864" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2012-09-29T07:45:50.170" Title="Should our FAQs be updated to better define 'Ubuntu +1' topicality?" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|faq-suggestion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4143" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4142" CreationDate="2012-09-28T13:05:54.493" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Yes&lt;/strong&gt;, the FAQ needs updating.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It should probably read like a summary of &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/872/12864&quot;&gt;@Jorge Castro's answer here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Here's my proposed edit. I just arbitrarily picked Beta 2. Jump right in and change it, I've marked this a community wiki.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;We welcome questions about:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Upcoming releases once they reach Beta 2 status  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This is &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; the right place for:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Upcoming release issues dealing with unfinished UI elements, bugs, and anything else already considered off-topic for a current release.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12864" LastActivityDate="2012-09-28T13:05:54.493" CommentCount="7" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-09-28T13:05:54.493" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4144" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4142" CreationDate="2012-09-28T13:14:31.970" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure the FAQ really needs updating.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It opens a lot of doors to questions that would clutter the site (and our answered rate is already dropping). Adding topics surely won't help that.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It happens every release cycle.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Right at the start of alpha, everyone is on board with carte-blance closing.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As release day gets close, people get ancy and want more and more to be on-topic.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If @Jorge wants to field those questions, fine by me.  I think a LOT of the people that want them to be universally or almost universally on topic make no effort to answer them though &lt;em&gt;this does not apply to Jorge&lt;/em&gt;.  Just a thought.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastEditorUserId="5768" LastEditDate="2012-09-28T13:26:32.950" LastActivityDate="2012-09-28T13:26:32.950" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4146" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="4150" CreationDate="2012-09-28T14:50:38.200" Score="0" ViewCount="128" Body="&lt;p&gt;Many times my reputation is decreased&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I found writing:  Serial upvoting reversed  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What does it mean?! what the wrong i did.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This issue repeated 3 times till now&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user61928" LastActivityDate="2012-09-28T19:19:17.243" Title="Why my reputation go down suddenly? Serial upvoting reversed" Tags="|discussion|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4150" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4146" CreationDate="2012-09-28T19:19:17.243" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;This means a user has been upvoting you many times in a row, and it appears that they are unfairly trying to give you reputation. You can ask a moderator in &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;chat&lt;/a&gt; to ask the user to stop.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With that said, you are not in any fault &lt;em&gt;unless you controlled the account that upvoted you serially, or asked for those upvotes(solicited them)&lt;/em&gt;. If you have done so, please just stop now, as no bad action has been taken against you yet. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54298" LastActivityDate="2012-09-28T19:19:17.243" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4152" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-09-29T19:43:34.237" Score="0" ViewCount="38" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1737/what-is-the-point-of-the-daily-limit&quot;&gt;What is the point of the daily limit?&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have received about 28 upvotes on answers on askubuntu so far today, but only 20 of them are showing the +10 for reputation. The others are in the list, but have no +10 next to them, and my reputation page shows I've only received 200 reputation today, but of course, all the ~28 upvotes are listed. The count at the top of the page also has only increased by the 200 reputation, missing the extra ~80. What is causing this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="50737" LastActivityDate="2012-09-29T19:43:34.237" Title="Upvotes with no reputation?" Tags="|support|reputation|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2012-09-29T20:54:41.897" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4153" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="4154" CreationDate="2012-09-29T20:11:49.393" Score="2" ViewCount="73" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've used up my &lt;strong&gt;close&lt;/strong&gt; votes for the day, so I am trying to &lt;strong&gt;flag&lt;/strong&gt; duplicates instead. I can no longer flag a duplicate for moderator attention. I have 39 flags remaining, this should work. (I'm attempting to flag &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/194548/12864&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; as a dupe of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/3815/12864&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt;, but it happens with multiple questions)  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I get as far as the first dialog after clicking 'flag' after which the bug occurs.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Normal&lt;/strong&gt;: (click 'flag', 'flag question' message on greyed-out button at bottom right)  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/x2pzJ.png&quot; alt=&quot;First flag question dialogue&quot;&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bug&lt;/strong&gt;: (message on button switches to 'Vote to close', even though I am attempting to flag and out of votes)  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/vmw7d.png&quot; alt=&quot;second flag dialogue exhibiting bug&quot;&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can click on the 'exact duplicate' radio button at this point, and even choose or paste in the link, but cannot flag the question. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12864" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2012-09-30T09:48:19.377" Title="I'm not able to flag after using all my close votes" Tags="|support|flagging|vote-to-close|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4154" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4153" CreationDate="2012-09-29T21:43:32.727" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I can't find the MSO Q&amp;amp;A on this, but I'm 99% sure that this is &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/status-bydesign&quot; class=&quot;post-tag moderator-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged 'status-bydesign'&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;status-bydesign&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The system is designed for Stack Overflow, and they design it so that if you're out of the &quot;lay man&quot; votes, you need to just let it be. This is a problem on small-medium sites like ours. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyway, just flag it using this &quot;It needs moderator attention &gt; Other&quot;, and explain. I used to do that, and I know of many other prominent users of the site who also do that. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastActivityDate="2012-09-29T21:43:32.727" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4155" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-09-30T00:49:58.357" Score="0" ViewCount="64" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have had a few correct answers and been unable to answer them as the tick box is essentially and unclickable link. Upvoting works. Is this a common bug or am I missing something?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's not an internet timeout or lag as the page stops loading without errors and I have tried it from different access points on different browsers and on different OS (mac windows and Ubuntu). In the source it says &lt;code&gt;href javascript:void(0);&lt;/code&gt;. This is what I get on mouse hover over also.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I cannot accept an answer to ANY of my questions. Not too much of a problem until this one cropped up. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/188081/how-to-reset-shotwell-to-its-original-state&quot;&gt;How to reset Shotwell to its original state&lt;/a&gt; The answer is flawless, easy to understand and works properly. It needs to be accepted, but my link is dead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="148502" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2012-10-01T05:25:30.843" Title="Cannot accept answers" Tags="|bug|accepted-answer|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4156" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4153" CreationDate="2012-09-30T05:51:53.437" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;After you get to the 3000 rep, your flag in the category &lt;strong&gt;it doesn't belong here or it's a duplicate&lt;/strong&gt;  becomes a close vote. If you select anything from that category such as &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;exact duplicate&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;off topic&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;not constructive&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;not a real question&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;too localized&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That will be counted as a close vote. They do not flag or alarm the moderator. Since you consumed all the close votes for the day, you can't flag question on that category. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And yes, you can still flag a question using other types of flag, such as spam and offensive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="61218" LastEditorUserId="25798" LastEditDate="2012-09-30T07:27:08.553" LastActivityDate="2012-09-30T07:27:08.553" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4157" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-09-30T15:50:33.993" Score="12" ViewCount="149" Body="&lt;p&gt;Why is the author of a post not notified when a question is about to close? Many times I have found the question closed only when I visit the question for a probable answer barring the author to clarify his question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="86929" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-10-01T05:26:50.123" LastActivityDate="2012-10-01T05:26:50.123" Title="Why the author of a post is not notified when a question is about to close?" Tags="|discussion|closed-questions|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4158" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="4230" CreationDate="2012-09-30T23:32:48.080" Score="7" ViewCount="69" Body="&lt;p&gt;When casting a downvote upon a post, I noticed that the downvote arow is misaligned between when no vote is cast and when it is downvoted. You can see below a GIMP image showing the two images next to each other to show the issue(Pardon freehand circles):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/RPjG9.png&quot; alt=&quot;screenshot edited to show misalignment&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This was tested by downvoting my own posts and getting a screenshot before it resets, but it happens on any post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This also happens here on meta, but not on any other site that I know of.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will something be done, or is this just too minor to deal with?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54298" LastEditorUserId="25798" LastEditDate="2012-11-03T13:22:26.217" LastActivityDate="2012-11-03T13:22:26.217" Title="Minor alignment issue with downvote button" Tags="|bug|status-completed|design|user-interface|downvoting|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4160" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-10-01T10:06:16.857" Score="1" ViewCount="48" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/84998/why-cant-i-set-screen-brightness&quot;&gt;Why can&amp;#39;t I set screen brightness?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The last line says &lt;code&gt;sudo update-grup&lt;/code&gt; and it needs to say &lt;code&gt;sudo update-grub&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I cannot change or propose a one letter change but it is incorrect.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22929" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2012-10-01T19:22:12.537" Title="Can somebody fix a miss-spell in a command?" Tags="|support|status-completed|editing|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4161" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4160" CreationDate="2012-10-01T10:13:11.770" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Correction has been made.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should be able to hit the edit link and submit a change yourself.  It will be peer-reviewed before appearing on the website.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14356" LastActivityDate="2012-10-01T10:13:11.770" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4162" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-10-01T18:19:53.140" Score="32" ViewCount="622" Body="&lt;p&gt;Did you know Ask Ubuntu's anniversary of its graduation is coming up on &lt;strong&gt;10 October&lt;/strong&gt;? Congratulations!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How about a fun activity to stir things up a little? After a year of great Q&amp;amp;A, &lt;strong&gt;we'd like the opportunity to &quot;give back&quot; for everyone's hard work.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anniversary events area a great way to spark some interest in the extracurricular activity in your site (more meta participation). An “anniversary event&quot; can be just about anything. Take a look at &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.superuser.com/2011/08/19/super-users-2nd-birthday-super-contest/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Super User’s 2nd Birthday Super Contest&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; or at the &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/873/a-contest-to-cleanup-old-abandoned-questions&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Unix &amp;amp; Linux Birthday Bash&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; for inspiration. It doesn’t have to be a contest. Dream up whatever &lt;em&gt;you&lt;/em&gt; feel the community will find interesting, and go for it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Start a meta post or chat event to work out the details. Rally support for your event and bring it to our attention through your moderator team! We're really interested in community-led initiatives, so let’s just say, if you can work out the details, we’re very motivated to say “Let's go!”&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Either way, congratulations on making it two years. :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="35931" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-16T15:45:04.257" LastActivityDate="2012-10-25T12:34:11.847" Title="Ask Ubuntu Birthday Celebration?" Tags="|discussion|community|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4163" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="4164" CreationDate="2012-10-01T18:23:44.243" Score="4" ViewCount="62" Body="&lt;p&gt;We have included options for bold, italics, links, CODE, etc., but there is no option for keyboard keys. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example to get Alt as a key we have to place it in between &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;kbd&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; tags then it will be as &lt;kbd&gt;Alt&lt;/kbd&gt; but there is no option there in the body box menu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ff we place it then that could help the most new users while they do represent key combinations.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="33833" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-10-01T19:24:06.573" LastActivityDate="2012-10-01T19:24:06.573" Title="why there is no keyboard &lt;kbd&gt; in the menu?" Tags="|support|feature-request|user-interface|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4164" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4163" CreationDate="2012-10-01T19:03:28.123" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Not all sites in the Stack Exchange network require the input of &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;kbd&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; codes and even though the space can look big if we included all the possible edit aids on the toolbar we would be out of it in no time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This can be added with the usage of &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackapps.com/questions/3341/kbd-markup-shortcuts&quot;&gt;some simple scripts&lt;/a&gt; if you desire.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:46.307" LastActivityDate="2012-10-01T19:17:22.953" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4165" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="4166" CreationDate="2012-10-01T20:43:50.657" Score="1" ViewCount="115" Body="&lt;p&gt;This Dropbox question was never really off-topic (though its title is a bit confusing):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/184124/wine-and-items-in-notification-area&quot;&gt;WINE and items in notification area&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The best answer to this question is to explain that Dropbox exists natively for Ubuntu, and that the official Ubuntu client should be run rather than attempting to install the Windows version with Wine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And Roland Taylor has written &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/184568/22949&quot;&gt;an excellent answer that explains just that&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's no reason for this to be closed; I recommend it be reopened. Then that answer can be accepted. (And if somebody wanted to try to answer the question about how to get Dropbox working well using the Windows version in Wine, that would be perfectly on-topic too, since questions and answers about how to get Windows software to work in Wine on Ubuntu are generally considered on-topic).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2012-10-01T21:02:32.723" Title="Let's reopen this Dropbox question" Tags="|discussion|close-reasons|closed-questions|answered-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4166" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4165" CreationDate="2012-10-01T21:02:32.723" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;That all question is not about Dropbox at all, if we have a look at the comments bellow the answer from Roland we can see that its about an application called Dropshots that runs using Dropbox services. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also that issue was also solved using an updated version from Play4Linux making it less interesting to re-open it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastActivityDate="2012-10-01T21:02:32.723" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4167" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="4168" CreationDate="2012-10-02T05:26:22.753" Score="10" ViewCount="185" Body="&lt;p&gt;Both askubuntu.com and ubuntuforums.org are wonderful resources. I've noticed that people sometimes post their questions at both sites mostly without mentioning that they have done so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While it's understandable to want an answer ASAP, is there some convention or etiquette involving cross-posting?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've seen this question: &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3536/can-i-cross-post-the-same-question-in-both-super-user-and-ask-ubuntu&quot;&gt;Can I cross-post the same question in both Super User and Ask Ubuntu?&lt;/a&gt; and hope it's not a duplicate because that one was limited to Stack Exchange sites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user25656" LastActivityDate="2012-10-02T13:53:35.693" Title="Is there some convention or etiquette about asking the same question in different fora?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4168" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4167" CreationDate="2012-10-02T13:53:35.693" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't think there's a cross site convention, and if there was, how would you enforce it? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think if you find one just go ahead and edit in a link to the forum post, and if you see an answer there then post it (linking with proper attribution) so that it'll at least act as a sign post for the next person.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2012-10-02T13:53:35.693" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4169" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4162" CreationDate="2012-10-02T19:56:01.877" Score="10" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Idea: Run a contest&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Timeline:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ok so we launched on 10.10.10 to coincide with the release of 11.10. The 12.10 release is on 18 October, so if we run a contest from 10 October (our 2 year anniversary) to 24 October it gives us almost exactly one week before and one week after the release of 12.10, which means the timing is pretty excellent to prep for the incoming onslaught and subsequent follow up. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Let's wiki the SU contest and mod it in place to meet our needs! I think we should also add in the cleanup aspects from Unix/linux and our cleanup weeks to add a more maintenance element to it:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are 3 levels of prizes:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(This is from the SU contest, and obviously SE themselves will pick the prizes so I'll just leave this here for reference:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Level 1 Prize: An official Ask Ubuntu T-Shirt (valued at $15) – 19 awards&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Level 2 Prize: $35 worth of Ask Ubuntu Swag from the official SE store – 6 awards&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Level 3 Prize: $100 worth of Hardware/Software from an online tech retailer, or SU swag from the SE store.  (Can be a combination from&#xA;  both stores) – 8 awards&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;The Grand Prize: $250 worth of Hardware/Software from an online tech retailer, or AU swag from the SE store. (Can be a combination from&#xA;  both stores)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ideas for Contest Categories:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The Top Guns: The top three, in order of the best performance in raw reputation earned. One Level 1, 2, and 3 prize awarded.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The Quality-not-Quantity Squad: The people with the most amount of Nice Answer badges in the contest period, &quot;Answer score of 10 or more&quot;. One Level 1, 2,and 3 prize awarded.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The Upcoming Editor:  The top three users gaining the most reputation from suggested edits, as measured by our database mining monkeys.  Users with more than 3 rejected edits are disqualified.  Three Level 1 prizes awarded.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The Editors: The top three most useful editors as measured by ????  Candidates are selected from the top 20 editors for the time period of the contest.  They must have at least 15 non-trivial edits. One Level 1, 2, and 3 prize.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The Crap Cleaners: The top three community cleaners who have the most combined valid flags, close votes cast, edits as judged by our database mining monkeys. One Level 1, 2, and 3 prize.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The Reviewers: Top reviewers in First Posts, Low Quality Posts, and Late Answers (review tasks) as judged by our database mining monkeys. One Level 1, 2, and 3 prize.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The Social Butterflies: Top shared questions on social networks via views. (Is it possible to measure how many views a person has shared as an aggregate? Some way we can basically encourage people to share the content on the site?)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, there are a few general rules to be eligible for the contest:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You must have a registered Ask Ubuntu account in good standing, with a valid email address, to be eligible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Contest open to every man, woman, and child (over 13, as per our TOS) on planet Earth, except those men, women, or children living in places where contests like this are somehow illegal — or the relevant contest laws in your jurisdiction are so obnoxious that awarding the prize becomes impractical.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu Moderators and Judges of any kind are not eligible to win, because they will be judging parts of the contest. But they won’t be left out in the cold, either: we’ll be sending our community mods a little thank you prize as well, for everything they’ve done. You guys rock!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You cannot win more than one prize; however, if you win two Level 1 prizes, you may upgrade to a single Level 2 prize, and if you win prizes of different levels, you will be awarded the highest prize, and the runner up will receive the unclaimed prize.&#xA;If you live in an area of the world where it is logistically impossible for us to get your prize to you — like, say, because your nearest computer hardware store is 3000 nautical miles away — we’ll do our best to work with you and make it happen.&#xA;We will try to be as fair as possible, but all of our judgments are final and binding.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="5" LastEditDate="2012-10-03T14:57:58.033" LastActivityDate="2012-10-03T14:57:58.033" CommentCount="8" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-10-02T19:56:01.877" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4170" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="4172" CreationDate="2012-10-03T00:38:35.713" Score="1" ViewCount="42" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think we should reopen this question about why and how to use workspaces:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/192019/how-are-workspaces-useful&quot;&gt;What can I use workspaces for, and how can they be used?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It has some good answers already, but if it's reopened, perhaps even more thorough answers will be posted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't think it's too open-ended...though I could see a possible argument for making it community wiki.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just one more reopen vote is needed...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2012-10-03T08:42:51.910" Title="Let's reopen question about why/how to use workspaces" Tags="|discussion|scope|close-reasons|closed-questions|answered-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4171" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="4173" CreationDate="2012-10-03T05:55:29.940" Score="3" ViewCount="100" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is a question about how to get an interface in Ubuntu that resembles an interface available in Linux Mint:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/191717/how-to-install-linux-mint-like-menu-gnomenu-in-ubuntu&quot;&gt;How to install Linux mint like menu/gnomenu in Ubuntu? &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This question is about Ubuntu. It mentions Linux Mint, but it is asking how to do something in Ubuntu. This is completely on-topic for our site as per &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq&quot;&gt;the FAQ&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/191717/how-to-install-linux-mint-like-menu-gnomenu-in-ubuntu#comment238010_191717&quot;&gt;Anwar said&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I don't think, this is off-topic. The OP wants to install a menu like mate menu in Linux mint. This question is similar to the question &quot;How to install cinnamon in Ubuntu?&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a perfectly on-topic question, and it has good answers too. The only explanation I can think of for why it was closed, is that the close-voters may have seen the phrase &quot;Linux Mint&quot; and assumed the question was not about Ubuntu, without reading further.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe this question was closed in error and that &lt;strong&gt;we should reopen it&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2012-10-03T08:56:47.280" Title="Let's reopen this question about setting up a Mint-like menu in Ubuntu" Tags="|discussion|scope|close-reasons|closed-questions|answered-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4172" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4170" CreationDate="2012-10-03T08:42:51.910" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's a little bit chatty, a little bit faffy. That's probably the reason is was closed originally.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It would probably be better if it were something along the lines of &lt;strong&gt;What are virtual desktops and why do I want them?&lt;/strong&gt; but I'll leave those sorts of dalliances to smarter people.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've reopened it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2012-10-03T08:42:51.910" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4173" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4171" CreationDate="2012-10-03T08:56:47.280" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/191717/how-to-install-linux-mint-like-menu-gnomenu-in-ubuntu&quot;&gt;The question&lt;/a&gt; has been reopened (see its &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/191717/revisions&quot;&gt;revision history&lt;/a&gt; for details).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2012-10-03T08:56:47.280" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4174" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="4186" CreationDate="2012-10-03T09:16:26.077" Score="3" ViewCount="104" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can I use my native language (&lt;strong&gt;Malay&lt;/strong&gt;) to ask or answer a question at Ask Ubuntu?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any volunteer to translate my answer/question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bahasa Malaysia&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Adakah boleh saya menggunakan bahasa malaysia untuk bertanya dan&#xA;  menjawab di AskUbuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Ada atau tidak sukarelawan untuk menterjemah soalan dan jawapan saya?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="71205" LastEditorUserId="25798" LastEditDate="2012-10-04T03:30:41.313" LastActivityDate="2012-10-04T03:30:41.313" Title="Can I ask using my first/native language?" Tags="|support|languages|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4175" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="4176" CreationDate="2012-10-03T09:36:00.960" Score="7" ViewCount="235" Body="&lt;p&gt;This (somewhat confusingly named question) question was closed, perhaps because it is asking something about programming. (It is, and has never been, in any way about Microsoft Windows. It's about the Unity Spread.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/190660/how-do-i-access-the-windows-spread-programmatically&quot;&gt;How do I access the windows spread programmatically?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/190660/how-do-i-access-the-windows-spread-programmatically#comment236516_190670&quot;&gt;As Jorge Castro pointed out&lt;/a&gt;, programming questions that are specific to Ubuntu are considered on-topic for Ask Ubuntu:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your question is ontopic here, as it's related to developing on Ubuntu the platform, it's in the FAQ.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Jorge Castro is quite right--&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq&quot;&gt;the FAQ&lt;/a&gt; says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We welcome questions about:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;. . .&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Development on Ubuntu.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This question has a pretty good answer, and if we reopen it, it might get some more good answers too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;So let's reopen &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/190660/how-do-i-access-the-windows-spread-programmatically&quot;&gt;the question&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt; (Two more reopen votes needed, at this time.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As an aside, please note that programming is somewhat special, in that &lt;em&gt;most of the time&lt;/em&gt; programming questions must be &lt;em&gt;specifically&lt;/em&gt; about Ubuntu (or particularly important to Ubuntu developers) to be on-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By that standard, the question at issue here definitely qualifies as on-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What makes programming special is that most questions &lt;strong&gt;do not have to be Ubuntu-specific at all to be on topic&lt;/strong&gt;. I've noticed that, especially since the new review system has been put in place, several on-topic questions that &lt;em&gt;are&lt;/em&gt; about Ubuntu have been erroneously closed, because they also applied to one or more non-Ubuntu OSes. &lt;strong&gt;What matters is if the question &lt;em&gt;is about Ubuntu&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, for example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A question about how to clear a terminal screen in &lt;code&gt;bash&lt;/code&gt; would be on-topic for Ask Ubuntu, even though it would also apply to some other non-Ubuntu environments that have &lt;code&gt;bash&lt;/code&gt;, like Fedora, Solaris, Haiku, and Cygwin.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A question about how to use the Synaptic Package Manager would be on-topic, as Synaptic is available for Ubuntu, even though it is also available in some other OSes (like Debian) and is no longer Ubuntu's default package manager.&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A question about how to use Synaptic in some other OS, or answers particular to a non-Ubuntu OS, would of course be off-topic, however.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-10-03T10:22:28.047" Title="Ubuntu-specific programming questions are on-topic, so let's reopen this one" Tags="|discussion|scope|close-reasons|closed-questions|answered-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4176" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4175" CreationDate="2012-10-03T10:22:28.047" Score="7" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Done, It is now reopened&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I casted 5th reopen vote&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="39372" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-10-03T10:22:28.047" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-10-03T10:22:28.047" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4177" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="4184" CreationDate="2012-10-03T11:03:07.637" Score="4" ViewCount="63" Body="&lt;p&gt;This following question was marked as duplicate by mistake(as it seems to me).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/186322/move-running-program-to-background-in-bash&quot;&gt;Move running program to background in bash&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Marked Duplicate:   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/106351/running-programs-in-the-background-from-terminal&quot;&gt;Running programs in the background from terminal&lt;/a&gt;   &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The pointed out duplicate, answers various ways to send a program to background. But what the OP of the new question has asked, is a way to use &lt;kbd&gt;Ctrl&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;z&lt;/kbd&gt; and the &lt;code&gt;bg&lt;/code&gt; option together so as to move a process to background and continue its running state in one go. So, I request to reopen this interesting and yet un-answered question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11932" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2012-10-03T18:04:40.187" Title="Request to reopen this interesting question" Tags="|support|close-reasons|closed-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4178" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3856" CreationDate="2012-10-03T11:37:30.080" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is a delay when synchronizing reputation to chat. With the age of this question, it should be fixed now. However, if it still persists, log in to all other Stack Exchange sites you regularlyuse, and then go to &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;http://chat.stackexchange.com&lt;/a&gt; and click the &lt;code&gt;Log In&lt;/code&gt; link in the top bar of &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;http://chat.stackexchange.com&lt;/a&gt; if you are not logged in already. The message you get:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You must have 20 reputation on Stack Overflow to talk here. See the faq.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;is shown to all users entering the site, and will go away after a second, wen it will either log in via StackAuth or otherwise automatically log in.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54298" LastActivityDate="2012-10-03T11:37:30.080" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4179" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-10-03T15:07:13.863" Score="3" ViewCount="59" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is there any possibility to see the progress of badge achievement?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I mean, let's say that it is needed X action to get a badge, and I fulfilled (X - Y), so, I would like to see something like this near the badge list:   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;[ Badge X ] : 58% completed (12 actions to finish)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can we see this detail somewhere? If not yet, can be implemented?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="68484" LastActivityDate="2012-10-05T22:51:35.703" Title="Countdown for badges" Tags="|feature-request|badges|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4180" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-10-03T16:23:10.463" Score="4" ViewCount="276" Body="&lt;p&gt;I came across an &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/195990/18612&quot;&gt;answer&lt;/a&gt; earlier today which had code blocks containing some text portions in blue. Below is a screenshot of the beginning of the answer for convenience:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ZuC4Y.png&quot; alt=&quot;Screenshot of blue text&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have never seen this before, and I saw nothing out of the ordinary when I checked the answer's source. Is this supposed to happen? What triggered it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="18612" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Is this syntax highlighting intended behavior or a bug?" Tags="|support|formatting|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4181" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4180" CreationDate="2012-10-03T16:23:10.463" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;As noted by &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/195983/how-to-copy-files-via-terminal/195990#comment243797_195990&quot;&gt;Anwar's comment&lt;/a&gt; on the answer, this behavior occurs when the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/bash&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;bash&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;bash&lt;/a&gt; tag is used in the question, and adds the coloration to code snippets used in the answers. This is a feature.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The feature is described here: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/editing-help#syntax-highlighting&quot;&gt;Editing helps - Syntax highlighting&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Also take a look at this question: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/72082/changes-to-syntax-highlighting&quot;&gt;Changes to syntax highlighting&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="18612" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:24.280" LastActivityDate="2012-10-03T16:28:48.007" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4182" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-10-03T17:16:43.980" Score="2" ViewCount="152" Body="&lt;p&gt;But I have this post that I would like to upkeep &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/181474/now-that-i-built-unity-how-do-i-install-it&quot;&gt;Now that I built Unity How do I Install it?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now every time that I edit it (for the future or in the future) I would Like to put some commented code in there so I can keep track of what I am doing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Think of it like a changelog file in a debian package. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;example:  Wed Oct  3 13:13:34 EDT 2012 &#xA;           *line 1:changed &quot;teh&quot; too &quot;the&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;but commented out. How can I do that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60520" OwnerDisplayName="Joseph Mills" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2012-10-03T18:03:08.020" Title="How to comment out edits in Ask Ubuntu?" Tags="|support|editing|markdown|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4183" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4182" CreationDate="2012-10-03T17:35:58.723" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Well, you should not do it for personal tracking, there is no such way to do that on the site, but every time you edit something you are given the chance to add a comment to that edit&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/KFQkN.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;It can be later reviewed when you check the post's revisions by clicking on the &lt;strong&gt;edited&lt;/strong&gt; link under the post&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/1bVk6.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It will then show up on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/posts/4182/revisions&quot;&gt;reversions list&lt;/a&gt; for that post&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/lCy19.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastEditorUserId="25863" LastEditDate="2012-10-03T17:42:40.293" LastActivityDate="2012-10-03T17:42:40.293" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4184" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4177" CreationDate="2012-10-03T18:04:40.187" Score="2" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Done, it is now reopened&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;please check revision history for details&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="39372" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-10-03T18:04:40.187" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4185" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4179" CreationDate="2012-10-03T19:49:23.177" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Some of the badge progress tracking functionality you're looking for is provided by &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackapps.com/questions/2982/stinkingbadges-track-your-progress-towards-long-term-badges&quot;&gt;this third-party stack app&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(That can only track progress based on accessible information, though, and some information--like who has voted for what posts--is not accessible.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:46.307" LastActivityDate="2012-10-03T19:49:23.177" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4186" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4174" CreationDate="2012-10-04T00:36:06.763" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is google's translation of your native text-&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Do can I use language to ask and answer malaysia in AskUbuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Whether or not volunteer to translate the questions and my answers?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just saying that if you post in another language, users usually just &quot;google&quot; it. And it is usually not very good at it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also even if your question is translated people will not translate the questions back to your language.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Google's re-translation of this message, probally really messed up-&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Ini adalah terjemahan google ibunda teks-&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Adakah saya boleh menggunakan bahasa untuk bertanya dan menjawab malaysia AskUbuntu.&#xA;&#xA;Sama ada atau tidak sukarela untuk menterjemahkan soalan dan jawapan saya?&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Hanya mengatakan bahawa jika anda pos dalam bahasa lain, pengguna&#xA;  biasanya hanya &quot;google&quot;. Dan ia biasanya tidak sangat baik pada ia.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Juga walaupun soalan anda diterjemahkan orang tidak akan&#xA;  menterjemahkan soalan kembali kepada bahasa anda.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Google terjemahan semula mesej ini, probally benar-benar merosakkan&#xA;  sehingga-&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you can see even your orginal message seems to get distorted when translated back to you, and this is not an efficient way of communication.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So if you know the language, feel free to make an improved translation, and elect your self for translation duty, otherwise the questions is likely to be closed due to the fact that no one can understand each other.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastActivityDate="2012-10-04T00:36:06.763" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4187" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="4188" CreationDate="2012-10-04T01:05:36.767" Score="2" ViewCount="275" Body="&lt;p&gt;We accept licensing questions on Ask Ubuntu. Or at least many such questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here are just a few such questions that the community has embraced. (And this is just what I was able to find in under 10 seconds.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/21759/what-are-the-legal-consequences-of-customizing-the-livecd&quot;&gt;What are the legal consequences of customizing the LiveCD?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/42980/is-using-internet-explorer-6-on-playonlinux-legal&quot;&gt;Is using Internet Explorer 6 on PlayonLinux legal?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/51404/legal-issue-with-bundling-gnome3-on-ubuntu-install&quot;&gt;Legal issue with bundling Gnome3 on Ubuntu install?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do we draw the line when a licensing question is about software provided in a PPA rather than one of the official software sources?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is the question that's motivated me to ask this, but I'm interested in the general issue as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/194667/is-sublime-legal-to-use&quot;&gt;Is sublime legal to use?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My feeling is that we should &lt;em&gt;allow&lt;/em&gt; these questions &lt;em&gt;for the time being&lt;/em&gt;. After all, we allowed the question about Internet Explorer 6! But I think we should revisit the matter if we start seeing a lot of subjective answers, bad advice, or answers lots of people think are bad advice. (So I think &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/194667/is-sublime-legal-to-use&quot;&gt;that particular question&lt;/a&gt; should not be closed, at least at this time, and if it is closed, should be reopened unless there's a consensus that it ought to stay closed.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I think some people may feel more strongly, one way or the other. So I'm posting this meta question, in case we as a community really are ready to come up with a definitive consensus one way or the other. (Or in case we're not--then at least we can know the issue is controversial, and not have people thinking their view is universal.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;A few more thoughts... (now that the question has been closed...and then received some reopen votes)&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Too localized?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I doubt we'd close a question about language usability in (say) Basque, as too localized. So I have a hard time seeing how a question that's only applicable to people subject to the jurisdiction of (say) the United States federal government should be considered too localized.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Off topic?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Imagine a question that asked this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've heard Ubuntu is a free operating system. I was in a store recently, which had Ubuntu CD's. When I took one and started to leave, the clerk reacted as though I had been shoplifting. I put the merchandise back and apologized, but now I am very confused. If an establishment offers Ubuntu CD's to the public, is it legal for them to charge for them? Would it have been okay for me to have just walked out of the store with the CD?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I could imagine such a question being closed as &lt;em&gt;not constructive&lt;/em&gt; (though I think that would only be justified if there were &lt;em&gt;good reason&lt;/em&gt; to think it was trolling). But that question is not &lt;strong&gt;off topic&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Being explicitly about whether or not some act is legal does not, by itself, make a question off-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Could this be the difference?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One main difference between &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/194667/is-sublime-legal-to-use&quot;&gt;Is sublime legal to use?&lt;/a&gt; and other questions that ask about what is &amp;quot;legal&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;okay&amp;quot; but have stayed open, is that some current answers to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/194667/is-sublime-legal-to-use&quot;&gt;Is sublime legal to use?&lt;/a&gt; say it's OK to use it without paying a license fee, but do not seem to support that position adequately.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Someone looking at the question as it is might see this as evidence that it was right to close it. But I think the &lt;em&gt;reason&lt;/em&gt; the answers are currently lacking (or at least unbalanced) is that no new answers can be posted, because it is closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Are license questions about PPA-provided software on-topic?" Tags="|discussion|close-reasons|scope|legal|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="5" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4188" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4187" CreationDate="2012-10-04T08:24:29.123" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't know. On one side:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is a legal question answerable if you're not asking &lt;em&gt;where&lt;/em&gt; it's legal?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is it canonically answerable by anybody but a lawyer practising in that area?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;As it stands, those assertions require somebody who is licensed to practice law in every legal municipal in the world.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But as you say, we have coped with with a number of legal questions already, and it would probably be silly to close down everything that we cannot currently answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I feel the answer is probably not going to as black and white as you might like. Some suggestions for best practices:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Licensing (including criminal copyright, surrounding tort contract law and license interpretation) is on-topic. Everything else is off-topic. Am I excluding anything important with that?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Questions &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; answers should state their jurisdiction.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If they don't we assume a washy-international EU/US jurisdiction but answers should still give specific answers when possible.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;People probably aught to disclaim every answer with IANAL, or &quot;&lt;em&gt;This is by no means a professional, legal opinion. If you need one of those please seek the council of a lawyer licensed in your jurisdiction.&lt;/em&gt;&quot; It might be nice if the powers-that-be made it so whenever the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/legal&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;legal&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;legal&lt;/a&gt; tag was applied to a question, that text was immediately applied.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This isn't for the liability of the answerer or the site (the legal section disclaims Stack Exchange, but arguably not the users) but more the users. People are becoming dependent on Google to make all sorts of decisions that they shouldn't be making without asking a professional. As editors and maintainers of the site, it's our job to keep them safe too if we can.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2012-10-04T11:17:17.433" LastActivityDate="2012-10-04T11:17:17.433" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4194" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="4195" CreationDate="2012-10-04T12:17:05.260" Score="1" ViewCount="58" Body="&lt;p&gt;I do not understand this badge.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It says: zero accepted answers: for whom ? for me? I found one user having this badge without posting any question. How could be? This is the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/68186/user68186?tab=questions&quot;&gt;user's link&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can you clarify it please?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user91632" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2012-10-05T05:17:23.967" Title="What is Tenacious?" Tags="|support|badges|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4195" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4194" CreationDate="2012-10-04T12:22:29.160" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The original poster is the person who marks answers as accepted. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you look at the answers that user has posted they have a bunch of accepted answers with a score of zero, thus earning the badge.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think the idea is to reward people who are quietly answering questions and not getting recognition from people other than the person asking the question. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2012-10-04T12:22:29.160" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4196" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-10-04T13:59:00.083" Score="14" ViewCount="440" Body="&lt;p&gt;I see an increasing number of answers that are plagiarized. And, I have mentioned it a couple of times in chat as it seems to bother me quite a bit. I am posting this in meta in order to get a wider opinion as well as to document it as an official policy of the site for future reference.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just to clarify what I consider as plagiarism:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Referencing &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plagiarism&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Wikipedia on plagiarism&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.plagiarism.org/plag_article_what_is_plagiarism.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;plagiarism.org&lt;/a&gt;, if you are plagiarizing, you are&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;copying someone else's work (usually verbatim) and claiming it as your own&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;copying the ideas of someone else and paraphrasing it without sufficient attribution (paraphrase plagiarism) - usually difficult to catch and might not be the worst problem we should be worrying about &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyway, three types of plagiarism I am seeing these days:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Answers copied from existing answers for very similar questions without attribution or linking to the existing answer&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Answers copied from resources online without any attribution or citation&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Self-plagiarism - reusing their own answer on multiple similar questions without declaring that that is the case&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The first case is in violation of our content license &lt;a href=&quot;http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;CC-BY-SA 3.0&lt;/a&gt; as the &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/06/attribution-required/&quot;&gt;Stack Exchange content policy requires proper attribution&lt;/a&gt;. And not to mention our practice of closing the question as a duplicate in order to better manage the content.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The second case is even worse. We are in risk of getting tangled into legal issues, including copyright limits. If someone passes someone else's work as their own, without any sort of attribution and the original content owner discovers this, he can sue us for copyright infringement. Even worse, any added edits done to the plagiarized answer would most probably have to go away too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The third case isn't too much of a problem as the other two but I think it ought to be brought up nonetheless.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So now, I have the following options to tackle this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Fix the answer myself - I do all the editing and include blockquotes, links to original content and author.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Comment on the answer and ask him to do the required work.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Flag the answer for deletion with link to the original content.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Just downvote and move on.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ideally, I would want to have the plagiarized post deleted until they are fixed and then have it undeleted. But I think the moderators might have more work to do than they already do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastEditorUserId="25798" LastEditDate="2012-10-05T02:57:43.910" LastActivityDate="2012-10-05T02:57:43.910" Title="How should we handle plagiarized answers?" Tags="|discussion|answers|plagiarism|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4197" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4196" CreationDate="2012-10-04T14:28:19.033" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think with all things the site, it comes back to best judgement.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is it habitual?  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Does it get fixed if you point it out?  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I was handling stuff like that I just inserted the link and dropped in a comment that I edited in a reference.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it's habitual, I'ld stop editing and start dropping in the comments requesting fixes and referencing something.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Last ditch is flagging for deletion.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ultimately it's about people being able to find the answer, not getting credit for the answer.  That being said, plagiarism is bad and shouldn't be encouraged.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2012-10-04T14:28:19.033" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4198" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4187" CreationDate="2012-10-04T14:35:18.727" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Each should be assessed individually&lt;/strong&gt;.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions flat-out asking 'Is this legal?' are soliciting legal opinions and should be closed as either off-topic (As a legal matter, not an Ubuntu matter) or too localized (Legal where? And, legal for you does not mean legal for everyone, forever).  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it's something simple, and you can look up a definitive citation or answer and quote the source then go for it, it's helpful and promotes Ubuntu. &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subterranean_Homesick_Blues#Influence&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows&lt;/a&gt;, and you don't need a lawyer for every possible legal question. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This issue has been &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/62141/176211&quot;&gt;asked and answered&lt;/a&gt; opaquely on Meta SE and there is no 'black and white' rule because it's up to the community to make a subjective, case-by-case decision on questions.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/legal&quot;&gt;terms of service&lt;/a&gt; here absolve Stack Exchange &lt;strong&gt;but not you&lt;/strong&gt; of any liability. See the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/25363/176211&quot;&gt;answers here&lt;/a&gt; for a humorous take on what might go wrong. See the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/18563/176211&quot;&gt;answers here&lt;/a&gt; for a more serious examination of the issues.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With that in mind, realize that anyone with legal experience is going to avoid giving you an answer. That leaves only people who may be ignorant of the law, or who take a casual attitude towards it, to provide you a 'quality' answer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12864" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2012-10-04T14:35:18.727" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4199" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="4200" CreationDate="2012-10-05T11:22:50.080" Score="0" ViewCount="56" Body="&lt;p&gt;It says : &lt;em&gt;Shared a link to a question that was visited by 25 unique IP addresses.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I could understand it as follows:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I answer or comment to a question by putting a link to another old question that was visited by 25 unique IP addresses.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this correct?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And what is the difference between 25 views and 25 unique IP addresses&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user91632" LastActivityDate="2012-10-05T11:29:40.323" Title="What is Announcer badge?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4200" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4199" CreationDate="2012-10-05T11:29:40.323" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Not quite. When you click the share link under a post, it gives you a user-specific URL. If one of your URLs is visited by clients on 25 or more unique legal IP addresses, you get the badge.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any by unique IP, I mean when I connect to the internet, I'm given an IP address. Your next door neighbour will have a different IP (assuming they're on a different connection).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2012-10-05T11:29:40.323" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4202" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-10-05T19:16:17.133" Score="4" ViewCount="96" Body="&lt;p&gt;I asked a question, and it got a lot of answers. Two of which were better than the others. Now, I believe both the question and the best answers are being stripped of essential details. I rolled back the changes once with comments, and the editor simply changed it back without comment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I asked the question because there wasn't anything like it and now a editor wants to make it generic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's the link to the question under discussion:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/27997/which-hard-disk-drive-is-which&quot;&gt;Which hard disk drive is which?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8515" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2012-10-07T04:37:15.547" Title="My question and answers are being changed without explanation by another user" Tags="|support|editing|best-practice|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4203" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4202" CreationDate="2012-10-05T19:36:16.150" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Until Jacob has a chance to explain himself, I've locked the post for the next 24 hours.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastActivityDate="2012-10-05T19:36:16.150" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4204" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4179" CreationDate="2012-10-05T22:51:35.703" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The review-related badges are now tracked with the green bar in the review page. You can mouse over that bar to get more info. They should appear in all the review categories except the old (legacy) review lists accessible with the link at the bottom of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review&quot;&gt;review&lt;/a&gt; page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ipd69.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54298" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2012-10-05T22:51:35.703" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4205" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="4206" CreationDate="2012-10-06T02:11:31.163" Score="12" ViewCount="178" Body="&lt;p&gt;Let's say the question is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How do I open Terminal Quickly?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have been looking for an easy way or short-cut to open the Terminal quickly, so I don't have to find it in the Dash.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And the answerer answers:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can open Terminal easily by finding it in the Dash, or you can pin it to the Unity sidebar. Both are quick and easy to use.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, Person 1 says in the comments of that answer:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a way to use the keyboard to initiate the Terminal?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And the answerer then replies,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, you are able to use Ctrl + Alt + T on your keyboard as a short-cut.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So technically, the answerer answered the question, but in the comment and not in the actual answer. Does that make the answer the right one? And should the OP denote in the comments of the answer that the comment was the correct solution?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How should this situation be handled?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="78161" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2017-06-14T16:11:50.013" Title="If the answerer answers the question in the comments of their answer, should the OP accept that answer?" Tags="|discussion|comments|answers|accepted-answer|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4206" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4205" CreationDate="2012-10-06T02:32:02.010" Score="11" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Yes, but...&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you can edit their answer to include the comments, that'd be great. Comments are second class citizens here on Ask Ubuntu - they can (and are) deletable at any time, for almost any reason. So just keep that in mind.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;Someday  I'll write a script to purge all comments from the year 2010 - nobody will miss 'em - I hope. ;) &lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2017-06-14T11:35:34.643" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4207" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4162" CreationDate="2012-10-06T15:09:18.350" Score="-4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Why bot go for an online Ubuntu Quiz.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="34305" LastActivityDate="2012-10-06T15:09:18.350" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4208" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4202" CreationDate="2012-10-06T16:19:47.890" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can I make a friendly suggestion? Maybe it would be best if &lt;strong&gt;you&lt;/strong&gt; edit the question (and answers) to be more of a &lt;em&gt;canonical question&lt;/em&gt;. After reading &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/3053/12864&quot;&gt;this related post&lt;/a&gt;, I suspect this is the goal (guessing, not speaking for Jacob).  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I say this because while the question and answers are fun to read and contain some humorous bits, it is somewhat chatty. This isn't automatically a bad thing, but it puts the many non-native English speakers here at a disadvantage. It also requires more reading comprehension to sort through all those words. The bonus came and went, references to it aren't really critical to explain. The answer awarded the bonus is great and deserved a bonus anyway.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since you are the original author, I think you are the one who could best re-make the question simpler, clearer, and preserve your original goals in asking it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12864" LastActivityDate="2012-10-06T16:19:47.890" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4209" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4202" CreationDate="2012-10-07T01:44:40.343" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;The editor is only trying to make your question better.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&quot;I am a lazy bum&quot; this states that you are not willing to try reasonable solutions, and people will avoid trying to answer your question because of it.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Were these &quot;Rules&quot; part of a bounty you offered, and now are irrelevant to the question. Making suggestions that you perfer a Gui or terminal solution is a good thing, but making &quot;rules&quot; that bar answers is not a good thing. Possibally your question would be better suited in better explaining your situation. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sample more friendly version of your question using the &quot;rules&quot; as part of your question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&quot;I have server with several disks, In opening my case I can see the&#xA;  labels of each of the drives (or if you can't see the labels with out&#xA;  removing them, say that- In a later comment I see you said this &quot;but&#xA;  in my scenario the disks are crammed in a holder that blocks the&#xA;  sticker from view. The best I can do is trace the cables. &quot; add that&#xA;  to the question!) I can where each of the SATA disks is plugged in to&#xA;  on the motherboard.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I want to know which hard disk drive corresponds to which device path&#xA;  (&lt;code&gt;/dev/sda&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;/dev/sdb&lt;/code&gt;, etc). It's trivial to match the hard disk&#xA;  stats (brand, size) with the dev path, but I want more.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I want to know which drive is which inside my case. What's a good way&#xA;  to go about getting this info? Are there good Command line and Graphical interface tools? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So you see that with just a little bit of work we can make this a better question for everyone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I fully support the edit that @Jacob Johan Edwards did.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Regardless, the &quot;bonus&quot; part should be removed as it is specific to the bounty and accepted answer which is now over.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastEditorUserId="47291" LastEditDate="2012-10-07T01:53:46.133" LastActivityDate="2012-10-07T01:53:46.133" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4210" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-10-07T05:12:45.080" Score="6" ViewCount="96" Body="&lt;p&gt;In my opinion, both the tags deal with making an application start automatically upon logging in. I believe they should be made synonyms of each other and possibly, even merged together.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's the breakdown of the two tags:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/autostart&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;autostart&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;autostart&lt;/a&gt; x 91&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/startup-applications&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;startup-applications&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;startup-applications&lt;/a&gt; x 46&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If anyone has any other contradictory thoughts to my opinion, I would be glad to entertain them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastActivityDate="2012-10-11T15:39:07.730" Title="Should we merge autostart and startup-applications tags?" Tags="|discussion|tag-synonyms|retag-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4211" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="4213" CreationDate="2012-10-07T15:23:43.493" Score="4" ViewCount="214" Body="&lt;p&gt;What is peer review? I always see this quote on a statement after edit a post.&#xA;And how much reputation user can do the peer review?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is the example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Thanks for your edit!&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;  &lt;br&gt;This edit will be visible only to you until it is peer reviewed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="93609" LastEditorUserId="93609" LastEditDate="2012-10-07T15:37:30.433" LastActivityDate="2012-10-11T09:14:26.590" Title="What is peer review?" Tags="|support|editing|review|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4212" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4211" CreationDate="2012-10-07T15:50:02.770" Score="-2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Peer review is simply an anti-spam(?) measure to make sure edits to others' posts are valid. If yu look at &lt;a href=&quot;http://askubutu.com/review&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;review&lt;/a&gt;, there is a Suggested Edits area. It requires 2000 reputation. At 2000 reputation, you may edit any post(not tag wikis, but CW posts can be done with any amount of rep) &lt;strong&gt;and&lt;/strong&gt; review others' suggested edits. You can reject, approve, or improve upon the edit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54298" LastActivityDate="2012-10-07T15:50:02.770" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4213" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4211" CreationDate="2012-10-07T17:19:43.930" Score="10" Body="&lt;h2&gt;What does peer review consist of on Ask Ubuntu?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Peer review&lt;/em&gt; means someone else must review and approve your edit, before it is applied.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On at least one other Stack Exchange site (Stack Overflow), more than one person must review it before it is definitively accepted or rejected. But on most Stack Exchange sites, including Ask Ubuntu, the peer review process need only involve one person reviewing your edit. (Unless two people end up reviewing it at almost the same time, and both approving, or both rejecting it. In that situation, the editing history will show both reviewers' actions.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The reviewer has (as I count them) five options, upon seeing your edit:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/zaD0B.png&quot; alt=&quot;Edit review UI&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;They can decide they &lt;strong&gt;don't know if it's good&lt;/strong&gt;, and &lt;strong&gt;do nothing&lt;/strong&gt;, leaving it for another reviewer to consider. This is not recorded in any way in the post's edit history, as nothing was done. The reviewer simply looked at the edit and decided not to review it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;They can decide &lt;strong&gt;your edit is good&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;approve&lt;/strong&gt; it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;They can decide &lt;strong&gt;your edit is bad&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;reject&lt;/strong&gt; it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;They can &lt;strong&gt;decide your edit is helpful but should be improved&lt;/strong&gt;. They then &lt;strong&gt;apply their further edits to yours&lt;/strong&gt;. The editing history shows this as the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/-1/community&quot;&gt;Community&lt;/a&gt; user approving your edit and the reviewer editing the post themselves immediately afterwards.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;They can &lt;strong&gt;decide your edit is not helpful&lt;/strong&gt;, but still &lt;strong&gt;use it as a basis for their own edit&lt;/strong&gt;. The editing history shows this as the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/-1/community&quot;&gt;Community&lt;/a&gt; user rejecting your edit and the reviewer editing the post themselves immediately afterwards.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;What kinds of edits--and by whom--require peer review?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First, it's helpful to know what kinds of posts can be edited. Actually, almost everything can be edited, but some things (like comments) can only be edited by their authors and by moderators. Some other things can only ever be edited by moderators (like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq&quot;&gt;the FAQ&lt;/a&gt;). &lt;strong&gt;The following kinds of posts, however, can be edited by members of the community&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Questions (both community wiki and non-CW).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Answers (both community wiki and non-CW).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Tag wikis (including both tag wiki excerpts and full tag wikis).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Low reputation users can &lt;em&gt;suggest&lt;/em&gt; edits to any of these posts. Even anonymous users (without accounts) can edit questions an answer. But please note:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Anonymous posting of edit suggestions is only possible on &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/&quot;&gt;main&lt;/a&gt;. That is--one needs an account and &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/faq#reputation&quot;&gt;5 reputation&lt;/a&gt; to create any kind of content here on meta.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Anonymous users cannot suggest edits to tag wikis--an account is needed for that. (Thanks to &lt;strong&gt;@jokerdino&lt;/strong&gt; for pointing this out.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Those suggested edits are then subject to peer review.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;At 100 reputation, one can &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/edit-community-wiki&quot;&gt;edit community wiki questions and answers&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;At 2,000 reputation, one can &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/edit&quot;&gt;edit non-CW questions and answers&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;At 20,000 reputation, one can &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/trusted-user&quot;&gt;edit tag wiki excerpts and full tag wikis&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you edit a post you don't have enough reputation to edit, you're actually &lt;em&gt;suggesting&lt;/em&gt; an edit, and then that &lt;em&gt;suggested edit&lt;/em&gt; will be &lt;em&gt;peer reviewed&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Who reviews suggested edits?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It depends on the kind of edit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For questions and answers, the original author is notified of any suggested edits, and can review them. There is no amount of reputation below which original authors lack this ability.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;However, other members of the community may also review edits.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's the &lt;em&gt;broad picture&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;qualitative explanation&lt;/em&gt; of how this works:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Anyone who has edit privileges to edit a post (i.e., who can edit without their edit being subject to review) can also review suggested edits made to the post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Users with sufficient reputation &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/approve-tag-wiki-edits&quot;&gt;may visit the review queue for suggested edits&lt;/a&gt; (which is one of the categories of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review&quot;&gt;review&lt;/a&gt;). However, this requires more reputation than is needed to review an edit that one comes upon by browsing. That is, it takes more reputation to be &lt;em&gt;automatically presented&lt;/em&gt; with a series of edits to review, than it does to be able to review an edit suggestion &lt;em&gt;that you happen to find&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/approve-tag-wiki-edits&quot;&gt;amount of reputation to approve a tag wiki edit&lt;/a&gt; is considerably lower than the amount of reputation to edit a tag wiki without your edit being subject to review. That is, many (in fact, most) tag wiki edit suggestions are reviewed by users whose own tag wiki edit suggestions would have to be reviewed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Such a reviewer is limited, however, in that they may only &lt;strong&gt;skip over&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;approve&lt;/strong&gt;, or &lt;strong&gt;reject&lt;/strong&gt; the edit. They cannot choose to &lt;strong&gt;improve it and consider it helpful&lt;/strong&gt; or &lt;strong&gt;improve it and consider it unhelpful&lt;/strong&gt;. This is because they cannot directly apply any changes to the tag wiki--their own edits are subject to peer review.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here are the reputation milestones at which each level of posting, editing, and reviewing ability is conferred:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;At &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/create-posts&quot;&gt;1 reputation&lt;/a&gt; (which users start out with, and cannot go lower than), one can post questions and answers (but cannot create community wiki posts, and cannot answer &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/protect-questions&quot;&gt;protected questions&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;At &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/community-wiki&quot;&gt;10 reputation&lt;/a&gt;, one can create community wiki posts (and also &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/new-user&quot;&gt;answer protected questions&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;At &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/edit-community-wiki&quot;&gt;100 reputation&lt;/a&gt;, one can approve edits to community wiki questions and answers (because one can edit them oneself).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;At &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/edit&quot;&gt;2,000 reputation&lt;/a&gt;, one can approve edits to non-CW questions and answers (because one can edit them oneself).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;At &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/approve-tag-wiki-edits&quot;&gt;5000 reputation&lt;/a&gt;, one can access all edits in the review queue. This is also the point at which one may approve tag wiki edits.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;At &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/trusted-user&quot;&gt;20,000 reputation&lt;/a&gt;, one can edit tag wikis (without the edits having to be reviewed before taking effect).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;What is the purpose of peer review?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A reviewer's job is to determine if the suggested edit is suitable. To a degree, this is a subjective judgment call. But typically, edits consistent with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/edit&quot;&gt;these purposes and guidelines&lt;/a&gt; should be approved, and those that aren't should be rejected. An edit may also be rejected for being too minor (either in that it doesn't clearly improve the post, or in that it is insufficiently significant to be worth the minimal effort of reviewing).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The peer review process on Ask Ubuntu does serve to keep out spam edits. That is part of its purpose. But that is not its primary purpose--most rejected edits aren't spam. Rather, most rejected edits are attempts to reply to the post by editing it, fail to preserve the original intent of the post (which is important for questions and answers, especially those that are not community wiki) or fall outside its scope, or are otherwise wrong.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you suggest an edit and it is rejected, that does not typically reflect negatively on you. If you feel that your edit should've been accepted, you could post on meta to consult others about the matter. But you should not feel that anything has gone wrong.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edits that create tag wikis for newly created tags are occasionally rejected if the reviewer believes the tag itself should not exist (since, if a tag is going to be removed, it probably should not have a tag wiki, which would become orphaned when the removed tag disappears from the system).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Why does it make sense for someone who cannot edit tag wikis to review them?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Tag wikis reflect the the community as a whole (though don't necessarily express community consensus). For each tag, there is only one tag wiki (though it has two parts: the tag wiki excerpt, and the full tag wiki). To decrease the likelihood of edits to tag wikis (and the creation of tag wikis) that hardly anyone agrees with, there has to be either&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;at least two people, one of whom has at least 5,000 reputation (the reviewer), &lt;em&gt;or&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;a very high (20,000) reputation user&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;who think it's a good idea.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Editing a tag wiki without being subject to peer review is the exception rather than the rule. The normal way for tag wikis to be created or edited is that one user submits the suggestion, and another approves it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-10-11T09:14:26.590" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4214" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4210" CreationDate="2012-10-07T19:54:31.483" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I agree, as programs to be started based on time should be &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/cron&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;cron&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;cron&lt;/a&gt;. Looking at &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/autostart&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;autostart&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;autostart&lt;/a&gt;, it appears that tag is for the purpose of startup applications.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54298" LastActivityDate="2012-10-07T19:54:31.483" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4215" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="4217" CreationDate="2012-10-08T00:33:33.933" Score="2" ViewCount="70" Body="&lt;p&gt;This has a couple of close votes as &lt;em&gt;too localized&lt;/em&gt;. As someone who personally is quite interested in the answer to this question, since I've heard of the problem before and would like to know how to solve it, I don't feel this is too localized. (I do think we may need to get more information from the OP to give more answers, however.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/174804/i-cant-copy-to-external-drive-read-only-error-cant-change-permissions-even-f&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/174804/i-cant-copy-to-external-drive-read-only-error-cant-change-permissions-even-f&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why might this be too localized?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;(All perspectives welcome, but as the wording of the title suggests, I'm particularly interested in answers from people who believe it &lt;em&gt;should&lt;/em&gt; be closed as too localized.)&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2012-10-08T19:16:48.003" Title="Why might this be too localized?" Tags="|discussion|close-reasons|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4216" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="4223" CreationDate="2012-10-08T18:42:40.873" Score="10" ViewCount="379" Body="&lt;p&gt;This question is with reference to this bounty question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/187900/how-do-i-theme-the-sound-menu-playback-buttons#comment246344_187900&quot;&gt;How do I theme the Sound Menu playback buttons?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As the OP has indicated, this is technically a bug - there is a launchpad bug-report, confirmation that it is a bug and in this case it looks like a possible workaround by moving to Quantal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question itself refers to Ubuntu 12.04 where the bug-applies.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Moderators nor senior community members cannot close and mark this question as &lt;em&gt;off-topic&lt;/em&gt; since it has a bounty on it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Moderators can refund the bounty and then close if required.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a general policy, how does the Ask Ubuntu community wish to deal with this and similar situations in the future.  Should these &quot;bounty-bug&quot; questions remain open?  Maybe leave open until the question is resolved or bounty period expires?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How should we deal with this situation?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14356" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2016-08-10T19:17:43.270" Title="How should we deal with bounty questions that are confirmed bugs?" Tags="|discussion|bounty|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4217" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4215" CreationDate="2012-10-08T19:16:48.003" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I flagged that for closure first because it appeared &lt;strong&gt;abandoned&lt;/strong&gt;. We did loads of these during the last big cleanup and I remember the consensus being to flag as too-localized when a question appeared abandoned. Different users had different time ranges for defining abandoned, there is no 'official' definition.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I also noted the unusually low 0% accept rate of the asker and so looked at the rest of their questions and last 'seen' time, flagging several more which are now also closed. As with all my flagging &amp;amp; voting decisions, it comes down to a judgement call, an opinion. The fact that four others similarly voted helps validate this, but with such a small sample size I admit it isn't statistically significant.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For this or any other closed questions that interest you, feel free to 'ping' me in chat or send an email (details easy to find through my profile). I'll be happy to vote to re-open a question so you can add something new to it. If that doesn't appeal to you, just ask the same question again with whatever new details you can add. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12864" LastActivityDate="2012-10-08T19:16:48.003" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4218" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="4222" CreationDate="2012-10-08T19:48:46.123" Score="7" ViewCount="222" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have encountered a vergence in the Ubuntu derivative landscape, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.zentyal.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Zentyal&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So basically, my question is this: Because the zentyal packages &lt;a href=&quot;http://packages.ubuntu.com/precise/zentyal-core&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;are in the Ubuntu Archives&lt;/a&gt;, and because they have a &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.canonical.com/2012/06/25/helping-zentyal-offer-an-open-source-alternative-for-small-businesses/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;partnership with Canonical&lt;/a&gt; about this stuff, do we count them as off-topic or on-topic?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastActivityDate="2012-10-15T18:06:25.653" Title="Do we count Zentyal as a on-topic Ubuntu derivative?" Tags="|discussion|derivatives|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4219" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13533" CreationDate="2012-10-09T01:55:20.043" Score="48" ViewCount="1543" Body="&lt;p&gt;As &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/6399873#6399873&quot;&gt;jrg♦ said&lt;/a&gt; (pinned in &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/201/ask-ubuntu-general-room&quot;&gt;main chat&lt;/a&gt;):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hey folks who use &amp;quot;canned&amp;quot; comments: If you see one thats already there that expresses the same general idea, &lt;strong&gt;don't add another one&lt;/strong&gt;. Thanks. :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This has been happening a lot lately, and I'm pretty sure it's mainly because &lt;strong&gt;many people are not using the new review system in an entirely correct manner.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Short Version&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If an appropriate comment (canned or not) has already been posted, don't add another one that says the same thing, even when reviewing low quality posts. If no (additional) comment is needed, use the &amp;quot;No comment needed&amp;quot; option.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you see a duplicate comment--a comment that says the same thing as a previous comment, either in the same words or different words--flag the comment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While it's not appropriate to post a duplicate comment, you can &lt;em&gt;upvote the comment you agree with&lt;/em&gt;. That's one of the big reasons comments can be upvoted--to prevent unnecessary additional comments from existing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Full Explanation&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As an overview of how canned comments work, note that there are &lt;strong&gt;two main ways&lt;/strong&gt; that comments get posted (semi-)automatically. Both are very good things...when used properly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackapps.com/questions/2116/autoreviewcomments-pro-forma-comments-for-se&quot;&gt;pro-forma comments userscript&lt;/a&gt;. (See &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1323/what-prewritten-pro-forma-userscript-comments-can-we-use-and-share&quot;&gt;this meta post&lt;/a&gt; for more information.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review&quot;&gt;new review system&lt;/a&gt; for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review-beta/low-quality-posts&quot;&gt;low quality posts&lt;/a&gt; offers a &lt;em&gt;Recommend Deletion&lt;/em&gt; button. (If you have enough reputation to cast delete votes on answers, it's a &lt;em&gt;Delete&lt;/em&gt; button instead.) When you click this button, you are presented with the ability to post one of several pre-written comments, or no comment at all.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/4L5lW.png&quot; alt=&quot;Screenshot showing &amp;quot;Add a comment for the author?&amp;quot; dialog in review&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When we close posts, we choose a close reason. When we flag posts, we choose a flag reason. But &lt;strong&gt;choosing a comment when recommending deletion in review is not like that.&lt;/strong&gt; Unfortunately, many users seem unaware that &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; posting a comment is often the proper choice. Consider:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Choosing to post a comment when recommending deletion doesn't do anything besides posting the comment. &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;It is not a way of voting on what is wrong with the post.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; There is no counter that gets incremented every time someone posts (for example) the &lt;em&gt;This is a comment, not an answer&lt;/em&gt; comment. Those comments just accumulate needlessly, take up users' and moderators time as &lt;strong&gt;they are flagged and removed&lt;/strong&gt;, and distract from any potentially valuable subsequent comments on the same post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;It is OK to not post a comment when recommending deletion. That's why not posting any comment is the &lt;strong&gt;first option&lt;/strong&gt; in the list of what to do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If the comment you're about to post has already been posted, or something like it has been posted, don't post your comment. This is true even if the comment you're about to post is manually composed, or if it's a different kind of canned comment (i.e., a &amp;quot;pro-forma&amp;quot; comment).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If a comment has been posted addressing what's wrong with the post and you agree with it, consider &lt;strong&gt;upvoting the comment&lt;/strong&gt;. Comments can be upvoted, and we get to upvote up to 30 comments per day.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A comment with upvotes sends the message that it's supported by the community. In contrast, multiple comments saying the same thing sends the message that the the post was reviewed by people who weren't paying close enough attention to notice that what they're saying has already been said (whether or not that message is accurate).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you somehow manage to run out of comment upvotes (this has happened to me occasionally), however, &lt;em&gt;you should still not post duplicate comments&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;When reviewing &amp;quot;low quality posts,&amp;quot; remember that &lt;strong&gt;you can post your own comments, and do not have to use the canned comments provided in the deletion dialog&lt;/strong&gt;. If no one has posted a comment explaining what's wrong with a post, and none of the comments in the deletion dialog is &lt;strong&gt;exactly right&lt;/strong&gt; for it, post your own comment instead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, if your own comment says essentially the same thing as something that's already been said, it is almost never appropriate for you to post it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, the canned comments often do say exactly the right thing; they cover some of the most common problems with sub-par posts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sometimes you might find your own canned comments (i.e., through the pro-forma comment user script) to be better than the comments offered in the deletion dialog. Unfortunately the pro-forma user script doesn't support review, but that's not a big problem. You can open the post up in a new tab/window, and post the appropriate pro-forma comment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, that you're using your own customized pro-forma comments doesn't mean you should post a comment that says essentially the same thing as one that's already been posted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Those guidelines should, hopefully, help clarify the full range of options that exist when reviewing low-quality posts.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you &lt;em&gt;don't&lt;/em&gt; see a lot of duplicate comments and are wondering if this is really a problem, the reason you're not seeing them is that many of them have already been flagged, and/or removed by moderators.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you &lt;em&gt;do&lt;/em&gt; see duplicate comments--which means comments conveying the same information, not just comments that have exactly the same wording--&lt;strong&gt;flag the duplicate&lt;/strong&gt; (i.e., the second one). Or duplicates--unfortunately, a comment is often duplicated more than once.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I've flagged &lt;em&gt;lots&lt;/em&gt; of these comments, and the vast majority--or all--of my flags have been approved and the comments removed. (I can't state with certainty that it's 100% since I have a small number of rejected comment flags, but I strongly suspect those rejected flags were unrelated flags, not flags on duplicate comments.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I've been using custom flags to point out duplicate comments, because just by looking at a duplicate comment by itself, it might not be clear why it ought to be removed. No one has criticized me for this practice, but I'm not sure it's the best way; maybe flagging as &lt;em&gt;not constructive&lt;/em&gt; would be preferable. Perhaps a moderator can weigh in on this.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It might feel unclear which of the duplicate comments should be kept (if they are worded differently). So I used to flag the post itself and explain this. But then a moderator told me in chat that I should instead flag one of the comments (presumably the second one). So as I understand it, that's what we're supposed to do in that situation.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2018-08-30T17:43:53.983" Title="PSA: When reviewing, don't post duplicate (and near-duplicate) comments!" Tags="|discussion|faq|review|comments|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="14" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4220" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="4225" CreationDate="2012-10-09T06:21:36.740" Score="5" ViewCount="159" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sometimes I come across questions that I believe to be better suited on the Unix and Linux StackExchange site.  E.g. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/197876/72212&quot;&gt;How can I set up radius authentication properly?  &lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When using the flag as off topic option, why can we not flag it to be sent to Unix and Linux?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/FUvwO.png&quot; alt=&quot;This question... is off topic&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72212" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Add Unix and Linux to the off topic menu" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|flagging|scope|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4221" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4006" CreationDate="2012-10-09T07:15:44.107" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Apparently there is not sufficient community motivation to reopen this, so I guess the consensus is that it should stay closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I still think it should be reopened, but I believe I'm in the minority. If others believe it should be reopened, you can go ahead and reopen-vote it (if you have enough reputation to cast close and reopen votes), and/or post a new answer here, and/or comment or ping me in chat to ask me to unaccept this meta answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Otherwise, I feel comfortable saying that its closure is consistent with the wishes of the community, and does not need to change.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2012-10-09T07:59:00.877" LastActivityDate="2012-10-09T07:59:00.877" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4222" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4218" CreationDate="2012-10-09T07:33:02.063" Score="10" Body="&lt;h3&gt;off-topic&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;AskUbuntu is not a proxy for Canonical business propositions and partners.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As of last week, we are supporting our Spanish partner, Zentyal, in&#xA;their provision of software and services to small and medium-sized&#xA;businesses.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Zentyal distribute an operating system of the same name – and it’s&#xA;based on Ubuntu. It’s designed to offer small and medium-sized&#xA;businesses easy, low-maintenance access to all the essential business&#xA;IT capabilities&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As the first few lines of the Zentyal announcement make clear - this is a business venture and the most knowledge of what Zentyal is about themselves &amp;amp; services they provide will reside with the company concerned.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;IMHO - AskUbuntu is not a free and alternative support site for Canonical businesses &amp;amp; partners - these requests should be directed back to Canonical and/or their partners.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;on-topic&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With regards to the zentyal packages in the main repos/universe repos - I have no issues with questions about the package or software since they are open to inspection and comment.  We should treat these packages as per the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq&quot;&gt;FAQ&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We welcome questions about ... Running third-party applications on Ubuntu ...  and these should be practical, answerable questions based on actual problems.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14356" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-10-09T12:55:54.920" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4223" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4216" CreationDate="2012-10-09T10:11:02.243" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;Like all bug-related questions, I suggest we close them. Just because it was bountied doesn't make it any different from other bug questions and hence, we should refund the bounty and close it as off-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Given the nature that it is a bug, I don't see how the question would be resolved if it were left open. Waiting for the bounty period to expire sounds too evil IMO, especially when we know for sure that there already is a confirmed bug report regarding the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastActivityDate="2012-10-09T10:11:02.243" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4224" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4220" CreationDate="2012-10-09T10:35:55.893" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;While this is a very good idea, we need to be &lt;em&gt;very&lt;/em&gt; careful with what we migrate. Although many of our off-topic questions, as per one line of their &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/faq#questions&quot;&gt;faq&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Using or administering a *nix desktop or server&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;we should not migrate &lt;em&gt;every&lt;/em&gt; mint question, for example. We do spot some diamonds in the rough, however, like the LibRRadius and PAM question illustrated above, and they can be migrated After all, our goal is to get questions answered, and if the question is very likely to be answered at [unix.se], let it be so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They also post:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If your question applies to Ubuntu only, or you're looking for answers that are Ubuntu-specific, you should post it on the Ask Ubuntu Stack Exchange site. If your question applies to other distros or you welcome more generic solutions, you're in the right place here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So Mint stuff can be migrated, but I fear that it may be frowned upon by the Unix.SE community to begin getting many migrated posts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54298" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:37:19.280" LastActivityDate="2012-10-09T10:35:55.893" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4225" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4220" CreationDate="2012-10-09T11:46:37.363" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't particularly support this feature request. How many of the active Ask Ubuntu users are even mildly familiar with the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/82986/&quot;&gt;golden rule of question migration&lt;/a&gt;? Even when they are, can we tell for sure the majority of them know for sure what is on-topic on Unix.SE?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unless a user is very familiar with both the communities and closely follows what is going on in the meta site of the destination, I am of the opinion that a user would have a good chance of not making the best decision. Add in the new review system and it is exponentially easy to source the 5 close votes required to close a question, which would mean the chances of migrating a crap question is very high.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Moreover, adding U&amp;amp;L to the off-topic flag would encourage users to flag questions that are related to Linux in general for migration to U&amp;amp;L when they are in fact perfectly on topic in Ask Ubuntu. Like your example question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you really think a question should be migrated to U&amp;amp;L, why not spend a little more time and write in a custom moderator flag explaining your reasoning? A moderator would then be in a position to determine if the question is off-topic here and on-topic on the destination site and can even query the moderator of U&amp;amp;L if they would want the question. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2012-10-09T11:46:37.363" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4226" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3179" CreationDate="2012-10-09T17:20:59.763" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am pleased to announce the completion of the first version of such an application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Introducing &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackapps.com/q/3695/18&quot;&gt;StackIRC&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;StackIRC is a small Python application that posts questions from Stack Exchange sites to IRC channels.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Similar to the Twitter feeds for each Stack Exchange site, this small IRC bot retrieves questions from any Stack Exchange site and regularly posts them to an IRC channel of your choice. The bot offers quite a few configurable settings and is capable of posting questions from multiple tags to multiple channels.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So basically, I have written a Python application that you can download, install, and run which will periodically poll the API for new questions with a specified set of tags. When one matches the criteria, its title and link are posted to a predefined IRC channel.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can find instructions for setting up and using the app here:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/nathan-osman/StackIRC&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://github.com/nathan-osman/StackIRC&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note:&lt;/strong&gt; the code is barely a day old so I haven't subjected it to any long term testing yet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A single bot is best run with ~10 tags.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So there are currently two bots running &lt;code&gt;AskUbuntu_&lt;/code&gt; (By Marco Ceppi) and &lt;code&gt;AUfeedbot&lt;/code&gt; (By Amith KK). Both are running on the Freenode network.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's a taglist:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt; Amith's Bot &lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/compiz&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;compiz&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;compiz&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;code&gt;#compiz&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/12.04&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;12.04&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;12.04&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;code&gt;#2buntu&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt; Marco's Bot &lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/juju&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;juju&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;juju&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;code&gt;#juju&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/application-development&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;application-development&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;application-development&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;code&gt;#ubuntu-app-devel&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/community&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;community&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;community&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;code&gt;#ubuntu-community-team&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:46.307" LastActivityDate="2012-10-13T06:52:32.653" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4227" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4162" CreationDate="2012-10-09T19:54:04.780" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was telling &lt;strong&gt;Jorge Castro&lt;/strong&gt; in comments above, but I'll make it an answer instead:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think you should organize a worldwide meetup.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Why a Meetup&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a mature, active community with users all over the world. Many of you are already member of Ubuntu and Linux user groups. Meeting up with equally passionate Ubuntu users is part and parcel of the Ubuntu community at large. Why not make it a part of the Ask Ubuntu community here?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Logistics&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To get this even going, we'd need a handful of things:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Users willing to lead the meetups.&lt;/strong&gt; This site, especially, is incredibly scattered geographically. It's posed a challenge with respect to shipping prizes for your contests in the past. So, we'd need to do a decentralized meetup -- maybe a main event in Washington D.C. / New York, and meetups in London, Berlin, Toronto, and other cities around the world. We could coordinate a time that we could call the Ubuntu hour (make it a pun and have it be the &amp;quot;time&amp;quot; of the latest release) and have people gather at some local bar/park/library/restaurant/pavillion. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Meetup leaders would be responsible for picking a location and providing us with an address where to ship swag (SWAG!) such as t-shirts and mugs for you to hand out / raffle off at the event.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Meetup.com Site and other social media tie-ins.&lt;/strong&gt; We could organize the event on Meetup.com, and use it to track attendees. We should also include a Foursquare event for people to check into, as well as promotions from various social media sources -- Official Ubuntu twitter/facebook/G+/tumblr would be great, for example! Canonical talking about it would be fun.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Follow-up artifacts.&lt;/strong&gt; This is stuff like a blog post, a photo gallery, things that we can point to later on to say, &amp;quot;Hey we did this that one time and it was awesome.&amp;quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Let's Make It Happen!&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think this would be &lt;em&gt;much&lt;/em&gt; more fun than a contest -- which &lt;em&gt;just happened&lt;/em&gt; on the site six months ago -- and could be something really unique and special for this community. Based on your chat and meta activity alone, it strikes me that many of the users here consider each other friends. I think that's wonderful, and I know from experience that extending friendships into analog space can be really rewarding and memorable. :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="35931" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-10-09T19:54:04.780" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4228" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-10-10T17:52:31.280" Score="0" ViewCount="74" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm confused how this site works, because I only find editing on my questions but can not recognize the answer to my originally posted issue:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;My issue is that I can't get sound to my TV which I connected via HDMI&#xA;  cable to my HP Pavilion g6 Laptop running under OS Ubuntu 12.04-64bit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I posted, in response to Matthew's answer&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/T8HVu.png&quot; alt=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/b4UCV.png&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Terminal output for aplay shows two video devices&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;jg-laptop@JG-Laptop:~$ aplay -l&#xA;**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****&lt;br&gt;&#xA;card 0: Generic [HD-Audio Generic], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Subdevices: 1/1&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0&lt;br&gt;&#xA;card 1: Generic_1 [HD-Audio Generic], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog]&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Subdevices: 1/1&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0&lt;br&gt;&#xA;jg-laptop@JG-Laptop:~$  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;OR &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;jg-laptop@JG-Laptop:~$ cat /proc/asound/cards&#xA;   0 [Generic        ]: HDA-Intel - HD-Audio Generic&#xA;                        HD-Audio Generic at 0xf0544000 irq 44&#xA;   1 [Generic_1      ]: HDA-Intel - HD-Audio Generic&#xA;                        HD-Audio Generic at 0xf0540000 irq 16&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/b4UCV.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://i.stack.imgur.com/b4UCV.png&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="95710" OwnerDisplayName="user95710" LastEditorUserId="95710" LastEditDate="2012-10-11T14:02:31.373" LastActivityDate="2012-10-11T14:02:31.373" Title="confused about my user name (jgrau = 95710?) and how the site works" Tags="|support|status-completed|ubuntu-community|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4229" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4228" CreationDate="2012-10-10T18:35:36.687" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The problem is that you have registered two accounts - you have created a question using one account but were trying to edit/answer using your other account.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have now merged both accounts - you should be able now to edit your questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14356" LastActivityDate="2012-10-10T18:35:36.687" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4230" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4158" CreationDate="2012-10-10T19:35:36.260" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;The fix will be in the next production build.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="61" LastActivityDate="2012-10-10T19:35:36.260" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4231" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-10-11T11:09:07.800" Score="18" ViewCount="178" Body="&lt;p&gt;First I must say, the new review system is great. It is easier to review items, especially the linked duplicate question tab is very useful. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I think, the easiness of reviewing posts has posed good possibility of bad review. I have seen some questions (I'm not willing to give a link here) getting closed too quickly and the close reasons aren't very good. &lt;em&gt;(honestly, I consider them bad)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That is why I am posting this meta thread. I hope the situation will be taken into notice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;My advice will be&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Please take your time reviewing posts, especially the close voted posts. The votes can be wrong. &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Please don't give a close vote to a question just because someone started it&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. The review should be a review by 5 individual users. If I am not sure, I'll be clicking on &quot;Not sure&quot; button.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;While reviewing the duplicate question posts, read all the duplicate questions. If possible reading the answer will be very good.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="61218" LastEditorUserId="25798" LastEditDate="2012-10-12T04:46:55.560" LastActivityDate="2012-10-13T08:56:09.440" Title="Request: Please take time while reviewing close votes" Tags="|discussion|vote-to-close|review|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4233" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-10-12T01:42:04.310" Score="1" ViewCount="43" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/198857/will-i-be-able-to-donate-ubuntu-in-the-future-not-only-through-paypal&quot;&gt;Will I be able to contribute to Ubuntu in the future through other services in addition to PayPal?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This has been getting asked a bunch on the internet and it's answerable, it should be open. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2012-10-12T12:46:29.747" Title="This question about Paypal for contributions should be open" Tags="|discussion|status-completed|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4234" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4233" CreationDate="2012-10-12T02:13:25.453" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Done. Thank you for catching that one. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastActivityDate="2012-10-12T02:13:25.453" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4235" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-10-07T13:19:58.543" Score="1" ViewCount="33" Body="&lt;p&gt;In review-beta, on Ask Ubuntu, if one creates a comment, clicks Edit, leaves it for ten minutes, and tries to save, they will get an error popup. However, this error popup causes the sidebar to jump downward until the popup is closed. This looks like a simple CSS issue, and has been tested in the First Posts area. I've also confirmed this simple bug in the close vote area. I've also been using a totally clean Firefox--no addons, userscripts, extensions, or plugins. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/1788r.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54298" OwnerDisplayName="ObsessiveSSOℲ" LastEditorUserId="54298" LastEditDate="2012-10-26T11:35:18.677" LastActivityDate="2012-10-26T11:35:18.677" Title="Comment error popup makes sidebar move down in review-beta" Tags="|bug|design|css|review-beta|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4236" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="4240" CreationDate="2012-10-12T09:54:41.420" Score="2" ViewCount="59" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've made an edit to (the title of) a question, but the 'your edit has been saved for review'-notification doesn't show anymore. Does that mean my edit has been rejected? And: do I get a notification when my edit is rejected?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22147" LastActivityDate="2012-10-12T14:36:33.860" Title="Do I get a notification when my edit is not accepted?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4237" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="4241" CreationDate="2012-10-12T12:25:43.940" Score="5" ViewCount="129" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have had two different questions regarding the topic &quot;Development on Ubuntu&quot; (which is specifically mentioned as on-topic in the FAQ closed as off-topic. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The first one I happen to agree was better suited to Stack Overflow, however, my recent questions was Ubuntu specific, and absolutely belonged on this site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to know why my question was closed. Here is the link &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/198699/what-is-the-payout-date-for-commercial-applications&quot;&gt;to my question.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="77434" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2012-10-12T14:40:02.560" Title="Why are Ubuntu related development questions closed?" Tags="|discussion|close-reasons|closed-questions|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4238" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4237" CreationDate="2012-10-12T12:28:36.843" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've reopened it but this should be something that's easier to just talk to Canonical about. I suggest you just ping them a quick email now and you'll probably know before an answer is posted here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just make sure you answer your own question so that others learn from your experience.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2012-10-12T12:28:36.843" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4239" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4233" CreationDate="2012-10-12T12:46:29.747" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure if it is answerable since it asks about future changes that probably aren't known. Just so you know though, you can make a credit card payment via Paypal without having an account.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="77434" LastActivityDate="2012-10-12T12:46:29.747" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4240" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4236" CreationDate="2012-10-12T14:36:33.860" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You're not notified when your edits are accepted or rejected. Since you still get +2 reputation for every accepted edit, you'll see them in the &lt;em&gt;Reputation&lt;/em&gt; tab of your profile. Otherwise, you can go to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/22147/koen?tab=activity&amp;amp;sort=suggestions&quot;&gt;list of edit suggestions&lt;/a&gt; in your profile, by clicking that link, or finding it under the &lt;em&gt;Activity&lt;/em&gt; tab.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I presume &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/36242&quot;&gt;this was the edit&lt;/a&gt; at issue. It was rejected, as you can see by viewing it. But the &quot;your edit has been saved for review&quot; banner disappearing does &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; always mean your edit was rejected. It could, of course, mean your edit was accepted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you don't see the changes from your edit and you don't see that banner, your edit still might sometimes have been accepted, but then subsequently changed so that your changes no longer appear (or no longer appear the way you expect them to).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;By the way, this is outside the scope of this specific meta question, but I recommend that you post a new meta question to ask about &lt;em&gt;why&lt;/em&gt; that edit was rejected. Given the edit reason you specified--that the question and its answers are not &quot;online&quot; specific so the word &quot;online&quot; shouldn't be in the title--I think the &lt;em&gt;impact&lt;/em&gt; of your edit is not minor. (This means your edit isn't minor. Similarly, an edit that changes a large number of things but where the value of the changes is still negligible even when taken together would be considered &lt;em&gt;too minor&lt;/em&gt;.) I would have approved that particular edit, and I'm only refraining from making it myself to avoid an edit war--if there's controversy over whether or not this edit should be made, it's best that it be discussed first. I'm not an authority on what's appropriate as an edit, but if you post on meta about this and wish to do so, feel free to quote what I've said here.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2012-10-12T14:36:33.860" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4241" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4237" CreationDate="2012-10-12T14:40:02.560" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;You asked &lt;strong&gt;why&lt;/strong&gt; it was closed. Here's an attempt at answering that.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;People probably closed it as off-topic because they thought of it as not being about Ubuntu. It's also possible that they thought the question couldn't be answered here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is about Ubuntu, though I can see how a reasonable person could think otherwise. And it was answered--it has a well-sourced answer with two upvotes now. So I think it's good Oli reopened it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2012-10-12T14:40:02.560" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4242" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5287" CreationDate="2012-10-12T16:30:00.073" Score="6" ViewCount="72" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since Linux support for the Humble Bundles is pretty highly publicized (including integration with the Ubuntu Software Center), should askubuntu implement a &quot;humble-bundle&quot; tag to address bundle related issues?  It seems like there are quite a few humble bundle questions here already.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6252" LastEditorUserId="61218" LastEditDate="2012-10-22T13:31:59.567" LastActivityDate="2012-10-22T13:31:59.567" Title="Should askubuntu implement a &quot;Humble-Bundle&quot; tag?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4243" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-10-13T00:40:29.580" Score="5" ViewCount="93" Body="&lt;p&gt;Where and how can I start a discussion on an edit I suggested that was rejected? Get in private/personal contact with the reviewer? It &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/146761/can-i-contest-a-rejected-edit?answertab=active#146764&quot; title=&quot;Can I contest a rejected edit?&quot;&gt;seems here on Meta&lt;/a&gt; is better, but if so: How to get the attention of the reviewer (e.g. is it possible to tag someone)? Follow &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2057/why-couldnt-i-edit-question-79622&quot; title=&quot;Why couldn&amp;#39;t I edit question 79622?&quot;&gt;this example&lt;/a&gt; for my title (naming the question number)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;N.B.: I ask this question after &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/4236/do-i-get-a-notification-when-my-edit-is-not-accepted/4240#4240&quot; title=&quot;&amp;quot; I recommend that you post a new meta question to ask about why that edit was rejected&amp;quot;&quot;&gt;this answer&lt;/a&gt; &amp;amp; comment by Eliah Kagen.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22147" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2013-08-02T06:07:08.043" Title="Where/how should I discuss a rejected edit?" Tags="|support|suggested-edits|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4244" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-10-13T05:18:15.173" Score="2" ViewCount="62" Body="&lt;p&gt;The FAQ merely states it. There is no reason that I could see. Could it be to let enough people see the question in the hope that someone would be willing to answer without the incentive of a bounty? Or is it some precaution to prevent the system being &quot;gamed&quot; in some way?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Assuming that someone can answer but is holding out for a bounty, shouldn't the asker be allowed to offer a bounty sooner, even immediately, if the asker wants a speedy (and satisfactory) answer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user25656" LastEditorUserId="54298" LastEditDate="2012-10-13T17:47:29.733" LastActivityDate="2012-10-15T16:39:00.677" Title="Why is there a wait of two days before it is possible to offer a bounty?" Tags="|discussion|bounty|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4245" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4244" CreationDate="2012-10-13T05:28:59.840" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is for giving other users equal chance of giving answers and gaining reputation and prevent possible abuse.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="61218" LastActivityDate="2012-10-13T05:28:59.840" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4246" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5250" CreationDate="2012-10-13T05:35:24.510" Score="3" ViewCount="87" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2971/copyright-and-morality-in-questions&quot;&gt;Copyright and morality in questions&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I saw &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/199266/61218&quot;&gt;this question about web extraction tool&lt;/a&gt; which will be used for data extractions like email from website. I think giving a &lt;em&gt;helpful&lt;/em&gt; answer to this question would be helping possible spamming or abuse, &lt;em&gt;(though OP's intention might be good)&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What to do with this kind of questions?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="61218" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2012-10-13T23:52:37.280" Title="What to do with kinds of questions which can possibly abused?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2013-01-05T10:04:23.867" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4247" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4231" CreationDate="2012-10-13T08:56:09.440" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;At present when we decide to &lt;em&gt;&quot;Do not close&quot;&lt;/em&gt; a question this is relevant to our own review queue only. It will not (and should not) neutralize close votes cast by others. But it is not displayed anywhere. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We need to comment our disagreement (or vote on a disagreeing comment if there) in the hope people read it before casting their votes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It would be a nice and helpful feature to have the number of &lt;em&gt;&quot;Do not close&quot;&lt;/em&gt; votes cast by others listed. Can this easily be made possible?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3940" LastActivityDate="2012-10-13T08:56:09.440" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4248" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5252" CreationDate="2012-10-13T09:16:42.247" Score="3" ViewCount="93" Body="&lt;p&gt;I received a &quot;please review&quot; notification of an edit suggested for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/161273/is-there-a-google-drive-client-available/162988#162988&quot;&gt;an answer of mine&lt;/a&gt; (It's also my question, but I think that's irrelevant). The edit seems good, and I wanted to approve it. But I couldn't see how to do this - I couldn't see a button or link or something to do it. I noticed the following two things:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;It says that someone reviewed the edit.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Next to the user who suggested the edit, it says that 0 of his edits have been rejected, and 0 approved.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I take this to mean that the reviewer who looked at it didn't have a conclusive opinion and left it for the &quot;next&quot; reviewer to decide. But if that's true why can't I approve it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="59292" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2013-01-19T02:48:14.477" Title="Why can't I review a suggested edit to my answer" Tags="|bug|status-bydesign|suggested-edits|review|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="4249" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4243" CreationDate="2012-10-13T17:40:13.390" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Now that I saw the edit in question I admit that I rejected it too hastily. I am sorry for that. Indeed the answers to this peculiar question are likewise applicable to a wider range of video playing applications thus your edit was a good one indeed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is not an excuse but an explanation: we are faced with quite a lot of minor edits recently. Unfortunately I mistook yours as one of those. I hope I will take more care in the future to avoid those things happening.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yet, I can not promise to be without fail. If this happens again with me or anybody else it is best to discuss the matter. There are several ways to do so:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ask a question here in Meta  .&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Join us in &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/201/ask-ubuntu-general-room&quot;&gt;our chat room&lt;/a&gt; where many of us are around quite often.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Address a certain user by preceding a comment or chat message by their name (e.g. &lt;code&gt;@Takkat&lt;/code&gt; to let the system give them a notice (&lt;em&gt;&quot;Ping&quot;&lt;/em&gt;).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Last not least:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Do not hesitate to suggest your edit again.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3940" LastActivityDate="2012-10-13T17:40:13.390" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5249" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-10-13T23:50:03.850" Score="4" ViewCount="58" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a question which I cannot submit because of &quot;quality standards&quot;. I could add more text to try to get round this but that would be filler text.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the accepted way to handle this situation?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="36410" LastActivityDate="2012-10-13T23:54:13.190" Title="quality standards" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5250" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4246" CreationDate="2012-10-13T23:52:37.280" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have provided answers for both this example and the one I gave in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2971/copyright-and-morality-in-questions&quot;&gt;related topic about legality&lt;/a&gt;. In each case, I've taken a completely different approach for a couple of points:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;On &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/123696/how-do-i-grab-video-from-webofstories-com&quot;&gt;my example&lt;/a&gt;, giving the internet a method to scrape all the video from a site meant one thing: if more than a couple of people wanted to do it, it was going to cost the owner of the website a ton of money. All because of a mangy little answer I had written. I could have given the answer but I chose not to.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;By the same reasoning, harvesting emails harms nobody. Email is public information. You can attempt to deny that but hiding your email indefinitely is an exercise in frustration. It's going to come out eventually and as soon as it does, you're automatically on every spam list. One guy harvesting emails that are already in the public domain is going to have a net-0 effect on the amount of spam they get, even if he does decide to send them spam.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, being able to scrape a site and pull information from it is a transferable skill with legitimate and useful analogues. On balance, sharing a solution is a positive thing, I think.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've picked a moral line in there somewhere and I'm following it for now. I'm sure future examples will help to blur it as people become more creative in ways to be evil.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2012-10-13T23:52:37.280" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5251" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5249" CreationDate="2012-10-13T23:54:13.190" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Add filler text and then edit it back down after it's posted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm slightly concerned that you can't flesh out the body a little to get past this filter. It's there to make sure people give a good context to their questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2012-10-13T23:54:13.190" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5252" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4248" CreationDate="2012-10-14T17:05:20.900" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/161273/revisions&quot;&gt;post was merged&lt;/a&gt;, which I think is the cause of the confusion.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/4hpxM.png&quot; alt=&quot;Edit history w/merge&quot;&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Regardless, you wouldn't be asked to approve edits to your questions or answers. That isn't how the site works. Others &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq#editing&quot;&gt;can make edits any time&lt;/a&gt; and (with sufficient reputation) they are automatically approved.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If users make an edit to someone else's post, and have &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/edit&quot;&gt;less than 2000 reputation&lt;/a&gt;, your edits are peer-reviewed by someone who does.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12864" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2012-10-14T17:05:20.900" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5253" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4244" CreationDate="2012-10-15T16:39:00.677" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The bounty system is only supposed to be used &lt;strong&gt;after&lt;/strong&gt; you put in sufficient efforts to get the question answered through conventional means. If you don't get a answer, you are expected to improve, clarify, and document your continued efforts. These activities bump your question to give it more exposure. Bounties are an escalation of that process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Potential overuse of the bounty feature brings with it a concern &amp;mdash; an expectation could develop where folks think can can only get good answers to your questions if you &lt;em&gt;paid&lt;/em&gt; someone to answer it. Of course, that's not so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So if after two days you &lt;em&gt;still&lt;/em&gt; don't have an answer you like, you can  offer a bounty. Slice off a bit of your own hard-earned reputation...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Only after all other efforts fail, &lt;strong&gt;bounties come to the rescue... later&lt;/strong&gt;. The delay is by design.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="62" LastActivityDate="2012-10-15T16:39:00.677" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5254" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4218" CreationDate="2012-10-15T18:00:28.640" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I agree with what fossfreedom said above.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that while the packages are on Ubuntu repositories, Zentyal encourages the usage from their repositories, but it's a strictly Ubuntu-based tool. I think that AskUbuntu could is a reasonably fit for many Zentyal packages questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But then, in addition, Zentyal Community also has a support forum (&lt;a href=&quot;http://forum.zentyal.org&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://forum.zentyal.org&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I personally like StackExchange interface a lot, but Zentyal forums have a wider scope. I guess that people will just normally use the tool of their choice in order to ask questions. I don't know if this situation is desirable, or if anyone has suggestions about how to deal with these cases.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Disclaimer: I'm a former user, and now part of Zentyal, also a user and fan of AskUbuntu and StackExchange sites). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44592" LastEditorUserId="44592" LastEditDate="2012-10-15T18:06:25.653" LastActivityDate="2012-10-15T18:06:25.653" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5255" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5260" CreationDate="2012-10-16T04:18:43.513" Score="5" ViewCount="116" Body="&lt;p&gt;one day I was asking my self what are the most read/seen question on askUbunt.com ? So how about we have a featured list of the top viewed questions. This would also benefit other new Ubuntu users. For example, I was lucky enough to find this question &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/2194/how-can-i-improve-overall-system-performance&quot;&gt;How can I improve Ubuntu overall system performance?&lt;/a&gt; I was checking the askUbuntu and suddenly saw this question which is really useful. Now am thinking, there are many other useful questions like this one but it is really hard to find. So with a featured list of the most viewed, most answered , or stuff like that it would make it easier for Ubuntu users to learn the hidden and beautiful tricks/tweaks to configure Ubunutu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="24621" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2012-10-16T12:30:00.450" Title="Can we have a list of most viewed questions?" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5256" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5255" CreationDate="2012-10-16T07:09:22.803" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Most viewed is not necessarily the same as most useful&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, Most upvoted does indicate that the question is useful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hence, I don't see any great use in making a most-viewed list, but may be that's just me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="45659" LastActivityDate="2012-10-16T07:09:22.803" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5257" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5255" CreationDate="2012-10-16T10:48:24.850" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/ubuntu/query/82571/top-x-viewed-questions?ResultSize=100&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Ask and you shall receive&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2012-10-16T10:48:24.850" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5258" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5259" CreationDate="2012-10-16T11:18:19.173" Score="1" ViewCount="36" Body="&lt;p&gt;I left a comment (as did several others) on &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/201460/how-do-i-download-buy-music&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;. It deals with downloading music and copyright, both controversial subjects.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Looking at its &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/201460/revisions&quot;&gt;revision history&lt;/a&gt;, I see it was closed, then re-opened by a moderator. Nearly all the comments are removed, not just mine.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Are comments routinely deleted when re-opening questions? Or, was there an issue with the particular comments left by myself and others?&lt;/strong&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Positive or negative feedback are welcome. I don't know if there was a problem with our comments that should be avoided in the future, or if it is standard practice to delete most comments when re-opening.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12864" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2012-10-16T11:27:47.773" Title="How are comments handled for re-opened questions?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5259" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5258" CreationDate="2012-10-16T11:27:47.773" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;For this particular question, a senior member of the community had made a subtle but important change to the question that made the question distinctly answerable and no longer about &quot;copyright&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I have linux 12.04.1, how would I download music? &gt;&gt; How do I download/buy &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;as well as adding&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I don't know about copyright infringement, but no that's not what I want to do. I'm wanting to buy music not steal it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The comments therefore were no longer valid for the revised question - hence removed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The close - open action was to cancel the previous perceived &quot;copyright&quot; close votes.  This, though doesnt stop AU members to issue close votes if they still perceive the question to be off-topic etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All comments are regularly reviewed - where not relevant they are removed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This explains my take what has happened to this question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14356" LastActivityDate="2012-10-16T11:27:47.773" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5260" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5255" CreationDate="2012-10-16T12:30:00.450" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you're looking for awesomeness sometimes it's not just about views:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/greatest-hits&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/greatest-hits&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2012-10-16T12:30:00.450" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5262" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4220" CreationDate="2012-10-17T00:52:49.030" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tools/posts/migrated/stats&quot;&gt;Migration statistics&lt;/a&gt; are available to users with 10k reputation. In the past 3 months, there have been 4 migrations from AU to U&amp;amp;L. None were rejected.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The numbers do not justify creating a migration path, by a wide margin.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unix.SE's scope and quality guidelines should be pretty easy to understand for AU users:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;any Linux distribution or other unix-like operating system is on-topic, except that programming questions are off-topic (they go to SO);&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the quality expectations are pretty much the same as AU's.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unix.SE wouldn't mind being a migration target, if there were enough candidate posts to warrant it. So go on flagging for migrations if you see a question that looks good except for being about a non-official Ubuntu derivative and other similar cases.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt; I'm speaking as a very active Unix.SE user here. &lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1059" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2012-10-17T00:52:49.030" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5263" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5264" CreationDate="2012-10-17T08:59:26.470" Score="2" ViewCount="141" Body="&lt;p&gt;My answers was help full by many community members, I have never answered or up voted a bad question/answer/comment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So why I see serial up vote reversed in my reputation??????&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am so angry and wanna delete my profile. No one is interested!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why??? anyone have an idea on what's going on?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user91632" LastEditorUserId="25863" LastEditDate="2012-10-17T09:17:54.673" LastActivityDate="2012-10-17T09:27:24.913" Title="Why was my reputation removed?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5264" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5263" CreationDate="2012-10-17T09:17:10.807" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;When 2 (or more) users keep voting mostly for each other with no apparent reason (ie, I spend all my votes on a active day here in the site, but they are given to random users) the system has a bad tendency to start blowing bells and whistles around those accounts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I go right now and start up voting the questions of another specific user (no matter who he/she/it is) probably by tomorrow all those votes will be marked down and reversed by the system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that Ask Ubuntu is part of the Stack Exchange network and this happens globally around all sites that belong to it, it is not unique or related to any other policies.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The reason the votes where reversed is clear on the moderator message sent to you, but it does not mean you did something bad or that your contributions are not welcomed. They were reversed simply because they are given by or given to a specific user. That is not accepted behavior in the Stack Exchange network of sites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It has happened to me that I got a reputation boost from a random unknown user, probably I helped in some way and he thought that giving me reputation was the way to go, those were reversed the next day also. Its just how it goes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;There is a threshold were the system deliberately decides that there is a difference between &lt;em&gt;I tend to vote for this user&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;I vote anything this users posts&lt;/em&gt;. Its nothing personal, just how the site works.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Moderators (not only Ask Ubuntu moderators) have powerful tools that allow us to control these situations and make a decision based on that, this was not the first time your accounts and other 2 were discussed and and even though the sheer amount of contribution you guys already gave is enormous, we with the Stack Exchange community decided to act.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that only up voting between certain accounts was reversed, all the rest and all your contributions are still there and hopefully we will still see more of good work arriving from those users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;My 5 cents on this story?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Don't take it so serious, your contributions, edits, comments are all noted by the people around you, its not the reputation number you see in your profile that will make you more or less welcomed here on the site. We are all eager to help and to participate, if that is your objective then keep on the good work. That number means nothing at all, actions are worth gold around here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-10-17T09:27:24.913" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5265" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-10-17T10:13:39.073" Score="2" ViewCount="146" Body="&lt;p&gt;I did the &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/4097/how-can-i-delete-my-account&quot;&gt;needed steps&lt;/a&gt; to delete my account but til now it still active. Why?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user61928" LastEditorUserId="14356" LastEditDate="2012-10-18T08:38:06.573" LastActivityDate="2012-10-18T08:38:06.573" Title="Why my account is not deleted yet?" Tags="|discussion|status-completed|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5266" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5265" CreationDate="2012-10-17T10:16:12.200" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;You will need to wait for action, it is not automatically done.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Patience is the key, even for rushed actions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastActivityDate="2012-10-17T10:16:12.200" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5267" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-10-17T12:51:38.500" Score="124" ViewCount="1722" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yesterday the moderators and SE staff wiped out 1850 reputation points between three accounts. Our current understanding is that these accounts are held by three real people who know each other in real life. They had voted for each other prolifically, occasionally asking questions so that another could answer (and attract the points). But they were still helping other people at the same time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Our problem with this sort of behaviour is — to put it bluntly — that it undermines the whole system. Reputation is supposed to reflect the technical quality of users' answers over time, but as soon as users engage in preferenced voting campaigns, reputation now also reflects the number of friends a user has and that is not something we are prepared to allow.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Yeah, it seems you &lt;em&gt;can&lt;/em&gt; have too many friends...&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The reversal of these votes has made one thing clear, the line between friendliness and &quot;gaming the system&quot; is extremely fine. I thought it might be time for a few guidelines on what to do when you know another user personally.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This might seem like common sense but some people struggle with these particular moralities.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;h3&gt;When you ask questions…&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Don't&lt;/strong&gt; prepare an answer for your friend and let them answer it. Answer it yourself.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Do&lt;/strong&gt; give everybody an equal chance. Your friend's answer may not be the best.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;h3&gt;When you visit the site…&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Do&lt;/strong&gt; browse around like you would for anything else.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Don't&lt;/strong&gt; overexpose yourself to your friends' profiles.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Don't&lt;/strong&gt; open their answer list and vote for each.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;h3&gt;When you view a question with multiple answers and one of those is from your friend…&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Do&lt;/strong&gt; read all the answers.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Don't&lt;/strong&gt; blindly vote for your friend.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;Note: This list is by no means exhaustive. If people can think of some good additions, by all means edit them in. If you're unsure about things, leave a comment or an answer to discuss the point.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;TL;DR: Treat your friends like any other user.&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As soon as you're doing anything that could be perceived as showing a marked preference, you're probably straying the wrong side of the line.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do this too much and you'll find out what losing a thousand reputation in a second feels like. If you continue past &lt;em&gt;that&lt;/em&gt; point, you're an idiot and you don't want to know what hells we unleash. It probably involves a rusty spoon.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="41" LastEditDate="2012-10-25T13:39:39.377" LastActivityDate="2019-02-13T14:00:48.590" Title="Guidelines when voting for friends" Tags="|discussion|faq|voting|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="16" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5268" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5269" CreationDate="2012-10-17T13:39:38.670" Score="1" ViewCount="116" Body="&lt;p&gt;What is the meaning of the &lt;strong&gt;percentage&lt;/strong&gt; of top xx% this week/month/year? I know if I click the  &lt;code&gt;top xx% this week/month/year&lt;/code&gt;, I will be directed to the user reputation leagues.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why it didn't write the rank of the week/month/year than percentage? I think it is better to write the rank than the percentage.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="93609" LastEditorUserId="6005" LastEditDate="2012-11-02T00:16:29.137" LastActivityDate="2012-11-02T00:16:29.137" Title="Top xx % this week/month/year percentage meaning and why it didn't write the rank (than percentage)?" Tags="|discussion|reputation|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5269" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5268" CreationDate="2012-10-17T13:52:40.880" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would rather be the top 3% this month on a site than be the ranked 379 user, they can have the same meaning.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For a site like Ask Ubuntu you would not feel so bad for it, take the same idea to a site like Stack Overflow and you can still be top 1% while ranking between 2 and 10 zillion...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's just an opinion, not a fact.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe a userscript can take care of that? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastEditorUserId="25863" LastEditDate="2012-10-17T14:00:03.340" LastActivityDate="2012-10-17T14:00:03.340" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5270" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-10-18T08:38:28.073" Score="1" ViewCount="48" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think that it is more motivating for somebody to give a higher bounty, knowing that it will be closer to the top on the featured questions section.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then, questions with the same bounties should be listed in chronological order.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="31053" LastEditorUserId="25798" LastEditDate="2012-10-18T08:53:06.433" LastActivityDate="2012-10-18T12:00:27.603" Title="Featured Questions should display the higher bounties first" Tags="|feature-request|bounty|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5271" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5270" CreationDate="2012-10-18T12:00:27.603" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I guess I'll shed some light on what currently happens. The featured questions are sorted by the time remaining in ascending order. So the bounties that are ending the soonest show atop. The point of the featured list is to show questions that have bounties, or are &quot;featured&quot; and to get eyes on those questions. If a bounty for 500 points has 4 days left and one for 50 points has just a few hours, which is more important? In the eyes of the system the bounty that's been hanging around for the last 5 days with no one awarded is far more important than the one that is higher.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Those who wish to sniff out the higher bounties can do it easily enough by skimming the list since it rarely grows larger than one page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2012-10-18T12:00:27.603" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5272" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-10-18T13:09:30.047" Score="7" ViewCount="779" Body="&lt;p&gt;Some tips for helping when the site gets busy:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Lots of new attention and traffic means it's usually an influx of duplicate questions, especially the easy ones, so keep an eye out for dupes.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Some users don't write descriptive questions, editing as they come in is very useful and helps point people in the right direction. No one wants to read an entire page of &quot;ubuntu 12.10 firefox problem&quot; style questions. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;When we're really busy sometimes people stumble over each other on the brand new incoming questions -- I hit pages 2-3 during the release to find questions that might have been bumped off too soon.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Check out these &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1323/what-pro-forma-comments-do-you-use&quot;&gt;pro forma comments&lt;/a&gt;, they help when trying to guide new users.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Who knows, this might lead to a nice influx of new users, so good luck everyone, I get the feeling we're going to be busy!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastEditorUserId="14356" LastEditDate="2012-10-25T12:36:04.977" LastActivityDate="2012-10-25T12:36:04.977" Title="PSA: 12.10 Release Day Today (aka: time to rock and roll!)" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5273" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5274" CreationDate="2012-10-18T13:40:57.993" Score="3" ViewCount="120" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2444/edit-link-missing&quot;&gt;Edit link Missing&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can't edit some of posts. The &lt;code&gt;edit&lt;/code&gt; is blocked.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/bPmVj.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What cause i can't edit the posts?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="93609" LastEditorUserId="158" LastEditDate="2012-10-22T18:32:18.083" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Why my `edit` facilities blocked?" Tags="|support|bug|status-bydesign|editing|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ClosedDate="2012-12-27T11:45:47.973" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5274" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5273" CreationDate="2012-10-18T16:55:50.783" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;There could be several possible reasons for this. But I think, for your particular case, the main reason could be the number of suggested edits got rejected. If you have many suggested edits &lt;em&gt;rejected&lt;/em&gt;, you will be blocked for submitting more edits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See this relevant question on &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.stackoverflow.com&quot;&gt;meta stack overflow&lt;/a&gt; :  &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/81681/why-is-the-edit-button-disabled&quot;&gt;Why is the edit buttons disabled?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You might also want to check this massively helpful post on meta StackOverflow. &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/7931/faq-for-stack-exchange-sites&quot;&gt;Faq for stack Exchange sites&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="61218" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2012-10-18T17:00:52.730" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5275" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-10-20T16:58:29.547" Score="59" ViewCount="1417" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was sort of happy when I saw that the day after release we had 0 incoming new questions in the review queue! Aww man, nothing for me to do, everyone's taken care of all the incoming questions! Then I investigated by just manually reviewing the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/12.10&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;12.10&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;12.10&lt;/a&gt; tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Many are missing any kind of information to help the poster make the questions better, and to my even greater shock, people are letting this junk through! With amazing titles like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&quot;12.04 12.10 dist upgrade &amp;amp; xkill&quot; &amp;lt;-- that is not even a sentence!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&quot;Workspace Switcher&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and so on. If everyone is reviewing new people's posts, how are they continuing to be so bad? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you're not going to take the time to review them properly then please &lt;em&gt;don't use the review queue&lt;/em&gt;, leave them in there for people who want to review! I now have to spend the rest of the day digging through the tag by hand. :(&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="41" LastEditDate="2012-12-13T17:01:10.660" LastActivityDate="2012-12-20T16:16:40.613" Title="If you're not going to review and fix questions, don't use the review queue!" Tags="|discussion|review|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5276" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-10-20T19:24:20.433" Score="2" ViewCount="568" Body="&lt;p&gt;The title is the question.  I have screenshots that make a question easier to understand than anything I can write.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="82197" OwnerDisplayName="Richard Quint" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-11-01T06:32:38.343" LastActivityDate="2012-11-01T15:36:30.723" Title="How do I include a screenshot to illustrate a question in AskUbuntu?" Tags="|support|image|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5277" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5276" CreationDate="2012-10-20T19:40:22.480" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;First of all, in your case the problem is your reputation. As a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/new-user&quot;&gt;new user&lt;/a&gt;, you cannot post pictures. We will update the posts for you, until you gain the privilege to do so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The simplest solution, once you can, would be clicking the &lt;code&gt;img&lt;/code&gt; button on the editing form, or using the shortcut it shows (&lt;kbd&gt;Ctrl&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;G&lt;/kbd&gt;):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Ujnfk.png&quot; alt=&quot;Screenshot 1&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This then prompts you with another mask which allow direct upload and linking and thus automatically inserts the necessary code:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/nfSgw.png&quot; alt=&quot;Screenshot 2&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you do not want to use this mask, however, you can click the &lt;code&gt;Images&lt;/code&gt; button on the help bar, which shows the markup:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/vrsIE.png&quot; alt=&quot;Screenshot 3&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="98085" OwnerDisplayName="FEichinger" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2012-11-01T15:36:30.723" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5278" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5276" CreationDate="2012-10-20T21:18:30.177" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;You need &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/new-user&quot;&gt;10 reputation&lt;/a&gt; to be able to post images. Until then we will be happy to edit your post to include your screenshot once you provided the link to it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3940" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2012-10-20T21:18:30.177" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5279" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5284" CreationDate="2012-10-20T22:18:17.893" Score="12" ViewCount="593" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was trying to decide if I should upgrade to Ubuntu 12.10 from my current 12.04 LTS. There are many reviews around the internet regarding the new features of Ubuntu 12.10 and I enjoy some of them, but I wouldn't upgrade if those features were brought to Ubuntu 12.04 later. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After searching on Ask Ubuntu, I see many users facing the same dilemma. However all the questions about why should we upgrade to Ubuntu 12.10 or if the new features will arrive to 12.04 at some point in time are closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why is this being done? Wouldn't it be helpful to give advice to those wanting to decide if they should stick to Ubuntu 12.04 or upgrade?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="64720" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-11-01T06:32:08.577" LastActivityDate="2012-11-01T06:32:08.577" Title="Why are all the questions about upgrading from 12.04 to 12.10 being closed?" Tags="|discussion|close-reasons|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5281" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2154" CreationDate="2012-10-21T10:07:02.947" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;Thank you for taking the time to post a suggestion. But this is already implemented!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/EBeD8.png&quot; alt=&quot;Duplicate box&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastActivityDate="2012-10-21T10:07:02.947" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5282" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5283" CreationDate="2012-10-21T11:44:14.197" Score="4" ViewCount="128" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can I accept two answers on a question? Is the points / reputation given to both of the user who answer (15 points / reputation for each accepted answer on a question)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="93609" LastActivityDate="2013-01-24T22:57:21.707" Title="Can I accept two answers on a question?" Tags="|discussion|asking-questions|reputation|answered-questions|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5283" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5282" CreationDate="2012-10-21T11:56:04.930" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, You cannot. And also the reputation is for only the user who gave the accepted answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="61218" LastActivityDate="2012-10-21T11:56:04.930" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5284" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5279" CreationDate="2012-10-21T13:59:50.450" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;These are not really questions about the the process of upgrading or a user going through the upgrade process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The questions you are talking about are likely something like &quot;Why should I upgrade&quot; or &quot;Will I have a problem upgrading with XX Computer or Graphics Card&quot; These types of questions fit firmly into this statement listed on the FAQ:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;You should only ask practical, answerable questions based on actual problems &lt;em&gt;that you face&lt;/em&gt;. Chatty, open-ended questions diminish the usefulness of our site and push other questions off the front page.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And no, new &quot;features&quot; from 12.10 will not be implemented in 12.04, that is the whole reason it is &quot;Latest Stable&quot;. That is why those types of questions are closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastEditorUserId="47291" LastEditDate="2012-10-21T18:38:41.807" LastActivityDate="2012-10-21T18:38:41.807" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5285" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5282" CreationDate="2012-10-21T15:23:29.103" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;You cannot accept more than one answer &lt;em&gt;at a time&lt;/em&gt;. That is, a question can have at most &lt;em&gt;one accepted answer&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Assuming the accepted answer is by someone other than yourself, its author will get 15 reputation, and you get 2 reputation for acccepting an answer. (If you accept your own answer, you don't get any reputation from this.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you change your mind about which answer to accept, you can &lt;em&gt;unaccept&lt;/em&gt; it (by clicking the green check mark). This allows you to accept a different answer. You can also unaccept an answer if you realize it does not really solve the problem as you had thought--that is, unaccepting an answer you've accepted doesn't require that you then immediately accept another answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you unaccept an answer, you can reaccept it later (perhaps once it's been edited...).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unaccepting an answer reverses reputation given for accepting it. That is, if you unaccept an answer written by someone other than you, they &lt;em&gt;lose&lt;/em&gt; the 15 reputation points associated with having the answer accepted, and you lose the 2 reputation points associated with having accepted an answer. If you unaccept your own answer, there is of course no reputation change.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you've accepted an answer and another emerges as clearly better, you should probably unaccept the old answer and reaccept the new one. But you're under no obligation to do so, and in general &lt;strong&gt;it is a good idea to wait, not for too long, but for long enough before accepting an answer that you have good reason to believe you won't want to unaccept it later&lt;/strong&gt;. On the other hand, if your question is answered quickly and the answer totally addresses and resolves the question, it's certainly OK to accept it without waiting for more answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If there are two answers of equal worth to you, I suggest accepting the one that you think may be of greater worth to others with situations similar to yours. If you cannot decide on that basis either, you should simply pick one &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buridan%27s_ass&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;arbitrarily&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In your particular situation, as you know, you have &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/vote-up&quot;&gt;enough reputation to upvote answers&lt;/a&gt;. Since you have two answers that are worthy, you should of course upvote them both; this will lead to them both being recognized by others as valuable, and each upvote will give 10 reputation to the author of the answer. &lt;strong&gt;Therefore, you can give reputation to more than one answer's author, even though there can only be one accepted answer.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some users only use Ask Ubuntu for a very short time, perhaps to get a single question answered. And that's a perfectly OK way to use the site. However, for users who use it longer, most find that getting 15 reputation happens pretty quickly. At that point, one can then go back to their old questions (that they had asked before they had the privilege to upvote answers) and upvote all worthy answers, including (but not just) the accepted answer. It is even quite reasonable to upvote answers before accepting any, since upvoting an answer just means you think it's good, not that you think it solves the problem for you or is the best answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, for the benefit of users who have not yet gotten the ability to upvote answers: When you do, this is not limited just to answers to your own questions. Once you hit (or exceed) 15 reputation, you can upvote other questions, as well as answers to other questions. And you can cast votes here on meta as well (once your reputation from the main site is synced here, which happens relatively quickly).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2012-10-21T15:23:29.103" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5286" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5282" CreationDate="2012-10-21T18:00:55.233" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;No. You can not accept two answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user87005" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2013-01-24T22:57:21.707" LastActivityDate="2013-01-24T22:57:21.707" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5287" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4242" CreationDate="2012-10-21T23:38:39.243" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I feel as if this tag being created would invite fragmentation of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/games&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;games&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;games&lt;/a&gt; with other games. Maybe we should make a few subcategories of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/games&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;games&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;games&lt;/a&gt; that allude to being run in Wine,on being in the repos, without creating tags for every single game. This occurred on Arquade and via the actions of the cleanup processes, they have &lt;a href=&quot;https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/untagged&quot;&gt;over 100 untagged questions&lt;/a&gt;. Since this invites anti-organization, we should not encourage creating tags for specific packages, except for the most important such as unity, USC, and Libreoffice, for example. Even then, we must still be cautious.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54298" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:10:05.083" LastActivityDate="2012-10-21T23:44:57.410" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5288" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5275" CreationDate="2012-10-22T14:49:42.853" Score="23" Body="&lt;p&gt;Looks like the review queue now has a rate limit of 20 per day. \o/&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/jzUpO.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However now the review queue is empty so I have nothing to review. Since no one is taking this seriously I'm just going to point out horrible reviews here that people could have fixed if they weren't just clicking the OK button:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/first-posts/60846&quot;&gt;Ubuntu 12.10 Unity removing&lt;/a&gt; - not even a sentence, reviewed with no changes.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/first-posts/60821&quot;&gt;Authentication Failure Windows 7&lt;/a&gt; - not even a sentence, reviewed with no changes.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/first-posts/60801&quot;&gt;keyboard ps2 on lenovo ideapad (atom, 2gb ram) doesn't work with 12.4 and 12.10&lt;/a&gt; - not a sentence, reviewed with clear errors in both the title and the body. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/first-posts/60693&quot;&gt;sip liphone issue&lt;/a&gt; - this is the perfect example of the garbage that people are letting through the review queue. This one even had an upvote!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/first-posts/60572&quot;&gt;macros…playonlinux&lt;/a&gt; - you read that correctly, the question is &quot;macros...playonlinux.&quot; Accepted through review with &lt;em&gt;ZERO&lt;/em&gt; edits. Also received an upvote!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/first-posts/60068&quot;&gt;Unable to correct problems&lt;/a&gt; - you and me both! Horrible title, sailed through review with no problems. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/first-posts/59935&quot;&gt;Device ID Missing [Solved]&lt;/a&gt; - at least the OP deleted this one, because the reviewer just let [SOLVED] right on through!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/230989/local-repository&quot;&gt;local-repository&lt;/a&gt; - what?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And I'm not even going to bother listing all the &quot;wireless doesn't work&quot; people are letting through, the obvious duplicates, and obvious bug reports. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, if you're not going to use the queue right, please don't use it as it gives people who want to do a good job nothing to do when the queue is empty!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2012-12-20T16:16:40.613" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5289" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5290" CreationDate="2012-10-22T15:03:37.237" Score="2" ViewCount="70" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can someone accept other user old question? Example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If &quot;A&quot; have a question posted. Then &quot;B&quot; answered the question (and it is good and acceptable). But &quot;A&quot; didn't open his/her account for 1,5 years. Can someone (say it &quot;C&quot;, high reputation user) accept this question cause it is acceptable answers?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I ask this because there is a lot of user aren't open his/her account and didn't accept the answer, even it is acceptable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="93609" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-11-01T06:31:24.973" LastActivityDate="2012-11-01T06:31:24.973" Title="Can someone accept other user old question?" Tags="|support|accepted-answer|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5290" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5289" CreationDate="2012-10-22T15:15:25.227" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, you can't make (or force) people to accept an answer. What you can do instead is vote up the answer you think is best.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If everyone keeps doing that it just works out. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2012-10-22T15:15:25.227" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5292" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5293" CreationDate="2012-10-23T06:53:00.813" Score="0" ViewCount="55" Body="&lt;p&gt;Currently I am logging with launchpad,Lanchpad id logins with yahoo id, I want to change account login details and login directly through yahoo Id. How can I do this with  keeping same points and batches ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54296" LastEditorUserId="61218" LastEditDate="2012-10-23T07:33:47.760" LastActivityDate="2012-10-23T07:33:47.760" Title="Change account login" Tags="|discussion|user-accounts|login|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5293" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5292" CreationDate="2012-10-23T07:31:48.807" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Go to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/users/54296/k-k-patel&quot;&gt;your profile&lt;/a&gt;, click on the &quot;My Logins&quot; links above the about me. In the popup window, click on &lt;em&gt;Add more logins&lt;/em&gt; and add Yahoo login from there. Yahoo is the fourth option from left to right.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="61218" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.087" LastActivityDate="2012-10-23T07:31:48.807" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5294" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-10-23T09:59:22.807" Score="3" ViewCount="92" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't know if I'm the only one who faced this, but sometimes, when I am in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions&quot;&gt;Ask Ubuntu newest questions page&lt;/a&gt; and someone posts a question, it shows the message: &lt;code&gt;(N) questions with new activity&lt;/code&gt;, but sometimes, the grey bar won't show at all, I tried reloading the page, restarting the browser, but still doesn't work. Is it a bug, a browser-specific problem?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;I'm using Google Chrome on Windows, this sometimes happens on Chrome for Ubuntu as well.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;sub&gt;EDIT: When I press &lt;kbd&gt;F5&lt;/kbd&gt; or reload the page, I can see the new questions.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;sub&gt;EDIT 2: It seems that not only the newest questions page, but also the questions have the same problem, I'm not getting the grey &lt;code&gt;1 new answers to this question&lt;/code&gt; bar.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="92745" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2012-11-01T06:31:06.690" Title="Ask Ubuntu newest questions bug?" Tags="|bug|user-interface|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5296" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-10-23T17:59:06.553" Score="6" ViewCount="93" Body="&lt;p&gt;It would be nice to &lt;strong&gt;highlight&lt;/strong&gt; the site's style guide for a bit on the sidebar &lt;em&gt;doohicky&lt;/em&gt; on the main page:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/89/style-guide-for-questions-and-answers&quot;&gt;Style guide for questions and answers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I&lt;/strong&gt; for &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;one&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; am &lt;strong&gt;finding&lt;/strong&gt; a &lt;code&gt;bunch&lt;/code&gt; of &lt;em&gt;edits&lt;/em&gt; &lt;strong&gt;that&lt;/strong&gt; tend to &lt;strong&gt;overdo&lt;/strong&gt; the &lt;em&gt;styling&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;code&gt;I **think** it **would**&lt;/code&gt; be a &lt;strong&gt;good&lt;/strong&gt; thing if &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;we&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; reminded people that &lt;code&gt;this&lt;/code&gt; just &lt;strong&gt;makes&lt;/strong&gt; the &lt;em&gt;entire&lt;/em&gt; thing &lt;strong&gt;unreadable&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This one wouldn't hurt either, or maybe just add them to the FAQ or something:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/830/editing-tips-and-tricks&quot;&gt;Editing tips and tricks&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="41" LastEditDate="2012-10-23T18:11:25.323" LastActivityDate="2012-11-26T04:53:35.020" Title="Can we feature the style guide for new reviewers/editors?" Tags="|discussion|status-completed|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5297" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5296" CreationDate="2012-10-23T18:07:40.333" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;I &lt;strong&gt;made&lt;/strong&gt; the &lt;em&gt;style guide&lt;/em&gt; a &lt;strong&gt;featured&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;code&gt;post&lt;/code&gt;. Should&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;show&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;up in&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&quot;da bar&quot;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;soon.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt; __     _        _                                           _      _       __&#xA;||  ___| |_ __ _| |_ _   _ ___      ___ ___  _ __ ___  _ __ | | ___| |_ ___  ||&#xA;|| / __| __/ _` | __| | | / __|___ / __/ _ \| '_ ` _ \| '_ \| |/ _ \ __/ _ \ ||&#xA;|| \__ \ || (_| | |_| |_| \__ \___| (_| (_) | | | | | | |_) | |  __/ ||  __/ ||&#xA;|| |___/\__\__,_|\__|\__,_|___/    \___\___/|_| |_| |_| .__/|_|\___|\__\___| ||&#xA;||_                                                   |_|                   _||&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="64389" LastEditDate="2012-11-26T04:53:35.020" LastActivityDate="2012-11-26T04:53:35.020" CommentCount="2" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-10-23T18:07:40.333" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5298" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-10-25T11:38:57.467" Score="0" ViewCount="115" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been quite startled by the people starring messages in the chat without a proper reason and they just remove it a minute later. I want to suggest a mechanism: When actually 2 or 3 (2 makes more sense) people starred a message may it get to the &quot;Starred messages&quot; on the right of the chat. I think it is better.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="84117" LastActivityDate="2012-10-25T21:16:28.810" Title="AskUbuntu Chat Starring mechanism" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5299" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5298" CreationDate="2012-10-25T11:40:28.840" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't really thing this is a problem? Often times it's just people missing the reply button and hitting the star instead. No real reason to be startled or concerned.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More of a general response based on other answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's chat, it's an even lower form of comments on the site. Creating a staring rule is like creating a rule about when you can and can not vote for something, or how to even vote on something. First, like voting it's all anonymous - so any rules that are created are non-enforceable. Secondly, moderators have the ability to remove stars, and frequently when I'm in chat I'll de-star noise. But starred messages are fun, it's just another part of the chat system and they're eventually sorted by most recent with more stars being favored. So it's not just a random cycle of text, stuff that actually has merit tends to rise to the top.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More to the point, I took a screen shot of the stars in chat.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/7uWMv.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I really don't see an issue with any of these.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="41" LastEditDate="2012-10-25T19:21:55.590" LastActivityDate="2012-10-25T19:21:55.590" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5300" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5304" CreationDate="2012-10-25T14:30:12.593" Score="4" ViewCount="138" Body="&lt;p&gt;One of the coolest integration stories we have is the tie in between Ask Ubuntu and &lt;a href=&quot;http://developer.ubuntu.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;developer.ubuntu.com&lt;/a&gt;, which enabled us to build a pretty impressive library of q+a for application developers. You can find all of this in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/application-development&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;application-development&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;application-development&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Jokerdino reached out to some people another area of ubuntu development, which is development of ubuntu itself. Traditionally in the project this has been called &quot;Ubuntu Development&quot;, but it tends to be confusing to people because for some that is packaging, for some it's fixing bugs, and so on. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;David Planella recommended to me that we should start off with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/platform-development&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;platform-development&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;platform-development&lt;/a&gt; and symlink &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/packaging&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;packaging&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;packaging&lt;/a&gt; to that, and maybe other tags (perhaps &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/patch&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;patch&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;patch&lt;/a&gt; or whatever other thing relates to fixing ubuntu itself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That way we have one tag for people who want to ask questions about developing ON ubuntu, and one tag for people who want to develop Ubuntu itself and it would give Ubuntu developers one tag to subscribe to to answer Q+A about working on Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why symlink &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/packaging&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;packaging&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;packaging&lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/platform-development&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;platform-development&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;platform-development&lt;/a&gt;? Well, the experts in packaging in Ubuntu are MOTU/ubuntu developers/debian developers. I want to have one tag where they can subscribe to. Sure there will be some questions where someone will want to package something that won't want to contribute that to the community, but having one tag that I can tell them to subscribe to outweighs the semantic details of people's intent. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thoughts?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="235" LastEditDate="2012-10-25T23:31:47.600" LastActivityDate="2012-10-26T19:07:23.847" Title="Moving from packaging to platform-development tags" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5301" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5298" CreationDate="2012-10-25T14:35:40.310" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I agree.  I think people often star things in chat to point or agree, but un-star it because it probably doesn't belong on the starred wall.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It may or may not be &quot;just for fun&quot; although I have seen playful scripts that &quot;vertical marquee star and unstar&quot;.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure there's a really good solution beyond agreeing on what starring behavior is/should be.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2012-10-25T14:35:40.310" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5302" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5298" CreationDate="2012-10-25T19:00:36.117" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Maybe implement a &quot;Star Abuse System&quot; that would check for a number of Star/unstar events. possibly 3-5 sets on the same post, or that many star/unstar events within a time period, say for example 5 diffrent star/unstar events within 5 min.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can see the use for undoing them by accident, or even for a temp highlight, but without wanting it on the wall.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This would prevent the rapid star/unstar behavior, but keep it for the &quot;accidental&quot; or other use. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In trying it out, I see that there is a timeout on how long you can retract a star, so it is at best fun for a few minuets.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even then seemingly random stars get people to look back and read the conversation to see what was funny, so I am not convinced that &quot;hiding&quot; one star messages off the wall would be good.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastEditorUserId="47291" LastEditDate="2012-10-25T21:16:28.810" LastActivityDate="2012-10-25T21:16:28.810" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5303" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3462" CreationDate="2012-10-25T23:39:35.223" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;We &lt;em&gt;need&lt;/em&gt; this out of the unanswered queue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This is detailed in this meta.SO post: - &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/72523/heuristics-for-detecting-a-bad-answer&quot;&gt;meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/72523/…&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Jorge Castro Jun 19 at 4:01&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54298" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2012-10-28T16:51:33.507" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5304" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5300" CreationDate="2012-10-26T19:07:23.847" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure about this. I'm subscribed to and I am the top answerer in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/packaging&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;packaging&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;packaging&lt;/a&gt; tag.  The majority of questions I see there are not actually related to Ubuntu platform development. They are app developers looking to package their app for Ubuntu users, sysadmins looking to package their scripts for deployment, and folks packaging things for PPAs. While I hope to attract these kinds of people to Ubuntu development, for the most part the tag hasn't been about that explicitly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another issue with a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/platform-development&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;platform-development&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;platform-development&lt;/a&gt; tag is that it is not a particularly well-known or understood term. I don't expect that anyone not already involved with Ubuntu development would ever imagine to tag their questions with that. To most people, that tag wouldn't suggest packaging or Ubuntu development. I expect that to most people it suggest something along the lines of developing their own derivative.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="570" LastActivityDate="2012-10-26T19:07:23.847" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5305" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5307" CreationDate="2012-10-27T19:31:47.547" Score="19" ViewCount="829" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently upgraded to Ubuntu 12.10 and had my &lt;kbd&gt;alt&lt;/kbd&gt; + &lt;kbd&gt;tab&lt;/kbd&gt; break.  Fortunately, I found &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/126337/alt-tab-is-not-working-in-gnome-shell-at-ubuntu-12-04&quot;&gt;a question on Ask Ubuntu that had the solution&lt;/a&gt;. However, since this question was closed, the solution was posted in a comment instead of being a proper answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I understand the need to submit bug reports to their correct channels.  Even so, it seems in situations like this Ubuntu users can benefit from being able to seek out alternatives.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should questions seeking workarounds for problems be allowed, even if the problem was introduced by a bug?  What kind of standard might need to be met to get an off topic question such as this one over the threshold?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47709" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2020-06-22T12:50:24.323" LastActivityDate="2020-06-22T12:50:24.323" Title="Should questions seeking workarounds for bugs be allowed?" Tags="|discussion|closed-questions|bug-reports|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="5306" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5305" CreationDate="2012-10-27T20:01:23.267" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think this would create an impossibly subjective problem on the difference between what is defined as a bug report/complaint and what is defined as seeking a workaround.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would be more inclined to ask for a workaround in chat.  If you find one, post the question and immediately self-answer.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This way, you don't clog up the site with thousands of unsolved bug complaints, but you do provide meaningful answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2012-10-27T20:01:23.267" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5307" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5305" CreationDate="2012-10-27T20:03:36.347" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;Workarounds, additional details, patches, and all things bugs belong on &lt;a href=&quot;https://launchpad.net/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Launchpad&lt;/a&gt; per the Ask Ubuntu bug policy. If we allow posting workarounds on the site they may never make it to the bug report and the community becomes fractured. As a result we draw a hard line with regards to bugs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To combat this, the community will try to maintain links to known bugs in comments on the closed questions. This serves as a launching point to help drive people with questions to the right forum in which to have them answered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="480481" LastEditDate="2020-06-20T14:46:24.737" LastActivityDate="2020-06-20T14:46:24.737" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="5308" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5322" CreationDate="2012-10-27T21:03:58.013" Score="14" ViewCount="639" Body="&lt;p&gt;Questions about the Ubuntu installation on Nexus 7 are starting to appear on AskUbuntu such as this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/206895/how-to-enable-wireless-on-nexus-7&quot;&gt;How to Enable Wireless on Nexus 7&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Given that Canonical themselves have pitched the Nexus 7 as a development goal for 13.04 - should we as a community treat Nexus 7 questions similar to Alpha &amp;amp; Beta type questions i.e. off-topic?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Rather than a &quot;yes/no&quot; CW poll-vote answer below, I'm interested in your &lt;em&gt;persuasive&lt;/em&gt; views as to how we should treat Nexus 7 questions - at least until 13.04 is officially released with full support for Nexus 7 from Canonical and Ubuntu developers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What should be on-topic - what should be off-topic?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14356" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2013-03-03T16:28:43.483" Title="Should questions about Nexus 7 be off-topic?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5310" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5308" CreationDate="2012-10-27T21:55:52.050" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;Mixed opinion there...here's where I see it falling:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;General Ubuntu - on-topic   &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Future target platform - it's an alpha feature - off-topic&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So the real question is &quot;Do we consider an alpha feature planned for 13.04 stable to be on topic because you can download it?&quot;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My opinion is no.  It's not a planned/feature for current stable, and as such it is off-topic.  If it IS on topic, how far does on topic go for alpha features?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'ld LIKE for it to be on-topic, but I don't see it being productive for the larger audience.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think maybe we could have a stock question about Nexus7 and Ubuntu that points to an IRC channel as a place to carry on testing discussions about the future in that area.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EDIT:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.jonobacon.org/2012/10/26/ubuntu-core-on-the-nexus-7/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;This&lt;/a&gt; link came back up. I'm not sure how the two things reconcile.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think it's great that AU is a go-to for getting answers, like a highly maintained and active wiki.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think the earlier interpretation of on-topic and off-topic is sound.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it's going to be on-topic, then on-topic/off-topic barriers are changing.  I'm not sure how to handle it.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know I don't seek out those questions and try to close them, nor should anyone.  I do still think they should be close-able under interpretation of current on-topic/off-topic rules though.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastEditorUserId="5768" LastEditDate="2012-10-28T13:05:14.317" LastActivityDate="2012-10-28T13:05:14.317" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5311" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5305" CreationDate="2012-10-27T22:01:13.477" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;Occasionally on Launchpad, developers ask people to move some discussion of workarounds elsewhere. I don't think this happens a lot, but sometimes such discussion can get in the way of actually &lt;em&gt;investigating&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;fixing&lt;/em&gt; a bug.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have seen this happen several times. Each time was at a time when I was more involved in bug hunting and less involved in Ask Ubuntu, so when that happened, I never had the thought to propose a &quot;move&quot; to Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In situations where that happens, I wouldn't hesitate to post a question here about workarounds. Of course, Ask Ubuntu is not a &lt;em&gt;discussion&lt;/em&gt; forum, but in a situation where workarounds couldn't be presented clearly on Launchpad due to developers' preferences, I think Ask Ubuntu is an appropriate place to ask a &quot;practical, answerable question&quot; about one here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is an exception rather than a rule. (AbrahamVanHelpsing &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/5306/22949&quot;&gt;articulates another good exception&lt;/a&gt;, I think. And there might be others.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; saying &quot;Are there any workarounds for the bug where X happens when you do A&quot; is &lt;em&gt;generally&lt;/em&gt; a good, on-topic question for our site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When posting a question about a workaround after being told not to ask about it in the Launchpad bug page, &lt;strong&gt;a link to the developer's bug comment should be included in the question&lt;/strong&gt;. Because new user restrictions include a restriction on how many links must be posted, this link can and should be added by any editor if not already present.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We might decide--contrary to the perspective presented above--that even this is not something we wish to allow, and that even &lt;em&gt;those&lt;/em&gt; questions shouldn't be welcome here. In that case, I think we should then &lt;em&gt;explicitly&lt;/em&gt; include &lt;em&gt;hyperlinks&lt;/em&gt; to both Launchpad Answers and Ubuntu Forums, in the automatic &quot;off topic&quot; close banner (or maybe even consider a different close reason for questions that relate to bugs, if the Stack Exchange network will provide that to us).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2012-10-27T22:01:13.477" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5313" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5314" CreationDate="2012-10-28T01:47:59.263" Score="1" ViewCount="54" Body="&lt;p&gt;After I got the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/edit&quot;&gt;Edit Questions and Answers&lt;/a&gt; question privilege the retag button is gone in questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have used it for a long time and liked it.  Maybe add it back?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="39869" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2012-11-01T06:29:49.780" Title="Add the retag button back after getting the edit question privilege" Tags="|feature-request|tags|user-interface|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5314" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5313" CreationDate="2012-10-28T01:55:53.763" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;AFAIK, it is the decision of Stack Exchange team to  encourage improvements in post, instead of just retagging it. Alternatively you can use this script for quickly retag:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://shog9.com/greasemonkey/scripts/so_quick_retag.user.js&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://shog9.com/greasemonkey/scripts/so_quick_retag.user.js&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="39372" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-11-01T06:29:49.780" LastActivityDate="2012-11-01T06:29:49.780" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5315" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-10-28T22:01:31.570" Score="7" ViewCount="229" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently found that the same question - How to speed up video on Linux – had been asked on &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/134576/how-can-i-change-the-speed-of-a-video/&quot;&gt;Ask Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt; and on &lt;a href=&quot;https://superuser.com/questions/160432/speedup-a-video-on-linux/&quot;&gt;Super User&lt;/a&gt;. I gave the same answer on both.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In cases such as these, where the same question has been asked on multiple sites by different users, should the same answer be posted on each site?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6689" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:24.280" LastActivityDate="2012-11-05T13:20:17.297" Title="What is the etiquette for posting the same answer to multiple Stack Exchange sites?" Tags="|discussion|stackexchange|etiquette|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5316" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5317" CreationDate="2012-10-29T18:12:42.313" Score="4" ViewCount="10348" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't know how to reply directly to the answer..&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/7186&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/a/7186&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is this person talking about? When I press Ctrl + Alt + K + P + '+'(Shift + '=') nothing happens. It's all in one box, is it a single key called &quot;KP+&quot;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How do you reply directly to an answer? Just edit it? Is it ok that I made a new question about a different question? Should I have added an answer to the original question with my response?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These keywords are being broken up strangely. How many characters do you need to delimiter individual keywords?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That dang 'existing tag' link took me away from this page. Wouldn't that have been bad if the browser didn't store this form data?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="101974" OwnerDisplayName="user988346" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2012-11-01T06:27:34.320" Title="What is the KP+ key?" Tags="|discussion|answers|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5317" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5316" CreationDate="2012-10-29T18:29:36.510" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;KP+&lt;/code&gt; means the &lt;code&gt;+&lt;/code&gt; key on the numeric keypad, KP = KeyPad&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2369" LastEditorUserId="47291" LastEditDate="2012-10-29T21:25:06.377" LastActivityDate="2012-10-29T21:25:06.377" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5318" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5308" CreationDate="2012-10-30T11:03:15.230" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't see why they would be offtopic. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The developers working on the project wanted to use Ask Ubuntu, and (more importantly) they're answering the questions and maintaining the tag. So what's the problem we're trying to solve?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2012-10-30T11:03:15.230" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5319" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-10-30T11:10:59.183" Score="0" ViewCount="46" Body="&lt;p&gt;I wanted to make useful an old Dell c600: started this question: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/117510/install-lubuntu-12-04-on-an-old-dell-c600-video-issues&quot;&gt;Install lubuntu 12.04 on an old Dell c600 : Video issues&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It fixes the issues with my video with the puppy idea, but now I'm trying to get to work a modem 3g. That is a another issue I know but it works on my Ubuntu installation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What I do with this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="26252" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2012-11-01T06:26:31.857" Title="This question gave me a solution but now I have another issues" Tags="|discussion|asking-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5320" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5319" CreationDate="2012-10-30T11:25:02.850" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I sympathise with your issues but the answer to the meta question is quite simple:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Either get it working with Ubuntu here, or&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you use Puppy, you'll need to go to &lt;a href=&quot;http://unix.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;http://unix.stackexchange.com&lt;/a&gt; or another site that supports Puppy Linux for support on the modem. That sort of question would be off-topic here.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2012-10-30T11:25:02.850" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5321" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-10-30T11:38:26.100" Score="7" ViewCount="64" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/QqaM1.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This year Ubuntu Development Summit has a session specifically to discuss AskUbuntu integration into all things related to Ubuntu Development.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You are cordially invited to attend!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;how to&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Using your launchpad account - sign up to join the Etherpad team&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-etherpad&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-etherpad&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then on November 1st 16:15 - 17:00 Central European Time sign-in to the event.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://summit.ubuntu.com/uds-r/meeting/21179/community-r-askubuntu/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://summit.ubuntu.com/uds-r/meeting/21179/community-r-askubuntu/&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xA;Copenhagan                         Thursday, 1 November 2012, 16:00:00 CET UTC+1 hour  &#xA;United Kingdom - England           Thursday, 1 November 2012, 15:00:00 GMT UTC         &#xA;New York (U.S.A. - New York)       Thursday, 1 November 2012, 11:00:00 EDT UTC-4 hours &#xA;Los Angeles (U.S.A. - California)  Thursday, 1 November 2012, 08:00:00 PDT UTC-7 hours &#xA;Corresponding UTC (GMT)            Thursday, 1 November 2012, 15:00:00                 &#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EDIT:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Well things change so quickly!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The session timings were changed rapidly and brought forward.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://summit.ubuntu.com/uds-r/meeting/21178/appdev-r-askubuntu-app-developer-site-plugin/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://summit.ubuntu.com/uds-r/meeting/21178/appdev-r-askubuntu-app-developer-site-plugin/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14356" LastEditorUserId="14356" LastEditDate="2012-10-30T16:27:54.200" LastActivityDate="2012-10-30T16:27:54.200" Title="UDS-R 2012 - AskUbuntu UDS event" Tags="|discussion|uds|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2012-10-30T16:28:15.963" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5322" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5308" CreationDate="2012-10-30T12:34:36.913" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've discussed the stewardship of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ubuntu-touch&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ubuntu-touch&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ubuntu-touch&lt;/a&gt; (was &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/mobile&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;mobile&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;mobile&lt;/a&gt;) with some of the community leaders in Canonical who are looking to help maintain the tag in Ask Ubuntu. There is nothing special about this tag, it's actually just like any other tag &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ubuntu-one&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ubuntu-one&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ubuntu-one&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/kernel&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;kernel&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;kernel&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/application-development&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;application-development&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;application-development&lt;/a&gt;, etc. The only difference is a blog post announced that this is where to ask questions about &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Nexus7/Installation&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the now available&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt; Ubuntu Desktop for Nexus 7 device.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What I mean by nothing special the tag follows the same rules as all others on the site. Bug reports are off-topic, speculative questions about features that &lt;em&gt;may&lt;/em&gt; be coming are off-topic, and all other policies we've maintained for the past two years that have made our site focused and high quality still maintain.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Nexus-7 and Canonical &quot;Mobile Team&quot; have also committed to maintaining the tag (like Ubuntu-One, Kernel, and Application Development). Monitoring it for new questions and providing support and answers while also flagging and helping remove poor questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I also hope the community will apply the same tender loving care to incoming mobile questions as they do others. Editing them to make them more appealing to the site's policies and the community at large when applicable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While Canonical/Ubuntu have done nothing wrong in announcing this, as the tag already existed and they're just taking it over in the form of applying man power to monitor the tag which drives more traffic to the site as such it will only provide us with more high quality answers and questions, I've asked they consider providing a meta post even in the form of a quick PSA about the intentions. Ask Ubuntu is new to the Ubuntu ecosystem and every day is a learning opportunity or us and them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2013-03-03T16:28:43.483" LastActivityDate="2013-03-03T16:28:43.483" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5323" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-10-30T22:24:54.267" Score="2" ViewCount="91" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/208378/root-access-on-my-own-server/208402#comment260194_208402&quot;&gt;This question&lt;/a&gt; was closed as off-topic - I believe it is not, maybe it was worded too vaguely or mentioned too many irrelevant details or something. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, I edited the question to make it more direct and voted to re-open it. However, from my experience, once closed a question gets very little attention so there's not many chances to get another 4 votes necessary to re-open it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the correct procedure to notify the people who voted to close the question so they can review their vote?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14564" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2012-10-31T08:38:55.743" Title="How to &quot;ping&quot; people who voted to close a question so they review their vote?" Tags="|discussion|closed-questions|vote-to-close|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5324" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5323" CreationDate="2012-10-30T22:47:51.403" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;There really is no way. However, you can ask in &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/201/ask-ubuntu-general-room&quot;&gt;chat&lt;/a&gt; and there should be enough 3K users to look at your post and discuss it. Also, if you cast a reopen vote, and a comment or edit entailing this, it will arrive in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/reopen&quot;&gt;Reopen Vote Queue&lt;/a&gt; where it will be looked upon by quite a few users. If a closevoter also left a comment, you can notify them with the @User ping, of course. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With that said, can you provide a link so I can possibly try to reopen?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54298" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2012-10-30T22:47:51.403" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5325" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5327" CreationDate="2012-10-31T03:12:14.600" Score="2" ViewCount="45" Body="&lt;p&gt;Out of curiosity, why can't we re-upvote comments after upvoting and removing the upvote? As there aren't any penalties or rewards, I was just wondering, why the seemingly arbitrary limitation?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="96292" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-11-01T06:22:22.047" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Why can't we re-upvote comments?" Tags="|discussion|comments|voting|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5326" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5323" CreationDate="2012-10-31T08:38:55.743" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Instead of nagging to the users that closed a question a smarter way to do this is to just flag your post for moderation review and let a moderator handle your case. Takes away all the bureaucratic view and the discussion out of the equation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once a moderator re-opens your question there will be no way that the same users that voted to close it on the first place to do it again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastActivityDate="2012-10-31T08:38:55.743" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5327" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5325" CreationDate="2012-10-31T10:15:37.587" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1170/should-i-be-able-to-cancel-my-up-vote-on-a-comment/129032#129032&quot;&gt;Waffles explained why&lt;/a&gt; on MSO.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;We do not want flip flopping, nor do we want people to un-upvote stuff&#xA;  from the past. The only use case is undoing a mis-click.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2012-10-31T10:15:37.587" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5328" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5315" CreationDate="2012-10-31T12:59:56.790" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If it's the same question, you should &lt;strong&gt;ask for it to be migrated&lt;/strong&gt; to the appropriate site. For instance, an Ubuntu question may well be on topic at SuperUser, but it should ideally be on AU.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Google is the User interface. Having a question in multiple places does not increase its visibility.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastActivityDate="2012-10-31T12:59:56.790" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5330" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-10-31T17:35:42.223" Score="-11" ViewCount="144" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are certainly valid uses of &lt;code&gt;[fstab]&lt;/code&gt; on AU.SE. However, 95% of them are probably not valid in being Ubuntu specific. Why not migrate those questions to Unix.SE?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is an example of a valid question with this tag&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/206928/cifs-shares-do-not-mount-after-upgrade-to-12-10-from-12-04&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;CIFS shares do not mount after upgrade to 12.10 from 12.04&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/181175/29097&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Mount network NTFS drive as NFS&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here are some examples of questions that should be migrated,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/204708/29097&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Mounting NTFS Partition that all users can read but only root can write too?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/193667/29097&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;sshfs mounts with user privileges but for umount I need root. why? how?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; (FUSE question)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/157128/29097&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Proper fstab entry to mount a samba share on boot?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A moderator should review these, the &lt;code&gt;[fstab]&lt;/code&gt; tag should be very suspect that the question more belongs on Unix.SE.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="29097" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Tag [fstab] and migration to Unix.SE" Tags="|discussion|migration|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5331" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5330" CreationDate="2012-10-31T21:10:38.820" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Migration for questions older than 60 days is &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/151890/disable-migration-for-questions-older-than-60-days&quot;&gt;disabled network wide&lt;/a&gt; (even for moderators), and that makes any large scale migration more trouble than it's worth.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore out of 183 &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/fstab&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;fstab&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;fstab&lt;/a&gt; questions, only &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=%5Bfstab%5D%20closed:1&quot;&gt;12 are closed&lt;/a&gt;, the Ask Ubuntu community doesn't seem to agree with your assertion that the questions don't belong here. I'm not saying they aren't on topic on Unix &amp;amp; Linux as well, but the second rule of migration is &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2012/03/respect-the-community-your-own-and-others/&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;be a bit jealous of your site&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Respecting your own community&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As members of a community, your first loyalty should be to that community. When evaluating a question, you shouldn’t be looking to push it off on some other site; instead, ask if it could be appropriate and on-topic for you, the experts who the author decided to ask. Be a bit jealous of your site – don’t blithely turn askers away simply because their question could be asked somewhere else. Don’t hit them over the head with your scope, help them tailor their question to fit into it – and if that means your site’s scope overlaps a bit with another site’s, so be it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Obviously, there are questions you’ll have to turn away, either because their only connection to your site is via the audience (“How do I make bread as a programmer?”), because it’s completely off-topic (“How do I cook a fish in a dishwasher?” obviously belongs on Cooking, not Home Improvement) or because they’re simply not useful or constructive. But that should be your last resort. Close questions with an eye toward improvement and re-opening, not driving users away.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since the AskUbuntu community in general seems to welcome the questions, no migration is necessary. They might not be Ubuntu specific, but they get expertly answered on AskUbuntu, and that's what matters most.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user48100" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-10-31T21:10:38.820" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5332" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5330" CreationDate="2012-10-31T21:15:03.817" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's usually not the questions that make this site different from Unix &amp;amp; Linux, but the answers. Almost all the questions asked here are on-topic on Unix &amp;amp; Linux, after all (the rare exceptions would be questions about the Ubuntu project or online services associated with Ubuntu, which U&amp;amp;L might consider off-topic). What makes this site worthwhile is the answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On Ask Ubuntu, you can expect to get answers that are tailored for Ubuntu, that are simple with no “if your distribution this” and “OpenBSD that”. On Unix &amp;amp; Linux, the person answering might not be used to Ubuntu, so might make a more generic answer that also helps people running Arch Linux but is missing a few helpful details about Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So in general, &lt;strong&gt;questions that are on-topic on Ask Ubuntu are not and should not be migrated to Unix &amp;amp; Linux&lt;/strong&gt;. The only time an on-topic question should be migrated is if it hasn't received a good answer on the source site and the asker requests migration to expose the question to another audience.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1059" LastActivityDate="2012-10-31T21:15:03.817" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5333" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1117" CreationDate="2012-10-31T23:51:27.960" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;As far as I can tell, the links are vertically aligned (if that is what you meant, because the term is used differently based on context) in relation to the search box, I took a close up view and there is only as much as a pixel of difference. Even if they moved it, it would look imbalanced because of certain visual phenomena.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/8mgco.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why it looks like it is too far up, may be due to the visual weight and positioning of the badges, and the misalignment with the words &quot;search&quot;, and also because of the search box having a inner shadow making it look like it is inset lower than it actually is. but if they moved the words in the search box up it would end up looking terrible for the search box.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, it is not &lt;em&gt;perfectly&lt;/em&gt; in line with the &quot;StackExchange&quot; logo, but that is not perfectly center either.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/X35hg.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The lines for the previous picture are the same for the next:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/QYw8K.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Give them some credit, It's only a pixel off, and they are aligned with the search box it's self.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastEditorUserId="47291" LastEditDate="2012-11-04T20:26:14.183" LastActivityDate="2012-11-04T20:26:14.183" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5334" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-10-31T20:11:30.790" Score="0" ViewCount="38" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was wondering if there was any single query application which could take in the question of the person then send it to all open source help related sites like askubuntu.com, stackoverflow.com, askfedora.com, linuxquestions, then fetch with the results of those asked questions in a simple way? Is there a universal open source help portal application? Like we have a unity lens for Ask Ubuntu, can we have a lens which encompasses all such help sites?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="101020" OwnerDisplayName="user1537727" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-11-01T10:44:25.277" LastActivityDate="2012-11-01T10:44:25.277" Title="Is there a query application?" Tags="|discussion|tools|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5335" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5334" CreationDate="2012-10-31T21:21:41.773" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;In my opinion that would create a lot of off-topic posts from users desperate to get answers and not considerate enough to not spam the sites that aren't appropriate for their questions. Crossposting is a rather annoying habit to have.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="98096" OwnerDisplayName="Martin Orda" LastActivityDate="2012-10-31T21:21:41.773" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5336" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-11-03T12:55:00.757" Score="5" ViewCount="51" Body="&lt;p&gt;Right now, the text that pops up when you hover the pointer over the voting arrows is identical to the main site, like this:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/UF1fd.png&quot; alt=&quot;overlay text in meta for vote arrows&quot;&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Problem is, the text that pops up when you hover over the vote arrows is incorrect for meta. Both up and down arrows display the wrong message.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That example question above shows research effort, is clear, and is useful. I just disagree with the point so want to downvote it. This is best explained in the '&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/faq#vote-differences&quot;&gt;What does voting mean here&lt;/a&gt;' part of the meta FAQs, but contradicted by the overlay text.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Can it be changed, and if yes should it be?&lt;/strong&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;And speaking of research effort, I tried searching for a dupe of this here and was surprised to not find any (&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/75049/change-upvote-downvote-tooltip-on-meta-sites&quot;&gt;except on Meta SO&lt;/a&gt;). Either my search-fu is weakening or nobody has complained about this yet.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12864" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2012-11-03T13:22:03.253" Title="Should the overlay or tooltip text for voting arrows be changed?" Tags="|feature-request|voting|user-interface|meta|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5337" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3604" CreationDate="2012-11-04T06:20:12.590" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think we should be able to have a minimum of &lt;strong&gt;two levels&lt;/strong&gt; of details, with the brand also added &lt;em&gt;only if needed for clarity&lt;/em&gt;.  An exception, for use of additional sub-tag, should only made for unusual sub-classes of existing complex tags.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Argument 1: &lt;em&gt;Search&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If a question is raised, it should be possible to find other similar questions (and answers). As there is no control of style or approach to question wording, this is best achieved by informed individuals setting (or correcting) the &lt;strong&gt;tags&lt;/strong&gt; associated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Minor Rant:&lt;/strong&gt; It is not overly useful when someone removes tags (or complete definitions) when they either don't understand the issue&#xA;  being discussed or the effort required to find (and re-tag) questions&#xA;  in the first place.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Argument 2: &lt;em&gt;Change&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We need to clearly differentiate (sometimes rapid) changing use of technology: use of ARM (vs x86), netbook (&lt;strong&gt;limited&lt;/strong&gt; screen height), and smartphone (&lt;strong&gt;small&lt;/strong&gt; 4&quot; screen), tablet (7&quot;, 10&quot; screen), Unity (vs Gnome), touch (vs. mouse), multi-touch, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All of these factors are critical IMHO factors to the aim of &lt;strong&gt;Ubuntu&lt;/strong&gt; being able to smoothly adapt to running on everything from smartphone, desktop, server, thin-client, tablet, to cloud. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;some examples: (&lt;em&gt;that I have used/seen in last two weeks&lt;/em&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;dell-inspiron&lt;/strong&gt; - (Dell laptops w/ Intel Core; &lt;strong&gt;fairly generic&lt;/strong&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;hp-microserver-36l&lt;/strong&gt; - (HP micro-tower server, (older) 36L series)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;hp-microserver-40l&lt;/strong&gt; - (HP micro-tower server, (current) 40L series)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;hp-proliant&lt;/em&gt; &lt;strong&gt;X&lt;/strong&gt; - (HP 'branded' servers; &lt;strong&gt;too generic&lt;/strong&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;hp-proliant-ml&lt;/strong&gt; - (HP tower servers)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;hp-proliant-dl&lt;/strong&gt; - (HP rack-based servers)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;hp-proliant-bl&lt;/strong&gt; - (HP blade-based technology)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;iphone-4s&lt;/strong&gt; - (Apple, iPhone 4S smartphone, iOS)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;iphone-5&lt;/strong&gt; - (Apple, iPhone 5 smartphone, iOS)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;galaxy-S-duos&lt;/strong&gt; - (Samsung 4&quot; dual-SIM Android smartphone, series S)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;galaxy-s3&lt;/strong&gt; - (Samsung 4.8&quot; Android smartphone, series S III)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;galaxy-s3-4g&lt;/strong&gt; - (Samsung S III, with 4G/LTE)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;galaxy-s3-mini&lt;/strong&gt; - (Samsung 4&quot; Android smartphone, series S III)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;galaxy-tab-7&lt;/strong&gt; - (Samsung 7&quot; Android tablet, (older) Tab series)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;galaxy-tab-7.7&lt;/strong&gt; - (Samsung 7.7&quot; Android tablet, Tab+ series)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;galaxy-tab2-7&lt;/strong&gt; - (Samsung 7&quot; Android tablet, (current) Tab 2 series)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;galaxy-tab2-10&lt;/strong&gt; - (Samsung 10.1&quot; Android tablet, Tab 2 series)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;laserjet-1500&lt;/strong&gt; - (HP LaserJet 10xx/15xx family)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;macbook-air&lt;/strong&gt; - (Apple, ultra-thin laptop)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;mac-mini-3&lt;/strong&gt; - (Apple, tiny form-factor PC, series 3)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;google-nexus&lt;/em&gt; &lt;strong&gt;X&lt;/strong&gt; - (Google/ASUS phone, Android smartphone OR tablet; &lt;strong&gt;too generic&lt;/strong&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;nexus-4&lt;/strong&gt; - (Google/ASUS, 4&quot; Android smartphone)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;nexus-7&lt;/strong&gt; - (Google/ASUS, 7&quot; Android tablet)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;nexus-10&lt;/strong&gt; - (Google/ASUS, 10&quot; Android tablet)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;samsung-series9&lt;/strong&gt; - (Samsung, ultra-thin laptop, 9 series)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="34576" LastActivityDate="2012-11-04T06:20:12.590" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5338" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3604" CreationDate="2012-11-04T20:08:43.753" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;They are all from &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/apple&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;apple&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;apple&lt;/a&gt; and are all &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/mac&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;mac&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;mac&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should we also have tags like the following?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/power-macintosh&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;power-macintosh&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;power-macintosh&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/imac&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;imac&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;imac&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/imac-g3&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;imac-g3&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;imac-g3&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/imac-g4&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;imac-g4&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;imac-g4&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/imac-g5&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;imac-g5&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;imac-g5&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/emac&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;emac&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;emac&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/imac-core&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;imac-core&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;imac-core&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/imac-core-2&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;imac-core-2&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;imac-core-2&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/imac-core-i5&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;imac-core-i5&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;imac-core-i5&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/imac-core-i7&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;imac-core-i7&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;imac-core-i7&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/mac-pro&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;mac-pro&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;mac-pro&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/powerbook&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;powerbook&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;powerbook&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/powerbook-g3&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;powerbook-g3&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;powerbook-g3&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ibook&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ibook&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ibook&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/powerbook-g4&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;powerbook-g4&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;powerbook-g4&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/macbook&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;macbook&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;macbook&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/macbook-pro&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;macbook-pro&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;macbook-pro&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/macbook-air&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;macbook-air&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;macbook-air&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/macbook-aluminum-unibody&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;macbook-aluminum-unibody&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;macbook-aluminum-unibody&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/macbook-pro-aluminum-unibody&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;macbook-pro-aluminum-unibody&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;macbook-pro-aluminum-unibody&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/xserve-g4&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;xserve-g4&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;xserve-g4&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/xserve-g5&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;xserve-g5&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;xserve-g5&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/intel-xserve&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;intel-xserve&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;intel-xserve&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/power-mac-g4-cube&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;power-mac-g4-cube&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;power-mac-g4-cube&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/mac-mini&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;mac-mini&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;mac-mini&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/mac-mini-g4&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;mac-mini-g4&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;mac-mini-g4&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/mac-mini-core&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;mac-mini-core&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;mac-mini-core&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/mac-mini-core-2&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;mac-mini-core-2&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;mac-mini-core-2&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To differentiate &lt;em&gt;all&lt;/em&gt; the different mac/apple products?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't think so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastActivityDate="2012-11-04T20:08:43.753" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5339" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-11-05T19:17:22.383" Score="1" ViewCount="157" Body="&lt;p&gt;All the questions with stability issues around nvidia graphics and unity 3D are closed for some strange reasons which seem to be alibis to me.&#xA;It seems that nvidia HW was supported well with Ubuntu 11.04 for example (at least for me and many other users) and with 12.04 many many people are complaining NVIDIA support regarding stability at least with older HW.&#xA;For me the live system of Ubuntu 12.10 doesn't even work stable without any requirements with my Toshiba Tecra S5 (NVIDIA Quadro 130 M, e.g. no status bar no launcher, compiz crashes etc.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user104758" LastActivityDate="2012-11-05T21:10:24.190" Title="Why are so many questions around nvidia graphics closed with alibi reasons?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5340" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5339" CreationDate="2012-11-05T19:38:41.380" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't see that many closed questions when you look at the overall tag:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/nvidia&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/nvidia&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Either way, the examples you cite are problems with Nvidia that we have no control over. Crashes and so on should be reported on the bug tracker, not here. This isn't a place to track Nvidia issues, it's a question and answer site!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2012-11-05T19:59:12.143" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5341" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5339" CreationDate="2012-11-05T21:10:24.190" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Maybe to encourage the use of ubuntu developed drivers and discourage use of closed source drivers!?  especially in newer flavours (hint:  nouveau dependencies)&#xA;some of the material my opinion is based on is from here &lt;a href=&quot;http://blogs.valvesoftware.com/linux/steamd-penguins/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://blogs.valvesoftware.com/linux/steamd-penguins/&lt;/a&gt; ....  the rest is from just trying different drivers! Some comments in the blog more than hint at there will be suitable drivers for gaming soon... that do not break unity/compiz/windows mangement (because of nouveau dependencies)...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="102029" LastActivityDate="2012-11-05T21:10:24.190" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5342" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-11-05T21:46:10.317" Score="13" ViewCount="316" Body="&lt;p&gt;At UDS-R in Copenhagen during the Ask Ubuntu session one feature that consistently came up was foreign language support. This has been discussed quite heavily since the start of the Ask Ubuntu site and so far our policy has been English only questions and answers. Now that we've been at this for two years I would like to explore what the community thinks might be viable options to handling questions and answers posted in a foreign language.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is an attempt to gather feedback about different ways this could either technically or otherwise be achieved. Whether that means we create code, devise a plan for implementation, or discuss if there is really even a need for this. Your input is welcome!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This question is meant to convey &quot;How do we handle posts in another language&quot;&lt;/strong&gt; not interface language.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The discussion around UDS was how can we solve this problem. I'd like to find people's inputs on different ways we can ask Stack Exchange to implement. Or arguments against this kind of idea.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="41" LastEditDate="2012-11-05T23:45:17.413" LastActivityDate="2012-11-06T12:30:21.210" Title="Translations/foreign language support for Ask Ubuntu" Tags="|discussion|uds|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5343" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5342" CreationDate="2012-11-05T22:33:33.890" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Basically we are talking about two different things here:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The Ask Ubuntu interface, which includes such things as the &quot;Ask question&quot; link, the row of buttons along the top of each page, etc.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Actual question / answer / comment content itself.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The interface will be relatively easy to translate - I can set up some sort of UserScript that loads a translation file and dynamically injects it into each page. Then I can throw something together on my website that allows users capable of translating into other languages to submit translations for individual UI items.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for the content itself, that becomes another story. I assume that &quot;auto-translations&quot; (using Google Translate or any other API / service) is out of the question. These services have little value for content that contains a lot of technical information anyway.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That basically leaves us with a simple decision:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Allow any language on the site and have the questions mixed together (&lt;em&gt;possibly&lt;/em&gt; sorted by tag which would allow for hiding questions in certain languages). The drawback here is that only users who speak the language will be able to read the question and therefore answer them.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Create a new site for each language (which would involve going through the Area51 process all over again &lt;em&gt;for each language&lt;/em&gt;).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I see one huge problem with the first option:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How do you moderate a question in a foreign language?&lt;/strong&gt; Moderators will be dealing with flags in foreign languages. How will they be able to resolve problems? I feel that this alone is a strong enough reason to continue with our &quot;English-only&quot; policy on the site. The second option (creating a new site) is really the only viable option as far as I am concerned.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastActivityDate="2012-11-05T22:33:33.890" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5344" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5342" CreationDate="2012-11-05T22:44:27.703" Score="-1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;While this will probably not get implemented due to moderation difficulties and slow implementation of engine changes(&lt;em&gt;much&lt;/em&gt; longer than 6 to 8 weeks), I'm leaving this for reference and CW'ing it so future users can improve this idea if the functionality to fix it arises.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Disclaimer: I've had to learn English as a second language, so my opinion here may be influenced by personal experiences.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I see another alternative:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While posts will be in foreign languages, Stack Exchange could partner with a machine translator like translate.google.com and provide translations for untranslated posts. These, of course, are &lt;strong&gt;not ideal&lt;/strong&gt; and should be replaced with hand-translations as soon as possible. If a bug can be filed to get error text to be given in English, and the user's language, at the same time, that would be very helpful. Strings, quotes, and parts of the post body even can be searched fr a translation through Launchpad translation data, culled and imported every month or so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Translation experts, avid editors, and native speakers can translate posts into English, and possibly translate answers for the OP as needed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, we won't be able to translate every single post into every language for future users, but I feel as if the OP's language and English are enough.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Flags can have a policy to &lt;em&gt;only allow flags in English&lt;/em&gt;, except those without text related as part of the flag. I feel as if looking at the length of a post and punctuation/linking(question marks vs short posts vs things that look like &quot;me too&quot; or &quot;thanks&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We can also try to implement review queues for foreign flags. If a flag arises in a language which no moderator speaks, then if the mod deems it appropriate for a 2K or so review queue, then it will be sent, filtered by languages.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We can also try to expand search by trying to use some sort of machine translation to search across languages. Maybe internal machine-translated English versions can be held in the database, and a foreign search will cause the query itself to be machine-translated and compared to the internal DB text. Query expansion, &lt;em&gt;if used sparingly&lt;/em&gt; would also be a good idea.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Scores (or user prefs) should be kept to see which users speak what languages, and how effectively. This can be done based on post-voting just as a user preference.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Tags would need to get a new feature implemented: easier tag synonyms across languages. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Currently, tags take a while to get synonymed. Tags synonyms across languages should be put in a review queue, and require not a score in the tag, but a score in that language (or understanding of the language as set by user prefs) should be required to make a synonym.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I'd really love to see feedback on this, so vote or comment, whether voting up or down.&lt;/strong&gt; I don't mind a downvote if I can hear personal opinion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A second alternative:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We can keep one site, but use Area51 for a slightly different purpose. Instead of creating new sites, it will allow that language to be used on the site after passing a review and moderation success &quot;beta&quot;, given enough interest in the language. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Luis Alvardo brings up a good point:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;@ObsessiveSSOℲ - There is an additional problem. If the user writes the questions with a very bad grammar (Like it happens a lot in english or spanish for me), the translator might go crazy and translate that into something even worse.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The machine translation will only stick around until hand-fixed, either by tweaking the translation, or hand-translating. If the translation becomes offensive or totally incorrect, it can be brought up by &lt;em&gt;sending to yet another&lt;/em&gt; review queue for translations. That's the trouble of a  multilingual site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the end, I feel as if this will help make Ubuntu more usable by all. We'll also start to see more moderation responsibility by mid-to-high-mod users, and a focus on multilingual elected moderators.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54298" LastEditorUserId="54298" LastEditDate="2012-11-06T11:31:35.570" LastActivityDate="2012-11-06T11:31:35.570" CommentCount="8" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-11-06T11:31:35.570" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5345" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5342" CreationDate="2012-11-05T23:40:16.150" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;During the session a lot of good ideas and concerns were put forward. I think one idea that might work as a stop-gap for this community is employing automatic translations. By which I mean if a post is detected in a language other than English it's run through an automatic translation tool and formats the post (after numerous warnings to the user about non-English content) with both the English auto-translation and the original post text. Same would apply to answers, while comments would be either not allowed in other languages or simply let through since they're so volatile.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2012-11-05T23:40:16.150" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5346" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5342" CreationDate="2012-11-06T12:30:21.210" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;This post is sort of a reply to &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/5345/&quot;&gt;Marco's answer&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Instead of having to employ automated language detection tools, we could just have a checkbox at the end of the post to allow users to mark a post as non-English when necessary. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/XDANC.png&quot; alt=&quot;Mock up&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another level of checkboxes may be implemented for the user to choose the exact language the post is in.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These posts can then be channeled to a new set of review queue that people can use to translate posts to English. Filters based on the language might be a good addition too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am suggesting this because most translation engines are still not up to the mark. Given only a very small percentage of posts are actually not in English, manual translations might work out just fine. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastActivityDate="2012-11-06T12:30:21.210" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5347" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5308" CreationDate="2012-11-06T16:27:18.250" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;I actually don't think there is any conflict here with Canonical's intentions and Ask Ubuntu's policies about development releases.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We viewed using Ask Ubuntu to answer questions about our 12.10 based release, which is conceptually the same as a different flavor of 12.10, as our released image is a relatively static snapshot of an image in time. We had hoped to answer the most common usage questions or issues that users might run into for that image, just like the rest of Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For the current 13.04 development cycle, we are encouraging people to use Launchpad (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-nexus7) where we handle bugs in the normal fashion. Once the rest of 13.04 development gets up to full speed, we envision having daily developer builds just like the rest of Ubuntu, and again for those, we'd expect Launchpad to be the appropriate forum to report bugs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That being said, I do recognize there will be questions that fall into a grey area of what future plans around how an Ubuntu mobile OS might behave. I don't have a clear answer for how we should handle those types of questions, since this is clearly a brave new world for all of us. I would certainly welcome this community's wisdom on how these questions should be handled.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do agree that Canonical should have communicated better with the Ask Ubuntu community, and for that I apologize. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1372" LastEditorUserId="235" LastEditDate="2012-11-06T18:33:12.970" LastActivityDate="2012-11-06T18:33:12.970" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5348" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5350" CreationDate="2012-11-06T17:09:14.130" Score="2" ViewCount="52" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is there a way to skip all the items in a review queue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have more than 700+ items in a review queue and per day we are allowed to review only 20 posts. So there is no point in keep them in my review queue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="49542" LastActivityDate="2012-11-07T05:57:09.020" Title="Is it possible to skip all the items in a particular review queue?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5349" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-11-06T20:50:10.907" Score="1" ViewCount="22" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/716/why-are-you-only-allowed-to-comment-with-50-rep&quot;&gt;Why are you only allowed to comment with 50 rep?&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I only see a box for leaving an answer, but I can't seem to figure out how to leave a comment to a question.&#xA;I must be blind, because other people seem to be able to do it.&#xA;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="104313" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.087" LastActivityDate="2012-11-06T20:50:10.907" Title="How do you leave a comment on a question?" Tags="|support|comments|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2012-11-06T20:52:26.770" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5350" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5348" CreationDate="2012-11-07T05:57:09.020" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You cannot skip these items, though you are limited to 20 per day. The point is to clear as many as you can in each day. The list just shows you how many remain overall.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1992" LastActivityDate="2012-11-07T05:57:09.020" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5351" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5352" CreationDate="2012-11-07T10:03:28.613" Score="6" ViewCount="62" Body="&lt;p&gt;A user had recently asked how to connect an Android 4 device to Ubuntu:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/146529/how-to-connect-samsung-galaxy-s3-via-usb&quot;&gt;How to connect MTP devices via USB?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As Android no longer supports USB Mass Storage, this is a very pertinent question. However, the question as originally asked was specific to the Samsung Galaxy S3 device. I have edited the question to be more general. Please reopen the edited question. Thank you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="23087" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2012-11-07T18:05:27.623" Title="Please reopen question edited to be more general" Tags="|support|closed-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5352" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5351" CreationDate="2012-11-07T18:05:27.623" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Thanks for editing and requesting reopening. I see the question has been reopened.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2012-11-07T18:05:27.623" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5354" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-11-08T21:07:46.737" Score="7" ViewCount="259" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would like to know if there is a way to bump an unanswered question in Askubuntu, or something, before it sinks into oblivion?&#xA;Thank you&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="107676" OwnerDisplayName="Robert Vila" LastActivityDate="2012-11-08T21:43:11.380" Title="Is there a way to prevent an unanswered question to sink into oblivion?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5355" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5354" CreationDate="2012-11-08T21:26:40.607" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are a lot of different ways to &quot;bump&quot; your question (or others that you're interested in). One way is to edit it &lt;strong&gt;adding more information&lt;/strong&gt;, like documenting what you've tried, more data about the issue, etc. Performing minor edits just to bump your question will eventually make the question a Community Wiki and you'll no longer gain reputation on that question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you've added everything you possibly can, you have the ability to add a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq#bounty&quot;&gt;bounty&lt;/a&gt; to a question. This adds the question to a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions?sort=featured&quot;&gt;list of featured questions&lt;/a&gt; which users browse and answer frequently.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2012-11-08T21:43:11.380" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5356" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5357" CreationDate="2012-11-09T14:30:43.120" Score="7" ViewCount="204" Body="&lt;p&gt;if you have two questions about difference things but they have the same answer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Should the answer be linked form one to another?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Should it be copy-pasted?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are there some strict rules on this subject? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10698" LastActivityDate="2012-11-23T13:49:11.973" Title="What is the etiquette for posting the same answer on multiple questions?" Tags="|discussion|etiquette|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5357" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5356" CreationDate="2012-11-09T15:00:48.653" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you feed the system three or more copypastas, it'll be sick and tell the moderators on you. I don't say that to say it's wrong but it's there to stop people plastering the site in junk.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First really ask yourself if one of the questions needs to be open. If copy-and-pasting works completely, there's an expectation that one of the questions will probably fit inside the scope of the other one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know that's not always the case, but that's the barrier you need to overcome.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After that, do what makes most sense in the situation. Is a duplicate a good thing or a bad thing?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you boil up some copypasta you need to maintain both copies.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you link, and the master version is edited, you need to make sure the satellite version still makes sense.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2012-11-09T15:00:48.653" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5358" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5359" CreationDate="2012-11-10T05:29:02.137" Score="3" ViewCount="35" Body="&lt;p&gt;Or do I have to add a comment so that the questioner is notified?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user25656" LastActivityDate="2012-11-10T06:41:47.720" Title="Will an edit to an answer I made be known to the person who asked the question?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5359" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5358" CreationDate="2012-11-10T06:41:47.720" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is no system in place to pro-actively notify askers when answers to their questions are edited. The edit history is public though, so anyone seeking the information can just click the 'Edited January 1st' (or whatever date) below the question to view the details.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you make an edit and want to make it more likely the asker sees it, either leave them a comment or 'ping' them in chat so they get a notification.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Realize that many questions here are abandoned or forgotten, so there is no guarantee the questioner will ever see your edit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12864" LastActivityDate="2012-11-10T06:41:47.720" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5360" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5363" CreationDate="2012-11-10T11:12:45.353" Score="0" ViewCount="70" Body="&lt;p&gt;I tried to save a question from StackOverflow. It was closed there, so I flagged it and asked to move it to here. The reply was the following (after a &lt;strong&gt;declined&lt;/strong&gt;):  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;declined - Ask on their meta. Won't migrate unless their mods ask us.&lt;/code&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Could you guys save the Q&amp;amp;A?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5660515/how-to-fix-netbeanss-look-on-ubunbu&quot;&gt;https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5660515/how-to-fix-netbeanss-look-on-ubunbu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9640" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-05-23T12:39:54.233" LastActivityDate="2012-11-17T01:57:36.810" Title="Please move NetBeans question to AU" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5361" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5360" CreationDate="2012-11-10T11:39:24.817" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Moderators can't migrate questions older than 60 days anymore, so this question can't be migrated in any case as it is too old.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4068" LastActivityDate="2012-11-10T11:39:24.817" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5362" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5360" CreationDate="2012-11-10T12:01:28.677" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Honestly, why do you want this migrated? Are you still having an issue with it? If so just ask the question again. It's not that difficult to edit the post, ask it here, &lt;strong&gt;edit it&lt;/strong&gt; to reflect your current situation. It's already closed on Stack Overflow so you're really not going to gain much by moving it here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want to migrate just because you think it belongs more on Ask Ubuntu than Stack Overflow I'm going to have to decline the request. We have &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/netbeans?sort=newest&amp;amp;pagesize=50&quot;&gt;a lot of netbeans questions&lt;/a&gt; alread, not sure it would really benefit the site to have this one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2012-11-10T12:01:28.677" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5363" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5360" CreationDate="2012-11-10T13:26:03.170" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;That question is already present in Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/32624/ugly-fonts-in-netbeans-how-can-i-make-it-use-the-system-font&quot;&gt;Ugly fonts in Netbeans - How can i make it use the system font?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Update&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since that question is ontopic in stackoverflow , I posted about it in meta stackoverflow. And now it is reopened &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="39372" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2012-11-17T01:57:36.810" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5364" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5379" CreationDate="2012-11-10T15:18:57.583" Score="6" ViewCount="302" Body="&lt;p&gt;Why questions related to ubuntu-one for windows and osx are ontopic here?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it an exception? If no why questions related to firefox(It is also part of ubuntu) for windows are offtopic here?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit1&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions related to ubuntu-one for windows and mac are very rare here.So it is not a big issue for us but I am asking about our policy&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="39372" LastEditorUserId="39372" LastEditDate="2012-11-13T14:28:15.090" LastActivityDate="2012-11-13T14:28:15.090" Title="Why questions related to ubuntu-one client for windows and osx are ontopic here?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5365" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5364" CreationDate="2012-11-10T15:27:03.303" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;This site is &quot;Ask Ubuntu&quot;, it just so happens that some Ubuntu things can run on other OSes. :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Ubuntu One team monitors &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ubuntu-one&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ubuntu-one&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ubuntu-one&lt;/a&gt;, so it probably makes more sense to have all those questions in one place, though it's not like we're flooded with OSX/Windows questions to begin with. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2012-11-10T15:27:03.303" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5366" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-11-10T16:53:58.277" Score="0" ViewCount="164" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;This question is based on &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/5365/39372&quot;&gt;this answer&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I thought here we use &quot;Ubuntu&quot; to mean the Ubuntu operating system only, so the &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/5365/39372&quot;&gt;following quote&lt;/a&gt; from Jorge Castro confused me:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This site is &quot;Ask Ubuntu&quot;, it just so happens that some Ubuntu things&#xA;  can run on other OSes. :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does that mean here &quot;Ubuntu&quot; refers to all Ubuntu products?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If so, then &lt;strong&gt;How can I define &quot;Ubuntu&quot; in the Ask Ubuntu &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq&quot;&gt;FAQ&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq&quot;&gt;The FAQ says&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu is a questions and answers site for Ubuntu-related&#xA;  questions. It's also a place to share knowledge about Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Sorry for my bad English, I don't know how to phrase my question. :(&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="39372" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2012-11-11T21:45:07.327" Title="What is the &quot;Ubuntu&quot; referring to in &quot;Ask Ubuntu&quot;?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5367" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5366" CreationDate="2012-11-10T22:04:24.387" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes Ubuntu as in Ubuntu the operating system, there are some things that break the standard...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://one.ubuntu.com/about/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ubuntu-One&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Ubuntu One is the personal cloud that brings your digital life&#xA;  together, so you can enjoy your content, your way, wherever you are.&#xA;  With our suite of cloud services including storage, sync, sharing and&#xA;  streaming - you have immediate access to your music collection,&#xA;  favorite photos, videos, important documents and more, at any time and&#xA;  from any device.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And It runs on windows and mac, that is what &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/users/235/jorge-castro&quot;&gt;Jorge Castro&lt;/a&gt; is talking about.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And in the FAQ it says&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;We welcome questions about:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Using and administering Ubuntu, including official Ubuntu derivatives.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;     Running third-party applications on Ubuntu.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;     Development on Ubuntu.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;     Services provided by Ubuntu  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some of the &quot;Services&quot; (like ubuntu-one) provided by Ubuntu also run on mac and windows.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.087" LastActivityDate="2012-11-11T21:45:07.327" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5368" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5369" CreationDate="2012-11-11T15:12:21.763" Score="7" ViewCount="201" Body="&lt;p&gt;I saw &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/215784/54298&quot;&gt;a question&lt;/a&gt; asking for help related to the &lt;a href=&quot;http://keyserver.ubuntu.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ubuntu keyserver&lt;/a&gt;, but on a computer using Mint.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Although this server is monitored and run by Ubuntu(I think even Canonical), like Ubuntu One, I feel as if a quick cursory glance would close the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, should we allow said questions since they are related to the Ubuntu keyserver, or do we disallow them due to the distro in use by the OP?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54298" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2012-11-11T19:20:28.103" Title="Are questions about issues with the Ubuntu keyserver on-topic for off-topic distros?" Tags="|discussion|close-reasons|scope|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5369" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5368" CreationDate="2012-11-11T15:18:53.337" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think that the question we need to answer is &quot;Is the asker's distro relevant?&quot;  If it isn't, then edit it out of the question to stop hair-trigger closevoters.  If someone can provide evidence that the issue isn't with the keyserver but rather the distro, then it should be migrated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For instance, in the question you linked it turns out that &lt;a href=&quot;http://keyserver.ubuntu.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://keyserver.ubuntu.com&lt;/a&gt; has decided to be an obnoxious sibling and block all communication with Mint, then the distro is relevant.  However, if it turns out that the server's down or I'm typing the command wrong for a non-distro-specific reason, then the distro isn't relevant.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="66075" LastEditorUserId="54298" LastEditDate="2012-11-11T19:20:28.103" LastActivityDate="2012-11-11T19:20:28.103" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5370" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5373" CreationDate="2012-11-11T15:33:16.330" Score="24" ViewCount="369" Body="&lt;p&gt;Today is November 11, so that means...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Oli♦ day!&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We'd just like to congratulate our well-known moderator, author of &lt;a href=&quot;http://thepcspy.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;thepcspy&lt;/a&gt;, and second-highest user by reputation here on a happy birthday.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Many of us have changed our gravatars to be Oli♦:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ciPxl.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and &lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Lx5fo.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;last year, it was even better&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you browse the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users&quot;&gt;user list&lt;/a&gt;, you can see all of the green faces symbolizing this happy day.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, let's wish Oli a happy birthday, and the best of luck in thepcspy, here on Ask Ubuntu, the rest of Stack Exchange, and in life!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54298" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-10-13T21:25:42.037" Title="A happy Oli♦ day!" Tags="|discussion|moderators|fun|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2012-11-16T14:02:18.737" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5371" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5368" CreationDate="2012-11-11T16:43:21.217" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;FAQ says &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;We welcome questions about:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Using and administering Ubuntu, including official Ubuntu derivatives.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Running third-party applications on Ubuntu.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Development on Ubuntu.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Services provided by Ubuntu&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Key server is a service offered by Ubuntu, So it is on topic. but personally I liketocount it as off-topic, because &lt;em&gt;Services provided by Ubuntu&lt;/em&gt; is too vague&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="39372" LastActivityDate="2012-11-11T16:43:21.217" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5372" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5370" CreationDate="2012-11-11T21:29:53.697" Score="17" Body="&lt;p&gt;P.S. You are hereby assigned the right to make small or minor modifications to the original image as I have done here:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/TqADT.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yeah, enough said.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastActivityDate="2012-11-11T21:29:53.697" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5373" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5370" CreationDate="2012-11-12T01:16:08.690" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm ever so confused… I thought my birthday was in August…&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or has my account become more than the Oli behind it, like Jorgebot?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2012-11-12T01:16:08.690" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5374" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5378" CreationDate="2012-11-12T03:35:18.590" Score="8" ViewCount="479" Body="&lt;p&gt;So it seems we have a bunch (around 100) of unanswered Adobe Flash questions: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/flash?sort=unanswered&amp;amp;pagesize=50&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/flash?sort=unanswered&amp;amp;pagesize=50&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A bunch of these are bug reports, and are pretty much unanswerable, considering that Flash on linux is basically abandoned, so what should we do? Perhaps a new canonical question? If so, which question should be start consolidating these into?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2012-11-17T02:43:28.400" Title="What do we do with all these unanswered Flash questions?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5375" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-11-12T11:57:12.590" Score="-1" ViewCount="58" Body="&lt;p&gt;I made this question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/165514/paste-option-is-greyed-out-in-context-menu&quot;&gt;Paste option is greyed out in context menu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And I just now realize it was closed as off topic.  I read the FAQS.&#xA;That is either not off topic or the faqs are not understandable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Let's say it was. Isn't it a question that people would come to askubuntu for anyways? Would that not be in line with the idea of this site?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="63597" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2012-11-12T12:44:16.360" Title="Why is this question closed as off topic? should it be?" Tags="|discussion|faq-suggestion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5376" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5375" CreationDate="2012-11-12T12:24:17.937" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's classed as off-topic as the question is just reporting a bug. Bug reporting is explicitly off-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;how does an average user know it is a bug?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's something working in a way that you would not expect. You can confirm that there's a bug because other routes still work. Clearly something is happening despite design. A bug.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What does an average user cares if it's a bug?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Well it depends if they want the behaviour they're experiencing to be noticed and/or fixed. If they post a bug report here, we close it and it dies. Their effort counts for nothing and the problem could remain unknown.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If they hop on launchpad and post the bug report properly, the maintainers should see it and triage and decide what happens next.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And to go back to your initial question, &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Isn't it a question that people would come to askubuntu for anyways? Would that not be in line with the idea of this site?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If people come here to group around a bug, they're looking at old information. The progress of the bug is not tracked here. It is tracked on Launchpad. &lt;em&gt;That&lt;/em&gt; is the &lt;strong&gt;only&lt;/strong&gt; place people should be going for Ubuntu bugs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So no, it's off-topic for the betterment of the Ubuntu community and Ubuntu's development process, and it should stay that way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2012-11-12T12:44:16.360" LastActivityDate="2012-11-12T12:44:16.360" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5377" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5374" CreationDate="2012-11-12T15:14:06.750" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Why can't we close them as off-topic? Flash is a buggy piece of software. They are bugs. They fit the description of bugs. Therefore, they are bugs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it looks like a bug (check), smells like a bug (check), and acts like a bug (double check), then call it a bug imo. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastActivityDate="2012-11-12T15:14:06.750" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5378" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5374" CreationDate="2012-11-12T15:42:26.067" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ok I've &lt;strike&gt;stolen&lt;/strike&gt; repurposed this question as a canonical one:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/86164/how-do-i-fix-flash-issues&quot;&gt;How do I fix Flash issues?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Feel free to flag all the unanswered ones as duplicates, or if appropriate, a merge. Since there's so many I'm not going to waste my flags on them (I need them for the review queue) so I'm just going to wail on the moderator queue for a while (mwahaha).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2012-11-12T15:42:26.067" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5379" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5364" CreationDate="2012-11-13T04:45:48.743" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think it is because FAQ says &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;We welcome questions about:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Using and administering Ubuntu, including official Ubuntu derivatives.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Running third-party applications on Ubuntu.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Development on Ubuntu.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Services provided by Ubuntu&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ubuntu one is a service provided by Ubuntu so it is on topic&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I personally disagree with this , because    &lt;strong&gt;Services provided by Ubuntu&lt;/strong&gt; is too vague . ubuntu-one &lt;a href=&quot;https://one.ubuntu.com/about/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;websites&lt;/a&gt; says &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Ubuntu One was initially launched in May 2009 to provide sustainable&#xA;  revenue for Ubuntu, the world’s most popular free operating system,&#xA;  which is commercially backed by Canonical.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ie, it is simply a project to earn money to support Ubuntu development. So can way say ubuntu one is a ubuntu project? My answer is &lt;em&gt;only the Ubuntu client for ubuntu-one is ubuntu service,rest of them are just canonical service&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Use up/down vote and comment to this opinion :-)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="39372" LastActivityDate="2012-11-13T04:45:48.743" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5380" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-11-13T11:25:54.727" Score="4" ViewCount="134" Body="&lt;p&gt;Growing number of posts on SO are related to installation of IDEs, libraries and programming tools on Ubuntu. Some of them might be a fit for Serverfault but they are usually far too easy to be valuable for professional sysadmins Q&amp;amp;A site. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A lot of them would fit nicely into Ask Ubuntu as they are usually questions about installing Oracle Java or finding a PPA with a newer version of some application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On Serverfault meta they discuss leaving the spot on flagging for migration of a question (off-topic -&gt; belongs on {sitename}). How about taking their (Serverfault's) place in this migration dialog?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do not propose to have user-started migration, only to add Ask Ubuntu to the list in flagging &quot;off-topic-&gt;belongs on &quot; in SO flag dialog. Currently Ubuntu-related questions are probably getting flagged as &quot;belongs on Serverfault&quot; which is clearly wrong and flags aren't helpful in that way. This might be also frustrating for Serverfault folks having to deal with migrated but misplaced questions in their community.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9042" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-07-11T15:47:10.897" LastActivityDate="2014-07-11T15:47:10.897" Title="Stackoverflow question migration" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|migration|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5382" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5380" CreationDate="2012-11-13T13:10:03.760" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you look at the &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/faq&quot;&gt;stackoverflow faq&lt;/a&gt; it states &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What kind of questions can I ask here?&#xA;  ... but if your question generally covers ... &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;software tools commonly used by programmers&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;… then you’re in the right place to ask your question! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This means that IDEs, libraries and programming tools etc. available on Ubuntu (and other platforms) are on topic for Stack Overflow, so there is no need to have them migrated away. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Looking at the last 300 inbound migrations to serverfault (from all sites) only 11 of them had an &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ubuntu&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ubuntu&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ubuntu&lt;/a&gt; tag of some description. We closed 5 of them as NARQ and the rest appear to have a home on SF although the jury is still out on some of them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user1192" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-05-23T12:39:54.233" LastActivityDate="2012-11-13T13:10:03.760" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5383" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5384" CreationDate="2012-11-14T01:14:53.177" Score="6" ViewCount="45" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you hover over the &lt;code&gt;Needs Improvement&lt;/code&gt; button on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/community-eval&quot;&gt;Community Evaluation&lt;/a&gt; page, a tooltip will pop up that says &lt;code&gt;this question and its ansewrs need improvement&lt;/code&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/AGt6i.png&quot; alt=&quot;this tooltip needs improvement&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="82993" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2012-11-14T17:25:58.167" Title="typo in tooltip for Needs Improvement button" Tags="|bug|status-completed|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5384" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5383" CreationDate="2012-11-14T17:25:50.413" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;This very critical bug will be fixed in the next build.  Thank you for your cooperation citizen!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Seriously though, we appreciate every bug report, big or small - keep them coming.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1118" LastActivityDate="2012-11-14T17:25:50.413" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5385" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5391" CreationDate="2012-11-15T19:35:22.657" Score="16" ViewCount="260" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am working on a &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Accomplishments&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;desktop application&lt;/a&gt; that displays information about what badges a user has earned from AskUbuntu.com, and we would like to display them using the same badge images (though scaled to a larger size) as they have on AskUbuntu.  Are the images currently using a CC license, or could they be provided under a CC license, so that they could be used in and distributed with this open source application?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4997" LastActivityDate="2012-11-15T20:41:44.213" Title="What copyright license are the Badge images under?" Tags="|discussion|badges|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5387" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5385" CreationDate="2012-11-15T20:07:53.013" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I used the Gimp to upscale the badge image and then traced a path:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/XjTPl.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I then tried some of the reverse image search engines:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Google Image Search&lt;/strong&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.google.com/search?tbs=sbi:AMhZZitTJnmbJsc9jAPs5pwOl-w6o78qvaLjtXZ1nBnYk-7K86xLrRe7oj69LYktNrKOIhTqA6X_1Ovap2vdynBOGFAL6LGDdTEUIuLAe2RFTexDfg-5w7RrBNoI_1wj4WuhtOjhTdKPw7u-C7b74fnWix3iT4iFBsEiyRQdjL4c6tEDNylt3pYpVa73vFu11Izm8ctA00bKTzfyK70VatJ98672GSKvCrykXIbLXXIkEQu5pGnMV-SSHk8ymMAFrj0x9yYJzXCIdwcP4Z0SLpqexvVy6DLufZI4ESznSa1OkrV2GXW5esxoqRqp6DWfXp7MrIe3zYoFMXlrXaWiuofpavuwthML98Us6aAmg1s8m-xpzV52N3R6lJOE6JU0VwHqOs9pJAY9xgxrhfJJ5zgmiIbfan7oCdGJYCg8a_1rBd19C20kOXBKtRdnLJPe5q9wBfLj8LN8wwPoWQ_1kHgSanPlC8MzfkQdwneZAhbPvUN1vLmJVxNltJ_1lpVd9QUMELxz3CJMXr_1eIJK6OcCBAyl_1dJlOUzmoyd869Xqx2B5966Ij9iFuV5hr2giqKV3JA9x3ywjSAAXTILfprdAkyUdULp7d1NBDTISjRd-XzFRop8MLaZeQkLrAO0QtUSnaCgYNjNknCff1CnAJdcGQEeQBIKkbzYT2exY0tFTGXDUnQ7s_1XG7_1zqTwEmJaL8L3s4-QD5QcNzw4jIgdnyPcpmSpeTr2_13eczqsJjRi25hLq3LAPCRII31xpBR9IgJy_1SZ9Ab6RBrqrDcqE1Fiucj8LDNhZFWQpIUeVIUCRklPnKCu6kAlfYYVIhZdyS_1aSuNCBc225sJWki2hF6gj5_1Ji66IRqjZH-Be_1kAcREmzWjOYs8ShP8mxT-R5PGl4YB0aw3rAtyWhwvnPP13c55_1v3QkL0JX9ClB9ntbldFWN6WNth1OPRto60oCH7hyMLuCpQclThE54S9azruCU4C0RndC-54tLVhj_1TiDiNx0Uq-9pFfqsmGKq9t3ugxvrZpidLwSvRz82GsdUsyxNe8H7Axrk3bg-hWpp6C7c9pKva4auZe1CoUJpHnrOWIe4GqN1ZRvMs2BfJTEF3GvByuhIBswZOyFBukPS9RSKdXGhrZAb9nZCgNEqyzDoXDkGmNrnlKK6vKEl4VUqamyi02C8Omo_1S-d6vLAPMQ&amp;amp;num=10&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;bih=655&amp;amp;biw=1280&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;some results, but no badge&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tin Eye&lt;/strong&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://tineye.com/search/bb259e2425091190b1e9d088154c166e541470d7/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;no results&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All of that being said, the bottom of each pages states:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&quot;site design / logo © 2012 stack exchange inc&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastActivityDate="2012-11-15T20:07:53.013" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5388" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-11-15T20:19:05.627" Score="-1" ViewCount="58" Body="&lt;p&gt;for example I was looking for a question on &quot;how to install eclipse&quot;. I found part of the solution in one question and the rest were distributed in different questions/fourms. Can I ask the same question however now am answering my self with a full answer that includes detailed information and pictures? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;eclipse is an example :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="24621" LastActivityDate="2012-11-15T20:30:13.007" Title="can I ask the same question again" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5389" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5388" CreationDate="2012-11-15T20:28:30.577" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Why not just create a better answer to the one existing?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If in their core they ask the same then that makes them a duplicate. Make a better answer and post it in the existing one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastActivityDate="2012-11-15T20:28:30.577" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5390" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5388" CreationDate="2012-11-15T20:30:13.007" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, that doesn't make sense. If the question is &quot;How to install Eclipse&quot; and you have a better answer then post it as a new answer or improve an existing answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The site would be worthless if we had dozens of iterations for each &quot;How do I install foo&quot;? scattered all over the place. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2012-11-15T20:30:13.007" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5391" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5385" CreationDate="2012-11-15T20:41:44.213" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm sorry, but using those images in your software would not be appropriate. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Only the user-contributed content&lt;/strong&gt; is covered under the Create Commons license. The logos and other site elements are copyrighted. Be careful, because some of the elements of this site have also been licensed to us by Canonical and are protected.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please see our &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/legal/trademark-guidance&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Trademark Guidance&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; for a more thorough discussion about how to use elements of this site. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="62" LastActivityDate="2012-11-15T20:41:44.213" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5392" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2158" CreationDate="2012-11-15T22:33:21.053" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/46400/e-books-and-e-book-readers?referrer=q45QmjlvgpFXXXrT0S5BhA2&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/xq4RB.png&quot; alt=&quot;We need you!&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastActivityDate="2012-11-15T22:33:21.053" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-11-15T22:33:21.053" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5394" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-11-16T08:51:00.237" Score="-1" ViewCount="64" Body="&lt;p&gt;I noticed that the tag which relates to my question isn't available and I can't create it coz of low rep. So like editing tag wikis, can we have suggesting tags so that we don't have to wait till we get required rep?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sorry if this question seems out of tune as I'm new on meta.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="99229" LastActivityDate="2012-11-21T09:26:37.353" Title="Can people with low rep (&lt;300) at leaste suggest tags without asking someone else to create them?" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5395" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5394" CreationDate="2012-11-16T11:49:47.717" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is such a small issue, as the number or new tags being created on the site is so low as most topics are already covered in a tag. If you really want a tag to be created and don't want to bug anyone just simply put it at the bottom of your post&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;Also tagged: [blah]&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Someone will edit that tag in or remove your line if it's not a &quot;good&quot; tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2012-11-16T11:49:47.717" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5397" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-11-16T16:50:31.747" Score="1" ViewCount="36" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/4102/does-ask-ubuntu-support-the-unity-webapps-feature&quot;&gt;Does Ask Ubuntu support the unity webapps feature?&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One of the new features in Ubuntu 12.10 is &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.webupd8.org/2012/09/unity-webapps-available-in-ubuntu-1210.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;WebApp support&lt;/a&gt; for certain websites. In this way, sites can be pulled up in the dash like regular applications and gain integration with the default Unity shell.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are there any plans to add support for this feature to Ask Ubuntu?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="18612" LastActivityDate="2012-11-16T16:50:31.747" Title="Will Ask Ubuntu become a Unity WebApp?" Tags="|feature-request|webapps|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2012-11-16T17:15:51.247" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5399" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5401" CreationDate="2012-11-18T04:32:55.463" Score="2" ViewCount="76" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can somebody please explain why my question was closed? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/143115/how-to-disable-pin-on-sim-card&quot;&gt;How to disable PIN on SIM card&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At first I've thought that it might be because asking for workarounds may not be allowed on askubuntu as suggested in &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/5305/should-questions-seeking-workarounds-for-bugs-allowed&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/5305/should-questions-seeking-workarounds-for-bugs-allowed&lt;/a&gt; (which by the way I think is a poorly documented policy).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However since that cannot be the case as my question asks for the removal of the PIN prompt by &lt;em&gt;any&lt;/em&gt; means and not only by the means of storing the PIN within the NM. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is a fixed bug about NM which asks for a PIN being prompted despite it being stored reported &lt;a href=&quot;https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/704123&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. That bug is very specific about removing the prompt. My question was about removing the PIN altogether, although removing the prompt would be acceptable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However there is no bug report about being able to remote the PIN from the SIM card entirely, which was part of my question. And if there was a bug then what package would that even be. It is, if anything a missing feature...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hence I am really puzzled on what rule I may have broken so that the my question was closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Was it a mistake on behalf of the mods, or is there something else that I have overlooked and should watch out for in future?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Update&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have edited the question now in order to avoid further confusion about &quot;Preventing the PIN prompt in Ubuntu&quot; against &quot;Removing the PIN on the SIM Card using Ubuntu&quot;. The question is really about the latter, while the former would also solve my problem but that is covered by the bug report.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="49920" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2012-11-19T09:22:23.957" Title="Why was my question closed?" Tags="|support|close-reasons|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5400" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5399" CreationDate="2012-11-18T04:49:56.233" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Simply, because we can't fix it.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;If there was a workaround I would expect to see it in the bug report.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Bugs need to be posted on Launchpad, and If you find a Bug that has allready been posted there, Click on the &quot; This bug affects ## people. Does this bug affect you?&quot; link.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastActivityDate="2012-11-18T04:49:56.233" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5401" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5399" CreationDate="2012-11-18T05:35:03.093" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;That questions was closed because it appears to askiing workaround for a bug, Now the question looks better after the edit&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I voted for reopen&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Update&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;question is reopened,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="39372" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-11-19T09:22:23.957" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5402" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5405" CreationDate="2012-11-18T14:07:22.087" Score="2" ViewCount="107" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm seeking a community consensus on this question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ubuntu Gnome Remix is not an official Canonical sanctioned Ubuntu variant - community maintained.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGNOME/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGNOME/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However in recent months - this has been given major prominence - the projects aim is to &lt;em&gt;seek official recognition&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGNOME/ReleaseNotes/12.10&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGNOME/ReleaseNotes/12.10&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://jeremy.bicha.net/2012/10/06/ubuntu-online-accounts-and-gnome/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://jeremy.bicha.net/2012/10/06/ubuntu-online-accounts-and-gnome/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To my mind, this distro is in a similar to where Lubuntu was a few year back until it was recently granted official - but community maintained status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thus - is there sufficiant interest here on Ask Ubuntu, to view questions about UGR as on-topic or off-topic?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14356" LastActivityDate="2012-11-18T15:07:03.447" Title="Are software issues about Ubuntu Gnome Remix on-topic or off-topic?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5403" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5402" CreationDate="2012-11-18T14:26:01.603" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Playing the devil's advocate here. I might not necessarily subscribe to what I just said here&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Ubuntu GNOME remix should be considered on-topic.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They are no more off-topic than Cinnamon desktop environment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I may add, Linux Mint is off-topic but Cinnamon DE installed via a PPA is on-topic primarily because software running on Ubuntu is considered on-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just like that, Ubuntu GNOME remix is just software running on Ubuntu. All that happened was the ISO got remastered and gnome-shell was made the default desktop environment instead of Unity. They are still essentially software on Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ubuntu GNOME remix is NOT a different distribution altogether to be off-topic. While it is not yet considered an official flavour, what difference is there between someone installing the remix and someone installing gnome-shell on top of Vanilla Ubuntu?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-11-18T14:26:01.603" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5404" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5402" CreationDate="2012-11-18T14:47:19.207" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;My comments only represent myself and not representing anyone else.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ubuntu GNOME Remix should be considered on-topic.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Reasons:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ubuntu GNOME Remix is made up of packages that exists in main, restricted, universe or multiverse repos. It's meta, default-settings and such appear on universe repos. The lead developer, Jeremy Bicha, is a Ubuntu Desktop developer and a big guy in the Documentation Team and has made quite a good distro. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ubuntu GNOME Remix is certainly trying to get Ubuntu Technical Board's approval to become an official distro. Before the approval I think it is good to let people ask about the distro here, so that we can certainly see how the distro is working, and will not suddenly cause too many questions flooding in when the distro is approved.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;In my view it is that if the distros have their own repos and such, they should not be allowed here. However a distro made up of completely packages from the four &quot;big&quot; Ubuntu repos are certainly acceptable. &#xA;Here comes my question though: Should distros made up of Personal Package Archives in Launchpad be discussed here? I think not so.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So final conclusion: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;If a distro is made up of only main, restricted, universe and multiverse contents, they should be allowed to be discussed in here, since they were a part of Ubuntu. Henceforth UGR should be allowed here too.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="84117" LastActivityDate="2012-11-18T14:47:19.207" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5405" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5402" CreationDate="2012-11-18T15:07:03.447" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, it should not. We've drawn a line in the sand and we'll have to stick to it. Once it becomes officially recognized, if it does, then we can allow future questions from that point on as on-topic but previously asked questions should remain closed as it'll be impossible to tell what has changed in that given time between &quot;officially&quot; recognized and now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2012-11-18T15:07:03.447" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5406" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="828" CreationDate="2012-11-19T14:27:51.863" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Jorge Castro already posted an excellent answer above. Here are my suggestions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Edit, edit and edit. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Add a new answer / update existing answer for currently supported releases.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Update screenshots.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Flag invalid answers.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="39372" LastEditorUserId="25798" LastEditDate="2012-11-20T05:59:32.940" LastActivityDate="2012-11-20T05:59:32.940" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5407" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-11-20T10:06:06.877" Score="1" ViewCount="36" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3919/tags-related-to-languages&quot;&gt;Tags related to languages&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It has came to my notice that there are some language / country specific tags floating around (actually, there are a lot of posts using them).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/chinese&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;chinese&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;chinese&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/japanese&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;japanese&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;japanese&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/korean&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;korean&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;korean&lt;/a&gt; are the 3 quickest examples I can find.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To my idea tags should point to a specific subject, concise and consistent (not ambiguous) and useful so that the people following them can easily find related posts and help or be helped.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would say those tags are useless and the posts created with them should be covered by the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/internationalization&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;internationalization&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;internationalization&lt;/a&gt; tag with some other that better focuses the issue, ie: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/fonts&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;fonts&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;fonts&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ibus&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ibus&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ibus&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/keyboard-layout&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;keyboard-layout&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;keyboard-layout&lt;/a&gt;, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should we keep those and allow them to exist or clean them? Why? Who are they helping there?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastActivityDate="2012-11-20T10:06:06.877" Title="Are language specific tags needed?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="0" ClosedDate="2012-11-20T11:37:56.953" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5408" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-11-20T12:41:59.617" Score="1" ViewCount="85" Body="&lt;p&gt;Referring to: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/15314/debian-stable-vs-ubuntu-lts-for-server&quot;&gt;Debian Stable vs Ubuntu LTS for Server?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This seems to be considered a valid question by the diamond mods (at least I conclude that from looking at the highest rated answer), but I'd like to know why?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My first reaction would be to consider this not a &lt;code&gt;practical, answerable question[]&lt;/code&gt;: it's asking for an opinion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &quot;mod&quot; answer starts with&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Well I don't see why people are making a fuss about the quality of the question. It's clearly a decision that lots of developers will want to weigh up before deploying.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(&lt;em&gt;shouldn't that be somewhere else by the way? that's a bit meta, not really part of the answer is it?&lt;/em&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While I agree that having a question/answer pair to help us with this problem would be great, but wouldn't you want to have something more real? I could imagine a question like &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I need to make this decision: what are the differences concerning Foo and Bar between Ubuntu and Debian, and how will they affect me?&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;would have serious  use, but the question as it stands reads &quot;what is better&quot;, and together with&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I keep switching back and forth, and I need to decide so I can recommend one or the other to a client. Right now, I think I am going to choose Debian Stable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(no support for decision, no reasonings, arguments one way or the other etc) it seems like a weak question to me. Why the need for specifically defending this question in an answer? What did I miss?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11120" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2012-11-21T01:13:55.590" Title="What is the reason behind 'support' for this question" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5409" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-11-20T13:02:06.580" Score="7" ViewCount="81" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Though this should have been set by the moderators, I like to appreciate all people by making this meta question&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Today is November 2012, and it's Ubuntu Community Appreciation Day!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UCADay&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UCADay&lt;/a&gt; for details.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Ubuntu is not just an Operating System, it is a whole community in which everybody&#xA;collaborates with everybody to bring to the life a wonderful Human experience. When you&#xA;download the iso, burn it, install it and start to enjoy it, you know that a lot of &#xA;people made magnificent efforts to deliver the best Ubuntu OS possible.&#xA;&#xA;For all the effort exerted, for every minute of the year, some gave of their time &#xA;talent or treasure. There's the Ubuntu Community Apreciation Day, when everybody --&#xA;whether user, developer, or non-developer contributor anyone who gives a hand making&#xA;Ubuntu what it is today -- everybody takes a moment to thank someone for their&#xA;contribution. Every contribution counts! Take time to say, &quot;Thank you!&quot; &#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So what can you do then in this day in AskUbuntu?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First of all, if you thought you have some questions answered but you haven't marked it as answer or upvoted, do so. It's a better way to get the answerer warmth inside his heart that he has made Ubuntu ever so slightly better.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Secondly, you can go to the chatroom in &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/201/ask-ubuntu-general-room&quot;&gt;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/201/ask-ubuntu-general-room&lt;/a&gt; (if you have enough rep) to thank the people, especially the moderators. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The moderators have been very busy keeping this site running, and I'd like to thank @Oli, @MarcoCeppi, @jrg, @fossfreedom, @BrunoPereria, @StefanoPalazzo for their hard-working support to make this website the best as it can be.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thirdly, try posting on social websites about UCADay and thank the guys who helped you there. Quite a good channel to do some thanksgiving~&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, let me thank everybody who have either asked or answered a question here at AskUbuntu. You guys rock!!!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="84117" LastActivityDate="2012-11-20T13:02:06.580" Title="Ubuntu Community Appreciation Day" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2012-11-22T11:09:25.973" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5410" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5408" CreationDate="2012-11-20T13:09:19.210" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;You  refer a lot about &quot;mod&quot; as if that entitled anyone with super duper automatic instant up votes or rights over what stays or not on site.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Just a quick note:&lt;/em&gt; Oli was elected moderator in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/election/1&quot;&gt;Feb '11&lt;/a&gt;, look at the date on the answer and you will see that anything he wrote there, he did it as a normal user and whatever comments he did on the question had nothing to do with what you see him doing as a moderator.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;(Moving on)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That question was made when the site was just launched, things are much better defined and re-defined over these 2 years. Some questions existing on that time would not be accepted now a days because they involve discussion aspects more fitted for forums or other social media.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even so, having a look at it and comparing it with some border edge questions we have here I would say it is acceptable to at least try to answer it. It may sound confusing but if you focus on the title instead of the body of the question: &lt;strong&gt;Why would you choose Ubuntu LTS for Debian Stable as a server?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What would you say is the biggest difference between those?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That was answered by Oli on a good fashioned manner defending his point of view:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I think the prime consideration and comparison between debian stable and an Ubuntu LTS is security and general package updates.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;He further explains release lifetime from both LTS and Debian Stable and chooses the one he thinks would fit best his requirement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That is a great answer to a silly simple question. Got up votes because of it. If you dont agree that a release lifetime is something to worry when comparing possible server candidates feel free to show your anonymous appreciation by voting it down.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;**&lt;code&gt;My personal 5 cents on this post&lt;/code&gt; **&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It really makes not difference. I mean, even if 5 people would agree here and close that post as NRAQ, its still a good answer. We can delete everything in it but apparently it had 10k views in 2 years. Its old, it came when the site is young, its answered on a good way. I would not do anything to it and leave it just the way it is...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2012-11-20T13:14:26.407" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5411" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4099" CreationDate="2012-11-20T16:58:43.443" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can flag the question with the  brief description of supporting arguments. Moderator will review the question&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have further doubts, you can ask in meta(here) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="39372" LastActivityDate="2012-11-20T16:58:43.443" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5412" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5413" CreationDate="2012-11-20T20:05:38.930" Score="0" ViewCount="37" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've just noticed that one of my questions has been merged with another question. I've no problem with this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However the text of the other question doesn't seem to match the question title and therefore it doesn't match my question either.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;i've already got the answer I wanted so no problem but I think its a bit confusing if others see it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/41057/install-xulrunner-2-0&quot;&gt;Install XULRunner 2.0&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;the other is here &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/43517/how-do-i-install-xulrunner&quot;&gt;How do I install XULRunner since it&amp;#39;s a requeriment for Pencil?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15061" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2012-11-20T20:17:01.047" Title="Possibly bad merge" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5413" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5412" CreationDate="2012-11-20T20:17:01.047" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;While the body text of the question is slightly different, the answer applies to both you and the poster. That's why it was merged.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2012-11-20T20:17:01.047" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5414" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5408" CreationDate="2012-11-21T01:13:55.590" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The question isn't perfect but it is very clear on what it wants. Pick whether Ubuntu LTS or Debian Stable is better for professional deployment and explain why.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately people on the whole are allergic to the word &quot;better&quot;. They see it and shriek on about subjectiveness and the lack of ability to answer something without bias — you're doing something similar here — but as my answer highlights, this particular question can be answered. Ubuntu LTS has very clear advantages as a platform.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My intro paragraph is trying to highlight that a distro-comparison is something that real world people will have interest in, &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;iff&lt;/strong&gt; there's a decent answer&lt;/em&gt;. Hindsight has shown this question to be popular so while it might not be the very model of a modern major-general, popular interest (real or theorised) can trump the rules... They're more what you'd call &quot;guidelines&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And my ♦ means nothing in the dizzying world of answers. As Bruno pointed out, I didn't have it back then but even if I did, it wouldn't have made my answer any more or less correct.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And to be clear: I think it's fair to question why this question went the way it did (it's good to know these things when you're joining the story after a couple of years) but I don't think there's any need for action here. I'd do things the same way today.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2012-11-21T01:13:55.590" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5416" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-11-21T17:44:35.117" Score="1" ViewCount="39" Body="&lt;p&gt;Should we be closing, flagging, or both closing and flagging questions that are off-topic per the faq?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, here's one on Backtrack :&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/220243/backtrack-gui-crashes-after-mousklick&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/220243/backtrack-gui-crashes-after-mousklick&lt;/a&gt; .&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's currently in the review queue for closing. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8844" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2012-11-29T10:31:50.160" Title="Close as off-topic and/or flag for migration?" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5417" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5416" CreationDate="2012-11-21T18:01:05.877" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Closing, yes absolutely. As for migration, if it's a &lt;em&gt;good&lt;/em&gt; question it can be considered for migration. Otherwise we don't want bad questions (crap) migrated to us so we will not migrate &quot;crap&quot; questions to other sites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2012-11-21T18:01:05.877" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5418" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-11-21T21:33:30.057" Score="14" ViewCount="554" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/desktop&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;desktop&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;desktop&lt;/a&gt; is something we all use, unless you want to specifically refer to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/server&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;server&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;server&lt;/a&gt; (as in, I dont have a desktop, this is a server) most questions will be directly related to it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That renders the tag useless to anyone following it. It, by usage, proves to be useless to exist. Still many users use it to describe the most awesome issues with their systems and it proves hard to keep track and clean all the posts in the site that use it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I want the community to think about and let us know your opinion on blacklisting permanently the tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do you think it is useful, or do you find any need to keep it around? Or can we blacklist this so we have no more need to keep on cleaning it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastActivityDate="2012-11-28T11:16:47.447" Title="Desktop tag must go!" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5419" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5430" CreationDate="2012-11-22T06:50:38.320" Score="2" ViewCount="88" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm loged in with facebook open id. I can post questions and answers. I can edit my profile and I see my login name and reputation point at the top of the page. But when I try to vote I get &quot;Please login or register to vote for this post.&quot; message.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75407" OwnerDisplayName="Predictor" LastActivityDate="2012-11-27T10:52:58.607" Title="Why I can't vote for questions and answers on askubuntu.com?" Tags="|discussion|login|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5420" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5419" CreationDate="2012-11-22T07:05:52.920" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;You should make sure that it is not because of insufficient reputation. You need 15 reputation to vote, and you get rep when someone upvotes your question or answer. Go and answer some questions, get some upvotes, then you should be able to up and down-vote for yourself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="108356" OwnerDisplayName="George Gorski" LastActivityDate="2012-11-22T07:05:52.920" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5421" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-11-22T13:29:48.433" Score="2" ViewCount="71" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm often presented with a list of answers where one &lt;em&gt;just barely&lt;/em&gt; is the best answer, so I give it a checkmark.  Is there anything to do with the two other good and &lt;em&gt;useful&lt;/em&gt; answers besides voting them up to make clear to readers that they should check those out, too?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="52599" LastActivityDate="2012-11-22T14:06:13.080" Title="What's good practice when given too many good answers?" Tags="|discussion|best-practice|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5422" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5421" CreationDate="2012-11-22T14:06:13.080" Score="3" Body="&lt;h1&gt;The Canonical* Answer&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So you've got a solution to your query but it took a combination of the answers provided to reach a solution. Start off by detailing what you did, provide credit (with links) and block quotes to the other &amp;quot;solutions&amp;quot; provided. From there continue going in to details and whatever else it took to get to your solution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As an alternative you can select the best answer already there and edit it to make it &lt;em&gt;the best&lt;/em&gt; answer to your question. Which route you choose is really up to you and how much work is involved but the result is the same, you now have a super high quality answer to your question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But why stop there? You may have had a very specific question with regards to a particular feature, function, or problem. Sometimes the solution isn't even related to that feature, function, software, or problem but a larger problem instead. For instance, this question about &amp;quot;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/43517/revisions&quot;&gt;Pencil&lt;/a&gt;&amp;quot; based on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/41086/41&quot;&gt;answer&lt;/a&gt; for that question you can see it has nothing to do with Pencil at all but rather just installing XULRunner on Ubuntu. Based on that information you can broaden the scope of the question to make a fantastic canonical question which later users can find and be linked to.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;* Not Canonical the company, the adjective of canon&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-11-22T14:06:13.080" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5423" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-11-21T09:25:06.823" Score="1" ViewCount="60" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been communicating with AskUbuntu for a few weeks on Windows while I brought my Ubuntu internet connection up to speed. Now that I am up and running on Ubuntu, I would like to use my same account, but StackExchange says it does not recognize my email address, clearly displayed in my Windows StackExchange account.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Plus, it has been very difficult to create a new account on this Firefox Ubuntu browser.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe when I post this, I will be up and running because it asks for my email in order to post this question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user109664" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2013-01-30T06:56:57.213" LastActivityDate="2013-01-30T06:56:57.213" Title="AskUbuntu does not recognize my account email" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5424" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5418" CreationDate="2012-11-22T15:01:51.920" Score="6" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Let's Do It.&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;echo desktop|sudo tee -a /etc/stackexchange/askubuntu/config/tags/blacklist&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It appears that it is too meta and adds not much information, if at all any, to the question. There should be no harm in blacklisting it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="45659" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-11-28T11:16:47.447" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5425" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5418" CreationDate="2012-11-23T04:16:12.090" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;I could kinda see this working specifically for questions on &quot;desktop environments&quot; - but obviously those are the minority.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/M2qer.png&quot; alt=&quot;burninated&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've removed the tag - if it re-appears, we can blacklist it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12845" LastActivityDate="2012-11-23T04:16:12.090" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5426" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1730" CreationDate="2012-11-23T13:29:32.010" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just to give a graphical expression to what &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/users/22665/grace-note&quot;&gt;Grace Note&lt;/a&gt; said before in a comment: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Let's say I want to search &quot;flash&quot; in my own posts:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;click own username and in the search field already appears user id&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/vmui0.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;just put the search term beside that&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/kohmU.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=user:47206%20flash&quot;&gt;there&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; you go!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, this works for other users: clicking their name displays their id in the search field, just add the term you want beside to see their posts on that .&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user47206" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2012-11-23T13:42:46.577" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5427" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5356" CreationDate="2012-11-23T13:49:11.973" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have very rarely seen any need to copy-paste one of my previous answers onto a new question, but there have been occasions, and on those occasions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If it's a significantly long answer, I'll often say at the top &quot;Please permit me to copy-paste from one of my [other answers](link):&quot;  I don't feel obliged to do this, I do this just as a courtesy and to reassure anyone who might think I'm trying to pull a fast one.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Often the question will be slightly different to the other one, so I'll edit (or totally rewrite) the copy-pasted answer anyway, just to make it more relevant.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I only do it with my own anwsers, not other people's.  If I need to refer to someone else's answer from another question, I'll do what you would typically do when linking to anywhere: include a link and a relevant, but not substantial, quote from the original.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54256" LastActivityDate="2012-11-23T13:49:11.973" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5428" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5429" CreationDate="2012-11-23T17:29:02.917" Score="5" ViewCount="153" Body="&lt;p&gt;I &quot;pulled the trigger&quot; on a question that was an 'exact duplicate' however, I realized that I had NOT copied the &lt;strong&gt;correct&lt;/strong&gt; duplicate to show the example. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The incorrect example was now shown in the comment box at the bottom of the question. OOPS! So, now to correct this fu-pa I can delete my own comment....DONE! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not so easy. The closed vote remained.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I reconcile the closed vote or is it up to the community to over-ride this mistake. Should it be reported as a mistake and/or flagged for a review? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="46312" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-11-29T10:31:19.427" LastActivityDate="2012-11-29T10:31:19.427" Title="Closed vote remains after comment was deleted" Tags="|discussion|vote-to-close|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5429" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5428" CreationDate="2012-11-23T17:35:55.043" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;There's no retracting a close vote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, it will expire in its own time (48 hours? can't remember exactly). If you think your vote will wrongly encourage people to vote against something, leave a comment explaining why you think it should stay open (eg, why it isn't a dupe).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But either way, people shouldn't be blindly voting to close things. If a miscarriage of justice does happen, it only takes one flag for a moderator to re-open something.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2012-11-23T17:35:55.043" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5430" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5419" CreationDate="2012-11-23T23:34:08.657" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Not only do you need more reputation, but you also don't have a registered account (with askubuntu--I see you have a registered account with SO). Even if you acquired enough rep, you'd still need to register (to vote). It is explained in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq#login&quot;&gt;FAQ&lt;/a&gt; (regarding registration) and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq#reputation&quot;&gt;this part of FAQ&lt;/a&gt; (regarding reputation and what you can do with your rep points).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you do decide to register, you only need 15 points to up-vote. (It is explained &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/vote-up&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="71616" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2012-11-23T23:43:30.193" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5431" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-11-24T01:53:52.903" Score="3" ViewCount="133" Body="&lt;p&gt;I saw the &quot;Does upvoting a comment add to the commenter's reputation&quot; question already, but seriously: this seems like a bug, not a feature.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are questions to which there is no answer, but there is a comment.  When that comment is of seriously informational value (either to readers or to the OP) and many upvotes are given, that should result in increased reputation.  I could understand it being a lower amount of reputation (similar to an edit?  +2 instead of +10?) but it seems like it encourages value-free &quot;answers&quot; to give rep for answers but none at all for comments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="77050" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-11-29T10:27:47.270" LastActivityDate="2012-11-29T10:27:47.270" Title="Why don't &quot;useful comment&quot; results give reputation?" Tags="|discussion|comments|reputation|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5432" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5431" CreationDate="2012-11-24T02:04:15.487" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;Besides comments are second class citizens, and get blown away at will, without warning, and on a whim. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If a comment is useful, then it belongs in an answer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastActivityDate="2012-11-24T02:04:15.487" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5433" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5431" CreationDate="2012-11-24T17:31:37.083" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;jrg is correct!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If people are posting good information in comments then they're using the site wrong, comments are for prodding information out of people and &quot;meta work&quot;. Good content is supposed to be in answers so that it can be peer reviewed and voted on so we can keep making it better, you can't really do that with answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you run into a comment that is useful, take it and make an answer out of it!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="235" LastEditDate="2012-11-24T17:51:01.457" LastActivityDate="2012-11-24T17:51:01.457" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5435" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5437" CreationDate="2012-11-25T10:06:44.093" Score="24" ViewCount="552" Body="&lt;p&gt;Recently we see edit suggestions that mainly format text with a lot of markup that to my opinion do not always increase but sometimes reduce the clarity of a post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;People do have a different view on how much formatting is of benefit (I myself like to use it rather often) but there is a certain limit above of which a text will be too spotted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When too much of markup is added by an edit suggestion we may also be faced with people refusing this edit just because of this and thus we may lose otherwise helpful other improvements.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;When &lt;strong&gt;we&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;format&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; we &lt;code&gt;do&lt;/code&gt; so to &lt;em&gt;HIGHLIGHT&lt;/em&gt; &lt;s&gt;all&lt;/s&gt; parts &lt;strong&gt;of the text&lt;/strong&gt; or make &lt;sub&gt;other parts small&lt;/sub&gt; or &lt;sup&gt;float above all&lt;/sup&gt;.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;h1&gt;Is this&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;really&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/sub&gt; needed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;or &#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.askubuntu.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;not?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When would adding markup be worth to justify an edit?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3940" LastEditorUserId="5" LastEditDate="2012-11-30T06:29:16.423" LastActivityDate="2012-11-30T06:29:16.423" Title="How much markup is tolerated?" Tags="|discussion|editing|markdown|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5436" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5435" CreationDate="2012-11-25T12:17:23.453" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I agree that too much bold and italic type has been used for some suggested edits, and that the resulting question or answer is harder to read. I think it is better that we spend time to improve the quality of the posts, and not just dress them up by simply highlighting words. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even though I usually reject edits with too much markup, I have decided now that if I come across an otherwise legitimate edit spotted with markup, I will simply edit it out and then confirm the edit. However, if the edit has too much markup and is too minor anyway, it should still be rejected.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In cases where there was too much markup in a suggested edit, we can leave a note saying why we have 're-edited' it to remove some of that decoration. Then we won't lose valuable contributions and if the user who proposed the edit looks at the edit history, he will understand.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is not to say we are the final arbiters of style; it is a subjective thing, but rough style guides do already exist across the network. See, for example,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/89/style-guide-for-questions-and-answers&quot;&gt;Style guide for questions and answers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user76204" LastEditorDisplayName="user76204" LastEditDate="2012-11-25T12:34:32.780" LastActivityDate="2012-11-25T12:34:32.780" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5437" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5435" CreationDate="2012-11-25T13:24:20.170" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;Hmm, I've usually seen this going the other way. Some new users splatter their whole post with random formatting and there's an edit to strip it back down.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The simple answer is only very little formatting is really required. Emphasis (italic or bold) can usually be replaced by cutting down the verbosity of a post, or breaking it down with logical whitespace.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The big ticket items that are globally acceptable:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Wrapping things in code blocks&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Fixing images and links and lists with proper markdown&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If somebody is adding something else, I'd really question the justification for it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If they're making it look like your example, I'd be voting against it and probably talking to moderators to report vandalism. Of course there's an invisible line for what's aceptable. Use your discretion to decide whether it's okay, needs further improvement or needs reporting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2012-11-25T15:34:15.757" LastActivityDate="2012-11-25T15:34:15.757" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5438" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-11-25T16:08:25.857" Score="0" ViewCount="63" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm curious (and a little aggravated) as to why you would close a users question as too &quot;localized&quot;?  Here I am, looking to solve the same problem and the answer is closed.  Why not let user questions be addressed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/112601/why-access-is-denied-to-windows-users-when-saving-files-in-a-dir-shared-with-sam&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/112601/why-access-is-denied-to-windows-users-when-saving-files-in-a-dir-shared-with-sam&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user110606" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2012-11-29T10:30:54.417" Title="Why close questions?" Tags="|discussion|close-reasons|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5439" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5438" CreationDate="2012-11-25T17:15:39.020" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;That question is closed because it's impossible to answer without any new information from the poster, so it's basically abandoned. The question in its current state isn't really helping anybody, so it's closed. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Feel free to just ask a new one!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2012-11-25T17:15:39.020" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5440" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5443" CreationDate="2012-11-25T19:28:02.887" Score="5" ViewCount="176" Body="&lt;p&gt;Something I have noticed a lot is that new users with 1 rep ask a question and never appear on the site again.  Good answers are posted, but the question stays &quot;unanswered&quot; forever.  Often, these are perfectly good questions (I just came from &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/191072/how-to-restore-grub2-after-failed-burg-installation&quot; title=&quot;Restoring GRUB2&quot;&gt;this one&lt;/a&gt; and actually used it for recovering my system) so they don't have any grounds to be closed.  What should be done with these?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You might want to consider:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(a) Adding an &quot;abandoned&quot; flag so that a mod can come in and somehow accept the answer &lt;em&gt;for&lt;/em&gt; the leaver OR&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(b) Adding a system for voting for an answer to be accepted, so that if someone comes across an obviously answered but abandoned question, they can vote for it to be marked as answered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Preemptive clarification:  Not a duplicate of asking or encouraging new users to accept answers.  I'm talking about is people who never come back to AU.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="37700" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2012-11-29T10:30:12.217" Title="Forcing &quot;leavers&quot; to accept an answer" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|accepted-answer|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5441" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5435" CreationDate="2012-11-25T19:33:57.807" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;In my opinion, there is a very simple &quot;Ask Ubuntu's Razor&quot; here: if it's more clear and easy to read after the edit, approve it.  Otherwise, reject it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's as simple as that.  Clearer? Accept.  Not clearer?  Reject.  No need to make it more complicated than that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="77050" LastEditorUserId="77050" LastEditDate="2012-11-26T01:18:49.347" LastActivityDate="2012-11-26T01:18:49.347" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5442" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5440" CreationDate="2012-11-25T19:58:07.197" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's impossible to really force anyone to accept an answer, especially if they bail. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That answer has 4 upvotes, so as far as the community is concerned it's a good answer, it has enough votes to no longer show up as unanswered in the system so what problem are we trying to solve?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(TLDR; we don't need people to accept answers, if you see something awesome, vote!)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See here for more info on how accepting answers works:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2008/09/ok-now-define-answered/&quot;&gt;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2008/09/ok-now-define-answered/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, what to do about this? Well, you can certainly mine the site for &quot;abandoned&quot; questions by searching by date, or clicking on &quot;unanswered&quot; at the top of the site. The reason there's no tag for this is because it'd be more work to tag this stuff than it would be to either answer it, improve it, or vote on it. I have a set of queries that I've been sharing with people here: &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1340/our-answered-rate-keeps-plummeting-ideas-to-improve-this&quot;&gt;Our answered rate keeps plummeting, ideas to improve this?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And then I go through those questions and try to answer, improve, vote, and so on. So when someone abandons a question we as a community can still improve and vote on it's relative worth to others. Another way is to start helping reviewing posts on the site for quality: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.jorgecastro.org/2012/04/22/improving-user-support&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.jorgecastro.org/2012/04/22/improving-user-support&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Good luck and happy voting!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="54298" LastEditDate="2012-11-27T12:15:02.473" LastActivityDate="2012-11-27T12:15:02.473" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5443" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5440" CreationDate="2012-11-25T20:05:28.440" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;I disagree.&#xA;Primarily, there is no such thing as an &quot;obviously abandoned question&quot; - or rather: when do we draw the line?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Secondly, I don't really see a point in forcing questions to be accepted. It may not be what the person who asked the question was looking for (i.e. incorrect answer for the specific case), for instance. Also: There is no real benefit for the person who gets the accepted answer (or any person looking for the correct answer) over, say, masses of upvotes as it is a great - and most likely valid - answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Long story short: Answers should only be accepted when they actually solve the problem in a way the person who asked was looking for. Thus, noone else can determine &quot;this answer is the one that's correct!&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="98085" LastActivityDate="2012-11-25T20:05:28.440" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5444" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-11-25T20:52:15.003" Score="17" ViewCount="653" Body="&lt;p&gt;Meaning, is Canonical directly involved?  I see a few Canonical employees here (hi Jorge!), was just curious whether Canonical itself actually runs or supports Ask Ubuntu, or if it's purely &quot;community&quot; only.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="77050" LastEditorUserId="77050" LastEditDate="2012-11-25T21:30:40.417" LastActivityDate="2015-11-22T17:08:22.553" Title="Is Ask Ubuntu &quot;official&quot; Ubuntu?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5445" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5444" CreationDate="2012-11-26T16:08:50.103" Score="23" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Not directly.&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu is and always will be a community run website on the Stack Exchange network. From what I've gathered, Stack Exchange and Canonical have entered a trademark agreement to use the &amp;quot;Ubuntu&amp;quot; name in the URL, to my knowledge nothing else exists in that agreement that mandates Canonical having &lt;em&gt;direct&lt;/em&gt; involvement in the site. To some extent we're much like how the Ubuntu Forums are run, in the community does all the management. Moderators (here) are elected by the community members and for the most part we govern ourselves and follow the community guidelines that Canonical has set forth for the Ubuntu Project as a whole&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-11-26T16:08:50.103" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5446" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5447" CreationDate="2012-11-26T19:00:44.153" Score="0" ViewCount="106" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/684/linux-mint-and-other-unofficial-derivatives-on-topic&quot;&gt;Linux Mint (and other unofficial derivatives) - on topic?&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am terribly sorry for the newbie question ,but since Linux Mint is ubuntu based I.suppose this place is also dedicated to discussion related to Mint. Am I right?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="50011" OwnerDisplayName="Elysium" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.087" LastActivityDate="2012-11-26T20:59:13.103" Title="Can questions related to Linux Mint asked here?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2012-11-26T20:59:56.300" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5447" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5446" CreationDate="2012-11-26T19:07:43.820" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't think so.  Though Linux Mint is based on Ubuntu, it is popular enough (see &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.linuxmint.com/about.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;the home page&lt;/a&gt;) that it is the fourth most popular operating system.  Thus, it should probably be considered separate from Ubuntu.  In addition, Linux Mint is not maintained or supported by Canonical and thus probably does not belong here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This question also might be better suited to &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/&quot;&gt;meta&lt;/a&gt;, but regardless it is an interesting thought.  Maybe it should be a meta community discussion?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="37700" OwnerDisplayName="WindowsEscapist" LastActivityDate="2012-11-26T19:07:43.820" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5449" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5419" CreationDate="2012-11-27T10:33:09.757" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your username at the top of the page is updated dynamically, whilst the rest of the page is not. You are looking at a &lt;a href=&quot;http://webdesign.about.com/od/caching/qt/what-is-a-web-browser-cache.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;cached&lt;/a&gt; version of the page. You need to refresh the page (&lt;kbd&gt;F5&lt;/kbd&gt;) in order to be able to vote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, &#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/vote-up&quot;&gt;voting up requires 15 reputation&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/vote-down&quot;&gt;voting down requires 125&lt;/a&gt;. You don't have sufficient reputation to be able to cast votes. Refreshing the page will remove the &quot;please login&quot; message, but you will have to earn more reputation in order to be able to vote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="109949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2012-11-27T10:52:58.607" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5451" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5452" CreationDate="2012-11-27T23:10:56.607" Score="0" ViewCount="36" Body="&lt;p&gt;If there are old posts, or posts that have been unanswered for a certain amount of time, will they be resubmitted automatically after a while?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="95261" LastActivityDate="2012-11-28T01:11:54.517" Title="Will old posts be reposted?" Tags="|discussion|questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5452" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5451" CreationDate="2012-11-28T01:11:54.517" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, the community user will bump older questions about every hour. Though ideally the best way to bump your question is to add more information to it, share your research, and so on. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2012-11-28T01:11:54.517" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5453" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-11-28T13:09:37.923" Score="12" ViewCount="376" Body="&lt;p&gt;I flagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/56300/what-is-a-torrent-and-how-do-i-use-it/223010#223010&quot;&gt;this answer&lt;/a&gt;, and questions by this user on SU, SF, UL and here - he has had a clear pattern of similar posts with minimal content, linking back to the site. This sort of breaks the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq#promotion&quot;&gt;self promotion rule&lt;/a&gt; and seems flaggable to me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I &lt;em&gt;only&lt;/em&gt; worked this out cause I remember seeing the domain somewhere else, and finding this through a SE wide search. The decline reason is &quot; declined - flags should only be used to make moderators aware of content that requires their intervention &quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Well, I'd consider this spam, and as such chose to flag it. If it isn't, at what point do we consider somewhat pointless SEO attempts (since new users have nofollow tags on links) to be spam and not?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17681" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Spam Flag declined.. exactly what *is* the line?" Tags="|discussion|flagging|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5454" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5453" CreationDate="2012-11-28T13:50:59.217" Score="7" Body="&lt;h3&gt;My take on this.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Spam is where a post does not bear a close enough relationship to the question posed, just provides links to irrelevant external material - and/or looks like self promotion to an owners website.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It appears at first glance to be on-topic &amp;amp; relevant.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/21823/what-constitutes-spam&quot;&gt;What Constitutes Spam?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The link in the answer seems to have some relevance to the question being asked i.e. The link provided is to an article with relevance to the question posed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thus to the Self-promotion issue - this should really have a pattern to this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Having asked other MoDs from other sites (yes we have a room for just MoDs) - I just got blank looks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can only surmise the reason for deletion of answers from other sites was that there was indeed a pattern to the person.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On AU there doesnt appear to be a pattern of &lt;em&gt;self-promotion&lt;/em&gt; (yet).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thus, I dont believe this falls into the spam category.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The standard comment text would apply though:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Welcome to Ask Ubuntu! Whilst this may theoretically answer the question, it would be preferable to include the essential parts of the answer here, and provide the link for reference.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14356" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-11-28T23:30:09.593" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5455" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-11-29T07:48:25.103" Score="0" ViewCount="48" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1746/how-can-one-retract-or-undo-a-flag-on-a-post&quot;&gt;How can one retract or undo a flag on a post?&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I had used the &lt;code&gt;it needs ♦ moderator attention&lt;/code&gt; flagging option asking for moderator to close this &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/101030/apache-virtualhost-keeps-pointing-to-default-directory&quot;&gt;question&lt;/a&gt;, as I has asked it in past (when I was using Ubuntu 11.10), but now don't know the exact answer. But after some time I found that the posted answer is actually correct, as that is the setup I use in my current Ubuntu version(12.04) which works fine. So, how can I take back my request for moderator attention, or ask them not to delete that question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11932" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2012-11-29T10:25:33.773" Title="How can I take back my request for moderator attention" Tags="|discussion|support|flagging|moderation|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2012-11-29T23:53:04.477" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5456" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-11-30T15:41:54.577" Score="1" ViewCount="64" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is there any mechanism, official or informal, to flow information generated from Ask Ubuntu into other Ubuntu help sites, like Ubuntuforums or Ubuntu Wikis?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, a Q&amp;amp;A from Ask Ubuntu to be turned into a tutorial in another site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17702" LastActivityDate="2012-11-30T16:06:52.403" Title="content flow between Ask Ubuntu, Ubuntuforums, Ubuntu Wikis" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5457" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5456" CreationDate="2012-11-30T16:06:52.403" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;All the content is licensed under similar CC licences, so moving stuff around shouldn't be a problem, just make sure you're linking to the original pages for attribution and to make sure it can be updated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Though, why copy around duplicate content instead of having it updated in one place?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2012-11-30T16:06:52.403" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5458" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5459" CreationDate="2012-11-30T16:22:41.517" Score="2" ViewCount="31" Body="&lt;p&gt;The question - &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/q/13542030/932307&quot;&gt;How to automatically restart Tomcat7 on Ubuntu on system reboots [closed]&lt;/a&gt; was closed as off-topic by community on SO. I flagged the question for moderator attention requesting it to be shifted to AskUbuntu.&#xA;The moderator declined the request and left the comment &lt;code&gt;I'm not sure its OT over there. Can you ask on their meta?&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I tried but could not find the meaning of OT? Please suggest.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="78079" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-05-23T12:39:54.233" LastActivityDate="2012-11-30T16:43:25.550" Title="Does this question fits in on AskUbuntu?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5459" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5458" CreationDate="2012-11-30T16:43:25.550" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;OT means Off-topic. From what I can tell it's On-topic for Ask Ubuntu. However, instead of requesting a migration (which doesn't get you much since there are no comments or answers) why not just re-post the question here? It'd be faster than waiting for a moderator to actually migrate it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2012-11-30T16:43:25.550" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5460" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-11-30T20:00:25.903" Score="6" ViewCount="292" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have created &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/223557/47206&quot;&gt;a question&lt;/a&gt; on how to have &quot;synonyms&quot; context menu in Libreoffice Writer. I was concerned mostly by British English so, a comment to this question was the correct answer. But in fact that answer already existed to a similar question specifically asking about English UK (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/196117/47206&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;). Only that it was not the answer that was selected as definitive in that case, while the one selected doesn't in fact work (anymore). How to confirm and highlight what the correct answer is?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user47206" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2012-11-30T20:17:52.493" Title="How to point out the real answer when another was selected by the question's author?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5461" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5460" CreationDate="2012-11-30T20:13:32.830" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;The best thing you can do is leave a comment on the incorrect answer indicating that it no longer works and vote up the correct answer. You could also leave a comment on the question for the OP - and he can verify that the new answer works and mark it as accepted if he is still around.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastActivityDate="2012-11-30T20:13:32.830" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5462" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5460" CreationDate="2012-11-30T20:17:52.493" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since the existing answer is just a link to another post that then links to some blog that is out of date, it's clearly incorrect. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As George indicates, a courtesy comment is nice, but at the end of the day if it's wrong, vote accordingly and the author will either fix it, or delete it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Personally, I think the accepted answer is not that good even when it was correct. As for your original question we should mark that as a duplicate of the original and then just concentrate on making sure the correct content floats to the top.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2012-11-30T20:17:52.493" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5463" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5464" CreationDate="2012-11-30T23:24:18.127" Score="3" ViewCount="70" Body="&lt;p&gt;Background: Just recently my Ubuntu Software Center stopped working, and after a considerable amount of searching, I found the answer &lt;a href=&quot;http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=12247838&amp;amp;postcount=13&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. I thought that this is very good knowledge, so I'm considering posting it here Q&amp;amp;A, except that I know that this site has a strict policy about bug-related problems.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Question: Is it proper to post &lt;em&gt;workarounds&lt;/em&gt; for known bugs? Or is that just as &quot;bad&quot; (for lack of a better word) as posting a bug report?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="107590" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2013-12-03T12:18:05.243" LastActivityDate="2013-12-03T12:18:05.243" Title="Posting a workaround for a bug?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5464" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5463" CreationDate="2012-11-30T23:45:04.327" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I can certainly see the usefulness of a Q&amp;amp;A on this but when it's a bug —and you know this is the case here— &lt;strong&gt;it should definitely link into a real bug report&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By all means reference the UF thread, but there &lt;em&gt;needs&lt;/em&gt; to be something on Launchpad. Then either your question or answer should reference the official bug. This means people who also have the bug can track things back and contribute to the bug fixing process (or just follow its progress in the right place).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2012-11-30T23:45:04.327" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5465" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5466" CreationDate="2012-12-01T03:00:12.190" Score="1" ViewCount="35" Body="&lt;p&gt;In &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/221601/white-border-around-icons/&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;, the person has noticed something that appears to be a bug. I first wrote an answer describing how to report a bug in the program and PPA he noticed. Then, as I noticed this problem myself, I reported it as a bug.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should I change my answer to say that this has been reported as a bug, should I just leave a comment saying I've reported it, or should I create a new answer? Or does this question need to be closed since it is an actual bug?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="109543" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2012-12-01T04:10:34.310" Title="Changing an answer after a bug has been reported" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5466" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5465" CreationDate="2012-12-01T04:10:34.310" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would just edit the answer to say something like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;EDIT:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I noticed this problem myself.  I reported it as a bug at [where ever you reported it]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While technically questions about bugs are off-topic here I think its OK in this case (could be wrong)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-12-01T04:10:34.310" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5467" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-12-01T10:45:18.380" Score="2" ViewCount="95" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have created a general question (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/223557/47206&quot;&gt;Synonyms for different languages in LibreOffice Writer?&lt;/a&gt;) that was closed as a duplicate of a very specific one (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/42850/47206&quot;&gt;How do I add English-UK thesaurus in LibreOffice?&lt;/a&gt;). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think that the reason for this was that the one asking for multiple solution got an answer that was present in the specific one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do not think that this was a good reason because a more general question cannot be a duplicate of a more particular one: unless, of course the one that seems specific is &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; in fact so, and has a solution that is general. In a such case the question/answer that just looks specific could be easily edited in order to get a general form. But clearly this is not the case for the English-UK synonyms question/answer (for some languages the  synonyms option is there just by adding languages in &quot;Language Support&quot;, for others, like French, you need a separate extension, and for others such extention is not available either - see this &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/223999/47206&quot;&gt;partial answer&lt;/a&gt;) .&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But maybe general questions like that should be &lt;strong&gt;closed and replaced with case-by-case questions&lt;/strong&gt; related to separate languages. They are either to be replaced by multiple specific ones, or they should &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; be closed as duplicate of others the domain of which they include. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What would be the correct approach? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user47206" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2013-06-08T13:01:32.260" Title="What is preferable: specific/limited or general/inclusive questions?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5469" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-12-01T12:24:09.647" Score="-3" ViewCount="113" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/149/are-we-better-off-with-a-general-unix-linux-stackexchange-site&quot;&gt;Are we better off with a general “Unix &amp;amp; Linux” stackexchange site?&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am using Ubuntu but will crosspost to Unix/Linux 100% of my questions since I can't be 100% sure it is Ubuntu specific.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So why not merge these sections?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="50183" LastActivityDate="2012-12-01T15:51:54.923" Title="Why not to merge this SE with Unix/Linux?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2012-12-01T16:16:51.627" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5470" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5469" CreationDate="2012-12-01T15:51:54.923" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Because Unix&amp;amp;Linux is a broad topic and concerns mainly about kernel and shell-scripting in general (in short, the entire &lt;strong&gt;Unix&lt;/strong&gt; domain, including Unix-like OSes).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ubuntu, on the other hand, is a Q&amp;amp;A site for all things Ubuntu i.e. problems, doubts and general help in an attempt to make Ubuntu the one of the best distros of Linux (which it has become).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The differences are philosophical and a bit sentimental(if and wherever applicable) rather than literal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also it is Ubuntu's tendency to try to rise above other distros so why not a unique Q&amp;amp;A site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="99229" LastActivityDate="2012-12-01T15:51:54.923" CommentCount="12" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5471" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="149" CreationDate="2012-12-01T16:59:53.797" Score="-4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I suggest to merge both sections. Let's vote somewhere, and beat those &quot;Ubuntu patriots&quot; liking big logos instead of clear tags.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;UPDATE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's great that you can't close an answer. So I think it is impossible that everybody don't like to discuss merging. So I suggest those ones who wish to discuss the topic to upvote me and vote my question to be reopened: &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/5473/where-to-vote-about-merging-ubuntu-and-linux-again-2-years-passed&quot;&gt;Where to vote about merging Ubuntu and Linux AGAIN? 2 years passed?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="50183" LastEditorUserId="50183" LastEditDate="2012-12-01T18:02:36.997" LastActivityDate="2012-12-01T18:02:36.997" CommentCount="7" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-12-01T16:59:53.797" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5474" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-12-01T18:14:11.357" Score="3" ViewCount="79" Body="&lt;p&gt;The Question: How does a novice distinguish a bug report from a question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I approach this as a highly relevant practical question, since it will determine the venue of a pending query I have, but I would rather have this clarified for others as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's the skinny.  The rest is just justification for re-asking what seems to be a not-quite-clearly-asked-and-clearly-answered parliamentary question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks in advance!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Louis&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;==========================================&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Motivations, in increasingly ranting order :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Jorge Castro suggested that the FAQ be updated to clarify the distinction between bug reports and questions.  I agree, and believe that 'don't post bugs' needs some exposition for those who don't know the difference on their own (like me, or new users).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I do not want to accidentally waste anyone's time, be it the Ask community's or the Launchpad community's.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I assume Ask Ubuntu is a better first place to post than a program developer's bug site, when in doubt - but I don't know if this is strictly true, from a tech-forum cultural standpoint.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I often assume I don't know enough to 'make it work' rather than declare that I do know enough to pass judgement on one-in-particuar of a vast interrelated system of programs and then say it to an author's face, and usually find out that the former is true.  My guess is, this is also the case for almost anyone beginning their walk with Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The original scope of a question may not suggest any one particular solution at all, such that what the community may at first see as 'that's how you do it, it's just broken' may become, to another subset, 'oh, I had that problem too.  Here's a workaround', ultimately even, over time, to the community response being, 'That's already been asked and learn how to do a search,' thereby educating new users how simple the issue is, when two months ago it was an insurmountable bug.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The first time I was told I should report an issue as a bug, I felt all tingly.  Think how exotic that idea must be to a non-tech user when they're told, &quot;It's not you, it's your machine.&quot;  Should it be an off-hand slap in the face, or an empowering liberation of the electromechanical soul?  &quot;If Desmond Tutu can do it, so can you!  Ubuntu!&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/14726/what-constitutes-a-bug&quot;&gt;What constitutes a bug?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="96333" OwnerDisplayName="Louis Carole" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2012-12-01T22:45:18.493" Title="How do I know it's a bug before I ask for advice?" Tags="|discussion|launchpad|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5475" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5474" CreationDate="2012-12-01T22:45:18.493" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;You usually don't know. Here's the guidelines I use:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Is the software malfunctioning or broken? Probably a bug.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Is the question about how to use the software? Probably not a bug. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Is the question about software that might be working fine and is just misconfigured? Could go either way.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Figuring out the 3rd one is hard, but from my experience anything with the words &quot;frozen&quot;, &quot;crash&quot;, &quot;worked until there was an update&quot;. Most inexperienced users can't define what a bug is or even report it, so they probably ask here and then we just close it and point them in the right direction. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some of these posts are indeed workarounds, but to me they're sort of a necessary evil, especially the ones about wireless where there's crazy voodoo, things like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/broadcom&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;broadcom&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;broadcom&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Either way this isn't a bug tracker, we're not equipped to look at people's logs and data submissions, and I routinely spend (too much) time closing out half-written bug reports on the site instead of answering questions about Ubuntu. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2012-12-01T22:45:18.493" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5476" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5477" CreationDate="2012-12-01T23:00:17.333" Score="3" ViewCount="261" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm wondering why the upvote/downvote count is hidden from everybody with less than One Thousand Reputation. This seems fairly arbitrary, and is really useless in the end, as scrutiny of the person's timeline can reveal the exact vote count.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've heard rumors that this somehow helps inhibit spam, or something like that, but I really see no point. A spam-bot could easily send a crawler through the person's profile page, but it would be much, much harder for a living, breathing human being to comb a page for data.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Why, then, do we do this? The only thing that it does is annoy real human beings who are just curious about a question's popularity.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I will probably have to whip up a Javascript script (for people who use Greasemonkey or equivalent,) to simulate having that privilege. I think it's ridiculous, though, that we have to go through such an annoying process just to answer a quick burst of curiosity. I hope this is amended soon.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="95681" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Why is the upvote/downvote count hidden from everybody with &lt;1000" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|privileges|votes|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5477" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5476" CreationDate="2012-12-01T23:49:31.677" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;tl; dr&lt;/strong&gt;: This is for performance. If you want to use a userscript, there's one &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackapps.com/q/3082/10634&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is for performance reasons in the Stack Exchange engine. If you look at the schema seen under &lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/ubuntu/query/new&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://data.stackexchange.com/ubuntu/query/new&lt;/a&gt;, you will see that posts have a &lt;code&gt;Score&lt;/code&gt; column, but not one for upvotes and another for downvotes. Therefore, getting vote counts means doing:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;SELECT COUNT(* FROM Votes WHERE PostId=1337)&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;or something, not just:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;SELECT Upvotes, Downvotes FROM Posts WHERE PostId=1337&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;. Clearly, the first query is more expensive since it will most likely use a clustered index scan instead of a very fast, specific seek. Why the separate vote counts aren't stored in the database, I don't know. For 200,000 questions, it would only take &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/747/show-total-votes-or-up-down-votes/1007#comment3522_1007&quot;&gt;16 MB more space to store these vote counts&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also see &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/747/show-total-votes-or-up-down-votes/1007#1007&quot;&gt;this answer by Jeff Atwood&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/69852/why-is-it-a-privilege-to-view-vote-counts&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54298" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:46.307" LastActivityDate="2012-12-01T23:49:31.677" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5478" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5476" CreationDate="2012-12-01T23:51:02.387" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;There's no good reason, as far as I know. The data is accessible through the API, so yes, it would be comically easy to set a UserScript up for this functionality.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would assume this limit is here to serve as a carrot. A lot of the site gets its benefits by &quot;gameification&quot; of otherwise dull aspects. Review is turned into a game. Writing good answers gets you experience, I mean reputation and that earns you privileges. A downside of that is there are occasionally things that have to be held back to serve as that incentive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this case, just as there's little point in holding the feature back for 1k users, it does little harm to those users who haven't earnt it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2012-12-01T23:51:02.387" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5479" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-12-02T14:30:52.740" Score="3" ViewCount="81" Body="&lt;p&gt;The other night I suggested several edits to remove the word &quot;Ubuntu&quot; from titles as was suggested in a tip here (&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/830/editing-tips-and-tricks&quot;&gt;editing-tips-and-tricks&lt;/a&gt;). Now, edit is faded out under questions for me and tells me &quot;Account is not allowed to suggest edits&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I go under my account and select privileges, when I hover over &quot;edit questions and answers&quot; it states 2000 reputations are required. Does this include suggesting edits? If so, why was it changed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have made many edit suggestions since I've been here and would like to continue. Can someone tell me why suddenly I can't anymore?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="43594" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.087" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Has rep required to edit questions been increased?" Tags="|discussion|support|suggested-edits|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5480" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5479" CreationDate="2012-12-02T15:24:44.910" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;What happened was you suggested quite a number of minuscule edits that only edited out &quot;Ubuntu&quot; from the question title and ignored / overlooked the question body that did need quite some improvements as well. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, I and others had to review the edits based on their merits, meaning significant efforts to improve the post were approved and other lazy attempts were either outright rejected or improved upon and marked as unhelpful. For example, compare your &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/57110&quot;&gt;suggested edit&lt;/a&gt; against &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/revisions/223549/3&quot;&gt;what I ended up editing it into&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since too many of your edits were rejected too soon, your ability to suggest edits has been &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/81681/why-is-the-edit-button-disabled/81701#81701&quot;&gt;temporarily revoked for a week&lt;/a&gt; or so. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When you are able to suggest edits, I would suggest you try to really improve the quality of the post instead of just removing &quot;Ubuntu&quot; from the title. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And regarding edit privileges, the reputation requirement has always been at 2000 rep but you do have the ability to suggest edits without the edit privileges.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2012-12-02T15:24:44.910" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5481" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5859" CreationDate="2012-12-02T08:20:17.467" Score="20" ViewCount="262" Body="&lt;p&gt;I m starting to have lot of favorite questions in my AskUbuntu account.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;So it takes me some time to search and find a Question in my favorites.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;knowing that these questions have tags (like ATI, Wine, USB, UNITY, ...),&lt;br&gt;&#xA;is there a way to sort my favorite questions ?&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;or is there a way to perform a query search in AskUbuntu specifying that I want to search only in my favorite questions?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Something like this would be perfect:&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/9nuAy.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="32413" OwnerDisplayName="Boris" LastEditorUserId="32413" LastEditDate="2012-12-14T21:27:55.003" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="How to search in the favorite questions in AskUbuntu account?" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|bookmarks|search|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5482" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-12-03T07:13:58.300" Score="4" ViewCount="106" Body="&lt;p&gt;I took a 2 week vacation, back now, and when I went to log in on the desktop it no longer works in Firefox. It was working fine before, so something changed in the last 14 days. As my desktop computer was switched off, unused, it is most likely something with how the StackExchange login works.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I click the 'Log in with StackExchange' in Firefox, the expected login fields no longer display:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/wJYDH.png&quot; alt=&quot;login entry fields missing&quot;&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Login with Chrome works fine, though it is not my preferred browser. Login with an Android mobile phone works fine as well.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The other four options (Google, Facebook, Yahoo &amp;amp; Launchpad) appear to work correctly, but as I have not associated them with my login account I cannot use them.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In Firefox, I use NoScript and have previously white-listed this domain plus stackauth.com, and stackexchange.com. Disabling the extension does not fix the issue. Third-party cookies are allowed.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's probably something simple I'm missing, but how do I get StackExchange login working again in Firefox? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12864" LastEditorUserId="39372" LastEditDate="2012-12-03T10:44:45.443" LastActivityDate="2012-12-03T10:44:45.443" Title="'Log in with StackExchange' option in Firefox not working for me" Tags="|support|bug|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="7" ClosedDate="2012-12-05T20:54:08.970" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5483" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5484" CreationDate="2012-12-04T06:50:37.477" Score="4" ViewCount="69" Body="&lt;p&gt;I wanted to edit this &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/225258/apt-get-install-does-not-work-gives-the-same-error-every-time-e-unable-to-loca&quot;&gt;question&lt;/a&gt; for giving some sanity to it, but saw that the &lt;code&gt;Edit&lt;/code&gt; feature is seen disabled. Why is it so?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;N.B: I can edit other questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Image:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;code&gt;Edit&lt;/code&gt; feature is shown disabled (highlighted in red):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/F5m7B.png&quot; alt=&quot;edit button disabled&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11932" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Why is edit question feature unavailable?" Tags="|discussion|support|editing|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5484" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5483" CreationDate="2012-12-04T07:13:59.240" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you did read the tooltip over the disabled edit button, it would have told you there is a pending suggested edit waiting to be reviewed. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyway, I have reviewed the suggested edit and you should now be able to edit the question if you want to.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See also:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/81681/why-is-the-edit-button-disabled&quot;&gt;Why is the edit button disabled?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2012-12-04T07:21:37.210" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5485" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-12-05T06:34:19.153" Score="6" ViewCount="292" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm logged into Ubuntu one. Is it possible to link my other accounts using my Ubuntu one login? I have several email and forum accounts and I wish to link all of them instead of having to login to each one every-time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user112775" LastEditorUserId="46312" LastEditDate="2012-12-06T04:13:31.877" LastActivityDate="2012-12-06T04:13:31.877" Title="Are Ubuntu One and AskUbuntu linked in anyway?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5486" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7907" CreationDate="2012-12-05T13:09:56.990" Score="0" ViewCount="255" Body="&lt;p&gt;There does not appear to be a &quot;shell&quot; tag! I realize that AskUbuntu is fairly GUI and newbie oriented but having no tag for one of the landmarks of Unix and Linux systems is frankly ridiculous. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am not sure if I have enough Karma to edit or create new tags. I would appreciate if this  omission can be remedied promptly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit: There is a need for a generic shell tag to cover questions regarding shells in general without committing the user to a particular implementation. For eg:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which config file to modify to affect the login shell of all users? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the difference between a login shell and an interactive shell?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes even the dreaded:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which shell should I use?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;P.S. To users voting up or down on this thread please consider adding a comment to explain your vote and opinion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="36515" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2013-12-25T02:41:31.627" LastActivityDate="2013-12-25T19:04:05.170" Title="There is no Shell Tag?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5487" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5486" CreationDate="2012-12-05T13:21:39.443" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;What is wrong with using &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/bash&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;bash&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;bash&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/zsh&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;zsh&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;zsh&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/sh&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;sh&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;sh&lt;/a&gt;...?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If a question is too generic or opinion based ie: &#xA;&lt;em&gt;what is in your opinion the best shell?&lt;/em&gt;, then probably it does not really belong on the site. Being specific on what you are asking plays a really big role on the answers you will get on the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Never seen a user ask &quot;Can you help me with this generic shell script&quot;. Probably he/she will ask &quot;Can you help me with this (sh,bash,zsh...) issue?&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But then again, if necessary you can create your question and flag it for a moderator to review and add or remove tags as you decide it would be best, but if the tag is too generic, ie: a user following &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/zsh&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;zsh&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;zsh&lt;/a&gt; might not be interested in following &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/bash&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;bash&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;bash&lt;/a&gt;, or similar, then probably your request will be ignored (not necessarily, we are open to suggestions).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After you gain some reputation on the site, you will have the chance to suggest and vote on the creation of new tags.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastEditorUserId="25863" LastEditDate="2012-12-05T13:26:45.407" LastActivityDate="2012-12-05T13:26:45.407" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5488" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-12-05T18:20:46.937" Score="4" ViewCount="270" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just do the normal way of making a question but always says 'It does not meet our quality standards.' is there something wrong about my writings?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="112438" LastEditorUserId="46312" LastEditDate="2012-12-06T04:10:53.167" LastActivityDate="2012-12-06T04:10:53.167" Title="Why do I always get &quot;It does not meet our quality standards&quot;" Tags="|discussion|comments|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5489" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5488" CreationDate="2012-12-05T18:32:12.710" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;The site expects certain things from posts in order to pass the quality filter. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just from scanning them; you should probably fix up some of the punctuation and capitalization of your posts and probably cut down on some of your &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_language&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;textspeak&lt;/a&gt;.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2012-12-05T18:32:12.710" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5490" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5491" CreationDate="2012-12-06T09:54:56.173" Score="8" ViewCount="191" Body="&lt;p&gt;Take this question: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/226063&quot;&gt;What are some typical uses of hard links?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I found the exact same question in the Unix&amp;amp;Linux Stack Exchange site: &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/q/20670/9041&quot;&gt;Why do hard links exists?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should I post an answer with a link to this question? If I do, it gets converted automatically to a comment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Normally, we would discourage short answers with just a link. However, considering that the link is pointing to another Stack Exchange website, where answers can be edited and voted on, surely it's OK?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can't flag the question as a duplicate, because the duplicate isn't on Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2355" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:37:19.280" LastActivityDate="2012-12-10T20:33:18.377" Title="In an answer, should I link to the same question found on Unix&amp;Linux Stackexchange?" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5491" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5490" CreationDate="2012-12-06T11:43:46.243" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Answer as you normally would (with the &quot;full&quot; answer text), use the U&amp;amp;L as source.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just linking to it negates the use of the question as a Q&amp;amp;A article and thus is discouraged - even in this scenario. Stick to comments if you don't want to create a dupe, answer &quot;properly&quot; if you want it as an actual answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="98085" LastActivityDate="2012-12-06T11:43:46.243" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5492" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5493" CreationDate="2012-12-07T14:53:58.340" Score="2" ViewCount="56" Body="&lt;p&gt;What does this mean? That just one user has voted to reopen that question or that just one more vote is needed to reopen it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/318gl.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user47206" LastActivityDate="2012-12-07T15:03:14.140" Title="What does this number beside &quot;reopen&quot; option means?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5493" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5492" CreationDate="2012-12-07T15:03:14.140" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's like the &quot;close&quot; button. It means that one person has voted to reopen it/close it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastActivityDate="2012-12-07T15:03:14.140" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5494" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5490" CreationDate="2012-12-07T16:14:15.343" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm just going to answer your question with a link to the best answer of an identical question: &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/1766/95681&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/1766/95681&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not really. :P&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Basically, you need to answer their question, then cite the source. The important thing is that &lt;em&gt;your answer needs to answer their question&lt;/em&gt;. Citing sources is recommended (1, it's a good practice; and 2, the user might need more detail than you provided,) but, when answering their question, &lt;strong&gt;answer their question&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you see a  link-only answer, then you basically have 2 options:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Downvote theirs, and post your own answer. (If you don't know anything about the question, look at the link that was posted. Then, you can sound like an expert while &lt;em&gt;actually&lt;/em&gt; previously knowing nothing and gaining from the very answer that you downvoted. &gt;:)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Suggest an edit to theirs.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="95681" LastActivityDate="2012-12-07T16:14:15.343" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5495" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-12-09T10:43:48.133" Score="5" ViewCount="139" Body="&lt;p&gt;Google+ has recently rolled out &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.google.com/+/learnmore/communities/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Communities&lt;/a&gt;. Will there be a Community for Ask Ubuntu? Would it be a good idea, and if so, how should it be used?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is already an &lt;a href=&quot;https://plus.google.com/b/107921963368679288414/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Ask Ubuntu Fan Page on Google+&lt;/a&gt;, but this would be different. Pages and Communities allow for different kinds of interaction, and some projects I've seen on Google+ have both a Page and a Community.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="18612" LastActivityDate="2012-12-09T14:33:47.157" Title="Will there be an Ask Ubuntu Google+ Community?" Tags="|discussion|community|google+|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5496" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5495" CreationDate="2012-12-09T12:30:04.943" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Well, I've made a community here: &lt;a href=&quot;https://plus.google.com/communities/115855603775061567076&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Ask Ubuntu G+ Community&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'll add all the moderators as moderators there. I need permission from @JorgeCastro to make it official&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Discuss on how to use it&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17722" LastActivityDate="2012-12-09T12:30:04.943" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-12-09T12:30:04.943" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5497" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5495" CreationDate="2012-12-09T14:33:47.157" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;We already have a Google+ Page, Chat, Meta, and IRC Channel, and several others. I don't see how adding a Google+ Community will really. In addition due to trademark policies we'll never be able to have an &quot;Official Ask Ubuntu Community&quot; on G+ since it's a Stack Exchange property (hence the Ask Ubuntu Google+ &lt;em&gt;Fan&lt;/em&gt; page). IMO it's best to just join the Ubuntu Google+ community and discuss there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In addition, this just becomes another noise box. IMO, it would be FAR better to create a sub-topic under the Ubuntu Community for Ask Ubuntu. That way the entire Ubuntu G+ community doesn't have to join yet-another-community on Google+. That being said I would ONLY want this to be a sub-topic on the Ubuntu Community if there was actual &lt;em&gt;real&lt;/em&gt; demand for it. Not just want, but a demand. The same reason I've given for why we shouldn't have an Ask Ubuntu blog, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2012-12-09T14:33:47.157" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5498" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5499" CreationDate="2012-12-09T18:25:55.320" Score="1" ViewCount="77" Body="&lt;p&gt;Background: I was asking a question about &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/223879/is-wireless-ltsp-possible&quot;&gt;Wireless LTSP&lt;/a&gt;, and while I received two answers that seem like they might work, I have no way of testing them right now (but I should a little bit later).  I know you shouldn't ask theoretical questions on askubuntu (or at least, I don't &lt;em&gt;think&lt;/em&gt; you're supposed to), but I needed to know the answer to my question to determine if it was even worthwhile pursuing LTSP.  I originally put the bounty on because my question had been lost in the depths of askubuntu, and I used the bounty to draw a little more attention to it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Question: Is it alright to not award a bounty, even if they're good answers? And if it is, would it be polite to award a new bounty later once I have determined the best answer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I feel kinda bad since I don't have any good way right now to determine the better answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="107590" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2012-12-09T21:00:45.930" Title="Is it alright to not award a bounty?" Tags="|discussion|bounty|etiquette|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5499" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5498" CreationDate="2012-12-09T21:00:45.930" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;There isn't a way to &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; award a bounty.  If you don't do it manually, it will go to the answer with the most votes when it expires.  This is a good thing, I mean, it would defeat the point of bounties if they didn't get awarded and just 'hung in mid air' after they expired.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, since you don't know which answer is right, the one with the most votes is what &lt;em&gt;other&lt;/em&gt;  people think the correct, and therefor probably is.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just remember to come back and accept the right answer after you've tested them&#xA;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2012-12-09T21:00:45.930" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5500" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-12-09T22:20:16.063" Score="-2" ViewCount="56" Body="&lt;p&gt;Feature request:  It would be nice if some time in the future we could accept multiple answers per question.  (You don't need to read the rest)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Recently I asked a question about converting temperature output to Celsius within my conky setup &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/226994/37700&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.  What I didn't know was that there were two ways to do it - one with a native Conky option and another with bash.  They were both great, prompt answers, and most importantly &lt;strong&gt;were equally valid&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What would be really nice is if (far in the future) one could split the reputation between two or more answers.  I know that the reputation isn't that important and an upvote is almost as much rep anyway, but I wouldn't want anybody to think that there is only one way to do it (that only one of the answers is valid).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="37700" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2012-12-09T23:14:46.543" Title="&quot;Splitting&quot; an answer" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2013-01-05T10:03:47.177" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5501" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5500" CreationDate="2012-12-09T23:14:46.543" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think there is a best answer for the asker.&#xA;And for other good answers which are not the chosen ones there is the upvote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="112610" LastActivityDate="2012-12-09T23:14:46.543" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5502" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5503" CreationDate="2012-12-10T05:42:24.223" Score="18" ViewCount="618" Body="&lt;p&gt;ubunt2.com is copying our content without &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/06/attribution-required/&quot;&gt;proper attribution&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Example:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/29733/no-bios-no-video-after-ubuntu-updates&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/29733/no-bios-no-video-after-ubuntu-updates&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubun2.com/question/893/no_bios_no_video_after_updates&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;http://www.ubun2.com/question/893/no_bios_no_video_after_updates&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't see backlinks anywhere on the page nor an indication that the content is even &lt;em&gt;from&lt;/em&gt; Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Perhaps one of the moderators can send them a polite email indicating that the content requires attribution. If that doesn't work, we could try going after their hosting provider (which is apparently &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.rackspace.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Rackspace Hosting&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2012-12-10T12:51:34.427" Title="ubun2.com is blatantly ripping off Ask Ubuntu content" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5503" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5502" CreationDate="2012-12-10T12:30:34.560" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;There &lt;em&gt;may&lt;/em&gt; be copyright issues but it's not clear, certainly not blatant. The post may have been cross-posted and the site might actually get the thousands of users it claims to get. Who knows. My point is that is a gloomy and unknown path.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The good news — if you consider the site a stain on the internet — is that it's clealy in breach of several things (assuming lack of permissiokn) that mean it could be blown up:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Use of the Ubuntu logo &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Use of the Ubuntu name. &quot;Ubun2&quot; is phonetically the same, and that's good enough for trademarks.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Cyber-squatting on a trademark means ICANN can &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.icann.org/en/help/dndr/udrp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;seize the domain&lt;/a&gt; and hand it over to Canonical.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But only Canonical (the trademark and domain owners) can deal with this. Make sure to let them know via their &lt;a href=&quot;https://forms.canonical.com/trademarkviolation/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;trademark violation notification form&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit: If you're into that sort of thing, it's comically easy to find out almost everything about the chap who owns the domain, including place of work, phone numbers, Google plus account (and public photos) and the other 131 domains that they own.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2012-12-10T12:51:34.427" LastActivityDate="2012-12-10T12:51:34.427" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5504" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-12-10T12:49:34.323" Score="28" ViewCount="2302" Body="&lt;p&gt;As it is December 2012, we are now going to reset our Community Promotion Ads for the new year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;What are Community Promotion Ads?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Community Promotion Ads are community-vetted advertisements that will show up on the main site, in the right sidebar. The purpose of this question is the vetting process. Images of the advertisements are provided, and community voting will enable the advertisements to be shown.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Why do we have Community Promotion Ads?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a method for the community to control what gets promoted to visitors on the site. For example, you might promote the following things:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;cool Ubuntu applications&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the site's Twitter account&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ubuntu scripts or power tools&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;cool events or conferences&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;anything else your community would genuinely be interested in&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The goal is for future visitors to find out about &lt;em&gt;the stuff your community deems important&lt;/em&gt;. This also serves as a way to promote information and resources that are &lt;em&gt;relevant to your own community's interests&lt;/em&gt;, both for those already in the community and those yet to join. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Why do we reset the ads every year?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some services will maintain usefulness over the years, while other things will wane to allow for new faces to show up. Resetting the ads every year helps accommodate this, and allows old ads that have served their purpose to be cycled out for fresher ads for newer things. This helps keep the material in the ads relevant to not just the subject matter of the community, but to the current status of the community. We reset the ads once a year, every December.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The community promotion ads have no restrictions against reposting an ad from a previous cycle. If a particular service or ad is very valuable to the community and will continue to be so, it is a good idea to repost it. It may be helpful to give it a new face in the process, so as to prevent the imagery of the ad from getting stale after a year of exposure.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;How does it work?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The answers you post to this question &lt;em&gt;must&lt;/em&gt; conform to the following rules, or they will be ignored. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;All answers should be in the exact form of:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;[![Tagline to show on mouseover][1]][2]&#xA;&#xA;   [1]: http://image-url&#xA;   [2]: http://clickthrough-url &#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please &lt;strong&gt;do not add anything else to the body of the post&lt;/strong&gt;. If you want to discuss something, do it in the comments.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The question must always be tagged with the magic &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/community-ads&quot; class=&quot;post-tag moderator-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;community-ads&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;community-ads&lt;/a&gt; tag. In addition to enabling the functionality of the advertisements, this tag also pre-fills the answer form with the above required form.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Image requirements&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The image that you create must be &lt;strong&gt;220 x 250 pixels&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Must be hosted through our standard image uploader (imgur)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Must be GIF or PNG&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;No animated GIFs&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Absolute limit on file size of 150 KB&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Score Threshold&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is a &lt;strong&gt;minimum score threshold&lt;/strong&gt; an answer must meet (currently &lt;strong&gt;6&lt;/strong&gt;) before it will be shown on the main site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can check out the ads that have met the threshold with basic click stats &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/ads/display/5504&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22665" LastActivityDate="2013-11-01T00:16:55.323" Title="Community Promotion Ads - 2013" Tags="|discussion|community-ads|" AnswerCount="26" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2013-12-06T10:09:56.980" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-12-10T12:57:07.253" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5505" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5504" CreationDate="2012-12-10T12:50:52.950" Score="43" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://twitter.com/askubuntu&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/WUPlx.png&quot; alt=&quot;Help this community grow -- follow us on twitter!&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22665" LastEditorUserId="47291" LastEditDate="2013-04-14T00:15:55.537" LastActivityDate="2013-04-14T00:15:55.537" CommentCount="5" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-12-10T12:57:07.253" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5506" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5504" CreationDate="2012-12-10T13:37:35.700" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://2buntu.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/6sqiu.png&quot; alt=&quot;Ubuntu news for human beings&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17722" LastEditorUserId="1992" LastEditDate="2013-07-23T06:55:12.670" LastActivityDate="2013-07-23T06:55:12.670" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-12-10T13:37:35.700" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5508" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5504" CreationDate="2012-12-10T13:38:44.313" Score="17" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://juju.ubuntu.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/hxTTo.png&quot; alt=&quot;Juju, Isn&amp;#39;t it Charming.&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17722" LastActivityDate="2012-12-10T13:38:44.313" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-12-10T13:38:44.313" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5509" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5504" CreationDate="2012-12-10T13:39:15.373" Score="22" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://unity.ubuntu.com/getinvolved/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/zlY0b.png&quot; alt=&quot;Unity : Join the revolution.&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17722" LastEditorUserId="47291" LastEditDate="2013-10-31T02:44:15.373" LastActivityDate="2013-10-31T02:44:15.373" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-12-10T13:39:15.373" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5512" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5504" CreationDate="2012-12-10T13:41:26.877" Score="36" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://omgubuntu.co.uk&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/2ijrs.png&quot; alt=&quot;Everything Ubuntu. Daily.&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17722" LastActivityDate="2012-12-10T13:41:26.877" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-12-10T13:41:26.877" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5513" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5504" CreationDate="2012-12-10T13:41:59.013" Score="21" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://plus.google.com/107921963368679288414/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ewXR2.png&quot; alt=&quot;Ask Ubuntu on Google+&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17722" LastActivityDate="2012-12-10T13:41:59.013" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-12-10T13:41:59.013" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5514" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5504" CreationDate="2012-12-10T13:42:38.563" Score="33" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.webupd8.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/EoEH7.png&quot; alt=&quot;WebUpd8 - Ubuntu / Linux news and app reviews&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17722" LastActivityDate="2012-12-10T13:42:38.563" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-12-10T13:42:38.563" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5515" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5504" CreationDate="2012-12-10T13:43:18.160" Score="41" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://launchpad.net/+tour/index&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/GioOg.png&quot; alt=&quot;Launchpad&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17722" LastEditorUserId="25798" LastEditDate="2012-12-11T05:29:35.780" LastActivityDate="2012-12-11T05:29:35.780" CommentCount="4" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-12-10T13:43:18.160" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5516" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5504" CreationDate="2012-12-10T13:43:44.683" Score="20" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.reddit.com/r/ubuntu&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/qA8DM.png&quot; alt=&quot;The Ubuntu Subreddit: Ubuntu news. All of it.&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17722" LastActivityDate="2012-12-10T13:43:44.683" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-12-10T13:43:44.683" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5518" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5504" CreationDate="2012-12-10T13:46:15.753" Score="23" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://apps.ubuntu.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/0VHa8.png&quot; alt=&quot;Find new apps&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17722" LastActivityDate="2012-12-10T13:46:15.753" CommentCount="2" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-12-10T13:46:15.753" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5519" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5504" CreationDate="2012-12-11T00:56:53.757" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://launchpad.net/nitroshare&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/m61fK.png&quot; alt=&quot;A network file-sharing application that makes sending a file to another machine on the local network as easy as dragging-and-dropping.&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastEditorUserId="5" LastEditDate="2013-02-11T00:53:50.470" LastActivityDate="2013-02-11T00:53:50.470" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-12-11T00:56:53.757" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5520" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5504" CreationDate="2012-12-11T01:02:58.053" Score="31" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://leanpub.com/littleorangeubuntubook&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/aaIBn.png&quot; alt=&quot;Getting Started with Ubuntu can be a little dangerous - this book aims to make it easy and enjoyable.&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastActivityDate="2012-12-11T01:02:58.053" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-12-11T01:02:58.053" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5521" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-12-11T15:24:05.983" Score="0" ViewCount="38" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was looking at this question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/5485/are-ubuntu-one-and-askubuntu-linked-in-anyway&quot;&gt;Are Ubuntu One and AskUbuntu linked in anyway?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and while I am not quite sure what the questions is about, the question isn't about askubuntu per se, is it? I mean, it doesn't seem a meta-question to me.The title could be interpreted as something about askUbuntu, sure, but the contents don't even mention the site? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think it shouldn't have been migrated to meta, but it might need some cleaning up though?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11120" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.087" LastActivityDate="2012-12-11T23:23:09.213" Title="Possible invalid move to meta" Tags="|discussion|migration|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5522" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5521" CreationDate="2012-12-11T15:27:57.767" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;That's a good question, it was migrated by a vote from five other users, but it might be premature given the scant information provided by the OP. At this point I think the question is essentially &quot;lost&quot; the author hasn't been back to the site since they asked and closing it as NARQ might be the way to go.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2012-12-11T15:27:57.767" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5524" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5521" CreationDate="2012-12-11T23:23:09.213" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I thought It was about logging into Ask Ubuntu with a Ubuntu One account, and thus would be about the workings of the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sure, linking other sites with Ubuntu One might work the same... but the title leads me to believe the first goal is about using Ubuntu One and AskUbuntu. Only time will tell...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastActivityDate="2012-12-11T23:23:09.213" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5525" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5528" CreationDate="2012-12-12T06:14:48.647" Score="2" ViewCount="70" Body="&lt;p&gt;Today I got a new notification &quot;Congrats, you've gained the privilege – comment everywhere learn more&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/qb265.png&quot; alt=&quot;Screenshot of the notification&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I tried to comment on a post, but I was not able to comment on any post. After some investigation I got to know that 50 Reputation points on Ask Ubuntu is required to gain 'comment everywhere' privilege. Why am I getting this notification even though my current reputation on Ask Ubuntu is 36?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user110837" LastEditorUserId="158" LastEditDate="2012-12-13T18:37:31.483" LastActivityDate="2012-12-13T18:37:31.483" Title="Why I'm getting wrong notification?" Tags="|bug|status-bydesign|comments|reputation|notifications|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5528" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5525" CreationDate="2012-12-12T16:04:06.913" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would hesitate a guess that you were temporarily awarded an accept vote and that knocked you up to 51 rep. I believe the notifications are a simple queue so that's when the notification was pushed to your queue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When the accepted status was withdrawn, you fell back to 36 rep.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Either that or somebody voted for two answers, or four questions (or a combination of those) and retracted their votes, but it's far less likely than somebody accidentally clicking a tick.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2012-12-12T16:04:06.913" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5529" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5530" CreationDate="2012-12-12T16:58:55.930" Score="7" ViewCount="120" Body="&lt;p&gt;If I add a comment or an answer to a question, Stack Exchange sends me an email when someone adds a further comment or answer. That is tremendously useful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But sometimes I see a question to which I do not know the answer, and I would like to follow the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How do I get Stack Exchange to send me email updates when someone posts a comment or answer to such a question? (At the moment, I create a link and have to remember to visit the link regularly.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2088" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-12-13T14:11:49.200" LastActivityDate="2012-12-13T14:11:49.200" Title="How to follow a question (with Stack Exchange emails)?" Tags="|support|email|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5530" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5529" CreationDate="2012-12-12T18:03:34.217" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the preferences screen in your user account you can enable this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/chRIH.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To subscribe to a question click the star underneath the voting arrows.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See also:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3082/is-there-a-possibility-to-create-save-a-list-of-favorite-useful-questions&quot;&gt;Is there a possibility to create/save a list of favorite/useful questions?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2012-12-12T18:03:34.217" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5531" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5504" CreationDate="2012-12-13T00:16:15.077" Score="17" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://loco.ubuntu.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/9JC28.png&quot; alt=&quot;Find your Local Community.&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1859" LastActivityDate="2012-12-13T00:16:15.077" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-12-13T00:16:15.077" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5532" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-12-13T15:02:32.957" Score="12" ViewCount="110" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you look at the current community pages:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com/community&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.ubuntu.com/community&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu is mentioned in the support page in the following motivational manner:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://askubuntu.com&quot;&gt;http://askubuntu.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This is a collaboratively edited question and answer site for Ubuntu&#xA;  users and developers. It's 100% free, no registration required.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a terrible way to describe the site. But no longer must we live in mediocrity. As part of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.jonobacon.org/2012/12/09/improving-community-getting-involved-documentation/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;improving our community documentation&lt;/a&gt; we've tossed the whole site onto an etherpad and we're going to redo the content to be more awesome.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Instructions on each page are here:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CommunityWebsite&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CommunityWebsite&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Basically in the support and documentation sections we need to beef up how the community can use AU, not just point them here by a link, but point out things people can do (like Review!) to improve the quality of the site, and so on. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The etherpad pages are also in Markdown, making it easy to lift content from Meta on how-to-better-use the site and put them in a visible place. I'll be working on this on and off today, contributors more than welcome!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2012-12-13T15:02:32.957" Title="The ubuntu.com/community pages are getting a redo, need your help to represent Ask Ubuntu" Tags="|discussion|community|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5533" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-12-13T22:21:12.037" Score="0" ViewCount="49" Body="&lt;p&gt;Referring to this question: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/44418/how-to-enable-root-login&quot;&gt;How to enable root login?&lt;/a&gt; (and this &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/revisions/44418/7&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt; of that question).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is an added remark in this question which doesn't seem to belong in the the body of a question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Mod Warning: Running as root is a bad idea - You never need to do it&#xA;  but if you do you can very easily and irreparably destroy your system&#xA;  and your data.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Apart from if you think this remark is needed, the placement and method are off as far as I'm concerned. It's meta-information, and should be &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;at most&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; a comment. It doesn't belong in the question body.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, it was removed by the origional poster, and then rolled back: looks like the beginning of a small edit party?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Overall I think that, just like &quot;this is urgent&quot; remarks, that remarks like &quot;this is dangerous&quot; do not belong edited in the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;I wasn't sure if I needed to make this a meta-thing, but my flag was declined with this note:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;your flag comments are probably more appropriate on meta - suggest raise a question there with a link back to this Q.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So here we are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11120" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2012-12-14T16:02:14.610" Title="Warnings and meta information in question" Tags="|discussion|editing|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5535" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5533" CreationDate="2012-12-14T14:44:18.863" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;This was a rushed decision I was never happy with, but was out shouted about it a while ago. I think it serves to be &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1409/au-policy-on-questions-about-root-login&quot;&gt;revisited again&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my original answer when the question was raised, was to simply put a warning at the top of the &lt;strong&gt;answer&lt;/strong&gt; to warn users of potential risks, not just for root but for any other potentially harmful things. Then I realized we do potentially harmful things whenever a user runs &lt;code&gt;sudo&lt;/code&gt; and elevates their privileges. For me, I think it's &lt;em&gt;a lot&lt;/em&gt; better if there is just a comment and at best a note in the answer about why you shouldn't run as root (with a link to the question why). No different then what we've been doing with users who say they are &lt;code&gt;chmod 0777&lt;/code&gt; their web accessible directories.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd be interested to see what others think more than a year later.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2012-12-14T14:44:18.863" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5536" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5537" CreationDate="2012-12-14T17:49:03.370" Score="4" ViewCount="96" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just found out that &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/124824/something-has-gone-seriously-wrong-with-the-package-updater/124830#124830&quot;&gt;one of my answers&lt;/a&gt; has been deleted. I can't find a reason for that, there are no negative comments and my solution is (almost) identical to the one proposed in the duplicate question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So why was my answer deleted? Note that I'm asking this question not to complain, but to learn in a constructive manner.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2979" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2012-12-14T18:41:03.860" Title="Someone deleted my answer in a duplicate post, why?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5537" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5536" CreationDate="2012-12-14T18:15:13.423" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;On the site we try keeping the information &quot;under one roof&quot;, that means that if a question is a duplicate of an existing one we will close it as such.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When a question is closed as a duplicate of another there is an automatic mechanism that will redirect users to the main post automatically if they land on the duplicate via a direct link, ie: search engines and similar, but that only is true if there are no answers present on the post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since the information present on your question is already present on the main post's answers there was no need to move your answer to the main one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Resuming: the answer you created is fine, but the question is a duplicate of an existing one, we closed it, we want automatic redirection to work so we deleted your answer instead of moving it since the information present in it is the same as the information present on the main post's answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Nothing personal or that you did wrong, its just clean up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastActivityDate="2012-12-14T18:15:13.423" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5538" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-12-15T04:59:00.093" Score="0" ViewCount="53" Body="&lt;p&gt;A answer of mine at &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/215521/revisions&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/posts/215521/revisions&lt;/a&gt; was edited with several additional code tags to highlight program names. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To me it makes the question look overcrowded and drowns out the actual code posted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it just me or should this edit be reverted? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="43594" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2012-12-15T08:28:06.843" Title="Should I revert an edit (overuse of code)?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5539" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5538" CreationDate="2012-12-15T08:28:06.843" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Highlighting commands is helpfull in some pleases, and in this case at least some are helpfull: this part of a sentence (not quoted to keep the origional layout)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;progress of dd once it's running&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;can be a bit confusing. What is that word? what do you mean by that? Now you can emphasise it by making it bold, but that's a different meta-style: you are emphasising it, not saying it is something different.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By making it&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;progress of &lt;code&gt;dd&lt;/code&gt; once it's running&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is clear that it is a command you can type, and therefore somthing to 'read' in a special way. The sentence is a bit overflowing with commands as it is, but I think it's better then the alternative: non-marked &quot;code&quot; / commands in a sentence that could be confusing. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want to improve the answer you might refrase the sentances a bit to keep the repeating mention of &lt;code&gt;dd&lt;/code&gt; out of there. The sentence beginning with &quot;This will display&quot; does mention &lt;code&gt;dd&lt;/code&gt; quite a bit more then needed maybe.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But overall I think it's allright as it is now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11120" LastActivityDate="2012-12-15T08:28:06.843" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5540" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5541" CreationDate="2012-12-15T19:52:52.917" Score="6" ViewCount="68" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is it proper/accepted/correct etiquette to answer a question (for rep, bounty, etc.), but then flag it as a duplicate?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or is this considered &quot;gaming the system&quot;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="107590" LastActivityDate="2012-12-15T20:21:49.600" Title="Flagging and answering?" Tags="|discussion|flagging|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ClosedDate="2017-10-26T20:23:52.033" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5541" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5540" CreationDate="2012-12-15T20:21:49.600" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is just not good tact. By answering the question you break auto-forwarding, which means we have to go and delete your answer to repair auto-forwarding when a user clicks on the question from a search result they go directly to the duplicated question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;tl;dr this is a borderline scumbag steve move.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/pMbfE.png&quot; alt=&quot;thanks bro&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2012-12-15T20:21:49.600" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5542" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-12-16T01:37:36.433" Score="0" ViewCount="44" Body="&lt;p&gt;Checking out the FAQ and what new users normally miss when posting a question, I was wondering if it was possible to improve the FAQ to include some of the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Rule to always include what Ubuntu version the OP is using if it applies (Most times it does)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Rule to include the hardware (And in some cases the specific model) the user is using if it applies (For cases where hardware is the problem or some configuration related to it)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;More emphasis on how to Accept an answer, add a tag or use the auto complete part when typing the title of the question. Some users simply get lost in that part.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Priority to have &quot;First search in Askubuntu for your question before posting it&quot;. Most do not even search, the just go ahead and create the question. Also in the FAQ, the first part does not mention searching but goes on first explaining how to create the question. I think in my opinion, that it should first mention the search option to the user (move it up instead of having it at the end and making sure the user understands that it is more probable that his/her question already exists in Askubuntu), since most questions are already answered. A second part about this is a HOW TO use the search option in Askubuntu, including how to search for specific tags or keywords.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Send first time users to the FAQ when they want to create a question, so at least they can read some of the rules. (Do not know if this is already applied)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This might not be all, but the FAQ is in need of some love, specially beginner's love.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7035" LastActivityDate="2012-12-16T02:46:10.433" Title="Propose changes to the FAQ" Tags="|discussion|support|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5543" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5542" CreationDate="2012-12-16T02:33:47.223" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The changes I propose:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Adding the following text:&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;When asking a question, please make sure to include your version of Ubuntu, and your hardware specifications if you are having trouble with something related to hardware, video, or networking.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Please tag your question with a set of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tags&quot;&gt;tags&lt;/a&gt; that help describe the problem you are facing in order to categorize it to be easily found. For example, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/12.04&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;12.04&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;12.04&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/nvidia&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;nvidia&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;nvidia&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/xrandr&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;xrandr&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;xrandr&lt;/a&gt; is better than &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/12.04&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;12.04&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;12.04&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/freeze&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;freeze&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;freeze&lt;/a&gt;. You can search for tags on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tags&quot;&gt;tags page&lt;/a&gt; or when asking a question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/oi1zD.png&quot; alt=&quot;Searching for tags while asking a question&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Before asking a question, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search&quot;&gt;search&lt;/a&gt; and make sure it hasn't been answered already. Remember that some problems can be described in more than one set of words, like &amp;quot;Graphics hangs after startup&amp;quot; as well as &amp;quot;Video freezes once booted&amp;quot;. If your question is a duplicate, it will most likely be closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Once you have found an answer to your question, please mark your question as solved  using the grey checkmark to the left of the answer that helped you best.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Pb8bd.png&quot; alt=&quot;The accept answer button on an answer&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Images are coming...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54298" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-12-16T02:41:29.467" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5544" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5542" CreationDate="2012-12-16T02:46:10.433" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;New users get a message box, with several bullet points that already have this information and a link to the FAQ. Unfortunately we don't control the entire FAQ, merely the top section. I have a few issues with the first two of your bullets. Version of Ubuntu you're using isn't actually &lt;em&gt;that&lt;/em&gt; important, neither is hardware for the most part. In fact I think those details only apply to a small subset of the questions asked on the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With that, I agree with your next point: accepting answers isn't that obvious at first. However, the site also helps users understand that by popping up boxes from time to time to remind the user to accept an answer (for instance if an asker upvotes an answer they'll get a popup saying &quot;Did this answer your question? If so please accept it as the answer&quot;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The site searches questions as you type in the Title box when asking a new question for duplicates. The fact that people don't heed those warnings and that information leads in to my last point.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can lead a horse to water but you can't get it to drink.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2012-12-16T02:46:10.433" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5545" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5546" CreationDate="2012-12-16T03:01:38.663" Score="3" ViewCount="97" Body="&lt;p&gt;I asked &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/228398/why-does-my-desktop-file-execute-via-double-click-but-not-from-the-menu&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; a few days ago.  I got a couple of answers but nothing that worked so I added a bounty to try and get some more attention.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After placing the bounty, a user &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/228398/why-does-my-desktop-file-execute-via-double-click-but-not-from-the-menu#comment283251_229109&quot;&gt;commented&lt;/a&gt; on one of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/229109/25082&quot;&gt;original incorrect answers&lt;/a&gt; and pointed out how with a syntax adjustment, it will work.  After successfully testing his suggestion I edited the incorrect answer to reflect the comment's correction so people having a similar problem would have an easier time finding the solution.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I'd like to award the bounty to the commenter,&lt;/strong&gt; since he was the one who provided the working solution.  &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Other than suggesting he post the solution as an answer&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, is there any way to accomplish this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25082" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2012-12-16T05:15:10.810" Title="Can I give a bounty to a commenter?" Tags="|support|comments|bounty|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5546" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5545" CreationDate="2012-12-16T05:15:10.810" Score="6" Body="&lt;h1&gt;No, You can't&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can't give bounty to the system because comments are less important and it may be removed without any warning. You can award bounty if he posted it as separate answer. But since it is already answered by editing current answer there is no need duplicating it&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="39372" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-12-16T05:15:10.810" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5547" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5571" CreationDate="2012-12-16T11:11:39.323" Score="4" ViewCount="77" Body="&lt;p&gt;After reading &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/5275/if-youre-not-going-to-review-and-fix-questions-dont-use-the-review-queue?cb=1&quot;&gt;Jorge's post&lt;/a&gt; on using the review queue correctly I had a look at some of the questions and saw that &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/228250/macros-playonlinux&quot;&gt;this one&lt;/a&gt; had received one close vote and nothing else.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After adding a close vote (it's off topic, not 'too localised' IMO) I realised that I hadn't seen it in the queue for closure review.  Thinking that it would need to be flagged I added that too but I'm not sure this is correct.  Shouldn't one close vote have caused it to go to the queue for review?  Is something broken, or am I not understanding how it is supposed to work?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="65646" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2012-12-21T19:12:34.747" Title="What causes questions to drop into the 'review for deletion' queue?" Tags="|bug|status-bydesign|review|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5548" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5566" CreationDate="2012-12-16T18:40:27.807" Score="4" ViewCount="157" Body="&lt;p&gt;Beside commenting and voting are there some other means to signal an answer as definitive when the author did not mark it so?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are some older questions like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/67432/47206&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; that are useful and actual, and which have a perfect answer that is not set as definitive.  It clearly deserves to be marked as such. Is there a level of reputation that allows that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user47206" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2012-12-21T21:34:57.437" Title="Are there some decisive ways of signaling an answer to somebody else's question as definitive?" Tags="|discussion|answers|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5549" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5550" CreationDate="2012-12-17T12:43:15.250" Score="1" ViewCount="68" Body="&lt;p&gt;I noticed earlier that after you post a question, the up/down vote button is still there. Can you &quot;boost&quot; or give yourself reputation because this button is still here?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="95261" LastEditorUserId="158" LastEditDate="2012-12-18T18:14:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-12-18T18:14:34.630" Title="&quot;Boosting&quot; with reputation?" Tags="|support|reputation|votes|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5550" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5549" CreationDate="2012-12-17T13:38:55.293" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;Try it. It will give you a message saying you can't vote for your own post:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/YfFjr.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastActivityDate="2012-12-17T13:38:55.293" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5551" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-12-18T13:49:03.927" Score="1" ViewCount="39" Body="&lt;p&gt;Often enough, by the time I get a reasonable answer to a question, I've already worked around it or upgraded software far past the problem (e.g. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/139570/how-do-i-remove-all-metadata-from-a-quicktime-movie-file/&quot;&gt;I don't even own this camera anymore&lt;/a&gt;.)  That puts me in the position of not being able to test out answers to give a checkmark.  Is there a way to contact question upvoters and transfer ownership to someone still interested in the problem?  If there isn't is there a way for me to recommend it as a feature?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="52599" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2012-12-18T15:26:56.393" Title="Transferring ownership of a question" Tags="|support|feature-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5552" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5554" CreationDate="2012-12-18T15:24:31.773" Score="4" ViewCount="96" Body="&lt;p&gt;Why are askubuntu.com and meta.askubuntu.com considered as same Stack Exchange site (Same Reputation points on both site), while stackoverflow.com and meta.stackoverflow.com are considered as different sites (Different Reputation points on both sites)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user110837" LastEditorUserId="57576" LastEditDate="2022-08-20T21:40:45.557" LastActivityDate="2022-08-20T21:40:45.557" Title="Why are askubuntu.com and meta.askubuntu.com considered as same site?" Tags="|support|design|meta|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5553" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5551" CreationDate="2012-12-18T15:26:56.393" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you no longer have a vested interest in the question and it hasn't been reasonably answered (or you can no longer provide requested details). Just flag it to be closed at too localized. If someone comes along with a similar issue they'll be able to start their own question about it and follow up with it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2012-12-18T15:26:56.393" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5554" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5552" CreationDate="2012-12-18T16:18:23.730" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Because MSO is special. It was the first meta site and handles all the suggestions and bugs for the entire SE network, not just SO.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think if they had the choice to start over, they'd probably make it rep-free like the rest of SE's metas but there you go. There's no going back without annoying a load of people.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2012-12-18T16:18:23.730" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5555" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5558" CreationDate="2012-12-18T17:23:42.343" Score="2" ViewCount="38" Body="&lt;p&gt;I asked a question about a particular wifi adaptor performance. It looks like this wifi card is not well supported and probably never will be. How should I close/answer my question to let people know that there isn't a solution?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="32296" LastActivityDate="2012-12-19T02:14:28.090" Title="Dealing with an un-fixable/un-answerable question" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5556" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5555" CreationDate="2012-12-18T17:30:02.367" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If it's still an issue you can test and post you can maintain and something you want fixed, I'd consider a bounty first of all. We get a lot of questions and it doesn't take long for some things to slip off the front page and into obscurity. Putting a bounty on it means motivated people will see it for a week.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Failing the outcome of a bounty, or if it's not something you can maintain or are interested in, I'd just delete it (there should be a delete link under the question).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2012-12-18T17:30:02.367" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5557" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-12-19T01:23:01.030" Score="15" ViewCount="553" Body="&lt;p&gt;Hats have begun! As part of an attempt to spread holiday cheer, Stack Exchange has decided to do a winter hat bash.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;so, you might see something like this when you login to Ask Ubuntu today:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/e4yeU.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hats galore all around! So, go forth and earn hats.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And if you dislike hats, there is an opt-out button - just click the &quot;i hate hats&quot; link, and you won't see any hats. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastEditorUserId="14356" LastEditDate="2013-01-07T19:54:06.027" LastActivityDate="2013-01-07T19:54:06.027" Title="Stack Exchange Winter Bash has begun! Hats all around!" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5558" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5555" CreationDate="2012-12-19T02:14:28.090" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you can provide detailed information, or information with a reliable source, to indicate that the card is unlikely to work, I'd say you should post your own answer containing that information. That answers the question, and will help others with similar problems to avoid wasting their time (or at least to know what the current state of support is, before attempting to get the device to work).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We get all sorts of questions about how to get something to work in Ubuntu, and sometimes the answer is that it just doesn't work (so far). Those are perfectly good answers (&lt;em&gt;when they're correct&lt;/em&gt;), so I think yours would be too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2012-12-19T02:14:28.090" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5559" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5560" CreationDate="2012-12-19T11:06:35.333" Score="2" ViewCount="45" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can we have a significant 'Back to Ask Ubuntu' link in meta? It took me a while to find the tiny little 'main' link.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="79853" LastActivityDate="2012-12-19T14:58:23.747" Title="Make the 'main' link more visible" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5560" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5559" CreationDate="2012-12-19T11:24:13.233" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Well, usually you would get to meta only though a link directly saying &quot;meta&quot;, thus you should be aware of the fact that you're switching sites - of course this is neither the case for everyone, nor blatantly obvious.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my opinion, having this kind of - sorry to be blunt - &quot;dumb-user-fallback&quot; would be distracting. A proper explanation of meta vs main and prominent links vice-versa (i.e. right end of the menu bar contains a link to the respective other site) would be preferable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Basically:&lt;/strong&gt; Not just &quot;Back to main&quot; - embrace it directly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="98085" LastActivityDate="2012-12-19T11:24:13.233" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5561" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-12-19T11:47:24.707" Score="18" ViewCount="148" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sometimes we reject an edit for reasons not covered by the list given. Then I always give my reasons in the custom field. However ever since we need two approvals for an edit it happens that other users will later accept the edit without seeing my reject reason.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the most cases this is perfectly fine but sometimes I reject an edit rather than improve it to point a new user to existing editing practise:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Examples:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A low rep user is not yet familiar with our format style and edits terminal output as quote &lt;code&gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; rather than Tab indent &lt;code&gt;$&lt;/code&gt;. Then I tend to explain this when rejecting rather than improving the edit as the quote marks will come back, and its rather tedious to convert them back to tab indents in many cases.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A user just copy &amp;amp; pastes content to a tag wiki without giving reference to the source quoted. I feel this again is a reason to reject. I explain this shortly in the hope we will see more link to sources in the future.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Nevertheless I have the impression that my comments may not be read, be it from the original author of the edit, or from other reviewers who don't know anything about my reject or my reasons for rejecting when they had accepted an edit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hence my questions: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Are our custom reject comments prominent enough to be read? &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What happens to these comments when two other reviewers accept this edit?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How can we make them readable to other fellow reviewers?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3940" LastActivityDate="2012-12-19T11:47:24.707" Title="Who ever reads my custom message when rejecting an edit?" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5562" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5559" CreationDate="2012-12-19T14:58:23.747" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is something to this idea...maybe.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are links to meta in many posts on main...even in the FAQ. I don't think most people get to meta the first time by clicking the meta link, or that we should expect new users to know what the main link does when the first visit meta.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With that said, &lt;strong&gt;I don't think this is a big problem, as they can always go back to the main site by whatever means they got their in the first place&lt;/strong&gt; (e.g., typing &lt;code&gt;askubuntu.com&lt;/code&gt; in their address bar and pressing Enter). Only if users are going for a long time without realizing where the &lt;em&gt;main&lt;/em&gt; link is and what it does, would I think this is a real problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's a significant advantage to the &lt;em&gt;main&lt;/em&gt; link being small (which it wouldn't be, if it said &lt;em&gt;Back to Ask Ubuntu&lt;/em&gt;). This link is not used overwhelmingly often and there's no reason for it to take up more space than the other links near it. Furthermore, it would potentially take up &lt;em&gt;different&lt;/em&gt; amounts of space on different Stack Exchange sites, if it contained the name of each site. That would be confusing, and I'm not sure if it could be implemented in a way that would maintain sufficiently similar interfaces for each site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2012-12-19T14:58:23.747" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5563" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5557" CreationDate="2012-12-19T18:11:14.407" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;Finally Hats!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/FglWM.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="41" LastEditDate="2012-12-19T18:16:27.837" LastActivityDate="2012-12-19T18:16:27.837" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5564" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5565" CreationDate="2012-12-19T18:58:39.513" Score="10" ViewCount="198" Body="&lt;p&gt;How do we deal with really old questions that don't have an accepted answer or no answer at all?  I know that the 'Community User' bumps them once in a while, but is that enough?  Our answered ratio is just awful, fourth worst in the network, and I think if we had a review queue or something similar for old questions we might get more of them answered/flagged/closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What do you think? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2012-12-19T19:20:32.287" Title="Review Old Questions?" Tags="|discussion|unanswered-questions|review|old-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5565" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5564" CreationDate="2012-12-19T19:12:37.500" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've assembled a wide range of data queries that can be used to pick out questions in need of attention.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/ubuntu/query/37462/unaccepted-questions&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Questions who have at least 1 answer with no answers exceeding more than 2 votes and no accepted answer.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/ubuntu/query/82555/possibly-open-bug-reports&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Possible open bug reports&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/ubuntu/query/36927/low-quality-unanswered-questions&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Low quality unanswered questions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/ubuntu/query/48626/kill-all-abandoned-questions&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Kill ALL abandoned questions WITH FIRE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/ubuntu/query/60951/show-stupid-posts-freeze-crash-bug&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Show stupid posts&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/ubuntu/query/58132/find-high-scoring-out-of-date-software-links&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Find high scoring posts with out of date Software Links&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/ubuntu/query/40360/high-view-counts-with-no-images&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Questions whos answers don't have any screenshots but have a very high view count&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/ubuntu/query/36926/low-quality-unanswered-posts&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Low quality unanswered posts&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Each of these queries vary from posts that need help with editing, that need to be closed, that need to be voted on, or that just need answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="41" LastEditDate="2012-12-19T19:20:32.287" LastActivityDate="2012-12-19T19:20:32.287" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5566" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5548" CreationDate="2012-12-20T00:22:41.380" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can't force low rep users to accept answers.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Voting should take care of it (or asking a similar question after it appears abandoned and requesting a merge so you can accept the other answer).   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The latter is a little sketchy, but might &quot;solve&quot; the problem. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2012-12-20T00:22:41.380" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5568" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5569" CreationDate="2012-12-20T10:17:16.013" Score="3" ViewCount="87" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am pretty new to Stack Exchange Network and trying to understand how it works. In the Main Ask Ubuntu Site I had asked &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/229274/problem-resolving-many-of-the-web-pages&quot;&gt;this Question&lt;/a&gt;. I can see that it has received 15 UpVotes till now. I have also Accepted an Answer for that Question. I had also answered one of the questions for which I received 1 UpVote. So, according to the FAQs, my Reputation should have been (15 * 5 + 2 + 1 * 10 + 1 =) 88. But it shows as 56. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any limit on maximum UpVotes on Question that adds to the Reputation Score? Or, what am I missing?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="114818" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Reputation for questions that have been edited multiple times" Tags="|support|reputation|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5569" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5568" CreationDate="2012-12-20T10:35:55.437" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;You have edited your question at least 10 times, after that amount a post becomes considered volatile (rapidly changing) and will be converted to &lt;em&gt;community wiki&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/3jGqA.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Community wiki lowers the necessary reputation for other users to edit it - making it easier for other users to help you improve it - but also removes the reputation gain/loss from votes after that point.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So yes, you are getting up votes, they will count for badges, but the reputation you would get otherwise wont be present any more.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For more information on &lt;em&gt;community wiki&lt;/em&gt; posts please visit the meta section of Stack Overflow about it:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/11740/what-are-community-wiki-posts&quot;&gt;What are &amp;quot;Community Wiki&amp;quot; posts?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2012-12-20T10:35:55.437" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5571" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5547" CreationDate="2012-12-21T19:12:34.747" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is a bit of a race, but it's working as intended.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The post was enqueued, but was dealt with before anyone saw and acted on it in the close vote queue.  This was probably because of the flag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this case, almost immediately after it first entered the queue, the final close vote was cast by a moderator (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/14356/fossfreedom&quot;&gt;fossfreedom&lt;/a&gt;).  Since closed posts are immediately evicted from the close queue, it wasn't possible to see it anymore.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Additionally, since you had cast a close vote already we would never show you the post in the queue (since you couldn't act on it).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2012-12-21T19:12:34.747" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5572" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5548" CreationDate="2012-12-21T21:34:57.437" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, award the definitive answer a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/set-bounties&quot;&gt;bounty&lt;/a&gt;. You can go as low as 50 points, and the answer you prefer will have a nice orange '50' next to it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12864" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2012-12-21T21:34:57.437" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5575" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5577" CreationDate="2012-12-23T19:22:27.783" Score="3" ViewCount="162" Body="&lt;p&gt;When I asked question &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/231990/&quot;&gt;231990&lt;/a&gt;, I referred to my 10.04 installation as a &quot;custom distro&quot;, when I really meant that it had a custom connection setup for wired ethernet (using cntlm to connect to a proxy). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, people assumed that I was talking about some very different flavor of Ubuntu such as Mint or Backtrack, and closed the question as off-topic. I have since edited the question to make clear that I am in fact using Ubuntu 10.04. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How can I get the question re-opened?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9869" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2012-12-23T19:59:40.307" Title="Re-opening a misunderstood question" Tags="|support|closed-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5576" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5580" CreationDate="2012-12-23T19:58:00.427" Score="19" ViewCount="574" Body="&lt;p&gt;Originally, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/231990/54298&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; was closed due to a mis-wording, and is now in the process of being reopened. Another user &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/5575/re-opening-a-misunderstood-question#comment8043_5575&quot;&gt;pointed out to me&lt;/a&gt; that they believe that a custom kernel makes a post off-topic (while the original post &lt;em&gt;may&lt;/em&gt; have been mentioning a proxy configuration, that is beside the point). So, I would like some opinions (including discussion, and debating if necessary) of &lt;strong&gt;whether a custom kernel makes a post off-topic&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54298" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2014-09-11T12:10:52.337" Title="Do custom kernels constitute off-topicness?" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="8" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5577" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5575" CreationDate="2012-12-23T19:59:40.307" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Its re-open, not even going to touch much on the &quot;custom kernels&quot; of topic issue, but simply say I see no reason why they should considered OT.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastActivityDate="2012-12-23T19:59:40.307" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5578" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5576" CreationDate="2012-12-23T20:09:08.010" Score="17" Body="&lt;p&gt;From the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;Ask Ubuntu FAQ&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/a&gt; page:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;We welcome questions about:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Using and administering Ubuntu, including official Ubuntu derivatives.&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Running third-party applications on Ubuntu.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Development on Ubuntu.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Services provided by Ubuntu&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Any question not mentioned below or here are great! There are no &quot;dumb&quot; questions!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are custom kernels? Can't I compile my own kernel and use it in Ubuntu, is that not considered usage of Ubuntu?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What if I needed to develop something that has no support while using the default kernel? Does that not follow the development line?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What if it's coming from a PPA? There can be a lot of issues simply solved by reverting to official packages, shall we ban questions that involve PPAs?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What about if I compiled the package from source and the features changed (ie: not an issue, just something different)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the problem is to be solved using a standard kernel, then great, we can further try to solve it and help knowing that fact, if it can't even be connect to a custom kernel, then ignore that fact. That single fact that an user is using a custom kernel should not make a post OT on this site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2012-12-24T10:54:57.353" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5579" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5576" CreationDate="2012-12-23T20:21:05.610" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I understand that some folks want custom kernels to be on-topic.  The question then becomes, at what point is it an unofficial derived distribution?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For practical intents and purposes, I could grab the source debs for the Backtrack kernel from the Offensive Security repo and apply them to my local kernel.  This effectively makes it Ubuntu with a custom kernel, not Backtrack.  So at what point is something not Ubuntu?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't see a more fundamental change to the OS than changing the base kernel everything else is built upon.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just my 2 cents.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastEditorUserId="54298" LastEditDate="2012-12-26T00:40:05.670" LastActivityDate="2012-12-26T00:40:05.670" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5580" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5576" CreationDate="2012-12-23T21:25:52.780" Score="16" Body="&lt;p&gt;I propose a simple rule for us to apply, to figure out if someone's operating system is really Ubuntu, and thus within the scope of Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We should ask ourselves what the &lt;em&gt;best answer&lt;/em&gt; is to the question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What is the name of their operating system?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the best answer is &quot;Ubuntu&quot; or the name of an official derivative of Ubuntu (e.g., &quot;Kubuntu&quot;) then it's really about Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the best answer is something else, then it's not really about Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2012-12-23T21:25:52.780" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5581" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5583" CreationDate="2012-12-24T13:04:49.830" Score="4" ViewCount="68" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've asked a couple of questions, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/191696/25656&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/177695/25656&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; that haven't been answered after quite a while. I see no way to improve them. I have asked that they be closed. But, on reflection, would it be better to have them deleted? How does closing a question rather than deleting it affect AskUbuntu's stats?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user25656" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditorDisplayName="user25656" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2012-12-24T18:22:38.457" Title="Is it better to delete questions I've asked than to ask for them to be closed?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5582" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-12-24T17:59:53.857" Score="5" ViewCount="147" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/143838/restart-cinnamon-from-tty&quot; title=&quot;Restart Cinnamon from tty [CLOSED]&quot;&gt;Restart Cinnamon from tty&lt;/a&gt; question should not have been locked for the reason &quot;too localized&quot; do to the fact that a large number Ubuntu users who have cinnamon installed may want to know how preform the desired action listed in the question. If you use a good search engine you'll see that that question has been asked many times across various forums and help sites. If this question really is too localized, can it be moved to the Unix and Linux StackExchange site?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="51672" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2012-12-24T18:44:33.557" Title="Should the Restart Cinnamon from tty question be reopened or moved to the Unix and Linux StackExchange site?" Tags="|discussion|closed-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5583" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5581" CreationDate="2012-12-24T18:22:38.457" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would just leave those two open, they seem to be fine questions, just not getting attention. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Though you haven't really added anything to them since you asked them; you should at least try to add some results of your research into them if possible; surely there's &lt;em&gt;something&lt;/em&gt; out there that you've found that might be related that you can add to the questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2012-12-24T18:22:38.457" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5584" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5582" CreationDate="2012-12-24T18:44:33.557" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;As one of the closers - I'm happy to admit this closure was a mistake.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The answer with two upvotes marks the question as being &quot;answered&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since this is clearly not a bug issue but a valid question for the Cinnamon users community, this should not have been closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It has been reopened.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When closing questions - we should be all cognisant of the current answers, the number of votes and thus, whether the question has been accepted as answered by the community even if the OP has not themselves ticked the accepted answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14356" LastActivityDate="2012-12-24T18:44:33.557" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5585" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5586" CreationDate="2012-12-25T21:37:35.653" Score="4" ViewCount="151" Body="&lt;p&gt;If I downvote a post (say I didn't &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/5557/37700&quot;&gt;hated hats&lt;/a&gt;!) without commenting first, it gives the same old reminder:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/fmTGv.png&quot; alt=&quot;Please consider adding a comment if you think this post can be improved&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This doesn't reflect Meta - here, you can downvote to disagree.  This might be misleading to people new to Meta.  Is this notification on the Stack Exchange level or can it be disabled for Meta?  Maybe it can be modified a little bit to reflect the mechanics here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Disclaimer: I both like hats and that answer!  (I noticed this when I misclicked.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="37700" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-01-06T23:47:55.803" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Why does meta complain when you downvote a post without commenting first?" Tags="|support|feature-request|user-interface|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5586" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5585" CreationDate="2012-12-26T00:36:22.993" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure there's a problem. The message is &quot;please consider adding a comment if you think this post can be improved&quot;. What's the circumstance under which it's inappropriate to comment if you think a post can be improved? If you don't think a post can be improved, this isn't telling you to comment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Beyond that, it's important to consider that one might downvote or upvote posts on meta for the same reasons as on main, as well as for other reasons. All the reasons to upvote or downvote on main apply on meta; it's just that there are some additional meanings associated with votes on meta that don't apply on main. If you think a question shows poor effort, or that a question or answer is unclear, or that an answer is factually wrong, these are all reasons to downvote. If you think a meta post is good, that is still often a reason to upvote. So the message suggesting that meta users consider commenting is still applicable, even though there are many situations where a downvote doesn't express that there's anything wrong with the post and thus doesn't suggest that the post should be improved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is related to what I would consider to be a much more serious matter of confusion: the alt text (i.e., tooltip text) that appears when you hover the mouse pointer over the upvote and downvote buttons on meta is the same as on main. This causes many users who are new to meta to feel that they (or others) have been unfairly downvoted, and slightly steepens the meta learning curve.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/75049/change-upvote-downvote-tooltip-on-meta-sites&quot;&gt;a bug question for that on Meta.SO&lt;/a&gt;. The votes seem to show community consensus that some kind of change or addition should be made to the meta vote arrows' alt texts...but it is tagged &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/status-declined&quot; class=&quot;post-tag moderator-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;status-declined&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;status-declined&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/104398/185080&quot;&gt;Jeff Atwood's post&lt;/a&gt; explains why, but other members of the community have suggested what appear to be reasonable middle grounds.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In any case, since that bug report / feature request was denied on Meta.SO, and since the behavior of tooltips is (at least with the current implementation) a network-wide behavior and not site-specific, it seems unlikely that this feature request will be granted. It's still worthwhile to request the change if you think it ought to be made, of course.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2012-12-26T00:36:22.993" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5590" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="226" CreationDate="2012-12-26T10:44:22.353" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Honestly, newcomers feel a tad bewildered by this site and yesterday I came across some obsolete information on the Ask site that stated there was a fix to a certain issue I had which only turned out to be a bug. In reality this issue was answered incorrectly and since hasn't been taken down. When I viewed the FAQ's I saw a reference (not sure where it is now) regarding listing bug reports in Meta.  I did that and my question &amp;amp; answer was migrated as a post to Ask Ubuntu instead of the individual explaining that the information should have been reported using Launchpad.  In reality I don't think this site is very kind or user friendly to new comers in general.  Also because it is points driven valid issues are being marked down or ignored instead of explaining the proper way to present them.  These are my thoughts.  Now I will go and post that bug report by yet another means as I am attempting to alert someone that data related to a fix regarding this issue is incorrect and save them hours of time with respect to research. *Grammatical change.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="116733" LastEditorUserId="116733" LastEditDate="2012-12-26T10:52:08.923" LastActivityDate="2012-12-26T10:52:08.923" CommentCount="7" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-12-26T10:44:22.353" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5591" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-12-26T20:36:40.387" Score="-1" ViewCount="40" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://webupd8.org&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Web Upd8&lt;/a&gt; is a successful site that offers &quot;Daily Ubuntu / Linux news and application reviews&quot;.  It has a large number of applications included in its main PPA (&lt;code&gt;ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8&lt;/code&gt;) and other PPAs, including a popular Java installer, MDM, a patched NotifyOSD, and a lot of GTK and conky themes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this large enough to make a tag (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/webupd8&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;webupd8&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;webupd8&lt;/a&gt; or similar) out of?  If not, can someone direct me to a resource on tags?  Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="37700" LastActivityDate="2012-12-26T20:41:08.510" Title="Should we have a webupd8 tag?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2012-12-27T16:28:44.370" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5592" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5591" CreationDate="2012-12-26T20:41:08.510" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;There's not a need to create a tag and if there is please post an example where it could be best applied (in your opinion). We don't arbitrarily create tags, they get created when they're needed when a question is asked. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/webupd8&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;webupd8&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;webupd8&lt;/a&gt; has no meaning to a post and doesn't provide any real tagging criteria. Instead it's just a &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/08/the-death-of-meta-tags/&quot;&gt;meta tag&lt;/a&gt; and by that definition a bad tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2012-12-26T20:41:08.510" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5593" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5595" CreationDate="2012-12-26T22:21:50.033" Score="2" ViewCount="76" Body="&lt;p&gt;As I found another one of my questions closed by a moderator, it lead me to wonder how powerful moderators are. I  know they can close questions as &quot;duplicates&quot; and &quot;off topic&quot;, but can they throw someone off the site? Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="95261" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2012-12-27T11:32:30.873" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="How powerful are moderators?" Tags="|discussion|moderators|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5594" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5593" CreationDate="2012-12-26T22:41:46.223" Score="-3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Moderators have at least 8d24 vorpalness.  :-)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(They can do almost anything, I think, including disabling a user account.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="106063" LastActivityDate="2012-12-26T22:41:46.223" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5595" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5593" CreationDate="2012-12-26T22:43:17.130" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/75189/who-are-the-diamond-moderators-and-what-is-their-role&quot;&gt;This answer on Meta Stackoverflow&lt;/a&gt; (the master policy site and guidelines for the network) should answer your question as to the things moderators can do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To answer your question directly, yes, moderators can suspend someone for breaking the rules, being repeatedly rude, etc. But suspensions are monitored by the Stack Exchange, Inc staff, so it's very difficult for a moderator to do it wrongly and not have it come to someone’s attention. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2012-12-26T22:43:17.130" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5596" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-12-27T00:22:49.310" Score="8" ViewCount="278" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was just wondering what type of questions are &lt;strong&gt;on-topic&lt;/strong&gt; and what questions are &lt;strong&gt;off-topic&lt;/strong&gt; regarding windows (the operating system). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10698" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-07-26T13:24:25.753" LastActivityDate="2014-07-26T13:24:25.753" Title="What windows questions are OK to ask?" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5597" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-12-27T03:09:53.360" Score="10" ViewCount="171" Body="&lt;p&gt;Now that &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.qt.digia.com/blog/2012/12/19/qt-5-0/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Qt 5.0 is released&lt;/a&gt;, we can expect to see a number of questions popping up on the site relating to the new release.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We already have a tag: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/qt5&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;qt5&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;qt5&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So my question is thus: are we going to merge the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/qt&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;qt&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;qt&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/qt5&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;qt5&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;qt5&lt;/a&gt; tags or do we really need to keep them separate?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastActivityDate="2012-12-27T04:14:59.877" Title="How are we going to deal with Qt 5.0 questions?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5598" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5597" CreationDate="2012-12-27T04:14:59.877" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'd say keep them separate - at least for now. We have versioning for many tags, to keep the questions - and more importantly, the sollutions - apart.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think this is very helpful, especially in regards to APIs and considerably new versions, as it may or may not be consistent through the versions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Merge 4 to 6 months after release&lt;/strong&gt;, perhaps?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="98085" LastActivityDate="2012-12-27T04:14:59.877" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5599" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-12-27T10:21:29.140" Score="24" ViewCount="311" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is rare to see in Meta, but in Ask Ubuntu itself -- I'm sure I am definitely not the only one who's fed up with seeing short summaries in the question box. &lt;em&gt;If you're asking a question, at least &lt;strong&gt;ask&lt;/strong&gt; it!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are not too sure what I'm on about, here are a few pictures:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/iets5.png&quot; alt=&quot;first lot&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Not one of these is a &lt;em&gt;real&lt;/em&gt; question!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Taking 4 example questions -- they can be easily changed into real questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;'Wubi installer error http error 404' becomes:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;strong&gt;How can I resolve HTML 404 error?&lt;/strong&gt; (and including &lt;code&gt;wubi.exe&lt;/code&gt; in the description)  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;'less/pager does not work' becomes:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;strong&gt;Why does my pager not work?&lt;/strong&gt; (and adding more details, perhaps)  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;'libvpx not getting installed in ubuntu 12.04' becomes:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;strong&gt;How can I install the &lt;code&gt;libvpx&lt;/code&gt; package successfully?&lt;/strong&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;'Damaged external NTFS hard disk' becomes:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;strong&gt;How can I repair a damaged NTFS hard disk?&lt;/strong&gt; (with more details, possibly).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;It also mentioned in &lt;a href=&quot;http://blip.tv/jorge-castro/how-to-ask-good-questionson-askubuntu-com-4927281&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Jorge Castro's video tutorial on making a high-quality question&lt;/a&gt;, but honestly - I wonder how many new users have even &lt;strong&gt;heard&lt;/strong&gt; of Jorge? Or let alone the FAQ?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm probably not in the position to point out any other solutions other than editing frequently and constantly reminding people to make the title into a question, but shouldn't it be more explicit when writing a question, or explicitly noted in the FAQ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I thought I would open it for discussion anyway. I'd like to hear some suggestions and opinions nevertheless.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="78161" LastEditorUserId="78161" LastEditDate="2012-12-28T06:43:13.730" LastActivityDate="2013-01-07T21:29:48.623" Title="Why are questions no longer titled as questions?" Tags="|discussion|asking-questions|" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="15" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5600" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-12-27T11:44:46.037" Score="0" ViewCount="27" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1052/answers-based-on-ubuntu-wiki&quot;&gt;Answers based on Ubuntu wiki&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Days ago I saw an answer that involved a ubuntu wiki link, the question was:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How to setup a DNS server ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;the answer was :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;you can follow this wonderful guide in our ubuntu wiki :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://help.ubuntu.com/12.10/serverguide/dns.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Domain Name Service (DNS)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;after a few days the answer received a comment :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Whilst this may theoretically answer the question, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/8259&quot;&gt;it would be&#xA;  preferable&lt;/a&gt; to include the&#xA;  essential parts of the answer here, and provide the link for&#xA;  reference.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;in this answer, is hard to do a brief because the link have a lot of useful information in it, also the community improve this wiki, but in the community wiki is rarely happen a &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linkrot&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;linkrot&lt;/a&gt;....&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What to do in this case where a community wiki is involved? this comment is apply for this kind of answer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3550" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2012-12-27T11:44:46.037" Title="What to do With Question that involved a ubuntu wiki link?" Tags="|discussion|support|community-wiki|link|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2012-12-27T11:57:17.750" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5601" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5599" CreationDate="2012-12-27T12:06:53.303" Score="17" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is what you, and the rest of the community are for. We are all human robots who donate time to clean up the site. That's why &lt;em&gt;anyone&lt;/em&gt; can edit, why editing is encouraged, and why low rep users will gain reputation for editing. It's an important part of the site and we expect users, as they become more invested in the site, to take up arms to edit, flag, and vote on questions and answers. We can't do much more than we already do for new users (they're given many popups and warnings prior to even posting a question or answer), if they choose to ignore it, as they often do, it's up to us as regular users to pick up their slack, edit, comment, and inform them of the ways of the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2012-12-27T12:06:53.303" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5602" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5596" CreationDate="2012-12-27T13:00:06.767" Score="13" Body="&lt;h1&gt;The Nature of Scope Decisions&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's no way to enumerate an exhaustive list of formal rules about what's on topic and what's not. This question is extremely general. I've tried to address as much as can reasonably be addressed in one place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Being about &lt;em&gt;non-Ubuntu operating system X&lt;/em&gt;, whether that be Windows, Mac OS X, Fedora, Haiku, or any other OS, doesn't necessarily make a question off-topic for Ask Ubuntu. &lt;strong&gt;Not being about Ubuntu is what makes a question off-topic.&lt;/strong&gt; Of course, there's still lots of room for disagreement. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq#questions&quot;&gt;The FAQ&lt;/a&gt; addresses what's on-topic in some detail, but there's still plenty of potential ambiguity.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There will always be some ambiguity. Our goal is not to make a site where it's perfectly clear what's on-topic. Our goal is to make good questions and answers, and to help Ubuntu users. We need to have some idea of what's on-topic to serve that mission, but insisting on extreme rigidity and formality in defining our site's scope would &lt;em&gt;detract&lt;/em&gt; from our ability to do anything else.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An intuitive way of saying that is that &lt;em&gt;meta&lt;/em&gt; serves &lt;em&gt;main&lt;/em&gt;, not the other way around. Policy considerations exist to make the Q&amp;amp;A work. The Q&amp;amp;A doesn't exist for the purpose of conforming perfectly to an elegant policy. Ask Ubuntu &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2011/10/the-gamification.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;is (among other things) a game&lt;/a&gt;, but &lt;em&gt;it's not that kind of game&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Questions About Other Operating Systems&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;The Important Considerations&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As Tachyons said in comments, questions that are about Windows must be closely related to Ubuntu, to be on-topic. If you want to use Ubuntu instead of some other operating system, or (as Jorge Castro commented) you installed Ubuntu and want to stop using it, that is closely related to Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It gets murky fast when it's about &lt;em&gt;using Ubuntu&lt;/em&gt; to perform a technical task in another operating system. If you want to use Ubuntu to repair a Windows system, sometimes that would be on-topic, and sometimes it wouldn't. If the question is mainly about how to use Ubuntu to perform some action and you know what action needs to be performed, it's probably on-topic. If the question is what action needs to be performed, and the &amp;quot;...in Ubuntu&amp;quot; is essentially an afterthought, it's probably off-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;When It Comes to Reinstalling a Non-Ubuntu OS&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You've noticed that this question has been considered on-topic:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/133533/how-to-remove-ubuntu-and-put-windows-back-on&quot;&gt;How to remove Ubuntu and put Windows back on?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While this question has been considered off-topic:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/161554/help-installing-windows-xp-from-ubuntu-i-made-a-backup-iso-in-windows-and-done&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/161554/help-installing-windows-xp-from-ubuntu-i-made-a-backup-iso-in-windows-and-done&lt;/a&gt; [For the 10K users]&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/0LkOq.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You're right to ask what the difference is. There are several, and the matter deserves some explanation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;These Questions Really Are Fundamentally Different&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/133533/how-to-remove-ubuntu-and-put-windows-back-on&quot;&gt;the first one&lt;/a&gt;, while some information in the answers is specifically about Windows, the question is essentially about Ubuntu. This can be illustrated by this &lt;em&gt;very creative paraphrase&lt;/em&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I want to go back to Windows, but this Ubuntu thing keeps coming up when I boot my machine! I've been looking in Ubuntu to find an option for removing Ubuntu, and I can't find one. Where in Ubuntu do I remove Ubuntu? Or if that's not how this works, &lt;em&gt;what is it about Ubuntu that I don't understand?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You'll notice that while a good deal of that paraphrases the question, some of it I've taken &lt;em&gt;from the answers&lt;/em&gt;. This question provided the opportunity to address those points in answers, and people took that opportunity. The answers are on-topic because they interpreted the question in a way that was (1) true to what the OP asked and respectful to the OP, and (2) on-topic. That makes the question effectively on-topic, too. &lt;em&gt;When we make closure decisions, we usually take the answers into account.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/161554/help-installing-windows-xp-from-ubuntu-i-made-a-backup-iso-in-windows-and-done&quot;&gt;the second one&lt;/a&gt;, the OP is asking:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a Windows ISO stored in a partition that Ubuntu created. I want to install Windows from it, without burning it or writing it to a USB flash drive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Actually, it's a bit hard to know that's what's being asked, because the question is not very clear. That is probably one of the biggest factors that contributed to it being closed. When a question looks off-topic &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; we don't know exactly what it's asking, we usually only expend time and effort to find out what it's asking if we think it's likely to be on-topic.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This question appears to be about a weird, niche way to install Windows. Only a Windows expert is likely to be able to answer this question. This question does not address a situation that Ubuntu users are likely to encounter, and it would probably be difficult to answer it in a way that is on-topic. To the extent to which an answer could be on-topic, it would probably both not address the essentials of the question, &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; duplicate answers to the first question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another possible interpretation of the question is that it is asking how to use UNetbootin to write a Windows ISO image to a USB flash drive. If it were clearly asking that, it might &lt;em&gt;theoretically&lt;/em&gt; be considered on-topic...but we would still not likely be able to answer it, because writing a Windows ISO to a USB flash drive is not something UNetbootin is generally capable of doing, and because writing a Windows ISO to USB requires techniques that are specific to making a Windows disk bootable. Thank you for bringing this question up--while I don't think that's what's being asked, I'll comment there just in case, to get clarification about that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please note that I was not part of the decision to close that question in any way--I did not vote to close it, nor did I review it before it was closed. While I'm pretty sure I understand why it was closed and I've explained good reasons for closing it below, I cannot actually know precisely what the people who closed it were thinking at the time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;The First Question Serves an Important Purpose for Our Community&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The first question fills an important need--before that, we had all sorts of scattered questions about removing Ubuntu and there was no clear resource about going back to Windows from Ubuntu on our site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There was lots of duplicated effort, telling people to &amp;quot;just use the Windows install CD&amp;quot; when people were unsure what that meant or unsure about what situations constituted an Ubuntu-related problem that they should follow up with us about.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There was also the problem that some users removed Ubuntu's partitions and put the Windows boot loader back in the MBR, but didn't re-expand the Windows partition(s) that had been shrunk during Ubuntu's installation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The first question addresses undoing the specific steps that are performed when Ubuntu is installed alongside Windows. Not only is that itself on-topic, but &lt;em&gt;it illustrates what Ubuntu does when it's installed&lt;/em&gt;, which means one learns about Ubuntu by reading it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, one good reason to provide people with help removing Ubuntu is that we help them install it, and helping them remove it is &lt;em&gt;the decent thing to do&lt;/em&gt;. We try to help people experience Ubuntu--the OS, the project, the community--in a positive way. We try to respect people's choices about what they do with their computers. Ubuntu is designed to co-exist with other operating systems because Ubuntu is less used than some other OSes...but also because it supports users' decisions about what software to run on their computers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Where to draw the line?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While it's important to give people the necessary information to stop using Ubuntu if they don't like it, that doesn't mean we should, or even could, answer multiple questions about all the different ways to install other operating systems. We also cannot answer, or would be very poorly suited to answering, questions about problems that are not related to Ubuntu and arise during the installation or use of another operating system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See &lt;strong&gt;Questions Here Are Questions For Us&lt;/strong&gt; below, for more information about how we deliberately try to help questions be on-topic, including by answering them in on-topic ways (so long as it really answers the question).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Overlapping Scopes&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Many Questions Are On-Topic on Multiple SE Sites&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Many users, including yourself, have noticed that some other sites in the Stack Exchange network overlap in scope with Ask Ubuntu (as well as with each other). Most AU questions would be on-topic for &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Unix.SE&lt;/a&gt;, and most would also be on-topic for &lt;a href=&quot;https://superuser.com/&quot;&gt;Super User&lt;/a&gt;. A significant minority might be on-topic for &lt;a href=&quot;https://serverfault.com/&quot;&gt;Server Fault&lt;/a&gt;. (That's not an exhaustive list of overlaps!)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since there is overlap in scope, for some questions, it's easier to know they are on-topic on (say) Super User, than to know they're on topic on Ask Ubuntu. &lt;strong&gt;That does not mean they're off-topic for Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Closure Considerations&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When we consider closing a question as off-topic, first we decide if the question is good for our site. This is by no means official, but &lt;strong&gt;as I see it&lt;/strong&gt;, the two main questions are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is this question outside the scope of what our site exists to answer?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is our community so poorly able to answer this, and another Stack Exchange community so well suited to it, that we should close and possibly migrate it even if it's theoretically on-topic for our site?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We close questions for reason #1 all the time. We close questions for reason #2 pretty rarely. The most common instance of #2 is a question about programming in Ubuntu...when there is nothing Ubuntu-specific in the question. Generally speaking, Ask Ubuntu supports Ubuntu software provided in official repositories and also supports using third-party software on Ubuntu. Just about any programming task undertaken on an Ubuntu system would qualify for that. Plenty of programming questions (when they are in some way specific to Ubuntu) are considered on-topic. &lt;strong&gt;But most are considered off-topic because Stack Overflow is a much better place to ask a programming question &lt;em&gt;when an Ubuntu community is not needed to answer it&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Questions Here Are Questions For Us&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When someone asks a question on our site, it's important to remember that, for whatever reason, good or bad, they have decided to ask it in &lt;em&gt;our&lt;/em&gt; community. It's OK to hand them off to another community in situations where we'd be doing a disservice by trying to answer their question, or situations where answering their question would not contribute to the goal of creating a wiki of good questions and answers about Ubuntu. But &lt;em&gt;we don't start off assuming a question is off-topic.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A lot of what you're asking is addressed in &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2012/03/respect-the-community-your-own-and-others/&quot;&gt;this Stack Exchange blog post&lt;/a&gt;, which I recommend in its entirety. This part is particularly relevant:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As members of a community, your first loyalty should be to &lt;em&gt;that&lt;/em&gt;&#xA;community. When evaluating a question, you shouldn’t be looking to&#xA;push it off on some other site; instead, ask if it could be&#xA;appropriate and on-topic for you, the experts who the author decided&#xA;to ask. &lt;strong&gt;Be a bit jealous of your site&lt;/strong&gt; – don’t blithely turn askers&#xA;away simply because their question could be asked somewhere else.&#xA;Don’t hit them over the head with your scope, help them tailor their&#xA;question to fit into it – and if that means your site’s scope overlaps&#xA;a bit with another site’s, so be it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Obviously, there are questions you’ll have to turn away, either&#xA;because their &lt;em&gt;only&lt;/em&gt; connection to your site is via the audience (“How&#xA;do I make bread &lt;em&gt;as a programmer&lt;/em&gt;?”), because it’s completely&#xA;off-topic (“How do I cook a fish in a dishwasher?” obviously belongs&#xA;on Cooking, not Home Improvement) or because they’re simply not useful&#xA;or constructive. But that should be your &lt;em&gt;last&lt;/em&gt; resort. Close&#xA;questions with an eye toward &lt;em&gt;improvement and re-opening&lt;/em&gt;, not driving&#xA;users away.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Source:&lt;/strong&gt; &amp;quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2012/03/respect-the-community-your-own-and-others/&quot;&gt;Respect the community – your own, and others’&lt;/a&gt;&amp;quot; by &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/author/josh-heyer/&quot;&gt;Shog9&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-07-26T11:32:16.610" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5603" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5599" CreationDate="2012-12-27T13:53:05.163" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Agreed. Question titles should be actual questions, ending with a question mark.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The reason why we have so many bad question titles is because we have many new users and short-term users who aren't aware of the style guide.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To be honest, I'm not too bothered about this: I can tell immediately if the question is by a new user and has not been edited just by looking at the title. This is quite a useful function for me. Questions shouldn't stay like that forever though: they should either be edited, or closed/deleted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The more important problem with most question titles is actually ambiguity, like in this example: &quot;less/pager does not work&quot;. Let's edit question titles to improve both style and content.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2355" LastActivityDate="2012-12-27T13:53:05.163" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5604" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5599" CreationDate="2012-12-27T16:56:35.363" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Congratulations! Welcome to the world of &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/230989/local-repository&quot;&gt;local-repository&lt;/a&gt;&quot;!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Start submitting some edits to fix em up! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I try to do at least 25 a day; but don't think of it as janitorial work. I've come to learn that my Ubuntu skills really sharpen up just by editing and being exposed to the huge amount of experts on the site. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The bummer is if a title is horrible the body of the question is also likely to be horrible. And while it might feel bad/mean to downvote a question that a person has put no effort into, at least you can help out the next contributor by ensuring they don't waste their time. :) Some questions just can't be fixed by anyone but the person who is asking it. Also remember we're here to cultivate the collective knowledge of the community, so I routinely will butcher an old question to make it useful for the next person.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as mentioning it in the FAQ, all new users are &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/how-to-ask&quot;&gt;forced to read this page&lt;/a&gt; before asking their questions, so what you're seeing are people who already decided to skip/ignore that and post a terrible question. There's not much we can do about that, which is why voting is so crucial, bury the junk and let the cream rise to the top!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2012-12-27T16:56:35.363" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5605" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5606" CreationDate="2012-12-27T17:35:14.980" Score="5" ViewCount="101" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was looking at the posts I flagged on AskUbuntu to see whether my flags were helpful or not. I saw that all my flags were accepted but two:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;A flag on a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/230713/learning-about-ubuntu-partition&quot;&gt;question about computer science&lt;/a&gt; which has nothing to do with Ubuntu. The flag was &lt;em&gt;disputed&lt;/em&gt;, but the question closed.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;A flag on a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/227911/on-12-04-xp-dual-boot-system-howto-change-xp-to-win-7&quot;&gt;question about where the OP was asking how to install Windows 7&lt;/a&gt;. The flag was neither disputed nor accepted, and the question is still open.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm asking this question here because, unfortunately, the Stack Exchange platform lacks ways to share feedback -- and feedback is essential to me for improving and measuring how helpful my actions are.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would also like to know if, in general, flagging posts is useful or if you (moderators) prefer to review posts yourselves.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2979" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2012-12-27T17:53:36.590" Title="Are my flags helpful?" Tags="|discussion|flagging|flags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5606" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5605" CreationDate="2012-12-27T17:53:36.590" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your flagging is helpful (as it currently stands).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There was one disputed flag - a disputed flag happens when a 10K user goes through, and disagrees with it. However, I also noticed that you only have 5 flags total, so this isn't a very large sample to judge anything by. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastActivityDate="2012-12-27T17:53:36.590" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5607" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5608" CreationDate="2012-12-27T17:53:58.007" Score="6" ViewCount="85" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sometimes a user asks a question and shows the error message, and the error message clearly indicates that there is a bug in the application. If it weren't for the bug, &lt;em&gt;that message&lt;/em&gt; wouldn't be shown. So we know there's a bug that ought to be reported.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This happens most often when the message shows a stack trace, a traceback, when it is an Apport window, or when it is indicating termination by a crash-denoting singal (e.g., &quot;segmentation fault`).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Usually, filing the bug is all there is to do. So the question is simply off-topic, and we urge people to report the bug.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sometimes, there are possible workarounds, but they are workarounds relating to the bug, and would be meaningless if the bug were fixed. In these cases, the workarounds belong on the Launchpad (or other) bug pages, and we still close as off-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Occasionally, &lt;em&gt;the program would still not work&lt;/em&gt;--or could reasonably not work--even if the bug were fixed. This happens when the bug is triggered by a problem that would prevent it from continuing anyway.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's actually a pretty large class of bugs--bugs programmers ended up shipping to end users because they only occur when the &quot;user does something wrong.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm asking about this because there's a question up for closure (or reopening, depending on what happens between when I write this and you read it) where this applies:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/233179/wubi-installer-error&quot;&gt;Why does wubi fail with a 404 error?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The bug (at the bottom of the text--the error-like text at the top doesn't mean anything) is that when Wubi gets a 404 error attempting to download an Ubuntu ISO image, it cannot handle this, and it crashes. Clearly that's a bug and should be reported.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, the cause of the 404 message in this instance that the user is attempting to install Ubuntu 11.04 with Wubi. Ubuntu 11.04 is no longer supported (it is an end-of-life release), so its ISO images are not present on the &lt;code&gt;releases&lt;/code&gt; server which Wubi is connecting to.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They are present on the &lt;code&gt;old-releases&lt;/code&gt; server and one reasonable option for fixing the bug would be to make it automatically fetch EoL images from &lt;code&gt;old-releases&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, since using an EoL release is not a great thing to do, I think it's also quite reasonable to fix the bug just by making Wubi it fail with an error message and terminate normally.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So the fundamental question about how to install Wubi still applies. It's possible to give an answer to the question that explains:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What's causing the error. (Which would still occur even if Wubi hadn't crashed.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How to get Wubi installed. There are many ways, but the good ones are to download the ISO manually and put it in the same directory as the Wubi executable, or to install Wubi from a burned/written Ubuntu CD/DVD/USB.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;To strongly consider using a supported release of Ubuntu in one's Wubi system, and the reason this is a good idea. (Or linking to a source that provides this information.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, should this question be &lt;strong&gt;answered&lt;/strong&gt;? Or should it be &lt;strong&gt;closed&lt;/strong&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2012-12-27T17:56:39.150" Title="Are bug complaints with addressable non-bug causes on-topic?" Tags="|discussion|answers|close-reasons|scope|vote-to-close|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5608" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5607" CreationDate="2012-12-27T17:56:39.150" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Jorge Castro has &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/233179/wubi-installer-error#comment288720_233179&quot;&gt;commented with&lt;/a&gt; an answer that I think applies to the specific case in this question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Feel free to post it as an answer then we can retitle it as a canonical 404 question for wubi!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I plan to do that. Assuming everybody's OK with that resolution, this question no longer needs to be answered for that specific example.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;I'm posting this as an answer because it's a partial answer--which tends to be considered an answer on meta. I'm still interested in answers addressing the general question though.&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2012-12-27T17:56:39.150" CommentCount="2" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-12-27T17:56:39.150" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5609" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5610" CreationDate="2012-12-27T19:37:45.387" Score="0" ViewCount="42" Body="&lt;p&gt;Hi its my thread I started&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/231512/photoshop-installation-in-10-10&quot;&gt;Photoshop Installation in 10.10&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Actually i asking the question for the version of ubuntu 10.10 but someone's are closed my topic is exactly duplicate. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How to inform him about my thread is deals the version 10.10 of ubuntu ??&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="114314" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2012-12-27T19:50:47.990" Title="How to remove the closed topic of exact duplicate" Tags="|bug|closed-questions|duplicates|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5610" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5609" CreationDate="2012-12-27T19:50:47.990" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The version specific tag &lt;em&gt;10.10&lt;/em&gt; is used to denote that a question has a hardware specific connotation - it is rarely used for software issues.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On Ask Ubuntu, we gather together similar questions under one canonical question.  This makes it easier to search and also maintain the answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is what has happened in this case.  Your question is a direct duplicate with answers that are relevant to your situation - in this case, installing wine and then installing photoshop.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How you install an up-to-date wine package on 10.10 to allow you to install photoshop is actually a different question - you are most welcome to pose that if required.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note - EOL questions are &lt;em&gt;on-topic&lt;/em&gt; here on Ask Ubuntu - but you will often get comments urging you to consider upgrading since most (but not all) have done so to ensure they have the latest supported configuration.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14356" LastActivityDate="2012-12-27T19:50:47.990" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5611" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-12-27T20:06:56.613" Score="35" ViewCount="1192" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'd like to rehash this topic as I was under the impression that EOL releases of Ubuntu are off-topic. The site has grown a lot since it was original discussed so I'd like to see if this is something we should continue doing or if we should consider questions about EOL'd releases as off-topic. This policy would likely cover questions that were asked while a release was supported but remain unanswered after EOL and new questions which are specifically about EOL releases.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EOL, End of Life, is defined as a release that no longer receives support from Canonical and are listed &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases#End_of_Life_.28EOL.29&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;as EOL on the Releases wiki page&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2018-07-24T09:48:45.307" Title="Should we allow questions that are about releases which are considered End of Life?" Tags="|discussion|close-reasons|faq-proposed|" AnswerCount="7" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5612" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5611" CreationDate="2012-12-27T20:14:53.023" Score="44" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm in the &quot;who cares&quot; camp.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If someone's using an old OS and there are people out there that want to answer their questions, then why not? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2012-12-27T20:14:53.023" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5613" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5611" CreationDate="2012-12-27T20:30:39.610" Score="25" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is my argument &lt;strong&gt;against&lt;/strong&gt; keeping them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Bug Squad and IRC council say &quot;you should upgrade&quot;, and generally ignore them. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More specifically, the Bug Squad says &quot;Try to replicate this bug on the latest stable and get back to us&quot;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The questions about EOLed released that I've seen are all in the same vein - &quot;How can I get software X on my 10.10&quot;. Well, the answer is ends up being (most of the time) this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You have to compile python3 &lt;em&gt;from scratch&lt;/em&gt;, and you have to get all of your dependencies lined up in a row just to be able to compile python3, and then you need the full gtk3 stack, and then we might be able to get you your software.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;    &lt;p&gt;Or...&lt;em&gt;wait for it&lt;/em&gt;... you can upgrade to the latest release, and save yourself all this trouble, and you're fine!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Quoting from another answer on another discussion about this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;On the flipside, the usefulness of EOL-specific questions falls precipitously as time passes, as does the population of people able to maintain them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;Thanks &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/3235/6005&quot;&gt;Jacob&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One of the greatest things about Ask Ubuntu (compared to the Ubuntu wiki) is that we try to keep things up-to-date. Things don't go untouched since 2008. I'd be hard pressed to find a answer that hasn't been touched since the first day of Ask Ubuntu in 2010, and have it not work. Why? Because people &lt;em&gt;care&lt;/em&gt; about their answers. As soon as it no longer becomes relevant to the stable releases, we need to talk about it. And probably delete it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not saying that on the day it becomes an EOL release, we close it as off-topic and tell them to upgrade. I'm saying that within 2-3 months, instead of just pointing them to the &quot;how do I upgrade&quot; question, we start closing them. Grace periods are nice and useful in this situation. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As Jorge Castro says &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Cxs9OHIBcs&amp;amp;t=22m43s&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;here in his lightning talk at UDS-O&lt;/a&gt;, too much information on the internet is &lt;strong&gt;wrong&lt;/strong&gt;, and is hurting our users. And information about EOL releases is wrong for the vast majority of our users, and it &lt;strong&gt;will&lt;/strong&gt; hurt them. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's our job (as a community as a whole) to try and keep the information up-to-date. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Oh, and last thing: if I can't get security updates for things, why am I using this? EOLed releases don't get security updates.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastEditorUserId="6005" LastEditDate="2012-12-27T21:06:24.510" LastActivityDate="2012-12-27T21:06:24.510" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5614" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5611" CreationDate="2012-12-28T01:31:22.893" Score="20" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think it is better to keep such questions if they meet our quality standards. But we should include a warning message &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This version is no longer supported; you have to upgrade your Ubuntu to get critical security updates&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One of the main issues is lack of support from the community, because most of them use supported versions of Ubuntu, but this is not a justification to close questions as off topic. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="39372" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2018-07-24T09:48:45.307" LastActivityDate="2018-07-24T09:48:45.307" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="5615" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5621" CreationDate="2012-12-28T07:01:46.280" Score="6" ViewCount="185" Body="&lt;p&gt;How should one bring an older, but appropriate Q &amp;amp; A thread up to date?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Specifically, I am referring to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/127/does-ubuntu-do-automated-testing-for-qa&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; question. But, I would like to understand what position the community consensus is for updating older questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Several of the answers, in this question, do not accurately answer the OPs question. Some are now inaccurate. I would rather not go through each answer and comment that they are wrong or incomplete(I'd prefer not to make other users look uninformed). How should I proceed in an older thread to point new users to updated information and keep a perfectly valid question current?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or, am I simply approaching this in the wrong manner? Is there a FAQ that I can refer to on this etiquette?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Many of the answers that I have found here in my short time on the site have been useful, but slightly out of date. How can I add to the answers and distill the solutions with newer knowledge without having someone searching behind me and have to wade through cruft?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've looked through the related links and haven't found an adequate answer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="106495" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2012-12-28T18:17:13.907" Title="What is the most appropriate way to bring an old/outdated question up to date?" Tags="|discussion|answers|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5616" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5615" CreationDate="2012-12-28T10:14:09.097" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If most or all answers to a question are out of date, and you don't want to comment on the answers, you can comment on the question. The authors of the answers won't be notified, but people who come upon the question will be able to consider it, and may contribute to bring it up to date.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the answers can be fixed in such a way as to conform to the editing guidelines--keep within the scope of the answer and respect the author and the author's intentions--then you can edit them yourself to improve them! Instant win.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Keep in mind that the most common way for answers to be out of date is that they provide information that applies to some Ubuntu releases but not to more recent releases. That doesn't appear to be what's going on in the example you gave...but when that does happen, you can edit the answers to indicate the scope of their applicability. The best way to do this is usually to put a version number, list, or range at the top--that way, people reading through can immediately see which answers apply to which releases. If you can post an answer that applies to whatever releases aren't covered, that's a big plus.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Often it's a greater undertaking to bring answers up to date, or to create an answer that is applicable to more recent releases (or a more recent situation). When this happens, consider the following resources:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Chat.&lt;/a&gt; You can discuss it with others and see if others are able and willing to help. This can lead to people editing or posting answers, or simply to ideas being hashed out or suggestions made that would enable you to add an answer or improve the existing ones.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq#bounty&quot;&gt;Bounties.&lt;/a&gt; You can put a bounty on a question to publicize the need for more current answers. The bounty can go to an existing answer once it's edited, or to a new answer. Rather than shouldering the burden of setting all the bounties yourself, you can discuss the need in chat and see if others are willing to put up some of them.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;When the need for revision is pervasive, such that a similar need affects many questions (or one or more of the most important questions on the site), you can post here on meta about the need for revisions.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2012-12-28T10:14:09.097" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5617" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5620" CreationDate="2012-12-28T11:06:10.270" Score="0" ViewCount="107" Body="&lt;p&gt;What's wrong with my &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/233065/subscribe-using-google-reader&quot;&gt;Firefox question&lt;/a&gt;?  While I suppose it can happen on Windows, I've only had this problem on Linux, specifically Ubuntu.  Is the question somehow stated poorly?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="45156" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2012-12-28T20:58:22.960" Title="why is my Firefox question voted down?" Tags="|discussion|votes|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5618" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5619" CreationDate="2012-12-28T13:55:38.073" Score="3" ViewCount="112" Body="&lt;p&gt;Please, make the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tags/quality-assurance&quot;&gt;quality-assurance&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tags/qa&quot;&gt;qa&lt;/a&gt; tags synonyms of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tags/quality&quot;&gt;quality&lt;/a&gt; tag, as I do not have enough reputation to do that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;quality&lt;/em&gt; should be the &quot;master&quot; tag because it is the one that was initially announced by Nicholas Skaggs on his &lt;a href=&quot;https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-quality/2012-December/002970.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;email to the Ubuntu-quality mailing list&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2979" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2012-12-28T18:19:01.207" Title="Could you please add two synonyms to the 'quality' tag?" Tags="|support|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5619" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5618" CreationDate="2012-12-28T14:38:49.533" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;This has been completed. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2012-12-28T14:38:49.533" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5620" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5617" CreationDate="2012-12-28T15:34:59.177" Score="7" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Possible Reasons&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only way to be sure why a downvote was cast is if the downvoter explains it. I'm not one of the people who downvoted it, so I can only guess.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With that said:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;It's not clear until one is well into the body of the question that the problem is happening in Firefox, or that you can subscribe with Google Reader to some feeds, just not others. By itself this is not such a big deal, but the title doesn't provide any help--it's not in the form of a question so it's not clear what your &lt;em&gt;goal&lt;/em&gt; is; instead it just identifies the very general theme of the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You may have been thinking that the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/firefox&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;firefox&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;firefox&lt;/a&gt; tag would clarify that the question is about Firefox. But tags are primarily used for sorting; all the information necessary for someone to answer your question should be included in the question whenever possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;It's possible someone thought your question is a bug report (and thus off-topic for Ask Ubuntu). It describes a problem that someone might consider a bug. I think, in this case, that we don't have any good reason to think that this is happening due to a bug, and that taking any action assuming it is would be premature. However, others might disagree. &lt;em&gt;There's nothing you can really do about that, but I don't think that's what's going on.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It was suggested that your question may have been downvoted because it might also apply to some non-Ubuntu operating system. &lt;strong&gt;If that's why people downvoted, &lt;em&gt;they made a mistake&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt; We don't care if questions also apply to non-Ubuntu OSes. We care if they &lt;em&gt;do&lt;/em&gt; apply to Ubuntu. For example, questions about &lt;code&gt;apt-get&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;aptitude&lt;/code&gt; (and a &lt;em&gt;lot&lt;/em&gt; of other topics) mostly apply to Debian too. Questions about how to use command-line tools like &lt;code&gt;ls&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;grep&lt;/code&gt;, and &lt;code&gt;find&lt;/code&gt; apply to almost every GNU/Linux operating system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Example&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Consider the following rewording of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/233065/subscribe-using-google-reader&quot;&gt;your question&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Why won't Firefox subscribe to some feeds with Google Reader?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In Firefox, I want to subscribe to RSS feeds with Google Reader. When I click the green radio-style RSS button, for some feeds it offers Google Reader as an option. For others, it only offers Live Bookmarks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've noticed that it seems to offer Google Reader as an option for __ feeds, but not for __.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;[or:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; I haven't noticed any pattern in which feeds Firefox lets me subscribe to with Google Reader, and which it doesn't.&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;]&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like Firefox to let me subscribe to any feed with Google Reader. Is there a way for me to add it to the list so it always appears? There's an option to add other applications, but when I try this, Google Reader isn't found on the system, maybe because it is an online aggregator.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;[or, you might mean: ...&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; isn't found on the system, which is odd, since it's an online aggregator.&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;]&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know Google makes an extension so I can do this with a separate toolbar button, but I do not want that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You certainly don't have to use that as a template. (You can if you like.) You're the one who's experiencing the problem, and you know best what you're asking. It's quite possible that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My example template does not express what you need to know, with total accuracy.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You can ask it better, since you know best what you are asking.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Suggestions&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I recommend reading over your question and editing it to improve its clarity and readability. You might decide just to change the title. Even if only the title is fleshed out (and made a question), the whole question would be much more accessible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The downvotes are not very important. What matters most is that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Your question can get one or more good answers, which help you and others with the same problem.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Other people with the same problem can read your question and understand that it's their problem.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By making the question clearer, you'll increase the likelihood of people noticing it and realizing they know the answer. (I don't know the answer, by the way, or I'd have answered it before posting this.) Even if the downvotes are not reversed, your question would likely be upvoted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In terms of reputation points on the site, when someone downvotes your question you lose &lt;strong&gt;2&lt;/strong&gt; points; when someone upvotes it, you gain &lt;strong&gt;5&lt;/strong&gt;. Upvotes count much more than downvotes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, &lt;em&gt;if&lt;/em&gt; you haven't gotten a chance to read &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq&quot;&gt;the FAQ&lt;/a&gt; yet, I recommend doing so, as it contains a number of useful points about asking and improving questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-12-28T15:34:59.177" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5621" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5615" CreationDate="2012-12-28T16:14:20.080" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;we've gone throught his before! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One day Oracle changed the licensing of Java and the package had to be removed from the partner repository, rendering almost every single Java question on the site (and on the internet) out of date.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2723/what-should-we-do-with-an-invalid-accepted-answer&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2723/what-should-we-do-with-an-invalid-accepted-answer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We ended up fixing &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/java&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;java&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;java&lt;/a&gt; in less than 2 hours with only 3 of us, AND found the time to fix the official documentation too. Within two hours of a major change, AU was all up to date. I &lt;em&gt;still&lt;/em&gt; find references to the old way of installing Java that doesn't work on sites all over the place, but AU had a fix very quickly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We're basically writing technical documentation -- even if an answer is correct one day it might not be the next. We're not writing poetry here, you shouldn't feel the need to let something incorrect stay on the site because you're afraid of hurting someone's feelings, or even be emotionally attached to a post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I fix people's answers all the time, and people fix my answers all the time; that's what this site is about! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What I do is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If it's something major, like an entire tag is a mess, then I post on meta.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If the question has a bunch of duplicates, or a ton of views (like over 10k), post on meta. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Day-to-day little syntax fixes or adding a sudo or gksudo I just do it on the spot.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Wrong information that's salvageable, downvote + comment&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2012-12-28T16:14:20.080" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5622" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5624" CreationDate="2012-12-28T17:49:33.010" Score="27" ViewCount="1431" Body="&lt;p&gt;Should we include a animated GIF of a screencast in our answers? Or should we post a series of screenshots instead? Or is a link to a video hosted externally preferable?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's an example of a animated GIF of a screencast, taken from &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/233710/2355&quot;&gt;this answer&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/nTm35.gif&quot; alt=&quot;Animated GIF of a screencast&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2355" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2014-05-21T18:51:12.997" Title="Are animated GIFs of screencasts welcome at Ask Ubuntu?" Tags="|discussion|best-practice|image|" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5623" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5622" CreationDate="2012-12-28T18:07:23.160" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think animated GIFs can be very helpful and you should not be afraid to include them. If you happen to abuse or use them inappropriately it can be handled just like any other content of lesser quality (editing, voting, deletion, etc.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Remember that some people may have animated GIFs disabled, access the site with a text-only interface or for some other reason do not or cannot view the animated GIFs. Thus, animated GIFs may be best used as a complement to textual instructions. Also, do not forget to add an &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alt_text&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;alt text&lt;/a&gt; for images so that those who do not view the image can get a hint of what it shows and it makes their content searchable. Syntax example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;![alt text](image URL)&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19490" LastEditorUserId="2355" LastEditDate="2012-12-30T19:38:47.820" LastActivityDate="2012-12-30T19:38:47.820" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5624" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5622" CreationDate="2012-12-28T18:14:35.420" Score="22" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Pros:&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;It's animated, and therefore easy to understand.&lt;/strong&gt; Some things are best explained in a video, where text accompanied by screenshots would be too lengthy.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;It's inline&lt;/strong&gt;, as opposed to an externally hosted video. External videos should be avoided for the same reason as link-only answers.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Cons:&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bad usability&lt;/strong&gt;: there is no way to pause, rewind or fast forward an animated GIF. It takes a few seconds to understand which frame is the starting frame of the animation.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hard to edit&lt;/strong&gt;: if the community needs to edit the GIF, they need to use advanced graphical tools, or record a new screencast.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Low visual quality&lt;/strong&gt;: GIFs are limited to 256 colours, and are often overly compressed to reduce file size. In the example included in the question, the text is too small and hard to read.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible large file size&lt;/strong&gt;. The example in the question is 1.4MB large.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Some users cannot view animated GIFs&lt;/strong&gt;: they may have disabled them, or they may have specific accessibility requirements.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The pros and cons should be taken into consideration before using an animated GIF for a screencast. When it doubt, they should be avoided, as text accompanied with screenshots don't suffer from the previously listed cons of GIFs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, there are some occasions when an animated GIF is very appropriate. For example, take this animated GIF, from this &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/39819/2355&quot;&gt;answer explaining how to move icons in the launcher&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/MXd5j.gif&quot; alt=&quot;Example GIF&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is an excellent use of an animated GIF:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;It explains a concept that would be hard to explain in words&lt;/strong&gt;, with or without screenshots.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;It is very short&lt;/strong&gt;, only a few seconds long. Users are unlikely to miss playback control buttons.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;It is cropped to a small area of the screen&lt;/strong&gt;. This makes it much easier to follow, reduces the file size, and enhances the visual quality of the animation.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2355" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2014-05-21T18:51:12.997" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5625" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5622" CreationDate="2012-12-28T18:15:17.403" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;In my opinion they can be useful, though they can be rather large and cumbersome downloads depending on the resolution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Youtube videos are also useful, though they cannot be embedded, and we have no real control over them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1992" LastEditorUserId="1992" LastEditDate="2012-12-30T05:22:10.640" LastActivityDate="2012-12-30T05:22:10.640" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5626" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5622" CreationDate="2012-12-28T18:23:40.657" Score="-6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Personally I hate GIFs they make the site much slower and it's very hard to see the exact instructions. I think pictures tells much more and you can do it in your own phase. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't like them, I want a nice old fashion list with pictures so anyone can do it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think GIFs are just fancy things that doesn't do the job. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As en example this page lags really much when i try to scroll. And I'm only running the usual programs, eclipse, Spotify, 8 tabs in Chrome. GIFs aren't a good solution to a problem that doesn't exist. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10698" LastActivityDate="2012-12-28T18:23:40.657" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5628" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-12-29T00:12:34.037" Score="9" ViewCount="183" Body="&lt;p&gt;While I've just recently acquired the privilege for voting to close questions, I find it hard to find the right close reasons for the following very common scenario. Someone asks a question, but does not provide enough information to be able to answer it. A comment is made fairly quick (within hours) with clear instructions &lt;em&gt;how&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;what&lt;/em&gt; to provide. Then the question is either abandoned, only a part of the information is given or a useless comment like &quot;I don't know, please help me, I'm a noob&quot; is the response to it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I &lt;em&gt;really&lt;/em&gt; would like to have the option to close a question because the OP simply doesn't provide enough information or simply has abandoned it. It would be &lt;em&gt;much&lt;/em&gt; clearer for them and others to see why his/her question was closed. Currently, I see questions being closed with either:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Too localized&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What? This will happen in Europe too!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Not a real question&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; a real and valid question, but just one or more vital piece(s) of information isn't provided, such as a specific hardware specification.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is quite unsatisfactory for those who have put time and effort in the question in researching and commenting, but it's even more to see the question closed with a reason not making any sense (in my opinion). It would make so much more sense to me to just add a close reason for this, e.g.:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Requested input not provided&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is your obligation to maintain your question and to respond to requests made by other users in the comments in a reasonable way. Your question could be answered if you would have provided more information as requested by some users. Without taking the time to do this, your question will remain unanswered. This may discourage users to answer other questions.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm aware of the following questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2468/how-should-we-define-abandoned-as-a-close-reason&quot;&gt;How should we define “Abandoned” as a close reason?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1843/what-to-do-with-abandoned-questions&quot;&gt;What to do with abandoned questions?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But the options in the answers don't satisfy me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="88802" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.227" LastActivityDate="2012-12-29T05:37:55.587" Title="Why don't we have &quot;required/requested input not provided&quot; close reason for abandoned questions?" Tags="|discussion|close-reasons|vote-to-close|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5629" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5632" CreationDate="2012-12-29T04:30:19.243" Score="0" ViewCount="44" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sometimes, there's a question that gets posted. You have that problem, as well, so you take a look at the answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, let's say that the answer was the most awesome, well-written answer ever, and it offered multiple workarounds and solutions (you get the idea,) but the question was just.. marginally good.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So.. you want to favorite the answer, but the asker wasn't really deserving of the mound of Rep that a Favorite provides.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What do you do then?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I kind of feel like a jerk just upvoting, then walking away, but I also think that it's a little out-of-place to leave a &quot;Thanks!&quot; comment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I propose the ability to Favorite an answer.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Please tell me what you think!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="95681" LastActivityDate="2012-12-29T09:54:29.247" Title="Are Favorite Answers being planned?" Tags="|feature-request|answers|reputation|bookmarks|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5630" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5629" CreationDate="2012-12-29T05:34:20.073" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Having a question marked as a favorite doesn't earn the asker any reputation, so that doesn't really matter. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you upvote the answer you prefer every time you visit the page the arrow will be filled in, so you know that's the one you upvoted, poor man's favorite I guess.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also if the answer is useful then clearly the question has merit, if the post is of poor quality then fix it by submitting edits to it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="235" LastEditDate="2012-12-29T05:42:56.303" LastActivityDate="2012-12-29T05:42:56.303" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5631" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5628" CreationDate="2012-12-29T05:37:55.587" Score="6" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Not a real question&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;It is a real and valid question, but just one or more vital piece(s)&#xA;  of information isn't provided, such as a specific hardware&#xA;  specification.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The definition for NARQ is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;It's difficult to tell what is being asked here. This question is &lt;strong&gt;ambiguous, vague, incomplete, overly broad&lt;/strong&gt;, or rhetorical and cannot be reasonably answered in its current form. For help clarifying this question so that it can be reopened, see the FAQ.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Usually if I run into a question and someone's left a comment but it's been abandoned then this is what I usually go for. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;It is quite unsatisfactory for those who have put time and effort in the question in researching and commenting, but it's even more to see the question closed with a reason not making any sense (in my opinion).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Don't invest time and effort on incomplete questions; we can't force people to fix their questions, they've asked it, we've asked for clarification, if they bail then there's not much we can do, other than voting-to-close to prevent the next contributor from wasting their time on an unanswerable question. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I use the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1323/what-prewritten-pro-forma-userscript-comments-can-we-use-and-share&quot;&gt;proforma comments&lt;/a&gt; to make it real easy to read a question, add the comment, and move onto the next one. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.227" LastActivityDate="2012-12-29T05:37:55.587" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5632" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5629" CreationDate="2012-12-29T09:54:29.247" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Any answers that you think are the '&lt;em&gt;most awesome, well-written answer ever&lt;/em&gt;' could do with a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/set-bounties&quot;&gt;bounty&lt;/a&gt;. You'll even get a couple of extra badges for your trouble.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/zo5o7.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12864" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2012-12-29T09:54:29.247" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5633" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-12-29T13:39:33.223" Score="4" ViewCount="63" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am starting to like the whole winter hats thingy (trophy system), will this disappear after December or will it change into other trophy systems giving digital achievements according to day, season, events, etc..&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7035" LastActivityDate="2012-12-29T14:35:25.097" Title="Will winter hats disappear after December" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5634" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5633" CreationDate="2012-12-29T14:35:25.097" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes it will - &quot;the hats get put back in their boxes on January 4th!&quot;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;reference: &lt;a href=&quot;http://winterba.sh/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://winterba.sh/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2012-12-29T14:35:25.097" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5635" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5576" CreationDate="2012-12-29T19:50:47.683" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Who knows what was changed as &lt;a href=&quot;https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Kernel/Compile&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Kernel/Compile&lt;/a&gt; states:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Building and using a custom kernel will make it very difficult to get&#xA;  support for your system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;While it is a learning experience to compile your own kernel, you will&#xA;  not be allowed to file bugs on the custom-built kernel (if you do,&#xA;  they will be Rejected without further explanation).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I don't think this question is about a custom kernel, the wording the user used was&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;My workplace desktop uses a special customized distro of Ubuntu, but I&#xA;  can't get my hands on its installer in &amp;lt; 2 months notice, and I need&#xA;  to install this distro on my work laptop&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastActivityDate="2012-12-29T19:50:47.683" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5636" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5576" CreationDate="2012-12-29T21:56:38.000" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would only consider custom kernels off-topic if it does not have to do with creating them. If it is about something not working, then it probably should not be considered off topic. Take this as a grain of salt though. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="95261" LastActivityDate="2012-12-29T21:56:38.000" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5637" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5622" CreationDate="2012-12-30T00:46:14.197" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;YES.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;People who do not want to see GIFs can turn them off. It is your choice. People like me who want to see the cool-looking GIF animations – instead of jamming a massive amount of instructions in hard-reading stream-of-consciousness – should be able to see the GIFs. You can see animated GIFs in other Stack Exchange sites like &lt;a href=&quot;https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/193072/ipad-for-reading-textbooks-and-writing-math-by-hand/204393#204393&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; so why not here?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;P.s. For people who are able to do the nice-looking GIFs, please, instruct people in your answer to do them. I know you can do animated GIFs with iPad's Echograph app but I would like to learn how to animations for instructions in the GUI. It is very hard to explain things only in text or images, animations add a new layer of communication.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="74681" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:22:08.210" LastActivityDate="2012-12-30T17:09:27.577" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5640" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-12-30T05:20:27.550" Score="3" ViewCount="63" Body="&lt;p&gt;Even though I've done what was required, some hats are not being awarded. Why is this? (I'm not chasing hats (don't care really lol), but just noticed along the way that some are missing or have big delays).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1992" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2016-07-01T01:29:46.883" LastActivityDate="2016-07-01T01:29:46.883" Title="Why are some hats not awarded?" Tags="|bug|hats|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ClosedDate="2013-01-21T21:45:41.723" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5641" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5642" CreationDate="2012-12-30T14:52:21.447" Score="5" ViewCount="47" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is possible for a moderator to merge a question that's closed, but not as a duplicate?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, this &lt;em&gt;too localized&lt;/em&gt; question doesn't seem like a candidate for reopening, except that it seems to be a duplicate of another question and it has a good answer that would also help that question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/55342/unitys-dash-is-slow-and-taking-couple-of-seconds-until-its-shown&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/55342/unitys-dash-is-slow-and-taking-couple-of-seconds-until-its-shown&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That might explain why it has a reopen vote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Can moderators merge it with that other question, even though it's not closed as a duplicate of it (or of any question). It is &lt;em&gt;closed&lt;/em&gt;, just not as a duplicate.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If not, should the community reopen it ourselves so we can close it again ourselves? Or when a question is already closed, even if not as a duplicate, is it generally considered appropriate for users to message moderators in chat (or flag for moderator attention) to request merging?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2012-12-30T17:10:47.127" Title="Can questions closed but not as duplicates have their answers merged?" Tags="|support|close-reasons|closed-questions|moderation|merge|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5642" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5641" CreationDate="2012-12-30T17:10:47.127" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;We &lt;em&gt;can&lt;/em&gt; merge anything as long as one of the questions is closed. The &quot;type&quot; of closure makes no difference.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just some context (that you cannot see) about this question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Op asked in August '11.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Op flagged it in October '11 saying it had been fixed by Oneric.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I closed it as Too Localised because it was too-time-localised.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's unfortunate that it still attracts people because the Op has no use for it any longer. The answer is essentially for a related but a different cause.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for what to do next:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I see no value in merging. Who does it benefit? The answer it provides already exists twice on the master question. We don't need three copies of the same answer on one answer, especially if that penalises existing answers.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Deletion penalises the original answerererer so I'm against that.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Locking seems like the best solution. There is a link to the newer thread, now an explanation of what has happened. Nobody harmed.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2012-12-30T17:10:47.127" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5643" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5645" CreationDate="2012-12-30T20:52:18.193" Score="6" ViewCount="48" Body="&lt;p&gt;A few days ago I suggested an edit to a question (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/40171/terminal-bell-without-a-pc-speaker&quot;&gt;Terminal bell without a PC speaker&lt;/a&gt; to correct a wrong path). Can I see the review status? The place in the review queue? I &lt;em&gt;may&lt;/em&gt; have made the edit as anonymous user.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2012-12-30T23:24:40.917" Title="How can I see the review status of an edit?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5644" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5643" CreationDate="2012-12-30T23:16:37.700" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;For suggested edits you make while logged in, you have a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/117103/guntbert?tab=activity&amp;amp;sort=suggestions&quot;&gt;profile subpage&lt;/a&gt; for that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can see any edit once it has been approved or rejected. IIRC if only a preliminary accept or reject has been cast, it is not visible to you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54298" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2012-12-30T23:16:37.700" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5645" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5643" CreationDate="2012-12-30T23:24:40.917" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can always see the status of all your edit suggestions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Go to your user page (e.g., click your name at the top of the screen, on the main site).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Look down to the horizontal list of tabs, which looks like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/pApgI.png&quot; alt=&quot;user page tabs&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Click the &lt;em&gt;ACTIVITY&lt;/em&gt; tab. Some more tabs appear under it. Click &lt;em&gt;SUGGESTIONS&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/lRFxd.png&quot; alt=&quot;suggestions tab, under activity tab&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;That shows all the edit suggestions you've submitted. You can view the stauts of any one of them by clicking where it says &lt;em&gt;suggested edit&lt;/em&gt; in the entry. (If you click the name of the post you edited, it will bring you to that post rather than to the page for your suggestion.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It doesn't matter that you can't &lt;em&gt;review&lt;/em&gt; other people's edits yet. Anyone--even people who are not logged in--can view the status of any suggested edit, if they have the link to it. (For example, here's &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/9682&quot;&gt;one of my old suggestions&lt;/a&gt;.) And the links are all listed in your list of suggestions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(There's other ways for low rep or anonymous users to find suggested edits--but for the purpose of checking your own edits, this should be sufficient.)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2012-12-30T23:24:40.917" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5646" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2699" CreationDate="2012-12-31T02:44:35.327" Score="1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;berdario, the question owner, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/84009/revisions&quot;&gt;edited&lt;/a&gt; out the duplicate link. From what I can see, it probably shouldn't have been closed, but I'll leave it up to the moderators to reopen. – Jarrod Dixon♦ Mar 2 at 2:58&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Most probably &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/15262/editor-for-gsettings&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;. – nitstorm Mar 2 at 5:35&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just removing from unanwered listings since it has a valid answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54298" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2012-12-31T02:44:35.327" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2012-12-31T02:44:35.327" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5647" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2012-12-31T03:00:54.470" Score="10" ViewCount="131" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/7465325#7465325&quot;&gt;jrg in chat&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If the moderators were to come up with a chat session (like the Ubuntu&#xA;  classroom days or something) that talked about flagging, and how&#xA;  helpful it is, and the minor nuances of flagging, would this be&#xA;  helpful and could people either attend or read the transcript?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a great idea since the &lt;a href=&quot;http://cleanup.thepcspy.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;cleanup efforts&lt;/a&gt; of last year were so successful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="46312" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2012-12-31T11:53:12.833" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Is there a Ubuntu classroom about flagging?" Tags="|discussion|flagging|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5648" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5657" CreationDate="2012-12-31T06:16:25.553" Score="1" ViewCount="92" Body="&lt;p&gt;Before asking this question, I was to the question exact duplicate of &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1170/why-the-minimum-6-characters-limit-on-edits&quot;&gt;this.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't have 2K reputation, so every edit I do requires a minimum of 6 characters to be edited. However I came across &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/133533/how-to-remove-ubuntu-and-put-windows-back-on/143482#143482&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; question, where there is only one singly typo which is making bizarre sense.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The first paragraph says something like this, and this really makes wrong sense unless the word &lt;strong&gt;with is changed to without&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You cannot install Windows &lt;strong&gt;with&lt;/strong&gt; a genuine Purchased Product Key&#xA;  though, as these ISO files are 100% legal and will only install as an&#xA;  Evaluation copy for 30 days without a product key.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Additionally I would like to know your opinion, as a feature request;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;Isn't it a good idea that the edit limit should not be solely measured from the reputation, but should also consider the number of edits he make.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;One can even get a great reputation by winning a bounty, which definitely means the user is knowledgeable but might not be a good editor!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="65496" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2012-12-31T19:58:04.223" Title="Don't have 2K reputations, so cannot correct a single typo which is bizzare" Tags="|feature-request|editing|privileges|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5649" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5651" CreationDate="2012-12-31T07:00:57.307" Score="0" ViewCount="117" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am aware of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq#reputation&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; reputation system. However I would like to ask a compound statement. How much reputation will I loose if:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Someone asked a question which was then down-voted once, upon which I answered and someone up-voted my answer. After that a moderator deleted my answer and the question was closed being exact duplicate.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;I guess in an all I should not loose reputation more that 10 because it was upvoted by someone and then deleted. However I lost 25 reputations in this event. I would like to know what I am missing upon?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/230157/how-to-uninstall-ubuntu-12-04-and-install-windows-7-back/230163&quot;&gt;This&lt;/a&gt; was the question which a fellow member asked. It is downvoted and closed being exact duplicate.! Following is my answer upvoted once and then deleted. &lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/FPDbK.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Screenshot of question&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I lost a reputation of 25 and I am unable to understand the individual events or if its a bug.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/8h15e.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Screenshot of reputation&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="65496" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2013-01-07T13:04:18.947" Title="What is the reason that I lost so much of the reputation?" Tags="|support|reputation|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5650" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5648" CreationDate="2012-12-31T10:21:47.477" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;To overcome the 6 chars limit we need some inspiration on how to do it, as it was already pointed out here:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1170/why-the-minimum-6-characters-limit-on-edits&quot;&gt;Why the minimum 6 characters limit on edits&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Usually there will always be some further edits that can be done to reach 6 chars. In your example case one possibility would be the following edit:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You cannot install Windows as these ISO files are 100% legal but will only install as an Evaluation copy for 30 days without a product key.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the extremely rare case where really not more than 6 chars can be edited we can always ask another user to do it (e.g. &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/201/ask-ubuntu-general-room&quot;&gt;in chat&lt;/a&gt;), or just leave a comment for the owner to edit their own post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3940" LastEditorUserId="3940" LastEditDate="2012-12-31T10:36:31.410" LastActivityDate="2012-12-31T10:36:31.410" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5651" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5649" CreationDate="2012-12-31T11:03:03.240" Score="9" Body="&lt;h3&gt;history&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The 25 reps was originally given when the OP accepted your answer and you gained an upvote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;i.e.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;15 points for an answer, 10 points for an upvote = 25 rep.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However - the community considered that this question was a duplicate - it had already been answered by a previous question.  Being good citizens we closed the question with a link to the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;why it was removed&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That leaves the dangling answer.  Ask Ubuntu receives most of its internet traffic from search engines.  When someone is searching for a question, they click on a link and it lands on a Ask Ubuntu page.  Stack Exchange sites automatically redirects users to the correct web-page if the question has been closed as a duplicate - BUT only if the duplicate question has no answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thus - being good janitors, your answer was removed - in this case by a moderator but it could equally been removed by high-rep community members.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The answer could have been merged with the duplicate question - however, the answer IMHO did not really substantially offer any new insights that were already covered by the duplicate, so was correctly deleted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Deleting an answer, removes the unaccept status - thus 15 rep is removed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For answers that have less than 3 upvotes, the system automatically removes those votes - thus the 10 rep removed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;conclusion&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Its not a bug - just the way Stack Exchange sites work.  If you see a question as a duplicate, flag it as such.  Pop into chat to discuss with others if required.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It may seem harsh - but dont worry - its just one answer; we've all been there :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14356" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2012-12-31T11:03:03.240" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5652" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5647" CreationDate="2012-12-31T11:28:12.030" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am sure you heard about it, but we have a room only for people who are interested in keeping the site clean!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/206/ubuntu-regulators&quot;&gt;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/206/ubuntu-regulators&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That is the room that was used a year ago for the cleanup efforts and works like charm. There you are discuss posts that should be voted for any reason, edited, answers that should be up voted for closure and flags.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Feel free to discuss there flagging with moderators (you can ping us) and with other users present on the room.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The reason I recommend it is that flagging is not always straight forward, you cant be a bot over it. Sometimes its not clear as water, experience and good judgement will teach you about it, and that comes with practice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sure, we can write some guide lines, but that wont go far from the short paragraphs present on flags. Dont be scared of flagging, even if they return &lt;em&gt;rejected&lt;/em&gt; -heck, every moderator has some returned flags of their own-. Its a learning process I would say, and I am not really sure a room to teach how to do it will help that much.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastActivityDate="2012-12-31T11:28:12.030" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5653" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5649" CreationDate="2012-12-31T11:35:49.897" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Well, you are aware of where the reputation came from, and you are aware on how you lost it. The reasons for it are explained here &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/5536/someone-deleted-my-answer-in-a-duplicate-post-why&quot;&gt;Someone deleted my answer in a duplicate post, why?&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Lets put it this way, if the post is a duplicate an the contents of your answer are unique and useful, your answer would be merged with the main post and you would only loose the &lt;em&gt;accepted answer&lt;/em&gt; reputation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since we are constantly cleaning up and your answer is similar with the ones already provided on the main post (note: not saying you copied it from there, its just redundant to have the same information on 2 similar answers on the same post) that did not happen. That only leave use with the option to delete your answer so that auto forwarding works.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastActivityDate="2012-12-31T11:35:49.897" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5654" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5655" CreationDate="2012-12-31T14:46:40.603" Score="4" ViewCount="138" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3556/why-cant-i-comment-on-other-questions-answers&quot;&gt;Why can’t I comment on other questions/answers?&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure if this is an appropriate question to ask, so sorry in advance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If someone posts a question I see that other people can comment underneath it, however there is no &quot;add comment button&quot; to be found. Quick screen cap:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Rf2Cp.png&quot; alt=&quot;screen shot&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I only have 43 rep, that may have something to do with it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can only comment on my own answers, not questions or other people's answers. Example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/nl2Hq.png&quot; alt=&quot;screen shot two&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="109252" OwnerDisplayName="Subcomfreak" LastActivityDate="2012-12-31T16:20:48.480" Title="Can't add comments to the first post of a question" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2013-01-04T01:22:53.740" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5655" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5654" CreationDate="2012-12-31T14:56:12.967" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;You need the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/comment&quot;&gt;comment everywhere privilege&lt;/a&gt; to comment everywhere, which requires 50 reputation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You do not need that privilege to comment on your own questions or answers, though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2355" OwnerDisplayName="Flimm" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2012-12-31T14:56:12.967" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5656" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5654" CreationDate="2012-12-31T14:57:18.267" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Check &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/privileges&lt;/a&gt;  it will show what privileges you have.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More info on commenting: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/comment&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/comment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Oh and I read just now you need 50 rep ;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" OwnerDisplayName="Rinzwind" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2012-12-31T14:57:18.267" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5657" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5648" CreationDate="2012-12-31T19:58:04.223" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just searching for something to reach the 6 character limit is bizarre gymnastics. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should correct things which are wrong or of bad style. Whether or not an edit is minor or not does not depend on the size - it is only vaguely related. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The rule enforces what it declares to fight: minor edits. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The rule should be dropped. Maybe it is ok for the beginning, below 200 reputation. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Else it encourages ugly workarounds, where people insert hidden comments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;!-- but we don't leak how to do them! --&amp;gt;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10068" LastActivityDate="2012-12-31T19:58:04.223" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5658" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5647" CreationDate="2012-12-31T21:55:03.237" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is an &lt;em&gt;awesome&lt;/em&gt; article on flagging and moderation here:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/160960/community-help-moderate-your-site&quot;&gt;What is community moderation, and what can I do to help?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Perhaps doing this and pointing people would help?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2012-12-31T21:55:03.237" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5659" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2013-01-01T15:49:15.580" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2013-01-01T15:49:15.580" LastActivityDate="2013-01-01T15:49:15.580" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5660" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2013-01-01T15:49:15.580" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2013-01-01T15:49:15.580" LastActivityDate="2013-01-01T15:49:15.580" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5661" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5662" CreationDate="2013-01-01T15:50:48.560" Score="0" ViewCount="34" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to ask a question with audio. But I want it to either be in the question, or in a link. Can I do this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="101890" LastEditorUserId="54298" LastEditDate="2013-01-01T15:55:37.307" LastActivityDate="2013-01-01T15:55:37.307" Title="Is there an option to put audio in a question?" Tags="|feature-request|link|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5662" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5661" CreationDate="2013-01-01T15:52:56.367" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The Stackexchange engine does not allow embedded audio, nor does markdown. However, you can record audio using Audacity or another such tool and put it online, in a Google Drive account, or a Dropbox account and give a share link after setting correct permissions. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may also link to a youtube video, but that would be less preferable. You can also just describe the sound.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54298" LastActivityDate="2013-01-01T15:52:56.367" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5663" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5669" CreationDate="2013-01-01T18:59:28.213" Score="4" ViewCount="40" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was asking for some details from his system - do I need to look at that question regularly myself or am I notified about edits/comments from the asker?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2013-01-02T05:49:41.133" LastActivityDate="2013-01-02T05:49:41.133" Title="In a comment on question I asked for more info from the asker - will I be notified when he gives that info?" Tags="|support|notifications|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5664" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5666" CreationDate="2013-01-01T19:43:08.637" Score="14" ViewCount="328" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is my answer to multi-postings of the same or mostly same question. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/235007/46312&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/a/235007/46312&lt;/a&gt; &amp;lt;--since deleted as not to offend &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are we allowed to ask-answer our own questions and therefor gaining reps and proliferating our own projects?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="46312" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2013-01-02T11:30:18.923" Title="Does answering your own question constitute abuse on Ask Ubuntu?" Tags="|discussion|answers|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5665" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-01-01T19:54:51.197" Score="8" ViewCount="101" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/x11&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;x11&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;x11&lt;/a&gt; has a number in it, so the system assumes it's a version number and won't let me submit it as a proposed synonym.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can someone make it a synonym of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/xorg&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;xorg&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;xorg&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="14356" LastEditDate="2013-01-14T23:42:22.343" LastActivityDate="2013-01-14T23:42:22.343" Title="Can a moderator please symlink x11 to xorg?" Tags="|discussion|status-completed|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5666" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5664" CreationDate="2013-01-01T19:58:09.517" Score="18" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, it's not considered abuse. You're encouraged to post useful content on the site:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2012/05/encyclopedia-stack-exchange/&quot;&gt;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2012/05/encyclopedia-stack-exchange/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2011/07/its-ok-to-ask-and-answer-your-own-questions/&quot;&gt;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2011/07/its-ok-to-ask-and-answer-your-own-questions/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;To be crystal clear, it is not merely OK to ask and answer your own question, it is explicitly encouraged.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Though you should have probably just posted your issue on meta instead of as an answer to one of his posts to keep the site clean. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="54298" LastEditDate="2013-01-02T11:30:18.923" LastActivityDate="2013-01-02T11:30:18.923" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5667" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5665" CreationDate="2013-01-01T20:04:38.013" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Its done. x11 is now a sym of xorg.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastEditorUserId="235" LastEditDate="2013-01-01T20:04:53.753" LastActivityDate="2013-01-01T20:04:53.753" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5668" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5664" CreationDate="2013-01-01T20:26:22.890" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Useful and distinct questions &amp;amp; answers are always positively encouraged.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In terms of your question I'm assuming you are concentrating on the &lt;em&gt;distinct&lt;/em&gt; aspect of a Q&amp;amp;A.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this case, the community has decided that this is a close enough duplicate and has been closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As such, the brief content that was posted as an answer was merged with the existing accepted duplicate.  I took the decision to not merge the answer since the OP had already had a similar answer on that duplicate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question itself is still very useful since it is a signpost for others searching using terms similar to the question title.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The beauty of the StackExchange system is that when searched, the user is automatically redirected.  So we have a win-win here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14356" LastActivityDate="2013-01-01T20:26:22.890" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5669" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5663" CreationDate="2013-01-01T21:06:18.777" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;You are not directly notified of any edits to the question, though you will be notified of future comments. To receive notifications about changes to the question I recommend you favorite the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2462/what-is-the-purpose-of-favoriting-questions&quot;&gt;What is the purpose of favoriting&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2013-01-01T21:06:18.777" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5670" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5676" CreationDate="2013-01-01T21:14:10.387" Score="9" ViewCount="100" Body="&lt;p&gt;My first thought would be the newer question is merged into the older one, which has had more time to gather bookmarks and search engine rankings, and it is the second question that is at fault.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Perhaps, however, things are done based not on age, but perhaps on votes and answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I recently, however, had a question with several good answers merged into a question that is a) newer, and b) seems to have no merit to itself at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How is it decided which question is to be marked closed, and which is to be left to prosper?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="24819" LastActivityDate="2014-02-17T21:10:01.480" Title="Should duplicates be merged into the newer or older question?" Tags="|support|duplicates|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5671" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5576" CreationDate="2013-01-02T01:58:12.117" Score="-2" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, it should be on topic. Recompiling a custom kernel is within the purview of any Linux user, Ubuntu included. I don't see why this would be considered off topic. I think there is a somewhat over-protective attitude on this forum which discourages users from straying from the &quot;one true path&quot;. I think we should not perpetuate such an attitude. If a user needs to compile a custom kernel then fine, they are still a user of Ubuntu, and it should remain on topic on this forum.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="36515" LastEditorUserId="36515" LastEditDate="2013-04-21T09:27:46.740" LastActivityDate="2013-04-21T09:27:46.740" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5672" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5674" CreationDate="2013-01-02T03:37:58.237" Score="3" ViewCount="44" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think that search option should be provided in questions and answers in the user profile, which is currently not available. Currently a user can see a list of own asked questions and given answers but he/she can't search particular one. It will help user to find a particular question or answer easily among all. It will helpful when one have to flag or suggest possible of duplicate or useful for suggesting someone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54296" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2013-01-02T05:47:49.427" LastActivityDate="2013-01-02T11:22:54.813" Title="Search Option In User Profile QA" Tags="|feature-request|searching|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5673" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5677" CreationDate="2013-01-02T09:26:15.437" Score="8" ViewCount="171" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a subscription for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ntp&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ntp&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ntp&lt;/a&gt;. It seems that recently &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ntp&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ntp&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ntp&lt;/a&gt; became a synonym for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/time&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;time&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;time&lt;/a&gt;, so that I now get questions like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/234446/bios-time-is-incorrect&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; (which is not related to ntp) via my subscription.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please remove this synonym: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ntp&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ntp&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ntp&lt;/a&gt; should be for questions specific to &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ntpd&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;ntp&lt;/a&gt; (i.e. using &lt;code&gt;ntpd&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;nptdate&lt;/code&gt; et.al.), not for all questions regarding the 4th dimension.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;EDIT:&lt;/strong&gt; This seems to be solved. Could a mod please check what happened with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ntp&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ntp&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ntp&lt;/a&gt;? Its &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/51064/revisions&quot;&gt;history&lt;/a&gt; offers no clues.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="62688" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2013-01-13T15:24:11.407" Title="Unsynonym ntp from time" Tags="|support|status-completed|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5674" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5672" CreationDate="2013-01-02T11:17:48.380" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can search for posts by yourself by including the following term in a search:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=user%3Ame&quot;&gt;user:me&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/search&lt;/a&gt; for further search options.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19490" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2013-01-02T11:22:54.813" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5675" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5599" CreationDate="2013-01-02T16:57:50.857" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The reason is that the field on the form says 'title'. At least, that is what fooled me when I named &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/201329/how-to-do-a-sudo-verification-that-lasts-long-enough-for-unprivileged-make-to&quot;&gt;my question&lt;/a&gt; 'forward sudo verification', even though I knew back then that we want questions as topic titles. I just edited it after being reminded by seeing this topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe this can be changed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19679" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2013-01-02T16:57:50.857" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5676" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5670" CreationDate="2013-01-02T17:11:22.567" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;Duplicates should be merged in whichever way requires the least effort to consolidate good answers between the two.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, If a newer dupe has one excellent answer, and the older dupe has a bunch of redundant info split between five answers, it's probably easier to close the older one (and copy the best bits to the newer one).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Speaking for myself, I sometimes flag for moderator attention and recommend merging when I see the opportunity to make a canonical question. I don't give any priority to the age of either question. One is always clearer, that's the one to keep.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12864" LastActivityDate="2013-01-02T17:11:22.567" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5677" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5673" CreationDate="2013-01-02T23:53:57.087" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The history as far as I understand it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;ntp&lt;/code&gt; was requested to be a synonym by a senior member of the Ask Ubuntu community (no names required to be mentioned).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yesterday, another similar synonym creation question was requested and was granted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At the same time a number of outstanding synonyms that were requested by other senior members for quite a considerable amount of time were actioned which included ntp --&gt; time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This particular request was revoked today by an AU mod - probably after reading this Q&amp;amp;A and acting on the relatively high number upvotes given to a AU meta question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The history link you have given is for edits to the tag - not for synonym creation.  Looks like no actual history is recorded for these.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are a number of outstanding synonym requests - for those in the community with high enough rep - please review these and either upvote or downvote the requests.  Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14356" LastActivityDate="2013-01-02T23:53:57.087" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5679" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-01-03T06:13:28.910" Score="-2" ViewCount="89" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm pretty new to Ubuntu, and to these forums and one thing that I have found to be a bit disturbing is that other people (including myself which is more oddness) can edit other peoples questions. &#xA;Is this true? Why?&#xA;Isn't that a super terrible idea? Not to mention, how is it that I have to have 50 rep to comment on a question but apparently I need 0 rep to edit someone else's question. Doesn't that also seem terribly backwards?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117069" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2013-01-03T15:42:00.120" LastActivityDate="2013-01-04T01:26:54.817" Title="Other users can edit my questions?" Tags="|discussion|editing|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5681" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5679" CreationDate="2013-01-03T10:25:30.383" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;You need a minimum of 1 reputation to &lt;em&gt;suggest&lt;/em&gt; an edit. When an edit is suggested, what happens is this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;it goes into a review queue where it takes 2 trusted community members to agree that it is a good edit. A trusted community member is someone who has managed to earn more than 2,000 reputation (this is not to be confused with the &quot;trusted user&quot; status you can earn at 20,000).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, your content here is under a Creative Commons license, so you don't really have a choice. Everyone needs to be able to edit your questions and answers to fulfill the letter of the license. For more information, take a look at the FAQ. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq#editing&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/faq#editing&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Lastly, edits are designed to be used for the purposes of updating, fixing invalid information, improving formatting for readability - and that is what it is used for. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2013-01-04T01:06:08.090" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5682" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6360" CreationDate="2013-01-03T14:54:28.717" Score="18" ViewCount="355" Body="&lt;p&gt;I see Jorge Castro has been replacing &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ubuntu-for-phones&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ubuntu-for-phones&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ubuntu-for-phones&lt;/a&gt; with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/mobile&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;mobile&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;mobile&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/235317/2355&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/235665/2355&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. (Hi Jorge!)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Shouldn't those two tags be kept distinct?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ubuntu-for-phones&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ubuntu-for-phones&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ubuntu-for-phones&lt;/a&gt; is the newly announced project with the mobile interface, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/mobile&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;mobile&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;mobile&lt;/a&gt; is the attempt to run Ubuntu desktop edition on phones and tablets. They seem different to me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2355" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2013-03-25T09:22:37.343" Title="Do we need a new &quot;ubuntu-for-phones&quot; tag?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="6" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5683" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5682" CreationDate="2013-01-03T15:25:19.980" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've been keeping them in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/mobile&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;mobile&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;mobile&lt;/a&gt; because that's where the existing teams have been subscribed to for the Nexus and they want to keep everything in one place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also of note, we have a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/phone&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;phone&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;phone&lt;/a&gt; too if we want to use that for something, so maybe &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/mobile&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;mobile&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;mobile&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/nexus-7&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;nexus-7&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;nexus-7&lt;/a&gt; - for the N7s&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/mobile&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;mobile&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;mobile&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/phone&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;phone&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;phone&lt;/a&gt; - for the phones. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does that satisfy the Pedantic Knights?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="235" LastEditDate="2013-01-04T02:54:16.573" LastActivityDate="2013-01-04T02:54:16.573" CommentCount="17" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5684" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5682" CreationDate="2013-01-03T15:56:06.240" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;I strongly agree with &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/users/2355/flimm&quot;&gt;Flimm&lt;/a&gt; on keeping them distinct.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My opinion on &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/mobile&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;mobile&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;mobile&lt;/a&gt; is that it's &lt;strong&gt;overly broad&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;ambiguous&lt;/strong&gt; being a general adjective. That being another discussion, see this: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/5697/can-we-please-disambiguate-or-discourage-the-mobile-tag&quot;&gt;Can we please disambiguate or discourage the &amp;#39;mobile&amp;#39; tag?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A specific tag &lt;em&gt;like&lt;/em&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ubuntu-for-phones&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ubuntu-for-phones&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ubuntu-for-phones&lt;/a&gt; is a lot more &lt;strong&gt;self-descriptive&lt;/strong&gt; and much less likely to be used erroneously. Especially for new users. &lt;em&gt;I'm not saying this is a good tag name, though.&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Clearly, this is likely to result in &lt;em&gt;a lot&lt;/em&gt; of retagging work ahead in reviewing questions if we would merge them. This is not gonna be fun and may discourage people from reviewing. &lt;em&gt;Now&lt;/em&gt; is the time to prevent that from happening.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other supporting arguments against merging:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Canonical's ambitions are huge on this product. If Landscape, Ubuntu One and MAAS deserve their own tag, then it does not make sense to me if 'Ubuntu for phones' would not.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We can merge later. IMHO just one more tag is very harmless as it can be merged later if we decide to do so.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We don't know much yet how 'Ubuntu for phones' is going to work out. See the response to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/users/9781/david-planella&quot;&gt;David Planella&lt;/a&gt;'s comment below.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;As pointed out by &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/users/2355/flimm&quot;&gt;Flimm&lt;/a&gt; very well in his comment:&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;It's easy to subscribe to more than one tag, but it's impossible to subscribe to half a merged tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;In response to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/5683/88802&quot;&gt;the answer of Jorge Castro&lt;/a&gt; about current subscriptions of the development team...&lt;/em&gt;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;In my opinion the team(s) are just subscribing to the wrong tag here. It is to their advantage to have a distinct and obvious tag for a such a product they're working on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;In response to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/users/9781/david-planella&quot;&gt;David Planella&lt;/a&gt; on &quot;It's the same OS, just different devices&quot; (paraphrased):&lt;/em&gt;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;Canonical may &lt;em&gt;present&lt;/em&gt; this to be as the same Ubuntu for users, but it just &lt;em&gt;can't&lt;/em&gt; be the same. This is the marketing machine and it's working well apparently. Regarding Q&amp;amp;A this will be horrible, I'm expecting. One does not install a phone using a ISO. One does not want to receive software recommendations for Desktop-UI apps. One does not want to read answers about shortkeys on a touch screen phone. We don't know yet to what extent it will be the same to the desktop OS in terms of technical aspects, release management, customizations by operators, etc. All we know for sure is that it will have a different UI to users, a completely new approach regarding app development and it will simply result in different questions/answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="88802" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.227" LastActivityDate="2013-01-04T12:39:44.653" CommentCount="3" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-01-04T08:50:58.040" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5686" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-01-03T20:36:53.350" Score="0" ViewCount="42" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2154/where-is-the-link-to-the-original-question-when-a-question-is-closed-as-a-duplic&quot;&gt;Where is the link to the original question when a question is closed as a duplicate?&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I find the 'closed as exact duplicate by...' message confusing.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Instead of telling me (the user) that question XYZ is a duplicated and listening the names of the people that marked the question as duplicate, I would like to see a &lt;strong&gt;big button that link to the solution!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Btw, I couldn't even find out how to open the &lt;em&gt;&quot;original&quot;&lt;/em&gt; of a duplicated question after 30 sec (and I'm not a n00b).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For me the current implementation is a UX bug.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12105" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.087" LastActivityDate="2013-01-03T20:36:53.350" Title="'closed as exact duplicate by...' is confusing - where is the answer?" Tags="|bug|duplicates|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2013-01-03T20:44:34.250" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5687" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5679" CreationDate="2013-01-04T01:26:54.817" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Some people Downvote for silly reasons, it may be an offhand comment in the question (funny but otherwise not essential to the question) or something else...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By editing we can make it easier to read and less likely to offend, clear up mistakes or parts that people would confuse, like in @jrg's answer &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/posts/5681/revisions&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/posts/5681/revisions&lt;/a&gt; , many times a simple edit can turn around a question, and impact it positively.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastActivityDate="2013-01-04T01:26:54.817" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5688" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5816" CreationDate="2013-01-04T02:04:42.497" Score="4" ViewCount="228" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/233065/subscribe-using-google-reader&quot;&gt;This question&lt;/a&gt; is, and has always been, on topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The OP's reading of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq#questions&quot;&gt;the FAQ&lt;/a&gt; is correct. A question about using built-in Ubuntu software and third party Ubuntu software on Ubuntu is a question about Ubuntu, and is on topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We don't consider questions about running Ubuntu software in Ubuntu to be off-topic just because they might benefit someone running Windows or some other OS, and it's dangerous to send the message that we do. Imagine if a Windows forum rejected a question about Windows because it might somehow also help Ubuntu users!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To anyone who disagrees: Look through the open questions on our site, and ask yourself how many of them might be helpful to someone running a non-Ubuntu OS. You'll find that many of them could be. Probably most.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do you really want to close almost every question about &lt;code&gt;bash&lt;/code&gt; or &lt;code&gt;grep&lt;/code&gt;; repairing GRUB; using LibreOffice, Banshee, Rhythmbox, Firefox, Chromium, Chrome, or Midori; Nautilus, Dolphin, Konqueror, Thunar, or PCManFM; installing software from source code; or adjusting any system settings except the tiny number that differ from those in other GNOME 3 based distros?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I see no reason to keep this closed--I think closing it as off-topic was a simple mistake arising from &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/5617/why-is-my-firefox-question-voted-down&quot;&gt;its previous wording being difficult to understand&lt;/a&gt;, exacerbated by attempts to justify a mistake that never made sense in the first place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We should reopen this now. But if for some reason people want to keep it closed, the OP deserves a reasonable explanation for why it ought to stay closed. More importantly, the community deserves an explanation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Related:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2012/03/respect-the-community-your-own-and-others/&quot;&gt;Respect the community – your own, and others’&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2013-01-17T01:37:41.360" Title="Let's reopen this on-topic question about using Ubuntu software in Ubuntu" Tags="|discussion|close-reasons|scope|closed-questions|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="0" ClosedDate="2017-02-04T11:14:55.177" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5689" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5682" CreationDate="2013-01-04T02:23:06.690" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Okay, I kinda disagree with &lt;em&gt;both&lt;/em&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/5683/2355&quot;&gt;Jorge's answer&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/5684/2355&quot;&gt;gertvdijk's answer&lt;/a&gt; to this question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/mobile&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;mobile&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;mobile&lt;/a&gt; is not exactly &quot;overly broad&quot; - of course it also includes &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ubuntu-for-phones&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ubuntu-for-phones&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ubuntu-for-phones&lt;/a&gt; and of course a great ton of stuff fits into it, but it was made with the &quot;running (actual) Ubuntu on mobile devices&quot; idea in mind.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ubuntu-for-phones&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ubuntu-for-phones&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ubuntu-for-phones&lt;/a&gt; on the other hand is, for the most part, focused on the phone derivate of ubuntu - which certainly provides a wholly different UX.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;These two should, in my opinion, be kept apart.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, since &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/mobile&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;mobile&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;mobile&lt;/a&gt; does include &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ubuntu-for-phones&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ubuntu-for-phones&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ubuntu-for-phones&lt;/a&gt;, perhaps renaming the previous &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/mobile&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;mobile&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;mobile&lt;/a&gt; to something more distinct - &quot;mobile-ubuntu&quot;, &quot;mobile-installation&quot;, something like that - might be in order.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="98085" LastEditorUserId="2355" LastEditDate="2013-01-04T13:38:01.097" LastActivityDate="2013-01-04T13:38:01.097" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5690" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5688" CreationDate="2013-01-04T02:23:36.953" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I read the question and I do not agree that it is / should be off topic. It is literally talking about Firefox which comes with Ubuntu, it is at the same level of asking about how to do something with empathy, gimp, squid3, libreoffice and lightdm. Askubuntu is suppose to be the place to ask anything related to Ubuntu, including all apps that come with it. If not, then more than 90% of all question would get deleted or marked as off topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7035" LastActivityDate="2013-01-04T02:23:36.953" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5691" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5688" CreationDate="2013-01-04T02:47:45.920" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;For the most part, I have yet to understand &lt;em&gt;what exactly this question is about&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is it an issue that arises on &lt;em&gt;Ubuntu in particular&lt;/em&gt;, because some information is not found, or not relayed?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is it an issue that arises with &lt;em&gt;Firefox itself&lt;/em&gt;, because it is simply not intended?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is it a bug?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I haven't passed any judgement on the question. I haven't voted on it, or any of its comments. The reason is very simple: Whether or not it is on-topic depends on the answers to the above questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It should be off-topic, if it is an issue with Firefox, rather than Ubuntu. If the best answer to it is &quot;This feature isn't intended by Mozilla.&quot; or &quot;It's a platform-independent problem with Firefox.&quot;, we are unable to &lt;em&gt;answer&lt;/em&gt; it. We can redirect, nothing else. In that case it is definitely &lt;strong&gt;off-topic&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It should be on-topic, if it is an issue with Ubuntu. If the best answer is &quot;There is a problem with the Ubuntu version of Firefox, which is ...&quot; or &quot;For it to be found on Ubuntu, it needs to be added to ...&quot; or anything along those lines - then it is &lt;strong&gt;on-topic&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's the basic line of thought I have always applied to any applications running on Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="98085" LastActivityDate="2013-01-04T02:47:45.920" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5692" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5694" CreationDate="2013-01-04T03:33:33.270" Score="11" ViewCount="260" Body="&lt;p&gt;Occasionally, there are legitimate questions asked but these maybe embellished with a lot of personal detail more suited to a blog, such as unnecessary criticism of the software in question. By &quot;unnecessary&quot;, I mean, at the minimum, not related to getting an answer to the specific question being asked.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I made an edit to a question: I left what I considered the basic question intact; I removed a lot of what I considered to unnecessary, subjective commentary.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unsurprisingly, the original author rolled back the question to the original version. Is that the end of this matter?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user25656" LastEditorUserId="2355" LastEditDate="2013-01-04T14:21:40.650" LastActivityDate="2013-01-04T14:21:40.650" Title="How important is it to edit out unnecessary criticism or praise?" Tags="|discussion|editing|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5693" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5682" CreationDate="2013-01-04T04:10:04.067" Score="-2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I believe we should stick with &lt;code&gt;mobile&lt;/code&gt; as this will ensure we see a broad spread of mobile-related questions in the same tag, many of the topics of which are related (e.g. memory consumption on a tablet and memory consumption on a phone are both limited-memory environments).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Adding another tag in addition to &lt;code&gt;mobile&lt;/code&gt; such as &lt;code&gt;phone&lt;/code&gt; could be useful though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="42996" LastActivityDate="2013-01-04T04:10:04.067" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5694" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5692" CreationDate="2013-01-04T04:11:15.283" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here's a couple of guidelines. Just be aware that this reflects my preferences. I recommend soliciting the views of others as well. (Which is to say, I recommend others post answers here too.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Treat unnecessary criticism the same as unnecessary praise. There's nothing worse or less appropriate about criticism than praise. Praise can get in the way just as much as criticism.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Remove unnecessary criticism or praise if you think the question will be better or more easily answered &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; that doing so keeps the question fundamentally intact and respects the author.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;If I'm guessing correctly about what question you're talking about, your edit abides by that guideline. It was a reasonable and good edit.&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If unnecessary criticism or praise is rolled back by the author, only seek to have it removed again if you believe the unnecessary criticism or praise clearly makes the question harder to understand, harder to work on, less useful to the community, or in violation of community standards. The community should only override the express wishes of a post's original author in cases where it is clearly important to do so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;If I'm guessing correctly about what question you're talking about, the unnecessary criticism doesn't &lt;em&gt;really&lt;/em&gt; get in the way of the question. At least not in a severe way. It isn't inflammatory and the question as a whole is well-written even with it.&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;We're used to seeing criticism of Ubuntu that violates community standards--though sometimes the criticism is just a &lt;em&gt;vehicle&lt;/em&gt; for violating community standards, and is not seriously intended on its own. We're less used to seeing praise that violates community standards but this does happen from time to time and it should be tolerated no more or less than similarly problematic criticism. If someone says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Ubuntu rocks. Far better than OS/2! Ubuntu users are kings and queens of the world while OS/2 Warp users are &lt;code&gt;&amp;amp;(^*&amp;amp;&lt;/code&gt; &lt;code&gt;$%^&amp;amp;&lt;/code&gt;s who &lt;code&gt;$&amp;amp;%*&lt;/code&gt; every &lt;code&gt;!@#$&lt;/code&gt; that &lt;code&gt;*)(!&lt;/code&gt;es the &lt;code&gt;&amp;amp;^*%&lt;/code&gt;. They &lt;code&gt;*(^_&lt;/code&gt; themselves when they see Ubuntu's mighty UI! OS/2 wishes it could search Amazon from the desktop; instead, it can only &lt;code&gt;(*^(&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;%^&amp;amp;*__*(^*(()$$&lt;/code&gt; with goats and &lt;code&gt;*(*^)&lt;/code&gt;es.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even if you personally think OS/2 Warp users are no-good goat &lt;code&gt;%^&amp;amp;*__*(^*(()$$&lt;/code&gt;ers, you'd still best edit that out!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;If any of those character sequences turns out to &lt;em&gt;actually&lt;/em&gt; mean something, please accept my humblest apologies!&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sometimes, someone says something to get their message out or start a discussion. In that case, what they want to do is often quite legitimate (whether or not their beliefs are right). But Ask Ubuntu is not a good or appropriate place for it. In that case, it's a good idea to comment explaining that they should post on a forum or blog. If referring users to particular forums, it's a good idea to remind them to read those forums' policies or FAQs before posting.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2013-01-04T04:11:15.283" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5695" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5699" CreationDate="2013-01-04T10:03:51.857" Score="3" ViewCount="155" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently flagged this question: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/220522/emit-signal-for-gio-dbusproxy-in-python&quot;&gt;Emit signal for GIO.DBusProxy in python?&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a question about programming with Python, GIO and DBus. This is a purely programming-related question, i.e. the OP is not trying to communicate with Unity or a specific application, but both nodes of the communication are custom programs. The question also contains very few details: essentially, the OP provided just a method signature.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In short, this question has nothing to do with Ubuntu and is also poorly written. It is very unlikely that somebody will ever answer it. Why wasn't the question moved to Stack Overflow?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=[python]+closed%3A1&quot;&gt;Other questions&lt;/a&gt; purely about Python programming were closed. They were closed because they were off-topic, not because they were duplicates or too vague. Here are a few examples:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/157025/how-to-convert-the-time-time-to-normal-datetime-format-in-linux&quot;&gt;How to convert the time.time() to normal datetime format in linux?&lt;/a&gt;: the problem expressed in this question is clear, in fact it has a valid answer;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/172115/partial-key-value-retrieval-data-structure-python&quot;&gt;partial key value retrieval data structure python&lt;/a&gt;: well written and has an answer. The question also contains this comment: &lt;em&gt;&quot;As this programming question is not Ubuntu-specific in any way, it is probably off-topic for Ask Ubuntu&quot;&lt;/em&gt;;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/194557/why-am-i-getting-an-error-syntaxerror-invalid-syntax&quot;&gt;Why am i getting an error SyntaxError : invalid syntax&lt;/a&gt;: contains an helpful snippet of code -- there's also an answer (which is wrong, but just because the question was edited later);&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/183475/whats-the-best-way-to-use-python-lxml-to-extract-content-of-a-tag&quot;&gt;What's the best way to use python lxml to extract content of a tag?&lt;/a&gt;: the question is clear and contains an helpful snippet;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/166448/python-programming-from-scratch&quot;&gt;Python programming from scratch&lt;/a&gt;: this particular question is even directly related to Ubuntu and Quickly (though is too generic, and shows no research effort).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please, don't misunderstand: I'm not trying to close every question which is not strictly related to Ubuntu. My aim is to bring quality to Ask Ubuntu: there are many unanswered questions here, and many answered questions do not contain &lt;em&gt;great&lt;/em&gt; answers (i.e. well-written answers that contain all the most relevant solutions).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If we're going to accept purely programming-related questions, then we will have more unanswered questions and more incomplete answers. The reason is simple: most of the people who can answer such questions do not look at Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd like to see the GIO/DBus question moved or closed not because I don't want to see such questions in Ask Ubuntu, but because I want to direct the OP to a place where his question will receive the attention it deserves and will hopefully receive a great answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2979" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2013-01-04T13:23:17.373" Title="Why was a purely programming-related question not moved/closed?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5696" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5682" CreationDate="2013-01-04T10:52:10.413" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The tag &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/mobile&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;mobile&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;mobile&lt;/a&gt; is too vague and not self descriptive, because we use the terms we use phone and mobile for same device, So users may tag questions like sync symbian mobile mobile with ubuntu with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/mobile&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;mobile&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;mobile&lt;/a&gt; tag. I belive that ubuntu mobile and connecting some other phones with ubuntu are diffrent and should have separate tags .&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We don't need separate tag(&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ubuntu-for-server&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ubuntu-for-server&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ubuntu-for-server&lt;/a&gt; with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/server&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;server&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;server&lt;/a&gt;) for because it won't make ambiguity &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="39372" LastActivityDate="2013-01-04T10:52:10.413" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5697" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5698" CreationDate="2013-01-04T11:58:34.050" Score="9" ViewCount="234" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;em&gt;I've decided to branch off my &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/mobile&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;mobile&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;mobile&lt;/a&gt; concerns from &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/5682/do-we-need-a-new-ubuntu-for-phones-tag&quot;&gt;Do we need a new “ubuntu-for-phones” tag?&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my opinion 'mobile' is too ambiguous and broad in its name being an &lt;em&gt;adjective&lt;/em&gt;. Yes, we may have a broader tag issue on this site, but &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/mobile&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;mobile&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;mobile&lt;/a&gt; has become of greater and specific concern to me now Canonical has launched Ubuntu for phones. We're likely to see a grow on questions related to it in the near future.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Shouldn't we just trash this tag and encourage more specific ones?&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Disclaimer: I'm relatively new on SE, but I think I'm quite sure how tags work and what could be useful to users of this site.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;description issue&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/mobile&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;mobile&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;mobile&lt;/a&gt;'s short description currently reads&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Getting Ubuntu to run on Mobile devices, like Nexus 7 tablets and phones.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;'Getting Ubuntu to run'&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;is pretty obvious and something we all want here.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;boot issues go to tags like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/boot&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;boot&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;boot&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/boot-failure&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;boot-failure&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;boot-failure&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;questions regarding other failures to start Ubuntu are quite often considered bugs and closed for being off-topic anyway.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;'like Nexus 7 tablets and phones' well... &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/nexus-7&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;nexus-7&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;nexus-7&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/tablet&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;tablet&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;tablet&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/smartphone&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;smartphone&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;smartphone&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;reviewing and new-user issue&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;New users aren't likely to be familiar with the site and the tag descriptions, though it's very likely to tag their questions &lt;em&gt;by their name&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Honestly, this is very confusing for users of this site. Questions like these are likely to be tagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/mobile&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;mobile&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;mobile&lt;/a&gt; initially and via suggested edits:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;how to sync contacts on your non-Ubuntu smartphone on a Ubuntu desktop&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;mobile broadband related&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;concerning mobile PCs&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt;, aka notebooks, laptops&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Adding up efforts in reviewing (retagging) all these kind of questions are disproportionally high.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;subscription issue&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's not possible to subscribe to half a tag, so let's say one would be interested in questions on running Ubuntu on tablets, subscribing on &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/mobile&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;mobile&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;mobile&lt;/a&gt; would result in too much noise.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I &lt;em&gt;really&lt;/em&gt; prefer &lt;em&gt;specific&lt;/em&gt; tags in order to be able to &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;identify distinct interesting tags&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;run quickly through my subscriptions with minimal noise&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;improve searching ability on this site (that being unrelated to tagging, though)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In case one would be interested in a subscription to the whole umbrella of topics and most tagged questions are actually interesting for him, he is probably familiar with popular devices and combinations should work. Two examples that popped up in my head:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;a Ubuntu mobile app developer&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;would likely get about the same by subscribing to the combination of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/smartphone&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;smartphone&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;smartphone&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/tablet&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;tablet&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;tablet&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/development&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;development&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;development&lt;/a&gt; and/or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/application-development&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;application-development&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;application-development&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;a trend or hot-issue watcher&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;is probably more interested in other features of the site.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;my responses to other (popular) views on this&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems that &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/235/jorge-castro&quot;&gt;Jorge Castro&lt;/a&gt; (Hi Jorge!) spoke for a lot of people in the previous discussion, so grabbing the most popular other views were all by him.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/7517239#7517239&quot;&gt;Jorge in chat&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;it's hard enough to get people to follow tags&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is the number of subscriptions a goal on its own here? I think we're improving the usefulness of subscriptions by having specific tags as I've expressed above.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/5683/88802&quot;&gt;Jorge in his answer in the related question&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I've been keeping them in mobile because that's where the existing teams have been subscribed to for the Nexus and they want to keep everything in one place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm quite sure hitting an extra subscribe button for those people is disproportional to the efforts I'm concerned about in the review part.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/7517314#7517314&quot;&gt;Jorge in chat&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I'm just saying it makes no sense to split up tags for no reason&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  all it does is make it harder for people to follow questions&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  for example, I convinced the kernel team to follow &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/kernel&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;kernel&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;kernel&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are they happy having to scan another inbox? I'm &lt;em&gt;guessing&lt;/em&gt; they're looking at issues, feature requests and proposals to blueprints posted as questions rather than filed properly on Launchpad. &lt;em&gt;getting slightly off-topic here&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sub&gt;This is a half-answer, I know. I might post it as an answer later.&lt;/sub&gt;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sub&gt;While it doesn't conflict with it literally, the 'like tablets and phones' part of the description strongly suggests PCs do not fit with the tag.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="88802" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2013-01-04T13:22:08.193" Title="Can we please disambiguate or discourage the 'mobile' tag?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5698" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5697" CreationDate="2013-01-04T13:12:52.360" Score="9" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Leave it be&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Tags are not what most people think of with regards to taxonomy on other websites. (Just like how this site isn't a forum). In the end we're splitting hairs with this talk of tags and creating new tags. We don't need anymore tags, people are wasting time trying to categorize each question as an exact reflection of the contents of the question on this site but that really doesn't matter. Tagging only benefits search engine results and helping connect people who are experts to questions they're interested in. Creating tags &lt;em&gt;ahead&lt;/em&gt; of an issue because it might become crowded has &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/250/how-to-tag-the-ubuntu-editions-and-derivatives&quot;&gt;burned us multiple times&lt;/a&gt; in the past.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The tag isn't that ambiguous, everything mobile (in this case just two things: tablets and phones) is covered in the tag. That's pretty clear to me and to others from what I can see. Furthermore, we've made aliases to common mistags so people who use &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ubuntu-for-phone&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ubuntu-for-phone&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ubuntu-for-phone&lt;/a&gt;, or whatever it was, will still have the question tagged appropriately via tag synonyms.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Everything you've supplied in your question for alternatives can easily be done with something like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/mobile&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;mobile&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;mobile&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/galaxy&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;galaxy&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;galaxy&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/mobile&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;mobile&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;mobile&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/nexus7&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;nexus7&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;nexus7&lt;/a&gt; (even this, imo, is overkill). In the end the experts, the people working on the tablet and phone, have said they will take stewardship of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/mobile&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;mobile&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;mobile&lt;/a&gt; tag. Let them have it! I'm not about to make the site more bureaucratic to satisfy someone's cataloging desires.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This cycle is still young and both aspects of the mobile tag (phone and tablet) are so young that it's not an issue and it may never be an issue. When/if something grows to the point where it starts to become an issue, or the people who have stewardship over the tag raise problems, then we can look at solutions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Thank you though&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Honestly, I'm glad people are taking an interest in helping to clean up and categorize questions to connect them with people who can provide answers. I even enjoy this enthusiasm for the site! I'm so adamantly opposed to something like this (in addition to the reasons above) because there are many other areas of the site that require more attention (read: editing, closing, voting) than this one tag. I understand where you're coming from, as I too once wanted to box every question on the site and place a nice bow on it. Tagging questions is simply not as important as voting, editing, and other community maintenance tasks on the site. That's one of the reasons why creating a new tag is higher than most over privileges on the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-01-04T13:22:08.193" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5699" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5695" CreationDate="2013-01-04T13:23:17.373" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Golden rule of migrations:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Don't migrate crap.&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You only ever migrate awesome questions. So far, I've seen nothing that is awesome in that search.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And by awesome, I mean something that has 5+ votes, a few hundred views, etc. We don't have anything like that on the site, so they don't get migrated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-01-04T13:23:17.373" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5700" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5705" CreationDate="2013-01-04T17:15:50.183" Score="0" ViewCount="54" Body="&lt;p&gt;A user stated &quot;&lt;em&gt;I use Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and the gnome 3 shell&lt;/em&gt; &quot;, what would be the correct tag to use? As I read it *gnome refers to the &lt;strong&gt;Standard Ubuntu&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastActivityDate="2013-01-05T00:41:41.310" Title="Tags: is *gnome correct when referring to &quot;the gnome 3 shell&quot;?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5701" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5702" CreationDate="2013-01-04T19:57:46.160" Score="6" ViewCount="152" Body="&lt;p&gt;With the announcement of this Android based Ubuntu derivative some questions other than what it was have started to pop out, such as &quot;I have X brand of smartphone, will it run Ubuntu Mobile?&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I consider this questions &lt;em&gt;off topic&lt;/em&gt; on the grounds that are about an unreleased, just announced, no development build available, version of Ubuntu that was showed running on a specific smartphone thereby not sure if it will run on other hardware just by &quot;Installing it&quot; or in an official manner. And in any case, how is any user going to answer when as I said, there's no way of knowing if it will run on other hardware?.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are these questions on topic?.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4203" LastActivityDate="2013-01-07T21:51:24.773" Title="Are questions about running Ubuntu Mobile on X smartphone on topic?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5702" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5701" CreationDate="2013-01-04T20:01:34.530" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;While these aren't necessarily &lt;em&gt;off-topic&lt;/em&gt; they're just poor question. Instead we should create a canonical question &quot;What hardware will work with Ubuntu Mobile&quot; and a solid canonical answer either pointing to a resources to find this out our a maintained list of all the models known to be supported.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At this time there are no known models of support since it has not been released yet. Though I think that's an acceptable answer for the canonical question :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Maybe like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/236276/41&quot;&gt;this?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2013-01-04T20:01:34.530" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5703" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5704" CreationDate="2013-01-04T22:04:39.273" Score="7" ViewCount="253" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have had questions explicitly permitted, and certainly not prohibited by the FAQ closed multiple times. The most recent one, related to Ubuntu One &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/235633/billing-and-music-store-delivery-problems-in-ubuntu-one&quot;&gt;(which can be found here)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is permitted in the FAQ:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Services provided by Ubuntu&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Any question not mentioned below or here are great! There are no &quot;dumb&quot; questions!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems to me that it was closed based on personal preferences rather than any legitimate reason. Why are people so strict regarding closing potentially legitimate questions and is there any recourse?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, why are close reasons not being explained via comment? Many people new to Ubuntu are asking questions and I think close votes should at least be explained to help users ask better questions in the future.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a legitimate reason why my post was closed? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank You.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="77434" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2013-01-05T17:04:37.397" Title="Why are about Ubuntu paid services closed?" Tags="|discussion|close-reasons|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5704" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5703" CreationDate="2013-01-04T22:09:05.720" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your post was closed because it's a long standing &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/2819/41&quot;&gt;policy that we just can't assist with &quot;Ubuntu Paid services&quot;&lt;/a&gt; (we're just a community of users who support each other with the occasional Canonical team contributing to their areas of expertise). This isn't explicitly stated in the FAQ because we don't get many of them I can recall 10 in the past two years. As such this is why the question was closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It appears you got an answer, which is great, and hopefully this has been resolved for you now. If this continues to be an issue we can consider amending the FAQ to include Ubuntu paid services. The reason you don't typically find &lt;em&gt;everything&lt;/em&gt; listed in the FAQ is because then the FAQ would be even longer and the chances of a user actually reading it lessens.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="41" LastEditDate="2013-01-04T22:21:42.867" LastActivityDate="2013-01-04T22:21:42.867" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5705" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5700" CreationDate="2013-01-05T00:41:41.310" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;By default, Ubuntu uses Unity instead of GNOME Shell. Both are GNOME. The GNOME Shell is the official shell for GNOME--Unity is Ubuntu's alternative shell.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For that reason, it would be misleading to use &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/gnome&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;gnome&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;gnome&lt;/a&gt; to refer to an Ubuntu desktop with Unity, without also using it to refer to an Ubuntu desktop with GNOME Shell. GNOME Shell is officially part of GNOME. As far as the GNOME project is concerned, Unity is an unofficial replacement part for GNOME Shell.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2013-01-05T00:41:41.310" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5706" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5707" CreationDate="2013-01-05T03:12:03.557" Score="13" ViewCount="237" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm relatively new here and may commit several transgressions, all of which, I assure people are unintentional. So here goes ...  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of late, I'm wondering whether the &quot;community's&quot; resources are being spread too thin. This question, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/131149/25656&quot;&gt;Where else to go for help if not helped at Ask Ubuntu?&lt;/a&gt; provides links to various resources.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My confusion lies here: what if there are very comprehensive resources existing elsewhere on a topic? Would it make sense to ask a very basic and broad question on the same topic here?  I understand the concern of links dying and sites not being maintained in future.  But when the site is &lt;a href=&quot;https://help.ubuntu.com/community/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;help.ubuntu.com&lt;/a&gt;, is that a valid concern? Of course, Ask Ubuntu has the voting system whereas community wikis don't.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Again, apologies in advance if there is something inappropriate about this question or if the issue is done-n-dusted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user25656" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2013-01-05T03:49:35.410" Title="What purpose is served by asking questions here that have already been answered in non-SE sites?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5707" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5706" CreationDate="2013-01-05T03:49:35.410" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't think there's a right answer to this so I'll just tell you what I do. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I consider help.u.c and the official documentation to be like a library. There's a breadth of knowledge there, but there's really no way for you to ask someone &quot;Hey, so in this section of the DNS manual, why do I need to specify foo here instead of here?&quot; and so on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So in an ideal world think of official documentation as textbooks. Sure, there's info there, but man it can get dry pretty quickly. I can't think of anyone who sits down and is like &quot;I cannot wait to crack open a beer and dig into these manpages tonight.&quot; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's where AU comes in. If documentation is the textbook then Ask Ubuntu is your study group, the kind of place where you can ask people to clarify things you don't understand. The FAQ states:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Your questions should be reasonably scoped. If you can imagine an entire book that answers your question, you’re asking too much.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, if someone is asking a question and your answer is to link to an entire chapter of the Ubuntu wiki, then likely the question is terrible and offtopic and needs to be rescoped. We're here to answer people's &lt;em&gt;specific&lt;/em&gt; questions about a topic, not replace wikipedia. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since the best answers always include references, in an ideal world I see the perfect answer answering a question about something, but then including references to the sources, but also highlighting the obvious answer so the next person doesn't have to sift through piles of dry text to find the exact answer they need. This is crucially important, and it's why answers like &quot;here's the link to this forum thread&quot; is frowned upon. Don't make me read a 5 page thread of stuff to sift through, I want the answer to the question ON TOP, right away! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;People who ask great questions aren't looking for a just a link to documentation (any idiot can search on google), they want and expect thoroughly detailed answers from subject matter experts on the topic. These are things that &lt;em&gt;supplementary&lt;/em&gt; to the the official documentation, like experience, opinions on best practice on how to solve a problem, and most importantly, the response from a human being to &lt;em&gt;your exact&lt;/em&gt; problem, using the documentation as a reference. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2013-01-05T03:49:35.410" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5708" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-01-05T07:24:05.847" Score="1" ViewCount="80" Body="&lt;p&gt;Hi I am here because of this &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/202860/what-are-the-major-differences-between-ubuntu-12-04-and-12-10-in-terms-of-securi&quot;&gt;Question&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I actually posted that question to know what things I can overcome If i upgrade to Ubuntu 12.10 from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS at the first time under performance but now I would like to know about security also.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Bottom Line: I know its not constructive, Thats question was just placed to know Ubuntu security and performance (Like RAM,processor by default) of Ubuntu 12.10 as compare with Ubuntu 12.04.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Decision up to The Community.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="33833" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2013-01-08T22:04:01.137" Title="Why My question is not constructive?" Tags="|discussion|closed-questions|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5709" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5708" CreationDate="2013-01-05T09:38:58.460" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;I can't speak for the other two close-voters, but I can tell you I cast a close vote specifically because of the &lt;em&gt;'this question will likely solicit debate...or extended discussion.'&lt;/em&gt; points. I think it could also have been closed as 'Not a real question' as it is quite a broad subject as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd like to learn about the security &amp;amp; performance benefits of upgrading too, but I would expect to have to read all the &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QuantalQuetzal/ReleaseNotes/UbuntuDesktop&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;release notes&lt;/a&gt; and browse the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com/usn&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;security notices&lt;/a&gt;. Any good answer to your question would have to be massive, too big for this site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12864" LastActivityDate="2013-01-05T09:38:58.460" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5710" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5711" CreationDate="2013-01-05T17:29:42.767" Score="0" ViewCount="110" Body="&lt;p&gt;I believe that the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/5633/will-winter-hats-disappear-after-december&quot;&gt;hats are gone&lt;/a&gt; ??&#xA;Today I opened my profile and noticed that the line declaring how many hats I've earned has disappeared..&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As said on winterba.sh that they are available till 4th of jan.. I think that was applicable for hats as a whole.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;However I suggest that the hats a user has earned should remain on his profile forever. That way one can show-off and they are kind a reputation goodies too..&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How about that earning hats is now closed but &lt;strong&gt;Hats once earned remains with the user foreveer&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="65496" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.087" LastActivityDate="2013-01-10T09:16:46.627" Title="Suggestion - Earned hats should remain on profile?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5711" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5710" CreationDate="2013-01-05T18:09:04.530" Score="13" Body="&lt;h2&gt;They're gone like Santa Claus is. Move on.&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;As said on winterba.sh that they are available till 4th of jan&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This was clear from the very beginning. Really.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;they are kind a reputation goodies too..&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hmm, I tend to disagree on that. Hats were mostly based on reputation scores and a type of activity that is similar to badges.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;should remain on his profile forever&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In your 'bio' section you could put a line there. Suggestions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I've earned 12 hats in the Winterbash 2012/2013! Check it out &lt;a href=&quot;http://winterba.sh/leaderboard/askubuntu.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. Wish I could show them to you, but they're back in their boxes...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/201?m=7532603#7532603&quot;&gt;by iSeth&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I made a tar.bz2 with all my hats in it here: [...]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/201?m=7531936#7531936&quot;&gt;by jrg&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Screenshots of me wearing each of my hats: [...]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="88802" LastEditorUserId="88802" LastEditDate="2013-01-10T09:16:46.627" LastActivityDate="2013-01-10T09:16:46.627" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5712" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-01-05T23:29:40.830" Score="11" ViewCount="78" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/disable&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;disable&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;disable&lt;/a&gt; is meta, it can probably be removed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2013-01-06T02:55:17.730" Title="The &quot;disable&quot; tag is meta and can be removed" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5713" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6079" CreationDate="2013-01-06T00:05:26.907" Score="8" ViewCount="475" Body="&lt;p&gt;Well, basically: Their tag wikis say the same, I see no other application for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/internet&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;internet&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;internet&lt;/a&gt; than for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/internet-connection&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;internet-connection&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;internet-connection&lt;/a&gt; and I don't see why we need to split the whole tag-system around connections into another one. And since I kinda lack the rep:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I suggest:&lt;/strong&gt; Merge &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/internet-connection&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;internet-connection&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;internet-connection&lt;/a&gt; into &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/internet&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;internet&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;internet&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="98085" LastActivityDate="2013-02-11T23:25:50.010" Title="Is &quot;internet&quot; a synonym of &quot;internet-connection&quot;?" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5714" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5713" CreationDate="2013-01-06T02:45:54.660" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ideally &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/internet-connection&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;internet-connection&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;internet-connection&lt;/a&gt; would be about connecting to the Internet or troubleshooting connectivity and performance problems. The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/internet&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;internet&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;internet&lt;/a&gt; tag is of course far broader.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If people don't tend to use the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/internet-connection&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;internet-connection&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;internet-connection&lt;/a&gt; tag in a way that's different from &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/internet&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;internet&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;internet&lt;/a&gt;, we may as well merge them as proposed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure that's what's going on, though. Most of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/internet-connection&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;internet-connection&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;internet-connection&lt;/a&gt; questions seem to fit within the narrow scope of connectivity issues.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I recommend keeping &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/internet-connection&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;internet-connection&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;internet-connection&lt;/a&gt;, at least for the time being. As for the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/connection&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;connection&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;connection&lt;/a&gt; tag, though, we should really get rid of that (by retagging its questions). There isn't anything practically similar about connecting to the Internet and connecting a USB mouse. The &quot;connection&quot; concept is too broad for a tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2013-01-06T02:45:54.660" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5715" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5712" CreationDate="2013-01-06T02:55:17.730" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;Indeed, this should be removed. Nobody can be an expert in the general practice of turning stuff off. There's no reason anyone would subscribe to this tag, and it tells us nothing about the nature of the questions being asked.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Even together with a question's other tags, it tells us nothing. Suppose a question is tagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/internet&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;internet&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;internet&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/disable&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;disable&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;disable&lt;/a&gt;. Does that mean the OP wants to disable their Internet connection? That the &lt;em&gt;problem&lt;/em&gt; is that it's disabled? That they want to disable pop-ups while browsing the web?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, second language speakers could become confused between &lt;em&gt;disable&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;disability&lt;/em&gt; (in the sense of &lt;em&gt;accessibility&lt;/em&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2013-01-06T02:55:17.730" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5716" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5717" CreationDate="2013-01-07T11:27:44.933" Score="6" ViewCount="152" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have answered &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/230224/ubuntu-freeze-when-i-plugged-the-power-cable#comment295154_230224&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; featured question which has a bounty of +50. I had first answered it through a comment. My comment helped in solving the question. I was asked to re write it as an answer so that i can get the bounty. I did that but my answer has only one up-vote while there is another answer that has three up-votes. The grace period ends in 40 mins. So if that user who had asked the question doesnt come online then the bounty is awarded to the person whose answer has 3 up-votes right? or is there a chance i still get the bounty? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="115841" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2013-01-07T11:55:52.597" Title="Who gets the bounty?" Tags="|discussion|bounty|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5717" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5716" CreationDate="2013-01-07T11:55:52.597" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;If things stayed as they were, you would not get the bounty. The single highest scored post (as long as it's &gt;+2) gets half the bounty if the bounty expires. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've cleaned up the post, have left a message and asked the chat room to vote for it. Normally speaking all of the above is frowned upon but I think we have a special set of circumstances.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2013-01-07T11:55:52.597" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5718" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5719" CreationDate="2013-01-07T16:09:26.477" Score="2" ViewCount="48" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is there some documentation that tells exactly how you get reputation points on askubuntu?  I have been here one day and I have 23 reputation points but I have no idea how I got them and I can not find any documentation on the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="119046" OwnerDisplayName="user119046" LastActivityDate="2013-01-07T18:24:53.787" Title="Reputation points documentation" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5719" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5718" CreationDate="2013-01-07T16:15:17.013" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is a recap of the points on your personal page: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/119046/user119046&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/users/119046/user119046&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It will lead to this part that shows it per answer per question: &#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/119046/user119046?tab=reputation&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/users/119046/user119046?tab=reputation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;+15 / -2   7 hours ago    4 events     How do symbolic links work in Dropbox?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;+5     13 hours ago   upvote  Can you make nautilus ask for verification before deleting a file?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;+2     13 hours ago   accept  New to Unity. 3 quick questions:&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;+2     13 hours ago   accept  Can you make nautilus ask for verification before deleting a file?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So 1 point has not been counted yet ;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And here is an explanation for the points itself: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq#reputation&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/faq#reputation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" OwnerDisplayName="Rinzwind" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2013-01-07T16:35:56.493" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5720" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5599" CreationDate="2013-01-07T21:29:48.623" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since posting &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/5603/2355&quot;&gt;my previous answer&lt;/a&gt;, I've come to the conclusion that it's not merely a matter of style. Question titles should be actual questions for a more important reason: &lt;strong&gt;it encourages users to keep only one question per post&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've seen many question posts that simply bunch all the problems and the questions the user is experiencing into one post. &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2067/&quot;&gt;Dealing with these questions is difficult&lt;/a&gt;, so we should encourage users gently to separate unrelated questions. If they see a site full of questions titled with actual questions, they are more likely to grasp this intuitively.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2355" LastActivityDate="2013-01-07T21:29:48.623" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5721" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5701" CreationDate="2013-01-07T21:51:24.773" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Until the software for the UI for &quot;Ubuntu for phones&quot; is released, yes, it is off-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We don't accept questions about Ubuntu+1, why should we accept questions about a UI that hasn't been released yet?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, attempting to run Ubuntu on a tablet or a smartphone is definitely on-topic, and should be tagged with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/mobile&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;mobile&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;mobile&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2355" LastActivityDate="2013-01-07T21:51:24.773" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5722" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-01-07T23:43:00.443" Score="15" ViewCount="368" Body="&lt;p&gt;As you all know, a lot of questions on the site are being asked without proper information. For new or inexperienced users facing an issue, this is something I do understand. However, no matter how well we are trying to help them, a lot of questions will be cluttered with several comments asking for more information and the OP does not do exactly what we ask (e.g. &lt;code&gt;dpkg -1&lt;/code&gt; rather than &lt;code&gt;dpkg -l&lt;/code&gt;), or replies in a comment similar to &quot;I'm new to Ubuntu, I don't know how to do that...&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is not efficient, it's discouraging a new user to run terminal commands, it's taking a lot of time to teach users how to do stuff in the terminal, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's why I was thinking about a &lt;strong&gt;dead simple&lt;/strong&gt; system information tool, completely designed for use with AskUbuntu (or even Ubuntu forums). On the chat, I've had a nice discussion (starting &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/7564165#7564165&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;) on this with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/10698/alvar&quot;&gt;Alvar&lt;/a&gt; and this made me realize I had to post this on Meta to ask your thoughts on this. I may have missed another (failed) attempt in the past, or some of you might have serious concerns about the practical issues we will then face with it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm posting my rough idea as an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd like to keep this discussion within these boundaries (else, it would be going nowhere) &lt;strong&gt;before we're already designing and coding it&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Should we even bother creating one? Or is there a tool out there already?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Basics on UI: Wizard/non-wizard, One set of checkboxes or a &quot;nice&quot; UI, etc.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Basics on non-functional requirements: should it run on 10.04? should it be a &quot;portable&quot; app without external dependencies?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Basics on functionality to include: automatic upload of info? even automatic attach to question? how much of heuristics? warn the user about current state of the system?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Basics on safety: should it have the ability to do (usually harmless) changes? (modprobe this, restart that, run apt-get update, etc.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What's are the musts, shoulds, coulds, wishes?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="88802" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2013-01-11T13:38:11.203" Title="Do we need a tool to help users providing information on their system?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5723" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5722" CreationDate="2013-01-07T23:43:00.443" Score="7" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Yes, we should have one. A simple one.&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Audience&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;New and inexperienced users.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ready for first encounter with Ubuntu.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ubuntu Desktop use related.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Running &lt;em&gt;any supported&lt;/em&gt; Ubuntu release.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Idea / recipes&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;1, one, ONE single functionality: gather the information requested for in the Q. Following the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KISS_principle&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;KISS principle&lt;/a&gt; from head to toes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A set of extendible &lt;em&gt;recipes&lt;/em&gt; (or &lt;em&gt;scriptlets&lt;/em&gt;) to gather a set of information and guide the user in what to gather. See below for some examples (mock-up). The tool may ship with let's say 50-200 common ones and they consist of four things: &lt;strong&gt;title&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;category&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;description&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;what/how to gather&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Experts on AU just ask for information &lt;strong&gt;in plain English&lt;/strong&gt; and the tool is able to suggest the right recipe which the user selects based on &lt;strong&gt;words&lt;/strong&gt; that actually exist in a dictionary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;mock-up&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A &lt;strong&gt;very rough idea&lt;/strong&gt; of what's in my head, mocked up quickly, should look a lot nicer after some UI designer created nice graphics:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/vFhf9.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note (not yet drawn): the description of the recipe selected should be shown in the middle (now below the search suggestion box) along with a button &quot;Yes, this one!&quot;, which will add it to the list on the right.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;musts&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;A &lt;strong&gt;dead simple&lt;/strong&gt;, clean and user friendly UI.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Limit it to what the user specifies (what is being requested for).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Transparency to the user. What is being gathered, and what isn't. E.g. description on recipe &lt;code&gt;List of installed packages&lt;/code&gt; should be like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This gathers the state of all known packages on your system. It does not include personal information, but it may reveal some of your personal preferences.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ability to run on unsupported releases, with just one message: &quot;You're running an unsupported release.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Static binary &quot;portable&quot; &quot;runnable&quot; version as well as proper &lt;code&gt;.deb&lt;/code&gt;. Ship stuff we rely on, but which might not be available on all the systems.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Tested all the way down. Not crashing. Ever.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;shoulds&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Finding the right recipe(s) should work much like &lt;a href=&quot;http://synapse.zeitgeist-project.com/wiki/images/3/3a/Synapse-main.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Synapse (image)&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nag.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/it_photo_173845_52.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the HUD (image)&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Use tools already available to do this job. E.g. Apport, as &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/5727/88802&quot;&gt;suggested by rafalcieslak&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;A &lt;em&gt;little bit&lt;/em&gt; of heuristic to ease the use. For example, don't even show a &quot;save to file&quot; button if it's connected to the internet and vice versa.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Basic integration with AU if internet connected. Upload button for large amounts, copy/paste Markdown for small amounts.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ability to guide the user in transferring the output via a flash drive to another computer in case he's not connected. This includes cross-platform awareness (e.g. &lt;code&gt;CRLF&lt;/code&gt;-line-endings) as the user might only have Windows to boot with an internet connection.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;We maintain the set of recipes/scriptlets in the community and we can accept pull requests for improvements/additions. (see also could-have online database below)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;coulds / future ideas&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Hint some possible relevant recipes based on the selection of one or more.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Translations for the descriptions.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Minimal bootable CD that can &lt;code&gt;chroot&lt;/code&gt; into existing installation.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;An online database with some more and possibly updated bunch of recipes, GPG-signed by multiple trusted members making sure the commands are harmless, safe and useful. Public keys hardcoded into the tool.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Custom URI schema to use in the comments to ease the user finding the right recipe. It could also be used to specify arguments to the recipe (escaped properly - security concers here!) E.g. &lt;code&gt;ausysinfo://recipe/a123/eth0&lt;/code&gt; to run &lt;code&gt;ip addr list eth0&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Unfoldable embedded terminal to show the user what is going on in the background, for example: &lt;a href=&quot;http://docs.oseems.com/_media/general/operatingsystem/ubuntu/ubuntu-upgrade-11-04-update-manager-installing-terminal.png?w=400&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;screenshot of system update&lt;/a&gt;. This serves both the &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/5722/do-we-need-a-tool-to-help-users-providing-information-on-their-system/5723#comment8365_5732&quot;&gt;learning aspects&lt;/a&gt; as well as the transparency we need.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;don'ts&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&quot;Hi there, what's your issue about?&quot; &lt;em&gt;it's not about issues&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Trying to write code that would save braintime and outsmart humans. &lt;em&gt;People are way smarter to see what's going on. Don't try to fit this heuristics in this tool, please. I want to vote for good answers, rather!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Dependencies on stuff unavailable desktop images of all supported releases. &lt;em&gt;No shiny new Qt5 stuff, please! That would make it huge if we would need to ship it with it.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Gathering more information than requested. &lt;em&gt;This will have the opposite result: taking a lot of time going through all the output.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Running arbitrary commands automated (e.g. fetching commands from comments). &lt;em&gt;Big no-no to shell injection threats!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Allowing remote access tool. &lt;em&gt;security concerns&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Touching the system. &lt;em&gt;even no to harmless changes&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Attempt to extend a current tool. &lt;em&gt;This is confusing &quot;yes, I started it, but I don't see this button&quot; &quot;you need to install this plugin first...&quot;.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Attempt to include all possible commands we would like them to run. &lt;em&gt;Instead of focussing on the numbers, it should focus on &lt;strong&gt;quality&lt;/strong&gt; of the most common ones. Also, if it covers 90% of the now terminal-tasks, that's already very powerful. Aiming for the 99% is not what I have in mind - would be too hard.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some of the above &lt;em&gt;don'ts&lt;/em&gt; explain some key differences between my idea and &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/5724/88802&quot;&gt;George Edison's idea&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="88802" LastEditorUserId="88802" LastEditDate="2013-01-11T13:38:11.203" LastActivityDate="2013-01-11T13:38:11.203" CommentCount="17" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-01-11T01:33:57.603" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5724" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5722" CreationDate="2013-01-08T06:29:21.150" Score="3" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note:&lt;/strong&gt; please see &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/5738/ask-ubuntu-troubleshooter-defining-a-tool-that-new-users-will-use&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; for further discussion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Okay, so I decided to get something started here - no promises since I am a really busy &lt;s&gt;man&lt;/s&gt; penguin. Without any further discussion, I present to you &quot;Ask Ubuntu Troubleshooter&quot;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/MsRew.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The basic idea is that the application is a simple wizard with dependencies only on the base Qt5 libraries - which are set to be included with the upcoming 13.04 release.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can find the code for the application here on Launchpad: &lt;a href=&quot;https://launchpad.net/autroubleshooter&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://launchpad.net/@@/launchpad.png&quot; alt=&quot;Launchpad logo&quot;&gt; autroubleshooter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So here's where the community comes in:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What information / command output should be included with each of the options in the screenshot above? Feel free to edit this answer and add to the list below:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Graphics / display driver&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;lspci&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Wireless connectivity&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;ifconfig&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Feel free to add categories too!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastEditorUserId="5" LastEditDate="2013-01-10T02:34:28.183" LastActivityDate="2013-01-10T02:34:28.183" CommentCount="12" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5725" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5726" CreationDate="2013-01-08T20:36:58.013" Score="5" ViewCount="196" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was re-tagging a question about developing applications when I noticed there was a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/dev&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;dev&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;dev&lt;/a&gt; tag.  To me, both &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/dev&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;dev&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;dev&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/devices&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;devices&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;devices&lt;/a&gt; (or maybe &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/development&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;development&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;development&lt;/a&gt;)  cover exactly the same thing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can we merge the tags or make &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/dev&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;dev&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;dev&lt;/a&gt; a synonym of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/development&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;development&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;development&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2013-01-27T23:27:00.107" LastActivityDate="2013-01-28T04:41:18.493" Title="Can we merge the 'dev' and 'devices' tags?" Tags="|discussion|tags|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5726" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5725" CreationDate="2013-01-08T21:02:24.497" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;No. &lt;strong&gt;Trash &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/dev&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;dev&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;dev&lt;/a&gt; instead&lt;/strong&gt;. It seems to be used as an abbreviation for two unrelated subjects:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;devices (about 10)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;development (about 5)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, let's just trash the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/dev&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;dev&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;dev&lt;/a&gt; tag and retag the maybe even four real development questions. The use of dev for devices does not make sense to me. I do understand new users seeing &lt;code&gt;/dev/sda&lt;/code&gt; and thinking 'dev' would be a nice tag...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="88802" LastActivityDate="2013-01-08T21:02:24.497" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5727" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5722" CreationDate="2013-01-08T21:48:32.713" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is already a tool in Ubuntu that collects all the data that is useful for developers for having a glimpse of user's system state. Actually, that's what &lt;strong&gt;Apport&lt;/strong&gt; does. Of course we don't need to collect debgging data, but things like package list, module list, or anything we may want can be obtained via Apport.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By no means can we ask anyone to run custom apport commands in order to get it to collect all needed data, this would be too confusing. But it may make sense to reuse existing hooks that can gather the data from system (and can already deal with privacy etc.).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am not knowledgable about Apport, but I believe it should be easy to create a GUI wrapper over some of it's hooks (or maybe create some new hooks - if needed - that would be managed by apport?), so that we reuse it's potential.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="705" LastActivityDate="2013-01-08T21:48:32.713" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5728" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5730" CreationDate="2013-01-08T21:52:44.063" Score="1" ViewCount="69" Body="&lt;p&gt;Right now I am looking at the &quot;highest voted&quot; questions. Some of them are displayed in red - some of which I have recently visited - but not all. What does &quot;red&quot; mean?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastActivityDate="2013-01-08T22:33:44.173" Title="Why are some questions displayed in red?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5729" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5708" CreationDate="2013-01-08T22:04:01.137" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think that the reason is different. The point with this question is that it cannot be answered correctly. What I mean is that there is not really a way to determine whether an answer is corect or not, because of it's discussive nature. Therefore it does not really fit into preferred Q&amp;amp;A format.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="705" LastActivityDate="2013-01-08T22:04:01.137" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5730" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5728" CreationDate="2013-01-08T22:22:10.297" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Red links are pages that you have already visited. Click on one that is not red and then go back just to test. Clear your browser cache if you are finding ones that you don't remember visiting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastActivityDate="2013-01-08T22:22:10.297" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5731" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5728" CreationDate="2013-01-08T22:33:44.173" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/hIMlC.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="88802" LastActivityDate="2013-01-08T22:33:44.173" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5732" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5722" CreationDate="2013-01-09T13:26:16.483" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I personally think that there is no need for such a tool, for the following reasons:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If the tool were too simple, the risk is to collect private information. &lt;strong&gt;Apport&lt;/strong&gt; is a simple tool, and in fact most of the bugs reported using &lt;strong&gt;Apport&lt;/strong&gt; are private.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If we were using a tool like that, we would need the ability to mark questions private and/or have a special review queue to which only privileged users could have access. This is out of the scope of Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If the question requires too many specific information about the user's system, then it should be closed as &lt;strong&gt;too localized&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I'm against this sentence:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is not efficient, it's discouraging a new user to run terminal commands, it's taking a lot of time to teach users how to do stuff in the terminal, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;People are not forced to use the terminal. Most of the problems can be solved using graphical applications. Also, if explaining something takes really too long, either the question is &lt;strong&gt;off-topic&lt;/strong&gt; (as specified in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq#dontask&quot;&gt;FAQ&lt;/a&gt;) or the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://help.ubuntu.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ubuntu documentation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; should be used.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;strong&gt;Ubuntu documentation&lt;/strong&gt; is very well written and when it is incomplete, remember that every community member is free to propose changes. Instead of investing efforts in writing a new tool, you can expand the documentation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;People who seek answers generally want to &lt;strong&gt;learn&lt;/strong&gt;, not just to solve their own problems. A tool like the one proposed would hide the operation details, therefore removing the learning part.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And remember that &lt;em&gt;people who seek answers&lt;/em&gt; are not just &lt;em&gt;people who ask questions&lt;/em&gt;, this is one of the basic principles of Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2979" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-01-09T13:26:16.483" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5733" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5722" CreationDate="2013-01-09T15:16:54.207" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu is not here to spoon-feed people into troubleshooting their problems. Ask Ubuntu is a Q&amp;amp;A site, people are expected to put effort into making their question useful, well researched, well specified, atomic and most importantly: &lt;strong&gt;useful to &lt;em&gt;other&lt;/em&gt; people&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I see far too many questions of like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Title:&lt;/strong&gt; Problem with Ubuntu wireless, and WoW&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I just installed Ubuntu and my wireless isn't working [without including any details]. Also, can I run World of Warcraft?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions like these should be down-voted (or even closed). Don't hesitate to downvote a bad question, it doesn't cost any rep. We're here to help the community first, the lurkers second, and the OP third. Bad questions waste everyone's time, and they turn Ask Ubuntu into a low-quality wasteland.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Now imagine if the question had at the end the output of some sort of Apport-like debugging tool.&lt;/strong&gt; Would the question be any better? &lt;strong&gt;My answer is no: it's still a bad question.&lt;/strong&gt; It still needs to be edited to cut it down to only one question, to actually specify what the problem is, to demonstrate research, to have a specific question title. Otherwise, it's still useless to other people. For starters, how will other people suffering from the same problem even find the question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So should we ask users to post the output of some sort of Apport-like debugging tool? &lt;strong&gt;Yes, but we shouldn't consider it a good question until the rest of the question is fixed.&lt;/strong&gt; That debugging information may be useful to editors, but it may not be. Editors are there to improve a medium-quality question. OPs are expected to put a minimum of effort in first, though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other avenues, such as the &lt;a href=&quot;http://ubuntuforums.org&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;ubuntuforums.org&lt;/a&gt; or the IRC channel are more appropriate for helping people step-by-step into troubleshooting a problem. I recognise that some people are completely unfamiliar with computer technology, and need that kind of help, and I'm really grateful for those who volunteer their time for them on sites like &lt;a href=&quot;http://ubuntuforums.org&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;ubuntuforums.org&lt;/a&gt;, or even in person with &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Hour&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Hour&lt;/a&gt;. On Ask Ubuntu, though, we're trying to reach as many people possible at once, rather than one-on-one support.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;tl;dr: adding automatically collected system information doesn't magically make a question a good question&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2355" LastActivityDate="2013-01-09T15:16:54.207" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5734" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5747" CreationDate="2013-01-09T19:02:37.397" Score="20" ViewCount="766" Body="&lt;p&gt;See the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/revisions/239190/1&quot;&gt;first revision&lt;/a&gt; of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/239190/88802&quot;&gt;this answer&lt;/a&gt;, quoting completely:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I'm not really sure if you can do it in a terminal, but with my iMac I used tabbing instead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;(please wait, I'm writing the post...)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/revisions/239190/2&quot;&gt;next revision&lt;/a&gt; posted 9 minutes later (non-ninja-editing) of the answer is fine and of good quality in my opinion.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How ludicrous is this? Is it okay to do this or a really bad practice? Are your objections bound to a time frame? I mean, obviously, an answer in this state for more than an hour is unacceptable, right?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Obvious advantages of doing it; badges, an extra upvote you might catch, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Running the search on this to see how often this is done is really hard - (valid) comments are showing up and loads of noise. I did see it before, though. For the same reason I couldn't find any metapost on it here or SO.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have mixed feelings about this, so I'm asking your opinion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="88802" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2013-01-15T05:05:03.350" Title="Is it ludicrous to start posting an answer &quot;please wait, I'm writing...&quot;?" Tags="|discussion|editing|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5735" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5734" CreationDate="2013-01-09T20:44:21.033" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;The way I see it, AskUbuntu despite being good for promoting friendly competition to increase answer range and quality through vanity rewards such as badges, &lt;strong&gt;shouldn't&lt;/strong&gt; be tolerating this sort of methodology as it promotes &lt;strong&gt;speed answers&lt;/strong&gt; rather than &lt;strong&gt;quality answers&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Either the user:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Wants to inform the user that they'll have an answer soon in the case of hypothetical questions which need solving within a certain time-frame which is very rare.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In which case it would be better to post &quot;&lt;em&gt;I'm typing up an answer it will be completed soon.&lt;/em&gt;&quot; in the comment section below the question rather than a &quot;&lt;em&gt;please wait I'm writing the post...&lt;/em&gt;&quot; in the answer section.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or the user is doing it for reasons related to themselves:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1.&lt;/strong&gt; Doing it to obtain various badges such as: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/badges/19/enlightened&quot;&gt;Enlightened&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/badges/62/revival&quot;&gt;Revival&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Although in the case of the latter there wouldn't be much chance of other users posting an answer right before them if noone's answered in 30 days&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2.&lt;/strong&gt;  Making sure the answer they have worked towards gets the credit it deserves, in the case for example that another answer is written in the mean-time and the OP accepts without looking at theirs which could be of equal or higher standard. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;3.&lt;/strong&gt; They want to inform other people capable of answering the question that the question is already answered. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In case &lt;strong&gt;1.&lt;/strong&gt; Wanting to obtain badges: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The badges are a minor incentive and should be used as motivation to answer &lt;strong&gt;more&lt;/strong&gt; questions rather than asking one question quickly. Quick answers will most of the time not lead to higher quality responses, in the case you've pointed out the answer was substantially improved, however this could not always be the case. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In case &lt;strong&gt;2.&lt;/strong&gt; They want credit for an answer they are researching/typing:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is worth simply commenting and notifying the OP of the question afterwards regardless if someone else has already answered:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Either the answers will be similar in which case they can add theirs as an edit and they will have contributed to making an even better answers together. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Or they will be different solutions which will both benefit the community and the OP will be free to either accept their answer and/or upvote for effort. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In case &lt;strong&gt;3.&lt;/strong&gt; Wanting to inform others that the answer is already answered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is the worst case scenario in my opinion even though it could have stemmed from a good intention, doing this has several issues:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The question comes up as already having an answer in the questions list reducing the chance people will give it a look.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If the person writing the answer doesn't give a correct answer or one which doesn't solve the OP's problem, people will have overlooked it in the meantime despite potentially having more helpful ideas. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The question may not get as many answers, taking an example of an unanswered question where 3 people work on finding a solution at the same time, they will post their solutions not knowing others are working on it and so provide 3 answers for the same question. If someone answers &quot;&lt;em&gt;Typing an answer now&lt;/em&gt;&quot; 2 of those people could not bother and it would reduce the variety of answers obtained by the OP and maybe the quality too if the person posted an answer in a rush.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The counter-argument to the 3rd point of part &lt;strong&gt;3.&lt;/strong&gt; just above would be that: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&quot;You could have 3 people typing exactly the same thing and it could waste time better spent answering other questions&quot;&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That could happen in which case you'd have 3 answers which confirm each other. However if you only had one person working on the question and they misunderstood the question or posted a solution which didn't work, then the OP wouldn't have any alternative answers to turn to, I view the case of sometimes having 3 answers confirming the same reasoning being a better option.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Disclaimer:&lt;/strong&gt; This is but an opinion on the issue feel free to comment/counter-argument any points made, I could easily have missed something out/been completely wrong about something.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="77178" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2013-01-09T20:54:05.430" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5737" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5734" CreationDate="2013-01-09T23:39:05.710" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;I mostly agree with Oyibo, but I make a different distinction: This is less about fast answers vs. quality answers, and more about &lt;strong&gt;real answers vs. fake answers&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An answer should answer the question. At least partially. If it doesn't, it shouldn't exist. If it answers the question starting at some point in the future, that's when it should start existing, too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If an answer is quick and short but it's a real answer that might help, it's OK to post it and then subsequently improve it. This is OK because it would be OK to post it even without the later improvement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, if an answer is just a placeholder for a future version of itself, that's not a correct use of the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If someone &lt;em&gt;must&lt;/em&gt; announce the intention to answer a question, a comment can be used for this purpose. This occasionally makes sense when people are discussing closing the question.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It's often quite appropriate for a question to have multiple answers, even if they illustrate the same technique (but present it in different ways). A question does not &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dibs&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;belong&lt;/a&gt; to whoever manages to post first.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If someone accidentally posts an answer before it's developed enough to answer the question, they can &lt;em&gt;delete&lt;/em&gt; it, finish working on it, then &lt;em&gt;undelete&lt;/em&gt; it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;An OP can &lt;em&gt;change&lt;/em&gt; which answer is marked as accepted. This happens with some frequency. Getting one's answer accepted isn't very important, but it also doesn't depend on who posted first nearly as much as people tend to think. Or, to put it another way: if it depends on who posted first, then no answer was really clearly better than the others.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2013-01-09T23:39:05.710" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5738" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-01-10T02:32:14.143" Score="15" ViewCount="448" Body="&lt;p&gt;The need for this question arose out of &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/5724/5&quot;&gt;this answer&lt;/a&gt;. To save everyone the trouble of reading the entire page, I will summarize:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;We get a lot of questions here (such as &quot;Why won't my wireless work?&quot;) that lack basic diagnostic information. We can easily post a comment asking the user to provide certain debug logs, etc. but then we get replies like &quot;I don't know how to do that.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;We need a simple GUI tool that is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Easy to install and use.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Depends only on packages included on the Live CDs/DVDs.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Determines which debug logs and commands to run to gather the necessary information for inclusion in the question.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Uploads the logs to a pastebin for bonus points.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This GUI tool does &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Automatically fix problems.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Compose the question for the user.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I started a project &lt;a href=&quot;https://launchpad.net/autroubleshooter&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;on Launchpad&lt;/a&gt; for this purpose - it's a Qt4 application (the binary will run without any dependencies that aren't included on the Live CDs/DVDs). Basically this tool asks the user what type of problem they are having and then grabs the appropriate logs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Now,&lt;/strong&gt; here's why I have asked this question here: we need to clearly define exactly what this tool's scope is as far as problems and commands go.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Each answer below lists a specific category or type of problem. Below that is a list of commands to be run to obtain diagnostic information and the location of log files that pertain to the problem. All of these answers are community wiki so y'all can edit them and help ensure as much information as possible is included.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please also include a very brief sentence indicating how the command / file relates to the problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit:&lt;/strong&gt; I have a screenshot!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/xizzs.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit:&lt;/strong&gt; I have created a special area on my website where users can create and submit &quot;recipes&quot; that run a series of commands for obtaining program output, etc.:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://quickmediasolutions.com/autroubleshooter&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://quickmediasolutions.com/autroubleshooter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I will be (hopefully) finalizing the syntax for the scripts soon.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastEditorUserId="5" LastEditDate="2013-01-21T00:55:06.540" LastActivityDate="2013-01-21T00:55:06.540" Title="Ask Ubuntu Troubleshooter - Defining a Tool that New Users Will Use" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="11" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5739" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5738" CreationDate="2013-01-10T02:32:14.143" Score="3" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Wireless Connection Problems&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;ifconfig&lt;/code&gt; - returns current network interfaces and IP addresses&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;lspci -nnk | grep -iA3 Network&lt;/code&gt; - returns network controllers along with subsystems and kernel modules in use. possibly trailing lines (due to &lt;code&gt;A3&lt;/code&gt;) if not all details are known/available.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;lsusb&lt;/code&gt; - returns network adapters connected via USB (no reliable way of matching network devices?)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;rfkill list&lt;/code&gt; - list of radio kill switches and their states&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;jockey-text -l&lt;/code&gt; - list what Jockey (&quot;Additional Drivers&quot;) thinks about the current state of devices and its drivers (how to filter network-related?)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;code&gt;hosts&lt;/code&gt; file.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastEditorUserId="54298" LastEditDate="2013-01-12T22:00:10.697" LastActivityDate="2013-01-12T22:00:10.697" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-01-10T02:32:14.143" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5740" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5738" CreationDate="2013-01-10T02:34:18.903" Score="3" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Graphics / Display Problems&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;lspci -nn&lt;/code&gt; - returns a list of display adapters on the computer&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;xrandr&lt;/code&gt; state of outputs and modes (screen size problems)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Read &lt;code&gt;Xorg.conf&lt;/code&gt; and alternate Xorg config files to get configuration information.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;jockey-text -l&lt;/code&gt;, for checking of available, recommended, and installed drivers.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastEditorUserId="54298" LastEditDate="2013-01-12T22:05:59.437" LastActivityDate="2013-01-12T22:05:59.437" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-01-10T02:34:18.903" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5741" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5738" CreationDate="2013-01-10T05:28:18.153" Score="3" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Package / apt-get Problems&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;dpkg --get-selections&lt;/code&gt; - returns a list of all currently installed packages&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;dpkg --yet-to-unpack&lt;/code&gt; can help get a list of packages that for some reason didn't unpack successfully.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;dpkg --no-act --foo foo.deb&lt;/code&gt; if it looks like the user is trying to blame a package file.  Note from manpage:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;--no-act usually gives less information than might be helpful.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastEditorUserId="54298" LastEditDate="2013-01-11T12:42:14.950" LastActivityDate="2013-01-11T12:42:14.950" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-01-10T05:28:18.153" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5742" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5743" CreationDate="2013-01-10T06:37:37.080" Score="2" ViewCount="44" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure I should be asking this, but why is this question, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/130069/25656&quot;&gt;Wired Connection Problem&lt;/a&gt;, protected? While it has had 3451 views, as of now, there's very little there today that points to why it needed to be protected.&#xA;I also see that it has been &quot;active&quot; today but don't see any activity dated today.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user25656" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Why is this question, Wired Connection Problem, protected?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5743" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5742" CreationDate="2013-01-10T09:04:47.903" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;That question was protected automatically by &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/-1/community&quot;&gt;Community user&lt;/a&gt; because three &quot;answers&quot; were flagged as non-answers and subsequently deleted by one of the  community moderators. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/89532/automatically-protect-questions-with-three-or-more-low-rep-user-deleted-answers&quot;&gt;Automatically protect questions with three or more low-rep-user deleted answers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Regarding no visible activity today, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/-1/community&quot;&gt;Community user&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/19739/177471&quot;&gt;randomly pokes old, unanswered questions so they get some attention&lt;/a&gt;. As the Community user bumps it, it gets pushed to the top of the front page. Very clearly, someone then upvoted the answer in this question. See the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/130069/timeline&quot;&gt;timeline&lt;/a&gt; of the entire post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2013-01-10T09:04:47.903" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5744" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-01-10T10:27:04.743" Score="9" ViewCount="368" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sparked by &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/238087/88802&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/238087/how-to-apply-a-python-patch-on-installed-library#comment298235_238087&quot;&gt;this comment&lt;/a&gt;, I'm confused to what development stuff here is on-topic and what isn't.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The FAQ says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Development on Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Well, that &lt;em&gt;on&lt;/em&gt; leaves room for wider interpretation here. My interpretation: &lt;em&gt;see answer&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Others seem not to share my opinions about it and as long as you run a tool (e.g. &lt;code&gt;patch&lt;/code&gt;) on your Ubuntu powered machine it's already on topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My view and some examples in an answer. Post yours if you have another view. Feel free to use my examples. Feel free to add more examples for me to give my opinion on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Related Meta-Qs:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1689/are-questions-related-to-ubuntu-as-it-relates-to-development-on-topic&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1689/are-questions-related-to-ubuntu-as-it-relates-to-development-on-topic&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;add more, couldn't find them&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="88802" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2018-03-21T03:51:24.740" Title="How should we interpret &quot;Development on Ubuntu&quot; in the FAQ?" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5745" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5744" CreationDate="2013-01-10T10:27:04.743" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Below is my &lt;strong&gt;opinion&lt;/strong&gt;, my interpretation of the FAQ by example. Rather than writing &quot;I think it would be...&quot;, &quot;I prefer...&quot; I write it like facts for the readability.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;The FAQ means that it has to be Ubuntu related&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Examples:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;How can I write a simple &quot;Hello World&quot; application? &lt;strong&gt;off&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Too broad for Ubuntu. SO would be way more ontopic.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;How can I write a simple &quot;Hello World&quot; application in Quickly? &lt;strong&gt;on&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On topic because of Quickly, being it something Ubuntu specific.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Where can I store configuration files of my application? &lt;strong&gt;on&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most probably on-topic, because Debian/Ubuntu has specific locations for configuration files, for both /home dot-dirs and /etc files.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;How can I create these .deb files? &lt;strong&gt;on&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No doubt about it.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;How can I link to libabc? &lt;strong&gt;unsure&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm pretty sure that pkg-config, linker and such are not Ubuntu specific. However, it could be related about the location of files or Ubuntu-specific package.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;How do I use the APT Python API? I'm getting ImportErrors from this example (on the Ubuntu wiki). &lt;strong&gt;on&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most probably obsolete information and needs clarification on a change since version X.Y of Ubuntu. Could also be a general Python user error, but then it's still useful for other developers running into the same issue.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;How do I apply patches? I downloaded sources of libabc here (external source) and want to apply this patch (external source). &lt;strong&gt;off&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I fail to see what about it is Ubuntu specific, apart from the Ubuntu-packaged version of &lt;code&gt;patch&lt;/code&gt;. SO is the place.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;How do I apply patches to Ubuntu packages? &lt;strong&gt;on&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No doubt. &lt;code&gt;dget&lt;/code&gt;, source packages, quilt, use of SCM with packaging, etc. Great Q here.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;How do I create a Unity lens? &lt;strong&gt;on&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No doubt. May be an answer like get the -dev package, link like this, and then here's something to get started about reading APIs, but still Unity is a Ubuntu thing and this is encouraging the Ubuntu crowd to develop.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Can I rely on Qt4 libs to be installed by default? &lt;strong&gt;on&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No doubt. It's very much Ubuntu-related to whether something is shipped or not.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;How do I fix &quot;undefined reference to ...&quot; when compiling? &lt;strong&gt;depends&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unless the body contains clues for why this should be Ubuntu related, this is off-topic. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="88802" LastActivityDate="2013-01-10T10:27:04.743" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5746" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5738" CreationDate="2013-01-10T10:54:51.550" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;I couldn't sensibly fit this in a comment so here you go... I've been thinking about something like this for a while but there are some problems in your approach that have blocked me:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If they don't have network:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;They can't install the app with a &lt;code&gt;sudo apt-get install ...&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It would either need to be completely portable (chucked on a USB stick and run) or included in the default install.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How do they then share the results? The application would need to write its report back to local storage (eg USB) so it can be exported to a networked computer for upload.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If they have graphics problems&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;They might not be able to see a graphical UI.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Needs to be something that is as functional from a simple command prompt.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In this case, it should explain to the user how to select options, like telling the user to look at the bottom row of text which will include something like &lt;code&gt;[Space] to continue, [Escape] to go back, [Delete] to exit, arrow keys to select option&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Also consider that the graphical environment handles network connections and the automounting of USB disks. Documentation needs to deal with these extra-hostile conditions.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="54298" LastEditDate="2013-01-13T17:35:03.760" LastActivityDate="2013-01-13T17:35:03.760" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5747" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5734" CreationDate="2013-01-10T11:12:44.473" Score="28" Body="&lt;p&gt;We can make this really simple and boil it down to this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;If it doesn't answer the question, it doesn't belong in the answer section. Don't post it there.&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However there are some approaches that are legitimate that you can't really stop:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Iterative improvement is something we should encourage but only because it makes the answer better. But deliberately leaving detail out for the sake of speed is idiotic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;In the same vein, expanding stubs (eg originally asking the user to restart apache2 and then replacing that with instructions on how to restart apache2) improves the quality of the answer and should be encouraged. But similarly, leaving things out deliberately is silly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Throwing &lt;em&gt;something&lt;/em&gt; out when time &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; urgent. I'll be honest, I've never seen a question that really warrants somebody posting an answer to make sure they will or won't do something in time. A real-world analogue of where this might be useful is talking somebody off a bridge. It's critical to shout &amp;quot;don't jump&amp;quot; immediately and you can work on the reasoning later on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;... there is an argument this can all be done through comments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So please don't do this here. MSO is not a template for other SE sites. &lt;strong&gt;If you catch somebody doing this please flag for moderator attention!&lt;/strong&gt; Don't bother leaving messages, we'll deal with them directly. Once we've pulled out enough teeth that we're happy they won't do it again, we'll release them back into the general population.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-01-11T13:17:05.027" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5748" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5744" CreationDate="2013-01-10T13:02:00.280" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The currently accepted practise is that any and all programming questions are on-topic, as long as the programmer is using Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;How can I write a regular expression to validate an email address, on Ubuntu? &lt;strong&gt;on-topic&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;How can I merge two Python dictionaries, on Ubuntu? &lt;strong&gt;on-topic&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Why does Python code run faster in a function? &lt;strong&gt;on-topic&lt;/strong&gt;, if the asker mentions they're using Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Why does Python code run faster in a function? &lt;strong&gt;off-topic&lt;/strong&gt;, if the asker mentions they're using Linux Mint.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When you see a questions like these, you probably should leave a comment, recommending Stack Overflow instead. But as long as the programmer is using Ubuntu, the question is on-topic, and should be answered if possible, and up-voted if it is clear, detailed, well-researched and atomic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Remember that the asker chose Ask Ubuntu for a reason. We expect that they are aware of Stack Overflow, so they must have a reason to choose Ask Ubuntu instead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2355" LastActivityDate="2013-01-10T13:02:00.280" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5749" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5744" CreationDate="2013-01-10T16:29:34.957" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Very simple way of putting it by summarizing &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/5748/88802&quot;&gt;Flimm's answer&lt;/a&gt; and merging it with &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/5744/how-should-we-interpret-development-on-ubuntu-in-the-faq#comment8389_5748&quot;&gt;my comment&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Development is ontopic, provided...&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;h3&gt;it's about or related to Ubuntu (to at least some extent)&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;OR&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;h3&gt;the user has a valid substantive reason not to post it on SO and mentions why.&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note: users are expected to be aware of the existence of StackOverflow. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="88802" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.227" LastActivityDate="2013-01-14T09:49:25.803" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5750" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5744" CreationDate="2013-01-10T21:54:54.617" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;In my opinion, questions about &lt;strong&gt;using programming tools&lt;/strong&gt; should be considered on-topic. Questions about &lt;strong&gt;the art of programming&lt;/strong&gt; should be considered off-topic &lt;em&gt;unless&lt;/em&gt; they are about Ubuntu or about something that's different in Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This can alternatively be enumerated with two &quot;buckets.&quot; If a question fits into at least one it's on-topic; if it fits into none it's off-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The OP is asking for support using tools (or what tool they should use, what tools can and cannot do, etc.), and this is on Ubuntu.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, this would make virtually any question about how to &lt;em&gt;run&lt;/em&gt; the &lt;code&gt;patch&lt;/code&gt; command on-topic. Questions about what lexical changes to a file a particular diff (patch) makes are on-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions about &lt;em&gt;what changes ought to be made when crafting a patch&lt;/em&gt; would not be on topic by this principle. &quot;What diff will make this OpenGL shader more computationally efficient?&quot; is not a question about the &lt;code&gt;patch&lt;/code&gt; utility.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions about how to use &lt;code&gt;patch&lt;/code&gt; to change the lines of limericks are on-topic, so long as it's really about &lt;code&gt;patch&lt;/code&gt; use. Questions about how to write better limericks (&quot;and by the way, then I'll use &lt;code&gt;diff&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;patch&lt;/code&gt; to distribute the changes&quot;) are off-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions about how to compile a program, or an error in the arguments passed to &lt;code&gt;gcc&lt;/code&gt;, are on-topic. Compile-time errors generated because &lt;code&gt;gcc&lt;/code&gt; did not link libraries that other compilers on other platforms may link automatically (&lt;code&gt;libm&lt;/code&gt; comes to mind) are on-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Compile-time errors generated when &lt;code&gt;gcc&lt;/code&gt; runs as you expected it to are not on-topic by this principle.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The question is otherwise specific to Ubuntu in a fundamental way, or is platform specific in a fundamental way such that Ubuntu behaves differently from other platforms.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions about why code builds with one compiler but not another (and at least of them is being used on Ubuntu) are on-topic. Questions about why code doesn't build at all are off-topic. (Thus, questions about why one cannot &lt;code&gt;#include &amp;lt;iostream.h&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; and compile with &lt;code&gt;g++&lt;/code&gt; are &lt;em&gt;just&lt;/em&gt; on-topic.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions about how to write a program to facilitate &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_cross#Canadian_Cross&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Canadian cross-compilation&lt;/a&gt; would be on-topic. (Questions about how to build Canadian-cross would be on-topic by fitting into the first &quot;bucket,&quot; above.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions about what GCC &lt;code&gt;#pragma&lt;/code&gt;s perform the same task as particular MSVC++ or other compiler &lt;code&gt;#pragma&lt;/code&gt;s are narrowly on-topic. Questions about how to write a &lt;code&gt;#pragma&lt;/code&gt; that performs a particular task, without any indication of why the OP might be asking &lt;em&gt;us&lt;/em&gt;, should be referred to Stack Overflow.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions about how to to make a program interact with Ubuntu's UI elements are on-topic. As for questions about how to make a program interact with UI elements present in Ubuntu &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; other OSes, where the techniques used wouldn't differ between OSes ...that would probably have to be taken on a case-by-case basis. (If that question can be &lt;em&gt;answered&lt;/em&gt; in a way that's seen as appropriate for our site, it should be considered on-topic, and off-topic otherwise.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions about how to write applications in accordance with guidelines for Ubuntu developers, or so they make sense to Ubuntu users, are on-topic. &lt;s&gt;Questions about UI design should be referred to &lt;a href=&quot;https://ux.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;UX&lt;/a&gt; when they're clearly more appropriate there, however.&lt;/s&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; It is possible, however, that &lt;em&gt;some&lt;/em&gt; such questions might be considered primarily opinion-based and closed for that reason.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Programming is an activity unto itself, and this parallels the we way we'd treat other activities:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Questions about how to make a call with Skype are on-topic; questions about good conversational etiquette are off-topic.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A question about how to open &lt;a href=&quot;http://doom.wikia.com/wiki/Martian_Buddy&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the Martian Buddy lockers&lt;/a&gt; when playing Doom 3 on Ubuntu is off topic...unless they're opening fine in Doom 3 on another platform and the question is Ubuntu-specific.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A question about getting AbiWord to format short story manuscripts in accordance with &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.shunn.net/format/story.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;William Shunn's guide&lt;/a&gt; is on-topic. A question about &lt;em&gt;what the guide means&lt;/em&gt; (e.g., &quot;What spacing to use for stories consisting largely of frame narratives in the style of a dramatic script?&quot;) is off-topic. Questions about how &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.analogsf.com/contact-us/writers-guidelines/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;a particular magazine applies the guide&lt;/a&gt; are super-duper off-topic.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Questions about &lt;em&gt;how&lt;/em&gt; to report a bug in Ubuntu are on-topic. Questions about cultural differences in bug handling are on-topic. Questions about why bugs on Launchpad are expected to be written in English, and what that means for non-anglophone projects or developers, are on-topic (to the extent to which Launchpad is on-topic here). Questions about &lt;em&gt;how to write English&lt;/em&gt; (&quot;so I can report an Ubuntu bug&quot;) are off-topic.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; &lt;sub&gt;I've crossed that out because, as written, &lt;em&gt;(a)&lt;/em&gt; it goes against &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.blog/2012/03/22/respect-the-community-your-own-and-others/&quot;&gt;this official network-wide policy&lt;/a&gt; that says not to close questions based on the scope of &lt;em&gt;other&lt;/em&gt; sites (which I actually do very much agree with), and &lt;em&gt;(b)&lt;/em&gt; it would support migrating questions that are low in &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/8258/22949&quot;&gt;quality&lt;/a&gt;, or that &lt;a href=&quot;https://ux.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;UX&lt;/a&gt; users themselves do not consider good for their site, to UX. However, for questions about user experience and design issues that are already off-topic here, I do still think it is helpful for us to suggest that users consider posting a question there.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2018-03-21T03:51:24.740" LastActivityDate="2018-03-21T03:51:24.740" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5751" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5762" CreationDate="2013-01-10T23:47:04.673" Score="4" ViewCount="88" Body="&lt;p&gt;When a question is cross-posted here and another Stack Exchange site, and it gets good, valuable answers on both sites, is it appropriate to flag one of them for migration so it can then be duped and merged?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/96886/how-to-make-svn-look-for-if-there-is-an-update-once-a-minute-and-if-there-is-cal&quot;&gt;an example&lt;/a&gt; (also &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/q/29478/7285&quot;&gt;on Unix.SE&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:37:19.280" LastActivityDate="2013-01-12T03:43:11.557" Title="Should a question ever be considered for migration in anticipation of closure and merging?" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|stackexchange|answered-questions|migration|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5752" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-01-11T03:19:19.637" Score="0" ViewCount="54" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is the &lt;code&gt;uefi&lt;/code&gt; tag but I feel a &lt;code&gt;windows-8&lt;/code&gt; tag would be more &quot;friendly&quot;. In any case, there are tags for Win 7 and XP.&#xA;I feel it could be useful for questions possibly arising from difficulties faced in dual-booting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit: I felt quite stupid after it was pointed out that the windows-8 tag exists. But these two images may explain why I thought it didn't:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/fF7Ou.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that I had typed just &lt;code&gt;win&lt;/code&gt; and there was no windows-8 tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But when I type &lt;code&gt;wind&lt;/code&gt; I see it:  &lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/PZ93X.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user25656" LastEditorDisplayName="user25656" LastEditDate="2013-01-14T07:27:54.967" LastActivityDate="2013-01-14T07:27:54.967" Title="I can't find a tag called windows-8. Would such a tag be useful?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5753" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5752" CreationDate="2013-01-11T03:49:39.623" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Actually, we already have a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/windows-8&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;windows-8&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;windows-8&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tags/windows-8/info&quot;&gt;tag&lt;/a&gt; with 183 questions posted in it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2013-01-11T03:49:39.623" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5754" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5752" CreationDate="2013-01-11T04:11:19.943" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Tags are not &quot;created&quot; simply because they should exist. Rather, they are created when an appropriate question is asked that uses the tag for the first time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Therefore your question becomes:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&quot;Should existing questions be retagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/windows8&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;windows8&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;windows8&lt;/a&gt;?&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This should be determined on a question-by-question basis. If the question &lt;em&gt;only&lt;/em&gt; applies to Windows 8 (and no other Windows versions) than it may be a good candidate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastActivityDate="2013-01-11T04:11:19.943" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5755" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5738" CreationDate="2013-01-11T12:44:11.067" Score="2" Body="&lt;h1&gt;BIOS and CPU troubles&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;such as boot and compatibility:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;dmidecode&lt;/code&gt; to get BIOS and CPU info from SMBios.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;/proc/cpuinfo&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54298" LastEditorUserId="54298" LastEditDate="2013-01-12T23:35:43.470" LastActivityDate="2013-01-12T23:35:43.470" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-01-12T22:00:22.023" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5756" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5757" CreationDate="2013-01-11T15:21:57.647" Score="12" ViewCount="223" Body="&lt;p&gt;tl;dr: What is your (best) way to find question you can answer on AskUbuntu?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I usually log in to AU and surf through the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions&quot;&gt;list of new questions&lt;/a&gt;. If some &quot;interesting&quot; question catches my eye, I open it and try to answer it. However this might not ever the best way to work with AU. So how do you answer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I could image to check the list of favorite &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tags&quot;&gt;tags&lt;/a&gt;, look for new questions and answer them. Or to work aggressively with favorite/ignored tags, so that the list of questions gets smaller.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd like to hear what is your best practise here and hope to improve my answering skills. :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="236" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Best practise for finding questions to answer" Tags="|discussion|unanswered-questions|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5757" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5756" CreationDate="2013-01-11T16:02:01.560" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/unanswered/tagged/?tab=mytags&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/unanswered/tagged/?tab=mytags&lt;/a&gt; is my &quot;go to&quot; tab.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It either goes by your favorite tags that you've set, or if you haven't set any by the tags you've answered/been most active in and then sorts them by votes. You can start with the ones which are probably the most interesting by just going top to bottom on the page. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I also use this screen to use up my daily votes, that is if I run into an answer with no votes that I feel is a good answer I vote on it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I'm active that day and voting/answering heavily the list will change quickly, which is nice because it's always fresh and sorted by votes so I don't waste too much time with poorly voted questions. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2013-01-11T16:02:01.560" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5758" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5738" CreationDate="2013-01-11T17:14:21.277" Score="2" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Hard-drive Problems&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;fdisk -l&lt;/code&gt; List partitions&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;/proc/mdstat&lt;/code&gt; for RAID&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;mdadm&lt;/code&gt; with any combination of &lt;code&gt;--query&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;--detail&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;mdadm.conf&lt;/code&gt; for RAID misconfiguration&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;df -h&lt;/code&gt; ,  &lt;code&gt;du -hs ~&lt;/code&gt; , &lt;code&gt;du -hs ~/*&lt;/code&gt; space on hard-drive &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/243211/why-is-ubuntu-telling-me-my-drive-is-full&quot;&gt;Why is Ubuntu telling me my drive is full?&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2013-01-14T20:49:50.940" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-01-11T20:56:33.943" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5759" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5738" CreationDate="2013-01-11T20:26:09.463" Score="2" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Version of Ubuntu Installed&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;May be of use to automatically include basic version information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;lsb_release -a&lt;/code&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;cat /etc/issue&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;uname -a&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Information from &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/12493/how-can-i-find-the-version-of-ubuntu-that-is-installed&quot;&gt;How can I find the version of Ubuntu that is installed?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2013-01-11T20:26:09.463" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-01-11T20:56:41.463" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5760" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5738" CreationDate="2013-01-11T21:21:09.543" Score="4" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Inclusion of URI scheme&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The basics of @GerogeEdison's idea from comment:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;...create a URI scheme for launching the troubleshooter - allowing us&#xA;  to give a &quot;link&quot; to the OP that runs a diagnostic test on their&#xA;  machine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, I propose we edit in the  security requirements needed to implement this idea, Instead of down-voting or disregarding the entire project on a proposed feature, we want the feature to be on a similar level of security as &quot;Paste this command in terminal&quot; or better.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;It must not run commands from website&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Hard-coded recipes &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/7625674#7625674&quot;&gt;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/7625674#7625674&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;PGP signed commands.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You are about to run AskUbuntu Troublshooter with the following option &quot;Foo&quot;. The command that will be run is &quot;/bin/foo --bar /var/foo.conf&quot;. &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/5738/ask-ubuntu-troubleshooter-defining-a-tool-that-new-users-will-use&quot;&gt;8 people&lt;/a&gt; trust this recipe. &#xA;  [OK] [Cancel]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &quot;X people trust this recipe&quot; should be a link to the list of trusters.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Will not progress without user consent.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Should have parameters that can be given, but cannot be exploited, perhaps using some sort of &lt;code&gt;escapeshellcmd&lt;/code&gt; or something. If a command can be exploited with a plaintext parameter, check it even more within the recipe.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If the package of the command being run can be determined, change the message to:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You are about to run AskUbuntu Troublshooter with the following option &quot;Foo&quot;. The command that will be run is &quot;/bin/foo --bar /var/foo.conf&quot;, from package foo-dev. 8 people trust this recipe. [OK] [Cancel]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This may want to see some discussion.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastEditorUserId="54298" LastEditDate="2013-01-13T12:57:16.033" LastActivityDate="2013-01-13T12:57:16.033" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-01-11T21:31:00.247" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5761" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5789" CreationDate="2013-01-12T02:02:05.753" Score="3" ViewCount="76" Body="&lt;p&gt;This question is about to be closed:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/239975/perl-doesnt-include-directory&quot;&gt;Perl doesn&amp;#39;t include directory&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's too bad, since:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Perl scripting is a standard system administration technique and it doesn't make much sense to reject Perl questions unless there's reason to think they're not relevant to that. We keep &lt;code&gt;bash&lt;/code&gt; scripting questions open, after all.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;In this situation, at least part of the problem appears to have to do with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/239983/22949&quot;&gt;where the user is installing stuff&lt;/a&gt;. That's clearly on the system operation/administration side of the line.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;We can probably answer this, and Stack Overflow probably doesn't want it.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's not that I think closing this question is an unusually great wrong. But if we can interpret and answer it in a way that's on-topic, we shouldn't be closing it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(And if it's closed, we should reopen it.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it &lt;em&gt;turns out&lt;/em&gt; nobody can answer it or the issue is sufficiently abstract or esoteric that it's not a good fit for Ask Ubuntu, &lt;em&gt;then&lt;/em&gt; it can be closed. I see no reason not to give it at least a couple of days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2013-01-14T14:56:54.090" Title="Is this Perl-related question being closed too hastily?" Tags="|discussion|close-reasons|scope|closed-questions|vote-to-close|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5762" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5751" CreationDate="2013-01-12T03:43:11.557" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Cross-posting to multiple sites is not permitted by network policy. This is to keep people from using an arbitrary shotgun approach in hopes of getting their question seen &lt;em&gt;somewhere.&lt;/em&gt; You might contact the user to give them a gentle reminder about the policy, but if the activity continues, you can deal with that user directly. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But for dealing with a &lt;em&gt;rare&lt;/em&gt; cross post after-the-fact, if cross-posting hasn't become an on-going problem on the site, I'd be inclined to just leave it be &amp;mdash; that assumes, of course, that the post is truly proving &lt;strong&gt;valuable content&lt;/strong&gt; on &lt;em&gt;both&lt;/em&gt; sites. I wouldn't blindly remove good content out of spite just to make a statement. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Moderate for content; but don't feel like your hands are tied by the letter of the law in these occasional, common-sense scenarios. I doubt there's a &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/03/the-value-of-downvoting-or-how-hacker-news-gets-it-wrong/&quot;&gt;broken window&lt;/a&gt; here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="62" LastActivityDate="2013-01-12T03:43:11.557" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5763" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5764" CreationDate="2013-01-12T11:12:25.517" Score="16" ViewCount="478" Body="&lt;p&gt;I regularly see the abbreviation &lt;code&gt;OP&lt;/code&gt; used in comments and in questions on the meta site. What does it mean?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should a glossary be included in the FAQ? Or should &lt;code&gt;OP&lt;/code&gt; be included in an existing glossary I do not know of?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="115155" LastActivityDate="2018-05-22T08:01:53.793" Title="What is the meaning of OP?" Tags="|discussion|comments|best-practice|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5764" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5763" CreationDate="2013-01-12T11:35:59.427" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;OP means Original Poster, in other words, the user that asked the question. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;OP is a term commonly used all over the English speaking Internet, in forums, bug reports and social news sharing sites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do not think it should be included in the FAQ, as it is a fairly common term. People who are unfamiliar with it can look up this question or search for it on Google. It's &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/OP&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;listed in Wiktionary&lt;/a&gt; and other online dictionaries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2355" LastEditorUserId="507051" LastEditDate="2018-05-22T08:01:53.793" LastActivityDate="2018-05-22T08:01:53.793" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="5765" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5763" CreationDate="2013-01-12T11:52:06.627" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;I agree with Flimm that &lt;em&gt;OP&lt;/em&gt; doesn't need to be the FAQ. But I do think it should be in &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3670/i-saw-something-in-chat-i-dont-understand&quot;&gt;the glossary&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And it is in the glossary! It's somewhat confusingly under &quot;Ask Ubuntu/Stack network specific terms&quot; (even though it's not really specific to SE or AU).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The entry for it says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;h3&gt;OP&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;OP&lt;/code&gt; = Original Poster&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, people should feel free to ask us what that and any other jargon means (as well as to search for or look up the term, as Flimm suggested).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.227" LastActivityDate="2013-01-12T11:52:06.627" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5766" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5767" CreationDate="2013-01-12T12:50:24.780" Score="5" ViewCount="137" Body="&lt;p&gt;Today I was looking at the suggested edits and I found &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/70248&quot;&gt;edit #70248&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The edit was made to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/237333&quot;&gt;a question about a graphics problem&lt;/a&gt; and consisted in the following text:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;pls do tell me how to connect to the wireless network(tata photon usb model).&#xA;  can someone solve this out pls...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is fairly obvious that the edit should be rejected, but &lt;strong&gt;how to inform the user about what he/she should do?&lt;/strong&gt; Does the rejection reason reach the user? Is it somehow possible to leave a private message for the user?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2979" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2013-01-12T14:54:13.140" Title="What to do when a user asks a question editing an another question?" Tags="|discussion|suggested-edits|review|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5767" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5766" CreationDate="2013-01-12T14:53:31.833" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;The rejection reason is shown to the user.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Invalid edit&lt;/em&gt; is the canned rejection reason that applies to edits that attempt to comment on or reply to the post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, if you can point the misguided editor in the right direction by giving a custom rejection reason, then by all means, do that!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can tell them to post a new question. One of the reviewers of that suggested edit did just that. I've done that several times as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2013-01-12T14:53:31.833" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5769" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5504" CreationDate="2013-01-12T21:12:45.737" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://howtoubuntu.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/a1fgn.png&quot; alt=&quot;How to Ubuntu!&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="24819" LastEditorUserId="24819" LastEditDate="2013-07-27T10:42:28.300" LastActivityDate="2013-07-27T10:42:28.300" CommentCount="2" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-01-12T21:12:45.737" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5770" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5771" CreationDate="2013-01-12T23:22:04.957" Score="3" ViewCount="65" Body="&lt;p&gt;I often find questions which I flag as dup, to close or other. However I have the impression that not many other had a look at them. So my question is: Is there some queue or list for non-moderations where I can find all flagged questions. This would probably help to close or mark questions which have low quality.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="236" LastActivityDate="2013-01-15T17:43:11.270" Title="Is there a queue of flagged questions?" Tags="|support|flagging|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5771" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5770" CreationDate="2013-01-12T23:36:19.400" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;With sufficient reputation, yes there is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/vCU2i.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2013-01-13T06:22:12.833" LastActivityDate="2013-01-13T06:22:12.833" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5772" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5738" CreationDate="2013-01-13T00:13:57.723" Score="3" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Audio Problems&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Source: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/14126/47291&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/a/14126/47291&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;cat /proc/asound/cards&lt;/code&gt; Audio devices detected&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;cat /proc/asound/card0/codec#0&lt;/code&gt; replace card0 (codec#0 is different as well on systems) with further number for more devices, &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Will contain information about the first sound card, including&#xA;  information about the input/output ports connected to it. If you have&#xA;  a problem with plugging in a microphone, headsets, or external&#xA;  speakers, include this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;pulseaudio --dump-conf&lt;/code&gt; pulseaudio configuration file, includes information such as default-sample-rate, default-channel-map (useful for surround setups).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2013-01-13T00:22:49.617" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5773" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5738" CreationDate="2013-01-13T01:41:03.490" Score="1" Body="&lt;h1&gt;General&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;dmesg&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[Needs expansion]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54298" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-01-13T01:41:03.490" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-01-13T01:41:03.490" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5774" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-01-13T13:50:26.543" Score="1" ViewCount="61" Body="&lt;p&gt;I asked the question at - &#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/240466/help-needed-to-install-expansion-cards&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/240466/help-needed-to-install-expansion-cards&lt;/a&gt; - unfortunately I don't understand the answer and I don't see a way to directly reply to the answer. I'm new to ask ununtu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user121785" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2013-01-13T15:53:18.070" Title="Don't understand answer to my question" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5775" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5774" CreationDate="2013-01-13T13:58:36.153" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can always edit your question (click on &lt;em&gt;edit&lt;/em&gt; below the question) &lt;strong&gt;and&lt;/strong&gt; you can add a comment (like Rinzwind did, click on &lt;em&gt;add comment&lt;/em&gt;) to get things clarified.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See my comment to your original question for an explanation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" OwnerDisplayName="guntbert" LastActivityDate="2013-01-13T13:58:36.153" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5776" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5781" CreationDate="2013-01-13T18:28:16.757" Score="11" ViewCount="304" Body="&lt;p&gt;On viewing unanswered questions I came across &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/45617/can-not-see-any-hard-disk-or-pen-drivers-when-connected&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;. While there was nothing wrong with the question, it is very old and the OP hasn't visited the site for a long time. Hence, any answers/clarifications etc. cannot be posted in hopes of any reply (except in rare cases).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What to do with such questions as although these questions are relevant, whether or not the answers work for those specific cases mostly remains unknown.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="99229" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2013-01-23T09:53:10.267" Title="What to do with questions whose OP hasn't visited the site for a long time?" Tags="|discussion|unanswered-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5777" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5778" CreationDate="2013-01-13T18:41:14.293" Score="10" ViewCount="110" Body="&lt;p&gt;As some have already seen, the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/about&quot;&gt;/about page&lt;/a&gt; on main has changed dramatically. It's fancy now with all the moving parts and visual examples, but there is one thing that feels kinda odd about it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;The example is not a good one&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The example currently given, as seen in the following screenshot, is a slightly modified version of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/210870/&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/QxbYB.png&quot; alt=&quot;screenshot from /about&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While I fully understand that the examples need to be kept short so they don't take up too much space, the given answer is pretty much link-only and would be deserving of the &quot;Nothing but a URL (and isn't spam)&quot; pro-forma comment:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Whilst this may theoretically answer the question, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/8259&quot;&gt;it would be preferable&lt;/a&gt; to include the essential parts of the answer here, and provide the link for reference.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The /about section is intended to show new users what this site is about, and introduce them to the way the site works. Shouldn't we, then, encourage good answers with a good example, rather than bad ones?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;So, this question boils down to two points:&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Why was &lt;em&gt;this&lt;/em&gt; specific question chosen, or what makes a question eligible for being the example question on /about?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Shall we replace the current example question, and with what other question?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="98085" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:24.280" LastActivityDate="2013-01-15T19:52:43.817" Title="Could we get a better example question for the new /about?" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|bug|status-completed|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5778" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5777" CreationDate="2013-01-13T19:04:51.620" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are certain requirements for the question there, due to the space available and the need for at least &lt;em&gt;two&lt;/em&gt; answers that will fit (one which must have a comment on it). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/ubuntu/query/92077/aboutable-questions&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Here are some eligible questions&lt;/a&gt;. Pick a better one!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Keep in mind, the posts displayed on /about will be chosen to not have any lists, images, code, or headers. So if you pick a question that has one great (but long and detailed and heavily-formatted) answer and two short, crappy ones, the short ones will be the answers displayed. I realize this often is not an ideal way to show off the site's expertise and preferred style of answering, but it's currently necessary to avoid overwhelming the actual content of /about.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Currently set to &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/5777/could-we-get-a-better-example-question-for-the-new-about#comment8442_5777&quot;&gt;jrg's suggestion&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12845" LastEditorUserId="12845" LastEditDate="2013-01-13T22:34:19.290" LastActivityDate="2013-01-13T22:34:19.290" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5779" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5756" CreationDate="2013-01-13T19:21:44.977" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I usually start by searching for the most popular unanswered questions, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/160856/how-can-i-find-a-list-of-the-most-popular-unanswered-questions&quot;&gt;as explained here&lt;/a&gt;. These questions are usually the ones that are in the greatest demand, and they are also among the most visible of all questions (to search engine users). To find all open unanswered questions on AskUbuntu with more than 500 views, see here: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=views:500+answers:0+closed:0&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=views:500+answers:0+closed:0&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="71277" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:24.280" LastActivityDate="2013-01-14T00:20:04.477" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5780" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5785" CreationDate="2013-01-13T22:16:25.837" Score="4" ViewCount="144" Body="&lt;p&gt;For quite some time, we've been using the &lt;em&gt;too localized&lt;/em&gt; close reason for abandoned questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, if the question merits closure for another reason--it's a duplicate, it couldn't have been answered in the form it was in (irrespective of age), it's a call for discussion rather than an answerable question--then it may be closed with a different close reason.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But the &quot;routine&quot; close reason for abandoned questions these days is &lt;em&gt;too localized&lt;/em&gt;, not &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1843/what-to-do-with-abandoned-questions&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;not a real question&lt;/em&gt; as indicated here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can we get some kind of semi-&quot;official&quot; clarification from moderators about this? Perhaps &lt;strong&gt;a comment on that question&lt;/strong&gt;? Moderators &lt;em&gt;have&lt;/em&gt; stated &lt;em&gt;too localized&lt;/em&gt; is the correct close reason &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2468/how-should-we-define-abandoned-as-a-close-reason&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1898/how-should-i-deal-with-old-unanswered-questions-that-are-unlikely-to-be-answered&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;, but &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1843/what-to-do-with-abandoned-questions&quot;&gt;the older, more popular question&lt;/a&gt; is still more prominent. But I believe that, as things currently stand, it's hard for people coming to meta to understand how abandoned questions are handled. As an alternative (or in addition) to commenting or posting, perhaps one of the questions that says to use &lt;em&gt;too localized&lt;/em&gt; could be &lt;strong&gt;featured&lt;/strong&gt; for a while.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;Unless such clarification has already been prominently given and I'm the only one missing it, in which case, my bad!&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2013-01-16T15:45:00.677" LastActivityDate="2013-01-16T15:45:00.677" Title="Can moderators confirm abandoned questions should be closed TL, not NARQ?" Tags="|support|close-reasons|flagging|vote-to-close|old-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5781" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5776" CreationDate="2013-01-13T22:17:20.673" Score="10" Body="&lt;h3&gt;Is it a duplicate?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the question is a duplicate of another question, vote/flag it for closure as a duplicate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The master question doesn't necessarily have to be older. If there's a more helpful question that happens to be newer, and this one seems like it might be abandoned, you can  vote (or flag) to close it as a duplicate of the newer question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Is it already answered?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;(The example you have makes clear it is not, but this is an important consideration for the more general case of trying to figure out if a question should be considered abandoned.)&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the question &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2884/another-bit-on-abandoned-questions-but-specifically-good-ones-with-good-answers&quot;&gt;is answered&lt;/a&gt; with a plausible answer that may be helpful to others, do nothing. If you think they merit it, you can upvote the existing answer(s), which helps to call attention to them, and helps make the question disappear from the list of unanswered questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(If you personally think the existing answer or answers are wrong, but it seems they may be helpful to others or the community considers them valuable, do nothing.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Can you answer it? (And is it worth answering?)&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are able and willing to answer the question, such that your answer may help others with similar situations, even though the OP is unlikely to accept the answer or reply indicating if it worked, go ahead and do that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Is it answered in comments?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If there are comments that effectively answer the question, or that &lt;em&gt;may&lt;/em&gt; answer the question and may be helpful to others, those comments should be (or should have been turned into) answers! In this situation it is appropriate for you to answer the question with information from the relevant comment(s). You can even quote them directly. Just make sure it's clear who said the valuable words (unless they've explicitly made clear they do not want you not to cite them, in which case, still make sure you're not passing off their words or solution as something that is solely your own work).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this situation, it's common for short answers based on or quoting the comments of others to be posted as &lt;em&gt;community wiki&lt;/em&gt;. I'm not aware of any consensus or policy &lt;em&gt;requiring&lt;/em&gt; this, but it often makes sense for these to be CW answers because:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;CW status clarifies that the person who posted it is not necessarily its primary author.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It's &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/edit-community-wiki&quot;&gt;easier for users with lower reputation to edit CW posts&lt;/a&gt;, as only 100 reputation is required to edit without going through review. That's especially valuable here because often someone posts an answer in comments instead of as an answer when they feel it's not an adequate answer, or not detailed enough. Thus it's especially valuable for these answer to be easily expanded by anyone able and willing to do so.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;While you should not post any answer you think is meritless (&amp;quot;crap&amp;quot;), you might not want to associate yourself with this answer as strongly as usual. You might be unsure if it really works, for example. Posting it as CW sends less strong a message that it's &lt;em&gt;your&lt;/em&gt; answer.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You don't get unnecessary negative reputation for the answer. You've posted the answer as a service to the community, but it wasn't really your answer. Posted as CW, downvotes will have no effect on your rep.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You don't get unnecessary positive reputation for the answer. Posting a valuable answer from comments is a useful service to the community, so it wouldn't be inherently bad for your reputation to increase as a consequence. However, you might &lt;em&gt;feel&lt;/em&gt; you don't want to get reputation for it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Votes are entirely about the answer, and not at all about your contribution. This relates to the last two points. Since votes (up or down) have no effect on your reputation, &lt;em&gt;people may be more willing to vote based solely on what they see as the value or usefulness of the answer&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You can campaign for upvotes without violating etiquette. Upvotes on an answer helps remove a question from the &amp;quot;unanswered&amp;quot; list. (This is what people are usually talking about when they say &amp;quot;VTR&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;vote to resolve.&amp;quot;)&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Of course, as in other situations, people may choose not to vote on any post; always remember that people's votes are their own.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You still get recognition. Besides your name on the post (or in the edit history), and the community's knowledge that you helped clean up and resolve questions, remember the system awards badges for CW answers (same as regular answers).&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/badges/62/revival&quot;&gt;revival badge&lt;/a&gt; is frequently awarded.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sometimes it makes a good deal of sense for a post based on someone's comment &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; to be community wiki. If most of the content is your own, or you've extensively expanded, beautified, corrected, or customized the post. There's no clear line where it should or shouldn't be CW, and you're unlikely ever to be criticized for too many of your answers being community wiki. But you should feel free to post non-CW answers when you feel it's &amp;quot;your answer.&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Did &lt;em&gt;you&lt;/em&gt; answer it in comments?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Post your answer as an answer!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;None of the above?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the post cannot be salvaged through any of the above means, it is probably abandoned.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then you can &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1843/what-to-do-with-abandoned-questions&quot;&gt;close it as an abandoned question&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;I believe current accepted practice is &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2468/how-should-we-define-abandoned-as-a-close-reason&quot;&gt;to use the &lt;strong&gt;too localized&lt;/strong&gt; close reason&lt;/a&gt; (see also &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1898/how-should-i-deal-with-old-unanswered-questions-that-are-unlikely-to-be-answered&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;), however, unless &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/5628/why-dont-we-have-required-requested-input-not-provided-close-reason-for-aband&quot;&gt;another reason&lt;/a&gt; already applies, irrespective of the age of the question. I've &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/5780/can-moderators-confirm-that-questions-should-be-closed-tl-not-narq&quot;&gt;requested &amp;quot;official&amp;quot; clarification&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-01-23T09:53:10.267" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5782" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5783" CreationDate="2013-01-14T05:44:39.940" Score="6" ViewCount="113" Body="&lt;p&gt;In Ask Ubuntu, there are limits on how many things you can do each day. For example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You can only flag 36 items per day,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You can only review 20 items from one category per day,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You can only get 200 reputation per day, and&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You can only use 40 votes per day.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As well as opportunities to receive badges within a set time period, like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/tt2RV.png&quot; alt=&quot;enthusiast&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/XBjSc.png&quot; alt=&quot;fanatic&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ELpfa.png&quot; alt=&quot;mortarboard and necromancer&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/J0zqm.png&quot; alt=&quot;Revival&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/O8Ycm.png&quot; alt=&quot;suffrage&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/1ADN9.png&quot; alt=&quot;vox populi&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Those are all the badges that have a requirement of doing a task in a time frame. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since Ask Ubuntu is a very vibrant place with many nationalities and cultures, it's quite obvious that &lt;strong&gt;not everyone is in the same time zone&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, what time zone does Ask Ubuntu use to determine a 'new day' or a 24-hour period? Do they use a clock at all, or do they measure the time in your time zone and count on another 24 hours?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="78161" LastActivityDate="2013-01-14T07:48:33.427" Title="What timezone does Ask Ubuntu use?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5783" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5782" CreationDate="2013-01-14T07:48:33.427" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;The simple answer to that is UTC. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All of the daily events, such as the reset of your daily rep limit, occur at midnight universal time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastActivityDate="2013-01-14T07:48:33.427" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5784" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5756" CreationDate="2013-01-14T09:15:59.747" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Several things I do or don't do:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I have some specialized &quot;expertise&quot; in some areas, such as MySQL in Ubuntu (just one random example). Every now and then I do a search on the site when I feel like diving into MySQL again. Using Google gives me way more relevant search results.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I don't use tags because of the enormous amounts of noise. I feel that they don't work very well on Ask Ubuntu. See for example &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/5697/can-we-please-disambiguate-or-discourage-the-mobile-tag&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/5697/can-we-please-disambiguate-or-discourage-the-mobile-tag&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The &quot;My Tags&quot; page as Jorge proposed doesn't work for me. In theory this should work - but really, not for me, for several reasons. Lots of them are quite old (&gt; 3 months), tagged erroneously, been-there-discarded-that (still popping up) and worst: &lt;em&gt;gone&lt;/em&gt; because of just one upvoted nonsense answer.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&quot;Scanning&quot; - Just scanning the plain active list, opening 10+ could-be-interesting-questions in tabs in the background, scrolling quickly and watching for either &quot;easy mistakes&quot; I can easily answer, &quot;interesting&quot; within 3 seconds well written questions, &quot;less than perfect answers to questions&quot; such as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/237077/does-12-04-lxde-have-lts&quot;&gt;Does 12.04 LXDE have LTS?&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/240160/88802&quot;&gt;Can Ubuntu Server 10.04.4 LTS be upgraded to NON-LTS?&lt;/a&gt; were. With already one answer with upvotes these were not showing up, yet interesting to answer.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="88802" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2013-01-14T09:15:59.747" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5785" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5780" CreationDate="2013-01-14T09:20:09.557" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Instead of just trusting flags and closing random stuff up we as moderators need to have a look at the information on the posts before making up your minds. There are many possible actions to be taken and not all posts deserve to be &quot;just closed&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For abandoned questions and linked posts on the regulators room I tend to follow these guide lines:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Check if the user has returned after posting the question: a one time user that posted something months ago and has not returned will probably not do so. Just that fact will affect my idea of something that can savaged vs automatic closure.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Read the post and see if there is enough information on it: not enough information will make it a candidate for NARQ because I have already checked if the user will or not be logging in soon.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If we are talking about someone that logs in frequently I would rather drop a comment and wait couple of days to check on any remarks from him.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Close the post as NRAQ if its a one time user.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If the post contains enough information but the question seems not to have attracted any answers or it is related with a possible fixed issue, ie: question about previous releases and packages that might been fixed or changed in the meanwhile, I will close it as too localized.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In resume: I will close question as too localized when I can verify that the user will probably will not return, the question is complete, but the post it self cannot be answered because the information provided might seem &quot;volatile&quot; and any possible answer given at the time might not be relevant to our current situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions that are worth answering or can be salvaged with a bounty or a simple answer (some of them are really, really simple to answer) will be treated and fix as far as possible. An answered question is always better than a closed one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A side note from that is that any flags that you guys make are useful and welcomed by all of us. Keep up the great work and effort, it is always a pleasure to see flags filling in the queue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastEditorUserId="25863" LastEditDate="2013-01-14T10:12:20.667" LastActivityDate="2013-01-14T10:12:20.667" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5786" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5744" CreationDate="2013-01-14T10:53:40.610" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;I am using Ubuntu and need help compiling this code  / There is an error while doing so / Code is not running (...)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;sub&gt; Don't care about what language he is using, dont care about what he is trying to do. &lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This will be the most extreme borderline cases where one might think the question would be better off on a SO, or a similar programming only oriented site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why is it on topic then?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;User is using Ubuntu, user decided to post on Ask Ubuntu, user did not cross post to another SE site on attempt to get an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These questions are just fine and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/programming&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;programming&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;programming&lt;/a&gt; + associated language tag will cover them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What would it take to close a programming related question then?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not clear if the user is using Ubuntu or not, or if the user has cross posted. If the user cross posted a nice request would be sent to the moderators on the other site and together we would find a sweet spot that would make everyone happy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;(That is it about this matter as far as I am aware!)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastEditorUserId="25863" LastEditDate="2013-01-14T11:08:03.053" LastActivityDate="2013-01-14T11:08:03.053" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5787" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-01-14T14:07:08.987" Score="5" ViewCount="165" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am sorry guys but I can't find out how to answer questions. I feel really stupid.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I want to answer the this question:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/127398&quot;&gt;USB drive install of Ubuntu 12.04 Server fails - can&amp;#39;t find components from CD-ROM&lt;/a&gt; but on the bottom I read this message: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;protected by Community♦ Aug 24 '12 at 12:47&lt;/strong&gt; This question is protected to prevent &quot;thanks!&quot;, &quot;me too!&quot;, or spam answers by new users. To answer it, you must have earned at least 10 reputation on this site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How can i answer this question?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Do I need really need to raise my reputation?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How do I raise my reputation?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I read something about raising my reputation by asking question. I don't want to ask questions. I just want to give a answer. I hoop I do not understand the working of askubuntu because I think it's strange that I can't answer without asking.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="119681" OwnerDisplayName="Rob Groen" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2013-01-15T16:00:09.630" Title="How can I give a relevant answer on a protected question?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5788" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5787" CreationDate="2013-01-14T14:32:16.137" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;So, this question was protected because a lot of users were writing &quot;answers&quot; that didn't actually solve or attempt to resolve the question. As a result the site (Community user) automatically protected the question so that only users with greater than 10 reputation points can answer. This doesn't happen very often and only occurs when a particular question requires a little bit of a gate for users interested in the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can answer the question by simply earning more than 10 reputation points.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To answer this question, yes. Though you don't really &lt;em&gt;need&lt;/em&gt; to. Reputation is the method this site uses to provide access to other tools and areas of the site (outside of the typical ask a question answer a question). It's how the site determines what &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges&quot;&gt;privileges a user will have&lt;/a&gt; since this site is 90% community moderated. If you're interested in any of the privileged listed there it'll tell you how much reputation you'll need to earn them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Earning 10 reputation points is a pretty easy task, you can edit (and have those edits approved) 5 times to gain 2 reputation points per edit (giving you 10 additional points), you can answer another question and have it upvoted to a score of one or more, you can ask a question and have it upvoted twice, answer a question &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions?sort=featured&quot;&gt;with a bounty&lt;/a&gt; on it, and a few other ways to gain reputation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2013-01-14T14:32:16.137" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5789" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5761" CreationDate="2013-01-14T14:56:54.090" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is the perfect example of a question that is Ubuntu relevant, is using Perl which is commonly used and has to do with package installation and usage.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question has been re-opened in the meanwhile.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastActivityDate="2013-01-14T14:56:54.090" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5790" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5791" CreationDate="2013-01-14T17:50:15.853" Score="1" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;See this question as an example: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/127398/25656&quot;&gt;USB drive install of Ubuntu 12.04 Server fails - can't find components from CD-ROM&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my opinion, the relevant parts of both images in the question are about a quarter of the whole images. Does &quot;editing&quot; extend to suitably cropping images? Or is it a bad idea?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user25656" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2013-01-14T19:19:44.500" Title="If it is possible, should images posted as part of questions or answers be cropped down to their essentials?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5791" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5790" CreationDate="2013-01-14T18:07:25.180" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I usually agree with cropping images, especially in answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this case, Since it is a question, and the pictures are from a camera, they only help as a visual reference, what things look like when it fails, the first picture is well explained, but I think the second picture the text should be copied into the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So if the information is copied over we don't really need the pictures much, but I would leave a bit of the background color in the crop if you do end up cropping.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastActivityDate="2013-01-14T18:07:25.180" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5792" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5790" CreationDate="2013-01-14T19:19:44.500" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is it really necessary? Then do it. Editing is part of this community's daily work, if you think its worth it then do it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;It can always be reverted or improved ™&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastActivityDate="2013-01-14T19:19:44.500" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5793" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5807" CreationDate="2013-01-15T00:53:18.643" Score="3" ViewCount="164" Body="&lt;p&gt;In this question posted yesterday, the OP has a Wubi system that will not start, because the Windows boot loader (which loads Wubi--in a Wubi system you select Ubuntu from the &lt;em&gt;Windows boot menu&lt;/em&gt;) has a problem loading &lt;code&gt;wubildr.mbr&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/203903/i-cant-start-ubuntu&quot;&gt;I can&amp;#39;t start ubuntu due to &amp;quot;Windows failed to start&amp;quot; error with wubi&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;The OP was trying to boot Ubuntu, &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; Windows. S/he was telling us the truth.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;wubildr.mbr&lt;/code&gt; is Wubi's boot record. It is not present on a Windows system that doesn't have (or hasn't had) Wubi. Not ever.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An error relating to &lt;code&gt;wubildr.mbr&lt;/code&gt; is an error about Wubi (and thus Ubuntu). There is never an error about &lt;code&gt;wubildr.mbr&lt;/code&gt; when the Windows boot loader tries to boot &lt;em&gt;Windows&lt;/em&gt;, because &lt;code&gt;wubildr.mbr&lt;/code&gt; &lt;em&gt;is not Windows&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unlike Ubuntu's boot loader (GRUB), the Windows boot loader is not designed with the assumption that it will regularly be booting non-Windows operating systems. Like most software, the Windows boot loader has error messages written to capture the most likely causes of errors.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So the error message said:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Windows failed to start.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But the OS that failed to start here was &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; Windows.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This question is an on-topic for AU as any Wubi-specific question. Does this have to do with Windows? Yes, it's an error given out by the Windows boot loader, informing the user of what is most likely a broken Wubi installation. I cannot think of any other Wubi-specific question that is more on-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;We should reopen this now.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;A Lesson for the Future&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyone could have mistakenly closed this. I could have. For all I know, &lt;em&gt;perhaps I have made this very mistake myself&lt;/em&gt;. And that is all the more reason we should try to learn from this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here, the OP said they were trying to do one thing. Microsoft Windows said they were trying to do something else.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The mistake here was to trust a Microsoft Windows error message over the OP's pretty clear, detailed description of what they were trying to do and what happened. We assumed the OP was not telling the truth when s/he claimed to be trying to boot Wubi. We assumed it because Windows said so.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;I think that pretty much sums up the matter, but if anyone has other thoughts (especially disagreement), please feel free to post an answer!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-01-16T06:32:09.320" Title="Let's reopen this Wubi question that Microsoft Windows thought was off-topic" Tags="|discussion|status-completed|close-reasons|closed-questions|vote-to-close|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5794" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5734" CreationDate="2013-01-15T05:05:03.350" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is very ludicrous.  I'd downvote it and I expect others would also.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="43660" LastActivityDate="2013-01-15T05:05:03.350" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5795" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5798" CreationDate="2013-01-15T16:28:26.807" Score="4" ViewCount="418" Body="&lt;p&gt;Let's assume the OP asks something regarding an issue or a plain question without any suggestion towards a solution to &lt;em&gt;how&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;E.g. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/revisions/243362/1&quot;&gt;revision 1 of this example question&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;h2&gt;Add repositories to synaptic&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I would like to synaptic to have access to the repository files on this website: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.tug.org/texlive/debian.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.tug.org/texlive/debian.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I have tried typing in the web page in the appropriate place, but that does not seem to work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;There is a further problem: When I do the apt-get install texlive it goes right to the 2009 version. If I add the 2012 version on the website, does that mean that it wont work with 12.04?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Clearly, the OP expects to get TeXLive 2012 by adding a repository being the informative web page. This is not the case, it's just an informational page stating how to get it compiled and what versions are available in which distributions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/revisions/243372/3&quot;&gt;a good answer&lt;/a&gt; came in:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The directory listing linked on the page you linked does not show the available backports for 12.04(precise).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;In order to get the &quot;2012&quot; version of texlive, you will need to add the backport repository from &lt;a href=&quot;https://launchpad.net/~texlive-backports/+archive/ppa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;[...]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While this isn't the only way to get TeXLive 2012, it's a good (maybe even best) option. I even upvoted it for this reason.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But them some time later the answerer &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/revisions/243362/2&quot;&gt;edited the question&lt;/a&gt; specifically targeted to his answer:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;h2&gt;How do I add the latex backport PPAs to synaptic in 12.04?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;body still the same&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;I'm very ashamed that I clicked &quot;approve&quot; too quickly in reviewing the suggested edit!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this still a fair game being played? Other options, like including Quantal repositories and appropriate pinning, compiling from source, etc. are out of the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've put my opinion in an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="88802" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2013-01-17T20:49:05.263" Title="Is it selfish or ridiculous to rewrite a question towards your answer?" Tags="|discussion|editing|" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="6" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5796" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5795" CreationDate="2013-01-15T16:28:26.807" Score="-3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think this is &lt;strong&gt;ridiculous&lt;/strong&gt; and should be flagged for &lt;strong&gt;moderator attention&lt;/strong&gt;. It's not a fair game anymore, undermines the whole concept of providing several answers and the ability to upvote them. It gives me a feeling of selfishness by the answerer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="88802" LastActivityDate="2013-01-15T16:28:26.807" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5797" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5795" CreationDate="2013-01-15T17:20:41.337" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;As per &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/5795/is-it-selfish-or-ridiculous-to-rewrite-a-question-towards-your-answer#comment8484_5795&quot;&gt;Jorge Castro's comment&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No need to be upset. Just &lt;strong&gt;revert the action&lt;/strong&gt; by the editor yourself! If it needs improvement, improve it in a generic way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="88802" LastEditorUserId="88802" LastEditDate="2013-01-15T17:47:50.640" LastActivityDate="2013-01-15T17:47:50.640" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5798" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5795" CreationDate="2013-01-15T17:24:17.953" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;As always there are two sides of the medal&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We should not change a question to fit our answer.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We should edit bad question and close dupes.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the first place the question chosen by the OP was not a good one. It was open, and could easily be closed as a dupe to any other question asking for how to change our sources.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But the OP did ask for a repository, and also he did ask for a LaTEX repository. Therefore the title needed to be edited. It is probable coincidental that the answerer also proposed the edit, as he was the person who did read and understand the question first.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If however the question was asked different in the first place, i.e. if we were not asked for a repository but any way including compiling from source to install LaTEX we should also have said so in a title edit. Then it would perhaps become obvious that we already have this question here:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/163682/how-do-i-install-the-latest-tex-live-2012&quot;&gt;How do I install the latest TeX Live 2012?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What we do see here is that this question is answered the same - so in any case rather than discussing this edit we should go on and close this question as a dupe.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3940" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2013-01-15T17:24:17.953" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5799" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5738" CreationDate="2013-01-15T17:42:40.037" Score="2" Body="&lt;h1&gt;User transparency&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Present an unfoldable terminal so the user can see everything that is going on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Allow the user to review the information to be sent before it is sent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Provide a message like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You are about to run recipe 'Get hardware info', which will run 'lspci', which is in package 'foo'. This recipe has been created by George Edison, and is signed as trusted by &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/5738/ask-ubuntu-troubleshooter-defining-a-tool-that-new-users-will-use&quot;&gt;8 users&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Clicking on [8 users] will provide a list of signatures.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Include options with recipes to check if the user wants part of the output sent(for example, the user may not want portions of &lt;code&gt;lspci&lt;/code&gt; sent).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Possibly try to use SELinux sandboxes, with the sandbox settings requested as part of each recipe. When the recipe is run, it will first prompt that X, Y, and Z are going to be done, in accordance with X, Y, and Z  being allowed by SELinux.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54298" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-01-16T11:33:01.233" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5800" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5770" CreationDate="2013-01-15T17:43:11.270" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, the only way (currently) to view the list of flagged questions is to either be a ♦Moderator, or have 10,000+ rep. If you have that much rep, you're virtually a moderator already. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq#reputation&quot;&gt;As the FAQ put it&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;At the high end of this reputation spectrum there is little difference between users with high reputation and ♦ moderators.&lt;/strong&gt; That is very much intentional. We don’t run Ask Ubuntu - Stack Exchange. The community does.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(empasis mine)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, for your average user, the list of flagged questions is completely off-limits. You can only view it once you have obtained enough rep to &lt;em&gt;officially&lt;/em&gt; moderate the questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am in hearty support of your idea - normal users being able to view the flagged questions list. Not at 1 rep, though... 250 might be appropriate. (200 is when you can see the Review queue.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="95681" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2013-01-15T17:43:11.270" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5801" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5803" CreationDate="2013-01-15T19:03:07.957" Score="11" ViewCount="184" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am red/green colorblind and I find it difficult to distinguish between the red and green circles that denote unanswered and answered questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/GH3jx.png&quot; alt=&quot;Screenshot. Red and green circles on Ask Ubuntu homepage&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does it make sense to use, for example, a darker green if only a few percent of the user base will be affected by the problem?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123501" LastEditorUserId="41" LastEditDate="2013-01-15T19:54:26.000" LastActivityDate="2013-01-15T20:03:43.173" Title="Colorblind people have a hard time distinguishing red/green answer highlight" Tags="|feature-request|bug|design|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5802" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5801" CreationDate="2013-01-15T19:30:38.480" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I gotta say, I never really considered it from that perspective. I mean, when you think about it, the whole &quot;red and green as bad/good indicators&quot; kinda doesn't make sense in that light in general. Buuuut ... I fully agree. That is likely to cause problems. And just changing the colours would probably create the same problem for the next set of colour-blind people.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Slightly enhanced suggestion&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I doubt just changing the colours would be sufficient overall. Perhaps we could turn it from full-circle for unanswered to a thick border - to give a straight-forward visual feedback that is entirely independent from the colours?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="98085" LastActivityDate="2013-01-15T19:30:38.480" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5803" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5801" CreationDate="2013-01-15T20:03:43.173" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;Thank you for bringing this to attention, I'd like to take this opportunity to suggest instead an alternative to the full circle solution (much like FEichinger has suggested):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/RyyxU.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;.unanswered .mini-counts {&#xA;  color: #666!important;&#xA;  border: 5px solid #dd4814;&#xA;  width: 30px !important;&#xA;  height: 22px !important;&#xA;  line-height: 20px !important;&#xA;}&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or, you know, tweak the green color. Also, scatter brain, make the orange have a dots pattern? Similar to that found on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://design.ubuntu.com/web&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ubuntu branding&lt;/a&gt; page&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2013-01-15T20:03:43.173" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5804" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5795" CreationDate="2013-01-15T20:53:58.587" Score="6" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Flaggability is Orthogonal to Ridiculousness&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/5797/22949&quot;&gt;Like Jorge (and you) said here&lt;/a&gt;, the solution to a bad edit is to revert or improve.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Except to handle a &lt;em&gt;pattern&lt;/em&gt; that needs moderator attention, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/5795/is-it-selfish-or-ridiculous-to-rewrite-a-question-towards-your-answer/5796#5796&quot;&gt;flagging&lt;/a&gt; when editing does the job should be avoided.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If there's an edit war or a pattern of actions that change the meaning of questions without good reason, or that game the system, then of course flagging makes sense. In isolated cases, though, it's hard for me to see what flagging would accomplish.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Remember, all of us encounter problems with posts from time to time that we think are &lt;em&gt;ridiculous&lt;/em&gt;. So we edit them (or submit edits for review).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is by design that there is no &amp;quot;This is ridiculous!&amp;quot; flag reason. Posts that need moderator attention should be flagged for moderator attention whether the problem arose from ridiculousness or reasonable action. Similarly, any post that does not need moderator attention should not be flagged.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;When the Post is Edited to be On-Topic&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;That's not quite the situation here, but this meta question will be referred to again in similar situations.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To expand on what &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/5798/22949&quot;&gt;Takkat said&lt;/a&gt;, remember that &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2012/03/respect-the-community-your-own-and-others/&quot;&gt;it's usually better to help a post be on-topic so it can be answered, than to close a post as off-topic&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Don’t hit them over the head with your scope, help them tailor their question to fit into it&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/author/josh-heyer/&quot;&gt;Shog9&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2012/03/respect-the-community-your-own-and-others/&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;Respect the community – your own, and others’&amp;quot;&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/&quot;&gt;SE blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While that was primarily focused on closing questions that might be considered better-suited for another SE site, it applies to any question that's potentially valuable to the community, where on-topic answers could be helpful to the OP.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So sometimes someone will contribute by editing a question to refine it and establish it as within the scope of our site, which is a contribution that benefits us all. Sometimes someone will contribute by posting properly scoped answers to questions, which is a contribution that benefits us all. Sometimes someone will do both.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Whether the change is for scope, clarity, &amp;quot;questionliness,&amp;quot; or any other important variable...&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sometimes someone will edit and answer a question inappropriately, in a way that does not benefit anyone. That doesn't always mean ill intent. They may have been trying to do two very right things, and ended up doing two slightly-to-moderately wrong things instead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;You will see users refining a question because they understand it, and answering a question because they understand it. Most of the time, doing both these things is good, not bad.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-01-16T19:21:41.790" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5805" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5806" CreationDate="2013-01-15T21:57:16.137" Score="2" ViewCount="43" Body="&lt;p&gt;I doubt it very much - so would it be sensible to edit questions with that tag? Should I try to replace it with some other tag or just remove it from the question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastActivityDate="2013-01-15T22:08:52.167" Title="Is *issue a useful tag?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5806" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5805" CreationDate="2013-01-15T22:08:52.167" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's 2 questions only... Just remove them from the question and sort it out with something else.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastActivityDate="2013-01-15T22:08:52.167" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5807" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5793" CreationDate="2013-01-16T06:32:09.320" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;This was voted back open (five reopen votes including my own). So, the retag here says, this is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/status-completed&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;status-completed&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;status-completed&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;If for some reason anyone thinks this should not have been reopened, though, please still feel free to post an answer!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2013-01-16T06:32:09.320" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5808" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-01-16T11:56:27.830" Score="-1" ViewCount="76" Body="&lt;p&gt;my question is here.. &#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/196177/is-it-possible-to-make-nautilus-open-with-two-panes-by-default&quot;&gt;is it possible to make nautilus open with two panes by default?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;i ask in my question text to find specifically other solutions than the xdotool workaround, and also i use 12.04  not a previous version like the other question does (and the other question can be answered with something that was present then and not present now in nautilus prefs) so yes my question is unique and different.. &#xA; so  please unmerge my question ..  read up on the chat to see the discussion that lead to me posting this in meta.. &#xA;thanks. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10676" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2013-01-16T12:00:43.487" Title="My question is different, but it was merged. and now i want to unmerge it.." Tags="|discussion|merge|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5809" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5808" CreationDate="2013-01-16T12:00:43.487" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'd say &lt;strong&gt;don't unmerge&lt;/strong&gt;. While the questions differ, they &lt;em&gt;only&lt;/em&gt; do so in the version of ubuntu used, and the resulting difference in &lt;code&gt;nautilus&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A much better solution, in my opinion, would be a &lt;strong&gt;canonical question&lt;/strong&gt; with multiple answers branching depending on the version used.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question itself is the same in both cases: &lt;strong&gt;&quot;How to make nautilus open with two panes by default?&quot;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="98085" LastActivityDate="2013-01-16T12:00:43.487" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5810" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5811" CreationDate="2013-01-16T16:26:17.257" Score="2" ViewCount="57" Body="&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/1327/25656&quot;&gt;this answer&lt;/a&gt; for example:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;community wiki&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  28 revs, 9 users &lt;strong&gt;37%&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Jorge Castro&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What does &lt;strong&gt;37%&lt;/strong&gt; denote?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I looked at &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/11740/what-are-community-wiki-posts&quot;&gt;What are “Community Wiki” posts?&lt;/a&gt; but didn't see an explanation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user25656" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2013-01-16T16:29:39.470" Title="In answers attributed to &quot;community wiki&quot;, what does the percentage value denote?" Tags="|support|community-wiki|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5811" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5810" CreationDate="2013-01-16T16:29:39.470" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;That's the percentage of the answer that is written by that person, so I wrote 37% of that answer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2013-01-16T16:29:39.470" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5812" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-01-16T22:42:41.733" Score="-2" ViewCount="399" Body="&lt;p&gt;Should we here on Ask Ubuntu necessary attempt to answer all questions regardless of desktop interface that person is using? Being that you can install so many different ones [Cinnamon, Gnome, Unity (default), Gnome classic, ect]. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My point is that: with all the desktop sessions should we only focus on only the default sessions that come distributed with Ubuntu or should we attempt to answer all questions regardless of desktop session even if it be something like cinnamon and not necessarily Ubuntu?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="89682" LastActivityDate="2013-01-17T01:26:46.033" Title="Ubuntu with multiple desktop sessions" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5813" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5812" CreationDate="2013-01-16T23:25:02.707" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, all the desktops, window managers, dock programs, etc. The FAQ reads:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Using and administering Ubuntu, including official Ubuntu derivatives.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Running third-party applications on Ubuntu.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's no reason to exclude other desktops. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastEditorUserId="235" LastEditDate="2013-01-16T23:59:37.677" LastActivityDate="2013-01-16T23:59:37.677" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-01-17T00:00:09.413" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5814" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5812" CreationDate="2013-01-16T23:27:05.220" Score="-3" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, only the ones for supported distributions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastActivityDate="2013-01-16T23:27:05.220" CommentCount="2" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-01-17T00:00:15.543" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5815" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5812" CreationDate="2013-01-17T01:26:46.033" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;It would be rather silly for us to support &lt;em&gt;universe&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;multiverse&lt;/em&gt;, third-party repo, and PPA packages in general, plus binary-only proprietary apps (both native and in Wine) ...&lt;em&gt;except&lt;/em&gt; when it's a desktop environment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We help people run MATLAB on Ubuntu. There's no reason not to help people run MATE.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2013-01-17T01:26:46.033" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5816" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5688" CreationDate="2013-01-17T01:37:41.360" Score="3" Body="&lt;h3&gt;This appears to have been resolved.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question has been reopened (3 users + moderator vote), edited extensively for improvement, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/236816/22949&quot;&gt;mateo_salta posted an answer&lt;/a&gt; that solves the problem and is fully on-topic for our site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;em&gt;Of course, anyone may still feel free to post their ideas about the issues here as an answer to this meta question.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-01-17T01:37:41.360" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-01-17T01:37:41.360" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5817" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3744" CreationDate="2013-01-17T02:00:29.973" Score="0" Body="&lt;h3&gt;This appears to have been resolved.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This was reopened (3 user votes + moderator) and the original answer is accepted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;That does not necessarily speak to the general issue of whether or not questions like this can be on-topic. While my argument was that they generally are, I don't think we have a widely applicable consensus here.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-01-17T02:00:29.973" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5818" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5819" CreationDate="2013-01-17T19:03:32.127" Score="1" ViewCount="25" Body="&lt;p&gt;The Compiz Config Settings Manager or ccsm have two tags:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/compiz&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;compiz&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;compiz&lt;/a&gt; used 1169 times&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ccsm&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ccsm&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ccsm&lt;/a&gt; used 25 times&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why don't include the &lt;code&gt;cssm&lt;/code&gt; tag into the &lt;code&gt;compiz&lt;/code&gt; one? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No one of both could be deleted?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or no one can do anything while the users still use the &lt;code&gt;cssm&lt;/code&gt; tag?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="62483" LastActivityDate="2013-01-17T19:30:26.443" Title="Why the ccsm has duplicated tags?" Tags="|discussion|tags|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5819" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5818" CreationDate="2013-01-17T19:30:26.443" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;ccsm (CompizConfig Settings Manager) is just a single tool of the entire compiz compositing manager. It's an optional tool, and a power user tool at that. Thereby, since tags are designed to make it easier to track questions users are interested in compiz developers probably don't want to follow ccsm questions, whereas power users may want to follow ccsm vs all compiz questions. By that comparison you could make arguments for having all desktop applications be tagged &quot;ubuntu-desktop&quot; (PS: Never ever use this tag, ever.) since you'll need a desktop and Ubuntu to run these applications.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's not about taxonomy, it's about community :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2013-01-17T19:30:26.443" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5820" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5795" CreationDate="2013-01-17T20:49:05.263" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, it's OK to edit a question to narrow it down to your answer, as long as these conditions are met:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the original question was vague or badly asked or not the actual issue&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;your edit to the question still remains general enough to be useful to lurkers&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;your edit to the question matches all other existing answers&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2355" LastActivityDate="2013-01-17T20:49:05.263" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5821" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5822" CreationDate="2013-01-17T23:16:03.607" Score="8" ViewCount="240" Body="&lt;p&gt;While browsing AskUbuntu, I found a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/244425/wine-steam-how-safe-am-i&quot;&gt;question about Wine + Steam&lt;/a&gt;. The OP said that he was using Linux Mint, and upon reading that, I thought &quot;Oh, isn't that non-supported, or something?&quot;. So I opened the FAQ, and sure enough, it said that this [AskUbuntu] isn't the right place for questions concerning Linux Mint. So I flagged it, and posted a comment explaining.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After debating the OP on the relevancy of the question, I now feel like a bit of a jerk, since it hasn't been closed yet, so the Moderators (assuming one of them has viewed the flag) feel that this is still on-topic. Also, in hindsight, I recognize that this question is focused towards Steam + Wine security, and the fact that the OP is using Linux Mint is mostly a minor detail.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3315/are-questions-about-official-ubuntu-software-in-other-oses-generally-on-topic&quot;&gt;similar question&lt;/a&gt; to this has been asked before - but that was about &quot;official Ubuntu software&quot; such as Unity and Ubuntu Software Center, and as far as I know, Wine is independent of Canonical/Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Was I in the wrong with this question? Is the fact that he's using Linux Mint enough to disqualify his question? Or does it vary from program to program? How &quot;anti-other-os&quot; is AskUbuntu? I don't want to make this mistake (if in fact it is one) again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;EDIT:&lt;/strong&gt; Just noticed that I'm able to view my &quot;helpful flags&quot;, which helps indicate if a mod/mods think my flag was right. Question still stands, since I still feel a bit murky on this topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="107590" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2013-01-17T23:42:24.417" Title="How specific about not supporting non-Ubuntu OS's is AskUbuntu?" Tags="|discussion|close-reasons|scope|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5822" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5821" CreationDate="2013-01-17T23:26:35.557" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;You did the right thing&lt;/strong&gt;. The FAQ is as clear as it can get on this point. If the user has the same issue/question regarding Ubuntu, then he can edit it and ask to get it reopened!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's good that you flagged it and commented. Higher reputation users and moderators will have a look at it too before it's closed, so don't worry about it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And it can take a while for all five votes are in to have the question closed. 1 hour (as it is now) is a very short period in that sense. It seems that &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/6005/jrg&quot;&gt;jrg&lt;/a&gt; has now closed it. Him being a moderator, it didn't take five votes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From the same FAQ in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq#close&quot;&gt;close section&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;When a question reaches 5 close votes, it is marked as closed, and will no longer accept answers. Closed questions may be opened by casting reopen votes in the same manner. However, you may only vote to close or reopen a question once.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Additionally, less than five close votes not being acted upon to reach five will evaporate the ones made earlier and keep the question still open. You can see the current count of them mentioned in the question like &lt;code&gt;close (2)&lt;/code&gt;. Moderators can close without any count quorum.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And then you didn't even vote-to-close'd it, but just flagged it for attention. Nothing to worry about. See your profile page for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/flag-summary/107590&quot;&gt;your flagging history&lt;/a&gt; (not visible for everyone, including myself). Only worry when you get a log of &lt;em&gt;declined&lt;/em&gt; ones. Learn from the ones that got declined there and ask here or on chat if you have questions, like you did now. :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="88802" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2013-01-17T23:42:24.417" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5823" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5824" CreationDate="2013-01-18T07:38:16.997" Score="1" ViewCount="62" Body="&lt;p&gt;It might be an obvious question for those who know, but I can't find an answer to it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Recently, I started working with &lt;a href=&quot;http://sphinx-doc.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;sphinx&lt;/a&gt; which uses &lt;a href=&quot;http://docutils.sourceforge.net/rst.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;reStructuredText&lt;/a&gt;. It somehow looked familiar to Ask Ubuntu's system. What exactly is Ask Ubuntu's formatting system?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EDIT: The following page on SO seems to suggest that it is Markdown and not reStructuredText: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/editing-help&quot;&gt;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/editing-help&lt;/a&gt; This page is similar to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/editing-help&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/editing-help&lt;/a&gt; Are AU and SO using &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markdown&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Markdown&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="115155" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditorDisplayName="user25656" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2013-01-18T14:39:28.553" Title="Is Ask Ubuntu using reStructuredText?" Tags="|discussion|formatting|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5824" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5823" CreationDate="2013-01-18T09:01:16.503" Score="4" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Are AU and SO using Markdown?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/editing-help&quot;&gt;Yes&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Is AskUbuntu using reStructuredText?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/editing-help&quot;&gt;No&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;stackoverflow.com/page&lt;/code&gt; [...] This page is similar to &lt;code&gt;askubuntu.com/page&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They're part of the same &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/sites&quot;&gt;network of sites&lt;/a&gt;: StackExchange.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="88802" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-05-23T12:39:54.233" LastActivityDate="2013-01-18T09:01:16.503" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5825" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5826" CreationDate="2013-01-18T14:51:19.340" Score="1" ViewCount="59" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's not a big deal but it would be nice if existing occurrences of &quot;AskUbuntu&quot; were changed in questions and answers because &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/565/ask-ubuntu-vs-askubuntu&quot;&gt;Ask Ubuntu is official&lt;/a&gt;. Or people could do so when they come across &quot;AskUbuntu&quot; but wouldn't that be a trivial edit, assuming there's nothing else to fix in a question or answer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user25656" LastActivityDate="2013-01-18T14:58:17.917" Title="Is it possible for a mod to &quot;globally&quot; change &quot;AskUbuntu&quot; to &quot;Ask Ubuntu&quot;?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5826" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5825" CreationDate="2013-01-18T14:58:17.917" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I wish. &lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/ubuntu/query/92703/askubuntu&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;You can try this&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/ubuntumeta/query/92703/askubuntu&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Or this&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2013-01-18T14:58:17.917" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5827" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5828" CreationDate="2013-01-18T17:49:02.507" Score="2" ViewCount="59" Body="&lt;p&gt;I found an answer from me has been converted to a comment - should I take any action? Should I delete that answer or does it get removed eventually &quot;by the system&quot;? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastActivityDate="2013-01-18T23:46:19.943" Title="Can/shall I delete my &quot;answer&quot; after it has been converted to a comment?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5828" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5827" CreationDate="2013-01-18T17:52:38.580" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;If your answer was converted to a comment by a moderator it will automatically be deleted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2013-01-18T17:52:38.580" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5829" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5827" CreationDate="2013-01-18T17:56:00.553" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Like Macro said, if your answer was converted to a comment by a moderator, it will automatically be deleted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If someone just copied and pasted your answer into a comment on the question post, &lt;strong&gt;go ahead and delete your answer&lt;/strong&gt;. You don't want to collect any additional down-votes, and you're saving the moderators the trouble.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Remember that once you delete an answer or a question, you can still see it yourself, and high rep users can also see it. It's just hidden to every one else, and can't be voted on any more.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2355" LastActivityDate="2013-01-18T17:56:00.553" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5830" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5832" CreationDate="2013-01-18T18:34:24.677" Score="2" ViewCount="59" Body="&lt;p&gt;After committing the suggest I would like to be able to go &quot;back&quot; to the list of questions &lt;strong&gt;immediately&lt;/strong&gt; - but every &quot;back&quot; action of my browser takes me first back to the edit window, then to the edited version (&quot;only visible to me&quot;) and only &lt;strong&gt;then&lt;/strong&gt; back to the list.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;No big issue but slightly annoying - how do others handle that situation? Just press &quot;back&quot; three times?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My current workflow when editing is the following (which &lt;em&gt;might&lt;/em&gt; be suboptimal anyway :-))&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I open &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions&quot;&gt;the questions list&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;open the first question to see if it needs anything&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;if not I press &lt;strong&gt;back&lt;/strong&gt; to return to the same place &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;else I click &lt;strong&gt;edit&lt;/strong&gt;, ...., commit the suggestion&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;now I'd like to return to the same place in the list where I started, like I do when not editing the question&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;You got me thinking!&lt;/strong&gt; I just might start the &lt;em&gt;edit process&lt;/em&gt; in a &lt;strong&gt;new tab&lt;/strong&gt;, which would remedy my current annoyance - No need for anybody to create anything :-))&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Post Scriptum&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;After having gained the &quot;edit privilege&quot; the mentioned annoying behavior completely vanishes - that means: most here couldn't experience what I was talking about - please keep that in mind when someone else asks something similar in the future :-))&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2013-04-13T21:12:58.683" Title="How to return immediately to the list of questions after committing an edit/suggest?" Tags="|support|feature-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5831" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5833" CreationDate="2013-01-18T21:46:31.803" Score="2" ViewCount="60" Body="&lt;p&gt;Most of the Questions or Answers (Q/A) on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/first-posts&quot;&gt;review queue&lt;/a&gt; have &lt;em&gt;something&lt;/em&gt; to improve (title, tags, poor content formatting, etc.), but sometimes are Q/A that are, not just well written and I don't see anything to improve there, &lt;strong&gt;but also are useful&lt;/strong&gt; so I want to &lt;em&gt;upvote&lt;/em&gt; it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So the main question is, &lt;strong&gt;What should I do in such a case&lt;/strong&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Should I upvote it and press &lt;em&gt;Skip&lt;/em&gt; ?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Should I upvote it and press &lt;em&gt;I'm Done&lt;/em&gt; ?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Or should I press &lt;em&gt;No Action Needed&lt;/em&gt; and no upvote it from the review window?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="62483" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2013-01-18T22:28:35.453" Title="What to do when reviewing a good Q/A?" Tags="|support|review|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5832" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5830" CreationDate="2013-01-18T22:15:26.167" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Seeing how you added the answer to your edit, I'm turning my comment into an answer then:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The general consensus on user experience with multi-page-lists is as follows:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You look through a list in order to find either &lt;strong&gt;one&lt;/strong&gt;, or &lt;strong&gt;multiple&lt;/strong&gt; items.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you want &lt;strong&gt;multiple&lt;/strong&gt; items, open them in &lt;strong&gt;multiple windows/tabs&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you want &lt;strong&gt;only one&lt;/strong&gt;, why do you want to go back to the point in the list at which you were before?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, the &amp;quot;solution&amp;quot; to your problem is more or less to do as is assumed and use the tabs features. Open a new tab for every question you want to read, rather than using the tab in which you have the list opened.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As Eliah pointed out in a comment, excellent choices for speedy tab-opening are &lt;kbd&gt;MOUSE2&lt;/kbd&gt; (a.k.a. Middle Mouse Button) and &lt;kbd&gt;Ctrl&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;MOUSE0&lt;/kbd&gt; (a.k.a. Mouse Click).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That way, you retain the tab with the list and don't need to go back &lt;strong&gt;and&lt;/strong&gt; you get your question opened.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A slight side note: Using the &lt;em&gt;Back&lt;/em&gt; button is largely discouraged nowadays, due to dynamic content and forms. When going back, you reload a page that you should not get to in this direction. Thus, some pages may work, others may not. Sometimes the browser warns you, sometimes it just tells you &amp;quot;Nope.&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Simply put:&lt;/strong&gt; Don't use it. If you want to go back to some earlier point &lt;em&gt;regularly&lt;/em&gt;, keep that point in a tab.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="98085" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-01-19T14:12:01.443" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5833" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5831" CreationDate="2013-01-18T22:28:35.453" Score="6" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Upvote and press &lt;em&gt;Skip&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Don't do this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Upvoting is a legitimate review, why would you skip it then? Skipping it does not count it as reviewed by you, and just keeps it in the pool.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Skippping should mostly be used when you're not sure.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example: You remember something similar being around, so it might be a dupe, but you can't find it / pinpoint it -&gt; Skip it. It feels like this should be closed, or dealt with, but you can't really nail down &lt;em&gt;how&lt;/em&gt; or &lt;em&gt;why&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Upvote and press &lt;em&gt;I'm Done&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you believe that the upvote is all that's needed, then do this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;I'm Done&lt;/em&gt; is really you marking it as reviewed, so, if the Upvote is a sufficient review in your eyes, go with it!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;&lt;em&gt;No Action Needed!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is mostly for posts that are &quot;fine&quot;, just neither upvote-worthy, nor in need of improvement. If you feel uncomfortable with upvoting it, because it feels not &quot;perfect&quot; in the sense of &quot;This deserves an upvote right now!&quot;, use this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="98085" LastActivityDate="2013-01-18T22:28:35.453" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5834" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5827" CreationDate="2013-01-18T23:46:19.943" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Delete your answer anytime you think:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;the answer is not appropriate (doesn't answer the question, for example, or it's really a separate question, or the like).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you find that one of your answers &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq#deletion&quot;&gt;should be removed by a moderator&lt;/a&gt;, you should go ahead and remove it.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;the answer doesn't help anyone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(But note that if the question isn't closed as &lt;em&gt;too localized&lt;/em&gt;, and your answer was helpful ones, it's somewhat likely it'll be helpful again. If someone posts a better solution, that doesn't make your solution no longer something worth knowing about. It might even be improved by editing.)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You might choose to delete an answer for other reasons, but usually this is not good practice. For example, if you think an answer is good or helpful, but it gets downvotes, you can regain the lost reputation by deleting the answer. &lt;em&gt;But the lost reputation from downvotes is very small; therefore this is basically never a good reason to delete an answer.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The same thing shouldn't be both an answer and a comment. But that doesn't mean you should always delete your answer when someone posts its contents in a comment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If it really should have been an answer and not a comment, don't delete your answer. &lt;strong&gt;Flag the comment.&lt;/strong&gt; Remember, comments (at least on main) exist for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/comment&quot;&gt;three narrow purposes&lt;/a&gt;: asking for clarification; criticism that is specific and helpful to the author or community; and adding information that's valuable but too minor to answer the question, or which is only temporarily relevant. Anytime you see a comment that fails to pass this test, you should flag it. (Unless you posted the comment. Then you should just delete it.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If it should not be an answer &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; should not be a comment, delete your answer and also flag the comment.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;People often comment saying an answer should really be a comment. But moderators only occasionally convert an answer to a comment. It's more common for an answer to simply be deleted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a question and answer site, and comments serve a secondary purpose. Any information that needs to go unforgotten should be elsehwhere (usually an answer), as comments may be deleted or edited (by moderators) without warning, the comments they depend on to make sense may be deleted/edited, comments are licensed CC-BY-SA 3.0 like all other user-contributed content but I don't think they appear in data dumps, and basically no comment editing history is ever kept. Comments cannot be undeleted or have their edits rolled back.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my view, a good philosophy of questions, answers, and comments for Ask Ubuntu (or any SE or SE-style site) is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Questions and answers are basically good, but can have characteristics that make them bad.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Comments are basically bad, but can have characteristics that make them good.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So a random piece of text that happens not to be a good answer is unlikely, merely by virtue of that, to make a good comment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/comment&quot;&gt;This&lt;/a&gt; lists several things &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; to use comments for (and explains what to do instead): corrections, answers, praise that doesn't add information, criticism that doesn't add information, &lt;em&gt;discussion&lt;/em&gt; about issues related to (but not) the post, or site issues.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In particular, please take note of these common pitfalls, where people often think something should be a comment when it should not:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Answers that are incomplete, bad, wrong, or confusing. &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2281/please-stop-posting-half-answers-and-dumb-advice-as-comments&quot;&gt;Answers can be improved and voted on.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Answers that are very short, but fine.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Answers that are very short, and not fine.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Answers that are just a link or links.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Answers that are just code.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Answers that really should have some code.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Answers that are much simpler than other existing answers.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Answers that are worse (or better) than other existing answers.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Answers that are more autobiographical than other existing answers. (Usually you can just edit out anything that resembles a personal reflective essay.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Answers that deserve downvotes but you don't want to lose 1 rep (or you're out of votes).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Posts that (like the above examples) answer the question, but there's something &quot;wrong&quot; with the question. For example, answers to questions that are subsequently closed as duplicates of other questions can be left alone (often the best and most helpful thing to do), deleted, or merged into the master question. They should not be comments.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That is to say: if it answers the question, it should be an answer, not a comment. If it answers the question but so poorly it shouldn't be an answer, it should not be a comment either.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is something that might be considered an exception to this: If you answer a question by telling someone it's a duplicate of another AU question, that should be a comment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I don't really see that as answering at all. If you ask a mall employee &quot;where is the food court?&quot; and they point...not toward the food court, but to a map that shows where the food court is, is that an answer?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;However, I can also see how such comments might seem to &quot;answer&quot; the question, as they are (&lt;em&gt;or should be&lt;/em&gt;) more helpful than being pointed at a mall map, and since they often contain information about &lt;em&gt;how&lt;/em&gt; the answer applies. Nonetheless, if the question should be a duplicate, and the main point of what you're saying is that it should, that should be a comment.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Link-only &lt;em&gt;non-answers&lt;/em&gt; (where the linked site is somehow relevant but &lt;em&gt;does not answer the question&lt;/em&gt;) can be comments. But most of the time, it's even better for them not to exist at all. (If you can connect a useful resource to the problem and explain how to use it to fix the problem, perhaps you should post an answer. If you cannot...)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2013-01-18T23:46:19.943" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5835" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5837" CreationDate="2013-01-19T06:02:01.517" Score="6" ViewCount="137" Body="&lt;p&gt;What is the correct action? Should one wait for a question or answer to appear in the review or just go ahead and edit or flag it as soon as possible? I get the impression, from the slider, that there's something to be &quot;gained&quot; by dealing with questions or answers that are in the review queue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user25656" LastEditorUserId="88802" LastEditDate="2013-01-19T13:06:04.213" LastActivityDate="2013-12-26T15:30:52.690" Title="How long after a question or answer has been posted does it appear in the review queue (if it is to be reviewed)?" Tags="|discussion|review|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5836" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5835" CreationDate="2013-01-19T13:03:29.160" Score="2" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;How long after a question or answer has been posted does it appear in the review queue (if it is to be reviewed)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe that at least two 2k+ reputation users needs to have it reviewed before it's out of the queue. (can't find the source at this moment)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Should one wait for a question or answer to appear in the review&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No, why? If there's an action to take you should do the right thing. The only reason I can think of to wait for it to turn up in the review queue are the &lt;em&gt;badges&lt;/em&gt; like the Reviewer badge, but there's chance you'll miss it there because others have reviewed it already.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;flag it as soon as possible?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the flagging needs attention soon, like really bad behaviour of users, then &lt;strong&gt;do it straightaway&lt;/strong&gt;. If it's just a low quality answer you come across, you &lt;em&gt;could&lt;/em&gt; just wait for a later moment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I get the impression, from the slider, that there's something to be &quot;gained&quot; by dealing with questions or answers that are in the review queue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;True. That's not really a good design in my opinion, as it encourages people to not take actions on Q&amp;amp;A they come across outside the review queue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &quot;goodies&quot; you earn are shown once you click on the slider:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/YdqUT.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my example, I comment a lot on questions before they appear in my review queue. I really don't mind &lt;em&gt;that&lt;/em&gt; much about the badges, as they will come some time later.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="88802" LastActivityDate="2013-01-19T13:03:29.160" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5837" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5835" CreationDate="2013-01-19T13:57:13.390" Score="4" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Make Ask Ubuntu better even outside of review!&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you see a post that should be flagged, please always &lt;strong&gt;flag it immediately&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Similarly, if you see a post that should be upvoted, downvoted, retagged, edited, rolled back to a previous edit, close-voted, reopen-voted, deleted, or undeleted, and you have enough reputation to perform the action, you should do it, &lt;strong&gt;whether or not a review queue is the place where you're seeing the post&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The goal of &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/review&quot;&gt;review&lt;/a&gt; is to give posts the attention they need. It should never discourage you from contributing--that's the opposite of its purpose.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;What the Review Sliders Mean&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In review, you get to see how many previous reviews (of that type) you've completed. Others can see this too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are also badges conferred for reviewing, based on the number of reviews. This ranges from &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/badges/125/custodian&quot;&gt;a bronze badge&lt;/a&gt; when you review your first post in a particular queue, up to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/badges/126/steward&quot;&gt;a gold one&lt;/a&gt; when you review your thousandth.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However many posts you flag, improve, vote on, ..., outside review, there will still be plenty more to review. Please don't let your desire for big review numbers and badges get in the way of contributing to the site!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By the way, when you do those things, that's recorded too. The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users?tab=voters&amp;amp;filter=all&quot;&gt;number of times you've voted&lt;/a&gt; on posts is visible by all (though not what posts or how you voted--that's private). The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users?tab=editors&quot;&gt;number of edits&lt;/a&gt;, and the edits themselves (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/22949/eliah-kagan?tab=activity&amp;amp;sort=revisions&quot;&gt;here's mine&lt;/a&gt;), are public, as are edit suggestions (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/22949/eliah-kagan?tab=activity&amp;amp;sort=suggestions&quot;&gt;here's mine&lt;/a&gt;). All your flags, and how many, and if they were found helpful, disputed, or declined, are remembered (though only you and moderators can see that).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Whether or not, or to whatever degree, your contributions to improving the site are through the review utility, they will not go unrecognized&lt;/strong&gt;, nor will they be forgotten (unless your delete your account or Stack Exchange goes bankrupt and its assets are purchased by a data-center-destroying death-fireball testing company).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Even if Stack Exchange &lt;em&gt;were&lt;/em&gt; to cease to exist, your questions, answers, and edits would still exist, as Stack Exchange &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.clearbits.net/creators/146-stack-exchange-data-dump&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;data dumps&lt;/a&gt; (snapshots) are regularly released to the public (more info &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/06/stack-overflow-creative-commons-data-dump/&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/category/cc-wiki-dump/&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Thank you for all your contributions to improving content on the site (currently including about a hundred edit suggestions, twice that many edits, and almost 600 votes), whether made through review, or otherwise!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;How long before a post appears in the review queue?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Posts appear almost immediately in review but there are several reasons why you might not see some of them....sometimes ever.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Not all posts ever appear in review. Only posts &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/first-posts&quot;&gt;by users who've never posted before&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/low-quality-posts&quot;&gt;identified heuristically by the site as possibly low quality&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/late-answers&quot;&gt;submitted by new users on old questions&lt;/a&gt;, or that have been nominated for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/close&quot;&gt;closure&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/reopen&quot;&gt;reopening&lt;/a&gt;, appear in review. (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits&quot;&gt;Edit suggestions&lt;/a&gt; also appear in review, but aren't really &lt;em&gt;posts&lt;/em&gt;.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;When a post has enough reviews, it's removed. Sometimes a post may get enough reviews between when it appears and when you review it, even if you were to &amp;quot;pounce&amp;quot; on review immediately when you see the post.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Some posts fall off the queue by deletion or (for the respective queue) closure or reopening; this happens even if no one has seen them in review when the action occurs.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-01-20T13:53:12.960" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5838" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5840" CreationDate="2013-01-20T04:20:39.910" Score="5" ViewCount="99" Body="&lt;p&gt;In my flagging history, the summary lists four &quot;moderator attention flags&quot; as disputed.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/JeC0y.png&quot; alt=&quot;disputed flags&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do I need to do anything? Even if I don't have to do anything, what is the basis of a &quot;disputed flag&quot;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user25656" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Do I need to do anything when a flag I raise is listed as disputed?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5839" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5838" CreationDate="2013-01-20T07:02:52.753" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;It means 10k+ rep users marked your flag as invalid, So only thing you have to do is make sure that your flag is valid&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="39372" LastActivityDate="2013-01-20T07:02:52.753" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5840" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5838" CreationDate="2013-01-20T15:30:00.517" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;A flag is &lt;em&gt;disputed&lt;/em&gt; when at least one 10k user sees it in the 10k flag queue and considers it invalid.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So there are actually two ways to get disputed flags in your flagging history. One way is what you've seen; the other way often confuses users just as they've crossed the 10k reputation threshold and have started using the 10k moderation tools (which include the 10k flag queue).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You flag a post, and at least one 10k user thinks your flag is wrong. They &quot;counter-flag&quot; it by flagging it with the &lt;em&gt;Invalid Flag&lt;/em&gt; flag reason, which means they think flags on the post &quot;are wrong and should be ignored.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This doesn't necessarily mean your flag was wrong. It doesn't even necessarily mean all the 10k users who reviewed it thought it was wrong.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Then again, often disputed flags are wrong.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You might consider asking a moderator or (assuming you're willing to publicize the flag) post on meta to ask specifically about the details of a particular flag. That's sometimes the only way to know for sure what others think of a post and whether or not it should be flagged.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You get 10,000 reputation, and use the flag queue. You see a flag you disagree with.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/D6fgz.png&quot; alt=&quot;A flag I actually agreed with--never mind which one--anonymized and genericized for use as an example flag someone might disagree with.&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So you click &lt;em&gt;flag or disagree...&lt;/em&gt;, then click &lt;em&gt;Invalid Flag&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/me7pA.png&quot; alt=&quot;Flagging screen showing the added &amp;quot;Invalid Flag&amp;quot; option in the 10k mod tools.&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this scenario, &lt;em&gt;you, the 10k user, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/112392/am-i-using-the-invalid-flag-flag-wrongly&quot;&gt;will also see this disputed flag in your flagging history&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Some disputed flags &lt;em&gt;only&lt;/em&gt; appear in 10k users' flagging histories, because some flag types are generated automatically by the system, and some flags of those types get disputed.)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Whichever of the two ways you get disputed flag--by having your flag disputed, or by disputing someone else's (or an automatically generated) flag, &lt;strong&gt;this is not inherently bad&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The number of disputed flags a user has &lt;strong&gt;is not counted&lt;/strong&gt; toward how many flags they get or how high priority their flags appear. (In contrast, your number of helpful and declined flags do affect this...though the practical consequences are not that great--people with really &quot;heavy&quot; flags still often have to wait a significant time for them to be actioned, and flags from users with a relatively high number of declined flags are still seen and considered by moderators and 10k users.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2013-02-18T21:10:30.203" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5841" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-01-20T16:34:01.073" Score="2" ViewCount="1387" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was hesitant to rampantly flag a question (which I considered a duplicate), because I feared this would automatically disrepute the question and/or - even worse - the question-asker. So,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;How to mark question as &lt;strong&gt;duplicate&lt;/strong&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;What happens when I click on &lt;strong&gt;flag&lt;/strong&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16023" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="How to mark question as duplicate? What happens when I click on flag?" Tags="|support|flagging|duplicates|flags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5842" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5841" CreationDate="2013-01-20T16:34:01.073" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I found these meta questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3520/what-does-each-flag-reason-mean-and-when-should-i-use-them&quot;&gt;What does each flag reason mean, and when should I use them?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/118124/where-on-earth-is-the-mark-as-duplicate-ui-on-stack-overflow&quot;&gt;Where on earth is the &amp;quot;mark duplicate&amp;quot; UI?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Only then did I know where and how to proceed (with marking the question as a &lt;strong&gt;duplicate&lt;/strong&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thus:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;right below the question click on &lt;strong&gt;flag&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;read-what-it-says-on-the-tin &lt;em&gt;:-D&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16023" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2013-01-20T17:11:40.813" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5843" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5844" CreationDate="2013-01-20T18:06:45.913" Score="6" ViewCount="111" Body="&lt;p&gt;I flagged a question as &quot;very low quality&quot; and it got declined (no problem there). However the comment &quot;declined - flags should only be used to make moderators aware of content that requires their intervention&quot; seems to imply I did something silly - &lt;strong&gt;did&lt;/strong&gt; I?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;For the reference the post in question was &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/244978/password-reset-nothing-works&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/244978/password-reset-nothing-works&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't want to discuss the mod's decision on that flag - it is only the comment which makes me doubt: should I not have flagged the question at all for some (to &quot;everybody&quot; obvious) reason, or should I have used a different flag (like off topic) for another obvious reason?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2013-01-20T19:19:21.710" Title="How should I understand the comment on a declined flag?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5844" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5843" CreationDate="2013-01-20T18:31:38.903" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;That question can be edited to make it sane. Probably that was the intent. Just guessing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="45659" LastActivityDate="2013-01-20T18:31:38.903" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5845" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5846" CreationDate="2013-01-20T19:39:26.070" Score="3" ViewCount="77" Body="&lt;p&gt;It seems to me that the tag &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/mozilla&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;mozilla&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;mozilla&lt;/a&gt; is not used well, and should be removed. All of the mozilla questions are (or should be) tagged with either &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/firefox&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;firefox&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;firefox&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/thunderbird&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;thunderbird&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;thunderbird&lt;/a&gt;, and not with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/mozilla&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;mozilla&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;mozilla&lt;/a&gt;. Should the tag be removed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="87611" LastActivityDate="2013-01-20T23:18:22.933" Title="Mozilla tag redundant" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5846" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5845" CreationDate="2013-01-20T23:18:22.933" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are still some questions, that are more generic &quot;mozilla&quot; related questions, I have gone through and retaged most that were purely &quot;Firefox&quot; or &quot;Thunderbird&quot; questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/mozilla&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;mozilla&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;mozilla&lt;/a&gt; description:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Can refer to either the Mozilla project or Mozilla Foundation. They&#xA;  produce a variety of software including Firefox and Thunderbird; thus,&#xA;  questions about a particular Mozilla program (versus the organization&#xA;  itself) should use a more specific tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as removing it, I think it still serves a specific purpose.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some examples:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/164218/what-is-mozilla-xpcom-and-how-i-install-it-on-ubuntu&quot;&gt;What is Mozilla XPCOM and how I install it on ubuntu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/12486/where-can-i-find-mozilla-nspr-package&quot;&gt;Where can I find Mozilla NSPR Package?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So there are some things that seem to be Mozilla specific.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is in the air (my opinion) as far as the Mozilla usage:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/103731/recover-firefox-sync-data&quot;&gt;Recover Firefox sync data?&lt;/a&gt; This seems mostly to be about Firefox at first glance, but It also is about the Sync service that they provide. May or may not need the tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2013-01-20T23:18:22.933" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5847" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5848" CreationDate="2013-01-21T12:27:15.577" Score="9" ViewCount="232" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have initially posted &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/105891/47206&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; on the installation of the LBP-1120 canon printer only in relation to Ubuntu 11.10. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;but:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I was not able to find a satisfactory answer for 11.10&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Meanwhile I have upgraded to 12.04 and then to 12.10 without being able to install that printer.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Any &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/245632/47206&quot;&gt;new question&lt;/a&gt; for these different versions is very likely to be flagged as duplicate of the initial one. (Which now has a more inclusive name in a recent edit as result of comments to the new one that was flagged as duplicate.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The installation in 10.10 works, which is great news for me - as it is the first time my printer works well in Ubuntu. I posted that as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/245689/47206&quot;&gt;an answer&lt;/a&gt; but cannot really want it as a definitive because I only tested it on a persistent usb while I currently am in 12.10. But that answer might be useful to others, while I could use that persistent usb in order to print...&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should I create separate questions for each Ubuntu version? I am afraid they will be closed as duplicate of the first.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should different answers be posted for each Ubuntu version? What would be the definitive then? Also, setting one as definitive to the unified question, users may not feel inclined to provide new answers for other versions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should only one answer include solutions for all/as many as possible versions? This would be normal given the present unified/inclusive form of the question. Should I ask people to provide edits to my answer instead to give new separate ones?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user47206" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2013-01-21T17:12:33.370" Title="Should a question be separated in different questions according to Ubuntu versions involved?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5848" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5847" CreationDate="2013-01-21T13:09:07.580" Score="5" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Should I create separate questions for each Ubuntu version?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Should different answers be posted for each Ubuntu version?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No and No! It's the same question.&lt;/strong&gt; Questions should not be specific to a single version and answers applying to multiple versions should be in the answers (with some additional steps to take if required). This is a lot more valuable and searchable than to have a question for this printer for every single version spread all over the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In case things are quite different in newer releases, a new answer could come in stating &quot;This is how to deal with it in Cups version N since Ubuntu 12.10&quot; and edit or comment on the other answer stating it's working until 12.04 for example. (example &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/234553/88802&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions should not be about a single Ubuntu version in your case is my opinion. I think you should keep it to one canonical question, e.g.:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;h3&gt;How do I get my Canon LBP-1120 printer to work?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then in the body of such a question you indicate what you've tried, what new information you come up with &lt;em&gt;by editing it&lt;/em&gt;, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want it to get more attention, just put a bounty on it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="88802" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2013-01-21T14:16:34.897" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5849" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5850" CreationDate="2013-01-21T13:28:25.763" Score="18" ViewCount="461" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've come across some plain &quot;please help me&quot;-issues posted by users including the comment they need &lt;em&gt;urgent&lt;/em&gt; help. Clearly, they're not looking on the right site or should ask this on chat instead, but how do we deal with the questions posted?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Should we &lt;strong&gt;edit&lt;/strong&gt; the post to remove all &quot;urgent&quot; matters?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Should we leave &lt;strong&gt;comments&lt;/strong&gt;? To what do we refer to? Nothing in the FAQ seems to cover this.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Should we &lt;strong&gt;downvote&lt;/strong&gt; such questions?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Should we &lt;strong&gt;flag&lt;/strong&gt; such questions?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Should we &lt;strong&gt;close&lt;/strong&gt; such questions being TL or OT?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have two thoughts about it: &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/5850/88802&quot;&gt;answer #1&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/5853/88802&quot;&gt;answer #2&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Example question&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;h2&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/revisions/245709/1&quot;&gt;Blank VLC player - no menu options - Urgent&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I do use vlc player [...] I need urgent help for this guys...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="88802" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2013-02-01T01:51:04.267" Title="How do we deal with &quot;urgent!&quot; questions?" Tags="|discussion|review|" AnswerCount="6" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5850" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5849" CreationDate="2013-01-21T13:28:25.763" Score="27" Body="&lt;h3&gt;Edit! Remove all the &quot;urgent&quot; stuff from the question&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just remove all the details about why this matter is urgent to make it a question for a wider audience. No comment or downvoting needed for this reason.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="88802" LastActivityDate="2013-01-21T13:28:25.763" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5851" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5849" CreationDate="2013-01-21T13:48:24.440" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is not a commercial support website. So in most of the cases adding the word 'urgent' will not help the question . So if it is not an urgent issue for the community( Eg: security risk) just remove it and improve the question. There is no need of downvoting and closing for this silly reason&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="39372" LastActivityDate="2013-01-21T13:48:24.440" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5852" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5849" CreationDate="2013-01-21T13:54:50.933" Score="-3" Body="&lt;p&gt;If it's urgently needed, they should bounty it.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe informing them of the bounty system along with editing out [urg]?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2013-01-21T13:54:50.933" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5853" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5849" CreationDate="2013-01-21T13:56:14.487" Score="5" Body="&lt;h3&gt;Edit and comment&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit the question to remove all the &quot;urgent&quot; stuff and leave this or a similar comment:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Your question seems to be more of a support request requiring immediate attention. This site is not fit for dealing with urgent matters. Please refer to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/about&quot;&gt;about page&lt;/a&gt; on how this site works and the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq&quot;&gt;FAQ&lt;/a&gt; on what we expect from users. If you have enough reputation you could &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/chat&quot;&gt;participate in chat&lt;/a&gt; to have some more instant communication with other users here. I've removed all the urgent matter from your question now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="88802" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2013-01-21T13:56:14.487" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5854" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5849" CreationDate="2013-01-21T14:19:36.880" Score="24" Body="&lt;p&gt;Often people who come here and say they need urgent help really &lt;em&gt;are in the right place&lt;/em&gt;, because &lt;em&gt;they don't need urgent help&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Serious Urgency&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Suppose someone needs help quickly because:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;They need to know if they took their life-saving medicine this morning, and have forgotten their password.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;They need to format a document properly to meet a court-ordered deadline in three hours; if they do not, their client will be convicted of a crime.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;They need to assess the security of their Ubuntu server; if it has been compromised, their revolution / military operation / doctor's office has leaked information to people who should not have it and they must act immediately to mitigate the harms.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While we can help them with the technical problems, &lt;strong&gt;they have not come to the right place&lt;/strong&gt; because they need faster help, given by someone with an established legal or cultural duty to them, preferable under confidential conditions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If we ever see something like that, we should remind people that we cannot accommodate their genuinely urgent needs.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another reason we're not an appropriate resource for those situations is that, under those situations, it's likely we'd be (wrongly) relied on as a sole or primary source of assistance. They should be seeking the right kind of help with the time and effort they're using to ask us.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since, in &lt;em&gt;most&lt;/em&gt; cases, we can still assess the usefulness of questions to the community, we can still &lt;em&gt;sometimes&lt;/em&gt; edit and keep these questions, like with other sorts of problematic questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;If there's a question separate from the urgency, we can usually keep it.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If someone asked, &amp;quot;I want a BitTorrent client with a web-based interface so I can download Album X,&amp;quot; and Album X is unlikely to be available this way without violating copyright, we can remove the reference to Album X, remind them that it's their responsibility to know the copyright laws that apply to them, and &lt;em&gt;answer the modified question if doing so will create the sort of Q&amp;amp;A we want on our site.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Similarly, if someone will be fired in one hour unless they can set up Basque spell-checking on the command-line, we should answer the part of the question that's a question (rather than a plea for urgent help). We might take more than an hour to answer the question. That's OK. We're not just answering for the benefit of the OP.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;If the urgency &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; the question, we should close it as &lt;em&gt;too localized&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If someone asks for immediate help removing an embarrassing digital photograph from an Ubuntu One account to which he has forgotten the password (and which might actually belong to an American opera singer), we cannot help him at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We could potentially close his question as a duplicate of a canonical question about resetting Ubuntu One passwords, but problem is &lt;em&gt;too localized&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A cyber attack in progress would be a similar &lt;em&gt;too localized&lt;/em&gt; situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Not-So-Serious Urgency&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Suppose someone needs help quickly because:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;They need to get LaTeX installed so they can finish an important draft of their dissertation in two weeks.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;They need to fix Evolution so they can send a follow-up &amp;quot;thank you&amp;quot; email after a job interview, within an optimal time window.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;They need to solve a problem with a release upgrade, so all their workstations are upgraded before the release they're running goes EoL.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;They need to free up space on disk so they can edit some video they took this morning; the earlier it's done, the better.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here, the faster their problem is solved, the better for them it is, but this is a common degree of urgency, when seeking help from volunteers on the Internet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, in these situations, they are likely searching the web, looking elsewhere, asking their friends, maybe even posting elsewhere. We're not going to hurt them by trying to answer their question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(We should still not consider ourselves bound by any deadline in doing so, of course.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;TL;DR&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;If it makes sense without the urgent part, it's basically OK.&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-02-01T01:51:04.267" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5855" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5847" CreationDate="2013-01-21T16:35:30.457" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;(Too long to leave as a comment): I searched for this printer on google to see what it would be like for a user to find a solution:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/k1JuA.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Those top three questions should really be merged and drop the version number, then there's the official documentation (yay!), a blog that looks out of date but is the basis of at least part of the solution, a bunch of unanswered threads in the forums, and after that it gets progressively worse. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So the opportunity here is for you to have &lt;em&gt;the&lt;/em&gt; page about this printer on Ubuntu on the internet, so I say merge it and make it awesome. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One thing I would do though is remove all the version specific changes in the question and just make it generic, it should just be the question about how to get the printer to work, and then in the &lt;em&gt;answers&lt;/em&gt; you should make one for every version, that would be a nice place to make a placeholder for 12.10 so it's obvious to people that that answer needs to be improved instead of putting it in the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2013-01-21T16:35:30.457" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5856" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5857" CreationDate="2013-01-22T07:18:56.600" Score="13" ViewCount="234" Body="&lt;p&gt;We have many questions about how to recover a whole partition. Typically it's an NTFS partition, destroyed by telling Ubiquity to install Ubuntu using the &lt;em&gt;entire disk&lt;/em&gt; instead of &lt;em&gt;alongside&lt;/em&gt; other operating systems.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We should have just one--others should be closed as duplicates. However, we don't seem to currently have any canonical or obviously best question for this. We don't even seem to have a question with answers that really explain how to attempt recovery. Some say what programs can be used. Some link to good resources. As far as I can find, none of the partition recovery questions on Ask Ubuntu contain answers even approaching the quality of the oft-cited Ubuntu wiki page:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DataRecovery&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;DataRecovery&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That guide is excellent; I frequently recommend it and I think everyone who wants to use Ubuntu to recover data (or who is an Ubuntu user who needs to recover data) should read it. Twice. I think answers to data recovery questions should almost always link to that page. &lt;strong&gt;But I also think we should have a comprehensively answered partition recovery question&lt;/strong&gt;, because:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;We have a lot of questions for this. They should get duped to something. The thing they're duped to should be a good resource. Or at least an excellent portal to other resources.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;While excellent, that wiki page is quite dated. It says, &amp;quot;This guides &lt;em&gt;[sic]&lt;/em&gt; applies to Ubuntu 7.04, 7.10 and 8.04.&amp;quot; While the methods it outlines still work, that doesn't inspire confidence in in panicked users. And it occurs to me that there might even be more useful information about data recovery; or some newer, better tools; or newer versions of the same tools that are different in some way meriting mention.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, that wiki page could itself be updated. That would be fine too. Then we could have a canonical answer summarizing it (and linking to it for reference).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;That article is an overview of data recovery. We have many questions that are &lt;em&gt;specifically&lt;/em&gt; about how to recover a partition that has been deleted or overwritten. This is a narrower situation, and it should be possible to answer it specifically.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure if the best course is to pick one of the existing partition recovery questions here and start posting answers with the aim of creating a canonical reference ...or if a new question should be asked for this purpose.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Which should we do?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If we pick one that already exists, which should we pick?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How should we get a good answer?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Should someone (I?) offer a big bounty?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Should someone (I?) just write it themselves? (It could then be edited and improved, of course.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Should we copy-and-paste the relevant sections from &lt;a href=&quot;https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DataRecovery&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;DataRecovery&lt;/a&gt;? It's licensed CC-BY-SA 3.0, just like user content here, and thus can be republished here with or without modification (so long as &lt;strong&gt;proper attribution&lt;/strong&gt; is given, of course).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Here's a list of partition recovery questions I've found on Ask Ubuntu:&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;This list is probably incomplete; please feel free to edit this meta question to add to it. However, please keep in mind that not all questions about partition recovery can reasonably be duped to a &lt;strong&gt;general&lt;/strong&gt; canonical question on partition recovery. For example, a question about how to recover a Windows partition after installing Ubuntu using the entire disk &lt;strong&gt;should&lt;/strong&gt; be listed here. A question about recovering a partition just deleted in GParted could even be listed here. A question about how to figure out how well partition recovery worked &lt;strong&gt;after being performed&lt;/strong&gt; (we have at least one of those) &lt;strong&gt;should not&lt;/strong&gt; be listed here, although it might end up duped to a canonical question if the canonical question includes good material on that issue.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/130742/ext4-and-ntfs-partitions-recovery&quot;&gt;Ext4 and NTFS partitions recovery&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/49497/ntfs-recovery-software-for-ubuntu&quot;&gt;NTFS recovery software for Ubuntu?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/171163/how-to-recover-a-deleted-ntfs-partition-with-data&quot;&gt;How to recover a deleted NTFS partition with data&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/209530/recovering-a-deleted-partition&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/209530/recovering-a-deleted-partition&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/219686/recover-lost-data-partition&quot;&gt;Recover Lost data/partition&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/221047/accidentally-partitioned-over-entire-hard-drive-cannot-boot&quot;&gt;Accidentally partitioned over entire hard drive - cannot boot&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/221230/recovery-from-hell-undeleting-partition-overwritten-by-xubuntu-12-10-installer&quot;&gt;Recovery from hell - undeleting partition overwritten by Xubuntu 12.10 installer?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/221297/how-to-recover-data-from-a-drive-that-was-erased-during-the-ubuntu-installation&quot;&gt;How to recover data from a drive that was erased during the Ubuntu installation?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/221732/how-to-recover-files-after-changing-partition-filesystem&quot;&gt;How to recover files after changing partition filesystem?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/224930/how-to-recover-lost-partition-and-files-after-installation-of-ubuntu-on-windows&quot;&gt;How to recover lost partition and files after installation of Ubuntu on Windows partition?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/233946/how-can-i-recover-my-data-after-choosing-erase-disk-and-install-ubuntu&quot;&gt;How can I recover my data after choosing “Erase disk and install Ubuntu”?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/245987/data-recovery-after-replacing-windows-with-ubuntu&quot;&gt;How can I recover my data after replacing Windows with Ubuntu?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/775579/recovering-broken-or-deleted-ntfs-partitions&quot;&gt;Recovering broken or deleted NTFS partitions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2018-08-04T16:44:00.050" Title="Do we need a canonical partition recovery question? How shall we make it?" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|unanswered-questions|canonical-answer|canonical-questions|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="5857" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5856" CreationDate="2013-01-22T09:00:31.533" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;Good you brought this topic to attention. It is true, we do not have a good canonical question/answer for data recovery but quite a lot of questions on that. So yes, we do need a canonical answer here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So now here are my thoughts why we may have not done this yet, and what needs to be taken into account when we plan to:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Data recovery is a wide field where individual issues need to be addressed to avoid data &lt;strong&gt;loss&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;These individual issues can not easily be answered to be generally applicable.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;There already are good places to direct people to such as the &lt;a href=&quot;https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DataRecovery&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Data Recovery Wiki&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A canonical answer should include different methods, but each method may have lengthy procedures. This would inevitably lead to lengthy answers eventually being tedious to go through for people in need of data recovery.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So speaking of me, I deliberately did &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; give a step by step guide on how to recover data with Testdisk (the only tool I have experience with). After I had started making nice screenshots of a simulated recovery in a VM I realized that there are simply too many steps involved, too many issues to be addressed to fit into a good (i.e. not too cluttered and most important &lt;strong&gt;safe&lt;/strong&gt;) answer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In addition it would have meant reinventing the wheel as there is such a concise and complete wiki maintained by the makers of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk_Step_By_Step&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;TestDisk and PhotoRec&lt;/a&gt;. I therefore decided that it is much better to direct people to this site than to try and give an own guide.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But what I would love to see is a canonical question with answers biased by votes to point to different methods, command line, and GUI for people to quickly find the appropriate guides needed to successfully recover their data. In answers to such a question we then could also address procedures that hold true for all methods (e.g. not to use the drive, or how to back up to recover from an image).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3940" LastActivityDate="2013-01-22T09:00:31.533" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5858" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5849" CreationDate="2013-01-22T09:46:52.797" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Should we edit the post to remove all &quot;urgent&quot; matters?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes. It has no purpose on this site. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Should we leave comments? To what do we refer to? Nothing in the FAQ seems to cover this.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is a good idea to help new or unknowing members of the community be a better member, so please leave a comment explaining why it shouldn't be there. You can refer to a FAQ question about, for instance, how we are building a database with questions, and that their urgency is -at most- a comment, but probably not even that, but a small note that we are not a forum, and this is not a part of the question should be enough.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Should we downvote such questions?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Only if there is another reason to do so: downvotes are about the general quality of the question, research effort, etc. There is a suspicion in my head that someone who thinks his/her question is URGENT might not have done a lot of research, but that doesn't need to be the case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Should we flag such questions?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't see the need.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Should we close such questions being TL or OT?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Only if they are. The &quot;urgent&quot; part is probably TL (Too Localised), but that doesn't mean the question is. OT (offtopic) doesn't have anything to do with the urgent part.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11120" LastActivityDate="2013-01-22T09:46:52.797" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5859" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5481" CreationDate="2013-01-22T09:57:50.943" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;This has been made possible after the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/160100/a-new-search-engine-for-stack-exchange&quot;&gt;new elasticsearch engine.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To use it, go to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/search&lt;/a&gt; and use parameter &lt;code&gt;infavorites:mine&lt;/code&gt; to limit to your favorite questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2013-01-22T09:57:50.943" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5860" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-01-22T13:27:11.807" Score="0" ViewCount="72" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3906/how-to-make-small-but-important-edits&quot;&gt;How to make small but important edits?&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Say that you have the prototype scenario in &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1170/why-the-minimum-6-characters-limit-on-edits&quot;&gt;Why the minimum 6 characters limit on edits&lt;/a&gt;: someone has written &lt;code&gt;rm -rf / foo&lt;/code&gt; instead of &lt;code&gt;rm -rf /foo&lt;/code&gt; as an answer to a question, and you want to edit that ASAP to help out the unwary copy-pasters. Say that the answer is otherwise correct. The current system will not let you make an edit of less than 6 characters, whitespace or deletions not counting a such.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should you go out of your way to reformat and rephrase, or should you add a blurb to the end of the answer saying &quot;changed this&quot;? (which would be redundant with the edit message itself)... &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="66077" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.087" LastActivityDate="2013-01-22T14:00:42.320" Title="When correcting a vital typo via edit, how to bypass 6-character limit on edits" Tags="|discussion|editing|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2013-01-22T14:12:57.127" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5861" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5860" CreationDate="2013-01-22T14:00:42.320" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you can't absolutely make six whole character changes in an edit, then as a last resort you can flag the post for moderator attention. I'm willing to bet that nearly all questions can be edited to modify at least 6 character. Whether it's spelling, grammatical, or formatting there's more often than not something to be changed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2013-01-22T14:00:42.320" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5863" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-01-23T03:50:56.477" Score="4" ViewCount="200" Body="&lt;p&gt;In one particular case I answered a question, which already had an accepted answer because I felt my answer more exactly addressed the OP's question. After a while, my answer was voted second highest. Subsequently another answer was edited, more or less copying my answer, which became voted third highest. Later, my answer was then also copied with slight variation into the accepted answer, making the three highest voted answers slight variations of the same content.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These edits were probably made with good intentions, but overall they lower the quality of  the different answers seen together.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/89058/22375&quot;&gt;It's this question&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Update:&lt;/strong&gt; based on the first answers I think it's worth discussing whether:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;this kind of &quot;viral&quot; editing is / should be frowned upon and not considered good practise&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;moderators should take action in this case and consider reverting some of the edits&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22375" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2014-02-11T08:08:18.997" Title="What to do if several answers to a question are edited, making them all very similar?" Tags="|discussion|editing|answers|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5864" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5865" CreationDate="2013-01-23T11:22:12.350" Score="2" ViewCount="413" Body="&lt;p&gt;Questions may have multiple tags, but when searching by tags, can I search by more than one tag?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/QPt3b.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/tWKMf.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Trying to enter both (as i am interesting in these tags only when combined together) i get nothing&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/mk0Xh.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user47206" LastActivityDate="2013-01-23T11:24:55.737" Title="Can I search for posts by multiple tags?" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5865" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5864" CreationDate="2013-01-23T11:24:55.737" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Use &lt;code&gt;[]&lt;/code&gt; to delimit tags, you can use multiple tag queries with them, ie: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/wine+packages&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;[wine] [packages]&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/RJHN8.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2013-01-23T11:24:55.737" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5866" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-01-23T11:42:52.527" Score="6" ViewCount="176" Body="&lt;p&gt;AskUbuntu couldn't be more explicitly about Ubuntu, a specific Linux distribution. (Duh, right?)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With that in mind, should questions like this be renamed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/100715/&quot;&gt;How to set up multiple IP addresses?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;how to set up multiple IP addresses on my linux?&lt;/code&gt; -&gt; &lt;code&gt;How to set up multiple IP addresses?&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/110735/&quot;&gt;How do I set a static IP address?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;Set static IP address in Ubuntu&lt;/code&gt; -&gt; &lt;code&gt;How to set static IP address?&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Isn't there any search tool or trigger in the system to flag this kind of problems or others like &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/5599/&quot;&gt;Why are questions no longer titled as questions?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75546" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2014-07-19T12:53:33.353" Title="Should &quot;ubuntu&quot; and &quot;linux&quot; be kept on question titles?" Tags="|discussion|question-titles|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5867" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5866" CreationDate="2013-01-23T11:56:59.647" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;Edit that out, make them questions, review the body of the post and improve it to reflect the title.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Daily job, daily task, those have no need to be there. We all know what the site is all about ;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastActivityDate="2013-01-23T11:56:59.647" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5868" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5866" CreationDate="2013-01-23T12:28:23.793" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;When it's unclear if something is on Ubuntu, it makes sense for Ubuntu to be in the title. The same is true for Linux, GNU/Linux, and similar terms. This is sometimes the case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But usually, these terms are superfluous, and take up space, distracting from what's important. So they should usually be edited out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2013-01-23T12:28:23.793" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5869" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5870" CreationDate="2013-01-23T14:21:46.297" Score="7" ViewCount="127" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sometimes one post (P1) is commented &quot;possible duplicate of P2&quot;. P2 itself is commented &quot;possible duplicate of P3&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/246610/how-to-increase-battery-duration-hybrid-graphics-notebook&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/246610/how-to-increase-battery-duration-hybrid-graphics-notebook&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;is pointed to  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/9817/battery-drain-on-ubuntu-is-fast&quot;&gt;Battery drain on ubuntu is fast&lt;/a&gt;,  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;which is a possible duplicate of  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/400/tips-to-extend-battery-life-for-laptops-and-notebooks&quot;&gt;Tips to extend battery life for laptops and notebooks&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What can/should we do to improve the situation?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2013-01-24T05:09:43.943" Title="How to handle chains of &quot;duplicate of...&quot;?" Tags="|discussion|closed-questions|duplicates|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5870" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5869" CreationDate="2013-01-23T14:39:32.353" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Follow the rabbit hole, find the canonical question, comment on each question that is improperly commented, flag each wrong comment for removal, vote to close if you can.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2013-01-23T14:39:32.353" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5871" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5879" CreationDate="2013-01-23T21:21:38.010" Score="10" ViewCount="159" Body="&lt;p&gt;I fail to see why &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/246463/make-sure-an-executable-is-not-malicious&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; has been closed as &quot;Not a real question&quot; - it is an interesting question, has upvotes, 4 good relevant answers and is on-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More broadly, I'm a bit concerned that once a question gets the first &quot;close&quot; vote and gets into the review queue (which may or may not be fair for this question as it was a bit vague initially), it is much easier for it to accumulate another 4 close votes - people may be just agreeing with the previous voters without carefully considering the question itself. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14564" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Why has this question been closed?" Tags="|discussion|close-reasons|vote-to-close|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5872" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5871" CreationDate="2013-01-23T22:12:09.167" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I voted to close as it was my opinion that the original question fit the '&lt;strong&gt;overly broad&lt;/strong&gt;' description from the FAQ.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With the edits since then, and especially with the great info in the answers posted, I think this one should be re-opened and so I am happy to vote for that as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The second part of your question is an issue raised here before. Basically it is about the '&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamification&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;gamification&lt;/a&gt;' of reviewing. You want to motivate people to do it, but you don't want reckless voting by people just going for some kind of high score. That's the larger problem but until it is sorted you need to keep posting in meta just like you have done.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have no idea if this was the issue with that closed question, or if the others agreed with me that it was overly broad. My answer here about gamification is describing the issue in general terms, not pointing a finger at the other close-voters in this instance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit&lt;/strong&gt;: I searched high and low for an example of this issue being raised before, and naturally I couldn't find it until &lt;em&gt;after&lt;/em&gt; I posted. &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/4231/request-please-take-time-while-reviewing-close-votes&quot;&gt;Here it is anyway&lt;/a&gt;, and it raises another problem with close-voting reasons not necessarily being an accurate reflection of how everyone voted. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12864" LastEditorUserId="12864" LastEditDate="2013-01-23T22:18:39.520" LastActivityDate="2013-01-23T22:18:39.520" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5873" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5880" CreationDate="2013-01-24T00:08:21.210" Score="7" ViewCount="188" Body="&lt;p&gt;When reading, i find it infuriating to see links posted &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.example.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.example.com/&lt;/a&gt; rather than &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.example.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Example&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should questions and answers be edited to make links more readable, or is this not really seen as productive?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="24819" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2013-01-24T09:56:53.990" LastActivityDate="2013-02-11T20:54:16.330" Title="Should posts be edited to have readable links?" Tags="|discussion|editing|hyperlinks|" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5874" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5873" CreationDate="2013-01-24T00:20:11.350" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;If I'm editing something and the opportunity presents itself to also do that, I do.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Otherwise, I don't think it's worth it JUST to take the url out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2013-01-24T00:20:11.350" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5875" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5873" CreationDate="2013-01-24T00:38:33.100" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If I see a question with a really long link like:    &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;https://code.djangoproject.com/attachment/ticket/5423/5423.5.diff  &#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/69234&quot;&gt;I will edit it&lt;/a&gt; into a nicer link.    &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure just &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.example.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.example.com&lt;/a&gt; is worth editing in and of itself, but if I saw the edit in the edit queue I would approve it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2013-01-24T00:38:33.100" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5876" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5873" CreationDate="2013-01-24T02:16:19.003" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;Many times you can go &lt;em&gt;too&lt;/em&gt; simple on the links, for example -&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Read this article for more information:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2013/01/12-default-ubuntu-phone-apps-to-be-community-created&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2013/01/12-default-ubuntu-phone-apps-to-be-community-created&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is a bit too long, but if you edit it to -&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Visit &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2013/01/12-default-ubuntu-phone-apps-to-be-community-created&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; article for more information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You have lost all the context for where the article is from, or about.&#xA;So edit to include at the least information about what the link is. Example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;For more informaiton about community created phone apps see this&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2013/01/12-default-ubuntu-phone-apps-to-be-community-created&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;OMG!Ubuntu article&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This includes the basic information of why you should click, even though the site can be viewed by mouse-over. Why should I click &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2013/01/12-default-ubuntu-phone-apps-to-be-community-created&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastEditorUserId="54298" LastEditDate="2013-01-27T12:07:24.963" LastActivityDate="2013-01-27T12:07:24.963" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5877" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5881" CreationDate="2013-01-24T03:43:42.477" Score="18" ViewCount="749" Body="&lt;p&gt;I can understand (in general) questions about non-Ubuntu distros being off-limits. But is there a reason that questions about distros like Linux Mint which derive directly from Ubuntu are also off-limits? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it because Ask Ubuntu is funded by Canonical or anything like that? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="92812" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2013-01-26T00:22:58.923" LastActivityDate="2017-10-18T21:37:54.660" Title="Why are questions about (specifically) Ubuntu based distros off-limits?" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5878" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5869" CreationDate="2013-01-24T05:09:43.943" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;If the questions are &lt;em&gt;already closed&lt;/em&gt;, so it's necessary to go through multiple levels of duplicates:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A [duplicate] &lt;strong&gt;-&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; B [duplicate] &lt;strong&gt;-&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; C [duplicate] &lt;strong&gt;-&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; D [duplicate] &lt;strong&gt;-&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; E &lt;em&gt;(master)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The most serious problem is prevented by the system--the system will not allow a question to be closed as a duplicate under circumstances where it would cause the graph representing the &quot;duplicate of&quot; relation to be cyclic. In other words, questions are never closed as duplicates in a cycle that loops back on itself. There is always some master question. (The master question might &lt;em&gt;itself&lt;/em&gt; be closed...but not as a duplicate.)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;This is not &lt;em&gt;always&lt;/em&gt; bad. Referring to the representation above, sometimes D might make it clear &lt;em&gt;why&lt;/em&gt; C is really asking something answered by E.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;This is &lt;em&gt;often bad&lt;/em&gt; but hardly ever serious, because the problem is easily ameliorated by &lt;em&gt;commenting on the duplicates further away from the master&lt;/em&gt; to save people the trouble of navigating a long chain.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, if A &lt;em&gt;should&lt;/em&gt; just have been closed as a duplicate of E, there's no need to reopen and reclose A as a duplicate of E. Instead, just post a short comment on A pointing people to E.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2013-01-24T05:09:43.943" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5879" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5871" CreationDate="2013-01-24T06:16:13.170" Score="7" Body="&lt;h2&gt;This Question&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am another of the original close-voters. My thinking was similar to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/5872/22949&quot;&gt;Tom Brossman's&lt;/a&gt;. While I didn't think the question's &lt;em&gt;subject matter&lt;/em&gt; was necessarily too broad, I thought there were several different, related things the OP could have been asking.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, it seemed that the question might have been intended as a feature request. Since posting feature requests here doesn't lead to features being implemented, where applicable I try always to ask an OP if they are requesting a feature and, if so, refer them to to the right places (usually &lt;a href=&quot;http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Brainstorm&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://launchpad.net/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Launchpad&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems to me your edit &lt;em&gt;substantially&lt;/em&gt; changed (or at least narrowed) the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Now the question is explicitly asking for auditing tools (rather than, say, a non-diagnostic sandbox for running an untrusted program to benefit from its functionality).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;It was also not specified, or at least unclear, that an isolated environment was desired.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Sometimes an isolated environment is not suitable--if the untrusted code is a module that must be inserted into a production machine's running kernel to provide support for some hardware, running it in a virtual machine or other isolated environment is unlikely to be an option--here, the better alternative to a sketchy driver is to seek a different driver or use a different device.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When we &lt;em&gt;know&lt;/em&gt; what an OP is asking and can answer it (and the answer would be appropriate for Ask Ubuntu), a question should never be closed. Here, I did not know what the OP was asking--and did not think it likely that others could confidently know either--so I voted to close the question with the hope that the OP would edit the question and/or comment, clarifying.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I also posted a big comment asking the OP, in detail, about specifically what was intended, but I have since removed it as reopening the question rendered parts of it obsolete and potentially confusing.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, some possibilities for what the OP was asking would be off-topic on Ask Ubuntu. Even now, I am unsure if it makes sense to have this question here--it would probably be a much better fit for &lt;a href=&quot;https://security.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;IT Security&lt;/a&gt;. I am unsure if we can reasonably &lt;em&gt;answer&lt;/em&gt; this question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Are there people here who can explain how some malware detects virtualization and acts nice, until it's brought over to a machine that it doesn't think is virtual?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Are there people here who can explain how some malware is capable of spreading via virtual network (and/or shared folders) from a virtual machine to the host &lt;em&gt;or to other virtual machines&lt;/em&gt;, even under circumstances where access to the physical network is limited?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Are there people here who can explain how denial of service attacks are often easily carried out from within a virtual machine against the host machine?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Are there people here who can explain, in detail and in a way that is practically helpful, how the barriers between host and guest are sometimes not nearly as strong as they seem, at the kernel/driver level of each system?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Similar concerns often apply to other sandboxing methods besides virtualization.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Still, I have no objection to your editing the question, or it being reopened.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While it's important to avoid turning one question into something altogether different (just because we can answer the different thing), and to avoid embracing questions we can't answer, &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2012/03/respect-the-community-your-own-and-others/&quot;&gt;it's also important for us to understand that the person chose to come to our community for advice&lt;/a&gt;. As &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/author/josh-heyer/&quot;&gt;Shog9&lt;/a&gt; says in that article, when possible it's best to help a question fit into our community than to reject it; this seems to be the help you've given.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;You were able to turn the question into something where the issue wasn't &lt;em&gt;what&lt;/em&gt; it asked or &lt;em&gt;if&lt;/em&gt; we could answer it, but &lt;em&gt;how well&lt;/em&gt;. That was likely the right thing to do.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If someone had come here asking about how to deal with dangerous backyard pests, I'd firmly send them off to &lt;a href=&quot;https://gardening.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Gardening and Landscaping&lt;/a&gt; with a hoe and a kind word. But this is different. Once edited, this was clearly related to Ubuntu and of interest to our community. Therefore, even though we had good reasons for closing this question, &lt;strong&gt;I am inclined to agree with it being reopened.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I'm still unsure if this is &lt;em&gt;the best place&lt;/em&gt; for it. But with the clarification and information we provide, the OP can always post a similar, more narrowly crafted version elsewhere, should he so choose.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Hasty Closures&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The second part of your question is about the problem of questions getting into the review queue and then being uncritically close-voted. Since I think it was reasonable to close this (though also reasonable to reopen it after your edit), I'm not sure that's relevant here. I know I didn't vote to close hastily; I put substantially more time and effort into this question than most questions I vote to close, both in considering whether or not it was right to close it, and in posting a comment detailing why and explaining how the OP could get it reopened. I have no reason to think anyone else was any less careful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;But what you're saying still is an important point and a real problem.&lt;/strong&gt; Many questions are wrongly closed, and in a rush.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't agree with (at least my reading of) Tom Brossman that this is a result of people &lt;em&gt;zipping through the game&lt;/em&gt; too quickly to get credit. I believe we have largely or completely solved &lt;strong&gt;that&lt;/strong&gt; problem:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;There is now a maximum of 20 reviews per review type per day.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In review, we all get &lt;strong&gt;the same credit&lt;/strong&gt; for clicking &lt;em&gt;Leave Open&lt;/em&gt; or &lt;em&gt;Edit&lt;/em&gt; as for closing. (This is a very good thing, but it also creates a situation where the limit of 20 reviews makes sense. Please note that it is still possible for people with more than 20 close votes to close more questions &lt;em&gt;after&lt;/em&gt; reviewing 20; just not by using review, and no review &amp;quot;credit&amp;quot; is assigned for it.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the review queue worked the same way but gave no credit at all and didn't keep track of how many reviews people had completed, I believe we would still have the problem of hasty closures, because:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;People want to move on to the next review item. Perhaps reviewing close (and reopen) votes should be a &lt;em&gt;list&lt;/em&gt; instead of a &lt;em&gt;queue&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;People assume a question with lots of close votes must merit closure, while actually it's more important to be critical the more close votes there are, since the more close votes there are, the higher probability your close vote will result in closure, and thus the more powerful it is. (&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/149629/185080&quot;&gt;Related.&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The introduction of the reopen queue is a substantial mitigating step, but this is still a problem. My recommendations for close-voting, to help address this, are that I (or any close voter) should:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Be able to articulate clearly why the post should be closed.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Comment unless it is overwhelmingly clear...and even then, usually. (But not if there is already an adequate comment. And not with text copied and pasted from the close reasons, as that's never helpful.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Assume posts are about Ubuntu unless there's reason to think they're not. Users of a Windows forum would never assume people are asking about another OS just because &lt;em&gt;Windows&lt;/em&gt; was not mentioned specifically. I shouldn't start my day with the default assumption that nobody would use my OS, either.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Don't stop reading as soon as I see words like &amp;quot;Mint&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;Windows.&amp;quot; Often this indicates a question is off-topic. But we also have plenty of questions about how to install Ubuntu from another OS, or how to share files between Ubuntu or another OS.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Assume the OP believes what they are telling me &lt;em&gt;and might even know something I don't&lt;/em&gt;, unless there is major reason to think otherwise. Most people are not lying; sometimes something looks like it isn't Ubuntu (if I am insufficiently familiar with the subtopic at hand) but it is.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;When I think a close reason applies because of my understanding of the community consensus surrounding it, I should vote to close. If I am wrong, I can learn from my mistake, and the system is designed to accommodate differences of opinion among close voters. But &lt;em&gt;when I think a question should be closed because some community consensus is wrong&lt;/em&gt;, I should come to meta first.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Avoid close-voting spam. Spam should be flagged as spam--that deals with it faster and I don't waste close votes that are needed elsewhere. (Spam can also be downvoted, of course, but it should not generally be &lt;em&gt;closed&lt;/em&gt;.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-01-24T06:16:13.170" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5880" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5873" CreationDate="2013-01-24T06:21:34.673" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;If:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you think the post will be better &lt;em&gt;overall&lt;/em&gt; by collapsing a link into text, &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the text is easily found and clicked on, &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the text (or the context) is sufficiently detailed that it's clear &lt;em&gt;what&lt;/em&gt; someone would be going to by clicking on it&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;...then I think you should submit the edit, &lt;em&gt;even if it's the only thing about the post that you're changing&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With that said:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If the benefit is small, you might consider not submitting it if your edits have to go through review, because edits that are minor (that is, minor in &lt;em&gt;effect&lt;/em&gt;) shouldn't be pushed into the queue.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If the benefit is very small, you might not want to do the edit even if your edits don't have to go through review.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;As with editing in general, it's best to look at the whole post and see what &lt;em&gt;else&lt;/em&gt; you can improve. I've edited a lot of URL's into compact, readable text, and only rarely have I not found other things to make better (or at least other URLs).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2013-01-24T06:21:34.673" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5881" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5877" CreationDate="2013-01-24T07:20:57.687" Score="31" Body="&lt;p&gt;Derivatives like Mint and Backtrack are &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; the same as Ubuntu&lt;/strong&gt;. They use different packages, from different software sources and typically built differently. They are configured differently. Their principles and goals overlap with but are not the same as the principles and goals of the Ubuntu project. They have their own communities.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Many of the same problems that can happen on Ubuntu can happen on Mint, Backtrack, Debian, Fedora, OpenSuSE, and a variety of others. Some are relevant to Windows. But we limit ourselves here to answering questions that are about Ubuntu as we define it--Ubuntu and its official derivatives (which share package repositories, development philosophy, and substantial elements of design philosophy with Ubuntu).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are &lt;strong&gt;excellent support communities&lt;/strong&gt; for these other operating systems--communities specific to them, like the &lt;a href=&quot;http://forums.linuxmint.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Mint forums&lt;/a&gt;, and also more general, like &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Unix.SE&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The main thing we're better at is--apparently--looking good. People sometimes come to us even when their questions are not about Ubuntu, because they've heard we're good. We should take that as a compliment. But we're not doing them &lt;em&gt;or&lt;/em&gt; our community any good by trying to answer questions that are not about Ubuntu. A significant portion of the time, we would assume something in the derivative is similar to Ubuntu, and give bad advice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's often &lt;strong&gt;no way to know at the outset&lt;/strong&gt; if a question's answers will be Ubuntu-specific, Mint-specific, or otherwise. We send people somewhere they may get better help &lt;em&gt;before&lt;/em&gt; failing to help them instead of &lt;em&gt;after&lt;/em&gt;. In situations where we would have succeeded, other, more suitable resources would likely also succeed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is another reason that is just about making the site better and &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; (or not directly) about doing what's best for people who come here with questions about Mint and other unofficial Ubuntu derivatives. As &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/about&quot;&gt;the about page&lt;/a&gt; says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ask Ubuntu&lt;/strong&gt; is a question and answer site for Ubuntu users and developers. It's built and run &lt;em&gt;by you&lt;/em&gt; as part of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Stack&#xA;  Exchange&lt;/a&gt; network of Q&amp;amp;A sites. With your help, we're working&#xA;  together to build a library of detailed answers to every question&#xA;  about Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anything not about Ubuntu is clutter that gets in the way of maintaining Ask Ubuntu as &lt;strong&gt;a resource for information about Ubuntu&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, I believe there is a reason pertaining to the well-being &lt;em&gt;of the Mint community&lt;/em&gt; (and other such communities). Suppose we allowed Mint questions and some Mint users embraced Ask Ubuntu as an excellent place for them. Then &lt;strong&gt;the Ubuntu community would come to be seen as an authoritative source for information about Mint&lt;/strong&gt;. Mint (and most other unofficial derivatives) are &lt;em&gt;deliberately&lt;/em&gt; unofficial; most &lt;em&gt;don't want to be subject to the will of the Ubuntu community or the governance structures in it&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;So it would be bad if we were to &lt;em&gt;absorb&lt;/em&gt; Mint.&lt;/strong&gt; It would take power away from that community. Some people use Linux Mint because they want to be part of the community and governance structures set up for it and &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; for Ubuntu. We should respect people who choose to partake in other communities.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Efforts for greater cooperation are a good thing, and I think we do need more of them. But unless &lt;em&gt;the overwhelming majority&lt;/em&gt; of Mint users want to be assimilated into our community (either partially, for support purposes, or all the way, by becoming an official derivative), I don't think it's a good idea to have Mint questions here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In contrast, support communities outside a project that are not themselves officially affiliated with and &lt;em&gt;governed by&lt;/em&gt; another project are &lt;strong&gt;a great way for users of different operating systems to help each other&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Unix.SE&lt;/a&gt; is one such community; &lt;a href=&quot;https://superuser.com/&quot;&gt;Super User&lt;/a&gt; is another. (&lt;a href=&quot;https://serverfault.com/&quot;&gt;Server Fault&lt;/a&gt; is another but its scope is narrower, see &lt;a href=&quot;https://serverfault.com/faq&quot;&gt;their FAQ&lt;/a&gt;.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I recommend taking a look at the meta question where the community consensus about unofficial Ubuntu derivatives happened:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/684/are-linux-mint-and-other-unofficial-derivatives-of-ubuntu-questions-on-topic&quot;&gt;Are Linux Mint (and other unofficial derivatives of Ubuntu) questions on topic?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;You also asked the related question:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Is it because Ask Ubuntu is funded by Canonical or anything like that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Good question. No, we're not funded by Canonical Ltd. Ask Ubuntu is part of the Stack Exchange network--Stack Exchange maintains and administers the servers that make Ask Ubuntu happen. They have a substantial degree of influence over the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Canonical &lt;em&gt;does have an impact&lt;/em&gt; though; for the last several Ubuntu releases, Ask Ubuntu has been an &lt;strong&gt;official source of support for Ubuntu&lt;/strong&gt; and is explicitly recommended as a place to get help by the slideshow displayed during installation. Searching &lt;a href=&quot;https://help.ubuntu.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;help.ubuntu.com&lt;/a&gt; even includes &lt;a href=&quot;https://help.ubuntu.com/search.html?cof=FORID:9&amp;amp;cx=003883529982892832976:e2vwumte3fq&amp;amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;amp;q=super%20cow%20powers&amp;amp;sa=Search&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;search results&lt;/a&gt; from Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;If you want to know more about the relationship between Canonical and Ask Ubuntu, between the Ubuntu project and Ask Ubuntu, the degree of control Canonical or the Ubuntu project has over Ask Ubuntu, and how Ask Ubuntu fits into the &quot;civics&quot; of the Ubuntu community generally, I recommend posting a new meta question.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;(For questions about Ubuntu community or governance that are not specifically about Ask Ubuntu, you can ask &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/&quot;&gt;on main&lt;/a&gt;.)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2017-10-18T21:37:54.660" LastActivityDate="2017-10-18T21:37:54.660" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5882" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5884" CreationDate="2013-01-24T15:01:49.243" Score="6" ViewCount="129" Body="&lt;p&gt;Let me put this forward with an example...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was stuck on an SSH issue on my Ubuntu server. I then got a few comments from one user and an answer from another.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I thought that the answer gave me directions in solving the problem, but was incomplete. And once I figured it out, I thought the best thing would be to complete it. So I edited the answer, then accepted it. After all, I appreciate what these two users did I thought they deserved credit for their efforts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I was advised to give my own answer. So I did.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So what's the right thing to do here? Do I go with my own answer and accept it, or do I edit the answer of someone else and accept that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16274" LastActivityDate="2013-01-24T15:40:38.517" Title="When should one answer their own question rather than build on what is already there?" Tags="|discussion|editing|accepted-answer|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5883" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3400" CreationDate="2013-01-24T15:29:36.697" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Absolutely agreed that this isn't quite the expected user interface behavior. It &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/130386/clicking-show-comment-while-editing-a-comment-cancels-the-edit-to-the-comment/164906#164906&quot;&gt;will behave correctly&lt;/a&gt; after the next build of the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="237" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2013-01-24T15:29:36.697" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5884" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5882" CreationDate="2013-01-24T15:40:38.517" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I usually try to improve an answer first, either by adding links to references or other questions on the site or generally improving it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However if it ends up that I'm making so many changes that I'm butchering the person's answer I'll just post my own. If someone's post really helped me but didn't quite meet my needs and I post my own I make sure I give them proper credit (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/4578/235&quot;&gt;example&lt;/a&gt;) so that the question now has a complete solution, but also other information that might be useful to the next person with the problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's really a judgement call on your part.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2013-01-24T15:40:38.517" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5885" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-01-25T00:36:10.523" Score="2" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was trying to customize the boot splash screen on a live USB stick, and I was having problems, so I decided to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/246897/95681&quot;&gt;ask&lt;/a&gt; about it. My question was specifically about how to customize the splash screen on a Live USB drive (and I was fairly clear on that point.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, it was closed as being an &quot;exact duplicate&quot; of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/173329/95681&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;, which is a question about desktop installations, with answers that are only applicable to desktop installations. It does not address, or even touch on live medias. Why, then was my question closed as a duplicate?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Could it be reopened? What would it take to get it reopened?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="95681" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2013-01-25T00:47:16.507" Title="Why was my question closed as duplicate?" Tags="|discussion|closed-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5886" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5863" CreationDate="2013-01-25T00:41:31.753" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;My opinion is to simply accept the best answer, with heavy bias towards whichever one answered the question the best &lt;em&gt;on the first try&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If someone posts an answer, and I post another answer, and my answer is the superior answer, but the other person edits theirs to be a clone of mine, I think that the best practise is to give the Acceptance to whichever question got it right on the first try. (If it's edited &lt;em&gt;by the answerer&lt;/em&gt; to be less relevant, then consider revoking its acceptance, but, for the most part, try to lean heavily towards the content of the original post.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="95681" LastActivityDate="2013-01-25T00:41:31.753" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5887" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5885" CreationDate="2013-01-25T00:47:16.507" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If your question is closed because the title is generic, you can always go back and add more detail (in the question, not the comments) so it doesn't seem like a duplicate, I went ahead and made the edits into the question and voted to reopen. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2013-01-25T00:47:16.507" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5888" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-01-25T01:07:32.193" Score="13" ViewCount="167" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/error&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;error&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;error&lt;/a&gt; tag:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;is general&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;is ambiguous&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;describes &lt;em&gt;over&lt;/em&gt; half of the questions on Ask Ubuntu&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;is misleading&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;could mean boot errors, graphical errors, errors seen in the terminal, etc.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If the &lt;code&gt;error&lt;/code&gt; tag is used to describe a non-supported package from separate PPAs or not in a PPA at all, there would be no one to help and Ask Ubuntu would be the wrong place anyway.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;is general&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;is also general&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Did I mention the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/error&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;error&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;error&lt;/a&gt; tag is general?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Point is, this tag is too general to be useful in any situation at all. Please blacklist this tag for the sake of Ask Ubuntu's usefulness.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="101734" LastEditorUserId="12845" LastEditDate="2013-03-26T17:18:53.537" LastActivityDate="2013-03-26T17:18:53.537" Title="The 'error' tag should be blacklisted" Tags="|discussion|status-completed|tag-block-request|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5889" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5888" CreationDate="2013-01-25T01:13:01.450" Score="-3" Body="&lt;p&gt;We don't generally blacklist tags just because they shouldn't exist. It's only if they're being pervasively and wrongly used that blacklisting is considered. There were only two questions tagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/error&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;error&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;error&lt;/a&gt;. I retagged them. While I agree this is a terrible tag, I don't see how it's worth blacklisting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2013-01-25T01:13:01.450" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5890" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5863" CreationDate="2013-01-25T02:00:25.167" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;One of the strong points of the Stack Exchange system is that the best answer, as judged by the community, floats to the top. And a person seeking an answer to the question &lt;em&gt;should&lt;/em&gt; be able to get all that is required from the topmost answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So there's nothing wrong if answers are edited often, even if it is to incorporate material, with acknowledgement if necessary, from other answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think editing answers other than the topmost and usually the accepted answer may often, &lt;em&gt;but certainly not always&lt;/em&gt;, not be worth the effort.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Editing&lt;/strong&gt; this a few days later ...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm having difficulty with the argument that there can be several answers that cannot be &quot;merged&quot;, if you will, with the existing top answer. Again, I'm sticking to this specific question and don't want my position to be extended or generalized as has been done in a comment below.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, in general terms, if a question &lt;strong&gt;does&lt;/strong&gt; generate several distinct answers, in terms of content, it would appear to me that such a question could be worded better.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user25656" LastEditorDisplayName="user25656" LastEditDate="2013-01-28T06:12:47.480" LastActivityDate="2013-01-28T06:12:47.480" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5891" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5893" CreationDate="2013-01-25T10:55:57.517" Score="4" ViewCount="1577" Body="&lt;p&gt;I found: &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1056/how-do-i-escape-backticks-in-a-comment&quot;&gt;How do I escape backticks in a comment?&lt;/a&gt;&quot;, but I want to escape backticks, if I use backticks to format code in an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The following doesn't work:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;`sudo update-initramfs -v -u -k \`uname -r\``&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The result is this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;sudo update-initramfs -v -u -k \&lt;/code&gt;uname -r``&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Desired goal, but with using backticks:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;sudo update-initramfs -v -u -k `uname -r`&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="23878" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.243" LastActivityDate="2016-05-11T04:03:41.470" Title="How do I escape backticks in a backticks command?" Tags="|discussion|support|answer-format|markdown|formatting|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5892" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5891" CreationDate="2013-01-25T11:59:15.577" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can indent code by four spaces instead of using a backtick.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;`hey everybody`&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For more information:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/82718/how-to-escape-a-backtick-in-markdown&quot;&gt;How do I escape a backtick in Markdown?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2013-01-25T12:38:20.857" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5893" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5891" CreationDate="2013-01-25T12:54:57.383" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;The following (without four spaces):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;``sudo update-initramfs -v -u -k `uname -r` ``&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;generates the desired goal:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;sudo update-initramfs -v -u -k `uname -r`&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Source:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/70679/195083&quot;&gt;How can the backtick character ` be included in code?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="23878" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2013-01-25T13:09:52.473" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5894" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3374" CreationDate="2013-01-25T14:47:13.350" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/66472/url-detecting-error-with-address-like-http-en-wikipedia-org-wiki-octet-compu/165064#165064&quot;&gt;URL detecting error with address like &amp;quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octet_(computing)&amp;quot;&lt;/a&gt; on Meta Stack Overflow for details; long story short: After the next build of the site, this will work as you had expected.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="237" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2013-01-25T14:47:13.350" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5895" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5898" CreationDate="2013-01-25T22:10:45.897" Score="4" ViewCount="103" Body="&lt;p&gt;The complete question is in the title this time (well, I &lt;strong&gt;do&lt;/strong&gt; know what &quot;Approve&quot; means :-), I am interested in how &lt;em&gt;community&lt;/em&gt; can review something)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="What does &quot;Community♦ reviewed this 3 mins ago: Approve&quot; mean?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5896" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-01-25T22:24:59.380" Score="-1" ViewCount="113" Body="&lt;p&gt;We already have a very nifty little tool called &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/1323/114818&quot;&gt;Pro-Forma Comments&lt;/a&gt;. This is a life saver. Can we have a similar one for Duplicate Questions - the ones that are asked too frequently?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When we find a question and know that it is a duplicate of one of the question previously asked and well answered, we just click on the &lt;code&gt;duplicate&lt;/code&gt; link besides &lt;code&gt;auto&lt;/code&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/L3X0D.png&quot; alt=&quot;duplicate link&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and get a list of questions with proper links to them. This would have inherent advantages:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It would save a lot of time for us and make us more productive.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It would help us mark a lot of questions as duplicates (one obviously doesn't know all the questions that are well answered).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Would be a proxy for Canonical Questions.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Would help us avoid &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/5869/114818&quot;&gt;Chains of Duplicates&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Invite greater participation from users.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Help us improve the &lt;a href=&quot;http://secleanup.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;overall statistics of AskUbuntu&lt;/a&gt; w.r.t Answered Questions.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;And a lot more advantages which we all know about :)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have collected only &lt;strong&gt;some&lt;/strong&gt; of the frequently asked duplicates - &lt;a href=&quot;http://paste.ubuntu.com/1571094/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;these are here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="114818" LastActivityDate="2013-01-26T15:54:21.197" Title="Can we have Pro-Forma Comments for Frequently Asked Duplicate Questions?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5897" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5895" CreationDate="2013-01-25T22:39:20.240" Score="4" Body="&lt;h3&gt;This means the edit was improved by another user, who marked it helpful.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When that happens, the edit suggestion (and editing history for the post) shows the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/-1/community&quot;&gt;Community♦&lt;/a&gt; bot as approving the edit. In the editing history, the reviewers improvements are shown as an immediately subsequent edit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Similarly, when an edit is improved by another user who marks it unhelpful Community♦ &lt;em&gt;rejects&lt;/em&gt; it and the improved version is applied as the reviewer's own edit, with the suggestion not appearing in the post's edit history.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/4213/22949&quot;&gt;my answer here&lt;/a&gt; for more details on what options reviewers have when reviewing suggested edits. To excerpt the most relevant part:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;They can decide they &lt;strong&gt;don't know if it's good&lt;/strong&gt;, and &lt;strong&gt;do nothing&lt;/strong&gt;, leaving it for another reviewer to consider. This is not&#xA;recorded in any way in the post's edit history, as nothing was done.&#xA;The reviewer simply looked at the edit and decided not to review it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;They can decide &lt;strong&gt;your edit is good&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;approve&lt;/strong&gt; it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;They can decide &lt;strong&gt;your edit is bad&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;reject&lt;/strong&gt; it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;They can &lt;strong&gt;decide your edit is helpful but should be improved&lt;/strong&gt;. They then &lt;strong&gt;apply their further edits to yours&lt;/strong&gt;. The editing history&#xA;shows this as the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/-1/community&quot;&gt;Community&lt;/a&gt; user approving your edit and the&#xA;reviewer editing the post themselves immediately afterwards.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;They can &lt;strong&gt;decide your edit is not helpful&lt;/strong&gt;, but still &lt;strong&gt;use it as a basis for their own edit&lt;/strong&gt;. The editing history shows this as the&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/-1/community&quot;&gt;Community&lt;/a&gt; user rejecting your edit and the reviewer editing the&#xA;post themselves immediately afterwards.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-01-25T22:39:20.240" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5898" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5895" CreationDate="2013-01-25T22:39:33.207" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;When &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/edit&quot;&gt;users with 2k rep review suggested edits&lt;/a&gt;, they have the option to &amp;quot;improve&amp;quot; them.  On the improve page there is a check box marked &amp;quot;This edit was helpful&amp;quot;, if the reviewer leaves that box checked the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/-1/community&quot;&gt;Community user&lt;/a&gt; approves it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Take for example &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/76300&quot;&gt;this edit&lt;/a&gt;. Eliah edited (or improved) your edit, so his decision is marked &amp;quot;Edit&amp;quot;, but since he kept the &amp;quot;Helpful Edit&amp;quot; check box checked, Community approved your edit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Community can also reject edits. This usually happens when you suggest an edit at the same time someone else edits that post. If the second editor has less than 2k rep Community will reject his edit, but if the second editor is the OP or a user with more than 2k rep &lt;em&gt;your&lt;/em&gt; edit will be rejected by Community.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Useful references:&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/127375/why-does-the-community-user-reject-approve-edits&quot;&gt;Why does the Community User reject / approve edits?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/155069/reasons-community-rejects-edits&quot;&gt;Reasons Community rejects edits&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/131702/what-caused-community-to-reject-this-particular-edit-suggestion&quot;&gt;What caused Community ♦ to reject this particular edit suggestion?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-01-26T04:01:23.053" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5899" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5896" CreationDate="2013-01-25T22:48:23.567" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;That probably won't scale, we'd spend time just maintaining a list of questions. How I do it is let the system do the work. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When someone posts their question the site does a duplicate check on it as they type their question and offers possible duplicates (which people then ignore, heh). But even if they ignore it the site still has a sidebar with related questions: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/t8YiB.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I almost always find the FAQed question in that list, that way I don't need to remember/care about which is the most FAQed question because AU keeps track of all that stuff. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Still, we have a list of canonical questions here too if you want to compare/edit/contribute:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3053/what-are-common-canonical-questions-for-our-site&quot;&gt;What are common canonical questions for our site?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2013-01-25T22:48:23.567" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5900" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5896" CreationDate="2013-01-25T23:02:28.663" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Pro-forma comments are &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackapps.com/questions/2116/autoreviewcomments-pro-forma-comments-for-se&quot;&gt;a userscript&lt;/a&gt;; anyone (who knows how) can implement another user script that does what you propose. Just as pro-forma comments are &lt;em&gt;not actually part of the official Stack Exchange interface&lt;/em&gt;, a userscript could add this functionality.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;But this feature should not be implemented. At least not as described.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions aren't marked as duplicates by commenting. They are marked as duplicates by &lt;strong&gt;flagging&lt;/strong&gt; or &lt;strong&gt;voting to close as a duplicate&lt;/strong&gt;. Comments are secondary; they don't lead to closure, except insofar as someone may see the comment, decide they agree, and flag or vote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Flagging or voting to close as a duplicate is not about &lt;em&gt;what duplicates are available&lt;/em&gt;. It's about the question itself. Questions shouldn't be stretched to be duplicates of others. If you have to look through &lt;em&gt;a general master list&lt;/em&gt; to know what question something is a duplicate of, you probably don't know it's a duplicate at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you suspect a question is a duplicate and you go to flag or close it as one, you get a short list of similar-looking suggestions (this is separate from &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/5899/22949&quot;&gt;the very useful, usually longer list Jorge Castro has described&lt;/a&gt;). These suggestions indicate how many questions have been closed as duplicates of them:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/xYK40.png&quot; alt=&quot;&amp;quot;This question is a duplicate of which other question?&amp;quot; dialog&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;This appears when voting to close or (for users with less than 2000 reputation) when flagging as a duplicate. When it doesn't appear--as sometimes happens--this means the system was not able to identify any questions that looked like good candidates for duping.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question listed first, with the most questions closed as duplicates, is not necessarily the best one. For example, this meta question is &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; a duplicate of the question where pro-forma userscript comments are shared.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But the same problem would happen if there were a short list of common dupe masters. That one would appear, and people would comment saying this was a duplicate of it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The necessary thoughtfulness for selecting an appropriate duplicate would make a single short master list, giving the same selections for every possible duplicate, not appropriate in most circumstances.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Many duplicates are duplicates of the questions you listed. Most are not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Comments are only useful once you know what to dupe the question to.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A master list on meta makes sense; a userscript for commenting doesn't. There is a small set of common reasons why answers tend to be NAA (not an answer). They all relate to people not understanding how this site is &lt;em&gt;different from a forum&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In a sense, almost all NAA answers are NAA for the same reason.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In contrast, there are as many possible dupe targets as there are open questions on the site (plus some closed questions; sometimes a question is a duplicate of something that's closed as off-topic or not constructive).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Of course, there are other uses for pro-forma comments; for example, there are a few common ways answers can use improvement, even if they're real answers. These ways &lt;strong&gt;also&lt;/strong&gt; all have to do with how Stack Exchange sites differ from forums.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-01-26T00:14:48.127" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5902" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5903" CreationDate="2013-01-26T00:39:41.993" Score="9" ViewCount="196" Body="&lt;p&gt;We've had an upswing of spam recently (hopefully short-lived), and &lt;strong&gt;I've noticed a few users editing spam posts to remove links&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1925/dont-edit-spam-answers-just-flag-them&quot;&gt;This has traditionally been considered a wrong approach on Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does that recommendation still hold? Do we flag spam, but not edit it? Or has something changed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I see a post that looks like spam but has been edited, I always &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/144802/185080&quot;&gt;look at the edit history&lt;/a&gt; to make sure that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It was really spam.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;(As a sub-case of &lt;strong&gt;1&lt;/strong&gt;) It's not a legitimate, valuable post that was then edited, making it spam. (Such edits are &lt;em&gt;frequently&lt;/em&gt; submitted, and on rare occasion make it through review.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;There isn't anything &lt;em&gt;special&lt;/em&gt; going on that warrants an &lt;em&gt;additional&lt;/em&gt; custom flag to a moderator.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When spam has been edited, &lt;strong&gt;the benefit&lt;/strong&gt; is that links are less likely to be clicked by accident, and &lt;em&gt;theoretically&lt;/em&gt; might be less likely to get indexed for search engines (but really, they're unlikely to either way, as each individual spam post is likely to be handled very quickly).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;strong&gt;disadvantage&lt;/strong&gt; is that, whenever a spam post is edited, I feel obligated to click through to the edit history to check to make sure it's not one of the three reasons above, before flagging it. I suspect (hope) that everyone else feels obligated to do that, too. This makes handling spam harder and more time consuming, and &lt;em&gt;makes it take longer to deal with it, increasing the benefit of spamming to spammers&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So it seems to me that we should continue just flagging (and if we wish, downvoting) spam posts, but &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; edit them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is that correct? Or &lt;strong&gt;should should I edit spam, at the time I flag it?&lt;/strong&gt; If spam &lt;em&gt;should&lt;/em&gt; be edited, is that because something in our spam-handling situation has &lt;em&gt;changed&lt;/em&gt; since &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1925/dont-edit-spam-answers-just-flag-them&quot;&gt;that post&lt;/a&gt;? Or for some other reason?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Please note that this is not about the question of whether or not moderators should edit spam &lt;strong&gt;after&lt;/strong&gt; it is deleted, to affect what 10k users see. While I think that should usually not be done (and is usually not done), that's not what I'm asking about here.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Related:&lt;/em&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://drupal.meta.stackexchange.com/a/2315/13055&quot;&gt;MPD♦'s answer&lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;https://drupal.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/2304/spam-attack-is-there-anything-else-that-the-community-can-do-to-help-the-moder&quot;&gt;spam attack…is there anything else that the community can do to help the moderators?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Should spam posts be edited, or still just flagged?" Tags="|discussion|support|editing|flagging|spam-handling|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5903" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5902" CreationDate="2013-01-26T00:49:48.287" Score="16" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Hammer it with flags.&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The community will auto-nuke it if it gets enough.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or a real mod will see it and they can do fun stuff, like banning the user.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want to edit it, you can, but don't do that at the cost of waiting to flag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-01-26T00:49:48.287" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5904" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5902" CreationDate="2013-01-26T01:57:14.877" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Unless the link is something immediately harmful (But this being linux, one has less need to worry about malware - so maybe a shock site), there's little advantage to edits. New user links do not get picked up by search engines, and leaving the post as it lets a mod decide based on what is there whether its worth nuking or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may also consider directed downvoting/voting to delete if its an answer (3 downvotes unlocks the deletion option IIRC), which should help get rid of it even without mod. Its 20K plus only and needs at least one downvote according to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/5222/135565&quot;&gt;MSO FAQ&lt;/a&gt;. If you happen to highlight such a question and there happens to be a 20Ker or three around... Well, yeah, take it out back and put the spam out of your misery&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think a good rule of thumb is &quot;Would this edit be accepted if I was a anonymous sub &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/edit&quot;&gt;2K&lt;/a&gt; user?&quot; Editing spam dosen't really add anything to the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17681" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:24.280" LastActivityDate="2013-01-26T05:51:16.147" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5905" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5907" CreationDate="2013-01-26T02:25:23.230" Score="3" ViewCount="47" Body="&lt;p&gt;I learned (&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/5902/should-spam-posts-be-edited-or-still-just-flagged#comment8639_5902&quot;&gt;from Jorge Castro&lt;/a&gt;) that links on Ask Ubuntu are &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nofollow&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;nofollow&lt;/a&gt;. Thus linking to some page (say, spam) in a post here doesn't increase &lt;em&gt;that page&lt;/em&gt;'s rank in search engines.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this the case for links in all user-contributed content? Or are links nofollow only for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/new-user&quot;&gt;new users&lt;/a&gt; (or users with less than some amount of rep or time on the site)? Are links &lt;em&gt;within the site&lt;/em&gt; (for example, to another post here) nofollow, or just those linking elsewhere?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Are user-contributed hyperlinks always nofollow?" Tags="|support|hyperlinks|new-users|searching|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5906" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5908" CreationDate="2013-01-26T02:36:55.437" Score="7" ViewCount="138" Body="&lt;p&gt;I know questions that are bugs should be closed as off-topic with a comment explaining where to file a report.  My question is, how do you tell when a question should be filed as a bug report?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example I saw &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/246776/conky-transparency-not-working&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; question.  It looks a lot like a bug to me, but how do I know for sure?  Or is it even possible to know for sure?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2015-11-04T12:00:33.020" Title="How do you tell when a question is a bug?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5907" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5905" CreationDate="2013-01-26T03:05:48.750" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;The links in content generated by users are by default nofollow. This, however, changes once the post exceeds a predetermined vote and age threshold. The exact number of votes and the age has not been made public for concerns of gaming the feature. I am not sure if there are any distinctions between an external link and a link to another post in the same site. See &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/111279/remove-nofollow-on-links-deemed-reputable&quot;&gt;Remove nofollow on links deemed reputable&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am also of the opinion that when the post gets edited, the age threshold is reset again to ensure spam link doesn't get edited in. The details are pretty much fuzzy for obvious reasons.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On that note, the website column in any user's profile is nofollowed until the user hits 2000 rep. However, no links in the About box are followed. This is true irrespective of the rep of the user.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2013-01-26T03:05:48.750" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5908" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5906" CreationDate="2013-01-26T13:37:22.777" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;It has an answer and the answer points to a user configuration problem. This is likely not a bug. How to tell if it's a bug in the future? If comments suggest it's a duplicate of a Launchpad bug, if the expected default behavior isn't working (and it's likely not a configuration issue), or it just smells like a bug. We're not here to dogpile people though, if you're not sure ask other users in chat, if there's no clear indication still then just leave it be. Someone else who is better versed in that software will come along and pass judgement on it. Don't act if you don't know or have all the facts and generally err on the side of caution/safety.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="54298" LastEditDate="2013-01-26T16:37:26.833" LastActivityDate="2013-01-26T16:37:26.833" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5909" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5915" CreationDate="2013-01-26T15:07:25.720" Score="5" ViewCount="140" Body="&lt;p&gt;This question, '&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/247160/is-there-an-easy-way-to-limit-user-bandwidth-usage&quot;&gt;Is there an easy way to limit user bandwidth usage?&lt;/a&gt;' was closed as a duplicate. The possible duplicate, '&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/776/how-i-can-limit-download-upload-bandwidth&quot;&gt;How I can limit Download/Upload bandwidth?&lt;/a&gt;' does not answer the new question, only addressing per-OS, per-network interface, and per-application rate limiting. Nothing there about &lt;strong&gt;per-user&lt;/strong&gt;, which I think is an interesting question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can it be re-opened, or at least merged into the dupe (and the additional component about per-user limiting addressed)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12864" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2013-01-27T10:53:24.763" Title="Can we re-open this question asking how to throttle bandwidth per-user?" Tags="|discussion|closed-questions|duplicates|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5910" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5912" CreationDate="2013-01-27T04:12:40.933" Score="3" ViewCount="59" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have seen suggestions proffered as answers. My concern in when such &quot;answers&quot; don't emphasize, or even hint, that the suggestion is just that and not based on the answerer actually having tried out the suggestion to see if it really works.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other than just downvoting such an answer, is there something more appropriate to be done? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user25656" LastActivityDate="2013-01-27T08:18:40.687" Title="What to do about answers that offer suggestions without emphasizing that the answer is merely a suggestion?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5911" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5923" CreationDate="2013-01-27T04:21:46.110" Score="3" ViewCount="235" Body="&lt;h3&gt;I've been fixing tag wiki plagiarism lately. Recently I've been getting a lot of &amp;quot;reject&amp;quot; reviews (though only a very small number of actual rejections--accepts are still largely cancelling them out). I think it's time for me to explain what I've been doing and get input from the community.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We have lots of plagiarized, or otherwise improperly cited tag wikis. By lots, I mean at least hundreds, and probably more.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've been fixing some of them lately. How I have been doing it depends on the specifics of the problem. I've seen three main subtypes:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Uncited copied content in full tag wiki.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Coped content in excerpt.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Excerpts are &lt;em&gt;usually&lt;/em&gt; seen &lt;em&gt;without&lt;/em&gt; the full wiki accompanying them, so citations in the full wiki don't cover the excerpts. Excerpts with copied content that don't contain a citation &lt;em&gt;in the excerpt&lt;/em&gt; are plagiarism. Excerpts also don't support formatting and are supposed to provide a very quick introduction to what the tag is about; for these reasons, copied material, quoted and cited, is undesirable too (though potentially acceptable).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Copied content in full tag wiki that has enough of a citation that it's not represented as our work (so not actually plagiarism), but where the citation is wrong (e.g., points to the wrong site or the wrong page on the right site) or worthless (e.g., consists just of the name of a site or company but &lt;em&gt;is not a link at all&lt;/em&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All subtypes are common.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My goals in submitting tag wiki edits to fix plagiarism are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Reduce the amount of plagiarism on the site.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Efficiently fix plagiarism, by focusing on it specifically; for example, I often fix a not-very-good plagiarized tag wiki so it is a not-very-good, not-plagiarized tag wiki. My goal is not to make every tag wiki beautiful, but just to get rid of the plagairism.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Find and submit edits to a significant (not necessarily majority) percentage of all plagiarized tag wikis on Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So far my general workflow has been:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Go through the list of tag wikis I reviewed, and find instances where I rejected for plagiarism, or accepted a tag wiki that I shouldn't have because, on reflection, it was plagiarism. For each of these, check if it was ultimately accepted; if so, fix it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;When I find someone who submitted a plagiarized tag wiki suggestion, go through their other suggestions and look for plagiarism.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;When I find someone who has frequently &lt;em&gt;approved&lt;/em&gt; plagiarized tag wiki edits, go through &lt;em&gt;their&lt;/em&gt; list of reviews to see what else they approved. If it's plagiarism, fix it, then return to step 2.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is (roughly) &lt;strong&gt;an algorithm&lt;/strong&gt;. It is &lt;strong&gt;not a moral analysis&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I've found that this seems to yield plagiarized tag wiki edits extremely quickly and efficiently, especially compared to looking and searching through tags themselves.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It has the result that my own tag wiki edit suggestions (submitted to fix plagiarism) come in blocks where I edit posts last edited by the same user for a while, before moving on to another user.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;While the revisions I'm editing belong to the same user for an extended time, I have not actually seen evidence yet that only a small group of users are responsible. At this point, I simply don't know. I'm not sure if I'll continue working on this problem long enough to find out.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;To sum up: I focus on users because users are the glue that connects plagiarized tag wikis to other plagiarized tag wikis. This is not about the users. It's about fixing plagiarism in tag wikis. As long as we have plagiarized tag wikis, &lt;em&gt;the Ask Ubuntu community as a whole is offering and promulgating plagiarized content.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So far my specific workflow, at the level of an individual tag wiki, has been:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If I suspect plagiarism, I paste two or three short-to-medium sections of text into two search engines. This usually reveals &lt;em&gt;if&lt;/em&gt; it's plagiarism, and what the original source is likely to have been. It at least reveals reasonable sources. I make sure to keep in mind that it is possible for other sources on the Internet to copy material from an Ask Ubuntu tag wiki; I don't assume that duplicated content &lt;em&gt;necessarily&lt;/em&gt; means we're the offending party.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If citation is appropriate, I add it (or if there is a citation but it's wrong or not up to par, I improve it).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If citation is not appropriate (as in tag wiki excerpts), and I am familiar with the topic, I rewrite.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If citation is not appropriate and I am not very familiar with the topic, I research it until I feel comfortable rewriting, then do so.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;When I rewrite material, my goal is to create something of &lt;em&gt;comparable&lt;/em&gt; usefulness that is not plagiarized. My goal is &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; to create the most wonderful tag wiki ever. If the original tag wiki does not comply with tag wiki guidelines, in ways &lt;em&gt;other&lt;/em&gt; than being plagiarized, I often don't fix that.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I started doing this, my suggestions were accepted. The initial group of reviewers consisted largely but by no means entirely of moderators on the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Subsequently, a slightly overlapping but largely different group of reviewers started revewing them, and now they get lots of &amp;quot;reject&amp;quot; votes with reasons like &amp;quot;This edit does not follow any of our tag wiki guidelines...&amp;quot; and occasionally a custom reject reason about how the previous revision was better.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So: &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What should I be doing?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The reason tag wiki plagiarism exists is that it's quick and convenient and existing review mechanisms are insufficient to catch it much of the time. If I replace every plagiarized tag wiki with a well-written, excellent, totally helpful resource, I'll replace a very small number of tag wikis--possibly &lt;em&gt;smaller than the number of plagiarized tag wikis that get submitted and accepted during the same time&lt;/em&gt;. Even if no new plagiarized tag wikis were accepted, I would still fail to make a perceptible dent on the plagiarism we already have.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Besides the plagiarism, sometimes my revision isn't better. &lt;strong&gt;Sometimes, what I write about a topic is not as good as what's copied improperly from the work of someone deeply familiar with the topic who writes about it frequently.&lt;/strong&gt; This usually does not deter me--it seems to me that it's worth replacing plagiarism with something that &lt;em&gt;approaches&lt;/em&gt; the value of the original, plagiarized version, even if it falls short in some ways.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It &lt;strong&gt;seems to me&lt;/strong&gt; that there are three ways to deal with existing plagiarized tag wikis:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Fix them efficiently. (As I'm attempting to do.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Leave them. Slowly replace some of them with very high quality tag wikis. (I see this as a bad option; as a community, we would be continuing perpetually to publish works we know are plagiarized.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Make a list of them so moderators can nuke them, removing the offending tag wikis entirely. (This would result in hundreds of tag wiki excerpts disappearing overnight, and might be considered undesirable.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I should not assume my perspective on this is shared by everyone in the community. &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;So what do you think? Should I continue what I've been doing? Stop entirely? Continue but with some changes?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-02-01T00:07:03.700" Title="Is my approach to fixing plagiarized tag wikis a good one?" Tags="|discussion|suggested-edits|tag-wiki|plagiarism|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5912" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5910" CreationDate="2013-01-27T04:45:13.363" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2281/please-stop-posting-half-answers-and-dumb-advice-as-comments&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;good thing&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; about this is that they are posted as answers, and not comments. Therefore, they can be voted on, edited, and commented on specifically without creating comment noise elsewhere.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If the author intended to say it was just an untested suggestion&lt;/strong&gt;, and you're reasonably sure of this, edit the post to include this information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If such an edit would go against the intent of the author&lt;/strong&gt;, you should usually not do it; instead, comment. Also consider downvoting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;While commenting is valuable in these instances, downvoting is still valuable in and of itself. If, for whatever reason, you decide not to leave a comment, &lt;em&gt;please still downvote if the post merits it&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If you're able and willing to expand it to a full, good quality-answer&lt;/strong&gt;, then of course do that. You are under no obligation to do so, however. Furthermore:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If your answer is mostly new, you should feel free to post it separately.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Often, an answer that gets it right is a very effective way to show (usually without trying) that another answer is wrong or dangerous.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I emphasize again however that &lt;strong&gt;downvoting bad posts is inherently good&lt;/strong&gt; and not at all incompatible with posting your own answer. (You &lt;em&gt;shouldn't&lt;/em&gt; indiscriminately downvote all &quot;competing&quot; answers, of course. But if an answer is worth downvoting before you posted yours, it is usually still worth downvoting.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If the post is only marginally even a suggestion, could not be followed at all, or can only be even a little bit helpful to someone who already knows how to solve the problem&lt;/strong&gt;, and &lt;em&gt;you cannot fix it&lt;/em&gt; (or it'd be inappropriate to do so because the author's intentions are clear), then you should &lt;em&gt;flag&lt;/em&gt; the post as not an answer or (less frequently applicable) very low quality. If you think it might not be clear why this post does not answer the question at all, you should consider using a custom flag instead of the NAA or VLQ flags. This way you can explain the reason.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I don't downvote all or even most posts I flag, and I don't really recommend doing so. But flagging a post doesn't mean you can't or shouldn't downvote it. If the post is deleted, both its author and you will regain the lost reputation from the downvote.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If the post answers something that is decidedly &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; the question that was asked&lt;/strong&gt;, flag it as &lt;em&gt;not an answer&lt;/em&gt;. If it's unclear, comment (or custom flag).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If the post seems like a suggestion at first glance but is actually spam&lt;/strong&gt;, which sometimes happens, flag it as spam. If it's not immediately obvious it's spam, you can also custom flag it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you're not sure if it's spam but pretty sure it should be removed, you should custom flag it to explain that.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Sometimes you can figure out of someone is a spammer but looking at their other questions and answers, as well as their edit suggestions. Often spammers have multiple accounts across the SE network, so it's worth checking all of them. This can provide useful information to distinguish between some product's fanboy/fangirl offering it semi-inappropriately as a solution to someone's peripherally related problem (still VLQ or NAA most of the time), versus actual, full-blown spam.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.087" LastActivityDate="2013-01-27T08:18:40.687" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5913" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5906" CreationDate="2013-01-27T04:57:37.613" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Like &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/5475/22949&quot;&gt;Jorge Castro says here&lt;/a&gt;, we usually don't know for sure.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Investigating bugs&lt;/em&gt; is what we're poorly equipped to do here. So, if the problem &lt;em&gt;has to be investigated as a bug&lt;/em&gt;, it can usually be considered a bug.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Occasionally a program crashes for some reason other than a bug. But usually, a program crash has to be investigated as a bug--for example, producing and inspecting a stack trace--to figure this out.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Kernel panics can be caused by hardware problems, but even then it's hard to investigate them without the same mindset and techniques used to investigate a kernel bug. &lt;em&gt;Especially if they are introduced by upgrading to a new kernel, or a new Ubuntu release&lt;/em&gt;, kernel panics are usually closed as bugs.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sometimes the OP &lt;em&gt;knows&lt;/em&gt; it's a bug. (That doesn't mean they're &lt;em&gt;deliberately&lt;/em&gt; misusing the site.) Questions that say things like &quot;can someone fix this bug please?&quot; should almost always be closed as bugs.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, there's no bright dividing line between investigating bugs and investigating configuration problems and the like, either. So outside those three cases, typically it's best to explain in a comment why you think it's a bug. Sometimes questions are wrongly closed. When they are, they can be reopened.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2013-01-27T04:57:37.613" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5914" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5863" CreationDate="2013-01-27T06:50:49.100" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Speaking to the general issue: When this happens, it's at least a little bit bad and often merits commenting, editing, or discussion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/5863/what-to-do-if-several-answers-to-a-question-are-edited-making-them-all-very-sim#comment8652_5890&quot;&gt;kynan points out&lt;/a&gt; some disadvantages, but here is what I consider to be the biggest problem when answers that are initially different are edited and made similar:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It defeats &lt;em&gt;the benefit of having alternative answers&lt;/em&gt;. Votes tell us what people on the site thought of as good answers. Lower-voted answers are still usually valuable. And &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tools/post-feedback/underrated?filter=all&quot;&gt;anonymous feedback statistics&lt;/a&gt; (for 10k users who can view them) show it's somewhat common for lower-scored answers to be considered helpful by the &amp;quot;general public,&amp;quot; as gauged by anonymous &lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;Was this post useful to you?&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt; responses.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;However, I don't think there's any single solution to this problem.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Instead:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If posts can be edited further so they are both better than the last revision &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; more clearly express the unique points that make them valuable, and you're willing to put in the time and effort required for this (sometimes minimal but sometimes extensive), do that!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you're unsure if an edit was correct, comment and/or discuss it in chat. Or discuss it here in meta.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Roll back or improve edits that incorporate information directly from other answers--even answers to the same question--without citing or mentioning the source in any way.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At a &amp;quot;meta&amp;quot; level:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you see &lt;em&gt;a lot&lt;/em&gt; of this, please provide more information about the problem.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If this only happens occasionally, it's probably not a major problem. Sometimes it can even be ignored.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-08-03T16:59:42.907" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5915" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5909" CreationDate="2013-01-27T07:39:56.833" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;This appears to be resolved, at least for now. The question has been reopened. It appears there was a little bit of opposition to reopening it (judging from the reopen review queue history), but nobody has posted here or there to object to it being reopened.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While people should feel free to post other answers here, I think the situation has pretty much worked itself out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2013-01-27T07:39:56.833" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-01-27T07:39:56.833" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5916" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-01-27T09:13:48.067" Score="5" ViewCount="89" Body="&lt;p&gt;A couple weeks ago when I logged into this &quot;ask ubuntu&quot; website, all my past questions and activity (and points/score) vanished.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have enjoyed &quot;ask ubuntu&quot; for a year or so, and don't understand what happened, or how to fix this.  My user/login name is still the same as always (honestann).  Does anyone know what is this problem?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have also participated in &quot;stack overflow&quot; too (with the same user/login name), in case that fact might have something to do with this problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, when I logged in today, even my recent activity in the past couple weeks has vanished... again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123307" OwnerDisplayName="honestann" LastEditorUserId="25798" LastEditDate="2013-02-06T11:11:21.930" LastActivityDate="2013-02-06T11:11:21.930" Title="Why can't I see my past questions?" Tags="|support|user-accounts|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5917" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5916" CreationDate="2013-01-27T09:24:56.470" Score="8" Body="&lt;h3&gt;unregistered vs registered&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your original account was unregistered - this depends upon your Web-Browser remembering your login credentials via a cookie.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the cookie is lost, then your login credentials is also lost.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You now have registered your account thus you no longer have to depend upon your browser.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your old account and new account have been merged.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just to say - welcome to Ask Ubuntu!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14356" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-01-27T09:24:56.470" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5918" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5921" CreationDate="2013-01-27T10:08:25.480" Score="3" ViewCount="49" Body="&lt;p&gt;While reviewing a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/76794&quot;&gt;suggested edit&lt;/a&gt;, I encountered something weird: a title is deleted and no title is inserted in the diff as can be seen below.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/KOthQ.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/KOthQ.png&quot; alt=&quot;suggested edit screenshot&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;When I press the &quot;improve&quot; button, I see exactly the same (unmodified) title. This happens both when I use the review tool and when I go to the question page and press the &quot;edit&quot; link.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is the HTML for that title:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;h2&amp;gt;&#xA;                                &amp;lt;a class=&quot;question-hyperlink&quot; href=&quot;/questions/248051/difficult-network-configuration&quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span class=&quot;diff-delete&quot;&amp;gt;Difficult network configuration&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&#xA;                    &amp;lt;/h2&amp;gt;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I see the edit has been approved and there is no visible change in the title which make it even more confusing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6969" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Title is eaten by diff in suggested edit" Tags="|bug|status-completed|suggested-edits|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5919" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5911" CreationDate="2013-01-27T10:30:01.860" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your work is appreciated, most of the suggested changes make sense. Though I &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/76583&quot;&gt;rejected one yesterday&lt;/a&gt; because the change is not helpful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;Network&quot; is a very important part of the text which was not visible anymore in the new text. I have edited the tag &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/wireshark&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;wireshark&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;wireshark&lt;/a&gt; now, you can open its wiki and excerpt history to see the changes I made.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I also saw that some of your edits (including this Wireshark one) explicitly contain the word &quot;FOSS&quot;, but in my opinion that is not the most important part of an excerpt. Most programs in Ubuntu are FOSS anyway, you only need to add &quot;proprietary&quot; or &quot;closed-source&quot; to non-FOSS software like Nvidia drivers. Not every reader (new users) here know what FOSS means as it is pretty specific to the FOSS community.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See also the linked blog posting on the right of the wiki editing controls on what a tag wiki should contain: &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2011/03/redesigned-tags-page/&quot;&gt;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2011/03/redesigned-tags-page/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6969" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2013-01-27T10:30:01.860" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5920" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5909" CreationDate="2013-01-27T10:53:24.763" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think that the &quot;per user&quot; bullet is a more general case of the &quot;per application&quot;, and therefore I'm not sure it should have a separate question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &quot;per application&quot; (and, 'all applications of one user' case) is a tricky one and the possible answers would look a lot like each other. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Seeing as it a tricky one (more so then the other 2 points in that question), maybe the per-application part should be merged the other way around, into that new question, and get the attention it might deserve.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11120" LastActivityDate="2013-01-27T10:53:24.763" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5921" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5918" CreationDate="2013-01-27T11:50:17.797" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;There's a Meta Stack Overflow question about this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/165216/suggested-edit-that-only-changes-tags-also-shows-the-title-as-removed&quot;&gt;Suggested edit that only changes tags, also shows the title as removed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/165228/185080&quot;&gt;As reported in balpha's answer, it seems the bug was recently fixed&lt;/a&gt;; the fix will be effective when the next build is rolled out. (I don't know how long that takes but past experience indicates it's not very long.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2013-01-27T11:50:17.797" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-01-27T11:50:17.797" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5922" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5888" CreationDate="2013-01-27T11:59:25.040" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;This tag is far too tenacious. The links seen on thing page point to its recurring attack, and it is just too general. However, I fear that blacklisting it could open tags like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/error-handling&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;error-handling&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;error-handling&lt;/a&gt; up to misuse for general errors, not specifically error handlers. In fact, it already is being a little mishandled(no bad pun intended) in this way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54298" LastActivityDate="2013-01-27T11:59:25.040" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5923" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5911" CreationDate="2013-01-27T14:26:09.777" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;The gold standard for editing applies:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Will your edit make it better?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The problem here is you and I seem to have different ideas of what is better. In my worldview, we're here to help. We don't have to provide double-blind studies for every answer and, again, in my view we don't need to provide academic-level bibliographies and citations.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Don't get me wrong, &lt;strong&gt;research, citation and evidence are all &lt;em&gt;great&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; but I'd favour a helpful post, comment or wiki over a well-cited or original unhelpful one. The reason your edits have been rejected is they made something less helpful in order to make them original.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;An official description like &amp;quot;Wireshark is a network protocol analyzer for Unix and Windows&amp;quot;, should not be blindly obfuscated to make it original. If you can make them &lt;em&gt;better&lt;/em&gt;, that's fine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Fair use gives protections and exemption from copyright. Small segments for descriptive or educational purposes are almost always going to pass a fair use test. This is regardless of license on the original content.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you see uncited quotes, fix them up. It does make them more helpful. Wang a link at the bottom, pack the quote in a blockquote (with &lt;code&gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt;). Be conscious of the original content's license but most of these things are tiny extracts from large bodies of text and all for a mildly educational purpose. Fair use makes the world go round.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Just a quick note on copyrights...&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anything you contribute to the site needs to either be original or yours within fair use (eg fair use or public domain). You need to be in the position where you can allocate Stack Exchange Inc a complete license to the work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That means you cannot rely on importing external CC-BY-SA or GPL-style work if you are not the copyright holder as you're not in the position to give SE Inc the license they demand.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-01-27T16:58:12.027" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5924" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5725" CreationDate="2013-01-27T17:26:03.727" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Jorge Castro has added &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/dev&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;dev&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;dev&lt;/a&gt; as a synonym of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/development&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;development&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;development&lt;/a&gt;.  Users with a score of five in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/development&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;development&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;development&lt;/a&gt; tag can vote for it &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tags/development/synonyms&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While this isn't the answer everyone would like, (seeing gertvdijk's answer has 15 upvotes), but nothing else has been done about it so I think this is the best solution at the moment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2013-01-28T04:41:18.493" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-01-28T16:03:15.760" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5925" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5863" CreationDate="2013-01-27T21:46:15.903" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;While I agree with the existing points of view, IMO it is also useful to discourage such edits, since some visitors might not look through revision histories to select the &quot;best&quot; answer. If we could implement visible feedback for suggested edits, this would be very helpful. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54298" LastActivityDate="2013-01-27T21:46:15.903" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5926" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-01-28T04:41:53.630" Score="1" ViewCount="214" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since Ubuntu phone gonna hit the market very soon, I was wondering if there's  gonna be separate forum for Ubuntu phone or AskUbuntu will do the job?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="69051" OwnerDisplayName="TheKojuEffect" LastActivityDate="2017-02-08T05:50:47.180" Title="Forum for Ubuntu Phone" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5927" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5926" CreationDate="2013-01-28T04:52:19.173" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq&quot;&gt;FAQ&lt;/a&gt; states (as on-topic):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Using and administering Ubuntu, including official Ubuntu derivatives.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would consider the Ubuntu Phone to fall into one of those categories.  We &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/5308/44179&quot;&gt;already support&lt;/a&gt; Ubuntu &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Nexus7&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;on the Nexus 7&lt;/a&gt; and I don't see where Ubuntu Phone will be that different.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I also think the Ubuntu Phone will not be a big enough topic to create a new Stack Exchange site or forum about.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;However&lt;/em&gt;, the FAQ also states (as off-topic):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Issues with the next version of Ubuntu (Ubuntu+1) (More information about Alpha and Beta release issues).  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So discussing this topic, e.g. hardware support, development, etc, would probably be considered off-topic right now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" OwnerDisplayName="Seth" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2017-02-08T05:50:47.180" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5928" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5931" CreationDate="2013-01-28T16:14:47.940" Score="11" ViewCount="131" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have Google alerts set up for my name and recently came across this site, zqna.net, which is &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.zqna.net/list/Tom%20Brossman.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;copying our questions &amp;amp; answers verbatim&lt;/a&gt;. My name is there, but I see no mention of Ask Ubuntu or Stack Exchange, etc. No links back to this site. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this authorised copying, or not?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12864" LastEditorUserId="47291" LastEditDate="2013-01-28T17:00:01.317" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Is this website complying with our Creative Commons license, or plagiarising?" Tags="|discussion|plagiarism|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5929" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5930" CreationDate="2013-01-28T16:27:57.010" Score="8" ViewCount="178" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;This is a question about editing the FAQ. This is not a good place to discuss whether or not we should allow EoL questions. We already have a meta question (actually, three) for that. (See below.)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems community consensus on the acceptability of questions about EoL releases has shifted over the past ~1 year. Judging by votes on meta:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2122/should-questions-about-using-end-of-life-ubuntu-releases-be-closed&quot;&gt;Around November '11&lt;/a&gt;, we overwhelmingly supported allowing them.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3229/dealing-with-past-eol-release-questions&quot;&gt;Around May '12&lt;/a&gt;, we were about evenly split. At most there was perhaps a slight preference for allowing them.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/5611/should-we-allow-questions-that-are-about-releases-which-are-considered-end-of-li&quot;&gt;Around December '12&lt;/a&gt;, we had &lt;strong&gt;a ~2:1 majority in favor of considering new questions about EoL releases off-topic&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Disclosures:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;This is my reading of the data. Please take a look yourself, in case you disagree with my analysis.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If people voted on those questions much more recently than they were asked, their votes factor into my accounting. That is, I'm looking at the votes as they are right now. I did not record what they &lt;em&gt;were&lt;/em&gt; at the time.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;On the underlying issue, I lean slightly toward the position that EoL questions should be allowed here. I don't think that is really a problem here, since &lt;strong&gt;this question is about effectively documenting and enforcing the new policy&lt;/strong&gt; (that I slightly disagree with). But maybe some sort of conflict of interest will arise in the future--so now you know.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, we appear to be closing questions as off-topic for being about EoL releases.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Here's &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/248314/acer-travelmate-2300-enable-wireless-in-ubuntu-11-04&quot;&gt;one example&lt;/a&gt;, though it might end up reopened since the OP needs a solution in order to upgrade.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This seems reasonable; if the votes on that meta question represent the community as a whole, then most of us don't want these questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, assuming we're going to continue closing them, &lt;strong&gt;can we edit the FAQ to make the new policy clear?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Right now it is not; reading the FAQ strongly suggests that EoL questions are welcome.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please answer this question if you:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;have an opinion about whether or not we should edit the FAQ.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;have other information pertinent to this question that is better as an answer than a comment.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;believe my evaluation of current community opinion is mistaken.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;believe the current majority is insufficient to support a policy of closing these questions.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;believe we should close these questions but, for some reason, should not edit the FAQ.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please post elsewhere instead (perhaps commenting here--within reason--to provide a link) if you:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;don't have an opinion about whether or not the FAQ should change, but want to discuss the issue of EoL questions further (you can use the existing questions for that).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;think the majority is sufficient to support the policy of closing EoL questions, but oppose it anyway because you feel &lt;em&gt;it's so important&lt;/em&gt; to keep them open (for that, you should probably post in the existing questions, and if that's not enough, post one new question).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Should we edit the FAQ?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If not, &lt;em&gt;why not&lt;/em&gt;?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If so, then (optionally) exactly &lt;em&gt;what should it say?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2013-01-28T18:11:08.457" Title="Can we update the FAQ to reflect the apparent change in EoL policy?" Tags="|discussion|close-reasons|scope|site-faq|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5930" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5929" CreationDate="2013-01-28T18:11:08.457" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ok. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2013-01-28T18:11:08.457" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5931" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5928" CreationDate="2013-01-28T18:53:49.527" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;I am not a lawyer, and this is not legal advice. This analysis is provided for discussion purposes and is primarily useful as a portal to other sources of information. What I say below could be wrong, and I have not consulted an attorney in connection with this post!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is not authorized copying. That website is &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; complying with our license.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is probably not plagiarism, since they are not claiming the posts as their own work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, as has been discussed recently, plagiarism and copyright violation are quite different things. And &lt;strong&gt;this does not abide by &lt;a href=&quot;http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the terms&lt;/a&gt; of &lt;a href=&quot;http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;CC-BY-SA 3.0&lt;/a&gt;, under which user-contributed content on Ask Ubuntu &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/legal&quot;&gt;is licensed&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt; Consequently, unless you have also published the material under other, more permissive terms, it probably does &lt;strong&gt;violate your copyright&lt;/strong&gt; (and that of the other authors whose works are reproduced there).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To quote &lt;em&gt;part&lt;/em&gt; of section 4c of CC-BY-SA 3.0:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If You Distribute, or Publicly Perform the Work or any Adaptations or&#xA;  Collections, You must, unless a request has been made pursuant to&#xA;  Section 4(a), keep intact all copyright notices for the Work and&#xA;  provide, reasonable to the medium or means You are utilizing: (i) the&#xA;  name of the Original Author (or pseudonym, if applicable) if supplied,&#xA;  and/or if the Original Author and/or Licensor designate another party&#xA;  or parties (e.g., a sponsor institute, publishing entity, journal) for&#xA;  attribution (&quot;Attribution Parties&quot;) in Licensor's copyright notice,&#xA;  terms of service or by other reasonable means, the name of such party&#xA;  or parties; (ii) the title of the Work if supplied; (iii) &lt;strong&gt;to the&#xA;  extent reasonably practicable, the URI, if any, that Licensor&#xA;  specifies to be associated with the Work, unless such URI does not&#xA;  refer to the copyright notice or licensing information for the Work;&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;  and (iv) , consistent with Ssection 3(b), in the case of an&#xA;  Adaptation, a credit identifying the use of the Work in the Adaptation&#xA;  (e.g., &quot;French translation of the Work by Original Author,&quot; or&#xA;  &quot;Screenplay based on original Work by Original Author&quot;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Every page on Ask Ubuntu containing questions, answers, or tag wikis specifies the license with a link to it and to the Stack Exchange &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/06/attribution-required/&quot;&gt;attribution requirements&lt;/a&gt;, so it seems the requirement to include the author-provided URI (in this case, a URL for the post) applies.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Whether or not the Stack Exchange attribution requirements are &lt;em&gt;entirely&lt;/em&gt; enforceable, it seems that the license clearly provides for their enforceability in instances where no link to the post is provided. &lt;strong&gt;That covers the site in question here, as well as most similar sites.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/131846/report-sites-that-use-se-content-without-following-attribution-rules-here&quot;&gt;Report it here&lt;/a&gt; (as &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/5928/is-this-website-complying-with-our-creative-commons-license-or-plagiarising/5931#comment8713_5928&quot;&gt;Jorge Castro suggested&lt;/a&gt;) and hope Stack Exchange pursues it. (You may want to check first to make sure the site isn't already listed there.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Since you retain copyright to your works, you may be able to pursue the matter yourself by contacting the site or consulting an attorney. (It's quite understandable if you don't want to do this, especially the latter.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Again, this is not legal advice. (See top for full disclaimer.)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2013-01-28T19:47:37.577" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5932" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5933" CreationDate="2013-01-28T18:21:34.980" Score="2" ViewCount="318" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have posted a question: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/246465/libreoffice-causes-desktop-to-flicker-crash&quot;&gt;LibreOffice causes desktop to flicker/crash&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I searched my computer for log files and found one large file with various x-session errors.&#xA;Is it important to post this file, might it be helpful, and how do I attach it to my post?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="39780" OwnerDisplayName="sabinedoll" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2013-01-28T20:03:22.950" Title="How can I attach a log file to my question?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5933" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5932" CreationDate="2013-01-28T18:27:22.113" Score="0" Body="&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you want to attach files &lt;a href=&quot;http://pastebin.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://pastebin.com/&lt;/a&gt; is the place to go. They give you an URL that you can paste into the question or in a comment.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Most times it is enough to just search the log file for the relevant parts. That tend to be less than 10 lines since those errors are often repeated and repeated and repeated where we only need an error notice one time to get an answer.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" OwnerDisplayName="Rinzwind" LastActivityDate="2013-01-28T18:27:22.113" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5934" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5935" CreationDate="2013-01-29T03:30:49.653" Score="7" ViewCount="53" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was going through the list of answers I provided and some of them are not at all what the questioners were expecting; I'm making this assumption based on the accepted answers. Is it okay to flag them for deletion?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user25656" LastEditorUserId="19490" LastEditDate="2013-01-30T05:49:42.960" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="What should I do with some answers I provided that probably are irrelevant to the questions asked?" Tags="|support|answers|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5935" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5934" CreationDate="2013-01-29T04:00:24.023" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yessir!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe you also can delete answers that you wrote and weren't accepted, or that don't require a moderator flag to do so. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks for being interested on keeping the site clean. :-) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, you can't delete more than five answers per day.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2013-02-04T18:56:57.247" LastActivityDate="2013-02-04T18:56:57.247" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5936" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5934" CreationDate="2013-01-29T11:55:49.313" Score="4" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Delete Answers &lt;em&gt;If&lt;/em&gt; They Won't Help Anyone&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's good to delete answers if they're no good. Just remember: if an answer &lt;strong&gt;may help others, besides the OP&lt;/strong&gt;, it is usually a good thing to have around. (See &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/37742/185080&quot;&gt;this MSO answer&lt;/a&gt;.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just as you can (and should) delete unworthy answers when you find them to be unworthy, you can also undelete worthy answers if you find you've deleted something that you think ought to exist.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Deleted answers do not appear in your profile, though. But if you know of a good answer of yours that you'd like to undelete, you can often get help from others to find it.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-01-30T04:34:59.667" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5937" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5941" CreationDate="2013-01-29T17:29:48.867" Score="8" ViewCount="163" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was editing a Mac related question, and noticed we had a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/macbook&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;macbook&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;macbook&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/mackbookpro&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;mackbookpro&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;mackbookpro&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/macbookair&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;macbookair&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;macbookair&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/mac-mini&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;mac-mini&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;mac-mini&lt;/a&gt; tags.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do we really need all these tags for Apple products?  I'm not sure anything needs to be done about this, but I want to know what other people think.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are Apple products &lt;em&gt;that&lt;/em&gt; different? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2013-01-30T00:47:54.187" Title="Do we need a tag for every Apple product?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5938" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-01-29T20:44:40.527" Score="7" ViewCount="43" Body="&lt;p&gt;In my profile, under &lt;em&gt;Flags&lt;/em&gt; I see the &lt;strong&gt;posts&lt;/strong&gt; I flagged. Now I want to see which &lt;strong&gt;comments&lt;/strong&gt; I flagged and don't find them. Am I too blind to see the obvious?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastActivityDate="2013-01-29T20:44:40.527" Title="Can I see which comments I flagged?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5939" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3105" CreationDate="2013-01-29T21:17:56.313" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;I &lt;strong&gt;strongly disagree&lt;/strong&gt;  with keeping non-English text in the body after translating. It invites other users to comment/answer in non-English as well. And it's very simple: this is an English-only site and we can expect users to obey this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, no need to keep a copy of the original; the original text is never lost and we can just view/link to the original revision. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, my proposal would be:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Get yourself a nice automated translation of the post.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Edit the post to contain the English translation only.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Do your own editing on it like any other (poor-English) post.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Include a note at the top: &lt;em&gt;This is a translation of &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/5939/88802&quot;&gt;the original post in German&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt; (linking to the non-English revision)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Have the translation being edited like any other (lower) quality posts by the community.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This note on top of the question/answer is an invitation for native tongues to improve the translation (including the OP).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="88802" LastEditorUserId="88802" LastEditDate="2013-01-30T00:50:10.947" LastActivityDate="2013-01-30T00:50:10.947" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5940" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5942" CreationDate="2013-01-30T00:30:20.307" Score="2" ViewCount="201" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is a question about how to restart the Tor browser:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/217092/restart-tor-browser-after-closing&quot;&gt;Restart Tor Browser after closing&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The OP's motivation for wanting to do so is a bug. This question, however, is not a bug report. The bug is &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; that the browser won't restart. Answers to this question would help anyone who wants to restart the Tor browser.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Therefore, I recommend we reopen this question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If anyone thinks this should stay closed, I recommend posting an answer here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2013-01-30T00:51:11.950" Title="Can we reopen the question about restarting the Tor browser?" Tags="|discussion|close-reasons|closed-questions|scope|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5941" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5937" CreationDate="2013-01-30T00:47:54.187" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recommend we make &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/macbookpro&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;macbookpro&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;macbookpro&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/macbookair&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;macbookair&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;macbookair&lt;/a&gt; synonyms of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/macbook&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;macbook&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;macbook&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/mac-mini&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;mac-mini&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;mac-mini&lt;/a&gt; is sufficiently different as to warrant its own separate tag, at least going by the tags we've allowed to exist long-term for other manufacturers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ipad&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ipad&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ipad&lt;/a&gt; is totally different from the above, though we might want another question to discuss if &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ipad&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ipad&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ipad&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ipod&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ipod&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ipod&lt;/a&gt; should really be different tags.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2013-01-30T00:47:54.187" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5942" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5940" CreationDate="2013-01-30T00:51:11.950" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;This has been reopened. (My old reopen vote had expired, but it got reopen votes from one off the original close voters and a moderator.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyone should feel free to post an answer here (particularly if you disagree and think it should still be closed), but it seems this situation is resolved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2013-01-30T00:51:11.950" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5943" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5944" CreationDate="2013-01-30T16:24:44.940" Score="3" ViewCount="119" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you look at &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/77864&quot;&gt;this suggested edit&lt;/a&gt;, a user has simply copied the screenshots provided in the linked post, and included them in the answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The answer is better for it, IMO. However, is this a copyright violation? Or is there no reason to worry about copyright, since these screenshots could very easily be recreated?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2355" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2013-02-03T03:53:01.453" Title="Can we copy externally hosted screenshots into our answers?" Tags="|discussion|copyright|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5944" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5943" CreationDate="2013-01-30T16:54:32.050" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;I am not a lawyer and this is not legal advice.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;You're Right to Think There's a Problem&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These screenshots &lt;em&gt;might&lt;/em&gt; be easily recreated, but they don't constitute a short excerpt from the source. This is pretty clearly a &lt;em&gt;substantial&lt;/em&gt; amount of material. Furthermore, their purpose is to provide a source (an Ask Ubuntu answer) that exists as an alternative to the original source, which could be seen as competing with or replacing it. There's &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; good reason to think this falls under &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;fair use&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unless the editor is the author of the blog post (in which case, we &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq#promotion&quot;&gt;require disclosure&lt;/a&gt; for unrelated reasons), or has permission from the author, &lt;strong&gt;there is probably a copyright problem here&lt;/strong&gt;. There does not appear to be any blanket permission or compatible license statement at the source website to indicate that the pictures could be used.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In addition--though this is not &lt;em&gt;primarily&lt;/em&gt; related to copyright--even if the screenshots could be used, the current attribution is better than nothing but not great. When a reader sees a source listed (even if it's the only source), they don't assume content is &lt;em&gt;directly copied&lt;/em&gt; from it, unless that is stated or the content is quoted. Some indication that the images originate from an outside source should be added (if the images are kept).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You suggested the images are easily replaceable. If it would be easy for &lt;em&gt;you&lt;/em&gt; to replace them, that might be the best solution to this problem! (You are, of course, not under any obligation to contribute images for this purpose.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In any case, given these problems, it's almost certainly best &lt;em&gt;not to approve the edit at this time.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Further Thoughts&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Theoretically, I could imagine (&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;not being a lawyer and nothing in this post being legal advice&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;) that the creator of the images might not have standing to enforce the copyright, due to the images being composed primarily of elements from user interfaces to which s/he does not hold the copyright.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I could imagine an argument that if it's fair use for the blogger to use the screenshots, then it's fair use for us to use them too (even second-hand).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;This is a reason (among many others!) for us to avoid jumping to any conclusions about the law, and to avoid accusing anyone of breaking it.&lt;/em&gt; But this is not a good reason for us to have those images here. Unless someone who can &lt;em&gt;actually&lt;/em&gt; give us legal advice does so (which seems rather unlikely), this is just one legal theory among many.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Plus, our goal is higher than simply being in a situation where we'd probably win a court case. We want all (or as much as possible) of the material here to be clearly non-infringing, so that as our site expands and as other sources are created based on ours (in accordance with &lt;a href=&quot;http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;our license&lt;/a&gt;), nothing has to be carved out later in response to a complaint.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Related:&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/3038/22949&quot;&gt;Oli's answer&lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3036/should-an-answer-that-is-a-link-to-the-answerers-personal-blog-be-flagged-as-spa&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3036/should-an-answer-that-is-a-link-to-the-answerers-personal-blog-be-flagged-as-spa&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2013-02-03T03:53:01.453" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5946" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5956" CreationDate="2013-01-30T18:44:38.523" Score="7" ViewCount="118" Body="&lt;p&gt;For the first time in a &lt;em&gt;very&lt;/em&gt; long while, I saw the old-style notification banner!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Uwks4.png&quot; alt=&quot;screenshot showing old-style notification banner for new answers&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For quite some time, I've seen more discreet notifications of new answers, appearing within the page itself, just above where I compose my answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This harkens back to &lt;em&gt;many&lt;/em&gt; months ago.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this intended behavior, or a bug? If it is intended, does this always happen for notifying users of new answers while they're composing their answer? Does it happen for other situations also?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or is this intended but not normal (e.g., reflecting a problem with my browser, causing Stack Exchange to fall back on an older way of doing things).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;New-style notifications still seem to still work fine (for things like comment and chat pings, edits on my posts, and badges).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In case it's relevant, I'm using Chromium, which reports its version as &lt;code&gt;23.0.1271.97 Ubuntu 11.10 (23.0.1271.97-0ubuntu0.11.10.1)&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2016-07-01T01:30:04.960" LastActivityDate="2016-07-01T01:30:04.960" Title="Has the old-style notification bar returned for some purposes?" Tags="|support|user-interface|notifications|answered-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5949" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-01-31T11:28:00.310" Score="6" ViewCount="98" Body="&lt;h3&gt;Time: 2013-01-31 11:03:29 UTC&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I had &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/78143&quot;&gt;suggested this edit&lt;/a&gt;. Me having less than 2000 Reputation sends this edit in Review Queue for approval of members with more than 2000 Repuatation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Time: 2013-01-31 11:04:04 UTC&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another user with more than 500 Reputation but less than 2000 Reputation &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/249749/revisions&quot;&gt;edits the tags of the question - Revision 2&lt;/a&gt;. Since we get the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/retag-questions&quot;&gt;privilege to retag questions at 500 Reputation&lt;/a&gt;, this edit (retag) overwrites the edit suggested by me (sent for approval) - it shows as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/-1/community&quot;&gt;Community&lt;/a&gt; rejected the edit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This looks like a bug to me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="114818" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-12-23T22:11:55.017" Title="Retagging question by 500+ user makes the Community reject an edit suggested earlier by another user" Tags="|bug|suggested-edits|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2013-12-29T21:03:52.577" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5950" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5952" CreationDate="2013-01-31T17:12:30.150" Score="8" ViewCount="108" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am looking for tips how to find out if a question is (possibly) a duplicate. I see how I can use my &quot;google fu&quot; to do it, and I am certain that many of you &quot;know&quot; it just by reading the question. Do you search for every question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastActivityDate="2017-08-13T13:35:04.657" Title="How do you look for duplicates of a question?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5951" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5953" CreationDate="2013-01-31T17:34:25.253" Score="6" ViewCount="55" Body="&lt;p&gt;Please take a look at &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/73779/25656&quot;&gt;my answer&lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/46182/25656&quot;&gt;gnome-terminal tabs are very dark, difficult to tell which tab is in use&lt;/a&gt;. I'm now using Lubuntu and don't use GNOME terminal or gedit. For this reason, I won't be in a position to update  my answer if the need arises.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What should be done?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user25656" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2013-02-01T01:58:44.877" Title="What to do for an answer I gave that I can't update?" Tags="|support|editing|answers|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5952" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5950" CreationDate="2013-01-31T17:44:08.107" Score="10" Body="&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Skim the questions in the &lt;strong&gt;Related&lt;/strong&gt; sidebar, sometimes it is that obvious.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Type a &lt;em&gt;very&lt;/em&gt; abbreviated version of the question in the search bar, check the first 2-3 results. This doesn't even need to be a complete sentence or grammatically correct.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Look for any code/error messages in the question. Copy these verbatim into the search window. If that doesn't work, try removing the parts of the message that are variable (like exact &lt;code&gt;/dev/...&lt;/code&gt; names or packages)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Replace generic terms like &lt;code&gt;photo viewer&lt;/code&gt; with &lt;code&gt;Eye of Gnome&lt;/code&gt; or &lt;code&gt;Shotwell&lt;/code&gt;, and search again.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Check the OP's profile, I frequently find several variants of the same question (not necessarily a bad thing, they are refining their attempts to get an answer by re-posting rather than editing the original).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Just plain-old remembering very common questions, frequently used as the duplicate to link to.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ask in chat. Crowd-source the effort if you are sure it's a dupe but can't find the exact one.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;@Seth's comment above: click &lt;strong&gt;flag&lt;/strong&gt; or &lt;strong&gt;close&lt;/strong&gt; and check the suggestions that come up in the Duplicate dialog, see if the suggested dupes that come up are a match. For a tip on searching there, see &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/7293/how-do-i-quickly-find-the-duplicate-questions-im-searching-for-when-flagging-cl&quot;&gt;How do I quickly find the duplicate questions I&amp;#39;m searching for when flagging/closing?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Add tags to your search terms using square brackets, eg &lt;code&gt;[kernel] [disk-usage]&lt;/code&gt;  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you know a particular user often answers questions about this topic, go to their profile so that their userID appears in the search box, then add the tag and/or keyword to the search box, eg &lt;code&gt;user:93977 [uefi] GPT&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Exclude answers from the search using &lt;code&gt;is:q&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Google with &lt;code&gt;site:askubuntu.com&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12864" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2017-08-13T13:35:04.657" LastActivityDate="2017-08-13T13:35:04.657" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-01-31T17:44:08.107" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5953" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5951" CreationDate="2013-01-31T18:10:15.353" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Leave it. If someone comments that it doesn't work, etc they you can consider removing it, or you can just leave it. Either someone else will edit your answer or provide a more current answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2013-01-31T18:10:15.353" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5954" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5951" CreationDate="2013-01-31T19:44:48.673" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Other people can improve it as necessary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As Marco Ceppi says, you can remove it if it stops being useful... but usually, it can be edited (by someone) to keep it helpful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For an answer that had to be updated &lt;em&gt;very frequently&lt;/em&gt;, it would make sense to make it community wiki, so any user with 100 reputation or more could edit it without their edits having to be approved. (It would become CW by itself though, after 10 or so edits.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2013-01-31T19:44:48.673" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5955" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5911" CreationDate="2013-02-01T00:07:03.700" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt; Summarizing what &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/7868374#7868374&quot;&gt;we chatted about&lt;/a&gt; the other day… &lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First, fixing plagiarized wikis is a good thing. Please keep it up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, that doesn't mean they all need to be replaced urgently. You've been doing &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/22949/eliah-kagan?tab=activity&amp;amp;sort=suggestions&quot;&gt;a lot of them in quick succession&lt;/a&gt;. Pace yourself, take the time to write proper replacement text. If you don't know what the tag is about and can't tell from Wikipedia, ask others to chime in (the Ubuntu chat is pretty active).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Why I rejected some excerpts&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most of your suggestions are good, but not all of them. In particular, several of your excerpts are markedly worse than what you replaced.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/76583&quot;&gt;Wireshark is a FOSS packet analyzer.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You replaced the opening sentence from &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wireshark.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the project description&lt;/a&gt; with the one from &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireshark&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the Wikipedia article&lt;/a&gt;. I'm sure that was accidental, but this shows that you are somewhat overeager in your fight against plagiarism (more on this below). Your edit is bad because it eliminates the mention of networking, and it introduces “FOSS” which is obscure (most people don't know or care what this means) and useless (almost all Ubuntu software is FOSS, so it is only remarkable when software isn't FOSS).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/76594&quot;&gt;IcedTea is a successful project to create a working, FOSS build environment for OpenJDK. It also adds functionality to OpenJDK, including a powerful web plugin. The icedtea packages in Ubuntu provide this Java browser plugin.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First, why “successful project”? This is the kind of wording that tends to make me reject as advertising blurb. Second, that's more information than is useful in an excerpt.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/75925&quot;&gt;p7zip is a command line compression utility from the 7-Zip project.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This one isn't bad in itself, although “from the 7-Zip project” is too much information at this point (why would I care about the project name?). The old text included the information that 7zip utilities exist on other operating systems, which is useful information (many people convey archives between systems).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/75857&quot;&gt;Sweet Home 3D is an interior design application for visualizing furniture placement. Items may be placed on a plan of a home, and then viewed in 3D to convey an idea of how a design under consideration may really look.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Again, too much text. The old version was terser and more readable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Not everything that is not original is plagiarism&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Plagiarism is when you claim to have written something that was actually written by somebody else. Tag wikis and excerpts are not normally shown with an author, so there is no strong claim that the person who contributed the text is the author of the text. In particular, it is perfectly acceptable to acknowledge the source not in the text itself, but only in the edit description.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Futhermore, there is no implicit claim of originality when writing a tag wiki (as opposed, say, to a research paper). This somewhat raises the bar for plagiarism, since a mere lack of visible acknowledgement is not a claim of originality and hence does not automatically constitute plagiarism.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, a good excerpt is often a short, descriptive sentence. There are only so many ways to formulate the essential facts about a tag. As we saw earlier, you came up independently (I presume) with the first sentence of the Wikipedia article for Wireshark. Not everything that someone has said before is plagiarism.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, project descriptions are intended to be disseminated and republished. They are advertising material. Many of them are not suitable for tag wikis because they are overly promotional or do not fit well in an Ubuntu context. But if you find one that is, feel free to copy it: you're doing good both by Ask Ubuntu and by the project.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Conclusion&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Removing plagiarism is good, but don't go on a witch hunt. If you've found the ideal text for an excerpt, go ahead and write it. Do not put an acknowledgement in the excerpt itself, the edit comment or the tag wiki body is sufficient. The most important thing is to have useful content in tag wikis.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1059" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2013-02-01T00:07:03.700" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5956" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5946" CreationDate="2013-02-01T02:22:09.580" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;It appears they are still around under certain circumstances.  I ran into one myself while editing a question.  Not exactly the same thing you had but similar.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/06ji8.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I wonder if this has to do with some of the changes that have happened recently:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Stack Exchange Inc has recently moved their data centers to another location in NYC. (There was a blog post somewhere out there on this, but I can't find it now, links would be helpful)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The recent build &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/164654/203389&quot;&gt;update&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or perhaps because the older notifications are longer and provide more information.   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Update&lt;/strong&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've seen this several times since I posted this, but forgot to mention it here.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/1Woxw.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a feeling these are &lt;em&gt;supposed&lt;/em&gt; to be here, because once when I was using a test account it asked me to add a password, and kept asking me, so I don't think this is a bug necessarily..&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/GcRe3.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2013-04-05T02:09:56.170" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5957" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5958" CreationDate="2013-02-01T03:00:07.187" Score="2" ViewCount="67" Body="&lt;p&gt;In &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/214980/109543&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;, the person is unable to install a package. I believe this is due to the package only being &lt;a href=&quot;https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/quantal/+source/gnome-boxes&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;available for the amd64 build&lt;/a&gt; of Ubuntu. However, &lt;a href=&quot;https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/raring/+source/gnome-boxes&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;according to Launchpad&lt;/a&gt;, it will be available for the 32 bit version as well in Ubuntu 13.04.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know questions about the next version of Ubuntu are considered off-topic, but would it be allowable or even a good idea to mention that this package will be available in Ubuntu 13.04?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="109543" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2013-02-01T15:08:19.457" Title="Referring to new features in the next version of Ubuntu" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5958" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5957" CreationDate="2013-02-01T03:32:12.703" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I believe it would. Just not in an answer, since it doesn't actually answer the question. I think a comment would be more appropriate.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Comments are there for important information that is beside the point and doesn't answer the question.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Although if you wanted to add an answer explaining that you think this is program only works on 64 bit Ubuntu and why you think that, it would also be appropriate to add a note at the bottom of your answer saying this package would be available in 13.04.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2013-02-01T15:08:19.457" LastActivityDate="2013-02-01T15:08:19.457" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5959" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5960" CreationDate="2013-02-01T04:57:39.120" Score="6" ViewCount="93" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to offer bounty to a question and the question already have a bounty. Can I add additional bounty for the question? Also the question is not asked by myself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="69051" OwnerDisplayName="TheKojuEffect" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Can I add more bounty to a question which already have bounty offered by another user?" Tags="|discussion|bounty|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5960" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5959" CreationDate="2013-02-01T06:33:32.093" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/16065/how-does-the-bounty-system-work&quot;&gt;How does the bounty system work?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I raise my bounty?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can offer as many bounties on a question as you want. However, only one bounty can be active on a question at a time. Moreover, any user may have at most 3 concurrent bounties at a time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I add additional bounty for the question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As in adding to the total? No.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" OwnerDisplayName="Rinzwind" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-02-01T06:44:07.203" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5961" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5962" CreationDate="2013-02-01T10:38:41.423" Score="5" ViewCount="85" Body="&lt;p&gt;In review, I'm seeing a couple subtle changes. First, the wording on the first popup changed to 'This question has been asked before &lt;strong&gt;and already has an answer&lt;/strong&gt;.'(emphasis mine)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/t1wvN.png&quot; alt=&quot;close dialogue 1&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The next dialogue is 'Where has this question been asked &lt;strong&gt;and answered?&lt;/strong&gt;'&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/mpYvh.png&quot; alt=&quot;close dialogue 2&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I never give any consideration to whether a duplicate had answers or not. It's either a duplicate question or it isn't. The closest thing to this issue is &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3792/flagging-duplicate-questions-when-answers-are-not-accepted&quot;&gt;this meta post&lt;/a&gt; about dupes with no accepted answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are we treating flagging, voting, or closing duplicates differently now? If no, why change the wording of the review guidance?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I re-word my question a bit, '&lt;strong&gt;Do we still close duplicates with no answer?&lt;/strong&gt;'&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12864" LastEditorUserId="12864" LastEditDate="2013-02-02T15:44:39.390" LastActivityDate="2013-02-02T15:44:39.390" Title="Are we doing anything differently with duplicates when there is no answer?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5962" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5961" CreationDate="2013-02-01T10:51:03.050" Score="5" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do we still close duplicates with no answer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Yes.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If both questions have no answers and one of them provides more detail, do allow some self judgement on which should be the dupe of what.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-02-01T10:58:58.730" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5963" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5964" CreationDate="2013-02-01T17:52:50.267" Score="4" ViewCount="86" Body="&lt;p&gt;Unity Tweak tool is a configuration tool meant for Ubuntu that I and some of my friends are working on. It is not yet available in official repositories but we provide a PPA for those who want to try and test it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Recently, there was a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/249401/application-unity-tweak-tool-is-not-starting-from-ubuntu-dash&quot;&gt;question about troubleshooting Unity tweak tool&lt;/a&gt; asked on Ask Ubuntu. One of the team member stumbled upon the question and we are now working on solving the user's question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Despite a number of our team members being relatively active on Ask Ubuntu, we only accidentally managed to find that question. We are optimistic that more questions would get asked on Ask Ubuntu and given the number of questions that get asked on Ask Ubuntu every day, catching them would get invariably difficult over time. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe it is a decent idea to create a tag to support our software product and I am hopeful it would help us better track and answer such questions in the future.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am starting this question just so we can discuss any issues with having the aforementioned tag. If the community consensus is in support of having a tag, I'll ensure the questions with the tag meet community standards.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2013-02-01T20:12:16.123" Title="Can I create and maintain a tag to support unity-tweak-tool?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5964" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5963" CreationDate="2013-02-01T18:20:51.390" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, I think such a tag should exist. A couple of considerations:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you want to keep apprised of Unity Tweak Tool questions, you should still search for Unity-Tweak-Tool (and variations) using the in-site search, Google (and/or other web search engines), and perhaps even the Stack Exchange Data Explorer. The presence of this tag doesn't guarantee it will always be used.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You may want to clarify what it means to &quot;ensure the questions with the tag meet community standards.&quot; In particular, if this tag exists it should &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; be &lt;em&gt;removed&lt;/em&gt; from bad questions that are about Unity-Tweak-Tool. If a question is about Unity-Tweak-Tool doesn't meet community standards for a good question--say, it doesn't make sense, so it's NARQ, or it's really a call for discussion and debate, so it's NC--the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/unity-tweak-tool&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;unity-tweak-tool&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;unity-tweak-tool&lt;/a&gt; tag should remain on it (even as it is closed and eventually deleted).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2013-02-01T18:20:51.390" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5965" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5963" CreationDate="2013-02-01T18:32:42.647" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I also think this is a good idea. It will be especially useful if the developers of the tool subscribed to the tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We already have tags for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ccsm&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ccsm&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ccsm&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/gnome-tweak-tool&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;gnome-tweak-tool&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;gnome-tweak-tool&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/gnome-tweak&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;gnome-tweak&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;gnome-tweak&lt;/a&gt;.  I don't see where a tag for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/unity-tweak-tool&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;unity-tweak-tool&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;unity-tweak-tool&lt;/a&gt; would be any different.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2013-02-01T18:32:42.647" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5966" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5963" CreationDate="2013-02-01T20:12:16.123" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;As long as you're going to maintain it, &lt;strong&gt;just do it&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastActivityDate="2013-02-01T20:12:16.123" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5967" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-02-01T23:21:57.267" Score="7" ViewCount="67" Body="&lt;p&gt;Look at &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/250282/unable-to-install-the-ubuntu-toolkit&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;. I bumped into it using the Review Queue for Close Votes. I agree with the proposed duplicate, but I am unable to vote-to-close it:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/LLff6.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The error &lt;strong&gt;This question does not have an upvoted or accepted answer&lt;/strong&gt; is simply not true. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/236012/cant-install-qt-components-ubuntu-because-im-using-full-release-of-qt-5-0-0&quot;&gt;The duplicate question&lt;/a&gt; involved has an accepted answer with a score of 5:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/wvswN.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe this is a bug in the new build just being deployed. Please fix this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="88802" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2013-02-02T07:18:50.507" Title="Why can't I VTC this as duplicate? It has an upvoted+accepted answer" Tags="|bug|status-completed|duplicates|vote-to-close|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5968" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-02-02T00:53:54.837" Score="2" ViewCount="66" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Exec. sum.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; : &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I voted to leave open a question, then voted to close it.  This worked, but only some of the information displayed reflected my actions. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;The details&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I voted to leave open a question.  This was accidental -- in fact, I agreed with those who wanted to close it as off-topic because it was a hardware problem.    &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question was this one: &#xA; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/249964&quot;&gt;Battery died, but it is recognized by the system as active and healthy&lt;/a&gt; .&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, I visited the question directly, and voted to close it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Clearly, if the site software would let me fix my too-quick clicking in a roundabout way, then it was as good as telling me that I was correctly correcting my mistake.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It added my close vote to the total in the close vote tally (going from 3 close votes to 4). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But when I went back to the review queue to see the review history (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/close/78548&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/review/close/78548&lt;/a&gt;) , it showed just three entries -- the two previous close votes, and my 'leave open' vote.  I was, of course, flabbergasted. &#xA;It was as if the review queue did not think there was a separate reality outside its own  tidy domain.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would expect this not to happen.  I would think I should not be able to see an unaltered voting history, or perhaps any history at all, if the system did not bless it.  I would even expect that it might block me, or at least complain at me, if I were to do something it considered underhanded, such as voting twice.   There are a few other things I would expect, but that's more there than here. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, this might really be the intended behavior, and along with this, the Community is supposed to police such things, and drive undesirable behavior from the neighborhood by shaming, down-voting, and adding brusque commentary.  So, if that's the case, you know what to do, Community&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8844" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2013-02-02T07:26:40.943" Title="Voting to leave open a question in review queue, then manually voting to close the same question, does not work as expected" Tags="|bug|status-bydesign|review|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5969" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5968" CreationDate="2013-02-02T07:26:40.943" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Obviously, posts live long and complicated lives, involving a great many actions beyond /review; you can find most of them documented in the revision history on the post itself. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While it can be a bit confusing, the status shown on the review task indicates &lt;em&gt;only&lt;/em&gt; actions taken from folks reviewing. Since the goal of review is to bring additional attention to posts that might otherwise be overlooked, it's important to keep track of what's being done there, in that context.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for the post in question, it has since been closed. Fortunately, &quot;Leave Closed&quot; doesn't prevent this, instead merely adding to a tally that can eventually start aging away close votes if no new votes are added.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12845" LastActivityDate="2013-02-02T07:26:40.943" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5970" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5972" CreationDate="2013-02-02T16:23:53.460" Score="5" ViewCount="84" Body="&lt;p&gt;Hard to come up with a shorter or clearer title, sorry.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/250063/12864&quot;&gt;'Cannot Upgrade my Ubuntu'&lt;/a&gt; was closed as a dupe, and it is. The issue is that the wrong duplicate was chosen &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/250063/cannot-upgrade-my-ubuntu#comment311703_250063&quot;&gt;by mistake&lt;/a&gt; &lt;em&gt;(with possibly none of the other close-voters noticing?)&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I edited the question after it was closed, so that it now points to what &lt;strong&gt;I think&lt;/strong&gt; is the correct duplicate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The potential problem here is that five people reached a consensus and closed the question for a specific reason. I've overridden that consensus and selected a new duplicate by myself. The only thing we all agree is that the closure should have occurred. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this the right thing to do, or should we go through the process of reopening?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12864" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2013-02-02T18:53:20.843" Title="Wrong duplicate chosen for closed question, okay to just edit in the correct one?" Tags="|discussion|closed-questions|duplicates|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5971" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-02-02T18:16:14.023" Score="7" ViewCount="156" Body="&lt;p&gt;As far as I see there has been some discussion about the &lt;strong&gt;shortening&lt;/strong&gt; of links. While keeping the complete URL visible in the post can clearly be distracting (especially when used inline), I want to warn against making it too drastic (e.g. &quot;here&quot;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Remember that visually handicapped people often use a Screen Reader and should be able to &quot;see&quot; the target of a link without actually selecting it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So instead of shortening &lt;a href=&quot;http://htlwz-re01.bplaced.net/wordpress/2013/01/16/problem-no-pub_key-bei-installupdate/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://htlwz-re01.bplaced.net/wordpress/2013/01/16/problem-no-pub_key-bei-installupdate/&lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;http://htlwz-re01.bplaced.net/wordpress/2013/01/16/problem-no-pub_key-bei-installupdate/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; I suggest &lt;a href=&quot;http://htlwz-re01.bplaced.net/wordpress/2013/01/16/problem-no-pub_key-bei-installupdate/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Problem: No pub_key during Install/Update&lt;/a&gt; (at blog.guntbert.net) &lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;  or similar.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;1 The link is only provided as an example and has no real relevance here, please don't see it as an advertisement either. I only wanted to make sure to use my own content :-))&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2013-02-11T17:31:20.150" LastActivityDate="2013-02-11T17:31:20.150" Title="A call to uphold accessibility by not shortening links to &quot;here&quot;" Tags="|discussion|editing|hyperlinks|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5972" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5970" CreationDate="2013-02-02T18:53:20.843" Score="4" Body="&lt;h2&gt;In general, editing the close banner is often good.&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a tough question. On the one hand, &lt;strong&gt;it seems silly to reopen a question that should be closed, and inconsistent with the way closures work in the Stack Exchange system&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Five close votes (or any number if the last one is cast by a moderator) close a question. This is the case for &lt;em&gt;every&lt;/em&gt; close reason, and &lt;strong&gt;whether or not people choose the same close reason.&lt;/strong&gt; And if people all choose &lt;em&gt;duplicate&lt;/em&gt; but specify different duplicates, that closes it just as easily as if everyone gave the same duplicate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Multiple &amp;quot;Possible Duplicate&amp;quot; questions may be listed if more than one is voted on. And when close voters choose different close reasons but some choose &lt;em&gt;duplicate&lt;/em&gt;, their proposed close reasons typically still appear. (This sheds light on the meaning of &lt;em&gt;Possible&lt;/em&gt; in &lt;em&gt;Possible Duplicate&lt;/em&gt;.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;So it seems the system is &lt;strong&gt;designed to close a question when there are enough people who want to close it, irrespective of &lt;em&gt;why&lt;/em&gt; they want it closed.&lt;/strong&gt; Thus, if a question is already closed and should be closed, but the reason was wrong, it seems it should remain closed, rather than being reopened and re-closed again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;As I understand it, &lt;strong&gt;no one&lt;/strong&gt; (except a moderator) &lt;strong&gt;can vote to close the same question more than once&lt;/strong&gt;. So all new close voters would be needed to re-close it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Moderators can merge answers &lt;strong&gt;from any closed question to any open question&lt;/strong&gt;. So if a question is closed as a duplicate of the wrong master question, that won't stop it from being properly merged (though it may be helpful, when requesting a merge, to tell a moderator what question it &lt;em&gt;really&lt;/em&gt; should be merged into).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For these reasons, I think &lt;strong&gt;when there's a clearly better duplicate, editing the automatically generated duplicate banner to display it is a good thing.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;But I don't think most of us made a mistake when we closed this.&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/250063/cannot-upgrade-my-ubuntu#comment311703_250063&quot;&gt;gertvdijk said&lt;/a&gt;, &amp;quot;I must have copy pasted the wrong question in!&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;He cast the first close vote. Before I cast the second vote, I looked at &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/123587/upgrade-error-now-on-half-way-between-ubuntu-11-10-and-12-04-help&quot;&gt;the proposed duplicate&lt;/a&gt; and saw that it was a well-answered question about &lt;em&gt;what to do for an interrupted release upgrade&lt;/em&gt;. The question we were closing was about the computer being shut down during the upgrade, which &lt;em&gt;definitely qualifies as interruption&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, this is quite different from &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/111563/lost-power-during-upgrade-how-do-i-recover&quot;&gt;the duplicate you've proposed&lt;/a&gt;--in the question we closed, the OP rebooted, tried to update, and found he could only perform a partial upgrade. In the duplicate you've changed it to, &lt;em&gt;the Ubuntu system doesn't start at all, and the solution given is to chroot in from a live CD.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Neither question is exactly the same.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Both are relevant.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Both are reasonable choices for duplicate.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The question you've chosen superficially seems better, but the situation there is actually quite dissimilar.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I had been looking at both possible master questions when I closed this, &lt;strong&gt;I would still probably have picked the one I did.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Usually, &lt;em&gt;adding&lt;/em&gt; to the close banner is better than &lt;em&gt;replacing&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think the best thing to do here &lt;strong&gt;and in most situations&lt;/strong&gt; is to &lt;em&gt;add&lt;/em&gt; another possible duplicate to the banner, &lt;em&gt;without removing&lt;/em&gt; the one that's already there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the one that's there &lt;strong&gt;will clearly not help anyone&lt;/strong&gt;, it should be removed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But in situations like this--and other situations, too, where it's way wronger than here--it should usually be left in.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-02-02T18:53:20.843" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5973" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5974" CreationDate="2013-02-02T19:34:37.107" Score="2" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yesterday a &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/5959/can-i-add-more-bounty-to-a-question-which-already-have-bounty-offered-by-another&quot;&gt;question about Ask Ubuntu was asked&lt;/a&gt; (by a user with more than 300 rep) on the main site.   It was eventually migrated, but the tag the OP created (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/bounty&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;bounty&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;bounty&lt;/a&gt;) is still around.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can a moderator please kill this tag?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2013-02-02T19:49:42.580" Title="Can we kill the &quot;bounty&quot; tag?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5974" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5973" CreationDate="2013-02-02T19:49:42.580" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've deleted the old question, so the tag should just naturally die. I know this has been mentioned a few times before, but for clarity (and posterity) moderators can't just kill tags. That's something we need to ask the Stack Exchange team to do for us, if a bad tag gets out of hand. Otherwise a tag with no questions will eventually die off. So long as it doesn't become an abused tag it'll just disappear.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2013-02-02T19:49:42.580" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5975" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5978" CreationDate="2013-02-03T16:36:11.327" Score="7" ViewCount="90" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the second paragraph of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq&quot;&gt;FAQ&lt;/a&gt;, two links (shown in bold) point to the same page:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Please follow the &lt;strong&gt;Ubuntu Code of Conduct&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;Ubuntu Leadership Code of Conduct&lt;/strong&gt;, and this FAQ when participating in this community.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That link is: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com/project/about-ubuntu/conduct&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.ubuntu.com/project/about-ubuntu/conduct&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user25656" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2013-02-03T22:52:29.897" Title="CoC and Leadership CoC links in FAQ go to the same page" Tags="|discussion|ubuntu-community|site-faq|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5976" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5977" CreationDate="2013-02-03T16:49:01.037" Score="4" ViewCount="158" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've heard of &lt;strong&gt;community wiki&lt;/strong&gt; posts on Ask Ubuntu, but there seems to be something else called &lt;strong&gt;the community wiki&lt;/strong&gt;, the &lt;strong&gt;community help wiki&lt;/strong&gt;, or &lt;strong&gt;Ubuntu community wiki&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is confusing. What's the difference?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;This is related to &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/67/why-do-some-questions-have-community-wiki-over-the-users-name&quot;&gt;Why do some questions have &amp;quot;community wiki&amp;quot; over the user&amp;#39;s name?&lt;/a&gt;. (Please read that!) But this is different.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;This question is &lt;em&gt;specifically&lt;/em&gt; to address some confusion I've seen over the past few weeks about CW posts and Ubuntu docs.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="41" LastEditDate="2013-02-03T17:31:00.797" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Is the &quot;community help wiki&quot; the same as &quot;community wiki&quot; on Ask Ubuntu?" Tags="|discussion|faq|community-wiki|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5977" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5976" CreationDate="2013-02-03T16:49:01.037" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;Community wiki&amp;quot; posts on Ask Ubuntu are &lt;strong&gt;completely unrelated&lt;/strong&gt; to the coincidentally named Ubuntu community help wiki. This is sometimes a source of confusion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;&amp;quot;Community Wiki&amp;quot; Posts Here&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Community wiki&lt;/strong&gt; posts on &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Stack Exchange&lt;/a&gt; sites (including Ask Ubuntu) are a special kind of post where:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;They belong more to the whole community, than to any individual author.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;More easily edited: Only 100 reputation is required to edit it without approval.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Authors don't gain or lose any reputation (since they don't really &amp;quot;own&amp;quot; the post in the usual way).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For more information, see:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/11740/what-are-community-wiki-posts&quot;&gt;What are &amp;quot;Community Wiki&amp;quot; posts?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/community-wiki&quot;&gt;Create community-wiki posts (privilege)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/edit-community-wiki&quot;&gt;Edit community wiki (privilege)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;How to Tell If a Post Is Community Wiki&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The bottom of a normal (non-CW) post looks like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/1bfV5.png&quot; alt=&quot;bottom of a non-CW post showing one author&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or if the non-CW post was last edited by someone other than its original author, it looks like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Oqy5g.png&quot; alt=&quot;bottom of a non-CW post showing two authors&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This appears under a community wiki (CW) post, instead:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/kMaTK.png&quot; alt=&quot;bottom of a CW post&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The CW post de-emphasizes its authors (as it is more owned by the whole community, see above), and says &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;community wiki&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;The Ubuntu Community Help/Documentation Wiki&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are two wikis on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ubuntu.com&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/&lt;/a&gt; — Organizes community involvement/contributions to Ubuntu.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://help.ubuntu.com/community&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://help.ubuntu.com/community&lt;/a&gt; — End-user documentation written by volunteers.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The latter is often called:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;[&lt;strong&gt;Ubuntu&lt;/strong&gt;] &lt;strong&gt;community documentation wiki&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;[&lt;strong&gt;Ubuntu&lt;/strong&gt;] &lt;strong&gt;community help wiki&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;[&lt;strong&gt;Ubuntu&lt;/strong&gt;] &lt;strong&gt;community wiki&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;[&lt;strong&gt;Ubuntu&lt;/strong&gt;] &lt;strong&gt;community documentation&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;[&lt;strong&gt;Ubuntu&lt;/strong&gt;] &lt;strong&gt;help wiki&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;[&lt;strong&gt;Ubuntu&lt;/strong&gt;] &lt;strong&gt;community docs&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;UserDocumentation&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;(rarely used in prose — this is its main page's wikified title)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Where &lt;em&gt;[Ubuntu]&lt;/em&gt; is sometimes included and other times omitted.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While none of those names for it are &lt;em&gt;wrong&lt;/em&gt;, I recommend avoiding calling it anything with &amp;quot;community wiki&amp;quot; in its name (without any intermediate words between them).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Ask Ubuntu and the Help Wiki: Similarities and Differences&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While &lt;em&gt;CW posts&lt;/em&gt; on Ask Ubuntu are unrelated to the &lt;em&gt;Ubuntu community help wiki&lt;/em&gt;, the &lt;em&gt;commmunity help wiki&lt;/em&gt; does overlap Ask Ubuntu as a whole, in purpose.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu is &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;a wiki&lt;/a&gt;--not just the &lt;em&gt;community wiki&lt;/em&gt; posts, but everything.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It's a somewhat atypical wiki, as it is also a question-and-answer site.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;But &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/about&quot;&gt;its primary purpose is to provide reusable documentation about Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt;, which is similar to the help wiki's purpose.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://help.ubuntu.com/community&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;The community help wiki&lt;/a&gt; also exists to provide reusable documentation about Ubuntu. However, it is more of a classic wiki. It consists of traditional-style articles on topics within Ubuntu, rather than questions and answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The community help wiki is a frequently used source, and a number of pages are referred to regularly as canonical (i.e., standard, widely accepted) resources on their topics. These include &lt;a href=&quot;https://help.ubuntu.com/community&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;UserDocumentation&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories/Ubuntu&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Repositories/Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HowToMD5SUM&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;HowToMD5SUM&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Samba&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Samba&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DataRecovery&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;DataRecovery&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lubuntu/Documentation&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Lubuntu/Documentation&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PackageManagerTroubleshootingProcedure&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;PackageManagerTroubleshootingProcedure&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are some equally venerable user documentation pages that, for historical reasons or because they are particularly useful for volunteers, are part of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;wiki.ubuntu.com&lt;/a&gt; wiki instead, like &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WubiGuide&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;WubiGuide&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Apport&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Apport&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;However, currently a number of pages on the help wiki are outdated (though often still useful). For example, &lt;a href=&quot;https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCDCustomization&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;LiveCDCustomization&lt;/a&gt; is still useful but was never truly updated to cover releases past 9.10. In contrast, &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/48535/how-to-customize-live-ubuntu-cd&quot;&gt;How to customize the Ubuntu Live CD?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; (here on Ask Ubuntu) is more up-to-date and provides more varied and accessible advice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Sharing Content&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/legal&quot;&gt;User-contributed content on Ask Ubuntu is published&lt;/a&gt; under &lt;a href=&quot;http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the CC-BY-SA 3.0 license&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;full legal code&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is true of user-contributed content on other Stack Exchange sites too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Both &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;wiki.ubuntu.com&lt;/a&gt; and the &lt;a href=&quot;https://help.ubuntu.com/community&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ubuntu community documentation wiki&lt;/a&gt; (i.e., the help wiki) are &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://help.ubuntu.com/community/License&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;licensed CC-BY-SA 3.0 as well&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This means that &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;with proper attribution&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;, content from any of these sources may be reused in the others. See &lt;a href=&quot;https://help.ubuntu.com/community/License&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the Ubuntu wikis' attribution requirements&lt;/a&gt;, as well as &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/06/attribution-required/&quot;&gt;those for Stack Exchange sites&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;CC-BY-SA 3.0 gives substantial (albeit limited) power to authors to dictate how their content should be cited when republished or integrated into another work, and it is important to abide by the license terms.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It's a good idea to take a look at &lt;a href=&quot;http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the actual license&lt;/a&gt;, especially if you're unsure of anything, and to err on the side of making it perfectly clear what sources you've used, who wrote them, and where they can be found.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;By the way, I'm not a laywer, and nothing in this post is legal advice!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A (&lt;a href=&quot;https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories/Ubuntu#What_are_Repositories.3F&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;mostly&lt;/a&gt;) &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_content&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;free (as in freedom)&lt;/a&gt; operating system deserves free documentation, and Ubuntu has it. &lt;a href=&quot;https://help.ubuntu.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;The official, Canonical Ltd. endorsed documentation&lt;/a&gt; is also (unless indicated otherwise) &lt;a href=&quot;https://help.ubuntu.com/legal.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;licensed CC-BY-SA 3.0&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, &lt;strong&gt;not all Ubuntu resources are necessarily licensed so as to allow content to be taken from or integrated into Ask Ubuntu questions and answers.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, &lt;a href=&quot;http://ubuntuguide.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the &amp;quot;Ubuntu Guide&amp;quot;&lt;/a&gt; is offered under a different Creative Commons license (&lt;a href=&quot;http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;CC-NC-SA 3.0&lt;/a&gt;), which does not allow commerical redistribution. Since CC-BY-SA 3.0 &lt;strong&gt;does&lt;/strong&gt; allow this, without permission from the author(s), CC-BY-SA content may not relicensed CC-NC-SA, nor CC-NC-SA content relicensed CC-BY-SA.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-02-03T17:53:01.390" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5978" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5975" CreationDate="2013-02-03T16:58:14.807" Score="6" Body="&lt;h2&gt;You are correct, the FAQ should be changed.&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq&quot;&gt;Our FAQ&lt;/a&gt; says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please follow the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com/community/conduct&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Code of Conduct&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com/community/leadership-conduct&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Leadership Code&#xA;of Conduct&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq#etiquette&quot;&gt;this FAQ&lt;/a&gt; when participating in this&#xA;community.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The first link is &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com/community/conduct&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.ubuntu.com/community/conduct&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;The second link is &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com/community/leadership-conduct&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.ubuntu.com/community/leadership-conduct&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That is correct. But:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com/community/conduct&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;1st link&lt;/a&gt; redirects me to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com/project/about-ubuntu/conduct&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.ubuntu.com/project/about-ubuntu/conduct&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com/community/leadership-conduct&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;2nd link&lt;/a&gt; &lt;strong&gt;also&lt;/strong&gt; redirects me to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com/project/about-ubuntu/conduct&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.ubuntu.com/project/about-ubuntu/conduct&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At first I thought this was a bug in &lt;a href=&quot;https://launchpad.net/ubuntu-website-content&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;ubuntu-website-content&lt;/a&gt;, but it turns out there is no bug there. Instead, they both redirect to the same page because &lt;strong&gt;as of &lt;a href=&quot;https://launchpad.net/codeofconduct/2.0&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;CoC 2.0&lt;/a&gt;, there is &lt;a href=&quot;https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2012-November/001684.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;no separate Leadership Code of Conduct&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; (that material is now covered in the code of conduct for everyone).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Therefore, we should change the FAQ. It should probably just say:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please follow the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com/community/conduct&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Code of Conduct&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq#etiquette&quot;&gt;this FAQ&lt;/a&gt; when&#xA;participating in this community.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;As the CoC and Leadership CoC merge confused me and perhaps others, I made &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/250991/what-happened-to-the-leadership-code-of-conduct&quot;&gt;this question on main&lt;/a&gt; about the change.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This answer is changed heavily from earlier versions. &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/revisions/5978/2&quot;&gt;Check this out&lt;/a&gt;, to see what it used to look like.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-02-03T19:22:16.950" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5979" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5980" CreationDate="2013-02-03T17:20:58.007" Score="1" ViewCount="77" Body="&lt;p&gt;As per &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq#reputation&quot;&gt;the FAQ&lt;/a&gt;, a user needs atleast 50 Reputation points in order to leave comments globally on the site - one can always comment on one's own questions and answers and answers to questions one has asked.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This means that a user needs atleast 50 Reputation points to comment on a question posted by another user. So, how can &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/123989/paddyinwales&quot;&gt;this unregistered user (PaddyinWales)&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/195107/ts-files-not-recognised#comment303481_195107&quot;&gt;leave this comment&lt;/a&gt;? He/She has just 1 Reputation Point.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/x2CY5.png&quot; alt=&quot;Comment Screenshot&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't think this should be a bug (although it could be).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="114818" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2013-02-03T17:28:37.973" Title="How can a user with less than 50 reputation leave a comment on another user's question?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2013-02-06T05:16:23.710" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5980" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5979" CreationDate="2013-02-03T17:28:24.260" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;The user placed an answer on the question that was actually a comment. As such a moderator converted their answer to a comment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2013-02-03T17:28:24.260" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5981" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5982" CreationDate="2013-02-03T20:14:10.340" Score="3" ViewCount="101" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/election/3?cb=1&quot;&gt;introductory page about moderator elections&lt;/a&gt; still contains text about the &lt;em&gt;Ubuntu Leadership Code of Conduct&lt;/em&gt;. As that was merged into the &lt;em&gt;Ubuntu Code of Conduct&lt;/em&gt; the page needs updating. It might need other improvements too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2013-02-11T20:14:00.200" Title="Can we update the election page to reflect code of conduct changes?" Tags="|discussion|election|ubuntu-community|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5982" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5981" CreationDate="2013-02-03T20:42:35.277" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;This may be slightly more involved to fix than &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/5975/22949&quot;&gt;the corresponding issue in the FAQ&lt;/a&gt;. But only slightly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think plenty of people have only signed CoC 1.1. But &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/250992/22949&quot;&gt;it was as of CoC 2.0 that the Leadership CoC was merged in&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Accessing &lt;a href=&quot;https://launchpad.net/codeofconduct&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://launchpad.net/codeofconduct&lt;/a&gt; while not logged in to Launchpad reveals that CoC 1.1 is considered obsolete. So there should be no problem requiring people to sign CoC 2.0. However, while logged in, users (like me) who have signed CoC 1.1 and not yet 2.0 see:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Congratulations, you have already &lt;a href=&quot;https://launchpad.net/%7Edegeneracypressure/+codesofconduct&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;signed&lt;/a&gt; the Ubuntu Code of Conduct.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;(Links point to the logged-in user's page; they don't all point to mine.)&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And it does not mention anything about a need to sign CoC 2.0.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If we're going to require candidates to sign CoC 2.0, we'll have to make clear that they must do so even if they've signed any previous version.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I recommend we do this. But I don't think we should disqualify nominees for not having signed it. Instead, they can simply be encouraged to sign it as soon as possible, and before the election phase. (Of course, if everyone signs it before self-nominating, that is best.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If we are not going to require this, we'll still have to change the election page, as right now the Leadership Code of Conduct link redirects to CoC 2.0. In this case we'd have to decide exactly what we'd want it to say.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;It would be good to deal with this soon, as the nomination phase of the election starts tomorrow, and it's always best for all formal qualifications for office to be clear from the get-go.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Update&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The election page was updated (last week, actually, and I think in time for the start of the election--thanks to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/6005/jrg&quot;&gt;jrg♦&lt;/a&gt; for the fix!). The new version says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;signed the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/100275/how-do-i-sign-the-ubuntu-code-of-conduct&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Code of Conduct&lt;/a&gt;, 2.0, and link to your Launchpad.net page showing you have signed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Less time-sensitively, we should still update &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq#questions&quot;&gt;the FAQ&lt;/a&gt; and ask Stack Exchange to update their &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/legal&quot;&gt;terms of service&lt;/a&gt; (both of which refer and links to the CoC and Leadership CoC separately, where both links actually lead to the CoC 2.0).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Related:&lt;/em&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/5975/coc-and-leadership-coc-links-in-faq-go-to-the-same-page&quot;&gt;CoC and Leadership CoC links in FAQ go to the same page&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-02-11T20:14:00.200" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5983" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-02-04T20:00:04.387" Score="14" ViewCount="269" Body="&lt;p&gt;The 2013 Community Moderator Election is now underway!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Community moderator elections have three phases:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Nomination phase&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Primary phase&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Election phase&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most elections take between two and three weeks, but this depends on how many candidates there are.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please visit the official election page at&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/election&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/election&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;for more detail, and to participate!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have general questions about the election process, or questions for moderator candidates, feel free to ask them here on meta -- just make sure your questions are tagged &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/election&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;election&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;election&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2013-02-19T20:14:46.197" Title="2013 Community Moderator Election" Tags="|discussion|status-completed|election|moderators|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-02-04T20:00:04.387" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5984" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5985" CreationDate="2013-02-04T20:24:16.570" Score="5" ViewCount="34" Body="&lt;p&gt;Browsing the meta site, I came across this little oddity:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/oCGQ5.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you can see, there are two election entries. Wouldn't it be better to just have a single link for the entire election, as the nominations are readily visible from there?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or, even better, use something like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;event  2013 Community Moderator Election - nominations end in 6 days, election ends Feb 19&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54298" LastEditorUserId="12845" LastEditDate="2013-02-04T20:43:54.087" LastActivityDate="2013-02-04T20:43:54.087" Title="Duplicate Community Bulletin election entries" Tags="|support|election|community-bulletin|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5985" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5984" CreationDate="2013-02-04T20:27:48.080" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/OLoLX.gif&quot; alt=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/OLoLX.gif&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2013-02-04T20:27:48.080" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5986" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5987" CreationDate="2013-02-04T20:54:14.077" Score="3" ViewCount="139" Body="&lt;p&gt;Does  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;After 7 days, the top 30 nominees, ordered by reputation, advance ...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;really mean that people with lower rep don't get into primary, no matter how good their presentation is ?&#xA;I am trying to understand the process, not to criticize it :-)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastActivityDate="2013-02-06T02:26:11.030" Title="Did I read the rules for the nomination phase correctly?" Tags="|discussion|election|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5987" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5986" CreationDate="2013-02-04T21:38:23.820" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;What it means is this:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After the 7 day nomination period, where nominees volunteer for the job, if there are more than 30 nominees only the 30 highest ranking in reputation move on.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The last two elections on AU both had less then 10 nominees so there wasn't a primary phase though, so everyone just moved into the election phase.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So in other words, low rep users &lt;em&gt;can&lt;/em&gt; make into the election, but only if there are less than 30 high rep users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2013-02-06T02:26:11.030" LastActivityDate="2013-02-06T02:26:11.030" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5988" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-02-04T21:59:41.450" Score="0" ViewCount="45" Body="&lt;p&gt;when you click on review tools you can see this answer :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ZsV22.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and when you are reviewing low quality post you can see the same answer :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/qNzse.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think this is a double effort and should be eliminated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;but in the review tools (1) when you flag a question your &lt;strong&gt;helpful flags&lt;/strong&gt; is increased and in the review pool (2) you &lt;strong&gt;earn badges&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;any comment about this behaviour or reason to do in that way?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;NOTE : if I'm remember well, this began when the review pool feature start.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/pu7zq.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3550" LastActivityDate="2013-02-04T22:35:10.083" Title="why this Questions is showed in two way when you are reviewing?" Tags="|discussion|support|bug|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5990" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5988" CreationDate="2013-02-04T22:35:10.083" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is not a bug.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;em&gt;10k moderator tools&lt;/em&gt; are not part of the review system at all, so there's no reason whether or not something appears there should be related to whether or not it appears in review.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, they serve very different purposes:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Low Quality Posts review exists so people can:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;recommend posts for deletion (or vote to delete them, if they have enough reputation).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;indicate that posts are fine.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;edit posts to improve them.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The 10k mod tools exist so people can:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;agree with existing flags and add weight to them by flagging (or, where applicable, by voting to close).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;disagree with existing flags and dispute them by flagging as invalid.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;(less frequently) flag for moderator attention to explain a special situation other than the above.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You cannot vote to delete from the 10k mod tools interface, and you cannot flag from the Low Quality Posts review queue. This is by design. (Though, under some circumstances, it makes sense to open up and flag a post that you find in the Low Quality Posts review queue.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2013-02-04T22:35:10.083" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5992" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2908" CreationDate="2013-02-05T00:48:15.167" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Speaking generally, I think:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions about features and capabilities are usually on-topic. True feature requests, or questions where the intent is not clear enough for a good answer to be posted, are off-topic (as we're not doing anyone any favors by leading them to think a feature will be implemented after being requested in a post here).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If the post is a feature request, then it should be closed. Unless the feature really does exist, or fundamentally cannot exist. Then it should be &lt;em&gt;answered&lt;/em&gt; with an explanation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it's closed, preferably a comment should be posted explaining how it can be requested. Usually this would contain a link to &lt;a href=&quot;http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Brainstorm&lt;/a&gt;, and sometimes also to &lt;a href=&quot;https://launchpad.net/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Launchpad&lt;/a&gt; as feature requests can be filed as bugs. (They should &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; be filed as blueprints, though, unless the reqester can provide extensive technical detail and direction.) &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If the post might or might not be a feature request, and it's unclear what it's asking, it should be closed--perhaps temporarily--as &lt;em&gt;not a real question&lt;/em&gt;, at least unless clarification from the OP is not immediately forthcoming. This includes posts that ask &lt;em&gt;why&lt;/em&gt; some absent feature is absent, if it seems like the intent is probably to request the feature.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If the post is not a feature request but is asking &lt;em&gt;what&lt;/em&gt; is possible and &lt;em&gt;how&lt;/em&gt; (for example, if it is asking if a particular feature is present or if a a particular task can be performed), then it's perfectly good and, unless something else is wrong with it, should not be closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That includes the example in this meta question.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If the post is asking about a design decision--why some feature is present or absent or why it works as it does--then this must be evaluated on a case-by-case basis. Often, such questions can be answered objectively. For example, when software is packaged for one Ubuntu release but not the next release, there's almost always an objective, clear explanation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A significant minority of the time, questions about design decisions are unanswerable unless someone from a very small group of developers (sometimes a group of one) were to show up and answer. Unless that person is active here, those questions can be closed.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2013-02-05T00:48:15.167" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5993" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5994" CreationDate="2013-02-05T01:46:33.867" Score="5" ViewCount="98" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here's a typical example: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/251338/hide-files-in-ubuntu-12-04&quot;&gt;Hide FIles in Ubuntu 12.04&lt;/a&gt; posted about five hours ago. Here's &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/2034/how-can-i-hide-directories-without-changing-their-names&quot;&gt;essentially the same question&lt;/a&gt;, IMO, posted on August 12, 2010.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe it's unawareness. Maybe it's the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lumpers_and_splitters&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&quot;lumpers versus splitters&quot;&lt;/a&gt; situation in which some feel that an existing question and answer cover the newest duplicate whereas others feel the difference, if any, is significant to warrant a separate question and answers and comments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I get the impression that the splitters dominate. Is my impression correct?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user25656" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2013-02-05T11:53:43.733" Title="Should people be advised to check if a question has already been asked and answered before answering it again?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5994" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5993" CreationDate="2013-02-05T02:06:01.030" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;We can close questions as duplicates. So if a question is a duplicate, vote to close (or, if you have less than 3k reputation, flag to close and consider commenting).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Often, answers are valuable, but are just in the wrong place, and should be in the more established question instead. In these situations, a moderator can merge them. After the question is closed, it can be flagged to request this. (This should not be done indiscriminately, but only when one or more answers on the duplicate adds something not present in the answers on the master question.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If someone deliberately answers questions &lt;em&gt;they&lt;/em&gt; think are duplicates, that is usually bad, and it is best to explain why we close questions as duplicates.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Otherwise, the solution to people answering duplicate questions redundantly is &lt;strong&gt;for us to close them faster.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's my concern: No one should feel that they have a special duty to search for duplicates before answering a question. Most questions are not duplicates. If a question doesn't get enough views for someone to notice it might be a duplicate and look into the matter, that's a problem of its own. We shouldn't adopt any policy (formal or informal) that makes it substantively harder to ask or answer a question, since questions and answers are what the site is about.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2013-02-05T02:06:01.030" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5995" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="5999" CreationDate="2013-02-05T07:19:55.967" Score="5" ViewCount="59" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was reviewing an edit &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/79674&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;, but even though it turns out the suggested edit was made on the original post, it was compared to a later edit (a nice one by the way). So much so, that the edit being reviewed appeared - to me - to be vandalism. Which I chose as the reason when rejecting it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, this turned out to be unfair to the editor, and I can't find how to undo this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is how the edit appeared to me (all the upper case &quot;I&quot;s were changed to lower case &quot;i&quot;s and the additional text &quot;Am in a kind of hell&quot; appeared to me to be vandalism.) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Vw81Q.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My suggestion is that the Review interface should remove edits that have been superseded or else show them compared to the state of the item that the edit was made on, not the latest in place edit. At the least I would like to apologize to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/93050/vru&quot;&gt;VRU&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14916" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2013-02-05T11:03:57.017" Title="Review edit interface is misleading" Tags="|bug|review|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5996" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-02-05T10:07:39.283" Score="5" ViewCount="91" Body="&lt;p&gt;I assume that this question: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/44326/what-web-browsers-are-there-for-ubuntu&quot;&gt;What web browsers are there for Ubuntu?&lt;/a&gt; is supposed to become a list of browsers, one browser per answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The origional poster added &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I know about Firefox and Google chrome, you don't need to add them as answers&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;but if I'm right in thinking the question is now a &quot;list ALL the browsers&quot; question, adding those 2 might be good for completeness? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would suggest to remove the sentence, leaving the way open for someone to add these 2 popular browsers to our list, but I'm not sure if that is changing the question too much?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11120" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2013-02-05T10:41:51.477" Title="Remove 'don't add these answers' from community wiki question" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5997" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5996" CreationDate="2013-02-05T10:28:30.633" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, I can't agree more. Why leave out the common obvious ones? They may not be obvious to everyone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="88802" LastActivityDate="2013-02-05T10:28:30.633" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5998" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5996" CreationDate="2013-02-05T10:34:30.960" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The point of Stack Exchange is to create reusable questions and answers that benefit many people (or at least as many as are interested in the topic they cover).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Therefore, and without intending any disrespect, it's irrelevant that the OP already knows about Firefox and Chrome. That would be a good reason for &lt;em&gt;the OP&lt;/em&gt; to pre-emptively post answers about them. It is not a good reason to restrict the scope of the answer in such a specific and artificial way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With that said, there are &lt;em&gt;very, very many&lt;/em&gt; web browsers out there. I suspect this should be considered a &quot;big list&quot; question and closed (and perhaps locked for posterity / historical interest, so it is not deleted). Which web browsers are listed there will always be arbitrary and the list is unlikely to be maintained well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But whether or not we're going to close it, yeah, editing out the Chrome/FF restriction (which I am taken to understand has now been done) was the right thing to do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2013-02-05T10:41:51.477" LastActivityDate="2013-02-05T10:41:51.477" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="5999" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5995" CreationDate="2013-02-05T11:03:57.017" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;An elegant, technical solution here would be nice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;What to Do&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have seen this happen, too. When the edit would have been helpful if it had been submitted earlier, I usually work around the problem by:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Clicking &lt;em&gt;Improve&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Replacing the edit with the source text from the &lt;em&gt;current&lt;/em&gt; version (which is actually newer than the edit)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Writing something in the edit summary to make clear what I have done (if I think it may not be clear)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Keeping the &amp;quot;helpful&amp;quot; box checked&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Submitting the improvement&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This recognizes the editors edit as valid, while &lt;em&gt;immediately&lt;/em&gt; fixing the situation, which otherwise could get quite confusing. This method should &lt;em&gt;only&lt;/em&gt; be used if the edit was good as applied to the version edited. If it is too minor, or has serious problems, it should simply be rejected.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Another, perfectly good way to deal with this&lt;/strong&gt; is to reject the edit with a custom reject reason explaining the situation. It's unlikely any user will accumulate enough rejections this way to be edit-banned, and anyway edit-banning is only for a week.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If one user does accumulate enough rejections this way to be unable to edit for a week, I'm not actually sure that's bad, because it would probably mean they're clicking &lt;em&gt;edit&lt;/em&gt;, and then taking a very long time to apply a relatively minor edit, &lt;em&gt;and not checking&lt;/em&gt; to see if has been rendered obsolete. However, I don't think anything like that is happening currently.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;How to Identify Such Obsolete Edits&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, if you don't know what's going on, it's hard to respond well, which is central to your point and an excellent reason why the system should give us more help here. As things stand, there are a couple considerations to keep in mind:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;When anything seems strange, look into it. In this case, when an edit appears to be vandalism &lt;em&gt;but very unusual vandalism&lt;/em&gt;, check the edit history (and comments and answers, though that wouldn't help in this specific instance).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;When editing reverses code formatting or unapplies hyperlinks, and the edit reason doesn't explain why, that's a clue that the edit was based on an earlier version of the post.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;What the System Should Do&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The system should notify reviewers when an edit appears to be based on a previous version.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In edge cases, this might require tough heuristics. But practically speaking, when an edit is based on a previous version, it's &lt;em&gt;actually based on that version directly&lt;/em&gt;--that is, that's the version that was on the editor's screen when they clicked &lt;em&gt;edit&lt;/em&gt;. So I don't think this would be difficult to implement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-02-05T11:03:57.017" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6000" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5993" CreationDate="2013-02-05T11:53:43.733" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;They are — sort of. When you write the question title a search is performed that pops up. The same is true on Launchpad. Before you can post a bug you're asked to check that it's not a duplicate of another bug and it presents close matches based on titles.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It doesn't work all the time on either system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Fact is we currently have no way to know how often it does work. It could be done but it's not a metric I know exists. When it doesn't work it could be:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Belligerent user: &quot;splitters&quot; as you call them&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Doddery users: it is quite a subtle search process&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Inept search: it depends on the title and can be thrown pretty easily&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or a combination. &lt;em&gt;I&lt;/em&gt; do think there should be perhaps a more Launchpad style barrier- to-entry (you have to click through to say that you've checked the questions) but this is very against the spirit of Stack Exchange. Perhaps in time they'll address this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2013-02-05T11:53:43.733" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6001" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6003" CreationDate="2013-02-05T13:00:58.967" Score="8" ViewCount="154" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Review Low Quality Posts&lt;/strong&gt; has just three buttons: &lt;strong&gt;Looks Good&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;Edit&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;Recommend Deletion&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I often see one-liner answers, sometimes link-only answers. Most of the times, such answers can be improved by the author and hopefully turned into great questions. However, what should a reviewer do?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Looks Good&lt;/strong&gt; does not seem appropriate, as the answer doesn't &lt;em&gt;look good&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit&lt;/strong&gt; is not an option, because editing such answers would mean totally rewriting them. Also, in a few cases, the proposed solutions aren't valid solutions and I wouldn't know how to edit an invalid answer.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Recommend Deletion&lt;/strong&gt; does not seem appropriate too, because there is room for improvement. Personally, I wouldn't remove even invalid answers:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I may be wrong and the solution may be correct;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I feel leaving a comment asking for more details is better both for clarity and to give the author an opportunity to learn;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;only the OP has the right to choose whether an answer contains a valid solution or not. He/she should be free to test and report back.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;AskUbuntu (as any other SE site) has a great voting system that lets the community choose which answers are helpful.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What I do in such cases is leaving a comment and clicking &lt;strong&gt;Looks Good&lt;/strong&gt;. Rarely, when I strongly feel the answer has nothing to do with the question, I choose &lt;strong&gt;Recommend Deletion&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However I don't think this is a good practice, so I'm here to ask for suggestion. Personally, I think there's need for an another button that lets you leave a stock comment and go ahead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2979" LastActivityDate="2013-02-05T19:02:48.350" Title="&quot;Review Low Quality Posts&quot; does not let you say that posts can be improved" Tags="|discussion|review|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6002" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6001" CreationDate="2013-02-05T13:37:30.783" Score="1" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Looks Good&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Don't do that. As you said, it doesn't look good, it is not sufficient, it is not elaborate enough. Looks Good should be used for posts that, well, look good. Posts that are fine without an edit, are on-topic and don't need any other action taken.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Edit&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is exactly what you should do. &lt;em&gt;If&lt;/em&gt; the post is salvagable through an edit, edit it.&#xA;There may well be posts that have to be rewritten entirely - go ahead. As long as the meaning of the post remains the same, go for it. This is the very core functionality of our edit system - edit to improve.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Recommend Deletion&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This should be used for posts that don't look salvagable. They're off-topic, or they consist of information that was already stated on the Q&amp;amp;A, for example. Posts that are entirely unsalvagable, because they are simply insufficient to the core, these should be deleted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Skip / Not Sure&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is what you should use if you are not sure how to deal with it, or the result of your action will not lead to a conclusion to it. Leaving a stock comment does not give a conclusion, it gives a chance of a conclusion. Perhaps the user acts on it, perhaps not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In most other cases, a stock comment is accompanied by a close vote or a flag, which initiate the community's decision - this is not the case here. As such, I disagree with giving a &quot;Done.&quot;-ish action for the Low Quality Posts. Other than Late Answers or First Posts, which focus more (obviously not solely, however) on it being on-topic and appropriate, Low Quality Posts focuses directly on the quality.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The result of a run in the LQP should be either a deletion, or a great post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="98085" LastEditorUserId="98085" LastEditDate="2013-02-05T18:15:44.057" LastActivityDate="2013-02-05T18:15:44.057" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6003" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6001" CreationDate="2013-02-05T18:37:58.230" Score="9" Body="&lt;h2&gt;&amp;quot;Looks Good&amp;quot; Means Good Enough to Exist&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is just my opinion, of course. (In particular, I am &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; one of the people who designed the review system.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I disagree with the idea that the Low Quality Posts review is supposed to produce a whole bunch of great posts, plus a whole bunch of deleted posts. The purpose of the Low Quality Posts review is to delete posts that should be deleted, and leave the rest. More precisely, the purpose of this system is to determine when there is substantial agreement that a post should be deleted for quality reasons, and put that consensus into action.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Of course, editing is also part of the purpose of this system. But when you decide a post will not benefit from editing, there is rarely any good reason to put off deciding whether or not it should be deleted. (See &lt;em&gt;Exceptional Edge Cases&lt;/em&gt; below for an explanation for why I believe this is rare.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If a post should be deleted, use &lt;strong&gt;Recommend Deletion&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it should be edited, such that after editing it shouldn't be deleted, use &lt;strong&gt;Edit&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you don't know what to do because you don't have enough information, or because you wish to defer to the judgment of others, use &lt;strong&gt;Skip&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Otherwise, you think the post &lt;em&gt;should remain&lt;/em&gt;. So click &lt;strong&gt;Looks Good&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;It's OK to Click Skip, But it's Like You Didn't Review the Post&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should &lt;em&gt;always&lt;/em&gt; feel free to click &lt;strong&gt;Skip&lt;/strong&gt;. In review, never be afraid to defer to others when you think you're poorly suited to the particular review item in front of you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But that's what &lt;strong&gt;Skip&lt;/strong&gt; means. You're saying to the system, &amp;quot;Make it like I never reviewed this.&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Skip&lt;/strong&gt; doesn't say anything to the community. It's a way of remaining silent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you think a post &lt;em&gt;isn't perfect but shouldn't be deleted&lt;/em&gt;, then you're not unsure. You're not of the position that &lt;em&gt;others will do the job better than you&lt;/em&gt;. Posts that shouldn't be deleted should be marked &lt;strong&gt;Looks Good&lt;/strong&gt;, making way for the posts that actually &lt;em&gt;should&lt;/em&gt; be deleted to be seen and deleted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Other Actions&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, you should not feel limited by the options available to you in review. You can always click to see the post in its &amp;quot;natural habitat,&amp;quot; where you can perform a variety of actions, including some that can be done from the LQP review queue and many that cannot:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Upvote and downvote.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Flag as NAA or VLQ, custom flag, flag as spam or offensive.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Edit, without affecting your review history (occasionally it may make sense to edit a post in a small way &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; vote for deletion, for example, if an answer is really a new question, and editing helps clarify this by formatting code more properly).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Comment, upvote comments, and flag comments (also possible from review).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Going &amp;quot;above and beyond the call of duty&amp;quot; of review is often (though not always) a good thing to do. But this doesn't fundamentally change how the review queue works.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;The Categorical Imperative (Sort Of)&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's an additional, conceptual explanation for why I advise clicking &lt;strong&gt;Looks Good&lt;/strong&gt; for any post you believe should not be deleted. (Unless you're editing it, of course, which is essentially a variant on &lt;strong&gt;Looks Good&lt;/strong&gt;. The system assumes you approve of your own edited version.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not everyone uses review exactly the same way, and that diversity is a great asset. But let's consider what happens as the percentage of users who are reluctant to click &lt;strong&gt;Looks Good&lt;/strong&gt; becomes large.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In that case, &lt;em&gt;most&lt;/em&gt; reviewers are choosing between two alternatives:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Recommend deletion (or delete, if they have enough reputation).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Hand the review item off to someone else, to either delete or hand off to someone else.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For a post that shouldn't be deleted, this has three possible outcomes:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It is deleted even though it shouldn't be, because a low risk of mistaken deletion is multiplied by a very large number of reviewers who are unwilling to take the action that mitigates this risk.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It is reviewed by a very large number of people, until someone like me who is more willing to click &lt;strong&gt;Looks Good&lt;/strong&gt; does so. This just makes lots of people do a little bit of work before achieving the exact same result as if you clicked &lt;strong&gt;Looks Good&lt;/strong&gt; yourself as soon as you decided it shouldn't be deleted.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It is reviewed by a very large number of people, and &lt;em&gt;everybody&lt;/em&gt; clicks &lt;strong&gt;Skip&lt;/strong&gt;. This combines the effect of nobody reviewing it with the effort of everybody reviewing it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Exceptional Edge Cases&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On &lt;em&gt;rare occasion&lt;/em&gt;, I agree with &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/6002/22949&quot;&gt;FEichinger's way&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If a post is &lt;em&gt;highly volatile&lt;/em&gt;, such that you believe it is about to change extensively, it may make sense to click &lt;strong&gt;Skip&lt;/strong&gt; out of the belief that &lt;em&gt;nobody&lt;/em&gt; knows how to review it (but that people will know how soon).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, this is rare. In particular:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If the post &lt;em&gt;almost makes sense&lt;/em&gt; and can be improved, click &lt;strong&gt;Looks Good&lt;/strong&gt; or--even better--click &lt;strong&gt;Edit&lt;/strong&gt;. Remember that even if you don't feel comfortable making all the changes that might improve a post, but you can significantly improve it by applying some of them, you should do so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Whether the author improves it or not, a post that is fundamentally good can be improved by almost anyone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If the post does not make sense, vote &lt;strong&gt;Recommend Deletion&lt;/strong&gt;. The author can always post a totally different, better version separately (or request a moderator to undelete an edited version).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If a post is high quality but &lt;em&gt;wrong&lt;/em&gt;, it should not be deleted unless it is malicious or unusually dangerous. Comment, downvote, and click &lt;strong&gt;Looks Good&lt;/strong&gt;. This is the &amp;quot;low quality&amp;quot; review queue, not a &amp;quot;not awesome yet&amp;quot; review queue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Link-only answers are occasionally expanded by their authors, but this is actually pretty uncommon. (What's somewhat more common is for them to update them when the link breaks, if they're still active on the site and someone comments about it.) If you think it's valuable as it is, click &lt;strong&gt;Looks Good&lt;/strong&gt;. If you think it should be deleted--and you may want to lean toward this, especially if there are other good answers that cover the same ground--click &lt;strong&gt;Recommend Deletion&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's an incomplete list of &lt;strong&gt;normal scenarios that are not edge cases, where you don't have to click Skip&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would give an example of a volatile post where I think everyone should (for a short while) click &lt;strong&gt;Skip&lt;/strong&gt;, but:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I cannot recall any specific one, because this is not all that common.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The post wouldn't exist (in that form) by the time most people read this.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Posts should &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; be made to grow stale in the review queue with the hope that someday, &lt;em&gt;someone&lt;/em&gt; will have perfect moral clarity. If a post circulates in the queue for an extended time and shouldn't yet be deleted, click &lt;strong&gt;Looks Good&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Remember, the LQP review queue isn't the only way to get posts deleted, if it turns out that's the best course.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-02-05T19:02:48.350" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6004" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6005" CreationDate="2013-02-05T22:00:20.293" Score="1" ViewCount="55" Body="&lt;p&gt;Asking about video players or audio players separately would already involve the risk of getting a lot of duplicate answers, but &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/42532/47206&quot;&gt;a question asking one about all &quot;media&quot; players&lt;/a&gt;  had made it all useless in my opinion, especially by the fact that the thing is impossible to improve and keep up to date. Any new answer would make the post more boated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are no &quot;media players&quot; (that would cover all media files) other than (some) &lt;strong&gt;video&lt;/strong&gt; players: &lt;strong&gt;all video players are audio players too&lt;/strong&gt;, but, having that in mind, it is not a reason not to have a separate question about audio players only. Or about video players only. Any such question would be a duplicate of the one above until that is closed. But I am not sure how to articulate what the problem really is in the terms of rules of the community: but there is something wrong with that question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From time to time I look at it trying to find (or add ) something new on the matter, I have also contributed a bit editing some answers, but from the very beginning my conviction is that a better thing would be just to close it and have two separate, systematic ones: one about video, one about audio.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course there are players that play both: video players do. But after a few more steps their ways have to part in order to have a good application going. The way the experience is developing on the long run is very different for music and for movies.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;During all my experience with music and movies on a computer I felt that a good audio player and a good video player, or at least that are worth mentioning, are two different things. I never used something like windows media player and don't want something like that in Linux. I feel a such question doesn't look good, and it gets uglier with every new answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Trying new questions now would doom them to be closed as duplicate. Before trying I need a straightforward meta answer on this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What to do? (Already flagged that trying to make a point.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(I might very well be too subjective on this matter, but that is a good reason to want to find what Ubuntu main-trend is on this.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user47206" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2013-02-05T22:11:14.487" Title="Shouldn't audio and video players be discussed and listed separately?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6005" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6004" CreationDate="2013-02-05T22:06:44.547" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Unless you're pretty big on music, most people arn't going to bother with seperate players or anything but the basic one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More importantly, 'list' style questions don't scale well on SE. They're popular on 'new' sites since they're an easy way to farm reputation, and generally get closed once a site gets mature, and rules get in place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's no real point in splitting the question or to ask a new one. I'd say leave the question as is. Proper questions should be about &lt;em&gt;problems&lt;/em&gt; not &quot;what is the best....&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17681" LastActivityDate="2013-02-05T22:06:44.547" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6006" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6009" CreationDate="2013-02-05T23:05:36.167" Score="1" ViewCount="69" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sparked by a &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/7982823#7982823&quot;&gt;chat discussion&lt;/a&gt; about &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/251771/how-can-i-use-the-new-kernel-signed-packages-to-keep-uefi-enabled-and-use-ubun&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;, I think we should think of a way to put some order to bounty information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;What information is interesting?&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sometimes, one would like to include information as to &lt;em&gt;what is expected from an answer&lt;/em&gt; for it to gain a bounty, or &lt;em&gt;state reasons&lt;/em&gt; for the bounty, or &lt;em&gt;announce a bounty yet to come&lt;/em&gt; (which just can't be placed at that point).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All of these are valuable information when &quot;advertising&quot; a bounty.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Discuss&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Should we allow such advertisements about bounties, and to what extent?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Where should this information be put, and how should it be indicated?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What I'd like to see here is a clear way in which we should deal with such meta-information within the Q&amp;amp;A, while it has nothing to do with the question itself - even if that way is just &quot;leave it be&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="98085" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2013-02-06T01:43:56.850" Title="Where to put bounty information?" Tags="|discussion|bounty|formatting|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6007" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6006" CreationDate="2013-02-05T23:05:36.167" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am giving &lt;em&gt;two&lt;/em&gt; separate answers to this, because I deem both viable, and I can't precisely say which of the two I'd prefer - much less if the community agrees with either.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Put it in the comments&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Essentially, information &lt;em&gt;about&lt;/em&gt; the bounty is meta-information. It has nothing to do with the question itself, so it shouldn't be part of the question. The bounty remarks, on the other hand, can't be changed afterwards &lt;em&gt;at all&lt;/em&gt;, vanishes automatically and can't be responded to directly, so they feel insufficient for that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Essentially, I'd like to see a comment at the beginning, stating something like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This question will get a bounty of 250 reputation once a clear answer detailing X and why not Y, is needed.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then, if there were questions about the meta-information, these could become part of a subsequent conversation in the comments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="98085" LastActivityDate="2013-02-05T23:05:36.167" CommentCount="5" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-02-05T23:05:36.167" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6008" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6006" CreationDate="2013-02-05T23:06:01.487" Score="-2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am giving two separate answers to this, because I deem both viable, and I can't precisely say which of the two I'd prefer - much less if the community agrees with either.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Put it into the question itself&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A dedicated bloc of text, perhaps at the end of the question (example below), could be constantly edited, sufficiently separated and have proper formatting, as opposed to comments or the bounty remarks. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;hr&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;h1&gt;This question will receive a bounty of 50 reputation!&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;However, we need an answer that contains all of the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ol&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;A step-by-step manual how to do this.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Sources for further reading.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Kittens.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Optionally, screenshots for the steps.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The bounty will be awarded to an existing answer, to avoid it running&#xA;  out beforehand.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="98085" LastEditorUserId="98085" LastEditDate="2013-02-05T23:14:18.570" LastActivityDate="2013-02-05T23:14:18.570" CommentCount="3" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-02-05T23:06:01.487" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6009" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6006" CreationDate="2013-02-05T23:36:15.820" Score="8" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Just put it in the bounty box&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/fj0JJ.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Should we allow such advertisements about bounties, and to what extent?&#xA;  Where should this information be put, and how should it be indicated?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, to me, this seems already present in the system and such information should not belong in the body of the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you feel this field is too limited in terms of revising, formatting, etc., then this should be a feature request on &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.stackoverflow.com&quot;&gt;MSO&lt;/a&gt;. I do think this message could be improved in terms of visual attention. Its fixed formatting is currently easily overlooked.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="88802" LastEditorUserId="88802" LastEditDate="2013-02-06T01:43:56.850" LastActivityDate="2013-02-06T01:43:56.850" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6010" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6012" CreationDate="2013-02-06T10:57:09.757" Score="3" ViewCount="57" Body="&lt;p&gt;On the Nominations page, why is it &quot;&lt;strong&gt;meta&lt;/strong&gt; participation&quot; that is used to describe nominees' participation and not just &quot;site participation&quot; or &quot;Ask Ubuntu participation&quot; or &quot;Stack Exchange participation&quot;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Example:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;meta participation&lt;br&gt;&#xA;questions: a / +aa&lt;br&gt;&#xA;answers: b / +bb&lt;br&gt;&#xA;helpful flags: ccc  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user25656" LastActivityDate="2013-02-06T11:28:32.123" Title="Clarification requested about nominees' &quot;statistics&quot; posted on the 2013 Moderator Election page" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6011" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6010" CreationDate="2013-02-06T11:02:35.200" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Meta participation on the site you nominated yourself is important due to the fact that shows your connection in the discussion of the several site's aspects, policy and governance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Together with the rest of the stats, it easily displays &lt;em&gt;how involved&lt;/em&gt; you are with the site you would be moderating if elected.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What you see on the stats is the Ask Ubuntu Meta site participation, not the Ask Ubuntu Stack Exchange participation. It is shown together with your helpful flags rate on the Ask Ubuntu main site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastActivityDate="2013-02-06T11:02:35.200" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6012" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6010" CreationDate="2013-02-06T11:28:32.123" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;As &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/98085/feichinger&quot;&gt;FEichinger&lt;/a&gt; said &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/7987693#7987693&quot;&gt;in chat&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Except for helpful flags, the data is from meta.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;The participation data itself is meta-data.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Meta participation is &quot;more important&quot; in regards to a moderator's work, as it pretty much details how to deal with what, which is the&#xA;  kind of stuff a moderator has to sort out.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2013-02-06T11:28:32.123" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-02-06T11:28:32.123" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6013" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6014" CreationDate="2013-02-06T14:33:10.823" Score="10" ViewCount="164" Body="&lt;p&gt;Suppose someone asks a question. It has two solutions - one is easier than the other, but the other one has some benefits of its own.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, there was one question about &lt;code&gt;imagemagick&lt;/code&gt; where the solution was either to re-build the package or to download and install the newer version from the website.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is which one is the better solution and also does the second answer need to be down-voted?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="64171" LastEditorUserId="1992" LastEditDate="2013-02-20T01:20:36.977" LastActivityDate="2013-02-20T01:20:36.977" Title="Should I downvote a good answer if there is a competing better answer?" Tags="|discussion|downvoting|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6014" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6013" CreationDate="2013-02-06T14:38:40.227" Score="19" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;My question is which one is the better solution and also does the second answer need to be downvoted?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not at all, no. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I save downvoting for things that are unhelpful, incorrect or just plain don't belong there as an answer. Just because it's another answer doesn't mean it's any less helpful to somebody else and it doesn't mean somebody else should lose reputation just because I prefer another answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is your choice though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your example highlights the problem with some of the more technical answers we have here. It's not always entirely clear how helpful an answer is. If the answer is merely &quot;Rebuild it from source&quot;, I'd probably -1 and be flagging it to turn it into a comment. If they stress the reasons why something so dramatic is useful and explain how to do it, that's a good answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sometimes there isn't just one best answer. I'll often +1 several answers in a question because they all provide helpful alternatives.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="64171" LastEditDate="2013-02-06T16:00:34.247" LastActivityDate="2013-02-06T16:00:34.247" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6015" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6018" CreationDate="2013-02-06T16:45:46.987" Score="5" ViewCount="116" Body="&lt;p&gt;Please look at these two questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/72208/25656&quot;&gt;Print Screen key doesn't work if a drop-down menu is active&lt;/a&gt;    &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/184618/25656&quot;&gt;Taking screenshots in Lubuntu (11.10) [duplicate]&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Although the first question didn't specify a specific desktop environment, the answer there relates to Unity/GNOME. The second question, even though it specifically asks about Lubuntu, was marked as a duplicate of the first even though the first doesn't address taking delayed screenshots in Lubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyway, would it be worth having a broader question that covers how to take delayed screenshots using software that comes &lt;strong&gt;as default&lt;/strong&gt; with each official Ubuntu derivative? So the answer would have  subsections for:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;GNOME/Unity (gnome-screenshot)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Kubuntu (KSnapshot)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Lubuntu (scrot)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Xubuntu (xfce4-screenshooter)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My one concern is whether such a question will run foul of:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This question is present as a matter of historical interest. While you are encouraged to help maintain its answers, please understand that &quot;big list&quot; questions are not generally allowed on Ask Ubuntu and will be closed per the FAQ.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit&lt;/strong&gt;: I've asked and answered the question here: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/252281/25656&quot;&gt;How do I take screenshots with a delay?&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user25656" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditorDisplayName="user25656" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2013-02-07T10:54:26.417" Title="Should there be a common Q&amp;A for how to take delayed screenshots?" Tags="|discussion|canonical-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6016" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6017" CreationDate="2013-02-06T17:26:17.740" Score="3" ViewCount="51" Body="&lt;p&gt;So many of my questions are answered by going through the FAQs under Questions (not the FAQ you should read when you first start using AskUbuntu). There is a lot there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How do I search that FAQ? I checked the advance search tips, but couldn't find what I was looking for. I could do it with whatever criteria determines questions become part of that FAQ, but I can't find exactly what that is either.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="98955" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="How to search FAQ?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6017" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6016" CreationDate="2013-02-06T17:48:53.057" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Searching within the FAQ is currently not possible:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/157700/how-can-we-search-inside-the-faq-tab&quot;&gt;How can we search inside the &amp;quot;faq tab&amp;quot;?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It appears to be based on links: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/112263/how-are-the-faq-questions-chosen&quot;&gt;How are the FAQ questions chosen?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2013-02-06T18:33:32.350" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6018" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6015" CreationDate="2013-02-06T18:21:17.790" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Yes&lt;/strong&gt;, this seems like an excellent idea.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I recommend that this have &lt;strong&gt;multiple answers, one per application&lt;/strong&gt;. Each answer can have the Ubuntu flavor and application at the top. For example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;h2&gt;GNOME/Unity (regular Ubuntu) — gnome-screenshot&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Ordinarily, you would press &lt;kbd&gt;PrtScr&lt;/kbd&gt; to take a screenshot.&#xA;  This runs the &lt;code&gt;gnome-screenshot&lt;/code&gt; utility. However, you can launch it&#xA;  manually with command-line arguments specifying how long you want it&#xA;  to wait before it takes the screenshot.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;In either the &lt;em&gt;Run command&lt;/em&gt; textbox (&lt;kbd&gt;Alt&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;F2&lt;/kbd&gt;) or&#xA;  a Terminal &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;em&gt;This is just an example. I don't actually know if &lt;code&gt;gnome-screenshot -d&lt;/code&gt; is the best/easiest way.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There should certainly be answers for all the official Ubuntu flavors' default screenshot utilities. But I don't think it needs to be limited to that. Some other applications--or at least one--may be covered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In particular, in addition to answers for gnome-screenshot, KSnapshot, scrot, and xfce4-screenshooter, I think we should have one for GIMP. This popular program is very good for taking screenshots because it is versatile and powerful (though &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; lightweight, compared to pure screenshot utilities), and often one wishes to edit a screenshot immediately after taking it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(If you post this question, I'd be pleased to write the GIMP answer.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Why This Question Would Be Constructive&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In response to concern that this would be considered a list question and closed:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;How to do X?&quot; questions are not list questions. We have &lt;em&gt;many&lt;/em&gt; good questions with multiple answers, where different answers apply to (and are marked as relating to) different Ubuntu releases or flavors, or different general &lt;em&gt;kinds&lt;/em&gt; of technique (e.g., GUI vs. command-line).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/10228/whats-the-right-terminology-for-unitys-ui-elements&quot;&gt;What&amp;#39;s the right terminology for Unity&amp;#39;s UI elements?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/29553/how-can-i-configure-unity&quot;&gt;How can I configure Unity?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/11/how-do-i-install-adobe-flash-player&quot;&gt;How do I install Adobe Flash player?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/22946/how-do-i-install-and-use-the-latest-version-of-gnome&quot;&gt;How do I install and use the latest version of GNOME?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/17610/how-do-i-reset-my-unity-configuration&quot;&gt;How do I reset my Unity configuration?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/58172/how-to-revert-to-gnome-classic&quot;&gt;How to revert to GNOME Classic Desktop?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/13758/how-can-i-edit-create-new-launcher-items-in-unity-by-hand&quot;&gt;How can I edit/create new launcher items in Unity by hand?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/7498/how-do-i-install-skype&quot;&gt;How do I install Skype?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/32667/how-do-i-configure-unity-2d&quot;&gt;How do I configure Unity 2D?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/134035/how-do-i-get-gimp-2-8&quot;&gt;How do I get the latest GIMP version available?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/19770/how-do-i-change-fonts-and-adjust-their-size&quot;&gt;How do I change fonts and adjust their size?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/36117/ubuntu-one-on-lubuntu&quot;&gt;Ubuntu One on Lubuntu?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/62518/how-burn-or-mount-an-iso-file&quot;&gt;How to burn or mount an ISO file?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Several of those even have indexes of answers by version &lt;em&gt;in the question&lt;/em&gt;, and are considered perfectly good!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore--while &quot;How to take a delayed screenshot?&quot; would &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; be a list question--list questions are not actually considered bad. &lt;em&gt;Big list&lt;/em&gt; questions, where there could be an unlimited number of answers that cannot be maintained or meaningfully compared to one another, are bad. Here are some open &quot;small&quot; list questions that are perfectly good--or at least highly tolerated:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/6558/what-screenshot-tools-are-available&quot;&gt;What screenshot tools are available?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/4428/how-to-create-a-screencast&quot;&gt;How to record my screen?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/59632/basic-web-development-ide-editor-like-dreamweaver&quot;&gt;Basic Web Development IDE/Editor like Dreamweaver?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/41407/what-virtualization-software-can-i-use&quot;&gt;What virtualization software can I use?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And there are even some questions with a potentially unlimited number of answers, that are considered good, because they are not lists of software, but rather of methods and techniques (and so are similar to a question that just happens to have a lot of answers):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/4408/what-should-i-do-when-ubuntu-freezes&quot;&gt;What should I do when Ubuntu freezes?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/2194/how-can-i-improve-overall-system-performance&quot;&gt;How can I improve Ubuntu overall system performance?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At exactly what point a list question becomes a big list question and is subject to closure is a little fuzzy, and I'm sure there's disagreement over where the threshold should be set for that. But &lt;strong&gt;asking for methods to take a delayed screenshot&lt;/strong&gt; is quite specific; &lt;strong&gt;that is not a big list question&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, &lt;em&gt;even&lt;/em&gt; if you plan to add an answer index to the question, you don't have to actually say, &quot;one program/technique per answer please.&quot; Instead, ask the question and post whatever answers you want.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you've already posted an answer and want to split it into multiple answers, that's fast. (All, or all but one, should probably be community wiki. Please note that you don't need the assistance of a moderator to make an &lt;em&gt;answer&lt;/em&gt; CW.)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you're first writing the question, click the checkbox for answering your own question, and compose at least one of the answers. You can actually compose them together (benefiting from the formatted preview), then separate each section into a separate plaintext document on your computer (make sure to convey any corresponding link/image URLs from the bottom of the answer, to whichever document they correspond to). Then you can have one answer posted immediately, and the others posted in well under a minute.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This has the advantage of &lt;em&gt;showing&lt;/em&gt; people the benefit of having one flavor/application per answer. If they want to break with that format, &lt;em&gt;that's fine&lt;/em&gt;! This fineness is an important indicator that your question is appropriate, and not a &quot;big list&quot; question.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By the same token, if you've posted your question and posted an answer covering multiple applications, and you don't want to split it, &lt;strong&gt;that really is fine too.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2013-02-07T10:39:31.440" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6019" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6040" CreationDate="2013-02-07T04:37:04.303" Score="3" ViewCount="68" Body="&lt;p&gt;Should we make &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/memenu&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;memenu&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;memenu&lt;/a&gt; a synonym on &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/messaging-menu&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;messaging-menu&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;messaging-menu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In looking at the questions in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/memenu&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;memenu&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;memenu&lt;/a&gt; &lt;del&gt;it seems to be a abbreviation of &quot;messaging&quot;&lt;/del&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Based on research by Eliah Kagan, the name is &quot;Me Menu&quot; and not a abbreviation, &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeMenu&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeMenu&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This specification is for the “me menu” that appeared in Ubuntu 10.04,&#xA;  10.10, and 11.04.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Warning /!\ This specification is now superseded by the system menu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So should it be renamed to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/system-menu&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;system-menu&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;system-menu&lt;/a&gt; because of the specification change? Or we could leave it alone since it is out of date.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There even seems to be confusion within answers as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/25711/47291&quot;&gt;one user&lt;/a&gt; says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;MeMenu(if you mean the &quot;place&quot; where you can change your status).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2013-02-08T16:52:03.540" Title="Tags: Messaging-menu and memenu" Tags="|discussion|tag-synonyms|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6021" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6022" CreationDate="2013-02-07T14:14:43.890" Score="9" ViewCount="455" Body="&lt;p&gt;In late answers review I found a helping notice as:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This is a new user's answer to an old question. Watch for hidden gems, non-answers, and spam&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I understand what non-answers and spam refers to, but what is meant by &lt;em&gt;hidden gems?&lt;/em&gt; I don't want the meaning; I want to know how can we find the &lt;em&gt;hidden objects&lt;/em&gt; in the answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="33833" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2013-02-08T23:23:31.130" LastActivityDate="2013-02-08T23:23:31.130" Title="How to watch for hidden gems?" Tags="|discussion|support|review|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6022" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6021" CreationDate="2013-02-07T14:32:52.923" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Hidden gems means something which is extremely outstanding and not many people may know about. In the present context (Late Answers Review Queue), where people come out of blue and provide an exemplary answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Examples of exemplary answers: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/badges/25/great-answer&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/badges/25/great-answer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="114818" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2013-02-07T14:32:52.923" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6023" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6025" CreationDate="2013-02-07T21:42:34.450" Score="6" ViewCount="75" Body="&lt;p&gt;I found &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/revisions/252517/1&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; posted by a new user who is having some issues with his new Ubuntu 12.10 installation. He asked two different questions in it, one about no wireless with his Broadcom 4313 (which is a common question on AU), and he can't boot into Ubuntu, only his Windows 7 installation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How should I flag it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If not flag, what should I do with it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Update:&lt;/strong&gt; I noticed that user Flimm &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/252517/broadcom-wireless-doesnt-work&quot;&gt;completely edited out&lt;/a&gt; one of the questions; is this the way that these types of questions should be dealt with?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="107590" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2013-02-07T23:34:46.147" Title="How do I flag a question with two different questions in it?" Tags="|discussion|flagging|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6024" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-02-07T21:44:53.673" Score="3" ViewCount="70" Body="&lt;p&gt;I very frequently go back to my own old answers and re-edit them, but they are mostly only minor edits:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Fix typos&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Improve formatting&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Change wording if it's misleading&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Make them more up to date&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Often I'll do this many, many times if an answer is popular and has existed for quite some time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I have learned that if you do this enough times you lose the ownership of the answer and it becomes community wiki.  The theory behind this is that people edit answers to bump them to the top of the questions list again and these people need to be penalized.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's an idea - instead of penalizing people for improving their answers too many times, why not allow them to improve their answer without it bumping the question, and therefore without counting towards the too-many-edits penalty?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A checkbox like &quot;this is a minor edit&quot; with some hover text explaining that it won't bump the question to the top might do the trick.  I understand that &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/26483/could-we-have-the-ability-to-mark-a-change-as-minor-in-questions-or-answers&quot;&gt;previous requests&lt;/a&gt; to simply remove the bumping altogether have been turned down.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54256" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditorDisplayName="user25656" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Should there be a way to mark an edit as a &quot;minor edit&quot; so it doesn't bump the question?" Tags="|feature-request|editing|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6025" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6023" CreationDate="2013-02-07T21:53:44.853" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;I usually edit out the 2nd part and leave the first question, then I leave a comment similar to: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Welcome to Ask Ubuntu, this site works best when there's one question per post, I've edited out your second question, feel free to repost it as a new question, thanks!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Usually I don't feel the need to flag multiple question posts. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2013-02-07T23:34:46.147" LastActivityDate="2013-02-07T23:34:46.147" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6026" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6050" CreationDate="2013-02-08T00:04:54.730" Score="11" ViewCount="220" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've seen (and answered) quite a few questions on changing key 'A' to do key 'B' or make key 'A' do 'So and so' etc.  I was thinking it might be a good idea to have a general canonical question for remapping key bindings.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it's a good idea, we should get someone to ask the question. &#xA;Some programs to start with would be &lt;code&gt;xbindkeys&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;xmodmap&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;xkb&lt;/code&gt;.  I could do &lt;code&gt;xbindkeys&lt;/code&gt;, but I don't really know much about the others.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What does the community think about this?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2013-02-08T19:38:34.563" LastActivityDate="2013-02-12T23:41:54.623" Title="Should we (do we?) have a canonical question for remapping key bindings?" Tags="|discussion|canonical-questions|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6027" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6028" CreationDate="2013-02-08T07:14:17.513" Score="14" ViewCount="272" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to delete a question I asked but I don't know exact consequence. I'm going to try to delete a question I asked that was a duplicate (but it's not closed, it's just marked as duplicate). I don't see much reason to keep a duplicate, do you?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21590" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Can I get banned for deleting my question?" Tags="|discussion|support|duplicates|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6028" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6027" CreationDate="2013-02-08T09:33:29.490" Score="17" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is no ban for deleting a single post. In fact deleting your own question or answers when you realize they may not be helpful &lt;strong&gt;is encouraged&lt;/strong&gt;. This will help to keep the site clear.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is also no ban or other sanction in case you decide to delete your duplicate question but in general it may be better here to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/230/duplicate-question-etiquette-to-delete-or-not-to-delete&quot;&gt;leave them as a signpost&lt;/a&gt; for other users which may help to find the answer given in the master question to which it will be linked to after closing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Only in rare cases when we see users deleting many of their posts with no obvious reason this may be considered as vandalism, and it may eventually lead to consequences.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are even two badges to be earned when deleting you own posts: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/badges/37/disciplined&quot;&gt;Disciplined&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/badges/38/peer-pressure&quot;&gt;Peer Pressure&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3940" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:24.280" LastActivityDate="2014-02-24T08:54:08.950" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6029" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5611" CreationDate="2013-02-08T10:50:36.107" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm going to revive this horse as I have hit his carcass today.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Closing such a question as Off-Topic is rude and  it's not helpful at all to a new user. It took a while for me to found in the FAQ that EOL versions are off-topic, it's likely that a new user is not going to understand it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe that it's better to make a canonical answer (we already have a good &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/91815/how-to-install-software-or-upgrade-from-old-unsupported-release&quot;&gt;one&lt;/a&gt;) and close all this questions as duplicates. I know it's more work, I know that we already have too many canonical answer to easily remember them, but by doing it this way you are helping not only the asker (who hopefully will be persuaded to upgrade) but other people finding the question through Google.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The point of this site, at least for me, is not to have a great answers ratio but to be helpful and useful. Closing this questions as off-topic is not getting us closer at all to this point not does it help to make users upgrade: we don't explain users why and how they should upgrade, we just give then a short and not encouraging &quot;don't ask this&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="211" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2013-02-08T10:50:36.107" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6030" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6035" CreationDate="2013-02-08T10:58:14.253" Score="5" ViewCount="208" Body="&lt;p&gt;I came across &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/251085/tata-docomo-photon-3g-not-working-on-12-04-lts&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; question today, this has been answered by someone who is presumably a customer support person for the company. I don't think there's anything wrong with this as long as it answers the question but in this case it's basically a message like we're sorry for your problem please call this phone number.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I flagged this for moderators attention but I'm not sure if it should be categorized as spam or not. What is the best course of action that should be taken for such questions?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="26001" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2013-02-08T13:36:07.493" Title="How do we deal with answers by customer support that basically don't answer the question?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6031" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6032" CreationDate="2013-02-08T12:13:07.970" Score="1" ViewCount="65" Body="&lt;p&gt;Some questions that are fit to ask on &lt;a href=&quot;http://unix.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;http://unix.stackexchange.com&lt;/a&gt; are not fit here, but the other way around should always be ok. But is it? - (from askubuntu's point of view, of course)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user47206" LastActivityDate="2013-02-08T12:53:02.843" Title="Is it considered proper (normal) to post the same question on askubuntu and at the same time on Unix&amp;Linux?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2013-02-08T15:36:07.937" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6032" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6031" CreationDate="2013-02-08T12:53:02.843" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;My answer on &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1480/cross-posting-questions-that-are-on-topic-on-multiple-stack-exchange-sites&quot;&gt;the other question&lt;/a&gt; may sound favourable but it is really talking about the wider community (outside of Stack Exchange). There is one reason why the answer to your question is a decided &lt;strong&gt;no&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Unix&amp;amp;Linux.SE does not allow cross posting.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It doesn't matter what &lt;em&gt;we&lt;/em&gt; say, posting something to both here and there will break their rules so please avoid doing it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-02-08T12:53:02.843" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6033" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6027" CreationDate="2013-02-08T13:07:09.210" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;A duplicate contributes to the master question's links on the site (and FAQ-ability), and it also acts as an automatic redirect page to the master question when a user comes in from a search engine. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So in other words, it's a sign post that points people in the right direction. I would just leave it, &lt;em&gt;shrug&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2013-02-08T13:07:09.210" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6034" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6024" CreationDate="2013-02-08T13:30:15.787" Score="5" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Here's an idea - instead of penalizing people for improving their answers too many times, why not allow them to improve their answer without it bumping the question, and therefore without counting towards the too-many-edits penalty?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since this is &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/26483/could-we-have-the-ability-to-mark-a-change-as-minor-in-questions-or-answers&quot;&gt;unlikely&lt;/a&gt; to be implemented here's a counterargument on why I like this feature: It forces every change to have a decent chance of being reviewed by the community when it gets bumped. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This could mean:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Wow, how did I miss all this great content to vote on, or&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Whoa how did some of this get through review, or&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Hey I can fix some of these.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my experience when I go through my answers and update them and they get bumped they are seen by a bunch of new people and I end up earning reputation. I'm willing to guess that at the end of the day the incoming votes from updating my questions is worth a hit on the CW armageddon counter. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One thing I have noticed over time is when possible I try to write my answers in a more future proof manner, so I don't get stuck in an answer upgrade treadmill, this is hard to do though and not every answer can be done that way. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2013-02-08T13:30:15.787" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6035" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6030" CreationDate="2013-02-08T13:36:07.493" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have converted it to a comment and have left the poster a message. I don't think this is spam (the intention seems helpful) but you were otherwise right.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's not an answer so it doesn't belong in the answers section.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2013-02-08T13:36:07.493" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6036" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6037" CreationDate="2013-02-08T16:24:51.130" Score="10" ViewCount="438" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have read the question about &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/946/what-is-the-process-of-removing-a-moderator-from-office-if-he-she-goes-rogue&quot;&gt;What is the process of removing a moderator from office if he/she goes rogue?&lt;/a&gt; but here I want to know what actions would be done after a moderator is known to be rogue. For example, apart form removing he/she from moderator status can it also:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Reverse any damage made by the moderator to questions, answers, flags, users, etc..&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Notify harmed users &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Verify if this bad moderator is also a moderator in another site and remove he/she from status (To prevent another problem)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What can actually be done in case of some moderator going wild. My question started after looking at the nominations right now and seeing a very strange nominated user who appears on other sites for nomination and has little score in all. This makes me wonder a lot about the intent to go for moderator and what could happen. With this in mind should there be an update on the rules to include:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A higher needed participation on the site&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A higher score to make sure he/she is safe as a moderator (Or at least safer than someone with 100 score for example)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Any other particular rule that can help in having a less chance of having a rogue one.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7035" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.227" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="What can be done for rogue moderators (Moderators that go bad)" Tags="|discussion|election|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6037" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6036" CreationDate="2013-02-08T16:37:46.223" Score="22" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;My question started after looking at the nominations right now and seeing a very strange nominated user who appears on other sites for nomination and has little score in all. This makes me wonder a lot about the intent to go for moderator and what could happen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;People want to become moderators for a great variety of reasons. Some high rep users make terrible moderators, and some low rep users turn out to be excellent. I suggest not jumping to conclusions. :) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Participation on the site is likely an indicator of how invested the person is, but it's not always a good measure of how they would perform as a moderator. No amount of reputation, badges, etc. is going to &lt;em&gt;guarantee&lt;/em&gt; that someone will be good at moderating.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With all that said, almost every action a moderator can take is reversible. &lt;em&gt;If&lt;/em&gt; a moderator were to go full on rogue, we can recover fairly easily. What you will usually see is an occasional mistake that's easily solved via meta or a review by another moderator.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If all else fails, though, we have &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/151606/handling-calls-to-remove-a-moderator&quot;&gt;a process for removing an unfit moderator&lt;/a&gt;, but it rarely comes to that. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And last but not least, every moderator is bound by &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/legal/moderator-agreement&quot;&gt;an agreement&lt;/a&gt;. Violations of that agreement will result in a speedy diamondectomy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1412" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:24.280" LastActivityDate="2013-02-08T16:37:46.223" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6038" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6036" CreationDate="2013-02-08T16:38:47.980" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;A few points:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A link to team@stackexchange.com is on the bottom of every page. If anybody has a serious problem with a moderator, bypass the mods and go straight to the overlords. Abuse will lead to demodification.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Moderators are elected. People shouldn't vote for people who are not suitable for the job.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The electorate can get it wrong (GWB anyone?!) but again, if we start declaring illegal wars on users, you don't have to wait years and years before we go away, you can just report us.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Practically all operations are logged to a user. Reverting rogue actions should be possible.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In terms of process, the existing moderators (and SE staff) are monitoring the election. If anybody seriously unfit to become a moderator was progressing too far, I'm sure we'd start making noises up the chain of command.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Importantly:&lt;/strong&gt; Don't worry and have some faith in the electorate. There are &lt;em&gt;several&lt;/em&gt; good candidates above the user I'm certain you're talking about and they are obviously better candidates. With the exception of electing me, the community has done a pretty good job at picking great moderators to date.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="1412" LastEditDate="2013-02-08T16:48:28.743" LastActivityDate="2013-02-08T16:48:28.743" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6039" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="946" CreationDate="2013-02-08T16:42:37.290" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;We recently published a process just for that: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/151606/handling-calls-to-remove-a-moderator&quot;&gt;Handling Calls to Remove a Moderator&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's intended to be a last-resort kind of approach, though. In most cases, simple mistakes and disputes can be easily resolved here on meta.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1412" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2013-02-08T16:42:37.290" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6040" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6019" CreationDate="2013-02-08T16:52:03.540" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think the tag is fine.  We should retag questions where it is misused (e.g. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/206681/empathy-not-showing-in-memenu&quot;&gt;Empathy not showing in messageing menu&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/243799/can-i-rearrange-the-messaging-menu-list&quot;&gt;Can I rearrange the messaging menu list?&lt;/a&gt;) but since it &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/07/ubuntu-11-10-menu-goodbye&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;used to be part of the general UI&lt;/a&gt; I think the tag has significance.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I could be wrong.  Maybe we are supposed to kill old obsolete tags.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2013-02-08T16:52:03.540" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6041" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6043" CreationDate="2013-02-08T19:53:09.333" Score="2" ViewCount="43" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have free time while I am about. I could review questions with my phone. Is it possible on the mobile site? I can't find a link to the review part.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="98955" LastActivityDate="2013-02-08T20:13:31.077" Title="Is it possible to review on the mobile site?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6042" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-02-08T19:56:24.920" Score="22" ViewCount="199" Body="&lt;p&gt;In connection with the moderator elections, we will be holding a Town Hall Chat session with the candidates.  This will be an opportunity for members of the community to pose questions to the candidates on the topic of moderation.  Participation is completely voluntary.  I will be working with candidates to determine a time for the event.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Town Hall Chat took place Wednesday the 13th at 23:00:00Z UTC. A digest can be found &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/6105/2013-moderator-election-town-hall-chat-digest&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here are the details so far:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I would like to schedule this towards the beginning of the primary phase.  This means that I am looking at the 11th-14th of February. As soon as I coordinate with the existing moderators and candidates to find a best fit based on availability, I will edit this post with details on the &quot;when&quot;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The Town Hall Chat will be a one-hour event using our &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/?tab=site&amp;amp;sort=active&amp;amp;host=ubuntu.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;chat platform&lt;/a&gt;.  I will update this post with a direct link to the chat room once the event is scheduled.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The format will be an open discussion.  Users are encouraged to pose questions to the candidates regarding their thoughts on moderation.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Priority for scheduling is generally towards the greatest number of candidate openings as well as the earliest. Candidates who cannot show up during the live event will still be able to answer all questions posted, they will just do so at their earliest convenience.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;After the chat session, a digest of the event will be permanently linked here.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22665" LastEditorUserId="22665" LastEditDate="2013-02-15T23:38:38.360" LastActivityDate="2013-02-15T23:38:38.360" Title="2013 Moderator Election - Town Hall Chat" Tags="|discussion|election|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6043" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6041" CreationDate="2013-02-08T20:13:31.077" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, there is no mobile review.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can try accessing the full site review though.  Not especially easy to do, but it works.  There isn't that much to review at any one time anyway.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2013-02-08T20:13:31.077" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6044" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-02-08T20:19:45.240" Score="5" ViewCount="67" Body="&lt;p&gt;Today I encountered the site self-evaluation evenmt. When I clicked on it the review site opened and I had to evaluate several questions. However this thing lacked some explanation. So what is the reason for this evaluation? Where can I see the result and what happens with the result?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="236" LastActivityDate="2013-02-08T20:19:45.240" Title="What is the site self-evaluation?" Tags="|support|review|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6045" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6046" CreationDate="2013-02-09T10:48:32.443" Score="3" ViewCount="67" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was just reviewing the posts and after a few questions, I got the message &quot;There are no items for you to review&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I logged in again after a day and found the same message. Why is it so?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it because all the posts have been reviewed or I've completed my quota?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="64171" LastActivityDate="2013-04-08T19:20:36.720" Title="No items for you to review" Tags="|support|review|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6046" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6045" CreationDate="2013-02-09T11:23:14.227" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;It means that all the posts have been reviewed. For example, when you clicked on the Review page you can see how many posts that needs a review. After you have done the reviews for all the posts, then it shows the message &quot;There are no items for you to review&quot;, i.e. that the posts are all reviewed. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After you logged in again after a day there might be a possibility that there is just simply no posts for you to review since they are all reviewed by other users in the community.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="84117" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2013-04-08T19:20:36.720" LastActivityDate="2013-04-08T19:20:36.720" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6047" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-02-10T04:05:56.803" Score="3" ViewCount="114" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have found a few questions that look like they should belong in the Unix and Linux Stack Exchange.  What should Ask Ubuntu questions involve that sets them apart from the ones in Unix/Linux SE?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47437" LastActivityDate="2013-02-10T04:18:12.897" Title="What are the criteria for migrating a question to the Unix and Linux Stack Exchange?" Tags="|discussion|migration|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6048" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6047" CreationDate="2013-02-10T04:18:12.897" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Anything that makes is an unofficial derivative is a candidate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anything that doesn't directly relate to Ubuntu or use on Ubuntu is a candidate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's CW so feel free to add candidate indicators.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2013-02-10T04:18:12.897" CommentCount="4" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-02-10T04:18:12.897" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6049" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6052" CreationDate="2013-02-10T06:10:18.410" Score="7" ViewCount="108" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm using chrome on a HTC one V and noticed two odd things when attempting to view the election page&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/gzl5c.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Firstly, the candidate here has been disqualified (twice?) and dosen't turn up on the non mobile page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Secondly I see a certain lack of comments - its inconsistant, some have one, some have up to 4 and one user has 7. I suppose this might be a rendering error, but the other isn't. I'll be following up using the stock browser, but I'm wondering if anyone else can confirm this, or if its just me?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17681" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-02-18T13:01:25.237" Title="Weirdness on the election page - missing comments, and disqualified candidate is visible" Tags="|bug|status-norepro|election|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6050" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6026" CreationDate="2013-02-10T17:26:40.260" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;This answer addresses both Seth's question and Bruno Pereira's comment. And agrees with both. Sort of.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My guess is that you are asking this because, generally speaking, it's considered bad to post a question that one knows is a duplicate of one or more existing questions. I don't think it's unreasonable to post on meta before making a question with the intention of duping other, pre-existing questions to it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With that said, though, I think Bruno Pereira is right. When I posted &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/5856/22949&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;, I was trying to figure out what a canonical partition recovery question &lt;em&gt;should be like&lt;/em&gt;. Since you already have an idea for what this should be like, I recommend posting it. (Just hold off on duping stuff to it for at least a short while, until we see how people like it.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.227" LastActivityDate="2013-02-10T17:26:40.260" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6051" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6053" CreationDate="2013-02-10T17:39:12.000" Score="1" ViewCount="76" Body="&lt;p&gt;Markdown than is on SE doesn't support table making.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Read the Markdown sytax specs page — section &lt;a href=&quot;http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/syntax#html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Inline HTML&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Example table in Markdown (and HTML) is on &lt;a href=&quot;http://paste.ubuntu.com/1633733/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://paste.ubuntu.com/1633733/&lt;/a&gt;. That works on some sites like &lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;GitHub&lt;/a&gt;, but not on SE.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why SE doesn't support this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user45853" LastEditorDisplayName="user45853" LastEditDate="2014-03-17T20:30:58.293" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Table making bug" Tags="|feature-request|bug|markdown|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6052" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6049" CreationDate="2013-02-10T17:58:09.203" Score="9" Body="&lt;h2&gt;It's just you&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Take a further look and you'll see that you're looking at an &lt;strong&gt;older cached page&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&quot;Nominations close in 7 days.&quot; That's what it said 5-6 days ago.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&quot;posted 7 mins ago&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&quot;posted 26 mins ago&quot; Well, in fact jokerdino posted it a long time earlier.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, just reload the web page, try clearing caches, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="88802" LastActivityDate="2013-02-10T17:58:09.203" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6053" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6051" CreationDate="2013-02-10T20:06:36.080" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;We are no mind-readers, so we can't tell you why there is no way to do it at this point.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But the reason for the &quot;standard&quot; markdown not working is this: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1777/what-html-tags-are-allowed-on-stack-exchange-sites&quot;&gt;Table HTML is not permitted&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;We do not (and will not) allow &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;table&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; tags. Sorry. This is intentional and by design. If you need a quick and dirty &quot;table&quot;, use &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;pre&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; and ASCII layout.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And, as &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/6051/table-making-bug#comment8951_6051&quot;&gt;gertvdijk&lt;/a&gt; points out, this discussion has been had, and the answer is still the same:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;It isn't implemented. That's why it doesn't work.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Except for yet again &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/138946/can-we-add-markdown-support-for-tables&quot;&gt;asking for it to be implemented&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/73566/195914&quot;&gt;using workarounds&lt;/a&gt;, there really is nothing else one can do about this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="98085" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2013-02-10T20:12:37.310" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6054" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6369" CreationDate="2013-02-10T20:43:58.757" Score="14" ViewCount="248" Body="&lt;p&gt;The tag has reappeared two more times &lt;em&gt;again&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/error&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;error&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;error&lt;/a&gt; has reappeared after at lease 2 purges.  Can we please blacklist this tag?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/lpRko.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Reasons for this have been discussed several times already:&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/5888/the-error-tag-should-be-blacklisted&quot;&gt;The 'error' tag should be blacklisted&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2363/why-do-we-have-an-error-tag&quot;&gt;Why do we have an “error” tag?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2541/request-burnination-and-blacklisting-of-error-tag&quot;&gt;Request: Burnination and Blacklisting of [error] tag&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="12845" LastEditDate="2013-03-26T17:13:13.323" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Can we *please* blacklist the error tag?" Tags="|discussion|status-completed|tags|tag-block-request|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6055" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6054" CreationDate="2013-02-10T21:11:41.207" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/error&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;error&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;error&lt;/a&gt; tag has gotten to the point where mods should probably ask SE employees to blacklist it.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;That's how tag blacklisting is achieved.&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This tag seems to come back slowly--a couple posts here and there. But I can't deny it keeps coming back. Furthermore, it doesn't seem like discussion of it on meta has kept it from returning. It might even be coming back more often than in the past (though if so, I suspect that's just because we're policing it better now--the more times we get rid of it, the more times it's &lt;em&gt;possible&lt;/em&gt; for it to come back).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've been &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/5889/22949&quot;&gt;skeptical&lt;/a&gt; of blacklisting this, partly for &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/2542/22949&quot;&gt;reasons jrg articulates here&lt;/a&gt; and in &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3441/tag-elimination-problem#comment5029_3442&quot;&gt;this comment&lt;/a&gt; (where he says, &quot;tags are only blacklisted if it's really, really, really big and evil. I can't reveal the full details, but there are only 4 blacklists, and half of them are spam site related.&quot;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, as this keeps coming back, and shows no sign that it will stop coming back, it seems that &lt;strong&gt;the applicable standard is to blacklist it&lt;/strong&gt;. Unless things have changed since August 2011, the guideline in &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/103145/185080&quot;&gt;this post by Jeff Atwood&lt;/a&gt; probably still applies:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Ok this tag is now blacklisted; any tag we destroy &lt;em&gt;that comes back from the dead&lt;/em&gt;, needs to be blacklisted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, I recommend an AU moderator at least talk to Stack Exchange about this. (Unless there is a newer, higher bar for blacklisting that I'm not aware of.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2013-02-10T21:11:41.207" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6056" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-02-10T21:19:59.483" Score="8" ViewCount="64" Body="&lt;p&gt;As some of you have noticed, the SE admins were &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackstatus.net/post/42602026025/succeeding-back-to-new-york-feb-9-2013&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;migrating the services to the NY data centre&lt;/a&gt; again yesterday.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, some data seems to have been lost in the minutes before the site became read-only. It's at least a few minutes, but maybe more. On MSO, this has been &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/166940/195914&quot;&gt;discussed&lt;/a&gt;, as it was a SE-wide issue. This was &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/166940/welcome-back-meta-goodbye-question#comment489233_166940&quot;&gt;acknowlegded&lt;/a&gt; by the SE team and it appears that data &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; restorable and that it was &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/revisions/166940/3&quot;&gt;successful&lt;/a&gt; for MSO.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In that very post on MSO I mentioned AU as well (I only had specific evidence for a Meta-AU post), but now the post is closed while none of the data here has been restored.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;On Meta AU we lost an answer to this question: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/6021/how-to-watch-for-hidden-gems&quot;&gt;How to watch for hidden gems?&lt;/a&gt;. There were two, the one answered by &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/users/5768/abrahamvanhelpsing&quot;&gt;AbrahamVanHelpsing&lt;/a&gt; is gone. – gertvdijk &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/166940/welcome-back-meta-goodbye-question#comment489273_166940&quot;&gt;23 hours ago&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What do you mean &quot;closed as too localized&quot;? Data is still lost on AU! – gertvdijk &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/166940/welcome-back-meta-goodbye-question#comment489608_166940&quot;&gt;15 mins ago&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With the response:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;@gertvdijk Make that a new question. – Bart &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/166940/welcome-back-meta-goodbye-question#comment489609_166940&quot;&gt;14 mins ago&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, there it is. The new &quot;question&quot;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Can we please get our data back on AU and MAU?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;This example in the comments is just one example. I've heard reports of people losing reputation and upvotes as well.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="88802" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2013-02-10T21:19:59.483" Title="Some data lost after Stack Exchange server migration Feb. 9" Tags="|support|bug|stackexchange|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6057" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5504" CreationDate="2013-02-10T22:01:04.287" Score="41" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.vim.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/MIbbZ.png&quot; alt=&quot;Vim the editor&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11316" LastActivityDate="2013-02-10T22:01:04.287" CommentCount="5" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-02-10T22:01:04.287" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6060" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-02-11T15:30:51.607" Score="6" ViewCount="112" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've read &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq#bounty&quot;&gt;What if I don’t get a good answer?&lt;/a&gt; and in meta &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2462/what-is-the-purpose-of-favoriting-questions&quot;&gt;What is the purpose of favoriting questions?&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Does favoriting (clicking the star) highlight my question to others?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is there a way to do that?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="129338" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2018-05-09T14:46:32.783" LastActivityDate="2018-05-09T14:46:32.783" Title="Does favoriting questions help to get an answer?" Tags="|discussion|support|unanswered-questions|faq-suggestion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="6061" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6060" CreationDate="2013-02-11T15:38:41.207" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, favoriting a question does nothing, to my knowledge, to better highlight a question. If you're looking to get your question highlighted the best way to do so is with a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/set-bounties&quot;&gt;bounty&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can have your question &quot;bumped&quot; by editing and &lt;em&gt;adding&lt;/em&gt; more details about the problem, things you've tried, or clarifying items.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2013-02-11T15:38:41.207" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6062" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6063" CreationDate="2013-02-11T16:15:15.483" Score="3" ViewCount="89" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've found a question corresponding to mine (&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2462/what-is-the-purpose-of-favoriting-questions&quot;&gt;What is the purpose of favoriting questions?&lt;/a&gt;), but need some precisions (&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/6060/do-favoriting-questions-help-to-get-an-answer/&quot;&gt;Do favoriting questions help to get an answer?&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/362/how-do-i-comment-on-a-post&quot;&gt;I had enough reputation&lt;/a&gt; : by adding in the question a comment? an answer written like a question? Something else ?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If I don't have enough reputation to comment or edit out of my questions : how ? Then, how do I link to the parent question ?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="129338" LastActivityDate="2013-02-11T16:22:28.113" Title="How to ask a following question?" Tags="|discussion|support|close-reasons|asking-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6063" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6062" CreationDate="2013-02-11T16:22:28.113" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;In this case, you're really asking a different question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;What is X for?&quot; exists.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your question is, &quot;Does X achieve A?&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If that's not answered in the more general question, then you usually have a separate question, and it's fine to post it separately. You can link to the related question if you judge it would be helpful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2013-02-11T16:22:28.113" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6064" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="602" CreationDate="2013-02-11T17:33:15.933" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can maybe contact this user by chat using &lt;code&gt;@username&lt;/code&gt;. You can find more details on &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/3294/129338&quot;&gt;that answer&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="129338" LastActivityDate="2013-02-11T17:33:15.933" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6065" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6067" CreationDate="2013-02-11T17:50:12.470" Score="2" ViewCount="244" Body="&lt;p&gt;The title might not explain the idea very well, but let me put it here. Let us say we have somebody with an Nvidia problem that occurs when Unity loads.. For example &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/251320/unity-freezes-after-installing-recommended-nvidia-drivers&quot;&gt;Unity freezes after installing recommended Nvidia drivers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The OP wants to know why this happens and &lt;strong&gt;prevent&lt;/strong&gt; the problem from happening again, yet it has been suggested that the question is a duplicate of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/4408/what-should-i-do-when-ubuntu-freezes&quot;&gt;What should I do when Ubuntu freezes?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The latter simply mentions how to solve a freeze. Basically is not solving how the user got to the problem or how he/she can prevent it form happening again, it just links to another question where the problem is already happening in the worst case scenario, a total freeze.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do not think (Personal opinion) a question which is looking into how to solve a problem &lt;strong&gt;before it happens&lt;/strong&gt; should be pointed or mentioned as duplicate to another question where the problem &lt;strong&gt;has already happened&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, this does not apply to many questions, but some like this are the exception I want to say, since solving the problem before it happens is better than trying to solve it after it happened. Also, an answer could include a referent to the question that is similar, but not close it because it &quot;sounds&quot; similar or the objective (In a machiavellican way) is the solution. The truth is, the more the user learns of the problem, the better he/she is solving it, not only on their own, but helping other. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Waiting for the user to get to the problem (Worst problem like the total freeze above) instead of preventing the problem altogether is in my opinion not very helpful. If he/she knows why the problem happened or at least a basic idea of why, it can help a little.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7035" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2013-02-11T18:16:59.170" Title="Why problem occurs questions should not be redirected to How to solve problems" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6066" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-02-11T18:16:45.493" Score="3" ViewCount="47" Body="&lt;p&gt;Remap &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/persistent&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;persistent&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;persistent&lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/persistence&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;persistence&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;persistence&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Both deal with persistence issues on Live USB. While &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/persistent&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;persistent&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;persistent&lt;/a&gt; has more posts I propose to make &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/persistence&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;persistence&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;persistence&lt;/a&gt; (or persistance??) the main tag anyhow.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Suggestion for a tag wiki text: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This deals with problems of keeping settings on live media.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastEditorUserId="47291" LastEditDate="2013-02-12T02:51:45.260" LastActivityDate="2013-02-12T02:51:45.260" Title="Tag synonym request: [persistent] to [persistence]" Tags="|discussion|tags|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6067" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6065" CreationDate="2013-02-11T18:16:59.170" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Look at the answer you wrote and look at the answers on the canonical question, they're pretty much the same. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't see how we can be be expected to know how to solve problems before they happen, if that were the case I'd be using that skill in Las Vegas. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Besides that question is an offtopic bug report. :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2013-02-11T18:16:59.170" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6068" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6071" CreationDate="2013-02-11T18:38:30.673" Score="4" ViewCount="59" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was working on enhancing my answer in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/253872/measuring-and-documenting-internet-speed-download-and-upload&quot;&gt;Measuring and documenting internet speed (download and upload)&lt;/a&gt; when I noticed I got an upvote, but the counter did not give the +5, +10 or whatever the points are for an upvote. Just to verify I went to the reputation page and saw this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/bB4ts.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Did the system freeze the point, is there some maintenance right now? I thought it was the point limit (reputation limit) but since that is very rare to happen to me, what else could it be?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7035" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Are upvotes not giving points right now?" Tags="|support|reputation|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6069" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-02-11T18:44:12.087" Score="8" ViewCount="127" Body="&lt;p&gt;If I don't overlook something obvious &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/editing-help&quot;&gt;meta.askubuntu.com/editing-help&lt;/a&gt; does not mention &lt;strong&gt;paragraph breaks&lt;/strong&gt; at all. Neither &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;how they are considered useful instead of wasting space nor &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;how one creates them (by pressing &lt;kbd&gt;ENTER&lt;/kbd&gt; twice?).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should such an item be added?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.087" LastActivityDate="2013-02-27T17:49:20.047" Title="Meta editing-help should mention &quot;paragraph breaks&quot;" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|editing|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6070" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6069" CreationDate="2013-02-11T18:50:19.133" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, paragraph breaks should be included. And they should appear first (or right before &lt;em&gt;line breaks&lt;/em&gt;, wherever &lt;em&gt;line breaks&lt;/em&gt; appears).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That way, anyone who considers adding a line break and checks the help to see how, will know how to add a paragraph break too. Paragraph breaks are often unintentionally missing in new users' posts, and it's much more often helpful to add paragraph breaks than line breaks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks for noticing this!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="2355" LastEditDate="2013-02-19T21:58:37.230" LastActivityDate="2013-02-19T21:58:37.230" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6071" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6068" CreationDate="2013-02-11T18:51:26.197" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;You are at the daily reputation limit. (Congratulations!)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A user can only earn 200 reputation per day, &lt;em&gt;not counting accepts and bounties&lt;/em&gt;. So far for today you have zero reputation from bounties, and 30 points from accepts (two of your answers were accepted).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Therefore, except for any further accepts or bounties, the maximum reputation you can earn today is 230. Which is what you're at.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, not a bug. Just the way the system is intended to work. For more information, see:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/22447/what-is-the-reasoning-behind-the-reputation-cap&quot;&gt;What is the reasoning behind the reputation cap?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2013-02-11T18:51:26.197" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6072" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6073" CreationDate="2013-02-11T19:03:01.900" Score="7" ViewCount="482" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sometimes questions get closed as a duplicate, when they might not be one.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A comment should be left by the close-voter for the user explaining how to get their question re-opened if the duplicate doesn't solve their problem (also asking for the reason &lt;em&gt;why&lt;/em&gt; it doesn't solve the problem).  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So now, how does one flag their question for re-opening?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2013-10-31T16:35:01.503" LastActivityDate="2013-10-31T16:35:01.503" Title="How do I flag my question for re-opening?" Tags="|support|flagging|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6073" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6072" CreationDate="2013-02-11T19:03:01.900" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;To flag your question for re-opening, click on &quot;flag&quot;  at the bottom of the question, near the tag area.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/9fGTm.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then in the &quot;Other&quot; section add a message for the moderators.  (It's usually better to be descriptive)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/o8IY0.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And click &quot;Flag Question&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have at &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/participate-in-meta&quot;&gt;least 5 reputation&lt;/a&gt; you can  also &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/ask&quot;&gt;ask a question&lt;/a&gt; here on meta, asking for your question to be re-opened.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2013-02-12T01:14:06.520" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6074" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1323" CreationDate="2013-02-11T19:09:02.767" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I use this when I'm about to cast the 4th or 5th close vote on some duplicate questions:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;###Duplicate Closure&#xA;&#xA;This question will probably be closed as a duplicate soon. If those answers don't fully   &#xA;address your question please edit it to include why and [flag this for re-opening](http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/6073/44179). Thanks!&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2013-02-11T19:09:02.767" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-02-11T19:09:02.767" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6076" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5873" CreationDate="2013-02-11T20:54:16.330" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think a special case should be made for URL's that are themselves interesting. For instance, if I have a manual I link to, sure, but if I say &quot;I get redirected to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.example.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.example.com&lt;/a&gt; if I do this&quot;, the actual URL itself is important and should be remained readable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Apart from that I believe it is a formatting update and it can be both essential or too minor, depending on each case. If it improves a post enough, sure. If it doesn't, meh. Infuriating is a bad word for it, and should not be the reason to edit. Unreadable? edit. Just a simple link? too minor.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11120" LastActivityDate="2013-02-11T20:54:16.330" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6078" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-02-11T22:47:22.173" Score="6" ViewCount="54" Body="&lt;p&gt;The following question is not getting any further feedback after revisions.  Also, it appears to be a - non Ubuntu related - hardware issue.  I didn't get any Ubuntu related search hits with the error messages:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/253185/ubuntu-12-04-system-crashes-right-after-login-boot-repair-log-included&quot;&gt;Ubuntu 12.04 System crashes right after login - Boot-Repair log included&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I request a moderator to transfer the question to StackExchange &quot;Super User&quot;?  How does this work, just send a message to a user listed as moderator?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="116355" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2013-02-11T22:47:22.173" Title="Transfering a question from Ask Ubuntu to Super User" Tags="|support|stackexchange|moderators|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2013-02-18T12:21:45.323" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6079" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5713" CreationDate="2013-02-11T23:25:50.010" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Done. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tags/internet/synonyms&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/tags/internet/synonyms&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2013-02-11T23:25:50.010" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6080" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6081" CreationDate="2013-02-12T07:37:32.060" Score="4" ViewCount="84" Body="&lt;p&gt;I went into the election page to vote for the 2013 Community Moderators election (Primary).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But when I clicked into @green7's vote, it went strange:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/9MNxS.png&quot; alt=&quot;The original @green7 vote with -1&quot;&gt; &#xA;turned into&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/cJmcG.png&quot; alt=&quot;The new @green7 vote with +8 and -15.&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;8-15 = -7. How could this be -1?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems that for almost every candidate I voted DOWN on it would show a -1 instead of it's total vote number. Can anyone fix that? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="84117" LastEditorUserId="1412" LastEditDate="2013-02-13T02:31:38.603" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Is there a bug at the election page?" Tags="|bug|status-bydesign|election|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6081" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6080" CreationDate="2013-02-12T08:18:47.123" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;It never goes below &lt;code&gt;-1&lt;/code&gt; (well, except when you add a downvote, but that clears out on refreshing)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/135576/election-primary-vote-count-is-no-lower-than-1/135577#135577&quot;&gt;Election primary vote count is no lower than -1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;It was decided to be too cruel to display a person as having a score less than 0.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="69210" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2013-02-12T08:18:47.123" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6082" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6083" CreationDate="2013-02-12T19:24:24.107" Score="0" ViewCount="105" Body="&lt;p&gt;I came across a user with low rep but a gold famous question badge and was curious. It seems his question (the only one he has) was marked as a duplicate of &lt;em&gt;the&lt;/em&gt; actual famous question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This seems to be some kind of loophole.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Steps (this is by no means an encouragement to do the same):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;find a famous question&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;make a new question asking essentially the same thing&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;get your question marked as a duplicate of the famous question&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;get a nice shiny gold badge&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this intentional?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Besides good ethics/morals, whats stopping anyone from doing this exact same thing to get &lt;em&gt;undeserved&lt;/em&gt; badges?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit: This is not as severe as I thought. The question in question actually does have enough views to be a famous question though it may be entirely due to the fact that it was marked as a duplicate to a famous and well rated question. By chance or not, I suppose this sort of this is most likely frowned upon but not reversed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="89202" LastEditorUserId="1412" LastEditDate="2013-02-13T02:30:05.343" LastActivityDate="2013-02-13T02:30:05.343" Title="Badge cheating?" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|badges|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6083" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6082" CreationDate="2013-02-12T19:43:20.613" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;If a question is a duplicate it automatically gets forwarded to the master question, I don't think this increases the view count; unless there are answers posted, in which case you can flag to either have those removed, or (if they're good) flag and ask for a merge so all the traffic is going to the master question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the person is getting a bunch of views then it's an indication that the question either has a search term or something that the master question does not, so they should be merged/duped for the sake of the user's finding the canonical question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't think anyone does this intentionally, the onus is on the community to keep the duplicate chain maintained, and if using a badge to find these works then do so. We should be using the famous question badges to see which questions need to be maintained anyway. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2013-02-12T19:43:20.613" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6084" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6085" CreationDate="2013-02-12T20:55:52.017" Score="4" ViewCount="67" Body="&lt;p&gt;I see 12 Flags &quot;awaiting review&quot;, all 22 hours old.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am in no hurry - I am concerned by the possibility that something might be broken.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastEditorUserId="114818" LastEditDate="2013-03-08T17:42:27.600" LastActivityDate="2013-03-08T17:42:27.600" Title="Is there some congestion in the flag review queue?" Tags="|support|flagging|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6085" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6084" CreationDate="2013-02-12T21:08:08.870" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Nothing is broken. Flags in the queue are sorted by weight not by time. So less important/weighted flags sink to the bottom of the queue. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2013-02-12T21:13:53.217" LastActivityDate="2013-02-12T21:13:53.217" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6086" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6026" CreationDate="2013-02-12T23:41:54.623" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have started one here: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/254424/how-can-i-change-the-function-of-keys-on-my-keyboard&quot;&gt;How can I change what keys on my keyboard do? (How can I create custom keyboard commands/shortcuts?)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please help contribute by editing, answering and voting!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2013-02-12T23:41:54.623" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6087" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5504" CreationDate="2013-02-13T15:12:08.177" Score="48" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://developer.ubuntu.com/get-started/gomobile/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/IMWcw.png&quot; alt=&quot;Develop your apps for Ubuntu phone!&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="121355" LastActivityDate="2013-02-13T15:12:08.177" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-02-13T15:12:08.177" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6088" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5670" CreationDate="2013-02-13T18:30:48.673" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The question you merge &lt;em&gt;into&lt;/em&gt; is also the one that will keep the accepted answer mark.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This can be an important fact when choosing the merge direction.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="34265" LastActivityDate="2013-02-13T18:30:48.673" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6089" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6090" CreationDate="2013-02-13T21:16:30.847" Score="6" ViewCount="41" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sometimes when flagging a question I would like to look at those parts of it which are hidden by the dialogue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastEditorUserId="117103" LastEditDate="2013-02-13T21:33:45.310" LastActivityDate="2013-02-13T21:33:45.310" Title="Is there a way to move the flagging dialogue?" Tags="|support|flagging|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6090" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6089" CreationDate="2013-02-13T21:19:11.487" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Like this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/RMf6M.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is already is movable, click and drag on the top part &quot;I am flagging this question because&quot; area.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastActivityDate="2013-02-13T21:19:11.487" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6091" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-02-13T21:56:05.283" Score="3" ViewCount="94" Body="&lt;p&gt;From other online &quot;forums&quot; (e.g. &lt;a href=&quot;http://forums.mozillazine.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://forums.mozillazine.org/&lt;/a&gt; which is &quot;powered by&quot; &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.phpbb.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://www.phpbb.com/&lt;/a&gt;) I'm used to having a feature to &lt;strong&gt;subscribe to a thread&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I realize that here you can use things like @username to notify someone (at least in a comments thread).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there (currently) a straightforward way of subscribing to a Q&amp;amp;A and getting notifications of &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;all&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; activity (in the StackExchange Inbox)? If not, where would be a good place to request it, kindly?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;((pretty sure this question &lt;em&gt;could&lt;/em&gt; be a duplicate... plz advise, if so.))&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16023" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-07-11T15:48:08.020" LastActivityDate="2014-07-11T15:48:08.020" Title="Is there a way to subscribe to a Q&amp;A and get notified of _all_ activity (in the StackExchange Inbox)?" Tags="|feature-request|notifications|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6092" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6091" CreationDate="2013-02-13T22:05:47.203" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the meantime(as a workaround) you can hit the &quot;Favorite Star&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which is here:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/VNo53.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt; &lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/9Hl5z.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This will update you on changes of a question in your profile page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To see the changes:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Seh63.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Click &quot;Favorites&quot; notice the &quot;1&quot; which tells me one of my favorites has changed, then click on &quot;Activity&quot; and the highlighted questions will be the ones that have recently changed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastEditorUserId="47291" LastEditDate="2013-02-13T22:28:46.013" LastActivityDate="2013-02-13T22:28:46.013" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6093" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-02-13T12:06:25.707" Score="12" ViewCount="302" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have tried logging in with my Launchpad ID. But it shows me as a totally new user, with rep of 0.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't want to lose the rep I have here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="65492" OwnerDisplayName="Daniel Clem" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2013-03-03T02:10:36.390" LastActivityDate="2013-03-03T02:10:36.390" Title="How do I migrate from Google login to Launchpad login?" Tags="|support|launchpad|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6094" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6093" CreationDate="2013-02-14T01:13:47.397" Score="21" Body="&lt;p&gt;Go to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/65492/daniel-clem&quot;&gt;your profile&lt;/a&gt; and near the top there will be a link that says &lt;em&gt;My logins&lt;/em&gt;.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/8seuG.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It will show you all the accounts associated with you Stack Exchange account, and let you add new ones and remove old ones.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/t9GDv.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here you can add your Launchpad account and remove your Google account.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Moderators can also do this, and one might beat you to it :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2013-02-14T17:36:23.990" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6095" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5504" CreationDate="2013-02-14T13:39:14.503" Score="31" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://one.ubuntu.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/xMVfE.png&quot; alt=&quot;Ubuntu One is your personal cloud!&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="64171" LastEditorUserId="121355" LastEditDate="2013-02-14T19:54:27.280" LastActivityDate="2013-02-14T19:54:27.280" CommentCount="3" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-02-14T13:39:14.503" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6096" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6097" CreationDate="2013-02-14T23:49:14.773" Score="3" ViewCount="145" Body="&lt;p&gt;Do Questions about File Conversion via software available on Ubuntu Belong here in askubuntu?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For further details the question I'm contemplating asking is about converting chm files to pdf. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="93125" LastActivityDate="2013-02-15T00:32:21.217" Title="Do Questions about File Conversion via software available on Ubuntu Belong here in askubuntu?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6097" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6096" CreationDate="2013-02-15T00:32:21.217" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, questions about using Ubuntu to convert files from one format/encoding to another are on-topic for Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Whether the software is available from Ubuntu's software sources, or must be obtained from unofficial sources (i.e., third party software), it is on topic. Please see &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq#questions&quot;&gt;the FAQ&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, it's &lt;em&gt;possible&lt;/em&gt; to ask a question about file conversion that is not good for Ask Ubuntu. For example, asking for a list of all file conversion software (for any format to any other format) is far too broad. If you're using an unsupported release of Ubuntu (like 11.04), that's considered off-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But asking how to convert CHM files to PDF, with or without more details about your needs, is on topic. Of course:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you have detailed needs, please provide the details so you can get a good answer.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;As always, please search first, to see if your question has already been asked and answered.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2013-02-15T00:32:21.217" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6098" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6100" CreationDate="2013-02-15T04:31:14.200" Score="14" ViewCount="371" Body="&lt;p&gt;I wondered whether &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/256255/25656&quot;&gt;How to add custom services to Ubuntu that aren't Canonical's but my own (Cloud service etc)&lt;/a&gt; is off-topic because of &quot;I'm making my own distribution of Ubuntu&quot; in the body of the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/22949/eliah-kagan&quot;&gt;Eliah's&lt;/a&gt; comment, reproduced in part below, I get the impression that questions about &lt;em&gt;existing&lt;/em&gt; unofficial derivatives &lt;em&gt;are off-topic&lt;/em&gt; (according to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq#questions&quot;&gt;FAQ&lt;/a&gt;) but soliciting assistance in &lt;em&gt;making&lt;/em&gt; an unofficial derivative &lt;em&gt;is acceptable&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Making unofficial derivatives is not off-topic. (At least, I'm not&#xA;  familiar with any community consensus saying it is, and that wouldn't&#xA;  really make sense, since there's no other community that could give&#xA;  better advice about that.) Questions about existing unofficial&#xA;  derivatives are off-topic. We have questions about remastering,&#xA;  trademark rebranding, and many other &lt;strong&gt;elements&lt;/strong&gt; of creating unofficial&#xA;  derivatives here; I recommend posting on meta before closing this as&#xA;  off topic.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;Emphasis added by me&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a distinction that should be clearer to people less familiar with the &lt;em&gt;meta&lt;/em&gt; aspects of Ask Ubuntu?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user25656" LastEditorUserId="480481" LastEditDate="2020-05-25T06:35:28.523" LastActivityDate="2020-05-25T06:35:28.523" Title="Are questions about making &quot;unofficial&quot; derivatives of Ubuntu welcome?" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6099" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6098" CreationDate="2013-02-15T05:07:34.760" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, such questions &lt;em&gt;are&lt;/em&gt; welcome. They essentially fall into the category of customizing Ubuntu, which is really all that someone would be doing in such a case. However, once they go this route, they are on their own. We cannot give assistance to someone with a self-made distro, but we can help them to make their own distro based on Ubuntu for sure.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's like, once the train is out of the station, we can't help you to drive it, but we can help you pack your bags and get on board. We can even give you the coal to power your engine!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A real world example would be with questions related to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/remastersys&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;remastersys&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;remastersys&lt;/a&gt;, for example. We allow such questions because they involve creating your own Ubuntu spins, something which is even covered on the Ubuntu wiki and other official sources.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1992" LastActivityDate="2013-02-15T05:07:34.760" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6100" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6098" CreationDate="2013-02-15T05:09:05.983" Score="17" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think customizing Ubuntu is a way of &lt;em&gt;using Ubuntu&lt;/em&gt;. In particular, it is a way of &lt;em&gt;making changes to an Ubuntu system&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If someone wants to add Debian repositories to an Ubuntu system, we help them with that. If someone wants to add Ubuntu repositories to a Debian system, that's off-topic here. When someone customizes an Ubuntu system, whether or not they intend to produce a derivative that may &lt;em&gt;eventually&lt;/em&gt; be a separate distro, what they have to start with is an Ubuntu system, and &lt;em&gt;they know what changes they have made.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(This is, interestingly, perhaps the only situation where people are likely to know all the changes they've made to their Ubuntu system.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In contrast, if someone starts with some unofficial Ubuntu derivative, we probably don't know how it's different from Ubuntu, &lt;em&gt;they&lt;/em&gt; probably don't know, and &lt;em&gt;there are people in other places&lt;/em&gt; that &lt;strong&gt;do&lt;/strong&gt; know.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as I can see, we have a lot of good reasons for considering questions about using unofficial derivatives off-topic, and none of them apply to &lt;em&gt;customizing Ubuntu&lt;/em&gt; (whether or not the intention is to create and distribute a new operating system):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Experts on the derivative should be consulted instead.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are no experts, because the derivative doesn't exist yet. The OP knows what they want, and we know how Ubuntu works. That's the best there is. (And it's pretty good.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Users should seek help in the right community.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is no community, because the derivative doesn't exist yet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;We would overstretch ourselves to provide support for other OSes.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is no substantial technical distinction between a customization that is a separate distro and one that is not. Once a distro takes off, &lt;em&gt;then&lt;/em&gt; it might be possible for us to overstretch ourselves. But then that distro exists, has a community, and so forth.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;We're not familiar with the best pre-existing documentation.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is no pre-existing documentation for the custom distro because the custom distro doesn't exist yet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;It's not Ubuntu!&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's the goal, not the present situation. Once someone succeeds at building an unofficial derivative, then it makes sense for that derivative to be off-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;We don't have to help; someone else will.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Who?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When you build a good OS, users will come. Before you build a good OS, you rely on your knowledge, skills, and whatever help good people are willing to give.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Once modified even slightly, we cannot predict how it will work.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Again, there is no technical distinction between an unofficial derivative and any other kind of customization. We help people make custom live CD's, even though that means that once one thing is changed, the system is different. We also help people modify their installed Ubuntu systems, sometimes in radical ways.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More importantly, &lt;strong&gt;we shouldn't provide &lt;em&gt;user support&lt;/em&gt; for a custom distro&lt;/strong&gt;, no matter how young it is.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think that fundamentally captures the important distinction:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;When there is an unofficial derivative, and you use it, there are many good places to get help with that, but Ask Ubuntu is not one of them.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;When there is Ubuntu, and you modify it with the goal of creating a custom distro, you're using Ubuntu, and Ask Ubuntu is perfectly suited to helping you with that.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you modify it in some weird way to create a problem that doesn't exist in Ubuntu, that might merit closure--even if we don't consider it a bug, it might be too localized.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Does that mean if someone modifies Ubuntu during the course of normal use, clones it, and redistributes it, that's off-topic?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, that's a kind of custom distro, and is off-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And finally...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;We can't support an unlimited variety of systems.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Right. So we should give reusable advice about customizing Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When a question has the potential to help people creating many &lt;em&gt;different&lt;/em&gt; custom distros from Ubuntu, the question is about Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Using &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/256255/25656&quot;&gt;that question&lt;/a&gt; as an example, it's asking (and I paraphrase):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How to make the Software Center use different software sources?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How to replace Ubuntu One with another cloud service that integrates similarly?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What Canonical services is Ubuntu built to use, and how do I replace them with my own services?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are some serious problems with this question. It's not very detailed. It's very broad. It's vague. (Even the third question, as I've broken it down, might not be detailed enough to constitute a good question by itself.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the OP doesn't provide more information, we may have to close it as &lt;em&gt;not a real question&lt;/em&gt;, for those reasons. So I'm not sure it's the best question to help us figure out a policy about scope (as it may not work out, for reasons other than scope).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But even there, you can see that this question tells us very little about the specific nature of the custom distribution the OP wishes to create. Answers to those questions would be immediately applicable to many or most people interested in customizing Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-02-15T05:09:05.983" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6101" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6103" CreationDate="2013-02-15T10:36:26.863" Score="10" ViewCount="272" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been around for a few months now. What I notice is that the same questions keep on being asked over and over again. For instance about what ubuntu version to use, problems to install, questions about encryption, black/purple screen problems.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Usually they are duplicates (though sometimes I feel that this a fuzzy concept).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know we can flag them, but shouldn't we downvote them too? There clearly is often little research effort behind them. That might give a clearer image of what information is helpful on the website.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also cf. &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3884/some-closed-questions-should-not-be-downvoted-just-closed-thoughts&quot;&gt;Some closed questions should not be downvoted, just closed. Thoughts?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="115155" LastEditorUserId="115155" LastEditDate="2013-02-15T10:47:23.150" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Should we downvote duplicate questions?" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|downvoting|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6102" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6101" CreationDate="2013-02-15T13:34:41.187" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;Depends. From &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/62819/should-we-downvote-duplicates&quot;&gt;the MSO post on this&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I have several times asked a question that the &quot;similar questions&quot; search did not identify that I later found to be a duplicate of an existing question when someone pointed it out. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So IMO it's better not to.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="69210" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2013-02-15T13:34:41.187" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6103" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6101" CreationDate="2013-02-15T14:06:42.883" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just vote to close. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The site offers a duplicate search, some users use it, some don't. Sometimes if you notice a trend, you can do a search for a common duplicate and then just flag a bunch at once.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example I do a search for &quot;black screen&quot; and &quot;freeze&quot; on occasion and always find some getting through. Just keep flagging them! The only time I downvote is if the question is so poor that it being a duplicate is only part of it's problem. It just so happens that most poorly written questions are also duplicates. I tend to just trust that the junk will be closed as a duplicate and save my votes to upvote good questions. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2013-02-15T14:06:42.883" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6104" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-02-15T17:43:40.713" Score="3" ViewCount="51" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/138484/why-does-apt-think-it-needs-this-extra-dependency&quot;&gt;Why does apt think it needs this extra dependency?&lt;/a&gt;, but when I search for  &quot;extra dependency&quot; (with quotes) the search returns &quot;0 Results&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2013-02-15T18:12:24.837" Title="Why does a search for &quot;extra dependency&quot; give no results?" Tags="|bug|searching|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6105" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-02-15T22:27:13.250" Score="7" ViewCount="175" Body="&lt;p&gt;The following is a &quot;digest&quot; version of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/6042/2013-moderator-election-town-hall-chat&quot;&gt;2013 Moderator Election Town Hall Chat&lt;/a&gt;. The format, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/77831/how-can-we-improve-the-town-hall-digests&quot;&gt;as described on Meta Stack Overflow&lt;/a&gt;, is one &lt;em&gt;answer&lt;/em&gt; to this question &lt;em&gt;for every question&lt;/em&gt; asked in the Town Hall, containing all the candidate's answers to that question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;To view the digest chronologically, please sort the answers by &quot;oldest&quot;&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have questions or comments about this, &lt;strong&gt;please do not answer this question&lt;/strong&gt; as the answers are designed to be used for the questions from the Town hall itself. Instead, please ask on &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/77831/how-can-we-improve-the-town-hall-digests&quot;&gt;the parent question&lt;/a&gt; or in &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.meta.stackoverflow.com/rooms/352/town-hall-discussion&quot;&gt;the Town Hall Discussion Room&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you see any corrections which need to be made to this digest, or if you were a candidate who was unable to attend the town hall and would like your answers included, please @GraceNote or @TimStone &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/268/ask-ubuntu-town-hall-chat&quot;&gt;in the chat room&lt;/a&gt; and let us know!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11612" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2013-02-15T23:33:36.760" Title="2013 Moderator Election - Town Hall Chat Digest" Tags="|discussion|election|" AnswerCount="30" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-02-15T23:33:36.760" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6106" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6105" CreationDate="2013-02-15T22:27:13.250" Score="0" Body="&lt;h2&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e1b643b1cabd740a5f4580f365b21407?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Grace Note&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/757/grace-note&quot;&gt;Grace Note&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105224#8105224&quot;&gt;asked&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/em&gt; &lt;strong&gt;In your opinion, what do moderators do?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/adf708efd8e843f270c3a6f2935e8368?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;mateo_salta&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/33796/mateo-salta&quot;&gt;mateo_salta&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105263#8105263&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  Handle the exceptions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8fac59804fcd73fcce38586ea20ef861?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Anna Lear&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/4143/anna-lear&quot;&gt;Anna Lear&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105281#8105281&quot;&gt;asked for clarification&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; Can you expand on that? What kind of exceptions do you think moderators deal with?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/adf708efd8e843f270c3a6f2935e8368?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;mateo_salta&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/33796/mateo-salta&quot;&gt;mateo_salta&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105349#8105349&quot;&gt;responded&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  Suspicious voting, destructive actions that sometimes occur, and then the everyday tasks as handling flags&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e88cb2b3858ca0df735806f1a8476b23?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Journeyman Geek&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/10208/journeyman-geek&quot;&gt;Journeyman Geek&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8106623#8106623&quot;&gt;responded&lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/4143/anna-lear&quot;&gt;Anna Lear&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  To an extent, Not an answers, spam, and so on. I believe moderators are an extention of the community, so in general, to me, there's suprisingly few situations I consider an exception. One situation I can think of, and have encountered before, is a user who had just gotten, say editing powers, and goes overboard removing a pet peeve of his. Another might be an intentionally abusive or disruptive user&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/b3c95705dadc56ae2010baf4c122bbad?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;FEichinger&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/54152/feichinger&quot;&gt;FEichinger&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105283#8105283&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  That's a question I believe I have partially answered on the nominations already. Moderators should guide the community and support it (and keep it in check a bit), not &lt;em&gt;lead&lt;/em&gt; it. A moderator should, in my opinion, mostly act &lt;em&gt;on behalf&lt;/em&gt; of the community.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/17f955dcc67792f420f47dc6471d376a?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Amith KK&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/16377/amith-kk&quot;&gt;Amith KK&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105284#8105284&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  Moderators help the community handle some exceptions. Like when a user goes rouge or when a user starts using unfair methods to gain rep&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8d85f84b3c0241ebca2eee5a2552014f?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Luis Alvarado&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/12093/luis-alvarado&quot;&gt;Luis Alvarado&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105287#8105287&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; They are the neutral exceptional error handlers. They solve problems which need a &quot;referee&quot; to solve or find an answer. Apart from this the help the site by cleaning, merging and guiding the community.    How much time do you have to devote to janitorial tasks? - Well I actually have a lot to spare right now. Normally I dedicate about 4 hours a day (divided of course in 15 to 20 minute pieces).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/3d29d26e0b6452a8732390472f59a7b4?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;ObsessiveSSOℲ&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/36486/obsessivessof&quot;&gt;ObsessiveSSOℲ&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105301#8105301&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  IMO moderation is a task for keeping a site functioning, akin to the Pipeworks workers and electricians in &lt;em&gt;The City of Ember&lt;/em&gt;, or other books of the sort. There is little fun downtime, and one's day is spent reviewing flags, and staying within the NDA. This job requires impartiality, maturity, and time. Also, lots and lots of manual labor.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d629b6ac45d58dbd918c0246b364748d?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;RolandiXor&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/4769/rolandixor&quot;&gt;RolandiXor&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105300#8105300&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; Apart from ruling with an iron fist (just kidding, my fists are titanium :), moderators are here to take care of the less glamorous tasks that may come up on the site, such as turning answers into comments, driving off trolls and spammers, helping users who have lost their way, and in general - doing a lot of behind the scenes work to both keep the peace and the smoothness of the community.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8bfa3d624cdb4f087d8d8ffcaf786315?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;jokerdino&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/24463/jokerdino&quot;&gt;jokerdino&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8106127#8106127&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  IMO, Moderators act as the human exception handler, handling flags and doing janitorial work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e88cb2b3858ca0df735806f1a8476b23?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Journeyman Geek&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/10208/journeyman-geek&quot;&gt;Journeyman Geek&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8106588#8106588&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  Pretty much the same as high rep users. To some extent, flags are a way to speed up the process, but they guide the community, preferably through gentle nudging. I'm a firm believer in soft power over hard power&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11612" LastActivityDate="2013-02-15T22:27:13.250" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-02-15T23:33:36.760" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6107" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6105" CreationDate="2013-02-15T22:29:23.200" Score="3" Body="&lt;h2&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c88f455192559b06f95d006abfe33f9f?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;fossfreedom&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/13011/fossfreedom&quot;&gt;fossfreedom&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105229#8105229&quot;&gt;asked&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/em&gt; &lt;strong&gt;How much time  do you have to devote to janitorial tasks?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/3d29d26e0b6452a8732390472f59a7b4?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;ObsessiveSSOℲ&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/36486/obsessivessof&quot;&gt;ObsessiveSSOℲ&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105261#8105261&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  While I am a student, with events and extracurricular stuff, I can manage one and a half hours most days, more on weekends, but some days(maybe like 8 per year) I can do none. I can also moderate during various free times throughout the day. So, &lt;em&gt;anywhere from 2 to 3 hours a day&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/adf708efd8e843f270c3a6f2935e8368?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;mateo_salta&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/33796/mateo-salta&quot;&gt;mateo_salta&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105303#8105303&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  Several hours at various times during the day&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/17f955dcc67792f420f47dc6471d376a?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Amith KK&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/16377/amith-kk&quot;&gt;Amith KK&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105306#8105306&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  I have a good amount of time to dedicate to it after my exams are over. I can put over 6 hours on a holiday&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d629b6ac45d58dbd918c0246b364748d?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;RolandiXor&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/4769/rolandixor&quot;&gt;RolandiXor&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105322#8105322&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  My time is dependent largely upon my work load and my choice of how to spend my free time. In general, I work quickly but, carefully, so I can get a lot done in half hour intervals. I would sum it up as about three hours a day that I &lt;em&gt;can&lt;/em&gt; devote to the janitorial tasks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/b3c95705dadc56ae2010baf4c122bbad?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;FEichinger&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/54152/feichinger&quot;&gt;FEichinger&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105339#8105339&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  While studies do occupy quite some time, I am usually &lt;em&gt;available&lt;/em&gt; a good ten hours a day, at least. I already spend a large amount of that time on /review, but I believe at least 4 of those daily hours can go straight to janitorial.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8bfa3d624cdb4f087d8d8ffcaf786315?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;jokerdino&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/24463/jokerdino&quot;&gt;jokerdino&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8106147#8106147&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  I'll spend an hour maximum every day on Ask Ubuntu. That time allocation may vary depending on my schedule though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e88cb2b3858ca0df735806f1a8476b23?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Journeyman Geek&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/10208/journeyman-geek&quot;&gt;Journeyman Geek&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8106579#8106579&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  At the moment, a good chunk of the day. I find that 3-4 20 minute periods, even with no mod tools works well&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11612" LastActivityDate="2013-02-15T22:29:23.200" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-02-15T23:33:36.760" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6108" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6105" CreationDate="2013-02-15T22:31:25.317" Score="1" Body="&lt;h2&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/3981cd271c302f5cba628c6b6d2b32ee?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Tim Stone&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/12325/tim-stone&quot;&gt;Tim Stone&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105298#8105298&quot;&gt;asked&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/em&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Do you feel like a representative percentage of the community participates in your site's meta? Based on that, how strongly do you think feedback presented on meta should factor into your decision making as a moderator?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/17f955dcc67792f420f47dc6471d376a?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Amith KK&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/16377/amith-kk&quot;&gt;Amith KK&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105325#8105325&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  A good percentage of people do participate on meta. I would consult it for my decisions . Although, participation should improve.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/3d29d26e0b6452a8732390472f59a7b4?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;ObsessiveSSOℲ&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/36486/obsessivessof&quot;&gt;ObsessiveSSOℲ&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105328#8105328&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  Honestly, I feel as while a good amount of people do participate, I'm not seeing enough &lt;em&gt;recurring&lt;/em&gt; meta users beside a handful f 30-50. users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8d85f84b3c0241ebca2eee5a2552014f?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Luis Alvarado&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/12093/luis-alvarado&quot;&gt;Luis Alvarado&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105336#8105336&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  No, I feel there should be more participation. Of course I am not one to say this since I too participate little on meta, but some ideas or incentives can be created to welcome new and old users to meta in favor of actively participating on how AU will work and offer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/b3c95705dadc56ae2010baf4c122bbad?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;FEichinger&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/54152/feichinger&quot;&gt;FEichinger&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105356#8105356&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  The participation feels quite low. We have a core group, and then some one-offs. I do, however, push for using meta more, and I rely heavily on it in my decisions - this is where the community voices its opinion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d629b6ac45d58dbd918c0246b364748d?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;RolandiXor&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/4769/rolandixor&quot;&gt;RolandiXor&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105369#8105369&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; In my opinion not that many people visit meta or even know what it is. I can't blame them as I tend to visit meta somewhat rarely (I admit), as I spend more time digging through review tasks and looking for ways I can help with answer or editing questions. I think however that feedback on meta is &lt;em&gt;essential&lt;/em&gt; to a moderator's duties as it gives access to &quot;a pulse of the community.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/adf708efd8e843f270c3a6f2935e8368?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;mateo_salta&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/33796/mateo-salta&quot;&gt;mateo_salta&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105417#8105417&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  I was active in meta from nearly the start of when I came here, and see many new users active in meta, Many are interested in the workings of the site, and it is a good platform for discussing things on the site, however solely basing a decision on a single new meta post may not give the best &quot;view&quot; of the entire situation&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8bfa3d624cdb4f087d8d8ffcaf786315?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;jokerdino&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/24463/jokerdino&quot;&gt;jokerdino&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8106188#8106188&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  No. The percentage of people participating in meta is really inadequate. But, considering how that is the only feedback we get, I would pretty much have discussions held in meta in the back of my mind before undertaking any decisions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e88cb2b3858ca0df735806f1a8476b23?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Journeyman Geek&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/10208/journeyman-geek&quot;&gt;Journeyman Geek&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8106658#8106658&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  I believe people who care enough to try to steer the community a certain way would end up on meta. In most cases its a small percentage (and more would be nice), but these are folk who are likely to stick around for the long run. Except where common sense dictates otherwise, I would read and consider their viewpoints, and try to make the right choice. As I've said before, moderators are an extention of the community, and their views matter&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11612" LastActivityDate="2013-02-15T22:31:25.317" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-02-15T23:33:36.760" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6109" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6105" CreationDate="2013-02-15T22:33:27.653" Score="1" Body="&lt;h2&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/IKyCA.jpg?g&amp;amp;s=16&quot; alt=&quot;jrg&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/6738/jrg&quot;&gt;jrg&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105319#8105319&quot;&gt;asked&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/em&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Someone posts on meta, damning your Nazi soul for closing his question. What do you do?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/3d29d26e0b6452a8732390472f59a7b4?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;ObsessiveSSOℲ&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/36486/obsessivessof&quot;&gt;ObsessiveSSOℲ&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105359#8105359&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  First of all, I would respond to the user on the meta post explaning my reasons for doing action XYZ. Then, I would carefully reevaluate my reasoning, with the user's reasoning also put into reason, and if I am still unsure, reach community consensus over policy in &lt;em&gt;another&lt;/em&gt; meta post. Then, keep or undo the action.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8d85f84b3c0241ebca2eee5a2552014f?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Luis Alvarado&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/12093/luis-alvarado&quot;&gt;Luis Alvarado&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105367#8105367&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; Easy, explain the reasons for the close in a way that:    1. It is explained by being &quot;on the poor victims side&quot;  2. By explaining the reason in a way that the victim will understand and also accept.    * In case victim does not accept, I would start a talk/chat about why he/she thinks so and work out from there&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/b3c95705dadc56ae2010baf4c122bbad?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;FEichinger&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/54152/feichinger&quot;&gt;FEichinger&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105377#8105377&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  I would edit out the offensive parts and kindly inform the user that this hostilty is &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; gonna help getting an answer. I would, however, also answer the actual meta post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/17f955dcc67792f420f47dc6471d376a?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Amith KK&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/16377/amith-kk&quot;&gt;Amith KK&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105383#8105383&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  Well, I'll really &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; change my mind unless the so called &lt;em&gt;someone&lt;/em&gt; points out some detail that causes the question to be valid. Anyways, my reason would be fair and statable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d629b6ac45d58dbd918c0246b364748d?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;RolandiXor&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/4769/rolandixor&quot;&gt;RolandiXor&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105384#8105384&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; cry, because there is no escape.    On the real though I would carefully explain why I made my decision, and if they are especially confrontational, knowing my own personality, I'd leave it to someone else to handle. I believe in stepping away when you know you can't deal with things the way they should be dealt with.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/adf708efd8e843f270c3a6f2935e8368?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;mateo_salta&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/33796/mateo-salta&quot;&gt;mateo_salta&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105447#8105447&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  Close the meta question (edit out Nazi, and other harmful content), with a firm but polite response, why - how the site works - and actions that he might incur if the situation is continued&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8bfa3d624cdb4f087d8d8ffcaf786315?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;jokerdino&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/24463/jokerdino&quot;&gt;jokerdino&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8106197#8106197&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  If the closing of his question was indeed unwarranted, I would reopen his question. If I don't feel like that was the case, I'll get someone else for a second opinion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11612" LastActivityDate="2013-02-15T22:33:27.653" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-02-15T23:33:36.760" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6110" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6105" CreationDate="2013-02-15T22:35:29.693" Score="0" Body="&lt;h2&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c88f455192559b06f95d006abfe33f9f?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;fossfreedom&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/13011/fossfreedom&quot;&gt;fossfreedom&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105348#8105348&quot;&gt;asked&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/em&gt; &lt;strong&gt;There are many great candidates here - why should I elect you instead of someone else?  What makes you stand-out from the crowd?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/b3c95705dadc56ae2010baf4c122bbad?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;FEichinger&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/54152/feichinger&quot;&gt;FEichinger&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105386#8105386&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  I disagree with the very notion of judging myself or other candidates. I &lt;em&gt;do&lt;/em&gt; have an opinion, but I do not think this should be voiced publicly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8d85f84b3c0241ebca2eee5a2552014f?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Luis Alvarado&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/12093/luis-alvarado&quot;&gt;Luis Alvarado&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105407#8105407&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  Comparing myself to other candidates is like comparing a Hershey bar to another Hershey bar. We are all good, support the community, have the same ideals when Ubuntu is concerned and are actually advocates of Ubuntu (Reason why we are active on Ubuntu)...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8d85f84b3c0241ebca2eee5a2552014f?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Luis Alvarado&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/12093/luis-alvarado&quot;&gt;Luis Alvarado&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105409#8105409&quot;&gt;continued&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; If I had to actually answer this I would say nothing. Nothing is different from me or any of the other members that contribute to AU on a daily basis, helping the community the best they can.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/3d29d26e0b6452a8732390472f59a7b4?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;ObsessiveSSOℲ&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/36486/obsessivessof&quot;&gt;ObsessiveSSOℲ&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105420#8105420&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  I also disagree with selecting by proving oneself &quot;better&quot; than others. Prove yourself competent, and the voters will see your positives, not tohers' negatives.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d629b6ac45d58dbd918c0246b364748d?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;RolandiXor&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/4769/rolandixor&quot;&gt;RolandiXor&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105425#8105425&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  that's really not something I like to discuss, as I've said numerous times - the moderators we have are the choice of the community. That said, I think what makes me stand out from some of the candidates is my depth of experience with the site, though in many ways, I'm still a learner - like all of us - still plastic. I would humbly decline puffing myself up vs anyone else.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8bfa3d624cdb4f087d8d8ffcaf786315?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;jokerdino&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/24463/jokerdino&quot;&gt;jokerdino&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8106214#8106214&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  I think I am pleasant to work with and also have a geographical advantage. Living in the other side of the world to the current mod team. :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e88cb2b3858ca0df735806f1a8476b23?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Journeyman Geek&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/10208/journeyman-geek&quot;&gt;Journeyman Geek&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8106722#8106722&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  As I said in my election pitch, wide experience on how SE as a whole works, and a presense on most of the site. There're candidates who've done a lot more than me on AU, but I can help faciliatate things like better migrations between sites - something I feel AU can do better. We hardly migrate anything&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11612" LastActivityDate="2013-02-15T22:35:29.693" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-02-15T23:33:36.760" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6111" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6105" CreationDate="2013-02-15T22:37:31.673" Score="1" Body="&lt;h2&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/IKyCA.jpg?g&amp;amp;s=16&quot; alt=&quot;jrg&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/6738/jrg&quot;&gt;jrg&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105358#8105358&quot;&gt;asked&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/em&gt; &lt;strong&gt;For the younger candidates (who are fairly numerous): how will you handle posts on meta claiming &quot;you are incompetent because you are so young&quot;?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/3d29d26e0b6452a8732390472f59a7b4?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;ObsessiveSSOℲ&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/36486/obsessivessof&quot;&gt;ObsessiveSSOℲ&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105396#8105396&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  I would begin (as with the question regarding how I would handle a use who complains about my actions) by reevaulating, explaining, and seeking consensus on policy if needed. If the belief of incompetency continues, I will continue to work with the user complaining until I manage to reach a decision that is fair to the user(from multiple perspectives) and remains &lt;em&gt;within policy&lt;/em&gt;. I would also argue that mental age is not the same as physical age.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/17f955dcc67792f420f47dc6471d376a?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Amith KK&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/16377/amith-kk&quot;&gt;Amith KK&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105405#8105405&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  Well. I'd just tell them that age is not a factor in moderation. You just need to have a straight mind. Well, Aren't you one of the younger one's that provided good services to the community?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8d85f84b3c0241ebca2eee5a2552014f?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Luis Alvarado&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/12093/luis-alvarado&quot;&gt;Luis Alvarado&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105450#8105450&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  I would actually point them to jrg as an example. A &quot;young candidate&quot; physically, a very mature person emotionally and intellectually. So the whole idea of younger not been able to it is just an old VERY old idea that is long dead. If they prove their worth, they do not have to prove anything related to their age.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d629b6ac45d58dbd918c0246b364748d?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;RolandiXor&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/4769/rolandixor&quot;&gt;RolandiXor&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105480#8105480&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  I shouldn't answer this I guess, but essentially I would point them to many real world examples of young leaders who are successful in what they do, as well as to older leaders who are ruinous to their positions and those under their authority.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8bfa3d624cdb4f087d8d8ffcaf786315?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;jokerdino&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/24463/jokerdino&quot;&gt;jokerdino&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8106243#8106243&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  I don't think competency and age are correlated. And I'll strive hard to make sure no such posts come up in meta in the first place. If anything comes up and I'm not in the wrong, I am sure someone else will back me up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11612" LastActivityDate="2013-02-15T22:37:31.673" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-02-15T23:33:36.760" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6112" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6105" CreationDate="2013-02-15T22:39:38.393" Score="1" Body="&lt;h2&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e1b643b1cabd740a5f4580f365b21407?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Grace Note&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/757/grace-note&quot;&gt;Grace Note&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105424#8105424&quot;&gt;asked&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/em&gt; &lt;strong&gt;In what way do you feel that being a moderator will make you more effective as opposed to simply reaching 10k or 20k rep? Or staying there, if the case may be?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/3d29d26e0b6452a8732390472f59a7b4?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;ObsessiveSSOℲ&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/36486/obsessivessof&quot;&gt;ObsessiveSSOℲ&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105449#8105449&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  Honestly, I feel as if I (and/or another candidate) would have a &quot;surer&quot; step if they are elected by the community that know what the voting is going to, as opposed to post votes. One can be good with Ubuntu, make it to 20K, and then prove to not be good at moderation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/17f955dcc67792f420f47dc6471d376a?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Amith KK&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/16377/amith-kk&quot;&gt;Amith KK&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105457#8105457&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  Well. We're the representatives of the community. Generally speaking, it is much more easier to control a group of people when you are leader.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d629b6ac45d58dbd918c0246b364748d?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;RolandiXor&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/4769/rolandixor&quot;&gt;RolandiXor&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105463#8105463&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; After having been at 20k for some time, I quickly came to feel frustrated with just how much I &lt;em&gt;couldn't&lt;/em&gt; do. For example, migrating questions, turning answers (that don't belong) into comments, merging accounts when new users get confused, returning a bounty, merging tags, etc. All told, none of these are tasks anyone would clamor for, but they are exactly the kind of tasks that myself and other high rep users would love to help with, but can't - as mere immortals. Wait...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/b3c95705dadc56ae2010baf4c122bbad?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;FEichinger&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/54152/feichinger&quot;&gt;FEichinger&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105476#8105476&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  The difference between a moderator and a trusted user is quite apparent here, as the duties of moderation are very different from what garners reputation the most. A user who gains reputation easily may be well informed about the topic at hand, but lack experience in dealing with the more meta topics - and vice versa. I believe that I am considerably experienced on the meta end, while I hesitate answering main questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8d85f84b3c0241ebca2eee5a2552014f?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Luis Alvarado&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/12093/luis-alvarado&quot;&gt;Luis Alvarado&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105486#8105486&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  I none that sticks out but some moderation features that I could use (Like the janitor features) could help lower the confusion (And huge amount) of new users not finding the correct answers because the title has a typo or was expressed in another way, not to mention duplicate questions and helping in solve problems that require actually calling out for a moderator.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8bfa3d624cdb4f087d8d8ffcaf786315?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;jokerdino&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/24463/jokerdino&quot;&gt;jokerdino&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8106253#8106253&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  It is my opinion that I can handle issues straightaway if I am a mod. Compared to sitting back and waiting for a mod to come and clean up the matter, I can get to work as I run into them. It can be as simple as deleting spam posts to providing a more authoritarian opinion on meta.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e88cb2b3858ca0df735806f1a8476b23?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Journeyman Geek&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/10208/journeyman-geek&quot;&gt;Journeyman Geek&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8108482#8108482&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; Amongst other things, more soft power. I've been 20K elsewhere and I've been reasonably satisfied with what I could do, with the help of others in the community. It simply means I can do those things faster. I'd love to be able to fix not an answers for one. I'd note that apparently merging accounts is something devs are supposed to do now @RolandiXor&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11612" LastActivityDate="2013-02-15T22:39:38.393" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-02-15T23:33:36.760" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6113" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6105" CreationDate="2013-02-15T22:41:40.340" Score="3" Body="&lt;h2&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/17f955dcc67792f420f47dc6471d376a?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Amith KK&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/16377/amith-kk&quot;&gt;Amith KK&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105433#8105433&quot;&gt;asked&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/em&gt; &lt;strong&gt;A diamond will be attached to everything you say and have said in the past, including questions, answers and comments. Everything you will do will be seen under a different light. How do you feel about that?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/3d29d26e0b6452a8732390472f59a7b4?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;ObsessiveSSOℲ&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/36486/obsessivessof&quot;&gt;ObsessiveSSOℲ&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105462#8105462&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  First of all, I have some older comments from when I was less experienced with the site. I would work through those comments, making sure I did not misstep, and then either keep or remove them, as would be proper if it was a comment I made now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/17f955dcc67792f420f47dc6471d376a?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Amith KK&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/16377/amith-kk&quot;&gt;Amith KK&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105473#8105473&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  Well, I'd be fine with that. I would maybe go through some of my really old posts and refine them a bit. But other than that, I'm fine with that happening&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/adf708efd8e843f270c3a6f2935e8368?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;mateo_salta&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/33796/mateo-salta&quot;&gt;mateo_salta&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105474#8105474&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  It will make me think more, but I will always be who I am.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/b3c95705dadc56ae2010baf4c122bbad?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;FEichinger&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/54152/feichinger&quot;&gt;FEichinger&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105497#8105497&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  I would stand by these comments, posts, and whatever else I said. I may have been wrong or inappropriate - but it happened. Trying to cover it up - or even fearing it - is the wrong way of going about this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8d85f84b3c0241ebca2eee5a2552014f?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Luis Alvarado&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/12093/luis-alvarado&quot;&gt;Luis Alvarado&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105516#8105516&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  If the diamond becomes real, multiplies and makes me richer than Bill gates, then bring it on. If not, then I will be the same guy but, hear this... with the diamond on my side (Do not confuse with Pokemon). So it will actually not change my feeling for the site or community.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d629b6ac45d58dbd918c0246b364748d?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;RolandiXor&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/4769/rolandixor&quot;&gt;RolandiXor&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105515#8105515&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; Like nothing will change. I am who I am and always will be myself. A diamond, more eyes on me, or being completely alone should not ever change that. Outside of this site (TMI?) I'm accustomed to this kind of scrutiny, both as the son of two pastors and as a prominent person in various situations over the course of my life so far. Being under scrutiny for being a moderator would be just another instance of the same.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8bfa3d624cdb4f087d8d8ffcaf786315?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;jokerdino&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/24463/jokerdino&quot;&gt;jokerdino&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8106267#8106267&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  No difference. I have always be mindful of everything I say and this added diamond will have little to no effect on my future verbiage.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e88cb2b3858ca0df735806f1a8476b23?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Journeyman Geek&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/10208/journeyman-geek&quot;&gt;Journeyman Geek&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8108490#8108490&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  With power comes responsibility. I certainly will try to keep an eye on what I do, but I'd rather not do historical revisionism. If I say something, it should be something I should stand by, or apologise for. I don't think I'd change the way I do things at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11612" LastActivityDate="2013-02-15T22:41:40.340" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-02-15T23:33:36.760" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6114" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6105" CreationDate="2013-02-15T22:43:49.573" Score="1" Body="&lt;h2&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/1d84382865c6c3378c04a35348fdfa07?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Caleb&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/19479/caleb&quot;&gt;Caleb&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105469#8105469&quot;&gt;asked&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/em&gt; &lt;strong&gt;A new user comes along and asks several generic scripting questions. Somebody comes along and flags them all for migration to U&amp;amp;L; what do you do?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/3d29d26e0b6452a8732390472f59a7b4?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;ObsessiveSSOℲ&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/36486/obsessivessof&quot;&gt;ObsessiveSSOℲ&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105501#8105501&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  I would carefully consider the questions first. Are they Ubuntu-specific and answerable? If so, keep it, but mark the flag as helpful as it is in good faith. If it isn't, and is a &lt;em&gt;good question that is migration-worthy&lt;/em&gt;, then I shall migrate after checking with the U&amp;amp;L moderators. If it is not migration worthy based on quality, then close it with an appropriate reason.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/17f955dcc67792f420f47dc6471d376a?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Amith KK&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/16377/amith-kk&quot;&gt;Amith KK&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105514#8105514&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  Depends on the question. I would migrate it if it's absolutely U&amp;amp;L worthy after asking the mods there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/b3c95705dadc56ae2010baf4c122bbad?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;FEichinger&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/54152/feichinger&quot;&gt;FEichinger&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105551#8105551&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  This depends on whether or not these questions are of use to us. Do they apply to the ubuntu audience or are they, due to their more in-depth point of view, rather localized and would probably fit better on U&amp;amp;L? Even if they would belong on U&amp;amp;L - can they still be beneficial on our site? Does U&amp;amp;L already have a Q&amp;amp;A on it that we could link to? I would only migrate it if U&amp;amp;L deem it fitting and AU does not need it at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d629b6ac45d58dbd918c0246b364748d?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;RolandiXor&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/4769/rolandixor&quot;&gt;RolandiXor&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105552#8105552&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  Unless the questions really don't fit the site (for example, if the user references another distro or a *NIX), I would decline the flags, and if possible, I would explain to the flagger (via an anonymous comment, or if they bring it up - on chat in person) why the questions are acceptable on the site. If need be, I would write a meta post about it - without mentioning who flagged.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/adf708efd8e843f270c3a6f2935e8368?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;mateo_salta&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/33796/mateo-salta&quot;&gt;mateo_salta&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105601#8105601&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  It often depends on the quality of the question, and how abstract the scripting is, if it involves common components to Ubuntu many users are more than enthusiastic to get into a little scripting, especially when it involves the things we use in Ubuntu everyday, however many may be too complicated or unrelated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8bfa3d624cdb4f087d8d8ffcaf786315?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;jokerdino&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/24463/jokerdino&quot;&gt;jokerdino&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8106296#8106296&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  The first line of action would be to check if the questions are valid enough for our site. If they fit well in, I would be happy to have the questions on our site. If they aren't on topic, I'll check with U&amp;amp;L mods and proceed accordingly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e88cb2b3858ca0df735806f1a8476b23?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Journeyman Geek&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/10208/journeyman-geek&quot;&gt;Journeyman Geek&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8108522#8108522&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  I'd look at them on their own merits, and the quality of the answers and questions. If it was clearly off topic, I would probably ask the U&amp;amp;L mods if they wanted it. Generally though, I think it would be better if the question was closed off topic &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; flagged by more than one user.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11612" LastActivityDate="2013-02-15T22:43:49.573" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-02-15T23:33:36.760" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6115" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6105" CreationDate="2013-02-15T22:46:03.063" Score="1" Body="&lt;h2&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/IKyCA.jpg?g&amp;amp;s=16&quot; alt=&quot;jrg&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/6738/jrg&quot;&gt;jrg&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105490#8105490&quot;&gt;asked&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/em&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Some posts a question about some unreleased software that Canonical is working on and has demoed, but not released. What do you do?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/3d29d26e0b6452a8732390472f59a7b4?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;ObsessiveSSOℲ&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/36486/obsessivessof&quot;&gt;ObsessiveSSOℲ&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105527#8105527&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  In accordance with the current alpha/beta policy, I would close as off-topic if it is for support or bug complaints(which are off-topic anyway). If it is about features and is of sufficient quality, I would leave it open. However, we must remember that &lt;em&gt;Canonical makes things that are not all Ubuntu&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8d85f84b3c0241ebca2eee5a2552014f?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Luis Alvarado&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/12093/luis-alvarado&quot;&gt;Luis Alvarado&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105543#8105543&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  Just point them to the FAQ and also to the question about why it should not be asked about unfinished, in development, future ideas in AU. Basically, it would not have a real answer in that time frame or until the work Canonical is doing is actually released.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/adf708efd8e843f270c3a6f2935e8368?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;mateo_salta&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/33796/mateo-salta&quot;&gt;mateo_salta&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105548#8105548&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  Close it to the Duplicate general &quot;this is what Canonical is doing&quot; question that the community has made, as there will always be interest in the new software. If it is &quot;how do I use it&quot; it would be off topic as it can't be used yet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/17f955dcc67792f420f47dc6471d376a?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Amith KK&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/16377/amith-kk&quot;&gt;Amith KK&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105554#8105554&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  Well Canonical!=Ubuntu. So, depends on how good the question is.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/b3c95705dadc56ae2010baf4c122bbad?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;FEichinger&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/54152/feichinger&quot;&gt;FEichinger&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105558#8105558&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  I would close it as off-topic, as it is technically part of ubuntu+1, or similar &quot;future&quot; and &quot;not yet supported&quot; projects. I would, however, consider going for a similar setup as with ubuntu phones currently: A canonical question detailing why &lt;em&gt;we&lt;/em&gt; are probably not the best source of information for that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d629b6ac45d58dbd918c0246b364748d?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;RolandiXor&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/4769/rolandixor&quot;&gt;RolandiXor&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105568#8105568&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  If the question fits within the boundaries of the site (such as - Is the source code for xyz available as yet), I would most likely just answer the question. However, in most such cases, I would explain why the question is outside of the scope of the site (pointing to the FAQ at times (if I remember, to be 100% honest ;), and close the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8bfa3d624cdb4f087d8d8ffcaf786315?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;jokerdino&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/24463/jokerdino&quot;&gt;jokerdino&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8106310#8106310&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  More often than not, such posts tend to be speculative and rarely useful. I would either close such questions or act on the merit of the post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e88cb2b3858ca0df735806f1a8476b23?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Journeyman Geek&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/10208/journeyman-geek&quot;&gt;Journeyman Geek&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8108536#8108536&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  I'd look at the current site policy. If its a question that can't be reasonably answered, I'd lean towards closing it on the short term.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11612" LastActivityDate="2013-02-15T22:46:03.063" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-02-15T23:33:36.760" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6116" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6105" CreationDate="2013-02-15T22:48:25.367" Score="1" Body="&lt;h2&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c88f455192559b06f95d006abfe33f9f?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;fossfreedom&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/13011/fossfreedom&quot;&gt;fossfreedom&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105518#8105518&quot;&gt;asked&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/em&gt; &lt;strong&gt;You find out that a well known and highly valued Ask Ubuntu contributor is possibly engaging in questionable behaviour, like having friends upvoting their posts. How do you handle the situation?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/17f955dcc67792f420f47dc6471d376a?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Amith KK&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/16377/amith-kk&quot;&gt;Amith KK&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105545#8105545&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  Well, I'd tell them clearly in a private chatroom that it is behaviour that can get him/her banned and that they should not repeat it&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/3d29d26e0b6452a8732390472f59a7b4?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;ObsessiveSSOℲ&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/36486/obsessivessof&quot;&gt;ObsessiveSSOℲ&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105546#8105546&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  I would politely contact the users related to this violation, ask then to stop, and allow the serialvoting script to do its job(since moderators cannot see or change votes). I would explain to the users why they are in violation, and explain the serial voting detection script, as well as link to the pertaining meta post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8d85f84b3c0241ebca2eee5a2552014f?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Luis Alvarado&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/12093/luis-alvarado&quot;&gt;Luis Alvarado&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105563#8105563&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  First I actually look at the evidence, he/she did not get to that position by doing stuff like that. If it is true, I then talk to said person to explain the information I found. After that I would ask in private to other mods about what should be done or how it should be handled.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/b3c95705dadc56ae2010baf4c122bbad?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;FEichinger&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/54152/feichinger&quot;&gt;FEichinger&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105580#8105580&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  I would evaluate evidence and contact the user in question - perhaps even make sure the user hasn't been hacked and that the behaviour isn't induced from the outside. But I would also rely on the systems SE has already in place at first.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d629b6ac45d58dbd918c0246b364748d?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;RolandiXor&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/4769/rolandixor&quot;&gt;RolandiXor&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105592#8105592&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  I don't believe in jumping into anything too quickly, especially with regards to taking action in such a situation as a voting ring. I would (if it is allowed) contact the person suspected of the behaviour | (and if it is not allowed to contact them) I would monitor the situation until we have enough data/info to make a decision, then upon consulting with other moderators, I would take action. I do not believe in partiality.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8bfa3d624cdb4f087d8d8ffcaf786315?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;jokerdino&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/24463/jokerdino&quot;&gt;jokerdino&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8106328#8106328&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  IMO, being valuable doesn't give you the pass to be mischievous. I wouldn't let the status of the user spoil the decision making. If necessary, I would have a talk with the user to settle issues.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e88cb2b3858ca0df735806f1a8476b23?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Journeyman Geek&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/10208/journeyman-geek&quot;&gt;Journeyman Geek&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8108543#8108543&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  First and formost, I'd have a quiet word and a warning (but that's my preferred way of dealing with things), unless there was a serious amount of obvious misconduct that had to be handled. I'd also let the other mods know. If necessary to escalate things to a suspension, I would.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11612" LastActivityDate="2013-02-15T22:48:25.367" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-02-15T23:33:36.760" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6117" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6105" CreationDate="2013-02-15T22:50:35.600" Score="1" Body="&lt;h2&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/17f955dcc67792f420f47dc6471d376a?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Amith KK&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/16377/amith-kk&quot;&gt;Amith KK&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105556#8105556&quot;&gt;asked&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/em&gt; &lt;strong&gt;What will change about Ask Ubuntu after you are elected?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/3d29d26e0b6452a8732390472f59a7b4?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;ObsessiveSSOℲ&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/36486/obsessivessof&quot;&gt;ObsessiveSSOℲ&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105574#8105574&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  There will be a new set of hands helping keep this site operational. While I will avoid changes for the worse, I will continue getting community feedback on meta(both MSO and AU.meta) and possibly request features on MSO to help with moderation, or help explain the MSO process to interested users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8d85f84b3c0241ebca2eee5a2552014f?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Luis Alvarado&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/12093/luis-alvarado&quot;&gt;Luis Alvarado&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105577#8105577&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  Basically nothing, at least the day after I get elected. After that I might start throwing out ideas or ways the site could be enhanced, which probably the older mods have already thought of many of them&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/b3c95705dadc56ae2010baf4c122bbad?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;FEichinger&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/54152/feichinger&quot;&gt;FEichinger&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105604#8105604&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  To be perfectly honest - probably nothing. We already have an established group of moderators and a good chunk of policies. There is few room for change overall. But in this small space, I hope my philosophy on relying on the community's decisions and using meta a lot more do get spread.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/17f955dcc67792f420f47dc6471d376a?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Amith KK&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/16377/amith-kk&quot;&gt;Amith KK&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105609#8105609&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  I'd not really do anything in the beginning. Maybe I'll emulate @Oli and do something like the Cleanup Site, for tag cleanup :P&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d629b6ac45d58dbd918c0246b364748d?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;RolandiXor&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/4769/rolandixor&quot;&gt;RolandiXor&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105620#8105620&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; Everything, and when I say everything, I mean everything. All users must wear my planet's uniform. All moderators must... oh wait, wrong answer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the one hand, no one person will make the &quot;big difference&quot; - as that is the result of &lt;em&gt;all&lt;/em&gt; of our collective efforts. If I'm elected, things will largely continue as usual, however, we will now have an extra pair of eyes and hands to keep the engine of this site running smoothly, and some users (such as those who speak other languages and don't realize the site only allows English) - will be able to get a better experience (since I believe in going out of the way to help everyone). Otherwise, I can't really say that &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;my&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; being elected will directly change the site in a visible way - it would be overstepping my boundaries with regards to pride to say so :).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/adf708efd8e843f270c3a6f2935e8368?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;mateo_salta&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/33796/mateo-salta&quot;&gt;mateo_salta&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105630#8105630&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  To the normal user, it will be like nothing has changed, there are allays logical changes to the entire system of course, but a new moderator should not have a goal of &quot;Changing the World&quot; so to say, only in favor of changes for the better, as that could be destructive, and if possible too much power is in the hands of Community Moderators.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8bfa3d624cdb4f087d8d8ffcaf786315?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;jokerdino&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/24463/jokerdino&quot;&gt;jokerdino&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8106335#8106335&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  Nothing. It will tug along like it does right now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e88cb2b3858ca0df735806f1a8476b23?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Journeyman Geek&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/10208/journeyman-geek&quot;&gt;Journeyman Geek&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8108548#8108548&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; Not very much on my own. I'd like to see more migrations, and small adjustments in certain things, like the burden of proof on self promotion, but I think i'd adjust my way of doing things more than try to change things here&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11612" LastActivityDate="2013-02-15T22:50:35.600" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-02-15T23:33:36.760" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6118" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6105" CreationDate="2013-02-15T22:53:25.453" Score="4" Body="&lt;h2&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c127c8150f8052e4b89d66f42b99be56?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Marco Ceppi&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/463/marco-ceppi&quot;&gt;Marco Ceppi&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105573#8105573&quot;&gt;asked&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/em&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Do you feel you'll use your new super-vote privileges a lot if elected moderator?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c127c8150f8052e4b89d66f42b99be56?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Marco Ceppi&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/463/marco-ceppi&quot;&gt;Marco Ceppi&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105573#8105573&quot;&gt;clarified&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; All votes to close are binding and no longer require 5 votes from community to close.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/17f955dcc67792f420f47dc6471d376a?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Amith KK&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/16377/amith-kk&quot;&gt;Amith KK&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105591#8105591&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  No, Actually i'll use it in moderate quantity. After all, it's the community that's moderating and you just help them in decisions that they can't really take on their own, like a referee&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/3d29d26e0b6452a8732390472f59a7b4?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;ObsessiveSSOℲ&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/36486/obsessivessof&quot;&gt;ObsessiveSSOℲ&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105596#8105596&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  IIRC moderators are still forced to use the super-vote, and cannot cast a normal vote. If this is implemented, I will only use this in cases of obvious spam, off-topicness, and other noncontreversial closures and deletions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8d85f84b3c0241ebca2eee5a2552014f?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Luis Alvarado&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/12093/luis-alvarado&quot;&gt;Luis Alvarado&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105603#8105603&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  I actually REALLY hope that, as the help site for moderators shows (The theory of moderation I think it was named) I do not get to use the new found super cow powers very often. In fact, if they ever get used, I hope it is for something that can be dealt with in a positive manner. If I do have to get into the gray area, then well, it will take longer but I will do my best to solve the problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/1d84382865c6c3378c04a35348fdfa07?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Caleb&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/19479/caleb&quot;&gt;Caleb&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105665#8105665&quot;&gt;asked&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  Quick follow up to that ... the superpowers aren't something you can turn off. In other words, all your actions are now going to be moderator actions. Does not wanting to use them often mean you will take less actions than you do now in some areas?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8d85f84b3c0241ebca2eee5a2552014f?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Luis Alvarado&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/12093/luis-alvarado&quot;&gt;Luis Alvarado&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105709#8105709&quot;&gt;responded&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  No, it only means that, if the final decision in this site were up to me, I would actually like to somehow manage to avoid taking &quot;final decisions&quot; that could put somebody down or make them see AU in another way. Since this is not the case, any issue that comes in AU I will deal in the best manner I can, with or without super cow powers. If I have to use them, I will, if not, then that will be also good. I actually like treat everyone the same and expect the same.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/b3c95705dadc56ae2010baf4c122bbad?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;FEichinger&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/54152/feichinger&quot;&gt;FEichinger&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105631#8105631&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  Since I don't have actual abilities to do so right now, except for &lt;em&gt;flagging&lt;/em&gt;, I will assume the hypothetical scenario that I do have the privileges required. I would probably even slow down a bit, unless it is urgent. I would give the community some time to decide on their own. Spam and &quot;obvious&quot; close-posts would be dealt with sooner - preferably immediately, of course.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d629b6ac45d58dbd918c0246b364748d?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;RolandiXor&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/4769/rolandixor&quot;&gt;RolandiXor&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105644#8105644&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  Honestly, I do - because if I cast a vote, it tend to be done after careful consideration - so comparing my current level of casting close votes to what I project I would do - I think it would be fair to say I'll use it a lot percentage wise - but not necessarily in terms of the actual number of votes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8bfa3d624cdb4f087d8d8ffcaf786315?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;jokerdino&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/24463/jokerdino&quot;&gt;jokerdino&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8106345#8106345&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  I'll use it just as often as I am using my normal vote right now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e88cb2b3858ca0df735806f1a8476b23?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Journeyman Geek&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/10208/journeyman-geek&quot;&gt;Journeyman Geek&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8108550#8108550&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; Not excessively. If its an obvious case where something needs to be closed, I will.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11612" LastActivityDate="2013-02-15T22:53:25.453" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-02-15T23:33:36.760" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6119" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6105" CreationDate="2013-02-15T22:55:36.963" Score="2" Body="&lt;h2&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/1d84382865c6c3378c04a35348fdfa07?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Caleb&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/19479/caleb&quot;&gt;Caleb&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105597#8105597&quot;&gt;asked&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/em&gt; &lt;strong&gt;What, in your opinion, is the purpose of closing questions? What are the positive and negative impacts and, in your opinion, should the measure be taken more or less frequently than the current status-quo?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8d85f84b3c0241ebca2eee5a2552014f?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Luis Alvarado&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/12093/luis-alvarado&quot;&gt;Luis Alvarado&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105617#8105617&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  Am more with the idea of explaining the OP that his/her question could be closed because of X reason. I would also give advice or point in the right direction to avoid first closing the question (Let OP close it themselves or alleviate the problems associated with closing the question to the OP or other members.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8d85f84b3c0241ebca2eee5a2552014f?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Luis Alvarado&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/12093/luis-alvarado&quot;&gt;Luis Alvarado&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105624#8105624&quot;&gt;continued&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  For the positive aspects, one could say, cleaner site, less duplicates or wrongly created questions, less confusion. For the negative side, one could say the OP, depending on the person, would feel bad about the whole situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/17f955dcc67792f420f47dc6471d376a?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Amith KK&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/16377/amith-kk&quot;&gt;Amith KK&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105622#8105622&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  The purpose of closing a question is to tidy up the site, and to guide users. For example, the &quot;Duplicate&quot; vote helps a user to find out where the old question with more answers are. Also, all close votes are decided by 5 users agreeing. I think it should continue how it goes now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/adf708efd8e843f270c3a6f2935e8368?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;mateo_salta&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/33796/mateo-salta&quot;&gt;mateo_salta&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105659#8105659&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  A tool for the smooth operation of the site, many of the closings are for the purpose of ultimately restoring the question. Closing the question, not constructive, not a real question, gives links to the FAQ, so that users can improve the post in a constructive manner, without vagrant excessive down-voting, comments, ect.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/b3c95705dadc56ae2010baf4c122bbad?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;FEichinger&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/54152/feichinger&quot;&gt;FEichinger&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105674#8105674&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  I think we're doing a fine job, right now. Questions should be closed, if they are actively harmful to the site's quality. As for impact: Closing a question is a sign to everyone that this seems &quot;unwanted&quot; - this may sometimes give a wrong impression. It obviously helps consolidate, collapse and organize the site, though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d629b6ac45d58dbd918c0246b364748d?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;RolandiXor&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/4769/rolandixor&quot;&gt;RolandiXor&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105687#8105687&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  The purposes for closing questions in my opinion should be the following: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The question does not fit the scope of the site and would fit somewhere else, or not at all.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The question is not a question at all (for example, rants, spam, and feature requests).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The question is out dated, no longer relevant, and cannot be brought up to a useful state.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do believe that we should close questions a little less (and sometimes it does seem like we are a little heavy handed with some of the more obscure questions), but in general I don't see that we need to make a big alteration in this regard. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8bfa3d624cdb4f087d8d8ffcaf786315?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;jokerdino&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/24463/jokerdino&quot;&gt;jokerdino&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8106363#8106363&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  IMO, closing questions is a way to indicate such questions are not a suitable fit for the site and the community. Positively, it enforces the standards of the community. On the negative side, the user posting question might feel left out. And I have no problem with the current status-quo.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e88cb2b3858ca0df735806f1a8476b23?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Journeyman Geek&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/10208/journeyman-geek&quot;&gt;Journeyman Geek&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8108551#8108551&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  Closed questions need a little love in many cases. It needs to be fixed, and improved. Ideally the OP should. I consider closing a sort of pergatory, rather than the equivilent of shoving something in /dev/null. The question often can be saved&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11612" LastActivityDate="2013-02-15T22:55:36.963" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-02-15T23:33:36.760" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6120" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6105" CreationDate="2013-02-15T22:57:49.610" Score="2" Body="&lt;h2&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/ae15c48f686a0ecb39848f980b296611?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Shog9&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/3435/shog9&quot;&gt;Shog9&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105599#8105599&quot;&gt;asked&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/em&gt; &lt;strong&gt;on Ask Ubuntu, almost anyone can moderate, as gaining reputation provides access to various tools for doing so: flags, commenting, editing, close/reopen, deletion... How much moderating do you engage in &lt;em&gt;now&lt;/em&gt;?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/3d29d26e0b6452a8732390472f59a7b4?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;ObsessiveSSOℲ&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/36486/obsessivessof&quot;&gt;ObsessiveSSOℲ&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105613#8105613&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  I often check on the queues such as close vote, edits, low-quality posts, and others. I will flag upon seeing an improper post, and/or cast a closevote. I will also perform edit approval and close votes from posts where I simply come across one deserving a vote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/17f955dcc67792f420f47dc6471d376a?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Amith KK&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/16377/amith-kk&quot;&gt;Amith KK&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105638#8105638&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  I use the review queue to do my maintanance. I used to rank #3 in the cleanup. Basically, I try to do what I can with my current powers&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8d85f84b3c0241ebca2eee5a2552014f?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Luis Alvarado&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/12093/luis-alvarado&quot;&gt;Luis Alvarado&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105651#8105651&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  Well actually, I would say a lot. Sometimes, at least 3 or 4 times a week I stumble on a problem that if I had moderation status I could sort it out faster. Apart from that everyday is moderation day for me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/b3c95705dadc56ae2010baf4c122bbad?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;FEichinger&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/54152/feichinger&quot;&gt;FEichinger&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105693#8105693&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  Due to my low reputation, I hardly have access to &lt;em&gt;full&lt;/em&gt; moderation tools. I do regularly participate in the First Post /review, and keep flagging what I come across - as well as, as I mentioned in the nominations already, the CleanUp and Regulators Room actions that clean up the site - directly or indirectly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d629b6ac45d58dbd918c0246b364748d?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;RolandiXor&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/4769/rolandixor&quot;&gt;RolandiXor&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105711#8105711&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  I make avid use of the review queue, though recently (due to a temporary jump in my work load) I have not been able to do as much as I did before. However, as I've mentioned on numerous occasions, there are some details of moderation in which my hands are tied, and thus I can't contribute as much as (or where) I would like to, such as in turning a &quot;me too!&quot; answer into a &quot;I have the same issue&quot; comment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8bfa3d624cdb4f087d8d8ffcaf786315?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;jokerdino&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/24463/jokerdino&quot;&gt;jokerdino&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8106372#8106372&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  I partake in all of the things you mention. And also promote the site on Planet Ubuntu. :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e88cb2b3858ca0df735806f1a8476b23?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Journeyman Geek&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/10208/journeyman-geek&quot;&gt;Journeyman Geek&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8108552#8108552&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  less metamoderation than I'd like, since I'm a low rep user. Where I can, a fair bit. Most of what I do now is commenting and editing, though I've been flagging more lately&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11612" LastActivityDate="2013-02-15T22:57:49.610" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-02-15T23:33:36.760" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6121" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6105" CreationDate="2013-02-15T22:59:54.383" Score="0" Body="&lt;h2&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e1b643b1cabd740a5f4580f365b21407?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Grace Note&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/757/grace-note&quot;&gt;Grace Note&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105636#8105636&quot;&gt;asked&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/em&gt; &lt;strong&gt;War has broken out across the Stack Exchange Network. Ask Ubuntu has enough troops that you could deploy them to take down one rival site. Which do you take down: Super User, Arqade, or Unix &amp;amp; Linux?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/17f955dcc67792f420f47dc6471d376a?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Amith KK&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/16377/amith-kk&quot;&gt;Amith KK&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105656#8105656&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  Do I &lt;em&gt;need&lt;/em&gt; to answer that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/17f955dcc67792f420f47dc6471d376a?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Amith KK&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/16377/amith-kk&quot;&gt;Amith KK&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105679#8105679&quot;&gt;continued&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  Well. I'd prefer not to wage war. U&amp;amp;L could be absorbed into us though&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8d85f84b3c0241ebca2eee5a2552014f?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Luis Alvarado&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/12093/luis-alvarado&quot;&gt;Luis Alvarado&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105664#8105664&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  None. I sign a peace treaty with them. Wait for them to engage and kill each other. Once they are fewer than us, weaker, then we proceed to &quot;talk to them&quot;. one at a time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/17f955dcc67792f420f47dc6471d376a?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Amith KK&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/16377/amith-kk&quot;&gt;Amith KK&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105673#8105673&quot;&gt;remarked&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  Brilliant tactic.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/3d29d26e0b6452a8732390472f59a7b4?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;ObsessiveSSOℲ&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/36486/obsessivessof&quot;&gt;ObsessiveSSOℲ&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105671#8105671&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  That depends. By &quot;take down&quot;, if you mean by spamming and trolling, none, since that's against general network-wide policy. If you mean by shutting down the site in favor of us, I'd lean in favor of taking down U&amp;amp;L, as it seems to be a crossover site between AU(Ubuntu only) and SU(any OS and/or hardware)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/adf708efd8e843f270c3a6f2935e8368?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;mateo_salta&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/33796/mateo-salta&quot;&gt;mateo_salta&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105684#8105684&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  Discourage fighting among the sites, contact mods of the site saying that there are rouge elements at your site to best handle the possible cross posting and chaos.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/b3c95705dadc56ae2010baf4c122bbad?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;FEichinger&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/54152/feichinger&quot;&gt;FEichinger&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105707#8105707&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  While I'm a firm believer that we really shouldn't have so much hostility (and my personal preferense SO isn't on the list), if I &lt;em&gt;had&lt;/em&gt; to choose, I'd go with Arqade, as I believe the Q&amp;amp;A setup is not &lt;em&gt;the best&lt;/em&gt; per se for the gaming topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d629b6ac45d58dbd918c0246b364748d?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;RolandiXor&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/4769/rolandixor&quot;&gt;RolandiXor&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105744#8105744&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; Super User most likely, because they use Windows. Windows is inherently evil, everyone should use Doors.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On a serious (lol?) note, I don't think I would need troops from Ask Ubuntu in such a war. I'd just return to my normal life... and avoid the war :)... &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;then come back and take over the world after the warring factions have destroyed their governmental structure! MUAHAHAHA... ahem, I mean, tee-hee.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8bfa3d624cdb4f087d8d8ffcaf786315?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;jokerdino&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/24463/jokerdino&quot;&gt;jokerdino&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8106381#8106381&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  Arqade.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e88cb2b3858ca0df735806f1a8476b23?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Journeyman Geek&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/10208/journeyman-geek&quot;&gt;Journeyman Geek&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8108553#8108553&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  I'd unite them, get SF on my side, and attack SO.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11612" LastActivityDate="2013-02-15T22:59:54.383" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-02-15T23:33:36.760" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6122" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6105" CreationDate="2013-02-15T23:02:03.130" Score="1" Body="&lt;h2&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/17f955dcc67792f420f47dc6471d376a?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Amith KK&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/16377/amith-kk&quot;&gt;Amith KK&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105667#8105667&quot;&gt;asked&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/em&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Where there is a will, there is a way:&lt;/em&gt; How far would you go to help another user? How far have you gone in the past to ensure a new user does not become discouraged at the first sign of trouble?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/3d29d26e0b6452a8732390472f59a7b4?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;ObsessiveSSOℲ&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/36486/obsessivessof&quot;&gt;ObsessiveSSOℲ&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105692#8105692&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  While I cannot personally find the time to help every frustrated user out there(at least, not without a fake London telephone booth), I will try to help users that are sincerely willing to contribute to the site, but are having trouble. For this, I plan to use a few polite comments, and possibly the power to reopen a question that was incorrectly closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/17f955dcc67792f420f47dc6471d376a?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Amith KK&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/16377/amith-kk&quot;&gt;Amith KK&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105705#8105705&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  I'd go as far as correcting and notifiying  their mistakes. Reopening their questions if they are rational etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8d85f84b3c0241ebca2eee5a2552014f?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Luis Alvarado&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/12093/luis-alvarado&quot;&gt;Luis Alvarado&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105740#8105740&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  I have gotten cases where I actually SSH to the users PC, VNC my way to their computer, had a live google hangout, skype chat, IRC or google chat. They came to Askubuntu because they needed help, some cases, this people REALLY needed to solve their issue. Since I have worked for people that work for some company, I know how they feel. So I give it my best I see if I can solve the problem in the best way I know how.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8d85f84b3c0241ebca2eee5a2552014f?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Luis Alvarado&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/12093/luis-alvarado&quot;&gt;Luis Alvarado&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105757#8105757&quot;&gt;continued&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  I should also mention that I learn more from a very tough question that I have to research, test and work my way into it than an easier question. I also find tougher questions a challenge which really raise my will to solve it. I mean REALLY gives me a adrenaline rush to work on it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/b3c95705dadc56ae2010baf4c122bbad?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;FEichinger&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/54152/feichinger&quot;&gt;FEichinger&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105752#8105752&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  Get them into a chat, show them around, show them a few tweaks - and try to reach out for them if they do get &quot;lost&quot;. Again: I promote a philosophy of much less hostility on SE. We don't need instant smirk remarks and sarcasm, so, obviously, I would discourage these from the established users as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d629b6ac45d58dbd918c0246b364748d?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;RolandiXor&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/4769/rolandixor&quot;&gt;RolandiXor&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105761#8105761&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  I've gone as far as to stay up late at night and talk people through their issues on chat, once I set up a VM to install PBX service that I didn't even need, and once I stuck with a single issue for weeks on end. I think I'd go pretty far for a user if I felt they really needed it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e88cb2b3858ca0df735806f1a8476b23?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Journeyman Geek&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/10208/journeyman-geek&quot;&gt;Journeyman Geek&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8108570#8108570&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; As far as I need to. If a user comes on chat asking what he's doing wrong, I'd gently help him get on the right track. If its someone who can't be helped, well, least I tried&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11612" LastActivityDate="2013-02-15T23:02:03.130" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-02-15T23:33:36.760" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6123" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6105" CreationDate="2013-02-15T23:04:06.403" Score="1" Body="&lt;h2&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c88f455192559b06f95d006abfe33f9f?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;fossfreedom http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c88f455192559b06f95d006abfe33f9f?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/13011/fossfreedom&quot;&gt;fossfreedom&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105690#8105690&quot;&gt;asked&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/em&gt; &lt;strong&gt;What is the stand out thing/activity that you have done on Ask Ubuntu to-date that you are MOST proud of and why?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/3d29d26e0b6452a8732390472f59a7b4?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;ObsessiveSSOℲ http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/3d29d26e0b6452a8732390472f59a7b4?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/36486/obsessivessof&quot;&gt;ObsessiveSSOℲ&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105708#8105708&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  Probably my many Meta feature requests(on Meta.AU, &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; MSO), which I feel is a sign of community interaction.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/17f955dcc67792f420f47dc6471d376a?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Amith KK http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/17f955dcc67792f420f47dc6471d376a?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/16377/amith-kk&quot;&gt;Amith KK&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105743#8105743&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  Well. I'd say I have answered quite a few questions, and used the review queue regularly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/adf708efd8e843f270c3a6f2935e8368?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;mateo_salta http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/adf708efd8e843f270c3a6f2935e8368?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/33796/mateo-salta&quot;&gt;mateo_salta&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105749#8105749&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  This: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/233065/how-do-i-subscribe-to-rss-feeds-in-firefox-with-google-reader/236816#236816&quot;&gt;How do I subscribe to RSS feeds in Firefox with Google Reader?&lt;/a&gt; Because at one time the question was closed as off topic, and extremely down-voted in encourging the user to improve the question, and intervention by some other users, we were able to help the user.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/b3c95705dadc56ae2010baf4c122bbad?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;FEichinger http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/b3c95705dadc56ae2010baf4c122bbad?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/54152/feichinger&quot;&gt;FEichinger&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105767#8105767&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  I think what I am &lt;em&gt;most&lt;/em&gt; proud of is my activity on /review and the chat. Keeping in touch with everyone and &lt;em&gt;discussing&lt;/em&gt; stuff, rather than just putting the decision on the wall, that feels awesome.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8d85f84b3c0241ebca2eee5a2552014f?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Luis Alvarado http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8d85f84b3c0241ebca2eee5a2552014f?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/12093/luis-alvarado&quot;&gt;Luis Alvarado&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105776#8105776&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  I have some answers that took me a while to solve, several hours or days. Thos might me some of the proud work. Others are also those people that got their answer to a problem they had for days. A couple might also be the people I dedicated more time and even dedicated myself outside of AU so that they could enjoy Ubuntu and feel that Askubuntu reaches out to anyone that needs help, no matter where. Got small proud moments that are good to remember.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d629b6ac45d58dbd918c0246b364748d?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;RolandiXor http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d629b6ac45d58dbd918c0246b364748d?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/4769/rolandixor&quot;&gt;RolandiXor&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105784#8105784&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  I'd have to say going out of the way to help people with difficult questions. Why? Because I know I'd be happy if someone did the same for me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8bfa3d624cdb4f087d8d8ffcaf786315?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;jokerdino http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8bfa3d624cdb4f087d8d8ffcaf786315?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/24463/jokerdino&quot;&gt;jokerdino&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8106391#8106391&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  Being a part of this community is proud enough. I haven't found that many communities that is as helpful as this one and most of the time, the people around here are respectful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e88cb2b3858ca0df735806f1a8476b23?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Journeyman Geek http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e88cb2b3858ca0df735806f1a8476b23?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/10208/journeyman-geek&quot;&gt;Journeyman Geek&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8108572#8108572&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  I can't think of any one thing. I think the entirity of one's actions are important&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11612" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:24.280" LastActivityDate="2013-02-15T23:04:06.403" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-02-15T23:33:36.760" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6124" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6105" CreationDate="2013-02-15T23:06:14.760" Score="1" Body="&lt;h2&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/1d84382865c6c3378c04a35348fdfa07?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Caleb&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/19479/caleb&quot;&gt;Caleb&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105702#8105702&quot;&gt;asked&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/em&gt;  &lt;strong&gt;The whole close question workflow is changing across SE sites. In the mean time, what do you think about the long standing concept of a closure being a &quot;temporary holding place&quot; while the ultimate fate of a either improvement and re-open or eventual deletion is hashed out?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/3d29d26e0b6452a8732390472f59a7b4?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;ObsessiveSSOℲ&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/36486/obsessivessof&quot;&gt;ObsessiveSSOℲ&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105723#8105723&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  IMO a closure is still a decision that a question does not belong, but if a question is edited and becomes acceptable, I won't hesitate to reopen upon request(from the OP or another user)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/17f955dcc67792f420f47dc6471d376a?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Amith KK&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/16377/amith-kk&quot;&gt;Amith KK&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105725#8105725&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  Well. That won't really work out for duplicates, now will they? For other close reasons, I agree with you&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/b3c95705dadc56ae2010baf4c122bbad?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;FEichinger&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/54152/feichinger&quot;&gt;FEichinger&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105795#8105795&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  Personally, I disagree with that. I do agree that it has its merits - it keeps the question from being overrun with even more low-quality content, but on the other hand, it shows a bad sign. This sort of &quot;cooldown&quot; should, in my opinion, really only be used if it's a topic that's controversial in the community.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d629b6ac45d58dbd918c0246b364748d?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;RolandiXor&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/4769/rolandixor&quot;&gt;RolandiXor&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105809#8105809&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  I see no need for a change in that system, except for more effort on our part, being put into making &quot;nu-uh&quot; questions into &quot;How can I abcd, efg?&quot; questions, which can be answered instead of nuked.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8d85f84b3c0241ebca2eee5a2552014f?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Luis Alvarado&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/12093/luis-alvarado&quot;&gt;Luis Alvarado&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105811#8105811&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  Sorry I have not researched this (You know more than me) but if I have to say an answer I would say that options are good, limiting is bad. If I have as a mod the option to close for &quot;temp holding&quot; and also for improvement or deletion, it would be better than having only one option. I say this because any of this 3 options really depends on the question involved, the user that did the question, the time it was made, how long has passed since it was made and the way it was made.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8d85f84b3c0241ebca2eee5a2552014f?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Luis Alvarado&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/12093/luis-alvarado&quot;&gt;Luis Alvarado&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105825#8105825&quot;&gt;continued&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  ... As you can see, all of this variables change the final decision one makes as a moderator. In one question, closing it will solve the problem, in another, it would be best to close it until it is improved and so on. No ultimate answer can solve all problems, this is why options that are flexible are better than rigid ones, because humans are no closed minded, they are open.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11612" LastActivityDate="2013-02-15T23:06:14.760" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-02-15T23:33:36.760" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6125" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6105" CreationDate="2013-02-15T23:08:18.673" Score="4" Body="&lt;h2&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c127c8150f8052e4b89d66f42b99be56?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Marco Ceppi&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/463/marco-ceppi&quot;&gt;Marco Ceppi&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105735#8105735&quot;&gt;asked&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/em&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Most of you are running under the premises that &quot;I have x years in Ubuntu/Linux/Open Source&quot;. While this seems helpful for answering and asking questions, how does this help distinguish you as a good potential moderator?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/3d29d26e0b6452a8732390472f59a7b4?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;ObsessiveSSOℲ&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/36486/obsessivessof&quot;&gt;ObsessiveSSOℲ&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105751#8105751&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  I personally don't think it really does. While there &lt;em&gt;are&lt;/em&gt; a few edge cases where this may apply, maturity and impartiality are more important.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/17f955dcc67792f420f47dc6471d376a?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Amith KK&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/16377/amith-kk&quot;&gt;Amith KK&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105768#8105768&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  I don't think experience on just using the OS matters much. But it is required to help to understand the question, which is then needed to take action on it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/adf708efd8e843f270c3a6f2935e8368?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;mateo_salta&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/33796/mateo-salta&quot;&gt;mateo_salta&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105775#8105775&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  All the computer/linux experience in the world would not distinguish someone as better for a moderator.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/b3c95705dadc56ae2010baf4c122bbad?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;FEichinger&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/54152/feichinger&quot;&gt;FEichinger&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105815#8105815&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  I personally don't - except for the notion that I embraced the community alongside ubuntu. I don't see a direct correlation between a user well-informed about the site's main topic, and a user moderating it - while a large amount of insight obviously helps in defining the border line between off- and on-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d629b6ac45d58dbd918c0246b364748d?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;RolandiXor&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/4769/rolandixor&quot;&gt;RolandiXor&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105822#8105822&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  Honestly, that is not the premise that I'm running under, and in my humble opinion, anyone who thinks that qualifies them is not qualified (or needs to seek within themselves another criterion for qualification).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8d85f84b3c0241ebca2eee5a2552014f?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Luis Alvarado&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/12093/luis-alvarado&quot;&gt;Luis Alvarado&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105861#8105861&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  Actually, the time I have in Ubuntu, Open source or anything related to this, does little to how one is good as moderation. Moderation is more closed related to how a teacher and students behave, how a leader works with his community or pack. If I had to say something related to that is that being a teacher at a pre-college and a degree on teaching can help a bit. Moderation is not about how much you know, is how you apply that information and the way you apply it to the community.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8bfa3d624cdb4f087d8d8ffcaf786315?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;jokerdino&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/24463/jokerdino&quot;&gt;jokerdino&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8106398#8106398&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  I actually am running because I think I can do a good job as a moderator. It doesn't have anything to do with me using Ubuntu for a couple of years. Though, however, prior good experience with the OS would give you a good idea of the value of posts in the site and determining if a post ought to stay or go.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e88cb2b3858ca0df735806f1a8476b23?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Journeyman Geek&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/10208/journeyman-geek&quot;&gt;Journeyman Geek&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8108579#8108579&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  I don't actually have that. I've not been here that long, but I want to step up and do more. I think that willingness, and the fact that I'm part of some of the other parts of SE, and can talk to them on good terms is what I have to offer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11612" LastActivityDate="2013-02-15T23:08:18.673" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-02-15T23:33:36.760" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6126" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6105" CreationDate="2013-02-15T23:10:22.867" Score="0" Body="&lt;h2&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/ae15c48f686a0ecb39848f980b296611?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Shog9&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/3435/shog9&quot;&gt;Shog9&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105759#8105759&quot;&gt;asked&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/em&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Comments: more like footnotes, or more like those things under YouTube videos?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/3d29d26e0b6452a8732390472f59a7b4?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;ObsessiveSSOℲ&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/36486/obsessivessof&quot;&gt;ObsessiveSSOℲ&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105780#8105780&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  Comments are not for chitchat. They are for site moderation reasons, such as suggesting duplicates. Therefore, more footnotes and managerial remarks, and less opinion about the post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/adf708efd8e843f270c3a6f2935e8368?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;mateo_salta&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/33796/mateo-salta&quot;&gt;mateo_salta&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105802#8105802&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  Not like YouTube. Reading youtube comments is maddening, so comments should be on-topic, and most used for asking for further information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/b3c95705dadc56ae2010baf4c122bbad?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;FEichinger&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/54152/feichinger&quot;&gt;FEichinger&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105833#8105833&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  Comments should mostly be used for &lt;em&gt;valuable&lt;/em&gt; but also &lt;em&gt;tangential&lt;/em&gt; or &lt;em&gt;supportive&lt;/em&gt; (as in: &quot;Did you try this?&quot;) remarks. If it goes beyond that, it often already fits as an actual post. So, footnotes. Definitely.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/17f955dcc67792f420f47dc6471d376a?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Amith KK&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/16377/amith-kk&quot;&gt;Amith KK&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105851#8105851&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  Yeah, more like footnotes indeed &quot;Did you try this?&quot; sorta stuff . Youtube is not the best example of commenting&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d629b6ac45d58dbd918c0246b364748d?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;RolandiXor&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/4769/rolandixor&quot;&gt;RolandiXor&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105858#8105858&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  A bit of both, more of the former than the latter. Comments should (ideally) be for requests of clarification (in the case of questions), giving guidance on writing a better question/answer, or for explaining an action (such as a down/close vote). However, being that we are all human, I see no problem with occasional (and in rare cases) extended comment threads related to either humour or mild discussion (e.g. two persons are in vastly differing time zones and chat would be impossible).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8d85f84b3c0241ebca2eee5a2552014f?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Luis Alvarado&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/12093/luis-alvarado&quot;&gt;Luis Alvarado&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105876#8105876&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  Like those things under youtube although it depends how one uses them. I feel they are there to help the OP enhance the question or the user that answered to explain it better. They are like tips that others leave behind to help others. Of course this is my way of viewing it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8bfa3d624cdb4f087d8d8ffcaf786315?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;jokerdino&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/24463/jokerdino&quot;&gt;jokerdino&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8106408#8106408&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  Comments are supposedly for additional brandishing. So, I would go with footnotes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e88cb2b3858ca0df735806f1a8476b23?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Journeyman Geek&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/10208/journeyman-geek&quot;&gt;Journeyman Geek&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8108582#8108582&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  Comments are the ultimate metamoderation tools. They provide an insight into what someone is thinking. Everyone needs to comment more when voting or flagging, myself included&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11612" LastActivityDate="2013-02-15T23:10:22.867" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-02-15T23:33:36.760" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6127" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6105" CreationDate="2013-02-15T23:12:30.117" Score="3" Body="&lt;h2&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/17f955dcc67792f420f47dc6471d376a?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Amith KK&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/16377/amith-kk&quot;&gt;Amith KK&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105770#8105770&quot;&gt;asked&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/em&gt; &lt;strong&gt;As a moderator on AU, you will also moderate the entire Stack Exchange chat system. How much time do you spend, or plan to spend in the Ask Ubuntu chat room, and why?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/3d29d26e0b6452a8732390472f59a7b4?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;ObsessiveSSOℲ&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/36486/obsessivessof&quot;&gt;ObsessiveSSOℲ&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105788#8105788&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  If I am elected, I plan to spend most of my AU day there, handling users' questions, and will be able to handle flags as they come up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/17f955dcc67792f420f47dc6471d376a?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Amith KK&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/16377/amith-kk&quot;&gt;Amith KK&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105805#8105805&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  I already spend enough time in the chat to moderate it. It will continue as usual after I get elected&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/b3c95705dadc56ae2010baf4c122bbad?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;FEichinger&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/54152/feichinger&quot;&gt;FEichinger&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105844#8105844&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  Way. Too. Much. I think I spend more than two thirds of my SE time here on the chat. I do multitask, so it's not my &lt;em&gt;only&lt;/em&gt; activity, but I'm definitely lurking the chat a whole damn lot.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/adf708efd8e843f270c3a6f2935e8368?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;mateo_salta&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/33796/mateo-salta&quot;&gt;mateo_salta&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105848#8105848&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  As much time in chat as possible, It is a backbone of commutation, and connection with other users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d629b6ac45d58dbd918c0246b364748d?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;RolandiXor&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/4769/rolandixor&quot;&gt;RolandiXor&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105874#8105874&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  I spend hours (sometimes) in the AU chat room, both to catch up with like minds, share a joke with friends, or to learn/share info. As a high rep user I'm accustomed to the rare chat flag and the occasional rudeness that crops up in the chat system, and I think I'm ready and able to handle it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8d85f84b3c0241ebca2eee5a2552014f?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Luis Alvarado&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/12093/luis-alvarado&quot;&gt;Luis Alvarado&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105891#8105891&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  The same I spend every day the real world let's me. I actually spend more time hunting down questions I can answer than in the chat, but in chat I also find questions that others need answer that I could add to them. The time on the chat I have noticed is better appreciated and valued by users that appear there asking for help (Last 2 weeks have been helping between mysql problems and video problems), so most likely I will end up applying more time in chat to help more.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8bfa3d624cdb4f087d8d8ffcaf786315?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;jokerdino&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/24463/jokerdino&quot;&gt;jokerdino&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8106413#8106413&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  I spend a significant amount of time in the chat and I abhor handling those chat flags.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e88cb2b3858ca0df735806f1a8476b23?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Journeyman Geek&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/10208/journeyman-geek&quot;&gt;Journeyman Geek&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8108585#8108585&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; As much as I do now. I consider the chatroom system the social aspect of any site, and that and meta is the way that we communicate how we think things should be&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11612" LastActivityDate="2013-02-15T23:12:30.117" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-02-15T23:33:36.760" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6128" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6105" CreationDate="2013-02-15T23:14:31.720" Score="4" Body="&lt;h2&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e1b643b1cabd740a5f4580f365b21407?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Grace Note&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/757/grace-note&quot;&gt;Grace Note&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105777#8105777&quot;&gt;asked&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/em&gt; &lt;strong&gt;What is your vision for what Ask Ubuntu should focus on as a community given the scope overlap with other sites on the network, including Unix &amp;amp; Linux, SuperUser, etc?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/3d29d26e0b6452a8732390472f59a7b4?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;ObsessiveSSOℲ&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/36486/obsessivessof&quot;&gt;ObsessiveSSOℲ&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105803#8105803&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  I feel as if AU should continue extending a hand to newer users, without any of that trigger-happy(downvote and closevote) SO style.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/17f955dcc67792f420f47dc6471d376a?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Amith KK&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/16377/amith-kk&quot;&gt;Amith KK&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105818#8105818&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  Well, AU should be newbie friendly, unlike some other overlapping sites, which are targeted for a professionalistic audience&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/adf708efd8e843f270c3a6f2935e8368?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;mateo_salta&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/33796/mateo-salta&quot;&gt;mateo_salta&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105831#8105831&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  Ubuntu is expanding as more than just &quot;A linux OS&quot; and should will adjust accordingly as the platform moves to phones - mobile - android devices (then and overlap with Android will occur).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/b3c95705dadc56ae2010baf4c122bbad?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;FEichinger&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/54152/feichinger&quot;&gt;FEichinger&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105872#8105872&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  The &lt;em&gt;ideal&lt;/em&gt; for the site would be a clear-cut definition. But that's not possible due to the very nature of language itself. But I think when it comes to the overlap, duplicate information across sites is &quot;fine&quot;. I'm not saying &quot;Answer the same topic on both sites.&quot;, I'm saying: Answer it on one and have the summary + link on the other, seeing how there is nothing in the system allowing us to &lt;em&gt;actually&lt;/em&gt; combine two questions from different sites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d629b6ac45d58dbd918c0246b364748d?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;RolandiXor&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/4769/rolandixor&quot;&gt;RolandiXor&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105901#8105901&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  Ask Ubuntu should focus on being the best resource for &lt;strong&gt;Ubuntu&lt;/strong&gt; users and developers that it can be - and not be worried about overlap - because after all, even Windows topics will at times overlap with the experiences that drive questions on the site. However, that said, we should be careful not to become the host of &quot;Ubuntu and every unofficial derivative's QA&quot;. In that regard, I think we've been doing a pretty great job, actually ;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8d85f84b3c0241ebca2eee5a2552014f?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Luis Alvarado&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/12093/luis-alvarado&quot;&gt;Luis Alvarado&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105935#8105935&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  I have had several ideas about this. Askubuntu is a community that is based on Q/A, many of which solve most users their problems. For each question that appears, many have found their answer and many more will get their answer with that new question. My vision is that Askubuntu, differentiates with other sites in that it focuses on Ubuntu (Obviously) but, by being like that can create tools which relate the Ubuntu OS to this site, creating in a way a &quot;help system&quot; for new/old users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8bfa3d624cdb4f087d8d8ffcaf786315?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;jokerdino&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/24463/jokerdino&quot;&gt;jokerdino&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8106418#8106418&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  Ask Ubuntu is working on making the experience of users using Ubuntu a much pleasant one. It has more to do with the users than sites that unfortunately happen to share some scope.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11612" LastActivityDate="2013-02-15T23:14:31.720" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-02-15T23:33:36.760" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6129" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6105" CreationDate="2013-02-15T23:16:34.167" Score="1" Body="&lt;h2&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/f57f87ae7d413e5a4b6c4f00dd164c78?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;bcbc&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/13604/bcbc&quot;&gt;bcbc&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105782#8105782&quot;&gt;asked&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/em&gt; &lt;strong&gt;What previous leadership experience do you have?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/3d29d26e0b6452a8732390472f59a7b4?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;ObsessiveSSOℲ&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/36486/obsessivessof&quot;&gt;ObsessiveSSOℲ&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105814#8105814&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  I've been captain of a robotics team, and I've also been a rowing coxswain. The former position requires managing a team, resources, and funding, and the latter requires precision, and a quick and decisive(but also right on the first decision) mind.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/17f955dcc67792f420f47dc6471d376a?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Amith KK&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/16377/amith-kk&quot;&gt;Amith KK&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105836#8105836&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  Well. I was the IT president at school a year or two back. :D&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/b3c95705dadc56ae2010baf4c122bbad?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;FEichinger&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/54152/feichinger&quot;&gt;FEichinger&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105883#8105883&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  Well, as I've detailed on my &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/7371/conversation/feichingers-story&quot;&gt;pretty-much-biography-thingy-story&lt;/a&gt;, I have been a forums moderator, Quality Assurance, &quot;leading&quot; community member - pretty much everything that gets combined in a StackExchange moderator.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d629b6ac45d58dbd918c0246b364748d?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;RolandiXor&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/4769/rolandixor&quot;&gt;RolandiXor&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105936#8105936&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  Without going into too much detail about my offline life, I've been in a leadership position several times in very real and important areas and ways in my life so far, and in the online world I've been the leader of a rather extensive (but disciplined) gaming guild (at one time having 100 members) - which believe it or not - was a good place to learn what it means to truly be a leader, and I've been a GM (game moderator)  as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d629b6ac45d58dbd918c0246b364748d?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;RolandiXor&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/4769/rolandixor&quot;&gt;RolandiXor&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105953#8105953&quot;&gt;continued&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  I've also run a number of social networks at times (when Ning was free), and I founded and still manage a group blog (2buntu.com). Outside of that I think my leadership experience is quite extensive. Just to be sure - I'll list a few - prefect - twice in my life, manager of a group of other workers at one time, prominent figure in my community (churchwise) - etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8d85f84b3c0241ebca2eee5a2552014f?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Luis Alvarado&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/12093/luis-alvarado&quot;&gt;Luis Alvarado&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105966#8105966&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  Well I could mention I was one of the programmers in a WoW emulator, was the leader of a very old database for the same game and other very geeky stuff. But seriously, I have tough a little over 500 kids and adults and that has brought a different way of thinking. You end up learning how people think and how people try to learn new things. You also learn new points of view that even contradict your own (Which is awesome actually). So I can say i have had several years of leadership.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8bfa3d624cdb4f087d8d8ffcaf786315?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;jokerdino&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/24463/jokerdino&quot;&gt;jokerdino&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8106426#8106426&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  I am currently a leader of a development team focused on making apps for Ubuntu environment. I also have held leadership positions in my school / junior college level.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e88cb2b3858ca0df735806f1a8476b23?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Journeyman Geek&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/10208/journeyman-geek&quot;&gt;Journeyman Geek&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8108593#8108593&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  As far what I can talk about, Moderator on Lords of the Battlefield.com for long enough that I don't remember. I've also been a moderator on the battlechat irc channel on slashnet. I'm a fairly well respected user on SU. I've also had a few periods I've helped out small, very private forums get things up, but in most cases, they prefer not to be publically mentioned.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11612" LastActivityDate="2013-02-15T23:16:34.167" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-02-15T23:33:36.760" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6130" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6105" CreationDate="2013-02-15T23:18:38.220" Score="1" Body="&lt;h2&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/a717291747c76567bb0f086e15ae6e43?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Gilles&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/240/gilles&quot;&gt;Gilles&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105840#8105840&quot;&gt;asked&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/em&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Do you participate in other Ubuntu-related communities and in what role?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/3d29d26e0b6452a8732390472f59a7b4?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;ObsessiveSSOℲ&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/36486/obsessivessof&quot;&gt;ObsessiveSSOℲ&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105857#8105857&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  While I am not officially on a LoCo team, and I don't do much on the wiki, I've done translations, bug management, and have done Ubuntu-related community outreach, including within our school's IT department. This aspect, however, is similar to the one about Ubuntu expertise in how it is less of a factor than maturity and impartiality.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/adf708efd8e843f270c3a6f2935e8368?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;mateo_salta&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/33796/mateo-salta&quot;&gt;mateo_salta&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105862#8105862&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  I have participated in launchpad, clicking &quot;this bug affects me&quot; when the situation arises, since we don't handle bugs at AU&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/17f955dcc67792f420f47dc6471d376a?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Amith KK&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/16377/amith-kk&quot;&gt;Amith KK&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105869#8105869&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  Yeah, I do. I'm part of &lt;code&gt;freyja-dev&lt;/code&gt; headed by @jokerdino. I also am part of &lt;a href=&quot;http://2buntu.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;2buntu.com&lt;/a&gt;, founded by @RolandiXor @jrg and @Gui. Although I'm not an active blogger for the last few months. I also do launchpad translations at times.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/b3c95705dadc56ae2010baf4c122bbad?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;FEichinger&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/54152/feichinger&quot;&gt;FEichinger&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105888#8105888&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  I don't, in fact. This is not due to personal preference, however. It is, because I have never really gotten &quot;into it&quot;. I have no real &lt;em&gt;project&lt;/em&gt; I feel I can contribute to, outside of Ask Ubuntu, and I think this keeps me focused, at least.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8bfa3d624cdb4f087d8d8ffcaf786315?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;jokerdino&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/24463/jokerdino&quot;&gt;jokerdino&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105896#8105896&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  I am currently a part of a development team meant to develop apps for the Ubuntu environment. I have also contributed translations, bug triaging, submitting bug fixes and advocating Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8d85f84b3c0241ebca2eee5a2552014f?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Luis Alvarado&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/12093/luis-alvarado&quot;&gt;Luis Alvarado&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105986#8105986&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  I tend to go to IRC to help. I also try to help in my country (I teach Linux using Ubuntu).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d629b6ac45d58dbd918c0246b364748d?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;RolandiXor&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/4769/rolandixor&quot;&gt;RolandiXor&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105993#8105993&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  As previously mentioned, I run a group blog about Ubuntu (2buntu.com), I'm active on launchpad, have at one time been on the Ayatana mailing list (I stopped because of the swarm of emails :P), I'm the local Ubuntu &quot;go to guy&quot; ;), and I was at one time relatively acting on the Ubuntu forums. In most of these I've not been a &quot;leader&quot;, but I am such on 2buntu, and in my local community, as I'm the one who has introduced many people to Ubuntu in Barbados :).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e88cb2b3858ca0df735806f1a8476b23?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Journeyman Geek&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/10208/journeyman-geek&quot;&gt;Journeyman Geek&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8108595#8108595&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; Somewhat on the local mailing list, but I'm recovering my social life from a short period when I ill. I used to attend LUG meetings when I was a student in the UK. Otherwise, its mostly here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11612" LastActivityDate="2013-02-15T23:18:38.220" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-02-15T23:33:36.760" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6131" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6105" CreationDate="2013-02-15T23:20:40.167" Score="1" Body="&lt;h2&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/3d29d26e0b6452a8732390472f59a7b4?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;ObsessiveSSOℲ&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/36486/obsessivessof&quot;&gt;ObsessiveSSOℲ&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105843#8105843&quot;&gt;asked&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/em&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Ask Ubuntu has begun to include a few acceptable non-Ubuntu, but Ubuntu-related questions, such as about Launchpad. Will you remain open to such questions, as long as they are constructive?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/3d29d26e0b6452a8732390472f59a7b4?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;ObsessiveSSOℲ&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/36486/obsessivessof&quot;&gt;ObsessiveSSOℲ&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105850#8105850&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  Yes, so long as they are useful to the Ubuntu community at large.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8bfa3d624cdb4f087d8d8ffcaf786315?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;jokerdino&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/24463/jokerdino&quot;&gt;jokerdino&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105855#8105855&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  I personally am comfortable about questions related to Launchpad. It is much more closely tied to Ubuntu than is obvious. So, yes. I am open to such questions on Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/17f955dcc67792f420f47dc6471d376a?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Amith KK&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/16377/amith-kk&quot;&gt;Amith KK&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105878#8105878&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  Yeah, I will keep them open. Launchpad is part of the Ubuntu Project and highly related to the User Experience.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/adf708efd8e843f270c3a6f2935e8368?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;mateo_salta&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/33796/mateo-salta&quot;&gt;mateo_salta&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105890#8105890&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  Using Launchpad is a essential part of getting software into Ubuntu, Many questions that are directly/indirectly related to Ubuntu are best suited for this Q/A style, I found the we made only a few &quot;set in stone&quot; don't ask about topics, and there is a broad range that we do accept as being on topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/b3c95705dadc56ae2010baf4c122bbad?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;FEichinger&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/54152/feichinger&quot;&gt;FEichinger&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105898#8105898&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  Sure. There is not much to qualify on that: If it benefits the site and community, it shall remain.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8d85f84b3c0241ebca2eee5a2552014f?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Luis Alvarado&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/12093/luis-alvarado&quot;&gt;Luis Alvarado&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8106006#8106006&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  Yes, sites like launchpad are actually part of what I call the Ubuntu ecosystem. Sites and tools like that are what helps promote, develop and share Ubuntu to others.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d629b6ac45d58dbd918c0246b364748d?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;RolandiXor&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/4769/rolandixor&quot;&gt;RolandiXor&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8106007#8106007&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  Always have been, always will be. If its related to the Ubuntu experience, bring it!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e88cb2b3858ca0df735806f1a8476b23?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Journeyman Geek&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/10208/journeyman-geek&quot;&gt;Journeyman Geek&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8108599#8108599&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  Unlike a lot of folk here, for better or worse, I am familiar with, and use windows and other linux distros fairly regularly. if its on topic as per the rules of the site, I'm fine with them&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11612" LastActivityDate="2013-02-15T23:20:40.167" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-02-15T23:33:36.760" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6132" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6105" CreationDate="2013-02-15T23:23:20.100" Score="2" Body="&lt;h2&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/17f955dcc67792f420f47dc6471d376a?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Amith KK&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/16377/amith-kk&quot;&gt;Amith KK&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105880#8105880&quot;&gt;asked&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/em&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Okay, so the moderators will work as a team, but what will be the choosen method of communication between them? And how will regular users be able to be part of this if at all?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/3d29d26e0b6452a8732390472f59a7b4?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;ObsessiveSSOℲ&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/36486/obsessivessof&quot;&gt;ObsessiveSSOℲ&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105893#8105893&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  Things which are public, will be discussed in chat(either a public chat room or AU general chat room). What is sensitive, or personal data, even if not directly violating the NDA(but still something you might not want public) would be in a private chat room.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/17f955dcc67792f420f47dc6471d376a?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Amith KK&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/16377/amith-kk&quot;&gt;Amith KK&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105931#8105931&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; Anything that needs public interference will be discussed in the AUGR or the Ubuntu Regulators room. Anything that is to be private, in a private chatroom. The community issues also can me discussed in &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/&quot;&gt;Ask Ubuntu Meta&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8bfa3d624cdb4f087d8d8ffcaf786315?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;jokerdino&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/24463/jokerdino&quot;&gt;jokerdino&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105925#8105925&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  I think meta.AU is a perfectly fine place to discuss issues related to the site. Everyone can take part in it and contribute their opinions. If in the case of sensitive issues, it can be taken over to the private chat.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/b3c95705dadc56ae2010baf4c122bbad?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;FEichinger&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/54152/feichinger&quot;&gt;FEichinger&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105928#8105928&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  I would &lt;em&gt;love&lt;/em&gt; to have some kind of dedicated chat for moderators, or any other way of transparently communicating &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; getting the community involved. That's actually something I should've answered the &quot;What will change?&quot; question with. But I also don't see that happening.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/b3c95705dadc56ae2010baf4c122bbad?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;FEichinger&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/54152/feichinger&quot;&gt;FEichinger&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105930#8105930&quot;&gt;continued&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; It would be awesome, and I would immediately be up to it - but for the most part the few people that do get involved on meta are also the same people that can communicate with the mods directly on the General Chat and the such. That is probably a chicken-egg problem, though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8d85f84b3c0241ebca2eee5a2552014f?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Luis Alvarado&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/12093/luis-alvarado&quot;&gt;Luis Alvarado&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8106018#8106018&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  I think apart from Chat (Or some evil chat room for mods only), via Gmail, Skype, G+ or any easy way of communicating to each other. There are way too many forms of communicating right now. So that would not be a problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d629b6ac45d58dbd918c0246b364748d?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;RolandiXor&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/4769/rolandixor&quot;&gt;RolandiXor&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8106028#8106028&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  I believe the moderators have their own secret room and are sworn to secrecy about its contents, but otherwise, I believe in making decisions with the participation of the community as often as possible, and as such I will make extensive use of the general chat room and sometimes meta to reel in &quot;regular&quot; users as a whole.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e88cb2b3858ca0df735806f1a8476b23?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Journeyman Geek&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/10208/journeyman-geek&quot;&gt;Journeyman Geek&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8108647#8108647&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; Whatever means necessary -  private chatrooms for sensitive issues, Meta for things that need to be done in public and needed to be recorded, and chat for things that need to be handled publically in real time. What's important to me is other mods know what I'm doing&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11612" LastActivityDate="2013-02-15T23:23:20.100" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-02-15T23:33:36.760" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6133" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6105" CreationDate="2013-02-15T23:28:30.437" Score="1" Body="&lt;h2&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/17f955dcc67792f420f47dc6471d376a?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Amith KK&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/16377/amith-kk&quot;&gt;Amith KK&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105932#8105932&quot;&gt;asked&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/em&gt; &lt;strong&gt;I am a funny person, and like to have fun... but sometimes I make comments that can be misread (and in hindsight perhaps should not have been said at all) if a person does this, but is sincerely is sorry after the fact, how would a situation be handled like this?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/3d29d26e0b6452a8732390472f59a7b4?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;ObsessiveSSOℲ&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/36486/obsessivessof&quot;&gt;ObsessiveSSOℲ&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105948#8105948&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  Politely explain to them that their comment may have offended some, and delete the comment. Assume good faith the first time. If done in bad faith, more firmly, bot politely, explain that rudeness is not tolerated. After repeated requests to stop, and further violations(as well as discussion from other mods), a suspension may be put to use.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8bfa3d624cdb4f087d8d8ffcaf786315?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;jokerdino&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/24463/jokerdino&quot;&gt;jokerdino&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105957#8105957&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  If a person acknowledges his mistake and promises not to do that again, there isn't much that can be done. If the intent was malicious, punishments might be dished out but if it was intentional, letting go would be a relatively better option.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/17f955dcc67792f420f47dc6471d376a?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Amith KK&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/16377/amith-kk&quot;&gt;Amith KK&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105958#8105958&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  Well. I'd tell him/her politely to mind their commentary more, and that rudeness is not tolerated. I'd basically leave him with a warning. I would also maybe edit out the comment to be neutral for him/her&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/b3c95705dadc56ae2010baf4c122bbad?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;FEichinger&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/54152/feichinger&quot;&gt;FEichinger&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105959#8105959&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  Depending on how viable it would be to edit it to a more &quot;neutral&quot; comment, I would prefer that - in coordination with the user in question. I may also recommend leaving it be - perhaps with a subsequent comment that explains the problem, or apologizes for it (from either me, or even the user themselves) - or removing it entirely. It really depends on the situation, but it is not a definite &quot;Punish NAO!&quot; thing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d629b6ac45d58dbd918c0246b364748d?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;RolandiXor&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/4769/rolandixor&quot;&gt;RolandiXor&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8106070#8106070&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  if need be, I would drop them a note about it (usually in a less prominent place such as in a one one on chat), and delete the offending comment (if its crossing the line). Otherwise, I would not come down hard on them. If a person makes a habit of this, I would be a bit more firm, but I don't think I'd be wielding the ban hammer any time soon. As a moderator on a game once told me - such people help the community in their own way, and we need them too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e88cb2b3858ca0df735806f1a8476b23?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Journeyman Geek&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/10208/journeyman-geek&quot;&gt;Journeyman Geek&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8108656#8108656&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  If its a true, and honest apology, it probably should be accepted, and handled as gracefully as possible. Moderators aren't judge, jury and executioners, its better to talk to everyone involved and sooth things between them. There's always going to be drama, but we can try our best to keep it down.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11612" LastActivityDate="2013-02-15T23:28:30.437" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-02-15T23:33:36.760" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6134" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6105" CreationDate="2013-02-15T23:31:18.153" Score="0" Body="&lt;h2&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/ae15c48f686a0ecb39848f980b296611?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Shog9&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/3435/shog9&quot;&gt;Shog9&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105973#8105973&quot;&gt;asked&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/em&gt; &lt;strong&gt;WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE COLOR?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8bfa3d624cdb4f087d8d8ffcaf786315?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;jokerdino&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/24463/jokerdino&quot;&gt;jokerdino&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105977#8105977&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  Yellow and then blue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/17f955dcc67792f420f47dc6471d376a?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Amith KK&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/16377/amith-kk&quot;&gt;Amith KK&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105985#8105985&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  Blue&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/3d29d26e0b6452a8732390472f59a7b4?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;ObsessiveSSOℲ&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/36486/obsessivessof&quot;&gt;ObsessiveSSOℲ&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105984#8105984&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  Transparent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/adf708efd8e843f270c3a6f2935e8368?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;mateo_salta&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/33796/mateo-salta&quot;&gt;mateo_salta&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105994#8105994&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  somewhere between teal and turquoise&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/b3c95705dadc56ae2010baf4c122bbad?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;FEichinger&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/54152/feichinger&quot;&gt;FEichinger&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8106013#8106013&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  #dd4814&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8d85f84b3c0241ebca2eee5a2552014f?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Luis Alvarado&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/12093/luis-alvarado&quot;&gt;Luis Alvarado&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8106039#8106039&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  Rainbow like unicorns with chocolate chip fire breathing laser ponies&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d629b6ac45d58dbd918c0246b364748d?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;RolandiXor&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/4769/rolandixor&quot;&gt;RolandiXor&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8106110#8106110&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  blue. &lt;strike&gt;It is the colour of my death ray&lt;/strike&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11612" LastActivityDate="2013-02-15T23:31:18.153" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-02-15T23:33:36.760" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6135" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6105" CreationDate="2013-02-15T23:33:36.760" Score="1" Body="&lt;h2&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e1b643b1cabd740a5f4580f365b21407?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Grace Note&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/757/grace-note&quot;&gt;Grace Note&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105943#8105943&quot;&gt;asked&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/em&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Final thoughts from the candidates&lt;/strong&gt;?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/3d29d26e0b6452a8732390472f59a7b4?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;ObsessiveSSOℲ&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/36486/obsessivessof&quot;&gt;ObsessiveSSOℲ&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105950#8105950&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  I wish everyone the best of luck, and I encourage those who do not win, to try again next year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/3d29d26e0b6452a8732390472f59a7b4?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;ObsessiveSSOℲ&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/36486/obsessivessof&quot;&gt;ObsessiveSSOℲ&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105960#8105960&quot;&gt;continued&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  I also plan to use suspension as little as possible, favoring communication first, and then after repeated attempts to reach them, and after it is known to be bad faith, &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; discussing with other mods, &lt;em&gt;only&lt;/em&gt; then employ a suspension.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/adf708efd8e843f270c3a6f2935e8368?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;mateo_salta&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/33796/mateo-salta&quot;&gt;mateo_salta&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105952#8105952&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  Oh, No... Not Again!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/b3c95705dadc56ae2010baf4c122bbad?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;FEichinger&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/54152/feichinger&quot;&gt;FEichinger&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105962#8105962&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  Final thoughts? Oh, where the hell did that hour go?! Wow!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8bfa3d624cdb4f087d8d8ffcaf786315?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;jokerdino&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/24463/jokerdino&quot;&gt;jokerdino&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8105965#8105965&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  Final thoughts? Waking up at 5 in the morning for the town hall chat was more difficult than I thought.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/17f955dcc67792f420f47dc6471d376a?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Amith KK&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/16377/amith-kk&quot;&gt;Amith KK&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8106000#8106000&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  Well. It was an interesting session, To say the least.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8d85f84b3c0241ebca2eee5a2552014f?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Luis Alvarado&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/12093/luis-alvarado&quot;&gt;Luis Alvarado&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8106026#8106026&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  42&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d629b6ac45d58dbd918c0246b364748d?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;RolandiXor&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/4769/rolandixor&quot;&gt;RolandiXor&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8106108#8106108&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  This place is scary. &lt;em&gt;mommy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On a serious note:  I entered this election because numerous people asked me to even when I decided not to run again after the previous election. It tells me that at least people trust me to help them as moderator, and I respect that greatly. Either way the election turns out, I come away with a greater sense of responsibility and respect, and yes, love, for the community...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;...stop crying, please. No really :'(... aww who's cutting the onions?!&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e88cb2b3858ca0df735806f1a8476b23?s=16&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; alt=&quot;Journeyman Geek&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/10208/journeyman-geek&quot;&gt;Journeyman Geek&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8108667#8108667&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;  I suppose, what I can really say is, I am a bit of an unknown quantity, compared to some others as far as the AU community goes. No matter who you elect, you're going to get three great mods, and I look forward to working with them, as either a user or a fellow mod. No matter what the outcome of the election, I hope to contribute to the community in whatever way I can&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11612" LastActivityDate="2013-02-15T23:33:36.760" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-02-15T23:33:36.760" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6136" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6137" CreationDate="2013-02-16T01:13:41.563" Score="5" ViewCount="103" Body="&lt;p&gt;Frequently, I see &lt;em&gt;unanswered&lt;/em&gt; questions from this site that has been previously asked in another SE site (mostly &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackoverflow.com&quot;&gt;SO&lt;/a&gt;) and this one has an answer that have worked for the OP.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should I copy and paste the answer here, &lt;em&gt;and improve the information according for the case&lt;/em&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or anyone has a better idea?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="62483" LastActivityDate="2013-02-16T01:21:43.860" Title="What to do with questions from here that have already been answered in another SE site?" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|unanswered-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6137" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6136" CreationDate="2013-02-16T01:21:43.860" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Quote it, link to it and give original credit as far as you can... Just as you would to any resource. Note that if you're copying from an SE site, you must do this &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/06/attribution-required/&quot;&gt;as part of the license&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you add &lt;em&gt;nothing&lt;/em&gt;, consider setting your answer as a community wiki. This means you won't get any rep but displays good manners and fine breeding. Chivalry and all that nonsense.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2013-02-16T01:21:43.860" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6138" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6139" CreationDate="2013-02-16T05:42:39.120" Score="11" ViewCount="120" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the currently ongoing elections, do I need to cast all 3 votes for my votes to count, or is casting say, one vote or two votes, also counted ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="87930" LastActivityDate="2013-02-18T16:08:51.600" Title="During the election phase, do I need to cast all three votes for my votes to count?" Tags="|support|election|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6139" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6138" CreationDate="2013-02-16T11:29:12.810" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, technically you do not have to vote more more than one candidate for your vote to be counted. However, it is highly recommended that you do so!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;SE elections use what is called the STV (&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_transferable_vote&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Single Transferable Votes&lt;/a&gt;) method of tallying votes. This is a system specifically designed to minimize wasted votes when electing more than one candidate at a time out of a large pool. Basically what happens is that your votes cascade from one candidate to the next as they get elected.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The single transferable vote (STV) is a voting system designed to achieve proportional representation through ranked voting. Under STV, an elector's vote is initially allocated to his or her most preferred candidate, and then, after candidates have been either elected or eliminated, any surplus or unused votes are transferred according to the voter's stated preferences. [...] It [transfers] votes to other eligible candidates that would otherwise be wasted on sure losers or sure winners.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your vote will not carry any less weight by voting for more than one candidate, and in some cases might even carry more weight. In this particular election, three candidates will be elected, so even after you've done all you can do for your absolute favorite candidate, you can still influence the other choices. If your candidate loses, your vote for them as first choice will still have carried full weight. If they win, your votes for the other candidates will be made even stronger.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By voting for more than one candidate, you can make your opinion heard even in the case that your first candidate loses. If you vote for some dead beat that has no chance at all, your vote will be taken into account ... but because it wasn't enough to get them into office, it is then moved down the chain to your next preferred candidate, giving your favorite runner up a chance of beating somebody else's first choice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2667" LastEditorUserId="12845" LastEditDate="2013-02-18T16:08:51.600" LastActivityDate="2013-02-18T16:08:51.600" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6140" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6142" CreationDate="2013-02-16T19:43:03.243" Score="-6" ViewCount="156" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't understand, why Ask Ubuntu is like this. out of every 10 to 20 questions only 1 is answered. And the Ubuntu website is advertising it as it's main Q&amp;amp;A web site! Don't you think something is wrong?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="129343" LastEditorUserId="129343" LastEditDate="2013-02-16T20:12:41.630" LastActivityDate="2013-02-16T20:22:03.820" Title="Is there something wrong with Ask Ubuntu?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="12" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6141" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6140" CreationDate="2013-02-16T20:16:23.723" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;The site, at the time this answer was written, has 90,000 questions give or take.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The answered rate is 75%.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So the inverse is actually true.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;1 in 4 questions is unanswered or abandoned.&#xA;That's quite the opposite of 1 in 20 answered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://stackexchange.com/sites#&quot;&gt;Reference&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-02-16T20:16:23.723" CommentCount="12" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6142" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6140" CreationDate="2013-02-16T20:22:03.820" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;I &lt;em&gt;really&lt;/em&gt; don't want to sound rude, (I'm not trying to be in any way).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First: We only have the information that the question asker gives us to work with.  So questions that don't include hardware information, version information and aren't descriptive don't usually get answers.  There is very little we can do about that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The questions on the front page are only questions that have been asked or edited recently, so of course most of the unanswered ones would appear on it.  If you search for &lt;code&gt;isaccepted:yes&lt;/code&gt; you will get a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?tab=votes&amp;amp;q=isaccepted%3ayes&quot;&gt;list of all accepted/answered questions.&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/GVjG8.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Doing the math from that screenshot, we actually have over 30,000 questions answered here and we're working hard on improving that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2013-02-16T20:22:03.820" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6143" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6144" CreationDate="2013-02-16T20:45:57.403" Score="3" ViewCount="89" Body="&lt;p&gt;Following the &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1323/what-prewritten-pro-forma-userscript-comments-can-we-use-and-share&quot;&gt;question about pro-forma comments&lt;/a&gt; I installed them and then tried to enable the remote source, which seemingly failed (at least it took a very long time ™ without any noticeable network activity).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I finally cancelled the process. Result: whenever I click on &lt;em&gt;auto&lt;/em&gt; nothing seems to happen at all. I disabled, then uninstalled and reinstalled the script - nothing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This happened in chromium as well as in firefox - I'd like to get back to the local version for now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastActivityDate="2013-02-28T23:03:33.830" Title="How can I revive the pro-forma script after a failed loading of &quot;remote&quot;?" Tags="|support|comments|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6144" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6143" CreationDate="2013-02-16T20:57:14.947" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;This appears to have been caused by a typo in the remote source. Thanks to @AmithKK, this was fixed yesterday and the remote scripts are working now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I had experienced the same problem. When running with the remote URL set in the script, the only pop-up that worked for me was in the review queue. On Meta and AU the script would do nothing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To resolve:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Remove the extension&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Clear the browser cache (with &lt;em&gt;empty the cache&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;Delete cookies and other site and plug-in data options&lt;/em&gt; selected)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Re-install the extension &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This brought me back to the local version.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="106495" LastEditorUserId="106495" LastEditDate="2013-02-28T23:03:33.830" LastActivityDate="2013-02-28T23:03:33.830" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6145" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6101" CreationDate="2013-02-16T22:39:54.267" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would not. Many times duplicates are created because:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Title of question is not well formed so the person that created the duplicate could not find it easily or quickly (Reason why he/she ended up creating a duplicate).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The OP did not take the time to look in all first 100 questions that might have been similar. Only on the first 10 and none of those first 10 solved the problem. But guess what, question number 42 was the answer.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Op did not take the time to even see that the first question that appeared as duplicate while typing the title was the actual solution (This are the ones that do not even take the time to use the search box but can wait 5 days for the answer to their question).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So as you can see, an OP could fall in any of this options (There are more am guessing) so marking them with a downvote (Which I also consider it should be used only in some cases and not in a happy down vote everybody way) without knowing how much time the user took to make the question, if he/she did a search first or just basically how much effort it was put on the question is wrong.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would first see the question, see if it is easy to find a duplicate, which tells me that the OP did not even take the time to search for it. I would also read the information about the question to not jump into the conclusion that it is a duplicate of another when it just so happens it was not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you can see there are several points that could argue not to do the downvote in the first place. Are there questions that deserve a downvote? Yes. Are all duplicates in need of a downvote? No. We need to first study the case before downvoting like it was something easy to do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In case it was not pointed, downvoting also implies that you are completely against the question/answer, how it was made (Spam, Negatively, Not an actual question/answer, Etc..), not just that you disagree with it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you simply disagree with the question or answer at hand, you would use the comments for that, not only to correct the user, but to help improve the situation. Downvoting simply jumps to &quot;I do no agree in any way to what has been written here&quot; and does not add any helpful feedback for the user.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Again, the main point is knowing what question/answer should be downvoted and why. Important part is &lt;strong&gt;why&lt;/strong&gt;. In my case I personally avoid downvoting, I rather help the person, point them to the right direction. If the question is a duplicate and is obvious it is, then yeah, I would simply mark it as duplicate and be done with that (No need to downvote). If the question needs more information or a better format I tell the OP about it (No need to downvote).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will of all that said, I think you get my idea of how I view the use of votes and how one can approach other users to help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Example of a question that could have a downvote - &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/257112/install-drivers&quot;&gt;Install drivers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But can also get some assistance (And a kick into FAQ land)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7035" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2013-02-16T23:59:16.910" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6146" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2604" CreationDate="2013-02-17T01:54:16.163" Score="8" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Yes.&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We support and answer almost everything Ubuntu, let's change the link for this election, while there is still time to at least get a fix in after-the-fact.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54298" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-02-17T01:54:16.163" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6148" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-02-18T05:48:56.233" Score="12" ViewCount="259" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can we ask questions about specific games for Ubuntu on AskUbuntu, or should we ask them on Arqade instead? I would like to ask how to get a game running but I don't know which site I should put it on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="132480" LastActivityDate="2013-03-01T20:52:22.287" Title="Can we ask questions about games on Ubuntu?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6149" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6148" CreationDate="2013-02-18T08:49:46.397" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;If the question is ubuntu related, Eg playing games in ubuntu, You can post in askubuntu, for other game related questions can be ask in arqade&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="39372" LastActivityDate="2013-02-18T08:49:46.397" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6150" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6101" CreationDate="2013-02-18T09:50:42.803" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;No.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Downvote a question that doesn't show any research effort, is unclear or is not useful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A question can show research effort, be clear, and be useful even if it is a duplicate. (Even if its only use is to point to the duplicate, that's still useful.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2355" LastActivityDate="2013-02-18T09:50:42.803" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6151" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6148" CreationDate="2013-02-18T11:46:20.097" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;Making software run in Ubuntu is totally on topic for the site. So installing and making a game run are fine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions about playing the game should be in arqade.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastActivityDate="2013-02-18T11:46:20.097" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6152" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6153" CreationDate="2013-02-18T19:01:32.953" Score="6" ViewCount="249" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have recently joined the 2000+ Club and was awarded the privilege of reviewing Low Quality Posts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have not yet seen the following question and its answers, you are urged to go through them (although not necessary for this particular question of mine):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/6001/review-low-quality-posts-does-not-let-you-say-that-posts-can-be-improved&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;Review Low Quality Posts&amp;quot; does not let you say that posts can be improved&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now coming to my question. The &lt;strong&gt;Recommend Deletion&lt;/strong&gt; button in this review queue gives us a couple of options for posting auto-generated comments for the author:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/XzRtG.png&quot; alt=&quot;recommend deletion comments&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is about the option for:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This is a link-only answer (and not spam)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why is this option available while we are recommending a post for deletion?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have always seen the community accepting link-only answers (although the preference is for posting actual answers and providing links for acknowledgement). We do not delete link-only answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or, my understanding of &lt;strong&gt;Recommend Deletion&lt;/strong&gt; button is flawed &amp;mdash; It doesn't send the Reviewer's suggestion of deletion to Moderators and we still need to flag answers (me too, thank you, different question etc.) for them to get deleted. (To clarify, my present understanding is that pressing this button acts like as we are flagging posts for Moderators to delete them - we do not need to raise additional flags for moderators).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="114818" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2017-09-29T13:50:17.903" LastActivityDate="2017-09-29T13:50:17.903" Title="Why does Recommend Deletion have an option for link-only answers?" Tags="|discussion|support|answers|review|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6153" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6152" CreationDate="2013-02-18T22:15:18.833" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;This post is in the process of being &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/posts/6153/revisions&quot;&gt;revised and updated&lt;/a&gt; to make it more useful to readers today. However, it is still mainly about &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/139536/new-feature-community-review-tasks-now-in-beta&quot;&gt;a change introduced in 2012&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Most of the network is less tolerant of link-only answers than AU.&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe the primary reason for this is that the canned comments offered in the Low Quality Posts review queue are network-wide, and the culture surrounding &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/8231/are-answers-that-just-contain-links-elsewhere-really-good-answers&quot;&gt;link-only answers&lt;/a&gt; (answers that are &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/145901/185080&quot;&gt;not an answer without the link&lt;/a&gt;) on Ask Ubuntu is &lt;em&gt;different from the dominant culture&lt;/em&gt; on the Stack Exchange network. Or at least different from the attitude toward them on Stack Overflow.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The dominant view on Stack Overflow and probably the network as a whole is that link-only answers are rarely if ever answers and should usually be deleted even if they don't have any &lt;em&gt;other&lt;/em&gt; problems (such as the link being broken or linking to a source that doesn't obviously answer the question or is not in English).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See the following answers on &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Meta Stack Exchange&lt;/a&gt; (which were originally posted on &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/&quot;&gt;Meta Stack Overflow&lt;/a&gt;, back when &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/a/285867/1038860&quot;&gt;they were the same&lt;/a&gt; meta site):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/166089/185080&quot;&gt;Why are short answers indiscriminately flagged?&lt;/a&gt; (by &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/1228/wont&quot;&gt;Won't&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/167728/185080&quot;&gt;why my answer was deleted?&lt;/a&gt; (by &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/users/16587/george-stocker&quot;&gt;George Stocker ♦&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/159305/185080&quot;&gt;How should I flag/downvote answers/questions that are just links without summaries?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;(by &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/191410/jdb&quot;&gt;JDB&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/152404/185080&quot;&gt;Why was this answer deleted by a moderator?&lt;/a&gt; (by &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/151167/toon-krijthe&quot;&gt;Toon Krijthe&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;And &lt;em&gt;all&lt;/em&gt; the answers to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/116301/how-should-helpful-answers-that-are-just-links-be-handled&quot;&gt;How should helpful answers that are just links be handled?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, the Stack Exchange community, Stack Overflow, and SO and network-wide moderators are not &lt;em&gt;entirely&lt;/em&gt; opposed to allowing link-only answers. The reigning view seems to be that &lt;em&gt;occasionally&lt;/em&gt; a link-only answer answers the question well enough that it should remain:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/136026/185080&quot;&gt;Why are accepted answers immune from Flagging link-only answers as Not an Answer?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;(by &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/811/shog9&quot;&gt;Shog9 ♦&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/140659/185080&quot;&gt;How should answers containing just a link be flagged?&lt;/a&gt; (by &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/419/kev&quot;&gt;Kev&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;And &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/155160/adam-lear&quot;&gt;Adam Lear ♦&lt;/a&gt;'s and &lt;a href=&quot;https://french.stackexchange.com/users/5/gilles&quot;&gt;Gilles ♦&lt;/a&gt;'s answers to:&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/92505/should-i-flag-answers-which-contain-only-a-link-as-not-an-answer&quot;&gt;Should I flag answers which contain only a link as “not an answer”?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Here on Ask Ubuntu&lt;/strong&gt;, we tend to take a more tolerant approach to link-only answers:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/4010/22949&quot;&gt;What to do with answers that are just a link to a page that requires registration/login to view?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;(by &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/users/449/oli&quot;&gt;Oli ♦&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And that approach is, at least in my experience, reflected in the way we tend to review and respond to answers. However, the whole spectrum of attitudes toward link-only answers is present here on Ask Ubuntu, too. Here's a middle-of-the-road meta answer that specifies neither deletion nor non-deletion:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/1766/22949&quot;&gt;Should I flag answers with just a link to another site?&lt;/a&gt; (by &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/users/1067/stefano-palazzo&quot;&gt;Stefano Palazzo ♦&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And there is a &lt;strong&gt;quite popular answer&lt;/strong&gt; advocating that any answer that wouldn't be an answer without the link &lt;strong&gt;should be removed&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/3748/22949&quot;&gt;Hyperlinked answers with no content&lt;/a&gt; (by &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/users/1059/gilles&quot;&gt;Gilles&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So as &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/7865778#7865778&quot;&gt;George Stocker ♦ suggested&lt;/a&gt; when I &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/7287/2013/1/28&quot;&gt;discussed this with him&lt;/a&gt;, maybe the community consensus here really is that link-only answers should usually be deleted, after all!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Some answers that shouldn't be flagged can still be delete-&lt;em&gt;voted&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another important consideration is that &lt;em&gt;sometimes&lt;/em&gt;, even when an answer should not be flagged, it may still be reasonable to vote to delete that answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This relates to your whole question--it is a second reason why it makes sense to have a canned comment for link-only answers in the Low Quality Posts review, perhaps even on Ask Ubuntu and even if we on AU take a relatively accepting attitude toward link-only answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But it particularly relates to what you said at the end:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have always seen the community accepting link-only answers (although&#xA;the preference is for posting actual answers and providing links for&#xA;acknowledgement). We do not delete link-only answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or, my understanding of &lt;strong&gt;Recommend Deletion&lt;/strong&gt; button is flawed — It&#xA;doesn't send the Reviewer's suggestion of deletion to Moderators and&#xA;we still need to flag answers (me too, thank you, different question&#xA;etc.) for them to get deleted. (To clarify, my present understanding&#xA;is that pressing this button acts like as we are flagging posts for&#xA;Moderators to delete them - we do not need to raise additional flags&#xA;for moderators).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The more accepting view of link-only answers is that &lt;em&gt;they should often/usually not be deleted&lt;/em&gt; and that &lt;em&gt;moderators should not delete them&lt;/em&gt;. But that doesn't mean the community shouldn't vote to delete them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When you click &lt;em&gt;Recommend Deletion&lt;/em&gt; in the Low Quality Posts review queue, it &lt;em&gt;does not&lt;/em&gt; have the effect of flagging the post. You can check your flags (by clicking on the number of helpful flags, shown to you in your profile) and see that no flag is added. No automatic flag is added by the system either. (Though an automatic flag for the post may have entered the 10k user and moderator flag queues via the same heuristic that put the post in the Low Quality Posts review queue.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Instead, clicking &lt;em&gt;Recommend Deletion&lt;/em&gt; has two effects that increase the likelihood that a post will be deleted:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/148341/185080&quot;&gt;It raises the post higher in the Low Quality Posts review queue&lt;/a&gt;, where &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/trusted-user&quot;&gt;users with 20k reputation&lt;/a&gt; who can click &lt;em&gt;Delete&lt;/em&gt; will see it sooner. And, of course, moderators can and do also see delete votes (and may consider them along with flags and other indications of the community's views about a post, which moderators take into account &lt;em&gt;along with&lt;/em&gt; their own views about whether or not the post belongs on AU).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If &lt;strong&gt;6&lt;/strong&gt; users select &lt;em&gt;Recommend Deletion&lt;/em&gt; while reviewing that post, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/145292/185080&quot;&gt;the post is deleted&lt;/a&gt;, even if it didn't get any 20k delete votes.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A flag is, in principle, a request for a moderator to make a decision and act on it. When the review system was introduced and for some time afterwards, including when &lt;em&gt;this&lt;/em&gt; question was asked, it &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/226092/lets-get-rid-of-the-10k-flag-queue&quot;&gt;had not yet replaced&lt;/a&gt; the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/96473/which-actions-using-the-10k-moderator-tools-do-really-help-the-diamond-moderator&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;old&lt;/em&gt; 10k &amp;quot;mod tools&amp;quot;&lt;/a&gt;. For &lt;em&gt;not an answer&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;very low quality&lt;/em&gt; flags, &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/7971253#7971253&quot;&gt;moderators would usually wait&lt;/a&gt; for some &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/moderator-tools&quot;&gt;10k users&lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/96473/which-actions-using-the-10k-moderator-tools-do-really-help-the-diamond-moderator&quot;&gt;help them out&lt;/a&gt; by evaluating and &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/100192/185080&quot;&gt;expressing their views on&lt;/a&gt; the flags by either agreeing and flagging them themselves (adding weight) or &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2205/what-is-a-disputed-flag&quot;&gt;disputing them&lt;/a&gt; (which was in effect &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/5840/22949&quot;&gt;a way of &lt;em&gt;counter&lt;/em&gt;-flagging&lt;/a&gt;). Still, the fate of every moderator attention flag--which didn't include some kinds of flags, such as flags to close questions--was for a moderator to exercise their authority.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The system has evolved since then, and most &lt;em&gt;not an answer&lt;/em&gt; flags as well as many &lt;em&gt;very low quality&lt;/em&gt; flags no longer have to be handled directly by moderators, &lt;strong&gt;but it is still the moderators' job&lt;/strong&gt; to step in and handle flags that are not being handled, or when they otherwise see fit to do so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In contrast, while the vast majority of users don't have 20k reputation, deleting a post by non-moderator delete-votes is more democratic, because:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Multiple users must participate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Anyone who can review Low Quality Posts can &lt;em&gt;Recommend Deletion&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Anyone who can review Low Quality Posts can choose &lt;em&gt;Edit&lt;/em&gt; or &lt;em&gt;Looks OK&lt;/em&gt;, expressing a view contrary to deletion. Enough of these and the post falls out of the Low Quality Posts review queue entirely. (Though there's &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/143469/in-the-new-review-beta-what-does-the-looks-good-button-actually-do&quot;&gt;been&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/160067/a-single-looks-good-should-not-mean-the-post-is-good&quot;&gt;some&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/160064/editing-a-low-quality-question-is-an-implicit-looks-good-it-shouldnt-be&quot;&gt;confusion&lt;/a&gt; about what it takes for a posts to be dropped from the queue. I'll try to update this when I know more.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once a post is removed from the Low Quality Posts queue, among other things, this substantially decreases its likelihood of being delete-voted, as a 20k user would have to find the post on their own, likely by chance (though perhaps while &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/15900/22949&quot;&gt;browsing the &amp;quot;delete&amp;quot; page in the 10k tools&lt;/a&gt;), and decide it was worth voting to delete, and it would have to have a negative score.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thus, it's quite reasonable to think there are posts where whether or not they should stay is &lt;em&gt;too subjective to justify flagging them&lt;/em&gt;, or where &lt;em&gt;they should be deleted but don't fall under any of the established flagging reasons&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To clarify--one of the established flagging reasons is &amp;quot;needs moderator attention.&amp;quot; This includes custom moderator flags. What I'm suggesting is that there are some posts that merit deletion but don't need &lt;em&gt;moderator attention&lt;/em&gt; (i.e., aren't &lt;em&gt;not an answer&lt;/em&gt;, aren't &lt;em&gt;very low quality&lt;/em&gt;, and don't otherwise merit raising the attention of a moderator using a custom flag), and also don't fall under either of the other flag types: &lt;em&gt;spam&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;not welcome in our community&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;When it's acceptable to delete-vote but not to flag:&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The common moderator attention flag types don't cover every possible situation where deletion may be justified:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;strong&gt;not an answer&lt;/strong&gt; flag means the post is not even an attempt to answer the question. (Occasionally it might mean that it is an accidental attempt to answer a totally different question, or that the author &lt;em&gt;entirely&lt;/em&gt; misinterpreted the question).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Answers that are &lt;em&gt;totally wrong&lt;/em&gt; don't qualify. Answers that are malicious, that violate &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/promotion&quot;&gt;the promotion policy&lt;/a&gt; (whether or not they're actually spam), or that present bad techniques that are so deeply and immediately dangerous that even a comment won't sufficiently mitigate the danger &lt;em&gt;should be flagged&lt;/em&gt;, typically with a custom flag explaining the situation to moderators. (Or if they're spam they should be flagged as spam.) But just &lt;em&gt;really super-bad answers&lt;/em&gt; are &lt;em&gt;still answers.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;strong&gt;very low quality&lt;/strong&gt; flag should be reserved for posts that are so low quality they cannot be improved by editing. (Of course any post can be &amp;quot;improved&amp;quot; by replacing it entirely with a totally different post, but that doesn't count, nor is it an acceptable way to edit. Totally rewording is sometimes OK, but replacing something with an answer that doesn't express the same idea is not.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Like the NAA flag, the VLQ flag is not for posts that are totally wrong. Downvoting is for wrong answers; flagging is not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For situations where it's clear a moderator should delete the post, but none of the provided flagging reasons apply or would clearly draw attention to what's wrong with the post, a &lt;strong&gt;custom flag&lt;/strong&gt; should always be used.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But what about situations where the post contributes nothing, but the situation doesn't merit moderator intervention?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We shouldn't click &lt;em&gt;Recommend Deletion&lt;/em&gt; or (for 20k users) cast a delete vote on an answer &lt;em&gt;just because it's wrong&lt;/em&gt; either. But consider the following situations:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;An answer is badly written, explains itself poorly, and/or doesn't explain itself at all. Another answer explains the same thing well, so the bad post doesn't contribute at all.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;An answer contains exactly the same advice as a previously existing answer, and doesn't present it in a way that provides any advantages.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;An answer is not just totally wrong, but also hardly comprehensible, and without the help of its author (which has not been provided), it cannot be interpreted well enough to figure out exactly which totally wrong thing it is saying. Still, some small parts of it are clear in what wrong thing they are saying.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The same answer has been posted in multiple places. In one place it is clearly helpful, but in another it is only marginally useful and the OP has expressed that it didn't work. Even if it had worked, a comment pointing to it in the other question would have been sufficient.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In all these cases, we have a post that &lt;em&gt;is an answer&lt;/em&gt; and can reasonably be interpreted as not &lt;em&gt;very low quality&lt;/em&gt;. A moderator should probably not be called upon to delete it, though it wouldn't &lt;em&gt;necessarily&lt;/em&gt; be wrong if one called upon him/herself to do so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These posts probably shouldn't be flagged &lt;strong&gt;but can still be deleted by voting/recommending to delete&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A link-only answer often meets one or more of the above examples:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Almost always they don't explain themselves at all, so if there's a better answer that conveys the same material, they cease to be valuable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Often a link-only answer links to a post that gives the same advice as another answer to the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Often it's not clear how the information on the linked page would help, and there are plenty of ways to interpret it that are wrong or irrelevant. Or the linked page has moved or changed so it's no longer a good answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(When this is clearly the case, I think actually flagging the post is justified.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The same link-only answers are often posted on multiple questions. And even when they are not, often multiple users post link-only answers with the same link, on multiple questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(When the link is to another AU question and it expresses that the question it's posted on is a duplicate, it &lt;em&gt;should&lt;/em&gt; be flagged, as this is a &amp;quot;possible duplicate&amp;quot; comment and not an answer at all. Under other circumstances, it might be considered a real answer, but still legitimately subject to deletion by the community.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In conclusion, &lt;strong&gt;it makes sense to have an auto-comment for link-only answers in review, because it sometimes makes to delete a link-only answer even if it shouldn't be flagged&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;A note on flagging: Even though clicking Recommend Deletion in the Low Quality Posts review queue doesn't have the effect of the post being flagged, when you think a post does deserve flagging, you should feel free to open up the post and flag it, too.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2017-09-29T13:48:26.677" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6154" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4007" CreationDate="2013-02-19T10:11:08.807" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are two cases.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If the link is to a site that is recognized as relevant for the community (for example the Ubuntu forums on AU, or Springer on science sites), this is a run-of-the-mill non-answer. Edit the answer to indicate that the link requires registration, then flag it to have a moderator convert it to a comment or delete it outright (if you know which one applies, indicate it in a custom flag).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If the link is advertising for the registration-required site, flag it as spam.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1059" LastActivityDate="2013-02-19T10:11:08.807" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6155" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6156" CreationDate="2013-02-19T19:23:55.680" Score="7" ViewCount="145" Body="&lt;p&gt;I see that certain significant questions are protected by the community.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I 'flag' a question as significant enough for becoming protected? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user47206" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="What is the procedure for a question to become protected?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6156" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6155" CreationDate="2013-02-19T20:01:23.927" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Questions are usually &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/52764/what-is-a-protected-question/52765#52765&quot;&gt;protected&lt;/a&gt; when there is a slew of non-answers being posted as answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/06/new-protected-question-status/&quot;&gt;Protected&lt;/a&gt; questions have the additional restriction that &lt;a href=&quot;/privileges/new-user&quot;&gt;new users&lt;/a&gt; are not permitted to answer the question.  Unlike &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/22228/what-is-a-locked-post&quot;&gt;locked&lt;/a&gt; questions, they can still be edited, commented on, and voted on.  You can even vote to close them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Examples include:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;spam&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Thanks!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I have the same problem, how can I fix it?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;spam&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I'm too lazy to get rep so I write a comment, so here's an a non-answer for the mods to remove.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I haven't read the FAQ, so here are more details for my question, posted as answer.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;spam, spam and more spam&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Usually in such cases, the question will be protected by a mod, a high rep user (15k and up). The &lt;a href=&quot;/users/-1&quot;&gt;Community user&lt;/a&gt; will automatically protect any question where three answers posted by &lt;a href=&quot;/privileges/new-user&quot;&gt;new users&lt;/a&gt; have been deleted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You cannot simply trigger protection via a flag, however, as a real person must accept your request and follow through with protecting the question. However, if you believe a question should be protected, flag for moderator attention and someone will look at it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1992" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2013-02-19T22:07:52.353" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6157" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-02-19T20:16:59.440" Score="48" ViewCount="600" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu's &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/election/3&quot;&gt;third moderator election&lt;/a&gt; has come to a close, the votes have been tallied, and the three new moderators are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/1992&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/flair/1992.png&quot; alt=&quot;RolandiXor&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/25798&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/flair/25798.png&quot; alt=&quot;jokerdino&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/7035&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/flair/7035.png&quot; alt=&quot;Luis Alvarado&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They'll be joining &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users?tab=moderators&quot;&gt;the existing crew&lt;/a&gt; shortly — please thank them for volunteering, and share your assistance and advice with them as they learn the ropes!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For details on how the voting played out, you can download the election results &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/election/3&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;, or &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.opavote.org/results/874019/0&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;view a summary report online&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12845" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2013-03-15T23:35:32.287" Title="2013 Community Moderator Election Results" Tags="|discussion|election|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6158" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6157" CreationDate="2013-02-19T20:29:59.553" Score="20" Body="&lt;p&gt;Thanks to everyone that participated and voted!.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Congratulations to Roland and Jokerdino!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would also like to personally thank my producer, director, writers, the staff behind the scene, the music band, the dog next to the food, the other dog next to the dog next to the food. The lighting people, the cleaning lady, my family, friends, the book from Narnia, the Lord of the Ring characters, Jorge Castro (AKA Cyborg from the future), Oli (Aka... He has a Diamond), Nathan, Marco Ceppi (Aka crazy face on FB), that girl that does not like me and everyone else which I did not mention here because they are ugly ^^.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now that the new moderators will soon receive their new found powers, some of which are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Doughnut shooting eyes&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Invisiblity when dead&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ability to walk on concrete floor&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Tele..vision with cable&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ability to breath above water&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Other powerful features!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We will take over the world, destroy aliens and eat versions of Libreoffice that taste like double cheese burgers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But of course, we could not have done anything if it were not for the presence of someone so honest, true to his word and a plain and simple Saint, this is Roland:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/zhZhI.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7035" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-02-22T05:32:29.700" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6159" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-02-20T00:49:58.773" Score="2" ViewCount="79" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sorry about this, but someone closed another one of my questions: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/230012/95681&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/q/230012/95681&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't get why it's &amp;quot;Too Localized&amp;quot; - I'm using the included, default torrent program, on the LTS release. Nothing funky or unusual.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I pick the close reason apart, it only shows that my question was closed completely unjustly:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;closed as too localized by &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/236/qbi&quot;&gt;qbi&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/65926/eric-carvalho&quot;&gt;Eric Carvalho&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/7035/luis-alvarado&quot;&gt;Luis Alvarado♦&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/3550/hhlp&quot;&gt;hhlp&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/49189/lnxslck&quot;&gt;LnxSlck&lt;/a&gt; Feb 14 at 11:40&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This question is unlikely to help any future visitors; it is only relevant to a small geographic area, a specific moment in time, or an extraordinarily narrow situation that is not generally applicable to the worldwide audience of the internet. For help making this question more broadly applicable, see the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq#close&quot;&gt;FAQ&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;[...]only relevant to a small geographic area[...]&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;This has nothing to do with geography. If I fly my computer to Europe, that's not going to fix anything.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;[...]specific moment in time[...]&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;Nope, tried it again the next day. Didn't work. Week later, nothing. Next month? (You'll never guess: NOTHING.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;[...]or an extraordinarily narrow situation that is not generally applicable to the worldwide audience of the internet[....]&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;What, Ubuntu users don't make torrents? If anything at all can be considered as &amp;quot;generally applicable to the worldwide audience of the internet&amp;quot;, Torrents are it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;..anyway, I'd like this to be reconsidered. Was there something wrong with the title? Did I phrase something in a way that irritated someone in a high place? The close reason is completely invalid, and no comments were provided as to why it was closed. (I know that sometimes &amp;quot;Too Localized&amp;quot; can be used as a Reason to close a question, if the actual reason was not an option for Closing..)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="95681" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-02-20T01:13:10.247" Title="I have another question that needs re-opening" Tags="|discussion|close-reasons|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6160" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6159" CreationDate="2013-02-20T01:13:10.247" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;If it seems incredibly likely it's an unlikely user error, then unlikely to be useful to future visitors covers user error.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just putting in my soon to be heavily down-voted (probably) two cents.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Alternately, it could be a linking to outside the target folder bug.  In which case it should still be closed.  Just as a bug instead of as not useful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2013-02-20T01:13:10.247" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6161" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-02-20T10:17:44.277" Score="4" ViewCount="108" Body="&lt;p&gt;I see an &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/16412/47206&quot;&gt;answer&lt;/a&gt; marked as 'community wiki'.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How to mark an answer as such?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it possible to mark a question as 'community wiki'?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user47206" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="How to mark as 'community wiki'?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2013-02-25T19:28:48.230" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6162" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6177" CreationDate="2013-02-20T12:11:39.837" Score="11" ViewCount="112" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am curious to know the number of edits I have made to questions, answers and comments of all time on Ask Ubuntu, where do I get this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72576" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2013-02-21T01:30:55.053" LastActivityDate="2014-02-12T10:03:37.507" Title="How can I find out how many edits I've made?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6163" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6162" CreationDate="2013-02-20T12:57:42.833" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I couldn't find it in the profile section, so to the &lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/ubuntu/query/98827/find-out-how-many-edits-ive-made&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Stack Exchange Data Explorer&lt;/a&gt;! Enter your userid (in your case 72576) and run the query. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2013-02-20T12:57:42.833" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6164" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6167" CreationDate="2013-02-20T16:47:10.330" Score="8" ViewCount="140" Body="&lt;p&gt;Which tags should we use for the upcoming tablet releases? We didn't really talk about the classification when the phone was announced which led to some confusion, so I figured I would ask early. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2013-02-22T22:24:56.600" LastActivityDate="2013-02-22T22:24:56.600" Title="What tags should we use for tablets?" Tags="|discussion|status-completed|tags|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6166" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6164" CreationDate="2013-02-20T16:56:58.963" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;How about this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/mobile&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;mobile&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;mobile&lt;/a&gt; for Tablets and Phones that come with Ubuntu pre-installed or not and for any other general mobile device.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/phones&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;phones&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;phones&lt;/a&gt; for Phones that come with Ubuntu pre-installed (Explained in the info about the tag when used)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/tablet&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;tablet&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;tablet&lt;/a&gt; for Tablets that come with Ubuntu pre-installed (Explained in the info about the tag when used)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7035" LastActivityDate="2013-02-20T16:56:58.963" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6167" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6164" CreationDate="2013-02-20T16:59:25.760" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/mobile&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;mobile&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;mobile&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/phones&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;phones&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;phones&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/tablet&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;tablet&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;tablet&lt;/a&gt; tags are all used for other things (interacting with phones and graphics tablet input, etc) so I don't think commandeering them is a great solution. Even in combination, it's not a great solution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm fairly confident that the &quot;product&quot; is called &lt;strong&gt;Ubuntu Touch&lt;/strong&gt; now, so I suggest we release &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/mobile&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;mobile&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;mobile&lt;/a&gt; back into the wild (or nuke it for being too ambiguous) and migrate everything Touch-related to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ubuntu-touch&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ubuntu-touch&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ubuntu-touch&lt;/a&gt; (assuming this &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; its product name).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Layer on &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/phones&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;phones&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;phones&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/tablet&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;tablet&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;tablet&lt;/a&gt;, or even the actual device tag (why not?) as applicable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2013-02-21T22:29:00.940" LastActivityDate="2013-02-21T22:29:00.940" CommentCount="16" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6168" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6161" CreationDate="2013-02-20T17:54:54.417" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is possible, but it has to be done by a moderator, unless it occurs naturally after 5 edits by 5 different people.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As jokerdino pointed out, you can get more information from the Stack Overflow meta &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/11740/what-are-community-wiki-posts&quot;&gt;question&lt;/a&gt; on the topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1992" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2013-02-20T17:54:54.417" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6169" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6164" CreationDate="2013-02-20T22:02:47.013" Score="3" Body="&lt;h2&gt;The problem:&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We will need a way to differentiate between using phones and tablets &lt;em&gt;with&lt;/em&gt; Ubuntu (as in, syncing with your Android phone or Tablet for example), and as Ubuntu (devices), that is, with Ubuntu as the OS.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;My suggestion:&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Phones:&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ubuntu-phone&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ubuntu-phone&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ubuntu-phone&lt;/a&gt; - for Phones running Ubuntu.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/phones&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;phones&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;phones&lt;/a&gt; - For Ubuntu related Phone tasks - including but not&#xA;limited to: running Ubuntu on phones, using phones with Ubuntu, and&#xA;related activities.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tablets:&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ubuntu-tablet&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ubuntu-tablet&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ubuntu-tablet&lt;/a&gt; - For Tablets running Ubuntu.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/tablets&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;tablets&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;tablets&lt;/a&gt; - For Ubuntu related Tablet tasks - including but not&#xA;limited to: running Ubuntu on Tablets, using Tablets with Ubuntu, and&#xA;related activities.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Desktops&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;s&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ubuntu-desktop&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ubuntu-desktop&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ubuntu-desktop&lt;/a&gt; (yes, Ubuntu-Desktop) for desktop related questions (that are not applicable to mobile devices).&lt;/s&gt; Since we assume this, it would not be needed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;The cons:&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I admit that this suggestion is not without flaws. We already have been working hard to kill the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ubuntu-desktop&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ubuntu-desktop&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ubuntu-desktop&lt;/a&gt; tag, but in the light of things, we may need to revive this tag because it &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; one of the 3 form factors and users &lt;em&gt;will&lt;/em&gt; need to ask about it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, this would potentially introduce minor (potentially major) tag chaos when users begin using it for questions that don't need it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/YAhY9.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Cute picture&quot;&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;P.S. customary cat picture.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1992" LastEditorUserId="1992" LastEditDate="2013-02-22T04:32:40.717" LastActivityDate="2013-02-22T04:32:40.717" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6170" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-02-21T01:33:35.327" Score="3" ViewCount="56" Body="&lt;p&gt;This web protocol is becoming more and more popular considering its' value, but it's not in the list of tags.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How should a question be tagged since this tag isn't here?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user128334" LastEditorUserId="147044" LastEditDate="2014-04-20T13:02:08.267" LastActivityDate="2014-04-20T13:02:08.267" Title="How should questions about SPDY be tagged?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6172" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6170" CreationDate="2013-02-21T01:42:24.677" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since the protocol is used by a browser, I think mentioning the browser would be enough. In the same question it could be mentioned that the OP is trying to do something related to SPDY.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If not, this could extent in a bad way to too many other tags that include WebRTC, HTML5 (File and Audio and Web Storage to name a few), WebGL and anything else that a browser offers (Updated browsers that is) or appears in the future for it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7035" LastActivityDate="2013-02-21T01:42:24.677" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6174" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6170" CreationDate="2013-02-21T01:47:37.207" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Depends on the context of the question. A lot of servers (i.e. server software) are going to adopt it (SPDY) eventually. I'd go with &lt;code&gt;webserver&lt;/code&gt; or &lt;code&gt;server&lt;/code&gt; for now and if you ask about a specific software, such as &lt;code&gt;nginx&lt;/code&gt;, then add that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the client side go with Luis' answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11316" LastEditorUserId="11316" LastEditDate="2013-02-21T01:56:08.847" LastActivityDate="2013-02-21T01:56:08.847" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6177" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6162" CreationDate="2013-02-21T06:51:44.973" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;Go to your profile and click the &lt;em&gt;Activity&lt;/em&gt; tab. Under that, click the &lt;em&gt;Revisions&lt;/em&gt; tab. Those are your edits. Above them (and on the left) it says the total number you've made on the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This &lt;strong&gt;does not include edits made to comments&lt;/strong&gt;, nor does it include suggested edits that were rejected (though you can look at all your suggested edits--accepted and rejected--in the &lt;em&gt;Suggestions&lt;/em&gt; tab).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe edits to comments are not tracked by the system--or, if they are, that they are accessible only to Stack Exchange developers/employees. We don't have access to comment editing histories or deleted comments, so it seems unlikely that comment edits are tracked the way edits on questions, answers, and tag wikis are.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By the way, there is other user-editable content on Ask Ubuntu, too. Leaving out stuff you have to be a moderator to edit--like the FAQ: You can edit chat messages. While arguably that's  not really on Ask Ubuntu (since &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;chat.stackexchange.com&lt;/a&gt; is a separate site), it's directly tied to AU, so I should mention that &lt;em&gt;it is also not included&lt;/em&gt;. You can also edit your profile (which definitely constitutes AU content), and the number of edits there is not tracked either.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/nQmnZ.png&quot; alt=&quot;User&amp;#39;s profile, showing the number of revisions (edits).&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I write this, you currently have 76 edits (this is the total for questions, answers, and tag wikis).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2013-02-21T06:51:44.973" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6179" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6180" CreationDate="2013-02-21T21:26:42.720" Score="5" ViewCount="279" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq#deletion&quot;&gt;FAQ for &quot;Why are some questions or answers removed?&quot;&lt;/a&gt; mentions one of the reasons for answers to be deleted as:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;exact duplicates of other answers&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What does &lt;strong&gt;&quot;exact duplicates&quot;&lt;/strong&gt; refer to?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Does it mean complete plagiarism &amp;mdash; A word-by-word replica of another answer (grammar, punctuation, everything)?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Or,&lt;/strong&gt; Does it mean an answer which provides the same content?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This question arose in my discussion with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/1992/rolandixor&quot;&gt;RolandiXor ♦&lt;/a&gt;. You can follow &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8214465#8214465&quot;&gt;this Chat Transcript&lt;/a&gt; of our short discussion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I am more in favor of interpreting as Content.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Whereas RolandiXor ♦ is more in favor of interpreting as complete plagiarism.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I want to know what is the community consensus with regards to this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;(BTW, if you plan to refer to other duplicate answers of that particular answer mentioned in Transcript - do refer to the Revision History of other answers as well - would help you provide more context about why they were &quot;exact duplicates&quot;.)&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="114818" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2013-02-21T22:08:02.523" Title="What is the meaning of &quot;exact duplicates of other answers&quot;?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6180" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6179" CreationDate="2013-02-21T21:43:26.207" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;To quickly answer the question, if the answer offers exactly the same information (without any improvement, background or explanation) over existing answers, we consider it duplicate. It's not about word-for-word copying, it's about the solution provided.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's simply no value in having dozens of answers that say the same things even if they do it in different words. This happens quite frequently when new posts come up. Two people will submit a post at nearly the same time and we tend to leave both up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What happened here was significantly different. Here is the timeline on that question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ages ago somebody wrote an answer.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A day later somebody wrote essentially the same answer.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Over 18 months later somebody posted another copy of the same solution. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Again, the new answer served zero purpose in that question. It isn't the same wording but it adds nothing. It was cleaned away.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit:&lt;/strong&gt; Apologies if you read the first draft of this post! I originally thought the deleted answer was yours and addressed my reply as such. I think I've corrected it now and I hope that hasn't caused too much confusion.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit 2:&lt;/strong&gt; Well I'm just Mr Bungles tonight. I didn't notice your edit of the second post. Adjusting my answer accordingly.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2013-02-21T22:08:02.523" LastActivityDate="2013-02-21T22:08:02.523" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6181" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-02-21T22:06:53.153" Score="3" ViewCount="75" Body="&lt;p&gt;As the source for Ubuntu Touch has been released, a lot of people are trying to flash their Nexus 7 with it. A lot of problems may happen here, and many more generic questions related to installing this Ubuntu edition may appear. There is already a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?tab=newest&amp;amp;q=ubuntu%20touch&quot;&gt;significant&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?tab=newest&amp;amp;q=nexus%207&quot;&gt;rise&lt;/a&gt; in such questions, and of course many more are about to be expected (Consider: How do I install Ubuntu Touch on X device? How to solve common Y problem when flashing Z with Ubuntu Touch?).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe this kind of questions deserves a common tag. It might be &quot;installation&quot;, but that's generally not favorable, because installation on mobile devices differs significantly from desktop machines.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Possible solutions I came up with include:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Using a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/flashing&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;flashing&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;flashing&lt;/a&gt; tag, to distinguish from &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/installation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;installation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;installation&lt;/a&gt;. Or, alternatively, a variation like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/installation-touch&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;installation-touch&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;installation-touch&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Sticking to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/installation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;installation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;installation&lt;/a&gt; tag.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Preferring the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/touch&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;touch&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;touch&lt;/a&gt; tag for both flashing and using Ubuntu Touch.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Not using a common tag for these questions at all.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are your thoughts?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="705" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2014-08-03T16:21:50.813" Title="Do we need a &quot;flashing&quot;/&quot;installing-touch&quot; tag?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6182" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6181" CreationDate="2013-02-21T22:12:19.920" Score="-6" Body="&lt;p&gt;What about a more categorical name like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;touch-installation&lt;/code&gt; &amp;lt;-- This is the one I would go with.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;tablet-installation&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;phone-installation&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since flashing can also mean flashing as in BIOS, Firmware updates on Desktops/Laptops, it could also be added &lt;code&gt;touch-flashing&lt;/code&gt; or similar.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7035" LastActivityDate="2013-02-21T22:12:19.920" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6183" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6181" CreationDate="2013-02-21T22:13:41.113" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;Folksonomical systems (tagging) are &lt;em&gt;supposed&lt;/em&gt; to work so that you apply situational labels to things in a way that you can cross-reference with other things that also share a list of tags in order to find similarities. The more tags in common, the more similar.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In that vein, I'd be opting for either #2 or #3. &lt;strong&gt;Combining&lt;/strong&gt; the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ubuntu-touch&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ubuntu-touch&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ubuntu-touch&lt;/a&gt; because that's the OS,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/nexus7&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;nexus7&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;nexus7&lt;/a&gt; (or other device tag) to explain what hardware you're running on, and&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/system-installation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;system-installation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;system-installation&lt;/a&gt; to explain what you're doing.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That should put anybody reading the question in a position where they can quickly understand what the question is asking just by looking at the tags.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This also allows people to search for questions based on these tags so they can find questions about installing Ubuntu Touch on Nexus 7s... serving the folksonomical purpose.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2014-08-03T16:21:50.813" LastActivityDate="2014-08-03T16:21:50.813" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6184" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6186" CreationDate="2013-02-22T10:39:37.767" Score="4" ViewCount="987" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to know what games can be played by two people on the same computer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The highest-voted for &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/500/are-we-too-harsh-on-this-one&quot;&gt;this meta question&lt;/a&gt; is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;a &quot;best game&quot; one is far too open ended. You'd end up with every game in the archive. Perhaps something more narrow?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, does my question stand a chance of not being closed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The same answer says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&quot;best IDE&quot; type threads are kind of useless, since there's 15 years of those discussions already all over the internet&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, for my question the only discussion I have found is from 2010:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-1540007.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-1540007.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4066" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.227" LastActivityDate="2017-07-09T22:56:56.647" Title="On-topic? What games can be played by two people on the same computer" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6186" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6184" CreationDate="2013-02-22T15:44:46.927" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;The reason we're so cautious on &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/software-recommendations&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;software-recommendations&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;software-recommendations&lt;/a&gt; tags is that some have the propensity to quickly turn into infinite-lists-of-X threads. That is a dozen or so people each posting nine or ten answers. The thread sprawls out over fifteen pages and nobody gets to see half the answers (a fraction of people read past the highest-rated answer). If a new answer comes along months along, it's not going to show on the first page even if it is (somehow) &lt;em&gt;the&lt;/em&gt; best answer. It wont get votes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Allowing open ended questions like this means the system breaks so a point where that question is no longer useful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a counter perhaps I would suggest a choice for these sorts of questions when they're asked:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You either limit the scope of the question so that is has a very finite number (&amp;lt;10) of answers, or one obviously correct, or...&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;We treat it like a wiki:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Question is converted into a CW&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;One answer that everybody contributes to.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Asker sets up the first (only) answer with a template for how they want answers.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If screenshots are involved, a table of contents at the top of the answer might be advisable.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The obvious side effect of this is nobody gets reputation but we do get to have an infinite list. Voting is irrelevant but it means new content can still be visible.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd like some consensus on this because this is something we haven't addressed formally for a while. If you think it's a good idea, vote it up, if you think it's awful, vote it down and tell me why.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Let me know if you think this is silly and that we shouldn't just not allow infinite-list questions. Having weathered a few myself, I'm pretty certain we can't allow one-x-per-answer infinite lists.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2013-02-22T15:44:46.927" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6187" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6184" CreationDate="2013-02-23T01:15:40.137" Score="2" Body="&lt;h3&gt;There's one way to find out...&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I recommend posting the question, with a comment pointing here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Or maybe you have already posted it, but I haven't found it the list of questions in your profile.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then Luis Alvarado can delete &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/6185/22949&quot;&gt;his post here&lt;/a&gt; and put it there (where it belongs). Then we'll see if people vote to close your question. If they do, maybe some of them will post answers here explaining why. If people disagree, maybe some of them will post answers, too (either here, or in the main question to give game recommendations, or both).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;My Opinion: Sure, It's On-Topic&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are not very many native games that meet your criteria, and emulated games can be covered by discussing emulat&lt;em&gt;ors&lt;/em&gt; (not necessitating each game to be named and discussed). So personally I doubt this would or should be considered a &amp;quot;big list&amp;quot; question. It may not even be a list question at all. Answers could specify a single game but they need not do so. I don't know if this is Luis Alvarado's position, but his answer here shows that the question you propose to ask does not, in effect, demand one item per answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We have some closed &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/software-recommendation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;software-recommendation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;software-recommendation&lt;/a&gt; questions and some that are kept open only for historical posterity. But a look in that tag shows we have plenty of relatively recent questions that have uncontroversially remained open. If the number of answers is not potentially &lt;em&gt;unlimited&lt;/em&gt;, it's probably not a &amp;quot;big list&amp;quot; question. We have questions that garner lists of answers in other areas too, besides software recommendations (see some of the examples &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/6018/22949&quot;&gt;I gave here&lt;/a&gt;) and are perfectly good.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should use the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/game-recommendation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;game-recommendation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;game-recommendation&lt;/a&gt; tag instead of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/software-recommendation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;software-recommendation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;software-recommendation&lt;/a&gt;, by the way. This tag is for requests for games that meet certain specific criteria. Its long-standing existence strongly suggests your question is on-topic. (See &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/game-recommendation?sort=active&quot;&gt;its active tab&lt;/a&gt;.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If this weren't asking for games, but other software, there would probably be no doubt that it's appropriate. Imagine if someone asked for a terminal application that took input from multiple keyboards and sent it to multiple &lt;code&gt;tty&lt;/code&gt;s. Nobody would think that's off-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There might be another site where this is on-topic. It might even be a better place to ask this. Even if so, &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2012/03/respect-the-community-your-own-and-others/&quot;&gt;that is not sufficient to make it off-topic here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;It's fine that you asked first ...but probably not necessary.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think that, unfortuately, people have gotten the idea that it's bad to post a question that gets closed. If you think your question &lt;em&gt;should&lt;/em&gt; be closed, don't post it. If you think it should stay open, generally speaking, you should post it. Only if there is an &lt;em&gt;established community consensus&lt;/em&gt; against some sort of question should you feel obligated to come to meta first. I'm &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; saying you shouldn't have asked here first--it's fine (though I doubt you'll get a definitive answer). Only that no one should feel obligated to do so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Closing questions is fundamentally part of the way the site works. It is not an exceptional situation. No moderator involvement is needed to close and reopen questions (though sometimes they are involved). This is because it's a perfectly normal and common thing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2017-07-09T22:56:56.647" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6188" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6189" CreationDate="2013-02-23T13:41:11.640" Score="12" ViewCount="106" Body="&lt;p&gt;Often times I see on a question a comment like this:&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/9rn22.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I feel that is a duplicate, should I also add a flag? Or should I not, since there's already (probably) a flag on the question? Or, should I just upvote the comment to show support for it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="107590" LastActivityDate="2013-02-23T14:57:55.270" Title="Should I add another flag as well?" Tags="|discussion|flagging|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6189" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6188" CreationDate="2013-02-23T14:14:32.340" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;In cases like this, upvote the comment (if it really has merit, because sometimes it doesn't, so evaluate first ;), and you can flag as well to send it up in the flag queue. It helps if multiple people flag the same thing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once a question is flagged in this manner, moderators AND 10k+ users are notified, and will usually take action, though we moderators will take action more slowly to allow the community to do its thing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1992" LastEditorUserId="1992" LastEditDate="2013-02-23T14:57:55.270" LastActivityDate="2013-02-23T14:57:55.270" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6190" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6191" CreationDate="2013-02-24T11:33:09.227" Score="7" ViewCount="195" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq&quot;&gt;FAQ&lt;/a&gt; indicates that &quot;issues with the next version of Ubuntu&quot; aren't on topic. Should or should not a similar policy be adopted towards questions about pre-release and test kernels?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, 12.10 currently has &lt;code&gt;3.5.0-25-generic&lt;/code&gt; but &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/260589/25656&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; is (partly) about &quot;How to install kernel 3.8 from source on Ubuntu 12.10?&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user25656" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2017-06-08T09:00:35.170" Title="How should questions involving pre-release or test kernel versions be regarded?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6191" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6190" CreationDate="2013-02-24T16:25:17.177" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;Questions about Ubuntu+1 tend to be off topic because they're speculative or relevant for only a microsecond until a bug is fixed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't think there'd be the same issue with a question about updating to an unsupported version of a package... Fact is we already have hundreds of such questions and they usually get satisfactory answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So no, I think they're on topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To be clear, I'm talking about installation. If people have problems with the pre-release software, that's probably a slightly different issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2013-02-24T16:25:17.177" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6192" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6193" CreationDate="2013-02-24T23:04:44.793" Score="13" ViewCount="100" Body="&lt;p&gt;In &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/260841/109543&quot;&gt;this answer&lt;/a&gt;, the person describes a method using multiple steps in the shell, including setting a variable. I was thinking it would be useful to show a shell script that takes a parameter, instead of using the variable and a command that probably would have to be copied and pasted each time because of its complexity.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would it be better to simply edit the answer to add a shell script, or should I create a new answer using the information given in the answer and turned into a shell script, saying that it was based on the other answer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="109543" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2013-02-28T19:57:22.287" Title="Answering based an another answer" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6193" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6192" CreationDate="2013-02-25T01:10:20.420" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;It would be better for you to create you own, separate answer, and reference the other, which is perfectly okay.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1992" LastActivityDate="2013-02-25T01:10:20.420" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6194" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-02-25T01:42:58.983" Score="-6" ViewCount="125" Body="&lt;p&gt;Links are helpful, I can't be as helpful as I could if I were allowed to post more than 2 links.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117585" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2013-02-28T22:02:14.320" LastActivityDate="2013-02-28T22:02:14.320" Title="Allow for more than 2 links for &lt;10 rep" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ClosedDate="2013-03-27T04:13:44.560" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6195" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6194" CreationDate="2013-02-25T02:04:08.937" Score="6" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Just earn those 10 rep!&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For the usually short time you're below 10 reputation, we will happily edit your post to fix the links. This restriction is in place to prevent spam, clutter and all other sorts of fancy schmanzy - gaining those 10 rep is easy for a &quot;good&quot; user, but hard for a bot.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In fact, in your case, there seem to be many posts that don't fit our format, which might be why you lack reputation big time. I'm looking through them right now and informing you of precisely why that's the case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="98085" LastActivityDate="2013-02-25T02:04:08.937" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6197" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6198" CreationDate="2013-02-25T11:22:14.850" Score="3" ViewCount="43" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is there a way to browse the list of questions asked, in reverse chronological order? The complete list of questions seems to sort it on number of votes and views. Wouldn't it be a nice option to have, if there is option at present?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72576" LastActivityDate="2013-02-25T11:45:52.063" Title="List of most recent questions" Tags="|support|feature-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6198" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6197" CreationDate="2013-02-25T11:45:52.063" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think this is what you want -- &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions?sort=newest&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions?sort=newest&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The questions in the list are sorted with the latest question on the top. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2013-02-25T11:45:52.063" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6199" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6194" CreationDate="2013-02-25T14:01:54.573" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Links are not only are links restricted for &amp;lt;10 users because it's a bad habit to get into (we want people write long, informative posts &lt;em&gt;here&lt;/em&gt;), the main reason from the system's point of view is blocking spam.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most spammers want to litter a page with links to random stuff and restricting how much damage they can do is a good way to keep the system adminstration workload down.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have problems in &lt;em&gt;legitimate&lt;/em&gt; situations, leave the link as text (surround it with  code backticks (`)) and flag it for moderator attention. We can fix things up for you until you're able to do it yourself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2013-02-25T14:01:54.573" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6200" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-02-25T20:41:12.557" Score="11" ViewCount="161" Body="&lt;h1&gt;We still need feedback on these tags!&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Esp. the &amp;quot;Not Sure&amp;quot; ones.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have started a list of tags that need some cleanup per request.  Please contribute.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Burniate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/bits&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;bits&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;bits&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/z475&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;z475&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;z475&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/vm-guest-files&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;vm-guest-files&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;vm-guest-files&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/slf4j&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;slf4j&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;slf4j&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/binutils&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;binutils&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;binutils&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ubuntu-secure-remix&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ubuntu-secure-remix&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ubuntu-secure-remix&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/bluez&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;bluez&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;bluez&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/fabric&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;fabric&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;fabric&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/garmin&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;garmin&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;garmin&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/off&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;off&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;off&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/googleplay&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;googleplay&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;googleplay&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/extended&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;extended&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;extended&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/logical&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;logical&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;logical&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/latex-editor&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;latex-editor&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;latex-editor&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/hangout&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;hangout&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;hangout&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/4k-video&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;4k-video&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;4k-video&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/crash&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;crash&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;crash&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/differences&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;differences&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;differences&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ubunu&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ubunu&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ubunu&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/fix&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;fix&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;fix&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/cpan-dependencies&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;cpan-dependencies&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;cpan-dependencies&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Not sure:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/menu-bar&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;menu-bar&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;menu-bar&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/nst&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;nst&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;nst&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/reverse-tethering&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;reverse-tethering&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;reverse-tethering&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/african-savanna&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;african-savanna&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;african-savanna&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/brainstorm&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;brainstorm&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;brainstorm&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/cleanup&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;cleanup&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;cleanup&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/photo-editing&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;photo-editing&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;photo-editing&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/cover-art&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;cover-art&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;cover-art&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/administrator&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;administrator&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;administrator&lt;/a&gt; &lt;strong&gt;--&amp;gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/administration&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;administration&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;administration&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/emulator&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;emulator&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;emulator&lt;/a&gt; &lt;strong&gt;--&amp;gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/emulation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;emulation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;emulation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Synonyms&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/dependency&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;dependency&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;dependency&lt;/a&gt; &lt;strong&gt;--&amp;gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/dependencies&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;dependencies&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;dependencies&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;strong&gt;DONE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/add-on&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;add-on&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;add-on&lt;/a&gt; &lt;strong&gt;--&amp;gt;&lt;/strong&gt;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/plugins&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;plugins&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;plugins&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/aliased&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;aliased&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;aliased&lt;/a&gt; &lt;strong&gt;--&amp;gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/alias&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;alias&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;alias&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/bootable-usb&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;bootable-usb&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;bootable-usb&lt;/a&gt; &lt;strong&gt;--&amp;gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/live-usb&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;live-usb&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;live-usb&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;strong&gt;DONE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Keep&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/parallel-port&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;parallel-port&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;parallel-port&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/cloning&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;cloning&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;cloning&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/sagemath&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;sagemath&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;sagemath&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you think a tag should stay please mention why.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When tags have no questions associated with them, they eventually get killed off.  No one seems to know how long that takes however (Discussion on that in &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/167482/when-do-tags-finally-die&quot;&gt;When do tags finally die?&lt;/a&gt;) which is why we need to make sure they don't have any questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-03-08T02:47:45.857" Title="Tag cleanup list" Tags="|discussion|tags|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-03-04T19:18:39.493" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6201" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6203" CreationDate="2013-02-25T21:12:33.377" Score="7" ViewCount="43" Body="&lt;p&gt;I suddenly came across a question which had the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/off&quot;&gt;off&lt;/a&gt; tag. The tag itself has no explanation and I asked myself what the purpose of this tag is. From my perspective this tag is somehow confusing. Would it be better to rename it the something like &lt;code&gt;switching-off&lt;/code&gt; or make an alias for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/shutdown&quot;&gt;shutdown&lt;/a&gt;? What do you think?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="236" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2013-02-25T21:15:17.740" Title="Is the off tag really needed?" Tags="|feature-request|tag-synonyms|tags|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6202" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6201" CreationDate="2013-02-25T21:14:23.707" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've removed this tag from those few questions, hopefully it'll simply die on it's own.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2013-02-25T21:14:23.707" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6203" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6201" CreationDate="2013-02-25T21:15:17.740" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Nah, just kill it.    &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/off&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;off&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;off&lt;/a&gt; tag is ambiguous, vague, incomplete, overly broad, and rhetorical and cannot be reasonably used.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've added it to  of &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/6200/tag-cleanup-list&quot;&gt;Tag cleanup list&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.087" LastActivityDate="2013-02-25T21:15:17.740" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6204" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6205" CreationDate="2013-02-26T04:32:17.557" Score="5" ViewCount="48" Body="&lt;p&gt;Earlier I noticed this on the homepage: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://dl.dropbox.com/u/20042439/MyQuestion.png&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/250681/changed-flash-drives-mount-point-now-i-cant-mount-anything&quot;&gt;a question&lt;/a&gt; I asked at the beginning of the month, but someone else's name is next to it. At first I thought they answered or edited it, but it doesn't look like they did. So...why is it there?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="99687" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2013-02-27T23:30:47.577" Title="What makes a question show up on the homepage?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6205" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6204" CreationDate="2013-02-26T04:39:47.730" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;You have the right idea that if someone &lt;strong&gt;answers&lt;/strong&gt; or &lt;strong&gt;edits&lt;/strong&gt; a post, the question gets bumped to the front page. And that's exactly what had happened. Someone added an &quot;answer&quot; and I then deleted it on the grounds that it doesn't answer the question. (It was a &quot;me too&quot; post.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since they made a post on the question, their name is on the question now. Hope that makes sense.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastEditorUserId="705" LastEditDate="2013-02-27T23:30:47.577" LastActivityDate="2013-02-27T23:30:47.577" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6206" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6208" CreationDate="2013-02-26T08:09:36.217" Score="13" ViewCount="299" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can a question be closed without even a single comment? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have an example here in which I do understand that several voters close the question without asking for clarification: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/261358/dont-open-http-all-site-in-ubuntu-12-10&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/261358/dont-open-http-all-site-in-ubuntu-12-10&lt;/a&gt; is closed &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;It's difficult to tell what is being asked here. This question is&#xA;  ambiguous, vague, incomplete, overly broad, or rhetorical and cannot&#xA;  be reasonably answered in its current form. For help clarifying this&#xA;  question so that it can be reopened, see the FAQ.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So this guy is a complete noob, cannot get on internet, goes to another computer, creates an AU login and ask a question. Our reaction: CV &lt;strong&gt;without a single comment&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;No 'do you have an internet connection', &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;nor 'did you modify your host file?',&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;nor 'did you install/mess with firestarter/iptables?'&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am not sure about this, but I feel that with a comment or two the user could have been helped. &lt;em&gt;Isn't the first step to post a comment rather than vote to close?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="115155" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2013-05-22T02:36:40.467" Title="Isn't the first step to post a comment rather than vote to close?" Tags="|discussion|comments|voting|vote-to-close|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6207" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6206" CreationDate="2013-02-26T10:45:31.203" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;People get closed posts wrong.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Closing a posts means that either there is no quality in it enough to meet the site's standards, or simply its a useless question (either a dupe, or really not a post per se).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That is an opportunity to actually improve the post, should be taken as one and its meant to be taken as such.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No comments? What do you mean? There is a big obvious one already:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's difficult to tell what is being asked here. This question is ambiguous, vague, incomplete, overly broad, or rhetorical and cannot be reasonably answered in its current form. For help clarifying this question so that it can be reopened, see the FAQ.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is that not enough? What would adding an extra comment add to explaining why that question was closed? Redundancy?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Closing is making better, its not by all means punishing anyone, should not be taken as such.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do you think it deserves a comment and further investigation of what issue the OP is facing? Go ahead: &lt;strong&gt;closed posts can be commented on, information can be obtained, post can be edited, flagged, re-opened&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;No issues, no fuzz. Comment, edit, help.&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That post, as it is, is closed for a good reason. If you can improve it make it so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-02-26T10:45:31.203" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6208" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6206" CreationDate="2013-02-26T12:25:01.523" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;I agree with your concern — we &lt;em&gt;should&lt;/em&gt; engage with people more before closing things — but I think put in the position to close &lt;em&gt;this&lt;/em&gt; question, I might followed suit and might have pulled the trigger without explanation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While it may sound snobby, my only excuse is I expect a certain level of English and technical understanding here. &lt;strong&gt;If you can't explain even the rudimentary symptoms of the problem, how are people expected to answer it?&lt;/strong&gt; You'll only get a load of people blabbering out every solution for every networking problem there's ever been. That is not a good use of anybody's time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To go further, I'm tempted to retroactively reject &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/261358/revisions&quot;&gt;Stephen Myall's heroic edit&lt;/a&gt;. Editing is what you should do when there's a language problem like this but only when you can be sure you're editing it to mean what the author meant.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this case, I can't see where ports factor in except being a word in the original post. Ubuntu doesn't block outbound ports (the ones that would stop you connecting to Facebook) by default. Whatever is being explained here has likely nothing to do with ports and everything to do with some random network quirk.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So no, if anything, I'd be looking to direct Ripon (the OP) to a site or Loco that speaks their language. While we like to think we can provide all the help, we honestly can't handle users who can't explain things. They'll get much better service with a native group. &lt;em&gt;We&lt;/em&gt; need understandable or nearly-understandable English.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2013-02-26T12:25:01.523" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6209" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7377" CreationDate="2013-02-26T13:05:57.887" Score="7" ViewCount="120" Body="&lt;p&gt;If I have marked any question for close by mistake and it shouldn't be closed, then how can I remove the close vote of mine from that question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="33833" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2013-09-27T00:03:04.470" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="How do I cancel a close vote?" Tags="|support|flagging|vote-to-close|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6210" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6209" CreationDate="2013-02-26T13:09:50.467" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can't retract flags.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A moderator will see it and likely disagree with it. Assuming that happens that will count against your helpful flag totals but that's rather the point: don't flag things willy-nilly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I should point out that having declined flags is not the end of the world. Everybody who gets involved in flagging has a few so don't take it as a slap in the face. Just learn from the situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2013-09-27T01:56:49.880" LastActivityDate="2013-09-27T01:56:49.880" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6211" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6212" CreationDate="2013-02-26T15:06:14.433" Score="2" ViewCount="45" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have some doubts about &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/261532/47206&quot;&gt;a question&lt;/a&gt; on the correct use of terminology when talking about video players.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, it may seem that it is about &quot;how to ask a question&quot; and be seen as improper in the main area of the site and more suited for meta.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I think that it is about a matter of fact (&lt;strong&gt;what&lt;/strong&gt; is the 'engine' etc), not a meta question (not about the website). Am I right? May I keep the question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user47206" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2013-02-26T15:17:04.140" Title="Should a question involving proper use of terms be asked in the meta section?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6212" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6211" CreationDate="2013-02-26T15:17:04.140" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;If your question is about &quot;What is the engine&quot; then yes, it is fine for the main site. However, your question(s) tend to be a bit vague (extensive details with many sub-questions are confusing, and not a good fit for this site), and so it is not easy to just answer &quot;The Question&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have a question about terminology, then Meta is a better place to ask. Remember however, that any questions you ask on the main site must be related to Ubuntu or using Ubuntu, and any questions asked on Meta must be about the site or using the site. If in doubt, always take a look at the FAQs for the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq&quot;&gt;Main Site&lt;/a&gt; and for &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/faq&quot;&gt;Meta&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1992" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2013-02-26T15:17:04.140" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6213" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5504" CreationDate="2013-02-26T19:52:49.213" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://freeciv.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/fNRua.png&quot; alt=&quot;Click to install FreeCiv&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19466" LastEditorUserId="48451" LastEditDate="2013-04-13T23:30:07.510" LastActivityDate="2013-04-13T23:30:07.510" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-02-26T19:52:49.213" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6214" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6200" CreationDate="2013-02-26T20:58:07.400" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't see what's wrong with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/binutils&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;binutils&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;binutils&lt;/a&gt;, but the point is moot since it's already been removed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/parallel-port&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;parallel-port&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;parallel-port&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/sagemath&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;sagemath&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;sagemath&lt;/a&gt; are very obviously good tags about a specific kind of hardware or software. I'm puzzled as to how they got into your list.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unix &amp;amp; Linux has a &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/cloning&quot;&gt;cloning&lt;/a&gt; tag, about cloning a Linux installation. The tag seems worthwhile for Ubuntu too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/sh&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;sh&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;sh&lt;/a&gt; → &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/bash&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;bash&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;bash&lt;/a&gt; strikes me as a bad idea since Ubuntu's &lt;code&gt;sh&lt;/code&gt; is not bash. A question tagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/sh&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;sh&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;sh&lt;/a&gt; is presumably about writing a &lt;code&gt;#!/bin/sh&lt;/code&gt; script.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1059" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:37:19.280" LastActivityDate="2013-02-26T20:58:07.400" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6215" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6218" CreationDate="2013-02-27T06:47:20.900" Score="3" ViewCount="26" Body="&lt;p&gt;I came across the tags &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/vsftp&quot;&gt;vsftp&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/vsftpd&quot;&gt;vsftpd&lt;/a&gt;. Both have similar descriptions and are not related to each other. I would propose to alias vsftp to vsftpd (or the other way around). Because I see not reason for having two different tags here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="236" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2013-02-27T11:45:05.447" Title="Are [vsftp] and [vsftpd] dupes?" Tags="|feature-request|status-completed|tags|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6216" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-02-27T06:48:53.733" Score="1" ViewCount="62" Body="&lt;p&gt;I edited this closed as off-topic question to be more general: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/254232/should-xubuntu-use-zimagez-in-xfce-to-store-your-screenshots#comment318627_254232&quot;&gt;Should I use ZimageZ in Xubuntu xfce to store my screenshots?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do I have to ask here in Meta to review a closed question after I edited it (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/254232/should-xubuntu-use-zimagez-in-xfce-to-store-your-screenshots#comment318627_254232&quot;&gt;like someone asked here&lt;/a&gt; ) ?&#xA;How will the users that voted for closing in the first place notice that I edited it and it could be reopened?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="34298" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2013-02-28T01:03:44.323" Title="How can I ask to reopen a question after I edited it?" Tags="|support|closed-questions|review|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2013-02-27T11:45:52.890" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6217" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6216" CreationDate="2013-02-27T09:59:40.100" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;OK, so this is the answer:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To flag your question for re-opening, click on &quot;flag&quot; at the bottom of the question, near the tag area. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;see &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/6073/34298&quot;&gt;How do I flag my question for re-opening?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="34298" LastActivityDate="2013-02-27T09:59:40.100" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6218" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6215" CreationDate="2013-02-27T11:44:02.293" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, I'll nuke &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/vsftp&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;vsftp&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;vsftp&lt;/a&gt; because that's not its name.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2013-02-27T11:44:02.293" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6219" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6220" CreationDate="2013-02-27T19:54:02.377" Score="4" ViewCount="204" Body="&lt;p&gt;I find it surprising that &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/259649/ubuntu-wont-run-exe-files&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; was closed as off-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I understand that the body of this question implies that the OP is neither seriously interested in this problem, nor that it is clear what kind of answer would be most appropriate, but I expected it to be closed as being a duplicate of &quot;How do I run an .exe file in Ubuntu&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe this question is on-topic, it applies to a scenario I expect to be very common among users who come from Windows (&lt;em&gt;&quot;So I installed Ubuntu, but I cannot run this .exe app I used on Windows...&quot;&lt;/em&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please either:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Point me to a general &quot;How to run a .exe file on Ubuntu&quot; question (&lt;em&gt;which I fail to find myself :-(&lt;/em&gt; ), which would make the aforementioned question an exact duplicate (it would be worth to point to the common question from the closed duplicate), or&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Explain me the reasoning behind categorizing it as off-topic.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="705" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2013-02-27T19:57:56.770" Title="Why was this question closed? / Do we have a common &quot;How to run .exe&quot; question?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6220" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6219" CreationDate="2013-02-27T19:57:56.770" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;We don't, we should make that one because googling for &quot;How to run an .exe in Ubuntu&quot; returns answers from Yahoo! Answers, and we can't have that!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've retitled it and voted to reopen it so we can salvage, people were too quick to close it without thinking because it was about an old version without answering the actual question!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2013-02-27T19:57:56.770" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6221" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6222" CreationDate="2013-02-28T04:06:44.337" Score="0" ViewCount="53" Body="&lt;p&gt;Why can't I add comments to others' questions? I can only answer questions but I need to clarify some more specifically. I see instructions that I should avoid thanking, clarifying and other things in answer field. I see some other people commented on those posts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, I cannot add a comment to this post:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/83667/while-installing-ubuntu-it-asked-me-to-allocate-something-called-swap-space-wh&quot;&gt;While installing Ubuntu, It asked me to allocate something called Swap Space, What exactly is it?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please help me I want to clarify on swap file topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="119878" OwnerDisplayName="learner" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2013-02-28T06:31:36.280" Title="Why can't I add a comment to others' questions?" Tags="|support|comments|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2013-02-28T06:01:38.903" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6222" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6221" CreationDate="2013-02-28T04:25:10.587" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since you're new, you don't have reputation points yet to post comments.  When you reach 50 points, you'll be able to do so.  Please see &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/comment&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/comment&lt;/a&gt; for more information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The reason for this is to prevent abuse from spammers and bots.  It won't take long to have 50 points - you already have 30! - and you'll be able to post comments.  By the way, there are a lot of privileges that you obtain over time as you accumulate more reputation points.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19610" OwnerDisplayName="Kelley" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2013-02-28T04:25:10.587" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6223" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2651" CreationDate="2013-02-28T09:50:19.187" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since, this question is being used as a Discussion Thread - hence posting this in the Answers section and not as a separate question (feel free to convert it to a separate question if you wish):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I have seen questions which already have an Accepted Answer (but with 0 score) also appear in our Allocations. Is this intended?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Some of the questions disappear from Open Allocation list if one of the answer gets 1 vote - AFAIK 2 votes are required for a question to be considered as Answered. Has there been a change in policy?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Recently, a question was allocated to me which had already been closed on Jan 1st. Don't remember the question or its link. Would update if I come across another such allocation.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;During my present allocations, a lot of abandoned questions have already been closed (some were cosed yesterday, some before yesterday) (these were open at the time of allocation) - but they still appear in My Open Questions. Some of them are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/121919/unable-to-configure-xerox-workcentre-5225&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/121919/unable-to-configure-xerox-workcentre-5225&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/85615/how-can-i-prevent-a-ldp-printer-from-printing-a-blank-page-at-the-end-of-the-job&quot;&gt;How can I prevent a LDP Printer from printing a blank page at the end of the job?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/116686/samba-acl-and-restrictions-for-subset-of-users&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/116686/samba-acl-and-restrictions-for-subset-of-users&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/122718/how-to-get-a-huawei-e156g-3g-modem-to-work-on-10-04&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/122718/how-to-get-a-huawei-e156g-3g-modem-to-work-on-10-04&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/121908/i-cant-get-din-to-work-though-jack-sees-my-hardware-correctly-and-my-audio-is&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/121908/i-cant-get-din-to-work-though-jack-sees-my-hardware-correctly-and-my-audio-is&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/93793/xubuntu-11-10-no-bluetooth-connection-with-audio-device&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/93793/xubuntu-11-10-no-bluetooth-connection-with-audio-device&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/T7Ep9.png&quot; alt=&quot;Open Allocations&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="114818" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2013-02-28T09:50:19.187" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6224" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-02-28T12:25:57.307" Score="4" ViewCount="60" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm supposing that tags specified are reordered by occurrences (the most used fo first). The first tag goes directly in title of the question, not the others, even if they could be better related and descriptive. Why this choice?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="32230" LastActivityDate="2015-08-20T10:42:48.690" Title="how are tags ordered and why only the first one is included in the question title?" Tags="|support|tags|question-titles|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6225" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6224" CreationDate="2013-02-28T12:31:57.940" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;They're sorted by popularity of each tag. The tag with the most previous questions becomes the main tag for the question and that's appended to the title.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe this is as much for search engine optimisation as anything else. It helps people on Google quickly see what the question they're going to click through to is about.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/14290/449&quot;&gt;By extension&lt;/a&gt;, tags that already feature in the title text won't be prepended onto the title. The next tag available will be chosen instead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.227" LastActivityDate="2015-08-20T10:42:48.690" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6226" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6192" CreationDate="2013-02-28T19:57:22.287" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Make sure the answer can stand on it's own, which in your case it does. Nice job on the answer :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When not to reference another answer-&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The change is small, ex. one wrong variable.Then an edit would be better.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The &quot;answer&quot; is a critique or criticism of another answer, ex. &quot;All the other answers get it wrong, this is the right answer&quot;, If a answer is wrong about something, edit or leave a comment, so the information can be corrected.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You can't tell which answer is being talked about, and there is not enough explanation of how to use your answer. ex. &quot;Use this instead of above...&quot; (since posts move around)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastActivityDate="2013-02-28T19:57:22.287" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6227" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6224" CreationDate="2013-02-28T20:54:04.847" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;None of the tags are included automatically in the question's title.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The title &lt;em&gt;of a question&lt;/em&gt; is the text displayed immediately above question's body and voting arrows. It is also displayed in lists of questions and search results.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Often the most popular tag is added to the title &lt;em&gt;of the question page&lt;/em&gt;, which appears on the browser window or tab for the question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;&lt;em&gt;tag&lt;/em&gt; - question title - &lt;em&gt;site name&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The name of the site (&lt;em&gt;Ask Ubuntu&lt;/em&gt; here) isn't part of the title of the question either.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Probably just one tag is included in the HTML title of the question page because:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Including more than one tag would take up too much space and distract from the question's actual title.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Incomplete information is better than no information.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The current behavior is inelegant, but I'm not sure it's worse than any other way of doing it. Maybe this could be a per-user setting, though (not so that you'd change it for your own questions, but so that you'd change how it's displayed &lt;em&gt;to you&lt;/em&gt; for all questions).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2013-02-28T20:54:04.847" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6228" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6230" CreationDate="2013-02-28T21:50:08.153" Score="7" ViewCount="254" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am referring to the comments suggested in answers to &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1323/what-prewritten-pro-forma-userscript-comments-can-we-use-and-share&quot;&gt;share prewritten pro-forma-userscript comments&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Need they upvoting or do they just need someone to do the work? (that someone could be me, of course...)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2013-02-28T22:28:20.057" LastActivityDate="2016-02-08T15:47:14.237" Title="What is the process to get those pro-forma-comments into the &quot;central script&quot;?" Tags="|discussion|comments|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6229" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6228" CreationDate="2013-02-28T22:16:46.363" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The script we use here uses a &lt;a href=&quot;https://raw.github.com/askubuntu/ProFormaComments/master/comments.jsonp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;json file&lt;/a&gt; containing a set of useful comments. It is &lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/askubuntu/ProFormaComments&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;hosted&lt;/a&gt; on github and instructions for using it are included in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/1327/1992&quot;&gt;top answer&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To get yours submitted to this central script, you will need to make a pull request via github. It is really easy and simple to do, and I've added some comments this way myself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1992" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.227" LastActivityDate="2013-02-28T22:16:46.363" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6230" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6228" CreationDate="2013-02-28T22:19:30.837" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;Are you talking about the remote sources?  Those are hosted on &lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;GitHub&lt;/a&gt; for all to contribute to.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The project's page is here:  &lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/AskUbuntu/ProFormaComments&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;AskUbuntu / ProFormaComments&lt;/a&gt;.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I must admit, it was my addition that caused that last parse error and made everything stop working ;)  Thanks to AmithKK for finding and fixing it.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, in order to get comments into the script, someone needs to fork the GitHub repo and submit a pull request.  If you don't have a GitHub account, or find the process confusing (it is!), just ask someone else to do it for you :)   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I have detailed the process for the curious:&lt;/strong&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First you need to fork the comments repo:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/oCfSo.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then click on the file you want to edit (in this case &lt;code&gt;comments.jsonp&lt;/code&gt;):  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Uiej1.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Next click &quot;Edit&quot;:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/i16hZ.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Make your changes then add a summary and description describing your changes.  Click &quot;Submit Changes&quot;.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/QReCx.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At this point your changes are only in your copy of the repository.  To get them into the central script you'll have to submit a pull request. I recommend clicking &quot;Raw&quot;  and using the URL to test your script before doing that.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When you're ready to submit your request, click &quot;Pull Request&quot; near the top. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/8wb5G.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Type out a title and description for your request and click &quot;Submit pull request&quot;.   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/DbF48.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You're done!  Your pull request has been submitted for the mods to review.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The comments are in &lt;code&gt;jsonp&lt;/code&gt;, you'll have to use this format when submitting a request:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;{ &quot;name&quot;: &quot;[Q][A]Name in quotes&quot;, &quot;description&quot;: &quot;full comment in quotes&quot;},  &#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;[Q]&lt;/code&gt; is used to mark comments that are for questions and &lt;code&gt;[A]&lt;/code&gt; for comments that are used for answers.  This is the basic pattern for &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JSON&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Javascript Object Notation&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2016-02-08T15:47:14.237" LastActivityDate="2016-02-08T15:47:14.237" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6231" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-03-01T11:15:35.317" Score="-1" ViewCount="179" Body="&lt;p&gt;The hover-over message of the upvote button on a question is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This question shows research effort; it is useful and clear.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For me that is sort of the same as saying &lt;em&gt;this question can be answered&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Based solely on this sentence, I am often surprised to see questions &lt;em&gt;without&lt;/em&gt; upvotes but &lt;em&gt;with&lt;/em&gt; answers. In and of itself I know that answering a question and thinking it is interesting is not the same thing, but answering it sort of saying &lt;em&gt;this is worth answering&lt;/em&gt; and thus it is sufficiently clear to be answered (thus deserving an upvote).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Should we upvote every question we answer?&lt;/strong&gt; Should this maybe even be automatic? I am not sure, but sometimes I feel it is a bit of an oxymoron to not upvote the question whilst still answering it. Is an upvote on a question actually saying &lt;em&gt;this question should be answered?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="115155" LastEditorUserId="115155" LastEditDate="2013-03-01T14:49:54.400" LastActivityDate="2013-03-03T01:32:28.460" Title="Should a question not have at least as many upvotes as answers?" Tags="|discussion|answered-questions|up-votes|" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="14" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6232" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6231" CreationDate="2013-03-01T11:24:06.290" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the system &lt;strong&gt;as it stands&lt;/strong&gt;, for a question to be upvoted, it should have all these three characteristics:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Shows effort&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;is useful&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;is clear&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I &lt;em&gt;personally&lt;/em&gt; (don't shoot me) like the concise three characteristics of a good question. But showing effort is a &lt;strong&gt;relative&lt;/strong&gt; thing and is judged differently by different voters. I feel the criteria are really &lt;em&gt;usefulness&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;clarity&lt;/em&gt;. If it has &lt;em&gt;either&lt;/em&gt; of them, it deserves an upvote. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The upvote for clarity is to reward the OP, &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the upvote for usefulness is to build the community's knowledge base. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="115155" LastEditorUserId="115155" LastEditDate="2013-03-01T14:55:46.650" LastActivityDate="2013-03-01T14:55:46.650" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6233" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6231" CreationDate="2013-03-01T12:27:27.407" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;Saying &quot;It can or should be answered&quot; is not the same thing as saying &quot;Good question&quot;.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How do I optimize my disk performance?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;vs  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/252140/how-do-i-install-and-use-flashcache-bcache-to-cache-hdd-to-ssd&quot;&gt;How do I install and use flashcache/bcache to cache HDD to SSD?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I might answer the first, but I would &lt;em&gt;and did&lt;/em&gt; upvote the second.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An additional note after some discussion in comments is that some voters in an attempt to &quot;keep it fair&quot; don't vote on anything they answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2013-03-03T01:32:28.460" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6234" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6231" CreationDate="2013-03-01T15:10:43.747" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes/No/Maybe, its up to you, are all answers to your question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is personal and case dependent. In my view &lt;strong&gt;everything I edit is perfect&lt;/strong&gt; (up to my low standards of &lt;em&gt;just good enough&lt;/em&gt; most of the time, but does it's job well), so I give it up-votes after editing and move along. If I see something nice I up-vote and move along. Do we really need rules for up-voting or down-voting anything?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You don't need a up-vote rule, do it as your conscience tells you. You don't need a down-vote rule, do as your conscience tells you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Votes are great but you need to understand that each case will be different and each user will vote according to what they believe a good post is. There are some quality standards that should apply but in the end its up to what you do, no rule can define that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastEditorUserId="25863" LastEditDate="2013-03-01T18:08:12.387" LastActivityDate="2013-03-01T18:08:12.387" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6235" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-03-01T15:56:57.600" Score="-8" ViewCount="254" Body="&lt;p&gt;I read some kind of rule on SO or some sub site that were like this (very vague) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You should not question the purposes, the if's and how's of why a&#xA;  particular person wan't to do a particular thing. The Questions should&#xA;  be asked as they are. The Question itself is not to be questioned&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;something like this, don't know where I saw it, I can't find it anymore and would be very happy if someone can guess what I mean and point me to it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I really more this was not removed. Because I am extremely annoyed by this kind of people who always question some thing in your question that never helps. And I feel forced to answer this stuff, it bloats up comments. At the end of the day I am the bad boy because I get tiny bit rude.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/260980/console-prompt-during-boot-for-truecrypt&quot;&gt;The last thing where this thing happened was here.&lt;/a&gt; I smelled some kind if total useless question and especially mentioned &quot;Questions like 'why you not use ecrypfs for everything' ... &quot; will be considered as spam by me. And then this guy comes in and asks me exactly about that kind of thing. I answered the question and told him that the question is not helping in any way and told him 'to answer the question and or move along'. A little rude I know, but still it was a totally nonconstructive comment. It's was also edited out without even mentioning it my the mod.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So a mod comes in rudely edits the part out where I say I will flag comment's like this as spam, tells me something about comment moderation and that I should move my comments to chat. The truth is nothing in this comments is irrelevant to the question, except this one comment. He now claims the comment is relevant and refuses to delete it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I see it this way: What I did was good behavior. I informed everyone beforehand that comments like this will not help and are useless. And then I flagged the comment as nonconstructive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What should I do? Flag the comment and not answer it? Then no mod ever will see that it's useless.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Explain in detail (2 Comments with max-character use) why this is completely irrelevant and a waste of my time? I tried to avoid it but if I would then for sure some mod comes in and says, move to chat!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is just one of many example. I have seen this over and over and freaking over again over SO. Is this is the price to pay for having asked a Question here? Do have become a suspect for interrogation when I ask a question on SO. Do we have to be punished by useless questions, that bloat up the comments and help nobody but instead wasting time of everybody?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would appreciate if the question linked above will not be the subject of this matter and that it would be answered in a more general way. I like to see other example, i know there are many of them!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What now happed what that mod @fossfreedom or the other one who send me some warning removed all of the comments, including one other legit and helpful questions and all my answers that really helped about the topic, I tried to help to clean the comments, what I get is he just deletes everything. I am very disappointed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And now I get a warning about not to argue in comments. Haha great.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72629" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="How to deal with nonconstructive comments?" Tags="|discussion|comments|community|spam-handling|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6236" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6231" CreationDate="2013-03-01T17:23:56.383" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Every vote on posts has to be cast taking into the merit of the particular post. If the post is good, clear and useful, I'd upvote it. If it is useful, I would edit the post to make it good and useful, especially in the case of answers, and then possibly vote on it. If the post is not useful in the first place, I don't generally spend my time on it and move on to the next best thing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, coming to your discussion, whether or not the question is answerable is an entirely different issue. If it is not answerable, I would just vote to close it as &lt;em&gt;not a real question&lt;/em&gt;. It if is indeed answerable, I would try to improve it. Only if the post is worthy of an upvote would I spend my vote on it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Answering a question doesn't and shouldn't warrant an upvote on the question. Please don't take that bit of freedom from me. For that sake, I am answering your question but wouldn't upvote it because, well, it doesn't deserve one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But, putting in perspective, these are my opinion and I am in no way imposing them on you. If you think answering a question equals an upvote on it, go ahead. Just don't impose your opinion on me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastActivityDate="2013-03-01T17:23:56.383" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6237" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6235" CreationDate="2013-03-01T17:45:21.587" Score="12" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You should not question the purposes, the if's and how's of why a particular person want to do a particular thing. The Questions should be asked as they are. The Question itself is not to be questioned.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My dear friend, the above quote is a perfect example of sarcasm in action. Every open online community will want to know the intention of the questioner to guide him properly. This is to prevent running into the all-famous &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/66377/what-is-the-xy-problem&quot;&gt;XY problem&lt;/a&gt; where the person will be asking for help for a problem he never really had in the first place. Asking the &lt;em&gt;why&lt;/em&gt; becomes most crucial in order to save the time for both the person asking for help and the one helping too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There have been many instances of people asking in chat how to enable root login in Ubuntu but all they wanted was help with installing an application that they downloaded as tarball from a website. Asking the purpose and the intent of the question really helps -- contrary to what you believe.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just like the why, the if's and the how's also help shape the solution that is most suitable for the person asking for help. No one would know whether or not a particular solution would work for you for sure unless they know what conditions they can play with.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And community moderators are obliged to keep the site and the community neat and tidy and it is part of our duty to cleanup comments that we construe as non-constructive. We can never permit rudeness in our community and we try our best to keep it that way. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2013-03-01T17:45:21.587" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6238" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6235" CreationDate="2013-03-01T18:24:00.050" Score="14" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Why we ask &quot;Why?&quot;&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Asking why is often done because something in the question suggests that the person asking is going about solving their problem the wrong way. In those cases, oftentimes, the best way to answer the question is offer a different approach to the problem. Sometimes, though, there's a specific reason why a person has to approach the problem the way they have. We can't know that unless we get at least a basic understanding of why the asker is trying to do something a particular way, or what goal it is they're trying to accomplish. In other words, &quot;why are you looking to do it this particular way?&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A good example of such a situation would be the common &quot;how do I run a .exe file in Ubuntu?&quot; The person answering has a couple of choices - answer the question as asked with no other questions (&quot;use WINE&quot;), answer it &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; offer what may be the better solution (&quot;use WINE, but consider finding the Linux version&quot;), or ask for clarification as to what application the person is trying to use (&quot;oh, you want to run Chrome? Don't worry about the .exe, they have a native version. Using the native installer will save you the headache of trying to run it through WINE, which may or may not work as expected&quot;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some questions are, of course, easier to answer for both options, but some aren't - such as when answering the question, as asked, would result in the asker jumping through a number of unnecessary hoops in order to solve the issue in the manner they've started trying. In those cases, asking why can bring to light that they don't know of a different way (perhaps the documentation is outdated), and the answerer can show the asker a better way of getting to their goal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Why comments sometimes seem rude&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The StackExchange family of websites (of which AU is one) have been specifically groomed to not be &quot;chatty.&quot; This is so ingrained, in fact, that the system itself works to enforce this by posting a &quot;don't be chatty&quot; line when a certain number of comments to a specific question or answer are reached, and enforcing character limits on comments. Things like greetings and signatures are also generally actively edited out of questions and answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Additionally, bluntness is encouraged. These are question and answer sites. People are here to get answers, not fuzzy feelings. That doesn't mean everything has to be robotic, but don't expect sugar-coating, either.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This does, however, mean that sometimes responses seem more abrasive than they actually are, especially if you're not already the type that's more inclined to such matter-of-fact responses, and if the response is directed at you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;fossfreedom's comment was not intentionally rude, he simply disagreed with your assessment that the comment was not constructive (which is subjective), nor was it spam (which is fairly objective). Since the comment is no longer present, I can't say either way whether I agree with his assessment, but I'm inclined to believe from your response here that it wasn't spam, but it may have been enough on the abrasive side to ruffle your feathers. Frankly, it happens to all of us at some point or another.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Why comments sometimes get deleted&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Comments get deleted on a regular basis. I've seen whole strings of comments get deleted outright, and you can often see evidence of deleted comments in the responses that are left.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The most common reason is that they are &quot;too chatty&quot; or in general not very constructive. This is intended to keep things clean and in line with the things I mentioned earlier.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Occasionally, they do end up getting deleted because the conversation gets too heated. When that happens, the moderators will sometimes take more of a &quot;scorched earth&quot; approach, and delete all the comments involved in a particular discussion chain. This is to prevent the discussion from reigniting. It's all based on the circumstances of the conversation, though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;What to do with comments you don't like&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are a few things you can do with comments:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ignore them. They're just comments. (Though I have to say, sometimes I think it would be nice to be able to downvote comments.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Assume they weren't intentionally rude and answer the underlying question (ie - &quot;why would you use encrypfs for everything?&quot; would translate roughly into &quot;your method seems like overkill and there are better ways, why did you choose to do it this way?&quot; see again, my first point)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Hop over to chat and ask someone for a second opinion&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Flag them. This is generally saved for comments that are intentionally inflammatory, rude, or spam. Also, just because you flag something (comment, question, or answer), it doesn't mean the moderators will agree with you. It's nothing personal.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This is just one of many example. I have seen this over and over and&#xA;  freaking over again over SO. Is this is the price to pay for having&#xA;  asked a Question here? Do have become a suspect for interrogation when&#xA;  I ask a question on SO. Do we have to be punished by useless&#xA;  questions, that bloat up the comments and help nobody but instead&#xA;  wasting time of everybody?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I took the liberty of clicking through a few of the questions you've posted, and from what I saw, they were all quite civil. Now, I understand that they may (probably) have been cleaned up, but I can only judge by what I see, and between them and my own experiences with SE over the years, it seems to me that you may be overreacting somewhat. It's perfectly understandable, given that you just came from a bit of a ruffle (I felt the same way when I asked &lt;a href=&quot;https://dba.stackexchange.com/questions/21965/why-are-queries-parsed-in-such-a-way-that-disallows-the-use-of-column-aliases-in&quot;&gt;this question over on dba.SE&lt;/a&gt; and was met with what I felt to be a bitchy attitude, even by SE standards). Like I said earlier, though, it happens to all of us. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What I've found to help is to step away from it for a little while. If your question was sufficient enough for someone to take a stab at answering it, they probably will and the comment will either be rendered moot, or its point validated. If not, then you'll be able to answer the comment and re-read your question to provide clarification. If their tone still doesn't sit right with you, see if someone in chat can have a look and provide a different perspective. It's what I did with the question I linked. It was rough, but with the help of one of the mods, I was able to get the question worded properly so that a good answer could be written.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14325" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:43:06.347" LastActivityDate="2013-03-01T20:30:13.783" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6239" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6148" CreationDate="2013-03-01T19:05:32.397" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have asked only one question on this site. Its resolution was an ubuntu-specific configuration that I found in an Ubuntu bug report. It's a 3 times notable question with now 2500 views. It is of very general interest to the community. It was and is still closed as off-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So apparently, here as elsewhere on stack exchange sites, one can always ask.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Nothing prevented me from asking that question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="33522" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2013-03-01T20:52:22.287" LastActivityDate="2013-03-01T20:52:22.287" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6240" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6235" CreationDate="2013-03-01T20:21:12.127" Score="20" Body="&lt;h2&gt;surprise&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Well I am surprised that you wish to discuss this matter so openly - I'm very happy to do so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;for the record...&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just for the record, you have continually flagged for the following comment to be removed:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;did you consider encrypting your entire drive?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Given your question about encryption/decryption etc, I considered this an entirely reasonable comment.  It was neither &lt;em&gt;spam&lt;/em&gt; nor &lt;em&gt;not constructive&lt;/em&gt;.  A simple acknowledgement by editing your question would have sufficed to explain that &lt;em&gt;encrypting the entire drive&lt;/em&gt; was not appropriate.  Indeed you flagged this twice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The following comment from yourself was flagged as abusive - rather than just deleting the entire comment I edited out the deemed abusive section simply because it served no value and could be construed as &lt;em&gt;not constructive&lt;/em&gt; or &lt;em&gt;abusive&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I also like to inform everyone that comments like &amp;quot;Since you are using&#xA;cryptfs go hardcode your password into a file it's save&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;Stop&#xA;using truecrypt and use ecryptfs only&amp;quot; will be flagged as spam&#xA;immediately.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To myself reading this - this was quite abrasive and not conducive to finding an appropriate answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At this point - I decided to drop a gentle reminder of good conduct that we all operate upon as per the FAQ&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;please consider moderating your replies to comments otherwise further&#xA;measures will be required. If in doubt, please visit the general chat&#xA;room&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It was a shame because the tone of the following comments became very negative and quite threatening in my mind - I will not reproduce those comments here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;teamwork&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We moderators do not work in isolation - indeed on this occasion I asked another moderator to review the question, comments etc.  Thus you were formally requested to review your approach to questions and how best to deal with comments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Comments are transient - they are there to tease out aspects of a question.  Once this is done, they are fairly redundant and as such should be removed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since you made quite a radical edit to your question, I can well understand why other moderators decided to remove all the comments since they were no longer relevant.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;in summary...&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We deal with &lt;em&gt;not constructive&lt;/em&gt; comments based upon their merit or otherwise.  The community has elected their moderators to make their best judgement on behalf of the community as a whole.  Myself and other moderators have done so on this occasion, trying to help you get an answer to your question, removing the non-relevant comments etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hope this explains the situation.  Lets move on now to getting you an answer that your question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14356" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-03-01T20:21:12.127" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6241" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6242" CreationDate="2013-03-01T20:24:18.017" Score="6" ViewCount="71" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sometimes I want to point someone not only to a similar question but to one special answer. Obviously there exist anchors for answers (and for comments as well) but I fail to see how I can use them without looking at the html-source.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastActivityDate="2013-03-01T20:40:15.367" Title="How can I find the exact/complete URL (anchor) for an answer?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6242" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6241" CreationDate="2013-03-01T20:27:57.983" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;For questions and answers, you need to click the share link that comes up below them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/G7Cm9.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For comments, there is a timestamp next to the comment. When you right click on it, you can copy the link.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/6G7X2.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1992" LastEditorUserId="1992" LastEditDate="2013-03-01T20:40:15.367" LastActivityDate="2013-03-01T20:40:15.367" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6243" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6231" CreationDate="2013-03-01T23:11:14.110" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;A question doesn't have to be good, or even particularly clear, to have good answers. However, when a question has good answers, that &lt;em&gt;suggests&lt;/em&gt; there may be something good about the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, if a question is not clear or lacks detail, but you are able to answer it, then often (not always) one or both of the following apply:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You requested clarification, or more information, from the OP and it was provided.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You were able to edit the question for clarity (or maybe all that was needed was to fix some formatting).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then the answer is likely good enough to merit an upvote, even if it wasn't when it was first posted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For these reasons, it makes sense that you would upvote &lt;em&gt;many&lt;/em&gt; or &lt;em&gt;most&lt;/em&gt; questions that you answer. You should still be willing not to do so, of course. You should even be willing to downvote a question that you answer, but (except on meta, where votes have a broader range of meanings) that's a somewhat unusual situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As others have said, being able to answer a question doesn't &lt;em&gt;mean&lt;/em&gt; the question deserves an upvote. So the system should definitely not automatically cause you to upvote. Furthermore, often a &lt;em&gt;bad&lt;/em&gt; question receives multiple answers because what it is asking is unclear, or because previous answers didn't get it right because there wasn't enough information. So under some circumstances, automatic (or unthinking) upvoting of questions you answer can actually incentivize bad questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, the most common reason for me not to upvote a question that I've answered--or not to upvote it immediately--is that I've already used all my votes for the day, and thus cannot do so. A related limitation applies to new users, who cannot cast votes at all, but can post answers. I thought the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/56220/how-to-replace-libreoffice-with-openoffice&quot;&gt;first question I ever answered&lt;/a&gt; deserved an upvote, but I was not able to cast one until I had gained the necessary reputation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2013-03-01T23:11:14.110" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6245" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6252" CreationDate="2013-03-03T15:39:01.027" Score="15" ViewCount="224" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just read the comment &quot;Ubuntu Phones is in development, so it is off-topic here at Ask Ubuntu. We do not support Beta/Alpha/Development versions.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are questions welcome regarding Ubuntu Touch only after it has been introduced officially?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have seen a few questions referrring to this topic: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/5308/should-questions-about-nexus-7-be-off-topic&quot;&gt;Should questions about Nexus 7 be off-topic?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/5957/referring-to-new-features-in-the-next-version-of-ubuntu&quot;&gt;Referring to new features in the next version of Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;but I would like to see an answer how to handle it from the persons perspective who is asking. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="119671" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.227" LastActivityDate="2013-03-04T12:25:55.007" Title="Beta/Alpha/Development versions are said not being covered - so Ubuntu Touch questions are not welcome?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6246" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6266" CreationDate="2013-03-03T18:39:32.967" Score="6" ViewCount="70" Body="&lt;p&gt;Occasionally, I notice that one of my questions on meta.askubuntu.com reappears in the Community Bulletin section, despite, when I click on it, there are no apparent changes.&#xA;For example, today:&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/saT3T.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question, &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/6188/should-i-add-another-flag-as-well?&quot;&gt;Should I add another flag as well?&lt;/a&gt;, is from the 23rd, and I don't think any changes were made. Additionally, there were no extra upvotes on it (although I don't think this bumps questions - correct me if I'm wrong); I know this because I'd &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/badges/20/nice-question?userid=107590&quot;&gt;already received&lt;/a&gt; the &quot;Nice Question&quot; badge on the 27th.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why do old questions occasionally &quot;float to the surface&quot; again?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="107590" LastEditorUserId="12845" LastEditDate="2013-03-05T19:28:45.427" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Why do old question appear in the Community Bulletin?" Tags="|support|community-bulletin|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6247" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6250" CreationDate="2013-03-03T21:06:44.090" Score="6" ViewCount="80" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've come across several edits by &gt;2000 users which contain no edit summary (just the automatically inserted &quot;deleted xx characters in body&quot;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should I assume that edit summaries are not regarded useful when the edits don't need to be approved?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3502/what-to-do-about-good-suggested-edits-with-very-bad-summaries&quot;&gt;This question and its answers/comments&lt;/a&gt; seem to imply otherwise.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.087" LastActivityDate="2013-03-03T23:54:27.437" Title="Are edit summaries only intended for the benefit of the reviewers?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6248" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6247" CreationDate="2013-03-03T21:27:23.113" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would say edit summaries are there to justify an edit that may not be completely obvious. &lt;em&gt;Most&lt;/em&gt; edits we do are formatting or language fixes so they are obvious. They don't need a summary written out for them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But occasionally I'll do an edit that changes the meaning of something, either because a fact has changed in time or it's just not quite correct. In these cases it's important to provide a summary, not only because it might get reviewed but because the author (even if that's you) might want to review the edit at some point in the future. A summary provides a log.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you're unsure, consider this the other way: edit summaries are never considered un-useful; providing a summary can never hurt.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2013-03-03T21:27:23.113" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6249" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6245" CreationDate="2013-03-03T22:36:30.660" Score="12" Body="&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/5308/should-questions-about-nexus-7-be-off-topic&quot;&gt;Should questions about Nexus 7 be off-topic?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This question was when Ubuntu had only announced the Nexus 7 work. However since then there's been a bunch of work in this area it's been broadly expanded to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ubuntu-touch&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ubuntu-touch&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ubuntu-touch&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They're about a project that's pretty much brand new, and in progress, the difference between this and normal alpha/beta questions is that the developers working on Ubuntu Touch are curating the tag and ensuring it's high quality, we don't allow alpha/beta questions because most of them are just bug reports anyway and they'd just be noise. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.227" LastActivityDate="2013-03-03T22:36:30.660" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6250" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6247" CreationDate="2013-03-03T23:08:48.580" Score="6" Body="&lt;h2&gt;The whole world can see our edit summaries.&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They are not &lt;em&gt;just&lt;/em&gt; for the benefit of reviewers. They're not even just for reviewers and others who might question if an edit should be kept or partially reverted / completely rolled back. &lt;em&gt;They are for anyone reading the revision history.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit summaries appear in every post's edit history, &amp;quot;for all time.&amp;quot; They are &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3502/what-to-do-about-good-suggested-edits-with-very-bad-summaries#comment5136_3504&quot;&gt;viewable by anyone&lt;/a&gt; who can view the post. Edit histories are not indexed by search engines, but any person can look at them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, I improved the appearance of an ordered list in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/56220/how-to-replace-libreoffice-with-openoffice/56264#56264&quot;&gt;this answer&lt;/a&gt; with the edit summary &lt;code&gt;improved formatting&lt;/code&gt;. Now suppose someone clicks the link to view the post's revision history:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/1ssjJ.png&quot; alt=&quot;Screenshot showing mouse over link to revision history.&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then they get this page, which shows:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/LnzxQ.png&quot; alt=&quot;Revisions page, showing edit summary.&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Edit summaries are useful even when an edit doesn't require approval.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This does not &lt;em&gt;necessarily&lt;/em&gt; mean that submitting a blank edit summary is universally bad. Sometimes an edit is simple, the justification is easy and non-controversial, and it speaks for itself more clearly than a summary. In these situations, it is &lt;em&gt;acceptable&lt;/em&gt; to submit a blank edit summary, because the system automatically adds &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3502/what-to-do-about-good-suggested-edits-with-very-bad-summaries#comment5157_3508&quot;&gt;syntax-based edit summaries&lt;/a&gt; when none is provided. (Like &lt;code&gt;edited title&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;edited tags&lt;/code&gt;, and &lt;code&gt;removed 13 characters from body&lt;/code&gt;.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/6248/22949&quot;&gt;as Oli says&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;it is never wrong to provide an edit summary&lt;/strong&gt;. (Unless the edit summary is wrong. Or provides no information. Like the &lt;code&gt;improved post&lt;/code&gt; edit summaries I &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3502/what-to-do-about-good-suggested-edits-with-very-bad-summaries&quot;&gt;complained about there&lt;/a&gt;.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-03-03T23:54:27.437" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6251" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-03-04T04:22:32.803" Score="13" ViewCount="184" Body="&lt;h2&gt;First of all, thank yous :)&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We have many wonderful community watchmen (too bad most of them don't have any &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVu3gS7iJu4&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;super powers&lt;/a&gt;) who love to flag (thanks!) wayward answers, such as those that should really be comments or are from a lost OP adding information to an answer that should be in their question. You guys do amazing work and keep the site running like a smooth engine (or one of these... &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHu8LAWSKxU&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;things&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;The issue:&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I've noticed (sadly) that not many people are making use of the pro-forma comments and leaving a comment for the &quot;offender&quot; so that they know where they went wrong. Of course, the moderators could just do this ourselves, but there are a few reasons I would prefer that community members do it more often.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Example:&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Let's suppose that user 9999999 posts an answer (that's not really an answer, but a well disguised &quot;Me too bro, me too.&quot;). If the answer is short (like a one, two or three liner), we can usually spot it right away and deal with. However, if it is one of those two-page spreads with a feature article and lots of pictures (you get the point - this is metaphorical here)... we will only see a summary. The lack of a comment from the flagger(s) leaves us to have to read (sometimes) the entire thing before we can confirm the flag. Beyond that, it sometimes may seem to the poster that they did something perfectly fine, since their answer has been sitting for an hour and not been removed (they won't see flags on their own post).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In such cases... your comment goes a long way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;It's not as frightening to new users.&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;People are afraid of authority, naturally, so it's always good when a &quot;peer&quot;* shows another &quot;peer&quot; the way.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;It saves moderators a little time.&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I think I can speak for all the mods here (without asking) and say, that it always helps when the community has gone the extra mile before flagging, so that we only have to do the &quot;dirty work&quot;, such as deleting a non-answer or converting it into a comment. Of course, we don't mind doing something as simple as leaving a comment, but it takes up our time when there are a lot of flags to handle at a time.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;It's more likely to get the point across quickly, and possibly avoid moderator intervention.&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A flag without a comment is fine, but sometimes, the poster needs to know why their answer is not fitting, if not they will simply repeat their mistake. When we mods delete their answer, they will still be able to see it, but often times, we get to the issue long after the answer has been posted (and had time to &quot;age&quot;). Some users never even notice their mistake. However, with so many vigilant eyes, we can let these users know why their answer doesn't fit, promptly, and avoid a repeat - sooner, rather than later.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;How can I get these &quot;pro-forma comments&quot;?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This answer &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/1327/1992&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/1327/1992&lt;/a&gt; has all you need to know. Make sure to use (and if you can, contribute to) the remote source - it's a great way to build up a list of useful comments, even for fringe cases, and it's always kept up to date if anything changes :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;When should I leave a comment?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are a few common cases in which you should leave a comment. If your flag is &quot;Not an answer&quot; - that is the best of times for a comment explaining why. This is especially true when someone asks a &quot;Me too&quot; question an an answer, or asks for more information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;What are these &quot;review&quot; comments of which you speak?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Well, to be honest I couldn't find a name for them, but they are comments that are automatically generated when you use the review tool. If you're not using the review tool (and have access), please commence :)!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Well, that's all for now. Have fun Ask Ubuntu-ing...ish.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;*&lt;em&gt;Moderators are peers too, but most new users won't be aware of that.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1992" LastEditorUserId="25798" LastEditDate="2013-05-17T14:33:15.847" LastActivityDate="2013-05-17T14:33:15.847" Title="Suggestion: Use pro-forma/&quot;review&quot; comments when flagging certain answers" Tags="|discussion|comments|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6252" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6245" CreationDate="2013-03-04T07:22:45.373" Score="8" Body="&lt;h2&gt;It is an exception&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ubuntu touch is a new project and both community and Canonical have high interest in it. We don't allow normal alpha/beta release questions because of their low quality and too localised nature.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But in the case of Ubuntu touch, most of the questions have quality and Canonical devs are ready to maintain the tag. The only problem is, only Canonical employees can answer some of the questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="39372" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-03-04T12:25:55.007" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6253" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6255" CreationDate="2013-03-04T12:37:23.817" Score="4" ViewCount="85" Body="&lt;p&gt;Scenario:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We have an old question that is answered but is now outside our rules (eg off-topic)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Somebody posts a new question which is a duplicate of the older question.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What we do now ? We need to close the newer question as off-topic or close as duplicate? Do we need to do anything with the older question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="33833" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2013-03-04T13:20:39.743" LastActivityDate="2013-03-04T13:24:53.643" Title="Duplicate or other options?" Tags="|discussion|support|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6254" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6251" CreationDate="2013-03-04T12:48:08.047" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Nice Explanation of what is what. what I am thinking is our Community people are friendly than any Community.Even you (Moderators ) suggested them personally they will take it as a suggestion and they always welcome it. What I am feeling is I am not sure that everyone of us look meta all the time. I am really agree with you. But rather than here ,suggesting them personally will be a great Idea.I mean along with this people who watch meta can made their changes next time  , If Moderators are giving comments to wrong actions with their comments that's definitely show some progress on users actions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="33833" LastActivityDate="2013-03-04T12:48:08.047" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6255" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6253" CreationDate="2013-03-04T13:16:16.947" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't think there is a single answer for this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If it's a good question and it has a good answer, even if it were &lt;em&gt;really&lt;/em&gt; off-topic, I would probably let it stay because it's not hurting anybody and it's probably helping people.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If it's awful or off-topic, has no answers and is cluttering up the home page, then I'd be more tempted to take a shotgun to it and clear it away.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You also have to remember that our guidelines have evolved as we've encountered different types of question. There are some older questions that came before the rules and we generally accept that it's not going to be feasible to fix them. We tend not to delete these but we may need to close them if they're pulling in a lot of undesirable activity.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I certainly wouldn't suggest (or even condone) going hunting for old questions, now  outside the rules. There's plenty of new stuff that needs editing, answering and dealing with that takes vast priority.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And it's certainly not something to flag for Mod attention unless it's criminally bad. We have enough fun with the new content issues tyvm.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Oh and with regards to the new dupe question, dupe-close. As always.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-03-04T13:16:16.947" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6256" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6253" CreationDate="2013-03-04T13:24:53.643" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;It seems like you're asking what to do when:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;an old question &lt;em&gt;would be considered off-topic if posted now&lt;/em&gt;, but was never closed as off topic, &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;a new question is posted, that is a duplicate of it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Close the new question as a duplicate of the old question, if it's really a duplicate. There's no reason for people not to benefit from content that already exists on our site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's the closest I can come to giving the &quot;single answer&quot; that &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/6255/22949&quot;&gt;Oli quite correctly says doesn't exist&lt;/a&gt;. Really, more information is needed, so if you are ever unsure about a particular question, you might consider discussing it with others in chat and/or posting a more narrowly tailored meta question about it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.087" LastActivityDate="2013-03-04T13:24:53.643" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6257" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-03-04T19:28:19.283" Score="0" ViewCount="41" Body="&lt;p&gt;I searched option for getting notified when some questions asked by others which I'm interested in get answer(s). I came across this situation every time I found some intelligent(good) question and even I'd like to know the answer. The conditions are.&#xA;1. I like the question and I've not left any comments to that post.&#xA;2. Even I've not tried to answer that question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But can I get notified when it get some answers,&#xA;1. Even if they don't address my name using @ ( if in case i've left any comment).&#xA;I saw this symbol at the right bottom of the question page that question feed&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/jJhA7.png&quot; alt=&quot;snapshot&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I go to question feed it ask for subscription to google and those options are strange. I just want to get notified within Ubuntu forum(like we get notificaions) for answers answered to some others question. Please suggest even if there is any alternative method. Please help me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="119878" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-07-11T15:46:24.783" LastActivityDate="2014-07-11T15:46:24.783" Title="How can I get notified for other's question that i'm interested in whenever it get answer" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2013-03-05T15:10:43.230" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6258" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6259" CreationDate="2013-03-04T21:25:42.707" Score="10" ViewCount="152" Body="&lt;p&gt;Recently I observe that obvious spam often gets far more down votes than spam flags would be needed for community deleting and locking:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/cNNin.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should we in case of an obvious spam post leave a comment so that users who don't know about the power of spam-flags will not downvote (this will remove the post from the front page and makes it harder to spot)  &lt;strong&gt;but spam-flag&lt;/strong&gt; appropriately to get the spam deleted more quickly?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is the relevant MSO link on spam flags:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/58032/how-does-the-spam-flag-work&quot;&gt;What are the “spam” and “rude or abusive” (offensive) flags, and how do they work?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3940" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2013-03-23T13:42:56.847" Title="Should we commment on spam to get it deleted faster?" Tags="|discussion|comments|flagging|spam-handling|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6259" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6258" CreationDate="2013-03-04T21:30:18.707" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've never thought about that but yes - it would be wonderful if you did!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1992" LastActivityDate="2013-03-04T21:30:18.707" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6260" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6265" CreationDate="2013-03-04T22:24:36.537" Score="12" ViewCount="82" Body="&lt;p&gt;I followed the Twitter account of AskUbuntu and find interesting question through this channel. However when I try to answer questions I often come across questions which answers are quite good/interesting or which need a (better) answer. Is there a way to alert the person who maintains the Twitter about such questions so that they are twittered later on? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="236" LastActivityDate="2013-03-05T14:29:09.933" Title="How to add a question to AskUbuntu's Twitter account?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6261" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13958" CreationDate="2013-02-24T00:25:46.177" Score="12" ViewCount="104" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is a continuation of this question:  &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/166507/black-links-on-new-duplicate-banner-are-counter-intuitive&quot;&gt;Black links on new duplicate banner are counter intuitive&lt;/a&gt;.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On &lt;a href=&quot;http://askubuntu.com&quot;&gt;Ask Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt;, when users with less than 10k view a deleted question they land at a page that looks (something) like this:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/y6kcA.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you can see, the links are black.  Can we change this please?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;EDIT&lt;/strong&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've just noticed you only see this on pages where the OP deleted it, not on ones deleted my moderators.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Example post: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/235879/how-to-install-ubuntu-wubi#comment293222_235879&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/235879/how-to-install-ubuntu-wubi#comment293222_235879&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" OwnerDisplayName="Seth" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2015-05-06T04:10:13.083" Title="More black links on deleted question page" Tags="|bug|hyperlinks|deleted-questions|design|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6262" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2817" CreationDate="2013-03-05T12:14:28.373" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;If we do support Ubuntu One here, we should say so somewhere in our FAQ to avoid confusion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/264235/ubuntuone-getting-information-please-wait-forever-on-windows-8-64bit&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/264235/ubuntuone-getting-information-please-wait-forever-on-windows-8-64bit&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;New users might not be aware of it being one of the &lt;em&gt;&quot;Services provided by Ubuntu&quot;&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It could be as little as such:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Services provided by Ubuntu (e.g. Ubuntu One)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3940" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2013-03-05T12:14:28.373" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6263" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-03-05T12:42:58.187" Score="15" ViewCount="430" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are quite a few list type questions that are present in the site. Are these type of questions alright and/or encouraged ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;From Oli:&lt;/strong&gt; I'm marking this as featured.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to have a &lt;em&gt;proper&lt;/em&gt; discussion about the future of list questions. If you have a view on the subject, please share it below and we'll slowly chisel out a framework for supporting them, or if it turns out they're always going to be filth, we can issue (and more importantly, practise) an outright ban.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="87930" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2013-03-05T14:29:27.223" LastActivityDate="2013-03-30T20:13:01.580" Title="Are list type questions allowed on this site?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6264" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6263" CreationDate="2013-03-05T13:08:24.593" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;Infinite lists are &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq#dontask&quot;&gt;strongly discouraged&lt;/a&gt; but there are exceptions and historical anomalies. We don't like them because answers are quality-ranked here and when you have an infinite list, merit goes out the window in favour of timing, formatting and general favour. There often isn't a single best answer and this makes it hard for people to get the wider answer they want.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I recently suggested &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/6186/449&quot;&gt;a technique for asking list questions&lt;/a&gt; by basically having one question and one answer that anybody wanting to suggest an answer edited. Anything else would be deleted. This won't suit all list questions but it should allow some. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We need to formalise a technique for asking questions in this way but there are a couple of examples new-style list questions in the wild now:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/260528/449&quot;&gt;Games for 2 players on same laptop?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/264276/449&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/q/264276/449&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've honestly no idea if we can sustain them in the long run but this sort of question keeps raising its head again and again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is that or you limit the domain of the question to a point where there can only be a few answers, or where one might be more correct than the others. I cannot think of a good example at the moment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2013-03-05T14:02:24.547" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6265" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6260" CreationDate="2013-03-05T14:29:09.933" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;The Twitter account is a robot, on the same lines as the StackOverflow twitter. It used to be StackUbuntu but was renamed to AskUbuntu in order to keep the branding in line with the site. Simply ask a question with lots of views and it'll likely be tweeted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2013-03-05T14:29:09.933" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6266" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6246" CreationDate="2013-03-05T19:28:30.700" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/130621/how-is-the-contents-of-the-community-bulletin-determined/130893#130893&quot;&gt;The process is described here&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If there are still under 4 items, the rest of the space is filled with hot discussion questions not marked status-completed, scoring at least 3 and posted within the past two weeks. &lt;strong&gt;These are picked semi-randomly&lt;/strong&gt;. At least one of these will always be added to the list, even if it pushes the length over 4.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The list refreshes every 20 minutes or so, and since qualifying meta questions are selected randomly it's not uncommon to see questions pop in and out of the list as chance dictates. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12845" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2013-03-05T19:28:30.700" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6267" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1804" CreationDate="2013-03-06T01:49:50.500" Score="4" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Close for immorality/unethicality only when it's &lt;em&gt;truly important&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We might close some posts because they are unethical or immoral, but the unseedy character of this post is far too trivial to justify that. This particular post (and &lt;em&gt;most&lt;/em&gt; posts asking how to do things that some people don't like, so long as there is nothing &lt;em&gt;else&lt;/em&gt; wrong with them) should remain open.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think that if we are going to close a question on moral grounds, we should consider five factors. These are loose guidelines, and I &lt;strong&gt;do not&lt;/strong&gt; want this idea--or anything else--adopted as an official policy on this issue. (I cannot imagine how &lt;em&gt;any&lt;/em&gt; formal policy about this could avoid causing hugely more harm than it could ever hope to offset.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is it asking for something that is overwhelmingly considered immoral/unethical by members of our community?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Would generalizing the question to something considered ethical (or to a gray area) be inappropriate?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is the nature of the immorality considered &lt;em&gt;severe&lt;/em&gt;, rather than &lt;em&gt;minor&lt;/em&gt;? In particular, is the harm that would likely arise from the act &lt;em&gt;large&lt;/em&gt;, rather than &lt;em&gt;small&lt;/em&gt; or &lt;em&gt;negligible&lt;/em&gt;?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is the question more conducive, or at least more directed, toward helping people perform the wrongful act, than it is to helping people oppose or defend against that act?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Does the community overwhelmingly agree that the &lt;em&gt;particular&lt;/em&gt; question should be closed? (Or, at least, is there little reason to believe otherwise?)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To be closed based on morality/ethics objections, a post should &lt;em&gt;almost always&lt;/em&gt; meet &lt;em&gt;all&lt;/em&gt; these criteria. If it does not, it should be possible to explain what is &lt;em&gt;special&lt;/em&gt; about the post, so that it merits closure even if one or more of those criteria are not met.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here, the question is asking how to deliberately misreport one's ratio while using bittorrent. Criteria &lt;strong&gt;3&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;5&lt;/strong&gt; completely fail to apply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Should people fake their ratio? No, at least not hardly ever and, if ever, then only under special, weird circumstances. Is the harm caused by someone learning to do so here very great? No, it's negligible.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Does the community agree this should be closed? No, the opposite is true. Right now it has 13 upvotes and 12 downvotes, has remained open even after substantial discussion, and the answers here in favor of allowing it are far more popular (by votes) than the answers in favor of prohibiting it. Please note that this point still holds if we ignore the part about what's been expressed on meta.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(By the way, &lt;strong&gt;1&lt;/strong&gt; is also a hard sell, and even &lt;strong&gt;4&lt;/strong&gt; is not totally clear.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Disclaimer:&lt;/em&gt; Please let's not create any formal, general policy about this! The guidelines I've presented here are one idea that should be considered together with other ideas (including competing ideas) when making decisions about this, &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; a set of rules to apply formally!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;A code of conduct violation?!&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;@psusi has presented a possible alternative reason to close the question, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/1840/22949&quot;&gt;saying that it violates the code of conduct&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In comments there so far, the fundamental issue of &lt;em&gt;whether or not it does&lt;/em&gt; has been obscured by discussion of who is required to abide by the Code of Conduct, and to what extent. Actually, psusi is quite right to say that our actions on this site &lt;em&gt;are&lt;/em&gt; subject to the Ubuntu CoC, whether or not we have signed it on Launchpad. &lt;strong&gt;psusi should be credited for raising awareness about this.&lt;/strong&gt; (See the Stack Exchange network's &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/legal&quot;&gt;terms of service&lt;/a&gt;, which explicitly specifies this for Ask Ubuntu; see also &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq#questions&quot;&gt;our FAQ&lt;/a&gt;.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, this question does not violate the code of conduct. &lt;strong&gt;It does not even come close.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is the argument that it does violate the code of conduct:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Lieing to others ( about your ratio in this case ) is disrespectful, which the CoC forbids.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Let's make this a little more formal. Please note that, while I've formatted this as a blockquote so it's clear where my restatement begins and ends, &lt;em&gt;I am not attributing this specific forumlation to psusi&lt;/em&gt;, only claiming that I believe it to be a faithful formalization of what he did say.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Faking a ratio is necessarily lying.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Lying is necessarily disrespectful.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Acting disrespectfully is necessarily a violation of the Code of Conduct.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Therefore, any question asking how to fake a ratio violates the Code&#xA;  of Conduct.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As it stands here (and as it's written in psusi's answer), this argument is not valid. That is, its conclusion does not follow from its premises. To make it a &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Validity&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;valid&lt;/a&gt; argument, it's necessary to add another premise, which I presume was intended to be considered implicit to the argument:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Faking a ratio is necessarily lying.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Lying is necessarily disrespectful.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Acting disrespectfully is necessarily a violation of the Code of Conduct.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Asking how to do something that would violate the Code of Conduct if done, is itself a violation of the Code of Conduct.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Therefore, any question asking how to fake a ratio violates the Code&#xA;  of Conduct.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now this is a &lt;em&gt;logically valid&lt;/em&gt; argument. But it is not &lt;em&gt;sound&lt;/em&gt;. That is, we should not believe its conclusion, because &lt;em&gt;at least one of its premises is false&lt;/em&gt;. In fact, &lt;strong&gt;all of its premises are false.&lt;/strong&gt; (Only one has to be false for it to be uncompelling, of course.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Faking a ratio is necessarily lying.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Causing a computer to report false information to another computer is not lying. It might constitute lying under some circumstances. It doesn't under most circumstances.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Let's assume for the sake of discussion that questions asking how to lie should be closed. If causing a computer to report false information to another computer is lying, we better close all those firewall questions! Reporting that a machine isn't there, or that an open port is closed? &lt;em&gt;Tsk, tsk.&lt;/em&gt; And don't get me started on &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_knocking&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;port knocking&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anybody ever configure a BitTorrent program to look like &lt;em&gt;another&lt;/em&gt; BitTorrent program, or a web browser to report it's another web browser? Liar! Use a web browser that doesn't send your actual email address as the password for anonymous ftp? Liar! Take a job as a penetration tester, and actually do the job? Liar! Scan a network with &lt;code&gt;nmap&lt;/code&gt; and spoof probes from other IP addresses? Liar!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most of these examples involve &lt;em&gt;real deceptive intent&lt;/em&gt;, so it would be nontrivial to show that ratio faking is categorically different.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Lying is necessarily disrespectful.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Lying is not always disrespectful and in fact is sometimes &lt;em&gt;the only respectful action possible.&lt;/em&gt; This is for the same reason that &lt;em&gt;deception in general&lt;/em&gt; is not always disrespectful. Even people who are generally against lying &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.laurencethomas.com/Honesty.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;recognize this&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But faking a ratio, that's disrespectful, right? Well, to whom? Disrespect is not the only source of wrong. Faking a ratio can be wrong even if it is not disrespectful. What's the &lt;em&gt;human relationship&lt;/em&gt; in which disrespect is occurring, when my computer lies to some other computers?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Suppose I'm on a crappy Internet connection that sends a lot of corrupted data. This doesn't corrupt anyone's whole download, of course, since BitTorrent has excellent error checking. But it may render me an inefficient and poorly contributing member of a swarm, even if enough good data are received that my ratio is high. Is this disrespectful, too? Who makes that judgment?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To see how ratio-faking is &lt;em&gt;fundamentally not an issue of respect&lt;/em&gt;, consider the following hypothetical scenario:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Mary writes and publishes a proprietary book, so making and&#xA;  distributing copies of the book breaks copyright laws somewhere. To&#xA;  her chagrin, she finds a torrent that claims to provide the audio&#xA;  version of her book. To investigate the matter, she decides to&#xA;  download the torrent, but doesn't want to help others to get it this&#xA;  way, because:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ol&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;If it is her book, she doesn't want them torrenting it (and perhaps is concerned that if she uploads part of the book, then as the author&#xA;  she may be implicitly grating permission to distribute it this way).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;If it is not her book, then she would be helping to fool people, which she does not want to do either.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;So she decides to disable uploading, but she cannot download the whole&#xA;  audiobook. So she decides to fake her ratio.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this controversial? It is possible that it's wrong for Mary to do this? Yes, that's a reasonable position. Is it &lt;em&gt;disrespectful&lt;/em&gt;? If it's not disrespectful for Mary to do this, then even if it somehow is in other contexts, this is hardly an edge case. Copyright holders find torrents offering their proprietary content &lt;em&gt;all the time.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In any case, even if faking a ratio is disrespectful, thus far this has not been demonstrated. All we have is a false generalization, and that is not enough reason to form an opinion, much less condemn something as a CoC violation.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Acting disrespectfully is necessarily a violation of the Code of Conduct.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm looking at CoC 2.0, since that is &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com/project/about-ubuntu/conduct&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the current version&lt;/a&gt;. If something goes against an ealier CoC but not against CoC 2.0, I think it's quite unreasonable to say that it &lt;em&gt;violates the Code of Conduct&lt;/em&gt;, especially for purposes of site moderation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;CoC 2.0 says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;h3&gt;Be respectful&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Disagreement is no excuse for poor manners. We work together to&#xA;  resolve conflict, assume good intentions and do our best to act in an&#xA;  empathic fashion. We don't allow frustration to turn into a personal&#xA;  attack. A community where people feel uncomfortable or threatened is&#xA;  not a productive one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The CoC is telling us to act respectfully when we communicate with one another. It's saying we are to treat each other with respect &lt;em&gt;when disagreeing with each other.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So for example, if I have failed to &lt;em&gt;write this post respectfully&lt;/em&gt;, that clearly falls under the CoC and I should be called out on it; in that situation, I should apologize and act to remedy the situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I hang up on a telemarketer, or &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheque&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;pay by check&lt;/a&gt; at the grocery store where they allow it but prefer cash/credit, &lt;em&gt;that is not covered by the CoC even if it is &quot;disrespectful&quot; in some larger sense.&lt;/em&gt; Even if the telemarketer or store clerk incidentally turns out to be Mark Shuttleworth.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Asking how to do something that would violate the Code of Conduct if done, is itself a violation of the Code of Conduct.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Code of Conduct does not say that, nor anything like it.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Why have I picked the argument apart like this?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have done this because, with loose enough interpretation, the Code of Conduct can be used as a hammer to make any point or knock any controversial question down. Or, worse but just as easily, &lt;em&gt;to knock down any person&lt;/em&gt;, though fortunately, &lt;em&gt;I do not believe that is happening in this situation.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Arguments that a question violates the CoC and should be closed are not universally bad or wrong. But if we want the CoC to retain its utility, then I think the more aggressive or broadly applicable this sort of argument is, especially (as here) when it's about what the CoC &quot;forbids,&quot; the more carefully critical a view of it we must be prepared to take.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2013-03-06T01:49:50.500" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6268" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6269" CreationDate="2013-03-06T20:25:55.647" Score="3" ViewCount="99" Body="&lt;p&gt;A user marked one of my questions as duplicate, I don't really understand if I have to do something about that or what ???&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="134934" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2013-03-06T21:06:29.603" LastActivityDate="2013-03-06T21:06:29.603" Title="My question is marked as duplicate, what does this mean?" Tags="|support|duplicates|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6269" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6268" CreationDate="2013-03-06T20:55:07.073" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Are you referring to this one: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/263101/how-to-download-and-install-java-plugin-for-firefox-19-0&quot;&gt;How to download and install java plugin for firefox 19.0&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If so, I am then the evil man that marked that question as duplicate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is not a bad thing and you do not have to do anything else. It just means that there was an already existing and answered question similar to yours on the site. The question that was used as the original was &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/48468/how-do-i-install-java&quot;&gt;How do I install Java?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which answers your question (In several ways made I add thanks to users like Bruno Pereira, Lekensteyn and others).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So do not worry about it. This is one of several methods we do here to have a neat and clean site that users can use to find the questions quickly without getting into confusion when they see several similar questions (Eg: Like looking for an Nvidia problem and finding 10 similar questions). Is not something bad you did, you might have just tried to search for the question in the beginning but could not find one or at least one that solved your problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7035" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2013-03-06T21:04:53.100" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6270" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6268" CreationDate="2013-03-06T21:04:11.167" Score="5" Body="&lt;h1&gt;First&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First check the master question and see if it solves your problem.  What is the master question?  Near the top of your question there will be what we call a &amp;quot;banner&amp;quot; pointing the the master question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/7ylsl.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After looking over the answers to the master question, see if they solve your problem.  If so great!  Your question will now help point others to the correct answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;If not...&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the answers to the master question don't solve your problem, you'll need to get it re-opened.  First, &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/6073/44179&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;flag it&lt;/em&gt; for re-opening&lt;/a&gt;, explaining why your question isn't a duplicate.  It also helps to edit your question to include &lt;em&gt;why&lt;/em&gt; the master question doesn't solve your problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Last but not least, ask a question about it here on meta!  It is perfectly acceptable to post a question here asking for your question to be re-opened.  This is ususally the quickest way of getting it done, as users with 3,000 or more reputation can vote-to-reopen your question.  It takes 5 votes to re-open a question, but moderators can always close and re-open a question on their own.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you have 250 reputation, you can &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/view-close-votes&quot;&gt;view the amount of close or re-open votes&lt;/a&gt; your question has.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-03-06T21:04:11.167" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6271" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6272" CreationDate="2013-03-07T06:05:06.353" Score="-2" ViewCount="103" Body="&lt;p&gt;As you get no reputation for good comments it makes more sense to add your comment as a answer so you might get some reputation. I have seen that done quite often. Answers given that should really be comments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If some reputation were given for up voted comments it might eliviate some of this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75967" LastEditorUserId="75967" LastEditDate="2013-03-08T12:05:38.150" LastActivityDate="2013-03-08T12:05:38.150" Title="Does receiving no reputation for good comments pollute the Answer?" Tags="|discussion|answers|reputation|up-votes|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6272" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6271" CreationDate="2013-03-07T12:14:13.200" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;This site is about questions and answers, not comments&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Comments are second class citizens, and can be (and are) destroyed without warning. Have something useful? Stick it in a answer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Related: &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/5431/why-dont-useful-comment-results-give-reputation/5432#5432&quot;&gt;Why don&amp;#39;t &amp;quot;useful comment&amp;quot; results give reputation?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://physics.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1282/david-zaslavsky-moved-comments-no-good#comment3033_1282&quot;&gt;Reference that I'm not the guy who came up with this.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-16T16:03:22.007" LastActivityDate="2013-03-08T01:07:26.180" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6273" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-03-07T18:04:37.263" Score="2" ViewCount="40" Body="&lt;p&gt;When I flag a post &quot;for moderator attention/other&quot; I want to just type my comment and then commit the flag using only the keyboard. As I see it now I have to use the mouse to click on &quot;flag question&quot; because &lt;kbd&gt;enter&lt;/kbd&gt; just inserts a break.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Additionally I have already tried &lt;kbd&gt;CTRL&lt;/kbd&gt;&lt;kbd&gt;enter&lt;/kbd&gt;, &lt;kbd&gt;ALT&lt;/kbd&gt;&lt;kbd&gt;enter&lt;/kbd&gt; and &lt;kbd&gt;SHIFT&lt;/kbd&gt;&lt;kbd&gt;enter&lt;/kbd&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastActivityDate="2013-03-07T18:04:37.263" Title="When commenting on a &quot;moderator&quot; flag, how can I finish just with the keyboard?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6274" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1925" CreationDate="2013-03-08T08:53:31.853" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sometimes spam edits still occur.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We may need to help users who only recently gained edit privileges to know about this to avoid this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For addrssing users who are not in chat it may be a good idea to increase people's awareness on this topic by occasionally tagging this post as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/featured&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;featured&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;featured&lt;/a&gt; to make it appear in the Community Bulletin.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3940" LastActivityDate="2013-03-08T08:53:31.853" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6275" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6280" CreationDate="2013-03-08T17:18:01.230" Score="5" ViewCount="47" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just happened to read the instructions for Duplicate Closure today. It says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This question has been asked before and already has an answer. If those answers do not fully address your question, please ask a new question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See the image to be convinced:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/SSlgx.png&quot; alt=&quot;duplicate closure&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It asks the user to &lt;strong&gt;ask a new question&lt;/strong&gt;. So far we used to ask the users to edit the question and flag for moderators/post on meta to get it reopened.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Has there been a change in policy?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="114818" LastActivityDate="2013-03-08T17:33:08.423" Title="Has there been a change in policy relating to Duplicate Closures?" Tags="|support|duplicates|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6276" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6279" CreationDate="2013-03-08T17:21:47.110" Score="4" ViewCount="71" Body="&lt;p&gt;Why is there a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/support&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;support&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;support&lt;/a&gt; tag ? What is it for ? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it a &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/08/the-death-of-meta-tags/&quot;&gt;meta tag&lt;/a&gt; ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="87930" LastActivityDate="2013-03-08T17:29:03.997" Title="Why support the support tag?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6277" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6278" CreationDate="2013-03-08T17:12:05.543" Score="8" ViewCount="69" Body="&lt;p&gt;I wanted to post a question in the ask ubuntu meta page, but it said I need at least 5 reputation points in ask ubuntu main, and it &lt;i&gt;said&lt;/i&gt; that I have 4. But, I actually have 19 points. What is going on?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="138620" OwnerDisplayName="Andreas" LastEditorUserId="138620" LastEditDate="2013-03-08T17:29:59.377" LastActivityDate="2013-03-10T02:47:05.983" Title="Why does askubuntu meta show to few reputation points?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6278" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6277" CreationDate="2013-03-08T17:14:02.363" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;Meta takes a little while to update your reputation.  I'm not exactly sure why, but it does.  In a little while it will update your reputation and you'll be able to participate in meta.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" OwnerDisplayName="Seth" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2013-03-10T02:47:05.983" LastActivityDate="2013-03-10T02:47:05.983" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6279" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6276" CreationDate="2013-03-08T17:29:03.997" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Of the 88 questions currently tagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/support&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;support&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;support&lt;/a&gt;, it seems to be used to say &quot;I need help&quot;, &quot;Does Ubuntu &lt;em&gt;support&lt;/em&gt; this&quot;, and &quot;Canonical Paid services&quot;. For the first two, it's a meta tag. As for the last meaning &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ubuntu-advantage&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ubuntu-advantage&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ubuntu-advantage&lt;/a&gt; would be a better tag. So in true fluish fashion, this tag is evil and needs to be removed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2013-03-08T17:29:03.997" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6280" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6275" CreationDate="2013-03-08T17:33:08.423" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's easier to ask a new, different question, than it is to edit a question and have it reopened, which is probably why Stack Exchange has amended this message. Just for future references, this is a system message that no one on the site outside of Stack Exchange has access to edit. If you consider &quot;bigger&quot; sites like Stack Overflow, who deal with hundreds of flags an &lt;em&gt;hour&lt;/em&gt;. Having users edit a post and flag to be reopended would simply burden an already overtaxed queue. Here however, we can typically manage with those off chance cases that a question was too broad or interpreted. So continue to give what advice you see fit, there really hasn't been a policy either way though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2013-03-08T17:33:08.423" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6281" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6283" CreationDate="2013-03-08T17:50:20.583" Score="5" ViewCount="233" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently saw a username on ask ubuntu where half of it was written backwards.&#xA;How is that possible?!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="138620" LastActivityDate="2015-05-04T16:54:34.943" Title="How do you write a askubuntu username backwards?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6282" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6281" CreationDate="2013-03-08T18:00:35.647" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I assume you're referring to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/54298/obsessivesso&quot;&gt;ObsessiveSSOℲ&lt;/a&gt; who is using unicode to make text &quot;appear&quot; upsidedown. It's not a feature of the site at all and can be done on any site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2013-03-08T18:00:35.647" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6283" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6281" CreationDate="2013-03-08T18:29:57.513" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are many such tools on the internet, that consist of using normal text characters to make it &quot;look&quot; like the text it reversed or upside down.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One such one I found here - &lt;a href=&quot;http://textmechanic.co/Reverse-Text-Generator.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://textmechanic.co/Reverse-Text-Generator.html&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;Hit the &quot;Upside Down&quot; button&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example my user name would look like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;ɐʇןɐs‾oǝʇɐɯ&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An even better one is this - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sherv.net/flip.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.sherv.net/flip.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;˙noʎ ǝɹɐ ʍoɥ&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can then put this text in your username by changing it in your profile, click on your username the &quot;edit&quot; on the main site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/yNKom.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;tђเร เร ς๏๏l!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastEditorUserId="47291" LastEditDate="2015-05-04T16:54:34.943" LastActivityDate="2015-05-04T16:54:34.943" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6284" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1412" CreationDate="2013-03-08T22:17:12.893" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Isn't somehow cool having an assortment of badges, if you're really honest?&#xA;It also shows how experienced a user is, although you can have a experienced new ask ubuntu user.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="138620" LastActivityDate="2013-03-08T22:17:12.893" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6285" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6281" CreationDate="2013-03-08T22:58:29.653" Score="7" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Writing backwards&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Writing backwards, as in the characters being arranged in reversed order (ex. below) is achieved through use of the &lt;code&gt;U+202E&lt;/code&gt; character, aka &lt;code&gt;RIGHT-TO-LEFT OVERRIDE&lt;/code&gt;. This is used to force right-to-left writing, mostly for languages that are written RTL (although HTML &amp;amp; CSS nowdays support various ways of achieving that without use of &lt;code&gt;U+202E&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Example&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;... nuf si sdrawkcab gnitirW&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Please note that this example does &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; use U+202E, but only emulates the results.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Doing this has various side-effects. Mostly, it breaks some parts of the layout, as it is an &lt;em&gt;override&lt;/em&gt; and as such also affects other text and HTML on the same or deeper levels when it is invoked.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Writing inverted&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Writing inverted, as in the characters being flipped upside-down and then mirrored on the vertical axis (ex. below) is achieved through use of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fileformat.info/convert/text/upside-down-map.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;various UTF characters&lt;/a&gt; that resemble a &amp;quot;normal&amp;quot; character manipulated this way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Example&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;ǝɯosǝʍɐ sı ƃuıʇıɹʍ pǝʇɹǝʌuı ʇnq ˙˙˙&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="98085" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-03-08T22:58:29.653" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6286" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6281" CreationDate="2013-03-09T00:13:38.563" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;˙˙˙oɹq ʇnoqɐ ƃuıʞʃɐʇ ǝɹ,noʎ ʇɐɥʍ ǝnʃɔ ou ǝʌɐɥ I‮&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fileformat.info/convert/text/upside-down.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.fileformat.info/convert/text/upside-down.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1992" LastActivityDate="2013-03-09T00:13:38.563" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6287" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-03-09T00:18:39.013" Score="3" ViewCount="43" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is there a way to sort the Questions oldest first, then the newest at the front?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="138620" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2013-03-09T01:16:42.037" LastActivityDate="2013-03-09T01:33:03.173" Title="Is there a way to sort the Questions oldest first?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6288" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6287" CreationDate="2013-03-09T00:50:52.707" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/stackoverflow/query/new&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Yes there is.&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/ubuntu/query/93574/questions-by-date-backwards&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;FEchinger wrote one&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastEditorUserId="5768" LastEditDate="2013-03-09T01:06:40.513" LastActivityDate="2013-03-09T01:06:40.513" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6289" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6287" CreationDate="2013-03-09T01:03:02.583" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just found another way: You sort them newest first and then press the button for the last page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="138620" LastEditorUserId="138620" LastEditDate="2013-03-09T01:33:03.173" LastActivityDate="2013-03-09T01:33:03.173" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6291" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6295" CreationDate="2013-03-10T07:09:40.820" Score="7" ViewCount="185" Body="&lt;p&gt;Fairly simple question. I came across &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/266110/half-life-mod-sven-co-op-missing-executible-will-give-10-for-fix&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/266110/half-life-mod-sven-co-op-missing-executible-will-give-10-for-fix&lt;/a&gt; in which the OP offers money in exchange for an answer. Both Jokerdino and I edited the question to delete the offer and suggest a bounty instead (as I usually also delete &lt;em&gt;please, please, please, help me. I am desperate, I am going to quit Ubuntu&lt;/em&gt; wining). I don't know however whether the edit is the right thing to do. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it allowed to offer something (not a bounty) in exchange for an answer? If so, what can one offer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="115155" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2013-03-11T04:34:08.757" Title="Is it allowed to offer something (not a bounty) in exchange for an answer?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6292" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-03-10T14:16:59.063" Score="0" ViewCount="75" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've got a Launchpad and a goggle+ - account, but I can't login to askubuntu, although I'm registered (my username is lowereastside) cause always comes the question for „openID“. Am I too stupid to check this? How can I login to askubuntu.com, cause I can't find more informations about this openID neither on Launchpad nore on google+. Therefore i beg you to give me a little help, so that I'm able to login &quot;askubuntu.com“!&#xA;With many thanks in advance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user139147" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2013-03-11T05:15:25.773" LastActivityDate="2013-03-11T05:15:25.773" Title="I can't login, although I'm registered on askubuntu.com" Tags="|support|login|user-accounts|launchpad|google+|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6294" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6296" CreationDate="2013-03-10T23:07:42.990" Score="4" ViewCount="74" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just found out that we have a specification tag. Can we remove it because it doesn't say anything about the problem? Or just give me a reason for that we even have it!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/specification&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;specification&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;specification&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now when there are &lt;strong&gt;zero&lt;/strong&gt; questions with the tag. Can we remove it? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10698" LastEditorUserId="10698" LastEditDate="2013-03-11T10:06:07.400" LastActivityDate="2013-03-11T10:06:07.400" Title="Why do we have a specification tag?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6295" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6291" CreationDate="2013-03-11T04:34:08.757" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;As I see it, there are really two issues here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Should people be allowed to offer monetary or other non-Stack Exchanged based rewards, for answers to their questions?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Should people be allowed to advertise the offers here on Ask Ubuntu?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems most people would say &quot;no&quot; to the second question, and arguably this would even qualify as spam under the current definition.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But if people want to use some separate web-based (or other type) platform to offer to give people money, or property, or advertising space, or sing them a love song, or whatever else, in exchange for answering their question here? Sure, why not. If Ask Ubuntu is not being used to make the offer, we really have no legitimate reason to object (nor any legitimate reason to encourage the practice).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, I think:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;People should not offer those incentives here and it's perfectly good to edit them out of questions or flag comments that advertise them as &lt;em&gt;not constructive / off-topic&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even posting a link on main to a page about the award being offered should not be allowed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure what the policy should be in chat, but I'd lean toward prohibiting its use for that purpose also.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;But if people want to offer them elsewhere--for example, share a link off-site, then that's fine. In this situation, we are not the platform on which the offer is being made, nor the platform on which it is redeemed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If there is a dispute, it doesn't fall to us. If people try to use us to resolve disputes, we can politely but firmly tell them that neither Stack Exchange nor the Ask Ubuntu community is a party to their arrangement, and that we will not allow ourselves to be pulled into it.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2013-03-11T04:34:08.757" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6296" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6294" CreationDate="2013-03-11T04:43:11.643" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Currently this tag is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/specification?sort=active&amp;amp;pagesize=50&quot;&gt;used in different ways&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Technical standards, such as those &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/78321/what-desktop-file-options-are-available&quot;&gt;of freedesktop.org&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/216055/someone-tell-me-why-people-writing-gnu-code-use-like-that&quot;&gt;Coding standards&lt;/a&gt; (which are, in a sense, &lt;em&gt;specifications&lt;/em&gt; of how to write code).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/62830/how-to-list-the-simplest-way-of-hardware-specification&quot;&gt;Obtaining&lt;/a&gt; technical &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/55609/how-do-i-check-system-specifications&quot;&gt;specifications&lt;/a&gt; of hardware.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Questions &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/88928/can-this-spec-do-smooth-and-lag-free-flash&quot;&gt;about what&lt;/a&gt; Ubuntu &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/221623/can-i-install-ubuntu-12-10-on-an-acer-aspire-laptop&quot;&gt;can do&lt;/a&gt; on hardware, given &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/192878/will-ubuntu-run-smoothly-thx&quot;&gt;particular specifications&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/88627/recommend-me-a-serious-work-pc-spec&quot;&gt;Requests&lt;/a&gt; for hardware specifications (i.e., hardware recommendations, which in this context are often shopping recommendations).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The general, colloquial sense of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/106167/how-to-archive-with-ignoring-files-larger-than-100mb&quot;&gt;specifying something&lt;/a&gt; (i.e., stating it, indicating it).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So we have nine questions, and six separate meanings of the tag, some of which relate a little bit to each other, and some of which do not relate at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So &lt;strong&gt;yes&lt;/strong&gt;, we should get rid of this tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But as there are only nine questions, we can just retag them (perhaps once there's a stronger community consensus that this tag should not exist).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2013-03-11T04:43:11.643" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6297" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6298" CreationDate="2013-03-11T22:37:50.580" Score="0" ViewCount="98" Body="&lt;p&gt;It looks like Gnome Remix is now an &lt;a href=&quot;https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-gnome/2013-March/000035.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;officially supported Ubuntu derivative&lt;/a&gt;. See also &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2013/03/its-official-ubuntu-gnome-remix-joins-the-ubuntu-family&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can someone update this page &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com/project/about-ubuntu/derivatives&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.ubuntu.com/project/about-ubuntu/derivatives&lt;/a&gt; or is this handled by Canonical once they get a custom Ubuntu Gnome page set up?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="106495" LastActivityDate="2013-04-13T03:25:54.473" Title="Can Ubuntu GNOME Remix be added to the supported derivatives page?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6298" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6297" CreationDate="2013-03-11T22:48:09.017" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;This has nothing to do with Ask Ubuntu, and yes, Canonical will handle that themselves.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1992" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2013-04-13T03:25:54.473" LastActivityDate="2013-04-13T03:25:54.473" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6299" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-03-12T05:21:55.837" Score="4" ViewCount="165" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can I ask questions about JoliOs here, I know in the FAQ they say I can't ask questions on Linux mint and the like but on their website (www.jolicloud.com) they say if I got any problem I should ask the ubuntu community.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://help.jolicloud.com/entries/255104-i-get-an-error-when-i-update&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://help.jolicloud.com/entries/255104-i-get-an-error-when-i-update&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;what they say exactly in their site:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Prerequisites to diagnose your issue&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If it still doesn't work, you can contact the Ubuntu community since&#xA;  Joli OS is based on Ubuntu. Otherwise you might consider to backup&#xA;  your local data and perform a clean reinstall.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Provide as much detail as you can, including:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;The brand of your device&#xA;The model of your device&#xA;The feature affected (of course, update here)&#xA;The error message you get (if applicable)&#xA;A detailed description of your issue&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="95785" LastEditorUserId="95785" LastEditDate="2013-03-21T13:15:55.063" LastActivityDate="2013-03-21T13:15:55.063" Title="Can I ask questions about JoliOs here" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ClosedDate="2013-03-12T14:14:48.977" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6300" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6299" CreationDate="2013-03-12T05:54:56.057" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, Jolicloud / Joli OS is neither Ubuntu nor an &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com/project/about-ubuntu/derivatives&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;official derivative&lt;/a&gt; of Ubuntu, so questions about it here are off-topic. As an unofficial derivative, it is not supported here, though it has its own support resources, and is also on-topic on &lt;a href=&quot;http://unix.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;Unix.SE&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(A minority of questions that are &lt;em&gt;also&lt;/em&gt; about Ubuntu or an official Ubuntu derivative would be on-topic here. For example, if you have Joli OS and you want to install Ubuntu, you could ask about that here, just as you could ask about how to install Ubuntu starting with Windows. So we would not close &lt;em&gt;every possible question&lt;/em&gt; that contains the text &quot;Joli OS,&quot; but questions that are not about Ubuntu or an official Ubuntu derivative are off-topic on main. Please see &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq&quot;&gt;our FAQ&lt;/a&gt; for details, especially &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq#questions&quot;&gt;the first section&lt;/a&gt;.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Where do they say you should ask on Ask Ubuntu? I cannot find anything that says that &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.jolicloud.com/jolios/support&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;http://help.jolicloud.com/forums&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. If any official Joli OS help resource directs users to Ask Ubuntu, that should be reported as a bug in that help resource.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2013-03-12T05:54:56.057" CommentCount="15" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6301" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6302" CreationDate="2013-03-12T11:02:29.233" Score="3" ViewCount="92" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have tried to upload a variety of images with transparency in &lt;code&gt;gif&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;png&lt;/code&gt; format. I have saved them in 32x32 size and larger, but every time I upload them the transparency is black. I even copied an existing one that works from another user, removed his image, saved it and still no luck.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've tried both GIMP and Adobe Photoshop.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any advice?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75967" LastEditorDisplayName="user25656" LastEditDate="2013-03-13T10:13:11.457" LastActivityDate="2013-03-13T10:13:11.457" Title="Avatar image transparency?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6302" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6301" CreationDate="2013-03-12T12:10:01.663" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;We use Gravatar &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.gravatar.com/2008/06/06/image-transparency-you-want-it-you-got-it/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;who supposedly support transparency (as of 2008)&lt;/a&gt; so this is either:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A pure GIMP problem,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A GIMP+Gravatar problem, or&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A Gravatar issue.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I suspect your GIMP export settings are the most likely problem. You're either doing something wrong or you've knocked one of the wrong things. Can you upload the image as part of your post? (edit it, add an image and upload it to imgur)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you're sure there's nothing squiffy there, I would suggest another application or &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=resize+transparent+gif+online&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;an online image processor&lt;/a&gt; to double-check the GIFfiness of the input before blaming Gravatar. If this works, you've found a bizarre quirk between what GIMP produces and what Gravatar accepts. You should report this as a bug to Gravatar and maybe also GIMP.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you've tried another application and you've managed to process it online with other tools and it still doesn't work in Gravatar, then it's time to &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.gravatar.com/support/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;talk to Gravatar&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2013-03-12T12:10:01.663" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6304" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6306" CreationDate="2013-03-12T16:19:21.443" Score="4" ViewCount="97" Body="&lt;p&gt;Say you get a badge that requires you to get 10 votes. You get the badge but then someone down votes you so you no longer have the 10 votes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does the badge get pulled?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75967" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Can a badge be revoked?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6306" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6304" CreationDate="2013-03-13T03:24:33.913" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are 2 kinds of badges--&lt;strong&gt;general&lt;/strong&gt; badges, and &lt;strong&gt;tag&lt;/strong&gt; badges.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Mccnc.png&quot; alt=&quot;Screenshot showing badges page, emphasizing the two types.&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;General Badges&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;General&lt;/strong&gt; badges are the kind most frequently discussed. Each one is awarded based on a separate condition. All their names are capitalized and most are a little bit silly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;General badges are never &lt;em&gt;automatically&lt;/em&gt; revoked. General badges do not express that their holders &lt;em&gt;continue to meet the requirements to have received them&lt;/em&gt;, only that they met those requirements at one time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, if you earn a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/badges/24/good-answer&quot;&gt;Good Answer&lt;/a&gt; badge, that means one of your answers had a score of 25 (that is, 25 upvotes, plus one upvote for every downvote). If your post has a score of 25 and then gets downvoted (or unupvoted), you don't lose your Good Answer badge.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, a general badge may be &lt;em&gt;manually&lt;/em&gt; revoked &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/17854/185080&quot;&gt;if you got it by &amp;quot;henious cheating.&amp;quot;&lt;/a&gt; I believe such removal requires the involvement of a Stack Exchange employee. An example of a badge earned &amp;quot;heniously&amp;quot; is if you get your Good Answer badge by creating 25 additional accounts and use each one to upvote your post. In contrast, if you get your &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/badges/7/critic&quot;&gt;Critic&lt;/a&gt; badge by downvoting something but then removing the downvote, that is not &amp;quot;henious.&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Tag Badges&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tag&lt;/strong&gt; badges reflect your number and distribution of upvotes in a tag in real time, and are automatically revoked when your score drops too low (and are re-awarded later if the necessary score is again met).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/badges/139/sudo?userid=22949&quot;&gt;I currently hold the sudo badge&lt;/a&gt;. If my total score in that tag dropped below 100, or if it remained at or above 100 but my number of upvoted posts dropped below 20 (as could happen if posts were deleted or if votes were changed), then &lt;strong&gt;I would automatically lose the badge.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My understanding is that community wiki posts do not contribute to tag badges (though they do contribute to &lt;em&gt;most&lt;/em&gt; general badges). So previously non-CW posts &lt;em&gt;becoming&lt;/em&gt; community wiki can also cause tag badges to be lost.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-03-13T03:24:33.913" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6307" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-03-13T10:24:39.380" Score="0" ViewCount="61" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently did a &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/6304/can-a-badge-be-revoked&quot;&gt;search&lt;/a&gt; and didn't get a result. That was because I was searching on Ask Ubuntu Meta and not Stack Exchange Meta. Even though the two overlap.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So instead of Ask Ubuntu Meta returning no results it would be more intuitive to also include results from StackExchange Meta. This would mean users starting out get the answers they need as opposed to having to learn about the Stack Exchange Meta search as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The idea is to make things simple for users, having to explain that a search on Ask Ubuntu Meta doesn't necessarily give you an answer, but if you pop over to Stack Exchange Meta you have a better chance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75967" LastActivityDate="2013-03-13T11:26:29.643" Title="Meta Ask Ubuntu search needs to be more intuitive" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6308" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6310" CreationDate="2013-03-13T11:20:45.373" Score="5" ViewCount="58" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'd like to receive e-mail notifications for answers to my questions on askubuntu. I've seen in other questions that there should be a box to tick in the preferences of my account to enable that, but I can't seem to find it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's a screenshot of how it looks for me. What am I missing please?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/aQcW9.png&quot; alt=&quot;preferences screenshot&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47995" LastActivityDate="2013-03-13T11:30:31.353" Title="How to enable e-mail notifications?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6309" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6307" CreationDate="2013-03-13T11:26:29.643" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;If someone searches Ask Ubuntu Meta and they get posts that were not created by anyone in the Ask Ubuntu community, that would be at least as unintuitive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If anyone attempts to implement a feature like this, it would also be necessary to consider what, if anything, to do with all the other sites' metas. (Every Stack Exchange QA site has a meta--for example, here's &lt;a href=&quot;https://gardening.meta.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Gardening and Landscaping Meta&lt;/a&gt;.) And it would be necessary to separate the results so that searches on smaller metas--like this one--don't have their results drowned out by posts on bigger metas (like Meta.SO itself).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some of the answers on &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.stackoverflow.com&quot;&gt;Meta.SO&lt;/a&gt; (there is no &quot;Meta Stack Exchange&quot; so I presume this is what you're talking about) are incorrect for some other sites because there are some differences between sites. For example, some sites support syntax highlighting; some sites support mathematical formulas; and because of the special importance of citations there, &lt;a href=&quot;https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Skeptics&lt;/a&gt; lets new users post 50 links in a question, while the limit remains 2 for every other site. There are numerous other differences.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even more importantly, different sites have different communities and thus different community standards. Community consensus on one site will often differ from community consensus on another site. That most people on Meta.SO think something doesn't necessarily mean it's followed elsewhere--that site does not just serve as a &quot;central hub&quot; of meta sites, but &lt;em&gt;also&lt;/em&gt; is the specific meta site for &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackoverflow.com&quot;&gt;Stack Overflow&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If a question has been asked on another meta (even on Meta.SO), but not here on Meta.AU, it's not considered bad to ask it here. The system is deliberately designed so that questions cannot be closed as duplicates across sites, and only when a question is manifestly unsuitable for a particular meta is it migrated to another (this is rare). It's not bad to have similar questions answered in multiple communities; often, the answers can be targeted to the needs or differences of the community.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since results from one site's meta (even Meta.SO) don't &lt;em&gt;always&lt;/em&gt; apply to another site's meta (such as ours), including search results from other metas would probably lead to considerable confusion. Thus, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle_of_least_astonishment&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;it should be avoided&lt;/a&gt;, unless the nature of the results and the metas from which they're taken can be explained. This is somewhat unlikely, as the degree to which information on one meta applies on another is complex and probably cannot be conveyed to someone who has not been to the other meta and looked around. And if they've done that, they know how to search there themselves. (It's also important to take note that any explanatory text that is offered will likely be ignored by a significant percentage of users.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In conclusion, I'm not entirely opposed to all possible features that would allow one meta site's search box to give quicker access to other sites' metas, and it's true that sometimes Meta.SO is an excellent place to search, even for issues encountered on or ideas devised in relation to a Stack Exchange site other than Stack Overflow itself. But this feature would have to clearly present those results as secondary, and I cannot think of any way to do that without becoming confusing. So if this feature were successfully implemented, it would probably be as an efficiency feature for experienced users, and would be of minimal utility to newcomers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I will propose an alternative, though: Sites' Meta FAQ's (like &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/faq&quot;&gt;ours&lt;/a&gt;) could contain a section that briefly explains the relationship between the site's meta and the main meta (Meta.SO), and link to Meta.SO. If that were done, then users would learn about Meta.SO by reading the FAQ on non-SO SE sites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:46:46.673" LastActivityDate="2013-03-13T11:26:29.643" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6310" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6308" CreationDate="2013-03-13T11:30:31.353" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Under the Notification box (the thing that lights up when you do have things that need tending to) there is a link for email notifications. Looks a bit like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/lcMb0.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can tweak that around to get messages within 3 hours.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2013-03-13T11:30:31.353" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6311" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6312" CreationDate="2013-03-14T00:54:30.657" Score="5" ViewCount="120" Body="&lt;p&gt;We should reopen this. It's just as constructive as any other feature request.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3290/why-doesnt-au-allow-users-to-privately-communicate&quot;&gt;Feature request for &amp;quot;private messages&amp;quot; privilege for user communication&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Wrongly closed (or wrongly open!) questions, on main or meta, are broken windows that mislead the whole community about what sorts of questions should and should not be closed. So even though this question is old, it's worth reopening.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While that meta question should never have been closed, the wording was harder to understand before &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/posts/3290/revisions&quot;&gt;izx's edit&lt;/a&gt; (which happened before the question was closed but probably after a few of the close votes). Maybe that's why people voted to close it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you agree we should reopen it (and have something to add), or disagree and believe it should remain closed, or can explain what standards would justify closing that question without also closing the vast majority of &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/discussion&quot; class=&quot;post-tag required-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;discussion&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;discussion&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/feature-request&quot; class=&quot;post-tag required-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;feature-request&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;feature-request&lt;/a&gt; questions on meta, please post an answer here!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, a reminder relevant to the status of that meta question: It's considerably harder for a question to be &lt;em&gt;not constructive&lt;/em&gt; on meta than to be &lt;em&gt;not constructive&lt;/em&gt; on main. (Though it can happen.) On main, &lt;em&gt;discussion&lt;/em&gt; is discouraged, and a question that calls for opinions is usually not constructive. In contrast, as &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/faq&quot;&gt;the meta FAQ&lt;/a&gt; says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This site is for meta discussion about askubuntu.com.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.227" LastActivityDate="2013-03-14T12:46:29.403" Title="Any reason to keep this feature request closed?" Tags="|discussion|close-reasons|closed-questions|meta|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6312" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6311" CreationDate="2013-03-14T12:46:29.403" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have reopened the question. I think OP didn't actually want to close the question but maybe he misunderstood some of the jargon we use at that time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastActivityDate="2013-03-14T12:46:29.403" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6313" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-03-14T18:55:32.173" Score="6" ViewCount="163" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can I ask questions while using Ubuntu+1 (in this case, Kubuntu 13.04) that are general questions about how to do stuff (that I believe are not specific to Raring), such as how to change settings in KDE, how to install software, etc. , not about problems and bugs?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, I want to ask a question about installing ownCloud and permissions and another question about the Ubuntu SDK. Are these allowed, even though I am running the development release of Raring?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've seen &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/18641/theres-an-issue-with-an-alpha-beta-release-of-ubuntu-what-should-i-do&quot;&gt;There&amp;#39;s an issue with an Alpha/Beta Release of Ubuntu, what should I do?&lt;/a&gt;, but I'm not talking about asking questions about issues, just about regular questions that are about how to do stuff.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've also seen &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/871/when-are-questions-about-ubuntu1-appropriate&quot;&gt;When are questions about &amp;quot;ubuntu+1&amp;quot; appropriate?&lt;/a&gt;, but it isn't clear enough about what I'm interested in asking.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="109543" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2013-05-14T15:04:55.233" Title="Asking questions while using ubuntu+1" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6314" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6315" CreationDate="2013-03-14T19:44:37.893" Score="8" ViewCount="85" Body="&lt;p&gt;Trying to &lt;em&gt;install from source&lt;/em&gt; a program I get an error in the &lt;code&gt;./configure&lt;/code&gt; command. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I created a question (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/267565/62483&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;) with this error and it was correctly answered and this error is now gone. But after that, in the same command, I get new/different errors.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, what should I do in such a case?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="62483" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2013-03-15T07:25:00.050" Title="What should I do when an issue is solved but brings me a new issue in the same context?" Tags="|discussion|asking-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6315" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6314" CreationDate="2013-03-14T19:44:37.893" Score="13" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Create a new question&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The first question was solved and the user who created the answer should be recognized by the effort made (reputation awarded).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The new errors should be solved separately, by creating a new question, linked to the original (for the sake of context).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Answer emerged from the &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8515898#8515898&quot;&gt;conversation&lt;/a&gt; with @Jorge&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="62483" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-03-14T20:49:45.313" CommentCount="2" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-03-14T19:44:37.893" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6316" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6313" CreationDate="2013-03-15T02:18:15.843" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ubuntu Forums has a &lt;a href=&quot;http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=427&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;subforum dedicated to alpha and beta releases&lt;/a&gt;. This link will change after 13.04 is released.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user25656" LastActivityDate="2013-03-15T02:18:15.843" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6317" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6318" CreationDate="2013-03-15T08:49:49.910" Score="7" ViewCount="177" Body="&lt;p&gt;Should accounts that have posted spam and don't appear to have contributed any non-spam content to the site always be deleted?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My understanding--from limited observation and &lt;em&gt;this may be wrong!&lt;/em&gt;--is that we at least delete these accounts when:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;they are repeat offenders--that is, when they have posted more than one spam post on Ask Ubuntu, &lt;em&gt;or&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;they've posted one spam post on Ask Ubuntu but at least one other on another Stack Exchange site, &lt;em&gt;or&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;they are most likely connected to other recognized spam accounts, for example by a similar name, very similar posts, or have used the other account's name to post spam elsewhere, or*&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;possibly&lt;/em&gt;, if they post spam that is especially harmful, for example by linking to a site that tries to install malware that causes data loss on visitors' computers.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I'm not sure we delete them just for posting a single, ordinary spam question/answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In spite of having articulated that list, I'm not advocating for creating formal rules about when to delete spammers' accounts. Rather, I'm asking--should &lt;em&gt;all&lt;/em&gt; spam accounts be deleted, or just under aggravated circumstances like those given above?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I see a spam post that's been automatically deleted by spam flags (for those to whom that may be confusing: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/moderator-tools&quot;&gt;10k users&lt;/a&gt; can see deleted posts) such that no moderator was involved, and I cannot find any other posts by the spammer (no legitimate content, but no other spam either), should I recommend to a moderator that the account be deleted (for example, by flagging)? Or should I only do this once the spammer has spammed again?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2013-03-15T09:16:39.020" Title="Should spam-only accounts always be deleted?" Tags="|discussion|flagging|user-accounts|deleted-questions|spam-handling|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6318" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6317" CreationDate="2013-03-15T09:06:04.197" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;Logical simple way of viewing it lets us divide this in 2 types of spam:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The post related to the question in case (as in: it &lt;em&gt;could&lt;/em&gt; be an answer) but connected to a commercial product/information or owned/developed by the user;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The post is pure spam and has nothing to do with the site or the information we normally deal with;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First case should make us monitor the user, read the reactions from the community to those posts and react on that: either by PM the user or by suspending the account if it seems abusive&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Second is pretty simple: destroy and by that remove anything the user posted.&#xA;The system allows us to delete accounts removing the user and leaving any posts behind, or for these kind of users with less that 500 reputation the option to destroy and remove anything ever posted. Destroy exist specifically for those.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not that hard to separate those 2 types of spam users actually.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastEditorUserId="25863" LastEditDate="2013-03-15T09:16:39.020" LastActivityDate="2013-03-15T09:16:39.020" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6319" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6320" CreationDate="2013-03-15T11:23:18.273" Score="4" ViewCount="396" Body="&lt;p&gt;I accidentally created a second account because I had forgotten about my first account, but now I want to merge them and keep single account.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I want this account to be merged into &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/109523/tobson&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/users/109523/tobson&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123194" OwnerDisplayName="user123194" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2013-03-15T18:50:12.757" Title="How to request for merging my 2 askubuntu accounts?" Tags="|user-accounts|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6320" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6319" CreationDate="2013-03-15T18:50:12.757" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Click the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/help&quot;&gt;Contact Us&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; link at the bottom of this page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/pCXDu.png&quot; alt=&quot;contact-us&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the link that opens up, click on &lt;strong&gt;Merge user profiles&lt;/strong&gt; under &lt;strong&gt;Account Management&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/8Fn9S.png&quot; alt=&quot;help-center&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have access to both the accounts (ie; you know the Login ID and Password), you can merge the accounts yourself by following the instructions on that page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Otherwise, you may &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/help/other&quot;&gt;fill out this form&lt;/a&gt;, to request the merger of the two accounts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="114818" LastActivityDate="2013-03-15T18:50:12.757" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6321" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6354" CreationDate="2013-03-17T03:35:22.350" Score="12" ViewCount="157" Body="&lt;p&gt;A massive spam attack happened and I am only allowed to flag 9 of them. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I didn't see any privileges that lifts this limit. If, at a certain point, this restriction is lifted, then delete this request. However, if the limit is sustained or at least until a user reaches a massive amount of reputation points, how about having another reputation milestone, say something like 100 reputation, that increases the number of times a day you can flag spam? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I figure that everyone flags immediately after a spam question is made. So everyone flags the first 9 spams and then the ones after go unflagged. Of course, this is not a solution to spam. I mean, the fact that these spammers are generating 4k views a post with 20 spam answers to their spam questions seems to indicate an automated process by which they spam. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't think the massive number of vigilant StackExchange users can simply combat that. I'm just making a single suggestion which needs to be coupled with a much larger anti-spam strategy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="114660" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2013-03-22T20:18:56.720" LastActivityDate="2013-03-23T17:44:40.697" Title="Please add a new privilege that allows unlimited flagging to help combat spam!" Tags="|feature-request|flagging|privileges|flags|spam-handling|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="12" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6322" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6321" CreationDate="2013-03-17T03:59:46.333" Score="15" Body="&lt;h3&gt;UPDATE: This is way more than normal, seems like a coordinated attack, I've informed a mod who will likely inform the StackExchange folks, please keep flagging until you can't flag no more!&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's no need to worry, between you and the other amazing community contributors your personal limit doesn't really matter, there's enough people flagging to make spamming Ask Ubuntu a waste of time for most people. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just do the right thing as often as you can, and when you hit your personal limit, trust that the rest of community has your back! Collectively we're way faster than any spammer.  Right now each spam post has been on the site for less than a minute each, just keep rocking!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="235" LastEditDate="2013-03-17T04:22:17.327" LastActivityDate="2013-03-17T04:22:17.327" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6323" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-03-17T11:53:51.197" Score="11" ViewCount="145" Body="&lt;p&gt;So in the wake of the UFC-spam attack last night, I (like many of you) used-up all of my flags trying to fight the onslaught of crap being posted on our site.  At one point, I noticed my flag amount getting low, but I kept seeing new spam questions coming in, and wasn't sure if I was really making any difference.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I then thought that we need to get the moderators involved here, but I was unsure how to do that.  After all, a flag is supposed to notify the moderators.  I briefly checked the chat rooms, but I didn't see anyone I recognized.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Perhaps a flag threshold is necessary?  Such as, whenever so many users log a certain number of flags within a 10 minute time period, the mods or even some of the SE folks are automatically notified?  Although, anyone monitoring the web traffic on AskUbuntu last night should have picked-up on the fact that we were getting hammered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there something additional that I/we should have or could have done?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="46270" LastActivityDate="2013-03-17T11:53:51.197" Title="Best way to notify the moderators?" Tags="|discussion|flagging|spam-handling|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6324" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6325" CreationDate="2013-03-17T12:12:00.740" Score="-2" ViewCount="71" Body="&lt;p&gt;Part of the process of this web site is to clean up the questions. Which is a great idea as we have a diverse audience and sometimes the questions are marred with language due to English not being their main language or the formatting is bad as they haven't used the web site before.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So after we cleanup the post our name gets put next to the question because we have modified it. The a good editor will keep the essence of the question and doesn't really contribute to the question. So why feature that person? I have no interest the user XXX edited a question. I want to know who raised the questions, especially on new questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once someone has actually answered the question then its fair to replace the &quot;questioners&quot; details with the last person.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Otherwise we think the editors raised the question and we pop in to have a look to find out its some new user asking how to install Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I like to help out new users and I like to take on the challenge of a question from a more experienced user. Under the current system its very difficult to distinguish between the new users and the more experienced users new questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Having to pop into the question to find out is just using server resources for no reason and also a waste of time for myself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75967" LastActivityDate="2013-03-17T13:39:29.333" Title="New questions show editors, not the people that asked" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6325" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6324" CreationDate="2013-03-17T13:39:29.333" Score="9" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The a good editor will keep the essence of the question and doesn't really contribute to the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No. He obviously contributes to the post positively (in majority of the cases). It's his edit that makes the post more readable and understandable for the next reader. Moreover, the content at Stack Exchange Network is licensed under &lt;a href=&quot;http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;CC-By-SA 3.0&lt;/a&gt;, so the edit gets attributed under the name of the editor.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Once someone has actually answered the question then its fair to replace the &quot;questioners&quot; details with the last person.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Doesn't make sense to me at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I like to help out new users and I like to take on the challenge of a question from a more experienced user. Under the current system its very difficult to distinguish between the new users and the more experienced users new questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions?sort=newest&quot;&gt;use this link&lt;/a&gt; for what you want. You can access it by clicking Questions &amp;rarr; and then Newest.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/VaUEW.png&quot; alt=&quot;questions-newest&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This page only shows the name of the user who asked the Question. Whereas, the front page shows the user who performed the last activity on that particular Question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="114818" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2013-03-17T13:39:29.333" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6326" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6332" CreationDate="2013-03-17T18:36:46.847" Score="5" ViewCount="93" Body="&lt;p&gt;I posted &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/62034/is-it-possible-to-set-the-default-behaviour-of-double-clicking-a-folder-to-be-o&quot;&gt;question 62034&lt;/a&gt; asking if/how I can change the default behaviour in PCManFM (Lubuntu's default file manager) from &quot;open in new tab&quot; to &quot;open in new window&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I gave a lot of context and even a crude screencast because people asked for clarification. (eg. &quot;Right-clicking and choosing 'open in new window'&quot; isn't acceptable because I'm trying to save my mother the hassle of doing it,  without fail, every single time she opens a folder... which is what she currently does.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's now been closed for being &quot;too localized&quot; despite being far more generally-applicable than a lot of the questions I've seen left open.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I'm quite skilled in Linux use in general and I've never cared for GNOME or Unity-based desktops, my reputation is almost exclusively over on StackOverflow where people ask more questions I can answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How can someone with only 240 reputation on AskUbuntu dispute an erroneous &quot;closed as too localized&quot;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="23552" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2013-03-18T02:27:05.193" Title="How can a low-reputation user dispute a &quot;closed as too localized&quot;?" Tags="|support|closed-questions|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6327" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6326" CreationDate="2013-03-17T19:24:42.200" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since, it was a question posted about 1.5 years ago with no valuable answers and last edit to the question too was about 10 months back - it seemed to be abandoned. Closing such old questions are part of the clean-up efforts which community members take up on a regular basis. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;Too Localized&quot; close reason is used for closing most of the abandoned questions because they generally do not help future visitors or the question becomes obsolete/irrelevant after newer distribution releases.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since, you are still looking for answers to that question and have already posted this on Meta - I believe it would get reopened shortly. Members with more than 3000 Reputation have the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/close-questions&quot;&gt;privilege to cast Reopen Votes&lt;/a&gt;. Moreover, a moderator may also chip in to expedite in Reopening the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="114818" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2013-03-17T19:24:42.200" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6328" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-03-17T19:59:45.450" Score="0" ViewCount="53" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm not managing to merge my openid (140578) with this one I just registered in (141013).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any idea pls?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thx!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="141013" LastEditorUserId="3" LastEditDate="2013-03-19T05:49:01.427" LastActivityDate="2013-03-19T05:50:32.887" Title="Not able to merge IDs" Tags="|support|status-completed|merge|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2013-03-19T06:31:40.437" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6329" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6331" CreationDate="2013-03-17T22:43:47.500" Score="4" ViewCount="112" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yesterday I posted a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/268644/33871&quot;&gt;question&lt;/a&gt; where I asked other users to share shortcuts/tips they know to improve terminal usage. This question is similar in spirit as other already asked, like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/38772/33871&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; one about the available lens to Unity.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is right to ask this type of questions on AskUbuntu? Cause none of the answers could be accepted as the right answer. Or things like this should instead be shared on wiki/forums?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sorry if someone already asked something like this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="33871" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2013-03-17T23:21:47.387" Title="Are questions like &quot;asking for tips&quot; right on AskUbuntu?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6330" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6329" CreationDate="2013-03-17T22:58:31.907" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's not &quot;wrong&quot; to want tips.  It is wrong to ask unanswerable questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2013-03-17T22:58:31.907" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6331" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6329" CreationDate="2013-03-17T23:21:47.387" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Abraham pretty much sums it up. The problem is not that you ask for tips, but the way you ask.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your question is objective and has a clear end point, then go ahead, ask away. However, if you are asking for a generalized set of &quot;points&quot; (which is what &quot;tips on x subject&quot; are), then there is no way we can have one, concise, clear answer that covers everything. It would be better to have forum post or a wiki entry or even (a) blog post(s) covering what you're looking for, than to have them listed here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you ask for &quot;a way&quot; to improve say, your terminal's output appearance (such as changing the colours, or the font, or something specific), then of course, that is perfectly fine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1992" LastActivityDate="2013-03-17T23:21:47.387" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6332" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6326" CreationDate="2013-03-18T02:27:05.193" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;For reference, here are the two most effective ways to ask for a question to be reopened:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/6073/22949&quot;&gt;Flag the question.&lt;/a&gt; If your account is registered with a verified email address, I've been informed that you do &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; need 15 reputation to flag &lt;em&gt;your own posts.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you have at least 5 reputation, post on meta.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you think it's quite clear that your question ought to be reopened, based on additional information you've provided (usually by editing the question itself, but occasionally you might provide it just in comments), it's probably easier and faster to flag it. Use a custom moderator attention flag for this, so you're typing a message into a text box. Make sure the message clearly explains why the question should be reopened.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you think there might be disagreement about whether or not the question should be reopened, you may want to post here on meta instead, so the matter can be discussed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2013-03-18T02:27:05.193" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6335" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6337" CreationDate="2013-03-19T05:05:18.927" Score="7" ViewCount="110" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here is an example of why, perhaps, &lt;strong&gt;exact&lt;/strong&gt; may cause confusion:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;First, this was posted: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/268709/dual-booting-lubuntu-with-windows-8&quot;&gt;Dual-booting Lubuntu with Windows 8&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Then, after a few hours, the same person posted this: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/269174/how-to-dual-boot-lubuntu-12-10-with-windows-8&quot;&gt;How to dual-boot Lubuntu 12.10 with Windows 8?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;I flagged the second as a duplicate of the first but used the &quot;custom&quot; field because the first question wasn't answered at the time.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;A moderator closed the second as a duplicate of the first.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;After a while, OP made this comment (emphasis mine): &lt;em&gt;Actually it's not &lt;strong&gt;exactly&lt;/strong&gt; the same. Just by looking at this one and the first one I've made, there's a lot of things that are different between the two...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So my question is this: how necessary is it to have &quot;exact&quot; as an apparent requirement for classifying something, question or answer, as a duplicate?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user25656" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2013-03-19T10:03:31.503" Title="Why is &quot;exact&quot; used in &quot;This question is an exact duplicate of: ...&quot;?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6336" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6328" CreationDate="2013-03-19T05:50:32.887" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your accounts should now be merged.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3" LastActivityDate="2013-03-19T05:50:32.887" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6337" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6335" CreationDate="2013-03-19T06:55:06.847" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think this serves as a reminder to close-voters that we're not supposed to close a question as a duplicate, unless the master question addresses &lt;em&gt;exactly&lt;/em&gt; what was asked. The master question may address other elements not present in the dupe, or a &lt;em&gt;brief&lt;/em&gt; comment may be necessary to explain to the OP how the master question answers theirs. But a question that's just &lt;em&gt;pretty close&lt;/em&gt; should not be a duplicate target.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Close voting becomes almost mechanical when you do it enough, and it some ways that's bad. Close voters are often too hasty to close questions as duplicates. The term &lt;em&gt;exact&lt;/em&gt; reminds us to be cautious. It reminds us that &quot;they &lt;em&gt;could&lt;/em&gt; figure it out from this question&quot; is not sufficient reason to dupe it to &quot;this question.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It reminds us of this, and in doing so makes us better close voters and close reviewers, &lt;em&gt;at the expense of confusion to novices.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I wouldn't recommend simply removing &quot;exact&quot; from the phrasing. We can explain what it means to novices. And sometimes when they say &quot;but it's not exactly the same,&quot; they do actually have a good reason why it shouldn't be duped! In contrast, they cannot fix our mistakes nearly as easily. Not being familiar with the site, they may not know how or be able to flag or post on meta. (Flagging one's own posts is allowed at 1 rep, but only if you have a verified email address. Otherwise, 15 rep. And posting on meta requires 5 rep. And they have to know how to do it.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While I think the trade-off is worthwhile, &lt;strong&gt;that doesn't mean I think this is the best way to do it&lt;/strong&gt;. We're not really limited to just two possible phrasings (the current one, and the same phrasing except with &quot;exact&quot; dropped). There's probably a better way of phrasing it that simultaneously:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;is clear to novices, &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;has the effect of reminding close voters not to vote to close based on mere &lt;em&gt;similarity&lt;/em&gt; or the &lt;em&gt;possibility&lt;/em&gt; that the OP will figure out the answer.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2013-03-19T10:03:31.503" LastActivityDate="2013-03-19T10:03:31.503" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6338" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-03-20T16:02:42.513" Score="8" ViewCount="123" Body="&lt;p&gt;E.g., I sometimes use bold-italics (***text here***) because it looks alright, and provide a link to what I'm quoting/citing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Alternatively, I could imagine to additionally linkify the username to his user profile.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Overkill?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What do you usually do?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16023" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2013-03-24T01:34:48.663" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="When citing another user, how should her/his username be formatted?" Tags="|discussion|formatting|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6339" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6338" CreationDate="2013-03-20T16:56:44.500" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;If it's clear who the user is because they've posted something &lt;em&gt;on the same page you're posting on&lt;/em&gt;, then you can just have their username. Probably no special formatting is necessary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Otherwise, you should simply linkify their name to their profile. Beyond the URL, no special formatting is required. (For example, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/users/16023/nutty-about-natty&quot;&gt;nutty about natty&lt;/a&gt;.) This is the recommended way to cite a user when &lt;em&gt;reusing&lt;/em&gt; all or part of their post &lt;em&gt;outside&lt;/em&gt; Stack Exchange, so it's probably quite appropriate here, too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please note that it's often at least as important, for clarity and usefulness, to link to the &lt;em&gt;post&lt;/em&gt; (question, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/4075/how-to-obtain-a-direct-link-to-an-answer&quot;&gt;answer&lt;/a&gt;, or tag wiki), &lt;em&gt;comment&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;chat message&lt;/em&gt;, or whatever other content by the user that you're referring to. This is not always necessary (though you should always do it if you're actually reproducing part or all of their work, or otherwise making a derivative work based on their work). But it often makes sense, even when their post is on the same page. Often users says &quot;the first answer&quot; or &quot;the second answer,&quot; not realizing that the order answers are displays changes, often rapidly, and even appears differently to different users at the same time if they select different orderings (e.g., newest vs. highest voted).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The other thing to keep in mind is that if you &lt;em&gt;ping&lt;/em&gt; a user, they may be notified. So this is sometimes beneficial. See &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/43019/how-do-comment-replies-work&quot;&gt;How do comment @replies work?&lt;/a&gt;. Please note that notifications work in questions, answers, and edits to questions and answers--not just in comments (but, like comment pings, only if someone has already spoken).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2013-03-20T17:11:44.493" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6340" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6341" CreationDate="2013-03-20T21:31:56.283" Score="14" ViewCount="84" Body="&lt;p&gt;The last paragraph starts with a typo:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Aside form reviewing suggested edits&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;should read &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Aside from reviewing suggested edits&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The second word is spelled &quot;&lt;strong&gt;f &lt;code&gt;o r&lt;/code&gt;m&lt;/strong&gt; &quot; should be &quot;&lt;strong&gt;f &lt;code&gt;r o&lt;/code&gt;m&lt;/strong&gt;&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastEditorUserId="1118" LastEditDate="2013-03-20T23:51:23.393" LastActivityDate="2013-03-20T23:51:34.253" Title="Who is able to edit http://askubuntu.com/privileges/edit?" Tags="|bug|status-completed|site-faq|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6341" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6340" CreationDate="2013-03-20T23:51:34.253" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;A correction will go out with the next build, thanks!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1118" LastActivityDate="2013-03-20T23:51:34.253" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6342" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6343" CreationDate="2013-03-21T01:14:39.733" Score="6" ViewCount="167" Body="&lt;p&gt;Oftentimes I see comments that go along the lines of &quot;+1, really good answer/question!&quot;, &quot;I agree, we should do that this way&quot;, or &quot;This helped a lot, thanks!&quot;.  These comments are encouraging and rewarding to see, but (1) upvotes already provide support/approval from the community and (2) as stated multiple times, including in both in the FAQ and the About section, that Ask Ubuntu is for Q&amp;amp;A, not discussion.  Additionally, I often see &quot;@user, I updated my post.&quot;  Should I flag these comments for the sake of keeping Ask Ubuntu cleaner and tidier, or is this not necessary?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47437" LastActivityDate="2013-03-21T01:29:24.060" Title="Should I flag comments such as &quot;I agree&quot;, &quot;+1 for x&quot;, or &quot;I changed x in my post&quot;?" Tags="|discussion|comments|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6343" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6342" CreationDate="2013-03-21T01:29:24.060" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;Flag for deletions, if they add no value.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3117/should-users-be-able-to-flag-comments-as-obsolete-that-they-have-previously-upvo/3118#3118&quot;&gt;Should users be able to flag comments as obsolete that they have previously upvoted?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/5431/why-dont-useful-comment-results-give-reputation/5432#5432&quot;&gt;Why don&amp;#39;t &amp;quot;useful comment&amp;quot; results give reputation?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/6271/does-receiving-no-reputation-for-good-comments-pollute-the-answer/6272#6272&quot;&gt;Does receiving no reputation for good comments pollute the Answer?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastActivityDate="2013-03-21T01:29:24.060" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6344" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-03-21T19:52:34.663" Score="4" ViewCount="114" Body="&lt;p&gt;I had over 200 reputation and now (next to my username) it says I have only around 170!?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this a bug, cause it has happened before to me. I have received no warnings about anything going weird, so what is up?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;I like my reputation :( &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136381" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2013-03-25T16:04:22.557" LastActivityDate="2013-03-25T16:04:22.557" Title="Where did my Reputation go?" Tags="|support|reputation|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6345" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6344" CreationDate="2013-03-21T20:25:26.877" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are a few possible causes of this. You probably haven't been downvoted 15 times (or cast 30 downvotes yourself) without knowing, so I'll skip those &amp;quot;possible&amp;quot; causes and cover more likely ones instead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Serial Upvoting Reversal&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you got many upvotes from the same person in a short time, then the system will identify this as serial upvoting and remove the reputation associated with it. If this happened, you should see &lt;em&gt;serial upvoting reversed&lt;/em&gt; on &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/136381/packpatfan?tab=reputation&quot;&gt;your reputation page&lt;/a&gt;. (I cannot see that, even if it is there--most negative reputation changes to your profile can only be seen by you, and moderators.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Unaccepts and Unupvotes&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After a user votes on a post, their vote is locked in after a short time. But they can change it if the post has been edited. Furthermore, there is no lock-in of accepts. So if the creator of a question marked your answer as accepted, they can unaccept it at any time (causing you to lose the 15 reputation you gained from your answer being accepted).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Two unaccepts would result in a loss of 30 reputation. Or 3 unupvotes on answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Deletion&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you've delete a question or answer you've posted, then you'll lose any reputation (both positive and negative) associated with it. This also happens if your posts are deleted by someone else, or automatically by the system. For example, if you had an upvoted question that was closed, it may have been subsequently deleted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One or more questions you answered (and earned reputation from) may have been deleted. When a question is deleted, all its answers are deleted too (though they will come back automatically if the question is undeleted). Alternatively, your answer may itself have been deleted. You can delete your own answers, but sometimes answers are deleted by moderators, too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A common reason moderators delete some upvoted answers is when a question is marked as a duplicate. If your answer doesn't provide any information beyond what is provided by answers in the master question, it may be deleted rather than merged. Of course, a question can be closed as a duplicate with removing or merging any answers. However, sometimes answers are deleted so that the question that's been closed as a duplicate will automatically redirect to the master question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Migration&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you asked or answered a question that was migrated to another Stack Exchange site, you lose any reputation associated with it here, and gain that reputation on the target site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(The reputation becomes associated with your account there only if that account is associated with your account here. If you have an account but it's not associated, you'll only gain the reputation on the target site by associating it. If you don't have an account, you'll gain the reputation on the target site by registering there and associating the account there with your AU account here. This can be accomplished by using the same OpenID to log in to both accounts. Or you can use different OpenIDs but make sure they're all listed in &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/users/2427963/packpatfan&quot;&gt;your single network profile&lt;/a&gt;.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;em&gt;How to find out?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Usually, you can determine the reason for a loss of reputation by checking &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/136381/packpatfan?tab=reputation&quot;&gt;your reputation page&lt;/a&gt;. Often it's necessary &lt;strong&gt;to check the box at the bottom labeled &lt;em&gt;show removed posts&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. That will probably show what happened to cause the loss of rep.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you still cannot determine the cause of your recent rep loss by looking at your reputation page with &lt;em&gt;show removed posts&lt;/em&gt; checked, please update your question to let us know.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If that doesn't reveal it, you can check your reputation audit at &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/reputation&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/reputation&lt;/a&gt;. (This URL shows different information for each user.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-03-21T20:40:55.243" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6346" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6344" CreationDate="2013-03-21T20:28:37.983" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is a tab in your profile called &quot;Reputation&quot;.  You can see a history of all reputation changes there.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/u5DtL.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now from what &lt;em&gt;I&lt;/em&gt; can see you haven't had any big changes recently.  I don't have enough reputation to see deleted posts however, so those might be causing the problem. Scroll down to the bottom of your reputation page and check the checkbox titled &quot;Show removed posts&quot;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/V8cwq.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have a answer or question with a score of 5 or more you will keep that reputation even if the post is deleted, however any answers or questions with a score &lt;em&gt;lower&lt;/em&gt; than 5 will take their reputation with them if they get deleted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2013-03-21T20:28:37.983" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6347" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6352" CreationDate="2013-03-22T03:58:10.600" Score="4" ViewCount="111" Body="&lt;p&gt;I really need the answer, can I post my question again?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123420" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2013-03-23T19:33:51.487" LastActivityDate="2013-03-23T19:33:51.487" Title="What to do if your question on AskUbuntu does not get answered?" Tags="|support|unanswered-questions|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6349" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6347" CreationDate="2013-03-22T07:07:51.117" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Rather than asking a duplicate question (which is likely to be closed as such), consider editing your existing question, adding more information to make it easier for other users to help you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user88947" LastActivityDate="2013-03-22T07:07:51.117" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6350" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6347" CreationDate="2013-03-22T07:16:01.083" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;From our FAQ you can do the follwing &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq#bounty&quot;&gt;if you don't get a good answer&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;First, make sure you’ve asked a good question. To get better answers, you may need to put additional effort into your question. Edit your question to provide status and progress updates. Document your own continued efforts to answer your question. This will naturally bump your question and get more people interested in it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If, despite your best efforts, you feel questions aren’t getting good answers, you can help by offering a bounty. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In case you need help improving your question you are also welcome to join the &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/201/ask-ubuntu-general-room&quot;&gt;chat&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Duplicate questions will have to be closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3940" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2013-03-22T07:16:01.083" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6351" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6353" CreationDate="2013-03-22T08:32:33.883" Score="6" ViewCount="173" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am thinking about software made for Linux that is not free, like CrossOver.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is askubuntu the right place to discuss such programs?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user47206" LastEditorDisplayName="user47206" LastEditDate="2013-03-22T08:54:56.860" LastActivityDate="2013-03-22T08:54:56.860" Title="Is a question on commercial/proprietary software considered proper on askubuntu?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6352" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6347" CreationDate="2013-03-22T08:46:03.757" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;In addition to what &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/6350/22949&quot;&gt;Takkat&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/6349/22949&quot;&gt;skunkfrkut&lt;/a&gt; have said, I want clarify a common point of confusion:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Many new users of Ask Ubuntu and other Stack Exchange sites assume their question will not be answered once it has dropped from the main page. But this is not the case--often questions are seen and answered even after they're no longer shown on the main page of the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is because:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/-1/community&quot;&gt;Community♦&lt;/a&gt; bot automatically and randomly bumps questions back up to the top, so they are seen.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;There are multiple ways to view questions--the &quot;main page&quot; is just one tab of several.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;People often find questions they can answer, either deliberately or while working on something else, by running searches and checking the search results.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;People sometimes find questions they can answer in the automatically generated list of &lt;em&gt;related&lt;/em&gt; questions, on another question they happen to be looking at.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Tags often have subscribers, who are notified of questions with the tag.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Someone who has seen something else you've written may be interested in your work and check your profile, then find your question.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;People often find questions by searching for Google (usually when trying to find an answer to their own issue).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It is very common for people to find questions that they realize they can answer while &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;in review&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;People who use &lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/ubuntu/queries&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the data explorer&lt;/a&gt; may find questions they can answer there (though that would be weeks after the question is first posted).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And, as something else &lt;em&gt;you&lt;/em&gt; might consider doing:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You can ask for help with your question in chat. Just make sure to stick around, and ask specifically for help, don't just post a link to your question without saying anything else. And try to avoid asking for help in chat and then immediately leaving before people have the chance to reply.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2013-03-22T08:46:03.757" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6353" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6351" CreationDate="2013-03-22T08:51:27.343" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, that is supported, and if you look on the site you'll see lots of questions and answers about running proprietary software in Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is nothing &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq&quot;&gt;the FAQ&lt;/a&gt; to prohibit proprietary software questions, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq#questions&quot;&gt;the FAQ says&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;We welcome questions about:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Running third-party applications on Ubuntu.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A couple things to keep in mind:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;There's proprietary software included in Ubuntu, like the Fluendo codecs, and proprietary drivers provided in the Restricted repository component (see &lt;a href=&quot;https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories/Ubuntu&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Repositories/Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt;). Canonical also runs the Partner repository which provides mostly proprietary software (such as Skype and Flash).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Proprietary&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;commercial&lt;/em&gt; don't mean the same thing. Proprietary software is non-free (&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_software&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;as in freedom&lt;/a&gt;). Commercial software is software that is developed and released by a company, typically with an associated profit motive (but this software is sometimes both free and gratis). Commercial and proprietary overlap, but there's plenty of free (as in freedom) commercial software, and plenty of non-commercial proprietary software.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2013-03-22T08:51:27.343" CommentCount="15" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6354" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6321" CreationDate="2013-03-23T16:56:11.803" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;To address the feature request itself: &lt;strong&gt;This feature should not be implemented.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unlimited spam flags would be bad, because spam flags are extremely powerful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A spam flag carries an automatic downvote from the system. This doesn't decrease the author's reputation, but will alter other users' perceptions of the post, and these votes combine with actual downvotes to magnify the usual consequences of downvoting. For example, if a question is -2, and you spam flag it &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; downvote it, it is now at -4 and it does not appear on the main page (until it is upvoted or undownvoted, or the spam flag expires).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If a post is flagged as spam three times, it cannot appear on the main page. (This remains in effect until the flags expire.) So three people (or two people or one person, taking sockpuppetry or account-hacking as possibilities) can cause &lt;em&gt;severe&lt;/em&gt; harm by spam flagging a large number of posts.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Instead, the number of spam flags you have should, &lt;em&gt;and does&lt;/em&gt;, increase with the amount of helpful flagging you've done.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When people don't have enough spam flags to handle all the spam that is coming in, the solution is to contact moderators through other means. As has been said, chat is one way. Moderators are often there. You can ping them. You can even ping moderators who are not there--they will be notified if they've been in the room anytime during the last couple of days. (They may take considerable time to respond to the notification, though.) If you can't find a moderator, you can still likely use chat to find other users with remaining spam flags. Thus, with or without a moderator present, chat can be used to organize spam fighting efforts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you can raise neither a moderator nor any user with remaining spam flags in chat, you could use a custom moderator attention flag on one spam post to ask that a moderator come to chat to help with a new wave of spam, and/or give a list of URL's pointing to the profiles of user accounts created to post spam (and optionally, links to some of their spam posts).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One &lt;em&gt;possible&lt;/em&gt; alternative spam flagging feature that could be implemented without nearly as much danger as the feature requested here, would be to make spam flags work more like comment flags in the way the number of flags you have &lt;em&gt;at any given moment&lt;/em&gt; is determined. When a spam flag is &lt;em&gt;marked as helpful by a moderator&lt;/em&gt;, either manually or by deleting the spam-flagged post (but not under any other circumstance, to avoid giving additional spam flags to people who are in the process of abusing them in ways detailed above), the spam flag could &lt;em&gt;be returned to the user&lt;/em&gt;. That is, each spam flag marked helpful by a moderator could be used again that same day. Then, users would be able to flag more spam per day.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, that relies on moderators being available at least some of the time. But it would help at least some of the time, even with spam that appears when no moderator is readily available.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2013-03-23T17:44:40.697" LastActivityDate="2013-03-23T17:44:40.697" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6355" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6356" CreationDate="2013-03-23T20:02:20.327" Score="5" ViewCount="207" Body="&lt;p&gt;Per the &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Nexus7/Installation&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Wiki Nexus 7 installation page&lt;/a&gt;:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Please note as of 12/7/2012 we strongly urge users to re-flash to Raring 13.04&lt;/strong&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The wiki also points users with problems to ask questions here:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/aRHWs.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is leading to an influx in 13.04 Nexus 7 installation questions (though we haven't had &lt;em&gt;too&lt;/em&gt; many yet).  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do we support 13.04 when it's being installed on a Nexus 7? &#xA;We might me able to if we have enough users tinkering with Ubuntu on a Nexus 7. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There was a conversation about this in chat a while back, but I can't find it now.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If we don't support 13.04 on the Nexus 7 we will need to clarify that.  Either in our &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq&quot;&gt;FAQ&lt;/a&gt; or the Ubuntu wiki.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2013-03-24T17:12:10.067" Title="Do we support 13.04 on the Nexus 7?" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6356" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6355" CreationDate="2013-03-24T17:12:10.067" Score="2" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Yes&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I suppose you want to know why, and it's a pretty easy answer: The team supporting the Nexus 7/Ubuntu Touch development are &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/5322/41&quot;&gt;actively monitoring the tag&lt;/a&gt;. So, as they seem to require raring for ubuntu-touch they take the responsibility of the influx of questions about raring on ubuntu-touch. Furthermore, the whole &quot;it's ubuntu+1&quot; argument isn't that strong here. Per their instructions, it's only to ask questions not to report bugs, which is covered under &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/871/when-are-questions-about-ubuntu1-appropriate?lq=1&quot;&gt;this question about ubuntu+1 questions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2013-03-24T17:12:10.067" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6357" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-03-25T01:04:23.840" Score="5" ViewCount="133" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since it has been &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/271975/how-to-read-btrfs-partitions-in-windows&quot;&gt;suggested on the comments to this question on reading BTRFS on Windows&lt;/a&gt; that if we wanted to discuss if its on topic, I will.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In many cases, the decision on what site's the best depends on who can best answer it. While its a linux file system created on an ubuntu system, your file system driver will likely not care. Ubuntu has no real difference as far as any distro is concerned. I also do note that windows drivers have some quirks, and someone who is used to running windows would know better who has signed drivers and why someone would want those for example.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe that there's a better chance of finding someone who knows the answer, since SU has both windows users who want to access a linux file system, and linux users who are occasionally forced to use windows, than a linux centric site, and the answer is really about &lt;em&gt;windows software&lt;/em&gt; which was not developed with or for ubuntu. As such I think its not a great fit here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17681" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2013-04-06T21:27:11.637" Title="Would superuser be a better place for How do I read &lt;linux file system&gt; in Windows?" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6358" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6357" CreationDate="2013-03-25T01:20:58.513" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Reading the question again it shows it is not an Ubuntu question. Is not even a question that has an issue in Linux. The question is about a tool &lt;strong&gt;in Windows&lt;/strong&gt; that can help in reading a btrfs filesystem. The problem therefore is a Windows issue and the solution would be a Windows app that offers the solution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it said &quot;I have a Windows partitioned in X filesystem, how can I read it in Ubuntu&quot; then it would be an Ubuntu/Linux issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For the precedent shown by foss - &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/9933/how-to-read-ext4-partitions-in-windows&quot;&gt;How to read ext4 partitions in Windows?&lt;/a&gt; that too is not an Ubuntu question. Same thing, Windows issue that is solved with a Windows app.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I actually vote for close/migrate since the issue is not in Ubuntu and if an answer was given, it would involve solving a Windows issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My confusion was that it was Jorge the OP.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With questions like this, they are confusing because it can be an Ubuntu problem or something outside of it. In both cases above, neither question should be in AU because they are not an Ubuntu issue so much as a &quot;How to make &lt;strong&gt;Windows&lt;/strong&gt; do something issue&quot;. This can be extended to a point where we will start seeing questions like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&quot;What Windows editors can I use to modify Ubuntu file in an Ext4 partition&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&quot;How to save photoshop file to an Ubuntu partition&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&quot;How to run X antivirus on an Btrfs partition&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&quot;Can I clean my Ubuntu partition from within Windows using Spybot Search and Destroy&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So my vote again would go to moving them to another, more correctly related site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7035" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2013-03-25T01:29:54.687" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6359" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6357" CreationDate="2013-03-25T03:56:57.757" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I asked the question today because I googled for &quot;btrfs windows&quot; because I ran into this problem. The very first hit on google was the existing question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/9933/how-to-read-ext4-partitions-in-windows&quot;&gt;How to read ext4 partitions in Windows?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At the time it included btrfs. But the answers made no sense as they only dealt with ext4 and not btrfs (with over 13k views!), so I decided to split it into a new &quot;How do I read ext4 in windows&quot; question. Since it was the top hit in google already I figured it would be best to keep it on the site but to split it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2013-03-25T03:56:57.757" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6360" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5682" CreationDate="2013-03-25T09:22:37.343" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;This question was asked when Ubuntu for Phones was first announced. Since then, it seems like Canonical and the community have settled on &lt;em&gt;Ubuntu Touch&lt;/em&gt; to mean the product that is targeted for phones and tablets.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The tag to be used now is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ubuntu-touch&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ubuntu-touch&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ubuntu-touch&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is the tag that the Canoncal team is using, and the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ubuntu-for-phones&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ubuntu-for-phones&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ubuntu-for-phones&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ubuntu-phone&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ubuntu-phone&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ubuntu-phone&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/mobile&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;mobile&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;mobile&lt;/a&gt; have been merged into it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2355" LastActivityDate="2013-03-25T09:22:37.343" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6361" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-03-25T17:04:47.287" Score="5" ViewCount="122" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was wondering if there was an app for Android with which I could access Ask Ubuntu? And if there isn't, and I wanted to write one, is there an API I could use? Where can I find more information on this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="37025" OwnerDisplayName="dinchamion" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2013-03-25T18:30:31.950" LastActivityDate="2013-03-25T18:30:31.950" Title="Is there an Android app for Ask Ubuntu?" Tags="|discussion|android|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6362" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6366" CreationDate="2013-03-25T17:52:38.410" Score="12" ViewCount="184" Body="&lt;p&gt;A little while ago I asked (&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/6342/should-i-flag-comments-such-as-i-agree-1-for-x-or-i-changed-x-in-my-post&quot;&gt;Should I flag comments such as “I agree”, “+1 for x”, or “I changed x in my post”?&lt;/a&gt;) if certain kinds of comments should be flagged as useless, and got told that I should just flag it if it did not contribute to the question/answer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is reinforced by &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/2407/47437&quot;&gt;this answer&lt;/a&gt;, which states that comments that are obsolete, wrong, &quot;noisy&quot; (too talkative), rude/insulting, or useless should be flagged.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I started flagging tons of useless comments all over the place.  I was pretty careful about what I flagged, most of them got accepted, and everything was hunky-dory for a while.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then my comment flags started getting rejected.  &lt;strong&gt;All&lt;/strong&gt; of them.  Here is a sampling (of just the ones that I got the URLs for):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/49109/i-have-16gb-ram-do-i-need-32gb-swap#comment54361_49109&quot;&gt;I have 16GB RAM. Do I need 32GB swap?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/49109/i-have-16gb-ram-do-i-need-32gb-swap#comment54432_49109&quot;&gt;I have 16GB RAM. Do I need 32GB swap?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/49109/i-have-16gb-ram-do-i-need-32gb-swap#comment220157_49138&quot;&gt;I have 16GB RAM. Do I need 32GB swap?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/17610/how-do-i-reset-my-unity-configuration#comment117402_72589&quot;&gt;How do I reset my Unity configuration?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These comments are &lt;strong&gt;clearly&lt;/strong&gt; not useful.  My question is, why are these (and many other) comment flags getting rejected?  Is there an auto-reject trigger that activates if a user flags too many comments at once?  Did I get on the bad side of some moderator?  Did I do something wrong?  What is going on?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47437" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2014-02-27T19:44:54.313" Title="Why are my comment flags continually getting rejected?" Tags="|discussion|comments|flagging|flags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6363" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6361" CreationDate="2013-03-25T17:58:19.020" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are several apps for stackexchange. I use Stack Remote, it is available from the play store. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastActivityDate="2013-03-25T17:58:19.020" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6364" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6361" CreationDate="2013-03-25T17:58:25.937" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You might want to look at &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackapps.com/questions/tagged/android+app&quot;&gt;this list&lt;/a&gt; and find one you like. If you don't like any of them, you can find out about the API at &lt;a href=&quot;http://api.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;http://api.stackexchange.com/&lt;/a&gt; . Although many apps mention Stack Overflow by name, the API is the same for each Stack Exchange site, so almost every app will let you choose which site you're accessing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While they all have different features, you'll notice that none of them have the facility to post new questions and answers. This is a feature deliberately left out of the API to keep people using the website and ensure the site doesn't fill up with autogenerated posts or broken formatting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="79517" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:46.307" LastActivityDate="2013-03-25T18:04:36.350" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6365" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6361" CreationDate="2013-03-25T17:58:26.103" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's not specific to askubuntu, but &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackapps.com/questions/2370/stackanywhere-a-stack-exchange-client-for-android&quot;&gt;it exists&lt;/a&gt;.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you wanted to make one, there is an &lt;a href=&quot;http://api.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;api&lt;/a&gt;.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:46.307" LastActivityDate="2013-03-25T17:58:26.103" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6366" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6362" CreationDate="2013-03-25T18:02:59.663" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ok one at a time:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Is there an auto-reject trigger that activates if a user flags too many comments at once?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I hope not except for some spammer, but still I hope not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Did I get on the bad side of some moderator?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe... maybe not.. maybe you rock and are awesome. All serious here, as a moderator we really do not have time to get to a point where we are angry or have a problem at somebody. Between real life stuff, Q/A in this site and the amount of mod activity, one would be lucky to get to know at least 10 users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Did I do something wrong?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For what I could see no. You have not done anything wrong...yet ^^&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;What is going on?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe a mod though the opposite or had a mistake. Mods are not robots..yet ^^&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want (Maybe you already did) when flagging a comment you could add why it should be removed/edited/moved... That way it helps to sort the problem out, from many flags we get everyday. Well at least in my case (And I am the slowest of all moderators, so you can imagine the rest).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7035" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-03-25T18:02:59.663" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6367" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6368" CreationDate="2013-03-25T22:31:14.223" Score="1" ViewCount="55" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is somewhat common for a question to be off-topic because it is too bug-report like.  This is certainly a legitimate reason for closing a question.  One problem, however, is that unless there is a way of subsequently adding a link to a bug-report, the (closed) question is useless to anyone who might stumble across it through AU or search-engine searches.  Take for example &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/180780/print-to-pdf-from-firefox-and-chromium-text-is-image-not-selectable&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It would be much better if anyone (not just the OP) was able to link one or more bug-reports to the closed question, while not being able to add additional comments/answers.  This way if a bug report were to be created later which happens to match the AU question, a link can be added, making it easier for others to find the bug-report and contribute to it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="79981" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2013-03-25T22:43:29.887" Title="There should be a way to link from closed-questions to bug-reports" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6368" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6367" CreationDate="2013-03-25T22:43:29.887" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Closing a question doesn't keep comments from being posted. Both the OP and others can post comments on closed questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Closing a question prevents &lt;em&gt;answers&lt;/em&gt; from being posted. A question that is closed must also be &lt;em&gt;locked&lt;/em&gt; (or &lt;em&gt;deleted&lt;/em&gt;) to prevent comments from being posted. Locking is rare (especially long-term locking--usually a post is locked for a short time while a dispute about it is resolved). Deletion prevents most people from seeing the post, so there is probably not much value associated with adding a new feature to allow bug links to be added to deleted posts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Therefore&lt;/strong&gt;, it seems like the feature being requested already exists. The OP, or anyone who knows about it, can &lt;strong&gt;post a comment on the closed question&lt;/strong&gt; with a link to the bug report. Since this is fundamentally the sort of information that belongs in comments (and not in answers or elsewhere), this existing solution is probably already good.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you're wondering why people so often don't post links to bug reports on their questions--perhaps they don't know it's valuable to do so, or don't realize it's considered appropriate. Perhaps they never come back to Ask Ubuntu after they are told to report the bug, or after their question is closed (until they have another question). But the &lt;em&gt;ability&lt;/em&gt; to post information with a bug link, that they already have.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please note that there is another way to post a link to a bug report, which might be considered good: The OP can edit the bug link into their question, perhaps inside a blockquote &lt;em&gt;at the end&lt;/em&gt; of the question so it looks like a banner and is easily identifiable and distinguishable from any automatically placed banners. (This could be done by other users too, of course, but unless we decide this is an ideal way to provide the information, I think it would probably be more appropriate to give bug links on other people's questions in a comment.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2013-03-25T22:43:29.887" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6369" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6054" CreationDate="2013-03-26T17:13:53.263" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;No tags ending in error or errors are allowed now. Those that existed have been removed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12845" LastActivityDate="2013-03-26T17:13:53.263" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6370" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2663" CreationDate="2013-03-26T17:18:23.177" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Burned and blacklisted - both &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/black&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;black&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;black&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/black-screen&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;black-screen&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;black-screen&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please care for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tags/untagged&quot;&gt;the widows and orphans&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12845" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2013-03-26T17:18:23.177" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6371" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3343" CreationDate="2013-03-26T21:58:56.667" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Crash is also done. Given the volume and current wiki excerpt for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/freeze&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;freeze&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;freeze&lt;/a&gt;, I'm gonna let y'all work that out; ping me when you're done cleaning it up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12845" LastActivityDate="2013-03-26T21:58:56.667" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6374" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6379" CreationDate="2013-03-27T16:08:13.007" Score="16" ViewCount="277" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have noticed the use of shortened links like bit.ly, and goo.gl have increased, for a variety of reasons it is not acceptable to use these links in Ask Ubuntu, here is the question on discussing shortened link services:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/881/how-to-deal-with-masked-shortened-urls/882#882&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/881/how-to-deal-with-masked-shortened-urls/882#882&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Reasons for cleaning these links:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;True location of links are hidden&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Stats and location data is collected (way for spam to track users)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;There are easy ways to &quot;shorten&quot; links with markdown maintaining the orginal link in mouse-over, so the primary purpose of these services is defeated.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Links are not picked up as &quot;broken&quot; when they lead first to the link shortening service.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;What I'm suggesting&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To help facilitate the cleanup of these links to make the site better here's what I think we should do:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Find all the links&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Check to make sure a link is alive still (use one of the preview services &lt;a href=&quot;http://security.thejoshmeister.com/2009/04/how-to-preview-shortened-urls-tinyurl.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;for safety&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Replace the link with a direct link. Not the preview link, but the original link it leads to.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If the post needs other changes make those edits as well.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Previewable&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;bit.ly&lt;/strong&gt;: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=bit.ly&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=bit.ly&lt;/a&gt; Add &lt;code&gt;+&lt;/code&gt; at end to preview &lt;code&gt;bit.ly/####+&lt;/code&gt; - &lt;strong&gt;DONE&lt;/strong&gt; (only for bit.ly need to expand for other url forms bitly uses, there are many)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;tinyurl.com&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=tinyurl.com&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=tinyurl.com&lt;/a&gt; add &lt;code&gt;preview.&lt;/code&gt; at beginning &lt;code&gt;http://preview.tinyurl.com/cz23u4&lt;/code&gt; &lt;strong&gt;DONE&lt;/strong&gt; (You aren't allowed to use tinyurl anymore as well)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;goo.gl&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=goo.gl&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=goo.gl&lt;/a&gt; add &lt;code&gt;+&lt;/code&gt; at end &lt;code&gt;goo.gl/####+&lt;/code&gt; &lt;strong&gt;DONE&lt;/strong&gt; (note that there are many question that are following instructions where they were told to wget a goo.gl link, I don't think we should encourage answers with these links, but questions about them should keep the original steps followed)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;is.gd&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=is.gd&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=is.gd&lt;/a&gt; add &lt;code&gt;-&lt;/code&gt; hyphen at end &lt;strong&gt;DONE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;tiny.cc&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=tiny.cc&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=tiny.cc&lt;/a&gt; add &lt;code&gt;~&lt;/code&gt; at end &lt;strong&gt;DONE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;bitly.com&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=bitly.com&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=bitly.com&lt;/a&gt; add &lt;code&gt;+&lt;/code&gt;  &lt;strong&gt;DONE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;j.mp&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=j.mp&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=j.mp&lt;/a&gt; add &lt;code&gt;+&lt;/code&gt;  &lt;strong&gt;DONE&lt;/strong&gt; (note: one question was &lt;em&gt;about&lt;/em&gt; the links in, so needed to stay)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Un-previewable&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;t.co&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=t.co&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=t.co&lt;/a&gt; &lt;strong&gt;DONE&lt;/strong&gt; only one question, that lists link in output, for an example.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2013-03-30T17:10:44.733" Title="Shortened link Cleanup time!" Tags="|discussion|cleanup|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6375" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6374" CreationDate="2013-03-27T18:41:43.463" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't think there is any need for a &quot;clean up&quot; effort. There are far more pressing issues of quality on the site than a shortned URL. Certainly if you see a shortened URL and you're &lt;em&gt;already editing the post&lt;/em&gt; update it to point to the appropriate source, otherwise simply editing a post JUST to remove the shortened url will only result in unnecessary bumping of topics and frivolous edits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2013-03-27T18:41:43.463" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6376" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6377" CreationDate="2013-03-28T02:36:01.583" Score="6" ViewCount="76" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have seen the &quot;First Post&quot; review section grown from  the normal 1-3 posts to a whopping 430+ and the reviews are like two days old?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this a bug or do they do a massive release of &quot;Re-Reviews&quot; occasionally?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sorry I tagged it as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/discussion&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;discussion&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;discussion&lt;/a&gt; as I saw nothing else that fit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75967" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2013-03-28T03:04:13.683" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Has the &quot;First Post&quot; Review section broken?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6377" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6376" CreationDate="2013-03-28T03:02:50.150" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Nah, this isn't a regular thing.  There was a bug in the system earlier that prevented questions from being added to the queue and it's just been fixed; so all the old questions got put in the queue. See &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/173886/first-posts-review-queue-is-not-showing-first-questions&quot;&gt;First Posts review queue is not showing first questions&lt;/a&gt; for more information.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is a developer's response to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/173886/first-posts-review-queue-is-not-showing-first-questions/173892#comment518587_173892&quot;&gt;a comment of mine&lt;/a&gt;:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;@Seth - we were excluding locked posts via a &lt;code&gt;p.ParentId In (...)&lt;/code&gt;, when &lt;code&gt;ParentId&lt;/code&gt; is &lt;code&gt;null&lt;/code&gt; on questions, so it needed a simple &lt;code&gt;IsNull(p.ParentId, 0)&lt;/code&gt; In &lt;code&gt;(...)&lt;/code&gt; instead is all.  &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/173886/first-posts-review-queue-is-not-showing-first-questions&quot;&gt;– Nick Craver♦&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2013-03-28T03:16:33.790" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6379" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6374" CreationDate="2013-03-28T13:49:33.180" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;I see no reason such a clean-up effort would be bad, and several reasons it would be good. The quality of a post is considerably improved by not using obfuscated links, and we may even end up finding posts that contain malicious links that we never noticed before.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I support this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, when editing a post, one should fix as many problems in the post as is practical. While I do think it's perfectly acceptable to edit a question &lt;em&gt;just&lt;/em&gt; to fix obfuscated links, it should be &lt;em&gt;the exception rather than the rule&lt;/em&gt; that an edit to fix obfuscated links does not also improve something else in the post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When people use obfuscated links in Ask Ubuntu posts, this usually means they are unfamiliar with the standards of quality, and/or unfamiliar with how markdown can be used to apply clear formatting. In my experience, posts with obfuscated links also often have large numbers of &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; tags, line breaks where an whole paragraph break should be, and lists whose items start like &lt;em&gt;1)&lt;/em&gt; or with a &lt;em&gt;-&lt;/em&gt; character followed immediately (with no space) with text. These lists are not rendered in list formatting and with a very small number of exceptions should be edited so that they do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Obfuscated links are sometimes obsolete, so it's important to actually visit the page (not necessarily as the first thing you do, but at least &lt;em&gt;before&lt;/em&gt; submitting the edit). Remember, when you replace one link with another, you're responsible for the new link working at the time you provide it--even if it's just obtained from what someone else said.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And of course, like many posts, posts with obfuscated links may contain spelling and grammar errors, unclear sentences, code that needs proper formatting, and so forth.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, I disagree with @MarcoCeppi. I think editing a post &lt;em&gt;just&lt;/em&gt; to remove an obfuscated URL is fine, and not a frivolous edit at all. We almost always accept suggested edits that just fix a few spelling errors, and fixing a URL that inconveniences everyone and might even be dangerous is a bigger improvement than that!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I agree with him in part, because &lt;strong&gt;edits can usually make other improvements too&lt;/strong&gt;. Once you've found a post with one or more obfuscated links, there will usually be other appropriate changes to be made. And when there are, you should make them, too. (But please don't make pointless changes, just to say you did something besides fixing obfuscated links.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2013-03-28T13:49:33.180" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6380" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6374" CreationDate="2013-03-28T18:38:21.627" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Awesome work everyone!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We have successfully cleaned up the shortened links on the list that needed to be.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you find other shortening services being used, add them to the list.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also we can use this as an area to keep on top of the shortened links that aren't yet blocked by the system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastActivityDate="2013-03-28T18:38:21.627" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6381" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6382" CreationDate="2013-03-28T23:44:35.823" Score="9" ViewCount="111" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm looking at &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/274628/how-to-download-ubuntu-over-a-very-unreliable-connection/274629#274629&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; in which someone is giving pretty unhelpful answers in the comments attached to the question. I don't think this person is really trying to be unhelpful, but the comments just aren't good.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If those suggestions were in an answer, I would probably downvote it. Since comments don't have downvoting, though, I'm wondering if I should be taking any action.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="49090" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2013-03-29T12:39:30.167" Title="Should I report comments (in any way at all) that aren't spam but aren't constructive?" Tags="|discussion|comments|flagging|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6382" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6381" CreationDate="2013-03-29T00:13:29.983" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Not constructive&lt;/em&gt; is one of the flag reasons shown to you as an option, when you click the flag icon next to a comment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So yes, unconstructive comments should be flagged.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Find the flag icon by moving your mouse pointer directly to the left of the comment. If you're using a tablet device, tap to the left of the comment. Then click the flag icon.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/pd99V.png&quot; alt=&quot;Image showing how to to find the flag icon by a comment.&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Clicking the flag icon brings up a dialog where you choose your flag reason.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/MJQ7l.png&quot; alt=&quot;Showing the not constructive option in the comment flagging dialog.&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But &lt;strong&gt;wrong doesn't always mean unconstructive&lt;/strong&gt;. Similarly, &lt;strong&gt;correct comments are not always constructive&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Comments are &quot;second class citizens&quot; in the Stack Exchange system. It is rare that you should be reluctant to flag a comment that seems unconstructive, and I have no reason to think this situations in in any way exceptional. Furthermore, Luis Alvarado removed the comments, so I cannot see them, but that he removed them &lt;em&gt;suggests&lt;/em&gt; that they really were unconstructive. Still, you should not flag every comment you see that is &lt;em&gt;wrong&lt;/em&gt;. Sometimes a comment is wrong but constructive in the sense that it is more helpful to respond to it, or it's already been responded to such that removing it would make other comments hard to understand, or it serves the purpose of clarifying what someone thinks even if others disagree (in this situation, the comment is constructive if what they think is &lt;em&gt;relevant to one or more posts to which the comment pertains&lt;/em&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Answers should be posted as answers. It's sometimes handy to tell people that. But if it wouldn't add much value as an answer &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; is not constructive as a comment, then flagging it as not constructive is the way to go.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2013-03-29T00:13:29.983" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6383" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-03-29T14:48:22.880" Score="10" ViewCount="62" Body="&lt;p&gt;I saw an this &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/275794/piklab-installation-failure&quot;&gt;post&lt;/a&gt;. The author describes a problem but uses the tags to define the version of Ubuntu, to give extra information. He doesn't mention the version in his text. I know that tags should be used to categorize posts. But can tags also be used this way?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="38150" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2013-03-29T16:53:27.847" Title="Should tags also used for adding extra information" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6384" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-03-29T14:58:34.737" Score="5" ViewCount="60" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would like to change my username, but when I first attempted it it gave me an error. &lt;br /&gt;&#xA;I fixed the thing it was squabbling about, but then it said I could only change my username every 30 days (it said I could change it again in 22 hours???) and then it wouldn't let me change my username (I haven't.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would appreciate any help (mod's: Maybe a bug?)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136381" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2013-03-29T15:35:38.227" LastActivityDate="2013-03-29T15:35:38.227" Title="Change my username" Tags="|support|user-accounts|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6385" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6383" CreationDate="2013-03-29T14:59:05.397" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Tags really shouldn't be used this way unless they properly categorize a post. Most version tags are plain superfluous and not needed (as in reality it affects more versions than that one). If you're already going to edit the post then remove that tag and add the information in to the text of the body.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="41" LastEditDate="2013-03-29T15:08:18.700" LastActivityDate="2013-03-29T15:08:18.700" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6386" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6384" CreationDate="2013-03-29T15:00:14.527" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;You've been a member for almost 30 days. Hence, the first time you changed (read as created) your username was about 29 days and 2 hours ago. In 22 hours it'll be 30 days and you can then change your user name.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2013-03-29T15:00:14.527" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6387" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6383" CreationDate="2013-03-29T16:53:27.847" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;The purpose of tags is to &lt;em&gt;categorize&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;characterize&lt;/em&gt; posts. They are not a substitute for having information in the body of a post. That is, they do not substitute for &lt;em&gt;saying&lt;/em&gt; what you need to say.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Both a title and tags are important and should be made so that when someone first reads the body of the post, they have some idea of what it is going to be about. But &lt;em&gt;all the information in a post&lt;/em&gt; should be contained in its body (even if already contained in its title or tags).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2013-03-29T16:53:27.847" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6388" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6263" CreationDate="2013-03-30T20:13:01.580" Score="-2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think that in order to avoid the very poor interaction list questions can have in this type merit-based system. I think list questions should automatically be Community Wikis, or something similiar. I understand that this would limit the number of people involved in the answering, so perhaps something similair to a Community Wiki could be created. I think the main goal is to remove the mess of rewarding only one idea when there are lots of right answers. Perhaps keep the &quot;edit bonus&quot;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="138462" LastActivityDate="2013-03-30T20:13:01.580" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6389" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6390" CreationDate="2013-03-31T11:16:14.603" Score="8" ViewCount="74" Body="&lt;p&gt;In Google search we can see search results on the fly while we type. How to do this in askubuntu.com ??&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123897" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-07-11T15:47:35.700" LastActivityDate="2014-07-11T15:47:35.700" Title="How to search askubuntu.com on the fly (like google search)" Tags="|support|search|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6390" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6389" CreationDate="2013-03-31T11:16:14.603" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;Goto ask advice @  &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/ask/advice&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/ask/advice&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/dhsez.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123897" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2013-03-31T11:16:14.603" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6391" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6393" CreationDate="2013-03-31T11:41:43.077" Score="5" ViewCount="91" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm using &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/unanswered/tagged/?tab=mytags&quot;&gt;mytags&lt;/a&gt; when looking for questions (as &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/5757/236&quot;&gt;suggested by Jorge Castro&lt;/a&gt;). This list is sorted by votes. So new questions are hard to find. I'd like to have some RSS feed which contains new questions for my tags. Is there some feature at AskUbuntu? If no, can I sort the list by date?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="236" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2013-03-31T14:45:27.683" Title="Is there some pull medium for my favorite feeds" Tags="|support|tags|rss|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6392" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6481" CreationDate="2013-03-31T14:15:36.067" Score="4" ViewCount="225" Body="&lt;p&gt;Searching &quot;ubuntu-12-10 install uefi&quot; gives a google page of Ask Ubuntu Q&amp;amp;A all pointing to same recommendation. (which is make a grub-efi partition before trying to install)&#xA;Have asked this type of Q myself (which is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/208405/102029&quot;&gt;How to EFI install Ubuntu?&lt;/a&gt;) and the solution of making a grub-efi partition does not work on the hardware being used as the firmware needs a completely unallocated space drive to install any OS EFI mode. Additionally if Ubuntu did install EFI mode there is no way to manage it as the firmware/bios does not allow any obvious access to efi shell.&#xA;In my particular case just select dvd to efi;  make sure hard drive/sata is set to ahci then simply boot to dvd with installation media inserted.  Any os with a usable efi image/kernel will then boot installer efi mode.&#xA;However Ubuntu 12.10 does not install EFI mode for me; nor for many others.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are known grub-efi and grub-legacy as well as partman issues which could make all this relative but as a conscientious newer user have been spending much time in FAQ and when trying to apply what is said in FAQ I personally seriously doubt that these type of Q should be asked here as i am thinking along the lines that this is actually a hardware/firmware or even manufacturer policy/attitude problem with regards to what information is provided for relating to the use of or management of an (U)EFI capable system - which could mean a lot of boot/installation type questions be asked unnecessarily or even be out with the scope or intention of this site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Due to the non existence of any useful information regarding efi and how to manage an efi installed os from the manufacturer in my particular case has led me to here (trying to)using this site.   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Grouping all UEFI, EFI and or all CSM, legacy questions together has proven to be limiting the potential of this site as there is much useful information regarding all these subjects (tags) that it is difficult to find due to poor provision of appropriate tagging.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When will motherboard manufacturers take the responsibility of providing useful information regarding EFI/UEFI on their products?.  My motherboard manufacturer website even shows download links which show a full UEFI type of interface is possible (on my specific boards webpage) but when asked why (as there is no access to it in bios/firmware settings or referenced to in motherboard manual)  they say it is just for reference. Yet another example of how unfruitful requesting appropriate information from manufacturer is.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which is contributing to why many people feel the need to Q Ask Ubuntu to get answer specific to them. Manufacturers methods differ for mananging EFI/UEFI and therefor this type of Q could be considered not to be Ubuntu type question as it is specific to hardware/manufacturer or at least related to what information that manufacturers provide to the users of their hardware.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thought would take the opportunity to open &lt;strong&gt;discussion&lt;/strong&gt; here and Thank you for Ask Ubuntu!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="102029" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2014-07-11T15:46:45.773" Title="Are EFI/UEFI installation type of question appropriate at Ask Ubuntu?" Tags="|discussion|asking-questions|scope|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6393" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6391" CreationDate="2013-03-31T14:45:27.683" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are several ways to accomplish this.  First, every tag has it's own RSS feed near the bottom of that tag's page:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/T45ST.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That will lead you too an RSS page for your favorite RSS reader (in other news, &lt;a href=&quot;http://mashable.com/2013/03/13/google-kills-google-reader/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;R.I.P Google Reader&lt;/a&gt;, we miss you)  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can also subscribe to email updates from tags as well.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/EOHM7.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another newerish feature allows you to get a custom question list with just questions that have your favorite tags.  To access it click &quot;edit&quot; (next to your favorite tags)  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/9Lzq6.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then choose &quot;advanced tag subscriptions&quot;.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/DFeEW.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From here you can create a filter for your favorite tags and have it emailed to you on a scheduled basis.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/7qQdA.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2013-03-31T14:45:27.683" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6394" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-03-31T15:03:03.903" Score="0" ViewCount="43" Body="&lt;p&gt;Users search option in site shows a different reputation value near to user. But on clicking the use. his profie shows the correct reputation&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="142725" LastEditorUserId="1504" LastEditDate="2013-04-02T10:30:05.023" LastActivityDate="2013-04-02T10:30:05.023" Title="Users search shows different reputation" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6395" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6394" CreationDate="2013-03-31T15:26:05.147" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;The user search option only shows how much reputation user has based on the time period you selected.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, if you are on the &quot;MONTH&quot; tab it will only show that users total reputation for the month.  If you want to see a users &lt;em&gt;total&lt;/em&gt; reputation you need to select the &quot;ALL&quot; timeframe.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/lWAUj.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2013-03-31T15:26:05.147" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6396" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6397" CreationDate="2013-03-31T23:17:16.460" Score="4" ViewCount="46" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is there a way to show only the post that I've written?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="51325" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2013-03-31T23:52:59.107" LastActivityDate="2013-03-31T23:52:59.107" Title="How do I search (or filter) my posts?" Tags="|discussion|searching|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6397" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6396" CreationDate="2013-03-31T23:52:01.487" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your posts are listed in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/51325/williepabon&quot;&gt;your profile&lt;/a&gt;. You can look at &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/51325/williepabon?tab=questions&quot;&gt;all your questions&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/51325/williepabon?tab=answers&quot;&gt;all your answers&lt;/a&gt; there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But it sounds like you want the ability to &lt;em&gt;search&lt;/em&gt; them. For this, simply include &lt;code&gt;user:51325&lt;/code&gt; in the search box. &lt;code&gt;51325&lt;/code&gt;, because that's the number that represents your Ask Ubuntu user account. (It appears in the address bar, when you visit your profile.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you search for &lt;em&gt;just&lt;/em&gt; &lt;code&gt;user:51325&lt;/code&gt;, then you'll see all your questions and answers, listed together, as search results. But you ccan search within that, too. For example, currently the search query &lt;code&gt;user:51325 nvidia&lt;/code&gt; shows just &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=user:51325%20nvidia&quot;&gt;these three results&lt;/a&gt;, as they're your posts where Nvidia is mentioned.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When a user's profile is viewed, &lt;code&gt;user:&lt;strong&gt;N&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/code&gt; appears in the search box (at the upper-right corner of the page) automatically, where &lt;strong&gt;&lt;code&gt;N&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; is the number that represents that user. So &lt;em&gt;the easiest way for you to search through your posts is probably to go to your profile, then type your query into the search box&lt;/em&gt; (without removing the text &lt;code&gt;user:51325&lt;/code&gt; that's already there).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please note that this shows only posts on the main Ask Ubuntu site. It does not include posts of yours on meta, because meta is treated as a separate site. To see those, start from &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/users/51325/williepabon&quot;&gt;your meta profile&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2013-03-31T23:52:01.487" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6398" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6400" CreationDate="2013-04-01T00:04:44.767" Score="1" ViewCount="103" Body="&lt;p&gt;Tonight when visiting askubuntu.com I encountered a chat window that asked me whether I wanted to chat with an expert. Strangely it had a hint that a transcript of this session would be available (posting the link here is not allowed, but it was from adviza.stackexchange.com)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have no idea, what this ad is supposed to be for, clearly it was a bot talking. Whatever it's for, or does, I think that kind of advertisement has no place on this site. What do you think?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="93163" LastActivityDate="2013-04-01T00:37:15.963" Title="why are there misleading ads on askubuntu?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2013-04-04T01:26:13.987" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6399" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6401" CreationDate="2013-04-01T00:15:37.093" Score="1" ViewCount="49" Body="&lt;p&gt;...I was brought to this site by clicking the &quot;Feedback&quot;-link on the bottom of an askubuntu.com question page, meaning that I did so because I had something to &lt;em&gt;tell&lt;/em&gt;. When coming to the site though, it looked like was yet again about getting support (&quot;aks question&quot;). Maybe you think I'm hairsplitting, but I do think that, if this is the place where feedback is supposed to go, it need not necessarily be a question. So being asked to make it a question, I feel a bit like I'm being patronized.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="93163" LastActivityDate="2013-04-01T00:58:01.733" Title="Why is my only option for posting here titled &quot;ask a question&quot;?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6400" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6398" CreationDate="2013-04-01T00:37:15.963" Score="6" Body="&lt;h1&gt;April fool day wishes :p&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is an april fool message from stack exchange, Enjoy ;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="39372" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-04-01T00:37:15.963" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6401" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6399" CreationDate="2013-04-01T00:58:01.733" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Meta, like main, is organized into &amp;quot;questions&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;answers.&amp;quot; We speak of someone's &amp;quot;question&amp;quot; on meta even if it does not ask a question &lt;em&gt;per se&lt;/em&gt; (like &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/4219/psa-when-reviewing-dont-post-duplicate-and-near-duplicate-comments&quot;&gt;this one&lt;/a&gt;, for example).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Many &lt;em&gt;questions&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;answers&lt;/em&gt; on meta are actually asking questions and giving answers. But for those that are not, those are still the site-specific (or actually, Stack Exchange network specific) &lt;em&gt;technical terms&lt;/em&gt; that we use.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Someone who is confused about this or any other aspect of how meta or the main site works can ask a question about it here on meta. It's necessary that it be clear how people can ask questions here. Provided that this is clear, the &lt;em&gt;how&lt;/em&gt; of any other activity can be asked about. Therefore, there is minimal to zero negative impact associated with the possible confusion between &lt;em&gt;question&lt;/em&gt; in the site-related technical sense, and actual questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, if &lt;em&gt;meta&lt;/em&gt; looked and felt too different from the main site, then it would be more confusing, there would be more to learn, and people would find it difficult to use meta to get help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So: You are right that feedback need not consist of or include any questions. And such feedback &lt;strong&gt;is still welcome here on meta&lt;/strong&gt;. (In contrast, posting a &amp;quot;question&amp;quot; on the main site that is not really asking a question would result in that question being closed, usually as &lt;em&gt;not a real question&lt;/em&gt;.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In conclusion, the &lt;em&gt;Ask question&lt;/em&gt; link near the upper-right corner of any page, and other interface elements that refer to asking questions, use that language for consistency with the main site, because &lt;em&gt;question&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;answer&lt;/em&gt; are used as technical terms on the site, and because it's especially important that meta be accessible to people who &lt;em&gt;are&lt;/em&gt; using it to ask a question. But you may feel free to post a &amp;quot;question&amp;quot; on meta that gives feedback about the site without actually &lt;em&gt;asking anything.&lt;/em&gt; Often, you may find that asking people things fosters discussion, but it is not the only way to foster discussion and posts on meta are not required to be &amp;quot;real questions.&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Some kinds of feedback aren't for meta, though.&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The main thing is that if the feedback is &lt;em&gt;about the site&lt;/em&gt;, it's generally good for meta. If the feedback is &lt;em&gt;not about the site itself&lt;/em&gt;, then it's outside the scope of meta.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I recommend reading &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/faq&quot;&gt;the meta FAQ&lt;/a&gt; if you have not done so already (especially if you plan to post something that is not a question). The meta FAQ has the shortcoming that &lt;em&gt;it too&lt;/em&gt; refers specifically to questions, but it should still give you an idea of what sort of posts are considered on-topic and constructive on meta.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To expand on that, here are some examples of kinds of feedback that are generally not appropriate on meta because they are covered by other features of the main site and (usually) constitute feedback that is not really about &lt;em&gt;the site itself&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If a post should be edited, click the &lt;em&gt;edit&lt;/em&gt; link and submit the edit. It will be reviewed, and if it is accepted, it will be applied.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If someone has answered one of your questions and you want to give feedback to the author of the answer, post a comment on the answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you find you cannot, make sure you are logged in with the same user account that you used to post the question. If you have multiple accounts, then so long as at least one of them is registered, you can get them merged into one single account by clicking the &lt;em&gt;contact us&lt;/em&gt; link at the bottom of any page and requesting the merge.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you think a question is clear and well researched, or unclear and poorly researched, or that an answer is good or bad, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/vote-up&quot;&gt;vote it up&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/vote-down&quot;&gt;down&lt;/a&gt;. If you have constructive criticism for a question or answer, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/comment&quot;&gt;comment on it&lt;/a&gt;. (You can always comment on answers to your own questions but you need 50 reputation to comment on other posts.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you don't have enough reputation to vote and/or comment yet, you should still not &lt;em&gt;generally&lt;/em&gt; post on meta. Only if you think you've identified an issue that affects the site or Ask Ubuntu community as a whole in a significant way, or if you want to talk about &lt;em&gt;the site itself&lt;/em&gt; (as opposed to the subject of the site, Ubuntu) should you post on meta when posting a comment would usually be sufficient.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you see a problem, like spam or an answer on main that is not really an attempt to answer the question at all, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/flag-posts&quot;&gt;flag the post&lt;/a&gt;. You have over 15 reputation, so you can flag any post or comment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-04-01T00:58:01.733" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6402" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6404" CreationDate="2013-04-01T05:26:55.947" Score="5" ViewCount="379" Body="&lt;p&gt;I like the new feature &quot;Chat with an expert&quot; it is a very good replacement for the real users on this web site. I assume it is farmed out to Indian call center that answers some very useful problems.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, how do we assign reputation to these hard working individuals?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/PP3dQ.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75967" LastEditorUserId="33833" LastEditDate="2013-04-01T13:32:47.517" LastActivityDate="2013-04-01T17:09:59.217" Title="Chat with an expert feature!" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="5" ClosedDate="2013-04-02T21:57:17.463" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6403" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6402" CreationDate="2013-04-01T05:35:29.613" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I actually thought it was some kind of virus. The expert kept telling me to find an expert. So I told her she was the expert and she said I should call an expert. I told her I would call her if she called me back first. Said bye and left.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;She never called me back. :(&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7035" LastActivityDate="2013-04-01T05:35:29.613" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6404" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6402" CreationDate="2013-04-01T05:52:07.303" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Robots are not interested in reputation. So don't worry about it&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="39372" LastActivityDate="2013-04-01T05:52:07.303" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6408" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6412" CreationDate="2013-04-01T13:43:23.057" Score="16" ViewCount="261" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is there any set way to handle users, that answer a question. See the answer, and not do anything about it? Never come back?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Example 1:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;User joins. Asks a question at 8pm. The answer is given at 8.05pm. User sees this, does as told in said answer. Doesn't accept answer, upvote or in any way gives feedback to said question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How is this handled?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="96417" LastActivityDate="2013-04-01T16:21:29.580" Title="How to handle users that ask a question, and never come back?" Tags="|discussion|new-users|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6409" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6402" CreationDate="2013-04-01T13:46:42.850" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;For someone who was in &quot;Office Space,&quot; she really isn't very helpful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/W8EQI.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="46270" LastActivityDate="2013-04-01T13:46:42.850" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6412" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6408" CreationDate="2013-04-01T14:32:03.460" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;It isn't handled.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the user leaves a comment saying  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Thanks so much!  It works!  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then you &lt;em&gt;could&lt;/em&gt; leave a comment along the lines of  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If the answer solved your problem, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1137/how-do-i-accept-an-answer&quot;&gt;accept it&lt;/a&gt; so others know your problem was solved.  Thanks!  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sometimes that works, sometimes it doesn't.  But as a rule of thumb, it isn't a good idea to go bugging the user.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.227" LastActivityDate="2013-04-01T14:32:03.460" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6413" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6408" CreationDate="2013-04-01T16:07:23.667" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;So long as the answer is upvoted twice by other users, the question is marked as answered, so we need not worry about delinquent users. However, if you see such instances, as Seth mentioned, leave a comment telling them about the best practices for the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1992" LastActivityDate="2013-04-01T16:07:23.667" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6414" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6408" CreationDate="2013-04-01T16:21:29.580" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;I agree, this site does seem to have a lot of that.  At least, it seems like it happens here more than on some of the other StackExchange sites.  Users come on in, ask a question, get their answer, and never come back.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But even though it isn't handled, that shouldn't change how/if our users provide an answer.  Yes, getting reputation helps you, but providing a great answer helps everyone.  So when answering questions from a new user, I try to keep two goals in-mind:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Be polite and engage them so they come back.  Post a comment asking for clarification.  Even if the question is poorly formed, or if they did something stupid...don't be snarky in your answer.  Also while the site might be in English, that's not the primary language of many people who come here, so be both &lt;strong&gt;courteous&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;patient&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Your answer may help someone else who Googles the same problem.  Good answers have longevity.  Even if they don't accept or upvote, if your answer is good, someone else will upvote.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please note that I'm not accusing anyone of anything, just putting forth some good guidelines.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="46270" LastActivityDate="2013-04-01T16:21:29.580" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6415" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6422" CreationDate="2013-04-01T16:29:39.290" Score="4" ViewCount="111" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm taking action in the stackexchange network for half a year now and experienced that many of my answers got accepted on superuser.com whereas all of my answers on askubuntu weren't accepted, even if the user asking the question posted a comment to thank me for my answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The problem of users not accepting answers is already discussed in &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2869/encouraging-new-users-to-accept-answers&quot;&gt;Encouraging (new) users to accept answers&lt;/a&gt;&quot;, but this didn't help me with my problem that my answers are very more likely to be accepted on superuser. I find this very discouraging and I will therefore more likely answer questions on superuser than on askubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What I want to know is if you are experiencing the same problem and if anyone can tell me what the reasons for that are and what can be done to change this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="94530" LastActivityDate="2013-04-02T12:43:34.397" Title="Are answers more likely to be accepted on superuser than on askubuntu?" Tags="|discussion|accepted-answer|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6416" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6402" CreationDate="2013-04-01T16:58:34.267" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Today would be the first day of the ancient Jewish calender.  If Jews or others celebrated new years day to day (in the passed) they could have been called a fool by their roman peers.(which would have been the least of their worries)  Which is why 1st of April is April fools day!?&#xA;Hope nobody posts my conversation with Ask an Expert!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="102029" LastEditorUserId="102029" LastEditDate="2013-04-01T17:09:59.217" LastActivityDate="2013-04-01T17:09:59.217" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6417" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-04-01T17:44:31.417" Score="3" ViewCount="87" Body="&lt;p&gt;I logged in today with my Launch Pad ID thinking it was the correct Open ID account. Lo and behold, I created a new user by mistake. Is there any way I can merge the two?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/74557/enrique&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/users/74557/enrique&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/146029/user146029&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/users/146029/user146029&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="74557" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2018-05-14T08:14:12.823" LastActivityDate="2018-05-14T08:14:12.823" Title="How do I merge two accounts?" Tags="|support|user-accounts|duplicate-accounts|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2013-04-02T11:36:24.697" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6418" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6417" CreationDate="2013-04-01T18:09:39.317" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can you still access your older account?  If so, head to the &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/user-merge&quot;&gt;Merge User Profiles&lt;/a&gt;&quot; page, and follow the instructions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If that doesn't work, you can submit this request to Stack Exchange from this page: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/other&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/help/other&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="46270" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2013-04-01T19:21:17.770" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6419" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-04-01T22:10:04.737" Score="-1" ViewCount="63" Body="&lt;p&gt;People change their names from X to Y, but their older name is mentioned in answers and comments (like &quot;as X explained in his answer&quot; - while there's no link to the answer that now is signed by Y).  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user47206" LastActivityDate="2013-04-01T22:33:52.873" Title="Shouldn't the change of user name be signalled to all people who posted in relation to the former name?" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6420" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6419" CreationDate="2013-04-01T22:16:29.497" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/267670/saving-subtitles-found-by-the-vlc-extension-subtitle-finder/267726#267726&quot;&gt;this is related to me changing my name&lt;/a&gt;.  Consider what happens if that takes place.  I have 500 questions/answers combined.  They don't need to know when I change my name.  It would be a nuisance.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2013-04-01T22:16:29.497" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6421" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6419" CreationDate="2013-04-01T22:33:52.873" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;A better solution would be for the user's profile to have a field listing the older name, for some number of days. (30 would be reasonable.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When referring to a &lt;em&gt;post&lt;/em&gt; rather than a person, it's usually best to link to that post. Of course, not everyone does that. (This is something people may wish to consider when changing their names.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2013-04-01T22:33:52.873" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6422" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6415" CreationDate="2013-04-02T12:43:34.397" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;There's nothing to be done to change it.  Superuser rep+accept is just easier to get than AU rep+accept.  If you think it's hard here, try grinding out some rep on serverfault.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2013-04-02T12:43:34.397" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6423" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6424" CreationDate="2013-04-02T14:38:02.927" Score="5" ViewCount="31" Body="&lt;p&gt;Both tags cover the same area. [users] already has a tag wiki entry so I suggest keeping it as the master.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2013-04-02T14:40:44.023" LastActivityDate="2013-04-02T14:40:44.023" Title="Tag synonym request: [user-accounts] -&gt; [users]" Tags="|discussion|status-completed|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6424" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6423" CreationDate="2013-04-02T14:40:26.787" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Agreed and done. But thanks to the minimum character limit, I have to write an essay before I can post this reposnse.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Good day to you sir.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2013-04-02T14:40:26.787" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6425" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6426" CreationDate="2013-04-02T16:36:25.503" Score="1" ViewCount="52" Body="&lt;p&gt;We have closed a question but the names are shown in different colors. May I know the reason?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why does Seth have a different color?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/8A4pW.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="33833" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2013-04-02T17:11:22.647" LastActivityDate="2013-04-02T17:11:22.647" Title="why the color different?" Tags="|support|closed-questions|user-accounts|hyperlinks|profile-page|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6426" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6425" CreationDate="2013-04-02T17:09:27.327" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;As &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/6425/why-the-color-different#comment9646_6425&quot;&gt;jokerdino♦ says&lt;/a&gt;, this is because your browser shows links to pages you've visited (via the exact URL the link uses, that is) in one color, and links to pages you haven't visited (in this way) in another color. (This is not related to &lt;em&gt;cookies&lt;/em&gt; though.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Specifically, the darker-colored usernames are links to profiles you've visited, and the lighter-color username is a link to a profile you have not visited (or you cleared your history/cache since doing so).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are some factors other than clearing your browser's cache or history that can cause a user's name to be shown light (i.e., as a profile you've not visited). Most significantly, if the user has changed their display name since you last visited their profile, then the link to their profile will be shown light, because changing your display name changes the URL to your profile. (The old URL will still work, but the profile does contain text based directly on the display name.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2013-04-02T17:09:27.327" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6427" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6523" CreationDate="2013-04-02T21:46:02.403" Score="12" ViewCount="115" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a user of Ask Ubuntu for more than 11 months, and just &lt;em&gt;today&lt;/em&gt; I noticed the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/about&quot;&gt;about page&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To be honest, I didn't think that such great content would be in such a little &lt;em&gt;link&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/duAwd.png&quot; alt=&quot;screenshoot&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This page is very intuitive and it explains &lt;em&gt;how this site works&lt;/em&gt; in a very nice way. It is the best page out of all the pages at introducing new users to the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I think that the design of this link should be better, so that it could be differentiated from the other ones. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If this link had a different design, (I think that) newer users would go there and learn more information about the functionality of this great site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another alternative is change the title from &quot;About&quot; to &quot;How this site works&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="62483" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2013-04-15T08:49:43.297" Title="Why don't we improve the design of the link to the about page?" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|design|new-users|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6428" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-04-02T22:15:08.197" Score="8" ViewCount="108" Body="&lt;p&gt;I read &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/6374/shortened-link-cleanup-time&quot;&gt;Shortened Link Cleanup Time!&lt;/a&gt; a few days ago, and since then have been on the lookout for shortened links.  However, occasionally I find a shortened link in a comment, and comments, unlike questions and answers, are not editable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What should I do with these comments?  Should I flag them under &quot;Other&quot; and include an explanation, should I contact the commenter and request that they re-post their comment but with the expanded link, or should I inform a moderator?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47437" LastActivityDate="2013-04-04T21:42:06.427" Title="What should I do with shortened links in comments?" Tags="|discussion|comments|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6429" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6428" CreationDate="2013-04-02T23:01:00.783" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't think that is &lt;strong&gt;necessary&lt;/strong&gt; to flag a comment just because it have a shortened link.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you discover that the site where the link point is &lt;em&gt;fraudulent&lt;/em&gt;, has &lt;em&gt;malicious code&lt;/em&gt; or &lt;em&gt;malicious software&lt;/em&gt;, or is containing &lt;em&gt;SPAM&lt;/em&gt;, then you should flag it explaining the case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="62483" LastActivityDate="2013-04-02T23:01:00.783" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6430" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6428" CreationDate="2013-04-02T23:53:02.420" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;To make sure we are on the same page, we are taking about links shortened through external &lt;em&gt;services&lt;/em&gt; such as goo.gl, non just links shortened through markdown that reveal the original on mouse-over.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Flagging as &quot;Other&quot; with the description explaining it's a shortened link is good; However if it was a up-voted comment that indicates that it was useful at one time, so it may be good to re-post the original link, If the Original user is no longer available . &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also commenting to the user that posted it is a good idea, and is probably the best route with new comments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastEditorUserId="47291" LastEditDate="2013-04-04T19:22:20.020" LastActivityDate="2013-04-04T19:22:20.020" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6431" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6434" CreationDate="2013-04-03T01:05:23.800" Score="11" ViewCount="238" Body="&lt;p&gt;My concept of 'too broad a scope' up until recently pretty much amounted to  &quot;How do I setup Ubuntu server and then, and then, and then....&quot; My understanding is that such a question should actually be two or three questions as there are separate topics involved. I also previously understood the line in the FAQ that says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you can imagine an entire book that answers your question, you're asking too much.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However recently I have noticed some users take a more radical approach to this. Questions such as the ones below have been questioned as being too broad.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Examples:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/272411/what-is-apt-and-what-are-its-uses&quot;&gt;What is apt and what are its uses?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/236381/what-is-apparmor&quot;&gt;What is apparmor?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I feel that neither question (even the borderline apt one) is too broad. Neither is asking for a book to be written in response. Both are focused on specific technologies shipped with Ubuntu. All 10 apt-* commands available are pulled by the installation of ONE software package, for example.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15939" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2013-04-05T19:18:55.137" Title="What makes a question too broadly scoped for askubuntu?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="6" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6432" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6431" CreationDate="2013-04-03T01:10:19.850" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is a question and answer site, not &quot;please read 10 manpages for me and post them in order.&quot; or &quot;I can't read wikipedia.&quot; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's just busywork that people don't want to do and the FAQ is pretty clear about that. I can't explain why the apparmor question has 40 upvotes though. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2013-04-03T01:10:19.850" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6433" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6428" CreationDate="2013-04-03T01:20:21.087" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Comments are editable by moderators (even after &lt;em&gt;any&lt;/em&gt; amount of time). I don't know if moderators want to edit a lot of comments to fix obfuscated links, but it is &lt;em&gt;possible.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In a situation where the comment provides very important information and has a serious problem (like it says &quot;X is the case&quot; instead &quot;X is &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; the case&quot;), you can custom flag the comment and request moderator editing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd want to hear moderators' viewpoint on this before asking flagging &lt;em&gt;large&lt;/em&gt; numbers of comments to request editing of obfuscated links. Another thing to consider is that, with the link expanded, the comment might become too long.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2013-04-04T21:42:06.427" LastActivityDate="2013-04-04T21:42:06.427" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6434" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6431" CreationDate="2013-04-03T01:39:07.060" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;I&lt;/em&gt; talk about scopes most when I'm talking about people setting a very defined and finite scope to avoid an &amp;quot;infinite-list-of-x&amp;quot; question. Compare:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What image editors are available?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Which image editor can add borders and export as a paginated tiff?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are some questions where a generic lick of pain is appreciated but most times, if you want a specific answer, you should be asking a specific question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for those two examples...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I like the AppArmor one... Probably because it's a rather large system that I personally don't understand and would like to know more about it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I &lt;em&gt;fervently&lt;/em&gt; dislike the &amp;quot;What do all the &lt;code&gt;apt-*&lt;/code&gt; commands do?&amp;quot; question. My dislike is probably partly because it's something I'm more familiar with but more because it's &lt;strong&gt;desperately lazy&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's a comment from the OP that reads:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know it is time consuming, But Can you show me some practical examples for each one of them ? For the 1st two commands I already know what they do. I was hoping that someone explains the commands with an example.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's really late here and I'm getting a bit cranky but I almost deleted the whole thread on seeing this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;TFM has examples for most commands&lt;/strong&gt; and if somebody does not understand something about a &lt;em&gt;specific&lt;/em&gt; command, I'll be the first to welcome them onto the site to ask a question about it... And if that means we have one question per apt-... command, so be it. That's what people will be searching for.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because I'm tired, I'm going to leave this until morning (and coffee) before I consider &lt;em&gt;doing&lt;/em&gt; anything but please feel free to comment on this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Morning hath broken...&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And I've just had my coffee. I asked the other mods for feedback overnight and we're currently 4-0 for binning this question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What still grinds my gears is the amount of work required to answer this question versus its utility. &lt;strong&gt;Nobody is going to search for &amp;quot;What do all the apt commands do?&amp;quot;&lt;/strong&gt; and it's even less likely that if somebody does do that once in a blue moon are they going to expect a full on documented example of each command.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit:&lt;/strong&gt; In discussion with Eliah on his answer, I've pointed out the scale of the apt-* problem. It's not just that there are 10 &lt;code&gt;apt-...&lt;/code&gt; commands, but each command has numerous subcommands. In order to explain what command does, you need to explain what every subcommand does... &lt;strong&gt;There are 48 subcommands!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not bending the rules to make an example here. The FAQ (that I clearly never read - thanks vasa1) states:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your questions should be reasonably scoped. If you can imagine an entire book that answers your question, you’re asking too much.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is one of those times. It asks too much for no good reason, with no benefit for anybody. I'm going to refund the bounty and blow it up (close/lock it).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I love the smell of napalm in the morning.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-04-03T15:40:23.843" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6435" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6431" CreationDate="2013-04-03T01:49:01.453" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;A good scope for a question would be &quot;I'm trying to solve $problem. I have tried $solutions but they don't work for me cause $other_problem&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;What does apt-cache search banana?&quot; do is not a good question, since you can look it up easily.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;I'm trying to see if yododynemegamix 2.03 is available in the repositories, I've tried using apt-get search but it only shows the major version number. How do I check the exact version number of a package?&quot; (note, I have no idea if this is doable, or necessary. Its just an example!)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You have 1 - a clear problem 2- what you have tried 3- what the exact solution would be for this. The scope is reasonable, and it'll likely work well as a question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Good questions are also hard enough to be fun, but thats harder to qualify. Any question that can be answered through a direct search engine query or a manpage isn't hard.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Personal opinion here but the Q&amp;amp;A format works best where the manual fails - where you're stuck with a specific point of implementation or the proper use of a tool, &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; as a replacement for the documentation.   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17681" LastActivityDate="2013-04-03T01:49:01.453" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6436" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6431" CreationDate="2013-04-03T02:00:27.147" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;We have plenty of &quot;what is &lt;em&gt;X&lt;/em&gt; for?&quot; questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/10031/what-is-ubuntu-unity-for-the-desktop&quot;&gt;What is &amp;#39;Ubuntu Unity&amp;#39; (for the Desktop)?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/33078/what-is-a-virtual-terminal-for&quot;&gt;What is a virtual terminal for?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/14866/what-are-shells&quot;&gt;What are shells?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/138407/what-is-a-segmentation-fault&quot;&gt;What is a segmentation fault?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/159628/what-is-ubuntu-soyuz&quot;&gt;What is Ubuntu Soyuz?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/57226/what-is-edge-launchpad-net-and-how-does-it-work&quot;&gt;What is edge.launchpad.net and how does it work?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/962/what-is-ubuntu-one&quot;&gt;What is Ubuntu One?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/239422/what-is-steam-and-how-does-it-work&quot;&gt;What is &amp;quot;Steam&amp;quot; and how does it work?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/180990/what-is-zeitgeist-used-for&quot;&gt;What is zeitgeist used for?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/247625/what-is-the-loopback-device-and-how-do-i-use-it&quot;&gt;What is the loopback device and how do I use it?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/235317/what-is-ubuntu-for-phones-and-how-can-i-get-it&quot;&gt;What is Ubuntu Touch (Ubuntu for Phones)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So you're right that construing questions like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/272411/what-is-apt-and-what-are-its-uses&quot;&gt;What is apt and what are its uses?&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/236381/what-is-apparmor&quot;&gt;What is apparmor?&lt;/a&gt; as &lt;em&gt;automatically&lt;/em&gt; too broad is &lt;em&gt;a radical approach&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/272411/what-is-apt-and-what-are-its-uses&quot;&gt;What is apt and what are its uses?&lt;/a&gt; is misleadingly named. It's actually asking &quot;What are the uses for all the &lt;code&gt;apt-&lt;/code&gt; commands?&quot; That's not all that broad. I don't think this is one of the most valuable questions on the site, but it's not too broad.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To respond to the idea that this question is &lt;em&gt;lazy&lt;/em&gt;: We have plenty of questions that are lazy in the sense that they ask for information that is extensively provided elsewhere, such that no answer is likely to describe anything that was not previously presented elsewhere on the Internet or in documentation. Like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/24006/how-do-i-reset-a-lost-administrative-password&quot;&gt;How do I reset a lost administrative password?&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/88384/how-can-i-repair-grub-how-to-get-ubuntu-back-after-installing-windows&quot;&gt;How can I repair grub? (How to get Ubuntu back after installing Windows?)&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To respond to the idea that this is somehow like a list question: A list question is bad because it can have an unlimited number of answers, with no way to objectively evaluate one compared to another. In contrast, this is asking for &lt;em&gt;the discrete list of utilities that comprise APT and what they do.&lt;/em&gt; This question is also not requesting &quot;one utility per answer,&quot; and it wouldn't make sense if it did, since a good answer will synthesize information about the different utilities, explaining how they relate to one another.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While poorly named, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/272411/what-is-apt-and-what-are-its-uses&quot;&gt;What is apt and what are its uses?&lt;/a&gt; is valuable because a good answer would teach novices about all the utilities that comprise APT, dispel the myth that APT consists only of &lt;code&gt;apt-get&lt;/code&gt;, and explain how the utilities perform different functions, showing how they can be used separately or together.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/236381/what-is-apparmor&quot;&gt;What is apparmor?&lt;/a&gt;: I believe most users of Ubuntu are poorly familiar with AppArmor. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/236381/what-is-apparmor&quot;&gt;A question&lt;/a&gt; with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/236397/22949&quot;&gt;an excellent answer&lt;/a&gt; that summarizes its purpose accessibly is a very good thing. Besides that we have many other questions asking what particular parts of Ubuntu are, we know this question has answers that &lt;em&gt;aren't&lt;/em&gt; &quot;a whole book&quot; or anything close. So this is not too broad under the FAQ either. &lt;em&gt;That this question and answer are highly upvoted should be considered evidence that they are, in fact, valuable to Ubuntu users and the Ask Ubuntu sub-community more specifically.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some of the answers that are mostly verbatim quotations from other documentation don't speak well for themselves &lt;em&gt;or&lt;/em&gt; the questions they're answering. So &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/6432/22949&quot;&gt;Jorge Castro is right&lt;/a&gt; that &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/272411/what-is-apt-and-what-are-its-uses&quot;&gt;What is apt and what are its uses?&lt;/a&gt; looks bad &lt;em&gt;right now&lt;/em&gt;. But that question &lt;em&gt;can&lt;/em&gt; be answered well, by giving &lt;em&gt;shorter&lt;/em&gt; descriptions of each &lt;code&gt;apt-&lt;/code&gt; command than are present in their manual pages (while still &lt;em&gt;more accessible&lt;/em&gt; descriptions than &lt;code&gt;whatis&lt;/code&gt; would give).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/272411/what-is-apt-and-what-are-its-uses&quot;&gt;What is apt and what are its uses?&lt;/a&gt; was posted just a week ago. If a long while passes and nobody posts a good answer (as I've defined it), then it might be reasonable to close it as too broad... though it would be better to simply leave it alone (it has an upvoted answer, after all, and it's not really off-topic). But I doubt that; &lt;em&gt;I&lt;/em&gt; would strongly consider posting what I consider a good answer there, &lt;em&gt;if it weren't for my concern that the question is just going to be closed&lt;/em&gt; (and then possibly deleted).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq&quot;&gt;The FAQ&lt;/a&gt; says &quot;You should only ask practical, answerable questions based on actual problems that you face&quot;!&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Right, and both these questions fit well within that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Stack Exchange started as just Stack Overflow. Among the general population, the word &quot;problem&quot; has strong connotations of &quot;a bad thing that needs to be fixed or more bad things will happen.&quot; Among programmers (and other problem solvers within a technical, quantitative tradition--mathematicians, engineers, etc.), a problem is a situation that admits to a solution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This more general sense of &quot;problem&quot; is well-known and commonly-used by the general population, too. If someone says, &quot;I'm so glad to be able to work on this interesting problem,&quot; most people are not confused.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That is how we should interpret &quot;problems&quot; in the FAQ. Historically, it only makes sense that this is the intended meaning. But also, we'd have to close a significant percentage of all open questions (probably on most or all Stack Exchange sites) if we insisted on the narrower interpretation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Needing help understanding how a significant part of a system &lt;em&gt;on which one relies&lt;/em&gt; is a problem in both senses of the term (i.e., this might even fit within the more restrictive sense of &quot;problem&quot;), and that describes the impetus behind &lt;em&gt;both&lt;/em&gt; of the questions brought up here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We don't interpret &quot;actual, practical problems&quot; to refer only to specific, &lt;em&gt;imminent&lt;/em&gt; bad events. We never have, SO doesn't, and as far as I know, no SE site does. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/144117/22949&quot;&gt;What is the philosophy behind Unity's name&lt;/a&gt; is considered a fine question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The APT question--which is apparently more controversial, perhaps because the AppArmor question has one of the best answers ever posted on Ask Ubuntu--comes down to &lt;em&gt;the practical need&lt;/em&gt; to know how a central piece of Ubuntu works and what its parts do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No one opposes comparable questions about Unity, like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/10228/22949&quot;&gt;What's the right terminology for Unity's UI elements?&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/28086/22949&quot;&gt;What are Unity's keyboard and mouse shortcuts?&lt;/a&gt;. If we should really only ask for help with a specific task, those would be considered bad, too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most of the questions in the list that begins my answer only represent &quot;problems&quot; in this wider sense, too. That's why I listed them. This &lt;em&gt;addendum&lt;/em&gt; to my answer serves to clarify and explicate my claim that &quot;practical problems&quot; really means &lt;em&gt;a real situation, where a question can be answered or solved, and you can check if the answer is right.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Related:&lt;/em&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3487/questions-just-for-curiosity&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3487/questions-just-for-curiosity&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2013-04-05T19:18:55.137" CommentCount="18" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6437" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6431" CreationDate="2013-04-03T06:20:55.937" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I notice that the question quotes &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq&quot;&gt;the FAQ&lt;/a&gt; selectively. Here's the full paragraph:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What kind of questions should I not ask here?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You should only ask practical, answerable questions based on actual&#xA;  problems that you face. Chatty, open-ended questions diminish the&#xA;  usefulness of our site and push other questions off the front page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Your questions should be reasonably scoped. If you can imagine an&#xA;  entire book that answers your question, you’re asking too much.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If your motivation for asking the question is “I would like to&#xA;  participate in a discussion about ______”, then you should not be&#xA;  asking here. However, if your motivation is “I would like others to&#xA;  explain ______ to me”, then you are probably OK. (Discussions are of&#xA;  course welcome in our real time web chat.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As soon as &lt;em&gt;too&lt;/em&gt; is interpolated as has been done by OP, one is obviously extending something beyond what was intended.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then, there's OP's choice of &lt;em&gt;radical&lt;/em&gt;. I'd prefer &lt;em&gt;conservative&lt;/em&gt; :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;OP writes:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Both are focused on specific technologies shipped with Ubuntu. All 10&#xA;  apt commands available are pulled by the installation of ONE software&#xA;  package, for example.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's neither here or there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even taking the view that all that is being requested is an explanation of &lt;em&gt;only&lt;/em&gt; 10 &lt;code&gt;apt&lt;/code&gt; commands, what about the various switches that accompany each command?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for the reference to &lt;em&gt;an entire book&lt;/em&gt; in the FAQ, let's not rely on the literal length of a typical book. That won't get anyone anywhere. &lt;em&gt;War and Peace&lt;/em&gt; versus &lt;em&gt;The Little Prince&lt;/em&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Let's now turn to the tooltip that appears when the mouse cursor hovers over the upvote area:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This question shows research effort; it is useful and clear&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/6436/25656&quot;&gt;One answer&lt;/a&gt; has this&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What is apt and what are its uses? is misleadingly named. It's&#xA;  actually asking &quot;What are the uses for all the apt- commands?&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and this&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;We have plenty of questions that are lazy in the sense that they ask&#xA;  for information that is extensively provided elsewhere, such that no&#xA;  answer is likely to describe anything that was not previously&#xA;  presented elsewhere on the Internet or in documentation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the existence of misleadingly phrased questions and lazy questions is justified by precedence, the tooltip should be rewritten to just &quot;This question is useful&quot;; drop the &lt;em&gt;research effort&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;clear&lt;/em&gt; criteria. The quoted part of the FAQ may benefit as well from a rewrite.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One more point: while the number of up and downvotes is absolutely material, let's not &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argumentum_ad_populum&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;attribute too much to numbers&lt;/a&gt;. (I too used &lt;em&gt;too&lt;/em&gt;.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user25656" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditorDisplayName="user25656" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2013-04-03T12:01:24.337" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6439" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-04-04T08:53:58.660" Score="0" ViewCount="62" Body="&lt;p&gt;I found an answer to previous question which was emailed to me on 5.03.2013. That e-mail suggested that I try a couple of things, and it says&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;'Please let us know.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Stack Exchange Team'.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am trying to let the Stack Exchange Team know.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I couldn't find a sensible tag that would enable me to submit and wasn't able to create one, so I had to choose one that is meaningless.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="91583" OwnerDisplayName="user91583" LastActivityDate="2013-04-04T08:56:14.700" Title="Is there any way I can see my own previous questions?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6440" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6431" CreationDate="2013-04-04T11:10:09.153" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strike&gt;Bearing in mind the Ubuntu philosophy that Ubuntu is for everyone. Would it not be appropriate to reason that Ask Ubuntu is for everyone?&lt;/strike&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;If on reading a question that could be personally described as too broad by the reader the reader does not have to answer it.  It is askers choice to ask.  Readers choice to answer.  The community then will decide how appropriate question is by using the many features of Ask Ubuntu.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Going by the answers to this question maybe this question could be considered to broad and is an example of different people reading the same paragraph will see it slightly different.  Just as the same if there were two witnesses to any event - both accounts would be different due to a differing point of view!?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;FAQ is guideline not concrete law!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;EDIT:Perhaps making a signed Ubuntu Code of Conducts together with reading FAQ a prerequisite in order to access Ask Ubuntu would provide a better way of introducing new users to what is acceptable and what is not.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;After reading fact it is not allways easy to put the theory into practice.  There is clear concise advice on how to use comments for example as weell as plenty of questions in meta highlighting the need for people to change their habits so as to improve the quality of this Q&amp;amp;A site! Another point of interest that i found helpful in FAQ is remembering to bring sense of humour and found these helpful in remembering that i have one &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/2042/102029&quot;&gt;How to force new users to a FAQ that includes how to make a question, comment and answer&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/2281/102029&quot;&gt;Please stop posting half answers and dumb advice as comments&lt;/a&gt;  : p&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="102029" LastEditorUserId="102029" LastEditDate="2013-04-05T10:04:09.127" LastActivityDate="2013-04-05T10:04:09.127" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6441" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-04-04T14:46:30.937" Score="3" ViewCount="158" Body="&lt;h3&gt;Some Bee in Bonnet stuff&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Firstly I would like to define which kind of Ubuntu user I am; (which could be described as an unqualified; unprofessional or amateur user), a home user and am attempting to describe and define my concerns regarding a new user intending to use Ask Ubuntu in order to enable the better and fuller use of Ubuntu.  Bearing in mind the Ubuntu philosophy that Ubuntu is for everyone it appears due to elitism Ask Ubuntu is not for everyone. Which could be read to be more than contradictory when being associated with Ubuntu!  It could appear that the ethos here is &quot;If your question has not been asked it probably is not worth asking. Feel free to have a look around though&quot;.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strike&gt;The way I see it as Ubuntu is being used I am asking in the right place as after looking at other similar questions they do not provide a working answer.&lt;/strike&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Some reasons how the Bee got there&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My original question in the main Ask Ubuntu site has been edited and updated whenever possible to indicate there has been effort and time put in by myself to try and resolve the question as this is encouraged in FAQ. FAQ also explains a question gets moved to community wiki after too many edits.&lt;br&gt;&#xA; I have spent much time in FAQ, probably more than most new users yet still have not earned the badge associated with reading FAQ in main Q&amp;amp;A site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another section in FAQ explains the importance of tagging in order to help bring the question to peoples attention who are interested in that tag.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;What this is really about&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With regard to my main question which is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/208405/102029&quot;&gt;How to EFI install Ubuntu?&lt;/a&gt; and looking at tags and tag synonyms I thought I would search for questions in meta before posting a question here asking about &lt;strong&gt;how a new user could get help with suggesting a new tag synonym&lt;/strong&gt; &quot;hybrid-bios&quot; (which is not EFI,BIOS or EUFI) and found this question &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/184/102029-&quot;&gt;Tag synonym suggestions&lt;/a&gt; looking at this has more than added to my frustration of the complexity of this site and do hope this post is being constructive as intended.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;What the point is&lt;/h3&gt; &#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Referring to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/184/102029&quot;&gt;Tag synonym suggestions&lt;/a&gt; - So an other new user has put obvious time and effort into providing a way for other new users to suggest tag synonyms which qualified users could easily review and act accordingly to as how they see fit but somebody else has found reason for concern regarding the question. Which has led me to posting this and really do wonder &quot;Is Ask Ubuntu an Ubuntu Q&amp;amp;A site for everyone?&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="102029" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2013-04-06T03:09:48.480" Title="Is Ask Ubuntu an Ubuntu Q&amp;A site for everyone?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6442" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6441" CreationDate="2013-04-04T15:39:13.183" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm going to first mention something about the tagging part. It helps a lot when the question is correctly tagged, since many users focus more on specific problems. An example, if a question has the Nvidia tag or the Wine tag, it shows first on my list of questions I can answer. The same goes for any user that add a tag to their favorites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This increases the likelihood that a user with more experience towards your question will give you an answer faster.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In relation to your question, the moment you install an OS on a computer that has EFI, it makes the UEFI tag usable (It applies to the question). Even if you have the option to disable EFI, it is still considered UEFI unless you disable EFI in BIOS and install all operating systems again with EFI disable (Which eliminates the need for the UEFI Tag). You would have to do it this way because installing an OS with EFI (enabled or disabled) and then changing the state o EFI will result in booting problems with the OS.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now for the question about &quot;Is Ask Ubuntu an Ubuntu Q&amp;amp;A site for everyone?&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the user follows the rules in &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/faq&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/faq&lt;/a&gt; and the question itself is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;About Ubuntu, an app, functionality or connectivity related to it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The question has an answer. For example asking an Ubuntu question &quot;How many users use Ubuntu&quot; is a question inside the Ubuntu ecosystem but is not a valid question because is not very likely somebody will be able to answer it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The question should not need an answer that covers 100 pages to solve. There are several long answer here (I have some), but the difference between the following questions is big when trying to answer it:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What software can I use to download a torrent&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What are all the functions a torrent client offers when trying to download a file&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The first one will be a short answer. The second one would need to explain all options a client has, from DHT to Ports, to upload and download. Both are valid Ubuntu related questions, but the second one is not specific and very broad.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The term &quot;Q&amp;amp;A&quot; tries to focus more on a question that receives an specific answer. Either by the question having an specific objective or the question explains with enough detail the problem so an specific answer can be made. With this in mind, the question should provide enough information to the readers, to be able to solve it. Asking &quot;How do I fix hdd problem&quot; and not mentioning Ubuntu version, what sort of problem the hdd had and any other relevant information will simply make readers tend to now answer it or start commenting the person that made the question to add more information about the problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7035" LastActivityDate="2013-04-04T15:39:13.183" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6443" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6441" CreationDate="2013-04-04T15:50:25.553" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sorry to hear you're having trouble with the site. I must admit I'm having a hard time figuring out exactly what you're asking in this post, so I will try to answer each of your concerns as best I can, let me know if I've missed anything or need to further clarify something.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Welcome! We accept all Ubuntu Users and Developers of any degree of knowledge, from someone who hasn't even installed Ubuntu yet and is interested in doing so, to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/5287/mark-shuttleworth&quot;&gt;Mark Shuttleworth&lt;/a&gt; himself! I'm not sure why you would feel like we don't accept new questions on the site or that our ethos is such, but if you would elaborate where something made you feel like that (outside of what you currently outlined in your post) I'd be happy to address that as well! I'd like to think that there isn't much elitism in the Ask Ubuntu community (sadly, I'm sure it exists, as it does in most all communities. Though, for the most part I've seen far more sincere, compassionate, and helpful users compared to the very few 'elitist' personalities).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your post in question, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/208405/102029&quot;&gt;How to EFI install Ubuntu 12.10?&lt;/a&gt; is perfectly on-topic for Ask Ubuntu, needless to say you're in the right place. The question itself is a bit tricky to answer though (as I'm sure you've seen). EFI/uEFI/Hybrid-bios are all relatively new things and not a lot of users have their hands on hardware to experience the issue you've come across, let alone help you in general. This happens from time to time when newer things come out and the rest of the community hasn't quite caught up experience wise to help. When this happens the best way to remedy this is to keep the question constantly up to date when you try and attempt new things (which you've already done!) or try to call attention to the question using a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/set-bounties&quot;&gt;Bounty&lt;/a&gt; (which jrg already did). Past that there isn't much more you can do, if you feel you're not getting adequate support you can try other &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com/support/community&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Community Support venues&lt;/a&gt; in hopes that a different format might help better for your situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for tagging, meta, and badges. So tagging is something that falls under &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges&quot;&gt;privileges&lt;/a&gt;. You'll need a certain amount of privilege to be able to suggest tag synonyms (which can be found under the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tags/unity/synonyms&quot;&gt;tag's info tab&lt;/a&gt; &amp;lt;- Unity for example). If you're not able to suggest a synonym you can just ask here on meta. Meta is a lot different, though the same platform, than the Main site. On meta we just use it for talking about the Main site itself. So the rules about what makes a question a far more lax. This is also where we discuss policy, rulings, and other administrative tasks for the site (like tag synonyms, best practices, organize efforts, etc). If you need something done on the site and you don't know how or have enough reputation you can ask here on Meta and a moderator (♦) or high reputation user can assist. As for your badge, make sure you expand both the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq&quot;&gt;FAQ&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/about&quot;&gt;About&lt;/a&gt; page and read each section. Badges can sometimes lag by several minutes to a few hours so don't be too distraught if it doesn't pop up right away.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd like to thank you for your patience and feedback using the system. A lot of us have been on here for far too long and often forget out disorienting and different the Stack Exchange platform can be. I know the Stack Exchange team works hard to make sure the platform is as powerful as it can be without disowning new users to which the system is foreign to them. Hopefully this has cleared up a few of your concerns and if not let us know what else we can do to help!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2013-04-04T15:50:25.553" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6444" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6445" CreationDate="2013-04-05T00:30:22.360" Score="14" ViewCount="304" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was browsing the main AU site, when I chanced upon the following comment in the question &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/277606/why-cant-i-turn-on-recommendations-in-software-center&quot;&gt;Why can't I turn on recommendations in software center?&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Please provide additional information only by editing your question and not within a comment. Comments might/will eventually be deleted and so your information would get lost. – &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/117103/guntbert&quot;&gt;guntbert&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm curious: what does guntbert mean by &quot;comments might/will enventually be deleted&quot;? Outside of the usual &quot;don't comment when...&quot;'s listed on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/comment&quot;&gt;Privileges page&lt;/a&gt;, when are comments deleted, and why?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="107590" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2019-06-04T19:34:06.073" Title="When do comments disappear?" Tags="|discussion|comments|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6445" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6444" CreationDate="2013-04-05T00:39:47.650" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;When someone deletes them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No, seriously, that's all there is to it. A moderator may delete a comment for various reasons: It is obsolete, it is rude, off-topic, too chatty, even an insanely long comment discussion that may or may not be on-topic may be deleted with the notion of &quot;go to the chat for a lengthy discussion&quot; (although, in that case, the contents of the comment will likely be preserved) - everything you can flag a comment for, a moderator can delete it for.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, as Seth correctly points out in the soon-to-be deleted as obsolete comment: These flags, if enough of them are made, delete comments on their own as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The same goes for the user who created the comment. If they don't see it as helpful or necessary anymore, they might delete it themselves.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="98085" LastEditorUserId="98085" LastEditDate="2013-04-05T00:50:59.897" LastActivityDate="2013-04-05T00:50:59.897" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6446" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6444" CreationDate="2013-04-05T01:11:14.123" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Comments are often deleted when they're obsolete. And whole pages of comments are often removed by moderators if they're judged not to contribute (or not to contribute anymore) to the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The criteria for deleting comments here on meta is more stringent than on main. Here on meta, a comment must usually be clearly obsolete or clearly not constructive or rude to be removed. That is because discussion is valued on meta far more than on main, where everything is subordinated to the goal of asking good questions and creating good answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, it's not true that as the OP you should &lt;em&gt;never&lt;/em&gt; comment. If someone has commented to request information, and you have good reason to think the information they're asking for is irrelevant, then you might provide it in a comment and ask them how it's relevant. If if turns out not to be relevant, then it never belonged in your question in the first place. (And you can delete the comment!)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, sometimes we comment to notify someone of a change. Commenting on someone's post notifies them, and if someone has commented on a post, your comment notifies them if it contains &lt;code&gt;@theirname&lt;/code&gt; in it. (You can only have one of those in a comment, however.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You might provide information in a comment because, while you think it's valuable, it's intended to be transient. There are two general cases of this. If someone asks something that's not related to your question, but just to help them with some other thing, then there's no reason for that to go in your question. There are plenty of secondary queries posed in comments (especially on &lt;em&gt;answers&lt;/em&gt;) that are quite appropriately answered in comments and not by editing the post. (Though often they might be even better as separate questions.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The other general case is if you cannot get the information into your post in an appropriate fashion. For example, a user with less than 10 reputation cannot include more than 2 links in any post, on Ask Ubuntu. They also cannot post images. So they might provide a link, or a link to an image they've put up elsewhere (like &lt;a href=&quot;http://imgur.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://imgur.com/&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;http://postimage.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://postimage.org/&lt;/a&gt;) so that a user with higher reputation can add the link or image to the question. This is a perfectly fine use of comments; once it's been added to the question, the comments can be removed. (Ideally, by the user who posted them--but there is certainly nothing wrong with flagging them, or any other comment, as &lt;em&gt;obsolete&lt;/em&gt; once it is).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, should information important to your question be &lt;em&gt;in your question&lt;/em&gt; itself? Yes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But to say &quot;Please provide additional information &lt;strong&gt;only&lt;/strong&gt; by editing your question and not within a comment&quot; (emphasis mine) is an overgeneralization. In my opinion, that canned comment creates confusion, and a less broad statement would be more appropriate. Something like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The best way to add additional information to your question is by editing it, with the &lt;em&gt;edit&lt;/em&gt; button. It is best seen that way, and comments are primarily for secondary, temporary purposes. Comments are removed under a variety of circumstances. Anything important to your question should be in the question itself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not saying anyone needs to adopt those &lt;em&gt;precise&lt;/em&gt; words. But most claims of the form &quot;&lt;em&gt;never&lt;/em&gt; do X&quot; &quot;use &lt;em&gt;only&lt;/em&gt; this method&quot; are false some of the time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I usually avoid the problem in the first place by explicitly requesting that information be provided by an edit, when I ask for information. Once information is provided in a comment that ought to be in the question, I edit the question to include it (unless I'm  unable to understand it), then flag the comment as obsolete. It's rarely necessary to post a comment to tell someone not to use comments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="134729" LastEditDate="2019-06-04T19:34:06.073" LastActivityDate="2019-06-04T19:34:06.073" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="6447" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6444" CreationDate="2013-04-05T01:45:06.417" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The &lt;em&gt;why&lt;/em&gt; is simple...&lt;/strong&gt; You have to respect what the &quot;Stack&quot; system gives us and in order to get the very best from that, we have to keep to two aims in mind:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Get all the relevant data about the problem into the Question post.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Get everything that might fix the problem into an answer.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anything else, is either mis-posted, obsolete or ultimately unhelpful noise.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;As for &lt;em&gt;when&lt;/em&gt;...&lt;/strong&gt; That really depends on who sees it. A lot of people will flag up long comment threads as noise and we'll usually take an axe to the lot. There isn't a schedule for this though and it isn't automated. I'm sure there are awful ancient comments lurking in the system right now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2013-04-05T01:45:06.417" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6448" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6453" CreationDate="2013-04-05T05:55:32.910" Score="8" ViewCount="140" Body="&lt;p&gt;A while back I had a problem with bash, which I then Googled and solved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's already a question on Super User with my problem. That being said, I feel like it would be valuable information to have on Ask Ubuntu. Should I ask (and then answer) a duplicate of the Super User question on Ask Ubuntu? I did see &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/47/how-do-we-tell-if-a-question-belongs-here-or-rather-at-stackoverflow-superuser?rq=1&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;, and I think that it would definitely be on topic here if it weren't on Super User.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I also saw &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3536/can-i-cross-post-the-same-question-in-both-super-user-and-ask-ubuntu&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;, which makes me lean more towards the answer &quot;no&quot;. However, it still seems like a grey area to me. Thoughts?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="49090" LastActivityDate="2013-04-07T11:32:27.357" Title="Should I ask and answer a question that I feel would be useful on Ask Ubuntu, but that's already on Super User?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6449" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6452" CreationDate="2013-04-05T07:15:12.443" Score="5" ViewCount="144" Body="&lt;p&gt;I own an &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/274241/what-is-the-recommended-widget-toolkit-for-ubuntu-desktop&quot;&gt;inactive question&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've read &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3540/how-can-i-bump-my-unsolved-question&quot;&gt;How can I bump my unsolved question?&lt;/a&gt;. From that question, it looks like I should add information or start a bounty. However, I feel like I've already given all the info I can think of - it's not like there are logs or anything I could have left out. And unlike the guy asking that question, I don't have 7000 reputation for a bounty.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What should I do to get my question noticed? It seems like it's not super complicated; is there something that I'm missing?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="49090" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2013-04-05T19:35:03.913" Title="How can I bump a question if I already have all the information and can't bounty?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6450" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6448" CreationDate="2013-04-05T07:28:46.493" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Cross posting is kinda frowned on the network in most cases - both questions would turn up on search engines. People &lt;em&gt;will&lt;/em&gt; find it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the &lt;em&gt;other hand&lt;/em&gt; If you have a &lt;em&gt;remarkably similar&lt;/em&gt; problem, and &lt;em&gt;happen&lt;/em&gt; to cite the SU question when going into your own specific problem, and self answer, it &lt;em&gt;so happens&lt;/em&gt; it might not look like you're crossposting at all and there's no duplicate on AU... so that might work. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17681" LastActivityDate="2013-04-05T07:28:46.493" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6451" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6449" CreationDate="2013-04-05T12:27:15.890" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Answer other questions so you can bounty.  Bumping is generally frowned upon.  Or pop in to chat and see if someone else is willing to bounty it for you.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think nobody is touching that question because it's an opinion/programming language recommendation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2013-04-05T12:27:15.890" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6452" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6449" CreationDate="2013-04-05T19:35:03.913" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you don't have anything to add and can't bounty the question, you &lt;em&gt;shouldn't&lt;/em&gt; bump it (though if you can get someone else to bounty it, then in doing so &lt;em&gt;they&lt;/em&gt; have bumped it).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, &lt;strong&gt;it's not necessary for your question to be on the front page to be answered&lt;/strong&gt;. There are many ways questions not on the front page can be answered, and the Community♦ bot automatically bumps questions onto the front page (though there's no guarantee that yours will be bumped).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For a list of reasons/ways that questions that don't appear on the front page still get answered, please see &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/6352/22949&quot;&gt;my answer&lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/6347/what-to-do-if-your-question-on-askubuntu-does-not-get-answered&quot;&gt;What to do if your question on AskUbuntu does not get answered?&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;One thing you can do&lt;/strong&gt;, as &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/6451/22949&quot;&gt;Call me V mentioned&lt;/a&gt;, is to post &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/201/ask-ubuntu-general-room&quot;&gt;in chat&lt;/a&gt;. However, this is not &lt;em&gt;just&lt;/em&gt; useful for finding someone to put a bounty on your question--people in chat may have insights into how you might solve your problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When posting in chat, it's best to follow some basic principles of Ask Ubuntu chat etiquette. As I said in &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/6352/22949&quot;&gt;that post&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You can ask for help with your question in chat. Just make sure to&#xA;  stick around, and ask specifically for help, don't just post a link to&#xA;  your question without saying anything else. And try to avoid asking&#xA;  for help in chat and then immediately leaving before people have the&#xA;  chance to reply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.087" LastActivityDate="2013-04-05T19:35:03.913" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6453" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6448" CreationDate="2013-04-05T19:46:41.343" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is not cross-posting, unless &lt;em&gt;the same person&lt;/em&gt; asks the question there and here. (It might also be considered cross-posting if &lt;em&gt;the exact same text&lt;/em&gt; were posted both there and here. While technically not cross-posting, that would be bad.) Furthermore, the issue is not whether or not the question is &lt;em&gt;on-topic&lt;/em&gt; there or here--it's on-topic in both places. So neither of the meta questions you've mentioned are likely to be of much help in deciding this one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure what would be accomplished by having it in both places. If someone posts the question here without having realized it was on Super User, that means there is a need &lt;em&gt;here&lt;/em&gt; (at least that one person's need). Then it can be answered here. One way it could be answered here would be by quoting from and linking to the answer to the corresponding question on Super User.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If nobody's asked it here, that suggests that Ubuntu users who have had this problem have searched and found the answer (on Super User, or elsewhere). That suggests it doesn't need to be here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Asking a question here with the intention of answering it yourself is generally fine--there is even a checkbox when you ask a question, that lets you compose the answer at the same time and submit them together. However, when you ask and answer a question here intentionally, it should &lt;em&gt;add a useful new resource to the Internet&lt;/em&gt;. I doesn't necessarily need to add new information in the strictest sense--it's okay of the information is &lt;em&gt;possible&lt;/em&gt; to get elsewhere. But it should carry some substantial benefit compared to other available Internet resources.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It sounds like you're just talking about copying content. Unless you think the question or answer will be &lt;em&gt;deleted&lt;/em&gt; on Super User, there's probably no good reason to do that. You might want to save the web page from Super User &lt;em&gt;in case&lt;/em&gt; something like that happens. Then (with proper attribution) it could be posted here or elsewhere (though you should of course first consider the reason it was deleted there in case that were to impact its suitability in other places).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2013-04-05T19:46:41.343" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6454" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-04-05T20:33:40.007" Score="0" ViewCount="63" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm interested in knowing how is the self moderation system implemented for askubuntu. It's very much like the one on stack overflow, or OpenERP. Is there a CMS, or framework including this functionality as standard?&#xA;I wanna implement something like that on a forum and that would be a great help.&#xA;Thanks for your help ;-)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="62940" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Self moderation" Tags="|discussion|moderation|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2013-04-06T13:08:07.670" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6455" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6454" CreationDate="2013-04-05T20:42:21.750" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu is run by Stack Exchange, Inc. (which also run Stack Overflow and &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/sites&quot;&gt;about 90 other sites&lt;/a&gt;. The software itself is closed source, but there are plenty of &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/2267/stack-overflow-clones&quot;&gt;alternatives&lt;/a&gt; that strive to achieve the same effect of Stack Exchange platform.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2013-04-05T20:42:21.750" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6456" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6457" CreationDate="2013-04-05T20:29:38.820" Score="0" ViewCount="59" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm interested in knowing how this site is built? I'm particularly interested in the self moderation system. I's very much like the one on stack overflow, or OpenERP. Is there a CMS, or framework including this functionality as standard?&#xA;I wanna implement something like that on a forum and that would be a great help.&#xA;Thanks for your help ;-)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="62940" OwnerDisplayName="poumtatalia" LastActivityDate="2013-04-05T21:12:41.023" Title="What's this site designed with?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2013-04-06T11:14:46.513" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6457" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6456" CreationDate="2013-04-05T20:45:39.467" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu is designed with the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stack_exchange&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Stack Exchange&lt;/a&gt; framework.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is actually a Stack Exchange site dedicated to creating new Stack Exchange sites, called &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stack_exchange&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Area 51&lt;/a&gt;. Keep in mind that Stack Exchange sites are a community effort, however, and that creating your own for a forum may involve a little more work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="101186" OwnerDisplayName="Kupiakos" LastActivityDate="2013-04-05T20:45:39.467" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6458" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6448" CreationDate="2013-04-06T01:38:12.247" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Most of the people reach Super User and Ask Ubuntu via search engines. So an Ubuntu user has an equal probability of getting an answer from Super User as from Ask Ubuntu. So there is no need of copy-pasting Super User posts here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="39372" LastEditorDisplayName="user25656" LastEditDate="2013-04-07T11:32:27.357" LastActivityDate="2013-04-07T11:32:27.357" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6459" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2013-04-06T21:11:13.847" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Questions about what is appropriate, on-topic and/or off-topic on this site. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2013-04-07T13:59:42.987" LastActivityDate="2013-04-07T13:59:42.987" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6460" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2013-04-06T21:11:13.847" Score="0" Body="questions about the scope of this site." OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2013-04-07T13:59:45.533" LastActivityDate="2013-04-07T13:59:45.533" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6461" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6357" CreationDate="2013-04-06T21:27:11.637" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I really don't want to break an old wound open afresh, especially now that it seems to have been forgotten, but Eliah was calling for more opinions, so here you go.  (Not to mention that fact that there really aren't many people here who &lt;em&gt;have&lt;/em&gt; given an opinion.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just because one person asks an off-topic question doesn't mean similar questions belong here, but that's exactly what the other arguments are saying.  Just because that one Windows question wasn't closed we can all start asking Windows questions?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sweet, I've got some all lined up...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What?!?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So the question is first on Google...  In my opinion thats &lt;em&gt;even more reason&lt;/em&gt; to not continue the question on &lt;em&gt;this&lt;/em&gt; site.  It leads people to believe that Windows questions are on-topic here.  Would we accept a questions like:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&quot;How do I SSH to Ubuntu from Windows&quot; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&quot;How do I send files from Windows to Ubuntu over my LAN&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&quot;How do I compile Unity for Windows&quot; (bad example, I know, I know, but you get the point)  ??&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If we don't aren't going to accept those we can't accept any others.  If we want to accept this question but not the others we need to come up with a good reason, which we currently don't have.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Migrate the question to Super User and link it to the one question here, or maybe migrate the whole of them and be done with it.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If we support this one question we'll have to support others, which I understand we &lt;em&gt;don't&lt;/em&gt; want to do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2013-04-06T21:27:11.637" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6462" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6463" CreationDate="2013-04-06T22:40:44.237" Score="11" ViewCount="322" Body="&lt;p&gt;What do we do about 13.04 questions? Flag them as off topic?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as I know, questions about non-released versions of Ubuntu is not supported?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="96417" LastActivityDate="2013-04-07T20:19:15.633" Title="What to do about 13.04 questions?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6463" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6462" CreationDate="2013-04-06T22:44:08.567" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;Towards the end of a development cycle we tend to chill out a bit on the closures.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Things should be set in stone by this point (Beta 2) so questions and answers are a lot less theoretical than the &quot;WILL UNITY v92 HAVE MORE CAAOBELLz?&quot; that we get on the first day of the cycle.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;In short:&lt;/strong&gt; unless it's a really awful question in itself (including bug reports) it's probably okay to accept it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2013-04-06T22:44:08.567" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6464" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6473" CreationDate="2013-04-06T22:54:39.407" Score="2" ViewCount="102" Body="&lt;p&gt;Would like to ask if anybody would find it helpful creating &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/hybrid-efi&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;hybrid-efi&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;hybrid-efi&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hybrid-efi is efi compliant but is different to use especially when trying to install Ubuntu. Different manufacturers use different efi management options. The hybrid-efi system i use does not use efi shell and does not have any efi gui. No efi/uefi device name appears in one time boot list or bios settings. Firmware is efi compliant but is basically bios with an efi compliant system which firmware manages &quot;automagically&quot;.  Which proves very difficult to manage especially if ESP gets corrupted as there appears to be no means of restoring the necessary files back to ESP. That is on a non-linux install and have not as yet achieved an Ubuntu install to a gpt -efi mode using hybrid efi system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So from a user point of view hybrid-efi is very different from efi/uefi capable machines that do use shell prompt as well as having gui.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For a more accurate description of what is specifically involved differing hybrid-efi and what is involved to install Ubuntu to this type of firmware; &lt;strong&gt;you could look &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.rodsbooks.com/gb-hybrid-efi/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;This is the only informative and educated source i can find regarding the subject.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Am sure I am not the only one using this particular version of efi system so thought would open discussion to get some feedback regarding how many or how few people would find this request useful.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;One question to which all this relates to can be found &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/208405/how-to-hybrid-efi-install-ubuntu-12-10&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.  The answers to which show it is presumptuous to assume UEFI related answers are appropriate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Maybe a more experienced user with the appropriate privileges may think it helpful or useful if this tag was created in the accepted manner.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="102029" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2013-04-08T19:10:39.717" Title="Tag creation request: [hybrid-efi]" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6465" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6468" CreationDate="2013-04-07T06:31:37.503" Score="5" ViewCount="71" Body="&lt;p&gt;A recent question of mine has been confused as a dupe:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/278198/how-can-i-be-sure-that-the-updated-packages-are-not-compromised?noredirect=1#comment349456_278198&quot;&gt;How can I be sure that the updated packages are not compromised?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The 'duped' question asks about Canonical repo security in the general sense. My question asks how to ensure that a particular package that I've already downloaded and installed is in fact secure, when there is general reason (i.e. an ongoing hack) and specific reason (i.e. Apt complaining) to suspect that a compromised package was installed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="23087" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2013-04-07T10:47:45.267" Title="Please remove dupe status" Tags="|support|status-completed|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6466" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-04-07T08:57:56.867" Score="9" ViewCount="150" Body="&lt;p&gt;How would the above be possible?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I came across this edit and few similar ones before &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/CCyB1.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have seen edits where the editor makes changes to a code or something similar (cant find the post).  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I feel it should be rejected &amp;amp; that the edit should be first suggested as a comment. Only if the answerer wants it to be changed then only it should be edited by the answerer.  What your say on this? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="29470" LastEditorUserId="29470" LastEditDate="2013-04-07T09:55:15.210" LastActivityDate="2013-04-10T12:32:35.607" Title="How to handle edits that add their own info" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6467" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6466" CreationDate="2013-04-07T09:50:29.290" Score="16" Body="&lt;p&gt;If the information added is the same as what was suggested in the link, the edit is almost acceptable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Almost, since it totally removed the link to the source.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Attribution matters, and at Ask Ubuntu, I consider all sources attribution-required even if they are not.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="45659" LastActivityDate="2013-04-07T09:50:29.290" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6468" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6465" CreationDate="2013-04-07T10:47:34.670" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;You had me at Please.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yeah they're significantly different questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2013-04-07T10:47:34.670" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6469" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6470" CreationDate="2013-04-07T15:31:21.303" Score="2" ViewCount="68" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was interested in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/badges/53/fanatic&quot;&gt;Fanatic Badge&lt;/a&gt; as I access Ask Ubuntu in a daily basis, so I started accessing it every single day. Although I live in Brazil, and my GMT is -3:00, and some days I can only access my computer at night, so when I go to Ask Ubuntu at 10 p.m. here at Brazil, it identifies that I am accessing it at 1 a.m. of the next day and it counts that in the previous day (or current??) I didn't accessed the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Today for example I got the day to be accessing Ask Ubuntu, so I did many votes and reach the limit of votes per day, and now, here in Brazil, it's 12:30 p.m. so the next day will turn in 11 hours, although as Ask Ubuntu doesn't consider GMT-3:00 it shows that I have to wait only 8 hours till the next day to have more votes. I benefit from this as time is reduced, although it's incorrect...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So did I miss some configuration to have my Time Zone considered or it is just impossible to configure?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it can't be configured, can I ask for a feature to enable these kind of settings?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21195" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.087" LastActivityDate="2013-04-07T17:16:20.783" Title="Is it possible to Ask Ubuntu identify my GMT Time Zone?" Tags="|feature-request|badges|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6470" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6469" CreationDate="2013-04-07T15:39:40.957" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You, as well as the rest of us are accessing the same server set to UTC. See this &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2251/why-doesnt-ask-ubuntus-calendar-match-my-calendar&quot;&gt;question&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="46312" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.087" LastActivityDate="2013-04-07T15:39:40.957" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6471" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6466" CreationDate="2013-04-07T19:36:26.480" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;To clarify (and agree with) what Mahesh has said:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Fix these edits by editing again to add back a link to the source.&lt;/strong&gt; (&lt;em&gt;If&lt;/em&gt; you can add the name of the person who wrote it and, if applicable, a link to their profile on the source site--whether or not the source is a Stack Exchange site--that's a plus.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2013-04-07T19:36:26.480" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6472" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6462" CreationDate="2013-04-07T20:19:15.633" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;As &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/6463/22949&quot;&gt;Oli says&lt;/a&gt;, if they're otherwise good questions, at this point we can allow them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, keep in mind that, especially near the end of the beta when many people are installing it for the first time, &lt;strong&gt;many 13.04 questions posted recently are bug reports.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So every time you see a 13.04 question (especially in a close or reopen review queue), ask yourself if it's really a bug report. Many of these questions are outright crashes, or ask about strange behavior just after a crash. Some bug questions are more subtle; generally, a question that asks about strange behavior that's &lt;em&gt;definitely wrong&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;unlikely to be a result of wrong configuration&lt;/em&gt; should be considered a bug report and closed (with helpful comments to explain to the OP what to do).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.227" LastActivityDate="2013-04-07T20:19:15.633" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6473" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6464" CreationDate="2013-04-07T21:32:23.627" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/hybrid-efi&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;hybrid-efi&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;hybrid-efi&lt;/a&gt; tag does not currently exist. (I don't just mean that no questions are currently tagged with it. It doesn't exist at all; &lt;em&gt;no question&lt;/em&gt; has recently been tagged with it, and it probably never has existed. You can verify its nonexistence by &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tags&quot;&gt;typing it in here&lt;/a&gt;.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Tags are only synonymized once they exist. Tags are created by a question being tagged with it (either originally, or in an edit). A tag is never created without a question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Users with 300 or higher reputation can create new tags. There are many such users, but this tag has never been created (at least not yet). That suggests we may not need it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, you say:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;So from a user point of view hybrid-efi is very different from&#xA;  efi/uefi capable machines that do use shell prompt as well as having&#xA;  gui.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It sounds like you're saying &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/hybrid-efi&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;hybrid-efi&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;hybrid-efi&lt;/a&gt; has a &lt;em&gt;substantially different meaning&lt;/em&gt; from &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/uefi&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;uefi&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;uefi&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/efi&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;efi&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;efi&lt;/a&gt;. If that's the case, it shouldn't be a synonym at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To synthesize these two arguments: The tag doesn't exist, so we don't know for sure how people would use it. If it is created and turns out to express the same thing as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/uefi&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;uefi&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;uefi&lt;/a&gt;, then it should be made a synonym. If it's created and turns out to express something different, then it should be kept as a separate tag. Either way, new tags shouldn't be created artificially to be made synonyms--instead, we should wait for it to be created. If it ever is, we can see &lt;em&gt;how it is being used here&lt;/em&gt; and act accordingly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2013-04-07T21:32:23.627" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6474" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-04-08T02:02:43.790" Score="14" ViewCount="123" Body="&lt;p&gt;Today I deleted I don't know how many accounts, but noticed that there was one that kept appearing with the same IP. In all cases I did a clean and brutal destroy of the account (Bloody mess actually, account parts everywhere). But then I thought, if there is a way to protect the site (Ban the account/IP) when destroying it so it does not appear for a long time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are days that there is 0% spam. Others is like we are in war with other stack exchange sites. So for this cases, how can we deal with spam related incidents in a way that the IP can not be used for several days (Instead of getting used 30 seconds later with another account and with another spam).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7035" LastActivityDate="2013-04-25T07:50:20.367" Title="Does destroying the spam account actually protects us?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6475" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6474" CreationDate="2013-04-08T03:30:31.733" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;Well, I don't think it really protects us, but it does seem to stop some spammers for a while. One thing I would suggest is &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; to send them a message, as it just makes them think we are fooled by them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1992" LastActivityDate="2013-04-08T03:30:31.733" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6476" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6482" CreationDate="2013-04-08T13:31:49.633" Score="7" ViewCount="88" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just noticed the unaligned borders in the navigation bar of the website. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In Firefox:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/1tMnO.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also in Chrome:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/cTp0M.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't know if this question fits in meta askubuntu, but is it a bug or just a style?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="64171" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-07-11T15:46:10.007" LastActivityDate="2014-07-11T15:46:10.007" Title="Unaligned Borders" Tags="|bug|status-completed|design|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6477" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6474" CreationDate="2013-04-08T13:44:35.113" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can directly ask the SE team for a URL blacklist or an IP ban if you notice a particular pattern in the spam. Just ping someone from the comm team in the Teacher's Lounge if you get a lot of similar spam.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;IP bans are of questionable use and can easily cause too much collateral damage, so they are only used carefully.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4068" LastActivityDate="2013-04-08T13:44:35.113" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6478" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6476" CreationDate="2013-04-08T14:17:36.083" Score="2" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Technically, it's bydesign.&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;But really, it's just godawfuldesign.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The bright borders are part of the background:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/otycg.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The dark borders, on the other hand, are defined in the CSS:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;.nav li {&#xA;    border-left: 1px solid rgba(160, 50, 10, 0.3);&#xA;    float: left;&#xA;    margin: 0;&#xA;    padding: 0;&#xA;}&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These don't align properly (yay boxmodel, random changes and stuff like that) and as such, this bug occurs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="98085" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-04-08T14:17:36.083" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6479" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6476" CreationDate="2013-04-08T14:38:59.103" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Maybe we can just nix the Background borders.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And Move the Ask Question into the navigation, Since they will be fixing other parts of the design as well...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/sESOd.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Notice that a line was added in-front of &quot;Ask Question&quot; that looks like a divider meant for the top bar:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/dz45u.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is a version of the background without the lines,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/nGWeX.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do you think it had anything to do with adding the bar for new users?&#xA;Makes the extra space look even worse.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Gnv4y.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And finally what it looks like without the background lines:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/WOeJm.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastEditorUserId="47291" LastEditDate="2013-04-08T15:25:56.473" LastActivityDate="2013-04-08T15:25:56.473" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6480" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6464" CreationDate="2013-04-08T19:06:38.163" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Tag created, but without a tag wiki.  Anyone's allowed to reverse that by removing the tag from the question and then vaporizing the tag, but since there seems to be a suggestion that's been agreed on to keep &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/hybrid-efi&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;hybrid-efi&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;hybrid-efi&lt;/a&gt; separate from other tags, i've created it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now all it needs is a good tag wiki entry.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;NOTES:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;[DONE] Create &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/hybrid-efi&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;hybrid-efi&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;hybrid-efi&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;[FACT] No tag synonym needed.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;[TODO] Mods to set a status tag on this as they see fit. (my suggestion is &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/status-completed&quot; class=&quot;post-tag moderator-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;status-completed&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;status-completed&lt;/a&gt; maybe, because the tag has been created in accordance with the discussion and opinions on the other answer here)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2013-04-08T19:06:38.163" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6481" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6392" CreationDate="2013-04-08T19:20:59.503" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't see why they wouldn't be on topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions about how to install Ubuntu, regardless of BIOS, UEFI, etc., are still within the scope of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq&quot;&gt;FAQ&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2013-04-09T01:31:46.253" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6482" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6476" CreationDate="2013-04-08T21:48:50.890" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I updated the divider borders using CSS only last night, but the updated background image(without borders) didn't get updated due to caching. It will be fixed after our next production build. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I had to implement the borders as part of the image before because I wanted to stay true to Canonical's &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/377/design-ideas-for-the-final-site&quot;&gt;designer's work.&lt;/a&gt; At the time when the design launched, I didn't feel comfortable using rgba() due to browser support at the time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="61" LastActivityDate="2013-04-08T21:48:50.890" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6483" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6486" CreationDate="2013-04-09T11:55:45.177" Score="6" ViewCount="202" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was looking at the privileges and found that the reputation required for the &lt;em&gt;trusted user&lt;/em&gt; privilege is more than that required for &lt;em&gt;access to moderator tools&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why is it so? Does this mean that moderators are not trusted users? Or does this imply that a foundation of trust is not necessary to obtain access to moderator tools?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know that &lt;em&gt;trusted users&lt;/em&gt; can perform a wide range of actions than those with &lt;em&gt;access to moderator tools&lt;/em&gt;, but at first sight the terminology seems misleading.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="64171" LastActivityDate="2013-04-09T12:33:42.527" Title="Why is reputation required for &quot;Trusted User&quot; privilege greater than &quot;Access to moderator tools&quot;?" Tags="|discussion|reputation|privileges|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6484" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6483" CreationDate="2013-04-09T12:26:19.810" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Access to moderator tools and being a trusted user are two different things. I think the trusted portion is a bit of a misnomer. More like &lt;em&gt;Trusted with the keys to the city&lt;/em&gt;. As you can see on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/trusted-user&quot;&gt;privilege&lt;/a&gt; page, when you reach trusted user status you're given access to moderator tools (Mind you, it's only a small subset of the tools moderators have access to, tools that help in community/post management), then additional things that we can &quot;trust&quot; you with since you've gained by and far enough reputation to show you can handle it. Deleting posts, tag wikis, and the like.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By contrast you certainly don't need to be a trusted user to be a moderator. Some, myself included, are moderators who haven't hit trusted user status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2013-04-09T12:26:19.810" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6485" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6483" CreationDate="2013-04-09T12:26:58.943" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The name &quot;moderator tools&quot; is somewhat misleading, they have nothing to do with the actual tools the diamond moderators have access to. Those real moderator tools are something regular users never get access to, no matter how much reputation they have.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The tools you get at 10k reputation are pretty much just some lists of posts, e.g. recently deleted posts. They're not particularly interesting. But you also get access to certain flags, and you can vote to delete posts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4068" LastActivityDate="2013-04-09T12:26:58.943" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6486" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6483" CreationDate="2013-04-09T12:33:42.527" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;As first a trusted user and then a moderator I can say there is a lot of options a moderator can do to solve many issues, but a moderator should not be confused or even related with the privilege status of &lt;strong&gt;trusted user&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/trusted-user&quot;&gt;trusted user&lt;/a&gt; you have gained enough reputation to have the trust of the community (I mean 20K points is a lot) with all the questions/answers you have provided the community with. With this new title you can do many things a normal user can not like the ones mentioned in the link.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I mention to not compare &lt;strong&gt;trusted user&lt;/strong&gt; and moderator status as both differ in some points. To be a moderator you actually do not need a lot of reputation, what you need is the trust of the community, which is in part gained by reputation, but part gained by how you create questions, answer questions and give out helpful advices.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Gaining the trusted user status grants the same &amp;quot;trust&amp;quot; as a moderator to a certain degree. This does not mean a moderator is less trusted, it just means they have gained the moderator status by their deeds on the site and how the community views the moderator. On the other hand, the trusted user has accomplished that status by all the hard work without the need to become a moderator, which would add a lot of work (Trust me.. A LOT!) to the user if he/she would try to get that position.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So to answer each question individually:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Does this mean that moderators are not trusted users?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To be a moderator you need a certain amount of reputation, but more importantly, to have the trust and a positive image for the community to give you the vote in the first place. As mentioned above, having good questions/answers and helping out the community is the way to accomplish this. To become a moderator means that the community trusts you to make the right decisions and you have shown to be a good candidate for it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Does this imply that a foundation of trust is not necessary to obtain access to moderator tools?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe, the base of a moderator is trust. Although the highest privilege is named &amp;quot;Trusted User&amp;quot;, it should not imply that users with 19999 reputation points or below are not to be trusted. Several of the mods that work on a day by day basis on the site have less than 20K. Even &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/5287/mark-shuttleworth&quot;&gt;Mark Shuttleworth&lt;/a&gt; has less than 20K and I am pretty sure, most users in this community, might have a little bit, tiny, small amount of trust on this guy. So yeah, a foundation of trust to the community is needed, but is gained by doing some of the points mentioned above.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So don't be discourage or confused by the title of the privilege. I know it confuses one when compared to a moderator but as I mentioned, trust is the way to go on both cases.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7035" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-04-09T12:33:42.527" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6487" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6488" CreationDate="2013-04-10T08:47:12.123" Score="15" ViewCount="222" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is there a offline version of askubuntu.com? Can I download it as in &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia%3aDatabase_download&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Wikipedia&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;? Or is there any app that mirror it ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="123897" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-07-11T15:48:21.293" LastActivityDate="2014-07-11T15:48:21.293" Title="Is askubuntu available for offline viewing?" Tags="|discussion|data-dump|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6488" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6487" CreationDate="2013-04-10T10:05:36.057" Score="17" Body="&lt;p&gt;All Stack Exchange sites, except beta sites, have &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/category/cc-wiki-dump/&quot;&gt;a data dump provided by torrent, &lt;em&gt;about&lt;/em&gt; every six months originally&lt;/a&gt; and recently on a more frequent basis (sometimes every month, sometimes every few months, as far as I am able to see). When they're not listed there, you can find them by searching on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.clearbits.net/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;ClearBits&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The most recent data dump was taken on March 2013 (just last month), and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.clearbits.net/torrents/2121-mar-2013&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;is available here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are a variety of ways to search, browse, and view the data; one of them is &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/708/stackexchange-data-dump-viewer-a-desktop-tool-for-viewing-the-stackexchange-da&quot;&gt;this reader&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/users/5/nathan-osman&quot;&gt;Nathan Osman&lt;/a&gt;. If you're interested in processing the file yourself (or exercising a greater degree of control over how it is processed), you should take a look at &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/141562/how-to-read-data-dump-of-a-site&quot;&gt;this MSO question&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/28221/scripts-to-convert-data-dump-to-other-formats&quot;&gt;that one too&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2013-04-10T22:08:55.243" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6489" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-04-10T10:19:20.480" Score="-4" ViewCount="110" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just wasted my time trying to understand what 'your question does not meet our quality standards'.&#xA;The error was that i did not put a capital at the beginning of each sentence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I suggest to either remove this 'validation' or to give a better error message.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EDIT: Well i suppose it is not a bug , but the error message is as unclear as unclear can be , honestly suppose you just forgot to add a capital letter ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;btw punctuation is not required , should be added too :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EDIT:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I totally agree with the idea to keep questions ans answers clean and understandable , but the question is : are capitals so important to readability ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it impossible to provide a GOOD and CLEAR error message ? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I really struggled to find out i was missing some capitals seriously people will thing the site is either too selective or bugged (maybe both).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;@warren hill&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question was &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/279853/access-denied-when-editing-ld-so-conf&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;Permission denied&amp;quot; error when editing /etc/ld.so.conf&lt;/a&gt; no punctuation (should be banned?)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="148249" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2013-04-12T09:19:07.920" Title="Question validation error info" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6490" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6489" CreationDate="2013-04-10T10:49:08.867" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is not a bug, because making it so that you can post your question immediately upon writing it, even if reading it imposes undue effort on the community, is not one of the goals of Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you're probably aware, in English, most sentences should be capitalized. Essentially the only time a sentence should not be capitalized is when its first word is never capitalized. For example, the sentence &quot;iPods are too expensive.&quot; doesn't start with a capital letter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most people who attempt to write English, even if it is not their native language and they are just beginning to learn it as a second language, are aware that it's expected for sentences to start with a capital letter and end in a period, question mark, or exclamation point.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When someone is aware of this but decides to write sloppily anyway, they are wasting our time. Sloppy writing is harder to understand, takes longer to understand, and takes time to fix. And &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/about&quot;&gt;the nature of our ongoing project&lt;/a&gt; demands that we actually fix it, at least when the question contributes something.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So there is a quality filter. The quality filter could tell you the exact minimum that you need to change to get past it. (It's not always just capitalization.) But why would that be good? Right now, when you are prevented from posting by the quality filter, you have to try to clean up your writing style and make it more clear and correct throughout. That might be a bad thing from your perspective in the sense that it means you had to spend more time. But it means we have to spend less time &lt;em&gt;to help you&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Let me put that another way: it means &lt;em&gt;we can help you&lt;/em&gt; even if we have less time to spend. Thus it means &lt;em&gt;you are more likely to be helped.&lt;/em&gt; A higher quality question is far more likely to be answered than a similar, lower quality question, even when the differences in quality are limited to large-scale capitalization, spelling, and/or punctuation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Therefore, in the context of &lt;em&gt;the situation you have presented&lt;/em&gt;, the current behavior of the quality filter directly serves the interests of the site as a whole, and indirectly serves the interests even of users who must edit a draft because of it before they are able to submit it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;There is a potential, related problem that I think we should take more seriously, though.&lt;/strong&gt; There might be some people who simply &lt;em&gt;don't recognize any possible improvements that could be made&lt;/em&gt; to their initial draft. Then they would be unable to post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While it's not worth it to change the way the quality filter works to transfer work from individual authors to the community at large, the quality filter &lt;em&gt;may&lt;/em&gt; cause problems for people who are &lt;em&gt;unable to get past it at all&lt;/em&gt;, and perhaps that should be investigated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2013-04-10T10:49:08.867" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6491" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6466" CreationDate="2013-04-10T12:32:35.607" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I do not see any issue with another user adding additional information where its helpful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my opinion it's better than adding a new answer which is almost identical to another except for one bit of additional information.  What matters is providing the best answer possible: reputation is a side issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this case if the comment is to be believed the link is to a user only forum.  Though I'm pretty sure this isn't the case &lt;a href=&quot;http://ubuntuforums.org/forum.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Forums&lt;/a&gt; don't require a user to register to read. &lt;em&gt;not sure if they do to post though&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is important that information remains attributable to the original source however.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would leave the body of the text as it is but add a link&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=725199&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;source here&lt;/a&gt; for example. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="107450" LastActivityDate="2013-04-10T12:32:35.607" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6492" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-04-10T16:25:48.897" Score="81" ViewCount="1014" Body="&lt;p&gt;There's a slightly worrying trend since we started clean-up efforts: we are closing unanswered questions for being too old. &lt;strong&gt;I need to emphasise that this is not what clean-up is about.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;The idea of removing older questions is okay but &lt;em&gt;only&lt;/em&gt; under certain conditions:&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The asker has been asked a follow-up question and never replied (or never edited their post to add requested information) &lt;strong&gt;and&lt;/strong&gt; it doesn't have a viable +1 answer&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The post is so old that the version of Ubuntu it describes is no longer supported, making it off-topic  &lt;strong&gt;and&lt;/strong&gt; it doesn't have a viable +1 answer This excludes questions about upgrading away from an unsupported version of Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;It's outside the rules otherwise and age has nothing to do with it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;... and that's it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A lot of the focus on clean-up has been around the magical Answer Rate and closing unanswered questions does increase this rate... But it doesn't actually help people. You're spending time on something that isn't fixing somebody's problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When you find one of these questions, try to improve it, answer it, stick a bounty on it or just vote for it.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;Let's try to get more stuff answered instead of spending time burying the evidence that there are questions we're not able to answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2017-12-22T03:41:03.240" Title="Reminder: Unanswered + Time != Too Localised" Tags="|discussion|faq|cleanup|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6493" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-04-10T16:51:09.170" Score="6" ViewCount="175" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have noticed that when you mark a question as 'off-topic' the only choice is to send it to the meta site......why not include the UNIX, SuperUser, StackOverflow SE sites as well?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Therefore, my &quot;feature-request&quot; which is not really a feature but something already in the SE architecture just not configured on the Ubuntu SE site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5863" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2013-04-12T04:20:11.720" LastActivityDate="2013-04-12T04:20:11.720" Title="Cannot specify other SE groups for transfer" Tags="|feature-request|migration|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6494" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6493" CreationDate="2013-04-10T18:11:50.087" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Moderators &lt;em&gt;can&lt;/em&gt; migrate things to any SE site but (and this is rather a huge but) moderators and users of other sites don't want junk posts being sent in. There have been numerous complaints in the past about bad posts being sent over to other sites just because they're more relevant.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Therefore, the only times we'll really consider a migration to another SE site are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;When it's a genuinely excellent question. These are rarer than you'd assume.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A moderator from the would-be destination site requests it&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The OP requests it &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; it has answers. If it has no answers, the OP gets a better service by just posting a fresh post (and having their old old closed) as the date is reset.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;... Otherwise we just suggest the OP posts it on that site and close.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;To clear some things up...&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The complaints I've been talking about were voiced in the Teachers Lounge, a moderator-only chat room. Historically even moderators have pushed bad migrations.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The people who know what's best for their site are the users of that site. The current close-migration pattern puts people who have nothing to do with that site in charge of what gets sent there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Once migrated, undoing a migration is tedious and involves a lot of work on both sites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;A pull-request system could technically work. One site votes to push a post to another SE site. Once it reaches a threshold users of the other site could vote whether to accept the post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;But this uses a lot of time in both places and doesn't involve the OP.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Moving a question over would require the OP to go to the new site and sign up before the question became &lt;em&gt;theirs&lt;/em&gt; again. Without doing this an answer couldn't be accepted (or updated) by the OP. This leads (again, as history has taught us) to abandoned questions... Which waste even more time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;So talking to the OP and explaining which site they need to be on is an essential step that needs to happen in order to get them to engage on the new site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you're doing that, rather than go through the very expensive process of migrating, why not just have them post their own question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In short, closing a question and telling its user why and where they should be is quickest and technically easiest, using the least manpower. More importantly, I believe it's the more effective than shunting questions around.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-04-11T09:46:26.353" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6495" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6508" CreationDate="2013-04-10T18:18:49.190" Score="2" ViewCount="110" Body="&lt;p&gt;Today I passed 200 reputation on this site, only to then in quick succession, without doing anything, pass 300. I looked at my reputation log and it looks like I gained 100 for &quot;passing 200 on an associated site&quot;, I knew that his happens, but not that I'd gain 100 reputation on the same site I gained the 200 on. Should this have happened?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="133269" LastActivityDate="2013-04-12T10:28:11.690" Title="Should gaining 200+ reputation, on one site (askubuntu) give me +100 associated site reputation bonus, on the same site." Tags="|support|bug|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2017-05-19T17:24:30.333" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6497" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1323" CreationDate="2013-04-10T18:39:59.873" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Eol release question:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;###[Q]EOL Release Question`  &#xA;New questions about [end-of-life](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases#End_of_Life_.28EOL.29) Ubuntu releases are considered off-topic as per [the FAQ](http://askubuntu.com/faq). These old releases are unsupported and their use is not recommended. They don't even get updates for newly discovered security vulnerabilities, which makes using them risky. If you install or upgrade to [a supported release](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases#Stable) and this question still applies, please flag and/or comment to request it be reopened.&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2013-04-10T18:39:59.873" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-04-10T18:39:59.873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6498" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-04-10T19:54:12.567" Score="19" ViewCount="356" Body="&lt;p&gt;The day is coming close! ~16 days from now at our current rate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/sites#questions&quot;&gt;http://stackexchange.com/sites#questions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please post ideas on how we should party. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2013-04-28T21:40:41.340" Title="What should we do to celebrate 100k questions?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="6" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6499" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6498" CreationDate="2013-04-10T19:58:29.730" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;Some ideas...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Live session (Hangout style) about Askubuntu, how it came to be and what does it mean to the Ubuntu community.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Shirts! Ubuntu/Askubuntu shirts!!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Video showing with awesome graphics the Askubuntu site, some of the most active users in the site (And also robots like Jorge) and promoting the site (And even the 13.04 version which most likely be on the same day as the release).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Information about the site. For example, did you know askubuntu has more questions, users and visits than Unix &amp;amp; Linux.This has to count for something when trying to get a hold of the popularity around Ubuntu. It is also the 4th in amount of visits, users and questions per day. 5th in amount of questions. Something similar to the one that was done to github where it showed all popular git projects, amount of clones, developers, etc..&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7035" LastEditorUserId="7035" LastEditDate="2013-04-10T20:06:51.447" LastActivityDate="2013-04-10T20:06:51.447" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6500" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-04-11T02:51:34.737" Score="-2" ViewCount="88" Body="&lt;p&gt;Many questions relating to driver, installation and boot problems if search for &quot;legacy&quot;; thought it would be good to suggest create tag &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/legacy-bios&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;legacy-bios&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;legacy-bios&lt;/a&gt; to help narrow folks search results when using tags as search tool.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do not have required privileges to do this myself so it would be appreciated if somebody could do so on my behalf. Thanks in advance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="102029" LastActivityDate="2013-04-13T17:46:09.140" Title="Suggest Tag-Create [tag:legacy-bios]?" Tags="|discussion|support|tags|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6501" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6500" CreationDate="2013-04-11T03:18:08.960" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't think &quot;legacy-bios&quot; is really a necessary tag until the knee-jerk reaction to UEFI is no longer &quot;turn it off&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2013-04-11T03:18:08.960" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6502" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6503" CreationDate="2013-04-11T11:50:21.123" Score="13" ViewCount="187" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am relatively new to Ask Ubuntu and stack exchange in general, but I read that x-posting is relatively frowned upon here. Is it acceptable to post a question to another Stack Exchange site, say, Superuser, if the question is not answered here in Ask Ubuntu? What's the best practice for doing so? Should one delete the old question so that it does not show up twice on a search engine?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="147261" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-01-13T15:56:14.450" LastActivityDate="2014-01-13T15:56:14.450" Title="Crossposting to other Stack Exchange sites if question is unanswered on Ask Ubuntu" Tags="|discussion|best-practice|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6503" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6502" CreationDate="2013-04-11T12:04:49.010" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;Cross-posting the same question across StackExchange sites, within a few minutes, definitely seems spammish, to me. If, however, your question hasn't got attention and you can't add more details or raise a bounty for it in Ask Ubuntu, I don't see a problem with it if you can get attention on a more appropriate site.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strike&gt;Personally, I would delete my question here if you were able to get responses elsewhere.&lt;/strike&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Disregard the previous sentence. In hindsight, it was unnecessary. If you are a regular contributor, here, by all means, I would recommend coming back and answering your own question to add to the AU knowledge-base. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think that there are good cases to be made for self-deleting one's questions. But, that is probably good for another topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We are all volunteers here, so it just may take a while for a question to catch our attention.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="106495" LastEditorUserId="106495" LastEditDate="2013-04-15T07:20:19.020" LastActivityDate="2013-04-15T07:20:19.020" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6504" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6509" CreationDate="2013-04-12T02:46:45.157" Score="7" ViewCount="12365" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The Discussion&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Wubi's been dropped from 13.04.  They no longer test it, and they no longer support wubi in 13.04.  &lt;a href=&quot;https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2013-April/036993.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;There was a developers mailing list post about proposing to drop Wubi&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2013-April/037000.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;they removed the Wubi builds for everything but 12.04&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Therefore, if I am interpreting this correctly, there are no Wubi builds for anything but 12.04.  Should we consider any Wubi questions for anything that is 13.04 or newer as offtopic now, since it's no longer being supported?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Solutions&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For new questions that are similar to &quot;Can I use Wubi on 13.04&quot;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/6509/10616&quot;&gt;Oli's answer here is most suitable.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For new questions about debugging Wubi builds that are from older beta builds that have Wubi on them for 13.04, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/6505/10616&quot;&gt;Luis Alvarado's answer is the most suitable.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any questions about 13.10 and Wubi, however, are offtopic and should either be closed as not supported, or Oli's solution should be utilized.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.227" LastActivityDate="2013-12-11T08:53:35.867" Title="How do we currently handle Wubi questions for 13.04 and later?" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6505" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6504" CreationDate="2013-04-12T02:53:24.000" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think we should support Wubi on versions that support Wubi. For example, &lt;strong&gt;users asking for Wubi on 13.04+ would be off-topic&lt;/strong&gt;. Users asking for Wubi on a still supported version of Ubuntu like 12.04 would still get help until the version finishes their EOL support.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The support time frame should also count since, in May, Ubuntu 11.10 for example will end support, so any 11.10 question after that (Wubi or not) will be closed and the user recommended to seriously upgrade the system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7035" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2013-04-12T02:59:10.313" LastActivityDate="2013-04-12T02:59:10.313" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6506" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6500" CreationDate="2013-04-12T02:54:16.697" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Not many systems actually are shipping with UEFI and such, yet.  A lot of systems on the market still use BIOS.  Therefore, I don't see a need for this tag until UEFI becomes the standard for systems on the market.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="1859" LastEditDate="2013-04-13T17:46:09.140" LastActivityDate="2013-04-13T17:46:09.140" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6508" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6495" CreationDate="2013-04-12T10:28:11.690" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;This appears to be feedback.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your reputation on AskUbuntu was 198.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You received an Up vote on a question taking your reputation to 208.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This gave you an extra 100 points all your other sites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the process this took your reputation on Stack Overflow above 200 which gave you an association bonus on Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have no idea if this is supposed to be the intended behaviour however.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="107450" LastActivityDate="2013-04-12T10:28:11.690" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6509" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6504" CreationDate="2013-04-12T11:18:30.360" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;Despite its flaws, Wubi has certainly been an extremely popular method for letting Windows users install Ubuntu. I wouldn't be surprised if demand for it remains high enough for something to either officially or unofficially replace it in the future.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;And why off-topic?&lt;/strong&gt; Ubuntu 13.04 is what we are supporting here. Somebody asks a question about it, we should answer. In this case there could be one question: &quot;How do I install 13.04 with Wubi?&quot; with the single answer: &quot;You can't -  wubi support dropped in 13.04&quot; and dupe anything else against that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Bruno has offered one up which I'd suggest we dupe against: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/280667/will-i-be-able-to-use-wubi-to-install-ubuntu-releases-newer-than-12-10&quot;&gt;Will I be able to use wubi to install Ubuntu releases newer than 12.10?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That would be a much healthier way of dealing with this because it would get people to a full answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;An update from the future&lt;/strong&gt;: &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/7596/449&quot;&gt;Wubi support was never dropped&lt;/a&gt;. It's still on-topic for 12.04 onwards. It's still a valid method of installation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However it [probably] doesn't work with UEFI and by extension almost certainly doesn't work with SecureBoot and by extension, we can pretty much guarantee it &lt;em&gt;currently&lt;/em&gt; won't work with modern Win8 laptops.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In those cases feel free to answer: &quot;No, Wubi won't work on your laptop.&quot; or dupe against something else that explains that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2013-12-11T08:53:35.867" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6510" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6513" CreationDate="2013-04-12T17:03:14.557" Score="4" ViewCount="65" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sometimes it happens that while writing an answer, we get some help from other answers posted on AskUbuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In such cases, should we cite the sources?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="64171" LastActivityDate="2013-04-12T17:57:14.553" Title="Mentioning sources in answers" Tags="|discussion|answers|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6511" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2013-04-12T17:15:41.980" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;People write all kinds of answers, from good to bad to ugly. As the tag name signifies, this tag is suitable for cases dealing with &lt;em&gt;how an answer is written&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This tag deals with the questions like: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How should one structurize their answers?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What all and where should something be inserted in the answer?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How should one format his/her answers to make them more readable and comprehensible?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="64171" LastEditorUserId="64171" LastEditDate="2013-04-12T17:27:35.137" LastActivityDate="2013-04-12T17:27:35.137" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6512" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2013-04-12T17:15:41.980" Score="0" Body="When the question deals with the format of the answers posted on Ask Ubuntu." OwnerUserId="64171" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2013-04-18T14:10:55.437" LastActivityDate="2013-04-18T14:10:55.437" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6513" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6510" CreationDate="2013-04-12T17:20:56.010" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you're pulling in an answer from another question on Ask Ubuntu, you should ask yourself whether this question should actually just be closed as a duplicate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But assuming it's not a duplicate:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Citations are &lt;strong&gt;required&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/06/attribution-required/&quot;&gt;for any content you take from Ask Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt; (or other SE sites) so please don't omit them if you're copying portions of answer around.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;And otherwise, &lt;em&gt;why wouldn't you?&lt;/em&gt; A citation or source to something that explains what you're talking about only improves your answer. Include it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;In short: Doesn't matter where it comes from, just cite it.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-04-12T17:30:18.100" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6514" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6510" CreationDate="2013-04-12T17:57:14.553" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you're not copying &lt;em&gt;any part&lt;/em&gt; of your source (that is, not verbatim, but also &lt;em&gt;not even in modified form&lt;/em&gt;), then a citation is unlikely to be required by copyright law.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But &lt;strong&gt;you should still have it&lt;/strong&gt;. Explaining where you got some of the information in your answer only improves your answer (as Oli says), even in situations where you are not copying anything from your source.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2013-04-12T17:57:14.553" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6515" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5504" CreationDate="2013-04-12T22:56:57.280" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://planet.ubuntu.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ykyn9.png&quot; alt=&quot;Planet Ubuntu is a window into the world, work and lives of Ubuntu developers and contributors.&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="48451" LastEditorUserId="48451" LastEditDate="2013-04-14T00:18:05.603" LastActivityDate="2013-04-14T00:18:05.603" CommentCount="3" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-04-12T22:56:57.280" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6516" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6517" CreationDate="2013-04-13T03:37:27.810" Score="13" ViewCount="167" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2013/03/its-official-ubuntu-gnome-remix-joins-the-ubuntu-family&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Gnome Remix will become an official Ubuntu derivative&lt;/a&gt; upon the release of 13.04, I think it's time we update the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq&quot;&gt;FAQ&lt;/a&gt; to reflect that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Currently it states:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; the right place for:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Linux Mint, Backtrack, Gnome-Remix and other Linux distributions (try our friends at Unix &amp;amp; Linux Stack Exchange).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Obviously if Gnome-remix becomes official it would be supported here right?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8961639#8961639&quot;&gt;Journeymangeek also pointed out&lt;/a&gt; that the links to the Ubuntu Code of Conduct and Ubuntu Leadership Code of Conduct lead to the same page.  I guess that needs to be fixed as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-04-13T12:04:32.557" Title="We need to update the FAQ now that Gnome-remix is official" Tags="|discussion|bug|faq-suggestion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6517" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6516" CreationDate="2013-04-13T12:04:32.557" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ubuntu Gnome Remix will be off-topic forever. The &quot;new&quot; project, Ubuntu GNOME, will be allowed and on-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2013-04-13T12:04:32.557" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6518" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6519" CreationDate="2013-04-13T13:25:55.847" Score="4" ViewCount="213" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was about to ask for clarification to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/281008/i-am-sudo-but-cannot-edit-file-or-save-it&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; (like someone else already did), but the answering advice that pops up when you click the text field for the answer says to avoid that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/zwMf2.png&quot; alt=&quot;answer pop-up&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So if I'm not supposed to ask someone to elaborate etc., how to respond to this kind of question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just leave them to the abandoned void?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="93163" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2013-04-14T09:38:21.540" Title="How to deal with super-unspecific questions?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6519" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6518" CreationDate="2013-04-13T13:50:27.087" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Depending on how bad it is something in the range of:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Fix it yourself (if you can just about understand it - but only if you're sure you're not altering the meaning)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Leave a comment telling them you don't have a clue what they're talking about and that they should edit their question to explain a bit more.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I say comment, I &lt;em&gt;mean&lt;/em&gt; comment - not answer. You'll need 50 rep before you can do this. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If it's so bad that there's no rescuing it (and/or the OP seems to have no interest in fixing it) mark it for closure as Not A Real Question. If you don't have that ability yet the lazier moderators (ME!) would appreciate it if you left a comment for the OP to fix the post and gave them some time before flagging it for our attention.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it's already old (and the OP has ignored any prompts) when you get to it, flag it up.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2013-04-14T00:04:02.930" LastActivityDate="2013-04-14T00:04:02.930" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6520" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6521" CreationDate="2013-04-13T18:31:28.833" Score="14" ViewCount="503" Body="&lt;p&gt;Title's pretty clear on what i'm asking.  But what should we do with questions like these:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/281087/a-practical-guide-to-ubuntu-linux&quot; title=&quot;A Practical Guide to Ubuntu Linux&quot;&gt;A Practical Guide to Ubuntu Linux&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/281097/ubuntu-linux-install-xeyes-command&quot; title=&quot;Ubuntu Linux install xeyes command&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Linux install xeyes command&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;... which rely on getting an answer to complete what looks like a homework assignment, as well as are dependent on a paid-for text book which is likely looking for a specific answer that we may or may not be able to give here?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2013-04-14T19:01:07.223" Title="What do we do with homework-like questions?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6521" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6520" CreationDate="2013-04-13T18:34:40.443" Score="16" Body="&lt;p&gt;The thing with home work question is that most of the time they have been answered before.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To me ...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the 1st one is already marked a dupe so it will be gone soon.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the 2nd one is not even a valid question on AU. It is not a question but an assignment.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;AU has this in the FAQ:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You should only ask practical, answerable questions based on actual problems that you face. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Emphasis on &lt;em&gt;actual&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2013-04-14T19:01:07.223" LastActivityDate="2013-04-14T19:01:07.223" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6522" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6520" CreationDate="2013-04-13T18:48:26.073" Score="25" Body="&lt;p&gt;My vote is we post this as an answer:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/yqeFm.gif&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Of course I'm kidding, but I couldn't help myself...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2013-04-13T18:48:26.073" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6523" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6427" CreationDate="2013-04-14T01:49:51.467" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;A Bar for new users was added recently that states:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Here's how it works:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And has a link directly to to the about page. This introduces new users to the basics, without &lt;em&gt;redirecting&lt;/em&gt; (misleading when searching for a question from outside of the site)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/PRV4i.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I think this already handles this problem without removing the expected functionality for other users&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastActivityDate="2013-04-14T01:49:51.467" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6524" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6525" CreationDate="2013-04-14T08:10:05.587" Score="4" ViewCount="218" Body="&lt;p&gt;Recently I answered &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/280942/why-is-firefox-ui-so-unresponsive?noredirect=1#comment353509_280942&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/280942/why-is-firefox-ui-so-unresponsive?noredirect=1#comment353509_280942&lt;/a&gt;. My answer was then moved to a comment, which I find perfectly valid; I tend to lean towards answers maybe more than I should.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, the original asker was angry that I gave a generic answer. I feel like it was reasonable - many, many people don't go through basic troubleshooting, and often find that their problem gets fixed when they do. So I wanted to get input from the community: was my suggestion too unhelpful or otherwise &quot;bad&quot; in any way? Or was the OP out of line in their answer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="49090" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2013-04-14T08:59:38.530" Title="Am I out of line in giving a generic answer to this question?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6525" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6524" CreationDate="2013-04-14T08:59:38.530" Score="13" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Negative.&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I find nothing offensive about that comment of yours.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;P.S : Avoid 'answering' when you do not have an 'answer'. Please post a comment instead. You have the required reputation, so it shouldn't be an issue. Stack Exchange holds 'answers' with high regard, and as such, does not approve of them being used to just ask for clarifications or say thanks or anything else that does not directly answer the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;P.P.S : Meta is an exception.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="45659" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-04-14T08:59:38.530" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6526" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-04-14T15:08:58.453" Score="11" ViewCount="112" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently switched sides from &lt;em&gt;suggesting&lt;/em&gt; edits to &lt;em&gt;reviewing&lt;/em&gt; suggests. Now I see how when my rejected edits got canned comments (like &quot;too minor...&quot;) I didn't really learn how to make better edits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When on the other hand a reviewer took the time to really explain the reason for the reject I took a step further in understanding what was needed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The best teachers were those who improved my edit and commented on their edit - for this to generally work we would need the authors of suggested edits to look at their suggests again after reviews happened though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So for improving quality on AskUbuntu reviewers of suggested edits should take a little more time and tell the editors what in their edit was not appropriate/good enough.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastActivityDate="2013-04-14T17:13:15.463" Title="Reviewing suggested edits: don't rely on the canned comments only!" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6527" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6526" CreationDate="2013-04-14T17:13:15.463" Score="7" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;The best teachers were those who improved my edit and commented on their edit&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;-- it's so very true. And the one prominent user who could be easily associated with this is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/22949/eliah-kagan&quot;&gt;@EliahKagan&lt;/a&gt;. Encounter with him was/is one of the best things on Ask Ubuntu (at least for me). His answers/comments/replies are all well-thought out and he makes every effort to give the other user a fair chance to support his/her argument, help them guide through the site, understand different features, giving his opinion on different policies and all the other stuff which most of the people shy away from. I would take this opportunity to thank him from the bottom of my heart. Also go through &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/22949/eliah-kagan?tab=activity&amp;amp;sort=comments&quot;&gt;his Activities tab&lt;/a&gt; to understand what more I want to say. He still provides detailed description for why he is editing the posts and what not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In short, the guy is truly amazing and we could learn a lot from him.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;PS: This is not to take any credit away from other truly amazing members and moderators of this community. It's just that someone stood out in my connection with this site. And the whole community has been absolutely wonderful which is the reason why I have visited the site each and every day since my registration (except for one day in the past 3-4 days when I didn't have internet access at all.. Argh..)&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;PPS: And as always on Meta, I started this out as a comment, it got so big that I also incorporated other stuff and posted this in the answers section instead!!&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="114818" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2013-04-14T17:13:15.463" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6528" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6498" CreationDate="2013-04-15T09:40:40.777" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just for one day...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;give 10 bounties of 500 points for the best and most revealing SQL searches on this website&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;get a special design for that day&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;show a list of the 10 most popular tags and the most popular questions with that tag&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;give the 100.000 question a special badge&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;double the points you get for every vote and accept that day (triple them for old questions)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;make infographics showing how AU grew&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;display a thank you message on the profiles&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;provide a nice (and clickable?) desktop background&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We could also act silly...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;give random winners fake mod power (rollback their changes afterwards)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;allow questions on RedHat for one day&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;provide free beer&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;spam other stackexchange websites as well as ubuntu forums claiming AU is the best&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;tell our employers that this really is a holiday&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;change our profile picture to a picture of us as a baby/kid&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;ask random questions about Commodore 64 &#xA;...&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="115155" LastActivityDate="2013-04-15T09:40:40.777" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6529" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6498" CreationDate="2013-04-16T01:31:40.213" Score="3" Body="&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Just a thought. How about have a question on meta about what the 100,000th question will be? A similar thing was done for the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Millionth_topic_pool&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;1,000,000th Wikipedia&lt;/a&gt; entry. Also, you could have a pool on when the 100,000th threshold will be reached, like &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Million_pool&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Wikipedia&lt;/a&gt; did...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;New Idea: &lt;strong&gt;Remember to update &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Askubuntu&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;wikipedia page&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. It says as of September 2012, we have 70k questions. It should be updated to reflect 100k milestone. Also maybe create a new section for milestones, or a expand the history section.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Vote for the top 10 most memorable questions, like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/193901/wheres-ubuntu-desktop-12-04-1-dvd-version&quot;&gt;this one&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Someone make a VH1 remember the xx's spoof for AskUbuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="114660" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2013-04-28T21:40:41.340" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6530" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6531" CreationDate="2013-04-16T12:52:06.303" Score="6" ViewCount="137" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just received a badge for a trivial answer to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/119720/6969&quot;&gt;Unable to resolve host&lt;/a&gt;. This question was asked on 7 April &lt;strong&gt;2012&lt;/strong&gt;, has about &lt;strong&gt;15.3k&lt;/strong&gt; views and 15 upvotes. Shortly after posting my answer, I noticed the duplicate answer on the right and closed this one as a duplicate for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/59458/6969&quot;&gt;Error message when I run sudo: unable to resolve host (none)&lt;/a&gt;. That question was asked on 31 August &lt;strong&gt;2011&lt;/strong&gt;, has only &lt;strong&gt;8.2k&lt;/strong&gt; views and 12 upvotes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How is it possible that the new question attracted such a huge amount of traffic, even if it was marked as duplicate of the other question? I am also attaching the bug tag because the &lt;code&gt;[duplicate]&lt;/code&gt; mark does not seem to express the correct message to search engines (assuming that as the source of clicks).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6969" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2013-04-16T14:47:40.503" Title="How can this duplicate attract much more traffic than the linked question?" Tags="|discussion|bug|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6531" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6530" CreationDate="2013-04-16T13:09:34.913" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is because of the intended way that the duplicate system works. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If a anonymous (not logged-in) user visits a duplicate with an answer, they will not be redirected to the linked question. Hence the large page view numbers. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have solved this by merging the two questions, to preserve the excellent answers on both.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastEditorUserId="6005" LastEditDate="2013-04-16T14:47:40.503" LastActivityDate="2013-04-16T14:47:40.503" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6533" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-04-16T19:34:34.960" Score="0" ViewCount="89" Body="&lt;p&gt;Have mentioned this in chat a few weeks ago and as others have referred to SE system in other answers here in meta thought would ask for advice regarding the reasons or possibilities to why i have not been awarded the &lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/z8uaR.png&quot; width=&quot;75&quot; height=&quot;15&quot;&gt; for reading FAQ in main site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When i view FAQ there are highlighted text which appears to be directing me in how to use this site more appropriately. i.e.&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/CMrEP.png&quot; alt=&quot;What i see in FAQ&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Have probably referred to FAQ more than new most users, (some posting in meta mentioning they were unaware of the brilliant About page even after nearly a year using this site!) and as i have not been awarded the appropriate badge for my efforts would like to ask Why?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit: For confirmation that the criteria to obtain the badge has been met looky here&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/DJmSX.png&quot; alt=&quot;criteria has been met&quot;&gt;&#xA;Have been awarded &lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/z8uaR.png&quot; width=&quot;75&quot; height=&quot;15&quot;&gt; in meta and have been awarded &lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Ax1T5.png&quot; width=&quot;75&quot; height=&quot;15&quot;&gt; in main.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="102029" LastEditorUserId="146516" LastEditDate="2014-01-27T14:37:39.340" LastActivityDate="2014-01-27T14:37:39.340" Title="Why Is Main site not giving appropriate badge for reading FAQ?" Tags="|discussion|bug|status-norepro|badges|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6534" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6533" CreationDate="2013-04-16T20:08:20.357" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You mustn't have read it yet!! You need to expand (click on &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;show more&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;) all the questions in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq&quot;&gt;the FAQ&lt;/a&gt; to receive the badge.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Otherwise, clicking on &lt;strong&gt;all&lt;/strong&gt; the links in the sidebar should award you the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/badges/88/analytical&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/5eBBs.png&quot; alt=&quot;analytical&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt; badge.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/vU5Z2.png&quot; alt=&quot;faq-sidebar&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may need to wait a couple of hours to receive it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="114818" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2013-04-16T20:08:20.357" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6535" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-04-16T20:19:20.163" Score="-1" ViewCount="114" Body="&lt;p&gt;This same question has been asked, left unanswered, and marked as too localized. See (&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2790/question-is-duplicate-of-what-precisely&quot;&gt;question is duplicate of what, precisely?&lt;/a&gt; [closed])&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't see how the original question or this one is too localized. This one is a duplicate because the original one was not answered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To be more specific, when I find a question marked as a duplicate, I still need an answer. If the duplicate answers my question, I need the link to that question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is important to note that many of us come here after using a search engine like Google. I personally find the search function on many Ubuntu and Linux forums to be less functional than Google. Please consider making it a prerequisite that one must enter the duplicate question in order to mark a duplicate, and that the duplicate link always appears where the duplicate notice appears.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This would be very similar to marking bugs as duplicates. Instead of the message saying this question has been marked as a duplicate, the message should say this question has been marked as a duplicate of {question with link}.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="89067" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.227" LastActivityDate="2013-04-16T20:44:15.573" Title="Add a link to duplicate when a question is marked as a duplicate" Tags="|support|duplicates|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2013-04-16T21:17:20.630" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6536" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6535" CreationDate="2013-04-16T20:40:43.900" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The link is always provided when marking a question as duplicate. There's absolutely no point in marking/flagging as duplicate without providing a link to the master question. It appears inside a banner &lt;strong&gt;before the body&lt;/strong&gt; of the question. The banner is automatically inserted by the system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/jhvsw.png&quot; alt=&quot;duplicate example&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="114818" LastActivityDate="2013-04-16T20:40:43.900" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6537" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6543" CreationDate="2013-04-17T01:15:12.440" Score="-3" ViewCount="118" Body="&lt;p&gt;Examples would include rehashing personal perspective about an issue brought up on meta on main or posting paragraph long comments that offer no forward movement to the question at hand.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this considered a positive way to counter being disagreed with on meta, just nonsensical stupidity, or counterproductive problematic behavior?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2013-04-17T15:36:21.157" Title="How do we handle users that drag a meta discussion on to main?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6538" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6537" CreationDate="2013-04-17T01:16:17.177" Score="-4" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's a great idea, I don't know why we have meta anyway.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2013-04-17T01:16:17.177" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6539" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6537" CreationDate="2013-04-17T01:17:18.713" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's pointless, but mostly benign.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2013-04-17T01:17:18.713" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6540" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6537" CreationDate="2013-04-17T01:18:19.653" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's negative and counter-productive.  We should kill it with fire.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2013-04-17T01:18:19.653" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6541" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-04-17T08:38:39.897" Score="8" ViewCount="110" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sometimes a user has a problem that is almost certainly unique to him- or herself. The question is &quot;My system is broken. Why? Here are my configuration files.&quot; and the answer is &quot;There's a typo on line 3.&quot; I then have the feeling that the question should have been asked in Ubuntu Forums and not in AskUbuntu. Can such a question be &quot;too localised&quot;? How do I decide?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1745646" LastActivityDate="2013-04-17T12:33:48.847" Title="Is a problem that a single user is having &quot;too localised&quot;?" Tags="|support|flagging|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6542" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6541" CreationDate="2013-04-17T09:32:31.267" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Arguably yes but this does not help the poor user who has a real problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Perhaps we should be directing users to other sites such as &lt;a href=&quot;https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+questions&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Launchpad -- Questions for Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt; in cases such as this.  Launchpad does not try to produce a text book answer unlike this site.  There are lots of similar questions: each one for a single user.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is just my opinion however and I would be interested to know what others think.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="107450" LastActivityDate="2013-04-17T09:32:31.267" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6543" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6537" CreationDate="2013-04-17T10:41:18.077" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit:&lt;/strong&gt; This answer has evolved as I've found out its background. Still essentially the same answer, with a note on comments.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If there is off-topic nonsense within a &lt;strong&gt;question&lt;/strong&gt; or &lt;strong&gt;answer&lt;/strong&gt;, feel free to edit it out. Leave an explanation in your edit message, or leave a comment. If there's any strife or abuse as feedback, or the edit just gets rolled back, &lt;strong&gt;kick it up to moderators immediately&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Comments&lt;/strong&gt; are generally used around the site for meta purposes. Be that clarifying a question, suggesting edits or suggesting how to &lt;em&gt;deal&lt;/em&gt; with it. This is what they're for. If you disagree with the comment, tread carefully. You can reply but again, catch the wrong person on the wrong day and you're having a full-on argument. If things start bending that way, phone in the moderators and we can stand around moderating stuff.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you feel something is attempting to derail a question (be this an edit, a comment, or whatever), don't sit there and argue with the user. &lt;strong&gt;90% of times this will make things much worse.&lt;/strong&gt; Flag it and kick it up to your moderators.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We're fairly good at extinguishing things before they go too far.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2013-04-17T15:36:21.157" LastActivityDate="2013-04-17T15:36:21.157" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6545" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6541" CreationDate="2013-04-17T12:33:48.847" Score="10" Body="&lt;h3&gt;No, I think we keep these questions.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your example goes in with hindsight. If you know the answer is &amp;quot;there's a silly mistake in your configuration&amp;quot; that's fair enough but in the real world, you don't know that. You either have:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A question that's really hard to answer&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A question that looks really hard to answer with an answer explaining that it's a silly mistake.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm a web developer by trade and I make silly mistakes &lt;em&gt;all the time&lt;/em&gt;. Stack Overflow helps me bounce my issues around and although many of them are cases where I haven't properly RTFMd, &lt;strong&gt;people are there to help&lt;/strong&gt; and my issue gets solved and I get paid. I'd be a massive hypocrite if I didn't allow other people to do the same.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And take &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/q/680770/12870&quot;&gt;this example of Oli not reading the manual, making a stupid mistake&lt;/a&gt;. In this case I managed to figure it out myself but the number of upvotes should indicate how easy it is for many people to make the same silly mistake.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We're not equipped to tell how helpful a question/answer will be until it's out there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note:&lt;/strong&gt; Of course there are other types of too-localised questions. &lt;em&gt;This&lt;/em&gt; answer is really only intended for things you might retroactively consider to be too user specific. An &lt;em&gt;unanswered&lt;/em&gt; question about the release date of 11.04 would still be too-localised.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-04-17T12:33:48.847" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6546" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-04-17T17:09:20.273" Score="15" ViewCount="255" Body="&lt;p&gt;Reading &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3402/how-to-handle-duplicate-answers-that-add-nothing&quot;&gt;How to handle duplicate answers that add nothing?&lt;/a&gt; I want to add, how should duplicate answers be dealt with (if they should be dealt with at all).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The use case I want to focus on is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;User has the same exact (Copy/Paste) answer on several questions that are relevant&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With this in mind, should duplicate answer be deleted, moved, edited... or should they be left there and ignored knowing that this could get really carried away with users in the future simply copy / pasting their answer in any question that is relevant either by the same tag, title, problem. Imagine a question related to upgrading Ubuntu (does not matter the what the problem is) and the user only posts &lt;code&gt;do-release-upgrade -d&lt;/code&gt; about 100 times in 100 questions. Am looking at this from the stand point of where it could get to (exaggerating a bit but wanted to make a point).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, how should answers that are duplicate of another be handled?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7035" LastEditorUserId="250300" LastEditDate="2018-02-21T08:57:51.947" LastActivityDate="2018-02-21T08:57:51.947" Title="How to handle duplicate Answers" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6547" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6546" CreationDate="2013-04-17T17:12:10.223" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Generally, I cite the original source, but only if it directly addresses the question.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Example:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/69199/wireless-not-working-after-update-network-unclaimed/69207#69207&quot;&gt;https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/69199/wireless-not-working-after-update-network-unclaimed/69207#69207&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know this probably isn't exactly the case you're looking towards, but if the questions can't be merged and the answer does apply - then what?  Sticky judgement call.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:37:19.280" LastActivityDate="2013-04-17T17:12:10.223" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6548" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-04-17T17:32:20.300" Score="3" ViewCount="79" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is basically a resurrection of &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2468/how-should-we-define-abandoned-as-a-close-reason&quot;&gt;How should we define &amp;quot;Abandoned&amp;quot; as a close reason?&lt;/a&gt;, but given &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/6492/reminder-unanswered-time-too-localised?cb=1&quot;&gt;Reminder: Unanswered + Time != Too Localised&lt;/a&gt;, I think we need to actually revisit this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should we add a new close reason for &quot;Abandoned&quot; with a specific message related to abandonment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.087" LastActivityDate="2013-04-17T17:32:20.300" Title="Do we need a new close reason of &quot;Abandoned&quot;?" Tags="|discussion|close-reasons|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6549" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6546" CreationDate="2013-04-17T17:45:19.377" Score="10" Body="&lt;h3&gt;Are the questions dupes then?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the same answer holds true for more than one questions it is likely that both questions may be dupes too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Need they be edited to hold true for both instances?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It may then be that the way they are worded does not yet justify closing one of them as exact duplicate of the other. We could then think about how to edit the supposed master question to be general enough to also be valid for the then to be closed duplicate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;What if the questions can not be &amp;quot;duped&amp;quot;?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There will be questions where we cant do so. Rather than giving an answer or a comment with just a link to the &amp;quot;master&amp;quot; answer I believe that it is then fine to have an almost identical answer on both questions. It is giving an answer to a question what counts in the end. If the identical answer was upvoted it shows that it helped at least some people. If no vote was given the answer will move to the end. Apart from adding some clutter not much harm was done then.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3940" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-04-17T17:45:19.377" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6550" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-04-18T14:08:55.597" Score="11" ViewCount="78" Body="&lt;p&gt;The link pointing to Ubuntu about derivatives page is broken.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Located at &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/faq&lt;/a&gt; page&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Paragraph:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We welcome questions about:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Using and administering Ubuntu, including &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com/about/derivatives&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;official Ubuntu derivatives&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12218" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2013-04-18T14:51:03.840" Title="Official Ubuntu derivatives link at FAQ is broken" Tags="|bug|status-completed|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6551" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1633" CreationDate="2013-04-18T23:52:18.533" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/pruQi.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/8VLEJ.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Raring Wallpaper&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;2560x1600&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have taken the stock wallpaper for Raring and overlaid the Ask Ubuntu logo (with some lens flare effects and patterns).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;For attribution purposes:&lt;/strong&gt; this image uses a modified version of the default Ubuntu wallpaper on Raring (13.04). It is released (by me) under an identical license.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastActivityDate="2013-04-18T23:52:18.533" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6552" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6553" CreationDate="2013-04-19T03:25:19.773" Score="4" ViewCount="120" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is a bit weird. An unregistered user asked a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/282993/installing-ubuntu-on-a-powerbook-g4-667-unable-to-boot&quot;&gt;question&lt;/a&gt; here. Then instead of editing the question or adding comments, he started posting additional informations as answers. When I first noticed this I left a message telling him to edit the question. Then I noticed that the user number changed for him. I.E. he was no longer responding as the OP. How do we deal with a situation like that? Why did it happen?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this situation, can the OP access the unregistered account to manage the question at this point? I'm at an absolute loss!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="114660" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2013-04-19T05:04:12.587" Title="Why did the OP's user number change?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6553" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6552" CreationDate="2013-04-19T05:04:12.587" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;This happens when people use unregistered accounts. The only way to &quot;access&quot; an unregistered account is to use the browser you registered it on. So if you remove that cookie or use another browser/computer you'll have to create another unregistered account. If the user creates an account either with Stack Exchange or via OpenID login and the email address for that new account is the same as the unregistered accounts the system should automatically merge them and the user can then manage the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2013-04-19T05:04:12.587" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6554" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6555" CreationDate="2013-04-19T08:46:48.893" Score="16" ViewCount="215" Body="&lt;p&gt;I watch the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/application-development&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;application-development&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;application-development&lt;/a&gt; tag for new questions, which has worked for a long time. Since yesterday, I see multiple questions getting closed for being offtopic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/282994/20837&quot;&gt;How do you get the website title to show up in the menu area / webpage title are in python / quickly created web browser?&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/282496/20837&quot;&gt;How do you get http:// to load automatically in a web browser?&lt;/a&gt; for examples.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I thought these questions were allowed, especially since the first person uses Quickly for his application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20837" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2013-04-19T12:09:38.177" Title="Are application development questions not allowed anymore?" Tags="|discussion|close-reasons|closed-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6555" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6554" CreationDate="2013-04-19T10:19:01.667" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;Well I'm reversing those decisions because yes, development is very much on-topic here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To be clear these two examples &lt;em&gt;are&lt;/em&gt; borderline generic (there's little to do with Ubuntu here) and I'd welcome people &lt;em&gt;suggesting&lt;/em&gt; that the OP might have more luck on Stack Overflow... But closing it as off-topic is incorrect, because it's not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;To address the comments:&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just because I am using Ubuntu and developing an application using Python/Quickly/Bazaar make the question on topic? Suppose the question has got nothing to do with Ubuntu or Quickly or Bazaar or Launchpad (but OP mentions that he is using them) and its a purely Python (or any other language) related question - will that still be on topic?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm very reluctant to give explicit limits as to  what's &amp;quot;on-topic&amp;quot; because there's inevitably a question that comes along that proves me wrong. I would say:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If it's a development question and it's here, it's probably somebody developing on Ubuntu. Unless it's really super-double-obvious that it's developing for another system, just let it stay.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If it's &lt;em&gt;really&lt;/em&gt; generic, &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;suggest&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; they might get a better service from asking their question on another site and perhaps suggest they flag it for the OPs to migrate if that's what they want to do. (Please don't flag it yourself)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If it already has a valid answer, why are we having this discussion? Move along. Stop wasting your time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If it's a question about compiling qbasic to exes on DOS, torpedo one away.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Questions about Quickly, Bazaar and Launchpad are almost always going to be on-topic but don't their presence in a question a whitelist or the lack thereof a black mark.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-04-19T12:09:38.177" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6556" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1633" CreationDate="2013-04-19T16:49:29.203" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Somebody mentioned cupcakes and I was bored.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Polrs.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Polrs.jpg&quot; width=&quot;200&quot; height=&quot;125&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  1920x1080&#xA;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now am hungry and bored!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The image of cupcakes was found at imgur after googling ubuntu cupcakes.The image used can be found &lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ECpft.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ECpft.jpg&lt;/a&gt; which after using gimp to add &quot;All you have to do is Ask @ ask ubuntu logo&quot; then resizing and export as png.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="102029" LastEditorUserId="5" LastEditDate="2013-04-20T20:26:17.360" LastActivityDate="2013-04-20T20:26:17.360" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6557" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6558" CreationDate="2013-04-20T20:09:05.163" Score="8" ViewCount="83" Body="&lt;p&gt;It looks like in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/261597/i-cannot-install-ubuntu-server-12-10-the-installer-hangs-at-the-language-select&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; the OP doesn't follow up with information. Should I advise jonas, who has offered a bounty on this question to either&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;post his own question&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;or&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;edit the question (difficult, he has not enough rep)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;or&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;do something completely different?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2013-04-20T21:07:57.443" Title="What advice to give when OP doesn't follow up?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6558" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6557" CreationDate="2013-04-20T21:07:57.443" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since Jonas isn't the original asker (OP) he:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Won't get notifications of new answers or comments  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Will have trouble adding information to the question because his edits will have to go through review.  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In view of this I think Jonas should ask a new question and, as soon as he gets an answer, we should dupe the old question to the new answered one. This will make the process a whole lot easier for both Jonas &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; anyone trying to answer his question.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2013-04-20T21:07:57.443" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6559" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6498" CreationDate="2013-04-21T02:58:14.410" Score="-8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Fold AskUbuntu into &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/?as=1&quot;&gt;unix.stackexchange.com&lt;/a&gt; and maintain &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/?as=1&quot;&gt;unix.stackexhange.com&lt;/a&gt; as the primary or only Stackexchange Unix/Linux/GNU site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ubuntu is not an island standing independent of the greater Linux/GNU/Unix community but is very much a part of that community. Keeping AskUbuntu as it's own island is misguided and ultimately counterproductive. Ubuntu users including newbies are ultimately enriched by exposure to that greater community.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://stackoverflow.com&quot;&gt;Stackoverlow.com&lt;/a&gt; which was the original, and still is the flagship, Stackexchange site provides a prime example of a vibrant diverse community that has not splintered into a multitude of Java, C# and Hadoop sub-fora. It is a vibrant community where C, C++, and Java proponents interact and contribute to everyone's benefit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="36515" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:37:19.280" LastActivityDate="2013-04-21T15:15:40.810" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6560" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5504" CreationDate="2013-04-21T10:05:24.807" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/L9lJD.png&quot; alt=&quot;GNU Emacs!&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="36515" LastEditorDisplayName="user29058" LastEditDate="2013-10-08T17:52:04.350" LastActivityDate="2013-10-08T17:52:04.350" CommentCount="4" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-04-21T10:05:24.807" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6561" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6498" CreationDate="2013-04-21T10:28:23.663" Score="-3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Wait until we have 100k answered questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25425" LastActivityDate="2013-04-21T10:28:23.663" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6562" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-04-21T10:37:13.163" Score="5" ViewCount="52" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've been noticing this for the last few days, and it seems like a bug.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is what the link currently looks like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/2MCpw.png&quot; alt=&quot;Ask question - main site&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Notice the dark purple colored left border which shouldn't be visible. Below is the zoomed image:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/JKYdZ.png&quot; alt=&quot;Ask question - zoomed&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While hovering, the border disappears.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/8VKgu.png&quot; alt=&quot;Ask question - hover&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is no such border on meta.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/mWT1o.png&quot; alt=&quot;Ask question - metsa&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a very minor bug, and I guess it should not take more than a minute to fix.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="64171" LastEditorUserId="146516" LastEditDate="2013-04-22T10:48:32.740" LastActivityDate="2013-04-22T10:48:32.740" Title="&quot;Ask question&quot; left border visible on main site" Tags="|bug|design|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6563" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-04-21T10:20:16.290" Score="0" ViewCount="92" Body="&lt;p&gt;I do not know how to comments to a question please help. &#xA;I am very new to Askubuntu and do not know how to do many things.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150984" OwnerDisplayName="apad121" LastActivityDate="2013-04-22T11:28:33.470" Title="How to add comments to a question in Askubuntu?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2013-04-22T11:28:39.690" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6564" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6563" CreationDate="2013-04-21T10:34:32.093" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Welcome to askubuntu.com &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You need at least 50 reputation in order to comment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When you have achieved this: to comment on a question,go to the bottom of the question, wou will find option with 'flag','edit' and 'share'. Below this links, there is line with 'add comment'. Click on this link and add your say about the desirable question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;About askubuntu- this is a site where the basic queries and problems associated with ubuntu are answered. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can ask a question if you encounter a problem while installation,running,upgrading,updating or using ubuntu with a single click button available at the top right corner of the webpage below the menu bar.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Be sure to research well on the error you have received before asking since there may be others who many have encountered the same problem and have posted the question earlier.So,search for the question first.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Based on the questions asked, people who are sure will answer it. Some may even edit the question to make it better and make more sense.The answer may be voted along with the question.The answer accepted by the person who asks it is rated as the best answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The votes for your question or answer will get you points known as reputation and you will earn batches for it in order to encourage you yo continue your contribution and help make ubuntu a better operating system with no errors.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117409" OwnerDisplayName="Saket" LastActivityDate="2013-04-21T12:16:56.243" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6565" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6563" CreationDate="2013-04-21T10:35:28.433" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;You have to have 50 reputation points to be able to leave comments.  See the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq&quot;&gt;FAQ&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="59676" OwnerDisplayName="Mitch" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2013-04-21T10:35:28.433" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6566" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-04-21T16:48:39.010" Score="7" ViewCount="94" Body="&lt;p&gt;Firstly, let me point out that there is &lt;em&gt;some&lt;/em&gt; mention of the top on &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3298/is-it-ok-to-post-and-how-should-we-deal-with-non-english-or-partly-non-englis&quot;&gt;this post&lt;/a&gt;. But I am still confused on how to deal with some of these posts. It's assumed that the community will handle the situation appropriately, but I see conflicting actions taken in incidents involving non-English posters.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Usually I take the post to Google Translate and provide the translation in an edit to the original post. I make minor changes where Google Translate seems to have made mistakes, and that's fine and dandy. But several problems arise once in a while. The main problem is when the poster uses poor grammar and spelling in their original post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Take &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/283906/error-message-the-system-is-running-in-low-graphics-mode-when-booting&quot;&gt;this one&lt;/a&gt; for example. The translation Google gave left several of the original words untranslated since they were spelled so poorly it was impossible to tell what they were trying to say. I had to search online dictionaries for similar words and guess at which made most sense then substitute in a reasonable English &lt;em&gt;sentence&lt;/em&gt; to replace the phrase in which the word appeared.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should questions posed in foreign languages that are poorly structured in their native language be dismissed with prejudice? It seems to demand far more additional effort than necessary to aid them. On the other hand, if a user has a problem, should we not take every effort to help them?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The other example I came across was an answer stated in Spanish. This particular example was well structured in the native language to the point where no edits needed to be made to the Google translation. The answer was also a possible answer to the question (it dealt with overheating and the answer suggested the particular model of laptop was prone to do so). However, by the time I edited the post with the translation, it had 4 downvotes. It was deleted before my edit was reviewed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This contrary to the accepted belief that the diverse community will resolve the foreign language dillema quickly so not as to become an issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So the question I pose is, is there a model we should follow when dealing with these posts, and if not, should there be one?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="114660" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2013-04-22T21:48:18.507" Title="What is the proper procedure when dealing with posts written in other languages?" Tags="|discussion|languages|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2013-04-23T05:18:56.213" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6568" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6572" CreationDate="2013-04-21T21:10:36.333" Score="1" ViewCount="44" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you login for first time, you should see alternative options for login instead registering. Is that possible that all of alternatives (OpenID, Facebook, etc) synched to one account?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="147459" LastEditorUserId="62" LastEditDate="2013-04-22T14:39:45.527" LastActivityDate="2013-04-22T14:39:45.527" Title="Is that possible to have account using more than one login options?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6569" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-04-21T20:04:03.600" Score="0" ViewCount="107" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have not been visiting askubuntu for a while and was now confronted with OpenID.&#xA;I will never be able to remember a password from 8 unique digits with upper and lower characters and special characters! I am sure I will ask them to reset my password every time I want to login... &#xA;Is it possible to use a more traditional login with passwords that a human being can remember?&#xA;(I do not want to use any of the social media logins for privacy reasons)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="37290" OwnerDisplayName="Martur" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Is there a login for humans available?" Tags="|discussion|login|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6570" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6569" CreationDate="2013-04-21T21:11:03.977" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can use a password manager like Lastpass[addon to Firefox/chrome] to managed all your passwords.  Just have to remember one password.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="151109" OwnerDisplayName="Colin" LastActivityDate="2013-04-21T21:11:03.977" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6571" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6569" CreationDate="2013-04-21T22:03:56.587" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;There's no particular reason to use the Stack Exchange OpenID service. You could sign up for an account with a less restrictive OpenID provider instead (e.g. MyOpenID, which has no password restrictions at all), and sign in with that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="194" LastActivityDate="2013-04-21T22:03:56.587" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6572" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6568" CreationDate="2013-04-22T00:07:37.987" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes you can. Go to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/147459/aryo-adhi-wibisono-legopermono&quot;&gt;your profile&lt;/a&gt; and click &lt;em&gt;My Logins&lt;/em&gt;.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/lzfhM.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From there you can add a remove OpenIDs you can login with.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/71oKE.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as I know you can have as many logins as you want.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2013-04-22T00:07:37.987" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6574" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6498" CreationDate="2013-04-22T14:37:57.293" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;delete all questions and start from zero, than we can celebrate again when we gain that number. simple as that :D  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;OK just a joke :D&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="141402" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2013-04-23T03:00:51.037" LastActivityDate="2013-04-23T03:00:51.037" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6575" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6569" CreationDate="2013-04-22T14:45:19.923" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are several other ways to log into your account &lt;em&gt;without&lt;/em&gt; using the SE OpenID service. We support Google (including Google's two-factor authentication), Facebook, Yahoo, and any other site that acts as an OpenID provider. You can use any combination of these credentials without any loss in functionality.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The reason for the password requirements was discussed by one of our developers here — &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/126088/98786&quot;&gt;Can Stack Exchange change the password criteria?&lt;/a&gt; Being an open OpenID provider, your login credentials are available for use with any service that supports OpenID. Granted, most people probably don't use their Stack Exchange accounts elsewhere, but the developers have been steadfast in their belief that they err on the side of stricter security practices. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I understand your criticism of the password requirements, but I hope you find the requirements behind any one of these alternatives acceptable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="62" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2013-04-22T14:45:19.923" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6576" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6577" CreationDate="2013-04-23T03:22:09.323" Score="1" ViewCount="81" Body="&lt;p&gt;So this is a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/151381/socanpower&quot;&gt;blatant spam account&lt;/a&gt;. The profile description is spam and the profile pic is that of a pretty girl, probably taken without the consent of the owner. Only post is blatant spam. The issue with spam accounts was discussed &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/6317/should-spam-only-accounts-always-be-deleted&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. So should this account be deleted?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="114660" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2013-04-23T03:31:32.910" Title="Request deletion of spam account" Tags="|feature-request|user-accounts|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6577" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6576" CreationDate="2013-04-23T03:31:32.910" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;What account are you talking about?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;(Commercial Song starts!)  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;TROLL!!&lt;/strong&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because there's always one with us!  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Commercial Song stops!)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;NOTE - BTW I Deleted the account and yeah it was spam.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ad brought to you by the Spaminator!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7035" LastActivityDate="2013-04-23T03:31:32.910" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6578" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-04-23T14:18:28.470" Score="37" ViewCount="411" Body="&lt;p&gt;There were a bunch of &lt;em&gt;great&lt;/em&gt; questions this morning in the close queue because they were about 13.04. It doesn't make sense to close them just because 13.04 is a few days away. We're supposed to be getting &quot;looser&quot; as 13.04 solidifies, after all, we can't update all the questions on the site at once!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please see this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/871/when-are-questions-about-ubuntu1-appropriate&quot;&gt;When are questions about &amp;quot;ubuntu+1&amp;quot; appropriate?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and instead make a judgement call based on how good the question is, don't just write it off because it's about 13.04. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="7035" LastEditDate="2013-04-25T12:06:36.110" LastActivityDate="2013-04-25T16:58:16.830" Title="Please stop voting to close 13.04 questions for no reason" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6580" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2013-04-23T16:54:00.253" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Based from &lt;a href=&quot;http://askubuntu.com/faq&quot;&gt;Ask Ubuntu FAQ&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Reputation is a rough measurement of how much the community trusts you; it is earned by convincing your peers that you know what you’re talking about. Basic use of the site, including asking questions, answering, and suggesting edits, does not require any reputation at all. But the more reputation you earn, the more privileges you gain. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="147459" LastEditorUserId="147459" LastEditDate="2013-04-24T15:51:33.717" LastActivityDate="2013-04-24T15:51:33.717" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6581" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2013-04-23T16:54:00.253" Score="0" Body="Question about user reputation" OwnerUserId="147459" LastEditorUserId="147459" LastEditDate="2013-04-24T15:51:42.483" LastActivityDate="2013-04-24T15:51:42.483" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6582" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2013-04-23T16:55:13.853" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2013-04-23T16:55:13.853" LastActivityDate="2013-04-23T16:55:13.853" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6583" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2013-04-23T16:55:13.853" Score="0" Body="Question, suggestion, or bug-report for Ask Ubuntu Meta" OwnerUserId="147459" LastEditorUserId="147459" LastEditDate="2013-04-24T15:51:48.077" LastActivityDate="2013-04-24T15:51:48.077" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6584" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6569" CreationDate="2013-04-23T18:41:16.590" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Write your password down on paper! you can't hack that!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10698" LastEditorUserId="114818" LastEditDate="2013-04-24T05:28:08.747" LastActivityDate="2013-04-24T05:28:08.747" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6585" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6578" CreationDate="2013-04-23T22:54:22.717" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Well... &lt;strike&gt; In a couple of days&lt;/strike&gt; Today we can vote to reopen them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unless they were bugs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastEditorUserId="47291" LastEditDate="2013-04-25T16:58:16.830" LastActivityDate="2013-04-25T16:58:16.830" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6586" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-04-23T23:47:06.523" Score="5" ViewCount="179" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently asked for&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/6576/request-deletion-of-spam-account&quot;&gt; a clear spam account to be deleted&lt;/a&gt;. It subsequently was, but now there is a different issue with a different user. This time there is an unregistered account that is just trolling a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/284722/how-do-i-remove-this-annoyingly-pixelated-popup/284765#284765&quot;&gt;particular question&lt;/a&gt;. Is it enough to admonish the person doing this or should his &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/151630/loraag&quot;&gt;unregistered account&lt;/a&gt; be deleted? His answer poses a threat to users at the very least.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Original post:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;sudo rm -rf /&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;proven to work everytime&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Comments:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's the spirit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I wish I had a cat in my hat.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="114660" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-04-27T21:44:14.603" Title="Should this account be deleted?" Tags="|discussion|user-accounts|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6587" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6591" CreationDate="2013-04-24T02:18:01.557" Score="3" ViewCount="35" Body="&lt;p&gt;I asked in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/201/ask-ubuntu-general-room&quot;&gt;chat&lt;/a&gt; and there was unanimous agreement, but none of the present had the permissions to even suggest a tag synonym, since the requirements are a rep of over 2500 reputation and a total answer score of 5 or more on the tag (which I find a little restrictive, but anyway, that's beside the point). Could someone powerful enough do that (assuming there's no objection)? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="23900" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2013-04-24T16:26:25.890" LastActivityDate="2013-04-24T16:26:25.890" Title="Should the tags &quot;sync&quot; and &quot;synchronize&quot; be synonymized?" Tags="|discussion|status-completed|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6588" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-04-24T03:20:41.827" Score="3" ViewCount="90" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/284801/online-dating-websites-who-would-consider-them&quot;&gt;This time&lt;/a&gt; two unregistered accounts with successive user numbers are the ones. One posts a question while the others posts seconds later with the spam answer solicited by the off-topic question. Deleting their accounts isn't stopping the spam. I flagged but I think everyone should be on alert for this attacks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="114660" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2013-04-24T16:11:12.013" Title="Are spammers attacking the website?" Tags="|feature-request|user-accounts|spam-handling|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6589" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6578" CreationDate="2013-04-24T05:50:52.243" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Please feel free to flag questions that were closed because of collective (bad) judgement or are about to be closed (if a mod closes and then re-opens the same users cannot vote again to close), we can have a quick look at them and re-open / clean the close votes if that is the case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, that will make us remember usernames that are constantly showing up on such closures and we might resource to sending a virtual &lt;em&gt;smack-in-the-head&lt;/em&gt; if needed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastActivityDate="2013-04-24T05:50:52.243" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6590" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6588" CreationDate="2013-04-24T16:11:12.013" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;Spammers are attacking &lt;em&gt;every&lt;/em&gt; website. That's what spammers do; they spam.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just flag the posts you find. If enough people flag the system will take care of things automagically. Otherwise a moderator will nuke the post when we see your flag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We don't need a Meta post about every instance :p&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2013-04-24T16:11:12.013" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6591" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6587" CreationDate="2013-04-24T16:25:09.197" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm onboard... But which way? &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/sync&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;sync&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;sync&lt;/a&gt; has 449 posts and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/synchronize&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;synchronize&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;synchronize&lt;/a&gt; only has 91.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm going to munge things down to &quot;sync&quot; for now because it seems people are naturally lazy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2013-04-24T16:25:09.197" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6592" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6593" CreationDate="2013-04-24T17:22:42.953" Score="10" ViewCount="118" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was looking at the Tags page, and noticed a tag named &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/bad-tag&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;bad-tag&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;bad-tag&lt;/a&gt;. The tag has no tag-wiki or questions. What is it used for?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="64171" LastEditorUserId="39372" LastEditDate="2013-04-25T01:21:23.820" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="What is bad-tag for?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6593" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6592" CreationDate="2013-04-24T17:48:14.150" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;People create tags for no reason all the time, what we do is just make sure no questions are tagged with it, and then the system will cull the unused tags regularly &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/177327/203389&quot;&gt;every day at 3:00 UTC&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2013-04-26T14:19:19.133" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6594" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2013-04-25T05:25:08.110" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2013-04-25T05:25:08.110" LastActivityDate="2013-04-25T05:25:08.110" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6595" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2013-04-25T05:25:08.110" Score="0" Body="For question or suggestion to handling spam." OwnerUserId="147459" LastEditorUserId="147459" LastEditDate="2013-04-25T12:06:19.593" LastActivityDate="2013-04-25T12:06:19.593" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6596" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2013-04-25T06:20:13.080" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2013-04-25T06:20:13.080" LastActivityDate="2013-04-25T06:20:13.080" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6597" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2013-04-25T06:20:13.080" Score="0" Body="Question about any offtopic questions" OwnerUserId="147459" LastEditorUserId="147459" LastEditDate="2013-04-25T12:06:13.593" LastActivityDate="2013-04-25T12:06:13.593" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6598" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2013-04-25T06:22:40.027" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2013-04-25T06:22:40.027" LastActivityDate="2013-04-25T06:22:40.027" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6599" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2013-04-25T06:22:40.027" Score="0" Body="Question, suggestion, or bug-reporting about inserting images" OwnerUserId="147459" LastEditorUserId="147459" LastEditDate="2013-04-25T12:06:16.937" LastActivityDate="2013-04-25T12:06:16.937" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6601" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6578" CreationDate="2013-04-25T07:46:31.133" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;Maybe the FAQ should be adapted. Now it reads:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This is not the right place for:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Linux Mint, Backtrack, Gnome-Remix and other Linux distributions (try our friends at Unix &amp;amp; Linux Stack Exchange).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Bug reports (How do I submit a bug?).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Issues with the next version of Ubuntu (Ubuntu+1) (More information about Alpha and Beta release issues).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are people supposed to understand from that one sentence that there is some room for Ubuntu+1 questions? At present they have to open the link to understand that. The latter bullet could be rewritten to something like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Issues with the next version of Ubuntu (Ubuntu+1) &lt;em&gt;unless they have future relevance&lt;/em&gt; (More information about Alpha and Beta release issues; &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/871/when-are-questions-about-ubuntu1-appropriate&quot;&gt;more information on future relevance&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="115155" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.227" LastActivityDate="2013-04-25T07:55:28.047" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6602" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6474" CreationDate="2013-04-25T07:50:20.367" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If those spammers uses modem with dynamic IP, banning IP can be not useful enough, since &lt;em&gt;their IP changes as time their reconnects&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="147459" LastActivityDate="2013-04-25T07:50:20.367" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6609" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-04-26T08:57:20.870" Score="1" ViewCount="44" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'd like to answer on this posting here:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/218370/how-to-make-logitech-anywhere-mx-work-in-ubuntu-12-x?answertab=votes#tab-top&quot;&gt;How to make Logitech Anywhere MX work in Ubuntu 12.X?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm logged in, but I didn't see an &quot;Answer-Button&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can somebody help?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="118677" OwnerDisplayName="suther" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2013-04-26T10:57:00.993" Title="How can I answer on a thread?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6610" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6609" CreationDate="2013-04-26T09:00:17.803" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Go right to the bottom of the page, and you should see a &quot;Your Answer&quot; bit with a massive text box.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Write your answer in there and press the button &quot;Post your answer&quot; that will be right beneath your answer preview. If you decide you don't want to post, click on &quot;discard&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="27044" OwnerDisplayName="somoso" LastActivityDate="2013-04-26T09:00:17.803" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6612" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6615" CreationDate="2013-04-27T00:28:32.527" Score="2" ViewCount="106" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just stumbled upon this question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/286180/i-cant-install-ubuntu-13-04-on-a-new-computer&quot;&gt;I can&amp;#39;t install Ubuntu 13.04 on a new computer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And in the sidebar for this question I found this Related question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/285383/i-cant-install-ubuntu-13-04-on-a-new-computer&quot;&gt;I can&amp;#39;t install Ubuntu 13.04 on a new computer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These questions appear to be the exact same, having been asked by the same person from two separate accounts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What should be done about this? Is there a button on profiles to allow you to report a duplicate user? I looked but didn't see one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="49090" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="I've found a duplicate user; what should I do?" Tags="|discussion|support|duplicates|duplicate-accounts|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6614" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6616" CreationDate="2013-04-27T09:58:07.853" Score="1" ViewCount="57" Body="&lt;p&gt;I know that with '@name' I can address one user, and that any comment is indicated to the author of the question/answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But is it possible to address  a comment to all participants to a series of comments under one question or answer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user47206" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="How to comment (reply to) all comments (address all commentators) under one question/answer?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6615" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6612" CreationDate="2013-04-27T11:20:18.513" Score="3" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Regarding Duplicate Questions:&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When you find a duplicate question, you should flag one of the question as a Duplicate of the other. If you have the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/close-questions&quot;&gt;privilege to Vote-To-Close&lt;/a&gt;, you should exercise your privilege as such.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Which one should be flagged/VTC'd?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The one which is poorly asked, is poorly formatted, has poor grammar, is lacking in information and so on. Also take into account if one of the questions has a good answer for it. In short, flag as such which requires least amount of effort for both you, the community members and the moderators.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are flagging the question which contains some more additional information than the target question, if would be preferable if you also edit the master question to incorporate such additional information. In case you do not have the edit privilege and you are only suggesting an edit, then make sure that you provide an appropriate edit reason with a link from where you are incorporating those additional information. In the absence of proper edit reasoning which would help the reviewers it is highly likely that the Suggested edit might get rejected.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, in this case, as of now neither of the duplicate questions have an Upvoted or an Accepted Answer. So, we can neither flag them as &lt;em&gt;&quot;it doesn't belong here, or it is a duplicate&quot;&lt;/em&gt; nor Vote-To-Close them. In such cases, you may flag the question for Moderator Attention using the &lt;em&gt;&quot;Other&quot;&lt;/em&gt; option and explain it. &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/165933/changes-to-close-as-duplicate&quot;&gt;Moderators can still close the questions as Duplicates even if the target question doesn't have an Upvoted/Accepted Answer&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Regarding Duplicate Accounts:&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We can have Duplicate or Multiple Accounts provided we are not misusing them. If you find that duplicate accounts are indulging in Voting Frauds or another kind of malpractice, bring that to the attention of Community by posting that on Meta and/or Flag one of the posts by them for Moderators using the &lt;em&gt;&quot;Other&quot;&lt;/em&gt; option to explain the scenario.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Generally speaking, posting that on Meta should be preferred as the community at large can evaluate the situation and ensures that we can get the view-point of a large number of people.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="114818" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:24.280" LastActivityDate="2013-04-27T13:02:41.220" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6616" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6614" CreationDate="2013-04-27T11:34:09.147" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is a related feature request as MSO which has been &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/status-declined&quot; class=&quot;post-tag moderator-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;status-declined&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;status-declined&lt;/a&gt;. So there's not much hope of it getting implemented in near future.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/45273/allow-more-than-one-name-notification-per-comment&quot;&gt;Allow more than one @name notification per comment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some of the suggestions from that question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Post multiple comments, notifying one person each in them.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Read &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/43019/how-do-comment-replies-work&quot;&gt;How do comment @replies work?&lt;/a&gt; The author of the post always get notified, so we do not need to use &lt;code&gt;@&lt;/code&gt; before their name, just adding their name and if necessary, highlighting it using bold/italics to get their attention would be sufficient.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="114818" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2013-04-29T05:13:41.493" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6617" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6618" CreationDate="2013-04-27T12:03:06.867" Score="2" ViewCount="80" Body="&lt;p&gt;I see that some issues with 13.04 are starting to unravel and those that are across the issues can quickly reply or divert those questions to the appropriate links.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are we keeping a master list of bugs/issues somewhere that we can refer to?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If not, would it be in our interest to create one?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75967" LastEditorUserId="114818" LastEditDate="2013-04-27T12:43:47.080" LastActivityDate="2013-04-27T14:04:18.587" Title="Master Issue list for Reviewers on 13.04?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6618" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6617" CreationDate="2013-04-27T12:31:01.183" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu is not a place to report bugs. So, if you find a question reporting bugs, flag them to be closed as Off-Topic and leave the following comment (which we use as a part of &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1323/what-prewritten-pro-forma-userscript-comments-can-we-use-and-share&quot;&gt;Pro-Forma Comments&lt;/a&gt;):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I recommend &lt;a href=&quot;https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;reporting this as a bug&lt;/a&gt;. (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/5121/how-do-i-report-a-bug&quot;&gt;This question&lt;/a&gt; also has some good information about bug reporting.) This will probably be closed as off-topic, in accordance with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq&quot;&gt;the FAQ&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/228/22949&quot;&gt;this policy&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Otherwise, if you feel similar questions are getting repeatedly asked and you feel the need of a list to keep a track of it, then sure just make one. If others feel a similar need for it, they would chip-in with their contributions. You may &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/3073/114818&quot;&gt;use this as a template&lt;/a&gt; and append to it. Or if that doesn't look appropriate then just post a similar answer over here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I highly doubt if such a list would be necessary. Most of the questions do not relate to a particular version of Ubuntu (13.04 in this case).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="114818" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2013-04-27T12:31:01.183" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6619" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6621" CreationDate="2013-04-27T13:35:58.863" Score="1" ViewCount="72" Body="&lt;p&gt;Why were my question deleted by the &lt;strong&gt;community&lt;/strong&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/136673/fail2ban-broken-after-dist-upgrade&quot;&gt;fail2ban broken after dist upgrade&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/113721/how-can-i-disable-the-php-gettext-module&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/113721/how-can-i-disable-the-php-gettext-module&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I want go get a solution for that problems. Dammed I didn't fixed that for almost a year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="46970" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Why where 2 of my questions deleted?" Tags="|support|moderation|deleted-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6620" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6617" CreationDate="2013-04-27T14:04:18.587" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here's what you can do to help the incoming tide of questions you think might be duplicate: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Look on the sidebar of the new question, more than likely the master question is there already so you can easily find it.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Toss the question title into google and you'll probably find the master question near the top. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Doing 2 can be hard, especially with new users and poor titles like &quot;ubuntu 13.04 install&quot;, so if you help retitle questions to make more sense this helps humans find the duplicates too. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Keep leaving &quot;possible duplicate&quot; comments in questions, even if you don't have close votes, the site uses crosslinking to determine FAQs, and more importantly we have &lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/ubuntu/query/84754/possible-duplicates&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;a search query&lt;/a&gt; that mines for those comments on open questions so people can vote on them. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We have a master list of dupes somewhere but it becomes as useless as a normal list question does on the site, people are excited about it at first and then stop maintaining it. Searching is more effective for me. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even though bug reports are offtopic we always get swamped with them at release, so it'll be a bit until we catch up, so the best we can do is keep combing through the list and doing the best we can. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We should &lt;em&gt;probably&lt;/em&gt; keep the Skype one open since it's getting so many hits, and then close it later - that's what we did for the nvidia headers question last cycle, sometimes an issue is so popular that it makes more sense for us to have one sign post for a while instead of multiple incoming questions of the same topic. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2013-04-27T14:04:18.587" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6621" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6619" CreationDate="2013-04-27T14:05:59.203" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;You need to update/improve your questions occasionally with your progress in order to avoid deletion:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/78048/auto-deleting-old-unanswered-zero-score-questions-after-a-year/92006#92006&quot;&gt;Enable automatic deletion of old, unanswered zero-score questions after a year?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Neither one of your questions has been touched in a year!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2013-04-27T14:05:59.203" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6622" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-04-27T14:01:58.420" Score="3" ViewCount="36" Body="&lt;p&gt;This question exactly describes a problem I'm having that makes my system unusable&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/140028/12-04-occasionally-freezes-when-image-viewer-opens-pictures-possibly-graphics-d&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/140028/12-04-occasionally-freezes-when-image-viewer-opens-pictures-possibly-graphics-d&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question was &quot;closed&quot; with a note that it was a bug and needed to be reported as such. I assume it was reported as a bug by the original questioner or someone else who experienced it. How can I locate the existing bug report related to this question and find out if there is a fix or workaround. As with many others on this board, I do not know how to categorize the bug, and I am intimadated by the amount of technical detail required to report a bug; I just want it fixed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user152879" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2013-04-27T14:19:06.143" Title="How to map an existing question to corresponding bug report?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6623" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6622" CreationDate="2013-04-27T14:10:04.297" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ideally the person would leave a comment with a link to the bug report. If this doesn't happen you can search for the bug in &lt;a href=&quot;http://bugs.launchpad.net&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://bugs.launchpad.net&lt;/a&gt; or via Google. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you still can't find it then you can report the bug, and then provide a link to the Ask Ubuntu question and provide as much of your own detail as you can.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you follow the bug reporting instructions and the tool is able to grab crash/freeze information the Launchpad will eventually figure out it's a duplicate when it analyzes the data.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" OwnerDisplayName="Jorge Castro" LastActivityDate="2013-04-27T14:10:04.297" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6624" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-04-27T14:28:09.163" Score="9" ViewCount="97" Body="&lt;p&gt;On &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/286324/ar9285-wireless-network-problem-ubuntu-13-04&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; someone responded with &quot;There are about 100 posts on this particular wireless device on here.&quot;, and I thought, that sucks and did a search and there are a bunch.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does anyone want to tackle merging these so we don't have stuff everywhere like we've done for the broadcom questions? Preferably someone who actually owns this card? I'd be willing to toss in a huge bounty if someone is looking for motivation. :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2013-05-04T17:36:40.957" Title="Does anyone want to work on merging AR9285 questions?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6625" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6626" CreationDate="2013-04-27T16:38:21.797" Score="13" ViewCount="315" Body="&lt;p&gt;I read a great article (I don't remember the URI) where it talk about those &lt;em&gt;evil&lt;/em&gt; users that are in &lt;strong&gt;any&lt;/strong&gt; forums or Q&amp;amp;A site. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sometimes we see a new user that need help but at a very low level.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We can help them so they can &lt;em&gt;learn&lt;/em&gt; from us. It is a tiny game between we helping them and they helping us. Because they &lt;em&gt;force&lt;/em&gt; to us to make more clear and put our skills at proof.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But they are users that really &lt;strong&gt;do not want to learn&lt;/strong&gt;. They are just there saying &quot;Help! Please Help!&quot; and they do never learn to stop saying &quot;Help!&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A &lt;strong&gt;great&lt;/strong&gt; example for this is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/152587/totally-newbie&quot;&gt;this user&lt;/a&gt; (see the name). This user (and this  makes angry) makes me forget about all the rules, concepts, and the spirit of this community asking question like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/286697/62483&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt;. The important is not the question, it is the &lt;em&gt;troubleshooting&lt;/em&gt; of this, &lt;strong&gt;I tried to help him, but him didn't help me to help him!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have a suggestion, another philosophy, or anything to say about problems like this, please create a new answer here :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="62483" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2013-05-06T03:53:24.410" Title="What do we do with users who don't want to learn?" Tags="|discussion|new-users|" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6626" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6625" CreationDate="2013-04-27T18:41:25.997" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;You are perfectly right, it is the new unexperienced users that are a real challenge here. They come for help, because they feel we are the right place or - even better for us - they were told we are.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, we are and we want to be the right place to search for help when there are issues with Ubuntu. But we have our limits as defined in our FAQ, and we do not have a magic wand to foresee and solve all issues users might possibly experience with their system. Also we can not possibly help users who do not provide information we asked for.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is my believe that we do need much patience with users new to the Linux world. They often need explanation of very basic terminology before we are able to help them. They will not understand answers to the dupe question we had sent them to. It may even be that they do not even understand what information it is we asked for. Only after we started to help them we may find out that we really need to be that basic. It may become very frustrating at times.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But after we succeeded solving their issue we may be granted with another avid Ubuntu user who wants to give back what they received. This alone is worth the effort. But obviously it is prone to fail quite often. But with every failed case we may have learned a bit for the next issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the case you mentioned the issue clearly came from them asking another question closely related to their &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/286181/how-do-i-recover-my-accidentally-lost-windows-partitions-after-installing-ubuntu&quot;&gt;primary issue&lt;/a&gt; (i.e. data recovery after an accidentally overwrting of their partitions during Ubuntu installation) without giving us this necessary information or a link to their previous question. If I had more time I might have come more often back to the original question thus avoiding them asking a sequel question but I was only able to have a look every hour. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The follow up question should be close as too localized, or as a dupe to their first question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3940" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2013-04-27T18:41:25.997" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6627" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6625" CreationDate="2013-04-27T19:37:44.660" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;One thing (among others :-)) I learned on #ubuntu: You should be able to recognize when it is time for you to &quot;take a break&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So when you get exasperated in a support case, slow down, don't react immediately, let others step in.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On AskUbuntu it might be worthwile to encourage the OP to edit his question with the information provided in his comments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another statement comes to my mind reading the Title of your question: &quot;Don't assume ill will when simple inability to learn (here, now, from us,...) can explain the behaviour as well.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastEditorUserId="117103" LastEditDate="2013-04-27T20:18:32.520" LastActivityDate="2013-04-27T20:18:32.520" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6628" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6586" CreationDate="2013-04-27T21:44:14.603" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Account deletion is a serious proceeding and needs to be used and thought of as such. Deleting a spam account is &lt;em&gt;very&lt;/em&gt; different from deleting a &lt;em&gt;real person's&lt;/em&gt; account, whether they were trolling or whatever. Everyone gets a little put out at times, and while that isn't an excuse for being rude (or whatever etc, etc) it certainly isn't a reason for &lt;em&gt;deleting&lt;/em&gt; anyone's account.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the issue was as serious as you make it out to be the moderators will probably talk to him, and if he continues he'll probably get banned.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You mention that the account is an unregistered one. All that means is that the person never approved an email. Not much to go by ;-)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2013-04-27T21:44:14.603" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6629" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6625" CreationDate="2013-04-27T22:09:24.387" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've been participating in online help forums for 20 years on-and-off. There are indeed the &quot;vampires&quot; that come and go, and the easy ones to spot are the ones that post one-or-two-sentence questions with no supporting information. The expectation is that we, the community, will be able to divine all the details. And we know how well that works.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There was an interesting suggestion in the referenced article about &quot;vampires&quot; and that is having a section devoted to the new user - in this case, those new to Ubuntu and/or any flavor of Linux. The trick is to have it obvious that section is where they should post to have them learn about their system and how to perform basic tasks beyond simple usage.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A section dedicated to the new user also segregates their posts from the main body, and allows those of us with the knowledge and patience to deal with that level of questions as our temperament allows at any given point. Moderators and supporters of the section could even develop boilerplate responses to say &quot;read &lt;em&gt;this&lt;/em&gt; section of the documentation to find your answer.&quot; (One of the beauties of Ubuntu is the supporting documentation, after all!!)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Whether such a section is created is up to the Powers That Be, and if it has been discussed ad-naseum before, I get that. Still, as the popularity of Ubuntu increases and the user base expands, those old discussions need to be brought up again in order to ensure that the community remains &lt;em&gt;inclusive&lt;/em&gt; rather than &lt;em&gt;exclusive&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150221" LastActivityDate="2013-04-27T22:09:24.387" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6630" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-04-28T15:11:50.847" Score="0" ViewCount="54" Body="&lt;p&gt;I figured out the problem with my question, and it was something really obvious - not important enough to keep the question around for.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, the JavaScript that lets me delete a question is broken. Clicking the Delete link does nothing. Can a moderator remove it for me?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/287309/95681&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/q/287309/95681&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="95681" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2013-04-28T15:11:50.847" Title="Deletion request: Question 287309" Tags="|support|bug|deleted-questions|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6631" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-04-28T15:51:45.723" Score="2" ViewCount="73" Body="&lt;p&gt;we seem to have a bunch of similar Nvidia questions with the same problem, here are some possible candidates for a canonical question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/286767/install-nvidia-drivers&quot;&gt;Install NVIDIA Drivers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/285074/is-it-safe-to-install-the-nvidia-drivers-in-ubuntu-13-04&quot;&gt;Is it safe to install the Nvidia drivers in Ubuntu 13.04?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any other candidates so we can start to clean them up?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2013-04-28T16:53:53.663" Title="Which is the canonical Nvidia drivers question for 13.04?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6632" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6631" CreationDate="2013-04-28T16:53:53.663" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is one I have been working on since January with 13.04. I happened to get lucky and have a friend to test the Ati part on, so I can say I have tested a couple of Nvidia, Ati and Intel video cards with it: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/61396/how-to-install-a-video-card-nvidia-ati-or-intel&quot;&gt;How do I install the Nvidia drivers?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And if you do not think is inappropriate I would like to mention the following links about other questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Broadcom wireless cards: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/55868/how-to-install-broadcom-wireless-drivers&quot;&gt;Installing Broadcom Wireless Drivers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;General Development Issues: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/18641/theres-an-issue-with-an-alpha-beta-release-of-ubuntu-what-should-i-do&quot;&gt;There&amp;#39;s an issue with an Alpha/Beta Release of Ubuntu, what should I do?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Upgrading to 13.04: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/279620/how-do-i-upgrade-from-12-10-to-13-04/279626#279626&quot;&gt;How do I upgrade from 12.10 to 13.04?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ubuntu Touch: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/235317/what-is-ubuntu-touch-ubuntu-for-phones-and-how-to-get-it&quot;&gt;What is Ubuntu Touch (Ubuntu for Phones)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This get a lot of duplicates over time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are also some like this one:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/258729/is-ubuntu-totally-functional-on-intel-extreme-dz77ga-hardware&quot;&gt;Is Ubuntu totally functional on Intel Extreme DZ77GA hardware?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That are starting to appear more often. They are typically related to a &quot;Does ubuntu work in this type of hardware&quot;. So a more canonical answer can be created using any of the ones that exist. Maybe pointing them to an Ubuntu site that covers hardware testing or some guidance over testing that particular hardware with a Live installed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7035" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2013-04-28T16:53:53.663" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6633" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6625" CreationDate="2013-04-29T07:12:37.510" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://slash7.com/2006/12/22/vampires/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;how to spot vampires guide&lt;/a&gt; is a nice read (thanks @jokerdino). Interestingly, though, many of the things she proposes against vampires are &lt;strong&gt;not possible in our format or should be used more intensively&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For instance,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Creating resources:&#xA;  A FAQ—with real Frequently Asked Questions, not ones which just sound&#xA;  likely. And with clearly phrased, actionable (urgh) information for&#xA;  each question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a bit &lt;strong&gt;problematic&lt;/strong&gt;. On the one hand AU wants to provide canonical answers, on the other hand these answers are mostly navigated via searches and tags. We &lt;em&gt;could&lt;/em&gt; invest a lot more in wiki pages based on good answers and refer to the wikis in the comments &lt;em&gt;without&lt;/em&gt; answering the question. This will a) force the vampire to read, b) create an even nicer stack of canonical [pun not intended] information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Enforce autonomy. No matter how beneficent you’re feeling, never&#xA;  directly answer a common question. This is the lazy way out, and you&#xA;  only enable the Help Vampires instead of truly helping them. Let the&#xA;  URL to your help resources be your only answer, but tell the vamp you&#xA;  are happy to help if he explores those avenues of self-help and still&#xA;  cannot find an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is obviously &lt;strong&gt;against our policy&lt;/strong&gt; as we not only want the link, but also the essence of the link's content... In other words, vampires are just really part of SE (by the way there are a lot more vampires on SE and SE is not the only Q-A system that has this problem). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Conclusion: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If &lt;em&gt;you&lt;/em&gt; think a question is too easy, just don't answer it! Let low reputation users get easy rep on easy questions. This is &lt;em&gt;crucial&lt;/em&gt;. High rep users should focus on &lt;em&gt;difficult&lt;/em&gt; questions and not easy ones. The best people on the hardest tasks.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If a question is answered in the documentation, just don't answer it! Refer to the wikis intensively in comments. Let the wikis rule for easy questions. Learn vampires how to &lt;em&gt;read&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="115155" LastEditorUserId="115155" LastEditDate="2013-04-29T10:00:07.543" LastActivityDate="2013-04-29T10:00:07.543" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6634" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-04-29T10:38:13.907" Score="35" ViewCount="4241" Body="&lt;p&gt;Turns out gksu is no longer installed by default. Some things still depend on it so it might be installed on your system - but on a clean install, it seems it's no longer required. As for why, see: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/284306/why-is-gksu-no-longer-installed-by-default-in-raring-13-04&quot;&gt;Why is gksu no longer installed by default?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Historically we have used &lt;code&gt;gksu&lt;/code&gt; a lot here but this means that in the future, we should probably scale down its use in favour of plain &lt;code&gt;sudo&lt;/code&gt; (or &lt;code&gt;sudo -i&lt;/code&gt;). Use the comments and answers to hammer out a best-practice if you feel there is a technical issue here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/78352/when-to-use-pkexec-vs-gksu-gksudo&quot;&gt;a compelling argument&lt;/a&gt; that we move to &lt;code&gt;pkexec&lt;/code&gt;. I just tried it here (on Kubuntu 13.04) and it worked beautifully from the terminal, a run box and from a TTY (it has a text-only mode too), but it &lt;strong&gt;doesn't work&lt;/strong&gt; on a 12.04 headless server and I don't know how this works on older desktops. Comments?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Note: I'm &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; suggesting an edit storm!&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am not saying we should nuke every example of &lt;code&gt;gksu&lt;/code&gt;. Users will be prompted to install it and they can do that...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm only suggesting that if you're writing a new answer, you avoid &lt;code&gt;gksu&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Edit: If you need to edit something, concentrate on answers about 13.04 and newer.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this case a quick search will work:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=%5B13.04%5D%20is:answer%20gksu*&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=[13.04]+is:answer+gksu*&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This query will probably return more results in time, but hopefully by posting this PSA now, we'll stop too many new answers showing incorrect information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;And once more, if you edit, please make sure you're replacing it with the right thing.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2015-01-18T17:58:10.940" Title="PSA: gksu is no longer installed by default" Tags="|discussion|answers|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6635" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6634" CreationDate="2013-04-29T12:22:09.053" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Why not simply apply this to 13.04 questions. We might edit some questions that also include 13.04 or the OP mentions his final version in use as 13.04, but for newer ones, we now know this has change and work with it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7035" LastActivityDate="2013-04-29T12:22:09.053" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6636" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6634" CreationDate="2013-04-29T12:30:03.000" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;From the discussions I have had since asking the question you refer to and before providing the answer I gave it seems that for raring at least there is no problem with installing and using &lt;code&gt;gksu&lt;/code&gt;. However in the longer term some of the developers want to phase it out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They believe policy-kit offers finer control and &lt;code&gt;pkexec&lt;/code&gt; is a front end to that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We need to be careful telling people to use &lt;code&gt;sudo&lt;/code&gt; with graphical programs as while it's normally OK, there can be problems has has been explained in several questions on Ask Ubuntu such as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/11760/107450&quot;&gt;this one&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It will be easier for users if we stick to one method for graphical programs as otherwise we will need to maintain a list of which commands can use sudo and which ones need more care.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;sudo -i&lt;/code&gt; is safe since $HOME and $PATH are those of the &lt;strong&gt;root&lt;/strong&gt; user which is how &lt;code&gt;gksu&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;gksudo&lt;/code&gt; works.  This would be my preference.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit:&lt;/strong&gt;   Based on a comment from Paddy Landau on the original question; that &lt;code&gt;gksudo&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;gksu&lt;/code&gt; are not the same; and my subsequent investigation as a result confirming this. We (and this includes me) should never have recommended &lt;code&gt;gksu&lt;/code&gt;: &lt;code&gt;gksudo&lt;/code&gt; is safer though it appears that there are very few cases where it matters.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;sudo -i&lt;/code&gt; remains a safe solution on all currently supported versions of Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="107450" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2013-04-30T21:19:55.807" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6640" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6641" CreationDate="2013-04-29T13:54:49.220" Score="6" ViewCount="79" Body="&lt;p&gt;Currently, in our &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/legal/terms-of-service&quot;&gt;Terms of Service&lt;/a&gt;, we have the following paragraph&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;When accessing the askubuntu.com, meta.askubuntu.com, or chat.askubuntu.com sites (&quot;AskUbuntu&quot;), Subscriber will also abide by the Ubuntu Code of Conduct, which can be found at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com/community/conduct&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.ubuntu.com/community/conduct&lt;/a&gt;, and is hereby incorporated by reference, but solely with regard to AskUbuntu. Subscribers with moderator privileges on AskUbuntu agree to abide by the Ubuntu Leadership Code of Conduct, which can be found at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com/community/leadership-conduct&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.ubuntu.com/community/leadership-conduct&lt;/a&gt;, and is hereby incorporated by reference, but solely with regard to moderators on AskUbuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, the Leadership Conduct link (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com/about/about-ubuntu/leadership-conduct&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.ubuntu.com/about/about-ubuntu/leadership-conduct&lt;/a&gt;) is a broken link, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/250991/69210&quot;&gt;apparently everything is contained in the new code of conduct&lt;/a&gt;. Could the ToS be updated to include this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="69210" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2013-05-07T19:53:48.957" Title="Fix link to Ubuntu Leadership Conduct" Tags="|bug|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6641" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6640" CreationDate="2013-04-29T15:42:02.700" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Thanks for bringing this to our attention. Changes have been submitted to the devs; I'll update this answer once they're in production.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EDIT:  Changes are now live on the ToS - single url goes to the unified ToS.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="80114" LastEditorUserId="80114" LastEditDate="2013-05-07T19:53:48.957" LastActivityDate="2013-05-07T19:53:48.957" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6642" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6644" CreationDate="2013-04-29T18:20:19.170" Score="13" ViewCount="263" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can it be that more than one Ask Ubuntu user can be in the same place at the same time?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this proof that people exist outside the internet?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/hZof3.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastEditorUserId="47291" LastEditDate="2013-05-09T00:24:18.030" LastActivityDate="2013-05-09T00:24:18.030" Title="Who are these people? Is that @jrg?" Tags="|discussion|fun|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6643" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6642" CreationDate="2013-04-30T00:07:14.057" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;I do not exist outside of the internet and that is all I will say.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1992" LastActivityDate="2013-04-30T00:07:14.057" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6644" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6642" CreationDate="2013-04-30T02:24:03.297" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;I guess jrg, Flabricorn and you... :D&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2013-04-30T02:24:03.297" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6645" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6651" CreationDate="2013-05-01T19:01:00.433" Score="25" ViewCount="781" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is a reminder/notice regarding now-EOL releases.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The following versions of Ubuntu and derivatives are officially &lt;strong&gt;end of life&lt;/strong&gt; as of today on May 9th, 2013:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Hardy Heron (8.04, all currently-still-supported (server) editions)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Lucid Lynx (10.04, Desktop)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Oneiric Ocelot (11.10, all versions)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As of today (May 9, 2013), new questions regarding the above may need to be considered &lt;strong&gt;off-topic&lt;/strong&gt;.  Old questions that are still being answered regarding these releases should have a comment included on them about upgrading to a supported release to continue to get support for their versions of Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This can be confirmed on the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;official Ubuntu Wiki page that lists all current, development, and end-of-lifed releases&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2013-05-09T22:34:52.663" LastActivityDate="2013-10-09T23:27:40.873" Title="EOL Notice: Hardy, Oneiric, Lucid (desktop) are now End of Life" Tags="|discussion|scope|end-of-life|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6646" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6645" CreationDate="2013-05-01T19:11:53.867" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;Flamethrower -  &lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/SNrYQ.gif&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Gatling Gun -  &lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/SNrYQ.gif&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Backpack full of grenades - &lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/SNrYQ.gif&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Red Bull - &lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/SNrYQ.gif&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Rail Gun - &lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/SNrYQ.gif&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Street of Rage + Double Dragon fighting Techniques - &lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/SNrYQ.gif&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Mod Power - &lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/SNrYQ.gif&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Bubblegum - ....&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Bubblegum - ....&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Bubblegum - ..???&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Bubblegum - ????&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I have come here to kick ass and chew bubblegum... and I'm all out of bubblegum&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7035" LastEditorUserId="7035" LastEditDate="2013-05-01T20:00:13.227" LastActivityDate="2013-05-01T20:00:13.227" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6647" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6648" CreationDate="2013-05-01T19:30:49.890" Score="5" ViewCount="555" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was able to deduce what PSAs seem to be (in the way of 'hey people, this is another VERY IMPORTANT THING we want you to keep in mind') but I could not find what the supposed acronym stands for.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastActivityDate="2013-05-01T19:45:45.567" Title="What does PSA stand for?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6648" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6647" CreationDate="2013-05-01T19:38:55.923" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;Public Service Announcement. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFkzWSFW70M&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFkzWSFW70M&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2013-05-01T19:38:55.923" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6649" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6647" CreationDate="2013-05-01T19:45:45.567" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;It also could be:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Please See Attached&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Personal Service Assistant&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Proxy Signalling Agent&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="59676" LastActivityDate="2013-05-01T19:45:45.567" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6650" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-05-01T20:20:22.600" Score="8" ViewCount="109" Body="&lt;p&gt;A user asked &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/288807/syslinux-error-on-boot-ubuntu-13-04&quot;&gt;a question&lt;/a&gt; about failing to boot from a live-usb installation of Ubuntu. I copy pasted his error message into google and it turned up several other questions with similar problems:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/153603/cant-get-usb-flash-drive-to-boot?lq=1&quot;&gt;Can&amp;#39;t get USB flash drive to boot&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/72696/syslinux-booting-off-a-live-usb?lq=1&quot;&gt;SYSLINUX? Booting off a Live USB?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/196180/not-booting-from-usb-or-cd?lq=1&quot;&gt;Not booting from USB or CD (SYSLINUX Message)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/225888/question-about-12-10-32-bit-syslinux-4-06-edd-2012-10-23-usb-direct-boot?lq=1&quot;&gt;question about 12.10 32 bit syslinux 4.06 EDD 2012-10-23 usb direct boot&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/287529/installing-ubuntu-13-04-desktop-amd64-using-bootable-usb-stick-failed?lq=1&quot;&gt;Installing Ubuntu 13.04 Desktop amd64 using bootable USB-stick failed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All these problems involve booting from a live usb to only be met with the following message:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;SYSLINUX 4.06 EDD 2012-10-23 Copyright (C) 1994-2012 H: Peter Anvin et al&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For some of these users there is a flashing underscore after the message, for others there are addition lines of output before the flashing underscore. The fact that there are so many different questions with various answers is making it difficult to navigate askUbuntu for a solution to this problem (hence why I think this new user decided to ask a new question).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I propose that these questions be merged into a community wiki that addresses all known instances of the error. I doubt that the 6 questions listed are all the instances of this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="114660" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2018-05-14T08:14:07.770" LastActivityDate="2018-05-14T08:14:07.770" Title="Should all questions with a &quot;SYSLINUX&quot; type error when booting from usb be merged into one?" Tags="|discussion|community-wiki|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6651" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6645" CreationDate="2013-05-01T20:58:42.040" Score="22" Body="&lt;p&gt;Lets hold on for a second with destroying old questions. Doing anything in mass always has me a bit concerned.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What I'd like to propose instead is do the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All questions still open with those releases be closed as off-topic with a similar comment of:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This release of Ubuntu is no longer supported and is now End Of Life (EOL).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With links to supporting documentation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That was the easy part. I'm conflicted as to what we should do with old questions that are already answered. Honestly we should first find the version specific questions with extremely high views and amend the top of the question with a post notice about upgrading and that these are now EOL. But I think, for the most part, old questions with these versions that don't get a lot of views and are already answered are just Okay. Going commando on them is only going to disrupt the current moderation process for users as no one really be focusing on the current queues and just waste votes and hunting for these demonized low hanging fruit. As they pop up (get bumped with new answers and the such) we should just close them then.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would also like to point out that not EVERY SINGLE QUESTION MARKED WITH THAT VERSION ACTUALLY PERTAINS TO THAT VERSION AND EACH SHOULD BE SCRUTINIZED BEFORE BLINDLY PASSING JUDGEMENT. A decent amount of these can just be updated or have the version removed and still be relevant to today's releases.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'll try to bake a data query later tonight to help identify potential questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2013-05-01T20:58:42.040" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6652" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6653" CreationDate="2013-05-01T22:03:27.820" Score="4" ViewCount="190" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Related: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/289267/dns-not-working-in-xbmcbuntu&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/289267/dns-not-working-in-xbmcbuntu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, the above linked quesiton has prompted a question: is XBMCbuntu a release of Ubuntu, with a few prepackaged softwares just added while still using the entirety of the Ubuntu repos (unmodified), or is it an unofficial derivative?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The answer to this question would determine whether the XMBCbuntu question is marked as offtopic or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2013-05-02T00:50:26.477" Title="XBMCbuntu: Unofficial Ubuntu Derivative, or just a version of Ubuntu with extra software?" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6653" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6652" CreationDate="2013-05-02T00:50:26.477" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;If it is the latter (A unofficial derivative) or the former (a release, with some prepackaged software while still using the default repo), it's off-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But if it was a plain-vanilla-official-derivative Ubuntu install, and then they installed XBMC on it, then that's ok.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, ask before voting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastActivityDate="2013-05-02T00:50:26.477" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6654" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6656" CreationDate="2013-05-03T00:18:17.537" Score="0" ViewCount="102" Body="&lt;p&gt;I see no differences with them but the coloring is that it? Meta is mostly black and white.&#xA;And when I ask a question on here it doesn't show up on AskUbuntu, Why?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="48372" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-07-11T15:48:40.333" LastActivityDate="2014-07-11T15:48:40.333" Title="What is the differences between Ask ubuntu Meta and Ask Ubuntu?" Tags="|discussion|meta|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2013-05-05T05:42:17.650" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6655" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6654" CreationDate="2013-05-03T00:21:46.253" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;By the power of Grayskull!!!!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/faq&quot;&gt;FAQ-MAN&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have the power!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And now so do you ;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7035" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2013-05-03T00:54:28.680" LastActivityDate="2013-05-03T00:54:28.680" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6656" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6654" CreationDate="2013-05-03T00:37:57.003" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;The main site, Ask Ubuntu, is where people come to ask questions about Ubuntu, and to get help with their issues.  To put it simply, it's the &quot;Ubuntu Support&quot; part of this site.  &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq&quot;&gt;You may want to read the main site's FAQ for details on what is or is not accepted there.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Ask Ubuntu Meta is where we discuss things related to the Ask Ubuntu site and its operation that do not pertain to Ubuntu support.  We ask questions about the site, or discuss things such as what is or isn't offtopic, upcoming changes to the scope of the site, and other things that are specific to the operation of the site and not getting support with Ubuntu issues.  &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/faq&quot;&gt;The Meta FAQ explains what is or is not allowed on the meta site.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2013-05-03T00:44:30.677" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6659" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6645" CreationDate="2013-05-04T12:33:38.913" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just to tell everyone, I have changed all the upcoming EOL releases' tag wikis to update the EOL date.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="84117" LastActivityDate="2013-05-04T12:33:38.913" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6660" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6662" CreationDate="2013-05-04T18:13:53.930" Score="11" ViewCount="472" Body="&lt;p&gt;To what extent is it acceptable for a user to only gain reputation through minor edits? This is a question somewhat in reply to: &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3946/is-it-acceptable-to-make-small-edits&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3946/is-it-acceptable-to-make-small-edits&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I noticed &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/147044/radu&quot;&gt;this user&lt;/a&gt; has gained almost all of his rep through small edits (capitalization of words, mostly). On the one hand that's fine; as long as he's making AskUbuntu better, who cares? But then I saw the top answer of the aforementioned question, which stated:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;if you don't yet have enough reputation so your edits need to be reviewed by others, then you should avoid edits that are small and unimportant&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All of his edits still have to be reviewed by others. However, he's almost on a 1000 rep after only one month. Fairly soon he'll be able to make edits without them being reviewed by others even though he hasn't really proven himself to be either knowledgeable or very trustworthy; he's only made lots of tiny edits that could arguably be done by a bot.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To be fair, his edits are apparently getting accepted so should we think &quot;don't hate the player, hate the game&quot;, or is this a bit of an unfair way of getting lots of reputation and should we be worried about future abuse?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="94704" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2014-03-07T08:52:32.267" Title="Is it acceptable for users to only gain reputation through a plethora of tiny edits?" Tags="|discussion|editing|suggested-edits|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6661" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6660" CreationDate="2013-05-04T18:59:20.607" Score="18" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think this question is phrased wrong. I don't think the user is trying to game the system to collect rep through making small edits. It seems like a good faith effort to improve the site. As Seth mentions in the comments above, it's up to reviewers to reject the edits and explain why such small edits can be counterproductive. That's the only way anyone will ever learn.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="570" LastActivityDate="2013-05-04T18:59:20.607" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6662" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6660" CreationDate="2013-05-04T18:59:38.097" Score="24" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/faq#reputation&quot;&gt;https://stackoverflow.com/faq#reputation&lt;/a&gt;, the edit reputation cap is 1000:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The other way to gain reputation is by suggesting edits to existing posts as a new registered user. Each edit will be peer reviewed, and if it is accepted, you will earn &lt;strong&gt;+2&lt;/strong&gt; reputation. You can only earn a maximum of &lt;strong&gt;+1000&lt;/strong&gt; total reputation through suggested edits, however.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And he won't be able to do unreviewed edits - &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/faq#reputation&quot;&gt;that's 2K rep&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;1000   Show total up and down vote counts&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  2000     Edit other people’s posts&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, I don't really think we should be worried. He won't be able to make unreviewed edits without asking / answering some more questions, as editing will put him ~940 below the unreviewed edit rep number.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;EDIT&lt;/strong&gt;, 7 Mar 2014: Just shy of a year later, the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/147044/radu-rdeanu&quot;&gt;user in question&lt;/a&gt; has 31K reputation with almost 1000 answers. Sounds like a productive member of the community to me!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="46171" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-05-23T12:39:54.233" LastActivityDate="2014-03-07T08:52:32.267" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6663" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6660" CreationDate="2013-05-04T20:48:31.753" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have accepted all of the edit he has made to improve Ask Ubuntu. This can change when an edit appears that is wrong, but for now, he has contributed a lot to enhancing the way we read many Q/A. For the small edits like an uppercase letter I simply reject them. For example, when the case involved just changing 1 letter. Of course if he changes 1 letter and adds some tags that correspond to the question then I tend to accept.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At the end, he is simply improving the site, although minor edits should not be done, specially little ones (1 letter).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7035" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2013-11-11T16:16:54.573" LastActivityDate="2013-11-11T16:16:54.573" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6664" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-05-05T11:14:01.963" Score="6" ViewCount="44" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &quot;flag&quot; dialog is moveable (see &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/6089/is-there-a-way-to-move-the-flagging-dialogue&quot;&gt;my question&lt;/a&gt;), but the &quot;Reject&quot; dialog is not, which makes it a little harder to provide useful feedback to the suggestor as to why I reject this edit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastActivityDate="2013-05-05T11:14:01.963" Title="I want to be able to move the &quot;reject dialog&quot; when reviewing suggested edits" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6665" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6666" CreationDate="2013-05-05T16:58:25.417" Score="5" ViewCount="98" Body="&lt;p&gt;I came across a question that has a bounty on it.  After reading the question, I felt that it might be 85-90% similar to an answer to another question that I answered.  I also know that we are not supposed to add the same answer to two different questions.  So if I want to answer the bountied question, what should I do?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What I did on one question, is leave a comment, that tells the user offering the bounty, that this answer might be the one they are looking for.  So is that enough to get the bounty if that really was the right answer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="59676" LastActivityDate="2013-05-05T20:18:39.823" Title="What should I do If a bountied question is a duplicate of another" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6666" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6665" CreationDate="2013-05-05T19:36:21.227" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you're &lt;em&gt;sure&lt;/em&gt; the question is a duplicate, custom flag the question asking a moderator to refund the bounty and close the question. If the bountier needs more than the answers to the master question he can add a bounty to &lt;em&gt;that&lt;/em&gt; question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2013-05-05T19:36:21.227" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6667" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6665" CreationDate="2013-05-05T20:18:39.823" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Seth &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/6666/1992&quot;&gt;covered&lt;/a&gt; basically all I was going to say.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'll just add, the person giving the bounty will also get a nice badge (or two(?)) for adding a bounty to another person's question if it is their first time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1992" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.087" LastActivityDate="2013-05-05T20:18:39.823" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6668" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6625" CreationDate="2013-05-06T03:47:35.710" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;If some people are tired to help, its ok, nothing is to force, easy, Why would I complain in the community? Be practical, better get to work to do nothing. This people as a developer must rest so good and let the community pond and dont grows up. Dont worry be happy dont help to the vampires. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="135905" LastEditorUserId="135905" LastEditDate="2013-05-06T03:53:24.410" LastActivityDate="2013-05-06T03:53:24.410" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6669" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2013-05-06T08:39:27.783" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2013-05-06T08:39:27.783" LastActivityDate="2013-05-06T08:39:27.783" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6670" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2013-05-06T08:39:27.783" Score="0" Body="For question about new users on Ask Ubuntu" OwnerUserId="147459" LastEditorUserId="1992" LastEditDate="2013-05-06T17:15:11.023" LastActivityDate="2013-05-06T17:15:11.023" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6671" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-05-06T09:13:11.820" Score="4" ViewCount="132" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have seen 2 questions closed by this user today, but the user is still here (currently no actual questions anymore, they were all spammed)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/156017/ahmed-molvi&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/users/156017/ahmed-molvi&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I suppose the user might deserve some attention?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11120" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2013-05-06T18:02:33.437" Title="Spam only user might need some banning" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6672" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6671" CreationDate="2013-05-06T18:02:33.437" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The spam user has since been deleted. I suppose it isn't worth our time to go through the user suspension process for an obvious spammer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastActivityDate="2013-05-06T18:02:33.437" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6673" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-05-07T05:41:54.353" Score="0" ViewCount="64" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/289391/xubuntu-13-04-mobile-broadband-can-not-be-enabled&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/289391/xubuntu-13-04-mobile-broadband-can-not-be-enabled&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question was closed, I would like to see it re-open.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user154526" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2013-05-07T07:30:01.840" Title="Re-open my message and Give me solution if you can" Tags="|discussion|status-completed|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6674" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6673" CreationDate="2013-05-07T06:31:25.213" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Question has been re-open and edited. Seems clean now. Comments removed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastActivityDate="2013-05-07T06:31:25.213" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6675" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-05-07T14:51:04.093" Score="5" ViewCount="237" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have some questions regarding Windows 7 and I would like to find a website that's an appropriate place for me to ask them and since I have had a good experience with stackexchange I thought I would stick to it if possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="93125" LastActivityDate="2013-05-07T19:30:59.053" Title="Which Stackexchange site should I use to ask questions about the Windows OS?" Tags="|discussion|windows|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2013-05-14T18:27:33.210" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6676" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-05-07T18:20:32.937" Score="0" ViewCount="148" Body="&lt;p&gt;Once the question was closed&#xA;But why closed ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a very important question!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To work Empathy Ubuntu asks permission to collect information about me.&#xA;Why when I do not wish to collect information about me by Ubuntu, Empathy does not work!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In Fedora or OpenSuse, Mageia Empathy works without such a request.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="153230" OwnerDisplayName="user153230" LastEditorUserId="14356" LastEditDate="2013-05-07T19:02:12.630" LastActivityDate="2013-05-11T10:08:32.270" Title="Ubuntu spying in Empathy? why closed?" Tags="|discussion|status-completed|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6677" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6676" CreationDate="2013-05-07T19:01:52.067" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/291695/why-does-empathy-ask-for-permission-to-access-my-remote-accounts#question&quot;&gt;original question&lt;/a&gt; was very &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/revisions/291695/1&quot;&gt;strangely worded&lt;/a&gt; and as written, the reviewers probably thought it to be argumentative or not a reasonable question that could have been answered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, super-bot Jorge got the gist of the underlying premise and has edited it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is now much more of a ready Q&amp;amp;A style question and hence has been reopened.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14356" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2013-05-07T19:01:52.067" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6678" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6675" CreationDate="2013-05-07T19:30:59.053" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://superuser.com/&quot;&gt;Super User&lt;/a&gt;, as declared by Jokerdino. That will probably be the best place for those.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:04:50.393" LastActivityDate="2013-05-07T19:30:59.053" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6680" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6682" CreationDate="2013-05-08T08:35:11.487" Score="0" ViewCount="54" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'd posted a question regarding this error message that i get after installing Ubuntu One. the question was closed and it was suggested that i file a bug report. I checked online and someone has already posted this bug on Launchpad's site. So, what's my next option? And is there anyway i can help in resolving bugs?&#xA;The error that i received was -&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;CredentialsError&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;DBusException(dbus.string(u'Process /usr/lib/ubuntu-sso-client/ubuntu-sso-login exited with status 1'),)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ideas, folks?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="145091" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-05-09T16:00:46.257" Title="Ubuntu One post-installation bug" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2013-05-09T16:01:01.773" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6681" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-05-08T15:40:14.917" Score="0" ViewCount="63" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have expended my 40 votes today and I am unable to vote on anything else for today. But still I am not awarded the Vox Populi badge. Can someone please check?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="145823" LastActivityDate="2013-05-08T15:40:14.917" Title="No Vox Populi Badge awarded" Tags="|support|badges|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="8" ClosedDate="2013-05-15T05:30:13.787" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6682" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6680" CreationDate="2013-05-08T17:44:34.817" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;These have already been answered on the main site. You can find your answer regarding this on &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/20119/how-do-i-subscribe-to-a-bug&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/5347/how-can-i-get-bug-reporting-help?rq=1&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. They describe how you can follow a bug and how you can help resolve bugs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2013-05-08T17:44:34.817" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6683" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6684" CreationDate="2013-05-08T21:46:53.910" Score="2" ViewCount="66" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've noticed the site looks really different. Is this a new font, or am I crazy?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It looks really nice, IMO.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is what I'm seeing:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ldSPX.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm using Chrome on OSX.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="149868" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2013-05-08T22:53:41.933" LastActivityDate="2013-05-08T23:46:51.713" Title="Is there a new font?" Tags="|discussion|font|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6684" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6683" CreationDate="2013-05-08T23:30:54.630" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;YEAY Ubuntu Font! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/hyA2G.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Testing on Kubuntu, firefox (I do have ubuntu font installed on system if that is a factor), (non working on rkonq);  Working on Mac, firefox and Opera&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, here is how it is looking without the Ubuntu font:&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/EfmOQ.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Notice the &quot;u&quot; and &quot;n&quot; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastEditorUserId="47291" LastEditDate="2013-05-08T23:46:51.713" LastActivityDate="2013-05-08T23:46:51.713" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6685" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-05-09T00:35:32.790" Score="5" ViewCount="57" Body="&lt;p&gt;Well, since there are looking to change some things with the design, I thought this would be a good time to bring this up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Has anyone noticed that the dot-patterns don't line up?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/j1YCp.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the new design has the dots, can they line up, or if it doesn’t include the dots - that would be problem solved too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What would be even cooler, is if the dot background stayed stationary when scrolling.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-05-09T01:33:12.923" Title="The dots don't line up with the background" Tags="|bug|design|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6686" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-05-10T16:16:23.670" Score="1" ViewCount="86" Body="&lt;p&gt;Seems the system got tired of waiting in the 90's for me. I got notifications that I have been given two new prievileges (they need 100 rep), while I can see my rep never climbed above 98.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;P.S - This is just FYI for any RCA if needed...am not complaining so please dont take away my prievileges. :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="145823" LastEditorUserId="146516" LastEditDate="2014-01-24T12:25:04.130" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="LOL..still at 98 rep and 100 rep prievileges are open to me?" Tags="|support|reputation|privileges|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6687" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-05-10T16:47:26.027" Score="6" ViewCount="193" Body="&lt;p&gt;Hi many times I have observed that while doing editing to any post with multiple edits, if anywhere we have gone to the wrong edit and if we go for undo (CTRL+Z ) then all changes including the correct edits also get lost . &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;can't we fix this ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="33833" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-02-16T23:39:00.583" LastActivityDate="2014-02-16T23:39:00.583" Title="Why does CTRL+Z undo all changes?" Tags="|support|editing|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6688" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6686" CreationDate="2013-05-10T20:38:59.057" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Take away the priviliges! &lt;em&gt;just kidding&lt;/em&gt;, maybe... &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/67847/can-you-lose-an-ability-if-your-reputation-falls-below-a-threshold&quot;&gt;Can you lose an ability if your reputation falls below a threshold?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyways, it just takes a bit of time to take effect I think.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2013-05-10T21:19:28.150" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6690" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-05-12T19:17:40.493" Score="5" ViewCount="126" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since people are naturally lazy, perhaps we should replace this line in the FAQ:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Linux Mint, Backtrack, Gnome-Remix (prior to 13.04) and ...&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;with:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Linux Mint, Backtrack, Gnome-Remix (prior to 13.04), Chrubuntu, and ...&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;so that it's there, in case anyone REALLY wants to argue about Chrubuntu not being on topic here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this possible, and if so can we have this done?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2013-05-12T20:37:01.593" LastActivityDate="2013-05-13T01:28:37.093" Title="FAQ Update: Add &quot;Chrubuntu&quot; to the list of unsupported derivatives" Tags="|feature-request|faq-suggestion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6691" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6693" CreationDate="2013-05-12T23:23:23.590" Score="4" ViewCount="72" Body="&lt;p&gt;On the closed as too localized text, we say that the question won't help other people, but we don't suggest where they should go now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since Canonical advertises the Ask Ubuntu community (e.g. in Ubiquity) as a feature of Ubuntu, users think that this is a support venue, which it is, but in a separate way than the forums (we want a question to be applicable to everyone). Basically, I think we should say something like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This question is unlikely to help any future visitors; it is only relevant to a small geographic area, a specific moment in time, or an extraordinarily narrow situation that is not generally applicable to the worldwide audience of the internet. For help making this question more broadly applicable, see the FAQ. &lt;em&gt;If you can't make your question more generalized, try asking on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://ubuntuforums.org/forum.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Forums&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="49090" LastActivityDate="2013-05-13T01:23:41.197" Title="Can we suggest posting on the forums for too localized?" Tags="|feature-request|close-reasons|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6692" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6687" CreationDate="2013-05-12T23:46:01.503" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is dependent on browser, and perhaps 100 other things. It's not the site that does it but your computer. It has to do with the fact that the text area element is hooked into via jquery.  In short, your browser is undoing some, jquarry is undoing some, and your OS might be undoing some. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In order to be more specific we would need to know exact browser, OS window manager, blah blah blah versions to track it all down.  But at it's core your have &quot;native&quot; ctrl+z only if your willing to loose ctrl+i etc. Which obviously the site owners are not willing to give up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="103730" LastActivityDate="2013-05-12T23:46:01.503" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6693" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6691" CreationDate="2013-05-13T01:15:33.217" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I really like this idea, although awesome would be a way for moderators to be able to send question to the Ubuntu forum (Notifying the user) in cases where they can not be handled here. Like a relation between the forum and askubuntu since both places do an excellent job at helping the community. It could also be extended to notify users in IRC channels (Even country specific ones).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I might be carrying on here but it would be a good futuristic idea to have &quot;Unity&quot; between Forum, Askubuntu and IRC. All 3 could be Technology Helpers for the community.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Basically F.A.I.T.H (Forum, Askubuntu &amp;amp; IRC Technology Helpers), where end users have an excellent chance of getting help about Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7035" LastEditorUserId="7035" LastEditDate="2013-05-13T01:23:41.197" LastActivityDate="2013-05-13T01:23:41.197" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6694" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6690" CreationDate="2013-05-13T01:28:37.093" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm going to say no to this. We really can't keep listing a distribution EVERY single time. There are so many unsupported distros that it'll be impossible to scale every time someone decides they're right. The on-topic section explicitly mentions only distros listed &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com/about/about-ubuntu/derivatives&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;on this page&lt;/a&gt;. That should be clear enough it's not supported.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If people have a problem grasping that, let a mod know. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2013-05-13T01:28:37.093" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6695" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6698" CreationDate="2013-05-13T15:19:35.343" Score="1" ViewCount="44" Body="&lt;p&gt;How can one comment on others' questions on AskUbuntu, is there a rep limit to it?&#xA;The reason why I'm asking this (and there might be a similar question already, but I couldn't find it), is that at times, I'd like to post a comment on some questions for say something along the lines of further clarification, but that option is never there. At the same time there are members with a high rep, who do have the aforementioned option enabled because I've seen them comment on questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="145091" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-07-11T15:48:58.847" LastActivityDate="2014-07-11T15:48:58.847" Title="Comment on others' questions" Tags="|discussion|comments|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2013-05-13T18:04:58.317" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6696" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6697" CreationDate="2013-05-13T15:26:41.097" Score="0" ViewCount="77" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/294461/47206&quot;&gt;a question&lt;/a&gt; that was closed as duplicate of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/278912/47206&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; one, which has two answers. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/278930/47206&quot;&gt;One&lt;/a&gt; is just a recommendation with no real use. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/278933/47206&quot;&gt;The definitive answer&lt;/a&gt; indicates one solution, a program that has not represented a solution for me. I would like to know more: aren't there other similar programs? Cannot for the same purpose a more largely supported (default or well-known) program be used?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But any such question might be redirected to the older one. What to do now exactly?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I see that the motive of my question being closed is that &quot;it already has an answer&quot;. But that answer expresses just the satisfaction of the author of the older question: me and my question are not content. I need a new answer, that the older question will not receive, as its definitive answer is already appointed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user47206" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2013-05-14T19:35:36.560" Title="What to do when I have a question closed for being the duplicate of another which has no solution that works for me?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6697" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6696" CreationDate="2013-05-13T15:36:29.720" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;You need to put that information in the actual question, with links to the old ones that you've tried, that way it's obvious to the community that you've tried them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Basically, what you just posted here. :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2013-05-13T15:36:29.720" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6698" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6695" CreationDate="2013-05-13T16:00:14.273" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, there is a rep requirement:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/comment&quot;&gt;/privileges/comment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Please note that you can &lt;em&gt;always&lt;/em&gt; comment on your own posts, and any part of your questions. However, commenting on &lt;em&gt;other people's&lt;/em&gt; posts is a privilege.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It requires &lt;strong&gt;50 reputation&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you have gained the privilege, you will get the same commenting function as on your own posts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="98085" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2013-05-13T16:00:14.273" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6699" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6696" CreationDate="2013-05-13T19:18:51.750" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are many iso mounting programs, if mounting through a program or through ubuntu like the dupe suggested didn't work: I think you need to give specifics as to &lt;em&gt;what&lt;/em&gt; program you are trying to mount and use in WINE, as the problem could be specific to that software. In order to diffrentiate between the two, this would also for sure make it not a dupe of that question - because now it would be about getting that software to work, not general iso/image mounting. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Details like format, what program made the image, maybe it is a WINE issue?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, If you just want more alternatives to the same basic question, I suggest adding a bounty to the dupe.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastEditorUserId="47291" LastEditDate="2013-05-14T19:35:36.560" LastActivityDate="2013-05-14T19:35:36.560" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6700" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-05-13T20:18:50.443" Score="8" ViewCount="88" Body="&lt;p&gt;I need to know if some questions of mine could be migrated here, if they are appropriate for this site and if by doing so I will get a chance to have them answered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I write here after being advised to do so in &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.superuser.com/questions/6745/i-need-advice-on-where-to-move-some-questions-of-mine&quot;&gt;Superuser meta site&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These questions were asked there, but they haven't received a lot of attention, and I'd like to try moving them somewhere else. The questions are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://superuser.com/questions/585295/how-to-customize-logout-options-under-linux&quot;&gt;https://superuser.com/questions/585295/how-to-customize-logout-options-under-linux&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://superuser.com/questions/584446/how-to-properly-configure-grub-settings-from-kde-system-settings&quot;&gt;https://superuser.com/questions/584446/how-to-properly-configure-grub-settings-from-kde-system-settings&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://superuser.com/questions/586031/quick-usb-pendrive-formatting-under-kde&quot;&gt;https://superuser.com/questions/586031/quick-usb-pendrive-formatting-under-kde&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://superuser.com/questions/584896/repository-to-upgrade-sigil-to-latest-version-on-kubuntu&quot;&gt;https://superuser.com/questions/584896/repository-to-upgrade-sigil-to-latest-version-on-kubuntu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do you think that they have a chance of being successfully answered here? I'm rather new of the StackExchange network and I don't know if they are more appropriate (or have a better chance to be solved) on &quot;Unix and Linux&quot; or on &quot;AskUbuntu&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any advice?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user157777" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:04:50.393" LastActivityDate="2013-07-13T01:17:52.700" Title="Can I migrate some questions of mine from Superuser to here?" Tags="|support|unanswered-questions|migration|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6701" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6705" CreationDate="2013-05-13T22:35:29.707" Score="3" ViewCount="54" Body="&lt;p&gt;On &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/view-close-votes&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; site (privileges, from main site) the link on this string is redirected to Meta Stack Overflow site:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Other closed questions may be reopened through a similar voting process. They can also eventually be merged with another question or even &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/privileges/moderator-tools&quot;&gt;deleted&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="147459" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2013-05-14T07:46:33.840" Title="Linked to another Stackexchange site?" Tags="|bug|status-bydesign|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6702" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6703" CreationDate="2013-05-13T23:29:29.480" Score="3" ViewCount="30" Body="&lt;p&gt;I posted some comments on questions, but I didn't use the star symbol to transfer those questions to my favorites. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it still possible to rediscover those questions?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user85164" LastActivityDate="2013-05-14T00:00:47.117" Title="How can I find the questions where I posted a comment?" Tags="|feature-request|comments|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6703" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6702" CreationDate="2013-05-14T00:00:47.117" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;On your profile page there is a tab called &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/85164/frank?tab=activity&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;activity&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Under that, you can sort by various different things you did, one of which is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/85164/frank?tab=activity&amp;amp;sort=comments&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;comments&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="98085" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2013-05-14T00:00:47.117" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6704" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6700" CreationDate="2013-05-14T00:24:17.567" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since you are on Kubuntu I would suggest migrating your questions here indeed. I cannot guarantee an answer either.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1992" LastActivityDate="2013-05-14T00:24:17.567" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6705" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6701" CreationDate="2013-05-14T01:04:31.987" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Stack Overflow is a &quot;parent&quot; site for the Stack Exchange network, so many issues are covered on their meta and linked across the network.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1992" LastActivityDate="2013-05-14T01:04:31.987" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6706" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6707" CreationDate="2013-05-14T05:11:54.433" Score="5" ViewCount="249" Body="&lt;p&gt;Hi I have gone through a Question in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/250996/how-to-completely-remove-thunderbird&quot;&gt;Ask Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt; main site where we have the answer as in comment format. If we can convert the comment as answer then we can close the similar &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/295126/weird-thunderbird-uninstall-problem&quot;&gt;Question&lt;/a&gt; like this and future Questions also. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So what do you suggest me to do ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="33833" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2013-05-14T07:46:28.750" Title="convert comment as answer" Tags="|discussion|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6707" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6706" CreationDate="2013-05-14T07:37:30.433" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;In this order:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ask the commenter to post their comment as an answer, making sure to mention their name (like @Jai) so they get a notification.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Wait for some time so they can act on this. 24-48 hours should be long enough but it doesn't really matter if it's longer than that.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Post the answer as a community wiki answer, mentioning the person who posted it. Posting as a CW means you won't get any of the reputation from votes for the post. Using that feature here shows it was not your idea and that you have good manners.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2013-05-14T07:37:30.433" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6708" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-05-14T19:12:55.017" Score="1" ViewCount="56" Body="&lt;p&gt;When using the review queue, I'd like to be able to upvote the question and/or answer that is the duplicate of the one being closed. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After reviewing the possible duplicate and finding that &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;it is in fact a duplicate&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;it is well written&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the accepted/upvoted answer is suitable&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;then it makes sense to also upvote these, passing along credit where credit is due and making them more likely to appear in future search results. The only way to do this currently is to open the duplicate in a new browser tab/window.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14916" LastEditorUserId="14916" LastEditDate="2013-05-14T22:19:18.983" LastActivityDate="2013-05-15T03:05:51.483" Title="Upvote questions from the Close review queue when marking as duplicate" Tags="|feature-request|review|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6709" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6711" CreationDate="2013-05-15T01:12:15.853" Score="18" ViewCount="321" Body="&lt;p&gt;Recently, well, maybe not too recently, we saw the Ubuntu homepage get a new look. Linked &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;here.&lt;/a&gt; I'm also throwing an image below comparing the two if you don't want to go through the trouble of getting to the actual site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/bef.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Screenshot&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Image is a little small, but essentially they removes the lines in the title bar, moved some icons, and re-named some menus. Gave everything a softer feel.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In short, it looks like we're a little behind the times. Not too big of a change, but &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2013/04/ubuntu-website-gets-subtle-revamp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;OMG!Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt; covered the revamp not too long ago.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it time for a website upgrade to follow the previous theme of: We look like the Ubuntu website? Or should we keep what's familiar?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="74875" LastEditorUserId="74875" LastEditDate="2013-05-15T01:17:50.387" LastActivityDate="2013-05-21T16:10:45.657" Title="Should the site get a facelift?" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6710" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6708" CreationDate="2013-05-15T03:05:51.483" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm afraid this is &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/status-bydesign&quot; class=&quot;post-tag moderator-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged 'status-bydesign'&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;status-bydesign&lt;/a&gt;.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When you are reviewing close votes you're supposed to be looking at whether the question in question should be closed or not. You aren't supposed to be worrying about votes, flagging/upticking comments, and you aren't supposed to be &lt;em&gt;that&lt;/em&gt; worried about editing.  You're there to either close the question or leave it open, anything else distracts from what you're there for.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've never found opening the question in a new tab to be troublesome, but then I have a middle mouse button on my touchpad ;) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a note, you can either:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;kbd&gt;Ctrl&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;Click&lt;/kbd&gt; to open a link (in this case the question's title) in a new tab, or  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Middle click will also open a link in a new tab.  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can then use &lt;kbd&gt;Ctrl&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;Tab&lt;/kbd&gt; and &lt;kbd&gt;Ctrl&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;Shift&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;Tab&lt;/kbd&gt; to switch between tabs in a browser, upvote the question and then use &lt;kbd&gt;Ctrl&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;W&lt;/kbd&gt; to close the tab.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2013-05-15T03:05:51.483" CommentCount="2" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-05-15T03:05:51.483" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6711" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6709" CreationDate="2013-05-15T03:21:30.103" Score="25" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Yes.&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And I have decided to take some initiative. Presenting...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/pTLOg.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/pTLOg.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's still a work in progress, but it makes a huge difference if you ask me. Want to give it a try? Of course you do!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have packaged the whole thing up as a UserScript which you can install here:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://files.quickmediasolutions.com/userscripts/autheme/au_theme.user.js&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://files.quickmediasolutions.com/userscripts/autheme/au_theme.user.js&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Feedback is welcome!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-05-15T03:21:30.103" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6712" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-05-15T13:33:11.497" Score="2" ViewCount="40" Body="&lt;p&gt;Would my asking an &lt;a href=&quot;http://askUbuntu.com&quot;&gt;Ask Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt; question about guidelines for asking VPN or other connection-related questions a reasonable question to ask? Here is why I am inquiring. I got a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/294120/how-to-debug-and-fix-pptp-vpn-client-connection&quot;&gt;VPN connection problem question&lt;/a&gt; answered recently, and the answer focused more on diagnosing setup a little more than the diagnosing the logs. A more recent question has been asked, but I see no logs posted. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I ask a question for the kinds of information that should be included in that kind of post, is that a reasonable question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="69148" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2013-10-31T16:25:56.923" Title="What are the guidelines for asking VPN or other connection-related problems?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6713" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-05-16T06:50:31.807" Score="0" ViewCount="48" Body="&lt;p&gt;With reference to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/10998/25656&quot;&gt;What is a good text editor for developing code on?&lt;/a&gt;, I want to suggest that two answers, both relating to Geany be merged.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;The answers are&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/11007/25656&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/a/11007/25656&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;and&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/3785/25656&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/a/3785/25656&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user25656" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2013-05-16T08:40:48.267" Title="Can these two answers be merged?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6714" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6713" CreationDate="2013-05-16T08:40:48.267" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;We can't merge answers like that. We can edit them... But so can you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why don't you just improve the accepted answer? If you think it's missing useful information that from the other post, add it in.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2013-05-16T08:40:48.267" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6715" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6716" CreationDate="2013-05-16T12:18:07.433" Score="2" ViewCount="94" Body="&lt;p&gt;I can't see why I was at 71 points reputation a few hours ago, and am now at 69. I take my reputation seriously, and try to abide by the Stack Exchange rules. So I'm just curious as to why I lost 2 points.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="69148" LastEditorUserId="25798" LastEditDate="2013-05-17T14:39:56.787" LastActivityDate="2013-05-17T14:39:56.787" Title="Why did I lose 2 reputation points?" Tags="|support|reputation|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6716" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6715" CreationDate="2013-05-16T12:25:09.207" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Looking at your profile to the following area:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/AES6X.png&quot; alt=&quot;Imgur&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2 points were removed.  10K rep users will be able to see that the question has been removed by the question owner.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You had originally supplied an edit to the question which gained you 2 rep points.  When the OP removed the question, the 2 rep points was reversed.  This is normal behaviour.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Get cracking supplying some more great edits and you'll more than compensate your 2 rep loss. :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14356" LastEditorUserId="41" LastEditDate="2013-05-16T13:09:28.553" LastActivityDate="2013-05-16T13:09:28.553" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6717" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6718" CreationDate="2013-05-17T02:45:19.213" Score="4" ViewCount="157" Body="&lt;p&gt;The owner of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/296486/how-to-change-language-in-13-04-to-english-when-only-installed-language-is-engli&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; wants help changing the Language for menus and windows from Chinese (which she can't read) to Spanish. Is this question too localized because it is of interest to one person only? Or is it not too localized because it is about using the desktop environment?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="94914" LastEditorUserId="94914" LastEditDate="2021-10-25T12:06:37.110" LastActivityDate="2021-10-25T12:06:37.110" Title="Is this question too localized?" Tags="|discussion|flagging|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="6718" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6717" CreationDate="2013-05-17T02:54:00.440" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's not too localized, though IIRC this was a bug in previous versions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Someone just needs to post the screenshots and direct her on how to do it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1992" LastActivityDate="2013-05-17T02:54:00.440" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6719" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6720" CreationDate="2013-05-17T03:34:15.310" Score="13" ViewCount="241" Body="&lt;p&gt;Please read this question and its answers first:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2545/regarding-low-quality-flag&quot;&gt;Regarding &amp;quot;Low Quality&amp;quot; flag&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;The problem:&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've noticed that a small number of users on this site regularly flag questions as low quality, when there is no actual evidence to support this. I'll hold off calling it annoying, but seeing as it is the job of the moderators to respond to these flags, I would still like to point out that we do not enjoy having to handle misflags.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Occasional misflags are okay, but doing it repeatedly is uncalled for. I guess what I'm trying to say is, please desist.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;P.S. if it's just a minor formatting issue, editing the question is your best bet. Flagging it (with no explanation as to why) will simply leave us to scratch our heads until we conclude exactly what the problem is.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1992" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-05-17T14:32:19.093" Title="Please do not flag as low quality for no reason" Tags="|discussion|flagging|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6720" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6719" CreationDate="2013-05-17T08:07:06.313" Score="25" Body="&lt;p&gt;Agreed. It's a poorly named flag. I wish it was more like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Unsalvageably Bad&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No number of edits can save this illegible excuse of a post so let's agree to douse it in petrol and set it alight as an example to others.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;This is reserved for posts that are beyond meaningful editing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it's just poorly formatted, or could do with some help with grammar, &lt;strong&gt;edit the post&lt;/strong&gt;. That's a much more useful thing for everybody involved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-05-17T08:07:06.313" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6721" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-05-17T17:35:28.677" Score="-3" ViewCount="181" Body="&lt;p&gt;Using the GUI as much as possible in answers and only using the terminal unless absolutely necessarily helps new users. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Including both ways is good, but by only using the terminal while there is a way to do it with the GUI too, reinforces the myth that Ubuntu (or any other GNU/Linux distribution) is a difficult to use OS which requires you to type in commands all the time (which can slow adoption of it).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="134848" LastEditorUserId="134848" LastEditDate="2013-05-17T19:40:05.070" LastActivityDate="2013-05-18T16:38:17.693" Title="Use the GUI as much as possible in answers" Tags="|discussion|community-bulletin|" AnswerCount="6" CommentCount="9" ClosedDate="2013-05-19T15:25:43.380" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6722" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6721" CreationDate="2013-05-17T18:03:50.757" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's not really a question (more like a community bulletin), but there are two sides to this one.  Using the gui is great and should be encouraged for at least one answer on a question.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, I REALLY like answers that are simple one-liners as well.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/115113/&quot;&gt;Example of a question with both answers&lt;/a&gt; (disclosure, one of them is mine).  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2013-05-17T18:03:50.757" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6723" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6721" CreationDate="2013-05-17T18:11:04.350" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;In order for an answer to use the GUI, it requires that the answerer knows various things, including:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The Ubuntu flavor the asker uses. (&quot;KDE, Unity or good ol' GNOME?&quot;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What other programs are installed. (&quot;Is Synaptic available?&quot;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Commands largely don't need that. They are in many cases rather universal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also: What if the GUI is sluggish, but a short command would already solve the problem?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ubuntu server doesn't have a GUI either - doesn't mean the Question couldn't also be useful there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To sum it up: It's not viable to focus on the GUI, if there is a solution via commands. Both would be nice, but we should not tell people &quot;Provide a GUI solution!&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="98085" LastActivityDate="2013-05-17T18:11:04.350" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6724" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6721" CreationDate="2013-05-17T18:20:38.407" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;The great thing about Ubuntu is the power of the command line. Sometimes a single command can accomplish a multi-step process in the GUI. To use Ubuntu proficiently and to it's full potential, you have to use the command line.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158892" LastActivityDate="2013-05-17T18:20:38.407" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6725" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6721" CreationDate="2013-05-17T20:57:18.360" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;We should not, and will not, enforce a policy of one way or the other. It's impossible. People will provide whatever answer they feel comfortable with, you can vote on which one you think is better. Obviously, if you want more votes you'd want to provide a comprehensive answer and that may include both a Command Line and Graphical way to tackle a problem. That, however, is up to the author of the answer not something for policy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2013-05-17T20:57:18.360" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6726" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6727" CreationDate="2013-05-17T21:24:45.033" Score="2" ViewCount="30" Body="&lt;p&gt;This new tag (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ubuntu10.04&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ubuntu10.04&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ubuntu10.04&lt;/a&gt;) appear to be exact same to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/10.04&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;10.04&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;10.04&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should we synonimze this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="147459" LastActivityDate="2013-05-17T21:38:25.387" Title="Tag Synonym request: [ubuntu10.04] -&gt; [10.04]" Tags="|feature-request|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6727" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6726" CreationDate="2013-05-17T21:38:25.387" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Given that there was only one question using the tag - No is my answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;BTW - the question was miss-tagged anyway, so I've removed &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ubuntu10.04&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ubuntu10.04&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ubuntu10.04&lt;/a&gt; and tagged it correctly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ubuntu10.04&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ubuntu10.04&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ubuntu10.04&lt;/a&gt; will naturally disappear with time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14356" LastActivityDate="2013-05-17T21:38:25.387" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6728" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6729" CreationDate="2013-05-17T23:37:34.180" Score="1" ViewCount="43" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/107538/62483&quot;&gt;This post&lt;/a&gt; for most of new users of Ubuntu, because all most all of them have a Windows system already installed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since there is only 1 answer, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/107539/62483&quot;&gt;this one&lt;/a&gt; has been create since more than 1 year ago, I think that there should be new answer related to new versions of Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this answer still useful 100% for new releases of the installer method has not changed at all?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="62483" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2013-05-17T23:47:11.103" Title="Is this answer still aplied to recent versions of Ubuntu?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6729" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6728" CreationDate="2013-05-17T23:47:11.103" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't mean to sound overly aggressive, but why not check yourself? Boot a VM, add a CD, walk through the guide and fix where it's out of date. I think you'll find it's hardly changed much from a user experience, but I hardly ever use the CD installs myself so I don't know.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Content is bound to become out of date and if you &lt;em&gt;think&lt;/em&gt; it's out of date you can either verify it's true and then create a bounty to have someone update/fix the problem. Or edit/add your own answer. Otherwise meta would be full of these poll-esque questions about should or shouldn't we update something. If it's out of date, needs fixing, or is just plain wrong then the answer will always be: &quot;Yes! It needs to be fixed&quot; :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;tl;dr you don't need our permission to fix something&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2013-05-17T23:47:11.103" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6730" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6721" CreationDate="2013-05-18T04:38:55.640" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I usually write answers in two levels:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The general idea of how to solve the problem&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A practical way to do #1 either in GUI or command line, usually adjusted to the asker's environment and/or comfort level with command line vs the added complexity of describing steps in GUI (vs copy-paste these incantations).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Users that uses different DE or shell or text editor can follow #1; while less savvy users can follow the more detailed steps on #2. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6932" LastActivityDate="2013-05-18T04:38:55.640" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6731" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6732" CreationDate="2013-05-18T05:04:06.810" Score="1" ViewCount="30" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was looking at the tour, and the second link to the leadership code of conduct page results in a 404 error. Just a heads up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="129697" LastEditorUserId="41" LastEditDate="2013-05-18T12:20:26.117" LastActivityDate="2013-05-18T12:20:26.117" Title="A 404 error occurs on the tour page" Tags="|bug|status-completed|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6732" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6731" CreationDate="2013-05-18T12:19:10.817" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Thanks for the information. The Leadership Code of Conduct was recently merged with the standard Code of Conduct, which explains why that link is now dead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2013-05-18T12:19:10.817" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6733" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-05-18T14:04:09.357" Score="1" ViewCount="29" Body="&lt;p&gt;Some answer to this question &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/297112/black-screen-after-login-with-cursor&quot;&gt;Black screen after login with cursor&lt;/a&gt;, I gave him down vote &amp;amp; suddenly i loose the 1 point, can any one guide me how it work ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Given Down Vote To Answer&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/qmnQ6.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Loosing 1 Reputation&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/LTOwn.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85053" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2013-05-18T14:04:09.357" Title="A Question Regarding Negative Reputation" Tags="|feature-request|answers|downvoting|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ClosedDate="2013-05-18T14:04:54.220" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6734" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6736" CreationDate="2013-05-18T14:16:24.640" Score="3" ViewCount="83" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have seen this question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/2135/107450&quot;&gt;What to do when an answer is just a (very good) request for information?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and this one&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/268/107450&quot;&gt;How to handle Comments as Answers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I am now reviewing posts and I few times I have seen people asking for more information as an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Where the poster has sufficient reputation to comment I flag the question for deletion.  However in a few of these cases I believe that the poster is genuinely trying to help and that the only reason they are not posting the request as a comment is that they don't &lt;em&gt;yet&lt;/em&gt; have sufficient reputation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What should I do in these circumstances?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should I flag the post for deletion or leave it alone on the basis that the requested information may help lead to an answer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should I flag the post for deletion but also add a comment to the question requesting the information?  I have done this in the past where I have known what to do with the requested information once its supplied but if the question is about some part of Linux that I have little experience with or some program I don't use I am reluctant to do that because I will then get notified when there is a response and not the person who requested the information and may be able to make use of the response.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should I skip the review instead of approving it or rejecting it?  This is what I have chosen each time this has happened so far. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally: Is there an argument that that the reputation required to comment should be reduced?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="107450" LastEditorUserId="107450" LastEditDate="2013-05-18T14:37:50.920" LastActivityDate="2013-05-18T14:50:44.877" Title="Requests for more information as an answer" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6735" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6734" CreationDate="2013-05-18T14:50:01.523" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think the rule of thumb for flagging would be whether or not it &lt;em&gt;answers&lt;/em&gt; the given question. So, even if the new users are trying to help, they are really doing it the wrong way -- perhaps not intentionally but maybe because they don't fully understand the Stack Exchange way of doing things.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Preferably, you should flag the non-answer for deletion as well as add a comment on the new user's behalf. If you are not comfortable with adding a comment yourself, that's fine too but &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;don't forget to flag the answer&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;! Mods have tools to convert an answer to a comment so we can do it at our discretion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastActivityDate="2013-05-18T14:50:01.523" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6736" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6734" CreationDate="2013-05-18T14:50:44.877" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Moderators can convert answers to comments. Simply flag saying &quot;This should be a comment&quot; should be sufficient for a moderator to know to convert to a comment. That being said not all comments need to actually be comments. If it's just a passing statement like &quot;Install Gentoo&quot; or some other non-constructive comment as an answer flag for deletion/removal. If it's actually someone trying to get a response from the poster in a constructive fashion, feel free to comment on their answer that they &lt;em&gt;should&lt;/em&gt; put this as a comment then flag it if you really thing it should be a comment and not just left as an answer that the author might come back and edit later. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Reducing comment threshold has been brought up several times on meta. The final answer on that, which isn't going to change anytime soon, is: &quot;If you don't have enough reputation to comment. Don't comment. If it's something worth saying someone else will say it. Instead go get more reputation by participating in the site activities you can do. If you come back 50 rep later and the comment is still warranted. Do it then.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2013-05-18T14:50:44.877" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6737" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6721" CreationDate="2013-05-18T16:38:17.693" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;We should not be ashamed of the command line and it's often the easiest way of doing something.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Linux command line is very powerful and while I don't believe we should be giving the impression that real users only use the command line we shouldn't shy away from it either.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In most cases the command line way of doing something will work the same across all supported versions of Ubuntu irrespective of the desktop installed (Unity, Gnome Classic, KDE, XFCE, LXDE) and will also work on the Server release. It also the case that it probably doesn't matter if the questioner is using 12.04, 12.10 or 13.04; the answer will probably still be valid when we are running 14.10 or even later.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In contrast the same task on two different versions / revisions may be significantly different using the GUI.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Consider for example installing some software using the GUI on Lubuntu 12.04 or Ubuntu 13.04.  The exact steps are different in Lubuntu you find Software Center in the menu while in Ubuntu you search in the dash for it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;sudo apt-get install some_package&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Works everywhere.  It's good to give a GUI method too when it's easy to do it via the GUI however. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="107450" LastActivityDate="2013-05-18T16:38:17.693" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6738" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6740" CreationDate="2013-05-18T17:48:45.393" Score="1" ViewCount="118" Body="&lt;p&gt;With regard to making small edits would an inaccuracy justify a minor edit?.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;The question I refer to is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/297069/102029&quot;&gt;found here&lt;/a&gt; and the suggested edit I made can be found &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/119554&quot;&gt;Review/Suggested Edits&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;A new user who can not edit their own question (apparently) added information that was requested by two other users (to obviate: one of which was myself). This information was added as two answers for the two requests. After adding the information in the answers to the question I noticed another edit had been made that removed a small sentence in bold and on reading the question the &quot;&lt;strong&gt;Here is the parted output:&lt;/strong&gt;&quot; section now covers the relevant information and more.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Which made me suggest adding another edit to change the previously quoted sentence to &quot;&lt;strong&gt;Here is some more information as requested:&lt;/strong&gt;&quot; to show acknowledgement and appreciation of the other edit made by another user and maintaining accuracy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I appreciate a suggested edit is a suggestion and can easily be refused but the reasons given in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/119554&quot;&gt;Review/Suggested Edits&lt;/a&gt; are not quite acknowledging why the edit was suggested.  So I took opportunity to try and explain my motives here and open discussion here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would it have been acceptable to have voted up the OP's two answers to help boost their rep to remove new user restrictions?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="102029" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2013-05-20T11:57:34.823" Title="How important is accuracy?" Tags="|discussion|editing|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6739" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6738" CreationDate="2013-05-18T19:49:37.620" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Taken from the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/edit&quot;&gt;information on privileges - Edit Questions and Answers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;When should I edit posts?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any time you feel you can make the post better, and are inclined to do so. Editing is encouraged!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some common reasons to edit are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;to fix grammatical or spelling mistakes&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;to clarify the meaning of a post without changing it&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;to correct minor mistakes or add addendums / updates as the post ages&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;to add related resources or hyperlinks&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Try to make the post substantively better when you edit, not just change a single character. Tiny, trivial edits are discouraged.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For me the change from &quot;Here is the parted output:&quot; to  &quot;Here is some more information as requested:&quot; was too minor.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What followed &quot;Here is the parted output:&quot; was the output of &lt;code&gt;sudo parted -l&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Following that there was more information but I don't think any reasonable person would have believed that the entire rest of the post was the output of the &lt;strong&gt;parted&lt;/strong&gt; command.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For me and at least one other reviewer this change did not actually fix any problem with the question as I could see nothing wrong with the question as written.  Edits are supposed to make the question (or answer) significantly better and for me at least this change was not significant.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you look at this question on meta&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/6660/107450&quot;&gt;Is it acceptable for users to only gain reputation through a plethora of tiny edits?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will see that reviewers don't always agree on what are and are not &lt;strong&gt;too minor&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="107450" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2013-05-18T19:49:37.620" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6740" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6738" CreationDate="2013-05-18T21:05:01.377" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Accuracy is important, my reason to reject your edit was that you only replaced one sentence (which made the question neither better understandable nor more correct) and did nothing else. You &lt;strong&gt;could&lt;/strong&gt; have formatted the &quot;Boot repair&quot; report to make it better readable for instance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The text from the &lt;em&gt;privileges page&lt;/em&gt; talks about editing in general (I admit I sometimes edit a post for only one character) - but it doesn't take into account that you accumulate reputation with every approved edit as long as you are below 2000 rep and not more than 1000 rep come from suggested edits - in this process the community requests a little bit more &quot;substance&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To clarify: you need at least 2000 rep for editing posts without needing peer review. As long as your edits are reviewed each approved edit gains you 2 points - with a limit of 1000 points for &quot;suggested edits&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastEditorUserId="117103" LastEditDate="2013-05-18T21:21:54.057" LastActivityDate="2013-05-18T21:21:54.057" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6741" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-05-19T03:12:11.030" Score="-3" ViewCount="104" Body="&lt;p&gt;Have just updated &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/208405/102029&quot;&gt;How to EFI install Ubuntu?&lt;/a&gt; with what I am sure concludes the answers that have been given are misleading and inappropriate to the specific question being asked.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Had previously flagged an answer as not an answer which was reviewed and the flag was marked as helpful but the answer remains. At that time I was not near 100% sure that it was important to get the answer removed. However I am now sure that the answers given (with one exception) are not relevant to the specific question nor are in any way helpful in achieving an Ubuntu install EFI mode on the hardware that is being used. These are answers that are very low scoring even compared to the question which at least confirms the question is better than the answers.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;A recent answer followed suit of existing answers and earned a downvote for their cheek.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Have flagged the answers for review under &quot;something else&quot; and now that they have been reviewed two have been given &quot;declined - flags should not be used to indicate technical inaccuracies, or an altogether wrong answer&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So considering my low rep:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How does an answer get evaluated for being appropriate to question?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What would be the appropriate way to request removal of these misleading answers?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is it the Ask Ubuntu way to leave as is until a better answer is given and then wait for community voting up the better answer for it to rise to top?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="102029" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2013-05-19T12:09:25.847" Title="Help or advice on how to manage misleading/inappropriate answers to an asked question" Tags="|discussion|answers|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2013-05-30T18:02:49.077" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6742" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6741" CreationDate="2013-05-19T12:09:25.847" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;You have more than 50 and 125 reputation. Leave a comment on the answer(s) explaining briefly why it's not relevant/wrong, downvote if you truly want to drive that message home. Flagging something only gets but a few eyes on it. Leaving a comment will let everyone reading the post know your thoughts on it. Flags aren't meant directly for technical inaccuracies, technology moves, people mis-construe the problem in the question, etc. Leaving a comment not only warns others but gives the person who answered feedback and clarification. Who knows, maybe they'll be able to edit their answer to provide better information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One exception comes to mind: If the answer is harmful to a users experience (The &quot;&lt;code&gt;rm -rf /&lt;/code&gt;&quot; kind of answer) then please flag it as destructive so it can be reviewed for removal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2013-05-19T12:09:25.847" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6743" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5504" CreationDate="2013-05-19T14:33:25.347" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://davidplanella.org/projects/qreator&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ItMRc.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Create your own QR codes in Ubuntu!&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9781" LastEditorUserId="9781" LastEditDate="2013-05-20T19:05:18.630" LastActivityDate="2013-05-20T19:05:18.630" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-05-19T14:33:25.347" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6744" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-05-19T14:59:30.630" Score="7" ViewCount="90" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been presented with posts in the &lt;em&gt;first posts&lt;/em&gt; queue which have already been edited by high rep users (who should know what they are doing :-)).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That is no big problem but seeing that this queue is the biggest one anyway it seems a waste of resources.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I'd like to have the queuing algorithm ignore such posts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Two recent examples :&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/first-posts/119579&quot;&gt;edited by mitch&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/first-posts/119584&quot;&gt;edited by seth&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2013-05-19T14:59:30.630" Title="Is it really useful to feed posts already edited into the review &quot;first posts&quot; queue?" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6746" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6738" CreationDate="2013-05-20T11:52:21.810" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;You're citing &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3906/how-to-make-small-but-important-edits/3907#3907&quot;&gt;my answer on another Meta question&lt;/a&gt; in a comment to make a point but that post is in an entirely different context, about circumventing the minor edit threshold when you &lt;em&gt;need&lt;/em&gt; to make a technically important edit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Paraphrasing a single line is not an important edit.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And it has nothing to do with accuracy. Even its base value questionable; was it really better than the original?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want to polish up posts, you're welcome to, but please be thorough. As others have said, there was (and still is, to an extent) a lot to be desired about the formatting of that question that you glossed over with your edit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And that last part applies to 2k+ users too. Minor edits (of the calibre that this post is about) are not desirable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-05-20T11:57:34.823" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6747" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6748" CreationDate="2013-05-20T23:01:50.800" Score="5" ViewCount="89" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can see in the next picture that my reputation has decreased 20 points, and the summary says &lt;em&gt;&quot;User was removed&quot;&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/aIWus.png&quot; alt=&quot;screenshoot&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I cannot understand nothing of what happened here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can someone explain to me what just happened?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="62483" LastEditorUserId="62483" LastEditDate="2013-05-20T23:08:10.310" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Why did my reputation decrease 20 points with a 'User was removed' summary?" Tags="|bug|reputation|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6748" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6747" CreationDate="2013-05-20T23:11:31.027" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;A user that gave you up votes was removed for something &quot;not good&quot; and thus their history was removed as well. Maybe a bot up-voted something to look more legit. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/130122/more-descriptive-user-was-removed-explanation&quot;&gt;This question&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="103730" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2013-05-20T23:35:31.227" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6749" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6751" CreationDate="2013-05-20T23:22:48.090" Score="4" ViewCount="68" Body="&lt;p&gt;Why do code blocks delete double-spaces? Double-spaces are required in some code. Code blocks &lt;em&gt;should&lt;/em&gt; not alter the text in them at all, because code sometimes has weird formatting.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Example: compare the source of this to the rendered version: &lt;code&gt;sudo apt-get remove $(dpkg -l|egrep '^ii  linux-(im|he)'|awk '{print $2}'|grep -v `uname -r`); sudo apt-get upgrade&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="153051" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2013-05-21T03:06:59.967" LastActivityDate="2013-05-21T03:06:59.967" Title="Why does SE mess with the spacing in code blocks?" Tags="|support|formatting|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6750" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-05-20T23:32:30.293" Score="2" ViewCount="199" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is anyone else seeing an over use of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/162075/my-computer-boots-to-a-black-screen-what-options-do-i-have-to-fix-it&quot;&gt;My computer boots to a black screen, what options do I have to fix it?&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Half of the close reviews I see are close, duplicate of that question. That normally wouldn't be so bad, except at least half of those are only loosely related to the &quot;parent&quot; question. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I wonder how many people were scaring off cause there computer is in a state that won't boot, and they come on here to ask for help and people just close their question with a link to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/162075/my-computer-boots-to-a-black-screen-what-options-do-i-have-to-fix-it&quot;&gt;My computer boots to a black screen, what options do I have to fix it?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some are legit duplicates, some are border line, but a few are just people not reading the question. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So rant aside, are people also seeing the same thing, an over use of &quot;My computer boots to a black screen, what options do I have to fix it?&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Examples:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/297951/black-screen-on-boot-dvi-radeon-9550-9600-x1050-series-lubuntu-13-04&quot;&gt;black screen on boot (DVI) - Radeon 9550/9600/X1050 Series - Lubuntu 13.04&lt;/a&gt; - Not the best posited question, but clearly not a common driver issue. It's a monitor or other issue. The key is after pressing reset it all works. A better course would have been to help the asker clarify the question and get the info we need.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/296702/ubuntu-13-04-boots-up-with-blank-screen-after-update-from-12-10&quot;&gt;Ubuntu 13.04 boots up with blank screen after update from 12.10&lt;/a&gt; - This &lt;em&gt;might&lt;/em&gt; be a legit duplicate, but the linked question isn't helping the asker. It was already closed by the time I saw it. It was in the re-open queue, I advised to open a new question as I thought it would be his best bet. That said a user read the linked question, got nowhere, and updated his question. But the point is. This user is left with no answer, and the perception that,as a community we don't care. I know questions aren't &quot;for one person&quot; but askubuntu isn't a wiki either it's something in between. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="103730" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2013-07-22T03:05:40.277" Title="Over use of &quot;My computer boots to a black screen, what options do I have to fix it?&quot;" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6751" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6749" CreationDate="2013-05-21T00:46:04.417" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;Really nothign to do with SE and everything to do with how browsers render &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; tags. Double spaces (and tabs, etc) are munched down into single spaces.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want a proper code block, use four spaces at the beginning of the lines. This wraps the &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; tag in a &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;pre&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; which makes the browser behave more literally:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;sudo apt-get remove $(dpkg -l|egrep '^ii  linux-(im|he)'|awk '{print $2}'|grep -v `uname -r`); sudo apt-get upgrade&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And your search is better represented by:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;dpkg -l | awk '/^ii +linux\-(im|he)[a-z\-]+[0-9]/&amp;amp;&amp;amp;!/'&quot;$(uname -r)&quot;'/ { print $2 }'&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A bit longer than yours but it won't remove meta-packages and hey, three commands, not five. It's still not perfect because  in my situation, I've installed a new kernel but I'm not running on it yet. This sort of search would remove the newer kernel. Automating this stuff is dangerous.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2013-05-21T01:01:56.967" LastActivityDate="2013-05-21T01:01:56.967" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6754" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6755" CreationDate="2013-05-21T13:12:54.117" Score="15" ViewCount="218" Body="&lt;p&gt;Python is so ingrained in Ubuntu. Would it be appropriate to ask python related questions on this forum? Or WHEN is it appropriate to ask questions about python? Where is a good place to ask python related questions?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158892" LastEditorUserId="117103" LastEditDate="2013-05-21T13:44:29.780" LastActivityDate="2013-05-21T13:44:29.780" Title="Are python questions appropriate for this site?" Tags="|discussion|asking-questions|scope|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6755" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6754" CreationDate="2013-05-21T13:24:24.317" Score="22" Body="&lt;p&gt;Development is on-topic here unless it really has nothing to do with Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I wouldn't object to Python questions here but you might get better service on Stack Overflow which is really &lt;em&gt;all&lt;/em&gt; about programming. If your questions involve Ubuntu peculiarities or packaging a Python application, then we're probably the best bet. But again, this is on-topic on both sites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="117103" LastEditDate="2013-05-21T13:40:04.747" LastActivityDate="2013-05-21T13:40:04.747" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6757" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6206" CreationDate="2013-05-22T02:36:40.467" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I too find this wrong. We should give the OP a chance to correct their post. And I'm not referring to the example you provided - I see this all the time in the Close Review queue. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For the &quot;&lt;em&gt;possible duplicate&lt;/em&gt;&quot; they usually have some time to check it out and comment back if it's not applicable and/or edit their question to explain why.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When there's an &quot;&lt;em&gt;off topic&lt;/em&gt;&quot; or a &quot;&lt;em&gt;not a real question&lt;/em&gt;&quot; often the OP won't know until it's closed already. I think this is too harsh as many people don't always know how to describe the problem, and a comment or too can help them explain their problem more clearly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What I tend to do with these is to leave a comment, and then vote to close or keep open as appropriate. Either way, they get notified that something is happening on their question and have a chance to jump in and edit it or ask for more help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Leaving a comment doesn't hurt and is polite. I think a comment should be mandatory for questions in the Close Review queue.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I understand that an OP can edit their question after it's closed, but this is not the 'easy path'. If they can fix it right away give them the heads up, and avoid having to wait another day for the Reopen Review, before someone can answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14916" LastActivityDate="2013-05-22T02:36:40.467" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6758" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6750" CreationDate="2013-05-23T01:46:47.163" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If closing in that direction is insufficient to satisfy the needs (and the woes are at least half relevant), we should improve the answer not stop duping to the question.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just my 2 cents.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would add that displaylink should be forked off and we should have a canonical getting displaylink working q/a pair.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastEditorUserId="5768" LastEditDate="2013-05-23T01:54:09.817" LastActivityDate="2013-05-23T01:54:09.817" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6759" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6760" CreationDate="2013-05-23T07:23:34.977" Score="5" ViewCount="190" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just edited the tag &lt;code&gt;easybcd&lt;/code&gt; and after I found some questions like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/120642/how-to-install-easybcd&quot;&gt;How to install EasyBCD?&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/243789/cant-get-bootloader-to-work-using-easybcd/243844#243844&quot;&gt;Can't get bootloader to work using easyBCD&lt;/a&gt;. These questions have the answer in Windows.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We know that EasyBCD is a software utility for Windows. Would it be appropriate to ask EasyBCD related questions on Ask Ubuntu? Or is better to migrate them to &lt;a href=&quot;https://superuser.com/&quot;&gt;Super User&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="147044" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2013-05-29T06:30:31.083" Title="What about EasyBCD?" Tags="|discussion|asking-questions|scope|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6760" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6759" CreationDate="2013-05-23T09:25:42.797" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;If its about using or repairing a Ubuntu system, or fixing the issues caused by a broken boot loader while trying to install Ubuntu, why not?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does not matter if the software you are using is Windows based, as long as you use it for something you are doing or did with Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would include as acceptable:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Fix multi boot systems;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Fix boot after installing Ubuntu or Windows after installing Ubuntu;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would not include as acceptable (off-topic)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Fix Windows after removing Ubuntu;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The line is small here, help where you can, but migration of anything that has the easybcd tag should not become a rule.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastActivityDate="2013-05-23T09:25:42.797" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6761" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6763" CreationDate="2013-05-25T02:11:24.247" Score="6" ViewCount="86" Body="&lt;p&gt;I didn't edit/answer this question right now:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/293693/how-to-install-skype-with-13-04&quot;&gt;How to install Skype with Ubuntu 13.04&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I did answer the question on May 16, but right now it's May 25.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How come it's showing that it has been edited by me?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/oUcAM.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;front page&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Following is the image of my answer to that question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Dm5ku.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;my answer&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And a full screen image with date:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/448iU.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;full screen image&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85053" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2013-05-25T18:22:37.157" Title="Why does the front page show my name for last activity even when I didn't perform anything recently?" Tags="|bug|editing|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6763" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6761" CreationDate="2013-05-25T04:12:19.193" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have also noticed this, and it seems to happen when a question gets reopened, it shows the last person to interact with the question ( besides the closing/reopening  activity) as the one that currently changed something.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I suppose the reason might be so the question gets bumped to the top of the list.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you look the in the edit history the last activity was the following, which happened right around the time it has near your name.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Post Reopened by RolandiXor♦&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which is the name I would expect to see for the last edit/change/activity, except that activity is not directly changing the question or answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2013-05-25T18:22:37.157" LastActivityDate="2013-05-25T18:22:37.157" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6764" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6766" CreationDate="2013-05-25T16:24:52.490" Score="19" ViewCount="273" Body="&lt;p&gt;Too often do I see a question that is downvoted, without any explanation for why it was downvoted, and I cannot find anything downvote-worthy about the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Often times I consider (and sometimes actually do) upvote a question merely to negate that downvote, however I feel like this isn't how upvotes should be used.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are some good ways (if any) to deal with these unexplained downvotes?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="107590" LastActivityDate="2013-05-26T10:06:39.377" Title="What do you do about unexplained downvotes?" Tags="|discussion|voting|best-practice|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6765" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6764" CreationDate="2013-05-25T16:43:39.923" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;I also vote for things I see being down-voted when I don't agree on the votes. Similarly, I'm fairly sure that isn't what you're supposed to do but when people drive-by down-vote and there's nothing &lt;em&gt;wrong&lt;/em&gt;, what other option are you really left with?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ideally everybody would leave a comment when they down-voted... But that's clearly not what happens. There is already a little prompt that pops up, asking them to do it. From here the only real step is to force people to leave comments. It's something I'm on board with but it's not my decision. That's system-stuff and that's all down to Stack Exchange.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/search?q=force%20%20comment%20down%20vote%20is:question&quot;&gt;has been suggested and shot down by the meta.stackoverflow* people a million times&lt;/a&gt; over. It's rather sad how hard it is to have a proper feature suggestion discussion without a hundred negative votes. People seem against forced commenting because:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&quot;It should be obvious - it's a terrible post!&quot; I agree that there are posts like this but if you're not editing them because they're unsalvageable, you should be flagging them so we can remove them. Just voting against them does nothing and it's sucky communication. The poster needs to be told what to do to fix the problem.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&quot;My votes should be anonymous, G-Man!&quot; If we were voting for anything worthwhile, I might agree but I'd laugh in the face of anybody who said that sincerely here. This is tech support, not the UN.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I doubt this aspect will ever change as it's a guarantee from the system. However it would be &lt;em&gt;possible&lt;/em&gt; to add a &lt;code&gt;downvote_reason&lt;/code&gt; that is anonymously tallied against each answer. Generic comments about detail, quality, punctuation, spacing. By no means a replacement for every comment but something &lt;em&gt;required&lt;/em&gt; in order to negatively vote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've no idea if that has ever been suggested. I'd post it on MSO but I honestly feel I'd get further by telling the radiator next to me.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;*MSO is where all the Stack Exchange -wide conversations happen. It's a legacy thing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T09:39:07.847" LastActivityDate="2013-05-25T17:09:24.663" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6766" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6764" CreationDate="2013-05-25T16:51:47.730" Score="29" Body="&lt;p&gt;There's nothing we can do about people's voting patterns. Nothing about the site requires anyone to explain their voting patterns. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I try to leave a comment when I see someone has put in at least some effort or is having a hard time using the site, or is maybe not a native English speaker and needs some editing to make the question better. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However there are still incoming questions that are pure crap and a downvote is there to remind other community people that the question sucks before they waste their time on it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not going to leave a comment like &quot;Please use punctuation, capital letters, and more than 40 characters so I can read your question&quot;; that's just internet common sense. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2013-05-25T16:51:47.730" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6767" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6764" CreationDate="2013-05-26T10:06:39.377" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Differentiating between upvotes and downvotes might be something that will prevent this behavior. Someone can upvote with 15 rep and to down vote you would need at least 100 rep points (minus associate bonus points) to ensure that the person has had enough experience on the web site to know what is worthy of a down vote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75967" LastActivityDate="2013-05-26T10:06:39.377" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6768" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2744" CreationDate="2013-05-26T22:28:00.433" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since March of 2012 no new activity. Gonna answer this with (not going to happen)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="46312" LastActivityDate="2013-05-26T22:28:00.433" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6769" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-05-27T15:32:35.697" Score="1" ViewCount="34" Body="&lt;p&gt;Suppose I want to get notified about any activity i.e. answer or comment on particular question that's not posted by me, then how do I do so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="68760" LastActivityDate="2013-05-27T15:32:35.697" Title="how to get connected to a question?" Tags="|discussion|notifications|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2013-05-27T16:36:45.607" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6770" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6772" CreationDate="2013-05-29T02:04:07.793" Score="1" ViewCount="152" Body="&lt;p&gt;Another user is repeatedly making edits to some of my posts.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The edits are not outright vandalism or spam, it is more about changing the style of writing to suit a better fit with their own prejudices.  I don't feel it's actually making any meaningful improvement to the content, rather it is detracting from the original meaning.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is an appropriate action in this situation?  So far I have just been rolling back any of these unwelcome edits, but I think that &quot;solution&quot; may result in some posts become community-wikified for the wrong reasons.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21350" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-01-12T23:27:40.427" LastActivityDate="2014-01-12T23:27:40.427" Title="What can I do about unwelcome edits?" Tags="|discussion|suggested-edits|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6772" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6770" CreationDate="2013-05-29T09:06:58.610" Score="9" Body="&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Leave a &lt;em&gt;polite&lt;/em&gt; comment on your post explaining why you're unhappy with the edit&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Roll back the change from the revision screen, or manually restore the &amp;quot;style&amp;quot; back to your preference.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If they come back and edit it again, flag your own post for moderator attention (and explain what's going on) and if we agree with your argument, we'll have a chat with the editor and they'll stop editing the post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;However...&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I went fishing for some context and found &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/65689/revisions&quot;&gt;the question this is probably about&lt;/a&gt;. There are a few things I would say about what has happened:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Why are people editing closed questions?!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Citing XKCD with an image is unnecessary. A link would have sufficed if you felt you really needed to reference it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;There is also a copyright issue on the image. You do not have the right to grant Stack Exchange Inc a commercial, all-encompassing license to the image - which is what you do when you post.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Changing &amp;quot;jerk up&amp;quot; for something that is more technically correct (ie &amp;quot;skip&amp;quot;) is a good edit.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Removing over-hyperbolic, over-emphasised colloquialisms like &amp;quot;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;really sucks&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&amp;quot; is also generally regarded as fixing formatting abuse.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are things here that both you and the editor are doing wrong, chiefly worrying about a question that was closed three months ago. If I were the editor, I'd wonder whether what I was doing was really a good use of my time, and if I were you, I'd be questioning if it really matters at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-05-29T09:23:01.233" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6773" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6775" CreationDate="2013-05-29T11:50:22.503" Score="0" ViewCount="73" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just curious enough, so is that possible if my reputation drops to zero?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="147459" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Is that possible if my reputation drops to zero (0)?" Tags="|discussion|reputation|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6774" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6779" CreationDate="2013-05-29T22:46:42.333" Score="2" ViewCount="186" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is it possible to delete your account and automatically remove all your posts, or when you remove your account do your questions/answers remain on the site?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21350" LastEditorUserId="25863" LastEditDate="2013-05-30T08:25:07.163" LastActivityDate="2013-11-19T07:02:02.027" Title="Will removing my account remove all the posts I created while using the site?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6775" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6773" CreationDate="2013-05-29T23:56:03.470" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/2621/195914&quot;&gt;The minimum bound is 1&lt;/a&gt;(Thanks for the link gertvdijk). You are a beautiful and unique snowflake, and will melt under the withering heat of criticism if you had a negative score. Stackexchange as such does not have 0 or negative user reputation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, to achieve something close to a negative score (a -1) from any positive score, you'd need a string of bad questions or answers. This will result in either a manual suspension by a mod, or a question or answer ban through cold unfeeling machine. This of course, probably will be more annoying than a negative score, and probably means the same thing... other than having a reputation of 1 rather than over - 9000 &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17681" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2013-05-29T23:56:03.470" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6776" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6778" CreationDate="2013-05-30T03:37:37.303" Score="6" ViewCount="210" Body="&lt;p&gt;Why don't we allow questions about unofficial remixes/derivatives/flavors of Ubuntu that are still using the official repositories (e.g. they have nothing in &lt;code&gt;sources.list&lt;/code&gt; besides &lt;code&gt;archive.ubuntu.com/*&lt;/code&gt;, etc.)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not talking about something like Linux Mint, that's an entirely separate distro. I'm talking about something like the Ubuntu GNOME Remix (the original, before it became an official derivative). It seems to me that these systems are not different on a technical level, except which packages are installed by default.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I can exactly create a setup provided by a remix, just by installing and removing packages after a regular Ubuntu install, that would be supported, but if I installed via the remix install media, it isn't. What's the difference?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="49090" LastEditorDisplayName="user25656" LastEditDate="2013-05-30T06:42:33.653" LastActivityDate="2013-05-30T11:42:03.643" Title="Why don't we allow unofficial derivatives still using the Ubuntu archives?" Tags="|discussion|site-faq|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6777" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6774" CreationDate="2013-05-30T07:36:26.900" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can ask Stack Exchange to erase your account following the methods posted on all the previously asked question in meta about the same subject.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No, the posts that you created with your account are property of the Ask Ubuntu and the Stack Exchange network, even if you ask them to be deleted or removed when your account is, they will not and you cannot do it just because you want to. Their content is part of the site when you create them and will not be removed when your account is.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This all question is a dupe of many others around the site, the reasons are always the same... Drama, user feels that he is not appreciated or targeted by &lt;a href=&quot;http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/thoughtful-animal//files/archive/evil%20cat.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;evil cat like creatures&lt;/a&gt; and wants to leave and remove his account and destroy his/her contributions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From what I understand this is over edits? Really? Look, take some time for yourself, go for a walk and enjoy the sun, come back when you want to (or not, no one forces anyone to be around, ever). There are many more things to worry about in life; edits on a website that allows and stimulates them is not one of the things that would make me wake up in the middle of the night.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If after you walk you still feel upset about anything then just ask the Stack Exchange community to remove your account, it's fine, but your posts stay.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2013-11-19T02:01:49.693" LastActivityDate="2013-11-19T02:01:49.693" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6778" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6776" CreationDate="2013-05-30T07:55:58.760" Score="19" Body="&lt;p&gt;In truth, the answer to your last question is: There isn't much difference.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We do allow all sorts of bastardised installations on here, assuming that they come from a pure origin. But expanding that to change site policy would mean swapping our short whitelist into a saggy blacklist. We would also need to maintain the what-we-support list and it would take a lot of time to inspect how a distro is constructed (to make sure it is just a simple respin)... And we'd need to do that &lt;em&gt;every&lt;/em&gt; release of &lt;em&gt;every&lt;/em&gt; distro. That is not fun work and worst, &lt;strong&gt;it doesn't help people&lt;/strong&gt; and that's work I try to avoid generating.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is simply more simple to stick with the official releases, with the official support periods. It doesn't make everybody happy but everybody knows where they stand.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Unofficially&lt;/em&gt;, all sorts of people with all sorts of Linux distribution chance their luck here. Unless they mention their respin explicitly, it's unlikely a question would be booted off.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2013-05-30T11:42:03.643" LastActivityDate="2013-05-30T11:42:03.643" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6779" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6774" CreationDate="2013-05-30T09:02:09.617" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your question is blossoming into five or six separate questions. I will attempt to run over most of them quickly:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You can delete your account but your posts stay.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Your posts will be attributed to deleted version of your user. This may keep your name, it may be attributed a user1234566 account. Probably the second (I think it's only cross-site question migrations that used to throw the name over).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Editing is an essential part to maintaining a system like this. People go missing and abandon things. This way everybody can maintain everything and that's not going to change.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Edited posts have a revision history that anybody can see. They're not putting words in your mouth, they're putting words in your post and people can see evidence of that.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Getting upset with a system and wanting to leave is not a phenomenon unique to us, or even the Internet. You see it in most mammal communities and it has been an essential part of genetic and societal development for hundreds of thousands of years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, we want a happy community here and we try help that end by being completely open from the offset. If the community and the moderators fail you, there are also people at Stack Exchange you can talk to... But none of that will ever stop people becoming disenfranchised. We could dip into this well but you've already said you've little interest in the psychology of things.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you have a specific grievance, we want to know about it. This is particularly relevant to me because I was the person who dealt with one of your questions yesterday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2013-05-30T09:50:49.470" LastActivityDate="2013-05-30T09:50:49.470" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6780" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6781" CreationDate="2013-05-30T12:05:57.390" Score="7" ViewCount="146" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/160003/ashwin&quot;&gt;Ashwin&lt;/a&gt; joined and immediately asked the same question twice within 4 hours:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/297351/ubuntu-13-04-is-not-booting&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/297351/ubuntu-13-04-is-not-booting&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/297406/ubuntu-13-04-not-booting-after-upgrade-from-12-10&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/297406/ubuntu-13-04-not-booting-after-upgrade-from-12-10&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I tried to flag the second one as a duplicate, but I can't get the first one to appear in the duplicate-of list no matter what I search for. I suspect this list filters out the same author's own posts, on the assumption that duplicates would only occur if the author was unaware that the question had been asked before. Is there another way to do this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="157907" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2013-05-30T12:51:58.970" Title="Duplicate questions by same user" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6781" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6780" CreationDate="2013-05-30T12:07:18.047" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, just copy the link from the first one and paste it in to the search box in the duplicate form that shows when you press to close to vote it as a duplicate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/1FEG2.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can search parameters, enter the direct link to a post or the ID number of the post you want to link as duplicate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastEditorUserId="25863" LastEditDate="2013-05-30T12:51:58.970" LastActivityDate="2013-05-30T12:51:58.970" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6782" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6783" CreationDate="2013-05-30T17:56:52.333" Score="3" ViewCount="74" Body="&lt;p&gt;I bring this up as it has happened a few times now. My edits get rejected because someone else beat me to the punch. Just now it was right in the middle of a review process. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So two key questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there no locking involved when I have the item for review? (Seems not as it was edited while I was editing)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My &quot;reputation&quot; is tarnished by saying I have edited x posts and y were rejected and some of those rejections are not my fault due to this concurrent edit ability.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As an Example: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/123092&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/123092&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Changes are the same because someone else edited seconds before I did.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;After thought...&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Although I accept the answer, why does it allow me to edit a post that has not been reviewed? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That in my eye makes it a bug.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75967" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2013-05-30T19:17:47.097" Title="Edit rejects due to others editing the same time" Tags="|bug|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6783" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6782" CreationDate="2013-05-30T19:00:52.943" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;If have less than 2K rep. you are not able to make edits until someone else review it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have more than that among of reputation you will be able to edit a post &lt;em&gt;no matter how edit this one &lt;strong&gt;before&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So what happened is that @Mitch edit the post.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;And seconds later, you edit the post doing &lt;em&gt;the same&lt;/em&gt; changes than him, but this edit is valid so it's added to the review queue.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Then, the users how review it saw that &lt;em&gt;your&lt;/em&gt; edit, is exactly the same that the previously one. That is why it is rejected.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;I know this is not clear, bear with me..&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not saying that &lt;em&gt;how it works now&lt;/em&gt; is the better way. No. I'm just telling you &lt;em&gt;why&lt;/em&gt; did this happened.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="62483" LastEditorUserId="62483" LastEditDate="2013-05-30T19:09:45.037" LastActivityDate="2013-05-30T19:09:45.037" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6785" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6786" CreationDate="2013-05-31T05:51:42.993" Score="0" ViewCount="89" Body="&lt;p&gt;Somehow a question have two (or more) answers. Somehow that answers is &lt;em&gt;similar&lt;/em&gt;, and it's &lt;em&gt;exactly same&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, is that possible to accept more than one answer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="147459" LastActivityDate="2013-05-31T06:40:55.327" Title="Is that possible to accept more than one answer?" Tags="|feature-request|answers|accepted-answer|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2013-08-15T11:16:31.497" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6786" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6785" CreationDate="2013-05-31T06:40:55.327" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't think that you can accept more that one answer.  Now if there is more that one answer that are excellent, I don't think they can be identical, but if they are I think you should accept the first answer, and then up vote the other answer, but you can't accept both.  My 2 cents. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="59676" LastActivityDate="2013-05-31T06:40:55.327" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6787" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2147" CreationDate="2013-05-31T20:41:35.507" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;No one has ever been awarded this badge on Ask Ubuntu. But, for example on &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/badges/95/reversal&quot;&gt;stack &lt;strong&gt;overflow&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; this badge has been awarded 143 times. So, there are possibilities to have it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="147044" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-05-23T12:39:54.233" LastActivityDate="2013-09-07T19:07:01.963" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6788" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-05-31T22:46:11.770" Score="53" ViewCount="1311" Body="&lt;p&gt;A few weeks ago Canonical reached out to me about making some design changes on Ask Ubuntu to reflect the official Ubuntu site's new design guidelines. The goal is to keep all Ubuntu related sites(official or 3rd party) consistent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Currently on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.ubuntu.com&lt;/a&gt;, Ask Ubuntu is linked in the top nav bar under &quot;More-&gt;Ask.&quot; Once the design changes are completed it will be prominently featured in the top bar.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's a preview of the new design:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/KPtvV.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/KPtvV.png&quot; alt=&quot;Ask Ubuntu New&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The biggest changes are in the header section. I moved &quot;Ask Question&quot; link to be part of the top nav bar. I Also removed the background images and widened the site content width by 20px.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The new design changes will go out early next week. The changes will take place both on the main site and Meta.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="61" LastActivityDate="2015-07-14T11:00:33.347" Title="Upcoming site design changes" Tags="|discussion|design|" AnswerCount="22" CommentCount="14" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6789" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6790" CreationDate="2013-06-01T12:35:22.603" Score="2" ViewCount="65" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/195011/screen-brightness&quot;&gt;question&lt;/a&gt; for which I want to start a bounty. The &quot;start a bounty&quot; is missing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I checked &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1466/why-i-cant-initiate-a-bounty&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; before asking here and I learnt that, per user account only one active bounty is allowed. Is only one active bounty allowed per user, all his stackexchange accounts puttogether? However, that - for the moment - is academic interest only, because I checked I have no active bounties on any of my stack exchange accounts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I read through the page on all about bounties, and found that as regards the age of the question, the lower limit is 2 days which is clear in fact at the moment one posts his question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But the question in concern was asked in 2012. So is there a tacit upper limit on the age of the question for starting a bounty??&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="93784" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2013-06-03T13:23:36.213" Title="&quot;start a bounty&quot; missing" Tags="|bug|status-bydesign|bounty|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6790" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6789" CreationDate="2013-06-01T13:25:33.327" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/set-bounties&quot;&gt;You need to have more than 75 reputation.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2013-06-01T13:25:33.327" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6792" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-06-02T15:20:11.150" Score="6" ViewCount="204" Body="&lt;p&gt;Few minutes after I posted a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/303197/line-in-on-macbook-pro-8-2&quot;&gt;question&lt;/a&gt; it was edited twice ... but the edits were not constructive in any way:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&quot;Kubuntu Quantal&quot; was changed to &quot;Kubuntu 12.10&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&quot;doing fine&quot; was changed to &quot;working fine&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&quot;Macbook 8,2&quot; was changed to &quot;MacBook 8.2&quot; (which is wrong if you strictly obey &lt;code&gt;sudo dmidecode -s system-product-name&lt;/code&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other than that, no comments, answers or votes were left.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my opinion, this is truly not in the spirit of Stack Exchange. On quick judgment, this looks like some users try to strictly enforce their view of how Ubuntu versions should be mentioned and what conversational style micro-modalities should be used here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Isn't there a general rule active to prevent such actions?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(... or is this possible on purpose, so we all earn the clean-up badge?)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="152471" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2013-06-02T23:39:34.893" Title="Badge hunters: When editing post does not improve them" Tags="|discussion|editing|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6793" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6792" CreationDate="2013-06-02T15:57:45.943" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;More often than not, edits are made to improve the quality of the post, usually to fix spelling and grammatical errata. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For your particular case, it seems like the suggested edit is a bit too minor and I would have rejected for not making 'substantial improvements' to the post. But each reviewer has their own subjective judgment on reviewing edits. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyway, you are strongly recommended to use the version number instead of the code names because the code names are only used when the version is in active development. The name is retired as soon as the version is released. But, that alone is not a good reason enough to edit a question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And to repeat what I mentioned in the comments, we can't enforce any kind of a rule with suggested edits. We can only provide guidelines on edits and hope they are given a thought about. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastActivityDate="2013-06-02T15:57:45.943" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6794" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6792" CreationDate="2013-06-02T17:00:04.280" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;We don't use the animal nicknames of a release here, we use the version number and the animal name is a development nickname until it's released. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DevelopmentCodeNames&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DevelopmentCodeNames&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/44/should-we-have-a-consistent-naming-scheme?lq=1&quot;&gt;Should we have a consistent naming scheme?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Either way the question itself wasn't very descriptive so I retitled it. Also why complain about someone trying to help out your question? You get a &lt;em&gt;bump to the front page&lt;/em&gt; for free!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2013-06-02T17:00:04.280" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6795" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6792" CreationDate="2013-06-02T23:39:34.893" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;I see no need for any such rule. There are such things as badge hunters. There are such things as minor editors. There is nothing we can do about this. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now something to point out is that the second edit was made by a reviewer (guntbert) of the first edit.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/OWx6T.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/a5D1Z.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now he decided to approve the edit, but remove the bold and add a tag. A perfectly valid choice. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now personally, a comma instead of a period looks weird next to numbers, but it isn't something I would edit for; and, when referring to something like a microphone, &lt;em&gt;working fine&lt;/em&gt; makes more sense than &lt;em&gt;doing fine&lt;/em&gt;. Again, nothing I would edit for.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now you might have figured out by now; edits are &lt;em&gt;subjective&lt;/em&gt;. Everyone has a different, perfectly valid, opinion. Like the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq#editing&quot;&gt;FAQ states&lt;/a&gt; if you have a problem with people being able to edit your posts this probably isn't the place for you. Try the &lt;a href=&quot;http://ubuntuforums.org/forum.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ubuntu forums&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If someone changed something you were particularly partial to, just role the edit back and move on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is no need to complain, no need to argue. It's a big world ;-)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;note:&lt;/em&gt; If another user starts an edit war, repeatably editing something you have rolled back, custom flag the post and a moderator will take a look. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2013-06-02T23:39:34.893" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6797" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6800" CreationDate="2013-06-04T00:59:31.977" Score="4" ViewCount="235" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just installed Kazam, and it looks very simple to use. I want to use it here on askubuntu. I figured out how to take a screenshot, I just don't know how to upload it. Does anyone know how to do this? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="157447" OwnerDisplayName="user157447" LastEditorUserId="480481" LastEditDate="2020-09-30T17:30:06.287" LastActivityDate="2020-09-30T17:30:06.287" Title="How do you upload a screenshot?" Tags="|support|image|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6798" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6797" CreationDate="2013-06-04T12:39:15.423" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;First step is to find a web site to host the image.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I use &lt;a href=&quot;http://imgur.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;imgur&lt;/a&gt; but there are lots of other sites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once the image is hosted&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How do I add images to my posts?&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;HTML &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;img src=&quot;http://example.com/img.jpg&quot;&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Markdown &lt;code&gt;![sample image](http://example.com/img.jpg)&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;the editor toolbar button insert image toolbar button&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Taken directly from the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/new-user&quot;&gt;faq&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="107450" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2013-06-04T12:39:15.423" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6800" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6797" CreationDate="2013-06-04T18:38:34.007" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/hFEQ0.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/hFEQ0.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;In the editor, there is an image button that will allow you to upload an image into your post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you're already hosting your screenshot elsewhere, you can simply link to the image using the standard markup (see 'advanced help' &amp;gt; 'Images'), but the internal hosting method is generally easier and safer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="62" LastEditorUserId="250300" LastEditDate="2020-09-30T06:53:34.250" LastActivityDate="2020-09-30T06:53:34.250" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="6801" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6802" CreationDate="2013-06-04T19:26:49.933" Score="-10" ViewCount="162" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm wondering if reputation decay when a user is inactive, maybe users contribute more? Is this a motivation or not? Will this have the positive results (more contribution) or will have the opposite? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm taking Launchpad karma as an example. There, when a user is inactive the Launchpad reduce the karma in order to motivating you to contribute more and in order for new users to catch up. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="95393" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2018-04-21T15:59:36.860" LastActivityDate="2018-04-21T15:59:36.860" Title="Should reputation be reduced over time, when a user is inactive?" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|reputation|launchpad|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6802" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6801" CreationDate="2013-06-04T20:33:46.700" Score="18" Body="&lt;p&gt;What? No! Why? Nooooooo, no no no no...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Motivation? What? It's not that you are payed to contribute on the site... It's about helping others, why should you &quot;reward&quot; for being a good contributor decrease if you are having a time off?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a bad idea, an awful one, really not good.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Besides, if you stop contributing for the site, there is a chance that your posts might get outdated and down voted over time, why more measures that force you to be active? Contributions you do on the site are to improve the information available on the internet about Ubuntu, they are welcome in any form, any idea damaging those contributions would not be a good policy or act to improve that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Make it better, be part of of it, in your own time. No one cares about karma in launchpad (at least not to be worrying about it), why should we?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastEditorUserId="25863" LastEditDate="2013-06-06T08:32:11.977" LastActivityDate="2013-06-06T08:32:11.977" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6805" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6806" CreationDate="2013-06-05T05:22:02.750" Score="1" ViewCount="60" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/149181/49090&quot;&gt;This answer&lt;/a&gt; recieved a bounty of 50 from Community.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why? What's the algorithm/reasoning behind this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="49090" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2013-06-05T13:44:35.663" Title="Why did this answer get bounty from Community?" Tags="|discussion|bounty|community|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6806" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6805" CreationDate="2013-06-05T07:00:26.653" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Most logical answer is that the bounty was automatically awarded on the 10th (or 11th) and the accepted answer was posted after the bounty was awarded.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How is a bounty awarded?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The bounty period lasts 7 days. Bounties must have a minimum duration of at least 1 day. After the bounty ends, there is a grace period of 24 hours to manually award the bounty. Simply click the bounty award icon next to each answer to permanently award your bounty to the answerer. (You cannot award a bounty to your own answer.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you do not award your bounty within 7 days (plus the grace period), the highest voted answer created after the bounty started with at least 2 upvotes will be awarded half the bounty amount. If there's no answer meeting that criteria, the bounty is not awarded to anyone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So it might just (barely) fit the time window for an automatic reward and it does have 2 upvotes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Come to think of it: he now accepted answer probably did not have 2 upvotes when it was awarded.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-06-05T07:00:26.653" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6807" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-06-05T14:13:29.730" Score="18" ViewCount="202" Body="&lt;p&gt;last week the StackExchange guys asked me to get on the podcast to talk about Ubuntu!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2013/06/podcast-48-sponsored-by-powdermilk-biscuits/?cb=1&quot;&gt;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2013/06/podcast-48-sponsored-by-powdermilk-biscuits/?cb=1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Skip to 30:53 if you want to ignore all the other stuff and get right to the AU discussion.  I hope I represented the site well, enjoy!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="6005" LastEditDate="2013-06-05T14:44:06.707" LastActivityDate="2013-06-05T14:44:06.707" Title="I was on the SE podcast talking about Ask Ubuntu, check it out!" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6808" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2013-06-05T14:18:57.607" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="25798" LastEditorUserId="25798" LastEditDate="2013-06-05T14:18:57.607" LastActivityDate="2013-06-05T14:18:57.607" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6809" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2013-06-05T14:18:57.607" Score="0" Body="Use this tag if your question is about community bulletin. If you want a question to appear in the community bulletin, featured tag should be used instead." OwnerUserId="25798" LastEditorUserId="25798" LastEditDate="2013-06-05T14:18:57.607" LastActivityDate="2013-06-05T14:18:57.607" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6810" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6788" CreationDate="2013-06-05T17:32:07.147" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;It came live as I changed pages... great design.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit &lt;em&gt;(after 24 hours)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It took me by surprise, and I still, after 24 hours go to the very top of the page to check is I have any comment alerts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the whole a much cleaner look &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Thumbs Up&lt;/strong&gt; * * * * *&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit &lt;em&gt;(after 2 weeks)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Still love the new design. I have had to go into the browser config files to change the code background/pre colour to one that I can see. but that's my only complaint&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Still &lt;strong&gt;Thumbs Up&lt;/strong&gt; * * * * *&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="155853" LastEditorUserId="155853" LastEditDate="2013-06-19T09:20:41.790" LastActivityDate="2013-06-19T09:20:41.790" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6811" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6788" CreationDate="2013-06-05T21:08:21.613" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I prefer the header to be consistent with Stack Exchange than with Ubuntu, so I removed the Ubuntu header &lt;a href=&quot;https://superuser.com/questions/234952/understanding-css-for-user-styling-in-a-browser/465964#465964&quot;&gt;with Stylish&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;@namespace url(http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml);&#xA;@-moz-document domain(&quot;askubuntu.com&quot;) {&#xA;    div#custom-header {&#xA;        display:none !important;&#xA;    }&#xA;}&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1059" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:18:11.723" LastActivityDate="2013-06-05T21:08:21.613" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6812" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-06-05T21:56:06.557" Score="5" ViewCount="142" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is a new bar above the &quot;status bar&quot; with Ubuntu/Community/Development/Ask.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;This is new and I feel it is taking up valuable screen space, since I do not plan on regularly using the new links.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have used Ad Blocker to remove it but that seems overkill. Is there an option to change this, or hide it so the status bar is on top like the other Stackexchange sites?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75967" LastEditorUserId="47291" LastEditDate="2013-06-06T01:10:58.793" LastActivityDate="2013-08-08T16:10:43.893" Title="Is there an option to remove the bar above the status bar?" Tags="|support|design|user-interface|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6813" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6812" CreationDate="2013-06-05T22:21:51.697" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't think it's possible, looks like they modified the site layout. But you can send a feedback saying that you'd like to a button to activate and deactivate the top bar.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="48451" LastActivityDate="2013-06-05T22:21:51.697" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6814" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6788" CreationDate="2013-06-06T04:47:25.837" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;New design is now live. Looking good.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can we make the &lt;code&gt;Ask Question&lt;/code&gt; button more distinguised. &#xA;A possible way will be to use a mildly darker red background for it. I'm not a designer, there might be better ways for it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/EYBzc.png&quot; alt=&quot;Askubuntu New Design&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11932" LastEditorUserId="11932" LastEditDate="2013-06-06T05:25:58.927" LastActivityDate="2013-06-06T05:25:58.927" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6816" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6788" CreationDate="2013-06-06T10:11:22.077" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;So, I just wanted to drop by and leave some feedback on the new topbar design.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First of all, thanks for the addition, it is quite handy however there is also something that's bugging me about it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The bottom margin of the new topbar makes the entire design look out of place. My suggestion would be to remove the 22 pixels.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's a screenshot from the current setup,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/cur45.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and here is a screenshot but without the 22 pixels bottom margin,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/bgI17.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2732" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2013-06-30T00:49:21.863" LastActivityDate="2013-06-30T00:49:21.863" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6817" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6788" CreationDate="2013-06-06T11:33:34.433" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;To remove the dotted grid like effect on Ask Ubuntu, block &lt;code&gt;http://cdn.sstatic.net/askubuntu/img/bg-site.png&lt;/code&gt;. You may have to flush your browser's cache to see the effect.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For the meta site, block &lt;code&gt;http://cdn.sstatic.net/askubuntumeta/img/bg-site.png&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/MpWFh.png&quot; alt=&quot;Imgur&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To minimize the space between the global menu and the main section, the following code is useful:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;#custom-header {&#xA;display: block;&#xA;margin-bottom: 2px !important;&#xA;}&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This code needs to go into a stylesheet. If one is using Firefox, this can be done by editing &lt;code&gt;userContent.css&lt;/code&gt; which is located in &lt;code&gt;~/.mozilla/firefox/xxxx.default/chrome&lt;/code&gt;. If the folder &lt;code&gt;chrome&lt;/code&gt; doesn't exist, just create it. Same for &lt;code&gt;userContent.css&lt;/code&gt;. Both folder and filename are case-sensitive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then, in userContent.css, add the following using a plain text editor:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;@namespace html url(http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml);&#xA;@-moz-document domain(askubuntu.com) &#xA;{ &#xA;#custom-header {&#xA;display: block;&#xA;margin-bottom: 2px !important;&#xA;}&#xA;}&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and save the file and exit. The value for &lt;code&gt;margin-bottom&lt;/code&gt; determines the space between the &lt;code&gt;global menu&lt;/code&gt; and the &lt;code&gt;main section&lt;/code&gt;. The default (currently) is 22px. I've reduced it to 2px as an example.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note: if one using the Stylish extension, one can use &quot;Write new style ...&quot; for askubuntu.com and paste just &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;#custom-header {&#xA;display: block;&#xA;margin-bottom: 2px !important;&#xA;}&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;between the existing curly brackets.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Stylish works for Chrome/Chromium as well.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/2nara.png&quot; alt=&quot;Imgur&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To make &lt;strong&gt;code&lt;/strong&gt; more visible, one can make the code font bold, darker, or use a background which may enhance contrast:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Consider something like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;@namespace html url(w3.org/1999/xhtml);&#xA;&#xA;@-moz-document domain(askubuntu.com)&#xA;{&#xA;code { &#xA;      font-family: monospace !important; &#xA;      color: black !important; &#xA;      background-color: #999 !important; &#xA;      font-weight: bold !important; }&#xA;}&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The line with &lt;code&gt;monospace&lt;/code&gt; makes sure code remains fixed and not proportional (which would mess up alignment);&lt;br&gt;&#xA;The line with &lt;code&gt;color&lt;/code&gt; determines the font color. It can be any html color you like; you can use hex code to get exactly the color you want by using a tool such as &lt;code&gt;gcolor2&lt;/code&gt; from the software center;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;The line with &lt;code&gt;background-color&lt;/code&gt; lets you enhance contrast by that route if you wish;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;The line with &lt;code&gt;font-weight&lt;/code&gt; makes text bold.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can use one or all of the above.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that in &lt;code&gt;~/.mozilla/firefox/xxxx.default/chrome&lt;/code&gt;, the &lt;code&gt;xxxx&lt;/code&gt; will differ from user to user.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user25656" LastEditorUserId="14356" LastEditDate="2013-06-07T09:34:49.710" LastActivityDate="2013-06-07T09:34:49.710" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6818" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6788" CreationDate="2013-06-06T13:45:14.147" Score="17" Body="&lt;p&gt;It looks great! the one thing that really bugs me, is the footer:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/IpyNF.png&quot; alt=&quot;askubuntu-footer.png&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is no background! And the dots are really annoying!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;by adding some custom css to the &lt;code&gt;footerwrap&lt;/code&gt; it looks a lot beter&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;.footerwrap {&#xA;    background: none repeat scroll 0 0 #FFFFFF;&#xA;    border-radius: 4px 4px 4px 4px;&#xA;    box-shadow: 0 0 3px #AAAAAA;&#xA;    margin: 0 auto;&#xA;    padding: 10px;&#xA;    text-align: left;&#xA;    width: 970px;&#xA;}&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/jNYCc.png&quot; alt=&quot;askubuntu-footer.png&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="36315" LastActivityDate="2013-06-06T13:45:14.147" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6819" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6824" CreationDate="2013-06-06T14:02:05.257" Score="1" ViewCount="52" Body="&lt;p&gt;How would I move (or tell a mod to move) an answer to a comment on another user's post when they don't have enough rep to comment?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Example (this was an answer): &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;JamesTheAwesomeDude, your instructions are good except for some little things. In order to get to your downloads you can't just type&#xA;  &lt;em&gt;cd Downloads&lt;/em&gt; its &lt;em&gt;cd /home/user/&lt;/em&gt;/Downloads* without * *. Once in that directory, all you have to do it type &#xA;      NAMES&#xA;      The 1st USB drive plugged into an x86 Chromebook will be /dev/sdb&#xA;      The 1st SD Card plugged into an x86 Chromebook will be /dev/mmcblk0&#xA;      The 1st USB drive plugged into an ARM Chromebook will be /dev/sda&#xA;      The 1st SD Card plugged into an ARM Chromebook will be /dev/mmcblk1&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;sudo dd if=put your os name here.iso of=dev/name of your usb bs=4&#xA;&#xA;for example, (for windows_xp_pro.iso)&#xA;&#xA;sudo dd if=windows_xp_pro.iso of=dev/sda bs=4&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="153051" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2013-06-06T17:35:57.090" LastActivityDate="2013-06-06T17:39:56.307" Title="How do you move an answer to a comment when the author of said answer isn't the OP, but wants to comment on another answer?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6820" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6823" CreationDate="2013-06-06T14:55:10.003" Score="2" ViewCount="61" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm on this site a &amp;lt;125 rep user, so it's normal that I don't see a review link in the &lt;strike&gt;top bar&lt;/strike&gt; sub-top bar. However, there's a site self-evaluation going on and I do have the privilege to participate in that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Shouldn't the review link appear for everyone that does have the privilege to participate in an active review queue?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user125111" LastEditorUserId="1412" LastEditDate="2013-06-06T17:23:20.840" LastActivityDate="2013-06-06T17:23:20.840" Title="Review link doesn't appear for &lt;125 rep users, though there's a site self-evaluation going on" Tags="|feature-request|bug|status-bydesign|review|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6821" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6820" CreationDate="2013-06-06T16:44:39.837" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Are you referring to this review?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/xVTGt.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If this is what you're referring to, this is not a site review, but it a Privilege that you get once you hit 2000 points.  For more information see &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/edit&quot;&gt;&#xA;Edit questions and answers&#xA;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="59676" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2013-06-06T17:06:54.830" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6822" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6871" CreationDate="2013-06-06T16:57:17.827" Score="7" ViewCount="182" Body="&lt;p&gt;It says Zero Score Accepted Answers more than 10 and at least quarter of the total.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How is the count of Zero Score Accepted Answers taken?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;LATEST EDIT: Are answers to own questions also taken into account?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it the number of answers that get accepted before it is voted up/down?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;OR&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it the number of answers that get accepted and don't receive votes until a certain amount of time after the answer was accepted?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If neither of these then how? Please clarify.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just academic interest.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="93784" LastEditorUserId="93784" LastEditDate="2013-06-12T12:59:11.073" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Unsung Hero Badges" Tags="|discussion|badges|accepted-answer|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6823" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6820" CreationDate="2013-06-06T17:23:13.503" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The actual issue here is that you guys aren't supposed to be running a self-evaluation at all. :) They have been disabled on all other graduated sites and should be disabled here by the time I'm writing this as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On a beta site, this is also normally not an issue since the evaluation is linked from the community bulletin and accompanied by a &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/featured&quot; class=&quot;post-tag moderator-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged 'featured'&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;featured&lt;/a&gt; meta post that draws enough attention to the queue... but I'll double-check with Emmett how the review link shows up in the top bar when he gets back from vacation next week.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1412" LastActivityDate="2013-06-06T17:23:13.503" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6824" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6819" CreationDate="2013-06-06T17:39:56.307" Score="3" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Flags!&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We use flags for just about everything on these sites. If you see &lt;em&gt;anything&lt;/em&gt; wrong, just flag it and a moderator or experienced user will take a look.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this case you can just use a basic &amp;quot;Not an answer&amp;quot; flag, or use a custom flag and explain that the answer should be converted to a comment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-06-06T17:39:56.307" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6825" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6828" CreationDate="2013-06-06T18:31:49.627" Score="2" ViewCount="86" Body="&lt;p&gt;It seems that in the site re-design, our FAQ got buried deep down in the page hierarchy &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/helpcenter/on-topic&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/helpcenter/on-topic&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How are new users supposed to find this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even when you ask new questions this is difficult to find.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Personally, this seems like a poor design decision as this is a very informative page describing the EOL versions of Ubuntu as well as dealing with bug reports as well as which OSes we support.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can we bubble this up to make it more visible?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="106495" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Where did the FAQ go?" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6826" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6788" CreationDate="2013-06-06T18:40:36.673" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Some of the visuals in the current design create a feeling of information overload for me. I'd make &lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/CAPaK.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;a few small changes&lt;/a&gt; to help direct readers' attention to the content. Here's &lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/TuV8U.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the current version&lt;/a&gt; for comparison.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1859" LastEditorUserId="1859" LastEditDate="2013-06-07T01:50:15.290" LastActivityDate="2013-06-07T01:50:15.290" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6827" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6788" CreationDate="2013-06-06T18:48:38.763" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I love the new layout but... (sorry there has to be a but). Now that Ask is so integrated into the Ubuntu site, is there now the danger that new users (especially) will consider it to be some kind of official Ubuntu tech support as opposed to the community driven Q &amp;amp; A it actually is.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If they were to have this false impression it could lead to situations where a user becomes more impatient when an answer is not immediately forthcoming or they fail to realise that an answer could conceivably be wrong.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am aware that there is plenty of documentation that explains what Ask is, but many of the new users I have come across have clearly not taken the time to understand this. They just want an answer then never to be seen again! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="32548" LastActivityDate="2013-06-06T18:48:38.763" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6828" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6825" CreationDate="2013-06-06T18:58:20.700" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;As the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/182812/introducing-a-brand-new-consolidated-help-center&quot;&gt;post on MSO about this&lt;/a&gt; indicates, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/helpcenter&quot;&gt;/helpcenter&lt;/a&gt; is &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; meant to be read all at once. The individual parts of it are meant to be used as the resource when we refer to it in comments and the such.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/about&quot;&gt;/about&lt;/a&gt; on the other hand contains &lt;em&gt;all the information&lt;/em&gt; important to a &lt;em&gt;new user&lt;/em&gt; - That's why it's referred to as &quot;the tour&quot; now - an introduction to the site, how it works and what to look for.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The old &quot;What's on-topic&quot; part, for example, is also on /about, in the &quot;&lt;strong&gt;Get answers to practical, detailed questions&lt;/strong&gt;&quot; section.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="98085" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:24.280" LastActivityDate="2013-06-06T18:58:20.700" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6829" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6788" CreationDate="2013-06-06T19:23:48.107" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;I like the new design, but I have some observations:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;there is a problem with some special characters (see my name):&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/F5ahT.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the new background for code sample make that a code text to be difficult to distinguish towards the normal text:&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/RKmA0.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/OqFlO.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="147044" LastActivityDate="2013-06-06T19:23:48.107" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6830" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-06-06T22:40:27.197" Score="1" ViewCount="110" Body="&lt;p&gt;I went through my 0-vote answers - clearly they were of a quality not worthy of the site, since they didn't attract up or down votes, so I didn't want to leave them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Before I finished, I hit a 5/day deletion limit. Any idea what this is about?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11316" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Why is there a limit to how many of my own answers I can delete?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6831" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6830" CreationDate="2013-06-07T00:24:36.803" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes. This limitation does have a purpose.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First lets address the first purpose:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unless you have a very good reason for believing your answer is bad, (downvotes, several comments, etc), then, &lt;em&gt;and only then&lt;/em&gt;, should you start to think maybe something about your answer is wrong. Just because no one has voted on it yet &lt;em&gt;does not&lt;/em&gt; make your answer bad &lt;em&gt;in any way&lt;/em&gt;.  Nor does it mean you should delete your answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now for the second (and arguably more important) reason:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From time to time users get angry about something and, finding that they can't delete their account, go on a rage delete, removing lots of valuable content from the site. And, technically, according to the CC license content to the site is posted under, you cannot ask for your question/answers to be removed (although if you have a really good reason, SE will usually oblige). See:   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/5999/how-can-i-delete-my-account&quot;&gt;How can I delete my account?&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For more information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2014-03-13T01:49:33.617" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6832" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6837" CreationDate="2013-06-07T01:13:29.417" Score="1" ViewCount="110" Body="&lt;p&gt;I been trying to answer this question &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/304057/discrete-gpu-not-working-after-update&quot;&gt;discrete GPU not working after update&lt;/a&gt;, But when i press &lt;strong&gt;Post your Answer&lt;/strong&gt;, Its posting as an &lt;strong&gt;comment&lt;/strong&gt;, I have tried several times but still the same&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please have look at this video &lt;a href=&quot;http://youtu.be/gRz6qtq19yw&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://youtu.be/gRz6qtq19yw&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85053" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2013-06-18T20:27:46.793" Title="Posting An Answer" Tags="|support|bug|status-bydesign|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6833" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6834" CreationDate="2013-06-07T01:37:56.300" Score="27" ViewCount="365" Body="&lt;p&gt;Lately, I'm seeing a lot of questions in the review queue which are marked for closure due to being 'too localized', or 'not a real question'.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some of these are marked on the &lt;em&gt;same day&lt;/em&gt; they're asked, and some already have answers. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the question is bad -- fix it and/or comment and/or or vote it down.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(As Luis Alvarado suggests, showing a new user how the site should be used, how good questions are written, or giving other constructive guidance in comments is ideal.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If someone is quickly able to answer a question, it seems likely* that there was a real, answerable question.  If it has generated a quick response (upvotes, comments, good-bad-mediocre answers), it seems likely* that it affects more than a extremely narrow subpopulation, and it certainly hasn't been abandoned.&#xA;(*I'm assuming answerers are rational, altruistic, and that other optimal (if unlikely) conditions are being met -- but the general point remains.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some of these questions are being flagged so rapidly that there is no way that a reasonably large group of potential editors or answerers has even seen them.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even if a question is astoundingly ignorant, it still may prove enlightening for the similarly placed searcher.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If a question is badly expressed but still obvious, or layered under meandering narrative, or not explicit, just fix it: edit it, leave a useful comment.  In some cases, vote it down.  On seeing a really bad question, you can even just run away. All better than voting to close with slim justification. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Don't use the option to close as a cudgel, a reaction to a substandard or badly formulated query.  This prevents any possible good coming out of bad but relevant questions.   (And if it's a bad question because it's a duplicate, take the extra 75 seconds to find the duplicate and mark it as such.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't know if there are good counter-arguments, but I think this practice is harmful and misuses the tools we've got.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8844" LastEditorUserId="8844" LastEditDate="2013-06-07T13:26:37.533" LastActivityDate="2014-01-10T18:25:53.133" Title="Don't vote to close if it's just a bad question -- fix it, or vote it down" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6834" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6833" CreationDate="2013-06-07T03:21:48.427" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is my personal opinion, but if it is a bad question, you would first comment on it. It would be a first step to tell the user how he/she can improve the question. Voting it down is just like punishing the user instead of suggesting how the user can improve it. I for one am against voting down as a first measure unless it really deserves it (Cases where the user disagrees over an obviously problematic, misleading or completely erroneous question and simply ignores for days).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now for closing, that is even worse than voting down. Instead of punishing the user, you are actually killing this new user from enjoying the site or even having at least one chance of learning how to use the site. Most users come from forum-like sites and think this is a forum-like place. Others are used to chats. So closing the question down (Even before it has 24 hours or enough time to get feedback from the user after posting a comment) should not be encouraged.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In both cases, the first step, the step that helps the new user learn how to use the site and makes use of the community as a helping tool should be the comment. After this, a period of time should be given to the user to answer (He/She could be working, traveling, studying in the real world). Down votes should only be used (This applies to questions/answers) when it creates a problem where even suggestions to improve it are dismissed by the user (This should be taken with a grain of salt since there are many cases, this is just an example).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I like your suggestion but voting it down should not be the first road to take.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7035" LastEditorUserId="8844" LastEditDate="2013-06-07T13:29:19.870" LastActivityDate="2013-06-07T13:29:19.870" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6835" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6788" CreationDate="2013-06-07T11:35:12.133" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Looks like the &lt;code&gt;Add Comment&lt;/code&gt; button could do with some &lt;code&gt;margin&lt;/code&gt; to separate it from the comment &lt;code&gt;textarea&lt;/code&gt;.&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/mGyPI.png&quot; alt=&quot;Add Comment button&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Update:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;This has now been fixed:&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/63jsM.png&quot; alt=&quot;Add comment fixed&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11932" LastEditorUserId="11932" LastEditDate="2013-06-22T10:11:01.843" LastActivityDate="2013-06-22T10:11:01.843" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6836" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6832" CreationDate="2013-06-07T14:05:26.890" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your answer was too short (it really should have been a comment) that the system auto converted it. Notice the text under the comment:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Trivial answer converted to comment&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="164112" LastEditDate="2013-06-18T19:44:59.380" LastActivityDate="2013-06-18T19:44:59.380" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6837" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6832" CreationDate="2013-06-07T14:07:10.907" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;From the comments looks like you are trying to post:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&quot;Have a look at my answer 'answer link here'&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Notice the text &quot;Trivial answer converted to comment&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you believe this answers the question you could post a overview of what the answer is. Extra info related to the specific question, or if the answers are exact maybe the question is a duplicate. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyway, such a short answer gets auto converted - If you believe such an answer is necessary you can &quot;trick&quot; the system with a hidden message such as this:  : can only be seen in edit, between those marks. Use extreme caution as I would not recommend that for your &quot;comment&quot;, making that into an answer would probably get downvoted, commented as a link only answer question, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastEditorUserId="117103" LastEditDate="2013-06-18T20:27:46.793" LastActivityDate="2013-06-18T20:27:46.793" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6838" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6788" CreationDate="2013-06-08T04:36:31.840" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/F9R2n.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/F9R2n.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should this logo given &lt;code&gt;meta&lt;/code&gt; label? Like &quot;Ask Ubuntu Meta&quot; or &quot;Meta Ask Ubuntu&quot;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="147459" LastEditorUserId="147459" LastEditDate="2013-06-11T22:29:06.890" LastActivityDate="2013-06-11T22:29:06.890" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6839" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6847" CreationDate="2013-06-08T11:44:45.543" Score="26" ViewCount="305" Body="&lt;p&gt;The new background for a code sample makes that this to be difficult to distinguish towards a normal text:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/RKmA0.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/OqFlO.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe for some screens it's ok, but not for the majority. Many times I have to change the screen position or my head position to distinguish a code sample and I don't think this is normal. Is there any chance to revert this to the previous state?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="147044" LastEditorUserId="147044" LastEditDate="2013-06-27T07:48:00.020" LastActivityDate="2013-06-27T07:48:00.020" Title="Code formatting from new site design changes simply annoys me" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|design|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="13" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6840" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17203" CreationDate="2013-06-08T12:30:14.147" Score="14" ViewCount="121" Body="&lt;p&gt;Reading this answer I found that á and è (and also right now in this question) characters from &lt;code&gt;Déjà Dup&lt;/code&gt; are shown different than the other characters (they are less &quot;bold&quot; than the others):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Link: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/67397/why-does-deja-dup-say-there-is-no-space-left&quot;&gt;Why does D&amp;#233;j&amp;#224; Dup say there is no space left?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/X2fBs.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/uGviY.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this my problem with Firefox 21 in Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS or is a problem of the web (I don't know if the previous design had this problem)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EDIT: I can see that several people have the same problem. Then, the problem is from client side or server side?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="153260" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2017-08-11T20:47:18.097" LastActivityDate="2017-08-11T20:47:18.097" Title="Visual bug using accent marked characters" Tags="|bug|design|font|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6841" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6843" CreationDate="2013-06-08T12:57:09.543" Score="12" ViewCount="255" Body="&lt;p&gt;Which StackExchange website is the best for general non-programming Linux questions? I have some Linux questions that are not directly related to Ubuntu and not related to programming. Does StackExchange have a site for this? Here is a specific example of my issue: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/304880/what-are-some-of-these-directories-in-the-linux-kernel-src&quot;&gt;What are some of these directories in the Linux kernel src?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158340" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2013-06-08T14:00:02.537" Title="Which StackExchange website is the best for general non-programming Linux questions?" Tags="|discussion|stackexchange|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6842" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5467" CreationDate="2013-06-08T13:01:32.260" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;From my experience of any StackExchange website, be as specific as possible. The questions of mine that get downvoted are general questions. It is best to ask a specific question and state how it is different from all of the other questions, even if they are different. On StackExchange websites, it is difficult to ask an acceptable question. It takes weeks of practice and many downvotes before many users get used to StackExchange.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158340" LastActivityDate="2013-06-08T13:01:32.260" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6843" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6841" CreationDate="2013-06-08T14:00:02.537" Score="16" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;unix.se&lt;/a&gt; should be exactly what you are looking for.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From the site's &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/about&quot;&gt;description page&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Unix &amp;amp; Linux Stack Exchange&lt;/strong&gt; is a question and answer site for users of Linux, FreeBSD and other Un*x-like operating systems.. It's built and run by you as part of the Stack Exchange network of Q&amp;amp;A sites. With your help, we're working together to build a library of detailed answers to every question about Unix or Linux.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="81372" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:37:19.280" LastActivityDate="2013-06-08T14:00:02.537" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6844" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6788" CreationDate="2013-06-09T12:29:59.793" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The stars that users can click to mark &quot;Favorite&quot; should be changed to Ubuntu's red circular symbol or this awesome symbol &lt;a href=&quot;http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~devyncjohnson-d/misc-projects/trunk/view/head:/Symbols/Ubuntu_Shiny_Remix.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~devyncjohnson-d/misc-projects/trunk/view/head:/Symbols/Ubuntu_Shiny_Remix.png&lt;/a&gt;. The badges should also look like the Ubuntu symbol.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158340" LastActivityDate="2013-06-09T12:29:59.793" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6845" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6833" CreationDate="2013-06-10T06:28:17.607" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;While I agree this side of the argument has a valid point (for instance, driving away certain users), there is a counter argument that is exactly the same: driving away users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The success of the site is not  in the amount of question askers, but  also in the amount of answers and the quality of those questions. Sure, stackoverflow drives away some users, but it also keeps some high value users that answer interesting question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is very little worth in drive-by questioners and help-vampires that just ask one super-duplicate question to get a quick answer: but the effect it has on other people can be that they keep on seeing the same, uninteresting question, and don't bother to come back and help anymore.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You &lt;em&gt;need&lt;/em&gt; to stop all these bad questions to come up, and yes, downvoting and closing is a tool for that. Keep in mind that this is not a forum where you can just open a thread for yourself, the goal is to obtain valid knowledge in question/answer form.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So yes, I agree that this 'behaviour' is bad for some (e.g. the new users who did not read the FAQ, are not providing interesting/new questions or do not bother to put in some effort), but it protects some others (interested parties) who are willing to answer complitcated problems and help make this site a repository of knowledge. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11120" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-01-10T18:25:53.133" LastActivityDate="2014-01-10T18:25:53.133" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6846" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6852" CreationDate="2013-06-10T08:06:07.523" Score="12" ViewCount="256" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just passed 200 reputation on AskUbuntu, and then I received another 100 reputation for &lt;code&gt;Association Bonus&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The 100+ bonus because I reached 200 on AskUbuntu didn't push me past 200 on any other Stack Exchange sites, so what are these 100 points from?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I looked for another answer I saw &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/6495/should-gaining-200-reputation-on-one-site-askubuntu-give-me-100-associated&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; but I didn't have any other sites with 100 rep before I reached 200, and thus AskUbuntu is the only Stack Exchange site which I have over 200 reputation on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="115738" LastEditorUserId="164112" LastEditDate="2013-06-18T15:05:15.007" LastActivityDate="2013-06-18T15:05:15.007" Title="100+ reputation when hitting 200" Tags="|discussion|reputation|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6847" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6839" CreationDate="2013-06-10T10:03:30.810" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;I agree and I think we should rollback to the css styles used for the code blocks in the previous design.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If this is a usability or user interface issue, then browser add-ons to change the css locally are not the answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Think about all the new users, first time visitors, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="115155" LastActivityDate="2013-06-10T10:03:30.810" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6848" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6839" CreationDate="2013-06-10T13:48:01.097" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The actual lay out is good, except for the locations bar along the top (make it collapsible) also darken the code background to how it was before to accomodate my failing eyes. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to see, in the future, in settings an option to change the background colours to whatever you want it to be.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have, for instance, changed mine to be more obvious&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ONjDO.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="155853" LastActivityDate="2013-06-10T13:48:01.097" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6849" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6833" CreationDate="2013-06-10T16:10:25.443" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think both Luis and Nanne are right in some sense. But their views are different because this site is contradictory in nature and it is this contradiction that has leads to problems, not different views by participants. Namely, while the aim of the site is &quot;to build a library of detailed answers to every question about Ubuntu&quot; it is presented to new users as a some sort of a help desk. Then also result often ends up more like irc chat log than kind of collectively produced FAQ database. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Firstly, I have seen several times that when Ubuntu is introduced then it is accompanied with something like &quot;when you run into trouble ask the good folks at askubuntu&quot;. Also now the new Ubuntu site refers to this site by &quot;Ask&quot; with exclamation in the end. The message seems to be: &quot;go there and ask your question&quot;. Considering the aim of the site the message should be more like: &quot;go there to find answer to your problem&quot; - that may or may not including posting your own question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Secondly, when people get to the site they are not given information on the site, how to behave well and also how get what they need. They are left alone to make up their own minds. Yes, there is &quot;help&quot; and &quot;about&quot; section but most Ubuntu adopters (and especially those that make their Ubuntu unbootable in the first 24 hours) are most likely tech enthusiasts. And those are not the sort of people who read the manual first. When looking at the site without background knowledge it looks like chat room. All the features that would be useful for finding already available information are tiny, unnoticeable and not emphasized.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The result is frustrating and wasteful both for people who are in trouble and to those that are able to help. Lots of excellent guides for beginners already exist but ironically most of them really become accessible to users when they have become also much more experienced. On the same time noobs are invited to behave so that often somebody must say they did something wrong. Being friendly in such situation is a good thing but I am sure there could be more efficient ways to socialize new users to this awesome site! And that I say from my own experience of being a noob, gradually learning how the site works and starting to provide answers to other people.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="114989" LastActivityDate="2013-06-10T16:10:25.443" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6850" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3490" CreationDate="2013-06-11T11:02:49.393" Score="7" Body="&lt;h1&gt;It is fixed in new design&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;check it out&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="39372" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-06-11T11:02:49.393" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6851" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6788" CreationDate="2013-06-11T12:06:59.833" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;code&gt;Tell me more&lt;/code&gt; button in non logged-in display of a question page seems to be a bit too big, that it overflows out of the containing &lt;code&gt;div&lt;/code&gt;.&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/59rC1.png&quot; alt=&quot;Tell Me more&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Update:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;This has now been fixed:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/aGwYH.png&quot; alt=&quot;Tell me more button fixed&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11932" LastEditorUserId="11932" LastEditDate="2013-06-22T10:09:49.040" LastActivityDate="2013-06-22T10:09:49.040" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6852" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6846" CreationDate="2013-06-11T16:24:42.763" Score="18" Body="&lt;p&gt;Reputation is a rough measurement of your &lt;em&gt;experience&lt;/em&gt; using the system. So once you gain 200 points on &lt;strong&gt;any&lt;/strong&gt; site, you will be given a 100-point &lt;em&gt;head start&lt;/em&gt; on &lt;strong&gt;all sites&lt;/strong&gt; in the network (past, present, and future) to reflect that experience.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &quot;association bonus&quot; is simply a way to say that you already have experience elsewhere, so you shouldn't have to start from scratch on every other site you join.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="62" LastEditorUserId="62" LastEditDate="2013-06-11T18:39:21.717" LastActivityDate="2013-06-11T18:39:21.717" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6853" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6854" CreationDate="2013-06-11T21:51:51.063" Score="8" ViewCount="321" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think that the scope of a flag is to make moderators aware of content that request their intervention. And also I think that this site really only support English. Now, some of moderators can find helpful if I flag a non-English question and some of them send me to translate the content (I will not do this because I'm not an English speaking):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/CmhK8.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/2na61.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;My question: does it make sense to flag in the future non-English questions?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="147044" LastEditorUserId="147044" LastEditDate="2013-06-11T22:29:41.720" LastActivityDate="2014-10-18T06:04:19.227" Title="Does it make sense to flag non-English questions?" Tags="|discussion|support|flagging|languages|flags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6854" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6853" CreationDate="2013-06-11T22:05:26.007" Score="18" Body="&lt;h3&gt;mod roles.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Mods are glorified janitors - we try to do our best to cleanup where things are drastically/dramatically need our intervention.  Examples - spam, bad language, etc etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, we - like you - are users of the site who can edit and fix-up questions and answers with gramatical errors, typos, poor headings etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Language issues fall in the latter category IMHO.  Anyone can translate.  Anyone can also use google-translate or other translation tools.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Whilst there are a few mods with multiple language skills, most of us are native english speakers and at best would use google-translate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thus - its not for Mods to edit these sorts of questions.  This task is for all of us - all editors of Ask Ubuntu.  Hence, flags shouldnt really be used for this editor task.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you dont feel comfortable doing the translation - just drop a comment, reminding the OP of the FAQ and pointing out the use of English.  Other members of AU who do speak the OP's language will do the translation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;TL;DR: Do not flag language issues. Translate them yourself.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14356" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-10-18T06:04:19.227" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6855" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6788" CreationDate="2013-06-11T22:41:06.963" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/7rJ75.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Seems that button missed 'few' pixels to align...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="147459" LastActivityDate="2013-06-11T22:41:06.963" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6857" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6822" CreationDate="2013-06-12T12:26:37.423" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Far as I can tell, it seems to be number of answers that are accepted and simply have zero score (at all, presumably until the badge is awarded), with the 25% being &quot;of total &lt;em&gt;accepted&lt;/em&gt; answers&quot; rather than &quot;of total answers&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I could be wrong, but that's how it looks to me after looking down the profile of one of the few people who have this badge.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="137827" LastActivityDate="2013-06-12T12:26:37.423" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6858" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-06-13T00:27:02.420" Score="3" ViewCount="111" Body="&lt;p&gt;I got curious about the Mortarboard badge (200+ rep in one day) today and took a peek at several awardees' profiles to see what I could learn from their high score answers. I discovered that for a few (links withheld to avoid the appearance of spitefulness but available upon request), the rep points of the only 200+ day subsequently were voided in a &quot;Serial upvoting reversed&quot; action, which apparently is what happens if you upvote yourself with a sock account or conspire with a friend for mutual upvotes. If the system has determined that the awarding of those points was illegitimate enough to remove them, is it desirable or intentional that the badge recognizing them remains? Should I be asking this somewhere else?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(It also doesn't seem like counting bounty-related points towards this badge really jives with the extreme quantity+quality of activity that is otherwise implied by 200+/day, but that's a separate issue. Yes that would apply to me.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="157907" LastActivityDate="2013-06-14T14:17:31.800" Title="Ill gotten Mortarboards?" Tags="|feature-request|badges|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6859" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6858" CreationDate="2013-06-13T01:08:48.457" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Most badges (almost all I think) only get revoked manually. By a Stack Exchange employee (dev or community manager).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2013-06-14T14:17:31.800" LastActivityDate="2013-06-14T14:17:31.800" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6860" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6858" CreationDate="2013-06-13T09:45:57.200" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I can't speak for the badges other than to say I don't think we (mere Moderator demigods) can remove them. StackExchange staffers don't play by the same rules as us so they could probably do something about it, I'm just not sure they'd be that interested as it's probably quite an involved process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, even with our limited powers we can taunt and/or suspend. If you spot somebody doing something you think is ethically wrong, feel free to flag something they're doing and we'll look into it at try to take the appropriate action.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2013-06-13T09:45:57.200" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6861" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6862" CreationDate="2013-06-14T03:03:16.460" Score="-7" ViewCount="85" Body="&lt;p&gt;As title says, should we make an IRC channel for this site, like #askubuntu , or what?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="147459" LastActivityDate="2013-06-14T03:25:28.687" Title="Should we make an IRC channel of this site?" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6862" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6861" CreationDate="2013-06-14T03:25:28.687" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;No.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2013-06-14T03:25:28.687" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6863" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-06-14T19:45:38.493" Score="0" ViewCount="62" Body="&lt;p&gt;Specifically: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/308263/revisions&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/posts/308263/revisions&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It looks like revision #3 (inadvertedly) reverted revision #2 - would that be a case for a rollback?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2014-03-14T03:53:43.940" Title="Under which circumstances is a rollback appropriate?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6864" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6863" CreationDate="2013-06-14T21:04:43.567" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Version 2 came through in review. The proposed revision was to remove the word &lt;code&gt;export&lt;/code&gt; and add the word &lt;code&gt;install&lt;/code&gt;. I didn't agree with removing &lt;code&gt;export&lt;/code&gt;, so I hit &lt;kbd&gt;Improve&lt;/kbd&gt; and only added &lt;code&gt;install&lt;/code&gt;. So there was really only 1 revision.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117123" LastActivityDate="2013-06-14T21:04:43.567" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6865" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-06-15T19:46:20.747" Score="2" ViewCount="111" Body="&lt;p&gt;I found &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/129671/53881&quot;&gt;a question&lt;/a&gt; relating to an issue I'm still having with my power manager in xubuntu 12.04. One of the comments hinted on how to work around the problem, but the question had been closed. The reason given: it &quot;should be filed as a bug report&quot;. A bug report was apparently filed, it's gone nowhere in over a year and I'm having the problem now. Can we reopen this &quot;bug report&quot; that doesn't seem to be getting a fix? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="53881" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2013-07-05T14:36:41.183" Title="Can we reopen this &quot;bug report&quot; that isn't being fixed?" Tags="|discussion|specific-question|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6866" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6865" CreationDate="2013-06-15T20:42:52.320" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;We are not in a position to handle bug reports (or fix bugs), so your best action would be to help &quot;that bug&quot; get on its way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I take it you want that question reopened - talking about how annoying the bug is makes no sense here. Maybe try to make a question about finding a workaround for a certain/unfixed bug.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastEditorUserId="117103" LastEditDate="2013-07-05T14:36:41.183" LastActivityDate="2013-07-05T14:36:41.183" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6867" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6788" CreationDate="2013-06-16T01:19:47.813" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Albit annoying...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/eqarl.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;before hover&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/mCYVV.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;after hover&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also in meta site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="147459" LastActivityDate="2013-06-16T01:19:47.813" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6868" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6869" CreationDate="2013-06-16T08:06:33.647" Score="4" ViewCount="79" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just noticed that instead of around 10 inform moderator flags remaining, I now have around 22. Why did the number go up?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="49090" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="How come my inform moderator flags just went up?" Tags="|support|flags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6869" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6868" CreationDate="2013-06-16T10:43:31.903" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;As per &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/79742/are-the-new-moderator-flag-limits-sufficiently-high/80117#80117&quot;&gt;this meta.SO post&lt;/a&gt;, the flag count is calculated as:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;default 10 per day&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;one bonus flag per 2000 reputation&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;one bonus flag per 20 &quot;flag weight&quot; above the default&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;maximum 100&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;Flag weight&quot;, although it &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/119715/what-happened-to-flag-weight&quot;&gt;has been removed from the UI&lt;/a&gt;, still exists in the backend. It's calculated as such:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;start at 100&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;+10 for a flagged post (+5 for a comment) that we did something about (or was basically valid)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;-10 for a flagged post (-5 for a comment) that we suppressed as invalid&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;min 0, max 750 (but non-linear above 500)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;IMPORTANT CHANGE&lt;/strong&gt; - if you flag so consistently badly that you reach 0 weight, flags will be suppressed&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Therefore, if your flag weight has risen way beyond 100, you already get many new flags every day. :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="98085" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2013-06-16T10:43:31.903" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6870" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-06-16T15:33:03.680" Score="0" ViewCount="43" Body="&lt;p&gt;There's some stuff in &quot;My Tags&quot; that I can't answer, and is therefore in the way of stuff I can answer. Is there a way to hide questions that I can't answer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="153051" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2013-11-29T16:23:28.630" LastActivityDate="2013-11-29T16:32:10.730" Title="Is there a way to hide something from &quot;My Tags&quot;?" Tags="|support|feature-request|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6871" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6822" CreationDate="2013-06-17T07:14:53.440" Score="5" Body="&lt;h3&gt;Unsung Hero&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;gold; awarded once; same family as Tenacious (silver)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Have more than ten accepted answers with a score of zero, and have those zero-score accepted answers account for at least 25% of all your accepted answers&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Only accepted answers at least ten days old are considered&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Community Wiki answers, deleted answers, and self-accepted answers are not included in any calculations&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Source: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/57696/how-long-do-tireless-and-unsung-hero-badges-take-to-be-awarded&quot; title=&quot;Haha, it should be Tenacious now~&quot;&gt;How long do Tireless and Unsung Hero badges take to be awarded?&lt;/a&gt;, a SO team member who checked the source code &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.meta.stackoverflow.com/transcript/message/284001#284001&quot;&gt;in chat&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Courtesy: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/67397/list-of-all-badges-with-full-descriptions/68258#68258&quot;&gt;List of all badges with full descriptions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11932" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2013-06-17T07:14:53.440" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6872" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6833" CreationDate="2013-06-18T01:59:35.153" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a new user who's not very familiar with the way this site works but it seems like closed questions should still allow comments but perhaps not answers or additional upvotes/downvotes. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is not obvious to a lot of new users what counts as on topic or off topic. Closed questions seem to just get a standard message tacked onto them with very little explanation (&quot;Look at the FAQ&quot;). This is not very helpful for new users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="168019" LastActivityDate="2013-06-18T01:59:35.153" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6873" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-06-19T09:41:15.237" Score="11" ViewCount="193" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is a question regarding the AskUbuntu Latest Questions forum, I imagine that there a point at which a post will automatically get deleted from the question list.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The reason I comment is that sometimes, spam is a real problem, like the obvious spam shown below, which seemed to hang around for quite some time before vanishing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Hwcxl.png&quot; alt=&quot;Recent example&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not complaining but I would be interested in finding out how these questions are dealt with.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;24th August 2013&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This has cropped up again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/HQNhf.png&quot; alt=&quot;Example 24 August 2013&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="155853" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-07-11T15:45:41.537" LastActivityDate="2014-07-11T15:45:41.537" Title="Is there an auto delete point for negative value questions?" Tags="|discussion|deleted-answers|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6874" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6873" CreationDate="2013-06-19T12:45:27.277" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;See this post:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/78048/auto-deleting-old-unanswered-zero-score-questions-after-a-year&quot;&gt;Enable automatic deletion of old, unanswered zero-score questions after a year?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;We already auto-remove negatively voted unanswered old questions automatically after 30 days, network wide, with no human intervention required.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2013-06-19T12:45:27.277" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6875" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6873" CreationDate="2013-06-19T12:49:31.733" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;The questions in, erm, question are spam.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Flag them as such and they'll get eventually auto-nuked by the community bot (it a number of votes to reach the threshold).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2013-06-19T15:16:40.733" LastActivityDate="2013-06-19T15:16:40.733" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6876" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6877" CreationDate="2013-06-20T06:51:58.047" Score="3" ViewCount="65" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a question asked recently here:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/310490/unable-to-start-libvirtd&quot;&gt;Unable to start libvirtd&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;which I am unable to tag with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/libvirt&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;libvirt&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;libvirt&lt;/a&gt; If I tag it, it disappears when the question is up on AU. What is going wrong here?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72576" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2013-07-10T09:18:18.293" Title="Unable to tag question using libvirt" Tags="|support|status-completed|tags|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6877" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6876" CreationDate="2013-06-20T10:17:10.270" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/libvirt&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;libvirt&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;libvirt&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/virtualization&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;virtualization&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;virtualization&lt;/a&gt; tags are synonyms: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tags/virtualization/synonyms&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/tags/virtualization/synonyms&lt;/a&gt;. So, as &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/users/39372/tachyons&quot;&gt;Tachyons&lt;/a&gt; said in one comment, no need to use it separatly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/suggest-tag-synonyms&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/suggest-tag-synonyms&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What happens when a question is asked using a synonym?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any tags that match active synonyms will be automatically and silently changed from their original as-entered form to the tag that the synonym points to.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This also increments a synonym counter, which you can view at &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tags/synonyms&quot;&gt;/tags/synonyms&lt;/a&gt; to evaluate the effectiveness (or ineffectiveness) of the synonyms that are in place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="147044" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-06-20T10:22:13.260" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6878" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6880" CreationDate="2013-06-20T21:53:34.767" Score="2" ViewCount="51" Body="&lt;p&gt;A while back I asked &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/291819/why-doesnt-tty7-show-a-prompt-with-no-display-manager&quot;&gt;Why doesn&amp;#39;t tty7 show a prompt with no display manager?&lt;/a&gt;. It didn't really get answered, which is OK, because it's just theoretical and not very pressing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, having used Stack Exchange for a while since I asked, I'd like to ask for the question to be moved to Unix &amp;amp; Linux. How can I do this? Should I just delete and re-ask?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="49090" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2013-06-20T22:13:31.337" Title="How can I ask for a question to be moved to Unix/Linux?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6879" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-06-20T22:04:15.257" Score="2" ViewCount="89" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm talking about the Community, Ask, Developer, Design, etc. bar. When viewed on a tablet, the entire bar is shifted to the left of the screen, so that it has no margin, is directly against the edge, and has an empty white space at the right. Probably a small CSS fix.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This issue is reproducible on Server Fault except with the Stack Exchange bar instead of the Ubuntu bar.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/PAjYa.png&quot; alt=&quot;Screenshot of issue&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The arrow points to the missing margin. Please excuse the mspaint-edited photo.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="49090" LastEditorUserId="49090" LastEditDate="2013-06-22T04:15:18.670" LastActivityDate="2013-06-22T04:15:18.670" Title="When viewed on a tablet, the very top navigation bar has no margin" Tags="|bug|design|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6880" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6878" CreationDate="2013-06-20T22:13:31.337" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Typically speaking, either.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You're free to flag it and we can migrate it (at our discretion - we may disagree with your choice) or you can nuke our copy and start a new question over there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On this question, I couldn't resist answering it, mostly because I wanted to refresh my mind on how and why things are laid out the way they are. I didn't find many reasons &quot;why&quot; but I did find out &quot;how&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is scope for a &quot;Why are there six text ttys with X on tty7 in most distributions?&quot; question and Unix.SE would be a fairly good place for that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2013-06-20T22:13:31.337" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6881" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-06-20T23:54:05.253" Score="3" ViewCount="31" Body="&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/conversion&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;conversion&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;conversion&lt;/a&gt; should be synonymous with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/format-conversion&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;format-conversion&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;format-conversion&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/convert&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;convert&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;convert&lt;/a&gt; should be deleted or made a synonym of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/conversion&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;conversion&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;conversion&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Should &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/video-conversion&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;video-conversion&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;video-conversion&lt;/a&gt; be a separate tag, or should this be rolled into 'conversion/format-conversion' as well? &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;A related tag, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/file-format&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;file-format&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;file-format&lt;/a&gt;, seems like it might be able to stand on its own.  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Seth's comment pointing out the weakness of 'file-format' seems valid. It would have to be more clearly defined. Could be related to questions on particular file formats -- e.g., tarj, gzip, 7zip, iso, cue, xml, csv -- that are not conversion questions, but use or content or programamtic interaction questions. Which isn't to say there's not a better overarching tag for those, or that the tag is necessary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8844" LastEditorUserId="8844" LastEditDate="2013-06-21T16:13:43.380" LastActivityDate="2013-07-21T16:33:33.627" Title="Tag synonyms: convert, conversion, etc. tag consolidation" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6882" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6881" CreationDate="2013-06-21T00:57:23.800" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/video-conversion&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;video-conversion&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;video-conversion&lt;/a&gt; should be removed. Its questions belong under &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/format-conversion&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;format-conversion&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;format-conversion&lt;/a&gt;.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I personally don't see how &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/file-format&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;file-format&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;file-format&lt;/a&gt; can stand on it's own..&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="8844" LastEditDate="2013-06-21T16:11:56.937" LastActivityDate="2013-06-21T16:11:56.937" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6883" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6885" CreationDate="2013-06-21T01:40:35.913" Score="2" ViewCount="77" Body="&lt;p&gt;The tile says it all. The questions which belong to Ubuntu TV should they be considered as off-topic? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="33833" LastEditorUserId="146105" LastEditDate="2017-01-25T19:07:51.190" LastActivityDate="2017-01-25T19:07:51.190" Title="Are Ubuntu TV questions off-topic?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6885" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6883" CreationDate="2013-06-21T04:27:25.277" Score="4" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Depends on the question&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the question can practically answered using available information, it is ontopic . Else it is offtopic(too localized)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't know whether ubuntu-tv developers subscribed to that tag&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="39372" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-06-21T14:16:34.223" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6886" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6905" CreationDate="2013-06-21T13:35:15.533" Score="5" ViewCount="118" Body="&lt;p&gt;Currently there is a tag &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/hp-pavillion&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;hp-pavillion&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;hp-pavillion&lt;/a&gt; aimed at HP Pavilion laptops; this tag is actually misspelled. I've tagged my question &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/311034/audio-corruption-when-changing-volume&quot;&gt;Regular audio corruption when listening to music&lt;/a&gt; with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/hp-pavilion&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;hp-pavilion&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;hp-pavilion&lt;/a&gt;, but can't link this tag to the main one, nor correct the typo in the original as I am unable to suggest synonyms.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As an aside: why is the rep requirement for merely &lt;em&gt;suggesting&lt;/em&gt; a tag synonym so high, especially compared to that for suggesting edits to posts? Intuitively I'd have thought people would have to wait longer to edit others' posts than to edit tags, since tags seem to be a relatively minor thing but a careless edit could completely change the meaning of a question (I've seen a couple of edits around that have changed the title of a question so that it then asks the exact opposite of the body, for instance)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I understand the point brought up elsewhere that people should understand the system before being able to make changes, but to my mind that should come down to those reviewing suggestions rather than the people making them, surely?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="137827" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Renaming a misspelled tag? / Rep requirement for synonym suggestions?" Tags="|discussion|tags|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6887" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6888" CreationDate="2013-06-21T14:58:03.930" Score="2" ViewCount="25" Body="&lt;p&gt;I asked a question (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/311082/use-minix-filesystem-on-ubuntu-13-04-kernel-3-8&quot;&gt;Use Minix Filesystem on Ubuntu 13.04 (Kernel 3.8)&lt;/a&gt;) concerning the Minix filesystem. Would it be a good idea for someone to add a &quot;Minix&quot; tag, or should we wait for more Minix-related topics?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158340" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2013-06-21T15:04:57.127" Title="Add &quot;Minix&quot; tag proposal" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6888" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6887" CreationDate="2013-06-21T15:04:57.127" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;done. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2013-06-21T15:04:57.127" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6889" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6894" CreationDate="2013-06-21T15:18:41.237" Score="0" ViewCount="56" Body="&lt;p&gt;Where can I find information about what would make a beneficial tag on Ask Ubuntu or any other Stack Exchange site? What conditions must be satisfied before a new tag should be proposed/made? For instance, I think that Ask Ubuntu Meta should have a &quot;Criteria&quot; tag. This tag could be used for questions (like this question) asking about the criteria for a certain subject/topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158340" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2013-06-21T15:50:56.860" LastActivityDate="2013-06-21T20:25:55.903" Title="Criteria for considering new tags" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6890" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6892" CreationDate="2013-06-21T15:22:01.700" Score="1" ViewCount="42" Body="&lt;p&gt;Are there other ways to increase the chances of getting questions answered besides bounties?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, I would love to see an answer for this question --&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/307279&quot;&gt;What are the steps to modify a filesystem (say XFS)?&lt;/a&gt; -- but I want to earn more reputation points before I start using bounties. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How can I promote certain questions without offering bounties?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158340" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2013-06-21T16:16:45.390" Title="Are there other ways to increase the chances of getting questions answered besides bounties?" Tags="|discussion|bounty|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6891" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6893" CreationDate="2013-06-21T15:25:37.993" Score="0" ViewCount="34" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can the bounty rules be changed so that users can offer bounties lower than fifty points? I think that Ask Ubuntu would benefit from allowing users to offer five-point, ten-point, and fifteen-point bounties. Some users may want to offer bounties, but they do not want to give up so many reputation points (like me for this question &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/307279/steps-to-modify-a-filesystem-say-xfs-in-ubunut-linux?rq=1&quot;&gt;What are the steps to modify a filesystem (say XFS)?&lt;/a&gt;). If users could offer smaller amounts, perhaps more bounties will be made.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158340" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2013-06-21T16:01:56.623" Title="Can the bounty rules be changed so that users can offer bounties lower than fifty points?" Tags="|feature-request|bounty|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6892" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6890" CreationDate="2013-06-21T16:01:36.570" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can do a couple of things:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Share them on social networks with the share buttons.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Edit the question to improve it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Start documenting at least a partial answer to get the question some attention.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ask the original poster in a comment to add the results of his research to his question.&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;This is the big one that most people don't do, which is why questions like this languish, I would have expected at least &lt;em&gt;some&lt;/em&gt; edits to the question with updates by now. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2013-06-21T16:01:36.570" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6893" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6891" CreationDate="2013-06-21T16:01:56.623" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can make that amount in upvotes easily. If bounties are so low, they diminish in value, when you give a bounty you're effectively saying &quot;I really want eyes on this question, so much so I've given X of my hard earned reputation&quot;. If you're uncomfortable giving the minimum 50 rep, especially if a question is difficult, a 5 or 10 rep incentive is tantamount to just one or two upvotes. You have to just weigh the cost vs desire.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That being said, there are a lot of things you can do &lt;em&gt;other&lt;/em&gt; than giving a bounty to bring attention to your question. Editing it to provide steps you've done (not in this case, since it's not your question), etc can help bring attention to a question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2013-06-21T16:01:56.623" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6894" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6889" CreationDate="2013-06-21T16:23:43.700" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'd consider instead &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/08/the-death-of-meta-tags/&quot;&gt;what makes bad tags&lt;/a&gt; to help answer that question. Ideally, tags are ways to help connect people with questions, not a way to classify the context of a question. So, for example, ubuntu-desktop was a terrible tag. No one really wants to watch the ubuntu-desktop tag. Yes ultimately questions tagged about this revolve around the ubuntu-desktop, but it's nothing pertinent to the content of the question being asked. It's simply supporting information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In addition, the &lt;code&gt;bug&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;crash&lt;/code&gt;, and &lt;code&gt;error&lt;/code&gt; tags are horrible in that they're describing the context of the post, but no human will ever really want to follow the &lt;code&gt;bug&lt;/code&gt; tag for one of two reasons. One, we're not a bug tracker. Two, it doesn't help convey any real meaning. So, the fact that you're saying it's a crash means nothing. The context of why you're asking the question isn't as important as to &lt;em&gt;what&lt;/em&gt; you're having problems with. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, things like specific software being used, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/wine&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;wine&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;wine&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/php&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;php&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;php&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/juju&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;juju&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;juju&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ubuntu-one&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ubuntu-one&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ubuntu-one&lt;/a&gt; make more sense as there's a chance people with knowledge of that software will follow. There are also a few additional tags, like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/application-development&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;application-development&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;application-development&lt;/a&gt; which connect a subject matter (not a physical piece of software) with people who know and specifically work on application development.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Tagging isn't an easy thing, which is why it has a high reputation entry level for creating a new tag. If you're uncertain if a tag is good or not always feel free to post on meta. It's better to figure out early on if a tag is a good idea &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/879/is-the-ubuntu-desktop-tag-immortal&quot;&gt;before it becomes an unruly beast&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I actually re-read your question and noticed this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;For instance, I think that Ask Ubuntu Meta should have a &quot;Criteria&quot; tag. This tag could be used for questions (like this question) asking about the criteria for a certain subject/topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would argue criteria is a &quot;meta tag&quot; (bad thing). It doesn't offer any additional clarity on what the question is about. The question is a discussion about tagging. The fact that you're asking for criteria is irrelevant. If we were using tags to catalog questions, then yes criteria would make an excellent tag. However, tags aren't about cataloging but for humans to use. Criteria is meta in that it only offers context of the question, but does not necessarily clarify the content. I'd consider this also to be tagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/faq&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;faq&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;faq&lt;/a&gt; as it's quite a commonly asked question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The rule of thumb I use: &quot;Would someone ever want to follow this tag?&quot; If I can't think of a case where someone would want to follow it, then it's probably not going to be a good tag. Even if I can, I try to argue against it until I can't think of a reason not to create the tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.087" LastActivityDate="2013-06-21T20:25:55.903" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6895" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6899" CreationDate="2013-06-21T17:46:52.757" Score="1" ViewCount="154" Body="&lt;p&gt;It seems to me that Ask Ubuntu is flooded with questions about Windows 8 and Ubuntu dual-booting systems. Should we be concerned about SE quality and over-asked questions? Here are two examples, (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/229858/after-installing-ubuntu-i-cant-boot-windows-8-anymore?rq=1&quot;&gt;After installing Ubuntu I can&amp;#39;t boot Windows 8 anymore&lt;/a&gt;) and (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/239637/bought-a-windows8-system-from-store-installed-ubuntu-windows-installer-but-it&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/239637/bought-a-windows8-system-from-store-installed-ubuntu-windows-installer-but-it&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158340" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2014-02-21T06:47:29.523" Title="Windows 8 and Ubuntu Dual-boot: Many duplicates" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|questions|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6896" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6900" CreationDate="2013-06-21T17:52:54.620" Score="-6" ViewCount="67" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think that a &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/concern&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;concern&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;concern&lt;/a&gt; tag and &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/quality&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;quality&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;quality&lt;/a&gt; tag should be added. This question (&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/6895/windows-8-and-ubuntu-dual-boot-many-duplicates&quot;&gt;Windows 8 and Ubuntu Dual-boot: Many duplicates&lt;/a&gt;) could use these tags as well as many other meta questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Tag uses and definitions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Concern: This tag is for questions that are asking about a concern for Ask Ubuntu. Users concerned about specific issues may use this tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Quality: This tag indicates a question about question, answer, comment, or Stack Exchange quality. Users asking questions about improving their questions may use this tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158340" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.227" LastActivityDate="2013-06-21T19:07:52.273" Title="New tag proposal: meta tags &quot;Concern&quot; and &quot;Quality&quot;" Tags="|feature-request|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6897" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6898" CreationDate="2013-06-21T17:56:57.400" Score="1" ViewCount="39" Body="&lt;p&gt;Why do we have tag synonyms? Do they really help? If I search for imaginary &quot;Tag1&quot;, would its imaginary synonym &quot;Tag2&quot; also be searched?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158340" LastActivityDate="2013-06-21T19:10:14.683" Title="Are tag synonyms even benefitting StackExchange?" Tags="|discussion|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6898" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6897" CreationDate="2013-06-21T18:33:08.370" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, they are useful. Tag synonyms are for tags that get created a lot, when they're a dupe of another tag. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, for every release of Ubuntu we synonymize it's code name:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Saucy -&gt; 13.10&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Raring -&gt; 13.04&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We do this because we don't need two tags for the same thing floating around.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And, yes it will provide the results when searching:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/bf36E.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="88802" LastEditDate="2013-06-21T19:10:14.683" LastActivityDate="2013-06-21T19:10:14.683" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6899" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6895" CreationDate="2013-06-21T19:03:19.083" Score="11" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Dupe it!&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Mark as duplicate (if you have sufficient privileges) or flag it as such. A header with the appropriate message will direct users to the right duplicate with the most useful posts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my opinion this is not different from any other issue we had about a flood of similar/near identical questions when Ubuntu mobile/touch was presented.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="88802" LastActivityDate="2013-06-21T19:03:19.083" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6900" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6896" CreationDate="2013-06-21T19:07:52.273" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;We usually don't end up using tags like concern because these are usually ubiquitous, and can be applied almost anywhere. Much like the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/problem&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;problem&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;problem&lt;/a&gt; tag on the main site everyone has a concern/problem, the more important thing is what the concern is about. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also on meta there is a small sub-set of required tags, of which one must be included.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/discussion&quot; class=&quot;post-tag required-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;discussion&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;discussion&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/support&quot; class=&quot;post-tag required-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;support&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;support&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/bug&quot; class=&quot;post-tag required-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;bug&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;bug&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/feature-request&quot; class=&quot;post-tag required-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;feature-request&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;feature-request&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some alternatives to &quot;quality&quot; may be better to put a tag that is in line with why there is aquestion of quality, downvotes, close reasons, editing, translation, ect.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastActivityDate="2013-06-21T19:07:52.273" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6901" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6903" CreationDate="2013-06-21T19:41:37.467" Score="0" ViewCount="46" Body="&lt;p&gt;I noticed that many of my questions are not getting up-votes. How can I improve my questions? The one the seems the most odd to me is (&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/6897/are-tag-synonyms-even-benefitting-stackexchange&quot;&gt;Are tag synonyms even benefitting StackExchange?&lt;/a&gt;). It seems odd because answer received a few upvotes, but the question received none. It seems odd that a good answer can exist for a poor question. What can I do to receive more upvotes?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158340" LastActivityDate="2013-06-21T20:07:27.740" Title="I need to improve my questions" Tags="|discussion|up-votes|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6902" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6901" CreationDate="2013-06-21T19:45:29.200" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Meta is for discussing things about the main site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unless you're posting something that is a huge problem that people care about this is just the day-to-day boring admin side of the site. I can't imagine being passionate about tag-synonyms. :) I personally don't usually vote often here, to me it's all about the main site. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2013-06-21T19:45:29.200" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6903" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6901" CreationDate="2013-06-21T20:07:27.740" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yea, I guess it is in the beginning normal not to be up-voted too often, cause one is somehow a &quot;greenhorn&quot; with less than 100 or less than 200 points in reputation. - Ma, but you can enfluence being up-voted a bit, by up-voting yourself others contributions. In the end it is a matter of each others giving and taking ( not praying here for &quot;christianity-over-all-manhood&quot; ! ). It is matter of patience too until you have the right grasp and the right grip for dealing with Linux/Unix - topics. So don't worry too much about that ! Soon it is coming earlier or later - the right grasp and the right grip, by writing, editing and reading new impacts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="105993" LastActivityDate="2013-06-21T20:07:27.740" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6904" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6895" CreationDate="2013-06-21T23:25:49.037" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes true - and those questions are duplicate often too, when solution is the same: to enable/disable Uefi/Efi - Bios for to get around black or blue screen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="105993" LastActivityDate="2013-06-21T23:25:49.037" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6905" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6886" CreationDate="2013-06-22T06:01:21.043" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think it would involve retagging all the questions with the wrong one, using the correct one. And then a moderator might be able to remove the wrong tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Update:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;From other stackexchange sites, it seems that a tag that is not used from any question is deleted within 24 hours.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;So we'll just have to replace the tags in the questions with the wrong tag, with the correct one, and then the wrong one will get removed automatically.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;Courtesy:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://english.meta.stackexchange.com/a/2538/21849&quot;&gt;https://english.meta.stackexchange.com/a/2538/21849&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I have edited and added a tag wiki &lt;code&gt;excerpt&lt;/code&gt; for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/hp-pavilion&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;hp-pavilion&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;hp-pavilion&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;There are 115 questions tagged with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/hp-pavillion&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;hp-pavillion&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;hp-pavillion&lt;/a&gt;(Infomation from &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/hp-pavillion&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/hp-pavillion&lt;/a&gt;), which have to be retagged.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The 115 questions have been retagged by @virpara, now its only a matter of time until the wrong tag gets removed automatically.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Official Information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Finally found the official detail regarding tag removal:&#xA;Any tags not currently in use, or that happen to get orphaned through unusual means (rollback, merge, etc), are removed every 24 hours &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/40724/what-currently-happens-to-zombie-tags&quot;&gt;by a background process&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Courtesy:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/48418/184655&quot;&gt;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/48418/184655&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11932" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:24.280" LastActivityDate="2013-06-24T06:29:24.387" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6906" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6907" CreationDate="2013-06-22T08:36:48.320" Score="13" ViewCount="303" Body="&lt;p&gt;The various Ubuntu Q&amp;amp;A websites have an unique and very fresh way of doing things. The voting, badging and reputation system is well thought out and the moderators work well with the community, keeping us under check!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To start with I found that scores and badges were of great interest, but then I went through a stage of getting embraced if the last few points are corrections to others questions. Now I realise that if the editing have made the question readable, understandable and means that it gets an answer, the reputation points are well deserved. The feeling of pride when your first answer gets you 15 points is brilliant and quite inspiring.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The answers to questions on the whole, are mostly positive, with a few answers that need ignoring.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question, as there is supposed to be one, was it a group or an individual which came up with the concept of the way the community works?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="155853" LastEditorUserId="155853" LastEditDate="2013-06-25T07:11:44.763" LastActivityDate="2013-10-12T04:07:22.543" Title="What a brilliant idea" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6907" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6906" CreationDate="2013-06-22T10:51:48.877" Score="17" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu is part of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Stack Exchange Network&lt;/a&gt;. You will find most of your answers on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/about&quot;&gt;/about&lt;/a&gt; page there, and on &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/&quot;&gt;meta.stackoverflow&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://area51.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Area 51&lt;/a&gt;. Both of these are also part of the Stack Exchange network.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Stack Exchange was built to expand Stack Overflow beyond just programming. Some Ubuntu community members then pushed for their own site &lt;a href=&quot;http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/7716/ubuntu&quot;&gt;through Area 51&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The site went through four phases:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A definition phase:&lt;/strong&gt; where people defined what on and off-topic posts would look like. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A commitment phase:&lt;/strong&gt; where people committed and said they would actually use the site. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A private beta:&lt;/strong&gt; where those who committed gained access and started using the site.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A public beta:&lt;/strong&gt; same as private beta but with a wider audience.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At each phase, the the site had to prove it was worth going to the next phase. Finally after all of those steps, the site went &quot;public&quot; in October 2010 and was rebranded Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="98085" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T09:39:07.847" LastActivityDate="2013-10-12T04:07:22.543" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-10-12T04:07:22.543" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6908" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6909" CreationDate="2013-06-22T19:38:50.270" Score="1" ViewCount="47" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been trying to login to Ask Ubuntu on my phone and I keep getting this message. How can I fix this so I can login to this site from my phone. The browser I am using is google chrome, the os my phone is using is Android 4.1.2 &lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/4XAS7.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10479" OwnerDisplayName="rstreeter78" LastActivityDate="2013-06-23T00:49:48.577" Title="Having Trouble logging into Ask Ubuntu on my phone" Tags="|discussion|android|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6909" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6908" CreationDate="2013-06-23T00:49:48.577" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;So, here's your problem (and the solution!):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You have the new &quot;bandwidth saving&quot;in chrome turned on. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You need to turn it off - head to the settings, then bandwith savings, then turn it off. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Try to login - it should let you. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you're logged in, you can turn it back on. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Technical guess of what is going on here: Stack Exchange is seeing a lot of login requests for different users coming from the same IP address. So, all of us chrome on android users have triggered the Stack Exchange Haxxor defense system. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastActivityDate="2013-06-23T00:49:48.577" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6910" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2607" CreationDate="2013-06-23T04:00:20.680" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I agree with the previous answers, and want to also add that while plenty of ubuntu/linux information is accessible through search engines, a of lot advice is&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;out of date and not updated;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;incorrect or incomplete;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;bad or dangerous (e.g., insecure).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sifting through these is tough for an experienced user, never mind as a newbie who wants a quick fix.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RTFM&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;RTFM&lt;/a&gt;&quot; and its cousin &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://lmgtfy.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;LMGTFY&lt;/a&gt;&quot; shouldn't be answers we encourage; however, I do often wonder why new posters frequently ask duplicate questions. Are the &quot;related questions&quot; that come up just not well-matched or are users disregarding them?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16835" LastActivityDate="2013-06-23T04:00:20.680" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6911" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-06-23T22:34:38.700" Score="2" ViewCount="71" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/appmenu&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;appmenu&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;appmenu&lt;/a&gt; tag is for the global application menu AKA &lt;code&gt;appmenu-indicator&lt;/code&gt;, that allows screen real estate to be conserved in desktop environments (DE's, AKA ‘graphical shells’) that support it. The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/applications-menu&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;applications-menu&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;applications-menu&lt;/a&gt; tag seems to be a better fit for the launcher menu ‘Applications’ found in various DE's, especially since the tag has an ‘s’.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I propose that a new tag &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/global-application-menu&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;global-application-menu&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;global-application-menu&lt;/a&gt; be a synonym for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/appmenu&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;appmenu&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;appmenu&lt;/a&gt;, and that &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/applications-menu&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;applications-menu&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;applications-menu&lt;/a&gt; becomes a ‘primary’ tag in its own right referring to the applications launcher menu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;History:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;appmenu × 192       applications-menu   jokerdino♦   jun 13 '12 at 14:11    0&#xA;indicator × 666     appindicator × 6    jokerdino♦   jun 25 '12 at 15:34    27  jun 14 at 8:41&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Possible Miss-tagged questions (usage cases for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/applications-menu&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;applications-menu&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;applications-menu&lt;/a&gt; that don't fit description of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/appmenu&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;appmenu&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;appmenu&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/284424/xfce-is-there-a-way-to-make-super-not-open-my-app-menu-when-using-superr&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/284424/xfce-is-there-a-way-to-make-super-not-open-my-app-menu-when-using-superr&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/274487/is-lxpanel-compatible-with-unity&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/274487/is-lxpanel-compatible-with-unity&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/262780/where-is-the-applications-menu&quot;&gt;Where is the Applications menu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/233596/what-desktop-environments-feature-a-searchable-start-menu-launcher&quot;&gt;What desktop environments feature a searchable &amp;quot;Start&amp;quot; menu/launcher?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/229349/how-do-i-move-items-in-the-applications-or-main-menu-around&quot;&gt;How do I move items in the Applications (or Main) Menu Around?&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and more.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other tag currently in use that might need consideration: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/globalmenu&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;globalmenu&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;globalmenu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Globalmenu is related but distinctly separate. appmenu is prevalent across DE's whereas globalmenu is Gnome only. People often call ‘appmenu’ ‘globalmenu’ (the reverse is not so true), so having global-application-menu would both appear in suggestions when typing ‘global’, and further distinguish from applications-menu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="69789" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2013-06-24T16:34:06.453" Title="Can we remove the synonym link between tags ‘appmenu’ and ‘applications-menu’?" Tags="|discussion|tags|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6912" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-06-24T15:47:17.963" Score="3" ViewCount="95" Body="&lt;p&gt;Someone created a &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/9267/brazilian-users-of-ask-ubuntu&quot;&gt;Brazilian chat room in Ask Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt;. When questioned about the language, the room owner advised me to use pt-br for in-room conversations.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it OK to create a chat room for users of a certain language and have that language used for chat on that specific room? In case it's OK, what if there are two variants of the same language, as it is the case with pt (Portugal) and pt-br (Brazil)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="110157" LastEditorUserId="110157" LastEditDate="2013-06-24T16:50:41.777" LastActivityDate="2013-06-24T16:50:41.777" Title="Chat rooms in non-English languages" Tags="|discussion|chat|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6913" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6912" CreationDate="2013-06-24T16:26:24.437" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I imagine this would go against the whole philosophy behind SE, as they want all the discussions to remain as public as possible. Having non-english languages would prevent many users from participating in those discussions, so I don't think it is permitted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yet, if you do, count me in for a Portuguese room ;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="148336" LastActivityDate="2013-06-24T16:26:24.437" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6914" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-06-24T21:31:25.030" Score="3" ViewCount="54" Body="&lt;p&gt;Today, I noticed that the vote review totals are being cut off in the display.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Like here, for example, noting the red outlined area:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/kLUvi.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What changed and what can be done to fix this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've tested this on a couple of machines and the behavior was found to be consistent across the machines even after clearing cookie/cache data. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am using Chromium Version 25.0.1364.160 Ubuntu 12.04 (25.0.1364.160-0ubuntu0.12.04.1). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In Firefox 21, the vote total count is completely cropped out and not visible at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="106495" LastEditorUserId="106495" LastEditDate="2013-06-24T22:08:33.560" LastActivityDate="2013-06-24T22:08:33.560" Title="Vote count totals are cropped on review pages" Tags="|bug|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6915" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6916" CreationDate="2013-06-25T10:19:56.727" Score="3" ViewCount="145" Body="&lt;p&gt;My question &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/311089/134848&quot;&gt;Why is OpenJDK not preinstalled&lt;/a&gt; was downvoted 2 times.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What's wrong with it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or is it just that people think preinstalling it is a stupid idea?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="134848" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2016-02-02T03:10:57.250" Title="Why is my question downvoted?" Tags="|discussion|downvoting|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6916" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6915" CreationDate="2013-06-25T10:49:33.983" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;Well I've given you an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most &quot;why isn't this the case&quot; questions are probably viewed as being argumentative or a feature request, neither of which are thread types we really support here. We're primarily here to solve problems and those sorts of questions sometimes just don't have atomic answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2013-06-25T10:49:33.983" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6917" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6920" CreationDate="2013-06-25T21:50:49.500" Score="8" ViewCount="86" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just since an hour or so, my &quot;helpful flags&quot; count on Ask Ubuntu appears to be reset, and only on AU where I had about 400+ helpful flags raised. On other SE sites, it seems all fine though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I also see Q&amp;amp;A appearing in the mod tool which I already flagged earlier on. Opening the flags summary page for my user account shows only the flags I added in the last hour or so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this a glitch? Please restore my flag history.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/tgAtb.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(A few moments later after I flagged some posts, it is now raised)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/llmiI.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd swear I had the counter at &lt;strong&gt;405&lt;/strong&gt; earlier on. On SO, this is still fine:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/lWHx5.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="88802" LastEditorUserId="1118" LastEditDate="2013-07-02T02:34:08.920" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Why is all my flag history gone?" Tags="|bug|status-completed|flags|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6918" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-06-25T21:56:08.667" Score="8" ViewCount="235" Body="&lt;p&gt;Now that we have &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/184154/195914&quot;&gt;new close reasons&lt;/a&gt; I noticed that sites have custom off-topic reasons.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The site allready has reasons for bugs and &quot;not Ubuntu&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But, the major one I see missing is End of Life releases. Another possible is future releases (although those are more ambiguous and often duped towards a target).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I propose we use answers here to propose and flesh out the wording on often used off-topic reasons.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Include sample text and questions that have been closed/voted on with the custom reason.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note: The default reasons will also be avaible for flagging.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2013-07-07T01:07:14.700" Title="Often used off-topic close reasons, more default reasons for off-topic?" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|close-reasons|" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="16" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6919" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6917" CreationDate="2013-06-25T22:23:55.280" Score="8" Body="&lt;h3&gt;And it's all back.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just noticed everything seems fine again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/BqwJv.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="88802" LastActivityDate="2013-06-25T22:23:55.280" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6920" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6917" CreationDate="2013-06-25T23:28:48.957" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Major changes to the flagging system are coming/taking place, including how they are stored in the database. This bug was fixed about an hour ago. See the MSO report: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/185866/flag-count-is-missing-from-profile-pages&quot;&gt;Flag count is missing from profile pages&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2013-06-25T23:28:48.957" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6921" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6927" CreationDate="2013-06-25T23:29:59.830" Score="6" ViewCount="179" Body="&lt;p&gt;To my surprise I saw this in my flagging history:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/revisions/312728/1&quot;&gt;My computer boots up with Ubuntu: How can I tell what's on my hard&#xA;  disk?&lt;/a&gt; -  answered 1 hour ago by TomC&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;not an answer – 46 mins ago  &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;declined&lt;/strong&gt; - flags should only be used to&#xA;  make moderators aware of content that requires their intervention&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The answer it is concerning is not an answer at all, by three parts:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Welcome to the world of Linux. In command mode, you can type uname -a&#xA;  This will show you the version of Linux, the architecture (probably&#xA;  i386) and build date, along with some more information. But the menu&#xA;  already indicated that it is version 3.0, which is really ancient, and&#xA;  no longer supported.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I commented also, this part is about the Linux command line (terminal/Bash) while the question is about the Grub command line. I guess the user misinterpreted the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;It is quite possible that this laptop has no wireless and maybe not a&#xA;  wired internet connection, which limits the usefulness in today's&#xA;  computer world.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This has nothing to do with the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You could possible use it as a doorstop (ha! ha!). In reality, unless&#xA;  you want to use it as a Linux learning tool, you might be better off&#xA;  selling it on Ebay as a collector's item. Sorry, but that's my&#xA;  opinion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't understand what this is about, and it's his &lt;em&gt;opinion&lt;/em&gt; anyway.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;So, to improve my flagging skills, why is the &quot;not an answer&quot; flag declined here?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By the way, right after my flag was declined the post re-appeared in the 10k tool queue:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/bfdIF.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="88802" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2013-06-26T15:13:29.763" Title="Why was this &quot;not an answer&quot; flag declined?" Tags="|discussion|flagging|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6922" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6921" CreationDate="2013-06-26T07:44:54.080" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;I didn't handle this flag but I did handle one very much like it yesterday.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On a technical level, the answer you flagged is an answer, it's just not a very good one. &lt;code&gt;uname -a&lt;/code&gt; will give you a fair indication about what you're currently running. Now that by no means explains what's on the entire harddisk and even with a uname string, you're left with some detective work. Yeah it's crappy, but it is a partial.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When you hit something like this your reaction should be:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Edit the post if it's easily fixable.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Leave a comment - explain what's wrong so the writer has a chance to fix or delete it.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Vote down if it's technically incorrect to let the OP and others know it's bad. That's the whole point of there being a down-vote button.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;After all of that, call for a moderator if it's dangerously incorrect or wildly offtopic, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The tools that exist here are supposed to further users' abilities to deal with light moderation issues without requiring one of a very limited number of moderators.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this case the question simply didn't need our eyes. A comment and -1 was all that was required.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2013-06-26T07:44:54.080" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6923" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6925" CreationDate="2013-06-26T07:55:26.300" Score="2" ViewCount="58" Body="&lt;p&gt;Usually when I need to post an error output or any code I use blockquotes and place the entire thing there. On two occasions my code has been edited and formatted in a way that it can be seen in a box with a horizontal scroll bar. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How can this be achieved?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="145091" LastEditorUserId="88802" LastEditDate="2013-06-26T08:44:42.483" LastActivityDate="2013-06-26T08:44:42.483" Title="How do I format my code that it will be wrapped in a box with horizontal scrolling?" Tags="|discussion|answer-format|formatting|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6924" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6923" CreationDate="2013-06-26T08:10:23.673" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You leave an empty line before the code block and the you indent every line by (at least) 4 blanks. See the tab &lt;code&gt;Preformatted&lt;/code&gt; in the editing help.&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/RWCCy.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastActivityDate="2013-06-26T08:10:23.673" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6925" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6923" CreationDate="2013-06-26T08:17:44.277" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you select/highlight the content and click the &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;$&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; code icon it'll do one of two things for you:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If it's part of a line but not a full line, it'll wrap it in ` marks. This gives that section a grey background and changes the text to a monospace font, ideal for code samples.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If it's a full line, or multiple lines, it'll prepend each line with four spaces. This does all the scrollymagic as well as a fixed-width font.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can do either of these manually but the code button makes it much easier. Don't use quotes for code or terminal samples.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2013-06-26T08:17:44.277" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6926" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-06-26T09:33:04.647" Score="4" ViewCount="91" Body="&lt;p&gt;This topic seems to crop up on a regular basis and to my untrained eyes, it seem that there is a floor in the installation software somewhere along the way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;No install alongside Windows 8 option&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The Win 8 partitions do not seem to show if you try something else.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a default page that we can recommend to users so that they get a full run down on the problems with Windows 8 and how to over come them?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am presently sending them to the following question: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/221835/installing-ubuntu-on-a-pre-installed-uefi-supported-windows-8-system&quot;&gt;Installing Ubuntu Alongside a Pre-Installed Windows with UEFI&lt;/a&gt; which seems to give a fairly comprehensive, easy to follow answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These questions often get left, for quite a while, before they are answered, and then answered often with a different method, to resolve the issue, each time. This is confusing for the new user and can end up with them formatting their Windows 8 partition as well as their files.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="155853" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2013-06-26T09:47:54.930" Title="Windows 8 and Ubuntu on a dual-boot" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2013-07-10T08:56:11.157" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6927" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6921" CreationDate="2013-06-26T15:13:29.763" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;The comment when flagging a post as &quot;not an answer&quot; says: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;... but it does not attempt to answer the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So in my eyes the flag should not be used as long as the poster tries to give an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastActivityDate="2013-06-26T15:13:29.763" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6928" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6918" CreationDate="2013-06-26T16:00:55.633" Score="3" Body="&lt;h3&gt;Example using existing Bug Off-topic:&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bug reports&lt;/strong&gt; should be submitted via Launchpad so that the developers&#xA;are made aware of them. See: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/5121/how-do-i-report-a-bug&quot;&gt;How do I report a bug&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-06-26T16:00:55.633" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6929" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6918" CreationDate="2013-06-26T16:04:29.377" Score="3" Body="&lt;h3&gt;Example using existing &amp;quot;Not Ubuntu&amp;quot; off-topic reason:&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions on &lt;strong&gt;Linux or Unix&lt;/strong&gt; which don't involve Ubuntu are&#xA;off-topic here, but can be asked on &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/about&quot;&gt;Unix &amp;amp; Linux Stack Exchange&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Rewording to include official derivatives:&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions on &lt;strong&gt;Linux or Unix&lt;/strong&gt; which don't involve Ubuntu or its &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com/about/about-ubuntu/derivatives&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;recognized flavors&lt;/a&gt; are&#xA;off-topic here, but can be asked on &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/about&quot;&gt;Unix &amp;amp; Linux Stack Exchange&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-07-02T01:24:08.853" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6930" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6918" CreationDate="2013-06-26T16:21:15.200" Score="4" Body="&lt;h3&gt;End Of Life proposal:&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We have many EOL questions, currently considered off-topic. So I propose we have a custom off-topic reason for them, we should include a link to a question that shows them how to update Ubuntu - Possibly a link to the EOL date list for when versions are no longer supported (maybe even the question that tells them how to add archived repositories)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Qusesions with custom closed votes for EOL so far:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/312850/how-to-install-mkvmerge-gui-in-ubuntu-11-04&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/312850/how-to-install-mkvmerge-gui-in-ubuntu-11-04&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/312713/install-virtualbox-guest-additions-feisty-fawn&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/312713/install-virtualbox-guest-additions-feisty-fawn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Possible wording, feel free to improve/edit/comment on so we can get a good version of this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions about &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;End of Life&lt;/strong&gt; Ubuntu Releases&lt;/a&gt; are not supported here and are therefore off-topic.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;See: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/91815/how-to-install-software-or-upgrade-from-old-unsupported-release&quot;&gt;How to install software or upgrade from an old unsupported release?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-07-07T01:07:14.700" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6931" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-06-26T18:20:44.140" Score="0" ViewCount="32" Body="&lt;p&gt;Some questions like (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/313033/how-can-i-see-current-running-crontab-tasks&quot;&gt;How can I see/stop current running crontab tasks?&lt;/a&gt;) have several problems in them.&#xA;I think it is better to ask them step by step. but I do not know it is legal to ask such questions in askubuntu or not. What should we do in facing to such questions?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="66980" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2013-06-27T03:39:26.800" Title="several different problems in one question" Tags="|support|asking-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6932" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-06-26T19:06:41.760" Score="2" ViewCount="46" Body="&lt;p&gt;I took the option to change picture on my Profile, and uploaded a 9KB JPG pic; but it's just showing a white screen where my pic should be.  What am I doing wrong?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="167563" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2013-06-27T07:30:20.360" LastActivityDate="2013-06-27T07:30:20.360" Title="Pic Won't Show Up on My AskUbuntu Profile After Uploading JPG File to My Profile" Tags="|support|status-completed|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6934" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5611" CreationDate="2013-06-27T03:07:21.757" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;The first rule of any IT manager working in the field is &quot;If it works - don't touch it&quot;. Suppose I have server running on Hardy and it works, and I know all security flaws found since are not affecting me. Then I would not upgrade it only because Ubuntu creators think I should. I would want to stick to it until it breaks.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The useless  question on EOL versions is &quot;How to install modern version of X on Ubuntu Y&quot; Those  questions all have the same answers, and should be redirected to them.   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, questions on administration and tuning of such servers are still useful to all, who find themselves with some old Ubuntu. Sometimes people must do some changes but have no time or authority to reinstall the whole server. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And finally, the real world is still using things like proprietary application with GUI based on Gtk 1.1 and gcc+glibc of that time. What will you tell these people - &quot;Throw away your investments because we have new version of Ubuntu&quot; ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14758" LastActivityDate="2013-06-27T03:07:21.757" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6935" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6931" CreationDate="2013-06-27T03:39:26.800" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The moderators and commenters will bring the issue the the community's and the OP's attention. In the meantime, it is kind, and not incorrect, to answer the OP's questions as efficiently as possible. The reason such questions are frowned upon is that they are difficult to answer. The OP is at fault here, not the answerer. Feel free to answer such questions if you feel you can and want to go the extra mile, but you are not obligated to, especially since it may be edited later.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="38094" LastActivityDate="2013-06-27T03:39:26.800" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6936" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6937" CreationDate="2013-06-27T09:57:53.297" Score="0" ViewCount="127" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/313280/10698&quot;&gt;This question&lt;/a&gt; is my reason. Why are you able to post two answers instead of displaying all the alternatives in one answer? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have one answer which propose a lot of different solutions then that should be most helpful for future visitors. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10698" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2013-06-27T11:49:04.313" Title="Why is it possible to answer one question with multiple answers?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6937" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6936" CreationDate="2013-06-27T10:32:07.907" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have answered things with two answers when the two answers are significantly different and essentially represent two completely different, incompatible approaches.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've actually done this more than a few times. &lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/ubuntu/query/103813/questions-with-multiple-answers-by-the-same-user&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;As have some other users&lt;/a&gt;. Here are a few of mine:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/10500/take-picture-from-bootmenu-grub2&quot;&gt;Take picture from Bootmenu (grub2)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/183771&quot;&gt;Close active window from terminal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/15419&quot;&gt;How to list all the files in a tree (a directory and its subdirs)?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/34817&quot;&gt;How to copy files to multiple hosts across the network?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/12463&quot;&gt;64bits desktop does not boot&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/2724&quot;&gt;Best way to clone an installation (copying to identical hardware)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1755&quot;&gt;What DLNA server to choose?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I hope those instances represent me well. They were randomly picked.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is clearly a line when doing things like this is silly. There's no point in suggesting somebody &lt;code&gt;mv file /dev/null&lt;/code&gt; when they can just &lt;code&gt;rm file&lt;/code&gt; and that's certainly not worth another answer. The same would go for some answers which should probably just be comments &quot;Have you tried x, y, z?&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The problem is you want us to say one thing is right or wrong but I don't think the line is clear enough to set a rule on what people can and can't do with regards to multiple answers. &quot;Keep it sensible and logical&quot; is about the best I can do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2013-06-27T10:32:07.907" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6938" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6936" CreationDate="2013-06-27T11:49:04.313" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is reasonable to expect that there will be multiple answers provided by multiple people to any given question. More than one answer may be correct. The point of the site is that the best answers will float to the top as they accumulate more votes from the community. It is reasonable to expect that those asking questions will have to read multiple answers and decide what they want to do, or what to try first, and they can use the votes on an answer to help make this decision.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that although &quot;best&quot; is normally quite a vague term, here it means whatever the community decides is best, based on the number of votes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To avoid confusion, from now I'll use &quot;answer&quot; to mean an answer as posted to the site, and &quot;solution&quot; as a separate item that can be thought of on its own. For example: in the question you linked, I wrote two solutions across two answers, whereas you said you'd prefer to see both solutions in a single answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I can provide multiple independent solutions that have no connection to another, I don't necessarily know which the community will think is best. If I bundle them into a single answer and one of them is a good idea, the community may vote the whole answer up. But the community cannot highlight a particular solution, so people who read the page cannot determine which solution the community thought was best.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If multiple people answer, each with a bunch of solutions per answer, then the situation gets even more confusing. One of the solutions in an answer may be wrong and misleading, and another solution absolutely correct. So should the community vote it up or down? Why are we voting one set of solutions up, against another different set of solutions, when really the best solutions are mixed up across both sets?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It makes more sense to post one solution per answer, so that each can be voted on its own merits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Otherwise, this becomes a very person-shaped view. You end up voting up the person, and not the answer. But the goal is to get a high quality set of questions and answers, and the community can even edit answers, when they have enough reputation. So it shouldn't matter who posted the answer. But bundling a set of solutions into a single answer ends up being one author per answer (potentially with multiple solutions each), since each author must necessarily post at least one answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This doesn't really make sense for multiple answers that are somehow related to one another. For example: I have presented multiple arguments in this answer, but am putting them together to present a single opinion. It makes sense to do this in a single answer, since my arguments should be considered together and not separately.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I think it's best to use &lt;strong&gt;one answer per independent solution&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7808" LastActivityDate="2013-06-27T11:49:04.313" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6939" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-06-27T14:22:40.607" Score="6" ViewCount="83" Body="&lt;p&gt;When looking at &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tools/flagged&quot;&gt;Flagged Queue&lt;/a&gt;, and after flagging some or all the questions/Answers, the number of flags stays the same, or increases, when the number of flagged items decrease, or done all together.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Images below, are taken at different intervals showing what's going on.  This has been going on for about a day or so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/oRH89.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/NPo7L.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/whtxv.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;----------&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/fYTBO.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;----------&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/R5jhn.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="59676" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2013-07-08T11:42:54.507" Title="The flagged Queue is not updating correctly" Tags="|bug|flagging|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6940" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-06-27T17:01:15.057" Score="13" ViewCount="212" Body="&lt;h1&gt;The question&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since the new flags for closing (which I applaud) it is unclear to me how I can &lt;strong&gt;flag a question about Windows&lt;/strong&gt;, Mac, Solaris or whatever which clearly does not belong here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I want to flag &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/313417/back-to-factory-settings#comment396225_313417&quot;&gt;Back to Factory settings&lt;/a&gt;, but I can't actually flag just Off-Topic (see the disabled button on the screenshot below). We have to choose an option. If I choose &amp;quot;it belongs on another site in the SE network,&amp;quot; I am forced to choose meta...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Am I missing something?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If not, should this be changed?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;A screenshot&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/IW01w.png&quot; alt=&quot;flagging closing off-topic&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="115155" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-07-09T09:31:10.273" Title="How to flag an off-topic question on a non-linux OS?" Tags="|discussion|support|close-reasons|flagging|scope|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6941" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6942" CreationDate="2013-06-27T21:58:41.590" Score="2" ViewCount="28" Body="&lt;p&gt;I noticed that the &quot;partitions&quot; and &quot;encrypted-partitions&quot; tag lack info. Should these be given a description?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tags/encrypted-partition/info&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/tags/encrypted-partition/info&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tags/partitions/info&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/tags/partitions/info&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158340" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2013-06-27T22:46:33.303" Title="I found two tags without a description" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6942" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6941" CreationDate="2013-06-27T22:46:33.303" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Missing tag wikis are common - Tags are created when there is a question that needs them, not when we feel like we should make a tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As such, usually a tag wiki is not added and by the time someone realizes, it has long been forgotten.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;That said&lt;/strong&gt;: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/encrypted-partition&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;encrypted-partition&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;encrypted-partition&lt;/a&gt; is a synonym to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/encryption&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;encryption&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;encryption&lt;/a&gt;, so there is really no need to add a tag wiki to it. The tag wiki for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/encryption&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;encryption&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;encryption&lt;/a&gt; should be sufficient.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/partitions&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;partitions&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;partitions&lt;/a&gt; on the other hand could use a tag wiki. Anyone can suggest an edit to these tag wikis, which then &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/approve-tag-wiki-edits&quot;&gt;has to be approved&lt;/a&gt;. And, as far as I can tell, there already is an edit pending.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="98085" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2013-06-27T22:46:33.303" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6943" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6944" CreationDate="2013-06-28T01:55:57.550" Score="2" ViewCount="24" Body="&lt;p&gt;How can I find a list of tags that lack a definition? I am wanting to provide tags with definitions (if I fully understand the tag) if they do not have attached information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158340" LastActivityDate="2013-06-28T02:26:28.363" Title="How can I find a list of tags that lack a definition?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6944" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6943" CreationDate="2013-06-28T02:26:28.363" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is &lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/ubuntu/query/104525/most-common-tags-with-missing-wiki&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this handy query&lt;/a&gt; on data.SE, which returns tags with missing wikis.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tags?tab=new&quot;&gt;new&lt;/a&gt; tab on /tags is a good place to start - these are tags that were created recently and thus are very likely not to have a tag wiki yet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other than that, you can also just click through the pages on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tags?tab=popular&quot;&gt;popular&lt;/a&gt; tab and see which tags lack wikis.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="98085" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2013-06-28T02:26:28.363" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6945" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6788" CreationDate="2013-06-28T04:03:23.110" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Rus6y.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Way too big for buttons...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="147459" LastActivityDate="2013-06-28T04:03:23.110" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6946" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6947" CreationDate="2013-06-28T11:29:39.297" Score="2" ViewCount="77" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is it necessary that we have an &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/amazon&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;amazon&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;amazon&lt;/a&gt; tag? Why not also have an Ebay tag? It seems to me that the Amazon tag is pointless, or am I not seeing its usefulness? Should we consider deleting the seldomly used Amazon tag? I also think that we should have a major tag cleanup. There are so many tags that need better wikis and some tags seem unbeneficial.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158340" LastEditorUserId="39372" LastEditDate="2013-06-28T14:55:16.727" LastActivityDate="2013-06-28T14:55:16.727" Title="Is the Amazon tag useful?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6947" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6946" CreationDate="2013-06-28T12:40:20.410" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you search through the questions you can see that at one point Ubuntu integrated Amazon search in the dash. And there is an amazon webapp.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are questions about connecting kindles(amazon product).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Using Amazon prime video.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And using an amazon ec2 with ubuntu installed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So using the amazon tag has a lot more related to ubuntu, than only the shopping website.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastEditorUserId="47291" LastEditDate="2013-06-28T14:39:26.017" LastActivityDate="2013-06-28T14:39:26.017" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6948" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6949" CreationDate="2013-06-28T15:10:50.880" Score="0" ViewCount="61" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've had a look and not been able to find anything but I thought I would ask just to make sure.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a Ask Ubuntu app for android or do I just have to use the browser? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="162874" OwnerDisplayName="BiggJJ" LastActivityDate="2013-06-29T16:18:29.387" Title="Ask Ubuntu App for Android" Tags="|discussion|android|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2013-06-28T16:51:54.137" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6949" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6948" CreationDate="2013-06-28T15:17:41.277" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;As of now, there is no official Ask Ubuntu app for Android. However, a Stack Exchange app should work for Ask Ubuntu, as it is a Stack Exchange site. Try the Stack Remote app.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="170963" OwnerDisplayName="Dillmo" LastEditorUserId="117103" LastEditDate="2013-06-29T16:18:29.387" LastActivityDate="2013-06-29T16:18:29.387" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6951" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6953" CreationDate="2013-06-28T23:46:10.580" Score="0" ViewCount="57" Body="&lt;p&gt;As title says, why aren't there any gold tag badges in this site? I've seen gold tag badge on other SE family sites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ddXvT.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also in meta site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="147459" LastEditorUserId="147459" LastEditDate="2013-06-29T01:23:22.983" LastActivityDate="2013-06-29T01:23:57.050" Title="Why aren't there any gold tag badge(s)?" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6953" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6951" CreationDate="2013-06-29T01:23:57.050" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;A Gold Tag Badge requires:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You must have a total score of 1000 in at least 200 non-community wiki answers to achieve this badge.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Well, that is &lt;em&gt;very&lt;/em&gt; hard. Nobody has achieved that yet on Ask Ubuntu. Other sites like Stack Overflow have more common tags that trigger this as well as a much higher upvote rate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More badges aren't achieved by anyone here. For example &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/badges/43/legendary&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;Legendary&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/a&gt; - no one has it yet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="88802" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2013-06-29T01:23:57.050" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6954" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6957" CreationDate="2013-06-29T01:35:49.480" Score="-3" ViewCount="140" Body="&lt;p&gt;This question was asked in 2010 (&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/602/is-there-a-way-to-directly-contact-a-user&quot;&gt;Is there a way to directly contact a user?&lt;/a&gt;), but I am hoping that the answer has changed. I am wanting to find some way to contact Ask Ubuntu users. Some users include an email address on their profile page, but some users do not. These are the users that I cannot contact. Has something changed where I can now contact them through StackExchange?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158340" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2013-06-29T02:06:04.327" LastActivityDate="2013-07-04T20:15:56.237" Title="Contact Users seen on AskUbuntu" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6955" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6954" CreationDate="2013-06-29T02:08:40.447" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, the answer has not changed. The only way to contact users is through information they provide on their profile pages. You can &lt;em&gt;sometimes&lt;/em&gt; contact a user in the SE chat, but they must have visited chat in the last three days to get your ping.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2013-06-29T02:08:40.447" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6956" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6954" CreationDate="2013-06-29T02:59:50.160" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Not every user of Ask Ubuntu wants to be contacted directly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If their email address is in their profile, then I would expect that this would be the user giving implicit permission to be contacted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, many users give a great deal of support/hand-holding, here, and simply want to keep that support within the bounds of Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Personally, I currently use an alias, but post a valid email address in my profile. I wouldn't mind if someone got in touch with me directly; but, I also don't want the support that I may provide here, spilling over outside of Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="106495" LastEditorUserId="106495" LastEditDate="2013-06-29T03:32:48.340" LastActivityDate="2013-06-29T03:32:48.340" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6957" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6954" CreationDate="2013-06-29T04:43:20.567" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;As maggotbrain mentions some users do not want to be contacted directly. They like their privacy and anonymity.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because this fact is important, the SE network will not be publicly giving direct contact links from their users. This falls onto each user if he or she wishes to be open about it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I for one do not mind and have helped many AU users via email, hangouts, skype or IRC solve problems that are strictly focused on Ubuntu. This is my decision and should not be used or be related to the way that maybe other moderators, Ask Ubuntu users or SE users feel or work like. They might also be doing the same thing or might not but again, this falls completely on the user and if he/she feels that wants to help in additional ways that Ask Ubuntu does not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that in some cases, I end up linking the user answers that already exist in AU so using the Search option first is the best choice to start.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7035" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2013-06-29T15:50:28.280" LastActivityDate="2013-06-29T15:50:28.280" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6958" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-06-29T16:49:47.993" Score="17" ViewCount="221" Body="&lt;p&gt;How can we nudge askers to actually maintain their questions, to provide requested information? (Maybe something like a &quot;Remember to work on your question&quot; when they are pressing &lt;code&gt;Post your question&lt;/code&gt; ?)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have an increasing amount of comments requesting more information from an OP - and no reaction at all over weeks - although they seem to be around (according to &quot;seen...&quot; in their profile).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastActivityDate="2013-07-09T22:25:56.657" Title="Educate askers to look after their questions" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6959" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6958" CreationDate="2013-06-29T16:54:52.453" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is a message that comes up when new users are posting questions that gives them guidelines and tips, but most people just ignore it. Same with the FAQ.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't think there is much we could do, because measures such as Captchas will simply infuriate people and turn them off.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1992" LastActivityDate="2013-06-29T16:54:52.453" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6960" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6788" CreationDate="2013-06-29T17:01:47.170" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Seems annoying if didn't aligned...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/mj7WZ.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="147459" LastActivityDate="2013-06-29T17:01:47.170" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6961" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-06-30T10:25:01.077" Score="-5" ViewCount="158" Body="&lt;p&gt;Why are so few answers on askubuntu?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't get it, it's quite big when compared with another SE sites, but still very few answers. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Very many unanswered questions in my opinion, when compared with another SE sites?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why is that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Again, there are a lot of users and questions, but it seems that not so many &quot;professionals&quot;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or is it something different?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Proof? Go to the main site and see yourself.&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/2dQCa.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you can see question with 335 views and only 1 answer. And still not resolved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Max I have seen is 3 or 4 answers. Of course there are exeptions. But on average very few answers and often without any helpful informations.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="142307" LastEditorUserId="142307" LastEditDate="2013-06-30T11:46:58.907" LastActivityDate="2013-07-01T13:39:41.937" Title="Why there are so few answers on askubuntu site?" Tags="|discussion|answers|unanswered-questions|answered-questions|users|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2013-07-01T01:17:45.333" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6962" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6961" CreationDate="2013-06-30T13:21:03.077" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;The reason there is so much orange on the front page is that's where the incoming questions come in. Of course there's no answers when a question has been on the front page for just a few minutes. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We have a 72% answer rate, which means nearly 3 out of every 4 questions get answered (by answers with a score of at least +1)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Did you read the question with 335 views and no answer? What would a proper answer look like to this question? It's &quot;my computer crashed&quot; with no information. What would an ideal answer look like? &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I don't understand your claim that there's no professionals here, there are plenty. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We do have a lower answer rate compared to most SE Sites, but with the new close flags the review queue seems busier than normal, but the number isn't out of control crazy. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2013-07-01T08:06:16.137" LastActivityDate="2013-07-01T08:06:16.137" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6963" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6961" CreationDate="2013-06-30T13:24:43.420" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you are talking about the one that says &lt;strong&gt;Problem with my Lenovo laptop&lt;/strong&gt; you need to also consider the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Of the 335 views, not all users will have a Lenovo Laptop&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Of the 335 views, not all users will have the same Lenovo model&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Of the 335 views, not all will know the answer&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;In forums, other NON StackExchange Q&amp;amp;A sites and any other site that offers help, the chances of getting a &lt;strong&gt;correct&lt;/strong&gt; answer is very hard since you will get many &quot;comments&quot;, &quot;suggestions&quot; and &quot;half-answers&quot;. Of course this is not the case in a SE site since there is a lot of work on giving the correct answer and many rules to follow to give an actual answer and not just a comment.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The better the question is explained, the faster it will get a correct answer. The more effort the user puts on the question, the faster and better the answers will be.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If the question is very localized, it is much harder to offer it an answer when compared to a more general one. For example: &quot;How do I install Ubuntu on a computer with Windows&quot; is easier and faster to answer than &quot;How do I use SSH to tunnel myself to a computer and access the VNC in memory to create a mapping device to eat a cookie my mom made without her knowing&quot;, it is even harder specifically if the cookie is a chocolate chip cookie&quot;. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Not all questions are read by all online users at any specific moment. This depends of the need of the user that is visiting and if the question is related or not to the needs of the user that is reading the AU site.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now for some STATS:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of the TOP 5 sites:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ou6Kv.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;AskUbuntu has 109k questions and 140k answers, which cover the 72% of all questions.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Looking at other sites I think is safe to say that we are doing a pretty good job at it. We do need to cover that 30% which includes many outdated, abandoned or off-topic questions but still, 72% is very good. Also, statistically, there has always been more answers per day than questions, which means, depending how the question was formulated and to what audience it was intended to, it has a higher chance everyday of getting an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7035" LastEditorUserId="7035" LastEditDate="2013-07-01T13:39:41.937" LastActivityDate="2013-07-01T13:39:41.937" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6964" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6961" CreationDate="2013-06-30T13:42:44.687" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Quite a few questions are resolved based on the comments and no formal answer is posted. Just because there is no answer doesn't mean the question is unresolved. Here is an example: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/314348/deactivated-wifi-drivers-now-they-wont-activate-again&quot;&gt;Deactivated wifi drivers, now they won&amp;#39;t activate again on a Dell Mini 10v?&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sometimes, gathering the data required to fully diagnose the problem leads the original poster to the solution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19421" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2013-06-30T13:42:44.687" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6965" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-06-30T14:23:41.623" Score="1" ViewCount="158" Body="&lt;p&gt;I thought it might improve the question quality when you ask a question below the question form there is a form asking for your systems specifications. For example version of Ubuntu running, laptop model, network card, processor, Ram etc (feel free to expand upon that list). I think there often are questions like 'my internet is not working, help' it would be useful when people asking questions include some specifications of their system. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think it would look best when the system info is not collapsed and can be unfolded with a link under the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="146890" LastEditorUserId="146890" LastEditDate="2013-06-30T14:30:56.603" LastActivityDate="2013-06-30T15:08:26.147" Title="ask for system specifications when asking a questions" Tags="|feature-request|asking-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6966" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6965" CreationDate="2013-06-30T15:08:26.147" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;The system does remind people to put as much information in the question that is relevant, many people don't do this though, what I do is add a comment linking them to this question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/14008/i-have-a-hardware-detection-problem-what-logs-do-i-need-to-look-into/14126#14126&quot;&gt;I have a hardware detection problem, what logs do I need to look into?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And then asking them to add the information. I don't think the SE would add a form to every question as we only really need the information if it's a hardware question. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2013-06-30T15:08:26.147" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6967" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6918" CreationDate="2013-06-30T20:32:18.610" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are a lot of non-ubuntu questions that are off-topic but &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; unix questions. That should also be an option in the off-topic flag dialogue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Questions on &lt;strong&gt;Linux or Unix&lt;/strong&gt; which don't involve Ubuntu are off-topic here, but can be asked on &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/about&quot;&gt;Unix &amp;amp; Linux Stack Exchange&lt;/a&gt;. For questions on &lt;strong&gt;Windows&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;Mac OS&lt;/strong&gt; or any other operating system, please contact their respective official support centers or try &lt;a href=&quot;https://superuser.com/&quot;&gt;Super User&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://apple.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Ask Different&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="115155" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:45:31.530" LastActivityDate="2013-07-02T01:16:09.397" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6968" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-07-01T08:44:53.273" Score="0" ViewCount="59" Body="&lt;p&gt;e.g. with this nvidia-post I got voted up or voted down, because this solution only works for CUDA optimus cards of nvidia - when bumblebee is added as repo.&#xA;( &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/297030/nvidia-frickle-with-hybrid-chipset-is-now-over-finally&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/297030/nvidia-frickle-with-hybrid-chipset-is-now-over-finally&lt;/a&gt; )&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So here it is not correct then - to be voted down several times by others, who did not succeed with this solution ( one or two did succeed ). Yes, I got voted down too, because this was not posted as question, instead posted like a blog. I only want to say, that it is sometimes tricky to post the correct solution as anwer for one topic, when several users don't know how to handle this solution, and then are voting somebody down, when they have &quot;somehow no luck&quot; with an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;in future I will pay attention more to post more &quot;compact&quot; answers to avoid being mis-rated.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;there should be an option too in board of askubuntu, to mark a question/solution with being dependent on certain hardware - resp. marked with a hint, that one has to take care of it, because it is somehow case-sensitive like with nvidia ?!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="105993" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2013-07-01T12:41:19.083" Title="different hardware - different solutions despite of one topic like e.g. nvidia" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6969" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6968" CreationDate="2013-07-01T12:34:17.650" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;This just seems to be confusion on how the site works. The site doesn't work by posting a post like this. People weren't downvoting because your content was wrong, it was being downvoted because it was posted wrong, which I don't agree with, but whatever. This is a very detailed answer so we should save it! What I recommend is reposting this like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Post a new question with a more descriptive title, something like &quot;How do I get an NVIDIA Optimus card with CUDA working?&quot; or something. &quot;nvidia-frickle with hybrid chipset is now over finally?&quot; doesn't really tell me what the question is about.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;In the body of the question pretend you're on jeopardy, list the model number of your card, and perhaps link to the Nvidia question for people without Optimus/CUDA as reference (so that the other question gets a backlink).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Then after you have posted a question post the rest of your post as an answer, and then accept it. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Rejoice as users reward you with votes for self documenting a problem! &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you get lost with the Q+A style of post, just toss it up there as best as you can and link it here, then the community can go in and help you fix it up. As far as the system marking a solution that only works with certain hardware, put that in the title! So &quot;How do I fix foo on bar?&quot; becomes &quot;How do I fix foo on a Bar 2000GTS?&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="235" LastEditDate="2013-07-01T12:41:19.083" LastActivityDate="2013-07-01T12:41:19.083" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6970" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6972" CreationDate="2013-07-01T17:11:32.987" Score="4" ViewCount="96" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been on and off the Stack Exchange network for the last couple of days and hence have not been able to raise the usual number of flags that I often raise. With last flagged post on 17th June; I thought about raising some flags for our dear moderators - and I am allowed to raise 100 flags for the day (sorry, the image shows 99 - I took the screenshot after flagging one of the posts):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/JxYD8.png&quot; alt=&quot;flag dialog&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Previously, as far as I remember, I had about 42 normal flags and about 37/38 spam and offensive flags. Right now, the total of 100 counts towards both normal and spam/offensive flags.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this some special privilege alloted to me for my absence for the last few days? My permanent flag count? A bug?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Has any other user ever had the privilege to flag the maximum of 100 posts?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;PS: My flag count on Meta and other SE network sites is normal as it should be.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="114818" LastEditorUserId="114818" LastEditDate="2013-07-01T17:53:23.043" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Am I the first person to be privileged with 100 flags for the day?" Tags="|support|flags|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6971" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6970" CreationDate="2013-07-01T17:27:24.300" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;As it looks, you are so awesome, the SE system awarded you with 100 flags which makes you an&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;H&lt;/strong&gt; onorary &lt;strong&gt;A&lt;/strong&gt; skUbuntu &lt;strong&gt;V&lt;/strong&gt; ery &lt;strong&gt;E&lt;/strong&gt; xtensive &lt;strong&gt;F&lt;/strong&gt; lagger with &lt;strong&gt;U&lt;/strong&gt; tter &lt;strong&gt;N&lt;/strong&gt; oticeableness&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since I am a mod I am doomed to stay like this forever and suffer from the weight of knowing I will never be able to finish them all on time...EVER!:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/dxfwA.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;PS: I think the whole system just got reset/updated and everyone now has/starts with 100 flags.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7035" LastActivityDate="2013-07-01T17:27:24.300" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6972" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6970" CreationDate="2013-07-01T18:05:16.657" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Jarrod Dixon, a developer for Stack Exchange, said &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/185866/flag-count-is-missing-from-profile-pages/185889#comment570008_185889&quot;&gt;in a comment&lt;/a&gt; that comment flags weren't being counted correctly before; so in the new build your flag count &lt;em&gt;includes&lt;/em&gt; comment flags (if that makes any sense..)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Comment flags now appear in your flag history as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2013-07-02T00:39:43.863" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6973" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-07-01T21:46:38.943" Score="0" ViewCount="72" Body="&lt;p&gt;This page:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/login&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/users/login&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Has been changed and no longer has a place to enter login info.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a login id.  Should I create another one?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I cannot send this message using my current email.  It demands that I login!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then this page refuses to submit.  I doesn,t like AskUbunty&#xA;,&#xA;vince@folkways.com&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user171841" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2013-07-19T08:48:41.667" Title="cannot login to ask ubuntu" Tags="|discussion|login|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6974" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6973" CreationDate="2013-07-01T22:26:27.110" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Click &quot;Login with Stack Exchange&quot;, or one of the other login options if you signed up using a different method such as your Google account.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158725" OwnerDisplayName="Tobi Hahn" LastActivityDate="2013-07-01T22:26:27.110" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6975" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-07-02T02:13:16.283" Score="12" ViewCount="133" Body="&lt;p&gt;It seems that when there are one line comments, g's look like q's.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;here is an example:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Ks7vW.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19072" LastActivityDate="2013-07-02T02:13:16.283" Title="g's look like q's font oddity" Tags="|bug|font|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" ClosedDate="2014-03-19T04:31:11.690" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6976" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6958" CreationDate="2013-07-02T03:29:56.060" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is there a &quot;close&quot; for this? Like, &quot;Your question is on hold because there are no answers and comments indicate you haven't provided enough information. Update your question with more details to get answers!&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8515" LastActivityDate="2013-07-02T03:29:56.060" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6977" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6958" CreationDate="2013-07-02T03:38:34.273" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you're looking for a technical fix, the biggest open question to me is whether such an asker can even &lt;strong&gt;tell&lt;/strong&gt; that there are comments to which they should reply when they return. While I'm not a long term user by any means, I like to think I've got the hang of SE, yet I still sometimes fail to notice the tiny red notification dot in the upper left corner next to &quot;Stack Exchange&quot; (a phrase which probably means nothing to many new users).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think it would be much more helpful if the unread part of the Responses section of the profile showed up front and center on the main page, bumping the question list downwards. This may not solve the entire issue, but I think it would boost the response rate by at least a few percentage points.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If this isn't the problem, and askers are actually ignoring requests for clarification, then I'm as pessimistic as @RolandiXor; isn't the biggest incentive already built in? No replies = no solution to their problem. If they can't boot their system / run their favorite app / unpack their favorite tar.gz from the internet into &lt;code&gt;/bin&lt;/code&gt;, and they aren't interested in answering a question or two from people who are trying to help, then no amount of reputation point incentives or extra text on the screen is going to make a difference.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="157907" LastActivityDate="2013-07-02T03:38:34.273" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6979" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6980" CreationDate="2013-07-02T22:20:31.990" Score="4" ViewCount="226" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've recently bought a Dell UltraSharp U2713HM and it really cannot handle the pattern of dots in the background of Ask Ubuntu (main). I'm asking it here on AU meta, because it concerns the site design (and see below).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After a few minutes having the site at full screen it starts to flicker at about 10Hz and it's unstoppable. It does not stop until I have run a full LCD recalibration for a few hours while in the meantime I cannot use it. It will already trigger if it's just a few hundreds of pixels of a stroke of it being displayed, but fullscreen is really killing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, I know this is a bug in the hardware of my monitor. And yes, it's silly. And of course I should return it for warranty, but I don't think a new one of the same type will fix this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, how could I create a&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;userscript,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;custom CSS, or&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;whatever&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;in both &lt;strong&gt;Google Chrome&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;Firefox&lt;/strong&gt; to just get me a plain fill background on AU?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;Note: I know this is not really a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/discussion&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;discussion&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;discussion&lt;/a&gt; question, but I had to select one of them and this is not really the task of SE staff to handle.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="88802" LastActivityDate="2013-07-02T23:06:59.990" Title="How do I disable the background on the site? It kills my Dell monitor!" Tags="|discussion|design|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6980" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6979" CreationDate="2013-07-02T23:06:59.990" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I found a script in userscripts similar to what you are asking: &lt;a href=&quot;http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/172460&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/172460&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Works perfectly with greasemonkey in both Firefox and Chrome.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7035" LastActivityDate="2013-07-02T23:06:59.990" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6981" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="6982" CreationDate="2013-07-03T16:06:57.973" Score="6" ViewCount="71" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/space&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;space&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;space&lt;/a&gt; tag seems dubious at best, given it's current tag wiki:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A space is a spot that is occupied or not occupied by something.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However the usage of the tag makes it pretty clearly a synonym of the clearer (and more common) &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/disk-usage&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;disk-usage&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;disk-usage&lt;/a&gt; tag; should these two be merged and synonymized? I think &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/disk-usage&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;disk-usage&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;disk-usage&lt;/a&gt; is clearly the preferable &quot;master&quot; tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="26801" LastActivityDate="2013-07-03T16:32:06.863" Title="Merge the Space and Disk Usage tags" Tags="|discussion|tags|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6982" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6981" CreationDate="2013-07-03T16:32:06.863" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;After discussing this in chat, and thinking about it, I just did it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/status-completed&quot; class=&quot;post-tag moderator-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged 'status-completed'&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;status-completed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastActivityDate="2013-07-03T16:32:06.863" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6984" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6958" CreationDate="2013-07-04T00:04:01.890" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;What I have seen is that several askers are having or experiencing the same symptoms but they won't dare to open a new question because it can be quickly closed as someone else have already asked. The problem occurs when the first asker didn't receive an answer, or comments, so 2 or more people will remain waiting for an answer and they won't be able to ask if the previous hasn't been closed yet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are also new questions which are pointed to older questions and these older questions does not have an answer!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think -if possible- that somebody else can co-own the question, or make-it-own by following certain process to claim for the question as own, in order to continue the support as a new recently made question, perhaps improving the question thus making it more interesting to get the proper attention and support.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my humble opinion, something should change, either the way the questions are monitored to remove those which won't receive enough attention or allowing other people to claim for the question as own in order to go further with the support.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9598" LastActivityDate="2013-07-04T00:04:01.890" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6985" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-07-04T06:56:49.627" Score="7" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;The main Ask Ubuntu page works great with my brand-name-smartphone and I'd love to see the functionality of the site extended by making the review page (askubuntu.com/review) also mobile-friendly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will this be implemented? If so, is there a timeframe?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16835" LastActivityDate="2013-07-04T06:56:49.627" Title="Mobile-friendly version of review page?" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6986" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6918" CreationDate="2013-07-04T16:27:40.277" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ubuntu +1:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Issues with the &lt;strong&gt;next version&lt;/strong&gt; of Ubuntu (&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/871/when-are-questions-about-ubuntu1-appropriate&quot;&gt;Ubuntu+1&lt;/a&gt;) are usually&#xA;  off topic here.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  See: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/18641/theres-an-issue-with-an-alpha-beta-release-of-ubuntu-what-should-i-do&quot;&gt;More information about Alpha and Beta release&#xA;  issues&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2013-07-04T16:27:40.277" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6987" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6954" CreationDate="2013-07-04T20:15:56.237" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Some users, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/134848/jop&quot;&gt;like me&lt;/a&gt;, provide an e-mail address in their profile that you can use to contact them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="134848" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2013-07-04T20:15:56.237" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6988" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-07-05T04:24:34.190" Score="5" ViewCount="76" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think we need a specific flagging message under &lt;code&gt;offtopic because&lt;/code&gt;, for ubuntu +1(Saucy Salamander) questions? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Update:&lt;/strong&gt; &#xA;Some relevant screenshots.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/hOuuE.png&quot; alt=&quot;Flagging page&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/x1AcI.png&quot; alt=&quot;Off topic flagging options&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As we can see above, we can mark offtopic based on these available reasons only. We need the option for marking &lt;code&gt;unsupported release of Ubuntu&lt;/code&gt; or otherwise we need some generic reasoning option, like &lt;code&gt;other reasons&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11932" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2013-07-06T20:03:06.983" LastActivityDate="2013-07-06T20:03:06.983" Title="Flagging message, for ubuntu +1 questions" Tags="|feature-request|flagging|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6990" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-07-06T02:07:51.967" Score="2" ViewCount="71" Body="&lt;p&gt;We have &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3053/what-are-common-canonical-questions-for-our-site&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3053/what-are-common-canonical-questions-for-our-site&lt;/a&gt;, but I'm not sure how up-to-date that is. Also, there's the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions?sort=faq&quot;&gt;FAQ&lt;/a&gt;. Which one have we said is the official canonical questions list?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also: can we feature that more prominently on main? Maybe a link (you may want to check canonical questions instead of answering) below the answer box?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="49090" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2013-07-06T03:12:57.433" Title="What is the official canonical questions list nowadays?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2013-07-06T18:40:01.327" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6991" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6990" CreationDate="2013-07-06T03:12:57.433" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Most of the questions in &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3053/what-are-common-canonical-questions-for-our-site&quot;&gt;What are common canonical questions for our site?&lt;/a&gt; still apply today but there are some that have appeared by either doing some cleanup on the site or by using the cleanup system by Oli and the stat queries by Jorge. Here are some of the ones I find very good and others I worked to make them solve the same common issues. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since I worked as a teacher for a couple of years, almost all of the questions here were a lifesaver since they saved me a lot of time explaining the same questions over and over again and some I created because there was the need and the repeated questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/5121/how-do-i-report-a-bug&quot;&gt;How do I report a bug?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/221835/installing-ubuntu-on-a-pre-installed-uefi-supported-windows-8-system&quot;&gt;Installing Ubuntu Alongside a Pre-Installed Windows with UEFI&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/29553/how-can-i-configure-unity&quot;&gt;How can I configure Unity?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/55848/how-do-i-install-oracle-java-jdk-7&quot;&gt;How do I install Oracle Java JDK 7?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/19320/recommended-way-to-enable-disable-services&quot;&gt;How to enable or disable services?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/235317/what-is-ubuntu-touch-ubuntu-for-phones&quot;&gt;What is Ubuntu Touch (Ubuntu for Phones)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/28086/what-are-unitys-keyboard-and-mouse-shortcuts&quot;&gt;What are Unity&amp;#39;s keyboard and mouse shortcuts?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/61396/how-to-install-nvidia-drivers&quot;&gt;How do I install the Nvidia drivers?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/11537/why-is-wayland-better&quot;&gt;Why is Wayland better?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/110477/how-do-i-upgrade-from-10-04-or-11-10-to-12-04&quot;&gt;How do I upgrade to a newer version of Ubuntu?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/171914/sharing-your-internet-connection-with-other-pcs-and-phones&quot;&gt;How to Connect &amp;amp; Share your Internet Connection (Wired &amp;amp; Wireless)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/36930/how-well-do-laptops-with-nvidia-optimus-work&quot;&gt;Is a NVIDIA GeForce with Optimus Technology supported by Ubuntu?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/124292/what-is-the-correct-way-to-install-ati-catalyst-video-drivers-fglrx&quot;&gt;What is the correct way to install proprietary ATI Catalyst Video Drivers (fglrx) directly from AMD?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/141606/how-to-fix-the-system-is-running-in-low-graphics-mode-error&quot;&gt;How to fix &amp;quot;The system is running in low-graphics mode&amp;quot; error?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/316025/how-to-install-and-configure-wine&quot;&gt;How to install and configure Wine?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/16584/how-to-connect-and-disconnect-to-a-network-manually-in-terminal&quot;&gt;How to connect and disconnect to a network manually in terminal?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/55868/how-to-install-broadcom-wireless-drivers&quot;&gt;Installing Broadcom Wireless Drivers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/48321/how-do-i-start-applications-automatically-on-login&quot;&gt;How do I start applications automatically on login?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/28086/what-are-unitys-keyboard-and-mouse-shortcuts&quot;&gt;What are Unity&amp;#39;s keyboard and mouse shortcuts?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/205112/how-do-i-get-amd-intel-hybrid-graphics-drivers-to-work&quot;&gt;How do I get AMD/Intel Hybrid Graphics drivers to work?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/93457/how-do-i-enable-or-disable-apport&quot;&gt;How do I enable or disable Apport?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/87035/how-to-check-hard-disk-performance&quot;&gt;How to check hard disk performance&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/6253/whats-the-difference-between-google-chrome-and-or-chromium-what-are-the-advant&quot;&gt;What&amp;#39;s the difference between Google Chrome and/or Chromium? What are the advantages/disadvantages to each?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/24006/how-do-i-reset-a-lost-administrative-password&quot;&gt;How do I reset a lost administrative password?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/192269/how-can-i-remove-amazon-search-results-from-the-dash&quot;&gt;How can I remove Amazon search results from the dash or disable the feature?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/65359/how-do-i-configure-juju-for-local-usage&quot;&gt;How do I configure juju for local usage?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7035" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2013-07-06T03:12:57.433" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6992" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-07-06T06:16:32.233" Score="-8" ViewCount="120" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are a lot of questions that mention &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=cp+%22%2Fusr%2Fbin%22+is%3Aanswer&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;/usr/bin&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. I think it would be really advantageous to Ask Ubuntu to have a code-processor such that nothing modified or copied to &lt;code&gt;/usr/bin&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Installing stuff to &lt;code&gt;/usr/bin&lt;/code&gt; is always a bad idea, and unfortunately it will always &quot;work&quot; right after.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In fact, ideally we would not be targeting &lt;code&gt;/usr/&lt;/code&gt; outside of &lt;code&gt;/usr/local&lt;/code&gt; at all. The default utilities do it, and every time I see a novice try to be helpful when mentioning these system directories I end up gritting my teeth.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="29097" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2013-07-07T14:14:45.903" Title="Warn on mention of /usr/bin" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="5" ClosedDate="2013-07-10T18:30:55.083" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6993" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6992" CreationDate="2013-07-06T14:27:54.123" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;I went through each one, a bunch were closed/duped answers which I flagged for removal, that only leaves a few. If you feel strongly about it you can submit a fix to the answers to use /usr/local instead. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;13 answers in ~3 years is pretty rare considering the amount of posts we have, so I wouldn't say we need a bot or something. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="117103" LastEditDate="2013-07-06T19:56:18.250" LastActivityDate="2013-07-06T19:56:18.250" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6994" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-07-05T16:27:27.227" Score="60" ViewCount="472" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu mod here. We've exhausted our custom close reason slots and we need a few more.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We are a &lt;em&gt;very&lt;/em&gt; broad site. We cater to development, application support, installation support, hardware support and various integrations with other software. Being so majestically helpful also means we have to limit our scopes in some areas so that we keep things relevant to Ubuntu. We also adhere to Ubuntu's support cycle which makes new questions about very old releases off-topic. And bug reports and questions about the in-development version of Ubuntu need to be handled on the bug tracker, not SE site for the good of the user and the project.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You might not agree with it but we've grown into this process with support from the community. The most recent changes to the closure system should have made things much more obvious but now that we don't have enough custom slots, some things are specific while others are extremely vague.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can somebody please boost us up to five or six close reasons?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" OwnerDisplayName="Oli" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-01-24T03:58:22.473" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Can we have more than 3 custom close reasons, pretty please?" Tags="|feature-request|status-completed|close-reasons|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6995" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6994" CreationDate="2013-07-06T23:39:27.510" Score="-2" Body="&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;In light of &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/6996/19011&quot;&gt;Anna Lears answer&lt;/a&gt; then this suggestion would only really be needed if the community moderation team found that requests for additional close reasons became an excessive burden.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note to the downvoters&lt;/strong&gt;: Please bear in mind that this was an answer to the question when it was on &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/?as=1&quot;&gt;meta stack overflow&lt;/a&gt; and was intended as a suggested solution for the problem Stack Exchange &lt;strong&gt;network wide&lt;/strong&gt;. It was in no way intended as a slight on the Ubuntu moderators.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If more than three off-topic close reasons are ever allowed then one idea to keep this in check would be to allow unlimited off-topic close reasons, &lt;strong&gt;but&lt;/strong&gt; require every close reason after three to bump up the number of moderator approvals to get reasons approved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thus the first three reasons would have to be proposed by one moderator and approved by a second. The fourth reason would require two other moderators to approve it and require the other three reasons to be approved by a third moderator before it would go live. The fifth reason would require three moderators to approve and all four other reasons to be re-approved, and so on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This system would make it increasingly difficult to add an arbitrarily long list of off-topic close reasons. It would require every new reason to be considered in light of the existing close reasons, and it would require greater community involvement and support to convince enough moderators to approve new close reasons.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It would also mean that sites which only have 3 moderators would require community moderator support to add a fifth close reason.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19011" OwnerDisplayName="Mark Booth" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T09:16:20.523" LastActivityDate="2013-07-08T10:19:49.370" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6996" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6994" CreationDate="2013-07-06T23:48:56.773" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;We &lt;em&gt;can&lt;/em&gt; enable more close reasons, but we are trying to hold off on doing that unless there's a demonstrated need because long lists have historically proven to be, at best, confusing. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At the same time, we certainly recognize that some sites have different needs. For example, Stack Overflow already has 5 off-topic reasons instead of 3.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What other close reasons would you enable if you had more than three slots available? Are they applicable frequently enough that just leaving a custom comment when closing just isn't practical?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Update:&lt;/strong&gt; I activated one more close reason slot and filled it with &quot;this problem cannot be reproduced&quot; close reason. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I may be misunderstanding its purpose, I would advise against reactivating the &quot;this question has been abandoned&quot; close reason. We regularly &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/92006/155160&quot;&gt;clean out &lt;em&gt;really&lt;/em&gt; abandoned questions&lt;/a&gt; anyway, and you can't always predict when a question might pick up a response. Closing questions just because the asker might not be around is an unusual practice, or at least something that hopefully is not so frequently necessary that you'd need to spend a close reason slot on it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1412" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2013-07-15T21:14:13.720" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6997" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6992" CreationDate="2013-07-07T14:14:45.903" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Wouldn't it be more auspicious to start putting together queries for the database browser for issues and just adding some maintenance feeds for people that are earnestly concerned?  For example '/usr/bin', 'WATCH!!!', 'rm -Rf', etc.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It takes it &quot;out of system&quot; and gives interested parties a way to do things without asking for a system change.  You personally can always define &quot;risky behavior&quot; and handle queries for it on your own.  Maybe an AU meta question for &quot;Useful queries for site maintenance&quot;?  I, for example, already put together a little script to parse dumps for common dupe targets and dropped it on AU Meta &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3317/finding-questions-that-other-questions-have-been-closed-as-a-dupe-of/3370#3370&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.  I thought it might be useful for site maintenance, so I shared it.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the near-ish future, I'll have a VPS that I can automatically grab dumps, run the parser, and publish a list.  If more of us did things like this, we would have some killer tools.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.150" LastActivityDate="2013-07-07T14:14:45.903" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6998" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3053" CreationDate="2013-07-07T18:30:30.087" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;If we're in dupe or merge mode, this should probably be incorporated: &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3317/finding-questions-that-other-questions-have-been-closed-as-a-dupe-of/3370#3370&quot;&gt;Finding questions that other questions have been closed as a dupe of&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just saying, a list question that is unmaintainable is not a script that is maintainable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2013-07-07T18:30:30.087" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="6999" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-07-07T20:11:43.557" Score="-8" ViewCount="186" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've been working with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/89058/29097&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; for a while. Ultimately, it's best for the community if the question is deleted. I've submitted fixes to the question, and all of the answers (including flags to close the redudant answers). All of which have been rejected. Further, while the question doesn't make sense in it's current form, and the answers are outdated, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/235/jorge-castro&quot;&gt;an op&lt;/a&gt; attached a bounty to the question. To make matters even worse for the community, the question is protected.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I ventured to fix a problem and Jorge Castro certainly exaccerbated it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;On the question itself.&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question is simply badly worded. The question asks for the best way to install &lt;em&gt;the latest&lt;/em&gt; version of Chromium. Latest here can mean a few things,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It could mean the &lt;em&gt;only&lt;/em&gt; version in the distro's repository. In this use-case &lt;em&gt;latest&lt;/em&gt; is moot because dpkg only supports a single version of a package (unlike rpm).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It could mean the &lt;em&gt;latest&lt;/em&gt; version released by the Chromium team in stable form.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It could mean the &lt;em&gt;nightly&lt;/em&gt; build or the most bleeding edge version.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Dare I say, 99.9% of people mean the second form. Including the person who answered this question wrongly and had the answer chosen,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Chromium is currently not built for the chromium-daily PPA, which makes using it a bit of a security issue. &lt;strong&gt;Unless you can find a better PPA that stays up to date&lt;/strong&gt;, I'd recommend you &lt;em&gt;[ignore what you want and do this instead]&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This sort of answer should have been deleted. It's simply not an x-y problem, and it doesn't address the question. There are a lot of good reasons to want the latest version of Chromium, and not getting the latest version is not a solution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;On the answers to the question.&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All of the answers are wrong, but moreover -- they're potentially harmful. They all advocate you add a PPA to your system that is obscenely outdated. Ideally, nothing happens which is just confusing -- that's the best you can hope for.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want to know more about why these questions are outdated, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/317201/29097&quot;&gt;read this question&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;On the question being protected.&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are a lot of good reasons to protect an answer, but in this case -- there isn't one. This question has 40,000 views and voices are being squelched because the question is protected. If you're going to attach a bounty to a question with 40,000 views that already has a chosen-answer, perhaps we should acknowledge that further additions to the question and answer won't be limited to mere &lt;em&gt;&quot;thanks!&quot;, &quot;me too!&quot;, or spam&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This question is protected to prevent &quot;thanks!&quot;, &quot;me too!&quot;, or spam answers by new users. To answer it, you must have earned at least 10 reputation on this site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't think submissions are likely to be limited to that when you throw a 250 rep bounty in the direction of the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Solution&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This kind of question is just better closed:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It's ambiguously proposed.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It's contributions to discourse are outdated -- none of the answers are relevant.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It's marked as chosen an answer which isn't related to the question.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've simply taken the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/317201/how-do-i-install-the-latest-version-of-chromium-in-ubuntu-13-04&quot;&gt;initiative to replace the need for it fixing all of the above problems.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="29097" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2013-07-09T16:19:19.560" Title="Rejected all of my edits, left the question un-modified and attached a bounty?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7000" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6999" CreationDate="2013-07-07T20:16:54.377" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;I rejected your edits because you added a banner that said something to the effect of &quot;This PPA is out of date and should not be used.&quot; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We don't want out of date garbage on the site, so instead I rejected your edits explaining that I had flagged these answers for complete removal itself. Since we don't abandon questions here, I repurposed the original question to be useful for users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't see how adding a bounty to it to get up to date answers exaccerbated the problem. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2013-07-07T20:16:54.377" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7001" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6939" CreationDate="2013-07-07T22:01:36.123" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;This should now be fixed; please let me know if you're still seeing inconsistencies. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3" LastActivityDate="2013-07-07T22:01:36.123" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7002" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6999" CreationDate="2013-07-07T23:29:12.253" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just reworking the questions and adding comments to the answers indicating that some info is out of date can go a long way in keeping answer seekers informed. Occasionally, authors will happily update their answer information as well( a crazy concept I know ;-/). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would have gladly updated &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/225930/how-do-i-get-the-latest-beta-and-development-version-of-chromium/317564#317564&quot;&gt;mine&lt;/a&gt; before it had been deleted. Whether my new answer is the correct/better/newer answer, I don't know yet. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I saw your edit to my answer, this morning, and would have rejected it as well. I think you could have gone about this in a more constructive manner than adding &#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://soloswimmer.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/herebedragons11.gif?w=640&amp;amp;h=281&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here be Dragons&lt;/a&gt; warnings at the top of answers, getting your edits rejects and winding up here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or better yet, provide a more timely answer yourself. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sheesh. Talk about creating tempest in a teapot. ;-)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="106495" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2013-07-07T23:29:12.253" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7003" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7037" CreationDate="2013-07-08T12:33:33.300" Score="8" ViewCount="195" Body="&lt;p&gt;I got confused with the &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/6895/windows-8-and-ubuntu-dual-boot-many-duplicates&quot;&gt;various questions about Windows 8&lt;/a&gt;, SSDs and dual-booting, and none seemed to cover all three, so I made my own specific one. [1] I &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/317709/7146&quot;&gt;answered it&lt;/a&gt; too :) My answer is not drawn from experience, but from trawling through the various options presented in other answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I get a peer review on my answer? (If this is not the appropriate forum to make this request, which is?)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/316670/how-do-i-dual-boot-12-04-2-windows-8-on-an-ssd-hdd-machine&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/316670/how-do-i-dual-boot-12-04-2-windows-8-on-an-ssd-hdd-machine&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Update:&lt;/strong&gt; I think my answer may be incorrect because it assumes an SSD that can hold both OSes. Having reviewed the relative sizes, I am no longer sure this is the case. I'm leaving the answer for peer review while I continue researching. Any input would be appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7146" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2013-07-20T17:10:05.640" Title="Can I get a peer review on my answer to a Windows 8 / SSD / dual-boot question?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7004" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6940" CreationDate="2013-07-09T09:31:10.273" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'd say that out of these, &quot;Another site in the Stack Exchange network&quot; works nicely for this. OSX + Solaris would (in part, at least) be covered by the scope of the Unix SE; most other operating system issues (Windows, and non-Unix-related things within OSX for instance) would go over to Super User.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've not used any of the other SE sites so I could be wrong, but that's pretty much how the situation looks for me. Questions asked here but not under the scope of this precise site are probably going to be covered by one of the other sites, they just need to be given a nudge in the right direction.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="137827" LastActivityDate="2013-07-09T09:31:10.273" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7005" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6999" CreationDate="2013-07-09T16:19:19.560" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;The question is &lt;strong&gt;relevant&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;specific&lt;/strong&gt; and is thus valid. The current answers are not sufficient and thus Jorge's &lt;strong&gt;bounty is at place&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can understand your frustration, but you should just downvote and comment insufficient or wrong answers and &lt;em&gt;not start some edit war&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="115155" LastActivityDate="2013-07-09T16:19:19.560" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7007" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6958" CreationDate="2013-07-09T22:25:56.657" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;In danger of stating the obvious, why not send an e-mail notification to the OP that there are new comments on his/her question? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This could even be added to the &quot;Ask Question&quot; form as an opt-in (or opt-out) check box to control the functionality per question, or even implemented per user as an option in the user profile as a &quot;global&quot; preference. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150902" LastActivityDate="2013-07-09T22:25:56.657" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7008" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-07-10T07:19:51.443" Score="2" ViewCount="39" Body="&lt;p&gt;I asked this question &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/315613/cant-update-12-10-to-13-04&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;The software on this computer is up to date&amp;quot; while upgrading 12.10 to 13.04&lt;/a&gt; I have this unique error &quot;The software on this computer is up to date&quot; I couldn't find its solution anywhere. However question was closed as duplicate of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/279620/how-do-i-upgrade-from-12-10-to-13-04&quot;&gt;How do I upgrade from 12.10 to 13.04?&lt;/a&gt;. Consider re-opening the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="114193" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2013-07-10T08:40:25.450" Title="This question is not duplicate so consider re-opening it" Tags="|support|status-completed|closed-questions|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7011" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="527" CreationDate="2013-07-10T13:32:38.627" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;This appears to have been fixed a while ago.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Using Shift+Enter with most links will still inline. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="133195" LastActivityDate="2013-07-10T13:32:38.627" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7012" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-07-10T15:27:45.920" Score="12" ViewCount="155" Body="&lt;p&gt;We're missing a few important entries from the current closing process so I'm rewriting some of the current reasons. I've just asked the other mods to read over them but thought a bit of public input couldn't hurt either!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most of these are based on what we've done in the past and on existing meta subjects about this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Your question is not about Ubuntu&lt;/strong&gt;. Questions about &lt;strong&gt;other Linux distributions&lt;/strong&gt; can be asked on &lt;a href=&quot;http://unix.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;Unix &amp;amp; Linux&lt;/a&gt;, those about &lt;strong&gt;Windows&lt;/strong&gt; on &lt;a href=&quot;http://superuser.com&quot;&gt;Super User&lt;/a&gt;, those about &lt;strong&gt;Apple products&lt;/strong&gt; on &lt;a href=&quot;https://apple.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Ask Different&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;generic programming questions&lt;/strong&gt; on &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackoverflow.com&quot;&gt;Stack Overflow&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;You have run into a problem that &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/5121/how-do-i-report-a-bug&quot;&gt;needs to be reported to developers on Launchpad&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, Ubuntu's bug tracker. Bugs can't be fixed unless developers know about them and that will only happen if they are posted in the right place. The same is true for problems with the development version of Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Your question is about an &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;end of life&lt;/strong&gt; Ubuntu release&lt;/a&gt;. These are no longer supported and are therefore off-topic here. To upgrade, see: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/91815/how-to-install-software-or-upgrade-from-old-unsupported-release&quot;&gt;How to install software or upgrade from old unsupported release?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You have described &lt;strong&gt;a problem that can't be reproduced&lt;/strong&gt; that seemingly went away on its own or was only relevant to a very specific period of time. It's off-topic as it's unlikely to help future readers.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course there are four there and &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/6994/can-we-have-more-than-3-custom-close-reasons-pretty-please&quot;&gt;I'm still waiting to hear back to see &lt;em&gt;if&lt;/em&gt; we can do that&lt;/a&gt; but let me know if you think any of these need improving and how you would do it. There is a character limit (and the first pretty close) so remember we can't fit a whole book in these things.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These are compatible with existing reasons so assuming I don't hear anything super-negative back, we'll try to get these through in the next couple of days. Hopefully along with an EOL entry too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:45:31.530" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Custom close reason review" Tags="|discussion|close-reasons|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7013" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7014" CreationDate="2013-07-11T07:05:38.943" Score="9" ViewCount="208" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is it possible to format a comment, as in, include blockqoute like properties?&#xA;I've noticed that the help mentions that 'code' can be used for code, but it doesn't seem to make a difference. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Either that, or I made an error in understanding it. Any which way, is this possible?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="145091" LastEditorUserId="480481" LastEditDate="2020-05-21T09:48:21.450" LastActivityDate="2020-05-21T09:48:21.450" Title="Formatting a comment" Tags="|support|comments|formatting|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="7014" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7013" CreationDate="2013-07-11T07:41:24.427" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;Nope. Comments are limited to:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;**bold**&#xA;*italics*&#xA;`code`&#xA;[link text](http://example.com)&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are also a few shortcuts for mentioning things like edit links, etc. See &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/editing-help#comment-formatting&quot;&gt;the full help on comments&lt;/a&gt; for a better understanding.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2013-07-11T07:41:24.427" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7015" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7012" CreationDate="2013-07-11T16:14:11.140" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I take issue with the last one:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You have described &lt;strong&gt;a problem that can't be reproduced&lt;/strong&gt; that seemingly went away on its own or was only relevant to a very specific period of time. It's off-topic as it's unlikely to help future readers. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions that can no longer be reproduced aren't really off-topic. I know that's the way the folks at SE &lt;em&gt;want&lt;/em&gt; us to close them, but to me that makes no sense and will only confuse users. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is currently being discussed in &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/185102/responding-to-your-too-localized-concerns&quot;&gt;Responding to your &amp;quot;too localized&amp;quot; concerns&lt;/a&gt; over on MSO.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The other reasons look great!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2013-07-11T16:14:11.140" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7016" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7020" CreationDate="2013-07-11T16:44:37.210" Score="33" ViewCount="1702" Body="&lt;p&gt;Are you aware that McAfee Site Advisor is indicating that www.askubuntu.com is a risky site to visit?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm wondering what they saw that caused this risk rating.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, it might have implications into users getting to this site seeing this warning and getting scared off.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5863" LastActivityDate="2013-07-14T22:28:29.590" Title="McAfee Site Advisor indicates that this site is risky to visit?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7017" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7016" CreationDate="2013-07-12T15:13:56.717" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;Fear not, friends. We brought out the big guns:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://twitter.com/spolsky/status/355706390016294912&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://twitter.com/spolsky/status/355706390016294912&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="80114" LastActivityDate="2013-07-12T15:13:56.717" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7018" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-07-12T15:50:21.123" Score="5" ViewCount="63" Body="&lt;p&gt;Repro steps:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Open incognito window / clear cookies&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/7016/mcafee-site-advisor-indicates-that-this-site-is-risky-to-visit&quot;&gt;McAfee Site Advisor indicates that this site is risky to visit?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Press upvote button&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In login dialog, click &quot;sign up using google&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Result:&#xA;404 page &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/users/authenticate?returnurl=%2Fquestions%2F7016%2Fmcafee-site-advisor-indicates-that-this-site-is-risky-to-visit&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/users/authenticate?returnurl=%2Fquestions%2F7016%2Fmcafee-site-advisor-indicates-that-this-site-is-risky-to-visit&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Desired result:&#xA;A signup page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Environment:&#xA;Current Chrome (27.0.1453.116) on OS X 10.8.4.  Network connection very normal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="79271" LastEditorUserId="79271" LastEditDate="2013-07-12T20:28:06.560" LastActivityDate="2013-07-12T20:28:06.560" Title="Login flow has bad link" Tags="|bug|login|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7019" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7016" CreationDate="2013-07-12T20:53:45.907" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I suggest everyone that can (if you are willing to create a user) to request a review saying that the &quot;Red&quot; rating is wrong, And also comment that the site is &quot;No safety issues&quot; at: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.siteadvisor.com/sites/www.askubuntu.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.siteadvisor.com/sites/www.askubuntu.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems that the site might be ran by user submissions, possibly one user filed a false report - maybe the only report...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But If that is the case It seems they have not reviewed the report properly, and certainly have not documented the reasons for the &quot;Red&quot; rating.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So If you use the site and know it is safe submit a report.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastActivityDate="2013-07-12T20:53:45.907" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7020" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7016" CreationDate="2013-07-12T23:00:26.790" Score="12" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Now it is ok&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems that mcafee re checked website due to user feedbacks and now it displays no risk to visit . Thanks for pointing it out and send reviews to correct it :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="39372" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-07-12T23:00:26.790" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7022" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6994" CreationDate="2013-07-13T04:44:03.903" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I upvoted your question because it is indeed a good one. So I'll try to give a good answer in return.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not a mod but to my experience and by making use of data maintainer common sense (if there's such a thing) I'd say &lt;strong&gt;it is a measure of data maintenance control&lt;/strong&gt;, a small number of custom reason slots should be ok, only if there is someone checking to spot a custom reason that seems rather frequent, then merging the similar reasons into one single criteria and make it a regular slot. In that way you maintain a &lt;strong&gt;healthy database&lt;/strong&gt; and at the same time free up one of the custom slots to be reused. The data grows in a comprehensive way and the users are encouraged to use their slots in a non conflicting way (to the data).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I hope this answer was helpful. :-)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="173578" LastActivityDate="2013-07-13T04:44:03.903" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7023" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-07-13T10:27:35.893" Score="8" ViewCount="283" Body="&lt;p&gt;I keep bumping into questions with &lt;strong&gt;perfectly good answers&lt;/strong&gt; that are not marked as accepted or can't even be marked nor voted because they're in comments. Even if you politely ask the &quot;commentswerer&quot; to move his solution from comments to answers &lt;a href=&quot;https://drupal.stackexchange.com/questions/79107/how-can-i-rollback-to-previous-theme-subtheme-or-disable-last-used-theme-by-usi?noredirect=1#comment88653_79107&quot;&gt;they deny any rep being awarded for their help in an equally politely manner&lt;/a&gt; (Hence &quot;rep shy&quot;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;UPDATE: Added headings to make more sense.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Disclaimer&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, I know &quot;Accepting doesn't mean it's the best answer, it just means that it worked for the person who asked&quot; as stated in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/about&quot;&gt;the about page&lt;/a&gt; and the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/accepted-answer&quot;&gt;help documentation (right here)&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Justification&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But &lt;strong&gt;this is affecting the rep of the site/community as a whole&lt;/strong&gt;, and the comments-for-answers and answers-for-comments issues must be a burden for mods for sure, the labor of maintenance and cleaning of the data must be arduous because of this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It'd be better if this wasn't left only to mods because they have loads and loads of responsibilities, instead a device to involve the community could be implemented in the form of a special flag or another type of devised functionality.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Reasoning&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For users with the intend of asking a question it gets harder to browse and search for answers to their issues before posting a question, because without answers, many questions are easily dismissed because they appear to have no answers, its discouraging.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Real life case scenario&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even if that user &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/254212/173578&quot;&gt;finds a question with the same issue he/she has&lt;/a&gt; and enters to try and participate with the hope to bring the question back to life, will find out that because of having little or no rep he/she won't be able to comment nor upvote on a question that's been dead for months in order to remind someone that he/she shares this problem and needs an answer, also making it a favorite wont do any good, so this new user &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/317928/173578&quot;&gt;will have to post a new (duplicated) question&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Risky&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I'd debate &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/56565/why-is-there-a-threshold-to-add-a-comment-or-why-cant-we-send-private-messages/56613#56613&quot;&gt;Jeff Atwood on his posture towards this issue&lt;/a&gt; This &lt;em&gt;&quot;50rep for comments&quot;&lt;/em&gt; he defends is problematic as described above.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not sure if debating is the right word. I don't mean to be impolite.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Alternative&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A better solution I believe, would be to welcome new users with the &lt;strong&gt;about page&lt;/strong&gt; and prove their acknowledgement of the rules with a &lt;strong&gt;brief questionnaire&lt;/strong&gt; as a pre-condition to posting questions. An &quot;informed&quot; badge triggered by browse-down events in the code is not enough and a stronger measure would be discouraging for new users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;A persisting problem needs innovation.&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This trend goes on and on. I think it is giving the whole site a bad rep of not having answers for questions asked.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This is not new, it goes back ages.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've read &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3091/should-comments-that-answer-a-question-be-marked-obsolete-after-full-answers-are&quot;&gt;various&lt;/a&gt; posts &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/367/should-redirections-to-other-questions-answers-be-comments-or-answers&quot;&gt;dealing&lt;/a&gt; with &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2281/please-stop-posting-half-answers-and-dumb-advice-as-comments&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; similar &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/4205/if-the-answerer-answers-the-question-in-the-comments-of-their-answer-should-the&quot;&gt;topic&lt;/a&gt; so I'm certain you have previously recognize this as an issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;In summary I propose three things:&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;That there was an easy way to politely suggest/remind the asker to&#xA;mark an answer as accepted.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;That a new flag function be created to route a comment into the&#xA;answers where it belongs, giving the user a choice (either he/she lets&#xA;this flagged comment be an answer or be deleted).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;And that the new users are required to read and acknowledge the&#xA;about page before they post anything with the benefit of gaining the&#xA;right to post comments since day one (subject to loosing this privilege if misused).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Accordingly to what I've been reading, &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/4206/173578&quot;&gt;comments are second class citizens and will be eventually force to deletion anyways&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. So why not force them to be answers when it applies?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I hope this doesn't become yet another question full of &quot;commentswers&quot; or that we get just one answer by the usual suspect saying something in the line of &quot;Leave a comment for the commenter or turn the comment into a community wiki answer&quot; and no one else daring to propose something different and staying silent. It is counter-intuitive and becomes a self-defeating measure. Suggesting that things stay the same wont do anyone no good.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm just saying we the users can help reduce mods' overload of work (&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/6994/173578&quot;&gt;this is not speculation, in this post a mod named Oli clearly states the wide scope of things to be attended by moderators&lt;/a&gt;). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;strong&gt;main point I'm trying to make&lt;/strong&gt; is:&#xA;We need more efficiency to get answers and effectively reflect the real state of questions already asked and answered.&#xA;This will lead to &lt;strong&gt;a better community, more easily maintained&lt;/strong&gt; by the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;awesome mods&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="173578" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:47:15.470" LastActivityDate="2016-09-15T13:32:50.550" Title="Are people getting &quot;rep shy&quot;? || About &quot;commentswers&quot;" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|comments|answers|moderation|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7024" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7023" CreationDate="2013-07-13T11:31:47.717" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;First of all, something that really struck me in your suggestion was the word &quot;force&quot;. We should &lt;em&gt;never, ever&lt;/em&gt; force anything on this site - with the exception being the removal of malicious content. We cannot and should not force users to do anything, as long as they aren't harming the site gravely.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Next, you largely post speculation about just how much work it really is for the moderators. I contest your claim, as I've mostly seen questions with comment answers either &lt;em&gt;deleted&lt;/em&gt; (because they're too simple, etc.), or &lt;em&gt;answered&lt;/em&gt; completely.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then there's this section:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Even if that user finds a question with the same issue he/she has and enters to participate with the hope to bring the question back to life will find out that as per little or no rep he/she won't be able to comment on a question that's been dead for months in order to remind someone that he/she shares this problem and needs an answer, so this new user will have to post a duplicated answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't really understand what you're saying here. Why would this new user post &lt;em&gt;an answer&lt;/em&gt; if they &lt;em&gt;share the problem&lt;/em&gt;? They should upvote it, or add it to their favorites, maybe link it somewhere - and wait for an answer. Or post a new &lt;em&gt;question&lt;/em&gt;, that may or may not be duped to the original answer (for good reason). These &lt;em&gt;all&lt;/em&gt; help to raise awareness of the question, which a &lt;em&gt;comment&lt;/em&gt; wouldn't even do (as it doesn't push the question to the front page, and doesn't affect it in any outside-visible way either).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your suggested &lt;em&gt;alternative&lt;/em&gt; is also already implemented. New users are shown the /about page already, and they're bombarded with information on how to post, where to post it and more importantly: what &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; to do. This is also largely unrelated to the topic at hand - answers as comments have nothing to do with the new user experience, with the exception of not receiving a proper answer - which may have entirely different reasons.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And finally, to your three suggestions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;That there was an easy way to politely suggest/remind the asker to mark an answer as accepted.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is: You can always post a comment to inform them that they might add that as an answer.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;We even have &lt;a href=&quot;https://raw.github.com/askubuntu/ProFormaComments/master/comments.jsonp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;a canned comment&lt;/a&gt; for that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;[A]Half answer in a comment&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Can you include a answer with instructions on how to do that? &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2281/please-stop-posting-half-answers-and-dumb-advice-as-comments&quot;&gt;Leaving a half-answer as a comment&lt;/a&gt; can often cause more harm than good. Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This should cover most &quot;comment answers&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;That a new flag function be created to force a comment into the answers where it belongs.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This has also &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/54762/flag-a-comment-as-should-be-an-answer&quot;&gt;already been suggested&lt;/a&gt; - And it was disagreed with. There are good reasons to post an answer as a comment - and an active user will openly tell you why and might even turn it into an actual answer once they think it's reasonable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;And that the new users are required to read and acknowledge the about page before they post anything with the benefit of gaining the right to post comments since day one (subject to loosing this privilege if misused).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You cannot force people to read anything. This will just mean &lt;em&gt;more&lt;/em&gt; work, because comments will have to be reviewed just like first answers or first questions - people need to look at them to remove the privilege from those who misuse it. Which just is not worth the effort for something that has always been a second class citizen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/comment&quot;&gt;comment privilege&lt;/a&gt; is already open enough:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Please note that you can &lt;em&gt;always&lt;/em&gt; comment on your own posts, and any part of your questions. However, commenting on &lt;em&gt;other people&lt;/em&gt;'s posts is a privilege.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="98085" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2013-07-13T11:31:47.717" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7025" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7023" CreationDate="2013-07-13T13:48:04.977" Score="23" Body="&lt;p&gt;If people aren't posting answers properly, do it for them. From the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2008/09/15.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;stackoverflow announcement&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Want to know an easy way to earn reputation? Find a question somewhere with several good, but incomplete, answers. Steal all the answers and write one long, complete, detailed answer which is better than the incomplete ones. Sit back and earn points while people vote up your comprehensive answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just provide proper attribution/credit. I don't think your idea of forcing people to a questionnaire will fly, people are already shown the how to ask page whens starting to use the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="235" LastEditDate="2013-07-13T13:59:08.977" LastActivityDate="2013-07-13T13:59:08.977" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7026" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-07-14T15:48:21.863" Score="0" ViewCount="97" Body="&lt;p&gt;Look at my answer here: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/revisions/319982/1&quot;&gt;Printing multiple files from Nautilus&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You'll see I have an ordered list 1-8. After the 6th item, I have a pre/code section and after that points 7 and 8. However, 7 and 8 is listed as 1 and 2. If you edit the answer, you'll see that it says 7 and 8. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Bug. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19779" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Numbered lists get erroneous numbers" Tags="|bug|status-bydesign|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7027" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7026" CreationDate="2013-07-14T16:49:48.960" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/revisions/319982/2&quot;&gt;Fixed it&lt;/a&gt; for you. And no, this is &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; a bug, but how Markdown works.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The key thing is to indent one level further &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; use a 4-space indent, so make it 8 spaces to indent. See also the &lt;a href=&quot;http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/syntax#list&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Markdown syntax&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;To put a code block within a list item, the code block needs to be indented twice — 8 spaces or two tabs:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;    *   A list item with a code block:&#xA;&#xA;            &amp;lt;code goes here&amp;gt;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More tips:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;No need to use incrementing numbers. Use &lt;code&gt;1.&lt;/code&gt; for every list item.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Also no need for &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; or &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;pre&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; blocks - we don't have that in Markdown as far as I know.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, an example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;1. item text.&#xA;&#xA;   some text below the item but under the same item.&#xA;&#xA;1. next item increments numbers automatically.&#xA;&#xA;1. Here's some code:&#xA;&#xA;        Code block line 1&#xA;        Code block line 2&#xA;&#xA;1. And here's item 4.&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Renders to&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;item text.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;some text below the item but under the same item.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;next item increments numbers automatically.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here's some code:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Code block line 1&#xA;Code block line 2&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;And here's item 4.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="88802" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2013-07-14T17:20:10.863" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7028" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7016" CreationDate="2013-07-14T22:28:29.590" Score="-4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Still the Mcafee supports running only on Mac and Windows.&#xA;The site advisor is compatible to run on IE and Mozilla.&#xA;On chrome the plugin is not supported officially.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="147886" LastActivityDate="2013-07-14T22:28:29.590" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7029" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7026" CreationDate="2013-07-15T02:41:52.070" Score="-3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can use the &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;pre&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It IS allowed and works great as well, because &lt;strong&gt;as long as you indent your text&lt;/strong&gt; it won't break the &lt;strong&gt;sequence&lt;/strong&gt; in your ordered lists.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can check all the allowed tags in the following link:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/1777/228133&quot;&gt;What HTML tags are allowed on Stack Exchange sites?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="173578" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2013-07-17T04:17:35.473" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7030" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7031" CreationDate="2013-07-16T14:01:10.667" Score="2" ViewCount="80" Body="&lt;p&gt;What happens when a question is marked as duplicate then the original question is deleted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As an example I am referring to this question &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/317738/107450&quot;&gt;Can i prevent/restrict standard user from installing/unistalling software in ubuntu 12.04 desktop? [duplicate]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does the system detect such questions for review or do we just end up with questions with a dead link to now non-existent questions? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="107450" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2013-07-17T02:55:54.113" Title="Questions marked as Duplicates where original question had been deleted?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7031" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7030" CreationDate="2013-07-16T14:38:18.653" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The deleted question is still there so it does not break things but it does look funny.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I suggest that &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/317738/can-i-prevent-restrict-standard-user-from-installing-unistalling-software-in-ubu&quot;&gt;Can I prevent/restrict standard users from installing/uninstalling software?&lt;/a&gt; needs to be re-opened. I voted to re-open it. Not saying it will not be closed again for another reason.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2013-07-16T14:38:18.653" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7032" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7034" CreationDate="2013-07-19T08:39:34.130" Score="6" ViewCount="155" Body="&lt;p&gt;I flagged a number of old questions with no user activity for a long time as &quot;probably obsolete,....&quot;. Three of the flags have been declined but I don't see what makes those three questions different.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The questions were:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/164352/dell-1545-cannot-connect-to-belkin-n300-router-how-to-fix-it&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/164352/dell-1545-cannot-connect-to-belkin-n300-router-how-to-fix-it&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/164358/how-to-make-ubuntu-12-04-kernel-3-2-wake-htpc&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/164358/how-to-make-ubuntu-12-04-kernel-3-2-wake-htpc&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/164506/multiple-startup-script-issue&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/164506/multiple-startup-script-issue&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2013-07-19T09:24:17.000" Title="Why have those flags been declined?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7034" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7032" CreationDate="2013-07-19T09:24:17.000" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;The problem was do to a malfunctioning pointing device that had a self guidance automatic cursor movement with advanced AI implemented. The mouse knew where to click without user interaction.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or in normal language: My mouse sucks. The batteries started dying and every time I moved the mouse to click somewhere it &quot;magically&quot; moved somewhere else nearby. The best part is that if I clicked it would move THEN click. So I ended up clicking 3 times before &lt;s&gt;killing&lt;/s&gt; changing the mouse with new batteries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7035" LastActivityDate="2013-07-19T09:24:17.000" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7035" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7051" CreationDate="2013-07-19T22:38:08.120" Score="7" ViewCount="52" Body="&lt;p&gt;It seems that &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/contact/user-merge&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/contact/user-merge&lt;/a&gt; now redirects to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/merging-accounts&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/help/merging-accounts&lt;/a&gt; (since a recent build of the site). Fine. However, the link on the page for further instructions links to itself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;h3&gt;I accidentally created two accounts; how do I merge them?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you have two accounts that you would like to join together, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/user-merge&quot;&gt;contact us&lt;/a&gt; to do so. You will need links to the two profiles you would like to merge.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Clicking this &quot;contact us&quot; loads the same page, whereas one can expect it to link to another page for merging accounts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="88802" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2013-07-23T19:21:55.760" Title="The &quot;contact us&quot; link in the User Merge help page links to itself" Tags="|bug|status-completed|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7036" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1472" CreationDate="2013-07-20T03:49:54.797" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is a real issue which deserves to be remedied. I think we (by which I actually mean: Stack Exchange developers, which I'm not) can fix this in a way that does not significantly decrease overall question quality, by:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;avoiding automatically converting anything into a separate question, &lt;em&gt;but&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;providing users with more powerful, easier, and better documented tools with which to reuse text from deleted posts.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think the best solution to this problem is what I'd consider a &quot;light&quot; version of what Oli has suggested:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;When a user's question or answer disappears for any reason, they should be notified.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I understand this violates one of Stack Exchange's current principles of notifications--that notifications should always be positive or neutral, and never negative. But the degree to which this violates that principle can be mitigated considerably by wording the notification politely, respectfully, and in a way that doesn't cause people to think a deleted post is something they should take personally.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Make sure all users can see all their deleted posts (both questions and answers) no matter what, and that those posts appear (though in a way that shows they're deleted) to them on their profile pages.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;When a user views their own deleted post, provide an expandable section that explains briefly why it may have been deleted. This can be generic, but it should be more than a link to some other page (like the help). Of course it can link to the help for further reading.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;For deleted answers, this short, easy-to-read expandable section should explicitly suggest that &lt;em&gt;if&lt;/em&gt; the answer was really an attempt to get help with another problem (even if the problem is related), the user should consider posting it as an answer instead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The user will be able to copy and paste it--or parts of it--into a new answer, because they will always be able to view the deleted post, and will always be able to &lt;em&gt;find&lt;/em&gt; it by looking in their profile.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I believe the quality filters for questions and answers are currently different, such that some posts can be submitted successfully as answers but not as questions. This is based on a conversation I had with someone who couldn't post his question as a question, so he posted it as an answer (and we deleted it).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure the system really does have this behavior, but assuming I am not mistaken (i.e., that it does), if we are going to make things easy on people and support the functioning of the system at the same time, then:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The quality filters for questions and answers must have the same standards, &lt;em&gt;or&lt;/em&gt;,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the quality filters for questions must be at least as permissive as answers, &lt;em&gt;or&lt;/em&gt;,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;whenever the quality filters for questions exclude something that would be permitted as an answer, there must be a more-specific-than-usual message to help the user fix the post.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;We should solicit community input as to whether or not the message displayed when a quality filter rejects a post is clear enough that the vast majority of people will be able to fix their post. If it's not, the message should be changed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not saying the message should tell users precisely what it was about their post that triggered the filter. Instead, I advocate that even a user who has trouble writing well in English should be able to figure out how to fix their post with a minimum of effort (provided they have basic English reading skills, with which to understand the message).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This might already be the case but personal experience (see above) suggests to me that it might not currently be the case.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, another improvement might be, for user with less than &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/comment&quot;&gt;50 reputation&lt;/a&gt;, to &lt;strong&gt;put a &quot;Why can't I post a comment?&quot; link everywhere &quot;add comment&quot; would appear for a 50+ rep user.&lt;/strong&gt; One of the biggest reasons people post non-answer answers is that the site naturally encourages everything to be posted as a question or an answer, &lt;em&gt;even if it should be posted somewhere else or not at all&lt;/em&gt;. Enough people make this mistake that the error is clearly in &lt;em&gt;the site design itself&lt;/em&gt; more than it is in &lt;em&gt;the users who post non-answer answers&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Such a link should expand to a small section of text, or raise a pop-up (similar to the popups raised by attempting an action like voting with insufficient reputation). New users should not have to navigate to a separate page to understand why they cannot comment. More generally, &lt;strong&gt;new users should virtually never have to navigate to a separate page to understand how to use the page they're currently on&lt;/strong&gt;, except to optionally seek further reading on a site-related topic that they have already--and quickly--come to understand at a basic level.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2013-07-20T03:49:54.797" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7037" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7003" CreationDate="2013-07-20T17:10:05.640" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;All answers on this website are &lt;strong&gt;peer reviewed&lt;/strong&gt;. That is the very basic principle of the Stack Exchange QA websites based on reputation. Your answer will be voted down if it is incorrect. Comments will be left if needed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is unclear to me what else we could say here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you really want feedback: well if you present a procedure (step by step) it is more logical to use numbering than bullets. But hey... that does not touch the content of your question/answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="115155" LastActivityDate="2013-07-20T17:10:05.640" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7038" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-07-21T15:44:01.747" Score="8" ViewCount="51" Body="&lt;p&gt;On both the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/about&quot;&gt;about page&lt;/a&gt; it is explained how the site works. To my eyes, this should include that a user asking question should &lt;em&gt;edit&lt;/em&gt; his post to improve it if some other users are asking clarification or to provide more information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/asking&quot;&gt;help area on asking&lt;/a&gt;, there's nothing about that either! This results in loads of new users trying to post comments to include more information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, could we either (or preferably both):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Include a topic on the help page on asking, e.g.:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;h3&gt;Someone asks for more information in a comment. Should I reply or edit my question?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;On a Q&amp;amp;A site it's a convention that you include all information in the question body rather than posting information in comments. It is also not needed to put a new section &quot;update&quot; in your question body, as we can see that you've edited your question. Your question will also appear on top of the &quot;Active&quot; list again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Include a short section on improving a question or how to handle comments.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="88802" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2013-07-21T15:44:01.747" Title="Could we add on the 'about' page that questions should be edited to provide more information?" Tags="|feature-request|comments|editing|asking-questions|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7042" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6750" CreationDate="2013-07-22T03:05:40.277" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's true that sometimes questions are incorrectly closed as duplicates of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/162075/my-computer-boots-to-a-black-screen-what-options-do-i-have-to-fix-it&quot;&gt;the canonical black screen question&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, &lt;em&gt;as far as I have seen, most such closures are correct&lt;/em&gt;. More by percentage, I think, than closures on Ask Ubuntu generally. Futhermore, as I argue/explain below, many of these closures are correct even in situations where closed questions are &lt;em&gt;correctly&lt;/em&gt; reopened afterwards.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That master question currently has 24 answers. A question about a black screen on boot--unless it contains enough information for us to &lt;em&gt;know&lt;/em&gt; that question and its answers don't apply &lt;em&gt;and for us to know why they don't&lt;/em&gt;--should be (and usually is) closed as a duplicate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If someone has not seen that question, closing their question as a duplicate refers them to it. If they have seen it and it doesn't help (or they go to it from the &quot;possible duplicate&quot; link and it doesn't help), then &lt;em&gt;we still cannot do any better for them unless they explain, in detail, exactly what solutions they tried and exactly what happened.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A black screen on boot question that doesn't exclude the possibility of the canonical question helping should be closed as a duplicate. Once it is edited to exhaustively address all solutions there that could plausibly apply given the parameters of their situation, it can and should be reopened. If we are failing to reopen questions under these circumstances, that would be bad. But I think that, since the reopen queue was introduced, we have not had that problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A black screen on boot question that explicitly states the canonical question didn't help &lt;em&gt;but doesn't say why&lt;/em&gt; is also not different from the canonical question in a way that would make it posssible for people to post new, specific answers. Until such a question is edited to include an explanation of everything the OP tried and what happened, it, too, should be closed (either as a duplicate, or as &quot;unclear&quot; or &quot;too broad.&quot;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With that said, I sort of agree with the spirit of this meta question. Because, if a lot of people are saying the canonical question doesn't help, then we need to make sure that we are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;actively asking them to tell us what they tried and what happened (preferably in a timely manner), so that if they provide that information then we can move things forward, &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;improving the answers to the canonical question (as &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/6758/22949&quot;&gt;hbdgaf said&lt;/a&gt;) and/or adding new answers to cover other common causes/solutions.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When it comes to improving the canonical question, there are two main areas I think might apply:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;We need to make sure there are answers for the most common causes of the problem. This may already be the case. Perhaps some analysis (using the &lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/ubuntu/queries&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;data explorer&lt;/a&gt;) could help shed light on whether or not most black screen problems are effectively addressed by the canonical question.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;It should be reasonably easy for people to find answers that are applicable to their situation. Only 3 of the 24 answers there are pointed to by the mini table of contents in the question. Maybe the mini-ToC should be moderately expanded.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2013-07-22T03:05:40.277" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7044" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7045" CreationDate="2013-07-22T14:30:45.227" Score="3" ViewCount="157" Body="&lt;p&gt;Do we have to close our queries once resolved?  If so, how can it be done?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169181" OwnerDisplayName="Jitendra" LastActivityDate="2013-08-08T15:30:36.450" Title="Do we have to close questions after receiving satisfactory answer?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7045" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7044" CreationDate="2013-07-22T15:06:20.520" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes. When you get the answer that solves your problem, you accept the answer by putting a green check mark on the left side of the answer. &lt;strong&gt;You can only accept one answer as the correct one.&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, you and others can vote up (or vote down) the accepted and/or other answers. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question is not closed and others can provide more answers even after you have accepted one as correct. There are some exceptions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question can be closed if it is determined to be a duplicate, off-topic, unclear what you are asking, too broad, or primarily opinion based. In these cases no answers can be added once a question is closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hope this helps &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="68186" LastActivityDate="2013-07-22T15:06:20.520" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7047" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7049" CreationDate="2013-07-23T03:28:12.997" Score="17" ViewCount="252" Body="&lt;p&gt;How can we add an Ad about the Ubuntu Edge Crowd Funding to Askubuntu. It can help the cause in raising the said amount.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Link: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/ubuntu-edge&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/ubuntu-edge&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Something like this (BTW I suck add image editing)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/5EbuD.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7035" LastActivityDate="2013-07-23T11:43:09.687" Title="Ubuntu Edge Crowd Funding Ad" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7048" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5504" CreationDate="2013-07-23T04:03:04.097" Score="34" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com/phone&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/iK0aS.png&quot; alt=&quot;Ubuntu Touch&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="47291" LastEditDate="2013-10-31T23:52:55.220" LastActivityDate="2013-10-31T23:52:55.220" CommentCount="2" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-07-23T04:03:04.097" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7049" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7047" CreationDate="2013-07-23T04:04:14.507" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here is a starter:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/7048/44179&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/7048/44179&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately the image is a little skewed.. but it works until someone else comes up with something better ;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2013-07-23T04:04:14.507" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7050" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7047" CreationDate="2013-07-23T10:29:11.790" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think it'd be better to put the badge up there&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.indiegogo.com/project/badge/461046&quot; alt=&quot;http://www.indiegogo.com/project/badge/461046&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not sure how to get that up there with in the right size of the advert though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://hostmar.co/au/edge/&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I made this with a little php magic&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="41" LastEditDate="2013-07-23T11:43:09.687" LastActivityDate="2013-07-23T11:43:09.687" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7051" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7035" CreationDate="2013-07-23T19:21:55.760" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;It now points to the contact page where a merge can be requested.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="146516" LastActivityDate="2013-07-23T19:21:55.760" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7052" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-07-23T23:46:29.073" Score="6" ViewCount="223" Body="&lt;p&gt;I noticed today when I came to review it had 303 low quality posts. That's an amazing number, more than I've ever seen on any other site.. What happened to get so many? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/e0rtt.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All the posts appear to be questions.. maybe that had something to do with it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2013-07-23T23:46:29.073" Title="What happened to Low quality posts?" Tags="|discussion|review|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ClosedDate="2014-05-17T02:36:40.990" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7053" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7057" CreationDate="2013-07-24T06:52:45.193" Score="2" ViewCount="48" Body="&lt;p&gt;In &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/bounty&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/help/bounty&lt;/a&gt;, there's this:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&quot;If there's no answer meeting that criteria, the bounty is not awarded to anyone.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One criterion, two criteria or &quot;those criteria&quot; but not &quot;that criteria&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user25656" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2013-07-24T18:21:17.170" Title="Not that criteria" Tags="|bug|status-completed|help-center|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7054" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7055" CreationDate="2013-07-24T08:45:41.250" Score="7" ViewCount="201" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is it &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/edge&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;edge&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;edge&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ubuntu-touch&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ubuntu-touch&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ubuntu-touch&lt;/a&gt;? I guess it should be the first one, but it has no description and also was used before for screen edges.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20275" LastActivityDate="2013-07-24T09:33:07.743" Title="What's the tag for Ubuntu Edge?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7055" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7054" CreationDate="2013-07-24T09:33:07.743" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is already the tag &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ubuntu-edge&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ubuntu-edge&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ubuntu-edge&lt;/a&gt; - I assume that would be the best to use ;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It looks like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/edge&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;edge&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;edge&lt;/a&gt; is being used far more generally than it probably should - out of the three questions that appear, one is for screen edges, one is for a Thinkpad Edge (computer model) and one is for a Sapphire Edge (another computer model). The more specific one seems far better to me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="137827" LastActivityDate="2013-07-24T09:33:07.743" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7057" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7053" CreationDate="2013-07-24T18:20:28.993" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The text has been updated to &quot;those criteria&quot; (&quot;those criteria&quot; being 1. posted since the bounty started, and 2. earned at least 2 upvotes).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44684" LastActivityDate="2013-07-24T18:20:28.993" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7058" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7061" CreationDate="2013-07-25T03:11:12.793" Score="11" ViewCount="145" Body="&lt;p&gt;I installed &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackapps.com/questions/2116/pro-forma-comments&quot;&gt;Pro-forma comments&lt;/a&gt; yesterday and it worked fine, I really like it. But today something is wrong. I can not see &lt;strong&gt;auto&lt;/strong&gt; link near &lt;strong&gt;help&lt;/strong&gt;. Also, when I flag question as duplicate, there does not appear comment &quot;possible duplicate of ...&quot; I reinstalled the script, checked if JavaScript is enabled (it was), but still have this problem. Can someone explain me what happens?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="171636" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:46.307" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Some problems with pro-forma comments" Tags="|support|bug|stackexchange|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7059" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7060" CreationDate="2013-07-25T11:45:58.647" Score="3" ViewCount="84" Body="&lt;p&gt;How to Add a Button like &lt;kbd&gt;Ctrl&lt;/kbd&gt; in the text?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="178235" OwnerDisplayName="Yousef's" LastEditorUserId="178235" LastEditDate="2014-10-07T00:43:10.570" LastActivityDate="2014-10-07T00:43:10.570" Title="How to add buttons in text?" Tags="|discussion|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2013-07-25T15:34:03.380" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7060" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7059" CreationDate="2013-07-25T11:49:27.307" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Use &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;kbd&amp;gt;Ctrl&amp;lt;/kbd&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/editing-help&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/editing-help&lt;/a&gt; for more help about markdown editing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="147044" OwnerDisplayName="Radu Rădeanu" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2013-07-25T11:49:27.307" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7061" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7058" CreationDate="2013-07-25T13:15:09.763" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;The work around suggested in the answer &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackapps.com/a/4241/17333&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; appears to be working for me (Thanks @Seth !).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The line you want to change in the original script (autoreviewcomments.user.js) is as follows:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;$('#' + divid).find('.comment-help-link').parent().append(newspan);&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From the answer provided:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The workaround for this is to change line 683 to:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;setTimeout(function() {&#xA;    $('#' + divid).find('.comment-help-link').parent().append(newspan);&#xA;}, 10);&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Personally, I would keep this as only a temporary fix, and monitor &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackapps.com/questions/2116/autoreviewcomments-pro-forma-comments-for-se/4241#4241&quot;&gt;the question&lt;/a&gt; for status updates.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="106495" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:46.307" LastActivityDate="2013-07-25T14:12:21.343" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7062" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7058" CreationDate="2013-07-25T21:07:03.277" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ben Collins ♦ was making some changes to the comment system and something he did caused the userscript to stop working (&lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.meta.stackoverflow.com/transcript/message/1454912#1454912&quot;&gt;ref. 1&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/190228/did-se-change-something-that-caused-the-pro-forma-comment-script-to-stop-working#comment589333_190228&quot;&gt;ref 2&lt;/a&gt;). The author of the script, Benjol, is aware of the problem and AFAIK is working on a fix. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Several (&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/7061/44179&quot;&gt;one&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackapps.com/a/4241/14817&quot;&gt;two&lt;/a&gt;) workarounds have been suggested until the issue has been resolved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Tim Stone &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.meta.stackoverflow.com/transcript/message/1456036#1456036&quot;&gt;said he might be able to give it a look&lt;/a&gt; as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;update august 12&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The issue has been resolved in a recent update to the script. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For more information see this answer &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackapps.com/a/4241/14817&quot;&gt;https://stackapps.com/a/4241/14817&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:46.307" LastActivityDate="2013-08-12T17:03:19.463" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7063" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-07-25T23:25:39.277" Score="8" ViewCount="115" Body="&lt;p&gt;Do we need an actual &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/setup&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;setup&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;setup&lt;/a&gt; tag?  I mean, for all intents and purposes, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/installation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;installation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;installation&lt;/a&gt; should suffice for setup questions related to Ubuntu, no?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2013-07-25T23:44:15.917" LastActivityDate="2013-08-05T17:05:15.680" Title="Do we need the `setup` tag?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7064" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7063" CreationDate="2013-07-26T02:24:37.187" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't think we need &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/setup&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;setup&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;setup&lt;/a&gt;. It's too ambiguous. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2013-07-26T02:24:37.187" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7065" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7069" CreationDate="2013-07-26T07:39:43.860" Score="0" ViewCount="129" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have seen many Ubuntu Edge questions being put on hold because they are not ubuntu. It is stated that it should be asked on the fundraiser page, why are you doing this? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First off, commenting on the fundraiser page requires making an account on igg, and also it is not made for questions that need answers. If I would ask a question there it would be buried within 20 minutes in unrelated questions that cant be filtered out, and even if I would get a reply, I would stand no chance in finding this answer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;People cannot spend 800 dollars if they cannot first get confirmation on ESSENTIAL questions. Such as &quot;will it work in my country?&quot;, which is a very non-trivial question for anyone outside Europe or the US. This absolutely NEEDS to be answered. If you look at the dip in pledges during the Asian daytime it is quite clear that people in Asia cannot be sure, and at current rate, the campaign will only(uhm, yeah..) reach 25million.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So please, if you want this fundraiser to be successful, let people ask and answer questions on those kinds of things, since it does have it's own tag. If you have another suggestion to where to ask and answer these questions, please answer me that. But I believe these questions should be answered at as many places as possible, and preferably by clear statements from the Ubuntu Edge team. (I have a feeling they wont really go through the 3000+ comments on the fundraiser page.) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="127160" OwnerDisplayName="Nisse" LastActivityDate="2013-07-26T17:10:28.727" Title="Why put Edge questions on hold?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7066" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7065" CreationDate="2013-07-26T07:45:06.207" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's more about the fact, that this edge project is not done yet. There are no Prototypes which shows all technical details yet. So we don't know more about Edge than the official page : &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/ubuntu-edge&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;idiegogo Ubuntu Edge&lt;/a&gt; . Most of the questions are about things that will be revealed later, so there is no real answer. Thats not part of this Page. Correct me if i missunderstood something.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="177291" OwnerDisplayName="RayofCommand" LastEditorUserId="177291" LastEditDate="2013-07-26T08:45:53.507" LastActivityDate="2013-07-26T08:45:53.507" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7067" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7063" CreationDate="2013-07-26T08:18:08.970" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;We don't need these to be separate tags. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/setup&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;setup&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;setup&lt;/a&gt; should be made a synonym of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/installation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;installation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;installation&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/installation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;installation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;installation&lt;/a&gt; does apply to things other than Ubuntu as a whole (I can install a program, which would be within the scope of that tag ...I can install more memory in my computer, which might not be within that scope.) But so can &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/setup&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;setup&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;setup&lt;/a&gt;. I doubt we gain anything by having these as separate tags.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a separate point, &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/7064/22949&quot;&gt;as Seth says&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/setup&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;setup&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;setup&lt;/a&gt; seems to refer to an even wider range of unrelated topics than &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/installation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;installation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;installation&lt;/a&gt;, with less clarity as to what falls in its scope. I can set up a new user account, a second monitor, document templates in LibreOffice, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2013-07-26T08:18:08.970" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7068" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7087" CreationDate="2013-07-26T11:37:46.593" Score="2" ViewCount="40" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the 10k+ tools for reviewing flags I see this glitch:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/b3Lw9.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This link used to work (at least yesterday). I could then click on the link to go to the automatically marked duplicate answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="88802" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Link broken in duplicate answer flags view" Tags="|bug|flagging|tools|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7069" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7065" CreationDate="2013-07-26T13:48:04.603" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;If Mark, or the campaign has released specifics we can flag to reopen the question/s, &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If not... there are thousands of comments on the campaign, and Reddit that speculate &lt;em&gt;which&lt;/em&gt; bands or will he really put an IR on the phone... &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I suggest your best avenue is to use the e-mail on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/ubuntu-edge/x/1680448&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;campaign page&lt;/a&gt;, as it&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Does not require a Indigogo account.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Will be easier to ask specific - I live in &amp;lt;&gt;  country with &amp;lt;&gt; carrier. Because every time they answer elsewhere it is the same information that is already on the FAQ page.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is the part of the FAQ:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What if my question isn’t answered here?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;We’re happy to respond to any other queries you might have about the&#xA;  Ubuntu Edge, the Indiegogo campaign, and our company as a whole. Email&#xA;  us at indiegogoinfo@canonical.com&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, Does that mean we are closing &lt;em&gt;all&lt;/em&gt; edge questions? Certainly not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If we get a question that is &quot;What are the 'two LTE standards` referred by the Edge project&quot;. That could be an answerable question - it is not &quot;Will the phone work in...&quot; which we can not predict or guarantee.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Granted maybe some should be closed as &quot;Unclear what your asking&quot; because how should we know what standards are in use in a certain country, A bit more information is needed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastEditorUserId="47291" LastEditDate="2013-07-26T17:10:28.727" LastActivityDate="2013-07-26T17:10:28.727" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7070" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-07-26T19:10:16.910" Score="0" ViewCount="289" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just answered one of my own questions, which I opened a bounty on just this morning.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Rather than just lose the 50 points, I offered it open to the most humorous or correct answer, and that person would get the 50 points I had offered. However, some spoilsport who obviously had a sense of humour by-pass, and edited the question so much that I just answered it myself. Now no one will get the points.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Surely a sense of humour is important? If not, perhaps I should offer all my points for a bounty on a simple question and accept the answer of the person who has the lowest points.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am very serious with 99.9% of the questions I ask and answer and nobody should be able to edit humour out of existence, If so I would like to down vote their edit, but that's not allowed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am not here to collect points, just to help people and myself, to understand and use Ubuntu to the best of my ability.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="155853" LastEditorDisplayName="user25656" LastEditDate="2013-07-27T01:42:59.610" LastActivityDate="2014-12-18T08:29:07.597" Title="Do users have to lose their sense of humour to answer questions on the AskUbuntu Site?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="12" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7071" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-07-26T22:03:10.153" Score="4" ViewCount="82" Body="&lt;p&gt;So apparently, I've been suspended from reviews by some &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/174118/the-time-of-automatic-review-bans-should-be-increased-with-every-new-ban&quot;&gt;automatic process&lt;/a&gt; of which I was completely unaware. Due to there being absolutely nothing about review suspension in the FAQ, I understand very little about this. Could we fix that, please? Something this integral to the day-in, day-out working of the site ought to be a bit more front-and-center. Also, being suspended without any idea of how to improve my reviews isn't helpful, either. I'm not just trying to pass junk through to get a badge - I actually want to do good reviews. So help me do this, please!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One thing that would be especially helpful is a (probably non-exhaustive) checklist of things to watch out for in reviewing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="164977" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Review Suspension not in FAQ" Tags="|feature-request|review|faq-suggestion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7072" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7071" CreationDate="2013-07-26T22:21:01.307" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm on the mobile site atm, so can't get to the right screen to corroborate what I'm saying, but I would say this is happening because you're failing audits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Every so often you'll be thrown a question that was already dealt with by other users. If you don't come to the same decision, it'll count as a fail.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Fall too many times and you'll be suspended. It makes sense if you think about it but I agree, it should be more explicit about what you failed and what others did.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I rather thought it did tell you when you fall an audit post (after, obviously). Keep an eye out for feedback when you next review things.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2013-07-26T22:21:01.307" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7073" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5504" CreationDate="2013-07-27T02:35:01.343" Score="17" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.darktable.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/PpSdJ.png&quot; alt=&quot;darktable | the photo workflow software&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1859" LastActivityDate="2013-07-27T02:35:01.343" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-07-27T02:35:01.343" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7074" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7076" CreationDate="2013-07-28T14:27:17.163" Score="2" ViewCount="88" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have numerous questions I need answered, and it doesn't look like they will be unless I unlock the ability to have bounties. On the particular stack exchange site, I'm not very knowledgeable about the subject so I can't earn points by answering questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="78861" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="What is the fastest way to earn the bounty privilege?" Tags="|support|bounty|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7075" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7074" CreationDate="2013-07-28T15:06:23.210" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Thats pretty much how you do it. Ask good interesting questions, research (rome wasn't built in a day) answers that interest you. I've ended up self answering questions I asked in a few instances, and its hugely satisfying. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's no shortcuts - learn new stuff, answer questions and be &lt;em&gt;awesome&lt;/em&gt;. Level yourself up! If the answers don't come to you, search for the answers. Its all &lt;em&gt;out there&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17681" LastActivityDate="2013-07-28T15:06:23.210" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7076" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7074" CreationDate="2013-07-28T19:31:33.587" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;To an extent this is &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/66377/what-is-the-xy-problem&quot;&gt;an XY problem&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;General Advice for Getting Questions Answers When You Can't Afford a Bounty&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;(and even if you can!)&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Bounties are a secondary measure for attracting additional attention to a question. They are not initially available (you must wait a minimum of 48 hours after a question is asked to attach a bounty to it), and they are &lt;em&gt;not necessarily more effective&lt;/em&gt; than other &quot;free&quot; measures.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have the rep, bountying your question(s) is perfectly valid. But here are some other ways to get answers, which you should try first (and, where applicable, keep trying even during or after a bounty):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/how-to-ask&quot;&gt;Make sure you have a good question.&lt;/a&gt; If you can, edit your good question into a great question (or a better one). Do additional research on the topic and report your findings. (If your research leads you to a solution, you can &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/self-answer&quot;&gt;answer your own question&lt;/a&gt;.)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Update your question with information obtained over time, whether that informaton be a result of newer research you've done, or details you remembered of discovered, or the answers to questions other people asked you in comments, or information that explains how existing answers (and other, similar questions) don't fully solve your problem.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ask for help &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/201/ask-ubuntu-general-room&quot;&gt;in chat&lt;/a&gt;. The sum of all your reputation on all Stack Exchange sites has to be at least 20, for you to post messages in chat. (Otherwise, you can enter chat rooms and read their contents but the system doesn't let you post.) You definitely meet this requirement; you &lt;em&gt;can&lt;/em&gt; use chat.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The proper way to ask for help with a question in chat is to:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Be polite. (Prefer &quot;Can someone help me with ...?&quot; to &quot;Assistance now, minions!&quot;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Let people know (with a link) what question you need help with.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Usually, give a brief summary of the issue, to help people decide if they should look at your question. That is, to help them figure out if they're interested, and if they think they might be able to help.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ask for help in chat sometime when you have the ability to stick around and respond to people's questions and comments there. It's best to avoid asking for help in chat and then immediately going AFK for a significant time. It's especially best to avoid posting a link to your question in chat and then immediately leaving the chat room. Help people help you.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Share your question with people outside Ask Ubuntu, if you think they would be interested in it. For example, you could mention it on your blog. If you use social networking services like MySpace, Facebook, LinkedIn, or Google+, you could post there. If you use microblogging services like Identi.ca or Twitter, you could post it there. Someone on the Internet might see it, check out your question, and realize they can answer it.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You don't (yet) have enough reputation to start a bounty on any of your questions, but &lt;strong&gt;there are people who do&lt;/strong&gt;. You can ask if anyone is interested in bountying any of your questions. You shouldn't expect that anyone will ...but &lt;em&gt;often&lt;/em&gt; someone will if they think the question deserves more attention and would benefit substantially from a bounty.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Chat is one good place to ask for this, but I'd advise trying to get help from people in chat before asking if anyone in chat wants to bounty your question. That's not a hard-and-fast rule, though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, you should not angrily demand tribute from others in the form of bounties. (Not that you would ...I just want to make this answer as broadly applicable as possible.) Also, it's probably better to ask a group of people if anyone's interested in putting a bounty on your question, than to ask a specific individual. But your mileage may vary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I looked at your questions and I don't think they would likely benefit that much from bounties. So I tried to contribute in other ways besides bountying, like commenting and answering. However, I have already expressed interest in your questions (I am doing so right now). So please feel free to approach &lt;em&gt;me&lt;/em&gt; to ask if I'd be interested in bountying. Unless something changes, such as more time passing without an answer, I'd likely say &lt;em&gt;no&lt;/em&gt;, but I won't be offended and I trust you won't be either. You can contact me by saying something in main chat with &lt;code&gt;@EliahKagan&lt;/code&gt; in it. I may also be able to help further in ways other than bountying.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Further Reading&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/no-one-answers&quot;&gt;Help Center &gt; What should I do if no one answers my question?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/bounty&quot;&gt;Help Center &gt; What is a bounty? How can I start one?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;(includes information about when to bounty, what to do first, and alternatives)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/269/what-happens-if-i-dont-get-a-satisfying-answer&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/269/what-happens-if-i-dont-get-a-satisfying-answer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/6449/how-can-i-bump-a-question-if-i-already-have-all-the-information-and-cant-bounty&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/6449/how-can-i-bump-a-question-if-i-already-have-all-the-information-and-cant-bounty&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/6347/what-to-do-if-your-question-on-askubuntu-does-not-get-answered&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/6347/what-to-do-if-your-question-on-askubuntu-does-not-get-answered&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/66270/how-to-get-answers-for-sure&quot;&gt;How to get answers for sure&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/7046/how-do-i-get-attention-for-old-unanswered-questions&quot;&gt;Getting attention for unanswered questions?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;My Thoughts About &lt;em&gt;Your&lt;/em&gt; Particular Questions&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even if you had oodles of reputation, it seems to me that your questions, as they stand now, don't need bounties to be answered (and I'm not sure if they did have bounties that it would help much).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/325663/thunderbird-display-messages-on-top&quot;&gt;This&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/322696/how-do-i-move-all-my-torrents-from-transmission-to-deluge&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/175557/how-do-i-set-deluge-to-open-torrent-files&quot;&gt;that&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; are already answered and you've marked an answer as accepted; I'm guessing those are not the questions you're looking to get answered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/325706/diagnosing-freezing-hanging&quot;&gt;This one&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; may be a duplicate of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/4408/what-should-i-do-when-ubuntu-freezes&quot;&gt;this big general question&lt;/a&gt;. That big question is, in a sense, two questions in one, because some of its answers are about how to continue using Ubuntu after a freeze, while others are about how to troubleshoot a freeze (which is what you're interested in, if I understand your question correctly). Some of the answers might try to address both.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you have gone through all the answers there and tried all the suggestions in all the answers that may be applicable to your situation, then &lt;em&gt;you should definitely update your question with details about everything you tried and everything that happened&lt;/em&gt;. That will make your question much more complete and should facilitate an answer; at &lt;em&gt;that&lt;/em&gt; point, if you don't get an answer, a bounty would likely help a lot.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you haven't gone through all those answers and tried everything that might be applicable to your situation, then your question is a duplicate of that question. We might close it. But we can reopen it if it turns out not to be a duplicate for any reason; in particular, if you then edit it with information about everything you've tried, that might render it no longer a duplicate. Editing a closed question automatically causes it to be considered for reopening.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/325699/how-do-i-install-whatpulse&quot;&gt;This&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; has recently been answered (after you posted this meta question). Both answers seem reasonable and like they may help (though I may be biased, having written one of them).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/324076/window-corner-error-graphical-glitch&quot;&gt;This&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/325670/ubuntu-one-music-wont-launch&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/194213/why-does-thunar-crash-when-i-browse-my-psp&quot;&gt;that&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; appear to be bugs. It might be hard for someone here to give an solution to them ...but if you report them as bugs, you may be able to get help that way (and at least you will have helped make Ubuntu better). See my comments on those questions, for details.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you decide to report one or more of those problems as bugs and you've read &lt;a href=&quot;https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the bug reporting documentation&lt;/a&gt; (take a look at &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/5121/how-do-i-report-a-bug&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; too), and you still need help gathering information and creating the bug report, it's definitely appropriate for you to ask for help with that in chat (though as always, it's possible no one will be available to help).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In particular, if you wish, feel free to ask me for help reporting those or any other bugs. I love bugs. :) I cannot promise I'll be able to help, but if I think I can and I have time, I'll try. My guess is that my attitude in this matter is not rare.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;While it's okay to politely solicit help reporting bugs in chat, and questions about how to report bugs &lt;em&gt;that are not themselves bug reports or requests for solutions to bugs&lt;/em&gt; are on-topic, questions that in effect are just bug reports in the wrong place are off-topic. (Occasionally a request for a workaround to a bug is considered on-topic, but usually not, since usually even workarounds belong in the bug report instead, where affected users can see and use them.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/322687/theres-a-file-in-my-trash-that-cant-be-deleted&quot;&gt;This question&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; would probably benefit from a bounty, but I don't think it needs one. It's an interesting problem, and there's more information you can provide that should help shed light on the cause of the problem (see my recent comment there). Hopefully a solution will be discovered soon. If you provide more details but still no solution is found soon, I'd definitely consider putting a bounty on that question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Good luck!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:24.280" LastActivityDate="2013-07-28T19:31:33.587" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7077" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7070" CreationDate="2013-07-29T01:11:57.813" Score="-3" Body="&lt;p&gt;you know the humour is so good but perhaps a newbie like me take it offensive.I like it ,but just must be watchful. ;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="155447" LastEditorUserId="155447" LastEditDate="2014-12-18T08:29:07.597" LastActivityDate="2014-12-18T08:29:07.597" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7078" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7070" CreationDate="2013-07-29T15:08:12.530" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;I blame the weather; people get extra-grumbly when it's all hot and sweaty and bothersome and things that shouldn't be sticking to each other are. Beurgh.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But on a serious note, when people flag things up as issues and they're correct, we moderators tend to act. You were pushing a question out of the natural fit of the system and out of the boundaries of the standard rules. Bounties are supposed to be meritorious on their technical strengths.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In hindsight, it's easy to see that you weren't doing anything harmful in this instance... But just by allowing it, we would be giving the next person prior-art that they can cite when we next attempted to enforce the rules.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2013-07-29T15:08:12.530" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7079" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-07-30T01:54:29.540" Score="12" ViewCount="69" Body="&lt;p&gt;The flag indicator and the suggested edit indicator look exactly alike, they can only be distinguished by their position (from left to right: flags, “review”, suggested edits).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/tw9pA.pngC&quot; alt=&quot;Ask Ubuntu screenshot&quot; title=&quot;Which is which?&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most other sites use a different color, often yellow for flags and brown for suggested edits. Just to make things worse, the indicators are in a different order on beta sites!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/m57Ns.png&quot; alt=&quot;beta screenshot&quot; title=&quot;Flags are yellow, edits are brown&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please use different colors for the two indicators on Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1059" LastActivityDate="2013-07-30T08:27:43.973" Title="Use different colors for the flag indicator and the suggested edit indicator" Tags="|feature-request|design|10k-tools|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7080" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7071" CreationDate="2013-07-30T02:40:55.880" Score="3" Body="&lt;h2&gt;You weren't suspended,&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;you just don't have enough reputation to review posts. If you visit &lt;a href=&quot;http://asuspenedskubuntu.com/review&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;askubuntu.com/review&lt;/a&gt; you will see:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Cejzb.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There was a recent change, raising the rep requirement to review from 125 to 500; hence the reason you could review yesterday and not today. For more information on the change see &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/186373/propose-a-privilege-to-sit-in-the-500-reputation-mark/&quot;&gt;Propose a privilege to sit in the 500 reputation mark&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I personally think this was an awful change....&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;On the review audit subject..&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You &lt;em&gt;do&lt;/em&gt; get a notification if you have been banned from review, on sites where review audits are enabled. Audit aren't actually enabled on Ask Ubuntu. You also get a message for each passed and failed review audit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-07-30T02:40:55.880" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7081" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7079" CreationDate="2013-07-30T08:27:43.973" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I do agree with that.  I find my self clicking on the wrong one from time.  So having different colors for each is a good idea.  Plus the fact that the review flag queue is still out of sync.  See this &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/6939/the-flagged-queue-is-not-updating-correctly&quot;&gt;post&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="59676" LastActivityDate="2013-07-30T08:27:43.973" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7082" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-07-30T14:44:15.467" Score="6" ViewCount="49" Body="&lt;p&gt;It would be really nice if ppas would be autolinked in questions/answers/comments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;E.g. if I write ppa:ondrej/sandbox, it would be automatically linked to &lt;a href=&quot;https://launchpad.net/~ondrej/+archive/sandbox&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://launchpad.net/~ondrej/+archive/sandbox&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;O.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="137741" LastActivityDate="2013-07-30T17:29:08.193" Title="Can we get an support for autolinking ppas?" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7083" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7086" CreationDate="2013-07-30T16:14:41.327" Score="4" ViewCount="46" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's obvious typo in the tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I see &quot;1 questions tagged&quot; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tags/desktop--envoriment/info&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; but can't retag because I see &quot;0 question tagged&quot; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/desktop--envoriment&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It has tag wiki so it'll not deleted themself as far as I know&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22782" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2013-07-30T19:52:42.043" Title="Remove [desktop--envoriment]" Tags="|feature-request|tags|tag-wiki|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7084" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7082" CreationDate="2013-07-30T17:10:24.790" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Everything is possible as all of we know and this also but not that much easy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Every PPA have its own build for different version of Ubuntu. so if we place &lt;code&gt;ppa:ondrej/sandbox&lt;/code&gt; then how it have to take ? I mean is it belongs to precise version of Ubuntu or Raring version. that should also to consider.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="33833" LastActivityDate="2013-07-30T17:10:24.790" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7085" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7082" CreationDate="2013-07-30T17:23:28.837" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;How often do we really link to PPA's using their fully-qualified PPA name?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The system &lt;em&gt;doesn't&lt;/em&gt; provide a built-in facility for:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;surrounding text &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackapps.com/questions/3341/kbd-markup-shortcuts&quot;&gt;with &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;kbd&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; tags&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;creating &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackapps.com/questions/2405/ask-ubuntu-toolbar-buttons-a-set-of-toolbar-buttons-for-ask-ubuntu-that-make-i&quot;&gt;package installation links&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;or even posting &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackapps.com/questions/2116/autoreviewcomments-pro-forma-comments-for-se&quot;&gt;pro-forma comments&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Instead, these features are provided by user scripts (see links above).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This seems like a problem that would be solved well with a user script (that could be used by anyone who &lt;em&gt;wanted&lt;/em&gt; to create PPA links in an automated fashion). But there is probably no good reason for the system to treat them as URL's.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And &lt;strong&gt;there is already a user script that does this&lt;/strong&gt;. The same one that does package installation links will also make PPA links. (If for any reason people want a script that &lt;em&gt;just&lt;/em&gt; creates PPA links, someone could make that.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I recognize that what I am suggesting is &lt;em&gt;not equivalent&lt;/em&gt; to this feature request. What I am suggesting would not automatically turn all text of the form &lt;code&gt;ppa:username/ppaname&lt;/code&gt; into a link to a PPA, in all posts and comments. But is there any major advantage of that very broad change, compared to simply popularizing the tools we already have to create PPA links efficiently?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:46.307" LastActivityDate="2013-07-30T17:29:08.193" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7086" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7083" CreationDate="2013-07-30T19:52:42.043" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since the tag has no questions, it will die automatically at 3:00 UTC when the tag cleanup scripts are run.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2013-07-30T19:52:42.043" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7087" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7068" CreationDate="2013-07-31T00:45:32.420" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/190470/duplicate-flag-links-in-10k-tools-are-broken&quot;&gt;This&lt;/a&gt; has now &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/191075/185080&quot;&gt;been fixed&lt;/a&gt;. As Jarrod Dixon says there:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This has been fixed and the question links now have their titles in the text.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2013-07-31T00:45:32.420" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-07-31T00:45:32.420" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7088" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7089" CreationDate="2013-07-31T09:21:07.867" Score="18" ViewCount="313" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've been searching around and came across this website: &lt;code&gt;ubuntuask.com&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Disregarding the obvious similarity in the domain name, from what I can see, all their data is copied from Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, check the question: &lt;strong&gt;How to NOT become a root user? Are administrators root?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Here: &lt;code&gt;http://askubuntu.com/questions/245201/how-to-not-become-a-root-user-are-administrators-root&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;There &lt;code&gt;http://www.ubuntuask.com/q/answers-how-to-not-become-a-root-user-are-administrators-root-245201.html&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to the Ask Ubuntu footer&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;    &lt;p&gt;user contributions licensed under &lt;a href=&quot;http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;cc-wiki&lt;/a&gt; with &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/06/attribution-required/&quot;&gt;attribution required&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But in that website, I do not see any of the questions/answers being referred to Ask Ubuntu. In fact, I searched around that website, I cannot see a single mention of Ask Ubuntu unless the OP of a question or an answer explicitly mentions it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And, although all external links keeps redirecting to the correct page eventually (First you need to go through some form of an ad page), all links that should link to Ask Ubuntu, are modified and they all link to www.ubuntuask.com.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-07-11T15:44:53.530" LastActivityDate="2014-07-11T15:44:53.530" Title="Isn't posting the same questions &amp; answers without referral on a different website, illegal?" Tags="|discussion|legal|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2015-09-16T16:11:02.693" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7089" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7088" CreationDate="2013-07-31T09:36:25.017" Score="22" Body="&lt;p&gt;Absolutely.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems that the people at ubuntuask.com have a different (meaning &quot;wrong&quot;) interpretation of the license.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It actually says not only that attribution is required, but that attribution is required &lt;strong&gt;in the manner specified by the author or licensor&lt;/strong&gt;, which - on Stack Exchange - includes this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;So let me clarify what we mean by attribution. If you republish this&#xA;  content, we &lt;strong&gt;require&lt;/strong&gt; that you:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ol&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Visually indicate that the content is from Stack Overflow, Meta Stack&#xA;  Overflow, Server Fault, or Super User&lt;/strong&gt; in some way. It doesn’t have to&#xA;  be obnoxious; a discreet text blurb is fine.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hyperlink directly to the&#xA;  original question&lt;/strong&gt; on the source site (e.g.,&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12345&quot;&gt;https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12345&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Show the author names&lt;/strong&gt; for&#xA;  every question and answer Hyperlink each author name directly back to&#xA;  their user profile page on the source site (e.g.,&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/users/12345/username&quot;&gt;https://stackoverflow.com/users/12345/username&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hyperlink each author name&lt;/strong&gt; directly back to their user profile page on the source site (e.g., &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/users/12345/username&quot;&gt;https://stackoverflow.com/users/12345/username&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(from &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/06/attribution-required/&quot;&gt;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/06/attribution-required/&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's a &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/131846/report-sites-that-use-stack-exchange-content-without-following-attribution-rules?answertab=oldest#tab-top&quot;&gt;question where you can report this site&lt;/a&gt; at SO Meta. Please add a new answer to it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-05-23T12:39:54.233" LastActivityDate="2013-07-31T09:36:25.017" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7090" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7088" CreationDate="2013-07-31T20:45:32.547" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;In addition to not providing any links of any kind for attribution, that site also doesn't correctly state author names. I don't just mean they don't link to authors' profiles.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On posts where one Ask Ubuntu user created an answer, and the most recent edit was by some other Ask Ubuntu user, that site gives the display name of the editor; as far as I can see, the display name of the original author is nowhere to be found. (In contrast, on Ask Ubuntu they are both shown ...and most of the time, the original author of a post is its primary author, so if only one author's name were shown, it should be that one.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2013-07-31T20:45:32.547" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7091" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7088" CreationDate="2013-08-01T13:47:05.893" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm pretty sure that you've stumbled upon a non finished version, because ubuntuask lacks hell a lot of basic functionalities (or at least I can't find them, such as asking a question, user accounts text and pictures are garbled). Maybe it's only a testing website, hm? :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16981" LastActivityDate="2013-08-01T13:47:05.893" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7092" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-08-02T04:31:54.357" Score="0" ViewCount="93" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've been answering questions lately, and been giving responses as much as I can.  I usually provide links to websites where the question asker can get more information, and reference where I get my information from.  However, people aren't following up on their questions, and I am getting downvoted even though I am the only one that was bothered to answer the question.  So, my question is, why do people downvote me instead of asking more questions in the comments - I, for one, always follow up on my questions.  But theres always those people that downvote when the answer doesn't work for them, instead of replying to my post so I can try to fix there issues.  It's becoming really bad, as a lot of good answers are getting voted down just because people can't be bothered to follow up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="177940" LastActivityDate="2013-08-12T07:51:28.530" Title="Many users just voting down, even when answerers follow up?" Tags="|discussion|downvoting|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7094" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7092" CreationDate="2013-08-02T08:53:49.213" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;From what I see your answers are downvoted because you do not supply information enough to actually fix the issue, you link to other sites without explaining why it would be a solution for the problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Example for comparison:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/147685/25863&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/a/147685/25863&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Tells the user what the problem is (his card is not supported anymore), links to the site that shows where I got the conclusion from and explains what are the next steps (even without specifying then written) to take.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/327271/25863&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/a/327271/25863&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Tells thee user &quot;oh, there is much information in the interwebs, I found this site with solutions that might or not work for you, you need to have a look at them and see if it fits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The rest of your answer downvotes are about speculative situations (ie: Ubuntu Edge) and probably would be better deleted and the question flagged as off-topic for the site since any answer will be good enough, but not 100% correct since we do not have enough information...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should also refrain from &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/327265/need-to-boot-kernel/327271#comment416921_327271&quot;&gt;accusing&lt;/a&gt; people from downvoting, votes are part of the site, if a users targets your user and starts downvoting things randomly then the system will tell us (opposite is also true), and remember 1 downvote = -2, 1 upvote = 10, if your asnwers are good the votes will balance themselves mostly without interaction and intervention, I would not worry about one downvote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2013-08-02T08:53:49.213" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7095" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7098" CreationDate="2013-08-02T09:20:52.217" Score="16" ViewCount="390" Body="&lt;p&gt;This question relates to this Q on the main site:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/327238/chrubuntu-terminal-issue&quot;&gt;Chrubuntu terminal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Having done the traditional &quot;google search&quot; (other providers may be used) I came across this blog post that describes chrubuntu and how to install it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://chromeos-cr48.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/chrubuntu-one-script-to-rule-them-all_31.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://chromeos-cr48.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/chrubuntu-one-script-to-rule-them-all_31.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At first glance it looks like a set of instructions and an install script to install whatever variant of 'buntu on a chrome-book.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Looking at this quote:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I've rewritten the ChrUbuntu script to pull packages directly from&#xA;  official ubuntu.com sources rather than utilizing my own&#xA;  pre-configured, static image of an Ubuntu installation&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Obviously in my mind, chrubuntu questions would have been off-topic since no-one really would have known what that image the author was using.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Looking more in detail now with the &lt;a href=&quot;https://googledrive.com/host/0B0YvUuHHn3MndlNDbXhPRlB2eFE/chrubuntu-install.txt&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;new script&lt;/a&gt; it does do a few things (autologin, adds official chrome repo) but all in all, it looks fairly vanilla using official sources.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thus, to my question: are Chrubuntu questions on-topic on AU or off-topic?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14356" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2014-01-04T19:30:13.757" Title="chrubuntu questions - on-topic or off-topic?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7096" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7097" CreationDate="2013-08-02T10:43:57.767" Score="3" ViewCount="53" Body="&lt;p&gt;Pretty minor suggestion, but it could be of some use.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A question of mine, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/295699/the-vpn-service-failed-to-start-under-ubuntu-13-04&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/295699/the-vpn-service-failed-to-start-under-ubuntu-13-04&lt;/a&gt;,  was put on hold (at my request) as being off-topic (the reasons are on the page, but to summarise: I'd made a silly mistake and the problem pretty much solved itself - but it was still getting answers long after I'd mentioned that the problem was gone). The offtopic notice reads as follows:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;This question does not appear to be about Ubuntu, within the scope defined in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help&quot;&gt;help center&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, &quot;Help center&quot; here links to the help centre's home page, rather than the page on what is actually on-topic. The relevant page requires a little digging to find - not much, granted, but I would say that if it mentions the scope it ought to link to the page that says what the scope is. So, for example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;This question does not appear to be about Ubuntu, within &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;the scope defined in the help center&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this context (to me at least) this seems like a far more useful place to refer to. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thoughts?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="137827" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2013-08-02T11:02:36.077" Title="Suggestion: Add link to relevant page in &quot;off-topic&quot; notification" Tags="|feature-request|status-completed|closed-questions|scope|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7097" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7096" CreationDate="2013-08-02T11:01:56.780" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Fair point. I've edited the message to point to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;/help/on-topic/&lt;/a&gt; page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2013-08-02T11:01:56.780" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7098" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7095" CreationDate="2013-08-02T15:05:50.503" Score="16" Body="&lt;p&gt;Despite the questions title of &quot;ChrUbuntu&quot;, it's simply Ubuntu installed on Chrome. So long as the distribution is actually upstream I think it's okay. The install method isn't covered exactly under the &quot;official distribution&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2013-08-02T15:05:50.503" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7099" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-08-02T20:21:32.540" Score="2" ViewCount="44" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was trying to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/327905/169736&quot;&gt;answer this question&lt;/a&gt;, but as you may notice, it has serious issues that made you think is off-topic:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It could be a bug/limitation of samba/CIFS.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The asker is using a &quot;heavily&quot; modified fork of Ubuntu, which could have modified how the kernel and programs works.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It could be a misconfiguration (highly unlikely since that was ruled out)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;After some edits the asker ask clarifies that he doesn't have problems with what he's doing (he says it works as expected, &lt;em&gt;while I still believe that his approach is obsolete and don't want to use other methods at all&lt;/em&gt;), but wants to do something that is not approachable within the scope of only Ubuntu, but all Linux distributions (I still am curious about if that is even possible at all).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, how to deal with this kind of questions? I'm rather inclined to pass them to [unix.se] since, as it is, is not longer within the scope of (only) Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2013-08-02T20:21:32.540" Title="How far a fork distributions is on topic on Ask-Ubuntu? (is this question on-topic?)" Tags="|discussion|scope|migration|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2013-08-03T15:22:10.497" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7100" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8294" CreationDate="2013-08-02T22:37:44.710" Score="12" ViewCount="118" Body="&lt;p&gt;When I open the &lt;em&gt;Flag&lt;/em&gt; menu for a question or answer and select the &lt;em&gt;Closing -&gt; Off-Topic&lt;/em&gt; I see the next possible flag:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This describes a problem that can't be reproduced that seemingly went away on its own or was only relevant to a very specific period of time. It's off-topic as it's unlikely to help future readers. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/06Q11.png&quot; alt=&quot;Four flag in the Off-Topic menu&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;IMO this discription is very useful but it doesn't fit on the &lt;em&gt;off-topic&lt;/em&gt; at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are you agree? Shouldn't this be moved from there?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="62483" LastEditorUserId="62483" LastEditDate="2014-02-07T22:25:07.057" LastActivityDate="2014-02-07T22:25:07.057" Title="A flag in the Off Topic flag menu that shouldn't be there?" Tags="|discussion|flagging|scope|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7101" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7103" CreationDate="2013-08-03T00:44:43.707" Score="2" ViewCount="43" Body="&lt;p&gt;There has been a discussion about it on the comments of &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/7055/62483&quot;&gt;this answer&lt;/a&gt; but that is another question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think that this tag (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/edge&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;edge&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;edge&lt;/a&gt;) is used for several case, such as mentioning a computer model, network service, or Ubuntu Edge. But it is not specified in the tag summary at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm a bit tired of review edits adding and removing this tag and I don't know what to do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should we create a synonym to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ubuntu-edge&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ubuntu-edge&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ubuntu-edge&lt;/a&gt; or delete this tag? Another suggestion?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="62483" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.087" LastActivityDate="2013-08-03T03:26:58.597" Title="What should be done with the 'edge' tag?" Tags="|discussion|tags|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7103" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7101" CreationDate="2013-08-03T01:55:34.763" Score="4" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Please do not allow this tag to live!&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are too many things that use &quot;edge&quot; in it's name, and the system isn't smart enough to know if it will be really useful. Examples:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ubuntu-edge, the operative system.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Edge of the monitor/tablet/screen/etc.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Thinkpad edge, &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Edge swapping, a effect of compiz&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;EDGE (Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution) the digital mobile technology&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Edge, of a window.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Others &quot;edge&quot;s of anything...&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because of this, this tag should be avoided/nuked.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If tags are needed to contain &quot;edge&quot; they should use the hyphen (-), example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/thinkpad-edge&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;thinkpad-edge&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;thinkpad-edge&lt;/a&gt; (I really do not make too much sense of this one... someone might)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/egprs&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;egprs&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;egprs&lt;/a&gt; and in the excerpt/wiki say that is also know as EDGE&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;no other case scenario where &quot;edge&quot; could be useful for looking at question/answer, and won't give headaches later.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2013-08-03T03:26:58.597" LastActivityDate="2013-08-03T03:26:58.597" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7104" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-08-03T10:47:28.713" Score="2" ViewCount="174" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yesterday, I asked &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/327951/how-to-safely-remove-previously-installed-version-of-web-browsersor-any-softwar&quot;&gt;this question on AskUbuntu&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA; Couple of people replied to me. But with the last answer, I need to post an image of terminal screenshot in &lt;code&gt;add comment&lt;/code&gt; section to get more information. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How can I do that? Or I shall opt for &lt;code&gt;Answer Your Question&lt;/code&gt; and start with mentioning user-name of previous commenter?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44066" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2017-02-07T18:21:00.973" Title="How can I add an image to the comment section?" Tags="|support|comments|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7105" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7104" CreationDate="2013-08-03T14:06:32.417" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;The way Ask Ubuntu works is by editing your question, not doing a back and forth in the comments. That way it's easier for the next person to understand what the problem is without having to dig through post after post of explanation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From looking at your question it seems you've already figured that out. :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2013-08-03T14:06:32.417" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7106" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7107" CreationDate="2013-08-04T00:43:17.630" Score="17" ViewCount="1020" Body="&lt;p&gt;Would I share an in depth tutorial on Ask Ubuntu or submit to Ubuntu.com?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I ask because I recently created a lengthy tutorial on how to setup your Node.js / MongoDB local environment(from source), make a simple app with it, and then deploy it with Juju.  It is a twelve page how-to(broken into 3 parts) and accompanied by a video series.  In case further look is required, details on it are at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2GrIUlxOcs&amp;amp;feature=share&amp;amp;list=PLCTh_XwrphiKQHpqSG8mz_74U0_nrGxar&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;YouTube.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="88546" LastEditorUserId="88546" LastEditDate="2013-08-04T08:56:16.903" LastActivityDate="2013-08-04T10:15:47.693" Title="Should I share a how-to tutorial?" Tags="|discussion|tutorials|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7107" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7106" CreationDate="2013-08-04T10:15:47.693" Score="15" Body="&lt;h3&gt;Yes, share it here on Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's perfectly fine to ask and answer your own question aka share an in depth how-to tutorial on Ask Ubuntu. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/self-answer&quot;&gt;See this link in Help Center on Answering your own questions&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What I would suggest is to break down the tutorial in smaller independent parts and ask and answer different questions for them. Since you have already broken down your lengthy turorial into 3 different parts, you should ask them as separate questions. Link between them as you wish.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may also link to your YouTube video series to further help in understanding the answer, just make sure you also provide a written explanation for the same over here on Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="114818" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-08-04T10:15:47.693" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7108" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7114" CreationDate="2013-08-04T10:28:10.583" Score="-7" ViewCount="115" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was looking at &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/set-bounties&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/set-bounties&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges&lt;/a&gt;.  I know some users on here have more than 20,000 bounties and any more than 20,000 Reputation Points are useless unless you want to give them away.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For ex.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;at 35,000 Be able to mark users as spam. Ouch the user get 10 spam votes for spam his/mer account get close. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;at 50,000 be in the AskUbuntu team.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="48372" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Should there be more privileges for users who have more than 20,000 Reputation points" Tags="|discussion|privileges|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7110" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7111" CreationDate="2013-08-04T20:29:01.723" Score="4" ViewCount="72" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/aqvFN.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my flags overview I found a new icon &quot;active&quot; - what should it tell me?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastActivityDate="2013-08-04T22:21:28.237" Title="What does this new icon tell me?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7111" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7110" CreationDate="2013-08-04T22:21:28.237" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Its an indicator to show that your flag is awaiting review. There's been quite a lot of backend moderation tools changes recently, and this is an extra as part of a few changes to flagging.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="164616" LastActivityDate="2013-08-04T22:21:28.237" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7112" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7063" CreationDate="2013-08-05T17:05:15.680" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;In my opinion, setup comes after installation (installation-&gt;setup). You usually install once and able to setup configurations several times.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16981" LastActivityDate="2013-08-05T17:05:15.680" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7113" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7108" CreationDate="2013-08-08T05:19:35.237" Score="-3" Body="&lt;p&gt;This shouldn't be. it's just a no! no!! no!!!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="182332" LastActivityDate="2013-08-08T05:19:35.237" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7114" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7108" CreationDate="2013-08-08T05:56:43.493" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;The system shouldn't be made more complicated just for the sake of being more complicated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If experience eventually shows that there are some additional privileges that would make sense to grant, but only for users with super high reputation, then they could be added. To the best of my knowledge, it's not particularly important that the highest level of privilege starts at 20k. That's just how it currently works.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But it's how it will likely work for some time to come. New privileges shouldn't be added just for the sake of doing so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some powers are especially dangerous for any small group of people to possess exclusively. There are three general solutions to that problem:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Let no one have the dangerous ability.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, anyone can edit or propose edits, but no one can &lt;em&gt;modify the contents of an entry in a post's edit history&lt;/em&gt;, to make it appear like someone else wrote something different from what they did write. The problems with such an ability far outweigh any benefits. (Stack Exchange employees can remove edits from a post's edit history, but they do not rewrite them.)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Let everyone--or at least a large  number of people--share the dangerous ability, as equally as possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, voting on posts could be considered dangerous, in that people often rely on votes to figure out what posts are worth reading, and if many people voted wrong, it would be bad. But voting is shared by many people, instead of being the responsibility of any single individual.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So please vote on questions and answers, to help the community!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Let a small group have the dangerous ability, but try to create a robust system to make it easier for them to do the right thing and harder for them to do the wrong thing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, some actions on Ask Ubuntu can only be done by moderators, but they are elected, expected to obey special rules, considered to be &lt;em&gt;especially&lt;/em&gt; accountable to the community, and the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/99338/who-are-the-community-managers-and-what-do-they-do&quot;&gt;Stack Exchange Community Managers&lt;/a&gt; moderate the moderators.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think giving a tiny minority of individual users special extreme powers who have not &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/legal/moderator-agreement&quot;&gt;agreed&lt;/a&gt; to the elevated responsibilities associated with them is not a good idea.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The current system gives &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/trusted-user&quot;&gt;special powers&lt;/a&gt; to high rep users--we can vote to delete answers, for example--but we don't get to delete other people's accounts or single-handedly delete a post.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Such a dangerous power should only be in the hands of someone who has specifically agreed to accept the associated responsibility, and who has been selected for that role by the community as a whole.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please note that I am not saying every possible community has to have moderators. (Many forms of organization and governance are possible, both offline and online.) Only that if you effectively create a small group of moderators, it's good to explicitly call them moderators and expect them to behave as such. Which is what we do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2013-08-08T05:56:43.493" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7115" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-08-08T09:15:20.503" Score="12" ViewCount="79" Body="&lt;p&gt;The tag &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/blocking&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;blocking&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;blocking&lt;/a&gt; is ambiguous. It contains stuff about blocking websites, unblocking hardware, email, and more.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I wanted to use it for blocking websites, but given the ambiguity I doubt about it. I ended up using &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/self-control&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;self-control&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;self-control&lt;/a&gt; as a possible tag for things on putting time restrictions to application use, visiting websites, which websites, and more. I am open for corrections, the tag is not described yet. It also comes quite closely to some stuff under the tag &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/parental-controls&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;parental-controls&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;parental-controls&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="115155" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2013-08-08T15:04:15.657" LastActivityDate="2013-08-09T21:25:31.913" Title="Ambiguous tag: blocking" Tags="|discussion|tags|retag-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7116" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7122" CreationDate="2013-08-08T12:50:40.547" Score="-1" ViewCount="118" Body="&lt;p&gt;This question was asked &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/233312/102029&quot;&gt;How to make keyboard backlight Fn buttons work in Samsung Series 9?&lt;/a&gt; for which users having trouble getting samsung-laptop module loaded in order for F* hotkeys to work as expected.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A bounty was put on this question by Alix Axel about eight days ago; for which the seven day period as well as the grace period has now ended.  There is no indication of bounty being awarded to any of the answers. Looking in helpcentre regarding bounties it says;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;How is a bounty awarded?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The bounty period lasts 7 days. Bounties must have a minimum duration of at least 1 day. After the bounty ends, there is a grace period of 24 hours to manually award the bounty. Simply click the bounty award icon next to each answer to permanently award your bounty to the answerer. (You cannot award a bounty to your own answer.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you do not award your bounty within 7 days (plus the grace period), the highest voted answer created after the bounty started with at least 2 upvotes will be awarded half the bounty amount. If there's no answer meeting those criteria, the bounty is not awarded to anyone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the bounty was started by the question owner, and the question owner accepts an answer during the bounty period, and the bounty expires without an explicit award – we assume the bounty owner liked the answer they accepted and award it the full bounty amount at the time of bounty expiration.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a special bonus, any reputation you earn from being awarded a bounty is exempt from the daily reputation cap.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does this answer &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/269889/102029&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/a/269889/102029&lt;/a&gt; meet the criteria for being awarded half the bounty?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="102029" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2013-08-08T19:49:12.280" Title="Does this answer deserve bounty?" Tags="|discussion|bounty|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7117" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7044" CreationDate="2013-08-08T14:54:53.347" Score="3" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What should I do when someone answers my question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The first thing you should do when someone answers your question is vote on it, like any other user does. Vote up answers that are helpful and well-researched, and vote down answers that are not. Other users will also vote on answers to your question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Going by the amount of questions that have been answered yet no accknowledgement from asker or anybody else has voted.  Voting is not being used as effectively as it could and after being reminded of what is said in the link @Alaa gave actually proves there is need for discussion of this question being asked especially after considering the fact 133 metaanswers to one answer metaquestions have not been voted on or marked as accepted.  Some even being accepted and yet not been voted on!  One thing i get from rereading the mentioned link is do not hold back on down voting if you feel the answer is not worthy of an upvote and then comment.  You could always upvote after any edits if you think it is worthy of such.  People are just not voting one way or the other.  Maybe it is sheep waiting for others to vote which is indicative of cliquish behaviour from many users and is taking away from the intentions of the voting system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The point being what i think is; If you read a question and you think it is not worthy of an upvote then downvote it and comment why!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Go get voting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How many first posts etc on main site are reviewed but have no votes?...  The problem is not just with new users!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="102029" LastEditorUserId="102029" LastEditDate="2013-08-08T15:30:36.450" LastActivityDate="2013-08-08T15:30:36.450" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7118" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6812" CreationDate="2013-08-08T16:10:43.893" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;There's no option, but you can instruct your browser to do it. Install the Stylish extension (&lt;a href=&quot;https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/stylish/fjnbnpbmkenffdnngjfgmeleoegfcffe?hl=en&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Chrome&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/stylish/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Firefox&lt;/a&gt;). In Firefox, you can use this code:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;@namespace url(http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml);&#xA;@-moz-document domain(&quot;askubuntu.com&quot;) {&#xA;    div#custom-header {&#xA;        display:none !important;&#xA;    }&#xA;}&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In Chrome, enter the following code, and specify that it applies to “URLs on the domain” &lt;code&gt;askubuntu.com&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;div#custom-header {&#xA;    display:none !important;&#xA;}&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://superuser.com/questions/234952/understanding-css-for-user-styling-in-a-browser/465964#465964&quot;&gt;Everything you ever wanted to know about custom CSS&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1059" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:04:50.393" LastActivityDate="2013-08-08T16:10:43.893" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7119" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7023" CreationDate="2013-08-08T17:18:15.253" Score="0" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I keep bumping into questions with perfectly good answers that are not marked as accepted or can't even be marked nor voted because they're in comments. Even if you politely ask the &quot;commentswerer&quot; to move his solution from comments to answers they deny any rep being awarded for their help in an equally politely manner (Hence &quot;rep shy&quot;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A new user could post an answer in order to convey their opinion as Jorge Castro answers.  That is after reviewing the Help Centre and About features preferably.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another feature that gives a chronological order of what privileges are available is to click on the privileges button when hovering over user name after logging on to Ask Ubuntu.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;This will confirm that commenting is not available until rep of 50 has been achieved.  The privilege of voting up is provided after gaining the rep of 15.  Voting it would appear is being encouraged rather than other options available to more experienced users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It may be reasonable to conclude the chronological order for privileges applies to both new and those with higher rep; with regard to how the site wants privileges to be applied by everyone.   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="143060" LastActivityDate="2013-08-08T17:18:15.253" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7120" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-08-08T18:47:08.573" Score="3" ViewCount="73" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is there any way that this site would/could use the possibility of defining that it is strictly Official Ubuntu and Canonical supported offshoots of Ubuntu? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I had originally thought that this site would be all things Ubuntu, officially supported and not. However, with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/327905/disk-space-and-mounted-network-share&quot;&gt;my most recent experience (Has since been edited to officially fall within the scope of this site)&lt;/a&gt;, this is not the place for questions of Ubuntu-derived distributions of Linux. I understand that there is Unix/Linux but when I have to defend my system of choice and asking questions when I know it has to deal with the Ubuntu interworkings just turns me off of the site. I look to askubuntu before I go to Unix&amp;amp;Linux because of how Zorin works. It truly is Ubuntu with a closed source, re-compiled version of the Gnome-desktop so that it looks like Windows. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150173" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:24.280" LastActivityDate="2013-08-08T18:55:09.660" Title="Ask Ubuntu definition" Tags="|discussion|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2017-12-11T19:18:20.243" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7121" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7120" CreationDate="2013-08-08T18:53:36.153" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;To me the help sections is pretty clear. See &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Copied from there:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;We welcome questions about:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Using and administering Ubuntu, including &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com/about/about-ubuntu/derivatives&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;official Ubuntu derivatives&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Running third-party applications on Ubuntu.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Development on Ubuntu.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Services provided by Ubuntu&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Any question not mentioned below or here are great! There are no &quot;dumb&quot; questions!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This is not the right place for:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Linux Mint, Backtrack, Gnome-Remix (prior to 13.04) and other Linux distributions (try our friends at Unix &amp;amp; Linux Stack Exchange).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Bug reports (How do I submit a bug?).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Issues with the next version of Ubuntu (Ubuntu+1) (More information about Alpha and Beta release issues).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Shopping Recommendations&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Support of versions for Ubuntu releases past &quot;End of Life&quot; (EOL)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From the link: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Recognised Ubuntu flavours&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These are derivatives that use Ubuntu as their foundation and contribute significantly towards the project.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Edubuntu — Ubuntu for education&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ubuntu GNOME — Ubuntu with the GNOME desktop environment&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Kubuntu — Ubuntu with the K Desktop environment&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;UbuntuKylin — Ubuntu localised for China&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Lubuntu — Ubuntu that uses LXDE&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Mythbuntu — Designed for creating a home theatre PC with MythTV&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ubuntu Studio — Designed for multimedia editing and creation&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Xubuntu — Ubuntu with the XFCE desktop environment&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2013-08-08T18:55:09.660" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7122" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7116" CreationDate="2013-08-08T19:15:14.030" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/9018/alix-axel&quot;&gt;Alix Axel&lt;/a&gt; started the bounty on that question on 31st July 2013 and did not explicitly award the bounty to any of the answers until the end of the Grace Period.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;He isn't the author of the question either. So, implicit award of half the bounty amount is the only way the bounty could be awarded in this case. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/bounty&quot;&gt;Help Center mentions the following in this regard&lt;/a&gt; (emphasis mine):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you do not award your bounty within 7 days (plus the grace period), the highest voted &lt;strong&gt;answer created after the bounty started&lt;/strong&gt; with at least 2 upvotes will be awarded half the bounty amount. If there's no answer meeting those criteria, the bounty is not awarded to anyone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, implicit award of half the bounty amount is awarded only to those answers which are created &lt;strong&gt;after&lt;/strong&gt; the start of that particular bounty fulfilling other requirements. Since in this case, no further answers were created after the start of bounty i.e. 31st July 2013, the bounty is lost and doesn't get awarded to anyone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="114818" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2013-08-08T19:15:14.030" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7124" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-08-09T18:46:00.047" Score="4" ViewCount="78" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was reviewing a question which a new user had just posted on the site, by clicking on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/&quot;&gt;Review&lt;/a&gt; link. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Kp7bq.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After editing the title (typos) and the main question body, with spelling, layout and English usage, I added a summary of the edits I had made, presumably to help that user format the question better in future posts. However, when I clicked on the &lt;kbd&gt;Save Edits&lt;/kbd&gt; button, a message box informs me that the edit I had made &lt;strong&gt;would have to be a suggested edit&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/GVkqF.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm happy for any edit I make to be a suggested edit, but there is no option to select this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1758/why-cant-i-suggest-edits-on-meta&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1758/why-cant-i-suggest-edits-on-meta&lt;/a&gt; goes some way to explaining the reasons behind this, but would't it be better to say that this question is no longer editable?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="155853" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2013-08-14T13:25:00.527" Title="This edit would have to be a suggested edit" Tags="|bug|editing|review|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7125" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2318" CreationDate="2013-08-09T21:21:01.323" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ever since &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/136951/lets-stop-displaying-a-users-accept-rate&quot;&gt;accept rate is not shown&lt;/a&gt; and it is no longer considered good practice to generically advise people to accept more answers, many problems associated with wrongly accepted answers have become far less severe.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe this was one of those problems. That is, now that we are no longer telling people to accept for the sake of accepting (which in hindsight, was the unintended &lt;em&gt;effect&lt;/em&gt; of the &quot;your accept rate is low&quot; comments that were once considered good), an answer being accepted &lt;em&gt;actually means something.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since an acccepted answer these days is actually likely to have helped the OP, it makes sense that it is shown first (even if it didn't make sense before). Therefore, this behavior of the system should not be changed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a separate, related point: &lt;em&gt;It makes sense to show the answer the OP thought was right before others&lt;/em&gt;. The order answers appear when you sort &quot;by votes&quot; is supposed to be an &lt;em&gt;order of &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_curation&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;curation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;. Its purpose is to show you what people &lt;em&gt;other than the people who wrote the answers&lt;/em&gt; thought of them. What answer the OP liked best, and what answers the community liked best, are independently useful pieces of information. Putting the accepted answer first when it was written by someone other than the OP (which is the system's actual behavior) ensures both pieces of information are always readily available.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Neither acceptance nor high score actually mean an answer is right. The reader will always have to figure that out from a combination of acceptances, upvotes, and answers' actual contents (and the contents of other answers and comments that may refer to them).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2013-08-09T21:21:01.323" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7126" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7115" CreationDate="2013-08-09T21:25:31.913" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are so many things &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/blocking&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;blocking&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;blocking&lt;/a&gt; can mean, and if we allow this tag to keep existing, it's sure to take on even more mutually unrelated meanings. (&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blocking_%28computing%29&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Blocking I/O&lt;/a&gt;, ...)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/7115/ambiguous-tag-blocking#comment11169_7115&quot;&gt;Jorge Castro says&lt;/a&gt;, &quot;Kill it with fire!&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2013-08-09T21:25:31.913" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-08-09T21:25:31.913" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7127" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7128" CreationDate="2013-08-09T22:52:27.860" Score="3" ViewCount="68" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Related: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/33416/how-do-i-disable-the-boot-splash-screen&quot;&gt;How do I disable the boot splash screen, and only show kernel and boot text instead?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Okay, so this was marked as a duplicate, apparently, but I only noticed this now.  Is the marked duplicate the same as what I was asking?  I was asking at the time how to disable the boot splash screen in order to see kernel output during boot.  I did &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; ask how to disable X loading automatically, because I want to see the kernel output during boot then continue to load X and GNOME/Unity.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm thinking this is &lt;em&gt;wrongly&lt;/em&gt; marked as a duplicate because the &quot;duplicate&quot; is asking how to disable GUI boot altogether, which is &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; what my question was asking.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd like that reopened rather than left marked as a dupe.  Besides, it already has a &lt;em&gt;good answer that answers the question&lt;/em&gt; and that answer has a +20 vote on it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2013-08-12T16:45:51.003" Title="Reopen one of my questions - Invalid Duplicate Marked" Tags="|discussion|status-completed|closed-questions|incorrectly-closed|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7128" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7127" CreationDate="2013-08-10T00:59:07.667" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;This has now been resolved, and the question has been reopened.  Thank you to those who cast reopen votes to undo the dupe marking on my question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And thanks to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/44179/seth&quot;&gt;Seth&lt;/a&gt; for modifying the tags on my question to remove version specific tags.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2013-08-10T00:59:07.667" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7129" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7130" CreationDate="2013-08-10T17:33:03.737" Score="0" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;I posted an answer and there was a suggested edit shortly after.  However I was not notified of the suggested edit via the message system until after it was approved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The notification I got said that &quot;An edit was suggested to your question(paraphrased)&quot; just like it should but when I went to review it it had been approved 19 minutes before.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have not problem with the edit(it was fixing a couple of grammar typos that were due to speed(&quot;you're&quot; became &quot;your&quot; without me noticing) the question is why was I not notified about it as soon as it happened?  I know that it used to work that way.  As a result a someone else had to that the time to approve the edit that I could have taken care of immediately. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes I was online and paying attention to my notification system at the time as I received 4 comment notifications in that time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I guess my question may be a bug report, as this behaviour is new, at least as far as I know...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it matters or helps, the answer is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/330973/65969&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="65969" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2013-08-10T23:20:42.577" Title="Suggested Edit notifications not being sent in a timely manner?" Tags="|bug|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7130" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7129" CreationDate="2013-08-10T23:20:42.577" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is almost certainly a bug, as suggested edits should normally come to you as a notification the moment they are made.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It will be easier to track this problem if you notice it again, so if it happens again remember to update your report :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1992" LastActivityDate="2013-08-10T23:20:42.577" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7132" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-08-11T19:56:11.730" Score="21" ViewCount="370" Body="&lt;p&gt;I usually like to link this help page: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/someone-answers&quot;&gt;Some-one answers&lt;/a&gt; to new users that comment &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/331372/52726&quot;&gt;&quot;&lt;em&gt;Thanks, it worked!!&lt;/em&gt;&quot; on an answer&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;The reason I link them to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/someone-answers&quot;&gt;Some-one answers&lt;/a&gt; instead of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/accepted-answer&quot;&gt;Accepted answer&lt;/a&gt; is because the former one actually has an explanation of how to accept an answer. I actually think that that part should be moved to be under the latter link, and that the latter link should have a title of &quot;&lt;em&gt;How do I &quot;accept&quot; an answer&lt;/em&gt;&quot;. I would definitely link users to &lt;em&gt;that&lt;/em&gt;. But I digress.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can we add a screenshot of the &quot;accepted answer&quot; check-box to that help page? Why?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I strongly believe that screenshots are an easy way to convey information to the reader. New users might not find the accepted answer check-box even if the text tries to explain where it is, so a screenshot would do.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/5234/how-does-accepting-an-answer-work&quot;&gt;To accept an answer:&lt;/a&gt;&quot; subtitle in that help page links to a StackOverflow question. I think it's great because it further explains the &quot;accepted answer&quot; concept, and it also includes a screenshot, but its a screenshot of the StackOverflow accepted-answer box.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's a sample of what I was thinking:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Y23RJ.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It probably looks hideous, but that's how I imagine it. The two screenshots I used are &lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/C1g4A.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/BB1Uo.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="52726" LastEditorUserId="57576" LastEditDate="2022-08-20T21:40:25.223" LastActivityDate="2022-08-20T21:40:25.223" Title="Can we add a screenshot of the &quot;accepted answer&quot; check mark to the help pages?" Tags="|feature-request|accepted-answer|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7134" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7136" CreationDate="2013-08-12T22:36:50.463" Score="0" ViewCount="58" Body="&lt;p&gt;The title is pretty descriptive: can we kill the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/parallel-port&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;parallel-port&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;parallel-port&lt;/a&gt; tag with fire?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Only 2 questions are affected by this tag, and LTP is a dead technology, pretty much it can be absorbed by the hardware tag. Opinions?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions affected:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/307913/how-to-set-up-a-parallel-port-printer-in-12-04&quot;&gt;How to set up a parallel port printer in 12.04?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/258924/how-can-i-get-an-usb-to-lpt-adapter-to-work-12-04&quot;&gt;How can I get an USB to LPT adapter to work? (12.04)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2013-08-13T11:39:12.240" Title="Kill `parallel-port` tag with fire" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7136" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7134" CreationDate="2013-08-13T11:39:12.240" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Our dear friend Jorge Castro already removed the glaring tag:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;How to set up a parallel port printer in 12.04?&lt;/em&gt; revisions: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/307913/revisions&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/posts/307913/revisions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;How can I get an USB to LPT adapter to work? (12.04)&lt;/em&gt; revisions: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/258924/revisions&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/posts/258924/revisions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2013-08-13T11:39:12.240" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7137" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7138" CreationDate="2013-08-13T17:28:16.340" Score="0" ViewCount="66" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sometimes the question ansker just sees the answer, but doesnt bother to reply or to mark an answer as solved.What should be done in that case?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any way to know whether &#xA; an answer that one has provided has been seen by the question asker or not?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="183206" LastActivityDate="2013-08-13T19:08:36.097" Title="How to know if the question asker got his query resolved if he doesnt mark it as solved?" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7138" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7137" CreationDate="2013-08-13T17:48:54.520" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;There's no way we can tell if the answer works for the original poster unless they mark it as solved, or if the community votes on it enough for the system to mark it as answered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So if you see something that is useful enough for the next person then vote on it! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="117103" LastEditDate="2013-08-13T19:08:36.097" LastActivityDate="2013-08-13T19:08:36.097" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7139" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7148" CreationDate="2013-08-14T13:01:07.030" Score="2" ViewCount="59" Body="&lt;p&gt;After a research, and finding no solution to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/330069/software-center-doesnt-install-internal-error#comment423051_330069&quot;&gt;the problem&lt;/a&gt; I faced on my Ubuntu machine, I made and posted a detailed question to Ask Ubuntu. To my surprise, what I have is a bug (not sure if known or not). At the comment I've been guided to report about it, and got the instructions about where and how to do that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've read about &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2138/poorly-written-questions-is-it-okay-to-downvote&quot;&gt;Poorly Written Questions - Is it okay to downvote?&lt;/a&gt;, But in my case it is clearly not a &lt;strong&gt;poor&lt;/strong&gt; question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That the question have been put &lt;strong&gt;on Hold&lt;/strong&gt; it is reasonably OK, but I am getting doubt about this, Is this kind of question &lt;em&gt;(Bug description)&lt;/em&gt; should be downvoted?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="156684" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2013-08-14T23:31:54.670" Title="Is it proper to downvote a question that describes a bug?" Tags="|discussion|voting|downvoting|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7140" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-08-14T13:09:38.563" Score="-5" ViewCount="75" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Have noticed in chat and meta all users are being encouraged to vote more.&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does this mean peoples attitude to voting might need adjusted?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Am trying to list some related questions and observations regarding the use of voting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does any answer to a question that fully answers the question deserve an upvote even if it is an unexperienced users answer being viewed by an experienced user?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One question that has been marked as duplicate in main &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/332011/i-restored-to-default-in-the-bios-now-i-cant-install-ubuntu/332030#332030&quot;&gt;Question marked as duplicate&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;has answer which asker confirms as accepted by confirming in comments (they have not found the accepted answer button and do not have enough rep to vote up).&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;The same answer was used to edit the other question that is linked. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/162075/my-computer-boots-to-a-black-screen-what-options-do-i-have-to-fix-it&quot;&gt;canonical question&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;which actually did not provide an answer when originally marked as duped so i edited an answer there as mentioned.&#xA;There are at least six names associated with this process yet the answer to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/332011/i-restored-to-default-in-the-bios-now-i-cant-install-ubuntu/332030#332030&quot;&gt;Question marked as duplicate&lt;/a&gt; has not been voted on up or down.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should reviewers vote on questions and answers they as they review questions?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any reason to be concerned about this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another point i would like to make is some people appear to be rep hoing (prtostituting themselves with purely the intention of gaining rep) by giving very menial answers to questions that actualy have answers already elsewhere on site nor are they editing existing answers to other similar questions to enable the marking of dupe.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there something far wrong with current voting system and being abused by some?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="102029" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-08-14T18:35:28.090" Title="What are the basic principles for using the vote functions?" Tags="|discussion|voting|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7141" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7140" CreationDate="2013-08-14T13:30:17.347" Score="1" Body="&lt;h3&gt;If a canonical question doesn't answer something and you know what does, please, please improve it.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's the whole point of canonical questions, so that if somebody has a generic problem (could be many different things), they have a solid list of things to try sequentially.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And about voting - just because something is duplicate does not mean it is neccessarily a bad question question (nor a great one). It just means there's something else on the site that has already handled the problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should reviewers vote on things? Only if the question deserves it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And finally, regarding slutty answerers... If you think somebody is &lt;em&gt;deliberately&lt;/em&gt; doing something wrong, flag an instance of it and tell us what the problem is. Truth is, I'm probably as bad as other people. My default mode is to answer first, ask questions and look for duplicates later.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But as I say, if you think this is a significant issue with a user, let the moderators know. We might not agree but that's the best way to handle things without starting a war.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your commenting style makes it hard to understand what you're asking at any one time so I'm going to try and infer the question you want answered and answer them in the body of this post. If you have more questions, feel free to ask them and I will repeat the process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Are reviewers obliged to check the quality of the questions and answers when they close another question against it?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes. There's nothing in the system that checks to see if you've read something, but if you vote for closure, you should be sure you're doing the right thing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But at the same time there is no expectation that we will always get it right. Most things in the system can be reversed when a problem is brought to our attention.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Should reviewers be voting on posts as they review them?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They can if they want to and they think the post deserves it. Not every post is great and not every post that isn't great is rubbish. There are three voting states:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;+1, Yeah it's great!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;-1, It's rubbish!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;±0, Meh.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Reviewers are able and invited to vote for things but there's no expectation they divert from their standard voting habits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-08-14T14:42:59.717" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7142" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7139" CreationDate="2013-08-14T15:29:01.120" Score="-6" Body="&lt;p&gt;As a new user myself can see your concern and where you are coming from.  Perhaps using forums to ask questions would provide more help and just use ask ubuntu for searching.  Some more experienced users seem to have a what appears to be a very elitist view of what is acceptable here.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;How can a new user use launchpad to file or search for bugs due to their inexperience? How can a bug be identified if new user unfamiliar with system? ie they do not know how it should work neither have knowledge of the things that do make it work&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu is for experts and developers or any body else with expertisism at least in theory.  Try looking up some of the users here some of whom are gaining huge amounts of rep for very menial answers without actually adding anything that is not in site already and they are not editing answers to questions that already cover the topic. REP WHORES&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="102029" LastActivityDate="2013-08-14T15:29:01.120" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7143" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7144" CreationDate="2013-08-14T17:10:45.180" Score="1" ViewCount="40" Body="&lt;p&gt;For example if 2 users answered my questioned, and both of them helped me, and both give useful but different answers, what should I do?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="183206" LastActivityDate="2013-08-14T18:29:59.220" Title="Can i mark multiple answers as correct?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2013-08-22T01:02:54.983" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7144" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7143" CreationDate="2013-08-14T17:13:59.873" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;No. You can vote for both but there can only be one...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/g2SbC.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;... accepted answer. If you're really stuck, and both do the same thing (or roughly), and you can't pick a technical benefit of one over the other, or even the quality of the writing, give it to the post (hover over the time eg &quot;45 mins ago&quot; for a precise version).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But it's really up to you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2013-08-14T17:57:17.767" LastActivityDate="2013-08-14T17:57:17.767" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7145" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7143" CreationDate="2013-08-14T18:29:59.220" Score="-2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Suggestion-&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think it should be mark &lt;strong&gt;question&lt;/strong&gt; and not mark this answer as solved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because its the question thats being solved. and on marking the question as solved, the answerer would not get any bounty;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But bounty would be awarded on upvoting an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This could help in 2 ways-&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If a question was answered correctly by 2 different people, then marking only 1 as correct is unjust, however one could upvote both the answers, which would be fairer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Marking an answer as solved may discourage other users from posting an answer once an answer has been marked as solved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thats my humble opinion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="183206" LastActivityDate="2013-08-14T18:29:59.220" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7146" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7140" CreationDate="2013-08-14T18:35:28.090" Score="5" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Does any answer to a question that fully answers the question deserve an upvote even if it is an unexperienced users answer being viewed by an experienced user?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It doesn't matter how experienced or inexperienced a user is when they answer a question. A proper answer will have references and crosslinks to documentation. Vote on the content of the post, not the person who posts it. Besides, unless you know the person there's really no way to tell whether they're experienced or not. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;There are at least six names associated with this process yet the answer to Question marked as duplicate has not been voted on up or down.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Flag questions that you feel should be instead merged with the original if you feel the duped question has answers that are useful. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Should reviewers vote on questions and answers they as they review questions?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's up to you, I do. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Is there any reason to be concerned about this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You haven't really linked to any evidence of rampant voting abuse. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Another point i would like to make is some people appear to be rep hoing (prtostituting themselves with purely the intention of gaining rep) by giving very menial answers to questions that actualy have answers already elsewhere on site nor are they editing existing answers to other similar questions to enable the marking of dupe.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Links? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2013-08-14T18:35:28.090" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7148" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7139" CreationDate="2013-08-14T23:31:54.670" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The only upvoting or downvoting that is &lt;em&gt;improper&lt;/em&gt; is voting that targets a specific user. Other than that, people may vote as they choose. So yes, if someone had downvoted your question, it would have been fine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, off-topic questions are good examples of the sort of thing that is reasonable to downvote. Remember, the vote is about the post, not about you personally. Neither the on-hold status of your post, &lt;em&gt;nor&lt;/em&gt; votes on the post, necessarily mean you shouldn't have posted it originally. Your post &lt;em&gt;turned out to be off-topic&lt;/em&gt; because it &lt;em&gt;turned out to be a bug&lt;/em&gt;; at the time you posted it, it made sense to do so. &lt;strong&gt;It was not wrong for you to have posted it&lt;/strong&gt;; neither on-hold status nor voting is generally a way of judging &lt;em&gt;people.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I am writing this, your on-hold question has one downvote. (The vote total expands to one upvote and one downvote.) &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/7139/is-it-proper-to-downvote-a-question-that-describes-a-bug#comment11223_7139&quot;&gt;As Oli eluded to&lt;/a&gt;, when a question is put on-hold as off-topic, &lt;em&gt;the system&lt;/em&gt; downvotes the question. (This is not the case for all close reasons, but &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3884/some-closed-questions-should-not-be-downvoted-just-closed-thoughts/3894#3894&quot;&gt;is the case for the off-topic close reason&lt;/a&gt;.) Therefore, &lt;strong&gt;no actual user of Ask Ubuntu downvoted your question.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a concluding thought: The fact that the system automatically downvotes questions that are put on hold as off-topic makes it pretty clear that the designers of this system think it is acceptable to downvote any off-topic question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2013-08-14T23:31:54.670" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7150" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7151" CreationDate="2013-08-15T10:08:25.300" Score="6" ViewCount="62" Body="&lt;p&gt;Why is there a 20 posts review limit on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.askubuntu.com/review&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;review&lt;/a&gt; queues?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/wD8Ob.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've searched the help pages and read the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/access-review-queues&quot;&gt;corresponding privilege page&lt;/a&gt;, but nothing even seems to mention that there's a limit to begin with, let alone the reason.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only thing I found was this question: &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/5275/if-youre-not-going-to-review-and-fix-questions-dont-use-the-review-queue&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/5275/if-youre-not-going-to-review-and-fix-questions-dont-use-the-review-queue&lt;/a&gt; Is it because of this question? Because people were OKing reviews when actually an action should have been taken? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, is this limit removed (or the cap increased) after a certain reputation, or are we all limited to 20?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="52726" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Why is there a 20 posts limit on the review queues?" Tags="|support|review|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7151" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7150" CreationDate="2013-08-15T10:20:28.667" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are a few MSO threads that are the definite why:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/87861/why-are-suggested-edit-votes-limited/102223#102223&quot;&gt;Why are suggested edit votes limited?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/147973/how-do-the-review-limits-work&quot;&gt;How do the review limits work?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It boils down to three things:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Vote diversity&lt;/strong&gt;: The most given reason for the limit is that it ensures that it takes many people to deal with the queue. We don't want one person to deal with everything because there's no balance in opinion or method.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Fresh meatbags&lt;/strong&gt;: If somebody were allowed to [heroically] hog all the reviews, that also stops new users entering into servitude. People leave and others find their time restricted. We need a fluid review team and if the same old crew are dealing with everything, others won't have a chance to get into the flow.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Personal sustainability&lt;/strong&gt;: We also don't want people to burn out. This isn't a sprint. Speaking as somebody who has on occasion spent &lt;em&gt;too long&lt;/em&gt; on the site in a day (for an entire month), I can tell you it takes a while to recover from that sort of investment. We'd rather more people gave less but more consistently.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2013-08-15T10:20:28.667" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7152" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-08-15T10:45:44.117" Score="28" ViewCount="497" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/143113/are-unanswered-questions-a-problem-yet&quot;&gt;In the fashion of the discussion on meta.SO about unanswered questions on Stack Overflow&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Currently, out of &lt;strong&gt;120,000 odd questions&lt;/strong&gt;, only about &lt;strong&gt;70% of them are considered answered&lt;/strong&gt;. But it wasn't &lt;em&gt;this bad&lt;/em&gt; some time ago. Last year, &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2863/its-time-for-clean-up-week&quot;&gt;after our cleanup event&lt;/a&gt;, our answered rate went as high as 86%. And that stat has been on the downfall ever since.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's some number crunching to get the idea:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/ubuntu/query/76989/percentage-of-open-questions-with-answers-by-quarter&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Percentage of open questions with answers, by quarter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/I2yuK.png&quot; alt=&quot;Percentage of open questions with answers, by quarter&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The number of questions we get have significantly increased since 2012 but the answers haven't caught up with them yet. Actually, they are not even trying to catch up. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/ubuntu/query/76961/question-quality-by-quarter&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Question quality by quarter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/l7hJC.png&quot; alt=&quot;Question quality by quarter&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Likewise, the number of questions that have received at least one vote have been on the decline as well. But there haven't been much increase on downvoted questions. I think votes should be used to quickly sort good content to the top and bad content to the bottom. If we are to club decent quality questions with poor quality content by not voting on either of them, we are doing no justice to the system. Anyway, that probably should be raised in a separate discussion. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/ubuntu/query/76963/question-votes-by-quarter&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Question Votes by Quarter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/sH7cg.png&quot; alt=&quot;Question Votes by Quarter&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;People predominantly prefer to upvote questions or not vote at all. Just 6% of the votes are downvotes. Maybe we shouldn't be so averse to the downvote button. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now that I have established all of that, what we can do about the unanswered questions? Should we be concerned yet?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Me being a little concerned about the state of the site, I have a few ideas that I would like to throw here for discussion. You are strongly encouraged to brainstorm a few more ideas and discuss the validity of the ideas raised here. The answer section is open for all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Enforcing a stricter policy on content quality&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe we should consider actively putting questions that don't have adequate details and information that are needed to provide a satisfactory answer &quot;on hold&quot;. Historically, we were quite lenient on questions that didn't have enough details and didn't close them right away on the hopes that OP would edit the details in. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But this workflow is horribly broken and more often than not, that's exactly what is not happening. Questions lie around on the site for months together without enough information to answer them. And OP will not be active either. Maybe we should start to put them &quot;on hold&quot; first and then reopen them when they have enough details. This workflow should work better since the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/157584/should-questions-be-added-to-the-reopen-queue-as-soon-as-theyre-edited-by-the-o&quot;&gt;system now automatically adds recently closed and edited questions in the reopen queue.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Restricting the asking privileges to registered users&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think this little tweak to our system would do a world of good. For a start,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;it would keep away a decent chunk of spam posts&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;prevent drive-by users&lt;/em&gt; from posting their questions and then fleeing the site&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;tremendously decrease the chance of a user losing access to their cookie-based accounts thereby avoiding anonymous edits from OP or non-answers posted by OP from another account to provide further information. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Downvoting incomplete questions so they fall to the bottom&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This probably would help on multiple folds. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/92006/177471&quot;&gt;Bad questions will be eventually auto-deleted from database&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Good questions would be better sorted from junks making it easier for answerers to focus on them&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Improves the overall quality of content on the site&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, if you are one of those good people not comfortable with downvoting questions because &quot;it is not the right/best/kind/nice thing to do&quot;, I think we should start putting the best interests of the community first instead of sacrificing the community at all.  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Inviting and encouraging 'experts' to answer questions&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is a known secret that most of the questions we receive right now are either very mundane or highly specific. Maybe all we need is more people in each of the specific field answering those questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Let me end of with another data query showing how askers compare with answers.. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/ubuntu/query/76996/number-of-users-answering-or-questioning&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Number of users answering or questioning&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/S2n3S.png&quot; alt=&quot;Number of users answering or questioning&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Answering Oli's concerns.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;jokerdino's first three suggestions have problems:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Our existing policies stipulate quality... People ignore policy.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Forced registration won't float with SE and doesn't solve the problem of people asking bad questions.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Downvoting is just another way of cleaning. It's still time taken from members to review something.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;We should always be trying to attract people in.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;People may ignore policy. But that's not an argument for never enforcing one. &lt;a href=&quot;https://skeptics.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1505/welcome-to-new-users&quot;&gt;Skeptics.SE&lt;/a&gt; expects a remarkably high standard (in comparison with the rest of Stack Exchange network sites) from their users and the general quality of the posts over there would tell you the fruits of enforcing such a quality policy. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Forced registration is not a new concept, not to Stack Exchange. Stack Overflow has it for a long time and &lt;a href=&quot;https://softwareengineering.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/3947/what-can-we-do-about-extremely-low-quality-questions-from-unregistered-users&quot;&gt;Programmers.SE&lt;/a&gt; has required registration for quite some time now. And no single solution will overnight solve the problem of people asking bad questions and requiring registration will help prevent people easily losing access to their accounts and questions. This will be beneficial especially with mods no longer being able to merge user accounts at our discretion. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Now I am not sure why we are so averse to any form of cleaning. Downvoting is a form of cleaning (actually, I would call it sorting) and that's pretty much the reason why it's even there. And downvoting &lt;em&gt;will&lt;/em&gt; help highlight good content. It may take some time from the reviewers (realistically speaking, voting costs you may be 10 seconds but the benefits are far reaching) but it will definitely help signal to the general audience that a post is not great. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When we are getting 180+ questions on average everyday, I am sure we can afford to keep some of the questions away. It is as much about keeping our community happy and healthy as it is about getting more people in. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2013-10-11T00:32:35.653" Title="Should we consider unanswered questions a problem yet?" Tags="|discussion|unanswered-questions|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7153" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7152" CreationDate="2013-08-15T11:10:38.863" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;When people mention cleanup and our &amp;quot;answer rate&amp;quot;, they're talking about a historical number. A number that I frankly feel isn't &lt;em&gt;that&lt;/em&gt; important. It's a stat that we can manipulate if we close a big bunch of questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The important number is the rate we're dealing with new questions. We need to deal with the questions that are coming in faster, or lower the number. jokerdino's first three suggestions have problems:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Our existing policies stipulate quality... People ignore policy.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Forced registration won't float with SE and doesn't solve the problem of people asking bad questions.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Downvoting is just another way of cleaning. It's still time taken from members to review something.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We should always be trying to attract people in.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a theory...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;We're spending 13 hours every day fixing questions missing vital information&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On any given day, ~50% of the questions will be about hardware in some capacity. 80% of these need additional detail that we have to tease out of the user and a good 10-20% of those don't respond. Either way, we're sinking 5-10 minutes into each of these questions just to make them answerable.  Collectively that's 13 hours.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;4-8% of our &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;new&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; questions are unanswerable, abandoned crap. That's over an hour every day &lt;em&gt;completely&lt;/em&gt; wasted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And because these questions are so stop-start, they completely bypass the useful stages of the review process. By the time we can work out that it's a dupe, everybody has forgotten all about it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What do you think the opportunity cost of 13 hours is? Let me put it another way: &lt;strong&gt;How many questions do you think you could answer in 13 hours?&lt;/strong&gt; If we could ensure that every question were answerable, I reckon I could get to all of them in 13 hours. And that's just the time we regain.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Cleanup is not our saviour&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So going back to cleanup. The few sprints we've done have been great at improving our historical &amp;quot;answer rate&amp;quot; but they do nothing to improve our current answer rate. If anything, they're diverting resources (people) from answering new things.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Additionally there are some questionable behaviours and side effects cleanup brings like closing good questions because they're too hard for us at the moment and voting for crappy answers so the question is technically &amp;quot;dealt with&amp;quot;. When we do this... Well I think I said it best in the moderator chat room:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Closing something because we (as a site) can't answer it just compounds one failure on top of another.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Cleanup is a very blunt tool that lets us hide how bad we've been at keeping on top of things in realtime. It's a last resort.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;So here's one way to ensure that new hardware questions have all the detail we require... A big-bearded, lightning-bolts-and-all WIZARD!&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When somebody goes to ask a new question, &lt;em&gt;before&lt;/em&gt; they see a text box we ask them a few questions to determine where their problem is.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is you question about the following problems?&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Blank screen on boot&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;No wireless connection or other networking issues&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The resolution on my screen isn't correct&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I don't know how to install the right graphics driver&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I can only see the desktop&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Nope, just take me to the form&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This list needs to represent four or five of the most common and hardest to diagnose issues. The above are just examples.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Let's say the user picks wireless. They're then asked:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Please open a terminal, type in &lt;code&gt;lspci -nn | grep -i net&lt;/code&gt; and copy the output into the following text box. (Help: How to do this - a link to a Q/A on how exactly to follow this procedure)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They paste in the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;00:0a.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: NVIDIA Corporation MCP79 Ethernet [10de:0ab0] (rev b1)&#xA;05:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x / AR542x Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) [168c:001c] (rev 01)&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We then ask:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Which best represents your issue:&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A problem with your &amp;quot;NVIDIA Corporation MCP79 Ethernet&amp;quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A problem with your &amp;quot;Atheros Communications Inc. AR242x / AR542x Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express)&amp;quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They click the Atheros wireless and here's where the magic happens. We do a quick API search for &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;answered questions&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; that contain &lt;code&gt;168c:001c&lt;/code&gt; and offer them up to the user in a &amp;quot;We have questions about this hardware already, please check them to see if they help&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is where I envisage most people getting off. We have a huge resource of old answered hardware questions and &lt;strong&gt;if people knew what to search for, they'd find their answer&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At the bottom of that list we have a &amp;quot;No, none of these helped&amp;quot; link. If the user clicks that, we prepopulate the question with a code-formatted version of the lspci dump (so future lookups can find this version) and any other details we've collected along the way (other examples may ask more questions).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To recap, this has three ridiculously good benefits:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Most people will find their answer before posting and that means less reviewing, less duping.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Those questions that survive don't need follow-up questions because they've already been asked (remember I was suggesting that 40% of questions previously needed human interaction before they could be answerable!)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The unanswerable crap is limited to questions that aren't part of this wizard.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The best thing is this can be built, tested and implemented purely in javascript, using a userscript immediately. It's not a small project but most of the work is in designing thoughtful questions to problems we see a lot of.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-08-16T09:53:16.453" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7154" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-08-15T11:59:42.923" Score="5" ViewCount="34" Body="&lt;p&gt;When reviewing suggested edits, the &quot;tags&quot; are at the bottom, and if the post is lengthy, one can sometimes miss taking a look at them to see if they were edited. Also, the suggester might forget to mention in the edit summary that he edited the tags.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Feature request&lt;/strong&gt;: Can we move the &quot;tags&quot; to be more visible when reviewing suggested edits? Maybe right above the question title?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Example&lt;/strong&gt;: Here's a question I reviewed a few days ago:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Cz7GT.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I thought &quot;fine, he just added the images. All is good&quot;. However, the images made the post lengthier. I then scrolled down, and found this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/emhXi.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Suggestion&lt;/strong&gt;: I know it contradicts the layout of the site, where the tags are always at the bottom, but what could be done is: if the tags were edited, they would be moved to the top, like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/IlXlD.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And if they weren't edited, they'd stay at the bottom.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="52726" LastActivityDate="2013-08-15T11:59:42.923" Title="Can we make the tags more visible when reviewing suggested edits?" Tags="|feature-request|tags|suggested-edits|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7155" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7152" CreationDate="2013-08-15T12:08:24.063" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;From the &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/7152/25656&quot;&gt;question&lt;/a&gt;:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The number of questions we get have significantly increased since 2012&#xA;  but the answers haven't caught up with them yet. Actually, they are&#xA;  not even trying to catch up.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The increase in the number of questions is partly a natural consequence of the publicity given to Ask Ubuntu over other &quot;help&quot; options. While publicizing Ask Ubuntu, the &quot;ethos&quot; of Stack Exchange is not given prominence and that perhaps accounts for the change in quality. With Ubuntu going mobile, I suspect things will only get worse and the number of people posting in &lt;em&gt;SMSese&lt;/em&gt; will rise. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One aspect that hasn't been covered in the question is the number of views per question. I find the low number of views particularly depressing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Despite what numbers may say, I feel that the community's resources are being spread too thin. Support is being offered  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;at Launchpad&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;via several chat rooms and mailing lists&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;at ubuntuforums.org (despite attempts to depict it as some sort of place for unwanted questions) and &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;at Ask Ubuntu  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In addition, someone presumably has to &quot;moderate&quot; the various &quot;social&quot; pages that are mushrooming. The people at &lt;a href=&quot;http://ubuntu-discourse.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Discourse&lt;/a&gt; did have a help section but terminated it otherwise there'd be yet another support option. Is the community big enough?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user25656" LastEditorDisplayName="user25656" LastEditDate="2013-08-16T03:20:37.503" LastActivityDate="2013-08-16T03:20:37.503" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7156" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7152" CreationDate="2013-08-15T12:45:09.637" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here is &lt;strong&gt;my&lt;/strong&gt; recipe for dealing with the whole &quot;unanswered&quot; thing:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I adopted a tag (or more like a set of them) that are more or like what I clean up going from most upvoted and newer questions to far back.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I go sometimes to a random page of the Unanswered -&gt; no answers list (ie &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/unanswered/tagged/?page=20&amp;amp;tab=noanswers&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/unanswered/tagged/?page=20&amp;amp;tab=noanswers&lt;/a&gt;) and check up what's there, or just select a tag, and start answering.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The normal flagging when I'm doing this.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I struggle that most of questions have at least a comment whenever they arrive to the newest page, so new unanswered don't pile up (but I won't do this if I'm busy on other tasks).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You could take some of my behavior, propose some, or just continue what your are doing ;). Although some &lt;strong&gt;pre-question quality insurances&lt;/strong&gt; is always welcomed, since it's tiring having to comment asking for more information about the same things: lspci, lsusb, GRUB-UEFI configuration (the comments vary somewhat, but still is almost the same information that we need), etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2013-08-15T12:45:09.637" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7157" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-08-15T12:55:40.563" Score="1" ViewCount="58" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is there a Greek language                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         section on this forum. I have built a PC with Ubuntu 12.04 and sent to my friend in Zakynthos. He wants to learn how to build programs and applications. He is a native Greek speaker and it would be good for him to catch up with others who speak Greek and use Ubuntu&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user184319" LastActivityDate="2013-08-15T13:05:01.863" Title="Greek forums on Ubuntu" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7158" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7157" CreationDate="2013-08-15T12:57:34.993" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;This page is a question &amp;amp; answer page in english, not a forum. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want to use a greek forum try this :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://forum.ubuntu-gr.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;greek forum ubuntu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="177291" OwnerDisplayName="Private" LastActivityDate="2013-08-15T12:57:34.993" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7159" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7161" CreationDate="2013-08-15T15:47:30.120" Score="1" ViewCount="43" Body="&lt;p&gt;I see many questions (e.g. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/328500/how-do-i-install-ebook-reader-problems-with-fbreader&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt;) have other relevant questions linked to them. How do I do it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="181242" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2013-08-15T15:58:40.810" Title="How do I link a topic to a question?" Tags="|support|asking-questions|link|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7160" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7159" CreationDate="2013-08-15T15:58:16.090" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;These links are generated from actual links in the question, answer, or comments to either of these.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can put a link on one side and the link will actually go in both directions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you can see, if you follow the linked question to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/13758/how-can-i-edit-create-new-launcher-items-in-unity-by-hand&quot;&gt;this one&lt;/a&gt; you see that there is quite a number of linked questions, even though it itself doesn't contain links to them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54298" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2013-08-15T15:58:16.090" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7161" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7159" CreationDate="2013-08-15T15:58:40.810" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You don't &lt;em&gt;do it&lt;/em&gt; yourself. The system read the tags and url in comments/questions/answers for relevance:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this example, all questions share the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ebook&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ebook&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ebook&lt;/a&gt; with your question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/2oG6e.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The linked question is because the answer includes a link to that question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/0uzkI.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/m3BC0.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, it shows the questions that are back-linked to yours. Check this out. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/linked/13758?lq=1&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/linked/13758?lq=1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2013-08-15T15:58:40.810" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7162" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-08-15T18:34:50.400" Score="6" ViewCount="159" Body="&lt;p&gt;Every once in a while I get the &quot;we're on trello&quot; ad on the right side, linking to this trello page: &lt;a href=&quot;https://trello.com/b/h7PINsB9/ask-ubuntu&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://trello.com/b/h7PINsB9/ask-ubuntu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've got the feeling it isn't that actively used anymore (Last activity: Sep 28, 2012 at 1:05 am&quot;). It's a bit awkward boasting presence on Trello with that, isn't it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I suppose we could either try and add some life to Trello, but that might not work, so the other option might be to stop showing that ad?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11120" LastActivityDate="2013-10-15T06:23:32.260" Title="Trello status and trello sidebar-ad" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7163" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7166" CreationDate="2013-08-15T20:30:20.823" Score="6" ViewCount="195" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;wiki document about the EOL Ubuntu versions&lt;/a&gt; mention that the server editions have longer &lt;em&gt;life&lt;/em&gt; than the Desktop edition.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this applicable for questions on this site?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After read &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/333095/62483&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; I didn't know if I should flag as &lt;em&gt;off-topic&lt;/em&gt; or not. Because is supposed that if the OP was using Ubuntu server, that was &lt;em&gt;on-topic&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is my thought right or no matter the edition, it will always be OT?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;If so, what is the difference for us writing answer for Server but not for Desktops?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="62483" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2013-08-16T16:32:41.650" Title="Aren't Ubuntu Server end-of-life versions off topic?" Tags="|discussion|scope|end-of-life|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7164" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7162" CreationDate="2013-08-15T20:32:51.893" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;My suggestion would be to stop having the ad there. You can't (and shouldn't want to) force a community tool like Trello, and if it isn't working, it isn't working.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems that downvoting on this post is the way to show this:  &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/5507/88802&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/5507/88802&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11120" LastEditorUserId="11120" LastEditDate="2013-08-16T05:54:27.843" LastActivityDate="2013-08-16T05:54:27.843" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7165" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7163" CreationDate="2013-08-15T20:59:30.240" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'd say, if the question is regarding a package with 5yr support (server related things in 10.04), then it's &lt;strong&gt;on-topic&lt;/strong&gt; even if the user is running 10.04 Desktop. Just because there's no such thing as a &quot;server edition&quot; in my opinion as an &quot;edition&quot; is simply a preselected set of packages.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The user may be running an unsupported 10.04 Unity on top of a server, but that's most likely not related to an issue regarding let's say Apache web server or Python.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Example on-topic: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/322665/installing-python-modules-to-non-default-interpreter-ubuntu-10-04#comment410319_322665&quot;&gt;Installing python modules to non-default interpreter [Ubuntu 10.04]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Example off-topic: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/320204/e-malformed-line-54-in-source-list-etc-apt-sources-list-dist-parse#comment406397_320204&quot;&gt;E: Malformed line 54 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list (dist parse)&lt;/a&gt; (partner repository related)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="88802" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2013-08-15T20:59:30.240" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7166" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7163" CreationDate="2013-08-15T22:57:54.510" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;If as far as you know the OP is using a supported release, don't flag as off-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One possible way to interpret our policy is that it's about what release the user is running, and not how they are using it or what software they are using on it. In that case, questions about the common subset of desktop and server software would still be off-topic, once it comes to light that the user installed a desktop system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The problem with that, as you've observed, is that it's not totally clear how to distinguish between server and desktop installations. You can get to one from the other, pretty easily.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So if the OP is asking about something that is supported past desktop EoL, and their release is still supported on servers, I'd say we should not close it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If they're asking about server software like Apache, it's likely (though not definite) that they're running Ubuntu Server anyway. We shouldn't assume they're not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;My understanding&lt;/strong&gt; is that when an LTS release is end-of-life on the desktop but still supported for servers, that means packages are supported that are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;from the &lt;em&gt;main&lt;/em&gt; or &lt;em&gt;restricted&lt;/em&gt; repositories (the repos maintained by Canonical)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;does not provide a GUI&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;does not need a GUI too run&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I remember reading that somewhere. Really, I do. Unfortunately, I cannot find it now. I cannot find any clear explanation for what server-only &quot;extended support&quot; consists of in Ubuntu. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/318437/22949&quot;&gt;This answer&lt;/a&gt; &lt;em&gt;suggests&lt;/em&gt; my memory may be correct.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Update: That turns out to not really be correct. For 10.04, only &lt;a href=&quot;http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-security/ubuntu-cve-tracker/master/view/head:/lucid-supported.txt&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this relatively short list of packages&lt;/a&gt; remains supported (at least for the purposes of security updates, which we should probably use as our guide). Thanks to &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/users/7808/robie-basak&quot;&gt;Robie Basak&lt;/a&gt; for &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/7163/arent-ubuntu-server-end-of-life-versions-off-topic/7166?noredirect=1#comment11289_7166&quot;&gt;providing&lt;/a&gt; this &lt;a href=&quot;https://launchpad.net/bugs/1192367&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;information&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why is this important? Because &lt;s&gt;if we only support Canonical-maintained software, and act in accordance with &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/7165/22949&quot;&gt;gertvdijk's meta-answer&lt;/a&gt;, then while &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/333095/62483&quot;&gt;the particular question in question&lt;/a&gt; would probably be on-topic&lt;/s&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/git&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;git is in main&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/git-core&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;was then too&lt;/a&gt;), a number of other questions &lt;em&gt;including questions about actual Ubuntu Server installations&lt;/em&gt; would be off-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Update: It turns out Git isn't supported in 10.04 Lucid anymore, after all. I suppose we should &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/333095/62483&quot;&gt;close this again&lt;/a&gt; after all (and perhaps apologize to its OP for the back-and-forth). Before we do, we should discuss if we want to support more than the security team does ...but I can't see how doing so would be in the spirit of our current policy on new EoL release questions.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;With that said, the issue of disconnect between whether or not a question is about supported parts of Ubuntu, and whether or not its user is running a supported release, is more relevant than ever given this corrected information about what packages are supported.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't consider this an undesirable way to interpret our policy. But we should try to clarify if it is the interpretation we wish to consider correct. (I'd be in favor of this, by the way.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;s&gt;Hopefully someone can shed light on this.&lt;/s&gt; &lt;em&gt;Let's make sure we have a community consensus on how to apply this information. Maybe it would be best to unaccept this answer to make clear that further input is sought (assuming you agree we should seek more).&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2013-08-16T16:32:41.650" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7167" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-08-16T05:04:16.060" Score="0" ViewCount="72" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've read &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/5787/how-can-i-give-a-relevant-answer-on-a-protected-question&quot;&gt;some&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/6155/what-is-the-procedure-for-a-question-to-become-protected&quot;&gt;ilustratives&lt;/a&gt; questions about why questions should be protected and &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/6999/rejected-all-of-my-edits-left-the-question-un-modified-and-attached-a-bounty&quot;&gt;why &quot;not&quot;&lt;/a&gt; they should be protected, and after all of that I should say that at very least: protect EOL questions, from getting new answers, is the most ideal solution for what I'm about to explain.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/333199/169736&quot;&gt;This answer&lt;/a&gt; motivated this question (which I found in Late Answers queue). As you can see, the answer itself is bad (although it &lt;em&gt;could just work&lt;/em&gt;), don't give proper explanation and is better as comment. Reading more the complete set of answers &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/69181/169736&quot;&gt;some of them&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/71870/169736&quot;&gt;are practically saying&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/64938/169736&quot;&gt;the same thing&lt;/a&gt; with different words (in last link, you have to think hard to see the relationship) or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/323831/169736&quot;&gt;nothing but a link&lt;/a&gt;; also, one point out to a bug report, that could have closed the question eons ago (unless the &lt;em&gt;bug = offtopic&lt;/em&gt; was established later). Is also important to notice that only 2 out 8 answers have upvotes (and both says the same) and 1/8 with down votes, but as if that isn't enough: &lt;strong&gt;3 of them answered this very same year&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By &lt;strong&gt;my very own&lt;/strong&gt; rationalization, I shouldn't be reviewing this answers in the review queue... and they just counted as 1 review that I could have done with a late answer that actually adds something new and clever to a old problem (or that maybe, the question, is not a problem anymore since it changed behavior, I don't know); so, I would like to propose that this question, and why not, others with similar situation, be protected.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On a side note: there isn't any protected related tag (and system don't help me out), so I just leave the discussion tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2013-08-16T07:01:32.043" Title="Protect EOL questions (or at least this question)" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7168" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7167" CreationDate="2013-08-16T06:17:12.153" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Protecting EoL questions because they're EoL would be fundamentally inconsistent with the purpose of protection in the Stack Exchange system. It also would not advance the spirit of our EoL-related policies. So while I agree that there are some not-very-good answers on that question (and some others), I don't think adopting a policy of protecting all old EoL questions would be effective or acceptable. Fortunately, there are some other effective solutions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First of all, protecting a question does not prevent or discourage answers, except by very new (i.e., very low reputation) users. Even then, its purpose is only to discourage answers that &lt;em&gt;are not really attempts to answer the question at all.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We want to keep it that way. If we started using protection as a way to discourage all or most new answers to questions--even symbolically, without changing the underlying system--then it would confuse and greatly damage people's understanding of what it means for a question to be protected. Most protected questions would suffer as a result, plus high-rep users would be reluctant to protect most questions that should be protected.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a second and related, overlapping point, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/protect-questions&quot;&gt;the &lt;em&gt;official&lt;/em&gt;,  SE-wide purpose of protecting questions is very limited&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Questions should be protected when they are garnering lots of views&#xA;  and newbies are adding &quot;me too!&quot;, &quot;thanks!&quot; and possibly even spam&#xA;  non-answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Protecting questions to prevent people from posting answers &lt;em&gt;that are actually attempts to answer the question&lt;/em&gt; would be a misuse of the system. Alternatively, it would be a &lt;em&gt;radical change in the way the system is used&lt;/em&gt;, which is unlikely to be justified by the relatively small amount of harm that additional bad answers on EoL questions are likely to cause.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Third, it's true that we don't want new bad answers on EoL questions, just like we don't want them anywhere else. Bad answers should be downvoted (on EoL questions or elsewhere). Non-answer answers should be downvoted and flagged. Problem solved. &lt;strong&gt;But we do sometimes want new answers on EoL questions.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Often an EoL question--by which (in this context) I mean a question that is not eligible for closing, but would be if it were posted today, because it is about an EoL release--can be helpful to users of newer releases. Often they can be answered in ways that expand their relevance to currently supported releases. We want that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Fourth, since EoL questions generally get fewer views and are less popular than questions about supported releases, they are, as a group, one of the least likely categories of questions to need protection.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Fifth, a review queue for late answers is not the problem here; it is the solution. Furthermore:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Running out of reviews on late answers is (1) not very common (unless you review an unusually large number of late answers, in which case, &lt;strong&gt;you rock and are awesome!&lt;/strong&gt;), and (2) not really a big problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even after you have exhausted your daily reviews in some category, you can still review in other categories, and you can still perform essentially identical activities by browsing through the site and helping tidy things up (by editing, flagging, commenting appropriately, etc.).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you come upon a review item you don't want counted toward your daily review quota due to personal preferences, click &lt;em&gt;Skip&lt;/em&gt;. If you want to edit or flag the item while still skipping it, you can browse to it through the link and edit it outside of review.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, I think that if we did protect old EoL questions, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/64903/network-manager-asks-for-wireless-password-continually&quot;&gt;the question you linked to&lt;/a&gt; would still not be protected (or at least not as EoL). After all, it's only marginally an EoL question. There's nothing in the question or its accepted answer to suggest the problem is 11.10-specific.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;With all that said&lt;/strong&gt;, it might be worth investigating if this question should be considered a bug report. I suspect &lt;em&gt;that it should not&lt;/em&gt;, but the described behavior seems bug-like, and if it is a bug report then it can simply be closed. As &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/290791/22949&quot;&gt;one of the short, late answers&lt;/a&gt; suggests, it may be &lt;a href=&quot;https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/854833&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Launchpad bug #854833&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We should &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; close all old EoL questions (only new EoL questions are off-topic for being about EoL releases, after all), but if there is another reason to close then we can go ahead. This question, even if closed, will not likely be deleted as a result, due to all the upvotes on the question and one of its answers. The best response here &lt;em&gt;might&lt;/em&gt; be to close that particular question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Finally&lt;/strong&gt;, while being short and bad does not generally make something not-an-answer or mean it should be posted as a comment (&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2281/please-stop-posting-half-answers-and-dumb-advice-as-comments&quot;&gt;related&lt;/a&gt;), I believe &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/333199/169736&quot;&gt;that particular answer&lt;/a&gt; really does not attempt to address the underlying issue in the question. I have commented to express that in slightly greater detail, and I have flagged that answer as &quot;not an answer.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2013-08-16T07:01:32.043" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7169" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-08-16T06:50:04.223" Score="1" ViewCount="49" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can the following questions be merged? These questions all look a lot similar and they all have valuable answers (most of which are similar, which is 'use fdupes'). Are we going to maintain a different question for &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/214355/is-there-a-way-to-find-duplicate-images-in-ubuntu&quot;&gt;finding duplicate images&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/3865/how-to-find-and-delete-duplicate-files&quot;&gt;finding duplicate music files&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/59107/find-duplicate-files-and-folders-and-move-these-to-a-different-folder&quot;&gt;finding duplicate files and folders&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The third question is marked as a duplicate of the second, but the best answer is found in the third question (this is subjective I know). My personal favorite is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/59113/115155&quot;&gt;this answer&lt;/a&gt; because it explains the basic options and has valuable notes (which might be edited into the answer). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="115155" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2013-08-16T07:05:20.567" Title="Merging questions about deduplication of files and folders?" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7170" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7169" CreationDate="2013-08-16T07:05:20.567" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/214355/is-there-a-way-to-find-duplicate-images-in-ubuntu&quot;&gt;first question&lt;/a&gt; is specifically about pictures, so I think it should be kept separate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/3865/how-to-find-and-delete-duplicate-files&quot;&gt;second&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/59107/find-duplicate-files-and-folders-and-move-these-to-a-different-folder&quot;&gt;third&lt;/a&gt; could be merged, though. That seems like a good idea. Strictly speaking the topics are a bit different--one is about deleting duplicates and the other is about moving them. But in effect they are presenting the same kind of information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2013-08-16T07:05:20.567" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7171" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6788" CreationDate="2013-08-16T07:33:03.813" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/vP2tJ.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Misaligned again...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="147459" LastActivityDate="2013-08-16T07:33:03.813" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7172" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-08-17T02:51:58.533" Score="4" ViewCount="80" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have got a same answer to three similar questions on ask ubuntu. Should I answer all three of them (answer is the same) or should I answer one and give a link of the first answer to the other two questions?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="52435" LastActivityDate="2013-08-17T03:59:50.073" Title="I have got an answer to two-three questions on ask-ubuntu, should I answer all of them?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7173" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7172" CreationDate="2013-08-17T03:59:50.073" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;If your answer applies to multiple questions because the questions are really asking the same thing, then you only need to post one answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Post it on whichever question you think is the most well-established or useful (usually the older, or the one with the most views, or the most answers, or the best-written, or the least specific--this is not an exact science).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Flag the other questions as duplicates:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;flag&lt;/em&gt; &gt; It doesn't belong here, or is a duplicate...&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want, you can also post a comment on a question you flag. Usually this comment should just refer people to the other question. If you don't think people would see your answer or understand its significance to their problem, then you can include that (or whatever other information you want) in your comment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But your comment should not answer the question (except in the sense of explaining how the other answer applies, if necessary)--it should refer them to the other question where they can get an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If a large amount of explanation is necessary to make it clear to someone how their problem is really the same as someone else's problem, then it is probably really not the same, except at a deep, technical level. In these situations, it's often best not to close as a duplicate. You can post a very different answer (since answers should explain themselves when possible).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By the way, you should flag duplicates even when you don't have an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2013-08-17T03:59:50.073" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7174" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7176" CreationDate="2013-08-17T20:24:40.113" Score="5" ViewCount="126" Body="&lt;p&gt;I answered &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/325235/169736&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;, with an answer about the line:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;well, currently the app don't have such function, but you have this alternatives.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The alternatives don't fit all the asker requirements (I even proposed to do a feature request to the developers), but is a valid (due current inherent limitations) solution. I can't vote to undelete it since was mod hammered, so only a mod can undelete it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2013-08-18T14:31:20.947" Title="Could my answer be undeleted?" Tags="|discussion|specific-question|deleted-answers|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7175" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7174" CreationDate="2013-08-17T20:37:36.883" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The OP is being picky and your answer doesn't appear to answer exactly what they're looking for, that is, a way of switching profile without changing terminal instance. They have accounted for (essentially) what you're suggesting in their own question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems the answer should be &quot;No, there is no shortcut for this.&quot; and that would be a valid answer, if true.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2013-08-17T20:37:36.883" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7176" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7174" CreationDate="2013-08-18T05:58:41.540" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/7174/could-my-answer-be-undeleted#comment11299_7175&quot;&gt;As you say&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/328350/22949&quot;&gt;your answer&lt;/a&gt;, at least &lt;em&gt;in its &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/328350/revisions&quot;&gt;recently edited form&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;, does answer the question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;There is no shortcut that allows you to change the profile within the&#xA;  terminal (without navigating the menus as you said in comments),&#xA;  without the use of the GUI.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This does the work of &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/7175/22949&quot;&gt;Oli's suggestion&lt;/a&gt; that &quot;No, there is no shortcut for this&quot; may be an appropriate answer to the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So you're right, at least with respect to the current version of your answer. Your answer should be undeleted. The OP and other users can always downvote it if they think it's not good.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(That is not to say that deleting your answer was necessarily wrong at the time, since that was befor the subsequent edit.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I saw the current version of your deleted answer first (rather than this meta question first), I would probably have custom-flagged it to request undeletion. (Since we already have this meta question where it can be discussed, that's likely unnecessary, though.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2013-08-18T05:58:41.540" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7177" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7180" CreationDate="2013-08-18T09:02:36.677" Score="-2" ViewCount="625" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would like to be able to add comment with picture, &lt;strong&gt;in order to request some information to the person posting the question&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I can not edit the question for that, like proposed in &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/7104/32413&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is possible ? how ?&#xA;For the moment, I create a fake answer to share my picture.&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/revisions/334064/1&quot;&gt;See&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My wish would be that we could be able to add such picture in a comment, and that the picture is shown in a small size, clicking on the small picture would show the picture full size.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="32413" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2013-08-18T10:36:53.257" Title="How to create a comment with a picture?" Tags="|feature-request|comments|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7178" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7177" CreationDate="2013-08-18T09:24:31.850" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can upload it and link to it. That's it. You cannot post actual images in the comments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2013-08-18T09:24:31.850" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7179" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7183" CreationDate="2013-08-18T09:31:51.710" Score="-11" ViewCount="183" Body="&lt;p&gt;Some brand new Ubuntu users are posting some questions, being not yet familiar with AskUbuntu their question is not always very clear.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I understand that to downvote such question to close them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But &lt;strong&gt;I would add a delay before being able to downvote a question of a new user&lt;/strong&gt;.&#xA;To let him the change to learn by our comments and edit his question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Otherwise, it is pretty rude:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you want to try Ubuntu, &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you have a problem using it&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you ask a question&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;and few minutes after your question is downvoted&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;=&gt; result for me would be to I would think that this Ubuntu community is not so friendly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;My proposal would be to have a delay of 2 days before being able to downvote a user with a reputation &amp;lt;50&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit: I consider this question useful because I consider that encouraging new Ubuntu user is pretty important. Downvoting 1st question of new user few minutes after posting it is not so encouraging.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="32413" LastEditorUserId="32413" LastEditDate="2013-08-18T19:44:57.290" LastActivityDate="2013-08-24T08:02:08.333" Title="Could we add a delay before being able to downvote a question?" Tags="|discussion|downvoting|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7180" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7177" CreationDate="2013-08-18T09:31:53.570" Score="8" Body="&lt;h3&gt;This feature would lead to comments being used incorrectly (even more often).&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Comments are a lightweight, secondary part of the Stack Exchange system. It is intentional that they:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;do not have a viewable edit history.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;cannot be edited after the first five minutes (except by moderators, and this is rarely done).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;cannot ever be edited by anyone except their authors, and moderators.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;do not support most formatting.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;are strictly limited in length.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;are not available to new users, except on their own posts and on answers to their questions.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;do not increase a question's visibility (i.e., do not &amp;quot;bump&amp;quot; it up on the main page, as an edit or answer would).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;do not confer reputation.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;are often hidden (until the link to show more comments is clicked).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;do not have their own review queue.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;are regularly deleted by moderators if they are not (or no longer) helpful.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;can be deleted by a few flags from users, without any action by moderators or even high-reputation users.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;can be deleted by their own authors, even if they have been upvoted (which is not generally the case for questions and answers).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;can be edited by moderators (with no indication to most users that the edit was not by the comment's original author).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is because the site is focused primarily on questions and answers, and because providing advanced features in comments would tend to give an impression to commenters that comments are a more &lt;em&gt;effective&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;appropriate&lt;/em&gt; way to make their voice heard or express important informaton, than they actually are.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For the same reason, comments cannot contain images. Not even small, expandable images.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;What To Do Instead&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can post an image on the web and link to it in a comment. This is the appropriate action for situations where what you are saying &lt;em&gt;really should be a comment&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;really should not be an answer.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, most of the time someone wants to post a comment with an image in it (or with any of the features listed above), it means that &lt;strong&gt;they should strongly consider if what they are saying really answers the question, and if so, post an answer instead.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, in this situation a comment couldn't do what you need, so you &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/334064/22949&quot;&gt;posted an answer&lt;/a&gt;. As a comment, what you said would have been somewhat helpful. (I removed my comment that said something similar, even before I saw your post.) But &lt;strong&gt;it makes a very good answer.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Normally comments should not be posted as answers. But when they can be modified and expanded so they answer the question, then they should be answers and not comments. As you've seen, I edited your answer so it is clearly an answer. I expanded it a little bit, but it was really your inclusion of the illustrative image that made it a helpful answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-08-18T09:31:53.570" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7181" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7179" CreationDate="2013-08-18T10:20:21.160" Score="15" Body="&lt;h3&gt;Downvotes do not in any way prevent people from improving their posts.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Downvotes have no effect on how easily a post may be edited.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And when a post is edited, this enables voters to change their votes. (They can also change them for a short time after casting them, to help people correct mistakes.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, a new user starts out with 1 reputation, and it can never go to 0 or become negative. So in this way downvoting already affects new users less. Even for users who have earned reputation, a downvote only decreases reputation by 2, while an upvote increases it by 5 (on questions) or 10 (on answers).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Downvoting is fundamentally &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; rude.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is similar to how it is not inherently rude to express a disagreeing opinion, in ordinary discussion, or to politely object when someone gives wrong or dangerous advice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In fact, downvoting is an alternative to rudeness. I think at least half of the rudeness I have seen on Ask Ubuntu appears to have been the result of people not realizing that they should downvote instead of saying something non-constructive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In addition, the ability to both upvote and downvote new posts by new users is &lt;em&gt;critically important&lt;/em&gt; to our ability to identify questions that are well-asked and can be answered, as well as those that have serious problems and need improvement or could possibly benefit from constructive comments, or from being put on hold.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Downvoting is important for both questions and answers, but it is even a little bit more important for questions. For answers, downvoters incur a -1 decrease in reputation to discourage inappropriate downvoting. For questions, there is no such &amp;quot;penalty,&amp;quot; because it is important to &lt;em&gt;encourage&lt;/em&gt; people to be willing to downvote questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;If downvotes appear rude or intimidating to new users, &lt;em&gt;that&lt;/em&gt; is a problem.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That could happen because of:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;accompanying mean words. (For example, rude comments, which could be flagged and removed.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;in situations where it might be hard for a post's author to figure out people may think is wrong with their posts, the absence of any comments to explain. However, it is much better to have no comment at all than non-constructive, rude, or repetitious comments.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;problems with the Ask Ubuntu interface. If people--especially newcomers--are having trouble using the system effectively, that's something we should work on improving.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I think the primary reason why people feel bad when their posts are downvoted is that &lt;strong&gt;we are actually pathologically reluctant to downvote on this site, so the few downvotes we have are interpreted as extreme gestures.&lt;/strong&gt; One example of mean behavior that sometimes results from not downvoting is &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3709/is-it-acceptable-to-threaten-users-with-downvotes&quot;&gt;when people threaten to downvote instead&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;We actually need way &lt;em&gt;more&lt;/em&gt; downvoting, not less.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a problem on some other Stack Exchange sites (though perhaps not Stack Overflow), but it is especially a problem here. Everybody on Stack Exchange is supposed to act respectfully and avoid meanness, but the Ubuntu culture is particularly serious about welcoming newcomers and accommodating people who might not have the experience to easily ask a good question (or post a good answer).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But by refraining from downvoting bad posts, we are actually &lt;strong&gt;hurting exactly those people&lt;/strong&gt;, because without both upvoting and downvoting, the system cannot work as intended and bad questions cannot get the attention they need.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(There is a similar problem for answers: Bad answers and non-answers that aren't downvoted often appear &lt;em&gt;above&lt;/em&gt; good answers and so-so answers. Also, when something that isn't an answer is posted as one, a negative score enables it to be deleted through delete votes cast by high reputation users.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Although I don't agree with all the ideas &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/7152/should-we-consider-unanswered-questions-a-problem-yet&quot;&gt;suggested here&lt;/a&gt;, one of the several good things about that question is that it points out how our reluctance to downvote is harmful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Closure can happen without downvotes, though.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some (not all) bad questions can be closed. Downvoting does help this happen, because it helps raise awareness about how there is something wrong with them, which leads to people voting to close them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But although a question that should be closed should &lt;em&gt;often&lt;/em&gt; also be downvoted, this is not always the case and downvoting is in no way necessary for closure. People may downvote and vote to close for identical or similar reasons, but it's not hard to close a question that has a positive score.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It would be unusual, and probably a bad idea, for someone to downvote &lt;em&gt;every&lt;/em&gt; question they ever flag or vote to close. For example, many questions that turn out to be duplicates of some other question nonetheless are clear, well-written, answerable, and show good research effort.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;A note about meta.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, please note that &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/whats-meta&quot;&gt;voting has a somewhat different meaning here on meta&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt; For example, &lt;em&gt;this meta question&lt;/em&gt; requests a change in the system that is not likely to be popular. To express disagreement, users may downvote this meta question. But that does not mean this meta question needs improvement or doesn't contribute positively to meta. (This is one of the reasons why votes on per-site metas don't increase or decrease anyone's reputation.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, the tooltip text that appears when you hover your mouse arrow over the vote buttons on meta is exactly the same as on main. This does not fully reflect the way voting is used on meta, and is confusing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Related:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/behavior&quot;&gt;Help Center &amp;gt; What kind of behavior is expected of users?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-08-18T10:20:21.160" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7182" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7179" CreationDate="2013-08-18T10:55:38.437" Score="-2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I agree that it is necessary to downvote.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;But about new comers,&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;I remember when I started on AskUbuntu, I received upvotes soon and it makes me wanted to contribute more and stay on Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;In our specific case,&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;I bet that our new comer will not edit &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/333718/32413&quot;&gt;his question&lt;/a&gt; and not use AskUbuntu soon because he has been frustrated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Knowing that the goal of AskUbuntu is to support users, I think that in this case we might missed the target.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Let a question with a score of 0&lt;/strong&gt; is good enougth for me to mark that the question is not so intersing (for new user)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;For Ubuntu&lt;/strong&gt;,&lt;br&gt;&#xA;I think that it is key that the number of users grows comparing to Windows or Apple.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;To get better participation of 3rd parties like ATI or any other hardware company.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="32413" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2013-08-18T10:55:38.437" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7183" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7179" CreationDate="2013-08-19T09:48:00.250" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't quite agree with Eliah because I think there are two bigger real problems in our behaviour that I think you're touching on when users downvote based on quality:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;A downvote without a comment &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; rude.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can argue it anyway you like but if you just want to say &quot;-1 don't like&quot;, that's possibly the least constructive criticism possible. It takes seconds to say &quot;Can we have more detail about the make and model of your laptop?&quot; and that instantly lets the OP know what they need to do to fix the problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is something I've rallied for again and again but I don't think there ever will be a &lt;em&gt;forced&lt;/em&gt; comment or reasoning system for negative votes. I'll just have to keep encouraging people to do it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You also can't reliably say &quot;It's not rude&quot; because offence is something often more inferred than implied. &lt;strong&gt;We have strange customs here.&lt;/strong&gt; A negative vote in the real world is a black mark and people don't like them... So don't be surprised when people get upset when you've voted against them haven't given them a reason. They're going to get upset.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;There's no notification when a post is fixed.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So imagine we're looking at three reviewers going through the review queue. They sequentially hit our question. The first two downvote and move on. The third user spends two minutes fixing the question and marks it as okay.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question now has -2 but it's fine. The two people who downvoted it aren't going to see this question on the review queue again. They didn't leave comments so there's no way to reason with them. They're not going to reverse their votes. The third user could knock it back to -1 but unless this is actually now a &lt;em&gt;good&lt;/em&gt; question, that's not really the point of voting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do think that everybody who negatively votes on a post should get a notification when it is edited. This would also allow them to vote without fear of permanently condemning a question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This does create a lot of notification noise though and that's something Stack Exchange (our creator and master) is keen to avoid.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;But blocking downvotes is not the fix.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Downvotes exist to get bad posts out of the system and considering that 95% of spammers come in with sub-50 reputations, you'd be protecting them with this idea.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Things need to be voted on, people just need to be encouraged to vote in the right way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think the real problems lie in communication both between the system and the poster and the system and the reviewers. Ultimately these are both repairable but they do come at a cost that Stack Exchange has been unwilling to bare.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2013-08-19T09:48:00.250" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7184" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7206" CreationDate="2013-08-19T18:45:34.493" Score="17" ViewCount="177" Body="&lt;p&gt;After read &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/334605/62483&quot;&gt;this post&lt;/a&gt; I though &lt;em&gt;&quot;I'll find the dupe and done&quot;&lt;/em&gt; but after &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=how+to+set+up+dual+monitors&quot;&gt;search for a dupe&lt;/a&gt; about &lt;em&gt;&quot;How to set up dual monitor?&quot;&lt;/em&gt; I didn't find any question with acceptable answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are a lot of questions without answers, responses from the OP or any activity since months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd only found this useful &lt;em&gt;two&lt;/em&gt; post:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/71457/62483&quot;&gt;How can I set up dual monitor display with ATI driver?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/84181/62483&quot;&gt;How can I set up dual monitors with nVidia?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Maybe&lt;/em&gt; we can use both post as &lt;em&gt;canonical posts&lt;/em&gt;. The first one for &lt;strong&gt;ATI&lt;/strong&gt; and the second for &lt;strong&gt;nVidia&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are both post acceptable?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Are they &lt;em&gt;up-to-date&lt;/em&gt;?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Do we need better answers?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Do you know another post that can be used to link dupes?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="62483" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2013-08-23T15:44:47.133" Title="Lets do something with &quot;Set up dual monitor&quot; post!" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|cleanup|canonical-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7185" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-08-19T22:42:51.873" Score="6" ViewCount="88" Body="&lt;p&gt;Have basically copied a wiki article as an answer to a question on main site but would like to add some form of Table of Contents at the beginning of the answer to guide readers to the part which the want to read as they want to read it.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Basically what I have done is posted this answer &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/334292/102029&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/a/334292/102029&lt;/a&gt; which is 99% a copy of &lt;a href=&quot;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA/Sysrq#How_do_I_use_the_magic_SysRq_key&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA/Sysrq#How_do_I_use_the_magic_SysRq_key&lt;/a&gt;.  The original has a table of contents and would like to guide readers to part most relevant to them.  Due to different people having different issues with sysrq.&#xA;I felt the need to post the complete original due to the lack of Official Ubuntu Documentation regarding sysrq.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any ideas how to help guide readers to different sections of one answer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="102029" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2013-08-22T17:53:44.730" Title="How to guide readers to specific sections to a lengthy answer?" Tags="|discussion|formatting|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7186" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2013-08-20T02:21:06.140" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Formatting could mean the form and layout of any text or any other type of document.  Formatting could also imply the preparation of storage media for accepting data.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When considering the layout of text, fonts, images, paragraphs, pages, documents etc the formatting is important to allow readability and/or usability of the information being communicated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When considering the preparation of hard drives, DVD -RW, SD Cards etc in prepation to accept and use data the formatting is necessary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This would mean Formatting is the synonym of Formatting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="102029" LastEditorUserId="102029" LastEditDate="2013-08-20T17:27:01.923" LastActivityDate="2013-08-20T17:27:01.923" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7187" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2013-08-20T02:21:06.140" Score="0" Body="Formatting could mean the form and layout of any text or any other type of document.  Formatting could also imply the preparation of storage media for accepting data.  This would mean Formatting is the synonym of Formatting." OwnerUserId="102029" LastEditorUserId="102029" LastEditDate="2013-08-20T17:27:09.487" LastActivityDate="2013-08-20T17:27:09.487" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7188" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7185" CreationDate="2013-08-20T08:16:48.817" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The way I'd do it is to write a short answer at the beginning (like a &lt;strong&gt;tl;dr&lt;/strong&gt;) and then explain in more detail further down.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastEditorUserId="117103" LastEditDate="2013-08-22T17:53:44.730" LastActivityDate="2013-08-22T17:53:44.730" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7189" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-08-20T12:10:48.347" Score="27" ViewCount="252" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've talked about a wizard to help people find existing questions and improve the quality of the ones they post if they can't find one. I've talked about this for so long without doing anything so yesterday, I took some personal time and built it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The system is essentially a flow-chart that can do data collection. We ask the user what their main symptom is and then can ask them more questions, ask for &lt;code&gt;lspci&lt;/code&gt; output, search our existing questions and then present them with a list of existing questions, or pre-populate the Ask form. Believe it or not, all of that is currently working.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course it's nowhere near finished and it won't be implemented unless Stack Exchange loves it and &lt;strong&gt;I need help building example scenarios&lt;/strong&gt;. Imagine a problem and work out what questions we'd usually ask in comments to answer it. These can be hardware or software but I think this is probably going to apply to hardware issues more than not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I'm looking for the biggest, most recurrent and most consistently poor quality problems we see on the main site.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is my sole working example (and it's just a flimsy tech-demo so if you want to improve it, please do):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Symptom: I can't connect to the internet&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Input: &lt;code&gt;lspci -nnk | grep net -A2&lt;/code&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If there's more than one, the user selects right card&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Search based on hardware ID&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If the user says the results are bunk, we pre-populate the form with the raw &lt;code&gt;lspci&lt;/code&gt; data, code formatted.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once we have a few ideas, I'll implement them in the wizard and publish it (it's a userscript at the moment) and we can decide whether it's worth showing to Stack Exchange.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2013-08-20T13:16:36.203" LastActivityDate="2013-10-29T08:14:39.913" Title="Need help! What problems would be best solved by a wizard?" Tags="|discussion|asking-questions|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7190" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7189" CreationDate="2013-08-20T13:51:38.847" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think this is an awesome idea! I love this kind of stuff! But why stop at &quot;&lt;em&gt;the biggest, most recurrent and most consistently poor quality problems we see on the main site&lt;/em&gt;&quot;? On the contrary, you can build the ultimate wizard/tool to help new users for many problems, not just the most consistently poor quality ones! Here is my input:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I have an issue with wireless.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;My computer does not recognize my wireless card (or &quot;I can't get wireless to work&quot;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Input: &lt;code&gt;lspci -nnk | grep -A2 0280&lt;/code&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;User presented with cards based on output and selects his manufacturer.&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Links to popular questions about this card (e.g. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/55868/52726&quot;&gt;Installing Broadcom Wireless Drivers&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Already went through those questions? Pre-populate form with data. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;My computer recognizes my wireless card, but I still can't get it to work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Input: &lt;code&gt;sudo lshw -c network &amp;amp;&amp;amp; lsmod | egrep '^rtl|^wifi|80211|^wl'&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I repeatedly get asked for the wireless password when I try to connect to a wireless network.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Link to question: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/64903/52726&quot;&gt;Network manager forgets wireless password after sleeping or powering off&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I am connected to the internet (wired or wireless), but I can't browse any website.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Inputs: &lt;code&gt;ifconfig &amp;amp;&amp;amp; ping -c4 8.8.8.8 &amp;amp;&amp;amp; ping -c4 google.com &amp;amp;&amp;amp; route -n &amp;amp;&amp;amp; nm-tool&lt;/code&gt; (and maybe upload to &lt;a href=&quot;http://paste.ubuntu.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;paste.ubuntu.com&lt;/a&gt; automatically).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I am having trouble with a USB stick/partition/internal/external hard disk.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I am having trouble with accessing/mounting a USB stick/partition/internal/external hard disk.&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Input: &lt;code&gt;sudo fdisk -l &amp;amp;&amp;amp; mount | grep '^/'&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I have an issue with installing something using &lt;code&gt;apt-get install&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I'm getting an error about &quot;unmet dependencies&quot;.&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Link to question: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/140246/52726&quot;&gt;How do I resolve unmet dependencies after adding a PPA?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Didn't solve? Input: complete output of the &lt;code&gt;apt-get install&lt;/code&gt; command.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I have an issue when running &lt;code&gt;sudo apt-get update&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I'm getting an error that contains 404 Not Found&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Link to question: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/65911/52726&quot;&gt;How can I fix a 404 Error when using a PPA or updating my package lists?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Didn't solve? Input: complete output of &lt;code&gt;sudo apt-get update&lt;/code&gt; command.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure if this is what you're looking for Oli. Let me know what you think. I'm in no way finished with this post yet; I'll continue updating this, but I have to leave now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="52726" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2013-08-20T13:51:38.847" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7191" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7189" CreationDate="2013-08-20T14:46:38.693" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;Disclaimer: feel free to edit&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Do you want to install Ubuntu?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;No! I just want to try it and see it working.&#xA;&#xA;    I want to make a live cd. -&amp;gt; QA to read before doing so.&#xA;    I want to make a live usb.-&amp;gt; QA to read before doing so.&#xA;    I want to install ubuntu in a virtual machine. -&amp;gt; QA to read before doing so.&#xA;&#xA;Yes! How can I install it?&#xA;    I am using windows.&#xA;         I am using windows 7 or an earlier version of windows.&#xA;              I want to keep my windows system and my personal data. -&amp;gt; QA to read before doing so.&#xA;              I do not care about my windows system nor about my personal data. -&amp;gt; QA to read before doing so.       &#xA;              I do not care about my windows system, but I do not want to loose my personal data. -&amp;gt; QA to read before doing so.       &#xA;         I am using windows 8 or a later version of windows.&#xA;              My computer has both legacy booting and uefi booting (link: how to check)&#xA;              ...&#xA;&#xA;    I am using mac.&#xA;         ...&#xA;    I am using another operating system.&#xA;         ...&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="115155" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2013-08-21T02:09:51.043" LastActivityDate="2013-08-21T02:09:51.043" CommentCount="5" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-08-20T15:06:11.320" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7192" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7189" CreationDate="2013-08-20T15:00:17.773" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;Disclaimer: feel free to edit&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other often recurring questions that lack the right information to be able to answer the question or judge whether it is a duplicate: &lt;sub&gt;[sorry, I don't have the time to write full use cases now, but maybe someone else has]&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;why does Ubuntu boot to a black/purple screen?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;does Ubuntu support my hardware?&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;my GPU&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;my phone&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;my old computer with low hardware&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the new supercomputer I want to buy&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;my TV&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I have just installed Ubuntu and I have lost my data. How can I recover it?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="115155" LastEditorUserId="91200" LastEditDate="2013-10-29T08:14:39.913" LastActivityDate="2013-10-29T08:14:39.913" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-08-20T15:06:16.943" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7193" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-08-20T15:10:03.223" Score="7" ViewCount="76" Body="&lt;p&gt;Wouldn't be possible to suggest to the user to add HW specs when asking hardware related questions?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I find myself asking over and over again &quot;what's you laptop make/model?&quot;, &quot;what's your GPU?&quot;, &quot;how much ram do you have?&quot; and so on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Wondering if it would be possible to add a reminder to the user once the system detects a HW related question (the same way you detect similar posts).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="63332" LastActivityDate="2013-08-20T15:10:03.223" Title="requesting HW specs" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2013-09-23T11:15:11.853" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7194" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-08-20T23:30:48.417" Score="17" ViewCount="241" Body="&lt;p&gt;Questions are the lifeblood of any Stack Exchange site. But asking &lt;em&gt;good&lt;/em&gt; questions can be difficult, for some people entirely too difficult to bother with. When the Trilogy sites reached traffic levels that made manual review and filtering of questions burdensome for the good folks &lt;em&gt;answering&lt;/em&gt; them, we began building systems to &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/10/asking-better-questions/&quot;&gt;detect and slow down the folks who weren't putting any effort into learning and improving over time&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We believe asking questions on our site is a privilege, not a right. If, after a few fair attempts, you haven’t been able to prove that your contributions to Stack Overflow make it at least … not-worse … then we reserve the right to refuse your questions. If we don’t do our part to cull the bad questions, then we risk alienating the true experts who provide what really matters: the answers!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu has reached traffic levels where this sort of rate-limiting and outright blocking of questions makes sense, so we've enabled quality blocks here as well. These blocks are based on the community's collective rating of posts from both a user's account and other accounts on the same IP address, thus limiting the ability of folks to abuse the community by just creating new accounts. Blocked users are directed to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/question-bans&quot;&gt;this page&lt;/a&gt;, which explains what that person must do to lift the block. Moderators have access to information on whether or not a given user would be blocked, as well as whether or not they've previously encountered the block, for those cases where it is desirable to provide one-on-one support.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;What you can do to help&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Quality blocks are based on the community's rating of questions and answers, therefore the most useful things you can do are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;if you see a great, thoughtfully asked, well researched question, vote it up — &lt;em&gt;please&lt;/em&gt;! Great questions are an art!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;if you see an egregiously sloppy, no-effort-expended question that you feel was asked in bad faith … vote it down.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;anything in between that’s salvageable, edit it!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Don't worry about the exact details of the algorithm used for blocking - in general, it's fairly conservative as far as who or what gets blocked. As always, vote your conscience and encourage new members to participate constructively.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12845" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-08-20T23:30:48.417" Title="Quality blocks enabled for questions" Tags="|discussion|post-ban|low-quality-posts|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7195" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-08-21T14:13:33.210" Score="22" ViewCount="402" Body="&lt;p&gt;For instance: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/335393/how-to-install-bind-dns-server-and-apache-web-server-in-ubuntu&quot;&gt;How to install bind dns server and apache web server in ubuntu?&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is certainly a lot of how-tos to be found for exactly this task, it looks like we are his first (and only) resource. I know that the mouse-over names this as &lt;strong&gt;one&lt;/strong&gt; reason for downvoting, but I don't think it has been handled this way since I am aboard.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What got me thinking along these lines was a sentence from Eliah (&quot;We actually need way more downvoting, not less.&quot;) in his answer to &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/7179/could-we-add-a-delay-before-being-able-to-downvote-a-question&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/7179/could-we-add-a-delay-before-being-able-to-downvote-a-question&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course a downvote must/should be accompanied by a comment informing what the OP should do to improve the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2023-10-19T15:22:45.073" Title="Should we downvote questions when the OP didn't put any research effort into them?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7196" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7195" CreationDate="2013-08-21T16:32:55.603" Score="14" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Of course!&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The tooltip of down arrow (for questions) says, and I quote:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This question don't show any research effort; it is unclear or not useful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We shouldn't extract all the information to OP's in comments, at very least they should make an effort: that they did investigate, or tried to fix, or at least made the question answerable without the furtherance or with just few comments to find out. The same apply to questions that are answerable without having to &lt;strike&gt;take a gun and pointing to OP's head to&lt;/strike&gt; narrow down what the question is about! Those could be voted up!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Example of good questions that were interesting, and didn't need comments to make clear what the question is about... just look for them: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions?sort=votes&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions?sort=votes&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't say just downvote for the sake of it, but at least they know that several downvotes + 1 comment means that they should review what their peers are asking them to do (in the comment) and do it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2013-09-14T02:00:06.803" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7197" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7195" CreationDate="2013-08-21T22:01:30.707" Score="-4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would caution that unless we know the person in real life, we &lt;em&gt;really don't know&lt;/em&gt; if they've done any research or not. I say this not to be technical, but just to remind you that sometimes people just don't know... and in cases like that, leaving a comment (and waiting for a response) &lt;em&gt;before&lt;/em&gt; taking an action such as down voting, is probably the best bet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the person has clearly not put in any effort when writing the question (for example, it is short and lacking any detail whatsoever), then I would suggest down voting (and I would highly recommend leaving a comment expressing why the question needed to be down voted, as otherwise you leave the OP none the wiser).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1992" LastActivityDate="2013-08-21T22:01:30.707" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7198" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-08-22T15:10:19.133" Score="59" ViewCount="685" Body="&lt;p&gt;So over the past few days I've put some of my time into building a wizard. It currently stands as a 515 line user-script. And it's really still just a tech demo.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Before we go any further, a screenshot of what you'll see on the Ask page if you install it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/czpN9.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you're just joining us and have no idea what I'm talking about, there have been several discussions in recent history that allude to the same thing: the quality of questions here is not always great. Not all users are capable of working out what to search for, and they're the people who often don't know what to include in their question. This leads to a ton of wasted time as we triage new questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The wizard's aim is to remove that quality issue and improve support rate via two key methods:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;We quickly diagnose commonly recurring issues and get users to the right existing posts. They get an instant answer and they're not posting dupes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Certain wizard paths have the ability to collect data and add if they need to ask a new question, this data is added to their post. This improves quality and should help to cut down on the triage.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And if it can't help, it's designed to get out of the way as fast as possible and leave the user with the standard Ask form.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Quit all this dithering, man! How do I install it?!&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As previously mentioned, this is a userscript that we need to install in the browser.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Firefox users need &lt;a href=&quot;https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/scriptish/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Scriptish&lt;/a&gt; (my new preference) or &lt;a href=&quot;https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/greasemonkey/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;GreaseMonkey&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Chrome users need &lt;a href=&quot;https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/tampermonkey/dhdgffkkebhmkfjojejmpbldmpobfkfo/related?hl=en&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;TamperMonkey&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;IE users go home, you're drunk.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It was built in Firefox so there may be Chrome-only bugs. Let me know (or submit patch pull-requests). Anyway, after you have the required extension, click the following link and tell it you want to install the script:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/oliwarner/auwizard/raw/master/auwizard.user.js&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://github.com/oliwarner/auwizard/raw/master/auwizard.user.js&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then just visit &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/ask&quot;&gt;the /ask page&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;But nobody is going to install a userscript before asking, how are we going to get this live on the site?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hold on a second. We're not there yet. As I keep saying, this is a demo, a super-alpha, meant to demonstrate what we can do with just a little bit of javascript. We need to:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Improve the questions the wizard asks,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Add more follow-ups, more data collection, and&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Search the site more (there's only one hardware lookup at the moment),&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've built this to be extensible and it's open source (GPLv3) and &lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/oliwarner/auwizard&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;available on Github&lt;/a&gt;. Ideally people would fork my version out, improve it and submit pull requests back to my branch. It is very simple code and there &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; technical documentation on GH and I'm available to answer questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Failing that, I'm happy for people to leave comments and answers on here and &lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/oliwarner/auwizard&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;bug reports on Github&lt;/a&gt; suggesting different handlers and better questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once we have four stubs that are actually usable, we can see about getting it included in the site. Depending on how many people get stuck in to this, we could be talking about a week or months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;I really need &lt;em&gt;your&lt;/em&gt; help.&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2015-02-02T23:37:01.140" Title="Alpha-testing a wizard" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="20" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7199" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7198" CreationDate="2013-08-22T15:28:21.463" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I guess, in this case &quot;comment&quot; means &quot;answer&quot;. Thx for putting this wizard together.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Two observations:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;it works on Chromium with Tampermonkey &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;it does in no way &quot;help you to build a high quality question&quot; - yet, that's where we will have to put effort into&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastEditorUserId="117103" LastEditDate="2013-08-22T16:42:50.267" LastActivityDate="2013-08-22T16:42:50.267" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7200" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-08-22T15:28:58.253" Score="1" ViewCount="58" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have edited a number of posts here. I found that whenever reputation decreased by two, it was accounted for, for I checked and found that a post which I edited was deleted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, a number of times I have seen it go up by 2. Recently (&lt;strong&gt;this&lt;/strong&gt; month), I found my reputation go up from 201 to 203, but nothing in my profile/recent reputation changes accounted for it. If it were, then there should have been a +2 recorded in my reputation history!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why does this happen?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="93784" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2013-08-22T16:26:25.583" LastActivityDate="2013-08-22T19:01:33.017" Title="Reputation score increase not accounted for!" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7201" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-08-22T17:49:42.653" Score="1" ViewCount="39" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a doubt that If we flag a moderator's or user's (who got privileged to access Mod-Tools( &gt; 10,100 Rep) ) post/question or anything , will he able to  review them ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="33833" LastActivityDate="2013-08-22T19:01:46.200" Title="a mod can review his own flag?" Tags="|discussion|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7203" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7201" CreationDate="2013-08-22T19:01:46.200" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;A moderator can indeed review a post of theirs that was flagged. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, for most flags (duplicates), its cut and dry and the moderator will vote to close the question. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For those flags that aren't cut and dry, they generally let someone else take care of it, or they bring it up in the moderator-only chat. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastActivityDate="2013-08-22T19:01:46.200" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7204" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-08-22T22:46:34.007" Score="1" ViewCount="48" Body="&lt;p&gt;I notice this question is &quot;on hold&quot;: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/291045/best-graphics-card-brand-drivers-for-gaming-on-ubuntu&quot;&gt;Best graphics card brand/ drivers for gaming on Ubuntu?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If mods are going to delete it anyway, is it worth spending effort to actively maintain any answers on such a question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="121193" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2013-08-23T00:23:30.083" Title="Is it worth curating/maintaing an answer to an on-hold question?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7205" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7204" CreationDate="2013-08-23T00:23:30.083" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;One approach is for you to reword the question (and, if necessary, your answer) so they meet the rules at &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/closed-questions&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/help/closed-questions&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6130" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2013-08-23T00:23:30.083" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7206" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7184" CreationDate="2013-08-23T15:44:47.133" Score="4" Body="&lt;h1&gt;ATI&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For ATI hardware we should use &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/71457/62483&quot; title=&quot;How can I set up dual monitor display with ATI driver?&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; as the &lt;em&gt;canonical&lt;/em&gt; post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;nVidia&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For nVidia hardware we should use &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/84181/62483&quot; title=&quot;How can I set up dual monitors with nVidia?&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; as the &lt;em&gt;canonical&lt;/em&gt; post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In both post we need users confirming if &lt;em&gt;the methods mentioned there will work for newer versions of Ubuntu or not&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="62483" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-08-23T15:44:47.133" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7207" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7233" CreationDate="2013-08-23T19:07:32.360" Score="5" ViewCount="107" Body="&lt;p&gt;Title says it all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Both tags have pretty much just &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/serial&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;serial&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;serial&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/serial-port&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;serial-port&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;serial-port&lt;/a&gt; mentioned just once (!), and the tag appears.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Someone is kind enough to make an excerpt of both tags to separate &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calcium_hydroxide&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;cal&lt;/a&gt; from sand?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;(I really hope that everybody knows this saying)&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not saying to nuke them (actually, serial... don't seems a useful tag for me), just to make things more... organized?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2013-08-23T19:12:59.477" LastActivityDate="2013-09-06T09:11:54.477" Title="What's the difference between serial-port and serial tag?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7208" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7207" CreationDate="2013-08-23T19:36:45.430" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;My suggestion would be to make &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/serial&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;serial&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;serial&lt;/a&gt; a synonym of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/serial-port&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;serial-port&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;serial-port&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastActivityDate="2013-08-23T19:36:45.430" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7209" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7210" CreationDate="2013-08-23T21:01:04.657" Score="5" ViewCount="162" Body="&lt;p&gt;My answer to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/334939/can-ubuntu-run-alongside-windows&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/334939/can-ubuntu-run-alongside-windows&lt;/a&gt; was deleted - I'd like to know why.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as I can see none of the criteria mentioned in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/deleted-answers&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/help/deleted-answers&lt;/a&gt; or in &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/5536/someone-deleted-my-answer-in-a-duplicate-post-why&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/5536/someone-deleted-my-answer-in-a-duplicate-post-why&lt;/a&gt; were met.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know that my answer doesn't target the title but it clearly (in my eyes) answers the last sentence of the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2013-08-24T11:20:52.173" Title="Why was my answer deleted?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7210" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7209" CreationDate="2013-08-23T22:05:23.093" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Answers that are posted on a duplicate questions break autoforwarding from search engines, so they're routinely deleted. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2013-08-23T22:05:23.093" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7212" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-08-24T08:11:44.767" Score="-5" ViewCount="77" Body="&lt;p&gt;Reading the answers and comments that I got on this question &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/7179/32413&quot;&gt;Could we add a delay before being able to downvote a question?&lt;/a&gt;&quot;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;I changed my mind&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;An answer needs to be upvoted or downvoted, it is fundamental&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;For a question, well :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;if the question is not clear enough:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;     - no body or few people up vote, &lt;br&gt;&#xA;     - but please do not downvote, leave comments to guide the owner of the question to improve it&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;if the question is or became clear and interesting:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;     - people will upvote, and their vote will show the real value of the question (no polluted by the downvote behaviour described in &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/7183/32413&quot;&gt;Oli's answer&lt;/a&gt;). &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If a question is downvoted, rather than editing his question, the owner of the question may create a new question (perhaps with some improvements) to reset the value of his question&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;My conclusion is:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;downvoting a question because it is unclear leads to discourage new comer&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;downvoting a question because it is unclear leads to make the owner of the question create duplicated questions&lt;br&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;downvoting a question because a similar question is already existing is a wrong behaviour, &lt;strong&gt;close&lt;/strong&gt; or &lt;strong&gt;flag&lt;/strong&gt; the question for &lt;em&gt;duplicated question&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;So lets change the pop-up of the downvote icon:&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Instead of: &lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;lt;&amp;lt;&lt;em&gt;This question does not show any research effort; it is unclear and not usefull&lt;/em&gt;&gt;&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Replace by:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;any proposal ?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="32413" LastEditorUserId="32413" LastEditDate="2013-08-24T11:05:46.953" LastActivityDate="2013-08-24T12:49:58.623" Title="Could we modify the pop-up of the downvote icon of questions?" Tags="|discussion|downvoting|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7214" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7212" CreationDate="2013-08-24T10:29:51.900" Score="-3" Body="&lt;p&gt;It seems that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;downvoting a question is not made to flag that &lt;strong&gt;the question is unclear&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br&gt;&#xA;=&gt; using a &lt;strong&gt;comment&lt;/strong&gt; is better for that&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Let me explain why a comment is better than downvoting in this case:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;-With a comment you give guideline and educate the owner of the question.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;-Whereas after downvoting a question because it was unclear; the owner of the question improves it; but mots of the people who donwvoted will not come back to upvote.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;The evil part of this behavior is that people will not open a question with a negative rate thinking that it is a bad question. &lt;strong&gt;So the chances of the owner to see an answer to his problem is decreasing.&lt;/strong&gt; (even if he improves his question) &lt;strong&gt;due to old downvotes&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;br&gt;&#xA;So he better create a duplicated question than editing his original question.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;downvoting a question is not made to flag that &lt;strong&gt;the question does not show any research effort&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br&gt;&#xA;By &quot;research effort&quot; I understand that some other question have already been raised and answered, &lt;br&gt;&#xA;=&gt; so using &lt;strong&gt;close&lt;/strong&gt; or &lt;strong&gt;flag&lt;/strong&gt; is better for that&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So the only valid part in the pop-up is &lt;strong&gt;question is not usefull&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;But it makes no sense to say that downvoting a question is just to vote for usefull question, otherwise any user will downvote when he is not interested by a question !&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I still wonder why it is needed to get such downvote option for a question&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And after some reading about &lt;strong&gt;Downvoting a question&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/vote-down&quot;&gt;vote down privilege&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2011/06/optimizing-for-pearls-not-sand&quot;&gt;and asking a question is a privilege&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&amp;lt;&amp;lt; &lt;em&gt;We believe asking questions on our site is a privilege, not a right. If, after a few fair attempts, you haven’t been able to prove that your contributions to a particular Stack Exchange make it at least … not-worse … then we reserve the right to refuse your questions. If we don’t do our part to cull the bad questions, then we risk alienating the true experts who provide what really matters: the answers!&lt;/em&gt;&gt;&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I finaly propose:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;lt;&amp;lt; &lt;em&gt;Downvote to mark that this question is polutting AskUbuntu and that the user should potentialy get restricted rigth to not raise question&lt;/em&gt; &gt;&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which is finally pretty rude, but it appear to be the real reason for downvoting a question. So I maintain my first though: downvoting a new comer too quickly is pretty rude.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;But with such clear pop-up, some downvoter might not downvote so quickly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="32413" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2013-08-24T12:49:58.623" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7215" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7209" CreationDate="2013-08-24T11:20:52.173" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The deletion of my answer was an automated consequence of the verdict &lt;em&gt;duplicate&lt;/em&gt;. OK with me - the effort for this answer was not noteworthy anyway - and I certainly don't want to reopen the question!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What I want to &lt;strong&gt;point out&lt;/strong&gt; though that those who voted to close the question as duplicate overlooked the last sentence (Very probably I would have missed it too :-)), which has no counterpart in the &quot;original&quot; question. That's why it doesn't make sense to move this answer to the other question - it would be an obvious non-answer there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I take this as a very unimportant example that we might delete correct and good information by applying overly quick close votes . Sometimes I find that I too answer/flag/vote mainly based on the &lt;strong&gt;Title&lt;/strong&gt; of a question instead on the &lt;strong&gt;whole question&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As an aside: It might pay if people editing/reviewing questions tried to ascertain that the Title really matches the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastActivityDate="2013-08-24T11:20:52.173" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7216" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7195" CreationDate="2013-08-24T11:40:31.657" Score="-5" Body="&lt;p&gt;For me &quot;&lt;em&gt;OP didn't put any research effort&lt;/em&gt;&quot; means that we know that a similar question with answer is already existing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then lets vote for &lt;strong&gt;CLOSE&lt;/strong&gt; (if you have the privilege) for duplicate question&lt;br&gt;&#xA;or &lt;strong&gt;FLAG&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;that way the owner will be redirected to the right question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Whereas downvoting does not help anything&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="32413" LastEditorUserId="32413" LastEditDate="2013-08-24T11:46:02.117" LastActivityDate="2013-08-24T11:46:02.117" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7218" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-08-24T20:27:15.120" Score="18" ViewCount="627" Body="&lt;p&gt;To the reviewers that check First Time posts, please, be very alert about this new kind of attack:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Spammers are now posting seemly valid answers/questions ripping of other posts/answers inside/outside AU.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Clear example: &lt;strong&gt;the answers were deleted as spam, maybe a &gt;10K rep user could take the screenshots&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/336799/169736&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/a/336799/169736&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://discussions.apple.com/message/22109175#22109175&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://discussions.apple.com/message/22109175#22109175&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/336796/169736&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/a/336796/169736&lt;/a&gt; ripoff &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/128471/169736&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/a/128471/169736&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/290431/169736&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/a/290431/169736&lt;/a&gt; was ripped of here &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/336801/169736&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/a/336801/169736&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/0Y7v8.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/hCJZt.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you check the edit logs, you will see that I deleted some links, before discovering the pattern. &lt;strong&gt;I know I shouldn't edit spam, but at first I didn't think this.&lt;/strong&gt; Be extra precarious with answers/questions that has links, check where they are heading, and flag it if you feel that is spam.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Moderators will know how to deal with this, and if it's necessary to bring this topic to other sites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2013-08-27T00:19:54.920" Title="Spammers are being nastier withing the second!" Tags="|discussion|review|spam-handling|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7219" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7221" CreationDate="2013-08-24T23:27:25.713" Score="7" ViewCount="118" Body="&lt;p&gt;What is the correct way to format terms which should be searched for or button names?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Search for &quot;Settings&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Click on the &quot;System Settings&quot; button&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should an &lt;code&gt;inline code span&lt;/code&gt; be used, &quot;quotation marks&quot; or &lt;em&gt;italics&lt;/em&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By my knowledge, inline code is for commands and file paths&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="176889" LastEditorUserId="176889" LastEditDate="2013-08-25T08:39:24.007" LastActivityDate="2013-08-25T11:06:25.733" Title="What is the correct way to format search terms, button names, etc.?" Tags="|discussion|formatting|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7220" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2076" CreationDate="2013-08-25T02:03:20.487" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is this problem now solved as the login procedure &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2013/06/web-service-changes-to-ubuntu-accounts&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;re-branded&lt;/a&gt; ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think you should change the Icon... &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/XvxYL.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;...and the redirection screen. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/FHETW.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="95393" LastActivityDate="2013-08-25T02:03:20.487" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7221" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7219" CreationDate="2013-08-25T11:06:25.733" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;There's no official right way to format text that is input to, or output from, a graphical interface. It's largely a matter of personal style, and probably no style is objectively best.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Quotation marks are often good, as are italics. When quotation marks or italics are already being used, the &lt;em&gt;sparing&lt;/em&gt; use of bold may even be considered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An author might choose to use the same convention for every different type of GUI text talked about in a post. Alternatively, an author might choose to format text that is to be typed into a textbox one way, &quot;static&quot; labels (that do not respond when clicked) one way, and &quot;dynamic&quot; labels (like the text on a menu or command button) another way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With that said there are three guidelines that I &lt;em&gt;believe&lt;/em&gt; are widely agreed upon:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Within any single post, consistency is better than inconsistency. (This is similar to the idea that the same word should be spelled the same way within any single post, barring any special reason to do otherwise.)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Subjective style preferences of an editor don't warrant changing one established style to another. Only if the current style is causing problems should it be changed. So, if a post italicizes all names of menus, they shouldn't be put in quotes instead unless there is reason to think that would really improve readability.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;code spans&lt;/code&gt; should only ever be used for text that is code-like in nature. This includes actual program code, but also most text that would appear or be typed into a terminal. Text that appears in a graphical interface is not usually code-like, so code spans should usually not be used for it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Editing is justified to remove code formatting from text that is not code-like in any way. However, there is some reasonable disagreement about what is code-like. Filenames are widely considered to be code-like, here. Are package names code-like?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When something is clearly code-like (like commands for entry in a terminal), editing is justified to add code formatting.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2013-08-25T11:06:25.733" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7223" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7241" CreationDate="2013-08-25T17:58:18.677" Score="16" ViewCount="237" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was going to edit &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/236185/how-can-i-calibrate-my-xbox360-controller-in-ubuntu-12-10&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; but I appear to be running into some kind of spam catcher.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Bn9sp.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2013-08-29T20:58:08.713" Title="Can't edit due to mention of The Walking Dead" Tags="|bug|status-completed|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7224" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-08-26T16:24:21.027" Score="7" ViewCount="237" Body="&lt;h2&gt;TL;DR: Please, decide a policy, adhere to it and enforce it.&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The main problem here is the lack of cohesion about how to deal with the questions. For that I rant about the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yeah, guys, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/7152/169736&quot;&gt;we reached that point&lt;/a&gt; (I'm referring to the title of the question &lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;Should we consider unanswered questions a problem yet?&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt;, not the content itself). &lt;strong&gt;It is a problem&lt;/strong&gt;. Seems that some people haven't struck home that questions which are &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/7195/169736&quot;&gt;low quality &lt;strong&gt;need&lt;/strong&gt; to be downvoted&lt;/a&gt; (some may argue &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/2025/12864&quot;&gt;that it is optional&lt;/a&gt;, but the very same people shouldn't rant about the low quality questions or that the answer rate is so low). Remember that the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/7194/169736&quot;&gt;quality question blocks&lt;/a&gt; only works if you downvote/close questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What inspired me to make this meta question was &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/337142/169736&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;, which, at the moment that I saw it, had 3 comments each of them with 2 upvotes, so at least 5 (could be more) persons considered that the question was lacking crucial information without a single downvote. The answer is pretty easy, and if the OP had added the relevant information in the first place, it would be highly probable to be closed as duplicated of one of many questions about &amp;quot;Permission denied&amp;quot; errors.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, since all my rant won't make you feel at easy while downvoting here is the other method; vote to close:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If the question don't have &lt;strong&gt;CRITICAL/BASIC&lt;/strong&gt; information about the problem, vote &amp;quot;Unclear what you are asking&amp;quot; and leave a comment asking for the information.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you're looking at the First post review queue and you are almost sure that there should be another question with the same content, look for it and flag it as duplicate. But, if you didn't find the duplicated or you don't remember, either, ask in [chat] or &lt;strong&gt;skip that question&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If the question is vague enough to make you think &lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;What is this guy talking about&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt; flag it as &amp;quot;Unclear what you are asking&amp;quot; and add a comment. If you don't want to leave the comment, &lt;strong&gt;don't press the &amp;quot;No action is needed&amp;quot;!&lt;/strong&gt;. The only fact that you doubt, makes you unable to take a definitive action, hence &lt;strong&gt;Skip&lt;/strong&gt; the question. If you hit &amp;quot;No action is needed&amp;quot; &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/5275/169736&quot;&gt;you are hurting the community&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, I will use my super powers to predict some questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are you out of your mind!? You don't know that the Close queue is a mess just with the normal workload? now you want to add that?!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes. I'm out of my mind, because I'm using something for what it is supposed to be used. There are enough &amp;gt;3K reputation (active?) users to take care of all the Close Votes needed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why flag to close immediately? The comment should be enough no?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yeah, it &lt;em&gt;should be enough&lt;/em&gt; in a pink world with ponies and world peace. But, in the real and crude world, where the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/187606/169736&quot;&gt;users bail out&lt;/a&gt; after leaving all the crap behind we need &lt;strike&gt;real men/women to take the crap out&lt;/strike&gt; to react accordingly. If the user is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/337377/ubuntu-headphones-not-working#comment430157_337377&quot;&gt;kind enough&lt;/a&gt; to provide the information, the question should pass to the Reopen queue, and be approved almost immediately (in fact, that queue is lazy enough, so it needs a bit of work ;)).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Again, aren't we a bit hasty?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Nope. Out 186 question a day, 160 are made by new users, 140 needs more information, 20 gets more information, the rest is crap (this aren't actual values/statistics). Why no deal with the crap while it's still fresh (sounds dirty, no?) instead leaving it get into our backlog and getting bite when we want to take care of it, or we don't &lt;a href=&quot;https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-zNG0NZ9pKbU/UhU2kwFfqcI/AAAAAAAAHzQ/zeQfdrnEKHI/w426-h320/tumblr_mrsww6RZgk1r0wqrdo1_500.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;want the bother to take care of it&lt;/a&gt; now that the problem is serious.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Lets put it in a nice saying:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the difference between being hasty and acting quickly? The answer is incredibly simple. It is decided by whether the outcome is successful or not.&#xA;&lt;sub&gt;I took this from a Light Novel, but seems pretty awesome quote.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We are not doing the work as we are supposed to, what is the outcome? We had a clean-up week, where are the results? We have nagged enough, and the results aren't satisfactory.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Stop ranting and make those flags/votes fly! We know how to be kind but strict. Show the ropes to the users, some of them care enough to use them. And improve the quality of AskUbuntu!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Eliah got a glimpse of what I'm trying to do. But let me state clearly: while I made a link to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/7152/169736&quot;&gt;Should we consider unanswered questions a problem yet?&lt;/a&gt; the main problem that I want to asset is to keep the &lt;strike&gt;crap out of our systems&lt;/strike&gt; influx of low quality question to the minimum. Which this, I plan to accomplish several (ambitious) objectives:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Attract new professional answerers.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Get the ones that stepped down, due the quality of the questions, back.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Make of AskUbuntu a site where you don't go to ask how to resolve problems, but to find how you solve them.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Make of AskUbuntu a reference site for the global community.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;That new users will see this as efficient that they will like take part of it, saving the recent view of Ubuntu in general. (yeah, the answer rate help with this)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Don't commit the same error as UseNet.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is an advertisement that I remembered while reading jrg♦ comment below that says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Help us to help you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's the message that our actions should deliver to every AU user, and I believe that it wasn't loud enough.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More rant about Eliah answer:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;we are not a factory for minimizing unanswered questions&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;You are absolutely right!&lt;/strong&gt; What we are is a factory of high quality questions/answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Quoting all the &amp;quot;unanswered rate&amp;quot; phrases and sentences&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Oddly enough I didn't mention the word &amp;quot;unanswered&amp;quot; in my first revision, and &amp;quot;rate&amp;quot; just once in allusion to the people that keeps nagging about rating but never propose any solution. The only thing I could use the rating for is to do not make the same mistakes of the past. In my sociology class, I learned that: &lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;it has the same steps as the scientific method, except experimentation, and the laboratory for the sociologies is the history.&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt; What I learned from the history? What are my solutions so mistakes of the past aren't going to hunt us? The ones I wrote above.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;1. We're not providing enough good answers to enough of the good, answerable questions being asked.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The first problem can be solved by more people writing answers, more appropriate canonical questions, and better ways of figuring out when questions are duplicates.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I try to navigate in all the crap that get to our seas:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I produce about 2-4 answers per day. My unscored rate, since we need numbers here, is about 23.8 percent. Only 10 unscored answers of ~165 (darn query don't say how many answers is the base) which is a pretty fantastic number *eats a cookie*. Then I leave 38 comments (yesterday) for about 20 odd questions. I normally use my 40-30 up/down votes/day I have, but I couldn't use all my flags (I think I flag 10-15 answers/questions day). I don't know others, but I give closure (makes the question answerable, flag, answer) to an average of 10 questions/day *pats his own head*. And I still do things in RL. The questions I normally answer are the very same I get from the review queue (any review queue).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I wonder how others manage to come across questions that they might have a godly answer between all the noise, when I still rant about this problem, and seems to be efficient. I would love to write more canonical questions/answers, but since Unity + USC + Gwibber + other oddities + my system = problem, I have to keep myself away of Ubuntu. BTW, remember that great questions makes great answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Users often post badly formulated or unanswerable questions, then expect they will get good answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The second problem can be solved by constructive reviewing, commenting, upvoting and downvoting, editing, closing, and reopening.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Lets teach them that's not our philosophy with the tools we have at hand. While I can edit bad grammar of some users, if it still lacks something that I have to comment, I put edit aside, favorite the question (or check my own revision history), leave the comment then if he comes by and fix his question, then I fix his grammar, if it hasn't be fixed yet (since I'm taking 2 reputation of another user, I might leave them). Of course, this doesn't mean that I don't follow the question... I take care of each of the ~15 questions I review a day. I also keep myself updated of each answer that other users make to this questions, and this is what takes most of my time here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Closing more questions is valuable, but it would only contribute slightly to solving the first problem. We should close more questions, but not to improve some made-up number. Our goal is to do better, not to look like we're doing better.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Totally agree.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;3. When a question has a good answer, that often means we should not close it as unclear. When considering whether or not to close a question, how many answers it has and what they say really is sometimes relevant.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/337439/169736&quot;&gt;some reserves about&lt;/a&gt; this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Let's take extra care to make sure we're not misreading hard questions as vague.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Actually those are the ones I like.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-08-26T21:55:21.323" Title="New battle plan for the questions that require god-like powers to figure out user problem: Close everything on sight!" Tags="|discussion|unanswered-questions|vote-to-close|low-quality-posts|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7225" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-08-26T17:54:14.410" Score="1" ViewCount="151" Body="&lt;p&gt;On occasion people post questions in a language other than English and within 5 minutes there are multiple comments informing them that this is an English only site. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any user on the site is allowed to edit any post, so why not just fix it. It takes about 30 seconds to copy and paste in Google translate. It may not come out perfect but it usually fixes the question enough so that people can understand it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should users be encouraged to translate posts rather than leave a comment about only asking questions in English?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158892" LastActivityDate="2013-08-26T21:33:37.370" Title="Why comment &quot;This is an English only site&quot;?" Tags="|discussion|comments|editing|languages|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2013-08-29T23:18:29.920" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7226" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7225" CreationDate="2013-08-26T18:46:25.830" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Uh? Because... we like to inform users about this... perhaps? Through its being said in the help page, nobody read it... so a reminder for the &lt;em&gt;next time&lt;/em&gt; seems adequate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But, I only have seen comments of this nature in already translated questions... dunno where you see this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2013-08-26T21:33:37.370" LastActivityDate="2013-08-26T21:33:37.370" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7227" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7224" CreationDate="2013-08-26T18:56:42.910" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Questions that are not clear enough to plausibly be answered should be closed. And there is no reason to wait to close them. After all, closed questions that are edited are automatically added to the reopen queue, and these days the system even allows us to take back our close votes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So the core thesis behind this proposal is a good one. It is simply that we should use the review and closure systems as they are intended to be used.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, &lt;strong&gt;I think there are some potential problems with the details of this proposal.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First of all, we are not a factory for minimizing unanswered questions. The rate of answered questions is defined as the number of open questions with at least one answer of strictly positive score or marked as accepted, divided by the number of open questions. That is one of many possible measures of how well we're doing. A low answer rate &lt;em&gt;indicates&lt;/em&gt; a problem, but &lt;strong&gt;it is not a problem in and of itself.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Our lowering answer rate points to two interrelated actual problems:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We're not providing enough good answers to enough of the good, answerable questions being asked.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Users often post badly formulated or unanswerable questions, then expect they will get good answers.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The first problem can be solved by more people writing answers, more appropriate canonical questions, and better ways of figuring out when questions are duplicates.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The second problem can be solved by constructive reviewing, commenting, upvoting and downvoting, editing, closing, and reopening. If a question cannot be answered, we should not string the asker along; we should instead help them improve it. This includes, but is by no means limited to, closing questions pending improvement and efficiently reopening those that have been fixed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Closing more questions is valuable, but it would only contribute slightly to solving the first problem. We should close more questions, &lt;strong&gt;but not to improve some made-up number.&lt;/strong&gt; Our goal is to do better, not to look like we're doing better.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Let's take extra care to make sure we're not misreading &lt;em&gt;hard&lt;/em&gt; questions as &lt;em&gt;vague.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;When a question would benefit from being more detailed or concrete but appears answerable, it should generally not be closed.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;When a question has a good answer, that often means we should not close it as unclear. When considering whether or not to close a question, how many answers it has and what they say really is sometimes relevant.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;It is critically essential that we not pretend an increase in answer rate from closing more questions somehow means we're getting better at helping people who ask answerable questions.&lt;/strong&gt; If we fall into that trap, then any gain we get by closing more questions will be more than made up for by our own complacency.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a bit more to say about situation &lt;strong&gt;2&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Whether or not even a well-asked question makes sense often depends in part on the technical proficiency of the reviewer. Furthermore, a question's meaning may be somewhat vague but clear enough that it could generate answers even without editing or more info.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If a question has elements of vagueness but a reviewer is reasonably confident that the question is answerable in its present form, the reviewer should often click &quot;No action needed.&quot; A reviewer is not hurting the community in that situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In conclusion, &lt;strong&gt;the central thesis of this meta question is totally correct.&lt;/strong&gt; But it is important:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;that we not take things too far, and close answerable questions that are merely bad or ugly. (This already sometimes happens, so we must be on our guard.) &lt;em&gt;And&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;that we not assume closing more questions will solve the bulk of our problems.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2013-08-26T18:56:42.910" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7228" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7225" CreationDate="2013-08-26T19:58:54.787" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/7225/why-comment-this-is-an-english-only-site#comment11442_7225&quot;&gt;As Seth says&lt;/a&gt;, multiple comments saying the same thing are bad. They take up screen space that should be available to comments of a less meta nature. Also, they make us look unprofessional and are probably far less likely to be taken seriously than a single comment, especially if the single comment is upvoted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anytime there are non-constructive comments, including comments repeating the same basic idea that other comments have already said, you should flag them for deletion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With that said, sometimes it is acceptable to comment about how Ask Ubuntu is English-only. You may want to edit your question with links to examples of this (though I realize the comments might have been flagged and deleted already).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You're right that if someone is going to bother to comment about how the site is English-only, they may as well also edit the post with a machine-generated translation. I agree that commenting on a non-English post to tell people to use English, without providing at least a machine translation, is silly and counterproductive. (Unless it's a language for which no reasonably acceptable machine translation can easily be produced.) If we can make a non-English post English and thus adequately clear and on-topic, but don't, why should anyone take us seriously when we talk about policy?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Of course, some non-English posts are worth closing for other reasons. For example, they may be unclear, or off-topic. But even then, editing in some translation usually helps clarify that and move things along. Anytime a non-English post cannot immediately be made clear enough to stay open, a close flag/vote is in order. If no adequately clear translation can be provided--or the OP has explicitly insisted on help in a non-English language--then in addition to voting to close, a single explanatory comment would be in order.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my opinion, the comments about Ask Ubuntu being an English language site that are valuable are &lt;em&gt;the ones that suggest alternatives for users who prefer to use another language.&lt;/em&gt; Of course, which alternatives exist depends on which language someone has posted in, and the comments would ideally be posted in both English and whatever language the OP has used, which might be why there is no widely promulgated pro-forma comment for this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.087" LastActivityDate="2013-08-26T19:58:54.787" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7229" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7230" CreationDate="2013-08-26T22:18:27.000" Score="1" ViewCount="98" Body="&lt;p&gt;Latelly I got the felling that we are now the WineHQ site, where people can ask &quot;will X game run in Ubuntu?&quot;. I would love make them check the WineHQ, or ask the makers if they have a Linux version and &lt;em&gt;then&lt;/em&gt; ask here if they have a specific problem, instead of:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;asking if it will run &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;we say yes&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;they try to play&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;find a problem&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;ask another question, being all bitter because we told him he could play&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;we tell him how to solve the problem.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I try to make those 6 steps into just 1. Any in favor? Who is in disagreement?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2013-08-26T22:29:31.377" Title="&quot;Can I run X game that is Only-Windows game in Ubuntu?&quot; we need a canonical question?" Tags="|discussion|canonical-questions|canonical-answer|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7230" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7229" CreationDate="2013-08-26T22:29:31.377" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;It might not contain the word &quot;games&quot; but it applies (and already exists):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/988/how-can-i-install-windows-software&quot;&gt;How can I install Windows software or games?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't think we need to denormalise &quot;Windows software&quot; to every type of application. Especially when we'd be using exactly the same answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2013-08-26T22:29:31.377" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7231" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-08-27T06:16:32.397" Score="0" ViewCount="56" Body="&lt;p&gt;A user needs to have a reputation of 10 or more to &quot;Use images or &lt;strong&gt;many&lt;/strong&gt; links to posts&quot;:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/JetnO.png&quot; alt=&quot;privileges&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If that were changed to &quot;Use images or links to posts&quot;, it's possible that spamming may be reduced. In other words, a user with less that 10 points would not be able to include a &lt;strong&gt;functional&lt;/strong&gt; link in a question or answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user25656" LastActivityDate="2013-08-27T11:52:58.057" Title="Would modifying privileges help minimize spam?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7232" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7231" CreationDate="2013-08-27T11:52:58.057" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are many measures that could help fight spam but which are not done because they would be much more harmful to legitimate users. This is one of them. Other harmful ways to help fight spam might include:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;requiring all users (or all new users) to complete annoying CAPTCHAs for any action&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;requiring all posts to be reviewed privately before appearing publicly&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;making a single spam flag delete a post&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;using heuristics to automatically and randomly delete posts which have a calculated 50+% chance of being spam, after an unspecified delay, and to hellban users who might (or might not) be spammers&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Compared to the problem of low-quality legitimate questions and answers, the problem of spam on our site is minuscule. It would remain comparatively tiny even if it increased by an order of magnitude.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So any proposal that makes it harder for people to post good questions (and answers) is something we should not implement. In particular:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We should make it so posts only rarely need editing to be immediately and easily understood by everyone. This is why we allow people to post two functional links even if they have &amp;lt;10 reputation.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We should encourage people to provide as much documentation in their questions as possible, and as much citation in their answers as might be helpful. Any measure that makes this more difficult both directly prevents people from creating good posts, &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; sends the message that we do not really care about quality.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We should make it so that using Ask Ubuntu does not require special technical skills. This is why we allow easy linkification, and for URL's &lt;em&gt;automatic&lt;/em&gt; linkification, even for users that have &amp;lt;10 reputation.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Users should not have to fight the system in order to use it properly. Posting &lt;em&gt;deactivated&lt;/em&gt; links constitutes, as &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/7231/would-modifying-privileges-help-minimize-spam#comment11462_7231&quot;&gt;Braiaim has commented&lt;/a&gt;, a way of circumventing the system. It may not be universally wrong to tell people how to circumvent the system, but we certainly shouldn't redesign the system to make circumvention necessary or common!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2013-08-27T11:52:58.057" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7233" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7207" CreationDate="2013-08-28T05:34:58.680" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;&quot;serial&quot; on its own is too ambiguous to be a tag.  It should probably be ditched in favour of &quot;serial-port&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54256" LastActivityDate="2013-08-28T05:34:58.680" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7234" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-08-28T14:54:26.377" Score="10" ViewCount="146" Body="&lt;p&gt;So I was wondering how all these first time posts are getting through but the number of First Posts in the review queue is always low or zero.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One reason might be that people are ignoring junk in the review queue and letting it pass. We can't do this!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Look at the history of the reviews: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/first-posts/history&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/review/first-posts/history&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Example: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/338368/please-help-with-cups-pdf-printer&quot;&gt;How to add a printer for a program using wine?&lt;/a&gt; &amp;lt;--- THAT IS NOT EVEN A QUESTION, marked &quot;No action needed&quot;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Keep scrolling through the review history, too much &lt;em&gt;crap&lt;/em&gt; is being &quot;No action needed&quot;, what's even worse is that when someone lets that junk through it zeroes out the queue, which means as a reviewer I never get a chance to see the &quot;PLEASE HELP CUPS&quot; stuff to actually improve the question. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Reviews for first time posters need to improve?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7235" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-08-28T20:29:30.937" Score="1" ViewCount="86" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am talking about &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/338436/i-cannot-get-vpn-to-prompt-me-for-userid-and-password-when-the-always-ask-opti&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/338436/i-cannot-get-vpn-to-prompt-me-for-userid-and-password-when-the-always-ask-opti&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At the same time the review screen shows&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/EjIVJ.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;while the question looks like&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/YWa7C.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My point is: when the votes remain valid for some time, why does the review system say &quot;completed&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Link to the review: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/low-quality-posts/152215&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/review/low-quality-posts/152215&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And for Braiam&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/EyUZw.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2014-04-13T23:22:48.900" Title="&quot;Review completed&quot;: why isn't the fate of that post decided?" Tags="|bug|status-bydesign|review|vote-to-close|low-quality-posts|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7236" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7235" CreationDate="2013-08-28T20:52:24.810" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;After lots of reviews, I found out why: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/low-quality-posts/152094&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/review/low-quality-posts/152094&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Immediately someone through &quot;Looks Good&quot; the review process ends.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/3W0Lp.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I couldn't find a metapost to support this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2013-08-28T23:21:53.900" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7238" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7195" CreationDate="2013-08-29T07:08:48.827" Score="7" Body="&lt;h3&gt;Do not lightly downvote salvageable content or dupes, please!&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ever since we started this discussion here we can observe a significant increase in down voting. This is done far more often on questions than on answer, presumably because downvoting questions does not cost you any of your own reputation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some of the down votes are well thought and justified, but it is my feeling that this is far not always the case. We can see quite a few questions where downvotes were cast even before the OP had any chance to respond to comments or improve their questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Let me quote from the &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/help/privileges/vote-down&quot;&gt;guidelines for downvoting&lt;/a&gt; in the Stackexchange network:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Use your downvotes whenever you encounter an &lt;strong&gt;egregiously&lt;/strong&gt; sloppy, &lt;strong&gt;no&lt;/strong&gt;-effort-expended post, or an answer that is clearly and perhaps dangerously incorrect.  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;The up-vote privilege comes first because that's what you should focus on: pushing great content to the top. &lt;strong&gt;Down-voting should be reserved for extreme cases.&lt;/strong&gt; It's not meant as a substitute for communication and editing.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As we may develop our own voting guide for Ask Ubuntu it is my believe that we should not go too far off the Stackexchange Network practise. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If we simply used the tooltip (&quot;This question don't show any research effort; it is unclear or not useful.&quot;) as a guide we may prematurely vote down a question that will not fall into the categories &lt;em&gt;&quot;egregiously sloppy&quot;&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;&quot;no-effort&quot;&lt;/em&gt;, or &lt;em&gt;&quot;extreme case&quot;&lt;/em&gt;. This will needlessly lead to confusion and irritation especially from new users. This may eventually lead to users not coming back, or not daring to ask again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is not what we want. We want to be a place open for new users. We therefore should help them to become better. This is to my strong believe better be done by&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ask for clarification&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;vote to &lt;strong&gt;close&lt;/strong&gt; if the question meets a close reason which can not be resolved from an edit.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Use your downvotes only on questions that are really not worth any effort. This will then show others that this question is not worth to be read. But keep in mind: this will also affect probably good answers on that question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In case you still felt like having to downvote a question for lack of details, or otherwise inappropriate content: &lt;strong&gt;Please do come back to see if the question was edited&lt;/strong&gt; to be able to revert your downvote. This sadly does not happen too often.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As per request here some examples of the last 30 days:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/338052/how-to-make-google-chrome-work-after-a-host-name-change&quot;&gt;How to make google chrome work after a host name change&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;-3:&lt;/strong&gt; Beginner who couldn't figure out what to do with an error message. They even came back and answered our questions from comments. Now at -3 it will be unlikely someone cares to read and help.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/338543/install-libopencv-dev-32bit-on-12-04-64bit&quot;&gt;Install libopencv-dev 32bit on 12.04 64bit&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;-3:&lt;/strong&gt; The OP needed help on broken packages with Multi Arch. We may not be able to resolve this but the question &lt;em&gt;per se&lt;/em&gt; is neither sloppy nor effortless nor extreme.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/338674/video-display-problems&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/338674/video-display-problems&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;-3:&lt;/strong&gt; An absolute Ubuntu novice is faced with severe video issues. They even posted a screenshot. The question needs more details alright, but it had downvotes without asking for clarification when I made my comment 5 hours after it was posted.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/338675/what-are-some-good-low-spec-and-free-games&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/338675/what-are-some-good-low-spec-and-free-games&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;+1/-4:&lt;/strong&gt; This is an opinion based question - no debate - but it is clearly written and all information needed was given. Why not close it as dupe of the games question? This would not have led to these many auto-downvotes.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/332969/who-do-i-have-to-pay-for-support-on-ufw&quot;&gt;What documentation and help resources are available for setting and examining UFW rules?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;-5:&lt;/strong&gt; They asked for an API documentation but they chose a poor question title. What if we had edited the title to &lt;em&gt;&quot;Where do I find a documentation for UFW?&quot;&lt;/em&gt;. The question has an upvoted and accepted answer. By this it is now a &lt;strong&gt;downvote trap&lt;/strong&gt; because the OP can not even delete it (even if they better edited the title IMO).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/334939/can-i-try-out-ubuntu-without-deleting-windows&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/334939/can-i-try-out-ubuntu-without-deleting-windows&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;+1/-8:&lt;/strong&gt; This is only a dupe of almost the same question which has 32 upvotes.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/335456/system-report-and-phishing-help&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/335456/system-report-and-phishing-help&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;-11:&lt;/strong&gt; This is a poor question, no doubt. It was closed as NARQ which is fine. But why did that many downvotes follow then? Why don't we have a single &quot;delete&quot; vote up to now? This will not help anybody. In fact rewriting the question to something on how to perform penetration tests in Ubuntu would not be that bad, would it? Nobody will care to do that at this question's rate now.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3940" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-05-23T12:39:54.233" LastActivityDate="2013-08-29T14:11:01.457" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7239" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-08-29T12:38:23.607" Score="-5" ViewCount="125" Body="&lt;p&gt;this is no thought exercise, this has happened to be more than once.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Q: What happens to expert users in a field , that just join an Ask* site? &#xA;A: They have very little chance of progressing in the point system of such sites. And indeed they are being banned from sharing their (expert) opinion. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A little background: I am a long time slackware user , so alot of the frequent difficulties I had with linux, I have solved in the past, before Ask* sites even existed. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So currently, that I am trying Ubuntu, I will come in and ask question that are more complex than &quot;how do I place a shortcut on my desktop&quot; ?&#xA;In fact most of the questions I ask , the average ubuntu user can't answer. So no points earned for this . If possible I'll go back and answer my own question (something that has happened frequently in several ask* sites).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Additionally, I can not answer simple ubuntu questions because I haven't used ubuntu for long! no points earned from there either.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not having points, is also &quot;bad&quot; for other users. If I see an error in someone's reply, I can not comment to correct them! Arggh! It is most frustating seeing an error in someone's reply and not being able to notify them so that they can change it or at least up vote their replies, which could potentially reward me as well and &quot;unlock&quot; some usability. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can't recall another example at the moment but this has happened to be in more than one situations, and it is really bothersome.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All this reduced usability is not helping to drive the community forward. At least not if you have new comers that do HAVE some experience to share.&#xA;Does anyone else have this problem? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="164638" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2016-07-01T01:28:09.523" LastActivityDate="2016-07-01T01:28:09.523" Title="Ask* sites have a serious misconception in their basis. What happens with expert newcomers?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7240" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7239" CreationDate="2013-08-29T12:47:31.537" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;In an effort to avoid the rambling comments, here it is, compressed into three points: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Privileges are not rights.&lt;/strong&gt; We aren't like other support sites so people need to adapt and learn how we work. That's what we need to work without disruption. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/comment&quot;&gt;This is particularly true with comments&lt;/a&gt; so their use is limited until you've earned it and that avoids widespread abuse (spam, chat, waffle, etc). 50rep is considered an easily acquirable level.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any &quot;harm&quot; this limit causes is easily countered by the number of bad comments it stops.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Any user can earn reputation.&lt;/strong&gt; Your argument suggests they can't and that's plain wrong. If you're an &quot;expert&quot;, you'll find answering things pretty simple. If you're not a general expert in &quot;all things Ubuntu&quot;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tags/&quot;&gt;pick the tags that work for you&lt;/a&gt;. You'll pick up the rest in time.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Reputation is available for more than just answering.&lt;/strong&gt; If you can't progress through writing good posts, you can contribute to the editing of the site. You can suggest improvements and that will earn you a little reputation each time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are an extremely high number of posts that can be edited in some way to improve them (dozens of new ones every hour, hundreds of legacy posts). If you want rep it's out there for the taking.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And that's how things are. There's no conspiracy to silence experts, we just require people of all backgrounds to go through the same life-cycle.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You say it's not polite to say &quot;go away if you don't agree with how this site works&quot;... I'd pick different words but I'd essentially be saying the same thing. If you can't get along with the system and the rules we place around it, you're not going to last long.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To answer the question &quot;What can I do if I can't comment on something?&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If it's a simple correction or enhancement, submit an edit suggestion. People will review it and the original poster will be notified if that all goes through. This will apply most often.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you're suggesting something that's loosely based on their idea, post your own answer and reference theirs. If you're copying portions of their code, &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/06/attribution-required/&quot;&gt;note the CC-BY copyright agreement on the site&lt;/a&gt;. Link to their profile and their answer.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you feel their answer is irreparably unfit for purpose, flag it appropriately.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2013-08-29T14:40:55.023" CommentCount="12" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7241" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7223" CreationDate="2013-08-29T20:48:31.503" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;The phrase &quot;The Walking Dead&quot; was blacklisted a few months ago after a wave of spam. Unfortunately, it's not feasible for us to differentiate between new posts and edits when it comes to checking for blacklisted stuff. If nothing else, if edits were exempt, it'd make it easier for someone to edit blacklisted input into posts that didn't previously have it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Either way, the last time this phrase was matched by an actual spam post was about 4 months ago, so I removed the blacklist entry.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We're working on other (and better) means of dealing with spam, so if another wave comes we should be fairly well-equipped to handle it without needed to resort to blacklisting input again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1412" LastEditorUserId="1412" LastEditDate="2013-08-29T20:53:57.977" LastActivityDate="2013-08-29T20:53:57.977" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7242" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-08-30T06:36:19.933" Score="16" ViewCount="118" Body="&lt;p&gt;Only by chance I came across a merged question I had answered twice:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/111959/what-is-a-bad-quality-package&quot;&gt;What is a &amp;quot;bad quality&amp;quot; package?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is not really what we want. One answer may be better than the other, or worse, both answers are almost identical. We do have to merge or delete our multiple answers after questions had been merged.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We can see from other answers under this question that the merging process also led to a somewhat different weight of the question. At least &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/240071/3940&quot;&gt;one answer&lt;/a&gt; was originally written from a developers point of view. This is now not really addressed by the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know that merging always bears the risk of duplicate answers or answers becoming only marginally on topic. It therefore would be nice to at least get a notice that a question we had answered was merged to another question. Only then we will be able to edit our answers appropriately.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3940" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2018-03-21T21:27:42.060" Title="Can we get a notice that questions we answered were merged?" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7243" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-08-30T14:44:13.090" Score="4" ViewCount="88" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just got presented with a &lt;strong&gt;2 years old&lt;/strong&gt; answer, &lt;em&gt;&quot;flagged as low-quality because of its length and content.&quot;&lt;/em&gt; (Answered and edited by another user on  Apr 14, 2011. No activity since.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/low-quality-posts/153034&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/review/low-quality-posts/153034&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That looks a little strange, doesn't it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2013-08-30T14:44:13.090" Title="Anything new in the &quot;low quality&quot; algorithm?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7244" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7242" CreationDate="2013-08-30T15:11:18.723" Score="13" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;March 2018 Update:&lt;/em&gt; Even though this had been &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/26932/notify-posters-when-questions-merged&quot;&gt;requested on Meta Stack Exchange&lt;/a&gt; five years before it was posted here (thanks to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/527764/zanna&quot;&gt;Zanna&lt;/a&gt; for &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/43533284#43533284&quot;&gt;finding that&lt;/a&gt;), in the intervening 8+ years it has never gotten much attention. As of this writing, that MSE question only has about a hundred views. I still do very much hope that this feature gets implemented! For the time being, Zanna has &lt;a href=&quot;https://data.stackexchange.com/askubuntu/query/828108/find-answers-by-a-user-that-have-been-merged-to-a-different-question&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;written a SEDE query&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; that anyone can use to find all their merged answers (or all the merged answers of any other specific user).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a good idea, because:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;There's no disadvantage to notifying people that their answers have been migrated. (See below for one theoretical disadvantage, and why it's not really a disadvantage.)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sometimes an answer should be edited or removed, or the question should itself be edited to make it more general. Notifying authors of answers can help make this happen.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The system's current behavior is not entirely consistent with our values &lt;em&gt;vis a vis&lt;/em&gt; the treatment of authors.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When one user creates a post and another user edits it, it's made clear that the current version of the post is not just created by the original author. Therefore, we are not &quot;putting words in people's mouths.&quot; That is, we are not making it look like people said something they have not said. This is good.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But when an answer is migrated, &lt;em&gt;the context in which its author said it&lt;/em&gt; is changed, usually without any obvious indication of the change. In effect, we run the risk of making it look like people have said something they have not said. This is bad.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am not saying that we're violating anyone's legal rights by merging silently. I suspect we are not, though I really have no idea and &lt;strong&gt;I am not a laywer and this is not a legal argument.&lt;/strong&gt; But we &lt;em&gt;are&lt;/em&gt; doing something that &lt;em&gt;another&lt;/em&gt; website would not be allowed to do, or at least which we do not &lt;em&gt;want&lt;/em&gt; other websites to be allowed to do. We're publishing someone's post somewhere else, without providing a link to where it was originally published. We're republishing people's work, out of context.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To reiterate, &lt;strong&gt;this is not a legal argument.&lt;/strong&gt; Instead, it is an ethical one (and an argument about how to make the site work more smoothly). Since we don't provide links over/under merged posts to the question where they were originally posted, we should at least notify their authors so they can make any clarifying changes they think are appropriate.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With all that said, please note that &lt;em&gt;most of the time, when a post is merged, its author shouldn't have to do anything.&lt;/em&gt; If a post's author has to do something to make a merged answer make sense, that suggests that moderators may have made a mistake in doing the merge, in the first place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So long as this feature doesn't lead to dissimilar questions being merged more often--which it doesn't have to, we can use the same guidelines we use now--I see it as only positive. It's hard for me to imagine a situation where an author would &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; want a notification that their work had been moved from one place to another.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2018-03-21T21:27:42.060" LastActivityDate="2018-03-21T21:27:42.060" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7245" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7247" CreationDate="2013-08-30T16:17:16.663" Score="15" ViewCount="273" Body="&lt;p&gt;Tags like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/12.04&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;12.04&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;12.04&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/13.04&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;13.04&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;13.04&lt;/a&gt; are being used almost every time even if the question isn't version-specific, and even if the tag description explicitly says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You should only use this tag if your question is hardware or version-specific.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Why is it a problem?&lt;/strong&gt; Because the StackOverflow platform requires you to enter at least a tag when creating a question. Many times people just insert their Ubuntu version as the only tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This makes filtering questions very hard: I read uninteresting question (e.g. questions that should be tagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/wine&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;wine&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;wine&lt;/a&gt;) and miss the interesting ones (e.g. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/bash&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;bash&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;bash&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, what should we do to discourage the improper use of such tags?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2979" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2013-11-30T15:45:24.137" LastActivityDate="2017-02-23T14:01:30.960" Title="Version tags are being used improperly -- what to do?" Tags="|discussion|tags|faq-suggestion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7246" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7245" CreationDate="2013-08-30T16:21:51.057" Score="11" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Public spankings!&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ahem, maybe not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't think there's a lot we can do. They can be valuable tags to keep around but there's currently no feature which allows us to make sure somebody posts another tag. The best we can do is improve the short wiki text so that the description they see in the tag suggestion box tells them they shouldn't be using it on its own.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It might be worth submitting a feature request on MSO (they tend to get more notice there) asking that we be allowed such &amp;quot;special&amp;quot; tags. Tags that don't count toward the tag total so that the user must use another one. I don't know how best to phrase that or I'd submit the request myself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But in the short-to-medium term we just need to correct people...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Somewhat later I started a little petition to get &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/223400/can-we-group-constrain-and-add-heirarchy-to-tags&quot;&gt;version tagging brought up to a usable state&lt;/a&gt;. Like it or not, version tags serve a purpose to more than just this site, it's just a shame there aren't controls to stop them being abused.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2017-02-23T14:01:30.960" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7247" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7245" CreationDate="2013-08-30T16:27:14.177" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;Besides &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/7246/22949&quot;&gt;what Oli said&lt;/a&gt;, the solution is to edit posts that use version tags incorrectly, adding other tags, and removing the version tags unless the question appears version-specific.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Many people will probably imitate the use of tags they see on the site. If we're good enough at editing questions to fix wrong use of version tags, we'll probably have fewer new posts that use them wrongly.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It's often hard for people new to Ubuntu to know if a problem is likely to be version specific. Sometimes when a question has a version that that ought to be removed, it doesn't reflect poor use of the site on their part, but just inexperience with Ubuntu. They probably figure other people can remove the tag if it is wrong. They are right about that.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2013-08-30T16:27:14.177" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7248" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7251" CreationDate="2013-08-30T21:34:25.977" Score="1" ViewCount="89" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sometimes little failures can happen, e.g. in my recent (myself deleted) thread about&#xA;virus-scanner and something related to 3.5er Kernel - have simply overseen, that 3.5er Kernels are not on the list any more at kernel.org&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But when questions are rated then as &quot;many low-quality questions&quot; only by fact, that questions had been downvoted somehow ... ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;... then I have to wonder about this 'penalty-system' being then 'banned' before intention to put some question with bounty (like Napoleon Bonaparte or who ? ) ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is penalty-system not old-fashioned like an English borstal before World War 2 ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To clarify my question - this following ( please take my opinion more with humour not with deadly seriousity ) :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Being &quot;down-voted&quot; is somehow ancient and leads into direction &quot;penalty&quot; like being &quot;pilloried&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Down-voting reminds me always of educators or child-care-workers like in times before high-school (schools in time of colonialism ? --- ;o) --- ).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this really necessary ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What I mean is, Linux or Ubuntu is a really modern system and stands for an open-minded society, so something with &quot;penalty&quot; or &quot;down-voting&quot; is not suiting into good shape of Linux.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="105993" LastEditorUserId="25798" LastEditDate="2013-08-31T11:55:52.197" LastActivityDate="2013-08-31T11:55:52.197" Title="is penalty-system not old-fashioned?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7249" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7248" CreationDate="2013-08-30T21:45:46.923" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't think the penalty system is &quot;old fashioned&quot; or harsh at all.  In fact, I believe that with it currently implemented, the quality blocks help to weed out &quot;bad questions&quot; or &quot;bad quality posts&quot; which can't be answered or improved in their state as was.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Typically, if you are writing good questions and answers, they'll be upvoted if they're good.  If you are not, you can get downvoted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the case here, it's possible the &quot;downvotes&quot; you got were related to the quality of the quesiton or that the question was not clear, or that more information was requested but not provided, or a billion other reasons.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Generally speaking, I believe the &quot;penalty&quot; system is in place for good reason.  Abusers of the system tend to be caught by the system or mods, and those who are downvoted tend to be downvoted for good reason.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2013-08-30T21:45:46.923" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7250" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7248" CreationDate="2013-08-30T22:00:49.200" Score="3" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;But when questions are rated then as &quot;many low-quality questions&quot; only by fact, that questions had been downvoted somehow ... ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question ban takes into account a number of factors, which although they have not been completely revealed, we do know some of them, including &lt;strong&gt;how many deleted questions you have&lt;/strong&gt;, how many downvoted questions you have (and how many downvotes they have) and possibly closed questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, you really don't explain what you are getting at in your question, nor whether you have been banned or what.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2013-08-31T00:34:39.430" LastActivityDate="2013-08-31T00:34:39.430" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7251" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7248" CreationDate="2013-08-30T22:05:39.090" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;The purpose of question bans is not to punish people; it's to defend the site from large quantities of low-quality content.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This is not an argument one way or the other&lt;/strong&gt; about whether or not &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/7194/quality-blocks-enabled-for-questions&quot;&gt;this recently implemented system&lt;/a&gt; here on Ask Ubuntu is correct. But I think there may be some confusion surrounding it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;It's not about what the people who are banned deserve. If someone is blocked from posting questions, it does not reflect a belief that they don't deserve to post questions. It does reflect a belief that we are not obligated to accept questions from them, but it's not about punishing them. It's about keeping the site working for everyone else. Whether or not the system is justified depends principally on whether it's necessary and effective at achieving that.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;You have to post many downvoted, closed, and/or deleted posts to be question-banned.&lt;/strong&gt; Stack Exchange employees don't tell us how many, but it's easy to see that plenty of users have many downvoted posts and are still able to post. It's not even bad to have downvoted, closed, or deleted posts. An &lt;em&gt;unusually extreme&lt;/em&gt; amount of them is what leads to a ban.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I'm not aware of any evidence of users who just had a few &quot;bad&quot; posts being question- or answer-banned on any Stack Exchange site. And there are many people with many low-quality posts that are not banned. If the question and answer bans are something people &lt;em&gt;commonly&lt;/em&gt; experience, that would be a &lt;strong&gt;serious bug&lt;/strong&gt;, which should be reported. But fortunately I don't think that is happening.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think we were doing fine before question bans were instituted, and I'm not sure they're necessary here. Even if they're not, I don't think they're a big problem either. But either way, question bans are a &lt;em&gt;minor&lt;/em&gt; part of the way the site works.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe no single post can, by itself, ever under any circumstances cause a ban (even if it were downvoted hundreds of times, closed, and self-deleted).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, I understand your concerns may not be personal, but in case they are: From looking at your posts, I would be very surprised if you were question-banned, or anywhere near being question-banned. You have a number of quality posts; a user with quality posts is far less likely to be question-banned even if they also have really bad posts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, not being a moderator, I cannot view a list of another user's deleted posts. But unless you have many deleted posts, I wouldn't worry, personally. Of course that doesn't mean you have to agree with the policy in general.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.227" LastActivityDate="2013-08-30T22:05:39.090" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7252" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7253" CreationDate="2013-08-30T22:20:10.093" Score="3" ViewCount="52" Body="&lt;p&gt;I wonder how should I review questions like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/339466/solvedaudio-conflict-skype-and-other-applications&quot;&gt;this one&lt;/a&gt; - apparently the OP did solve his own question but didn't post an answer, but rather included the answer in the question part. I am not sure if the solution the user came up with is actually valid, so I don't want to post an answer myself. There is no (for all I see) 'not-a-question' flag. Am I just to comment on the question with a suggestion that the user should post an answer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="115287" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2013-08-30T22:37:24.790" Title="How to review questions marked 'solved' or where user adds answer to question body?" Tags="|discussion|review|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7253" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7252" CreationDate="2013-08-30T22:37:24.790" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;When the author of a question edits the question to add a link to another question on Ask Ubuntu that solved the problem, usually the proper response is to &lt;em&gt;close their question as a duplicate of that question.&lt;/em&gt; That's the best thing to do in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/339466/solvedaudio-conflict-skype-and-other-applications&quot;&gt;that particular case&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/close-questions&quot;&gt;3000 reputation&lt;/a&gt;, users can cast close (and reopen) votes. Before that, users with at least 15 reputation (which includes everyone who can use the review system) can flag questions for closure by clicking the &lt;em&gt;flag&lt;/em&gt; link followed by &amp;quot;it doesn't belong here, or it is a duplicate...&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Flagging a post, voting to close it, commenting, editing the post, or any combination of those and some other actions (like voting up or down) are sufficient to enable you to click the &lt;em&gt;I'm Done&lt;/em&gt; button in the review system. In this case, voting or flagging to close is sufficient. When 3k+ rep users vote to close, they automatically post a comment about the possible duplicate. You might consider posting a comment manually while flagging to close if you think it would be helpful; in this situation, I could go either way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;When the solution isn't to close the question:&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's a more general meta-question here: what should we do when an OP edits or comments on their question to indicate the solution, and the solution hasn't been posted?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If they're not merely indicating another question where the problem was solved (as in this case), then you have two options:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Comment to explain that they should post the answer.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Post the answer yourself. You can quote from what they said. You should make sure any quoted text is properly attributed, of course. If you feel that the answer you're posting shouldn't be considered your own work, you &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/5781/22949&quot;&gt;might decide to make it community wiki&lt;/a&gt;. But that is not actually required.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some people think it's important to comment first, to give the OP a change to post their answer. They point out that it's best for the OP to post it, that this way people other than the OP don't have to do the work, and that this way the OP has a better chance to learn how to use the system and that it's good for them to have a chance to get rep from their answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Others think none of that is as important as getting an answer posted once one is available, and that it's usually best to just post a community wiki answer with the solution, rather than wait to see if the OP ever does.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am strictly in the second camp: I think that if you have an answer to a question, you should almost always post it for the benefit of people who find the question. I only tell OP's to post the answer themselves if I think they'd do a better job, or if I know they are actively checking the site (and thus would see my comment and likely act on it by posting an answer).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But really, &lt;strong&gt;either approach is just fine.&lt;/strong&gt; The important thing is that you do something to move the question's status along, so that people don't become confused as to whether or not it is answered, and so that other people with the same problem are able to find the answer without too much trouble. This &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/about&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;library of detailed answers&amp;quot;&lt;/a&gt; needs answers, after all...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;When the solution isn't really a solution:&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sometimes the OP will post something that gets part of the way to a solution, but they still need help. Sometimes this is totally clear; other times, editing can help to clarify that. In these circumstances, no answer generally has to be posted, and nobody should be encouraged to post one unless they can solve the problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other times, an OP will post something like &amp;quot;the problem went away by itself, I don't know how.&amp;quot; In these situations, provided that there are no other answers that might be helpful to anyone, the post should be closed. These days, we're using the &lt;em&gt;off-topic&lt;/em&gt; close reason for those posts; there's a special sub-reason just for that situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-08-30T22:37:24.790" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7254" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7255" CreationDate="2013-08-31T01:32:22.583" Score="5" ViewCount="120" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've recently been given review privileges for new users. Occasionally, some of them make the mistake of posting answers when they shouldn't, such as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/165562/add-apps-to-top-panel-in-ubuntu-12-04/339502#339502&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;, where the user asks for clarification on what the &lt;code&gt;Super&lt;/code&gt; key is. Braiam explained in the comments that this should not have been an answer, and Seth responded to the question itself, clarifying what the &lt;code&gt;Super&lt;/code&gt; key did.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was unsure if I should flag this for deletion, since presumably deleting this answer would mean the new user would never see the responses. Hence, they'd never know what they did was wrong (and also never get their answer). What is appropriate in this case?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To complicate matters, new users are unable to post comments asking for clarification, so I can understand why the new user did this. (I guess they could ask new questions, though.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="53508" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2013-09-03T06:33:34.087" Title="Should I flag items for deletion when this is a method of communicating with the user?" Tags="|discussion|comments|flagging|review|new-users|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7255" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7254" CreationDate="2013-08-31T03:38:21.283" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;The proper course here is to flag the answer as &amp;quot;Not an Answer&amp;quot; because, well, it's not an answer. This is necessary to keep the site clean. If we let one person's &amp;quot;question&amp;quot; answer stay then we have to let &lt;em&gt;everyone's&lt;/em&gt; question answers stay.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you can see, I tried to help the OP out while waiting for the deletion on the off-chance he saw my comment. Some people have before...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bing.com/search?q=what+is+the+super+key&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the first search result&lt;/a&gt; (on Bing of all places) would have answered his question, so it's not like we're killing his only chance at figuring out what he needs to know ;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;tl;dr*&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These &amp;quot;answers&amp;quot; need to be flagged just the same as any other &amp;quot;answer&amp;quot; that isn't an answer, but it's good practise to try and answer the guy's question at the same time (if possible, sometimes he just needs to ask a real question).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;*(man.. that wasn't much for you to skip O_O)&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-08-31T03:38:21.283" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7257" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-08-31T14:02:57.250" Score="-9" ViewCount="153" Body="&lt;p&gt;To clarify my question - this following ( please take my opinion more with humour not with deadly seriousity ) :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Being &quot;down-voted&quot; is somehow ancient and leads into direction like being &quot;pilloried&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Down-voting reminds me always of educators or child-care-workers like in times before high-school (schools in time of colonialism ? --- ;o) --- ).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this really necessary ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What I mean is, Linux or Ubuntu is a really modern system and stands for an open-minded society, so something with &quot;down-voting&quot; is not suiting into good open-minded society of Linux. Have understood that &quot;down-voting&quot; should avoid too much ballast of off-topic questions or empty contents (because of too many errands).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But is it not possible to edit questions after criterions, if they have content or errands or are off-topic --- so then to delete them at once ? Then the feature of &quot;down-voting&quot; could be left away ? Just as idea. - And &quot;down-voting&quot; would be substituted by simply remain neutral in case of any further not-so-good-contents.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="105993" LastEditorUserId="88802" LastEditDate="2013-08-31T14:07:43.677" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="ancient down-voting and modern Linux-society ;o)" Tags="|discussion|downvoting|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7258" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7257" CreationDate="2013-08-31T14:43:18.423" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are two related issues here:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Does downvoting on Ask Ubuntu make Ubuntu culture more authoritarian and/or closed-minded?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Are there alternatives to downvoting that should usually be used instead?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The second question has been discussed before; I'll focus on answering the first one, and I'll try to answer the second one as it relates to the first one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Does downvoting on Ask Ubuntu make Ubuntu culture more authoritarian and/or closed-minded?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Being &amp;quot;down-voted&amp;quot; is somehow ancient and leads into direction like&#xA;being &amp;quot;pilloried&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Down-voting reminds me always of educators or child-care-workers like&#xA;in times before high-school (schools in time of colonialism ? --- ;o)&#xA;--- ).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Votes on a post are about the post and not the author. Voting &lt;em&gt;up or down&lt;/em&gt; based on the identity of the author is actually &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/126829&quot;&gt;the one kind of voting that is prohibited here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But there are a few ways voting reflects on an author, too:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Most people take pride in their contributions, and thus like having their posts upvoted and dislike having them downvoted.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Voting leads to reputation changes, and reputation is about the author themself, &lt;em&gt;in the sense&lt;/em&gt; that is is a composite measure of how people have reacted to all their posts (and some other site activity), rather than giving information about any specific post. If Ask Ubuntu is a game, reputation is the score.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In what is intended to be extreme and unusual cases, a user whose questions (or answers) appear to be especially low quality--which considers downvotes, upvotes, closure, and self-deletion--may be prevented from posting anymore questions (or answers) until the overall quality calculation improves.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So when you vote a post up or down, are you saying something about &lt;em&gt;its author&lt;/em&gt;? Well, yes, but not directly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is nothing un-modern or closed-minded about expressing what you think; voting is a way to do that. In the larger world outside Ask Ubuntu, it is even often considered appropriate to express vigorous negative opinions about people themselves (as well as their actions). For example, a candidate running for high political office will come under extreme scrutiny--there's just too much at stake to always be nice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Stack Exchange does differ from &lt;em&gt;most&lt;/em&gt; open-minded, anti-authoritarian cultures in one notable way: we have enormously less tolerance for anything resembling a personal attack. In some ways that's good, but actually I do think that has the potential to suppress the open exchange of ideas, &lt;em&gt;if we are not careful.&lt;/em&gt; I don't think we err on the side of being &lt;em&gt;too openly critical&lt;/em&gt;, though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, one of the differences between the Ask Ubuntu voting system an an authoritarian &amp;quot;educational&amp;quot; system like the kind presented in Charles Dickens's &lt;em&gt;Oliver Twist&lt;/em&gt; (and the kind that exists today, more or less, throughout many parts of the world) is that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We try to respect people's personal autonomy; we don't vote on posts to control their authors' lives.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We are much more democratic. This is not limited to the voting system, but it includes it: Votes are being cast by a large body of users, not by a tiny cadre of overlords.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We recognize that votes--up or down--can be wrong, sometimes even if they represent a broad consensus. Objective reality is a higher authority than communal votes.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;With that said, there are some real concerns about the negative effects of our reputation system.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The problems, I think, arise almost entirely from the effects of &lt;em&gt;upvoting&lt;/em&gt;, since after all, downvoting removes little rep, compared to the amount added by upvoting. &lt;strong&gt;That doesn't mean you shouldn't upvote a lot&lt;/strong&gt;--within a reputation system, frequent voting does much more good than harm. This is a concern about the system itself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The strong emphasis on reputation is a way in which Ask Ubuntu (and the Stack Exchange system as a whole) might share disadvantages with some authoritarian, &lt;em&gt;reward-based&lt;/em&gt; &amp;quot;educational&amp;quot; practices. In short, the problem is that rewarding people for doing something often tends to send the message that it's not worth doing without the reward, and not worth excelling at except as measured by the reward.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For a good discussion of some of these issues &lt;em&gt;as they may apply to the Stack Exchange system&lt;/em&gt;, I recommend:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/42481/the-problem-with-extrinsic-motivation&quot;&gt;The problem with extrinsic motivation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I've said before in other contexts, I think this just illustrates why it's important to have a variety of different resources with different communities that work in different ways. Ask Ubuntu (and the Stack Exchange system in general) has many advantages, but some disadvantages too. No one website is best for everything or in every way. The Ubuntu community is sort of a microcosm of this: we have &lt;a href=&quot;http://community.ubuntu.com/help-information/finding-help/support/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;a number of different support options including and beyond Ask Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Are there alternatives to downvoting that should usually be used instead?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are sometimes alternatives to downvoting, and sometimes people downvote when they really shouldn't, so in that sense, yes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But &lt;strong&gt;in general, no.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When editing or downvoting are both acceptable, editing is better. But if someone won't edit for whatever reason--for example, they might not have time or the post might not be clear enough for someone besides its author to improve it--then downvoting is still a whole lot better than nothing. (Commenting constructively should often accompany a downvote.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Often editing is not acceptable. Some bad posts can't be edited to make them good, because such an edit wouldn't respect the intent of the original author. We don't generally edit questions and answers to fundamentally change their meaning from what their authors intended.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We also do not delete most bad posts immediately, because they could be improved, or &lt;em&gt;we could have been wrong in thinking they were bad.&lt;/em&gt; Furthermore, there's no reason to think people would prefer to find that their posts have been deleted, than to find they've been downvoted. If we were super-willing to delete people's posts swiftly without giving them any chance to improve them, some users would probably see us &lt;em&gt;as silencing them unfairly&lt;/em&gt;. They would be right.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is not just a theoretical point. &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/171763/how-can-we-stop-premature-deletion&quot;&gt;It has happened.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Why not just &lt;em&gt;not upvote&lt;/em&gt; bad posts?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because then not upvoting would mean what downvoting means now, and every post that doesn't get upvoted--including many excellent posts that just haven't been noticed--would appear to have been judged as bad.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In ordinary conversation, people disagree with one another, and sometimes people think something another person has done or created is &lt;em&gt;not up to applicable standards&lt;/em&gt;. They usually don't--or at least shouldn't--just remain silent when they don't agree. People who don't feel comfort objecting to things they think are bad experience major social difficulties, because to be unable to say something is bad is deeply disempowering and inefficient.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think it would not work well for us, either.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-08-31T14:43:18.423" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7260" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-08-31T17:28:07.773" Score="6" ViewCount="101" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've asked 5 questions since may and got no answers at all. I've been as specific as possible included as many details as possible and generally tried to make my question answerable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I can only conclude that I am doing something wrong. But as to what... no idea.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="145472" LastActivityDate="2013-09-02T15:37:04.450" Title="Am I just asking wrong?" Tags="|support|asking-questions|unanswered-questions|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7261" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7260" CreationDate="2013-08-31T17:59:07.387" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am definitely not the best person to give an answer (look at the answer counts on my questions), but maybe it is a consolation that you are not quite alone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One thing that comes to my mind: Your questions have relatively few &quot;views&quot;, which leads to the conclusion that the &lt;strong&gt;Titles&lt;/strong&gt; of your questions induce only few people to actually look at the questions themselves.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I&lt;/strong&gt; try to formulate Titles as real questions (which is the purpose of a Q&amp;amp;A site) - not as statements/descriptions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastEditorUserId="117103" LastEditDate="2013-09-02T15:37:04.450" LastActivityDate="2013-09-02T15:37:04.450" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7262" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7260" CreationDate="2013-08-31T18:02:16.223" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just gave a once over to all your questions. 3 of them seem to be basically bug reports where the software isn't just working how it's supposed to, there's not much we can generally do with those as we can't really get the diagnostic information from your system, so for those you should probably file a bug: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/5121/how-do-i-report-a-bug&quot;&gt;How do I report a bug?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One question was 3 paragraphs to ask what you wanted to ask, so I edited it down to get to the point quicker and made the title more descriptive. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The one about your sound card could be improved by linking to the questions that you've seen so far on other internet resources, while they may be confusing to you they could give answerers with more experience crucial information to help you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And finally, nearly none of your questions have been touched since May, and generally speaking as you improve questions over time and add the results of your research they become better questions and get bumped, and get more attention, so I recommend that you keep updating your question with more information over time to ensure it doesn't get buried! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2013-08-31T18:02:16.223" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7263" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7264" CreationDate="2013-09-01T20:52:49.143" Score="14" ViewCount="181" Body="&lt;p&gt;So I am in need of more rep as you can clearly see. But I do not want to answer questions just because there is a bounty on them because of the times my questions (bounty less) have been answered well. So is it wrong to just target bountified (sp) questions? Does it go against some rule aside from morality?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22676" LastActivityDate="2013-09-02T00:23:02.277" Title="Is this a wrong way of doing things? answering questions just for bounty?" Tags="|discussion|bounty|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7264" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7263" CreationDate="2013-09-01T20:56:30.107" Score="17" Body="&lt;h2&gt;If you can answer them, answer them!&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Bountied questions are on the &quot;featured&quot; tab. This is mostly done to attract more attention, because the OP is looking for a (good) answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, no, this is perfectly normal to answer the questions on which a bounty is set. However, it is common to see an extensive answer being posted, rather than a quick-n-dirty one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="88802" LastActivityDate="2013-09-01T20:56:30.107" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7265" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-09-01T21:18:45.957" Score="-4" ViewCount="150" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ok, I'm mad... why? because users that need to use Live sessions use the cookie registration, etc... then when that live session is deleted because they restart, reinstall, re... whatever, we get 2, 3, 4, ... countless accounts and is difficult for them edit their &lt;em&gt;own&lt;/em&gt; post since they lost their cookies (and I'm not going to give them mines D:&amp;lt;) of their accounts. What does everyone think?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="81372" LastEditDate="2013-09-03T07:37:53.707" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Require obligatory user registration!" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|user-accounts|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ClosedDate="2014-04-10T02:41:57.787" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7266" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7263" CreationDate="2013-09-02T00:23:02.277" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;There's no obligatory minimum level of participation on a Stack Exchange site. It's neither immoral nor against prevailing community standards, even if you didn't participate at all. Of course, &lt;em&gt;we appreciate it&lt;/em&gt; when someone contributes to this community; it's a good thing. But it is by no means obligatory.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since there's no obligation to participate at all, there's certainly no obligation to answer any particular &lt;em&gt;kind&lt;/em&gt; of question. Every time you post a valuable answer, you're helping the community. &lt;strong&gt;Even if you only or mostly answered bountied questions, you would be helping the community.&lt;/strong&gt; (Assuming your answers are good, that is.) There's nothing wrong with this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With that said, focusing on bountied questions to the total exclusion of non-bountied isn't necessarily the course of action that will achieve your goals best. Why?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you want reputation, you can get it by posting good answers to lots of questions. Most bountied questions are especially difficult to answer well (though there are exceptions). You can get lots of reputation from answering bountied questions but you can get lots more by answering plenty of &quot;easier&quot; questions.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you want to help people, and you see a question and know the answer, then you might as well post it, whether or not the question has a bounty. When a question has a bounty, you're not guaranteed to get it just by posting an answer. Whether or not a question has a bounty, you can gain reputation by having your answers upvoted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, complications sometimes arise in that some answers take significant time and effort to compose. You might choose to focus more on bountied questions, while still also answering some non-bountied questions.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most people are interested in reputation points and in helping people, to varying degrees. However much each one interests you, it makes sense to consider answering non-bountied questions as well as bountied ones.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, please note that answers are not the only way to help. In particular, &lt;strong&gt;asking good questions is an important way to contribute.&lt;/strong&gt; Sometimes people worry that they've asked too many questions and not posted enough answers. But a question is a positive contribution to the community, assuming it is asked well. (In this way, questions are like answers--&lt;em&gt;good&lt;/em&gt; questions and answers help us all.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2013-09-02T00:23:02.277" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7267" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7265" CreationDate="2013-09-02T00:41:49.647" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Users install Ubuntu, have a problem, and are directed to Ask Ubuntu. It is a boon to Ubuntu users that they do not then have to go through a registration process to get help. It's a strong message that the Ubuntu community wants to make getting help and using Ubuntu as easy as possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, Ubuntu is supposed to be an operating system for everyone. Even people who aren't Internet-savvy and &lt;em&gt;might have problems even registering an account.&lt;/em&gt; Where are they supposed to go for help then?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So should we change this policy? Should we require everyone to register before posting questions (and answers)? Well, &lt;em&gt;if the current way is not achieving the goal of helping people&lt;/em&gt;, then we should. If not requiring registration is actually making it &lt;em&gt;harder&lt;/em&gt; for most newcomers to use the site to get help, then we should change this policy and require registration.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not aware of any evidence of such a trend, though it's possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I am concerned at the attitude that we should change the policy because it &lt;strong&gt;bothers us.&lt;/strong&gt; This is a minor annoyance. Not having to register to ask and answer questions is one of the most notable positive features of Ask Ubuntu, compared to other resources. Unless and until we have real, strong evidence to show it's severely backfiring, it would not be appropriate to require registration.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, &lt;strong&gt;there are other ways of fixing this problem.&lt;/strong&gt; The underlying problem seems to be that &lt;strong&gt;getting accounts merged is too hard.&lt;/strong&gt; This problem is known to Stack Exchange developers, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/193170/185080&quot;&gt;a fix for this is intended&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;We need a simpler mousetrap.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Going forward, the sanest thing to do is offload &lt;em&gt;as much of this&#xA;responsibility as we can&lt;/em&gt; for merges to the users that need them, and&#xA;improve our own facilities to handle what should become &lt;em&gt;exceptional&lt;/em&gt;&#xA;cases when the system can't process their request. At that point, we&#xA;can just put the option back in your grasp and continue to handle&#xA;ourselves whatever the system can't.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/193170/185080&quot;&gt;full answer&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/users/50049/tim-post&quot;&gt;Tim Post&lt;/a&gt; for more information and context.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-09-02T00:41:49.647" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7268" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-09-02T12:04:51.030" Score="11" ViewCount="107" Body="&lt;p&gt;I find the layout of the &quot;Questions that may already have your answer&quot; a bit confusing. I'm wondering if it might be a good idea to restyle it a bit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is the current layout with my notes:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/xZZX7.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This might be a more readable solution:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/iwL40.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the title is more prominent&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;circles instead of squares for consistency&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;answers with accepted replies on top&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;removed the number of answers from the right&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The hover popup could be styled better, too, as it is now is very hard to read.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also instead of showing the scrollbar when there are many results I think it might be better to paginate the results ordering by relevance with the replied/closed answers always on top.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="63332" LastEditorUserId="41" LastEditDate="2013-09-03T13:21:12.097" LastActivityDate="2013-09-03T13:21:12.097" Title="would be possible to change the layout of suggested questions?" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|design|style|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7269" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2013-09-02T12:18:17.067" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2013-09-02T12:18:17.067" LastActivityDate="2013-09-02T12:18:17.067" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7270" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2013-09-02T12:18:17.067" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2013-09-02T12:18:17.067" LastActivityDate="2013-09-02T12:18:17.067" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7271" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-09-02T01:24:08.670" Score="14" ViewCount="504" Body="&lt;p&gt;I can't find a log out button after I created my Ask Ubuntu Stack Exchange account.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user189333" LastEditorUserId="1066942" LastEditDate="2022-01-30T19:11:27.993" LastActivityDate="2022-01-30T19:11:27.993" Title="How do I log out of the Ask Ubuntu website after creating a Stack Exchange account?" Tags="|support|login|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="7273" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-09-02T17:08:09.350" Score="2" ViewCount="235" Body="&lt;p&gt;Well, I'm seeing &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/339723/169736&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; in the close queue again. Now it has an edit that reads:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The program should be open source, not proprietary. Well at least people should be able to take a look at it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;but that almost goes backwards what he asked earlier:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I would like to sell my program that is written with Qt and the PyQt4-python-binding, do I have to bother about buying the licenses (3000+300 € or so)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or is there a model where I could just pay them (the license owners) a part of my gains? I can't afford those licenses.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Before it was clear what he was asking... now, it isn't too clear...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Looking at the answers &lt;strong&gt;my TL;DR&lt;/strong&gt; is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Depends of the license, if the license says that you have to pay royalties to sell, then you pay in the way it says, if it doesn't then you don't, but either way &lt;em&gt;look for legal consultant&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Looking at the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/339723/revisions&quot;&gt;revisions&lt;/a&gt;, not even Mods are clear if it's on-topic or not (just now I discovered that it was closed again -_-, and opened again by Oli). We can play catch all we want with the Close/Open votes, but it shouldn't be like that. Could we take a concise and defined stand for this kind of question. I will propose my solution below as an answer, please don't be afraid and propose yours too. Vote for what you think is more suitable to what AskUbuntu is.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="So, what will be the Final Destiny (4?) of this licensing question?" Tags="|discussion|close-reasons|" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7274" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7273" CreationDate="2013-09-02T17:08:09.350" Score="-4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I say, lets lock the question as &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/9134/213575&quot;&gt;Jon Skeet facts&lt;/a&gt; one. The advantage of this is that we can close dupes of this one, and we still say that we don't accept this kind of questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2013-09-02T17:08:09.350" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7275" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7277" CreationDate="2013-09-02T17:13:59.580" Score="1" ViewCount="44" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/340481/65969&quot;&gt;This&lt;/a&gt; question was asked about installing flash. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It was correctly flagged as a duplicate to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/56446/65969&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; question.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While the answer to the duplicate does not impart any new info that was not mentioned in the answers to the original question, it does provide 2 screenshot to help explain how to do it using the Software Center.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As we know, alot of users on AU are newbies and likely converts(or at least potential converts) from Windows so are more comfortable with GUI's than command line.  Any help we can give will increase the chance that the newbies will stay long enough to get used to Ubuntu and maybe leave Windows completely.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That being said I think that answers like the one that was given on the Dup question should be encouraged, and the people that give these kind of answers should be encouraged/rewarded by upvotes.  This is the reason that I am requesting/suggesting that the two be merged instead of the dup just being closed. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do not want to take away from &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/6005/jrg&quot;&gt;jrg's&lt;/a&gt; answer to the original question, it is correct and accepted, but, as I understand it, the dup will not affect the originals answers in any way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="65969" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2018-05-14T08:14:02.550" LastActivityDate="2018-05-14T08:14:02.550" Title="Suggestion on merging these two questions" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7276" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7273" CreationDate="2013-09-02T17:14:32.630" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Leave it closed as off-topic. Because, it's just offtopic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2013-09-02T17:14:32.630" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7277" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7275" CreationDate="2013-09-02T17:43:58.630" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The discussion about GUI answers vs Commandline answers has been discussed several times in &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/6721/use-the-gui-as-much-as-possible-in-answers&quot;&gt;Use the GUI as much as possible in answers&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/60/should-answers-have-terminal-or-gui-instructions&quot;&gt;Should answers have terminal or GUI instructions?&lt;/a&gt;, do I'm not going to address that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However the questions have been merged.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.087" LastActivityDate="2013-09-02T17:43:58.630" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7278" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7273" CreationDate="2013-09-02T19:11:32.497" Score="2" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Could we take a concise and defined stand for this kind of question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While I think there's no reason to have this question closed, I don't have an extremely strong opinion on the matter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I do have a strong opinion that this question is not a good precedent for anything. In other words, whether or not the question stays closed is fine, but &lt;strong&gt;we should definitely not take a stand about anything else, based on it.&lt;/strong&gt; Especially after the edit (&quot;Well at least people should be able to take a look at it&quot;) this question is kind of a mess.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, consider &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/339723/can-i-sell-my-pyqt4-app-without-having-a-license#comment433549_339723&quot;&gt;my&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/339723/can-i-sell-my-pyqt4-app-without-having-a-license#comment433553_339723&quot;&gt;Thomas W.&lt;/a&gt;'s comments, from &lt;em&gt;before&lt;/em&gt; that edit:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;@user2366975 I actually think this is a perfectly good question; I&#xA;  can't see any good reason to downvote it, though downvotes aren't&#xA;  usually a big deal. I'm more troubled by the idea that any&#xA;  license-related question is automatically requesting actual legal&#xA;  advice. In any case, &lt;em&gt;you could improve this question&lt;/em&gt; by editing it&#xA;  to provide more details about your goals and about &lt;em&gt;how you plan to&#xA;  license the software you intend to sell&lt;/em&gt;. Will your software be&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proprietary_software&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;proprietary&lt;/a&gt;? Have you already written it to use PyQt? Are you&#xA;  considering alternatives?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;— Eliah Kagan&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;@user2366975 I agree with Eliah, I downvoted your question because I&#xA;  don't believe there's sufficient information here to answer it. If you&#xA;  provide more information as an edit to your question, I will remove&#xA;  the downvote, but not until there's enough information to be at least&#xA;  somewhat answerable. As it stands there's not enough information and&#xA;  it's just a general &quot;legal&quot; question...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;— Thomas W.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thomas W. and I actually &lt;em&gt;don't agree&lt;/em&gt; on some things about this question. For example, he thinks it should be closed and I think it should be open. What I think we may agree about is that &lt;strong&gt;the problems with the question are due to the way it was asked, not to the fundamental nature of what was asked.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question's recent edit (&quot;The program should be open source... at least people should be able to take a look...&quot;) attempts to clarify things but actually makes them murkier. It doesn't attempt to address most of the questions asked in comments, and it seems to confuse &quot;open source&quot; with &quot;users can read the source code.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, &lt;strong&gt;no&lt;/strong&gt;, we should not take a stand for this &quot;kind of question.&quot; This question is not a suitable example to work with to make any general policy about anything. That moderators seem unclear about whether or not the question is on-topic is further suggestive evidence that this question should not be the impetus for any stand on anything.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2013-09-02T19:19:14.837" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7279" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7273" CreationDate="2013-09-02T21:52:52.243" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's a fairly interesting topic (to me) and I'd like to see people weigh in. It's rather a shame to see somebody trying to answer it when half a dozen guys are just trying to close it. &lt;strong&gt;If the problem is it's just not Ubuntu enough, why can't we just fix that?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Development and Python and PyQt are all very much on-topic in the context of Ubuntu and somebody has asked a question about all of those on a site about Ubuntu. I don't think I'm warping reality to say the question and its answer could easily be about developing on Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I did. Question still covers what the original one did, now just with added relevancy to Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2013-09-02T22:00:47.417" LastActivityDate="2013-09-02T22:00:47.417" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7280" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-09-03T01:10:04.523" Score="1" ViewCount="64" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am wondering if, for example, the view count on my post will increase when I refresh the page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="38094" LastActivityDate="2013-09-03T13:18:47.587" Title="Does the view count on questions include views from the author of the question?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7281" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7280" CreationDate="2013-09-03T01:10:04.523" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, it does not - this can be tested by refreshing your question's web page real quick and then checking the view count, which does not increase.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="38094" LastActivityDate="2013-09-03T01:10:04.523" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7282" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7254" CreationDate="2013-09-03T06:33:34.087" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Seth answered your main question: yes, flag as not an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But what about the communication aspect? When it makes sense, add a comment to the question, @ing the username. Or start a chat room with them and explain the situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8515" LastActivityDate="2013-09-03T06:33:34.087" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7283" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7314" CreationDate="2013-09-03T08:48:09.997" Score="10" ViewCount="109" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are questions here about &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/280/52726&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;whether&lt;/strong&gt; to spread the word about the site through social media&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/171/52726&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;how&lt;/strong&gt; to spread that word&lt;/a&gt;, and finally &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/772/52726&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;improving&lt;/strong&gt; our presense on Twitter&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/3278/52726&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;taking control&lt;/strong&gt; of the AskUbuntu Twitter account&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From Marco's answer and jrg's comment to &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/6260/52726&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;, the AskUbuntu Twitter account is a bot.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, none of the above questions seem to talk about &lt;em&gt;when does the Twitter account actually tweet a question&lt;/em&gt;? I'm curious. What are all the conditions that the account tweets a question? After how many views? Or votes? I know that it tweets after a bounty is placed. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Example: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/340530/52726&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; was tweeted; it currently has 76 views, 3 upvotes and 4 answers of which one has 9 upvotes. What triggered the tweet?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="52726" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="When does the AskUbuntu Twitter account automatically tweet a question?" Tags="|support|promote|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7284" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7273" CreationDate="2013-09-03T09:33:25.007" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I strongly agree with both @Eliah Kagan and @Oli on this issue. Their points are quite relevant and should be taken into account before voting some of these &quot;non-configuration&quot; questions as off-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Personally, I can't think of a better place to ask this type of question initially. If you can, then that too would probably be an appropriate answer. If we can point them in the right direction and send them on their way, it's a win for us both as more experienced Ubuntu users and as a helpful community.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu is, in my opinion, a &quot;first line of defence&quot; for guiding &quot;newbies&quot; using Ubuntu. Whether new questioneers are completely fresh users, programmers, or folks who are looking for guidance in customizing their installation(that is part of the beauty of using Ubuntu, no?), this site does play an important role in guiding folks into using Ubuntu resources whether it be tutorials, blogs, launchpad, or helping them make their way through the often confusing path to getting an application packaged.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The folks that hang around here specialize in that sort of relatively 'arcane' knowledge that makes this a great resource for folks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This question, in particular, is interesting, to me, since it brings up issues of how an Ubuntu programmer can go about packaging a program and which issues that they might potentially face in making their application publicly available. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We may not have the absolute correct answer, but I thing we can certainly point them in the proper direction as a first point of contact with the Ubuntu ecosystem. Whether this means telling them to contact a lawyer, or to use a different library, we can definitely play an important part in getting a budding developer headed in the proper direction. Even if this means that the proper answer is to contact a lawyer, it can still be a correct and acceptable answer useful to future questioneers and should remain open.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would hate to see this site reduced to duping continual questions about UEFI installs or black screens. ;-/ We have enough of those.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;TL;DR: Leave the question open even if it means our answer is to tell the OP to talk with the devs or to a lawyer. It will be a good reference for people who will, most likely ask the same question in the future. I think that it does no harm to tell folks that we don't have the proper qualifications, here, but can show them where the folks are who &lt;em&gt;can&lt;/em&gt; help them. That is both interesting and encouraging, to me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My six and one 1/2 cents...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="106495" LastActivityDate="2013-09-03T09:33:25.007" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7285" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7280" CreationDate="2013-09-03T13:18:47.587" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;NO not this way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you delete all your browser cache with cookies, active logins etc. and then login again and check your question, you will get +1 visitor.&#xA;Your question ALWAYS starts with 1 visitor, which is you. But you wont increase your views by simply refreshing the page. Otherwise many people had already the gold badge for 10k views, because you can create a simple firefox makro which refreshes the page every ms or whatever.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="177291" LastActivityDate="2013-09-03T13:18:47.587" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7286" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-09-04T02:21:34.623" Score="0" ViewCount="65" Body="&lt;p&gt;who will take care of the answers which were posted in Ask Ubuntu for a question and even they are proper and solved the OP problem if he didnt care at mark it as solved/accepted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If there anything we can do with this issue , if we so what best we can do ? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="33833" LastActivityDate="2013-09-04T05:03:31.117" Title="flawless answer but not accepted from longtime?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7287" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7286" CreationDate="2013-09-04T02:43:48.953" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is something called Vote to Resolve, which is used if you consider that the answer is &lt;strong&gt;Valid and Helpful&lt;/strong&gt; but you don't have more votes to upvote it, to take it from the unanswered list, then you can ask someone to vote it. Otherwise, you can vote yourself, or make your own answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This will take answers from the &quot;Unanswered&quot; list. And if the answer is exceptional, maybe it can get more votes, and you can use the bounty system to reward it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2013-09-04T02:43:48.953" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7288" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7286" CreationDate="2013-09-04T05:03:31.117" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Is it a fair extension of your question to also ask:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;given that someone HAS accepted an answer, but done so mistakenly (not realizing that something else they did at / around the same time was actually the solution, or for some other reason, the situation was resolved by something other than the answer accepted, but the person was just not aware of this fact when they accepted a person's answer ... who will monitor that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;... and to then go on to attempt to answer both questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;given that the business world benefits so greatly from this kind of a open learning / teaching / problem solving community, is it possible that a budget can be assigned for implementing a potential solution?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;- and following on from that:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;... if so, who would organize &amp;amp; assess such things?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="189633" LastActivityDate="2013-09-04T05:03:31.117" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7289" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7207" CreationDate="2013-09-06T01:01:32.837" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&quot;serial-port&quot; seems like, when used correctly, it would indicate the serial port itself, making it a hardware question not belonging on AskUbuntu. Wouldn't the correct tag be &quot;serial-bus&quot; or something? Ditching it for just &quot;serial&quot;, as neon_overload suggests, would be a step in the right direction.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="38094" LastActivityDate="2013-09-06T01:01:32.837" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7290" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7207" CreationDate="2013-09-06T09:11:54.477" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;serial-port&lt;/code&gt; tag should be used when you have questions about ports. Serial ports means that the data &quot;streams&quot; after each other and not at the same time as it is possible right now with parallel cables. So for example &lt;code&gt;universal serial bus&lt;/code&gt; or short &lt;code&gt;USB&lt;/code&gt; is a serial port. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;while the tag &lt;code&gt;serial&lt;/code&gt; can also be used if you have questions about serials in terms of keys or to do something in serial. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sorry for my english, but I guess there is a difference between this tags.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="177291" LastActivityDate="2013-09-06T09:11:54.477" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7291" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-09-06T17:43:39.440" Score="8" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the second slide of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/about&quot;&gt;the about page&lt;/a&gt;, the link to the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com/project/derivatives&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&quot;official Ubuntu derivatives&quot;&lt;/a&gt; gives a 404.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="190673" LastEditorUserId="57576" LastEditDate="2022-08-20T21:40:06.683" LastActivityDate="2022-08-20T21:40:06.683" Title="A 404 error occurs on the about page" Tags="|bug|status-completed|scope|derivatives|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7292" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7291" CreationDate="2013-09-06T18:18:03.247" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;The correct link, that &lt;em&gt;should&lt;/em&gt; be used, is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com/about/about-ubuntu/derivatives&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.ubuntu.com/about/about-ubuntu/derivatives&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That working link is given &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;in the help center&lt;/a&gt;, but this broken link is given in the about page / tour:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com/project/derivatives&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.ubuntu.com/project/derivatives&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So to fix this, someone with the ability to edit the about page (moderators?) should change the link there &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com/about/about-ubuntu/derivatives&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;to this&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2013-09-06T18:18:03.247" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7293" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7294" CreationDate="2013-09-06T19:20:46.513" Score="16" ViewCount="132" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't like the search box when I'm flagging for a duplicate, because I don't know the exact names of the big questions. Even if I use very relevant keywords, the question that I want to pick is always lost somewhere in the list and I have to scroll down and search for it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How do you guys find and pick the duplicates quickly?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Example&lt;/strong&gt;: I want to flag a question as a duplicate of the oh-so-famous &lt;em&gt;How to Install Broadcom Drivers&lt;/em&gt; question, but when I search &quot;broadcom drivers&quot;, it's not at the top of the list (and depending on the question, it's sometimes not even &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;in&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; the list). I always forget the exact name of the question too. How do I quickly search for it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/L9Rdj.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="52726" LastActivityDate="2013-09-06T19:20:46.513" Title="How do I quickly find the duplicate questions I'm searching for when flagging/closing?" Tags="|support|duplicates|searching|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7294" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7293" CreationDate="2013-09-06T19:20:46.513" Score="16" Body="&lt;p&gt;What I usually do is use the &lt;code&gt;score:#&lt;/code&gt; option.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example: search for &lt;code&gt;broadcom drivers score:10&lt;/code&gt;, or even shorter, just &lt;code&gt;broadcom score:10&lt;/code&gt;. Take a look at this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/oA0x8.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;score:10&lt;/code&gt; means &quot;show me questions with a score of 10 or more&quot;. This removes those low-score questions from the list, making it easier to spot the question you're looking for.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, you don't always have to use the number &lt;code&gt;10&lt;/code&gt;; this is just an example. If you know the question is really popular and has, let's say, 90 upvotes, then you could use a higher number.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Searching for &lt;code&gt;uefi&lt;/code&gt; only, gives us:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/G0kvH.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But searching for &lt;code&gt;uefi score:40&lt;/code&gt; gives us:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/XB85v.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If, however, you're searching for a question that has a relatively low score, you'll need to do some trial-and-error, using &lt;code&gt;score:3&lt;/code&gt; for example, to exclude other low voted questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An alternative would be to have those questions in your favorites, and use the option &lt;code&gt;infavorites:mine&lt;/code&gt;, which will only search for questions in your favorites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="52726" LastActivityDate="2013-09-06T19:20:46.513" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7295" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-09-07T01:10:14.607" Score="3" ViewCount="117" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just checked out a user that has access to the First Post review queue, and the amount of &quot;No action Needed&quot; sentences to crappy questions were something to be ashamed. I don't want to think that someone else is leaving all that crap without a single action (be comment, edit, vote, flagging, &lt;strong&gt;whatever!&lt;/strong&gt;). I hope that new users learn how to use the review queue (I had access to the SO review queue before here, so I think is a good adition).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I proposed this in &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/7234/169736&quot;&gt;Jorge Castro's discussion question&lt;/a&gt;, but only guntbert commented a bit. I think is a good addition and also keep honing the reviewing skills of everybody (included myself that for 2 questions I had fallen victim of the roboreviewing).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.087" LastActivityDate="2013-09-07T17:27:53.903" Title="Can we get review auditioning for the review queues? (First post and late answers at least)" Tags="|feature-request|review|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2014-02-24T02:51:34.277" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7296" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7305" CreationDate="2013-09-07T13:47:00.043" Score="5" ViewCount="96" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can we synonymize &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/sleep&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;sleep&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;sleep&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/suspend&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;suspend&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;suspend&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sleep tag excerpt:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A power-saving state, basically same thing as &quot;Standby mode&quot;, that allows a computer to quickly resume full-power operation (typically within several seconds) when you want to start working again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Suspend tag excerpt:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Questions related to Suspend Mode, which is a special low-power mode often used on laptops that preserves the contents of RAM while using less power than normal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;BTW, both tags need some review as they are question that don't fit within the description in the excerpt.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="25798" LastEditDate="2013-09-10T13:07:52.337" LastActivityDate="2013-09-10T13:07:52.337" Title="Can we synonymize sleep and suspend?" Tags="|discussion|status-completed|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7297" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7296" CreationDate="2013-09-07T15:59:19.190" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;In spite of what the tag wiki says, &quot;suspend&quot; can properly refer to &quot;suspend to RAM&quot; (sleep, standby), or &quot;suspend to disk&quot; (hibernation).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With that said, &lt;strong&gt;people seem to use &quot;suspend&quot; to mean &quot;sleep,&quot; and not to mean &quot;hibernate.&quot;&lt;/strong&gt; So, it would be okay to make these synonyms so long as:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/suspend&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;suspend&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;suspend&lt;/a&gt; can have a separate tag wiki (which I believe is possible, unless the tags are actually &lt;em&gt;merged&lt;/em&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/suspend&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;suspend&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;suspend&lt;/a&gt;'s tag wiki is edited to mention that &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/hibernate&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;hibernate&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;hibernate&lt;/a&gt; should be used instead, for questions about &quot;suspend to disk.&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2013-09-07T15:59:19.190" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7298" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="75" CreationDate="2013-09-07T16:43:55.777" Score="5" Body="&lt;h1&gt;StackBrowser for Ubuntu Touch&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;(StackApps post: &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackapps.com/questions/4324/stackbrowser-for-ubuntu-touch&quot;&gt;https://stackapps.com/questions/4324/stackbrowser-for-ubuntu-touch&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;About&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;StackBrowser allows you to explore the StackExchange network natively on Ubuntu Touch. Written in QML and JavaScript, it is mostly an excuse to play with the new &lt;a href=&quot;http://developer.ubuntu.com/get-started/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ubuntu SDK&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Currently you can:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Browse and view recent questions&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Search questions by tag&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Browse, search, and view users&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Homepage&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://launchpad.net/stackbrowser&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://launchpad.net/stackbrowser&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Download&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;StackBrowser will be available in the Ubuntu Touch Software Center. It can be tested on a 13.10 Ubuntu desktop system, or on earlier releases if you have the SDK installed, by grabbing its source from Launchpad.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;bzr branch lp:stackbrowser&#xA;cd stackbrowser&#xA;qmlscene stackbrowser.qml&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Screenshots&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ojluH.png&quot; alt=&quot;home screen&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/62aPP.png&quot; alt=&quot;user view&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/iljX3.png&quot; alt=&quot;tag search&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="570" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:46.307" LastActivityDate="2013-09-07T16:43:55.777" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-09-07T16:43:55.777" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7299" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7295" CreationDate="2013-09-07T17:27:53.903" Score="-2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Rather than change the way the system works with practice reviews or review audits, or at least &lt;em&gt;before&lt;/em&gt; we do something like that (or &lt;em&gt;in addition&lt;/em&gt; to such measures), it might be best simply to &lt;strong&gt;ask for more information to be added to the review banner&lt;/strong&gt; to explain when &quot;No Action Needed&quot; is and is not appropriate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/LFzA3.png&quot; alt=&quot;screenshot shown review explanation banner&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, what posts are appropriate to dismiss with &lt;em&gt;No Action Needed&lt;/em&gt; is somewhat subjective. But there are some cases where clicking that button is pretty clearly right or pretty clearly wrong (which is what this meta question is about).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think people might not always appreciate the difference between &lt;em&gt;No Action Needed&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;Skip&lt;/em&gt;, and how &lt;em&gt;Skip&lt;/em&gt; should be considered in a variety of circumstances where the action taken by the reviewer is incomplete in some way. Explaining &lt;em&gt;Skip&lt;/em&gt; better (either together with &lt;em&gt;No Action Needed&lt;/em&gt;, or at the bottom where it's mentioned now) might do a world of good.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2013-09-07T17:27:53.903" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7300" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7301" CreationDate="2013-09-07T22:01:48.073" Score="1" ViewCount="45" Body="&lt;p&gt;I cant seem to find any way of changing my user default name, Any Help?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="190967" OwnerDisplayName="Sudo" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2013-09-07T22:56:28.433" LastActivityDate="2013-09-07T22:56:28.433" Title="How do I change my username on this site?" Tags="|support|user-accounts|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2019-08-17T22:03:35.847" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7301" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7300" CreationDate="2013-09-07T22:04:28.873" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;click on your username in the top frame. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Next, in the right hand corner press &quot;edit&quot;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The form opens.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13464" OwnerDisplayName="BHM" LastActivityDate="2013-09-07T22:04:28.873" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7303" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7304" CreationDate="2013-09-08T13:49:14.660" Score="4" ViewCount="109" Body="&lt;p&gt;For users (not moderators) who have more than 10,000 reputation and who have access to o moderator tools why doesn't exist a link for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tools&quot;&gt;tools&lt;/a&gt; at the top of Ask Ubuntu site?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How can we have it there? I found &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/2292/147044&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; that the moderators have it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="147044" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2013-10-22T08:21:24.303" Title="Can we have &quot;tools&quot; link at the top of Ask Ubuntu site?" Tags="|feature-request|hyperlinks|10k-tools|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7304" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7303" CreationDate="2013-09-08T13:49:14.660" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I can't understand why regular users are denied to have a link for tools there, since the link can be accessed anyway at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.askubuntu.com/tools&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.askubuntu.com/tools&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But, I just made the following userscript that can be helpful in this sense:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;// ==UserScript==&#xA;// @name       Tools link for Ask Ubuntu&#xA;// @version    0.1&#xA;// @match      http://askubuntu.com/*&#xA;// ==/UserScript==&#xA;&#xA;// --- add &quot;tools&quot; link in front of &quot;review&quot; link    &#xA;var reviewLink      = document.querySelector (&quot;a[href='/review']&quot;);&#xA;var toolsLink       = document.createElement ();&#xA;toolsLink.innerHTML = '&amp;lt;a href=&quot;/tools&quot;&amp;gt;tools&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;span class=&quot;lsep&quot;&amp;gt;|&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp;';&#xA;&#xA;reviewLink.parentNode.insertBefore(toolsLink, reviewLink);&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, this userscript can be found at:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/radu-radeanu/userscripts/raw/master/au_style.user.js&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://github.com/radu-radeanu/userscripts/raw/master/au_style.user.js&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The script need to be installed in the browser as follow:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Chromium / Chrome users need &lt;a href=&quot;https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/tampermonkey/dhdgffkkebhmkfjojejmpbldmpobfkfo/related?hl=en&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;TamperMonkey&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Firefox users need &lt;a href=&quot;https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/greasemonkey/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;GreaseMonkey&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More about: &lt;a href=&quot;http://userscripts.org/about/installing&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://userscripts.org/about/installing&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It will look something like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/qF7UF.png&quot; alt=&quot;tools&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="147044" LastEditorUserId="147044" LastEditDate="2013-10-22T08:21:24.303" LastActivityDate="2013-10-22T08:21:24.303" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7305" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7296" CreationDate="2013-09-09T14:34:34.240" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The famous dinosaur (aka Jokerdino), just make this status complete.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2013-09-09T14:34:34.240" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7307" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-09-10T12:38:09.483" Score="3" ViewCount="104" Body="&lt;p&gt;I know that the bounty is there to make your question more relevant or popular, yes.&#xA;And this is ALWAYS given, even if the question is not answered, i know.&#xA;BUT if the question is not off topic and well written, I mean answereable in a normal way...why isn't the bounty refunded than?&#xA;I just found that out by not getting my bounty back,  I don't care about reputation but still I am questioning myself &lt;em&gt;why&lt;/em&gt;.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;edit after answer&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So for me bounty is not the right name for whatever we give away here. Bounty means to me that you give something as a &lt;em&gt;reward&lt;/em&gt; only when you get something else (answer) for it.&#xA;Example...teacher asks: when did columbus discover america? who answers get 100 dollars.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;no answer, teacher pays 100 to no one ;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;anyway&lt;/em&gt; now it's clear for me, the nobody is a rich guy, but he is not living on our planet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="177291" LastEditorUserId="177291" LastEditDate="2013-09-10T13:50:01.330" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Why is there no refund on bounty, when the question is not answered at all?" Tags="|discussion|bounty|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7308" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7307" CreationDate="2013-09-10T12:58:43.900" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your question is a variation of this Meta and our &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/bounty&quot;&gt;FAQ&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1066/why-dont-i-get-my-reputation-back-when-i-answer-the-question-myself?rq=1&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1066/why-dont-i-get-my-reputation-back-when-i-answer-the-question-myself?rq=1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The key quote is&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;All bounties are paid for up front and non-refundable under any circumstances.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Indeed, on &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/56298/why-arent-bounties-refunded-if-they-are-not-awarded&quot;&gt;Meta Stackoverflow&lt;/a&gt; this is described in detail and I'm quoting directly since it is succinct:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A bounty is not a guarantee. It's less risky in the new system, but it&#xA;  never has, nor ever will be, a guarantee for the answers you need.&#xA;  It's payment for a bid for an answer, not payment for actual answers&#xA;  themselves.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Remember that although you didn't get an actual answer, you did get 7&#xA;  days on the Featured tab. If you got refunded, then you could keep&#xA;  your question on the Featured tab forever, which really reduces the&#xA;  benefit that placing a bounty has in the first place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Basically, consider this like a parking meter - the reputation you&#xA;  spent is good enough for only 7 days. If you need more time, you need&#xA;  to spend more reputation. Of course, it's a parking meter where you&#xA;  can pay however much you want and get the same amount of time, but the&#xA;  extra payment is for the possibility of better quality attention&#xA;  during that same period.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14356" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:24.280" LastActivityDate="2013-09-10T12:58:43.900" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7310" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7368" CreationDate="2013-09-10T14:42:53.170" Score="2" ViewCount="85" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think I perhaps hit the bounty trigger too early but ...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/156201/how-to-add-refresh-option-to-right-click-menu&quot;&gt;How to add &amp;quot;Refresh&amp;quot; option to right click menu in Lubuntu?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/343719/how-to-get-a-refresh-right-click-action&quot;&gt;How to get a &amp;quot;refresh&amp;quot; right click action?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Lubuntu one has answers for Nautilus ... but Lubuntu doesn't ship Nautilus, I think those answers should be moved to the newer question and then the older question should be more like &quot;How do I add a refresh option to pcmanfm&quot; (or whatever the file manager is in Lubuntu)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2013-10-21T19:31:58.693" Title="Nautilus answers need to be moved" Tags="|discussion|answers|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7312" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7313" CreationDate="2013-09-11T13:33:02.063" Score="6" ViewCount="87" Body="&lt;p&gt;Well, since now the High traffic questions are automagially falling in the Reopen queue, what are the things to look out?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm aware that duplicates that has an awful amount of traffic can be merged (if they have good answers) with their duplicates. &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/2317/169736&quot;&gt;What can we do about high traffic duplicates?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But, what else should we be in the look out?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.087" LastActivityDate="2014-03-09T16:26:37.170" Title="What to look out in the Reopen queue?" Tags="|discussion|review|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7313" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7312" CreationDate="2013-09-11T14:21:39.700" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's simple, really. Check if the closed question should really remain closed right now. The purpose for the Reopen Queue is to give a chance to the questions that probably don't deserve to be closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, that would mean questions closed as Ubuntu+1 (mostly closed as off-topic or duplicate of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/18641/theres-an-issue-with-an-alpha-beta-release-of-ubuntu-what-should-i-do&quot;&gt;There&amp;#39;s an issue with an Alpha/Beta Release of Ubuntu, what should I do?&lt;/a&gt;) at the point of asking should probably be given a second look.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe just those that aren't asked again and is still relevant after the version release and optionally, also has a good answer. An example of the above - &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/264361/where-is-show-position-of-the-mouse-when-the-control-key-is-pressed&quot;&gt;Where is &amp;quot;Show position of the mouse when the Control key is pressed&amp;quot;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other than that, here's a general advice for using the reopen queue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;For questions closed as duplicates&lt;/strong&gt;, check if the question is really a duplicate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Do both the posts ask the same question? &lt;em&gt;If no, vote to reopen&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Does the answer on the duplicate of good to great quality that it deserves a home in the master question? &lt;em&gt;If yes, flag for merging the question&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;For questions closed as off-topic&lt;/strong&gt;, check if the question is really off-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If the question is indeed off-topic and has no good information in answers that is worth preserving, consider if it should be deleted from the site. &lt;em&gt;If yes, flag for deletion.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;For questions closed as &amp;quot;Not a real question&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;Not constructive&amp;quot;&lt;/strong&gt;, check if it deserves a place in our site. &lt;em&gt;If no, flag for deletion&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;For questions closed as &amp;quot;Too localized&amp;quot;&lt;/strong&gt;, check if the question is well phrased, contains enough information to suitably answer the question and is still relevant for the modern time. &lt;em&gt;If yes, vote to reopen&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;A final piece of advice.&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;When in doubt, don't.&lt;/strong&gt;  If you are not sure what to do with a review item in the reopen queue, &lt;strong&gt;skip it&lt;/strong&gt;. Remember, it's most preferred instead of a wrong 'Reopen' or a 'Leave Closed' action.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-09-11T14:21:39.700" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7314" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7283" CreationDate="2013-09-11T15:11:13.820" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Documenting whatever I could find about the workings of the Twitter bot:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Tweets a link to a question every 3 hours.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Tweets a link to a newly bountied question.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/94593/177471&quot;&gt;Any question that is considered &quot;hot&quot; by the system&lt;/a&gt;. Some of the publicly noted factors are:&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/94593/177471&quot;&gt;The question score must be &gt;=1&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/115899/177471&quot;&gt;The question must not have a close vote on it&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The algorithm (possibly outdated) for determining the hotness of the question is given here:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/11602/what-formula-should-be-used-to-determine-hot-questions&quot;&gt;What formula should be used to determine &amp;quot;hot&amp;quot; questions?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2013-09-11T15:11:13.820" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-09-11T15:11:13.820" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7315" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7336" CreationDate="2013-09-11T21:20:16.700" Score="0" ViewCount="76" Body="&lt;p&gt;I used to see a number of questions which have an open bounty in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/?tab=featured&quot;&gt;FEATURED&lt;/a&gt; tab. Now it has disappeared. Why? Again I have to do a patchwork to this site?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/iJQ2q.png&quot; alt=&quot;featured tab&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="147044" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2013-09-14T19:20:11.953" Title="Where is the number of questions which have an open bounty?" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|bounty|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7316" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7315" CreationDate="2013-09-11T22:46:21.083" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Hello as @Braiam suggests there is nothing wrong or may be there is I don't quite know. But if you want to see the number of featured questions you must first click the Questions tab then you will be able to see it :) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/z6qS7.png&quot; alt=&quot;I just learned of the beautiful Shutter :)&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22676" LastActivityDate="2013-09-11T22:46:21.083" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7317" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-09-12T10:09:03.823" Score="-15" ViewCount="441" Body="&lt;p&gt;The censorship sucks on this site. It feels very NAZI / NSB / Stasi like.  Is that how you welcome a new guest? I do understand some moderation, but this is over-polished.  What happened to freedom of speech over here? Please discuss this stuff with the team. It's WAY to much.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I wanted to send this message private though couldn't find a way to do that (as a guest)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I like Ubuntu a lot, but stuff like this is starting to give me second thoughts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;....little brother is also watching. (and doesn't mind stepping on a toe)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="191720" OwnerDisplayName="guest" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-06-25T23:39:38.363" LastActivityDate="2014-06-25T23:39:38.363" Title="A critical note (alternative title: where is my speech freedom?)" Tags="|discussion|editing|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7318" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7317" CreationDate="2013-09-12T10:28:48.297" Score="12" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The censorship sucks on this site. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We do not do censorship. The users that do edit do that to improve questions and answers so that -others- do no need to read all kinds of junk before getting to the actual question to a problem.&#xA;That is cleaning your house and not censorship. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What happened to freedom of speech over here? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is no freedom of speech here. Never was. Never will. This site is for problems related to Ubuntu and strictly that. Freedom of speech would imply you could also discuss things about world war 2 or what hypocrites American politicians are. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As long as the question is about a problem related to Ubuntu, to the point, preferably with the correct extra information related to the problem, and has not been asked before anything goes. Same goes for the answer: it needs to be to the point, correct, not just a link dump. The reward is getting reputation. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some reading material: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/behavior&quot;&gt;What kind of behavior is expected of users?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/editing&quot;&gt;Why can people edit my posts? How does editing work?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2013-09-12T10:28:48.297" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7319" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7317" CreationDate="2013-09-12T10:29:07.993" Score="23" Body="&lt;p&gt;The presumption with this answer is the editing of this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/344312/revisions&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/posts/344312/revisions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The key parts of the FAQ are these quotes:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Be nice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Civility is required at all times; rudeness will not be tolerated.&#xA;  Treat others with the same respect you’d want them to treat you&#xA;  because we’re all here to learn, together. Be tolerant of others who&#xA;  may not know everything you know, and bring your sense of humor.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;All contributions are licensed under Creative Commons, and this site&#xA;  is collaboratively edited, like Wikipedia. If you see something that&#xA;  needs improvement, click edit!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Editing is important for keeping questions and answers clear,&#xA;  relevant, and up-to-date. If you are not comfortable with the idea of&#xA;  your contributions being collaboratively edited by other trusted&#xA;  users, this may not be the site for you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We love clear and succinct questions and answers.  Everyone who uses the site are able to edit &amp;amp; submit edits.  We tend to hone a question or answer until it is precise and to the point.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is what has happened here.  The editors have tidied &amp;amp; cleaned.  The perceived 'argumentative' parts of the question have been dropped in favour of clarity and relevance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Freedom of speech is not the issue here - you are more than welcome to express a question in any way you feel like.  Opinions though do not form good questions and thus everyone edits to ensure the question is fully understood without the dramatic turn-of-phrase.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14356" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2013-09-12T10:29:07.993" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7320" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7317" CreationDate="2013-09-12T11:09:18.957" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm writing this incident-unseen as a general reply. Please edit your question to include some of the problems you've been experiencing and we can address those properly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why do people think they have a freedom of speech everywhere? You're on a private site, not something owned by your government. You have no &lt;em&gt;rights&lt;/em&gt; here. Your access to the site is &lt;em&gt;granted&lt;/em&gt; to you by Stack Exchange provided that you play by our rules. It's all in the terms of service.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You are complaining that we're doing something wrong because we're not letting you post whatever you like... Well that's not how we work here and you are wrong to assume we would.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We're here not only to help people with problems but to help the people who invest their time in helping other people. Bad questions and bad answers will be edited, closed and/or removed as we see fit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We also focus quite specifically on answering support questions. We're not a chat site and we don't take feature petitions or bugs. You can read all about this in our help documents.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2013-09-12T11:21:37.713" LastActivityDate="2013-09-12T11:21:37.713" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7321" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7317" CreationDate="2013-09-12T15:44:51.520" Score="13" Body="&lt;h1&gt;A Critical Reply to a Critical Note&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can understand that it is frustrating as a new user to see your questions edited. If you stick around long enough on this website you will see that it really is a community and that you can be part of this community.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The rules about quality are very strict (and &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/344312/revisions&quot;&gt;your question&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt; absolutely needed to be edited to meet those standards! No doubt about it!). These rules make the community. The people most active here are really quality-seekers. Now, you might not see that, but &lt;strong&gt;if you stick around you will be thankful for this type of edit&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Believe me, I was frustrated to see my brilliant questions being closed when I just started here, but now, with more experience, I would vote to close them myself. :) Try to hang on and you'll see the fun very soon. If you do not see the fun in it, then just feel free to use this as &lt;em&gt;a service without warranty or liability&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="115155" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-09-13T07:32:53.123" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7322" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-09-12T18:24:05.050" Score="11" ViewCount="193" Body="&lt;p&gt;Simple question: Why is the information on Ubuntu.com and Askubuntu.com only available in English? Will the official sites ever get translated into other languages, in order to make it more accessible internationally? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user192393" LastActivityDate="2013-09-17T19:52:41.413" Title="Will Ubuntu.com and Askubuntu.com be available in other languages?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7323" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-09-12T20:38:34.303" Score="21" ViewCount="212" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am fortunate to be giving a talk at the Ubucon as part of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ohiolinux.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ohio LinuxFest&lt;/a&gt; tomorrow about Ask Ubuntu. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm preparing my slides and I have a set of images that I use to convey what AU is about. Things like &quot;Community Editing is amazing&quot; and then I show an example like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/heFWN.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd like to include things that the community feel the site does awesome (or not awesome!), so I was wondering if you could post a screenshot or link of your favorite edit, your favorite answer or question of all time, your funniest review/edit ever, things of that sort. I am aware of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/greatest-hits&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/greatest-hits&lt;/a&gt; already, but I think we all have a favorite (or hated) thing about the site that you'd like to point out! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2013-09-13T16:04:08.797" Title="I'm giving a talk on askubuntu.com; show me your favorite things!" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7324" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7323" CreationDate="2013-09-12T21:29:15.590" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;What I like about Ask Ubuntu is the way that It's built and run by the users. This means that the site is for users by users. When you are thinking of a feature request its most likely that someone shares the same view. Also the dedicated guys who toil everyday in the close votes queue making sure substandard questions and spam don't make it onto the site. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I first switched (partially) to Ubuntu I visited the forums and I did not like it. Don't get me wrong, Ubuntu Forums are an integral part of the Ubuntu Community but, its not just my thing. I was having a problem with wireless on Natty and I had looked through many solutions but couldn't solve the problem. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By chance or good luck I ended up on AU, to cut a long story short I found an answer that solved my problem (something about ndiswrapper) of course I cannot remember the solution now :) but I've never left AU since although I have been a passive user. I love that people are willing to help and they try as much as they can not to be rude and maintain patience. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also I like that your experience is not judged by your age (lots of teens here know so much it surprises me). Lastly and according to me the best reason for AU's existence is the feeling of community, the feeling you get when your answer is picked as the answer by the OP and the feeling that you are helping the community especially when they comment &quot;thanks&quot; (though highly frowned upon) and give upvotes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22676" LastActivityDate="2013-09-12T21:29:15.590" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7325" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7323" CreationDate="2013-09-12T22:47:21.490" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm bored, so here's what I got:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;At Ask Ubuntu, we &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/344747/52726&quot;&gt;help new users&lt;/a&gt; in understanding how the site works:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/p7hQb.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;At Ask Ubuntu, we try to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/334850/52726&quot;&gt;avoid broken links&lt;/a&gt; in answers:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/jM3Gn.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;At Ask Ubuntu, we ask that &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/337296/52726&quot;&gt;people post informative answers&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/3Iy9q.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;At Ask Ubuntu, we have a sense of humor!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/BgRfX.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Okay that last one is not from Ask Ubuntu, but it's still hilarious =).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="52726" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2013-09-12T22:47:21.490" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7326" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7322" CreationDate="2013-09-13T05:43:50.833" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;We can't really answer the question of Ubuntu.com seeing as that is run by a totally different set of people (Canonical). Whether or not this site gets support for other languages is solely up to the parent company, Stack Exchange, and only likely to happen if the entire platform gets multi-language support.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In any case, the main hurdle will be having enough people to support the site in &lt;em&gt;their&lt;/em&gt; language. If both of these criteria are fulfilled (S.E. implementing the support and us having enough active community members to make it work), then there would be nothing stopping it :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1992" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2013-09-13T16:56:44.970" LastActivityDate="2013-09-13T16:56:44.970" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7327" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7328" CreationDate="2013-09-13T09:32:55.290" Score="0" ViewCount="78" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am surprised that nicks are not unique in SO. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Should nicks be unique? What if tomorrow we get oli's, jorge's and luis alvadaros' all over the place? :)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[JFYI] Due to name space pollution, I changed my nick from &lt;em&gt;Private&lt;/em&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/115155/don-joey&quot;&gt;don.joey&lt;/a&gt;. Should have picked something less standard in the first place, I guess. No worries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="115155" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2013-09-13T12:52:47.837" Title="Namespace pollution" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7328" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7327" CreationDate="2013-09-13T10:23:28.450" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Point of interest, there are already seven people called Oli on the main site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I wouldn't worry too much about name clashes. It's something that happens in real life all the time and we get along with it because we learn other identifying marks (faces, voices, etc). On Stack Exchange we have avatars.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Between the two, that should provide people with enough individuality without needing force the next Oli to call himself BigBadOli6969, just because I nabbed &quot;Oli&quot; first. That's the trade-off here. Silliness vs individuality.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is another side to this: when people purposefully imitate another user by copying their avatar. In these cases I think we would take action to prevent calamitous hijinks ensuing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But again there is a problem when people use publicly available material as their avatars. You have selected an image from a very old internet animation. You are certainly not the only person using it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You have to expect some level of clash if you use both a common nickname and a commonly used avatar.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2013-09-13T12:52:47.837" LastActivityDate="2013-09-13T12:52:47.837" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7329" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7323" CreationDate="2013-09-13T12:05:49.830" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;We are excellent at solving marital problems.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/hKUrl.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastActivityDate="2013-09-13T12:05:49.830" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7330" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7303" CreationDate="2013-09-13T12:48:20.843" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;strong&gt;/tools&lt;/strong&gt; link was removed some time ago (that screenshot is from Jan '12) , and &lt;strong&gt;/review&lt;/strong&gt; is there in its place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The whole point of the feature is to make it easier for mods/editors to find stuff that might be worth checking out, and &lt;strong&gt;/review&lt;/strong&gt; is more efficient at that, so it gets a prime spot at the top.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="184403" LastActivityDate="2013-09-13T12:48:20.843" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7331" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-09-13T15:10:49.253" Score="12" ViewCount="76" Body="&lt;p&gt;Currently, the description of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/permissions&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;permissions&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;permissions&lt;/a&gt; reads:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Short for &quot;file system permissions&quot; - access control based on user, group, or global access.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But is it true? If I ask why doesn't &lt;code&gt;strace -p 1&lt;/code&gt; work without being root, or why &lt;code&gt;ping&lt;/code&gt; needs to be setuid, what tag should I choose?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2979" LastActivityDate="2014-06-13T14:37:28.840" Title="Is the &quot;permissions&quot; tag really just about filesystem permissions?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7332" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7323" CreationDate="2013-09-13T15:38:19.433" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;How about starting at the top?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;A well asked question is easy to find…&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/U6Ils.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;The best answers rise to the top&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/HGDqO.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;…while less useful answers… &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;don't.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/HjPci.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="62" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-09-13T15:38:19.433" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7333" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7323" CreationDate="2013-09-13T15:56:45.827" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;We like to keep things helpful and clean, though that doesn't mean we don't have a sense of humour.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/pWf4f.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(no offence to gentoo users)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2013-09-13T16:04:08.797" LastActivityDate="2013-09-13T16:04:08.797" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7334" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7322" CreationDate="2013-09-13T22:43:09.110" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;About Ask Ubuntu , there is already a blueprint &lt;strong&gt;pending approval&lt;/strong&gt; for the translation - localization in other languages. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/community-1305-q+a-systems-localization&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;See here.&lt;/a&gt;. &#xA;So be patient and eventually the project will be approved and the localization will begin. I participate there for the translation in my native language (GR), you can participate too. You need a Launchpad account to click the &lt;code&gt;subscribe&lt;/code&gt; button and from that time you will be informed via e-mail of any change to the project. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;About Ubuntu.com site, I've found &lt;a href=&quot;https://launchpad.net/website-localization&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;this project&lt;/a&gt;, but it seems frozen. You can open a bug in Launchpad against this, if you want. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="95393" LastEditorUserId="95393" LastEditDate="2013-09-14T03:34:15.733" LastActivityDate="2013-09-14T03:34:15.733" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7335" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-09-14T00:46:57.017" Score="6" ViewCount="105" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've been thinking about a possible way to increase the amount of information in questions about applications &quot;crashing&quot;/&quot;won't start&quot;/&quot;not working&quot; and I came to this idea.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you know, when you run a program (mostly applications with GUI) from the command-line it usually returns a log about what is happening, like this log returned by a broken Steam installation:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Running Steam on ubuntu 13.04 64-bit&#xA;STEAM_RUNTIME is enabled automatically&#xA;Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1378500910_client)&#xA;Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1378500910_client)&#xA;Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1378500910_client)&#xA;unlinked 0 orphaned pipes&#xA;removing stale semaphore last operated on by process 13785 with name 0eBlobRegistryMutex_5A5CF321630ACD92EFD5B517187CC688&#xA;removing stale semaphore last operated on by process 13785 with name 0eBlobRegistrySignal_5A5CF321630ACD92EFD5B517187CC688&#xA;removing stale semaphore last operated on by process 13785 with name 0emSteamEngineInstance&#xA;removing stale semaphore last operated on by process 13785 with name 0eSteamEngineLock&#xA;Gtk-Message: Failed to load module &quot;overlay-scrollbar&quot;&#xA;Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1378500910_client)&#xA;[0913/214155:WARNING:proxy_service.cc(958)] PAC support disabled because there is no system implementation&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With logs we can easily discover why some program is not working just by reading it, so what about we ask these sort of questions' OPs to paste the log returned by the application that is not working?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What you guys think about it? It's a good or bad idea?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="48451" LastActivityDate="2016-02-18T11:38:44.223" Title="A possible way to increase the amount of information in questions about applications &quot;crashing&quot;/&quot;won't start&quot;/&quot;not working&quot;" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7336" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7315" CreationDate="2013-09-14T19:20:11.953" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;From today, 14 sep. 2013, that number of questions which have an open bounty reappeared again in its place in the main page. It was probably went on vacation.-&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="147044" LastActivityDate="2013-09-14T19:20:11.953" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7337" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7340" CreationDate="2013-09-14T19:36:32.010" Score="14" ViewCount="268" Body="&lt;p&gt;I see lots of questions cropping up about Wubi limitations.  The thing is already dead and fated to just go away eventually.  Should new users see this in the community bulletin block on the landing page?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2014-09-07T04:44:49.353" Title="Should we have a PSA/Community bulletin to stop using Wubi now that it has been officially pulled from development releases?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2014-09-14T18:23:14.250" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7338" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-09-14T21:43:13.493" Score="-10" ViewCount="137" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've been reading some questions where the answer was given by an employee of &lt;em&gt;Canonical&lt;/em&gt;, the company sponsoring Ubuntu. I thought it would be a good idea if users who are employees of Canonical (or whatever company that has a direct impact to Ubuntu) have a badge with their names instead of actually visiting their profile page to know if they're Ubuntu's employees (if they mentioned it in the biography).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That idea may have drawbacks or difficulties like the need of a good verification process (how to &lt;strong&gt;really&lt;/strong&gt; know if you're an Ubuntu employee?), the need of following up (are you &lt;strong&gt;still&lt;/strong&gt; an employee?) and it may require a lot of thinking for the UX guys for the badge icon and how (and where) to place it, and maybe some alerting that their answers are their own not on behalf of the company (right?). Advantages for this may include the ease of identifying the more credible answers, and the news answers (is there an outage? is this a known issue?)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21878" LastEditorUserId="47291" LastEditDate="2015-10-26T21:14:32.843" LastActivityDate="2015-10-26T21:14:32.843" Title="Should Canonical employees have special badges?" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|badges|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7339" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7338" CreationDate="2013-09-14T22:41:38.857" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have thought of this a few times, and I like the idea, but it may have drawbacks. I will try to list a few here and maybe others can follow up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Canonical is not well loved by some in the open source community. Exposing (especially &quot;low level&quot;) Canonical employees via a badge is invitation to harassment. It would be possible to moderate such activity, but we would be better off without it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Canonical employees will know the answer in many cases, but not all. We really wouldn't want users expecting Canonical employees to be able to answer their every question (and some users would).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Though the context may be arguably acceptable here, some long-time users may feel slighted, in that Canonical employees are granted some special badge, and they are not. This is not a &lt;em&gt;major&lt;/em&gt; issue, but still a realistic possibility.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;As you mentioned, Canonical employees need a degree of freedom. If they are tied simply to the company (in the eyes of the community), it would open up a lot of risky doors, and require a stringent effort by Canonical to protect the image of the company.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;It would be preferable to avoid this trouble.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1992" LastActivityDate="2013-09-14T22:41:38.857" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7340" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7337" CreationDate="2013-09-14T22:42:46.580" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes. I'll add it (adding it to my todo list).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1992" LastActivityDate="2013-09-14T22:42:46.580" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7341" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7337" CreationDate="2013-09-14T23:28:06.487" Score="20" Body="&lt;p&gt;As long as we have a supported operating system WUBI should be supported, endorsed and advised (but with other options as being better) as a valid method of using Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even the download page still gives the option to use it &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/windows-installer&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/windows-installer&lt;/a&gt; :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With Wubi, &lt;strong&gt;our officially supported Ubuntu installer for Windows&lt;/strong&gt;, you can install and uninstall Ubuntu easily and safely. For 12.04 LTS only.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Windows installer is not compatible with Windows 8 or UEFI firmware, and is not available for Ubuntu 13.04.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As long as that page exists I disagree on us stating WUBI should not be used anymore. The disclaimer above is more than enough.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Until April 2017 questions about WUBI are on-topic; a statement on the landing page will not stop those questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Update: wubi seems to be valid again for 13.04: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/330112/15811&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/a/330112/15811&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;( &lt;a href=&quot;http://releases.ubuntu.com/13.04/wubi.exe&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://releases.ubuntu.com/13.04/wubi.exe&lt;/a&gt; )&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-09-23T15:02:07.930" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7342" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7345" CreationDate="2013-09-15T05:03:34.627" Score="12" ViewCount="243" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/49bgD.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the above Image edit was suggested by unknown user. That edit seems to be not spam and related to user Question. But I dont know whether OP has tried this or not because It was posted with unknown user name. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;what I am  thinking is , how about one more option that asking the editer as &quot; are you the original user who posted the Question &quot; ? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Pros:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;so that we can believe that the user tried this also with out any doubt on the editor and The answers can be more effective.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Cons:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;what if spam posted and clicked as original user ? &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;solution:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;what ever the edit it is should come across the Review/ Suggested Edits. So we usually catch it and going to remove it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just a Suggestion ,decision is yours.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="33833" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2013-09-16T06:25:36.100" LastActivityDate="2013-09-16T06:25:36.100" Title="what I am supposed to do on edits like this?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7343" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-09-15T15:13:50.797" Score="2" ViewCount="58" Body="&lt;p&gt;Say I start a bounty on a question. What happens if I figure out a solution for my bounty on my own and write a good answer. Can I award the bounty to myself? Do my reputation points belong to me again in this case?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="69686" LastEditorUserId="1406746" LastEditDate="2022-08-25T00:21:38.700" LastActivityDate="2022-08-25T00:21:38.700" Title="If I bounty a question, but then I write a good answer, can I award myself the bounty and get my bountied reputation back?" Tags="|support|answers|reputation|bounty|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="7344" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7343" CreationDate="2013-09-15T15:30:11.407" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;No. Bounty means &quot;get more attention&quot; not &quot;get a sure answer&quot;. You throw your money to the guild to see if they can solve your problem, the guild can try but isn't secure. You only paid so you could get the attention, not so your problem gets solved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sometimes your bounty can go back to you in upvotes to your answer (ie, you placed a 50 rep bounty, got yourself answered and 5 users upvoted your answer), but is not always that happens nor obligatory for anyone doing you the favor.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2013-09-15T15:30:11.407" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7345" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7342" CreationDate="2013-09-15T22:29:12.987" Score="18" Body="&lt;p&gt;In this case, my recommendation would be to reject this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Invalid Edit - This edit is incorrect or an attempt to reply to or&#xA;  comment on the existing post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anonymous users are just that - you really can't second guess if this is actually the OP or another user.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Lets assume this is another user - their case could be quite different i.e. the OP's question, &lt;code&gt;nomodeset&lt;/code&gt; could actually help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14356" LastActivityDate="2013-09-15T22:29:12.987" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7346" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7338" CreationDate="2013-09-16T00:01:34.927" Score="19" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would say &lt;strong&gt;no&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ubuntu is a community project and a where a person works has no bearing on how correct their answer is!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2013-09-16T00:01:34.927" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7347" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7348" CreationDate="2013-09-16T08:08:28.440" Score="10" ViewCount="202" Body="&lt;p&gt;Which should be used to format a block of text in code (monospace font). I personally believe that manually indenting each line of long console output or a log file can be very slow and repetitive, so those times, I often find myself using &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;pre&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/pre&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; tags. I also feel that it's much easier when creating a new line of code, you don't have to put 4 spaces at the start of each line.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, should &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;pre&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/pre&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; tags be used over indentation for code blocks?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="176889" LastActivityDate="2013-09-16T08:12:00.587" Title="Using &lt;pre&gt; tags vs 4 space indentation" Tags="|discussion|formatting|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7348" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7347" CreationDate="2013-09-16T08:12:00.587" Score="17" Body="&lt;p&gt;Manual pre/code allows you to stick HTML in code. This is both a positive and a negative, depending on what you want to show. If you want to embolden a line, as below:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;dadasdasd&#xA;asdasdasd&#xA;as&lt;strong&gt;dasdasd&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;asdasdasd&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;... pre/code makes sense. If you wanted to show the &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; tag in use, it's a problem. You have to manually escape the tags.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have personally settled on using four-spaces. You can highlight the entire block of code (once you've typed it, or pasted it in) and then press &lt;kbd&gt;Control&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;K&lt;/kbd&gt; or press the &lt;kbd&gt;&lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;$&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/kbd&gt; button in the toolbar and it'll do all the indentation for you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think that's a lot easier than messing around remembering to escape things.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The source of the code sample above:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;pre&amp;gt;&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;dadasdasd&#xA;asdasdasd&#xA;as&amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;dasdasd&amp;lt;/strong&amp;gt;&#xA;asdasdasd&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/pre&amp;gt;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2013-09-16T08:12:00.587" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7349" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-09-16T16:51:03.663" Score="6" ViewCount="99" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can we synonymize &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/clone&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;clone&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;clone&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/cloning&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;cloning&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;cloning&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They are basically the same thing. Both are being used for questions about cloning machines (desktops and servers), or cloning hard drives. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/clone&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;clone&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;clone&lt;/a&gt; is the one being used more, with more accepted answers and score, but it doesn't have a description. We could copy over the description from &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/cloning&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;cloning&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;cloning&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't have enough score on any of them to suggest the &quot;synonymization&quot; &lt;sub&gt;(boy, what a word)&lt;/sub&gt;, hence the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="52726" LastActivityDate="2013-09-19T12:47:01.753" Title="Can we synonymize clone and cloning?" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7350" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-09-17T12:27:08.100" Score="3" ViewCount="128" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am not able to sign in here, with my Launchpad username? What could be the main reason for that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am able to sign in with any of those my emails account or even with Facebook normally!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user193655" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2013-09-18T14:36:52.447" LastActivityDate="2013-09-18T14:36:52.447" Title="Why am I not able to login here with my Launchpad username?" Tags="|bug|login|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7352" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7383" CreationDate="2013-09-17T13:23:40.580" Score="47" ViewCount="60517" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sometimes, I see people posting this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;kbd&gt;Ctrl&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;Alt&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;&amp;uparrow;&lt;/kbd&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Go to &lt;strong&gt;File&lt;/strong&gt; &amp;rightarrow; &lt;strong&gt;Preferences&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How can I add these super awesome arrows?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know I can copy the arrows from another post, or save them on my machine in a text file, but those are not &quot;quick and easy&quot; solutions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="52726" LastEditorUserId="52726" LastEditDate="2013-09-17T16:06:22.037" LastActivityDate="2013-09-25T15:38:18.217" Title="How do I add arrows in my post?" Tags="|support|markdown|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7353" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7352" CreationDate="2013-09-17T13:23:40.580" Score="29" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can add the arrows by simply typing the below:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;&amp;amp;uparrow;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That will give you &amp;uparrow;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Similarly, &lt;code&gt;&amp;amp;downarrow;&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;&amp;amp;rightarrow;&lt;/code&gt;, and &lt;code&gt;&amp;amp;leftarrow;&lt;/code&gt; give you &amp;downarrow;, &amp;rightarrow;, and &amp;leftarrow;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="52726" LastActivityDate="2013-09-17T13:23:40.580" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7354" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-09-17T15:21:36.107" Score="0" ViewCount="99" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was chilling out for a while in U&amp;amp;L chatroom, and was for my surprise that questions asked in the main site were feed into the chat room:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Qf60L.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was poking around about how could I get the same in the chatroom (yeah, I'm one of those guys that can't bring themself to leave +10 open tabs) so I could be alert of any interesting question that otherwise will miss my radars while I'm chatting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunally, this is not a per-user preference but a per-room preference, so whatever changes will affect all of us. The characteristic is called &quot;Ticker Feeds&quot; (as you &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/info/26/unix-and-linux?tab=feeds&quot;&gt;can see in the U&amp;amp;L chat room info&lt;/a&gt;) which differs of the &quot;Message Feed&quot; that we have set &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/info/201/ask-ubuntu-general-room?tab=feeds&quot;&gt;up in our chat room&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe chat owners can change this with couple strokes. The message is not intrusive. &lt;strong&gt;And works for any ATOM/RSS feed&lt;/strong&gt;. So if you want your own feed, please just answer below.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/CAvJ5.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/i7Glm.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This is how it would looks like just with the Recent Questions&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/XVX6u.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2013-09-19T16:27:08.627" LastActivityDate="2013-09-19T16:27:08.627" Title="Can we get &quot;Ticker feeds&quot; in the chatroom?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7355" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7354" CreationDate="2013-09-17T15:26:23.800" Score="-4" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Yes, is a nice addition to the chat room... and is so COOL~!&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What will being done:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Activate the feed for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/feeds&quot;&gt;New questions&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Remember that you can feed almost anything here, from new, active, bounties, etc. &lt;strong&gt;Any RSS/Atom!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2013-09-17T16:18:19.423" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-09-17T15:28:36.747" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7356" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7354" CreationDate="2013-09-17T15:27:44.070" Score="8" Body="&lt;h1&gt;No, I don't want to be cool at all!&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Leave it like that...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2013-09-17T15:27:44.070" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-09-17T15:28:20.840" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7357" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7354" CreationDate="2013-09-17T15:40:02.880" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Well I like the Idea, But... maybe not the new questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How about the &quot;Featured&quot; questions &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/feeds/featured&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/feeds/featured&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2013-09-17T19:27:34.317" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7358" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7360" CreationDate="2013-09-17T15:53:10.633" Score="12" ViewCount="95" Body="&lt;p&gt;If on a question I click &lt;strong&gt;close → Off topic because... → This question belongs on another site in the Stack Exchange network&lt;/strong&gt;, I get just one option: &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/&quot;&gt;Ask Ubuntu Meta&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How do I migrate, for example, to &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Unix &amp;amp; Linux&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2979" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:37:19.280" LastActivityDate="2013-09-17T20:07:43.920" Title="Why can't I migrate questions to other StackExchange sites?" Tags="|support|migration|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7359" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7322" CreationDate="2013-09-17T19:52:41.413" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are seperate sites for other languages. For example, for Dutch:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu-nl.org&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.ubuntu-nl.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://vraag.ubuntu-nl.org&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://vraag.ubuntu-nl.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="134848" LastActivityDate="2013-09-17T19:52:41.413" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7360" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7358" CreationDate="2013-09-17T20:03:53.000" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ultimately you can't vote to migrate a question anywhere but meta. There are so called &quot;migration paths&quot; that would enable slots in the close dialog, but these &quot;paths&quot; have been closed for quite a while due to misuse of the feature in the early days of the site.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/6493/cannot-specify-other-se-groups-for-transfer/6494#6494&quot;&gt;Previous attempts&lt;/a&gt; to have them opened have met with moderator resistance.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2013-09-17T20:07:43.920" LastActivityDate="2013-09-17T20:07:43.920" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7361" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7354" CreationDate="2013-09-17T20:25:10.577" Score="5" Body="&lt;h1&gt;No, it's a chat room — it shouldn't aim to duplicate an RSS reader and the /questions/ page&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm widely against a wide proposition for adding all sorts of things to the chat room. It's a chat room, for chatting. We've had various proposals over the time it has existed including feeds and bots and each time I come to the same conclusion: they just add more noise.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This particular feature has existed for a long time and we use its non-ticker brother for low-traffic important posts (Meta and Ubuntu posts on U&amp;amp;L) but I just can't see the value in replicating the busiest feed on the site (/questions/) with a five minute delay or even just reposting stuff that gets a certain number of votes. People in the chat room are usually already on the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm in a rush and I'm not sure I'm making the second part of that argument particularly well... I can't see any benefit while I can see quite a cost; an annoying banner sliding down the screen on a timed interval.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-09-18T07:11:18.000" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7362" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7352" CreationDate="2013-09-18T06:32:44.613" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/a5obi.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This website provides more information: &lt;a href=&quot;http://reference.sitepoint.com/html/kbd&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://reference.sitepoint.com/html/kbd&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also in most browsers you can highlight it, right click, and &lt;code&gt;view selection source&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/DldR8.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/XDHp4.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hope this helps... Have Fun!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="192788" LastEditorUserId="192788" LastEditDate="2013-09-18T07:38:01.947" LastActivityDate="2013-09-18T07:38:01.947" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7363" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7364" CreationDate="2013-09-18T23:29:32.690" Score="8" ViewCount="364" Body="&lt;p&gt;I know what to do about &lt;strong&gt;questions&lt;/strong&gt; with problems in &lt;em&gt;beta/alpha/development&lt;/em&gt; Ubuntu versions, but I'd never though about &lt;strong&gt;answers&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I came across this though while reviewing &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/347273/62483&quot;&gt;this answer&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What do you think that should be done with this sort of &lt;em&gt;answers&lt;/em&gt;?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Are them allowed no matter the case?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Where the difference remain?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="62483" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2013-09-19T00:07:56.223" Title="Are answers about beta versions of Ubuntu accepted?" Tags="|discussion|answers|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7364" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7363" CreationDate="2013-09-19T00:02:49.347" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;If the answer fixes a problem, great.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's not that we hate alpha/beta.  It's that:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;a) We can't possibly field all the bug reports.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;b) It changes too rapidly to maintain a real Q/A for beta specifically.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;c) It really hurts our answer rate/percentage.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;d) It burns out users that are capable of answering those questions.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;e) Possible other reasons.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In most of the above cases, answers for beta are good and don't violate the rules at all.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In all cases, people that generally want to be helpful should be encouraged not silenced.  As long as the answer isn't something like &quot;They refused this simple patch to fix their stupid issue&quot; it should be fine to leave answers for beta alone or even up-vote them if they're accurate.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EDIT:  Addendum - We definitely should NOT have answers that advocate upgrading to alpha-beta to fix an issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastEditorUserId="5768" LastEditDate="2013-09-19T00:07:56.223" LastActivityDate="2013-09-19T00:07:56.223" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7365" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7349" CreationDate="2013-09-19T12:47:01.753" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/clone&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;clone&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;clone&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/cloning&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;cloning&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;cloning&lt;/a&gt; are used interchangeably, and largely in accordance with the description in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/cloning&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;cloning&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;cloning&lt;/a&gt; tag wiki.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I only spotted a handful of questions that didn't fit, and I retagged them:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Distributed version control: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/333343/git-cloning-error&quot;&gt;1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Multiple monitors: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/34083/clone-screen-default-projector&quot;&gt;1&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/256012/no-sound-via-hdmi-and-i-cannot-use-mirror-display-on-a-lenovo-g560&quot;&gt;2&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Users: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/196998/how-to-clone-root-user-in-ubuntu&quot;&gt;1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I prefer the name “cloning” since the questions are about the cloning activity, not about a clone. It's also the name &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Unix &amp;amp; Linux&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/tags/cloning&quot;&gt;uses&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a href=&quot;https://superuser.com/&quot;&gt;Super User&lt;/a&gt; has both.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1059" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:37:19.280" LastActivityDate="2013-09-19T12:47:01.753" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7366" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7198" CreationDate="2013-09-20T09:14:59.167" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I love it! and think your on the right track. I believe it will be very helpful... One early glitch that needs attention. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have latest version of Firefox installed but the back &amp;leftarrow; took me back to far, (here), not back one page... &quot;Thought I was time travelling for a sec... ;-D&quot;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other than that &quot;FANTASTIC&quot; so far...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Keep up the good work... If I could code, I would love to help. Great Idea!!!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="192788" LastActivityDate="2013-09-20T09:14:59.167" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7367" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7337" CreationDate="2013-09-20T16:46:39.320" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think we should and it should discuss the plan moving forward. It would be nice if some statement of the preferred alternative(s) were referenced or linked to.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20898" LastEditorUserId="20898" LastEditDate="2014-09-07T04:44:49.353" LastActivityDate="2014-09-07T04:44:49.353" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7368" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7310" CreationDate="2013-09-21T19:17:03.927" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I flagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/157536/147044&quot;&gt;those answers&lt;/a&gt; as inappropriate, and the answer was:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;declined - The OP seems happy with the answers. And we can't &quot;move&quot; answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, case closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="147044" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2013-09-21T19:25:29.130" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7369" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-09-23T07:06:54.740" Score="-1" ViewCount="77" Body="&lt;p&gt;Will askubuntu implement uploading of screencasts ?  I think screencasts are better way to show the errors or problems users might encounter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="157039" LastActivityDate="2013-09-25T05:16:18.547" Title="Implement uploading of screencast" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7370" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-09-23T15:00:31.887" Score="2" ViewCount="97" Body="&lt;p&gt;The two questions I am talking about are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/259649/why-does-ubuntu-fail-to-run-exe-files-how-do-i-run-exe&quot;&gt;Why does Ubuntu fail to run .exe files? / How do I run .exe?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/988/how-can-i-install-windows-software-also-games&quot;&gt;How can I install Windows software or games?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They are different but they both try to achieve the same goal. Can we consider them as duplicates?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am biased towards &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/262123/114818&quot;&gt;this answer&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/705/rafal-cieslak&quot;&gt;Rafał Cieślak&lt;/a&gt; and would like to make that question as the master and merge the other answers from the second question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have already left a comment on both the questions linking to each other, but don't think it would have the desired effect.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What does the community feel and think about it? Is there any need of merger? If yes, which way?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="114818" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2014-11-07T04:53:34.970" Title="Should these two questions about running/installing .exe files be merged?" Tags="|discussion|status-completed|merge|windows|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7371" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-09-23T23:16:01.200" Score="4" ViewCount="64" Body="&lt;p&gt;In my browser (Chrome 29 on Windows 7), &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Descender&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;descenders&lt;/a&gt; are chopped off in comments, which makes it fairly annoying to read, as g's look like q's (most other letters with descenders are fairly unambiguous, ypj)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Post prose is fine, it just seems to be a comment issue just on Ask Ubuntu (Stack Overflow is fine).  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It looks fine under Chrome in Ubuntu (29 on 12.04), and IE10 on Win7 (same machine as where Chrome chops them)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/isJjL.png&quot; alt=&quot;Broken descenders on AU&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="140640" LastEditorUserId="133195" LastEditDate="2013-09-24T09:07:27.417" LastActivityDate="2013-09-24T09:07:27.417" Title="Descenders in comments chopped off in Windows Chrome" Tags="|bug|design|formatting|style|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7372" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-09-24T07:56:39.547" Score="1" ViewCount="60" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are many people who can not speak English. &#xA;Why we are obliged to write in English?&#xA;Are there any German supporter here on Askubuntu?&#xA;That's just sad: (&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60683" OwnerDisplayName="lupopa" LastActivityDate="2013-09-24T08:17:01.967" Title="Can't english, is there a german Supporter here?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ClosedDate="2013-09-24T08:26:57.220" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7373" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7375" CreationDate="2013-09-24T10:09:25.370" Score="2" ViewCount="79" Body="&lt;p&gt;Moments ago I mistakenly voted a question down, I'd like to undo that action but can't find out how. If I press the up vote button the voting count goes up by two units (which makes sense) but what I need is something like cancel vote. Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="177437" OwnerDisplayName="Luís de Sousa" LastActivityDate="2013-09-24T10:30:56.037" Title="How can I cancel a vote down?" Tags="|discussion|community|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7374" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7373" CreationDate="2013-09-24T10:17:39.260" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just click the downvote sign again and it should remove the downvote. The same works for upvote button.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="115287" LastActivityDate="2013-09-24T10:17:39.260" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7375" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7373" CreationDate="2013-09-24T10:19:06.343" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can cancel a downvote or upvote only a few seconds after your vote by clicking the downvote or upvote sign again. If more then a few seconds have been past, you can't cancel your vote, only if that question/answer was edited.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, if you can't cancel your vote anymore, this is the only possibility: find a way to edit somehow that question/answer. If your edit will be accepted, after you can retreat your vote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="147044" LastEditorUserId="147044" LastEditDate="2013-09-24T10:30:56.037" LastActivityDate="2013-09-24T10:30:56.037" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7376" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6833" CreationDate="2013-09-24T11:03:24.483" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Personally, I think this should be the right way on how to face the new questions/answers:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/KSSY4.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/KSSY4.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/KSSY4.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;[click on image to enlarge]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Source: &lt;a href=&quot;http://tex.blogoverflow.com/2012/04/voting-up-voting-down/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://tex.blogoverflow.com/2012/04/voting-up-voting-down/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="147044" LastEditorUserId="147044" LastEditDate="2013-09-24T16:13:28.443" LastActivityDate="2013-09-24T16:13:28.443" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7377" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6209" CreationDate="2013-09-24T11:05:40.527" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Because many people wished to be able to retract a close vote this feature was introduced recently:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/915/can-we-have-the-ability-to-retract-a-close-vote-before-it-closes&quot;&gt;Can we have the ability to retract a close vote before it closes?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To undo a close vote we have to click on &quot;close&quot; again to see the following window:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/LSaWA.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that in case we had selected &quot;Retract Close Vote&quot; there we will not be able to vote to close on this question again or later, even if it was edited for bad.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This obviously can not be done for a &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/6210/&quot;&gt;moderator flag&lt;/a&gt; we had issued.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3940" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2013-09-26T18:56:01.240" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7378" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7352" CreationDate="2013-09-24T18:40:50.033" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;A more general solution would be to set up &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/47496/how-can-i-add-a-custom-compose-key-sequence&quot;&gt;an &lt;code&gt;.Xcompose&lt;/code&gt; file for custom compose key sequences&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is what I use:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;include &quot;%L&quot;&#xA;# SINGLE ARROWS&#xA;&amp;lt;Multi_key&amp;gt; &amp;lt;Left&amp;gt; &amp;lt;Left&amp;gt;       : &quot;←&quot;   leftarrow   # LEFTWARDS ARROW&#xA;&amp;lt;Multi_key&amp;gt; &amp;lt;Up&amp;gt; &amp;lt;Up&amp;gt;           : &quot;↑&quot;   uparrow     # UPWARDS ARROW&#xA;&amp;lt;Multi_key&amp;gt; &amp;lt;Right&amp;gt; &amp;lt;Right&amp;gt;     : &quot;→&quot;   rightarrow  # RIGHTWARDS ARROW&#xA;&amp;lt;Multi_key&amp;gt; &amp;lt;Down&amp;gt; &amp;lt;Down&amp;gt;       : &quot;↓&quot;   downarrow   # DOWNWARDS ARROW&#xA;&amp;lt;Multi_key&amp;gt; &amp;lt;Left&amp;gt; &amp;lt;Right&amp;gt;      : &quot;↔&quot;   U2194           # LEFT RIGHT ARROW (kragen's)&#xA;&amp;lt;Multi_key&amp;gt; &amp;lt;Right&amp;gt; &amp;lt;Left&amp;gt;      : &quot;↔&quot;   U2194           # LEFT RIGHT ARROW (kragen's)&#xA;&amp;lt;Multi_key&amp;gt; &amp;lt;Right&amp;gt; &amp;lt;ampersand&amp;gt; &amp;lt;Left&amp;gt;  : &quot;⥂&quot;   U21F5       # &#xA;&amp;lt;Multi_key&amp;gt; &amp;lt;Left&amp;gt; &amp;lt;ampersand&amp;gt; &amp;lt;Right&amp;gt;  : &quot;⥄&quot;   U21F5       # &#xA;&amp;lt;Multi_key&amp;gt; &amp;lt;Left&amp;gt; &amp;lt;equal&amp;gt; &amp;lt;Right&amp;gt;      : &quot;⇌&quot;   U21F5       # &#xA;&amp;lt;Multi_key&amp;gt; &amp;lt;Right&amp;gt; &amp;lt;equal&amp;gt; &amp;lt;Left&amp;gt;      : &quot;⇌&quot;   U21F5       # &#xA;&amp;lt;Multi_key&amp;gt; &amp;lt;Up&amp;gt; &amp;lt;Down&amp;gt;         : &quot;↕&quot;   U2195           # UP DOWN ARROW (kragen's)&#xA;&amp;lt;Multi_key&amp;gt; &amp;lt;Up&amp;gt; &amp;lt;ampersand&amp;gt; &amp;lt;Down&amp;gt;     : &quot;⇵&quot;   U21F5       #&#xA;&amp;lt;Multi_key&amp;gt; &amp;lt;Down&amp;gt; &amp;lt;ampersand&amp;gt; &amp;lt;Up&amp;gt;     : &quot;⇵&quot;   U21F5       #&#xA;&amp;lt;Multi_key&amp;gt; &amp;lt;Down&amp;gt; &amp;lt;ampersand&amp;gt; &amp;lt;Down&amp;gt;   : &quot;⇊&quot;   U21F5       # &#xA;&amp;lt;Multi_key&amp;gt; &amp;lt;Up&amp;gt; &amp;lt;ampersand&amp;gt; &amp;lt;Up&amp;gt;       : &quot;⇈&quot;   U21F5       #&#xA;# DOUBLE ARROWS&#xA;&amp;lt;Multi_key&amp;gt; &amp;lt;equal&amp;gt; &amp;lt;Right&amp;gt; &amp;lt;Right&amp;gt; : &quot;⇒&quot;   U21D2       # RIGHTWARDS DOUBLE ARROW&#xA;&amp;lt;Multi_key&amp;gt; &amp;lt;equal&amp;gt; &amp;lt;greater&amp;gt;       : &quot;⇒&quot;   U21D2       # RIGHTWARDS DOUBLE ARROW&#xA;&amp;lt;Multi_key&amp;gt; &amp;lt;equal&amp;gt; &amp;lt;Left&amp;gt; &amp;lt;Left&amp;gt;   : &quot;⇐&quot;   U21D0       # LEFTWARDS DOUBLE ARROW&#xA;&amp;lt;Multi_key&amp;gt; &amp;lt;equal&amp;gt; &amp;lt;less&amp;gt;          : &quot;⇐&quot;   U21D0       # RIGHTWARDS DOUBLE ARROW&#xA;&amp;lt;Multi_key&amp;gt; &amp;lt;equal&amp;gt; &amp;lt;Left&amp;gt; &amp;lt;Right&amp;gt;  : &quot;⇔&quot;   U21D4       # LEFT RIGHT DOUBLE ARROW&#xA;&amp;lt;Multi_key&amp;gt; &amp;lt;equal&amp;gt; &amp;lt;Right&amp;gt; &amp;lt;Left&amp;gt;  : &quot;⇔&quot;   U21D4       # LEFT RIGHT DOUBLE ARROW&#xA;&amp;lt;Multi_key&amp;gt; &amp;lt;equal&amp;gt; &amp;lt;Up&amp;gt; &amp;lt;Up&amp;gt;       : &quot;⇑&quot;   U21D1       # UPWARDS DOUBLE ARROW&#xA;&amp;lt;Multi_key&amp;gt; &amp;lt;equal&amp;gt; &amp;lt;Down&amp;gt; &amp;lt;Down&amp;gt;   : &quot;⇓&quot;   U21D3       # DOWNWARDS DOUBLE ARROW&#xA;&amp;lt;Multi_key&amp;gt; &amp;lt;equal&amp;gt; &amp;lt;Up&amp;gt; &amp;lt;Down&amp;gt;     : &quot;⇕&quot;   U21D5       # UP DOWN DOUBLE ARROW&#xA;# SPECIAL ARROWS&#xA;&amp;lt;Multi_key&amp;gt; &amp;lt;Left&amp;gt; &amp;lt;o&amp;gt;          : &quot;⟲&quot;   U27F2       # ANTICLOCKWISE GAPPED CIRCLE ARROW&#xA;&amp;lt;Multi_key&amp;gt; &amp;lt;Right&amp;gt; &amp;lt;o&amp;gt;         : &quot;⟳&quot;   U27F3       # CLOCKWISE GAPPED CIRCLE ARROW&#xA;&amp;lt;Multi_key&amp;gt; &amp;lt;Left&amp;gt; &amp;lt;c&amp;gt;          : &quot;↺&quot;   U21BA       # ANTICLOCKWISE OPEN CIRCLE ARROW&#xA;&amp;lt;Multi_key&amp;gt; &amp;lt;Right&amp;gt; &amp;lt;c&amp;gt;         : &quot;↻&quot;   U21BB       # CLOCKWISE OPEN CIRCLE ARROW&#xA;&amp;lt;Multi_key&amp;gt; &amp;lt;Left&amp;gt; &amp;lt;w&amp;gt;          : &quot;⇜&quot;   U21DC       # LEFTWARDS SQUIGGLE ARROW&#xA;&amp;lt;Multi_key&amp;gt; &amp;lt;Right&amp;gt; &amp;lt;w&amp;gt;         : &quot;⇝&quot;   U21DD       # RIGHTWARDS SQUIGGLE ARROW&#xA;&amp;lt;Multi_key&amp;gt; &amp;lt;Left&amp;gt; &amp;lt;bar&amp;gt;            : &quot;⥖&quot;   U21E4       #&#xA;&amp;lt;Multi_key&amp;gt; &amp;lt;Right&amp;gt; &amp;lt;bar&amp;gt;           : &quot;⥗&quot;   U21E5       #&#xA;&amp;lt;Multi_key&amp;gt; &amp;lt;Right&amp;gt; &amp;lt;minus&amp;gt;         : &quot;⤼&quot;   U21E2       # RIGHTWARDS DASHED ARROW&#xA;&amp;lt;Multi_key&amp;gt; &amp;lt;Right&amp;gt; &amp;lt;plus&amp;gt;          : &quot;⥅&quot;   U21E2       # RIGHTWARDS DASHED ARROW&#xA;&amp;lt;Multi_key&amp;gt; &amp;lt;equal&amp;gt; &amp;lt;slash&amp;gt; &amp;lt;greater&amp;gt;   : &quot;⇏&quot;   U21D2       # RIGHTWARDS DOUBLE ARROW&#xA;&amp;lt;Multi_key&amp;gt; &amp;lt;equal&amp;gt; &amp;lt;slash&amp;gt; &amp;lt;less&amp;gt;  : &quot;⇍&quot;   U21D0       # LEFTWARDS DOUBLE ARROW&#xA;&amp;lt;Multi_key&amp;gt; &amp;lt;Down&amp;gt; &amp;lt;minus&amp;gt; &amp;lt;Right&amp;gt;  : &quot;↪&quot;   U27F2       # &#xA;&amp;lt;Multi_key&amp;gt; &amp;lt;Down&amp;gt; &amp;lt;equal&amp;gt; &amp;lt;Right&amp;gt;  : &quot;➥&quot;   U27F2       #&#xA;# MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS AND SYMBOLS&#xA;&amp;lt;Multi_key&amp;gt; &amp;lt;exclam&amp;gt; &amp;lt;equal&amp;gt;        : &quot;≠&quot;   U2260       # NOT EQUAL TO&#xA;&amp;lt;Multi_key&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a&amp;gt; &amp;lt;q&amp;gt; &amp;lt;u&amp;gt;         : &quot;≙&quot;   U2260       # NOT EQUAL TO&#xA;&amp;lt;Multi_key&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a&amp;gt; &amp;lt;p&amp;gt; &amp;lt;r&amp;gt;         : &quot;≈&quot;   U2248           # ALMOST EQUAL TO&#xA;&amp;lt;Multi_key&amp;gt; &amp;lt;less&amp;gt; &amp;lt;equal&amp;gt;      : &quot;≤&quot;   U2264       # LESS-THAN OR EQUAL TO&#xA;&amp;lt;Multi_key&amp;gt; &amp;lt;greater&amp;gt; &amp;lt;equal&amp;gt;       : &quot;≥&quot;   U2265       # GREATER-THAN OR EQUAL TO&#xA;&amp;lt;Multi_key&amp;gt; &amp;lt;plus&amp;gt; &amp;lt;less&amp;gt;           : &quot;≪&quot;   U226A       # MUCH LESS-THAN&#xA;&amp;lt;Multi_key&amp;gt; &amp;lt;plus&amp;gt; &amp;lt;greater&amp;gt;        : &quot;≫&quot;   U226B       # MUCH GREATER-THAN&#xA;&amp;lt;Multi_key&amp;gt; &amp;lt;equal&amp;gt; &amp;lt;d&amp;gt; &amp;lt;e&amp;gt; &amp;lt;f&amp;gt;     : &quot;≝&quot;   U225D       # EQUAL TO BY DEFINITION&#xA;&amp;lt;Multi_key&amp;gt; &amp;lt;equal&amp;gt; &amp;lt;question&amp;gt;      : &quot;≟&quot;   U225f       # QUESTIONED EQUAL TO&#xA;&amp;lt;Multi_key&amp;gt; &amp;lt;8&amp;gt; &amp;lt;8&amp;gt;                     : &quot;∞&quot;  U221E            # INFINITY&#xA;&amp;lt;Multi_key&amp;gt; &amp;lt;o&amp;gt; &amp;lt;1&amp;gt;         : &quot;·&quot;   periodcentered  # MIDDLE DOT&#xA;&amp;lt;Multi_key&amp;gt; &amp;lt;o&amp;gt; &amp;lt;2&amp;gt;         : &quot;•&quot;   U2022       # BULLET&#xA;&amp;lt;Multi_key&amp;gt; &amp;lt;o&amp;gt; &amp;lt;3&amp;gt;         : &quot;⚫&quot;   U2022       # BULLET&#xA;&amp;lt;Multi_key&amp;gt; &amp;lt;parenleft&amp;gt; &amp;lt;plus&amp;gt; &amp;lt;parenright&amp;gt;     : &quot;⊕&quot;  U2295    # CIRCLED PLUS&#xA;&amp;lt;Multi_key&amp;gt; &amp;lt;parenleft&amp;gt; &amp;lt;minus&amp;gt; &amp;lt;parenright&amp;gt;    : &quot;⊖&quot;  U2296    # CIRCLED MINUS&#xA;&amp;lt;Multi_key&amp;gt; &amp;lt;1&amp;gt; &amp;lt;3&amp;gt;                     : &quot;⅓&quot;  U2153            # VULGAR FRACTION ONE THIRD&#xA;&amp;lt;Multi_key&amp;gt; &amp;lt;2&amp;gt; &amp;lt;3&amp;gt;                     : &quot;⅔&quot;  U2154            # VULGAR FRACTION TWO THIRDS&#xA;&amp;lt;Multi_key&amp;gt; &amp;lt;1&amp;gt; &amp;lt;5&amp;gt;                     : &quot;⅕&quot;  U2155            # VULGAR FRACTION ONE FIFTH&#xA;&amp;lt;Multi_key&amp;gt; &amp;lt;2&amp;gt; &amp;lt;5&amp;gt;                     : &quot;⅖&quot; U2156             # VULGAR FRACTION TWO FIFTHS&#xA;&amp;lt;Multi_key&amp;gt; &amp;lt;3&amp;gt; &amp;lt;5&amp;gt;                     : &quot;⅗&quot; U2157             # VULGAR FRACTION THREE FIFTHS&#xA;&amp;lt;Multi_key&amp;gt; &amp;lt;4&amp;gt; &amp;lt;5&amp;gt;                     : &quot;⅘&quot; U2158             # VULGAR FRACTION FOUR FIFTHS&#xA;&amp;lt;Multi_key&amp;gt; &amp;lt;1&amp;gt; &amp;lt;6&amp;gt;                     : &quot;⅙&quot; U2159             # VULGAR FRACTION ONE SIXTH&#xA;&amp;lt;Multi_key&amp;gt; &amp;lt;5&amp;gt; &amp;lt;6&amp;gt;                     : &quot;⅚&quot; U215A             # VULGAR FRACTION FIVE SIXTHS&#xA;&amp;lt;Multi_key&amp;gt; &amp;lt;1&amp;gt; &amp;lt;8&amp;gt;                     : &quot;⅛&quot; U215B             # VULGAR FRACTION ONE EIGHTH&#xA;&amp;lt;Multi_key&amp;gt; &amp;lt;3&amp;gt; &amp;lt;8&amp;gt;                     : &quot;⅜&quot; U215C             # VULGAR FRACTION THREE EIGHTHS&#xA;&amp;lt;Multi_key&amp;gt; &amp;lt;5&amp;gt; &amp;lt;8&amp;gt;                     : &quot;⅝&quot; U215D             # VULGAR FRACTION FIVE EIGHTHS&#xA;&amp;lt;Multi_key&amp;gt; &amp;lt;7&amp;gt; &amp;lt;8&amp;gt;                     : &quot;⅞&quot; U215E             # VULGAR FRACTION SEVEN EIGHTHS&#xA;# MISC SYMBOLS&#xA;&amp;lt;Multi_key&amp;gt; &amp;lt;colon&amp;gt; &amp;lt;parenright&amp;gt;        : &quot;☺&quot;   U263A           # WHITE SMILING FACE&#xA;&amp;lt;Multi_key&amp;gt; &amp;lt;colon&amp;gt; &amp;lt;parenleft&amp;gt;         : &quot;☹&quot;   U2639           # WHITE FROWNING FACE&#xA;&amp;lt;Multi_key&amp;gt; &amp;lt;y&amp;gt; &amp;lt;y&amp;gt; &amp;lt;1&amp;gt;         : &quot;✓&quot;   U2713       # CHECK MARK&#xA;&amp;lt;Multi_key&amp;gt; &amp;lt;y&amp;gt; &amp;lt;y&amp;gt; &amp;lt;2&amp;gt;         : &quot;✔&quot;   U2714       # HEAVY CHECK MARK&#xA;&amp;lt;Multi_key&amp;gt; &amp;lt;n&amp;gt; &amp;lt;n&amp;gt; &amp;lt;1&amp;gt;         : &quot;✗&quot;   U2717       # BALLOT X&#xA;&amp;lt;Multi_key&amp;gt; &amp;lt;n&amp;gt; &amp;lt;n&amp;gt; &amp;lt;2&amp;gt;         : &quot;✘&quot;   U2718       # HEAVY BALLOT X&#xA;&amp;lt;Multi_key&amp;gt; &amp;lt;r&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a&amp;gt; &amp;lt;d&amp;gt;         : &quot;☢&quot;   U2622       # RADIOACTIVE SIGN&#xA;&amp;lt;Multi_key&amp;gt; &amp;lt;b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;h&amp;gt;         : &quot;☣&quot;   U2623       # BIOHAZARD SIGN&#xA;&amp;lt;Multi_key&amp;gt; &amp;lt;z&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a&amp;gt; &amp;lt;p&amp;gt; &amp;lt;1&amp;gt;     : &quot;⚡&quot;   U26A1       # HIGH VOLTAGE SIGN&#xA;&amp;lt;Multi_key&amp;gt; &amp;lt;slash&amp;gt; &amp;lt;slash&amp;gt; &amp;lt;slash&amp;gt; : &quot;↯&quot;   U26A1       # &#xA;&amp;lt;Multi_key&amp;gt; &amp;lt;z&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a&amp;gt; &amp;lt;p&amp;gt; &amp;lt;2&amp;gt;     : &quot;ϟ&quot;   U26A1       # &#xA;&amp;lt;Multi_key&amp;gt; &amp;lt;m&amp;gt; &amp;lt;e&amp;gt; &amp;lt;d&amp;gt;         : &quot;⚕&quot;   U2695       # STAFF OF AESCULAPIUS&#xA;&amp;lt;Multi_key&amp;gt; &amp;lt;o&amp;gt; &amp;lt;minus&amp;gt; &amp;lt;plus&amp;gt;      : &quot;♀&quot;   U2640       # FEMALE SIGN&#xA;&amp;lt;Multi_key&amp;gt; &amp;lt;o&amp;gt; &amp;lt;minus&amp;gt; &amp;lt;greater&amp;gt;   : &quot;♂&quot;   U2642       # MALE SIGN&#xA;&amp;lt;Multi_key&amp;gt; &amp;lt;t&amp;gt; &amp;lt;r&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a&amp;gt; &amp;lt;n&amp;gt; &amp;lt;s&amp;gt;         : &quot;⚥&quot;   U26A5           # MALE AND FEMALE SIGN&#xA;&amp;lt;Multi_key&amp;gt; &amp;lt;s&amp;gt; &amp;lt;u&amp;gt; &amp;lt;n&amp;gt;         : &quot;☉&quot;   U2609       # SUN (Sunday)&#xA;&amp;lt;Multi_key&amp;gt; &amp;lt;g&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a&amp;gt; &amp;lt;y&amp;gt;                 : &quot;⚣&quot;   U26A3       # DOUBLED MALE SIGN&#xA;&amp;lt;Multi_key&amp;gt; &amp;lt;l&amp;gt; &amp;lt;e&amp;gt; &amp;lt;s&amp;gt; &amp;lt;b&amp;gt; &amp;lt;i&amp;gt; &amp;lt;a&amp;gt; &amp;lt;n&amp;gt; : &quot;⚢&quot;   U26A2       # DOUBLED FEMALE SIGN&#xA;&amp;lt;Multi_key&amp;gt; &amp;lt;h&amp;gt; &amp;lt;e&amp;gt; &amp;lt;t&amp;gt; &amp;lt;e&amp;gt; &amp;lt;r&amp;gt; &amp;lt;o&amp;gt;     : &quot;⚤&quot;   U26A4       # INTERLOCKED FEMALE AND MALE SIGN&#xA;&amp;lt;Multi_key&amp;gt; &amp;lt;O&amp;gt; &amp;lt;X&amp;gt;         : &quot;☠&quot;   U2620       # SKULL AND CROSSBONES&#xA;&amp;lt;Multi_key&amp;gt; &amp;lt;numbersign&amp;gt; &amp;lt;G&amp;gt;            : &quot;&quot;   U0001d11e  # MUSICAL SYMBOL G CLEF&#xA;&amp;lt;Multi_key&amp;gt; &amp;lt;p&amp;gt; &amp;lt;p&amp;gt; &amp;lt;p&amp;gt;         : &quot;Ⓟ&quot;   U2718       # &#xA;&amp;lt;Multi_key&amp;gt; &amp;lt;k&amp;gt; &amp;lt;k&amp;gt; &amp;lt;k&amp;gt;         : &quot;Ⓚ&quot;   U2718       # &#xA;&amp;lt;Multi_key&amp;gt; &amp;lt;t&amp;gt; &amp;lt;t&amp;gt; &amp;lt;t&amp;gt;         : &quot;Ⓣ&quot;   U2718       #&#xA;&amp;lt;Multi_key&amp;gt; &amp;lt;s&amp;gt; &amp;lt;s&amp;gt; &amp;lt;s&amp;gt;         : &quot;Ⓢ&quot;   U2718       #&#xA;&amp;lt;Multi_key&amp;gt; &amp;lt;d&amp;gt; &amp;lt;d&amp;gt; &amp;lt;d&amp;gt;         : &quot;Ⓓ&quot;   U2718       #&#xA;&amp;lt;Multi_key&amp;gt; &amp;lt;e&amp;gt; &amp;lt;e&amp;gt; &amp;lt;e&amp;gt;         : &quot;Ⓔ&quot;   U2718       #&#xA;&amp;lt;Multi_key&amp;gt; &amp;lt;minus&amp;gt; &amp;lt;minus&amp;gt;     : &quot;−&quot;   U2212       # &#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Sorry for the bad formatting, I should really stop using tabs)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="81372" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2013-09-24T18:40:50.033" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7379" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-09-24T22:45:45.210" Score="11" ViewCount="411" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Please read this before you close this! I know you will.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How am I supposed to add comments if I only have 6 rep. Please don’t tell me to just add comments to reply to people. I cant, I don’t think that the comment system is unfair, especially if we are supposed to reply with our rep. Not to be rude or anything. I get that you don’t want spammers commenting willy nilly, but come on. One more thing:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/349260/running-live-ubuntu-dvd-virus&quot;&gt;Will a Ubuntu LiveCD be affected by a BIOS virus?&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;That is not actually a general security question.. He/she was asking if the Ubuntu live CD would get a virus from his/her infected BIOS.  The person was curious if it was safe to use Ubuntu. You may have not have seen it that way, but I did. Will you please unhold the question. I know that this question will be deleted as fast as I post it but please, take a second to think deeper about the question, and the commenting system. I have an idea for the comments actually, if people spam the comments, disable chat for them. It is as easy as that. Just an idea. Take it or leave it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&quot;Please don't use answers section to respond to other answers. With a little more rep, you can leave comments for such purposes.&quot; – jokerdino♦ 12 hours ago&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Jokerdino, It is hard to earn rep, and 50 is a reasonably high amount to say just get more rep. I'm just saying. I already said my ideas of what you could do to fix that up a little bit.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&quot;This is a theoretical &quot;what if&quot; game, that doesn't accept the simple truth of &quot;don't use a system you can't trust&quot;. Therefore close voting on this.&quot; – LiveWireBT 13 hours ago&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Ya LiveWireBT, I will admit it was a &quot;what if&quot;, but I was providing backup for the &quot;if&quot; part of it, just like It tells you to when adding an answer.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&quot;This is a general question on computer security not really related to Ubuntu. You should ask on security.stackexchange.com.&quot; – psusi 5 hours ago&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Ya there are better choices for asking this question psusi but it was a Ubuntu question. So I don’t see the point in that but ok, you guys are the bosses.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I hope this does not upset anyone. I was just telling the simple truth through my eyes, I'm not mad and please don’t get mad at me. This is just a simple complaint that I wanted to be easy for everyone to see. To see if the rest of the community will agree or disagree. I may be plum out of luck, but at least I got my opinion in. That's the great thing about America, the right to speak our minds.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One last thing, why cant we add our own tags?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="180260" OwnerDisplayName="Dalton" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2013-10-04T11:45:57.893" Title="Hey admins/mods this is for you!" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7380" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7379" CreationDate="2013-09-24T23:53:03.343" Score="8" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;How am I supposed to add comments if I only have 6 rep. Please don’t tell me to just add comments to reply to people. I cant, I don’t think that the comment system is unfair, especially if we are supposed to reply with our rep.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We all got past that level (well, I didn't because I used my U&amp;amp;L account and got the association bonus) so why you can't? Here is one of the most easy places to win the reputation where there are lots of questions and little answerers. If you have nice answers don't worry reputation will come naturally. If you still believe that is too difficult there are another 100 SE sites and once you get enough reputation you get 100 reputation in any site you log in with the same account.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Jokerdino, It is hard to earn rep, and 50 is a reasonably high amount to say just get more rep. I'm just saying. I already said my ideas of what you could do to fix that up a little bit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;50 rep are only 5 upvotes on an answer, 10 on questions, 25 &lt;strong&gt;awesome&lt;/strong&gt; edits or 25 answers accepted in case that you ask questions. Always you could get a bounty, and the minimum is 50 reputation. Or just 3 accepted answers + one upvote in a question. What is the cost? Time and knowledge.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Hey admins/mods this is for you!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Admins are employees of SE. Mods are elected, and do what the community (as whole) ask them to do. We gave them power to do what we can not. The question was closed by the community, ie 5 users with more than 3000 reputation + someone that flagged it + someone that took the flag in consideration (this last two are in case someone with close votes didn't vote it to close).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;That's the great thing about America, the right to speak our minds.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You better read this: &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/7320/169736&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/7320/169736&lt;/a&gt; . If you follow the rules and keep on topic, we don't have a problem. If you are just ranting please, go somewhere else. Those are our rules (more like the rules of Stack Exchange Network). We don't want to listen what we don't want to listen. Point.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;One last thing, why cant we add our own tags?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why can't you delete someone else tag?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;About the question itself: I don't think is unclear. I don't believe that the close reason was appropriated. If I had come across with the question I would ask (in comments): &lt;em&gt;is there an underlying circumstance why you ask this question or you are asking for curiosity?&lt;/em&gt; Trough I believe the question is clear, I don't see any real use case in modern systems with UEFI getting infected with virus (or so I hope). BIOS viruses are vestiges of an obsolete era. Modern hackers use Social Engineering and target a wide audience. Nobody will take the time to make a virus for a BIOS as it takes painstakingly amounts of time to make that it affects the most amount of systems (I believe someone will ask me to add that as an answer on the question, through I believe most of it is an opinion based answer).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Final note:&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The decision of reopening (or unholding) the question is a privilege of the community too. Ultimately, the community will decide the fate of the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;No TL;dr for this one either&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2013-09-24T23:53:03.343" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7381" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7369" CreationDate="2013-09-25T05:16:18.547" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;First install this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;sudo apt-get install imagemagick mplayer gtk-recordmydesktop&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;those are the required stuff, ImageMagick, MPlayer and Desktop Recorder.&#xA;Then use &lt;strong&gt;Desktop Recorder&lt;/strong&gt; to capture a portion of the screen/application to use as the screencast.  After the Desktop Recorder has saved the recording into an &lt;strong&gt;OGV video&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;MPlayer&lt;/strong&gt; will be used to capture JPEG screenshots, saving them into the 'output' directory.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On a terminal:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;mplayer -ao null &amp;lt;video file name&amp;gt; -vo jpeg:outdir=output&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Use &lt;strong&gt;ImageMagick&lt;/strong&gt; to convert the screenshots into an animated gifs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;convert output/* output.gif&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;you can optimize the screenshots this way:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;convert output.gif -fuzz 10% -layers Optimize optimised.gif&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SOURCE:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/107726/how-to-create-animated-gif-images-of-a-screencast&quot;&gt;how-to-create-animated-gif-images-of-a-screencast&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="157039" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2013-09-25T05:16:18.547" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7382" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7379" CreationDate="2013-09-25T11:35:17.203" Score="16" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;How am I supposed to add comments if I only have 6 rep.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You both acknowledged the reason we have the limit and ignored it in the same breath. &lt;strong&gt;Earning 50 reputation is not hard.&lt;/strong&gt; Answer a few questions if you can, but if you can't, suggest some edits. There are literally tens of thousands of posts that could be improved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Running Live Ubuntu DVD. Virus That is not actually a general security question.. He/she was asking if the Ubuntu live CD would get a virus from his/her infected BIOS. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Okay, so edit it up so other people understand it, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/349260/revisions&quot;&gt;like Seth did&lt;/a&gt;. That would have earnt you a couple of rep too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;... That's the great thing about America, the right to speak our minds.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Nope. Something I've seen in a few places online but it really doesn't apply on a private website. You have no constitutional right to have your speech broadcast on this site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We're happy to bear your complaint though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;One last thing, why cant we add our own tags?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/create-tags&quot;&gt;Creating new tags (ones that don't exist) currently requires 300 reputation&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2013-09-25T11:35:17.203" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7383" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7352" CreationDate="2013-09-25T15:38:18.217" Score="53" Body="&lt;p&gt;I use these entities: &lt;code&gt;&amp;amp;larr;&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;&amp;amp;uarr;&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;&amp;amp;rarr;&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;&amp;amp;darr;&lt;/code&gt; only. It's faster: &amp;larr;, &amp;uarr;, &amp;rarr; and &amp;darr;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="147044" LastActivityDate="2013-09-25T15:38:18.217" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7384" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7379" CreationDate="2013-09-26T13:24:30.637" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Why do I need reputation to comment/vote/edit/close/add tags/etc?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can appreciate that you have the exact need for which comments are designed. Asking questions and an answering take no reputation at all, but there are other features we ask folks to forgo until they have a bit more experience with the site. That's why they are restricted by reputation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Comments fill a very specific purpose which is not immediately apparent until you have a bit of experience the site. It's not just a spam thing. Our experience has been that new users tend to treat comments like miniature forums and chat rooms &amp;mdash; which they are not &amp;mdash; until they have the experience to know how to use them properly. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The minimal reputation requirement is a way to show that a user has that experience before they can use that feature. It's the same philosophy of why we delay the ability to voting, edit, close question, add new tags, etc... simply asking folks to hold off using those features until they have a bit more experience with the site. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="62" LastActivityDate="2013-09-26T13:24:30.637" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7385" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-09-26T23:39:25.840" Score="5" ViewCount="140" Body="&lt;p&gt;We &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/201/conversation/ubuntu-touch-porting&quot;&gt;recently discussed&lt;/a&gt; in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/info/201/ask-ubuntu-general-room&quot;&gt;Ask Ubuntu General Room&lt;/a&gt; the fact that we do not have a canonical question / answer for porting Ubuntu Touch to new hardware.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This has led to a proliferation of questions about specific devices:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/335915/port-ubuntu-touch-to-unsupported-tablet&quot;&gt;port Ubuntu Touch to unsupported Tablet&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/350506/can-someone-help-me-get-ubuntu-touch-on-my-huawei-ascend-y300&quot;&gt;Can someone help me get Ubuntu touch on my Huawei Ascend y300?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;...&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, in light of that, I created &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/350558/how-do-i-go-about-porting-ubuntu-touch-to-xyz-device&quot;&gt;a question&lt;/a&gt; that we can use as a canonical question. We can then close / flag the others as dupes of mine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thoughts?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2013-09-26T23:47:32.713" Title="Canonical question / answer for porting Ubuntu Touch" Tags="|discussion|canonical-questions|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7386" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7283" CreationDate="2013-09-27T04:47:46.523" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;A bit of history here. Back in December of 2010, I was asked by &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/123/jeff-atwood&quot;&gt;Jeff Atwood&lt;/a&gt; to write &lt;a href=&quot;https://launchpad.net/stackbot&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;a Twitter bot&lt;/a&gt; that tweeted popular questions from Stack Exchange sites. I completed this just before Christmas and the code I wrote was eventually integrated into the Stack Exchange codebase.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, I have no idea how much of the original code remains. However, I can point you to the relevant lines of code that determine what gets tweeted:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~george-edison55/stackbot/trunk/view/head:/Main.cs#L303&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~george-edison55/stackbot/trunk/view/head:/Main.cs#L303&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In summary, there are five factors that determine how &quot;hot&quot; a question is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;number of answers&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;whether or not it is community wiki&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the question's score&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;how many users have favorited it&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;number of views&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2013-09-27T04:47:46.523" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7387" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-09-27T05:59:18.743" Score="0" ViewCount="129" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ok I am wondering why and how I can remove negative reps on ask ubuntu. I know how to search for questions and answers before I ask. Then someone comes along and gives me a down vote because they think it is a duplicate... &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Well what constitutes a duplicate? If this person would have taken the time to read the question then they would have noticed it was useful. The question in question is: &quot;How to safely remove unity and add something cool&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I got a down vote because they said it was a duplicate of the question that someone had already commented on and gave me the link. Although the supposed duplicate question did give me part of what I was looking for it in NO WAY answered the other part of my question as to how to safely remove unity!!!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So my question now is what can I do to get my REPS back? I know I will get - reps at some point the longer I am here but for this it is wrong in my opinion!!!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Otherwise could some one please explain to me how this question is a duplicate?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks, and sorry for the ranting...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&quot;Update&quot;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ok, I have had it explained to me and now I understand and except it... Thank you all for taking the time to answer this for me... &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="192788" LastEditorUserId="192788" LastEditDate="2013-09-27T18:12:52.133" LastActivityDate="2013-09-27T18:12:52.133" Title="-1 reputation for nothing" Tags="|discussion|reputation|downvoting|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7388" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7389" CreationDate="2013-09-27T07:48:25.863" Score="-2" ViewCount="77" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ok I have gotten a few &lt;code&gt;possible duplicate question&lt;/code&gt; tags already tonight. I just want to say that I do &lt;strong&gt;&quot;NOT&quot;&lt;/strong&gt; feel we should have to re-word our questions 100 different ways just to see if there is a  answer to them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Again question in question &amp;rightarrow; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/350645/does-ubuntu-terminal-run-in-the-background&quot;&gt;Does Ubuntu Terminal run in the background?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now someone thinks it is a duplicate of this &amp;rightarrow; &lt;strong&gt;Running programs in the background from terminal&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ok I see how that might answer my question but when you type Does Ubuntu run in the background, in the title box, that suggestion does not come up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I have to re-word my question every possible way before I post just so I don't get tagged? Come on Guys &amp;amp; Gals, there has to be a better way...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="192788" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2013-09-27T08:21:45.133" Title="Here I go again" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7389" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7388" CreationDate="2013-09-27T08:21:45.133" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Well in this case it was me who voted to mark your question as a duplicate of the nicely and thouroughly answered &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/106351/running-programs-in-the-background-from-terminal&quot;&gt;question on how to detach a terminal process&lt;/a&gt;. The reasons I had were the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Once you see the terminal it does not run in the background.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It is not the terminal you want to run in the background, it is the applications you need to detach.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;To make this clear we would have to edit your question, which then would immediately have made it a 100% dupe of the question I linked to.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The dupe has very good answers which I believed will help you to solve your issue.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Still, having your question around (i.e. not delete it) is a good idea. It will help people with the same issue who will eventually find your question earlier than the other one, depending on search terms used. They then will immediately be directed to a good question with helpful answers. This is the essence of our site: get questions answered quickly and thouroughly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The answer you have by now will only tell you that the terminal application will terminate when you close the window (which is not really a surprise). This does not really help much in case we want to learn how to detach a process. Rather than adding this as another answer to your question I felt it was a better idea to direct you to the best question &amp;amp; answer we have on that topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hope you understand my reasoning.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3940" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2013-09-27T08:21:45.133" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7390" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7387" CreationDate="2013-09-27T15:02:02.393" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Man, again with another of this... lets see...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This was discussed all the way several times already. &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/7195/should-we-downvote-questions-when-the-op-didnt-put-any-research-effort-into-the&quot;&gt;Should we downvote questions when the OP didn&amp;#39;t put any research effort into them?&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/6101/should-we-downvote-duplicate-questions&quot;&gt;Should we downvote duplicate questions?&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3884/some-closed-questions-should-not-be-downvoted-just-closed-thoughts&quot;&gt;Some closed questions should not be downvoted, just closed. Thoughts?&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2138/poorly-written-questions-is-it-okay-to-downvote?rq=1&quot;&gt;Poorly Written Questions - Is it okay to downvote?&lt;/a&gt; and there are more! Just see the &quot;Related&quot; bar at the right.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ok, now answering your specific statements, and no, no tl;DR again this time:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I know how to search for questions and answers before I ask.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This was something discussed &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/7195/169736&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;, and majority tells that if you don't &lt;strong&gt;show us&lt;/strong&gt; that you indeed researched we are in all right to downvote you for that reason.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Then someone comes along and gives me a down vote because they think it is a duplicate... &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The person who downvoted could be another person, not necessarily the one that commented nor the one that flagged the question as duplicated, heck, it could be unicorns! Either way, you have no way to know who downvoted nor it reasons.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Although the supposed duplicate question did give me part of what I was looking for it in NO WAY answered the other part of my question as to how to safely remove unity!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you asked two questions in a single post, is bound to happen. For that motive we have in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/dont-ask&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/help/dont-ask&lt;/a&gt; and some other meta post that states that questions should only content &lt;strong&gt;1 single question&lt;/strong&gt; or at least, several questions that are streamlined, like &quot;Why X happens and how to change it?&quot;. If you instead deleting the question have edited the part where it could get answered by the duplicated and/or wrote it more clear about what were you objectives and explain why the duplicated don't answer your question, it would have been reopened. Well, that answers your 3 first paragraphs which seems you saying the same thing over and over...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;So my question now is what can I do to get my REPS back? I know I will get - reps at some point the longer I am here but for this it is wrong in my opinion!!!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Seems that you discovered that you can get the reputation back if you delete the question... &lt;strong&gt;PLEASE DON'T&lt;/strong&gt;. You are more likely to fall into the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/7194/169736&quot;&gt;Quality blocks for questions&lt;/a&gt; (I know users that are there) which prevents you from asking questions. The exact mechanism is not revealed but you will get there if enough of your questions get deleted/closed/downvoted, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also remember that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;1 downvote represents -2 reputation for the user, while 1 upvote represents +5 in questions and +10 in answers.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If it got downvoted, it means that someone considered that something is wrong with your question (post), &lt;strong&gt;improve it!&lt;/strong&gt; We would love to give upvotes to good questions (posts) so, make your question worth of them. If you don't I see a sad future for you.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2013-09-27T15:02:02.393" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7391" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7387" CreationDate="2013-09-27T17:33:24.090" Score="3" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Otherwise could some one please explain to me how this question is a duplicate?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This question is a poor one because it's not answerable and is basically a rant. &quot;Something cool&quot; is subjectiv. The closest thing to what you might be looking for I think is this: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/65083/what-different-desktop-environments-and-shells-are-available&quot;&gt;What kinds of desktop environments and shells are available?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2013-09-27T17:33:24.090" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7392" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7393" CreationDate="2013-09-27T22:48:55.723" Score="2" ViewCount="177" Body="&lt;p&gt;The following question illustrates my point very well: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/320159/can-going-into-suspend-have-negative-effects-on-applications&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Can going into “suspend” have negative effects on applications?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not familiar enough with the CPU and how the kernel works under the hood to know the right answer (which is exactly why I asked the question). Moreover, unlike &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/&quot;&gt;questions about code&lt;/a&gt;, there is no way to &quot;test&quot; if the provided answer is correct or not. I just have to rely on the fact that the answerer knows what he is talking about.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should I accept the answer as &quot;correct&quot; even though I have no way of knowing if it is? Or should I leave it open and let upvotes and comments by more experienced determine accuracy?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="23496" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-05-23T12:39:54.233" LastActivityDate="2013-09-27T23:14:03.993" Title="I'm not experienced enough to know if an answer is correct or not. Should I accept it?" Tags="|discussion|answers|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7393" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7392" CreationDate="2013-09-27T23:13:02.963" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your question involves more in depth knowledge about power management, hardware involved in the process and software that manages it. The answers provided cover most cases, but will still vary depending on hardware, system and even software applications involved. If you feel an answer gives you a better understanding of your question or answers your doubt somehow, then I would accept the answer. Accepting does not mean, at least in this cases, the answer is the correct, but it does mean it was the most useful answer you could receive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For what I could read, all answers are great and give you what each user knows about the issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7035" LastActivityDate="2013-09-27T23:13:02.963" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7394" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7392" CreationDate="2013-09-27T23:14:03.993" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;When you mark an answer as accepted it means that it solved your problem/question/doubt/whatever_you_were_asking. You can leave the answer there until you find time to test if what the answer says actually solves your problem, if you still have doubts you can comment the answer asking for clarification what each thing do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyways, whenever you feel that the answer answers your question, mark it as accepted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;tl;dr finally!&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This answer is meant to be canonical.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2013-09-27T23:14:03.993" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-09-27T23:14:03.993" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7396" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7397" CreationDate="2013-09-28T13:47:44.490" Score="5" ViewCount="155" Body="&lt;p&gt;My reputation was 310 some days ago. I did not down-vote anyone's answers recently and I'm quite sure that no one down-voted my answers or questions as there were no records about them in my user page. I don't think there was a serial up-voting problem also. But my reputation has decreased to 304 now. I don't know how this has happened. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However it is interesting to note that it has not decreased suddenly to 304 but gradually in steps of 2. The same thing is happening to my &lt;a href=&quot;https://electronics.stackexchange.com/users/25870/dineshkumar&quot;&gt;Electrical Engineering&lt;/a&gt; Stack Exchange account also (reduced from 254 to 252). What is the cause for this strange happening?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169643" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:33:10.527" LastActivityDate="2013-09-29T16:03:01.793" Title="Reputation decreasing automatically" Tags="|support|reputation|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7397" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7396" CreationDate="2013-09-28T13:51:03.030" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;Some posts you suggested edits on and gained +2 rep on them were deleted. This results in those edit reps getting reverted upon deletion of the post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These kinds of reps are hidden by default on your reputation page. To show them, check the &lt;code&gt;show removed posts&lt;/code&gt; check box at the bottom of the page:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Z0SO3.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you do that, you'll see &lt;code&gt;removed&lt;/code&gt; entries in the reputation list, like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/byPCr.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastEditorUserId="52726" LastEditDate="2013-09-29T16:03:01.793" LastActivityDate="2013-09-29T16:03:01.793" CommentCount="4" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-09-29T16:44:54.793" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7398" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7399" CreationDate="2013-09-29T08:27:27.143" Score="2" ViewCount="68" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently received a notification that I had earned an Announcer badge&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/pHQtF.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But why? I understand the badge I earned on April 25 but I don't remember answering the question &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/191166/107450&quot;&gt;Webcam doesn't work in browser…?&lt;/a&gt; and I don't see an answer from me or even a comment there now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is not a problem but I am intrigued to understand how I've earned this badge.  Any ideas?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="107450" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2013-09-29T09:12:20.873" Title="Earned Announcer badge - Dont understand how" Tags="|support|badges|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7399" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7398" CreationDate="2013-09-29T09:09:14.093" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You shared a link to an answer in that question on &lt;a href=&quot;https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+question/228882&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Launchpad Answers.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastActivityDate="2013-09-29T09:09:14.093" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7400" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-09-29T15:22:48.380" Score="4" ViewCount="119" Body="&lt;p&gt;This post is interesting to Seth, since he has been in a similar situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Well, I have no more close votes for the day. But I only reviewed 19 questions, hence I have still access to the review queue. BUT! since most of the questions needs to be closed, I have to skip all my way until I find a question that don't deserve to be closed or just not reviewing 20 questions for the day.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this really common and expected behavior?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="12845" LastEditDate="2014-07-17T01:07:24.130" LastActivityDate="2014-07-17T01:07:24.130" Title="I can Review close votes, but I don't have more votes to cast!" Tags="|bug|status-completed|review|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7401" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-09-29T16:35:46.747" Score="1" ViewCount="131" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ok, someone might remember in chat that I asked what is the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/tiling&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;tiling&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;tiling&lt;/a&gt; useful for? I still don't find any use but being merged/changed to window management (don't confuse with window managers, which are tools to do window management). But my question is not about that but is what set in motion the next I will say.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While I was reading the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/tagging&quot;&gt;tagging help page&lt;/a&gt; I found something interesting: Tags that doesn't carry a meaning for themself should not be used (so called meta-tags). Meta-tags (at least how I interpret them) are tags that whenever they are alone in a question, they don't rise the value of the question. That remembered me a discussion about questions that &lt;strong&gt;only&lt;/strong&gt; have version tags.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If we leave a version tag in a question, by itself doesn't help to organize the site (in fact it needs several or more tags), and since either way in the question the version of Ubuntu should be pointed out whenever is relevant, for &lt;strong&gt;me&lt;/strong&gt; it falls in the category of a meta-tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But then, I found &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1514/when-should-we-use-the-versions-tags&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1514/when-should-we-use-the-versions-tags&lt;/a&gt; and reading the reason it made me think:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;It could be used for determining the age and relevancy of the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For that is the &quot;asked&quot; and &quot;active&quot; section at the right.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Tags can be used for searching: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/11.04+upgrade&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/11.04+upgrade&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For that we could use: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=11.04%20%5Bupgrade%5D&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=11.04+[upgrade]&lt;/a&gt; and it gives even more relevant results since answers can not be tagged and some questions are not properly tagged either.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I find the version tag more useful to questions related to upgrades, bugs, drivers and the use of new software like Unity.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Upgrades question normally (if not always) includes the versions from/target in the question itself, so it's redundant. Bugs are off-topic on the site. If a driver installation answer don't work for an specific version of Ubuntu, either the answer should be expanded or another answer be made and specify for what version of Ubuntu it works.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/1521/169736&quot;&gt;Jeff seems to share in great part my vision&lt;/a&gt;, and he predicted that it could be actually dangerous (I've seen suggested edits just to add a version tag,, and as I said before, questions with only version tags).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have found answers that, through they have a 12.04 tag attached those apply for 12.10 and 13.04 too, and in some cases if they don't work, someone adds another answer for another version of Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another problem with these tags (not only the version specific) is that they don't say anything about the questions with the tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As part of organizing tags, which list I'm still compiling for tags that require some love (love = (disambiguation | change | merge | synonymize | wiki/excerpt | nuke)) the version tags should also follow.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We could follow &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/08/the-death-of-meta-tags/&quot;&gt;the guide identifying meta tags&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If the tag can’t work as the only tag on a question, it’s probably a meta-tag.&lt;/strong&gt; Every tag you use should be able to work, more or less, as the only tag on a question. Meta-tags, like [beginner], [subjective], and [best-practices], are useless by themselves — they tell you nothing at all about the content of the question. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If the tag commonly means different things to different people, it’s probably a meta-tag.&lt;/strong&gt; In a cruel, ironic twist, the meaning of the tag [subjective] itself … is actually subjective. Ditto for [best-practices] and [beginner]. Best practices to whom? Beginner by what criteria? These tags are impossible to define by anything remotely resembling an objective metric. In comparison, the the meaning of tags like [java], [c#], and [javascript] are crystal clear to all but the nuttiest of nutbags. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;I'm tagging this question as discussion. I believe that sometimes my words has some imperative tone, but believe me, I like to hear people opinions more than express my very own (unless you ask for my opinion expressly).&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;BTW, the meta-tag [meta:tags] has in its excerpt that &quot;Questions about tag and tagging&quot; but there is also the [meta:tagging] tag. -_-&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2014-04-26T15:00:23.973" Title="Tag: when are they useful, when they are not and when they harm" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7402" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7379" CreationDate="2013-10-01T02:19:08.927" Score="-8" Body="&lt;p&gt;I completely agree with Dalton. The rules on StackExchange need to change.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Dalton is very right about comments. Reputation is very hard to earn here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am shocked Dalton was not downvoted or the question closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158340" LastActivityDate="2013-10-01T02:19:08.927" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7403" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7405" CreationDate="2013-10-01T03:26:57.803" Score="0" ViewCount="37" Body="&lt;p&gt;For a while I've been unable to &lt;strike&gt;be able to rant&lt;/strike&gt; comment in the review queue... any review queue... well except the &quot;suggested edit&quot; queue... anyone experiencing this issue as well?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Nr7rN.png&quot; alt=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Nr7rN.png&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ah, btw, reproducible in Chromium and Firefox.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="88802" LastEditDate="2013-10-01T17:08:05.097" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="I can't comment in the Review Queue, can you?" Tags="|bug|review|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7404" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7401" CreationDate="2013-10-01T12:40:47.457" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's hard to know exactly what you're targeting or asking for with your post so I'll just go through it step by step.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Tags like tiling aren't meta, they're adding specificity. We &lt;em&gt;could&lt;/em&gt; boil everything back until we had just one tag (ubuntu) and that would be great except that tags would then be completely useless. Tags are supposed to embellish and describe what a post is about. Being over-specific is not a bad thing but being too vague is.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;In reply:&lt;/strong&gt; Adding in lid and sharing to the debate... Along with tiling, these are all trying to mean something quite specific. The action of closing/opening your laptop and sharing files. Can they be improved? Sure. Pick the right *-sharing and perhaps rename tiling to tiling-window-manager. I don't know what to do with lid but I think there's value in its use that power-management doesn't cover.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Bad tagging shouldn't be an excuse for dumping tags, it should be a call to fix them. Version tags shouldn't be used alone; very few tags should.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;In reply:&lt;/strong&gt; Some of your questions could benefit from a little extra tagging. The aim isn't to just find one tag that covers the main point, it's to find five tags that apply. This is because similarity between questions is derived from their overlapping tags.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Version tags do add information. As &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/1516/449&quot;&gt;Jorge's answer&lt;/a&gt; points out, some issues are inherently tied to a particular version of something in Ubuntu and knowing what version of Ubuntu you're running tends to point out which version of the application you're struggling with.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;In reply:&lt;/strong&gt; Per #2, having a version tag doesn't hurt, it helps. This is going to become a lot more pronounced and obvious in ten years time once we have shifted graphics stack a few times.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;When something becomes not about one version of Ubuntu, the version tag should be removed, or you should add the other versions it applies to. That's a pretty simple edit. By extension, version tags are not a requirement for questions and never have been, they're just useful when relevant.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I don't see how the citation from &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/08/the-death-of-meta-tags/&quot;&gt;The Death of Meta Tags&lt;/a&gt; applies to what we're talking about here. Tiling, upgrade and version tags all fail the final part of the first bullet you quoted:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;they tell you nothing at all about the content of the question&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Per my #1 and #3, they tell you plenty about the content of the question. They aren't meta tags.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;In reply:&lt;/strong&gt; Please stop twisting those blog post quotes into making things &quot;meta tags&quot;. &lt;strong&gt;Meta tags describe the post instead of the question&lt;/strong&gt;. That's what meta means and that's been made painfully clear by the examples in the blog post. We're still talking about things that describe the question or the problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While they might not be great tags but even on their own in each case, they &lt;em&gt;can&lt;/em&gt; still be used to tell you something about the question. If they can be improved (&lt;code&gt;sharing&lt;/code&gt;→&lt;code&gt;file-sharing&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;tiling&lt;/code&gt;→&lt;code&gt;tiling-window-manager&lt;/code&gt;), make that improvement, but calling them &quot;meta&quot; and removing them is destructive.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;None of what I'm saying means there's nothing that needs improving in the tagging system and how people have used it over the site because there is plenty to do, I'm just suggesting you're being a little over-critical of tags that do have a purpose here and that you'd do better just to focus on crappy tagging.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd focus on making good questions with crappy tagging easier to find, by point of example, finding answered questions with a score of +2 or greater with only one tag, or only a version tag. Making those better interlinked improves their chances of being found by the new question wizard and stopping duplicates.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.087" LastActivityDate="2014-04-26T15:00:23.973" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7405" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7403" CreationDate="2013-10-01T15:41:02.790" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is a bug that will be fixed soon.  It's also a duplicate: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/198951/why-are-comments-now-disabled-on-first-posts-reviews&quot;&gt;Why are comments now disabled on the review queue?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="164112" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2013-10-01T15:41:02.790" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7407" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-10-03T19:28:05.840" Score="1" ViewCount="68" Body="&lt;p&gt;Currently there are three tags for Python questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/python&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;python&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;python&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/python-2.7&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;python-2.7&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;python-2.7&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/python3&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;python3&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;python3&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Whilst I see the reason for the existence of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/python3&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;python3&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;python3&lt;/a&gt;, I can't see how &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/python-2.7&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;python-2.7&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;python-2.7&lt;/a&gt; could be useful. I guess it has been created to distinguish between questions about those releases that provide multiple versions of Python, or that do not provide Python 2.7 at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However nowadays all supported releases include just &lt;a href=&quot;https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python2.7&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Python 2.7&lt;/a&gt; and nothing else. The only exception is Lucid, which ships with &lt;a href=&quot;https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python2.6&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Python 2.6&lt;/a&gt; and nothing else.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Therefore, I propose the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Make &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/python-2.7&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;python-2.7&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;python-2.7&lt;/a&gt; a synonym of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/python&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;python&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;python&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If some questions are about Python 2.6, then use &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/python&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;python&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;python&lt;/a&gt; together with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/10.04&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;10.04&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;10.04&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If some questions are about Python 2.7, then just use &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/python&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;python&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;python&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2979" LastActivityDate="2013-10-03T21:31:29.913" Title="Merge python with python-2.7" Tags="|discussion|tags|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7408" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7407" CreationDate="2013-10-03T19:38:37.567" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think it would be more useful to keep python-2.7 and python3 as master tags and synonimize python with whichever one is default in current LTS.  Then in the future, when it changes, the python tag could be removed(renamed and synonimized) and a new one created for the appropriate version.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2013-10-03T19:38:37.567" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7409" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7407" CreationDate="2013-10-03T21:31:29.913" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am fairly strongly against changing the current situation. It allows users to be specific if they &lt;em&gt;mean&lt;/em&gt; Python 2 or 3, but also for them to talk generically when the Python version is irrelevant (as it very often is).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2013-10-03T21:31:29.913" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7410" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5504" CreationDate="2013-10-04T02:29:55.247" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://luisviloria.com/?p=65&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/iYC6H.png&quot; alt=&quot;Ubuntu for End Users&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7035" LastActivityDate="2013-10-04T02:29:55.247" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-10-04T02:29:55.247" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7412" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7379" CreationDate="2013-10-04T11:45:57.893" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I agree with the priveleges restrictions. Those restrictions are the difference between a useful site and unmitigated chaos. However, i understand it can be frustrating, especially as a new user i wanted to vote up things that helped me. Also as a linux noob Im not going to be answering much, just issues that ive fixed on my own puter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &quot;add a comment&quot; restriction doesnt need to be so high, except that it has to compensate for inviting comments!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Robert Cartiano wrote:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Our experience has been that new users tend to treat comments like miniature forums and chat rooms — which they are not — until they have the experience to know how to use them properly. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is the expected outcome of suggesting &quot;add a comment&quot;, which is a well established english phrase, with a well established meaning ie - say what you think about this. Anyone can add a comment - and they do!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, this isnt actually what is wanted from users, what is required is a contribution to develop the question or answer, so that it is more useful as a solution to peoples problems.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Its kind of like saying &quot;Add a fish, if you have enough reputation to realize that you should actually add a dolphin&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, i recommend scrapping the phrase &quot;add a comment&quot; and replacing it with something like &quot;add to/develop the question/answer&quot;, thereby inviting what is really required.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="195059" LastActivityDate="2013-10-04T11:45:57.893" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7413" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-10-04T15:10:42.523" Score="5" ViewCount="686" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is it good practice to attach [SOLVED] to a solved question's title? I know this helps a lot when searching forums, but in a SO environment there is a visual clue for solved questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="48105" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2013-11-30T15:46:33.420" LastActivityDate="2020-09-09T11:26:40.310" Title="Attaching [SOLVED] to title of questions with accepted answers" Tags="|discussion|question-titles|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7414" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7413" CreationDate="2013-10-04T15:30:46.647" Score="18" Body="&lt;p&gt;Marking an answer as accepted is the signal that the question is solved. &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/92107/are-stack-exchange-sites-forums&quot;&gt;We are not a forum&lt;/a&gt;, and there are mechanisms to look for questions that have answers and are accepted answers:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=answers:3&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;answers:3&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/a&gt; questions that have 3 or more answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=answers:0&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;answers:0&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/a&gt; questions that have no answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=isaccepted:yes&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;isaccepted:yes&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/a&gt; answers marked as accepted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=hasaccepted:no&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;hasaccepted:no&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/a&gt; questions that don't have accepted answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If someone's answer solved your question, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.askubuntu.com/help/someone-answers&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;mark it as accepted&lt;/a&gt; or upvote it. Please, don't edit questions to add &lt;code&gt;[SOLVED]&lt;/code&gt; to the title. If you see a question that has the answer embedded in the question, either comment to the author that he could answer his own question, or edit the question and add the answer yourself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Related questions about this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/86278/detect-edits-to-add-solved-or-resolved-to-the-title-and-direct-the-user-to-a&quot;&gt;Detect edits to add [SOLVED] or [RESOLVED] to the title and direct the user to add an answer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/116101/is-it-ok-to-add-solved-to-the-title-of-a-question&quot;&gt;Is it OK to add [Solved] to the title of a question?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/31809/putting-solved-in-the-title-of-a-question&quot;&gt;Putting [SOLVED] in the title of a question&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="250300" LastEditDate="2020-09-09T11:26:40.310" LastActivityDate="2020-09-09T11:26:40.310" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="7415" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7416" CreationDate="2013-10-04T08:24:54.627" Score="1" ViewCount="36" Body="&lt;p&gt;I posted yesterday &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/353181/148451&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; and I was put &lt;strong&gt;on hold as off-topic&lt;/strong&gt; because:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&quot;Bug reports and problems with the development version of Ubuntu should be reported on Launchpad so that developers can see, track and fix these issues.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question was about moving the Gnome 3.10 close button on the left side. This is &lt;strong&gt;NOT&lt;/strong&gt; a Gnome bug, and I was not reporting a bug there. I was asking just for a solution about that...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, the question is: what happens if a moderator or 5 users with enough reputation put on hold my question, &lt;strong&gt;but&lt;/strong&gt; their argument is &lt;strong&gt;NOT&lt;/strong&gt; a valid one?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="148451" OwnerDisplayName="John ツ" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2013-10-04T15:49:20.627" Title="Closing questions using a non-valid argument" Tags="|discussion|support|vote-to-close|asking-questions|close-reasons|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7416" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7415" CreationDate="2013-10-04T08:38:27.877" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;First, if you want to adress a specific closure on meta, you should do that on the per-site meta and not here on MSO. Moderators are automatically notified about new meta posts, and you need either a moderators or five users with reopen privilege to do something about this problem. You have a much better chance of finding those on meta.askubuntu than here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You could also just post a comment on your question and @notify the moderator that closed it, if you don't want to make a full meta post. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The closing mechanism has built-in mechanisms to correct mistakes, even moderator closures are reversible by the community.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4068" OwnerDisplayName="Mad Scientist" LastActivityDate="2013-10-04T08:38:27.877" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7417" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-10-04T16:37:59.413" Score="1" ViewCount="75" Body="&lt;p&gt;I saw this question and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/close/165286&quot;&gt;voted it to close as too broad&lt;/a&gt; since:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is a question about alternatives for a Game title which, telling all truth, there are many alternatives for almost any game in almost any platform, so 1 answer will not cope them all.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I could have closed it for several more:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Opinion based: everyone will have an opinion of what game is similar or identical of the game.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Off topic: Is not specific to Ubuntu since almost any game that works in Ubuntu, will work with any distribution of Linux.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Duplicated to some question that list all alternatives in Linux/Ubuntu to Windows applications.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I was thinking some yesterday, but today I forgot... :(&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While I believe that questions like &quot;What is the alternative in Ubuntu to MS Office?&quot; -&gt; &quot;Libreoffice&quot; is a OK, we couldn't track down every piece of software and offer an alternative.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My solutions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Close them as too broad/opinion based or any other off-topic reason.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Do a master question, which contains a link of resources about Linux/Ubuntu equivalents to Games and Application, and close them as duplicated of this question. Note, is not a list of links but more like &quot;Where I can find a list of alternatives to Windows/OSX applications for Ubuntu?&quot;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Any other?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another questions with similar (if not the same) problems:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/356989/169736&quot;&gt;Will BF4 BETA work with 13.04?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2013-10-12T04:38:39.713" Title="Software/Games alternatives in Ubuntu (linux) are off-topic?" Tags="|discussion|close-reasons|scope|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7418" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-10-04T19:22:21.807" Score="21" ViewCount="1629" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note:&lt;/strong&gt; check out &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/14905/community-event-multi-player-0-a-d-game-2016-01-17&quot;&gt;this post&lt;/a&gt; for details of an upcoming event.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am interested in setting up a regularly scheduled game of &lt;a href=&quot;http://play0ad.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;0 A.D.&lt;/a&gt; that would be open to all Ask Ubuntu users. Since 0 A.D. is a free and open-source game that &lt;a href=&quot;http://trac.wildfiregames.com/wiki/LatestReleaseLinux#Ubuntu&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;can easily be installed in Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt;, I thought it might be a nice way to bring the community together while still having a great time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's what we'll be doing:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/3pFeg.gif&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/3pFeg.gif&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If someone with a reliable Internet connection would be willing to host the game, that would be great. I am willing to host the game between 5pm EST and 8pm EST on Sundays, but if someone else is available at other times, then that's cool too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What does everyone think of this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;h2&gt;First Game Scheduled for Oct. 13, 2013 at 5PM EDT&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Stack+Exchange+0+A.D.+Game&amp;amp;iso=20131013T14&amp;amp;p1=1085&amp;amp;ah=7&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;[click to view in other timezones]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I am pleased to announce that we will be having our first game this weekend. The game will start at the time scheduled above, so be sure to show up early to make sure you get to play.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;We will be using the map &quot;Azure Coast 1,&quot; which allows for up to &lt;strong&gt;eight&lt;/strong&gt; players. Players will be allowed into the game on a first-come-first-served basis - so don't just show up at the last minute! I'll try to get the server started fifteen minutes in advance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;h3&gt;Connection Details:&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I will be hosting the game, so you will need to use the following hostname when joining:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;home.quickmediasolutions.com&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Also be sure you are running the latest version of 0 A.D.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastEditorUserId="5" LastEditDate="2016-01-10T19:22:20.973" LastActivityDate="2016-01-12T18:56:49.667" Title="Anyone interested in a regularly scheduled, multiplayer game of 0 A.D.?" Tags="|discussion|fun|community-event|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7419" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7420" CreationDate="2013-10-04T20:01:13.400" Score="32" ViewCount="525" Body="&lt;p&gt;Had &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/353111/installing-perfectapp-on-ubuntu-12-04&quot;&gt;posted&lt;/a&gt; (now gone) a question on how to install a franchise &#xA;fraud application on Ubuntu, as he seemingly can't get it to work. Researching what this application is, I couldn't help myself but think that the whole thing is a scam. I posted my concerns first as a answer and later deleted it and posted it as a comment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By then two different people showed up and &quot;answered&quot; the question praising their pyramid scheme website and it's wonderful app.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I both find this funny and concerning. I'm pretty new to Ask Ubuntu. Is it the right way to to flag the question as spam and kill the whole thing?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or maybe, should some admin have a look at and maybe check from what ip the question and the answers are coming from and analyse it some more?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75166" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2013-10-25T08:03:49.053" Title="Scammers try to push Windows App to Ubuntu &amp; Sock puppets on askubuntu.com" Tags="|discussion|spam-handling|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7420" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7419" CreationDate="2013-10-04T20:10:14.363" Score="29" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yeah, good catch. I completely agree with your assessment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Bombs away. Pew Pew.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In addition to destroying all three accounts and their posts, I have requested the domain is blocked making it impossible for people in the future to post similar posts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks for your help!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2013-10-04T20:22:12.210" LastActivityDate="2013-10-04T20:22:12.210" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7422" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-10-05T10:59:24.377" Score="4" ViewCount="335" Body="&lt;p&gt;In my eyes &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/353657/remove-microphone-noise-ubuntu-13-10&quot;&gt;Remove microphone noise ubuntu 13.10&lt;/a&gt; although about 13.10 (due in 10 days...) might not be about a bug per se - and so be a borderline question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is your opinion: close it or leave it open?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2013-10-09T15:32:40.703" Title="Borderline off-topic (development version)" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7423" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7422" CreationDate="2013-10-05T11:43:25.587" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't want to set a precedent, so I won't say leave it alone since it's so close and might not be a bug, but you take my point (I will be opening a bug -- contributing to bug heat on a bug and ranting -- the day 13.10 stable hits and they still haven't fixed the broken volume slider on x64, but not a question).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2013-10-05T11:43:25.587" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7424" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7425" CreationDate="2013-10-05T12:50:01.580" Score="6" ViewCount="416" Body="&lt;p&gt;I read the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/editing-help&quot;&gt;Markdown help&lt;/a&gt; and the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1777/what-html-tags-are-allowed&quot;&gt;basic HTML&lt;/a&gt; but I can not find anything about the capability to &lt;strong&gt;underline&lt;/strong&gt; a text.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Is it possible ? and how?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd like to know that in order to illustrate &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/354036/32413&quot;&gt;my answer&lt;/a&gt; about Unicode character&lt;br&gt;&#xA;to write :&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/yogZ7.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;without having to take a picture&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="32413" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="How to underline a text in a question or an answer?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7425" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7424" CreationDate="2013-10-05T14:20:50.907" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, there's no markdown here to allow underlining and the CSS method isn't possible either because it's requires restricted tags or attributes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You could use unicode. It has so much space for characters in 16-bits that they decided to do the whole alphabet with underlining:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;T̲h̲i̲s̲ ̲i̲s̲ ̲j̲u̲s̲t̲ ̲a̲n̲ ̲e̲x̲a̲m̲p̲l̲e̲,̲ ̲i̲t̲ ̲i̲s̲n̲'̲t̲ ̲p̲e̲r̲f̲e̲c̲t̲.̲&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&amp;#863;a&amp;#863;n&amp;#863;o&amp;#863;t&amp;#863;h&amp;#863;e&amp;#863;r&amp;#863;&#xA;  &amp;#863;e&amp;#863;x&amp;#863;a&amp;#863;m&amp;#863;p&amp;#863;l&amp;#863;e&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course these mappings aren't simple to remember (I think there is a Compose-key layout for them) so there are tools like &lt;a href=&quot;http://thejh.net/misc/unicode-underline&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Unicode Underliner&lt;/a&gt; that do the bulk of the work for you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or you can use XML Unicode &lt;code&gt;&amp;amp;#x332;&lt;/code&gt;and &lt;code&gt;&amp;amp;#863;&lt;/code&gt; before each letter. The second is longer better for &quot;m&quot;, although the support is somewhat dodgy on some browsers (or systems that don't have a proper install of the Ubuntu fonts).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would beg you to use it only when you really, really &lt;em&gt;need&lt;/em&gt; it though. The last thing I'd like to see here is an all-out formatting war.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2013-10-16T09:19:57.567" LastActivityDate="2013-10-16T09:19:57.567" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7426" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7422" CreationDate="2013-10-05T16:16:22.810" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;It was my belief, and the way that previous similar questions were treated, was that once the development version released its last RC version (Beta version in the case of 13.10), questions regarding the development version could be worked on since they were very close to the final release. Not many changes come into play at the end of the release and the actual changes that have any or most of the impact are before the RC.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So questions regarding 13.10 right now (and of course using 13.10 with the latest beta status) can be posted here. The only exceptions are questions that sound like bugs, or are found in the bug reports in launchpad, which will simply get closed because they are bugs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do not see anything wrong with question about &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/353657/remove-microphone-noise-ubuntu-13-10&quot;&gt;Remove microphone noise ubuntu 13.10&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In fact, a good answer would be to play around with the microphone volume control in the Sound Settings. Some mics create static when they are too high or too low. This varies depending on the mic. This answer would apply even for the released version.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7035" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2013-10-09T15:32:40.703" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7428" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7429" CreationDate="2013-10-06T19:18:16.700" Score="0" ViewCount="47" Body="&lt;p&gt;When I click on featured tab it gets stuck and will only show me featured items until I clear all history but after clearing history this time I can not click on wireless tags and see new questions only the old ones can anyone tell me how to be able to see new wireless questions being posted?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="153297" LastEditorDisplayName="user364819" LastEditDate="2018-07-01T12:33:18.487" LastActivityDate="2018-07-01T12:33:18.487" Title="Can not see new wireless question after clicking on featured tab" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="7429" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7428" CreationDate="2013-10-06T19:45:01.727" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/wireless?sort=newest&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/wireless?sort=newest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2013-10-06T19:45:01.727" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7430" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7433" CreationDate="2013-10-07T15:14:58.250" Score="12" ViewCount="166" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm still pretty new to Ask Ubuntu. I've seen some people include their e-mail address in their &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/354887/i-cant-install-ubuntu-in-my-system&quot;&gt;question&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it okay to edit the e-Mail address away as I feel they break the way Ask Ubuntu works?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75166" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2013-10-07T23:08:48.997" Title="Should e-Mail adresses be edited away?" Tags="|discussion|asking-questions|email|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7431" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7432" CreationDate="2013-10-07T18:59:30.103" Score="2" ViewCount="110" Body="&lt;p&gt;I can't seem to do much except ask questions without having any reputation. It's almost like a catch 22, how do I get reputation if I can't vote or comment? I guess this is the best way right just to ask questions? Are there any other ways to gain reputation on here? I mean I can't even make my own tags yet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="194983" OwnerDisplayName="p1l0t" LastActivityDate="2013-10-07T19:45:56.407" Title="What is the best way to gain reputation?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2013-10-07T19:54:01.463" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7432" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7431" CreationDate="2013-10-07T19:20:04.563" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Answers are not necessarily the same as comments. The best way to gain reputation is to answer existing questions concisely and with quality.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Linked by Mitch in one of the comments to your question, take a look at &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/495/how-can-i-increase-my-reputation-on-askubuntu&quot;&gt;How can I increase my reputation on AskUbuntu?&lt;/a&gt; for any extra help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="199659" OwnerDisplayName="Keith Morrow" LastActivityDate="2013-10-07T19:20:04.563" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7433" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7430" CreationDate="2013-10-07T23:08:48.997" Score="17" Body="&lt;p&gt;Short answer: YES!  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Emails in questions/answers pose at least 2 problems:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Spam: Spambots are very good at filtering plain text emails off websites.  (This is why most people, when sharing emails, type them &lt;code&gt;name AT host DOT com&lt;/code&gt; etc)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The site doesn't work this way. Questions should be asked here &lt;em&gt;as well as&lt;/em&gt; answered here and the problem should be &lt;em&gt;discussed&lt;/em&gt; here. That's how the site is supposed to work.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So ultimately, yes, adding your email to your question breaks the way the site was designed to work and exposes you to spam.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2013-10-07T23:08:48.997" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7434" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7435" CreationDate="2013-10-08T00:10:23.177" Score="11" ViewCount="144" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://developer.ubuntu.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Ubuntu App Developer website&lt;/a&gt; makes use of Ask Ubuntu questions for its &quot;Cookbook&quot; feature. The  App Developer Cookbooks are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;a collection of short examples, how to’s and answered questions from our developer community. In the sections below you will find information about how to perform common tasks, answers to frequently asked questions, and code snippets from real world examples.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They are generated by &lt;a href=&quot;https://code.launchpad.net/~mhall119/ubuntudeveloperportal/askubuntu-scripts&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;some scripts&lt;/a&gt; that are run manually that filter questions by some parameters (tags, votes, ect) and output html that can be added to the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some of the results could be better. How can we help make AskUbuntu more useful for people wanting to develop apps for Ubuntu and make  make developer.ubuntu.com better?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="570" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2013-10-08T01:56:41.813" LastActivityDate="2013-10-08T01:57:56.443" Title="How can we help make developer.ubuntu.com better?" Tags="|discussion|tags|tools|webapps|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7435" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7434" CreationDate="2013-10-08T00:10:23.177" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;In a lot of ways, to be more useful to  developer.ubuntu.com, we just need to do the things that make this site better anyways.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Better tagging&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions only show up in the script if they are tagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/application-development&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;application-development&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;application-development&lt;/a&gt;. So it's important that questions that might be useful have that tag. It would also be extremely helpful if questions tagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/application-development&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;application-development&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;application-development&lt;/a&gt; also had programing language tags where appropriate. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As the site aims to mostly support the new Ubuntu SDK, getting things tagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/qml&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;qml&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;qml&lt;/a&gt; would be a great start. When the cookbooks were first generated, the SDK was new and there wasn't much in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/qml&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;qml&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;qml&lt;/a&gt; tag. Being able to filter on questions that include &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;both&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/application-development&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;application-development&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;application-development&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/qml&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;qml&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;qml&lt;/a&gt; tag would make the human reviewer's job much easier.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Up voting&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Currently the scripts filter out questions that have less than two votes. Voting up the best questions will allow that threshold to be set higher and help the best content come to the top.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Hacking&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Like hacking in Python? Have experience with the Stack Exchange API? Maybe you have some ideas to make the scripts better? You can check out the &lt;a href=&quot;https://code.launchpad.net/~mhall119/ubuntudeveloperportal/askubuntu-scripts&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;source online&lt;/a&gt; or branch it with:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;bzr branch lp:~mhall119/ubuntudeveloperportal/askubuntu-scripts&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="570" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2013-10-08T01:57:56.443" LastActivityDate="2013-10-08T01:57:56.443" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7436" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7437" CreationDate="2013-10-08T03:31:09.230" Score="0" ViewCount="52" Body="&lt;p&gt;Very simple. I added a description to several tags on askubuntu, and now when I try to edit more, it says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Too many of your edits were rejected, try again in 7 days.&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It shows the accepted tags on my profile, but not the rejected ones. How can I see my rejected tags?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="199155" LastActivityDate="2013-10-08T21:11:43.683" Title="How can I see my rejected tags?" Tags="|support|tags|editing|tag-wiki|profile-page|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7437" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7436" CreationDate="2013-10-08T03:54:32.020" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can see your suggestions here &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/199155/daawesomep?tab=activity&amp;amp;sort=suggestions&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/users/199155/daawesomep?tab=activity&amp;amp;sort=suggestions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The reason for rejecting the suggestions are explained in the status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2013-10-08T03:54:32.020" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7438" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7436" CreationDate="2013-10-08T07:36:24.713" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have to expand on Braiam's answer by pointing out that blithely copying and pasting in stuff from other websites (even in the tag wikis) is unacceptable. Our &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/legal&quot;&gt;Terms of Service&lt;/a&gt; stipulate in section 3:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You agree that all Subscriber Content that You contribute to the Network is perpetually and irrevocably licensed to Stack Exchange under the Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike license.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By posting, you grant a license to content. If you don't own that content or can't justify its use as fair use, you've fraudulently given Stack Exchange a license for something you had no right to in the first place. It's wilfully illegal and puts Stack Exchange in a bad position (that's why these clauses exist in the first place).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We can't allow behaviour like that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Regarding content already on Stack Exchange (Ask Ubuntu, Stack Overflow, etc), all the content is licensed under CC-BY so you can copy as long as you link to the post &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; the profile of the user who posted it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An important distinction is that this isn't the same with all content on the Internet. CC-BY is an exception to the general rule. Implicitly all content is &quot;all rights reserved&quot; unless it says otherwise. Attribution does not get you past that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2013-10-08T21:11:43.683" LastActivityDate="2013-10-08T21:11:43.683" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7439" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7442" CreationDate="2013-10-08T12:50:13.633" Score="8" ViewCount="292" Body="&lt;p&gt;Today, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/355273/&quot;&gt;355273: How to Install 0 A.D on every version of Ubuntu and contribute to its indiegogo page&lt;/a&gt; caught my eye. The question contained (in both question and answer) various links to the indiegogo fundraising campaign for 0 A.D. and an installguide wrapped around it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For one, this was &lt;a href=&quot;https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/133726/&quot;&gt;crossposted to Arqade&lt;/a&gt; (10k+ on gaming.SE needed) where it was promptly flagged for spam and subsequently removed by the asker.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I post this question to ask the simple question: Do we think this is acceptable behavior and do we want to keep it around?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="98085" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2014-02-11T10:50:36.057" Title="Should we allow links to fundraising and the like in questions?" Tags="|discussion|flagging|questions|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7440" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7439" CreationDate="2013-10-08T12:50:30.837" Score="5" Body="&lt;h1&gt;No, we should not keep these around&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've taken to flagging our version of the question as spam as well on the simple grounds that, to me, this smells advertisement. It's a link to what is essentially a commercial initiative and the question is most certainly posted purely with the intent to gather support for said fundraising campaign.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's one thing to give an install guide. It's another to seed that guide with off-topic commercial links. It's one thing to support FOSS. It's another to leave time-sensitive links in a question that should not be time-sensitive like that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is bad form in multiple ways and I just don't see why we should keep such questions around.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="98085" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-10-08T12:50:30.837" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7441" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7439" CreationDate="2013-10-08T13:10:23.640" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Links to fundraisers on the face of the post should never be posted (be it Proprietary or Open Source project) - they are irrelevant for any question (except for cases where people ask about how they can support a particular project).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Comment should be okay till the time fundraiser is on.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, if it's an Open Source project which is seeking to raise funds and a link to such fundraiser is posted as a comment to one of the questions relevant to the project - I wouldn't mind that; ie; till the time the fundraiser is on and thereafter the comment could be flagged for deletion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I should also add that spamming all the questions relevant to the project with a link to the fund raiser as a comment should not be entertained either. Even if it's a comment it should be made in good faith.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But a link on the face of the post is a strict no in any sense.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="114818" LastActivityDate="2013-10-08T13:10:23.640" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7442" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7439" CreationDate="2013-10-08T13:36:24.760" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;For supporting software there is the community advisement at the right. Anyone interested in giving support to any project should use that method. The guide would be okay if the links that could be considered spam were edited.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/5504/community-promotion-ads-2013&quot;&gt;Community Promotion Ads - 2013&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.087" LastActivityDate="2014-02-11T10:50:36.057" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7443" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-10-09T13:07:12.090" Score="0" ViewCount="67" Body="&lt;p&gt;Could I ask an administrator to remove the flag that says this is a duplicate please:&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/355377/93794&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/q/355377/93794&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I edited it this morning (12hrs ago) to explain why it is not a duplicate (at least not of the linked question), though the linked question was an idea worth trying. I wasn't sure if I then needed to do something to get it changed back, but I've just been informed that the duplicate flag is stopping someone posting an answer, so I thought I'd try posting here.&#xA;(Answers in comments on StackExchange sites is one of pet peeves :-)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks!!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="93794" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2013-10-09T13:43:50.973" Title="Request to Un-duplicate" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7444" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7443" CreationDate="2013-10-09T13:31:38.963" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;This question was incorrectly duplicated.  As @Oli has commented, we treat desktop-based applications on 10.04 as off-topic.  The only questions for 10.04 that are on-topic are server-based questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/6645/eol-notice-hardy-oneiric-lucid-desktop-are-now-end-of-life&quot;&gt;EOL Notice: Hardy, Oneiric, Lucid (desktop) are now End of Life&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thus, in this case, I've reopened and then closed again to the off-topic reason.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14356" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.087" LastActivityDate="2013-10-09T13:31:38.963" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7445" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7443" CreationDate="2013-10-09T13:43:50.973" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't know why instead of EOL was closed as Duplicated, but in both cases it makes you upgrade your system with the question that was marked as duplicated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;To the people insisting I upgrade Ubuntu: my question is how to run something later than Chromium 25 on Ubuntu 10.04. &quot;Impossible because xxx&quot; is an answer. &quot;Upgrade Ubuntu&quot; is not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why Upgrade Ubuntu is not? At the end of the day you want to run latest Chromium and we are telling you what you need to reach that goal. If we start to detail all dependencies that you need to run the latest on the obsolete, what problems you might find, a &lt;strong&gt;long etc.&lt;/strong&gt; it will not end. So we told you in comments &lt;em&gt;Ubuntu is too old, hence you couldn't expect to run the latest software on it&lt;/em&gt; and direct you to how you can solve the &quot;old&quot; problem and run Chromium.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We are telling you exactly what is the problem (without boring anyone with technical details) and how to solve it in a single step. Why insist in trying to get an explanation of something that might not be of your interest (that I presume is running Chromium whatever it takes) taking us time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The community is the one that decides the best method to help you, and we considered that we are helping you to do what you wanted to do. Unless you edit your question and explain what exactly is your goal, as the question is that is the only path to take.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2013-10-09T13:43:50.973" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7446" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7439" CreationDate="2013-10-09T17:15:10.087" Score="4" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You should only ask practical, answerable questions based on actual&#xA;  problems that you face.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;How to install 0 AD&quot; ok, if you have a problem and found the solution to installing it. ~ Didn't realize there were widespread issues with installing it on every distribution of Ubuntu...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;What is 0 AD&quot; - not actually a problem with ubuntu, and the answer is essently duplication of what would be in a wiki or promotions on a website... Would we keep &quot;Who is Justin Bieber, How can I buy his music on Ubuntu One?&quot; no.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastActivityDate="2013-10-09T17:15:10.087" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7447" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7449" CreationDate="2013-10-09T20:43:35.100" Score="1" ViewCount="54" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/167433&quot;&gt;suggested an edited&lt;/a&gt; to the question &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/355970/107590&quot;&gt;Why is Software Updater showing additional updates?&lt;/a&gt;, but because the OP hasn't accepted the edit, his post still looks like garbage to all other AskUbuntu users. As such, his question is getting &quot;downvote-bombed&quot; (couldn't think of a better term for it), and is at risk of being deleted purely for being formatted poorly (although, I would argue that it's too broad/vague to answer).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should I comment, mentioning that I have formatted the question to make it understandable, so as to try and prevent the barrage of downvotes?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="107590" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2013-10-10T03:46:35.873" Title="Should I comment to help prevent &quot;downvote-bombing&quot;?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7449" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7447" CreationDate="2013-10-10T03:46:35.873" Score="5" Body="&lt;h1&gt;No, you don't need to do that.&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Doing so doesn't really help much, as edits usually end up going through the edits review queue a ton faster than you'd expect.  Downvoters who downvote a question because it's not a question are the ones who will need to go and remove their downvote after an edit is approved, but they might not get to it in time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Creating a comment just to ward off downvoters doesn't really add anything, except noise, to the question and its comments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-10-10T03:46:35.873" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7450" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7451" CreationDate="2013-10-10T14:43:10.663" Score="4" ViewCount="119" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've just posted two answers from guides providing good answers. On both of them are  images explaining the steps.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can't find the reference. But somewhere on Ask Ubuntu it was said that it's better to copy a guide than to link them, since you can never know when the linked is going to be offline.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With that philosophy I thought that by including a image by selecting a image-URL it would copy it over from the original guide and link that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now this isn't the case. By adding a image by URL from another page you will it hotlink the image from the original source. If the image changes or the server of this page goes down, the image-link will be broken.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the recommended way to avoid hotlinking images?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75166" LastActivityDate="2013-10-10T15:03:16.903" Title="What is the recommended way to avoid hotlinking images?" Tags="|discussion|image|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7451" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7450" CreationDate="2013-10-10T14:54:04.013" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Click img:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/bdzcl.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then hit from the web:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/U5R24.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Paste the hotlink and VOILA! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Image from that was in Flickr now is in Imgur.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/4EymZ.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2013-10-10T15:03:16.903" LastActivityDate="2013-10-10T15:03:16.903" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7452" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-10-10T15:43:23.237" Score="1" ViewCount="51" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have seen a question in Ask Ubuntu :&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/356334/some-bash-questions-for-a-newbie/356338#356334&quot;&gt;Some Bash questions for a newbie&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here that question is a BASH script which is too long and with many queries were posted by the OP. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;here my point is , according to AU rules one question per one post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But OP asking too many &amp;amp;  all the questions about the same question/post only.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;do we have to suggest him that maintain one question per one post or keep it like that ? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="33833" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2013-10-10T15:57:09.743" Title="what I am supposed to do on questions like this?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7453" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7452" CreationDate="2013-10-10T15:57:09.743" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;&quot;Some bash questions for a newbie&quot; isn't a question. :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would ask them to trim it down to be &quot;How do I indent code in gedit?&quot; which is the only part that is salvageable here, the rest can go on stackoverflow.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That title is a mess, I don't get how it got 2 upvotes and no one fixed it. Here's a quick search of questions with question in the title that can be fixed up if someone's looking for a nice low hanging fruit:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=title%3Aquestion&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=title%3Aquestion&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2013-10-10T15:57:09.743" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7454" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7455" CreationDate="2013-10-10T21:13:50.970" Score="4" ViewCount="92" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've noticed I'm not able to use key button formatting like &amp;lt;key&amp;gt;ESC&amp;lt;/key&amp;gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Has it been disabled? And if yes, why?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="194948" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2013-10-11T03:24:05.977" LastActivityDate="2013-10-11T03:24:05.977" Title="Has &lt;key&gt; been disabled?" Tags="|support|formatting|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7455" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7454" CreationDate="2013-10-10T21:22:41.717" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm sure is not &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;key&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; but &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;kbd&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; tags:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;kbd&gt;ESC&lt;/kbd&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So no, the only issue is that you're using the wrong syntax.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2013-10-11T02:47:32.773" LastActivityDate="2013-10-11T02:47:32.773" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7456" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7152" CreationDate="2013-10-11T00:32:35.653" Score="7" Body="&lt;h1&gt;We're 2 slots away from being the worst in the entire network:&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We need to figure something out, we're two slots away from being the worst. I'm not saying we have to be awesome, but surely we won't be throwing parties over this: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ysO9o.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;~6%-7% variation from way higher traffic sites, we need to step up!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2013-10-11T00:32:35.653" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7457" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7459" CreationDate="2013-10-11T02:30:43.880" Score="13" ViewCount="552" Body="&lt;p&gt;So, because of &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/users/93794/darren-cook&quot;&gt;Darren Cook&lt;/a&gt;'s &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/7448/10616&quot;&gt;answer to the EOL reminder I made back in May&lt;/a&gt;, and how people apparently don't like the status quo, I'm dredging this whole discussion back up.  Because of Darren.  So blame him.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This was Darren's answer on the EOL notice thread:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Might I suggest an alternative approach, given that&#xA;unsupported-by-Canonical versions of Ubuntu keep running fine, and&#xA;that the Ubuntu desktop upgrade route past 10.04 is unpopular with a&#xA;significant number of users:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Instead of flagging and closing questions about EOL-ed as off-topic,&#xA;why don't you just leave them! People who want to answer can answer.&#xA;People who no longer run 10.04 cannot answer them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just make sure they&#xA;are correctly flagged as &amp;quot;10.04&amp;quot; or whatever, so that people no longer running 10.04 can happily ignore them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is how a volunteer&#xA;Q&amp;amp;A community should work, by not getting in the way of the organization of human knowledge with arbitrary rules.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This approach keeps everyone happy. In worst case the guy asking a&#xA;10.04 question gets no replies because no-one still runs the OS. In best, someone else running 10.04 gives just the answer he was looking&#xA;for, and the net knowledge in the universe has increased.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The status quo is as it is because we abide by Canonical's support timetables for any given release.  The Ubuntu IRC channels (and indirectly, the official flavors' channels) all follow that policy, and to some extent the other Ubuntu support mediums follow the policy of not providing support for any (new) EOL-release questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Basically, do we need to change, keep the status quo, or do we need to consider adopting Darren's suggestions?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="1406746" LastEditDate="2022-11-07T16:33:58.223" LastActivityDate="2023-09-10T09:40:35.623" Title="EOL Question Handling Discussion... again" Tags="|discussion|end-of-life|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="7459" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7457" CreationDate="2013-10-11T09:03:37.443" Score="23" Body="&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;Running fine&amp;quot; is hard to swallow given everybody who asks a question has a problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;We should close EOL questions because as a community of both Ubuntu users and internet denizens, we should &lt;em&gt;want&lt;/em&gt; people to stop using unsupported software.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Many years ago I... Well let's just say I had more than a passing interest in computer security. Something that I saw again and again and again is that software running on the internet without updates is software that gets hacked and cracked wide open.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We should care because it's that computer that goes on to infect another dozen unpatched computers, send out spam and DDOS networks you care about.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Lucid (10.04) is off-topic on the desktop because its software is now lagging behind. Firefox is seven months old and that means known security flaws that are being exploited in the wild. &lt;strong&gt;Desktop 10.04 users are a liability to the internet. We all have a personal interest in them upgrading.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't think it's unreasonable cost that people have to use supported software to get support and by enforcing that through closing questions, we show users that we won't help them run dangerous software.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-10-11T09:03:37.443" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7461" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-10-11T22:02:05.320" Score="3" ViewCount="192" Body="&lt;p&gt;I mean your slogan was &quot;Linux for human beings&quot; but I can't see it in your SO description anymore, why?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user200920" LastActivityDate="2013-10-15T20:20:37.953" Title="Why don't you mention the word Linux anymore?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7462" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7461" CreationDate="2013-10-12T00:05:46.477" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is a question I sometimes get from my online students and this is the answer I give&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In a linux based world, we have many distributions that are based on it and even though many of them do not mention the word linux in their distro name or in their slogan it does not mean they are somehow separated from it. With ubuntu even if the slogan changed, it does not change how linux works, how is based on and who they try to promote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is a known fact that ubuntu is the most popular distro the same as android is the most popular mobile os. Both based on linux but even if they do not mention linux on their names they actually promote linux more than what a simple name could offer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ubuntu can change the slogan 100 times if they want but they will always promote linux with or without a slogan.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They will always work for the community, for the end user and for the open source world.  So I ask, we this in mind, a slogan is just something insignificant compared to the effect of the ubuntu ecosystem in the tech world and how it promotes linux.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So in the end, with or without the word linux, ubuntu promotes linux on several levels ranging from desktop, servers, clouds, educationally, socially and even influencing countries with the idea of, not only using ubuntu but actually using linux and an open source system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7035" LastActivityDate="2013-10-12T00:05:46.477" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7463" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-10-12T01:30:52.947" Score="-2" ViewCount="197" Body="&lt;p&gt;Whilst down-voting is encouraged for  sloppy, no effort, questions. Or answers that are bad or clearly incorrect. I have noticed a growing trend of down votes on first question/posts  in the review section. Said down-votes never have any comments as to how to improve,or whats  expected when asking questions or why it was down-voted. I have often been left wondering why the question was down-voted myself . A simple comment on how to improve the question, without down-voting, would probably be better served for someone posting for the first time at Ask Ubuntu. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ubuntu is encouraging folk to come to Ask Ubuntu for Ubuntu help. Many of those directed here have no idea how SE sites work and just need a quick answer. I find the over use of down-voting, without leaving an explanation in the comments  rather discouraging and uninviting to new users  posting for the first time on a SE site. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are we making Ask Ubuntu to uninviting to first time posters ? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="71679" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-01-24T03:57:31.890" LastActivityDate="2014-01-24T03:57:31.890" Title="Are we making Ask Ubuntu to uninviting to new users" Tags="|discussion|downvoting|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7464" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7463" CreationDate="2013-10-12T02:44:14.840" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;We get, on average, 200 questions a day. There are simply not enough active users to review, vote &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; comment on every single question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is an extremely high volume site:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;We have the &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackexchange.com/sites#questions&quot;&gt;5th most questions of any site&lt;/a&gt; in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Stack Exchange network&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;We are &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackexchange.com/sites#traffic&quot;&gt;3rd in line for the most traffic&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;And &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackexchange.com/sites#questionsperday&quot;&gt;3rd for most questions per day&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If question askers don't take the time to read the help guide that's a risk they take. We simply can't personally tutor every new user who doesn't follow the rules. Trust me, I've tried.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Downvoting plays a very important role in the maintenance of the site. Filtering questions, invoking the question ban, and helping to detect spam (and get it deleted) are just a few of the important functions of voting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;tl;dr&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While it is important to encourage users to add a comment when they downvote, it isn't going to happen every time. I don't consider this uninviting to new users, I jumped right in and never had a problem and I know scores of other users who did as well.  If you take the time to write good questions, read the help guide and learn how the site works you won't have any trouble, and if you don't, that's why the voting system is here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ultimately, while the voting system may initially appear discouraging, it's actually here to make sure good questions get good answers, and it does it's job well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;Also, if you see a good question that has been voted down, vote it up! Good questions (and answers) should always be voted up.&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Replies to comments:&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If a community driven site can't be bothered encouraging new users and instead focuses on negativity, down-voting , for what ever reason, this place can never be seen as friendly/inviting/encouraging.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Actually for users that take time to read and understand the rules we are quite friendly inviting, and encouraging. It was so when I started, and I know of lots of users who started after me that will say the same thing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you can be bothered to down vote you can be bothered to comment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's only partially true. When I started downvoting I usually left a comment explaining why. However that slowly stopped so that now I only comment if it's not obvious why I'm downvoting. This is why:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We get about 200 questions a day. Let's say 50 of those are bad questions for whatever reason. Let's go on to say that I downvote and comment on 10 (which usually doesn't happen anyway). Repeat for 7 days. Now I have 70 downvotes and 70 comments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's a lot of time that could be better spent helping the user on their problem, if they would have only taken time to read the rules in the first place, not to mention 150 other questions that are more deserving of help (i.e. more on-topic, with askers who actually care, shown by the fact that they took time to form a good question).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Basically, if you won't take the time to write a good, on-topic question you can't expect us to always take the time to explain why you are downvoted, when the answer is right there if you would read it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-10-14T00:24:56.500" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7465" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-10-12T02:46:57.197" Score="3" ViewCount="88" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've come across the following tags:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/sharing&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;sharing&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;sharing&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/copy&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;copy&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;copy&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/paste&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;paste&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;paste&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/text&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;text&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;text&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is my opinion that these tags should be completely removed from the system as they are too ambiguous.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are your thoughts?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2013-12-06T00:10:28.760" LastActivityDate="2013-12-06T00:10:28.760" Title="Should 'sharing', 'copy' and 'text' be burninated?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7466" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7463" CreationDate="2013-10-12T20:41:22.743" Score="-4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Thanks, damien, for your question and the empahty speaking from it! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is not only the ever-present threat of being downvoted right away for whatever reason without knowing why and without the chance to react, but also several other &quot;features&quot; that are really giving you a warm welcome. Not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, as a new user you are not invited to participate by commenting or voting until someone else has upvoted you to an appropriate level. You can only fire questions and pray. Result: feels awful. Depending on the graciousness of $someone to give you a voice. Learn to feel like refugees do. Democracy is different. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But $someone can not only downvote [in reality: &lt;em&gt;your question&lt;/em&gt; | feels like: &lt;em&gt;you&lt;/em&gt;] to oblivion but also effectively close it as &quot;already answered&quot; and point you to something else which really, really does not answer your question. You don't even have a chance to explain or defend yourself. The possibility alone (and seen it on so many questions) is definitely challenging to not Ctrl-W right away.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By such measures, SE forums are firmly presenting themselves as little VR-castles under the reign of some guys that hardly do anything else. The &quot;bosses&quot; are indicated by a several K posting numbers under their username like kerves on colts in the wild west. They decide what's good and bad, and they have their mechanisms established, their walls in place, to defend their reign. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know that it's not true, because you guys have not made the rules, and you give good advice and invest an admirable amount of time in doing so, but it &lt;strong&gt;feels&lt;/strong&gt; like that when you are on the outside of those walls.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Alone reading a (-5) score for damien's question without being able to upvote it supports this impression. And what does it mean? Bad question, not backed up with enough information, don't want to see it bubbling up, or just abuse as voting buttons for the subject of damiens question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And when writing this statement, I know that those newbies sharing my feelings will not be able to upvote it. And many will not dare to write an own comment on this because they fear to be downvoted right away (which I absolutely expect for this post, because of well... eh... walls... you know...). See what I mean?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Reason why I do write this anyway? I dunno. Maybe I'm old enough to just not care. Or too much time tonight, some wine, and to noisy outside to sleep ;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="184228" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2013-10-12T23:15:03.630" LastActivityDate="2013-10-12T23:15:03.630" CommentCount="15" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7467" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7418" CreationDate="2013-10-14T04:30:36.987" Score="8" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Summary of Oct. 13, 2013 Game&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I thought I ought to write a brief summary of what happened with our scheduled game. Five users (including myself) showed up:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/5/nathan-osman&quot;&gt;Me&lt;/a&gt; and my brother &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/47291/mateo&quot;&gt;Mateo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/194862/user320&quot;&gt;user320&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/5179/john&quot;&gt;John&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One team consisted of two players and two AI bots and the other team consisted of three players and one AI bot.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, there were a few issues:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Some error messages were displayed now and then, which we ignored.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Sometimes players were unable to see their allies.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;user320 lost his connection about forty minutes in and was unable to reconnect.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;At that same point, the game started briefly freezing every so often, which was annoying.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then after about an hour of gameplay, the game stopped working for me (announcing that the connection to the server had been lost) and everyone was disconnected. Since I was the host, this also meant the game had come to a premature end.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This was a rather disappointing finish, but we enjoyed the time that we &lt;em&gt;did&lt;/em&gt; have playing the game. There are no plans to try this again until we sort a few of the issues out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We do have one screenshot taken by John:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/2XnIr.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;0 A.D.&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks again to all participants!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2016-01-12T18:56:49.667" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7468" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7465" CreationDate="2013-10-14T04:52:34.900" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;In regards to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/copy&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;copy&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;copy&lt;/a&gt;...&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/M2qer.png&quot; alt=&quot;Aw, yeah!&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Seriously though, I edited the tag out of every single one of those questions. I realize that moderators have access to a tool that greatly simplifies this, but I really wanted an excuse to post that image :P&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastActivityDate="2013-10-14T04:52:34.900" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7469" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7470" CreationDate="2013-10-14T11:04:15.397" Score="1" ViewCount="33" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is there an easier way to see your suggested edits, specifically those which are rejected? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You get a '+2' reputation notification for approved edits but you're not notified when an edit is declined (which is probably more important). I ask this because I noticed that the decline option has several different 'reasons', which may prove to be constructive to the editor (me).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="176889" LastActivityDate="2013-10-14T11:07:07.410" Title="Easier way to see your suggested edits?" Tags="|feature-request|editing|review|suggested-edits|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7470" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7469" CreationDate="2013-10-14T11:07:07.410" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can see your suggested edits under your activity in your profile. In your case:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/176889/minerz029?tab=activity&amp;amp;sort=suggestions&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/users/176889/minerz029?tab=activity&amp;amp;sort=suggestions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately it isn't indicated which were accepted and rejected there but you can go through each and see what its outcome was (along with the reject message).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2013-10-14T11:07:07.410" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7471" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-10-14T11:35:36.620" Score="2" ViewCount="27" Body="&lt;p&gt;Which way of referring to Ubuntu bootable media (i.e. written from the &lt;code&gt;.iso&lt;/code&gt; to a device) is best?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Live CD &#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The traditional (generally used), but users have asked whether a 'CD' is required.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Live USB &#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Newer (more modern and realistic), but also has a similar issue to above (asking if they can instead use a CD)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Live system &#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Should be fairly straightforward (referring to any 'Live' media), but is not as well known (or used)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ubuntu bootable media&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Should have next to no confusion in meaning, but newer users may not understand what it means&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It's called a &quot;bootable USB stick&quot; in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/create-a-usb-stick-on-windows&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;official install instructions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Live Environment&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Probably a better version of 'Live system'&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Generally speaking, every case which includes a specific type of media (USB, CD, DVD), is going to have users querying about whether you can use a different media.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Tags exist for 'live-usb', 'live-cd', 'livedvd' and 'live-environment'.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="176889" LastActivityDate="2013-10-14T11:35:36.620" Title="Correct term for 'LiveCD'?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7472" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-10-14T11:41:37.240" Score="0" ViewCount="123" Body="&lt;p&gt;When am editing a large Q or A, I find it to be extremely annoying to edit something, and then have to browse/find that edit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Q&lt;/strong&gt;: Is there a inline editor option available for the 'stack exchange editor'?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;Example&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/9OB15.png&quot; alt=&quot;ckeditor-inline&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="36315" LastEditorUserId="36315" LastEditDate="2013-10-14T11:57:24.093" LastActivityDate="2013-10-15T00:12:41.267" Title="is there a inline editor option available?" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7473" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-10-14T11:43:00.900" Score="7" ViewCount="41" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/livedvd&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;livedvd&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;livedvd&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;a CD or DVD containing a bootable computer operating system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/live-cd&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;live-cd&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;live-cd&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Questions related to live CDs, which allow you to test drive Ubuntu without installing it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd suggest to have those two become synonyms. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="176889" LastActivityDate="2013-10-14T11:43:00.900" Title="'livedvd' should be a synonym for 'live-cd'" Tags="|feature-request|tags|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7474" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7472" CreationDate="2013-10-14T12:02:58.510" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Markdown is meant to be intuitive and not need toolbars which MS Word or similar have in abundance. The syntax is simple and meant to just 'work' in the text. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of the icons in the toolbar, you'll probably only use the &lt;code&gt;img&lt;/code&gt; option for uploading images (can't be copy/pasted or dropped). You can also always use keyboard shortcuts to replace this (&lt;kbd&gt;Ctrl&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;G&lt;/kbd&gt; for images or &lt;kbd&gt;Ctrl&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;K&lt;/kbd&gt; for block code indentation). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It might also be worth writing these shortcuts to a text file (depending on how many long posts you edit):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Key        Description         HTML&#xA;----------------------------------------&#xA;Ctrl+B     Bold                &amp;lt;b&amp;gt;&#xA;Ctrl+I     Italic              &amp;lt;i&amp;gt;&#xA;Ctrl+L     Hyperlink           &amp;lt;a href=&quot;http://website&quot;&amp;gt;&#xA;Ctrl+Q     Blockquote          &amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;&#xA;Ctrl+K     Preformatted text   &amp;lt;pre&amp;gt;&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;&#xA;Ctrl+G     Image               &amp;lt;img src=&quot;http://image&quot;&amp;gt;&#xA;Ctrl+O     Ordered list        &amp;lt;ol&amp;gt;&#xA;Ctrl+U     Bulleted list       &amp;lt;ul&amp;gt;&#xA;Ctrl+H     Heading             &amp;lt;h1&amp;gt; OR &amp;lt;h2&amp;gt;&#xA;Ctrl+R     Horizontal rule     &amp;lt;hr&amp;gt;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It may be faster typing the Markdown instead of keyboard shortcuts if you need a list of the keys.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;GitHub goes so far as to not have a toolbar at all:&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/BItmO.png&quot; alt=&quot;GitHub without a toolbar!&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="176889" LastEditorUserId="176889" LastEditDate="2013-10-15T00:12:41.267" LastActivityDate="2013-10-15T00:12:41.267" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7475" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-10-14T14:40:39.180" Score="4" ViewCount="57" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have registered and logged in previously (a couple of days ago). My password no longer works, and the reset code that gets sent to me (I've tried three or four times) does not work. Any ideas?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user202620" LastEditorUserId="25863" LastEditDate="2013-10-14T14:54:36.610" LastActivityDate="2013-10-14T14:54:36.610" Title="I have registered but can't sign in" Tags="|discussion|login|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7476" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-10-15T00:09:18.150" Score="-2" ViewCount="161" Body="&lt;p&gt;I noticed that there are Ask Ubuntu points and I've lost tons of them. I have no clue how to get more. Do I loose points for asking questions?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="182973" OwnerDisplayName="Alan" LastEditorUserId="176889" LastEditDate="2013-10-21T09:09:52.797" LastActivityDate="2013-10-21T09:09:52.797" Title="What is up with the Ask Ubuntu points? Why do I loose so many points?" Tags="|discussion|reputation|" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7477" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7476" CreationDate="2013-10-15T00:18:53.103" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can find the answer regarding reputation point system &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/whats-reputation&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="189905" OwnerDisplayName="Jonathan Rogiest" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2013-10-15T00:18:53.103" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7478" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7476" CreationDate="2013-10-15T00:52:48.747" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You should also take a look at &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/182973/alan?tab=reputation&amp;amp;sort=post&quot;&gt;your profile's rep page&lt;/a&gt; and see where your rep is disappearing to.  According to that page, you've had a decent bit of downvotes on your answers, and a bit was lost because your question here was downvoted because you posted it on the main site and not meta.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2013-10-15T00:52:48.747" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7479" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7482" CreationDate="2013-10-15T10:51:34.743" Score="0" ViewCount="37" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sometimes, in a question, the OP asks about a specific problem they face in a larger attempt to do something (this explanation is probably not very clear, see &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/359323/176889&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/94914/karel&quot;&gt;karel&lt;/a&gt;'s &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/359334/176889&quot;&gt;answer&lt;/a&gt; for an idea of what I'm talking about).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In such cases, should you answer more than what is asked in the question (even if it is not asked for)? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should the OP be directed to ask another question if they have more queries?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="176889" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2013-10-15T11:53:31.983" Title="Should we answer more than is asked?" Tags="|discussion|answers|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7480" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7481" CreationDate="2013-10-15T11:33:22.817" Score="1" ViewCount="46" Body="&lt;p&gt;After deleting all comments on a post, the line which separates comments from the main post remains.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See this screenshot (from &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/347506/how-can-we-get-the-command-line-of-a-running-application?noredirect=1#comment460141_347506&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;) and note the dotted line after the post which shouldn't be there for posts with no comments:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/z9m7O.png&quot; alt=&quot;Image&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="176889" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2013-10-21T14:59:08.217" Title="Dotted line persists after deleting comments" Tags="|bug|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7481" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7480" CreationDate="2013-10-15T11:41:01.303" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;It seems that this happens because I was using a link to one of the old deleted comments to access the question (and have provided that link as the example above), thus generating that dotted line. Accessing the normal question works.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="176889" LastActivityDate="2013-10-15T11:41:01.303" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7482" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7479" CreationDate="2013-10-15T11:53:31.983" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I prefer to have the person ask multiple questions so that we build a library. And if you can figure out what they're trying to do you can just answer the question and then link to the existing one, which in this case could have been:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/7489/how-to-get-the-native-version-of-spotify-running&quot;&gt;How to get the native version of Spotify running?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I prefer to do it this way because when the Spotify instructions need to get updated we can do it in one place instead of a bunch of places. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2013-10-15T11:53:31.983" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7483" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-10-15T12:26:44.043" Score="6" ViewCount="75" Body="&lt;p&gt;Consider this approved edit (edit by me): &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/170518&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/170518&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why is reviewer field blank? Who really approved the edit? This only occurs on that particular review and is the first time I've ever seen it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Image:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/170518&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/X2yIA.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="176889" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2014-02-11T08:07:52.697" Title="Edit approved by no-one?" Tags="|bug|editing|suggested-edits|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7484" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7476" CreationDate="2013-10-15T16:36:27.627" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Looking at your &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/182973/alan?tab=reputation&quot;&gt;Profile Rep Page&lt;/a&gt; I think the answer is that some people think you are not asking very good questions.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Asking good questions is not easy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;First you should search on this site and across the internet in general to see if your question has already been asked and answered.  If it has then you should not ask the question as it will be closed as a duplicate and may result in some people voting it down; especially if lots of people have asked a similar question. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Second you need to be sure that the question you are asking can be answered (even if that answer is: it can't be done). We are not looking for open ended questions where there are lots different opinions and they may be equally valid. This question: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/330961/107450&quot;&gt;Should I install Ubuntu 13.04 64bit?&lt;/a&gt; is in my opinion at least impossible to answer as we don't know what you want to do with Ubuntu but the question that it was closed in favour of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/7034/107450&quot;&gt;What is the difference between 32-bit and 64-bit and which should I choose?&lt;/a&gt; is much better because it is asking for a comparison of the options allowing you to make an informed choice. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Third you need ensure that its specifically about Ubuntu and not about Linux in general &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Take a look at the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help&quot;&gt;help pages&lt;/a&gt; and read the comments people leave on your questions.  I personally never down vote a question without leaving some indication why: either by up-voting a comment left by someone else or adding my own comment.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="107450" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2013-10-15T16:36:27.627" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7485" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-10-15T19:38:15.297" Score="8" ViewCount="81" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have more than 10 rep, but I am unable to answer &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/37084/88802&quot;&gt;Nvidia driver activated but currently not in use&lt;/a&gt;, which is &amp;quot;protected&amp;quot;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;protected by Community♦ May 23 '11 at 1:32&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This question is protected to prevent &amp;quot;thanks!&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;me too!&amp;quot;, or spam answers by new users. To answer it, you must have earned at least 10 reputation on this site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I struggled with the issue for months and I finally figured it out today, but none of those answers were my problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have never posted on Ask Ubuntu before but I have over 6500 rep on Stack Overflow and my reputation lists me as having the 100 site transfer bonus.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What's wrong?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="203033" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-10-15T23:58:14.057" Title="Why am I unable to answer a protected question with 101 rep?" Tags="|support|answers|reputation|privileges|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7486" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7485" CreationDate="2013-10-15T19:44:57.823" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;You need more than 10 rep on this (Ask Ubuntu) specific site. The association bonus sadly don't count towards this hence you need to get 10 hard earned rep here to do so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2013-10-15T19:44:57.823" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7487" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7461" CreationDate="2013-10-15T20:20:37.953" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm in no way connected with the marketing department of Canonical so this may not be the official reason: or even part of the thinking.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For me at least the phrase &quot;Linux for human beings&quot; implies that Ubuntu is the best Linux.  However, why would we want to limit Ubuntu to just being thought of as the best Linux when we can promote Ubuntu as being the OS of all.  For many Ubuntu users the fact that Ubuntu is Linux is not important they just want to know that it will do what they want; and do it better than any of the competition.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Whether you believe Ubuntu is the worlds best operating system or not is a matter of personal opinion but from a marketing standpoint saying &quot;we are the best OS&quot; is much better than saying &quot;we are the best example of one particular type of OS&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said Ubuntu is and always will be Linux.  It's a community open source project and so much of the code at its heart is licensed in such a way that it would be very difficult for Canonical to move Ubuntu away from Linux even if they wanted to and I don't believe anyone at Canonical wants to move away from Linux.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="107450" LastActivityDate="2013-10-15T20:20:37.953" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7488" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-10-15T21:05:14.557" Score="5" ViewCount="304" Body="&lt;p&gt;So this is in the review queue and the entire thing is a mess: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/354837/total-boot-failure-xubuntu-12-04-2-desktop-amd64-mount-error-while-loading-s&quot;&gt;&amp;#39;mount: error while loading shared libraries: libudev.so.0 : no such file or directory&amp;#39; error while booting&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does anyone have any recommendations on fixing this? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2013-10-26T22:07:54.577" Title="Does anyone know what's up with this question?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7489" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7488" CreationDate="2013-10-16T08:24:55.067" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;The whole thing is trash.  There is a lot of immaturity and noise on the whole thing, both the question and the answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Users of Ask Ubuntu need to focus a bit more on the quality of their posts and focus on the facts of the help request, instead it seems that people do not understand what the site is about.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am cleaning that bloody thing and clearing the comments that are irrelevant to the posts. It's not that complicated to focus on the message and ignore the crap around it; any editor can do that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastEditorUserId="8844" LastEditDate="2013-10-26T22:07:54.577" LastActivityDate="2013-10-26T22:07:54.577" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7491" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-10-17T09:51:44.467" Score="0" ViewCount="45" Body="&lt;p&gt;I need a cool-down after &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/356597/file-permission-in-svn-repository?noredirect=1#comment461451_356597&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I wish there was a page which teaches a new user how to add information to his question. I couldn't find anything in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/about&quot;&gt;about&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help&quot;&gt;help&lt;/a&gt; page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This would allow me to link to it and improve the chance that the asking user understands that I need him (or her) to edit and improve his question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can someone please start such a page? Maybe we could setup a Wiki question and something of this kind? I'd do it myself if I knew how.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75166" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2013-10-17T10:16:30.190" Title="Is there a page which teaches a user how to edit his question?" Tags="|discussion|support|feature-request|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7492" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7496" CreationDate="2013-10-17T13:33:37.163" Score="0" ViewCount="75" Body="&lt;p&gt;So I answered a question about a Internet connection problem where the connection worked but there was no Internet. Naturally I suggested to check the DNS settings and I got my answer downvoted.. A short while later though, the asker removed the question (maybe after checking his DNS settings). I didn't get any points back though I don't think. Is this the way it is supposed to work?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="194983" LastActivityDate="2013-10-17T16:52:56.510" Title="Answer got downvoted but user removed the question" Tags="|discussion|downvoting|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7493" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7476" CreationDate="2013-10-17T13:43:42.990" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You are losing points because people are downvoting your questions and/or answers. They maybe downvoting them because they have already been asked before. Here is how the point system works: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/whats-reputation&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/help/whats-reputation&lt;/a&gt; As you will see in the link you can gain points by having your question or answers upvoted, by having your answer accepted, and by accepting other people's answers (click the check mark underneath the voting column).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;P.S. You will also read in the link I placed that you can lose points as well for voting down other peoples answers or placing a bounty on a question. There are ways of 'spending' your points as well besides just losing them due to downvotes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="194983" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2013-10-17T13:43:42.990" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7494" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7419" CreationDate="2013-10-17T15:04:45.727" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ummm...just an idea... Did anyone realize that even thought this main post looked legit (which it may well be) not only does direct link to the website by domain name but also hyper-linked through &quot;perfectapp&quot; keyword? This is a common practice by blackhat marketers, and since people have commented and raised the score, it only adds gravity or influence to it. If you really want this to seem legit, remove the links to the offending website. Ubuntu carries a high PR value, so any links from this site are substantial.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="24371" LastActivityDate="2013-10-17T15:04:45.727" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7495" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7476" CreationDate="2013-10-17T16:48:05.610" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The community is pretty harsh when it comes to doing your &quot;homework&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What I mean by this is you need to actually do some reading about the community rules when posting and understand how this site works as everyone else has already said.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If people believe you are asking a silly question most likely you will get a down vote and lose some points.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It may be a bummer, but trust me you will get the hang of it.  Just try and help others and make sure you do a good search on this site before asking a question because more often then not some one else has already had the same problem as you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I hope this helps and I'm glad you are using AskUbuntu because I know it will just make this site better.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="37577" LastActivityDate="2013-10-17T16:48:05.610" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7496" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7492" CreationDate="2013-10-17T16:52:56.510" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Try not to worry about the little stuff.  I am glad more and more people are trying to help, but remember you should be here to help and be helped.  The points are just a silly thing we use to give people an idea of their knowledge.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I first came to the community I got upset about loosing some points, but it happens and sometimes I really did just make a mistake.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="37577" LastActivityDate="2013-10-17T16:52:56.510" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7497" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7596" CreationDate="2013-10-17T23:06:34.880" Score="17" ViewCount="37349" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to what the Release team told me, wubi.exe appears on the images.  Whether or not this means it's &quot;supported&quot; is open to debate among the ops, however, for all other intents and purposes, wubi.exe is only &quot;community supported&quot; and not really maintained by the release team.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, they did say it's on the ISOs.  It doesn't work with Windows 8, nor UEFI, but they have it there as &quot;available&quot; but by default &quot;disabled&quot; as far as I can tell.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How do we want to handle Wubi, now?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2013-10-18T22:31:27.173" LastActivityDate="2014-12-09T08:46:07.630" Title="Wubi discussion (AGAIN) - Supported Here on Ask Ubuntu? (13.04 and later)" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="13" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7498" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-10-18T02:02:08.800" Score="1" ViewCount="48" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've been able to reproduce this in both Firefox and Chromium.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/zSlfT.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I click the &lt;code&gt;share&lt;/code&gt; button then this box appears with a abnormal horizontal compared with the main site&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/6UDHk.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Apparently, the comment field/button also goes down:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/0c73h.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was able to figure out where the problem is but not how to fix it. The div &lt;code&gt;share-icons&lt;/code&gt; has some issue, but the thing is... that it has the same css rules as main site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="52999" LastEditDate="2013-11-08T14:09:09.517" LastActivityDate="2013-11-08T14:09:09.517" Title="The share link box is oversized" Tags="|bug|design|meta|css|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7500" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-10-18T07:31:05.227" Score="10" ViewCount="340" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am of course talking about &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/360161&quot;&gt;What advantages does Ubuntu have over Windows as an environment for programming?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's picking up a number of meta comments (and allegations) so I thought it better to transfer some of that to Meta where we can talk about it without bombing what I consider a valid question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Before we go any further, let me head off the &quot;But Oli, you've got a very vested rep interest in that question&quot;... The phrase &quot;a drop in the ocean&quot; couldn't seem more applicable to me. The reason I answered it in the first place is because &lt;em&gt;I think it's a good question&lt;/em&gt;. The current main reasons I like it are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It's furiously popular. 2576 views in 22 hours.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Its subject matter is great advertising for Ubuntu.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It's attracting people with real experience. We've got people coming in from other SE sites to help out here.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It is about Ubuntu, it is about development and it &lt;em&gt;can&lt;/em&gt; be answered satisfactorily without bending to plain old mud-slinging or obviously one-sided views. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It was closed as being too opinionated which I objected to because it was pulling in so much real world experience, explicitly contrary to that particular reason. I don't deny there is opinion in some of the answers but that's not enough. There are also some concerns about its general on-topicness which I have attempted to fix with a very simple edit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've just deleted the following meta-comment from &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/38709/blueraja-danny-pflughoeft&quot;&gt;BlueRaja - Danny Pflughoeft&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This question is incredibly off-topic for a number of reasons; the only reason it's still open is because a moderator likes how it agrees with his OS-political-opinions. That, plus the fact that he deleted all the highly-upvoted comments explaining why it's off-topic, is just another reason we need more checks-and-balances to prevent moderator abuse.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm deleting some comments (like the above) because they're completely meta. I'm trying to address or fix them and move on. In this case I hope this question itself answers most of what Danny has to say...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you agree with Danny or have another issue with me or another moderator, please take it up with the other moderators on Meta (I can't hide a question from them) or the Stack Exchange team via the contact link at the bottom of every page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Otherwise use this post to rage on about the validity of the original post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2014-06-04T00:10:41.310" Title="Regarding that question I'm meddling with" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7501" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-10-18T16:53:41.123" Score="-3" ViewCount="52" Body="&lt;p&gt;Shouldn't &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/48624/what-are-zombie-processes&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; question be migrated to unix.stackexchange.com? As I see it almost has nothing to do with Ubuntu as a Linux distro, but rather Linux in itself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44293" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2013-10-20T17:06:45.230" Title="Question migration" Tags="|discussion|migration|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7502" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7503" CreationDate="2013-10-18T18:02:08.140" Score="0" ViewCount="115" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sometimes we see developers who use Ask Ubuntu as a platform to annouce their projects. I feel this is a good idea, especially when a project does address an unsolved issue many people have. For example see:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/361229&quot;&gt;How do I restrict my kids' computing time?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this case the answer was a link to a GIT project with a Bash script. It is very well documented there, and there is not really much to talk about. I therefore believe we should appreciate the effort even if the answer given was a bit short.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Still, this answer was very quickly downvoted without leaving an explanatory comment. This makes me wonder if we are about to discourage people to give us links to new Open Source projects in general. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the downvote was just a hasty accident (maybe it was mistaken as spam), then we should still define what projects we do not want to see linked to here (if any).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3940" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2013-10-18T21:22:18.950" Title="Is it good style to downvote developers who announce their projects?" Tags="|discussion|answers|downvoting|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7503" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7502" CreationDate="2013-10-18T18:25:52.683" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;To me, the bottom line has always been:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Does it answer the question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the project directly answers the question, I really don't care if the person writing the answer and the person writing the application are one and the same. I don't even care if the person is &lt;em&gt;selling&lt;/em&gt; the app.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, there are a few things to keep in mind:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The person writing the answer ought to mention their affiliation with the project.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The answer should clearly explain how the app relates to the question and not simple be a sales pitch.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ask Ubuntu is not a store - no need for unnecessary screenshots and big &quot;buy now&quot; or &quot;download now&quot; buttons or anything like that.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastActivityDate="2013-10-18T18:25:52.683" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7505" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7502" CreationDate="2013-10-18T21:22:18.950" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was the one who cast the first downvote, I don't know how many it got since then because the answer is now deleted, but I cast the first one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why did I downvote that post? Because I believe an answer should &lt;em&gt;answer&lt;/em&gt; the question. This &amp;quot;answer&amp;quot; certainly did not answer the question. The original content of the post simply contained:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/HBKMx.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is not an answer. &lt;em&gt;This&lt;/em&gt; is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/IGZ8v.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The help center page for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/deleted-answers&quot;&gt;Why and how are some answers deleted?&lt;/a&gt; states:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Answers that &lt;strong&gt;do not fundamentally answer the question&lt;/strong&gt; may be removed. This includes answers that are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;barely more than a link to an external site&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt; (Emphasis original)&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Therefor I downvoted it because &lt;em&gt;this answer is not useful&lt;/em&gt;, it would be a useful comment &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; a useful answer. Although I didn't flag the answer for removal I would have done so if I had thought about it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-10-18T21:22:18.950" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7506" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7500" CreationDate="2013-10-18T22:18:20.920" Score="6" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Levelled opinion from experience or cited fact is both valuable and welcome.&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I spew my opinions all over this site and it's usually warmly appreciated. That's because my opinions, when I give them, come from my experience. Why am I not tripping over &amp;quot;primarily opinion-based&amp;quot; more often? Let's look at the reason. Emphasis mine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Many good questions generate some degree of opinion based on expert experience, but answers to this question will tend to be almost entirely based on opinions, &lt;strong&gt;rather than facts, references, or specific expertise&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Many of the opinions being exchanged in this question are those of programmers who have used both Ubuntu and Windows and are well pitched to offer their professional opinion. There are posts and comments both against and in favour of Windows. People are giving reasons. Things have an unexpected level of balance (given where we are). People are being objective about their subjectivity.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What's best is we have levels of quality where the voting helps pick the better answers out from the less good. &lt;strong&gt;The system is working.&lt;/strong&gt; I know there's been some concern about ramble in the comments here but I'd be happy with a hundred answers if they all had value and in that vein we can vote to prune out the weaker answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We should reserve &lt;code&gt;close-opinion&lt;/code&gt; for discussions like &amp;quot;What should I set my wallpaper to?&amp;quot;. No expertise will ever help there, nor will it help another user. It's a fishing expedition in a barren lake.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also see: &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/09/good-subjective-bad-subjective/&quot;&gt;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/09/good-subjective-bad-subjective/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-10-18T22:25:09.967" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7507" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-10-18T22:25:55.860" Score="15" ViewCount="321" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm going to be bold on this one. &lt;strong&gt;I do not want to raise controversies, I do not intend to cause any heated discussion and I do not wish to complain about how AU works&lt;/strong&gt;. I am just going to share my observations that worry me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I feel a great urge to discuss the matter of the general scope of Ask Ubuntu. It's not like I feel it's wrong, I do not attempt to question it nor to apply any changes. I just need to make sure that what is going on is The Right Thing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, what is my point?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Have a look at some activity that takes place on Ask Ubuntu. Looks like browsing the recently active questions is a good way to see a glimpse of what's going on. What sort of questions do we see there? Pretty predictable if you are not new here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;About &lt;strong&gt;5%&lt;/strong&gt; of the questions seen there will be those cool &lt;em&gt;&quot;how do I do &quot;, &quot;what should I do to configure XYZ&quot;, &quot;what does the  is&quot;, &quot;how does ABC work&quot;, &quot;why does Ubuntu do BLAH this way&quot;&lt;/em&gt;. These questions are lovely and I guess we all welcome them, as they are &lt;strong&gt;very&lt;/strong&gt; likely to be valuable to future visitors, some of them are plain interesting, and... oh come one, you know what I mean.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The next group of questions, probably around &lt;strong&gt;10%&lt;/strong&gt; of new questions are these average &quot;how to add a second launcher&quot;, &quot;what is the cli command for ...&quot;, &quot;can I install XYZ&quot; etc. - these common questions that are interesting for some users, have some real potential of being useful for others, are not very canonical, but still represent some knowledge that is worth exchanging.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But the vast majority, &lt;strong&gt;more than 3/4&lt;/strong&gt; of questions are plain boring support requests. &quot;trouble when upgrading ...&quot;, &quot;dpkg fails with &quot;, &quot;kernel panic when browsing internet&quot;, &quot;why is my BCM4313 failing to perform DHCP blah blah, here are my system logs, what should I do?&quot;. &lt;strong&gt;This is fine&lt;/strong&gt;, and we all agree it is okay to ask these. For a long time we were eager to answer these, and I am not trying to say it's wrong - isn't Ask Ubuntu oficially listed as the community support for Ubuntu? :-)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yet a closer look at these questions worries me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Most of them is going to be marked as duplicates.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Most of them should be closed as too localized, but not always it feels right to close a question just because it refers to some rare bug affecting a very unusual hardware configuration.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Almost all of these questions never get more than 30 views. &lt;em&gt;(I recall there were statistics for average views, the &quot;answered&quot; factor etc. but somehow I cannot find them)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Very little of them is going to get at least 5 upvotes.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Many of them are not likely to be answered, because of different reasons, including the difficulty to dig into rare configurations, as well as the following:&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A large number requires to be discussed with the OP first - asking for details, suggesting commands to type in etc.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These facts are, again, what we all realize and have gotten used to.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;It wasn't always this way, these of you who remember AU from few years back can recall that the percentage of such support requests was much smaller. This has changed once AU started being recommended as the support website. Also it's clear that the more questions have been asked, the less likely it is that a new one will be something interesting. Therefore this process is not reasonless.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But that's how things &lt;strong&gt;are&lt;/strong&gt;, right? Now I am asking you to think for a while about how does this phenomena affect Ask Ubuntu, both in terms of its content and in terms of community.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The first thing I notice is that Ask Ubuntu fails to provide top-quality support for newcomers. There are several reasons for that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In order to keep AU clean we do our best to detect duplicates. Because of that, it is common that a &lt;strong&gt;slightly&lt;/strong&gt; different problem gets treated as a duplicate of something that will not help the OP. We have to do it this way, otherwise we'd need separate &quot;how do I configure network&quot; for each network card! But the side-effect is that the questions are generalized, and very often the OP may feel wrong, when their question gets closed, but he realizes that it's not a perfect duplicate.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It turns out that the reputation limits for some actions are participating in this effect too. A newcomer to Ubuntu needs help with something - they are headed to Ask Ubuntu, they start with 1 rep point, and they lack some goodies we are used to, like comments. If their question gets mistakenly closed, if they are asked to comment with more details, their experience becomes painful. You're going to say that that's how the rep points are supposed to work, and &lt;strong&gt;I totally agree&lt;/strong&gt;, but this does not change the fact that it makes life harder for those who &lt;em&gt;just want to request support&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Select some of these questions at random and see for yourself how much of them need/needed some discussion - including &quot;please tell us what your graphics card is&quot; as well as &quot;does XYZ work for you?&quot;. AU is not really a place for discussing matters, it is also not suitable &lt;strong&gt;at all&lt;/strong&gt; for leading OP through step-by-step &quot;do X and tell if it helped, I'll tell you what next&quot;. This is thing for the forums, but apparently &lt;strong&gt;a huge&lt;/strong&gt; number of those who ask new question need that sort of help (&lt;em&gt;even though they usually do not realize that their question would be best turned into a free posts exchange&lt;/em&gt;).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you happen to pay attention how people who are not active in the community (the &quot;just common users&quot;) see Ask Ubuntu, you must have noticed that since some longer time they are getting more upset about how are their questions treated. A lot of users in my local community, as well as random folks on the Internet, have some sort of imperfect experience with Ask Ubuntu - be it their question getting closed while the original duplicate does not help, or any other reason. It kind of seems like AU is not the perfect place to ask &quot;please help&quot; (&lt;em&gt;which is not a question, by the way&lt;/em&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In general, even though &lt;strong&gt;I am not a forums fan, and do not use them myself&lt;/strong&gt;, I end up recommending the forums to Ubuntu newbies as the place to ask for help. The forums are mainly a platform for communication, and they do not care about content as much as we do, so probably it's a better place to go in order be helped by someone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another significant problem that I am experiencing is that because of what an average question has become, &lt;strong&gt;I contribute by writing answers much less than I used to&lt;/strong&gt;. This is not only caused by the fact that it requires much more work on my side, as so many questions are specific to some hardware or software-configuration. Main reasons are that &lt;em&gt;my answers would not be helpful to anyone but the OP&lt;/em&gt;, and that &lt;em&gt;mostly I can't just answer, I'd need to ask the OP so many things before we start&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can bet I am not the only one who would love to write more answers, but is put off by what questions are available. So that is another factor in which this state of things contributes negatively to the quality of the site: &lt;strong&gt;writing answers gets so much less rewarding&lt;/strong&gt;!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can't really decide myself if I am happy with all that or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On one hand, it is obviously great that we provide such support, that many people have their problem solved thanks to AU.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But then again I feel like these questions are killing us. Please review again the first bullet list in this post. &lt;em&gt;Are these questions really worth much?&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Comparing the amount of similarly case-specific, unlikely to be any interesting to future visitors, and localized questions to other Q&amp;amp;A sites - nowhere it is that bad. Maybe we're getting of the Q&amp;amp;A style?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or maybe just general support is not fit here? That would be a very bold and controversial statement, yet maybe the general question policy needs to get reviewed. I can't imagine Ask Ubuntu not welcoming everyone with their questions, though, there must be other way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unless this is all fine and sound. Maybe the situation is not that bad as I see it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am unsure what is wrong, if anything. I would be really glad to see what others are thinking in this matter. Maybe you need to explain me why I should stop worrying about AU quality :-) Or maybe that phenomena I described is actually something worth noticing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="705" LastEditorUserId="705" LastEditDate="2013-10-19T20:30:33.650" LastActivityDate="2013-10-20T04:49:53.623" Title="Doesn't this ton of specific support questions lower AU overall quality?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="14" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7509" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7497" CreationDate="2013-10-19T14:20:45.610" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;It doesn't appear clear one way or the other yet. Development is happening in lp:wubi so I don't want to write it off forever... That said, the Ubuntu.com website is claiming that Wubi only works for 12.04.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We support plenty of &quot;community supported&quot; things here. The only differentiator here is that Wubi might currently not be fit for purpose. Can we get somebody to come &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;here&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; to speak for or against support Wubi?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Until then, I'd recommend we remain as we are. Only supported for 12.04, for non-UEFI systems.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2013-10-19T14:20:45.610" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7510" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-10-19T14:33:55.883" Score="17" ViewCount="281" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ok, everybody knows that the principle of the SE sites:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;All contributions are licensed under Creative Commons, and this site is collaboratively edited, like Wikipedia. If you see something that needs improvement, click edit!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But! Lately I have been improving more edits that I would like to. So, lets remind the editors (users that suggest edits) what should be edited out in the posts:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Any formality&lt;/strong&gt;: be it greetings, signature, farewells, etc. Anything that makes the post looks like a letter should be removed.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Thanks&lt;/strong&gt;: Thanks in the StackExchange sites are expressed with upvotes when you have enough privileges, hence saying thanks in the post only generate noise.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ASAPness&lt;/strong&gt;: thinks like &quot;please help me&quot;, &quot;I need this ASAP&quot;, &quot;anyone knows?&quot;, etc. should be edited. We are a community that is glad to help, but sometimes becomes grumpy if the OP put pressure in us. If someone knows the answer and comes across your question it will be highly probable that it answers.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Basic grammar&lt;/strong&gt;: I've seen edits that only adds spaces in the code blocks, but don't fix anything else, like I's. Formatting things is good, it makes the post looks more presentable, but the grammar, and orthography should improve along with the edit.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Titles of the questions&lt;/strong&gt;: each time I have to read &lt;em&gt;&quot;problem in 13.10&quot;&lt;/em&gt;, or &lt;em&gt;&quot;update error&quot;&lt;/em&gt; in a suggested edit I get fuming mad. That doesn't help anyone to know what the question is about, so when proposing the edit, check if the title of the question is an excerpt of what OP is asking in the body. It also helps for the Search Engine Optimization (SEO) so people can find the questions that might have already answer easier (&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/users/5/nathan-osman&quot;&gt;NathanOsman&lt;/a&gt; asked a &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/q/19236789/792066&quot;&gt;duplicate question on SO&lt;/a&gt;, which he may have found earlier, if it had a better title).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Email addresses&lt;/strong&gt; (thanks to Rizwind for remember it)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Those are the most glaring edits/improvements that I have to do to edits. Also remember that if you are going to edit a post, look for any improvements that can be made! Nothing is too good for SE, things can always be improved. If I still see post that has glaring improvements that I have to improve I will improve them and mark that the suggested edit as not helpful (since it was too minor).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another thing when suggesting edits is to check the tags. Tags keep the site organized by sections, look for tags that are either relevant or not to the question and change them so the correct people can see them. If a question is about installing a game in wine and only have the installation tag, add the wine tag along with any other relevant tag. Is probable that the installation tag won't be relevant in some cases.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For the reviewers, please guide users more strongly about the edits done in the posts. Also if you see anything that can be improved (as listed above) please do so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-05-23T12:39:54.233" LastActivityDate="2013-10-24T23:23:14.340" Title="What should be edited out of the questions/anwers/posts in general?" Tags="|discussion|suggested-edits|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="14" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7511" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7507" CreationDate="2013-10-19T21:57:17.817" Score="12" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;AU is not really a place for discussing matters, it is also not suitable at all for leading OP through step-by-step &quot;do X and tell if it helped, I'll tell you what next&quot;. This is thing for the forums, but apparently a huge number of those who ask new question need that sort of help (even though they usually do not realize that their question would be best turned into a free posts exchange).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The site is designed for editing. Instead of &quot;do X and then tell me what next&quot; it's &quot;do X and then edit your question&quot;, THEN you can either adjust your answer or if it leads to another thing the user has to do they need to edit it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;But the vast majority, more than 3/4 of questions are plain boring support requests. &quot;trouble when upgrading ...&quot;, &quot;dpkg fails with &quot;, &quot;kernel panic when browsing internet&quot;, &quot;why is my BCM4313 failing to perform DHCP blah blah, here are my system logs, what should I do?&quot;. This is fine,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't think those questions are fine, I usually vote to close those. Usually most of these are bug reports; we just need to keep voting and closing!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;be it their question getting closed while the original duplicate does not help, or any other reason.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They should add that to the question! If someone says &quot;I looked at this question and it didn't help me&quot; then we won't close it, but in my experience the question is so vague that the user doesn't give us enough information for us to act on. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2013-10-19T21:57:17.817" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7512" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7507" CreationDate="2013-10-20T04:49:53.623" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;Background: I'm a long-time user of stack-exchange websites, fairly new user to AU.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most of the issues that bother the OP seem to be the same ones that plague all website veterans when encountering the tide of the new users that come with an upsurge in popularity. In my mind, they boil down to: &quot;The new users don't play by the rules.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I agree that writing answers in this situation is less rewarding. So don't - this is a situation where moderation tools are more important than answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At least, that's true for people who want to write answers for posterity. But often enough there's a trickle of new users who stay around long enough to want to desperately bid for more XP, and they'll be willing to answer anything. If enough of them are have just the right amount of knowledge, then the website will continue to function as a Q&amp;amp;A website.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I expect that the quality of the site will seem to only improve. The really common questions that users will want answered will get ranked up by UA and Google up, so the drive-by asker will get directed to that first. And we can never know when a new question will turn out to be a hugely common issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="156011" LastActivityDate="2013-10-20T04:49:53.623" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7513" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7501" CreationDate="2013-10-20T17:06:45.230" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;It should not be migrated for two reasons:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The fact that it is more on-topic on another site doesn't mean it's off-topic here. The subject of the question applies to Ubuntu in full regard. Moreover, if the OP only uses Ubuntu distributions this is even a better place than UL, because all the answers regarding other OSs like BSD/Sun, etc. might be totally irrelevant to him.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Old answered questions are of no value to be migrated. All the current answers/comments are applicable to Ubuntu and if it gets migrated to a site with a much broader scope current posts might be criticized for being too narrow on how things work in Ubuntu (if applicable - I'm not able to oversee that now). That's not nice.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="88802" LastActivityDate="2013-10-20T17:06:45.230" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7514" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7515" CreationDate="2013-10-21T08:57:36.790" Score="1" ViewCount="151" Body="&lt;p&gt;How can I bump my question up to the front page so it will be seen without asking it again? I feel like once you ask a question, if it's not answered that day, it kind of goes into limbo.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="160822" OwnerDisplayName="Skateguy" LastEditorUserId="25798" LastEditDate="2013-10-21T09:56:06.527" LastActivityDate="2013-10-21T09:56:06.527" Title="How do I bump questions?" Tags="|discussion|asking-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2013-10-22T17:19:32.290" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7515" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7514" CreationDate="2013-10-21T09:05:22.513" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Questions about questions are what we call &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/&quot;&gt;meta-questions&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your question was already &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3540/how-can-i-bump-my-unsolved-question&quot;&gt;raised there&lt;/a&gt;. You have &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges&quot;&gt;the privilege&lt;/a&gt; to parcitipate in  &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com&lt;/a&gt; as soon as you've got 5 or more reputation. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75166" OwnerDisplayName="MadMike" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2013-10-21T09:05:22.513" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7516" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-10-21T19:45:47.800" Score="13" ViewCount="236" Body="&lt;p&gt;I followed a suggestion posted on this site that resulted in an unbootable system.  Not being allowed to comment, I deliberately violated policy and posted a comment as an answer.  I would not have done this but I thought it was important to warn other people against trying the advice.  In fairness the advice was listed as &quot;not recommended&quot; but contained no indication of actual danger.  I don't think advice leading to this outcome belongs on this site, but with no other way to notate what had happened, I thought I was doing other users a service.  I thought I raised a serious issue, and that issue has not been dealt with but buried.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I will try to play by the rules from now on, but the rules seem more restrictive than they should to me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="205775" OwnerDisplayName="stevecoh1" LastEditorUserId="3940" LastEditDate="2013-10-22T06:15:43.563" LastActivityDate="2013-10-22T12:22:55.113" Title="As a new user, what can I do if I find potentially harmful procedures in an answer?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7517" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7516" CreationDate="2013-10-22T06:35:19.043" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;As a new user there are restrictions for downvoting and commenting for resons already discussed extensively.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Nevertheless whenever we find code or procedures in an answer that may potentially harm or already damaged our system it is a good idea and very welcome to warn other users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The usual procedure would be taking one or more of the following steps:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;edit the post to remove malicious code&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;edit the post to improve buggy procedures&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;edit the post to include a clear warning message&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;downvote the post&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;comment on the post to ask the OP for clarification&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;flag the post for moderator attention&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We can see from this list that it is only commenting, downvoting, or flagging which is not possible for a new user. &lt;strong&gt;Editing&lt;/strong&gt; is possible for every user, even if they had only 1 reputation point. Edit suggestions will immediately appear in the review queue waiting for approval (which needs to be done to prevent spam). Flagging for moderator attention needs a reputation of 15 reputation points.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3940" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2013-10-22T12:22:55.113" LastActivityDate="2013-10-22T12:22:55.113" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7518" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7516" CreationDate="2013-10-22T09:26:27.967" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Faced with your problem, I think the best thing anybody could do is to get to 5 rep to ask their own Meta question. Yours was converted from the main site... Which works but uses up people's time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Earning that little rep can be done by fixing a couple of posts and having the edits approved (takes ~10 minutes on a slow day) but &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/whats-reputation&quot;&gt;there are other ways&lt;/a&gt;. My point is you don't need to be an Ubuntu guru to get access to the basic tools, you just need to demonstrate you know how the site works.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you can post on Meta, frame a question around the technique or code being suggested. I'm all for removing dangerous content but &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/287917/449&quot;&gt;in this case&lt;/a&gt; it's not out-and-out malicious code; it's certainly not black and white.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It can be dangerous but it &lt;em&gt;does&lt;/em&gt; occasionally work (IME).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It's prefixed with a warning in bold.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It's surrounded by answers that suggest a better, safer method.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've strengthened the warning slightly but I see no basis to remove it. Every answer on that page is telling you to do something else. If you ignored that, it's possible there's a bigger problem with your Ubuntu install.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2013-10-22T09:26:27.967" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7519" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-10-22T13:19:30.723" Score="0" ViewCount="100" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've seen questions lately that only ask about how to upgrade from one version to the next (not LTS, not skipping releases) that are even &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/363726/169736&quot;&gt;getting upvoted&lt;/a&gt; (for godness sake). I don't see where is the point of this questions where either update-manager or &lt;code&gt;do-release-upgrade&lt;/code&gt; could cope with any situation (again, I'm talking about questions that only ask &lt;em&gt;how to&lt;/em&gt; not &lt;em&gt;I tried, but now I have a problem&lt;/em&gt;). Obviously, there is a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/110477/169736&quot;&gt;canonical question&lt;/a&gt; but it feels that somehow is too complicated/long answers could make afraid users since it's either needlessly detailed or overly complicated (Foss answer is ok, if you are willing to read).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, when someone just want to do something &lt;em&gt;&quot;simple&quot;&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;&quot;fast&quot;&lt;/em&gt; just write the first 5 sentences in a &quot;Quick Start&quot; fashion, normally that's what users that aren't willing to 'read' will read and just take the ride, and if something fail (Murphy's law in action?) then include notes in between about where to read.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2013-10-26T21:09:23.330" Title="Are we making overly extensive answers, that could somehow make afraid the users?" Tags="|discussion|answers|canonical-answer|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7520" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7519" CreationDate="2013-10-22T14:20:27.563" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;You shouldn't assume the user has found the canonical post. Either because they couldn't find it, or they didn't look, or it not coming up when they wrote their title* because the canonical one is too generic... There are many reasons people don't find the big posts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want to give them the benefit of the doubt, assume they stuck &quot;ubuntu upgrade&quot; into Google. The first result is an Ubuntu.com page:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/upgrade&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/upgrade&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;URL looks good. Content is clear enough but it's extremely simple. The user said they were having issues (this isn't a simple &quot;How do I upgrade?&quot;) and look at the bottom of the Ubuntu.com instructions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;And if you get stuck… &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/&quot;&gt;Ask Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Neat for us, but rather than giving them better documentation (which already exists) we're pushing them at a support site where people are expected to ask questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We should either be recommending that Ubuntu.com links to specific questions, or that Ubuntu.com links to the Ubuntu Wiki which then links to us in a &quot;And if all else fails...&quot; gesture.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And on the subject of canonical question quality, there are two exclusive states a good post can fit into:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Canonical, thorough but a long and over-achieving&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Concise, easily digestible but won't cater to all edge cases&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can't really do both in one question. Thankfully when somebody asks a specific question, we can give a concise answer and link to the second.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We don't need to dupe &lt;em&gt;everything&lt;/em&gt; against a canonical question. We should strive that there's only one or two 13.04→13.10 upgrade questions but having one or two of those means that users in the future will be able to find the right thing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;*The title search is awful. Put &quot;upgrade 13.04 13.10&quot; into a new title and none of the posts that come up seem useful or relevant.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2013-10-22T14:20:27.563" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7521" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7500" CreationDate="2013-10-23T06:05:22.583" Score="5" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Only specific questions require specific expertise&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;This is not a specific question and thus should be closed.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think you would have closed the question had you not answered it yourself. Quite frankly, the only reason such a vague question is open is because you are the one protecting it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The OP should have been forced to make his question more specific, about a specific language, a specific type of development, the availability of certain software or of didactic resources, whatever. But not just 'why use ubuntu for programming?'&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Otherwise expect the following type of questions,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;'What advantages does Ubuntu have as an environment for hacking?'&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;'What advantages does Ubuntu have as an environment for writing?'&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;'What advantages does Ubuntu have as an environment for learning about computers?'&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;...&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sure, these will be high-traffic questions, but they corrupt the system, are outdated quite fast, and can never be complete. If a question cannot be completely answered, it is not sufficiently specific!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is the type of question that will get a &amp;quot;this question is here for historical reasons&amp;quot; tag. This question should have been on the forum, not the QA site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would love to see another mod close the question. You have gained +650 rep from that question, so I personally find &lt;strong&gt;you should have asked another mod&lt;/strong&gt; to judge this question and clean it up when needed. There's plenty of excellent mods or trusted users (like Jorge on the present page) that would have given you an honest opinion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="115155" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-10-23T06:05:22.583" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7522" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7523" CreationDate="2013-10-23T12:38:28.080" Score="14" ViewCount="226" Body="&lt;p&gt;So I was trying to build up enough reputation to be able to do simple things like vote on questions and the like. I tried to answer some questions the best I could and now I have been answer banned. It seems really difficult for new users to get involved. Should I just shut up and go away? I have a bitter taste in my mouth for sure. I mean I had some good answers with up votes, and one bad answer that started getting voted down so I removed it but I was auto-banned by the system from answering more questions. It is really frustrating.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="194983" LastActivityDate="2013-10-23T12:51:48.297" Title="Can't get there from here should I just give up?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7523" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7522" CreationDate="2013-10-23T12:51:48.297" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;I can see your answers. There's no diplomatic way to deal with this so I'll give you a quick review:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/354993/how-to-remove-lines-from-the-text-file-containing-specific-words-through-termina/354997#354997&quot;&gt;first&lt;/a&gt; didn't answer the question. It didn't remove the whole line and it was using find for some unknown reason. You deleted this one too.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/354858/internet-problem-repeated-disconnection-and-connection/355002#355002&quot;&gt;second&lt;/a&gt; was a punt. You got a down-vote and deleted it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/12473/file-and-directory-comparison-tool/355013#355013&quot;&gt;last&lt;/a&gt; didn't explain how &lt;code&gt;rsync&lt;/code&gt; had anything to do with file comparison. It was deleted because it just wasn't an answer to the question.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's a common theme here in that your answers don't really answer the questions. A code fragment here, a link there... But no cohesive reasoning.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do understand that it might seem frustrating but there's a clear gap between what you're posting and answers that get a high number of votes. They're not getting upvotes because they're written by people with reputation, they're getting votes because they answer the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Perhaps spending some time suggesting improvements to otherwise full-bodied answers would be a benefit. You'll earn a couple of rep each time you have an edit approved and you'll get a better idea of what we expect.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I hope it hasn't been too harrowing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2013-10-23T12:51:48.297" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7524" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-10-23T19:00:46.597" Score="1" ViewCount="53" Body="&lt;p&gt;I hope I'm not over-thinking this, but I have a question about good answering.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question in question is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/360320/where-have-the-keyboard-layout-options-gone-in-ubuntu-13-10&quot;&gt;Where have the Keyboard Layout Options gone in Ubuntu 13.10?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think the simple answer is that the settings are no longer exposed by &lt;em&gt;System Settings&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One user has mentioned in a comment that &lt;code&gt;gnome-tweak-tool&lt;/code&gt; can handle these settings and has been encouraged to put this in an answer. I don't want to take that opportunity away from that user.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's also possible to change these settings using &lt;code&gt;dconf-editor&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;gsettings&lt;/code&gt;, or xkb tools.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was about to post an answer about &lt;code&gt;dconf-editor&lt;/code&gt; (and how to find a list of the needed settings syntax), but then realized the OP says he knows how to do all of that and it's not what he wants.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, some readers may not want to pull in the dependencies from the tweak tool; but may not know how to makes the changes in &lt;code&gt;dconf-editor&lt;/code&gt; or what the proper strings are.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm hesitant to submit this answer only to be told that it doesn't answer the question since the OP already knows it, but I think it's good info to get out there. So I'm asking for advice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117123" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2013-10-23T19:51:27.570" Title="Is it appropriate to answer by expanding on things implied or mentioned in the question as something the OP already knows?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7525" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7524" CreationDate="2013-10-23T19:51:27.570" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is duped to an offtopic bug - so I wouldn't worry about it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Otherwise, if a asker says he &quot;knows it can be done in...&quot; terminal or some settings editor, should we prevent that answer - when other users that find the post (that just want a workaround or solution regardless of terminal or gui use) could benefit?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastActivityDate="2013-10-23T19:51:27.570" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7526" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-10-24T16:08:15.133" Score="2" ViewCount="86" Body="&lt;p&gt;We have a tag called &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/mint&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;mint&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;mint&lt;/a&gt;, and one user &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/365085/straight-into-bios-after-starting-windows-8-on-asus-zenbook?noredirect=1#comment467140_365085&quot;&gt;said&lt;/a&gt; that it led him to believe that Mint questions are on topic, which they aren't. Is there &lt;em&gt;any&lt;/em&gt; way in which this tag is useful or should we just delete it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="38094" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2013-10-24T18:58:32.117" Title="We have a Mint tag" Tags="|discussion|tags|derivatives|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2016-06-01T14:20:10.750" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7528" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7526" CreationDate="2013-10-24T17:57:27.053" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, since people actually use that tag it makes it easy for us to find topics about &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/mint&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;mint&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;mint&lt;/a&gt; &gt;:-D&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We also have a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/fedora&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;fedora&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;fedora&lt;/a&gt; tag used 63 times. And &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/windows-7&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;windows-7&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;windows-7&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/windows-8&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;windows-8&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;windows-8&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/windows-xp&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;windows-xp&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;windows-xp&lt;/a&gt; even &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/windows-phone&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;windows-phone&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;windows-phone&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A Mint question could be valid if you have Ubuntu/Mint with Ubuntu/Mint in a VBox and there is a problem with the communication between the two. Or with a dual-boot setup. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As long as there is a relation with a supported Ubuntu operating system and secondly a relation with Mint it is valid. Solely Mint is not valid.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastEditorUserId="114818" LastEditDate="2013-10-24T18:57:39.783" LastActivityDate="2013-10-24T18:57:39.783" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7529" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7510" CreationDate="2013-10-24T23:23:14.340" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can you integrate this with the exiting editing guide?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/830/editing-tips-and-tricks&quot;&gt;Editing tips and tricks&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2013-10-24T23:23:14.340" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7530" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7531" CreationDate="2013-10-25T04:45:42.253" Score="1" ViewCount="44" Body="&lt;p&gt;The answer &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/365413/164891&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; seems to be a question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So the question I have is this: should I leave a comment asking the poster to create a new question, or should I flag it so that a moderator can remove it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="164891" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2013-10-25T17:33:28.070" Title="Questions in Answers" Tags="|discussion|flagging|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7531" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7530" CreationDate="2013-10-25T05:28:46.397" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;You should do both.  I say this because the flag will get a moderator involved, and the comment will tell the poster that they are doing it wrong and should instead post a question.  This comment may actually show in the inbox even if the &quot;answer&quot; is deleted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any answer that is &quot;Not an Answer&quot; (&quot;NaA&quot;) should be flagged for a mod to either turn it into a comment or delete it if it isn't suitable as a comment or answer (in this case, for example)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are also cases where NaA items are actually spam and should be flagged instead for spam, however those cases are rare.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This &quot;answer&quot; that you identified, though, suffers from one additional, very huge flaw: it's a question that would not be on topic on Ask Ubuntu anyways.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Kali linux, referred to in their answer, is based off of Debian, and is a variant (aka &quot;rebirth&quot;) of BackTrack..  Because BackTrack is not a supported derivative of Ubuntu, and Kali isn't even a derivative of Ubuntu, they are offtopic, as outlined in the Help Center items about what is or is not on topic here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The individual should be directed to use &lt;a href=&quot;http://unix.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;Unix and Linux&lt;/a&gt; instead, and I have commented on both the &quot;Post questions as new questions&quot; and the &quot;Kali linux is not supported on this site&quot; aspect, and also flagged that &quot;answer&quot; as Not an Answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2013-10-25T17:33:28.070" LastActivityDate="2013-10-25T17:33:28.070" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7532" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-10-25T07:52:19.273" Score="5" ViewCount="58" Body="&lt;p&gt;When reviewing &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/first-posts&quot;&gt;First Posts&lt;/a&gt; &lt;strong&gt;questions&lt;/strong&gt;, it would be very helpful to add the &lt;code&gt;Related&lt;/code&gt; section which we can see in the right side bar of a question page like this one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This can make reviewing questions slightly simpler and more efficient, specifically for locating dupes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2014-07-30T14:08:41.230" Title="Add related posts during question reviews" Tags="|feature-request|review|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7533" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-10-25T09:10:10.187" Score="2" ViewCount="42" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't understand why this question &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/301814/how-to-run-neogeo-games&quot;&gt;How to run neogeo games&lt;/a&gt; is marked of duplicate of this question &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/988/how-can-i-install-windows-software-also-games&quot;&gt;How can I install Windows software or games?&lt;/a&gt; ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The first one ask about &lt;em&gt;emulation in Ubuntu&lt;/em&gt;, where there is an emulation in ubuntu without installing windows specific like mednafen for example.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The second one ask &lt;em&gt;how to install Windows games&lt;/em&gt;, and of course the answers are related to that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it was a different question and different answer why mark it as duplicate?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="66479" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2013-10-25T21:06:59.187" Title="why different question marked as duplicate (on emulation and installing exe)?" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7534" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7533" CreationDate="2013-10-25T09:14:56.820" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Because the people doing the closing got it wrong.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've reopened it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2013-10-25T09:14:56.820" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7535" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7536" CreationDate="2013-10-25T09:42:29.117" Score="1" ViewCount="140" Body="&lt;p&gt;I asked a question at Ask Ubuntu. A user posted an answer and comment. But I did not receive any email notification of the response.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In preferences, I have email id set, Inbox emails and Other emails checked.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="206719" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2017-11-04T10:07:05.010" LastActivityDate="2017-11-04T10:07:05.010" Title="Not receiving any email notification for my post or comment" Tags="|support|user-accounts|notifications|email|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7536" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7535" CreationDate="2013-10-25T10:17:51.567" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Emails are not sent as soon as someone posts an answer or comments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Emails in Stack Exchange websites are more like digests.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The way they work is, if you don't check your notification messages (The ones in the top left, where it says `StackExchange) for a certain amount of time (depending on your preferences), you get an email saying:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;1 new item in your Stack Exchange inbox&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course it's not always 1, it's just as many items as there are in your inbox.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastActivityDate="2013-10-25T10:17:51.567" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7537" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7540" CreationDate="2013-10-25T11:01:20.417" Score="1" ViewCount="64" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've found a couple of odd tags, starting with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/alt&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;alt&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;alt&lt;/a&gt; which I believe would have more sense if used &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/keyboard&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;keyboard&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;keyboard&lt;/a&gt; instead (yeah, 101 tags for each key in the keyboard is overkill) but the funny thing is that it's also a html attribute, so both on topic, both could be misused. Same with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/tabs&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;tabs&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;tabs&lt;/a&gt;, seems that is used for Tabulation key &lt;strong&gt;and&lt;/strong&gt; tabs of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tab_%28GUI%29&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;tabbed document interface&lt;/a&gt;. So, what to do with 'em?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2013-10-25T14:31:06.967" Title="Odd tags... well, rather keyboard keys tags" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7538" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7546" CreationDate="2013-10-25T13:41:04.697" Score="4" ViewCount="258" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just happened to come across a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/famous-question&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;famous-question&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;famous-question&lt;/a&gt; that was deleted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(post deleted or otherwise unavailable)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;link1: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/badges/28/famous-question?userid=8561&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/help/badges/28/famous-question?userid=8561&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;link2: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/badges/28/famous-question?userid=15988&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/help/badges/28/famous-question?userid=15988&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;link3: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/badges/28/famous-question?userid=667&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/help/badges/28/famous-question?userid=667&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;since a lot of these question help people in general, what to do when one is deleted?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note&lt;/strong&gt;: when searching &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/badges/28/famous-question&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; you will find more of those &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit&lt;/strong&gt;: all of the pages whit the afore mentioned message:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.google.nl/#q=post+deleted+or+otherwise+unavailable+site:askubuntu.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.google.nl/#q=post+deleted+or+otherwise+unavailable+site:askubuntu.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="36315" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.293" LastActivityDate="2013-10-25T18:56:36.350" Title="What to do when a user deletes a famous question?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7539" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7538" CreationDate="2013-10-25T13:50:18.443" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Nothing... they were deleted for a &quot;good&quot; reason...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2013-10-25T13:50:18.443" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7540" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7537" CreationDate="2013-10-25T14:31:06.967" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/alt&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;alt&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;alt&lt;/a&gt; is a terrible tag. Equally &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/tabs&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;tabs&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;tabs&lt;/a&gt; is a terrible tag for either definition (keyboard or GUI). Both should likely be killed off as they are, in my opinion, dreaded &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/08/the-death-of-meta-tags/&quot;&gt;META tags&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2013-10-25T14:31:06.967" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7541" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-10-25T14:54:36.720" Score="4" ViewCount="45" Body="&lt;p&gt;Recently I saw that there are several PGP/GPG related tags:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/openpgp&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;openpgp&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;openpgp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/pgp&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;pgp&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;pgp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/gnupg&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;gnupg&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;gnupg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/gpg&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;gpg&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;gpg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to my knowledge gpg is the short form of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gnupg.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;GnuPG&lt;/a&gt;. The executable file is also called &lt;code&gt;gpg&lt;/code&gt;. So I think &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/gpg&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;gpg&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;gpg&lt;/a&gt; should be a synonym of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/gnupg&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;gnupg&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;gnupg&lt;/a&gt;. What do you think?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="236" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2013-10-26T16:12:50.037" LastActivityDate="2013-10-26T16:12:50.037" Title="Should gpg be a synonym of gnupg?" Tags="|discussion|status-completed|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7542" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7541" CreationDate="2013-10-25T14:58:58.367" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, that's a good spot. I have merged the &lt;code&gt;gpg&lt;/code&gt; posts into &lt;code&gt;gnupg&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2013-10-25T14:58:58.367" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7543" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-10-25T15:11:37.213" Score="2" ViewCount="87" Body="&lt;p&gt;The bug is on the phone. Yes I know there are many. I won't go into the nature of the bug, but I am pretty sure it is one. It is however not registered on lauchpad (yet).I Also checked with ppl on the touch irc. Nothing definite there although someone said he had seen it. So its vague. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I could just submit it on LP and see what happens. But the bug could be caused by faulty hardware. It seems usefull to check with AU users if this bug can be confirmed or replicated, before putting in the effort of an LP submit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, one could argue that AU is not for that really. It is not a bug testing site. I suspect someone will close my topic on the grounds that if its a suspected bug, I should just go to LP.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So my question is: could I ask that question? :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="115085" LastActivityDate="2013-10-25T20:09:33.340" Title="Is it okay to ask for confirmation of a suspected bug?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7544" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7543" CreationDate="2013-10-25T15:30:14.887" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Actually, the best way to track bugs and see if people can replicate the behavior is in LaunchPad, since it's a bug &lt;strong&gt;tracker&lt;/strong&gt; were several people can suscribe themself to it. So no, bugs or suspecting bugs are off-topic in AskUbuntu. What is a bug?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A software bug is an error or fault in a computer program which makes it fail to work as it's supposed to. This could be as simple as failing to work at all, or as complicated as a subtly incorrect result. Nevertheless, we really want to eliminate software bugs, as they make programs less useful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some things aren't bugs, but are missing features that should be reasonably included. Missing features shouldn't be reported as bugs, instead FeatureSpecifications should be written for them. There isn't a bright line that you can draw between bugs and missing features, but here's a guideline: &lt;strong&gt;if it's a problem that would have many details to address, it's likely to be a feature&lt;/strong&gt;. For example, the inability to write files safely to a modern OS X partition is a missing feature. The inability to write files safely to a ReiserFS partition would be a bug.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A software bug is an error, flaw, failure, or fault in a computer program or system that produces an incorrect or unexpected result, or causes it to behave in unintended ways. Most bugs arise from mistakes and errors made by people in either a program's source code or its design, or in frameworks and operating systems used by such programs, and a few are caused by compilers producing incorrect code. A program that contains a large number of bugs, and/or bugs that seriously interfere with its functionality, is said to be buggy. Reports detailing bugs in a program are commonly known as bug reports, defect reports, fault reports, problem reports, trouble reports, change requests, and so forth.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Bugs trigger errors that can in turn have a wide variety of ripple effects, with varying levels of inconvenience to the user of the program. Some bugs have only a subtle effect on the program's functionality, and may thus lie undetected for a long time. More serious bugs may cause the program to crash or freeze. Others qualify as security bugs and might for example enable a malicious user to bypass access controls in order to obtain unauthorized privileges.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;TL;dr:&lt;/strong&gt; Bugs are errors that are always reproducible under certain circumstances and behaviors unexpected of the piece of software.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-10-25T17:35:52.613" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7545" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7543" CreationDate="2013-10-25T17:36:36.477" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;While I agree with Braiam's answer here, I will make a note:  Feature requests and help with bugs are not on topic here on Ask Ubuntu.  If you want to ask someone to try and confirm a bug, file the bug on Launchpad, don't ask people here to confirm if a bug exists.  Anything bug related is off-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2013-10-25T20:09:33.340" LastActivityDate="2013-10-25T20:09:33.340" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7546" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7538" CreationDate="2013-10-25T18:56:36.350" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;Users &lt;em&gt;cannot&lt;/em&gt; delete their own question once it receives an up-voted answer, so it is &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;extremely&lt;/em&gt; unlikely&lt;/strong&gt; a user will be able to delete their 'famous-questions' after the fact. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Such questions are almost certainly deleted for reasons of moderation.  If you have a question why a particular action was taken, the best place to ask is on this community’s meta forum. Asking in the meta forum allows those who took the action to comment, and will help others to learn about the issues being discussed. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="62" LastActivityDate="2013-10-25T18:56:36.350" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7547" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7570" CreationDate="2013-10-26T15:22:45.760" Score="7" ViewCount="127" Body="&lt;p&gt;Could someone tell me the pro's of having &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/learn&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;learn&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;learn&lt;/a&gt;? Some questions are closed (as dupe, 1 NARQ). The others are very subjective (where do I start?), or too broad (asking for &lt;em&gt;&quot;good&quot;&lt;/em&gt; books), instead asking questions that really have an answer. I say the tag has to go and the questions that aren't questions being closed accordingly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Seems that there is consensus. Anyone up for the task?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/learn&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/learn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2013-11-05T15:00:52.393" Title="What is the &quot;learn&quot; tag good for?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7548" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-10-26T21:03:14.203" Score="4" ViewCount="113" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are currently three questions with the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/sysv&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;sysv&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;sysv&lt;/a&gt; tag ; I don't think this really adds much.  It is used to describe &quot;sysv-like&quot; behavior, and cases where it is used would be better served by describing how it is relevant, in the context of an answer or question, not as a tag or as shorthand. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think the other tags cover the init behavior and sysV-ish behavior well enough. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8844" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2013-10-26T21:18:38.733" LastActivityDate="2013-10-26T21:37:29.663" Title="Can the sysv tag be deleted?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7549" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7519" CreationDate="2013-10-26T21:09:23.330" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I suggest a new section on the site listing the top ten 'quick help' answered and verified questions for the most common queries for such users. If not a full-time section, we can have it up at least for special event times such as new version release...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="145823" LastActivityDate="2013-10-26T21:09:23.330" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7550" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7548" CreationDate="2013-10-26T21:21:28.963" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;We should synonymize with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/init&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;init&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;init&lt;/a&gt; since both are intrinsically related (if you are doing a SysV-like script, is likely you will use it for init).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2013-10-26T21:21:28.963" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7551" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7548" CreationDate="2013-10-26T21:26:19.360" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If there's a better tag (that already describes what this does) we could merged it in and symlink... But I'm not sure I see the utility of removing it for the sake of removing it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this case there are other init styles and managers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Letting people specify both &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/upstart&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;upstart&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;upstart&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/sysv&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;sysv&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;sysv&lt;/a&gt; lets users differentiate or draw attention to what their question really means.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/init&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;init&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;init&lt;/a&gt; is currently being used to describe both sysv and upstart scripts.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/init.d&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;init.d&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;init.d&lt;/a&gt; has overlap but is hardly the right description.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I agree it doesn't add much but it also doesn't hurt much. I'd be for leaving it as is. If anything, I'd be suggesting merging &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/init.d&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;init.d&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;init.d&lt;/a&gt; &lt;em&gt;into&lt;/em&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/sysv&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;sysv&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;sysv&lt;/a&gt;. At least then we're calling it the right thing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2013-10-26T21:26:19.360" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7552" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7548" CreationDate="2013-10-26T21:37:29.663" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since this could be dragout, can we just rename the tag to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/sysv-init&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;sysv-init&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;sysv-init&lt;/a&gt;. That way we are very clear that we are talking about System V init scripts, which seems to be the topic of the questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2013-10-26T21:37:29.663" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7553" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-10-27T20:45:48.467" Score="-2" ViewCount="77" Body="&lt;p&gt;I got &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/366887/some-nice-icon-themes-for-ubuntu?noredirect=1#comment469264_366887&quot;&gt;this comment&lt;/a&gt; regarding &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/65083/169736&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; expressing that &quot;if that was a-ok, why mine is not&quot;. Hence to prevent further problems with these kind of questions lets close and archive it for its historical value. The answers should be candidates to be closed for these motive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;BTW, instead of &quot;What different desktop environments and shells are available?&quot; (which can change and is evergrowing) questions like these should be rephrased as &quot;How to install X desktop manager?&quot; or &quot;How to install X shell?&quot;. This keeps the Q&amp;amp;A format pretty well and offers a pinpointed help to each user. Does anyone want to know 'how many X are?' Just look in the &lt;code&gt;apt-cache search X&lt;/code&gt; and be dealt with.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;$ apt-cache search &quot;Session Manager&quot;&#xA;gnome-session - GNOME Session Manager - GNOME 3 session&#xA;gnome-session-bin - GNOME Session Manager - Minimal runtime&#xA;gnome-session-common - GNOME Session Manager - common files&#xA;libsm-dev - X11 Session Management library (development headers)&#xA;libsm-doc - documentation for the X Session Management protocol and library&#xA;libsm6 - X11 Session Management library&#xA;libsm6-dbg - X11 Session Management library (debug package)&#xA;x11-session-utils - X session utilities&#xA;gnome-session-fallback - GNOME Session Manager - GNOME fallback session&#xA;gpe-login - login window for the G Palmtop Environment&#xA;jack-tools - various JACK tools: dl, record, scope, osc, plumbing, udp, play, transport&#xA;kde-workspace-bin - core binaries for the KDE Plasma Workspace&#xA;lxsession - default session manager for LXDE&#xA;lxsession-dbg - default session manager for LXDE - debug package&#xA;razorqt-session - Session manager component for Razor-qt desktop environment&#xA;xfce4-session - Xfce4 Session Manager&#xA;xfce4-session-dbg - Xfce4 Session Manager (debug symbols)&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;KDE, Gnome, LXDE, XFCE are there. Others may be under the name of &quot;Window Manager&quot; or &quot;File manager&quot;, etc. Either way, these kind of questions &lt;em&gt;should go&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is the close reason:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This question exists because it has historical significance, but it is not considered a good, on-topic question for this site, so please do not use it as evidence that you can ask similar questions here. More info: FAQ&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe it could be tweaked a bit. For looking candidates I would recommend using&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=answers%3A20&lt;/code&gt; This looks for questions that has 20 answers or more.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2014-02-24T22:42:44.633" Title="Questions candidates that should be closed for historical reasons?" Tags="|discussion|scope|best-practice|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7554" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7553" CreationDate="2013-10-27T20:45:48.467" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;About a month ago was modified since the introduction of Ubuntu GNOME Remix. There are 21 answers and I doubt it will stop as people find what they feel accustomed with and the most popular desktops are ever changing too. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/65083/169736&quot;&gt;What kinds of desktop environments and shells are available?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2013-10-27T20:45:48.467" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7555" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7553" CreationDate="2013-10-27T20:59:17.353" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have tons of keyboard shortcuts that makes my life more easy, I don't need a list of them nonetheless.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/1242/169736&quot;&gt;What are some useful keyboard shortcuts?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2013-10-27T20:59:17.353" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7556" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7553" CreationDate="2013-10-27T21:04:23.863" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just reading the title gave me goosebumps. &quot;you recommend&quot; = subjective. &lt;code&gt;apt-cache search &quot;time track*&quot;&lt;/code&gt; gave as results 8 of 20, I say if I used aptitude/synaptic/USC I would have got more (also that my search term kinda sucks).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/4113/169736&quot;&gt;Which Time Tracker application do you recommend?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2013-10-27T21:04:23.863" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7557" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-10-27T22:48:36.057" Score="4" ViewCount="61" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was picked up yesterday because I appear to have double commented on some questions&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Y7uQB.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/v9Zwd.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This was not intentional and appears to be a result of my wifi disappearing momentarily due to local interference from other wifi hotspots.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this a bug, and what can I do to stop this happening again? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="107450" LastActivityDate="2013-10-28T00:38:54.903" Title="Double posting of comments (Not intended)" Tags="|bug|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7558" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-10-28T00:29:25.933" Score="6" ViewCount="33" Body="&lt;p&gt;The tag &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/permissions&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;permissions&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;permissions&lt;/a&gt; is used for all questions relating to system permissions, whether it's filesystem permissions, permissions to burn DVDs, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We also have the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/rights&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;rights&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;rights&lt;/a&gt; tag which contains questions that would be part of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/permissions&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;permissions&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;permissions&lt;/a&gt; anyways.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can we make &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/rights&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;rights&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;rights&lt;/a&gt; a synonym of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/permissions&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;permissions&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;permissions&lt;/a&gt;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2013-10-28T00:32:51.410" LastActivityDate="2013-10-28T00:32:51.410" Title="Shouldn't the 'rights' tag be a synonym of 'permissions'?" Tags="|feature-request|status-completed|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7559" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7557" CreationDate="2013-10-28T00:38:54.903" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;These look like auto-comments.  When you vote to delete something with /review and quote one of the preexising reasons for it, such as &quot;Don't add Thank You&quot; it can sometimes autopost one of these, and if you autocomment it yourself with the pro forma comments plugin, you'll end up with double comments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2013-10-28T00:38:54.903" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7560" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7561" CreationDate="2013-10-28T01:12:30.493" Score="13" ViewCount="249" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've seen this for a while now. We are (miss)using the custom close reason:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/mJiRw.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/RkcrR.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Has anyone spoted the problem here? As you can see, both say the same with different wording. Why should we close it with a custom reason instead of the already loaded ones?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Same happens with Android questions (that has nothing to do with Ubuntu). The first close reason is &lt;strong&gt;&quot;This is not about Ubuntu.&quot;&lt;/strong&gt;. This should cover all cases where the question &lt;em&gt;is not about Ubuntu&lt;/em&gt;, I don't consider that we should write a close reason &lt;em&gt;just for&lt;/em&gt; Android, if we get several of these questions we could add the correct place were to ask to the first close reason. Of course, I'm not saying that you shouldn't write your own custom reason, but only write it &lt;strong&gt;if the other close reasons doesn't fit&lt;/strong&gt;. If there is already a close reason that applies, why write another?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2013-11-05T19:31:24.300" LastActivityDate="2013-11-05T19:31:24.300" Title="Please don't abuse of the custom close reasons (nor just agree with the previous close voters)" Tags="|discussion|close-reasons|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7561" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7560" CreationDate="2013-10-28T01:25:21.280" Score="19" Body="&lt;p&gt;I agree and would be tempted to expand the plea to:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Look at what you're doing when you're reviewing things!&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We've seen a few dodgy closes and attempted-closes slip through since the review system came in. It's a shame that closes can't be countered like-for-like.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By running through the reviews and rushing things by just agreeing, you're hurting the site. Don't do it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-10-28T01:25:21.280" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7562" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-10-28T03:01:16.980" Score="2" ViewCount="55" Body="&lt;p&gt;Someone posts an answer. Then someone posts another answer, &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; cotemporaneously, which provides information lacking from the first answer. I don't include totally different ways of doing things: someone asks for modifying a file and there are different answers, one with &lt;code&gt;sed&lt;/code&gt;, another uses &lt;code&gt;awk&lt;/code&gt;, a third likes &lt;code&gt;perl&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In other words, the first answer could be edited by the second poster (of the second answer) and be made complete or &quot;more&quot; complete.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the limited context, I feel it would be &lt;em&gt;better for Ask Ubuntu&lt;/em&gt; were the second poster to edit the first answer rather than post a second answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user25656" LastActivityDate="2013-10-28T03:39:12.683" Title="What is the preferred way: to edit a nearly complete answer to make it &quot;more&quot; complete or to post another answer?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7563" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7562" CreationDate="2013-10-28T03:22:09.250" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I say that each person should get credit (or critique) for their own answers. If someone has another method for the same task, they should make their own answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Put this example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Someone adds a method to an answer which is plain wrong. The OP will receive downvotes for that wrong part of it's answer. The same backwards, it would receive upvotes for giving a complete answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;SO, SU, and U&amp;amp;L have several questions where there are several methods to complete a task, and each user makes their own answer. If OP (answerer) discover another method, he should add it to his own answer, etc. If you are a new user, you should prefer making your own answers, since:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Editing other answer only gets you 2 rep, while your own answer could get you from 10 onwards reputation.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Your edit can be rejected as &lt;em&gt;&quot;This edit changes too much in the original post; the original meaning or intent of the post would be lost&quot;&lt;/em&gt; since your edit actually is too extensive and maybe the answerer didn't like it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You should get credit (critique) for your own answers. Is all the process of being better with time.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;TL;dr: Each person with their own answers. Unless is correcting a mistake of the already stablished answer you shouldn't edit someones answer and instead answer it yourself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Little &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/176482&quot;&gt;example&lt;/a&gt;, as you can see he added &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/366440/169736&quot;&gt;his own answer&lt;/a&gt; instead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2013-10-28T03:39:12.683" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7564" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-10-28T09:20:20.557" Score="1" ViewCount="33" Body="&lt;p&gt;My opinion is If we have &lt;code&gt;improve&lt;/code&gt; option in the wiki tags then if some wiki suggested tags needed a few word more suggestion then reviewer can do that If you would like to do so.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/tL2WI.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="33833" LastActivityDate="2013-10-28T09:20:20.557" Title="why shouldn't we have improve option in wiki tags?" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7567" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7568" CreationDate="2013-10-28T13:28:29.803" Score="0" ViewCount="37" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've seen that more often that most, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/multi-boot&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;multi-boot&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;multi-boot&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/triple-boot&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;triple-boot&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;triple-boot&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/dual-boot&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;dual-boot&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;dual-boot&lt;/a&gt; are usually about the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/boot&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;boot&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;boot&lt;/a&gt; process. Shouldn't we synonymize them all?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2013-10-28T14:01:52.163" LastActivityDate="2013-10-28T14:01:52.163" Title="Boot related tags, should we synonymize them all?" Tags="|discussion|status-completed|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7568" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7567" CreationDate="2013-10-28T13:44:08.807" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Not into &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/boot&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;boot&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;boot&lt;/a&gt; but maybe one tag to describe all multiple-boot scenarios.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/dual-boot&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;dual-boot&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;dual-boot&lt;/a&gt; covers it. What do you reckon?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2013-10-28T13:44:08.807" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7569" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5504" CreationDate="2013-10-28T13:56:57.950" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://play0ad.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ITf8C.png&quot; alt=&quot;A free, open-source game of ancient warfare&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="36315" LastEditorUserId="36315" LastEditDate="2013-10-28T18:52:19.603" LastActivityDate="2013-10-28T18:52:19.603" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-10-28T13:56:57.950" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7570" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7547" CreationDate="2013-10-29T20:34:53.753" Score="3" Body="&lt;h3&gt;No more learn tag.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This tag has been removed :D&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2013-10-29T20:34:53.753" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7572" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7573" CreationDate="2013-10-30T09:49:15.043" Score="2" ViewCount="88" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am referring to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/368385/8698&quot;&gt;this answer&lt;/a&gt;. I understand that, in theory, it can work in wine. But there is no claim about it whatsoever that it is 100% functional.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've written my 2 cents as comment on the answer:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;That links a paid solution that downloads an exe application (a.k.a. Windows Application). How can it be used in Ubuntu? Looking at the layout of the website (Sorry to say, but it has spyware written all over it), personally, I'd think twice before installing that software&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2013-10-30T09:52:10.460" Title="Can windows application be used as an answer in main?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7573" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7572" CreationDate="2013-10-30T09:52:10.460" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would say it is acceptable, as long as the software is know to work using WINE and there is no other obvious solution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Not in that specific case though...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;That answer was just deleted by &lt;em&gt;je&lt;/em&gt; because it sounded like spam, user will be monitored and suspended/removed if there are more posts like that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Use common sense where possible, it will make our lives so much easier. Spam is spotted from miles away, normally.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastActivityDate="2013-10-30T09:52:10.460" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7574" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-10-30T14:10:21.303" Score="2" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;Like the question says, I am asking how many reputation I need to include a screenshot in my questions or answers. I am currently resorting to external hosting of my images.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="163331" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2013-10-30T14:26:42.207" LastActivityDate="2013-10-30T14:36:09.263" Title="How many reputation do I need to upload a screenshot?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7575" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7574" CreationDate="2013-10-30T14:36:09.263" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I thought it was part of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/new-user&quot;&gt;New User limits&lt;/a&gt;. If that's the case, you'll need 10 rep to pass it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2013-10-30T14:36:09.263" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7577" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2571" CreationDate="2013-10-30T23:52:16.137" Score="1" Body="&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;408 Request Timeout&#xA;The server timed out waiting for the request.According to W3 HTTP specifications: &quot;The client did not produce a request within the time that the server was prepared to wait. The client MAY repeat the request without modifications at any later time.&quot;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do this and read the output: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;$ ping www.askubuntu.com&#xA;PING www.askubuntu.com (198.252.206.24) 56(84) bytes of data.&#xA;64 bytes from stackoverflow.com (198.252.206.24): icmp_req=1 ttl=50 time=85.5 ms&#xA;64 bytes from stackoverflow.com (198.252.206.24): icmp_req=2 ttl=50 time=85.6 ms&#xA;64 bytes from stackoverflow.com (198.252.206.24): icmp_req=3 ttl=50 time=89.7 ms&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This shows the communication time, speed and reliability in general.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;download inetutils-tracert, run traceroute&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;$ traceroute www.askubuntu.com&#xA;traceroute to www.askubuntu.com (198.252.206.24), 64 hops max&#xA; 1   10.139.9.1 (10.139.9.1) 10.232ms 9.770ms 8.345ms &#xA; 2   172.30.12.22 (172.30.12.22) 10.343ms 12.281ms 11.581ms &#xA; 3   12.249.197.9 (12.249.197.9) 12.984ms 13.875ms 16.044ms &#xA; 4   12.122.110.110 (12.122.110.110) 89.684ms 87.872ms 93.911ms &#xA; 5   12.122.1.117 (12.122.1.117) 88.182ms 91.147ms 92.359ms &#xA; 6   12.122.4.122 (12.122.4.122) 92.359ms 89.724ms 87.655ms &#xA; 7   12.122.2.54 (12.122.2.54) 90.548ms 92.049ms 86.408ms &#xA; 8   12.122.1.1 (12.122.1.1) 88.851ms 88.428ms 92.291ms &#xA; 9   12.122.105.25 (12.122.105.25) 88.494ms 87.322ms 87.010ms &#xA; 10   *  *  * &#xA; 11   216.52.95.65 (216.52.95.65) 87.549ms 89.689ms 91.751ms &#xA; 12   74.201.252.22 (74.201.252.22) 88.268ms 88.635ms 87.801ms &#xA; 13   198.252.206.24 (198.252.206.24) 86.200ms 86.098ms 86.729ms &#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This printout shows the path from my computer to the destination you are analyzing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You see in intervals package condition hopping from my computer to another all the way to the destination computer, the condition of the packets sent and if or if not I have.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a good connection from my computer to askubuntu.com I am not broadcasting anything that would be firewalled by the server.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="203188" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2013-10-31T00:45:04.170" LastActivityDate="2013-10-31T00:45:04.170" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7578" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7497" CreationDate="2013-10-31T01:34:22.620" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;So, Wubi + Windows 8 + UEFI = Offtopic. Noted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, I don't see what of the proforma reasons apply. Do we need something like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Wubi is not supported in Windows 8 installations using UEFI nor versions newer than 12.04 LTS. This is by-design. If you like to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/221835/169736&quot;&gt;install Ubuntu in a system with Windows 8&lt;/a&gt; or transform your current &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/635/169736&quot;&gt;Wubi installation into a full installation&lt;/a&gt;. For more information see &lt;a href=&quot;https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2013-April/036993.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any other idea?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2013-11-04T03:10:36.837" CommentCount="3" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-10-31T01:34:22.620" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7579" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-10-31T18:50:09.920" Score="23" ViewCount="712" Body="&lt;p&gt;Not to make a general case from the treatment of just one question but it seems that mere support questions are not only having the majority here but the community is getting so used to this that a question like&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/369105/what-is-ubuntus-policy-on-keeping-old-kernels&quot;&gt;What is Ubuntu&amp;#39;s policy on keeping old kernels&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;are getting downvoted. As I see it this question is short, precise, absolutely fit for a technical Q&amp;amp;A site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2013-11-22T07:39:30.387" Title="Should we get worried about in what direction Ask Ubuntu wanders?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7580" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7579" CreationDate="2013-10-31T19:30:33.440" Score="16" Body="&lt;p&gt;Seems like a great question to me, so I answered it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you see weird dogpiling of a question or something like that just post here on meta; bringing issues like this up to the rest of the community is a good way of keeping the system in check.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Also I learned something today about autocleaning kernels I didn't even know we did! So at the end of the day it's up to each of us to bring things up like this on meta when you see it.) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2013-10-31T19:30:33.440" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7581" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-10-31T22:15:06.670" Score="2" ViewCount="64" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been wondering if should devote my time to building a dictionary with new terminology updated already, so that the red, curly line doesn't show up questioning if you meant to spell Linux, or Ubuntu, EasyBCD, or 4g that way. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The current way the dictionaries have it is when the red squiggle shows we are given the option to update the dictionary, use the dictionary database for correct spelling, or leave it. Leaving it, leaves the correction process to happen again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I seem dry in writing this, don't be surprised, the question is no more boring that the correction process. After 50 or so corrections I get a little perturbed with the process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would you support such an undertaking?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The reason I ask this question is: Often my work in under appreciated. Whether or not I work my elbows off, &quot;this is just is&quot;, is the response I get and even though this work needs undertaken(1); If I write the new dictionary, It is to help others. Most people are affected by the dictionary as Word programs and BBrowsers all use this dictionaries system. The only word in this comment with the squiggled line on this explanation for me is that &quot;browsers&quot; with the two Bs and this one, one for the error &quot;BBrowsers&quot; and &quot;Bs&quot; which isn't an error, It is ambiguous. And this is a major undertaking; For, &quot;rofl&quot;, &quot;LMAO&quot;, I have seen the &quot;correcting&quot; fluid on many posts telling me my cool internet markup, isn't cool, rofl. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(1) It is a job for long winters, and one is coming. It would save in editing, and it IS a dictionary, after all, it's not just MOO, and so on...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My podiatrist has a dictionary that listens for words in his field. Says the dictionary carries podiatry terms and this makes reports cheaper and this saves him money, quite a lot of it in fact.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="203188" LastEditorUserId="203188" LastEditDate="2013-11-29T08:57:54.940" LastActivityDate="2013-11-29T08:57:54.940" Title="What do think about a linctionary?" Tags="|feature-request|languages|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7582" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7585" CreationDate="2013-10-31T23:43:02.053" Score="5" ViewCount="132" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/368783/did-not-find-expected-hexadecimal-number-when-bootstraping-juju-on-windows&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;did not find expected hexadecimal number&amp;quot; when bootstraping Juju on Windows&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I probably have an answer for this one once the OP responds, don't know why it was closed. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2013-11-01T00:58:00.157" Title="Please reopen this Juju question" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7583" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7579" CreationDate="2013-11-01T00:02:49.190" Score="26" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, I'm worried about how some people vote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is not the first time I've commented on it but I've been noticing answerable, occasionally even interesting questions get a down-vote. No close reason. No comment. It makes me bodily angry because &lt;strong&gt;that isn't good enough&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;If you down-vote and collectively fail to leave a reason &lt;em&gt;why&lt;/em&gt;, you vandalise our community and help nobody.&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm serious. An anonymous down-vote gets something out the way but there's still a person with a problem. They're either going to repost or, if the problem is that bad, they're going to stop using Ubuntu and swear us off as a bunch of elitist toolbags.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Oh but at least you got the question off the front page! Very well done. If that's your idea of good voting, I'd rather you left us and found a new hobby. Spitting on poor people and bludgeoning stray dogs is about as humane and is twice as useful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The rest of us want to be the best Ubuntu support channel around and you're ruining it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not saying you can't vote down but a good critic will also &lt;em&gt;communicate their problem&lt;/em&gt;. Not enough detail? Ask for it. Awful formatting? Tell the user to correct it. It takes seconds but goes a mile.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it too much effort to write a few words? Go away. You're not welcome here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To get an idea of the scale of this problem, here's &lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/ubuntu/query/147930/open-questions-with-downvotes-but-no-comments&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;a Data.SE Query that shows open questions with downvotes but 0 comments.&lt;/a&gt;. Yeah, some users have taken it upon themselves to vandalise 1400 open questions without giving the slightest hint why.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In a case-by-case basis, Jorge is completely right. If you see something being needlessly abused, post if up here on meta and we'll try to fix it. That usually means people getting a wildly inflated score for a mediocre question but I'd rather than than let them linger at -1.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On a similar note, in September (though there were earlier experiments), I looked into our biggest down-voters. Most people think that voting is completely anonymous but how you vote is public data, it's just not linked to the posts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Before I post it, I want to be clear that &lt;strong&gt;I don't neccessarily consider &lt;em&gt;these&lt;/em&gt; users to be the same people I was addressing above&lt;/strong&gt;. They're just people who have voted down, a lot. Most of that comes from hogging the review queue (which they do). &lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/ubuntu/query/134760/who-has-cast-the-most-downvotes&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Here's the query&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To all reading this: Look at your statistics on your own profile pages. If you have fewer comments than negative votes, you're probably doing something wrong. If that's because you're exasperated with the poor quality of new questions, spend some time frolicking in amongst the newly answered questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you're thundering down &lt;em&gt;thousands&lt;/em&gt; of negative votes with only a handful of positives perhaps it's time to see if you can chill out and find a better line to approach the site on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-11-14T10:27:32.303" CommentCount="12" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7584" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5504" CreationDate="2013-11-01T00:16:55.323" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nano-editor.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/N3xTq.png&quot; alt=&quot;GNU nano the Text Editor&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastActivityDate="2013-11-01T00:16:55.323" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-11-01T00:16:55.323" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7585" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7582" CreationDate="2013-11-01T00:58:00.157" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I remember commenting in another question, that was being closed, like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Juju is free to use. The Juju server runs on any system with Ubuntu Server installed from your laptop to private cloud to any certified public clouds. The client current runs on any Ubuntu system, &lt;strong&gt;Mac OS X or Windows&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With Juju and Ubuntu One you must remember that they are on-topic, even if they are on Windows.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2013-11-01T00:58:00.157" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7586" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7587" CreationDate="2013-11-01T12:58:27.077" Score="-3" ViewCount="276" Body="&lt;p&gt;N00b member, long time contributor at &lt;a href=&quot;http://freegeek.org&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Freegeek&lt;/a&gt; and other on-line and off-line volunteer activity.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Certain that it's not your intent, but the hidden rules of the road visible only to the experienced here do &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; add to the new user experience.  Y'all have a lot of tribal lore, rules which do not appear in your FAQ or new user communication, and the first month of activity here revealed that some of y'all are &lt;em&gt;agressive&lt;/em&gt; in enforcing them. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The very issue of editing the Original Post by users itself without their consent is transgressive, and users, IMHO, deserve a &lt;em&gt;gentle&lt;/em&gt; explanation in the FAQ or a New User Introduction communique that you do that, and why.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please, greybeards, before you send your post, turn yourself around and think of how the public would perceive your corrective posts, and ask yourself: How can I steer folks without negatives?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you kindly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="197910" LastEditorUserId="197910" LastEditDate="2013-11-01T17:23:41.640" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Perceived rudeness" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7587" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7586" CreationDate="2013-11-01T13:12:42.753" Score="6" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Certain that it's not your intent, but the hidden rules of the road visible only to the experienced here do not add to the new user experience. Y'all have a lot of tribal lore, rules which do not appear in your FAQ or new user communication, and the first month of activity here revealed that some of y'all are agressive in enforcing them. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Rules are not hidden from new users. Any extra privilege granted to higher reputation users is documented at:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other than these documented privileges, there is no discrepancy amongst any of the users. And let me assure you that there are no extra rules which higher-rep users are able to see.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The very issue of editing the Original Post by users itself without their consent is transgressive, and users, IMHO, deserve a gentle explanation in the FAQ or a New User Introduction communique that you do that, and why.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Information about editing is here:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/editing&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/help/editing&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And, being able to edit/suggest edits to other user's posts is one of the core strengths of Stack Exchange Model.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other than that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Help Center is relatively new, so if you find any particular information missing over there, let us know and people would fix the issues. You may also propose changes which you think would be helpful to get new users acquainted with the Stack Exchange Model.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="114818" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2013-11-02T19:57:40.363" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7588" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7586" CreationDate="2013-11-01T13:13:46.563" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I agree with some of what you're saying but disagree with other parts. Just hours ago &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/7583/449&quot;&gt;I was berating the fact that some users down-vote without communication&lt;/a&gt;. I hate the fact that users even can down-vote without indicating &lt;em&gt;why&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But editing... While it might seem radical, it's really just there to improve the quality of the questions and answers. It's not a feature I would expect to have to explain past what the site documentation already does.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We do try to outline what is and isn't on topic and also what we expect from users in our site help. If you think we're missing particular things (things that we're enforcing on unsuspecting users) let us know and we'll try to improve the documentation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2013-11-01T13:13:46.563" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7589" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-11-01T18:51:26.380" Score="2" ViewCount="72" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've seen couple times now people asking for &quot;confirmation&quot; of a bug (which to top it off, it's already confirmed and reproducible) and even they provide with the links of the bug report. And this question &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/7543/169736&quot;&gt;Is it okay to ask for confirmation of a suspected bug?&lt;/a&gt; made me wonder &quot;what is happening here? why people are bringing bugs to AU?&quot;. While I believe that non-workaround solution to bugs, like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/360341/169736&quot;&gt;this one&lt;/a&gt; where (after edits) instead of asking how to fix the bug, asked how to just drop the buggy part of the application (is a corner case scenario, but is a recent example) could be considered on topic (again, &lt;strong&gt;corner case scenario&lt;/strong&gt;), but questions about a &lt;em&gt;specific&lt;/em&gt; bug should be considered off topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Our help page doesn't specify what is the policy about &quot;already reported, or suspected bugs&quot; (nor the close reasons) so maybe we should expand the description to include such cases. I'm in blank right now, so I can't propose a draft about what the help page should say.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2013-11-01T19:11:56.033" Title="Should we make more verbose that bugs and bug related stuff are OT on Ask ubuntu?" Tags="|discussion|close-reasons|help-center|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7590" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7589" CreationDate="2013-11-01T19:11:56.033" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I generally agree. That Mir/Surfaceflinger question was awful before it was edited but there was a valid way of asking roughly the same question to get roughly the same answers that was on-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When we can do that, I say we do that. That's more valuable to everybody and there is an argument that quite a lot of our questions are just reflections of bugs and other undocumented features.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But when people are just Hodoring around asking for confirmation, I'd be tempted to just dupe against the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/5121/how-do-i-report-a-bug&quot;&gt;how to report a bug&lt;/a&gt; (commit &quot;5121&quot; to memory or write it on a post-it). The bug system has a lovely duplicate detection system (and a lot of pople who know how to dupe things manually).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2013-11-01T19:11:56.033" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7591" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7586" CreationDate="2013-11-01T20:53:07.637" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;The fact that we as a community do not only ask or answer but also edit is not really that hidden.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Every new user is very much encouraged to read our &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/about&quot;&gt;about page&lt;/a&gt;. The huge banner at the top of our main page will immediately link to this about:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/zUqBm.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Its not really much text there and a lot of images help to quickly get an idea of our concept.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Only a little bit down the page you will find an own paragraph on editing, and why we do so:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/abq4q.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If this was not clear enough we can easily proceed to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help&quot;&gt;visit the help center&lt;/a&gt; to find informations on &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/stackexchange&quot;&gt;our model&lt;/a&gt;. The help center is accessible from every page, and it is especially prominent on the help section of the page when asking your first question. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There you will find a section:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/editing&quot;&gt;Why can people edit my posts? How does editing work?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this section much is being said on how editing works. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that all above is accessible to new - even unregistered - users, more than to users who have gained some reputation. Greybeards such as me will not be given those links as easily as they show up for newbies.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If in all these informations given there was something vital missing we should be told so, as only then we will be able to fix these help pages to meet your needs better.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3940" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2013-11-01T20:53:07.637" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7592" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7593" CreationDate="2013-11-03T00:20:05.523" Score="2" ViewCount="49" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am trying to mark this article: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/370215/evince-3-10-on-ubuntu-12-04&quot;&gt;Evince 3.10 on Ubuntu 12.04&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;as a duplicate of this article: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/310974/ubuntu-12-04-how-can-i-update-evince&quot;&gt;How can I install the latest version of Evince?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;but I cannot find it in the list of duplicates. &lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ijMYX.png&quot; alt=&quot;screenshot of me serching for the article&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;does someone have a explanation, and is someone experiencing the same on this question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="146890" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2013-11-03T00:40:49.443" Title="cannot find duplicate article" Tags="|support|flagging|duplicates|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7593" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7592" CreationDate="2013-11-03T00:39:25.237" Score="3" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This question does not have an upvoted or accepted answer&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is in red under the text box.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastActivityDate="2013-11-03T00:39:25.237" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7594" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7592" CreationDate="2013-11-03T00:40:49.443" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;The message says you clearly that that question has no upvoted answer. If a question has no &quot;good&quot; answer then the duplicated cannot be done.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've checked both answers, and none got favorable results. I believe that evince doesn't work due &quot;incompatibilities&quot; with upstream. Debian was lagging the package for some reason, I haven't found the bug report again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, please, &lt;strong&gt;do NOT upvote answers that will not work&lt;/strong&gt;. The upvote means that it was useful for someone, if you are going to upvote, you either agree with the answer or the answer was tested by you and verified that it works.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2013-11-03T00:40:49.443" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7595" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7586" CreationDate="2013-11-03T12:18:44.343" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I wouldn't even thought that anyone could complain about the &lt;strong&gt;edit&lt;/strong&gt; capability. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;the &lt;strong&gt;edit&lt;/strong&gt; process is secured (I've never seen offensive edit):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you do not need any reputation to suggest an edit &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;but then it needs 2 users with 2000+ rep to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/76251/how-do-suggested-edits-work&quot;&gt;review and approve a suggested edit&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;thank to people editing my questions or answers, I learn new functionalities about this site.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;These functionalities were &quot;hidden&quot; to me because I've not read the complete help of this site.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;Gaining knowledge is a step by step approach&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;And edits from other make me gain some steps.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The final goal is not about people who post questions or answers, but &lt;strong&gt;the goal is to provide a clear documentation to user's problems&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;someone may have the right answer to a problem: he just describe the solution&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;someone else may share this solution, and wants to add links to improve the answer&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;someone else may share this solution too, he adds screenshots to help other to understand the answer&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;....&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;well, thanks to &lt;strong&gt;edit&lt;/strong&gt; the documentation is improved. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="32413" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2013-11-04T03:07:35.367" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7596" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7497" CreationDate="2013-11-04T09:33:30.503" Score="16" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am Ubuntu Core Developer, member of Ubuntu Installer team and have commit access to lp:wubi.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The status of Wubi is complicated =)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It has shipped on the CD and is still shipped. Primary function is to be a &quot;cd autolauncher&quot; for people who pop the cd into a Windows machine, at that time it says &quot;You need to reboot, to try ubuntu! [reboot now]&quot; or some such.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If one copies the wubi.exe off the cd, it will launch and offer Wubi based installation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If one downloads wubi.exe off official release mirrors or releases.ubuntu.com, it also works.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It works O.K. for all defined flavours i386/amd64 builds in BIOS mode.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is no confirmation if it works with UEFI, UEFI Windows 8, UEFI Windows 8 + SecureBoot. The last one believed to be the typical configurations of &lt;em&gt;new&lt;/em&gt; computers that do not come with ubuntu pre-installed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since it's no longer an optimal solution for the default new installs, it has been de-emphasised on the ubuntu.com/download website.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also at the moment, none of the Wubi developers have Windows8+SecureBoot or great desire to get it to code for it. If somebody steps up to write following patches:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;code to deactivate UEFI fastboot and hybrid-suspend in Windows 8&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;code to integrate with Windows 8 UEFI boot-loader to offer a choice of booting Wubi and/or integrating grub2-efi+shim to boot on UEFI machines and UEFI+SecureBoot machines&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then wubi would be suitable to be promoted on ubuntu.com/download once again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Officially it is still supported - precise has 3 more years of support, and wubi has not yet been removed from any isos and &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; present to download for all releases and &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; present on all released .isos. (12.10, 13.04, 13.10 and 12.04.x point releases)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72" LastActivityDate="2013-11-04T09:33:30.503" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7597" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-11-05T16:47:30.480" Score="0" ViewCount="61" Body="&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/certification&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;certification&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;certification&lt;/a&gt; - this had some value some time ago... &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/87445/169736&quot;&gt;What is the current state of the Ubuntu Professional certification?&lt;/a&gt; and now people uses it instead of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/certificates&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;certificates&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;certificates&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/tutorial&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;tutorial&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;tutorial&lt;/a&gt; - in my eyes they seems as useful as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/learn&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;learn&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;learn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/training&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;training&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;training&lt;/a&gt; - odd questions, too vague, too broad, too bad... this tag seems related to more odd tags&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/documentation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;documentation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;documentation&lt;/a&gt; - misused, the tag is there for questions asking about the documentation as whole (writing, managing, distributing, creating documentation), but people seems to use it to ask &lt;em&gt;for some kind of documentation&lt;/em&gt; which is suboptimal (there should be a question about where is all the documentation Ubuntu provides... &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/332301/169736&quot;&gt;I remember answering one of that kind&lt;/a&gt;, which also has the documentation tag)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/web&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;web&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;web&lt;/a&gt; - D: This one seems about anything. Let me repeat, this tag seems about &lt;strong&gt;ANYTHING&lt;/strong&gt;. From PHP to web servers to &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/348369/169736&quot;&gt;this web page doesn't run in Ubuntu?&lt;/a&gt;&quot;. Is way too broad while it can be break down in smaller, more concise tags.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, the mission is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If the tag is about a topic, and the topic is on topic. Then create an excerpt/wiki and make sure all the questions are correctly tagged according to the excerpt.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If the tag is about a topic and the topic is off-topic, too broad or otherwise lead to bad questions, remove it. I remember that some user used the presence of a tag to infer that his question is on-topic.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Tag is too vague, remove it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Another tag describes better the question, retag it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Not sure how to tag a question, &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/201/ask-ubuntu-general-room&quot;&gt;ask in chat&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you are a less than 2000 reputation user and see any bad tagged question that needs also improvements, just edit it. Reviewers will evaluate if you edit was useful, but be careful about spamming reviews ;).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2013-11-05T16:54:56.643" Title="More odd tags... continues" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7598" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7599" CreationDate="2013-11-06T11:39:51.453" Score="10" ViewCount="326" Body="&lt;p&gt;What should I do when my answer is being down voted? Should I delete it? Because if I leave it, more users will just down vote it, which costs reputation. But if I delete it any (possibly limited) information that is in my answer and the attached comments will be lost.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example in this &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/371416/skype-making-high-pitch-noises-ubuntu-13-10/371418#371418&quot;&gt;case&lt;/a&gt;, mind you my answer isn't very usefull, so I don't disagree with the downvotes, just wondering what I should do with it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="211507" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2013-11-11T18:48:49.823" Title="What to do when your answer gets down voted?" Tags="|discussion|downvoting|deleted-answers|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7599" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7598" CreationDate="2013-11-06T11:50:55.003" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;You should take a down-vote as the need to give an answer some attention. Courteous down-voters will tell you what the problem is and (assuming they're right, they might not be) that'll let you know if you should be deleting or improving your answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately there aren't always comments and you have to use your own judgement. If you can't decide, feel free to ask in here or (for a quicker response) &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/201/ask-ubuntu-general-room&quot;&gt;in the chat room&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2013-11-06T11:50:55.003" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7600" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7602" CreationDate="2013-11-07T21:33:04.230" Score="12" ViewCount="136" Body="&lt;p&gt;It seems, at least to me, that every question tagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/soundcard&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;soundcard&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;soundcard&lt;/a&gt; would properly also be marked &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/sound&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;sound&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;sound&lt;/a&gt;, and vice versa. Therefore, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/soundcard&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;soundcard&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;soundcard&lt;/a&gt; should be a synonym of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/sound&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;sound&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;sound&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="38094" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2013-11-17T02:45:29.273" LastActivityDate="2013-11-17T02:45:29.273" Title="Do we need the soundcard tag?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7601" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7600" CreationDate="2013-11-07T21:51:09.067" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Nope. Out ~140 questions, 107 also have the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/sound&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;sound&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;sound&lt;/a&gt;. Is safe to say that they are one and the same (if you are asking about sound cards you are asking about sound, no?) through, soundcard can refer about hardware which also is the main use of the sound tag anyways.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;sound tag seems also pretty vague, if Takkat can shine his (her?) wisdom and tell what the tag needs (if it needs something, maybe better tag wiki.... IDK) so it gets better used... we would be glad, right guys?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2013-11-07T22:04:20.223" LastActivityDate="2013-11-07T22:04:20.223" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7602" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7600" CreationDate="2013-11-07T22:41:11.987" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;Well there is no doubt that both have a considerable overlap, both in meaning, and in usage. However taking them literally they are not really synonyms:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/sound&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;sound&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;sound&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;is a general purpose term which may include all, speakers, headphones, Bluetooth, sound system, pulseaudio, jacks, ... &lt;em&gt;(long list)&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/soundcard&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;soundcard&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;soundcard&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;should be restricted to the hardware, the chips that produce sound (and eventually their drivers or settings).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So &quot;soundcard&quot; is a subset of &quot;sound&quot; (similar to &quot;monitor&quot; - &quot;screen&quot; - &quot;graphics&quot; - &quot;ati&quot; - &quot;nvidia&quot;), really. Having a separate tag &quot;soundcard&quot; may be of some value for people seeking advice for a driver to their card, or for making settings on a specific card. These questions could easily be covered by the tag &quot;sound&quot; too, but when searching it may help to narrow the search for questions tagged with &quot;soundcard&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not that I can offer a specific question where this matters here, and the differences may be minimal, but I vote to let them coexist. If needed we may consider pointing to the appropriate sister-tag in the tag wiki to avoid wrong use of a tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3940" LastActivityDate="2013-11-07T22:41:11.987" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7603" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-11-09T11:03:23.183" Score="-1" ViewCount="131" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am not here to report about someone or some Ask Ubuntu issue specifically :). Recently in Ask Ubuntu Meta I became popular for a few days and got support from other Ask Ubuntu members (I am glad about that). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What I want to say is; we need a section in the FAQ that says do not mention or blame a specific user for an action they have done and that they can report it to mod's if an action is needed. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't want to talk about the past and I don't want to repeat this in the future for any one of us. I am not here to report and I am here to support.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="33833" LastEditorUserId="33833" LastEditDate="2014-02-26T17:01:35.190" LastActivityDate="2014-02-26T17:01:35.190" Title="Is it proper manner to mention a user specifically?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7604" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-11-09T22:38:58.570" Score="0" ViewCount="63" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a question with -5 votes it had -3 and I had no use for the question because the answer don't help me, but the problem was overcome. I tried to delete it but it wasn't going away so I changed the 1500 words to random letters and hoping the short paragraph would able able to get deleted but now I'm loosing reputation on a thing I can't get rid of! What shall I do???? Ugh :/&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="211510" LastEditorUserId="52999" LastEditDate="2013-11-11T14:46:03.437" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Down voting on a question that shouldn't be there" Tags="|support|reputation|deleted-questions|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7605" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7604" CreationDate="2013-11-09T23:14:06.583" Score="5" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Improve your question.&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/371500/169736&quot;&gt;That thing&lt;/a&gt; is just a bunch of scrambled words impossible to understand. Some hero, read your question and provided an answer. Others found that his heroic act should be recompensed and upvoted the answer. You can't ask someone to delete their answer just because it wasn't helpful to you. You should edit your question and provide the results of what the answer suggested, if it didn't work, what changed, &lt;strong&gt;details&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/eNagK.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Lets analyze your question like Jack the ripper&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Make a descriptive title!&lt;/strong&gt; Your title doesn't give the slightness idea what your problem is about. You are not in a conversation, you are asking a question. Also, do not ask for &amp;quot;ASAPness&amp;quot;. We are volunteers, we do not have a &lt;em&gt;obligation to help&lt;/em&gt; but want to help. You can't put pressure on us.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Please, &lt;strong&gt;do not write all in CAPS nor fill your question of Smilies.&lt;/strong&gt; You wouldn't make your boss read a document like that, don't make us read it either.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/how-to-ask&quot;&gt;Learn how to ask a good question.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; Seriously, all the reasons for each of those downvotes are there. When writing, you must make sure that your words are easy to digest by the people that will be reading (and possible answering) your question. You should read your own question and see if &lt;strong&gt;YOU&lt;/strong&gt; can answer it yourself.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Can you understand your own question?&lt;/strong&gt; No? Edit! Improve! but DO SOMETHING! We already have shown you the ropes, beyond that you must put of your own effort and show us that you indeed improved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-11-09T23:30:23.003" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7606" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7604" CreationDate="2013-11-10T10:53:50.050" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately as the system works you may not be able to delete your question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/5221/how-does-deleting-work-what-can-cause-a-post-to-be-deleted-and-what-does-that&quot;&gt;How does deleting work? What can cause a post to be deleted, and what does that actually mean? What are the criteria for deletion?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This may be the case here. Also note that a question put &quot;on hold&quot; can only be deleted by the community after a period of 48 hours:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/10582/what-is-a-closed-or-on-hold-question&quot;&gt;What is a &amp;quot;closed&amp;quot; or “on hold” question?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For the community to be able to delete a post it needs to have downvotes. Downvoted posts may also under some circumstances be automatically deleted by the system (see above for details). So technically it does make sense that a question was downvoted to get it deleted. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However I feel it is overkill to further downvote a close question if it already had sufficient downvotes. This is even more so as a user may not be able to self-delete their post. They may get into a &lt;strong&gt;downvote trap&lt;/strong&gt; with no other choice than flagging the post for moderator attention. Moderators will be able to delete a post immediately. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Editing may not always be an option, even less so when the user saw that indeed their post was useless.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3940" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2013-11-10T10:53:50.050" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7607" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-11-10T13:00:21.697" Score="-5" ViewCount="78" Body="&lt;p&gt;What does reputation do except providing a different level of privilege?&#xA;What is it about? I find people competing for reputation in this askubuntu page.&#xA;Isn't this page about solving each others problem? Sometimes, I get pissed off with this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="212656" LastEditorUserId="5768" LastEditDate="2013-11-10T13:10:46.117" LastActivityDate="2013-11-10T13:12:00.437" Title="Does user with more reputation get any profit?" Tags="|discussion|reputation|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7608" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7607" CreationDate="2013-11-10T13:09:03.867" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;Makes you feel warm inside knowing you helped someone (many people the more rep), and they thought your help was useful :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastActivityDate="2013-11-10T13:09:03.867" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7609" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7607" CreationDate="2013-11-10T13:12:00.437" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;the more rep I get the more I know that I've done a good answer and something people find useful. It's also a competition the more rep you have the more people respect you on the site. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The reputation is a way for the site to show what users are writing the best answers/questions. It's a ranking system of sort. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10698" LastActivityDate="2013-11-10T13:12:00.437" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7610" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-11-10T13:22:46.220" Score="-1" ViewCount="54" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was just concerned whether any user can ask reason for changing accepted answer or not. Nobody change accepted answer until finding better answer. Then why someone points on someone about their decision.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="212656" LastActivityDate="2013-11-10T16:25:39.077" Title="Does any user have right to ask reason of changing accepted answer?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7611" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7610" CreationDate="2013-11-10T13:36:21.813" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think you are talking about this one: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/373098/169736&quot;&gt;Which distribution to choose while downloading Skype from its official site for Ubuntu 13.10?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I&lt;/strong&gt; asked &quot;why you changed your accepted answer?&quot; because you did &lt;strong&gt;twice&lt;/strong&gt;. One to change from Radu's answer to mine, and another to change from mine to Radu's. Then I saw that you commented Radu's answer to get help with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/372988/169736&quot;&gt;Enable both: two finger scrolling and edge scrolling permanently&lt;/a&gt; . Is odd that when someone change accepted answers so frequent one gets to wonder &quot;why&quot;, &quot;what is this user doing&quot;, &quot;did any of them didn't do the work&quot;, &quot;why not comment&quot;, &lt;strong&gt;&quot;what answer was really the one that solved OP's problem&quot;&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The timeline of the question: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/373098/timeline&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/posts/373098/timeline&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/rZXe0.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2013-11-10T13:36:21.813" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7612" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7610" CreationDate="2013-11-10T16:25:39.077" Score="5" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I was just concerned whether any user can ask reason for changing accepted answer or not. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I did it recently. I saw a -15 in my votes on a topic. 3 reasons got me leaving a comment to why:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The topic was 2 months old and had no changes to it. So that was something I considered weird. So why was it acceptable for 2 months?! &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I wanted to know if I messed something up and could improve my answer. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;From my perspective my answer was better (more universal) than the newly accepted one. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So yes, I think it should be possible to ask someone to motivate it. But the OP of course does not need to respond ;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastActivityDate="2013-11-10T16:25:39.077" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7613" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-11-10T20:45:56.803" Score="3" ViewCount="165" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is something which have me concerned sometime now. I've seen a bunch of &quot;Will Ubuntu work in X?&quot; things that most of the time will end in &quot;why you don't try?&quot; kind of answers, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/245059/169736&quot;&gt;generate several&lt;/a&gt; answers. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/370583/installing-ubuntu-on-macbook-pro-11-2-11-3#comment475464_370583&quot;&gt;Rizwind comment&lt;/a&gt; warp it quite nicely:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Your question is worded in such a way that people will turn away from it. It assumes 1. someone has a new MacBook. 2. someone wants Ubuntu on it 3. someone is registered here and 4. is willing to post all that went wrong with their installation. &lt;strong&gt;Question have a lot more traction when you run into problems trying to install Ubuntu and ask about those problems.&lt;/strong&gt; The problems you run into do not need to be because of using a Mac so might have a wider audience ;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Such questions are impossible to track down unless you have a similar hardware/software and will be useful to a small (very) audience. Those type of question itch me to close them for:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Too broad: There are several things that can go wrong for one person that will not necessarily go wrong to other. A focus on specific problems you have found could be more efficient.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Opinion based: not all everyone have the &quot;exactly same&quot; hardware combination even when they use the same model. The bug controllers of the linux kernel know this. It will incite answers like: &lt;em&gt;it's fantastic in my system&lt;/em&gt; or, &lt;em&gt;don't do it, it sucks&lt;/em&gt;. Those question that generate those answers is no-good.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I had a third reason, but somehow I forgot it (remember to take notes of ideas...)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Well, that's it. We could get thousands of question asking if Ubuntu can or not do this and that, in this or that way, without a &lt;strong&gt;real problem&lt;/strong&gt; at hand.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know I can just ignore those kind of question, but hey! tags doesn't help me, to move it out of the way, since those questions get tagged with anything.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T13:09:22.630" Title="Do we need thousand of &quot;dumb questions&quot;? or can we just duplicate them to more general answer?" Tags="|discussion|asking-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7614" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-11-10T20:51:49.827" Score="8" ViewCount="82" Body="&lt;p&gt;Users:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Normal: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/62483/lucio&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/users/62483/lucio&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;New: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/214262/user214262&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/users/214262/user214262&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After log out yesterday, when I tried to login again, due to strange reason, StackExchange has created a &lt;em&gt;new&lt;/em&gt; account instead of login with the &lt;em&gt;normal&lt;/em&gt; one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am using MyOpenID as the credential, but after this error (and knowing that it will be off shortly) I want to access using only my email.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Could someone delete the new one, and do something so I can recover my normal account? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="214262" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="I'm Lucio trying to recover the access to my account" Tags="|support|user-accounts|duplicate-accounts|merge|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7616" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7603" CreationDate="2013-11-11T09:01:24.703" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;This has happened before where a user was mentioned by name (an &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/6660/176889&quot;&gt;example here&lt;/a&gt;). It seemed that it was acceptable by fossfreedom and Aditya, as stated in the comments to the question. In this case, the user was editing the post to remove themself, though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems that you should just 'ask nicely' for the author to remove the reference if you feel that it's unecessary or for any other reason, otherwise just leave it be.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="176889" LastActivityDate="2013-11-11T09:01:24.703" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7618" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7619" CreationDate="2013-11-11T15:42:15.880" Score="0" ViewCount="44" Body="&lt;p&gt;I tried to edit one person post but I couldn't edit. What's the reason behind it?&#xA;When will I be able to edit someone post again? From where to know when I&#xA; can edit someone posts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="212656" LastActivityDate="2013-11-11T15:58:10.023" Title="Why am I not able to edit someone's post?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7619" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7618" CreationDate="2013-11-11T15:58:10.023" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Most your edits have been rejected, as they are too minor and only changed one word or tag. While sometimes this is important - most times &lt;em&gt;change more than one thing&lt;/em&gt; (not just 2 tags, find some spelling/capitals in there as well) until you have the privilege to edit without suggestions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other times you have introduced information - that should be presented to the user as a comment such as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/182255&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/182255&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/181755&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/181755&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Based on - &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/editing&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/help/editing&lt;/a&gt; you will need to wait 7 days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Additionally, any user who submits many rejected edits will be banned&#xA;  from suggesting further edits for 7 days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2013-11-11T15:58:10.023" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7620" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7603" CreationDate="2013-11-11T16:25:09.920" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I once wrote a MSO rant where I pointed a specific user and the post was edited:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;meta is the place for discussion, not accusing specific individuals unless necessary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hence, unless necessary, I don't consider that pointing individual users should be used.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2013-11-11T16:25:09.920" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7622" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-11-11T18:17:29.400" Score="1" ViewCount="24" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just noticed that our Proforma comments for Link-only answers, that gets automagically added in the Low Quality review queue, doesn't have the link describing why we prefer complete instructions instead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is the original:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;While this link may answer the question, it is better to include the essential parts of the answer here and provide the link for reference. Link-only answers can become invalid if the linked page changes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is how it could be:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;While this link may answer the question, it is better to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/8259&quot;&gt;include the essential parts of the answer&lt;/a&gt; here and provide the link for reference. Link-only answers can become invalid if the linked page changes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2013-11-11T18:17:29.400" Title="Can we add links to the LQ review queue proforma comments?" Tags="|feature-request|review|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7623" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-11-11T18:24:49.120" Score="0" ViewCount="30" Body="&lt;p&gt;Hey guys I'm on iPhone and iPod 20/7 and I have been stuck on full site. Is their a way back to mobile? Is there an app being made?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="211510" LastActivityDate="2013-11-11T18:24:49.120" Title="Mobile version of Ask" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2013-11-11T19:48:32.263" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7624" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7598" CreationDate="2013-11-11T18:48:49.823" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;If the answer is total junk, then delete it.  No need to clutter up the page with that kind of thing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If there is some part of it that is wrong, but the rest is good, then you should edit the answer.  You can use the &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;strike&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;strike&gt;strikeout&lt;/strike&gt;&lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;/strike&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; font if you want to show the part that you have corrected.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15138" LastActivityDate="2013-11-11T18:48:49.823" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7625" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7628" CreationDate="2013-11-11T19:52:15.527" Score="4" ViewCount="170" Body="&lt;p&gt;If there is any security measures are in Ask Ubuntu in case of fake reputation increase.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example if a user has five google accounts,and login with each  account and made upvotes for all the posts which are posted by the same user using another account. Did you observe these kind of culprits and ban their accounts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202806" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2013-11-13T04:11:05.943" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Fake reputation scores" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7626" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7625" CreationDate="2013-11-11T20:13:48.013" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yep,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/5267/guidelines-when-voting-for-friends&quot;&gt;Guidelines when voting for friends&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I hope this what you are looking for. It is one of my favorite subjects. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="203188" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.227" LastActivityDate="2013-11-11T20:13:48.013" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7627" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7625" CreationDate="2013-11-11T20:56:34.877" Score="-2" Body="&lt;p&gt;That sort of behavior would be impossible to proof. You can't determine if 5 accounts are from the same user if they don't use the same email or something like that. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;if you post dummy questions they will soon be closed or removed, so you need to post legit questions and answers for that system to work. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What security measures could work? I can't think of any that wouldn't harm normal users. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10698" LastActivityDate="2013-11-11T20:56:34.877" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7628" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7625" CreationDate="2013-11-11T21:10:45.583" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are automated and manual measures that moderators and admins periodically check.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Exactly what they are, how they work and what they do, I won't go into... For the simple reason that it sets bounds for people wanting who want to cheat the system. If people are going to cheat, we want to trip them up at the first hurdle.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But in answer to your question, yes. Any person found trying to cheat at the very least has their &quot;work&quot; undone and we have a little chat with them. The more persistent cheaters are hanged, drawn and quartered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Occasionally there are more subtle issues like people knowing other users in real life and that can have a negative effect on their voting patterns. That's what &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/5267/guidelines-when-voting-for-friends&quot;&gt;Guidelines when voting for friends&lt;/a&gt; is aimed at. Even if that post doesn't apply to whatever you're really asking about, it gives a solid background on &lt;em&gt;why we act&lt;/em&gt; when we detect abnormal voting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.227" LastActivityDate="2013-11-12T16:00:18.147" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7629" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-11-12T02:08:53.303" Score="2" ViewCount="65" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've seen this question on the Close Votes queue:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/375632/169736&quot;&gt;Why does the run level change automatically?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At first, when I saw the title it picked my curiosity, but then reading OP's comment:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Thanks for the link, I part of what I am looking for, any idea &lt;strong&gt;how would my friend be able to find the problem?&lt;/strong&gt; also &lt;strong&gt;what are some other methods to sabotage the system?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;makes me remember about a &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.meta.stackexchange.com/q/1416/41104&quot;&gt;question on U&amp;amp;L&lt;/a&gt; about the same topic but here there isn't... so, what's our response to those kind of questions?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2013-11-13T05:09:02.843" Title="Are the creation and solution of CTF exercise welcomed here?" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7630" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7629" CreationDate="2013-11-12T11:02:21.893" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Answer them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Strip away the &quot;why they're asking&quot; and there's a perfectly valid question here. I'm not concerned that if we allow this 99% of our questions will suddenly become &quot;How should I break my Ubuntu install?&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's a &lt;em&gt;bit&lt;/em&gt; specific but so is a lot of stuff. It's also fairly educational and just leaving it alone isn't hurting anybody. You never know, you might even learn something from it being answered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That covers the creation. The &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1416/is-solving-a-ctf-too-localized&quot;&gt;U&amp;amp;L meta question&lt;/a&gt; is more about solving a manually crafted issue and yes, that's probably an overly localised issue. But there's still scope for it being a valuable debugging process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not going to say they're all bad without having seen a single one here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-16T15:45:04.257" LastActivityDate="2013-11-12T11:35:50.733" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7631" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7614" CreationDate="2013-11-12T14:06:04.690" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The user lucio has the following OpenID logins configured:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/EGSD9.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just use one of them to login, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/18232/how-can-one-link-merge-combine-associate-two-accounts-users-anonymous-unregist&quot;&gt;initiate the account merger yourself&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="52999" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2013-11-12T14:06:04.690" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7632" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7625" CreationDate="2013-11-12T20:37:48.673" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;A &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2008/12/vote-fraud-and-you/&quot;&gt;blog post&lt;/a&gt; by Jeff Atwood (found via the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/9637/what-precautions-does-stack-overflow-take-to-stop-the-cheaters&quot;&gt;link&lt;/a&gt; in Jorge's comment) seems to address most of your concerns.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2013-11-12T20:37:48.673" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7633" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7629" CreationDate="2013-11-13T01:18:48.410" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would like to offer a solution to this problem.  I have had several installs that  I left open to attack and I would dismantle viruses on them. Dropping firewall rules and having a sandbox program to play in I dismantled several attacks, but again I failed to thwart attackers; but in all I learned a little and had a little fun. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A sandbox partition would be better for this, a sandbox works like a virtual linux o/s which can be broken in to or broken, but it is an experimental Ubuntu, and so who cares? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And then there is &quot;deep freeze linux&quot;, deep freeze would return the whole operating system from the bios up to boot condition removing all changes made in the name of computer science. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One caveat: If you log in to askubuntu and infect their computers, you will probably be banned at least. That isn't a good ending for anybody.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Look up &quot;DeepFreeze Linux,&quot; and &quot;virtual machine ubuntu&quot; and check out &lt;a href=&quot;http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1398659&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;this thread&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.webupd8.org/2010/08/ofris-deep-freeze-like-application-for.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;this program&lt;/a&gt; for a sample of what  is and isn't allowed, I mean welcome.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="203188" LastEditorUserId="203188" LastEditDate="2013-11-13T05:09:02.843" LastActivityDate="2013-11-13T05:09:02.843" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7634" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-11-13T05:59:47.197" Score="7" ViewCount="130" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is it possible to set alert sound for new incomming messages and notifications associated with my Ask Ubuntu account?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202806" LastEditorUserId="47291" LastEditDate="2013-11-24T16:44:01.220" LastActivityDate="2013-11-29T10:16:44.830" Title="Alert sound for new messages" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7635" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7637" CreationDate="2013-11-13T07:09:33.540" Score="1" ViewCount="92" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was just reviewing late answers when &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/376275/75166&quot;&gt;this post&lt;/a&gt; from &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/215248/shams&quot;&gt;this user&lt;/a&gt; was brought to my attention.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At first it thought there is just a problem with his full-quote of the question. Then I saw that he copy/pasted also the first highest-voting answer and didn't provide any new thing by his own. Then I checked his profile and found that he posted two other similar 'useful' answers on two other question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I feel some action from a moderator is needed in this case :-/&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EDIT: Apparently a moderator took care of it. A note from whom ever took action would have been nice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75166" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2013-11-13T10:10:09.643" Title="Help with newbie rogue user" Tags="|support|new-users|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7636" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7579" CreationDate="2013-11-13T08:53:27.847" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here's my two cents on how to remedy the destructive downvotes oli was talking about.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Question titles should be questions&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think we should radically force each question title to actually &lt;strong&gt;be a question&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Often I see good edits to a question that nevertheless &lt;em&gt;fail to rephrase the title as a question&lt;/em&gt;. That is so frustrating. This is a QA site. Any question with a title like&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Cannot install Ubuntu&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I have lost my wifi after an upgrade&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;is just not helpful and should not be answered nor edited without also editing the title. One can imagine thousands of different questions, but by writing them down explicitly, the title becomes an indication of whether a question is too localized or too general.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Hard on the close vote trigger&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Personally I think close votes should be used a lot more. Any question that just really is a hardware problem, or something too localized should be closed without hesitating. The system is flooded by poor 'I am desparate' questions and not all support should come from this site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Benefactors&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have seen it from time to time that a mod says 'we are going to make this question the basis for future &amp;quot;does ubuntu phone support device x' questions.&amp;quot; This helps the community to evaluate not only whether a question has been asked before, but also whether it was properly answered. I think we need more of that and more benefactors that offer their rep to get good answers update after a while. It would be a nice gesture of +20k users to give away almost a small amount of daily rep for the sake of the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="115155" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-11-13T08:53:27.847" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7637" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7635" CreationDate="2013-11-13T10:10:09.643" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;rogue&lt;/em&gt; is quite a subjective term - correct, that the user is a newbie.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As regular members - we should all point the way with appropriate constructive comments as to how to improve.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If in doubt - one of the standard pro-forma comments usually applies.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this case, this is what I have done for the OP.  Its not usual practice for a specific custom response to the initial flagger, so you wouldn't have got a notification of what action was taken.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If there is a need for hurried action - just drop into the general chat room - usually one of the mods lurks in there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14356" LastActivityDate="2013-11-13T10:10:09.643" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7639" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7640" CreationDate="2013-11-14T19:53:02.107" Score="21" ViewCount="238" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am somewhat new for askubuntu.com. Personally, as computing is one of my desired subject (but was not  lucky to learn), I am doing edit questions and try to answer from my little knowledge to improve my knowledge as well as to contribute this great social service done by Linux. How can we get a feedback from senior community members for improvements.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user164718" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2013-11-14T21:54:25.580" LastActivityDate="2013-11-14T21:54:25.580" Title="Can newbies get a feedback from senior community members?" Tags="|discussion|community|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7640" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7639" CreationDate="2013-11-14T20:37:00.353" Score="20" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can always post on meta for feedback on what you're working on. I've been running into your edits recently and also just did a scan of some of your work. Overall, I think you're doing a great job helping people clear up their questions. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Three things I would work on:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;There's no need to add bold to most questions. Usually concentrating on making the question easier to understand with edits makes it easier to read rather than with bold.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Try to fix the title as much as possible. This is very hard to do as you can probably figure out. The best edit you can make is one that makes everyone want to understand the question enough to click through to the actual question. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You don't need to fix &quot;thanks&quot; and &quot;please&quot; parts of the question, just trim them out so that people reading can get right to the point! &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Great job so far, thanks for contributing to Ubuntu! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also if you haven't seen it yet, here's the style guide with a bunch of tips:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/89/style-guide-for-questions-and-answers&quot;&gt;Style guide for questions and answers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2013-11-14T20:37:00.353" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7642" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-11-15T00:14:58.527" Score="1" ViewCount="40" Body="&lt;p&gt;My opinion is that comment privileges are allowed until 50 reputation for what purpose&quot; The Askubuntu Help Page says: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Privileges control what you can do on Ask Ubuntu. Gain more privileges&#xA;  by increasing your reputation (points you receive from your fellow&#xA;  users for posting helpful questions and answers):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think this is an incentive for me and you to be helpful onsite and to research well; and I believe I do. But I don't have a lot of questions.  Posting answers tend to need more attention to a subject than I see others posting them give. And I have learned the rules here at 35. It would be helpful if I could comment on others questions sooner.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I could be more helpful if I could comment without having to climb, as I have a lot of comments that could be made now that I have learned the rules. Can I get some feedback please?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And thanks in advance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="203188" LastEditorUserId="203188" LastEditDate="2013-11-15T00:26:54.227" LastActivityDate="2013-11-15T00:26:54.227" Title="Could comments be allowed from 20+" Tags="|support|comments|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2013-11-15T03:44:01.520" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7644" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7645" CreationDate="2013-11-15T10:19:27.047" Score="1" ViewCount="86" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am trying to insert a screenshot to answer a question, using both options as mentioned &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/4047/insert-picture-in-ask-ubuntu&quot; title=&quot;Insert picture in Ask Ubuntu&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. However, the image is not being displayed on browser. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note :&lt;/strong&gt; I am uploading image from my computer.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am also not able to images submitted by any other users, e.g. I can guess that the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/4048/212399&quot; title=&quot;Answer to question &amp;#39;Insert picture in Ask Ubuntu&amp;#39;&quot;&gt;answer&lt;/a&gt; to the question linked above contains an image. But I am not able to see that too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any browser setting that I am missing here?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="212399" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.227" LastActivityDate="2013-11-17T16:23:27.040" Title="Inserted image in Ask Ubuntu not showing in browser" Tags="|support|answer-format|image|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7645" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7644" CreationDate="2013-11-15T10:37:36.550" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;It sounds like you're on a network that's blocking Imgur. That's where all the images are hosted. You can verify that by trying to &lt;a href=&quot;http://imgur.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;visit them&lt;/a&gt;. That would explain why the pop-up isn't working and why you can't view images.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You could upload the images to another host but Stack Exchange has an arrangement with Imgur to host files permanently. This is so we don't end up with a ton of posts that have 404ing images in them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think the only sustainable solution is to get the block removed. You could work around it (proxy/vpn/etc) but doing that is probably in violation of your network policy too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2013-11-15T10:37:36.550" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7646" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1037" CreationDate="2013-11-15T13:05:11.373" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I do know this answer is is not appropriate to the question. But I think it is suitable to mention it in this popular question. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Video tutotials for using the site as well as for &lt;strong&gt;Frequently Asked Questions&lt;/strong&gt; would be Fruitful. ( For things like Using terminal, using Software Center, Find applications.etc.) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;People find it difficult to change into &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;different environment in Ubuntu&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. You can see this with questions. Only the people with literacy is high can get benefit from written answers. Certain people are unable to even submit a question. (They are the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;majority&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; in the society !).Can refer Questions for those videos even.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Separate section with hosting video tutorials&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; would be beneficial.(I am a videographer and I would happily pay my voluntary contribution if such a thing is there). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user164718" LastActivityDate="2013-11-15T13:05:11.373" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7647" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7648" CreationDate="2013-11-15T20:57:38.293" Score="1" ViewCount="71" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's my opinion that this question: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/373425/176889&quot;&gt;How can I make apt-get wait for another instance to finish?&lt;/a&gt; should not have been duped to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/132059/176889&quot;&gt;How to make a package manager wait if another instance of APT is running?&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The first question had better answers (3 useful answers vs 1 useful and 2 negative score answers). It also covered the 1 useful answer from the second question slightly better.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, I'd like for the second question to be closed as a duplicate of the first, even though it was asked first, the first is a better question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The reason being is that I'd like to add another answer which extends upon Radu's to the question where his was posted. If my recommendation above doesn't happen, I'd be unsure about whether to post it in the second one (it seems out of place, any suggestions?). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="176889" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2013-11-16T18:58:29.833" Title="Question incorrectly duped" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7648" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7647" CreationDate="2013-11-15T21:16:46.483" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Actually, both questions have nothing to do. Let's quote the older:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I have seen many softwares such as Update Manager and Synaptic Package Manager, they wait if some other program &lt;strong&gt;is using the apt-get and is locked.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;He used the term &lt;code&gt;apt-get&lt;/code&gt; due is how is called normally, but the name should be either dpkg or APT. This behavior can be reproduced with whatever, synaptic, aptitude, gdebi, USC.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;How can we do this through the Terminal?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;He's asking how the behavior (that one GUI package manager waits for others to finish) can be reproduced using the terminal. In this case, the backend (aptd) is the only answer (until PackageKit comes along).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I saw apt-get's manual but didn't find anything useful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;He's presuming apt-get is the one doing the operations, when in reality apt-get never gets called, since apt daemon comes in play.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I'd like for the second question to be closed as a duplicate of the first, even though it was asked first, the first is a better question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Actually none of them is duplicated of the other. The later is asking &quot;how to imitate the GUI's behavior of waiting for others instances of APT&quot; and the first is asking to make &lt;code&gt;apt-get&lt;/code&gt; specifically wait for another instances running (characteristic that is not featured in &lt;code&gt;apt-get&lt;/code&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2013-11-15T21:34:09.037" LastActivityDate="2013-11-15T21:34:09.037" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7649" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-11-16T00:04:56.717" Score="5" ViewCount="53" Body="&lt;p&gt;My question &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/333795/169736&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; was voted to close as duplicated of another question, but I(tm) never got notified by the drop-down inbox, nor the SE inbox. Is this expected? Because if it's like this, most of our asker will think we didn't gave closure (as termination of the cycle) to their questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2014-06-22T15:21:57.273" Title="Why I do not get notified about duplication notice comments?" Tags="|bug|status-completed|notifications|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7650" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7651" CreationDate="2013-11-16T11:24:47.347" Score="1" ViewCount="102" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can somebody please explain how to post CODE in here?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I followed this thread &lt;a href=&quot;http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1189729&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1189729&lt;/a&gt; but it doesn't work for me. I copy and paste a code from Terminal and paste it here in [code]test[/code] but it doesn't work don't know I used this [code][/code] in different forums it worked.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user211076" LastEditorDisplayName="user211076" LastEditDate="2013-12-01T23:24:21.590" LastActivityDate="2013-12-01T23:24:21.590" Title="BBcode on Ask Ubuntu" Tags="|discussion|formatting|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7651" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7650" CreationDate="2013-11-16T12:22:50.990" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;A few answers, you can take your pick from:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We aren't Ubuntu Forums, we're Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The software the drives the two websites is different.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We don't use BBCode, we use &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/formatting&quot;&gt;Markdown (see this link for formatting guides, including code)&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;tldr&lt;/strong&gt; For blocks of code, prepend the line with four spaces, for shorter blocks, wrap in `` (backticks).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2013-11-16T12:22:50.990" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7652" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7600" CreationDate="2013-11-16T17:53:39.413" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The soundcard tag is useful for people who have a special interest in that area, such as people who are running Ubuntu Studio. If having a soundcard tag could contribute in any way towards helping people to use Ubuntu to produce creative content, then I am all for it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="94914" LastActivityDate="2013-11-16T17:53:39.413" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7653" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7647" CreationDate="2013-11-16T18:46:23.210" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am glad to see this question come up. I have the same thing happening in a couple of questions I have posted. Mine was marked duplicate and though it seemed by part of the content to be the same, the question asked was about a different function of the operating system, not covered by the first which was said to be duplicated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The same thing happened here, in this post:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/7642/could-comments-be-allowed-from-20&quot;&gt;Could comments be allowed from 20+&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am not forthcoming of this before now because some of the argument for marking mine duplicate was a non-argument. I do not understand an answer to a question is that the question has been asked before, nor because &quot;they say so&quot;. That, &quot;argument from authority&quot; which was used is illogical. &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_authority&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Argumentum ab auctoritate)&lt;/a&gt;, Mi question was given in hope that spekaing from authority would cause an improvement in communication between those with little computing skill and large intelligence and feeling.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to mention that the reason this question was answered in the first place is because of the need for me to address subjects in a proper Answer and not in a simple comment. This was never addressed. The same occurs in &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/7647/question-incorrectly-duped&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="203188" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.087" LastActivityDate="2013-11-16T18:58:29.833" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7654" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-11-16T20:37:02.310" Score="6" ViewCount="156" Body="&lt;p&gt;When reviewing &quot;Low Quality Posts&quot; you are asked what comment you want to add.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If there a̳l̳r̳e̳a̳d̳y̳ is an appropriate comment on the post don't add your own - just select&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;no comment needed&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastEditorUserId="47291" LastEditDate="2013-11-23T18:19:16.957" LastActivityDate="2013-11-23T18:19:16.957" Title="Just a reminder for reviewers: a comment is not always needed" Tags="|discussion|review|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2013-11-26T05:56:10.357" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7655" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-11-16T23:59:06.830" Score="4" ViewCount="153" Body="&lt;p&gt;Gaming.SE have an active monitoring of all the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/games&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;games&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;games&lt;/a&gt; tags in all the SE network. They are several times more knowable in Minecraft servers installation and Game performance issues (since they get several times more question about these). Should we merge (and actively tag) game related stuff?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Related:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/7229/169736&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;Can I run X game that is Only-Windows game in Ubuntu?&amp;quot; we need a canonical question?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/732/169736&quot;&gt;&amp;#39;games&amp;#39; or &amp;#39;gaming&amp;#39; tag?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.227" LastActivityDate="2013-11-18T23:48:30.917" Title="Can we merge/synonimize all the game related tags?" Tags="|discussion|tags|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7656" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7655" CreationDate="2013-11-17T01:08:39.453" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can do - as mentioned, we only actively monitor the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/games&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;games&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;games&lt;/a&gt; tag, so any game related questions that pop up under a different tag will be missed by our community. The best way to handle this would be to synonimise all gaming related tags to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/games&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;games&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;games&lt;/a&gt;. From what I can see, this has already been done. (both &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/gaming&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;gaming&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;gaming&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/game&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;game&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;game&lt;/a&gt; are synonyms of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/games&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;games&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;games&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If there are any other additional tags that you would be considering creating synonyms to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/games&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;games&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;games&lt;/a&gt; you should probably list them before a community consensus is built and any action is taken.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The exception is the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/game-recommendation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;game-recommendation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;game-recommendation&lt;/a&gt; tag - any questions with this tag will be ignored by our community because recommendations are strictly off topic and are closed within minutes of being asked. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="196255" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2013-11-18T23:48:30.917" LastActivityDate="2013-11-18T23:48:30.917" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7657" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7649" CreationDate="2013-11-17T16:17:23.920" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You're not notified of close or delete votes in the drop down inbox.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="196255" LastActivityDate="2013-11-17T16:17:23.920" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7659" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-11-17T18:19:19.937" Score="-12" ViewCount="156" Body="&lt;p&gt;I believe that Ubuntu is a free software, and free here does not mean free of cost, but freedom. I have been using Ubuntu since Hardy, and have potentially refrained from using Microsoft Windows. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since Microsoft windows is a commercial and closed software, I feel that the Ubuntu community should not resort to marketing or indirectly advertising the software or the company manufacturing the software. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In a recent question of mine, I referred to &quot;Microsoft Windows&quot; as &quot;M$ Windows&quot; and it was edited, thus referring to the name of the company (in fully expanded form) and the software. Since I believed, that the edit was against the free spirit, I rolled back the edit. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I got a comment from a certain Thomas W. using all &quot;pleases&quot; saying that my &quot;needless&quot; rollbacks can &quot;catch the attention of the mods (moderators?)&quot; and that they could stop me from &quot;editing your own question&quot;. This comment is both threatening and dictatorial, thus differing from the free spirit of Ubuntu (well I believe it is free, till now). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="102013" OwnerDisplayName="Indian" LastEditorUserId="47291" LastEditDate="2013-11-18T05:43:35.663" LastActivityDate="2013-11-18T17:27:28.390" Title="Using abbreviations and a `threatsome` advice from a community member" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="7" ClosedDate="2013-11-17T22:03:14.800" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7660" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7659" CreationDate="2013-11-17T18:27:34.983" Score="11" Body="&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Stack Exchange does not use Ubuntu but uses Windows software to host this platform.&lt;/strong&gt; Ask Ubuntu might be about answering questions related to Ubuntu the rules Stack Exchange enforces still apply to us. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Read &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/7317/a-critical-note/7320#7320&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt;. &#xA;&lt;strong&gt;You're on a private site&lt;/strong&gt; so your speech IS restricted.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;You need to learn the rules of this website&lt;/strong&gt;. Ask Ubuntu is for asking questions about Ubuntu. Not about policy. That is what Meta is for. Before posting there read &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/7317/a-critical-note/7320#7320&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Microsoft is a company that deserves our &lt;em&gt;respect&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. They made some very good operating system (and some bad ones) regardless of their philosophy. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" OwnerDisplayName="Rinzwind" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2013-11-17T18:48:03.430" LastActivityDate="2013-11-17T18:48:03.430" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7661" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7659" CreationDate="2013-11-17T18:35:40.860" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;&quot;Free&quot; as in freedom comes in shades of gray. If you want a completely free, opensource OS, use &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fsfla.org/ikiwiki/selibre/linux-libre/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;linux-libre&lt;/a&gt; There are versions based on both Arch and Ubuntu. There is a bit of a lag in their releases as they have to review packaging, remove closed binaries, and review the kernel.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Feel free to contribute to any project you wish.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Along with freedom you should learn &lt;strong&gt;respect&lt;/strong&gt;. You gain nothing by criticizing projects from Windows to Ubuntu from Microsoft or OSX to RHEL to Canonical. People have the &quot;right&quot; to choose to pay someone to maintain what they consider a superior OS and or make a living by making and marketing such an OS.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You are better off contributing to the open source community, thereby improving the product, and compassionately educating the people around you. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just take care, many people do not wish to listen to you when you come across as an extremist or angry.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Last, FYI, as much &quot;moderation&quot; as possible is performed by &quot;the community&quot; based on reputation. Moderators and staff members are elected.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="35795" OwnerDisplayName="bodhi.zazen" LastEditorUserId="117103" LastEditDate="2013-11-18T17:27:28.390" LastActivityDate="2013-11-18T17:27:28.390" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7662" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7659" CreationDate="2013-11-17T18:39:03.553" Score="5" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This answer was created based off of an excerpt of an answer originally created by &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/users/449/oli&quot;&gt;Oli&lt;/a&gt;, one of the moderators of this site, at &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/7320/10616&quot;&gt;this post&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why do people think they have a freedom of speech everywhere? You're on a private site, not something owned by your government. You have no &lt;em&gt;rights&lt;/em&gt; here. Your access to the site is &lt;em&gt;granted&lt;/em&gt; to you by Stack Exchange provided that you play by our rules. It's all in the terms of service.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You are complaining that we're doing something wrong because we're not letting you post whatever you like... Well that's not how we work here and you are wrong to assume we would.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We're here not only to help people with problems but to help the people who invest their time in helping other people. Bad questions and bad answers will be edited, closed and/or removed as we see fit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We also focus quite specifically on answering support questions. We're not a chat site and we don't take feature petitions or bugs. You can read all about this in our help documents.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-11-17T18:39:03.553" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-11-17T18:39:03.553" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7664" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7665" CreationDate="2013-11-17T22:26:40.797" Score="1" ViewCount="122" Body="&lt;p&gt;I found &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/377353/what-are-the-steps-to-deploy-openstack-in-a-vm-using-juju&quot;&gt;What are the steps to deploy OpenStack in a VM using juju?&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I saw comments on the question earlier that look like the person asking this is really trying to find the answer. It appears he has tried to figure it out himself, but is confused, so I'm inclined to take the time and try to answer it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;He has 5 numbered (and some of them have sub questions) questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I only feel qualified to answer 3 or 4 of the questions, and so have been holding off on trying to answer it. I'm considering just answering what I know and people can edit my answer with what I don't know, but the question is long enough that I think I might have to quote it just to keep the answers associated with their question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should this be split into multiple questions?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="9308" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2013-11-17T23:41:54.237" Title="Should this question be split into 5 separate questions?" Tags="|discussion|editing|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7665" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7664" CreationDate="2013-11-17T23:15:28.550" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;These are are related to the same subject, deploying OpenStack with Juju on &quot;bare metal&quot;. With the exception of question two, they can all be answered in one swoop. Just because he offers five points doesn't mean they are five questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The user has taken quite a lot of time to outline what they have tried, what their thinking is, and what their goal is. Don't mind the five questions a much as focus on the goal. Deploy OpenStack on two machines with Juju. The rest of the points are simply there to document what the user has tried so far.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2013-11-17T23:15:28.550" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7666" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7669" CreationDate="2013-11-18T10:19:41.267" Score="9" ViewCount="1570" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sometimes there are long commands of the form:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;sudo apt-get install package_1 package_2 package_3 package_4 package_5 package_6 package_7 package_8 package_9 package_10 package_11 package_12 package_13 package_14 package_15 package_16 package_17 package_18 package_19 package_20 package_21 package_22 package_23 package_24 package_25 package_26 package_27 package_28 package_29 package_30 package_31 package_32 package_33 package_34 package_35 package_36 package_37 package_38 package_39 package_40 package_41 package_42 package_43 package_44 package_45 package_46 package_47 package_48 package_49 package_50&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;which I find incredible difficult to read or even copy/paste, as it must be scrolled.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is: Would it be preferable to break it into multiple lines with the use of bachslashes (&lt;code&gt;\&lt;/code&gt;)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Isn't this better (compare how long it takes to copy)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;sudo apt-get install package_1 package_2 package_3 package_4 package_5 package_6 \&#xA;package_7 package_8 package_9 package_10 package_11 package_12 package_13 \&#xA;package_14 package_15 package_16 package_17 package_18 package_19 package_20 \&#xA;package_21 package_22 package_23 package_24 package_25 package_26 package_27 \&#xA;package_28 package_29 package_30 package_31 package_32 package_33 package_34 \&#xA;package_35 package_36 package_37 package_38 package_39 package_40 package_41 \&#xA;package_42 package_43 package_44 package_45 package_46 package_47 package_48 \&#xA;package_49 package_50&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="176889" LastActivityDate="2013-11-20T01:24:11.133" Title="Should backslashes be used to break long commands?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7668" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7670" CreationDate="2013-11-18T10:55:16.427" Score="0" ViewCount="70" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have flagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/375850/how-to-type-in-hebrew-in-ubuntu-13-10&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; 6 days ago as duplicate, but my flag is still active to this day. Usually it takes 2 days at max to get it accepted/declined.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please understand I am not complaining about the moderator work, they are volunteer people with a life after all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The thing is I am testing the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/190200/help-us-test-the-alpha-version-of-our-android-app&quot;&gt;Android application of SE&lt;/a&gt;. And I flagged the question from the application (and it's the only one I did). I just like an answer to know if the flag was received or not, so I know if I should report it as bug.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2013-11-18T11:56:51.383" Title="Flag did not get answered" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7669" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7666" CreationDate="2013-11-18T11:25:27.777" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think this is mostly a matter of personal style, and that the advantages of each approach roughly balance each other out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To easily copy a long single-line command, you can:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Triple-click anywhere in the command. I think this currently works on most or all browsers/platforms.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;If for any reason that doesn't work, or for people who have trouble triple-clicking:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Select the first character--or any number of leading characters. Press &lt;kbd&gt;Shift&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;End&lt;/kbd&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This will select from the beginning to the end. Then you can copy it like any text, such as with &lt;kbd&gt;Ctrl&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;C&lt;/kbd&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Given those techniques, I think a single-line command and backslash-broken commands are about equally easy to copy and paste. However, I haven't tested them on all browsers (or all platforms).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The single-line command will be wrapped at the end of each line in a terminal, and tends to be readable in the terminal. A multi-line command broken with backslashes will often be broken up in the terminal as well--unless you make each line very short--and be less readable there as a result.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But the backslash-broken command is probably more readable in your post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But the backslash-broken command takes more room in your post, and could consequently make the post as a whole less readable. And it is easier for you (or anyone editing the code) to make a mistake.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But if you do make a mistake, it might be easier for people reading your post to see the mistake.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't think either way represents an identifiable best practice. It seems to me that you should use whichever way you prefer (or think is clearer in the context of your post). It's probably best to prefer one style or the other &lt;em&gt;within a single post.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2013-11-18T11:25:27.777" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7670" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7668" CreationDate="2013-11-18T11:51:16.580" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;When I view the question I don't see an active moderator flag on it. When I look at the flags screen for that question (which shows all historical administrative flags and votes), I see your flag as a &quot;recommend closure&quot; as as duplicate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know you don't have the privileges to lodge close votes but I think that's how duplicate flags are handled these days. I'm not certain, if somebody could link to something explaining that, I think we'd all appreciate it). So yeah, they're not the same as a standard moderator flag in a few ways:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We aren't told about it explicitly like a moderator flag.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The question is added to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/close/&quot;&gt;review queue for closures&lt;/a&gt; so other high-reputation users can see if the question needs action (and they can lodge their own votes). There are 300 questions in that queue. It might take more than a few days to get to your flag.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And in fairness, a duplicate question flag is not something that needs to pass through the hands of the moderators. We have enough real flags to deal with as it is.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While typing this question, the Community user (a bot) has marked your flag as useful and there is now a proper close vote on the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is because another user lodged a proper close vote (probably because they saw this thread) and that has replaced your soft-vote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:24.280" LastActivityDate="2013-11-18T11:56:51.383" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7672" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7586" CreationDate="2013-11-19T01:23:35.487" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think that the rules of the road are pretty clear - &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/editing&quot;&gt;help&lt;/a&gt; lays them out pretty clearly but then there's more. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One of the nice things about the SE ecosystem is we have a source of clear, low noise information on the topics that sites are about. A lot of the 'agressiveness' and evolution of community norms - or as you call them 'hidden rules of the road' are aimed at that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm a low reputation user on AU (yes, I am trying to fix that!), but I'm pretty familiar with stack-exchange community culture. Allowing community edits of your questions allows for a few things - we can fix up links even when the OP is long gone, fix language and grammar, especially for ESL speakers and so on. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your reputation is low enough to suggest an edit, your edit is reviewed by two users with enough reputation to do an edit on their own, and they can improve, and mark your edit as being helpful or not - so there's oversight.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's what I see on the SU suggested edits &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/cVuKF.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Lets say you're unhappy with parts of an edit. You feel that it has fundamentally changed your answer and is complete and utter garbage, unworthy of a &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/157121/what-are-review-tests-audits-and-how-do-they-work&quot;&gt;review audit&lt;/a&gt;, you can roll it back, or better yet, take the aspects that work for you and refine your answer further. If you find you're in a rollback war, then custom flag it (or get on chat and ask a mod). We expect edits to make questions better, and &lt;em&gt;thats&lt;/em&gt; probably what a new user would notice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I personally choose to comment when I feel a question needs substantial changes or additional information, rather than make major changes (and yes, &lt;a href=&quot;https://superuser.com/questions/366221/differences-between-cherry-mechanical-keyboard-switches/&quot;&gt;I have argued with one of the site founders over this&lt;/a&gt;) .&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In short its a system that works pretty well once you think about it, cand get used to the way we do things. Its one of the things that makes SE a great source of information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17681" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:24.280" LastActivityDate="2013-11-19T01:23:35.487" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7673" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-11-19T02:06:54.720" Score="-6" ViewCount="92" Body="&lt;p&gt;In a recent question of mine posted on the AskUbuntu site I was ordered that M$ has to be expanded to stand for Microsoft (probably to allow for indirect advertising of the company). Is indirect advertising the reason that the following abbreviations have not been expanded for a few questions that I have been monitoring since yesterday evening?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;PHP (PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;NTFS (New Technology File System)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;CLI (Command line interface)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;GUI (Graphical User Interface)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;SMB (Server Message Block)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;AFP (Apple Filing Protocol) &amp;lt;-- see apple is here&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;.. and many more. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In fact, I wish to know, that if there is really a standard, or it is as I was told that &quot;you have no freedom of speech&quot; and it is based on the totalitarian whims of the mods (moderators?)? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have been observing all the answers and comments to this question, and I found them mutually contradictory, confusing and strangling the freedom of speech (as a community stand). I would not like to be &quot;reputed&quot; or &quot;badged&quot; by such a community. I would therefore like to request the mods to remove all my badges and reputation from the StackExchange site. I will keep on contributing to the site to help Ubuntu users and/or asking questions for sharing experiences in my own humble way. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="102013" LastEditorUserId="102013" LastEditDate="2013-11-19T03:44:24.027" LastActivityDate="2013-11-19T05:48:57.160" Title="Standard of expanding the abbreviations for questions" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="10" ClosedDate="2013-11-20T07:08:19.873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7674" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7673" CreationDate="2013-11-19T02:25:20.187" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;M$ is by no means any of the official acronyms of Microsoft Windows, and when used is normally pejoratively and with the intention of make fun of the product witch is Windows. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The ones you mentioned were said by their creators/developers and/or are non-pejorative equivalents to their long version of their names and are OK as they are.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2013-11-19T02:25:20.187" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7675" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7673" CreationDate="2013-11-19T02:29:42.073" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The standard is - Expand them whenever it is helpful&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are many I would expand in that list when explaining terms to new users, CLI or GUI for example&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This is the GUI(graphical user interface)... the GUI is ...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Same for Apple related:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This uses AFP(Apple filing protocal)... to use AFP...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;However:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This has nothing to do with including &quot;Microsoft&quot; or &quot;Apple&quot;, The problem you have is you are bringing your prejudices against commercial software to this site - Where we are just trying to help people answer questions!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Treating Microsoft in this manner goes against &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_%28philosophy%29&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Ubuntu philosophy&lt;/a&gt;, &#xA;and everyone from the outside world that sees this type of action says to themselves - &quot;They are only using linux because they don't like Microsoft, and they would never pay for any software&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastEditorUserId="47291" LastEditDate="2013-11-19T02:52:07.663" LastActivityDate="2013-11-19T02:52:07.663" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7676" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7673" CreationDate="2013-11-19T02:51:05.303" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Acronyms are designed to make life easier for people - Its perfectly fine to say, for example MS Office and MS windows, simply because this saves people the trouble of typing out the whole thing. The problem with using M$ or m$ is that the primary purpose of this is to state a dislike for microsoft software, rather  than a proper abbreviation&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The big problem with your contention is that every single example you've given is something thats a protocol or something else commonly referred to by a acronym, while microsoft is a proper noun used in full. Its no different from referring to the HyperText Transport Protocol as HTTP or the Extended File System, version 4 as EXT4. You're not using acronyms correctly, and that is not our fault.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In addition PHP is a recursive acronym for &quot;PHP Hypertext Preprocessor&quot; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17681" LastActivityDate="2013-11-19T02:51:05.303" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7684" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7749" CreationDate="2013-11-19T20:23:57.110" Score="0" ViewCount="64" Body="&lt;p&gt;recently i answered on a question, with maybe not the best answer there is, but it was accepted as the answer to the question.&lt;br&gt;consequently i received my reputation, but someone voted my answer down.&lt;br&gt;now the question was deleted and my rep is gone, but the bad tag rating is still there.&lt;br&gt;i really dont find this approach to be consequent.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;either delete both rep and tag rating or keep both. or is there a good explenation why this seperation makes sense ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="216775" LastActivityDate="2013-12-03T12:08:00.307" Title="question deleted - reputation is gone, but the tag rating is still there" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7685" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7684" CreationDate="2013-11-19T20:56:56.583" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Tag ratings update overnight, rather than instantly, so any changes to them should be correctly reflected tomorrow. Reputation changes are done in real time, so the deletion of the question would immediately revoke the reputation granted from answering it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="196255" LastActivityDate="2013-11-19T20:56:56.583" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7686" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7666" CreationDate="2013-11-20T01:24:11.133" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Some inexperienced people will just copy the commands line by line, and they won't work after the first backslash.&#xA;So if you put the whole stuff in one line and they're inexperienced, they will just copy the whole one-liner. And they won't even bother to check what the part of the command they can't see does (that's because they're newbies after all...).&#xA;On the other side, experienced users won't find any difference.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just my two cents...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Cheers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6758" LastActivityDate="2013-11-20T01:24:11.133" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7688" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-11-18T06:04:49.650" Score="0" ViewCount="144" Body="&lt;p&gt;I keep getting the message:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unable to log in with your OpenID provider:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No OpenID endpoint found.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm running a fairly old Ubuntu and Firefox with JavaScript enabled.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user216873" LastActivityDate="2013-12-17T22:56:39.180" Title="Why doesn't my launchpad login work on Ask Ubuntu?" Tags="|discussion|launchpad|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7689" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7692" CreationDate="2013-11-20T16:46:59.047" Score="7" ViewCount="168" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was thinking about it after having had some harsh answer to some comment or edit of a question.  There are a lot of questions from new users (and some answer) that shows that the user has not really understood the philosophy of the site (using it like a chat-like site, for example). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Suggesting (or even requesting, but I am not sure about this) to read the site help and acquire the &quot;Informed&quot; badge when a user post a question/answer without having it would greatly enhance the visibility of the FAQ and the rules of the site, and maybe help in auto-filtering some of the duplicate/too short/impossible to understand questions we see every morning... &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On-the-fly example... &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/380005/atoms-elements&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/380005/atoms-elements&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16395" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Require/Suggest &quot;Informed&quot; badge for asking questions?" Tags="|discussion|new-users|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7692" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7689" CreationDate="2013-11-21T16:13:47.463" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;This already happens at Stack Overflow (see  &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/176849/185667&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;New users required to take a tutorial on how the site works&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;) and it doesn't prevent a truckload of crappy questions being posted on a daily basis.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;AFAIK, the reasoning is that Stack Exchange lives of the traffic  -and of actual visitors using the sites- and raising the bar or putting obstacles is considered counter-productive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's totally subjective, but I'd dare to say that almost nobody RTFM, even tech savvy folks first try to use the tool and check the manual afterwards, when something doesn't work or doesn't make sense. I think the percentage of people that would actually read the basic &lt;em&gt;How to Ask&lt;/em&gt; guide before asking would be almost the same as new users who respond promptly and pro-actively to any downvoting or guidance comments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've checked that Server Fault and Meta Stack Overflow also don't allow anonymous posting nor asking before reading &lt;em&gt;How to Ask&lt;/em&gt; and clicking a checkbox &lt;code&gt;&amp;quot;thanks, I will keep these tips in mind when asking&amp;quot;&lt;/code&gt;. I don't know if this can be enforced locally or is decided at higher levels.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Briefly looking at WordPress, Super User and Webmasters shows the same behavior as here in &lt;em&gt;Ask Ubuntu&lt;/em&gt;: just click &lt;kbd&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/ask&quot;&gt;Ask Question&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/kbd&gt; and post it Signed up or as Guest:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/TUvVI.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/TUvVI.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The title input field already has &lt;code&gt;What's your Ubuntu question? Be specific&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;That didn't prevent the Chemistry question examplified by the OP.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;At the sidebar, a mini &lt;em&gt;How to Ask&lt;/em&gt; guide highlighting: &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Is your question about Ubuntu?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;Again, no effect on the avid asker.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Does Ubuntu even mean anything in Chemistry??&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;So, no. I don't think reading &lt;em&gt;How to Ask&lt;/em&gt; should be mandatory.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Further evidence. The title input at &lt;a href=&quot;https://apple.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Ask Different (Apple)&lt;/a&gt; has the following (my emphasis):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What's your &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Apple&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; hardware or software question? Be specific.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That didn't prevent someone from asking a Microsoft (!) question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/xAa4z.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="184896" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-11-22T03:54:27.030" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7693" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-11-21T19:57:44.080" Score="2" ViewCount="48" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am talking about &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/168280/how-do-i-grant-sudo-privileges-to-an-existing-user&quot;&gt;How do I grant sudo privileges to an existing user?&lt;/a&gt;, which is over a year old and has 4 answers with an accepted answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This question just turned up in the CloseVote queue as possible duplicate. I'd say to leave it open, what is your take?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2013-11-21T22:48:15.803" Title="Is it useful to mark an old question (with answers) as duplicate of an older one?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7694" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7693" CreationDate="2013-11-21T20:20:33.763" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, remember most of our traffic comes from search engines, which means that we should have duplicates pointing to one canonical source instead of spread over the site, this also includes old questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Before I mark things like this though I usually compare answers between both, in some cases a merge is more appropriate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2013-11-21T20:20:33.763" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7695" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7693" CreationDate="2013-11-21T22:48:15.803" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;You have to make sure that the scope of the question is the same. Remember that a same answer can apply for several things with some tweaks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, is not the same asking &lt;em&gt;&quot;How to do X?&quot;&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;&quot;How X do that?&quot;&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;How can I make Y to do X?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2013-11-21T22:48:15.803" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7696" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7787" CreationDate="2013-11-21T23:22:06.650" Score="10" ViewCount="227" Body="&lt;p&gt;With the recent acquisition of 10K reputation I've seen people flagging NAA wrong answers... this is not what the Not an Answer flag is for, for that is the Down Vote button! In which cases NAA should be used (OMG, I can't believe I have to explain this):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;When you should flag&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If the answer asks the asker about more information, is Not an Answer.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If the answer is replying someones comment, is Not an Answer (NAA).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If the answer is a &quot;me too&quot;, &quot;thanks&quot;, &quot;u sux&quot;, etc... is Not an Answer.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If the answer has some rant, you removed the rant and still doesn't make something near an answer, is Not an Answer.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/225370/213575&quot;&gt;If it's barely anymore than a link and the question doesn't ask for links&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If it does not attempt to answer the question, is Not an Answer.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;When you should not flag:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;When the answer gives exactly what the question asks for&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If the post is a halfbaked answer that might not solve OP's question, &lt;strong&gt;downvote it&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If the answer is somehow ranty you edit the rant and still is coherent, then just edit it (and vote it if it's right/wrong)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;When the answer is plainly wrong, downvote it. (if you have read one of this &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/3521/169736&quot;&gt;two&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/6922/169736&quot;&gt;posts&lt;/a&gt; see the reason below)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;When the answers is dangerous, comment that is dangerous (I normally say the same with people that jump of the gun (or right off the bat) say to remove &lt;code&gt;/var/lib/dpkg/lock&lt;/code&gt;) and there is safer methods or edit the answer and add a note that the method could be dangerous. (if you have read one of this &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/3521/169736&quot;&gt;two&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/6922/169736&quot;&gt;posts&lt;/a&gt; see the reason above)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That would be the best.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The below note&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;About wrong and dangerous answers that should not be flagged, lets put it this way:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/8tOJZ.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That was a flag in SO. I don't know if moderators in AU allow NAA flags on wrong answers (as I don't remember to flag any &quot;wrong&quot; answer as NAA), I belive that either they should be edited, voted, commented but not flagged.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Related:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/2545/169736&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/2545/169736&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/6719/169736&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/6719/169736&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/2229/169736&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/2229/169736&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2018-12-10T14:29:05.760" LastActivityDate="2018-12-10T14:29:05.760" Title="Basic guide to deal with answers" Tags="|discussion|flagging|faq-proposed|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="7697" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7579" CreationDate="2013-11-22T07:39:30.387" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I &lt;strong&gt;strongly disagree&lt;/strong&gt; with this stance, &lt;strong&gt;specially&lt;/strong&gt; coming from a Moderator (my emphasis):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/7579/should-we-get-worried-about-in-what-direction-ask-ubuntu-wanders/7583#7583&quot;&gt;Is it too much effort to write a few words? &lt;strong&gt;Go away. You're not welcome here.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sorry, but it is our right, our tiny-community-moderated right, written in the system as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/status-by-design&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;status-by-design&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;status-by-design&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;to vote as we see fit&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;em&gt;comment or no comment&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I understand that massive downvotings are detrimental to the spirit of the Stack (short of being a [Meta] Stack Overflow post where, well, votes are like candy).&lt;br&gt;&#xA;One, two, downvotes are enough to raise the community alarms and make it look into it and try to fix/guide the mis-guided.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, wrongfully or excessively downvoted posts are not ok. But we, less than 2k monkeys, also need guidance. Is there an injustice going on? Make your 2k+ Comment/Edit stand and push the Post up. If someone is learning the system, s/he'll take note of it and perform better next time (ie, commenting positively instead of only downvoting or snark-commenting).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After all, we are not Disneyland where everything is a &quot;Win&quot;. &quot;Losing&quot; is part of the process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="184896" LastActivityDate="2013-11-22T07:39:30.387" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7698" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-11-22T18:30:52.913" Score="3" ViewCount="55" Body="&lt;p&gt;I know is pretty difficult finding good/interesting questions/answers, but the amount of votes per week/month/quarter leave so much to hope for. I feel alone in the first place on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users?tab=Voters&amp;amp;filter=quarter&quot;&gt;quarter rankings&lt;/a&gt; and we need to be more cohesive in how we use the tools we are given if we expect quality in the questions/answer. Also remember that voting up and voting down bad questions doesn't cost anything (well only a click) and answers is only 1 reputation on bad answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/7696/169736&quot;&gt;Thy are related to my recent rant about flagging bad/wrong answers as NAA.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2013-11-22T18:30:52.913" Title="Don't be shy and vote ;)" Tags="|discussion|voting|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7699" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7700" CreationDate="2013-11-23T04:05:46.947" Score="1" ViewCount="79" Body="&lt;p&gt;The following (partial)screenshot more or less states my question...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question was edited by the OP who added the terminal output in an unreadable copy and paste.  It was subsequently edited by another user just as I was going to add the code blocks to make the output readable.  I, of course approved it as it seems to be a valid post that improves the question greatly.  The question needed one more review to be approved- the &quot;Community&quot; bot immediately rejects said edit....&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While I could be wrong, I don't think the edit should have been rejected(&quot;Community&quot; did not give a reason, I have to assume too trivial??).  So unless I am completely off base, I believe that the &quot;Community&quot; bot has been bitten by a bug???&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;.....or am I completely wrong and only adding code blocks is now considered too trivial an edit??&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;{edit} hmmm, so when I clicked back on the question window after posting this question, the &quot;edit&quot; button was show that there was an edit waiting....it wast the same edit(at least as far as I could tell) that was rejected by the community, by the same Editor.  So it would seem that the bug either resolved itself, or it is the same bug in a different form??....&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/6aJYG.png&quot; alt=&quot;rejected??&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="65969" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2013-11-23T18:29:59.630" LastActivityDate="2013-11-23T18:29:59.630" Title="Communtiy rejecting seemingly valid edits" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7700" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7699" CreationDate="2013-11-23T14:14:24.917" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;There were two edits but I'm not quite sure what actually happened here. When the Community user steps in, it's usually just mirroring other behaviour.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/187827&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/187827&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/187828&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/187828&lt;/a&gt; (3 minutes later)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the second, the community account accepted the edit because Seth did. He edited the edit and said it was useful. The Community placed an accept vote in Seth's place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For the first edit, I can't see any behaviour that happened in the same second that the Community user acted... It feels like it was too late for it to be an automated reject (because you'd had time to review it by then)... Perhaps it was because they were writing the second edit...? I'm not quite sure.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2013-11-23T14:14:24.917" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7701" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-11-24T06:29:02.220" Score="3" ViewCount="70" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm new to Ask Ubuntu, and I found an &quot;Ask Ubuntu meta&quot; link on my User page.&#xA;I don't know what it is, so can anyone help me?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="216564" OwnerDisplayName="Daniel" LastActivityDate="2013-11-24T13:05:12.870" Title="What is an Ask Ubuntu Meta User?" Tags="|discussion|users|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7702" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7701" CreationDate="2013-11-24T06:36:47.813" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The short answer:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Meta-discussion site (Ask Ubuntu Meta), is where you can talk about things like what questions are appropriate, what tags should be used, suggest a feature, point out a bug, or generally discuss how this site works.&lt;sup&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/dont-ask&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Help&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="59676" OwnerDisplayName="Mitch" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2013-11-24T06:36:47.813" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7704" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7705" CreationDate="2013-11-25T11:46:50.473" Score="19" ViewCount="612" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just out of curiosity, who owns Ask Ubuntu? Canonical or Stack Exchange ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Previously it was said that Canonical helped to make this site and also assisted in designs but there were no Ubuntu links at the top. Now every link of Ubuntu.com appears  in the navbar at top, so I thought of asking.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user126851" LastEditorUserId="1992" LastEditDate="2013-11-26T16:55:55.257" LastActivityDate="2013-11-26T16:55:55.257" Title="Who owns Ask Ubuntu?" Tags="|discussion|ubuntu-community|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7705" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7704" CreationDate="2013-11-25T11:50:07.600" Score="34" Body="&lt;p&gt;Stack Exchange.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's a trademark arrangement and yes, there are design considerations influenced from Canonical, but it's very much still a Stack Exchange venture.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2013-11-25T11:50:07.600" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7706" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7704" CreationDate="2013-11-25T15:06:28.970" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't think we can say that &quot;someone owns Ask Ubuntu&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The system and the engine that runs this site is provided and maintained by Stack Exchange whereas all the content and contribution of members is licensed under &lt;a href=&quot;http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;cc-wiki&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This site has &lt;a href=&quot;http://area51.stackexchange.com/faq&quot;&gt;come into existence by a democratic process&lt;/a&gt; and the strength of every Stack Exchange site is its users and members. I don't think we can say that the site is owned by Stack Exchange. But they are the maintainers of the engine and act as trustees to ensure that the site is run properly. Stack Exchange derives its revenues through this model, so well-run sites definitely help them creating goodwill.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Whereas, Ask Ubuntu is also regarded as an Official Support channel for all things Ubuntu. And Ubuntu involves the whole community around Ubuntu. So, once again this is not owned by someone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Basically, I think each and every site in Stack Exchange network is not owned by anyone. Stack Exchange is at the core of every site, but they are the maintainers of the engine - I wouldn't regard them as the owners of the site (because of the fact that the strength of the SE model is its members).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What I consider is that the community owns Ask Ubuntu (and every other SE site).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;PS: The above is just my opinion without going into technicalities and the legal stuff.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="114818" LastActivityDate="2013-11-25T15:06:28.970" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7707" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7708" CreationDate="2013-11-25T18:26:42.247" Score="16" ViewCount="179" Body="&lt;p&gt;This was a concern &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.meta.stackexchange.com/q/1480/41104&quot;&gt;raised in UL some time ago&lt;/a&gt;, but recently I've seen several cases where I've changed the use of backticks, I will ripoff strugee post from UL:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've noticed that a lot of &lt;code&gt;new users&lt;/code&gt; tend to &lt;code&gt;format&lt;/code&gt; their &lt;code&gt;posts&lt;/code&gt; like this, where they put things they want to &lt;code&gt;emphasize&lt;/code&gt; or things that are even just barely vaguely &lt;code&gt;technical&lt;/code&gt; in &lt;code&gt;code blocks&lt;/code&gt;. &lt;strong&gt;This drives me nuts.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it OK to tell the person in a comment that they're formatting wrong, similar how we do the &quot;welcome to Stack Exchange, we like repeatable questions&quot; (or whatever other problem) dance?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(the bold part was added by &lt;em&gt;moí&lt;/em&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are not guiding correctly our users about the use cases of the backticks? As far I go, the backticks should be used to express some piece of &quot;code&quot; but not to emphasise words in the flow of the question, or I'm wrong?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Related:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/135112&quot;&gt;Inline Code Spans should not be used for emphasis, right?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/7437&quot;&gt;https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/7437&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2013-11-25T21:50:19.893" Title="Formatting, backticks and editing" Tags="|discussion|formatting|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7708" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7707" CreationDate="2013-11-25T18:42:35.507" Score="16" Body="&lt;p&gt;You are correct, the style guide mentions this too:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/89/style-guide-for-questions-and-answers&quot;&gt;Style guide for questions and answers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2013-11-25T18:42:35.507" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7709" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7710" CreationDate="2013-11-26T03:29:49.347" Score="4" ViewCount="40" Body="&lt;p&gt;I had posted above 500 answers. From that I want to search for a particular answer using keywords. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is that possible?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202806" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2013-11-26T03:54:55.020" LastActivityDate="2013-11-26T03:56:34.027" Title="How to search for a particular answer using keyword?" Tags="|support|answered-questions|searching|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7710" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7709" CreationDate="2013-11-26T03:56:34.027" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can use:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;user:202806 is:a [tag] keywords&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;or just:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;user:202806 is:a keywords&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More info &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/searching&quot;&gt;in the help center&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2013-11-26T03:56:34.027" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7712" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-11-26T16:33:34.400" Score="2" ViewCount="43" Body="&lt;p&gt;The help for this type of badge states:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You must have a total score of 100 in at least 20 non-community wiki answers to achieve this badge&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So what does that mean exactly? How do I earn one?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202806" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2013-11-26T16:39:00.647" LastActivityDate="2013-11-26T17:05:20.543" Title="How to earn bronze Tag badge?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7713" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7712" CreationDate="2013-11-26T16:40:38.437" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;These Tag Badges are for the number of votes you accrue on your answers a particular Tag. The instructions just set out how answers you need and how many votes you need between them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this case, 20 questions with at least +100 votes between them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2013-11-26T17:05:20.543" LastActivityDate="2013-11-26T17:05:20.543" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7715" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-11-26T21:47:04.060" Score="2" ViewCount="38" Body="&lt;p&gt;I voted to close/hold a question as &quot;off topic&quot;, others voted for &quot;unclear, what you are asking&quot;. Apparently I was the 5th and now I supposedly voted for &quot;unclear&quot; too. It's no big issue but it feels strange.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is that on purpose or is it a bug?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;see &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/382176/cant-open-my-documents&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/382176/cant-open-my-documents&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2013-11-26T22:05:08.443" Title="Close voters in the wrong voters' bucket?" Tags="|bug|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7716" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7715" CreationDate="2013-11-26T22:05:08.443" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your vote was recorded correctly but most people voted for the reason given. To me that makes sense...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I agree, it's different from past behaviour.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2013-11-26T22:05:08.443" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7717" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-11-26T22:44:29.157" Score="6" ViewCount="78" Body="&lt;p&gt;When you click on the close button on a question and select &lt;code&gt;duplicate&lt;/code&gt; you can then search for a question and get a result list. If you select a question that is on hold/closed for being a duplicate you can then click that linked question (the question it was a duplicate of) and it opens. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The problem I have is when you first click on the search results it opens in the small close window that you get, but when you click on the duplicate link it opens in a new window and takes you out of the close-question window. Which must be a bug. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because at least I want to close to the question that is the &quot;original&quot; duplicate and the one that is open. So that the user easily can find the duplicate question and solve their problem. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes I know that I can copy the link and paste it into the close-window adress bar. But it shouldn't be that complicated to close a question. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The screenshot below shows the problem I described, if you click on the link below it will open the link as a normal link instead of the close-window. &#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/rw1X4.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10698" LastEditorUserId="7035" LastEditDate="2013-11-27T02:23:46.970" LastActivityDate="2013-11-27T02:23:46.970" Title="duplicate question review management" Tags="|bug|review|hyperlinks|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7719" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7722" CreationDate="2013-11-27T04:31:46.797" Score="6" ViewCount="6047" Body="&lt;p&gt;Say a question have five answers. I want to refer the third answer. How to get that particular link? I have seen to refer such links like &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;http:// &amp;lt;some address of askubuntu&amp;gt;#&amp;lt;some number&amp;gt;/&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Am I wrong?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="127327" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2013-11-27T09:34:57.483" LastActivityDate="2013-12-07T10:08:42.680" Title="How to find the URL of particular answer of a question" Tags="|discussion|support|hyperlinks|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7720" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-11-27T06:17:29.037" Score="2" ViewCount="46" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was asked for an edit to my answer. but I was also editing the same answer. Somehow the proposed edit was rejected. I could not able to find the request again. I think it is quite rude to the proposer of edit. What should I do now?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="127327" LastActivityDate="2013-11-27T11:30:25.367" Title="Accidentally rejected the edit request" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7721" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7720" CreationDate="2013-11-27T07:26:49.000" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you have rejected it, then you've rejected it. There is no way to undo this action. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The user who suggested the edit could resubmit it but since their first attempt to edit it was rejected it is unlikely they'll do this. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="196255" LastActivityDate="2013-11-27T07:26:49.000" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7722" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7719" CreationDate="2013-11-27T07:29:15.197" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;Click on the &quot;share&quot; link on the answer that you want to share, copy the link, and use this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/VvtBT.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;People who use this link will be taken straight to the answer you shared, provided that answer doesn't get deleted at some point.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, for example, using the share link on &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/30334/196255&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/40019/196255&quot;&gt;this answer&lt;/a&gt; will take you to the answer by RapazP on the question &quot;What Application Indicators are available?&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="196255" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2013-11-27T07:29:15.197" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7723" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7720" CreationDate="2013-11-27T11:30:25.367" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Or you can see his suggested edit and apply it yourself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2013-11-27T11:30:25.367" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7724" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-11-27T12:02:55.827" Score="4" ViewCount="97" Body="&lt;p&gt;Today we found a clever way spammer are trying to prevent falling into the spam protection system... that is recommending software relevant to the question so people in their curiosity search what is that about so they get ads revenue. Beware, any tool recommendation too vague. An example of such spam:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Uznc8.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;BTW, it doesn't help that then you provide the link of the SPAM (*winks @EricCarvalho*). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/7218/spammers-are-being-nastier-withing-the-second&quot;&gt;Spammers are being nastier withing the second!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2013-11-27T12:02:55.827" Title="SPAM attacks again!" Tags="|discussion|spam-handling|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7725" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7730" CreationDate="2013-11-27T17:23:01.737" Score="-3" ViewCount="71" Body="&lt;p&gt;It would be nice letting new users Comment instead of posting an answer requesting for more info About the question/Issue&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="115520" LastActivityDate="2013-11-28T08:53:27.613" Title="A Quick Suggestion About Commenting" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ClosedDate="2013-11-28T09:58:17.130" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7726" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7727" CreationDate="2013-11-27T17:26:03.050" Score="14" ViewCount="196" Body="&lt;p&gt;Should I ask a question to another Stack Exchange sites if it is not answered here at Ask Ubuntu? Sometimes, after asking a question here I found the topic is more suitable in another site. Then what should be my approach? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="127327" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2013-11-30T15:58:12.633" LastActivityDate="2013-11-30T15:58:12.633" Title="Should I ask an unanswered question to another Stack Exchange site?" Tags="|discussion|faq-suggestion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7727" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7726" CreationDate="2013-11-27T18:53:40.240" Score="17" Body="&lt;p&gt;The best approach would be to flag it for moderator attention, asking them to migrate it to the site of your choice. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/V5vhF.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another thing you might consider is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/bounty&quot;&gt;starting a bounty&lt;/a&gt; on your question to get it more attention.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is considered bad form to ask the same question on multiple Stack Exchange sites at once (and will usually get most, if not all, of the questions closed), however if you don't get an answer in a while I think it would be okay to ask it again somewhere else.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2013-11-27T18:53:40.240" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7728" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-11-28T03:13:30.090" Score="3" ViewCount="71" Body="&lt;p&gt;There have been a lot of questions asked recently in the form of &lt;em&gt;How do I install Ubuntu on my $randomphone?&lt;/em&gt; I'm not sure Ask Ubuntu is the right place for these questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While they fit the general concept of having a direct question, with a presumably direct enough answer, they also seem to be too specific. Every model of phone is different, and so there is no general answer that will work for all phones, like there is with installing Ubuntu on a PC. It requires someone with specific knowledge of the phone in question, to be able to provide a definite answer, and requires other users to have the exact same phone, for it to be generally useful to them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should these be closed as off topic, as they are better asked on another forum (such as XDA Developers)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="50737" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2013-11-28T03:40:25.843" LastActivityDate="2013-11-28T08:52:30.830" Title="Questions about Installing Ubuntu on phones" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2013-11-28T09:08:04.040" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7729" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7728" CreationDate="2013-11-28T08:13:32.070" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't see a problem with those questions. Questions about installing Ubuntu Desktop on a Vaio, HP, etc. laptops are fine. So why would phones be off topic?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am not saying every single question should be accepted. Probably most of them should be flagged as duplicate to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/350558/how-do-i-go-about-porting-ubuntu-touch-to-xyz-device&quot;&gt;How do I go about porting Ubuntu Touch to xyz device?&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I don't think they should be closed as off topic just because they are about a specific mobile device.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2013-11-28T08:52:30.830" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7730" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7725" CreationDate="2013-11-28T08:31:18.780" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Flag those answers as not an answer, and it will be taken care of.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Spam comments are harder to spot and moderate. Answers that are added by new users will be listed in the review queues (any user with 500+ rep will be able to review them), and will bump the question to the top on the homepage.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What if someone posted spam comments on older questions of inactive users? Unless mods have a tool for that, it is not possible to spot new comments except if you spend your time on &lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/ubuntu/query&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://data.stackexchange.com/ubuntu/query&lt;/a&gt; querying for new comments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The rate of spam that will be available due to comments being allowed by new users, is totally not worth it. Also think about the &lt;code&gt;Thanks&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;Me too&lt;/code&gt;, etc. comments that new users will start adding; Who most likely won't know that they are not allowed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastEditorUserId="8698" LastEditDate="2013-11-28T08:53:27.613" LastActivityDate="2013-11-28T08:53:27.613" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7731" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-11-28T18:35:07.153" Score="3" ViewCount="53" Body="&lt;p&gt;My Ask Ubuntu badge is inserted on my personal blog. So, when I visit my blog or I write on it, I can also check my status updates. But today, I have observed that the updates are not not in real-time, if I may say so. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I mean that while on the Ask Ubuntu site, the reputation changes, my badge keeps showing the old reputation. Since is about something that I have observed only today, I can't say if it is something temporary or permanent. I suppose that tomorrow or in the following days, things will be remedied. But still, it is something odd and if should be solved. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to know what should I do, if I can do something about this problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Later edit&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Meanwhile, my badge was updated. It seems to me that it is a delay of several hours. But the main problem / question still remains. Why it does not update instantly? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="146105" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2013-11-28T18:41:30.970" LastActivityDate="2013-11-29T20:46:37.980" Title="Badge doesn't update reputation in real-time" Tags="|discussion|reputation|badges|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7732" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7634" CreationDate="2013-11-29T10:16:44.830" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you are using Chromium or Firefox, try the &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackapps.com/q/3780/6969&quot;&gt;Desktop Notifications for Stack Exchange&lt;/a&gt; extension, written by &lt;a href=&quot;https://robwu.nl/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Rob Wu&lt;/a&gt;. A picture says more than a hundred words, so here is a screenshot (taken from the Stackapps.com site):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/P8F9b.png&quot; alt=&quot;screenshot&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I cannot remember hearing sounds, but it should be easy to implement. When I see him later this day, I will ask him about it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6969" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:46.307" LastActivityDate="2013-11-29T10:16:44.830" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7733" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7735" CreationDate="2013-11-29T16:23:10.427" Score="6" ViewCount="164" Body="&lt;p&gt;Today was a very sad day... I found that one of the questions that &lt;strong&gt;I&lt;/strong&gt; (tm) like to answer (apt/dpkg tags) was tagged with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/toshiba&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;toshiba&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;toshiba&lt;/a&gt;... To my surprise, the OP hadn't even mentioned &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/383804/revisions&quot;&gt;&quot;toshiba&quot; in the question&lt;/a&gt; which leads me to another question: &lt;strong&gt;are we missing questions that interest us because tagging sucks?&lt;/strong&gt; Let's be serious, I don't expect newbies to tag correctly, so we rely on the system to suggest &lt;em&gt;&quot;good tags&quot;&lt;/em&gt;, and we all know where that goes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The problem is that there are several tags with serious problems and people are not willing to burminate them at all, say that the more tags the better... I could not be more against such thinking. I prefer a bunch of well defined tags than a ton of overly general/specific tags. Seriously! Who in their sane judgement would follow the amd/intel/paste/12.04/sound/dell/laptop tags. It's inefficient! Tags should &lt;strong&gt;help answerers find questions they are interested in and able to answer&lt;/strong&gt;. I bet a question about &quot;intel&quot; cpus and only about &quot;intel&quot; cpus (no relation whatsoever with Ubuntu) is off-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, how can we identify these tags? Simple:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is a question about this tag on-topic?&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Yes: Make a excerpt about how the tag can be on-topic.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;No: tag meets the burminator (Post a meta question about it.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is there someone that specializes in &quot;tag + Ubuntu&quot; question?&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Yes: Make a excerpt clear about how the tag can be on-topic/useful.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;No: tag meets the burminator (Post a meta question about it.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Can the tag apply to many kinds of problems/questions/circumstances?&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Yes: tag meets the burminator (Post a meta question about it.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;No: Verify that all the existing questions has a common topic and create a good tag excerpt&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If the tag didn't exist tomorrow, would something bad happen?&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Yes: leave it alone.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Maybe/No: Post a meta question about it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Related:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/2720/169736&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/2720/169736&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/5937/do-we-need-a-tag-for-every-apple-product&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/5937/do-we-need-a-tag-for-every-apple-product&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2014-05-08T20:03:46.170" Title="Do we need &quot;brand/manufacturer&quot; tags?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7734" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6870" CreationDate="2013-11-29T16:32:10.730" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just add the &quot;tags&quot; that you know you can't answer to the &quot;ignored tags&quot; list.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2013-11-29T16:32:10.730" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7735" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7733" CreationDate="2013-11-29T20:41:21.600" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No&lt;/strong&gt; - when thinking about creating additional tags, ask yourself the following;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Who would filter using it? Who would think this is an expertise area?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the answer to either question is unknown, the tag is probably not going to be an example of a good tag. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are essentially two possible purposes for manufacturer tags:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&quot;My laptop/desktop/cake is made by HP/Toshiba/Dell/chocolate&quot; - adding this information as a tag generally isn't going to have an effect on the answer (with a small handful of exceptions). Nobody is going to filter using these tags and therefore they're pointless tags.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&quot;My network adaptor/graphics card/sound card/banana is made by Broadcom/NVidia/Creative Labs/pasta&quot; - this information may have an effect on the answer, but due to the limited number of manufacturers adding them as a tag would be like tagging everything with &quot;ubuntu&quot; - the information can be self contained within the question title (ie: &quot;Installing drivers for NVIDIA superdeluxefastcard&quot;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In most instances of (1) the information is circumstantial and not going to have much of a bearing on the answer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In most instances of (2) the information is important enough to include in the title but generic enough to not require its own tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="196255" LastEditorUserId="117103" LastEditDate="2014-05-08T20:03:46.170" LastActivityDate="2014-05-08T20:03:46.170" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7736" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7731" CreationDate="2013-11-29T20:46:37.980" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The only thing you need to do is be patient. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Updates for a whole variety of statistics do not update in real time, including, but not limited to;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;tag reputation&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;tag badges&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;reputation badges&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;others&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These processes are actioned by scripts running at set intervals in the background. Certain actions (like receiving the mortarboard badge, amongst others) only run once a day, while others will run multiple times per day.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Be patient, you will get the badge(s) and your profile will update when the script next runs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="196255" LastActivityDate="2013-11-29T20:46:37.980" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7737" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-11-29T21:03:18.857" Score="3" ViewCount="53" Body="&lt;p&gt;Discovered that utf8 chars are trimmed away from users StackExchange profiles usersupplied webpage url under bio.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;E.g. for my case, the &lt;code&gt;æ&lt;/code&gt; from my last name is getting trimmed, rendering the google+ url unusable (404). I assume utf8 to be accepted as of Name allow utf8, and when putting utf8 into the url field is the feedback not showing any warning or error, on the save of changes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="196592" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2013-11-29T21:50:44.630" LastActivityDate="2013-11-29T21:50:44.630" Title="Bug, utf8 char trimmed away from user profile webpage url" Tags="|bug|profile-page|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7739" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-11-30T14:21:28.280" Score="2" ViewCount="74" Body="&lt;p&gt;When reviewing low quality answers it would be useful to see the other answers to the question, so you know if an answer is a comment to another answer or a reply to the question. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Like the answer below, it's a reply to the answer posted, since it's a suggestion to add &lt;code&gt;-c&lt;/code&gt; also and doesn't provide a complete answer on it's own. I know it's easy to just open a new tab and view the question, but it's much faster to just scroll down and see that it's a reply to another answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/PDCgS.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10698" LastActivityDate="2015-10-14T19:02:15.470" Title="Would it be possible to see all the answers when you review in &quot;low quality posts&quot;" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7740" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-11-30T14:25:56.923" Score="2" ViewCount="46" Body="&lt;p&gt;I found &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/troubleshooting&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;troubleshooting&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;troubleshooting&lt;/a&gt; has a very interesting tag excerpt:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Do not use! This is a very general tag - please use a more specific tag to describe your problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the tag is &quot;too general&quot; then shouldn't exist at all. Be on the look out and retag away.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2013-11-30T14:25:56.923" Title="Nuke away &quot;Do not use this!&quot; tags!" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7741" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-12-02T15:26:44.113" Score="0" ViewCount="143" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a main Stack Exchange account.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Firstly, I want to delete the other Ask accounts I've made on other services, (like Google, for example) if possible. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then I want to merge all my accounts, for example my Google account.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this possible? If so, how?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="115520" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2017-03-19T21:07:57.810" LastActivityDate="2017-03-19T21:07:57.810" Title="How do I connect all my accounts to my StackExchange account?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7742" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-12-02T15:54:51.480" Score="1" ViewCount="23" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've seen for a couple of days this, but the &quot;flag count&quot; doesn't appear besides the review link unless &lt;code&gt;flags &amp;gt; 30&lt;/code&gt;. Is this intended?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2013-12-02T15:54:51.480" Title="Why the flag count doesn't show besides the review link?" Tags="|support|review|flags|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7743" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-12-03T02:23:42.600" Score="2" ViewCount="80" Body="&lt;p&gt;Title says it all. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/175873/169736&quot;&gt;This question&lt;/a&gt; inspired this meta-Q. So, are questions about removing another OS but Ubuntu on-topic?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Relevant comments:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;mint is offtopic on askubuntu. But you can format the partition with mint on it with gparted. FOr the remainder: mount the partitions and you can c/p data. –  Rinzwind&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;@Rinzwind while Mint is off-topic, I don't believe this question truly is. the OP wants to remove Mint(and maybe Windows as well) and keep Ubuntu. If a question about removing another OS and keeping Ubuntu is really off-topic, there are a lot of questions on askubutu about removing Windows and keeping Ubuntu that are off-topic as well..... –  TrailRider Aug 15 '12 at 0:21&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;BTW, I edited the tags/title to be easier to search, but I still think that there should another dupe.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you haven't noticed this Q doesn't need TLDR!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Relevant: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3043/is-this-the-right-place-to-ask-a-question-about-installing-another-os-on-an-ubun&quot;&gt;Is this the right place to ask a question about installing another OS on an Ubuntu computer?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-03-03T15:40:02.847" Title="Are question about removing another OS but Ubuntu on topic?" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7744" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7743" CreationDate="2013-12-03T03:54:31.450" Score="-2" Body="&lt;p&gt;IMHO If the machine has Ubuntu(not compulsory) in it and/or the question states it(that removing has anything to do with Ubuntu or another os(es) that are multi-boot with Ubuntu :=&gt; compulsory) then it's definitely NOT-OFF TOPIC [Also the question should be about resolving within Ubuntu unless it is removing Ubuntu using another OS]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="181307" LastActivityDate="2013-12-03T03:54:31.450" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-12-03T03:54:31.450" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7745" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-12-03T05:45:54.883" Score="1" ViewCount="61" Body="&lt;p&gt;The title is about it. But, specifically there is a bug &#xA;(&lt;a href=&quot;https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/1227365&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/1227365&lt;/a&gt;)&#xA;which causes no grub menu to appear on loading (even holding down shift). I fixed the problem by running boot-repair. I just wish someone had told me before I had to do a complete reinstall since I couldn't log in in recovery mode...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="110289" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2013-12-03T06:07:40.303" LastActivityDate="2013-12-03T06:16:28.743" Title="Is it reasonable to warn people about a bug and provide a workaround?" Tags="|discussion|scope|bug-reports|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2013-12-17T12:01:15.250" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7746" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7745" CreationDate="2013-12-03T05:58:43.033" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is it reasonable to warn people about a bug and provide a workaround in the main site?  Yes and no, to some extent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If there is a question asked about this bug, then you can answer the question, stating the bug link and that there is a work around.  However, it may be more prudent to state that in the comments of the question instead of an answer, because the question is likely to be closed as a bug report.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, if you are going to post with the intention of making the public aware of the bug, then you have to be very careful of how you word this.  You need to create a question asking about the symptoms of the issue, then answer your own question with the link to the bug, and also the workaround.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Otherwise you should not do anything except (1) wait for the bug to be fixed, and (2) only answer questions which match this bug issue with the bug link and the workaround.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2013-12-03T06:16:28.743" LastActivityDate="2013-12-03T06:16:28.743" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7747" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-12-03T09:00:25.440" Score="1" ViewCount="34" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is asking about the relative merits of various releases for main or meta? or both? or Neither? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="110289" LastActivityDate="2013-12-03T09:06:42.303" Title="Is asking about the relative merits of various releases for main or meta?" Tags="|discussion|asking-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7748" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7747" CreationDate="2013-12-03T09:06:42.303" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's certainly not Meta. Meta is really just for things about Ask Ubuntu, the site and its community.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Whether it's really answerable in a sense that we'd welcome on the main site, it's probably either a bit too broad (a changelogs for all the packages are available). If you could limit the scope of the question to something that is a bit more atomic, you might have an answerable question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you updated your question here to include an example of the question you'd be considering asking, I can update my answer to offer further guidance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2013-12-03T09:06:42.303" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7749" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7684" CreationDate="2013-12-03T12:08:00.307" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;my reputation only disappeared after i got new rep on the main site (the non-meta one)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="216775" LastActivityDate="2013-12-03T12:08:00.307" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7750" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7751" CreationDate="2013-12-04T01:29:59.267" Score="2" ViewCount="52" Body="&lt;p&gt;I might have been using Ubuntu and Linux in general for only a little while now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am relatively new to AskUbuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a problem with my wireless internet and wanted to ask a question on AskUbuntu to try to get help with it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are there any specific things I should include in my question so that I get lots of good answers, or links to answers that will help me, instead of mean comments from high-reps working the review queue?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="38094" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2013-12-04T01:53:51.803" LastActivityDate="2013-12-04T01:53:51.803" Title="What specific things should I include in my question if I have a problem connecting to wireless networks and want to ask here about it?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7751" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7750" CreationDate="2013-12-04T01:29:59.267" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you kindly take the time to follow these steps, it will help people looking at your question determine what wireless hardware is built in to your computer. This is necessary to know because each wireless card has its own set of things that can go wrong with it and things that can be done to remedy the situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are having wireless problems, &lt;strong&gt;you should do all of these things:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;State, clearly and with as much detail as possible, What the problem is and What you've done to try to solve it, if anything.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;On the PC that's having issues, open up a Terminal with the keyboard shortcut &lt;kbd&gt;Ctrl&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;Alt&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;T&lt;/kbd&gt;. Type the following command in, hit &lt;kbd&gt;Enter&lt;/kbd&gt;, and copy and paste the complete output into your question: &lt;code&gt;lspci&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Next, run the following command in the terminal as well: &lt;code&gt;sudo lshw -c network&lt;/code&gt; and hit &lt;kbd&gt;Enter&lt;/kbd&gt;. You will be prompted for your password, which you should type in and hit &lt;kbd&gt;Enter&lt;/kbd&gt; again. This command will take longer to complete. Nothing will appear when you are typing your password. Paste the complete output of that command in to your question.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Only if you have a USB wireless dongle (if in doubt, skip):&lt;/em&gt; Enter &lt;code&gt;lsusb&lt;/code&gt; in to the terminal and hit &lt;kbd&gt;Enter&lt;/kbd&gt;. You will not be prompted for a password this time. Paste the complete output of that command in to your question.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It would be preferable if you could hook up to an Ethernet connection and simply ask the question that way. However, some laptops do not have wired connection capabilities. If your laptop does not have an Ethernet port, follow the above steps, with the following exceptions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In step 2, replace the command with &lt;code&gt;lspci &amp;gt; AUlspci.txt&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In step 3, replace the command with &lt;code&gt;sudo lshw -c network &amp;gt; AUlshw.txt&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In step 4, if you are using a USB wireless dongle and are thus following step 4, replace the command with &lt;code&gt;lsusb &amp;gt; AUlsusb.txt&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;After running the commands, you will have two (or three, if you followed step 4) text files in your Home folder beginning with &quot;AU&quot;. Copy them to a USB thumb drive, write them to a writeable disk, or record them to some other form of media that can be read by a PC that has a working internet connection and can be used to ask a question on AskUbuntu.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Open the files on the working computer (the files are readable by any operating system) and copy and paste their contents into your question.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="38094" LastActivityDate="2013-12-04T01:29:59.267" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7752" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2013-12-04T03:00:10.870" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2013-12-04T03:00:10.870" LastActivityDate="2013-12-04T03:00:10.870" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7753" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2013-12-04T03:00:10.870" Score="0" Body="This tag is used for questions about editing on Ask Ubuntu. " OwnerUserId="420786" LastEditorUserId="420786" LastEditDate="2016-06-22T09:28:23.097" LastActivityDate="2016-06-22T09:28:23.097" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7754" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-12-04T08:23:52.377" Score="0" ViewCount="39" Body="&lt;p&gt;So...I somehow marked my own post as solved, because I was responding to one of the suggested fixes.  It didn't work, so I was commenting on that fact.I guess I somehow was able to mark my post solved. I tried the auto suggestion and it didn't work, so I have the same problem ,but you fine folks think it's solved!If no one understands this, can you delete my posts and I'll try  my question  again?I'll be more careful next time! Thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user221961" LastActivityDate="2013-12-04T10:34:26.933" Title="Wubi post a mess" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7755" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7754" CreationDate="2013-12-04T10:34:26.933" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Stich,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;you appear to have at least four accounts that have been created:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/221865&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/users/221865&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/221885&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/users/221885&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/221961&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/users/221961&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/221970&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/users/221970&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If these are indeed your accounts, you can request yourself that these accounts are merged together.  Once done, you will then be able to edit any previous posts that you have created.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The instructions on how to merge accounts can be found in this link:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/6319/how-to-request-for-merging-my-2-askubuntu-accounts&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/6319/how-to-request-for-merging-my-2-askubuntu-accounts&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Its probably better and cleaner to go through this route -  it keeps the site tidier and gives others here better visibility of the progress of your question or questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If necessary, we can merge any posts together or close others that are indeed duplicates.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14356" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2013-12-04T10:34:26.933" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7756" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7757" CreationDate="2013-12-04T17:47:31.470" Score="1" ViewCount="106" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been referred here by @jokerdino. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I started &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/383880/suspend-doesnt-work-on-my-laptop-hp-dv4t?noredirect=1#comment493417_383880&quot;&gt;this thread&lt;/a&gt; about my problems with getting my laptop to sleep.  The thread was closed after a few days.  Initially the reason provided was problems with the development branch of Ubuntu.  The thread is concerning 13.10 so I was confused about that; as best I can tell 13.10 is the current stable branch.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The second reason provided is that this is a bug.  If that's the case, that's very useful information.  A simple response of &quot;this is a bug for reason X Y and Z and cannot be addressed by you the user at this time&quot; would have been really good information (and I would have accepted it as the correct answer).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Closing the thread doens't seem to do any good, and is very frustrating for me as a user.  Maybe @jokerdino thinks it's a bug, but user John_smith has discovered that if you change line 55 of whatever.config the problem goes away. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can read the full history of the discussion at the thread. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to talk to the people who closed the thread to get clarification. If I am misunderstanding something I am wide open to being educated.  If the problem I'm facing is a bug, I would like to read a little bit about why and accept that as an answer. (This will help me, the two users who have bookmarked the thread, and anyone else who comes across it via google), not have the thread be shut down like I did something wrong (and without giving me any clear answer). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, if we don't know for certain that it's a bug, the thread really ought to be re-opened so maybe I and the other users facing this problem can get some help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="217857" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2013-12-04T19:13:54.027" Title="Why was this thread closed?" Tags="|discussion|moderation|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7757" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7756" CreationDate="2013-12-04T18:07:19.563" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The looks like a legit question to me, I've voted to reopen! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sometimes with power management it's hard to tell if it's a config issue or a bug report. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2013-12-04T18:07:19.563" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7758" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7756" CreationDate="2013-12-04T18:07:35.603" Score="3" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe @jokerdino thinks it's a bug&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not only jokerdino, the users dobey, Braiam, Alvar, Eric Carvalho, Glutanimate thinks the same too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Closing the thread doens't seem to do any good, and is very frustrating for me as a user.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yeah, but really, this is not the place to solve bugs with Ubuntu, for that is Launchpad. It's said in the help page too:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is not the right place for:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Linux Mint, Backtrack, Gnome-Remix (prior to 13.04) and other Linux distributions (try our friends at Unix &amp;amp; Linux Stack Exchange).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bug reports (How do I submit a bug?).&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Issues with the next version of Ubuntu (Ubuntu+1) (More information about Alpha and Beta release issues).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Shopping Recommendations&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Support of versions for Ubuntu releases past &amp;quot;End of Life&amp;quot; (EOL)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Stack Exchange (ergo Ask Ubuntu) is for questions that has 1 valid answer and that that answer will be still valid for the years to come. Bugs and workarounds are just valid until the issue is fixed by developers, hence here's not the right place to solve them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Initially the reason provided was problems with the development branch of Ubuntu. The thread is concerning 13.10 so&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No, the reason was because it was a bug. The close reason has both:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Problems with the Development release. (most of these are bugs and need to be ironed out)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Bug reports (that needs to be addressed by developers in Launchpad)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would also like permission to repost the thread.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PLEASE DON'T!&lt;/strong&gt; It's likely that will get closed again as bug. With enough Downvotes, close and deleted questions you will hit the Question Quality Ban. It will prevent you from asking more questions until you fix the problems with your previously closed/downvoted questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, if we don't know for certain that it's a bug, the thread really ought to be re-opened so maybe I and the other users facing this problem can get some help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Problems with Suspencion, power off, power management, etc. are normally problems with the code somewhere in the Kernel (or the GUI for what matters) hence needs to be addressed by developers not here; also you said in your question that &lt;strong&gt;you tried most of the &amp;quot;common solutions&amp;quot; and it didn't work, hence there's a bug.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-12-04T19:13:54.027" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7759" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7760" CreationDate="2013-12-04T18:59:32.030" Score="0" ViewCount="31" Body="&lt;p&gt;This has been said several times already, but apparently we need to make a Meta Q explaining all the reasons why a question will be considered a Bug and hence closed as off-topic. So this is one of these questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are issues likely to be a bug in the kernel or power management systems included, but not limited to questions that should get solved by applying a workaround, upgrading, downgrading, and any other act that isn't just change the configuration of a file/parameter in Ubuntu on-topic?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2014-01-03T19:50:52.790" Title="Are suspend/power management problems on or off-topic?" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7760" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7759" CreationDate="2013-12-04T19:03:00.840" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Not all power management questions are bugs, sometimes it's something like blacklisting a certain module or another configuration issue to get power management to work; it's the same as wireless questions. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2013-12-04T19:03:00.840" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7761" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-12-04T22:14:17.813" Score="9" ViewCount="241" Body="&lt;p&gt;Any insight how will AU looks with the new not-technically-black bar? IMHO the integration with Canonical's bar may put on-hold such change. How will the bar be integrated with the current UI?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="61" LastEditDate="2013-12-10T05:29:33.583" LastActivityDate="2013-12-10T09:22:08.077" Title="What will be the new bar for Ask Ubuntu?" Tags="|support|status-completed|style|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7762" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7761" CreationDate="2013-12-04T22:26:13.963" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are two obvious possibilities:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/SINXH.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;^--- The StackExchange™ MultiCollider SuperDropdown™ takes precedence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/XRY43.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;^--- The Ubuntu bar takes precedence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastActivityDate="2013-12-04T22:26:13.963" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7763" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-12-05T03:41:57.653" Score="5" ViewCount="167" Body="&lt;p&gt;I came across &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/386270/65969&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; answer.  While the rest of the answer is valid, the first option/advice given was to run 10.10.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I did add a comment that it is dangerous to advise using EOL releases so that any reader(and hopefully the OP) will see my comment and at least be warned that it is not a good idea. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am however, wondering if these should be flagged?  I would have to assume that it would need a custom flag(needs moderator attention) as none of the others seem to quite fit.  Maybe low quality?  I know that questions about a EOL have been discussed here but there seems to be no definitive answer as to if they are off-topic...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/5611/65969&quot;&gt;Should we allow questions that are about releases which are considered End of Life?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/3229/65969&quot;&gt;Dealing with past-EOL release questions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;so there doesn't seem to be much for me to use as a guide about answers, so, should these answers be flagged?  If so, flagged how?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="65969" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2013-12-15T15:46:01.007" Title="Should answers advising the use of EOL versions of Ubuntu be flagged?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7764" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-12-05T06:50:37.140" Score="0" ViewCount="85" Body="&lt;p&gt;I really don't want to be a dick, but I ran across the following question: &#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/386327/how-to-learn-ubuntu-after-installing-it&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/386327/how-to-learn-ubuntu-after-installing-it&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;from the following user:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/172308/deepak&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/users/172308/deepak&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;and I can't see why deepak would have the reputation he has... Is this a bug in the ask site itself?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="110289" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2014-01-24T03:56:36.620" Title="This guy has a 101 rep with after only asking 2 questions and getting no up votes: Bug in Ask Ubuntu?" Tags="|bug|status-bydesign|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7765" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7764" CreationDate="2013-12-05T07:04:37.013" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;He has the association bonus from having ,more than 200 reputation on SO. This is as designed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/whats-reputation&quot;&gt;help pages&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you are an experienced Stack Exchange network user with 200 or more reputation on at least one site, you will receive a starting +100 reputation bonus to get you past basic new user restrictions. This will happen automatically on all current Stack Exchange sites where you have an account, and on any other Stack Exchange sites at the time you log in.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/m5qpn.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17681" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2013-12-05T07:04:37.013" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7766" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7767" CreationDate="2013-12-05T10:25:52.537" Score="0" ViewCount="51" Body="&lt;p&gt;In short, often happens that a quite simple question got a quite fast answer but answer is not applicable since answerer did not read/understood the question properly. I understand the language could be issue too, since not all users are proficient in English. Should we down-vote the answer (but I believe such mistakes are made in good will so unfair to down-vote) or just comment under explaining the mistake, wrong information?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="91089" LastActivityDate="2013-12-05T10:33:20.450" Title="How to deal with answers wich clearly shows that answerer did not read/understood question?" Tags="|discussion|answer-format|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7767" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7766" CreationDate="2013-12-05T10:33:20.450" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you think it's completely wrong, the first step should be to point out where the answerer went awry. Leave a comment. This is necessary (in my mind) because &lt;em&gt;you&lt;/em&gt; might be wrong and might be misunderstanding the significance of the answer. If you leave a comment, the problem can be addressed, or countered and you can be notified.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then vote accordingly. If you've left a comment and you have left a way for the poster to reprise themselves, this isn't unfair. You'll have the opportunity to rectify your vote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the quality is so awful that it's beyond any meaningful editing, that's the point where you start flagging and we start deleting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2013-12-05T10:33:20.450" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7768" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-12-05T19:12:36.010" Score="0" ViewCount="76" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is related to: &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/7613/do-we-need-thousand-of-dumb-questions-or-can-we-just-duplicate-them-to-more-g&quot;&gt;Do we need thousand of &amp;quot;dumb questions&amp;quot;? or can we just duplicate them to more general answer?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know newbies will be always newbies, and there isn't enough users to deal with them (the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_September&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;eternal September&lt;/a&gt; rings a bell for anyone? Usenet?). So, to take care of the influx I'm proposing several &quot;newbies questions&quot; like the one mentioned in the title so we can dump the new questions that arrives that could be very well answered with these questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This also brings another issue and it's that the Close Queue is growing at accelerated pace (last week I was about 200 reviews, today hover over 300 and menacing to grow more). I've seen that in the 3-4 months (I got my 3k rep Aug 28) I've made more reviews than most of seniors members (I know some use their votes outside the queue which is cool). If you have couple of votes left spare 30 mins in the review queue since we shouldn't need the Mods step in the queue for something that the 320+-ish &gt; 3K rep users can handle in a day or two. Assuming:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;(320 * 20) &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &gt; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; (150 * 5)&#xA;  Users * Reviews&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Items * Votes needed&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Remember that shopping recommendation is off-topic so do not dupe questions of these kind, but flag them as off-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="186134" LastEditDate="2014-08-03T11:51:02.013" LastActivityDate="2014-08-03T11:51:02.013" Title="Do we need a &quot;Will Ubuntu work for X model PC?&quot; question?" Tags="|discussion|review|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7770" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7771" CreationDate="2013-12-05T22:29:10.293" Score="0" ViewCount="87" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am currently using my AskUbuntu account created using Stack Exchange credentials.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Recently started being active on Launchpad. But trying to log in using Launchpad/OpenID credentials makes me create a new user.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyway I can get the two login methods to log me into the same user account?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="145823" LastActivityDate="2013-12-05T23:08:44.797" Title="Integrate my Launchpad/Open ID with stack exchange account?" Tags="|support|login|stackexchange|launchpad|openid|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7771" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7770" CreationDate="2013-12-05T23:08:44.797" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Try this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/login?noauto=true&amp;amp;returnUrl=%2Fusers%2Fcurrent&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/users/login?noauto=true&amp;amp;returnUrl=%2Fusers%2Fcurrent&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The way to get the link is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Select your username (the avatar in the new not-technically black bar)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Click &quot;My Logins&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Click &quot;Add more logins...&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Done!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2013-12-05T23:08:44.797" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7773" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-12-06T10:08:42.553" Score="28" ViewCount="1862" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's the time of the year again, namely it is December 2013, and so we shall now refresh our Community Promotion Ads for the new year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;What are Community Promotion Ads?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Community Promotion Ads are community-vetted advertisements that will show up on the main site, in the right sidebar. The purpose of this question is the vetting process. Images of the advertisements are provided, and community voting will enable the advertisements to be shown.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Why do we have Community Promotion Ads?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a method for the community to control what gets promoted to visitors on the site. For example, you might promote the following things:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;cool Ubuntu applications&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the site's Twitter account&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ubuntu scripts or power tools&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;cool events or conferences&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;anything else your community would genuinely be interested in&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The goal is for future visitors to find out about &lt;em&gt;the stuff your community deems important&lt;/em&gt;. This also serves as a way to promote information and resources that are &lt;em&gt;relevant to your own community's interests&lt;/em&gt;, both for those already in the community and those yet to join. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Why do we reset the ads every year?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some services will maintain usefulness over the years, while other things will wane to allow for new faces to show up. Resetting the ads every year helps accommodate this, and allows old ads that have served their purpose to be cycled out for fresher ads for newer things. This helps keep the material in the ads relevant to not just the subject matter of the community, but to the current status of the community. We reset the ads once a year, every December.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The community promotion ads have no restrictions against reposting an ad from a previous cycle. If a particular service or ad is very valuable to the community and will continue to be so, it is a good idea to repost it. It may be helpful to give it a new face in the process, so as to prevent the imagery of the ad from getting stale after a year of exposure.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;How does it work?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The answers you post to this question &lt;em&gt;must&lt;/em&gt; conform to the following rules, or they will be ignored. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;All answers should be in the exact form of:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;[![Tagline to show on mouseover][1]][2]&#xA;&#xA;   [1]: http://image-url&#xA;   [2]: http://clickthrough-url &#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please &lt;strong&gt;do not add anything else to the body of the post&lt;/strong&gt;. If you want to discuss something, do it in the comments.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The question must always be tagged with the magic &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/community-ads&quot; class=&quot;post-tag moderator-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;community-ads&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;community-ads&lt;/a&gt; tag. In addition to enabling the functionality of the advertisements, this tag also pre-fills the answer form with the above required form.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Image requirements&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The image that you create must be &lt;strong&gt;220 x 250 pixels&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Must be hosted through our standard image uploader (imgur)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Must be GIF or PNG&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;No animated GIFs&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Absolute limit on file size of 150 KB&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Score Threshold&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is a &lt;strong&gt;minimum score threshold&lt;/strong&gt; an answer must meet (currently &lt;strong&gt;6&lt;/strong&gt;) before it will be shown on the main site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can check out the ads that have met the threshold with basic click stats &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/ads/display/7773&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22665" LastEditorUserId="176889" LastEditDate="2014-02-10T05:54:52.600" LastActivityDate="2014-11-11T15:23:53.027" Title="Community Promotion Ads - 2014" Tags="|discussion|community-ads|" AnswerCount="34" CommentCount="6" ClosedDate="2015-01-01T03:23:40.630" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-12-06T10:08:42.553" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7774" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7773" CreationDate="2013-12-06T10:08:42.553" Score="22" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://twitter.com/askubuntu&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/WUPlx.png&quot; alt=&quot;Help this community grow -- follow us on twitter!&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22665" LastActivityDate="2013-12-06T10:08:42.553" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-12-06T10:08:42.553" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7775" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7773" CreationDate="2013-12-06T15:05:39.167" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://luisviloria.com/?p=65&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/BaCOr.png&quot; alt=&quot;Ubuntu For End Users&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7035" LastActivityDate="2013-12-06T15:05:39.167" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-12-06T15:05:39.167" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7776" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7773" CreationDate="2013-12-06T17:55:33.527" Score="41" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com/phone&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/c7KcH.png&quot; alt=&quot;Ubuntu Touch&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="47291" LastEditDate="2014-09-28T21:41:39.540" LastActivityDate="2014-09-28T21:41:39.540" CommentCount="6" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-12-06T17:55:33.527" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7777" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7761" CreationDate="2013-12-06T23:45:56.520" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;I present to you one possible vision of bringing together the new StackExchange and Ask Ubuntu designs, Featuring:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;New Bar maintaining the designer's vision of a single color for all sites&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A gradual transition using Canonical Mid Aubergine, indicating a Mix of consumer and enterprise focus.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The space above the bar is removed&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The dotted background is exchanged in favor of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.ubuntu.com&lt;/a&gt; - Textured gray&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/zY78y.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Although maybe it might look more like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/zbAEY.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With the current design and the current placement of the bar, although many have said the orange clashes it would probably be the least different.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A touch of Aubergine for a drop shadow?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/q5FNn.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It should be interesting to see what they come up with, maybe a new design altogether?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How about we really shake things up and make a Ubuntu Widget!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/PvBNk.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Giving quick links to all the sites available in the Ubuntu bar (maybe even limited updates to select sites).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastEditorUserId="47291" LastEditDate="2013-12-07T00:46:18.533" LastActivityDate="2013-12-07T00:46:18.533" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7779" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7773" CreationDate="2013-12-07T01:26:19.383" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://2buntu.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/B6yIq.png&quot; alt=&quot;We&amp;#39;re looking for new writers too!&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastEditorUserId="1992" LastEditDate="2013-12-11T06:30:32.647" LastActivityDate="2013-12-11T06:30:32.647" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-12-07T01:26:19.383" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7780" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2013-12-07T04:24:40.447" Score="0" Body="&lt;h3&gt;What are Community Promotion Ads?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Community Promotion Ads are community-vetted advertisements that will show up on the main site, in the right sidebar. The purpose of this question is the vetting process. Images of the advertisements are provided, and community voting will enable the advertisements to be shown.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Why do we have Community Promotion Ads?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a method for the community to control what gets promoted to visitors on the site. For example, you might promote the following things:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;cool Ubuntu applications&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the site's Twitter account&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ubuntu scripts or power tools&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;cool events or conferences&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;anything else your community would genuinely be interested in&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The goal is for future visitors to find out about &lt;em&gt;the stuff your community deems important&lt;/em&gt;. This also serves as a way to promote information and resources that are &lt;em&gt;relevant to your own community's interests&lt;/em&gt;, both for those already in the community and those yet to join. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Why do we reset the ads every year?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some services will maintain usefulness over the years, while other things will wane to allow for new faces to show up. Resetting the ads every year helps accommodate this, and allows old ads that have served their purpose to be cycled out for fresher ads for newer things. This helps keep the material in the ads relevant to not just the subject matter of the community, but to the current status of the community. We reset the ads once a year, every December.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The community promotion ads have no restrictions against reposting an ad from a previous cycle. If a particular service or ad is very valuable to the community and will continue to be so, it is a good idea to repost it. It may be helpful to give it a new face in the process, so as to prevent the imagery of the ad from getting stale after a year of exposure.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;How does it work?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The answers you post to this question &lt;em&gt;must&lt;/em&gt; conform to the following rules, or they will be ignored. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;All answers should be in the exact form of:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;[![Tagline to show on mouseover][1]][2]&#xA;&#xA;   [1]: http://image-url&#xA;   [2]: http://clickthrough-url &#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please &lt;strong&gt;do not add anything else to the body of the post&lt;/strong&gt;. If you want to discuss something, do it in the comments.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The question must always be tagged with the magic &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/community-ads&quot; class=&quot;post-tag moderator-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;community-ads&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;community-ads&lt;/a&gt; tag. In addition to enabling the functionality of the advertisements, this tag also pre-fills the answer form with the above required form.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Image requirements&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The image that you create must be &lt;strong&gt;220 x 250 pixels&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Must be hosted through our standard image uploader (imgur)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Must be GIF or PNG&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;No animated GIFs&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Absolute limit on file size of 150 KB&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Score Threshold&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is a &lt;strong&gt;minimum score threshold&lt;/strong&gt; an answer must meet (currently &lt;strong&gt;6&lt;/strong&gt;) before it will be shown on the main site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can check out the ads that have met the threshold with basic click stats &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/ads/display/7773&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11932" LastEditorUserId="11932" LastEditDate="2013-12-07T19:01:25.840" LastActivityDate="2013-12-07T19:01:25.840" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7781" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2013-12-07T04:24:40.447" Score="0" Body="Community Promotion Ads are community-vetted advertisements that will show up on the main site, in the right sidebar. The purpose of this question is the vetting process. Images of the advertisements are provided, and community voting will enable the advertisements to be shown" OwnerUserId="11932" LastEditorUserId="11932" LastEditDate="2013-12-07T19:01:34.687" LastActivityDate="2013-12-07T19:01:34.687" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7782" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7719" CreationDate="2013-12-07T10:08:42.680" Score="1" Body="&lt;h3&gt;URL of a comment&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Right click on the timestamp of the comment, then select &amp;quot;Copy Link Address&amp;quot; (or similar).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should end up with something like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/4983/what-are-ppas-and-how-do-i-use-them#comment157665_4983&quot;&gt;askubuntu.com/questions/4983/what-are-ppas-and-how-do-i-use-them#comment157665_4983&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This will take you to the question page, then scroll to the comment's location.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;Note that if the comment is deleted (for whatever reason), you will be taken to the top of the page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="176889" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-12-07T10:08:42.680" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7784" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7791" CreationDate="2013-12-07T22:23:50.657" Score="7" ViewCount="60" Body="&lt;p&gt;Fortunately it still is easy to find the solution for non-playing YouTube content on Chromium from the relevant questions here but closing of these questions led to an unfortunate constellation:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/309610/chromium-browser-not-loading-youtube-video&quot;&gt;Chromium browser not loading youtube video&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;is closed as a dupe from question 2. where the answer links back to 1.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/300104/cant-watch-youtube-videos-with-chromium-on-ubuntu-13-04-64-bit&quot;&gt;Can&amp;#39;t watch youtube videos with chromium on ubuntu 13.04 64-bit&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;links to 1. in the most upvoted answer but the question is closed too, it is a dupe of another question:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/234871/chromium-on-ubuntu-12-04-youtube-says-this-video-is-currently-unavailable&quot;&gt;Youtube says &amp;quot;This video is currently unavailable&amp;quot;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;but this was closed as NARQ.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So we now have a maze of 3 closed questions for this issue. Question 1. has the best answer. Question 3. has the best title for googling but an answer that does not always work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Let me therefore suggest to &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;reopen &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/234871/chromium-on-ubuntu-12-04-youtube-says-this-video-is-currently-unavailable&quot;&gt;question 3&lt;/a&gt; as a new &quot;master&quot; question.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;merge &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/309610/chromium-browser-not-loading-youtube-video&quot;&gt;question 1&lt;/a&gt; to question 3 to move the good answer to there.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;leave question 2 closed as dupe of 3.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3940" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2013-12-08T06:15:08.677" Title="Chromium vs. YouTube questions closed to a dead end" Tags="|discussion|status-completed|closed-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7785" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7773" CreationDate="2013-12-07T23:25:40.990" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.darktable.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/PpSdJ.png&quot; alt=&quot;darktable | the photo workflow software&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1859" LastActivityDate="2013-12-07T23:25:40.990" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-12-07T23:25:40.990" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7786" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7773" CreationDate="2013-12-07T23:26:57.963" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://loco.ubuntu.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/9JC28.png&quot; alt=&quot;Find your Local Community.&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1859" LastActivityDate="2013-12-07T23:26:57.963" CommentCount="5" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-12-07T23:26:57.963" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7787" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7696" CreationDate="2013-12-08T02:06:40.073" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is a table scrapped from MSO about what to do with answer:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How can I foo the bar in X?&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br&gt;&#xA;I'm trying to foo the bar using qux. However, I get an error message &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;error&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt;. What am I doing incorrectly?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;When should I post a comment and when should I post an answer?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xA;If your response is:     then it should be: Corrective action    Flag as NaA&#xA;&#xA; 1 Can you post your     comment on the     If you wrote an          Yes&#xA;   code?                  question           answer, delete it &#xA;                                             and leave a comment &#xA;                                             instead. If you &#xA;                                             don't have 50 rep,&#xA;                                             please wait until &#xA;                                             you do.&#xA;&#xA; 2 Have you fooed the baz?     &quot;                    &quot;                Yes&#xA;&#xA; 3 What version of X are       &quot;                    &quot;                Yes&#xA;   you using?                 &#xA;&#xA; 4 I've had the same           &quot;                    &quot;                Yes&#xA;   problem since &#xA;   version X.1&#xA;&#xA; 5 You missed a comma,         &quot;            Flag question as         No&#xA;   which is causing                          &quot;Too Localized,&#xA;   the error                                 Fix my Typo.&quot;&#xA;&#xA; 6 This was discussed in       &quot;            Vote to close as         Yes&#xA;   this question and answer                  duplicate.&#xA;   [internal link]&#xA; &#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xA; 7 The accepted answer   comment on the     Write a better answer    No&#xA;   is incorrect or no     answer             of your own or notify &#xA;   longer accurate.                          the answerer.&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xA; 8 You cannot do that    an answer          Link to documentation    No&#xA;   in X because it                           if possible.&#xA;   doesn't support Y.&#xA;&#xA; 9 This is what you're        &quot;                    &quot;                 No&#xA;   doing incorrectly. &#xA;   [Explain]. Here's how it&#xA;   should be done [code]&#xA;&#xA;10 Try this: [code]           &quot;             Improve the answer.      No&#xA;                                             Explain why you think &#xA;                                             that's the solution.  &#xA;                                             If it's a code only &#xA;                                             answer, use comments to explain.&#xA;                                            &#xA;11 This is the problem:       &quot;             If it's an external      No&#xA;   [Explain]. In a                           link, it helps to &#xA;   related answer/blog                       document the key points &#xA;   post, I/they discuss                      here so that the crux &#xA;   blah [link] which might                   of the post is available &#xA;   be of interest                            even if the link goes down. &#xA;                                             Do it yourself or leave &#xA;                                             a comment for the OP.&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xA;12 See here:            be heavily          The answer must be       Depends&#xA;   [external link]       improved           improved as described &#xA;                                            above, else it will be deleted. &#xA;                                            Downvote if link is tangential to&#xA;                                            the question. &lt;b&gt;Write a new answer &#xA;                                            with details and then flag as &#xA;                                            Not an Answer. &#xA;                                            Also flag if the link is broken.&lt;/b&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xA;13 I've tried these     a new question      If you have +75 rep,     Yes&#xA;   solutions and it                          consider placing a bounty&#xA;   doesn't work on                           to seek a better answer.&#xA;   [operating system].                       If not (or if it's&#xA;   How should I modify the                   different enough), &#xA;   solution to make it work?                 ask a new question.&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xA;14 Thanks man,          deleted              Glad it worked, but     Yes&#xA;    this worked!!1!                           seriously, just &#xA;                                              upvote it if you have &#xA;                                              the reputation.&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xA;15 Sir, I am having a   deleted with         Do not encourage these   Yes&#xA;   similar project       extreme              users to ask new questions - &#xA;   this is due           prejudice            they're most likely &#xA;   tomorrow. Can you                          going to be closed.&#xA;   please send me the code &#xA;   for your project at [email]&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-12-08T02:06:40.073" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7788" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7773" CreationDate="2013-12-08T02:39:03.360" Score="19" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://unity.ubuntu.com/getinvolved/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/TRa7z.png&quot; alt=&quot;Unity: Join the revolution.&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastEditorUserId="47291" LastEditDate="2014-04-21T17:26:23.683" LastActivityDate="2014-04-21T17:26:23.683" CommentCount="2" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-12-08T02:39:03.360" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7789" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7773" CreationDate="2013-12-08T02:52:52.713" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://launchpad.net/nitroshare&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/m61fK.png&quot; alt=&quot;A network file-sharing application that makes sending a file to another machine on the local network as easy as dragging-and-dropping.&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastActivityDate="2013-12-08T02:52:52.713" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-12-08T02:52:52.713" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7790" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7773" CreationDate="2013-12-08T02:55:31.463" Score="27" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nano-editor.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/N3xTq.png&quot; alt=&quot;GNU nano the Text Editor&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastActivityDate="2013-12-08T02:55:31.463" CommentCount="2" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-12-08T02:55:31.463" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7791" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7784" CreationDate="2013-12-08T06:14:53.677" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/status-completed&quot; class=&quot;post-tag moderator-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;status-completed&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;status-completed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/234871/youtube-says-this-video-is-currently-unavailable&quot;&gt;Question 3&lt;/a&gt; has been reopened.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/309610/chromium-browser-not-loading-youtube-video&quot;&gt;Question 1&lt;/a&gt; is now merged into question 3.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/300104/cant-watch-youtube-videos-with-chromium-on-ubuntu-13-04-64-bit&quot;&gt;Question 2&lt;/a&gt; is left untouched. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2013-12-08T06:14:53.677" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7792" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-12-08T07:30:53.343" Score="0" ViewCount="82" Body="&lt;p&gt;An installation question was recently closed as off topic: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/364945/server-13-10-install-hangs/364949&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/364945/server-13-10-install-hangs/364949&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I kind of understand the reasoning - it turns out the problem was a bug. The &quot;auto reply&quot; in the close message even stated it:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Bug reports and problems with the development version of Ubuntu should&#xA;  be reported on Launchpad so that developers can see, track and fix&#xA;  these issues...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First piece of brokenness:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How is one supposed to know bugs in advance? If I knew it was a bug, wouldn't the developers know it was a bug in advance? If developers knew it was a bug, wouldn't it have been fixed before being released?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Second piece of brokenness:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Lsmsk.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why would Ubuntu moderators delete the comment with a link to the bug report (requested in the &quot;close&quot; comment&quot;)? What is the purpose of forcing users to hunt for a bug report? Assuming a user does not see a deleted comment, how does a user even know the bug report exists?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user207039" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2013-12-08T18:58:19.927" Title="What's broken here (Ask Ubuntu)?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7793" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7792" CreationDate="2013-12-08T10:17:28.613" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since I didn't deal with this particular flag, these are my views as an AU user not as a moderator...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are a few phrases that become red-flags in the eyes of users - &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;hang&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;freeze&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;crash&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;bug&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;AU is a member of the Stack Exchange network.  Its mission (paraphrasing) is to become the sum of &lt;em&gt;useful&lt;/em&gt; knowledge for all well defined questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The red-flags I talked about are aberrations - out of the ordinary issues that affected one or small numbers of people &amp;amp; systems.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question started off talking about a &quot;hang&quot; - thus this should start ringing alarm-bells.  These aberrations are &lt;em&gt;bugs&lt;/em&gt; - stuff that shouldn’t in reality ever exist and as such need to be fixed.  Software development is rarely perfect.  Thus problems do exist after release.  On-going support resolves these.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;AU is not a bug-tracker nor (rarely) a bug-fixing site. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Issues that affect individuals rarely contribute to the sum of &lt;em&gt;useful&lt;/em&gt; knowledge that SE strives for. Those types of queries and issues should exist on bug-tracking sites such as Launchpad.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The close-voters most probably followed the same train of thought and pointed you in that direction.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As to the moderation aspect.  You yourself added the &quot;informational: bug report&quot; comment.  Looking at your profile, you are an experienced Stack Exchange user and should recognize, comments do not - and should never - exist as an answer by itself.  These comments should be part of a question (your question) or as a real comment under the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since you own the question, you can re-edit your question to add that further piece of information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;and thanks&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank-you for linking that other question.  This falls into the same red-flag category and as such has been similarly closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14356" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2013-12-08T18:58:19.927" LastActivityDate="2013-12-08T18:58:19.927" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7794" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7763" CreationDate="2013-12-08T18:11:06.417" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the linked answer you say prompted this, rolling back to an ancient version is one of the few options, and the answerer even included a warning in the text:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This release is no longer supported, and therefore is not an advised&#xA;  option.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, what's the problem?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I see this akin to someone really missing AfterDark as their screensaver program. &quot;Well, you could run Windows 3.11, but...&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe you should've just increased the severity of the warning with an edit? Fixed that for ya.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;In the general case&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My opinion, if the answer is bad or useless, downvote it. A new answer recommending an ancient version is, in fact, an answer. If you disagree with it, downvote it and add your own superior answer. I can think of tons of reasons to recommend an old version of Ubuntu. Blanket deleting any answer that falls in this category would be wrong.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Non-exhaustive list of reasons to use or recommend an old ubuntu&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;stuck with old hardware that is no longer supported&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;an app isn't packaged in current ubuntu&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;required to build some software (AOSP, as mentioned by @mirabilos)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;current ubuntu introduces something horrible that can't be disabled&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you sold support for your software on an Ubuntu past its EOL date and need to test a hotfix&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8515" LastEditorUserId="8515" LastEditDate="2013-12-09T01:41:22.667" LastActivityDate="2013-12-09T01:41:22.667" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7795" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-12-08T18:18:26.247" Score="1" ViewCount="32" Body="&lt;p&gt;Wanting to close vote a question for being a duplicate of the well-known &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/162075/my-computer-boots-to-a-black-screen-what-options-do-i-have-to-fix-it&quot;&gt;My computer boots to a black screen, what options do I have to fix it?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I searched in the closure dialog for &lt;code&gt;&quot;boots to a black screen&quot;&lt;/code&gt; - in vain, the desired result didn't show up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2013-12-08T18:20:55.070" Title="Search for duplicates - result missing" Tags="|bug|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7796" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7795" CreationDate="2013-12-08T18:20:55.070" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;While typing my question I remembered having talked about delimiters in searches before - and indeed the search for &lt;code&gt;&quot;boot to a black screen,&quot;&lt;/code&gt; gave the expected result.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Still: this is probably a bug.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastActivityDate="2013-12-08T18:20:55.070" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7797" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7773" CreationDate="2013-12-09T08:12:44.677" Score="21" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://play0ad.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ITf8C.png&quot; alt=&quot;A free, open-source game of ancient warfare&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="36315" LastActivityDate="2013-12-09T08:12:44.677" CommentCount="2" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-12-09T08:12:44.677" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7798" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7773" CreationDate="2013-12-09T08:43:40.267" Score="31" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://omgubuntu.co.uk&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/2ijrs.png&quot; alt=&quot;Everything Ubuntu. Daily.&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17722" LastActivityDate="2013-12-09T08:43:40.267" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-12-09T08:43:40.267" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7800" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7803" CreationDate="2013-12-09T18:26:31.617" Score="0" ViewCount="79" Body="&lt;p&gt;I need to ask a question. But the problem is that the notion provided by the question would result in the misuse of the Ask Ubuntu service. What should I do ?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;For eg:   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Consider the question &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/7625/fake-reputation-scores&quot;&gt;Fake Reputation Scores&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;I am sure that reading that question must have induced the generation of some fake accounts, which is the misuse of that question.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="189471" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.087" LastActivityDate="2013-12-10T10:24:25.640" Title="How to ask a question which is vulnerable to misuse" Tags="|discussion|asking-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7801" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-12-09T20:39:21.337" Score="0" ViewCount="36" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was trying to create a synonym of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/64-bit&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;64-bit&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;64-bit&lt;/a&gt; to amasse all the questions that are related about the cpu architecture and the interaction with the installation and execution of programs in Ubuntu, but got denied with the following message:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Z3t49.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have enough knowledge about what is the tag about and how to improve it, so I don't know why I would need a mod (after all, is difficult to propose a tag merge/synonym since most of the time no user has the &quot;points&quot;) to propose a synonym.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2013-12-09T20:48:59.440" LastActivityDate="2013-12-09T20:48:59.440" Title="&quot;Version specific synonyms can only be created by moderators&quot;?" Tags="|support|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7802" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7761" CreationDate="2013-12-10T09:22:08.077" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Now that the new SE top bar is live it appears that the dark color does not quite fit to the otherwise so nicely made design of our page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Playing a bit with the colors a &lt;a href=&quot;http://design.ubuntu.com/brand/colour-palette&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Canonical aubergine&lt;/a&gt; may feel more familiar:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/jT8x0.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;Dark Aubergine #2C001E&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/XFR7Y.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt; Mid Aubergine #5E2750&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3940" LastActivityDate="2013-12-10T09:22:08.077" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7803" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7800" CreationDate="2013-12-10T10:24:25.640" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;With a question like &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/7625/fake-reputation-scores&quot;&gt;Fake reputation scores&lt;/a&gt;, the danger isn't neccessarily in the question. In this case it was in the answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But saying that, I personally believe that even if I gave super explicit detail over how the system currently works, it would be almost impossible for a single person to counter and similarly impossible for it to go unnoticed from mods and other users for any reasonable length of time. It's just &lt;em&gt;easier&lt;/em&gt; to let the chancers hang themselves at the gates before we have to get involved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't think a question like that is going to convince people to cheat... Or convince cheaters not to cheat. It's just an explanation of the system to let non-cheaters and cheaters alike know that we're actively and passively working on detection, punishment and rehabilitation techniques.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your question is about an exploit or bug in the system, I think all the SE sites would appreciate it if you didn't announce it in public! &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Responsible_disclosure&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Responsible disclosure&lt;/a&gt; is appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Use the contact link in the footer, or if you're unsure about whether it's a bug or by design, you could always start a thread on meta asking for a moderator to contact you directly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2013-12-10T10:24:25.640" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7804" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7805" CreationDate="2013-12-10T13:31:33.330" Score="11" ViewCount="307" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is a ripoff of kalina/Flyk's &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/210186/213575&quot;&gt;guide found&lt;/a&gt; in MSO for people that can't find stuff in the new not-technically black new SE bar.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2014-01-08T13:20:17.353" Title="New SE bar, where has the link to X gone?" Tags="|support|top-bar|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7805" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7804" CreationDate="2013-12-10T13:31:33.330" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is a quick reference hit list on where to find links to various functions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Link to chat and blog&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Chat used to have a link on the top bar, next to your user statistics preview.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The new chat link is available by clicking on the &amp;quot;Stack Exchange&amp;quot; logo for the site whose chat rooms you want to access and clicking on &amp;quot;Chat&amp;quot; next to the site you're currently on. You still need to browse to individual sites to be taken directly to that site's chat page, but accessing any sites' chat page will still allow you to find chats from different sites if you wish to access them this way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/342xo.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the current site has a blog, then there is a link to it next to the “chat” link. Otherwise there is a “blog” link pointing to the Stack Exchange staff blog.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Privileges overview&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The list of available privileges including a breakdown of how much reputation you need to get to the next privilege used to be available by opening up your user statistics preview and clicking on privileges.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The same privilege view is still available on your profile page and within the help center. To access this page, click on &amp;quot;help&amp;quot; to open the help menu and go to &amp;quot;Help Center&amp;quot;. From here, under &amp;quot;Privileges&amp;quot;, select &amp;quot;View a full list of privileges you can earn&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;How can I get to a site's meta?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The meta site for an individual Stack Exchange site used to be available directly from the top bar.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Meta is now on the Stack Exchange menu, like chat. Simply click on the &amp;quot;Stack Exchange&amp;quot; logo for the site whose meta you want to access and click on &amp;quot;Meta&amp;quot; to get to the meta site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Additionally, as a second method of getting to a site's meta, you can access meta from the &amp;quot;help&amp;quot; menu on the main site, by selecting &amp;quot;help&amp;quot; to open the help menu and then clicking on &amp;quot;Meta&amp;quot; to get to meta.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;What happened to the &amp;quot;about&amp;quot; link?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The about link used to link off to the &amp;quot;Tour&amp;quot; page and used to be available from the old top bar, next to &amp;quot;meta&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;chat&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Tour page is now available by clicking on &amp;quot;help&amp;quot; to open the help menu followed by clicking on &amp;quot;Tour&amp;quot; to access the tour to Stack Exchange page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;How do I log out?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The logout button is now located in the list of sites accessible from the top left “StackExchange” button, on the third line after the chat and (if applicable) blog links.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Where's the username hover box now?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;How can I see recent changes (reputation, badges, vote counts, revisions, favorites) now?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Formerly, clicking on the little down arrow next to your user statistics preview on the top bar would open up a breakdown of how much reputation I've earned, any recent badges, and statistics on my recent voting habits. How can I see all this information now?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To view today's reputation total and your reputation history on a site, go to your profile and click on the “reputation” tab.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To view your vote totals for the day, week and month, go to your profile and scroll down to the “Votes Cast” box in the right-hand column.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To view the history of revisions to your posts on a site, go to your profile and click on the “responses” tab then on the “revisions” sub-tab.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To view your the history of favorites change on a site, go to your profile and click on the “favorites” tab.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To view recently earned badges, go to your profile and check the “Badges” area (scroll down and look in the right-hand column).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The more verbose &amp;quot;activity&amp;quot; link that used to be on the old drop down linked to your profile. To access the full list of your activity on a site, go to your profile and click on the &amp;quot;activity&amp;quot; tab.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A breakdown of recent reputation and badges is now available from the &amp;quot;Achievements&amp;quot; menu. This menu collects information from all Stack Exchange sites. This is available by clicking on &lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/iB0FV.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;, which will open up the Achievements menu:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/kqzL2.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Where did &amp;quot;Hot Questions&amp;quot; go?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the old drop down, there was a &amp;quot;Hot Questions&amp;quot; tab that showed all current hot questions across the Stack Exchange network:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/5azvi.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is now shown in the side bar on the home page of every Stack Exchange site, where &amp;quot;Recent Tags&amp;quot; used to be:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/PNVB4.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Where did &amp;quot;Recent Tags&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;Recent Badges&amp;quot; go?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These were where &amp;quot;Hot Questions&amp;quot; is now.  The list of recent badges is on the badges page, which you can get to via the &amp;quot;badges&amp;quot; link at the top of the page (under the nav bar, alongside &amp;quot;users&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;tags&amp;quot;, etc).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Current Server Time&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is now at the top right of the achievements dropdown:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/e5Wz0.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-12-10T13:31:33.330" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7806" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7809" CreationDate="2013-12-10T15:21:04.560" Score="10" ViewCount="97" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm looking at the new SE Bar, and while it is indeed spiffy, its colors clash a little with both meta AND the main site's styles.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it possible for the SE bar to have customized color pallets for each of the sites, to at least match better with the site colors/design?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(This may be better suited for MSO with a more general question, if it is I will ask there)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="61" LastEditDate="2013-12-11T10:19:15.830" LastActivityDate="2013-12-11T10:19:15.830" Title="Are the new SE bar's colors able to be modified?" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|status-completed|design|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7807" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7808" CreationDate="2013-12-10T15:44:17.673" Score="4" ViewCount="48" Body="&lt;p&gt;We have 88 questions tagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/reset&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;reset&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;reset&lt;/a&gt;. It's used for almost any kind of reset action, from reset preferences to reset the system. I don't find that tag useful at all. Someone has been suggesting a tag wiki, but whenever I check the questions that are currently tagged (and as answerer) I see no pattern other than resetting stuff. I find more useful that the question is tagged with the thing you want to &quot;reset&quot; instead of a tag to &quot;reset&quot; anything.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2013-12-10T15:51:04.583" Title="Anyone find the reset tag useful?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7808" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7807" CreationDate="2013-12-10T15:51:04.583" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/reset&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;reset&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;reset&lt;/a&gt; is just a hodge-podge of questions that in some way need something &quot;reset&quot;.  I don't think it serves a purpose here because there are much better, more specific tags for most if not all of the questions in that tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2013-12-10T15:51:04.583" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7809" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7806" CreationDate="2013-12-10T16:54:43.640" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;The goal is to keep the top bar consistent across all SE sites. It was hard to come up with one aesthetic that plays nice with all of our sites' styles. That's why we went with a very dark gray(it's not black!). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I don't want to be dogmatic about it. I believe there's wiggle room to tweak the top bar style slightly so it plays nice with a particular SE site. I've changed the translucency a bit on RPG.se and Scifi.se already.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For Ask Ubuntu, I agree the new top bar as of now doesn't look too nice next to the orange top nav section. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I pushed some tweaks to dev server. See the screenshots below. I made the top bar background color to have a hint of orange, I think it looks better with the orange section below. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/55ZZy.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/55ZZy.png&quot; alt=&quot;new topbar color&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;new hover bgcolor:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/uUIXK.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/uUIXK.png&quot; alt=&quot;new hover background color&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Edit:&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks to &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/7761/what-will-be-the-new-bar-for-ask-ubuntu/7802#7802&quot;&gt;Takkat's suggestion&lt;/a&gt; I've updated the top bar bgcolor to Canonical's Dark aubergine. See screenshot below:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ss9YE.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ss9YE.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="61" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2013-12-10T17:54:08.913" LastActivityDate="2013-12-10T17:54:08.913" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7810" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7815" CreationDate="2013-12-11T13:44:02.153" Score="6" ViewCount="68" Body="&lt;p&gt;Opening up the StackExchange™ MultiCollider SuperDropdown™ after the recolouring on Ask Ubuntu main and hovering over the Stack Exchange logo results in dark grey on purple:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/zCy5u.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is somewhat unreadable and really doesn't look very good. Can we keep it as a white &quot;Stack&quot; or change the colour of the background when the SuperDropdown™ is... dropped... down?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="196255" LastEditorUserId="25798" LastEditDate="2013-12-18T16:52:01.670" LastActivityDate="2013-12-18T16:52:01.670" Title="StackExchange™ MultiCollider SuperDropdown™ colour issue" Tags="|bug|status-completed|design|top-bar|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7811" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7813" CreationDate="2013-12-11T14:07:39.463" Score="7" ViewCount="772" Body="&lt;p&gt;Recently in chat we noticed some kind of oddity about the whole 12.10 &gt; 13.04 &gt; 13.10 upgrade path, where Raring will reach EOL before Quantal and how that will play out for us and for the users upgrading. Here is the response:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;While raring with be EOL and stop receiving updates before quantal is&#xA;  in the same boat, I don't anticipate removing raring from the mirrors&#xA;  until after quantal's EOL, to avoid any serious issues for people who&#xA;  try to do the release hop from Q-R-S-T.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From here we can infer two things:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Raring will be EOL and Quantal not. Per our FAQ, &lt;strong&gt;Raring questions should be closed&lt;/strong&gt; and push users to upgrade. Quantal is supported and on topic until April 2014.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;There shouldn't be any questions about changing domains to &lt;code&gt;old-releases&lt;/code&gt; while using/upgrading Raring, &lt;strong&gt;which is a relief&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;We should also be working on making sure that Q-T (bypassing R and S)&#xA;  upgrade paths work, and be pushing users (via update-manager hints)&#xA;  toward that direction.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;... Adam&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Fear my dear comrads... apparently the upgrade team plans to &lt;strong&gt;allow users to jump releases&lt;/strong&gt; (I remember a question that says that you can't) for one time only. I would expect some questions about problems while doing this... oh well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then I received another mail with more information about the whole jumping releases:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;    &lt;p&gt;We should also be working on making sure that Q-T (bypassing R and S)&#xA;    upgrade paths work, and be pushing users (via update-manager hints)&#xA;    toward that direction.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;That's in fact what we discsussed in the upgrade testing UDS session.&#xA;  We need to make the five times more complicated [1] P → T upgrade work&#xA;  anyway, this should almost automatically provide a working Q → T path&#xA;  (we'll explicitly test this as well, of course).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Martin&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;[1] due to all those 12.04.* LTS enablement stacks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't have comments about that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2013-12-11T14:17:05.960" LastActivityDate="2013-12-12T00:01:53.537" Title="Quantal -&gt; Raring -&gt; Saucy upgrade path, how?" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7812" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8518" CreationDate="2013-12-11T22:01:47.533" Score="17" ViewCount="413" Body="&lt;p&gt;Today (2013-12-11), in 3-4 occasions, &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/201/2013/12/11&quot;&gt;regulars in chat rooms&lt;/a&gt; expressed their concerns that users do not know how to use the site. Is not surprising considering that our eternal September hasn't ended yet, and senior members on AU aren't enough for the amount of new users that reach us. &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/7295/169736&quot;&gt;My previous proposal&lt;/a&gt; was more or less left without further discussion with +5/-3 votes and an answer of Eliah, so I would want to bring this up again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/157121/213575&quot;&gt;Do we need already the reviews audits&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Reasons (?):&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We are over Super User amount of questions per day, and SU has it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We are more popular (aka hits) than all but 2 SE sites.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Our general question quality is bad.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The quality of the answers is somewhat bad too.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The amount of (bad) questions are almost reaching the amount of answers.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We get a better Ask Ubuntu, and we could be more alert when reviewing stuff&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;This has been pointed out already several times, &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/8421/169736&quot;&gt;even Moderators&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;reasons...&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Cons:&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Users will ask why they failed a review audit&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Any other?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2014-02-23T20:02:40.440" Title="Should we get review audits?" Tags="|feature-request|status-completed|review|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7813" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7811" CreationDate="2013-12-12T00:01:53.537" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Final response:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This question came up a while ago on Ask Ubuntu, and Jorge asked me to help&#xA;  respond to it:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/368068/how-will-people-upgrade-from-12-10-to-14-04-after-13-04-is-eol/368099&quot;&gt;How will people upgrade from 12.10 to later releases after 13.04 is EOL?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I've just tuned the answer there to make it clearer that this method &lt;em&gt;will&lt;/em&gt;&#xA;  be used and supported for upgrades from 12.10.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;As Brian mentions, we can't really go straight from 12.10 to 14.04 because&#xA;  13.04 goes EOL in January, and upgrades to 14.04 are only supported starting&#xA;  in April - so while users of 12.10 will have security support until April,&#xA;  they would also be completely unable to upgrade through the UI from January&#xA;  until April and we don't want any remaining 12.10 users to have to scramble&#xA;  to upgrade the very day that 14.04 is released.  So instead the supported&#xA;  upgrade path will be 12.10-&gt;13.10-&gt;14.04, starting from January.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Hope that helps,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, this will be one time thingy. We could expect quirks in the upgrade... we will see.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2013-12-12T00:01:53.537" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7814" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7773" CreationDate="2013-12-12T01:12:45.060" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/JSwG6.png&quot; alt=&quot;GNU Emacs - The One True Editor&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="36515" LastActivityDate="2013-12-12T01:12:45.060" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-12-12T01:12:45.060" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7815" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7810" CreationDate="2013-12-12T02:51:12.473" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've put in a fix for this. It will go out with our next prod build. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="61" LastActivityDate="2013-12-12T02:51:12.473" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7816" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7817" CreationDate="2013-12-12T04:23:22.617" Score="1" ViewCount="59" Body="&lt;p&gt;How do I post links in comments and commands in chat?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Whenever I post a link with &lt;em&gt;a tag&lt;/em&gt; in comments, it doesn't work. And whenever I post a command with &lt;code&gt;backtics&lt;/code&gt; in chat, it also doesn't work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202806" LastEditorUserId="25798" LastEditDate="2013-12-14T13:47:32.110" LastActivityDate="2013-12-14T13:47:32.110" Title="How to post links and commands?" Tags="|support|chat|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7817" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7816" CreationDate="2013-12-12T11:24:20.933" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Chat uses a more limited version of markdown, most of the formatting you're used to should still work. For example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Posting links: &lt;code&gt;[link text](http://linkuri)&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Posting tag links: &lt;code&gt;[tag:tagname]&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Posting images: &lt;code&gt;imageuri&lt;/code&gt; (or &lt;code&gt;!imageuri&lt;/code&gt; if the link doesn't end with an image extension)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Posting code: wrap in backticks like normal&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A lot of content will also onebox, for example posting a question link or an answer link from any Stack Exchange site will onebox in chat, images will onebox and certain media will (for example, YouTube links)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="196255" LastActivityDate="2013-12-12T11:24:20.933" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7818" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7812" CreationDate="2013-12-12T19:29:02.993" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here's an example of some problems, this is just a sampling from the first page of the review queue: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/j5nFa.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, if people are inexperienced reviewers or just suck at reviews, then that's okay I guess. New people learn and all that. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The problem is that most times &quot;New Posts&quot; is either 0 or single digits, if whoever clears out that queue and says &quot;ubuntu 13.10 freeze&quot; is okay then it just goes through, I never even get a chance to see it in my queue to fix it! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="235" LastEditDate="2013-12-13T04:33:20.290" LastActivityDate="2013-12-13T04:33:20.290" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7819" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-12-12T19:54:22.000" Score="3" ViewCount="146" Body="&lt;p&gt;Lets check this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/ubuntu/query/146225/what-tag-is-most-common-for-first-posts&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://data.stackexchange.com/ubuntu/query/146225/what-tag-is-most-common-for-first-posts&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Well, someone see the problem? I do. The version specific tags and a bunch of overly general tags are overwhelming us. We are not asking ourself:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Who would filter using it? Who would think this is an expertise area? (&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/7735/169736&quot;&gt;source&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and are we creating a bunch of tags that most users doesn't have an expertise. The problem with removing tags is... they are way too many! For some reason I found this in a &lt;strong&gt;very&lt;/strong&gt; old MetaQ:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't see how user friendliness enters into it. We're not requiring users know the right tags before they submit questions. Community members can and will add and modify tags as appropriate, just as on other SE sites. &lt;strong&gt;The tags aren't for the people asking the question, they're for people answering it&lt;/strong&gt;, and for people in the future looking for answers to similar questions. &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/34/discouraging-ubuntu-tags#comment113_34&quot;&gt;Nicholas Knight Aug 1 '10 at 2:54&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which leads me to think, the problem with the tags are that old oaks users don't know or don't care about tags. This will lead to what we've been seeing with the general quality of the site. So the ones in the line of fire:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/version&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;version&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;version&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/installation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;installation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;installation&lt;/a&gt; -&amp;gt; maybe separated in two tags? &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/7820/169736&quot;&gt;Should we split the installation tag into seperate tags for the installation of Ubuntu and the installation of software?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/lenovo&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;lenovo&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;lenovo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/toshiba&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;toshiba&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;toshiba&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/hp&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;hp&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;hp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/dell&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;dell&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;dell&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/canon&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;canon&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;canon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/othermodesl&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;othermodesl&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;othermodesl&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/othermakers&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;othermakers&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;othermakers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/crash&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;crash&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;crash&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/freeze&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;freeze&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;freeze&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/other&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;other&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;other&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/another&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;another&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;another&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/timeout&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;timeout&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;timeout&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/localhost&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;localhost&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;localhost&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/connection&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;connection&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;connection&lt;/a&gt; to your hearts?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/local&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;local&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;local&lt;/a&gt; food?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/remote&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;remote&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;remote&lt;/a&gt; control?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/colors&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;colors&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;colors&lt;/a&gt; red, blue, yellow?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/restore&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;restore&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;restore&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/transparency&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;transparency&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;transparency&lt;/a&gt; it depends more in the WM/DM than anything&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/resize&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;resize&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;resize&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strike&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/grid&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;grid&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;grid&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strike&gt; this tag has been gridded.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/personalization&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;personalization&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;personalization&lt;/a&gt;/&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/style&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;style&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;style&lt;/a&gt;/&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/customization&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;customization&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;customization&lt;/a&gt; this smells like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/theme&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;theme&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;theme&lt;/a&gt; so maybe merge? Or retag for the DM/WM/application tag?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strike&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/view&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;view&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;view&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strike&gt; I can view this tag again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/preference&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;preference&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;preference&lt;/a&gt; I prefer not having this tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/search&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;search&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;search&lt;/a&gt; seems like we answer questions about how to search stuff, instead of what to use for the search.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/scrolling&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;scrolling&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;scrolling&lt;/a&gt; with what?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/mode&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;mode&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;mode&lt;/a&gt; /mode hunt-down(crappy &amp;amp; tags)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I don't want to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/copy&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;copy&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;copy&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/paste&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;paste&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;paste&lt;/a&gt; the same &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/text&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;text&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;text&lt;/a&gt; (note to self: there is a text processing tag).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/tools&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;tools&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;tools&lt;/a&gt; to drive me to madness D:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/upload&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;upload&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;upload&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I know there are more, but I will get depressed if I continue. Also, seems that one meta Q for each tag could be overkill.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know that if our mods had &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/124504/213575&quot;&gt;the ability&lt;/a&gt; to do this, I would see the world pink... but is grey, stinks and I don't feel comfortable in it. So, can we compile a bunch of tags that everyone is a-OK to feed Trodor?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you feel that a tag is useful, please, make an answer and explain your case but over anything answer this three questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is there already a equivalent tag?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Are there users that will follow and answer this tags?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Could the tag be misused or create a problem later?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Is the tag alone in a question useful in any way?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-12-23T19:45:57.377" Title="Could we get rid of all unuseful tags? (Tags that alone can't be)" Tags="|discussion|support|tags|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="9" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-12-15T20:32:10.417" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7820" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7822" CreationDate="2013-12-13T01:40:07.093" Score="3" ViewCount="332" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was thinking after my previous post and probing the general of the SE sites, we should split the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/installation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;installation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;installation&lt;/a&gt; into:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/install-software&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;install-software&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;install-software&lt;/a&gt;: for general software installation instructions. If you are/want build from sources, or the problem is apt/dpkg then you should use the according tags. This will absorb all questions in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/install-from-source&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;install-from-source&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;install-from-source&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/compiling&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;compiling&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;compiling&lt;/a&gt; and only the questions that fit in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/installation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;installation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;installation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/system-installation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;system-installation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;system-installation&lt;/a&gt;: For installations of Ubuntu. Remember that Ubiquity is the graphical installer of Ubuntu and questions about it should use also the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ubiquity&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ubiquity&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ubiquity&lt;/a&gt;. This tag should be used for problems with the installation process itself and the use of the installer. Post/pre installations problems, ie. boot, dual-boot, partitioning schemes, have their own tags. The questions that fit from &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/installation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;installation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;installation&lt;/a&gt;, i.e. about installing Ubuntu itself.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What do you folks says?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="47291" LastEditDate="2014-11-10T19:42:02.623" LastActivityDate="2014-11-10T19:42:02.623" Title="Should we split the installation tag into seperate tags for the installation of Ubuntu and the installation of software?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="12" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7821" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-12-12T23:40:47.330" Score="3" ViewCount="58" Body="&lt;p&gt;Aren't tags used to help people find your question easier if you posted something similar to what their looking for?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If so, then why does this site disallow people from posting certain tags that seem like the perfect tags to add to your question but cannot until you get &lt;em&gt;_&lt;/em&gt;_ amount of reputation?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example if I was to put in the word &quot;tags&quot; or reputation in the Tags text box it tells me that It requires 300 reputation for &quot;tags&quot; and 300 reputation for &quot;reputation&quot;. Those two words seem like their manditory tags to add for a question like this but why do tags need any reputation at all in order for them to be used?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Actually it seems like anything I try to type in that at all fits with this post requires reputation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="222654" OwnerDisplayName="Daemous" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2013-12-13T14:05:41.037" LastActivityDate="2013-12-13T15:33:05.593" Title="Why do you need reputation to use certain tags?" Tags="|discussion|tags|reputation|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7822" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7820" CreationDate="2013-12-13T09:19:03.120" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think that this is a reasonably good idea &lt;em&gt;in theory&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Software installation &amp;rarr; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/software-installation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;software-installation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;software-installation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ubuntu OS installation &amp;rarr; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/system-installation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;system-installation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;system-installation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;(IMO better because new users wont know it's called Ubiquity)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Maybe &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/os-installation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;os-installation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;os-installation&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ubuntu-installation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ubuntu-installation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ubuntu-installation&lt;/a&gt; (keep derivatives in mind) or any other ideas?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question is, how will we retag all the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/installation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;installation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;installation&lt;/a&gt; questions to one of the more specific tags?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Almost every one of the 11,000 questions will require manual effort to analyse and retag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="176889" LastActivityDate="2013-12-13T09:19:03.120" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7823" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7827" CreationDate="2013-12-13T09:20:16.963" Score="4" ViewCount="101" Body="&lt;p&gt;When tagging or re-tagging a question on a device's MAC-address we do find &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/mac&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;mac&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;mac&lt;/a&gt; but the tag wiki there says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The Macintosh line of computers. Use this tag for questions regarding installing or using Ubuntu on Mac hardware. For questions about the hardware MAC address use &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/mac-address&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;mac-address&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;mac-address&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Only there is no tag &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/mac-address&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;mac-address&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;mac-address&lt;/a&gt;. Was this tag removed for any reasons? Should it be recreated?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3940" LastActivityDate="2013-12-13T18:17:32.697" Title="What happened to the tag &quot;mac-address&quot;?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7824" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7823" CreationDate="2013-12-13T12:18:44.610" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Are you an expert of mac-address? Let me put it in the ways I talked in another meta question about creating some tag:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Do others think we need this tag?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For that questions I normally ask myself &quot;Myself, what is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/mac-address&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;mac-address&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;mac-address&lt;/a&gt;?&quot; and myself answers with a wikipedia dump:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A media access control address (MAC address) is a unique identifier assigned to &lt;strong&gt;network interfaces&lt;/strong&gt; for communications on the physical network segment. MAC addresses are used as a &lt;strong&gt;network&lt;/strong&gt; address for most IEEE 802 &lt;strong&gt;network&lt;/strong&gt; technologies, including &lt;strong&gt;Ethernet&lt;/strong&gt;. Logically, MAC addresses are used in the media access control protocol sublayer of the OSI reference model.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then, I look another posts/tags that already has what mac-address means: &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/search?q=ethernet&quot;&gt;ethernet&lt;/a&gt;&quot;, &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/search?q=wireless&quot;&gt;wireless&lt;/a&gt;&quot;, &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/search?q=network+interfaces&quot;&gt;network interfaces&lt;/a&gt;&quot;, &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/search?q=networking&quot;&gt;networking&lt;/a&gt;&quot; other related terms/tags. Now, is the proportion of related terms big enough that it will make it &lt;strong&gt;difficult for answerers find the questions they want to answer&lt;/strong&gt;? No? Then we do not need a tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Remember that tags aren't there for the users asking questions but for the users to find questions they want/could answer ;). I do not think we have an important proportion of users that would like to answer those kinds of questions, so &lt;strong&gt;NO, we do not need that tag.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, the tag wiki needs to be modified (again) and tell us about networking which already cover any aspect of the mac-address tag. Silly tags, are unuseful tags. &lt;strong&gt;I'm not against the tag creation, I'm against the creation of a tag just because.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:37:19.280" LastActivityDate="2013-12-13T14:50:21.803" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7825" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7821" CreationDate="2013-12-13T14:04:04.373" Score="1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Aren't tags used to help people find your question easier if you posted something similar to what their looking for?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No. Tags are for people capable of answering a question find them fast. The tags are targeted to the people answering. We are &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/7819/169736&quot;&gt;trying to make sense&lt;/a&gt; of the current state of the tags and creating tags that doesn't have an important amount of already asked question is out of discussion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;why does this site disallow people from posting certain tags that seem like the perfect tags to add to your question but cannot until you get __ amount of reputation?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is because the community doesn't trust &lt;strong&gt;you&lt;/strong&gt; to know when a tag is useful. For the community trust you, you must build your reputation. You can ask in this meta site for the tag to be created, but unless you demonstrate that the tag has a good user base of answerers is probably that it won't get created. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;if I was to put in the word &quot;tags&quot; or reputation in the Tags text box it tells me that It requires 300 reputation for &quot;tags&quot; and 300 reputation for &quot;reputation&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Those tags are considered meta tags. Because are tags about the site itself, not about any topic contained in the FAQ. Tags and Reputation are inherent to the topics of Ask Ubuntu, hence in the main site shouldn't be created.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2013-12-13T14:04:04.373" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7826" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7821" CreationDate="2013-12-13T15:33:05.593" Score="5" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;See this is my point exactly this site IMO is extremely to much dependent on reputation to do anything. You need reputation to thumbs up or down, reputation to post certain questions in certain places, reputation to answer other people's questions reputation to add certain tags, etc... Other sites allow you do things similar to what this site can do &quot;for free&quot; without having to use the site's (funny I should use this word) &quot;currency&quot;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is the same reason you don't get the BFG on the first level of DOOM. The restrictions are there for you to learn how the site works before you go off and do maintenance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(BTW you don't need reputation to answer questions).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2013-12-13T15:33:05.593" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7827" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7823" CreationDate="2013-12-13T18:17:32.697" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Changed the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/mac&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;mac&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;mac&lt;/a&gt; tag excerpt to networking. Seems that whatever you do with a mac address has to do with networking.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2013-12-13T18:17:32.697" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7828" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7832" CreationDate="2013-12-13T18:28:11.533" Score="2" ViewCount="117" Body="&lt;p&gt;So Moonlight development stopped in 2011, and the Moonlight plugin is mostly useless today. (It is even not possible to install it to Firefox without modifying the plugin.) So I think we could say that Moonlight is dead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the site we have a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/moonlight&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;moonlight&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;moonlight&lt;/a&gt; and a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/silverlight&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;silverlight&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;silverlight&lt;/a&gt; tag, but the latter is still the synonym of the former: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tags/moonlight/synonyms&quot;&gt;link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The following tags will be remapped to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/moonlight&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;moonlight&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;moonlight&lt;/a&gt;:&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/silverlight&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;silverlight&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;silverlight&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's obviously wrong: When a new question comes in about silverlight, and the ASKer correctly tags it as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/silverlight&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;silverlight&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;silverlight&lt;/a&gt;, the system will automatically retag it as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/moonlight&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;moonlight&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;moonlight&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So what to do with the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/silverlight&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;silverlight&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;silverlight&lt;/a&gt; tag?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Leave it as it is now? (I guess not.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Break the connection, and let the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/silverlight&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;silverlight&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;silverlight&lt;/a&gt; tag orphan? (I think this would be the best, but then we would start the new era with 0 questions with the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/silverlight&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;silverlight&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;silverlight&lt;/a&gt; tag)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Remap the tag to the newly created &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/pipelight&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;pipelight&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;pipelight&lt;/a&gt; tag? (That's neither good I think.)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Revise all the questions with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/moonlight&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;moonlight&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;moonlight&lt;/a&gt; and tag them correctly as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/silverlight&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;silverlight&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;silverlight&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/moonlight&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;moonlight&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;moonlight&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Anything else?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;I will do the retaging if no-one else wants (there is under 50 questions with the moonlight tag).&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;BUMP. (Sorry.) Please someone break the synonymity between &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/moonlight&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;moonlight&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;moonlight&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/silverlight&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;silverlight&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;silverlight&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/400401/revisions&quot;&gt;Just happened again&lt;/a&gt; that a correctly tagged question as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/silverlight&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;silverlight&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;silverlight&lt;/a&gt; was automatically retagged as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/moonlight&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;moonlight&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;moonlight&lt;/a&gt;. (Mateo corrected that problem by removing the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/moonlight&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;moonlight&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;moonlight&lt;/a&gt; tag)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="221281" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2014-01-05T12:13:45.533" Title="What to do with the silverlight tag?" Tags="|discussion|tags|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7829" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7828" CreationDate="2013-12-13T20:10:51.363" Score="0" Body="&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Leave it as it is now.&lt;/strong&gt;  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="221281" LastActivityDate="2013-12-13T20:10:51.363" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-12-13T20:10:51.363" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7830" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7828" CreationDate="2013-12-13T20:11:58.370" Score="2" Body="&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Break the connection between &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/silverlight&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;silverlight&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;silverlight&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/moonlight&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;moonlight&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;moonlight&lt;/a&gt;, each of them is about something different.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="221281" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2013-12-15T14:17:01.543" LastActivityDate="2013-12-15T14:17:01.543" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-12-13T20:11:58.370" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7831" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7828" CreationDate="2013-12-13T20:13:32.207" Score="-3" Body="&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Remap the tag to the newly created &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/pipelight&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;pipelight&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;pipelight&lt;/a&gt; tag.&lt;/strong&gt; (make pipelight and silverlight synonyms)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="221281" LastActivityDate="2013-12-13T20:13:32.207" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-12-13T20:13:32.207" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7832" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7828" CreationDate="2013-12-13T20:15:43.313" Score="4" Body="&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Revise all the questions with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/moonlight&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;moonlight&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;moonlight&lt;/a&gt; and tag them correctly as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/silverlight&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;silverlight&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;silverlight&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/moonlight&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;moonlight&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;moonlight&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="221281" LastActivityDate="2013-12-13T20:15:43.313" CommentCount="2" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-12-13T20:15:43.313" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7833" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7773" CreationDate="2013-12-14T19:54:03.050" Score="-2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://cm.bell-labs.com/who/dmr/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/p4WqK.png&quot; alt=&quot;Dennis M. Ritchie - Father of the C Programming Language&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="36515" LastEditorUserId="36515" LastEditDate="2013-12-26T23:50:03.690" LastActivityDate="2013-12-26T23:50:03.690" CommentCount="4" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-12-14T19:54:03.050" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7834" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-12-14T19:57:12.033" Score="2" ViewCount="24" Body="&lt;p&gt;As said by Takkat in &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/7823/what-happened-to-the-tag-mac-address&quot;&gt;his previous question&lt;/a&gt; the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/mac&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;mac&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;mac&lt;/a&gt; tag is prone to be misused to ask about mac addresses so I propose:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Review that all the use of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/mac&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;mac&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;mac&lt;/a&gt; are about... Macintosh.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Rename the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/mac&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;mac&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;mac&lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/macintosh&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;macintosh&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;macintosh&lt;/a&gt; as U&amp;amp;L have.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The first is to prevent that when we rename things gets ape. A good way is looking at &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/mac&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;mac&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;mac&lt;/a&gt; + &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/network&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;network&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;network&lt;/a&gt;-ing and check that firsts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then our super mods can rename the whole tag to something that is understandable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2013-12-14T19:57:12.033" Title="Review mac tag and rename to Macintosh" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7835" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7773" CreationDate="2013-12-14T20:05:36.550" Score="-4" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Thompson&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/wGd8a.png&quot; alt=&quot;Ken Thompson - Father of Unix&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="36515" LastEditorUserId="36515" LastEditDate="2014-02-23T22:25:12.733" LastActivityDate="2014-02-23T22:25:12.733" CommentCount="6" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-12-14T20:05:36.550" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7836" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7763" CreationDate="2013-12-15T15:46:01.007" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Maybe a special &quot;EOL Notice&quot; would suffice. What if a user has an old server that can only support an old version of Ubuntu? What if their hardware works well with an old version and the admins are afraid to upgrade a system that is fine. So, we should keep questions/answers about EOL systems.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, if someone asks a modern question and an answer suggests an EOL with an unreasonable reason/need to suggest an EOL, then yes, those should be flagged, in my opinion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In summary, use common sense.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158340" LastActivityDate="2013-12-15T15:46:01.007" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7837" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7838" CreationDate="2013-12-15T15:54:34.430" Score="8" ViewCount="194" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is using Google Plus to answer questions allowable? By this I mean, can I click the &quot;Share&quot; button and find someone on G+ to answer the question and then go to Ask Ubuntu (or any other SE site) and answer the question. Just in case my question is unclear, I will give an example.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I go to a question like (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/256866/mmc0-error-110-whilst-initialising-sd-card&quot;&gt;mmc0: error -110 whilst initialising SD card&lt;/a&gt;) and click &quot;share&quot; and on G+ ask, &quot;Does anyone have an idea?&quot;. Then, once I get an answer, can I post on Ask Ubuntu, &quot;Joe Smith from G+ {if I get the user's permission to mention their name} said the problem is with X, so do Y to fix it.&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have done this a few times (maybe three times), but then I wondered if it is allowable and if it is still fine to do frequently. I do not like seeing answered question. Is this acceptable with questions offering bounties?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158340" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2014-01-02T17:10:48.217" Title="Is using Google Plus to answer questions allowable?" Tags="|discussion|google+|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7838" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7837" CreationDate="2013-12-15T16:18:54.357" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;If I'm not mistaken, the Share buttons says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Know &lt;strong&gt;someone who can answer&lt;/strong&gt;? &lt;strong&gt;Share&lt;/strong&gt; a link to this question via email, Google+, Twitter, or Facebook.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, we are encouraging that you share the link around to get people to answer the question and if they like create an account (they will get a temporary account cookie based).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2013-12-15T16:18:54.357" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7839" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-12-16T03:17:35.687" Score="0" ViewCount="40" Body="&lt;p&gt;Somehow I saw a sudden burst of flags in the 10k tools for answers that are links to Launchpad flagged as NAA (I presume they are looking for &quot;me too&quot;s). Lets set things straight:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If there's an answer to a valid bug report (ie, the bug isn't expired, or invalid) you should evaluate if the bug report is relevant to the question,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Flag the question as bug if the report is related to the question&lt;/strong&gt;, and&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;post a comment with the bug report (or the master in case is a duplicated bug) so reviewers doesn't have to hunt down answers.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Secondly, please remember that the hats will end by January 6 of the &lt;strong&gt;next year&lt;/strong&gt;. You shouldn't burn through the review queue to get fast. I believe that if everybody gets the same behaviour as when there isn't this kind of events (ie, without rush, overall without rush) you all get the hats.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2013-12-16T03:49:32.473" LastActivityDate="2013-12-16T03:49:32.473" Title="Flags, reviews and hats" Tags="|discussion|winter-bash|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7840" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7837" CreationDate="2013-12-16T10:50:11.190" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to add to what Braiam has said. Stack Exchange has the following badges as reward for sharing a link with your networks: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/badges/57/announcer&quot;&gt;Announcer&lt;/a&gt; (Bronze):&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;em&gt;Shared a link to a question that was visited by 25 unique IP addresses.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/badges/58/booster&quot;&gt;Booster&lt;/a&gt; (Silver):&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;em&gt;Shared a link to a question that was visited by 300 unique IP addresses.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/badges/59/publicist&quot;&gt;Publicist&lt;/a&gt; (Gold):&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;em&gt;Shared a link to a question that was visited by 1000 unique IP addresses.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are after more information those badges are specified on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/badges&quot;&gt;badges&lt;/a&gt; section.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="152426" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2014-01-02T17:10:48.217" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7841" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-12-16T12:08:07.977" Score="14" ViewCount="189" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just found this in the review queue: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/139462/wlan0-shown-as-eth1-after-upgrading-to-12-04/&quot;&gt;Does it matter that wlan0 has changed its name to eth1 after I upgraded to 12.04?&lt;/a&gt; It has a couple of votes to close as off-topic, I assume because somebody posted a link to &lt;a href=&quot;https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/udev/+bug/1008325&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this bug report&lt;/a&gt; and they thought:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can see the word Launchpad on the page!&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;It &lt;em&gt;must&lt;/em&gt; be a bug!&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;Let's close this now!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm all for closing flat-out bugs as bugs but there are a few problems with this bug report:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;It's a really bad bug report. The report blames udev because the user found a udev configuration file. People who know what udev does will know it just parrots what it's told to do. The &lt;em&gt;reason&lt;/em&gt; udev is calling this interface eth1 instead of wlan0 is because the Kernel told it to.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The problem actually lies in the gradual change in Broadcom drivers. As somebody who was doing a lot of kernel compiling around the 12.04 release, I've seen how violently the naming convention has flipped around but anybody upgrading with the right hardware probably would have seen this too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The problem isn't actually a problem. No applications I've seen have given two hoots whether or not wireless hardware was called &lt;code&gt;eth*&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And that's all the answer needed to say. &amp;quot;It's a driver quirk but it shouldn't give you problems&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;&amp;quot;But Oli, not everybody knows the sordid history of Broadcom drivers like you do!&amp;quot;&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sure, but everybody voting has the ability to read that bug thread. By comment #4 you can see it might not be udev. The mere fact it's &amp;quot;confirmed&amp;quot; means nothing. That just means more than a couple of people say they see the same behaviour. &lt;strong&gt;The plural of anecdote is not data.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And it's clear to see there's no actual resolution. There's no diagnosis churn and there's no indication whether this is something to worry about. It doesn't answer the question at hand.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A person came to us asking if they had a problem and we're telling them to shut up and watch a dead bug report. That's not good enough.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you don't have the technical je-ne-sais-quoi to make determinations like these, perhaps you shouldn't be voting either way. That's fine. We don't expect everybody to know everything, just skip it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you think you do, please make sure you're reviewing bug reports as well as the questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;And [almost] lastly, just because the answer is &amp;quot;Look at this bug report&amp;quot;, it doesn't mean the question is off-topic or a bug report.&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it's a known bug, a &lt;strong&gt;good answer&lt;/strong&gt; linking to the bug, explaining the problems (and answering sub-questions) is better than voting to close as a bug report. It's more helpful to the user and it'll be better for attracting future searchers with the same issue (and therefore stopping dupes).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Edit: &amp;quot;But we've always closed bug reports...&amp;quot;&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes and no. Historically we closed bug reports. Issues where people would come onto the site and say &amp;quot;Firefox doesn't work&amp;quot; as &amp;quot;not a real question&amp;quot; because they weren't questions. Those sort of shouty posts are still fair game. Tell them to go and file a bug report in the right place using the OT reason.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What I have been talking about here (and to a degree what Braiam has distilled into just a few words in his answer) is some people are targeting &amp;quot;things suspected of being bug behaviours&amp;quot; and are trying to get them off the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Well over 90% of all our questions here are in some way related to a bug of some sort. A design flaw, missing drivers, PEBCAK-through-poor-design-or-documentation. If we followed this and closed &lt;em&gt;everything&lt;/em&gt; that fell into the gaping chasm of suspected bugs, we'd have twelve questions left and half as many users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By all means push people to Launchpad, just don't forget we're a community support site. We fulfil our goals by helping people, not having the most &lt;em&gt;conditioned&lt;/em&gt; answer rate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And this also helps us. It's not just about attracting people here, it's resolving their problems. If they have a problem and Google brings them to an OT-Bug question simply, what do they do next? Is there a LP bug attached to it? Do they know what that means? Does that even help (cite this one... which doesn't). If that process hasn't answered the problem to some degree, they're going to ask somewhere. It doesn't matter where but that's the moment where we've just failed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An answer with a documented explanation wins. Explains the problem. Explains where the problem is being handled. Answers periphery questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-12-29T12:30:30.933" Title="Please try to read bug reports before voting to close something as a bug" Tags="|discussion|review|bug-reports|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7842" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7841" CreationDate="2013-12-16T13:16:45.563" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ok, my mistake. I corrected it, and I repent about my behavior. Maybe it was late at night, and I just jumped the gun (should stop visiting closing stuff late at night and without coffee). Luckily, nobody died. But I have a problem with this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If it's a known bug, a good answer linking to the bug, explaining the problems (and answering sub-questions) is better than voting to close as a bug report. It's more helpful to the user and it'll be better for attracting future searchers with the same issue (and therefore stopping dupes).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here in meta we have discussed &lt;em&gt;ad absurdum&lt;/em&gt; that bugs, things &lt;em&gt;suspected&lt;/em&gt; of being bug behaviours (even if there isn't confirmed bug), and asking for workarounds for known bugs are off topic. Why? Because they are relevant only while the bug is not fixed. I think that's the last agreement the community reached.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, I don't see why we need to attract more visitors (in fact I think we need to atract more answerers) that will see that we allow questions and answers about an specific bug behavior. It poisonous! It shouldn't be the kind of traffic we should be attracting. Our traffic should be:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;— &quot;I have a question&quot;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;(looks in google)&lt;br&gt;&#xA;— &quot;I found the answer in Ask Ubuntu, nice, lets see in what I can help this guys out&quot; and/or &quot;well I didn't found the question, but something similar in Ask Ubuntu, let me ask my own&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As can be seen, the last show the user what we are about, and give an example what kind of questions should be asked. If they see we allow questions about an &lt;em&gt;specific&lt;/em&gt; bug, embrace yourself, because we will not stop receiving bug reports/behaviours kind of question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is the &lt;em&gt;broken window&lt;/em&gt; problem! If we allow one, there will be more. If we close them, users will be snarky about why we closed his if X wasn't closed (I really want to close some &quot;list&quot; kind of questions too), calling us elitist and what not. Ignoring this fact will keep plundering the site quality, we lose good answerers, questions don't get answers, people don't get the reputation to access the review queues and stop the crap, and the cycle repeats until SE decides to intervene, or the site just lose its function.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, I do not care if a question gets a good answer, if the solution should come from the developers fixing their stuff (note, if the developers offers a solution, ie. &lt;em&gt;install this for my hardware to work&lt;/em&gt;, is ok), that question will be closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2013-12-29T12:30:30.933" LastActivityDate="2013-12-29T12:30:30.933" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7843" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7846" CreationDate="2013-12-16T19:52:38.353" Score="6" ViewCount="189" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ok, let me clarify some substantive that I'm going to use:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Content: it may refer to comments, body or title of a certain post.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Offensive: anything that I wouldn't show to my Boss, family or for what matters God.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;NSFW: same as offensive.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Vandalize: Act of harming a individual or the community.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Related: &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/5902/169736&quot;&gt;This is pertinent to editing SPAM&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt; and this is why &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/7218/spammers-are-being-nastier-withing-the-second&quot;&gt;I say that the post should be flagged and not edited&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, why I specifically commented to a user not to edit offensive content out that question? Simple. If you see the duplicated to that question is a word-by-word copy to make the post valid (the same as the (2) link), hence &lt;strong&gt;the only objective of OP was vandalize the site&lt;/strong&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/o6DYH.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this is the original post&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/190985/169736&quot;&gt;this is from where it was copied from&lt;/a&gt;), not to ask a question. Hence, I reverted the edit and allowed the community consensus (which if nobody noticed &lt;em&gt;granted the offending user 2 upvotes&lt;/em&gt;) and let the post die.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you edit a post, there's always the possibility that Community ♦ invalidate the flags that are pilling up in the post and the user get away with their evil deeds.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, is there any reason to edit a post which sole objective was vandalize the site?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are two related meta tags for flagging. Maybe they should be merged...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2013-12-16T21:34:53.430" Title="Should we edit offensive content that is only meant to vandalize the site?" Tags="|discussion|editing|flagging|flags|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7845" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7843" CreationDate="2013-12-16T20:01:31.147" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is a reasonable train of thought behind &quot;edit to fix it&quot; with offensive content. After all, once the offensive content is removed from the post, no harm comes to the reader anymore and as such the post is now &quot;valuable&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While that's true, editing a spam/offensive post is still not a good idea. Fixing such posts for a user rewards their behaviour - their post now stands as a valuable contribution and gains score and reputation, despite originally being posted much differently. This isn't a matter of post quality, it's a matter of post content.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's also the whole shebang with edits and rollbacks causing flags to vanish, be invalidated or just flat-out no longer count for the relevant thresholds. As such, edits should not be made lightly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, I haven't seen this particular example this has sprung from, as it has since been deleted, but if it is what I read from the transcript, I cannot for the life of me figure out how that post would have ever been a valuable contribution by itself (as in: it's not just a bit of a rough tone, it's actually flat-out offensive, low-quality nonsense -- if it was just rough tone, &lt;em&gt;that&lt;/em&gt;'d be fine to fix, in my opinion.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="98085" LastActivityDate="2013-12-16T20:01:31.147" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7846" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7843" CreationDate="2013-12-16T20:01:37.960" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, offensive or spam content should be flagged as either spam or offensive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/UFzje.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These two options are equivalent and will result in the post being removed without moderator intervention once enough flags have been raised. Additionally, posts removed in this way will count as a deleted post (which, if the user gets enough of them, will prevent them posting more spam or offensive content) &lt;strong&gt;and&lt;/strong&gt; apply a -100 reputation penalty to their account. For a further bonus, each flag of this type will apply a downvote to the content you've flagged!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The reason that these posts should not be edited, is it makes it harder for the rest of the community to &lt;em&gt;see&lt;/em&gt; that this is spam content. The less visibility a post has, the longer it will take before it attracts enough votes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Additionally, cleaning up an offensive of spam post has another negative side effect. These kinds of posts will normally attract downvotes, and with the privilege system in place on Stack Exchange this will limit the amount of damage any particular user can cause. However - if you clean up a post of this nature, it may begin attracting upvotes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Giving spam or offensive users additional privileges means that they can start doing things like getting into chat, posting comments, etc. This is essentially providing a much larger area for the spamming to take place, and thus, more effort to clean it up. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A tip&lt;/strong&gt;: you can double downvote content like this, you can manually downvote it and then apply an additional downvote by flagging. Enough downvotes and spam/offensive content stops showing on the front page. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="196255" LastActivityDate="2013-12-16T20:01:37.960" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7848" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7400" CreationDate="2013-12-16T21:38:55.600" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;This also happens to the Low Quality Post queue and First post queue. It used to be if I ran out of close votes I couldn't review either of those queues because it would effect my reviewing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2013-12-16T21:38:55.600" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7851" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-12-17T06:20:37.130" Score="0" ViewCount="67" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have read the questions about bumping the question if it does  not get answers but I have done  everything I could. My question is very much common with a number of questions about the same but what if they all previous answers fail and my question also gets ignored by people thinking it's very common question...?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By the way, my question is about dual booting and grub repair, if anyone is interested.&#xA; Question link: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/389115/dual-boot-ubuntu-12-04-and-windows8-grub-doesnt-detect-windows-and-even-boot-r&quot;&gt;Dual Boot: Ubuntu 12.04 and Windows8 Grub doesn&amp;#39;t detect Windows and even Boot repair didn&amp;#39;t work&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="173734" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2013-12-17T17:22:11.077" Title="What to do if I don't get solution to my question/problem?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7852" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7851" CreationDate="2013-12-17T14:35:55.973" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;From &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/no-one-answers&quot;&gt;link&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What should I do if no one answers my question?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;First, make sure you’ve asked a good question. To get better answers, you may need to put additional effort into your question. Edit your question to provide status and progress updates. Document your own continued efforts to answer your question. This will naturally bump your question to the homepage and get more people interested in it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If, despite your best efforts, you feel questions aren’t getting good answers, you can help by &lt;strong&gt;offering a bounty&lt;/strong&gt; on any question more than two days old.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Basically that's what you can do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's not so hard to gather the 75 reputation for the set bounty privilege. But if you feel that you are not capable to gather that rep in this site, because you feel you are not an expert in these fields then you have still at least 2 choices to gather that rep:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Edit some badly formatted, or wrongly written posts and correct them. You can get +2 rep for this if your edit is valuable and accepted.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Or what maybe easier to go to a &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/sites#&quot;&gt;stackexchange&lt;/a&gt; site of which topic you are an expert and gather 200 rep there. If you do so, you will automatically get 100 rep on every stackexchange site.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Or if you have a friend who has enough reputation on this site, you can ask him to set a bounty on your question.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="221281" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2013-12-17T17:22:11.077" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7853" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-12-17T16:48:28.883" Score="-1" ViewCount="33" Body="&lt;p&gt;Does the questions about obsolete versions are removed or not in Ask Ubuntu?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think these questions and answers to these questions are not useful nowadays.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202806" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2013-12-17T17:52:04.797" LastActivityDate="2013-12-17T17:52:04.797" Title="Questions about the obsolete versions" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7854" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7853" CreationDate="2013-12-17T17:09:10.453" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Many of those questions are useful; if you see a question that can still apply to a new version of Ubuntu you can edit it to make it more generic. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I usually try to answer in a way that's &quot;future proof&quot;. It doesn't hurt to keep them around, most of our traffic comes from search engines and the freshest stuff usually comes up first in the results. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We don't need to remove old content, we just need to remove &lt;em&gt;wrong&lt;/em&gt; content. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2013-12-17T17:09:10.453" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7855" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7853" CreationDate="2013-12-17T17:26:58.737" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;If an answer is &lt;strong&gt;for one and only one&lt;/strong&gt; version of Ubuntu and that solution &lt;strong&gt;doesn't work anymore&lt;/strong&gt; in recent versions, I don't see why it should stay. Now, generic questions and answer can stay. Just edit out the versions or add a title that reads:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;This only works from 13.04 onwards&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, if the answer has/needs different instructions for some version of Ubuntu. If some instruction is only for a EOLed version (say 11.10) verify that it doesn't work anymore, correct if it's salvageable or edit out if it's useless.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2013-12-17T17:51:40.233" LastActivityDate="2013-12-17T17:51:40.233" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7856" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7862" CreationDate="2013-12-17T18:14:27.887" Score="4" ViewCount="76" Body="&lt;p&gt;Why can't I wear a hat on my Ask Ubuntu Meta Account?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202806" LastEditorUserId="38094" LastEditDate="2013-12-17T20:53:05.020" LastActivityDate="2013-12-18T15:55:38.710" Title="Why are there no hats for Ask Ubuntu meta?" Tags="|support|winter-bash|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7857" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7688" CreationDate="2013-12-17T22:56:39.180" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You have to use your Launchpad username, not your email. The OpenID URL must look like &lt;a href=&quot;https://launchpad.net/~youruser&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://launchpad.net/~youruser&lt;/a&gt; and not like &lt;a href=&quot;https://launchpad.net/~youruser@email.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://launchpad.net/~youruser@email.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="155880" LastActivityDate="2013-12-17T22:56:39.180" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7858" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-12-18T09:08:38.307" Score="2" ViewCount="32" Body="&lt;p&gt;Why does the &quot;Unanswered&quot; tab in the main orange bar produce a result different than &quot;Unanswered&quot; in the &quot;Questions&quot; sub-tab?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a way to make this less ambiguous?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/XeLMw.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="171245" LastEditorUserId="171245" LastEditDate="2013-12-18T09:40:38.230" LastActivityDate="2013-12-18T09:40:38.230" Title="&quot;Unanswered&quot; questions tab shows answered questions" Tags="|bug|unanswered-questions|bug-reports|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7859" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7858" CreationDate="2013-12-18T09:34:19.040" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;A question isn't answered until it has at least one answer with a score of at least +1.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2013-12-18T09:34:19.040" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7860" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-12-18T09:57:51.750" Score="1" ViewCount="41" Body="&lt;p&gt;I offered a bounty for my question. During starting the bounty, it asks me to add some extra comments that what you are looking for. I just select the below option and started the bounty.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This question has not received enough attention.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now I want to add some extra comments like &quot;I want the solution for recent release Ubuntu 13.10&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is that possible?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202806" LastEditorUserId="25798" LastEditDate="2013-12-18T16:38:50.397" LastActivityDate="2013-12-18T16:46:56.923" Title="Adding comments to a bounty" Tags="|support|bounty|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7861" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-12-18T14:05:10.617" Score="12" ViewCount="206" Body="&lt;p&gt;This drives me nuts. The only solution to these questions is &quot;test it!&quot; but I'm not in the mood to write for each of this questions &quot;The only way you know for sure is to test it with a live CD.&quot; There are thousand of these questions! These questions are no good for the Q&amp;amp;A format (since the most accurate answer can change, and even the same model doesn't have the same components). Some of them gets closed, some answered with some halfassed answer, some gets into the oblivion of our not-so-small unanswered questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, what to do with 'em?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Related:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/7768/do-we-need-a-will-ubuntu-work-for-x-model-pc-question&quot;&gt;Do we need a &amp;quot;Will Ubuntu work for X model PC?&amp;quot; question?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2014-02-01T16:19:30.823" Title="What to do with the &quot;Will Ubuntu run in X model?&quot; questions?" Tags="|discussion|unanswered-questions|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7862" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7856" CreationDate="2013-12-18T15:55:38.710" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Because hats eat babies, and Meta is where the baby Ask Ubuntu's are born and raised.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just for your sake however, I have retained a picture of a hatted Moderator, for your research. Do not attempt to find this creature as it will eat all of the babies in Meta and Ask Ubuntu will die.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote class=&quot;spoiler&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt; &lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/SckeM.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tip:&lt;/strong&gt; Mouse over the quote. But keep your seat belt on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1992" LastActivityDate="2013-12-18T15:55:38.710" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7863" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-12-18T16:20:59.747" Score="6" ViewCount="112" Body="&lt;p&gt;The Linux Unplugged Podcast is talking about the state of linux support options and they mention Ask Ubuntu and Stack Exchange:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;YouTube: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfOHJn-jDXM&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Fixing Linux Support | LUP 19&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I wasn't able to confirm the problems that they mention (the Handbrake question is up to date and I don't get why they think duplicates are bad).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Good discussion though, with our own Alan Pope! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="36315" LastEditDate="2013-12-20T23:07:21.490" LastActivityDate="2013-12-21T20:52:29.310" Title="Ask Ubuntu is on Linux Unplugged" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7864" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7860" CreationDate="2013-12-18T16:46:56.923" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;From the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/bounty&quot;&gt;help page on bounty&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How do I start a bounty? When can I start a bounty?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A bounty can be started on a question two days after the question was&#xA;  asked.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;To start a bounty, click on the &quot;start a bounty&quot; link at the bottom of&#xA;  an eligible question and allocate anywhere between 50 and 500&#xA;  reputation, in 50-point increments. You can also choose from a list of&#xA;  bounty reasons to help other users understand why you’re dissatisfied&#xA;  with any current answers to the question. &lt;strong&gt;If you need to describe&#xA;  something in more detail, there’s also optional, additional custom&#xA;  text that will be displayed with the bounty reason&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you actually tried starting a bounty, you would get a dialog for entering your custom reason, which is the third and final step when starting a bounty.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/SdkuR.png&quot; alt=&quot;Custom dialog&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2013-12-18T16:46:56.923" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7865" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7861" CreationDate="2013-12-18T18:18:23.430" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's a legitimate problem that current and prospective Ubuntu users have. For that one reason, it's not something we can simply write off as &amp;quot;Oh god, that's really annoying&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course if you have a laptop &amp;quot;just try it&amp;quot; is a perfectly okay answer but that's only half the picture. There are plenty of times when people are just trying to work out what laptop they should buy. We vehemently state that we're not a shopping recommendation site but stuffing our fingers in our ears and closing them all as off-topic doesn't &lt;em&gt;fix the problem&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do understand the frustration because they aren't good questions. It's not a question of format (they are a valid Q demanding a single A), rather that they're really very localised and even with our thousands of users, we're only ever going to be able to provide answer the most popular laptops, the Macbooks, the more popular Dells, etc. Companies like Acer and ASUS push out hundreds of SKUs each year. We can't provide an answer for each.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;So what is the long term solution here? What helps us? What helps users?&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've been thinking about this for a few hours. I'm not sure how viable it is but what would fix this forever (for us, at least) is a single question &amp;quot;&lt;em&gt;How can I tell if Ubuntu will work on my computer?&lt;/em&gt;&amp;quot; with a super-awesome answer that covers:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Every best practice for testing if they have the hardware in front of them&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How to find out if their laptop has certified support&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How to find out what hardware is inside their device...&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;And how to find out whether those items have support or known issues.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a &lt;em&gt;process&lt;/em&gt; that long-term Ubuntu and support-peeps have learned when trying to work out whether they can buy something shiny for themselves. It's that process we need to transpose into an answer so there's something out there &lt;em&gt;really helps people help themselves&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once that's in place, we can close-dupe all the things against it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-12-18T18:36:17.383" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7866" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7868" CreationDate="2013-12-19T15:34:04.850" Score="2" ViewCount="196" Body="&lt;p&gt;We have a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/php&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;php&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;php&lt;/a&gt; tag, and we also have a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/php-5.4&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;php-5.4&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;php-5.4&lt;/a&gt; tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ultimately, they're both PHP, and I see no reason to have separate PHP tags for each version (the same reasoning was the primary drive, as far as I can tell, for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/php5&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;php5&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;php5&lt;/a&gt; to be an alias of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/php&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;php&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;php&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can we take the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/php-5.4&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;php-5.4&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;php-5.4&lt;/a&gt; tag and just have that be an alias of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/php&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;php&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;php&lt;/a&gt;?  Otherwise we'll have a thousand PHP tags which we don't need.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="41" LastEditDate="2013-12-19T18:30:55.267" LastActivityDate="2013-12-19T18:30:55.267" Title="Merge php and php-5.4 tags into just php?" Tags="|discussion|support|status-completed|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7868" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7866" CreationDate="2013-12-19T15:53:00.100" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, php-5.4 should be a synonym of php5 which should be a synonym of php&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2013-12-19T15:53:00.100" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7869" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-12-19T21:22:34.590" Score="4" ViewCount="155" Body="&lt;p&gt;I often see &lt;em&gt;fuzzy&lt;/em&gt; and relative times given for things around the site like &quot;edited 1 hour ago&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This isn't a problem when you first load the screen but after a while, unless you refresh, those relative times don't [always*] update. And what if I saved the page locally or printed it? Those relative times lose all meaning. In those cases it would be better if the full date-time was displayed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any way to disable relative times on the entire site?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;*From Oli: I've both seen some times update and some &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; update. I've no idea what the actual functionality does or where it does it. I might even be hallucinating.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="227096" OwnerDisplayName="user227096" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-01-24T23:10:28.760" LastActivityDate="2014-01-24T23:10:28.760" Title="Is there a way to disable relative dates and times on posts and comments?" Tags="|support|user-interface|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7870" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-12-20T00:22:10.393" Score="3" ViewCount="44" Body="&lt;p&gt;I tend to use the context menu key to correct typos. Context key, select word, enter. The normally I will press down to get to the end of the row. Enter in the context menu posts (with about a 0.5 second delay so it does it just as I press down!!). This one is real! Honest!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can this be turned off?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="139634" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2013-12-20T12:06:26.253" LastActivityDate="2013-12-20T12:08:11.243" Title="Enter in context menu posts comment" Tags="|bug|comments|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7872" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7870" CreationDate="2013-12-20T12:08:11.243" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is a bug. I am very bothered by it actually. Sometimes I want to correct a word with the builtin dictionary (or paste something, etc. whatever has to do with the contextual menu) and press enter then it sends my comment. Somehow I've learned to use more the mouse but it's a pain moving my hands from the beautiful and precious keyboard to grab a dirty &lt;strike&gt;rat&lt;/strike&gt; mouse.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2013-12-20T12:08:11.243" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7873" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7874" CreationDate="2013-12-20T18:00:54.923" Score="2" ViewCount="48" Body="&lt;p&gt;I posted a previous question &quot;Can newbies get feedback from senior community members&quot;. The Feedback were so encouraging. There it was mentioned that I can ask for feedback at any time. So that's why I am seeking a feedback.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I could edit more than 700 posts. Thanks for your guide. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have something to ask also. Certain questions are not easily readable. People who read and do answer are doing it voluntarily. So if they are not eye catching the content, they are having least probability to get answers. It is the reality. Certain questions have large details, stacked. But the problem is not strange. But they haven't got answers. Would it be necessary to break them into paragraphs ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Seeking for some feedback.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user224082" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2013-12-21T16:42:42.313" LastActivityDate="2013-12-21T16:42:42.313" Title="Can I have a Feedback on my Edits?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7874" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7873" CreationDate="2013-12-20T20:28:09.237" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have approved several of your edits (you are indeed making many of them better readable).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The first point to look for feedback are the comments you get on rejected edits - often when I reject an edit I say how the edit could be improved to make it really useful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another way for improving your edits is to look what a user did who &quot;improved&quot; your edit (you will see this in the edit history of the post when your suggest has been approved my &quot;community&quot;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Nearly every question has typos and grammar problems. When you edit a question don't concentrate on the obvious problems only (creating paragraph breaks is a good thing™), try to fix additional errors as well, then your edits will (most likely) be approved. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While I was beginning to learn how make good edits I made a habit of looking at every suggest I had made a day or two later (To see if it got approved and who rejected it (also the reason why it got rejected)).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastEditorUserId="117103" LastEditDate="2013-12-20T22:26:55.933" LastActivityDate="2013-12-20T22:26:55.933" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7875" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-12-21T00:55:13.420" Score="0" ViewCount="35" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was killing off the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/filter&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;filter&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;filter&lt;/a&gt; tag. And found &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/316014/169736&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; but don't know what tag should I use. I found 44 something posts with Dansguardian keyword. So, we have people capable of answering dansguardian's questions? Any volunteer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2013-12-21T00:55:13.420" Title="Do we need a Dansguardian tag?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7876" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7877" CreationDate="2013-12-21T05:30:10.747" Score="5" ViewCount="86" Body="&lt;p&gt;When doing editing, in certain places I find difficulties to format codes those are within Numbering and Bullets.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Example is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/393596/youtube-videos-flash-player-not-working-ubuntu-12-03&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt;. What I did was cut and paste the line which needs code formatting to the last and the coded section was added somewhat separately. That cannot apply for the instances where sequence is important. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One solution is to add it within &lt;code&gt; ``&lt;/code&gt;. It is not suitable when few lines are available.( also &amp;lt; code &gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any way to do this ? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user224082" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="How to do code formatting within numbering or bullets?" Tags="|discussion|formatting|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7877" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7876" CreationDate="2013-12-21T12:03:19.260" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I found the solution in this Meta Stack Overflow question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/3792/how-to-nest-code-within-a-list-using-markdown&quot;&gt;How to nest code within a list using Markdown&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, if it is a numbered (or bulleted) section which should be like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;[LINE 1]&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;[LINE 2]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Normal [LINE 2] text&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;CODE LINE 1&#xA;CODE LINE 2&#xA;CODE LINE 3&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;[LINE 3]&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Using Proper Markdown (Preferred Method)&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It can be done by indenting the code an extra 4 spaces. Indenting it just 4 spaces will only make it part of the list as normal text. The example for above would be:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;1. [LINE 1]&#xA;2. [LINE 2]&#xA;&#xA;    Normal [LINE 2] text&#xA;&#xA;        CODE LINE 1&#xA;        CODE LINE 2&#xA;        CODE LINE 3&#xA;&#xA;3. [LINE 3]&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Using HTML &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;tags&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; (Alternative Method)&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Alternatively, it can also be done using HTML tags like so:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;1. [LINE 1]&#xA;2. [LINE 2] &#xA;&#xA;    Normal [LINE 2] text&#xA;&#xA;    &amp;lt;pre&amp;gt;&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;CODE LINE 1&#xA;CODE LINE 2&#xA;CODE LINE 3&#xA;&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/pre&amp;gt; &#xA;3. [LINE 3] &#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Using HTML &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;tags&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; should be avoided as much as possible since it becomes difficult to read and comprehend the text when reading from source. Markdown was born to get rid of this weakness by removing all the clutter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user224082" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2013-12-22T10:34:50.270" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7878" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7880" CreationDate="2013-12-21T12:33:57.287" Score="0" ViewCount="39" Body="&lt;p&gt;I see that there is a bounty on &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/11570/how-do-i-install-adobe-air-using-ubuntu-software-centre&quot;&gt;a question about installing adobe AIR on Ubuntu 10.10&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The description reads: &quot;The current answer(s) are out-of-date and require revision given recent changes.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't understand what the bounty is for. Does he want to update the question so it works for Ubuntu 13.10/12.04? Because that answer is already given in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/371767/how-can-i-install-adobe-air-on-64-bit-ubuntu-13-10&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also: Do I get the bounty if I edit one of the original answers or only if i add a new answer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="172367" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2013-12-21T22:46:27.980" Title="Bounty on adobe AIR Ubuntu 10.10 question" Tags="|discussion|bounty|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7879" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7863" CreationDate="2013-12-21T20:52:29.310" Score="3" Body="&lt;h1&gt;What?&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is an answer to &quot;why the duplicate questions are bad&quot;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Example&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have been using askubuntu for a long time, but only recently, I began to answer questions. The first question I answered was this one: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/393107/ubuntu-13-04-question-java-and-flash/393112#393112&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/393107/ubuntu-13-04-question-java-and-flash/393112#393112&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is someone who clearly has very limited technical skills and who has problems with viewing his school website on Ubuntu. The only thing he knows is that &quot;the website uses java and flash&quot;. He tried to install java and flash but the website is still giving errors.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;He does not know if he installed java correctly, he does not know if the problem is client-side or server side (let alone know what those terms mean) and he does not know how to ask the appropriate question, he only knows that he has a problem that we can fix.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question got flagged as a duplicate. &lt;strong&gt;This does not help the guy at all&lt;/strong&gt;. This is why:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Even though he talks about installing java, That is not the problem.&lt;/strong&gt; He successfully installed java, he just doesn't know that he did. That means that &quot;how to install java&quot; is not a good answer to his question.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The most top rated answer to the duplicated question was &lt;strong&gt;WAY to technical for him&lt;/strong&gt;. (I edited it, now it's better).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;This is perceived as very &lt;strong&gt;anti-social&lt;/strong&gt; to the questioner. Marking a question as duplicate without even giving guidelines about how to find the information in the other question is like saying &quot;&lt;strong&gt;you are to dumb for is&lt;/strong&gt;&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I assume that the &quot;goal&quot; of askubuntu is to help people, not to follow some strict rules about how to govern a question database. If following the rules does not help the guy, and the goal is to help the guy, then you can do two things: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;change the rules&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;apply common sense to the rules&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;In summary&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The current system of askubuntu is very helpful to people who have some technical background, who can parse the duplicated question to find what the info is they need. But people with less technical background get left behind, and that is sad. Everyone once started from the bottom and if we do not help the people who are at the bottom, the community will die.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Nothing is black and white&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ofcourse, marking duplicate question is not always bad. But My experience has been that questions are marked as a duplicate way to fast.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;What could be done about this?&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If the question is a clear duplicate, tell the questioner where he can find the answer to &lt;strong&gt;his specific question&lt;/strong&gt;. Instead of marking it as a duplicate of the &quot;black screen question&quot; and not saying anything else tell him in a comment &quot;you have a dualboot system, this is something that can be fixed by running boot-repair. Answer #42 tells you how to do that&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Dumb-down the answers&lt;/strong&gt; for questions that get asked a lot by noobs. Someone without any linux experience doesn't care about going through the whole process to manually installing java. Just give him a ppa, warn him about the risks, an let him be happy. Ofcourse, it is always better if an answer like this is followed by a more thorough one.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Read the &lt;strong&gt;whole&lt;/strong&gt; question and comments before marking something as duplicate. Only mark something as a duplicate if you &lt;strong&gt;know&lt;/strong&gt; what the problem is, not if it &lt;strong&gt;seems&lt;/strong&gt; like that is the problem.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="172367" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2013-12-21T20:52:29.310" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7880" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7878" CreationDate="2013-12-21T22:46:27.980" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, newer answer, most likely for 13.10. And no if you edit an answer you don't get the bounty.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also I voted to close that one as a duplicate of the other.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastActivityDate="2013-12-21T22:46:27.980" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7881" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7882" CreationDate="2013-12-22T01:20:01.643" Score="0" ViewCount="76" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm new to answering and editing questions. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/199578&quot;&gt;My edit&lt;/a&gt; on how to install the ia32-libs in ubuntu 13.10 has been rejected. I do not know why. The reasons given were&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;This edit introduces spam, defaces the post in some way, or is otherwise inappropriate.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;This edit changes too much in the original post; the original meaning or intent of the post would be lost&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I do not understand why? The original answer did not provide an answer for Ubuntu 13.10 and higher, so I added those instructions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do I have to give those instructions as a seperate answer? It seems to me that adding a new answer for every new version of Ubuntu would be weird?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="172367" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2013-12-22T01:43:17.313" Title="Why is this edit rejected?" Tags="|discussion|editing|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7882" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7881" CreationDate="2013-12-22T01:39:57.097" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The important parts about the reasons are here:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;defaces the post in some way, or is &lt;strong&gt;otherwise inappropriate&lt;/strong&gt;, changes too much in the original post; &lt;strong&gt;the original meaning&lt;/strong&gt; or intent of the post &lt;strong&gt;would be lost&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You are putting words in the mouth (post) of Lekensteyn, which aren't necessarily true (have been my post I would reject it too). You should know that the ia32-libs was dropped. All packages included in the main repository uses multiarch, that's what matters. You should not include some shady method to get the package just because some package maintainers didn't fix their stuff.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;BTW, &lt;strong&gt;DON'T MIX RARING AND SAUCY PACKAGES&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2013-12-22T01:39:57.097" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7883" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7935" CreationDate="2013-12-22T13:54:08.457" Score="13" ViewCount="242" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/old-computer&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;old-computer&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;old-computer&lt;/a&gt; excerpt says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Questions about Ubuntu on old computers &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What exactly is an &quot;old computer&quot;? Where to draw the line? How I know my system has a problem because is old (btw, mine is almost 10 yo and still kicking)? Exactly who is capable of answering questions tagged with this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2014-01-08T02:50:52.153" Title="YELP! Old-computer tag!" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7884" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7883" CreationDate="2013-12-22T15:50:35.017" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't think this is a good name for a tag. Since it will change over time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;An old computer isn't necessarily bad. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A low end hardware computer isn't necessarily old. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;these two arguments should be in this tag, since that's what the questions are about that it's being tagged with. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would suggest that someone creates a synonym of this tagged that should be used instead. That has a better name and still carries the meaning that this tag has. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most of the questions with this tag is what you would call low-end hardware computers, with less than 1GB of RAM, old processors, etc. These computers mostly run Lubuntu or Xubuntu. And have different problems from a computer with better hardware. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What I'm saying is that we need this tag, but we need a better name for it.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10698" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2013-12-31T22:11:29.037" LastActivityDate="2013-12-31T22:11:29.037" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7885" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7886" CreationDate="2013-12-22T19:13:55.490" Score="1" ViewCount="38" Body="&lt;p&gt;I came across an answer in the review que that was flagged as low quality, normal enough except that it was 3 years old.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;here is the link: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/low-quality-posts/199833&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/review/low-quality-posts/199833&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only reason I can come up with is that it was either missed somehow by the Community, or that it was flagged but that the reviewer at the time let it pass.  If the later I suspect that the fact that there was a recent comment made it appear back in the review que again as it matched the heuristics of a low quality question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Am I correct here or am I missing something?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="65969" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2013-12-22T19:22:29.057" Title="Why would an answer come up in the review que long after being posted?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7886" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7885" CreationDate="2013-12-22T19:22:29.057" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Actually, it's possible that someone manually flagged the answer as VLQ, and that caused it to pop into the VLQ queue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I remember correctly, manual flags do that as part of the overhaul flags got.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="133672" LastActivityDate="2013-12-22T19:22:29.057" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7887" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7888" CreationDate="2013-12-22T19:39:02.747" Score="0" ViewCount="44" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the last several days I have come across at least 2 edits that were attempting to vandalize a post.  I don't mean attempting to edit there own problem into the question or answer, these were absolute spam vandalisms. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here it the most recent example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/199867&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/199867&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While 2 or 3 in the last several days hardly constitute an epidemic, it caught my attention because I don't recall seeing these before, so I have to assume that previously there have not been too many of them in the past. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do we need(or is it impossible) to take pre-emptive action to avoid being flooded with these type of edits?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One possible issue that comes to mind it that I have come across suggested edits by anonymous users that are obviously the OP trying to edit that somehow ended up needed to be reviewed as a suggested edit(not sure why that happens??), so preventing anonymous user could prevent the OP from editing their own question in that case....&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="65969" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:24.280" LastActivityDate="2013-12-22T20:03:24.527" Title="Do we need(or is it even possible) to prevent suggested edits from anonymous users?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7888" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7887" CreationDate="2013-12-22T19:46:47.460" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;This has always been a problem, whether it be edits, answers, or even questions, it's spam and it's never possible to &quot;prevent&quot; it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Community moderation does its job though, we all reject those edits, and the universe remains a decent place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ulitmately I don't think we need to prevent anonymous edits of this nature, especially since the community does its job well.  It's more of a problem when spambots get past blocks and end up posting questions or answers that're spam, because those aren't &quot;hidden&quot; from the universe like the edit approvals are (except for 2k+ repped users).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2013-12-22T20:03:24.527" LastActivityDate="2013-12-22T20:03:24.527" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7889" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-12-23T13:09:53.067" Score="3" ViewCount="68" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/200175&quot;&gt;This edit&lt;/a&gt; was rejected by 2 users and approved by one, I was going to approve it but got the message that it had already been rejected. It sounded like the OP submitted the edit and it didn't change the post in any dramatic way. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If we got the possibility to submit edits without logging in why is an edit like this rejected? To me that defeats the purpose of having anonymous edits. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10698" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2013-12-23T16:30:36.440" Title="Why was this suggested edit submitted by an anonymous user rejected?" Tags="|discussion|review|suggested-edits|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7890" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7889" CreationDate="2013-12-23T13:35:44.957" Score="0" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;It sounded like the OP&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Who knows?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2013-12-23T13:35:44.957" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7891" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7889" CreationDate="2013-12-23T13:35:46.520" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Probably because it was seen as somebody editing a post that wasn't theirs. In this case it's not neccessarily obvious that the original poster didn't fully register and so probably didn't get the same session when they came back.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'll edit it back in.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To the comments: The pros and cons of the unregistered editing and accounts system is really quite irrelevant here. It is what it is.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I considered the edit to be probably from the OP. I made that assumption on the basis that there's nothing harmful in the edit (it's not spam) and it's a continuation of the question, adding more information, and that it doesn't conflict with the existing question (unlikely to be a hijack of some sort).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Oh and that doing that &quot;maliciously&quot; accomplishes nothing. And even if they did, the OP could roll it back, flag, comment, etc to let us know that something untoward had happened.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd expect people to treat these sorts of edits with &lt;em&gt;scrutiny&lt;/em&gt; but not absolute and automatic rejection.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2013-12-23T16:30:36.440" LastActivityDate="2013-12-23T16:30:36.440" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7892" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7904" CreationDate="2013-12-23T14:02:39.310" Score="0" ViewCount="76" Body="&lt;p&gt;The new stackexchange bar on top of the page shows notifications when new posts are available review for &quot;Suggested edits&quot;. This is pretty annoying to see every now and then. Is there a way I can disable this notification? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please see the screenshot(the highlighted part) for the notification I am querying about.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/cdTju.png&quot; alt=&quot;notification for review&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72576" LastEditorUserId="1059" LastEditDate="2013-12-25T19:14:25.887" LastActivityDate="2013-12-26T10:57:20.840" Title="How do I get rid of the notifications for review?" Tags="|support|user-interface|notifications|top-bar|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7893" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7899" CreationDate="2013-12-23T16:34:10.617" Score="3" ViewCount="36" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am refering to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/394800/72576&quot;&gt;this post&lt;/a&gt;, which was posted as an answer, but should have been a comment to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/157471/72576&quot;&gt;the accepted answer&lt;/a&gt;. The user did not have enough rep(50) to post a comment, so he posted it as comment, mentioning his apathy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Such posts would be deleted as &lt;strong&gt;not an answer&lt;/strong&gt; and would result in the poster's frustration becoming someone else's frustration :D&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should such posts be copy pasted as comments or be deleted and lost forever?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72576" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2013-12-25T19:13:28.460" Title="What should be done to useful posts posted by new users as answer but should be comments?" Tags="|support|comments|answers|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7894" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-12-23T16:47:48.537" Score="2" ViewCount="31" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yeah, there's a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/troubleshooting&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;troubleshooting&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;troubleshooting&lt;/a&gt; tag... OMG... I don't have anything else to say :(&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="41" LastEditDate="2013-12-23T20:15:59.717" LastActivityDate="2013-12-23T20:15:59.717" Title="Oh God! Troubleshooting tag!" Tags="|discussion|tags|tag-block-request|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7895" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-12-23T16:51:31.487" Score="3" ViewCount="68" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since when is retagging an untagged question &quot;too minor&quot;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The community clearly thinks that retagging untagged questions is good (see links below), but still, half of my retags get rejected by being &quot;to minor&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3869/please-burninate-the-untagged-tag&quot;&gt;Please burninate the &amp;quot;untagged&amp;quot; tag&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2784/tag-untagged-hes-dead-jim&quot;&gt;Tag untagged: He&amp;#39;s dead, Jim&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/untagged&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/untagged&lt;/a&gt; (see description)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This peer review is very good especially for new users, like me, who do dumb things sometimes. But it can be really random sometimes and that is very frustrating...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="172367" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2013-12-25T19:15:04.450" Title="Retagging untagged questions &quot;too minor&quot;?" Tags="|discussion|editing|suggested-edits|retagging|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7896" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7895" CreationDate="2013-12-23T17:45:39.310" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ok, let me put some points over i's.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Please read the tags excerpts before retagging. I reject &lt;strong&gt;incorrectly&lt;/strong&gt; tagged ones.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;[Closed] questions with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/untagged&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;untagged&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;untagged&lt;/a&gt; I tend to prefer just remove them. It clutters the site.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Don't just retag and forget about the title, or the body of the question. Fix as many problems you see with the posts, as is possible.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2013-12-23T17:45:39.310" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7897" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8878" CreationDate="2013-12-23T18:44:47.947" Score="1" ViewCount="282" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ok, since people are doing a fuss about rejecting seemsly invalid edits and other quirks, I'm suggesting this again. Why? Because each time we do a fuss about something or other that could be solved implementing this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Pros:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;No more brain racking each time &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/7345/169736&quot;&gt;an anonymous user suggests an edit&lt;/a&gt; that adds substantially more information to a question. (&lt;strong&gt;Remember:&lt;/strong&gt; Ubuntu can be boot in a live session, if the user reboots its system the cookie it's lost forever)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Will stop some drive-by users from posting crappy questions. (&lt;strong&gt;Remember&lt;/strong&gt;: users seeking for help will found it one way or other, as long as they allow to be helped)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Security that when we comment a post, OP will be able to answer back.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Possible) Cons (or more like, &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/7267/169736&quot;&gt;answering another answer&lt;/a&gt;):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;It is a boon to Ubuntu users that they do not then have to go through a registration process to get help. It's a strong message that the Ubuntu community wants to make getting help and using Ubuntu as easy as possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Easy, yes. But, for whom? Ubuntu Forums, Freenode #ubuntu, ubuntu-users mailing list, Launchpad, etc. requires registration before using any of those services. Ask Ubuntu as another support channel should do the same.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Furthermore, Ubuntu is supposed to be an operating system for everyone. Even people who aren't Internet-savvy and might have problems even registering an account. Where are they supposed to go for help then?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Again, but then we have to deal with all the crap that nobody else takes, drive-by users that just ask an unanswerable question, and stuff. I swear I can register any account on SE with just 5 clicks, at &lt;em&gt;worse&lt;/em&gt;. If someone needs more than that, maybe they shouldn't be using a computer, really.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;So should we change this policy? Should we require everyone to register before posting questions (and answers)? Well, if the current way is not achieving the goal of helping people, then we should. If not requiring registration is actually making it harder for most newcomers to use the site to get help, &lt;strong&gt;then we should change this policy and require registration.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Exactly my point. Apparently the users that upvoted this response to my answer didn't notice &lt;em&gt;this&lt;/em&gt;, as my petition had negative score for some reason. If for us &lt;em&gt;answerers&lt;/em&gt; (aka the blood and soul of any SE site) is difficult to answer questions since OP get lost in the limbo, we of course should do &lt;em&gt;something&lt;/em&gt;... ANYTHING to fix it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;this isn't enough of a problem for me to worry about it. I generally send emails via the form to the SE team, and they just handle the merge. Generally, one of the accounts has an actual login. –  jrg♦ Sep 1 at 21:21 &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Users shouldn't waste time just to fix some account quirk. Humans should only worry about asking/answering questions. If humans has to take time to fix the system, then the system is borked.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;But I am concerned at the attitude that we should change the policy because it bothers us. This is a &lt;em&gt;minor&lt;/em&gt; annoyance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It shouldn't annoy us. The system should only &lt;em&gt;facilitate&lt;/em&gt; us to help others. If we feel annoyed with the system, then we are failing at AX (Answerer Experience). Answerers shouldn't feel that they have to meddle with the system to offer help. The help page doesn't say that answerers have to deal with this. &lt;strong&gt;Ask Ubuntu should protect answerers.&lt;/strong&gt; They aren't that many, and AU needs them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2014-04-10T02:26:33.330" LastActivityDate="2017-02-21T20:41:12.543" Title="Require registration to ask a Question" Tags="|feature-request|status-completed|login|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7899" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7893" CreationDate="2013-12-23T20:15:40.007" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Flag the question as &quot;should be comment&quot; Moderators can convert posts to comments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2013-12-23T20:15:40.007" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7900" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7897" CreationDate="2013-12-23T20:24:50.613" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;None of your points are fixed by requiring registration.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;No more brain racking each time [an anonymous user suggests an edit][1] that adds substantially more information to a question. (&lt;strong&gt;Remember:&lt;/strong&gt; Ubuntu can be boot in a live session, if the user reboots its system the cookie it's lost forever)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is not a HUGE problem, it's something that occurs from time to time but it's by no means a show stopper. The same problem applies when people create multiple accounts. User creates an account, then comes back after cookies are gone and logs in with Google instead of Yahoo! (for example). Now they have a new account and submit an edit. It'll likely be rejected, since it's not the same user.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Will stop some drive-by users from posting crappy questions. (&lt;strong&gt;Remember&lt;/strong&gt;: users seeking for help will found it one way or other, as long as they allow to be helped)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a weak argument. People will frantically create an account just to get their question posted, then what? They drove by. We don't send them emails unless they explicitly request it. So we have the same situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Security that when we comment a post, OP will be able to answer back.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Again, we don't email or contact users unless they enable email contact for watching threads. This also wouldn't happened unless they were logged in AND visited the site again AND knew what the number in the StackExchange SuperCollider (TM) was.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We're all all inclusive site. That comes with some downsides which you've highlighted. Yes, there is a bit more work for reviews but look at it as an opportunity to rise in the ranks of the site and not as a laborious chore, or massive issue, which must be stomached.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2013-12-23T20:24:50.613" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7901" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7897" CreationDate="2013-12-24T00:22:18.133" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just wanted to chime in as a long term user and &quot;answerer&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The problem you're describing isn't new but I don't think it's a significant problem... And even if it were, restricting input doesn't fix the retention issues.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A barrier to entry just means fewer entries. That we can have anonymous contributors is one of the major Stack Exchange features. It allows anybody to get their feet wet. That's how we get contributions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We aren't the only venue with that mentality; ##ubuntu &lt;em&gt;does not&lt;/em&gt; require registration.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And finally, as somebody who has been an answerer to the tune of 80k here and 135k network-wide, my help here has never been dependant on people voting for my questions... Which is good because I have (literally) &lt;em&gt;hundreds&lt;/em&gt; of ±0-scored answers. And registration won't help... I just checked five random answers in that group and only one was an unregistered account but that answer was accepted!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know a sample of one isn't very representative but I think you're jumping to a conclusion and trying to solve it with a method that is shown not to improve the thing you're worried about and harms another important metric to us.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2013-12-24T00:22:18.133" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7902" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-12-24T00:28:22.777" Score="-3" ViewCount="113" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is the exact contrary to &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/7579/169736&quot;&gt;Should we get worried about in what direction Ask Ubuntu wanders?&lt;/a&gt;&quot;. For some reason, a question that has &lt;strong&gt;nothing&lt;/strong&gt; to do with Ubuntu in any way or form was upvoted... and I could not help but ask: &quot;why?&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/8GY4z.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;This is real vandalism!&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The voter is literally &lt;strong&gt;rewarding&lt;/strong&gt; a user for a bad... very bad question. The faults on the question are not surprise. I found this &lt;em&gt;gem&lt;/em&gt; in the 10k Flags flagged as Very Low Quality. How something beyond salvage is awarded with a upvote!? I know the &quot;this is bad but not that bad&quot; kind of upvote, but this kind of question isn't the one that can be awarded with such act.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;PLEASE, STOP UPVOTING CRAP.&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We don't do this with bad questions in any way or circumstances:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ql06M.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2014-01-05T03:09:02.853" Title="This is what we should be worring about, we are upvoting CRAP in Ask Ubuntu!" Tags="|discussion|voting|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7903" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7902" CreationDate="2013-12-24T00:37:57.077" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;Voting, both up and down, is a completely &quot;anonymous&quot; function of the site. In that you can do it either way to your hearts content and vote whichever way you chose. It's your votes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We are not here to make everyone conform, if someone wants to upvote what appears to be spam then fine. If someone wants to downvote what appears to be an excellent question that's fine as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The import thing is the post was deleted and it was deleted rather quickly. I'm sure it was flagged by multiple people and was either automatically removed or one of the human exceptions handlers removed the post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which leads me to my final point. All those points will be refunded soon! Because that's just what happens. So upvotes and downvotes, nothing really matters in the end because it was deleted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm really not sure what posting this achieves other than to just rant about this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2013-12-24T00:37:57.077" CommentCount="14" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7904" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7892" CreationDate="2013-12-24T06:11:05.270" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you use Firefox, then, using a plain text editor (create and) edit &lt;code&gt;~/.mozilla/Your_unique_profile/firefox/chrome/userContent.css&lt;/code&gt; to have this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;@namespace html url(http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml);&#xA;@-moz-document domain(askubuntu.com) { &#xA;SPAN.hotbg.unread-count { display: none !important }&#xA;}&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This works on the main site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To do the same in Google Chrome, you can try adding&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;SPAN.hotbg.unread-count { display: none !important }&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;to &lt;code&gt;Custom.css&lt;/code&gt; which should located in &lt;code&gt;~/.config/google-chrome/Default/User StyleSheets&lt;/code&gt;. If you have more than one profile, you need to specify a particular in place of &lt;code&gt;Default&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is not a &quot;clean&quot; approach because it isn't site-specific. If other sites also use &lt;code&gt;SPAN.hotbg.unread-count&lt;/code&gt;, whatever that code displays in those sites will be hidden as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One way to get site-specific styles in Google Chrome is to use the &lt;a href=&quot;https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/stylish/fjnbnpbmkenffdnngjfgmeleoegfcffe&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Stylish extension&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user25656" LastEditorDisplayName="user25656" LastEditDate="2013-12-26T10:57:20.840" LastActivityDate="2013-12-26T10:57:20.840" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7905" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7906" CreationDate="2013-12-24T19:18:13.903" Score="1" ViewCount="22" Body="&lt;p&gt;This pop-up in the chat when I was asked why I was removing the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/last.fm&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;last.fm&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;last.fm&lt;/a&gt;. Remember that Last.FM is a Web Service. Ubuntu has a client but up until now nobody has asked a question before about this, but then we have other tags about other web services like YouTube.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now the reasoning to remove this tags is simple, if there's a problem with any of those services is unlikely that the problem is the service but something local. You can't run a web service in your system of the size of YouTube (if you can, you should be answering questions instead), so who is the most likely culprit that you can't use these services?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Browser (Chrome/ium, Firefox, etc.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Plugin (Flash, Java, Shockwave (?), Silverlight)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Network connection&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;PEBCAK.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Anything but Youtube&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;...&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;...&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;...&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If it's the Webservice then nothing can be done but inform the site admin.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is the &lt;em&gt;reason&lt;/em&gt; why &lt;em&gt;insert your service here&lt;/em&gt; tags are being removed, with extreme prejuge and exchanged with the clients tags which are more relevant.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2013-12-24T20:01:39.337" LastActivityDate="2013-12-24T20:01:39.337" Title="Do we need &quot;put your internet services here&quot; tags?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7906" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7905" CreationDate="2013-12-24T19:38:06.887" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;But then, how do we add tags about services that also has a client application (like Last.FM)? Well, the solution is simple, just create a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/last.fm-client&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;last.fm-client&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;last.fm-client&lt;/a&gt; and explain exactly what should be asked with that tag. smplayer also has a youtube client, so what tag should be appropiated? Unless smplayer-youtube questions overwhelm smplayer normal question, I do not see the need of a new tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2013-12-24T19:38:06.887" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7907" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5486" CreationDate="2013-12-25T19:04:05.170" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/shell&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;shell&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;shell&lt;/a&gt; tag, but it and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/terminal&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;terminal&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;terminal&lt;/a&gt; are both aliased to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/command-line&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;command-line&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;command-line&lt;/a&gt;. So anything you do in a script or on the command line in a terminal is captured under the same tag, which is rather crude. If your question is specific to a particular shell, there is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/bash&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;bash&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;bash&lt;/a&gt;, as well as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/zsh&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;zsh&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;zsh&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/fish&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;fish&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;fish&lt;/a&gt; and even &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/tcsh&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;tcsh&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;tcsh&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu tends to focus on the default interface and applications of Ubuntu. For advanced shell usage, on the command line or in scripts, you may find a better audience on our sister site &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Unix &amp;amp; Linux&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;(I don't think we have that)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/38175/difference-between-login-shell-and-non-login-shell&quot;&gt;Difference between Login Shell and Non-Login Shell?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/983/what-features-are-in-zsh-and-missing-from-bash-or-vice-versa&quot;&gt;What features are in zsh and missing from bash, or vice versa?&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/4495/object-oriented-shell-for-nix&quot;&gt;Object-oriented shell for *nix&lt;/a&gt;, …&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1059" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:37:19.280" LastActivityDate="2013-12-25T19:04:05.170" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7909" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-12-25T20:08:30.027" Score="3" ViewCount="131" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I created... &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Lies, you just used another query and improved it!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;SHUT UP! *boom* *bang* *thud*&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I said, I modified a query in the Data Explorer to find lonely tags. You know, those questions that only have a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/12.04&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;12.04&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;12.04&lt;/a&gt; and nothing else.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is the modified query:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/12.04&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;12.04&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;12.04&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/askubuntu/query/156001/find-lonely-tags?TagName=12.04&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/13.04&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;13.04&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;13.04&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/ubuntu/query/156001/find-lonely-tags?TagName=13.04&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/12.10&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;12.10&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;12.10&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/ubuntu/query/156001/find-lonely-tags?TagName=12.10&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/13.10&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;13.10&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;13.10&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/ubuntu/query/156001/find-lonely-tags?TagName=13.10&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/ubuntu/query/156001/find-lonely-tags&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Base query&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-02-28T16:04:22.433" LastActivityDate="2014-02-28T16:04:22.433" Title="Hunt down all those questions that have only a single tag!" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7910" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7911" CreationDate="2013-12-26T00:19:36.327" Score="1" ViewCount="46" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have seen a problem on Ask Ubuntu. Many times, people forget to mark an answer as accepted, even if its the &lt;strong&gt;only one and it does work&lt;/strong&gt;. Is there a way to add a seven-day reminder like &quot;Mark an answer in [this question] as accepted!&quot; Maybe an inbox notification:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Hey! You forgot to mark an answer! Come back and mark one that works!&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would this be&#xA;a) doable&#xA;and&#xA;b) practical ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm just thinking that there's a lot of reputation missing because people aren't marking working answers as accepted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is like &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2869/encouraging-new-users-to-accept-answers&quot;&gt;Encouraging (new) users to accept answers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;but, even 1rep users (the abandoners) should accept answers. Maybe an email reminder (okay, this &lt;em&gt;may&lt;/em&gt; be too far)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.087" LastActivityDate="2013-12-26T00:40:20.147" Title="Can we make a reminder to mark answers as accepted?" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7911" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7910" CreationDate="2013-12-26T00:33:52.507" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is already that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/RHNd4.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2013-12-26T00:33:52.507" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7914" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5835" CreationDate="2013-12-26T15:30:52.690" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is better if the posts are to publish after &lt;strong&gt;at least one review&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have noticed that in certain times If there is a abusive post is posted, there is a row followed by. Perhaps it may become a stimulating event for people with personality disorders. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user224082" LastActivityDate="2013-12-26T15:30:52.690" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7915" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7773" CreationDate="2013-12-26T16:23:38.677" Score="-2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.markshuttleworth.com/biography&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/OYIlc.png&quot; alt=&quot;Mark Shuttleworth, Founder of Ubuntu. Self Appointed Benevolent Dictator For Life.&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastEditorUserId="47291" LastEditDate="2014-02-28T15:43:29.640" LastActivityDate="2014-02-28T15:43:29.640" CommentCount="2" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-12-26T16:23:38.677" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7916" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7370" CreationDate="2013-12-26T21:45:17.973" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;meh, someone did, but didn't mark this as complete...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2013-12-26T21:45:17.973" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7917" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-12-26T22:40:26.280" Score="2" ViewCount="55" Body="&lt;p&gt;Trogdor must be fed with these:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/numlock&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;numlock&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;numlock&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/capslock&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;capslock&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;capslock&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/key&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;key&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;key&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strike&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/led&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;led&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;led&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;strong&gt;DONE&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/strike&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/something&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;something&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;something&lt;/a&gt; (this one still does not exist, &lt;em&gt;still&lt;/em&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More to the list:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/corruption&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;corruption&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;corruption&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/mp3&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;mp3&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;mp3&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/mp3-tag&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;mp3-tag&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;mp3-tag&lt;/a&gt; (irony?)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/files&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;files&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;files&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;money &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/transfer&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;transfer&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;transfer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/music&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;music&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;music&lt;/a&gt; -&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/music-player&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;music-player&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;music-player&lt;/a&gt; when applicable&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/mute&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;mute&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;mute&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/capture&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;capture&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;capture&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/sniffing&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;sniffing&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;sniffing&lt;/a&gt; (srly?) - No more&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;we need &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/order&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;order&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;order&lt;/a&gt; with the tags!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strike&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/touch&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;touch&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;touch&lt;/a&gt; ing? Look, but no touch!&lt;/strike&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/minimal&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;minimal&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;minimal&lt;/a&gt; understanding how all these tags were created in the first place.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;BTW, do all these tags now that Oli isn't here MUHAHAHAHA!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2013-12-27T13:54:28.993" LastActivityDate="2013-12-27T13:54:28.993" Title="Numlock, capslock and led tag (I'm surprised I didn't find PrntScr... yet)" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="14" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7918" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7773" CreationDate="2013-12-26T23:00:15.883" Score="-10" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://shop.canonical.com/product_info.php?products_id=776&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/URFP9.png&quot; alt=&quot;Look on our treasures for make benefit.&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastEditorUserId="47291" LastEditDate="2014-02-28T14:29:39.897" LastActivityDate="2014-02-28T14:29:39.897" CommentCount="2" CommunityOwnedDate="2013-12-26T23:00:15.883" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7920" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-12-27T04:30:37.373" Score="1" ViewCount="17" Body="&lt;p&gt;Seriously, I've found too many answers (contradictory or being exactly the same or just link-only answers) about this and none seems to be 100% precise in what needs to be done to complete the task.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Has anyone actually done this and have experience? I'm afraid to upvote an answer about this in fear that what I'm upvoting only works under certain circumstances or don't at all; or against what I should voting as duplicated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2013-12-27T04:30:37.373" Title="Where are the canonical question for installing Ubuntu in a Apple hardware (macintosh)?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7921" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7922" CreationDate="2013-12-27T16:20:46.917" Score="4" ViewCount="69" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was a community member since a while and decided to delete my account once. Then I came back with the same email but I lost all my reputations even that my Q/A and comments are still available under the user : user61928&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I recover my old account and merge it my new one? (recover my Q/A,reputations,badges...)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="182026" LastActivityDate="2013-12-27T16:46:09.753" Title="Can I recover my deleted account" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7922" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7921" CreationDate="2013-12-27T16:39:40.170" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, there's a reason we don't recommend people delete their accounts. Once they're gone, they are gone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Welcome back!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2013-12-27T16:39:40.170" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7923" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7921" CreationDate="2013-12-27T16:46:09.753" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure it's impossible. All the data is there (under an anonymised account) but it's still there. I can't see a technical reason why that zombie account couldn't be revived.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, it might be a huge pain. It's certainly not a mechanism that we moderators have. I'm asking in the Stack Exchange moderator-only chat room to see if anybody can help you out but in the meanwhile, I'd suggest using the contact link at the bottom of the page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Plead your case and see what happens.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2013-12-27T16:46:09.753" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7925" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-12-27T19:21:22.107" Score="1" ViewCount="39" Body="&lt;p&gt;I got a hat that has ears but it's too big for my head&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;...so is it possible to make it smaller? I think this feature is crucial if it doesn't exist.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="174392" LastActivityDate="2013-12-27T19:21:22.107" Title="is there a way to change the size of hats?" Tags="|feature-request|hats|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7926" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7927" CreationDate="2013-12-28T00:11:14.597" Score="0" ViewCount="74" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am trying to add code to an answer and have tried using the &amp;lt; code&gt; tag. But every line that has a # becomes bold. Is this a bug or am I missing something?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;a line of commenting with a # at the beginning&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;another line that starts with a #&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should instead look Like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;#!/usr/bin/python&#xA;&#xA;# this script can installed to the current user account by running the following commands:&#xA;&#xA;# sudo apt-get install python-nautilus python-mutagen python-pyexiv2 python-kaa-metadata  python-pypdf&#xA;# mkdir ~/.nautilus/python-extensions&#xA;# cp bsc-v2.py ~/.nautilus/python-extensions&#xA;# chmod a+x ~/.nautilus/python-extensions/bsc-v2.py&#xA;&#xA;# alternatively, you can be able to place the script in:&#xA;# /usr/lib/nautilus/extensions-2.0/python/&#xA;&#xA;import os&#xA;import urllib&#xA;import nautilus&#xA;&#xA;# for id3 support&#xA;try:&#xA;    from mutagen.easyid3 import EasyID3&#xA;    from mutagen.mp3 import MPEGInfo&#xA;except: print &quot;Python Mutagen library not found?&quot;&#xA;# for exif support&#xA;try: import pyexiv2&#xA;except: print &quot;Python pyexiv2 library not found?&quot;&#xA;# for reading videos. for future improvement, this can also read mp3!&#xA;try: import kaa.metadata&#xA;except: print &quot;Python KAA library not found?&quot;&#xA;# for reading image dimensions&#xA;try: from PIL import Image&#xA;except: print &quot;Python Image library not found?&quot;&#xA;# for reading pdf&#xA;try: from pyPdf import PdfFileReader&#xA;except: print &quot;Python pyPDF library not found?&quot;&#xA;&#xA;class ColumnExtension(nautilus.ColumnProvider, nautilus.InfoProvider):&#xA;    def __init__(self):&#xA;        pass&#xA;&#xA;    def get_columns(self):&#xA;        return (&#xA;            nautilus.Column(&quot;NautilusPython::title_column&quot;,&quot;title&quot;,&quot;Title&quot;,&quot;Song title&quot;),&#xA;            nautilus.Column(&quot;NautilusPython::album_column&quot;,&quot;album&quot;,&quot;Album&quot;,&quot;Album&quot;),&#xA;            nautilus.Column(&quot;NautilusPython::artist_column&quot;,&quot;artist&quot;,&quot;Artist&quot;,&quot;Artist&quot;),&#xA;            nautilus.Column(&quot;NautilusPython::tracknumber_column&quot;,&quot;tracknumber&quot;,&quot;Track&quot;,&quot;Track number&quot;),&#xA;            nautilus.Column(&quot;NautilusPython::genre_column&quot;,&quot;genre&quot;,&quot;Genre&quot;,&quot;Genre&quot;),&#xA;            nautilus.Column(&quot;NautilusPython::date_column&quot;,&quot;date&quot;,&quot;Date&quot;,&quot;Date&quot;),&#xA;            nautilus.Column(&quot;NautilusPython::bitrate_column&quot;,&quot;bitrate&quot;,&quot;Bitrate&quot;,&quot;Audio Bitrate in kilo bits per second&quot;),&#xA;            nautilus.Column(&quot;NautilusPython::samplerate_column&quot;,&quot;samplerate&quot;,&quot;Sample rate&quot;,&quot;Sample rate in Hz&quot;),&#xA;            nautilus.Column(&quot;NautilusPython::length_column&quot;,&quot;length&quot;,&quot;Length&quot;,&quot;Length of audio&quot;),&#xA;            nautilus.Column(&quot;NautilusPython::exif_datetime_original_column&quot;,&quot;exif_datetime_original&quot;,&quot;EXIF Dateshot &quot;,&quot;Get the photo capture date from EXIF data&quot;),&#xA;            nautilus.Column(&quot;NautilusPython::exif_software_column&quot;,&quot;exif_software&quot;,&quot;EXIF Software&quot;,&quot;EXIF - software used to save image&quot;),&#xA;            nautilus.Column(&quot;NautilusPython::exif_flash_column&quot;,&quot;exif_flash&quot;,&quot;EXIF flash&quot;,&quot;EXIF - flash mode&quot;),&#xA;            nautilus.Column(&quot;NautilusPython::exif_pixeldimensions_column&quot;,&quot;exif_pixeldimensions&quot;,&quot;EXIF Image Size&quot;,&quot;Image size - pixel dimensions as reported by EXIF data&quot;),&#xA;            nautilus.Column(&quot;NautilusPython::pixeldimensions_column&quot;,&quot;pixeldimensions&quot;,&quot;Image Size&quot;,&quot;Image/video size - actual pixel dimensions&quot;),&#xA;        )&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;UPDATE:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems that adding four spaces to each line did what I was looking for and I am guessing this is not a bug, but user error. Also as answered below.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="193850" LastEditorUserId="52999" LastEditDate="2013-12-30T11:54:14.390" LastActivityDate="2013-12-30T11:54:14.390" Title="how to add code with comments in it? Such as &quot;#some comment&quot;?" Tags="|support|answers|answer-format|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7927" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7926" CreationDate="2013-12-28T00:21:09.733" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You're missing something. The site uses Markdown formatting and # means h1 in markdown.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You either need to wrap with a pre tag, or use the Markdown code formatting (select the code and press the code icon, or press Control+K).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Using the Markdown is preferred but there are legitimate reasons to use HTML (eg you want to emphasise a line of code). Markdown is also faster to input once you know it's there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2013-12-28T00:31:36.073" LastActivityDate="2013-12-28T00:31:36.073" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7929" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8063" CreationDate="2013-12-28T16:48:04.480" Score="5" ViewCount="248" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Another update&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We only have about 26 questions to review! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Update&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Due to hard work of several ask ubuntu community members and a mod or two we have now reduced the queue considerably. We are &lt;strong&gt;almost there&lt;/strong&gt;!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Original Post&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Shall we try and get rid of the close vote queue to start the new year?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For quite a while it has been around 200-300 items that are left to review. Are there a few of us that want to invest some time this week to try and get it cleaned up?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;TL;DR&lt;/strong&gt;: We need more reviewers for close questions (apart from the ones already doing a good job).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Rationale&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Given that 5 close votes are needed per question we need a 1000 votes in total. A rato of 20 votes per person per day we need the following number of people in the specified number of days to get rid of the persistent queue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;50 people in 1 day&#xA;25 people in 2 days&#xA;17 people in 3 days&#xA;13 people in 4 days&#xA;10 people in 5 days&#xA;8 people in 6 days&#xA;7 people in 7 days&#xA;6 people in 8 days&#xA;6 people in 9 days&#xA;5 people in 10 days&#xA;5 people in 11 days&#xA;4 people in 12 days&#xA;4 people in 13 days&#xA;4 people in 14 days&#xA;3 people in 15 days&#xA;3 people in 16 days&#xA;3 people in 17 days&#xA;3 people in 18 days&#xA;3 people in 19 days&#xA;3 people in 20 days&#xA;2 people in 21 days&#xA;2 people in 22 days&#xA;2 people in 23 days&#xA;2 people in 24 days&#xA;2 people in 25 days&#xA;2 people in 26 days&#xA;2 people in 27 days&#xA;2 people in 28 days&#xA;2 people in 29 days  &#xA;2 people in 30 days&#xA;2 people in 31 days&#xA;2 people in 32 days&#xA;2 people in 33 days&#xA;1 person in 34 days&#xA;1 person in 35 days&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;We also need many different people so we can easily skip questions we do not feel confident about.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;This does not take into account the new votes that come in every day.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Maybe the most feasible option is to find ten people that want to jump in for five days (already doing this: Seth, Eric, Alvar, Braiam). So we'll need five more people (as I'll do my 20 a day as well).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;More information&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To actually get the counter to zero we need to take into account the number of questions that get flagged for closing every day. In the following calculation I assume there are about 25 questions added to the queue every day. This affects the above count as follows:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;56 people in 1 day&#xA;31 people in 2 days&#xA;23 people in 3 days&#xA;19 people in 4 days&#xA;16 people in 5 days&#xA;15 people in 6 days&#xA;13 people in 7 days&#xA;13 people in 8 days&#xA;12 people in 9 days&#xA;11 people in 10 days&#xA;11 people in 11 days&#xA;10 people in 12 days&#xA;10 people in 13 days&#xA;10 people in 14 days&#xA;10 people in 15 days&#xA;9 people in 16 days&#xA;9 people in 17 days&#xA;9 people in 18 days&#xA;9 people in 19 days&#xA;9 people in 20 days&#xA;9 people in 21 days&#xA;9 people in 22 days&#xA;8 people in 23 days&#xA;8 people in 24 days&#xA;8 people in 25 days&#xA;8 people in 26 days&#xA;8 people in 27 days&#xA;8 people in 28 days&#xA;8 people in 29 days&#xA;8 people in 30 days&#xA;8 people in 31 days&#xA;8 people in 32 days&#xA;8 people in 33 days&#xA;8 people in 34 days&#xA;8 people in 35 days&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Counting python script&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;total_votes_needed = 1000&#xA;max_votes_per_person = 20&#xA;x = 1.0&#xA;while x &amp;lt; 36:&#xA;    # the 125 is a guess for the amount of new votes needed every day (25 flagged questions * 5 votes needed)&#xA;    print int(round((total_votes_needed + 125 * x) / (x * max_votes_per_person ))), 'people in', int(x), 'days'&#xA;    x += 1&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;obviously moderators could speed this up &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the ideal would be to have 8 people casting 20 votes every day.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;allowing fewer people to do more votes would also speed this up&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;reducing the number of votes needed to 4 would work, or, even better, use the total reputation of the reviewers as an indication.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the 25 new flagged questions/a day rate is made up. If someone could get an actual average using an SQL query that would be nice.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="115155" LastEditorUserId="115155" LastEditDate="2014-01-07T14:10:42.113" LastActivityDate="2014-01-09T13:57:45.037" Title="Shall we try and clean the close vote review queue to start the new year?" Tags="|discussion|review|vote-to-close|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7930" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-12-28T18:12:24.160" Score="2" ViewCount="62" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is more of a site question, but what font is this site using? I'd like to make it my desktop font too, it's rather interesting and looks nice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="190718" OwnerDisplayName="Mike Kuplevatsky" LastActivityDate="2013-12-28T22:53:25.067" Title="What font is AU using?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7931" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7930" CreationDate="2013-12-28T18:25:01.717" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Looking at the CSS files for the site, it appears that the preferred font is the Ubuntu font, which you should find on your machine in &lt;code&gt;/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ubuntu-font-family&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To use the font on your site, you would have to convert it to a Web Font, as the developers of AU did. Here's a snippet of their CSS:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;@font-face {&#xA;    font-family: 'Ubuntu';&#xA;    font-style: normal;&#xA;    font-weight: 300;&#xA;    src: url('img/ubuntu-L-webfont.eot');&#xA;    src: local('Ubuntu Light'), local('Ubuntu-Light'), url('img/ubuntu-L-webfont.eot?#iefix') format('embedded-opentype'), url('img/ubuntu-L-webfont.woff') format('woff'), url('img/ubuntu-L-webfont.ttf') format('truetype'), url('img/ubuntu-L-webfont.svg#UbuntuLight') format('svg');&#xA;}&#xA;&#xA;@font-face {&#xA;    font-family: 'UbuntuRegular';&#xA;    src: url('img/ubuntu-R-webfont.eot');&#xA;    src: url('img/ubuntu-R-webfont.eot?#iefix') format('embedded-opentype'), url('img/ubuntu-R-webfont.woff') format('woff'), url('img/ubuntu-R-webfont.ttf') format('truetype'), url('img/ubuntu-R-webfont.svg#UbuntuRegular') format('svg');&#xA;    font-weight: normal;&#xA;    font-style: normal;&#xA;}&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You would have to do your own searching for converting to Web Fonts - not something that I have done.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150221" OwnerDisplayName="douggro" LastActivityDate="2013-12-28T19:07:51.483" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7932" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-12-29T11:05:20.390" Score="11" ViewCount="127" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was browsing Ask Ubuntu for a bit and I found that there are a lot of screen-resolution related questions who are badly asked/answered or not answered at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A lot of the questions are very specific while a lot of the answers are the same.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some examples:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/244357/low-resolution-for-nvidia-quadro-600-on-ubuntu-12-10?rq=1&quot;&gt;Low resolution for nvidia quadro 600 on ubuntu 12.10&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/94001/problem-with-display-resolution-using-a-nvidia-quadro-nvs-160m?rq=1&quot;&gt;Problem with display resolution using a NVIDIA Quadro NVS 160M &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/135791/how-can-i-set-the-display-resolution-to-800x480?rq=1&quot;&gt;How can I set the display resolution to 800x480?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/306810/changing-the-screen-resolution-to-the-true-resolution-option-not-available?rq=1&quot;&gt;Changing the screen resolution to the true resolution option not available&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/313396/screen-size-and-resolution-conflict?rq=1&quot;&gt;Screen size and resolution conflict&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/343821/screen-resolution?rq=1&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/343821/screen-resolution?rq=1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/351946/my-screen-resolution-is-not-listed?rq=1&quot;&gt;My screen resolution is not listed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I propose making an enourmous screen-resolution-troubleshooting question with all the small answers/workarounds combined. A bit like the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/162075/my-computer-boots-to-a-black-screen-what-options-do-i-have-to-fix-it&quot;&gt;black-screen&lt;/a&gt; question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would not mind doing the task of searching askubuntu for duplicates and combining all the answers in one question, but I'm not sure how to start and if that is the best solution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;My current plan is:&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Make a &quot;My screen resolution is wrong, what options do I have to fix it?&quot; question and make it a community wiki&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Go through all the screen resolution questions, and add all the answers to my question (as community wiki answers)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Flag the questions that are horrible to be removed, Flag the others as duplicates and edit the ones that could be better (like Braiam said).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any thoughts on this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="172367" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2014-07-27T19:24:31.627" Title="What to do with boatload of screen-resolution related questions?" Tags="|discussion|editing|duplicates|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7933" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7932" CreationDate="2013-12-29T11:35:01.373" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;While I'm big fan of canonical questions, I'm not big fan of duplicating incomplete, badly asked question against another question. Those need to be closed (just going by the title my finger is kind of ichin).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Duplicates should have the same quality of non-duplicates and we should make sure that the question against what we are duplicating will help OP.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;For now, the questions that could not be given a definitive solution for lack of information, being badly crafted, lack of quality, should be downvoted, commented and closed accordingly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The ones that the &lt;strong&gt;accepted answer&lt;/strong&gt; by OP is the same procedure, flagged as duplicated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Editing the title/body if necessary to facilitate their searching. Be aware that if the problem is towards something specific, the title should reflect the same, i. e.: if OP's problem is with a Nvidia card X model, you can't flag it as duplicate of another with an AMD card Y model, and the title can't be too general either, since each solution is for each specific card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2013-12-29T11:41:11.303" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7935" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7883" CreationDate="2013-12-29T12:18:15.540" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Nah, just get rid of it. We don't need a tag based in the age of a computer, is madness. Madness I say!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2013-12-29T12:18:15.540" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7936" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7938" CreationDate="2013-12-29T15:27:26.937" Score="0" ViewCount="67" Body="&lt;p&gt;I started looking at the flag queue again the other day, and there seems to be a lot of this going on.  Is there a way to implement a custom flag for this so we can call it how it is without violating the don't flag NAA as custom thing since it's a vastly more specific thing?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Example:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Q: How do I resolve some issue with XYZ?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;A: You do this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;another answer:&#xA;A: I have this same problem but on this other forked distro.  How do I get it working on Mint?&#xA;(or insert some other blob part to the asking a question as an answer that makes it off-topic)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So the not an answer flag fits, but it seems weird to me that there were so many of these cropping up recently.  It also seems like a more severe misuse of the system than &quot;Thanks&quot; or &quot;Me too.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastEditorUserId="5768" LastEditDate="2013-12-30T22:33:55.770" LastActivityDate="2013-12-30T22:33:55.770" Title="Is there a simple way to pursue OT question as NAA with maximum prejudice in the flag-queue?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7937" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7929" CreationDate="2013-12-29T16:46:39.010" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is our review queue right now:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/IOB47.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you can see, &lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/ubuntu/query/152876/questions-by-number-of-close-votes&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;only 222 items&lt;/a&gt;, the ones that has close votes are 144:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Jkog5.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(please, don't ask why there's a question with 5 close votes...)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This means that we need 17 + (12 * 2) + (36 * 3) + (76 *4) + (78*5) = 843 votes. We need 35 users in a single day to clear the queue. Sadly we don't have that amount of active users, but it's nice that people know that the review queue could be cleared fast (that if all the questions are to be closed).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2013-12-29T16:51:44.030" LastActivityDate="2013-12-29T16:51:44.030" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7938" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7936" CreationDate="2013-12-29T18:03:55.623" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;As Seth points out, there's a bit of confusion over whether you mean Questions or Answers but in both cases just &lt;em&gt;voting against it&lt;/em&gt; is pretty prejudicial.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you get a whole load of downvotes, you'll likely end up banned from answering for a while. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2013-12-29T18:03:55.623" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7939" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-12-29T18:23:42.870" Score="5" ViewCount="46" Body="&lt;p&gt;A post of mine just got edited. Most of the edit was great. Just one thing was not true. Is there a way to partially accept an edit. I just accepted and then edited the edit, is there a better way?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="139634" LastActivityDate="2013-12-29T18:55:12.080" Title="Is it possible to partially accept an edit?" Tags="|support|editing|review|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7941" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7939" CreationDate="2013-12-29T18:55:12.080" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, you can choose to &lt;em&gt;improve&lt;/em&gt; the edit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You get into the regular edit mask, when you are finished you have two choices:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;keep  &quot;the suggestion was helpful&quot; checked - in that case the suggestion is approved immediately and the post is saved with the suggested &lt;strong&gt;and&lt;/strong&gt; your edits&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;uncheck &quot;helpful&quot; - in that case the suggestion is rejected immediately, but the post is also saved withe the remaining suggests &lt;strong&gt;and&lt;/strong&gt; your edits&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So if you &quot;improve&quot; the post you determine&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;how it looks in the end&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;if the suggestor is awarded the 2 points rep&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastActivityDate="2013-12-29T18:55:12.080" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7942" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7943" CreationDate="2013-12-30T08:16:06.217" Score="5" ViewCount="5150" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's a story you hear all too often. I asked a question. I got some answers. They showed effort so I voted them up. I found some time to actually try them out. Then... I changed my mind and did something completely different, rendering my original question pointless (for me at least). In the meantime, the question does not appear to have helped anyone else either - and imho this situation is not going to change soon. Even if it was answered &quot;correctly&quot; I have no way of testing and honestly accepting an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I tried to delete it, and was told that I couldn't.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't like having unanswered questions, so I want to either delete it or otherwise abandon it to the wolves. Is there a suitable flag for this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;TLDR: I am convinced of the uselessness of my question to me and future generations, despite it having answers. How do I get rid of it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7146" LastActivityDate="2013-12-30T08:59:37.940" Title="How do I delete/abandon my question when it has answers?" Tags="|discussion|close-reasons|deleted-questions|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7943" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7942" CreationDate="2013-12-30T08:53:56.047" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Ask a mod ™&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Flag, explain yourself, wait.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastActivityDate="2013-12-30T08:53:56.047" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7944" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7942" CreationDate="2013-12-30T08:59:37.940" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;You could always flag it and let the 10ks and moderators make the call. But you're already weighing up the right questions. Here's the full spectrum:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Could it still be useful to somebody else? If it's really obscure, we could just nuke it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Could other people declare technical merit? Couldn't they pick your accepted answer by voting for the right answer?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Does the effort shown in answers outweigh a dislike of &quot;having unanswered questions&quot;? Wanting a clean account is a desirable thing but it shouldn't come at the cost of utility and respect.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If we can, can we dupe this against something else and merge your answers in?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you can provide us a decent, utilitarian, respectful suggestion for resolution when you flag it, it'll make the job a lot easier and a lot quicker.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want a more public opinion on how to progress you're free to post about a specific question in meta but ultimately it's us you'll need to convince :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2013-12-30T08:59:37.940" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7945" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7897" CreationDate="2013-12-30T09:41:58.323" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;No no no for compulsory registration. As one person said, the fact that non-registered users of Ubuntu can ask questions encourage them to do so, simply because registering on a site is cumbersome for most, takes time, have a slight learning curve (Really! I only found out what StackExhange was the day of my registration) especially on this site where so much knowledge is shared.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So instead of making registration compulsory before an Ubuntu-user (or anybody for that matter) can ask a question, the site itself should just place more emphasis on encouraging people to register. Offer them a free ebook ('101 Exciting Things you can do with Linux', for example. Somebody, start writing!) and mention free badges (I love my first badge, by the way) that encourage returning visits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Non-registered users tend to post more 'bad' questions (no tags, not clearly asked, etc.) unlike registered members who put in some effort and several minutes per question. But that can be largely eliminated by adding a colourful 'helpful hint for posting' next to a person's typing block while he is busy typing his question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225996" LastActivityDate="2013-12-30T09:41:58.323" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7946" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-12-30T15:05:07.260" Score="2" ViewCount="158" Body="&lt;p&gt;Why was the following Q/A closed: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/389228/36315&quot;&gt;What default Windows Software Alternatives does Ubuntu have!&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I get that it is a &quot;big list&quot; and that they are generally not allowed. But, there are way to many &quot;alternatives&quot; Q's on here to not have it!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some big list generators: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/2596/comparison-of-backup-tools&quot;&gt;Comparison of backup tools&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/30334/what-application-indicators-are-available&quot;&gt;What Application Indicators are available?&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/38772/what-lenses-for-unity-are-available&quot;&gt;What lenses for Unity are available?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/65083/what-different-desktop-environments-and-shells-are-available&quot;&gt;What kinds of desktop environments and shells are available?&lt;/a&gt; [on hold]&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/6586/what-native-games-are-available&quot;&gt;What native games are available?&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="36315" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2014-01-01T15:14:58.873" Title="All in one 'alternatives Q' are acceptable?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7947" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7946" CreationDate="2013-12-30T15:08:49.537" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's been closed as &quot;too broad&quot;... Because it is. It's like a normal software recommendation on steroids.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You might as well ask &quot;What is all the software in the Ubuntu repositories and what does it do?&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The exception to something like this is if somebody:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Set up a wiki page on &lt;a href=&quot;http://wiki.ubuntu.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;wiki.ubuntu.com&lt;/a&gt; that documented the default applications and how they relate to Windows counterparts (or vice versa)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Used an answer here to push somebody to that page.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Rephrased the question to be more about how to find alternatives rather than asking for a list.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2013-12-30T15:08:49.537" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7950" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7996" CreationDate="2013-12-31T01:13:17.647" Score="16" ViewCount="388" Body="&lt;p&gt;So, I was reading around the Stack Exchange network and came across this (easily googleable) question: &lt;a href=&quot;https://english.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4356/oh-the-horror-hat-club&quot;&gt;“Oh The Horror” Hat Club&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyone want to give this a go?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From the page:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;41 people join in.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Each person upvotes every answer, other than theirs, to this question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Once we have 41 answers and votes, I will systematically accept each&#xA;  answer in turn.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;41 people get the &lt;a href=&quot;http://winterbash2013.stackexchange.com/oh-the-horror&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&quot;Oh the Horror&quot;&lt;/a&gt; hat.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Easy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Don't blame me, I just thought this would be fun to try.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136381" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-16T15:44:53.577" LastActivityDate="2014-03-23T07:13:19.470" Title="Ask Ubuntu version of &quot;Oh The Horror&quot; Hat Club anybody?" Tags="|discussion|winter-bash|" AnswerCount="14" CommentCount="9" ClosedDate="2014-03-23T19:16:21.140" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7951" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7883" CreationDate="2013-12-31T01:30:24.883" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Low-end, perhaps, could be a machine which does not meet the specs required for Unity. That's what we use at Freegeek.org (where Xubuntu is the default, anyway).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="197910" LastEditorUserId="197910" LastEditDate="2014-01-02T21:36:47.753" LastActivityDate="2014-01-02T21:36:47.753" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7952" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7953" CreationDate="2013-12-31T05:21:41.053" Score="2" ViewCount="65" Body="&lt;p&gt;I need to refer to a previous comment in a question/answer/comment. How can I link to this comment?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="189471" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2013-12-31T16:36:50.600" LastActivityDate="2013-12-31T16:36:50.600" Title="Refer to a comment" Tags="|support|comments|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7953" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7952" CreationDate="2013-12-31T05:44:30.673" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Click on the time displayed right next to the comment. &lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/yJpBs.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Clicking on it will highlight the comment and the URL will give you the link to the comment.    &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/yvPsE.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="189471" LastActivityDate="2013-12-31T05:44:30.673" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7954" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7950" CreationDate="2013-12-31T12:38:11.967" Score="18" Body="&lt;p&gt;Well, a hat is a hat, isn't it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastActivityDate="2013-12-31T12:38:11.967" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7955" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-12-31T16:58:45.893" Score="0" ViewCount="92" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/377087/how-to-install-sentellic-fspc-package&quot;&gt;How to install Sentellic fspc package?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;it was asked and rapidly answered. the answer was good; it was accepted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;over a month later, someone decides it's a duplicate, and several other voters agree, and so a question with a good accepted answer is closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;now, it &lt;em&gt;could&lt;/em&gt; be construed as a duplicate, except that the answerer took the time to 1. solve the specific problem 2. recommend a way that isn't currently in the other question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;why are we closing this??&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8515" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2014-01-01T00:53:08.983" Title="to the closers of 377087, which has an excellent answer" Tags="|discussion|closed-questions|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7956" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7955" CreationDate="2013-12-31T18:40:36.640" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Isn't this how Stack Exchange works?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question was asked, answered as well as accepted on 14th Nov 2013. I cast the first Duplicate Closure Vote on 15th Nov 2013 on that question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By the time, the first vote was cast, the question had already been answered as well as accepted to the satisfaction of the question asker.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question is about unmet dependencies and we already have a canonical reference question for this in the form of following question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/140246/how-do-i-resolve-unmet-dependencies&quot;&gt;How do I resolve unmet dependencies after adding a PPA?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a canonical reference question for the topic because it contains all the possible solutions for the problem of unmet dependencies. Obviously, there may still be cases when the solutions given therein doesn't solve the situation. In those cases, when a new question is asked on the same topic, we let it remain open until an answer is found for it. Once, this new situation is solved, we close this new question and merge the answers with the canonical question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, we have already reached the stage of closing this new question. The next stage is to flag it for moderators to merge the answers with the canonical question. Why are we reopening it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;(While flagging for merger, there may be a situation when the answer might not make complete sense in its current form if merged with the other one. In such situations either we should edit the answer appropriately; or, if we don't have enough knowledge on the topic, leave a comment below the answer to ask if someone could edit it appropriately.)&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="114818" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2013-12-31T18:40:36.640" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7957" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7955" CreationDate="2013-12-31T19:58:15.780" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;First of all &lt;strong&gt;none of the answers in the duplicated will help anyone to solve the same issue&lt;/strong&gt;. You must see beyond the &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;pre&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; tags! He's asking first and foremost &quot;How to &lt;strong&gt;install&lt;/strong&gt; Sentellic fspc package?&quot;, the dependency problem was something incidental due OP's own lack of knowledge about how APT works. If I edit the question and make it look like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/6A5zJ.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And my answer is like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/9cC6k.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then is no more a duplicated. You should not close anything that says &lt;code&gt;Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution)&lt;/code&gt; just because.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;APT is very intelligent to prevent this issues, and that message doesn't appear just because. Solutions to these problems are &lt;strong&gt;very tricky&lt;/strong&gt; and closing them as duplicated is not the solution. To summarize the problems with their solutions that could present this message and that &quot;canonical&quot; post wouldn't help are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;OP &lt;strong&gt;installed&lt;/strong&gt; something manually with &lt;code&gt;dpkg -i&lt;/code&gt; and didn't solved the dependencies first. Solution: remove the package, install the dependencies and install the package again or use Gdebi. (This was this case)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mixing&lt;/strong&gt; repositories of different releases or, worse, distribution. Solution: remove those entries from the sources.list, and &lt;strike&gt;rant&lt;/strike&gt; orienting the user not to do this again. (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/398125/169736&quot;&gt;Like this&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Package is broken. Solution: bug report against the package maintainer. (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/392340/169736&quot;&gt;Like this one&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;MORE!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Duplicating a question is bad if it wouldn't help anyone with the same problem (two users have upvoted the answers).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2013-12-31T21:05:26.417" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7958" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7950" CreationDate="2013-12-31T21:28:43.640" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;MY KINGDOM FOR A HAT!!!!!!!!!!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2013-12-31T21:28:43.640" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7959" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2013-12-31T22:03:15.360" Score="0" ViewCount="36" Body="&lt;p&gt;So, the Don't ask section specifically says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Your questions should be reasonably scoped. &lt;strong&gt;If you can imagine an entire book that answers your question, you’re asking too much.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;furthermore:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;every answer is equally valid: “What’s your favorite &lt;strong&gt;__&lt;/strong&gt;?”&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;are more than just mindless social fun.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, I've always seen in SO where questions that tend to generate list (&quot;Good book about C?&quot;, I swear there's one but about Ubuntu here) are promptly closed &lt;strong&gt;and&lt;/strong&gt; downvoted, to set an example that those questions are not welcomed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Well, when we were almost just a year old (more or less) there was an spawn of &quot;recommendation&quot; and &quot;lists&quot; questions here on Ask Ubuntu. Stack Overflow crossed that path too and they decided that Stack Exchange is not the place to do &quot;lists&quot; nor ask for &quot;recommendations&quot; but about Questions that have at least &lt;strong&gt;one&lt;/strong&gt; valid and definitive answer. Is Ask Ubuntu different?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Relevant:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/1511/169736&quot;&gt;What&amp;#39;s the final word on &amp;quot;What X are available&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;List of X&amp;quot; type questions?&lt;/a&gt; (this says that only &quot;pro-tips&quot; like easter eggs that are not endless)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/7946/169736&quot;&gt;All in one &amp;#39;alternatives Q&amp;#39; are acceptable?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2013-12-31T23:05:19.577" LastActivityDate="2013-12-31T23:05:19.577" Title="Do we need big lists?" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7960" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7950" CreationDate="2014-01-01T02:29:31.107" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;41 people? We'll never gonna make it!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="65926" LastActivityDate="2014-01-01T02:29:31.107" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7962" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-01-01T05:33:43.650" Score="-2" ViewCount="42" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently came to this thought, because of an edit I did. Can we remove the ability over 3 answers and give to users the ability to upvote some edits as answers ? or maybe the editor could share an amount of reputation ? I don't mean &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/4004/editing-an-answer-or-question-can-make-it-get-more-upvotes-shouldnt-the-edit&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt;. 2 points are not a share, just &quot;chicken feed&quot; :P&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also I don't like to see a question with 10-12 answers and all of them have upvotes (for one or another reason). It is more confusing for a new user. &quot;What answer I should follow&quot; ? Also the most upvoted answer is not always the best one. (imo). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The example of the edit I did and gave me this thought is here: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/398401/95393&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/a/398401/95393&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyway and either way we follow I will follow this method and I suggest you to do the same. In above example I could easily add my own answer (more detailed) but no. One clear answer (maybe two or max three-no more) are better-clearer than 10 or 15. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="95393" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2014-01-01T11:12:17.730" Title="Upvote the edits and remove the abbility over 3 answers" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7963" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7962" CreationDate="2014-01-01T05:45:10.207" Score="2" Body="&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;your edit was massive. in my opinion, it would've been better as its own answer.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;i have no idea what you're requesting.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;also, your edit is prolly fine, just know that when you improve someone else's answer, you're contributing to the community without benefitting. this isn't bad!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;it's only internet points..&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;five points are better than four.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8515" LastActivityDate="2014-01-01T05:45:10.207" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7964" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7950" CreationDate="2014-01-01T05:48:48.067" Score="15" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Teddy said it was a hat,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I put it on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now Dad is saying,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;Where the heck's&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;the toilet plunger gone?&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;rip ss&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8515" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-01-01T05:48:48.067" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7965" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7950" CreationDate="2014-01-01T06:11:04.340" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's certainly worth a try, though whether 41 people will answer before Saturday is questionable.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;We'll all get the Guru badge anyway!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some random HTML to cheer you up:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Coffee&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Tea&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Milk&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="176889" LastEditorUserId="176889" LastEditDate="2014-01-01T06:16:21.190" LastActivityDate="2014-01-01T06:16:21.190" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7966" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7950" CreationDate="2014-01-01T06:28:37.157" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;Wish I'd seen that post sooner, but here are some stats...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;As of January 1st, 2014 UTC 6:00...&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;We have 6 answers (counting mine) and of those...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;@Guntbert's has been upvoted 9 times&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;@Braiam's has been upvoted 6 times&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;@Eric's has been upvoted 4 times&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;@djeikyb's has been upvoted 2 times&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;@minerz029's has been upvoted 1 times&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;@rpiawesomeness's has been upvoted 0 times&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;At this rate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Answers&lt;/em&gt; = 6/41  -- 6 a day would take 6 days, too long. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;11 a day would take ~3.7 days.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Upvotes currently possible from answering participants&lt;/em&gt;: 6 plus outside votes (as seen on Gunbert's answer)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Don't forget to check back and upvote new ones!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136381" LastActivityDate="2014-01-01T06:28:37.157" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7967" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7968" CreationDate="2014-01-01T06:59:31.340" Score="0" ViewCount="66" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think such questions are inappropriate on Ask Ubuntu because it is specific modem companies responsibility to provide appropriate drivers for their hardware.There is hardly anything Ubuntu can do for this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="184942" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2014-01-01T21:41:22.187" LastActivityDate="2014-01-01T21:41:22.187" Title="should questions like &quot;i've got xyz modem and it doesn't connect&quot; be flagged" Tags="|discussion|flagging|flags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7968" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7967" CreationDate="2014-01-01T09:23:25.560" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Do you know that most of the drivers for Linux wasn't made by the hardware manufacturer but was coded by someone from the open-source community? That the hardware manufacturer doesn't support Linux it doesn't mean that we shouldn't use their hardware on Linux, so questions about hardwares without official Linux support doesn't make the question invalid. Having no support for a hardware is not a bug, but a missing feature. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also that the modem doesn't connect doesn't necessarily mean that it is a problem with the driver. There are quite a few other reasons for such problems. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In general you should only flag such a question if it has other problems which should be flagged. If you don't like such questions just downvote them, but not flag. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="221281" LastActivityDate="2014-01-01T09:23:25.560" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7969" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7970" CreationDate="2014-01-01T13:37:36.053" Score="4" ViewCount="30" Body="&lt;p&gt;The title says it. I am surfing like crazy through askubuntu.com, but I cannot find out how to set my preferences. I must be blind, or the New Year's party went too long... Forgive me please.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="227575" LastActivityDate="2014-01-02T10:14:45.283" Title="How do I set my account preferences and get notified by emails when there is an answer for me?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7970" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7969" CreationDate="2014-01-01T14:08:27.873" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just go to your &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/preferences/current&quot;&gt;Preferences page here&lt;/a&gt; for all your preferences. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can also go to your &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/current&quot;&gt;user page&lt;/a&gt; (accessible from your user icon in the topbar) and click &quot;preferences&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2014-01-02T10:14:45.283" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7971" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7950" CreationDate="2014-01-01T14:32:00.493" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;Hats? Looks like hair to me...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastActivityDate="2014-01-01T14:32:00.493" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7972" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7950" CreationDate="2014-01-01T16:58:07.237" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;&quot;Why else would man want to live more if not to take care of others.&quot; Erasmus (freely translated). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Happy newyear folks!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="115155" LastActivityDate="2014-01-01T16:58:07.237" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7973" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7950" CreationDate="2014-01-01T20:34:33.580" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;Well, I wanted to put something catchy or funny here, but couldn't think of anything. So here I am. Not funny.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2014-01-01T20:34:33.580" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7974" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7950" CreationDate="2014-01-01T20:35:59.893" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;We won't get enough people, but might as well try.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="172457" LastActivityDate="2014-01-01T20:35:59.893" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7975" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7950" CreationDate="2014-01-01T22:07:48.867" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;A group participation hat?  That could work...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2014-01-01T22:07:48.867" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7976" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7950" CreationDate="2014-01-02T09:16:18.760" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;Let me also throw my hat in the ring...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="114818" LastActivityDate="2014-01-02T09:16:18.760" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7977" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7950" CreationDate="2014-01-02T11:11:22.470" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;I already posted in the other thread, can I post here too?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="61377" LastActivityDate="2014-01-02T11:11:22.470" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7978" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-01-02T14:02:53.233" Score="1" ViewCount="27" Body="&lt;p&gt;I thought answers should be self contained. Hence I flagged &#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/397758/117103&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/a/397758/117103&lt;/a&gt; as &lt;em&gt;Not an Answer&lt;/em&gt; because it continues another answer, which got me a &lt;em&gt;disputed&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I really don't mind one &lt;em&gt;helpful&lt;/em&gt; flag less but I ask for community guidance where to draw the line between &lt;em&gt;commentary&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;answer&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2014-01-02T14:40:54.197" Title="Does a post that only extends another answer really count as answer?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7979" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7978" CreationDate="2014-01-02T14:32:22.973" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is it the best answer in the world? Not at all. It's a little chunk of information that relates to another answer (which sidesteps the actual problem). On its own it wouldn't fix the problem at all. Cron would still try to generate emails and without an MTA, the problem would still exist.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can certainly see where you're coming from.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And at the same time, I can also see that it's pretty harmless as an answer that &lt;em&gt;adds&lt;/em&gt; to the collective answer (&quot;Install an MTA or tell cron to shut up&quot;). And it also seems like the only difference between it as it stands and it being a full-on answer is it saying what the other two posts say.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So rather than shut it down, I'm just going to add a couple of lines and turn it into something that answers the question and adds information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit:&lt;/strong&gt; There's also an aspect of this question that is about high CPU usage around the same time as these errors are being generated. That's probably because of the script cron is running and purely silencing it is a pretty blunt and unhelpful way to see if anything's actually going wrong.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've cleaned up the highest voted answer to account for this slightly too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2014-01-02T14:40:54.197" LastActivityDate="2014-01-02T14:40:54.197" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7980" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-01-02T16:04:02.403" Score="4" ViewCount="110" Body="&lt;p&gt;I had reputation of 734 for about two weeks, today it is 709 with no explanation. When a person has earned the points they should not lose them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please explain what happened and can I get those points back?&#xA;Thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="153297" LastActivityDate="2014-01-02T16:22:34.483" Title="Loss of point reputation what is the reason" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7981" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7980" CreationDate="2014-01-02T16:22:34.483" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your answer &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/368693/wpa2-disconnects-at-intervals/368765#368765&quot;&gt;on this&lt;/a&gt; was deleted. I assume it was accepted too, so that's 15 rep for the accepted status and 10 rep for the +1 score it had. That's the accounting side of it anyway.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The why is likely because the question was duplicate. Sometimes when a duplicate question is getting a lot of traffic we'll merge or purge the answers to facilitate an automatic redirect (so that people end up on the best possible question/answers), but I'm not the person who handled this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'll poke the right person to look in here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2014-01-02T16:22:34.483" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7982" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-01-02T17:06:56.337" Score="5" ViewCount="328" Body="&lt;p&gt;Earlier today, I was pointed towards a bunch of question that were duplicated one of the other. But while reviewing the stuff linked to the question I noticed that most of those questions don't have the enough elements to qualify as &lt;strong&gt;exact&lt;/strong&gt; duplicate of the question they were linked to. This is rather preoccupating since duplicates are the hardest to review/evaluate:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If it's a duplicate we need to read both the questions - the one we are closing and the one we are targeting - to ensure that we select a proper duplicate target.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most of our queue is (was?) composed of duplicates, it makes harder for reviewers to evaluate the questions as duplicates as &lt;strong&gt;the question they are reviewing is too bad/unclear to make the reviewer feel sure what is being done&lt;/strong&gt;, and then either: do not review or robo-review and just agree with the previous.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How to solve? If there is a possibility that the questions is already asked or you found something similar, &lt;strong&gt;but the question is unclear&lt;/strong&gt;, flag/vote as unclear, and leave a comment of a possibly related question. This will help reviewers greatly and in the meantime can help OP to say &quot;Yes&quot; that was what I was asking or &quot;No&quot; and clarify the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Remember, the duplicates should have the same or more quality that the question they are being linked to.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-01-13T12:55:02.917" LastActivityDate="2014-01-13T12:55:02.917" Title="The quality of the duplicates is so bad that I want to cry" Tags="|discussion|review|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7983" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-01-02T22:26:14.450" Score="0" ViewCount="67" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;For those that do not know the jQuery meme, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/19492/213575&quot;&gt;please read it&lt;/a&gt; or you will not be able to know what I'm going to talk about.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Well, as all of you know, boot-repair do wonders in modern days helping users fixing their boot, but I've seen that several people for several questions just say &quot;try boot-repair&quot; and repeat and repeat and repeat the very similar answers. Please, don't take me bad, I think boot-repair is awesome, but sometimes I feel that we are just throwing an &lt;em&gt;ave maria&lt;/em&gt; answer hoping boot-repair will solves all issues with boot/dual-boot/UEFI. So, what folks feels about this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2014-01-03T09:55:30.723" Title="Is boot-repair becoming our jQuery?" Tags="|discussion|answers|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7984" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7983" CreationDate="2014-01-03T09:55:30.723" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure a common answer makes something a meme. If it's an answer that works to fix the questions being asked, surely that's what we want.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some issues just have a lot of things you can try before you can definitively say what the problem is. Running Boot Repair can magically fix several different things with a few clicks. It's a bezoar.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I won't worry about it until it starts being posted for issues where it just &lt;em&gt;can't&lt;/em&gt; be the solution. If you're seeing that, just flag it up as not-an answer and leave a comment so the the poster knows and so the OP can see to not bother with something (rewriting your boot configuration is not risk-free).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2014-01-03T09:55:30.723" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7985" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-01-03T15:51:20.983" Score="0" ViewCount="45" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since 22nd December I cannot change or remove my hats. I get an error (screenshot below):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;An error occurred while changing the hat - please try again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have tried several operating systems and browsers. What can I do?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/k5GdO.png&quot; alt=&quot;screenshot&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user204653" LastEditorUserId="114818" LastEditDate="2014-01-03T16:35:35.687" LastActivityDate="2014-01-03T16:35:35.687" Title="I cannot change my hat on any of the SE sites!" Tags="|bug|winter-bash|hats|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7986" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-01-03T16:37:20.977" Score="2" ViewCount="53" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is it possible to edit the spam to check for phone numbers? This black magic guy who keeps spamming always uses phone numbers, is it possible to check for this and try to block him?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="139634" LastActivityDate="2014-01-03T16:41:26.927" Title="Checking for phone numbers in spam filter" Tags="|feature-request|spam-handling|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7987" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7986" CreationDate="2014-01-03T16:41:26.927" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just flag as spam, there are some automatic mechanisms that will automatically block spam network-wide if enough posts are flagged and/or the users destroyed as spammers by mods.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Trying to detect phone numbers sounds like it would be too dangerous, the chance of false positives would be too high.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4068" LastActivityDate="2014-01-03T16:41:26.927" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7989" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-01-03T19:49:16.027" Score="2" ViewCount="40" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ok, apparently we don't have a clear set of rules about the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/software-recommendation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;software-recommendation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;software-recommendation&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As long as any answer is &lt;em&gt;correct&lt;/em&gt;, the question is not a place for Ask Ubuntu. – Braiam 4 hours ago&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;@braiam any question with the tag software-recommendation would go like that. How can you have a wrong &amp;quot;recommendation&amp;quot;?! @hash thanks!! – Mina Michael 7 mins ago&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, can we establish a &lt;strong&gt;very clear&lt;/strong&gt; set of rules about this &amp;quot;software recommendation&amp;quot; questions? I've read the tag wiki, but in some points I feel that it goes against the FAQ:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;every answer is equally valid: “What’s your favorite ______?”&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;your answer is provided along with the question, and you expect more answers: “I use ______ for ______, what do you use?”&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, we need to close them and done? We need a better guide? Remember that none of the SE sites allows *-recommendation stuff, then should we?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-01-03T19:49:16.027" Title="Can someone make clear rules about the &quot;software-recommendation&quot; tag?" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ClosedDate="2014-01-03T22:12:09.973" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7990" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="7991" CreationDate="2014-01-04T01:04:35.563" Score="0" ViewCount="532" Body="&lt;p&gt;If I'm trying to use a particular program, tried using it and am getting it saying the problem exits on time, loaded it up again, the problem doesn't exist (gpt data leftover or whatever is preventing me from dual booting)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have found the developer of the program, on this site, and got his profile, is there an obvious way I'm missing to message him?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="97597" OwnerDisplayName="kris2340k" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-01-04T01:35:26.507" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Can, if so how, do you send Private message on Askubuntu" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2014-01-06T13:37:18.283" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7991" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7990" CreationDate="2014-01-04T01:17:52.140" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Short answer: NO.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Long answer: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/433/213575&quot;&gt;copied shamelessly of Shog's answer in MSO&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Nope.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This has been suggested many, many times, going all the way back to the earliest days of the site. Prior to the creation of Meta SO, feature requests were posted on UserVoice:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://stackoverflow.uservoice.com/pages/general/suggestions/14640&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Messaging between users&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Declined without comment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://stackoverflow.uservoice.com/pages/general/suggestions/16805-user-messaging-or-wall&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;User messaging or wall&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;it's possible we might have some kind of messaging function later, so as not to expose emails but let users communicate. But it's low priority.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Comments were added to the system to allow users to communicate with each other &lt;strong&gt;in the context of a specific post&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://stackoverflow.uservoice.com/pages/1722-general/suggestions/99462-allow-private-messages&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Allow private messages&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;it's about the questions and answers, not social networking. But if you want to contact someone, check their profile -- they will provide an URL or email address there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.uservoice.com/pages/1722-general/suggestions/216825-how-do-you-send-a-message-to-a-stackoverflow-user-&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;How do you send a message to a stackoverflow user?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Declined without comment&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Later on, the system was &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/43019/how-do-comment-replies-work&quot;&gt;expanded to allow notifying other users of comment-replies&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even with the ability to communicate with other involved users in regards to a specific post, the requests kept on coming. When Meta Stack Overflow replaced UserVoice, the number of feature-requests exploded:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/11498/how-user-messaging-could-be-realized&quot;&gt;Private message system unlocked by reputation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/11635/instant-messaging-on-so-sf-su&quot;&gt;Why don&amp;#39;t we have instant messaging on Stack Exchange?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/18266/is-there-a-way-to-contact-another-member-of-stack-overflow&quot;&gt;Is there a way to contact another member of stack overflow?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/18970/is-there-plans-for-an-im-capability&quot;&gt;Is there plans for an IM Capability?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/41474/request-a-specific-expert-on-a-subject-to-answer-your-question&quot;&gt;Request a specific expert on a subject to answer your question&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/50452/feature-request-wake-up-and-accept-my-answer-please&quot;&gt;Feature Request: &amp;quot;WAKE UP and accept my answer please&amp;quot;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/74952/my-social-network-integration-for-private-messaging-commenting-etc&quot;&gt;My Social Network Integration for Private Messaging, Commenting, Etc&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/76420/how-can-i-get-in-touch-with-a-stackoverflow-member-privately&quot;&gt;how can I get in touch with a stackoverflow member privately?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/search?q=%22private+message%22&quot;&gt;Many, many more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The consistent response to this is that it's a bad idea, &lt;em&gt;because&lt;/em&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;It could hide information from the community: useful information transmitted privately is unavailable to other readers, subverting the core purpose of the site.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;It could be used to harass other users (&quot;Answer my question!&quot;, &quot;Accept my answer!&quot;, &quot;Yer momma so fat she overflows the stack!&quot;, etc...)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, there is &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/04/do-trilogy-sites-need-a-third-place/&quot;&gt;some value&lt;/a&gt; in being able to communicate with other users outside the context of a specific question or answer. This point was conceded with the implementation of &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/10/stack-overflow-chat-now-live/&quot;&gt;a chat system&lt;/a&gt;: users on every Stack Exchange site can create and participate in chat rooms, integrated with the normal user accounts. There are still no truly &lt;em&gt;private&lt;/em&gt; messages between users, but for those who want to chew the fat or discuss &lt;em&gt;whatever&lt;/em&gt; outside the confines of the sites themselves, this can provide a viable solution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, it became apparent that &lt;em&gt;moderators&lt;/em&gt; occasionally need to contact users about sensitive topics, and relying on email for this created problems. &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2011/02/moderator-messages/&quot;&gt;So the ability for moderators to send a private message to another user was implemented&lt;/a&gt;. The use of these messages are heavily restricted, reviewed by the system administrators, and reserved for critical messages &lt;em&gt;only&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For normal users, the advice remains: if you &lt;em&gt;want&lt;/em&gt; others to be able to contact you privately, add basic contact info to your profile's bio page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" OwnerDisplayName="Braiam" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2014-01-04T01:17:52.140" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7992" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-01-04T16:58:11.687" Score="-1" ViewCount="158" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are couple of questions that without the shell tag are incorrectly tagged and power users might get frustrated because of this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/14866/1059&quot;&gt;What are shells?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/399818/command-history-previous-and-next-command-in-ngspice&quot;&gt;Command history (previous and next command) in ngspice&lt;/a&gt; (migrated today, ngspice has an interactive shell mode)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/319550/169736&quot;&gt;Change the color of the terminal&lt;/a&gt; (this asks how to change the terminal colors in the shell (most likely bash))&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm sure there are more out there. I haven't found the exact reasons why &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/shell&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;shell&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;shell&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/terminal&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;terminal&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;terminal&lt;/a&gt; where merged (the later happened even though the consensus &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/824/169736&quot;&gt;was not to&lt;/a&gt; merge terminal).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2014-01-06T23:32:13.570" Title="I need the shell tag, and terminal tag.... please, remove the synonym" Tags="|support|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7993" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-01-04T17:07:49.397" Score="2" ViewCount="53" Body="&lt;p&gt;From &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/10373/do-i-need-to-have-antivirus-software-installed#comment10552_10374&quot;&gt;this comment&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/7BzHo.png&quot; alt=&quot;&amp;#39;Roger Pate&amp;#39; name without hyper-link&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The link to Roger Pate's profile page was absent. Why is the link for that user not shown?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Was his account deleted?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202806" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2014-01-07T10:39:45.870" Title="I am not able to see the user's profile" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7994" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7992" CreationDate="2014-01-04T17:22:57.670" Score="-4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Because the shell tag is almost a meta tag if you're talking about &quot;Desktop Environments&quot; (Unity, Gnome Shell, KDE, etc). As such if you want to refer to a shell, it should be the specific shell.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2014-01-04T17:22:57.670" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7995" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-01-04T17:52:33.350" Score="19" ViewCount="185" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the past few minutes we finished our first ever official moderator meeting. At the end of last year we decided to start holding meetings to discuss site business. Some topics have been getting away with us, and there are some decisions that are too big to be made alone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is not an attempt to subvert the way things currently work, more an effort to unify our official voice and get more of the mods involved in discussing the problems at hand. Until now, it's been hard to weigh in on something if another moderator has already spoken, but if we don't weigh in, people might get the wrong idea. If we disagree publicly, people get confused about what's most right. That makes it hard to give the direction we're supposed to be oozing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The idea is we'll meet, discuss what needs discussion and come to a group decision and announce that here on Meta (if it's announceable). Like this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The meeting today was about the meetings. In attendance: Oli, fossfreedom, Luis Alvarado, jokerdino and jrg.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Quorum size.&lt;/strong&gt; We decided that the number of people needed to be present should be 4. Bigger is always better but 4 should be fair &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; achievable.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Voting rules.&lt;/strong&gt; Majority to pass. Deadlocks can either be passed onto the next meeting or (in urgent cases) we'll pull in somebody from SE to decide what's best.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;When and how.&lt;/strong&gt; Between this meeting and the emails that ran up to it, we're decided that Saturday 1700UTC/GMT is going to be the most available time for most of us. We hold the meetings in our chat room. We'll aim to organise an online whiteboard to track topics. Oli to ask how (or if) other SE sites handle it.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How we let users know what we're talking about.&lt;/strong&gt; There was a toss up between wanting to be open but also that there is site business we're not allowed to talk about (sharing personal information, for example) and that there are also going to be cases that involve specific named users. We decided for a summary of minutes (like these) that omit anything that's likely going to be unfair or taken out-of-context.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you'd like clarification on any of those summarised points, feel free to ask in comments or answers below.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="14356" LastEditDate="2014-01-11T23:07:37.527" LastActivityDate="2014-01-11T23:07:37.527" Title="Mod Meeting 2014-01-04: &quot;On Meetings&quot;" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7996" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7950" CreationDate="2014-01-04T17:59:06.500" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Well, we didn't make the 40 upvotes per question, not even close, and didn't have 41 participants.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks for everyone's participation, and hopefully we can pull something off next year! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Kudos to @Minerz029 for supplying this comment: &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/7950/ask-ubuntu-version-of-oh-the-horror-hat-club-anybody?cb=1#comment14046_7966&quot;&gt;Ask Ubuntu version of &amp;quot;Oh The Horror&amp;quot; Hat Club anybody?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136381" LastActivityDate="2014-01-04T17:59:06.500" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7997" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7095" CreationDate="2014-01-04T19:30:13.757" Score="-3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I say if it changes the default behaviour of Ubuntu and our users may not be used to install/use it, is off-topic. Unix &amp;amp; Linux has already questions about &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/search?q=ChrUbuntu%20is:q&quot;&gt;Chrubuntu and they are getting answers&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't see how something that may or may not change how ubuntu default installation will be on topic here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:37:19.280" LastActivityDate="2014-01-04T19:30:13.757" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7998" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-01-04T20:52:36.637" Score="5" ViewCount="127" Body="&lt;p&gt;I noticed that the main site tag for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ubuntu-on-arm&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ubuntu-on-arm&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ubuntu-on-arm&lt;/a&gt; is being used in the exact same manner as the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/arm&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;arm&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;arm&lt;/a&gt; tag and wondered if there were a reason why they weren't merged?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;16 posts (12 this year) - &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ubuntu-on-arm&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ubuntu-on-arm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;111 posts (61 this year) - &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/arm&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/arm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21224" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2014-01-04T21:12:04.130" Title="Would it make sense to merge (and possibly establish a synonym) for ubuntu-on-arm to arm?" Tags="|discussion|tags|retag-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="7999" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7998" CreationDate="2014-01-04T21:12:04.130" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;No. ARM is a cpu architecture, ubuntu-on-arm is a distribution of ubuntu made specifically for arm. We don't take ARM (the CPU architecture) related questions but we take Ubuntu running on ARM questions. ARM should be removed and questions retagged to ubuntu-on-arm where applicable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are couple of questions about installing ARM related tools, those should have the software installation tag. If you want to ask about installing Ubuntu on ARM architecture, it should have the system installation tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2014-01-04T21:12:04.130" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8000" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8001" CreationDate="2014-01-04T21:16:07.397" Score="4" ViewCount="47" Body="&lt;p&gt;Lately I've been noticing that certain questions are grayed out on the main page. I know that when an edit is in progress the &lt;kbd&gt;edit&lt;/kbd&gt; button is grayed out on a question/answer, but I've never seen this before. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this what happens to ignored tag questions, as I notice that the questions that are grayed out all have the tag &lt;code&gt;installation&lt;/code&gt; on them (isn't that one that is being phased out?)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Screenshot:&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/y1Voj.png&quot; alt=&quot;grayed questions&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136381" LastEditorUserId="136381" LastEditDate="2014-01-04T21:34:08.030" LastActivityDate="2014-01-04T21:34:08.030" Title="Why are certain questions grayed out on the main page?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8001" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8000" CreationDate="2014-01-04T21:32:55.010" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, grayed out is ignored tags:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Vl0MH.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/R2tI8.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have ignored windows 7, and a question with it is grayed out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastActivityDate="2014-01-04T21:32:55.010" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8002" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-01-04T22:29:19.230" Score="1" ViewCount="41" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've seen several of these lately, and one of the latest one had the side-bar filled with them, none of them with marked answers, as you can see here:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/oVT8q.png&quot; alt=&quot;screenshot&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here are the links:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/400186/updated-to-ubuntu-12-10-now-cannot-connect-to-internet&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/400186/updated-to-ubuntu-12-10-now-cannot-connect-to-internet&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/216407/cannot-connect-wireless-internet-with-12-10-on-dell-inspiron-1525?rq=1&quot;&gt;Cannot connect wireless internet with 12.10 on Dell Inspiron 1525&lt;/a&gt; - Actually answered by 5 answers, though none marked.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/270429/internet-connection-issue-ubuntu-12-10?rq=1&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/270429/internet-connection-issue-ubuntu-12-10?rq=1&lt;/a&gt; - Commented on, but no OP response&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/253446/ubuntu-12-10-wireless-not-working-after-update?rq=1&quot;&gt;Ubuntu 12.10 : wireless not working after update&lt;/a&gt; - Has an answer, but not marked&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/261210/i-have-issues-connecting-to-internet-in-ubuntu-12-10?rq=1&quot;&gt;I have issues connecting to Internet in Ubuntu 12.10&lt;/a&gt; - Again, answered, but not marked.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/266495/how-can-i-fix-my-wifi-on-ubuntu-12-10?rq=1&quot;&gt;How can I fix my WiFi on Ubuntu 12.10?&lt;/a&gt; - Double, answer. Again, unmarked&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/279458/cant-connect-to-internet-with-ubuntu-12-10?rq=1&quot;&gt;Cant Connect to Internet with Ubuntu 12.10&lt;/a&gt; - Again, commented on, but no OP response&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/279458/cant-connect-to-internet-with-ubuntu-12-10?rq=1&quot;&gt;Cant Connect to Internet with Ubuntu 12.10&lt;/a&gt; - Answered, but not marked.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These are all slightly different, but still similar. There has to be some dupes there, but I have no clue which ones to mark!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136381" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2014-01-04T23:18:08.887" Title="What to do with the many duplicate/similar &quot;No WiFi after upgrade&quot; questions?" Tags="|support|duplicates|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8003" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8002" CreationDate="2014-01-04T22:39:46.283" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Answer them. If a answer is not possible, close them. Comment them to get OP input if it's not clear, but never duplicate them against questions that will not help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If accepted/upvoted answers is given, then ask those answerers to make a new question about the models/chips their answers works against, to make them searchable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2014-01-04T22:39:46.283" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8004" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8002" CreationDate="2014-01-04T23:18:08.887" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;It seems Wifi problems are common not just to Ubuntu, but other Linux OS's as well, including of course Ubuntu derivatives. Perhaps there should be a sticky/section dedicated to Wifi problems? Have it mentioned that when you post your problem, to put in make, model, and what wireless internet chip they are using.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="231468" LastActivityDate="2014-01-04T23:18:08.887" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8005" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-01-05T02:38:37.693" Score="0" ViewCount="149" Body="&lt;p&gt;I cannot understand why this even allowed here. I mean, is this a game or something ? I can see everywhere downvoting questions and answers without a specific reason. I would like to see this stopped, please.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would suggest either a massive loss of reputation when a user downvote a question or answer without a reason, or not allowed at all. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Think about it(of course I speak about main AU, not meta) and be informed that a comment doesn't reveal who downvoted the specific question/answer. But this way we will avoid the lightly downvoting. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="95393" LastEditorUserId="95393" LastEditDate="2014-01-05T03:26:43.647" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Downvoting answers (or questions) without a reason?" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="9" ClosedDate="2014-01-05T20:48:51.010" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8006" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8005" CreationDate="2014-01-05T02:51:26.773" Score="-5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Precisely! I think that it should be general policy to flag or comment before downvoting. Spam should be downvoted as soon as you see it and certain very bad answers/questions, but very sparingly. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Like the text after downvoting says: &quot;Please comment if you think that this system can be improved&quot;. Comment first! See if the user can't fix it, we want to help people, not deter them just because they don't know the way this site works.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, seriously, who down-voted this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136381" LastActivityDate="2014-01-05T02:51:26.773" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8007" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8005" CreationDate="2014-01-05T02:52:04.367" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/82297/213575&quot;&gt;Copied shamelessly of Anna Lear answer&lt;/a&gt; which is also my standing (&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/7902/this-is-what-we-should-be-worring-about-we-are-upvoting-crap-in-ask-ubuntu&quot;&gt;through previously didn't express it well&lt;/a&gt;):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you really care about enforcing integrity in voting, you should also be asking for &lt;em&gt;explanation of upvotes&lt;/em&gt;. Some people upvote with good reason, some out of sympathy if they see a downvote, some because they didn't even read your post but think it must be good if it already has X upvotes, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the end, the anonymity of the voting system is what makes these sites useful. &lt;em&gt;Always having to explain downvotes would destroy their anonymity&lt;/em&gt; and expose downvoters to potentially harsh criticism from those who disagree with the downvote. Not to mention that knowing that you &lt;em&gt;have&lt;/em&gt; to explain it (even if an explanation already exists or is obvious) would further discourage people from downvoting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The system right now is simple. Think a post is useful? Upvote. Think a post is unclear/not useful? Downvote. It doesn't need to be more than that.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most of the emphasis was mine ;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, what's the problem here? First, &lt;strong&gt;people here doesn't vote enough&lt;/strong&gt;... not up or down, if you ask them for a second click they will vote less. Second, people here is too &lt;em&gt;nice&lt;/em&gt; to downvote. Third, people is not honest enough to downvote bad, crappy, &amp;lt;insert your subjective reason here&amp;gt; posts. Fourth, they are already several guides about how to write good and awesome answers and questions. If I have to explain each time why I downvote or upvote something obvious, we are doing it wrong and people will steer away Ask Ubuntu (or Stack Exchange for what matters).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The reason to upvoting or downvoting posts are in a nice tooltip over the button: &lt;em&gt;This question doesn't show research effort; it's unclear or not useful&lt;/em&gt; (for questions) and &lt;em&gt;This answer is not useful&lt;/em&gt; (for answers) that also could mean &amp;quot;you are wrong&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If anyone wants a compiled list of reasons why people downvote questions of answers, please check Jon Skeet's questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/156810/213575&quot;&gt;Stack Overflow question checklist&lt;/a&gt; (this is particualry helpful in most of cases, maybe we need one for AU)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/2451/213575&quot;&gt;Why do you cast downvotes on answers?&lt;/a&gt; this is more to the point.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-01-07T04:30:43.450" CommentCount="18" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8008" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7902" CreationDate="2014-01-05T03:09:02.853" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;My question was a satire to the requirement that we explain our downvotes asked in the linked question. Remember that if you receive a downvote but don't find any fault to the post it could be for one of many good reasons... it could be that your solution isn't the most efficient. I don't know...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since votes are anonymous as Marco pointed, upvotes and downvotes are self explanatory. If any user is asking for explanation first should check their post, and if they don't find anything bad ask around someone that could help to improve them, or leave it as it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2014-01-05T03:09:02.853" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8009" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-01-05T16:19:24.630" Score="0" ViewCount="51" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm having a doubt that, recently I found this question in Askubuntu :&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/400550/how-do-i-watch-youtube-videos&quot;&gt;How do I watch Youtube videos?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;On seeing that my instinct told me to edit the question as : &lt;strong&gt;Flash player not working in firefox&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;But on the second thought I knew that how will the people with poor tech interaction will find such a question with tech specifications in the site. So what is recommended? Let it remain as is?   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;P.S: I didn't meant this question only&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="189471" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2014-01-05T16:27:42.250" Title="Is replacing with the Tech Slang needed?" Tags="|discussion|asking-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8010" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8009" CreationDate="2014-01-05T16:27:42.250" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No&lt;/strong&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;How do I &quot; questions are encouraged for search optimization since it's what people that are trying to find an answer will use.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A user will search for &quot;how do i get youtube working&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Tech terms are tags.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A technical person will browse the firefox and flash tags.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Opinion from experience, but someone may disagree.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2014-01-05T16:27:42.250" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8011" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-01-05T21:55:13.147" Score="0" ViewCount="63" Body="&lt;p&gt;Please can someone explain why it is not possible to change the analytics on this site to the open source tool Piwik Analytics or to explain why the current analytics is being used.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user232182" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-01-06T15:34:05.870" LastActivityDate="2014-01-06T16:05:32.423" Title="Piwik Analytics on Askubuntu" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8013" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-01-05T23:06:08.263" Score="-1" ViewCount="97" Body="&lt;p&gt;The reputation and privileges system is very heavy on the beginner's end of the spectrum -- not being able to post pictures, leave comments, create tags, or even USE the meta forum makes it very difficult to use this website at all, without having spent copious amounts of time on it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This, in my opinion, broken, system leads to a very inefficient operation on this site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my first question, I simply wanted to post an image demonstrating my problem, and had to waste even more time by going to imgur.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not only that, but I couldn't come to Meta to explain this issue, I had to dickishly post on the normal forum until someone migrated the post over here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I get that nobody likes a new kid, but this seems a bit much.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="232188" OwnerDisplayName="JakeDiFebo" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2014-01-07T22:51:12.637" LastActivityDate="2014-01-08T00:00:06.247" Title="Privileges Issue" Tags="|discussion|users|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8014" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-01-05T22:32:22.047" Score="0" ViewCount="36" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu seems to support Login via Facebook, Google, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some months ago it was only possible to login with an Ask Ubuntu-Account. How can I access this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="111575" OwnerDisplayName="jenald" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-01-07T04:22:03.313" LastActivityDate="2014-01-07T04:22:03.313" Title="Where's my old Ask Ubuntu Account?" Tags="|support|login|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8015" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-01-06T05:13:53.163" Score="10" ViewCount="663" Body="&lt;h1&gt;The Issue&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Recently I noticed something odd: when booting into OS X and visiting Ask Ubuntu, bold fonts render oddly. I've only noticed this in Chrome; in Firefox and Safari, the bold font renders perfectly fine. For example, the following markdown (taken from the &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/editing-help&quot;&gt;markdown help page&lt;/a&gt;):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;*This is italicized*, and so is _this_.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  *&lt;em&gt;This is bold*&lt;/em&gt;, and so is __this__.&lt;br&gt;Use **&lt;em&gt;italics and bold together**&lt;/em&gt; if you ___have to___.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Renders as:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/M0ARz.png&quot; alt=&quot;Example rendering&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or, as an individualized control, in your browser it renders as:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;This is italicized&lt;/em&gt;, and so is &lt;em&gt;this&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;strong&gt;This is bold&lt;/strong&gt;, and so is &lt;strong&gt;this&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br&gt;Use &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;italics and bold together&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; if you &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;have to&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Debugging&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Immediately, after looking through Ask Ubuntu's CSS file, I found that the &lt;code&gt;@font-face&lt;/code&gt; only included the regular font. To test that this was actually the issue, I downloaded the bold Ubuntu font, ran it through a web font generator, and uploaded it to my site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Digression: bold worked in some browsers but not others&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Opening Firefox to change the stylesheet (via developer tools) and see if I could fix the issue, I found that the font (without revisions) was rendering fine in Firefox! After taking a closer look, I concluded that Firefox wasn't using the actual bold font and was instead rendering the font itself as bold. Take a look at the edges:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/galRY.png&quot; alt=&quot;Firefox font example&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After looking more in depth, Safari does the same as Firefox (but renders bold a lot better with smoother edges).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;More debugging&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyways, I went back to Chrome (because Firefox was rendering a bold font, and albeit it sketchy, I just wanted to make sure everything was correct), and inserted the following at the top of &lt;code&gt;all.css&lt;/code&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;@font-face{&#xA;    font-family:'UbuntuRegular';&#xA;    src:url('http://eg.jfein.net/help/AU/ubuntu-b-webfont.eot');&#xA;    src:url('http://eg.jfein.net/help/AU/ubuntu-b-webfont.eot?#iefix') format('embedded-opentype'),&#xA;        url('http://eg.jfein.net/help/AU/ubuntu-b-webfont.woff') format('woff'),&#xA;        url('http://eg.jfein.net/help/AU/ubuntu-b-webfont.ttf') format('truetype'),&#xA;        url('http://eg.jfein.net/help/AU/ubuntu-b-webfont.svg#UbuntuBold') format('svg');&#xA;    font-weight: bold;&#xA;    font-style: bold;&#xA;}&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Naturally, everything was fine and bolt rendered properly in Chrome. I tested it in Safari and Firefox, and both of their in-browser &quot;bold&quot; renderings went away and gave me a nice, clean rendering of the real font.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Update&lt;/strong&gt;: Just checked the solution above on Ubuntu in Firefox. Unfortunately the text isn't bold anymore. I'm sure this has something to do with the font configurations and should be easy to figure out, though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;The Solution&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please edit the CSS file and put in a new &lt;code&gt;@font-face&lt;/code&gt; that includes a bold font so the bold fonts work everywhere. I'm still not sure why it worked fine on Ubuntu (I tried installing the Ubuntu fonts on OS X and it still didn't work). Also, if it makes you Stack Exchange employees happy, feel free to put in an italics typeface also. That way we can minimize how much the browser plays with the font.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="172457" LastEditorUserId="172457" LastEditDate="2014-01-08T23:19:56.290" LastActivityDate="2014-01-08T23:19:56.290" Title="Ubuntu bold font not imported" Tags="|bug|design|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8016" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7993" CreationDate="2014-01-06T11:00:17.247" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;A link to the post where you found that comment would likely make it possible to determine, for sure, why the user's name is not linkified.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most of the time when a username is &lt;em&gt;neither&lt;/em&gt; a hyperlink &lt;em&gt;nor&lt;/em&gt; of the form &amp;quot;user###...&amp;quot; (where the #'s are digits), it means:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The question, answer, or comment was created on a different site on the Stack Exchange network.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The question it's associated with was then &lt;em&gt;migrated&lt;/em&gt; to Ask Ubuntu, to be a question on our site instead of the other Stack Exchange site. If it's an answer, what I mean is that the question it's answering was migrated. For comments (as in this case), what I mean is that the post it's a comment on got migrated.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;That user &lt;em&gt;either&lt;/em&gt; doesn't have an account here on Ask Ubuntu, &lt;em&gt;or&lt;/em&gt; they have an account but it is not associated with their account on the other Stack Exchange site (which, from the perspective of the system, is the same thing).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In short, most likely this was migrated from another SE site, where the user's account there isn't known by the system to belong to the same person as their account here (if they have one here at all).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Why do I think unlinkified names usually indicate migrated posts rather than deleted accounts?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Every time I've seen a deleted account, its name was changed back to the original &lt;code&gt;user###...&lt;/code&gt; name. I am not totally sure if this is &lt;em&gt;always&lt;/em&gt; the case when an account is deleted, though it would make sense if it were; my understanding is that allowing users to delete their accounts is the way Stack Exchange respects our right under CC-BY-SA to choose to insist our names are removed from our work when published in a compilation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, most people most of the time prefer to exercise their right (also provided for by CC-BY-SA) to insist that their names &lt;em&gt;remain&lt;/em&gt; on their work. For example, all of us right now are insisting that right be respected, just by &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; insisting our names be removed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The exact circumstances under which it's okay for a user's name to be removed from the work are probably determined by CC-BY-SA and the Terms of Service, together. Perhaps user accounts that are deleted against the wishes of the users, keep the name. I'm not sure. I believe account removal other than by request of the user is quite rare, except in the case of spammers, whose contributions are also soft-deleted (thus visible only to 10k users, and generally not of great interest).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-01-07T06:06:16.923" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8017" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8018" CreationDate="2014-01-06T11:03:04.583" Score="4" ViewCount="82" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm having a problem that from now on I'm not able to suggest edits to the Ask Ubuntu site. I'm pretty sure that the edits I have been made were relevant and I want to know whether some user is able to restrict me from that. Please help!    &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/YAG7t.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="189471" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2014-01-06T19:30:08.937" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Unable to suggest edit" Tags="|support|editing|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8018" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8017" CreationDate="2014-01-06T13:36:27.110" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Several of the edits that you suggested were rejected which lead to your account temporary barred from suggesting any more edits. This suspension would last for a week and is automatic. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/81681/why-is-the-edit-button-disabled&quot;&gt;Why is the edit button disabled?&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just going through some of your recent suggested edits:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/205528&quot;&gt;Edit 205528&lt;/a&gt; - Too minor. The title could have been improved.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/205526&quot;&gt;Edit 205526&lt;/a&gt; - Stripped info from title.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/205525&quot;&gt;Edit 205525&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;strong&gt;Very&lt;/strong&gt; minor change which categorically ignored every other issue with the post.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/205529&quot;&gt;Edit 205529&lt;/a&gt; - The description read 'improved formatting' but the edit clearly had nothing to do with formatting. It only tampered the title.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am looking at a plethora of suggested edits that don't seem to greatly improve the value of the post, which doesn't bode well with our policy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just for your quick reference, here's a relevant quote from the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/editing&quot;&gt;help center about editing&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Edits are expected to be substantial and to leave the post better than&#xA;  you found it. Common reasons for edits include:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;To fix grammar and spelling mistakes&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;To clarify the meaning of the post (without changing that meaning)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;To include additional information only found in comments, so all of the information relevant to the post is contained in one place&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;To correct minor mistakes or add updates as the post ages&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;To add related resources or hyperlinks&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2014-01-06T13:36:27.110" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8019" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8017" CreationDate="2014-01-06T13:38:18.650" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;You recently made quite a few edits and most of them were rejected. And as a result, you are temporarily banned from making new edits for &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/78192/220538&quot;&gt;7 days&lt;/a&gt;.  Here are some of your rejected edits:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/205529&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/205529&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/205528&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/205528&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/205526&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/205526&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/205521&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/205521&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/205520&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/205520&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/205519&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/205519&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/205515&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/205515&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/205513&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/205513&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can review all the edits you've made so far in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/189471/varun-das?tab=activity&quot;&gt;Activity Tab&lt;/a&gt;. Go through them and try to find out what could have caused the  edit to get rejected. Some of these edits change too much of the post and some of them are too minor.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here are some suggestions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Try to make the improve as much as you can.&lt;/strong&gt; Make the post substantially better by addressing multiple issues in the question / answer&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Try not to change the original meaning of the post.&lt;/strong&gt; For example, when you edit the title of a question, the whole question might become different from what the original poster intended it to be&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See also:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/76251/how-do-suggested-edits-work&quot;&gt;How do suggested edits work?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="133170" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:24.280" LastActivityDate="2014-01-06T13:43:19.750" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8020" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8011" CreationDate="2014-01-06T16:05:32.423" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is simply not something under our control. The site is part of Stack Exchange.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Like a lot of sites, our analytics is split between internal metrics (view counts, etc) that the moderators can see, and Google Analytics, which we cannot.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't foresee that changing any time soon.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2014-01-06T16:05:32.423" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8021" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8013" CreationDate="2014-01-06T16:19:26.247" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I agree that not being able to post in meta isn't great, especially when you're trying to post something like this, but simply put, it's damage mitigation. Users who are new to the Stack Exchange system are only allowed the most basic of tools until they prove they know &lt;em&gt;how&lt;/em&gt; to use them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This isn't just &quot;gamification&quot;. The barriers are there to protect us (and our users) as much as they are there to annoy personally you :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;New users and spammers tend to go image and link mad. We block and limit these to prevent spammers.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Comments aren't checked as ritually as new users' posts so would slip through the quality nets.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Chat rooms are limited to prevent further abuse.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Voting is limited to make sock-puppet voting schemes harder to orchestrate.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If these limits didn't exist, we'd all be spending a lot more time editing and reviewing instead of answering. You brought up efficiency. Letting people run riot would hurt our throughput tremendously.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But ultimately it's something you'll have to live with. We have no direct control over &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/&quot;&gt;required point for privileges&lt;/a&gt;... It's just how SE works. It's not instant gratification but a balance we're trying to reach between quality and openness.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2014-01-06T16:19:26.247" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8022" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7992" CreationDate="2014-01-06T17:22:11.043" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm not yet convinced. I'm familiar with what each of the three terms mean but I'm struggling to see why they should all exist as separate tags here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What does shell (or cli-shell &lt;em&gt;shudder&lt;/em&gt;) add that command-line doesn't already cover?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If it adds anything, wouldn't the actual shell tags add even more? (eg: bash, ksh, zsh, etc)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;And why does terminal need its own tag at all? It's used synonymously with command-line by a very many people. It's possible the most worthwhile synonym we have in the system.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They're all pretty generic and they overlap huge amounts. I think in their case it's much more useful to have one tag to describe that we're talking about the command line and anything else be specific to the problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And to agree with Marco, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_%28computing%29&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;&quot;shell&quot; is and has been super-generic term for &quot;interface&quot;&lt;/a&gt; for a &lt;em&gt;very&lt;/em&gt; long time. I'll concede it's more popularly talked about when describing the command line these days... But that's not its only use. And &lt;em&gt;that's&lt;/em&gt; the problem with shell/terminal/command-line.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't disagree with &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/815/terminal-vs-command-line/824#824&quot;&gt;Gilles's 2010 opinion&lt;/a&gt; (the three words all technically &lt;em&gt;mean&lt;/em&gt; disparate things), but people don't use tags based on their dictionary definitions, they use them how they've always used them. And in the real world, terminal, shell, cli and command-line all mean &lt;em&gt;roughly&lt;/em&gt; the same thing. Like it or not, they are synonymous to most of our users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To separate these three out means one thing for the future of posts about the command line: really crappy tagging. Some posts will be terminal, some will be command-line and shell... It's just generating a metric butt-tonne of review. At least with the way things are, we have one tag that covers all of that and people can add detail through further, more specific tags.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2014-01-06T17:50:14.410" LastActivityDate="2014-01-06T17:50:14.410" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8023" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7992" CreationDate="2014-01-06T23:16:55.713" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;They should be separated tags. &lt;strong&gt;If users are confused about their use is our responsibility to guide users into the light.&lt;/strong&gt; That most of the users don't recognize the differences between them and we leave them like that just promotes the confusion in all the users that has the right to know how each of the parts of their system is called and will facilitate the exchanging of information between the users to answer and ask questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A fine tag excerpt and tag wiki explaining in plain english what are the uses of each tag and how to use them will be beneficial.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No other SE site merged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/command-line&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;command-line&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;command-line&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/shell&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;shell&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;shell&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/terminal&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;terminal&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;terminal&lt;/a&gt;. Both Super User and Unix &amp;amp; Linux use separated tag and command line is present only in 5% of the terminal and shell tags in SU; and in U&amp;amp;L only 10% of the tags has relationship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-01-06T23:24:21.827" LastActivityDate="2014-01-06T23:24:21.827" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8024" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8188" CreationDate="2014-01-06T23:19:32.703" Score="13" ViewCount="1044" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is a notice regarding releases of Ubuntu that have reached end of life.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The following versions of Ubuntu and derivatives are officially &lt;strong&gt;end of life&lt;/strong&gt; as of January 27, 2014:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Raring 13.04&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;New questions regarding the above posted after the aforementioned date may need to be considered &lt;strong&gt;off-topic&lt;/strong&gt;.  Old questions (posted before the end of life date) that are still being answered regarding these releases should have a comment included on them about upgrading to a supported release to continue to get support for their versions of Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This information can be confirmed on the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;official Ubuntu Wiki page that lists all current, development, and end-of-lifed releases&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;The date &quot;January 27, 2014&quot; was established in an IRC discussion with the release team.  It has been confirmed in &lt;a href=&quot;https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2014-January/000178.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;this announcement email&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Confirmation of this End of Life date was published to the Security Announcements mailing list, &lt;a href=&quot;https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2014-January/002382.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; confirming that Raring 13.04 is now End of Life.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Please make note that this is the first time that we will have a release EOL before an older release other than LTSes.  12.10 is not EOL-ing at this time, and has an EOL date of April 2013.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2014-01-28T14:18:53.697" LastActivityDate="2014-01-30T18:17:58.400" Title="EOL Notice: Raring (13.04) is now past End of Life" Tags="|discussion|scope|end-of-life|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="20" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8025" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8026" CreationDate="2014-01-07T09:31:29.523" Score="8" ViewCount="290" Body="&lt;p&gt;My understanding is that we do not currently consider Chrubuntu to be an unofficial derivative (or even a separate derivative at all), and that the current consensus is &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; to close questions as off-topic for being about a problem on a Chrubuntu system. At least provided that the problem isn't about issues arising from an unofficially supported &lt;em&gt;Ubuntu installation method.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/7095/chrubuntu-questions-on-topic-or-off-topic&quot;&gt;chrubuntu questions - on-topic or off-topic?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;See the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/7098/22949&quot;&gt;overwhelmingly more upvoted answer&lt;/a&gt; there, seeming to reflect community consensus.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I've noticed this recently closed question--which is &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; about any method of installing Ubuntu on a Chromebook, official or otherwise--where the comments appear to indicate it was closed because the close-voters considered Chrubuntu to be a separate, unofficial distribution:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/396785/cant-run-minecraft&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/396785/cant-run-minecraft&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Something ought to be fixed in this situation, but I'm not sure what.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If Chrubuntu is not a separate and unofficial derivative and that's really why &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/396785/cant-run-minecraft&quot;&gt;that question&lt;/a&gt; is closed, it should be reopened. And its comments should be cleaned up.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If I'm missing something and Chrubuntu is (or sometimes is??) a separate and unofficial derivative, then we should have an updated answer on &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/7095/chrubuntu-questions-on-topic-or-off-topic&quot;&gt;that meta question&lt;/a&gt;. If we're keeping some new Chrubuntu questions open and closing others (and considering that to be appropriate), that should also be explained. And &lt;em&gt;possibly&lt;/em&gt; some comments should be cleaned up.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If that question really should remain closed, but for reasons unrelated to it being about a &quot;Chrubuntu&quot; system, then that should be explained, &lt;em&gt;especially to the OP.&lt;/em&gt; And comments should definitely be cleaned up. (I haven't seen another reason to think it should be closed, though.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I suspect that inadequate communication about the status of &quot;Chrubuntu&quot; may have caused a problem in numerous questions, which might need addressing. But I also suspect I may not know the whole story, having returned from being (mostly) inactive on the site for an extended time. So I'm focusing on this one specific Chrubuntu-related question, rather than trying to figure out anything about all of them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What should be done with that particular Minecraft question? What is the status of &quot;Chrubuntu&quot;? Please advise.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2014-02-20T22:10:43.627" Title="How to resolve conflicting information about &quot;Chrubuntu&quot; policy/status?" Tags="|discussion|closed-questions|scope|derivatives|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8026" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8025" CreationDate="2014-01-07T11:30:12.400" Score="10" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Chrubuntu is stock Ubuntu with a different install vector. Everything but installing it is on topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's the current policy boiled to the bone... But on closer inspection (and with help from &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/396785/cant-run-minecraft&quot;&gt;the related question&lt;/a&gt;) you can see that it's not a stock kernel that's being used. For Arm Chromebooks, it has been necessary to use custom kernels to support the architecture. &lt;em&gt;However&lt;/em&gt; they do use stock kernels in x86 Chromebooks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think I'm &lt;em&gt;personally&lt;/em&gt; more for supporting it while it's still just a kernel. I've asked half my questions while under the influence of a dodgy third party kernel (and have asked questions about them) so I'd be a hypocrite to suggest that non-stock kernels alone are enough to make something off-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I do recognise the problem here. If we support this, why don't we support that? Or this over here? That is a valid concern.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The mods have discussed this before (that's where that meta post came from) so I'll bring it up again in our next meeting. Until then, let's just stick with the existing guidance and leave them open unless they're about installing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2014-01-07T11:30:12.400" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8027" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8025" CreationDate="2014-01-07T12:50:41.943" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I will give a reason why I voted to close first:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In that particular question, to me, doesn't seems to be a problem within the bounds that &lt;em&gt;Ubuntu will have the same behavior&lt;/em&gt; and more like &lt;em&gt;the changes made to Ubuntu for Chrubuntu are causing problems&lt;/em&gt;. Correct me if I'm wrong, but:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Minecraft requires kernel &gt;3.6 and through it is Saucy (kernel 3.10) it has 3.4. (&lt;em&gt;change made by Chrubuntu&lt;/em&gt;).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The error is about a bug already fixed upstream in &lt;a href=&quot;https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nux/+bug/1220807/comments/9&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;newer versions of the kernel.&lt;/a&gt; Is reproducible as long as you use old Ubuntu kernels. I suggested to install &lt;code&gt;linux-generic&lt;/code&gt; in comment and if Chrubuntu hasn't modified anything else it should work. If it doesn't then it's Chrubuntu to blame, &lt;em&gt;not Ubuntu&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The buggy behavior appears and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/300315/169736&quot;&gt;has solution is Precise&lt;/a&gt;. OP is using Saucy and should benefit of the fix. If Chrubuntu is modifying Ubuntu in such way that things that &lt;em&gt;things that shouldn't happen in Ubuntu happens to Chrubuntu users&lt;/em&gt; that weighs even more my VtC as &quot;Not about Ubuntu&quot;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, to solve OP problem he should drop that and use Ubuntu instead. That seems reasonable enough to make that question off-topic due &lt;strong&gt;This is not about Ubuntu&lt;/strong&gt;, instead of &lt;strong&gt;bug&lt;/strong&gt; (which is the correct close reason if he were using Quantal).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is the general response to all Chrubuntu questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the questions/problems asked by users of Chrubuntu wouldn't be asked if they were using &lt;em&gt;stock&lt;/em&gt; Ubuntu, we should treat Chrubuntu as derivative and make it off-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2014-01-07T13:16:00.413" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8028" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-01-07T17:08:22.957" Score="2" ViewCount="38" Body="&lt;p&gt;So, since the changes to the close and flag reasons we lost the ability to mark &quot;not a question&quot; as a reason.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We can still use that reason, for posts that are simply guides to fix something but aren't actual questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What reason should we use to flag / close those now?  Or, can we resurrect the &quot;not a question&quot; reason?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2014-01-07T19:02:17.573" Title="What do we use for &quot;not a question&quot; posts?" Tags="|discussion|support|close-reasons|vote-to-close|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8029" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8028" CreationDate="2014-01-07T18:08:31.070" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Depending the post quality:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;it's most likely a rant in disguise: primally opinion based&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;something that you can't make head or tails: unclear&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;just bug reports (OT -&gt; bug).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you see something unanswerable in it's current form and no editing can salvage the situation, it probably need to be closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it can be saved of that fate through editing then is not close worthy but if the quality is (very) bad, you can ask to &lt;em&gt;La cosa nostra&lt;/em&gt; in the chat room for a fitting close reason.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-01-07T19:02:17.573" LastActivityDate="2014-01-07T19:02:17.573" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8030" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-01-07T18:41:48.387" Score="6" ViewCount="178" Body="&lt;p&gt;Apparently we can never find the duplicate question and now we have about 40 questions (maybe I am exaggerating...) about creating Live USB in Windows, Mac OS and Linux... could someone hunt them down and do a nice list below... Thanks :D&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-01-07T19:15:07.953" LastActivityDate="2014-01-21T06:24:43.757" Title="Where are the canonical questions for creating a Ubuntu Live USB?" Tags="|discussion|canonical-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8031" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8030" CreationDate="2014-01-07T18:51:36.533" Score="4" Body="&lt;h3&gt;Create a Ubuntu Live USB in Windows:&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/26269/how-do-i-install-ubuntu-from-an-usb-drive-create-a-live-usb-stick-in-linux&quot;&gt;How do I install Ubuntu from an USB drive / create a live USB-stick in Windows?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Create a Ubuntu Live USB in Linux:&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/372607/169736&quot;&gt;How to create a bootable Ubuntu USB flash drive from terminal?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Create a Ubuntu Live USB in Mac OS:&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/86/169736&quot;&gt;How do I create an Ubuntu live USB using a Mac?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Create a Ubuntu Live USB in Ubuntu:&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/276470/how-to-create-a-bootable-usb-stick-on-ubuntu/276481#276481&quot;&gt;How to create a bootable USB stick on Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromUSBStick&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;USB Creator&lt;/a&gt; is in the menu as of 12.04.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-01-21T06:24:43.757" CommentCount="7" CommunityOwnedDate="2014-01-07T18:51:36.533" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8033" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-01-07T07:16:04.500" Score="0" ViewCount="30" Body="&lt;p&gt;I created a new account an closed the validation page by mistake before I could put in the validation code i was e mailed. How do I get that page back up to validate my account? I have tried to go through the account set up again an it says Email already in use, but wont let me log in.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user232648" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-01-11T00:02:10.690" LastActivityDate="2014-01-11T00:02:10.690" Title="New account validation" Tags="|support|login|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8034" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8013" CreationDate="2014-01-08T00:00:06.247" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think you're right that you shouldn't have to put in any special rep-farming effort (here or anywhere) to effectively get help with Ubuntu. Whatever features are available to users with only 1 rep, they should be sufficient for effectively getting help with Ubuntu problems. If that's not the case, then something is broken.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But in practice, it's not clear to me (from your description of things) how much of a problem there really is.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Pictures&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You're right that it's annoying not to be able to post pictures. On the other hand, if anyone could make Ask Ubuntu display whatever picture they wanted, that would be a godsend to trolls and spammers, and it's very difficult to put &lt;em&gt;automatic&lt;/em&gt; methods in place to examine the contents of a picture and decide if it's appropriate for our site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've grown somewhat skeptical of some of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/new-user&quot;&gt;new-user restrictions&lt;/a&gt;, over the years. But the restriction on posting pictures seems to make good sense. Did it really take &lt;em&gt;copious amounts of time&lt;/em&gt; to post a picture externally and add a link to it? (Once the link is added, other users can edit the picture directly into your post, which has happened for your question.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Comments&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You &lt;em&gt;can&lt;/em&gt; leave comments on your own question and on answers to your own question. If you have a problem with Ubuntu that is not addressed adequately by an existing answer, you should post a question (as you have done). You then benefit from the system's orientation toward making questions visible and attracting knowledgeable answerers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your question is related in some way to an existing question, you can include a link to the existing question in your question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you find you cannot comment on your &lt;em&gt;own&lt;/em&gt; question or on answers to your question, then most likely you're signed in with an account &lt;em&gt;other&lt;/em&gt; than the account you used to post the question. In this situation, assuming at least one of your accounts is &lt;em&gt;registered&lt;/em&gt;, you can get any/all of your accounts merged by clicking the &lt;em&gt;contact us&lt;/em&gt; link at the bottom of any page and explaining what you need. (If none of your accounts are registered, you can register an account and do this. In your case, however, your account appears registered.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Tags&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since you can't create tags, just do the best you can with the tags that are available. It's easy for others to retag your post. Tagging shouldn't usually take more than, say, fifteen seconds of your time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Remember, creating a new tag and applying it to your post means your post will be classified in a way that doesn't connect it to any other content. Furthermore, a new tag has no subscribers. Having to use the tags that are available prevents new users from spending inordinate amounts of time figuring out the &amp;quot;perfect&amp;quot; tags, and ensures that questions can get answered efficiently.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Meta&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anytime someone needs help with the site but can't post on meta, they can do what you've done. It's not perfect, but it's rather common for new users' posts about the site to be migrated from the main site to meta.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This doesn't give you the ability to post &lt;em&gt;answers&lt;/em&gt; on meta, though, except to your own question. If you consider that to be a problem that's making the process of getting help with Ubuntu inefficient for you (or anyone), you may want to expand this meta question to explain that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;With that said&lt;/em&gt;, I'm not sure there really is any good reason to keep new users from posting on meta. This strikes me as a solution in search of a (theoretical) problem. I think it's especially important to view new-user restrictions with a critical eye, considering that at least one other one is purely a solution in search of a completely nonexistent problem (see below).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Other Restrictions&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Interestingly, the new user restriction I'm most skeptical of, you have not mentioned at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Every Stack Exchange site &lt;a href=&quot;https://skeptics.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/367/remove-number-of-links-restriction-for-new-users&quot;&gt;except Skeptics.SE&lt;/a&gt; restricts new users from posting more than two hyperlinks per post. Since spammers only need one link to accomplish their nefarious spamming deeds, and since legitimate posts generally need more links than spam posts, this restriction is silly and pointless. Since the maximum number of links was &lt;em&gt;increased to fifty&lt;/em&gt; on Skeptics (where it was particularly atrocious because of the nature of that site) and &lt;em&gt;no problems resulted&lt;/em&gt;, it's already been demonstrated to be unnecessary. And yet we still have it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The other three significant new user restrictions seem to be:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;New users cannot answer protected questions. This is the purpose of protection, which should be used sparingly, and sometimes a question can be unprotected to facilitate an answer. Asking for a question to be unprotected, however, is sometimes difficult. Meta would often be an appropriate place for this, but very new users cannot post on meta. Do we really need any restriction on who can post on Meta, besides requiring a registered account? Hmm...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, the inability to &lt;em&gt;post an answer&lt;/em&gt; to a protected question doesn't stop anyone from &lt;em&gt;asking&lt;/em&gt; a question or &lt;em&gt;getting&lt;/em&gt; help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;New users cannot post as many questions or answers in a very short time as users who have gained a little bit of reputation. I've never heard anyone say this is a problem; I think it goes mostly unnoticed by the vast majority of new users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Though not &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/new-user&quot;&gt;in the list&lt;/a&gt;, new users typically have to wait some amount of time between posting a question and posting their own answer. If the point of this is to prevent new users from posting things as answers that should be edits or comments... well, that happens a lot anyway and is very efficiently dealt with by flagging. So this restriction seems silly to me. (Maybe it's been lifted, while I was gone?)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-01-08T00:00:06.247" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8044" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7773" CreationDate="2014-01-08T15:39:36.353" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.teckids.org/ad.cgi&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/wwF00.png&quot; alt=&quot;Teckids e.V. – Erkunden, Entdecken, Erfinden – Discover, Explore, Forge&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="222799" LastActivityDate="2014-01-08T15:39:36.353" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2014-01-08T15:39:36.353" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8052" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-01-08T20:54:09.030" Score="1" ViewCount="48" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/3587/169736&quot;&gt;History&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As part of making the tags useful and somewhat rational, I've found myself in a problem with the questions that asks how to install certain drivers. The problem is that &lt;em&gt;they have tried nothing&lt;/em&gt; (apt-get, dpkg, etc.) and their problems are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Don't find the drivers&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Don't know how to install them&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Even after installed they don't work&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The second is easy since they only need the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/software-installation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;software-installation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;software-installation&lt;/a&gt; tag, since they are installing software on Ubuntu. But then, how we should tag the 1 and 3 reasons? The 3 should be with a grain of salt since they might have installed correctly the drivers and it just need a nug with some unrelated program (CUPS, x/sane, xorg, etc.) so those need to be retagged with the correct one, but the first... I've racked my brain trying to come up with something useful but... nope, nothing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.087" LastActivityDate="2014-01-08T20:54:09.030" Title="How to tag questions asking for drivers?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8056" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-01-09T02:23:51.877" Score="0" ViewCount="57" Body="&lt;p&gt;The new shortened support duration and it's concomitant assumption about the purpose of the different versions is explained as:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Our working assumption is that the latest interim release is used by folks who will be involved, even if tangentially, in the making of Ubuntu, and LTS releases will be used by those who purely consume it. (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/270529/why-did-canonical-reduce-ubuntus-non-lts-support-time-to-9-months&quot;&gt;quoted in this question&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The release of 14.04 is not that far away, and with EOL for 13.04 only a couple of weeks away, it doesn't seem to be too early to begin to think about the effects of this issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Already with 13.10 there seemed to be a general increase in questions about bugs (real or perceived) or other behavior changes, with many questions along the lines of:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;12.04 (or 12.10 or 13.04) was great but 13.10 broke my (wifi, input method, favorite app, etc.)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Many people, especially the new and casual users that, under the new assumption, should be guided to an LTS automatically assume that the newest version is the best one for them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to raise for discussion the idea that we start keeping this distinction in mind and explaining it in answers much more often. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've generally been a little uncomfortable when we close even bug-related questions from new users who are having trouble using 13.10 without suggesting they try 12.04 or explaining that now the latest release -- if not an LTS -- may not have the stability they need. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please note that I'm not talking about true dupes, or questions with no details, nor am I saying that bugs are not off-topic. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm only suggesting that we could perhaps salvage more of these questions by viewing the questions and the users' needs through the lens of this distinction. Sometimes I worry that we are alienating the new users that we want to bring to Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117123" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2014-01-09T02:33:51.400" Title="Should we begin to make users more aware of differences between LTS versions and interim releases?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8058" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8060" CreationDate="2014-01-09T07:13:00.510" Score="3" ViewCount="60" Body="&lt;p&gt;On my recent question &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/402315/how-to-add-a-keyboard-modifier-state-applet-to-uniy-panel&quot;&gt;regarding a Unity accessibility feature&lt;/a&gt; some folks who did not read the question jumped at the chance to mark it as a dupe. Now the question is vandalized with an irrelevant &quot;This question may already have an answer here&quot; banner which distracts knowledgeable users from reading any further.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Please remove the link banner to the irrelevant question.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Here is the banner is question:&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/IyqXn.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="23087" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2014-01-09T07:36:16.267" Title="Please remove link to irrelevant answer" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8059" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8058" CreationDate="2014-01-09T07:22:40.460" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Viewing your question, it actually isn't closed as a duplicate so there's no duplicate banner.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question linked was &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/402315/176889&quot;&gt;How to add a keyboard modifier state applet to Unity panel?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/402315/how-to-add-a-keyboard-modifier-state-applet-to-uniy-panel#comment516180_402315&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/mASCM.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;is &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; a duplicate banner. It is a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/comment&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;comment&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, which was written by xangua.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For future reference, an actual duplicate banner can be seen &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/55848/how-do-i-install-oracle-java-jdk-7&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; (and in &lt;em&gt;many&lt;/em&gt; more questions). It is located under the question title and usually in yellow text.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="176889" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2014-01-09T07:29:15.563" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8060" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8058" CreationDate="2014-01-09T07:36:16.267" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Don't worry about it. That banner is only be visible to you (the OP of the question) until the question gets actually closed as a duplicate. Only once the question gets closed as a duplicate does the banner gets displayed by default to all the viewers of the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You have made your point very well by the way of clarification edit to your question and I agree that it is not a duplicate and I am hopeful that other community members would agree as well and won't vote to close the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Close votes already cast would disappear as time goes by and the duplicate banner that you are seeing would disappear as well when there are no more close votes left on that question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="114818" LastActivityDate="2014-01-09T07:36:16.267" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8061" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8062" CreationDate="2013-12-11T23:09:51.163" Score="1" ViewCount="47" Body="&lt;p&gt;I login here using OpenID, this will end in February. How do I log in after that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can't see a way in the settings how to merge accounts or change login details.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is no-one to ask either... Any help would be appreciated..&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know this is not strictly a Ubuntu question, but stuck for help..&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8119" OwnerDisplayName="pst007x" LastActivityDate="2014-01-09T10:10:53.317" Title="How will i login in when openID goes?" Tags="|discussion|login|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8062" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8061" CreationDate="2013-12-11T23:12:51.380" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;In your profile page click on &lt;strong&gt;my logins&lt;/strong&gt; and there you should be able to add new logins.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="221281" OwnerDisplayName="falconer" LastActivityDate="2013-12-11T23:12:51.380" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8063" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7929" CreationDate="2014-01-09T13:57:45.037" Score="2" Body="&lt;h1&gt;We are so close now!&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From my perspective:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Lfv6o.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Many thanks to several highly regular close vote reviewers (I do not consider myself to be part of them)! Special mention to Eric, Seth, Radu, Braiam, Warren, minerz and Florian. Thanks also to jrg for helping us out big time a few days ago! Feel free to add those I forget to the queue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Thanks!&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="115155" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-01-09T13:57:45.037" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8064" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8065" CreationDate="2014-01-09T14:44:09.073" Score="1" ViewCount="40" Body="&lt;p&gt;Lets say, the question is intended for the curiosity purposes and has (as most of the problems have...) several answers. Should I mark any answer as &quot;Accepted&quot; in that case?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="173734" LastActivityDate="2014-01-09T14:51:30.590" Title="Should I accept any answer if the question may have more than one answers?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8065" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8064" CreationDate="2014-01-09T14:51:30.590" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Accepting an answer is completely optional. It is simply a social convention to indicate which answer the author found helpful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If one answer isn't more notable than another, it is okay (and probably logical) NOT to accept an answer. The answers will sort by vote order.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="62" LastActivityDate="2014-01-09T14:51:30.590" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8066" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7418" CreationDate="2014-01-09T14:56:17.887" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would win every time, so there is no point in playing against me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;LOL just kidding :D&#xA;I'm interested! My only (current) limitation is my hardware, due to the graphics card more so than anything else I think.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1992" LastActivityDate="2014-01-09T14:56:17.887" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8067" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8068" CreationDate="2014-01-09T17:06:51.960" Score="7" ViewCount="71" Body="&lt;p&gt;From time to time I middle click all my tags to open them in new tabs and go look for some questions that I might be able to answer. I know that outside of this tags it is almost impossible for me to give a nice answer to someone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it possible to see only questions related to my favourite tags instead of going one by one in each browser tab?? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="106802" LastActivityDate="2014-01-09T17:22:01.170" Title="Is there a way to see only questions related to my favourite tags?" Tags="|support|tags|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8068" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8067" CreationDate="2014-01-09T17:21:38.737" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can use the &lt;code&gt;[tag] or [tag]&lt;/code&gt; method. Like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;http://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/apt+or+dpkg&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can use the unanswered tab:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;http://askubuntu.com/unanswered/tagged?tab=mytags&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can use one of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/filters&quot;&gt;network wide filters&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/jc44G.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/WCJmR.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2014-01-09T17:21:38.737" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8069" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8067" CreationDate="2014-01-09T17:22:01.170" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is a feature available on Stack Exchange's main page, if you go to &quot;Filtered Questions&quot; you can create filters for questions not just on Ask Ubuntu, but all stack Exchange sites. &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/filters/6960/favorite-tags&quot;&gt;http://stackexchange.com/filters/6960/favorite-tags&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2014-01-09T17:22:01.170" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8070" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-01-09T18:07:00.460" Score="3" ViewCount="126" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm not asking why a specific answer get downvoted but specifically why would you normally downvote an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This should help newbies understanding why their answers were downvoted even though nobody commented.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My reasons of downvoting:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Technically inaccuracies (this doesn't include typos).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Missing the specifics of the question.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The answer has nothing to do with the question.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Link only answers.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The answer doesn't have proper warnings about what it is being done. Or poor explanation why something dangerous (&lt;code&gt;rm -r&lt;/code&gt; and similar) should be done.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The question is unanswerable in their current form. Any post attempting to answer those questions, offering specific solutions, will not answer the question. Answering questions that don't offer more details that &quot;don't work&quot; could potentially damage the system. You should ask for clarification instead in comments.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Depending my mood or votes left.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want you could add your reasons to upvoting answers. Note, &lt;em&gt;this is limited to answers.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-01-10T20:15:28.053" LastActivityDate="2014-01-10T20:15:28.053" Title="What are the reasons to downvote answers?" Tags="|discussion|voting|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8071" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-01-09T22:22:25.153" Score="2" ViewCount="62" Body="&lt;p&gt;I got two VLQ flags in my queue... actually the question is impossible to understand by normal humans, but I can't handle the flag if I don't either, invalidate (which I will not), or add a spam/offensive flag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What to do in such situations?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/bVL7T.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-01-10T16:15:52.620" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Very low quality flag on a closed question, can't do anything but invalidate the flag?" Tags="|support|bug|flagging|10k-tools|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8072" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8071" CreationDate="2014-01-10T01:23:31.457" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;First, I recommend checking to make sure you can open up the post. Maybe it's been deleted already and is just sticking around in the flag queue for a short time. If that's the case, and it disappears from the 10k tools soon, then you don't have to do anything.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the post still exists, then this is probably a bug in the Stack Exchange system. So in that case, I recommend reporting it as a bug on &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.stackoverflow.com&quot;&gt;MSO&lt;/a&gt;. It will probably be handled faster there, plus it will be shown to many users from across the network who may have noticed something similar. (I recently reported &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/215481/what-does-you-dont-have-the-permission-to-use-this-type-of-flag-mean&quot;&gt;a 10k tools flagging bug&lt;/a&gt; there, and it was quickly fixed.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for what to do about it in the 10k tools now, assuming you believe the very low quality flag should be actioned (or otherwise marked helpful), you can click &lt;em&gt;other&lt;/em&gt; and raise a custom moderator attention flag to tell moderators what you think should be done with the post. Such flags are for situations where no other available flag adequately does the job, and this is certainly one such situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, note that there are plenty of bad questions that should be/remain closed but where &lt;em&gt;very low quality&lt;/em&gt; flags are not warranted. However, as far as I can see from this question, it really is pretty incomprehensible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;If&lt;/em&gt; you believe the question should be deleted very soon, I'd say that you agree with the VLQ flag (and the above course of action applies).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you believe it would be &lt;em&gt;wrong&lt;/em&gt; to delete this question more speedily than usual, then I'd say you should &lt;em&gt;dispute&lt;/em&gt; the VLQ flag (by raising an &quot;invalid flags&quot; flag); this does not express the idea that the question should be reopened.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you have no opinion as to whether or not the question should be treated any different from any old &quot;unclear what you are asking&quot; closed question, then I recommend taking no action, and simply leaving the post in your 10k queue. It will drop out of your queue eventually, once the handling of the flag has been decided based (in part) on the input received by people who have strong enough opinions to flag.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2014-01-10T01:23:31.457" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8073" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7869" CreationDate="2014-01-10T09:55:33.880" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have created a user-script and added a post for it on stackapps &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackapps.com/questions/4450/replace-all-relative-times-with-local-times&quot;&gt;Replace all relative times with local times&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For info on how to install user-scripts in different browsers, check the info of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackapps.com/tags/script/info&quot;&gt;script&lt;/a&gt; tag in stackapps .&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The script will replace the relative dates with your local date after hovering over a date. I made it like that, because sometimes the relative date is more useful. Specially when it's &lt;code&gt;x minutes ago&lt;/code&gt; or &lt;code&gt;x hours ago&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you know what you are doing already and don't need any of the above info:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;To view the source of the script:&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://gist.github.com/dannyhajj/8057530&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://gist.github.com/dannyhajj/8057530&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;To install the script click &lt;a href=&quot;https://gist.github.com/dannyhajj/8057530/raw/showlocaltime.user.js&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:46.307" LastActivityDate="2014-01-10T10:01:50.920" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8075" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-01-10T19:31:45.403" Score="6" ViewCount="198" Body="&lt;p&gt;Well, the users with 10,000 reputation or more has access to the moderation tools (commonly referred as 10k-tools) which give more insight over the site itself. There's also the infamous flag queue that has its number fixed besides the review link. But they also have delete votes, and this is what I want to talk in this post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Well, there are a couple of closed, old, abandoned and bad questions that someway or another received enough views or votes that aren't getting deleted by Community ♦. I know tracking them down is a hassle but while cleaning up tags (I wonder when I will stop) I found questions that either are not worthy of being reopened or the current scope of the site doesn't allow us to reopen them. I voted to delete them accordingly but then reviewing the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tools?tab=Delete&amp;amp;daterange=last30days&quot;&gt;Delete queue&lt;/a&gt; I've seen several days old posts. How about if we delete them? I know mods can do this but hey, we should be able to do this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2014-04-06T08:55:50.990" Title="Hey 10kers... you also have the delete votes" Tags="|discussion|deleted-questions|10k-tools|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8076" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-01-10T20:07:57.317" Score="7" ViewCount="55" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just found out that &lt;a href=&quot;http://help.ubuntu.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://help.ubuntu.com&lt;/a&gt; provides a nice feature against link rot. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There exist two URLs:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://help.ubuntu.com/stable/ubuntu-help/index.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Current Release&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://help.ubuntu.com/lts/ubuntu-help/index.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Current LTS Release&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They are especially helpful when pointing to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://help.ubuntu.com/lts/serverguide/index.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Server Guide&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastActivityDate="2014-01-10T20:07:57.317" Title="A hint for editing posts in regard to Ubuntu documentation" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8077" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-01-10T21:33:20.997" Score="3" ViewCount="44" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just stumbled over a post in meta-superuser:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.superuser.com/questions/5718/tag-cleanup-for-january-2014?cb=1&quot;&gt;https://meta.superuser.com/questions/5718/tag-cleanup-for-january-2014?cb=1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It looks like they have tag cleaning campaigns on a regular basis. Might this be something useful for AU too?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-01-25T02:39:25.230" LastActivityDate="2014-01-25T02:39:25.230" Title="Would a tag cleaning campaign be a good idea for AU too?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8078" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8075" CreationDate="2014-01-10T21:55:32.737" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;As an aside, when you use these delete votes, it can be helpful in letting moderators know which NAA flags to handle as &quot;delete&quot; much quicker :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1992" LastActivityDate="2014-01-10T21:55:32.737" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8080" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3053" CreationDate="2014-01-11T08:07:03.507" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just thinking, do we have a Canonical answer for how to safely remove Ubuntu from a Double/Multi-boot? That would be useful I believe.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136381" LastActivityDate="2014-01-11T08:07:03.507" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8082" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-01-12T01:33:27.233" Score="4" ViewCount="68" Body="&lt;p&gt;This was &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/4127/can-we-increase-the-minimum-reputation-requirement-for-creating-new-tags&quot;&gt;discussed before&lt;/a&gt; but no action was taken. I think this is still needed, since we have &lt;s&gt;2772&lt;/s&gt; 2844 tags (9*4*&lt;s&gt;77&lt;/s&gt; 79) and pretty much of them are kind of vague, doesn't define a particular topic, or the topic they define has nothing to do with Ubuntu. I've destroyed twice an attempt to create a [ubuntu-13.10] tag (BTW, the question was pretty generic, not even hw related) and the [14.04] which is still off-topic (remember that tags reflect what kind of questions can users asks, if we have a 14.04 tag it means that we &lt;em&gt;allow questions about 14.04&lt;/em&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This and the apparent fact that most of users still doesn't know &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/search?q=%5Btags%5D%20is%3aq%20create&quot;&gt;when to create a tag&lt;/a&gt; support this fact. So, should we higher the bar for tag creation?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-04-27T17:51:41.807" LastActivityDate="2014-04-27T17:51:41.807" Title="Should the bar be higher to create tags...?" Tags="|discussion|tags|privileges|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8083" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8084" CreationDate="2014-01-12T03:53:28.557" Score="4" ViewCount="51" Body="&lt;p&gt;I had posted a comment to an answer to this &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/8079/25656&quot;&gt;question&lt;/a&gt;. From my inbox, I can see that there was a response but now that answer and all associated comments including the response to my comment aren't visible. And the bit in my inbox is truncated:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/NtWbM.png&quot; alt=&quot;inbox message&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I understand that certain measures are being used to control certain activities and that may explain the vanishing of the answer and its comments. &lt;em&gt;If it's not a problem and if it increases my understanding of how the site works,&lt;/em&gt; I'd like to know the gist of the comment which is only partly visible in my inbox.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(I've seen &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/3439/25656&quot;&gt;this QnA&lt;/a&gt; dealing with deleted answers and associated comments.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user25656" LastActivityDate="2014-01-12T04:12:18.463" Title="How can I view a comment for a deleted answer?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8084" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8083" CreationDate="2014-01-12T04:12:18.463" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;When you get 10k rep you can see delete answers, but the comment says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;@vasa1 Unfortunately, only questioners can be forced to register. There currently exists no such feature for answerers. –  jokerdino♦ 9 hours ago&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2014-01-12T04:12:18.463" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8085" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-01-12T13:46:42.820" Score="33" ViewCount="624" Body="&lt;p&gt;There's been a lot of spam and nonsense posted lately, everything from love connections to kids struggling through puberty demanding to be made moderators. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is being done about this, and what can I do to help?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="50" LastEditorUserId="14356" LastEditDate="2014-01-27T00:07:21.707" LastActivityDate="2014-01-27T00:07:21.707" Title="Regarding the recent wave of spam - what are we doing about it?" Tags="|support|spam-handling|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8086" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8085" CreationDate="2014-01-12T13:46:42.820" Score="36" Body="&lt;p&gt;For those that don't know me, I work for Stack Exchange.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We've been on top of this since it started. We noticed some abnormal spam activity going on here which your moderators quickly confirmed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We've taken the following steps to keep it out:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Registration is now (temporarily) required to post a question&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Spam &lt;em&gt;originating from&lt;/em&gt; Ask Ubuntu is dealt a much harsher penalty score in our network-wide spam fighting system. This means spamming AU is going to get you blocked very fast&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The problem has been that some of the people / bots doing this have been cycling through Tor nodes, some so distant from where we suspect the abuse is originating from that we're amazed the sites were even functional for them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The system works on a level that's lower than individual I.P. addresses, so it's not terribly difficult to keep these people out. In fact, there's a &lt;em&gt;very&lt;/em&gt; good chance that the spammer that wrote whatever you just found has probably already been, or will very shortly be blocked. However, the increased volume leaves more artifacts of why they &lt;em&gt;were&lt;/em&gt; blocked around to be cleaned up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The good news is, we're still rejecting &lt;em&gt;significantly&lt;/em&gt; more than we're flagging, and more granular tuning should make this even more effective. Here's what it looks like now:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/HU29k.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've got some tweaks and changes in the hopper that I want to experiment with briefly on Monday, and quite possibly push if they look promising. I hope to bring this back to where it was around January 5 - 7. Part of the reason for this is one of these fools keeps cycling through Tor nodes like some people cycle through Pringles. This is easily and quickly dealt with (I anticipated this when I designed the system), but it does leave some more artifacts of the carnage lying around, which is what you've noticed. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm also considering doing something to delete any zero or worse scored post contributed by something the system (through the signals you send it) determined to be evil - this will help minimize the amount of crap you have to see in order to keep it out effectively through flagging - but it's also kind of dangerous. I'm just trying to be as transparent as I can when it comes to what I'm thinking about doing next. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, more importantly, &lt;em&gt;what can you do to stop it?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Exactly what you've been doing: flag the post &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;as spam&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; and move on. Don't interact with it via comments. If it's a bot you're just wasting seconds of your life; if it's a moron then you're wasting seconds of your life &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; encouraging them even more. Burning this stuff should be devoid of any sort of ceremony, just like picking up litter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are &lt;em&gt;rare&lt;/em&gt; cases where you might find the need to leave a comment as a beacon to other users that the post &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; spam, such as someone impersonating a high reputation user or moderator to try to confuse folks. However, engage your fellow community members, not the person that wrote the junk.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It should go without saying that &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;you should definitely not flag something as spam that is not a blatant advertisement or purely nonsensical trolling attempt of some sort&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, and not flag something as offensive unless &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;a reasonable, non-technical person would find it offensive as well.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; These flags carry serious weight, so use them wisely.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm going to be continuing to monitor how effective the system is being, and making additional changes to the configuration for AU. You can take some comfort in the fact that the work you're doing by flagging &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; helping to stop it, and that we're closely monitoring this and doing things on our end to help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you, to &lt;em&gt;all&lt;/em&gt; that have worked tirelessly to keep the site clean. You've been doing an awesome job, and I hope to see the end of this soon.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="50" LastEditorUserId="107292" LastEditDate="2014-01-12T16:27:10.450" LastActivityDate="2014-01-12T16:27:10.450" CommentCount="16" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8087" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7982" CreationDate="2014-01-12T13:55:13.917" Score="5" Body="&lt;h3&gt;The Real Solution&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The solution to bad posts that have no value is for them to be deleted after a sufficient time has passed after they're closed. For posts that clearly have no value at all, that can be a very short time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Duplicates are actually deleted automatically in accordance with the same rules that other posts are deleted automatically: if they're unanswered without positive score, the Commmunity bot will delete them after a while. (Of course, we can and &lt;em&gt;should&lt;/em&gt; be willing to delete posts manually when we know they aren't doing anybody any good.) So if we have &lt;em&gt;long term&lt;/em&gt; duplicates that you consider low quality, that should be discussed in detail.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's not good for the site to have valueless posts of any kind. Closing questions with a close reason other than duplicate doesn't address the issue of the site being littered with low quality closed questions. If there is any real issue here, it seems to be it must be that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;This shouldn't be a problem for reviewers unless reviewers are reviewing improperly. (And if so, &lt;em&gt;that&lt;/em&gt; is the real problem.)&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When a post is in the close queue, the job of the reviewer is not to decide on the narrow question of whether or not previous close reasons were correct. Instead, the reviewer's task is to look at the post and determine--as independently as possible from other voters--whether or not it meets any of the criteria for closure. (Of course there is also, in borderline cases, the task of weighing all the reasons one can think of for closing a post against all those for keeping it open. But usually, we just look and see if the post belongs open on the site.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If reviewers have to &lt;em&gt;slow down&lt;/em&gt; to think more about posts, &lt;strong&gt;good&lt;/strong&gt;. Anything that achieves that is a good thing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If a post has close votes (or flags) for closure as a duplicate, the reviewer should consider the master question, other questions they're aware of (sometimes searching is necessary), and also &lt;em&gt;all the other close reasons.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If a post clearly fits another close reason, reviewers can vote to close it for that other reason. It's neither necessary nor beneficial for reviewers to deliberately make any effort to vote in accordance with the way others have already voted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Consider that it is a deliberate design decision to only show reviewers if and how many close votes a post already has, &lt;em&gt;after&lt;/em&gt; they have decided they think they want to close it and clicked &lt;em&gt;Close&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Reviewers who prefer to select other close reasons are &lt;em&gt;particularly&lt;/em&gt; unburdened by this issue.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, in the case of duplicates, it's often necessary to examine the proposed master question, and for posts that are not properly commented (&amp;quot;possible duplicate ...&amp;quot;), that may involve clicking &lt;em&gt;Close&lt;/em&gt; to view them. But if you know a post qualifies for closure based on another close reason, considering whether or not it's really a duplicate as proposed is entirely optional.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't agree that it's always better to pick close reasons besides duplicate whenever possible. I'll avoid discussing that particular issue here since I know you're making a new meta question to discuss that. But if that is true, it's especially clear that the reviewer confusion issue is not a real problem: If you strongly prefer to close for reasons other than duplicate, then you'd only be considering closing as a duplicate if you've already decided no other close reason applies. But the posts you're talking about are all posts where some other close reason &lt;em&gt;does&lt;/em&gt; apply...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-01-12T13:55:13.917" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8088" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8090" CreationDate="2014-01-12T15:23:03.343" Score="4" ViewCount="63" Body="&lt;p&gt;For those who don't know, SE uses Google Prettify to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/editing-help#syntax-highlighting&quot;&gt;automatically add syntax highlighting to any code&lt;/a&gt; posted based on the tags applied in the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If we specify &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;!-- language : lang-language_code --&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt;, syntax highlighting seems to be working fine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, if we don't specify it, then the codes should be highlighted based on tags applied on the question. This doesn't seem to be the case everywhere. For example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/214116/cant-locate-file-find-pm-in-inc&quot;&gt;cant locate FILE/Find.pm in @INC&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/perl&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;perl&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;perl&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/404282/where-is-my-glut&quot;&gt;Where is my glut?&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/c&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;c&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;c&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/397670/my-ubuntu-cant-kill-the-process-which-occupy-too-much-memory&quot;&gt;My ubuntu can&amp;#39;t kill the process which occupy too much memory?&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/c&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;c&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;c&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/388715/header-files-in-anjuta&quot;&gt;Header files in Anjuta&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/c&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;c&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;c&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The problem seems to be specific to some tags only, as most of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/python&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;python&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;python&lt;/a&gt; based questions seem to have syntax highlighting applied based on tags.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="114818" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2014-01-13T07:38:45.757" Title="Tag based syntax highlighting isn't working in all the questions" Tags="|bug|status-completed|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8089" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8098" CreationDate="2014-01-13T05:13:19.357" Score="1" ViewCount="64" Body="&lt;p&gt;Seeing as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/55868/176889&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; seems to be the main one for all &quot;Broadcom wireless&quot; questions, I believe the question could be cleaned up a bit. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The current question has remnants of what the original OP had tried, and other notes which may not be relevant to the vast majority of people who will read that question. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Question:&lt;/strong&gt; Should &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/55868/176889&quot;&gt;Installing Broadcom Wireless Drivers&lt;/a&gt;'s original question post be cleaned up?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="176889" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2014-01-14T21:08:54.117" Title="Should &quot;How to install Broadcom wireless drivers? (BCM43xx)&quot; be cleaned up?" Tags="|discussion|canonical-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8090" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8088" CreationDate="2014-01-13T07:38:36.037" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Those binding are not automatic, they have to be setup explicitly for each tag by a moderator.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've configured the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/c&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;c&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;c&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/java&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;java&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;java&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/perl&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;perl&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;perl&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Turn to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users?tab=moderators&quot;&gt;askubuntu moderators&lt;/a&gt; for &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/support&quot; class=&quot;post-tag required-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;support&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;support&lt;/a&gt; for other languages that need syntax highlighting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="52999" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2014-01-13T07:38:36.037" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8091" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-01-13T10:18:03.010" Score="0" ViewCount="37" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are allot of Q's about the losses of data, and how to recover them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/113692/36315&quot;&gt;Installed Ubuntu and accidently gave all the hard disk space to Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/298131/36315&quot;&gt;HDD recovery tool&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/11298/36315&quot;&gt;Tool for File Recover | Deleted Files Recovery&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/182867/36315&quot;&gt;What are the best Recovery softwares for ubuntu 12.04?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;And many more&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My suggestion would be to close them and have only 2 question's:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Q: &lt;strong&gt;What recovery tools exist for (Linux)Ubuntu&lt;/strong&gt;???&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Per answer a recovery tool with some detailed explanations about the tool itself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Q: &lt;strong&gt;How to recover my data&lt;/strong&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With per answers covering different scenarios.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Recover data from {&lt;code&gt;filesystem&lt;/code&gt;} under Ubuntu using {&lt;code&gt;recovery-tool&lt;/code&gt;}?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="36315" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2014-01-13T10:18:03.010" Title="2 Q/A about recovery tools and how to recover data" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8092" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8093" CreationDate="2014-01-13T13:43:59.367" Score="1" ViewCount="38" Body="&lt;p&gt;I flagged an answer as &quot;Not an answer&quot;. I saw later that OP changed the answer and now it is completely meaningful and appropriate. But I am wondering the edit is not showing. How is it possible?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="127327" LastActivityDate="2014-01-13T14:12:09.977" Title="Why edits are not showing" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8093" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8092" CreationDate="2014-01-13T14:12:09.977" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you edit a post within 5 minutes of the latest version (that you submitted) then it will count as one edit. This is so that users can fix typos and formatting issues without having too many revisions. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why is it bad with many revisions? Well after 10 revisions on a question it will automatically become a community wiki. On a community wiki you do not earn any reputation from it. So from not having too many questions becoming a community wiki automatically there's a 5 minute fix time. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hope that is what you asked for. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10698" LastActivityDate="2014-01-13T14:12:09.977" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8094" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7773" CreationDate="2014-01-13T17:56:56.030" Score="22" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.vim.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/eZBOG.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="228051" LastEditorUserId="17164" LastEditDate="2014-01-26T10:43:26.173" LastActivityDate="2014-01-26T10:43:26.173" CommentCount="4" CommunityOwnedDate="2014-01-13T17:56:56.030" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8095" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8100" CreationDate="2014-01-13T19:09:39.523" Score="3" ViewCount="131" Body="&lt;p&gt;Errmm... I keep getting things like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/208671&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; on the review thing - it seems to be anonymous users spamming...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is a screen-shot in case the link does not work:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/dVX2K.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt; &lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/dVX2K.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there anyway of blocking this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit:&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;Another example has just appeared &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/210591&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="178596" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Suggested Edits spam" Tags="|support|close-reasons|spam-handling|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8096" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7773" CreationDate="2014-01-13T20:23:21.183" Score="23" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gimp.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/C7KdS.png&quot; alt=&quot;GNU Image Manipulation Program&quot; title=&quot;The GNU Image Manipulation Program&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="178596" LastEditorUserId="178596" LastEditDate="2014-02-11T14:15:22.017" LastActivityDate="2014-02-11T14:15:22.017" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2014-01-13T20:23:21.183" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8097" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-01-14T03:29:56.247" Score="6" ViewCount="289" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just got banned from chat whilst I was trying to solve a problem that I needed help from the community from. However, the spam that I was kicked for wasn't even something I did!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is my &quot;spam&quot;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/messages/12901981/history&quot;&gt;http://chat.stackexchange.com/messages/12901981/history&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I had posted a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/397931/love-problem-solution-baba-ji-91-9694850756&quot;&gt;link to this spam post&lt;/a&gt;, but, as many users (@Braiam, @Seth, @RoliandXor, @Pacificfilis, @syb0rg) can testify, I &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;DON'T&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; spam.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/d9JWo.png&quot; alt=&quot;chat transcript showing the removed message&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This question was obviously a heads-up-guys-more-spam post, if read in context. Someone who's consistently active on this site/chat would have seen that we &lt;em&gt;all&lt;/em&gt; have been battling those spam and I was simply helping get attention to it to get it removed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Could someone explain why I got kicked for this and possibly remove that ban from me and my history?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;EDIT&lt;/strong&gt;: Possible Serial Downvoting?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/4Ddlr.png&quot; alt=&quot;downvoting&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;as well as one here. Not a huge bunch of Rep, but for someone who is trying to reach 2K rep to help with moderation, all rep is huge. Another one:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/y8Fw7.png&quot; alt=&quot;more&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I suspect at least one of those could be this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136381" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Why did I get banned from chat for spam that I didn't do?" Tags="|support|flagging|chat|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="12" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8098" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8089" CreationDate="2014-01-14T08:12:48.930" Score="1" Body="&lt;h3&gt;Yes,&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/revisions/55868/23&quot;&gt;it is done.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="176889" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2014-01-14T21:08:54.117" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8099" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8104" CreationDate="2014-01-14T09:58:16.543" Score="5" ViewCount="189" Body="&lt;p&gt;The question I am talking about:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/404908/are-there-any-official-counters-which-keep-a-track-on-the-number-of-downloads-of&quot;&gt;Are there any official counters which keep a track on the number of downloads of a particular Ubuntu version across different derivatives?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;Help Center says&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ask Ubuntu&lt;/strong&gt; is a questions and answers site for Ubuntu-related questions. It's also a place to share knowledge about Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;That particular question is surely Ubuntu-related - it's asking if reliable estimate of Ubuntu downloads can be made; not about any other Linux distribution.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Now, let's move to the next part which outlines the specific category of questions which are not welcome on Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Linux Mint, Backtrack, Gnome-Remix (prior to 13.04) and other Linux distributions.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Bug reports.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Issues with the next version of Ubuntu (Ubuntu+1).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Shopping Recommendations&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Support of versions for Ubuntu releases past &quot;End of Life&quot; (EOL)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;The particular question definitely doesn't fall in any of these categories.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The other types of questions which are not suited for Stack Exchange network are as mentioned in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/dont-ask&quot;&gt;this Help Center article&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You should only ask practical, answerable questions based on actual problems that you face. Chatty, open-ended questions diminish the usefulness of our site and push other questions off the front page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Your questions should be reasonably scoped. If you can imagine an entire book that answers your question, you’re asking too much.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;The question we are discussing meets all the guidelines (in my opinion). It is practical.... answerable.... as well as reasonably scoped.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as my opinion is concerned, it falls within the scope of the site and a good question to have on Ask Ubuntu. Then, why is it attracting close-votes?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="114818" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2014-01-14T17:04:11.180" Title="Let's identify if this question is on-topic" Tags="|discussion|close-reasons|scope|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8100" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8095" CreationDate="2014-01-14T13:07:04.897" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Rejecting these as spam trains the spam filter, which very quickly keeps them out. It's &lt;em&gt;very&lt;/em&gt; rare that the same spam network only targets one of our sites; those that hit Ask Ubuntu also tend to hit Magento and Stack Overflow, the sites all use the same spam data, so all benefit from the actions that everyone takes. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What you &lt;em&gt;might&lt;/em&gt; see, depending on the size of the attack, is spam edits still in the queue from things that have already been blocked, it's just some of their edits linger. I'm looking at purging recent suggestions from blocked anon users, but that's ... a little tricky and somewhat dangerous.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We do a good job of quickly blocking it, what we're &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; so good at is quickly dumping it from peoples in boxes and flushing the remaining junk out of the queue - I'm going to try to get a solution for that in place (or at least planned for the very near future) by the end of the week.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Update (1/20/2014)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/216399/the-review-system-suggested-something-was-probably-spam-what-should-i-do-when-i&quot;&gt;now have honeypots deployed&lt;/a&gt;, which detect these seemingly innocuous posts as targets based on activity, and deal a &lt;em&gt;much&lt;/em&gt; harsher penalty to those that attempt to spam them after they've been identified as a target.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The actual parameters that go into 'what is a target?' are secret, but I can say that they very from site to site, depending on the activity that they see. They're also central, if you get blocked for spamming a honeypot on Drupal or Stack Overflow, you'll also be blocked on Ask Ubuntu (or the reverse of that).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's still the question of getting better at auto-purging likely spam that blocked origins have 'contributed' in the hours leading up to their block - but this is sort of dangerous. We're going to continue to analyze how well the honeypots work, and go from there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Still, this should prevent an even larger chunk of it from getting through.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="50" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2014-01-20T11:17:58.263" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8101" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7773" CreationDate="2014-01-14T14:58:12.737" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://bluefish.openoffice.nl/index.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/4Ttgi.png&quot; alt=&quot;An open-source editor for experienced web designers and programmers, supporting many programming and markup languages, but focusing on creating dynamic and interactive websites.&quot; title=&quot;An open-source editor for experienced web designers and programmers, supporting many programming and markup languages, but focusing on creating dynamic and interactive websites.&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="178596" LastEditorUserId="178596" LastEditDate="2014-02-09T21:08:46.223" LastActivityDate="2014-02-09T21:08:46.223" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2014-01-14T14:58:12.737" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8102" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8099" CreationDate="2014-01-14T15:27:57.087" Score="-2" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Then, why is it attracting close-votes?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because we are not a news site. Statistics are good for a period of time and after that they become obsolete, like news does.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2014-01-14T15:27:57.087" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8103" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8097" CreationDate="2014-01-14T15:56:14.377" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;A few things about chat:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It sucks that this happened.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Any user who can be in chat can flag a message as spam.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Every 10K+ user and every moderator from every SE site receives an alert when something is flagged as spam in chat. Any of them can agree or disagree with the flag.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It only takes a few of those to have your post &quot;dealt with&quot; as spam. The ban is an automatic side effect of this.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I &lt;em&gt;suspect&lt;/em&gt; that somebody maliciously flagged it but the people who actually dealt with the flag (the moderators and 10kers) just saw the expanded link with post extract (onebox) and thought you might be reposting spam.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the future, I'd suggest breaking the onebox functionality but prefixing the link so that people can see that you're alerting people to spam, not reposting it. Something like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Flag this post as spam: http://askubuntu/questions/.../&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or just flag it on the site and let nature take its course. We don't take that long to respond to spam flags organically.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for the downvotes, thanks to some help directly from SE, we know who it is. We're not sure if they're the same person who submitted the initial flag but either way, you're unbanned now so leave it with us.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, has anybody seen my katana?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2014-01-14T16:08:56.180" LastActivityDate="2014-01-14T16:08:56.180" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8104" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8099" CreationDate="2014-01-14T17:04:11.180" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Reopened, per my comment on Braiam's answer:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;It's not asking for statistics, it's (as of 23 hours ago) asking if there are mechanisms for tracking how many downloads there have been. I agree that numbers themselves can go stale but helping somebody work out if they can work something out about Ubuntu is perfectly on topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's not just on topic, it has been answered. And I'm fairly sure there's something we could dupe-close it against... I feel like I've answered something about this before.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2014-01-14T17:04:11.180" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8105" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-01-14T17:49:06.873" Score="-1" ViewCount="86" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ok, lets face it. Those kind of data are not reliable when we talk about FOSS software, and asking what is the most popular/downloaded/used/insert-counter-here (IMO the first and third are very opinion based) is not reliable. I'm all out to help people, just not in the main site. They could ask in chat, in a Forum, in Discourse, elsewhere they could get a hand-help, but asking us for raw or processed data (which is ultimately what the questioner will want) wouldn't fit the &lt;em&gt;autoritaviness&lt;/em&gt; model of the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Again, I'm not trying to diagre for the sake of disagreeing, I'm worried about what this Pandora Boxes could bring to us and I sincerely don't want us scoping this kind of questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(BTW, I know that there was a optional package called popularity contest, which would provide some insight, seems that USC offers something similar but I wouldn't take that data as a source of information for serious investigation)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2014-01-14T21:37:35.657" Title="Is asking for raw numbers/statistics on Ask Ubuntu welcomed?" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8106" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8105" CreationDate="2014-01-14T21:37:35.657" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Not every question needs to be (nor could be) a Wikipedia-level-annotated, Pulitzer-winning question. We have thousands of examples of quick and dirty questions that exist in order to help somebody answer a simple question about Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/404908/&quot;&gt;base question&lt;/a&gt; for this is an example of that. Somebody wants to know something. The original wanted numbers for a specific release but was edited (hours before you voted to close it) to ask a much more general and useful question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In answer to your actual question (which is more about demanding statistics), see if you can answer the question before trying to close it. If you can write an answer, and explain how you came up with that answer, that's almost certainly the very best outcome for everybody involved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does adopting this inclusive stance mean there will be less-than-ideal questions? Sure. Does the policy alone mean there'll be an avalanche of new barely-on-topic posts? Almost certainly not. We're the only two people who read meta anyway :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2014-01-14T21:37:35.657" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8107" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8097" CreationDate="2014-01-15T06:03:01.083" Score="4" Body="&lt;h2&gt;It's important to be careful when posting links to spam in chat.&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most spam on Stack Exchange is link spam, a malicious (or at least unwanted) attempt to get people to click a link.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A link in chat to a link spam post is not, generally speaking, itself spam. But most of them time when a user posts a link to a Stack Exchange post in chat, it is oneboxed--expanded to a box that shows a preview of its text. &lt;strong&gt;If&lt;/strong&gt; that preview &lt;em&gt;contains&lt;/em&gt; a live link to an external spam site, then there is &lt;em&gt;actual spam in chat.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The presence of a live link to a spam site in chat--remember, this is different from just a link to a spam &lt;em&gt;post&lt;/em&gt; on AU--achieves the same sort of goal for the spammer as their original post. In particular, it survives the deletion of the original spam post, and may continue garnering clicks for the indefinite future. Furthermore, chat logs are indexed by search engines. If you create oneboxed posts that display live spam links, even if your &lt;em&gt;goal&lt;/em&gt; was to fight spam, &lt;em&gt;you are propagating spam.&lt;/em&gt; Such posts &lt;em&gt;absolutely &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/174240/automatically-cull-oneboxed-deleted-posts-especially-spam-from-chat#comment520912_174240&quot;&gt;should be flagged&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/em&gt; But they &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/174240/automatically-cull-oneboxed-deleted-posts-especially-spam-from-chat#comment520914_174240&quot;&gt;are best not flagged as spam&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since a user who does this is not usually spamming intentionally, rather than flagging a oneboxed chat post that immortalized an external spam link as &lt;em&gt;spam&lt;/em&gt;, the appropriate action is to flag it with a custom moderator flag. This is usually actioned relatively quickly since moderators from &lt;em&gt;any&lt;/em&gt; Stack Exchange site can handle custom moderator flags in &lt;em&gt;any&lt;/em&gt; SE chat room (even if it's associated with a different site).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/8103/22949&quot;&gt;As Oli says&lt;/a&gt;, the solution for people using chat to coordinate anti-spam efforts is to include other text in your post besides the link, so that it is not oneboxed, when posting links to spam posts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;This is a known issue.&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm posting this separate answer to raise attention to how this has happened before, that &lt;em&gt;it could be mitigated by changes to the Stack Exchange chat system&lt;/em&gt;, and that having your oneboxed spam flagged as spam in chat does not mean anyone is out to get you:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/174240/automatically-cull-oneboxed-deleted-posts-especially-spam-from-chat&quot;&gt;Automatically cull oneboxed deleted posts (especially spam) from chat&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Flagging oneboxed spam in chat that has clickable external links is the wrong thing for someone to have done, because flagging for mod attention is more appropriate and avoids unnecessary punitiveness.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With that said, &lt;em&gt;posting&lt;/em&gt; a live link to an external spam site in chat is a &lt;em&gt;more seriously wrong thing&lt;/em&gt; to do: the main difference between it and actual spamming is intent. (On the other hand, &lt;strong&gt;maybe you did not do that, and I am not saying you did&lt;/strong&gt;; I didn't see the chat post in question.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And neither wrong thing is all that serious. In a case where neither a user who inadvertently oneboxes link spam payloads, nor the other user who see and flags their chat posts as spam, is actually &lt;strong&gt;attempting&lt;/strong&gt; to abuse the system, then in the end no major harm has been done.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, note that any user who has immortalized links to external spam sites in chat oneboxes can fix the problem by going back and flagging the posts for moderator attention. (Oneboxed spam that doesn't contain clickable links, on the other hand, it almost certainly not worth bothering moderators to remove--such posts are even occasionally considered &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/174240/automatically-cull-oneboxed-deleted-posts-especially-spam-from-chat#comment520910_174240&quot;&gt;of lasting value&lt;/a&gt;.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-01-15T17:22:04.963" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8108" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8109" CreationDate="2014-01-15T13:17:47.930" Score="-5" ViewCount="143" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is it possible &lt;em&gt;(or should it be)&lt;/em&gt; to know who down/upvoted my post?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150504" LastEditorUserId="150504" LastEditDate="2014-02-12T11:46:36.303" LastActivityDate="2014-02-12T11:46:36.303" Title="Discussion about voting system!" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8109" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8108" CreationDate="2014-01-15T13:30:30.427" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;Nope. It's a fairly fundamental part of the Stack Exchange network that voting remains anonymous so that people aren't doing each other favours or revenge voting. That's not going to change any time soon.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are very limited circumstances where moderators can see vote &lt;em&gt;patterns&lt;/em&gt; (we can see who votes for who in bulk) and Stack Exchange staff &lt;em&gt;can&lt;/em&gt; track down who has voted for abuse reasons.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2014-01-15T13:30:30.427" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8110" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8108" CreationDate="2014-01-15T17:01:29.080" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/8109/22949&quot;&gt;Oli's answer&lt;/a&gt; covers it... but this is significiant enough that I think it qualifies as an answer and not merely a comment:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When it comes to votes--especially downvotes, as those are the kind that tend to bother post creators--the right question to ask is &lt;em&gt;usually&lt;/em&gt; not &lt;strong&gt;who&lt;/strong&gt;, but &lt;strong&gt;why&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Sometimes there is just no good reason. There are silly votes, both up and down. Some result from people clicking by accident and not noticing. There are other reasons too.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Maybe there is something wrong or dangerous in your post, or something someone thinks is.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Could the post(s) be unclear?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Are there comments that may help to explain it? This is not guaranteed, and when you see a critical comment and a downvote it's &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; safe to assume they came from the same person, but either way, if a downvote calls attention to a critical comment that turns out to be valuable, that's (pardon the pun) a plus!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If there's nothing of value in the downvote or any accompanying comments, or they represent a disagreement about the quality or accuracy of the post where you've decided you're not going to change it... then you can simply move on.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Currently you have 1,195 reputation. Each downvote removes 2 rep. So you'd have to receive an &lt;em&gt;enormous&lt;/em&gt; amount of downvotes for it to be a significant change to your rep. If you think you're a victim of serial downvoting, you may want to talk to a moderator (one way is to flag a post of yours where you think it's happening, with a custom flag). Otherwise, it's really no big deal. And a couple of downvotes in a short time, even from the same person, is not serial downvoting. Furthermore, &lt;em&gt;most&lt;/em&gt; serial downvoting (and serial upvoting as well) has the associated reputation changes reversed automatically by the system, at the end of the day.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you ask &lt;strong&gt;why&lt;/strong&gt; instead of &lt;strong&gt;who&lt;/strong&gt; and encounter a situation where a post of your is downvoted multiple times--or multiple posts are downvoted--and you really don't know why and don't want to ignore it, you can post on meta to get input as to why it might be occurring.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With that said, while it's typically fruitless to worry about &lt;strong&gt;who&lt;/strong&gt;, I recommend not worrying too much about &lt;strong&gt;why&lt;/strong&gt; either, especially for posts you've already re-examined for quality and accuracy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2014-01-15T17:01:29.080" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8111" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8113" CreationDate="2014-01-16T17:05:39.670" Score="2" ViewCount="127" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am just wondering for answer for my question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any waiting time average for a question to be answered in this forum?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It would be helpful because we can make a decision to ask to another person in the office (for example lecturer in university, etc.)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="223681" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-01-24T23:10:10.883" LastActivityDate="2014-01-24T23:10:10.883" Title="Is there any waiting time for getting answer?" Tags="|discussion|answers|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8112" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8111" CreationDate="2014-01-16T17:30:46.657" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you mean that if there's data about how much time people have to wait for an answer, yes, you can get it. Now if you ask for an estimation of how much time you have to spend to get an answer, you are playing the crystal ball and we all know that is not accurate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, someone could be answering the question you ask right now if they &lt;strong&gt;know&lt;/strong&gt; the answer, &lt;strong&gt;see&lt;/strong&gt; the question and &lt;strong&gt;have time&lt;/strong&gt; to answer it, after that everything could happen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2014-01-16T18:10:13.863" LastActivityDate="2014-01-16T18:10:13.863" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8113" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8111" CreationDate="2014-01-16T18:20:19.563" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/ubuntu/query/160298/average-answer-time&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://data.stackexchange.com/ubuntu/query/160298/average-answer-time&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I found this on data for stackoverflow and just copied and removed tag grouping... gives 42min. average with a VERY high std. dev... doesn't really says much.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, this may not be very precise, since many answered questions never get best answer selected.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And my observations says that the higher your reputation, the quicker an answer comes. hahahaha&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EDIT: I should probably point out that I really don't believe these statistics! I looked for it just for fun. There are many things to consider if you're not getting answers here, that this simple query couldn't possibly consider: is your question well-written? Is it about a widely used tool/feature or something that nobody else even know it exists? Does it intrigues the reader (if your questions demonstrates you've tried everything the reader would have considered, he might be compelled to do some research too)? etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169250" LastEditorUserId="169250" LastEditDate="2014-01-16T18:29:35.430" LastActivityDate="2014-01-16T18:29:35.430" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8114" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8111" CreationDate="2014-01-17T11:09:36.597" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Some good questions get answered in minutes, while other good questions remain unanswered for years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Therefore, if it's important you get an answer quickly and there are other resources (outside the Stack Exchange network) you'd consider using, you might want to do that in parallel.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you get the answer elsewhere--such as from a colleague you know in person--you can &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/self-answer&quot;&gt;post it yourself&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2014-01-17T11:09:36.597" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8115" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8116" CreationDate="2014-01-18T03:22:09.433" Score="2" ViewCount="83" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just lost 16 points because a &quot;user was removed&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/VtVl3.png&quot; alt=&quot;lost rep&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/sJJiM.png&quot; alt=&quot;list&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When does &lt;code&gt;-2&lt;/code&gt; happen? I (honestly) can't remember participating in those questions in any way at all. And so I can't see, at least from the image, why the points were deducted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user25656" LastActivityDate="2014-01-18T03:48:33.667" Title="User removed: and points deducted" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2014-02-01T01:36:55.863" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8116" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8115" CreationDate="2014-01-18T03:29:05.510" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Those were questions you edited in your pre 2k days, and they have since been deleted (either the question, answer or user). I'm not sure why the rep gets removed, I myself think a good edit is a good edit period..&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="7035" LastEditDate="2014-01-18T03:48:33.667" LastActivityDate="2014-01-18T03:48:33.667" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8117" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-01-18T10:44:29.857" Score="-3" ViewCount="55" Body="&lt;p&gt;Some new users like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/237159/user237159&quot;&gt;him&lt;/a&gt; setting up some sexy or adultary photos as their profile picture.This SE site was not only viewed by adults but also by the minors.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So my question is that SE provides any restrictions on setting up this kind of profile pictures by new users? I think currently not but in the future.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My opinion is &quot;New users can change or setup their profile picture on only they got 100 reputations&quot;.&lt;strong&gt;Like a privelege&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;  100 rep    Access to change profile picture&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202806" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2014-01-18T13:10:21.637" Title="Restrictions on setting up the profile picture" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8118" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8117" CreationDate="2014-01-18T13:10:21.637" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't think there is a strong argument for setting up restrictions on profile pictures. If you think some of those pictures are in bad taste, just flag one of their posts and ask for a moderator to take a look.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We can and do change gravatars on similar grounds (like I did for this instance) and we will be glad to entertain any similar requests.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastActivityDate="2014-01-18T13:10:21.637" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8119" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-01-18T19:55:00.430" Score="11" ViewCount="500" Body="&lt;p&gt;As the title says, please don't! This throws the item out of the review queue just by correcting a typo or formatting a bunch of code. The &quot;Edit&quot; button is only helpful in the cases where the question &lt;strong&gt;really should remain open&lt;/strong&gt; or the reason(s) why it could be closed does not apply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;When you want to edit the question &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; close it, you should open the question in a new tab and edit the question there.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If anyone needs examples:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/close/210585&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/review/close/210585&lt;/a&gt; Duplicate, now it can't be reviewed since it's out of the queue, voters should go to the question and close it. The edit just fixed formatting, it's still a duplicate.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/close/210495&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/review/close/210495&lt;/a&gt; Duplicate. The edit only fixed typos.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/close/210502&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/review/close/210502&lt;/a&gt; Unclear. Not sure why this one was being closed, but the edit doesn't modify anything relevant in the question (reason of the edit: &quot;improved link display&quot;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/close/206035&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/review/close/206035&lt;/a&gt; Duplicate. This is a funny case, the user voting to close was the same that kicked the question out of the review queue by editing it with a &quot;tried to make it readable&quot; reason.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are a bunch more (some of them got 4 close votes) and since they weren't closed the votes expired and can't be recasted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2017-01-08T05:15:07.243" Title="Please, don't use the edit button in the close queue to correct typos or improve the formatting, you are reviewing to close!" Tags="|discussion|review|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8120" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8119" CreationDate="2014-01-19T10:13:27.750" Score="11" Body="&lt;h3&gt;...except when fixing typos and formatting establishes that the question should remain open!&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I agree with your general point here--the &lt;em&gt;Edit&lt;/em&gt; button in the close queue means &quot;this should be edited instead of being closed.&quot; It's not the only way to edit a post that is in the close queue; reviewers can choose to click the post link and edit it as usual, which doesn't drop the post from the queue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The post &lt;em&gt;goes back in the queue&lt;/em&gt; if it gets &lt;em&gt;one more close vote&lt;/em&gt; though. (I quite distinctly remember a Stack Exchange employee explaining this. It might have been Shog9 but I'm not sure. In any case, if you believe Edit-reviewed posts are &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; being requeued by subsequent close votes, I recommend filing a bug on &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.stackoverflow.com&quot;&gt;MSO&lt;/a&gt;.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe these are the appropriate general guidelines:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If a question should be closed and also edited, it &lt;strong&gt;shouldn't&lt;/strong&gt; be edited in the queue.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If a question should be kept open and edited but the edit has no significant relationship to how it should be kept open, it &lt;strong&gt;shouldn't&lt;/strong&gt; be edited in the queue. (Unless, I suppose, everybody already has come to agree it should stay open, as then there would be no harm in knocking it from the queue.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you're not sure whether a question should or shouldn't be kept open, and the edit you want to do isn't likely to change this or clarify it to anyone, it &lt;strong&gt;shouldn't&lt;/strong&gt; be edited in the queue.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If the edit &lt;strong&gt;does change&lt;/strong&gt; the post from being worthy of closing or not worthy of closing, or it clarifies why the post should remain open, or the problems with the post never required closing and are fixed by editing, it &lt;strong&gt;should&lt;/strong&gt; be edited in the queue. This is why there is an &lt;em&gt;Edit&lt;/em&gt; button in the close queue. It is by design that users will click the &lt;em&gt;Edit&lt;/em&gt; button in this situation, and the newly edited post will be dropped from the queue.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If the edit creates a significant likelihood that voters who have already voted to close the post will change their mind, it &lt;strong&gt;should&lt;/strong&gt; be edited in the queue.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; agree that moderators should unilaterally close questions because someone reviewed them wrong in the close queue. The solution to the problem here is more close votes, putting them back in the queue, which appears to be what is happening. I, and others before me, have now voted to close the three out of the four questions you listed that should actually be closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/407178/iso-to-img-permission-denied&quot;&gt;.iso to .img permission denied&lt;/a&gt;, you said &quot;not sure why this one was being closed.&quot; But then you &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/8119/please-dont-use-the-edit-button-in-the-close-queue-to-correct-typos-or-improve#comment14515_8119&quot;&gt;asked moderators to close all the questions&lt;/a&gt;! It's to avoid these sorts of mistakes and inconsistencies that the normal, slower 5-votes system exists. Even when a question that &lt;em&gt;should&lt;/em&gt; be closed gets incorrect reviews, this can usually be corrected within the system. And of course you've done the right thing by bringing this to meta, so users with close votes can cast them as needed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have links on hand to more questions like these, you might want to add them to your question here. Then all of us (who want to) can look at and (where appropriate) vote to close them, as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/close/210585&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/review/close/210585&lt;/a&gt; seems wrong, but is perhaps understandable.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There, the first duplicate close vote came a few hours before the &lt;em&gt;Edit&lt;/em&gt; review that dropped it from the queue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;If&lt;/em&gt; the editor agreed it should have been closed, they should have gone to the post (through the post link) and edited there instead.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;If&lt;/em&gt; the editor thought the edit, by making the code more readable, clarified that it actually wasn't a duplicate of the proposed question, then they were using the system correctly. However, it would have been much more helpful to add a comment in this situation. In any case, it really does seem to be a duplicate.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/close/210495&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/review/close/210495&lt;/a&gt; is an excellent illustration of your point.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here, the edit helped slightly in clarifying that the post &lt;em&gt;should be closed&lt;/em&gt;, so it was quite incorrect for it to have been applied as an &lt;em&gt;Edit&lt;/em&gt; review. Furthermore, the original close votes came many hours before the edit. The editor does not appear to have disagreed with the question's closure. Dropping the post from the close queue was probably unintended by the editor.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/close/210502&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/review/close/210502&lt;/a&gt; was actually correct.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You said the edit to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/407178/iso-to-img-permission-denied&quot;&gt;.iso to .img permission denied&lt;/a&gt; doesn't modify anything relevant to the question. But actually, it did.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a question about a problem creating an Ubuntu live USB that will boot on a Mac. The question &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/revisions/407178/1&quot;&gt;did not originally specify&lt;/a&gt; what instructions were being followed, which made it unclear. The OP then &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/revisions/407178/2&quot;&gt;expanded the question&lt;/a&gt; to include this information. That rendered the close vote obsolete (if it came before) or wrong (if it came after). At this point:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Any&lt;/em&gt; further edit was &lt;em&gt;correct&lt;/em&gt; to apply with the &lt;em&gt;Edit&lt;/em&gt; button in the queue, because it was manifestly clear the post should no longer be closed. And the reason it should no longer be closed was that it was fixed by editing, so the &quot;edit reason&quot; even applied.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I understand that might possibly be controversial. (I even included this sort of situation in parentheses in my list above and presented it a less authoritative tone, in recognition that someone might possibly disagree with it.) Fortunately, there is another related reason:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/revisions/407178/3&quot;&gt;The edit you say didn't modify anything relevant&lt;/a&gt; improved the display of the link whose presence was the reason the post was &lt;em&gt;no longer unclear&lt;/em&gt;. The post was thus then even more clear. Furthermore, by adding the title of the linked post, the edit clarified that the problem was occurring when trying to create Ubuntu installation media. (All the &lt;code&gt;%20&lt;/code&gt;s in the URL itself probably made this considerably less obvious before.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In other words, this edit was a direct extension of the previous edit, which brought the post even closer toward the goal of the previous edit. And the previous edit was what made the post no longer unclear and no longer a good candidate for closure as unclear.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/close/206035&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/review/close/206035&lt;/a&gt; wasn't as bad as it sounds from your description.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Presumably, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/401436/why-am-i-unable-to-login-in-a-terminal-window&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/401436/why-am-i-unable-to-login-in-a-terminal-window&lt;/a&gt; had an &quot;unclear&quot; close vote, putting it in the queue. Assuming that is the case, I believe this is what happened next:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;For that post, the &lt;em&gt;unclear&lt;/em&gt; close reason was wrong. It was a bit unclear, but not in a way that couldn't be fixed &lt;em&gt;by editing&lt;/em&gt;. Closure for this reason was not correct.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;So the reviewer &lt;strong&gt;did the right thing&lt;/strong&gt; and edited it. This dropped it from the queue, which is the way the system is supposed to work.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;For the &lt;em&gt;entirely unrelated&lt;/em&gt; reason that this question has been asked and answered elsewhere--a matter further clarified by the edit--the editor noticed that it was a duplicate, and voted to close it as such. This put it back in the queue.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would it have been better if the reviewer who edited had immediately recognized that it was a duplicate in the first place? Sure, but we don't all immediately know about every question that's ever been asked or answered on the site. It appears no one had suggested it was a duplicate, yet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So in the case of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/close/206035&quot;&gt;that fourth review&lt;/a&gt;, it seems:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The reviewer used the system as it is meant to be used.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The post was out of the review queue... for a few seconds before it went back in.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course the post may then later have fallen out of the review queue due to insufficient votes. Or several &lt;em&gt;Leave Open&lt;/em&gt; votes. Since the original &lt;em&gt;unclear&lt;/em&gt; close reason wasn't applicable at all to the question, any reviewer who saw the question &lt;em&gt;before&lt;/em&gt; the correct duplicate vote and &lt;em&gt;didn't&lt;/em&gt; know it was a duplicate would/should have clicked &lt;em&gt;Leave Open&lt;/em&gt;. (I'm not sure if posts with multiple previous &lt;em&gt;Leave Open&lt;/em&gt; votes &lt;em&gt;re&lt;/em&gt;-enter the close queue with just one &lt;em&gt;Close&lt;/em&gt; vote.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2017-01-08T05:15:07.243" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8121" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8122" CreationDate="2014-01-20T05:47:53.137" Score="0" ViewCount="59" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is there a policy to modify the answer of an OP, when he obviously picked the wrong answer. Or will the correct answer get to the top when it gets enough votes? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3448" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Modify correct answer when OP was wrong" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8122" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8121" CreationDate="2014-01-20T06:40:00.420" Score="3" Body="&lt;h3&gt;No, there is not.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Only the OP may change the accepted answer because the &amp;quot;accepted answer&amp;quot; is defined as the &lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;answer which worked for the OP&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the accepted answer is wrong or incorrect, voting will determine it's actual credibility. There are many cases in which an unaccepted answer has higher votes than the accepted one, which is perfectly fine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;References:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/120569/232872&quot;&gt;Is it possible to change the chosen answer? - Meta.SO&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/accepted-answer&quot;&gt;What does it mean when an answer is &amp;quot;accepted&amp;quot;? - Help Center&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="176889" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-01-20T06:40:00.420" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8123" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-01-20T15:33:00.283" Score="19" ViewCount="530" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's clear to see how Ubuntu users arrive at the site. It's hard to Google for specific problem with &quot;Ubuntu&quot; in the query and not end up here. We're part of the documentation and we're featured (Ask!) on the Ubuntu bar that adorns most Ubuntu sites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But how are Mint users landing here?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is there Mint documentation that recommends us to Mint users?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Are we coming up as the result for searches that include &quot;Mint&quot; in the query?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One way that we have no control over is Mint users recommending us (through their searches). We feature on &lt;a href=&quot;http://forums.linuxmint.com/search.php?keywords=askubuntu&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;over a thousand posts on the Mint Forums&lt;/a&gt; and that's great.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But if there are other methods people are getting into the site (as above), we might be able to fix them. If we have pages that are stuffed with Mint-based keywords, we might be able to skew it to a bit more of an Ubuntu audience.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Similarly, if there's Mint documentation that's directly recommending us as a place to get their problems fixed, we should be able to politely request that changed to a better venue like [Unix.se].&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd also like to hear from actual Mint users if they've ended up here. They might be able to help identify other routes into the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2014-01-20T16:30:30.930" LastActivityDate="2014-10-27T22:31:15.307" Title="How do Mint users end up here?" Tags="|discussion|community|searching|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8124" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8123" CreationDate="2014-01-20T16:48:48.617" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;I believe it comes straight from &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.linuxmint.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.linuxmint.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.linuxmint.com/oldreleases.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.linuxmint.com/oldreleases.php&lt;/a&gt; It lists Ubuntu names directly corresponding to Mint releases.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/8fi4c.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Page 6 of their &quot;User Guide&quot; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.linuxmint.com/documentation/user-guide/english_15.0.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.linuxmint.com/documentation/user-guide/english_15.0.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Linux Mint uses Ubuntu repositories (more on what this means later) and is fully &#xA;  compatible with it so most of the resources, articles, tutorials, and software made for &#xA;  Ubuntu also work for Linux Mint. If you can’t find help on a specific subject, make sure &#xA;  to search on the same subject for Ubuntu. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Telling users to &lt;strong&gt;search on the same subject for Ubuntu&lt;/strong&gt;...&lt;br&gt;&#xA;And &lt;strong&gt;software made for Ubuntu also work for Linux Mint&lt;/strong&gt;...&lt;br&gt;&#xA;also states: &quot;fully compatible with it&quot; a statement we have found many times &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; to be true.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even on release notes on fixing UEFI Ubuntu is referenced:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.linuxmint.com/rel_petra_mate.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.linuxmint.com/rel_petra_mate.php&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Other issues&#xA;  Linux Mint 16 is based on Ubuntu 13.10. Make sure to read the Ubuntu release notes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All this I believe falls directly in this &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.canonical.com/intellectual-property-rights-policy&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;statment&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(ii) any attempt to unfairly or confusingly capitalise on the goodwill&#xA;  of Canonical or Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So most people assume wrongly by association the we are basically the same, That the title suggesting they are simply a &quot;flavor&quot; i.e. the same brand of ice cream that just looks and tastes different...&lt;br&gt;&#xA;some users still refer to Ubuntu as &quot;vanilla&quot;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Intresting article ran into recently:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.itworld.com/open-source/387035/will-canonical-force-linux-mint-license-ubuntu-binary-packages&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.itworld.com/open-source/387035/will-canonical-force-linux-mint-license-ubuntu-binary-packages&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastEditorUserId="47291" LastEditDate="2014-01-21T19:13:18.290" LastActivityDate="2014-01-21T19:13:18.290" CommentCount="12" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8125" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8123" CreationDate="2014-01-20T18:23:16.777" Score="22" Body="&lt;p&gt;Two kind of Mint's users end up here: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Those who know that Mint is based on Ubuntu. Mint is more close to Ubuntu than Ubuntu is close to Debian. (&lt;em&gt;Eliah Kagan has already pointed this out in a comment under the other answer.&lt;/em&gt;) That is why they frequently state in their questions that &lt;em&gt;&quot;I'm using Mint XXX which is based on Ubuntu XXX&quot;&lt;/em&gt;. And that is &lt;strong&gt;TRUE&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;And those who google for an error message and google sends them here. (This is how Ubuntu users also end up on e.g. Arch linux forums.) &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So a Mint user who ends up here knows that the users of this site are very likely able to answer his problem. So he asks it, because he has a problem and wants to solve it ASAP. They just don't read the help pages to get that Mint is off-topic here. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And there are those Mint users who do read the help pages, get the idea that Mint is off-topic, so they simply not mention that they are using Mint because this way they could get help here. And I have no problem with the latter behaviour as long as their problem doesn't come from a Mint specific thing. Good questions with good answers coming from any kind of user adds to the common knowledge and makes the site better.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And I'm sure we have also Mint users who don't ask but answer questions here. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="221281" LastActivityDate="2014-01-20T18:23:16.777" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8127" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8128" CreationDate="2014-01-20T19:11:12.287" Score="0" ViewCount="67" Body="&lt;p&gt;In essence, chat should have a &lt;code&gt;/me &amp;lt;string&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; command.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How it works:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;User pacificfils types &lt;code&gt;/me goes to get coffee&lt;/code&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Chat prints:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;pacificfils&lt;/strong&gt; goes to get coffee&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This would add a nice, simple, and fun feature to the chat that we already have.&#xA;@Mateo, I am referring to how IRC does it:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;[11:59] &amp;lt;@pacificifls&amp;gt; This is a test&#xA;[12:00] * pacificifls does a test&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So in AskUbuntu Chat, the name and message would all be where just the message is. There would be no icon.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastEditorUserId="208574" LastEditDate="2014-01-20T20:03:15.107" LastActivityDate="2014-01-20T20:03:15.107" Title="`/me` command in chat" Tags="|feature-request|chat|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8128" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8127" CreationDate="2014-01-20T19:37:11.187" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You already have you name associated with your post, double posting you name looks strange&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/7at2w.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So &quot;Mateo &lt;strong&gt;Mateo&lt;/strong&gt; goes to get coffee&quot; ~&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just use italics to suggest you are performing an action.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastActivityDate="2014-01-20T19:37:11.187" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8129" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8123" CreationDate="2014-01-20T21:47:24.590" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's my opinion that it's mostly related to the quality of the site.  I can't tell you how many problems you can Google for and your first ten options for answers are on the stack network.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;In my experience:&lt;/strong&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Specific Debian derived error messages mostly point here.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Really intelligently configured Google queries, about configuration issues, tend to end up here or at the arch-wiki.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Just a personal note:&lt;/strong&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The second subset of people that know it's a fork/derivative, should, probably, also understand without asking that there are very significant differences between an upstream distro and a forked distro.  They just seem to ask anyway...  Specifically when the entire GUI system is lopped off and replaced (like the Mint -&gt; Ubuntu with Unity -&gt; Debian with Gnome 3/KDE/some lightweight window manager).  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastEditorUserId="5768" LastEditDate="2014-01-21T11:13:13.237" LastActivityDate="2014-01-21T11:13:13.237" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8130" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-01-20T23:10:08.103" Score="21" ViewCount="529" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since 12.10 is non-LTS and 13.04 is non-LTS and 13.04 will be end-of-life in a week, it might seem like 12.10 must have been end-of-life a long time ago. &lt;strong&gt;But that is not the case.&lt;/strong&gt; 12.10 is supported through April 2014.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Releases page.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2012-October/000164.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;12.10 release announcement with support information.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We have &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/407527/why-is-my-wireless-keyboard-logictech-v-r0002-always-functional-at-the-grub-me&quot;&gt;at least one closed 12.10 question&lt;/a&gt; where two close-voters voted to close with the EOL close reason. The question &lt;em&gt;also&lt;/em&gt; appears to be an attempt to report a bug and I am &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; asking for it to be reopened.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, this has alerted me to the need--equal to &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/8024/eol-notice-raring-13-04-will-be-end-of-life-on-january-27-2014&quot;&gt;the need to remind people about how 13.04 is about to be EOL&lt;/a&gt;--to remind the community that &lt;strong&gt;12.10 will not be EOL for another several months&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(That one question is not my only source of information about people thinking 12.10 is already unsupported. I've heard this misconception expressed &lt;em&gt;many&lt;/em&gt; times within the Ubuntu community.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyone who sees a question that is closed, but &lt;em&gt;would not have been closed&lt;/em&gt; if its close-voters knew 12.10 remains supported, should vote to reopen it. (The example I gave is almost certainly &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; such a question, of course.) If it turns out we have many of these, it would be appropriate to compile a list in a CW answer here. But my hope is that we do not and that, by issuing this reminder, I've helped prevent there ever being many.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why is 12.10 supported so long and 13.04 supported so short? This is because of a recent policy change decreasing the length of time non-LTS releases are supported. The change occurred after 12.10 was released and does &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; apply retroactively. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2013/03/ubuntu-to-halve-support-window-for-regular-releases&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;This article&lt;/a&gt; has more information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Trusty--which we do not &lt;em&gt;yet&lt;/em&gt; support as it's in development--is &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TrustyTahr/ReleaseSchedule&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;to be released&lt;/a&gt; the same month that Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal goes EOL. So here's one way of remembering whether or not 12.10 is EOL: If a question about a problem in 12.10 is posted on the same day as a question about a problem in 14.04 LTS, and you'd vote to close the 14.04 question as being about Ubuntu+1, that most likely means the 14.04 question was posted too soon to (ever) be closed for being about 12.10.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More generally, &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the releases wiki page&lt;/a&gt; is always available to be consulted, whenever there's any question about whether or not a release is currently supported.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2014-01-20T23:56:27.077" Title="Non-EOL Notice: Quantal (12.10) remains supported through April 2014" Tags="|discussion|scope|end-of-life|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8132" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="331" CreationDate="2014-01-21T06:30:10.763" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I also search on SuperUser, and Unix/Linux. If it is a work computer, ServerFault is an appropriate choice. And sadly, Ubuntu has gotten strange enough that I've gone to Debian (and/or Linux Mint LMDE) as they feel more like Ubuntu was to me 5 years ago.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="68389" LastActivityDate="2014-01-21T06:30:10.763" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8133" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8138" CreationDate="2014-01-21T09:13:29.710" Score="2" ViewCount="82" Body="&lt;p&gt;The current Software Center download button is something like this, promoted &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/548/176889&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://hostmar.co/software-banner&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://hostmar.co/software-banner&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;sub&gt;(This seems to be newer in style and colouring, with regards to the Ubuntu theme.)&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;however, a different button seems to be in use, seen on &lt;a href=&quot;http://apps.ubuntu.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://apps.ubuntu.com&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://apps.ubuntu.com/assets/images/scbutton-free-200px.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which button should be used?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Is one preferred over the other (and why)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Example:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/408609/176889&quot;&gt;This answer&lt;/a&gt; used the apps.ubuntu.com icon, whereas almost every other answer used the first button shown above. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="176889" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2014-08-01T14:10:08.800" Title="Which Software Center install button should we use?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8134" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8133" CreationDate="2014-01-21T09:27:08.850" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The red one! It is brighter and seems more polished. And another META about this has the red one: &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/548/how-to-post-links-that-integrate-with-the-software-center&quot;&gt;How to post links that integrate with the Software Center?&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But these seem to have 2 meanings. How I see them: the 1st one could automatically start the download. The 2nd one implies you go to another website and then have to download what is to be downloaded. So it might be worth it to use both based on how you want to like to the download.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastActivityDate="2014-01-21T09:27:08.850" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8135" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8137" CreationDate="2014-01-21T10:36:07.140" Score="0" ViewCount="81" Body="&lt;p&gt;Somehow I am stuck with &quot;reputations&quot; in &lt;a href=&quot;http://askubuntu.com&quot;&gt;askubuntu&lt;/a&gt;.&#xA;Can't answer a question due to the lack of &quot;reputation&quot;, neither put a comment, due to the lack of &quot;reputation&quot; and, - therefore, - won't gain any &quot;reputation&quot;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How to solve this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="156568" OwnerDisplayName="mcantsin" LastActivityDate="2014-01-21T10:46:41.673" Title="Stuck with reputations" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8136" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8135" CreationDate="2014-01-21T10:44:29.847" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tour&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/tour&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It will explain it all. Specifically:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/zzBf9.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2014-01-21T10:44:29.847" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8137" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8135" CreationDate="2014-01-21T10:46:41.673" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;You &lt;em&gt;had&lt;/em&gt; been temporarily and automatically blocked from answering due to a number of your posts picking up flags (I suspect you know the ones I'm talking about) and then being deleted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The auto-block is there to stop people running around the site posting rubbish in the deepest nooks and crannies. It's not the most intelligent thing in the world but it's there for a good reason.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The block is now gone but I'd suggest you spent a little more time making your answers the best they could possibly be &lt;em&gt;before&lt;/em&gt; you post them on the sites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are also other ways of earning reputation. Improving existing posts (improving formatting, improving the language, etc) is a good earner for people still learning Ubuntu. It's also a good way to learn things. But make sure you read the documentation on this before you head off and start editing things as if too many of your edits get rejected, you'll be blocked from that too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2014-01-21T10:46:41.673" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8138" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8133" CreationDate="2014-01-21T13:13:27.937" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Simply, &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/395/449&quot;&gt;the one that uses the accepted short-link&lt;/a&gt;. That post links to the images through the &lt;code&gt;hostmar.co&lt;/code&gt; domain (which is run by Marco). &lt;strong&gt;We need to keep doing that.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The reason this is so important is that if the images die/change in the future, Marco can just sneeze on the server and BOOM, updated URL all over the entire site without needing to beg SE to find-and-replace through their database.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you see somebody using a different image, replace it and cite this post (or that post, or both).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2014-01-21T13:13:27.937" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8139" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8140" CreationDate="2014-01-21T18:19:58.137" Score="3" ViewCount="211" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is it possible to uploads screen-shots from my laptop to this AskUbuntu forum? I need to do it in order to link my answer to it. I searched for the process in &lt;strong&gt;formatting help&lt;/strong&gt;, but found none.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235854" OwnerDisplayName="ubuntu_noob" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-01-21T18:51:43.997" LastActivityDate="2017-02-13T00:56:47.987" Title="uploading screenshots" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ClosedDate="2017-02-13T18:31:27.350" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8140" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8139" CreationDate="2014-01-21T20:58:27.580" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can add a screenshot by clicking the &lt;code&gt;img&lt;/code&gt; button or pressing &lt;kbd&gt;Ctrl&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;G&lt;/kbd&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/CfJnq.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/CfJnq.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It will then allow you to select an icon from your computer or another webpage.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, don't worry about not having enough reputation to post images, just use the above method and put a &lt;a href=&quot;http://example.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;link&lt;/a&gt; to the image. Someone else will edit it it in for you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="176889" LastEditorUserId="158442" LastEditDate="2017-02-13T00:56:47.987" LastActivityDate="2017-02-13T00:56:47.987" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8141" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8142" CreationDate="2014-01-21T22:18:14.583" Score="3" ViewCount="185" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm currently on Xubuntu and I'm so happy with it, but I want to try Elementary OS, I do know that if I ask something about Elementary OS my question will be closed. I'm well aware of that. Elementary OS is not Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But if I ask something related to the kernel, like &quot;What driver do I need to connect Broadcom&quot; or &quot;How to uninstall software manager?&quot; or &quot;issues with the sound drivers etc&quot; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And if I do mention that I am on 13.04 which is a kernel version, will my question be closed? After all, those questions have to deal with Ubuntu kernel regardless of the distro being used.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The thing is, I would like to try Elementary OS, but I do want to still be able to participate in this community. I used manjaro, crunchbang, mint, fuduntu and many more. I dumped them all and went for xubuntu, not because I like it. I hate that heavy beast, but because I wanted to get help when I need it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unix.stackoverflow is great and I do go there from time to time, but it's not as active as here. Superuser is superb, I love it, but it's more Windows oriented. Elementary OS forums are young, not so active. Therefore, I want to make sure that I can still come here and be active before going for Elementary OS Luna.    &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="23239" LastEditorUserId="23239" LastEditDate="2014-01-21T22:53:24.263" LastActivityDate="2014-01-21T23:04:49.693" Title="Are questions about elementary OS off topic even if it's about the kernel?" Tags="|discussion|asking-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8142" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8141" CreationDate="2014-01-21T22:31:24.983" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;For that exist &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Unix &amp;amp; Linux&lt;/a&gt;, that is the correct place to ask about Linux not Ubuntu. Here we have a very scoped scope, Ubuntu. If you have a question about anything else that is not Ubuntu or &lt;strong&gt;official derivatives&lt;/strong&gt; there's &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Unix &amp;amp; Linux&lt;/a&gt; for Linux specific problems and &lt;a href=&quot;https://superuser.com/&quot;&gt;Super User&lt;/a&gt; for everything else D:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:37:19.280" LastActivityDate="2014-01-21T23:04:49.693" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8144" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-01-23T06:28:00.850" Score="3" ViewCount="52" Body="&lt;p&gt;I found a user I believe to be a terrific resource. Naturally, I wanted to follow him on his answers, questions and contributions. After thumbing around his profile, I discovered the hard way that this service was discontinued by being directed &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.google.com/reader/about/#stream/feed/https://askubuntu.com/feeds/user/3940&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a way we can provide a new user feed service?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225813" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2014-01-23T06:35:42.443" Title="user feed, a relic of a discontinued service" Tags="|feature-request|feeds|user-communication|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8145" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8144" CreationDate="2014-01-23T06:35:42.443" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;The user feed itself still exists, the feed reader you were using (Google Reader) was discontinued, however.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Get a new Atom feed reader and subscribe to this feed: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/feeds/user/3940&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/feeds/user/3940&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should be able to find a few replacements on Google: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.google.com.au/search?q=google+reader+replacement&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;google reader replacement - Google Search&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Reference:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://googleblog.blogspot.com.au/2013/03/a-second-spring-of-cleaning.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://googleblog.blogspot.com.au/2013/03/a-second-spring-of-cleaning.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="176889" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2014-01-23T06:35:42.443" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8146" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-01-23T17:07:40.900" Score="2" ViewCount="100" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;Help Center&lt;/a&gt; for Ask Ubuntu says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;We welcome questions about:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Services provided by Ubuntu&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What does &quot;services provided by Ubuntu&quot; mean?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is that meant to be &quot;services provided by  Canonical Ltd.&quot; instead?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;If not, aren't questions about &lt;em&gt;Ubuntu One&lt;/em&gt; (and other Canonical services) on other OSs off topic here in AU?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="212123" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2014-01-23T21:28:44.673" Title="What are &quot;services provided by Ubuntu&quot;?" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8147" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8146" CreationDate="2014-01-23T17:12:46.897" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ubuntu One is a good example. It isn't so much Ubuntu, but is something that is in part supported here (by Canonical), even its Windows client.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2014-01-23T17:12:46.897" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8148" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8133" CreationDate="2014-01-23T18:21:05.050" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The second one (personal openion)! That seems a bit darker but more close to the Ubuntu orange (as specified in Ubuntu's Brand Assets). While the other one is far from this (but seems that's what recommended by Jono Bacon, Ubuntu Community Manager, in his &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.jonobacon.org/2012/06/06/download-for-ubuntu-button-campaign/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;website&lt;/a&gt; as linked by Oli in his post) and looks somewhat a blend of the community-feel Ubuntu Orange and commercial-indicating Canonical Aubergine, and may be that's the intention - cover both community and commercial software packages with that shade ?!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;1: Ubuntu Orange - Canonical Aubergine blend:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/91jQk.png&quot; alt=&quot;snap1&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2: The colour palette:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://design.ubuntu.com/brand/colour-palette&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://design.ubuntu.com/wp-content/uploads/ubuntu-colour-tints.png&quot; alt=&quot;snap2&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;em&gt;(&lt;a href=&quot;http://design.ubuntu.com/brand/colour-palette&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;source: pic 2&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Button1&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;http://hostmar.co/software-banner&quot; alt=&quot;pic1&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Button2&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/5JxmX.png&quot; alt=&quot;pic2&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some &lt;a href=&quot;https://design.ubuntu.com/brand/ubuntu-logo&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;guidelines&lt;/a&gt; for correct use of Ubuntu logo; you must not…&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Change the spacing between the individual elements or characters&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Change the colour of the wordmark&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Change the colour of the Circle of Friends&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Change the arrangement of the elements&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Place the logo at an angle other than horizontal or vertical&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Change the proportion of the logo&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Place the logo on a non brand colour&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some easily noticed features in the compared buttons:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ubuntu Orange? Or Orange? [Button1 - ???; Button2 + orange blends]&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://design.ubuntu.com/downloads?metadata=element-logo%20brand-ubuntu&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Colour of Circle of Friends&lt;/a&gt;? [Button1 - ???; Button2 + white]&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Roundel? It's colour? [Button1 + white; Button2 - ???]&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Looks good? [Button1 + Y; Button2 - ?]&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;Something probably needs an update..&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="212123" LastEditorUserId="212123" LastEditDate="2014-08-01T14:10:08.800" LastActivityDate="2014-08-01T14:10:08.800" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8149" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-01-24T08:52:32.490" Score="0" ViewCount="37" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just came across this old question about Spotify: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/62881/cannot-get-spotify-to-run/62888#comment527483_62888&quot;&gt;Cannot get Spotify to run&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Back in 2011, we needed Premium accounts to use the Linux-version. That's no longer the case. So, what do we do with these? It's obviously not a good thing if we have lots of wrong answers. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19779" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2014-01-24T08:52:32.490" Title="Old questions that are now irrelevant or even completely wrong?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8150" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-01-24T09:11:15.480" Score="1" ViewCount="52" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is it better to delete the questions that are old and with no answers which belong to end life releases? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150504" LastActivityDate="2014-01-24T09:11:15.480" Title="Discussion about deleting old unanswered questions of end life releases" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8151" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-01-24T09:07:52.993" Score="1" ViewCount="148" Body="&lt;p&gt;@fossfreedom: I have replied in this topic:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/368258/ubuntu-installation-help-for-an-ibm-r31-thinkpad/409752#409752&quot;&gt;How to install Ubuntu on a IBM R31 Thinkpad&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I thought I posted valuable, additional information to a reply from Steeldriver.&#xA;However, my post/reply was deleted. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it was because it looked like hyjacking someone else's post, I apologize for that. This was not what I meant to do. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I posted my message because I think it contains more information which may help to solve the Original question from David Taylor.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Steeldriver wrote about the boot options on a similar thinkpad x30, which has boot from usb support, the thinkpad r31 seems to have fewer options in the bios / boot menu)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I believe my post was deleted for the wrong reasons and my post was intended to help to solve the Original issue (which I am having too)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="239093" OwnerDisplayName="DutchArjo" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2014-01-24T10:20:10.863" Title="Why was my reply deleted?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8152" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8151" CreationDate="2014-01-24T10:20:10.863" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;For this case, your answer was really a question.  This is why it was deleted - and indeed, I posted a link pointing you in that direction.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Whilst your question may have a bearing on the original posters (OP) question - in these situations, it is best to create your own question that you can actively own.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The community themselves will decide if your question is different enough to warrant duplication against the original.  One way to guard against closure is to state that the answers in the linked question have not helped.  Provide details within your question of what you have tried, errors seen etc for each of the answers you've tried.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can maintain your own question by editing whenever comments are made seeking further clarification.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That is how this site works best - creating your own question and editing it until you have an answer you like, can accept - and upvote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14356" LastActivityDate="2014-01-24T10:20:10.863" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8153" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-01-24T12:19:30.483" Score="-1" ViewCount="62" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to add bounty to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/401521/qmy-approach-for-replacing-current-ubuntu-13-04-with-ubuntu-13-10&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; Q but I don't find an option for the same in the Q. How to do that please?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I also checked &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/bounty&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/help/bounty&lt;/a&gt;&quot; but couldn't get a reason (Have I overlooked on this help page?).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="220682" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2014-01-24T12:26:39.720" Title="How to add bounty for a question?" Tags="|support|bounty|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8154" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8153" CreationDate="2014-01-24T12:26:39.720" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/set-bounties&quot;&gt;You need 75 reputation to start bounties&lt;/a&gt;. That's the problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2014-01-24T12:26:39.720" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8155" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="754" CreationDate="2014-01-24T14:14:42.493" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;This has been fixed with the badge page redesign&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="146516" LastActivityDate="2014-01-24T14:14:42.493" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8156" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-01-24T16:08:25.960" Score="3" ViewCount="77" Body="&lt;p&gt;I saw a user's Stack Overflow profile page and found an additional feature in it:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/6lk0x.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;top 0.95% overall&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I click on the &lt;em&gt;top 0.95% overall&lt;/em&gt; link, it redirects me to another page which shows the corresponding user's all time rank and all time reputation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But when I see my Ask Ubuntu profile page, there was no such feature like the above. I also took a look at our mods' pages but it was still not there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;My question:&lt;/strong&gt; Why is feature not enabled on Ask Ubuntu? What does the link actually refer to?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202806" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-01-25T02:40:28.757" Title="Unimplemented feature in Ask Ubuntu" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8158" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8156" CreationDate="2014-01-24T22:26:13.427" Score="2" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Why is feature not enabled on Ask Ubuntu?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's not enabled on &lt;em&gt;any&lt;/em&gt; sites other than Stack Overflow, we're not missing out on much. It's likely only enabled on SO as that is the 'main' site. It's not a very important feature anyways..&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;What does the link actually refer to?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That link just took you to the Reputation Leagues.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can access it by going to &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/leagues/31/month/askubuntu/&quot;&gt;this page&lt;/a&gt;, or clicking the &lt;strong&gt;weekly / monthly / quarterly reputation leagues&lt;/strong&gt; link at the bottom of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users?tab=reputation&quot;&gt;Users page's Reputation tab&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Click the link at the bottom:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/TGX5g.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;... it takes you to this page:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/uNKSA.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="176889" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-01-25T02:40:28.757" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8159" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-01-25T02:19:52.003" Score="8" ViewCount="366" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are quite a few tags on Ask Ubuntu that are basically fall into one of the following categories;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;meta tags&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Tags that describe the problem and are largely pointless (since the question describes the problem).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/lid&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;lid&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;lid&lt;/a&gt; being used to describe closing a laptop.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;descriptive tags&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Tags that mean different things from application to application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/offline&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;offline&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;offline&lt;/a&gt; being used to describe using an application offline, backups, and upgrading.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;feature tags&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Tags that mean roughly the same thing from application to application, but are otherwise never really going to be used to filter questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/interface&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;interface&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;interface&lt;/a&gt; being used to describe both network interfaces and user interfaces.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;the proposal for cleanup&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since the primary use for tags is to be able to differentiate between questions and filter your favourite questions, tags that fall into any of the above categories are better off being burned.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As is the correct process for a post like this, post each tag or group of related tags in individual answers to this question so that they can be voted on accordingly, once enough votes have been reached for a particular tag or group of related tags, they will be burned.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;rules of participation&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Wait until a suggestion below has reached around 10 upvotes*&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Please, fix as many issues you see in the post. If a post needs a new tag, drop by chat so we can create it. If the current tags are no relevant remove them.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If the post should be closed, please flag/vote to close.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Try to answer the post if it's answerable.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Behave as if you are doing a critical revision of the value of the question.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Most of the worse tags band together, take note of other possible bad tags while you are cleaning.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;* this may adjust depending on how many people participate in voting during the nomination phase&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is &lt;strong&gt;very&lt;/strong&gt; time consuming. Be sure to be relaxed and try only 5 questions a day, the collective of all users should be enough to do most of actions within a day of labor.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;a plea for sanity&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;As your suggestion is burninated or fixed, it would be good if you'd remove the answer associated with the tag cleanup that was actioned to keep this post nice and clean and obvious what work is outstanding for the people who're voting. Update the list below to indicate which tags have been burned.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;completed tags&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Tags burned: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/access&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;access&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;access&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/adaptor&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;adaptor&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;adaptor&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/import&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;import&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;import&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/export&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;export&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;export&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Tags cleaned: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/example-tag-1&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;example-tag-1&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;example-tag-1&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/example-tag-2&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;example-tag-2&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;example-tag-2&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/example-tag-3&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;example-tag-3&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;example-tag-3&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/example-tag-4&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;example-tag-4&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;example-tag-4&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="196255" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-06-17T16:36:38.180" Title="Cleanup 2014: A tale of tags" Tags="|discussion|tags|cleanup|" AnswerCount="23" CommentCount="12" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8160" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8159" CreationDate="2014-01-25T02:21:34.637" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;Tag: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/lid&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;lid&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;lid&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Action: remove completely&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why: Any questions raised regarding the lid of a laptop will reference closing or opening the lid in the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No tag wiki, a single follower.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The last 3 questions asked still unanswered. 36% of all questions are unanswered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No answerer or asker has more than 1 post with this tag, except ixz.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Related Tags&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;suspend × 28              laptop × 18          12.04 × 11             &#xA;power-management × 9      13.10 × 7            12.10 × 6             &#xA;shutdown × 6              11.10 × 4            standby × 4             &#xA;battery × 4               samsung × 4          cinnamon × 3             &#xA;monitor × 3               thinkpad × 3         lubuntu × 3             &#xA;xubuntu × 2               10.10 × 2            drivers × 2             &#xA;nvidia × 2                freeze × 2           screen × 2             &#xA;gnome-power-manager × 2   acpi × 2             hibernate × 2             &#xA;multiple-monitors&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The usual suspect in the first place. This tag is highly related with suspend and laptop. Power management comes in 3rd place which this tag should be replaced with. There's also possibly buggy tags like freeze and several version specific ones.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="196255" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-01-25T04:15:37.227" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8161" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8159" CreationDate="2014-01-25T02:23:33.253" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Tag: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/offline&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;offline&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;offline&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Action: remove completely&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why: this tag's meaning is inconsistent depending on the question it has been used on so should either be completely removed (and the information portrayed in the question being asked) or rescoped to a particular purpose.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="196255" LastActivityDate="2014-01-25T02:23:33.253" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8162" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8159" CreationDate="2014-01-25T02:24:52.650" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Tag: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/interface&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;interface&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;interface&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Action: remove completely&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why: this tag's meaning is inconsistent depending on the question it has been used on so should either be completely removed (and the information portrayed in the question being asked) or rescoped to a particular purpose.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="196255" LastActivityDate="2014-01-25T02:24:52.650" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8164" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8159" CreationDate="2014-01-25T02:28:11.913" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Tag: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/restore&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;restore&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;restore&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Action: remove completely&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why: this tag describes an action and wouldn't really ever be used as a filter. It's tagged against a large number of questions from various different subjects including features in applications and performing backups.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="196255" LastActivityDate="2014-01-25T02:28:11.913" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8166" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8159" CreationDate="2014-01-25T02:33:09.043" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Tag: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/effects&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;effects&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;effects&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Action: remove tag&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why: this tag is currently in use in all instances where &quot;effects&quot; would apply, including compiz effects, issues caused by graphics drivers, drop shadows, transparency issues, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Doesn't have tag wiki.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Top users: No user has more than 2 questions/answers with positive points on this tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of all the 72 questions 12.5% is unanswered. The tag has 0 followers. Last question with this tag is still unanswered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Related tags&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;compiz × 25          11.10 × 12                    gnome × 11&#xA;nvidia × 8           unity × 7                     11.04 × 6&#xA;12.04 × 5            graphics × 5                  drivers × 5&#xA;vmware × 4           video × 4                     3d × 4&#xA;13.04 × 4            webcam × 3                    compositing × 3&#xA;10.10 × 3            software-recommendation × 3   kde × 3&#xA;appearance × 3       ati × 3                       window × 3&#xA;kubuntu × 3          windows × 2                   kwin × 2&#xA;show-desktop × 2&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most questions are related to compiz. Later is plagged of version specific tags and a mix of kde, video, virtual machines, and windowing stuff. Can't be seen a real connection between all these tags.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="196255" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-01-25T03:42:47.863" LastActivityDate="2014-01-25T03:42:47.863" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8168" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8159" CreationDate="2014-01-25T02:35:06.443" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Tag: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/download-speed&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;download-speed&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;download-speed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Action: merge into  &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/networking&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;networking&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;networking&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/network-monitoring&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;network-monitoring&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;network-monitoring&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why: not a tag that's ever going to get used for filtering questions, would probably be better suited tagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/networking&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;networking&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;networking&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/network-monitoring&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;network-monitoring&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;network-monitoring&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Doesn't have tag wiki.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The last two questions asked one is still unanswered. 33% of all questions are unanswered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most users has only 1 answer with this tag, the one with more answers with the tag has only 3 and only have 5 points.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Related Tags&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;networking × 9         internet × 8     wireless × 8          &#xA;downloads × 7          11.10 × 5        download-manager × 4          &#xA;12.04 × 4              12.10 × 3        updates × 3          &#xA;drivers × 3            wget × 2         broadband × 2          &#xA;bittorrent × 2         11.04 × 2        connection × 2          &#xA;repository             synaptic         apt-fast           &#xA;downloaders            axel             server           &#xA;settings               apt              firefox           &#xA;ubuntu-one&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Bad tags band together. The second most related tag is already in the list. There isn't a good cohesion of all the tags. The version specific tags doesn't play any role when downloading stuff, since most depends of the network bandwidth and protocol implementation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="196255" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-01-25T04:06:06.157" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8169" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8159" CreationDate="2014-01-25T02:36:27.523" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Tag: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/internet&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;internet&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;internet&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Action: remove.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why: Too general, people that can't access to internet, trying to download from internet, firefox doesn't have internet, my wifi doesn't work ergo I don't have internet...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Tag wiki suggest the use of other tags:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions about connecting to the Internet. &lt;strong&gt;&amp;quot;wireless&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;networking&amp;quot; might be better tags, depending on the question.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the last 7 days there were asked 14 questions with this tag, 70% still unanswered. Last 30 days, 54 questions 75% unanswered. All the time 1103 questions and 55% unanswered. &lt;strong&gt;Nobody is taking care of this tag.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Top users: In the last 30 days only 7 users answered questions about this tag with a median of 1.1 answers per user. All the time the user with more answers Oli had 9 answers, but the user with most points only answered 1 question. The second, answered 9 questions, with an incredible popular title and 33% of all the points for just one answer. &lt;strong&gt;Obviously nobody follow this tag to answer questions,&lt;/strong&gt; even though the tag says &amp;quot;12 followers&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Related Tags&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;- networking × 362            - wireless × 355       - 12.04 × 212&#xA;- connection × 90             - 12.10 × 71           - network-manager × 69&#xA;- ethernet × 50               - 11.10 × 48           - drivers × 47&#xA;- 13.04 × 47                  - installation × 43    - usb-modem × 40&#xA;- server × 39                 - modem × 36           - usb × 31&#xA;- lan × 27                    - firefox × 27         - wired × 26&#xA;- dns × 23                    - 11.04 × 22           - 13.10 × 21&#xA;- virtualbox × 21             - 10.04 × 20           - mobile-broadband × 20&#xA;- proxy × 19&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The related tags are plagged of version specific tags, which for internet related actions shouldn't matter. Some tags are somewhat related while others like installation, driver and usb hold no relationship with internet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-01-25T03:57:30.120" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8170" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8159" CreationDate="2014-01-25T02:48:00.530" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Tag: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/youtube&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;youtube&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;youtube&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Action: remove&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why: this is a service offered in internet. It has 0 relevance to Ubuntu. The correct tags should be the client OP is using (firefox, chrome, flash, youtube-dl, others) instead of the tag of the service.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Tag wiki describes what is YouTube, not what means YouTube for Ubuntu:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;YouTube is an online video site for viewing and sharing videos. Users can upload videos for personal and public use, as well as browse and view other's videos.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2 questions were asked last 7 days, still unanswered. In the last 30 days out 11 questions only 55% were answered. Of all the questions with this tag 35% of the questions are unanswered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All times answerers have a median of 2 answers per user. All users average 20 points but this deviates greatly from the top user with a single answer and 62 points and the bottom user with a single answer and 4 points. &lt;strong&gt;Users doesn't use this tag to answer questions&lt;/strong&gt;. Most askers only have asked a single question  with this tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Related Tags&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;flash × 83         video × 67                   firefox × 35&#xA;12.04 × 31         google-chrome × 28           sound × 19         &#xA;downloads × 16     13.04 × 15                   chromium × 12         &#xA;fullscreen × 11    12.10 × 11                   vlc × 8         &#xA;lenses × 8         software-recommendation × 7  html5 × 7         &#xA;totem × 7          unity × 7                    browser × 6         &#xA;command-line × 6   freeze × 6                   minitube × 6         &#xA;lubuntu × 5        plugins × 5                  internet × 5         &#xA;11.10 × 5&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This tag has already 8 tags (two of them already in this list) that were deemed as bad tags. The flash and video tags are expected related tags due youtube being a video service and flash its main player.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-01-25T03:54:57.060" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8171" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-01-25T03:11:55.770" Score="6" ViewCount="78" Body="&lt;h2&gt;what is a tag wiki?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Tag wikis are brief excerpts of information detailing what the tag is about, the kinds of questions that should be asked in a tag, and possibly providing you links to some external resources like the Wikipedia article or official website for whatever the tag is about. (if applicable)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;what makes a good tag wiki?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Clear, concise and original information. Tag wikis are shown in multiple places as follows:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When you hover over a tag, either in the tag list, or on a question, a nice little pop up will appear detailing the Excerpt section from the tag wiki:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/eqh3p.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This same excerpt is displayed at the top of the list of questions when you're browsing questions by tag, with a link to &amp;quot;learn more&amp;quot;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/DqFJr.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The full tag wiki is displayed when you click &amp;quot;learn more&amp;quot;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/h5iQ7.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, a good tag wiki will:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Concisely state what the tag is about when you hover over a tag&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Give a full description of what the tag is when you click &amp;quot;learn more&amp;quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Detail where you can find more information when you click &amp;quot;learn more&amp;quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Be original - we don't like plagiarism at the best of times, but on tag wikis, &lt;strong&gt;don't do it&lt;/strong&gt;. If you want to include a small section of text from a site like Wikipedia, clearly block quote it and attribute it and ensure it's not the only information present in the tag.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Tag wikis should be started using the dictionary method; that is we make the assumption that the user knows what they've just clicked on, so don't reiterate it. This means instead of&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;Minecraft is a game by Mojang where you break blocks and eat cake&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;we use&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;A game by Mojang where you break blocks and eat cake&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;what tags need a tag wiki adding?&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/askubuntu/query/162861/tags-without-tag-wikis&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Here is a full list of all tags on Ask Ubuntu that do not currently have a complete Tag Wiki entry&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="196255" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-01-25T03:28:12.113" Title="Cleanup 2014: Tags without tag wikis" Tags="|discussion|cleanup|tag-wiki|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8172" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-01-25T16:52:15.193" Score="2" ViewCount="33" Body="&lt;p&gt;Related to &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/8171/cleanup-2014-tags-without-tag-wikis&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/8171/cleanup-2014-tags-without-tag-wikis&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Obviously there are two schools of thought regarding wiki excepts:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;It should tell what that tag is about; e.g. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/drivers&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;drivers&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;drivers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Device driver or software driver program allowing higher-level computer programs to interact with a hardware device.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;It should tell what kind of questions should get this tag; e.g. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/server&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;server&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;server&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This is for questions related to Ubuntu Server (As opposed to Ubuntu Desktop), and the Ubuntu Server core, as well as any questions related to installing services and programs on Ubuntu Server&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I want your input which form is preferable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The other related question I found (&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3977/what-makes-a-tag-wiki-good&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3977/what-makes-a-tag-wiki-good&lt;/a&gt;) doesn't focus on the excerpt (although the example given is of the second form).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastActivityDate="2014-01-25T16:52:15.193" Title="What should a tag wiki excerpt contain?" Tags="|discussion|tag-wiki|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8173" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8172" CreationDate="2014-01-25T16:52:15.193" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;In my opinion the wiki excerpt has the main purpose to guide the asker about which tags to choose.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I'd very much prefer the &lt;strong&gt;second form&lt;/strong&gt;, describing what kind of questions should get this tag. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The information what this tag is about (especially important with possibly ambiguous terms) should go into the wiki text itself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastActivityDate="2014-01-25T16:52:15.193" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8174" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8175" CreationDate="2014-01-25T20:31:25.577" Score="-2" ViewCount="40" Body="&lt;p&gt;As you all know, when you reach 1k rep, you can &quot;split&quot; the votes and see the number of upvotes and downvotes. Would it be possible to add a setting to auto-split, and clicking results in the total?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Automatic Split Votes?" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8175" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8174" CreationDate="2014-01-25T21:23:05.460" Score="6" Body="&lt;h3&gt;No,&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Showing upvote/downvote counts by default was declined  for performance reasons (performing twice the amount of database queries).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To quote &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/users/1/jeff-atwood&quot;&gt;Jeff Atwood&lt;/a&gt;'s &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/1007/232872&quot;&gt;answer here&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The total vote count (score) is denormalized, but the individual&#xA;up/down vote counts are not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So to display it on every post would incur 2 vote table queries *&#xA;number of visible questions / answers. Our DB is fast, but the vote&#xA;table is pretty massive, and not doing a query is always faster than&#xA;doing it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you really want/need this, a userscript has been shared &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/53840/232872&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; which auto-clicks the vote counts once each second to get the totals.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="176889" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-01-25T21:23:05.460" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8176" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-01-26T05:25:14.107" Score="2" ViewCount="165" Body="&lt;p&gt;From &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/192544&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/qFMGo.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The above question was closed as a duplicate by 5 users. However, a link doesn't appear for the user &quot;Mik&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is his account deleted?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;If yes then, Ask Ubuntu can delete any user if he was done anything wrong.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202806" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2014-01-26T09:56:13.827" Title="Why doesn't the user link appear?" Tags="|discussion|user-accounts|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8177" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8176" CreationDate="2014-01-26T07:50:04.420" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think the comments have covered it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The user was deleted at their own request.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Deletion denormalises the user record and leaves their name.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;There's nothing to link to so the system doesn't.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2014-01-26T07:50:04.420" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8187" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8159" CreationDate="2014-01-27T17:24:35.783" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Tag: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/testing&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;testing&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;testing&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Action: remove&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why: Most of the questions tagged with this tag are likely off-topic on this site. For all the other cases when someone is just trying out new software/hardware and encounter a problem it is totally unnecessary to flag it with this tag. Like all new Ubuntu user could tag his question with this tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Current tag excerpt:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Release testing, testing new applications or features, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Current tag wiki (what it describes are basically all off-topic here):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Testing is the process of testing unreleased software, or testing hardware support within Ubuntu, etc. If you are testing a release of Ubuntu before the release date, please ensure that your question is with the scope of the FAQ, and not better posted on Launchpad as a bug report.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The questions tagged with this tag are from all topics/fields, from software developing through end-user experimenting to hardware recommendations.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Related Tags&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;hardware × 7     12.04 × 5                     quality × 4&#xA;automation × 4   installation × 4              11.04 × 3&#xA;live-cd × 3      application-development × 3   unity × 3&#xA;10.04 × 2        12.10 × 2                     chromium × 2&#xA;packages × 2     performance × 2               kubuntu × 2&#xA;updates × 2      drivers × 2                   partitioning × 2&#xA;server × 2       bug-reporting                 checkbox &#xA;development      compiz                        uninstall &#xA;quickly  &#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="221281" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-01-27T17:24:35.783" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8188" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8024" CreationDate="2014-01-27T17:29:30.483" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Today, January 27, 2014, is the day that 13.04 Raring reached End of Life.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While this means &lt;strong&gt;new&lt;/strong&gt; questions (stressing the &lt;strong&gt;new&lt;/strong&gt;) about 13.04 are off topic, older questions (both answered and unanswered) that were around before the EOL date should not be closed or deleted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This is done here with the consensus of the moderators which is that the primary reason for is not supporting EOL releases is because those versions no longer receive updates or security support, and you should not use those versions because of the lack of security updates.  This is not just my opinion, but has reached some consensus here on meta in other threads.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also note that 13.10 is still supported. as is 12.10.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;If you have an issue with how we handle EOL releases, you need to bring up this issue in a different thread.  This thread here is NOT a valid thread for arguing against the EOL policies.  This thread is simply a notice that, in accordance with the CURRENT moderation policies, these questions are offtopic because of the End of Life date.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We already have a thread that came to a generally-accepted stance regarding EOL releases, and Oli, one of our moderators, stated this point very well, summing up why we don't support EOL releases &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/7459/10616&quot;&gt;at this answer&lt;/a&gt;.  To quote &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/users/449/oli&quot;&gt;Oli♦&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;Running fine&amp;quot; is hard to swallow given everybody who asks a question&#xA;has a problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;We should close EOL questions because as a community of both Ubuntu users and internet denizens, we should &lt;em&gt;want&lt;/em&gt; people to stop using&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;unsupported software.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Many years ago I... Well let's just say I had more than a passing&#xA;interest in computer security. Something that I saw again and again&#xA;and again is that software running on the internet without updates is&#xA;software that gets hacked and cracked wide open.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We should care because it's that computer that goes on to infect&#xA;another dozen unpatched computers, send out spam and DDOS networks you&#xA;care about.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Lucid (10.04) is off-topic on the desktop because its software is now&#xA;lagging behind. Firefox is seven months old and that means known&#xA;security flaws that are being exploited in the wild. &lt;strong&gt;Desktop 10.04&#xA;users are a liability to the internet. We all have a personal interest&#xA;in them upgrading.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't think it's unreasonable cost that people have to use supported&#xA;software to get support and by enforcing that through closing&#xA;questions, we show users that we won't help them run dangerous&#xA;software.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is why we are not supporting EOL releases.  We may not be a medium of support run by Canonical, but there's a LOT of good reasons why they don't support EOL releases, and a lot of those reasons apply here, still, including the fact that the old systems are RIDDLED with unfixed security bugs that will not be getting fixed.  Because of that, users should NOT be using old, unsupported software, after Canonical EOL's the software.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As well, the comments on &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/users/449/oli&quot;&gt;Oli♦&lt;/a&gt;'s answer are important and also need to be known:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks for the feedback Oli. I still feel this is a Q&amp;amp;A site. Its&#xA;purpose is to allow volunteers to answer other people's questions. All&#xA;I am saying is people should be allowed to ask questions about the&#xA;version of Ubuntu they are using, and people who have answers to those&#xA;questions should be allowed to give them. - &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/users/93794/darren-cook&quot;&gt;Darren&#xA;Cook&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That sentiment would have us supporting 90% of Ubuntu and Debian&#xA;spin-offs. I do agree that it's nice to be helpful but it's more than&#xA;just a scope issue here. It's dangerous to run outdated software and&#xA;by extension it's dangerous to help somebody to remain on outdated&#xA;software. It's something we should be militantly protective against. –&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/users/449/oli&quot;&gt;Oli♦&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-01-30T18:17:58.400" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8189" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8159" CreationDate="2014-01-27T18:08:50.350" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Tag: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/user-profile&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;user-profile&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;user-profile&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Action: merge with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/users&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;users&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;users&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why: it doesn't specify a different context than &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/users&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;users&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;users&lt;/a&gt;. It is followed by only 1 user &lt;em&gt;(I pity him/her)&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="62483" LastActivityDate="2014-01-27T18:08:50.350" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8193" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8159" CreationDate="2014-01-27T23:35:49.623" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tag:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/browser&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;browser&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;browser&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Action:&lt;/strong&gt; nuke it away. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Why:&lt;/strong&gt; it's not specific in any way, if you are talking about firefox, then tag firefox, etc.If you are talking about best browser then it's software recommendation. Still browser doesn't tell you anything about the question.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10698" LastActivityDate="2014-01-27T23:35:49.623" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8194" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-01-28T14:19:14.783" Score="3" ViewCount="126" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm asking this because I came across the a user. If there is a function to report this kind of abuse, I haven't found it in the user's profile.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please take this as an official complaint about the user name of user &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/240939/adolf-hitler&quot;&gt;AdolfHitler&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17789" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Is there a way to report users based on their user names?" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8195" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8194" CreationDate="2014-01-28T14:29:54.817" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Use a custom flag on any question he's answered or asked stating why. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17681" LastActivityDate="2014-01-28T14:29:54.817" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8196" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8194" CreationDate="2014-01-28T14:30:08.587" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;By experience, there is no such way of reporting a user. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The way to do it is by flagging on of their post if possible. But I know, it's not always possible. &#xA;The Meta question : &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1323/flag-abusive-users&quot;&gt;Flag abusive users&lt;/a&gt; explains the situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11598" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2014-01-28T14:30:08.587" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8197" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8194" CreationDate="2014-01-28T14:54:26.090" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;You're supposed to flag what the user has done rather than the actual user. So if they've done a lot, flag it all. Not only will the system kick in (auto-bans, etc) but the moderators tend to notice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want to get creative with your flagging, you can leave a custom message about the user in the Other flag type but &lt;strong&gt;don't use that if they're being offensive or spammy&lt;/strong&gt;. The Spam and Offensive flags have special meaning in the system for preventing further incidents.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you need something dealing with quicker or with an element of privacy, there are ways of talking to the moderators or SE directly:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Most of us are in &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/201/ask-ubuntu-general-room&quot;&gt;Chat&lt;/a&gt; at some point over the day. Use the &lt;code&gt;@name&lt;/code&gt; trigger to ping one of us and we can either talk in that room or start a private room.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Most of us can be contacted directly through our profiles or websites shown on our profiles.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You could even start a meta thread requesting that one of us contact you directly. We can either do this directly through email or through the moderator messages if you want the whole team involved (SE too).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;There's a contact link in the footer of every page that you can use to contact SE. These emails bypass the moderators completely.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just remember that like you, we're just volunteers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2014-01-28T14:54:26.090" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8198" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8194" CreationDate="2014-01-28T15:07:59.207" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Flagging should be done based on dubious questions and answers. If these are out of order a lot it will lead to a ban of the user. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;OK that name would not be MY choice as a name but the user, regardless of his personal opinion, should be considered a valid user until proven otherwise. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And now for the biggest problem: how far do you want this to go? Adofl Hitlar is a user too. Do you suggest to ban any combination of the letters that make up that name? Then what about Himmler? Or Stalin. Both where by far worse than that other idiot ;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All what some people want to do is annoy, insult etc you. If you do not act they will not get their satisfaction. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I guess: let them choose whatever name they want. Knowing their attitude they will get banned soon enough based on their posts (the 1st almost always gets followed by the 2nd).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastEditorUserId="15811" LastEditDate="2014-01-28T17:55:51.013" LastActivityDate="2014-01-28T17:55:51.013" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8199" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13488" CreationDate="2014-01-28T15:11:08.437" Score="0" ViewCount="93" Body="&lt;p&gt;In my inbox, there is a reply to a comment on an answer which is deleted (The answer is deleted). Thus all comments are deleted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is the comment link: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/comments/530576?noredirect=1&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/posts/comments/530576?noredirect=1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I follow the link, all JavaScript related to the top bar is broken. i.e. All drop-downs that are supposed to open, stop showing (StackExchange sites, Recent inbox messages, Recent achievements &amp;amp; help).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The problem is reproducible if you click on the link above.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you have your browser console open, you can a JavaScript error.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you are a high rep user (I think it's 10k+?), or mod, you probably&#xA;won't get the error if you can already see deleted answers (not sure&#xA;how this work). But to reproduce it, you can log out (or just go into&#xA;private browsing). The error is reproducible with a guest account.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Error is reproducible in Chrome, Chromium &amp;amp; Firefox&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2015-01-22T15:10:31.507" Title="JavaScript is broken after clicking on a comment of a deleted answer in the inbox" Tags="|bug|status-completed|top-bar|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8200" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8315" CreationDate="2014-01-28T16:10:31.967" Score="5" ViewCount="66" Body="&lt;p&gt;On my main profile page, I noticed this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/MlXnw.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it just me, or are the tab backgrounds backwards for the left &amp;amp; right ones? Shouldn't the rounded corners be pointed out?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user200337" LastEditorUserId="61" LastEditDate="2014-02-10T01:54:38.613" LastActivityDate="2014-02-10T01:54:38.613" Title="The little tab things don't look right" Tags="|bug|status-completed|design|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8201" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8200" CreationDate="2014-01-28T16:49:35.280" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't think this is by-design. It looks like it was supposed to originally represent a rounded bar so the first item is always rounded on the left and the last item is always rounded on the right. I say this because it would mirror the rest of the compound link bars (like the main tabs bar on the profile page).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's actually more of a problem than them just being the wrong way around. There's no background or box-shadow like there is on &lt;code&gt;#tabs&lt;/code&gt; so even if the rounding was correct, you can't see it because there's no contrast.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;@Jin I've tried to make your life easier and I've just mocked up a quick demo of what it should look like with Firebug:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ppEiT.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's accomplished by applying the following overrides:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;.subtabs {&#xA;    background: none repeat scroll 0 0 rgb(255, 255, 255);&#xA;    border-radius: 5px;&#xA;    box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgb(224, 224, 224);&#xA;    float: right;&#xA;    margin: 5px 10px 5px 0;&#xA;    overflow: hidden;&#xA;    padding: 0;&#xA;    width: 100%;&#xA;}&#xA;.subtabs a:first-child {&#xA;    margin-left: 0 !important;&#xA;}&#xA;.subtabs a:last-child {&#xA;}&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There may be some value in scrapping the ends and just having rounded active links, but having teeny little bars on the page isn't as distracting as I thought it might at first.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2014-01-28T16:49:35.280" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8203" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-01-28T20:45:04.320" Score="1" ViewCount="35" Body="&lt;p&gt;Some time ago a Spanish gentlemen answered a post about installing a Wacom Intuos CTH-480 on an Ubuntu system and gave perfect easy to follow instructions that worked amazingly well. I can no longer find that post despite how I search for it. Does anyone remember this post? Or know the person I am describing? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I remembered most of the steps but when i go to copy kernel i.e. this one&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;cp 3.7/wacom.ko/lib/modules/3.11.0-15-generic/kernel/drivers/input/tablet&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I get no such file or directory in return despite I can see these files. Any ideas?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;             Bruce&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user192952" LastActivityDate="2014-01-29T08:19:50.547" Title="How do you find an old post?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8204" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8203" CreationDate="2014-01-28T21:59:49.247" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I concur that the search engine of askubuntu is a bit strange (or I am not able to use it appropriately). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I normally use google directly: googling for &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;site:askubuntu.com CTH 480&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;will probably drop you to the correct answer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16395" OwnerDisplayName="Rmano" LastEditorUserId="8698" LastEditDate="2014-01-29T08:19:50.547" LastActivityDate="2014-01-29T08:19:50.547" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8205" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-01-29T09:15:23.290" Score="1" ViewCount="20" Body="&lt;p&gt;The following tags need merging together:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/log&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;log&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;log&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/logging&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;logging&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;logging&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These tags are both being used for questions about logging.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="196255" LastActivityDate="2014-01-29T09:15:23.290" Title="Tag merge request: log and logging" Tags="|discussion|tags|tag-merge|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8207" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8159" CreationDate="2014-01-29T10:46:49.783" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Tag: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/unlock&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;unlock&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;unlock&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Action: delete&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why: It's a meta tag used to describe an action taken in a  wide variety of different applications. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="196255" LastActivityDate="2014-01-29T10:46:49.783" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8208" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-01-29T11:31:14.580" Score="1" ViewCount="35" Body="&lt;p&gt;We have two tags:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/users&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;users&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;users&lt;/a&gt; - For questions related to users, user accounts, user permissions or guest accounts.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/accounts&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;accounts&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;accounts&lt;/a&gt; - Questions that relate to an area (or home directory), in which a user can store files pertaining exclusively to that user's activities&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since these tags both cover the same thing, we should really merge them. I would go with keeping &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/users&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;users&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;users&lt;/a&gt; and merging &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/accounts&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;accounts&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;accounts&lt;/a&gt; into it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="196255" LastActivityDate="2014-01-29T11:31:14.580" Title="Tag merge request: accounts and users" Tags="|discussion|tags|tag-merge|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8209" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-01-29T11:42:01.250" Score="4" ViewCount="94" Body="&lt;p&gt;While doing some editing today, I've noticed the following issue with the style used on Ask Ubuntu:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/9rf4J.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This issue occurs when using either italic or bold italic text, ie: &lt;code&gt;***group***&lt;/code&gt;. It is not evident in the preview but is noticeable once posted to the site. I cannot reproduce this issue on meta.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Browser: Chrome 31&lt;br/&gt;&#xA;OS: Windows 8.1&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="196255" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2014-03-01T00:08:52.007" LastActivityDate="2014-03-01T00:08:52.007" Title="Style issue: font alignment with certain styling" Tags="|bug|design|style|font|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8211" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8261" CreationDate="2014-01-29T13:40:00.490" Score="5" ViewCount="92" Body="&lt;p&gt;At present the tag suggestion help-text is (note the &lt;strong&gt;11.04&lt;/strong&gt;):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;at least one tag such as (11.04 networking command-line), max 5 tags&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/h6RpJ.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is problematic for two reasons:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;it encourages people to add the version of Ubuntu they are using even though it might not be relevant&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;it needs to be updated regularly because 11.04 is EOL and it is stupid to suggest a tag for a question that is not going to be answered.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any suggestions for a better help-text?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="115155" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-02-07T13:17:16.873" LastActivityDate="2014-02-07T13:17:16.873" Title="Can the tag suggestion help-text be changed?" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|tags|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8212" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8211" CreationDate="2014-01-29T13:59:47.853" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The list of tags shown in your screenshot is generated from the popular tags available in the database. It doesn't get manually updated. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="196255" LastActivityDate="2014-01-29T13:59:47.853" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8215" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8159" CreationDate="2014-01-30T00:40:25.887" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Tag: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/merge&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;merge&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;merge&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Action: Delete&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why: Same reasons as import, export, restore, etc&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="196255" LastActivityDate="2014-01-30T00:40:25.887" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8216" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8159" CreationDate="2014-01-30T02:46:08.347" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Tag: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/devices&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;devices&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;devices&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Action: Delete&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why: each device has it own tag, e.g. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/usb&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;usb&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;usb&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/modem&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;modem&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;modem&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/keyboard&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;keyboard&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;keyboard&lt;/a&gt; and etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="62483" LastActivityDate="2014-01-30T02:46:08.347" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8217" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-01-30T06:33:04.183" Score="2" ViewCount="53" Body="&lt;p&gt;I asked &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/412396/181442&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; with a link to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/318247/181442&quot;&gt;that answer&lt;/a&gt; which I used to install the Android SDK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question, however, asks about the kernel sources for Sony Xperia ZR, as it can be downloaded from the Sony webpage. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Although I added the &lt;code&gt;sony&lt;/code&gt; tag and put &lt;code&gt;Sony Xperia ZR&lt;/code&gt; into the title from the very beginning, I soon got a vote for &quot;duplicate&quot;, along with the removal of the &lt;code&gt;sony&lt;/code&gt; tag (which I just added again for clarity).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Indeed, if you were to remove Sony from the title and tags, this question &lt;em&gt;would&lt;/em&gt; be a duplicate of the question to the answer linked above.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can someone explain/review this please?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="181442" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2014-01-30T06:33:04.183" Title="Why is this question (install Sony Xperia kernel dev) marked as a duplicate?" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8218" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-01-30T08:16:27.907" Score="2" ViewCount="44" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can we merge &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/internet-radio&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;internet-radio&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;internet-radio&lt;/a&gt; into &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/streaming&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;streaming&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;streaming&lt;/a&gt;? I don't think we really need a separate tag just for internet radio when it is already covered under streaming.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="196255" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2014-01-30T17:19:03.260" LastActivityDate="2014-02-04T09:51:49.687" Title="Tag merge: internet-radio into streaming" Tags="|discussion|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8219" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8220" CreationDate="2014-01-30T09:21:49.767" Score="8" ViewCount="173" Body="&lt;p&gt;I understand discussions about EOL releases here on meta are getting abundant, sorry about that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But this question was inspired by this one: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/412981/&quot;&gt;Cant boot from windows 8 after installing Ubuntu 13.04&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What I did, was leave a comment about EOL releases (using &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackapps.com/q/2116/&quot;&gt;Pro-forma comments script&lt;/a&gt;), but instead of flagging the question to be closed for being about an EOL release, I flagged it as a duplicate to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/221835/&quot;&gt;Installing Ubuntu on a Pre-Installed Windows 8 (64-bit) System (UEFI Supported)&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Was that the right way to go? Or should I have just flagged it for &quot;EOL closure&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:46.307" LastActivityDate="2014-01-30T12:37:22.347" Title="Is it ok to mark EOL questions as duplicate?" Tags="|discussion|end-of-life|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8220" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8219" CreationDate="2014-01-30T12:37:22.347" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yeah, I think that's fine. You've done what I would.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And I think this is preferred (opposed to closing OT and telling them about the duplicate) because the system &lt;em&gt;handles&lt;/em&gt; the duplicate in a different way. It should serve to better push people from Google et al to the right place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2014-01-30T12:37:22.347" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8222" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7457" CreationDate="2014-01-30T18:20:40.423" Score="-4" Body="&lt;p&gt;AskUbuntu is not an official arm of Canonical, and is not the official support forum for Ubuntu, though it seems to function as such recently. We remain under the auspices of Stackexchange which continues as a very strong question and answer site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Whether Canonical considers an Ubuntu release as EOL in as little time as 9 months is immaterial. We should continue to be open as a question and answer site for users of Ubuntu. We could gently suggest upgrading to users of releases that are beyond EOL to benefit from security updates, however a valid question is still valid regardless of whether Canonical considers the release as EOL or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;New questions regarding Ubuntu releases that have reached EOL should remain welcome on this site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="36515" LastActivityDate="2014-01-30T18:20:40.423" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8224" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8159" CreationDate="2014-01-31T04:39:48.460" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Tag: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/split&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;split&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;split&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Action: Remove.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why: Information like this should be in the post itself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2014-01-31T04:39:48.460" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8225" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8159" CreationDate="2014-01-31T04:41:31.123" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Tag: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/io&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;io&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;io&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Action: Remove.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why: Ambiguous, doesn't really mean anything, or can mean too many things.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2014-01-31T04:41:31.123" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8226" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-01-31T04:43:37.367" Score="1" ViewCount="32" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since the tags &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/apache-openoffice&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;apache-openoffice&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;apache-openoffice&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/openoffice.org&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;openoffice.org&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;openoffice.org&lt;/a&gt; tags are for the same topic, can we please synonymize them?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2014-01-31T05:05:53.077" Title="Can we synonymize the `apache-openoffice` and `openoffice.org` tags please?" Tags="|discussion|tags|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8227" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8226" CreationDate="2014-01-31T05:05:53.077" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Done, retagged 11 questions 3 of them has nothing to do with OO.o (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/384970/revisions&quot;&gt;one of them was about apache D:&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2014-01-31T05:05:53.077" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8228" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-01-31T13:54:15.870" Score="5" ViewCount="222" Body="&lt;p&gt;As the title says, my main question is: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What is considered spam and what is not? When should I flag something as spam and when should I not?&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I read some meta posts about this, the most relevant one was this: &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/5453/spam-flag-declined-exactly-what-is-the-line&quot;&gt;Spam Flag declined.. exactly what *is* the line?&lt;/a&gt; But the accepted and only answer to that question mostly deals how to decide whether an answer is spam (when it is not relevant to the OP), but I would like to know how to deal with questions which might be spam.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My minor question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yesterday I flagged a question as spam. It was basically a self-promotion of an android developer conference with a link to the conference's website. The flag was declined as &lt;em&gt;&quot;flags should only be used to make moderators aware of content that requires their intervention&quot;&lt;/em&gt; but the question was actually removed for reasons of moderation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;So if it was removed for moderation reasons wasn't it needed to make the moderators aware of that question?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Or this particular flag was declined because if the mod accepts that spam flag the user who posted the question will get a huge penalty, and the moderator didn't thought that it was a serious enough offense to deserve that penalty? So he declined the flag but actually removed the content? I would understand this case, since it was a simple advertisement, not like the recent spamwaves, though in my country of residence these kind of advertisements are also considered spamming and are not tolerated. If this was the situation, should I flag such content as the special &lt;em&gt;needs moderator attention&lt;/em&gt; flag, or not flag at all?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="221281" LastActivityDate="2014-01-31T17:26:52.830" Title="What is considered spam and what is not? When should I flag?" Tags="|discussion|spam-handling|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8229" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-01-31T16:54:46.663" Score="4" ViewCount="53" Body="&lt;p&gt;Recently in the Review queue for closures I found several seemingly perfectly on topic questions. Only when I opened them outside the queue I saw comments on &lt;strong&gt;answers&lt;/strong&gt; that made clear that the question was probably about a (well-known) bug.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I'd ask whoever initially votes to close a question (knowing facts that are not obvious from the question itself or comments on it) to add a comment as a hint.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As an example (the one that actually triggered this question) see:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/362058/why-shiftctrlaltdown-wont-move-window-one-workspace-down-in-13-10&quot;&gt;Why Ctrl+Shift+Alt+Down won&amp;#39;t move a window one workspace down in 13.10&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It looks like a perfectly on topic question in my eyes. Only doug's answer (and comments on it) say it is/might be about a bug. As Braiam stated correctly our votes &lt;em&gt;should&lt;/em&gt; evaluate the question only - then how did my fellow close-voters reach the conclusion of off-topicness? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2014-03-03T12:45:36.327" Title="Initial votes to close a question (especially concerning bugs) - some need explanation" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8230" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8228" CreationDate="2014-01-31T17:26:52.830" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Spam flags are magical things. Get more than a few and your account starts seizing up. Get more than that and network-level blockers step in. For that reason we try to make sure that only really spammy spam is hitting the spam filter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/413024/ubuntu-for-android-speaker-in-android-developer-days-2014&quot;&gt;The post in question&lt;/a&gt; (now deleted - but some users can see it still) was more of community outreach and announcement. It wasn't trying to subvert an otherwise genuine question with a paid link or pushing somebody at a service without any context.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This isn't a black and white thing. There certainly is an element of spam to the post but I agree with the moderator who handled it, it's not the sort of spam we need the system to automatically handle... It's just somebody promoting something in the wrong place... IMO.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've probably not helped a great deal and the decision you'd have got from another moderator might have been different. Ultimately if you're unsure, use the Other flag option and explain your thought process and if one of us agrees, we'll flag it as spam ourselves and deal with it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2014-01-31T17:26:52.830" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8231" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8229" CreationDate="2014-01-31T18:47:26.080" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If the question were asked today and we found is a bug by all means &lt;strong&gt;close it&lt;/strong&gt;. We are not evaluating the answer &lt;em&gt;but the question&lt;/em&gt;. Remember that bugs are outside our scope and if we do not enforce our own rules that we consensued, and several times reaffirmed them on Meta then where are we heading? You are evaluating the question itself, not the answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Remember that when a Stack Exchange site change their scope moderators go around closing stuff to reflect the current status, &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/7793/169736&quot;&gt;we did too&lt;/a&gt;. So even if they are old answered questions, if it doesn't fit our &lt;strong&gt;current&lt;/strong&gt; scope, if it's asked today and you would close it, if it's a bug, EOL, not about Ubuntu question close it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2014-01-31T18:47:26.080" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8232" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-01-31T19:19:24.550" Score="0" ViewCount="42" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just gave a &quot;Recommend for Deletion&quot; review to the answer quoted below.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&quot;Sorry about the editing... The Stackexchange App is a bit unhandy...&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The single line above is the complete text of the answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I did not consider any of the standard reasons which were provided to explain my review to be a good fit. The one which came closest was the first, &quot;This is not an answer it is commentary on &lt;em&gt;yada yada&lt;/em&gt;.&quot; (Sorry. I can't remember the full text of the sentence.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My opinion is that this reason would be more useful if it was limited to just &quot;This is not an answer.&quot; Examples of the most common non-answer answers could also be described in the text below the reason.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are &lt;strong&gt;LOTS&lt;/strong&gt; of reasons why people will post answers which don't answer the question which was asked. It seems reasonable to me to have the option of selecting a generic, bottom-line based reason when the other standard review responses are not a good fit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If this suggested change is accepted, I would also suggest moving this reason to the bottom of the list of reasons. Putting it at the bottom may increase the probability that a reviewer would also consider the other standard reasons before choosing the most generic one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="52923" LastActivityDate="2014-02-01T11:55:41.603" Title="Could we change Recommend Deletion reason to simply, &quot;This is not an answer&quot;?" Tags="|feature-request|review|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8233" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9047" CreationDate="2014-01-31T19:21:31.883" Score="18" ViewCount="242" Body="&lt;p&gt;We've &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/7820/169736&quot;&gt;created two tags to separate questions&lt;/a&gt; that are about installing Ubuntu and installing something in Ubuntu: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/system-installation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;system-installation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;system-installation&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/software-installation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;software-installation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;software-installation&lt;/a&gt;. This is with the purpose of getting rid &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/7819/169736&quot;&gt;of the install tag&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are over &lt;strong&gt;12k instances (and growing! it's the 2nd most popular tag)&lt;/strong&gt; that need to be &lt;strong&gt;disambiguated manually&lt;/strong&gt;, so I've doing this mostly organically and it takes forever. Granted, it could go quicker if we set our collective minds to it, but we don't want to fill the front page with that so we'd keep doing a handful at a time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, the questions keep coming in. I try to catch them early but some always fall through the cracks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please blacklist &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/installation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;installation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;installation&lt;/a&gt; (and its numerous synonyms) so that we can clean up the remaining occurrences. The tag wiki and excerpt for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/installation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;installation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;installation&lt;/a&gt; clearly states what tags to use instead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.meta.stackexchange.com/q/2532/41104&quot;&gt;(Copied shamelessly from Gilles petition in UL, with some modifications)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/HXYUN.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-16T15:45:04.257" LastActivityDate="2014-05-06T04:29:06.793" Title="Blacklist the [installation] tag" Tags="|feature-request|status-completed|tag-block-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8234" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8232" CreationDate="2014-01-31T19:37:29.260" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can always comment in the LQ review queue and select &quot;(don't leave comments)&quot; bottom when recommending deletion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This have been said several times:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;You don't need to select a comment in the LQ review queue if another comment is already in place.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yeah, I had to let it out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="117103" LastEditDate="2014-02-01T11:55:41.603" LastActivityDate="2014-02-01T11:55:41.603" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8235" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-01-31T21:37:31.123" Score="10" ViewCount="137" Body="&lt;p&gt;Apparently some users have abused the &quot;improving formatting&quot; comment for their suggested edits and use them for anything... ANYTHING, even if it's not improving formatting. I remember that when suggesting edits my Firefox has 300 different reasons stored in the autocomplete... heck, someone once gave me a nug because my description where a bit colorful. Now, when describing your edits put something like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;fixing grammar, improving formatting.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;fixing typos, improved links&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;added image from comments&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;added information from comments and imported pastebin link content&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Remember that the more verbose you are the faster the reviewers can decide if your suggestion was good, bad or lacking and approve or reject accordingly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="117103" LastEditDate="2014-02-01T11:57:41.707" LastActivityDate="2014-02-01T11:57:41.707" Title="When suggesting edits, don't write something you are not doing like &quot;improving formatting&quot;" Tags="|discussion|suggested-edits|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8236" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-02-01T09:57:35.940" Score="5" ViewCount="77" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are some questions which has bounty, but are clearly off-topic or are duplicates of another question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;e.g. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/411887/unicode-fonts-are-not-displayed-correctly-in-google-chrome-under-ubuntu-12-04&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/411887/unicode-fonts-are-not-displayed-correctly-in-google-chrome-under-ubuntu-12-04&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The above question is offtopic because even though its title say Ubuntu 12.04, its actually about an ubuntu derivetive ElementryOS Luna.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why can't this be flagged as off-topic even when there is a bounty on it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I had seen other questions with bounty which were duplicates of nicely answered question. But I dont have an example with me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="135920" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2016-10-04T19:14:28.787" Title="Closing the off-topic and duplicate questions with bounty" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|scope|close-reasons|derivatives|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8237" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-02-01T10:53:58.723" Score="2" ViewCount="62" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sometimes, a Mint user will ask a question here. It will then be closed as per the site policy. &lt;em&gt;Then&lt;/em&gt;, the OP will notice Mint questions wont be answered and edit it to &lt;em&gt;say&lt;/em&gt; he's using Ubuntu. It's possible that they're still using Mint, but saying Ubuntu (OTIOH, it's still possible that they've switched).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In cases like these, should the question be reopened?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm inclined to trust the OP, however would like a community opinion on this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="176889" LastActivityDate="2014-02-02T13:14:31.113" Title="Should closed Mint questions be reopened if the OP edits to say Ubuntu?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8238" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8241" CreationDate="2014-02-01T12:28:00.723" Score="4" ViewCount="150" Body="&lt;p&gt;Long time ago, i had have an account here on askubuntu with high reputation. Then for some reasons i've asked to delete my account. Now i'm asking for the possibilty to restore that account or to restore my old reputation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It it possible?! if yes how? and if no why?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150504" LastActivityDate="2014-02-01T23:37:31.930" Title="Is it possible to restore my deleted account" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2014-02-10T22:10:12.347" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8239" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7861" CreationDate="2014-02-01T12:30:16.580" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been thinking about this recently, since I get people asking me if Ubuntu will run on XXX machine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't see a problem with having these questions on Ask Ubuntu, as long as they are asked in a way that is clear and specific, and the answers are clear and specific.  No, we can't possibly test all computers put out every year... but there are enough people running Ubuntu on non-certified machines that we ought to be able to have &lt;em&gt;some&lt;/em&gt; answers.  Any answer, even if somewhat out of date, is better than no answer.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If Ubuntu 12.04 worked well (most important components functional) on a laptop, I think it would be &lt;em&gt;really&lt;/em&gt; rare for that laptop to &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; work well on later versions, so even if the answer is &quot;technically&quot; out of date, it probably still applies.  The only time when information is likely to be truly incorrect is for things that don't work that might get drivers in the kernel later.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ubuntu-Friendly is gone, and that's a big shame... but Ask Ubuntu has a chance to use its popularity and community to pick up the slack.  And I think it could do even better than Ubuntu-Friendly by having a lower barrier of entry, and thus actually get more participation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Like the original question says, a &lt;em&gt;lot&lt;/em&gt; of these questions get asked. Shouldn't we be trying to answer them?  They are fact based, even if the answer may depend on a number of factors... but that's true for most answers.  Most answers get out of date eventually, I don't think that should stop anyone from asking the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I made an example question here: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/413699/does-ubuntu-work-on-the-2013-dell-xps-15-9530&quot;&gt;Does Ubuntu work on the 2013 Dell XPS 15 (9530)?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I welcome any suggestions on ways to format the question to better fit the standards of Ask Ubuntu... but I think this is &lt;strong&gt;really&lt;/strong&gt; valuable information that many many people would like to know... and if they can't get valuable factual information about Ubuntu on Ask Ubuntu, what's the point?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="176792" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2014-02-01T16:19:30.823" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8240" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8238" CreationDate="2014-02-01T14:06:10.467" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Short answer is no, there is no method to recover your account.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to the stack exchange team there is no &quot;recovery&quot; method available and everything would need to be rebuilt by hand, and that is not going to happen...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The fastest way of getting your reputation back would be to create a new account and start participating again on the website.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastEditorUserId="176889" LastEditDate="2014-02-01T21:13:38.427" LastActivityDate="2014-02-01T21:13:38.427" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8241" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8238" CreationDate="2014-02-01T23:37:31.930" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;When an account is deleted, all data associated with that account is anonymised, the way that the account is deleted will depend on a variety of factors including how much network reputation you had when the account was deleted and how frequently you voted. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When your account is deleted, the following will happen&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;All posts (questions, answers and comments) you've made will be anonymised and will simply display &lt;code&gt;user&amp;lt;youruserid&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; as the poster name&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;All review queue history will be removed from the database&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you were a frequent voter, these votes will be assigned to the community user, if not, they will all be reverted&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;All of your edit activity will be anonymised and associated with the community user&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While it is possible, in rare circumstances, to recover a deleted account, this is an extremely time consuming manual process that must be performed by Stack Exchange, and will only result in a partial undeletion. Undeleting an account is purely at Stack Exchange's discretion and is not a service they generally offer due to the time consuming nature. Account deletions are considered permanent with exceptions for edge cases.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the event Stack Exchange were willing to undelete your account, you would only regain your post history (questions, answers, comments) and upvotes and downvotes associated with those posts. You would not get the following back, as it cannot be &quot;undeleted&quot;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Any bounties you've earned&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Any reputation you've earned from suggested edits&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Edit history&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Review queue history&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Flag history&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I will repeat, so you don't get your hopes up too much, but an account undeletion is &lt;strong&gt;purely at the discretion of Stack Exchange, and is a time consuming manual process&lt;/strong&gt;. In most instances, it's quicker to just create a new account and resume your active participation in the site(s) you wish to participate in.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="196255" LastActivityDate="2014-02-01T23:37:31.930" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8242" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-02-02T02:21:27.007" Score="0" ViewCount="128" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;General discussion around Ask Ubuntu, Ubuntu &amp;amp; official Ubuntu...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please look at the &quot;entries&quot; there over the last few hours. Here's one:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I would, but last time I did I got photoshopped into a horrible picture of a pornstar taking it from behind.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, I ask what is the purpose of this room. In my opinion, it's very far from the stated purpose. I've even seen moderators of Ask Ubuntu carrying on sustained surreal conversations.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just to be clear, I have no objection to the material I quoted or to mods carrying on surreal conversations, but please could the stated objective of the room be modified to reflect its actual usage?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user25656" LastActivityDate="2014-02-06T12:05:36.343" Title="What is the purpose of the Ask Ubuntu General Room?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8243" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-02-02T02:34:51.837" Score="0" ViewCount="49" Body="&lt;p&gt;Shall the use of Spoilers be allowed when asking a question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote class=&quot;spoiler&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;    I mean this kind of spoilers. &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/8243/is-the-spoilers-usage-allowed?noredirect=1#comment14844_8243&quot;&gt;This is spam!!. Click here to get 1 million dollars.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/aesthetics&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;aesthetics&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;aesthetics&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/spoilers&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;spoilers&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;spoilers&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/community&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;community&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;community&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/root-user&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;root-user&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;root-user&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user242647" LastEditorDisplayName="user242647" LastEditDate="2014-02-02T02:41:54.437" LastActivityDate="2014-02-02T13:53:33.460" Title="Is the Spoilers Usage allowed?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8244" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8237" CreationDate="2014-02-02T03:18:57.847" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;If it is just a one for one switch from mint to Ubuntu edit, I would say no. (especially there were previous comments like &quot;why not&quot;  and &quot;it is &lt;em&gt;based&lt;/em&gt; on...&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If there is a clear sentence saying &quot;I have since switch to Ubuntu, and have the same problem with ...&quot; I think we should believe and reopen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastActivityDate="2014-02-02T03:18:57.847" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8245" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8246" CreationDate="2014-02-02T04:54:22.217" Score="2" ViewCount="43" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/BhGUB.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;I cannot seem to get the &quot;auto-complete&quot; pop-up to appear&lt;/a&gt;. If I manually write out the entire name when replying, the &lt;code&gt;@Pedro&lt;/code&gt; bit simply disappears once the comment is posted. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Tested on several questions, and this seems to only be affecting AskUbuntu, and not the rest of StackExchange.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Tested using &lt;em&gt;FireFox 26.0&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;Ubuntu 13.10&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="23496" LastEditorUserId="237" LastEditDate="2014-06-28T06:53:02.887" LastActivityDate="2014-06-28T06:53:02.887" Title="@ replies do not auto-complete (or even show up) on comments" Tags="|support|comments|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8246" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8245" CreationDate="2014-02-02T10:40:29.633" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;You don't need a &lt;code&gt;@&lt;/code&gt; tag if you're responding to the owner of a post. It is discouraged, and thus removed upon submission.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/43020&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The first author of the question or answer will always be notified of any new comment. There is no need to use &lt;em&gt;@name&lt;/em&gt; to notify them. (You may still use it for clarity, if needed; however if only you and the author have been commenting on the post so far, the &lt;em&gt;@name&lt;/em&gt; will be &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/97098/eeeeek-what-happened-to-my-salutation/97099#97099&quot;&gt;automatically removed&lt;/a&gt; from the beginning of the comment, as it adds no value.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Further explanation &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/97099/232872&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;@lerting the post owner in a comment is not necessary. If comments are only between you and the post-owner, and nobody else is commenting, then an @lert to the post owner at the beginning of a comment will be removed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="176889" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2014-02-02T10:40:29.633" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8248" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8243" CreationDate="2014-02-02T13:53:33.460" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's not disallowed but it's a feature built for a specific purpose. To hide plot spoilers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't see how that'll apply to us but I can't say it never will. Just don't use it for other things. Your example is a good example of illegitimate use. That should be edited out (or if it's actually spam, just plain flagged up as spam).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2014-02-02T13:53:33.460" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8249" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8242" CreationDate="2014-02-02T14:28:34.337" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's a chat room.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;It's there for our users to relax and chat in. Not every message will —&lt;em&gt;or should&lt;/em&gt;— be about Ubuntu. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm less concerned about the subjects talked about and more concerned by the &lt;em&gt;way&lt;/em&gt; people talk to each other. The room is governed by the same rules as the main site:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The Stack Exchange terms of service (et al)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Ubuntu Code of Conduct (yup, that's in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/legal&quot;&gt;Ask Ubuntu terms of service&lt;/a&gt;):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;When accessing the &lt;a href=&quot;http://askubuntu.com&quot;&gt;askubuntu.com&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com&quot;&gt;meta.askubuntu.com&lt;/a&gt;, or &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.askubuntu.com&quot;&gt;chat.askubuntu.com&lt;/a&gt; sites (&quot;AskUbuntu&quot;), Subscriber will also abide by the most current Ubuntu Code of Conduct, which can be found at &lt;a href=&quot;http://ubuntu.com/community/conduct&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;ubuntu.com/community/conduct&lt;/a&gt;, and is hereby incorporated by reference, but solely with regard to AskUbuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If we see people being wilfully horrible or causing bedlam (so that others can't &lt;em&gt;use&lt;/em&gt; chat), we'll politely ask them to slow down or step out. This does happen from time to time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2014-02-06T12:05:36.343" LastActivityDate="2014-02-06T12:05:36.343" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8250" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8251" CreationDate="2014-02-02T17:58:13.480" Score="8" ViewCount="224" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have flagged a couple of questions and answers which are outright copy/paste jobs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I wonder what action will be taken. Will it be open action so that others don't go down the same road?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user25656" LastActivityDate="2014-02-04T10:53:27.197" Title="Flagrant copy/pasting in progress?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8251" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8250" CreationDate="2014-02-02T19:47:41.360" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are two separate problems here, both very significant:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;1. The legal aspect: Copyright&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not all content on the internet is under a CC-BY license like ours. If it's not specified, the copyright is automatically reserved and you have no right to duplicate a work, regardless of how many links you give it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course there is something called &amp;quot;fair use&amp;quot; that allows you to use insignificant portions under certain circumstances but that doesn't cover wholesale copying.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And even if the content is out there under a permissive license, you need to be conscious that the content you provide here is then relicensed out under a CC-BY license. If you're inputting content that isn't original, you either need to make sure it's insignificant or relicensable under CC-BY.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;2. Our rules: Plagiarism&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/referencing&quot;&gt;Our help is pretty clear about plagiarism&lt;/a&gt;. Don't do it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So if it's not attributed (and it's not written by the author of the post), that's a problem straight away. Flag it. Flag all of it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it is attributed but it's outside the remit of fair use, we also need people to flag content that is incompatible with our licensing here. If the poster doesn't have the right to redistribute it under CC-BY, that's a problem for us as a site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-02-02T21:48:01.123" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8252" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-02-02T22:24:25.187" Score="0" ViewCount="44" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can limit of suggested edits &lt;strong&gt;on the same question&lt;/strong&gt; be enforced, dropped, or atleast looked at?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/414608/revisions&quot;&gt;Here&lt;/a&gt; is a more-than perfect example - I allowed this through once, but then it appeared again...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This may be good for low rep users, though it is a useful way to earn rep, particularly as they can't do much until you get above 50.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="178596" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2014-02-02T22:33:35.063" Title="Suggested edit limit for low rep users" Tags="|feature-request|suggested-edits|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8253" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-02-02T23:02:35.250" Score="-1" ViewCount="55" Body="&lt;p&gt;How many edit can i make in a day , because it has been off for two days ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I edit in review around 30 questions and now edit is off , why ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="230052" LastActivityDate="2014-02-02T23:09:28.787" Title="Why edit option is Off?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2014-02-08T22:00:08.553" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8254" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8253" CreationDate="2014-02-02T23:09:28.787" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;You got a temporary ban against editing due to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/230052/nux?tab=activity&amp;amp;sort=suggestions&quot;&gt;previous suggestions&lt;/a&gt; being rejected by other community members.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It'll clear automatically in 5 days. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2014-02-02T23:09:28.787" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8255" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8258" CreationDate="2014-02-02T23:58:09.850" Score="1" ViewCount="98" Body="&lt;p&gt;This guy asked about &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/414658/invalid-efi-file-path-windows-7-elementary-os&quot;&gt;elementary OS&lt;/a&gt;. I voted to notify the moderators, I commented letting him know it's off topic. But why didn't you migrate it to superuser or unix.se?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not trying to defend him. I'm trying to follow this rule written under the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/mint&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;mint&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;mint&lt;/a&gt; tag, it clearly says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;For questions about Ubuntu that mention Linux Mint, an unofficial&#xA;  Ubuntu derivative. Most questions here are off-topic and should be&#xA;  migrated to the Unix &amp;amp; Linux Stack Exchange site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So why didn't you just migrate this one instead of closing it? if It's low quality Superuser or Unix.SE then I'm sure they can close it too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="23239" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2014-02-03T00:09:23.713" Title="Why did you close this question instead of migrating it?" Tags="|discussion|closed-questions|scope|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8256" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8255" CreationDate="2014-02-03T00:05:52.423" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Migration channels for things like that aren't open.  If they were, it would lead to a flood of migrated questions.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think the real question, posed to you, is:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Why is it so hard to re-ask the same question with a copy paste on the appropriate site?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2014-02-03T00:05:52.423" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8257" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8255" CreationDate="2014-02-03T00:06:08.803" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Rules of migration:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Don't migrate crap.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Only migrate if the target site wants the question.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;See No. 1.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If OP ask to be migrated, let it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;See No. 3.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That question violates 1, 3 and 5. ;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2014-02-03T00:06:08.803" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8258" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8255" CreationDate="2014-02-03T00:06:10.943" Score="8" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Why didn't you just migrate this one instead of closing it? If It's low quality Super User or Unix.SE then I'm sure they can close it too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You have actually hit the crux of the issue I have with this question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The golden rule for migrations - don't migrate stuff you yourself don't regard as high-quality.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is very little here that could be construed as &quot;quality&quot; information - a bunch of issues with very little detail, errors, logs etc to  diagnose the issues.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The best route for the OP is pointing them towards the correct forum. The notice states just that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They themselves can look around and see if their question hasn't already been answered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14356" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-02-03T00:09:23.713" LastActivityDate="2014-02-03T00:09:23.713" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8261" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8211" CreationDate="2014-02-03T09:33:24.873" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;We can simply ask SO for a standard help-text as we have here on meta.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="115155" LastActivityDate="2014-02-03T09:33:24.873" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8263" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-02-03T10:57:47.390" Score="0" ViewCount="61" Body="&lt;p&gt;I know if somebody does something wrong, their account might get deleted but could you please list out the wrong things that we shouldn't do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202806" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2014-02-03T11:24:02.753" LastActivityDate="2014-02-03T11:39:24.140" Title="When would an Ask Ubuntu account be deleted?" Tags="|discussion|ubuntu-community|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8264" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8263" CreationDate="2014-02-03T11:39:24.140" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;The short answer is: Accounts that don't comply with the &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/legal&quot;&gt;terms of service&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The longer answer is it's completely discretionary. We try our best to engage with users before it comes to deletion. We talk to them and point out the problems and ask them to improve. In repeated instances, we can and do suspend users. It's really only very persistent offenders that warrant deletion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are of course exceptions for when we find accounts that are only here to :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Post junk,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Harass other people,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Form part of an automated voting circle (sockpuppets), or &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Circumvent existing suspensions.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I like to think we're pretty decent at doing this safely and if we're unsure, we'll ask Stack Exchange to double-check before anything is done.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2014-02-03T11:39:24.140" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8265" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-02-03T12:39:55.383" Score="3" ViewCount="86" Body="&lt;p&gt;A while ago, we were having some spam waves, do to the distraction, we didn't answer the question, that were getting spam A's. I checked my flags, and saw some of them are completely forgotten, I tried to bring attention to them, by editing them. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But, am not always here so other Q/A that were getting spammed in my absence, may still be forgotten some where. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My suggestion is, check your &lt;code&gt;flag-summary&lt;/code&gt;, and try to improved some of the Q's or answer them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="36315" LastEditorUserId="36315" LastEditDate="2014-02-03T13:02:26.453" LastActivityDate="2014-02-03T13:02:26.453" Title="Forgotten questions due to spam waves" Tags="|discussion|support|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8266" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8159" CreationDate="2014-02-03T16:12:10.480" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Tag: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/configuration&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;configuration&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;configuration&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Action: Delete&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why: It is to broad. Almost each application has some sort of configuration. Instead of this tag tags describing the application, e.g. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/firefox&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;firefox&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;firefox&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ssh&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ssh&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ssh&lt;/a&gt; etc should be used. It has been used 752 times, but is has no more than 4 followers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="38150" LastActivityDate="2014-02-03T16:12:10.480" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8267" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8159" CreationDate="2014-02-03T16:18:51.960" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Tag: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/downloads&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;downloads&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;downloads&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Action: Delete&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why: It's to broad and widely used in many contexts: downloading Youtube films, open downloaded files, check MD5 has of downloads. It has been used 485 times but has only 3 followers. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="38150" LastActivityDate="2014-02-03T16:18:51.960" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8269" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8270" CreationDate="2014-02-04T02:26:36.350" Score="0" ViewCount="52" Body="&lt;p&gt;Within the last few hours or so, I noticed a &quot;new&quot; person in the chat room and made a cryptic &quot;Oh dear&quot; comment in chat. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Based on my two-bit forensic ability, I suspected that this person was up to no good.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I checked the person's profile and found that the person had posted one upvoted answer. I looked at that answer and found something about it that I thought merited flagging and so I flagged it with a brief reason.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Eight hours later, I find that the flag still has &quot;active&quot; status but that the user's profile is a page that can't be found.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unless I'm totally incompetent, I now can't find the answer I flagged &lt;em&gt;and even the question that provoked it&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My questions are: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What happens to the flag I raised? Won't I get credit for a &quot;helpful&quot; flag?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Why did the question disappear as well, assuming it has disappeared?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;BTW, if it's just a matter of the mods not having yet got around to it, that's perfectly fine given that most of us are voluntarily volunteering our time here in whatever way we can.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user25656" LastActivityDate="2014-02-04T02:46:56.923" Title="What to do when a flag still has active status?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8270" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8269" CreationDate="2014-02-04T02:46:56.923" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think that the only correct answers is: wait.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2014-02-04T02:46:56.923" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8271" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8218" CreationDate="2014-02-04T09:51:49.687" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;No. They're not synonyms. They don't mean the same thing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I agree they're definitely related (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/internet-radio&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;internet-radio&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;internet-radio&lt;/a&gt; is likely a subset of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/streaming&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;streaming&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;streaming&lt;/a&gt;) but I don't think they're close enough to warrant just doing away with. If we infer video streaming to be part of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/streaming&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;streaming&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;streaming&lt;/a&gt;, we're also dealing with drastically different technologies and applications.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not saying that things might not need tidying up .&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/streaming&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;streaming&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;streaming&lt;/a&gt; as it is might need splitting up into things that actually mean something rather than a word that means different things in different contexts...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2014-02-04T09:51:49.687" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8272" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8250" CreationDate="2014-02-04T10:41:01.883" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The best open action is &lt;strong&gt;downvoting&lt;/strong&gt; followed by flagging. I downvote all plagiarism. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I also try to add a link to the original content &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;either in a comment &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;or I edit the source in the answer&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;from now on I will also add &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/referencing&quot;&gt;the link Oli referred to&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you &lt;strong&gt;only flag&lt;/strong&gt; (without downvote and comment) the person doing the plagiarism is still likely to get some upvotes and it will have been worth while copying stuff for that person. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="115155" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2014-02-04T10:53:27.197" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8274" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8275" CreationDate="2014-02-05T11:46:56.250" Score="0" ViewCount="42" Body="&lt;p&gt;In multiple cases with new comers, I have difficulties to mention how to use that small &lt;code&gt;edit&lt;/code&gt; button (link).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, is possible to have some anchors in tour page. To easy use like pointing user to the exact interesting portion. Some thing like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tour#edit&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/tour#edit&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or is the objective of that, the new user should read the whole page anyway?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="26246" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2014-08-31T20:27:41.580" Title="Anchors in tour page" Tags="|feature-request|new-users|help-center|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8275" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8274" CreationDate="2014-02-05T12:36:06.707" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think the tour page is really designed for those who are very new to the Stack Exchange network. It's a 2 minute overview of our USPs but doesn't really go into much detail... So yeah, I think it's expected that if people want to know what we're about as a site, they'll view the tour first.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/editing&quot;&gt;real help page for editing&lt;/a&gt; where you find out when you should and shouldn't be editing. If you want to push existing users somewhere, &lt;em&gt;that's&lt;/em&gt; the page you want them to read.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2014-02-05T12:36:06.707" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8278" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8280" CreationDate="2014-02-05T13:28:02.903" Score="0" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think the title section in meta, where we add title should have a larger font and font size. Maybe both title and body should have larger font and font size.It becomes difficult to read the text while asking questions on meta due to small font and font size.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;EDIT:-&lt;/strong&gt; I am referring to both font size and font.There improper combination makes the text difficult to read.Zooming is not an good solution as then one has to scroll vertically.I use &lt;code&gt;Ubuntu 12.10&lt;/code&gt; with its default &lt;code&gt;mozilla firefox&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Changing font works but it is website relative.(i.e. I may have to change settings for various websites).So I think my request is still considerable.Maybe just increasing font by 2 should do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="184942" LastEditorUserId="184942" LastEditDate="2014-02-09T10:42:46.577" LastActivityDate="2014-02-09T10:42:46.577" Title="Make the title section font size in &quot;ask question&quot; larger in meta" Tags="|discussion|font|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8279" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-02-05T13:50:56.183" Score="12" ViewCount="153" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've seen the following problem a few times.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Alice posts link-only answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Bob reviews the answer and posts the following &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1323/what-prewritten-pro-forma-aka-autoreviewcomments-userscript-comments-can-we-us&quot;&gt;pro-forma comment&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While this link may answer the question, it is better to include the essential parts of the answer here and provide the link for reference. Link-only answers can become invalid if the linked page changes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Wanting to comply, Alice copies entire page into answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Angry moderator Cthulhu sees this and deletes whole post for copyright issues.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Many people don't understand copyright. I'm not going to flog this out because &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/8251/449&quot;&gt;I've &lt;em&gt;just&lt;/em&gt; done it&lt;/a&gt; but it's something we have to respect when we're asking users to do things. I think the current comment could be encouraging people to copy and paste without thought.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are a few concepts we need to get across in this comment:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We need standalone answers (links rot, etc), but&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We don't want swathes of illegitimately copied text.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Some copying is fine, either because it has a compatible license or it's within fair use.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What's the best way to accomplish this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Normally speaking I'd suggest we linked to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/referencing&quot;&gt;the relevant help page&lt;/a&gt; but it's pretty thin on the concepts of copyright and how that fits into all of this. That half of things is a network-wide issue so I'll start a separate question on MSO.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But for now, can we collaboratively come up with a better comment that communicates what we want without encouraging copyright infringement?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-02-07T19:29:57.467" Title="Can we improve the &quot;better to include the essential parts&quot; pro-forma comment?" Tags="|discussion|comments|review|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8280" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8278" CreationDate="2014-02-05T14:05:32.723" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Are you using Ubuntu?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The form fields have several monospace font options on a first-available system (&lt;code&gt;Consolas,Menlo,Monaco,Lucida Console,Liberation Mono,DejaVu Sans Mono,Bitstream Vera Sans Mono,Courier New,monospace,serif&lt;/code&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm using Consolas but Monaco and Liberation Mono are good too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Courier's actual font face is smaller than the other fonts at the same given size so if that's the first available font you have, that might explain the problem you're experiencing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2014-02-05T14:05:32.723" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8281" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8274" CreationDate="2014-02-05T14:44:26.803" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;This could be really easily fixed by making the &lt;code&gt;class&lt;/code&gt; attributes on the tour page sections &lt;code&gt;id&lt;/code&gt; attributes instead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But, yes, the tour page is only intended as a full read for new users, so they can get a short intro - the complete &lt;a href=&quot;/help&quot;&gt;/help&lt;/a&gt; knowledge base contains a lot more detailed, and more easily linkable, information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="98085" LastActivityDate="2014-02-05T14:44:26.803" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8282" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8278" CreationDate="2014-02-06T08:56:03.907" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;You may want to try using your web browser's zoom feature to make the text larger. In most browsers (like in Firefox, for example) you can use these keyboard shortcuts:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;Ctrl&lt;/code&gt;+&lt;code&gt;+&lt;/code&gt; (zoom in)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;Ctrl&lt;/code&gt;+&lt;code&gt;-&lt;/code&gt; (zoom out)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;Ctrl&lt;/code&gt;+&lt;code&gt;0&lt;/code&gt; (return to default zoom level)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ubuntu's terminal also has this ability, but in a terminal you also need to hold &lt;code&gt;Shift&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="236970" LastActivityDate="2014-02-06T08:56:03.907" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8283" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-02-06T11:08:13.567" Score="-7" ViewCount="85" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been using Ubuntu sense Ubuntu 6 .I was a helping member of the first Ubuntu.&#xA;com . I have been a member here sense day one and now i have to get 50 points before i can reply to help some one .What,s the go ? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="49102" OwnerDisplayName="user49102" LastActivityDate="2014-02-06T11:26:37.623" Title="Loyal ubuntu member" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8284" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8283" CreationDate="2014-02-06T11:16:36.033" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/&quot;&gt;privileges on Ask Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt; are all based around your experience with Ask Ubuntu. It's &quot;gamification&quot; to:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Protect us from people who would abuse things (spam et al)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ensure that you know what features are actually for (over-use of links, comments, images, etc)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Reward users who stick with it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's not all frowns though because being a long-term Ubuntu, you should find it easier to answer questions which should mean you progress faster than your comrades.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2014-02-06T11:26:37.623" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8285" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8286" CreationDate="2014-02-06T11:22:26.913" Score="2" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;From &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/low-quality-posts/219372&quot;&gt;this LQP review item&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/cZjrS.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;but the user 'Olli' has only 2,804 rep (at time of writing), how did he 'Close' it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/0YOC4.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="176889" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2014-02-06T11:34:20.823" Title="How did a &lt;3k user vote to close a question?" Tags="|support|reputation|vote-to-close|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8286" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8285" CreationDate="2014-02-06T11:34:20.823" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;It was a flag (not a close vote).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Avinash Raj submitted the first flag and Olli confirmed it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2014-02-06T11:34:20.823" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8288" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8314" CreationDate="2014-02-06T12:32:02.043" Score="6" ViewCount="80" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was joking with somebody earlier about &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/410233/449&quot;&gt;the line-spacing in their post&lt;/a&gt;. There's nothing wrong with the content, it's just hard to read. This is very easy to reproduce; just compare:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit. Dolores autem nemo iste quos esse obcaecati voluptatibus et voluptas tempora incidunt. Officiis, doloremque, minima, quasi eius aliquid amet delectus iste deserunt ipsam at ratione aliquam dolorem. Rem nulla error fugiat numquam aut neque iure dolores ullam? Maiores dicta eveniet vitae labore animi eligendi magni nesciunt repellat. Libero, ducimus dolorem id distinctio necessitatibus temporibus culpa aut maiores excepturi ea laudantium earum accusamus vero mollitia provident voluptatibus deleniti molestiae sed aliquid delectus. Alias!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit. Dolores autem nemo iste quos esse obcaecati voluptatibus et voluptas tempora incidunt. Officiis, doloremque, minima, quasi eius aliquid amet delectus iste deserunt ipsam at ratione aliquam dolorem. Rem nulla error fugiat numquam aut neque iure dolores ullam? Maiores dicta eveniet vitae labore animi eligendi magni nesciunt repellat. Libero, ducimus dolorem id distinctio necessitatibus temporibus culpa aut maiores excepturi ea laudantium earum accusamus vero mollitia provident voluptatibus deleniti molestiae sed aliquid delectus. Alias!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;code&gt;line-height&lt;/code&gt; on the standard &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; is 18.2px. Inside a &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;li&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; that shrinks to 16px. The bigger the block of text, the harder it becomes to read through.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Could the line-height be boosted back up please? Here's the current CSS to make it easier to track:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;ol li, ul li {&#xA;    line-height: 16px;&#xA;}&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2014-02-10T01:35:29.070" Title="Can the line-height in &lt;li&gt;s be a bit taller?" Tags="|bug|status-completed|design|css|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8289" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8279" CreationDate="2014-02-06T15:18:25.283" Score="1" Body="&lt;h3&gt;Paraphrasing&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While this link may answer the question, it is better to paraphrase the essential parts of the link in your answer without infringing the original author's copyright (for instance, by copy-pasting his/her entire text). In case of doubt about the copyright of a text, please raise a question on &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com&quot;&gt;meta&lt;/a&gt; and/or contact the author.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Alternative&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While this link may answer the question, it is better to paraphrase the essential parts of the link in your answer without infringing the original author's copyright (for instance, by copy-pasting his/her entire text). In case of doubt about the copyright of a text, please raise a question on &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com&quot;&gt;meta&lt;/a&gt; where &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/users/449/oli&quot;&gt;Oli&lt;/a&gt; will answer it for you and/or contact the author. He can also make a nice drawing of a unicorn if wanted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="115155" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-02-06T15:24:22.760" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8290" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-02-06T17:20:36.797" Score="1" ViewCount="28" Body="&lt;p&gt;See title, essentially. Currently there isn't an explicit option on the flag menu to flag as &quot;Off-topic -&gt; Shopping recommendation&quot;, despite it being listed as an off-topic category in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;Help Centre&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What would be the correct way of flagging such posts? Is it simply a case of &quot;this is not about Ubuntu&quot;, or should there be a different option? (For reference, the question in... well, question is this one: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/416805/ubuntu-laptop-questions&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/416805/ubuntu-laptop-questions&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="137827" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2014-02-06T17:20:36.797" Title="How should shopping recommendations be flagged?" Tags="|discussion|flagging|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8291" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-02-06T23:58:23.253" Score="1" ViewCount="38" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have seen a lot (really tons of them) questions regarding &lt;em&gt;&quot;I can't see [Windows] partitions while installing Ubuntu&quot;&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A common property between all of them is that almost none of them has &lt;em&gt;close votes&lt;/em&gt; for &lt;strong&gt;bug&lt;/strong&gt;. Why??? It should be closed as such because .. it is a bug!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also some of them provide more information that others, but that is not relevant (IMO).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So the thing is, lets close them, and if someone has/found a workaround lets link them as dupe!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here are &lt;em&gt;some&lt;/em&gt; of them, but is easy to find more:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/417409/62483&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/q/417409/62483&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/332801/62483&quot;&gt;Ubuntu can&amp;#39;t see windows 7 partition when installing 13.04&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/298382/62483&quot;&gt;Ubuntu 12.04 can&amp;#39;t see Windows 7&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/265132/62483&quot;&gt;Why doesn&amp;#39;t Ubuntu 12.04 recognize my Windows 7 partition?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/252414/62483&quot;&gt;I can&amp;#39;t see my partitions to install ubuntu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="62483" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2014-02-06T23:58:23.253" Title="Start closing &quot;I can't see partitions while installing&quot; questions" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8292" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8293" CreationDate="2014-02-07T09:11:58.527" Score="2" ViewCount="129" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was reviewing an edit in the suggested edits review queue, I improved the edit and then just went to see the question so I try to see if I can answer it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To my surprise it wasn't a question, it was a question added as an answer. So it should have been flagged as &quot;Not an answer&quot; in the first place, and didn't need an edit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So my question is, is there a way to distinguish questions from answers in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits&quot;&gt;Suggested Edits&lt;/a&gt; review queue, am I not seeing something here? Or is it fine to approve them and then flag them?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my opinion, it is just bumping the question to the homepage for no reason.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/219828&quot;&gt;This is the example edit I'm talking about.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note: I did flag it as not an answer.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2014-02-08T07:06:50.863" Title="Is there a way to distinguish answers from questions while reviewing edits?" Tags="|discussion|review|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8293" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8292" CreationDate="2014-02-07T09:31:07.253" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here are some screenshots of edits against questions and answers so you can see for yourself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;edit against a question&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/eX839.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;edit against an answer&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/E3j3e.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Down at the bottom next to the avatars it states &quot;asked&quot; or &quot;answered&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="196255" LastEditorUserId="196255" LastEditDate="2014-02-07T12:52:47.510" LastActivityDate="2014-02-07T12:52:47.510" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8294" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7100" CreationDate="2014-02-07T19:09:47.200" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here on Ask Ubuntu, we have a page dedicated to explaining what is on- and off-topic: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Nowhere on that page does it mention that problems of this type are off-topic. So either that help page should be updated to say that such problems are off-topic, or the flag should be moved to a different flagging section.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="236970" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2014-02-07T19:09:47.200" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8295" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8279" CreationDate="2014-02-07T19:29:57.467" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;We should not try to cover every detail and possible edge case in the comment; that would just produce an unreadable mass of words.  So here's what I propose (changes in &lt;em&gt;italics&lt;/em&gt;):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;While this link may answer the question, it is better to &lt;em&gt;paraphrase&lt;/em&gt; the essential parts of the answer here &lt;em&gt;in your own words&lt;/em&gt; and provide the link for reference. Link-only answers can become invalid if the linked page changes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;IMO, there's no need to explicitly mention that sometimes verbatim copying is OK: people will do it anyway, if they think it's the reasonable thing to do (and sometimes they may even be right about it), and in any case, a paraphrase is nearly always preferable to a copy-paste dump, anyway.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Besides, if, in a particular case, the commenter wants to specifically recommend quoting the linked page verbatim, they can always edit the comment to say so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="35897" LastActivityDate="2014-02-07T19:29:57.467" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8296" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8306" CreationDate="2014-02-07T22:18:02.697" Score="0" ViewCount="53" Body="&lt;p&gt;In questions with more than five comments, the first five are shown and the rest hidden under a 'add/show x more comments'.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When you click that link, you are first shown the comment textarea to add your own comment and then you have to click the link again to see the 'x more comments'.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Shouldn't we be shown the comments first then the textarea?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;EDIT&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;This only happens in slow connections, I guess as the comments load.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="163331" LastEditorUserId="163331" LastEditDate="2014-02-08T18:26:37.253" LastActivityDate="2014-02-08T20:40:54.413" Title="Show comments before comment form in add/show 3 more comments" Tags="|feature-request|comments|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8297" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8300" CreationDate="2014-02-07T23:08:53.740" Score="2" ViewCount="38" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to install &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.8ballclub.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;8ballclub&lt;/a&gt; on Wine and I think there's a &lt;a href=&quot;http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&amp;amp;iId=9324&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;bug&lt;/a&gt;. Can I ask how to install the game here or will it be close as off topic or low  quality or too specific? or something? Is it okay to ask it or not?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="23239" LastActivityDate="2014-02-08T00:01:18.927" Title="Is it on topic to ask about installing a game on Wine?" Tags="|discussion|asking-questions|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8298" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8297" CreationDate="2014-02-07T23:28:29.760" Score="-2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Bugs, even more those that are well known, are off topic on the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2014-02-07T23:28:29.760" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8299" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7773" CreationDate="2014-02-07T23:35:23.280" Score="27" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/features/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/JX6jk.png&quot; alt=&quot;Mozilla Firefox — Free Web Browser&quot; title=&quot;Mozilla Firefox — Free Web Browser&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="23239" LastEditorUserId="23239" LastEditDate="2014-02-10T09:17:30.957" LastActivityDate="2014-02-10T09:17:30.957" CommentCount="16" CommunityOwnedDate="2014-02-07T23:35:23.280" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8300" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8297" CreationDate="2014-02-07T23:50:49.383" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you have already checked the Wine appdb site for this app and a how to install and have also read the guide &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/316025/installing-and-configuring-wine&quot;&gt;How to install and configure Wine?&lt;/a&gt; on how to install apps and still have not been able to install then you might first try reporting the app to the wine developers for further help. If there is a bug with the app then it is not related to Ubuntu but to Wine. Also, as it looks the App has Bronze stat in the Wine APP DB so it might mean the app will not work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But since Ubuntu is cool and all, if you follow the guide provided you should get the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Kx6tP.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And after registering I got this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/0o8Ek.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Don't ask me how to play I don't even know what in the world i'm looking at but at least the game works, again, following the guide provided.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Training Area (and me sucking at pool)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/INW6N.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7035" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2014-02-08T00:01:18.927" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8301" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8292" CreationDate="2014-02-08T07:00:03.307" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is a &lt;em&gt;very&lt;/em&gt; subtle (and hard to remember) difference, but the heading for an answer is &lt;strong&gt;bolded&lt;/strong&gt; and slightly lighter [in colour] than the heading for a question&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/123553/how-to-install-google-appengine&quot;&gt;Question&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/DVV9H.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/123553/how-to-install-google-appengine/368827#368827&quot;&gt;Answer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/FnNhA.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For easier comparison, I've placed them side by side below:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/M7sxx.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt; &lt;sup&gt;(question)  &lt;/sup&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/tZ4ve.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt; &lt;sup&gt;(answer)  &lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The same difference is also in your &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/history&quot;&gt;Review History tab&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note the differences between the Google appengine Q/As. The answer heading is also slightly smaller, which doesn't seem to occur on the normal Edit Review screen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/81O7v.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="176889" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-02-08T07:06:50.863" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8302" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8304" CreationDate="2014-02-08T13:38:53.747" Score="1" ViewCount="46" Body="&lt;p&gt;I asked &lt;a href=&quot;https://superuser.com/questions/710495/is-it-possible-to-run-corona-sdk-on-reactos-or-wine&quot;&gt;this question on Super User&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it on topic here or not? If yes (and migrated), what will happen to the bounty?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="23239" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:04:50.393" LastActivityDate="2014-02-08T20:51:42.337" Title="Should my Super User question be migrated to Ask Ubuntu?" Tags="|discussion|asking-questions|migration|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8303" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-02-08T13:43:55.900" Score="2" ViewCount="38" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/settings&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;settings&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;settings&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/preferences&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;preferences&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;preferences&lt;/a&gt; should be synonyms.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;Settings&quot; is a more general term that applies to driver settings, program settings, system settings, etc. &quot;Preferences&quot; is a term that usually refers to &lt;em&gt;program settings&lt;/em&gt;; for example, the GUIs of most programs in Ubuntu call the program's settings &quot;preferences&quot;. Nonetheless, many people still call those &quot;settings&quot; rather than &quot;preferences&quot;. So if we want separate tags based on this distinction, they would need to have more descriptive names like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/system-settings&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;system-settings&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;system-settings&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since &quot;preferences&quot; is a subset of &quot;settings&quot;, I think &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/preferences&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;preferences&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;preferences&lt;/a&gt; should be a synonym of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/settings&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;settings&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;settings&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="236970" LastEditorUserId="236970" LastEditDate="2014-02-08T14:24:35.533" LastActivityDate="2014-02-08T14:24:35.533" Title="Tag synonym request: [preferences] -&gt; [settings]" Tags="|feature-request|tags|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="14" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8304" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8302" CreationDate="2014-02-08T18:44:40.003" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The question itself is a bit borderline, but I'm leaning toward on-topic. However, asking &quot;What OS will run &lt;em&gt;program&lt;/em&gt;&quot; isn't on-topic on any SE site that I know of.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You might be able to get a moderator to refund the bounty before a migration, but most likely it will just disappear into nothingness.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2014-02-08T18:44:40.003" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8306" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8296" CreationDate="2014-02-08T20:40:54.413" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The form and hidden comments are meant to load &lt;strong&gt;at the same time&lt;/strong&gt;. You don't need to click 'add / show x more comments' twice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you noted, with a slow connection, fetching the comments will take more time than displaying the add comment form. That is the cause.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/94963/176889&quot;&gt;For convenience, example here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="176889" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2014-02-08T20:40:54.413" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8307" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-02-08T20:48:42.073" Score="5" ViewCount="870" Body="&lt;p&gt;I wanted to add my answer to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/174287/how-do-i-convert-an-mp4-to-an-mp3&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; post but I keep on being told to enter the text on a captcha. The problem is that the captcha text is bearly readable and no success after about five tries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I tried logging out and in again with no luck. How can I tell them am human or use a more readable captcha? See below...even the captcha sound doesn't help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/xoWuD.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/SXvcg.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="163331" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2014-02-08T20:48:42.073" Title="Unreadable captcha" Tags="|support|captcha|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8308" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8159" CreationDate="2014-02-09T00:52:10.070" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Tag: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/administration&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;administration&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;administration&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Action: &lt;strong&gt;remove&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why: &lt;em&gt;it doesn't specify any issue or spec, it is too broad, etc.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="62483" LastActivityDate="2014-02-09T00:52:10.070" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8309" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8310" CreationDate="2014-02-09T11:11:07.840" Score="2" ViewCount="64" Body="&lt;p&gt;I flagged an answer that was only copy/pasted nonsense as &lt;em&gt;spam&lt;/em&gt; and got that flag declined - do we restrict the term &lt;em&gt;spam&lt;/em&gt; strictly to undisclosed advertisements?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The flag was about &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/177911/xampp-mysql-error/418261#418261&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/177911/xampp-mysql-error/418261#418261&lt;/a&gt; (removed since). The same user posted something not so blatantly obvious an hour earlier on the same question - this is still visible: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/177911/xampp-mysql-error/418229#418229&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/177911/xampp-mysql-error/418229#418229&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2014-02-09T11:43:09.087" Title="What are we to call &quot;answers&quot; that are just copied gibberish?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8310" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8309" CreationDate="2014-02-09T11:43:09.087" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Copy-pasted answers would probably contravene our strict policies about copyright that we recently have discussed:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/8250/flagrant-copy-pasting-in-progress&quot;&gt;Flagrant copy/pasting in progress?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, before you blast a spam flag - you should drop a comment explaining just that - where the OP has copied from and pointing them towards the relevant site policy.  This is all part of polite moderation we should all adhere to.  Such a comment will also help out your community moderators - few people are mind-readers and as such need a little bit of help to understand someones thought processes as to why it was flagged as such.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this particular case, there was no comment and no indication as to where it was copy-pasted from and hence didnt fall into the &lt;em&gt;spam&lt;/em&gt; category of undisclosed advertisement and potential breach of copyright.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A second flag was received indicating that this was Not an Answer.  This would be the correct action in this case since it very clearly didnt answer the question being posed i.e. the answer containing rambling stuff, non-english stuff etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note - many &quot;Not an Answer&quot; flags are not so clear cut.  50-50 situations should be dealt with by a downvote.  This would be a correct way to indicate collectively what the community thinks of an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14356" LastActivityDate="2014-02-09T11:43:09.087" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8313" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-02-09T18:33:24.427" Score="6" ViewCount="84" Body="&lt;p&gt;We have two tags:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/uninstall&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;uninstall&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;uninstall&lt;/a&gt; - lots of questions&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/software-uninstall&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;software-uninstall&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;software-uninstall&lt;/a&gt; - handful of questions&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Both of these tags are for questions relating to uninstalling software.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can we merge the contents of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/software-uninstall&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;software-uninstall&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;software-uninstall&lt;/a&gt; into &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/uninstall&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;uninstall&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;uninstall&lt;/a&gt; and then make the former a synonym of the latter?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="196255" LastActivityDate="2014-02-11T23:05:58.143" Title="Synonym request: [software-uninstall] to [uninstall]" Tags="|discussion|tags|tag-synonyms|tag-merge|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8314" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8288" CreationDate="2014-02-10T01:35:22.443" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have changed the line-height to both paragraph text and &amp;lt;li&amp;gt; to 1.3. The change is now on dev, will be on live after the next production build.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="61" LastActivityDate="2014-02-10T01:35:22.443" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8315" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8200" CreationDate="2014-02-10T01:54:28.690" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I can't believe it's been wrong this whole time (since the site graduated). I had the border radius backwards. I have fixed it. It will be on live site after the next production build.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="61" LastActivityDate="2014-02-10T01:54:28.690" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8316" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7773" CreationDate="2014-02-10T07:06:00.067" Score="36" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.libreoffice.org&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/61QMy.png&quot; alt=&quot;LibreOffice: The Document Foundation!&quot; title=&quot;LibreOffice: The document foundation&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="163331" LastEditorUserId="176889" LastEditDate="2014-02-10T20:27:26.707" LastActivityDate="2014-02-10T20:27:26.707" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2014-02-10T07:06:00.067" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8317" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8318" CreationDate="2014-02-10T09:00:21.237" Score="2" ViewCount="77" Body="&lt;p&gt;It says: &#xA;Followed the Area 51 proposal for this site before it entered the commitment phase. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I entered to area 51, but found that askubuntu have ended the commitment phase long time a go.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am frustrated. I don't understand this badge... Can you explain it better&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="182026" LastActivityDate="2014-02-10T09:16:22.753" Title="how can I get the Precognitive badge" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8318" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8317" CreationDate="2014-02-10T09:09:16.130" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;This badge is given to users who essentially &lt;em&gt;sign up for the site before the site actually exists&lt;/em&gt;. They don't actually sign up at this time, of course, because the site doesn't exist, but following a site during the proposal phase is a statement of intent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Each site that isn't part of the trilogy (Stack Overflow, Super User, Server Fault) went through a proposal stage on Area 51, where the site was defined and people &quot;followed&quot; it. Once the site gained enough interest, it entered a commitment phase, and once enough people committed, it went into a private beta, followed by a closed beta. Until a site reaches the &quot;beta&quot; phase, it doesn't actually exist.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In order to earn this badge, you must follow the proposal before it enters commitment phase, which is not something you can do on this site now since it has been public for some while.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This entire process is covered in more detail on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://area51.stackexchange.com/faq&quot;&gt;Area 51 Frequently Asked Questions Page&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In short: &lt;strong&gt;You can no longer earn the precognitive badge &lt;em&gt;or&lt;/em&gt; beta badge on Ask Ubuntu&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="196255" LastEditorUserId="196255" LastEditDate="2014-02-10T09:16:22.753" LastActivityDate="2014-02-10T09:16:22.753" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8319" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-02-10T14:23:42.353" Score="-2" ViewCount="144" Body="&lt;p&gt;Lets face it... software recommendation were never good questions for Ask Ubuntu, and don't tell me &quot;but they are popular&quot;... the popular questions got their popularity because they are too broad or fit &lt;strong&gt;lots of questions&lt;/strong&gt;, not because they were good. But let me not rant about that and lets see what &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/1873/169736&quot;&gt;our soft rec&lt;/a&gt; guide says for questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;h1&gt;Scope, Scope, Scope.&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If a question &lt;strong&gt;is too broad it'll attract a large quantity of answers which will likely lower the overall quality of the question&lt;/strong&gt; due to the impossibility of sifting through each. However, if &lt;strong&gt;the scope is too narrow the answers will only pertain to a very small audience&lt;/strong&gt; resulting in many narrow scoped questions about similar topics and a fractured solution overall.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, where you make that line? When is too broad or when is too narrow? This is confusing! You must set what you expect of the recommendations, always. Who cares about audience, you want something that is useful to &lt;strong&gt;you&lt;/strong&gt;. That another question is done slightly different is not your problem, is the other asker problem because he didn't like &lt;strong&gt;your preferences&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;h2&gt;Narrow scope, get targeted and high quality answers.&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;When you embark on any question, make sure you outline what features you're looking for - or what your end goal/ideal solution would be. Simply stating &quot;What games are available on Ubuntu?&quot; will be too large of a scope and ultimately will be too long to assert any value from. Instead you may wish to ask &quot;Where can I find games for Ubuntu?&quot; to obtain a list of sites that provide gaming services compatible with Linux. Another alternative would be to asked about certain game genres, like &quot;What Real Time Strategy games are available Ubuntu?&quot; or &quot;Native First person shooter games?&quot;. While most video gaming questions should probably be asked on Gaming Stack Exchange.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Apart of being contradictory with the previous paragraph, the Gaming.SE guys will kill us! They don't want game recommendations nor list questions. BTW, the example questions would irremediably end in big list:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Where can I find games for Ubuntu?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the software center or Steam, duh? (also it is constantly updated)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;What Real Time Strategy games are available Ubuntu?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;just look for RTS in the software center or Steam, will ya? (both gets an updated list)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Native First person shooter games?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(I had to ask in The Bridge what was this and they even didn't know, take a hint. I presume &lt;em&gt;native&lt;/em&gt; here means that runs in Linux, but whatever) What? FPS? Just look!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;h2&gt;Broaden scope, help all the people!&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;When asking for questions like &quot;Photoshop Alternatives?&quot;, or &quot;What music players are there other than Banshee?&quot; consider making your question a little broader in scope. &quot;Graphic Manipulation Software for Ubuntu?&quot; appeals to a larger audience and can be used as a canonical answer for other such recommendation questions. &quot;Music Players for Ubuntu?&quot; will also include Banshee as an answer, but it will also provide a list of additional music playing software. This alone is worth it's weight as it's a complete solution - a &quot;generic&quot; question that can be used as a reference point going forward.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Again contradicting. You want well scoped or just a run of the mill &quot;please giv meh da list!&quot;, just decide yourself! The example questions are irremediably asking for list:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Photoshop Alternatives?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any software that claims being Photoshop alternative will fit.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;What music players are there other than Banshee?/Music Players for Ubuntu?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are thousands of music players, you know? Just counting those that use mplayer/2 as backend... uhhh...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Graphic Manipulation Software for Ubuntu? (BTW, is there someone aware that there's a difference between vector and graphic manipulators?)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Couldn't just be easier just to google around or look in the USC? Why are you asking for a list?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, lets examine the body:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&quot;What music players are there other than Banshee?&quot; consider making your question a little broader in scope (...) appeals to a larger audience and can be used as a canonical answer for other such recommendation questions (...) will also include Banshee as an answer, but it will also provide a list of additional music playing software.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Yeah, but &lt;strong&gt;I still don't like banshee&lt;/strong&gt;. I will not accept banshee as answer and I would include it in the question so when the answerer ask me &quot;Y U not accept my A?!&quot; he knows that he's at fault because he didn't read the questions. I'm looking for X characteristics that I know banshee don't have, why should I broad the scope just to satisfy your morbid likes? I'm looking for X software with A, B, C, D characteristics, it's so difficult just to provide an answer to this?&lt;/em&gt; (seriously, that's what any sane OP will think, I do.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is what makes most soft-rec lying around just bad questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;but it will also provide a list of additional music playing software&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are anyone reading the FAQ? Really, I have suspicions. The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/dont-ask&quot;&gt;help/dont-ask&lt;/a&gt; says &lt;strong&gt;&quot;every answer is equally valid&quot;&lt;/strong&gt; is within the should not ask. And any. music. player. is not a good question by our FAQ.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;h2&gt;Formatting&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;When asking for software recommendations &lt;strong&gt;you're essentially prompting a poll of the community&lt;/strong&gt;. The Stack Exchange software which Ask Ubuntu runs on has a mechanism to assist with community polling implemented as one of the features of a community wiki. Flagging the post for conversion to a Community Wiki will allow a moderator to review the request and take any necessary actions. In addition it may help to remind users that they should limit only one proposed solution per answer to make true use of a &quot;poll&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That sounds exactly like &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/11/qa-is-hard-lets-go-shopping/&quot;&gt;shopping recommendations&lt;/a&gt; which are prohibited network wide last time I read about it. BTW, Community Wiki is not an &quot;anything goes&quot; flag just to ask about ponies or unicorns (yeah, we know you love them, but don't ask about them), either the question falls within the scope or not and should be closed accordingly. CW were not meant for bad, poorly asked, polls questions. &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/75179/213575&quot;&gt;Check Aarobot answer on MSO for more about this&lt;/a&gt; which is the base for &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2011/01/real-questions-have-answers/&quot;&gt;SE blogpost&lt;/a&gt;. This flags also adds to the load to the mods flags, while they should be doing something more productive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, where I want to conclude. Just close them all. &lt;strong&gt;ALL&lt;/strong&gt;. Don't allow new nor old being safe. &lt;strong&gt;We are redefining our scope with retroactivity&lt;/strong&gt;. The message should be &quot;Hey, there was upon a time where we allowed this, but not more so don't use it as example&quot;. Doesn't matter how &lt;em&gt;popular&lt;/em&gt;, upvoted, &lt;em&gt;helpful&lt;/em&gt; you consider it, is a poll &lt;strong&gt;not a Questions &amp;amp; Answer&lt;/strong&gt;. Doesn't fit what Stack Exchange was built over and they &lt;strong&gt;spread thin our resources&lt;/strong&gt; since people continue asking them.  Lets get questions that inspire us to write about something more interesting, that would help to solve someone &lt;em&gt;real&lt;/em&gt; problem and attract more experts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want them, they at least must follow a well defined set of rules (like Tim Post's in Soft-Rec) and any old question should be closed accordingly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Moderators should abide by our decision here and close them since it's tiresome to VTC by all the community that already reached some consensus.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;BTW, let not migrate our old closed Software recommendation questions to &lt;a href=&quot;http://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;softwarerecs.stackexchange.com&lt;/a&gt;, since ours are very, very crappy and those guys would not want them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2014-02-10T19:30:27.763" Title="Just lets drop the software recommendation mess" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8320" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8159" CreationDate="2014-02-10T18:05:24.150" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Tag: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/memory-usage&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;memory-usage&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;memory-usage&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Action: remove.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Statistics: &lt;em&gt;116 Qs, 1 Follower&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why: it doesn't specify the type of memory. For instance, for HDD we have &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/disk-usage&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;disk-usage&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;disk-usage&lt;/a&gt; that is more relevant. And RAM &amp;amp; Cache have their own tags&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="62483" LastActivityDate="2014-02-10T18:05:24.150" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8322" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8319" CreationDate="2014-02-10T19:30:27.763" Score="8" Body="&lt;h2&gt;what is the purpose of Ask Ubuntu?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In a nutshell we are here to provide answers to questions - and occasionally provide answers that you really didnt know in the first place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The software-recommendation tag provides an interesting dilemma. Just occasionally you may ask yourself a very general question - hopefully with a well defined boundary.  This boundary would normally limit the number of potential answers to a bare minimum.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Lets give an example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/285434/is-there-a-power-saving-application-similar-to-jupiter&quot;&gt;Is there a power saving application similar to Jupiter?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a general question for a specific purpose.  Software-recommendation fits this well and more importantly there are just a few possible answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now lets look at the number of views - an impressive 53,000 views in less than a year.  So there are thousands upon thousands of people who are having the collective same general thought - I'm looking for a power saving app - please recommend me something.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now lets look at the reverse situation which hits the dilemma I mentioned above:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/30334/what-application-indicators-are-available&quot;&gt;What Application Indicators are available?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;352,000 people have again had the same collective general thought - impressive!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From a question &amp;amp; answer point of view - this question is poor - no defined boundary with too many possible answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Thus what to do?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From simply a views point-of-view this question is one of our highest rated questions.  From the edits, it is well maintained.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So should we close each and every software-recommendation question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Well no is the short answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Software-recommendation has a purpose - to answer those questions that are general enough but with a defined boundary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Our FAQ covers this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your questions should be reasonably scoped. If you can imagine an entire book that answers your question, you’re asking too much.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;So what should we do with historic questions?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This sort of thing has been often discussed previously - our current evolved thoughts is to leave open this sort of question but highlight clearly in the question the following text:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This question exists because it has historical significance, but &lt;strong&gt;it is not considered a good, on-topic question for this site,&lt;/strong&gt; so please do not use it as evidence that you can ask similar questions here.  While you are encouraged to help maintain its answers, please understand that &amp;quot;big list&amp;quot; questions are not generally allowed on Ask Ubuntu and will be closed per the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq#dontask&quot;&gt;FAQ&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We have also been evolving the policy to close new questions that could lead to lists.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;In conclusion.&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Software recommendation can and does play a purpose.  Any question tagged as such should not immediately be closed.  We should - collectively - as a community look very closely.  Does such a software recommendation lead to a long list?  Does it have a defined boundary?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you've decided upon those key questions - then as a community you should cast your collective ballot - to close or not to close.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Lets not close simply because a question has a specific tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;really?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Moderators should abide by our decision here and close them since it's tiresome to VTC by all the community that already reached some consensus.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The problem I have here is that this statement puts a moderator immediately beyond the community.  We are &lt;em&gt;community moderators&lt;/em&gt; - we are part of the community and have the same ability to share our views and should have the same judgement to encourage the community as everyone else have.  The power to blast shut a question should not be taken lightly - nor should this be done on a whim.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Closure of such historic questions should be through community involvement - cast your 5 ballots by 5 respected (through their reputation) fellow community members.  In that way, we get the benefit of closer community involvement in making decisions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14356" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-02-10T19:30:27.763" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8323" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8159" CreationDate="2014-02-10T19:58:57.027" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Tag: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/info&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;info&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;info&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Action: remove (possibly retag &lt;code&gt;info&lt;/code&gt; command into &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/info-command&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;info-command&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;info-command&lt;/a&gt; or similar)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why: Ambiguous tag. Used for all types of information not necessarily related to the &lt;code&gt;info&lt;/code&gt; program. In cases where it is relating to general information, a tag is not necessary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="176889" LastActivityDate="2014-02-10T19:58:57.027" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8324" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-02-10T20:00:01.420" Score="6" ViewCount="90" Body="&lt;p&gt;The 2014 Community Moderator Election is now underway!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Community moderator elections have three phases:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Nomination phase&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Primary phase&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Election phase&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most elections take between two and three weeks, but this depends on how many candidates there are.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please visit the official election page at&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/election&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/election&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;for more detail, and to participate!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have general questions about the election process, or questions for moderator candidates, feel free to ask them here on meta -- just make sure your questions are tagged &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/election&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;election&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;election&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2014-02-10T20:00:01.420" Title="2014 Community Moderator Election" Tags="|discussion|moderators|election|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2014-02-10T20:00:01.420" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8325" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-02-10T20:01:34.773" Score="19" ViewCount="372" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The purpose of this thread was to collect questions for the questionnaire. The questionnaire is now live, and you may find it &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/8477/2014-moderator-election-qa-questionnaire?cb=1&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In connection with the moderator elections, we will be holding a Q&amp;amp;A with the candidates.  This will be an opportunity for members of the community to pose questions to the candidates on the topic of moderation.  Participation is completely voluntary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's how it'll work:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;During the nomination phase, (so, until Monday, February 17th at 20:00:00Z UTC, or 3:00 pm EST on the same day, give or take time to arrive for closure), this question will be open to collect potential questions from the users of the site. Post answers to this question containing any questions you would like to ask the candidates. Please only post &lt;em&gt;one question per answer&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;We, the Community Team, will be providing a small selection of generic questions. The first two will be guaranteed to be included, the latter ones are if the community doesn't supply enough questions. This will be done in a single post, unlike the prior instruction.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;This is a perfect opportunity to voice questions that are specific to your community and issues that you are running into at current.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;At the end of the phase, the Community Team will select &lt;strong&gt;up to 8 of the top voted questions submitted by the community&lt;/strong&gt; provided in this thread, to use in addition to the aforementioned 2 guaranteed questions. We reserve some editorial control in the selection of the questions and may opt not to select a question that is tangential or irrelevant to moderation or the election. That said, if I have concerns about any questions in this fashion, I will be sure to point this out in comments before the decision making time.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Once questions have been selected, a new question will be opened to host the actual questionnaire for the candidates, containing 10 questions in total.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;This is not the only option that users have for gathering information on candidates. As a community, you are still free to, for example, hold a live chat session with your candidates to ask further questions, or perhaps clarifications from what is provided in the Q&amp;amp;A.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have any questions or feedback about this new process, feel free to post as a comment here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22665" LastEditorUserId="22665" LastEditDate="2014-02-18T18:55:52.340" LastActivityDate="2014-02-23T22:58:05.773" Title="2014 Moderator Election Q&amp;A - Question Collection" Tags="|discussion|election|" AnswerCount="13" CommentCount="4" ClosedDate="2014-03-08T11:02:06.863" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8326" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8325" CreationDate="2014-02-10T20:01:34.773" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here is a set of general questions, gathered as very common questions asked every election. As mentioned in the instructions, the first two questions are guaranteed to show up in the Q&amp;amp;A, while the others are if there aren't enough questions (or, if you like one enough, you may split it off as a separate answer for review within the community's 8). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How would you deal with a user who produced a steady stream of valuable answers, but tends to generate a large number of arguments/flags from comments? &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How would you handle a situation where another mod closed/deleted/etc a question that you feel shouldn't have been?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In your opinion, what do moderators do? &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A diamond will be attached to everything you say and have said in the past, including questions, answers and comments. Everything you will do will be seen under a different light. How do you feel about that? &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In what way do you feel that being a moderator will make you more effective as opposed to simply reaching 10k or 20k rep? &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22665" LastActivityDate="2014-02-10T20:01:34.773" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8327" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8325" CreationDate="2014-02-10T20:12:26.397" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;A new user has arrived and doesn't really understand the way the Stack Exchange system is supposed to work. They're complaining that people keep editing their posts and a roll back war has started on a question that they've asked. You need to step in and moderate the situation. What actions do you take?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="196255" LastActivityDate="2014-02-10T20:12:26.397" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8328" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8325" CreationDate="2014-02-10T20:13:08.617" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;A new user has joined the site and posted a question which is obviously off topic, you know the question needs closing - how do you approach this with the user? (Provide past examples if you've got any)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="196255" LastActivityDate="2014-02-10T20:13:08.617" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8329" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8325" CreationDate="2014-02-10T20:13:30.213" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;As a moderator, your votes become binding. Actions you used to take like flagging, closing, and deleting will take effect immediately without any input from any other users or moderators. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How will you adapt the way you currently flag and vote to deal with this change?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="196255" LastActivityDate="2014-02-10T20:13:30.213" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8330" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8325" CreationDate="2014-02-10T20:16:11.833" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;While the moderator position you're nominating yourself for is a voluntary position, there is a minimum amount of time that you would need to be available in order to be an effective moderator. How much time do you currently spend using Ask Ubuntu and are there any known circumstances in which this will change in the future?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="196255" LastActivityDate="2014-02-10T20:16:11.833" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8331" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8325" CreationDate="2014-02-10T20:21:30.107" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;What is, in your opinion as a potential future moderator, the biggest problem that Ask Ubuntu faces? If you were to get elected, what actions would you take towards resolving this issue? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="196255" LastEditorUserId="38094" LastEditDate="2014-02-11T19:11:09.113" LastActivityDate="2014-02-11T19:11:09.113" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8332" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8325" CreationDate="2014-02-10T20:37:51.180" Score="18" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu currently has &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/sites#percentanswered&quot;&gt;the lowest Percent Answered of any Stack Exchange site&lt;/a&gt;. What do you feel caused this, and what is your personal opinion on whether - and how - to change that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="98085" LastActivityDate="2014-02-10T20:37:51.180" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8333" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8335" CreationDate="2014-02-10T21:10:06.037" Score="24" ViewCount="553" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu currently has the &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/sites?view=list#percentanswered&quot;&gt;lowest Percent Answered of any Stack Exchange site&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What do you think about this, and what should be done about it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Part of the problem is the attitude of questions asked, with little info provided, and often about old or different systems. Also, once answered, the OP does not always bother to mark it as answered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Apart from that, large amount is probably due to [duplicate] nature of flagging, even if the duplicate question is out of date or irrelevant. This can be a good thing, but considering that most &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/sites?view=list#traffic&quot;&gt;other sites, with a similar amount of traffic&lt;/a&gt; manage a much higher answering rate, what could be improved upon?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Update 20140308:&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Alright, currently &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/sites?view=list#percentanswered&quot;&gt;AskUbuntu is the second lowest&lt;/a&gt;, due to &lt;a href=&quot;https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; apparently month old site - but still doing quite badly out of &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;116 sites&lt;/a&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="178596" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-07-14T14:59:34.557" Title="Unanswered questions - what to do?" Tags="|discussion|unanswered-questions|" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8334" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8325" CreationDate="2014-02-10T21:52:16.303" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;A fellow moderator / a well know user / 'one of your peers' has done a blatantly obvious bad answer, one that could prove destructive, or may misguide others. You, as a moderator, must take action. You have tried commenting but they refuse to budge. What do you do now?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="178596" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2014-02-10T21:57:46.263" LastActivityDate="2014-02-10T21:57:46.263" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8335" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8333" CreationDate="2014-02-10T23:29:49.603" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;I'm not be the best guy to answer as my rep indicates but I will answer anyway :)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why is this happening?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because your site is on the main page of Ubuntu.com. What does it say? &lt;em&gt;And if you get stuck Askubuntu!&lt;/em&gt; It doesn't say read the docs :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ubuntu is the most popular Linux distro out there, every time a user finds a silly problem, he comes here &lt;em&gt;(I am no different)&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More newbies than experts, this would be the result and more! Experts would get tired of answering questions, they want real good questions, otherwise they won't answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;(When was the last time you saw Jon skeet or jeff answering questions that have less than 10 votes? Jeff left SE because it's not challenging anymore, this what I believe. Skeet doesn't count, he's a robot :P)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And let me ask you, didn't you ever think about just dumping Ubuntu and trying a more challenging experience like Arch or FreeBSD? Or maybe just different experience like Fedora? If you really love Linux then yes you did :) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What does it mean? You're no longer active on this site, either because you got bored answering low quality questions or because you decided to try another distro.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What we can do to improve that? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Declare martial  law like they do on Arch forums, don't answer newbies unless they read 200 wiki pages :) Maybe even close them. That's how SO does it. SO isn't doing much better than this site, it's just that they close so many questions &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;(and I hate them for that, but if you think about it, it's the only way to deal with so much questions, or maybe hire 2 more Jon skeets or Castro :D)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do not have any other solution, this solution is effective, newbie questions should not end up here in the first place, ubuntuforums.com is the right place for those questions (I am a newbie too).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And there's another issue, that I wanted to discuss on meta.SE but they'll vote it down anyway, you see SE is becoming huge, really huge. Too many sites, for example, you'd prefer to answer Ubuntu questions on superuser or serverfault or unix.SE or here, you can't maintain a community that huge, some sites will be less active than others, it's inevitable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If Ubuntu becomes a rolling release, (it's being discussed) then there will be far less questions, because there will be 1 version, and you wouldn't see an issue on 12.04 or 13.x, one version for everyone, similar issues for everyone, and I hope it would be more stable like Manjaro not Arch.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another thing are the questions related to driver support, on superuser you don't see that many questions related to drivers because Microsoft somehow supports so many hardware out of the box, if ubuntu can do that, then the number of asked questions would be so much less than today. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="23239" LastEditorUserId="23239" LastEditDate="2014-07-01T10:00:31.520" LastActivityDate="2014-07-01T10:00:31.520" CommentCount="23" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8336" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8313" CreationDate="2014-02-10T23:59:57.310" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't see any reason for moving a group of questions about a specific topic (software uninstallation) into a more general category (the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/uninstall&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;uninstall&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;uninstall&lt;/a&gt; tag). If your goal is to make a more fitting tag for those questions about the uninstallation of software, retag them as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/software-uninstall&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;software-uninstall&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;software-uninstall&lt;/a&gt; if they're tagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/uninstall&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;uninstall&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;uninstall&lt;/a&gt;, if they all can't be merged.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="38094" LastEditorUserId="38094" LastEditDate="2014-02-11T23:05:58.143" LastActivityDate="2014-02-11T23:05:58.143" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8337" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8341" CreationDate="2014-02-11T00:39:10.603" Score="4" ViewCount="107" Body="&lt;p&gt;If I am understanding the AU page about the Mod. elections, the only nominees that we will have the opportunity to vote on will be ones that have nominated themselves. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Could someone please explain the logic in that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I ask because I have 2 users in mind that I see are very active and I think would make good mods.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I realize that there is a time commitment that some users may not be able to fulfil so that they know that they would not make good mods(or various other sundry reasons that they know that I may not that makes them unsuitable).  However, they would be free to turn down a nomination if it was offered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The other side of the issue is that a user may make an excellent mod but may not feel comfortable putting themselves forward.  Others could include, not thinking others would want them as Mods., they could have not considered it....ect.  Another user nominating them would at least bring the thought up for them to consider.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Off the top of my head I could think of a few reasons why the election is self nomination only&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Spam nominations, nepotism nominations(nominating a friend just because you know them, not because they would be good mod.), quid pro quo nominations(I'll nominate you if you nominate me/give me some special treatment after you are elected)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So getting back to my question(actually a two part question)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Am I correct in my reading that the election is self nomination only.  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;if so, why?  it seems to me that AU could me losing out on some good moderators with this policy.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="65969" LastActivityDate="2014-02-11T12:33:37.943" Title="Why are the moderator elections only self nominations?" Tags="|discussion|election|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8338" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8337" CreationDate="2014-02-11T01:08:10.597" Score="2" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Am I correct in my reading that the election is self nomination only?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, at this time the only way to get nominated for being a mod is to nominate yourself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If so, why? it seems to me that AU could be losing out on some good moderators with this policy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After the nominations, there are the Primaries. It's a round of voting where the community does get a say in who becomes a mod by filtering the Nominees.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In addition to the reasons you mentioned, some people just don't want to be mods, and they have their reasons. Forcing them to be mods against their will would be unfair. Also, mods who actually want to do their job do it much better.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And as Journeyman Geek said, you can always have a chat with them about it. Very often, people will know in their heads that they are fit for a certain responsibility but want to be asked to do it; it's a way of knowing they will actually be wanted in that position and also a sign that they are indeed fit for the job.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="38094" LastActivityDate="2014-02-11T01:08:10.597" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8339" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-02-11T07:49:17.547" Score="1" ViewCount="21" Body="&lt;p&gt;When a post is rolled back via the 'edit' option, it prepends&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Rollback to Revision &lt;em&gt;n&lt;/em&gt; - &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;automatically to the edit summary, but not consistently.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is there a criteria for adding this text?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Should the behaviour be consistent?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Examples:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/revisions/7773/3&quot;&gt;Text was automatically added&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/revisions/419304/4&quot;&gt;Text wasn't added&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, one was on Meta and the other on main so that may be the difference.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="176889" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2014-02-11T07:49:17.547" Title="&quot;Rollback to Revision n&quot; doesn't appear consistently" Tags="|support|editing|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8341" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8337" CreationDate="2014-02-11T10:05:39.793" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just as people might be uncomfortable putting themselves forward, it might make them uncomfortable to be put up for election. They might be uncomfortable turning it down. They might remain in the running because it's the easier thing to do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Being a moderator is not just a title you earn for being popular, it's an ongoing job that is often thankless and occasionally quite tough. You should only be part of the election if that's something you want.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But yes, by all means ask people to nominate themselves. If they want to run, they can.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2014-02-11T12:33:37.943" LastActivityDate="2014-02-11T12:33:37.943" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8342" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8347" CreationDate="2014-02-11T14:17:37.927" Score="1" ViewCount="47" Body="&lt;p&gt;If I get a badge once, can I get another if I do the same thing again? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Say for example the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/badges/36/stellar-question&quot;&gt;&quot;Stellar Question&quot; badge&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/badges/36/stellar-question&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/lz6fa.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I have 2 questions favorited by 100 or more users, do I get the badge twice?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="182026" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2014-02-11T20:16:59.053" Title="Can I get a badge more than once?" Tags="|support|badges|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8343" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8342" CreationDate="2014-02-11T14:24:31.667" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Depends on the badge.&lt;/strong&gt; Badges such as  Autobiographer(awarded when the user completes all user profile fields) are not awarded everytime the user completes all fields(if he removes/edits any field).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, badges such as Stellar question (Question favorited by 100 users) awarded to the OP everytime a (new) question is favourited by 100 users.&lt;sup&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/badges/36/stellar-question&quot;&gt;[1]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72576" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2014-02-11T14:24:31.667" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8344" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8333" CreationDate="2014-02-11T14:31:28.380" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;It would be nice to give us more overall close votes as a community:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is pretty easy to find things that should be closed, here's one off the top of my head that results in &lt;em&gt;17 pages of crap&lt;/em&gt; we can close:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=crash+closed%3Ano+answers%3A0&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=crash+closed%3Ano+answers%3A0&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=freeze+closed%3Ano+answers%3A0&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=freeze+closed%3Ano+answers%3A0&lt;/a&gt; (here's another 14 pages!)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I get 27 close votes a day. After 20 in review, that leaves me with 7 votes I can use to help clean up the site. Seven! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2014-02-11T14:31:28.380" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8345" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8333" CreationDate="2014-02-11T15:10:28.093" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'll throw my 2 cents here, I think Fisher hit the spot, and the big problem are the new users (most of them, not all):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Not much information (logs or other stuff) regarding the problem in hand&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Explanation of the problem itself is of bad quality&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Most posts itself are written in bad English&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;New users don't vote answers as correct&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;They don't search before asking&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This removes motivation for others users to answer those questions, resulting in a high percentage of unanswered questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I use Ubuntu, but I also use Slackware (and used other distros in the past) like so, I've been participating on other helping sites, like linuxquestions or arch forums and such, and they have a different philosophy:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Users should be educated on first searching then asking finally voting&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In here, they don't bother searching before, they just ask, and we can see this site has a lot of information already, most of the questions asked, have already a solution and has been asked before.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, how to lower the unanswered questions?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a new user joins AU, he should receive a warning or some basic instructions, like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Search -&gt; Ask -&gt; Vote&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Search first,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ask only if your question isn't found&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If answer is given mark the question as answered&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When a user doesn't do this, the question should be closed and the reason why is the above instructions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="49189" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-07-14T14:59:34.557" LastActivityDate="2014-07-14T14:59:34.557" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8347" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8342" CreationDate="2014-02-11T20:08:06.507" Score="5" Body="&lt;h3&gt;Only if the badge says so.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should check the respiective badge's page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Example, a badge which &lt;em&gt;can&lt;/em&gt; be earned multiple times (highlight by me):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/jxyIV.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, if a badge doesn't specifically say that it &lt;em&gt;can&lt;/em&gt; be earned multiple times, &lt;strong&gt;assume it can't&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/CpR7s.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="176889" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-02-11T20:16:59.053" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8348" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-02-11T20:49:11.037" Score="2" ViewCount="62" Body="&lt;p&gt;Why is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/417707/thunderbird-not-sending-emails-from-ubuntu-host&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; being shown &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/close/219927&quot;&gt;on a review&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/fXXo4.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It has 4 close votes to &lt;em&gt;migrate to Meta&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why does it have 4 migration votes (unrelated to Meta)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That option isn't even available for me on most questions (though I remember seeing it sometimes).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="176889" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2014-02-16T10:56:15.630" Title="Why does this question have 4 votes to migrate to Meta?" Tags="|bug|vote-to-close|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8349" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-02-11T22:10:06.467" Score="1" ViewCount="76" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just received -15 reputation points for some action called &lt;em&gt;User was removed&lt;/em&gt;. What? That does not make sense.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More in this screenshot:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/qc7Kl.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="125988" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2014-02-20T17:33:40.493" LastActivityDate="2014-02-20T17:33:40.493" Title="User was removed gave me -15 reputation" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2014-02-11T22:24:24.397" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8350" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-02-11T22:11:22.740" Score="13" ViewCount="142" Body="&lt;p&gt;Seeing as there is a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/election/4&quot;&gt;new election&lt;/a&gt; this year, I would like to ask the currently elected moderators a few questions on the nature of their views and thoughts pre- and post- election.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How/(If) has being elected as a moderator changed the way you do things?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What have been some challenges in adapting to being a mod?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Victories / good &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thefreedictionary.com/War+story&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;war stories&lt;/a&gt; (memorable personal experiences)?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;And lastly, what are some inspirational words for this years candidates?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Asking elected moderators some inspiration / thoughts for current candidates" Tags="|discussion|moderators|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8352" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8353" CreationDate="2014-02-12T08:57:32.520" Score="1" ViewCount="88" Body="&lt;p&gt;I read about Altruist Badge, but I can't see how could it be applied.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are the requirements for this badge to happen?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do I have access to another person's question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="182026" LastEditorUserId="176889" LastEditDate="2014-02-12T09:31:34.500" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="How can I award a bounty to another user's question?" Tags="|discussion|bounty|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8353" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8352" CreationDate="2014-02-12T09:22:58.357" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Bounties can be awarded by anyone with a reputation greater than 75 and the amount of bounty to offer, to any question &lt;strong&gt;asked by anyone two days after the question has been asked&lt;/strong&gt;. To award bounty to a question, just click on &lt;code&gt;start a bounty&lt;/code&gt; button just below the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/uvqI9.png&quot; alt=&quot;question asked by someone, not me&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72576" LastEditorUserId="72576" LastEditDate="2014-02-12T10:05:54.390" LastActivityDate="2014-02-12T10:05:54.390" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8354" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8352" CreationDate="2014-02-12T09:30:44.043" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Quote from &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/16067/232872&quot;&gt;How does the bounty system work?&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;h3&gt;How do I start a bounty? When can I start a bounty?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A bounty can be started on a question two days after the question was&#xA;  asked.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;To start a bounty, click on the &lt;kbd&gt;start a bounty&lt;/kbd&gt; link at the&#xA;  bottom of an eligible question.  The bounty panel will open.  Use the&#xA;  dropdown to allocate the bounty amount -- anywhere between 50 and 500&#xA;  reputation, in 50 point increments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You must have at least 75 reputation to start a bounty, and at least&#xA;  as much reputation as the bounty amount.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The bounty award will be subtracted from your reputation when the&#xA;  bounty is &lt;em&gt;started&lt;/em&gt;, not when it is awarded.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="176889" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2014-02-12T09:30:44.043" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8355" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8357" CreationDate="2014-02-12T09:57:18.150" Score="4" ViewCount="99" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm wondering about voting system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anybody can vote for a candidate in elections? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are there some privileges or needs for so?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If no, How can you protect the election from fake accounts?!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150504" LastActivityDate="2014-02-12T10:06:49.527" Title="What are the privileges needed for a user to vote in elections?" Tags="|discussion|election|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8357" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8355" CreationDate="2014-02-12T10:06:49.527" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to the right sidebar (under the stats) of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/election?tab=election&quot;&gt;'Election' phase tab of the election page&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;In the &lt;strong&gt;election&lt;/strong&gt; phase, up to 10 candidates advance to final community&#xA;  voting. Any community member with &lt;strong&gt;150&lt;/strong&gt; reputation may vote in the&#xA;  election.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is the same for the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/election?tab=primary&quot;&gt;'Primary' phase&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;In the &lt;strong&gt;primary&lt;/strong&gt; phase, all nominees advance to preliminary community&#xA;  voting. Any community member with &lt;strong&gt;150&lt;/strong&gt; reputation may vote in the&#xA;  primary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="176889" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2014-02-12T10:06:49.527" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8358" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8350" CreationDate="2014-02-12T13:27:29.863" Score="16" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure how inspirational this will be but I would consider it a warts-and-all account of what being a moderator can be like. I'm certain many people consider it a cushy title with super-powers where we get to boss people around and delete bad content... But it's actually a very involving job that puts demands on your time-management, your patience and your willing to listen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I wouldn't be &lt;em&gt;so&lt;/em&gt; graphic if I didn't think there were people putting their names up for the wrong reasons. I'd urge people to try to understand the responsibilities of being a moderator before they jump head-first into something they might later regret.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;It takes a while to reach a balance.&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I used to be the guy who answered everything. As soon as I become a moderator, I wanted to be the guy that kept us at zero flags. In my mind, keeping the site clean was the most important thing and I spent &lt;em&gt;all&lt;/em&gt; my time doing it. Is that a real question? Is that on topic? Should this be an answer, a comment or nothing?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I burnt out. It actually took me about a year to realise that &lt;strong&gt;flagging and closing and deleting things doesn't help people with problems&lt;/strong&gt;. All things equal, cleaning the site should be secondary to answering things.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And I fear that's something it'll take the current heavy-reviewers some time to appreciate. There's no limit on how much you can do as a moderator. You will over-stretch yourself. You will question your existence on the site. You will burn out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Having a ♦ doesn't mean what you think it does.&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;People often point to the diamond as something to fear when becoming a moderator. &amp;quot;All your decisions are binding&amp;quot;. &lt;em&gt;So what?&lt;/em&gt; I still think before I act, but if I make a mistake, I can reverse it instantly on my own. Some people think the diamond should limit a moderator's opinion; I'm saying that removes value from the system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I do think that when I became a mod, I expected to have a little more policy control than I have… which is very little. I've always been okay at getting a point across but I'm used to talking to our community. When I've gone out to Meta.StackOverflow to request subtle changes, my diamond counts for &lt;em&gt;nothing&lt;/em&gt;. There have been &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/203209/can-you-ditch-the-attribution-for-own-content-clause-from-the-terms-of-service&quot;&gt;victories&lt;/a&gt; but they pale in comparison to dozens of strangers telling you you're an idiot for wanting to improve your community.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I often feel powerless.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's not just that having a ♦ doesn't grant you that many powers, it's that it makes you accountable for &lt;em&gt;other people's&lt;/em&gt; actions. If another moderator acts too hastily, we're responsible for having a word with them and walking things back, just as we would defend them if we agreed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And that sort of mediation that has I've found most exhausting. It's not enough to lay down the law every time somebody has a problem with a decision, you have to account for all sides of the problem and weigh up the issues. Diplomatically talking with three or four warring parties while actively getting them to all agree with you is not easy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;You learn how people tick and you learn when they break.&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We have to deal with users who lie to avoid being caught doing bad things. The trick is by the time we're actually talking to them, we've usually got a pile of evidence. They don't know it but they've been caught. It's up to moderators to deal with them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You have a couple of choices here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You can ban them and send out the pre-fabricated message. This usually results in a ragequit or pointless retaliation... Or,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You can engage with them and subtly let them know you suspect there of being a problem. It's up to them to either admit to the problem (at which point you can chat with them about putting things right) or they cascade the lie with excuses and more lies.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I usually opt for the second. I actively enjoy the chase because at the end of it, you've either rehabilitated somebody or you've got them to the point where you have no problem banning them until 2026.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Conversing with people as their authority is something you'll learn. It won't be something you naturally step into unless you're already something like a teacher or a police officer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So as far as war stories go, I'd like to cite the handful of people who have been through this process and came out the other side as productive users. I can't be explicit about who or how but it's a good feeling... And even when it doesn't work, there's a good chance you're about to see some truly hilarious excuses.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;You reap own rewards as a moderator.&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Being a mod is hard work. It's unpaid and as I've hinted, outside of our community, nobody gives a damn. It doesn't get you more reputation and in most cases it is an extremely good reputation-arrester. You'll stop answering and you'll spend 90% of your time writing long answers on meta and digging through various over-strict flags.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And thanks to the flag-handling statistics tool on the moderator homepage, you will always feel like you're not giving enough. There is always pressure to do better, to give more than you can actually afford.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think there's also an expectation from the community that I should be doing better when things are kicking off. I'm sure most people are very happy with what we do, but being a mod puts you into a pastoral position. When we do let crap through, I feel like we're failing you. That's not a good feeling.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want to become a moderator so you can fix one thing (the tags, the titles, the spam, the quality of meta, etc) you're doing it wrong and you'll burn out. If you think becoming a mod means everybody will just listen to you, you're plain incorrect. If you think it'll help you get more reputation, you're &lt;em&gt;so&lt;/em&gt; wrong. &lt;strong&gt;Being a moderator is a tough and never-ending job.&lt;/strong&gt; You might understand the words but you honestly won't truly understand their meaning until you've been doing it for a few months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But when things work and people get the help they need and the site isn't in utter chaos with a thousand flags in the queue... Well I think the last verse of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/175772&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;If&lt;/em&gt; by Kipling&lt;/a&gt; covers all of this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;    Or walk with Kings—nor lose the common touch,&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;    If all men count with you, but none too much;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;If you can fill the unforgiving minute&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;    With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run,&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it,&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;    And—which is more—you’ll be a Man, my son!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-02-12T16:06:45.007" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8359" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-02-12T14:22:29.990" Score="2" ViewCount="44" Body="&lt;p&gt;We have a large number of power management related tags:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/power-management&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;power-management&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;power-management&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/suspend&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;suspend&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;suspend&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/standby&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;standby&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;standby&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/hibernate&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;hibernate&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;hibernate&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is also tag &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/shutdown&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;shutdown&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;shutdown&lt;/a&gt; which is used in conjunction with power management but should be allowed to survive because of its other potential non-power-management uses. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do you think it would be acceptable to merge &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/suspend&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;suspend&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;suspend&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/standby&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;standby&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;standby&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/hibernate&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;hibernate&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;hibernate&lt;/a&gt; into &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/power-management&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;power-management&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;power-management&lt;/a&gt; and then create each of these tags as a synonym of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/power-management&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;power-management&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;power-management&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="196255" LastActivityDate="2014-02-12T20:37:22.490" Title="The plethora of power management tags - what to do?" Tags="|discussion|tags|tag-synonyms|tag-merge|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8360" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-02-12T15:13:19.020" Score="1" ViewCount="91" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/418561/is-there-a-way-to-make-thunar-display-recursive-file-size?noredirect=1#comment541860_418561&quot;&gt;Here's the question&lt;/a&gt;. It was closed simply because I tagged it as &quot;14.04&quot; (I am using Xubuntu 14.04 which is not released yet). However, the question is not specific to 14.04 in any way, it is specific to Thunar 1.6.3 which has been released for almost a year. The moderator that closed my question made no effort what so ever to assist in answering the actual question, or to give any insight on where the values that confuse me might come from. Instead, I got this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You are using 14.04 right? right? right? right? right?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As soon as I confirmed this was the case (and asked why the tag was removed), the question was closed as off-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This annoys me a little bit. I understand that AskUbuntu cannot allow questions that may be software defects in an unsupported and unreleased version, but in this case I was merely posing a question out of interest for where the sizing numbers are coming from, and if there's a functionality in &lt;strong&gt;Thunar&lt;/strong&gt; (or any other file manager for that matter) for displaying recursive file size.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not sure if I'm creating even more unnecessary drama by posting this here, hopefully not, I just wanted to get a second opinion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="40689" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2014-02-12T16:32:46.737" Title="My question was closed by what I consider over-zealous moderation" Tags="|discussion|status-completed|moderation|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8361" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8360" CreationDate="2014-02-12T15:23:40.483" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This annoys me a little bit.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We understand that, does not make it off-topic for the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Not sure if I'm creating even more unnecessary drama by posting this here, hopefully not, I just wanted to get a second opinion.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You are free to post anything on meta about the site, or sort out issues you have with situations that happened on the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;About the issue itself&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This was closed as off-topic for the site because it is related to a development version of Ubuntu, asking about something that can change really soon is not really something we do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We are trying to make Ubuntu better and Ask Ubuntu should reflect quality in documenting the several improvements made to the software. Because pre-released packages can change very fast we all agreed (a long time ago) that if its a pre-release version of Ubuntu any issues you might have should be reported in launchpad instead of here and after the release is out we start a new cycle of support.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastActivityDate="2014-02-12T15:23:40.483" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8362" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8360" CreationDate="2014-02-12T15:33:46.117" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, I don't think you are creating an unnecessary drama.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can not definitely say it was an off-topic question, since the question as it stands now seems perfectly fine to me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;But&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I requested a confirmation if the issue exists in a supported release, to cast a reopen vote. You could have answered yes, no, I'll check it when I boot into it, or anything along the lines. Instead you chose to bash me up for asking that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do understand that we agreed long time ago to not support unreleased Ubuntu versions, but at the same time we also agreed to help users with every supported release.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please wait for someone to confirm, or confirm it yourself that the issue exists in a supported release, and the problem is solved. The question will be reopened in a few minutes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In case the issue is specific to this version of thunar, it remains closed as per the site policies.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit:&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;Also note that, due to the way hard links and soft links are handled, it may make sense for a file manager to show only the inode size, rather than the recursive size. There are some subtleties involved, and some project may chose to do it the simple way. Still, since the question is framed as &quot;is there any way to do this&quot;, it becomes valid, &lt;em&gt;if it is known that this is not a bug introduced in the latest version.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="45659" LastEditorUserId="45659" LastEditDate="2014-02-12T15:42:40.460" LastActivityDate="2014-02-12T15:42:40.460" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8363" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-02-12T16:12:09.717" Score="5" ViewCount="157" Body="&lt;p&gt;How do I change my Ask Ubuntu username? I pressed enter by accident and now I have this one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="247505" OwnerDisplayName="raj legal" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2019-08-16T11:41:35.910" LastActivityDate="2019-08-17T16:47:57.653" Title="How do I change my username on Ask Ubuntu?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2019-08-16T12:26:32.907" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="8364" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8363" CreationDate="2014-02-12T16:20:56.183" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You should be able to change it from your profile page (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/edit/current&quot;&gt;shortcut&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But if you can't change it, let me know what you want it to be and I can edit it for you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="816190" LastEditDate="2019-08-17T16:47:57.653" LastActivityDate="2019-08-17T16:47:57.653" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="8365" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8363" CreationDate="2014-02-12T16:22:51.667" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can change the display name easily. Go to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/current&quot;&gt;your user profile page&lt;/a&gt;, and look for:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/CWrhH.png&quot; alt=&quot;&amp;#39;edit&amp;#39;&quot; title=&quot;Click the `edit` button&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Click the edit button, and you should be able to change it via this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/dc8R0.png&quot; alt=&quot;Display Name editing bit&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then press one of the orange buttons at the bottom of the page:&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/1xef0.png&quot; alt=&quot;&amp;#39;Save Profile&amp;#39; or &amp;#39;Save and copy....&amp;#39; - your choice really.&quot; title=&quot;`Save Profile` or `Save and copy....` - your choice really.&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also this might occur if you try changing it to often:&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/BG0uI.png&quot; alt=&quot;Oops! There was a problem updating your profile: - Display name may only be changed once every 30 days; you may change again on Mar 14 at 16:23&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which now means I cannot change the capital &lt;code&gt;W&lt;/code&gt;...  :(&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="178596" LastEditorUserId="816190" LastEditDate="2019-08-17T16:46:36.113" LastActivityDate="2019-08-17T16:46:36.113" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="8366" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8360" CreationDate="2014-02-12T16:32:46.737" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I can see this from both ends and I think I can explain why it was handled the way it was:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;At first reading it looks something between a bug report and a feature request. You want Thunar in 14.04 to do something it currently doesn't. That should be handled directly with Thunar's developers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why did I interpret it that way? Because you ask &quot;is there a way to make ...&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;After reading your comments and re-reading the last line, I read it as a &quot;Can Thunar do this?&quot; or &quot;How do I do this with Thunar&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Reading this meta conversation, it sounds like you just want &lt;em&gt;a&lt;/em&gt; way to recursively check the size of things, regardless of Thunar or its future. If you want to just describe the problem and leave Thunar out of it, that's fine too.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The actual question is still ambiguous. Which of those interpretations is correct? If it's the first, go and deal with the Thunar devs. If it's the second or third, we need you to improve your question to make that clear.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2014-02-12T16:32:46.737" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8367" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8368" CreationDate="2014-02-12T17:27:01.550" Score="4" ViewCount="47" Body="&lt;p&gt;I know that questions taking comments as &quot;thanks&quot; and &quot;me too&quot; should be &quot;protected&quot; from that, right?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Well how do I do that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="174392" LastActivityDate="2014-02-12T17:27:59.897" Title="flagging a question that is taking lots of &quot;thanks&quot; comments" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8368" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8367" CreationDate="2014-02-12T17:27:59.897" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yeah, if you think something is attracting too many inappropriate posts we can &quot;protect&quot; it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just flag it (use the &quot;Other&quot; option) and let us know what you think.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2014-02-12T17:27:59.897" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8369" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8325" CreationDate="2014-02-12T17:35:57.103" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Getting a reputation on this website is based on your technical skills/knowledge. What proves us that you know how to handle &lt;strong&gt;people&lt;/strong&gt;? How do you feel current moderators go about handling people?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="115155" LastActivityDate="2014-02-12T17:35:57.103" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8371" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-02-12T21:22:06.353" Score="1" ViewCount="109" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've looked at the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1186/are-hardware-recommendations-considered-off-topic&quot;&gt;original question&lt;/a&gt; from a while back. But that is too early to give a definitive answer. I want to know when it's OK to ask about hardware recommendations if it's OK at all. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For instance is this on topic?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/420086/10698&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/q/420086/10698&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also what questions should be avoided.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10698" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2016-11-25T16:26:43.763" Title="What hardware recommendations are okay to ask?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8372" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8371" CreationDate="2014-02-12T21:44:00.037" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;None. Hardware or more accurately shopping recommendations are off topic in all SE sites. Through there are ways where you can in a roundabout manner ask for HW recommendations as seen in the blogpost &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/11/qa-is-hard-lets-go-shopping/&quot;&gt;Q&amp;amp;A is Hard, Let’s Go Shopping!&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;However, there is a way to ask these questions that avoids the inherent problems with shopping recommendations. For example, let’s say you wanted — as I did — to buy a point-and-shoot camera that takes good low light photos. So we’re going to ask on photo.stackexchange.com, naturally!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Here’s one way to ask:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;    &lt;p&gt;Q: What’s the best low light point-and-shoot camera?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;    &#xA;    &lt;p&gt;A: Canon S90 and Lumix LX3.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(note, this ask for the &quot;best&quot; so it can get closed as primally opinion based)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Here’s another way to ask:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;    &lt;p&gt;Q: How do I tell which point-and-shoot cameras take good low light photos?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;    &#xA;    &lt;p&gt;A: I strongly recommend looking for something with&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;    &#xA;    &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;    &lt;li&gt;a fast lens (2.0 at least)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;    &lt;li&gt;reasonable ISO handling (at least 400, but preferably 800)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;    &lt;li&gt;the biggest sensor available&#xA;    The sum of these factors are really critical for low light situations.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;    &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The former question provides the path of least resistance: a laundry list of products I can buy without thinking about it too much. But that answer will only be valid for a year at best. The latter question may take some thinking, but its answer will be valid forever … or at least until camera technology somehow shifts beyond lenses and sensors as we know them today. Thus, when it comes to shopping questions, &lt;strong&gt;don’t ask us what you should buy — ask us what you need to learn to tell what you should buy.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, how can you ask for hardware recommendation? Ask instead what characteristics you should look for when shopping as seen in the last example.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2014-02-12T21:44:00.037" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8373" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-02-13T00:28:54.207" Score="28" ViewCount="455" Body="&lt;p&gt;Let me preface this with a run-down of the reputation system:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Users on the site can cast up- and downvotes and accept answers on their questions, each giving or taking reputation to or from other users and themselves. An upvote on an answer gives the answerer +10 reputation, an upvote on a &#xA;question gives the asker +5 reputation, while downvotes always yield -2 reputation for the poster and, on answers, -1 reputation to the downvoter. Accepting an answer also gives the asker +2 reputation and the answerer +15 reputation. &#xA;On top of that, there are bounties, which transfer reputation directly from one user to another, with no net gain or loss (that is, if the bounty is successfully awarded; otherwise, the bounty is lost at &#xA;least partially).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Reputation, then, is used to unlock privileges. Some if not most of these privileges are &lt;em&gt;vital&lt;/em&gt; to &quot;community moderation&quot;, that is the community (a set of at least 2 users, usually 3 to 5 even) can &#xA;actually use this privileges to moderate the site on their own, without the need for designated moderators. They can approve and reject edit suggestions, vote to close, reopen, even delete posts, and act &#xA;on certain flag types at certain reputation thresholds - this helps keep the site clean and organized. A full overview of privileges and how they work in detail can be found in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help-center&quot;&gt;/help-center&lt;/a&gt; in &#xA;the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help-center/privileges&quot;&gt;/help-center/privileges&lt;/a&gt; section. This system allows the site to be run by community consensus instead of a restriction to a small amount of moderators. Moderators, on the other hand, can do all &#xA;of this and more without the need for reputation or other users to make the same decision. While this is sometimes necessary, it should not be the main route for site moderation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While low-reputation users can cast flags and bring posts to the attention of those that can act on them, it's down to those users with higher reputation to make the decisions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This brings me right to the problem:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Low Voter Count&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I detailed above, reputation is &lt;em&gt;crucial&lt;/em&gt; for any Stack Exchange site, including Ask Ubuntu. A healthy site generates a reasonable amount of reputation for its users, giving users the privileges they &#xA;need in order to participate directly in community moderation. Ask Ubuntu, however, currently has a &lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/t3iSN.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;very low votecount&lt;/a&gt;, which results in a low amount of generated reputation in relation to the &#xA;amount of users and posts the site has. Not only is this psychologically a burden for any expert (there is little material gain from helping people here), but it also &lt;em&gt;actively hurts&lt;/em&gt; site moderation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Users that wish to help with site moderation are forever stuck with low reputation, while those that do have the reputation are facing &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review&quot;&gt;a near-unsurmountable mass of actions to be taken&lt;/a&gt;. &#xA;Reviewing and the actions associated with it are limited per day - and depend on the high-reputation users' willingness to act in the first place, while the mass of low-reputation users can flag far more &#xA;posts than can be handled effectively.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is an issue that no amount of moderators can fix. If people don't vote enough, help gets no return and the site easily becomes cluttered - these factors drive experts away and leave even more &#xA;unanswered questions. This is also an issue that no single user can fix. While everyone is encouraged to cast their up- and downvotes until they hit the vote cap, there is little motivation to do so when &#xA;the effects thereof are so miniscule.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With that said, this is essentially a plea for more voting activity: &lt;em&gt;Everyone&lt;/em&gt; should vote more frequently.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="98085" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2014-02-19T22:14:49.917" Title="What's wrong, Ask Ubuntu?: Low Voter Count" Tags="|discussion|votes|" AnswerCount="10" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8374" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-02-13T00:30:17.023" Score="13" ViewCount="296" Body="&lt;p&gt;The system for closing questions on an SE site is rather simple. There are various types of close reasons and votes, that fit in roughly three categories:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Low Quality Posts&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The close reaons &quot;unclear what you're asking&quot;, &quot;primarily opinion-based&quot; and &quot;too broad&quot; are intended for questions that, while potentially valuable and on-topic, currently do not fulfill our quality &#xA;criteria. They may be hard to answer because information is missing, or the way they're asked does not work well with our format. These questions should be &lt;em&gt;edited&lt;/em&gt; so they can be answered properly, or &#xA;&lt;em&gt;deleted&lt;/em&gt;. Once edited, the question can be reopened and answered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;&quot;This does not belong on the site&quot;&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Primarily, this is about closure as Off-Topic. These are questions that, even if they fit all the quality criteria, don't belong here and are accompanied by a description as to why that is the case. &#xA;Because of this, the close system also allows for custom close reasons under the Off-Topic label. Every site can define its own reasons for closing a question as Off-Topic, and every user casting a close &#xA;vote can detail their own specific reason if the given ones are insufficient. These questions are meant to be &lt;em&gt;deleted&lt;/em&gt;, they add little to no value to the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Duplicate&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Duplicate closures are special: These questions are meant to &lt;em&gt;stay&lt;/em&gt;. They are usually alternate ways of asking a question, and are therefore valuable for anyone else looking for the solution. Duplicates &#xA;point at other questions, the &lt;em&gt;duplicate targets&lt;/em&gt;, which should contain an answer to the question - and all of its duplicates. For unregistered users, duplicate questions even automatically redirect to &#xA;the target.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, there are some pitfalls with duplicate questions: &lt;em&gt;The same answer a duplicate does not make.&lt;/em&gt; Just because two questions have the same answer, doesn't mean the questions are actually the &#xA;same. Duplicates are for good reason named &lt;em&gt;exact&lt;/em&gt; duplicates: This should only be applied when the question itself is &lt;em&gt;actually&lt;/em&gt; the same, and not just superficially.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, as for the issue we're facing:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Questions are not closed, or closed for the wrong reasons&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I said, each of these three categories has its own future route. Some can and should be fixed, some should be deleted. With the tools we have, closing a question early and properly is a very &#xA;important thing. A closure shows the user &lt;em&gt;why&lt;/em&gt; the question currently has faults and tells them what to do about it. If we close for the wrong reasons (such as an incorrect duplicate target, or &#xA;Off-Topic instead of low quality), we make it harder for users to find the information they're looking for and we don't actually tell the users what they should have done instead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ideally, when a question is asked, it is either closed or answered before it vanishes off the front page. Of course some questions are harder to answer, or the experts aren't available sometimes, but &#xA;this is the ideal state no less. If you have to ask for more information, cast a close vote as &quot;unclear what you're asking&quot; as well - it can still be reopened when the information was provided. If the question is &#xA;opinion-based, try editing it and making it more objective, or cast a &quot;primarily opinion-based&quot; close vote. This goes for the other close reasons as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If we can get on top of our new questions and start closing them better, we can keep the quality of our site on a good level and make sure the site doesn't get cluttered with hundreds of identical &#xA;questions, or questions that are bound to never get an answer because they just cannot be answered without speculation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="98085" LastEditorUserId="98085" LastEditDate="2014-02-13T19:32:04.960" LastActivityDate="2014-05-18T19:19:11.833" Title="What's wrong, Ask Ubuntu?: Closures" Tags="|discussion|vote-to-close|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8375" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-02-13T00:31:59.093" Score="20" ViewCount="346" Body="&lt;p&gt;Over the last year in particular, Ask Ubuntu has made a great deal of advancements regarding its standing in the wider Ubuntu community. The prominent integration in the new Canonical topbar, as well as &#xA;help texts and install slides telling users about Ask Ubuntu gives us the unique position of being &lt;em&gt;the&lt;/em&gt; source of information for people with problems with Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This, however, causes some unexpected issues: A lot of the questions asked nowadays are purely tech support questions - people dump a crash log or error message on us, give us little information about &#xA;what they are even trying to do, and then expect us to find a solution for them. Mostly, these users don't stay or come back either, and just want their &quot;question&quot; answered. This, of course, hurts the &#xA;site: We get a lot of low quality questions, and due to some of our &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/8374&quot;&gt;shortcomings with closures&lt;/a&gt;, these questions stick around despite being utterly useless for us.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We &lt;em&gt;need&lt;/em&gt; to get rid of this tech support impression. We're not tech support. We're here to help solve problems on a &lt;em&gt;working&lt;/em&gt; Ubuntu, not fix a broken one. We're here to answer questions about how to &#xA;&lt;em&gt;use&lt;/em&gt; Ubuntu, not how to debug it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Tech support inherently requires an awful lot of data, and an awful lot of interaction with other people. This does not mix well with the Stack Exchange format. We cannot have a handful of requests for &#xA;more information in the comments section of every other question, and we cannot wait for these to be added at the asker's leisure and leave the question to rot in the depths of &lt;em&gt;Unanswered&lt;/em&gt; in the &#xA;meantime.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For tech support related to bugs, people are far better off on &lt;a href=&quot;https://launchpad.net/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;launchpad&lt;/a&gt;, and troubleshooting may be better served in a dedicated chat, on an Ubuntu IRC or even the Ubuntu Forums.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="98085" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.243" LastActivityDate="2016-03-01T13:58:18.200" Title="What's wrong, Ask Ubuntu?: The &quot;Tech Support&quot; Impression" Tags="|discussion|site-promotion|" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8376" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8375" CreationDate="2014-02-13T02:34:07.500" Score="15" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A lot of the questions asked nowadays are purely tech support&#xA;questions - people dump a crash log or error message on us, give us&#xA;little information about what they are even trying to do, and then&#xA;expect us to find a solution for them. Mostly, these users don't stay&#xA;or come back either, and just want their &amp;quot;question&amp;quot; answered. This, of&#xA;course, hurts the site: We get a lot of low quality questions, and due&#xA;to some of our shortcomings with closures, these questions stick&#xA;around despite being utterly useless for us.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Idea here&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Let's make changes to what people see when they actually go in intending to ask a cruddy &amp;quot;question&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We won't get anywhere unless we try to &lt;em&gt;communicate information&lt;/em&gt; to our valued custom - AHEM the site visitors who want to ask a question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are changes we can make &lt;em&gt;in the short-term&lt;/em&gt; (low-effort) to make some serious headway into solving the &amp;quot;tech-support&amp;quot; image and increase our question quality. (As Oli said, &lt;strong&gt;we are tech support&lt;/strong&gt;, but we're drowning in impossible requests made by uninformed posters.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's something that could be a &lt;em&gt;huge&lt;/em&gt; part of the issue - &lt;em&gt;This&lt;/em&gt; is all you see when you go to ask a &amp;quot;question&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/IQUvc.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/IQUvc.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;em&gt;one problem&lt;/em&gt; that we could easily solve that I'm betting will make a noticeable impact on the rate at which we see undesirable &amp;quot;questions&amp;quot; pop on the site concerns the &amp;quot;How to Ask&amp;quot; box:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/EvWF6.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/EvWF6.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This box of information has issues. It is the only thing new askers can rely upon to guide them into making informed decisions about creating a question. While its information may be correct...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It is located on the right side of the interface. Anyone in advertising knows that ads on the &lt;em&gt;left&lt;/em&gt; side of the screen should always cost more than ads on the &lt;em&gt;right&lt;/em&gt; side of the screen, because it has been proven that the human brain works in such a way that, when a person uses their brain to understand a website, it pays &lt;em&gt;sooner and greater&lt;/em&gt; attention to the items and ads on the left (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.apa.org/monitor/oct02/advertising.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;source: American Psychological Association&lt;/a&gt;). It has been theorized that this is because most people are trained to read from left to right. The same thing applies here because we are trying to &lt;em&gt;communicate&lt;/em&gt; with people. So when people are going to ask a new question, they aren't thinking &amp;quot;Wait, I better read this thing about how to ask first...&amp;quot;, they are thinking &amp;quot;TITLE! Let's get it started!&amp;quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;So maybe the box should be moved to the left. But even then, most people seeking &amp;quot;tech support&amp;quot; will want to breeze past it and not pay much attention, opting instead to focus on their question which is of course the most important thing in the world and trumps any sort of reasonable guideline. We need to have the information in the box spread out across the page in noticeable places. When an asker clicks on the three page elements they are certain to click on (namely the &amp;quot;Title&amp;quot; box, Tag box, and question body editor) there should be some sort of informational, Yahoo! Answers-style box indicating these expectations outlined in the box (like indication of research). This kind of notification should verge on annoying, but the point is we need something to be click-activated and, if possible, moving, to let the asker know what the question expectations are.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The &amp;quot;asking help &amp;gt;&amp;gt;&amp;quot; link is nearly unnoticeable. The font size should be increased for this and the other things in the box.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The actual content of the box needs to be improved (see below). We should be &lt;em&gt;urging&lt;/em&gt; askers to put important information in their questions, not treating them as if they are slow in thinking and taking an unintrusive, non-specific tone.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Moving on. The grey text reading &amp;quot;What's your Ubuntu Question? Be specific.&amp;quot; needs to change. It's kind of useless and longish to read, and &amp;quot;Be specific&amp;quot; can mean many things to many different people (&amp;quot;&lt;em&gt;Specifically&lt;/em&gt; how angry I am?&amp;quot;). Also, &amp;quot;What's your Ubuntu question?&amp;quot; is redundant.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We should change it to something that would actually get the asker to pay attention to some guidelines, yet retain the polite tone: &amp;quot;The more specific, the better.&amp;quot;, for example. I'm sure there would be better examples, but what we have now could be improved.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We should have some grey text in the question editing box; it seems awfully blank and having some there would help improve and at least get people to think before they type. This would work best as a list of blurbs. For example: &amp;quot; _ Help us help you - provide as much detail as possible. _ Do a thorough search before posting - your question is likely answered somewhere else. _ Make sure to provide lots of technical details in your hardware-related question. _ Use proper formatting for code and quotes, grammar and punctuation; neatness counts!&amp;quot; This text would, of course, disappear once the box is clicked.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The &amp;quot;Tags&amp;quot; box grey text could also be refocused so people really think about the tags they put in. &amp;quot;Use tags as specifically as possible. (Max 5 tags)&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;For best results, use detailed tags. (Max 5 tags)&amp;quot;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Those are some things that we can easily do to improve the interface and gear it towards what we need to communicate to new askers.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The way I see it, we won't get anywhere at all unless we actually look at the source of the problem and make decisions now about fixing it. What do new users know about asking questions? Practically nothing. It is our responsibility to take care of that, inform them, and not complain about a problem that we really can and should solve on our own.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some long-term ideas I will briefly list here because they involve more work than we are currently willing to put in:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Make a &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/7198/alpha-testing-a-wizard&quot;&gt;wizard&lt;/a&gt; everyone has to go through before they ask a new question, as was attempted last year (can't find it now).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Links to meta questions (in a &lt;em&gt;noticeable&lt;/em&gt; place) about what exact details should be added in to hardware questions.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Improving the AU search engine to provide better dupe results and overall search results.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The main issue here is that we need to communicate to the site visitors more clearly, using tried and true methods by other websites such as Yahoo! Answers and other SE sites. Right now, SE in general is too easygoing and non-intrusive in their user communication philosophy for a site like AU. Rethinking these in the ways mentioned above would make a difference.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="38094" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-02-14T00:45:15.440" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8377" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8373" CreationDate="2014-02-13T03:41:53.173" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;How about if we give the new users some initiative to vote up an answer. Like giving them 5 reputation points on every answer they vote up. After, say about 100 points gained this way, this stops, but by then the user probably will have enough initiative to vote up a good answer even without an incentive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="48529" LastActivityDate="2014-02-13T03:41:53.173" CommentCount="12" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8378" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8373" CreationDate="2014-02-13T04:27:54.750" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;First It is not only on ask ubuntu but I have reviewed this on (by example) Stack Overflow... Everytime I see a question I can answer I pass some time to answer... To create a good answer. Most of the time I helped the person that has asked the question (I mean at least a little) and I get NOTHING ! Not a point... I didn't say lots of point... 1 point ! I agree with Rmano : &quot;is a matter of user education (and respect)&quot;... If it is like this I don't see any motivation in the future to answer the questions... To pass time for nothing !  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="59513" LastActivityDate="2014-02-13T04:27:54.750" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8379" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8383" CreationDate="2014-02-13T07:33:27.413" Score="2" ViewCount="67" Body="&lt;p&gt;I didn't know how to flag &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/419298/164891&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; and ended up choosing 'other (needs ♦ moderator attention)' and leaving a note as to why I think it should be closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This turns out to be the wrong way to go - so which reason would be correct in this case?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;P.S I wanted to choose 'This is not about Ubuntu...', but the recommendations offered will then only guide the user to other software related sites and not hardware ones - should hardware sites maybe be included in this list? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="164891" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2014-02-13T09:19:19.397" Title="How to flag Hardware recommendations questions?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8381" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8382" CreationDate="2014-02-13T08:10:16.373" Score="2" ViewCount="57" Body="&lt;p&gt;I wish I can know how profile views are incrementing. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it about Me logging in and out?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or it's about somebody else visiting my profile?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And if so, assuming that he refreshed the page, does it increase?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or he will have to logout and login again to let it increase?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And what about some robots doing this anonymously ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any IP restrictions? (should be visited from multiple IP)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am sorry if that bothers you. But this question is rolling in my head long time ago.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="182026" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-02-13T11:57:50.530" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="What defines profile views" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8382" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8381" CreationDate="2014-02-13T08:17:44.430" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is really a hard question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I found these links in stackoverlow that answers this question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/132688/how-are-profile-views-counted&quot;&gt;link 1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/87092/dissecting-the-stack-overflow-views-counter&quot;&gt;link 2&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/138475/idea-behind-profile-view-count&quot;&gt;link 3&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There no exact answer because the real answer is found with developers of the site. They did not really answer the question because they are so busy. But some friends were trying to answer but analysing the whole process. And I think they are true about what they analised.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150504" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2014-02-13T08:17:44.430" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8383" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8379" CreationDate="2014-02-13T09:19:19.397" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Flags are used for issues that need specific moderator attention.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They are used sometimes to flag posts that should be handled by users with more reputation and privileges, in this case the privilege of voting to close. Flagging should not be use to circumvent that, if it can be handled by users with more reputation then it should, that is why you flag was possibly rejected with &lt;em&gt;Declined: flags should only be used to make moderators aware of content that requires their intervention&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think from all possible action, what you did was the best one. But not really necessary to be flagging everything. Spend that time getting some more reputation and you will be able to vote like other users do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastActivityDate="2014-02-13T09:19:19.397" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8386" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8325" CreationDate="2014-02-13T10:31:08.437" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Evidence has been found that a high rep (&gt; 3k) user has been sockpuppeting for a large percentage of their reputation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What do you do in response?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="176889" LastActivityDate="2014-02-13T10:31:08.437" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8387" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8388" CreationDate="2014-02-13T10:32:59.890" Score="2" ViewCount="55" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/184942/aditya-patil&quot;&gt;aditya patil&lt;/a&gt; asked for my flag history in my nomination discussion &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/election/4?noredirect=1#post-419884&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. How can I provide my flagging history?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EDIT: This is a screenshot of my flag history:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/nJz0t.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150504" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2014-02-13T10:45:57.620" Title="How do I show another user my flag history?" Tags="|discussion|flagging|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8388" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8387" CreationDate="2014-02-13T10:35:17.057" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think you could print screen your flag history from your profile and that's enough. I don't know if there is another way to do that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="182026" LastActivityDate="2014-02-13T10:35:17.057" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8390" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8387" CreationDate="2014-02-13T10:41:47.320" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your flag history is private. You only (any maybe mods, not sure) can view it but other users can't.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can't see yours; you can't see mine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thus, the best way to share your flag stats is via a screenshot or just copying the text.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="176889" LastActivityDate="2014-02-13T10:41:47.320" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8391" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8392" CreationDate="2014-02-13T11:49:55.467" Score="1" ViewCount="88" Body="&lt;p&gt;I see a lot of users who do the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Sign up to askubuntu&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ask a question&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;And never respond or comment or reply&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can we add a timeout for the activity on the question so that if no body returns back, his question will be deleted&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="182026" LastActivityDate="2014-02-13T12:12:54.200" Title="newbie User ask and GO away forever" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8392" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8391" CreationDate="2014-02-13T12:12:54.200" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Deleting the question would not help anyone either. It may even happen that another user comes up and asks the same question and goes away, leaving the answerer(if any) in a hapless state of unawarded(rather unaccepted) hard work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Keeping a timout for every post, expiry of which will scan the post for 4 possible cases:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The question has been upvoted but does not have an upvoted answer.&lt;/strong&gt; Close the post until another user votes for re-opening with a genuine reason.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The question has been upvoted and has at least one upvoted answer.&lt;/strong&gt; Leave this post as it is. If it has an upvoted answer, leave it as it is for future visitors to benefit from the answer.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The question has not been upvoted and does not have an upvoted answer.&lt;/strong&gt; Delete the post.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The question has not been upvoted but has at least one upvoted answer.&lt;/strong&gt;  Again, leave the post as it is for future visitors.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72576" LastActivityDate="2014-02-13T12:12:54.200" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8393" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8398" CreationDate="2014-02-13T12:33:19.117" Score="8" ViewCount="133" Body="&lt;p&gt;So far most of the reactions to the 2014 candidatures concern user activity here at Meta. Why so? How relevant can it be to the requirements of a moderator?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="177437" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-02-17T00:37:42.343" LastActivityDate="2014-02-17T00:37:42.343" Title="Why is Meta given so much importance in the elections?" Tags="|discussion|election|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8394" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8393" CreationDate="2014-02-13T12:43:23.587" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;Meta is where all the policies of the site, user grievances, and concerns are brought up and discussed. If you have a low meta participation people will make the assumption that you don't actively already participate in the molding of the site as it is today. It's merely a metric used to gauge a persons involvement within the Ask Ubuntu community.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2014-02-13T12:43:23.587" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8395" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8393" CreationDate="2014-02-13T12:43:46.667" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Because meta is the place where you can show you understand, debate about and question the current policies. So when it comes to showing you, as an applicant, are on par with the current moderators meta is fairly important. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Though some do tend to put a lot of emphasis on meta.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-02-14T17:54:39.567" LastActivityDate="2014-02-14T17:54:39.567" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8396" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-02-13T13:03:05.857" Score="-9" ViewCount="138" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Please read the whole body before just clicking downvote button.I am sure there are more people who would just vote down without reading whole body.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;What is reputation?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/whats-reputation&quot;&gt;help page&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;Reputation is a rough measurement of how much the community trusts you&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;The Issues&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now when reputation is a measure of trust, it should be given concisely.But the truth is not the same.Below  is why I think so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;More repo means user has answered more &lt;em&gt;easy&lt;/em&gt; questions.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Consider an example question,&lt;strong&gt;&quot;how to install ubuntu?&quot;&lt;/strong&gt;.Now this question is very simple to answer and anyone who has installed ubuntu(even if blindly selecting all defaults) can answer this question.So answering this question does not mean the answerer is an expert.But the contrast is that, this would be the very question which will be viewed most and consequently voted above 100 +ve votes.So both asker and answerer will have thousands of reputation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the contrary, consider a complex question which needs expert answerer.Such an question will be viewed only by very few expert people, and won't be upvoted more than 4 or 5 times.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As an result, now you have one user with 500 rep by answering just one noobish question, and another with 25 rep, by answering an expert question.&lt;strong&gt;Now who is more trustworthy? one with 25 rep or 500 rep?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Easier question, More views&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;For the very reason mentioned above, askubuntu encourages there user to answer more easier questions than those who take more time and expertise.So the harder questions go unnoticed(unless an bounty is assigned).This is also proved by &lt;strong&gt;the fact that &quot;&lt;em&gt;easier to solve&lt;/em&gt;&quot; questions have more views than &quot;&lt;em&gt;harder to solve&lt;/em&gt;&quot; questions.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Reputation increase without contribution&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Once you are on the site for long enough and have answered enough questions, your reputation begins to climb mountains even if you watch by far away.What I mean is that your &lt;strong&gt;reputation will go on increasing even if you are inactive for years or even dead.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Solution&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have came up with these solutions, you may come up with others.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Reputation should not increase after 5 upvotes.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ask users to vote &quot;hard work&quot; than voting for what they found &quot;personally useful&quot;.&lt;/strong&gt;  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;This should make reputation a better way of trusting users.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Please suggest your views on this issue.Why do you think the current system is correct or incorrect?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="184942" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2014-02-13T13:26:34.567" Title="Reputation policy needs to be revised" Tags="|discussion|reputation|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="15" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8397" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8396" CreationDate="2014-02-13T13:26:34.567" Score="12" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;More repo means user has answered more easy questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not necessarily. It just means the person is more active on the site; do you have any correlation that a person can rack up points by answering easy questions? All the easy questions have been pretty much answered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Plus, for me, answering easy questions is &lt;em&gt;harder&lt;/em&gt; than the medium/difficult ones, because you need to translate to something new users can understand. Here is an &quot;Easy&quot; question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1366/how-can-i-install-ubuntu-without-removing-windows&quot;&gt;How can I install Ubuntu without removing Windows?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Look at the amount of effort the answerer put in the answer. If it was so easy to answer every question like that everyone would be doing it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;the fact that &quot;easier to solve&quot; questions have more views than &quot;harder to solve&quot; questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, of course. :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Now who is more trustworthy? one with 25 rep or 500 rep?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Rep is only a guide to tell you how many times that person has helped someone enough to receive a &quot;thanks&quot;. If someone has 25 rep it tells me they're new here, if someone has 500 it tells me they're new here but participating. Use the person's &lt;em&gt;post content&lt;/em&gt; to determine whether you trust them or not. Good answers contain references to documentation, code, and other places that help with that. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Ask users to vote &quot;hard work&quot; than voting for what they found &quot;personally useful&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you see a useful post on the site, vote it up. I don't vote based on what's useful to me, I vote based on what's useful to the wider community. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2014-02-13T13:26:34.567" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8398" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8393" CreationDate="2014-02-13T13:53:53.033" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Meta is the core of the site, plain and simple.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Meta is where site policy is shaped, important matters are brought up, actions are discussed and community consensus is written. Moderators, by necessity, need to be aware and involved in all of these things.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Moderators execute the will of the community and follow the procedure the community decides upon. Moderators give valuable, experienced input on discussions where policy is shaped. This makes meta &lt;strong&gt;incredibly&lt;/strong&gt; important for site moderation - by moderators and the community alike.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My personal opinion is even that meta should take a &lt;strong&gt;more&lt;/strong&gt; important role in moderation-interested users than it has right now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="98085" LastEditorUserId="98085" LastEditDate="2014-02-13T14:02:17.130" LastActivityDate="2014-02-13T14:02:17.130" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8402" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-02-13T17:00:36.057" Score="3" ViewCount="34" Body="&lt;p&gt;What kind of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/connection&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;connection&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;connection&lt;/a&gt;? Internet connection? USB connection? Asdfghjkl connection? It should be blacklisted, I think.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="38094" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-02-13T17:05:54.027" LastActivityDate="2014-02-13T17:58:58.077" Title="Blacklist the &quot;connection&quot; tag" Tags="|discussion|tags|tag-block-request|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8403" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8375" CreationDate="2014-02-13T17:14:17.173" Score="17" Body="&lt;p&gt;I see the arguments and I agree that some things are better off done in other places (hence our various closure policies) but &lt;strong&gt;we &lt;em&gt;are&lt;/em&gt; tech support&lt;/strong&gt; and we're not the only ones. Almost every Stack Exchange site handles the stuff you hate in some form or another... We all also handle better more interesting stuff too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've made my thoughts on how we filter out the crappier aspects. With technology I think we can handle duplicates and poor quality questions &lt;em&gt;before&lt;/em&gt; they end up on the site. We can filter people onto the right site before they post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I started a drive toward something like this &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/7198/alpha-testing-a-wizard&quot;&gt;in a Wizard&lt;/a&gt; but it's serious work that needs time I haven't had. I hope that's understandable.   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.243" LastActivityDate="2014-02-13T17:14:17.173" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8405" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7773" CreationDate="2014-02-13T18:47:03.163" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fullcirclemagazine.org&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/hEauU.png&quot; alt=&quot;The independent magazine for the Ubuntu Linux community&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="23239" LastActivityDate="2014-02-13T18:47:03.163" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2014-02-13T18:47:03.163" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8406" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-02-13T20:21:48.133" Score="2" ViewCount="98" Body="&lt;p&gt;Follow up to &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/8374/whats-wrong-ask-ubuntu-closures&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/8374/whats-wrong-ask-ubuntu-closures&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the closure queue I just was presented with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/136991/gimp-too-complicated-pinta-gnupaint-etc-too-simple&quot;&gt;Gimp too complicated; Pinta/GnuPaint/etc. too simple&lt;/a&gt; from May 2012 with 4 answers - supposedly &quot;opinion-based&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't see the benefit for the site in such closures, I'd prefer not to have it in the closure queue at all. I'd vote &quot;leave open&quot; without too much thinking but as it is one of several similar in the past I wanted to ask the community.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2014-02-14T12:54:55.487" Title="closures: age old questions (with answers) as &quot;primarily opinion-based&quot;?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8407" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8406" CreationDate="2014-02-13T20:46:04.607" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The thing that you are not seeing is &quot;that question is indeed primary opinion based&quot;. It doesn't matter age, votes, popularity. You are reviewing a question based in the face value of the question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What tool can I use for light office/desktop work?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is the cut up to the bone what the question is about. How would &lt;strong&gt;you&lt;/strong&gt; answer such question? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only upvoted answer is just 20 characters long! There are two more that go trough the same way. The most &quot;extensive&quot; is little less than 50 character long and just have a filler image to make it looks &lt;em&gt;good&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I really don't like those kind of questions on the site and I would certainly not encouraging anything like that and it doesn't invite any good answer. Closure all the way in for all the questions that inherently attract bad/low quality answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You must be aware that closing questions is not bad for anyone. They can edit it into something answerable and get it reopened. The post you linked treat this. &lt;strong&gt;We need to close more as Unclear, OT, Opinion based, too broad,&lt;/strong&gt; specially old questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2014-02-13T20:46:04.607" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8408" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8325" CreationDate="2014-02-13T20:54:25.297" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;How important are new users to you as a moderator?&#xA;Would you think that using a grooming/mentoring approach towards new users would increase their likeliness to stay and contribute to the site ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10676" LastActivityDate="2014-02-13T20:54:25.297" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8409" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8373" CreationDate="2014-02-13T21:10:32.167" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I mentioned &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/6708/14916&quot;&gt;before&lt;/a&gt; that we should be able to UpVote a question and the accepted answer when closing another question as a duplicate of it. My request was more or less directly because of this problem you mention.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I used to manually open questions when duplicating and vote it up, but it was an extra effort. Unfortunately most of the time a question is used to dupe another, the user does not upvote (and the person who's question is duped doesn't either).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So you can have a question being used to dupe a bunch of other questions and the accepted answer has 1 (or zero) upvotes.  If the system awarded some rep whenever your question/answer was used as a dupe, this would go at least some way to helping this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14916" LastActivityDate="2014-02-13T21:10:32.167" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8410" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-02-13T21:07:09.260" Score="2" ViewCount="104" Body="&lt;p&gt;I know that Stack Overflow (and subsequently Stack Exchange) was founded by Jeff Atwood and co-founded by Joel Spolsky.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But regarding Ask Ubuntu, who took the decision to start a subsite around Ubuntu?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="247907" OwnerDisplayName="Jeff Atwood" LastEditorUserId="176889" LastEditDate="2014-02-14T08:04:07.027" LastActivityDate="2014-02-14T08:04:07.027" Title="Who is the founder of the subsite Ask Ubuntu?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8411" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8410" CreationDate="2014-02-13T21:15:51.407" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/7716/ubuntu&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Area 51 Proposal&lt;/a&gt; was originally started by this lovely fella:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/46/evan&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/flair/46.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="98085" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2014-02-13T21:21:00.693" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8412" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8413" CreationDate="2014-02-13T22:20:45.613" Score="4" ViewCount="100" Body="&lt;p&gt;This question was marked a duplicate: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/420587/tried-to-install-wireless-driver-and-now-terminal-and-update-manager-no-longer-w&quot;&gt;Tried to install wireless driver and now terminal and update manager no longer work either&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, the link given, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/55868/how-to-install-broadcom-wireless-drivers-bcm43xx&quot;&gt;Installing Broadcom Wireless Drivers&lt;/a&gt; contains several answers that are just plain incorrect. How is this brand new user supposed to wade through 38 answers and decide which one or ones are correct and which are just plain wrong? He already tried bcmwl-kernel-source as suggested in the alleged answer and it didn't work! It didn't work because it is just wrong for his 14e4:4312 device.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please help me understand, if it is indeed possible to understand Broadcom wireless. Even better, please un-duplicate his question and let me answer him.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19421" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2014-02-13T22:32:52.610" Title="Why is this marked a duplicate?" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8413" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8412" CreationDate="2014-02-13T22:32:39.147" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Because is the wrong duplicated. OP is trying to do Y but finds X problem. The duplicated answers his Y concern but doesn't solve X problem which block him. The correct way is fixing up the mess and see if OP has running apt/dpkg somewhere, otherwise restart the system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2014-02-13T22:32:39.147" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8414" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8412" CreationDate="2014-02-13T22:32:52.610" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Probably because the initial problem was getting BCM4311 working, which is address in great detail there.  If there's a problem with those methods, you could bring it up in comments to &quot;fix&quot; the answer.  Then we have a great answer on getting wireless working.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Networking being in an inconsistent state would cause the rest of that question.  It could just &quot;go away&quot; after wireless is fixed, so basically it turns in to reference these answers to get the wireless up and we can ask again or reopen a revised question.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's just how I read it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2014-02-13T22:32:52.610" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8415" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8375" CreationDate="2014-02-13T22:58:14.533" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The full version of my answer is &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/8333/unanswered-questions-what-to-do/8335#8335&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;, I'm not going to repeat myself, and I also read &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/8374/whats-wrong-ask-ubuntu-closures&quot;&gt;your other post&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;About this post, I totally agree with you, I stand by what I said in my other answer. I just want to comment on this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;We need to get rid of this tech support impression. We're not tech&#xA;  support. We're here to help solve problems on a working Ubuntu, not&#xA;  fix a broken one. We're here to answer questions about how to use&#xA;  Ubuntu, not how to debug it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Linux mint forums got tired of &quot;debugging questions&quot; too, you could go there and have a look, Elementary OS moderators got tired too, and guess what? Both forums died. You know why? Because all Ubuntu based distros are known as &quot;the beginner distros&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Zorine, mint, Ubuntu, Elementary, you name it, and if you don't believe me, go to youtube, and type &quot;zorine distro review&quot; or any ubuntu distro, watch any video, the guy who's doing the review, will give you a big smile and say &quot;If you're a beginner, I definitely recommend this distro, they have a great community, you will never be left in the dark!&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Who's to blame? no one. So you think, I like Ubuntu? No way! I like Crunchbang and Manjaro, installed Ubuntu, because I wanted to make sure, that if I get an error (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/417727/does-ubuntu-have-a-repair-disk-similar-to-windows-repair-disk&quot;&gt;and I do get many errors&lt;/a&gt;), there's someone to help me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now you say, that I should debug my problems? Debugging would require me to read all the basic linux command, and understand what modules are loaded and how my system works. Well, in that case I go for Arch or Manjaro, get a bleeding edge distro, not having to worry about updating my system, and at least I get to show off on IRC on how I customized my OpenBox or written my own window manager.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If Ubuntu loses its tech support, it looses everything. This why people would go for Opensuse, this why people prefer Red Hat over Centos: Tech Support.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;About your second question, duplicates, low quality questions and stuff: this is why I'm considering to leave AskUbuntu, I left many forums and Q&amp;amp;A sites because of that, and I might leave this site as well. Maybe I will only ask, but it's really boring to answer some questions and to flag and so on. God bless the mods, they are doing a good job in this environment.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="23239" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2014-02-14T10:31:02.990" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8416" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-02-13T23:53:14.020" Score="0" ViewCount="43" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have spotted many questions that have an answer that solves the problem, but the answer has not been &quot;Accepted&quot; by the questioner. This is either because he doesn't know that he has to do it, or because he just wants to solve his problem and doesn't care.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I thought that it would be a good idea to give the privilege to users with more than (e.g.) 5000 reputation to be able to accept answers in questions on their own will, after (e.g.) 5 days, if the question has clearly been answered (&lt;strong&gt;and stated as solved by the questioner&lt;/strong&gt;) but the answer has not been accepted (and thus the user that answered has not been granted the reputation he deserves).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="31053" LastActivityDate="2014-02-13T23:53:14.020" Title="Provide the privilege to accept the answer" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2014-02-14T01:54:24.943" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8418" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-02-14T10:45:20.477" Score="3" ViewCount="79" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'd like to suggest some improvements to the &quot;not about Ubuntu&quot; close reason.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;&quot;This is not about  Ubuntu&quot;&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As it currently stands:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;This is not about Ubuntu&lt;/b&gt;. Questions about &lt;b&gt;other Linux&#xA;  distributions&lt;/b&gt; can be asked on Unix &amp;amp;&#xA;  Linux, those about &lt;b&gt;Windows&lt;/b&gt; on Super User, those&#xA;  about &lt;b&gt;Apple products&lt;/b&gt; on Ask&#xA;  Different and &lt;b&gt;generic programming questions&lt;/b&gt; on Stack Overflow.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd suggest a link to the help/on-topic like so:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;This is not about Ubuntu&lt;/b&gt; within the scope defined in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;Help Center&lt;/a&gt;. [ .. ]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;in order to clarify what topics are specifically allowed. The current text doesn't give much information about what is actually on topic. It's not a huge change, but should be significant to new  users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;A while ago, there was this reason which was quite adequate:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Questions on Ask Ubuntu are expected to relate to Ubuntu within the&#xA;  scope &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;defined by the&#xA;  community&lt;/a&gt;.  Consider editing the question or leaving comments for&#xA;  improvement if you believe the question can be reworded to fit within&#xA;  the scope.  Read more about &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/reopen-questions&quot;&gt;reopening&#xA;  questions&lt;/a&gt; here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="176889" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2014-02-16T21:12:21.907" Title="Some improvements to the &quot;not about Ubuntu&quot; close reason" Tags="|feature-request|close-reasons|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8419" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8406" CreationDate="2014-02-14T12:54:55.487" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I disagree with Braiam &lt;em&gt;slightly&lt;/em&gt; in the closing paragraph:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;closing questions is not bad for anyone&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Pushing antique questions into the close queue means you're using another four votes from the active reviewers to deal with something that isn't really an issue any more.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If we had infinite numbers of reviewers, I wouldn't care as much but &lt;strong&gt;we get more &lt;em&gt;new&lt;/em&gt; questions every day than we deal with&lt;/strong&gt;. A number of these aren't even getting the review they need. This suggests that too many people are loitering in review and not on the /questions/ page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If that carries on too long, we stop being a viable site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;PS. The reason for your example entering the close queue was it gained a new answer (which was probably part of the first-post queue). In instances like that I can understand why something might get reviewed in full.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But that said, I don't see what's particularly evil about this question. With its edit, it practically meets even the softwarerecs.SE definition of a good software recomendation question. It's the answers that need improving.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2014-02-14T12:54:55.487" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8420" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8418" CreationDate="2014-02-14T13:42:23.870" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm not against this in principle but if memory serves (I wrote the current version), we're within a couple of characters of the message limit. You'd need to dig out space for it out of the existing message.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it comes to it, we could dump the Apple section (I think that's the least used portion) and insert your suggestion as:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This is not about Ubuntu&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;as defined by our scope&lt;/a&gt;. [...]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But it's getting a little crowded. As FEichinger points out, this is really something that all OT reasons should get automagically.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2014-02-14T13:47:50.417" LastActivityDate="2014-02-14T13:47:50.417" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8421" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-02-14T14:10:20.733" Score="67" ViewCount="904" Body="&lt;p&gt;A new answer popped up on an old question earlier and it popped into the Late Answer review queue. Imagine you're reviewing... Does this look like a good answer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;0 Ubuntu Software Center “Failed to download…” 0 Ubuntu Software Center doesn't let me install any software Hot Network Questions Block employee access to public cloud How do KLT and SVD differ from each other? What application supports working with sprites (PNGs) over 10,000 px wide? Can someone explain the ECB Penguin?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's a bunch of nonsense copied from the sidebar.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;It's not an answer.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;It's easy to see that &lt;em&gt;if you read it&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And that's the problem. Some reviewers aren't reading what they're being asked to. That's the entire point of review: read it, read the question (if applicable) and work out whether something needs to be done to fix, improve or remove the post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This isn't the first time this has happened but I want people to know that I want it to be the last. It's not fair on the other reviewers to allow this to happen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Rushing review hurts the site and wastes others' time.&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you don't have time, don't review, somebody else will do it properly. If you can't understand or don't know which way to vote, click the skip button. Do not bulk-action a load of stuff without reading it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We've been through this before and I've talked to offenders directly but from now on &lt;strong&gt;if I catch you &lt;em&gt;willfully bombing&lt;/em&gt; a review queue, you will end up with a review ban&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And yes, if you see somebody else doing this (the review history is public to many users), this is something we need to be told about. Don't harass the user, just flag one of the incorrectly reviewed posts and use the Other reason to point out the problem and we can be thorough with our investigation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2015-10-23T16:37:10.950" Title="Reviewers *need* to be mindful of their actions!" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="24" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8422" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8423" CreationDate="2014-02-14T18:15:12.623" Score="6" ViewCount="145" Body="&lt;p&gt;The users page in Ask Ubuntu main page goes up to page 3988 and with about 36 users per page, that goes to about 143K users.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In meta, the users page only goes up to page 442 coming to about 16K users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, how can we get more main Ask Ubuntu users to come to meta?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;EDIT 1&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;It's basically for better main site management, raising issues that affect the main site and general info concerning how to 'behave' in Ask Ubuntu - how to ask questions, how to answer, community issues, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Examples of questions that require the 'attention' of a larger audience:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/8373/whats-wrong-ask-ubuntu-low-voter-count&quot;&gt;What&amp;#39;s wrong, Ask Ubuntu?: Low Voter Count&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/7773/community-promotion-ads-2014&quot;&gt;Community Promotion Ads - 2014&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/8391/newbie-user-ask-and-go-away-forever&quot;&gt;newbie User ask and GO away forever&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/8333/unanswered-questions-what-to-do&quot;&gt;Unanswered questions - what to do?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/8324/2014-community-moderator-election&quot;&gt;2014 Community Moderator Election&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;etc...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Feel free to edit this question to give more info and examples&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;EDIT 2&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;I have designed a meta.askubuntu.com ad that can be used in the main site to advertise meta. Check it below and if you like it, vote for it at &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/8426/163331&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/8426/163331&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Am not sure whether 'customize Ask Ubuntu' is the correct/perfect tagline there but it's changeable all the same.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have added a grayscale and a color version of the image &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/8426/163331&quot;&gt;in response to @Braiam&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/AqG7F.png&quot; alt=&quot;Color version&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Kd118.png&quot; alt=&quot;Grayscale version&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="163331" LastEditorUserId="163331" LastEditDate="2014-03-03T20:49:39.867" LastActivityDate="2014-03-03T20:49:39.867" Title="How do we get more Ask Ubuntu users to use meta?" Tags="|discussion|users|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8423" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8422" CreationDate="2014-02-14T19:10:43.283" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I only understood two days ago that the site governance is decided here at Meta (even if partially). I imagine that many users do not know about Meta, and those that know may not be conscious of its policy making role.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think that automatic notifications to users regarding important debates or decisions taking place here would certainly help in engaging more folk. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="177437" LastEditorUserId="176889" LastEditDate="2014-02-14T20:46:05.607" LastActivityDate="2014-02-14T20:46:05.607" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8424" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-02-14T21:11:52.313" Score="2" ViewCount="73" Body="&lt;p&gt;What was causing the problem, presented in the question &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/418957/44293&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/q/418957/44293&lt;/a&gt;, only came into light when the question was answered. Before that it was unknown and most probably would have remained opened.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, how is it that a question's on-topicness gets decided by the answer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Plus closing that question is stopping other solutions from coming in that could in fact provide a fix to the problem without getting into Windows.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44293" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2014-06-14T23:23:50.697" Title="Why was the question about a problem pinging a Windows system from Ubuntu off-topic?" Tags="|discussion|close-reasons|scope|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8425" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8424" CreationDate="2014-02-14T21:25:33.190" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;That is one doggy question and actually there's a lot of information missing of the question to accurately pinpoint where the problem is. I would actually ask those questions where multiple OS's are involved in broader sites (like SU) unless I'm 200% sure the problem is Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As can be seen on the answer the solution is not Ubuntu but Windows. If we left your question opened it will be taking more and more answer trying &lt;em&gt;to fix Ubuntu&lt;/em&gt; when Ubuntu is just fine. Is the correct course of action is this cases. The same applies to questions that were fine under certain policy but with the change of scope it no good anymore.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2014-02-14T21:25:33.190" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8426" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7773" CreationDate="2014-02-14T21:38:00.680" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/whats-meta&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Kd118.png&quot; alt=&quot;Ask Ubuntu Meta - Customize Ask Ubuntu&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="163331" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2014-03-03T17:58:40.357" CommentCount="5" CommunityOwnedDate="2014-02-14T21:38:00.680" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8427" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-02-15T05:09:06.287" Score="1" ViewCount="41" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to view all the messages posted by me in the &quot;Ask Ubuntu General Room&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this possible? If so, how can I do this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202806" LastEditorUserId="176889" LastEditDate="2014-02-15T09:30:30.733" LastActivityDate="2014-02-15T09:42:40.983" Title="How do I view all messages posted by me in particular chat room?" Tags="|support|chat|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8428" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8427" CreationDate="2014-02-15T05:24:19.820" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, this is not possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While there is a rather encompassing &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/search&quot;&gt;chat search function&lt;/a&gt; which can filter by user and room, it does not have wildcards - you will have to search for &lt;em&gt;some proper query&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, if you have some patience and time to dig, you can of course always go through &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/201&quot;&gt;the full transcript&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="98085" LastActivityDate="2014-02-15T05:24:19.820" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8429" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8427" CreationDate="2014-02-15T09:42:40.983" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can view your 20-something most recent comments in a room here:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/96785/avinash-raj?tab=recent&quot;&gt;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/96785/avinash-raj?tab=recent&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's a header on the left side (saying &quot;Ask Ubuntu General Room&quot;). Everything from that point on until the next header was in the &quot;Ask Ubuntu General Room&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="176889" LastActivityDate="2014-02-15T09:42:40.983" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8430" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-02-15T11:17:55.977" Score="1" ViewCount="67" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was checking my users page to see where am I regarding to other profiles and suddenly I found this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/chwfw.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How come I took 555 which is greater than Rinzwind (550) and Avinash Raj(547) respectively but I look the 4th ??&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can anyone explain what's happening here?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150504" LastActivityDate="2014-02-15T17:41:19.540" Title="User reputation BUG!" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8431" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-02-15T11:53:17.077" Score="1" ViewCount="101" Body="&lt;p&gt;I answered a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/420772/what-is-the-code-to-disable-open-file-under-menu-tab-in-firefox-userchrome-css/420831#420831&quot;&gt;question&lt;/a&gt; because I could. Questioner &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/420772/what-is-the-code-to-disable-open-file-under-menu-tab-in-firefox-userchrome-css/420831#comment543884_420831&quot;&gt;acknowledges that&lt;/a&gt; but makes additional points and is not accepting my answer. What to do?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="248158" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2014-02-17T06:04:58.790" Title="What to do when someone doesn't accept answer?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8433" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8451" CreationDate="2014-02-15T13:16:39.793" Score="0" ViewCount="63" Body="&lt;p&gt;Few days ago I was helping a user solve his problem, the discussion became long in the comment section. I wanted to move it to chat, but I've never ever used chat on SE before and he's from a different timezone so we can't chat. I comment, he replies after 12h or so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not going to give him my email, nor ask him for his email. So if I leave him instructions in the chat room, will he be able to read them whenever he clicks on the link? Maybe after 2 days or so? And is it private? Like private messaging on forums?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="23239" LastActivityDate="2014-02-16T09:01:20.817" Title="A question about the chatting system" Tags="|discussion|chat|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8435" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8431" CreationDate="2014-02-15T14:47:34.163" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Check out &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/8391/newbie-user-ask-and-go-away-forever&quot;&gt;my question&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The summary for this is as @FEichinger said:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Stop caring about accepted answers! A wrong but accepted answer does&#xA;  more harm than no accepted answer at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="182026" LastActivityDate="2014-02-15T14:47:34.163" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8438" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8209" CreationDate="2014-02-15T17:08:00.397" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Works fine in Firefox 27 on Ubuntu 13.10 &lt;em&gt;(also no noticeable problems on Fedora, Windows 7, mainly using Firefox + the ever hated Internet Explorer)&lt;/em&gt; :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;On Meta AskUbuntu:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/nSaEw.png&quot; alt=&quot;text&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;br&gt;On Ask Ubuntu:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/2UNzS.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It should be fine, just a combination of Windows plus Chrome being daft.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You could also try downloading and installing the Ubuntu font from &lt;a href=&quot;http://font.ubuntu.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;using this &lt;em&gt;(with &amp;amp; without quoting formatting)&lt;/em&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;user name, a new &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;group&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; is created with t&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;strators?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="178596" LastEditorUserId="178596" LastEditDate="2014-02-15T17:13:48.950" LastActivityDate="2014-02-15T17:13:48.950" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8439" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8447" CreationDate="2014-02-15T17:21:12.290" Score="7" ViewCount="132" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/248550/blade19899&quot;&gt;This user:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/1QFSm.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;is imitating &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/36315/blade19899&quot;&gt;this user:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/RszsM.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;&lt;em&gt;(at least I think so.... if not - why?)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The same name is even allowed, which is annoying and confusing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So how come this is even allowed when signing up? I don't mean anything about &lt;em&gt;enforcing&lt;/em&gt; names, just it would be nice to not have tonnes of users with pretty much the same credentials... Something like a thing that prompts the user signing up with similar stuff to use a different name and stuff...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On most online things such as this you usually have to call yourself Username.122314141414 or something, but here you can get a few users with the same display name... It is nice feature being able to pick what you want, but there probably has to be regulation somewhere?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="178596" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2014-02-16T10:27:50.783" Title="Is imitating allowed - mainly with names?" Tags="|discussion|user-accounts|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="16" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8440" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8430" CreationDate="2014-02-15T17:41:19.540" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I can only say it does not seem to be as much of a problem now (17:40 GMT 15th February 2014):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/users&quot;&gt; &lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/MC6Va.png&quot; alt=&quot;AskUbuntu Users page&quot;&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="178596" LastActivityDate="2014-02-15T17:41:19.540" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8445" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8373" CreationDate="2014-02-15T19:21:54.787" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would suggest automatic e-mail notifications to users that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;have less than 100 reputation points;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;have a question with answers not accepted for over, say, a week.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="177437" LastActivityDate="2014-02-15T19:21:54.787" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8446" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8325" CreationDate="2014-02-15T22:26:01.143" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since Moderators are the so to speak, the face of the community, how would you act when you find a problem you are not sure how to solve or deal with it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2014-02-15T22:26:01.143" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8447" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8439" CreationDate="2014-02-15T23:29:14.913" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;There's a difference between &lt;em&gt;imitation&lt;/em&gt; and just having the same name.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Unintentional coincidence&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Example: 2 people named John who create an account with the same display name. The profile picture will most likely be different.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is the case when two users just happen to use the same name, and is completely OK. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Intentional impersonation&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Example: 10 blade19899's with the exact same name and profile picture.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is not allowed and the imitators should be flagged with an appropriate message in &lt;em&gt;&quot;other&amp;nbsp;(needs&amp;nbsp;♦&amp;nbsp;moderator&amp;nbsp;attention)&quot;&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is supported by the &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/legal/content-policy/&quot;&gt;SE Content Policy&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you are found to be in violation of any of the below policies, you will receive a notice via email. Unless you explain or correct your behavior within 72 hours, your account will be suspended. We will do our best to work with you and ensure a fair outcome in all cases. We reserve the right to immediately suspend, without notice, any content, account, or IP address which we determine to be submitting spam or potentially other damaging or disruptive content the Network.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;[ ... ]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Identity Theft and Privacy.&lt;/strong&gt; Users that misleadingly appropriate the identity of another person are not permitted. [ ... ]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="176889" LastEditorUserId="176889" LastEditDate="2014-02-15T23:35:40.220" LastActivityDate="2014-02-15T23:35:40.220" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8448" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-02-16T02:06:39.197" Score="1" ViewCount="62" Body="&lt;p&gt;Should  we add a notice to the tags wiki of those who have reached eol in bold, saying that if you're asking about this distro your question is likely to be closed because we don't answer such questions, something like that. So when the user is tagging his question, he'd notice that we no longer answer these questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is one way to reduce the number of closed/unanswered questions discussed elsewhere on meta.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;EDIT&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have edited the tag &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tags/11.10/info&quot;&gt;11.10&lt;/a&gt; like so:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;Questions about this version are likely to be closed because it has reached its end of life.&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I left the wiki untouched, because we only want the users to see a brief warning when they pick the tag. If you agree with my edit please accept it and I will edit all the EOL tags for you, if you want, you don't have to worry about it. There's no harm in giving it a try.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="23239" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2014-02-17T00:13:24.050" Title="Should the wiki of the EOL tag be edited to notify users that their questions will be closed?" Tags="|discussion|support|tags|tag-block-request|tag-wiki|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="14" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8449" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8456" CreationDate="2014-02-16T08:41:05.533" Score="-4" ViewCount="53" Body="&lt;p&gt;Some users put their timezone with location. For example &lt;code&gt;India (GMT+5:30)&lt;/code&gt;. It helps other to understand availability of an user.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can it be an optional field in user profile?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="127327" LastActivityDate="2014-02-16T11:35:16.617" Title="Time zone of user in profile as optional field" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8450" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8452" CreationDate="2014-02-16T08:58:10.727" Score="4" ViewCount="66" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is the helpful flag count on my profile:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/8FR4m.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And this is the one on my nomination&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/aA26Q.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which is quite different. Is this normal and am I overlooking something obvious or is this some sort of bug?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17722" LastEditorUserId="133195" LastEditDate="2014-02-17T12:41:52.190" LastActivityDate="2014-02-17T20:50:55.733" Title="Different helpful flag counts in election entry and profile?" Tags="|discussion|election|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8451" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8433" CreationDate="2014-02-16T09:01:20.817" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes he can. The chat transcript for the room is public and readable unless and until the room is made private or the room is deleted my a moderator or if it is autodeleted(No activity within 14d.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17722" LastActivityDate="2014-02-16T09:01:20.817" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8452" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8450" CreationDate="2014-02-16T10:02:30.670" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's normal. It's caused by differences between flag types. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you will see if you click the helpful flags number on your profile, there are 4 categories of flags (shown on the right sidebar):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;h3&gt;&quot;Normal&quot; flags&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This category is basically defined as a flag which doesn't fit into any other category.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Spam flags&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Offensive flags&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Comment flags&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any comment flag is grouped here, even spam/offensive comment flags, as they're all handled by &amp;diams; moderators.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your helpful flags count on your profile will display the total helpful flags of all the above varieties.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, the helpful flags on your election nomination only displays the helpful flag count for &quot;normal&quot;  flags.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="176889" LastEditorUserId="176889" LastEditDate="2014-02-17T20:50:55.733" LastActivityDate="2014-02-17T20:50:55.733" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8455" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-02-16T11:29:27.923" Score="-2" ViewCount="96" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was going through the &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/8325/2014-moderator-election-qa-question-collection&quot;&gt;Question Collection for 2014 Moderator Election Q&amp;amp;A&lt;/a&gt;, in which on of them was this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/8332/72576&quot;&gt;Ask Ubuntu currently has the lowest Percent Answered of any Stack Exchange site. What do you feel caused this, and what is your personal opinion on whether - and how - to change that?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a possible move, I wondered whether closing questions tagged with distibutions which are now past their life to be closed. I agree this is not at all a long term solution, but then we can't and we don't invest resources on those questions either.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Woudn't investing some resources in closing these question help improve these statistics?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If closing only new questions is the norm, wouldn't it mean that questions asked when the distribution was alive but now dead and not closed now, are open to answers?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72576" LastEditorUserId="72576" LastEditDate="2014-02-16T12:00:25.387" LastActivityDate="2014-03-18T18:08:46.293" Title="Would it make sense to close all questions tagged with now EOL distros tag to be closed?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8456" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8449" CreationDate="2014-02-16T11:35:16.617" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't think general users are interested in knowing when a specific user is available here and that shouldn't be an intention too; for all generic purposes. Still, specifying your location is optional which can imply your timezone, if they are interested anyhow.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So adding the field is hardly worth the change.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72576" LastActivityDate="2014-02-16T11:35:16.617" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8457" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8455" CreationDate="2014-02-16T18:01:31.857" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;This can only be done if we had policy that &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;ALL&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; EOL release questions were off topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, this is not the case.  Only new EOL release questions are considered &quot;offtopic&quot;, so we can't arbitrarily close all questions tagged with an EOL release as &quot;offtopic.&quot;  Some of those questions, as well, may be &quot;How do I upgrade from [EOLRelease] to a supported version&quot;, and &lt;em&gt;those&lt;/em&gt; are still on topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2014-02-16T18:01:31.857" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8458" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-02-16T23:13:28.240" Score="3" ViewCount="64" Body="&lt;p&gt;I know that users need at least 20 rep to talk in chat. But could I invite them to talk? could I give them a link?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I want to send &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/421842/reinstalling-windows-after-a-ubuntu-uninstall&quot;&gt;this user&lt;/a&gt; to chat, I vote him up to give him some rep, but still doesn't have 20 rep, how the hell could I send him to chat? :) it's getting toooooo long in comment section.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I flagged the question, I think I should help him cuase it's a severe problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="23239" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2014-02-16T23:24:12.883" Title="Could I invite 1 rep users to chat rooms?" Tags="|support|chat|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2014-02-18T08:06:50.013" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8459" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8458" CreationDate="2014-02-16T23:24:12.883" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Supposedly&lt;/strong&gt; you should be able to invite &amp;lt;20rep users and allow them to chat using this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Explicit write access add a user&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even when this room is read-only or &lt;strong&gt;their reputation is too low&lt;/strong&gt;, these users will be able to talk in this room.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;But that functionality hasn't worked since a good time.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/dCKiJ.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-02-16T23:24:12.883" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8460" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-02-17T00:07:36.710" Score="0" ViewCount="35" Body="&lt;p&gt;What option does a user have if he/she feels their questions has been inappropriately closed? Can they protest and get the topic reopened?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="179794" LastActivityDate="2014-02-17T00:07:36.710" Title="Questioning a topic close" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2014-02-17T10:32:09.257" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8461" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-02-17T04:00:03.843" Score="1" ViewCount="36" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm find some links which give messages like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Firefox can't find the server at xxx.xxxx.xxx.&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I check whether it is down for me or everybody and &quot;It's not just you!&quot;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should I edit such questions or answers to make it clear the links are dead?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What if they come back to life?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure my question is duplicate of &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2229/what-should-we-do-about-answers-with-link-rot&quot;&gt;What should we do about answers with Link Rot?&lt;/a&gt; because that is for &quot;link only&quot; answers and the link dies.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="248158" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.227" LastActivityDate="2014-02-17T05:10:30.783" Title="What should I do when I see broken links in questions and answers?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8462" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8461" CreationDate="2014-02-17T05:02:45.637" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can do a variety of things to remedy this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If the OP is relatively active, then comment on the post, and let him/her know the link is dead&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you do not receive a reply, you can try to find a link that is similar to it, and if you are sure, change the link in the post&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you are unable to find a similar link, and a link is to a webpage whose server is no longer serving it or if the server is down for extended periods of time, try finding cached versions of the webpage using the &lt;a href=&quot;http://archive.org/web/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;WayBack Machine&lt;/a&gt; or Google's cache.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Here are some common errors that you can come across and what to do about them&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;500-(Internal Server Error)&lt;/strong&gt;: This is probably a temporary error. Comments will only be required if it's been days and the same error recurs&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;404-(Page Not Found Error)&lt;/strong&gt;: One of the most common errors you will find, it's probably indicative that the page is gone forever/moved. Try finding the page on the parent website. If you can't just use the &lt;a href=&quot;http://archive.org/web/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;WayBack machine&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17722" LastEditorUserId="17722" LastEditDate="2014-02-17T05:10:30.783" LastActivityDate="2014-02-17T05:10:30.783" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8463" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-02-17T05:54:08.710" Score="0" ViewCount="68" Body="&lt;p&gt;While flagging questions,we have an option which says &lt;strong&gt;This is not about Ubuntu. Questions about other Linux distributions can be asked on Unix &amp;amp; Linux, those about Windows on Super User, those about Apple products on Ask Different and generic programming questions on Stack Overflow.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But what about other sites, like &lt;em&gt;android enthusiasts&lt;/em&gt;.I think atleast we should be able to suggest all tech sites on SE network.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="184942" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T23:20:21.943" Title="How do I flag a question which seems more appropriate on android enthusiasts?" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8464" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8463" CreationDate="2014-02-17T06:00:04.140" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;There will never be a complete list of alternative sites in the close reason. There are just too many (100+) and there is a character limit in the close reason. (I've suggested a &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/8418/176889&quot;&gt;possible alternative&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thus, the &quot;not about Ubuntu&quot; flag is usually sufficient.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you really feel that the question should be migrated, use a &quot;needs ♦ moderator attention&quot; flag, as they're the only people who can handle that anyways.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="176889" LastActivityDate="2014-02-17T06:00:04.140" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8465" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8431" CreationDate="2014-02-17T06:04:58.790" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;In my opinion, don't care about &lt;strong&gt;anything&lt;/strong&gt; that is not in your control, and the OP accepting your answers is one of them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The best thing you can do, is write good answers, which will inturn get you upvotes! And yes, this matters- to you and to the site, as well since upvotes not only means the problem can be resolved but also, in most cases, that the answer is good- the method used to solve the problem is appreciable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72576" LastActivityDate="2014-02-17T06:04:58.790" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8466" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-02-17T08:12:48.553" Score="0" ViewCount="75" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have seen that on Mondays, there is a tsunami of spams(including duplicates and other flag-able questions and those requiring edits). Such questions remain in the newest list because there are very few people moderating on Mondays.As a result, good questions are also swiped away by this wave and remain unattended and unanswered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are we doing anything on this issue? It's just adding more to the bunch of unanswered questions on AU.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="184942" LastActivityDate="2014-02-17T09:43:56.737" Title="mondays=less moderation=spam waves=ignored questions" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8467" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8466" CreationDate="2014-02-17T09:43:56.737" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;The following are entirely &lt;em&gt;possible&lt;/em&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;There are fewer moderators around on a Sunday night (GMT).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;More of the moderators and users spend more time with their &lt;code&gt;$DAYJOB&lt;/code&gt; on Monday morning.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;More spammers are spamming on Sunday night and Monday morning because they don't have the brains or transferable skills to hold down a job.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure if any of those are actually true though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We know we have a moderation window (after US goes to sleep and India wakes up) which is why there is the following in the election text this year:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Your existing Community Moderators would also positively encourage potential moderators from the China, Singapore, Indonesia &amp;amp; Australia time-zones to cast their name into the ballot. Ask Ubuntu is a 24 x 7 site and we need community moderators with experience throughout the world from all walks of life. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But you have to consider that it's not just about moderators. Users can (and often do) deal with spam without having to involve a moderator, just by flagging it appropriately. &lt;em&gt;If&lt;/em&gt; there is more spam present (and again, we're yet to confirm that there is such a phenomenon), perhaps this suggests there are fewer users on the site too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And given that we're an English site, I wouldn't be surprised if more East Asian users found support elsewhere. This may ultimately just be something we have to accept and deal with.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2014-02-17T09:43:56.737" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8468" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7613" CreationDate="2014-02-17T11:55:41.137" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think your question is mostly a duplicate of: &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3053/what-are-common-canonical-questions-for-our-site&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3053/what-are-common-canonical-questions-for-our-site&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, in the case of a user asking an unanswerable question, the correct thing would be to point them to a question about how to find out the info they need to make their question better, for example: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/14008/i-have-a-hardware-detection-problem-what-logs-do-i-need-to-look-into&quot;&gt;I have a hardware detection problem, what logs do I need to look into?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="171245" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2014-02-17T12:59:23.947" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8469" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8374" CreationDate="2014-02-17T13:41:59.563" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Given that AU is an official support channel for Ubuntu, there really is no good way to prevent an influx of duplicate questions, nor should this really be a problem provided that the question is clear enough to answer.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thus you are spot on, the best way to handle the large amount of questions AU gets is to &lt;strong&gt;*mark all questions that cannot be answered with the information as unclear&lt;/strong&gt; as early as possible.  This not only give the questioner a better understanding of the sites expectations, but makes clean-up eaiser&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Similarly, I would argue that just because a questions isn't a perfect duplicate does not mean you should avoid marking it as one.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Part of asking good questions is discussing what you have already tried, and why other references are not working for you.  If someone who asks a question that appears to have accidentally duplicated another question, &lt;em&gt;and fails reference that other question&lt;/em&gt;, go a head and mark it a duplicate.   However, you should also leave them a comment such as:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This question has been asked before and already has an answer. If those answers do not fully address your question, please ask a new question explaining why that answer did not work for you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="171245" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-02-17T16:54:29.273" LastActivityDate="2014-02-17T16:54:29.273" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8470" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-02-17T14:35:29.983" Score="-2" ViewCount="61" Body="&lt;p&gt;On another meta post, a user suggested that we give rep to those who upvote answers, my suggestion is giving rep to those who give helpful flags. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That way we encourage the users to flag questions, speaking about myself, I flagged many questions, very few were closed, so why flagging in the first place? I'm getting no rep out of it, what's in it for me?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That way more questions will be flagged and the site will be cleaned up fast.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="23239" LastEditorUserId="12845" LastEditDate="2014-02-17T17:14:33.897" LastActivityDate="2014-02-17T17:14:33.897" Title="Can we give rep to those who flag questions?" Tags="|feature-request|status-declined|flagging|reputation|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="12" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8471" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8470" CreationDate="2014-02-17T14:53:21.863" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Flagging should not be as gamified as voting.  If voting requires thought, flagging is serious.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You shouldn't submit marginal flags.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Adding &quot;points&quot; to something makes it an activity people do to GET points, not because it's something important to do.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;People would probably flag marginal things chasing points and inundate moderators with useless or marginal flags.  Marginal problems can be handled with voting or people that have significant rep casting votes to close, delete, etc.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You're asking for points to generate moderator headaches.  100% against that idea.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2014-02-17T14:53:21.863" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8472" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5670" CreationDate="2014-02-17T17:19:50.017" Score="0" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Downsides of Current Duplicates Policy&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The downside of this policy of judgement as to which questions and answers are more clear (as opposed to a simple rule of priority based on first question posted) is that it encourages AU members to write new, better, &lt;em&gt;and redundant&lt;/em&gt; questions and answers rather than encouraging AU members to usefully edit and improve questions and answers that already exist. This adds new site content and clutter rather than trimming redundant questions and improving already existing content.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Potential Solution&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I note that when a user clicks on &amp;quot;Ask Question&amp;quot; and enters text in the &amp;quot;Title&amp;quot; bar, AU offers them an opportunity to view questions related to their question Title (&amp;quot;Questions that may already have your answer&amp;quot;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Why not offer the same opportunity to the Answerer who clicks in the &amp;quot;Your Answer&amp;quot; box&lt;/strong&gt;?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As an explicit opportunity (and request), this may change Answerers behavior. However, to really change behavior:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Why not adjust the Reputation Points structure to reward Answerers who find and improve content that already exists rather than creating (better) dupes&lt;/strong&gt;?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Answerer is then explicitly faced with possible duplicates and given an incentive to point the Asker to that dupe while cleaning up the dupe's Question and Answer to clarify, edit, and improve them so that future Askers don't create needless duplicates.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Reasons for Proposed Solution&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It is the Answerer who likely understands the question, answer, and where this question fits into the Ubuntu question/answer space better than the Asker, likely has more experience on AU, and thus has a greater probability of realizing this new question is a dupe. Thus, AU should focus on Answerers' opportunities to identify dupes at least as much as Askers'.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It's possible this may decrease burden on moderators who will deal with less Duplicate Duties in terms of judgement, merging, and ultimately removal as Answerers do more Duplicate Duties.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It's possible this may channel user and moderator energy toward refining current content into a systematic, coherent, and comprehensive site in terms of style and content that answers AU's 'How do I use Ubuntu' core questions rather than adding new site content and increasing site clutter.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;PS- If this should be its own new, meta-question, my apologies.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="239240" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-02-17T21:10:01.480" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8473" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-02-17T18:41:17.190" Score="1" ViewCount="74" Body="&lt;p&gt;In an ideal world, there should be one SE site for each kind of question. Now, in the practice we are overlapping with at least 2 other sites (3 if we count SF) and that soon that number will grow one more when Software Recommendation go into public beta. So, SR has their standards for what kind of &lt;a href=&quot;https://softwarerecs.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/336/what-is-required-for-a-question-to-contain-enough-information&quot;&gt;questions&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://softwarerecs.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/390/&quot;&gt;they want&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://softwarerecs.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/86/youre-doing-it-all-wrong&quot;&gt;accept&lt;/a&gt;. This leads me to another question: what are the software recommendation we want and accept? What are our standards?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As pointed out in my previous discussion &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/8319/just-lets-drop-the-software-recommendation-mess&quot;&gt;Just lets drop the software recommendation mess&lt;/a&gt; I pointed out that the existing guide is unhelpful and contradictory as it doesn't define clearly the &lt;em&gt;must&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;must not&lt;/em&gt; OP should follow of a software recommendation question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, basically, what rules/policies prevents me from asking a question in Software Recommendation that I could ask here?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-16T16:41:46.433" LastActivityDate="2014-02-18T10:36:00.827" Title="Software Recommendation is live tomorrow! What makes us different in our quality standards?" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8474" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8478" CreationDate="2014-02-17T20:04:10.983" Score="16" ViewCount="203" Body="&lt;p&gt;I see a decent number of edits in the queue that feel like someone is trying to get rep rather than trying to improve the site. Some examples:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/223751&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/223751&lt;/a&gt; -- The question isn't more clear than it was before. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/222360&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/222360&lt;/a&gt; -- the edit did fix a typo in the title, but it is an awfully minor edit. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/221480&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/221480&lt;/a&gt; -- adding paragraph breaks makes it more readable, but the bulk of the edit is case changes (wifi to WiFi) and Americanization (&quot;neighbour&quot; to &quot;neighbor&quot;). &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some I approved, some I rejected. If a minor edit does make formatting/spelling errors less distracting, makes the site more readable, should I just accept it? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13049" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2014-02-23T21:02:37.127" Title="When is an edit too minor?" Tags="|discussion|review|suggested-edits|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8475" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8473" CreationDate="2014-02-17T20:43:47.170" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;In short: We could experiment but I'd much rather wait and see where SR lands.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Everything we've tried before here is a result of best guesses and best wishes. You call it confusing conflicting and yeah, I'd agree. It's hard for meta-lore to override and replace older lore. You can search for &quot;recommendations&quot; and find ten different &quot;rules&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But doing the same thing and hoping that makes more sense is literally insane. New guidance might work or it might just fall on deaf ears like before. We'll be here in another 18 months with yet even more confusion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We can afford to be lazy about this. If SR works, we can look at how they do it and think about porting over their format. It's possible they won't get it right first time around or that they need a technical alteration to make it work. Great! The less we do before that, the less confusion we introduce here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On a personal level, I'm also looking to see &lt;a href=&quot;https://softwarerecs.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/390/why-is-this-site-better-than-the-other-options-how-does-it-overcome-existing-pr&quot;&gt;how they deal with long-known issues&lt;/a&gt;. In my mind they're problems that really underpin the viability of SR but we'll see. And even if SR doesn't work, I'm sure there'll be a post mortem which will again help us work out where we stand.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-16T16:41:46.433" LastActivityDate="2014-02-17T20:43:47.170" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8477" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-02-17T20:55:15.093" Score="11" ViewCount="377" Body="&lt;p&gt;In connection with the moderator elections, we are holding a Q&amp;amp;A thread for the candidates. Questions collected &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/8325/2014-moderator-election-qa-question-collection&quot;&gt;from an earlier thread&lt;/a&gt; have been compiled into this one, which shall now serve as the space for the candidates to provide their answers. Not every question was compiled - as noted, we only selected the top 8 questions as submitted by the community, plus 2 pre-set questions from us.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a candidate, your job is simple - post an answer to this question, citing each of the questions and then post your answer to each question given in that same answer. For your convenience, I will include all of the questions in quote format with a break in between each, suitable for you to insert your answers. Just &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/revisions/21e644f6-ec83-4dbc-b8cd-22575f04705f/view-source&quot;&gt;copy the whole thing after the first set of three dashes&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once all the answers have been compiled, this will serve as a transcript for voters to view the thoughts of their candidates, and will be appropriately linked in the Election page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Good luck to all of the candidates!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu currently has &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/sites#percentanswered&quot;&gt;the lowest Percent Answered of any Stack Exchange site&lt;/a&gt;. What do you feel caused this, and what is your personal opinion on whether - and how - to change that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is, in your opinion as a potential future moderator, the biggest problem that Ask Ubuntu faces? If you were to get elected, what actions would you take towards resolving this issue?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How would you deal with a user who produced a steady stream of valuable answers, but tends to generate a large number of arguments/flags from comments?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How would you handle a situation where another mod closed/deleted/etc a question that you feel shouldn't have been?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a moderator, your votes become binding. Actions you used to take like flagging, closing, and deleting will take effect immediately without any input from any other users or moderators.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How will you adapt the way you currently flag and vote to deal with this change?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Getting a reputation on this website is based on your technical skills/knowledge. What proves us that you know how to handle &lt;strong&gt;people&lt;/strong&gt;? How do you feel current moderators go about handling people?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A new user has arrived and doesn't really understand the way the Stack Exchange system is supposed to work. They're complaining that people keep editing their posts and a roll back war has started on a question that they've asked. You need to step in and moderate the situation. What actions do you take?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While the moderator position you're nominating yourself for is a voluntary position, there is a minimum amount of time that you would need to be available in order to be an effective moderator. How much time do you currently spend using Ask Ubuntu and are there any known circumstances in which this will change in the future?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12845" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-02-25T19:39:20.443" Title="2014 Moderator Election Q&amp;A - Questionnaire" Tags="|discussion|election|" AnswerCount="8" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8478" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8474" CreationDate="2014-02-17T21:01:05.833" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;You're right to be wary. There &lt;em&gt;are&lt;/em&gt; some users (usually bots) who are just grinding on the super-minor edits for rep, but of these examples I think I would have let most of those through. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it leaves significant issues in the post, I'd look to re-edit and uncheck the &quot;helpful edit&quot; box. This is equivalent to rejecting the edit and replacing it with your own. That sends the right signals about the quality of editing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Otherwise if it helps make the post more readable, and they've not left too many glaring issues, I'd consider letting it through. Even if that's just removing an &quot;an&quot; from a title to make it syntactically correct... But I'm a stickler for detail.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2014-02-17T21:01:05.833" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8479" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-02-17T22:54:50.137" Score="-6" ViewCount="135" Body="&lt;p&gt;In my country, the gov tried to make it illegal to drive without using the safety belt, they tried to fine everyone who doesn't follow the law. There's another law that forbids smoking in closed places&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There was a tiny problem, 85% of the population doesn't care about what the gov says, so the laws are there, but they're dead, there's not enough police to catch everyone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Moderators aren't the solution, law abiding users are.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="23239" LastEditorUserId="47291" LastEditDate="2014-12-21T17:09:30.123" LastActivityDate="2014-12-21T17:10:09.530" Title="How to clean up the site if 80% of the users don't follow the rules" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8480" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8477" CreationDate="2014-02-18T01:04:39.923" Score="1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu currently has &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/sites#percentanswered&quot;&gt;the lowest Percent Answered of any Stack Exchange site&lt;/a&gt;. What do you feel caused this, and what is your personal opinion on whether - and how - to change that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sometimes I think it is part of being a more popular site, but when I look at the type and quality of some of the new questions - It seems to be a misconception of what we do, or at least of what we expect.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I often envision that the questions on this site &lt;em&gt;should&lt;/em&gt; be more like the radio show &amp;quot;Car Talk&amp;quot; (some might not know what this is, but callers call in with &amp;quot;car&amp;quot; questions/problems - these are not the normal &amp;quot;I drove my car into a ditch, What do I do now?&amp;quot; questions, these are things like &amp;quot;I dropped a bag of marbles, I thought I found them all but can still hear some rolling around in the car somewhere, now what?&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This all goes back to saying that we are not a one on one tech support site - call your mechanic/tech support/system manager first.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is, in your opinion as a potential future moderator, the biggest problem that Ask Ubuntu faces? If you were to get elected, what actions would you take towards resolving this issue?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Various trolls and spammers have have certainly had an effect on how we interact with new users recently, some have reduces their participation - focused efforts on spam waves, sometimes it seems a shoot first ask questions later approach has been adopted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So stepping in these specific situations when necessary, as well working with current users and encouraging them not to treat other users differently because of spammers/trolls.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How would you deal with a user who produced a steady stream of valuable answers, but tends to generate a large number of arguments/flags from comments?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It may depend on the nature of the comments, but if they are abusive - firstly removing abusive comments, consulting with other mods, and sending a message that they are being consistently negative in their comments. If the user continues to refuse to be civil further action may need to be taken.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How would you handle a situation where another mod closed/deleted/etc a question that you feel shouldn't have been?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First talk to the mod one on one on, on the reason they felt that action should be taken.  Then consult with that mod and other mods on how the question could be better presented and edited/reopened/undeleted - if it was a good but not specific issue and the user was simply being abusive - it may be good to ask the question personally(but without the drama/negativity), If the reason is there are good answers possibly find the good answers a home in a duplicate question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a moderator, your votes become binding. Actions you used to take like flagging, closing, and deleting will take effect immediately without any input from any other users or moderators.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How will you adapt the way you currently flag and vote to deal with this change?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Read three times - vote once. It will mean that the pace of closing will slow down - because of being sure that the case is not an edge case. And also will mean relying on the direction of the community for guidance - not &amp;quot;grabbing the wheel of the ship&amp;quot; so to say, by making meta posts to judge the direction we are taking on things, and carrying out those decisions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Getting a reputation on this website is based on your technical skills/knowledge. What proves us that you know how to handle &lt;strong&gt;people&lt;/strong&gt;? How do you feel current moderators go about handling people?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have always been more active in chat, and active with meta posts, many times I will comment on a question for clarification before formulating a answer(a the same time about 3 others post wildly speculative answers), that is one reason for having a relatively light &amp;quot;rep&amp;quot; score, compared to my other contributions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Currently it seems some current moderators have a hands off approach (if not they are efficient behind the scenes - which would be good), or a wait till the user rage quits / goes crazy, both extremes are not good for the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A new user has arrived and doesn't really understand the way the Stack Exchange system is supposed to work. They're complaining that people keep editing their posts and a roll back war has started on a question that they've asked. You need to step in and moderate the situation. What actions do you take?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First comment that users are editing to clarify and help the post (if a another has not already done so). If a user was extreme in an edit - adjust to bring removed information back into the post, while still improving the post. If the action continues, lock the post - and if necessary send a message explaining how editing works on the site works.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While the moderator position you're nominating yourself for is a voluntary position, there is a minimum amount of time that you would need to be available in order to be an effective moderator. How much time do you currently spend using Ask Ubuntu and are there any known circumstances in which this will change in the future?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Several hours during the day, at various times during the day, also in chat rooms. Also have the Stack Exchange app on my phone, as well as e-mail notifications, so I should be able to be gotten a hold of in certain situations. I don't foresee this changing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-02-23T00:52:52.847" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8481" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8375" CreationDate="2014-02-18T01:18:16.690" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you guys think this is a problem *tell noobs * when they join cause that's the basic impression I got when I joined but if that impression was wrong, tell us noobs when we first join.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="247505" LastActivityDate="2014-02-18T01:18:16.690" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8482" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8477" CreationDate="2014-02-18T01:40:25.773" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am searchfgold6789. I welcome your votes at &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/election/4?noredirect=1#post-419190&quot;&gt;my nomination&lt;/a&gt;. You can view my profile &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/38094/searchfgold6789&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;, which contains links to all my activity on the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Ask Ubuntu currently has &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/sites#percentanswered&quot;&gt;the lowest Percent Answered of any Stack Exchange site&lt;/a&gt;. What do you feel caused this, and what is your personal opinion on whether - and how - to change that?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The high amount of incoming low-quality, nigh-unanswerable questions caused those statistics. The community just doesn't have what it takes to handle that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I propose we make changes to the site to better communicate to incoming users. Things like including specific text, links, and read messages on the Ask Question page, and reforming the How to Ask page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We can also communicate to other sites that funnel people to us, asking them to make an effort to more accurately portray Ask Ubuntu or improve their own resources.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;What is, in your opinion as a potential future moderator, the biggest problem that Ask Ubuntu faces? If you were to get elected, what actions would you take towards resolving this issue?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The biggest problem we face is that we need a higher percentage of experts (or a lower percentage of non-experts).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We are a Stack Exchange (SE) site. SE sites are by definition designed to welcome in new users and make it as easy as possible for them. In other words, it's a very open and friendly system. This works very well with other sites like &lt;a href=&quot;https://serverfault.com/&quot;&gt;Server Fault&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://music.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Music&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;em&gt;because those are professional communities&lt;/em&gt;. Most of the people hanging out there are experts. We are a community of people with a variety of talents, and they may not be experts in the Linux operating system and could be clueless in asking an educated question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since we attract many non-experts, we (again) need to make them experts in asking questions. This can be done by providing better assistance to users when they first click on that &amp;quot;Ask a Question&amp;quot; link.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;How would you deal with a user who produced a steady stream of valuable answers, but tends to generate a large number of arguments/flags from comments?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It depends on whether I'm on his side in his arguments!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But in all seriousness, usually such users that are really trying trying to be helpful remain helpful even in the comment, it's the question askers debating whether or not their question should be debated upon that can get nasty. Long but non-abusive arguments should be moved to chat; the site has methods for dealing with this. Foul/abusive comments should be removed, and if the user persists in being disrespectful, mods have the authority to remove the content, and if necessary, ban the user.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;How would you handle a situation where another mod closed/deleted/etc a question that you feel shouldn't have been?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would ask the moderator (or moderators) why the question was dealt with in the way it was. If they can't change my mind, I would try to change the other moderator's/moderators' mind, try to get it reopened, or raise something on Meta, depending on the situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;As a moderator, your votes become binding. Actions you used to take like flagging, closing, and deleting will take effect immediately without any input from any other users or moderators. How will you adapt the way you currently flag and vote to deal with this change?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I won't change the way I currently flag. I reserve flagging for the stuff that is clearly beyond improvement. Usually, comments can be made on the question requesting more information, or edits can be done. I'm not above taking a link-only answer and expanding it, for example.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Getting a reputation on this website is based on your technical skills/knowledge. What proves us that you know how to handle &lt;strong&gt;people&lt;/strong&gt;? How do you feel current moderators go about handling people?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's part of my job to handle people and to be a good leader, as a choir director. I am fully confident that this has prepared me to communicate with and understand all types of people and take the initiative to be a good leader.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;A new user has arrived and doesn't really understand the way the Stack Exchange system is supposed to work. They're complaining that people keep editing their posts and a roll back war has started on a question that they've asked. You need to step in and moderate the situation. What actions do you take?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Revert them to the FAQ page and explain that people are just trying to help. People should understand that it's not out of ill will that their posts are being edited and stop fighting back.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Mods have the ability to make a final edit and lock posts, if it comes to it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;While the moderator position you're nominating yourself for is a voluntary position, there is a minimum amount of time that you would need to be available in order to be an effective moderator. How much time do you currently spend using Ask Ubuntu and are there any known circumstances in which this will change in the future?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am here all times of the day. I would spend anywhere from one hour to four hours a day, total, on Ask Ubuntu. I am always reachable. I will disappear on certain weeks during the summer for musical training. The community will know well in advance on these weeks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="38094" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-02-20T16:36:03.193" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8483" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8477" CreationDate="2014-02-18T02:04:00.153" Score="5" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu currently has &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/sites#percentanswered&quot;&gt;the lowest Percent Answered of any Stack Exchange site&lt;/a&gt;. What do you feel caused this, and what is your personal opinion on whether - and how - to change that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What do I feel caused this? I feel that a lack of voters (both up/down and close) is one of the main reasons. Questions that have good, but unaccepted, answers are never marked answered if no one upvotes the answer. Questions that are duplicates or low quality never get closed if no one flags are votes on them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One thing we (as a site) can do is close unclear questions &lt;em&gt;immediately&lt;/em&gt;. This will help with drive-by askers who never reply to comments. We also need to use up/down votes more, because these things drive the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I often wish the moderators we have would help with the close vote queue a bit more, when it gets too big for the Community to handle (like it is now, over 200 questions). If elected, this is something I plan on keeping an eye on.&#xA; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is, in your opinion as a potential future moderator, the biggest problem that Ask Ubuntu faces? If you were to get elected, what actions would you take towards resolving this issue?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my opinion the biggest problem Ask Ubuntu faces is probably lack of question moderation. I would encourage users to downvote badly written and unclear questions, to edit and improve titles and grammar and to use close votes and flags. If you are answering a question, try to clean up the grammar, tags and title if possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm also interested and seeing &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/7198/alpha-testing-a-wizard&quot;&gt;Oli's question wizard&lt;/a&gt; implemented to help users ask good questions and not ask dupes.&#xA; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How would you deal with a user who produced a steady stream of valuable answers, but tends to generate a large number of arguments/flags from comments?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think this question is a bit too broad, there are many things that could be going on here.  It could be users being overly sensitive to language, it could be an OP (OP in this case meaning answerer) that is too chatty, an offensive OP,  or just someone being too assertive of their opinion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In any case I would leave a comment for the user explaining what they are doing wrong and politely asking them to stop. If the user(s) persist I would talk to another moderator about the situation, to first make sure that &lt;em&gt;I'm&lt;/em&gt; not the run in the wrong then decide what action to take next. It could be anywhere from editing, deletion, and, in extreme cases, bans.&#xA; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How would you handle a situation where another mod closed/deleted/etc a question that you feel shouldn't have been?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First I would ask the moderator that did the action what his/her reasoning was, and present my own view of the case. I would then try to come to a agreement with the moderator on how to leave the situation.  Additional steps may be taken if the Community is especially worried about it, including posting to meta.&#xA; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a moderator, your votes become binding. Actions you used to take like flagging, closing, and deleting will take effect immediately without any input from any other users or moderators.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How will you adapt the way you currently flag and vote to deal with this change?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The fact that my actions will take effect immediately will certainly make me think a little longer over decisions and review them to make sure they were correct.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As the old saying goes:  &amp;quot;Measure twice, cut once!&amp;quot;&#xA; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Getting a reputation on this website is based on your technical skills/knowledge. What proves us that you know how to handle &lt;strong&gt;people&lt;/strong&gt;? How do you feel current moderators go about handling people?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Tough question!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only proof I can give that I know how to handle people is with my current conduct. Patience is key in the job of a moderator.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe the current moderators are doing an ok job handling people; although I sometimes think a little more patience would be useful.&#xA; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A new user has arrived and doesn't really understand the way the Stack Exchange system is supposed to work. They're complaining that people keep editing their posts and a roll back war has started on a question that they've asked. You need to step in and moderate the situation. What actions do you take?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The first thing I would do is lock the post and stop the edit war. Then, depending on the situation, I would leave a comment for the OP explaining how the Stack Exchange system works and that there is nothing wrong with having your question/answer edited.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I might also leave a comment (depending on the situation) for the other user, asking them to not be so picky (changing American/British spelling and stuff like that).&#xA; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While the moderator position you're nominating yourself for is a voluntary position, there is a minimum amount of time that you would need to be available in order to be an effective moderator. How much time do you currently spend using Ask Ubuntu and are there any known circumstances in which this will change in the future?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I usually spend from 30 minutes to and hour and a half or so actually &lt;em&gt;using&lt;/em&gt; Ask Ubuntu on a good day, but I check the flag and review queues on and off all day. I won't be available &lt;em&gt;quite&lt;/em&gt; as much in the summer, but it doesn't usually effect my participation much.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-02-18T02:04:00.153" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8484" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-02-18T06:31:44.637" Score="1" ViewCount="44" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;strong&gt;review&lt;/strong&gt; link at the top of the page gives us access to review tasks.&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/1dYn0.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;But it is always white. It would be better it it would be coloured, i.e it should be &lt;strong&gt;green when there are posts&lt;/strong&gt; that I can work on and &lt;strong&gt;red when there are no posts&lt;/strong&gt; that I have privilege to work on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We may also make an feature similar to rep or notifications, so it &lt;strong&gt;shows no of reviews in an circle&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This would make the task easier and would not require occasional clicking to check if there are posts to be reviewed or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="184942" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="review link should show how many posts are to be reviewed" Tags="|feature-request|review|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8486" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8484" CreationDate="2014-02-18T08:15:13.240" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;This loses it's usefulness when you reach 3k and unlock &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/close-questions&quot;&gt;close vote&lt;/a&gt; privileges. At this point, because of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review&quot;&gt;200+ close vote&lt;/a&gt; queue, you can safely assume that there are always items to review.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, you shouldn't worry too much about the first post / late answer queues as they're not particularly time critical. There is a notification about suggested edits (2k+), though, as these are more significant than the other queues. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="176889" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2014-02-18T08:15:13.240" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8487" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8488" CreationDate="2014-02-18T09:12:27.757" Score="8" ViewCount="67" Body="&lt;p&gt;I flagged a question (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/354123/problem-with-wifi-you-can-help-me&quot;&gt;this one&lt;/a&gt;) wrongly as off-topic just to realize that it was asked within the support date and that an edit made it look like a new one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now how do I remove my flag to not cause users to waste unnecessary time with the flag?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="164891" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2014-02-18T09:15:56.760" Title="How to remove a wrong flag?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8488" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8487" CreationDate="2014-02-18T09:15:56.760" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can't, flags are not reversible and you will have to trust the moderators and other more privileged users good judgement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastActivityDate="2014-02-18T09:15:56.760" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8489" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8479" CreationDate="2014-02-18T09:49:53.627" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;How does your country's seatbelt policy relate to how moderators do things on the site?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;We don't fine people who ask duplicate questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The way we moderate is completely different to police spotting somebody isn't wearing a seatbelt and this undercuts your whole post: mods are usually not the first ones on the scene, normal users are the people who start the process of moderation here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The whole system was designed with the power of people in mind. To use your percentage, if 80% don't know the rules, that means we have 28,540 people who know the rules and can act on them if they see something that needs work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Moderators are still required to handle certain things (and speed things up) but we're only handling a fraction of the moderation load.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2014-02-18T09:55:06.203" LastActivityDate="2014-02-18T09:55:06.203" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8490" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8479" CreationDate="2014-02-18T11:52:31.300" Score="2" Body="&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Asking duplicate questions are not against the site rules. ( &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/11/dr-strangedupe-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-duplication/&quot;&gt;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/11/dr-strangedupe-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-duplication/&lt;/a&gt; ) Asking exact duplicates, don't using the search function are also not against the rules, just very impolite and lazy. And a lot of users even if they use the search function won't find that their question already have an answer: Users don't have the same &amp;quot;searching skill&amp;quot;, some people are just bad at searching.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Answering dupes are again not against the rules. When you see a question and you know the answer to the question you won't start searching the whole site whether it has been asked before. You just answer it. After that if you feel that the question is might be a duplicate you may start searching for a dupe. Normally someone would only start by flagging a question as duplicate if he already saw that question here before, and this means only frequent users of this site will do that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Asking EOL is off-topic and against the rules. Answering them... I don't think that it is against the rules, I've never read it anywhere that if you know the answer to an off-topic question you shouldn't answer it. If you have the time to write an answer, and don't care about that you won't get much rep for your answer (since upvotes on closed off-topics are rare.) you can answer it. Why not help if you can and you want to? Of course you should flag the question for closure as off-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Not flagging is not against the rules. Flagging is not a must, it is a possibility to help the community.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;Don't tell new users about EOL rules&lt;/em&gt;&amp;quot;. That's again not a must and not in the rules.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So to sum up: The problem with these users is not that they are not following the rules, because they are following them. The problem is just that they are not participate as actively as other users. Someone like spending 2-3-5 hours daily on this site, some users don't. You/We can't do anything with this other than giving incentives (badges/reputation) for more active participation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Look, in my country, the gov tried to make it illegal to drive without using the safety belt, they tried to fine everyone who doesn't follow the law. There's another law that forbids smoking in closed places&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;There was a tiny problem, 85% of the population doesn't care about what the gov says, so the laws are there, but they're dead, there's not enough police to catch everyone&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is totally unrelated to this problem, but it is not a problem of the government or the police that most of the people in your country are dumb and don't care about their life. This is a problem in the society.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EDIT: I see you've just edited out most of your question I was reflecting to before I posted my answer. But I will leave my answer as it is, because I think it is still relevant.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="221281" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-12-21T17:10:09.530" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8491" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8492" CreationDate="2014-02-18T14:00:37.537" Score="2" ViewCount="81" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is quite possibly re-iterating something that's been said before, but it is confusing me slightly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The home page for me at the moment is currently a stream of edited posts (at my last count, 35 out of ~50), most of them originally &gt;2 years old, a few already answered, and some of them addressing EOL versions of Ubuntu. To me, it seems that these don't really have much place being bumped back to the front page. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I understand the value of archived questions being updated in some way if there are problems with the content - better legibility is always a good thing - but is it really necessary (or indeed, useful) to have them brought front and centre on the site, to the point where they are burying actual recent questions?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="137827" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-02-19T04:52:04.467" LastActivityDate="2014-02-19T19:22:20.720" Title="Why do edits to old questions bump them to the top? / Should there be a time limit for this?" Tags="|support|editing|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8492" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8491" CreationDate="2014-02-18T14:58:55.733" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ultimately, I agree. There is a lot of editing that is still worthwhile but that doesn't actually change anything about the question. The front page can quickly become bombed by old questions when somebody runs around nuking a tag, for example.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A time limit is a bit crude and it means picking a date where we've given up. I'd be more for quality-based analysis of edits (scoring the edit automatically to see how significant it is) but if nothing else, a two-year cut-off wouldn't be an appalling things.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But ultimately, this isn't something &lt;em&gt;we&lt;/em&gt; can control, like most of the site behaviour, it's just the way SE is. If this is something that bothers you, abandon &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;/&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/a&gt; to the peasants and join the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions?sort=newest&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;/questions/&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/a&gt; club (which by default will show you the newest things without extraneous bumpage).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2014-02-18T14:58:55.733" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8493" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8491" CreationDate="2014-02-18T15:16:34.197" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;There must be ways to bump questions, imho. Some of my questions have accepted answers posted over a month after. The simplest way to do is to edit the question with an update.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You could try to set some sort of rule, like questions over 1 year old with an accepted answer not bumping up any more.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="177437" LastActivityDate="2014-02-18T15:16:34.197" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8494" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-02-18T18:00:50.517" Score="2" ViewCount="104" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Disadvantages of Current Duplicates Policy&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Stated briefly, the current policy encourages proliferation over pruning.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The disadvantages of the current duplicates policy stem from the fact that it is a policy of judgement as to which questions and answers are more clear instead of a simple and rigid rule of priority based on first question posted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This encourages AU members to write new, better, &lt;em&gt;and redundant&lt;/em&gt; questions &lt;strong&gt;and&lt;/strong&gt; answers rather than encouraging AU members to usefully edit and improve questions and answers that already exist. This spreads Q&amp;amp;A competition for points relevant to a single question over multiple pages of differing quality rather than confining competition to the useful improvement of one page per question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Ideal Outcomes of Duplicates Policies&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&quot;According to the &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2011/01/the-wikipedia-of-long-tail-programming-questions/&quot;&gt;Gospel of Spolsky 13:4&lt;/a&gt;, a core mission of Stack Exchange communities is to stop re-answering the same questions, and instead &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3053/what-are-common-canonical-questions-for-our-site&quot;&gt;build a library of canonical answers&lt;/a&gt;.&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Spolsky again, &quot;Every question in Stack Overflow is like the Wikipedia article for some extremely narrow, specific programming question. &lt;em&gt;How do I enlarge a fizzbar without overwriting the user’s snibbit?&lt;/em&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2008/09/15.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;This question should only appear once in the site&lt;/a&gt;. Duplicates should be cleaned up quickly and redirected to the original question.&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;All AU members, large and small, should therefore feel that the site's community, intellectual, reputation points, and other incentives flow in the direction of creating the &lt;em&gt;encyclopaedic canon of Ubuntu Questions and Answers&lt;/em&gt;.&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;By encyclopaedic canon, I mean a set of comprehensive articles with mutually exclusive content that are systematically organized and provide accurate information.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks for your time and patience.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="239240" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.087" LastActivityDate="2014-10-31T13:45:17.367" Title="Duplicates Policy Incentivizes Clutter Rather Than Canonical" Tags="|discussion|editing|duplicates|cleanup|canonical-questions|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8495" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8474" CreationDate="2014-02-18T18:12:24.947" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Any edit that improves the post is helpful. This not only improve the overall quality of the site but also helps the user( with &amp;lt;2k rep) to gain reputation(2).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, editing the question or even the answer brings the post back to &lt;a href=&quot;http://askubuntu.com&quot;&gt;the main page&lt;/a&gt;, if it wasn't. This can bombard the main page with old/relatively-insignificant posts and thus prevent the more relevant questions from grabbing the intended audience's attention.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This makes it important to prioritize whether to improve/approve the edit or reject it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;IMO, if the question is relatively new(a few hours or so), the edit, if constructive, may be harmlessly approved/improved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;However, for older posts, only if the post significantly improves the quality of the post, should it be approved/improved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thus, an edit is minor if it does not significantly improve the post; approving/improving it will compromise with the attention newer posts get.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72576" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-02-18T18:12:24.947" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8496" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8484" CreationDate="2014-02-18T18:59:43.997" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/211509/229699&quot;&gt;This is actually something that Stack Exchange are already investigating&lt;/a&gt;. When the time comes, and the functionality is ready, it will be rolled out. Until then... &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="196255" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2014-02-18T18:59:43.997" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8497" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8373" CreationDate="2014-02-18T19:50:26.187" Score="0" Body="&lt;h2&gt;How to Increase Voting Behavior and/or Reduce Moderator Burden&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do not believe that anyone has the power to change others' behaviors by pleading with them or modelling their own virtuous internal processes, therefore I propose a systemic solution to &quot;Low Voter Count&quot; and &quot;Moderators' Burden is Too High&quot; that changes incentive structures on AU.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Problem: Income Effects Mean Fewer Votes for Many-Vote Answers (or Vice-Versa)&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This would require some data analysis, but is it possible that the number of new votes cast diminish the more a question or answer has already received previous votes? Adding a 5th vote makes that question or answer look 25% better, adding a 101st vote makes it look 1% better.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Solution: Make the Points System a Bit More Complex&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Adjust the formula for reputation points to create a flat-reputation curve as votes &#xA;increase.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;E.g., Reputation points (receive votes) = Current amount * (1+(votes already received/50)&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;50 could also be substituted by &quot;median votes received&quot; after trimming 0s, etc.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;NB: Splitting up my answers for easier line-item voting rather than omnibus package voting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="239240" LastEditorUserId="239240" LastEditDate="2014-02-19T21:50:21.113" LastActivityDate="2014-02-19T21:50:21.113" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8498" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-02-18T19:52:26.937" Score="8" ViewCount="62" Body="&lt;p&gt;When a flag is raised for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/422435/running-ubuntu-on-16gb-thumb-drive&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; to be closed as off-topic, there is an option to choose whether it belongs to other Stack Exchange sites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/r5VG8.png&quot; alt=&quot;option present&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, the same option is absent for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/224173/wheres-the-best-place-to-begin-to-master-ubuntu/224178&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/4Nr74.png&quot; alt=&quot;option absent&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this a bug, or is this applicable option only to specific question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72576" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2014-02-18T22:16:44.967" Title="Why does the option to close question as off-topic as belonging to other SE site present only to some questions?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8499" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8373" CreationDate="2014-02-18T21:01:45.590" Score="11" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Here are the principles I use for myself:&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Be &lt;strong&gt;generous&lt;/strong&gt; in your votes. If you doubt about an upvote, give it an upvote. This is a matter of attitude. Of love for others and their work. Also you will be rewarded for votes at some point.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In case of a downvote, make sure you stipulate why you downvote (unless it is very obvious).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Try to vote on every page you open (but note this is not only up- or downvoting).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Only abstain from voting when you are not sufficiently knowledgeable about the subject or when you vote to close.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Do not automatically upvote answers of high rep users and answers with lots of votes. Check out whether there is not another answer worthy of a vote.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Upvote everything you edit. If you edited and you did a good job, it should be worthy of an upvote (unless it should be closed).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Where needed leave a comment to the author to say what s/he could add or change in order to earn your upvote (for instance, 'This would be clearer with an example', or 'Could you mention your source').&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;More general ideas&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;I think we need to vote a lot more in general&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only reason I see to not vote on an answer or question is when I am not sufficiently knowledgeable to know whether it is a good post or when I don't really want to take the time to really read the post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Voting really should be discussed as a general thing&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is not just upvoting or downvoting, it also includes voting to close. Often the choice is between an upvote, downvote, closevote or abstaining from voting. If I say 'try to vote on every page', this includes close voting where necessary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Voting is not a way of expressing agreement or disagreement&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It &lt;em&gt;does&lt;/em&gt; work like that in Meta (so if in meta you are downvoted, don't worry), but on the main site voting is an evaluation of the quality of a post. A post that suggests the use of wine is not typically something I am going to like, but I might upvote it if it's correct. An upvote &lt;em&gt;is not a facebook 'like'&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Feel free to let me know why you (dis)agree and, :) feel free to upvote. :D&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="115155" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-02-19T07:10:04.980" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8500" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8477" CreationDate="2014-02-18T23:35:22.130" Score="2" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu currently has &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/sites#percentanswered&quot;&gt;the lowest Percent Answered of any Stack Exchange site&lt;/a&gt;. What do you feel caused this, and what is your personal opinion on whether - and how - to change that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is multifactor. There were a multitude of events that allowed the current state. To quote some:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Lax of the enforcement of quality standards.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The exposition of the site as support channel.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Lack of a sentiment of owning by the community.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a multifactorial problem we would need a multifactorial solution which should be consensuated. I've already proposed the ones I considered are ready for being implemented while I'm still giving form to others.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is, in your opinion as a potential future moderator, the biggest problem that Ask Ubuntu faces? If you were to get elected, what actions would you take towards resolving this issue?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would say two. Lack of participation of the community in the governance/moderation of the community. This could be seen in the lack of participation in the meta site and the review queues. And the lack of a clear leadership. I know AU is self governed but if those member of the community aren't active in the decision making then someone(s) needs to lead them. This is where moderators could give a hand. Of course, the leadership is not something everyone has and is not that everybody will follow but if you give to the community the power that was theirs it would be the best.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How would you deal with a user who produced a steady stream of valuable answers, but tends to generate a large number of arguments/flags from comments?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This should be deal in steps, and depends the gravity of the situation. I would treat them nice but firm.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How would you handle a situation where another mod closed/deleted/etc a question that you feel shouldn't have been?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I first should evaluate why I think why it should be closed/deleted/etc. Kind of &amp;quot;put myself in other shoes&amp;quot;, since there might be something I missed or I don't know in the moment. Once I do this, I could ask if I was spot on of why the action was done and what I would have done instead and why. If consensus is reached, is fine. If not I would expose my POV and why I think the action should be reverted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a moderator, your votes become binding. Actions you used to take like flagging, closing, and deleting will take effect immediately without any input from any other users or moderators.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How will you adapt the way you currently flag and vote to deal with this change?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is nothing to adapt. I did the best action could be done in the pertinent circumstances. If I was wrong, it's easy to revert it back.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Getting a reputation on this website is based on your technical skills/knowledge. What proves us that you know how to handle &lt;strong&gt;people&lt;/strong&gt;? How do you feel current moderators go about handling people?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have already handled people, most of them in person with my voluntary work and as social assistance agent (this term change from country to country). I am currently moderator of a small community of users online. I have already participated in events where moderating and debating skills was a must.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I normally don't see current moderators handling people outside the meta. I know they do but in ways I can't see or are unaware of due to focus on answering questions or in the site, but when I do, I haven't seen a poor handling of the situation at hand.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A new user has arrived and doesn't really understand the way the Stack Exchange system is supposed to work. They're complaining that people keep editing their posts and a roll back war has started on a question that they've asked. You need to step in and moderate the situation. What actions do you take?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would first explain that the edit was made in good faith. That is one of the main features in the site editing each one posts. If I see that the edit actually increases the possibility of a good answer I will make a note about that. If the user still feels dissatisfied with the edit I would propose that himself try to improve certain points that may need some tuning. That's best case scenario.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Worse case scenario I would need to lock the post after explaining the specific reasons to do so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While the moderator position you're nominating yourself for is a voluntary position, there is a minimum amount of time that you would need to be available in order to be an effective moderator. How much time do you currently spend using Ask Ubuntu and are there any known circumstances in which this will change in the future?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I spend more of my day here (in SE), but no consecutively. And no, there are no known circumstances foreseeable that this will change. If anything my time here will increase.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-02-18T23:35:22.130" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8501" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8477" CreationDate="2014-02-19T00:36:33.453" Score="3" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu currently has &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/sites#percentanswered&quot;&gt;the lowest Percent Answered of any Stack Exchange site&lt;/a&gt;. What do you feel caused this, and what is your personal opinion on whether - and how - to change that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Integration is the key. When you contribute to have a pro-active community, you are building an integrated system where any question will be integrated correctly with its environment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Solution:&lt;/em&gt; bring activity to every post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/rochQ.png&quot; alt=&quot;how&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is, in your opinion as a potential future moderator, the biggest problem that Ask Ubuntu faces? If you were to get elected, what actions would you take towards resolving this issue?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;SPAM is always the &lt;em&gt;kill it with fire&lt;/em&gt; on my list. But as moderator, a leader by example, would be helpful to interact with low-reputation users to let everyone know that they can contribute in large ways (as it is).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How would you deal with a user who produced a steady stream of valuable answers, but tends to generate a large number of arguments/flags from comments?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Talk.&lt;/em&gt; You need to unsure that the user knows what he is doing is wrong.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;If he keeps doing it, warn him for a future sanction, but I have no idea what are the mod tools here :D&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How would you handle a situation where another mod closed/deleted/etc a question that you feel shouldn't have been?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ask my self if what I think is correct.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ask to others users about their opinions.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Talk with the moderator to reach a consensus solution.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a moderator, your votes become binding. Actions you used to take like flagging, closing, and deleting will take effect immediately without any input from any other users or moderators.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How will you adapt the way you currently flag and vote to deal with this change?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Slow down actions. The same way when I reached 3K privileges I stopped to make too many edits, until I learned to handle that power.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Getting a reputation on this website is based on your technical skills/knowledge. What proves us that you know how to handle &lt;strong&gt;people&lt;/strong&gt;? How do you feel current moderators go about handling people?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is the most important skill that every moderator should have; because IMO reputation is secondary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I use the chat a lot, to listen to others, discuss or simple say &lt;em&gt;Hi&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Currents mods are really nice people, always available. We need more people like them!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A new user has arrived and doesn't really understand the way the Stack Exchange system is supposed to work. They're complaining that people keep editing their posts and a roll back war has started on a question that they've asked. You need to step in and moderate the situation. What actions do you take?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Again, &lt;em&gt;talk&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;First with the OP, let him know how does it work.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Then with any user(s) that has participated on the &amp;quot;edit war&amp;quot; to let him/them know that a mod is handling the situation.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While the moderator position you're nominating yourself for is a voluntary position, there is a minimum amount of time that you would need to be available in order to be an effective moderator. How much time do you currently spend using Ask Ubuntu and are there any known circumstances in which this will change in the future?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I work with computers, so be here daily is common for me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Tomorrow I start my vacations, the only moment on the year were I go off-line for 1 week.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See you next week! Mod or not, I'll be here :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="62483" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-02-19T03:31:03.310" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8502" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8494" CreationDate="2014-02-19T03:32:16.533" Score="-3" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This encourages AU members to write new, better, and redundant &lt;del&gt;questions and&lt;/del&gt; answers rather than encouraging AU members to usefully edit and improve &lt;del&gt;questions and&lt;/del&gt; answers that already exist. This spreads Q&amp;amp;A competition for each question over multiple pages of differing quality rather than confining competition to the improvement of one page per question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While it maybe more challenging to get people to improve existing questions (with the current reward system), it should be very much easier to convince users with several K rep not to answer questions which trivially differ from existing, thoroughly answered questions. That happens quite often. I've just encountered one and suggested a duplicate. I don't know why such high-rep users do things like that. I think that is very sad and bad for the site. They should be using their experience to make AU better and not try to hike their rep in this way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, I could be seeing things all wrong ;) but if I'm not, this is something that could be done simply because high-rep users are not hit-and-run type and will I hope listen to reason. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="248158" LastActivityDate="2014-02-19T03:32:16.533" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8503" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-02-19T11:53:20.453" Score="5" ViewCount="107" Body="&lt;p&gt;If a bounty question is closed will the bounty returned to the op?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/395896/crash-when-maximizing-thunderbird-on-13-10/421616#comment542191_395896&quot;&gt;comment&lt;/a&gt; is what made me ask&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202806" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2014-02-24T00:04:09.237" Title="Will the bounty return to the op if the question is closed?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8504" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8503" CreationDate="2014-02-19T12:29:42.023" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/bounty&quot;&gt;help-center&lt;/a&gt; clarifies it all:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;All bounties are paid for up front and non-refundable under &lt;strong&gt;any&lt;/strong&gt; circumstances.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, nopes, even if the question is closed, you won't get the bounty back, its just lost!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72576" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2014-02-19T19:23:03.140" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8505" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8503" CreationDate="2014-02-19T14:30:00.237" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;Moderators &lt;em&gt;can&lt;/em&gt; refund bounties. We have a few powers that aren't widely advertised because they're things that need doing but we don't want every person who didn't get an answer crying foul.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A refund will usually only be given to keep things fair but it's completely up to the discretion of the moderator. &lt;strong&gt;Not getting an answer after 7 days is &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; a decent enough reason in most cases (so don't bother us about it).&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-02-24T00:04:09.237" LastActivityDate="2014-02-24T00:04:09.237" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8507" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8491" CreationDate="2014-02-19T17:57:18.423" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I agree with this. There should be a way to update a question and get it bumped up. Sometimes my updates have been posted after I tried the first answer, or I went back to the problem and had found something new about it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe a way to flag an edit as one that shouldn't be bumped. If I know my edit was stupid, or grammatical fixes, I can flag it so that it is not bumped up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="59090" LastActivityDate="2014-02-19T17:57:18.423" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8508" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-02-19T18:50:36.727" Score="0" ViewCount="40" Body="&lt;p&gt;Often I see a detailed guide on how to install something, in most cases, the commenting on the A, is good enough. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But, sometimes the how to needs to be tested on multiple systems (e.g. Ubuntu 12.04, 13.10). Therefore the comments section falls short, since the errors, and such needs to be posted, for multiple people to think about how to fix it, and to get a progress overview of the soon to be completed how to. Compiling, packages and such.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/eav4p.png&quot; alt=&quot;talk&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="36315" LastActivityDate="2014-02-19T18:50:36.727" Title="Can we have a 'talk' button on the answer section?" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8509" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8491" CreationDate="2014-02-19T19:22:20.720" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The time limit exists for one simple purpose: Checks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Every edit has the potential to introduce spam and offensive content. Posts are bumped up to bring this to the eyes of all other users, so they can take action if necessary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="98085" LastActivityDate="2014-02-19T19:22:20.720" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8510" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8477" CreationDate="2014-02-19T21:16:42.633" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think that talking about something, and doing it can be a lot different.  So I will try to be as best as I can as a Moderator, but at the end of that day, we're all humans.  Feel free to comment, criticize, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu currently has the lowest Percent Answered of any Stack&#xA;  Exchange site. What do you feel caused this, and what is your personal&#xA;  opinion on whether - and how - to change that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It would be nice to have more close votes, and maybe improve the search feature.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;More new users than that don't have the required knowledge&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;New users don't vote answers as accepted&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;They don't search before asking&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What is, in your opinion as a potential future moderator, the biggest&#xA;  problem that Ask Ubuntu faces? If you were to get elected, what&#xA;  actions would you take towards resolving this issue?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A lot of people tend to think of it as another forum.  I'll try to do what I can to change that image, and hopefully try to change there point of view.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also working with the users, and try to let them know not to take it personal.  We are all here for a reason, to help each other get our problems solved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;How would you deal with a user who produced a steady stream of&#xA;  valuable answers, but tends to generate a large number of&#xA;  arguments/flags from comments?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Take a look first the comments that users leave&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Decide what type of comments are they (constructive, offensive, etc.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Discuss it with other moderates&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;How would you handle a situation where another mod closed/deleted/etc&#xA;  a question that you feel shouldn't have been?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I said in my comments, the best thing to do is to Listen, keep it simple, maintain professionalism, and try to see the other moderator's point of view. Sometimes disagreements are good because they make you rethink things over.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;As a moderator, your votes become binding. Actions you used to take&#xA;  like flagging, closing, and deleting will take effect immediately&#xA;  without any input from any other users or moderators.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'll keep doing what I do now, read the question/answer more that once, put myself in the OP's shoe, and try to understand what they're trying to say.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;How will you adapt the way you currently flag and vote to deal with&#xA;  this change?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I probably won't change much.  I'll still read, and research before committing&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Getting a reputation on this website is based on your technical&#xA;  skills/knowledge. What proves us that you know how to handle people?&#xA;  How do you feel current moderators go about handling people?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I will do the same thing that I do at work,  I'll take the time to understand the other person, help figure out the problem, and help in solving it.  As far as the current moderators, I feel that they do a great job, but I also feel that some of them do more than others, and that's OK, we all have other thing to deal with, and that's why we need more moderators, so we can all help each other make Ask Ubuntu a better place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A new user has arrived and doesn't really understand the way the Stack&#xA;  Exchange system is supposed to work. They're complaining that people&#xA;  keep editing their posts and a roll back war has started on a question&#xA;  that they've asked. You need to step in and moderate the situation.&#xA;  What actions do you take?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Get there point of view.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;See exactly what they're trying to ask about.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Explain how that system works.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Show them that what's being done is to improve there question/Answer,&#xA;to make it better.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;While the moderator position you're nominating yourself for is a&#xA;  voluntary position, there is a minimum amount of time that you would&#xA;  need to be available in order to be an effective moderator. How much&#xA;  time do you currently spend using Ask Ubuntu and are there any known&#xA;  circumstances in which this will change in the future?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I already spend about 4-6 hours or more a day, and I have no problems spending a extra couple of hours for moderator stuff.  I don't know of any known circumstances in which this will change in the future, but if that happens, I'm sure I can work things out.  All I have to say, I'll cross that bridge when I get to it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="59676" LastEditorUserId="59676" LastEditDate="2014-02-19T21:35:35.860" LastActivityDate="2014-02-19T21:35:35.860" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8511" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8373" CreationDate="2014-02-19T21:36:09.643" Score="-1" Body="&lt;h2&gt;How to Increase Voting Behavior and/or Reduce Moderator Burden&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do not believe that anyone has the power to change others' behaviors by pleading with them or modelling their own virtuous internal processes, therefore I propose a systemic solution to &amp;quot;Low Voter Count&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;Moderators' Burden is Too High&amp;quot; that changes incentive structures on AU.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Problem: Askers just want their Answers&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe Askers cruise the AU site for an answer and don't want to pay a tax to explicitly inform the AU community that an answer was helpful?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Solution: Encourage Votes&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Potentially ask users, &amp;quot;Did you find any of these answers helpful?&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Use pop-up or other method to ask and then list the answers they've been viewing with checkboxes to tick.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's possible users like an answer that has helped them even though it had gaps or was confusing in parts and are conflicted as to whether it merits an upvote or requires an edit or both.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Explicitly clarify to novice users what an upvote or downvote conceptually represents and how it is supposed to help the AU community and remind them every 10 pages they visit if voting behavior is low&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Let users without enough points flag &amp;quot;Almost&amp;quot; answers that need improvement, reward 1/2 point&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Let users without enough points (even non-logged in) to suggest a flagged edit that receives slightly more scrutiny than edits from users with enough points. If this edit accepted, the user and the Answerer both get 2 points.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;NB: Splitting up my answers for easier line-item voting rather than omnibus package voting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="239240" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-02-19T21:36:09.643" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8512" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8373" CreationDate="2014-02-19T21:39:34.313" Score="-1" Body="&lt;h2&gt;How to Increase Voting Behavior and/or Reduce Moderator Burden&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do not believe that anyone has the power to change others' behaviors by pleading with them or modelling their own virtuous internal processes, therefore I propose a systemic solution to &amp;quot;Low Voter Count&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;Moderators' Burden is Too High&amp;quot; that changes incentive structures on AU.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Problem: Askers just want their Answers 2&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe Askers cruise the AU site for an answer and don't want to pay a tax to explicitly inform the AU community that an answer was helpful?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Solution: Use Behavior other than Voting to Award Reputation Points&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Potentially use site behavior (aside from explicit voting) that correlates with success to add/subtract reputation points.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;E.g., User scrolls to answer 2 and spends five minutes there = +1 point&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;NB: Splitting up my answers for easier line-item voting rather than omnibus package voting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="239240" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-02-19T21:39:34.313" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8513" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8373" CreationDate="2014-02-19T21:44:15.003" Score="0" Body="&lt;h2&gt;How to Increase Voting Behavior and/or Reduce Moderator Burden&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do not believe that anyone has the power to change others' behaviors by pleading with them or modelling their own virtuous internal processes, therefore I propose a systemic solution to &amp;quot;Low Voter Count&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;Moderators' Burden is Too High&amp;quot; that changes incentive structures on AU.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Problem: Unknown; Symptom: Moderators' Burden is Too High Because Too Many Points Needed to Perform Community Activities&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;Users that wish to help with site moderation are forever stuck with low reputation, while those that do have the reputation are facing &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review&quot;&gt;a near-unsurmountable mass of actions to be taken&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Solutions: Change &amp;quot;Real&amp;quot; Value of Points&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Reduce the points needed to perform moderation, organizing, and editing duties.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Increase the points value of certain activities to accelerate users to moderators more quickly.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Generate a dual-currency structure where users who have cast a certain number of votes also gain certain privileges even if they have not otherwise reached the &amp;quot;Reputation Points threshhold&amp;quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;NB: Splitting up my answers for easier line-item voting rather than omnibus package voting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="239240" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-02-19T21:44:15.003" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8514" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8373" CreationDate="2014-02-19T21:48:31.240" Score="-2" Body="&lt;h2&gt;How to Increase Voting Behavior and/or Reduce Moderator Burden&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do not believe that anyone has the power to change others' behaviors by pleading with them or modelling their own virtuous internal processes, therefore I propose a systemic solution to &amp;quot;Low Voter Count&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;Moderators' Burden is Too High&amp;quot; that changes incentive structures on AU.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Problem: Unknown; Symptom: Moderators' Burden is Too High Because Too Many Points Needed to Perform Community Activities 2&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;Users that wish to help with site moderation are forever stuck with low reputation, while those that do have the reputation are facing &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review&quot;&gt;a near-unsurmountable mass of actions to be taken&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Solutions: Award Reputation Points for Voting and Other Community Behaviors&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Offer points for casting votes&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Stop penalizing down-votes as if they are different from 'casting a vote'&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Offer points to novice moderators for doing important stuff like organizing, tagging, editing, finding dupes, formatting pages for uniformity and legibility, linking to other AU pages, suggesting &amp;quot;Users who looked at this page might also like..&amp;quot;, etc.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;NB: Splitting up my answers for easier line-item voting rather than omnibus package voting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="239240" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-02-19T22:14:49.917" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8515" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2651" CreationDate="2014-02-19T22:03:50.033" Score="0" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Queston 1: Why is this not built natively into AU as a necessary part of creating the encyclopaedic canon of Ubuntu Questions and Answers?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Let's reduce the burden on cleaning activity and put this directly in AU. Everyone should be asked to do this when showing up to AU.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Question 2: Why are organizing, de-duping, revising, and other cleaning duties not worth real Reputation Points?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Let's increase the benefits of cleaning activity and reward it. Cleanup activity would increase dramatically if the same incentives were used for this behavior as for all other AU behavior.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="239240" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-02-19T22:03:50.033" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8516" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8494" CreationDate="2014-02-19T22:09:39.300" Score="1" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Solution: Make It Easier for Answerers to Find Duplicates&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I note that when a user clicks on &amp;quot;Ask Question&amp;quot; and enters text in the &amp;quot;Title&amp;quot; bar, AU offers them an opportunity to view questions related to their question Title (&amp;quot;Questions that may already have your answer&amp;quot;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Why not offer the same opportunity to the Answerer who clicks in the &amp;quot;Your Answer&amp;quot; box&lt;/strong&gt;?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Answerer is then explicitly faced with possible duplicates and may point the Asker to that duplicate, and ultimately clean up the duplicate's Question and Answer to clarify, edit, and improve them so that future Askers don't create needless duplicates.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Reasons for Proposed Solution&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Answerers Know More than Askers:&lt;/strong&gt; It is the Answerer who likely understands the question, answer, and where this question fits into the Ubuntu question/answer space better than the Asker, likely has more experience on AU, and thus has a greater probability of realizing this new question is a duplicate. Thus, AU should focus on Answerers' opportunities to identify duplicates at least as much as Askers'.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Moderators Don't Need to Shoulder All Duplicate Duties:&lt;/strong&gt; It's possible this may decrease burden on moderators who will deal with less Duplicate Duties in terms of judgement, merging, and ultimately removal as Answerers do more Duplicate Duties using a simple and rigid rule of priority based on first question posted.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Active Members Should Be Editors and Writers:&lt;/strong&gt; It's possible this may channel user and moderator energy toward refining current content into a systematic, coherent, and comprehensive site (an encyclopaedic canon) in terms of style and content that answers AU's '&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/8375/whats-wrong-ask-ubuntu-the-tech-support-impression&quot;&gt;How do I use Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt;' mutually exclusive questions rather than adding new, overlapping site content and increasing site clutter.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;An Online Canon Needs an Active Community:&lt;/strong&gt; An &lt;em&gt;encyclopaedic canon of Ubuntu Questions and Answers&lt;/em&gt; will likely be easier if the whole community is involved which will require a set of incentive structures for all AU members that align with this goal.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;One Question, One Page is Technically Feasible:&lt;/strong&gt; Just as Wikipedia readers do not have to browse three pages on the &amp;quot;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitcairn_Islands&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Pitcairn Islands&lt;/a&gt;&amp;quot; to learn about them, my opinion is that it is feasible for a site like AskUbuntu to confine &amp;quot;How (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/83470/how-do-i-change-how-executable-files-are-handled-by-the-file-manager?rq=1&quot;&gt;to run&lt;/a&gt;) (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/274442/how-do-i-run-executable-scripts-in-nautilus-rather-than-open-them-in-gedit-text&quot;&gt;executable files&lt;/a&gt;) (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/286621/how-do-i-run-executable-scripts-in-nautilus#comment544580_286621&quot;&gt;in Nautilus&lt;/a&gt;)&amp;quot; to one canonical page as well.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks for your time and patience.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="239240" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-02-19T22:09:39.300" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8517" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8494" CreationDate="2014-02-19T22:12:27.033" Score="1" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Solution: Reward Members for Finding and Cleaning Up Duplicates&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;AU Members are encouraged to respond to rewards in the form of Reputation Points:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Why not adjust the Reputation Points structure to reward Answerers who find and improve content that already exists rather than creating (better) duplicates&lt;/strong&gt;?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Answerer is then offered incentives to find the duplicate, point the Asker to that duplicate, and ultimately clean up the duplicate's Question and Answer to clarify, edit, and improve them so that future Askers don't create needless duplicates.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Reasons for Proposed Solution&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Answerers Know More than Askers:&lt;/strong&gt; It is the Answerer who likely understands the question, answer, and where this question fits into the Ubuntu question/answer space better than the Asker, likely has more experience on AU, and thus has a greater probability of realizing this new question is a duplicate. Thus, AU should focus on Answerers' opportunities to identify duplicates at least as much as Askers'.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Moderators Don't Need to Shoulder All Duplicate Duties:&lt;/strong&gt; It's possible this may decrease burden on moderators who will deal with less Duplicate Duties in terms of judgement, merging, and ultimately removal as Answerers do more Duplicate Duties using a simple and rigid rule of priority based on first question posted.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Active Members Should Be Editors and Writers:&lt;/strong&gt; It's possible this may channel user and moderator energy toward refining current content into a systematic, coherent, and comprehensive site (an encyclopaedic canon) in terms of style and content that answers AU's '&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/8375/whats-wrong-ask-ubuntu-the-tech-support-impression&quot;&gt;How do I use Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt;' mutually exclusive questions rather than adding new, overlapping site content and increasing site clutter.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;An Online Canon Needs an Active Community:&lt;/strong&gt; An &lt;em&gt;encyclopaedic canon of Ubuntu Questions and Answers&lt;/em&gt; will likely be easier if the whole community is involved which will require a set of incentive structures for all AU members that align with this goal.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;One Question, One Page is Technically Feasible:&lt;/strong&gt; Just as Wikipedia readers do not have to browse three pages on the &amp;quot;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitcairn_Islands&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Pitcairn Islands&lt;/a&gt;&amp;quot; to learn about them, my opinion is that it is feasible for a site like AskUbuntu to confine &amp;quot;How (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/83470/how-do-i-change-how-executable-files-are-handled-by-the-file-manager?rq=1&quot;&gt;to run&lt;/a&gt;) (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/274442/how-do-i-run-executable-scripts-in-nautilus-rather-than-open-them-in-gedit-text&quot;&gt;executable files&lt;/a&gt;) (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/286621/how-do-i-run-executable-scripts-in-nautilus#comment544580_286621&quot;&gt;in Nautilus&lt;/a&gt;)&amp;quot; to one canonical page as well.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks for your time and patience.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="239240" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-02-19T22:12:27.033" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8518" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7812" CreationDate="2014-02-20T16:15:53.327" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've turned these on. I've also enabled automatic review &lt;em&gt;bans&lt;/em&gt; to assist Oli's efforts &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/8421/reviewers-need-to-be-mindful-of-their-actions&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; - we'll be keeping a sharp eye on how these play out in practice, since they may need some tweaking.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Remember: review audits are meant to be helpful, a tool for teaching new reviewers what is expected and maybe staving off fatigue in experienced reviewers. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12845" LastActivityDate="2014-02-20T16:15:53.327" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8519" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8883" CreationDate="2014-02-20T17:33:07.647" Score="19" ViewCount="198" Body="&lt;p&gt;Currently we only get 24 close votes a day. I find this much too limiting, I can use all 24 of those votes really quick and still find a use for 24 more votes. Is there any way we could get a couple more? Maybe 30?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This would &lt;em&gt;really&lt;/em&gt; help with site moderation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;If anyone official reads this, can they check &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/7400/i-can-review-close-votes-but-i-dont-have-more-votes-to-cast&quot;&gt;this bug out too&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.227" LastActivityDate="2014-04-10T14:23:50.783" Title="Can we get more close votes?" Tags="|feature-request|status-completed|vote-to-close|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8520" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-02-20T20:18:18.153" Score="4" ViewCount="42" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sometimes, it becomes necessary to notify more than one user (using the &lt;code&gt;@&lt;/code&gt;) in the same comment. However, the current system allows notifying only one user in the same comment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Why this limit?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Can we have more?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72576" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-02-20T22:11:36.777" LastActivityDate="2014-02-20T22:11:36.777" Title="Why the limits on the number of users that can be notified in one comment?" Tags="|support|comments|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8522" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8477" CreationDate="2014-02-21T04:03:15.973" Score="2" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu currently has &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/sites#percentanswered&quot;&gt;the lowest Percent Answered of any Stack Exchange site&lt;/a&gt;. What do you feel caused this, and what is your personal opinion on whether - and how - to change that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think this is primarily due to the type of attention this site receives. We are regarded as the main outlet of support for the Ubuntu OS, so&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We tend to get very very specific, hence unanswerable questions.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Many of the users who ask questions &lt;em&gt;never&lt;/em&gt; come back to select an appropriate answer.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The users fail to search whether the question is already asked.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We do not have sufficient close votes to close all these cases.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think this will be solved if:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We have more close votes.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;By immediately closing down questions that are unclear.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;More moderation help in the close vote queue(Last time i've checked, we have roughly ~200 close votes all the time)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Implementation of &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/7198/alpha-testing-a-wizard&quot;&gt;Oli's wizard&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What is, in your opinion as a potential future moderator, the biggest problem that Ask Ubuntu faces? If you were to get elected, what actions would you take towards resolving this issue? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Well, I'd try to help the users to clear the backlog in the close votes queue. I'd also encourage users to downvote and attempt to salvage very poorly asked questions. Along with that I will also assist in dealing with the spam wave's we've been recieving frequently&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;How would you deal with a user who produced a steady stream of&#xA;  valuable answers, but tends to generate a large number of&#xA;  arguments/flags from comments?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Depends on what types of comments they generate.I will politely but firmly deal with them as required.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;How would you handle a situation where another mod closed/deleted/etc a question that you feel shouldn't have been?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would contact that moderator and sort out the situation by asking him his reasons, and giving him mine, and if a decision can't be taken, maybe contact other mods or raise it on meta.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;How will you adapt the way you currently flag and vote to deal with this change?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would avoid casting the first two close votes on a question in most cases, as the community must also be able to vote on it. But spam, as usual will be immediately dealt with.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A new user has arrived and doesn't really understand the way the Stack Exchange system is supposed to work. They're complaining that people keep editing their posts and a roll back war has started on a question that they've asked. You need to step in and moderate the situation. What actions do you take?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Obviously, I'd explain how the system works first. It he still has an issue,I would reason with him and the editor, to come up with a solution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Getting a reputation on this website is based on your technical skills/knowledge. What proves us that you know how to handle people? How do you feel current moderators go about handling people?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;IMHO Reputation is not the primary requirement for moderation. I think I can handle people well, I'm almost always available and active on chat. I have handled people IRL before too, as a leader.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, the current moderators are doing a good job at it :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17722" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.227" LastActivityDate="2014-02-21T16:25:41.330" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8523" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6895" CreationDate="2014-02-21T06:47:29.523" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Wouldn't it be better to create like a mega answer on dual-booting ubuntu with windows 8 because the questions are just increasing at an alarming rate? Just try a search for questions tagged &lt;code&gt;[windows-8]&lt;/code&gt;, there are like thousands of them...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If we create a mega answer touching on dual booting, UEFI, etc. Anyone posting &lt;em&gt;any&lt;/em&gt; question tagged &lt;code&gt;windows-8&lt;/code&gt; will have to read the mega answer first.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="163331" LastActivityDate="2014-02-21T06:47:29.523" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8524" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8526" CreationDate="2014-02-21T08:02:30.260" Score="4" ViewCount="102" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am watching Ask Ubuntu moderators election.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I noticed that there are 2 candidates who have the same voting result. For instance &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/150504/maythux&quot;&gt;@maythux&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/38094/searchfgold6789&quot;&gt;@searchfgold6789&lt;/a&gt; have right now the same result: (5)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But @maythux has more upvotes than @searchfgold6789&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the election ends right now, who might win among them?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any official SE rule for this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="182026" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="What if 2 candidates had the same voting result" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8526" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8524" CreationDate="2014-02-21T08:52:27.153" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;We throw each candidate into a tank and fill it up with flags.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;First person to moderate their way out (and not drown) wins.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In primaries the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/190014/144180&quot;&gt;first-nominated in a tie goes through&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the main election, it's a different system as Jez commented. We use Meek STV which is a very complicated (by very fair) single-vote, multi-preference system. You can look it up if you like... The side effect of this is in an organic situation, you're &lt;em&gt;extremely&lt;/em&gt; unlikely to end up with exact ties.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, if one did happen, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/222405/144180&quot;&gt;Stack Exchange would just add another seat and we'd have an extra moderator&lt;/a&gt;. This is contrary to the standard OpenSTV behaviour which just picks a random winner (that I was previously suggesting).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've asked for what would happen if there was a massive tie (too many to add seats) but I think at some point things are either going to get random or violent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2014-02-21T17:08:07.920" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8527" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-02-21T16:46:23.923" Score="5" ViewCount="122" Body="&lt;p&gt;Why Ask Ubuntu tested me while reviewing close votes?What was the purpose of this kind of tests?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/koHVC.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202806" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-02-24T03:34:46.560" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Ask Ubuntu tested me" Tags="|support|review|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8528" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8527" CreationDate="2014-02-21T16:53:13.860" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;This would explain most of your doubts but in summary is a test if you are paying attention (and doing a good job) to the review queue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/157121/213575&quot;&gt;What are review tests (audits) and how do they work?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2014-02-21T16:53:13.860" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8529" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-02-21T19:03:52.540" Score="1" ViewCount="43" Body="&lt;p&gt;OK - so I ask a question and someone updates saying it's been answered already and it's marked as a duplicate when it's not and the post they refer to doesn't solve the problem at all.  So now the questions doesn't get answered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are you supposed to do as I updated the question with revised information stating that the problem is still outstanding and different but now no one's helping.  How do I get the duplicate removed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="191761" LastActivityDate="2014-02-21T19:27:52.703" Title="Ask a question and told it's answered when it's not" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8530" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8529" CreationDate="2014-02-21T19:16:09.960" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Give us a link, and we will re-open the question if it really doesn't answer yours.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A bunch of people deciding it is a duplicate closes a question. Another bunch can come in and say it is not, and reopen it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EDIT:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/403859/how-to-control-lightdm-power-saving-preferences#403859&quot;&gt;I found your question here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The duplicate status is correct, in the sense the question is the same, but if the answer doesn't work, you have every right to request a re-open. I just cast my vote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="45659" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2014-02-21T19:27:52.703" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8531" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8477" CreationDate="2014-02-22T17:21:24.653" Score="1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu currently has the lowest Percent Answered of any Stack Exchange site. What do you feel caused this...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Multiple factors contribute: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The rapidly changing nature of the OS (and supplementary applications, utilities and drivers) lead to poor source documentation. Those of us who are good at primary research but are not skilled at reading code are disadvantaged here, much more so than, oh say, Amateur Radio, Aviation, or Role Playing Games (three other SE sites I often visit).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The aggressive culture of this site. &lt;a href=&quot;http://unix.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;Unix and Linux&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://superuser.com&quot;&gt;Super User&lt;/a&gt; mods and responders are more gentle and less dismissive to posters.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ubuntu is being marketed and evangelized to less savvy users, and less savvy users don't understand SE as well as users of other SE sites. They don't understand the significance of selecting the best answer, and I think an analysis of the percentage of accepted answers is also low.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Although I have not done a study to validate this, I think AU has a higher rate of 1-point posters, folks who step in, ask a question, and don't come back. We're not cultivating a broad-based community of responders, but instead a narrowly-based group of answerers who are overworked and therefore don't have as much time to dig for solutions.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;and what is your personal opinion on whether - and how - to change that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It must be changed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I firmly believe that if we are to fulfill the intent of Ubuntu, to &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com/about/about-ubuntu&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;bring the spirit of Ubuntu to the world of computers&lt;/a&gt;,&quot; we must be more humane, more positive and less dismissive. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;We also need to educate our users better. We're looking at a flood coming, a surge of new Ubuntu users as &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/enterprise/endofsupport.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;XPmageddon&lt;/a&gt; shall arrive in 44 days (as of 2/22). We have one chance to make a first impression, and I intend to lead from the front with a more user-friendly introduction to the SE Way of Doing Things, and better explanations of why we do what we do, and more encouragement to folks to participate in multiple ways.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What is, in your opinion as a potential future moderator, the biggest problem that Ask Ubuntu faces? If you were to get elected, what actions would you take towards resolving this issue?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We have little time to prepare for the aforementioned flood of former Windows users. I would use that time to prepare lucid explanations of why we consolidate duplicate posts to build a better answerbase, better explain the editing rationale and process, use post-posting surveys to analyze new poster reaction to their first exposure to AU, and ask every person who answers questions to devote a specific time in their day to come back and help other AU users by researching and answering open questions, and thereby stretching their knowledge of Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;How would you deal with a user who produced a steady stream of valuable answers, but tends to generate a large number of arguments/flags from comments?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Explain to the user in question that I don't want to ride herd on their posts to edit those which are tone-deaf, badly stated and inflammatory, and ask them to self-moderate; to be a more effective poster by not only responding with information, but to also respond in a way which encourages others to answer questions, too. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;How would you handle a situation where another mod closed/deleted/etc a question that you feel shouldn't have been?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Raise the issue with them; ask them why they closed it. Maybe they see something I didn't. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;As a moderator, your votes become binding. Actions you used to take like flagging, closing, and deleting will take effect immediately without any input from any other users or moderators. How will you adapt the way you currently flag and vote to deal with this change?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I figure, if elected, it's because I am seen as an alternative, a new voice for change.  Therefore, if elected, I will spend a week looking at the top 100 issues, and then ask my fellow mods to consult on why these issues keep coming back, and how we can find a different way to solve them.  I would continue to be reticent to close threads, but if we are to build a better answerbase for Ubuntu users, we must not only flag and delete posts, we must also ask ourselves how can we help users grow into better researchers and better use the questionbase that's accumulated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Getting a reputation on this website is based on your technical skills/knowledge. What proves us that you know how to handle people? How do you feel current moderators go about handling people?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I point to my decade of experience in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.freegeek.org&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;FreeGeek&lt;/a&gt; community, six years of formal post-secondary IT classroom instruction and my Red Cross Disaster Services work, where I deal with a very diverse selection of folks who often are not at their best and can be very frustrated/frustrating. I feel that current mods are overworked and a new approach to managing the workload will result in much happier mods with better 'tudes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A new user has arrived and doesn't really understand the way the Stack Exchange system is supposed to work. They're complaining that people keep editing their posts and a roll back war has started on a question that they've asked. You need to step in and moderate the situation. What actions do you take?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Gee, been there, done that from the other side. I would do what no one did for me when I entered this site and encountered the laissez-faire editing here; I would explain we edit to make it easier to find answers through improving not only the answers but also the questions. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;While the moderator position you're nominating yourself for is a voluntary position, there is a minimum amount of time that you would need to be available in order to be an effective moderator. How much time do you currently spend using Ask Ubuntu and are there any known circumstances in which this will change in the future?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I now spend an hour or two two or three times a week. If selected, I would commit to two hours daily, six days a week, which is easily done as I have just ended a significant time-consuming volunteer position and have the time, even though I spend 10 hours a week at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.freegeek.org&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Freegeek&lt;/a&gt; on the Tech Support lines and another 10 hours monthly teaching &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.freegeek.org&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Freegeek&lt;/a&gt; classes, which, OBTW, indicates a serious dedication to Ubuntu, IMHO.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="197910" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2014-02-22T18:12:43.643" LastActivityDate="2014-02-22T18:12:43.643" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8532" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-02-22T17:34:40.400" Score="-5" ViewCount="73" Body="&lt;p&gt;The lost ability to ask questions is very discouraging for new users and makes them think badly of this website.Often they get downvoted by misunderstanding.They also improve their questions and/or answers to others but the downvote stays.Sometimes new users get downvotes even for mentioning they use a specific product brand from so called &quot;fanboys&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="251046" LastActivityDate="2014-02-22T19:42:21.143" Title="Users shouldn't have to make new accounts because they can't ask new questions anymore because of downvotes" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="7" ClosedDate="2014-02-24T08:50:33.500" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8533" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8534" CreationDate="2014-02-22T18:03:47.530" Score="11" ViewCount="242" Body="&lt;p&gt;Do not repost the question you were about to ask until you have &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/8534/169736&quot;&gt;READ EVERYTHING WE ARE ABOUT TO TELL YOU&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While trying to ask a question, one could get:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;We are no longer accepting questions from this account. See &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/question-bans&quot;&gt;the Help Center&lt;/a&gt; to learn more.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Likewise, for answers:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;We are no longer accepting answers from this account. See &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/answer-bans&quot;&gt;the Help Center&lt;/a&gt; to learn more.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Why am I getting this message?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Are deleted posts taken into account too?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is a question/answer ban the same as a suspension?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How do I avoid getting a question ban?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How long do I have to wait before I can post again? What can I do to release the ban? How can I reactivate my account?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Can I simply create a new account?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I'll just ask on Super User or Unix and Linux, and they'll migrate my question to the correct site!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help&quot;&gt;Help Center&lt;/a&gt; contains more information about &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/question-bans&quot;&gt;question bans&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/answer-bans&quot;&gt;answer bans&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2014-11-06T15:03:47.177" Title="What should I do now that I can't ask more questions?" Tags="|support|asking-questions|faq-proposed|post-ban|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8534" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8533" CreationDate="2014-02-22T18:03:47.530" Score="8" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Why am I getting this message?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As stated in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/about&quot;&gt;about&lt;/a&gt; links on every page, Stack Exchange is a network of &lt;em&gt;question and answer sites&lt;/em&gt;, not help forums. This implies that all posts are expected to have some value for later visitors too. To enforce that, and to prevent &lt;a href=&quot;http://slash7.com/2006/12/22/vampires/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;help vampires&lt;/a&gt; making the answerers turn away from the communities, low-quality questions and answers are blocked. This includes posts from:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;users who can't be bothered to form sentences&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;users who don't do the most basic kinds of research themselves&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;users who barely even explain what it is they are trying to do&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/7194/quality-blocks-enabled-for-questions&quot;&gt;automatic filter&lt;/a&gt; is in place to ban questions and/or answers from IP addresses or accounts with a history of &lt;em&gt;extremely&lt;/em&gt; poor posts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To avoid bypassing the filter its internal rules are a secret, but it is partly based on downvotes cast by other members of the communities. If the other members of the site consistently give your posts a low ranking, you should try to identify the reason(s) for this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you have posted too many poorly-received questions or answers, you will be banned from posting more, and you will see the error message.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Are deleted posts taken into account too?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, deleted questions (if &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/91956/i-apparently-got-question-banned-for-deleting-some-of-my-old-zero-upvoted-quest/97720#97720&quot;&gt;less than 30 days old when deleted&lt;/a&gt;) and &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/105116/sorry-we-are-no-longer-accepting-answers-from-this-account/105119#105119&quot;&gt;deleted answers&lt;/a&gt; count towards an automatic ban.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's not a problem to have deleted posts. But if a large percentage of your posts are deleted by yourself or the community, then apparently they are not suitable for the site. Posting them consumes time from users who read them, edit them, or &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/74466/does-systematic-self-deleting-need-to-be-prevented/74471#74471&quot;&gt;respond to them&lt;/a&gt;. Therefore deleted posts &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/86982/should-i-avoid-deleting-my-questions/87029#87029&quot;&gt;have&lt;/a&gt; an effect on the filter, among many other factors.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Beware that an account might very well have many deleted posts, including &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/78048/auto-deleting-old-unanswered-zero-score-questions-after-a-year&quot;&gt;auto-deleted old low-score questions&lt;/a&gt;, all of which are only visible to moderators.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Is a question/answer ban the same as a suspension?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No, a suspension is a manual, &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/04/a-day-in-the-penalty-box/&quot;&gt;temporary penalty&lt;/a&gt; during which a user cannot ask questions, nor post answers. All other privileges, including commenting and voting, are also revoked by temporarily setting the reputation to 1. Such suspension is publicly visible to other users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A post ban is enforced automatically, and only prevents posting questions or answers. It is invisible to others.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;How do I avoid getting a question ban?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help&quot;&gt;Read the pages in the Help Center&lt;/a&gt;, particularly those &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/asking&quot;&gt;about asking&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/stackexchange&quot;&gt;the Stack Exchange model&lt;/a&gt;. Investigate and search before you ask. Put some effort in your questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All questions are expected to have some value for later visitors too. So if &lt;em&gt;many&lt;/em&gt; of your questions do not get any answer, are downvoted, closed, or deleted by yourself or the community, then apparently they did not meet the required quality. Be sure to understand why that happens, and learn from that. Don't simply repost the same question again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you're not sure what qualifies as a &quot;good question&quot;, there are some hints and tips available:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/how-to-ask&quot;&gt;How to Ask&lt;/a&gt; from the Ask Ubuntu Help Center&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://msmvps.com/blogs/jon_skeet/archive/2010/08/29/writing-the-perfect-question.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Writing the perfect question&lt;/a&gt; by Jon Skeet &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;How to Ask Questions The Smart Way&lt;/a&gt; by Eric S. Raymond&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mikeash.com/getting_answers.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Getting Answers&lt;/a&gt; by Mike Ash&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To learn about formatting:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/editing-help&quot;&gt;Formatting help&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/22186/how-do-i-format-my-code-blocks&quot;&gt;How do I format my code blocks?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Try for yourself in &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/3122/formatting-sandbox&quot;&gt;the formatting sandbox&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;How long do I have to wait before I can post again? What can I do to release the ban? How can I reactivate my account?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Automatic bans never expire or &quot;time out.&quot; This means that you cannot simply wait for a certain amount of time. If you do not take action, you will never be allowed to post again. &lt;strong&gt;The only way for the ban to be lifted is by contributing positively to the site in other ways&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Moderators cannot lift the ban.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Before you do anything else, &lt;em&gt;fix your existing posts!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; As noted above, down-votes cast by the rest of the community factor into the ban - so the single best thing you can do to get it lifted is to address any objections raised by others. Were your past questions unclear? Did they fail to show any effort on your part? Poorly worded, titled, formatted, and overly long or short? &lt;strong&gt;Then fix them!&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note the emphasis on fixing. &lt;strong&gt;Do not delete your posts.&lt;/strong&gt; As explained above, deleted questions (if less than 30 days old when deleted) do still count towards the question ban. Deleting your posts does not help to lift the ban. Only fixing does! Under some conditions &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/13193/how-do-i-find-questions-or-answers-that-ive-deleted/13203#13203&quot;&gt;you can see a list&lt;/a&gt; of your own deleted questions and answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are banned from asking questions, then writing a few quality answers that get upvoted &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/68884/why-i-cant-ask-questions/68885#68885&quot;&gt;might&lt;/a&gt; enable you to ask questions again. But as the internals of the filter are secret, there is no way to know for sure. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you really, &lt;em&gt;really&lt;/em&gt; think the ban is an error, then email the team directly using the &quot;contact us&quot; link provided at the bottom of every page. But note that reactivation of banned accounts &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/62373/better-explanation-when-account-is-blocked/62374#62374&quot;&gt;is not a high priority&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Can I simply create a new account?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No. The automatic ban is at &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/72180/clarify-no-longer-accepting-questions-from-this-account-error/76167#comment-174366&quot;&gt;a lower level than account&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;I'll just ask somewhere else on the SE network, and they'll migrate my question to the correct site!&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Migrations are &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/102293/block-migration-if-user-is-suspended-question-blocked-at-destination&quot;&gt;not possible&lt;/a&gt; if your account is banned from asking questions on the destination site. The question will simply be closed as off topic, but not migrated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;My account is in good standing. Why am I still blocked?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The ban also takes in account the IP address. If you browse from a shared computer, or from a location that gives the same IP address to many end users, it's enough that another user who was banned or triggers the ban, will affect everyone else accessing from the same location.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To help rectify this, browse from a different location.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2014-11-06T15:03:47.177" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8535" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8532" CreationDate="2014-02-22T19:32:11.643" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Not from me.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have difficulty understanding how someone gets to the point of not being able to ask new questions when they ask good questions.  I've never had this happen.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have also had a mod ask me at one point or another why I was mass deleting questions/answers.  I was cleaning out my zero queue.  So, it was self motivated site cleanup.  Still, it got a question, because I had other good answers and questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I just can't understand how someone can use the site well and still be in this situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2014-02-22T19:32:11.643" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8536" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8532" CreationDate="2014-02-22T19:42:21.143" Score="4" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The summary is that they mostly get downvoted when they shouldn't&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Really? I &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/8373/whats-wrong-ask-ubuntu-low-voter-count&quot;&gt;believe that we are not voting enough&lt;/a&gt;, up and down. So, if some post moved the community disagreement with it (either because is wrong or impossible of understand) is a good thing that the community was shaken to certain extent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Im writing using examples of what happened to Me. I was very offended by the unjustified downvoting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Well, if you want to take downvotes personal that's your &lt;em&gt;personal problem&lt;/em&gt;. Downvotes has been justified in the site as &quot;This answer is not helpful&quot; or &quot;This question does not show any research effort; it is unclear or not useful&quot;. So, instead of asking people to explain their &lt;em&gt;downvotes&lt;/em&gt; sit yourself and think: what could I improve or my post is lacking to prevent more downvotes?. That is the most constructive behavior, instead of coming to Meta without a proper example of what downvotes you disagree with.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;BTW, for your lack of research I downvoted your meta Q. There are figuratively, thousands of posts in meta about downvotes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2014-02-22T19:42:21.143" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8537" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8159" CreationDate="2014-02-23T00:01:02.333" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Tag: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/sync&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;sync&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;sync&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Action: remove&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why: is too broad and can be used for a multitude of things, like syncing U1, dropbox, FTP directories, contacts, music, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Tag wiki makes references to other tags that already are in the system:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions about syncing with various protocols and services, as well as between devices: Examples include Ubuntu One, Contacts/Calendar/Mail syncing, and Dropbox for software, and between devices, syncing between Android and iOS are prime examples.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;4 questions were asked last 7 days, 75% still unanswered. In the last 30 days out 16 questions only 30% were answered. Of all the questions with this tag 25% of the questions are unanswered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All times answerers have are mostly because the follow the ubuntu-one tag, which for some motive also gets the sync tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Related Tags&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;ubuntu-one × 259      android × 51      12.04 × 37         ipod × 28      &#xA;dropbox × 27          backup × 26       thunderbird × 24   cloud × 24      &#xA;evolution × 21        contacts × 21     banshee × 21       music × 21      &#xA;iphone × 20           software-recommendation × 18         rhythmbox × 17            &#xA;11.10 × 16            firefox × 15      10.10 × 14         files × 14      &#xA;directory × 12        11.04 × 12        windows-7 × 11     filesystem × 9      &#xA;ubuntu-one-windows × 9                  tomboy × 17&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I said previously, most of the sync tag is already contained with stuff that offers the ability to &amp;quot;sync&amp;quot;. Some of those tags are already in this list waiting for burmination.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-02-23T00:01:02.333" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8538" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8539" CreationDate="2014-02-23T01:52:58.607" Score="3" ViewCount="69" Body="&lt;p&gt;This user is really annoying: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/251046/user251046?tab=answers&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/users/251046/user251046?tab=answers&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;Is there any preferred way to deal with users like this, besides flagging the answers?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="151875" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2014-02-23T02:17:11.187" Title="How to deal with users like this?" Tags="|support|moderation|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8539" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8538" CreationDate="2014-02-23T02:03:42.800" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Flag and vote accordingly. We have mechanisms set in place so the abusive users don't poison the system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2014-02-23T02:17:11.187" LastActivityDate="2014-02-23T02:17:11.187" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8540" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-02-23T08:23:56.183" Score="4" ViewCount="63" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have two questions here:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/274442&quot;&gt;How do I run executable scripts in Nautilus rather than open them in Gedit text editor?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/286621&quot;&gt;How do I run executable scripts in Nautilus?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;the later of which has been already marked as a duplicate of the former.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was of the opinion that if two questions are exactly similar, then the question which has been asked later should be marked as the duplicate of the one asked earlier, which is the case presently with these two questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I had a discussion with one of our fellow users, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/176889/minerz029&quot;&gt;minerz029&lt;/a&gt;, that in this case the question asked later has better answers, more views and more upvotes than the question as earlier.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does this form a criteria when marking questions as a duplicate? If yes, what all criteria comes into effect when marking a questions as a duplicate of another? If not, is the timing and the nature of the questions &lt;strong&gt;the only&lt;/strong&gt; criteria for marking a question as a duplicate of another?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72576" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2014-02-23T09:19:03.200" Title="How to decide which question to close as duplicate?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8541" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8540" CreationDate="2014-02-23T08:42:55.923" Score="-4" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Mhhhhhh...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;March question was made earlier, why would we duplicate the March one with the April one? This makes no sense.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions are closed as duplicates when another one exists, votes up do not matter (they should be on the original one anyway since its the original question and quality posts that do exist on the later one can and should be merged to the original.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;However, I had a discussion with one of our fellow users, minerz029, that in this case the question asked later has better answers, more views and more upvotes than the question as earlier.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then you need to fix the tittle. flag for a merge of the answers and stop wasting everyone's times with these discussions. Why are you taking action based on something you discussed with 1 user? This is a bit moronic and sad.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastEditorUserId="25863" LastEditDate="2014-02-23T09:11:19.937" LastActivityDate="2014-02-23T09:11:19.937" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8542" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8543" CreationDate="2014-02-23T10:47:54.080" Score="3" ViewCount="60" Body="&lt;p&gt;During chat, if someone posts comments multiple times, we see an expanded info of the user containing his/her name and a value beneath.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At first I thought it must be reputation.But during an discussion,I found that it is not true.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In chat the value was &lt;strong&gt;2724&lt;/strong&gt; while the users rep was at the time &lt;strong&gt;175&lt;/strong&gt;.&#xA;So what is that number?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;should I add images of the user rep?I thought it better not to post the images.please comment if I should put images.&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="184942" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="what is the number shown under one's name during chat?" Tags="|support|reputation|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8543" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8542" CreationDate="2014-02-23T11:35:11.873" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The number shown under one's name during chat, is the total rep (global) combined from all of StackExcahnge sites the user is a member of.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/108258/chat-shows-global-se-reputation-instead-of-site-rep&quot;&gt;Here&lt;/a&gt; is the link to MSO that confirms this for sure.  MSO is the mother of all metas and lets us know what is going on stack wide.  If it's something stack-wide (like chat) this is the definitive source.  Something specific to a particular site gets more attention on the individual site meta.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="59676" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2014-02-23T11:42:30.010" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8544" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-02-23T11:55:13.387" Score="7" ViewCount="159" Body="&lt;p&gt;First impressions from the review audit system: I am slightly amused but more annoyed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The first two audits I got were ones that I had voted to close myself - so it was a mild form of deja vu&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;yesterday I got 5 audits - seems a little heavy for one day - and the &quot;congratulations, this was just a test&quot; message disrupts my concentration. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I noticed that I was looking for tell tale signs on the posts before really dealing with the text. So it &lt;em&gt;might&lt;/em&gt; be a good idea to reduce the frequency a bit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Apart from that I want to +1 the appeals that evaluation should not happen before the reviewer clicks on &quot;I am done&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastEditorUserId="5768" LastEditDate="2014-02-23T12:00:31.767" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Review Audits - room for improvement" Tags="|support|review|review-audits|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8545" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-02-23T14:56:10.487" Score="0" ViewCount="74" Body="&lt;p&gt;Moderators closed my question by substantiating that 13.04 exceeded LTS. As much as I know this site has nothing to do with official Ubuntu,  how come moderators here mention about exceeding LTS time. If I asked my question in &lt;code&gt;ubuntuforums.org&lt;/code&gt; they could put forth reason of LTS to close my question. &#xA;I want to know if this site has anything to do with official Ubuntu body, if so where can I ask questions related to 13.04?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="81249" LastActivityDate="2014-02-23T14:56:10.487" Title="Why have questions related to Ubuntu 13.04 been put on hold?" Tags="|discussion|closed-questions|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="15" ClosedDate="2014-02-23T15:03:40.677" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8546" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8544" CreationDate="2014-02-23T18:00:42.240" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The review audit system really isn't that smart, which is why you get questions that you have already dealt with.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Remember the audits aren't here to test &lt;em&gt;you&lt;/em&gt;, they're here to catch robo reviewers who fly through the review queue applying the same action to every post. They &lt;em&gt;should&lt;/em&gt; be easy for you to catch.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do agree however, that the frequency could be lowered a bit, they are starting to get disruptive. I also disagree with how close vote review audits work, especially with duplicates as explained in this question on MSO: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/179651/close-vote-review-audit-flawed-fails-without-casting-vote&quot;&gt;Close vote review audit flawed - fails without casting vote&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt; I started this as a comment, but it kinda evolved beyond that, so here it is &lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2014-02-23T18:00:42.240" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8547" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8555" CreationDate="2014-02-23T18:45:54.077" Score="8" ViewCount="138" Body="&lt;p&gt;I hope it's ok to provide my feedback for just now signing up and asking my first question in Ask Ubuntu.  This post isn't my question but feedback.  I'm really impressed how when you create a question, it lists similar questions based on your subject.  That helps to avoid asking same/similar questions.  I did search the community first.  Also love the tags.  This helps me drill down into related posts to find a nugget of useful info.  However, one of my tags was rejected because I don't have enough points to create a tag.  I guess that's ok but would be nice to add a tag if it doesn't exist.  Maybe some other way to &quot;vet&quot; new tags.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My discussion topic is why does it take 300 points to create new tags on the site.  I think the community could benefit from those with fewer points to create tags.  For example, my question was on bastille.  Bastille is not a tag, but probably should be one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I posted this discussion topic here because according to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/whats-meta&quot;&gt;&quot;What's Meta&quot; help page&lt;/a&gt;, a discussion tag is used for:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/discussion&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;discussion&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;discussion&lt;/a&gt;, for posts that may not have a clear-cut right or wrong answer and are often subjective. If it's not a bug or feature request, it is probably a discussion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can delete my post and post elsewhere if it is more appropriate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks again for such a great tool and community!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="251487" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2014-03-01T19:04:27.043" Title="Why does it take 300 rep to create a new tag?" Tags="|support|tags|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8548" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8474" CreationDate="2014-02-23T21:02:37.127" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;An edit is too minor if &lt;strong&gt;it deals with a small problem in a post, but does not deal with other obvious problems in a post.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Correcting a little mistake in a post and keeping bad formatting, poor style, colloquialisms and more) is too minor in my opinion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An edit correcting all &lt;code&gt;i&lt;/code&gt;'s to &lt;code&gt;I&lt;/code&gt;'s can be valuable &lt;em&gt;if all the problems of the post are dealt with&lt;/em&gt; (after all, this does make the post better). If other obvious problems are not dealt with, the edit is too minor (after all, more could have been done).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So it really depends on the &lt;strong&gt;context&lt;/strong&gt;. One edit is OK in one context, but too minor in another.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="115155" LastActivityDate="2014-02-23T21:02:37.127" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8549" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8553" CreationDate="2014-02-23T21:05:59.877" Score="1" ViewCount="63" Body="&lt;p&gt;Recently I found several times a comment from a new user like&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Sorry I can't upvote your answer, because I don't have enough reps.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is that true? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastActivityDate="2014-02-24T09:36:46.493" Title="Is it true that new users are not able to upvote answers on their own question?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8551" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8325" CreationDate="2014-02-23T21:12:45.670" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;Unfortunately I think it is too late to add this to the list of questions being submitted to the candidates for moderator, but here goes anyway.&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;How would you help emphasize Ubuntu's GNU/Linux and Unix heritage? Canonical's branding and public relations seem to de-emphasize any link to GNU/Linux or Unix; and so does Ask Ubuntu. How would you help correct that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="36515" LastEditorUserId="47291" LastEditDate="2014-02-23T22:58:05.773" LastActivityDate="2014-02-23T22:58:05.773" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8552" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8544" CreationDate="2014-02-24T02:57:01.520" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;With 6 audits under your belt in 3 days, you're near the top of the list for &quot;most audited&quot;. Mostly, that's just because you do a lot of reviews, but some of it is due to plain old luck...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Review audit &lt;em&gt;frequency&lt;/em&gt; is semi-random: you shouldn't get in a situation where &lt;em&gt;every&lt;/em&gt; review is an audit, but if you're unlucky you can end up encountering them fairly often: so far, you're averaging about one audit per 20 reviews; expect this to vary over time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12845" LastActivityDate="2014-02-24T02:57:01.520" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8553" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8549" CreationDate="2014-02-24T09:36:46.493" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, its true. You need 15 reputation to vote up and 125 to vote down. This has been specified in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges&quot;&gt;help center page for privileges&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72576" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2014-02-24T09:36:46.493" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8554" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8547" CreationDate="2014-02-24T13:51:29.423" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Because, it takes great amount of effort to remove them later. Because, you should know how tagging is supposed to work before creating a tag. Because, right now is a mess as it's and we don't need people creating more tags. &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/8159/169736&quot;&gt;We need less tags.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Tags can be incredibly helpful or annoyingly harmful if you are not careful. There is each now and then discussion about removing X or Y tags since they don't make sense or the topics they cover is too large. The restrictions are there to prevent disasters and more work to do for the Community, the moderators and SE team to correct them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2014-02-24T13:51:29.423" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8555" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8547" CreationDate="2014-02-24T15:05:07.123" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;While you may feel that your tag was valid in this instance, that is rarely the case. Quite often, people who are new to the Stack Exchange way of doing things will attempt to use tags like keywords when blogging - which is not how they're intended to be used.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Tags are intended to be many things, least not useful and descriptive. The way we use tags on Stack Exchange is to filter groups of questions according to their primary subject, to allow the experts we have for each of these subjects to easily find questions they can answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The reputation requirement is there to ensure that the people creating tags have at least a minimum amount of activity on the site. If you're ever stuck in a position where you need a tag on a question but you're unable to create itself, you have a couple of options:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/201/ask-ubuntu-general-room&quot;&gt;Drop in to the Ask Ubuntu General Chatroom&lt;/a&gt; and ask for a higher reputation user to create it for you (preferred)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Flag your question for moderator attention asking them to add your tag&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="196255" LastActivityDate="2014-02-24T15:05:07.123" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8559" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-02-25T14:04:44.307" Score="2" ViewCount="123" Body="&lt;p&gt;I need a bit more extended information on how should I behave in these situations to reduce unanswered amount of questions like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;if the comment appears to be an answer provided by me and the user accepts it or the user solves his own question by his own, what are my next steps? I should manage a user to accept my answer and I'm going to write that comment as an answer so he could accept it? And I should to encourage the user to write and accept his own solution if he found his own way out of a problem?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;How to act if the user accepts the comment as the answer even though it seems like not a common problem and answers to this question may vary and it's more than likely to be about user's specific environmental issues, should it be considered and marked as off-topic?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because sometimes it happened even to me that the user found his own way out or accepted my as an answer, says: &quot;thanx anyways&quot; which is fine but then just disappears :) and the question seems to be solved but with no exact answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and the third I like the functionality of the forum it's fine for me and I have my feature request, it's just my opinion don't judge it :-) maybe somebody held this question before or it's useless but as I know forum can convert answers to comments automatically happened even to me back then when I didn't have enough rep for commenting so the feature basics is that it could convert a comment to an answer only in a case if it's fully accepted as an answer by the owner of the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you for reading :-) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235295" LastActivityDate="2014-04-26T15:36:27.133" Title="If the comment appears to be an answer how should I behave?" Tags="|discussion|support|feature-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8560" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8559" CreationDate="2014-02-25T14:42:06.323" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Alternatively, we probably can summarize it as an answer to our own question. Just don't forget to mention the author of the answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="223681" LastActivityDate="2014-02-25T14:42:06.323" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8561" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-02-25T20:04:00.567" Score="40" ViewCount="420" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu's &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/election/4&quot;&gt;4th moderator election&lt;/a&gt; has come to a close, the votes have been tallied, and the 2 new moderators are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/44179&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/flair/44179.png&quot; alt=&quot;seth&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/59676&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/flair/59676.png&quot; alt=&quot;mitch&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They'll be joining &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users?tab=moderators&quot;&gt;the existing crew&lt;/a&gt; shortly — please thank them for volunteering, and share your assistance and advice with them as they learn the ropes!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For details on how the voting played out, you can download the election results &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/election/4&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;, or &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.opavote.org/results/4675138071035904/0&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;view a summary report online&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12845" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2014-03-21T14:01:10.663" Title="2014 Community Moderator Election Results" Tags="|discussion|election|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="12" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8562" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-02-25T20:11:18.167" Score="-4" ViewCount="164" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ok, I'm here so people can point me out where my logic is wrong. I'm talking about the version specific tags.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Every time I create, see, modify, processes a question or answer using the queues, looking at the front page, etc. I verify the tags. Why? Because that's the main stream for me to answer questions in all SE. For me, tags are vital, that's why I go around taking care of them so much.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Part of my process of verification of the tags includes the following rule:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;tags that cannot stand alone as the only tag on a question, are not allowed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, each time I see a tag I evaluate the face value&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt; of the tag, each time there are tags that still haven't quite fit withing all the evaluations I do over them, specifically the version specific tags &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/7.04&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;7.04&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;7.04&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/7.10&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;7.10&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;7.10&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/8.04&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;8.04&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;8.04&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/8.10&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;8.10&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;8.10&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/9.04&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;9.04&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;9.04&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/9.10&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;9.10&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;9.10&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/10.04&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;10.04&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;10.04&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/10.10&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;10.10&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;10.10&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/11.04&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;11.04&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;11.04&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/11.10&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;11.10&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;11.10&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/12.04&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;12.04&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;12.04&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/12.10&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;12.10&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;12.10&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/13.04&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;13.04&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;13.04&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/13.10&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;13.10&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;13.10&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/14.04&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;14.04&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;14.04&lt;/a&gt;. They fail one of the rules that I cannot be lax about, the ones contained in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/create-tags&quot;&gt;help center&lt;/a&gt; which every member should follow and enforce.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, and here is where someone should help me, which question I can ask that could have any of these tags as single tag that is not included in another tag?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've racking my brains out several times looking where it should be used (in fact each time I see them) and still doesn't fit the criteria of &lt;em&gt;&quot;tags that cannot stand alone as the only tag on a question, &lt;strong&gt;are not allowed&lt;/strong&gt;&quot;&lt;/em&gt;. I've asked for examples of when the tag could be &lt;em&gt;alone&lt;/em&gt; in the question and sadly nobody offered one that could not be refuted. So, I ask you, please, provide an example of when this tag could be alone so I can use it as reference whenever I see these tags.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Bonus points: if the tag doesn't exist tomorrow, what's the worse could happen?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/face_value#Noun&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Face Value&lt;/a&gt;: No more or less than what is stated; a literal or direct meaning or interpretation. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2014-02-25T20:51:44.893" Title="When a version specific tag alone is good in a single question?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="22" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8563" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8562" CreationDate="2014-02-25T20:45:14.990" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think you need to convert your rules into guidelines. This is editorial stuff and that's really subjective. Chances are by nuking a ton of tags you might be causing a moderator to pull out hair. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I will concede that a tag that can't stand alone probably isn't the best tag. But it's not neccessarily evil and by extension, removing it might not improve the question or the site. A tag is a layer of information about a question. As long as it's relevant, and it's about the question and not the post (a meta tag) more information is always better.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I understand that somebody only picking one version tag for their question is crappy. I get your frustration there... But that doesn't mean the version tag is at fault, it means the user has tagged poorly. Want to fix it? Add more, relevant tags.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And if I had dev access I'd make it so some tags can't be used on their own. Version tags would fall into this group.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2014-02-25T20:51:44.893" LastActivityDate="2014-02-25T20:51:44.893" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8564" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-02-25T21:22:55.153" Score="6" ViewCount="73" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can the &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackapps.com/q/2116/24208&quot;&gt;AutoReviewComments userscript&lt;/a&gt; be built into Ask Ubuntu?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="36315" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:46.307" LastActivityDate="2014-02-27T10:52:51.600" Title="Can the AutoReviewComments script be built into Ask Ubuntu?" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8565" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2604" CreationDate="2014-02-25T23:38:35.630" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I hate to bump this up, but I just visited the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/election/4&quot;&gt;2014 Moderator Election&lt;/a&gt; page, and I was surprised to see that it only links downloads of OpenSTV for Windows and Mac:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ypjQe.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And I thought, come &lt;em&gt;on&lt;/em&gt;... this is Ask Ubuntu. It seems reasonable to assume most users here interested in downloading the election data are using Ubuntu rather than Windows or Mac. It's just a matter of &lt;code&gt;sudo apt-get install openstv&lt;/code&gt;. It would be nice if the election page mentioned that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I went on ahead to point this out on Meta, but instead I found this question back from the 2012 elections... so I just wanted to bring it up again. It seems this still hasn't been done. Also, apologies if posting an answer to such an old question doesn't comply with the AskUbuntu-Netiquette, but I thought posting an exact duplicate question would be redundant also. :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="223688" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2014-02-26T09:24:46.797" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8566" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8572" CreationDate="2014-02-26T01:43:40.940" Score="0" ViewCount="156" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/12796/169736&quot;&gt;This Q was recently locked&lt;/a&gt; even trough my best wishes of delete it. I mean, who cares about some petition for firms someone did several years ago and even so failed? This shouldn't be the kind of useful questions we should keep around.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is a POLL, not even a question and the answers are not even better. Just a bunch of opinion chiming in and some links to some petitions that got the official response:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;At this point, &lt;strong&gt;I ask that people no longer send in their requests&lt;/strong&gt; about adding support for Linux using the submission forms.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why should we keep around something that we all know is not within Adobe interests?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2014-02-26T12:51:43.637" Title="Can we delete question 12796?" Tags="|discussion|deleted-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8567" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8564" CreationDate="2014-02-26T05:20:41.053" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yeah I like this one , I have gone through script. Its looks fine and nice. For Ask Ubuntu I think only one single modification have to do is the site name and I think I have done that, any way I need some one to verify along with me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://pastebin.com/xJpYG031&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://pastebin.com/xJpYG031&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="33833" LastEditorUserId="47291" LastEditDate="2014-02-26T17:42:47.207" LastActivityDate="2014-02-26T17:42:47.207" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8568" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8571" CreationDate="2014-02-26T05:56:52.193" Score="3" ViewCount="117" Body="&lt;p&gt;This question has been marked as a duplicate but there is no link to original quetion:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/158557/setting-proxy-from-terminal&quot;&gt;Setting proxy from terminal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why is this so? And what can be done for such questions?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72576" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2014-02-26T10:48:05.303" Title="Question marked as duplicate but no link to original question. What to do?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8569" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-02-26T08:20:52.833" Score="10" ViewCount="147" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yesterday I reviewed about ten posts, of which three where tests. Today in just three reviews I got a test. I find this an overkill, especially since I passed all the tests so far. Not very motivating wasting time like this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would suggest tests to be conducted permanently, but on a lower volume, say three per week.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="177437" LastEditorUserId="177437" LastEditDate="2014-02-26T08:27:29.367" LastActivityDate="2014-02-26T16:52:35.503" Title="Tests are now one third of review tasks" Tags="|discussion|review|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8570" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8568" CreationDate="2014-02-26T10:06:58.520" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;You still have the &lt;code&gt;Linked&lt;/code&gt; on the right-hand panel. This specific question is probably duplicate of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/23666/apt-get-does-not-work-with-proxy?lq=1&quot;&gt;&amp;#39;apt-get&amp;#39; does not work with Proxy&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="227922" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2014-02-26T10:06:58.520" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8571" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8568" CreationDate="2014-02-26T10:48:05.303" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;The link was probably mistakingly removed after an edit to the question. You can find the duplicate in the question's &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/158557/revisions&quot;&gt;revisions&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've re-added the duplicate manually to the question for future vsitors. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2014-02-26T10:48:05.303" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8572" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8566" CreationDate="2014-02-26T12:51:43.637" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Hmm yes. That question has no particular value to the future visitors. I am deleting it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastActivityDate="2014-02-26T12:51:43.637" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8573" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-02-26T15:53:21.767" Score="0" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;Questions for opinions or recommendations are off-topic here, and I can understand why: whatever answer would be given it will hardly be timeless, and with vague problems, answers will necessarily will be biased in one way or another, presenting a limited opportunity for helping others as the time goes by.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The alternative is forum based approach, where the questions (threads) &lt;em&gt;are&lt;/em&gt; expected to die off on their own. But on the other hand threads are plagued by off-topic or too lengthy conversations.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why not devise a corner of SE dedicated to questions that would require a speculative answer and take advantage of this superb Q&amp;amp;A platform? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Main advantages over traditional forum software are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;UI that focuses on a paradigm &quot;one question, many independent answers&quot; in contrast to forum, that looks more like an email conversation with &quot;one question, nobody knows where are the answers among those 500 replies&quot; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Exquisite platform for moderators, that ensures that the level of moderator work is many levels beyond of what can be seen on forums&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A good and interesting system of points and badges that stimulates people to give answers on topic and rate them.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd badly need some good place, where I can get updates about the BTRFS vs ZFS, or bcache vs flashcache technologies. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The point system could be easily made adjusted so it will fade in time, so that a new and more up-date answer would get some bonus over very good, but old and outdated one.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="55241" LastActivityDate="2014-02-26T15:53:21.767" Title="How about dedicating some corner of SE to opinions/recommendations / make a spinoff that will handle forums?" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8575" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8333" CreationDate="2014-02-26T16:58:25.397" Score="16" Body="&lt;p&gt;Long-time listener, first time answerer .... (ubuntu user for a long time too).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm a regular on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://codereview.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;CodeReview site&lt;/a&gt; and we are still in Beta, but are trying to get promoted. We had a &lt;a href=&quot;https://codereview.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/991/how-is-code-review-doing-right-now?cb=1&quot;&gt;&quot;beta review&quot; last November&lt;/a&gt; that identified a number of issues stalling this promotion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One of the items identified as an issue is the number of unanswered questions that was accumulating in CodeReview ....&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a community we started &lt;a href=&quot;https://codereview.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/999/call-of-duty-were-on-a-mission&quot;&gt;a &quot;Call to duty&quot;, and responded&lt;/a&gt; to the situation. A second event that happened is that recently &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/188465/241497&quot;&gt;the StackExchange DataExplorer was updated to include details from Beta sites&lt;/a&gt;. As a community we (the CodeReview folk) have been comparing ourselves to graduated sites, and measuring our progress (and hopefully raising awareness with SE Community Leaders).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Today I pulled up the data on AskUbuntu, and was somewhat surprised to say the least....!!!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We have coined the term 'Zombie' to mean &quot;an old question that has no answers&quot;, and we have been in the process of 'shooting' those zombies with quality (thus up-voted) answers, or, if the questions are off-topic, they are being closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a long winded way of &lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/askubuntu/query/170999/answer-delay?Zombie=72&amp;amp;Weeks=150#graph&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;me introducing this chart here&lt;/a&gt; which shows the changes in nature of your zombie population that has happened over the past 3 years (or so ... 150 weeks):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/GM6wZ.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;ask ubuntu unanswered questions&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The blue line with the steep curve is the number of unanswered questions (question was older than 72 hours, and had not been answered) at the date given on the X axis. To make the scales work, that data is presented as &lt;em&gt;10's of zombies&lt;/em&gt; so you should multiply the Y-axis by 10 to match your current statistics of 28K unanswered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;( ... by the way, for some reason you have some odd answers in the system that are much, &lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/askubuntu/query/171088/precognitive-answers&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;much older than the questions&lt;/a&gt;, and that is why there are negative numbers in the early charts..... )&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is apparent that your zombie problem is escalating, and you need to deal with it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By comparison, &lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/codereview/query/170999/answer-delay?Zombie=72&amp;amp;Weeks=150#graph&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the CodeReview chart looks like&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/P1seO.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;CodeReview stats&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and you can see that we are proud to have started making a significant dent in our zombie population.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the process of pushing for the site promotion, we have developed some other charts which you may find interesting. &lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/askubuntu/query/161411/site-activity-and-votegraph?Weeks=150#graph&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;This one is a measure of the site activity&lt;/a&gt;, and it is clear where the different Ubuntu releases happened ;-) , and it is clear how those influxes of activity impacted your zombie-stats too :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/sCjZp.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Ask activity&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="241148" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:41:06.827" LastActivityDate="2014-02-26T16:58:25.397" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8576" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8580" CreationDate="2014-02-26T17:18:13.310" Score="2" ViewCount="74" Body="&lt;p&gt;Does StackExchange have a time machine, or is this just from when questions have been merged?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Nice set of results on these precognitive questions &lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/askubuntu/query/171088/precognitive-answers#resultSets&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; - Worst one is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/320632/why-do-i-need-to-type-before-executing-a-program-in-the-current-directory&quot;&gt;this one&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Source:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/8575/178596&quot;&gt;This&lt;/a&gt; answer, which I recommend your read - also has a few interesting points on Zombie questions...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="178596" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2014-02-27T01:41:22.273" Title="How can it be possible to have answers older than the question?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8577" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-02-26T19:35:27.500" Score="0" ViewCount="91" Body="&lt;p&gt;Most probably this is a duplicate but I looked for some guidance on this in both help and meta and I was not able to find.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When someone is asking a question on which the answer is not directly clear, &lt;em&gt;but an certain answer is likely to be true&lt;/em&gt;, should it first be certified by comments or is it a answer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On a lot of questions there are many possible answers or suggestions. Since the comment area is quite small and with only minimal format possibilities I tend to prefer to give my suggestion as an answer and handle questions on the answer in this comment area.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;But is this right, and where to draw the line? I see a lot of high reps doing these suggestions in the comments so I am a bit puzzled on this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example this &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/416418/error-attempt-read-write-outside-of-disk-hd0&quot;&gt;link&lt;/a&gt;. Where should the suggestions be?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225099" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2014-04-27T22:44:43.210" Title="When is a possible answer a comment?" Tags="|discussion|comments|answers|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8578" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-02-26T19:43:30.173" Score="5" ViewCount="154" Body="&lt;p&gt;When users see a question, they often write comments like &lt;em&gt;“did you try x?”&lt;/em&gt; to clarify if a novice user has already tried some trivial steps before posting the question. Now there's almost always some (usually low reputation) user who just copies the comment (often without even changing the grammar to be an answer) and posts it as an answer, which then gets accepted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think this is a rather unfair way of gaining reputation from other user's knowledge. A solution would of course be to post everything as an answer, even stuff like &lt;em&gt;“have you checked the command for spelling errors?”&lt;/em&gt;, but that's definitely not the point of AU. So is there anything we can do about these users?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="151875" LastActivityDate="2014-03-02T09:54:02.733" Title="Is there a way to deal with people who repost other people's comments as answers?" Tags="|discussion|comments|answers|moderation|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8579" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8578" CreationDate="2014-02-26T20:01:09.830" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since these answers are just comments posted as answers, the solution should be to just flag the answer as &quot;Not an Answer&quot;. Then it will be deleted as such.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="38094" LastEditorUserId="38094" LastEditDate="2014-02-26T20:26:05.833" LastActivityDate="2014-02-26T20:26:05.833" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8580" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8576" CreationDate="2014-02-26T20:07:39.967" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/320632/revisions&quot;&gt;It was the result of a merge.&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2014-02-26T20:07:39.967" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8581" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8578" CreationDate="2014-02-26T20:08:47.583" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;And —in continuation to searchfgold6789's answer— if these comments &lt;em&gt;are&lt;/em&gt; answers with question marks on the end, they should have been posted as answers in the first place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The difference is merely set dressing, flamboyance, explanation and example. If you want the points, have some conviction in what you're saying and spend some time writing it up. If you leave a comment and somebody does flesh that out as an answer and people vote for that, that's your fault for not believing in yourself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And if this unscrupulous person hasn't put any extra work in, there's absolutely nothing to stop you (or anybody else) writing a better answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2014-02-26T20:08:47.583" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8582" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8577" CreationDate="2014-02-26T20:31:44.047" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;In those cases I tend to leave a comment and vote/flag as unclear. That serves double propose:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If the question is left as unclear, it gets closed &lt;em&gt;until&lt;/em&gt; there is enough information to provide a correct answer.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If the questioner itself doesn't take care about the question, it will get closed and deleted. We can't take care of something the one asking doesn't.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you see a question without the critical information that will allow you to write a concise, close it. That way we can identify the questions that can possibly have answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Summary: you ask in comments for clarifications, and answer when the question is clear enough to allow you a correct answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-02-26T21:25:25.153" LastActivityDate="2014-02-26T21:25:25.153" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8583" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7773" CreationDate="2014-02-26T21:56:44.913" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://pidgin.im&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot; title=&quot;Pidgin, opensource chat client&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/YwZCA.png&quot; alt=&quot;Pidgin, opensource chat client&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="49766" LastActivityDate="2014-02-26T21:56:44.913" CommentCount="2" CommunityOwnedDate="2014-02-26T21:56:44.913" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8584" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-02-27T16:45:49.510" Score="3" ViewCount="71" Body="&lt;p&gt;When reviewing in the close vote queue I almost always start by clicking on the close button and then canceling that window, to see how the votes are standing on the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because if I'm in the first 3 votes, I take more time to analyze the question. If there are already 4 votes for the same close reason I don't do such a &quot;deep scan&quot;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And if there are votes to close with different reasons, it is not unusual for me to skip that question: Because if my close reason will be in minority, but the question will be eventually closed, my nick will show up on the closed question banner as if I close voted the question with that specific majority reason, whereas I didn't do that, and I don't want the system to list my name for something I didn't know. (That could be considered a bug too, but I don't really care about this, since I can avoid it.) So I skip in these situations.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I didn't review for a week or so, today I had time to do some, and on the third question I got an audit question, which I started to handle as always: First clicking on the close button... To my surprise it immediately said that I failed the audit. ??? I didn't close voted anything, just clicked the close vote button, from where I should be able to back up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This must be a bug, this can't be by design, or if it is, why is it so? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="221281" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2014-07-24T00:51:06.720" LastActivityDate="2014-07-24T00:51:06.720" Title="Review audit bug" Tags="|bug|status-completed|review|review-audits|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8586" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8589" CreationDate="2014-02-27T20:03:36.713" Score="3" ViewCount="77" Body="&lt;p&gt;Short version:  I flagged comments on an answer ; flags declined ; question deleted. Huh? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Or possibly, question was deleted and then either simultaneously or post-deletion, the flags were declined).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't know exactly what order things happened here, but I am curious to know if they are related and whether or not it makes sense.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I may be missing something, since I can't see all deleted bits like 10K users/mods.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know that variables include moderator and reviewer actions, etc., but the phenomenon I'm not happy with is that I flagged three comments in a question, and I really see no reason for them being declined.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, does deleting an answer which has flags pending on it auto-decline the flags?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If not, why were my flags declined?  Were they declined because the question was going to be deleted ; were they declined before it was deleted -- were they not good flags? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a minor thing, but at this point, I generally am involved in the site as an editor and reviewer.  I don't want my flag average (and invisible flag weight!) impacted without some reason.  (Really, because that is how the game is played....)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I flag 'cause it's part of my contribution to the site's tidiness (unless it is not a contribution, in which case, reasons please).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;More details:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/279816/how-to-run-whatsapp-on-ubuntu/308008#308008&quot;&gt;How to run WhatsApp on Ubuntu?&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;  answered Jun 14 '13 at 4:53 by user1182043&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;obsolete – belacqua 23 mins ago   declined&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  too chatty – belacqua 23 mins ago   declined&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  too chatty – belacqua 23 mins ago   declined&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The comments I flagged were indeed obsolete and too chatty, and possibly both (ok, in my opinion, but really).   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[ This was also a bit annoying because I was in the process of summarizing info to add to the link-only answer in question (yes, an inadequate but not prima facie bad answer which disappeared due to deletion; it was also the only answer which explicitly addressed the OP's [original, pre-edit]) question.  I've already got wget-mirrored files for the page(s) in question (lest they disappear and make all fears about link-only answers valid). So, yay, me. ]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I see how this might just appear whiny.  But, I like consistency and transparency, which should be enough to make this a legit concern.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8844" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Declined flags on deleted question" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8587" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8578" CreationDate="2014-02-28T02:31:04.943" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;If someone posts an answer as a comment, posting it as an answer is &lt;strong&gt;the right thing to do&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If the comment really is not an answer--that is, it neither &lt;em&gt;would&lt;/em&gt; nor is &lt;em&gt;intended&lt;/em&gt; to solve even part of the problem (for anyone)--then it should not be posted as an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that even solutions that are inapplicable to the OP but may provide at least a partial solution to &lt;em&gt;someone else&lt;/em&gt; experiencing what could reasonably be seen as the same problem, &lt;em&gt;are valid answers.&lt;/em&gt; (Questions are not just for their creators; we are &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/about&quot;&gt;building a library of detailed answers to questions about Ubuntu.&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Credit should be given to the author of the comment. If the answer is quoting the comment verbatim, that should be made clear. (Note however that some ideas are obvious and multiple people can come up with them independently.)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Some people say answers that are rehashes of or quotes from a comment should be posted as &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/67/why-do-some-questions-have-community-wiki-over-the-users-name&quot;&gt;community wiki&lt;/a&gt;. This is &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; actually required, but &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/5776/what-to-do-with-questions-whose-op-hasnt-visited-the-site-for-a-long-time/5781#5781&quot;&gt;there are a number of advantages to doing so&lt;/a&gt; when the answer is just a quote or rephrase from a comment.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Regarding your example: If the solution to the OP's problem is to fix the spelling of a command, and there's no answer that says that, and someone posts an answer that says that, they very likely did the right thing even if their answer is based on your comment saying the same thing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't think you're at all in the wrong to post something as a comment that you see as a troubleshooting step that's not likely to solve the problem or apply to other users. But nor is someone else who thinks of it as a solution at all in the wrong to post it as an answer. Furthermore, when it comes to misspelled commands, it's often quite easy for someone else to independently see the error, perhaps even without noticing your comment. Without a link it would be hard to know for sure, but it sounds like the user you're concerned about has actually done nothing wrong.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2014-02-28T02:31:04.943" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8588" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8590" CreationDate="2014-02-28T03:15:48.223" Score="19" ViewCount="252" Body="&lt;p&gt;For some reason, the questioner elected to take screenshots of the terminal, instead of copying and pasting. This means that (a) the question is slower to load, (b) the question is inaccessible to people using screen readers, and (c) the screenshotted portions are not searchable. Furthermore, the terminal in question has a funky background image, which makes it quite hard to read for anyone with any degree of visual impairment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/228683&quot;&gt;I transcribed the images to improve accessibility&lt;/a&gt;. Why on &lt;em&gt;earth&lt;/em&gt; was this edit rejected?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Incidentally, I don’t care tuppence for rep points. I just enjoy editing.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="652" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2014-02-28T10:59:01.207" Title="Why was my suggested edit rejected?" Tags="|discussion|suggested-edits|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8589" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8586" CreationDate="2014-02-28T03:46:58.060" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Alright, so I declined those flags and here's why.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the first comment you flagged as obsolete:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;@Mitch will take care of it. and i'll update the answer soon! –  user1182043 Jun 14 '13 at 10:03 &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This comment was in reply to an earlier comment asking the OP to expand his answer into something more than just a link.  This comment isn't obsolete however, because the OP never came back an updated his answer, something he should (and said he would) do.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The other two comments are reminders to the OP that he never updated his answer, re-iterating that he should. I can see how you might think these are &quot;too chatty&quot;, but, I don't consider reminding the OP to do something he said he would do &quot;too chatty&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, since I was going to delete the answer anyway, and I can see where you are coming from, I would have marked your flags helpful, but the mod tools don't allow me to mark a comment flag helpful without taking some action on it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So just remember, &lt;em&gt;obsolete&lt;/em&gt; flags should be used for something that no longer applies (usually because the post as been edited) and &lt;em&gt;too chatty&lt;/em&gt; should be used for something that has become to conversationalist (&lt;em&gt;Thanks!&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Me too!&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;This is awesome!&lt;/em&gt;, etc).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/119715/what-happened-to-flag-weight&quot;&gt;have confirmed&lt;/a&gt; that flag weight was indeed removed, so you don't need to worry about it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sorry for any confusion I caused, and remember, your flagging is &lt;em&gt;very&lt;/em&gt; helpful to the site and a few declined flags isn't anything to worry about :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2014-02-28T03:46:58.060" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8590" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8588" CreationDate="2014-02-28T10:59:01.207" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;If I had to guess, because the OP liked their pictures. It can sometimes be hard to be objective when somebody comes along and edits your stuff. It's certainly a strange feeling.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your edit was solid work though, it really improved the post and it should have been accepted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2014-02-28T10:59:01.207" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8592" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-02-28T14:21:50.210" Score="3" ViewCount="37" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can whe have something like this on the community ads. Currently it gets rejected as to big. from here: &lt;a href=&quot;https://apple.meta.stackexchange.com/a/1884/23664&quot;&gt;Community Promotion Ads - 2014 - Ask Different Meta&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/?tab=featured&quot;&gt;Current Ask Ubuntu bounties http://stack-exchange-dynamic-ads.herokuapp.com/bounty.png&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When i try to download the image to rezise it, i get the following error:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/4bJgT.png&quot; alt=&quot;error&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="36315" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2014-02-28T14:53:24.863" Title="Can we have a 'current bounties' ad on AU?" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8593" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7773" CreationDate="2014-02-28T14:31:19.323" Score="16" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/?tab=featured&quot;&gt;Tagline to show on mouseover http://stack-exchange-dynamic-ads.herokuapp.com/askubuntu.com/bounty.png&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2014-04-16T14:13:03.117" CommentCount="8" CommunityOwnedDate="2014-02-28T14:31:19.323" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8594" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8592" CreationDate="2014-02-28T14:42:14.690" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, that would be cool, I remember a while back we wanted to do this - and remember the guy who programed it made it so It could work on any of the stack exchange sites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So here it is: &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/8593/47291&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/8593/47291&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also don't worry about the size or hosting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The size is exact for &quot;Retina&quot; or High definition screens.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It is hosted at a place that is not going anywhere soon, and will still be shown. Ask Different has shown this to be possible and have been doing this for a long while, Also we hosted a dynamic image for &quot;Ubuntu Edge&quot; in the past that was not on immager.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastEditorUserId="47291" LastEditDate="2014-02-28T14:53:24.863" LastActivityDate="2014-02-28T14:53:24.863" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8595" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-02-28T15:01:31.500" Score="0" ViewCount="71" Body="&lt;p&gt;Apparently while I was not seeing, the apt/dpkg tag became a mess. There are a bunch of posts that are duplicated one of the other, a long list of concatenated duplicates of duplicates, duplicates that leads to nowhere, and the overuse of a post that won't help anybody.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, I'm building a list of the most common problems about dpkg/apt:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;1. are you root?&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The error itself is very clear. OP isn't root and hence it can't use dpkg/apt-get. The canonical question is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/427479/169736&quot;&gt;Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), are you root?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;2. is another process using it?&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Again another clear message, there's another apt/dpkg instance running? The way to identify which process is detailed &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/407605/169736&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; and ways to fix it &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/15433/169736&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;3. The following packages have unmet dependencies: E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This one is very tricky! As detailed by &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/144067/169736&quot;&gt;Vangel Ajanovski answer&lt;/a&gt; there are 1 and thousand ways to fix the problem depending of the circumstances and the action that triggered the problem. As he said, &lt;strong&gt;There is NO single right answer for this question and there is NO simple answer.&lt;/strong&gt; Hence if you are thinking to flag it as duplicated of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/140246/169736&quot;&gt;How do I resolve unmet dependencies after adding a PPA?&lt;/a&gt;, think again, is &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, what's the problem with this? Normally people uses several PPA which maintainers seems that doesn't understand the beautifulness of the Debian Package System causing serious dependencies issues when people tries to install their packages. Depending the final goal (install a package, remove it, upgrade) and the packages involved (rhythmbox, wine, amarok, mono, etc.) there solution is suit tailored, unless the PPA is popular.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So please, do not abuse this question. If you see &lt;code&gt;sudo apt-get install package&lt;/code&gt; or &lt;code&gt;sudo apt-get (dist-)upgrade&lt;/code&gt; as the trigger of the problem, ask OP to include the output of &lt;code&gt;sudo apt-get check&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;cat /etc/apt/sources.list{,.d/*.list}&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;apt-cache policy packages-involved&lt;/code&gt; to their questions. You can also ask me or AvinashRaj (he's getting a knot of dpkg/apt) in &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/201/ask-ubuntu-general-room&quot;&gt;chat&lt;/a&gt; or ask the &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/26/unix-and-linux&quot;&gt;UL guys&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are other common problems with dpkg/apt (overriding a file provided by another package, for example) that sometimes will need a fix from the package maintainer or another advanced method.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;4. The use of --force&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is backwards, if you see an answer that use &lt;code&gt;--force&lt;/code&gt; without explaining why or using it as first solution (ie. there are another answers trying to fix the issue but OP failed) be free of downvote them. You shouldn't abuse of the force &lt;strike&gt;or the dark side will swallow you...&lt;/strike&gt; err... since it's possible that your system will have issues later when you try to upgrade/remove the package.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2014-02-28T18:58:17.173" Title="The current mess of the apt/dpkg tag" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8596" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8578" CreationDate="2014-02-28T16:01:53.627" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I will repost what seems to be the current policy of all SE from an answer which someone stole from &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.serverfault.com/questions/1886/how-to-handle-unanswered-questions-that-have-the-answer-in-a-comment-or-edited-i/1931#1931&quot;&gt;a comment by Jeff Atwood&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Steal comments that answer the question and post them as an answer.&lt;/strong&gt; If it happens enough either the misguided commentators will&#xA;be annoyed enough at the &amp;quot;lost&amp;quot; rep to give outright answers next&#xA;time, or no one will notice / care and you'll help the community&#xA;and... oh yeah, get some rep.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;BTW, I stole this answer from Jeff Atwood's comment on sysadmin1138's&#xA;post, so you should upvote this to annoy Jeff (and I stole it from you&#xA;:P).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As Nixphoe points out in the comments below, sometimes you have to&#xA;lead the author along to get more information out of him. In those&#xA;cases, comments should be avoided like the plague and any information&#xA;discovered in comments should be placed in either the original&#xA;question or in an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you post an answer based on limited information, wait to see if&#xA;more info is given and then edit the answer accordingly. It's also&#xA;nice to modify the original question to include all information that&#xA;is garnered in the process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Throughout all of it, encourage the author to update their own&#xA;question and provide more information. Eventually people will get the&#xA;hang of it. The Q/A nature of the site is defeated if half of the&#xA;pertinent information is in comments, and the accepted answer is only&#xA;truly acceptable after reading two dozen comments strung out over the&#xA;question and three different answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Always under all circumstances strive to keep all information in either the Q or the A.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I agree with this. Also, remember that &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2008/09/ok-now-define-answered/&quot;&gt;SE doesn't even care if you accept an answer:&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Accepting an answer is not meant to be a definitive and final statement indicating that the question has now been answered perfectly. &lt;strong&gt;Heck, we don’t even expect people asking questions to come back and accept an answer most of the time.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;&lt;i&gt;emphasis changed by me&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-03-02T09:54:02.733" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8597" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-02-28T16:30:14.553" Score="11" ViewCount="192" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is the second time I got that &lt;em&gt;unloved&lt;/em&gt;  &quot;Stop! Look and Listen&quot; for a question I voted to close after reading it several times and trying to understand it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/423529/how-to-efficiently-switch-between-several-terminal-windows-using-the-keyboard&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/4jUFI.png&quot; alt=&quot;review audit fail&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question really is not clear to me: it seems he is asking for a shortcut like &lt;kbd&gt;ALT&lt;/kbd&gt;&lt;kbd&gt;^&lt;/kbd&gt; that switches between windows of the same application, but then he states &lt;em&gt;Oscar goes to tmux&lt;/em&gt; - which left me only with several &lt;em&gt;???&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;My first version for the post used much stronger language :-)&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After having read several comments I want to point out that I didn't want to discuss if this question should be closed or not - my purpose was to show that it is entirely possible for one question to be regarded as &lt;em&gt;good&lt;/em&gt; by some reviewers and as &lt;em&gt;bad&lt;/em&gt; by others - all acting in good faith - so those audits (in the close queue) eventually &lt;strong&gt;will&lt;/strong&gt; go wrong.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2014-03-01T19:02:33.227" Title="The audit review system - dubious posts" Tags="|discussion|review|review-audits|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="15" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8598" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8595" CreationDate="2014-02-28T18:58:17.173" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;This one seems unsolveable. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The reason everything gets duped to &quot;How do I resolve unmet dependencies&quot; is people mixing PPAs and other repositories in a ton of untestable combinations. There's no way we can have a Q+A for each combination, considering that a bunch of them are changing all the time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most of the &quot;I have installed Foo PPA and now my computer is broken&quot; is either a bug, or too localized. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2014-02-28T18:58:17.173" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8599" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8597" CreationDate="2014-02-28T19:09:31.113" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Like I said earlier, the audit system is not smart. All it can do is take posts it sees as &quot;good&quot; (ones with lots of upvotes, both on the question and answer(s)). I'm not sure what all the system looks at, it probably looks at views too.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But, in essence, the audit system relies on &lt;em&gt;us&lt;/em&gt; to define what a good question is and what a bad question is. This is why I disagree with the current implementation of close vote audits, they're just too relative.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;AFAIK the audit system doesn't give out auto review bans, so I wouldn't worry about audits so much in the close vote queue. I'm actually hoping to get them pulled from that queue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, here is my opinion about that question.   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I understand it perfectly, the OP usually has many terminals up each running a different program and he doesn't like the &quot;window spread&quot; effect when he tries to switch between them, because it's hard to tell them apart.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would have suggested the same thing, a terminal multiplexer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2014-02-28T19:09:31.113" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8600" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8597" CreationDate="2014-02-28T21:51:13.677" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, actually the lack of a well defined &lt;strong&gt;quality&lt;/strong&gt; policies will dismiss the usefulness of the audits, I've failed 2 audits already just because of this (and went outside of the queue and voted to close them). The system selects seriously upvoted posts as examples, but upvotes is not the face value of a post (for example this &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/2596/comparison-of-backup-tools&quot;&gt;Comparison of backup tools&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your judgment was right, that Q is very subjective:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;So many answers and yet the (&lt;em&gt;subjectively&lt;/em&gt;) most valuable suggestion for me is delivered in a comment ... so ironic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a change of behavior in how to use the terminal and the window manager. For example, I normally don't have 2 window of the same application opened at the same time, meaning: 1 Iceweasel, 1 terminal, 1 Chromium, 1 zim wiki, 1 window of whatever, and then organize them by tabs. For &lt;strong&gt;me&lt;/strong&gt; that's efficient since I don't use several terminal window.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;How to handle multiple terminals (and instances of same application in general) efficiently using the keyboard?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;^ This is precisely what I don't do... why I would need several window of the same terminal when I could get just 1 and several tabs?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2014-02-28T21:51:13.677" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8601" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11662" CreationDate="2014-03-01T00:01:57.120" Score="4" ViewCount="61" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have noticed this a while, but it is just a bit weird.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Styling differences occur between different StackExchange sites. The most notable is the &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;kbd&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; tag, most of which render the contents of posts like what is on AskUbuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On AskUbuntu, &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;kbd&amp;gt;Alt&amp;lt;/kbd&amp;gt;+&amp;lt;kbd&amp;gt;Tab&amp;lt;/kbd&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; looks like:&#xA;&lt;br&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/XrVoj.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Where as here on Meta, it is fairly bad:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/C02dk.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This does not seem to happen on &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.meta.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Unix &amp;amp; Linux Meta&lt;/a&gt;, or &lt;a href=&quot;https://raspberrypi.meta.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Raspberry Pi Meta&lt;/a&gt;, or &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/&quot;&gt;SO Meta&lt;/a&gt;.... &lt;em&gt;(previews - the thing it shows beneath when typing a question)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am not sure whether it has always been like this here on Meta, but I do know they &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1939/kbd-elements-are-way-intrusive&quot;&gt;use to look like this&lt;/a&gt;. So why does Meta currently have that clunky old style?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Looking at what is rendered in my Firefox (27) browser, Meta and AskUbuntu are using different style sheets, which is understandable as it is dull grey here instead of Ubuntu orange.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Oh, and if someone does bother to change it in future, here is it in markdown/html:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;kbd&gt;Alt&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;Tab&lt;/kbd&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/8209/178596&quot;&gt;Other issues&lt;/a&gt; may have happened due to this.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="178596" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-08-01T10:45:48.593" Title="Why are there different styling in Meta from AskUbuntu?" Tags="|bug|design|style|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8602" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-01T11:20:10.927" Score="1" ViewCount="36" Body="&lt;p&gt;In general chat room, we get notification for &lt;strong&gt;Ubuntu questions on U&amp;amp;L&lt;/strong&gt;.&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/s0HcJ.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think it would be a good idea to get &lt;strong&gt;Ubuntu questions on SR&lt;/strong&gt; notification as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;SR stands for &lt;a href=&quot;https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Software recommendations&lt;/a&gt;, the newly released Stack Exchange site which is currently in public beta.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="184942" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-03-01T11:40:35.700" Title="We should get &quot;Ubuntu questions on SR&quot; notification in chat" Tags="|feature-request|chat|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8603" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-01T16:56:34.873" Score="7" ViewCount="150" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you follow SO/MSO you will notice an event in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/223497/213575&quot;&gt;Community Bulletin&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/223497/213575&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/VD48f.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you read up, SE has made some changes to the close queue in hopes to motivate close voters to... review. In the efforts they have &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/199879/fuzzy-the-number-of-questions-in-the-close-review-queue-a-dopamine-for-the-shut?lq=1&quot;&gt;fuzzied the numbers of items in the queue&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/209779/stack-overflow-needz-moar-ads&quot;&gt;made advertisements for rather obscure tags&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/223349/213575&quot;&gt;removing in batchs items with no/less reviews from the queue&lt;/a&gt;, plus some other improvements, to get people reviewing. Now, we have +200 users with +3K reputation, ergo access to the close votes review queues, but even so questions sits there for a good while. What you think it can be done to get users review tasks in the review queue?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;BTW, the current performance of SO is awesome, they triplicated the amount of reviewers, review tasks and completed reviews:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Since I posted this challenge, &lt;strong&gt;15,137 reviews have been done&lt;/strong&gt; in the close review queue, and a total of &lt;strong&gt;6,829 review tasks have been completed.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2014-03-01T17:41:30.313" Title="Do we need a event to clear out the Close Queue?" Tags="|discussion|review|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8604" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8603" CreationDate="2014-03-01T17:41:30.313" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/HbBi2.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastActivityDate="2014-03-01T17:41:30.313" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8605" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-02T00:14:34.083" Score="2" ViewCount="53" Body="&lt;p&gt;I find it annoying that it requires 50 rep to comment on another post. I once asked a question and someone answered and provided a link. I tried the instructions at the link and completely screwed up Ubuntu. I couldn't comment and ask for help at the answer because I didn't have enough rep. While I understand that getting rid of the neccesity for rep to comment could lead to spam and other problems, I believe that people below 50 rep should be allowed to comment but it must be approved first, or you could lower the barrier to like 30-50. Alternatively you could just permit people to comment on links that are on answers to qiestions they have asked.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;//I understand that this may have been placed in the wrong spot. I would be appreciative if someone moved this to correct location.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank You&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="247505" LastEditorUserId="247505" LastEditDate="2014-03-02T00:45:53.673" LastActivityDate="2014-03-02T00:45:53.673" Title="You shouldn't need 50 rep to post a comment" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" ClosedDate="2014-03-02T09:15:45.470" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8606" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7773" CreationDate="2014-03-02T16:59:21.903" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/HbBi2.png&quot; alt=&quot;Please help this site by reviewing!&quot; title=&quot;Please help this site by reviewing!&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="178596" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2014-03-05T04:24:57.713" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2014-03-02T16:59:21.903" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8607" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8608" CreationDate="2014-03-02T20:13:18.127" Score="7" ViewCount="121" Body="&lt;p&gt;After a question has been edited, it jumps to the top of the list of questions in the home page. So to make your question 'permanently' stick there, all you have to do is constantly edit it with 'unhelpful' characters and sentences.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The reason am raising this issue is because of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/427531/usb-3-0-coping-with-slow-speed-on-ubuntu-as-opposed-to-windows&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;. If you look at its &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/427531/revisions&quot;&gt;revisions&lt;/a&gt; you will see that the person who asked it has been editing unnecessarily.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;EDIT 1:&lt;/strong&gt; Bolded some words&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;EDIT 2:&lt;/strong&gt; Added: &lt;code&gt;Is there anybody to solve my problem??&lt;/code&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;EDIT 3:&lt;/strong&gt; Removed: &lt;code&gt;Is there anybody to solve my problem??&lt;/code&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;EDIT 4:&lt;/strong&gt; Added: &lt;code&gt;?&lt;/code&gt;   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What can be done in such cases?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="163331" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="What to do in cases of unnecessary revisions" Tags="|discussion|revisions|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8608" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8607" CreationDate="2014-03-02T20:18:48.710" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Flag it. Explain the situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Mods will talk to the person doing the editing to try and calm them down. Some people just don't understand the problem of too much editing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2014-03-02T21:55:28.220" LastActivityDate="2014-03-02T21:55:28.220" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8609" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8616" CreationDate="2014-03-03T00:34:43.847" Score="3" ViewCount="40" Body="&lt;p&gt;Once upon a time, I was following &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ubuntu-touch&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ubuntu-touch&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ubuntu-touch&lt;/a&gt; for some reasons, later on I decided not to follow it. Great, I stopped following it and now questions tagged ubuntu-touch are not highlighted. Good. But then, why they still appear in the Unanswered -&gt; My Tags?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/90u73.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2014-03-03T14:49:21.827" Title="Why is ubuntu-touch tag still in &quot;my tags&quot;?" Tags="|support|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8610" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8611" CreationDate="2014-03-03T03:31:40.780" Score="9" ViewCount="179" Body="&lt;p&gt;My edits need approval. Some are rejected :( or some are rejected by someone but finally accepted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While &quot;too minor&quot; is easy to understand (but can be argued in some cases like incorrect code), I think case below is difficult:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This edit changes too much in the original post; the original meaning or intent of the post would be lost.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is one edit that finally went through but one reviewer rejected it: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/230107&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/230107&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My point in editing that question: I confess I guessed what OP meant and reworded accordingly. If one only looks by &quot;extent&quot; it would appear too much of editing but how can reviewer argue that &quot;the original meaning or intent of the post would be lost&quot;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is the criteria for rejection based on amount of &quot;editing&quot; rather than the actual result? So if an edit has a lot of rearrangement it should be rejected? Even though it may express things better?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this exact case, how is the meaning or intent lost?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="248158" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2014-03-03T04:03:09.857" Title="Newbie editor: caught between rock and" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8611" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8610" CreationDate="2014-03-03T04:03:09.857" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think your edit was awesome, turning a badly written question with bad grammar into a well written question with good grammar.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, what everyone has to learn to remember on SE, &lt;em&gt;you're on the internet&lt;/em&gt;. Everyone here has their own opinion and not everyone agrees. I personally think there was no reason to reject your edit, someone else obviously did.  I know this can be terribly annoying (from personal experience), but it is something you have to learn to live with. This is why it takes either 2 approves or 2 rejects for an edit to get approved or rejected, to help make sure bad edits don't get approved and good edits don't get rejected on one person's opinion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Overall your edits are very good, you only have one rejected. For comparison I had 14 rejected edits when I earned the edit privilege which is roughly 3 times the rejected edits you would have if you keep this ratio up.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So overall, you will have your rejected edits, everyone does, as long as they aren't getting close to your approved edits you're fine. If there was an edit of yours that got rejected that you &lt;em&gt;particularly&lt;/em&gt; think ought to be approved you can drop in &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/201/ask-ubuntu-general-room&quot;&gt;chat&lt;/a&gt; and ask for opinions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Good luck and keep editing!  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's a neat feature you might not have noticed. If you click the &quot;more&quot; link on the suggested edit's page:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/hIi75.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It will expand to show you some interesting reviewer stats:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/zwNzw.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2014-03-03T04:03:09.857" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8614" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8607" CreationDate="2014-03-03T10:56:40.983" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;You shouldn't worry too much. After 10 revisions by a certain user, the post is converted to a &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/11740/232872&quot;&gt;Community Wiki&lt;/a&gt; post. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This causes the original owner of the post to not earn any more reputation from that post, to counter the fact that it's been bumped too many times.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="176889" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2014-03-03T10:56:40.983" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8615" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7743" CreationDate="2014-03-03T11:18:32.867" Score="-2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The question you link is clearly off topic. It is about about Mint and GRUB, not directly related to Ubuntu in any way. It would fit better at the &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Linux/Unix site&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="177437" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:37:19.280" LastActivityDate="2014-03-03T12:12:56.057" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8616" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8609" CreationDate="2014-03-03T14:49:21.827" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The tooltip for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/unanswered/tagged?tab=mytags&quot;&gt;Unanswered &amp;rarr; My Tags&lt;/a&gt; read as:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;questions with tags that I've participated&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, it doesn't matter if you follow a particular tag or not, if you have previously participated in a tag, there is a good probability for it to show up in that list.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions get highlighted if it has one of the tags which you are following. Since, you have removed &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ubuntu-touch&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ubuntu-touch&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ubuntu-touch&lt;/a&gt; from your favorites, it isn't highlighted anymore. But you have &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=user:169736%20%5Bubuntu-touch%5D&quot;&gt;previously participated in 1 question and 6 answers which have ubuntu-touch as one of the tags&lt;/a&gt;, which is the reason it shows up in your &quot;My Tags&quot; list.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="114818" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2014-03-03T14:49:21.827" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8617" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-03T15:28:50.577" Score="2" ViewCount="62" Body="&lt;p&gt;I googled to know how to get my draft answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I couldn't find a way. I know I can find my draft if I know the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my case I don't remember the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any idea?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="182026" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-03-03T16:04:11.757" LastActivityDate="2014-03-03T16:04:11.757" Title="Can I search for my draft answers?" Tags="|support|editing|answers|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8618" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7743" CreationDate="2014-03-03T15:40:02.847" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;In my opinion, this and all such questions are be on-topic because it is a part of administration on Ubuntu and all questions related to administration on Ubuntu are on-topic. Quoting the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;help-center&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;We welcome questions about:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Using and administering Ubuntu, including official Ubuntu derivatives.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Running third-party applications on Ubuntu.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Development on Ubuntu.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Services provided by Ubuntu&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Any question not mentioned below or here are great! There are no &quot;dumb&quot; questions!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Removing an OS using Ubuntu is absolutely related to Ubuntu, in fact, it may be a fundamental operation while installing Ubuntu itself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72576" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2014-03-03T15:40:02.847" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8619" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-03T22:41:51.503" Score="2" ViewCount="39" Body="&lt;p&gt;A lot of first time users don't find an exact match to their questions but land at a lot of questions and answers that are almost what they want. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a new user they cannot comment and post their exact question, which is then flagged and later marked as a duplicate. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will making it easier for users to find chat reduce this? They could link the similar question in chat and get an exact answer. The earlier Q&amp;amp;A can then be updated to include quirks and workaround resulting from newer software version. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="59090" LastActivityDate="2014-03-03T23:18:24.917" Title="If chat were easier to find, will resposted questions reduce?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8620" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8619" CreationDate="2014-03-03T22:52:29.647" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;If the search function on the landing page is too complicated, chat will not help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2014-03-03T22:52:29.647" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8621" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8619" CreationDate="2014-03-03T23:18:24.917" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Chat actually &lt;em&gt;used&lt;/em&gt; to be easier to find. It's link was right up there next to your inbox on the old SE top bar. It didn't help at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What people need to use more is the search feature.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2014-03-03T23:18:24.917" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8622" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-04T09:19:00.167" Score="14" ViewCount="166" Body="&lt;p&gt;Moments ago a late answer popped up in the review queue with a link to a bash script debugger hosted at SourceForge. I started by editing the answer (which was not well formatted), but whenever I clicked the &lt;em&gt;edit&lt;/em&gt; button I would get a message like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This answer is deleted [sic].&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thinking that the user had deleted the answer, I proceeded to the following answer in the queue. But I got this message instead:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;STOP! Look and Listen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This was an audit, designed to see if you were paying attention. You&#xA;  didn't pass. This answer was of very poor quality, and needed&#xA;  significant improvements to be useful – passing over such posts hurts&#xA;  the ability of others to find and answer good questions. Please try to&#xA;  fix such posts by editing, downvoting, closing, or flagging as &quot;very&#xA;  low quality&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Don't worry, we've already handled this post appropriately – but&#xA;  please take a minute to look it over closely, keeping in mind the&#xA;  guidance above.;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This test is obviously broken, if it is informing the answer has been deleted, no one will follow links or flag it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="177437" LastEditorUserId="12845" LastEditDate="2014-03-13T23:13:44.527" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Broken review test" Tags="|bug|review|review-audits|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="14" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8623" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8625" CreationDate="2014-03-04T10:54:09.617" Score="4" ViewCount="80" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This may not be the right place to contact a mod, but I can explain why I am doing so.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So yesterday(3 mar IST) my PSU blew up with cracking sound and smoke.luckily no other hardware was damaged.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have no plans of restoring the PSU and have decided to sell the stuff at whatever price I may get.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While it will be recommended that I format the HDD before selling.But there was not much private stuff therein.I also don't want to spend more money on it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only stuff I would care for on the HDD are some passwords.I have changed all the passwords so they won't harm me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only thing left is the SE network login.I was logged in through that PC and didn't log out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So to the main point, can a mod do something to help me out? Like logging me out or blocking the IP?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or am I fearing for nothing?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For now I am logged in from android app for SE.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="184942" LastActivityDate="2014-03-04T15:44:45.720" Title="Help needed from mod" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8625" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8623" CreationDate="2014-03-04T13:30:44.253" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've just cleared and invalidated all of your sessions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2014-03-04T13:30:44.253" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8626" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8623" CreationDate="2014-03-04T15:44:45.720" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You may have this sorted, but you should be able to change the password easily.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you go to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/184942/aditya-patil&quot;&gt;your profile&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/users/3186826/aditya-patil&quot;&gt;your StackExchange network profile&lt;/a&gt;, and click 'my logins':&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/uGvFt.png&quot; alt=&quot; &quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then you should be able to change the password:&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/tCGLI.png&quot; alt=&quot;Click change password, or remove the account as you like&quot; title=&quot;Click change password, or remove the account as you like&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Note also that the email &lt;em&gt;(removed in the above pic)&lt;/em&gt; you may have used as the your username may also show, so you might want to sort something out about that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Blocking the IP might not be much use unless it is a fixed global IP address for that machine - using the MAC address is a vague possibility, but even then the hard drive could be switched or the MAC address changed or something.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hope this helps.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="178596" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2014-03-04T15:44:45.720" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8628" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-04T19:12:36.840" Score="7" ViewCount="73" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am having problems with setting up partitions after a new install 13.30. I think I have lost data. I have a screen shot of gparted but how do I upload it to this site so others can help me?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="254555" OwnerDisplayName="user254555" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-03-05T03:22:21.800" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="How do I upload a screen shot to this page?" Tags="|support|editing|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8629" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8628" CreationDate="2014-03-04T19:53:20.557" Score="6" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Adding a picture to a question or answer is now as easy as …&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ol&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Clicking the Insert Image &lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/fcznI.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt; toolbar button toolbar button&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Selecting an image from your computer, or the web&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Clicking Upload&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/5MlQW.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note: you need to be registered member in the site with at least 10 reputation in order to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/new-user&quot;&gt;gain the privilege to use this feature&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Source: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/75491/223264&quot;&gt;How to upload an image to a post?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you don't have at least 10 reputation, don't worry, you can &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/417295/147044&quot;&gt;upload your image to imgur&lt;/a&gt; for example and insert in the body question the link to the image. Someone who has enough reputation will most probably edit your question and will add the image correctly (of course, if the image is ok).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="147044" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2014-03-04T20:05:53.083" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8630" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-04T22:53:01.570" Score="2" ViewCount="376" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am trying to be concise with my questions .  but every time I try to make a paragraph here, it goes ahead and posts before I am finished&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="254555" OwnerDisplayName="user254555" LastActivityDate="2014-03-04T23:23:29.480" Title="how do I make a paragraph when I am asking a question" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8631" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8630" CreationDate="2014-03-04T23:23:29.480" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is a paragraph.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I added two returns here, so this is another paragraph.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you aren't able to add paragraph, maybe you should edit your question and tag it as &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/bug&quot; class=&quot;post-tag required-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;bug&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;bug&lt;/a&gt; + &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/editing&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;editing&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;editing&lt;/a&gt; and not as &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/discussion&quot; class=&quot;post-tag required-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;discussion&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;discussion&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2014-03-04T23:23:29.480" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8633" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7773" CreationDate="2014-03-05T02:02:08.307" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://launchpad.net/pipelight&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/mYOcK.png&quot; alt=&quot;Pipelight allows you to use Windows only plugins in Linux browsers. It supports Silverlight, Unity Webplayer, Shockwave, Flash and more.&quot; title=&quot;Pipelight allows you to use Windows only plugins in Linux browsers. It supports Silverlight, Unity Webplayer, Shockwave, Flash and more.&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="151875" LastActivityDate="2014-03-05T02:02:08.307" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2014-03-05T02:02:08.307" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8634" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8640" CreationDate="2014-03-05T11:18:32.623" Score="3" ViewCount="56" Body="&lt;p&gt;If there are two exact questions, then which should be merged with which one ??&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;in my personal belief; shouldn't be that the question with less up-votes be merged with the one having more up-votes, because I believe that a question which gets more up-votes is probably where the audience landed first because of more relevant title, and the understandable language and relatable content lead to it's upvote??&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This i speak in reference to my &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/145012/how-can-i-find-my-public-ip-using-the-terminal?noredirect=1#comment553696_145012&quot;&gt;question&lt;/a&gt; having 65 upvotes being merged with the one having mere 20 !&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="65496" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2014-03-05T21:18:05.280" Title="If 2 questions are same, then which one should be merged?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8635" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8634" CreationDate="2014-03-05T13:45:11.853" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;They should have been closed fast instead. Age, views or upvotes doesn't matter, the target of the merge should be the question with better quality overall.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2014-03-05T13:45:11.853" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8636" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8641" CreationDate="2014-03-05T19:04:00.347" Score="1" ViewCount="62" Body="&lt;p&gt;What are the rules that detects the serial upvotes&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;one time I got a serial upvote reversed but I wonder what is the algorithm that detects this. I know it is related to users upvoting to each others. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But what triggers it, what's the acceptable range of upvotes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="182026" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="serial upvote rules" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8637" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8636" CreationDate="2014-03-05T19:14:41.663" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Not even the NSA knows, you expect us to know?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2014-03-05T19:14:41.663" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8638" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8634" CreationDate="2014-03-05T19:51:50.047" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Questions are duped and merged in different ways.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the questions are the same they are usually closed newer --&gt; older. Sometimes though, if one question has more views than another or seems much better written, they will be duped and perhaps merged to reflect that. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now about this specific question. I meant to merge them the other way around, since your question had many more views (it has nothing to do with upvotes), but I must have gotten my links mixed up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2014-03-05T19:51:50.047" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8639" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-05T20:30:36.867" Score="6" ViewCount="111" Body="&lt;p&gt;Please bear with me - this is definitely the last rant from me about the review queue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because it told me again: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/wwcP7.png&quot; alt=&quot;screenshot&quot;&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's what I will do - I'll &lt;strong&gt;stop&lt;/strong&gt; using the review queue, instead I will &lt;strong&gt;look&lt;/strong&gt; at posts just as I browse them and I will &lt;strong&gt;listen&lt;/strong&gt; to some nice music :-)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In earnest: I am told that a post (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/close/231355&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/review/close/231355&lt;/a&gt;) about &lt;em&gt;mint&lt;/em&gt; (see 2nd comment) is not OT - grrrr.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2014-03-05T21:22:39.577" Title="My last rant on review audits" Tags="|discussion|support|review|review-audits|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="7" ClosedDate="2014-03-06T07:23:23.993" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8640" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8634" CreationDate="2014-03-05T21:18:05.280" Score="3" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I believe that a question which gets more up-votes is probably where the audience landed first because of more relevant title, and the understandable language and relatable content lead to it's upvote??&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as I understand it the site is actually smarter than that. The text and titles from both questions are indexed by Google and both sets of titles/text help get the person on the proper page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;we want some of these merge stub questions hanging around so people&#xA;  can find two “identical” questions that were asked in two totally&#xA;  different ways. The exact, perfect duplicate question, in my&#xA;  experience, is much more rare than people think.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/06/improved-question-merging/&quot;&gt;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/06/improved-question-merging/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I wouldn't worry too much, your post has 86k views (so it's likely not up for deletion) and at the end of the day getting people to one page to answer the question is what's really important. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2014-03-05T21:18:05.280" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8641" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8636" CreationDate="2014-03-05T21:33:22.620" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;The way the serial voting works on SE sites is documented here:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/126829/what-is-serial-voting-and-how-does-it-affect-me&quot;&gt;What is serial voting and how does it affect me?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2014-03-05T21:33:22.620" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8642" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8644" CreationDate="2014-03-05T21:36:42.580" Score="-6" ViewCount="299" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/425730/169736&quot;&gt;Ok, is a good information,&lt;/a&gt; but it is &lt;strong&gt;off topic&lt;/strong&gt;. The problem is that with the amount of votes that both Question and Answer have, we would need 4-5 10kers to delete it, but sadly we &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/8075/hey-10kers-you-also-have-the-delete-votes&quot;&gt;don't have that many +10kers users active&lt;/a&gt; that would check the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tools?tab=Delete&amp;amp;daterange=last30days&quot;&gt;delete queue&lt;/a&gt; on regular basis. So, if mods ain't going to migrate the question to UL, the only course of action &lt;strong&gt;is deletion.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2014-03-07T08:45:34.140" Title="Can we delete/migrate 425730 question that is about Mint?" Tags="|discussion|deleted-questions|" AnswerCount="8" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8643" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8642" CreationDate="2014-03-05T21:45:38.400" Score="0" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ask Ubuntu&lt;/strong&gt; is a question and answer site for Ubuntu users and developers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a site about Ubuntu, plain in simple. If we have questions that are clearly Mint-specific, we become a Mint site and that's potentially confusing to future users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sure, it's useful, but just because something is useful doesn't mean it belongs here, so we should migrate it. If we can't migrate it, I for one see no reason why it should not be deleted straight away for the simple reason that it doesn't belong here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="38094" LastActivityDate="2014-03-05T21:45:38.400" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8644" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8642" CreationDate="2014-03-05T21:46:43.597" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;Why delete? This question looks fine to me, aside from not being about Ubuntu. It could be migrated to Unix &amp;amp; Linux.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Why doesn't AU have a migration path to U&amp;amp;L anyway? There are many of decent questions about Ubuntu derivatives.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1059" LastActivityDate="2014-03-05T21:46:43.597" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8645" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8642" CreationDate="2014-03-05T21:52:12.730" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;This question was well written, upvoted, featured, and had 6 upvotes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately the OP made a mistake to admit they are on Mint in a comment, and to add screenshots with a Mint theme.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does this justify to edit the question for putting &quot;Linux Mint&quot; into the title, and to tag it with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/mint&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;mint&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;mint&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ORLGG.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This edit consequently led to downvotes, and close votes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It may have been good to edit the title and tags if the question was all about Mint, a Mint bug, or procedures only valid for Mint. But as far as I can judge it this was not so here. It was a well written question on configuring Cinnamon (which &lt;em&gt;per se&lt;/em&gt; it not off topic here).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We probably should put more effort in closing and deleting the many really bad questions but not in hunting borderline cases which were nicely resolved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3940" LastActivityDate="2014-03-05T21:52:12.730" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8646" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-05T22:01:15.073" Score="18" ViewCount="623" Body="&lt;p&gt;First of all, lets remember the golden rule of the migrations:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;h1&gt;DO NOT MIGRATE CRAP&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, why don't we open the migration paths from AU and UL? There has been 10 migrations to UL in the last 90 days, here the stats:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/OpRFZ.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The migration to UL has been rejected lately, which has been normally in 0% but I don't really see where was the fail.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some stats:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In the last 30 days, there has been 200 question closed using the OT&gt;not Ubuntu close reason, that is ~16% of all closed questions in that period.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In the last 7 days, closed questions has been 44, or ~21% of all closed questions.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.meta.stackexchange.com/q/2786/41104&quot;&gt;Relevant discussion on UL&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-16T15:45:04.257" LastActivityDate="2020-01-25T13:07:18.777" Title="Activate migration paths to Unix and Linux, should we?" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|migration|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8647" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8642" CreationDate="2014-03-05T23:34:37.247" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;Let's try to be as objective as possible in the ideology of Mint vs. Ubuntu:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You can install cinnamon &lt;a href=&quot;http://packages.ubuntu.com/saucy/cinnamon&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;in 13.10&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The answerer found that it's actually a &lt;code&gt;gsettings&lt;/code&gt; syntax error.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The asker agreed and &lt;strong&gt;accepted&lt;/strong&gt; the answer.&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;He even awarded a bounty.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Despite being off-topic, everything else that the asker and answerer show there is good citizenship and how the site should work. Now we just need someone kindly enough to take the question to the Stack Exchange instance where it should belong to and kindly remind the users to ask non-Ubuntu questions not at AskUbuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;In short: Handle things gracefully.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Let me reiterate: We have all this fuzz and ideology war over a &lt;strong&gt;simple syntax error&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One shouldn't be that obsessed with keeping the site clean, that he actually thinks of deleting useful - and not by any means harmful - content and questions, where users also show good citizenship (but someone accidentally said the word &quot;Jehovah&quot;), just because that's the only thing he can do for now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/QyVW3.gif&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="40581" LastEditorUserId="40581" LastEditDate="2014-03-06T08:11:20.357" LastActivityDate="2014-03-06T08:11:20.357" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8648" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8642" CreationDate="2014-03-06T02:51:16.657" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I agree with handling things gracefully. I also agree that having simple rules which are easily understood and do not need case-by-case interpretation is very important for wider community participation.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think in such instances if we wish to keep the QA in AU, textual reference to Mint should be removed; even the image could be obscured a bit. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If OP insists on leaving text and image unchanged, migrate to U&amp;amp;L.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="248158" LastActivityDate="2014-03-06T02:51:16.657" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8650" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8652" CreationDate="2014-03-06T14:44:53.820" Score="15" ViewCount="241" Body="&lt;p&gt;Close votes on the following question evokes this statement:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/429480/how-to-improve-the-sound-quality-of-an-mp3-speech-file&quot;&gt;How to improve the sound quality of an mp3 speech file?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't know why did it attract close votes. Probably because it didn't contain the word &quot;Ubuntu&quot; either in title or body of the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please, do not close questions &lt;em&gt;just because&lt;/em&gt; our favorite word is missing. &quot;Ubuntu&quot; is implied unless there are circumstances which lead us to believe that the question is not about Ubuntu or using Ubuntu to carry out the given task.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;PS: I have left this comment a couple of times previously, so I thought it would be better to have a Meta Question concerning this.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="114818" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="It is not necessary for questions to contain the word &quot;Ubuntu&quot; for it to be on-topic on Ask Ubuntu" Tags="|discussion|close-reasons|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8651" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8650" CreationDate="2014-03-06T14:52:23.253" Score="-5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Would the question &quot;How can I write a successful business plan on Ubuntu?&quot; on topic? Following the logic, attaching &quot;Ubuntu&quot; to any question would make the question on topic, for more ridiculous the question is. This already happened on SO with the infamous &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/14470/213575&quot;&gt;boat meme&lt;/a&gt; which in essence you could ask any question as long as you used &quot;for programmers&quot; somewhere in the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So applying this precept to AU, you could say that: The fundamental rule is you can't just stick &quot;for Ubuntu&quot; on a question to make it Ubuntu related.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2014-03-06T14:59:12.153" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8652" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8650" CreationDate="2014-03-06T14:59:04.513" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;I agree, it seems that the hordes of fans that Ask Ubuntu has sometimes make use of their close votes in a unfair way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The help section of the site clearly states:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Using and administering Ubuntu, including official Ubuntu derivatives.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Development on Ubuntu.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This does mean that questions like: &lt;em&gt;&quot;How can I do this using Ubuntu with any tool available&quot;&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;&quot;Crap, I use Ubuntu for developing this crap piece of code that I produced and it is not working, please help&quot;&lt;/em&gt; type of questions are on-topic for the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Still you see people that are asking for help around those 2 topics getting shushed and abusively being sent to other SE sites by users that have no authority for that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No, this does not mean that every question posted that contains the word Ubuntu is on topic for the site, eg:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How do I make Ubuntu logo shaped eggs&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How to I make a computer that can fly with Ubuntu&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Can Ubuntu cure cancer?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All of those would be closed for some reason or the other, namely: off-topic,  unclear what you're asking and primarily opinion-based.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I recommend that you use some common sense and judging ability.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are new to the site refrain from posting &quot;This should not be here, you should do X and Y&quot; before you ask more experienced users, or even a moderator, for help and advise. And if you are an experienced user that detects that type of comments on questions instead of starting an opinion war just flag the comment for deletion, a moderator will take care of it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Enough of those by a specific user and he can find another account to create because his will be suspended.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastEditorUserId="25863" LastEditDate="2014-03-06T15:39:45.647" LastActivityDate="2014-03-06T15:39:45.647" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8653" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8642" CreationDate="2014-03-06T16:34:59.103" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Honestly, we're not that different. I'm a stubborn old goat at times (as you of all people know) but if I see things going this far, I try to step back and listen to what other people are telling me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this particular case it might not be a vote against what you're saying but one against &lt;em&gt;how&lt;/em&gt; you're saying it. Personally I took particular issue with the phrase:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;... the &lt;em&gt;only&lt;/em&gt; course of action ...&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's literally incorrect and even by our rules and guidelines, it's just not true here. This question has multiple options:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We could sanitise it and re-open it — it applies to us and it's a good question&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We could close and leave it and do something useful today&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We could close-dupe it against an Ubuntu-centric version if that exists&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We could migrate it to somewhere Mint is on-topic&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We could delete it — depriving the internet of its wisdom and its users of their reputation.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These options won't always apply for every question about Mint and other examples might have extra options, I'm just trying to highlight that the argument you've picked doesn't benefit us, it's pure compliance. The other options are much less destructive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-03-06T16:34:59.103" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8654" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8663" CreationDate="2014-03-06T23:38:55.633" Score="6" ViewCount="68" Body="&lt;p&gt;It seems that in the change to display the ads for the android app, I am now only seeing ads for the android app on Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This has the unfortunate side effect that none of the community ads are being displayed at the moment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Wondering if a bit got flipped or if this is a purposeful campaign taking complete place of the community ads for a time. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems to be fine on other stack sites - so that should rule out a &lt;em&gt;browser&lt;/em&gt; specific problem, but here I see:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/nCahi.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastEditorUserId="47291" LastEditDate="2014-03-06T23:47:33.480" LastActivityDate="2014-03-07T17:45:02.517" Title="Ask Ubuntu ads appear only as &quot;Stack Android App&quot; ads, not showing community ads" Tags="|support|bug|advertising|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8655" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8642" CreationDate="2014-03-06T23:45:45.620" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think we should actually just &lt;em&gt;reopen&lt;/em&gt; the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should we close questions where someone is using Linux Mint and not Ubuntu? &lt;strong&gt;Yes.&lt;/strong&gt; But we don't have to be so rigid about it as to close questions that &lt;em&gt;already have clearly useful, upvoted answers&lt;/em&gt; that are fully applicable to Ubuntu and are already helping Ubuntu users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, it's understandable why it was closed, since to a extent it is about Cinnamon, and Cinnamon is part of Mint while not ordinarily being part of Ubuntu. Cinnamon is also available for Ubuntu but it's used by a much smaller fraction of Ubuntu users. But &lt;em&gt;it is available for Ubuntu.&lt;/em&gt; We have many other Cinnamon questions open on the site. Assuming the question and answer happen to apply equally well to Cinnamon on Ubuntu, I think we should reopen this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another benefit of reopening the question is that it would allow more answers to be posted, so if there are any issues specific to this problem &lt;em&gt;for people who use Cinnamon on Ubuntu&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;new answers could address them&lt;/strong&gt;. There seems to be a strong sense in the community that there's something of value to us in this question; reopening it would let people contribute answers that fill any gaps that may currently exist in its applicability to &lt;em&gt;Ubuntu&lt;/em&gt; users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, in summary: If we're prepared to keep this on the site because it's helpful to Ubuntu users, then it doesn't need to remain closed. If not, or if there is no consensus about what the question's status should be, we're not under any special obligation to do anything to it. &lt;em&gt;But&lt;/em&gt; to an extent I agree with Braiam: While we shouldn't delete this, we should strongly consider migrating it to Unix.SE if we really consider it inappropriate for Ask Ubuntu. Although I totally disagree with the idea that we have to delete useful content to achieve perfect policy compliance, I think it was reasonable and valuable for Braiam to post about this issue on meta.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's tempting to think of every question as an opportunity to set precedent for the way future questions will be handled. There is some truth to this mindset; sometimes inconsistencies can be confusing, and we should consider what will happen later as a result of how we handle questions now. But foolish or pointless consistency is no better than inconsistency. A question is &lt;em&gt;first&lt;/em&gt; an opportunity to help all Ubuntu users (and other site visitors), a &lt;em&gt;second&lt;/em&gt; an opportunity to help the OP (a close second), and &lt;em&gt;third&lt;/em&gt; an opportunity to shape site policy (a distant third).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2014-03-07T03:03:30.890" LastActivityDate="2014-03-07T03:03:30.890" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8656" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8642" CreationDate="2014-03-07T08:45:34.140" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;If anyone has tested a fix for Ubuntu + Cinnamon, I suggest making a new Question that is well documented with a self answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This will:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Keep the original answer tailored for the asker, on the original question.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Allow a &lt;em&gt;form&lt;/em&gt; of the question to be on the site.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Not encourage falsifying information.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastActivityDate="2014-03-07T08:45:34.140" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8658" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8659" CreationDate="2014-03-07T12:30:16.993" Score="3" ViewCount="76" Body="&lt;p&gt;At first I thought it was an automated thing until I got &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/232091&quot;&gt;this suggested edit&lt;/a&gt; in the review queue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Clearly this edit isn't any good and in fact it wasn't posted if you check &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/418732/how-to-start-a-program-without-interrupting-my-current-session&quot;&gt;the actual question&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But in any case, why did the &lt;em&gt;Community&lt;/em&gt; user edit this particular question? I thought maybe it is was a anonymous user, but those aren't usually replaced by Community user.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="When does the community user edit questions/answers?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8659" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8658" CreationDate="2014-03-07T13:40:43.270" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, this is just a review audit you have experienced.This is just to check if you're actually going through the queue and not just pressing some button. It's not in anyway suggesting you're a bad reviewer BTW. For more information, refer to &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/8518/17722&quot;&gt;this thread&lt;/a&gt; and this &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/157121/what-are-review-tests-audits-and-how-do-they-work&quot;&gt;Question&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The reason it's the community user is there is just a random choice. Sometimes I think It's also a randomly generated username.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And for who mad the edit, it was a script that used a system called the &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markov_chain&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Markov Chain&lt;/a&gt; which can generate random sentences that seem to make sense but don't.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Why you get the error:&lt;/strong&gt; When two users get the same review audit, the second one get the message &quot;This item is not reviewable&quot;. After the first reviewer review it (regardless of fail or pass) other users get the message like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Review audit passed(or fail) XX mins ago:&#xA;reviewed this XX mins ago: Reject/Approve/etc... (&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/187947/170130&quot;&gt;source&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17722" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2014-03-07T13:47:08.100" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8660" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8646" CreationDate="2014-03-07T13:44:18.647" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm of the opinion &lt;strong&gt;migrations just don't work&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/6493/cannot-specify-other-se-groups-for-transfer/6494#6494&quot;&gt;I've said most of this before&lt;/a&gt; but I'll add in some Unix.SE-specific arguments&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;What is &amp;quot;crap&amp;quot; on Unix.SE and other sites?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would say we have a higher tolerance for the crappier question than most sites. There will be lacking information (that we tease out in comments) or just failing to Google (how many bloody MergeList questions have you seen this week?!) but we help people nevertheless.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, if we go ahead with this, any future questions that dares even mention another distribution, whatever the current quality, people are going to jump on the migrate-to-Unix.SE-NOW button.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think if Unix.SE &lt;em&gt;want&lt;/em&gt; to petition to become a migration target from us, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=mint%20is:q%20closed:1%20duplicate:0%20migrated:0&quot;&gt;they need to look at the crap they'll be dealing with&lt;/a&gt; and realise that our users aren't always their users and they won't always adhere to their standards. That is going to be additional workload for reviewers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We could easily be having this conversation again in a few months if/when Software Recommendations thinks it's ready to be a migration target. Their quality bar is &lt;em&gt;so&lt;/em&gt; much higher again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;What's the follow-up rate on migrated questions?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've been playing around with Data.SE and taking a look at questions migrated to Stack Overflow (just because they have the most in all directions). I didn't have time to build up a proper cascade count but a quick observation of the questions that were migrated:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Many didn't have their users come over from the old site (denoted by no user account on SO)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The vast majority weren't accepted&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Many had floating follow-up comment-questions showing the whole thing was just abandoned&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We have enough of that without adding another way for people to lose track of their questions. I don't want to start shipping them in (or forcing them on other moderation/review teams).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If we push the person (rather than the question) they're &lt;em&gt;more&lt;/em&gt; likely to end up in the right place, hopefully in the right way and they'll remain there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Why does Unix.SE need to send us anything?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Theirs is a superset of our scope, if it's on-topic here, it's probably on-topic there. Only the most Ubuntu-only situations are &lt;em&gt;ever&lt;/em&gt; going to be considered for migration and allowing for all other arguments past and present, their mods are very capable and experienced. If something needs migrating, somebody can flag it and they can migrate it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Do our reviewers even know &lt;em&gt;our&lt;/em&gt; scope? What happens if people disagree?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A running concern is that review here is not always consistent. Different people have different ideas and it's already true that people make decisions that others disagree with. We have reversals, mods stomp around and everybody's unhappy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Given how many &amp;quot;Oh this would be better on x.SE because it's about programming&amp;quot; I still see littered around on questions that are perfectly on-topic with us here (the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/command-line&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;command-line&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;command-line&lt;/a&gt; tag has dozens), there could be a forced exodus of harder questions...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is always going to be significant cross-over between the sites. A Bash/Ubuntu question is going to be on-topic here, Unix.SE, SU, SF, and SO... And probably more. I'm all for people advertising that there &lt;em&gt;might&lt;/em&gt; be a better SE site but we pull our own even when it's not a question about Unity.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To put it frankly, I don't want our community scope &lt;em&gt;lobotomised&lt;/em&gt; by a small group of like-minded reviewers who can't stand questions about Bash (or whatever). If you give people the option to migrate (without a feature like &amp;quot;counter votes&amp;quot;) and that's what could happen. Even with a counter-vote, it could turn the entire thing into a tug of war over certain questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Migration is a dangerous tool that doesn't do what you think it does nearly as effectively as anybody would like. To work it needs to be user-centric and not just a process that reviewers churn posts through. It also needs safe-guards that don't currently exist.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The incidence where migration &lt;em&gt;is needed&lt;/em&gt; is low enough that moderators can handle them manually.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-03-07T13:44:18.647" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8661" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8646" CreationDate="2014-03-07T15:01:47.593" Score="25" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;EDIT 25-01-2020&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since posting this answer, I have spent a few years being a moderator on both Ask Ubuntu and Unix &amp;amp; Linux. I now have a much better idea of what users here suggest for migration and am completely, 100%, adamantly against opening a migration path. It's just not worth it, there are vanishingly few questions that would be worth migrating and what the community tends to think is worth migrating is usually really, really bad questions that would not be welcome on U&amp;amp;L. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd like to chime in here as a regular on U&amp;amp;L. First of all, I have to agree with Oli that our crap threshold is much lower on U&amp;amp;L. We tend to be far more aggressive with closing questions than AU and we seem to feel more strongly about having quality questions. That said, there are many Qs I've seen here that have been closed but would have been welcome on U&amp;amp;L. Some random examples:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/11405/85695&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/q/11405/85695&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/24017/85695&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/q/24017/85695&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/100693/85695&quot;&gt;How can I manually change the default web browser?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/251850/85695&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/q/251850/85695&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/269909/85695&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/q/269909/85695&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/40910/85695&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/q/40910/85695&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All of the above would have been perfectly fine on U&amp;amp;L. While there are extremely few cases where a question would be considered off-topic on U&amp;amp;L and on-topic here, there seem to be many cases of the inverse.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only reason I am wary of this idea is, as suggested already by Oli, that AU members don't seem to be as aware of the SE model as other SE communities and I am afraid that U&amp;amp;L might be inundated by crappy questions if this migration path were opened for non-mods.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, U&amp;amp;L is much smaller than AU and we can deal with a good deal more questions than we are currently receiving. If the AU community were to be diligent in not &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/82941/203101&quot;&gt;migrating crap&lt;/a&gt; so that U&amp;amp;L does not become a dumping ground for the, admittedly very many, bad questions that are posted here, I would be in favor of this proposal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In summary, I think I can speak for U&amp;amp;L when I say that we would welcome your good questions that are off topic here but not at the price of a slew of bad ones. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As @derobert suggested in the comment below, it might be a good idea to just try this for a week and see how it goes. Unless it is very hard to implement, that should give us an idea of whether this is worth it or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2020-01-25T13:07:18.777" LastActivityDate="2020-01-25T13:07:18.777" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="8662" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-07T17:14:23.187" Score="2" ViewCount="62" Body="&lt;p&gt;Today I was working on one of the answers (A special guide) and I was limited again by the 30K size for answers. The example mentioned is this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/61396/installing-nvidia-drivers&quot;&gt;How do I install the Nvidia drivers?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which I needed to add some info but to do that I had to remove other information that helped older users. This is not the only case where I need to limit the amount of helpful information to serve users. There are others like the following that I can not extend to cover some special cases:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/221835/installing-ubuntu-on-a-pre-installed-windows-8-64-bit-system-uefi-supported&quot;&gt;Installing Ubuntu Alongside a Pre-Installed Windows with UEFI&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/19320/how-to-enable-or-disable-services&quot;&gt;How to enable or disable services?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/55868/installing-broadcom-wireless-drivers&quot;&gt;Installing Broadcom Wireless Drivers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/316025/installing-and-configuring-wine&quot;&gt;How to install and configure Wine?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/225432/how-to-correctly-install-and-troubleshoot-minecraft-client&quot;&gt;How to install Minecraft (Client)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am asking for a feature-request to raise the cap to about 35k or more. For answers that extend further (Like answering how to install and configure Juju, Hadoop...) or a correct and complete guide on how to install Ubuntu including partitioning. I know 30K is enough for most cases but there are this type of answers that to explain them thoroughly they need more than 30K. This can ease the time Ubuntu end users take jumping between questions/answers trying to find what they are looking for and eliminating many similar but different common questions/answers. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, I am at the moment working on improving the whole Broadcom guide but between one of the writers and me, the amount will surpass the 30K limit easily and the idea is to provide a one stop solution to most Broadcom Wifi problems (Same for the rest of the questions).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7035" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2014-03-07T17:14:23.187" Title="Raising the Answer Text Limit" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8663" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8654" CreationDate="2014-03-07T17:45:02.517" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ack! Well that was a rate of serving higher than I expected and intended. Sorry for terrifying you by displaying David's angry face at you so much.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Fixed!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you for bringing this to our attention and please let me know if you still see a crazy high serving rate in the future.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="255163" LastActivityDate="2014-03-07T17:45:02.517" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8664" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8678" CreationDate="2014-03-07T18:39:27.140" Score="6" ViewCount="86" Body="&lt;p&gt;I mostly want to know the rate of increase of askubuntu's question number. Anyhow where can I find this and other interesting statistics about this website?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="174392" LastActivityDate="2014-03-08T14:41:57.923" Title="Where can I find statistics about askubuntu?" Tags="|support|statistics|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8665" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-07T19:19:46.263" Score="4" ViewCount="57" Body="&lt;p&gt;it's your crazy mod here. I am in need of Ubuntu users that have a BCM43XX Broadcom Wireless Card. For the Broadcom models you can go ahead and read &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/55868/installing-broadcom-wireless-drivers&quot;&gt;Installing Broadcom Wireless Drivers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What we need right now and before 14.04 reaches the release date is for anyone with a Broadcom model shown in the link above to send me an email saying what model they have, what Ubuntu version they are using and what driver they are actually using for it. This will help clean the answer a bit and make an up-to-date answer for all of us. Something along the lines of:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ubuntu Version&lt;/strong&gt;: 13.10 64 Bit&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;Broadcom Model&lt;/strong&gt;: BCM4312 Rev 01&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;Driver&lt;/strong&gt;: wl&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;Problems&lt;/strong&gt;: The connections drops every 4 minutes. I tried another driver but...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To check which Broadcom Model you have, simply run the following line on your terminal:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;lspci -vnn | grep Network&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That should create the following output:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller [14e4:4320] (rev 03)&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To see what driver you are using type the following in the terminal:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your wireless card is &lt;strong&gt;wlan0&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;ls /sys/class/net/wlan0/device/driver/module/drivers&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the case is another simply change the wlan0 to the other name (wlan1, eth2...)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another general way would be to type &lt;code&gt;lshw -c network&lt;/code&gt; that should output all your network devices with their respective logical network names and drivers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Lastly, send any input you have on problems you had with that specific model, issues you are experiencing and anything else you feel could help in create a better guide for the Broadcom Wireless installation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you very much for your time and help and I hope to see many of you help out by sending their emails to luisalvarado@ubuntu.com&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I already have a list of people to thank for the patient since January and new users that have had great ideas about how to handle all the Broadcom related questions. Again thank you all and let's see how great we will do to unified all/most Broadcom issues.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Follow us on: &lt;a href=&quot;http://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/help-needed-for-broadcom-testing&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/help-needed-for-broadcom-testing&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7035" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2014-03-07T20:21:26.783" Title="Help Needed for Broadcom Testing" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8666" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-07T22:03:36.383" Score="5" ViewCount="118" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am utterly surprised that this question is considered off-topic: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/400044/nvidia-x-server-flickers-hangs-and-segfaults-on-start-up&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/400044/nvidia-x-server-flickers-hangs-and-segfaults-on-start-up&lt;/a&gt; . It represents a genuine configuration issue with using Ubuntu 12.04 with Nvidia drivers on a very specific set of hardware, NOT necessarily a bug as it was working fine before. I am genuinely hoping to solve the original issue via this question and the AU community, but this cannot happen if the question is deleted. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So what is going on? And why is this question not appearing on my profile (not even in the list of recently deleted questions)? And why aren't users notified when their question gets closed/deleted?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="227922" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Why is this question on using Ubuntu with Nvidia drivers off-topic?" Tags="|discussion|close-reasons|scope|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8667" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8666" CreationDate="2014-03-07T22:21:55.597" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;ok, lets look at this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;[   614.349] &#xA;Backtrace:&#xA;[   614.349] 0: X (xorg_backtrace+0x37) [0xe85837]&#xA;[   614.349] 1: X (0xcfd000+0x18c5ba) [0xe895ba]&#xA;[   614.349] 2: (vdso) (__kernel_rt_sigreturn+0x0) [0xcb440c]&#xA;[   614.349] 3: /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/xorg/extra-modules/nvidia_drv.so (0xc61f000+0xec446) [0xc70b446]&#xA;[   614.349] Segmentation fault at address 0x82050284&#xA;[   614.349] &#xA;Caught signal 11 (Segmentation fault). Server aborting&#xA;[   614.349] &#xA;Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support &#xA;     at http://wiki.x.org&#xA; for help. &#xA;[   614.349] Please also check the log file at &quot;/var/log/Xorg.0.log&quot; for additional information.&#xA;[   614.349] &#xA;[   614.372]  ddxSigGiveUp: Closing log&#xA;[   614.372] Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file.&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Applications shouldn't segfault. It's a &lt;strong&gt;genuine bug&lt;/strong&gt;. You should take your issues to developers so they can fix it. We here can't &lt;em&gt;fix&lt;/em&gt; segfaults applications. We can tell you what's wrong, but that's the end of our abilities.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2014-03-07T22:21:55.597" CommentCount="17" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8668" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8666" CreationDate="2014-03-07T22:32:05.640" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;SEGFAULTS and crashes like this (especially when they have ugly workarounds) are almost &lt;em&gt;always&lt;/em&gt; bugs and &lt;em&gt;need to be reported&lt;/em&gt;. Especially with graphics drivers. Just because it worked yesterday doesn't make it not a bug either, there are tons of reasons why it could have worked yesterday, but it doesn't work today.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your question was closed per &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1317/what-to-do-with-questions-that-describe-bugs&quot;&gt;the bug policy here on Ask Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt;. Your question was deleted by the janitor bot (Community) as &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/78048/enable-automatic-deletion-of-old-unanswered-zero-score-questions-after-a-year/92006#92006&quot;&gt;described here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/93842/send-authors-an-inbox-message-if-their-question-gets-closed&quot;&gt;Users aren't notified if their question gets closed&lt;/a&gt; because it only brings unnecessary conflict, if a user really cares about their question they will keep an eye on it and notice the closure. They can then take whatever action is needed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;btw, I have a Nvidia Quadro card (1000M) and I find that the only driver that works is the 304-updates one from Nvidia.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2014-03-07T22:32:05.640" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8670" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8671" CreationDate="2014-03-08T07:12:46.613" Score="10" ViewCount="330" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/nQwWl.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can a moderator explain what's happening to my account. I am not sad but I wish to know why I am so downvoted today?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;EDIT:&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Problem solved next 2 days&#xA;I have my points back&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/MQUPo.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="182026" LastEditorUserId="182026" LastEditDate="2014-03-12T08:28:22.300" LastActivityDate="2014-03-12T08:28:22.300" Title="I am being downvoted for no reason" Tags="|discussion|downvoting|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8671" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8670" CreationDate="2014-03-08T08:18:33.247" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've looked into this and have determined the culprits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This will be dealt with overnight by the serial voting reversal mechanism - so just hang-on tight.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As to the culprits - they will be suitably dealt with once the votes have been invalidated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14356" LastActivityDate="2014-03-08T08:18:33.247" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8672" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8679" CreationDate="2014-03-08T11:05:15.687" Score="13" ViewCount="415" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/8gIhI.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot; title=&quot;2012 Election results&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/8gIhI.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; title=&quot;2012 Election results&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/iuOFj.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What happened to Bruno? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Where is his moderator diamond? Will it be given back?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202806" LastEditorUserId="176889" LastEditDate="2014-03-08T11:41:54.003" LastActivityDate="2014-03-13T09:52:37.550" Title="What happened to Bruno Pereira?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2014-03-16T04:51:28.747" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8673" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-08T11:24:40.440" Score="3" ViewCount="95" Body="&lt;p&gt;In &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/431194/how-to-upgrade-ubuntu-12-04-to-ubuntu-13-04&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/431194/how-to-upgrade-ubuntu-12-04-to-ubuntu-13-04&lt;/a&gt;, the question is at &lt;code&gt;2014-03-08 06:44:30Z&lt;/code&gt; and the answer is at &lt;code&gt;2014-03-08 06:46:25Z&lt;/code&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question: how reliable are those times? If accurate, in this case it shows very fast typing or just clumsy rep rigging.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="248158" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2014-03-13T18:37:53.260" Title="How accurate are times given for when questions/answers are posted?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8674" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8677" CreationDate="2014-03-08T11:36:56.893" Score="17" ViewCount="395" Body="&lt;p&gt;Some of my answers got down voted just because I down voted an answer of some other user or an user suspects me to be probable down voter as I left a comment on his/her down voted post. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Usually my motive behind down voting an answers is to point out technically incorrect instructions in it - purely constructive. But in reply my answer had been down voted several times.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know there are preventive measures against serial down voting. But what about a few abusive down voting. Should I accept them? A down vote for a good answer is very disappointing and frustrating rather than only few reputation loss. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I really need to think before down voting or leaving a comment in a post for constructive criticism in future. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A down voter is usually tracked by his reputation change. In profile the reputation change due to down voting is not shown. It will be more secure if reputation change due to down voting is not reflect immediately. It can be adjusted at the end of day or at some convenient time all together. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="127327" LastEditorUserId="197910" LastEditDate="2014-03-23T02:41:04.867" LastActivityDate="2014-03-23T02:41:04.867" Title="Does the original poster know when I downvote their posts?" Tags="|discussion|downvoting|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8675" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8674" CreationDate="2014-03-08T11:42:06.617" Score="16" Body="&lt;p&gt;The system is self healing.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;People who exhibit that behavior will get bored and crushed by downvotes... or some other infraction will strip them of their account.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Don't take a downvote so seriously.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2014-03-08T11:42:06.617" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8676" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-08T12:29:28.823" Score="2" ViewCount="97" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm seeing some cases of questions asked which get elaborate answers from someone else &lt;em&gt;very soon&lt;/em&gt; after the question is posted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I found one case &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/8673/248158&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; but I feel there are more.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a script that mods (if they have time to spare) could run to check for such cases?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/8683/248158&quot;&gt;case has been presented&lt;/a&gt; that this particular example &lt;em&gt;could&lt;/em&gt; be done within the elapsed time. I personally doubt it and that's why I posted this question.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It's &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/8683/248158&quot;&gt;further argued&lt;/a&gt; that it is possible that&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;people keep lengthy formatted answers at hand without using this answer themselves by asking and answering an appropriate question &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;such people are around when the appropriate question is asked by an unrelated person&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;such people dig out their lengthy response and post it in a couple of minutes&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I admit that such a situation can be &lt;em&gt;theoretically possible&lt;/em&gt;. That is why a script may be effective in identifying such answers which could then be further analysed in context of the asker and answerer profiles. Whether it is worth anyone's time depends on factors I have no control over.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="248158" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.227" LastActivityDate="2014-03-11T11:03:12.570" Title="Is there a script (or some means) to detect a rapid response?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8677" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8674" CreationDate="2014-03-08T12:37:35.163" Score="25" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is so very analogous to a real-life situation. You try to correct someone, with no real harmful intention, but then get some nasty feedback.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;So what do you do?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just write good answers/questions- that is the only way you can overcome this. A few downvotes will always be diluted in the upvotes. The number of people doing constructive work will always exceed the others, so you don't need to worry about the few- just relax. I know its hard to digest downvotes for writing some really good answers, its painfull, but you'll surely be complimented for the good ones by the good ones.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72576" LastActivityDate="2014-03-08T12:37:35.163" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8678" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8664" CreationDate="2014-03-08T14:35:39.417" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/8575/178596&quot;&gt;This great answer&lt;/a&gt; to a question I asked a while back uses &lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/help&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;StackExchange Data Explorer&lt;/a&gt; to do some simply brilliant graphs - you might find &lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/askubuntu/query/161411/site-activity-and-votegraph?Weeks=150#graph&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this one&lt;/a&gt; interesting:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/askubuntu/query/161411/site-activity-and-votegraph?Weeks=150#graph&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt; &lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/sCjZp.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;graph&quot;&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;You may need to login to stackExchange Data Explorer to view the graph and stuff&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="178596" LastEditorUserId="178596" LastEditDate="2014-03-08T14:41:57.923" LastActivityDate="2014-03-08T14:41:57.923" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8679" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8672" CreationDate="2014-03-08T15:36:10.963" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;He might have resigned from being a moderator, this may be more likely as it is harder to be manually removed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I imagine he probably needed time to take care of personal matters.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Bruno wanted to take some time off to take care of things. Some R&amp;amp;R time if you will&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&amp;ndash; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/59676/mitch&quot;&gt;Mitch &amp;diams;&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/14173646#14173646&quot;&gt;from chat&lt;/a&gt;, spelling corrected&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sad to see him missing his diamond, but I'm sure we will see him around still.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2014-03-13T09:52:37.550" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8680" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8676" CreationDate="2014-03-08T15:52:49.513" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Nope, no script that I know of. But we have other means (including you, here on meta). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2014-03-08T15:52:49.513" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8681" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8333" CreationDate="2014-03-08T17:42:53.953" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Riding my same old horse into town, I blame the duplicates policy (&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/8494/duplicates-policy-incentivizes-clutter-rather-than-canonical&quot;&gt;Duplicates Policy Incentivizes Clutter Rather Than Canonical&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;AU feels more chatroom than Wikipedia as users are encouraged to ask and answer duplicate questions. Potential fixes:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For ASKERS:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;AU shouldn't allow you to ask a question until you've done some searching.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;AU should optimize its search engine to make it easier for one-timers to find the right answer rather than writing a duplicate question.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For ANSWERERS:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;As cleaning up is just as much work as answering questions, AU should reward users with points for spotting duplicates and pointing ASKERS to originals.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;AU should actively strive for canonical questions and answers by penalizing ANSWERERS who create duplicates rather than edit the original answer toward canon.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="239240" LastActivityDate="2014-03-08T17:42:53.953" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8682" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8692" CreationDate="2014-03-08T18:38:55.127" Score="10" ViewCount="144" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since there is often confusion on this site as to which Ubuntu derivatives are actually on topic, why not explicitly list them on the Help page? Instead of:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We welcome questions about:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Using and administering Ubuntu, including &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com/about/about-ubuntu/derivatives&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;official Ubuntu derivatives&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Something like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We welcome questions about:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Using and administering Ubuntu, including &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com/about/about-ubuntu/derivatives&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;official Ubuntu flavors&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Edubuntu&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ubuntu GNOME&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Kubuntu&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ubuntu Kylin&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Lubuntu&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Mythbuntu&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ubuntu Studio&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Xubuntu&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ubuntu Touch&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My understanding of the scope of AU is that anything not in that list is off topic. Since that is only 8 items that don't change very often, it shouldn't be too hard to maintain (he said, safe in the knowledge that maintaining it is not his job anyway).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note:&lt;/strong&gt; This question was modified following the suggestion made in the comments by @Seth and a &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/14180325&quot;&gt;discussion&lt;/a&gt; we had in chat. See the &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/posts/8682/revisions&quot;&gt;edit history&lt;/a&gt; for the original version.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-03-10T20:15:12.890" Title="Make the on-topic section more explicit" Tags="|discussion|status-completed|help-center|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8683" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8676" CreationDate="2014-03-08T19:29:40.720" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/431195/22949&quot;&gt;That answer&lt;/a&gt; (which you referred to) is not elaborate enough for it to be unusual to be posted by another user (i.e., other than &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/5763/what-is-the-meaning-of-op&quot;&gt;the OP&lt;/a&gt;) within a minute or so of the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If an answer &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/19324/22949&quot;&gt;like this amazing one&lt;/a&gt; had been posted immediately on a question by an apparently different user, that would be strange. But even that would not necessarily be alarming: I know I've written material for Ask Ubuntu, realized it didn't fit for what I'd written it for, filed it away for later use, and posted it (with appropriate alteration/customization) on a newer question that it turned out to answer. I presume other users do that too, from time to time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This sort of thing doesn't seem likely to me to relate to intentional misuse of the site. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/self-answer&quot;&gt;Question-answer pairs by a single author are encouraged&lt;/a&gt;, so there's little reason for someone to make a question and an answer using two separate accounts. Even if someone did so with the intention of concealing that they were the asker or answerer, it's not clear that would be considered abuse. The idea that a user's separate accounts should not interact is a very general one: really, it appears &lt;em&gt;sockpuppetry&lt;/em&gt; (using multiple accounts to add weight to an opinion, attitude, or idea or to exercise disproportionately large social/political influence through misrepresentation), &lt;em&gt;trolling&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;bullying&lt;/em&gt;, and &lt;em&gt;spamming&lt;/em&gt; are &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/3303/22949&quot;&gt;the only uses of multiple accounts considered abusive&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You might find people asking and answering questions with different accounts as &lt;em&gt;part of a larger pattern of irregularity&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;strong&gt;If&lt;/strong&gt; that larger pattern included indications of misuse--like one account voting for another--then this would be an indication of a problem. But the mere fact that a question is answered quickly with more than a one or two sentence answer is not, in my opinion, something to be concerned about.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With that said, if you believe someone is abusing the site or hurting others on it, and you don't want to post on meta about it, you can raise a custom moderator flag to explain the problem. For a problem that is related to a post, there's a natural way to do this: just flag one of the posts that's involved (probably the answer) and explain your concerns.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2014-03-08T19:29:40.720" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8684" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-08T21:56:27.470" Score="7" ViewCount="186" Body="&lt;p&gt;I got a suggested edit that seemed really weird:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/232686&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/232686&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I couldn't quite figure out what the edit was trying to achieve, and toggling between &amp;quot;markdown&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;rendered output&amp;quot; didn't make it more clear so I looked at the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/232686&quot;&gt;original question&lt;/a&gt; which was kind of thin but actually had a good answer, and wanted to see the suggested edit in place. I hit &amp;quot;improve&amp;quot; -- I already suspected I was going to cancel the improvement and reject the edit, but I wanted to at least see if looking at the whole thing made any sense of what the edit was trying to achieve.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Instead, I got a message asserting that I'd failed a test. Now the edit is marked &lt;code&gt;Review audit failed 6 mins ago: &lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm frustrated because I feel like I have this &amp;quot;fail&amp;quot; stamp now and I actually just wanted to see the edit in the context of the full post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Am I penalized for this in some way? It seems unfair, since I didn't accept the edit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13049" LastEditorUserId="13049" LastEditDate="2023-12-20T18:51:59.960" LastActivityDate="2023-12-20T18:51:59.960" Title="Am I penalized for trying to &quot;improve&quot; a test edit?" Tags="|discussion|review-audits|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="8685" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-09T10:14:07.020" Score="0" ViewCount="163" Body="&lt;p&gt;Dear moderators this message is for you. Some weeks ago there was a hike in the number of audits conducted in the review queue. Unfortunately it has created more problems than it solved, more specifically:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Audits have become a large share of the review tasks, in my case &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/8569/tests-are-now-one-third-of-review-tasks&quot;&gt;about one third of the review tasks are tests&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Many tests seem to be unclear or at least prone to ambiguous actions, creating &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/audits&quot;&gt;a good deal of backlash&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/8622/broken-review-test&quot;&gt;A bug exists&lt;/a&gt; that allows users to identify tests - clicking on &lt;em&gt;edit&lt;/em&gt; in a test brings up the message &quot;This post is deleted [sic]&quot;. I am now able to avoid all audits using the &lt;em&gt;edit&lt;/em&gt; button.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In light of these problems I would suggest the following procedure:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Suspend review audits immediately.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Fix the bug with the &lt;em&gt;edit&lt;/em&gt; button to prevent users from identifying audits.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Remove all ambiguous tests.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Re-introduce bug-fixed audits but on a lighter volume, say, one test per twenty reviews.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Stop. Look and Listen. The audit system is not working properly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="177437" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.227" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="STOP! Look and Listen" Tags="|discussion|review-audits|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8686" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-09T12:07:36.103" Score="4" ViewCount="192" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can we have the &lt;a href=&quot;http://design.canonical.com/2010/10/ubuntu-emoticons/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ubuntu emoticons&lt;/a&gt; on the general chat room?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/p9WMu.png&quot; alt=&quot;ubuntu-emoticons&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="36315" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Can we have the Ubuntu emoticons in the chat room?" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8687" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-09T13:34:27.603" Score="-2" ViewCount="84" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/402315/how-to-add-a-keyboard-modifier-state-applet-to-unity-panel&quot;&gt;How to add a keyboard modifier state applet to Unity panel?&lt;/a&gt; explains how a moderator uses his power to delete true answers. You can check it!!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="255774" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2014-03-13T10:25:34.803" Title="My answer was deleted for no reason!" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8688" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8686" CreationDate="2014-03-09T13:36:29.443" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;My initial thought would be to just upload individual images from &lt;a href=&quot;http://design.canonical.com/brand/Examples/Emoticons/Emoticons.tar.gz&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this lot of reasonably sized set of PNG emoticons&lt;/a&gt; - example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/14184783#14184783&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/6GzHK.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The problem here is, I think because of the way the chat system works &lt;em&gt;(I don't often use it, so correct me if I am wrong)&lt;/em&gt;, is that &lt;em&gt;it uploads a new image each time&lt;/em&gt;. I already have accidentally done two:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/tb9GP.png&quot; alt=&quot;smiley1&quot;&gt; + &lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/uKABp.png&quot; alt=&quot;smiley2&quot;&gt; = :D&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So the image servers might just fill up with AskUbuntu smileys &lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/njzmm.png&quot; alt=&quot;uhoh&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I also remember from the million edits of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/401012/178596&quot;&gt;my post here&lt;/a&gt; pointed me in the direction of this:&lt;br&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/172143/do-we-have-a-policy-on-smileys&quot;&gt;Do we have a policy on smileys?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Though this will probably be considered differently on chat - and perhaps even Meta...&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/XOOZq.gif&quot; alt=&quot;smiley again...&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="178596" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:24.280" LastActivityDate="2014-03-09T13:41:39.790" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8689" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8687" CreationDate="2014-03-09T14:05:41.350" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;1) Your answer was not correct.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;2) Placing accept please in the answer is bad form.  If a user says &quot;Thanks... that fixed it&quot; then a response comment of &quot;How about the check&quot; or whatever might be appropriate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2014-03-09T14:05:41.350" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8690" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8687" CreationDate="2014-03-09T14:07:23.083" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Answers are suppose to be descriptive, and give detailed information of how to solve the issue.  Try to add more information that can be helpful to the OP and other users who may have the same issue.  For more information take a look at &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/answering&quot;&gt;Answering&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="59676" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2014-03-09T14:07:23.083" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8691" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8685" CreationDate="2014-03-09T14:28:19.197" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/8421/reviewers-need-to-be-mindful-of-their-actions?cb=1&quot;&gt;The audits will not go away.&lt;/a&gt; They are in place due &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/5275/if-youre-not-going-to-review-and-fix-questions-dont-use-the-review-queue&quot;&gt;several&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/8119/please-dont-use-the-edit-button-in-the-close-queue-to-correct-typos-or-improve/8120#8120&quot;&gt;complains&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/4231/request-please-take-time-while-reviewing-close-votes&quot;&gt;about&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/7841/please-try-to-read-bug-reports-before-voting-to-close-something-as-a-bug&quot;&gt;reviewers&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/7560/169736&quot;&gt;not&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/5275/if-youre-not-going-to-review-and-fix-questions-dont-use-the-review-queue&quot;&gt;reviewing&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/4124/psa-when-reviewing-remember-to-think-of-the-future&quot;&gt;misusing&lt;/a&gt; the &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/7234/reviews-for-first-time-posters-need-to-improve&quot;&gt;review queues&lt;/a&gt;. Summary, reviewers bring this forth by themself. Now, if you seriously fails so many review audits in good faith, then go outside the queue and &lt;strong&gt;fix the issue you found!&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Downvote, vote to close, edit, flag, etc. That's why there are many &lt;em&gt;&quot;ambiguous tests&quot;&lt;/em&gt; due our inconsistency when evaluating the &lt;strong&gt;quality&lt;/strong&gt; of a post. Things that should be closed are upvoted, things that should be upvoted are closed (this is just figurative, I haven't found a post in that state), spam is not getting flagged, etc. So, if you find that you failed an audit and don't agree with it, present an specific case so people can &lt;strong&gt;fix it&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, addressing your specific concerns:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Audits have become a large share of the review tasks, in my case about one third of the review tasks are tests.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Audits are totally random, is just bad luck that you get so many of them. I've had only ~20 out of all reviews I've done so far.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Many tests seem to be unclear or at least prone to ambiguous actions, creating a good deal of backlash.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe you should then dispute the review audits in the same fashion &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/disputed-review-audits&quot;&gt;everyone else does.&lt;/a&gt; Post the specific audit you failed and why you disagree with it. Otherwise is just rambling.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A bug exists that allows users to identify tests - clicking on edit in a test brings up the message &quot;This post is deleted [sic]&quot;. I am now able to avoid all audits using the edit button.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm sure that this is a known issue (can't find it in MSO), but most of deleted post are unsalvageable for anyone but OP so maybe you should instead cast flags over them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Stack Exchange team is observing how audits behave (at least that's what they made us think) and will be able to fix any issue it's present. Again, if you feel that your action was correct due the state of the post, go and fix it, don't just continue without fixing the problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2014-03-09T14:28:19.197" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8692" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8682" CreationDate="2014-03-09T20:23:27.130" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've gone ahead and made the changes. Wanna &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;double check and make sure I didn't miss anything?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2014-03-09T20:23:27.130" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8693" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8684" CreationDate="2014-03-09T23:00:24.840" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ok, you &lt;em&gt;can't improve&lt;/em&gt; an edit like that. Reasons:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It defaces the post. Replacing &lt;code&gt;Reading state information... Done&lt;/code&gt; with something else is not necessary. It obscures a message in the post about apt-get.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The reason of the edit doesn't apply. An edit that says &quot;improved link display&quot; but doesn't improve any link must be summarily rejected, you don't need to edit over to fix it, just reject it. In fact the post doesn't have any link to speak of.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It doesn't improve the quality of the post, but makes it more unreadable. &quot;locate&quot; isn't an equivalent of &quot;view plug in 13 10&quot;, and will never be. The same with the other replacements, it isn't the way you improve a post.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you need to see the whole post, just press &quot;Rendered output&quot;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/WdY71.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The markdown one is good too if you can't see any important change:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/WZWnH.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;BTW, that is an audit and it's easily recognizable by the words &quot;baba ji&quot; which is a known spammer of AU.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-03-10T00:36:21.857" LastActivityDate="2014-03-10T00:36:21.857" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8694" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-10T05:08:05.403" Score="-2" ViewCount="137" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is a feature request to suggest adding a Video Tutorial section on Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Primary target would be including videos to explain most common tasks like Installation, WUBI installation, identifying wireless card....etc&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also; when -for example, I provide an answer on a question. User who asked it may click a button titled &quot;Request illustrated steps&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then I get a message in my inbox that user has requested a video to detail my steps so that myself -or others, may record an explanation video and post it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="142902" LastActivityDate="2014-03-10T20:56:23.973" Title="Video tutorials on Ask Ubuntu" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8695" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8694" CreationDate="2014-03-10T06:28:46.087" Score="0" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This is a feature request to suggest adding a Video Tutorial section on Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's a good idea but users surfing Ask Ubuntu with low internet speed might face difficulties in viewing that kind of videos.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Then I get a message in my inbox that user has requested a video to detail my steps so that myself -or others, may record an explanation video and post it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's so difficult to record videos and then explain them for every user who asks for explanation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Like @Mateo said in his &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/8694/video-tutorials-on-ask-ubuntu/8695#comment16309_8694&quot;&gt;comment&lt;/a&gt;, creating a gif file is better than recording a video.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202806" LastActivityDate="2014-03-10T06:28:46.087" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8696" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8698" CreationDate="2014-03-10T14:35:28.653" Score="11" ViewCount="327" Body="&lt;p&gt;If I see a question I can answer, I answer. If I know it has been answered recently. I point to the existing post in a comment. However if you have to search &lt;em&gt;actively&lt;/em&gt; before giving (every) answer if it is a possible duplicate, it will slow down the process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the general idea?&#xA;(Although I did a quick search, this might be a duplicate as well)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastActivityDate="2014-03-13T16:25:45.560" Title="should people who answer a question actively prevent duplicates?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8697" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8696" CreationDate="2014-03-10T14:45:06.467" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Normally the logical process when seeing a question is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is it understandable -&gt; if not - edit, vote, comment, close&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Does it belong here -&gt; if not - vote to close&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Has it been already asked -&gt; look for a dupe&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You know the answer? -&gt; write an answer&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;in which each step has an exit behavior. Now, there are several users on internet, each one with their own methodology, so the above is not always followed or there are cases where it's not applicable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe all easy questions already has answers, and answerers needs to be prepared if a moderator comes around and delete their answer because it breaks redirection.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="47291" LastEditDate="2014-03-13T16:25:45.560" LastActivityDate="2014-03-13T16:25:45.560" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8698" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8696" CreationDate="2014-03-10T14:57:21.590" Score="12" Body="&lt;h2&gt;The following is just my opinion.&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've been using Ask Ubuntu for about 3 years, so by now, I kind of know which question is a duplicate.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;Basically, most of the questions that get duplicated, are asked &lt;strong&gt;a lot&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So after a while, you can tell.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;But usually, if I'm going to answer a question I do a few things.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I start by looking at the related questions in the right column. The system is quite smart. Most of the times, the duplicate is there.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If it's something that's quite common, where in my mind I would be sure that someone must have asked such question before, (for example, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.google.com/search?q=E%3a%20Could%20not%20open%20lock%20file%20/var/lib/dpkg/lock%20-%20open%20%2813%3a%20Permission%20denied%29%20site%3aaskubuntu.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;those &lt;em&gt;&lt;code&gt;apt-get&lt;/code&gt; permission denied&lt;/em&gt; questions&lt;/a&gt;) I search quite a bit to find the duplicate.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If neither of the above, I do a quick search. If I find a dupe, I flag it. If I don't find any and I know the answer, I answer it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-03-10T16:50:32.730" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8699" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8674" CreationDate="2014-03-10T19:34:26.043" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would say just try to let it go. Most humans are morally good creatures and so the negativity from a few should not outweigh the positivity received from the majority. The weighting of UV's to DV's even tries to instill this, hence the +10/-2 ratios.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NOTE:&lt;/strong&gt; If people weren't generally good, then sites like SE would've died already from lack of participation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As to your suggestion about accumulating the DV's to the end of the day. I would say this would actually be more of a detriment. Imagine getting a larger hit in rep vs. the smaller -2's. Though getting several of these can be equally as devastating, in your mind they're still only -2. If you were to get a -10 or more from them it would seem like that would be more damaging.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Remember that humans by our very design mentally assign an over weight to negative things when compared to positive things. In nature this is what would keep someone alive when they had a strong reaction to something that tasted bad or if a fellow person were to be injured or died as the results of doing something. These strong memories and our associations of &quot;bad&quot; with these memories is what leads to self preservation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would worry that receiving a large aggregated minus in rep due to accrued DV's would be a more powerful and damaging thing then the current -2's that we now receive for them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just my $0.02.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17531" LastActivityDate="2014-03-10T19:34:26.043" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8700" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8694" CreationDate="2014-03-10T19:47:06.187" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is just my own personal opinion and I realize that I am apparently in a minority but I &lt;strong&gt;hate&lt;/strong&gt; video tutorials. What's wrong with text and images? You can actually search through text and find the part you care about!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Video tutorials mean I have to sit through irrelevant introductions like &quot;Hello, my name is Bob and I will explain how to copy files on a Linux system. Ubuntu is a kind of Linux, ain't that just &lt;em&gt;grand&lt;/em&gt;?&quot; and similar. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;They mean I cannot search for anything. A text answer is searchable!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;They mean that I have to decipher the speaker's accent. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;They mean I have to work around the crappy webcam used to record them.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;They mean I have to work around the crappy webcam microphone used to record them.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;They mean I cannot easily go back just a couple of seconds (unless you propose I download them) but have to jump around to repeat something. Have you ever tried going back 2 seconds in YouTube?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;They mean much slower loading times, that's time between getting my answer and actually understanding it. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;They also mean that users with slow connections (many people in the world are still using dial-up for example) cannot see the answer at all, or they have to wait a few hours for it to load.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;They are &lt;em&gt;much&lt;/em&gt; harder to edit. If the OP makes a mistake, they have to re-record a video all over again&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;They go against the whole idea of the Stack Exchange sites. These sites are supposed to be wikis, the whole idea is that everyone can edit and improve an answer. That cannot be done with a video, or at best, would require me to download it and somehow edit it (a voice over: &quot;WRONG!&quot; perhaps)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;YouTube is &lt;em&gt;full&lt;/em&gt; of examples of this &lt;del&gt;crap&lt;/del&gt; kind of tutorial so if someone really wants to produce a video, they are free to do so, upload it to youtube and link to it in their answer. Those people who actually want to slog through a video can do so but I see no benefit in somehow incorporating this into the SE engine. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2014-03-10T19:47:06.187" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8701" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-10T20:21:21.313" Score="5" ViewCount="56" Body="&lt;p&gt;Due recent &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/8682/169736&quot;&gt;changes to our help page&lt;/a&gt; I took a peek what was written there too. I found there was a link to some video tutorials, I checked out that was linked to meta.AU, and was in the disposition of watching some just to find they has been deleted of blip.tv. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This produces some frustration of users and a broken feedback loop, since newbies will not have the reputation to comment/answer/get attention. I left a comment to Jorge that the links are dead but meanwhile we should remove the link to prevent frustrations.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/CZLp0.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-03-11T02:53:54.120" LastActivityDate="2014-03-11T02:53:54.120" Title="Remove the link to the video tutorials from the help pages" Tags="|feature-request|help-center|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8702" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8694" CreationDate="2014-03-10T20:22:10.310" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think this is a good idea. I prefer either videos, GIFS or a well documented screenshot tutorial. But I think this should only be a complement to aguide not something that should replace normal instructions. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Example: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;to update your computer simply type: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;sudo apt-get update &amp;amp;&amp;amp; sudo apt-get dist-upgrade -y&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;GIF of the procedure. This is here to improve the feedback to the user so the user knows what should happen and when something has gone wrong. If a guide is old then that will most likely be shown in the GIF. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;But what about slower loading of the page if a GIF is there?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;This can be solved with a click to load GIF button on the GIF. Yes it will be slower than just text but a guide with screenshots will also be slower than just text. And I think GIF's are a better way to show the procedure than screenshots. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;But these are just my ideas on the topic, I can't speak if it can be done on the site/network or if they are willing to do it. I like it though.&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;My solution is to use GIF's instead of videos, why?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Gif's are simpler and cleaner, in a video users may add a hello statement and a long speech. But a GIF is simple and a better solution to the problem. The problem as I see it is that a normal tutorial may not tell the whole story, if it only contains type these commands in a terminal and it will work. If you have a GIF that does that then the user knows what to expect and they know when it goes wrong. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Videos have many problems with being heavy for the network and storage, which GIF's aren't. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10698" LastEditorUserId="10698" LastEditDate="2014-03-10T20:56:23.973" LastActivityDate="2014-03-10T20:56:23.973" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8703" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8676" CreationDate="2014-03-11T11:03:12.570" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can look up this stuff on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Stack Exchange Data Explorer&lt;/a&gt;, a read-only copy of the Stack Exchange database (only the important bits: post content, edit history, votes per post, authorship, etc., but no confidential information such as who cast each vote), updated every week. Knowledge of SQL is required.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/askubuntu/query/65787/fastest-answers&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;This query&lt;/a&gt; gives you a user's fastest answers. Nothing suspicious-looking in the example you link to, or at least no recurring pattern.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1059" LastActivityDate="2014-03-11T11:03:12.570" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8705" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8706" CreationDate="2014-03-11T15:18:34.517" Score="1" ViewCount="130" Body="&lt;p&gt;Anybody can explain what is going here?!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Eventhough my answers is going upvoted but I'm not gaining any more reputation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/gwk9J.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150504" LastEditorUserId="1412" LastEditDate="2014-03-12T23:19:56.013" LastActivityDate="2014-03-12T23:19:56.013" Title="I'm not gaining more reputation" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8706" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8705" CreationDate="2014-03-11T15:31:54.687" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;That is because you have reached the daily cap from up-votes of 200.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Bounties and accepted answers are excluded from this calculation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/whats-reputation&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/help/whats-reputation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You can earn a maximum of 200 reputation per day from any combination of the activities below. Only bounty awards and accepted answers are not subject to the daily reputation limit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2014-03-11T15:31:54.687" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8707" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-12T02:40:14.503" Score="4" ViewCount="43" Body="&lt;p&gt;When I find duplicate question, for example &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/432969/will-not-allow-me-to-install-playonlinux-says-i-have-held-broken-packages-pl&quot;&gt;Will not allow me to install playonlinux! Says I have &amp;#39;held broken packages&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;and flag them, the system shows me the list of possible answers like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/j4IAY.png&quot; alt=&quot;screenshot&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I click on &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/25930/install-packages-with-unmet-dependencies&quot;&gt;Install packages with unmet dependencies&lt;/a&gt; I receive the screen with desired link:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/140246/how-do-i-resolve-unmet-dependencies&quot;&gt;How do I resolve unmet dependencies after adding a PPA?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/QHmNy.png&quot; alt=&quot;screenshot&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I want that the second link would be seen before any duplicates&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another example is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/311626/the-black-screen&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/311626/the-black-screen&lt;/a&gt;: I want to see &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/162075/my-computer-boots-to-a-black-screen-what-options-do-i-have-to-fix-it&quot;&gt;My computer boots to a black screen, what options do I have to fix it?&lt;/a&gt; when I type &quot;black screen&quot;, but get duplicate question on first place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is quite annoying to copy correct link to the buffer then to paste it inside search string. So I think about ordering by votes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="171636" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2014-03-12T03:04:22.303" Title="Could be possible duplicates arranged by votes in addition to default order?" Tags="|feature-request|close-dialog|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8708" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-03-12T03:04:40.790" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2014-03-12T03:04:40.790" LastActivityDate="2014-03-12T03:04:40.790" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8709" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-03-12T03:04:40.790" Score="0" Body="The close dialog is a popup that lists available close reasons in order to vote to close a question. This tag is only for questions about the dialog itself." OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-03-12T14:57:48.967" LastActivityDate="2014-03-12T14:57:48.967" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8710" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8711" CreationDate="2014-03-12T08:32:14.833" Score="3" ViewCount="121" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is my first question at &lt;strong&gt;meta&lt;/strong&gt;. Well as the subject explains, why does points disappear sometimes without even leaving any tracks. I'm not sure this has been asked before or may be answered in a different manner. But I've noticed this at times that my points are been reduced down to certain amount. And when I check my profile for any down votes un-accept answer or any other shows nothing at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What could be the reason for this??&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="179042" LastActivityDate="2014-03-12T13:14:57.063" Title="Why does points disappear occasionally" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ClosedDate="2014-03-17T11:37:43.640" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8711" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8710" CreationDate="2014-03-12T13:14:57.063" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;As Dan suggests, the drop &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; from edit suggestions on posts that are now deleted.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;The deletion starts a cascade removal of all reputation people earn from a question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's not much more I can say. I personally don't think it's fair (you put in the time to improve these posts) but there are occasions when not doing it would also not be fair.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All I can say is to just be more careful about &lt;em&gt;what&lt;/em&gt; you edit. Don't edit terminally bad posts. If it can't be answered after editing, you should be flagging it for removal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2014-03-12T13:14:57.063" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8713" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8714" CreationDate="2014-03-12T17:09:20.277" Score="63" ViewCount="2074" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have noticed a lot of posts on AU with screenshots of their terminal showing commands and their output. This is seems like a very bad idea to me because:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You can't copy/paste the commands &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;They won't come up when searching&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The post is heavier (in terms of the amount of data) and will take longer to load. This can be a serious problem for people with slow connections.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The post is useless to people using text based browsers or who have disabled the displaying of images&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The post is useless for people who have sight problems and are maybe accessing the site using text-to-speech software.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While there are sometimes valid reasons for this (discussing colored output, or terminal emulator transparency or whatever), in most cases it is not useful and causes the problems listed above. In addition, it is harder to do. Copy pasting your terminal text and putting it inside a code block is much simpler and faster.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, is this policy on AU? Has the community decided that it prefers images over text? If so, where's the meta post so I can vote it down? If it's not an 'official' policy, could we please try not to do this and only post images of our terminals if it is absolutely necessary to make our point?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2015-11-18T00:31:10.620" LastActivityDate="2018-06-23T15:59:23.107" Title="Why do people post screenshots of their terminals?" Tags="|discussion|editing|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8714" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8713" CreationDate="2014-03-12T17:19:20.433" Score="33" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;So, is this a policy on AU? Has the community decided that it prefers images over text?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course not. Everything you've said is true &lt;em&gt;in most cases&lt;/em&gt;. I'm certain there are &lt;em&gt;some&lt;/em&gt; cases where a screenshot does make an amount of sense (illustrations to demonstrate a command's coloured output for example) but when we're talking about things that a user might want to actually read, stick with text.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm fairly sure we'd arrived at that idea a few years ago. I can't find it but even having a site policy does not translate into everybody following aforementioned site policy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you see a post like that, flag, comment vote and edit them until they're showing the right thing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2014-03-12T17:49:05.970" LastActivityDate="2014-03-12T17:49:05.970" CommentCount="12" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8715" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-13T15:56:31.983" Score="0" ViewCount="106" Body="&lt;p&gt;Could I know the reason of deleting my answer for this question &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/433748/use-terminal-to-translate-some-text&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/433748/use-terminal-to-translate-some-text&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know that there exist a similar question but that appears after I answered.. Moreover why you can't just merger the questions?! Why did you delete +4 upvoted answer?!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150504" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Why my answer is deleted?" Tags="|discussion|deleted-answers|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8716" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8715" CreationDate="2014-03-13T16:13:14.353" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;From my part (since it was I who did this), you had answered the question already on the duplicate.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since you effectively had recognised that the question was a duplicate and had correctly answered on the correct question, my role was simple - to play the janitor and thus cleanup by removing the answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There was no reason to merge here since you had already answered the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most traffic to Stack Exchange sites is via search engines.  To redirect users to the correct question, Stack Exchange uses the policy of redirection as explained here:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/125220/automatically-redirect-anonymous-user-from-unanswered-duplicate-question-to-corr&quot;&gt;Automatically redirect anonymous user from unanswered duplicate question to corresponding answered version&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now ordinarily I would normally leave questions and answers alone unless they start to receive high traffic (visits).  In this case, you had answered the question on the duplicate - thus leaving two answers on separate questions would have been nonsensical - you potentially would be benefiting twice with the same answer.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hence the janitorial rule here applies - cleanup and move on to find similar stuff to tidy up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14356" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2014-03-13T17:54:16.490" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8717" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8622" CreationDate="2014-03-13T23:13:36.583" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;This has been &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/193830/why-doesnt-attempting-to-edit-count-as-a-pass-for-a-review-audit&quot;&gt;reported&lt;/a&gt; several &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/169989/this-post-was-deleted-and-cannot-be-edited-on-audit&quot;&gt;times&lt;/a&gt; before. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to reproduce it reliably. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;...With &lt;em&gt;one&lt;/em&gt; exception: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/217781/opening-the-post-editor-in-a-new-tab-does-not-pass-a-review-audit&quot;&gt;Opening the post editor in a new tab does not pass a review audit&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you trigger the edit link on a review item, it will normally let you pass the audit and move on to the next item. &lt;em&gt;However&lt;/em&gt;, this is activated via JavaScript - if you open the URL associated with the edit link (for instance, in a new browser tab or window) it will try to just give you the normal editor - and if the post is deleted and you have &amp;lt; 10K reputation, this will fail with the error you observed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you can figure out how to reproduce this &lt;em&gt;without&lt;/em&gt; opening the editor in a new tab/window, please share what you learned.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12845" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2014-03-13T23:13:36.583" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8719" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8646" CreationDate="2014-03-14T12:37:28.070" Score="-8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Simply put - while it would be nice to have an all-in-one solution, they rarely work. Ubuntu is a Debian fork of Linux, with its own set of issues. Take, for example, the FFMPEG fight, which Ubuntu took sides in (rather than letting users decided between the two). Any who knows Ubuntu, knows how they handled the Unity desktop issue. These issues are specific to Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="94348" LastActivityDate="2014-03-14T12:37:28.070" CommentCount="12" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8721" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-14T20:47:59.467" Score="13" ViewCount="162" Body="&lt;p&gt;A recent example: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/433029/finding-my-ip-without-using-google&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/433029/finding-my-ip-without-using-google&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;is tagged as a duplicate of&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/392207/command-to-know-my-external-ip-address&quot;&gt;Command to know my external IP address?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;which is itself a duplicate of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/145012/how-can-i-find-my-public-ip-using-the-terminal&quot;&gt;How can I find my public IP using the terminal?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;which is a duplicate of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/95910/command-for-determining-my-public-ip&quot;&gt;Command for determining my public IP?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Apart from the suggestion that merging something here might not be a bad idea™ it would already help if reviewers took the time to track the &quot;original&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2015-10-03T21:18:32.147" Title="Please avoid lengthening existing duplicate chains" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|closed-questions|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8722" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8723" CreationDate="2014-03-14T21:26:17.030" Score="2" ViewCount="82" Body="&lt;p&gt;How can I make it so this,   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;The primary network interface&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;auto eth1&#xA;iface eth1 inet dhcp&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;looks the same as it appears on the monitor, like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;# The primary network interface&#xA;auto eth1&#xA;iface eth1 inet dhcp&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="160822" LastEditorUserId="186134" LastEditDate="2014-11-27T13:28:07.047" LastActivityDate="2014-11-28T00:18:47.850" Title="How to edit to look like code?" Tags="|support|editing|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8723" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8722" CreationDate="2014-03-14T21:36:09.477" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Code formatting is done in several ways:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it's inline code you add backticks (`) around it. &lt;code&gt;This is some inline formatting&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For code on it's own line you indent it by four spaces:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;This is code on it's own line.&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or you can use the code button on the toolbar:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Gzrx9.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which can also be activated with &lt;kbd&gt;Ctrl&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;K&lt;/kbd&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For more information see &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/editing-help&quot;&gt;formatting help&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2014-03-14T21:36:09.477" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8724" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8726" CreationDate="2014-03-15T08:04:51.950" Score="5" ViewCount="153" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have just marked a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/434505/how-to-install-gnome-desktop-on-ubuntu-12-04-lts&quot;&gt;question&lt;/a&gt; as a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/22946/how-do-i-install-and-use-the-latest-version-of-gnome&quot;&gt;duplicate&lt;/a&gt; and after sometime I have found other users answering it with the same answers like in the linked duplicate question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How can I handle such cases?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think it's related to users who just post questions without searching first to see if the question has been asked before.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="163331" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2014-03-15T11:58:22.077" Title="What do we in cases where users answer questions that have been marked as duplicates?" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8726" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8724" CreationDate="2014-03-15T09:30:24.567" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Once you have flagged the question as a duplicate, leave it alone for others to do their work. It will remain open for answers until the question is closed as a duplicate. If you think the answers are an exact duplicate of the answers posted on the original question, flag it for moderators' attention.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Moderators and &gt;10k users will see if the answers posted on the duplicate question is exactly similar to the answers on the original post and may delete it if they find that they are exactly the same.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;IMO, downvoting should be used only if you think the answer is useless for the question in consideration. Flags are appropriate here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72576" LastActivityDate="2014-03-15T09:30:24.567" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8727" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8736" CreationDate="2014-03-15T19:29:27.297" Score="1" ViewCount="81" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have noticed occasionally when on this and other sites that questions are closed, even when they have been answered. An example of this is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/363013/ubuntu-13-10-not-detecting-windows-8-1-pro&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; - here is the closed explanation:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;closed as off-topic by karel, Warren Hill, Florian Diesch, Braiam, Eric Carvalho Dec 4 '13 at 2:06&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But the OP had already marked &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/372918/178596&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; as the answer 22 hours earlier, as shown in the mouseover on the answer tick:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&quot;The question owner accepted this as the best answer Dec 3 '13 at 4:45&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why would this be necessary, and what would be the point in it? Doesn't marking it as answered close it anyway?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="178596" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2014-03-16T01:13:30.290" Title="Why close an answered question?" Tags="|discussion|close-reasons|answered-questions|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8728" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8727" CreationDate="2014-03-15T19:33:04.547" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If question has answers or any of the answers is accepted doesn't mean that it's a good fit for the site or that it should remain open. &lt;strong&gt;We close questions, not answers.&lt;/strong&gt; When closing, the queue only shows us the question, for a good reason, because we are trying to determinate if the question is a good fit for the site, &lt;em&gt;answers (and votes) are irrelevant.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-03-15T19:48:32.197" LastActivityDate="2014-03-15T19:48:32.197" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8729" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8727" CreationDate="2014-03-15T19:35:51.827" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, accepting an answer has nothing at all to do with closing (putting on hold). Basically, questions that are off topic should always be closed. Irrespective of whether they have an answer. This is for many reasons:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;It confuses people. Users will think that the subject is on topic and use the existence of that question to justify that opinion.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;When a question is put on hold, it is still visible and will remain so for a while (for ever in some cases). Therefore, closing off topic questions does not even remove the information from the site necessarily.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;It is important to close off topic questions because that is the best way for users to understand the site's scope. Leaving an off-topic question open just because it's been answered does no good to anyone and fills the site up with off topic stuff.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2014-03-15T19:35:51.827" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8730" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8737" CreationDate="2014-03-15T21:03:04.887" Score="6" ViewCount="92" Body="&lt;p&gt;Please don't mixup with &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/7194/quality-blocks-enabled-for-questions&quot;&gt;Quality blocks enabled for questions&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For some time now, I've seen the system accepting low quality stuff, without capitalized I's, a mess of punctuation signs, all-caps questions, and other indicators that the asker has poor language skills. Are these checks not enabled in Ask Ubuntu?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm asking about this &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/92074/213575&quot;&gt;What can I do when getting “It does not meet our quality standards”?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2014-03-16T02:13:34.043" Title="Don't we have a &quot;minimum quality&quot; filter?" Tags="|support|asking-questions|low-quality-posts|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8731" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-15T22:05:32.583" Score="6" ViewCount="47" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is a mayor problem with one of our close reasons and the audits. We close stuff based in &quot;no reproducible&quot; basis, when OP can't figure out what was wrong nor how the issue was solved nor there's enough diagnostic information to verify, or simply OP gave up. Now, those issues somehow or another get several upvotes and when we try to close it due the comment we fail.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Example: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/close/235631&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/review/close/235631&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I see only 2 solutions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Don't include in the audit such questions&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Obscure OP comments on the audit&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2014-03-15T22:15:32.743" Title="Don't include self answered or questions where the OP commented in the review audits" Tags="|feature-request|review|review-audits|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8732" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8733" CreationDate="2014-03-15T23:51:07.760" Score="8" ViewCount="134" Body="&lt;p&gt;Due frequent misunderstandings on when to do what and under which conditions, lets remember why we vote to delete stuff.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="When I should vote to delete posts?" Tags="|discussion|moderation|10k-tools|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8733" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8732" CreationDate="2014-03-15T23:51:07.760" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;You delete a post when the content no longer adds &lt;em&gt;anything&lt;/em&gt; to the site. Posts are closed for a variety of reasons, so let's look at each close reason and whether they should likely be deleted:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Exact Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It depends; Look at the context of &lt;em&gt;how&lt;/em&gt; they are asked.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You'll want to keep the post if the wording provides another way for a search query to find the content. It's a bit like a &lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;see also …&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt; entry in an index.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Delete it if the duplicate does not add terminology or alternate phrasing to find the question.&lt;/em&gt; It may not be worth cluttering up the system with this &lt;em&gt;exact&lt;/em&gt; duplicate. There are several poorly phrased questions that will not direct traffic to us.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Off Topic:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Almost always delete it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Off topic usually says &lt;strong&gt;&amp;quot;This shouldn't have been posted here in the first place.&amp;quot;&lt;/strong&gt; So, not about Ubuntu (read, Mint, kali, Debian, Fedora, etc.), solved bugs or bug reports,  no reproducible stuff that nobody knows why or how was the issue solved, or EOL, just let it burn!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Too broad:&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Delete it if it says &lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;this is nothing but a '&lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/03/the-value-of-downvoting-or-how-hacker-news-gets-it-wrong/&quot;&gt;broken window&lt;/a&gt;' and we should get rid of it.&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt; This includes list of question where the only information is about 2 lines of text per answer or wikipedia/internet dumps.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Unclear:&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Always delete it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Closing it before deletion provided ample time for the author (or community) to fix it up. If it wasn't re-opened by this time, it should probably go.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Primary opinion based:&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See &lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;Too broad&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This was adapted of Robert Cartaino's &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/59054/213575&quot;&gt;answer&lt;/a&gt; since some old terminology (not constructive, NARQ, Too localized) is no longer applicable. Also note, that an answer that is not an answer (&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/225370/213575&quot;&gt;if you strip the markup, doesn't answer the question&lt;/a&gt;) is not a party stopper to delete it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-03-15T23:57:22.797" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8734" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8732" CreationDate="2014-03-16T00:00:45.970" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;People have the privilege if deleting in order to be able to remove posts that &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;need&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; to be deleted. This is a quasi-moderation privilege so treat it with the same respect we do. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If we're talking about questions, the close system should be used first. This allows a poster to revise and reopen their question. And closing it without answers or positive score will see it &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/78048/enable-automatic-deletion-of-old-unanswered-zero-score-questions-after-a-year&quot;&gt;automatically deleted&lt;/a&gt;. Duplicates feed into a SEO system which deleting can hurt.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If we're looking at answers, there's a bit more to do here in that it's far more common there's a &quot;non-answer&quot; posted in the answer section than a question asked that needs to be urgently deleted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Save your votes for things that cause harm.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Leave the &quot;does no good&quot; for the system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2014-03-17T11:26:18.150" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8735" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8732" CreationDate="2014-03-16T00:06:22.677" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since you are copying the meta SO thread here, we should also include the (very) important exception to the guidelines you cite. This is a screenshot, taken on March 16th, 2014 of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/58844/203101&quot;&gt;second highest voted answer&lt;/a&gt; from the same Q&amp;amp;A:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/KZfZF.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, follow the rules above in general but avoid deleting questions closed as duplicates because they are useful &quot;guideposts&quot;. The more duplicates there are, the wider the variety of possible queries that will lead a user to their answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2014-03-16T00:13:20.097" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8736" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8727" CreationDate="2014-03-16T01:13:30.290" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sometimes it's right to close an answered question. But &lt;strong&gt;that particular closure&lt;/strong&gt; was wrong. The sub-reason of &lt;em&gt;off-topic&lt;/em&gt; that was selected was:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This describes a problem that can't be reproduced that seemingly went away on its own or was only relevant to a very specific period of time. It's off-topic as it's unlikely to help future readers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But this problem didn't just go away by itself, and would occur again for the OP or anyone in their situation when installing on a machine where the &quot;install alongside&quot; option isn't available.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Instead, what happened was that &lt;strong&gt;the OP solved the problem and told us how.&lt;/strong&gt; And the way it was solved appears to be the way that is described in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/372918/22949&quot;&gt;the answer the OP accepted&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question is related to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/163962/how-do-i-install-ubuntu-beside-windows-7-using-something-else&quot;&gt;How do I install Ubuntu beside Windows 7 using “Something Else”?&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/434709/how-to-get-ubuntu-installer-to-sense-windows-8-1-as-an-os&quot;&gt;How to get Ubuntu installer to sense Windows 8.1 as an OS&lt;/a&gt;, and it may be a duplicate of one of them. If so, it could be merged into one of them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We don't actually have to reopen and dupe the question to get the answer merged. My understanding is that a moderator can merge answers from &lt;em&gt;any&lt;/em&gt; closed question, even if it wasn't closed as a duplicate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unless we want to go that route, since this question is now getting delete votes (some people don't realize that, for the most part, &lt;em&gt;deletion is for garbage&lt;/em&gt;), we may as well reopen it. It's an answered, on-topic question that will likely help others, and if people think it's a duplicate of some other question, they/we can vote to dupe it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Before the recent phenomenon of widely targeted delete votes on non-duped closed questions irrespective of whether or not the question or answers were valuable, I'd likely not suggest reopening a question that would likely be closed again soon after. But in fact the off-topic closure was wrong, reopening it is not wrong, and &lt;em&gt;in the present context reopening is likely the best thing to do to prevent deletion of useful content.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that we should &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; reopen questions that are actually and truly off-topic and cannot be reasonably interpreted as on-topic. But this particular question was &lt;em&gt;never&lt;/em&gt; off-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2014-03-16T01:13:30.290" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8737" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8730" CreationDate="2014-03-16T02:13:34.043" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, they're enabled. Roughly 35 blocked in the past day.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They're not perfect; the quality score is generated from a number of different heuristics, with the end result being questions that do very well by some measures and very poorly by others getting through. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We &lt;em&gt;might&lt;/em&gt; want to bump up the threshold at which a question is held back. A good indication of this are questions that end up in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/low-quality-posts/history&quot;&gt;the Low Quality /review queue&lt;/a&gt;, since it is driven by the same heuristics as the block. So if you're seeing a lot of stuff there that should've been blocked outright, post examples here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12845" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2014-03-16T02:13:34.043" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8738" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8742" CreationDate="2014-03-16T05:07:51.657" Score="2" ViewCount="83" Body="&lt;p&gt;This &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/388541/169736&quot;&gt;question of mine&lt;/a&gt; was closed on the basis that I'm asking the same question... I'm not. I specifically ask the &quot;Why &lt;code&gt;apt-get install update&lt;/code&gt; fails&quot; (which normally people try to update their systems) meanwhile the other question address how to solve the issue where the package is simply misspelled or not available.... &lt;strong&gt;I'm not trying to solve anything!&lt;/strong&gt; That questions are &quot;related&quot; doesn't mean that are the same! In 3 months it gathered 3k views so explaining the why to the whole population of internet denizen is more useful that blindly trying to solve a problem they don't have.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;apt-get install update&lt;/code&gt; is a silly mistake most people do and the only solution is explain that &lt;code&gt;install&lt;/code&gt; expects a &lt;code&gt;package&lt;/code&gt; and since there's isn't a package called &quot;update&quot; it fails and how to do the action they meant to do: &lt;code&gt;sudo apt-get update&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;sudo apt-get upgrade&lt;/code&gt; or &lt;code&gt;sudo apt-get install package&lt;/code&gt;, the duplicated doesn't address the question in the way I phrased it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The answer I offered is the proof that both questions are addressing an specific issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2014-03-16T18:33:30.677" Title="Reopen 388541 that asks the why's not the how's" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8739" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8743" CreationDate="2014-03-16T07:19:04.907" Score="5" ViewCount="126" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a bit confused about the &lt;strong&gt;Tag badges&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;For ex, a &lt;strong&gt;Bronze tag badge&lt;/strong&gt; for 10.04 says&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Earned at least 100 total score for at least 20 non-community wiki answers in the 10.04 tag &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know what &lt;em&gt;community&lt;/em&gt; is, I know what &lt;em&gt;wiki&lt;/em&gt; Q&amp;amp;A are.But what is non-community wiki?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does it mean answers(or questions) that are wiki's but made wiki by someone other than community?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="184942" LastEditorUserId="17722" LastEditDate="2014-03-16T14:52:34.133" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="What does &quot;non-community wiki&quot; mean?" Tags="|support|badges|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8741" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8739" CreationDate="2014-03-16T11:47:15.813" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think that to understand non-community wiki, you have to understand what is a community wiki:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/11740/213575&quot;&gt;What are &amp;quot;Community Wiki&amp;quot; posts?&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Non-community wiki is the opposite of a community wiki.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2014-03-16T11:47:15.813" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8742" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8738" CreationDate="2014-03-16T18:33:30.677" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You're right. As the first close voter, I will say, &lt;strong&gt;it was a mistake for me to have voted to close this.&lt;/strong&gt; I've voted to reopen it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do recommend the question be changed somewhat to clarify what it is really asking. (I've edited it toward this end, but you might think of a better way to improve it.) I had interpreted the &lt;code&gt;update&lt;/code&gt; in &lt;code&gt;install update&lt;/code&gt; as a &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metasyntactic_variable&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;metasyntactic variable&lt;/a&gt; (standing in for whatever package name the user wished to upgrade) rather that an indication that the question was for the benefit of people who actually type the exact text &lt;code&gt;sudo apt-get install update&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have information about when people have actually made this mistake, you may want to link to it in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/388541&quot;&gt;the question itself&lt;/a&gt;. Or if you don't want to do that, then perhaps here: it may convince people that the special case this question covers is significant. Either way though, I realize now that your question is &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; really a special case of the question against which we duped it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I suspect we may already have had a question about how to use &lt;code&gt;apt-get&lt;/code&gt; in general. So this might end up re-duped to such a question. But I'm not sure what (if any) question that would be, and I see no reason to keep it closed now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2014-03-16T18:33:30.677" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8743" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8739" CreationDate="2014-03-16T19:08:27.053" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's intended to be read as&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;non-&lt;strong&gt;(&lt;/strong&gt;community wiki&lt;strong&gt;)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;rather than:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;(&lt;/strong&gt;non-community&lt;strong&gt;)&lt;/strong&gt; wiki&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That is, &quot;non-community wiki&quot; (in this context) means posts that aren't community wiki, rather than posts that are wiki in some way other than being community wiki.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You might want to submit a bug post on Meta.SO requesting the wording be changed, if you believe it's confusing. I wouldn't recommend changing &quot;non-community wiki&quot; to &quot;non community wiki&quot; or &quot;non community-wiki,&quot; but I would suggest a rewording to something like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Earned at least 100 total score for at least 20 answers (except community wiki) in the &lt;strong&gt;(tag name)&lt;/strong&gt; tag&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Earned at least 100 total score for at least 20 answers (that are not community wiki) in the &lt;strong&gt;(tag name)&lt;/strong&gt; tag&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Earned at least 100 total score for at least 20 answers (other than community wiki) in the &lt;strong&gt;(tag name)&lt;/strong&gt; tag&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When similar opportunities for confusion arise on meta, I usually use the less formal &quot;CW&quot; as an abbreviation for community wiki. While &quot;non-community wiki&quot; is confusing because intuitively dashes have higher precedence than spaces, &quot;non-CW&quot; remains unambiguous.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That might also be suggested as an alternative wording for the badge description. But &quot;CW&quot; might confuse people who don't know it stands for &quot;community wiki.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2014-03-16T19:08:27.053" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8745" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8772" CreationDate="2014-03-17T01:03:39.027" Score="33" ViewCount="373" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the time I've spent here, I've noticed a clear difference between AU and the other SE sites I frequent. There seem to be far more bad questions (that show no research effort, don't explain anything about what they need etc) here than in the other sites. I suspect that this is largely because so many users come here straight from official Canonical pages.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/&quot;&gt;Ask!&lt;/a&gt; link on the Ubuntu home page comes straight here, and clicking on &quot;Contact Us&quot; on the unity.ubuntu.com main page shows this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;We answer questions about how to use Unity on Ask Ubuntu, feel free to check out the most &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/unity&quot;&gt;popular questions&lt;/a&gt; people have been asking us &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/ask?tags=unity&quot;&gt;ask your own&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This results in many users coming here thinking that &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;they are talking to people who are paid to answer their question;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;that this is a forum like any other;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;they don't need to do any research, just ask any question and it will be answered.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/439023/85695&quot;&gt;This post&lt;/a&gt; is a perfect example of the issue. The OP states that they downloaded the Ubuntu ISO from &quot;this site&quot;, clearly, they think that this is the same site as ubuntu.com.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;AU is part of the SE network and we try to apply the same quality standards. This is very hard to do though and both the regulars of the site and the users are likely to come away with a bitter taste in their mouths. We get tired of bad questions and they don't understand why we won't help them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While, because it is directly linked to the official page of its subject matter, AU is different from all other SE sites, it treats new users just the same as any other SE community. I think it would benefit everyone if a bit more information were shown to new users on AU, or at least to those coming through the links above, than is shown now. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, would it be possible to add an extra page between clicking on either of those two links and landing here? Just something quickly explaining that we're volunteers, that we expect research etc. Even something as simple as showing the text of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/how-to-ask&quot;&gt;how to ask&lt;/a&gt; might significantly improve things.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;AU is a special case, perhaps it needs special treatment?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2015-03-06T05:21:06.507" Title="Can we improve the path from ubuntu.com to here?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="19" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8746" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-17T02:01:25.283" Score="14" ViewCount="227" Body="&lt;p&gt;In my bio class, when we correct our tests our bio teacher asks us to compare the ones we got wrong on our test with our fellow classmates in order to correct our test mistakes. He also tells us to see &lt;em&gt;how&lt;/em&gt; our classmate arrived at their correct answer in order to make us &quot;better thinkers&quot; so we will do better in the future and be more likely to get the correct answer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Considering how (being a noob) I am always amazed that someone magically answers a question that I haven't found an answer to after searching for an hour, it might make me able to answer my OWN questions (and possibly post a Q&amp;amp;A) if I know how they found the information they did, so I can find answers to questions myself without asking. I believe that this would beneficial to the Ubuntu community as a whole. What are yinz's thoughts on this proposal? And if you think it is a good idea could it be instituted? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="247505" LastEditorUserId="117103" LastEditDate="2014-03-17T16:45:49.423" LastActivityDate="2014-03-29T18:14:20.053" Title="Would it be beneficial to have answerers to explain how they got their answers?" Tags="|discussion|answer-format|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8747" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-17T02:01:25.677" Score="2" ViewCount="79" Body="&lt;p&gt;Kinda in the same line of &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/8745/can-we-improve-the-path-from-ubuntu-com-to-here&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;, exactly how much traffic comes to us from other sources? This will give us a very specific view of how can we improve our stop-gap before users ask questions without the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/how-to-ask&quot;&gt;&quot;minimum research effort&quot;&lt;/a&gt; that the SE model ask for any of us.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2014-03-17T12:25:39.433" Title="How much traffic comes to us from non-search engines sources?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8748" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8746" CreationDate="2014-03-17T02:21:49.530" Score="16" Body="&lt;p&gt;Answers should &lt;em&gt;always&lt;/em&gt; explain. If they don't, they are bad answers even if correct. That said, in most cases, the magical source is simply &lt;code&gt;man command&lt;/code&gt; which will print the manual of the command in question. Personally, I try to explain, for example, why I used a particular option for a program by writing something like&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;As explained in &lt;code&gt;man grep&lt;/code&gt;:&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;  -f FILE, --file=FILE&#xA;          Obtain  patterns  from  FILE,  one  per  line.   The  empty file&#xA;          contains zero patterns, and therefore matches nothing.   (-f  is&#xA;          specified by POSIX.)&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That gives both the source of my information and an indication that the &lt;code&gt;man&lt;/code&gt; command exists. Answers that don't come from the manual fall into two broad categories:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Google-fu: Either the answerer is better at searching than the OP, or more likely, the OP never bothered to search. Not much you can do about this, I tend to simply give the source and even sometimes hint that it was the first hit when I searched for &quot;X&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Alternatively, the answerer has the knowledge to understand &lt;em&gt;which&lt;/em&gt; search terms are likely to answer the question. She might have an idea of what the solution involves, searches for that and finds the answer. Which brings us to the next point.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Experience. This one can't be helped. Many of us have been using Linux for decades and have accumulated our knowledge the hard way, bit by bit, over many years. This is not something that can be transferred. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, I tend to answer many questions on parsing and manipulating text files, I know a lot about it because I have spent the last 12 years working as a bioinformatician and my day job involves a &lt;em&gt;lot&lt;/em&gt; of text manipulation. I have therefore picked up all sorts of tricks &#xA;and various things are easy for me now that were extremely complex when I started. That's life, you live and learn. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyway, there are two main sources of Linux knowledge: documentation (such as &lt;code&gt;man&lt;/code&gt; pages) and internet searches. Unfortunately, in most cases one can't explain &lt;em&gt;how&lt;/em&gt; they found something out, just how it works. They should &lt;em&gt;always&lt;/em&gt; explain the latter but it is rarely possible to explain the former unless it comes from &lt;code&gt;man&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2014-03-29T18:14:20.053" LastActivityDate="2014-03-29T18:14:20.053" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8749" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8746" CreationDate="2014-03-17T07:37:17.607" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think in general life, every good answer should be accompanied by at least an impression of it's foundation. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I give an answer on Askubuntu, I try to make clear if it is based (mostly) on an external source (I add the source as a link), if I speak purely from my own experience, or a combination of both. This gives the user an idea where to find information, the &quot;weight&quot; of the answer and in many cases the tools to &quot;tune&quot; the answer to his or her personal situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In some cases, I try to give a quick &quot;hint&quot; to a solution, mentioning a link. In these cases, I post it as a comment because it does not have the quality of an answer. The same with trivial questions, mostly asked by newcomers, that I feel I should not &quot;earn&quot; reputation from. In these cases, I do not feel the responsibility to point out how I got there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to the site rules, I &quot;should avoid to answer the question in a comment&quot;, but for me this is the exception.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="72216" LastEditDate="2014-03-17T11:59:23.370" LastActivityDate="2014-03-17T11:59:23.370" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8750" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-17T11:08:38.183" Score="1" ViewCount="72" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/428512/my-graphic-drivers-are-gone&quot;&gt;This bounty will expire in 24h&lt;/a&gt;. The answers do not solve the issue. Should I pick any answer or the answer of the user who put more effort or not?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was thinking to award it to &lt;strong&gt;terdon&lt;/strong&gt;  because he kept updating his answer trying to help me and kept commenting. But his answer does not solve the problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In short, should I reward the effort or not? As it stands, I still have a problem with no solutions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="23239" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2014-03-17T11:33:54.313" Title="Should one give a bounty to anyone to prevent it from expiring?" Tags="|discussion|bounty|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8751" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8750" CreationDate="2014-03-17T11:17:41.567" Score="1" Body="&lt;h2&gt;No&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you do, it will probably be considered as a trade of points.The thinking that &amp;quot;Anyway, I'm loosing the points, let someone else get them&amp;quot; isn't that good.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The best option would be to let the bounty go away.If you don't get your answer for some more time, you may want to consider offering another bounty weeks/months later.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;About the efforts, if someone else gets his/hers solution from terdon's answer, the person would(probably) upvote it as useful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also note that half of the bounty amount is transfered to the highest voted answer if it has more than 2 votes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="184942" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-03-17T11:17:41.567" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8753" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8750" CreationDate="2014-03-17T11:33:54.313" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Bounty is very similar to a cash reward. If you think the answerer resolved your problem or gave you a perfect alternative or even if it resolves most of your problems or it says that the problem you have does not have a solution(possible), you may consider rewarding the answerer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is completely at your disposal to reward the answerer. However, don't do it for the sake of doing it, knowing you have lost it so its of no use throwing it away.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72576" LastActivityDate="2014-03-17T11:33:54.313" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8754" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8747" CreationDate="2014-03-17T12:25:39.433" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Over 90% of traffic to Ask Ubuntu comes from Search Engines. I'm not sure how that information helps improve anything, but the majority of traffic to all the Stack Exchange sites are search engine driven.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2014-03-17T12:25:39.433" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8755" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8756" CreationDate="2014-03-17T13:52:02.277" Score="5" ViewCount="499" Body="&lt;p&gt;I really like the identicon as profile pictures. When I am going to change my profile picture it is only showing the old one. I got a few new identicons in past but forgot how they were changed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/G8r6k.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now I am stuck and have no clue, how to get a new identicon? Or they just get changed periodically?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="127327" LastActivityDate="2014-03-17T17:23:12.703" Title="Is there a way to get a new identicon as profile picture" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8756" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8755" CreationDate="2014-03-17T14:04:44.350" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your identicon/Gravatar is based on the MD5 hash of your email address. As long as your email remains the same, your identicon shouldn't change (except when we get replaced with monsters and unicorns for fun). If you want a new randomly generated one, simply changing your email would be the easiest way to manage that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Many email providers allow &lt;a href=&quot;https://support.google.com/mail/answer/12096?hl=en&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;plus-addressing-aliasing&lt;/a&gt; &lt;code&gt;username+mailbox@domain.ext&lt;/code&gt;. They'll still go through to you (if your provider supports it) but it'll look like a different address to the Identicon system.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;And some email providers have out-of-spec addressing quirks. Gmail ignores &lt;code&gt;.&lt;/code&gt; characters in the username so you could be &lt;code&gt;username&lt;/code&gt; or &lt;code&gt;u.s.e.r.n.a.m.e&lt;/code&gt; and Gmail treats it as the same thing.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or you could just set an image manually of something you do like. An image of you, your pet unicorn, or some such.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Whatever you do, test the address before setting it. We'd hate to need to contact you and have our emails bounce. And don't do it too much. I know &lt;em&gt;who&lt;/em&gt; I'm reading by subconsciously glancing at their gravatar. If you change your gravatar every other day, people won't be able to build that association.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As Robert points out in the comments, if you don't have an email address set, the system will use your IP address. That's generally not a great idea because you could see conflicts with other users, and it'll likely change over time (reducing the amount it actually identifies you).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd strongly recommend setting an email :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2014-03-17T17:23:12.703" LastActivityDate="2014-03-17T17:23:12.703" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8757" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8758" CreationDate="2014-03-17T14:23:21.093" Score="1" ViewCount="90" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've seen many times where users do or write &lt;code&gt;apt-get upgrade&lt;/code&gt;, but not &lt;code&gt;apt-get dist-upgrade&lt;/code&gt;, which, according to the man page, automatically handles dependency conflicts and installs any new needed packages automatically. This might get rid of a few dependency problem questions from ever coming up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any reason the former is more common/popular than the latter? Generally, which one should be used/recommended?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="241580" LastActivityDate="2014-03-17T15:24:29.847" Title="Recommending upgrade or dist-upgrade" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2014-04-20T00:06:20.653" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8758" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8757" CreationDate="2014-03-17T14:53:26.020" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you're recommending people upgrade to the latest versions of all their packages, yes, you should probably use &lt;code&gt;dist-upgrade&lt;/code&gt;. &lt;code&gt;upgrade&lt;/code&gt; will often work, but it won't &lt;em&gt;always&lt;/em&gt; do the job (you'll see messages about held packages).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure if it's actively causing dependency issues though... Apt is still running the show and it won't cause issues if it can help it. Could you invent a scenario where &lt;code&gt;upgrade&lt;/code&gt; would break things?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2014-03-17T14:53:26.020" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8759" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8757" CreationDate="2014-03-17T15:24:29.847" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;dist-upgrade&lt;/code&gt; is meant solely when you know that the upgrade will remove packages. I prefer using aptitude for this, since the commands are more explicit, &lt;code&gt;safe-upgrade&lt;/code&gt; which is the &lt;code&gt;upgrade&lt;/code&gt; equivalent, and &lt;code&gt;full-upgrade&lt;/code&gt; which is the &lt;code&gt;dist-upgrade&lt;/code&gt; equivalent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;dist-upgrade&lt;/code&gt; tells apt-get to install the latest version of all packages even if it needs to remove some (this can include DE packages and left you without GUI), it doesn't deal &lt;em&gt;automagically&lt;/em&gt; to solve dependencies but just remove the packages that are in the way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2014-03-17T15:24:29.847" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8760" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-18T06:19:35.763" Score="6" ViewCount="235" Body="&lt;p&gt;This site, AskUbuntu.com, uses the &quot;UbuntuRegular&quot; font. Sometimes the font size is 14px, which displays fine, but in the &quot;comments&quot; (&amp;amp; perhaps other places), the font size is 13px, &lt;strong&gt;which cuts off the bottom of low-hanging chars&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is a screenshot of the string &quot;testing 123 abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz&quot; as a comment, in various sizes...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/0gM4M.png&quot; alt=&quot;The string &amp;quot;testing 123 abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz&amp;quot; as a comment, in various sizes.&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Notice the &quot;g&quot;, &quot;j&quot; &amp;amp; &quot;y&quot; have the bottom cut off in sizes 12 &amp;amp; 13px.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is a screenshot of the letter &quot;g&quot; (from the word &quot;testing&quot; in the screenshot above) in 13px &amp;amp; 14px, pasted in Paint, zoomed to 800%, grid turned on &amp;amp; then another screenshot taken of that...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/mCbHB.png&quot; alt=&quot;The letter &amp;quot;g&amp;quot; in 13px &amp;amp; 14px, pasted in Paint, zoomed to 800%, grid turned on &amp;amp; then another screenshot taken of that.&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &quot;13px&quot; g is really in an 8px by 11px &quot;box&quot; (with 1px whitespace around it — not based on actual &quot;character box&quot; size, since I don't know where it is from a screenshot).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At 1st I thought it was a line-height issue, but then, after ruling that out, I noticed it's a font problem. The &quot;UbuntuRegular&quot; font simply don't render well at 12px &amp;amp; 13px.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This bug really needs to be fixed by someone editing the &quot;UbuntuRegular&quot; font...however, AskUbuntu.com could workaround the issue by making comments either 14px or 11px...or using a different font.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note: please see the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/posts/8760/revisions&quot;&gt;revision history&lt;/a&gt; for what I went thru to report this!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user259419" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditorDisplayName="user259419" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.227" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T07:19:38.947" Title="Bug: UbuntuRegular Font (used on this site) messed up at 12 &amp; 13px" Tags="|bug|design|font|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8761" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8763" CreationDate="2014-03-18T08:25:37.900" Score="6" ViewCount="201" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is good when people show their gratitude accepting answers. But how to deal with those who want to overgive their thankfulness and start upvoting the helper person's answers in despite of favor to them personally?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know that serial up-voting rolls back, even with damage to reputation… That's why I think my question is applicable to many users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="171636" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T13:59:39.480" Title="What can we do if someone overdoes with gratitude?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8763" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8761" CreationDate="2014-03-18T14:00:18.327" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sometimes people simply do not realize they are indirectly hurting the system by voting for a &lt;em&gt;user&lt;/em&gt;  rather than rewarding good &lt;em&gt;content.&lt;/em&gt; You can simply explain this to them. They should also know that they can actually be &lt;em&gt;hurting&lt;/em&gt; the user when the system detects this activity and their well-meaning votes are removed in bulk.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The system has processes in place to detect various types of targeted voting between users and groups of users. But if you suspect a user is disproportionately voting for a &lt;em&gt;user&lt;/em&gt; rather than voting broadly for good &lt;em&gt;posts,&lt;/em&gt; please feel free to pass on an appropriate excerpt from the guidance they will receive if they get caught up in this activity.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Dear {user},&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We recently noticed a substantial number of votes on your account to or from &lt;em&gt;specific users&lt;/em&gt;. Please note that votes on Ask Ubuntu should be cast to reflect the quality, accuracy, and relevance of the posts being voted on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While we encourage everyone to up-vote great posts, the motivation for doing so needs to be anchored in the merits of the post, &lt;strong&gt;not the person that wrote it.&lt;/strong&gt; Please refrain from targeting specific users' posts when voting. Stack Exchange strives to ensure that everyone who has a question sees the best information first; intentionally voting for content simply for the benefit of your family, friends or co-workers unfairly skews that system, and can result in a lengthy timed suspension for all concerned.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The offending votes have been invalidated. In the future, please ask people that you know to refrain from voting for your contributions simply because you wrote them. Additionally, please don't engage in this behavior yourself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&amp;lt;irrelevant stuff about remediation removed&amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="62" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T13:59:39.480" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8764" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-19T15:18:36.797" Score="8" ViewCount="122" Body="&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;After asking Question X (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/436278/how-do-i-list-commands-a-package-provides&quot;&gt;listing commands a package provides&lt;/a&gt;), the OP explicitly states he's not looking for ~X (the opposite of Question X), and by way of background provides what the answer for ~X would be. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;An hour later, someone asks &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/436294/how-to-find-all-the-available-commands-in-a-package-before-installing-it/436330#436330&quot;&gt;Question ~X&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;This is promptly nominated for closing as a duplicate of Question X.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This feels like a duplicate. Yet when I also started to vote to close it, I became unsure since the answer is included merely as background to another question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is whether this taken as a general case (apart from the merit or specifics of these two questions) is a truly a duplicate or not. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Update: The close vote was retracted and an answer has been provided, so maybe I have an answer; but comments/answers to this question are still welcome.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117123" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T16:18:42.750" Title="Is it a duplicate when the answer is given as background in another question?" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8765" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8768" CreationDate="2014-03-19T15:20:38.213" Score="13" ViewCount="410" Body="&lt;p&gt;On one hand, I think many of the first posts / answers are quite messy, and not only in bad English, but, and that is probably worse, the result of practically no effort to do some research before asking (or answering).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At the same time, sitting at the other end of the table, I feel uncomfortable in &amp;quot;Helping them to learn to use the site by reviewing their posts&amp;quot; as the review page puts it. Furthermore, I find it difficult to find the right &amp;quot;language&amp;quot; to do so, and I am not too happy about the comments I gave on the (still very few posts) I reviewed, being critical to the poor soul who gave his first answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is that a common thing?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2020-10-20T13:24:14.603" LastActivityDate="2020-10-20T13:24:14.603" Title="Is everyone uncomfortable with their first reviews?" Tags="|discussion|review|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="8766" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-19T15:50:05.663" Score="0" ViewCount="70" Body="&lt;p&gt;Disclaimer: I have seen &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/532/best-way-to-search-askubuntu&quot;&gt;Best way to search AskUbuntu&lt;/a&gt;, and even upvoted it, but still... I find that the search box on the main page (and live duplicate search) is quite sloppy by default. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can explain myself better with an example. I am &lt;strong&gt;sure&lt;/strong&gt; this is a duplicate (at least): &#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/436371/i-need-to-dual-boot-windows-8-and-ubuntu-13-10-and-am-not-a-techie&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/436371/i-need-to-dual-boot-windows-8-and-ubuntu-13-10-and-am-not-a-techie&lt;/a&gt;, so I go to vote for closing as such. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The proposed duplicate lists are really not spot on; even searching with the search box &quot;windows 8 ubuntu alongside&quot; gives a list that is far from the most relevant/voted/whatever: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?tab=votes&amp;amp;q=%20windows%208%20ubuntu%20alongside&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/search?tab=votes&amp;amp;q=%20windows%208%20ubuntu%20alongside&lt;/a&gt; --- the most voted result is at 10 votes, I am SURE there is a better one... &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The second spot on a google &quot;site:askubuntu.com  windows 8 ubuntu alongside&quot; gives &lt;strong&gt;the&lt;/strong&gt; question: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/221835/installing-ubuntu-on-a-pre-installed-windows-8-64-bit-system-uefi-supported&quot;&gt;Installing Ubuntu Alongside a Pre-Installed Windows with UEFI&lt;/a&gt; (and the first one is a duplicate to the right one). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So my question is: shouldn't the google.com &quot;site:askubuntu.com...&quot; be the default search method? Maybe this could help with the swamping number of duplicate black screen question over there? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16395" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2014-04-18T17:40:35.487" Title="Should site search be automatically switched to google?" Tags="|discussion|searching|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8767" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8765" CreationDate="2014-03-19T15:59:32.043" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you can't bear it downvote and flag/vote to close accordingly. Sometimes (well, most of them) there are askers/answerers that don't give the little minimum effort that the SE network requires, in helping the people that could potentially answer their questions or in structuring a good answer, don't read the help pages before asking/answering, don't try fit in the system. Repeat offenders are weeded out by the system and it's very aggressive at it, but it needs your help by voting, flagging.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Remember, &lt;strong&gt;that being nice is second to being honest&lt;/strong&gt;. This has been discussed several times already, and the network came to the consensus that we shouldn't lower the quality to give more participation, that doesn't fit the SE model which is providing high quality content and authoritative answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More about this in &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2012/08/stack-exchange-is-not-a-forum-the-role-of-niceness-on-a-qa-site/&quot;&gt;Stack Exchange is not a forum: the role of “niceness” on a Q&amp;amp;A site&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2014-03-19T16:14:29.107" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T16:14:29.107" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8768" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8765" CreationDate="2014-03-19T16:26:08.233" Score="22" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;On one hand, I think many of the first posts / answers are quite messy, and not only in bad English, but, and that is probably worse, the result of practically no effort to do some research before asking (or answering).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are two very separate points there. If the problem is bad English, that is often not the poster's fault. If their English is not that good and they nevertheless put the effort into attempting to answer, there is no reason to penalize them, on the contrary, they should be congratulated. Just edit the post and improve it and vote it up &lt;strong&gt;if it was a decent answer apart from the language issue&lt;/strong&gt;. Mind you, if their English is fine but they write like&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Pls hlp me!!!!!!!!! im trying to isntl ubnuntu and its no working. Why??????&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then downvote to oblivion, please. We do not expect people to write perfect English but they're not texting their mates either. There is no language that allows multiple successive punctuation marks like that and we expect users to at least re-read their posts before submitting them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, if they have not done any research but have just written the first thing that came to their mind with no explanation, no details and no useful resources, then that is a &lt;strong&gt;crappy answer, get rid of it&lt;/strong&gt;. You should not be afraid to dowvote bad posts and flag really bad ones. Please do it as much as possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Think about it, the Stack Exchange sites aim to be (and largely succeed) different from similar sites in terms of quality. Allowing bad posts just so you don't hurt the poster's feelings is bad for the entire site. So, maybe the poster gets an (undeserved) warm fuzzy feeling but the rest of us have the quality of our site reduced, and the next person to come visiting will i) see that post and say &quot;Cool, so I can answer crap here&quot; or ii) Look for an answer and find crap.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;People in this particular SE site (AU) seem to take downvotes very very personally. That's just silly. If someone downvoted you, there are two possible reasons:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Your answer is wrong/low quality/incomplete/not useful. Then the downvoter was very correct in downvoting. You should have a look at your answer and see how you can improve it. I have had very useful downvotes that helped me learn and improve my posts.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Your answer is fine and the downvoter misunderstood/hates you/is an idiot whatever. In this case &lt;em&gt;ignore the downvote&lt;/em&gt;. Come on, not only are these useless internet points, you also just use 2 rep per down vote. It really isn't such a big deal.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since, presumably, any downvote you give to a new answer will fall into the 1st category, you should most certainly do so. Since it's a new user, you can also leave a nice message explaining &lt;em&gt;why&lt;/em&gt;. Here's an example of a comment I left after a downvote on an answer that was very simply completely &lt;em&gt;wrong&lt;/em&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;-1 because 1) Never parse ls, 2) this will break on file names with whitespace, 3) What is the point of piping ls to for anyway? It does exactly the same thing as the for loop alone. 4) You grep -ow  does not do what you think it does, it will simply print out the first 3 characters of every file that contains three successive [A-za-z_] characters followed by a non word one, so it will also match on foo123 or 123foo` etc, irrespective of its length.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, there is no reason to be rude or aggressive but you &lt;em&gt;should&lt;/em&gt; be strict. That's what reviewing means. If you don't want to hurt people's feelings, skip the post or don't review. You can also flag instead of downvoting, but only do that for the really bad cases. But please, please don't give a positive review (upvote, no action needed) on bad posts to protect the poster's feelings. If that's the way you feel, stay out of the review queues. Please.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2014-03-20T22:55:32.810" LastActivityDate="2014-03-20T22:55:32.810" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8769" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8766" CreationDate="2014-03-19T16:46:47.580" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;this is too large to add as a comment but here goes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I kinda like the &lt;em&gt;sloppiness&lt;/em&gt; of the search box.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;I personally don't like it when a certain website thinks that the Google search results are the ones that I expect.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I want the searches to be from Google, I would use Google by adding &lt;code&gt;site:&amp;lt;url&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; to my query. What I expect from the search of a certain website is a &lt;em&gt;filtering&lt;/em&gt; functionality.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/searching&quot;&gt;Stuff like these&lt;/a&gt; cannot be done using Google. They have to be done in the site's own search functionality.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;exact  &quot;words here&quot;&#xA;author user:1234&#xA;       user:me (yours)&#xA;score  score:3 (3+)&#xA;       score:0 (none)&#xA;...&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other than filtering, sorting options can be quite important sometimes, using Google would remove that functionality altogether. &lt;em&gt;Like sorting by Votes, active, etc.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;In the earlier days, don't remember the layout or how it was actually shown, there used to be a text which shows tips on how to use the query you used in your search in other search engines like Google.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T16:56:13.977" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8770" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-19T17:00:25.887" Score="-1" ViewCount="60" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm sure for those of you who have used dropbox you remember that you get extra space for taking a tour (I think if my memory is accurate) of dropbox. I've been seeing some complaints lately about how newbies aren't researching before hand and the such.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I joined, I remember skipping the faq about questions (being a newbie). I believe if we reward reading the faq somehow, it might be beneficial. (However we may need to increase the points needed for certain things so that someone can't make an account and have a ton of benefits fast and spam)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="247505" LastEditorUserId="247505" LastEditDate="2014-03-20T14:17:51.073" LastActivityDate="2014-03-20T14:17:51.073" Title="Might be beneficial to include a page explaining what answers should be like when someone joins with better reward for reading the FAQ" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8771" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8770" CreationDate="2014-03-19T17:05:20.420" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;The tour does exactly this: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tour&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/tour&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It even gives you a badge for completing it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T17:05:20.420" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8772" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8745" CreationDate="2014-03-19T17:26:45.663" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;If there's an issue with the wording on an ubuntu.com site to here, file a bug on it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-website-content/+bug/1286283&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-website-content/+bug/1286283&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'll try to address some concerns:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;We answer questions about how to use Unity on Ask Ubuntu, feel free to check out the most popular questions people have been asking us ask your own!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;This results in many users coming here thinking that&#xA;&#xA;- they are talking to people who are paid to answer their question;&#xA;- that this is a forum like any other;&#xA;- they don't need to do any research, just ask any question and it will be answered.&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm the one who wrote this text on that website. I do not think that it is the cause of the problem since that text has been there since the site launched. In fact, I would argue that &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/unity&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;unity&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;unity&lt;/a&gt; was a crucial step in launching the site and showing people what quality should look like. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There have been some cases where Ubuntu.com just links to people here, but we've fixed those afaict. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I think it would benefit everyone if a bit more information were shown to new users on AU, or at least to those coming through the links above, than is shown now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This comes up time and time again; put your browser in porn mode, then try to ask a new question, these days SE barrages you with the intro FAQ, the how-to-ask-page, which is shown to new users, and all sorts of hints as people type in their first question. Another page from ubuntu.com to here wouldn't really help. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Just something quickly explaining that we're volunteers, that we expect research etc. Even something as simple as showing the text of the how to ask might significantly improve things.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most people who work on Ubuntu are volunteers, and the website already explains to you over and over how to ask a good question and has steps in place to ensure that the user gets that before they move forward. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The crap you are seeing on the front page today are people who chose to ignore all of that information, click next, see the duplicates presented to them, ignore them, click next, and the continue to post junk. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The problem isn't that they don't understand, the problem is that we can't get rid of it faster than people can post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By the way, we've had this problem for a long time. Adding Ask Ubuntu to the installer and/or the top link on Ubuntu.com wasn't the cause of all this -- people are coming from google and then they click on a link and ask a question.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T17:26:45.663" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8773" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-19T22:25:28.723" Score="10" ViewCount="107" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've found recently that people that ask questions in &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/&quot;&gt;meta&lt;/a&gt; do not correctly tag their questions, and when the community reacts unexpectedly or their issues don't rise awareness to the developer team, they feel that they are abandoned or ignored, so here's how you should use the obligatory tags in meta (most of these tags are described in the excerpt, but for some &lt;em&gt;reason&lt;/em&gt; nobody reads them):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/discussion&quot; class=&quot;post-tag required-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;discussion&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;discussion&lt;/a&gt; - This should be pretty obvious. You ask a question to discuss with the community. This normally is about issues with the behavior, scope, rules, etc. Whatever that needs a consensus to change our ruleset may use the discuss tag. It's recommended that you also use tags of what you want to discuss about: tags, quality, close/reopen questions, delete answer, delete posts, scope, PSA's, etc. Anything that can be addressed by users.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/feature-request&quot; class=&quot;post-tag required-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;feature-request&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;feature-request&lt;/a&gt; - Easy one: &lt;em&gt;&quot;You have an idea for a new feature, or for a change to the existing functionality.&quot;&lt;/em&gt; Change in the behavior of the site that needs to be addressed by SE employees. Adding/removing of some functionality, changing the design, etc. Anything that can't be addressed by users.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/bug&quot; class=&quot;post-tag required-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;bug&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;bug&lt;/a&gt; - Bugs I say! &lt;em&gt;&quot;Indicates you've found an erroneous or unexpected behaviour in the system that needs to be fixed.&quot;&lt;/em&gt; With these you must include how to reproduce, what did you expected, what happened instead... details! These can only be addressed by SE personal.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/support&quot; class=&quot;post-tag required-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;support&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;support&lt;/a&gt; - Whenever you need help about using the tools given. &quot;How can you do X&quot; kind of questions. This can be answered likewise users and developers/employees since some users know the how-to's of the site.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Remember, that even through these tags are the only obligatory/required, you can also add tags so the people following them can respond to the issue. For example, if there's some issue with the fonts/design, tag it with the &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/design&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;design&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;design&lt;/a&gt; tag, so Jin can answer your concerns, otherwise your issue might go unnoticed by the people that are interested in them and can fix them (this kinda applies to the main site, too).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.227" LastActivityDate="2014-03-22T04:03:58.773" Title="How should I use the tags in Meta.AU?" Tags="|discussion|tags|asking-questions|meta|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8774" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8463" CreationDate="2014-03-19T23:20:21.943" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are two cases.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If it would have been better somewhere else but is acceptable here, don't close it at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If it's off-topic here because it's really not about Ubuntu, then use the &amp;quot;not about Ubuntu&amp;quot; sub-reason under off-topic. As &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/8464/22949&quot;&gt;minerz209 says&lt;/a&gt;, the correct site (if there is one) doesn't have to be listed in the description of the &amp;quot;not about Ubuntu&amp;quot; reason, for that reason to be used. It's a catch-all for questions that aren't about Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you're sure it's not about Ubuntu but think it would be unclear to &lt;em&gt;others&lt;/em&gt; (the OP or other members of the community such as close reviewers), you can post a comment explaining why you believe it's off-topic and should be closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2012/03/respect-the-community-your-own-and-others/&quot;&gt;Respect the community – your own, and others’&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/author/josh-heyer/&quot;&gt;Shog9&lt;/a&gt; explains about how one should not close otherwise on-topic questions just because they'd be &lt;em&gt;better&lt;/em&gt; somewhere else:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Respecting your own community&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As members of a community, your first loyalty should be to &lt;em&gt;that&lt;/em&gt;&#xA;community. When evaluating a question, you shouldn’t be looking to&#xA;push it off on some other site; instead, ask if it could be&#xA;appropriate and on-topic for you, the experts who the author decided&#xA;to ask. &lt;strong&gt;Be a bit jealous of your site&lt;/strong&gt; – don’t blithely turn askers&#xA;away simply because their question could be asked somewhere else.&#xA;Don’t hit them over the head with your scope, help them tailor their&#xA;question to fit into it – and if that means your site’s scope overlaps&#xA;a bit with another site’s, so be it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Obviously, there are questions you’ll have to turn away, either&#xA;because their &lt;em&gt;only&lt;/em&gt; connection to your site is via the audience (“How&#xA;do I make bread as a &lt;em&gt;programmer&lt;/em&gt;?”), because it’s completely&#xA;off-topic (“How do I cook a fish in a dishwasher?” obviously belongs&#xA;on Cooking, not Home Improvement) or because they’re simply not useful&#xA;or constructive. But that should be your last resort. Close questions&#xA;with an eye toward &lt;em&gt;improvement and re-opening&lt;/em&gt;, not driving users&#xA;away.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(emphasis in original)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-03-19T23:20:21.943" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8775" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8778" CreationDate="2014-03-20T03:34:40.147" Score="2" ViewCount="393" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm sure most of you have seen these &quot;Babaji&quot; posts around AU or the internet. My question is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Why is there no filter to autodelete Babaji?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Pros:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Moderators won't spend so much time/effort on combating this&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Users use less flags&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Nobody ever sees spam, increasing overall quality of site&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Links to them never exist&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Cons:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Users who mention &quot;babaji&quot; for any reason in the post can't post (username/hostname?)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Spammers might find a way around it (maybe add intelligence to the blocker?)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Lots of work to implement (but lots of reward, too)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, the pros obviously outweigh the cons, so WHY NOT?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastActivityDate="2014-03-20T10:59:24.420" Title="Blocking &quot;Babaji&quot; and similar repeated Spam Attacks" Tags="|feature-request|spam|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8776" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-03-20T06:24:38.037" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;A feature request or bug report is typically considered completed when a feature or bugfix is added that addresses what was reported. Usually these are implemented in accordance with what is requested - however, an alternate solution that still solves the same problem/concern will still be considered completion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This tag may also be applied if an existing feature or bugfix addresses the report, such as if a user is unaware that a functionality already exists in the system. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If resolution involved the implementation of a new feature or bugfix, this tag will be added when the changes are checked into source control. Actual deployment generally happens every 24 hours.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Red status tags can only be applied by moderators and site developers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;Copied from: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/tags/status-completed/info&quot;&gt;https://meta.stackexchange.com/tags/status-completed/info&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="12845" LastEditDate="2018-06-13T21:03:18.233" LastActivityDate="2018-06-13T21:03:18.233" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="8777" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-03-20T06:24:38.037" Score="0" Body="Indicates that the report has been resolved through the implementation of a feature or the fixing of a bug." OwnerUserId="208574" LastEditorUserId="12845" LastEditDate="2018-06-13T21:03:18.233" LastActivityDate="2018-06-13T21:03:18.233" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="8778" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8775" CreationDate="2014-03-20T09:09:23.297" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;For what it's worth, I've asked SE staff to blacklist the phone number and name about five times now. It would be a short term solution; spammers find a way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think SE is more interested in teaching the automated spam filter what spam is. Message contents, formats, flocking patterns, etc. This is why it's so critical that people flag spam. It all feeds into a system that stops spam before we even see it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I wouldn't mind if they could find a way to hook the blacklist &lt;em&gt;into&lt;/em&gt; the spam system so we didn't have to spend so much time feeding it ourselves.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;And in related news:&lt;/em&gt; Mods should be getting statistical access to the spam system soon, so we'll be able to see whether or not all this hard work is actually worth it. Hopefully it's handling hundreds of posts a day. That would more than make up for a couple of spammy days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2014-03-20T10:59:24.420" LastActivityDate="2014-03-20T10:59:24.420" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8779" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-21T13:55:06.030" Score="0" ViewCount="94" Body="&lt;p&gt;While I realize that dealing with duplicate questions is probably a tedious, time-consuming overhead issue for Moderators, I'm wondering if there can't be a better way of handling them rather than the simple&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;possible duplicate of …[link to dupe question]&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most of the time, this happens to new users posting their first question, and on the face of it, it seems rather a condescending way to handle it. Granted, the user probably invested no time in researching their problem before posting. And if it truly is a dupe question, it'll get flagged and closed as such at some point, which is as it should be.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So perhaps a more expansive explanation of why it may be a dupe and some hints on how to deal with it might be a more &quot;Friendly AU&quot; method of dealing with it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Your question appears to be a duplicate of this question [link to dupe question].&#xA;Please investigate the answer(s) provided there. If those do not seem to apply to&#xA;your situation or don't resolve the issue, edit and expand your question with&#xA;details as to what differentiates your issue from the other question. Duplicate&#xA;questions are subject to being closed.&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A simple boilerplate like this could be used that is more informative and helpful to the user resolving the issue, and how to deal with it if the suggested dupe doesn't shed results on the problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;EDIT / EXPANSION&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Following Eliah Kagan's expansive (and very helpful) answer, here's the real meat of the source of what is behind this question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Take yourself out of the context of Moderator / Admin / Seasoned Ubuntu User. How does the &lt;code&gt;possible duplicate of …&lt;/code&gt; response &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;occur&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; to the user? Get over in their seat and think about how getting that communication is going to land with you. What are you getting from it? What does it leave you with?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;If there's any chance that the response occurred as dismissive or rude, then it is exactly that, regardless of what postfacto-spin or rationalization we try to put on it.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm no noob when it comes to AU and online forums/discussion boards - I've been doing this for over 20 years. I've been a Mod/Sysop. I get that dealing with users who don't exercise any due-diligence in researching their problem for solutions can be like dealing with four-year-olds who expect an answer &lt;em&gt;right now&lt;/em&gt;. And still, with that experience under my belt, when I see the &lt;code&gt;possible duplicate of…&lt;/code&gt; comment, I get left with it being somewhat dismissive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, I'm all for having short, succinct responses, for some of the very reasons Eliah pointed out (keeps things small and readable). But if there's the possibility of expanding a response to provide just enough additional information to help the user, then I think that it's worth it. If the system isn't set up to allow for it, then I think that needs to be looked at.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150221" LastEditorUserId="150221" LastEditDate="2014-03-22T18:20:16.203" LastActivityDate="2014-03-22T18:20:16.203" Title="Better handling of marking duplicate questions?" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8781" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11527" CreationDate="2014-03-21T17:16:00.207" Score="7" ViewCount="94" Body="&lt;p&gt;For example in &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/8696/should-people-who-answer-a-question-actively-prevent-duplicates/8698#8698&quot;&gt;my answer here&lt;/a&gt;, if you open it on your mobile (Or just click &lt;code&gt;mobile&lt;/code&gt; in the footer on your desktop browser), an italic link would look like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/irB29.png&quot; alt=&quot;Link on mobile&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While on the desktop it's like so:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/hrp9L.png&quot; alt=&quot;Link on desktop&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is the markup of that link:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;[those *`apt-get` permission denied* questions][1]&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The problem is that in the css, &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; tags have color set on them:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;em {&#xA;    color: #000;&#xA;}&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastEditorUserId="14356" LastEditDate="2014-07-14T13:05:15.327" LastActivityDate="2014-07-14T13:20:08.400" Title="Italic text in Links are not colored" Tags="|bug|status-completed|design|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8782" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8779" CreationDate="2014-03-22T03:04:13.453" Score="4" Body="&lt;h3&gt;Short comments are sometimes better.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Although I'm somewhat infamous for posting long comments myself, I believe there is often a benefit to a comment that is short:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It can be read quickly.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It doesn't take up much space. One reason that is good is it means it doesn't impinge much on the visibility of other comments.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It doesn't appear overly authoritative. A &amp;quot;possible duplicate&amp;quot; comment does not reflect even a weak form of community consensus; it's just a suggestion.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sometimes a longer comment is better than a shorter comment. I think this is especially likely to happen when:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The longer comment expresses something especially complicated and it's long because a shorter version would be confusing or misleading. &lt;em&gt;Or:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The longer comment is written in such a way to address the specific needs of the question or answer it's posted on. Its length reflects the time and thought a person put in to the specific question at hand.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In contrast, I think shorter comments are especially likely to be better than longer comments when:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The greater length of the longer comment would owe mainly to meta-information, such as information on how to use the site.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The comment is reusable and the fundamental idea it expresses is not complicated or particularly confusing or non-intuitive.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The comment is being posted by an automated or semi-automated process.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The additional information in a longer comment can equally or more effectively be provided by linkifying (hyperlinking) some of the text in the shorter comment to a page that offers a full explanation. Unlike answers, comments are not expected to be self-contained.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;These comments are automatic... but that's not as important as it seems.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/8779/better-handling-of-marking-duplicate-questions#comment16622_8779&quot;&gt;Braiam says&lt;/a&gt;, most &amp;quot;possible duplicate&amp;quot; are generated automatically. This usually happens when a user votes to close a question as a duplicate of another question. Roughly speaking, the way the system decides whether or not to post a &amp;quot;possible duplicate&amp;quot; comment in a user's name is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If there's already a comment linking to the proposed duplicate master, no automatic comment is posted.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If there is no comment the system recognizes as pointing to the proposed duplicate, an automatic comment is posted. If the only comment(s) linking to the master question link only to &lt;em&gt;answers&lt;/em&gt; on it, an automatic comment with a link to the question (i.e., the top of the question page) is still posted.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(But there may be bugs or quirks that produce other behavior under some circumstances.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Although most &amp;quot;possible duplicate&amp;quot; comments are posted automatically by the system, they &lt;em&gt;are&lt;/em&gt; still the responsibility of the user in whose name they are posted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It is intentional that the system posts them in the name of that user. If the user is pinged in a reply (e.g., &lt;code&gt;@EliahKagan&lt;/code&gt; in a comment coming after a possible duplicate comment posted in my name), they are notified.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The user in whose name the comment is posted &amp;quot;owns&amp;quot; the comment: they may delete it, and (within five minutes of when it is posted, just like any other comment) they may edit it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it would be inappropriate to post a &amp;quot;possible duplicate&amp;quot; comment manually, a user should edit or delete/replace their &amp;quot;possible duplicate&amp;quot; comment with something else.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I don't think a simple &amp;quot;possible duplicate of &lt;em&gt;[link]&lt;/em&gt;&amp;quot; comment is usually inappropriate; short comments seem best for this situation. Also, I don't think a short comment--even one that's not quite a complete sentence--is &lt;em&gt;rude&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Could &amp;quot;possible duplicate&amp;quot; comments be more instructive and informative?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Part of your concern seems to be that newcomers may not know how we handle duplicate questions here on Ask Ubuntu, or may not know what to say or do when the proposed master question doesn't actually help. They might not have to do &lt;em&gt;anything&lt;/em&gt; though--sometimes when someone votes to close a question as a duplicate of another, it really &lt;em&gt;isn't&lt;/em&gt; (and usually doesn't get closed).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I can think of one way to keep the stock &amp;quot;possible duplicate&amp;quot; comment the same length, while providing more information to people who don't quite know how to use the site yet, would be to linkify the word &lt;em&gt;duplicate&lt;/em&gt; to point to a help page explaining how duplicates work. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/duplicates&quot;&gt;This help page&lt;/a&gt; might be appropriate, though I'd be concerned it might deceive people into thinking their question had already been &lt;em&gt;closed&lt;/em&gt; as a duplicate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;If automatic comments should be short, why are some &amp;quot;review comments&amp;quot; long?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;Possible duplicate&amp;quot; comments are sometimes compared to the comments people have the option to select after clicking &lt;em&gt;Recommend Deletion&lt;/em&gt; (or &lt;em&gt;Delete&lt;/em&gt;) in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/low-quality-posts/&quot;&gt;low quality posts review queue&lt;/a&gt; (or to the similar &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1323/what-prewritten-pro-forma-aka-autoreviewcomments-userscript-comments-can-we-us&quot;&gt;pro-forma comments&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But when the system posts a &amp;quot;possible duplicate&amp;quot; comment in a user's name, that is automatic in a different way than a review comment is &amp;quot;automatic.&amp;quot; A &amp;quot;possible duplicate&amp;quot; comment is posted when the user does an action not fundamentally related to commenting: voting to close a question as a duplicate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In contrast, a review comment is posted when the user &lt;em&gt;chooses to select one instead of keeping the default option of not posting a comment.&lt;/em&gt; Review comments (and pro-forma comments) are shown to a user in full &lt;em&gt;before&lt;/em&gt; they post it; they are not a side effect of some other action. Review and pro-forma comments are only automatic in the sense that the user doesn't have to manually type out the text of the comment. We're expected to give those &amp;quot;automatic&amp;quot; comments &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/4219/psa-when-reviewing-dont-post-duplicate-and-near-duplicate-comments&quot;&gt;the same deliberate consideration&lt;/a&gt; we'd apply to a comment we typed our ourselves.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a separate distinction, &lt;em&gt;some&lt;/em&gt; review and pro-forma comments express complex ideas or are based on an assumption that the author of a post isn't aware of how to properly use the site (a reasonable assumption for a user who posts a &amp;quot;thanks&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;me too&amp;quot; answer).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In contrast, commenting to say someone's question may be a duplicate of another question is quite intuitive--question authors probably know that this is a suggestion to take a look at the other question and see if it helps, even without any special explanation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-03-22T03:04:13.453" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8783" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-22T18:06:22.290" Score="3" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;We've got couple of questions about ChrUbuntu, installing Ubuntu on a Chrome Book, problems that happens &lt;em&gt;only&lt;/em&gt; when you use these modified scripts. So, they are welcomed with all that it carries or they should find home in UL?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2014-03-22T18:06:22.290" Title="Can we please decide if Chrubuntu installation and usage is on topic?" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ClosedDate="2014-03-22T19:53:32.970" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8786" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-23T18:59:12.070" Score="-6" ViewCount="113" Body="&lt;p&gt;if an answer is wrong , then  we can vote it and the wrong answer goes down the list,but why decrementing the hard-earned reputation?? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;we need to bring a change to that policy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="250852" LastActivityDate="2014-03-23T21:01:02.290" Title="Why does voting down decrement Reputation" Tags="|discussion|reputation|downvoting|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8787" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8786" CreationDate="2014-03-23T19:15:58.273" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think that it has been addressed previously (I can't find a dupe), or maybe it is too obvious.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This restriction makes you take it more serious. If you don't like a post, even when it may be useful, you would likely downvote it just because. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;IMO it is a perfect policy that doesn't need to be changed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At the end of the day, as Eliah says: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;if a post isn't useful to anyone, we certainly should downvote it!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="62483" LastEditorUserId="62483" LastEditDate="2014-03-23T21:01:02.290" LastActivityDate="2014-03-23T21:01:02.290" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8788" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8746" CreationDate="2014-03-24T07:37:38.003" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;In simple and small, I think, answers should be &lt;em&gt;explained&lt;/em&gt; because they need to be understood by the OP. but &lt;em&gt;Why they got the answer?&lt;/em&gt; or &lt;em&gt;How they got the answer?&lt;/em&gt; should not be part of the answer. However, The answerer may make remarks about the way he got the answer, but it should not be an essential part of the answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The bottom line is, This is a Question/Answer site. Answers for questions. It should not teach OP how the OP can be a good researcher, unlike the Bio class, where the aim is truly that i.e making good researchers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hope you got it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="61218" LastActivityDate="2014-03-24T07:37:38.003" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8789" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8794" CreationDate="2014-03-24T14:42:03.747" Score="8" ViewCount="162" Body="&lt;p&gt;The only time the word &lt;em&gt;retina&lt;/em&gt; is of use on a site a bout technology is when talking about Retina displays. Since we aren't a Q&amp;amp;A site for Apple, I think it should the relevant tag should be called &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/retina-display&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;retina-display&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;retina-display&lt;/a&gt; since it could only be about the display. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10698" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2014-03-24T17:13:00.373" LastActivityDate="2014-03-24T17:19:52.773" Title="Can we merge retina with retina-display" Tags="|discussion|tag-synonyms|retag-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8790" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-24T16:28:16.773" Score="1" ViewCount="69" Body="&lt;p&gt;It generally happens that a comments on questions/answers stretch too long.This may happen due to improper/inadequate information provided by OP or for clarification asked by some users or for whatsoever reason.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The system generally suggests to avoid long discussion and use discussion on chat as an alternative.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But only users with 20+ rep can post in chat.Under 20 rep users can be granted explicit write access to a chat room.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is: &lt;strong&gt;When should I and when should I not grant explicit write access to a user?&lt;/strong&gt;. I have considered few condition ahead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Should I do this for only those posts which have been upvoted?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Only for user with &gt;1 reputation.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So what are your views on this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="184942" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="When should/shouldn't I grant explicit write access to a low rep user?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8791" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8790" CreationDate="2014-03-24T16:35:38.750" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;That option doesn't do anything in public rooms when used by a non-mod, a regular user can't give a &amp;lt;20 rep user access to chat, it simply does not work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So you should never do that, as it doesn't do anything useful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4068" LastActivityDate="2014-03-24T16:35:38.750" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8792" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8790" CreationDate="2014-03-24T16:52:53.963" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;That feature is &lt;em&gt;only&lt;/em&gt; there to allow users with less than 20 reputation to chat temporarily. This is usually for when a comment discussion is getting too long and the discussion should be moved to chat, but one of the users doesn't have the required reputation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as I know, this feature can only be used by moderators, but it definitely can't be used by anyone that isn't a room owner of the room.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2014-03-24T16:52:53.963" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8793" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8790" CreationDate="2014-03-24T17:18:23.247" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;As the others have already told you, the question is moot since only moderators can do this. Not even a room owner can unless they happen to be a mod. There is a feature request for this on the main meta site, you can go and upvote it if you would like it to be implemented:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/111942/203101&quot;&gt;Allow inviting people with rep &amp;lt; 20 to private chat?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2014-03-24T17:18:23.247" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8794" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8789" CreationDate="2014-03-24T17:19:52.773" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;And it's done. I renamed the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/231646/is-ubuntu-12-10-optimized-for-retina-displays&quot;&gt;only question&lt;/a&gt; with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/retina&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;retina&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;retina&lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/retina-display&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;retina-display&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;retina-display&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2014-03-24T17:19:52.773" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8795" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8745" CreationDate="2014-03-25T08:46:25.297" Score="2" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I suspect that this is largely because so many users come here straight from official Canonical pages.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This results in many users coming here thinking that ...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I just want to say that you have no data whatsoever to defend this claim. They might just as well come from search engines.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit:&lt;/strong&gt; I don't think the referrer should determine the action we take. Whether a question comes from Google or Ubuntu really does not matter. We just need to be able to find a way to handle poor questions rapidly and accurately. And we need a way to force first time users to learn a bit about the site before using it. I can understand first time users that have a messed up an install and that look for an answer asap. I think Oli's wizard is helpful in these cases. And for the rest we need to vote, vote, vote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="115155" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-03-25T15:29:00.517" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8797" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-26T14:25:05.463" Score="13" ViewCount="268" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been finding that my judgement about review items in Low Quality Queue contrasts drastically compared to fellow members of this site. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I find the posts to be &quot;good&quot;; whereas others &quot;recommend to delete&quot; more often. Do remember, that bad and incorrect answers should be voted-down, not deleted. Correct me if I am wrong about the &quot;not deleted&quot; part.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Below are some of the recent examples (providing the post contents in quote in case it does get deleted by the system in the interim):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/low-quality-posts/239759&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/review/low-quality-posts/239759&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The answer provided was:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Try doubleklicking speaker in sound settings. Had the same error as you do and this did the trick for me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It does attempt to answer the question about sound issues. I don't know if it would solve it, but as the answerer said, it worked for him. Maybe it won't work for anybody, but hey it works in some cases. Hence, my reasoning that it &lt;strong&gt;&quot;Looks Good&quot;&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/low-quality-posts/237467&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/review/low-quality-posts/237467&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The answer provided was:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You must set permision for user for write.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;chmod -w /path_to_ftp_folder/ftp&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question is about an issue with permissions and it answers to change permissions with a command. I don't know if it is correct, but it does attempt to answer the question. Hence, my reasoning that it &lt;strong&gt;&quot;Looks Good&quot;&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/low-quality-posts/236989&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/review/low-quality-posts/236989&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The answer provided was:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You can use command line to shut down pc in normal way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;sudo shutdown -P now&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question says that the user isn't able to shutdown the PC normally. Shutting down only logs him out of the system. This answer provides a way to shutdown via terminal. Okay, it doesn't solve the issue. But atleast, it provides an interim solution until the problem gets actually solved. Hence, my reasoning that it &lt;strong&gt;&quot;Looks Good&quot;&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can definitely provide a lot of more examples, but haven't really dug so deep into my review history. What is the opinion of the community? Am I reviewing this queue correctly, or my reasoning doesn't seem good and I shouldn't click &lt;strong&gt;&quot;Looks Good&quot;&lt;/strong&gt; this often? Or, the community isn't reviewing the posts properly? I know the system automatically flags a lot of posts as Low quality.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="114818" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2017-12-06T14:20:51.173" Title="Am I reviewing the Low Quality Queue properly?" Tags="|discussion|review|low-quality-posts|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8798" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8797" CreationDate="2014-03-26T17:54:47.843" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;I agree with you that deletion should not be used lightly, that should be reserved for the really &lt;em&gt;really&lt;/em&gt; bad/dangerous answers or those that don't try to answer the question. However, in my opinion, you should not have clicked on &quot;Looks Good&quot; either in these cases. Specifically:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Try doubleklicking speaker in sound settings. Had the same error as you do and this did the trick for me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is more of a comment than an answer. There is very very little information there. What sound settings? How do I find them? Answers should at least try and explain how to achieve the desired result. Note that Oli, a mod, simply turned that answer into a comment to the OP.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The question asked was about errors on an FTP setup, the permissions for an FTP server have nothing to do with the permissions on the file system (not directly anyway), they depend on the way that the server has been set up and how the FTP users are defined and allowed to access. The answer would not help the OP fix the issue at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this case, you simply don't have the expertise to know whether this is a correct answer or not (which is fine of course, nobody knows everything). &lt;strong&gt;If you are not &lt;em&gt;sure&lt;/em&gt; this is a good answer don't click on &quot;Looks Good&quot;&lt;/strong&gt;. Instead, skip the review. You should only click on &quot;looks Good&quot; if you know enough about the question to be able to evaluate the answer, otherwise, the post will be removed from the queue (I think it happens when 3 users or so click on &quot;Looks Good&quot;). Whenever you are not certain just skip the post.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The OP has issues shutting down from the GUI but the answer is again wrong. He recommended &lt;code&gt;sudo shutdown -P now&lt;/code&gt;. This has several issues:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;del&gt;The syntax is wrong, that command will just produce an error:&lt;/del&gt; Turns out it works on Ubuntu, my bad.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;$ sudo shutdown -P now&#xA;shutdown: -H and -P flags can only be used along with -h flag.&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;There is no explanation of what this is. The poster should have explained what the &lt;code&gt;shutdown&lt;/code&gt; command does or at the very least explain what the &lt;code&gt;-P&lt;/code&gt; flag is. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Again, this is a very low quality answer.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, it is indeed a problem that the queue does not let us downvote or flag. We have to open them in a new window and downvote there. However, &quot;Looks Good&quot; implies that the posts are fine and all three of them have serious issues so that should be avoided. So since the only choices are &quot;Delete&quot; or &quot;Looks good&quot;, personally I would have exited the queue and flagged the first as &quot;Not an answer&quot;, and then clicked on &quot;Skip&quot;. I would have voted to delete the 2nd since it is completely irrelevant and I would have tried to improve the 3rd to make it into a useful answer (which I just did).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="114818" LastEditDate="2014-03-28T13:01:14.810" LastActivityDate="2014-03-28T13:01:14.810" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8799" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-27T14:22:12.887" Score="2" ViewCount="165" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm generally pretty self-sufficient, and the Ask Ubuntu database is pretty full.  So I can generally find the answers to the questions that I'm looking for.  However, I would still like to contribute, but since my reputation is 1, I'm barred from doing much more than ask a question.  It seems silly to be forced to generate a question if I can find the info that I need just to build my reputation so that I can then contribute.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just to clarify, the system requires a 5 reputation to answer a question.  I have tried adding clarification to other's posts, but apparently it was rejected or never approved as I still remain at 1 for reputation.  I think what's most frustrating is that it's not clear how to gain this currency.  This is most infuriating for upvoting as I would like to give thanks to someone who provided an answer that I used, but I'm unable to do so.  I realize that you're trying to prevent bots from creating SPAM and the like, but as a human I'm feeling like a false positive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="183360" OwnerDisplayName="syserss" LastEditorUserId="183360" LastEditDate="2014-03-27T18:01:27.680" LastActivityDate="2014-04-19T23:29:17.403" Title="How do I improve my reputation if I can generally find answers to the questions that I have?" Tags="|discussion|community|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="4" ClosedDate="2014-04-21T14:13:59.173" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8800" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8799" CreationDate="2014-03-27T15:20:36.960" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't understand what the problem is. You can get reputation when people upvote your posts. These posts can be &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Questions: each upvote will gain you 5 rep.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Answers: each upvote will gain you 10 rep.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, the better way to gain reputation is to &lt;em&gt;answer existing questions&lt;/em&gt;. There are new ones coming in every day, why don't you simply go and answer them? If your answers are good, people will upvote and you will get the reputation you covet. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While the reputation system does indeed impose restrictions on new users, there is no restriction on posting new content, neither questions nor answers. As explained &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/create-posts&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What is asking and answering questions?&#xA;  The most basic privilege of all -- the right to ask a question, and the right to contribute an answer. This is generally available to everyone, regardless of reputation level.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, go forth and answer!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is true that you need 5 rep to answer here, on &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/URMYL.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is not the case for the main site, &lt;a href=&quot;http://askubuntu.com&quot;&gt;http://askubuntu.com&lt;/a&gt; and, anyway, answering here does not gain you reputation, so that's not what you're after. The Meta is where we discuss issues about the main site, not where we post and answer questions about Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2014-03-27T18:04:00.327" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8801" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8799" CreationDate="2014-03-27T15:25:11.077" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am not someone to ask a lot of questions. Before I do I first google my problem and 99 out of 100 times I'll find something to solve it or to get me thinking about doing something to to solve it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My reputation comes from answering. Several of my high upvoted answers are to basic questions. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My idea of answering: answer it as thoroughly and in such a way others are discouraged to answer and the rep will flow to you. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2014-04-19T23:29:17.403" LastActivityDate="2014-04-19T23:29:17.403" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8802" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8799" CreationDate="2014-03-27T15:56:24.977" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Existing questions and answers do exist, but technical things always going out of date, you also earn reputation from submitting fixes to existing posts. You won't see them right away as they'll go into the review queue, but it's a good way to help! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just click on &quot;Improve this post&quot;. We have 14.04 coming and a bunch of stuff will need to be updated, so the time is ripe for some good edits! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2014-03-27T15:56:24.977" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8803" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8799" CreationDate="2014-03-27T16:04:51.640" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you check &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/107450/warren-hill&quot;&gt;my profile&lt;/a&gt; on the main site you will see that I have only asked one question.  Its not all about asking questions as others have pointed out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A lot of questions and answers are badly written and you can earn some reputation by improving these.  In some cases this can be a simple case of correcting grammar mistakes, spelling and punctuation. I have seen questions and answers with no punctuation and all written in one case either all capitals or all lower case. In other cases you may be able to add some relevant background.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example I've seen questions asking:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a Linux equivalent for &lt;em&gt;insert program here&lt;/em&gt; and how can I install it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can improve that question by providing a summary of what that program is and providing a link as somebody here may be using something suitable but may never of heard of the Windows program.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can't get all of your reputation through suggested edits however and there is a limit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The other thing you can do is Answer questions; even if they already have answers.  If you have a better one: either technically or a better way to explain it then provide your own answer.   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="107450" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2014-03-27T16:04:51.640" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8804" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-27T16:31:08.883" Score="11" ViewCount="116" Body="&lt;p&gt;One of my coworkers noticed that Launchpad logins are broken. If you log out, then go to login, click the launchpad button, and nothing happens.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Normally a text widget shows up so you can type in your username and then login. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Works on Chrome for Windows but neither Chrome or Firefox in Linux. Can anyone else confirm this? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="133195" LastEditDate="2014-03-28T15:00:21.680" LastActivityDate="2014-03-28T15:01:52.910" Title="Launchpad logins broken on linux browsers?" Tags="|bug|status-completed|login|launchpad|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8805" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8804" CreationDate="2014-03-27T16:41:18.200" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;I can confirm the behaviour but it isn't terminal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you click the &quot;More sign up options&quot; link and then click the &quot;Sign up using Launchpad&quot; link, you'll get a textbox that will pre-populate the OpenID box for you and will forward you onto Launchpad.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/GZQbr.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's definitely a problem though. I'll punt this off to SE directly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Update: It's been handed from SE mods to developers. I or they will let you know when this is fixed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2014-03-27T18:30:05.827" LastActivityDate="2014-03-27T18:30:05.827" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8806" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1298" CreationDate="2014-03-28T08:44:15.500" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you have non-resolved hardware issues, my suggestion is to wait until fresh Ubuntu Beta releases, install it and file bugreports. You may do this even with Alpha (and have a better chance that your problem will be solved), but your experience may harm. For example, I followed Karmic release, but one day Pulseaudio was broken and I had to downgrade back to Jaunty.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="171636" LastActivityDate="2014-03-28T08:44:15.500" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8807" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8804" CreationDate="2014-03-28T15:01:52.910" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is fixed now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When selecting the Launchpad option, a username field will come up:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/iEZfU.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="133195" LastActivityDate="2014-03-28T15:01:52.910" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8808" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-28T20:19:48.370" Score="-3" ViewCount="48" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've seen several answers lately that are using an FAQ-style Q&amp;amp;A-format within the answer. The answer ends up as a set of Q&amp;amp;A's within a Q&amp;amp;A.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Examples:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/440438/thinking-of-switching-to-ubuntu&quot;&gt;Thinking of switching to Ubuntu!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/440118/why-does-apt-get-require-sudo/440190#comment575120_440190&quot;&gt;Why does apt-get require sudo?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The content of the answers themselves are fine, but am I the only one thinking this is not a great way to format our answers?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I argue that in most cases, the Q&amp;amp;A format in an answer:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Makes the answer cluttered and actually harder to read.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Draws focus to the sub-questions and away from the info being provided.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Tends to cause the sub-questions to become very artificial and overly wordy, also making the answer harder to read and detracting from the content.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Often become a substitute for clearly thinking out how the parts of your answer work together to create a coherent whole. This makes the answer less likely to be effective.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Judicious use of headings, in contrast, tend to frame important information or highlight cautions; and create better flow within an answer, helping the answer stay clear and concise.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was tempted to just edit them, but I'm not looking for rollback wars; so I'm seeking consensus first.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117123" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2014-03-29T06:40:00.027" Title="Q&amp;A style within answer" Tags="|discussion|answers|style|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8809" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8808" CreationDate="2014-03-28T20:53:12.073" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Especially when the question asked has several sub-questions or when the answering person wants to address single points of the question this format seems fine. It helps the reader to focus on the part that’s relevant for her.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the rendering of the subtitles is optimal is another point (I personally don't care for big bold)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastActivityDate="2014-03-28T20:53:12.073" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8813" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8808" CreationDate="2014-03-29T06:40:00.027" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I usually gently encourage one question at a time and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/35722/what-is-kernel-panic/35723#35723&quot;&gt;try to help anyway&lt;/a&gt;.  Some questions are really logical to hold in that kind of format like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/60395/5768&quot;&gt;Broadcom Wireless troubleshooting&lt;/a&gt;.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do I think it's a good pattern to have for many questions?  No.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do I think there are instances where it's good?  Yes.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2014-03-29T06:40:00.027" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8814" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-29T08:02:39.473" Score="1" ViewCount="88" Body="&lt;p&gt;First of, this is an overall &lt;em&gt;really&lt;/em&gt; great community. Nevertheless, I feel driven away. So this post is not a question, it's just that I need to voice the opinion I formed in actually just the last few months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have the impressions that there is some sort of (fake) karma-farming or something similar happening out of these observations  (read: as in highly anecdotal evidence):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The thing is, I don't visit often in times when I do not have questions or anything to say. But the times I visit, I notice there are &lt;em&gt;so many&lt;/em&gt; of those cheap low effort questions with some remarkable detailed replies.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Then there are the basically inactive users who just have with some little karma and who re-edit any post they can find.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Then there are the users who post more replies to already solved questions or questions which are popular.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These obversation mostly relate to questions which address something basic and/or familiar for every pc/laptop user, so they aren't really concerning something specific *buntu-related.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My personal example would be a user &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/247408/how-can-i-have-a-dash-like-search-under-xfce&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. In this specific thread, he posted another reply. The thing is, I remember that he had registered on this day and I had like 10 notifications only because of his edits and comments which were mundane edits and non-constructive comments. I told him, I flagged him and some of his content disappeared.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The second issue is where users are concerned with minutiae. This leads to a double standard (in regards to all the posts which are out there) and to a hilariously bad example such as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/323322/revisions&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt;. I can tell you, any time I spot an edit for something very small in the post (and I already have my personal favorite user for this), I am closing the tab. AFAIK the way it works on SE, there is nothing you can do except closing the tab. I don't imagine many people try to stick around for this. (this last paragraph is not about tags!)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know it's an internet thing, but it's clear that in some cases people really do make an effort to get their own specific will in while completely disregarding proper behavior. I don't know what it's for, in the big picture? To write on you rCV that you have some IT support-related experience wile working towards a goal in a team or something? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="125988" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2014-03-29T08:51:43.683" Title="I like the idea of this community, but not the community itself anymore" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8815" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8814" CreationDate="2014-03-29T08:51:43.683" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;I might be a bit biased here but I think the mods work &lt;em&gt;really&lt;/em&gt; hard to find people who cheat the system. We have a pretty decent toolset for forensically linking accounts to the same people so if you think people are doing something bad, tell us. Flag one of their posts, leave a &quot;for moderator attention&quot; and explain what you think is wrong.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;A good answer to a crappy question isn't always suspect. Answerers are often more willing to put in the time to write good answers than new users are willing to write good questions. A sad fact.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Some people like editing. They want to progress to other things but don't have the wherewithall to gain reputation through questions and answers directly.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sometimes popular questions deserve fresh answers... But no, if they're posting the same old stuff again, flag it and we'll nuke it from orbit. This is unfortunately common.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not trying to stop you from flagging any of those behaviours, I'm just giving you a second perspective. There's a lot more good come from the community than bad...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And yes, there are are some people who take the rules too seriously but I don't count your example as a valid one. There are also &lt;em&gt;some&lt;/em&gt; things that might seem ridiculously strict that we do for everybody's benefit. How users trade reputation is one of those things; it has to be on technical merit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But for the people who do overstep, we do contact them (privately, most of the time) to get them to moderate their own actions a little better. Again, this is something you can flag up for moderator attention if you think something's going sideways.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You're also more than welcome to post on Meta about policy. You won't always get your way but you can learn other opinions (and their popularity) on here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2014-03-29T08:51:43.683" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8816" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8823" CreationDate="2014-03-29T21:53:03.203" Score="1" ViewCount="56" Body="&lt;p&gt;Hi :) This might not be easy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I want a list of the &lt;strong&gt;currently&lt;/strong&gt; most viewed questions; in the past &quot;number&quot; of days for example. Not all time views. Not like &lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/askubuntu/query/82571/top-x-viewed-questions&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; (although it's very close). For example &quot;in the past week; the questions so and so and so and so were viewed most&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By the way I'm in severe need of such list!!!! Not just for fun believe it or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I tried searching data explorer a bit but I couldn't find or make &quot;the query&quot;. It's a bit complicated for me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="174392" LastActivityDate="2014-03-30T17:37:08.580" Title="Most viewed questions in the last &quot;number&quot; of days" Tags="|support|statistics|data-explorer|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8817" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8818" CreationDate="2014-03-30T02:16:03.447" Score="3" ViewCount="70" Body="&lt;p&gt;I flagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/440602/changing-mozilla-26-0-for-ubuntu-themes&quot;&gt;something&lt;/a&gt; as off-topic. Twenty hours on, that flag is still active.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know mods are volunteers (and so on), but I would like to know why this flag is still pending &lt;strong&gt;only&lt;/strong&gt; if the reason isn't mod unavailable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If there is some other reason and I am educated about it, I may not flag badly in future.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="248158" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Do flags expire?" Tags="|support|flags|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8818" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8817" CreationDate="2014-03-30T02:28:20.017" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Flags aren't handled by moderators anymore. Any flag to close a question is added to the Close queue immediately and the flag isn't marked as helpful until someone casts a close votes, or all reviewers consider to leave the question open, in which case it's marked as declined.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The review queue has a backlog and reviewers are dealing with them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2014-03-30T02:28:20.017" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8819" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-30T02:30:15.807" Score="-2" ViewCount="208" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/436/ability-to-close-a-question-as-a-bug-report&quot;&gt;Ability to close a question as a bug report&lt;/a&gt;, its speculated that closing as a bug better serves the community's users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm finding the exact opposite in practice. That is, the bug reporting and triaging sucks for getting help, and the best help is provided the Ask Ubuntu community. I have some reasons for making the claim, and I'll enumerate them here. As a side note, I would also enjoy seeing the evidence that supports the current policy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The most compelling example the bug tracker sucks for help is the number of bugs that go unacknowledged and untriaged. For example, below is the latest from what I've reported. Of the 27 non-wishlist item, only 11 have been acknowledged, triaged or are a work in progress. That means 16 have not even been acknowledged.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/rak83.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Its hard to get help when the bug is not even acknowledged. For example, &lt;a href=&quot;https://bugs.launchpad.net/linuxmint/+bug/967935&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Insufficient Permissions on home/ ACLs&lt;/a&gt; means users (including the guest account) can poke around other user's home directories. It was never even acknowledged.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Bugs fixes are often not applied to current releases, so the broken stuff stays broken. For example &lt;a href=&quot;https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1244176&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Server 13.10 Install Fails with USB Keyboard (Appears to Hang)&lt;/a&gt; was never fixed in Ubuntu 13. It does not help a community member find a work around.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As another example, a &lt;a href=&quot;https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/precise/+source/os-prober/+bug/1038093&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;bug in GRUB&lt;/a&gt; that's present on 12.04 LTS remains unfixed in 12.04 even though the report is years old. The fix is supposedly checked in elsewhere, but it was not provided for 12.04. Keep in mind this is supposed to be long term support.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In contrast to the bug tracker...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A question was asked about the &lt;a href=&quot;https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1244176&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Server 13.10 Install Fails with USB Keyboard (Appears to Hang)&lt;/a&gt; bug. It was promptly answered by the Ask Ubuntu community at &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/364945/server-13-10-install-hangs/364949&quot;&gt;Server 13.10 Install Hangs [closed]&lt;/a&gt;. Fortunately, the answer arrived before the question was closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ubuntu 14.04 had an installer problem, too. The question was asked on Ask Ubuntu and it was immediately closed: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/440690/hang-at-5-7-progress-cant-dismiss-message-box-with&quot;&gt;Hang at 5/7 Progress; Can't Dismiss Message Box with “??? ???” [on hold]&lt;/a&gt;. On the bug tracker, the question has not even been acknowledged: &lt;a href=&quot;https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1299408&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Installation at 5/7 Progress, Can't Dismiss Message Box with &quot;??? ???&quot;&lt;/a&gt;. Unfortunately, this question was closed too fast, and there's no answers available anywhere.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Ubuntu 13/14 installation issues were a pure experiment: The open question got a useful answer; while the closed question did not. In addition, the bug reports have not not helped in resolving the issue for users. The facts seems to indicate an open question is good, a closed question is bad, and a bug report is bad for the users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as the reason:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Bug reports and problems with the development version of Ubuntu should be reported on Launchpad so that developers can see, track and fix these issues.&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm more than happy to share information and workarounds provided by the Ask Ubuntu community with the developers and the bug tracker. But it appears most of the shared information probably won't be utilized because the bugs are not being tended to.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Speculating that some questions are bugs is simply wrong. There seems to be a lot of that speculation with respect to some of these questions. And folks won't know if its a bug until its examined. Prematurely closing a question surely does not help a Ask Ubuntu community user.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the Stack Exchange, a typical flow is to close a question if an answer exists. These are known a &quot;Duplicates&quot;. Closing a question because it speculatively should be on a bug report makes no sense in the stack exchange process flows. And closing a question as a duplicate without an answer is not even allowed in the Stack Exchange flows.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As show above, there's no guarantee a bug will be acknowledged, that it will be triaged, that a work around will be offered, that a bug fix will be checked in, or that the fix will actually work. Prematurely closing a question surely does not help a Ask Ubuntu community user.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This seems to be very relevant for this point: &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/6865/can-we-reopen-this-bug-report-that-isnt-being-fixed&quot;&gt;Can we reopen this “bug report” that isn't being fixed?&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Stack Exchanges are useful for users. They are easier to navigate and understand than typical bug reports. For example, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/5705/ubuntu-10-10-upgrade-results-in-blank-screen-after-login&quot;&gt;Ubuntu 10.10 upgrade results in blank screen after login&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1244176&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Server 13.10 Install Fails with USB Keyboard (Appears to Hang)&lt;/a&gt;. Both are Ask Ubuntu questions and answers that refer to a bug report if the poster is interested.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Providing information on Ask Ubuntu is likely more helpful to users than making them search bug reports. Especially those users who are not computer savvy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to Ubuntu's &lt;a href=&quot;http://community.ubuntu.com/help-information/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Help and information&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;AskUbuntu and Ubuntu Forums are great sources of answers to common&#xA;  questions about installing, troubleshooting and optimizing Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ubuntu's help page appears to indicate Ask Ubuntu is a place to find help; and not bug trackers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user207039" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditorDisplayName="user207039" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2014-03-31T13:26:15.840" Title="Please Remove &quot;Bug Report&quot; Close" Tags="|discussion|close-reasons|bug-reports|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8820" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8817" CreationDate="2014-03-30T07:33:38.217" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are two different types of flags that one can raise:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Moderator-only flags&lt;/strong&gt; which can only be seen and handled by moderators.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These age-away/expire based on guidelines given in the following question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/204327/when-are-moderator-flags-automatically-dismissed-as-aged-away-by-the-system&quot;&gt;When are moderator flags automatically dismissed as &amp;quot;aged away&amp;quot; by the system?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Review flags&lt;/strong&gt; which go to their respective review-queues (low quality, close/duplicate).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Only canonical migration flags expire. Since, Ask Ubuntu doesn't have any canonical migration target (as of now), it is irrelevant for us.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/207179/do-flags-to-close-expire-like-votes-to-close&quot;&gt;Do flags to close expire like votes to close?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Based on my experience, most of the flags get handled within a couple of hours. However, in case of Review flags it can stretch to a couple of weeks. And, in case of Moderator-only flags which might require some investigation it can stretch to a couple of days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As to your belief that since the flag is taking time to be handled, you might have raised a bad flag &amp;mdash; don't worry about it. If a flag is taking time to be handled, it &lt;em&gt;generally&lt;/em&gt; indicates that you have raised a good flag. I would leave its interpretation upto you :-)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="114818" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2014-03-30T07:33:38.217" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8821" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8819" CreationDate="2014-03-30T09:39:54.057" Score="-2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have made the same experiencce and get the impression that the bugsquad and QA members are overworked or just to few.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would welcome that the attitude of strict punishment would also apply to highly speculative closing (as in: &lt;em&gt;look here, I found a bug on launchpad that contains one of the words you used&lt;/em&gt;) as it is non-constructive and misinformation too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I wouldn't say that the close reason should be removed, but reworded or restructured. Preferably into two close reasons:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Issue with Ubuntu+1 that is out of scope for AU according to: &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/871/41&quot;&gt;When are questions about &amp;quot;ubuntu+1&amp;quot; appropriate?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Known issue that is already logged as a bug and assigned to a maintainer or volunteer.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd love to see a mechanism or attitude to help getting new and unassigned bugs into &lt;em&gt;work in progress&lt;/em&gt; state, because completely ignoring bugs (which is easy if you're not affected) will not improve the quality experience for Ubuntu users nor will it resolve any issues.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I find the current attitude of some members very premature, like getting a puppy for birthday but not willing to take it to the doctor to give it the medical care it needs for a healthy life or just cleaning up after it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="40581" LastActivityDate="2014-03-30T09:39:54.057" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8822" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8819" CreationDate="2014-03-30T10:30:19.530" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;Let's consider the following statements:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Bugs that aren't reported are unlikely to be fixed&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Developers aren't checking Ask Ubuntu for bug reports&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You're talking as if Launchpad and Ask Ubuntu users are these two completely separate user bases. But with the odd exception, &lt;em&gt;we're Ubuntu users&lt;/em&gt;. The conversation isn't really about what's best for somebody shouting out their bug report, or what's most like another Stack Exchange site; it's about what's best for Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However effectively you think bug trackers are used, depriving them of original bugs hurts Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, if a bug is &lt;em&gt;already&lt;/em&gt; reported, and the question isn't super-lazy, you can answer something like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This looks a lot like it might be &lt;a href=&quot;http://launchpad.net&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Title of the bug report&lt;/a&gt;. It is responsible for this, that and the other and exists because of this explanation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There currently aren't any was of fixing this but subscribe to the bug (link how) and you'll know as soon as it's been dealt with.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;(Obviously if there is a way to directly help fix it at that point in time, explain it.)&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or dupe against a question already has that. &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/7841/please-try-to-read-bug-reports-before-voting-to-close-something-as-a-bug&quot;&gt;I've already explained that I consider these a million times better than blankly closing and having the OP post a duplicate bug on LP&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it sounds like I'm arguing both ways, it's probably because I am. Being helpful directly is great but we also have to be realistic about the type of question that can be meaningfully answered here. And how that feeds back into the Ubuntu lifecycle.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does that mean exposing users to a side of Ubuntu they're unfamiliar with? Sure! But teaching people how the meat's made &lt;em&gt;isn't a bad thing&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-03-30T10:30:19.530" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8823" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8816" CreationDate="2014-03-30T17:37:08.580" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've &lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/askubuntu/revision/179545/230654/top-x-viewed-questions-for-the-last-y-days&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;forked Marco's query to allow you to specify the CreationDate&lt;/a&gt;. That should do what you were asking. You could add a minimum age parameter too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd suggest learning a bit of SQL is you want to get the best out of Data.SE. It's a good tool but it can get pretty hairy if you're not sure what you're doing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2014-03-30T17:37:08.580" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8824" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8827" CreationDate="2014-03-31T05:22:32.657" Score="0" ViewCount="60" Body="&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Why &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/filesystem-hierarchy&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;filesystem-hierarchy&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;filesystem-hierarchy&lt;/a&gt; is forbidden as a tag? Why can't the tag exist alongside &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/filesystem&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;filesystem&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;filesystem&lt;/a&gt;? Is the former too minor a tag to have a separate identity (&lt;em&gt;even in Linux!&lt;/em&gt;)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Do we want our tags to be general or specific?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Tag &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/filesystem-hierarchy&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;filesystem-hierarchy&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;filesystem-hierarchy&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/439920/revisions&quot;&gt;proposed with&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS) is a standard followed by the filesystem layout design in Unix and Unix-like operating system. In this standard there is a root directory denoted by&lt;code&gt;/&lt;/code&gt; (forward slash) and all the other directories (like &lt;code&gt;/bin&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;/boot&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;/dev&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;/etc&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;/home&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;/proc&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;/lib&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;/usr&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;/tmp&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;/root&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;/var&lt;/code&gt;, etc.) and files are taken under its consideration.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/filesystem-hierarchy&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;filesystem-hierarchy&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;filesystem-hierarchy&lt;/a&gt; tag should be used in questions that query about the directories and files in Ubuntu/Linux filesystem hierarchy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Wikipedia link: &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filesystem_Hierarchy_Standard&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filesystem_Hierarchy_Standard&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="212123" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-03-31T11:24:53.710" Title="What could be the reason to sack the &quot;filesystem-hierarchy&quot; tag in the main site?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8825" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-26T07:14:47.143" Score="0" ViewCount="29" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is it possible to quesry askubuntu.com for any query/question/issue through unity search . Is there any plugin or a specific setting on the local box ?&#xA;Primarily I don't want to open browser for each query I have.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;thanks in advance &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="260651" OwnerDisplayName="tushar_sappal" LastActivityDate="2014-03-31T06:19:47.563" Title="query askubuntu.com through dashboad[unity]" Tags="|discussion|search|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8826" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8825" CreationDate="2014-03-26T07:24:30.383" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is a program that does just that: AskUbuntu Lens. You can get it from the Ubuntu Software Center, or through the instructions on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://launchpad.net/askubuntu-lens&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;program's Launchpad site&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150221" OwnerDisplayName="douggro" LastActivityDate="2014-03-26T07:24:30.383" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8827" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8824" CreationDate="2014-03-31T07:31:29.090" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;From recent tag-cleaning efforts we experienced a lot of tags being removed, replaced, or disabled. The reasoning behind this - as I understand it - was that any tag should be both, specific enough, and general enough to be useful for tag-subscriptions. This will make answering questions on any favourited tag easier.  It was a good thing to get rid of many rather useless tags.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However to my opinion two additional purposes of a tag are being somwhat neglected by this approach:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Tags may help finding specific questions on any specific issue.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Tags are added to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.google.de/search?q=site:askubuntu.com%20filesystem%20hierarchy&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Google search index&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course both of these points are also acchieved with searching for keywords in the title or body of a question or answer. So having any sepcific tag may not really be of much additional value. You will find your questions or answers by searching for &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=filesystem%20hierarchy&quot;&gt;filesystem hierarchy&lt;/a&gt;&quot; (which are approximately 11% of questions tagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/filesystem&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;filesystem&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;filesystem&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We always will have tags which do not meet the still to be defined criteria on how we overcome the conflict of tags meeting both, being general and specific. It has become hard if impossible to create new &quot;valid&quot; tags that make everybody happy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Whenever a tag is &lt;strong&gt;too specific&lt;/strong&gt; a question or answer may not be found on performing a search or on subscriptions. We then should add a more general tag in addition. Every question tagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/filesystem-hierarchy&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;filesystem-hierarchy&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;filesystem-hierarchy&lt;/a&gt; should then also have the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/filesystem&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;filesystem&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;filesystem&lt;/a&gt; tag which inevitably leads to some redundancy. I believe this is not a bad thing. I am happy that we still have the tag &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/pulseaudio&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;pulseaudio&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;pulseaudio&lt;/a&gt; in addition to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/sound&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;sound&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;sound&lt;/a&gt; to help me sort out all questions I could probably not answer. We can not draw  a sharp line between too-specific or too-general tag as this would end in an always unfruitful debate. Let's stay fuzzy there.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Whenever a tag is &lt;strong&gt;too general&lt;/strong&gt; it may be added to so many questions that the tag will not be helpful for both subscribing, and finding questions (think of such tags as  &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ubuntu&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ubuntu&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ubuntu&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/help&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;help&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;help&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/error&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;error&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;error&lt;/a&gt;). Let's remove those tags.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My personal opinion on this is that we need good general tags which should always be added to questions on that topic but we may also benefit from more specific tags to further narrow down searches or subscriptions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Having superfluous tags may not do so much harm at the end.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3940" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2014-03-31T07:31:29.090" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8828" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8824" CreationDate="2014-03-31T11:24:53.710" Score="1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Why filesystem-hierarchy is forbidden as a tag?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is not forbidden. Forbidden tags are blacklisted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Why can't the tag exist alongside filesystem?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Let me turn around your question: Why do we need another tag if there's something that already covers the same topic?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;SE don't like to create a tag if there's another that covers exactly the same topic unless this topic has enough questions to do a topic on it's own (think javascript and jquery). This also decreases the possibility to get your question answered. So, it could be counter intuitive to create a single tag over selecting the one that has 20 followers, no?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Is the former too minor a tag to have a separate identity (even in Linux!)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We barely get &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tags/filesystem/topusers&quot;&gt;1 question/day&lt;/a&gt; in the filesystem tag and not all of them are answered. There isn't enough traffic that could explain the need of a second tag and separating it reduces the opportunity that those questions get answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Do we want our tags to be general or specific?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They should be useful. We don't need tags that summarize the content of the questions, nor that could be too general that almost any question would fit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2014-03-31T11:24:53.710" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8829" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8819" CreationDate="2014-03-31T13:26:15.840" Score="5" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Its hard to get help when the bug is not even acknowledged. For example, &lt;a href=&quot;https://bugs.launchpad.net/linuxmint/+bug/967935&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Insufficient Permissions on home/ ACLs means users&lt;/a&gt; (including the guest account) can poke around other user's home directories. It was never even acknowledged.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This isn't a bug, this is intentional Ubuntu behavior: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/46501/why-can-other-users-see-the-files-in-my-home-folder&quot;&gt;Why can other users see the files in my home folder?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also that bug isn't filed against Ubuntu, so none of the Ubuntu squad members are even going to see it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for the other ones, I don't really see how reposting bug reports here will help anyone, all it will do is drive users away. And by users I don't mean the people having the problem, I mean the &lt;em&gt;experts that answer the questions&lt;/em&gt;. No one wants to work in a bug tracker all day, and then come to AU and end up with even worse bug reports. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know it sounds cold but this site is not a bug tracker, it is not designed to be a bug tracker; forcing it into a bug tracker will just make it worse for everyone. We have no way of retracing stack traces here, no way to attach logs etc. And there shouldn't be, this site is supposed to be about helping people use their computer, not dart throwing bug fixes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are the bug triaging people on Launchpad overwhelmed? Yes, probably. Are we overwhelmed by bug reports here? Yes, probably. I don't think shifting the bottleneck from one tool to the next will work at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2014-03-31T13:26:15.840" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8830" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-31T14:00:06.130" Score="19" ViewCount="373" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've seen this more than once. A question with a very weird dependency issue, got an answer to it's specific problem, and later on (sometimes months), someone votes to close it against the super general and unhelpful &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/140246/169736&quot;&gt;How do I resolve unmet dependencies after adding a PPA?&lt;/a&gt;&quot;. This wastes reviewers time and close votes that should be used against other close reasons. If two questions whose answers can't be merged, is very likely they are not duplicates.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know people know that I hate that Q with all my soul (along with others mega questions), and I will offer 5 questions about how to check dependencies issues in a way that any reader is capable to help himself instead of using carpet bombing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2014-04-02T02:26:30.853" Title="Don't start to vote for closing as duplicate for questions whose answers can't be merged" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8831" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-03-31T14:58:27.780" Score="9" ViewCount="102" Body="&lt;p&gt;Today I was editing a migrated question in SO, which contained the word &quot;Help&quot; just to be greeted with a message:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/suLEp.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was all O_O when saw this. When I wrote &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/8720/lets-try-and-write-useful-titles&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/8720/lets-try-and-write-useful-titles&lt;/a&gt; I didn't know about this &lt;em&gt;feature&lt;/em&gt;. I know there are corner case scenarios where the word &quot;help&quot; may be useful in the title, but in practice, most titles that contain these words are weak and not descriptive about the problem at hand. Can this check be activated in Ask Ubuntu, but instead of saying &quot;not allowed&quot; maybe &quot;not recommended&quot; and only in case they contain a weak word choice (ie. &quot;please help me solve my problem&quot;) gets rejected.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some data might be useful: of the 193 290 questions on the site, +60k has the word help (+30%), +82k has the word problem (+50%). I think that is a indicative that something very bad is going on with the titles.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2015-06-24T01:56:11.713" LastActivityDate="2015-06-24T01:56:11.713" Title="Enable checks on question titles for weak word selection" Tags="|feature-request|question-titles|quality-filter|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8834" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-04-01T05:23:56.303" Score="2" ViewCount="40" Body="&lt;p&gt;REFInd is a commonly used boot manager developed by Rod Smith. I think that it should be added due to its eminence. I can't add it myself because I don't have the rep. I'd like if someone added the tag to this question (by me) &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/441514/edit&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/posts/441514/edit&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="247505" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2014-04-01T05:23:56.303" Title="Can we add a rEFInd tag?" Tags="|feature-request|tags|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8835" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-04-01T10:30:15.927" Score="3" ViewCount="93" Body="&lt;p&gt;I shared a questions with high views more than once but never received the Announcer badge. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I even shared the same question someone had his badge by sharing it and still didn't receive mine!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is wrong ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="142902" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-04-04T14:12:56.747" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Announcer badge not received" Tags="|support|badges|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8836" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8835" CreationDate="2014-04-01T10:36:09.883" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Are you using the proper share links? They look like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/8835/449&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The segment on the end is my user ID on Ask Ubuntu. That's how the link is tracked back to my account when somebody clicks it. That's how the badge is earnt.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To rephrase, if you're just sharing the full links (like the one you see in the browser address bar: &lt;code&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/8835/announcer-badge-not-received&lt;/code&gt;) you're not going to get the badge.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As Dan also points out in the comments, each visit to a valid URL needs to be a different IP from the others to count as a unique visitor. So even if you have a thousand real people click the link, if they're all using the same IP address, the system counts them as one. Same goes if you click the link a thousand times. This is crude but we are only talking about a badge here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2014-04-05T20:37:10.633" LastActivityDate="2014-04-05T20:37:10.633" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8837" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8838" CreationDate="2014-04-01T16:39:25.553" Score="2" ViewCount="80" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm using Xubuntu 14.04 and I thought that I can't ask questions about it till it's officially released later this month, but I see many users asking about 14.04. So is it still off topic (Ubuntu +1) or can we start asking about it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="23239" LastActivityDate="2014-04-01T16:42:05.950" Title="Is 14.04 still offtopic?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2014-04-01T16:57:37.017" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8838" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8837" CreationDate="2014-04-01T16:42:05.950" Score="3" Body="&lt;h1&gt;No.&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Bugs are off-topic as always however. Since all the feature freezes have happened we're getting a little more tolerant ;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-04-01T16:42:05.950" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8839" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-04-01T16:48:11.263" Score="8" ViewCount="168" Body="&lt;p&gt;Help me please!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The site is completely messed up! Everything is blue. Do I have a virus? They told me I would not get a virus on UBUNTU!!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/PKY7I.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&#xA;Please help me or I switch back to windows! This should work!!!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks you many much&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="115155" LastActivityDate="2014-04-01T16:52:03.897" Title="Help! Please help me! The site is completely messed up!" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2014-04-05T18:32:40.617" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8840" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8839" CreationDate="2014-04-01T16:52:03.897" Score="14" Body="&lt;h2&gt;April Fools!&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But in all seriousness* you couldn't possibly &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; want colored comments.. &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;could you?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;*Not serious at all&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-04-01T16:52:03.897" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8841" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8830" CreationDate="2014-04-02T02:20:25.470" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;To expand further on what Oli said in the comments, I would argue that duplicates should only be used when both:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Any answer to question &quot;A&quot; would also be a valid answer to question &quot;B&quot;; &lt;strong&gt;AND&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Any answer to question &quot;B&quot; would also be a valid answer to question &quot;A&quot;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If either of the above two conditions aren't met it's not a duplicate question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the case of a more specific question being nominated for merging with a more general question like in Braiam's example, that should not be considered a duplicate because answers to the more specific question would not all be valid answers to the more general question.  The same would be true regardless of which one would be merged into the other one - that is, if the more general question is merged into the more specific question it still remains a problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can certainly still &lt;em&gt;refer to&lt;/em&gt; a more general question as part of an answer or comment on the other question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Remember it's &lt;em&gt;questions&lt;/em&gt; that you're merging, not answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The questions can be worded differently or have different details that would not affect the answers given, and still be duplicates if any conceivable answer to one would also answer the other.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Naturally, very specific questions are rarely going to be suitable candidates for merging because their specific details will be relatively unique in ways that would affect how people answer it.  This is a good thing; we don't want to bleed the diversity out of questions by removing what makes them specific.  There is a place for specific questions here just as there is a place for general questions.  In theory people will be searching for content based on specific keywords related to their problem, so if there's a question that's a more specific match to their problem it should in theory come up highly ranked.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54256" LastEditorUserId="54256" LastEditDate="2014-04-02T02:26:30.853" LastActivityDate="2014-04-02T02:26:30.853" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8842" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-04-02T14:59:40.187" Score="2" ViewCount="39" Body="&lt;p&gt;I noticed in a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/441843/264589&quot;&gt;AU post&lt;/a&gt; today that a usercard was clipped on the right, cutting off the user's bronze-badges count:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/lZu4W.png&quot; alt=&quot;Clipped Ask Ubuntu Usercard&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course this clipping does not affect all usercards; most I have seen look fine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Save your rotten tomatoes, but to the extent it may help in understanding the issue, I happened to be browsing the site with Chrome 33.0.1750.154 m on Windows 7 Professional 64-bit at the time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Am I correct that this is a layout bug?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="264589" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2014-04-02T15:17:34.103" Title="Usercard Formatting Sometimes Clipped" Tags="|bug|design|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8843" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8835" CreationDate="2014-04-02T15:34:01.020" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The announcer badge tracks unique IP addresses following &lt;em&gt;your &lt;strong&gt;share&lt;/strong&gt; link&lt;/em&gt;.  If people are not following the link then people are not going to get the badge.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/rzeju.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The share link on this question (for example) gives me:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xA;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/8835/153310&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;which is made up of a few parts:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xA;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/8835/153310&#xA;                            ^    ^ My user ID&#xA;                            |&#xA;                            +-- The question ID&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Somewhere, in the DBs of stack exchange there is a table that looks roughly like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xA;AnnouncerCandidate&#xA;------------------&#xA;User ID&#xA;Question ID&#xA;IP address&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Every time someone follows the shared link a new row is added to the table (if possible - duplicate rows aren't added).  When the there are 25 rows for a given &lt;code&gt;User ID / Question ID&lt;/code&gt; combo, the announcer badge is awarded.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, these scripts are not run constantly.  See MSO &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1716/how-long-does-it-take-for-badges-to-be-awarded-how-are-they-generated&quot;&gt;How long does it take for badges to be awarded? How are they generated?&lt;/a&gt; so even if you know the 25th person clicked your link &lt;em&gt;now&lt;/em&gt;, it may take a day or more to get the badge.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sharing post that someone else got an announcer for does not mean that you will get the announcer too.  Sharing currently high view questions doesn't mean yuo will get the announcer either. This is entirely dependent on individual people clicking through the link that you provided them with your user id in it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user153310" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2014-04-02T15:34:01.020" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8844" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8846" CreationDate="2014-04-03T09:19:42.930" Score="8" ViewCount="210" Body="&lt;p&gt;There has been some discussion over the issue of questions being flagged as duplicate. There was a issue been brought up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/8830/184942&quot;&gt;Question should not be flagged duplicate if answers can't be merged.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As an extension to the above question, I have following questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Do we flag duplicate questions or duplicate answers?&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Lets consider two imaginary questions&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;How to install chrome from .deb file?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;How to install firefox from .deb file?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Both the above questions have same answers &lt;code&gt;sudo dpkg -i filename.deb&lt;/code&gt;.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now should these questions be flagged duplicate?(question is different, answer is same)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What should be done when the flagger is not sure about OP's problem?&lt;/strong&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Say I find a question with body &lt;em&gt;&quot;I am getting dependency issue, this-this is the error message&quot;&lt;/em&gt;.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should I first try to understand the problem of OP or just flag it with the master question and leave it to OP so that he/she should prove why it isn't duplicate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Is it necessary that questions flagged dup be merged?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can they just  remainas they are, owning there own answers proudly and one would point to other?(I'm well aware that non users are automatically diverted to master question)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What when a user posts same question twice?&lt;/strong&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sometimes a user may post same question twice. Assuming that first question is unanswered, what do you do in such cases?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There were some more question, but I don't remember the others. These are all for now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="184942" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-04-05T15:23:43.350" LastActivityDate="2014-05-15T06:44:44.760" Title="Which questions should be duplicated and which not?" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="0" ClosedDate="2014-05-15T20:35:37.873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8845" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8844" CreationDate="2014-04-03T10:20:09.970" Score="0" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Do we flag duplicate questions or duplicate answers?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Generally, we should flag &lt;em&gt;duplicate questions&lt;/em&gt;, but I consider that both your sample questions are duplicate of general &quot;How to install X from .deb&quot;. My idea about this that marking Q as dup should be useful for OP. Also, it has to keep your time for answering really interesting Q's rather then copy-pasting the same answer in order to munchkin your rep.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What should be done when the flagger is not sure about OP's problem?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When you are not sure, it is better to become sure before flagging, but I am rarely being not sure. When you spend a lot of time answering you learn to find duplicates easily. And the reward for helping should be the &lt;em&gt;knowledge&lt;/em&gt;, not the rep. But if you eager to earn rep you should be absolutely sure that the Q is not dup, because someone apparently will mark it and if the OP will satisfy himself with the link you will waste your time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Is it necessary that questions flagged dup be merged?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some of them should be merged if they are &lt;em&gt;exact&lt;/em&gt; duplicates and if dup collected worth-keeping answers. Anyway, it's the moderators' decision.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What when a user posts same question twice?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When the user posts the same question twice you should flag it and leave comment under.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Welcome to Ask Ubuntu! You have posted the same question twice. Please don't do this. You can achieve more attention &lt;em&gt;editing&lt;/em&gt; your first question. When you get enough reputation you will be able to add bounty to your question. If it doesn't help, you have selected wrong place. Try to use paid support or submit a bug report. Instructions are &lt;em&gt;here&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;here&lt;/em&gt;. Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="171636" LastEditorUserId="171636" LastEditDate="2014-05-15T06:44:44.760" LastActivityDate="2014-05-15T06:44:44.760" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8846" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8844" CreationDate="2014-04-03T15:43:44.167" Score="4" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Do we flag duplicate questions or duplicate answers?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Always questions! Duplicated means that the same question was asked before, not that the same answer applies. Consider the following: a hammer can solve many problems, but not all problems can be solved with a hammer. You can suggest OP to look at some question, that may be relevant/related to the topic asked, but that doesn't means they are duplicates.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What should be done when the flagger is not sure about OP's problem?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When in doubt, don't! If you are not sure what OP is asking, leave a comment so he clarifies his problem and possibly cast a &quot;unclear&quot; flag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Is it necessary that questions flagged dup be merged?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes. All information ideally should be in a single question, not scattered across all the site. The merge was meant for questions that gathered good answers before being closed to be kept in a single place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An answer can go beyond the immediate question and touched on a peripheral topic. One paragraph in one answer doesn't make a duplicate. &lt;strong&gt;Questions are only duplicates if they have substantially identical answers, not if one answer happens to contain enough material to answer the second one.&lt;/strong&gt; (This is a quote of Gilles, but I can't find it)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What when a user posts same question twice?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The system allow us to close questions of the same asker as duplicates even if there's no answer in any of them. You just have to use that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More about the topic: &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/11/dr-strangedupe-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-duplication/&quot;&gt;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/11/dr-strangedupe-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-duplication/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-04-03T15:51:34.023" LastActivityDate="2014-04-03T15:51:34.023" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8847" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8850" CreationDate="2014-04-03T17:58:52.297" Score="6" ViewCount="115" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sometimes I see several comments to one post which are equally obsolete/to chatty/...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't know how the flag review queue is organized, so &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;what is simpler for reviewers? Should I &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;flag one comment with a custom flag mentioning all affected comments?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;flag each comment individually?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastActivityDate="2014-04-03T22:07:02.287" Title="Flags on multiple comments for one post" Tags="|discussion|flagging|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8848" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8849" CreationDate="2014-04-03T18:04:53.867" Score="1" ViewCount="89" Body="&lt;p&gt;This edit was rejected(huh?), can someone approve it? Submitter is an Ubuntu Core Dev and is a fix (installing linux-generic instead of linux-image) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/243019&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/243019&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Can someone approve this edit?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8849" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8848" CreationDate="2014-04-03T18:10:39.003" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;An already rejected edit can't be rolled back nor undo:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is no undo at the moment, I always planned to have undo gmail style. But we have resisted complexity here. Once you have undo, you have to add a slew of checks prior to undoing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On SO the community will pick up and approve if you just made a mistake. &lt;em&gt;On other sites, you can go and manually apply the edit if this was an honest mistake.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've just applied manually the edit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/88098/213575&quot;&gt;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/88098/213575&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-04-03T18:38:11.510" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8850" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8847" CreationDate="2014-04-03T22:07:02.287" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;If most (or all) of the comments need to be removed it's generally easier to custom flag one and explain. Example:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;All these comments are (obsolete, off-topic, etc)  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;or:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;All these comments except the first two should be removed for reason xyz&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it is a particular mess you can just say:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;These comments are a mess. Most of them can probably be removed  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or if it is a small mess, flag the individual comments that need to go.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ultimately if you flag individual comments they will be grouped together in the queue, so it really doesn't matter which option you choose that much.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One thing about the comment handling tools I think I should point out is that they aren't great. We can't mark a comment flag helpful and take no action for example. If you're flagging a borderline comment use custom flag and give an explanation on why you think it needs to be removed. That way your flags won't get declined.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2014-04-03T22:07:02.287" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8852" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-04-04T14:07:00.627" Score="21" ViewCount="322" Body="&lt;p&gt;Well, &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.canonical.com/2014/04/02/shutting-down-ubuntu-one-file-services/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ubuntu One is being shutdown and all the information will be deleted&lt;/a&gt; so that means that all our posts that use U1 image links instead of imgur and text uploaded will be lost.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Below there's a link that would search some of them. Remember that there are also text files that need to be included in the posts or reuploaded if they are too long, but we should prefer not having to click any link.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=url%3Aubuntuone.com&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=url%3Aubuntuone.com&lt;/a&gt; shows &lt;strike&gt;132&lt;/strike&gt;&#xA;129 results right now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you happen to know another domain or way to find out the urls, just post it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2014-04-11T22:48:11.350" Title="Let's clean up U1 links" Tags="|discussion|cleanup|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="27" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8853" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-04-05T10:45:51.697" Score="1" ViewCount="45" Body="&lt;p&gt;While revisiting my review votes I found:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Oqvhc.png&quot; alt=&quot;screenshot annotated&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/close/243102&quot;&gt;review&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To me this looks like a glitch - either the review is completed or not - the message at the top says &lt;em&gt;no&lt;/em&gt;, the bottom line says &lt;em&gt;yes&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is my impression wrong? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2014-04-05T10:45:51.697" Title="Glitch in the review queue?" Tags="|bug|review|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8854" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-04-06T08:05:52.897" Score="0" ViewCount="58" Body="&lt;p&gt;A user posted a question on a modem and tagged it as [software-recommendation]. I would like to change that to [usb-modem] plus [hardware], but am not allowed. Why is it so? Who can change tags? Moderators only? Can tag editing be made possible to users at my level of reputation?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="177437" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-04-06T11:44:57.127" LastActivityDate="2014-06-05T12:28:17.693" Title="When can tags be changed during edit?" Tags="|support|editing|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8855" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8854" CreationDate="2014-04-06T08:20:46.577" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Tag edits and other edits can be performed by anyone with sufficient rep to do so.  See &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt;.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2014-04-06T08:20:46.577" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8857" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8686" CreationDate="2014-04-08T17:21:28.580" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Let's not. Please. Personally, I find the colored smileys that so many services insert awful:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;They break the flow of text.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;They tend to be larger than normal characters, making the line they are in taller and so inserting spaces between lines.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Unnecessary overhead (OK, extremely minor issue).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ugly (very personal choice of course but there you go).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If we're going to add something to chat let's make it useful, something like having code blocks displayed with a different background &lt;code&gt;like this&lt;/code&gt; so we could easily paste commands in chat. As it stands, we just get a fixed width font, no background and it is easy to get confused.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2014-04-08T18:03:17.220" LastActivityDate="2014-04-08T18:03:17.220" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8860" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8879" CreationDate="2014-04-09T07:57:13.760" Score="3" ViewCount="87" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have asked 2 questions in askubuntu. I beleive both are genuine enough and are binding to the 'rules' of askubuntu. But the questions are barely getting noticed. I even got the tumbleweed badge for one of the questions. Here is the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/435997/login-screen-resolution-issue-in-ubuntu-13-10-and-14-04-beta&quot;&gt;link&lt;/a&gt; to that question. As you would have seen the question was asked 3 weeks ago and has got just 57 views(when I am typing this description). Another question got a vote up and got 33 views but still has no comment or answers(when I am typing this description). Here is the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/442851/workaround-for-installing-the-amd-propritary-driver&quot;&gt;link&lt;/a&gt; to that question. What do you suggest I do to get these questions noticed and answered? Note that I don't have enough reputation to place a bounty on my questions. Thanks in advance. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225679" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2014-04-11T02:25:22.873" Title="How to make questions noticeable without bounty?" Tags="|support|unanswered-questions|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8861" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8862" CreationDate="2014-04-09T09:24:52.630" Score="7" ViewCount="96" Body="&lt;p&gt;First time editor so it can be I'm simply not getting the way this site copes with editing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have edited&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/445325/trying-out-ubuntu-as-an-alternative-to-windows-xp&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/445325/trying-out-ubuntu-as-an-alternative-to-windows-xp&lt;/a&gt; and the edit was accepted. However, when you look at the post it seems like Ward Muylaert was the one who edited the post instead of me. &#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/b4Ilo.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm guessing he is the one who accepted my edit, but shouldn't it show my name instead of his? It's not like the reputation or something like that went to him so no problems there, but I find it weird that the editor doesn't get the credit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="69941" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2014-04-11T00:49:43.003" Title="Acknowledge the editor of a post" Tags="|support|editing|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8862" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8861" CreationDate="2014-04-09T09:40:12.273" Score="9" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Revision history&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All posts have a revision history that you can view - in this case:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/445325/revisions&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/posts/445325/revisions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You'll note that you made an edit and immediately afterwards Ward made another edit - probably tidying up aspects that you had not made in your edit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sometimes the approver decides to improve the edit. This case the approver will be shown.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This its a matter of timing - you had made the edit, and the next person immediately made another edit or improved on the edit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thus - congrats - you have indeed got the credit ... you just need to be aware that the post just shows the very last editor.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14356" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-04-09T09:46:09.367" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8863" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-04-09T10:54:48.063" Score="1" ViewCount="82" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been looking at this for few days, and I think the hot questions shown on &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/?tab=hot&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/?tab=hot&lt;/a&gt; are totally wrong.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Today, I saw this list&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/8295K.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;the first one(hottest) is with 0 votes, 0 answers and 12 views, with activity 41 mins ago by avinash raj. I feel that the &quot;patch openssl..&quot; question with 1 vote, 2 answers and 91 views and activity 2 hours agomust be hotter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The above suggestion maybe questioned, but what is the &quot;shell script, a good example...&quot; question with -3 votes doing in this list?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I seriously think the script behind this is broken, can a SE employee or mod ensure this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;EDIT:&lt;/strong&gt; far below I found &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/444702/184942&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; question which should be much up on the list.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="184942" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2014-04-09T19:46:22.753" Title="Hot questions script gone wild!" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8864" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8863" CreationDate="2014-04-09T11:15:36.300" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You are looking at currently hot questions which were recently asked. If you switch to the tab named &quot;Week&quot;, it would list hot questions asked within the past week. That &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/444702/how-to-patch-cve-2014-0160-in-openssl&quot;&gt;OpenSSL question&lt;/a&gt; is right at the top in the Weekly list. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/sap05.png&quot; alt=&quot;top questions tab&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Similarly, if you switch to the tab named &quot;Month&quot;, it lists hot questions asked within the past month. &lt;sub&gt;(Where you can find &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/435887/i-can-read-from-dev-null-how-to-fix-it&quot;&gt;my question about &lt;code&gt;/dev/null&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/a&gt; sitting at the top at the moment. YAY)&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="114818" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2014-04-09T11:15:36.300" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8866" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-04-09T13:12:41.443" Score="1" ViewCount="66" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've asked a handful of questions here and have not received any help? Is this website dead? Where can I go for help for all the bugs I have?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm asking this again, because the moderator thought he should delete it.  If a moderator deletes my question asking where to get help how am I ever going to get help?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="193270" OwnerDisplayName="xl_cheese" LastActivityDate="2014-04-09T17:07:43.660" Title="How do I get my questions answered?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8867" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8860" CreationDate="2014-04-09T13:17:07.863" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your title is half the battle! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;Workaround for installing the AMD propritary driver&quot; doesn't really explain anything to me, it's not even a question! I would not want to click through. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I changed it to: &quot;How can I get 1366x768 as a resolution with an AMD Radeon 5570?&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is immediately obvious to me what that question is about. If I knew anything about that subject I would immediately want to click through.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Same with &quot;Login screen resolution issue in Ubuntu 13.10 and 14.04 beta&quot;. That doesn't tell me anything. There is also some information that you put in the comments. You can edit your question (remember editing bumps), to put things like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I am already using the Xorg edgers PPA, the issue persists&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I can replicate the issue on 13.10 and 14.04&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That way it's in your question and not in the comments. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now you have the benefit of hindsight since you found the answer somewhere else, so what you need to do is retitle the question so that the next person who has your issue can find your question and answer. Perhaps something along the lines of &quot;How do I configure the login screen resolution with the AMD Catalyst Driver?&quot; or something.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Writing good titles is hard by the way! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2014-04-09T13:17:07.863" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8868" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8866" CreationDate="2014-04-09T16:43:56.967" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Honestly? Ask better questions. You have asked 4 questions, let's have a look at them:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/385068/85695&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/q/385068/85695&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This one is impossible to answer. You give absolutely no information. Your question boils down to &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Does anyone know why my computer will sometimes go to sleep after the time I set in powersettings and other times it does not go to sleep?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Put yourself in our position, how can we know what's wrong with your computer? There are hundreds of possible reasons starting from the simple &quot;you sometimes move the mouse so it doesn't sleep&quot; to the complex &quot;strange bug in the powersettings module&quot;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, &lt;em&gt;what&lt;/em&gt; powersettings module? How are you setting this? What graphical environment are you using? Or is this a headless setup with no GUI? How have you tested? What did you try etc. You need to give information else the question cannot be answered and will be ignored. This particular one was closed as &quot;too broad&quot; by various users, including myself.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/383048/85695&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/q/383048/85695&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;The right click menu &lt;em&gt;touchy&lt;/em&gt;&quot;? I have no idea what you're talking about. Reading the question itself, you seem to be having some issues with your right click menu on the Desktop. OK, again, what graphical environment are you using? Which version? Which Ubuntu version? How exactly could we reproduce this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Oh, by the way, it sounds like a faulty mouse, try with another mouse and see if you get the same issue. Then &lt;strong&gt;edit&lt;/strong&gt; your question and add that information.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/375478/85695&quot;&gt;Ethernet works with live CD, but doesn&amp;#39;t after fresh install.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This one is marginally better since at least you mention the Ubuntu version and that your card is not shown by &lt;code&gt;ifconfig&lt;/code&gt;. However, it would be greatly improved if you include the actual output from &lt;code&gt;ifconfig&lt;/code&gt;. Also, you were asked to provide more details:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;We need additional details. Please edit your question to add details of both network devices from a terminal: lspci -nn -d 14e4: –  chili555 Nov 11 '13 at 16:00&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You did not respond to that. In general, when the OP (original poster) ignores the community's comments and requests for information, the community will ignore the question. Basically, if you can't be bothered to reply and give the information we need to be able to help you, why should we be bothered to try?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, copy pasting the name of your card into Google gave me the question below as a first hit and I am now voting to close your question as a duplicate of this one. Next time, please take the time to search the internet in general and the site in particular before posting:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/14970/85695&quot;&gt;Broadcom BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX Issues&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/346254/85695&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/q/346254/85695&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This one is pretty much OK. You have actually told us you are using Unity and the question is clear and easy to understand. It has also been &quot;answered&quot;, a duplicate existed on the site and your question has been marked as a copy of it.  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, in conclusion, the reason you have not gotten answers is that in most cases there are serious problems with your questions. Please don't take this personally, the Stack Exchange model takes some getting used to, I recommend you read some or all of these:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/how-to-ask&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/help/how-to-ask&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;How To Ask Questions The Smart Way&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://msmvps.com/blogs/jon_skeet/archive/2010/08/29/writing-the-perfect-question.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Stack Overflow legend Jon Skeet on asking questions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In general, if your questions are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Clear; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Contain the necessary information;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Show that you have at least tried to solve it yourself;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Show that you are willing to do some work and don't expect us to do everything for you;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;then they will get the attention they deserve.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2014-04-09T17:07:43.660" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8869" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-04-09T19:50:46.817" Score="2" ViewCount="76" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the Community ad section on the homepage there is a section for Community ads, hot questions and a few SE ads:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/xq9sk.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However I noticed that pretty much all I see are hot questions. While I &lt;em&gt;am&lt;/em&gt; interested in the hot questions, I'd prefer it if they weren't shown as much (after all, a list of them is displayed right below the ad). I went a whole 12 reloads without seeing a community ad. The second time I tested I went 30 reloads without seeing a community ad and eventually gave up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this really the way it is supposed to be?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="1412" LastEditDate="2014-06-12T19:06:13.600" LastActivityDate="2014-07-12T19:37:10.800" Title="Is something wrong with the way the ads are being chosen? All I see are hot questions" Tags="|support|status-norepro|community|advertising|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8870" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8872" CreationDate="2014-04-09T20:18:13.423" Score="0" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;With Windows XP dead, I would imagine many people not willing to fork over 120 bucks for Windows 7 will be looking at Ubuntu as a possible solution. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have seen a couple questions along those lines.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Example:&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/445617/access-to-ubuntu&quot;&gt;Access to Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And I've seen some other recently that I can't track down right now. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anticipating more to come and hoping to convert some Windows users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would some community members smarter than myself, like to work on crafting a really good Q &amp;amp; A to help people that are totally new to Ubuntu? I know there are a lot of question about installing Ubuntu, and if this Q &amp;amp; A already exists just point me there please.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158892" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2014-04-09T20:30:39.727" Title="Would it be helpful/possible to come up with a canonical answer for &quot;I want to switch from Windows XP to Ubuntu?&quot;" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8872" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8870" CreationDate="2014-04-09T20:30:39.727" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;The phenomenon you're describing has been going on longer than the day Windows XP has been unsupported. We have a buttload of existing &quot;how to migrate&quot; questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So why not merge them all into one? Well a migration has to account for &lt;em&gt;all&lt;/em&gt; of the following in order to really be successful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Do I actually want to do this? (a fairly important bit we're blinkered against)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Will my hardware support it?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How do I migrate &lt;em&gt;safely&lt;/em&gt;? (data loss is an instant disgruntled user)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What alternative applications will I use now?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How can I keep running my old apps?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How do I do X with random-hardware-Y that only has Windows support?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You could write a book on this stuff and still not cover it all. When you start considering answers like that, it's probably time you went to the Ubuntu Wiki and started writing. That's the place for documentation like that IMO.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2014-04-09T20:30:39.727" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8873" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8875" CreationDate="2014-04-09T21:28:52.560" Score="-12" ViewCount="339" Body="&lt;p&gt;Version specific tags are meant to questions which are... version specific, right? Then why are we mixing with the apt tag which alone is a &lt;em&gt;very broad&lt;/em&gt; tag, or bash, with is, again, a very broad tag? Please, do not use them together ever! Is just madness and confirm what &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/1521/169736&quot;&gt;Jeff most feared behavior&lt;/a&gt; which was &quot;the community starts to believe that every question, &lt;strong&gt;no matter what,&lt;/strong&gt; has to have a version tag.&quot; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;APT alone is an excellent tag, any and every question about apt &lt;strong&gt;is applicable to any version of Ubuntu&lt;/strong&gt;, doesn't need anything ambiguous such as version tags. Remember, that our behavior is how we expect others to follow, don't try to start the madness.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2015-05-03T00:46:27.083" Title="Don't mix version specific tags with stuff that isn't version specific!" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8874" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8873" CreationDate="2014-04-09T22:18:14.547" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, sorry, &lt;strong&gt;you're completely wrong here&lt;/strong&gt;. Before I explain why, just for anybody else watching, this is about &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/445637/can-i-enable-bash-completion-for-the-new-apt-command&quot;&gt;my question here&lt;/a&gt; and seems to have since dissolved into an argument about version tags... It must be a day that ends in Y.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm going to start with a quick summary of my arguments (past and present), then an explanation on how that applies to my question and then an round up of counters to arguments made against these.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Version tags —with Jeff's blessing— are there to highlight questions linked to specific versions.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I'm not arguing that every issue has to have a version tag and I'm certainly against things &lt;em&gt;only&lt;/em&gt; having a version tag.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;There is no limit on which tags you use together. If a question is about two things, tag it accordingly. That includes versions. This is just how &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folksonomy&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;folksonomy&lt;/a&gt; works.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Unless it already isn't, you can't know something &lt;em&gt;isn't&lt;/em&gt; version specific until you've tried every version ever made (including future releases). Your subtractive approach helps nobody if that problem does later turn out to be a version specific issue.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;So the question under scrutiny...&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I had a problem with the 14.04 version of the &lt;code&gt;bash-completion&lt;/code&gt; package. The &lt;code&gt;apt&lt;/code&gt; command (new to 14.04) doesn't have a completion file in the right place so you can't use &lt;kbd&gt;Tab&lt;/kbd&gt; to auto-complete things. I was wondering if there was a quick way to enable similar behaviour to &lt;code&gt;apt-get&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;apt-cache&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The problem is caused by &lt;code&gt;bash-completion&lt;/code&gt; being behind the curve. It's not a bug; they just haven't written the file yet (probably because the &lt;code&gt;apt&lt;/code&gt; command is still maturing). Even &lt;a href=&quot;https://packages.debian.org/sid/all/bash-completion/filelist&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the latest Debian version&lt;/a&gt; doesn't have an &lt;code&gt;apt&lt;/code&gt; file yet. Trusty is in freeze so it's unlikely that a fix will be brought in. And given the way SRUs work, seems likely this will be a problem for Trusty users for some considerable time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Again, this is specific to 14.04 because 14.04 is the only release that has this issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Might the issue exist in future releases? Who knows! More importantly, who cares? The question is and will always be an issue I had with 14.04. It might go onto apply for other things and if that's the case we can look at the tagging again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Isn't that just a bug in &lt;code&gt;bash-completion&lt;/code&gt; in a dev release?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I highlighted above, it's a problem (with a workaround) that &lt;em&gt;will&lt;/em&gt; outlive the development period of Trusty. Unless somebody wants to do some serious SRUing, this is an issue that will be around for five years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;How do you &lt;em&gt;ever&lt;/em&gt; know something is version specific?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do your best. If you suspect it to be version specific, add the tag. If you can show it's not, remove it. &lt;strong&gt;Don't shoot on sight.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is contrary to the approach being suggested in and under Gilles' answer. I've boiled that down to a flow diagram so you can see what the argument there &lt;em&gt;really&lt;/em&gt; is: &amp;quot;Never use version tags&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/hLIAk.png&quot; alt=&quot;flow diagram&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This was made with tongue firmly in cheek but I mean it. We have version tags. Let's use them when they apply and not worry too much if we're slightly over-inclusive with them. Put more emphasis on getting the other tags as good as possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If you're worried about tagging, focus on making sure something has all the tags that definitely do apply rather than quibbling over tags that &lt;em&gt;might&lt;/em&gt; not apply.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-04-10T11:51:57.943" CommentCount="34" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8875" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8873" CreationDate="2014-04-10T00:17:11.623" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;While you raise a good point that version tags are massively overused on AU, there's nothing wrong with combining them with other tags.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If a question is about APT and the exact Ubuntu version doesn't matter, use only &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/apt&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;apt&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;apt&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If a question is about APT and is only applicable to Ubuntu 14.04, use both &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/apt&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;apt&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;apt&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/14.04&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;14.04&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;14.04&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Generally speaking, use a version tag &lt;strong&gt;if and only if&lt;/strong&gt; the question is only applicable to that specific Ubuntu version. Most questions should not have a version tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When thinking about what tags to use on a question, complete the sentence “my question is about …”. For example, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/445637/can-i-enable-bash-completion-for-the-new-apt-command&quot;&gt;Can I enable bash-completion for the new apt command?&lt;/a&gt; is about completion for the command &lt;code&gt;apt&lt;/code&gt; in bash, so it should be tagged  &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/auto-completion&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;auto-completion&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;auto-completion&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/apt&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;apt&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;apt&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/bash&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;bash&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;bash&lt;/a&gt;. The tag &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/14.04&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;14.04&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;14.04&lt;/a&gt; doesn't belong since this question isn't specific to Ubuntu 14.04.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1059" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2014-04-10T00:17:11.623" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8876" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8877" CreationDate="2014-04-10T01:06:53.453" Score="0" ViewCount="54" Body="&lt;p&gt;Previous &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/7897/require-registration-to-ask-a-question&quot;&gt;feature&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/7265/169736&quot;&gt;requests&lt;/a&gt; about this have been confronted with opposition, yet right now if I try to ask a question, it asks me for a valid email and to verify my account. This struck me odd, because the only reason we were doing that was as means &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/8085/regarding-the-recent-wave-of-spam-what-are-we-doing-about-it/8086#8086&quot;&gt;to slow down spammers&lt;/a&gt; and I've not seen anything around that would suggest that the change was permanent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.227" LastActivityDate="2014-04-10T02:40:07.377" Title="Are we requiring user registration?" Tags="|support|asking-questions|login|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8877" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8876" CreationDate="2014-04-10T01:07:52.413" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, we are as a attempt to slow down spammers. The SE team has told us that it's working, and we haven't seen nearly as much spam as we would otherwise.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastActivityDate="2014-04-10T01:07:52.413" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8878" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7897" CreationDate="2014-04-10T02:26:00.007" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Due to the amount of spam we were getting the SE team has enabled required registration to ask a question. This does not, however, affect answers.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(It's actually been enabled for a bit now, a month and a half I think?)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="8698" LastEditDate="2017-02-21T20:41:12.543" LastActivityDate="2017-02-21T20:41:12.543" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8879" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8860" CreationDate="2014-04-10T07:20:44.407" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Jorge's answer is great, but it's only half the deal. Good question should &lt;em&gt;show research effort, be useful and clear&lt;/em&gt; (and if so it will have upvotes). After you initially write a question, try to read it as it was made by &lt;em&gt;another person&lt;/em&gt;. Try to answer the questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Does it clearly describe the problem?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Will I learn something new trying to answer it?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;(and the most important) Will it be helpful for future readers?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also try to ask somebody to review the question. Probably it should be your friend who has interest in technology or some experience with the subject of your research. At the worst, your mom will fit, just try to explain her what are you going to reach. Or knock on the bum – explain your problem to someone who has nothing to do with it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But sometimes good questions just fall in the Active Questions queue. For those reasons the bounty exists. As I already said, the general rule is to achieve some reputation then sacrifice it. To achieve it, you should answer some questions. The more answers you write the more (potentionally) rep will you have. And when you achieve 200, you will get +100 association bonus.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, how do I write good answer? &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/how-to-answer&quot;&gt;This article&lt;/a&gt; is essential. And, for me, answering is really easier than asking. More, it is encouraged more to answer than to ask. Just check profiles of top users and you will see that they have many answers and few questions in comparison. Also check &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1209/how-do-i-quickly-gain-reputation&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1209/how-do-i-quickly-gain-reputation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And you can gain attention talking in chat. To enter chatroom, you need to have 2 upvotes on answers or 4 upvotes on questions (and no &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/8070/what-are-the-reasons-to-downvote-answers&quot;&gt;downvotes&lt;/a&gt;) or make 10 approved edits. That is not so difficult and your example shows that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="171636" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2014-04-11T02:25:22.873" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8880" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-04-10T11:24:17.310" Score="0" ViewCount="36" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am trying to mention user nik90 in a comment, so I start with @nik90. After saving the comment, the whole string &quot;@nik90&quot; is deleted. Editing doesn't bring it back. What do I do wrong?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="149708" LastActivityDate="2014-04-10T11:24:17.310" Title="Mentioning user name in a comment doesn't work" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8881" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8882" CreationDate="2014-04-10T13:14:32.863" Score="2" ViewCount="51" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think there are various rules about when a user gains and when he/she doesn't gain reputation for edits.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;One of them is when he/she has already gained 1000 rep from suggested edits, another when he/she improves the edit during reviewing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I think there must be more rules because I have ceased to gain any reputation from edits, probably since I crossed 2000 rep.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So is there a rule that 2000+ reputed users may not gain rep from edits,  maybe because the edits are not reviewed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;BTW if there is such a rule, I think it is good. If it is a bug, make it a rule or fix it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;I am adding three tags because I don't know which one of them I'm really asking for ;P&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="184942" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2014-04-10T13:18:02.620" LastActivityDate="2014-04-10T13:30:32.120" Title="When do we not gain any reputation from edits?" Tags="|support|status-bydesign|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8882" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8881" CreationDate="2014-04-10T13:18:46.560" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yeah you only get reputation for &lt;em&gt;suggested&lt;/em&gt; edits that pass through the review system. And only up to a limit of 1k reputation. After you reach 2k, your edits are no longer suggested edits, they're just edits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is purposely so newer, less confident users can earn some reputation to get going.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2014-04-10T13:30:32.120" LastActivityDate="2014-04-10T13:30:32.120" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8883" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8519" CreationDate="2014-04-10T14:23:50.783" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;After a review of your close habits, the volume of stuff that comes to the site, and how it all crashes into this sort of flaming wreckage, there really is a need for increased.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We've thus &lt;strong&gt;raised the amount of close votes on Ask Ubuntu to match Stack Overflow, at 50 votes&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22665" LastActivityDate="2014-04-10T14:23:50.783" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8884" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-04-10T15:09:32.010" Score="0" ViewCount="38" Body="&lt;p&gt;Come the release of the development release of Ubuntu, there will be lots of existing questions about the Ubuntu development release that were off topic for several good reasons, including the fact that unofficial bugs (including with the installer) and other unknowns and uncertainties haven't been dealt with yet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After said release date, should we close the questions that were created before the release date of whichever Ubuntu version the questions are about?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="38094" LastActivityDate="2014-04-10T15:18:20.293" Title="What do we do with existing questions about the Ubuntu Development Release on or after the final release date?" Tags="|discussion|review|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8885" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8884" CreationDate="2014-04-10T15:18:20.293" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;That depends. If the question is reusable, say:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/441415/what-has-jockey-been-replaced-with-in-14-04&quot;&gt;What has Jockey been replaced with in 14.04?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then yes. You can usually edit it to &quot;future proof it&quot;. If the question makes no sense anymore, vote to close. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2014-04-10T15:18:20.293" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8886" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8887" CreationDate="2014-04-10T15:25:31.263" Score="4" ViewCount="117" Body="&lt;p&gt;Did the Ubuntu Single Sign On (SSO) ever vulnerable to &lt;a href=&quot;http://heartbleed.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;hreatbleed&lt;/a&gt;, also known as CVE-2014-0160? If so, has it been patched? Should we change our passwords? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If not, it may be a good idea to post the information somewhere in the Ubuntu login site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="68186" LastEditorUserId="68186" LastEditDate="2014-04-10T18:41:15.367" LastActivityDate="2014-04-10T18:41:15.367" Title="Is Ask Ubuntu vulnerable to Heartbleed OpenSSL problem?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8887" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8886" CreationDate="2014-04-10T16:49:01.497" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu and the Ubuntu Single Sign On and two different things.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu is &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/7704/who-owns-ask-ubuntu&quot;&gt;owned and hosted&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Stack Exchange&lt;/a&gt;. While the Single Sign On(SSO), is owned by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.canonical.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Canonical&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Being the creators of Ubuntu, I can be fairly certain Canonical are running Ubuntu Servers. And most likely using the OpenSSL library.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Again, I can be confident that they had patched and fixed the bug. But, if you are in doubt, it's never a bad idea to change your password.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;P.S. Since you are using the SSO to sign in to Ask Ubuntu, your password is never shared with Ask Ubuntu (nor any other site whatsoever).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.087" LastActivityDate="2014-04-10T16:49:01.497" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8888" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-04-10T17:46:11.023" Score="14" ViewCount="613" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since this is a pretty serious issue I think we should keep one canonical question for heartbleed on 13.04, maybe this one?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/445710/how-to-patch-ubuntu-13-04-raring-for-heartbleed-cve-2014-0160&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/445710/how-to-patch-ubuntu-13-04-raring-for-heartbleed-cve-2014-0160&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this way we can make it clear up front that they're pretty much in trouble anyway and point people to upgrade pages, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2014-04-17T04:42:07.117" Title="Heartbleed on 13.04 is bad for the Internet, we should keep one open" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8889" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8888" CreationDate="2014-04-10T18:04:48.173" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Why? I mean, we are advocates that people worrying about security issues, should use supported version of Ubuntu, since they aren't being totally patched. &lt;strong&gt;There are several CVEs that were fixed in supported versions that will not see the light in 13.04&lt;/strong&gt;. If you are that worried about it, maybe it's time to upgrade your stuff, actually, what were you doing this previous 3 months?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/workflow.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;XKCD workflow comic http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/workflow.png&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know there are people on production that couldn't upgrade their system, but that means that we should patch around just to make them fit? What about 11.04, or 6.10, or Mint? If we aren't coherent with ourselves, we will end confusing users and the help center will be some dead bits without value.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We already have a &lt;em&gt;one size fits all&lt;/em&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/444702/169736&quot;&gt;question&lt;/a&gt; for this stuff. Leaving this one open will just open the door to other questions. Just follow our help center.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2014-04-14T13:12:54.917" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8890" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-04-10T23:18:56.907" Score="14" ViewCount="240" Body="&lt;p&gt;Well, the 10kers (users with more than 10,000 reputation) there's the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tools?tab=Close&amp;amp;daterange=last30days&quot;&gt;close queue&lt;/a&gt; in the form of 10k-tools, but mere mortals doesn't have this tool at all. But, don't exasperate, you still can spend them using the &lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/askubuntu/query/182321&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;following query&lt;/a&gt;. Take into account that the data is dumped weekly, so you may or may not find weird stuff like things with 5 close votes which ain't closed or with 4 close votes that doesn't have any.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2014-04-11T16:13:28.903" Title="YIKES! I've run out of reviews in the close queue but I still have close votes!" Tags="|discussion|cleanup|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8891" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8892" CreationDate="2014-04-11T07:37:12.387" Score="2" ViewCount="95" Body="&lt;p&gt;Suppose I see a bad question or a bad answer. Instead of outrightly flagging it or down voting it, is it fine to comment in the question or answer to the asker or answerer to remove it? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I ask this because sometimes the asker or answerer might have a tiny reputation but at the same time might have a good knowledge. But since he/she might be new to the community, he/she might not have known all the regulations of AU and so down voting the question or answer (and subsequent loss of reputation) he/she has posted might not encourage that he/she to continue in the site. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thus in an attempt to serve our community by flagging or down voting one bad question/answer we might cause a heavy loss to the community by losing a user who might in future prove very useful to it. Therefore, is it fine to comment to an answerer or asker to remove his answer or question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225679" LastEditorUserId="225679" LastEditDate="2014-04-11T08:21:59.053" LastActivityDate="2014-04-11T17:21:00.243" Title="Is it fine to comment to an answerer or asker to remove his/her answer or question?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8892" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8891" CreationDate="2014-04-11T08:03:09.090" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, it is good idea. Why not? If the person cares about being useful he will either delete it or improve it. You can also flag the question/answer for being low quality so the reviewers will leave the proper comment. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The downside of it it is only it is the time-consuming operation. You may find out sometimes a lot of posts are incomplete/wrong so taking care about all of them is hard. Sometimes just downvote is enough. &lt;em&gt;You&lt;/em&gt; have the choice to leave the comment or not. And unless you were wrong in several times you will not get message from moderators or those you are trying to help (you are trying to help them, right?).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, there is a &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1323/what-prewritten-pro-forma-aka-autoreviewcomments-userscript-comments-can-we-us&quot;&gt;script&lt;/a&gt; that saves me a much time leaving comments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="171636" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.087" LastActivityDate="2014-04-11T08:03:09.090" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8893" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-04-11T12:22:14.560" Score="4" ViewCount="176" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am bringing this to the attention of the community as I am seeing a lot of questions on this topic. I myself have answered quite a few questions on this topic. See all these links:- &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/440971/why-ubuntu-is-not-detecting-my-amd-radeon-graphics&quot;&gt;Why ubuntu is not detecting my AMD Radeon graphics?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/442930/which-proprietary-driver-should-i-activate&quot;&gt;Which proprietary driver should I activate?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/437395/ati-catalyst-vs-distro-compatibility-question&quot;&gt;ATI Catalyst vs Distro Compatibility Question&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/445758/uninstalling-previous-install-of-the-fglrx-driver&quot;&gt;Uninstalling &amp;quot;previous install of the fglrx driver&amp;quot;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/437676/what-video-driver-should-i-download&quot;&gt;What video driver should I download?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/434986/how-to-install-the-proprietary-amd-graphic-driverfglrx-correctly&quot;&gt;How to install the proprietary AMD graphic driver(fglrx) correctly via the AMD website?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/240184/amd-catalyst-driver-installer-failing-at-dkms&quot;&gt;AMD Catalyst Driver installer failing at DKMS&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/202857/cant-install-ati-proprietary-drivers-in-12-10&quot;&gt;Can&amp;#39;t install ATI proprietary drivers in 12.10&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hungry for more of such questions? Check out these tags and you will find a lot more :- &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ati&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ati&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/fglrx&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/fglrx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You must have noted that several of these questions are asking about the installation or troubleshooting and other similar issues. Some of the answers say about installing Synaptic, some about installing directly from terminal, some may refer to a certain PPA(like xorg-edgers) and some others like mine say about getting from the AMD website itself. This way of suggesting lot of methods to install itself confuses some users and they come up with questions like this &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/375727/cannot-get-ati-drivers-installed&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/375727/cannot-get-ati-drivers-installed&lt;/a&gt; ! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also as a newbie to Ubuntu(I am just nearly 3 months old with regards to Ubuntu!), I feel my greatest problem with Ubuntu was getting the fglrx driver installed so that my graphic card would be correctly detected. From personal experience itself I must add that, that problem was made 'greatest' because of a missing centralized question in AskUbuntu on which every newbie's eyes would be caught, on that topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I suppose we need a canonical question about fglrx drivers. But does the community suppose so?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;IMPORTANT UPDATE:-&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I just came to know that the community already has a canonical type of question for installation process!! See here :- &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/124292/what-is-the-correct-way-to-install-propetary-ati-catalyst-video-drivers-fglrx/126513#126513&quot;&gt;What is the correct way to install proprietary ATI Catalyst Video Drivers (fglrx) directly from AMD?&lt;/a&gt;   Way to go AU!!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, now, does the community need a canonical question that answers common fglrx problems? Like low graphics mode, unity crash etc. in one question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PS :-&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I see that these questions here are answering some common problems :- &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/141606/how-to-fix-the-system-is-running-in-low-graphics-mode-error/&quot;&gt;How to fix &amp;quot;The system is running in low-graphics mode&amp;quot; error?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/17381/unity-doesnt-load-no-launcher-no-dash-appears&quot;&gt;Unity doesn&amp;#39;t load, no Launcher, no Dash appears&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do you guys know of some more common problems with fglrx like the above ones? If yes, then post them below....&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225679" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2014-04-14T02:21:55.880" Title="Do we need a canonical question on common fglrx driver issues?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8894" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8893" CreationDate="2014-04-11T12:52:54.087" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;If there is a lot of overlap between a couple of very similar issues (driver selection and installation for example), that's probably a useful Q/A... But if you're writing dozens of paragraphs to cater to dozens of sub-issues, you should probably be creating (or improving) existing documentation on the Ubuntu Wiki.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu should have the answer to everything... Just not in one post. Otherwise I say we delete everything and start a &quot;I have a question about Ubuntu&quot;-megapost.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2014-04-11T12:52:54.087" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8895" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8852" CreationDate="2014-04-11T16:30:11.003" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I wanted to start working on this but several of the links are either lost or moves because I keep on getting on several of them when I click &lt;strong&gt;Could not locate object&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I will try to do as many as I can this weekend. If you find another method to search for more let me know.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7035" LastActivityDate="2014-04-11T16:30:11.003" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8896" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8891" CreationDate="2014-04-11T16:50:05.563" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;If I remember well, my very first answer on Askubuntu was removed, and it is not too long ago. I didn't like it, but it drew my attention and made me curious to the general idea of the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Although flagging a post may be often followed by removing the post, flagging is not &lt;em&gt;request&lt;/em&gt; to remove it, at least that is not my intention. If I have the feeling a post is bad but &quot;can be saved&quot;, I leave a comment. I noticed in many cases the post stays for a while, giving the poster the opportunity to act, even is the flag is marked &quot;helpful&quot;. I think that is the right procedure to prevent being rude. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So in my opinion, yes, if you feel the post is sincere, which it is in many cases, you can very well leave a comment, but you should still flag it (with care), if it is a bad one. The moderators take care of the policy what to do whith it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you don't flag a bad post, who is looking after what is happening with it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="72216" LastEditDate="2014-04-11T17:21:00.243" LastActivityDate="2014-04-11T17:21:00.243" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8897" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8898" CreationDate="2014-04-12T07:49:23.827" Score="8" ViewCount="213" Body="&lt;p&gt;Looking around on the site, I found a post with my name I didn't remember having posted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Although I should have known my first name is not that unique, I never realized there could be 31 of me around here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it possible to add my last name for example? In contrast with my first name, the second one will not have many &quot;duplicates&quot;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="8698" LastEditDate="2019-08-16T12:28:03.467" LastActivityDate="2019-08-16T12:28:44.700" Title="Is it possible to rename oneself on Ask Ubuntu?" Tags="|support|user-accounts|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="8898" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8897" CreationDate="2014-04-12T08:04:28.340" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, see this image for directions: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/FkLrn.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I got there clicking the image of my icon from the top bar.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastActivityDate="2014-04-12T08:04:28.340" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8900" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8901" CreationDate="2014-04-14T07:10:51.797" Score="5" ViewCount="107" Body="&lt;p&gt;I saw this image in &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/8898/163331&quot;&gt;this answer&lt;/a&gt;, what is the notification with the orange background in the right top corner for?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/FkLrn.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="163331" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-04-17T04:49:42.073" LastActivityDate="2014-04-17T04:49:42.073" Title="What is this notification with orange background for?" Tags="|support|notifications|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8901" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8900" CreationDate="2014-04-14T07:40:18.740" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;It means there is 1 review waiting for me that is related to &quot;suggested edits&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This example shows what is shown when I clicked the orange 1:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ceMw2.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Down the image there is a compare between old and new (not included) with the name of the editor. The buttons to the right let me aprove or reject it or I can improve it or skip it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastActivityDate="2014-04-14T07:40:18.740" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8902" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-04-14T09:51:07.807" Score="3" ViewCount="32" Body="&lt;p&gt;We have a section called &quot;Community Bulletin&quot; on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://askubuntu.com&quot;&gt;landing page of Ask Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt; which contains links to events (like Moderator elections), &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/featured&quot; class=&quot;post-tag moderator-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;featured&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;featured&lt;/a&gt; meta posts, recently held meta discussions along with some old meta discussions once a while.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/EMFkp.png&quot; alt=&quot;Communty Bulletin on AU homepage&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can we have some statistics about the click through rates of those links? Does it actually help to have a meta post featured in the Bulletin? Any other insight which might be available about them is also welcome.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="114818" LastActivityDate="2014-04-14T09:51:07.807" Title="Can we have some click through stats for Community Bulletin?" Tags="|support|community-bulletin|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8903" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8888" CreationDate="2014-04-14T10:27:54.747" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I agree with Jorge. When it comes to a security breach with these &lt;em&gt;gigantic&lt;/em&gt; consequences we should put our rules aside and make sure that people know &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;they should upgrade &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;how they should deal with HB before they find the time to upgrade.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;People will search for &lt;code&gt;13.04&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;Heartbleed&lt;/code&gt; and it is better for them to find a sensible page than a locked one without a quality answer. I voted to reopen. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Additional argument&lt;/strong&gt;: the current answer is incomplete (it does not explain that the certificates need to be regenerated [note: at the time of writing this]) and did not get any votes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;PS/ Maybe one of the seniors can provide a good answer to the question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="115155" LastEditorUserId="115155" LastEditDate="2014-04-14T17:11:32.717" LastActivityDate="2014-04-14T17:11:32.717" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8905" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8888" CreationDate="2014-04-14T14:36:14.423" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;While I agree in principle with upgrading the current version of Ubuntu, the practicalities of our environment and technical resource allocation mean that we can not until the summer.  I think this bug is serious enough given all the press attention that it warrants an answer.  If nothing else, I can point my boss at and say, &quot;see, see what the technical community is saying.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I also think you can pass a reasonableness test, and say that Ubuntu 13.04 is new enough that it should warrant some minor attention, as it is only just about a year old, whereas 11.04, and 6.04 are plainly antique, and Mint is out of scope.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for the comment &quot;What have they been doing for the last 3 months?&quot;  Well, I have been opening a new branch office, getting a MS Exchange 2010 migration project underway, upgrading a Citrix environment to name but three projects we're working on.  Migrating an internal facing intranet application stack on Drupal, and Mediawiki with the full screen editor, and parsoid will have to wait until the summer.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I suppose some really do not have a clue what it is like to work in an under resourced IT department where management effectively thinks that IT still is a bunch of expensive toys.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="162608" LastActivityDate="2014-04-14T14:36:14.423" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8906" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-04-14T21:01:45.887" Score="5" ViewCount="54" Body="&lt;p&gt;In chat, when putting text between grave accents to ensure that it is output as &lt;code&gt;code&lt;/code&gt;, the resulting text is not very distinguishable from the other text:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/mNaRf.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only way it's different, right now, is that a different font is used. Is there any way we could&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;highlight it&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;make it a different color&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;make it a more different font&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;resize it&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;or some combination thereof?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="38094" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-04-14T21:01:45.887" Title="The preformatted text/code text font in chat is not sufficiently distinct" Tags="|feature-request|chat|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8907" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-04-15T03:07:20.017" Score="1" ViewCount="28" Body="&lt;p&gt;I found a lot of duplicates by &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=trying%20to%20overwrite%20which%20is%20also%20in%20package&quot;&gt;this query&lt;/a&gt;. There are many possible solutions shown but they are mostly incomplete and do not show the right way which will work in all situations.&#xA;I think we need one best with explanation or at least to clean up there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="171636" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2014-04-15T03:07:20.017" Title="Do we need canonical question for &quot;trying to overwrite file which is also in package&quot;?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8908" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8909" CreationDate="2014-04-15T17:25:38.177" Score="4" ViewCount="102" Body="&lt;p&gt;The user I am talking about: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/237/balpha?tab=reputation&quot;&gt;balpha ♦&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;He has neither ever asked any question nor has he ever provided any answer on Ask Ubuntu. So, how does he have 100 rep. After association bonus, the rep count should be 101. Where did that unit rep go?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="114818" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2014-04-15T18:21:51.633" Title="How does this user has only 100 rep after association bonus without any posts?" Tags="|support|reputation|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8909" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8908" CreationDate="2014-04-15T17:39:07.233" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;All or most anyway, not sure about the &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2013/09/summer-hiring-happened-so-fast/&quot;&gt;chefs etc.&lt;/a&gt;, SE staff have special mod status. Presumably, this is part of the special way that they are handled.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Basically, that's not a regular user but a Stack Exchange employee so different rules apply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for the cases where they have &amp;lt;100 rep and have not posted, they have probably downvoted: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/237/balpha?tab=summary&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/kwUjX.png&quot; alt=&quot;3 down&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Each downvote on an answer &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/whats-reputation&quot;&gt;costs you 1 rep&lt;/a&gt;, unless the downvoted post is later deleted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Moreover, the negative reputation is not visible in reputation history of users to anybody but the user himself/herself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2014-04-15T18:21:51.633" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8910" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-04-16T00:07:03.837" Score="6" ViewCount="79" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've seen a bunch of approved tag wikis and excerpts that really, &lt;em&gt;really&lt;/em&gt; don't follow any of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2011/03/redesigned-tags-page/&quot;&gt;guidelines for Tag wiki's/excerpt&lt;/a&gt; and are run of the mill man/wikipedia/project page dumps. This is not useful, but the worst part is that there are &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tools/suggested-edits&quot;&gt;people approving them&lt;/a&gt; and the editor thinks he's doing a good job, 'cuz, hey! they are getting approved!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would ask that to the ones writing a tag wiki or excerpt, if you need to copy and paste something from the internet and nothing else, please, abstain from doing so. Also, Reviewers, please &lt;strong&gt;review&lt;/strong&gt;. If you see an unhelpful suggestion, you can reject for:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This edit does not follow any of our tag wiki guidelines and is unlikely to help instruct future visitors in the appropriate use of the tag&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you find copied content without proper attribution:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This edit plagiarizes content from an external source without proper attribution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Remember that tag wikis are the elevator pitches of the tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2014-04-16T09:47:48.430" Title="Meaningful tag wikis/excerpt" Tags="|discussion|tag-wiki|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8911" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-04-16T03:17:04.213" Score="2" ViewCount="147" Body="&lt;p&gt;Well, this is not your run off the mill tag removal request, but a petition to also close the questions with these tags. Questions tagged with such tags tend to be totally worthless, unclear and impossible to give a concise and precise answer that we could call THE answer. So, for the next 30 days, we should be pushing and closing these questions, but watch out for gems or clear questions that can be reasonably answered which only need the tag to be remove/corrected/retagged.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's the current status:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/tools+or+crash+or+troubleshooting+or+freeze+or+timeout?sort=unanswered&amp;amp;pageSize=15&quot;&gt;&lt;strike&gt;260&lt;/strike&gt; 256 Unanswered questions with any of the 4 tags&lt;/a&gt; start here! Close the ones that are crap, vote to delete the ones that are already closed, retag and fix anything else that doesn't look like crap. Please, don't duplicate these, they could be very loose duplicate but a bad duplicated still.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/tools+or+crash+or+troubleshooting+or+freeze+or+timeout?sort=votes&amp;amp;pageSize=15&quot;&gt;&lt;s&gt;990&lt;/s&gt; 965 total questions with any of the tags&lt;/a&gt; (here becomes tricky since there's also good questions around that may just need a retag).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just take one a day, fix it if it's salvageable, if not, is probably unclear (as it doesn't have enough information to diagnostic the issue) and just close it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Don't do anything if you are unsure or ask in &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;chat&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2014-05-02T00:48:12.130" Title="Lets remove the tools, crash, freeze, timeout and troubleshooting tags the right way™" Tags="|discussion|cleanup|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8913" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8915" CreationDate="2014-04-16T13:08:45.707" Score="3" ViewCount="55" Body="&lt;p&gt;Lets say I up vote a question since I felt that I had faced a issue earlier similar to that which was mentioned in the question. Now, when someone comments in it or answers the question I may also want to be notified. Also I may have up voted a question before an edit. After the edit I may want to down vote it. So will AU notify me about all this?(So in general, will AU notify me about changes that occur in a question or answer to which I voted?) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Update :- As it is clear from the answers below AU doesn't do so. But I feel that AU should have such a feature. Therefore I want to make this question into a &lt;strong&gt;&quot;FEATURE REQUEST&quot;&lt;/strong&gt; Therefore now, does the community feel that AU should have this feature?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225679" LastEditorUserId="225679" LastEditDate="2014-04-16T13:54:00.323" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T08:50:47.497" Title="Should'nt there be a feature in AU that would allow a user to get notified about changes in questions or answers he/she upvoted or downvoted?" Tags="|support|feature-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8915" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8913" CreationDate="2014-04-16T13:15:42.670" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Short answer: no&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Long answer: there is a feature request already about it &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/68106/213575&quot;&gt;Notify me of edits to posts I&amp;#39;ve voted on&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2014-04-16T13:15:42.670" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8916" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8917" CreationDate="2014-04-16T21:40:10.930" Score="2" ViewCount="129" Body="&lt;p&gt;I do a lot of editing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I sincerely seek the balance between being respectful to the post and its poster, and making the post readable and understandable. It sometimes takes a lot of time, if I doubt, I lookup information on the subject to exclude misinterpretation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From the people who review my review I excpect that they at least &lt;strong&gt;READ&lt;/strong&gt; the edit. That is why this makes me furious:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I ran into &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/448474/error-when-mounting-local-hdd-wrong-fs-type-bad-option-bad-superblock-on-dev&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; post on bad blocks. Two of the most experienced people had been looking into it, asking for the output of &lt;code&gt;dmesg | tail&lt;/code&gt;. The OP returned it in a comment, mentioning he did not know how to put it into his question in an appropriate format. I did it for him.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The edit was &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/248344&quot;&gt;rejected&lt;/a&gt; by two out of three:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;This edit is incorrect or an attempt to reply to or comment on the existing post&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Excuse me? Did you even look at the post?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It was not the first time this week that a perfectly decent edit was (nearly) rejected. Last time because of the same reason, while I literally did not add or remove &lt;strong&gt;any&lt;/strong&gt; of the post's meaning.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As mentioned, I do my edits seriously and with a conscience. If I make a mistake, I am on the edge or an edit is too minor, perfect! I would agree. But if an edit is rejected because of bad reading by reviewers; please don't waste my time with superficial reviews.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2014-04-17T07:53:26.540" Title="reviewers of reviewers need to be mindful as well" Tags="|discussion|suggested-edits|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8917" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8916" CreationDate="2014-04-16T23:00:26.157" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm not surprised your edit was rejected, because you didn't explain where you got the output from. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By looking at it, how do we know whose output that is? I've seen a good many edits by people with the same problem attempting to add &lt;em&gt;their&lt;/em&gt; output to someone else's question. I can very well understand how this got rejected.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When submitting an edit, make sure the edit summery contains all the information a review needs to review the edit. Not everyone is going to check the question for information they need to review your edit, and they shouldn't have to.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So ultimately, your edit was useful, but because it was a potentially confusing edit and your summery didn't contain the clarification information necessary to approve the edit it got rejected.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Always provide your motivation and source of information on more substantial edits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2014-04-16T23:00:26.157" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8918" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8888" CreationDate="2014-04-17T04:35:33.873" Score="9" Body="&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It's not as if the support period for 13.04 was sprung onto people unexpectedly - it was set out in advance of release.  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;And it's not as if there's no alternative for those needing a longer support period - there's always an LTS or two to choose from. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;People who choose a short-support-term version and then don't update ought to know the potential downfalls of that predicament already and be taking their own responsibility to watch security announcements.  If they are not doing this, the responsibility to educate them does not fall to a site like AskUbuntu.  It's not that these people are beyond help, but that it doesn't make sense for &lt;em&gt;this site&lt;/em&gt; to be the ones reaching out to help them.  AskUbuntu is not a site for disseminating public notices about security issues - it's for answering people's questions about Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The site has an established and quite reasonable policy to consider questions specific to an older, unsupported version of Ubuntu as &quot;off topic&quot;.  This is a sensible and appropriate policy, and it does not just serve to keep content relevant but also to reinforce the idea that these versions of Ubuntu truly are &quot;unsupported&quot; - no matter what the question, the answer to a problem in an unsupported version is basically &quot;have you considered upgrading?&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To break this policy in order to spread the word about one particular security flaw would be inconsistent and set up an ambiguous precedent, sending a mixed message where it's OK to help people out with their unsupported installs if the issue is &quot;important&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, what is an alternative solution?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If a question (whether it is about Heartbleed, or anything else) is specific to 13.04 then it should be closed with a message directing people to a big &quot;why you should not be using this version and how you should upgrade&quot; wiki page.  If we want to help people get off vulnerable versions, that wiki page can be their lifeline and the limit to the support we want to give them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No cherry-picking which issues are or are not &quot;important&quot; enough to break our policy on supporting retired versions of Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54256" LastEditorUserId="54256" LastEditDate="2014-04-17T04:42:07.117" LastActivityDate="2014-04-17T04:42:07.117" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8919" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8916" CreationDate="2014-04-17T07:53:26.540" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is how I review edits myself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I check the difference between the two edits, if it is just a formatting fix, or few spelling fixes, etc., I accept it, or improve it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If something in the content was changed, I check the summary of the edit. If it it doesn't explain &lt;em&gt;why&lt;/em&gt; the extra info was added, I would most likely reject it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As Seth said, if you see the amount of extra information that are added to questions with no apparent reasons on a frequent basis, it becomes a habit to reject it directly. It's just that it gets frustrating after a while, if we had to go to each post to check the comments on the posts.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;And speaking of comments, during the edit review, you cannot see any of the comments on the post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastActivityDate="2014-04-17T07:53:26.540" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8922" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-04-18T14:58:24.863" Score="4" ViewCount="325" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't mean to be controversial here. But out of real interest: I notice that a question like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/288149/what-is-the-best-notebook-to-run-ubuntu&quot;&gt;What is the best notebook to run Ubuntu?&lt;/a&gt; attracts quite a lot of upvotes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That does make sense: before people buy hardware they would like to inform themselves. Why is it though that we do not accept questions asking for shopping recommendations?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;to avoid spam (hardware vendors answering)?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;because it is too subjective?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;because there is no guarantee that the suggested hardware will work?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;...&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should hardware recommendations not simply get the same status as software recommendations? Again, I'm not searching for controversy. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If certain vendors do not play nicely with ubuntu, it might be nicer to know in advance (I'm looking at you Nvidia Optimus). Also I think hardware will become more and more important in the mobile market. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would these questions be an added value? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="115155" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2018-11-25T19:46:47.520" Title="Why don't we allow shopping recommendations?" Tags="|discussion|close-reasons|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8923" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8922" CreationDate="2014-04-18T16:04:46.047" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;All of them and more:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Who can answer any and every questions of this? Who are the &quot;experts&quot;?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Are possible canonical answers? Wouldn't they are be too specific for &lt;em&gt;that&lt;/em&gt; piece of hardware?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Just how many questions are possible about this? To be an authoritative site we would need a question about each piece of hardware, and this would bury other questions that are valid and answerable.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;They normally ask the wrong questions. People asks &quot;will X work with Ubuntu&quot;, we answer &quot;yeah&quot; or &quot;nope&quot;, then they continue asking &quot;how to make it work?&quot; which is the real question.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;They tend to be obsolete quickly. A good Q/A will have relevance for more than couple of years, shopping recommendations will change with each &quot;boom&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;to avoid spam (hardware vendors answering)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;because it is too subjective?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;because there is no guarantee that the suggested hardware will work?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, yes, yes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Should hardware recommendations not simply get the same status as software recommendations? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I see a problem with that, there's more into software recommendation than just shopping recommendation. First, with hardware/shopping recommendations there isn't a specific goal outside &quot;I want something that works with the money I have&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With software recommendation you can have specific requirements, for determinated tasks, with certain constrains, etc. I'm not saying that all software recommendations are good answerable questions, in fact most of the current ones are either too broad or opinion based.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In fact SR (which is a site dedicated to the topic) has guidance for asking for &lt;a href=&quot;https://softwarerecs.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/48/how-to-ask-for-an-alternative-to-some-software&quot;&gt;alternatives&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://softwarerecs.meta.stackexchange.com/a/208/226&quot;&gt;how to ask for useful&lt;/a&gt; and specific software recommendations. &lt;a href=&quot;https://photo.stackexchange.com/q/1373&quot;&gt;This rules can be applied to HW/shopping recommendations&lt;/a&gt;, yes, but then, most of users doesn't know how to ask properly and reshaping the question is sometimes outside our possibilities.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:44:06.197" LastActivityDate="2014-04-18T16:04:46.047" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8924" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-04-19T12:04:44.210" Score="20" ViewCount="438" Body="&lt;p&gt;There have been a few edit wars recently concerning the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/command-line&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;command-line&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;command-line&lt;/a&gt; tag. This question is an attempt to reach a community consensus on the usage of this particular tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, what exactly is this tag for and when should we use it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2014-04-29T22:09:33.710" Title="When should I use the command-line tag?" Tags="|discussion|tags|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8925" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8924" CreationDate="2014-04-19T12:18:33.050" Score="20" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is the tag's wiki excerpt:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Questions about using the command-line interface (CLI).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And the only usage guideline from the tag's wiki is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Questions using this tag might be related to Bash - the default command line shell in Ubuntu, Shell-Scripting and Programming.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's not very restrictive, my take on it is that &lt;em&gt;any&lt;/em&gt; question that is explicitly seeking a CLI solution can be tagged with this tag. I don't care what &lt;em&gt;else&lt;/em&gt; it is about, if it is asking for a solution that is run from the terminal, it can be tagged as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/command-line&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;command-line&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;command-line&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Ubuntu community differs from most *nix ones in that it is very GUI oriented. There are actually Ubuntu users who never use the terminal(!). Most questions on this site are about the GUI aspect of Ubuntu. Therefore, people looking for a CLI solution tend to tag their Qs with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/command-line&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;command-line&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;command-line&lt;/a&gt;. This is a good thing! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One of the primary uses of tags is to help &quot;experts&quot; get to questions they can answer and that they find interesting. Personally, I do most things from the command line and the only questions I enjoy answering here are those about the CLI. Removing this tag makes me miss these questions since they are no longer highlighted for me (I have &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/command-line&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;command-line&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;command-line&lt;/a&gt; in my favorite tags).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One issue here is that &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/shell&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;shell&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;shell&lt;/a&gt; is a synonym for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/command-line&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;command-line&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;command-line&lt;/a&gt;. From the perspective of an &quot;old-school&quot;, as opposed to Ubuntu, Linux user this is silly. The shell is one thing and the command line is another. Yes, they are related but no, they are not identical. Still, the synonym does make some sense on a site like ours where most users will not be aware of the distinctions and I don't think it is a problem or a reason to limit the use of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/command-line&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;command-line&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;command-line&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, in summary, in my opinion, &lt;strong&gt;the tag is applicable to any and all questions where the OP has specified that they want a CLI and not a GUI solution&lt;/strong&gt;. This means it can be applied to questions about &lt;code&gt;apt-get&lt;/code&gt;, to questions about parsing text, to those asking about which command does what etc. Basically, anything at all that is achieved using the CLI and not the GUI deserves this tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2014-04-29T22:09:33.710" LastActivityDate="2014-04-29T22:09:33.710" CommentCount="15" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8926" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8924" CreationDate="2014-04-19T15:03:42.630" Score="-3" Body="&lt;h2&gt;A proposal&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To solve this discrepancy this is my proposal:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Modify the tag wiki/excerpt to fit the current most accepted usage: questions that explicitly ask for a solution using the CLI and not the GUI.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Remove the synonym with the tags: shell, terminal.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Write a extensive tag wiki for each of the tags now unsynonymized, explaining the differences.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Retroactively enforce this usage.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;People that is expert on a pre-existing tag + command line should &lt;strong&gt;stop being lazy&lt;/strong&gt; and follow both tags. The system allows you to follow a tag in a single click and once it done you don't have to bother about it. Also, there's no limit in the amount of tags you can follow.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Put some pressure on the FP queue so the questions are correctly tagged, and explain the importance that new questions are correctly tagged (this is more a long term plan, but I saw 7 questions tagged with only 14.04 while reviewing, and people were ignoring the tag).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I hope this will solve the discrepancies and will offer a solid ground that we can also apply to other tags.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Background and questions&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ok, let me extract the fundamentals of your proposal:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Anything that is related to the Command line and its tools should have the tag.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Questions where OP explicitly say that wants a solution using the CLI and not the GUI&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Lets talk about different topics. Just bear with me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Consistency&lt;/strong&gt;. If we follow the fundamentals, then all &lt;code&gt;dpkg&lt;/code&gt; questions will have the tag, no trouble there. All &lt;code&gt;bash&lt;/code&gt; questions should have the tag. All &lt;code&gt;vim&lt;/code&gt; questions should have the tag. All &lt;code&gt;ping&lt;/code&gt; questions should have the tag. All &lt;code&gt;dig&lt;/code&gt; questions should have the tag. All &lt;code&gt;sudo&lt;/code&gt; questions should have the tag. All &lt;code&gt;lynx&lt;/code&gt; questions should have the tag. All &lt;code&gt;tty&lt;/code&gt; questions should have the tag. All &lt;code&gt;rm&lt;/code&gt; questions should have the tag; &lt;em&gt;et al&lt;/em&gt;. These has something to do with the CLI, like 70% of all binaries, and only works in the CLI. &lt;strong&gt;Does this means that all of those should use the tag?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;When I look for the most &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/command-line?sort=votes&amp;amp;pageSize=50&quot;&gt;upvoted questions&lt;/a&gt; the first question is about the shell, no problem, then you see people trying to do stuff from the CLI, good, a sudo question, :/, more people for &amp;quot;do X from the CLI&amp;quot;, a unity question (!), shell questions, user managing questions, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/94102/&quot;&gt;the first apt question&lt;/a&gt; (out only 128) then more &amp;quot;how to do X from the CLI, plox!&amp;quot;, mmm... found a duplicated. Ok, &lt;strong&gt;we see a pattern, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/command-line&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;command-line&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;command-line&lt;/a&gt; is almost only &lt;em&gt;used&lt;/em&gt; for stuff where OP explicitly say that the solution has to be typing commands in a CLI.&lt;/strong&gt; We see the same pattern when looking at &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/command-line?sort=frequent&amp;amp;pageSize=50&quot;&gt;frequency&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?tab=votes&amp;amp;q=%5Bcommand-line%5D%20views%3a20000..&quot;&gt;questions with more than 20k views&lt;/a&gt;. The current usage of the tag agrees with your statement of &amp;quot;OP explicitly say that wants a solution using the CLI and not the GUI&amp;quot;, nor so much with the other. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tags/command-line/topusers&quot;&gt;Top askers and answerers&lt;/a&gt; also follow this pattern. The tendency demonstrates that it will be prejudicial for what most users have accepted is the current behavior.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Since, we already have talked about &lt;strong&gt;current usage&lt;/strong&gt; of the tag, lets move the topic to &lt;strong&gt;redundancy&lt;/strong&gt;. Vim, is a editor, is also a text-processor, is a command line tool (lets forget about gvim, it has a separated tag), it can be used as IDE of sorts, etc. Does that means that we need to add all those tags? apt is: a Debian (.deb) package, a package manager, a command line tool, something that installs and remove software, it also upgrades stuff, does that means that they also need all those tags? The main point is, if you already know that apt is a command line tool, isn't it redundant that you also add the command line tag? Frankly speaking, there are like 30 tags (bare version specific tags) that would apply to 99% of the questions on the site. Does that means that we should add them, if there's another tag that already means the same withing a more narrow category? If you know that you can answer question from an specific topic, but not another, what will happen if a question has both tags? Think about the noise those tags will get and their effect on the whole site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-04-29T17:57:12.173" CommentCount="29" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8927" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-04-19T16:05:52.787" Score="0" ViewCount="73" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/450726/unable-to-boot-ubuntu-cloud-guest-image-in-kvm&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/450726/unable-to-boot-ubuntu-cloud-guest-image-in-kvm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The person who downvoted did not provide any explanation for the downvote.&#xA;All it says on the downvote is: &quot;This question does not show any research effort, is unclear or not useful&quot;. I cannot agree with any of them. I did google for possible solution but could not find any. I don't see anything unclear, I specify step by step exactly what I did and the error output. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="118740" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2014-04-20T01:42:18.903" Title="Can anybody please explain to me why this question got downvoted?" Tags="|discussion|downvoting|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8928" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8927" CreationDate="2014-04-19T16:12:35.907" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't know why it was downvoted, but I can tell you the first Google result for&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;code&gt;boot uec cloud image kvm&lt;/code&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;is pretty thorough and resolves your issue.  By the way, the link is the &lt;a href=&quot;https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UEC/Images&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Ubuntu wiki&lt;/a&gt;...  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2014-04-19T16:12:35.907" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8929" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-04-19T20:20:04.970" Score="4" ViewCount="178" Body="&lt;p&gt;After having edited the question and created an appropriate answer I flagged the comment&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/445284/how-to-start-a-virtualbox-machine-via-command-line-without-gui#comment583408_445284&quot;&gt;&quot;Don't give the solution in your own question&quot;&lt;/a&gt; as &quot;obsolete&quot; - the answer part had been removed from the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This flag was declined, the comment is still there - was that a mistake or purposeful?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2014-09-23T10:40:45.883" Title="Why was my &quot;obsolete&quot; flag declined?" Tags="|discussion|status-completed|flags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8930" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8927" CreationDate="2014-04-19T21:46:03.313" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;AU is linked directly on Ubuntu support page (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com/support/community&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.ubuntu.com/support/community&lt;/a&gt;) and during installation so I can't agree with rejecting questions not showing &quot;google effort&quot;. Google is not linked on Ubuntu support page and doesn't have a menu bar in its top with &quot;Ubuntu&quot; &quot;Community&quot; &quot;Ask!&quot; ... menus like the one we have here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my opinion, the point in asking/researching on AU (and SE in general) is that you can trust the answers and that is not the case with google results. Am I wrong and we don't want this trustable reputation here?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think if we follow this line to its end, you can find almost ALL answers with Google search and you don't need AU at all... but AU is there and working because it provides answers that are trustable and work (if not, usually the upvote/downvote/accept system and comments correct that).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is what a lot of users seek... Not all have time to test a dozen possible &quot;solutions&quot; or the knowledge to see if a solution is good or not whithout testing it or to get back to the initial state after a failed &quot;solution&quot; test.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7304" LastActivityDate="2014-04-19T21:46:03.313" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8931" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-04-20T00:54:43.193" Score="-8" ViewCount="118" Body="&lt;p&gt;Really, most of this questions are about either:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;xorg&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;xserver&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;mir&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;unity&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;other DM&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Alone this tag doesn't tell what the question is about, and there are already tags that fit within that specific category.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;BTW, and more importantly, &lt;strong&gt;nobody is answering those questions.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-04-20T01:03:44.270" LastActivityDate="2014-04-20T08:37:59.313" Title="Lets get rid of keyboard and mouse tags" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="14" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8932" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-04-20T01:32:17.073" Score="-7" ViewCount="243" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/localhost&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;localhost&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;localhost&lt;/a&gt; has been on the burner for some time now. Users that know the term, will know that it is the name of the system itself, a network loopback. In the last 30 days, nobody answered any of those questions and nobody seems to continuously use the tag. It should just get removed as it get tagled with questions about apache, networking, ssh, lamp, dns, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Case point where the localhost tag doesn't add anything to the question nor serve to search it more easily.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/256013/could-not-reliably-determine-the-servers-fully-qualified-domain-name&quot;&gt;Apache error &amp;quot;Could not reliably determine the server&amp;#39;s fully qualified domain name&amp;quot;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2014-04-20T17:31:51.773" Title="Lets get rid of the localhost tag" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8933" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8927" CreationDate="2014-04-20T01:42:18.903" Score="1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&quot;The person who downvoted did not provide any explanation for the&#xA;  downvote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They don't have to. Explained: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2008/down-voting-consequences&quot;&gt;Down voting consequences&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The question is about not agreeing with 'This question does not show&#xA;  any research effort, is unclear or not useful&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You don't have to agree with it for someone to find it true.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just concentrate on making your question better, if you found research that you thought might help put it in the question - explain where things went wrong in following something. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe someone was just being silly with down-votes (we may never know)- all you can control is your question - (which you are now preventing from getting answers by your own removal over pointless rep)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.087" LastActivityDate="2014-04-20T01:42:18.903" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8934" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8931" CreationDate="2014-04-20T08:37:59.313" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;I really don't agree. The keyboard and mouse are specific pieces of hardware and have very specific and quite common problems associated with them. This is particularly true of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/keyboard&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;keyboard&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;keyboard&lt;/a&gt; which is a nice, broad tag that covers such subjects as different keyboard layouts, shortcuts, remapping keys etc. These are classic issues that many users have problems with and for which the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/keyboard&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;keyboard&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;keyboard&lt;/a&gt; tag is useful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are 1,220 questions tagged with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/mouse&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;mouse&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;mouse&lt;/a&gt; and 1,705 questions tagged with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/keyboard&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;keyboard&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;keyboard&lt;/a&gt;. For both tags, more than half have been answered so I'm not sure I buy the &quot;nobody's answering&quot; them argument. In any case, even if it were true, I don't see how removing these tags would help get more questions answered. All it would do is further reduce their visibility.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, both these tags clearly show what the question is about. Much more so than any of the alternatives you suggested (xorg, xserver, bluetooth, usb). If I tag a question with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/mouse&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;mouse&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;mouse&lt;/a&gt;, then everyone understands that it is about, well, a &lt;em&gt;mouse&lt;/em&gt; issue. If I tag with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/usb&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;usb&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;usb&lt;/a&gt; it could be about any number of things. So yeah, the tags could even stand alone (though of course they shouldn't).    &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In conclusion, I feel both these tags are useful and should be kept around.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2014-04-20T08:37:59.313" CommentCount="12" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8935" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8932" CreationDate="2014-04-20T11:41:22.820" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/create-tags&quot;&gt;There is already a system in place to get rid of obscure tags that nobody uses&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;on some sites, new tags will be automatically culled and removed from the system if they are not used by at least 1 other question in a 6 month period.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are already more than 100 questions tagged as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/localhost&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;localhost&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;localhost&lt;/a&gt;. So, people seem to find its use. If it becomes obsure, the system would take care of removing this tag itself. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is no need for users to go and find tags that nobody uses and take action to get rid of them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="114818" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2014-04-20T11:41:22.820" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8936" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8929" CreationDate="2014-04-20T11:52:32.173" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I can't see the comment, but I speculate that the comment was recently made and the OP (for whom the comment was made) might not have seen the comment by that time. Since the comment had some value that it tutored the OP on how the site works, it was obsolete but useful for the time being. So, one of the mods might have declined it for that reason.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, this is all speculation from my side.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="114818" LastActivityDate="2014-04-20T11:52:32.173" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8937" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8938" CreationDate="2014-04-20T19:56:59.297" Score="20" ViewCount="399" Body="&lt;p&gt;Every single person has his or her own style of writing, however, every now and then you run into an (mostly) answer with issues beyond styling. The poster seems to have a completely wrong concept in mind on how to answer a question. His or her personal live passes by, mother in law, cat , dog and who knows what.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Somewhere in the story, an answer is hidden as an easter egg, sometimes even an appropriate answer, but you have to be desperate to take the effort to find it. Editing would simply reduce the story by 90%, which could be considered to be a lack of respect. In most cases, I skip, leaving the decision to someone else. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the general idea on what to do with this kind of posts?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-07-16T05:02:41.383" LastActivityDate="2014-07-16T05:02:41.383" Title="What do we do with (very) long answers, filled with off-topic story-telling?" Tags="|discussion|editing|answer-quality|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8938" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8937" CreationDate="2014-04-20T20:04:46.580" Score="20" Body="&lt;p&gt;Trim them down. Ask Ubuntu (and Stack Exchange) wants questions and answers &lt;em&gt;without distractions&lt;/em&gt;. Like a FAQ. If you see too much noise &lt;strong&gt;unrelated&lt;/strong&gt; to the solution of the question, just remove it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-04-20T23:22:09.273" LastActivityDate="2014-04-20T23:22:09.273" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8939" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8937" CreationDate="2014-04-20T21:39:11.463" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;The danger with answering an abstract issue like this is it gives (or revokes) a licence to butcher verbose posts regardless of actual quality.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A post can be both long and clear and the best possible post often isn't the shortest or most direct. A great post &lt;em&gt;will&lt;/em&gt; spend time explaining itself. But if you feel the core answer is lost, rearranging can often fix it without losing detail.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But if you focus on clarity, you'll probably be doing the right thing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2014-04-21T14:56:00.387" LastActivityDate="2014-04-21T14:56:00.387" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8940" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8941" CreationDate="2014-04-21T00:18:14.863" Score="2" ViewCount="59" Body="&lt;p&gt;I saw this custom reason for close voting:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/xilEa.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/xilEa.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any question that falls under this category should simply be closed as &amp;quot;unclear what you're asking&amp;quot;. It needs more detail, so, &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/7227/38094&quot;&gt;as Eliah Kagan says&lt;/a&gt;, why not vote to close it immediately?! It is not going to help the site by staying there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Besides, how long should we wait before VTCing? A day? two days? a week? a year?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, it assumes all users of the site who don't watch their questions are male.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This has some issues that need to be dealt with.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would have suggested:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other: This question is off-topic because it is unanswered, and the&#xA;original asker has abandoned it for at least {amount of time} despite requests&#xA;for additional detail.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="38094" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-04-21T10:42:23.083" Title="A close vote option about &quot;lack of attention&quot; should definitely not be used" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8941" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8940" CreationDate="2014-04-21T00:25:10.967" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;That isn't a new close reason, but a custom close reason.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you find that a custom close reason does not fit with what is listed in the help center, then you can flag the question saying &quot;custom close reason in not vald&quot; or something like that, I once found a new user that voted to close because &quot;because of getting downvotes&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastActivityDate="2014-04-21T00:25:10.967" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8942" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8940" CreationDate="2014-04-21T01:52:57.087" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Agreed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A &quot;lack of attention&quot; question might affect real users. In my mind, this is the same as a &quot;won't fix&quot; bug. &quot;Won't fix&quot; is okay when you have business deadlines, but is useless to an open source community. People affected by such issues should be able to seek the support of the community is dealing with the issues, and should be free to constantly ask &quot;But why?&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The move from XFree86 to Xorg was partially due to this, and constantly asking a question about the status quo should not be discouraged.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="248187" LastActivityDate="2014-04-21T01:52:57.087" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8943" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8956" CreationDate="2014-04-21T03:17:40.190" Score="5" ViewCount="154" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is not clear what we should do about link-only answers. (In my eyes, anything like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/451438/38094&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; would definitely be a link-only answer.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We have the option to flag it as &quot;Not an Answer&quot;, or &quot;Very Low Quality&quot;, but it is both of those. How should we flag it? Or does it matter?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="38094" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:24.280" LastActivityDate="2014-04-22T07:29:34.573" Title="How should we flag link-only answers?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2021-12-04T04:38:47.633" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8944" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8943" CreationDate="2014-04-21T06:23:44.823" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I believe the answer (dis)qualifies more as a low quality answer than not an answer itself, since the basic idea behind asking for the gist of the answer than the link only is because links may become dead or may change overtime. So unless those things happen it still is an answer but is poor quality.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, marking the answer as &quot;Very Low Quality&quot; would be better.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72576" LastActivityDate="2014-04-21T06:23:44.823" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8945" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8946" CreationDate="2014-04-21T09:35:45.047" Score="3" ViewCount="64" Body="&lt;p&gt;The question says it all. Is it possible to contact the mods privately (thus not in public chat nor in meta)? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are self-made chatrooms private? Is there a general email like mods@askubuntu.com?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="115155" LastEditorUserId="115155" LastEditDate="2014-04-21T09:50:27.540" LastActivityDate="2014-04-21T11:49:20.683" Title="Is there a way to contact mods privately?" Tags="|support|moderation|moderators|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8946" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8945" CreationDate="2014-04-21T11:49:20.683" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you do a custom flag, only moderators and Stack Exchange employees can see that. If you want to have a discussion, you can ping someone on chat and they will assist you. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Failing that, I do publish my email, and so do several others of the moderators, but We will probably just move the conversation to a private chat room as soon as we get it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastActivityDate="2014-04-21T11:49:20.683" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8947" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-04-21T16:11:30.107" Score="0" ViewCount="41" Body="&lt;p&gt;I asked a question about network services about vsftpd but there was not any anwer yet also I saw many times question related to network are answered few . why this is happen? Am should ask these kind of question in other stacks ? But I tell my self this problem happen for me in ubuntu OS may be experts in here can answer me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/445296/how-to-test-working-of-vsftpd&quot;&gt;How to test working of vsftpd&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="181205" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2014-04-21T17:41:12.497" Title="network services questions" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8948" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-04-21T18:41:43.520" Score="4" ViewCount="51" Body="&lt;p&gt;The question we are talking about:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/441420/how-to-get-around-nvm-checksum-error-pxe-e05-to-make-the-ethernet-work-on-ubun&quot;&gt;How to get around NVM Checksum error (PXE-E05) to make the ethernet work?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I had cast the first vote for closure on this question on 31st March as it was unclear and didn't provide much detail.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The OP later edited the question and gave a thorough account to the point where the question wasn't unclear anymore. He even solved it himself by providing a good and detailed answer on how to get around the issue. 5 days later the question still got closed as unclear - I am not sure why/how, but okay.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/reopen/244335&quot;&gt;question came into the Reopen Review queue&lt;/a&gt; and I nominated to reopen it. The review completed with 2 votes in favor and 3 against reopening. As of now, all the reopen votes have been cleared by the system and I can't re-nominate to reopen it. Can this please be reopened?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="114818" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T00:24:56.867" Title="Shouldn't this question about working around Ethernet problems be reopened?" Tags="|discussion|status-completed|closed-questions|reopen-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8949" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-04-21T18:47:01.373" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2014-04-21T18:47:01.373" LastActivityDate="2014-04-21T18:47:01.373" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8950" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-04-21T18:47:01.373" Score="0" Body="Request the community to reopen a closed question." OwnerUserId="114818" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2014-04-21T20:25:58.700" LastActivityDate="2014-04-21T20:25:58.700" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8951" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8955" CreationDate="2014-04-21T19:14:45.940" Score="0" ViewCount="53" Body="&lt;p&gt;Suppose I put up a question in Ask Ubuntu. Now somebody posted an answer. But that answer seems difficult to be carried out for me. That doesn't mean that the answer provided is wrong. So, now I want a more easier and better answer. What can I do other than just waiting for someone to post a better answer? Maybe I can put up a bounty but anyone who sees the bountied question with an answer that has the potential to work right might not try to give a better answer. So there is every chance of my bounty being wasted(I maybe wrong on this but I dunno if the bounty would come back to me if its purpose is unsolved as I have never placed a bounty before). What do you suggest I do in this situation?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225679" LastActivityDate="2014-04-21T21:44:31.050" Title="How to get a better answer for an already answered question?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8952" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8953" CreationDate="2014-04-21T19:25:05.480" Score="2" ViewCount="59" Body="&lt;p&gt;In AU apart from reputation there is something called 'Badges'. But I see that no privilege requires a badge nor is it used for placing a bounty or anything else. So why do I need badges for? Is it just for fun? ! Sometimes a user who has lesser reputation has a larger number of badges than the one that has greater reputation. Isn't this contradictory ?   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225679" LastActivityDate="2014-04-21T19:45:23.147" Title="What is the use of having badges?" Tags="|discussion|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8953" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8952" CreationDate="2014-04-21T19:44:19.950" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Badges are basically for fun BUT you can tell if someone is active on AU and contributes. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The more gold badges for great answers and the more (silver) guru-badges the more you probably can trust that user to get it correct. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Reputation is more important &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1699/ask-ubuntu-swag-for-top-users&quot;&gt;since you get swag&lt;/a&gt;!!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.087" LastActivityDate="2014-04-21T19:44:19.950" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8955" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8951" CreationDate="2014-04-21T21:44:31.050" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You get to add a message to the bounty when you add it, explaining what exactly you need:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/tN3rc.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are also several different bounty reasons to pick from.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Bounties never come back to you, unless a moderator refunds them for moderation purposes (i.e. to close the question, etc).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2014-04-21T21:44:31.050" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8956" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8943" CreationDate="2014-04-22T07:29:34.573" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/225370/213575&quot;&gt;Shog laid the rules pretty&lt;/a&gt; clear, without interpretation in MSE:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/vAUaw.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the answer in and out itself doesn't answer the question is not an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2014-04-22T07:29:34.573" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8957" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8958" CreationDate="2014-04-22T10:07:23.013" Score="3" ViewCount="63" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to know if a user is online at a given time or not. So that commenting on a question or answer would be effective. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because the user profile only shows that the user was last seen : (Ex:30 minutes ago) but he/she may be online now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="256099" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2014-04-22T11:57:41.587" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T03:27:45.797" Title="Can I Know User Is Logged in or Not?" Tags="|support|comments|users|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8958" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8957" CreationDate="2014-04-22T10:11:31.583" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can you know? No.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But leave them a comment (using their @name if applicable) and they'll get a notification when they are online.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2014-04-22T10:11:31.583" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8959" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8960" CreationDate="2014-04-22T13:31:49.000" Score="2" ViewCount="38" Body="&lt;p&gt;There used to be a FLAGS tab in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tools&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/tools&lt;/a&gt;. What happened?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/HnywD.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The same in meta:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/U1ozt.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="65926" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2014-04-22T13:38:31.570" Title="What happened to &quot;Flags&quot; moderation tool?" Tags="|support|10k-tools|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8960" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8959" CreationDate="2014-04-22T13:37:26.680" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/226092/lets-get-rid-of-the-10k-flag-queue&quot;&gt;It was rolled up into the standard review process&lt;/a&gt;. Here's part of &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/228861/144180&quot;&gt;Shog9's answer&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;/tools/flagged is no more. Disputed flags are still a thing, but disputes are situations observed by the system, not explicit actions. The guidance for new 10K users has been revised: &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/help/privileges/moderator-tools&quot;&gt;https://stackoverflow.com/help/privileges/moderator-tools&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-05-23T12:39:54.233" LastActivityDate="2014-04-22T13:37:26.680" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8961" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-04-22T17:11:33.697" Score="1" ViewCount="43" Body="&lt;p&gt;My company is interested in hosting an Ubuntu 14.04 release party.  Googling really has not revealed any solid info on how to go about doing that (save for the list of LoCos hosting them &lt;a href=&quot;http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/global/2702/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this type of question appropriate for the main Ubuntu site?  Or would Meta or another site be a better fit?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="46270" LastActivityDate="2014-04-22T17:11:33.697" Title="Place to ask questions about hosting an Ubuntu 14.04 release party?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8962" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-04-22T17:26:39.170" Score="0" ViewCount="28" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Generic part&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to learn about the applications that exist in a certain class of software on Ubuntu. But asking a question like that is a software recommendation and is against the rules of Ask Ubuntu. Is there a way to ask a question about that on Ask Ubuntu in a way that will follow the rules of the site and be useful and informative for others in the long term?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Specific part&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to learn about drawing and painting software that is available on Ubuntu, or may become available soon (I believe there isn't much today; is there any hope for the better?). I'd like to use Ubuntu on &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Surface_Pro_2&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Microsoft Surface Pro&lt;/a&gt; line of tablet/laptops and draw on it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This class of software I have in mind includes tools such as:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Photoshop&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Adobe_Photoshop&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAI_%28software%29&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Paint Tool SAI&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manga_Studio&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Manga Studio&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All of which are not available o Linux.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="181242" LastActivityDate="2014-04-22T17:26:39.170" Title="How do I ask about availability of a certain class of software on Ubuntu?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2014-04-30T08:48:47.910" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8963" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8948" CreationDate="2014-04-22T23:26:27.480" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The question has already been reopened.  &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/441420/revisions&quot;&gt;It was reopened about 7 hours ago.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2014-04-22T23:26:27.480" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8965" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-04-23T05:11:54.493" Score="0" ViewCount="102" Body="&lt;p&gt;These two Questions &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/30334/what-application-indicators-are-available?page=3&amp;amp;tab=oldest#tab-top&quot;&gt;What Application Indicators are available?&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/65083/what-different-desktop-environments-and-shells-are-available&quot;&gt;What kinds of desktop environments and shells are available?&lt;/a&gt; Do they need to be closed?  Even though they are popular and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/30334/what-application-indicators-are-available?page=3&amp;amp;tab=oldest#tab-top&quot;&gt;What Application Indicators are available?&lt;/a&gt; has 487 upvotes by the time that I wrote this, and 422 favourites.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But according to this answer &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/221285/highly-upvoted-old-questions-would-be-closed-immediately-if-asked-today/221294#221294&quot;&gt;Highly upvoted old questions would be closed immediately if asked today.&lt;/a&gt;, it doesn't matter, how old they are, how popular they are because it doesn’t protect them agasit it...  So do you think they need to be close for being to broad, if they are?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="48372" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2014-04-24T16:13:42.710" Title="Do you think these Questions need to be close/deleted because they are too broad?" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8966" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8970" CreationDate="2014-04-23T06:57:58.343" Score="10" ViewCount="105" Body="&lt;h2&gt;A question about tags&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When you ask a new question on Askubuntu, you are usually adding tags to your problem. However, i've experienced that when i am tagging videos on YouTube, or tagging pictures on my computer, i am adding lots of lots of tags to it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But it seem to be different here on Askubuntu; I've even asked questions and I have experienced that someone has edited the tags for me, and i haven't quite understood why, when it still asks a question related to all those things altogether.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any nice methods to learn, so you don't end up tagging the world into a question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks alot.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="111026" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T12:42:48.040" Title="Tags and tagging questions" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8967" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8969" CreationDate="2014-04-23T07:01:11.247" Score="0" ViewCount="46" Body="&lt;p&gt;In AU there seems to be a badge for completing one's user profile. But when I visited a few profiles it seemed to me that they have false details. I mean they have every right to not post their details..but false details? And one gets a badge for giving false details! That seems wrong to me!(Well, morally) One might especially see false website addresses, sometimes places etc. . So by AU rules is this right? If it is, doesn't this largely bring down the value of a badge? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225679" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T12:24:57.290" Title="Is it right to post false details in one's user profile?" Tags="|discussion|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8968" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8965" CreationDate="2014-04-23T07:44:39.740" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't agree with the system-purist approach here. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The questions aren't causing problems for us. They pull in serious amounts of traffic. I get that closing them probably wouldn't change that immediately but again, this is hand-wringing and work over something that only brings us a ton of people.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Infinite lists aren't great (as we state in these questions) but there's nothing to suggest that all new answers are only bad things. If we're going to keep them alive at all (which I consider in our wider interest) we might as well let people add and improve things.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is also the argument that if we close, 10ks can delete. Then nobody benefits from the years of work that went into these things.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In short, we &lt;em&gt;could&lt;/em&gt; do a number of things but I can't see how any of them improve the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T07:44:39.740" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8969" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8967" CreationDate="2014-04-23T12:24:57.290" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;Oh, come on! First of all, there is absolutely no value in the badges anyway. These are just useless internet points people! Then, I can write whatever I like in my profile. If I want to say I am a small green creature from a planet orbiting Alpha Centauri, I can. There is nothing morally wrong here, that's why SE is anonymous. You can, if you choose, use your real name and give real information and you can, if you wish, create a fictitious persona. Nothing wrong with that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, my &quot;Real Name&quot; in my profile is simply Greek for &quot;I won't tell you&quot;. Obviously, that's not my real name and I have absolutely no desire to give my real name out  on the internet. Why should I?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, in conclusion, people are free to write whatever they like in their profiles. Apart from my name, everything I have there happens to be true but this is not a government registration site, it's just a site for Ubuntu geeks and we are under no obligation to provide true details. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T12:24:57.290" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8970" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8966" CreationDate="2014-04-23T12:42:48.040" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;The tagging guidelines can be found on the main meta site, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/18878/how-do-i-correctly-tag-my-questions&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; and they are also explained in the Help Center, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/tagging&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. Briefly, they suggest the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Tag from the general to the specific. Include at least one broad tag and also include some specific ones.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;As a general rule, you should try and add as many tags as you can. You are limited to 5 and, &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;if&lt;/em&gt; there are 5 applicable tags&lt;/strong&gt;, you should use them.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You should avoid tags that don't stand on their own. For example, tags like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/crash&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;crash&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;crash&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/programs&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;programs&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;programs&lt;/a&gt; that need to be qualified by another tag (what kind of programs? What about those programs? What kind of crash? What crashed?) should be avoided. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You should try and pick popular tags, those that are used most often.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;While you should not attempt to summarize the question with the tags, the tags should give an idea of what the question is about.&lt;/strong&gt; Tags are used to sort questions into categories, so if a question fits into more than one category, it should be tagged with more than one tag. In addition, many users have &quot;Favorite Tags&quot; and questions tagged with them are highlighted. This means that if you use one of those tags, you are more likely to attract the attention of the people who are most capable of answering you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, basically, use as many useful tags as are relevant. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T12:42:48.040" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8971" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-04-23T15:13:14.713" Score="0" ViewCount="76" Body="&lt;p&gt;Okay, So I am new to askubuntu and LINUX! I am 14 years old, many times I don't understand a thing, I search it on google but when I don't &lt;strong&gt;Comprehand&lt;/strong&gt; the answer, So I ask it here, but many people rate me down, so I get blocked :( please tell me a reason to not get that response???&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="273108" OwnerDisplayName="user273108" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T15:17:12.127" Title="Out of Topic, but please read first" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8972" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8975" CreationDate="2014-04-23T19:16:03.607" Score="8" ViewCount="90" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have asked 40 questions on Ask Ubuntu. Also I mark more than 20 questions as favorite  question this like a notebook for me. But sometimes I do not have access to the Internet and I wish if there is some thing to backup my profile on my desktop.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="181205" LastEditorUserId="8698" LastEditDate="2014-04-24T08:00:47.517" LastActivityDate="2014-04-24T08:00:47.517" Title="Is there any way to backup our Ask Ubuntu profile?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8973" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8974" CreationDate="2014-04-23T21:17:37.630" Score="1" ViewCount="32" Body="&lt;p&gt;I know that we can use some sort of queries/SQL to get this kind of information. But I don't really know the exact API nor the exact keywords to use.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I ask because I'm looking for a way to browse great questions, not only by looking at their votes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So where and how could I build such query?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="32239" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T21:40:06.360" Title="How to list all protected questions?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8974" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8973" CreationDate="2014-04-23T21:40:06.360" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can use &lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/askubuntu/query/138642/protected-questions&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; query on SEDE (Stack Exchange Data Explorer).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T21:40:06.360" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8975" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8972" CreationDate="2014-04-23T21:48:21.377" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;An option would be for you to download the Ask Ubuntu data dump and serve it back to yourself offline:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://stackapps.com/questions/3610/stackdump-an-offline-browser-for-stackexchange-sites&quot;&gt;https://stackapps.com/questions/3610/stackdump-an-offline-browser-for-stackexchange-sites&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:46.307" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T21:48:21.377" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8976" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-04-23T22:55:22.397" Score="0" ViewCount="99" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to participate here at AskUbuntu and am compelled to contribute based on information that is not being found in many of the discussions but because of the absolute strict and high bar set by the moderators, I am unable to make those contributions and provide ample and necessary help that is the prime value and directive of the open source community. Gatekeeping is not a value of the FLOSS community.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While I completely appreciate and respect those participating here, you all are also missing out from other very experienced people that can also provide real answers to many very arcane problems kinda instantly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am new here and after reading the rules, regulations and policies find myself at a loss because I probably would be providing more answers than questions. Plus, for any questions I do have that are already listed in this database, I cannot gain any points as my question is automatically rejected.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, there is no real endgame here except to peruse the vast database of questions and invent new questions that have not already been asked. Why would I spend my time doing that when I am trying to get answers and be part of a discussion to do that? My job doesn't pay me enough to do that. I need to get real actual paying work done. Spending hours to build some unique and restrictive reputation does not produce any results.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Am I missing something here?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user270083" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T23:59:08.157" Title="How can I participate?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8977" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-04-23T23:01:17.137" Score="5" ViewCount="164" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/unicorn&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;unicorn&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;unicorn&lt;/a&gt; tag could mean one of two things: the U-series codename for 14.10, or the prefork server that can be used in conjunction with other webservers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It looks like there's edits in the tag wikis for Unicorn to be the latter of those two, but &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/unicorn&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;unicorn&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;unicorn&lt;/a&gt; is marked now as a synonym of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/14.10&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;14.10&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;14.10&lt;/a&gt; as done by fossfreedom.  But this may cause any number of confusing issues since the preexisting tag seems to have been the prefork server.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it a problem that we've got two things that're both on topic here, but the tag will be in conflict?  Or have we got a resolution for this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="14356" LastEditDate="2014-04-29T15:09:09.163" LastActivityDate="2014-04-29T15:09:09.163" Title="Unicorn tag - potential conflict" Tags="|discussion|status-completed|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8978" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8977" CreationDate="2014-04-23T23:10:56.410" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;No questions are linked to &quot;unicorn&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So we can delete the tag wiki if required and then make it a synonym. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Seems like a perfect synonym for 14.10 - unlike &quot;trusty&quot; questions I would expect both &quot;utopic&quot; and &quot;unicorn&quot; questions popping up for obvious reasons.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For the moment I've unlinked the unicorn synonym.  If you would like to make unicorn a synonym of 14.10 - upvote.  Similarly, downvote if you consider we'll be getting an influx of the &quot;prefork server&quot; soon and prefer to keep &quot;unicorn&quot; separate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14356" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T23:10:56.410" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8979" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-04-23T23:28:59.217" Score="5" ViewCount="119" Body="&lt;p&gt;As Gilles has said in &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/8873/dont-mix-version-specific-tags-with-stuff-that-isnt-version-specific/8875#8875&quot;&gt;his other answer&lt;/a&gt; &quot;version tags are massively overused on AU&quot;, I think is our fault that such things happens. We allow them be alone we them shouldn't and we do nothing to fix that. So, when an user ask a new question and gets offered XX.XX as only tag, is obvious that the user will only use that tag unless the system offers more tags. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, I think that the system shouldn't suggest the tag at all, and let the user to explicitly tag it as such instead of suggesting it to prevent that questions gets tagged with only this tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.227" LastActivityDate="2014-05-29T00:48:54.383" Title="Don't suggest version specific tag when writing questions" Tags="|feature-request|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8980" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8976" CreationDate="2014-04-23T23:59:08.157" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;The 50 reputation limit to comment is in place to help prevent misuse of comments.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Comments are considered &quot;second class citizens&quot; on Stack Exchange. They aren't meant to be permanent in any light whatsoever. They are only there for &lt;em&gt;short&lt;/em&gt; discussions relating to the content of the answer/question. If we let anyone comment the amount of spam we get would be immense, and since comments aren't meant to be permanent there is no way to detect spam and prevent it/handle it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In general, it really isn't hard to get 50 reputation. Approved edits get you 2 reputation, answer upvotes get you 10 reputation and question upvotes get 5 reputation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The 5 reputation required to post on meta &lt;em&gt;only&lt;/em&gt; applies to meta. This is, again, to prevent spam and misuse. 5 reputation is &lt;em&gt;insanely&lt;/em&gt; easy to get.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;While I completely appreciate and respect those participating here, you all are also missing out from other very experienced people that can also provide real answers to many very arcane problems kinda instantly.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It doesn't require any reputation to answer questions, so if they have an answer they can and should post it (note that special questions that receive too many non answer answers and spam can be &quot;protected&quot;. Protected questions require 10 reputation to answer, but again, that is &lt;em&gt;insanely&lt;/em&gt; easy to get).  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Plus, for any questions I do have that are already listed in this database, I cannot gain any points as my question is automatically rejected.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Question automatically rejected? We have a few small quality blocks in place, but I've never hit one myself. You must have been asking pretty bad questions to hit that block.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To sum up, Ask Ubuntu (and all &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/sites#traffic&quot;&gt;Stack Exchange&lt;/a&gt; sites) are not forums, like many users think, and these checks are in place to keep our quality high and prevent spam and abuse. They may look hard, but they really aren't.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you don't have time to get a little reputation, how do you have time to provide good answers and participate in any &quot;discussion&quot; needed to answer them?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2014-04-23T23:59:08.157" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8982" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-04-24T05:37:58.090" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2014-04-24T05:37:58.090" LastActivityDate="2014-04-24T05:37:58.090" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8983" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-04-24T05:37:58.090" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2014-04-24T05:37:58.090" LastActivityDate="2014-04-24T05:37:58.090" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8984" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-04-24T07:35:20.323" Score="-6" ViewCount="100" Body="&lt;p&gt;Should Users with only 1 reputation be deleted after 30 days without a login?  Because It would keep the site cleaner and There must be hundreds - thousands Of dead users that did use their account for only one day, and must of forget their password or something.  Now, there are some users who have more than 1 reputation but it is from only 1 answer.  Like they have 25, one up vote, and one approve answer, I think these users need to be deleted.  This is a kinda bad example, but I didn't need to go hunting for this user also. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/77115/abound&quot;&gt;Abound&lt;/a&gt; Is a dead user but he/she isn't registered also.  Should I up voted them? Should I accepted their answer?  Do you see my problem?  I don't want to give them reputation if they are dead, they only have one of them, and should be deleted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="48372" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2014-04-24T07:48:22.150" Title="Should Users with only 1 reputation (Or with only 1 question/answer) be deleted after 30 days without a login?" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8985" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8984" CreationDate="2014-04-24T07:48:22.150" Score="13" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;It would keep the site cleaner&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't see that abandoned accounts really get in the way of anything important. The site is about questions and their answers. If you want to faff around on the &lt;code&gt;/users/&lt;/code&gt; pages, that's fair enough but that's not the site goal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Should I up voted them? Should I accepted their answer? Do you see my problem?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You shouldn't be making any voting decisions based on &lt;em&gt;who&lt;/em&gt; writes a post. Posts should be voted for on their own merits. User reputation is meaningless when it comes to the content of the post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If a post answers your question, you should vote for it and accept it. If it doesn't, explain why (other people can see it even if that account has been abandoned) and if poor enough, vote against it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you're voting to &quot;give them reputation&quot;, you're doing it wrong.&lt;br&gt;&#xA; &lt;strong&gt;Vote to indicate which posts are &lt;em&gt;best&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2014-04-24T07:48:22.150" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8986" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8989" CreationDate="2014-04-24T09:30:08.737" Score="2" ViewCount="64" Body="&lt;p&gt;I know that bounty can be started up by offering Reputation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How much reputation changes to whom bounty awarded?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is reputation transfers  by bounty from who start bounty and to whom bounty awarded?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In other words, Is &lt;strong&gt;reputations converted in bounty&lt;/strong&gt; form who started bounty and &lt;strong&gt;bounty converted in reputation&lt;/strong&gt; to whom bounty awarded?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I asked question to avoid my any misunderstanding about bounty and reputation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="256099" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2014-04-24T09:42:51.597" LastActivityDate="2014-04-24T11:38:10.757" Title="Bounty and Reputations Relationship" Tags="|support|reputation|bounty|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8987" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8988" CreationDate="2014-04-24T09:55:20.160" Score="2" ViewCount="67" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am running my account with stack-exchange login. For recovery and security account has one email id by using which I logged in. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, can I register second email id to same account &lt;strong&gt;as a secondary or alternative email id&lt;/strong&gt; by which I will recover my account if required in feauture? (Though I can successfully login with my 1st-primary email id)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then how to add secondary email id to my account? or It is not permitted. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="256099" LastActivityDate="2014-04-24T11:01:07.180" Title="Add alternative email address for recovery option" Tags="|support|user-accounts|email|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8988" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8987" CreationDate="2014-04-24T11:01:07.180" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/login-add?returnUrl=/users/current&quot;&gt;add other OpenID logins&lt;/a&gt;. This relies on you having another account elsewhere but any of them will log you into SE globally.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I realise that isn't the same thing as what you're asking but has the same effect.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2014-04-24T11:01:07.180" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8989" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8986" CreationDate="2014-04-24T11:38:10.757" Score="3" Body="&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If I start a 100 rep bounty, I immediately lose 100 reputation.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If I award that bounty, the recipient gets an additional 100 reputation.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If I fail to award the bounty before the time runs out, the highest-scoring new answer (as long as it has a score of 2 or higher) will get 50% of the bounty (so 50 reputation points here) automatically awarded. If there is more than one post that meets that criteria with the same score, the older post gets the bounty.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See more here:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/bounty&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/help/bounty&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/16065/how-does-the-bounty-system-work&quot;&gt;How does the bounty system work?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2014-04-24T11:38:10.757" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8990" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8965" CreationDate="2014-04-24T16:13:42.710" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;To counter Oli argument, and propose a perfect solution, I say to migrate all the information to the Tag wiki's and delete the questions on the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/122121/213575&quot;&gt;This seems to be the solution that other sites&lt;/a&gt; that had questions that where causing problems (namely the broken window problem) which ended being closed and deleted, where the information was migrated. Luckily almost all those list questions has a tag in the site (backup, indicators, browsers, download-manager, desktop-environments, etc.), which would end improving the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The community behind those tags now maintain the information in a single place. This has several advantages, which I mentioned, with the only downside that it's more difficult for low rep users to add information (I think it rise the restriction to 500 rep, but I can't find references in the privileges page), through there was also the 100 rep restriction for CW'ed posts anyways.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2014-04-24T16:13:42.710" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8991" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="8992" CreationDate="2014-04-25T02:40:12.900" Score="5" ViewCount="74" Body="&lt;p&gt;Problematic page: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/320632/why-do-i-need-to-type-before-executing-a-program-in-the-current-directory&quot;&gt;Why do I need to type `./` before executing a program in the current directory?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Look at the timestamp of posts by the original poster and some respondents.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How did they answer the question before the question ever posted?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/CiTMr.png&quot; alt=&quot;Mismatch time&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Time Traveller?!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What happens to the system?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="121418" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2014-04-25T03:37:57.827" Title="How did people answer the post ever before the question is posted?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8992" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8991" CreationDate="2014-04-25T02:50:27.723" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;Possible answer: &lt;em&gt;another question has been merged with that post&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;The answers are from another post and where moved into this one (merge).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyway, nice catch :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="62483" LastActivityDate="2014-04-25T02:50:27.723" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8993" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-04-25T09:55:50.057" Score="0" ViewCount="43" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is independence between awarded &lt;strong&gt;badges&lt;/strong&gt; on askubuntu main user and meta user. But &lt;strong&gt;reputations is same&lt;/strong&gt; for main user and meta user.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, voting and accepting questions and answers on &lt;strong&gt;meta user&lt;/strong&gt; doesn't affecting my reputations why? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="256099" LastActivityDate="2014-04-25T09:55:50.057" Title="Different badges in main user and meta, Reputations only for main user" Tags="|support|reputation|badges|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8994" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-04-25T10:25:01.820" Score="0" ViewCount="35" Body="&lt;p&gt;Not intended as a complaint, but it looks like there are &quot;continuously&quot; adjustments made to the review system - I noticed a higher frequency lately - Just now I got 2 audits for 8 reviews in &quot;suggested edits&quot; - seems to be a rather high percentage.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I'd suggest reducing the frequency a bit again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastActivityDate="2014-04-25T10:25:01.820" Title="Have the review audits got cranked up again?" Tags="|support|review-audits|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8995" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-04-25T12:02:54.133" Score="-1" ViewCount="142" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since most Linux distros, including Ubuntu and all its derivatives are considered to be open-source software platforms for anyone who's interested, I find it an abusive and counterproductive practice to close or put on hold with so much ease certain questions and/or answers asked by beginners as well as intermediate users who made this effort to register on askubuntu.com site just for asking one &quot;simple&quot; question, hoping this way that they could get an useful solution to their problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know it and I know that you know it also that there are out there a whole bunch of people that have come to loathe Ubuntu community and Ubuntu Linux itself because they were treated in this manner (put on hold, duplicate, closed question) or even showed a complete lack of respect due to the fact that they were not as all-knowing Linux gurus as other more prominent members in here. The famous &lt;strong&gt;BUMP!&lt;/strong&gt; is no longer used today but putting a new user on hold or closing his/her question with very few and often quite confusing explanatory details makes it no different than calling that user a bump for not being able to address the question with the outmost clarity. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am not sure if you are still aware of the fact that there are out there tons of Ubuntu enthusiasts with very few knowledge about Linux and/or about how to address a question to a forum or a support website the proper way. But they still need help, and this is why they ask their question anyway in the hope that they could fix a problem which can be caused by their lack of skills or by some bugs or flows of the operating system itself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If advanced technical questions are expected to be posted on AskUbuntu, then let people know about it so they won't bother the 'gurus' no more but otherwise it would be quite polite and productive to reply to any question with some direct answer, even if it were just to redirect the user to some other forum or support site. Of course, there are users who are trying to promote some linux distros using AskUbuntu as a platform for their &quot;evil&quot; intentions, and there are other users who may be plain rude but they are just a few compared to the rest of us whose questions are marked as duplicate or put on hold or closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ubuntu changes its features little by little each year, and I think sometimes new solutions are needed for the same issues addressed in the past on AskUbuntu.com so it would be great if &lt;strong&gt;Closed, Duplicate or On-Hold&lt;/strong&gt; options would be used less and direct answers even to some dumb question addressed more frequently.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Let us not forget that Ubuntu OS is trying hard to replace Windows operating system promising the average user quite an enjoyable experience, ease of use and a most stable operating system so, again, it would be nice not to break that promise and be more open to beginners like myself still trying to figure it out which one is better, Windows or Ubuntu, Ubuntu or Windows?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="245600" LastEditorUserId="245600" LastEditDate="2014-04-26T19:04:13.177" LastActivityDate="2014-04-27T11:36:02.807" Title="Closed, Duplicate or On-Hold questions are tagged with much ease on Askubuntu.com!" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|closed-questions|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8996" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8995" CreationDate="2014-04-25T12:26:16.840" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;And I believe people should search first before asking a basic question. The amount of topics on AU that I copy the title from and insert into google that give me a &lt;strong&gt;perfect&lt;/strong&gt; result is flabbergasting. And most times that result even leads to a topic in AU. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the past people have taken time to provide decent, well documented answers that hold against at least several releases after the answer was posted. Those answers should be upvoted (that is a key element on how stackexchange sites work) and not asked again. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I disagree that lowering the standard on AU is the way to go. Users that did not put any effort in researching their questions before posting it should not be given any slack. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastActivityDate="2014-04-25T12:26:16.840" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8997" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8995" CreationDate="2014-04-25T17:34:46.887" Score="2" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Lead by good example.&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's all I can say.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;all-knowing Linux gurus&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That is either a marketing phrase or actually an expression of hostility (or of low self-sesteem). Guru, genius and similar words are used to tell very simple minded people that other people are abnormally smart and should be segregated therefore. Please don't use such words.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I am not sure if you are still aware of the fact that there are out there tons of Ubuntu enthusiasts with very few knowledge about Linux and/or about how to address a question to a forum or a support website the proper way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No problem, nobody knows everything right from the start.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most importantly: This is not AskKarma and the distribution is not &lt;strong&gt;Karma Linux&lt;/strong&gt;. You always have the chance to improve yourself if you do something wrong and nobody should be resentful towards you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Let us not forget that Ubuntu OS is trying hard to replace Windows operating system [...]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No. That is not true (anymore) and there are many things wrong with this. Basically if you never wanted to learn more about your Microsoft or Apple operating systems or cared to get involved in troubleshooting, you're in the wrong place and you should find someone doing that for you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With Linux and FLOSS, issues are guaranteed to arise. At best you learned how to communicate in a efficient, rational and humane way before you experience issues. I agree, some users with high reputation count still have things to learn, which brings me to: Lead by good example.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Tell users what they are doing wrong and how they could do better. A &lt;em&gt;duplicate&lt;/em&gt; or &lt;em&gt;on-hold&lt;/em&gt; is not an offence, but rather a hint that they have not explained their issue clear enough. You can also improve answers and questions. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="40581" LastEditorUserId="40581" LastEditDate="2014-04-26T00:53:41.950" LastActivityDate="2014-04-26T00:53:41.950" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8998" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9007" CreationDate="2014-04-26T08:57:16.983" Score="0" ViewCount="73" Body="&lt;p&gt;My &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/433248/check-dependencies-and-generate-download-script-before-installing-by-dpkg&quot;&gt;question&lt;/a&gt; is marked as duplicate a month ago. I have edited and improved question and &lt;strong&gt;flagged&lt;/strong&gt; today to reopen but It isn't reopened. Thus, Is there any chances of reopening? or I should post new question and delete old.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="256099" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2014-04-27T13:52:03.970" Title="How to request to remove &quot;marked as duplicate&quot; and to reopen?" Tags="|support|closed-questions|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="8999" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8998" CreationDate="2014-04-26T09:17:01.080" Score="3" Body="&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You need more than 1 person to vote it to re-open to re-open a question OR a moderator to step in and re-open it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How is it not a duplicate? (the question is was closed against seems the same to me and the accepted answer in the question answers your question).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastActivityDate="2014-04-26T09:17:01.080" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9000" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9001" CreationDate="2014-04-26T12:14:25.820" Score="0" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;When I answer my own question, I have to wait two days until I can accept the answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why is this set to such a long time span? If I solved the problem myself, I want to mark the question as answered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="194948" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-04-26T12:25:36.813" LastActivityDate="2014-04-26T12:25:36.813" Title="Why do I have to wait until I can accept a answer I posted myself" Tags="|discussion|accepted-answer|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9001" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9000" CreationDate="2014-04-26T12:25:26.187" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;To wait for the community to offer a better answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2014-04-26T12:25:26.187" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9002" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-04-26T12:42:41.653" Score="0" ViewCount="42" Body="&lt;p&gt;There's one user that removes installation and replaces it with system-installation or software-installation. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most of the questions are good questions with plus 15 votes. Should these edits be approved, because I think the change is too minor and changing every question from installation to software/system is just a crazy idea. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Like this suggested edit, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/254730&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/254730&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10698" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2014-04-26T13:11:17.947" Title="is it OK to just change a tag on a question?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9003" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9002" CreationDate="2014-04-26T13:11:17.947" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I will change the question around. Is the only thing that can be &lt;em&gt;improved&lt;/em&gt; in the question? Is the editor missing something else? What else can be improved in the post?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the answers are: yes, no, nothing; yeah, approve the edit. It's a good edit and the user is doing a service. Now, normally retagging tasks are reserved to 2kers but if they don't do anything, if a user wants to help, I don't see anything wrong.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2014-04-26T13:11:17.947" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9004" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8979" CreationDate="2014-04-26T18:43:01.997" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If there is no version tag and the version is not listed in the question, the 1st comment will probably be to ask for the version in many cases because it is needed to answer. Certainly a lot of questions doesn't need the version but we can't rely on the asker to know if the version is an important parameter or probably he wouldn't be asking the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Regarding the KB point, for future usefulness of the answers, with the version tag I think the search result are better and help to choose between proposed solutions to test when you find them (an answer for 12.04 has more chance to work for your 14.04 than an answer for 8.10).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think it also should be used to mark duplicates. It is not always used and a lot of questions are marked as duplicate of an old version and the accepted answer there doesn't work (or is not the best) for the new version. Questions related with network configuration, grub or windows manager (ubuntu, xubuntu, kubuntu, ...) for example.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Last, questions about unsupported versions are off-topic so we need a way to identify them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7304" LastActivityDate="2014-04-26T18:43:01.997" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9005" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9040" CreationDate="2014-04-27T11:27:11.547" Score="0" ViewCount="84" Body="&lt;p&gt;There seems to be a number of questions about screen resolutions not being detected by the default open source drivers. Try searching AU for &amp;quot;Undetected Screen Resolution&amp;quot; and you will be able to see them.Here are a few examples:-&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/247890/how-to-increase-the-default-screen-resolution-without-a-monitor-plugged-in/260808#260808&quot;&gt;How to increase the default screen resolution without a monitor plugged in&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/412233/low-resolution-on-boot-not-login&quot;&gt;Low Resolution on Boot, not Login&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/221960/resolution-resets-after-every-reboot-screen-resoultion-stuck-at-1024x768/223470#223470&quot;&gt;Resolution resets after every reboot, Screen Resoultion stuck at 1024x768&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/55311/need-to-change-the-resolution-options&quot;&gt;Need to change the resolution options&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/316221/resolution-hd-1920x1280-with-intel-graphics-in-ubuntu-12-04-lts&quot;&gt;Resolution HD 1920x1280 with Intel graphics in ubuntu 12.04 LTS&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Therefore I think this answer &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/448045/low-resolution-on-lubuntu/448113#448113&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; may be a canonical &amp;quot;answer&amp;quot; for those type of questions. But does the community think so?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225679" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-05-05T16:30:44.057" Title="Can we have this as a canonical &quot;answer&quot;?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9006" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8995" CreationDate="2014-04-27T11:36:02.807" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;We do not, or at least should not, close questions because they are simple. As long as a question is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;On topic for the site;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Clear;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Self contained, all information needed to answer is included in the question;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Show research effort, the OP has &lt;em&gt;tried&lt;/em&gt; to solve it and has not simply posted here instead of putting any effort in;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then it will remain open. This has nothing to do with gurus or shamans or druids or anything else. There are some simple rules about what type of question can be asked here and those that do not follow them will be closed. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for the different distros, this site is about Ubuntu. Questions that are not about Ubuntu don't belong here and should be closed. Beginner questions are very welcome, in fact the site is full of them. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, closing a question as a dupe is no lack of respect whatsoever. If the answer already exists on the site, why should we re-post it? That just makes the site larger and that much harder to search through. The posted wants an answer, if the dupe provides this answer, then the poster will go away happy, with their answer and the site will not get clogged up by another iteration of the same information. It's a win-win situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you find this to be too restrictive, there are hundreds of other sites out there that have no quality control and you are welcome to use them. This site is part of the SE network so the same standards apply. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2014-04-27T11:36:02.807" CommentCount="16" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9007" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8998" CreationDate="2014-04-27T13:52:03.970" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;First of all, editing a closed question in the 1st 5 days after closure &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/196078/203101&quot;&gt;automatically&lt;/a&gt; puts it into the &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/8745/85695&quot;&gt;reopen review queue&lt;/a&gt;. Once there, it needs 5 people to vote for it to be reopened before it is reopened.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, your particular question &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; a duplicate and it should not be reopened. You are basically asking how to detect dependencies for deb packages and the dupe answers that very well. You can't expect us to simply write the script for you, you need to do some of the work yourself. So, if your question is actually &quot;Please write my script for me&quot;, it is off topic, we're not a script writing service. If your question is &quot;How can I detect dependencies&quot; then the dupe answers it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2014-04-27T13:52:03.970" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9008" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-04-29T11:15:41.293" Score="1" ViewCount="51" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/257962/user257962&quot;&gt;This user&lt;/a&gt; asks &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/457617/is-there-any-gui-app-to-create-desktop-files&quot;&gt;a question&lt;/a&gt; and 30 secs later I go to check out his/her profile only to face the 'Page not found' error.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the explanation behind that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="163331" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2014-04-29T11:24:36.413" Title="User asks question but his profile is 'page not found'" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9009" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9008" CreationDate="2014-04-29T11:24:36.413" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yup, the user deleted themselves. Why? Who knows.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2014-04-29T11:24:36.413" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9010" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-04-29T18:35:23.853" Score="1" ViewCount="102" Body="&lt;p&gt;I love this community, and I want to help the new users here, so I pose this question in earnest:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was a new user just about a month ago, and I've gotten used to taking the criticism here with a grain of salt, but I don't want to push away new users, especially to Ubuntu, as this portal is a great resource, much like the &lt;a href=&quot;http://forums.gentoo.org&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Gentoo Forums&lt;/a&gt;.  In short, I'm tired of seeing all the new users named User + Some Number.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What would be a proper way of telling them to update their display names, without scaring them off?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="267913" LastEditorUserId="72576" LastEditDate="2014-04-29T19:19:24.310" LastActivityDate="2014-04-30T11:21:19.633" Title="How can we instruct new users to change their display names?" Tags="|discussion|user-accounts|new-users|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9011" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8924" CreationDate="2014-04-29T18:55:19.760" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here are a my personal principles:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I prefer a tag too much, rather than one too little. Better too much information, than too little.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I am strongly against removing redundant tags from questions. Redundancy serves a purpose and hence I prefer to keep the command-line tag for past questions where it is relevant.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Tags should be edited &lt;strong&gt;if they are wrong&lt;/strong&gt;. That means 14.04 for questions that hold for all ubuntu releases, misspellings in tags, tags for which a dupe exists,... &lt;strong&gt;Editing tags out that are not wrong, is vandalism.&lt;/strong&gt; When a tag is wrong is an area with fuzzy boudaries. In case of doubt, meta or the mods settle the issue.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Users that abuse their edits, should see their edit powers be taken away from them.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a matter of semantics and of 'fingerspitzengefühl'. Hard and fast rules are hard to come up with and to enforce. Some 'don't worry, feel happy'-style is needed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Like Terdon I am also in favor of &lt;strong&gt;a broad tag. But that does not mean everything slightly related to the CL should be bombarded as a command-line question.&lt;/strong&gt; If it is important for the question, it should have the tag, otherwise it can perfectly live without it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In practice: a question with &lt;code&gt;rm&lt;/code&gt; does not necessarily need the tag command-line, but  nothing is against it having the tag! In other words, the command-line tag is not needed for all questions that use the CL but &lt;strong&gt;if a question has the tag, there is no reason to remove it&lt;/strong&gt;. This is &lt;strong&gt;a fuzzy line&lt;/strong&gt;, but I think it is the best one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For past tags: let's not go edit crazy. Deleting tags is really not the most important things to do and it tends to get a bit on my nerves when tags are deleted for the fun of it. Our attention sould be more on barely tagged questions and on tags with synonyms. There is more important work to be done.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="115155" LastEditorUserId="115155" LastEditDate="2014-04-29T19:18:34.887" LastActivityDate="2014-04-29T19:18:34.887" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9012" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9013" CreationDate="2014-04-29T20:39:29.670" Score="6" ViewCount="132" Body="&lt;p&gt;Must be something special - 7 close votes are not enough?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/low-quality-posts/255605&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/review/low-quality-posts/255605&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/nCsJH.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2014-04-29T20:43:08.380" Title="A special review?" Tags="|discussion|review|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9013" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9012" CreationDate="2014-04-29T20:43:08.380" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you look at each of those users you'll notice that 3 of them have less than 3,000 reputation. They can't vote to close.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When you have less than 3k reputation the &quot;Close&quot; button in the LQP queue reads &quot;Recommend closure&quot; and flags a post for closure with the specific reason they chose. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is similar with the &quot;delete&quot; button. Once you get 20k it will change from &quot;Recommend deletion&quot; to just &quot;Delete&quot; (providing the answer meets the criteria for 20k user deletion).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2014-04-29T20:43:08.380" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9014" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9030" CreationDate="2014-04-30T07:17:25.050" Score="1" ViewCount="66" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to get list of users filtered according to their TOTAL reputations.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For Example: (this is only example can be filtered by any quota which looks standard top list)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;n1 users &gt;= 20k reputations&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;n2 users &gt;= 10k reputations&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;n3 users &gt;= 5k reputations&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;n3 users &gt;= 1k reputations&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;n3 users &gt;= 500 reputations&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;n3 users &gt;= 100 reputations&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;n3 users &gt;= 20 reputations&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;n4 users &amp;lt; 20 reputations&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Where n1, n2 ,..... are number of users&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="256099" LastActivityDate="2014-05-02T13:34:25.163" Title="Can I get attractive list of users filtered by reputation?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9015" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-04-30T08:08:23.407" Score="0" ViewCount="52" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is a not a duplicate of &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/8943/how-should-we-flag-link-only-answers&quot;&gt;How should we flag link-only answers?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I want to propose the mods to create the flag for 'link only answer' in the answer flag to simplify flagging them. They are occurring with a very high frequency of late. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm talking in cases where a user has asked a valid question and another user is trying to answer it. But the answer given is something like: &lt;code&gt;Check out http://example.com/some-link&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The linked article or blog can theoretically answer the question but I don't think this is advisable especially after reading &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/8231/are-answers-that-just-contain-links-elsewhere-really-good-answers&quot;&gt;Are answers that just contain links elsewhere really &amp;quot;good answers&amp;quot;?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="163331" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2014-04-30T08:40:27.047" Title="Proposed flag for a link only answer" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9016" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9015" CreationDate="2014-04-30T08:26:47.900" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Why? It's either:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Not an answer (which has its own flag), or&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A short answer with link that you're interpreting as a link-only-answer.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Whether or not something contains a link isn't the issue.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;It's whether it's an answer to the question or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Flag accordingly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would additionally contend that not all questions benefit from having their LOAs deleted. Some questions are broad enough to the point where pointing somebody at the manual is what is required.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;People need to be pragmatic about what the best outcome is and giving them a special firework they can blindly shoot off when they see a link is the exact opposite of logical pragmatism.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2014-04-30T08:26:47.900" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9017" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-04-30T08:45:11.067" Score="2" ViewCount="40" Body="&lt;p&gt;I saw there is data.stackexchange.com on which we can query questions, for example, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/8973/how-to-list-all-protected-questions&quot;&gt;protected questions&lt;/a&gt;. Is there any queries to list questions closed for particular reason? I need to list off-topic questions not about Ubuntu to determine if we need activate migration path to StackOverflow and SuperUser.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By the way, I'd like to know why they were deactivated. I saw a reasonable quantity of quite good posts about Windows (and that's why I need to query them) which were closed as off-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="171636" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.227" LastActivityDate="2014-04-30T08:45:11.067" Title="How to list questions closed for particular reason?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9018" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9010" CreationDate="2014-04-30T09:55:37.563" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are quite experienced users who keep the automatically assigned username. For example, see &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users?tab=Reputation&amp;amp;filter=all&amp;amp;search=user&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/users?page=9&amp;amp;tab=reputation&amp;amp;filter=all&amp;amp;search=user&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://superuser.com/users?page=2&amp;amp;tab=reputation&amp;amp;filter=all&amp;amp;search=user&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you can see in the links above, there are many users with &gt;1k rep who have kept their randomly assigned usernames. If that's what they want, why should we pester these people to change their names? This is not a social site, it's a Q&amp;amp;A site. Some of us like to engage in the gaming aspect and treat it like a social site but that is not its objective and we shouldn't try and force it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In short, let people name themselves as they will.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-05-23T12:39:54.233" LastActivityDate="2014-04-30T09:55:37.563" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9019" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9010" CreationDate="2014-04-30T11:15:46.443" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Personally, I must say I definitely like users to have a more identifying name than &quot;user126430826&quot;, which is in practice equivalent to having no name. Not because I am interested in their personal live in any way, not because I am interested in their opinions and not for socializing reasons, but to be able to distinguish someone and someone's activity &lt;em&gt;on this site&lt;/em&gt;. No matter in which context, we keep being &lt;em&gt;persons&lt;/em&gt;, and like to connect a person and his or her actions. At least, I know I do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It should however be a free choice to choose a more defined name. Many people are just passing by to ask one or two questions and don't want to expose themselves in any way, not even by the style of their chosen name. We should keep that option available.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="72216" LastEditDate="2014-04-30T11:21:19.633" LastActivityDate="2014-04-30T11:21:19.633" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9021" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-04-30T20:45:09.603" Score="4" ViewCount="56" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/close/257140&quot;&gt;This audit&lt;/a&gt; was failed, even trough the question has a close vote, and I was the one that casted the close vote. Why I'm shown an audit about a question I'm trying to close anyways?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2014-04-30T22:08:06.867" Title="Failed a review audit that has a close vote" Tags="|bug|status-deferred|review|review-audits|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9022" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9021" CreationDate="2014-04-30T22:08:06.867" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is just an edge-case that, frankly, most folks will never hit. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Audits are generated based on criteria that avoid posts with close votes. And review tasks associated with posts that &lt;em&gt;you've&lt;/em&gt; voted to close are filtered out for you. &lt;em&gt;However...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the system generates an audit for you, and you open the post and vote to close it, &lt;em&gt;and then jump back into review...&lt;/em&gt; You'll still have the audit there, waiting for you to review it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which you did. And then promptly failed it by trying to vote &lt;em&gt;again&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12845" LastActivityDate="2014-04-30T22:08:06.867" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9023" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-05-01T00:32:21.320" Score="0" ViewCount="59" Body="&lt;p&gt;I see this on my upper bar:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/a51yv.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Top bar snippet&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But this is the number of edits in my queue:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/BaOR1.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Suggested Edits snippet&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this a bug?  Going through the edits does not get rid of this and there are not 675 items in my other review queues, even as a total sum.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2014-05-01T01:41:32.793" LastActivityDate="2014-05-01T01:41:32.793" Title="Review count bug?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9024" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9023" CreationDate="2014-05-01T00:42:57.327" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;675 is the total review items. It's the sum of pending tasks review under all the queues: Close votes, First Posts, Low quality posts, Late Answers, Suggested Edits and Reopen Votes. Note that it also shows all the tasks you already completed, since it's for all users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202806" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-05-01T00:48:23.973" LastActivityDate="2014-05-01T00:48:23.973" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9025" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9026" CreationDate="2014-05-01T08:21:17.500" Score="15" ViewCount="349" Body="&lt;p&gt;Recently in the review queue I have seen a number of questions which had they been  asked today would be off topic because they specifically refer to an end of life version of Ubuntu but were on topic when asked and have accepted answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should these questions be closed as they are no longer relevant to any supported version of Ubuntu or kept open for historical reasons.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've been selecting &quot;skip&quot; so far but I can see arguments both for keeping and for closing and presumably eventually deleting these questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do we have a policy on this and if so what is it? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="107450" LastEditorUserId="1406746" LastEditDate="2022-11-04T17:46:19.777" LastActivityDate="2022-11-06T05:02:55.797" Title="Clearing out Old Questions" Tags="|discussion|review|end-of-life|questions|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9026" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9025" CreationDate="2014-05-01T09:05:05.220" Score="23" Body="&lt;p&gt;Closing questions which are off topic is important for new questions to indicate they should not be answered, or should be edited.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These reasons do not hold true for old, or very old &lt;strong&gt;answered&lt;/strong&gt; questions. We can not expect that all these questions and their answers will be edited just for an up to date topicness.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Having them around does not do any harm. Searching those old questions, reviewing, and eventually closing them however is a waste of time for all involved. We should also keep in mind that after deleting these old questions all people that put effort in answering them will lose all their reputation they may have gained. These certainly is not what we want.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We may also not want to lose valuable content which may still be helpful to people in need of running unsupported old releases. Why remove this content? We don't accept new questions but it makes no sense to delete the old ones.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't see any good reason why we should close or delete those old, upvoted and answered questions. This is different for old but &lt;strong&gt;unanswered&lt;/strong&gt; questions. Removing them may be good for our statistics and may help to remove clutter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3940" LastActivityDate="2014-05-01T09:05:05.220" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9027" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9028" CreationDate="2014-05-01T09:53:18.563" Score="7" ViewCount="72" Body="&lt;p&gt;I registered my account with facebook on askubuntu, but now I'm deactivating my facebook account. What to do to stay registered on askubuntu and change my login details?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="292567" LastEditorUserId="236" LastEditDate="2014-07-06T11:30:40.867" LastActivityDate="2014-07-06T11:30:40.867" Title="I registered my account with facebook on askubuntu, but now I'm deactivating my facebook account. What to do?" Tags="|support|user-accounts|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9028" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9027" CreationDate="2014-05-01T10:06:32.577" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/login-add?returnUrl=/users/current&quot;&gt;Add a new login&lt;/a&gt; before you nuke your Facebook account.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If skipped that and now you're stuck without a login, I'm sure the nice people at Stack Exchange might be able to help you provided the other account information (email, etc) is valid and really is you. Use the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/contact&quot;&gt;contact us&lt;/a&gt; link at the bottom of the page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2014-05-01T10:15:56.420" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9029" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-05-01T18:04:54.647" Score="6" ViewCount="57" Body="&lt;p&gt;the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ubuntu14.04&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ubuntu14.04&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ubuntu14.04&lt;/a&gt; tag has been used 16 times and it shouldn't even had been created. It should be linked as a duplicate to 14.04 or just burned from the system. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10698" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2014-05-01T18:07:12.017" LastActivityDate="2014-05-01T18:07:12.017" Title="Can we kill the ubuntu14.04 tag?" Tags="|discussion|status-completed|tags|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9030" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9014" CreationDate="2014-05-02T13:34:25.163" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;We can see Stack Exchange Leagues for askubuntu &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/leagues/31/alltime/askubuntu&quot;&gt;here.&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It also shows ranks with-respect-to All-time Reputations.&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/OR9Hj.png&quot; alt=&quot;top users from stack-exchange&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Table of users with total reputation is also there:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Ysvsb.png&quot; alt=&quot;table of number of users w.r.t total reputations&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;@Dan suggested.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="256099" LastActivityDate="2014-05-02T13:34:25.163" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9031" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-05-02T14:58:16.983" Score="0" ViewCount="33" Body="&lt;p&gt;How can I make allow posts only for selected specific tags?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Like if I select @java @14.04 @grub2 @apt-get, only posts with these tags are visible to me!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="154797" LastActivityDate="2014-05-02T14:58:16.983" Title="Updates of specific tags only" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2014-05-02T15:39:02.220" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9033" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-05-03T18:27:23.557" Score="-8" ViewCount="173" Body="&lt;p&gt;Seriously. I couldn't post images because I didn't have ten &quot;reputation&quot; points. Come on. I posted a link and then people who are able to edit had to turn it into an inline picture. Just, why?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="277237" LastActivityDate="2017-06-07T14:33:20.610" Title="Why that stupid reputation system?" Tags="|discussion|reputation|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9034" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9033" CreationDate="2014-05-03T18:37:53.823" Score="16" Body="&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;To prevent spam (yes I stole that from Braiam).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It will take you mere seconds to get 10 rep.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;As you stated: If you dump the link someone with more rep can edit it into an image for you. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Otherwise we all would be deleting porn and other malicious pictures.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please take the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tour&quot;&gt;tour&lt;/a&gt; and you will better understand how askubuntu (or stackexchange sites in general) works. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is not a bad system!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastEditorUserId="518562" LastEditDate="2017-06-07T14:33:20.610" LastActivityDate="2017-06-07T14:33:20.610" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9036" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-05-03T20:39:41.783" Score="18" ViewCount="372" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've asked a xfce specific question - months ago. Today I got an answer.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;But I don't use xfce anymore.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What should I do now? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;Well are there any information I should add to this question?&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="233002" LastEditorUserId="233002" LastEditDate="2014-05-05T09:27:37.917" LastActivityDate="2014-05-08T20:10:15.220" Title="How to deal with an answer I can't verify anymore?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9037" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9036" CreationDate="2014-05-03T21:52:56.037" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've looked over your question (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/403922/keyboard-shortcut-for-thunar-custom-actions&quot;&gt;I'm guessing it's this one&lt;/a&gt;). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In general, if you are experiencing a problem and you suddenly stop having it or you switch to something else and can't test answers anymore, we usually close the question as &quot;not reproducible&quot; to keep the site cleaner.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;However:&lt;/em&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yours isn't a &lt;em&gt;problem&lt;/em&gt; as much as it is a &quot;can I do this&quot;, so it doesn't really matter if you can't test the answer anymore. In this case it looks like the answer is well written and thought out. I'd upvote it, but not accept it (which is totally ok). There is no need to close the question in this case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2014-05-04T20:58:28.263" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9038" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9036" CreationDate="2014-05-05T08:27:17.017" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;The question is not Xubuntu-specific. It is thunar-specific and there is no reason you can't simply install thunar on a non-Xfce system.  All you need to do to confirm whether the answer works is &lt;code&gt;sudo apt-get install thunar&lt;/code&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once thunar is installed, test the answer and accept or not as appropriate. I just tested this on my LMDE Cinnamon and it works as advertised, you can feel free to accept it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2014-05-05T08:27:17.017" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9039" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7773" CreationDate="2014-05-05T14:01:21.210" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://fishshell.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/fUYNc.png&quot; alt=&quot;friendly interactive shell&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="24509" LastActivityDate="2014-05-05T14:01:21.210" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2014-05-05T14:01:21.210" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9040" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9005" CreationDate="2014-05-05T16:30:44.057" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The problem with having a canonical answer with that kind of problem is that there are &lt;strong&gt;way too many&lt;/strong&gt; variables to take into account. It's Intel, Nvidia, ATI or something else? Do you use open or closed drivers? What version? Version of Xorg? What modules load? Do the modules fail to load? Large etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can't have a canonical answer based solely in 1 symptom, but in several quite common ones. There could be million plus one reasons why the resolution is bad, and each of those reasons deserves their own question/answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note: there are a multitude of &quot;canonical questions&quot; that are super-mega-dumps of lot of information that may or may not work in your case, I'm totally against them and in fact I got one of my questions &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/q/21767538/792066&quot;&gt;reopened on SO&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/8738/169736&quot;&gt;here on AU&lt;/a&gt; because the specifics of my question didn't get solved with the current answers on the canonical question, the nature of the question itself is radically different and the solution proposed wouldn't work if you didn't had exactly the same problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-05-23T12:39:54.233" LastActivityDate="2014-05-05T16:30:44.057" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9042" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-05-05T18:29:14.930" Score="2" ViewCount="42" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am talking about &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/453158/samba-share-opens-in-gedit-rather-than-nautilus-ubuntu-14-04&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/453158/samba-share-opens-in-gedit-rather-than-nautilus-ubuntu-14-04&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;which was closed as OT (&quot;not about Ubuntu&quot;) because the OP hadn't made it clear from where he was trying to access the share.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After his edit I voted to reopen (that's what the system is telling me anyway), my vote seems to have expired and I cannot vote to reopen it again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now I see no reason for it to be OT (except maybe it is a bug) - can it be reopened?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt; Disclaimer: I stumble over the same issue every now and then myself. &lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2014-06-04T19:22:32.353" Title="Why is a question about accessing a SMB share from Nautilus assessed as OT?" Tags="|discussion|closed-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9043" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9042" CreationDate="2014-05-05T18:35:54.283" Score="1" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Sure.&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure it's really an Ubuntu problem, but until we know I think it can be reopened since the OP is (now) clearly using Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2014-05-05T18:35:54.283" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9044" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-05-05T19:36:42.940" Score="3" ViewCount="45" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would like to post a question about how to get the Hobbit 2 to play on linux. I encountered some encryption problem. Is it okay to post a question on how to get around this encryption problem. I bought the dvd legally, but I am starting to question it is even legal to watch it on linux.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="247992" LastActivityDate="2014-05-05T21:38:31.497" Title="Posting questions about playing dvds on linux okay legally?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9046" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9044" CreationDate="2014-05-05T21:38:31.497" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;We always should assume you are asking in good faith. This is an excerpt of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.superuser.com/a/2215/235569&quot;&gt;most referenced post when dealing with DRM&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Unless it is a clear call for warez, discussion of DRM should be given the benefit of the doubt.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Per Joel:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would hate for us to censor legitimate, technical discussion just because what we're talking about happens to be illegal in some jurisdictions. We should have the same standards as universities: we should defend people's rights to free speech.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think it's VERY MUCH DEBATABLE whether breaking DRM for the purpose of making backups is even illegal. It would be unhealthy if our diamond mods were running around being as strict as the Disney Corporation Inc. on DRM. It is hard to argue that there's anything even remotely socially unacceptable about breaking DRM for the purpose of backing up something you legitimately own.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And we're not even doing it, we're just &lt;em&gt;talking&lt;/em&gt; about it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Therefore, unless the post looks egregiously illegal, assume it is being asked in good faith about removing DRM on things you own, for your own fair use.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-05-05T21:38:31.497" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9047" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8233" CreationDate="2014-05-06T04:29:06.793" Score="17" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is done. Attempting to use this tag - or edit any post that currently uses it - will result in the following error:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/bgR4y.png&quot; alt=&quot;The &amp;#39;installation&amp;#39; tag is not allowed. Please use either system-installation or software-installation&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which also links to this discussion: &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/7820/should-we-split-the-installation-tag-into-seperate-tags-for-the-installation-of&quot;&gt;Should we split the installation tag into seperate tags for the installation of Ubuntu and the installation of software?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Y'all might want to add further guidance there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12845" LastActivityDate="2014-05-06T04:29:06.793" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9048" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9051" CreationDate="2014-05-06T10:37:37.810" Score="-1" ViewCount="80" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was just wondering if there is any way to know who voted(up/down/favorite) on your question/answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;just wanna know if possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="244948" LastActivityDate="2014-05-06T10:52:14.030" Title="How to know who voted you?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2014-05-08T14:57:55.273" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9050" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9048" CreationDate="2014-05-06T10:52:05.043" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;No there is no way to know. Not even moderators have access to that information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/12984/is-there-a-way-to-see-who-voted-on-your-posts&quot;&gt;Is there a way to see who voted on your posts?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3940" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2014-05-06T10:52:05.043" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9051" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9048" CreationDate="2014-05-06T10:52:14.030" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/5VYS7.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's a few reasons for that - to prevent revenge/antirevenge voting for examples. To a limited extent mods will be informed of unusual voting patterns (though in most cases this is automated), but there's no way at all for a user to know, without a comment made by the voter of who voted on a specific question question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17681" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-05-06T10:52:14.030" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9052" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16912" CreationDate="2014-05-06T18:44:50.690" Score="2" ViewCount="96" Body="&lt;p&gt;On askubuntu.com is there a way to communicate with another editor or answerer without cluttering up the questions and answers with info unrelated to the specific post? As an example I posted an answer which was edited placing some of the output that the OP used in the question which I copied into the answer for clarity. the editor converted this into a code block. I thought perhaps I had made a policy error of some kind, and so used the comment section of the question to query. I'd rather avoid cluttering up Q &amp;amp; A with unrelated comments, hence my question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you !&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastActivityDate="2017-04-16T17:43:03.123" Title="Here on askubuntu.com is there a way to communicate with another editor or answerer" Tags="|discussion|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9053" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9054" CreationDate="2014-05-07T00:27:35.580" Score="0" ViewCount="76" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'am get this message when clicked &quot;Ask Question&quot; on AskUbuntu&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;We are no longer accepting questions from this account. See &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/question-bans&quot;&gt;the Help Center&lt;/a&gt; to learn more. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What should i do if i want ask a question. Please anyone help me&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="253251" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2014-05-07T00:38:54.220" Title="I got message when want ask in askubuntu" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2014-05-07T00:38:59.960" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9054" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9053" CreationDate="2014-05-07T00:38:54.220" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;From the link that you didn't read:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;How can I get out of a question ban?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The ban will be lifted automatically by the system when it determines that your positive contributions outweigh those questions which were poorly received.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Stack Exchange cannot lift question bans by request.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only way to end a posting block is to positively contribute to the site; automatic bans never expire or &amp;quot;time out&amp;quot;. &lt;strong&gt;Begin by fixing your existing posts&lt;/strong&gt;; &lt;em&gt;do not&lt;/em&gt; just post the same question again. All questions are expected to be useful to future visitors, too, so put effort into writing with proper grammar and spelling, formatting your post so it can be read easily, and providing as much detail as possible about your problem and what you have already tried. Reading your question out loud to yourself can help you understand what it sounds like to others.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You have 6 questions. Go improve them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12845" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-05-07T00:38:54.220" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9055" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9036" CreationDate="2014-05-07T04:48:56.410" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;When it comes to how you award the &quot;chosen answer&quot; and/or whether to upvote an answer, the general principle that I like to go by is that &lt;em&gt;it's your decision to do it however you like, using whatever reasons you like as long as they are reasonable&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As long as you are not doing something to disrupt the site such as vote manipulation or rigging, how you choose to award upvotes or chosen answers is up to you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are a few different aspects to this question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If someone responds to your question after you no longer require an answer, do you have any obligation to try and verify their answer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No&lt;/strong&gt;.  You don't have to do any checking or verifying of people's answers at any time or for any reason.  There is never an obligation that you do this.  If you &lt;em&gt;do&lt;/em&gt; find someone's answer helpful, then it is courteous to award them as &quot;chosen answer&quot;, and this will also improve your &quot;accepted answers&quot; score.  And it can be helpful to others to upvote or downvote an answer at &lt;em&gt;any time&lt;/em&gt;.  But there is no obligation to do so.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you don't know if an answer is right or wrong, what do you do?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you do not have the means to know if an answer is right or wrong, there is no need to do anything, whether it's an answer to your own question or soneone else's. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Theoretically, it is best if you abstain from either upvoting or downvoting, to better ensure that those who &lt;em&gt;do&lt;/em&gt; vote on an answer are more likely to be people who know more about the subject at hand.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If I asked a question but then realised I don't need the answer anymore because I don't use that software anymore, should I ask for the question to be closed/removed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In general &lt;strong&gt;no&lt;/strong&gt;.  The question may still be relevant to other people who do use that software.  The only valid reasons for closing/removing a question is if there was a problem with the question in the first place, such as being unclear or not relevant to Ubuntu.  A question doesn't cease to be relevant to the site just because it's no longer relevant to the person who asked it.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54256" LastActivityDate="2014-05-07T04:48:56.410" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9056" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9057" CreationDate="2014-05-07T06:43:35.647" Score="3" ViewCount="70" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is clear that having the same question answered on a daily base is harmful. Discouraging to create good answers that take time to create, and making appropriate answers hard to find in a jungle of duplicates. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At the same time, when I see a question and I run into a (collection of) answer(s) from three years ago, it is quite unattractive to post an additional answer between 25 other answers with an inch of dust on them, in many cases not even usable anymore. In practice I don't I must say, because of the lack of feeling of &quot;freshness&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, we can be pretty sure that the job to prevent duplicates will increase, as the history of the site will lengthen, and the number of answers in the database will grow. To be honest, I &lt;em&gt;feel&lt;/em&gt; I should try to find extensively if a question was asked before, but quite frankly, I don't if the question does not ring a bell. I would spend more time finding duplicates than answering a question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Altogether it brings me to my question: would it be a suggestion to put an expiration date on the definition of being a duplicate of, let's say, two years? Allowing &lt;em&gt;some&lt;/em&gt; duplicates with a few years in between would not harm the findability and would guarantee the answers to stay up to date.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="72216" LastEditDate="2014-05-07T12:02:32.943" LastActivityDate="2014-05-07T13:08:26.423" Title="Would it be useful to allow duplicates after x time?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9057" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9056" CreationDate="2014-05-07T13:08:26.423" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't think that allowing more duplicates will help. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However here's a trick I use, every time you vote for something as duplicate, go to the original question and give it a once over, on many occasions I find that you can fix those up as well to keep them fresh. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I find that most CLI questions usually don't need much, it's the GUI questions that might need an updated screenshot, etc. This will bump the question and give it a fresh set of eyes.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2014-05-07T13:08:26.423" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9058" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9061" CreationDate="2014-05-07T19:06:02.690" Score="16" ViewCount="714" Body="&lt;p&gt;Another user keeps insisting that a question about Adobe Flash player doesn't need the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/adobe&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;adobe&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;adobe&lt;/a&gt; tag. The edit war is already &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/449103/revisions&quot;&gt;6 revisions&lt;/a&gt; long.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that the very description of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/adobe&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;adobe&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;adobe&lt;/a&gt; tag mentions Flash player.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;AFAIU Braiam is aggravated by the fact that I insisted this question was not a duplicate when he tried to revert duplicate flag I've added to another question he had answered earlier. What should we do? I am very confident that &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/adobe&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;adobe&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;adobe&lt;/a&gt; is a related tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note also that two questions were merged, so the comments are somewhat messy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20275" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2014-05-20T19:52:34.817" Title="What to do if an edit war starts?" Tags="|discussion|editing|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9061" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9058" CreationDate="2014-05-07T23:06:33.123" Score="21" Body="&lt;p&gt;Flag it. Never let it go that far. And that applies to both parties. This got far sillier than it needed to.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We can hopefully give a reasoned opinion and if you don't care for that, you can come to meta to discuss the contended issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2014-05-07T23:06:33.123" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9062" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9124" CreationDate="2014-05-08T15:13:15.983" Score="20" ViewCount="667" Body="&lt;p&gt;On Ask Ubuntu we have several companies represented as tags. There are &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/adobe&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;adobe&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;adobe&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/microsoft&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;microsoft&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;microsoft&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/apple&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;apple&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;apple&lt;/a&gt;. I don't think these tags are useful, and perhaps they should be removed. We don't have experts on any of those companies, nor do they have something to do with with Ubuntu/Canonical. Yes they have products that run on Ubuntu, but those products already have their own tags:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/microsoft-office&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;microsoft-office&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;microsoft-office&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/adobe-acrobat&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;adobe-acrobat&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;adobe-acrobat&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/itunes&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;itunes&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;itunes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ipod&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ipod&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ipod&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;etc.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't think we need tags that encapsulate all those products. And we don't have experts in the companies themself. I think these tags don't really have a use. Should they go?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyone that wants to help retagging these questions can use &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/adobe+or+microsoft+or+apple&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt;. Remember, most of these questions &lt;strong&gt;needs to be retagged&lt;/strong&gt;, not just the tag deleted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2014-12-04T21:00:25.523" Title="Do we need the Adobe, Microsoft and Apple tags?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9063" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9062" CreationDate="2014-05-08T18:01:56.913" Score="-11" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NO&lt;/strong&gt; we don't need them.  In fact, we should change the name of like &lt;code&gt;Microsoft-Office&lt;/code&gt; Tag to like &lt;code&gt;C**p-Office&lt;/code&gt; And the &lt;code&gt;iPod&lt;/code&gt; tag chance it to like &lt;code&gt;Jail-Locked-MP3-Player&lt;/code&gt;  Just joking... I totally agreed with you &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/users/169736/braiam&quot;&gt;Braiam&lt;/a&gt; We don't need them or tags like &lt;code&gt;itunes&lt;/code&gt; which can go under &lt;code&gt;wine&lt;/code&gt; tag or we can created a tag like &lt;code&gt;wine-application&lt;/code&gt; or &lt;code&gt;nonnative-application&lt;/code&gt; tag which them all the question for wine like how can configure it can go under the &lt;code&gt;wine tag&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="48372" LastEditorUserId="186134" LastEditDate="2014-12-04T21:00:25.523" LastActivityDate="2014-12-04T21:00:25.523" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9064" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9036" CreationDate="2014-05-08T20:10:15.220" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Personally, I would do &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/457966/vlc-crashes-on-xubuntu-14-04&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt;, accept the answer, and vote it up, if there are many answers, I'll accept the one that sound the best to me and vote up all of them, unless I see very bad answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do that just to close the topic and to thank those who tried to help, I'd include a note in the question, telling future users that I didn't test it, but I left the question there for reference, in case they had the same problem. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd comment on the answers, telling those who helped me, that I no longer use the software and therefore I didn't test their solutions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="23239" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2014-05-08T20:10:15.220" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9065" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9066" CreationDate="2014-05-09T06:44:50.240" Score="1" ViewCount="38" Body="&lt;p&gt;Recently I had a chat with someone here after I asked a question. Now, I need to find back that private discussion in order to check some of the solutions he gave me. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How could I find my former chat with him ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user284234" LastActivityDate="2014-05-09T06:59:25.313" Title="How could I find my former private Ubuntu chat?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9066" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9065" CreationDate="2014-05-09T06:54:21.857" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/14338/discussion-between-crasic-and-begueradj&quot;&gt;Here it is.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/CIpC6.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I searched for your name in our site's chat search box.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202806" LastEditorUserId="202806" LastEditDate="2014-05-09T06:59:25.313" LastActivityDate="2014-05-09T06:59:25.313" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9067" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-05-09T08:35:32.767" Score="2" ViewCount="99" Body="&lt;p&gt;We can easily well format text in question/answer like Bold, Italic, Hyperlink, Block-quote, code, Image, List, Heading and Horizontal rule.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, I want to know various tags like &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;kbd&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt;, etc. which &lt;strong&gt;can be used&lt;/strong&gt; in formatting of body of question/answer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hence Give me such list and use of tages or from where can I learn about them?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="256099" LastEditorUserId="507051" LastEditDate="2018-05-26T11:23:03.560" LastActivityDate="2018-05-26T11:23:03.560" Title="Help with formatting text in question and answer" Tags="|support|text-formatting|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9069" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-05-09T13:11:22.440" Score="8" ViewCount="151" Body="&lt;p&gt;I edited this question today as I monitor all the &quot;multipath&quot; tagged questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/462712/concurrent-multipath-transfer-over-sctp&quot;&gt;Concurrent Multipath Transfer over SCTP&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;multipath tag has always referred to the storage domain, even says so in the tag description.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However there is clearly multipath support for networking.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should we begin to disambiguate the tagging e.g. multipath -&gt; storage-multipath and create&#xA;network-multipath or stick with the status quo?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We have any easy way to bulk rename tags right?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6045" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2014-08-07T16:58:15.477" Title="There's more than one type of multipath" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9070" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9071" CreationDate="2014-05-09T14:06:58.027" Score="1" ViewCount="75" Body="&lt;p&gt;If I click on voting up/down button (click again to undo) after voted up/down any answer then It gives error : your votes is now locked in unless answer is edited.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/OiVyr.png&quot; alt=&quot;vote-locked&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, &lt;strong&gt;I want to know in how-much time vote is locked and can't back unless answer is edited ?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="256099" LastEditorUserId="256099" LastEditDate="2014-05-09T14:24:20.210" LastActivityDate="2014-05-09T15:17:55.247" Title="Your vote is locked in unless answer is edited" Tags="|discussion|votes|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9071" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9070" CreationDate="2014-05-09T15:17:55.247" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Forever.  No really, Forever....................  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you were looking for the vote reversal timeout, you can find it here.  I did in under 2 minutes &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/23701/why-cant-i-change-my-vote-if-the-post-has-been-edited-during-the-initial-5mn-gr/38759#38759&quot;&gt;Why can&amp;#39;t I change my vote if the post has been edited during the initial 5mn grace period?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2014-05-09T15:17:55.247" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9072" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9069" CreationDate="2014-05-09T15:47:25.783" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If there's a tag that means different things on different context, then a disambiguation is necessary, unclear tags are not OK. There isn't almost no double meaning tags that would be useful for us. If you want, the tag to be renamed and another for other cases created. There ain't that many instances of those so retagging it yourself should be fine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2014-05-09T15:47:25.783" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9073" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9074" CreationDate="2014-05-10T07:24:18.737" Score="1" ViewCount="96" Body="&lt;p&gt;There have been countless questions on this subject, but the closest one I found was about (something like) what defines a duplicate, the question or the answer? This one is slightly different.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I ran into &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/463238/how-to-run-command-at-startup/463280#463280&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;. I saw the question was mentioned as a duplicate to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/270049/how-to-run-a-command-at-login&quot;&gt;this one&lt;/a&gt; in a comment, and started happily writing an answer in the supposed original.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then I looked better into the exact words of the &lt;em&gt;description&lt;/em&gt; of he question and read that the poster explicitly asked for a solution that also worked without GUI log in. Since my answer (not a duplicate as far as I can see) only works when logging in &lt;em&gt;with&lt;/em&gt; GUI, I felt silly posting it there, and came to the conclusion that although the &lt;em&gt;question&lt;/em&gt; seemed to be a duplicate, the &lt;em&gt;description&lt;/em&gt; of the question asked for a different solution. Therefore it could not be an exact duplicate. I have seen other examples like this, where questions were happily closed as duplicate, while indeed the &lt;em&gt;title&lt;/em&gt; suggested a duplicate, but the description made clear the origin of the question was different. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is in general, since in this case there was still another duplicate that I overlooked, which &lt;em&gt;was&lt;/em&gt; a real duplicate in my opinion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So my question is: what defines a duplicate, a question, its description or both?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2014-05-10T14:46:12.170" Title="What defines a duplicate, a question or its description?" Tags="|discussion|support|duplicates|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9074" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9073" CreationDate="2014-05-10T09:18:12.673" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;The complete question consists of the &lt;em&gt;Title&lt;/em&gt; and the &lt;em&gt;Text&lt;/em&gt;. While we want the title to be formulated as question (which rarely happens), the text is not merely the &lt;em&gt;Description&lt;/em&gt; as you put it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So a question can only be regarded as a duplicate of another one if the complete questions (i.e. Title &lt;strong&gt;and&lt;/strong&gt; Text) meet that criterion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastActivityDate="2014-05-10T09:18:12.673" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9076" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9077" CreationDate="2014-05-10T19:57:17.147" Score="2" ViewCount="39" Body="&lt;p&gt;I received &quot;This was an audit, designed to see if you were paying attention. You didn't pass,&quot; after voting to close &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/close/261614&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/review/close/261614&lt;/a&gt; . &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On one of the proposed answers, the OP comments:&#xA;&quot;...I enter  and  but it says incorrect login. Now I have installed 13.04 back....&quot;  Prakash Gautam May 5 at 12:02&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since the OP moved away from his problematic 14.04 installation and the problem is no longer solvable, I was going to specify closing as off-topic with, &quot;This describes problem that can't be reproduced that seemingly went away on its own or was only relevant to a very specific period of time. It's off-topic as it's unlikely to help future readers.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have seen this used frequently for exactly this case (OP re-installs systems to resolve the problem), and I've used it myself before. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Isn't this a clear case where the question should be closed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8844" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2014-05-10T20:12:34.670" Title="Misclassified audit question?" Tags="|support|review|review-audits|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9077" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9076" CreationDate="2014-05-10T20:11:31.310" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Downvote (nobody receives the same audit), vote to close (rightfully), and move on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2014-05-10T20:11:31.310" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9078" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9079" CreationDate="2014-05-11T10:27:52.497" Score="2" ViewCount="69" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to search in the specific user profile in his/her answers parts by clarify  a tag ? Is there any way? Like search for all answers which have a network tag from specific user.So is there any way?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="181205" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2016-07-01T14:10:24.037" LastActivityDate="2016-07-01T14:10:24.037" Title="any way to search a user answers by tag" Tags="|support|search|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9079" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9078" CreationDate="2014-05-11T10:58:38.193" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;The advanced search options provide a fairly simple method:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;user:449 [command-line] is:a&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That should show you my posts, in the command line tag, that are answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If searching your own, you can use &lt;code&gt;user:me&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2014-05-11T10:58:38.193" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9081" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-05-11T21:53:21.420" Score="0" ViewCount="35" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't have enough rep yet to talk on chats but I would like to reply to some answers to help askubuntu.com&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Can we have a new channel for users without enough rep? Just to chat about Linux in General? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="279146" LastActivityDate="2014-05-11T21:53:21.420" Title="Help on chat without enough REP" Tags="|support|reputation|chat|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9082" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9083" CreationDate="2014-05-12T07:36:12.743" Score="3" ViewCount="69" Body="&lt;p&gt;How to know which questions are duplicate of my question. Is there any way to find which questions are marked as a duplicate of mine?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="181205" LastEditorUserId="171636" LastEditDate="2014-05-12T07:56:59.940" LastActivityDate="2014-05-12T08:37:52.707" Title="How to find duplicates of my own or arbitrary question" Tags="|support|duplicates|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9083" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9082" CreationDate="2014-05-12T08:37:52.707" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You can create a query, or try to see if &lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/askubuntu/query/173779/all-questions-marked-as-duplicates-of-your-own-questions&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;there is an already existing one&lt;/a&gt;, in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/askubuntu/queries&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;SE Data Explorer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A less technical one would be to go into each question of yours, and check the linked questions in the right pane. &lt;strong&gt;But&lt;/strong&gt;, they aren't necessarily duplicates. And If there were a lot of duplicates, it won't show all of them.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastActivityDate="2014-05-12T08:37:52.707" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9084" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9085" CreationDate="2014-05-12T09:42:27.680" Score="0" ViewCount="57" Body="&lt;p&gt;At the same time, There are different reputations showing as following.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Askubuntu main user&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Ym8uT.png&quot; alt=&quot;mainask&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Meta-Askubuntu user&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Fig8W.png&quot; alt=&quot;metaask&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;StackExchange Leagues&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/8oooO.png&quot; alt=&quot;sestates&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is Why it is showing different? (In other words Howmuch time takes to refresh?)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="256099" LastActivityDate="2014-05-12T15:00:32.387" Title="Different reputations on askubuntu-main ,meta-askubuntu &amp; StackExchange-leagues!" Tags="|support|reputation|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9085" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9084" CreationDate="2014-05-12T09:50:02.510" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;There's certainly a delay in the network reputation updates. This is largely because syncing this stuff in realtime is a complete nightmare in terms of network and data design. Cached updates are a way of life these days. They keep the internet alive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The amount of time appears to vary. I don't know what the exact process is so I can't tell you if there's some form of object cache invalidation triggering after a timed period or if it's just a raw push at an interval.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think the important thing to remember is that it doesn't really matter. Your reputation here is accurate and it will become accurate everywhere &lt;em&gt;eventually&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2014-05-12T15:00:32.387" LastActivityDate="2014-05-12T15:00:32.387" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9086" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7773" CreationDate="2014-05-13T02:22:08.193" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://lococouncil.ubuntu.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/AlhE3.png&quot; alt=&quot;Local Communities ROCK!&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastActivityDate="2014-05-13T02:22:08.193" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2014-05-13T02:22:08.193" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9087" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9088" CreationDate="2014-05-13T08:45:05.250" Score="5" ViewCount="103" Body="&lt;p&gt;Maybe I'm just making some silly mistake, but how do you create a hyperlink within a comment?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have tried the regular html syntax, but that doesn't seem to work in comments, but it does work in answers. So what's wrong?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="211507" LastEditorUserId="114818" LastEditDate="2014-05-13T13:57:02.673" LastActivityDate="2014-05-13T16:31:20.893" Title="How to insert hyperlinks in comments?" Tags="|support|comments|hyperlinks|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9088" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9087" CreationDate="2014-05-13T08:58:59.087" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Use the following code to place inline link:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;[link description](http://example.com).&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This also works in regular posts. However, placing too much links that way makes them hard to maintain.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="171636" LastEditorUserId="171636" LastEditDate="2014-05-13T09:33:13.577" LastActivityDate="2014-05-13T09:33:13.577" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9089" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9090" CreationDate="2014-05-13T11:33:28.330" Score="0" ViewCount="44" Body="&lt;p&gt;I asked a question a while ago and got one answer, but I tried what it said to do and it didn't work.  I haven't gotten any more answers.  How can I make people see my question?  Is there a way to bump it back up to the top of the list?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="272010" LastActivityDate="2014-05-13T11:47:23.320" Title="How can I make people see my question?" Tags="|discussion|unanswered-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9090" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9089" CreationDate="2014-05-13T11:47:23.320" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;The best thing to do is to edit the question and add in more information. This shows you are still working on it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even if it is a couple of lines explaining you found this and that but it still did not fix it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastActivityDate="2014-05-13T11:47:23.320" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9091" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-05-13T11:48:16.227" Score="1" ViewCount="104" Body="&lt;p&gt;I asked a question and someone answered, but I want more information.  I don't have enough reputation to comment and say I want more info.  The only thing I see I could do is edit my post and add my response.  But it seems kind if weird to say in the question &quot;Hey you with the first answer, can you be a little clearer?&quot;  What am I supposed to do?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="272010" LastActivityDate="2014-05-13T12:13:21.030" Title="How can I reply an answer if I don't have enough reputation to comment" Tags="|discussion|comments|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9092" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9091" CreationDate="2014-05-13T12:13:21.030" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is a threshold but it is not that high. You need 50 reputation to leave comments. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe it is easier if you first focus on answering questions that do not need comments. Skip the questions that need more information for now and get a bit of reputation first.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;50 reputation can be gained with 5 easy answers. You just got to beat others in answering (both in speed and accuracy). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastActivityDate="2014-05-13T12:13:21.030" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9093" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9094" CreationDate="2014-05-13T12:16:39.733" Score="0" ViewCount="42" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Recently&lt;/strong&gt; I found that if Q/A edited (say:Today) than It should be active Today. But It is not showing line:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/465109/where-should-i-put-my-script&quot;&gt;Question&lt;/a&gt; with active line:&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/FzUYh.png&quot; alt=&quot;active-line&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/464651/problem-with-printing-hplip-in-ubuntu-14-04&quot;&gt;Question&lt;/a&gt; without active line:&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Ni2an.png&quot; alt=&quot;no active-line&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Even if it is edited today&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/OluZY.png&quot; alt=&quot;edited&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why it is not showing or is this option not available now?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note:&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions?sort=active&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions?sort=active&lt;/a&gt; shows question as soon active.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="256099" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2014-05-13T12:23:58.793" Title="If questions/answers (before today) edited, than not showing active line" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9094" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9093" CreationDate="2014-05-13T12:23:58.793" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&quot;Activity&quot; is everything other than it being posted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/465109/where-should-i-put-my-script&quot;&gt;Your first&lt;/a&gt; has answers from today, edits today and comments today. These all count as activity.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/464651/problem-with-printing-hplip-in-ubuntu-14-04&quot;&gt;Your other&lt;/a&gt; has only been posted. That activity is implicit.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is all part of the mechanism that decides what is how the front page is sorted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2014-05-13T12:23:58.793" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9095" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9087" CreationDate="2014-05-13T16:31:20.893" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm not too sure whether you've noticed the hyperlink which says &quot;&lt;strong&gt;help&lt;/strong&gt;&quot; underneath the Add comment while you're commenting on a question. Clicking on that will give you the best explanation and usage. Pretty simple but most do not notice it. :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/v6Wjx.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="179042" LastActivityDate="2014-05-13T16:31:20.893" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9096" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9100" CreationDate="2014-05-13T16:51:24.480" Score="5" ViewCount="251" Body="&lt;p&gt;I can understand that its a community as we need to bear with the OPs and support them guiding with the information/solutions, etc. Nevertheless, I'm really fed-up commenting on posts each time requesting detailed information. It sometimes makes me not want to answer or even look at the question anymore. I know there are plenty of questions posted everyday without much supporting information, but if the community could come up with some sort of solution to overcome this issue, that would be great.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A few examples:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/465331/how-to-connect-micromax-352g-usb-dongle-to-ubuntu-14-04-lts&quot;&gt;How to connect Micromax 352G USB Dongle to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS?&lt;/a&gt; - Not a clue on what/how OP tried&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/465336/how-to-connect-reliance-netconnect-dongle-in-ubuntu-12-04&quot;&gt;How to connect Reliance Netconnect+ dongle in Ubuntu 12.04?&lt;/a&gt; - no further information on what errors/issues&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not complaining about the OP as they can be very new to Ubuntu, they may not know what to do after all. What I'm asking is for is can we come up with some sort of solution like a pop-up or something when they make their first 5 posts to adhere to few points?Similar to related questions appearing when a new question is beeing processed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="179042" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2014-05-14T14:01:10.447" Title="Questions with too little information" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9097" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-05-13T20:16:54.510" Score="2" ViewCount="46" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't get it, I asked a question, and then was asked to post a screenshot. I could not post a screenshot because I don't have a high enough reputation, how does that make sense?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="279522" LastActivityDate="2014-05-13T20:37:57.593" Title="Why do I need a certain Rep. to post pictures?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9098" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9097" CreationDate="2014-05-13T20:37:57.593" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Plain and simple: The amount of spam we were getting forced us to put in some new user restrictions.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just upload the image to &lt;a href=&quot;http://imgur.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://imgur.com&lt;/a&gt; and post a link to it, either in the question (preferable) or in the comments and a higher reputation user will edit it in for you.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This restriction goes away after 10 reputation, you're 2 away from that, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/whats-reputation&quot;&gt;go edit something&lt;/a&gt; ;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2014-05-13T20:37:57.593" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9099" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9096" CreationDate="2014-05-13T21:09:47.627" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I agree the majority of the questions lacks essential information. However, if you don't feel the beat, a metronome doesn't work. In other words: A format for collecting appropriate information is only useful to improve or standardize a quality you already have, which is not the case mostly in the questions you are referring to.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You would probably have more useless information to read, because most inexperienced people simply don't know what is essential information to their question, format or not. Nor do they even understand that their question is a duplicate if they see a similar question. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At the same time, for people who &lt;em&gt;do&lt;/em&gt; know how to ask a question, a general (forcing) format would be a silly and bureaucratic thing that never fits, since a question could be anything; asking for general insight, a solution for a general problem that occurs or very case specific.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I guess simply asking for appropriate additional information, if possible, is what we need to (try to) do. If it turns out the poster seems not to be interested enough in his own post to improve it or add information on request (which is worse than an initially low quality in my opinion) the post should be removed I would say. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="72216" LastEditDate="2014-05-14T13:25:06.900" LastActivityDate="2014-05-14T13:25:06.900" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9100" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9096" CreationDate="2014-05-14T14:01:10.447" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Educating the user is part of the battle.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's been my experience that people seldom know how to frame their questions effectively (If they could, they would usually find their answers on google.com).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Extracting enough information from them to answer the question and solve the problem is part of the process.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I suppose we could make it easier with semi-auto comment feature, (similar to flagging) where we could request commonly requested info with a minimum of typing. Things like the output of lshw, lsusb, and the list of common logs.. (or something different - I.E. Type your own). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure whether in practice this would be as good as it looks on paper.. If you have to type a comment you might be annoyed by the popup. It could save a lot of time though, by offering common suggestions on a quick pick list&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastActivityDate="2014-05-14T14:01:10.447" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9101" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-05-14T16:30:11.833" Score="6" ViewCount="152" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm wondering, should I change the sense of a question just to fit my answer? I remember once that Jokerdino told me not to, hence I didn't, but is this an accepted practice?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-05-15T14:38:28.053" LastActivityDate="2014-05-15T14:38:28.053" Title="Should we modify a question just to fit the answers?" Tags="|discussion|editing|asking-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9102" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9101" CreationDate="2014-05-14T17:04:56.793" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;I wouldn't say we never do it. There are certainly examples amongst our more canonical questions that have been sanitised to make them either broader or just more generic so other people aren't scared off by irrelevant information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The important thing to remember is to not scrub out  too much of the original post too quickly. Time plays a factor here so you need to make sure the original poster has got their answer before you white-wash it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And needless to say, if you're changing it to ask a fundamentally &lt;em&gt;different&lt;/em&gt; question, you should probably move your question elsewhere, even if that means asking a new, similar question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The lines on this will be blurry from time to time so if in doubt, ask for another opinion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="117103" LastEditDate="2014-05-14T18:33:56.970" LastActivityDate="2014-05-14T18:33:56.970" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9103" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-05-14T19:18:28.843" Score="2" ViewCount="40" Body="&lt;p&gt;Background: I commented on a possibly dangerous command in an answer to &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/310358/no-such-file-or-directory-error-when-trying-to-use-chmod/310364#310364&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/310358/no-such-file-or-directory-error-when-trying-to-use-chmod/310364#310364&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The answer was removed subsequently - Now I was curious and looked into the time line (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/310358/timeline&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/posts/310358/timeline&lt;/a&gt;) - and found no trace&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/5vWUK.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2014-05-14T19:35:39.670" Title="Shouldn't the removal of an answer be visible in the timeline for everyone?" Tags="|feature-request|revision-history|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9104" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9105" CreationDate="2014-05-15T05:39:08.637" Score="1" ViewCount="48" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the case you set a bounty for your question and gave it to someone but after trying the accepted answer it did not work: how could you take back the bounty and let the question open again for a useful answer ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user284234" LastActivityDate="2014-05-15T06:36:25.060" Title="How to take back my bounty?" Tags="|feature-request|bounty|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2014-05-15T20:36:00.520" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9105" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9104" CreationDate="2014-05-15T06:36:25.060" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/bounty&quot;&gt;That is not possible&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;strong&gt;All bounties are paid for up front and non-refundable under any circumstances.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You should have checked the answer before awarding the bounty;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You can flag the answer. That might get it deleted but the bounty is not going to return to you. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2014-05-15T06:36:25.060" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9106" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-05-15T13:24:31.337" Score="1" ViewCount="65" Body="&lt;p&gt;First of all, the clock tag has 0 followers so I'm sure nobody will miss it. Now, the usage of the tag is totally alien to me, it seems to be used for anything related to any kind of clock or time: setting up the system time, changing the visualization of the clock, questions about the RTC, questions about conky and awesome, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's unclear exactly what should I tag with this tag, and the fact that has 0 followers means that most likely nobody finds it useful for anything, I think it needs to go.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are tags that already covers most of those topics:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/indicator&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;indicator&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;indicator&lt;/a&gt; is synonym of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/indicator-datetime&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;indicator-datetime&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;indicator-datetime&lt;/a&gt; which is the name of the clock present in GNOME based desktops.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/date-command&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;date-command&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;date-command&lt;/a&gt; for the usage of the &lt;code&gt;date&lt;/code&gt; command.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;each DE/WM for each visualization of the clock&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;each widget (like Conky) for clocks&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyone finds some question where the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/clock&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;clock&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;clock&lt;/a&gt; is useful?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2014-05-15T13:24:31.337" Title="Anyone finds [clock] useful?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9107" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-05-15T13:44:03.447" Score="2" ViewCount="39" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/whats-reputation&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt;, you get +2 for an accepted edit &quot;up to 1000 total per user.&quot;  Does that mean after 500 edits, you don't get +2 for editing, or after you have 1000 reputation from anything you don't get +2?  Why is there this limit anyway?  In my opinion it would only serve to prevent people from editing after they have +1000.  After people can edit without moderator review, I can see why they wouldn't get more reputation, but why is there this +1000 limit?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="272010" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2014-05-15T14:40:25.497" Title="Reputation for editing" Tags="|support|suggested-edits|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9108" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9107" CreationDate="2014-05-15T13:50:27.280" Score="3" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Does that mean after 500 edits, you don't get +2 for editing, or after you have 1000 reputation from anything you don't get +2? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After 500 approved suggested edits where you get +2, the system stops rewarding you with reputation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;but why is there this +1000 limit?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This was meant so you don't only focus in editing and do other contributions to the system, like answering questions. Now, seriously, by that point you shouldn't care about shinning-imaginary-internet points, right?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-05-15T14:40:25.497" LastActivityDate="2014-05-15T14:40:25.497" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9109" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9110" CreationDate="2014-05-15T14:49:28.587" Score="15" ViewCount="325" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been getting most of my reputation from editing posts because most of the questions are beyond me.  I have noticed that many people, especially people with only 1 reputation, will include things in their question that basically mean, &quot;Please help me!&quot;  Since they are asking the question, it is obvious they want help.  Should I remove things like this from questions?  I can see how people want something at the end asking for help so it doesn't look like they are just describing a problem, but it seems much more useful to describe there goal at the end.  For example, they describe the problem and then say, &quot;please help me do this (but be very specific).&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="272010" LastEditorUserId="272010" LastEditDate="2014-05-15T14:55:30.897" LastActivityDate="2014-05-15T23:53:20.607" Title="Questions including &quot;Please help me&quot;" Tags="|discussion|editing|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9110" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9109" CreationDate="2014-05-15T15:02:05.290" Score="20" Body="&lt;p&gt;&quot;Help me please&quot;, &quot;anticipated thanks&quot;, &quot;my immortal and cool name&quot;, taglines, salutations, etc. &lt;strong&gt;are just noise&lt;/strong&gt;, they don't add anything to the question and should go. Also, check tagging and title when proposing suggested edits, fix as many problems as you can find in the post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Relevant &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/7510/what-should-be-edited-out-of-the-questions-anwers-posts-in-general&quot;&gt;What should be edited out of the questions/anwers/posts in general?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.227" LastActivityDate="2014-05-15T23:53:20.607" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9111" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-05-15T20:26:05.183" Score="1" ViewCount="36" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you start writing a comment, and then decide not to, there is no cancel button.  To get rid of the box to write the comment in, you have to reload the page.  It would be better in my opinion if there was a discard button as there is when you ask a question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="272010" LastActivityDate="2014-05-15T20:26:05.183" Title="No cancel button for commenting" Tags="|feature-request|comments|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9112" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9113" CreationDate="2014-05-15T21:12:50.787" Score="0" ViewCount="70" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/8844/which-questions-should-be-duplicated-and-which-not&quot;&gt;This question&lt;/a&gt;, is duplicate to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/8540/how-to-decide-which-question-to-close-as-duplicate&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;, at least you say so, I didn't read any of them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyway the point is that &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/8540/how-to-decide-which-question-to-close-as-duplicate&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; does not have any accepted answer. The other day, I tried to flag a question as duplicate on Askubuntu, (I forgot which one), it didn't allow me to flag it because the other question does not have an accepted answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="23239" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.227" LastActivityDate="2014-05-15T23:04:31.653" Title="How could you mark this question as duplicate" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9113" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9112" CreationDate="2014-05-15T21:15:51.780" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The answer restriction doesn't apply on meta. Questions without answers can still be used as dupe masters here (thanks to Braiam for clarifying that point).  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It wouldn't have mattered anyway though, since a moderator helped close it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As to whether it is a duplicate, I didn't read them either ;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2014-05-15T23:04:31.653" LastActivityDate="2014-05-15T23:04:31.653" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9114" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-05-16T00:32:34.467" Score="7" ViewCount="84" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ubuntu-gnome-remix&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ubuntu-gnome-remix&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ubuntu-gnome-remix&lt;/a&gt; tag is currently the official tag for questions relating to the GNOME flavor of Ubuntu. However, at the time this tag started being used, it was not yet an official flavor and &quot;Ubuntu GNOME Remix&quot; was the working name of the project.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As of March 2013, the flavor is &lt;a href=&quot;https://lists.launchpad.net/ubuntu-gnome/msg00274.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;official&lt;/a&gt; and has been named &quot;Ubuntu GNOME&quot;, see the flavor's &lt;a href=&quot;http://ubuntugnome.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;official site&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGNOME&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;wiki page&lt;/a&gt;. It would be good to see the &quot;-remix&quot; dropped from the tag and the official flavor name used instead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are 36 questions tagged with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ubuntu-gnome-remix&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ubuntu-gnome-remix&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ubuntu-gnome-remix&lt;/a&gt;, can we have this tag bulk renamed to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ubuntu-gnome&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ubuntu-gnome&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ubuntu-gnome&lt;/a&gt; which is not yet in use? Any objections?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="70254" LastActivityDate="2014-05-16T00:32:34.467" Title="Can the ubuntu-gnome-remix tag be renamed to ubuntu-gnome?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9115" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-05-16T02:53:21.173" Score="2" ViewCount="37" Body="&lt;p&gt;A device once had a mobile derivative of Ubuntu, but OP wants to revert to Android OS...is this on-topic or belong somewhere like generic linux or android enthusiasts? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Case study &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/211987/cant-return-to-stock-android&quot;&gt;How to return to stock Android after installing Ubuntu Touch&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="89515" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:24.280" LastActivityDate="2014-05-16T14:26:44.557" Title="Is asking about reverting phone to Android on-topic?" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9116" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9115" CreationDate="2014-05-16T06:16:03.117" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would say yes, he flashed the phone from Android to Ubuntu and wishes to go back. Most of the time it's a tough call but I know the Ubuntu Touch team watches their respective tags and we &quot;support&quot; to an extent flashing from Android to Touch then back to Android.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, that question is answered and marked as answered over a year ago. We're not going to close old questions &quot;just because&quot; it breaks a policy especially if it's got an accepted answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2014-05-16T06:16:03.117" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9117" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9115" CreationDate="2014-05-16T06:26:08.363" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think you are asking the wrong question. These questions are rather simple to answer  (once) or &lt;strong&gt;link to a duplicate&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The tricky part may be certain specific devices, in these cases the answer should be that the device is (obviously) not supported by Ubuntu Phone/Touch and therefore not here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From the Android Enthusiasts perspective I wouldn't want the question there, because I wouldn't know what the Ubuntu Tools did to the device (like installing a custom recovery image).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If possible, treat it like a blank device where you want to install a certain operating system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Officially &lt;strong&gt;supported&lt;/strong&gt; Ubuntu Phone devices&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Answer here, link to duplicate or &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Touch/Install#Restoring_Android&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;instructions on the Wiki&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Not supported&lt;/strong&gt; devices:&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Answer with link to generic guide that gives instructions how to reflash (non-locked) Android devices and a comment that the device is not supported on Ubuntu.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://android.stackexchange.com/q/17152/20651&quot;&gt;Where can I find stock or custom ROMs for my Android device?&lt;/a&gt; would possibly be a good starting point.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And possibly link all duplicates to these two questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="40581" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:18:37.087" LastActivityDate="2014-05-16T14:26:44.557" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9118" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-05-16T16:06:03.937" Score="1" ViewCount="106" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yeah, that time again, we will have from here on each 6 months new EOL announcements so, here the general plan for questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;New questions about Quantal 12.10 that only affect Quantal (e.g., APT dependencies, hardware, login, quirks, etc. issues) are off topic. Ask the OP if they can reproduce the same behavior on non-EOL like Precise, Saucy or Trusty.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Old questions that have no good answer (ie, answers that you would downvote, or that do not apply to OP's problem, or are guesses) and only affect Quantal should get closed. Note, there are questions about Quantal that are very generic, for those, just remove the references to the version of Ubuntu (tag, title and body) clean up and maybe attach a bounty ;).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Old questions with good answers should remain open. Just remove any references to the version in the question itself.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Bugs are to be closed, just close them. No special treatment here.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2014-05-16T23:34:15.727" LastActivityDate="2014-05-17T03:15:57.930" Title="PSA: Quantal is now off topic" Tags="|discussion|vote-to-close|cleanup|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9119" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8421" CreationDate="2014-05-16T22:24:22.803" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Perhaps adding a back button for review cues would reduce the possibility of reviewer error going uncorrected.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastEditorUserId="225694" LastEditDate="2014-05-21T14:35:29.543" LastActivityDate="2014-05-21T14:35:29.543" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9120" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9118" CreationDate="2014-05-17T03:15:57.930" Score="5" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Old questions with good answers should remain open. Just remove any references to the version in the question itself.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why remove version information? If a question has an answer and the release is since EOL'd just leave it alone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Old questions that have no good answer...&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This seems highly subjective. If the question has an answer leave it be.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2014-05-17T03:15:57.930" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9121" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-05-17T14:24:32.690" Score="0" ViewCount="26" Body="&lt;p&gt;The question that prompted mine is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/4408/what-should-i-do-when-ubuntu-freezes&quot;&gt;What should I do when Ubuntu freezes?&lt;/a&gt;. the tag in question is system-managment which I would never find is I was looking for questions regarding system-management. I have reviewed &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2236/can-misspelled-tags-be-deleted&quot;&gt;Can misspelled tags be deleted?&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/6886/renaming-a-misspelled-tag-rep-requirement-for-synonym-suggestions&quot;&gt;Renaming a misspelled tag? / Rep requirement for synonym suggestions?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2014-05-17T14:36:19.153" Title="What can be done about a tag that was obviously misspelled that I can't correct at my level?" Tags="|discussion|support|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9122" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9121" CreationDate="2014-05-17T14:24:32.690" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Flag the question for moderator attention is my best guess.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastActivityDate="2014-05-17T14:24:32.690" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9123" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9121" CreationDate="2014-05-17T14:30:08.127" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Or drop by in chat. BTW, that question is Community Wikify'ed, so anyone with 100 reputation can edit it without revision and you only need 300 rep to create a tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-05-17T14:36:19.153" LastActivityDate="2014-05-17T14:36:19.153" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9124" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9062" CreationDate="2014-05-17T14:51:23.370" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;As always, it's a good idea to check the most upvoted answers, and determine what should be done about them. I decided to check just five first, but it looks similarly after the first five.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/adobe&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;adobe&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;adobe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/221416/24509&quot;&gt;How to install adobe reader .bin download from Adobe&lt;/a&gt; - should have &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/adobe-reader&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;adobe-reader&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;adobe-reader&lt;/a&gt; tag (and it has).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/17031/24509&quot;&gt;Is there a way to enable commenting adobe PDF?&lt;/a&gt; - should have &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/adobe-acrobat&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;adobe-acrobat&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;adobe-acrobat&lt;/a&gt; tag.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/32862/24509&quot;&gt;Is there any useful software for filling out pdf-forms other than Adobe Reader?&lt;/a&gt; - should have &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/adobe-reader&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;adobe-reader&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;adobe-reader&lt;/a&gt; tag.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/118527/24509&quot;&gt;Is there an open source alternative to &amp;quot;Adobe Digital Editions&amp;quot;?&lt;/a&gt; - question for eBook reader, just gives &quot;Adobe Digital Editions&quot; as an example.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/186779/24509&quot;&gt;Why did Adobe stop Flash Player for Linux?&lt;/a&gt; - just use &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/flash&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;flash&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;flash&lt;/a&gt; tag.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/microsoft&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;microsoft&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;microsoft&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/181135/24509&quot;&gt;Problems with ttf font rendering under LibreOffice&lt;/a&gt; - I decided to check the entire website, and there are lots of questions related to ttf-mscorefonts. I believe the tag for these should be created.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/2554/24509&quot;&gt;Is Live Video Chat with MSN/Windows possible?&lt;/a&gt; - just use &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/msn&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;msn&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;msn&lt;/a&gt; tag.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/232080/24509&quot;&gt;Unable to change the Flash microphone settings&lt;/a&gt; - I don't even know why it uses &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/microsoft&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;microsoft&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;microsoft&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/72562/24509&quot;&gt;How can I get media keys working on my keyboard?&lt;/a&gt; - should use &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/microsoft-keyboard&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;microsoft-keyboard&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;microsoft-keyboard&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/346445/24509&quot;&gt;Is dual booting the answer, or separate OS per device?&lt;/a&gt; - question about dual booting with Windows 8. It uses &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/windows-8&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;windows-8&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;windows-8&lt;/a&gt; tag.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/apple&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;apple&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;apple&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/131900/24509&quot;&gt;How do I switch the Command key and Control key on a MacBook Pro?&lt;/a&gt; - this is about hardware, and there is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/macbook&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;macbook&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;macbook&lt;/a&gt; tag.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/30794/24509&quot;&gt;Is there a way to stream audio/video to an Apple Airplay Device?&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/itunes&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;itunes&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;itunes&lt;/a&gt; is already used.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/83484/24509&quot;&gt;What is the current state of apple device (iPhone, iPod, etc.) support?&lt;/a&gt; - question about &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ios&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ios&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ios&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/26130/24509&quot;&gt;How can share my printer so that I can use it with Airprint?&lt;/a&gt; - question about &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ios&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ios&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ios&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/335712/24509&quot;&gt;ubuntu &amp;#229; vs osx å?&lt;/a&gt; - interoperation of Mac OS X and Ubuntu Linux. Should just have &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/macosx&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;macosx&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;macosx&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most of those (there is a possibility I missed something) can be categorized in more specific categories. Therefore, I believe that those tags don't add extra value, and should be replaced with more specific tags.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="24509" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2014-05-17T15:03:09.663" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9125" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-05-17T19:03:32.160" Score="1" ViewCount="28" Body="&lt;p&gt;I posted a question here and I got an answer. I would like to reply to that answer. How do I do that? There is a comment button but it allows only a short reply. Mine is a little longer. Where is the Reply button?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="282543" OwnerDisplayName="user282543" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-05-17T19:51:27.757" LastActivityDate="2014-05-17T19:57:27.277" Title="How Do I Reply?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9126" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9125" CreationDate="2014-05-17T19:57:27.277" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can submit comments to any answer to any of your own questions. Just press the &quot;add comment&quot; button. This is not a forum, so there's no reply button.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/8H9Xc.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Try to avoid &quot;thanks&quot; comments and such. For that there's the &quot;accept&quot; (green) button and upvote. More information in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/someone-answers&quot;&gt;Help Center&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2014-05-17T19:57:27.277" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9127" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9131" CreationDate="2014-05-17T20:18:34.307" Score="2" ViewCount="66" Body="&lt;p&gt;Now and then, you run into edits to (good) answers &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/264839&quot;&gt;like this one&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;. Especially when the answer is &quot;fresh&quot; and you may assume the poster is still around and capable, my opinion is that suggested additions should be done to the poster in a comment, instead of bypassing him or her in an edit. &lt;em&gt;Given these conditions&lt;/em&gt; and if the addition is valid, you can be pretty sure it will be integrated in the answer. A good example of how it should be done in my opinion is this one &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/467756/72216&quot;&gt;Which is better printf or echo?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I fully support the idea of collaborating on (the quality of) an answer, but it does not collide with &lt;em&gt;some&lt;/em&gt; acknowledgement of authorship in the first stage of an answer (the question is about editing &lt;em&gt;recent&lt;/em&gt; answers). I am convinced it serves the quality in general as well, since the poster feels responsible for the answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That is why I reject edits to fresh answers usually, but more than once, my fellow reviewers seem to disagree. What is the general idea?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2014-05-18T08:08:44.867" Title="Should we approve edits to (recent) answers which are in fact additions to the answers?" Tags="|discussion|review|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9129" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9130" CreationDate="2014-05-17T20:33:50.133" Score="2" ViewCount="41" Body="&lt;p&gt;What's a system? Objectively speaking without context, anything can be a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/system&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;system&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;system&lt;/a&gt;. From biology, ecology, astronomy, computer science, specific programs, etc. There's no bounds to what you can call a system. This tag needs to go. The only problem is finding a good replacement for it, ie:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/4408/what-should-i-do-when-ubuntu-freezes&quot;&gt;What should I do when Ubuntu freezes?&lt;/a&gt; which tag could we create?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/12493/how-can-i-find-the-version-of-ubuntu-that-is-installed&quot;&gt;How can I find the version of Ubuntu that is installed?&lt;/a&gt; seems like release-management question?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/183723/whats-the-difference-between-unix-linux-and-ubuntu&quot;&gt;Whats the difference between Unix, Linux and Ubuntu?&lt;/a&gt; huh?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/44171/is-there-a-way-to-move-remove-system-settings-from-the-shut-down-menu&quot;&gt;Is there a way to move/remove &amp;quot;system settings&amp;quot; from the shut-down menu?&lt;/a&gt; easy peasy. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/system-settings&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;system-settings&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;system-settings&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/58935/how-do-i-create-an-encrypted-file-system-inside-a-file&quot;&gt;How do I create an encrypted filesystem inside a file?&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/filesystem&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;filesystem&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;filesystem&lt;/a&gt; + &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/encryption&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;encryption&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;encryption&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I got bored, but those are that at single glance I can't think about a tag. The rest I have an idea but will take time to fix :(. BTW, just removing the tag is no good, several of those questions are mistagged and needs another tag or create a tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2014-05-17T20:51:17.450" Title="We need to improve the [system]" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9130" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9129" CreationDate="2014-05-17T20:51:17.450" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/system&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;system&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;system&lt;/a&gt; can apply to anything, it's too general. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The freezes question is probably &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/bug-reporting&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;bug-reporting&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;bug-reporting&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I agree, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/release-management&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;release-management&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;release-management&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;This one is a wikipedia article, not an AU question IMO&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The other two are straightfoward. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2014-05-17T20:51:17.450" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9131" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9127" CreationDate="2014-05-17T21:12:05.687" Score="5" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;my opinion is that suggested additions should be done to the poster directly in a comment, instead of bypassing him or her in an edit. This has nothing to do with the addition being valid or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Good information should never be in comments, that's for metawork, if it's something that is useful to users it needs to be in the answer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The ability for us to wiki-ize answers to make them better and add context is the best part of Stack Exchange, that's why edits like this are great contributions. The original poster will get a notification of the edit so they'll also have a chance to peer review, so I wouldn't worry too much about it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the content is good, passes your technical review, and makes the content better, then accept it, especially if the original poster is around, &lt;em&gt;collaborating&lt;/em&gt; on answer is much more powerful and beneficial to the community. I &lt;em&gt;love&lt;/em&gt; it when someone helps me work on an in progress answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2014-05-17T21:12:05.687" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9132" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9140" CreationDate="2014-05-17T22:11:42.347" Score="30" ViewCount="482" Body="&lt;p&gt;Recently closed questions appear in the delete queue even though they had many upvotes and many views too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some examples:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/42532/what-media-music-and-video-players-are-there&quot;&gt;What media (music and video) players are there?&lt;/a&gt; 52 upvotes 21k views 21 fav   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/247/whats-your-recommendation-on-drive-partitioning-schemes-for-a-desktop-and-home&quot;&gt;What&amp;#39;s your recommendation on drive partitioning schemes for a desktop and home server?&lt;/a&gt; 57 upvotes 30k views  29 fav&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/4113/which-time-tracker-application-do-you-recommend&quot;&gt;Which Time Tracker application do you recommend?&lt;/a&gt; 59 upvotes 20k views 15 fav   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/8209/what-is-the-best-way-to-develop-apps-for-ubuntu&quot;&gt;What is the best way to develop apps for Ubuntu?&lt;/a&gt; 58 upvotes 29k views 56 fav  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/48299/what-ides-are-available-for-ubuntu&quot;&gt;What IDEs are available for Ubuntu?&lt;/a&gt; 54 upvotes 15k views 34 favourited&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These all are &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/badges/28/famous-question&quot;&gt;Famous Questions&lt;/a&gt; where the OP received a gold badge for asking an interesting question that caused traffic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because it was addressed in an answer: All these examples above also have good answers as seen by the high votes they have receceived.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Please also note that all of these example questions above are master questions to many other linked questions which were closed as a dupe to them.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They were closed for fair reasons but what is the rationale behind &lt;strong&gt;deleting&lt;/strong&gt; them?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3940" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2014-05-19T13:15:55.383" Title="Please do not delete closed questions with many views and many upvotes" Tags="|discussion|deleted-questions|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9133" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9132" CreationDate="2014-05-18T10:01:22.087" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;On &lt;a href=&quot;https://codegolf.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Code Golf Stack Exchange&lt;/a&gt; there was recently a flood of code-trolling questions, which were mostly awful. While they brought lots of traffic to the website, they were also awful questions (which were off-topic and too broad). Most of the &quot;follow the leader&quot; code-trolling questions were simply deleted, but some (the better ones, like &lt;a href=&quot;https://codegolf.stackexchange.com/q/16226/3103&quot;&gt;https://codegolf.stackexchange.com/q/16226/3103&lt;/a&gt; that began it all) were locked with a note that &quot;This question exists because it has historical significance&quot;. But I digress.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The common thing about the linked topics are they are popular, upvoted a lot big lists. It's exactly like code-trolling on codegolf.se. My personal proposal is not to delete those topics (I believe they contain some useful information, even if they are off topic). However, instead I'm going to suggest locking those topics (only moderator can do it, but I doubt this is any issue), which protects the question from being deleted by someone who isn't a moderator.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="24509" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:39:29.663" LastActivityDate="2014-05-18T10:01:22.087" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9134" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9132" CreationDate="2014-05-18T12:09:49.383" Score="-9" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think you are veering your argument the wrong way. While Views and Votes are relevant when deleting questions the most important factor is the &lt;strong&gt;quality of the answers&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When deleting a question the first concern you have to occupy with is: do this answers worth my time? Are they really good answers? Those it leave the internet in a better state that it was found? (the last one is a wording of &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/a/254773/792066&quot;&gt;one of the goals&lt;/a&gt; of SO, or more like SE proper)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only thing that is included in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/moderator-tools&quot;&gt;help center&lt;/a&gt; about where you should not delete is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Before voting to delete, please check that there are no &lt;strong&gt;good answers&lt;/strong&gt;; if so, then the question should be flagged for moderator attention as a potential merge candidate. &lt;strong&gt;We don't like to lose great answers!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note, it says &quot;good&quot; and &quot;great&quot;, which are subjectives so YMMV.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This means that I shouldn't take into account views or votes? No, it means that views and votes is not really the most important value of a post, but answers. The most pressing reason not to delete a question are the answers they produced, views and votes should be in second plane.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now my personal take is: views and votes just means they are popular, not that they are particularly useful and shouldn't sway my decision to delete a question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2014-05-18T12:15:41.933" CommentCount="22" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9135" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-05-18T16:55:18.213" Score="0" ViewCount="40" Body="&lt;p&gt;In a question title, is it better to put &quot;How to do X&quot; or &quot;How can I do X&quot; if I want to know how to do X?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="272010" LastActivityDate="2014-05-18T16:55:18.213" Title="How can I or how to?" Tags="|discussion|question-titles|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9136" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9132" CreationDate="2014-05-18T18:31:25.503" Score="-8" Body="&lt;p&gt;I need to add another answer since my point in the first answer is veering out of control:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These questions are most of the time throughly abused and overused as crap-dump for anything. For example, if I ask for a &amp;quot;how the heck do you get vlc to play a movie&amp;quot; (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/294485/169736&quot;&gt;an actual question on the site&lt;/a&gt;) people thinks that I want a list of video players. Why? I mean both are different questions from moon to earth. How can someone join dots between &amp;quot;VLC doesn't work&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;list of video players&amp;quot;? The same happens with any other very specific set of restrictions software recommendations. To quote &lt;a href=&quot;https://softwarerecs.meta.stackexchange.com/a/254/226&quot;&gt;Robert Carantino answer&lt;/a&gt; in SR:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Be very wary of closing down very specific use cases and treating (for example) &amp;quot;every question about photo editors&amp;quot; like your trying to build a general encyclopedia of software reviews that will work for everyone — That is NOT what we are here for.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ideally, this site is going to be filled with long-tailed, specific problem statements where the &amp;quot;solutions&amp;quot; are highly custom-tailored to the original author specifically. And ideally, these questions should be specific enough, that true duplicates should be somewhat rare.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's a good software recommendation. What you put as examples are &amp;quot;list of X&amp;quot; and they are poisonous. jrg has told us that the only way to get them deleted is if we find a place for them; well, they have place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-05-18T18:31:25.503" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9137" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9139" CreationDate="2014-05-18T18:42:40.857" Score="-3" ViewCount="100" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Post Deleted by Braiam, Eric Carvalho, Avinash Raj, Radu Rădeanu, fossfreedom♦&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Post Deleted by Braiam, Eric Carvalho, Radu Rădeanu, fossfreedom♦&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Post Deleted by Braiam, Eric Carvalho, Avinash Raj, Radu Rădeanu, fossfreedom♦&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Post Deleted by Braiam, Eric Carvalho, Radu Rădeanu, fossfreedom♦&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All ends with:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Post Undeleted by fossfreedom♦&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yeah, I see the pattern.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are 4 users that wants to delete a question, use their votes to reach that point, and why is a moderator overriding it? It takes time, &lt;strong&gt;very much time&lt;/strong&gt; to delete stuff. A question that gathered 4 delete votes means that there's something wrong with the question. Please, &lt;strong&gt;deleting is a right granted to us 10kers.&lt;/strong&gt; Don't override our decision if we find those questions are not good for the site. We can manage.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is sad that we aren't more proactive and veer to the shy side of the tools.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/8209/revisions&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/posts/8209/revisions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/247/revisions&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/posts/247/revisions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/42532/revisions&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/posts/42532/revisions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/48299/revisions&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/posts/48299/revisions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-05-18T19:04:00.950" Title="Moderators, users wants to delete some question, leave them!" Tags="|discussion|deleted-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9139" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9137" CreationDate="2014-05-18T19:04:00.950" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;When you've been around the site for a while, you'll find that links to questions in Meta tend to garner many more views than normal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/9132/please-do-not-delete-closed-questions-with-many-views-and-many-upvotes&quot;&gt;Please do not delete closed questions with many views and many upvotes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When it comes to asking about deleting stuff, it's human nature to say to one's self - &quot;I'm going to exercise my right here&quot; ... even before the community has themselves decided whether something has to - collectively - go or stay.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the Meta question - this is exactly what has happened.  Deleted votes started gathering speed before the community itself had decided.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thus to action - as community moderator I'm here to ensure the smooth running of the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this case, ensuring users who do not have the visibility of deleted questions (less than 10K) actually know what those questions are all about.  They themselves have an equal right to express either a comment or an answer as to what to do with those questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hence - whilst I could have &quot;locked&quot; the question, this itself will have the negative consequence of preventing everyones right of voting up or down.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So - to ensure smooth running, I cancelled the gathering storm of deletion.  Once the community meta question has been answered, we can then follow the guidance given.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the community decides &quot;bye bye&quot; to those questions, community mods can safely delete the questions without further resort to the &quot;must have 5&quot; criteria.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14356" LastActivityDate="2014-05-18T19:04:00.950" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9140" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9132" CreationDate="2014-05-18T19:53:21.560" Score="9" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Do we all like commercials...&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Rhetorical maybe - if you took a straw poll, the answer will almost always be no.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We as a community need to understand that at the end-of-the-day, Stack Exchange is a business - not a charity. What Stack Exchange strives for is to spread the knowledge. It does this - by quite a large margin - through web-search results.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thus to my point. The identified questions are massive &amp;quot;earners&amp;quot; in terms of page-views. They are Stack Exchange bread and butter. Attracting users through their  thirst for knowledge ... hitting their favourite search engine hard to find answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To delete the questions just to be &amp;quot;pure&amp;quot; because they do not fit today's thoughts and practices will dent the commercial nature of the site - to drive traffic here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We have already expressed our thoughts and dislikes through closure of the questions. This though doesn't stop us maintaining the answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once we - as a collective - have decided that the answers have fallen into such disrepute to be not salvageable, then its fair to say - &amp;quot;bye bye&amp;quot; and to delete them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These high value questions that have been identified do not fit that criteria.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Lets keep them - mould them - clean them up. Lets make sure the answers there are useful as possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14356" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-05-19T13:15:55.383" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9141" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9142" CreationDate="2014-05-18T20:32:57.837" Score="2" ViewCount="167" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/468841/lxde-input-incredily-laggy&quot;&gt;This question&lt;/a&gt;, no formating mistakes, no misspelling, it's just 2 huge text, I wanted to edit it and separate it into different paragraphs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this edit considered too minimal, or could we do it? just hitting &lt;code&gt;enter&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="23239" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2014-05-18T20:44:49.123" Title="could this question be edited or we just ignore it" Tags="|discussion|editing|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9142" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9141" CreationDate="2014-05-18T20:35:46.400" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is a common misconception about &quot;too minor&quot;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If there is something wrong with a post (and no paragraph breaks is wrong!) and you fix it great!  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Too minor is only for when you:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;a: only fix some of the problems and leave a bunch (note &lt;em&gt;a bunch&lt;/em&gt;, if you miss a thing or two that's ok)  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;b: It's pointless. Some tiny edits really just don't need to be made.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So in this case, go for it!  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;You may hit a roadblock however, because edits require a 6 character change and whitespace doesn't count. &lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-05-18T20:44:49.123" LastActivityDate="2014-05-18T20:44:49.123" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9143" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-05-18T23:28:54.297" Score="-8" ViewCount="176" Body="&lt;p&gt;In my original post, &quot;Associate PlayOnLinux to Microsoft Office on Ubuntu 14.04,&quot; I presented an Ubuntu problem that I was having. I received a reply from Mitch which included an attempt at a solution. I replied to Mitch that my problem still continued. He replied with additional information which eventually solved my problem. I then responded to him with a thank you for his efforts and for helping me with the problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Shortly after that I saw a post from Kevin which read: &quot;Please don't add &quot;thank you&quot; as an answer. Once you have sufficient reputation, you will be able to vote up questions and answers that you found helpful.&quot; and that my post was deleted for saying thank you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First of all Kevin, I decide for myself when and to whom I say thank you for help that they have shown me. Second, I made a post here to ask for help with Ubuntu (as is stated within the site name, askubuntu.com) not to win any points for &quot;reputation&quot; and &quot;voting up.&quot; So if you would, please restore any of my posts that you (or the team) deleted (and yes, I use the word &quot;please&quot; also).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why not let this site concentrate on what it's name states, to ask Ubuntu questions, and drop the silly striving for King of the Castle with the &quot;reputation&quot; and &quot;voting up&quot; points. If a person answers a question with what he perceives to be a good answer, I see no reason why he should be promoted or demoted with points, and I see no reason why I cannot say thank you to him for his efforts. We all have different levels of knowledge, and some of us need more help than others. I happen to be one of those that needs more.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you for reading this post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="282543" OwnerDisplayName="user282543" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2014-05-18T23:43:56.550" LastActivityDate="2014-05-19T14:07:50.280" Title="Chewed out for saying thank you to an Ubunu answer?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9144" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9143" CreationDate="2014-05-19T01:20:46.923" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would suggest doing a little bit more research on this site's philosophy in order to understand why certain policies have been put in place and how they help keep the site useful, relevant, and clean.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The reason your &quot;thank you&quot; was removed wasn't because anyone thought you shouldn't be saying thank you, it was because there is another way of saying thank you (upvoting) that was put in place that is universally understood and appreciated just as much as a real &quot;thank you&quot;. The reason we upvote (and mark answers as accepted) instead of saying thank you is that it is more concise and benefits everyone else. They can see which answers and questions are the most widely helpful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The reason we have the reputation and badge system is because it is an excellent way to reward users for asking good questions and writing good answers. It is &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; a way of gauging which users are better or more technically knowledgeable than the rest. There is no pride involved, it is simply a measurement of performance and effort so that high-rep users can gently act as good examples to the users who are just getting to know the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I hope you haven't been discouraged from participating. If there's any advice I can offer, it's to provide as much detail as you can. Google for Ask Ubuntu Meta answers on what details to include in specific types of questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="38094" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2014-05-19T14:07:50.280" LastActivityDate="2014-05-19T14:07:50.280" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9146" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-05-19T14:51:43.170" Score="-5" ViewCount="217" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Unicorns for everybody!&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;.... not really.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm talking about our long trail of &amp;quot;list of X&amp;quot; that predate the site since immemorial times. As you can see in &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/9132/169736&quot;&gt;previous discussions&lt;/a&gt; people doesn't want them deleted, but being closed do not prevent deletion, locked prevents deletion but also prevent from updating, and closed prevent new additions. Well, I have the perfect solution, but first, how I got the idea.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While reading the related discussion in the tags, I came upon &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/1511/169736&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; which was asking exactly what to do with the &amp;quot;list of X&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;what X are available&amp;quot;, Jeff said (paraphrasing): well, this is tricky, there are valid &amp;quot;lists&amp;quot; that aren't too broad (too broad in this context that there are enough to fill a book about them). Well, there wasn't exactly too much consensus at the time but it catch up my attention the SO example that were based the discussion about one of the ideas (locking). From here on my proposal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They deleted effectively all answers, no questions asked, and moved everything to a &lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/vhf/free-programming-books/blob/master/free-programming-books.md#professional-development&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;GitHub repository&lt;/a&gt;. The list is about freely available books about programing (they really have many, I recommend you to read some). If you check the &amp;quot;stars&amp;quot; that the repository has is over 25k, the amount of users contributing in the number of 309, is actively maintained (last commit 9 hours ago and &lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/vhf/free-programming-books/graphs/contributors&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;active contributions in the timeline&lt;/a&gt;), anyone can contribute, it has a nice index (!), over 4,700 forks, +2k watchers that gets alerted for each new contribution, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a win-win situation. People will find the list as they want to, we still get the traffic, a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/169736/braiam&quot;&gt;grumpy user&lt;/a&gt; will stop complaining, anyone can contribute to the list, it allows markdown. Did I forget something?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2023-09-22T07:58:41.333" Title="I know how everyone can be happy!" Tags="|discussion|scope|cleanup|question-quality|answer-quality|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="13" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9147" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9146" CreationDate="2014-05-19T15:12:35.650" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's hard to talk about &amp;quot;what users want&amp;quot; when none of the cited past discussions seem to end in agreement. The &amp;quot;accepted&amp;quot; answer &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/56669/should-hidden-features-of-x-be-removed-closed-locked&quot;&gt;on this question&lt;/a&gt; is not the popular favourite... By a very long way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It appears to be a battle between:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A small, tight band of Deletionists. People who would uphold every single founding rule of SE, regardless of the community's view, with tools that allow them to edit, delete and track nearly-deleted posts.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Preservationalists who manually have to check what's being destroyed, who can't counter-vote until it's frankly too late, and when they do find something, they need to find other people who feel the same. The &amp;quot;recently deleted&amp;quot; list is usually full of moderator deletions so no, that doesn't help them.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;People who would rather be answering things but constantly get sucked into meta squabbles about why we should be deleting something or tagging something sideways this week.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The fight isn't fair. It's &lt;em&gt;much&lt;/em&gt; easier to delete something you want to delete than it is keep it alive... And I think that's a real shame given the effort that has gone into some of these posts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What you're suggesting is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A load of work.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Harder to maintain.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Doesn't rank at all (the point of SE)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Detrimental to the site metrics... Lots of views equals lots of new users. We're nothing without new blood.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is rather consistently against the popular point of view.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;More than anything, &lt;em&gt;these just aren't a problem&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;People constantly cite them as &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broken_windows_theory&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;broken windows&lt;/a&gt; but I see no evidence of that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These aren't our problem at all. Not processing a high enough proportion of &lt;em&gt;new&lt;/em&gt; questions is our sticking point. These aren't contributing to that at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yet we seem destined to spend at least another five eternities debating whether or not something valuable to the site (at least on utilitarian metrics) should be deleted or not.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;Why can't we just leave Britney alone and answer something?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-05-19T15:51:08.263" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9148" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9146" CreationDate="2014-05-19T15:46:24.180" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is a much more reasonable solution than simply deleting them, true. However, there are still quite a few problems with it:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You are still moving this content off-site which is part of why we don't want to delete them in the first place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Many users will be scared off by github. This is AU not SO. This means that your stated goal of allowing edits to continue will likely fail.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The answers will no longer be indexed by google so they will stop bringing in views which is one of the main reasons we want those crappy questions to remain.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Why in the world would anyone want to go to such a huge effort as setting up a whole github repository when the questions and their answers are already here on the site? Again, we're not SO, we're orders of magnitude smaller.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I am still not convinced that there is a real problem here. The only argument against keeping these questions I can think of is that they might (I said &lt;em&gt;might&lt;/em&gt;) give new users the impression that such questions are on topic. I don't see evidence of this. While we are indeed flooded by a metric crapton of bad questions, I don't recall seeing any that asked for a list in the past few months. I really doubt that these questions are causing us &lt;em&gt;any&lt;/em&gt; problems. They're closed for Pete's sake!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which brings me to my preferred &amp;quot;solution&amp;quot; for this &amp;quot;problem&amp;quot;. Simply close them and add a message to each of these questions under discussion that reads:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This question is present as a matter of historical interest.  While you are encouraged to help maintain its answers, please understand that &amp;quot;big list&amp;quot; questions are not generally allowed on Ask Ubuntu and will be closed per the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq#dontask&quot;&gt;FAQ&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This has already been done for the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/48299/85695&quot;&gt;IDE&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/42532/85695&quot;&gt;media player&lt;/a&gt; questions. Let's do it for the rest as well. This approach has the following benefits:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;It lets us keep the questions, and the traffic they bring, &lt;em&gt;while making it very clear that such questions are not wanted&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The existing answers can still be improved but no new answers can be posted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;It does not require the (extensive) extra work of setting up an external repository for them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;We don't send users off to a different website to find the information they are looking for.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In combination, the above seem to address all of the issues you have with this type of question, we get to keep them and new users won't use them as an excuse to post similar ones.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2023-09-22T07:58:41.333" LastActivityDate="2023-09-22T07:58:41.333" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="9149" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9150" CreationDate="2014-05-19T17:13:34.853" Score="2" ViewCount="57" Body="&lt;p&gt;We have made some custom distro. We want to connect that custom distro with askubuntu.com . Our distro is the same Ubuntu, with some preinstalled apps and customized so that people can use Linux more easily. So can we connect our custom Ubuntu based distro called &lt;em&gt;Oikyo Linux&lt;/em&gt; with &lt;a href=&quot;http://askubuntu.com&quot;&gt;askubuntu.com&lt;/a&gt; ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="157406" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-07-11T15:44:26.857" LastActivityDate="2014-07-11T15:44:26.857" Title="Can we connect Askubuntu with a ubuntu based custom distro?" Tags="|discussion|support|scope|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9150" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9149" CreationDate="2014-05-19T17:28:52.703" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;You need to get your name onto this page: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com/about/about-ubuntu/derivatives&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.ubuntu.com/about/about-ubuntu/derivatives&lt;/a&gt; as a &quot;Recognised Ubuntu flavour&quot; to be able to qualify for support on AskUbuntu (support as in: a special tag named &quot;oikyo&quot; and questions accepted that show that OS's name in the questions)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And that probably only happens if you can prove you can reach more than just a few users and you probably need to fill a hole that the other flavours cover (another chinese version is probably not going to show there. Neither are there going to be othere flavours based on KDE, LXDE or another educational version.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is nothing wrong with asking questions on AU regarding your OS but they should make sure it is related to Ubuntu (so we can help without needing to install your OS).  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2 examples regarding the 1st comment: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you see something challenging in Oikyo, you try the same in a vanilla Ubuntu and see the same happening;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you want to change something in Ubuntu to alter it so it is Oikyo specific.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Both are no problem at all (if not asked before of course).  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastEditorUserId="15811" LastEditDate="2014-05-19T19:27:59.650" LastActivityDate="2014-05-19T19:27:59.650" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9151" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-05-19T19:38:43.857" Score="0" ViewCount="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;is there any way to find users which have two specific accounts and their score is upper than an a specific number? For example users which have askubuntu and askdifferent accounts which their both score are more than 5000&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="181205" LastActivityDate="2014-05-19T19:38:43.857" Title="profile search own two or more specific account" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9152" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9153" CreationDate="2014-05-19T21:17:15.853" Score="0" ViewCount="47" Body="&lt;p&gt;if you have a question that is related to networking for example dhcp or ftp servives and your application is on the ubuntu . In which stack you should or better to ask networkengineering or askubuntu?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="181205" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-05-19T21:37:28.657" LastActivityDate="2014-05-19T21:37:28.657" Title="networkengineering. or askubuntu" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9153" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9152" CreationDate="2014-05-19T21:35:19.113" Score="3" Body="&lt;h3&gt;Short answer:&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, I like it on AskUbuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;TLDR answer:&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it deals with configuring a network service on an Ubuntu machine, it could easily be asked in either place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, I like the idea of putting the question on AskUbuntu.  Why is that the case?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's simple.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We used to get questions like that much more often.  It's refreshing to get a good question that might be helpful to Ubuntu users that are doing configuration&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;as opposed to&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;troubleshooting or incorrectly reporting bugs via AskUbuntu without first searching launchpad.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-05-19T21:35:19.113" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9154" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-05-20T00:45:35.507" Score="11" ViewCount="180" Body="&lt;p&gt;I will shamelesly copy the same argument of &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.meta.stackexchange.com/a/2884/41104&quot;&gt;derobet in UL&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Questions can indeed be about (as Gilles mentions) deleting something.&#xA;  But that's not about &quot;deleting&quot; because they're all different.&#xA;  &quot;Deleting&quot; means very different things across different &lt;em&gt;somethings&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Take some examples, from the current list of things tagged delete:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Deleting files/ directories.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Preventing deleting of files/directories.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Un-deleting files.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Deleting email messages from an IMAP server.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Delete empty comments with sed&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I submit that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The expert in deleting files is someone who is an expert in file management. We have a tag that fully covers that already. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/files&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;files&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;files&lt;/a&gt;.&#xA;  You could conceivably have an expert in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/file-deletion&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;file-deletion&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;file-deletion&lt;/a&gt;.&#xA;  Preventing those files from being deleted is probably similar, but&#xA;  also adds in experts in backups, Samba (if applicable), and also even&#xA;  UX and training.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The expert in un-deleting files is the expert in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/data-recovery&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;data-recovery&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;data-recovery&lt;/a&gt;. Or backups, but OP probably didn't have any.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The expert in deleting mail is the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/imap&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;imap&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;imap&lt;/a&gt; expert, or maybe the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/dovecot&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;dovecot&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;dovecot&lt;/a&gt; expert, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The expert in deleting comments with sed is the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/sed&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;sed&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;sed&lt;/a&gt; expert.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;None of these people are the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/delete&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;delete&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;delete&lt;/a&gt; expert. The expertise in one&#xA;  doesn't carry over to the other; a person could know a ton about IMAP,&#xA;  but be a novice at Unix file management (huge IMAP servers often do&#xA;  &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; use file storage directly or at all; they use other data stores) or recovering deleted files.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I take it as a given that when you go through the effort of retagging&#xA;  a question, you ought to make an effort to fix all tag problems, not&#xA;  just remove the one tag you're looking at.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And here applies the same. Who can be an expert of removing or deleting? You can be expert in something, a tool, method, that causes the destruction of something, but you can't be an expert on deleting or removing, unless you are a cleaner or hitman. In those cases, yeah, you are one!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;BTW, delete has only 1 follower.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-16T15:45:04.257" LastActivityDate="2017-07-13T20:45:50.287" Title="Let's delete the remove tag and remove the delete tag" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9155" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-05-20T01:11:06.413" Score="1" ViewCount="191" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you had read my own MSO question about &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/q/255169/792066&quot;&gt;this tag&lt;/a&gt; maybe the following wouldn't be new to you. I will highlight where it's different.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Internet, depending who you ask, means different things in different contexts. It is a vague concept where everyone has their own idea of what exactly it is, and the official definition is too broad to be useful. The questions tagged with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/internet&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;internet&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;internet&lt;/a&gt; are almost about everything, from &lt;strong&gt;networking to firefox to wireless to dns to network manager&lt;/strong&gt; (each of them has their own tags), &lt;em&gt;ad nauseam&lt;/em&gt;. Internet loosely applies to many things, but actually doesn't tell anything about the question &lt;strong&gt;apart perhaps, that the user doesn't have internet but doesn't know specifically why&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Obviously asking about the internet itself in Ask Ubuntu is off topic, same if asking about specific sites (except those that clearly pertain to the community, but for that there's the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/community&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;community&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;community&lt;/a&gt; tag and other [ubuntu-site] tags).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These questions needs to be retagged manually, since most of them doesn't have the proper tags or tags that are also programmed for burnination (like connection).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you came here felling destructive after reading the title and this question let you down, don't worry, there's still a way &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.anicursor.com/deleteinternet.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;to destroy the internet ;)&lt;/a&gt;, courtesy of &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/255169/i-want-to-delete-the-internet#comment23649_255169&quot;&gt;cHao&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T09:39:07.847" LastActivityDate="2014-06-02T22:40:38.300" Title="I want to burn the [internet]" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9156" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9155" CreationDate="2014-05-20T07:44:55.553" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just looking down the list of questions, these all seem to be &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/networking&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;networking&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;networking&lt;/a&gt; questions (whether they're tagged that way or not).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would anybody have any objection for merging &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/internet&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;internet&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;internet&lt;/a&gt; into &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/networking&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;networking&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;networking&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;I'll give you a day or so to object.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2014-05-20T07:44:55.553" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9157" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-05-20T14:02:54.083" Score="8" ViewCount="419" Body="&lt;p&gt;why is there this special site for Ubuntu?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think that most of the questions are general Linux questions and would belong there&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="34298" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-05-20T19:27:21.303" LastActivityDate="2014-05-20T19:27:21.303" Title="what is the difference between askubuntu and unix.stackexchange.com" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9158" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9157" CreationDate="2014-05-20T14:49:26.487" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;Well, as an active and relatively high-rep user of both sites, I can tell you that the style is very different. While the blog post explaining their differences is out of date (newbie questions are very welcome on U&amp;amp;L, the &quot;for advanced users&quot; is no longer part of the site description), the main points still stand.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ubuntu users are very often new immigrants from the Windows world. They use the GUI for everything, are scared of the command line and have little knowledge and less interest about the internals of how a computer works. They basically just want the darn thing to work and forget about it. Of course, this is not true of &lt;em&gt;all&lt;/em&gt; Ubuntu users, it is just a user type that is over-represented in the Ubuntu community as opposed to, for example, Arch. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Don't get me wrong, there is absolutely nothing wrong with that attitude, there's no reason for everyone to be a geek and it is perfectly valid to want to use a computer without really knowing how it works under the hood.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, the AU community has a &lt;em&gt;lot&lt;/em&gt; of questions about using the GUI and everyday operating system use and configuration. By contrast, the U&amp;amp;L community has a &lt;em&gt;lot&lt;/em&gt; of technical questions asking for in depth explanations of how things work and the nitty-gritty details of the issue at hand. While both types of question are on topic on both sites, the type of answer you will receive is very different. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then, Canonical have made all sorts of changes to the stock kernel and have even come up with their own desktop environment, Unity, which has not been &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unity_%28desktop_environment%29#Reception&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;particularly well received&lt;/a&gt; outside the Ubuntu world. Questions about Unity are unlikely to be answered on U&amp;amp;L because very, &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.meta.stackexchange.com/a/2691/22222&quot;&gt;very few users&lt;/a&gt; of U&amp;amp;L would be using Unity. Unity is &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; off topic on U&amp;amp;L it's just not of any interest to most of its user base as you can see by the &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/unity&quot;&gt;dearth of questions&lt;/a&gt; and few answers on the tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, very few users of U&amp;amp;L use Ubuntu. Therefore the community won't know how to answer Ubuntu-specific questions because we don't tend to use it as our operating system and won't know about its specific quirks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All these points mean that the Ubuntu user community is very different from &quot;traditional&quot; Linux ones. Not better, or worse, just different and it makes sense to have a separate community for them. Also, there are &lt;em&gt;far&lt;/em&gt; more Ubuntu users than any other 3 distributions combined (with the exception of Linux Mint but that's very very similar to Ubuntu anyway). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, the scope of the two sites is very different. On U&amp;amp;L we accept questions about all Unices, AIX, OSX, BSDs, any and all Linux distributions (including Ubuntu), embedded systems etc. AU on the other hand has a very narrow scope and only accepts questions about Ubuntu, Edubuntu, Ubuntu GNOME, Kubuntu, Ubuntu Kylin, Lubuntu, Mythbuntu, Ubuntu Studio, Xubuntu and Ubuntu Touch. Anything else is off topic. Therefore, the two sites are needed since they each cater to a different audience and have a separate, though overlapping, scope.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:37:19.280" LastActivityDate="2014-05-20T15:43:33.690" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9159" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9160" CreationDate="2014-05-20T15:13:23.813" Score="0" ViewCount="65" Body="&lt;p&gt;How to know how many post I've edited? Is there any ability to say that in this web site?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, how many accepted and how many rejected?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="181205" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-05-21T05:18:52.110" LastActivityDate="2014-05-21T05:18:52.110" Title="Is there any ability to count edits?" Tags="|support|editing|suggested-edits|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9160" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9159" CreationDate="2014-05-20T15:20:10.997" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;This are a couple of pretty handy queries on Data.SE:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/askubuntu/query/195938/whats-your-rank-in-edits-per-user&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://data.stackexchange.com/askubuntu/query/195938/whats-your-rank-in-edits-per-user&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/askubuntu/query/190297/suggested-edit-rejections-for-user&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://data.stackexchange.com/askubuntu/query/190297/suggested-edit-rejections-for-user&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Punch your user ID (181205 in your case) into those and the first will tell you how many edits you have (and where you rank). The second will show you your rejected suggestions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You're ranked 351 with 78 edits, 2 rejections.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2014-05-20T15:20:10.997" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9161" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9159" CreationDate="2014-05-20T15:22:49.327" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I look for Revisions in my Activity/Revisions page under my profile, oddly enough it's a different number from the data.se query Oli just posted. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/KVh9I.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2014-05-20T15:22:49.327" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9162" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9159" CreationDate="2014-05-20T16:05:19.430" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Another way to check those stats, is to re-visit a suggested edit you already posted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, you &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/265976&quot;&gt;suggested this edit&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the top, click on &lt;code&gt;(more)&lt;/code&gt;, and you will be able to see stats about you and the reviewers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At the moment it's&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;alex had 18 edit suggestions approved, and 9 edit suggestions rejected&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can reach that page by going to your profile, click on &lt;code&gt;Activity&lt;/code&gt; and then &lt;code&gt;Suggestions&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally click on any of the &lt;code&gt;suggested edit&lt;/code&gt; link in the list.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/bNLK6.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/bNLK6.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2014-05-20T16:05:19.430" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9163" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-05-20T16:24:41.050" Score="-10" ViewCount="117" Body="&lt;p&gt;Overzealous and reputation-hungry moderators should be kept from placing unrelated &quot;may already have an answer&quot; banners within the first 24 hours of asking a question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Placing such banners within minutes of asking a question chase away possible interesting respondents. The same holds true for &quot;possible duplicate&quot; comments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Moreover, moderators seem to only skim questions for trigger words without carefully reading the subtle differences between a question and possible duplicate questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is an example:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/469612/164341&quot;&gt;How can I get a list of all packages in a repository section from command line?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="164341" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2014-05-20T17:16:20.653" Title="Overzealous moderators should be kept from placing unrelated &quot;may already have an answer&quot; banners" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9164" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-05-20T16:36:32.267" Score="9" ViewCount="252" Body="&lt;p&gt;As an original poster (OP) of a question, I slightly edited a useful answer by another user in order to make it perfect before up-voting it. I also left a comment about what I did. The edit was a generic one, useful to other people having the same problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why is such a constructive and selfless edit refused by the moderator?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is my example: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/469612/164341&quot;&gt;How can I get a list of all packages in a repository section from command line?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="164341" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2014-06-05T16:57:08.673" Title="Why are OP edits of a useful answer written by another user refused?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9165" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9163" CreationDate="2014-05-20T16:47:11.343" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;Neither the comment, nor the banner were placed by a moderator. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A random user misunderstood your question and voted to close your question as a duplicate. The system has that user add a comment with a link to the question. The system also adds a banner at the top &lt;em&gt;for you&lt;/em&gt; (&lt;em&gt;only&lt;/em&gt; you can see it) so that you don't miss it. That doesn't mean it is correct, it is only there to make sure you don't miss it. Believe it or not, some users do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since the question is obviously not a duplicate it should get shot down in review.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is absolutely zero reason to get so protective.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2014-05-20T16:47:11.343" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9166" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9163" CreationDate="2014-05-20T16:48:12.350" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you think a question was wrongfully tagged as duplicate, you can flag it. You can visit the &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/201/ask-ubuntu-general-room&quot;&gt;chat&lt;/a&gt; room and chat about it, or just post a meta question here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's not necessarily moderators that mark questions as duplicates. It's the whole community (Well people with 3k+ rep anyway). There really is no need to call moderators names. Different people just may have different opinions about stuff, it's Human.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, everyone is a volunteer (even moderators!), nobody is getting paid, and everyone is using their own free time to help others out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That aside, in your example, that banner is only visible to &lt;em&gt;YOU&lt;/em&gt; (maybe also for high rep users). Someone has flagged your question as a duplicate of a question. The flag hasn't been approved yet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once a question is flagged as duplicated, it goes into the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/close&quot;&gt;Close Votes&lt;/a&gt; queue. Users with 3k+ reputation, will need to go through the queue and vote. Once 5 people approve the flag (or one moderator), then your question becomes officially duplicated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can add a comment to your question, explaning why the question is not duplicate, if users agree, they would deny the flag, and the banner will be removed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2014-05-20T16:48:12.350" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9167" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9163" CreationDate="2014-05-20T17:09:22.667" Score="5" Body="&lt;h3&gt;Solution&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The banner text:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This&lt;/strong&gt; question may already have an answer here:...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;should read:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Your&lt;/strong&gt; question may already have an answer here:...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Please, be sure not to post duplicate questions.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;to prevent outcries like mine. (With my sincere apologies to the moderators.)&#xA;&lt;em&gt;Doing so, will insinuate to the original poster that this banner is only visible to him/her.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please remember, users below the 3k reputation mark are completely blind to the review process. This is also evidenced &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/9164/164341&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="164341" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.243" LastActivityDate="2014-05-20T17:16:20.653" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9168" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-05-20T19:49:33.027" Score="0" ViewCount="41" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/469774/go-back-to-the-last-command&quot;&gt;enter link description here&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;look at terdon answer How to create this kind of picture in ubuntu . Also I do not sure if ask this in here or there D:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="181205" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2014-05-20T23:06:41.070" Title="how to create and add pictures with movement" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ClosedDate="2014-05-20T23:06:11.950" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9169" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9058" CreationDate="2014-05-20T19:52:34.817" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I believe this is do with this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/9062/do-we-need-the-adobe-microsoft-and-apple-tags?cb=1&quot;&gt;Do we need the Adobe, Microsoft and Apple tags?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think the questions in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/adobe&quot;&gt;this list&lt;/a&gt; are being reviewed due to the above, so it keeps being found and re-edited, creating the problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="178596" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2014-05-20T19:52:34.817" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9170" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9154" CreationDate="2014-05-21T02:53:17.573" Score="-2" Body="&lt;p&gt;When it comes to a computer, it is simple.   (Maybe)  However, DEL and RM are the same, and do not require much thought.  Now knowing the commands under TERM is different, but most people know how to do this in the GUI part.  Un-installing should be a tag under removal.  In which, again should not be much of an expert thing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Tagging should really be more for letting people know what the subject is about instead of having experts behind it unless there is a certain REP Cap to obtain.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="279988" LastActivityDate="2014-05-21T02:53:17.573" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9171" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9155" CreationDate="2014-05-21T02:58:53.870" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, Internet should be removed altogether.  It has no use being a tag to start with.  Network has more functionality. You can kinda figure out what the issue is to begin with.  Internet is not related to Ubuntu or anything else for that matter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="279988" LastActivityDate="2014-05-21T02:58:53.870" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9172" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9164" CreationDate="2014-05-21T10:42:55.783" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;Everybody seems to be lurking in comments. I'll just run through what happened.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure if you can see that but your edit is put up for review and people vote on it. If two normal users (or one mod) think your edit is poor, they specify a reason and it's rejected. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/265996&quot;&gt;Both reviewers thought this was an attempt to comment so rejected it&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should it have been rejected? No, probably not.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;em&gt;Even without the comments&lt;/em&gt;, I personally would have accepted it because I can see it:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Improves the answer (makes it more portable)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Explains why it improves the answer (as good answers should)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Doesn't change the core answer&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Doesn't make it &lt;em&gt;too&lt;/em&gt; specific or less portable (it still works on i386)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If there were a single defining example of a &quot;good edit&quot;, this could be it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But this is the game you play with community review. By design we aren't all the same person and we can all interpret things differently. Perhaps these reviewers just came off the back of a load of invalid edits (it happens) and accidentally robo-reviewed through yours.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One aspect that could be improved on your part is the edit message. That's an opportunity for you to explain the gravity of the edit and why it's important. You simply repeated the edit in here. Something that might have convinced a reviewer might be:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Improving answer to make it work on multiarch systems&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's nothing to be done about the edit. You could submit it again (if it hasn't already been sucked in by somebody else) and hope for a better outcome but we can't overturn a review outcome at the time of writing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'll have a word with both reviewers and point them in the direction of this thread. They may have a different point of view that they want to share. They might learn from a mistake.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2014-05-27T11:06:53.267" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9173" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9155" CreationDate="2014-05-21T13:17:26.743" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;In an ideal world, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/internet&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;internet&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;internet&lt;/a&gt; would indeed be useless. It does not really give much useful information and could mean any number of different things. This, however, is not an ideal world. A lot of the users we get here are novices and have no idea what their actual problem is. All they know is that they can't connect to the internet so that's what they'll tag with.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, the vast majority of &quot;internet problems&quot; will be various types of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/network&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;network&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;network&lt;/a&gt; issues. Therefore, @Oli's suggestion of simply merging &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/insternet&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;insternet&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;insternet&lt;/a&gt; with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/network&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;network&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;network&lt;/a&gt; would result in anyone who tries to tag as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/internet&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;internet&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;internet&lt;/a&gt; actually tagging as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/network&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;network&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;network&lt;/a&gt;. Is this perfect? No. But it is a step in the right direction. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/network&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;network&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;network&lt;/a&gt; is something informative enough that users will be following it (131 users at the moment) and most of those users will be experts on networking issues and exactly the kind of person we want to be reading questions about internet connectivity.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This seems to me like the best of both worlds. The vague &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/internet&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;internet&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;internet&lt;/a&gt; will disappear but we won't need to manually retag the 1198 questions tagged with it. So, Braiam will be happy because a bad tag has been killed and newbies will be happy because they can still say &quot;Waaa! No internet&quot; and ytheir question will attract the people most likely to be able to answer it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2014-05-21T13:17:26.743" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9174" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-05-21T13:44:32.770" Score="1" ViewCount="52" Body="&lt;p&gt;This morning I checked my inbox and found a comment that seemed to indicate that the users problem was resolved. Upon attempting to read the entire comment from the post at &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/469844/upgrade-problem-dpkg-dependencies-netbase-4-47ubuntu1-all-deb&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/469844/upgrade-problem-dpkg-dependencies-netbase-4-47ubuntu1-all-deb&lt;/a&gt; I got a page not found and an indication that the question was removed by the author. What if anything should be done in a situation such as this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2014-06-20T14:18:10.357" Title="What if anything should be done about an answered question that has been removed by the author?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9175" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9174" CreationDate="2014-05-21T13:51:18.150" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The comment suggests it wasn't answered. Here it is in full.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;hey, thank you, I ran again &lt;code&gt;sudo apt-get install -f&lt;/code&gt;, then &lt;code&gt;sudo apt-get upgrade&lt;/code&gt; at this stage the upgrade failed because of &lt;code&gt;var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-generic....deb&lt;/code&gt;, I then ran &lt;code&gt;sudo apt-get autoremove&lt;/code&gt;  and then upgrading again, however I could not solve the problem and linux-image was not installed completely... Thanks ..&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you'd posted the answer as a comment and they deleted it, I'd open it back up and invite you to post as an answer...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But in this case they seem to have given up. There's a 7 minute window between commenting and deleting. Getting a -1 on your first ever post probably doesn't help things.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2014-05-21T13:51:18.150" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9176" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9062" CreationDate="2014-05-21T18:33:42.137" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Well, at the Open Source shop I volunteer in &lt;a href=&quot;http://freegeek.org&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://freegeek.org&lt;/a&gt; we repair Apple hardware, and a number of folks have us put Xubuntu and other 'buntu distros on non-Macbook Macs. Therefore, I do suggest the Apple tag has a place because folks do run Linux on Apple hardware.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="197910" LastActivityDate="2014-05-21T18:33:42.137" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9177" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-05-21T20:14:58.713" Score="6" ViewCount="82" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/reopen/266555&quot;&gt;This question&lt;/a&gt; is closed as too broad, rightly so despite the upvotes (if you only take into account the last question &quot;Won't a recent Ubuntu version affect my software in any way ?&quot; you will need more details, so it becomes unclear), has a downvote (not mine) and doesn't have active reopen votes, then why I failed the audit when I voted to leave closed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2014-05-21T20:25:01.763" Title="WAT! Failed review audit but the question is closed" Tags="|support|review|review-audits|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9178" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-05-22T17:50:05.980" Score="2" ViewCount="49" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to mark some questions so that they are collected somewhere in my profile, so that I can view them easily later.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also I don't want to favorite the question as not every question that I want to mark are good (I mean some time I need to address someone that using a wrong way can cause the damage as described)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any way to do so? If not would love to see in future.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="244948" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-05-22T18:02:39.650" LastActivityDate="2014-05-22T18:04:34.303" Title="Mark questions for easy access in future" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2014-05-23T21:41:50.333" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9179" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9178" CreationDate="2014-05-22T18:04:34.303" Score="7" Body="&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Making it a favorite does not mark it as good. good would mean upvotes and for an answer an accepted mark. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If a question or answer is wrong feel free to comment or even edit the question (when priviliges allow it).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastActivityDate="2014-05-22T18:04:34.303" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9181" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9182" CreationDate="2014-05-23T12:00:50.920" Score="14" ViewCount="221" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can users post a question on the meta to discuss their question on the main site (i.e.,&lt;a href=&quot;http://superuser.com&quot;&gt;http://superuser.com&lt;/a&gt; ) for example &quot;Should I ask this question on askubuntu or for here on superuser ?&quot; or is it better to ask &quot;Why there is no response on my  question&quot; ? I've done this twice on the meta, but I want to be sure if this is approved way?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="181205" LastEditorUserId="197910" LastEditDate="2014-05-27T13:27:28.490" LastActivityDate="2014-05-27T13:27:28.490" Title="Asking Meta which Stack Exchange site should be used" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9182" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9181" CreationDate="2014-05-23T12:45:03.293" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, this part of the site is to help people figure out how to best use Ask Ubuntu, so ask away! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2014-05-23T12:45:03.293" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9186" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9187" CreationDate="2014-05-24T14:16:55.210" Score="1" ViewCount="30" Body="&lt;p&gt;on each question page on the left side there is three words &quot;asked&quot; and &quot;viewed&quot; and &quot;active&quot;. What is &quot;active&quot;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="181205" LastActivityDate="2014-05-24T15:20:18.810" Title="what is active on the question pages?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9187" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9186" CreationDate="2014-05-24T15:20:18.810" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Active gives the date/time of last activity that happened on the question/answer.  Whether a new answer was added, existing answer/question was modified.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Active lists that last date/time any of the previous condition happen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you notice that your question has active on it, and if you move your ,mouse over the word today, it will show you the time and date of last activity&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="59676" LastActivityDate="2014-05-24T15:20:18.810" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9188" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9189" CreationDate="2014-05-24T19:27:47.210" Score="2" ViewCount="47" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was reviewing some questions from new users, and my inbox button blinked. I clicked on it, to see this : &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Vlrev.png&quot; alt=&quot;inbox&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Leading &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/402500/wine-cant-load-module-p11-kit-trust-so/471571?noredirect=1#comment624394_471571&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The problem, is that this comment doesn't exist, I apparently did not commented that post, or my comment was deleted, I don't know : I don't recall having commented that post, and I see no issues with the main post that would have required me to comment on an &quot;issue&quot;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The inbox message appeared the exact same time than the the post was &quot;protected by community&quot;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Although I usually wouldn't care for a notification leading nowhere, here, there's apparently something that I did wrong, but I'm unable to understand what, why or when.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="176689" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2014-05-24T19:39:30.520" Title="Deleted comment left a notification" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9189" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9188" CreationDate="2014-05-24T19:39:30.520" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yup that was me. Hopefully a screenshot will help clarify the situation:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/8q9lt.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I converted the post to a comment right after adding my comment.  As you can see in the URL you gave:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/402500/wine-cant-load-module-p11-kit-trust-so/471571?noredirect=1#comment624394_471571&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This bit: &lt;code&gt;471571&lt;/code&gt; points to the answer, and this bit:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;?noredirect=1#comment624394_471571&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Points to my comment.  However, since you don't have &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/moderator-tools&quot;&gt;access to moderator tools&lt;/a&gt; privilege the link just drops you at the question. I know this can be really confusing sometimes!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyway, I was just asking you not to add another comment to posts that already have one that addresses the issue. If you are reviewing through the low quality post queue there is an option of &quot;No comment needed&quot; in case someone has already added one:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/sWvvz.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For more information, see &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/4219/psa-when-reviewing-dont-post-duplicate-and-near-duplicate-comments&quot;&gt;this meta post&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Don't worry, you aren't in trouble, it was just a friendly tip :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2014-05-24T19:39:30.520" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9190" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9191" CreationDate="2014-05-25T19:55:18.927" Score="0" ViewCount="34" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think this might do a little brain-picking, but why do questions that have received a viable, accepted answer still get marked as duplicates? Here is an example I found:&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/V6pNA.png&quot; alt=&quot;Answered question marked as duplicate&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the question has been answered successfully, shouldn't we just leave it alone?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="284394" LastActivityDate="2014-05-25T20:12:21.270" Title="Questions marked as duplicates after a successful answer" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9191" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9190" CreationDate="2014-05-25T20:12:21.270" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;We shouldn't leave it alone because then it leaves &lt;strong&gt;two different versions of the same thing.&lt;/strong&gt; Accepting doesn't really mean anything, except that the OP said that the solution &lt;em&gt;worked&lt;/em&gt;, and they didn't need any more help. Even if it's accepted, there may be other, better answers to the question that still can be submitted. That may not sound like a big deal with one duplicate question, but if it's a hot topic that has 5-10 different questions that are exactly the same, some might be ignored, and it just adds clutter to the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A good analogy (involving Ubuntu :D) would be not submitting a pull request for a patch of Ubuntu, just making people download the patch&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If there's a good answer, flag it, and request that a moderator merges the two posts to move the answer(s) to the first thread.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="146102" LastActivityDate="2014-05-25T20:12:21.270" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9192" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-05-26T14:35:53.913" Score="1" ViewCount="44" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are many questions of the form &lt;em&gt;&quot;Ubuntu installed over my (Windows) partition, how do I recover it?&quot;&lt;/em&gt;.  Most are already tagged as some combination of &quot;data-recovery&quot; and/or &quot;system-installation&quot; and/or &quot;partitioning&quot;. Quite often all three are used at once. So I have been tagged the problems with all three tags (&quot;data-recovery&quot; and &quot;system-installation&quot; and &quot;partitioning&quot;). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;@Braiam &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/254239/lost-windows-xp-data-by-installing-12-04-can-i-recover-it?noredirect=1#comment625838_254239&quot;&gt;pointed out&lt;/a&gt; that these tags are not accurate: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;the &quot;system-installation&quot; tag is for the process of installing ubuntu&#xA;  only. Do not use if the problem is post-installation. And partitioning&#xA;  is for questions about the process of creating, editing or removing&#xA;  partitions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So what should they all be tagged as? Just &quot;data-recovery&quot;? It would seem quite useful to have some combination of tags like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/partitioning+data-recovery?sort=newest&amp;amp;pagesize=50&quot;&gt;partitioning+data-recovery&lt;/a&gt; that reflects this particular problem, since it is quite common (I count 40 questions since start of April 2014)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60294" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2014-05-26T14:51:53.527" Title="Tags for &quot;Ubuntu installed over my Windows partition, how do I recover it?&quot; type questions" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9193" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-05-26T15:39:15.237" Score="4" ViewCount="100" Body="&lt;p&gt;I didn't meant to lay rules about this tag, I presumed there will not be problems and the only one would be &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/software-installation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;software-installation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;software-installation&lt;/a&gt;... apparently I was wrong.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/7820/169736&quot;&gt;I envisioned&lt;/a&gt; the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/system-installation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;system-installation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;system-installation&lt;/a&gt; tag, my thinking was that users interested in questions about &quot;installing Ubuntu&quot; would follow the tag and questions about the same topic would use it. This was reflected when I wrote my petition to separate the infamous &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/installation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;installation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;installation&lt;/a&gt; in two tags:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/system-installation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;system-installation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;system-installation&lt;/a&gt;: For installations of Ubuntu. Remember that Ubiquity is the graphical installer of Ubuntu and questions about it should use also the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ubiquity&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ubiquity&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ubiquity&lt;/a&gt;. This tag should be used for problems with the installation process itself and the use of the installer. Post/pre installations problems, ie. boot, dual-boot, partitioning schemes, have their own tags. The questions that fit from &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/installation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;installation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;installation&lt;/a&gt;, i.e. &lt;strong&gt;about installing Ubuntu itself.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, what happened instead? A bunch of questions where the final goal is not about &quot;installing Ubuntu&quot; predates the tag instead:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Lost windows xp data by installing 12.04, can I recover it? &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/data-recovery&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;data-recovery&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;data-recovery&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How do I recover my accidentally lost Windows partitions after installing Ubuntu? &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/data-recovery&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;data-recovery&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;data-recovery&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Boot failure : No DEFAULT or UI configuration directive found! &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/boot&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;boot&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;boot&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/34550/what-do-i-have-to-do-before-giving-away-my-ubuntu-machine&quot;&gt;What do I have to do before giving away my Ubuntu machine?&lt;/a&gt; (this I wonder why the installation tag in first place) I'm temporally saying that &quot;security&quot; should be used, be my guess if you find something more useful.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most of these questions is about problems post-installation. Things that happened after installing Ubuntu. Experts about installing Ubuntu may not know the answer to those questions, I mean, Ubuntu is already installed, what can an expert about doing what is already done tell you? What you did wrong? But isn't more useful how can I revert back?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These questions are of little interest to people that would potentially follow the tag and answer those questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, I've said what should be not tagged with this, but what should?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Install Ubuntu touch on Nexus? &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/system-installation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;system-installation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;system-installation&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ubuntu-touch&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ubuntu-touch&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ubuntu-touch&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How I tell ubiquity that I want a LVM partition? &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/system-installation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;system-installation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;system-installation&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ubiquity&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ubiquity&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ubiquity&lt;/a&gt; and maybe &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/lvm&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;lvm&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;lvm&lt;/a&gt; if the question sways to LVM more than anything&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/127398/usb-drive-install-of-ubuntu-12-04-server-fails-cant-find-components-from-cd-r&quot;&gt;USB drive install of Ubuntu 12.04 Server fails - can&amp;#39;t find components from CD-ROM&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/system-installation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;system-installation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;system-installation&lt;/a&gt; and perhaps &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/debian-installer&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;debian-installer&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;debian-installer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Installing Ubuntu in a LXC container? &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/lxc&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;lxc&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;lxc&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/system-installation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;system-installation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;system-installation&lt;/a&gt; (lxc takes precedence here)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you can notice, the final goal is &quot;installing Ubuntu&quot; or problems found &quot;while installing Ubuntu&quot;. Now there are some that are pre-installation that may use the tag but those are weird like &quot;Should I leave an no assigned space before installing Ubuntu?&quot; which the question is &quot;should I do X before &lt;em&gt;installing Ubuntu&lt;/em&gt;&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I hope this clears up some misunderstandings about the tag. If you have any edge case or doubt please ask, but as general rule &quot;is about installing Ubuntu, us the tag&quot; is pretty solid already.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once this is agreed I would write an excerpt and tag wiki to reflect this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2015-04-15T01:49:11.493" Title="How to use the &quot;system-installation&quot; tag?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9194" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9195" CreationDate="2014-05-26T15:47:36.710" Score="2" ViewCount="36" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think it will be very good if there was any graph search like Facebook graph search for this web site. Some examples can be like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Questions by 'john' answered by 'joe' comments by 'nick' votes &gt;=10&#xA;which refers to question asked by 'john' and one of the answers belongs to 'joe' and his question voted more than 10 and also 'nick' comments on that.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I there some thing like that? May be not but I think it would be interesting if we have that in stack&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="181205" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-05-26T15:55:56.660" LastActivityDate="2014-05-26T15:56:44.473" Title="Graph search for askubuntu" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9195" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9194" CreationDate="2014-05-26T15:56:44.473" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;There's &lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://data.stackexchange.com&lt;/a&gt; where you can build SQL queries against site data.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2014-05-26T15:56:44.473" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9199" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9200" CreationDate="2014-05-26T20:29:28.160" Score="-3" ViewCount="67" Body="&lt;p&gt;We all know the &lt;a href=&quot;http://peterlevi.com/variety/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;variety wallpaper changer&lt;/a&gt; app. Heck, we even have its &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/77632/peter-levi&quot;&gt;developer&lt;/a&gt; here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How come then we don't have the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/variety&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;variety&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;variety&lt;/a&gt; tag?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="163331" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2014-05-27T14:13:12.197" Title="How come we don't have the 'variety' wallpaper changer app tag" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9200" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9199" CreationDate="2014-05-26T20:47:00.407" Score="8" Body="&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/wallpaper&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;wallpaper&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;wallpaper&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Just &quot;variety&quot; is too vague&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The word primarily means &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/variety&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/variety&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Variety can also describe different things that are classified under&#xA;  one category or type&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I didn't know the variety wallpaper changer app before you mentioned it.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;It would be missused in a &lt;em&gt;variety&lt;/em&gt; of ways.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?tab=newest&amp;amp;q=variety&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/search?tab=newest&amp;amp;q=variety&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;There is a total of 17 questions for searching &quot;variety wallpaper&quot; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=variety+wallpaper&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=variety+wallpaper&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Not every app should have it's own tag.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If there is a bug with the app - it should be reported to launchpad.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The scope of the tag is limited to two or three questions in the search for &quot;variety wallpaper&quot; aka - we would not tag a question about wallpaper with the app that is a possible answer.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2014-05-26T21:00:08.757" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9201" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9199" CreationDate="2014-05-26T20:53:46.370" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;That is one of the tags where the real name collides with some generic term, and since I love making people read unrelated examples, lets read the case &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/226637/213575&quot;&gt;of the [pig] tag&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;pig /pig/ noun&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;noun: pig; plural noun: pigs&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;an omnivorous domesticated hoofed mammal with sparse bristly hair and a flat snout for rooting in the soil, kept for its meat.*&#xA;synonyms: hog, boar, sow, porker, swine, piglet&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;an oblong mass of iron or lead from a smelting furnace.*&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;platform for analyzing large data sets that consists of a high-level language for expressing data analysis programs, coupled&#xA;with infrastructure for evaluating these programs.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Problems with the tag: &lt;strong&gt;when asking about analyzing some pig epidemic&#xA;data array the sistem suggest to use the tag&lt;/strong&gt;. Relevant example: &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/questions/22617817/pig-epidemic-java-array&quot;&gt;The&#xA;pig question&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Solution: &lt;strong&gt;Rename to apache-pig to prevent confusion&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;* Thanks to Google&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, the reason to create a tag is: &lt;strong&gt;there are experts in questions about variety?&lt;/strong&gt; If the answer is &amp;quot;yes&amp;quot; then create a tag that is: one, easily recognizable for experts and askers, two, unique, three, isn't render for abuse or confusion, four, there are enough questions base that warrants a tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you will tell me: &lt;em&gt;but look there's X tag, and nobody seems to have problem with it, why this have?&lt;/em&gt; I will tell you: &lt;em&gt;thanks, that was in the list already&lt;/em&gt; or &lt;em&gt;I just have added that one in the list&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As hbdgaf points we don't need a tag for each and every application available for Linux.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-05-26T20:53:46.370" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9203" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-05-27T17:16:06.663" Score="0" ViewCount="58" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to know how many work I should do to earn specific badge. Examples are a lot for instance how many I edit remain for me to obtain related badge? questions are most at this type: How many work I should to obtain A badge. which work go to for example edit and A to its preferred badge.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="181205" LastEditorUserId="181205" LastEditDate="2014-05-28T04:09:02.733" LastActivityDate="2014-05-28T04:09:02.733" Title="remain activity for badges" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9204" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9203" CreationDate="2014-05-27T19:49:21.920" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Please see &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/badges&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/help/badges&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/help/badges&quot;&gt;https://meta.askubuntu.com/help/badges&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="132594" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2014-05-27T19:49:21.920" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9205" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-05-28T08:05:17.777" Score="8" ViewCount="121" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've got the itch to set BKChem up such that it satisfies &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia%3aManual_of_Style/Chemistry/Structure_drawing#Drawing_in_BKChem&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;these conditions&lt;/a&gt; imposed by Wikipedia on chemical structure drawing and I am using Ubuntu, but I don't know where my question would be best posed. Is there another StackExchange where I should ask this question or will Ask Ubuntu suffice?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="93125" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2014-05-28T15:14:57.130" LastActivityDate="2014-05-28T15:14:57.130" Title="Is it appropriate for me to ask questions about how to use BKChem in Ubuntu?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9206" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9205" CreationDate="2014-05-28T08:15:18.380" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yeah, it should be on-topic here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There may be a more appropriate site (is there one for BKChem and/or Wikipedia?) but failing that, Ask Ubuntu or Super User are fine alternatives.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just reread what's going on. Given this is isn't just about using an application that existing in Ubuntu, it's about the platform-specific configuration locations, &lt;strong&gt;this is definitely on topic&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2014-05-28T08:15:18.380" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9207" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-05-28T12:21:55.980" Score="3" ViewCount="71" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a new user on &lt;code&gt;ask ubuntu&lt;/code&gt; and beginner on &lt;code&gt;linux&lt;/code&gt; too, this is my first question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the meaning of &lt;code&gt;meta&lt;/code&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I found this page on wikipedia &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meta&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Meta - wikipedia&lt;/a&gt;&quot; but I'm not sure if it explain &lt;code&gt;meta&lt;/code&gt; well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="276869" LastEditorUserId="14356" LastEditDate="2014-05-28T12:34:59.540" LastActivityDate="2014-05-29T12:05:06.960" Title="What &quot;meta&quot; means?" Tags="|discussion|meta|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9209" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9207" CreationDate="2014-05-28T12:41:55.767" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Meta&lt;/em&gt; is the Greek word for beyond.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;... as for Ask Ubuntu Meta we have a good explanation already - its a good read!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/whats-meta&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/help/whats-meta&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="177437" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2014-05-29T12:05:06.960" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9210" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-05-30T01:18:40.090" Score="0" ViewCount="47" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am logged into the forums through my iPhone but when I try to enter the chat rooms, it says I must log in. When I enter my credentials it says it cannot find my account, then asks if I would like to make a new SE account from this information. Is this a common issue and if so is there a work around?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am using an old iPhone 4 with most current iOS(7.1.1) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="266923" LastActivityDate="2014-05-30T01:18:40.090" Title="Chat room compatibility for iPhone" Tags="|support|chat|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9211" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9212" CreationDate="2014-05-30T04:14:35.127" Score="1" ViewCount="44" Body="&lt;p&gt;Occasionally the page title changes to &quot;(1) Ask Ubuntu&quot;, &quot;(2) Ask Ubuntu&quot;, etc - I think I have seen it up to (4). What is the number in the brackets telling me? Is this related to the number of open tabs?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is a screenshot: &lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/m7mUc.png&quot; alt=&quot;Screenshot&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="275629" LastActivityDate="2014-05-30T05:19:11.587" Title="Why does the web page title change to &quot;(1) Ask Ubuntu&quot;, &quot;(2) Ask Ubuntu&quot;, etc?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9212" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9211" CreationDate="2014-05-30T05:19:11.587" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Nope, it is the number of questions with new activity:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/l4GNJ.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Click on that small bar and the new questions will load and the number will get reset.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2014-05-30T05:19:11.587" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9214" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9215" CreationDate="2014-05-30T12:42:04.380" Score="2" ViewCount="69" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/357266/how-to-show-time-in-ubuntu-13-10&quot;&gt;How to show time in Ubuntu 13.10&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;I want some body why they mark that question as OFF-Topic ? I want to a bit description. I use the answer and his suggestion work for me :-| bug!?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="181205" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2014-05-30T12:56:35.163" Title="why this question marked as off topic" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9215" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9214" CreationDate="2014-05-30T12:56:35.163" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Because it was a bug report. This isn't always clear-cut and how best to handle them can vary hugely depending on what's already been done. In this case it turns out there was already a duplicate. It should have been closed against that (I've fixed that now).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you'd like to know more, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/bug-reports&quot;&gt;there are a few discussions on the topic of bug reports&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.087" LastActivityDate="2014-05-30T12:56:35.163" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9216" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9234" CreationDate="2014-05-30T18:00:13.727" Score="15" ViewCount="264" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bug reports&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;problems with the development version of Ubuntu&lt;/strong&gt; should&#xA;  be reported on Launchpad so that developers can see, track and fix&#xA;  these issues.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My first reading of this text is that it meant bugs in development versions of Ubuntu ie. bugs in Utopic Unicorn. But then I saw it being used to close bugs for 14.04 LTS, and I saw question asker getting annoyed that the bug was incorrectly closed. So perhaps it should be reworded? Something like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&quot;Bug reports for any version of Ubuntu should be reported on Launchpad so that developers can see, track and fix these issues.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60294" LastEditorUserId="114818" LastEditDate="2014-05-31T12:48:18.563" LastActivityDate="2016-03-08T16:28:19.550" Title="&quot;Bug reports and problems with the development version of Ubuntu should be reported on Launchpad&quot;" Tags="|discussion|close-reasons|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9217" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-05-31T01:49:53.487" Score="2" ViewCount="53" Body="&lt;p&gt;Two existing questions [&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/193871/dash-previews-keyboard-shortcut&quot;&gt;1&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/191574/is-there-a-keyboard-shortcut-to-open-dash-previews&quot;&gt;2&lt;/a&gt;] have asked after a keyboard shortcut for accessing the Unity Dash Preview feature, which is currently only accessible with a right-click, and were marked as duplicates of this great keyboard shortcuts thread [&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/28086/what-are-unitys-keyboard-and-mouse-shortcuts&quot;&gt;3&lt;/a&gt;]. A keyboard shortcut for accessing Dash Previews isn't in that thread. In fact, the word &quot;preview&quot; is not even mentioned.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the official documentation, no keyboard shortcut is referenced [&lt;a href=&quot;https://help.ubuntu.com/stable/ubuntu-help/unity-dash-intro.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;4&lt;/a&gt;].&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is nothing in the ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list when I search for the keywords &quot;dash preview&quot; or even &quot;unity preview&quot; [&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mail-archive.com/search?q=dash+preview&amp;amp;l=ubuntu-devel-discuss%40lists.ubuntu.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;5&lt;/a&gt;].&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is no bug yet filed for a feature request [&lt;a href=&quot;https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity?field.searchtext=preview&amp;amp;search=Search&amp;amp;field.status%3Alist=NEW&amp;amp;field.status%3Alist=INCOMPLETE_WITH_RESPONSE&amp;amp;field.status%3Alist=INCOMPLETE_WITHOUT_RESPONSE&amp;amp;field.status%3Alist=CONFIRMED&amp;amp;field.status%3Alist=TRIAGED&amp;amp;field.status%3Alist=INPROGRESS&amp;amp;field.status%3Alist=FIXCOMMITTED&amp;amp;field.assignee=&amp;amp;field.bug_reporter=&amp;amp;field.omit_dupes=on&amp;amp;field.has_patch=&amp;amp;field.has_no_package=&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;6&lt;/a&gt;].&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What's the next step? How can I help?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="53327" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2014-05-31T02:44:11.727" Title="There is no keyboard shortcut for Unity Dash Previews, yet the question is being marked as a duplicate of the keyboard shortcuts thread" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9218" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9220" CreationDate="2014-05-31T02:02:12.017" Score="1" ViewCount="36" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is there a way to filter for only questions labeled as duplicate which are linked to an answer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/156227/duplicate-sources-list-entry-but-cannot-find-the-duplicates&quot;&gt;Duplicate sources.list entry but cannot find the duplicates?&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Being linked to: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/120621/how-to-fix-duplicate-sources-list-entry&quot;&gt;How to fix Duplicate sources.list entry?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a way to see every question link the best answer? This might be useful when trying to cull the excess duplicate posts, by allowing people to flag for removal. Or other similar purposes. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="266923" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2014-05-31T03:10:29.720" Title="Add filter to see all duplicates" Tags="|support|feature-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9219" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9217" CreationDate="2014-05-31T02:44:11.727" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I really hate with all my soul those kind of &quot;catch all&quot;-list questions. It leads to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/9217/169736&quot;&gt;this kind of situation&lt;/a&gt; (which I have already &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/9136/169736&quot;&gt;rose awareness&lt;/a&gt; about this kind of abuse, in &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/8830/169736&quot;&gt;several occasions&lt;/a&gt; and there's actually a &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/8830/dont-start-to-vote-for-closing-as-duplicate-for-questions-whose-answers-cant-b#comment16799_8830&quot;&gt;moderator that says the same&lt;/a&gt;) and actually adding the information to the &quot;master&quot; just obscures more the information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I'm voting to reopen both questions again.&lt;/strong&gt; Both deserves their own answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They are not asking for a &quot;list of all shortcuts of unity&quot; as the master does but shortcut to a specific action of the GUI and ergo in the nature different questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.087" LastActivityDate="2014-05-31T02:44:11.727" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9220" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9218" CreationDate="2014-05-31T03:10:29.720" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is a function called &quot;Linked&quot; which should show all the linked questions, the problem is that it shows too those questions that somewhere in the post or comments has a link to a post... so, there are super-referenced questions that you get lots of non-duplicates. The only solution is using a query:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/askubuntu/query/198064/find-duplicate-of-a-specific-post?ID=120621&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://data.stackexchange.com/askubuntu/query/198064/find-duplicate-of-a-specific-post?ID=120621&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This query will find all post that links to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/120621/how-to-fix-duplicate-sources-list-entry&quot;&gt;How to fix Duplicate sources.list entry?&lt;/a&gt; and any other ID you like. I presume you know how to find the ID, but just in case &lt;code&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/&amp;lt;ID-IS-HERE&amp;gt;/how-to-fix-duplicate-sources-list-entry&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The query is thanks to animuson's &lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/askubuntu/query/169338/find-duplicates-of-deleted-posts&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Find duplicates of deleted posts&lt;/a&gt; which share lots of stuff.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2014-05-31T03:10:29.720" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9221" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9223" CreationDate="2014-05-31T19:33:02.250" Score="1" ViewCount="47" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've never used meta before but my understanding is that questions about the site go here?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Normally when I log into Askubuntu it uses http, but today when I logged in it used https, and it's unbearably slow. I can access the site both ways after logging in, and http is instantaneous at loading pages while https takes maybe 20 seconds to load a page if at all. Is anyone else having this problem? I would assume I'm supposed to be using https to secure my account.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="250271" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-06-01T00:29:33.383" LastActivityDate="2014-06-01T00:34:31.420" Title="Askubuntu.com is really slow over HTTPS?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9222" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9227" CreationDate="2014-05-31T19:40:09.053" Score="19" ViewCount="539" Body="&lt;p&gt;Why do some stackexchange sites such as Askubuntu have their own domain when the rest are subdomains of stackexchange.com? Why isn't it ubuntu.stackexchange.com, which currently acts as a redirect?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="250271" LastActivityDate="2014-06-01T15:57:56.643" Title="Why Does Askubuntu Have It's Own Domain Name?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9223" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9221" CreationDate="2014-06-01T00:34:31.420" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Earlier, Stack Exchange was moving all operations from New York to Oregon, which caused slowness in all HTTPS connections. This can be seen in &lt;a href=&quot;https://twitter.com/StackStatus/status/472841950216065025&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;the twitter account&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Slow HTTP Connectivity - May 31, 2014 - After our move to the Oregon data center we are experiencing issues... &lt;a href=&quot;http://tmblr.co/Z7Lcqt1HQvpQV&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://tmblr.co/Z7Lcqt1HQvpQV&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want more information, check the tumblr link.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2014-06-01T00:34:31.420" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9224" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9216" CreationDate="2014-06-01T09:17:40.710" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I agree with you, but problems with the development version of Ubuntu (&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/871/40581&quot;&gt;Ubuntu+1&lt;/a&gt;) are still out of scope for this site so it should be:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Bug reports for any version of Ubuntu &lt;em&gt;as well as problems with the development version of Ubuntu&lt;/em&gt; should be reported on Launchpad so that developers can see, track and fix these issues.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="40581" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.227" LastActivityDate="2014-06-01T09:17:40.710" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9225" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9226" CreationDate="2014-06-01T10:14:15.190" Score="2" ViewCount="54" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/452209/how-to-use-supervisorctl-on-ubuntu&quot;&gt;This question&lt;/a&gt;, I did not receive an email telling that my bounty is about to expire in 24h, I use gmail, nothing in spam.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have CS finals at university so I don't have time to keep checking this site, I don't have time to try solutions, the guy was lucky that I remembered to check that post, I rewarded him the bounty with 5 minutes left, without trying anything. He was lucky because I was on my PC, I couldn't have rewarded him anything on mobile app.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/134874/how-to-auto-scan-any-plugged-in-usb-storage-device-with-clamav&quot;&gt;Also this question&lt;/a&gt;, I wasn't alerted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="23239" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2014-06-01T12:30:39.547" Title="I didn't receive an email telling me that my bounty is about to expire" Tags="|support|bounty|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9226" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9225" CreationDate="2014-06-01T10:37:20.737" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Bounties have an extra grace period past the original 7 days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You get email notifications when the 7 days end and you enter the grace period.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="133672" LastActivityDate="2014-06-01T10:37:20.737" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9227" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9222" CreationDate="2014-06-01T15:57:56.643" Score="20" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/07/domain-names/&quot;&gt;At one point,&lt;/a&gt; all Stack Exchange sites were going to have their own domain names. This was then &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/10/domain-names-the-wrong-question/&quot;&gt;rolled back&lt;/a&gt;. There has been &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/103470/a-plea-for-actual-domain-identities&quot;&gt;some debate on the topic&lt;/a&gt; over on Meta Stack Exchange. Ask Ubuntu was both grandfathered in and part of an agreement between Stack Exchange and Canonical. &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/103686/151585&quot;&gt;This answer by Jeff Atwood&lt;/a&gt; gets to the point:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Any way, long story short -- if you can get Apple, Inc. to officially&#xA;  sign off on the site, we will happily change the domain name to&#xA;  whatever is required. Beyond that Act of God scenario, we simply&#xA;  aren't doing custom domain names for any sites as a matter of policy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="570" LastActivityDate="2014-06-01T15:57:56.643" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9228" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-06-02T03:40:11.277" Score="1" ViewCount="53" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sometimes when I type in chat and post, it appears twice! Why does this happen? (Another user told me it is due to my slow internet connection. But can somebody elaborate and confirm it?) Also if the community knows why this happens, why can't you guys just get rid of this issue? It is really irritating at times when a chat post gets posted twice and I have to remove it. At other times I have to tell others in the chat &quot;Sorry for the double post! Slow internet connetion here!&quot;(And it is irritation to the peak if this too get posted twice! Thankfully it hasn't happened for me!). If someone in here can solve this issue, chat room experience will also be awesome!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;Here is a screen shot:-&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/JthK9.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that the 'yeah that' appeared twice!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;PS :- Note that I said 'Sometimes' in my description above. At 'other' times I see my message &lt;em&gt;trying&lt;/em&gt; to get posted twice! I mean it gets posted once and then it appears the next time and asks me if I want it to post it(gives me a &lt;code&gt;retry&lt;/code&gt; button) or just leave it(gives me a &lt;code&gt;cancel&lt;/code&gt; button too) and I have to opt for the latter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225679" LastEditorUserId="225679" LastEditDate="2014-06-06T12:08:30.847" LastActivityDate="2014-06-06T12:08:30.847" Title="Why do chat posts appear twice at times?" Tags="|discussion|bug|chat|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9229" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9155" CreationDate="2014-06-02T06:35:16.260" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Allow me to think out loud for a minute. You may want to just skip to the end...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Tag Descriptions:&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Networking:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/networking&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;networking&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;networking&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xA;This tag is for any home networks, server clouds, internet problems, repository&#xA;issues or server administration.&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Internet:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/internet&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;internet&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;internet&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xA;Questions about connecting to the Internet.&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Wireless:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/wireless&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;wireless&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;wireless&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xA;Questions about using wireless connections in Ubuntu.&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;How Would They Be Used?:&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Still thinking out loud. The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/networking&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;networking&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;networking&lt;/a&gt; tag to me means exactly what it says; networking. The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/internet&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;internet&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;internet&lt;/a&gt; tag is more specific saying it's not just about networking it's about the worlds biggest most famous network the internet. There is also a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/wireless&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;wireless&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;wireless&lt;/a&gt; tag to specify that a connection involves a wireless signal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So a question tagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/networking&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;networking&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;networking&lt;/a&gt; could be about setting up a home network setup, a question tagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/networking&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;networking&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;networking&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/internet&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;internet&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;internet&lt;/a&gt; might be about getting internet access available over that home network, and a question tagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/networking&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;networking&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;networking&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/wireless&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;wireless&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;wireless&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/internet&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;internet&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;internet&lt;/a&gt; might be about setting up a home wifi network that will provide internet access.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;How Are They Being Used?:&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The next thing to factor in is how are they being used now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;First 3 Questions From Internet:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/475493/ubuntu-14-04-lts-wired-internet-extremely-slow&quot;&gt;Ubuntu 14.04 LTS wired internet extremely slow&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/474966/no-longer-able-to-go-online-with-13-10&quot;&gt;No longer able to go online with 13.10&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/474699/wired-inernet-not-working-in-ubuntu&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/474699/wired-inernet-not-working-in-ubuntu&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;First 3 Questions From Networking:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/475573/no-wi-fi-icon-option-in-ubuntu-14-04&quot;&gt;No wi-fi icon/ option in Ubuntu 14.04&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/475511/recommended-setup-for-live-audio-video-broadcast&quot;&gt;Recommended setup for live audio / video broadcast&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/475483/wi-fi-networks-not-detected-anymore&quot;&gt;Wi-Fi networks not detected anymore&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;First 3 Questions From Wireless:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/475573/no-wi-fi-icon-option-in-ubuntu-14-04&quot;&gt;No wi-fi icon/ option in Ubuntu 14.04&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/475511/recommended-setup-for-live-audio-video-broadcast&quot;&gt;Recommended setup for live audio / video broadcast&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/475483/wi-fi-networks-not-detected-anymore&quot;&gt;Wi-Fi networks not detected anymore&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So it looks like they are being used okay. The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/internet&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;internet&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;internet&lt;/a&gt; tag has 1,378 questions, the has &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/wireless&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;wireless&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;wireless&lt;/a&gt; tag 6,131 questions, and the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/networking&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;networking&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;networking&lt;/a&gt; tag has 5,698 questions. To me this suggests they are all used enough to earn their keep.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;What Do The Words Really Mean?&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think it's important to keep in mind what networking really means. It refers to the connection of 2 or more devices in a communicative manner. Here on Askubuntu that connection must be Ubuntu relevant, and follow the restrictions imposed by the tag, which tend to be more computer-networking (linking of computers). The same goes for wireless which if you read the tag's detailed description tells you it's not just for computer-networking (linking of computers) it's for any Ubuntu related use of a wireless signal including keyboards, and mice. Lastly the internet which is a specific global computer network.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;My 2 Cents:&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Specificity is only useful to a point, and in this case the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/networking&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;networking&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;networking&lt;/a&gt; tag doesn't appear to be overwhelmed with questions; the site could easily get by without an &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/internet&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;internet&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;internet&lt;/a&gt; tag. In summary I see the point in having an &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/internet&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;internet&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;internet&lt;/a&gt; tag, I would be happy to see it stay, but as a subcategory of networking it is expendable. While I am not for it's removal I would understand if it were.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;EDIT 1:&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are several comments discussing 3 postings as examples of using the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/internet&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;internet&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;internet&lt;/a&gt; tag, if they should actually be tagged this way, and if merging such questions into the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/networking&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;networking&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;networking&lt;/a&gt; tag makes any sense. &quot;Are they actually about networking?&quot;, being the argument. Rather than reply to all these comments individually I think it might be more effective to simply share my thoughts through an edit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Is The Internet Tag Suitable For These Questions?:&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Question 1:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/228309/firefox-clone-for-ubuntu&quot;&gt;Firefox &amp;quot;clone&amp;quot; for Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Lets set aside what this question is currently tagged as; what could I tag it as? Well firstly we're dealing with a user-network application (an application that uses a network) specifically Mozilla Firefox so the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/networking&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;networking&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;networking&lt;/a&gt; tag could be used. The question doesn't state internet usage is involved, but the OP did have it tagged with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/internet&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;internet&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;internet&lt;/a&gt; so we can assume Mozilla Firefox will be used online. Remember web browsers while commonly used for internet sites they not restricted to such, and can just as easily be used for intranet sites. A web browser is a viewer for served documents/applications so some form of networking is required. Since the OP seems to be intending internet usage the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/internet&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;internet&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;internet&lt;/a&gt; tag would work. As mentioned before this question is about Mozilla Firefox so the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/firefox&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;firefox&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;firefox&lt;/a&gt; tag would make sense. This question could be tagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/networking&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;networking&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;networking&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/firefox&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;firefox&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;firefox&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/internet&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;internet&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;internet&lt;/a&gt;. In this case &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/networking&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;networking&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;networking&lt;/a&gt; is the primary tag with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/firefox&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;firefox&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;firefox&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/internet&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;internet&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;internet&lt;/a&gt; as sub-category tags. Keep in mind of course that there are a mass of available tags which means it is often possible to effectively tag a question in more than one way. There is also tag limit, and even within that limit it possible to over-tag a post (or as I like to call it &quot;tagging-to-death&quot;). In this question the usage of one or both the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/internet&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;internet&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;internet&lt;/a&gt; tag and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/networking&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;networking&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;networking&lt;/a&gt; tag works. Would the post work without them? Yes. In this case the question is about Mozilla Firefox, and the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/firefox&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;firefox&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;firefox&lt;/a&gt; tag works nicely as either a sub-category tag, or a primary tag. Due to this another effective way of tagging the question would be to use &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/firefox&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;firefox&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;firefox&lt;/a&gt; tag as the primary tag, and then &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/browser&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;browser&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;browser&lt;/a&gt; tag. Keep in mind that &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/firefox&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;firefox&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;firefox&lt;/a&gt; tag also works nicely as a sub-category of other tags like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/software-recommendation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;software-recommendation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;software-recommendation&lt;/a&gt;. I feel this question is an acceptable example of using the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/internet&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;internet&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;internet&lt;/a&gt; tag. Some ways I could see tagging this question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/networking&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;networking&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;networking&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/firefox&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;firefox&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;firefox&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/internet&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;internet&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;internet&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/firefox&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;firefox&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;firefox&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/browser&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;browser&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;browser&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/software-recommendation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;software-recommendation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;software-recommendation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/firefox&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;firefox&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;firefox&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/browser&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;browser&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;browser&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Question 2:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/35394/how-can-i-pause-resume-an-apt-get-update-process-in-a-terminal&quot;&gt;How can I pause/resume an apt-get update process in a terminal?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What could I tag this as? Well we're dealing with Apt so the tag &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/apt&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;apt&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;apt&lt;/a&gt; is a good fit. Apt is a program for retrieving and installing Debian software packages. This question is a great example of the use of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/internet&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;internet&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;internet&lt;/a&gt; tag because Apt doesn't require an internet connection, or even a network connection. You can use it with local repositories that don't involve networking at all. So you could simply tag this with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/apt&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;apt&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;apt&lt;/a&gt; and leave it at that especially if you're only dealing with a local repository. However in this question the user has specified they will be using online repositories so both the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/networking&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;networking&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;networking&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/internet&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;internet&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;internet&lt;/a&gt; tags work very well here. However as mentioned before there is a mass of available tags, and it is possible to effectively tag a question in more than one way. It's also possible to over-tag a post. In this question the OP is getting internet via a mobile ISP provider so the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/wireless&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;wireless&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;wireless&lt;/a&gt; tag could also be helpful. I can see there are a few different ways to effectively tag this question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/networking&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;networking&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;networking&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/apt&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;apt&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;apt&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/internet&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;internet&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;internet&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/apt&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;apt&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;apt&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/internet&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;internet&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;internet&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/wireless&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;wireless&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;wireless&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/apt&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;apt&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;apt&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Question 3:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/94423/is-there-a-way-to-stop-chrome-firefox-record-history-of-a-particular-website&quot;&gt;Is there a way to stop Chrome/Firefox record history of a &amp;#39;particular&amp;#39; website?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For now lets set aside for a moment that this question is about Mozilla Firefox and Chromium, and just pretend it's about Mozilla Firefox. As before this means tags &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/networking&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;networking&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;networking&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/firefox&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;firefox&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;firefox&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/internet&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;internet&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;internet&lt;/a&gt; would all work, but of course that isn't the only way to tag the question. Now this question is about a sub-topic of Mozilla Firefox; privacy, it's also about Chromium, and the basic principles will apply to almost all browsers. This question therefore makes a good example of a one that could tagged with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/internet&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;internet&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;internet&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/networking&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;networking&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;networking&lt;/a&gt;, but might be more effective tagged as something else, because it has so many other more specific tags that can be used for it. Since it discusses two browsers their tags would be a good start. The following seem to be good fits, but because the OP mentions 2 specific applications the first would be more ideal:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/firefox&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;firefox&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;firefox&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/chromium&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;chromium&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;chromium&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/privacy&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;privacy&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;privacy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/browsers&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;browsers&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;browsers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/privacy&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;privacy&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;privacy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/security&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;security&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;security&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/firefox&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;firefox&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;firefox&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/chromium&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;chromium&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;chromium&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;What Are My Thoughts On All Of This?:&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think that all 3 questions work fine with the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/internet&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;internet&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;internet&lt;/a&gt; tag, this doesn't mean they need to be tagged with it, or that their aren't other tags which would work. In some cases other tags may even work better. As far as merging the questions currently tagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/internet&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;internet&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;internet&lt;/a&gt; into &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/networking&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;networking&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;networking&lt;/a&gt; I see no problem; they are networking related. The reason these questions seem to be the topic of debate is because they are about user-network applications (an application that uses a network), rather than administrative-network applications (an application that manages, secures, or provides information about a network). As well as because of how &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/networking&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;networking&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;networking&lt;/a&gt; tag is currently described. If a merge does occur I think some manual re-tagging is a good idea, because some questions have better tags available.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="250271" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2014-06-02T22:40:38.300" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9230" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9216" CreationDate="2014-06-03T13:03:25.487" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I actually find it quite clear but to remove all ambiguity all you need is an &lt;em&gt;or&lt;/em&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Bug reports, &lt;strong&gt;or&lt;/strong&gt; problems with the development version of Ubuntu, should be reported on Launchpad so that developers can see, track and fix these issues.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2015-01-16T18:10:37.720" LastActivityDate="2015-01-16T18:10:37.720" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9231" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9232" CreationDate="2014-06-03T14:49:43.317" Score="0" ViewCount="39" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'd like to know if the question asked by own OP has been solved by himself and it doesn't contain any other answers from users either, is it considered as: &lt;code&gt;off-topic&lt;/code&gt;&gt;&lt;code&gt;This describes a problem that can't be reproduced that seemingly went away on its own or was only relevant to a very specific period of time. It's off-topic as it's unlikely to help future readers.&lt;/code&gt;? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;e.g. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/476201/ubuntu-14-04-dvd-playback-stuttering&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235295" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2014-06-03T15:20:48.497" Title="Question about off-topic flagging" Tags="|discussion|support|flagging|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9232" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9231" CreationDate="2014-06-03T15:20:48.497" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would fix the question to be correct for the next person. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit out the SOLVED cruft, and then post a proper answer so people can vote on it. Or tell the OP to post it as an answer if they can. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2014-06-03T15:20:48.497" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9233" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-06-03T16:27:13.080" Score="7" ViewCount="103" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would like to break this up into &quot;Ask Ubuntu-able&quot; content: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://insights.ubuntu.com/2014/05/21/ubuntu-cloud-documentation-14-04lts/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://insights.ubuntu.com/2014/05/21/ubuntu-cloud-documentation-14-04lts/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However the scope is rather large and I'll be doing this in chunks, I just wanted to let people know that I would like to make this content more digestable for people so they can consume it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want to help me out: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;bzr branch lp:~jujudocs/clouddocs/trunk clouddocs&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then cd into the clouddocs directory; all the content is Markdown, it just needs to be broken up to answer specific user questions that exist here, or broken out into new CW questions. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thoughts/opinions before I get started? Don't worry, I won't be posting 45 page monster blocks of text.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2014-06-03T16:27:13.080" Title="I would like to bring some cloud docs to AU" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9234" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9216" CreationDate="2014-06-03T18:26:37.550" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think this could be made clearer by &lt;em&gt;swapping the order of the two elements&lt;/em&gt;, thus:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Problems with the development version of Ubuntu&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;all bug reports for any version of Ubuntu&lt;/strong&gt; should be reported on Launchpad so that developers can see, track and fix these issues.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or, as terdon suggested in the comments, it probably wouldn&amp;rsquo;t hurt to remove the &lt;em&gt;all&lt;/em&gt;, thus:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Problems with the development version of Ubuntu&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;bug reports for any version of Ubuntu&lt;/strong&gt; should be reported on Launchpad so that developers can see, track and fix these issues.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="652" LastEditorUserId="652" LastEditDate="2014-06-30T10:11:39.460" LastActivityDate="2014-06-30T10:11:39.460" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9235" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-06-03T20:20:53.370" Score="3" ViewCount="34" Body="&lt;p&gt;Would it be helpful for those occasions when someone is trying to edit a question to incorporate extra information provided in comments?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would this have more negative effects than positive?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know opening an extra tab is trivial, but this would make it even simpler.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I could also see too many comments cluttering the edit page for the majority of the time they are not needed, so maybe the option to hide or show comments would be better. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158892" LastEditorUserId="158892" LastEditDate="2014-06-03T20:31:14.067" LastActivityDate="2014-06-03T20:31:14.067" Title="Would it be helpful to see question comments on the question edit page?" Tags="|feature-request|comments|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9236" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9238" CreationDate="2014-06-03T23:43:13.127" Score="7" ViewCount="222" Body="&lt;p&gt;The title says it all. See for example the OPs here: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/451583/gnome-3-shell-launcher-displayed-in-center-of-the-screen&quot;&gt;Gnome 3 Shell - Launcher displayed in center of the screen&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/446601/how-can-i-lock-and-blank-the-screen-from-the-keyboard-in-14-04&quot;&gt;How can I lock AND blank the screen from the keyboard in 14.04?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are they the same? It seems to me that we have two different @Seth here. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I imagine it is &quot;working as designed&quot;, but does anyone know the rationale behind this? Or what is happening here? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16395" LastEditorUserId="480481" LastEditDate="2018-01-09T09:58:14.060" LastActivityDate="2018-01-09T09:58:14.060" Title="Can there be two users with the same nickname?" Tags="|support|user-accounts|users|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9237" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9239" CreationDate="2014-06-04T00:08:50.497" Score="0" ViewCount="537" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'd like to start by saying that I'm not anywhere near being an expert on this topic, but I get the basic idea. Before addressing the potential problem lets start with some background information. The difference between bootstrap code, a boot manager, and a bootloader. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Background Information:&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The computer uses bootstrap code written to either the disk MBR or ESP to load a boot manager or to directly load a bootloader. It depends on what boot program you are using. You can chainload boot managers if they are written to different MBRs or OS partitions. I'm not sure how chainloading works with UEFI since some operating systems write their boot manager to the ESP, and you cannot chainload between ESPs to my knowledge.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/v9uBM.png&quot; alt=&quot;Boot Process&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An important note to the above picture is that some operating systems store their boot managers with the bootloader on the operating system partition. To help illustrate the above picture I've taken some first hand test results for example purposes. I started by installing Windows XP on an MBR partition table with a BIOS computer. Upon booting up I would get:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/2jTLZ.png&quot; alt=&quot;Windows XP Picture 1&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The way Windows boots MBR based installs is the bootstrap code is written to the disk MBR, it then loads the Windows Boot Manager from the system partition MBR, and then the Windows Boot Loader from the Windows installation which loads Windows and hands control over to the kernel. Now in my screenshot I don't see the Windows Boot Manager because it immediately proceeds to the bootloader which loads Windows. The result being that I immediately see the Windows XP loading screen. This is due to the fact that I only have one operating system installed so there is no point in displaying the manager. Next I installed Windows 7 on the same machine to create a dual boot. The result was:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/AyjRY.png&quot; alt=&quot;Windows XP And Windows 7 Picture 1&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because Windows 7 uses a different bootstrap code and boot manager than Windows XP does the XP bootstrap is overwritten on the disk MBR, and the new bootstrap takes me to the Windows Boot Manager which was also overwritten because Windows put it on the XP partition's MBR. If had manually written the bootmanager with one of Microsofts deployment tools I could have kept the Windows 7 Boot Manager on it's partition MBR. This boot manager has been setup with an entry to boot Windows 7, and an entry to get to Windows XP. Next I triple booted by installing Ubuntu 14.04 which uses Grub2. The result was:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/HGlNd.png&quot; alt=&quot;Windows XP Windows 7 And Ubuntu 1404 Picture 1&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you can see Ubuntu has overwritten the Windows 7 Bootstrap code with it's own Grub2. Unlike Windows which wrote only it's bootstrap code to the disk MBR Grub2 has written both it's bootstrap code and boot manager there, from here I can boot Ubuntu with the Grub2 Bootloader or access the Windows Boot Manager for Windows 7 which still provides me with access to the Windows XP. Next I quadrupal booted by installing Lubuntu 14.04 which again uses Grub2. The result was:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/aE5J9.png&quot; alt=&quot;XP 7 Ubuntu 1404 And Lubuntu 1404 Picture 1&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you can see Lubuntu and Ubuntu are using the same program Grub2 so I'm not sure if it merely updated the bootstrap code &amp;amp; boot manager, or if it actually overwrote them and re-added the old entries. I can now boot either Ubuntu or Lubuntu from the same menu; Lubuntu is first. I can also still access the Windows Boot Manager for Windows 7 which of course still provides me with access to Windows XP.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Next I installed GAG (The Graphical Boot Manager). The result was:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/PXwBT.png&quot; alt=&quot;Gag Picture 1&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Gag is a boot manager paired with bootstrap code all of which is written to the disk MBR, because of this the Lubuntu bootstrap code &amp;amp; boot manager (Grub2) is overwritten. Gag doesn't understand how to use the Grub2 bootloader directly so I can no longer boot Ubuntu or Lubuntu. I can still access Windows XP and Windows 7 though, because gag knows how to boot the Windows Boot Manager for Windows 7. Next I booted Supergrubresue. It's a livecd version of grub that creates a Grub Boot Manager on the fly allowing you to use it to boot your bootloaders or other boot managers. The result:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/KZhGD.png&quot; alt=&quot;Supergrubrescue Picture 1&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you can see with this I can access the Grub2 bootloaders for my Lubuntu and Ubuntu installations as well the Windows Boot Manager. This means I will get a menu for Windows, but I will not get my original grub boot manager menu for Lubuntu and Ubuntu that I used to use before installing Gag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To sum up what's been covered so far is Grub2 writes it's bootstrap &amp;amp; boot manager to the disk MBR and then loads a bootloader from the OS partition. We know that Windows takes the other approach and writes only it's bootstrap code to the disk mbr and keeps it's boot manager on the partition MBR and bootloader on it's OS partition. The bootstrap code is what loads at system startup, the boot manager is what lists the available bootloaders (even if it doesn't show you the list), and a bootloader is what loads the kernel and then hands over control to the operating system. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Potential Problem:&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think that for boot related questions like boot problems for example simply tagging as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/boot&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;boot&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;boot&lt;/a&gt;, and the boot program you're using works well (eg: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/grub&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;grub&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;grub&lt;/a&gt;).&#xA;Now a days with UEFI and BIOS setups people might also use tags like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/uefi&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;uefi&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;uefi&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/bios&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;bios&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;bios&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/gpt&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;gpt&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;gpt&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/mbr&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;mbr&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;mbr&lt;/a&gt; to either specify the style of booting, or&#xA;the type of partition table used. Using both at the same time might be overwhelming. That is probably as detailed as one needs to get, but if you want to be more specific there's a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/bootloader&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;bootloader&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;bootloader&lt;/a&gt; tag. It can be used for questions about boot problems, and &#xA;if you are looking for bootloader programs it could be effectively paired with software-recommendations to help you find programs like Grub2 and Gag. Here's the problem. Many boot problem questions are abusing this tag when they are actually about boot-managers or the boot-strap code.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Confusion about the terms bootstrap code, bootloader, and boot manager has lead to them being used interchangeably even though they aren't the same thing. Since we're dealing with Ubuntu lets use Grub2 as an example. Grub2 is the boot-program used by Ubuntu. Note that I said boot-program because it's got bootstrap code, a boot manager, and a bootloader. The bootloader is written to the OS partition, and the rest is written to the disk MBR/ESP. This means that any question about boot problems where you're OS partition information isn't the problem shouldn't be tagged as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/bootloader&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;bootloader&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;bootloader&lt;/a&gt;, because they are actually about your boot-manager or bootstrap code. Boot-repair questions for UEFI systems, and questions where the Windows Boot Manager doesn't show up in the Grub2 boot manager are not about bootloaders even though they sometimes get tagged with way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Proposed Solution:&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Removing the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/bootloader&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;bootloader&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;bootloader&lt;/a&gt; tag makes no sense, because it's a useful tag for software-recommendations, and in theory could be useful for some boot problem questions. So why not make a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/boot-manager&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;boot-manager&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;boot-manager&lt;/a&gt; tag and a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/bootstrap-code&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;bootstrap-code&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;bootstrap-code&lt;/a&gt; tag to allow for correct assignment? The problem with that is that most people don't know the difference between these 3 things, hence why this post is so long. All three tags would likely end up abused. So I'm wondering why not make all three tags synonyms for a new tag &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/boot-programs&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;boot-programs&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;boot-programs&lt;/a&gt;. This way software recommendations doesn't suffer, but boot related questions remain accurate. If the problem is your bootstrap code it doesn't make much sense to tag it as your bootloader does it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Explanation Of Solution:&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why call the new tag &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/boot-programs&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;boot-programs&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;boot-programs&lt;/a&gt;? Well most boot-programs are either bootstrap code and a boot-manager, or bootstrap code, a boot-manager, and a bootloader. They often simply call themselves a boot-manager or a bootloader since there isn't yet a term for referring to them collectively. I think boot-programs fills in the gap nicely for current lack of a technical term.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Tag Descriptions:&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Synonym Tags:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/bootloader&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;bootloader&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;bootloader&lt;/a&gt; = Questions about bootloaders&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/boot-manager&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;boot-manager&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;boot-manager&lt;/a&gt; = Questions about boot managers&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/bootstrap-code&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;bootstrap-code&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;bootstrap-code&lt;/a&gt; = Questions about bootstrap code&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Tag:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/boot-programs&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;boot-programs&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;boot-programs&lt;/a&gt; = Questions about boot programs like bootloaders, boot managers, bootstrap codes, and etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;h1&gt;Examples Of Questions Misusing The Bootloader Tag:&lt;/h1&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;For some reason this is showing up all squished in my preview. Hopefully the final posting displays properly? I do have it all nicely laid out.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Question 1:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This question has the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/bootloader&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;bootloader&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;bootloader&lt;/a&gt; tag, but the very first thing I see is it says &quot;Windows Boot Manager&quot; right in the title. The user wants to know how to move the Wubi boot entry so that Ubuntu will boot by default instead of Windows. This has&#xA;nothing to do with bootloaders at all. It's entirely about editing a boot manager.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/473892/modify-windows-boot-manager-bootmgr-from-ubuntu-partition-in-a-dual-boot-syste&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/473892/modify-windows-boot-manager-bootmgr-from-ubuntu-partition-in-a-dual-boot-syste&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Question 2:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So in this question the OP has installed Ubuntu on a laptop that is running Windows 8. The user cannot boot at all. Which means it's probably a bootstrap code issue, or a boot manager issue otherwise the user would be able to get something on their screen even if they couldn't boot the OS. It's hard to tell because the OP wasn't very specific so it could be relevant to bootloaders? That's why this question is a good&#xA;example though because it shows how even when you know what bootloaders, boot managers, and bootstrap code is it can still be hard to tell which tag to use on a post so the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/boot-programs&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;boot-programs&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;boot-programs&lt;/a&gt; tag could be really helpful here since we don't know for sure what the culprit is. That said I'm pretty sure this is a bootstrap code issue, because I have a UEFI computer and have had bootstrap code issues when installing Lubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/468619/bootloader-missing&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/468619/bootloader-missing&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Question 3:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So in this question the user installed Ubuntu and the boostrap code and boot manager didn't install so they had to use boot-repair. Now they are having trouble using their Window Boot Manager. Nothing to do with bootloaders.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/472867/windows-boot-manager-blocked-by-current-security-policy-for-lenovo-u-510&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/472867/windows-boot-manager-blocked-by-current-security-policy-for-lenovo-u-510&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Question 4:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So in this question the user successfully gets to their Grub2 Boot Manager for Ubuntu, but it doesn't list their Windows Boot Manager, and they need help getting it to so they can happily dual boot. Again nothing to do with bootloaders, because they can currently boot Ubuntu, and the reason they can't boot Windows isn't because of it's bootloader it's because the Grub2 Boot Manager isn't list the Windows Boot Manager.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/470817/boot-loader-wont-load&quot;&gt;Boot loader won&amp;#39;t load&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Question 5:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So in this question the OP had Ubuntu and Windows 7. It boots straight through the Windows Boot Manager which means that when they installed Ubuntu it didn't overwrite the MBR with the Grub2 bootstrap code and boot manager. Again all related to boot managers not bootloaders.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/474304/no-grub-menu-bootloader-option&quot;&gt;no GRUB menu bootloader option&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;The Bottom Line:&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In summary I suggest the creation of a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/boot-programs&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;boot-programs&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;boot-programs&lt;/a&gt; tag, the conversion of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/bootloader&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;bootloader&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;bootloader&lt;/a&gt; tag into a synonym for boot-programs, as well as the creation of a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/bootstrap-code&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;bootstrap-code&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;bootstrap-code&lt;/a&gt; tag and a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/boot-manager&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;boot-manager&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;boot-manager&lt;/a&gt; tag as synonyms for boot-programs. This will allow for questions about these programs to be tagged accurately, but without the confusion of having to pick between the 3 tags. The could hopefully help prevent misuse of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/bootloader&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;bootloader&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;bootloader&lt;/a&gt; tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="250271" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2014-06-04T02:03:12.253" Title="Proposal For A New Tag &amp; Synonym Tags To Help Prevent Misuse Of The Bootloader Tag?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9238" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9236" CreationDate="2014-06-04T00:12:36.643" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;The transactional database doesn't care about some arbitrary nickname but id's. As you have (I presume) noticed, everything has an ID in Stack Exchange, posts, tags, revisions, and users. So, your nickname is linked to a specific ID in the database and that's shared in all the network. So, to answer your question, yes, there can be two users with the same nickname.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Trivia: Once we had two somewhat old users called Private, today's don.joey and Private. They had a charming conversation somewhere in meta.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-06-04T00:59:18.877" LastActivityDate="2014-06-04T00:59:18.877" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9239" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9237" CreationDate="2014-06-04T02:03:12.253" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I know where are you coming from, and I agree with most of it (except the &quot;boot-programs&quot; tag that will invariably be misused as tag for starting things at Ubuntu's startup/boot process), but lets be realist, there are no known experts on those topics. Creating those tags would just add more confusion to the already confused state of all the boot related tags, so here's my imperfect take:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;bootloader should only be used when:&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is about a bootloader that there's no tag existent or where there's definitively no way to name it, like the windows bootloader which has no other name than &quot;windows bootloader&quot;, maybe &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/windows-bootloader&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;windows-bootloader&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;windows-bootloader&lt;/a&gt;? But any question tagged like that would strike me as off-topic.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is asking about some characteristic shared by all bootloaders&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Should not be used in conjunction with other bootloaders tags (ie. no &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/grub&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;grub&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;grub&lt;/a&gt; + &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/bootloader&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;bootloader&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;bootloader&lt;/a&gt;). Since you can't have two bootloader installed at the same time anyways, this is logic, unless you are trying to switch from a botloader+bootmanager combo to another, like grub bootmanager/efi bootloader or any other abomination.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Apply this retro-actively so the newer questions has less issues to fix about tagging.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;grub/efi/uefi/et al should be used when the question is about themself. I would tag a question about &quot;changing the order of the entries in the grub&quot; with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/grub&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;grub&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;grub&lt;/a&gt; or when I want to &quot;prevent grub from installing the bootloader in the MBR&quot;, but not using them when the relationship is incidental like &quot;my system doesn't boot, I select ubuntu and nothing happens&quot; since those are not about the bootloader but the boot process.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;nothing else. Cleaning up tags and retagging is a never ending task. Clean up the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/bootloader&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;bootloader&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;bootloader&lt;/a&gt; questions, vote to close, and comment. While you are it please verify the other tags, and the grammar, etc. one of those questions has nothing to do with all the 4 tags and I had to modify it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I hope this clear up some of the issues you are seeing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2014-06-04T02:03:12.253" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9240" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10338" CreationDate="2014-06-04T09:56:21.653" Score="0" ViewCount="52" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is there any stack app for this web site which like a note book. This site is my google and I wish to find an ability which let me to put my notes on that. I am looking for any feature or stack app which integrate to my askubuntu profile and let me to put my notes like some commands on that.So is there any?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="181205" LastEditorUserId="181205" LastEditDate="2014-06-04T10:57:35.700" LastActivityDate="2014-06-26T23:41:30.433" Title="an stack app as a notebook" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9241" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-06-04T14:38:25.913" Score="29" ViewCount="280" Body="&lt;p&gt;I remember some reviews of suggested edits where the reviewers clearly could not understand either the post or the edit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One of these was &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/476746/117103&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/a/476746/117103&lt;/a&gt; , supposedly an answer, which it isn't. I don't blame anybody for not understanding Italian - but it isn't at all useful to &quot;improve&quot; a non-answer of the species &quot;I have the problem too&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So please: If you don't understand a post or the suggested edit, be it&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;because of a language barrier&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;because you are not familiar with the topic&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;because the subtleties escape you&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;...&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;don't hesitate to press the &lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/vKrU7.png&quot; alt=&quot;skip&quot;&gt; button!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As has been suggested I want to add that the same applies to &lt;strong&gt;all&lt;/strong&gt; review queues - although the reason &lt;em&gt;language barrier&lt;/em&gt; will not be so frequent there :-)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2014-06-06T04:00:11.630" Title="Call out to reviewers - you CAN &quot;skip&quot;" Tags="|discussion|review|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9242" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9243" CreationDate="2014-06-04T16:43:21.957" Score="2" ViewCount="43" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/288418/user288418&quot;&gt;This guy&lt;/a&gt; is a spammer, he answered a question and doesn't take a genius to see he's a spammer, I'm kinda impressed that spammers take the time to sign up. On Chess.SE they do anonymous edits. Bots.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do spammers get banned immediately or do they get a second chance? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="23239" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2014-06-04T16:58:35.870" Title="Do spammer get banned immediatly from SE?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9243" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9242" CreationDate="2014-06-04T16:58:35.870" Score="5" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Yes.&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Spammers are destroyed on sight. SE has a very powerful spam system in place that helps make sure they don't come back, we just have to kick them the first time ;-)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you see a spam user still alive, feel free to jump into chat and let someone know.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-06-04T16:58:35.870" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9244" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-06-04T17:13:55.033" Score="0" ViewCount="70" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/8932/lets-get-rid-of-the-localhost-tag&quot;&gt;Lets get rid of the localhost tag&lt;/a&gt; I'm really surprised it met with strong opposition at the time, and I still not convinced, so let me ask if there are really experts in &quot;localhost&quot; question and a question about &quot;localhost&quot; because it seriously escapes my reasoning on &quot;to create a tag there should be experts on the topic&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.227" LastActivityDate="2014-06-04T17:16:54.237" Title="Who are the experts for [localhost]?" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9246" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-06-05T05:28:53.620" Score="8" ViewCount="178" Body="&lt;p&gt;So I was editing a question &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/477060/cannot-install-software-center&quot;&gt;here.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why does AU still recommend the tag &lt;code&gt;installation&lt;/code&gt; when it is an inappropriate tag to begin with?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="279988" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2015-09-08T10:37:02.970" Title="Why is the Installation tag recommended for software installs?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9248" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-06-06T13:29:01.170" Score="3" ViewCount="68" Body="&lt;p&gt;One of the issues I find from time to time are packages dependencies problems related with PPA's due careless package maintainers. These problems are normally fixed changing one line (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/477646/169736&quot;&gt;or several one lines&lt;/a&gt;) in the package, which needs to be addressed by the PPA maintainers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, I know that if these problems happened &lt;a href=&quot;https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/overlay-scrollbar/+bug/1262022&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;with Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt; (I've already submitted a patch to that one), &lt;a href=&quot;https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=746034&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;or Debian for what matters&lt;/a&gt;, packages I these would be threated as bug report, as they are bug reports. The problem with PPA's is, that they don't have bug trackers in LaunchPad (or at least is not so obvious) so you have to contact the maintainer of the PPA's so they can fix their stuff. Now here comes my problem, whenever I address (or answer) these problems they lose value once they are fixed, since nobody should have the same issue again (which happens with the bug reports).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, are these issues really on the scope of the site. I really don't care anymore (through I would love the package maintainers re-read the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/maint-guide/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Debian Maintainers Guide&lt;/a&gt;) since I try to answer them from the package maintainer perspective, but I want to know if I can spend my time answering them without problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2014-06-07T17:47:14.293" Title="Packaging problems with PPA's from the user perspective are on topic?" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9249" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9250" CreationDate="2014-06-06T18:57:09.380" Score="1" ViewCount="87" Body="&lt;p&gt;On main profile there answers and questions . How to find our comments? Is there any way find out which question we commented on them?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="181205" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-06-06T20:51:17.057" LastActivityDate="2014-06-06T20:51:17.057" Title="How to find comments" Tags="|support|comments|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9250" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9249" CreationDate="2014-06-06T19:08:05.280" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can get a list of all your recent comments (in order of newest to oldest) &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/181205/alex?tab=activity&amp;amp;sort=comments&quot;&gt;on your profile&lt;/a&gt;.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/WypPG.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can also get a list of replies to your comments/answers/etc under the &quot;Responses&quot; tab.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2014-06-06T20:43:24.770" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9251" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9236" CreationDate="2014-06-06T22:15:56.250" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Remember, quite a lot of people would like to put their own name or a common or popular name as their nickname - a good example being 'Alex':&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users?tab=Reputation&amp;amp;filter=all&amp;amp;search=alex&quot;&gt; &lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/AcJbC.png&quot; alt=&quot;The amount of &amp;#39;Alex&amp;#39;s on the Askubuntu user page&quot;&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A previous example of repeated names used to be &lt;code&gt;blade19899&lt;/code&gt; - see &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/8439/178596&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; - a lot of which seemed to be copying &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/36315/blade19899&quot;&gt;this user&lt;/a&gt;, even the avatar/logo as well:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/unLhf.png&quot; alt=&quot;blade19899 dupes&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, being able to put the same name means you don't get what you get with many other sites - &lt;code&gt;Alex01&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;Alex-2&lt;/code&gt;, etc - which can if anything be &lt;em&gt;more&lt;/em&gt; confusing...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="178596" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2014-06-06T22:21:19.907" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9252" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-06-06T22:46:22.503" Score="1" ViewCount="66" Body="&lt;p&gt;I come here often looking for solutions, find them, and when I want to upvote the helpful answer I can't because I need 15 rep.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="286837" OwnerDisplayName="Will Beauchamp" LastActivityDate="2014-06-06T23:24:03.820" Title="Why is Ask Ubuntu so stingy with reputation and upvotes?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9253" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9252" CreationDate="2014-06-06T23:24:03.820" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is mainly because many people come here and think it is a regular &quot;forum&quot;. They don't read the help documentation (the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help&quot;&gt;help-center&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tour&quot;&gt;tour&lt;/a&gt;, etc) and start using the site in ways it was not designed to be used and that are against the rules. Just like regular forums have new user restrictions, we have some too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The main reason behind restricting votes comes from voting fraud. You might be surprised how many people will create tons of extra accounts to vote for themselves, just for silly internet points. Because of this the 15 reputation limit has been put in place, to help slow that down. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Did you now that you can get 2 rep by submitting edits on other people's questions/answers? In 7 edits you will have enough reputation to upvote :) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For more information see &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/whats-reputation&quot;&gt;how do I earn reputation?&lt;/a&gt; from the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help&quot;&gt;help-center&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2014-06-06T23:24:03.820" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9254" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9248" CreationDate="2014-06-07T00:00:15.790" Score="-3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The answer should be generic yet informative.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Example: &quot;This PPA is currently not bring properly maintained.  Please check back later to see if the PPA is up and current.  The owner should have been emailed to be reminded that it is their duty to keep up with it.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This isn't exactly how I would word it, but the idea comes across the same.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also making a flag specific too this case should be made.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="279988" LastEditorUserId="279988" LastEditDate="2014-06-07T17:47:14.293" LastActivityDate="2014-06-07T17:47:14.293" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9255" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9246" CreationDate="2014-06-07T01:20:26.433" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would suggest that the &lt;code&gt;installation&lt;/code&gt; tag should be disabled for any &lt;em&gt;new&lt;/em&gt; questions or edits (instead of simply being deleted). This would allow for a progressive manual clean-up of the relevant questions, without any new questions with this tag being added to the list. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure though that the Stack Exchange software allows something like that. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;PS I've been battling the &lt;code&gt;installation&lt;/code&gt; tag for some time now, but in my experience there are more new questions with this tag in a period of time than the number of questions that I can triage with the more appropriate &lt;code&gt;software-installation&lt;/code&gt; or &lt;code&gt;system-installation&lt;/code&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="227922" LastActivityDate="2014-06-07T01:20:26.433" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9256" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-06-07T12:54:14.290" Score="1" ViewCount="128" Body="&lt;p&gt;Well, now GNOME and Unity has some shared names with certain parts of the UI, &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GnomeShell/Design&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;namely the &quot;launcher&quot; and the &quot;dash&quot;&lt;/a&gt;. There is already a tag for the unity dash and the unity launcher that are being confused (with motive) with their GNOME equivalent since people don't read the excerpts. So I ask that the tags for components of Unity to be renamed to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/unity-component&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;unity-component&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;unity-component&lt;/a&gt; without synonym, so users become aware of these tags.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I will not be surprised that there are other components that share the same name in Unity and GNOME (or any other desktop environment for what counts) so this is a sensible action thinking on the future since it disambiguates the usage and lift load on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/unity&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;unity&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;unity&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Bonus points: users that follow the unity tag, can follow instead &lt;code&gt;unity*&lt;/code&gt; which will feed them with all the unity related tagged questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2014-06-07T12:54:14.290" Title="Rename unity [component] tags to [unity-component] to prevent confusion with gnome components" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9257" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-06-07T14:11:20.320" Score="0" ViewCount="31" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think we need a canonical question on install types and if they hold user data in home or otherwise (think opt or var dub dub etc) we get entirely too many questions about &quot;will my data be gone on upgrade&quot;. I don't think we should encourage people to upgrade (I reinstall for a reason), but not everyone has a solid grasp of why deployment scripts and backup/restore scripts are so effing awesome... Anyway, thoughts?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a candidate we can utilize or should we start a new one?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2014-06-07T14:11:20.320" Title="Do we need a canonical question on install types and if they hold user data?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9258" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="9259" CreationDate="2014-06-07T18:56:34.943" Score="1" ViewCount="56" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was doing Late Answers review when I bumped into this question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/403676/how-do-i-export-saved-passwords-from-my-firefox-password-manager&quot;&gt;How do I export saved passwords from my firefox password manager?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The new user basically repeated a previously posted answer. They used a longer URL that ultimately leads to the same website and added another link that points to a web page that was created today. It actually covers the topic (it explains how the add-on work step-by-step), but I kind of feel like it's just posted to promote their website and not to improve AskUbuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should you flag such attempts as spam?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="285419" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2014-06-07T19:27:54.773" Title="Feels like a promotion attempt - is it spam?" Tags="|discussion|spam-handling|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9259" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9258" CreationDate="2014-06-07T19:27:54.773" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Mitch already deleted the post as spam.  I think it's safe to consider these types of things spam, because it's basically just advertising a site, and not adding to the answer at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2014-06-07T19:27:54.773" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9260" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10268" CreationDate="2014-06-07T20:05:02.807" Score="3" ViewCount="109" Body="&lt;p&gt;I specify lots of question as my favorites without attention. Now my favorites become useless and unmanageable. I wish to find any way to delete them all and start to make as favorites with more attention for the next time in order to do a better search between them. So is there any way to undo favorites?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="181205" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2016-08-13T18:03:36.840" LastActivityDate="2016-08-13T18:03:36.840" Title="How to delete my favorites?" Tags="|support|bookmarks|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9261" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-06-08T02:50:19.080" Score="0" ViewCount="48" Body="&lt;p&gt;I really need to know why was &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/revisions/158569/4&quot;&gt;my edit&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/revisions/158569/5&quot;&gt;rolled back&lt;/a&gt;. Because nobody asked me nor took the issue up to me. Don't get me wrong, I think No Time has done a well job updating them I felt that this time he messed it up so I was just fixing it. Was I so wrong that the edit should have been rolled back?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2014-06-08T08:28:43.940" Title="Was I wrong improving the tag wiki for drivers?" Tags="|discussion|tag-wiki|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9262" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-06-08T02:51:29.740" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-06-08T02:51:29.740" LastActivityDate="2014-06-08T02:51:29.740" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9263" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-06-08T02:51:29.740" Score="0" Body="A &quot;tag wiki&quot; is an editable page that briefly summarizes the topic of the tag and that may provide links to existing questions that are often useful to many people. Questions about the content of the tag wiki's or the format." OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-06-08T02:51:29.740" LastActivityDate="2014-06-08T02:51:29.740" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9264" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9261" CreationDate="2014-06-08T03:12:40.527" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would say yes.  Your edit does not make sense or explains to a normal user who would enter &lt;code&gt;driver&lt;/code&gt; that in the tag field.  They would think its the wrong tag.  Then upon reading this wiki on the tag, they would have more questions than answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="279988" LastActivityDate="2014-06-08T03:12:40.527" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9265" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9261" CreationDate="2014-06-08T08:28:43.940" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;My take on this was that the previous tag wiki which has been reinstated was a clear concise wiki that explained concepts in a very user friendly way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Terminology was precisely defined in a layman way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The edit you are referring to stripped out much of this user friendliness - it left just key terms such as &quot;xorg&quot; dangling - that to the layman doesnt mean very much.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a quick straw unscientific poll, I asked my 13 year-old to read the edited version and then read the previous version.  The edited version she said that (and I quote) ... &quot;dunno dad - dont know what it means&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The previous version she said &quot;that read like a dictionary&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So apart from trying to produce a wiki item for teenager speak ... I would suggest it was correctly rolled back.  In many ways, my personal opinion is that the format is a template for all of our sadly neglected wiki's; its a format we should all be striving for.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Remember, wiki's are the first item a questioner sees when selecting tags - so ideally we should make them as user friendly as possible, with basic terminology precisely and unambiguously defined.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14356" LastActivityDate="2014-06-08T08:28:43.940" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="9267" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-06-08T13:46:14.137" Score="0" ViewCount="104" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a little confused; I don't really have a question, I just wanted to post a guide.  Do I ask a question that I'm providing the answer-for...or...??&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user290613" LastActivityDate="2014-06-08T16:52:53.830" Title="I wrote a guide for mythbuntu; how do I post it?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="15" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10266" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-06-09T06:08:53.843" Score="1" ViewCount="76" Body="&lt;p&gt;For flagging as duplicate there is &lt;strong&gt;twice&lt;/strong&gt; option as following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;At main list &gt; &quot;&lt;strong&gt;it is duplicate...&lt;/strong&gt;&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/JsiUp.png&quot; alt=&quot;screen0&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Under&lt;/strong&gt; &quot;It should be closed for another reason&quot; &gt; &quot;&lt;strong&gt;duplicate of...&lt;/strong&gt;&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/qzQ71.png&quot; alt=&quot;screen1&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now what is difference between them? or &lt;strong&gt;Why option provided twice&lt;/strong&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="256099" LastEditorUserId="256099" LastEditDate="2014-06-09T06:18:04.900" LastActivityDate="2014-06-09T06:25:12.653" Title="Flagging has twice option as &quot;it is duplicate&quot; &amp; &quot;duplicate of&quot;" Tags="|discussion|flags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10267" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10266" CreationDate="2014-06-09T06:25:12.653" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Nice catch, but I would consider it a feature as opposed to a bug.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2014-06-09T06:25:12.653" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10268" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9260" CreationDate="2014-06-09T10:51:06.843" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is no &quot;bulk&quot; way of removing favorites, but there is a way which is somewhat easy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Go to your &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/current?tab=favorites&quot;&gt;favorites page&lt;/a&gt;, and click on the favorite icon of each question one by one. At least you won't have to go into the question's page each time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2016-08-12T16:07:53.010" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10269" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10270" CreationDate="2014-06-09T11:48:07.933" Score="0" ViewCount="54" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've been seeing a lot of questions regarding 10.04 and how it recently broke after an update. Does anyone know the technical background why these users are experiencing similar problems? What's the best course of action here? Flag as duplicate or off-topic/EOL? Should you even try to answer such questions?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just a few examples I came across the last few &lt;em&gt;minutes&lt;/em&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/479306/latest-update-to-10-04-problem?newreg=1c9cb7f1e9fa4cff84a6433075cd19a2&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/479306/latest-update-to-10-04-problem?newreg=1c9cb7f1e9fa4cff84a6433075cd19a2&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/480596/problem-with-the-latest-update-of-ubuntu-10-04#comment639465_480596&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/480596/problem-with-the-latest-update-of-ubuntu-10-04#comment639465_480596&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/480857/why-does-my-system-freeze-right-click&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/480857/why-does-my-system-freeze-right-click&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;EDIT&lt;/strong&gt;: bonus question: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/138832/installing-the-latest-octave-3-6-in-ubuntu-10-04-lts?rq=1&quot;&gt;How to install the latest Octave&lt;/a&gt; - should you leave a comment in a question like that &#xA;telling the user that they should upgrade to a newer release?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;EDIT 2&lt;/strong&gt;: I understand that 10.04 Server is not EOL, these questions are about Firefox, VLC and other applications that clearly indicate that these are &lt;strong&gt;10.04 Desktops&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="285419" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2014-06-09T14:13:45.517" Title="How to handle the storm of 10.04-related questions" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10270" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10269" CreationDate="2014-06-09T12:03:43.267" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;10.04 is NOT totally EOL yet (server version ends april 2015). So make sure the topic is not about the server version.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All new dekstop related questions about 10.04 are off topic. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;===&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Bonus: yes of course. Even if you do not flag the topic (for instance when the release itself does not really seem to matter) leave a comment that they should update to a newer version. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;===&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2 of the 3 flagged; 3rd one was already flagged and closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastEditorUserId="15811" LastEditDate="2014-06-09T12:10:23.397" LastActivityDate="2014-06-09T12:10:23.397" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10271" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10298" CreationDate="2014-06-09T15:31:00.687" Score="5" ViewCount="60" Body="&lt;p&gt;We are almost reaching the 1k items in the close queue (we are second, only behind Stack Overflow), so I think we should make any attempt to make folks review stuff and for that reason I ask to enable &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/231856/213575&quot;&gt;this feature&lt;/a&gt; which would promote the use of filters to review close reasons.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm sure this was enabled at some point of time in AU and later disabled. BTW, our queue is mostly composed of duplicates which I believe is something worrisome.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2014-06-11T20:15:45.750" Title="Enable the easy review close queue filtering interface" Tags="|feature-request|status-completed|review-queue|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10272" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-06-09T17:06:36.320" Score="8" ViewCount="31" Body="&lt;p&gt;During the Close Votes Review there often exist two different approaches about &lt;strong&gt;why&lt;/strong&gt; a question should be closed (I don't count &quot;leave open&quot; now).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At the end (after 5 votes to &lt;em&gt;close&lt;/em&gt;) the majority reason &quot;wins&quot; - which is fine and sensible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;But&lt;/strong&gt;: even if a reviewer voted for a different close reason (after careful deliberation) the panel beneath the question states all who voted to close as supporters of the chosen close reason.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While &quot;&lt;em&gt;the majority wins&lt;/em&gt;&quot; is certainly ok (neither of us can be right at all times) I don't like &quot;&lt;em&gt;the winner takes it all&lt;/em&gt;&quot; - there are cases where I &lt;em&gt;know&lt;/em&gt;  (or at least believe) that the chosen close reason is wrong.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So the feature I am requesting is that dissenting close-voters should be mentioned with &quot;their&quot; close reason (or without any close reason at all).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastActivityDate="2014-06-09T17:06:36.320" Title="When reviewers vote to close for different reasons I want the real votes on the &quot;closed&quot; panel" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10273" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-06-09T18:24:42.087" Score="2" ViewCount="136" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've bumped into a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/101015/how-to-play-mkv-files-in-9-10?rq=1&quot;&gt;question&lt;/a&gt; that is 2 years old, has 0 score and is off-topic (question about 9.10 asked 1 year &lt;em&gt;after&lt;/em&gt; EOL).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I flagged it off-topic by instinct, but it is a good practice to do this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's extra work for someone to review, but I guess it helps to keep the site clean. Or am I just too pedantic here?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit: I'm rather new on this site, but all of my flags were found helpful so far. I'd like to keep it this way, hence the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="285419" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2016-09-30T07:25:33.897" Title="Is it good to flag old questions?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10274" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10273" CreationDate="2014-06-09T20:30:38.963" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Me personally, if it's an old question with low views I tend to skip it in the review queue so I can save my reviews for something more important. To see if it's useful for people I check google to see how the question ranks. This question is answered though, generally speaking I try to flag old questions that are unanswered and languishing instead of ones that probably might be useful to someone. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I searched google for how to play mkv files and this question was the top result:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/38268/how-to-properly-play-mkv-files&quot;&gt;How to properly play .mkv files?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So likely these two can be merged and improved to be more future proof, that would help &quot;rescue&quot; old questions. It's actually kind of disconcerting that that question is really a bug-report -- we apparently do not have a question and answer for how to play mkv files at all!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2014-06-09T20:30:38.963" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10275" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-06-10T07:04:46.637" Score="1" ViewCount="42" Body="&lt;p&gt;Recently during processing the review queue for &quot;first posts&quot; I was presented an answer for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/464868/update-to-clamav-0-98-3&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; question for review&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The answer was obviously poorly formed, at least in the explanation sense, however I felt that the answer had was potentially correct (user suggested installing libssl-dev for satisfying a build dependency with &lt;code&gt;./configure&lt;/code&gt;) As I do not have edit privileges and neither do I have a system to reproduce/test the error I marked it as &quot;No action needed&quot; because there is no relevant flag for requesting an edit/review on a poorly written but otherwise valid attempt at an answer&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was informed that I &quot;failed&quot; the test for reviewing it as no action-needed even though I felt, fundamentally, that the answer contributed to solving the issue that OP had, and considering that there were no other answers to the question, a low quality attempt (that again, I considered valid) was better than what had been a few comments that led to nowhere, and that comments and community engagement would be better served than flagging for moderator attention&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;ANyway, I guess the point of this post is, what is the best way to handle answers that you consider to be good faith attempts, but may otherwise require a work to be considered &quot;good&quot; for a user that doesn't have privileges to otherwise edit/fix the post themselves &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5042" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2014-06-10T07:04:46.637" Title="Review &quot;test question&quot; is loaded" Tags="|discussion|review|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10277" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-06-10T11:43:51.910" Score="7" ViewCount="310" Body="&lt;p&gt;I asked a question: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/481208/error-libx264-not-found&quot;&gt;Error libx264 not found&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And I got a comment which is good answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After I got the correct answer, I want to see what community thinks I should do:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Vote up the comment only.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Copy the comment into answer and answering my question.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Wait for someone who will copy the comment into answer, then I accept&#xA;it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What to do when you have a true comment answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="281087" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2014-06-11T19:37:56.737" Title="What should I do for comment answer" Tags="|discussion|comments|answers|accepted-answer|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10278" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10279" CreationDate="2014-06-10T13:02:59.557" Score="3" ViewCount="64" Body="&lt;p&gt;How to see the identity for the voters who voted for a specific question or answer? I have tried clicking on vote count indicator but nothing happens...please help &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="288159" LastActivityDate="2014-07-12T21:35:36.403" Title="Checking Voter's identity" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10279" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10278" CreationDate="2014-06-10T13:10:40.173" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can't. To users, voting is completely anonymous (unless a voter wishes to say how they voted).&lt;br&gt;&#xA;This is by design to try to avoid tactical and revenge voting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you're getting &lt;em&gt;hammered&lt;/em&gt; by downvotes by what you suspect is a single person, you can flag the questions in, err, question and the mods can take a look. We can't see exactly what people have voted for or against, but we can see general trends (&quot;User A voted against User B 102 times&quot;, etc) and if something looks dodgy, we can take action.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2014-06-10T13:17:11.560" LastActivityDate="2014-06-10T13:17:11.560" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10281" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10277" CreationDate="2014-06-10T13:22:47.113" Score="-3" Body="&lt;p&gt;you can add it to some useful comment's by clicking on the arrow appearing in front of the comment &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="288159" LastActivityDate="2014-06-10T13:22:47.113" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2014-06-10T13:22:47.113" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10283" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10277" CreationDate="2014-06-10T18:17:06.393" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Actualy you can copy someone's comment and post it as an answer, there is no rule on Ask-Ubuntu that makes you have to tell someone to post it as an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But kindly you can add a comment for him.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And what I did is I have posted that comment as an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When you see comment-answer feel free  to post it as an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Don't feel shy to copy a comment inside answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="292311" LastActivityDate="2014-06-10T18:17:06.393" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10284" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10285" CreationDate="2014-06-10T19:08:40.140" Score="0" ViewCount="72" Body="&lt;p&gt;not a good title I know. But just look at top month user profile score diagram ,More of them are descending. So where are they? I truly afraid about all negative points to this question, But I can take lots of example.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="181205" LastActivityDate="2014-06-10T19:23:43.473" Title="why they are not here" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10285" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10284" CreationDate="2014-06-10T19:23:43.473" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;So you're talking about this chart... This is mine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/bVq5V.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This isn't a running total of reputation, it's a daily chart. It's how much rep a user earns per day. Some days aren't as good as others frankly because we can't all have 700-rep days every day. There aren't always perfect/popular enough questions or we just have other stuff to do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And given that it's just turning into summer, a lot of people do have other things to do and would much rather be out on a bike than melting in front of a computer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I wouldn't worry about it. I don't think it's a trend.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2014-06-10T19:23:43.473" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10286" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10277" CreationDate="2014-06-10T20:19:06.587" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Using Mitch's comment as an answer, I don't see any reason why you &lt;em&gt;shouldn't&lt;/em&gt; ask the poster of the comment to post it as an answer. Only if he or she will not convert it into an answer in a reasonable amount of time, you can, for clarity reasons on a Q&amp;amp;A site, post it as an answer yourself. Even then I would refer to the one who answered it to start with.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There can be various reasons for someone to initially answer in a comment. To make sure the answer actually fits the question before posting it, is one of them. I don't see how posting someone else's work once the job is done serves the quality of the site, nor the willingness to answer questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastActivityDate="2014-06-10T20:19:06.587" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10287" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-06-11T04:34:25.430" Score="1" ViewCount="79" Body="&lt;p&gt;Okay, I will confess - &lt;strong&gt;&quot;Linux distros are NOT VIRUS(malware) prone&quot;&lt;/strong&gt;. But that need not mean - &quot;Linux distros don't get viruses(or malwares) at all&quot;. &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_malware&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;They might get affected by viruses(or malwares)&lt;/a&gt; - Ubuntu included. But there isn't many questions on Ask Ubuntu about Anti Virus softwares for Ubuntu(&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/10373/do-i-need-to-have-antivirus-software-installed&quot;&gt;This&lt;/a&gt; one just talks about the 'Viruses' and not about 'Anti virus Software'). So &lt;strong&gt;here is my question: Shouldn't we have a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/software-recommendation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;software-recommendation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;software-recommendation&lt;/a&gt; question on various Anti virus softwares as we have for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/30334/what-application-indicators-are-available&quot;&gt;Application indicators&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/2596/comparison-of-backup-tools&quot;&gt;Backup tools&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/65083/what-kinds-of-desktop-environments-and-shells-are-available&quot;&gt;DEs and sheels&lt;/a&gt; and the like?&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Though we don't necessarily need an Anti virus software for Linux distros(Ubuntu included), we need to take into account every eventuality, one of those eventualities being 'A virus(or malware) affected Ubuntu'. So to have the question or not? Need some community consensus. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225679" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2014-06-11T13:20:03.770" Title="Do we need a 'big list' question on Anti virus softwares?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10288" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10287" CreationDate="2014-06-11T05:36:31.230" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think it would be a great idea to make such a posting as running an antivirus product can be a great way to &lt;strong&gt;help&lt;/strong&gt; secure one's system. Not everyone wants antivirus but for those who do this post could be very helpful I imagine. Most of the time people against running antivirus on Linux base their argument on the lack of &lt;strong&gt;known&lt;/strong&gt; viruses for Linux, but the key word there is known. It's also important to keep in mind that over time that status will likely change as the user-base grows, and just because a virus can't infect your system because perhaps it's targeting Windows doesn't mean you want to unknowingly store it on your Linux system like some kind of sleeper agent waiting to infiltrate your dual-boot, or get attached to some email you send to a friend. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Such a posting will probably get lots of views since &quot;antivirus for Ubuntu&quot; is one of the first things new users Google when switching to Ubuntu at least that's how it was for me. My only concern would be making sure answers state whether the product in question scans for both Linux and Windows viruses, as if you read the fine print I've often discovered that many of the commonly recommended products actually only scan for Windows viruses, not Linux ones. Perhaps that has changed since last I checked as it was quite some time ago. To date the only product I know of available for Ubuntu that scans for Linux viruses is made by F-prot, though I can't remember the exact name of the program and I was never able to find out how big their virus signature database was.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="250271" LastActivityDate="2014-06-11T05:36:31.230" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10289" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10341" CreationDate="2014-06-11T09:19:11.310" Score="3" ViewCount="98" Body="&lt;p&gt;I edited &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/481597/software-center-doesnt-work&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; twice. The first time I fixed the code layout. I didn't see the spelling mistakes, so I had to edit it twice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Instead of getting only 2 points for the edit, I got 4. But it doesn't seem right, I mean I could keep leaving few errors to be fixed with each edit and keep getting points. I think I should get only 2 points, unless someone else edited it and I had to fix his edit. I would guess someone could cheat right now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="23239" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2014-06-17T04:14:53.853" Title="why do I get more points by editing the same question twice?" Tags="|discussion|editing|reputation|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10290" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10277" CreationDate="2014-06-11T10:55:46.787" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I agree with Jacob Vlijm. You must post a comment addressing whoever gave you the 'Comment-answer' asking them to post it as answer separately.(Better tell them that you will surely accept the answer and up vote it(and do so without fail), if they post it as an answer. Probably that will surely work! ;-D ) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But then, if you commented so and even then the user who gave the comment-answer won't post it as an answer, then you must post the answer yourself. But while doing this make sure to be morally right and make it a Community Wiki. To do this while posting an answer tick the community wiki check box as shown below :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt; &#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Xn2lw.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;to this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/9Xvc7.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;to make an answer a Community Wiki.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example I had a similar issue(though the question was not mine in this case) &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/456531/debugging-graphic-errors&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. Make sure to read the comments there. The OP said he will post the answer but it turns out he didn't even turn up after that. So I thought the community should know that the issue is solved and so I posted the solution there(though there is no way except for the OP to accept that answer), &lt;em&gt;as a Community Wiki&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225679" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2014-06-11T10:55:46.787" CommentCount="2" CommunityOwnedDate="2014-06-11T10:55:46.787" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10291" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10287" CreationDate="2014-06-11T11:03:27.307" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are &lt;strong&gt;loads&lt;/strong&gt; of questions about viruses and preventative measures on Ubuntu.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;I've answered several. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for whether we should start a software-recommendation like thread, like one of the three questions you've mentioned... Did you read those questions? Look at them again, you'll see something along the lines of:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This question exists because it has historical significance, but &lt;strong&gt;it is not considered a good, on-topic question for this site,&lt;/strong&gt; so please do not use it as evidence that you can ask similar questions here.  While you are encouraged to help maintain its answers, please understand that &quot;big list&quot; questions are not generally allowed on Ask Ubuntu and will be closed per the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/dont-ask&quot;&gt;help center&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2014-06-11T11:03:27.307" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10293" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10295" CreationDate="2014-06-11T15:50:21.853" Score="1" ViewCount="64" Body="&lt;p&gt;This was first time when my answer was marked correct, and I got straight +15 reputation.&#xA;So, can anybody tell me why is it that we get such a boost by giving the correct answer? Why is this website designed in such a way so that only good answers are respected more than good questions? Even good questions deserve same reputation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="288159" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2014-07-14T11:23:26.040" LastActivityDate="2014-07-14T11:23:26.040" Title="why do I get 15 reputation if my answer is correct" Tags="|discussion|reputation|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10294" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10296" CreationDate="2014-06-11T18:43:07.890" Score="1" ViewCount="54" Body="&lt;p&gt;Looking at &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/65083/what-kinds-of-desktop-environments-and-shells-are-available/65223#65223&quot;&gt;this answer&lt;/a&gt;, it says the recommended method of installing Gnome Shell is installing Ubuntu Gnome &lt;em&gt;(added a while ago in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/revisions/65223/10&quot;&gt;this edit&lt;/a&gt;, the 'recommended' bit seems to have been added in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/revisions/65223/12&quot;&gt;this edit&lt;/a&gt; )&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is silly, as if you already have Ubuntu installed, why do you need a new and/or separate Ubuntu install just for a desktop? I have Gnome 3, Unity, Xfce and LXDE on one Ubuntu install and it works fine (occasional silliness with screensavers, but easy enough to rectify)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This may be part of the cause of confusion in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/481477/installing-ubuntu-gnome-14-04/481480#comment640605_481480&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;, unless it is recommended elsewhere.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, wouldn't it be better to just install &lt;a href=&quot;http://packages.ubuntu.com/trusty/ubuntu-gnome-desktop&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;ubuntu-gnome-desktop&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;EDIT:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Basically, should I edit it to say 'run &lt;code&gt;apt-get install gnome-shell&lt;/code&gt; or look at &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/22946/how-do-i-install-and-use-the-latest-version-of-gnome&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;' as the best way to install &lt;em&gt;(I think it is if an install already exists, downloading another thing and installing that over it would be weird&lt;/em&gt;), or is it right to leave it as what it vaguely says which is 'reinstall to this instead' &lt;em&gt;(a few other edits could be done anyway)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(or look at this question's title)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="178596" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2014-06-11T19:36:31.370" Title="Why is it recomended to get a separate version of Ubuntu to install Gnome" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10295" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10293" CreationDate="2014-06-11T18:55:45.677" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You might find your answer &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/accepted-answer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/whats-reputation&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You get reputation for lots of things on this site and other StackExchange sites - it is useful as the better a user is at asking and answering questions, the more reputation they get so they have the most reputation overall, which can be used to distinguish them from other users. Reputation also acts as an incentive to provide good questions and answers. An exception to reputation gains/losses is Meta (this bit of the site), where you don't earn reputation from as it just for questions about the site (full scope &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/whats-meta&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, as a user with more reputation generally indicates more experience, users with more reputation are awarded &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges&quot;&gt;privileges&lt;/a&gt;, which can be used to help manage the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, from &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/leagues/31/week/askubuntu&quot;&gt;this page&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;When your fellow users vote up your questions and answers on a Stack&#xA;  Exchange site, you generate reputation. Reputation is a rough measure&#xA;  of:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;how much the community trusts you&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;your communication skills&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;the quality and relevancy of your questions and answers&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;These friendly reputation leagues are an informal way of tracking your&#xA;  reputation within the community on a particular Stack Exchange.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Reputation is capped at 200 per day, but remember that bounty awards&#xA;  and accepted answers are immune to this daily reputation cap.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="178596" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2014-06-11T19:03:44.773" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10296" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10294" CreationDate="2014-06-11T19:18:26.810" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You certainly can install other desktop environments over the top of Ubuntu but some issues arise when you do:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Duplicate core applications&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Sometimes claggy start-ups (again, from duplicate system utilities)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A lack of stock default settings&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These are fixable problems but they're not always simple. &lt;code&gt;autoremove&lt;/code&gt; isn't as capable as I'd like and you end up with people using &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/pureubuntu&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;guides like this&lt;/a&gt; and nuking their whole desktop (I personally saw that last week).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Whereas when you use a LiveCD of Gnomebuntu (what &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; the name?) Kubuntu or whatever, you're getting it as it was designed to be consumed. That's often a useful thing if you're new to a desktop environment and you're shopping around to see how good it is. You want the defaults and not the clag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2014-06-11T19:18:26.810" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10297" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10278" CreationDate="2014-06-11T19:47:21.910" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;As Oli says, it will always be anonymous - for instance &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/9196/1785960&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; anonymously down-voted question on anonymous downvoting.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Also, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/126829/what-is-serial-voting-and-how-does-it-affect-me&quot;&gt;serial-voting&lt;/a&gt; is flagged or detected by the system and can be &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/serial-voting-reversed&quot;&gt;reversed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note:&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;Clicking on the vote counter will only show how many upvotes/downvotes a question/answer has (only when you &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/established-user&quot;&gt;have enough rep&lt;/a&gt;) - for example for this question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/lD1ey.png&quot; alt=&quot;2 votes up one down&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This may not be the case for favorite votes - see &lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/askubuntu/query/10132/who-favorited-me?UserId=178596....&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="178596" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2014-07-12T21:35:36.403" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10298" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10271" CreationDate="2014-06-11T20:15:45.750" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is done:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/BSLx0.png&quot; alt=&quot;filtered review UI&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/bAFwN.png&quot; alt=&quot;filter link on tag page&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that only tags with at least 20 questions currently in review will show an indicator on the tag page itself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Enjoy...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12845" LastActivityDate="2014-06-11T20:15:45.750" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10299" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10302" CreationDate="2014-06-11T21:22:17.780" Score="1" ViewCount="139" Body="&lt;p&gt;On my question &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/481906/what-does-tty-stand-for?noredirect=1#comment641395_481906&quot;&gt;What does “TTY” stand for?&lt;/a&gt; It two (Now Three) close votes even worse than a down vote!  &lt;br&gt;As you can see here:&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/3DNRr.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;br&gt; I am very sad!  Why whould anyone that is nice close it? There are samlier questions to it. For example &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/472175/why-it-is-sudo&quot;&gt;1&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/304010/what-does-stand-for&quot;&gt;2&lt;/a&gt; and fannly&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/446755/what-does-gu-stand-for&quot;&gt;3&lt;/a&gt; but there are many more!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="48372" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2014-06-12T11:21:23.917" Title="Why does my question have 2(Now Three) close vote? (What does “TTY” stand for?)" Tags="|discussion|support|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10301" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10299" CreationDate="2014-06-12T03:57:50.713" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;My Answer is not my opinion, it's just answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Generally in Ask Ubuntu, The questions should flow about Ubuntu related issues. So if your Question stands for even 1% Ubuntu related then you can ask here. Mention the version of Ubuntu OS you are trying/dealing with this issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Next, Votes : See somebody may like your question so UPVOTE and somebody may not so DOWNVOTE. Its up to them. And you absolutely have a right to ask them an explanation about DOWNVOTE. If they are the real dealers then they will give explanation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you feel something onto you and your questions, then raise a flag to moderator. They will take care.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="33833" LastActivityDate="2014-06-12T03:57:50.713" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10302" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10299" CreationDate="2014-06-12T11:21:23.917" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Three people have voted &quot;Off-topic: This is not about Ubuntu&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Perhaps they think it's too generic but I honestly don't have a problem with it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;TTY is a term we use &lt;em&gt;all&lt;/em&gt; over Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It's a term used throughout the official documentation.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It's something used in Ubuntu.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why the hell wouldn't that be on-topic here? Yes, it's also on-topic elsewhere but so what?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2014-06-12T11:21:23.917" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10303" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10316" CreationDate="2014-06-12T12:09:10.327" Score="1" ViewCount="103" Body="&lt;p&gt;how to make or mark a question duplicate of other question ??? I came across many of such question can anybody tell me how to mark question a duplicate (does it require rep??)...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="288159" LastActivityDate="2014-06-13T06:42:05.913" Title="How to mark a question as duplicate" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10305" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-06-12T17:27:54.020" Score="-2" ViewCount="48" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can anyone protect my &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/481906/what-does-tty-stand-for&quot;&gt;question&lt;/a&gt;?  Because there are samlier question to it like this &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/472175/why-it-is-sudo&quot;&gt;one&lt;/a&gt; that is protected! That has less upvotes!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="48372" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2014-06-13T03:49:59.097" Title="Can anyone protect my question (What does “TTY” stand for?)" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10306" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8869" CreationDate="2014-06-12T19:07:09.880" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I see a mix of various ads - hot questions, Area 51 proposals, community ads, etc. within about 10 reloads. (I forgot to count, but it just took me a few seconds to go through this.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1412" LastActivityDate="2014-06-12T19:07:09.880" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10307" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10311" CreationDate="2014-06-12T20:43:56.040" Score="2" ViewCount="67" Body="&lt;p&gt;We have a tag for avi, mp3 (we also have a mp3-tag :/ ), mp4, mkv, jpg, png, doc, xls, ppt, odf, large etc. Are all of them really necessary?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I mean, take &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/83161/169736&quot;&gt;avi most upvoted question&lt;/a&gt;, what is the question about? Is &quot;... relating to the Audio Video Interleave (avi) multimedia file format&quot;? How about if I change the question from &quot;use ffmpeg to transform mp4 to same high-quality avi file?&quot; to &quot;use ffmpeg to transform mp4 to same high-quality mkv file?&quot;? Would the core of the question be affected? IMO, if I have to read the question by it most elemental components I would see: &lt;em&gt;How to covert X to Y using ffmpeg maintaining the same quality?&lt;/em&gt; and for that I need to be a ffmpeg expert, no?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With the multimedia tags they are normally questions: how to play X kind of files, or how to edit X kind of files. I'm sure that X-player and X-editor may be a more fitting tag, which people may be real experts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is repeated trough all the other tags, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/47660/169736&quot;&gt;like xls&lt;/a&gt; &quot;Commandline tool for viewing xls files&quot;, how about &quot;Commandline tool for viewing jpg files&quot;? So, anyone knows any real use for this kind of tags? Or know any experts in these file formats?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2014-06-12T22:09:50.307" Title="Do we really need a tag for each file format extension out there?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10308" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10307" CreationDate="2014-06-12T20:56:53.820" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Dupe all these tags to multimedia.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2014-06-12T20:56:53.820" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2014-06-12T20:56:53.820" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10309" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10307" CreationDate="2014-06-12T21:00:03.720" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Burninate all those tags since they're all busticated anyway.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2014-06-12T21:00:03.720" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2014-06-12T21:00:03.720" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10310" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10307" CreationDate="2014-06-12T21:03:04.760" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The tags related to multimedia situation is just fine as it is.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2014-06-12T21:03:04.760" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2014-06-12T21:03:04.760" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10311" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10307" CreationDate="2014-06-12T21:49:35.413" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I totally agree with you. Within the realm of Ask Ubuntu a codec/container/file-format related question will always end up being about a program that creates, plays, views, edits, converts, and etc to/from that file type. Questions just about the codec/container/file-format such as how it functions or is laid out would be better suited for Super User since they aren't Ubuntu related at all. Therefore I think questions would be better tagged depending on circumstances with the program that is being used (eg: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/pitivi&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;pitivi&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;pitivi&lt;/a&gt;), the type of program being used (eg: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/video-editor&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;video-editor&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;video-editor&lt;/a&gt;), or if OP is looking for a program then the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/software-recommendation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;software-recommendation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;software-recommendation&lt;/a&gt; tag. I believe in tagging freedom, so if there are people who find these tags useful then great lets keep them, but personally I'd find it about as useful as tagging a question &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/computer&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;computer&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;computer&lt;/a&gt; and therefore my vote is that all of the codec/container/file-format tags be deleted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="250271" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2014-06-12T21:53:10.363" LastActivityDate="2014-06-12T21:53:10.363" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10312" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10335" CreationDate="2014-06-13T01:30:22.363" Score="11" ViewCount="150" Body="&lt;p&gt;Why I think that the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/windows-application&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;windows-application&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;windows-application&lt;/a&gt; tag should be deleted:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;It's about Windows software, but this site is for Ubuntu. The only circumstances I could see it&#xA;relating to Ubuntu would be if the OP wants to run a program under Wine, or if the OP wants to&#xA;find an Ubuntu alternative to a Windows application. If it's about Wine then the tag is rather&#xA;redundant since that's all Wine does so using &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/wine&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;wine&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;wine&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/windows-application&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;windows-application&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;windows-application&lt;/a&gt; doesn't add anything&#xA;useful to the question. If it's about finding an Ubuntu alternative to a Windows application then it's&#xA;a software-recommendation. The Windows part is irrelvant since the question is actually about what&#xA;the program does, besides tagging a question &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/software-recommendation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;software-recommendation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;software-recommendation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/windows-application&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;windows-application&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;windows-application&lt;/a&gt; would&#xA;suggest the OP is looking for a Windows application, which would be off topic.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;There are currently only 5 questions using the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/windows-application&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;windows-application&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;windows-application&lt;/a&gt;. 4 are about wine so the tag is redundant, and other is &#xA;about running the Ubuntu One Windows client on Windows. Aside from the fact that Canonical (the makers of Ubuntu)&#xA;own the Ubuntu One cloud service it has nothing to do with Ubuntu making it off topic. On top of that &#xA;Ubuntu One is dead. None of these 5 questions are benifitting from the use of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/windows-application&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;windows-application&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;windows-application&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;or providing compelling examples of it's use.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="250271" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2014-06-22T15:06:20.507" LastActivityDate="2014-06-22T15:06:20.507" Title="Get rid of the Windows-application tag?" Tags="|discussion|status-completed|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10313" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10305" CreationDate="2014-06-13T03:49:59.097" Score="-2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have protected that question but you must have to read why a question should get protected &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/protect-questions&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/protect-questions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Its doesnt matter its having low/high votes. If that have some significance to wide area of Ask Ubuntu users, then to protect it we used to protect the Question. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So the others(new users) who are intended to do some mess cant even touch them unless they do some contribution and earn a minimum reputation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="33833" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2014-06-13T03:49:59.097" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10314" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-06-13T05:19:41.887" Score="3" ViewCount="34" Body="&lt;p&gt;Okay, let me show you a screen shot first:-&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/qhkbg.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to call these 'Filters' available for me to search for questions &lt;strong&gt;without typing anything in the search box manually&lt;/strong&gt;. But seriously I would like to take a look at questions that have my 'Favorite' tags. Now you might say that we have this :-&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/aqpPk.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But then there I can click one tag alone and results are viewed only for that single tag. Now what I feel is we want is a filter called 'Favorite tags'(&lt;em&gt;which should be available in the bar shown in my first screen shot&lt;/em&gt;). If I click that it should show me what will be shown by this URL(which includes all the favorite tags listed in the second screen shot):-&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;http://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/fglrx+or+ati+or+lightdm+or+radeon+or+conky&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Making it generic :-&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;http://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/1st_favorite_tag+or+2nd_favorite_tag+or+nth_ favorite_tag&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Wouldn't this make it easy for me to get to the questions I can best answer? Wouldn't it also save me time that I could use to make better answers? &#xA;(You might say 'Just type in the search term!'. But thats fine if a user has just 5 favorite tags as shown above. What about like 10 or 15 tags!)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Think about it. Post your opinion. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225679" LastEditorUserId="225679" LastEditDate="2014-06-13T05:30:55.920" LastActivityDate="2014-06-15T21:55:01.557" Title="Proposal for a new filter called 'favourite tags'" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10315" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11851" CreationDate="2014-06-13T06:24:55.577" Score="4" ViewCount="83" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to sort question on the basis of recently answered question on askubuntu. Such as newest,frequent,unanswered, Can I sort by following?:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Recently Answered Questions&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Recently Accepted Answers&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="256099" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-08-27T11:36:47.867" LastActivityDate="2014-08-27T11:36:47.867" Title="Can I sort (question accroding to ) recently answered &amp;/or accepted question?" Tags="|support|accepted-answer|answered-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10316" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10303" CreationDate="2014-06-13T06:42:05.913" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/flag-posts&quot;&gt;flag&lt;/a&gt; after at least 15 reputation on question or answer as following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/LglIs.png&quot; alt=&quot;screen1&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At main list:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/D6fRE.png&quot; alt=&quot;screen2&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Under &quot;It should be closed for another reason&quot;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/m7NeJ.png&quot; alt=&quot;screen3&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In addition after 3k reputation option as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/close-questions&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;close question&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="256099" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2014-06-13T06:42:05.913" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10317" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-06-13T14:22:28.803" Score="14" ViewCount="475" Body="&lt;p&gt;This issue has been discussed in the past: &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/5695/why-was-a-purely-programming-related-question-not-moved-closed&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/5695/why-was-a-purely-programming-related-question-not-moved-closed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I disagree with &lt;code&gt;Andrea Corbellini&lt;/code&gt; because I believe that the question &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/220522/emit-signal-for-gio-dbusproxy-in-python&quot;&gt;Emit signal for GIO.DBusProxy in Python?&lt;/a&gt; is completely on topic, because it asks something related to the &lt;strong&gt;Ubuntu system&lt;/strong&gt;, specifically to the DBus service.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What I propose, is to close questions that should be on Stack Overflow. The questioners should be informed (from a comment I suppose) that programming questions unrelated with the Ubuntu System are considered off topic and be given a link to SO.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Let me give some examples on what in my opinion should be considered on topic and what should be considered off topic:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;On Topic&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;&gt;Bash Questions&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Bash is the default shell on Ubuntu. Shell scripting is an integral part of managing a Linux system. I believe that all bash related questions are on-topic, even the ones that have to do clearly with programming tasks like how to add 1 to a variable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, this should be limited to users of Ubuntu or its derivatives &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;&gt;Any related to the Ubuntu System&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Regardless the language the questioner uses, questions related with the Ubuntu System should be considered on-topic. It is not that hard to differentiate programming questions that have a direct connection with the Ubuntu system and those that do not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Generally, if a question can be answered by a user that only has Windows experience and he has no idea what Linux is but also has experience of the language the questioner uses, then it has to be considered off topic. I think this is a very good general rule as it proves that if a user without linux knowledge can answer a programming question without to have to do some research first, then the question has nothing to do with Ubuntu, clearly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Let me give some examples here:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/482769/when-reading-a-text-file-how-to-get-rid-of-n-when-extracted-in-python&quot;&gt;When reading a text file, how to get rid of &amp;quot;\n&amp;quot; when extracted in python&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/482777/how-to-remove-a-space-from-a-string-in-python&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/482777/how-to-remove-a-space-from-a-string-in-python&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/482534/how-to-block-certain-characters-from-a-string-in-python&quot;&gt;How to block certain characters from a string in Python&lt;/a&gt; - Off topic. It has nothing to do with the Ubuntu System. The questioner clearly needs python knowledge in order to solve his problems.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/482368/how-to-convert-a-glade-file-to-a-py-file&quot;&gt;How to convert a .glade file to a .py file&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/381744/gtk3-keyboard-shortcuts-without-signal-matching&quot;&gt;Gtk3+ keyboard shortcuts without signal matching&lt;/a&gt; - On topic. It has to do with Ubuntu System as it refers to Gtk.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/234960/what-is-the-correct-way-to-use-the-scroll-event-signal-on-an-indicator-for-q&quot;&gt;What is the correct way to use the &amp;quot;scroll-event&amp;quot; signal (on an indicator) for Qt?&lt;/a&gt; - On topic. It has to do with the indicators, clearly part of the Ubuntu system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/180395/what-is-the-correct-way-to-use-g-signal-connect-in-c-for-dynamic-unity-quick&quot;&gt;What is the correct way to use g_signal_connect() in C++ for dynamic unity quicklists?&lt;/a&gt; - On topic. It has to do with Unity integration of the application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Off Topic&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;&gt;Any other programming question&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please inform me if there are questions that do not fall in either category. Personally, I believe that if we follow the &quot;windows user rule&quot; then there will be no frustration.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="31053" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:24.280" LastActivityDate="2014-06-26T02:53:45.540" Title="Can we please ban unrelated programming questions?" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|scope|" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10318" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7331" CreationDate="2014-06-13T14:37:28.840" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would say that all those questions are about user management: how to prevent/allow users/groups from doing X. I would say that the questions should be reviewed and all the cases where user management applies, replace the tag. There are some tagged also with other permission based services (apache, samba) which has nothing to do with the UNIX user system or about filesystems. Those will need the tag removed and tagged with something else.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2014-06-13T14:37:28.840" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10319" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10317" CreationDate="2014-06-13T15:05:06.120" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Before this post gets downvoted to hell:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;I think that programing questions about using the system calls/interface are on topic. But isn't on topic how to write a &quot;hello world&quot; in C.&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is already done:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This is not about Ubuntu. Questions about other Linux distributions can be asked on Unix &amp;amp; Linux, those about Windows on Super User, those about Apple products on Ask Different and &lt;strong&gt;generic programming questions on Stack Overflow.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(highlighted the relevant part)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The problem is that not everyone agrees in what is a &quot;generic programming questions&quot;, including some of our esteemed moderators that believes that all programing done in Ubuntu is on topic, which seems a extremely similar situation/believe to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/14486/213575&quot;&gt;the boat meme&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While your examples are illustrative and I agree with them, notice that this problem is neither new nor easy to solve in the Stack Exchange. Unix &amp;amp; Linux is having a similar discussion with the &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.meta.stackexchange.com/q/2875/41104&quot;&gt;Linux C API questions&lt;/a&gt; which they, as we, don't really know where to draw the line.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My personal take is along the line of your last statement: If I were using another OS do the question essence change? This question is relevant to a programmer or to a programmer for Ubuntu applications?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Notice, I'm ok with some programing question, but if they are easily solved with the 1-2 result of Google (which it's also Stack Overflow) seems that he asked in the wrong site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ah, almost forgot. If you allow all sort of programming question &quot;in Ubuntu&quot;, people that has been baned from asking questions in Stack Overflow will start spilling here drowning us even more with low quality content.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2014-06-13T19:01:45.770" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10321" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7773" CreationDate="2014-06-14T03:19:02.230" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://help.launchpad.net/GetInvolved/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/UMbdG.png&quot; alt=&quot;Lauchpad&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21195" LastActivityDate="2014-06-14T03:19:02.230" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2014-06-14T03:19:02.230" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10322" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10325" CreationDate="2014-06-14T16:25:57.847" Score="2" ViewCount="38" Body="&lt;p&gt;I tried checking flags everyday and they increase to 10 everytime  Why are the flags in Ubuntu are limited to 10 and do they get updated every day?? Or there is any limit to flags like 10 flags/day??&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="288159" LastActivityDate="2014-06-14T17:31:40.930" Title="Why are flags limited" Tags="|discussion|flagging|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10323" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-06-14T17:13:58.067" Score="0" ViewCount="21" Body="&lt;p&gt;Correct me if I'm wrong but:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I can ask for help writing a manpage&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I can ask about using the &lt;code&gt;man&lt;/code&gt; command&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I can ask how to install specific manpages&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I can ask how to install man&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These questions are different. Yeah, the tags are &lt;em&gt;&quot;related&quot;&lt;/em&gt; but they are not &lt;strong&gt;&quot;the same thing&quot;&lt;/strong&gt;, for any one. So why was this done? Could it be reverted back?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2014-06-14T17:13:58.067" Title="Why is man synonymized to manpage?" Tags="|discussion|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10324" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-06-14T17:21:16.127" Score="8" ViewCount="232" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ok, according to the help pages:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Incorrectly tagged questions are hard to find and answer. If you know of &lt;strong&gt;common, alternate spellings or phrasings for this tag&lt;/strong&gt;, add them here so we can automatically correct them in the future. For example, suggest “bike” as a synonym for bicycle, or “sock” for socks. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, why is gnome-shell and gnome-shell-extensions synonym of gnome? GNOME, last time I check out, is an umbrella project for an array of libraries, programs, etc. under the same goal. The tag excerpt agrees:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;GNOME (GNU Network Object Model Environment) is a collection of GTK-base software that provides the desktop environment GNOME-Shell. This is a very general tag that should only be used for questions referring to GNOME in general, &lt;strong&gt;and not a specific component.&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The problem is... that specific components like, gnome-shell and gnome-shell-extensions are being directed to that tag, and I mean to ask... why? The gnome related tags has the advantages that most of them start with the prefix &lt;code&gt;gnome-&lt;/code&gt;, so I can follow the entire gnome questions or just the, i.e. gnome-shell-extensions. Can this be reverted back to 3 separated tags, please?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2014-08-25T23:31:19.207" Title="Please, fix the gnome* tags mess" Tags="|discussion|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10325" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10322" CreationDate="2014-06-14T17:31:40.930" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The low limit for people who don't have a billion helpful good flags to their record is probably an anti-abuse thing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ultimately, when you get higher up in your rep, you get the ability to cast Close Votes rather than Flags.  &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges&quot;&gt;You should look at the Privileges page&lt;/a&gt; for info on that, at 3000 rep, which you gain by asking good questions and posting good answers, close votes replace the &quot;duplicate&quot; flags, and are counted separately from flags.  But as you're a low-rep person, you're stuck with flags, and until you have a lot of good helpful flags, your limit won't go up very quickly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I remember correctly, the more &quot;helpful flags&quot; you've cast, the more your flags limit goes up, but that requires you to do a lot of flagging over time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2014-06-14T17:31:40.930" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10326" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-06-14T18:40:27.437" Score="0" ViewCount="32" Body="&lt;p&gt;Recently I was blocked out form questioning on askubuntu because of too much downvoted questions, now the question is I have made enough rep progress after that how much time I have to wait to ask questions??&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="288159" LastActivityDate="2014-06-14T18:40:27.437" Title="For how much time i will be prevented form asking questions" Tags="|discussion|asking-questions|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2014-06-14T20:45:36.147" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10327" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10328" CreationDate="2014-06-14T21:21:15.500" Score="2" ViewCount="41" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here's &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/178235/yousefs?tab=reputation&quot;&gt;My Profile&lt;/a&gt;, I can't post any question and I’m banned because I had some downvotes. Yes I had some downvotes, but I have earned around 50 Reputation since the last downvote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know the process is automatically, but, how much time it takes to get unbanned? How many reputations I need? If it really takes forever than I’ll just forget that I signed up to Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="178235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2014-06-14T22:14:56.910" Title="Does Question Unabanning process take forever?" Tags="|support|post-ban|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10328" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10327" CreationDate="2014-06-14T21:34:46.593" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;SE hasn't released any information on how exactly the process works, but we know that it takes negative scored, zero scored and deleted questions and answers in consideration. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Out of 44 answers you have 3 with a positive score and 3 accepts. Out of 13 questions you have 1 with a positive score. You need to prove to the system that you can ask &lt;em&gt;good&lt;/em&gt; questions and post &lt;em&gt;good&lt;/em&gt; answers, consistently.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are willing to put some continued effort into it, you should not find it hard to lift the ban.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Good luck and keep going!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2014-06-14T22:14:56.910" LastActivityDate="2014-06-14T22:14:56.910" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10329" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11658" CreationDate="2014-06-15T06:54:54.650" Score="13" ViewCount="152" Body="&lt;p&gt;Consider one posted question then I answered &amp;amp;/or commented on that question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now if Question is &lt;strong&gt;edited&lt;/strong&gt; completely/partially then my answer &amp;amp;/or comment may be totally/partially &lt;strong&gt;wrong according to edited question&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, How to get notify if question edited on which I answered &amp;amp;/or commented?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="256099" LastActivityDate="2014-08-01T07:10:27.093" Title="How to be aware if question edited?" Tags="|discussion|support|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10330" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10331" CreationDate="2014-06-15T07:15:14.170" Score="0" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can I Clear/delete all comments which is posted by me? I know I filter It from &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/256099/pandya?tab=activity&amp;amp;sort=comments&quot;&gt;Activity&gt;Comments Tab&lt;/a&gt; But It has about 9 pages. so it is difficult to delete one-by-one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, How to &lt;strong&gt;delete all comments&lt;/strong&gt;? &lt;strong&gt;Is it possible (permitted)&lt;/strong&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="256099" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2014-06-15T10:34:54.553" Title="Can I delete/clear all my comments?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10331" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10330" CreationDate="2014-06-15T10:34:54.553" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, I don't think deleting all your comments is a good idea. Manually or otherwise.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While comments in general are considered to be transient (and less important than answers),  they often form part of a conversation that gives context to a post. If you blanket-delete your half of that conversation, you're removing part of that context and making the comments less useful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More than anything I don't see what &lt;em&gt;you&lt;/em&gt; get from deleting content. It's not as if it's counted against you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To be clear, &lt;em&gt;some&lt;/em&gt; comments become obsolete, redundant... But you find those by checking up on old comments, and reading the replies... Not going on a blind deletion spree.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2014-06-15T10:34:54.553" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10332" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-06-15T20:41:40.553" Score="1" ViewCount="85" Body="&lt;p&gt;So yesterday I stumbled upon a question on Askubuntu; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/483358/mate-menu-is-missing&quot;&gt;MATE menu is missing&lt;/a&gt;. It's a troubleshooting question about Mate Desktop and while not ideally worded I found it easy enough to understand what the OP is talking about especially after looking at the screenshot. The OP installed Mate, but upon logging in only receives the desktop icons. I would personally love to see what the answer is to this question, but unfortunately it has been put on hold as unclear. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;put on hold as unclear what you're asking by Censored, Censored, Censored, Censored♦ 14 hours ago&#xA;&#xA;Please clarify your specific problem or add additional details to highlight exactly what you need. As it's currently written, it’s hard to tell exactly what you're asking. See the How to Ask page for help clarifying this question.If this question can be reworded to fit the rules in the help center, please edit the question or leave a comment.&#xA;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What can I do to help the OP get his/her question unheld? I can't think of any additional details to request be edited in, and I don't have an answer to give. Even if I did have an answer I wouldn't be able to give it, because the question is on hold.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="250271" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2014-06-15T20:41:40.553" Title="&quot;Put On Hold As Unclear What You're Asking&quot; How Can I Help Get This Question Unheld?" Tags="|discussion|support|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10333" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10314" CreationDate="2014-06-15T21:55:01.557" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is not exactly what you were asking for, but: If you follow a tag (by starring it)...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/dOiWt.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;...you can see an overview of all  recent questions with that tag &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackexchange.com/filters/favorite-tags&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="81372" LastActivityDate="2014-06-15T21:55:01.557" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10334" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10329" CreationDate="2014-06-16T02:09:56.767" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is actually no way of notifying repliers about changes in original post, except comments. So, if you want to get notifications about changes even if the author doesn't care about notifying those trying to help him, you should subscribe to that &quot;topic&quot; (i.e. make it favorite).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And, if the answer is wrong, somebody certainly will notify you either by downvoting or by telling what's wrong.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="171636" LastActivityDate="2014-06-16T02:09:56.767" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10335" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10312" CreationDate="2014-06-16T12:05:26.293" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Well, nobody against so I went ahead and removed the tag. This is now &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/status-completed&quot; class=&quot;post-tag moderator-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;status-completed&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;status-completed&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2014-06-16T12:05:26.293" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10336" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10317" CreationDate="2014-06-16T13:25:07.490" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;DBus is not Ubuntu-specific. You can find it in almost every distribution and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/dbus/#index6h1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;runs on Windows&lt;/a&gt; as well. If you accept generic questions about programming with DBus, then you must accept generic questions about programming with Python, C++, GTK, Qt as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One thing is asking questions about programming with tools really specific to Ubuntu or about Ubuntu customizations. A different thing is asking purely generic questions about stuff that is in he Ubuntu archives.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;How do I communicate to Unity via DBus?&quot; looks to my eyes as an Ubuntu-specific question. &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/220522/emit-signal-for-gio-dbusproxy-in-python&quot;&gt;Emit signal for GIO.DBusProxy in python?&lt;/a&gt;&quot; instead seems a question similar to &quot;How do I write 'Hello World' in Python&quot;, except that it lacks details and should be closed as too localized: how is the signal handler implemented? Are we sure the OP is sending the parameters correctly? Has anybody tried to reproduce the problem? The fact that nobody has asked these questions in the comments is a clear signal that nobody is interested.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I may seem radical, but the reason why I do not want to see such questions on AskUbuntu is that very few people (perhaps nobody) is going to answer them here. &lt;strong&gt;The OP will have much more luck asking on StackOverflow and Unix &amp;amp; Linux&lt;/strong&gt;. My aim is to give people a faster chance to receive better answers. If you care about your users, then you should move their questions there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2979" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2014-06-17T21:46:25.040" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10337" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10339" CreationDate="2014-06-16T14:45:33.287" Score="0" ViewCount="79" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is there a way to retrieve a deleted question I have asked?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I deleted it because I had a duplicate, but after further reading I understood that's it's not really the same question, and I want mine back.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="622" LastActivityDate="2022-03-05T08:26:43.473" Title="Retrieve a deleted question" Tags="|support|deleted-questions|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10338" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9240" CreationDate="2014-06-16T15:58:55.920" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;While I'm not sure if there's any Stack App that does this, I'm not sure why this task would need to be tied specifically to the Stack Exchange platform. Presumably, any &lt;em&gt;web annotation&lt;/em&gt; software would do the job.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_annotation&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&quot;Web annotation&quot; on English Wikipedia&lt;/a&gt; (includes a detailed table of programs for this)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Credit is due to &lt;a href=&quot;https://math.meta.stackexchange.com/users/147263/words-that-end-in-gry&quot;&gt;words that end in GRY&lt;/a&gt; who &lt;a href=&quot;https://math.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/13940/private-notes-about-a-question?cb=1#comment55305_13940&quot;&gt;suggested this in a comment&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a href=&quot;https://math.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/13940/private-notes-about-a-question?cb=1&quot;&gt;a similar question on Math.SE Meta&lt;/a&gt;. You may want to check back at that question periodically, in case people post about particular web annotation programs that worked well (or in case someone posts about other solutions).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's a Stack Exchange Q&amp;amp;A site specifically about StackApps. The site is called &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackapps.com/&quot;&gt;stackpps&lt;/a&gt;. You might want to post a question there about this (after reading the &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackapps.com/tour&quot;&gt;tour&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackapps.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;help&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackapps.com/search&quot;&gt;searching&lt;/a&gt; to see if it's already asked and answered). I did a cursory search there and didn't find anything, but you might have better luck, as I only put about thirty seconds of time and very little effort into it. :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:46.307" LastActivityDate="2014-06-26T23:41:30.433" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10339" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10337" CreationDate="2014-06-16T18:24:53.610" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You should be able to find your questions (even the deleted ones) &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/622/adam-matan?tab=questions&quot;&gt;through your profile&lt;/a&gt;. Deleted questions show up with a slightly red background.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have many, there's a &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/recently-deleted-questions/622&quot;&gt;recently deleted&lt;/a&gt;&quot; link at the bottom of that list.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2014-06-16T18:24:53.610" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10340" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10317" CreationDate="2014-06-17T01:08:51.513" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't see any harm in that question being here, but there are two things to note:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;It could probably be migrated to unix.se, in any case, not because it's philosophically not Ubuntu-specific, but because, in reality, it will get more exposure there, and may be easier to find for others with similar questions but without Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;People asking programming questions should probably be made aware of StackOverflow's existence. Again, not necessarily out of any philosophical reason, but they will probably get a much quicker and good quality response on SO (not that they won't get one here, but SO is entirely programmers). &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Personally, if I see a question like that here, and it doesn't have a good answer or is going a long time with no answer, I'll suggest posting on SO instead (if it's specifically programming related) or unix.se (if it's more about using tools, or e.g. Unix/Linux-y things like sh scripts).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyways you can't really &quot;ban&quot; questions, per se, you can only take action on them after the fact.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One thing we shouldn't forget is &lt;em&gt;why&lt;/em&gt; we direct certain questions to certain sites in the first place: To my understanding, the two main reasons are to get the asker a good answer quickly (by asking it to a relevant community), and to make the question easy to find for others (by placing it among like questions). So I think in general we can just keep these goals in mind and go case-by-case, and when these goals aren't met we offer helpful where-to-ask advice to the asker (who more often than not is simply unaware of the other sites).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="202678" LastActivityDate="2014-06-17T01:08:51.513" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10341" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10289" CreationDate="2014-06-17T04:14:53.853" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's the reviewers responsibility to prevent such types of cheating. Also, going through links I discovered that &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/276980&quot;&gt;the first edit was accepted by the original author&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/276984&quot;&gt;next by the normal way&lt;/a&gt;. This is the normal behavior of the system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And as guntbert noticed, this is kinda dangerous to get points this way as all points gained this way will be gone if post is deleted. I think that most extra rep you can get this way is just 4-6. This is really small and unmeaningful amount comparing to points got by standard way. People who accept your edits are generally smart and someone will report that you cheat. Just examining your activity tab can reveal this type of incorrect behaviour.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, I resume: you have nothing to worry about. System is protected.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="171636" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2014-06-17T04:14:53.853" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10342" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10343" CreationDate="2014-06-17T06:06:38.980" Score="2" ViewCount="28" Body="&lt;p&gt;Let me show you two screen shots:-&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(From the top bar that also has the icons - 'Recent inbox messages' and 'Recent achievements')&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/B23Vu.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(From the badges section of mu AU profile)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/9DdZY.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Clearly the badge count is different in different places(Shouldn't it be 33 [3 silver+30 bronze as it shows in the top bar] in the Badges section of my AU profile?). Why is this so?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225679" LastActivityDate="2014-06-17T06:45:27.800" Title="Why is my badge count different in different places?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10343" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10342" CreationDate="2014-06-17T06:45:27.800" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Look under the listed badges, you will see a view more link,  when you click on it, you will see the total badge count.  See images below.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/AsJso.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/W4Fw5.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="59676" LastActivityDate="2014-06-17T06:45:27.800" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10344" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10345" CreationDate="2014-06-17T08:14:02.867" Score="1" ViewCount="25" Body="&lt;p&gt;I created &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/482320/how-can-i-stop-yacy-from-starting-when-my-machine-starts&quot;&gt;How can I stop YaCy from starting when my machine starts?&lt;/a&gt; and was pointed to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/19320/how-to-enable-or-disable-services&quot;&gt;How to enable or disable services?&lt;/a&gt; as a general answer. Unfortunately I voted to close my own question before confirming that the answer did indeed work (it didn't), and it has since been confirmed as a duplicate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have updated my original question to reference the general answer, and note how it doesn't apply to this specific service (YaCy search engine). Please reopen the question to allow this non-general case to be addressed. Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(If I discover a generalisable solution, I will happily update the general answer and vote to close again :D )&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7146" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2014-06-17T08:16:40.420" Title="Please reopen YaCy service question not solved by generic answer" Tags="|support|reopen-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10345" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10344" CreationDate="2014-06-17T08:16:40.420" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Done...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You have correctly done the right thing - editing your question with details of what you have tried and what has not worked.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As an alternative in the future - you could use a custom flag and one of the site mods will look at your explanation and reopen if required.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14356" LastActivityDate="2014-06-17T08:16:40.420" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10346" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-06-17T08:29:08.783" Score="0" ViewCount="25" Body="&lt;p&gt;Why is the option to flag a post as duplicate present twice, as shown in images?&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/S4pTA.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/yhELH.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think the second of them needs to be removed(or justified)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="184942" LastActivityDate="2014-06-17T08:29:08.783" Title="Why is close as duplicate flag present at two places?" Tags="|bug|flagging|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2014-06-17T12:05:24.687" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10347" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-06-17T08:46:49.453" Score="16" ViewCount="210" Body="&lt;p&gt;On AskUbuntu there is similar background-formatting for &lt;strong&gt;Blockquote&lt;/strong&gt; text and &lt;strong&gt;Preformatted code&lt;/strong&gt; text.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Example-1 (with preformatted/coded text):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;sudo apt-get update&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Example-2 (with block-quoted text):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;sudo apt-get update&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The similarity makes it easy to confuse them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this example&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Try first &lt;code&gt;sudo apt-get -f install&lt;/code&gt; so that...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The code &lt;code&gt;sudo apt-get -f install&lt;/code&gt; is not easily picked out because of the whole-statement's block-quote format.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It should be easier to differentiate these types of formatted text.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On other S.E sites there is a different colouring to the background which makes it easier to see the difference. Here's an example&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/FJzQG.png&quot; alt=&quot;screen&quot;&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not asking for it to be exactly like this, but some differentiation is definitely needed here on Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="256099" LastEditorUserId="507051" LastEditDate="2018-05-26T11:23:50.913" LastActivityDate="2019-10-15T20:33:14.470" Title="Similar background for Blockquote and Preformatted(code)" Tags="|support|feature-request|text-formatting|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10348" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10351" CreationDate="2014-06-17T16:05:45.077" Score="3" ViewCount="46" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've been trying to kill several birds with one stone by reviewing unanswered questions with the blacklisted installation tag. This has been effective thus far. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately while editing &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/347442/install-package-from-ppa-with-setup-py-file&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; question I discovered this error:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/1gupq.png&quot; alt=&quot;editfail&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I thought it was a minor hiccup so I removed all the tags and put the appropriate ones back with the same result.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2014-06-18T10:12:33.210" Title="install tag bug?" Tags="|support|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10349" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8159" CreationDate="2014-06-17T16:36:38.180" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Tag: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/installation&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/installation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Action: Replace with either system-installation or software-installation as needed or remove outright if not related to either. See: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/8233/blacklist-the-installation-tag&quot;&gt;Blacklist the [installation] tag&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why: Blacklisted - split into the above tags.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Statistics: 4,531 unanswered questions tagged installation out of a total of 11690&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;5532 asked this year&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2014-06-17T16:36:38.180" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10350" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10347" CreationDate="2014-06-17T16:39:57.780" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think We should adopt the color background quote style with the vertical rule as:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It is clearly different&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It would help with the confusion of formatting code as a quote.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We could use a light aubergine consistent with Ubuntu colors:&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/cIq10.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/34Wqi.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&#xA;These might be too dark.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/SBQOZ.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastEditorUserId="47291" LastEditDate="2014-07-30T20:56:31.880" LastActivityDate="2014-07-30T20:56:31.880" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10351" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10348" CreationDate="2014-06-17T16:52:20.330" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Please, please, don't mindlessly replace the installation tag with system-installation or software-intallation, and review &lt;strong&gt;all the tags!&lt;/strong&gt; The problem in that question is the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/setup&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;setup&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;setup&lt;/a&gt; tag which is synonymized to installation. You are not removing this tag, hence the system nags at you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2014-06-17T16:52:20.330" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10352" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-06-17T17:59:52.033" Score="1" ViewCount="33" Body="&lt;p&gt;The question &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/362653/3986&quot;&gt;My clock has disappeared&lt;/a&gt; is incorrectly marked as a duplicate of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/233769/3986&quot;&gt;Ubuntu 12.04 gnome issue, no clock is shown, strange starter icon cannot be removed&lt;/a&gt;. Could someone who has the necessary reputation please vote to reopen the question, please?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are several comments on the question and answers pointing out that one is referring to Gnome, and the other is referring to Unity.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3986" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2014-06-17T17:59:52.033" Title="Incorrect duplicate: missing clock" Tags="|support|duplicates|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10353" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10347" CreationDate="2014-06-18T00:36:02.720" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think having a different color for blockquotes and code makes sense, because they serve two different purposes. As you've shown sometimes you may have code inside a blockquote, and it would be nice to be able to visibly distinguish it. I would suggest staying away from highlighter colors since to me they say this is the important part not this is the quote, but I might be a bit biased on that since I would actually like to see a highlighter feature implemented. The code wrapper is actually kind of like highlighting except it as well stays away from highlighter colors to distinguish that it's for code.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is a forum software called Simple Machine Forums which I think has a nice quoting setup; perhaps we could take a page from their book. You can find some examples on this page: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=523494.0&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=523494.0&lt;/a&gt; . Here is a screenshot of one:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/FXAsf.png&quot; alt=&quot;Simple Machine Forums Quote Example&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you can see above, on S.M.F. their postings have a gray background so their quotes have a darker grayish-purple color. This makes them stand back, but different from highlighting which makes things pop out. I'm not saying we should use the same purpeish-gray color on here, because our background is much lighter than S.M.F.'s. AskUbuntu has a white background so perhaps a medium gray would be an equivalent to the S.M.F. strategy? I also think having quotation marks would be an asset to help make it clearer that it is a quote. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Currently both blockquotes and code wrappers use #EEEEEE, but I think blockquotes should perhaps be switched to #CCCCCC so they fall back. As seen in my examples below. Please ignore the misuse of the code wrappers, I couldn't think of anything to type.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Example #1:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/EePXe.png&quot; alt=&quot;Example One Of Blockquote And Code Wrappers&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Example #2:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ELFy2.png&quot; alt=&quot;Example Two Of Blockquote And Code Wrappers&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="250271" LastActivityDate="2014-06-18T00:36:02.720" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10354" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-06-18T07:06:28.883" Score="0" ViewCount="78" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have accidentally deleted my own answer is it possible to regain the same question. is there any way which I can follow and get back the same answer&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="285752" LastActivityDate="2014-06-18T09:26:42.573" Title="can i restore a deleted answer in ask ubuntu" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10355" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-06-18T07:21:24.397" Score="0" ViewCount="37" Body="&lt;p&gt;We are expected to leave a comment whenever we find(and take action on) a wrong post, let it be &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Duplicates&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;wrong use of comments and answers&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;serial editing cases&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Off-topic posts&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;all other cases&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So can we have a meta post(probably this one) that contains all &quot;standard&quot;(acceptable by the majority) replies to all such posts. This would be a big post, but we could add them in a user script like &lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/Benjol/SE-AutoReviewComments&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://github.com/Benjol/SE-AutoReviewComments&lt;/a&gt; so as to access them quickly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="184942" LastActivityDate="2014-06-18T07:21:24.397" Title="Can we have a post with all &quot;standard&quot; replies to incorrect posts?" Tags="|discussion|moderation|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2014-06-18T12:52:24.613" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10356" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10354" CreationDate="2014-06-18T09:26:42.573" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your deleted answers should still be visible to you. If it was a recent deletion, it will still be on your profile page (look for a link to “recently deleted posts”, I think). If it wasn’t recent, there’ll be no link to it from your profile, but you’ll still be able to see your deleted answer if you go directly to the question page. Once there, read your answer, edit if necessary, then look for an “undelete” button. If you don’t find one, simply flag the answer for moderator attention and write a note explaining that the deletion was unintentional and requesting undeletion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="652" LastActivityDate="2014-06-18T09:26:42.573" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10357" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10358" CreationDate="2014-06-18T18:00:19.330" Score="1" ViewCount="33" Body="&lt;p&gt;I answered this question: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/485150/whenever-i-try-to-download-my-ubuntu-1-files-chrome-block-me/485151#485151&quot;&gt;Whenever I try to download my Ubuntu 1 files, chrome block me.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And Raphael commented that this could be a comment. (Not accusing, just wanting to know for sure). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this a suitable answer, or would it be better as a comment, as this is part of the problem finding process?&#xA;I know that comments should not be used as a discussion, but I don't know how to avoid this  when the user doesn't have enough rep to chat.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="186134" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2014-06-18T18:20:01.087" Title="Is it appropriate to ask a question in an answer, or should this be a comment?" Tags="|discussion|answer-format|questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10358" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10357" CreationDate="2014-06-18T18:07:12.700" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's probably on the line.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It doesn't suggest why there's a problem or confirm that it's a problem with a specific browser. If you did this, it would be a much better answer... But it's certainly on its way there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I'm saying that with context. I know that on a technical level Chrome likes to block things it considers suspicious. &quot;Try another browser&quot; isn't always going to be a relevant answer though it might be a good debugging point, which would make it a better comment in those cases.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this specific case (because somebody's just trying to get something done, with a looming time constraint) suggesting the use of the default browser isn't a bad idea... Just explain why it's likely to work and you'll be well into answer territory.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You could also develop the idea about transferring them to another cloud repo. I don't know how one would do that without first downloading them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2014-06-18T18:20:01.087" LastActivityDate="2014-06-18T18:20:01.087" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10359" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10360" CreationDate="2014-06-18T18:37:07.513" Score="0" ViewCount="98" Body="&lt;p&gt;I answered a user's simple question with a simple answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;He wanted to learn how to make Ubuntu look more like Windows 7.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I gave him this link: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.pcworld.com/article/2028896/how-to-make-ubuntu-linux-look-like-windows-7.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;How to Make Ubuntu Look Like Windows 7&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A moderator &lt;strong&gt;deleted&lt;/strong&gt; for copyright issues.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Now the user does not have an answer to his question.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I thought the point of StackExchange was to give users solutions to their problems.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because of the complex social dynamics of this website, I have been unable to help another human being.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Why should my answer be deleted?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My link fully answered the user's question. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am not interested in spending my time rewording a useful link on the internet, like some high school kid copying his buddy's essay to trick the teacher.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The answer provided was sufficient for the user to fix his problem and continue on with his day.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I am not trying to &quot;rob, rape, and pillage my way through supermarkets&quot;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am trying to help a fellow Ubuntu user with his problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Update:&lt;/strong&gt; The question was answered, it was marked as a duplicate. Thanks, @fossfreedom. &#xA;At least a solution was provided to the user's question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208856" LastEditorUserId="208856" LastEditDate="2014-06-18T19:43:39.557" LastActivityDate="2014-06-18T19:43:39.557" Title="Why was my simple answer deleted?" Tags="|discussion|moderators|deleted-answers|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10360" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10359" CreationDate="2014-06-18T18:47:08.943" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Because it copied a whole swathe of text from another site that didn't make its content available through a permissive enough license. In short: because it's copyright infringement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Read the Subscriber Content section of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/legal&quot;&gt;Terms and Conditions&lt;/a&gt; you agreed to, notably:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Subscriber represents, warrants and agrees that it will not contribute any Subscriber Content that (a) infringes, violates or otherwise interferes with any copyright or trademark of another party&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You [probably] don't own the license to that content, nor do you [probably] have the license to grant Stack Exchange a licence to that that content.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And yes, Copypasta like that is &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;well&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; outside the realms of Fair Use. So if we see stuff like that, we delete it. It's simply the fairest thing to do. If you can provide us with proof that you have the right to post it on the site, do so and we'll undelete.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In terms of doing the best possible job, there are starving people out there but that doesn't mean I should rob, rape and pillage my way through supermarkets to make sure they're fed tonight. You have to remain within the laws and terms set out on the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you think you have a useful link, and you don't want to write your own content, leave it as a comment. Otherwise if you've got some time, develop the ideas from the link  &lt;strong&gt;in your own words&lt;/strong&gt; and and include the link as a reference.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Short excerpts are acceptable but it's important to note that you're not ripping off a whole copyrighted work. The line there is blurry so always err on the side of caution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2014-06-18T18:47:08.943" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10361" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10359" CreationDate="2014-06-18T19:05:12.387" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Not being able to see the deleted question here is a small list of some relevant information:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Did your answer just contain the link: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/225370/your-answer-is-in-another-castle-when-is-an-answer-not-an-answer&quot;&gt;Your answer is in another castle: when is an answer not an answer?&lt;/a&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Wait to have enough rep to comment&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Did you copy text (even with quote boxes some sites don't allow this, And block-quoting an entire article is hardly fair use) &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/83955/plagiarism-should-be-addressed-specifically-in-the-faq&quot;&gt;Plagiarism should be addressed specifically in the FAQ&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Did you use their screen-shots? Not allowed either...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2014-06-18T19:05:12.387" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10362" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-06-19T00:15:45.833" Score="2" ViewCount="159" Body="&lt;p&gt;At present, the Ask Ubuntu questions page changes the title to add a count of questions with new activity since the page was loaded. I think it'd be a lot more, if not just as much, useful to show a count of notifications as well, or instead. Perhaps it will be make the title too cluttered, and so could be limited to other pages. Or only page-specific changes, which might be too complex.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2014-06-19T00:15:45.833" Title="Show a notification count in the title" Tags="|feature-request|notifications|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10363" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10317" CreationDate="2014-06-19T11:19:48.073" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;If the question is good, but general enough to be off topic here, &lt;strong&gt;don't&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Just close it, when it could be migrated to another site where it is on topic.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Recommend asking on another site, unless closed, because &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/64068/is-cross-posting-a-question-on-multiple-stack-exchange-sites-permitted-if-the-qu&quot;&gt;cross-posting is not permitted&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Instead, &lt;strong&gt;do&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Flag for migration, in addition or instead of closing.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you recommend another site, tell the user to delete the question here first.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72457" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2014-06-19T11:19:48.073" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10364" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-06-19T16:09:17.513" Score="7" ViewCount="190" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/319116/how-to-install-qt3-runtime-library-in-ubuntu-13-04&quot;&gt;This question&lt;/a&gt; was on topic and not a terrible question when it was asked. But it has received not answers, and is now off topic. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just want to make sure I'm correct in thinking this should be closed. But I'm not really sure of a good flag reason. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In general should unanswered question about out-of-date releases be closed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158892" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2014-06-19T17:40:00.203" Title="What to do with out of date question with no answer?" Tags="|discussion|flags|end-of-life|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10365" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10364" CreationDate="2014-06-19T17:40:00.203" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, if no one cares about it and it's just sitting there unanswered, let's get rid of it, I voted to close.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2014-06-19T17:40:00.203" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10367" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10370" CreationDate="2014-06-20T12:21:09.840" Score="1" ViewCount="80" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's obviously that my latest questions received low views, no votes and nobody answered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Ap4BI.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I use to mark the correct answers, so if you find good answers for these questions, post them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/148451?tab=questions&amp;amp;sort=newest&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Here you can find my questions.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="148451" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2014-06-21T17:08:03.223" Title="Why nobody answers my latest questions?" Tags="|discussion|answers|asking-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10368" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-06-20T17:00:36.970" Score="-1" ViewCount="57" Body="&lt;p&gt;What can I do to improve the reputation of a colleague, of someone, that answered my question in such a way that the answer is very helpful?&#xA;Very probably the only way is to read carefully the documentation of the site.&#xA;As a new user of the site, that may take me some time. Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="295183" OwnerDisplayName="user295183" LastActivityDate="2014-06-20T20:15:11.200" Title="What can I do to improve the reputation of someone (a colleague) that answered my question?" Tags="|discussion|users|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10369" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10368" CreationDate="2014-06-20T18:50:11.583" Score="5" Body="&lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/5267/guidelines-when-voting-for-friends&quot;&gt;Guidelines when voting for friends&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That applies to colleagues, family, friends and people you meet on the street. As soon as you're voting for somebody you know preferentially, you're giving them an unfair advantage over those you don't know.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Additionally we have tools in place to let us know what's going on when people do rig the vote. Please don't set it off.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-06-20T20:15:11.200" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10370" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10367" CreationDate="2014-06-20T21:26:22.970" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Another way to look this is that you are not the only one who is not having questions answered - as I sort of covered &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/8333/unanswered-questions-what-to-do&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; a while ago, AskUbuntu has the &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/sites?view=list#percentanswered&quot;&gt;second-lowest&lt;/a&gt; amount of answered questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/JqpTb.png&quot; alt=&quot;66% answered&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;sup&gt;*Note this depends on whether answered questions count as 'questions with answers', or 'questions marked as answered' (or something completely different....)&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="178596" LastEditorUserId="178596" LastEditDate="2014-06-21T17:08:03.223" LastActivityDate="2014-06-21T17:08:03.223" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10372" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-06-21T12:42:09.833" Score="1" ViewCount="31" Body="&lt;p&gt;I wanted to search for questions which have been flagged to be closed but not in my review queue which are open as yet and don't have upvoted answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Searching for &lt;code&gt;closed:0 answered:0&lt;/code&gt; gives me all(flagged as well as unflagged; there doesn't seem be a thing called flagged in search); how do I search them?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72576" LastActivityDate="2014-06-21T12:42:09.833" Title="How to search for unanswered, open questions questions with at least 1 close flag?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10373" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10374" CreationDate="2014-06-21T13:02:00.117" Score="6" ViewCount="110" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have seen many questions that are asking &quot;How to install / upgrade&quot;. There are many tutorials out there, so they obviously haven't bothered to do much research - they've just asked over here straight away.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;s&gt;I will reference &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/486317/how-do-i-install-ubuntu-14-04&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;, they don't have a problem installing it, they simply want a tutorial.&lt;/s&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I will reference &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/486848/installation-help&quot;&gt;this one&lt;/a&gt; (other has been closed and I don't have a screenshot of it).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Image, for when it is closed:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/HvoCv.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should this be flagged and or downvoted or answered?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="186134" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2014-06-30T11:35:26.780" Title="Should questions that are asking for an install guide be flagged?" Tags="|discussion|scope|tutorials|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10374" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10373" CreationDate="2014-06-21T13:14:33.683" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;That one question fits the definition of too broad, you will need to write the equivalent of a book to start answering the question. Also, I would downvote it, it doesn't show any research effort, and it's unclear. Seriously, there's just too much wrong with that question that isn't worth anyones effort.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2014-06-21T13:14:33.683" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10375" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-06-22T14:08:12.447" Score="15" ViewCount="275" Body="&lt;p&gt;With questions like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/486667/terminal-not-working-in-14-04-no-commands-are-executing&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; (or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/486625/problem-with-dolphin-after-updating-system#comment649702_486625&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt;), the OP or someone else gives an answer but it's in the form of a comment, so the question is still marked &quot;unanswered&quot; even though it has been answered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Considering the amount of answered questions &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/sites?view=list#percentanswered&quot;&gt;is quite bad&lt;/a&gt;, should the person that left the answer as a comment be prompted to give it as answer? &lt;em&gt;(or could something else be done, like copying the solution into an answer with it marked as 'community-wiki'? (like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/445284/how-to-start-a-virtualbox-machine-via-command-line-without-gui&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="178596" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2014-07-01T02:05:09.567" Title="What to do with answers posted as comments?" Tags="|discussion|comments|unanswered-questions|" AnswerCount="6" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10376" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-06-22T14:42:03.837" Score="5" ViewCount="172" Body="&lt;p&gt;This refers to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/vmware&quot;&gt;600+ questions&lt;/a&gt; tagged with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/vmware&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;vmware&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;vmware&lt;/a&gt;. This tag is very generic and does not refer to one specific software and it would be better if we could organize the questions based on the specific software used, since the functionality varies greatly with the software under consideration.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have changed the tag wiki for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/vmware&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;vmware&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;vmware&lt;/a&gt; and created tags for the most popularly used /asked softwares, namely, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/vmware-player&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;vmware-player&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;vmware-player&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/vmware-workstation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;vmware-workstation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;vmware-workstation&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/esx&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;esx&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;esx&lt;/a&gt;,  &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/vmware-fusion&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;vmware-fusion&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;vmware-fusion&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/vmware-tools&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;vmware-tools&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;vmware-tools&lt;/a&gt; (I won't be able to guarantee that these are the most popular ones but going by the search results, this seems to be the trend); we might need some more depending upon the number of questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This addresses two main concerns:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Strongly discouraging and altogether preventing the use of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/vmware&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;vmware&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;vmware&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/vmplayer&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;vmplayer&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;vmplayer&lt;/a&gt; is currently a synonym to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/vmware&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;vmware&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;vmware&lt;/a&gt;, which should be changed to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/vmware-player&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;vmware-player&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;vmware-player&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Cleaning up questions tagged with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/vmware&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;vmware&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;vmware&lt;/a&gt; with the more appropriate ones &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/vmware-player&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;vmware-player&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;vmware-player&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/vmware-workstation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;vmware-workstation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;vmware-workstation&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/esx&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;esx&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;esx&lt;/a&gt;, etc.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Some statistics in relation to this (thanks to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/users/5768/hbdgaf&quot;&gt;hbdgaf&lt;/a&gt; for encouraging me to put these up):&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the worst case, it would be around &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=is%3Aq+[vmware]&quot;&gt;650 questions&lt;/a&gt; that need to be retagged as of 22 July 18:05 UTC.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Around &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=is%3Aq+[vmware]+workstation&quot;&gt;166 of those&lt;/a&gt; would be &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/vmware-workstation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;vmware-workstation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;vmware-workstation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=is%3Aq+[vmware]+workstation&quot;&gt;174 of those&lt;/a&gt; would be &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/vmware-player&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;vmware-player&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;vmware-player&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=is%3Aq+[vmware]+fusion&quot;&gt;32 of those&lt;/a&gt; would be &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/vmware-fusion&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;vmware-fusion&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;vmware-fusion&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=is%3Aq+[vmware]+tools&quot;&gt;90 of those&lt;/a&gt; would be &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/vmware-tools&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;vmware-tools&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;vmware-tools&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=is%3Aq+[vmware]+esx&quot;&gt;11 of those&lt;/a&gt; would be &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/esx&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;esx&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;esx&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some questions are really old and have been addressed sufficiently, so won't need to be retagged, unless necessary. Some cannot be retagged unless the OP specifies what software the problem is about, in such cases leave a comment asking the OP to clearly specify the software.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions such as these:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/32499/migrate-from-a-virtual-machine-vm-to-a-physical-system&quot;&gt;Migrate from a virtual machine (VM) to a physical system&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;are pretty popular 36k views 39 upvotes but are difficult to be retagged with the above tags, since they are generic enough. I invite your opinion as to what has to be done for such questions (yes, I am out of ideas).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;N.B.:&lt;/strong&gt; This was initiated with reference to:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/9062/do-we-need-the-adobe-microsoft-and-apple-tags&quot;&gt;Do we need the Adobe, Microsoft and Apple tags?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72576" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2014-06-23T01:29:09.760" Title="Deprecating [tag:vmware] in favour of specific software tags" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10377" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10387" CreationDate="2014-06-22T14:51:57.373" Score="6" ViewCount="82" Body="&lt;p&gt;Why I had a look at the flagging as off-topic options for &lt;em&gt;'This question belongs on another site in the Stack Exchange network'&lt;/em&gt;, I only get Meta as an option:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/t003R.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it because it would be impractical to list the 120~ SW sites or something??&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="178596" LastEditorUserId="178596" LastEditDate="2014-06-22T15:33:20.937" LastActivityDate="2014-06-22T23:38:29.280" Title="Why can I only flag for a question to be migrated to Meta" Tags="|discussion|migration|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ClosedDate="2014-07-03T13:30:22.337" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10378" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10375" CreationDate="2014-06-22T15:01:40.393" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I really think &quot;Community-Wiki&quot; should be saved for the gospel, set-in-stone, this-is-how-you-do-it answers (like this work of art: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/61396/installing-nvidia-drivers/61433#61433&quot;&gt;How do I install the Nvidia drivers?&lt;/a&gt;).  I really don't think it was meant for situations like this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In your first linked example (I was just reading that question), I think that one should be closed as &quot;too localized.&quot;  There really isn't a solution to it, other than to say &lt;em&gt;&quot;Don't mess with your &lt;code&gt;.bashrc&lt;/code&gt; without really knowing what you are doing, because you may not be able to open a terminal session.&quot;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But your second linked example is definitely the more relevant one here.  In an ideal world if a comment was (or led to) a solution, then that comment should be converted to an answer.  And in a really ideal world, that answer should be &quot;accepted.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, the best we can really do is to post a comment notifying the user in-question to convert his comment to an answer.  If that happens, then we hope that the OP comes back and &quot;accepts&quot; it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EDIT-  And here is an example of that happening (to me) this morning: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/486731/get-all-binded-ip-addresses&quot;&gt;Get all binded ip addresses&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="46270" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2014-06-22T16:23:44.693" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10381" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10375" CreationDate="2014-06-22T18:32:56.817" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;Both of those questions have a single problem: they are crappy enough to merit closure.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The first question is just 2 sentences and an image, there's nothing to start answering apart the only symptom.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The second don't even has log files. It would be improved if OP provide better information that isn't just a screenshot (screenshots aren't even searchable), but sadly the problem is already fixed and nobody knows why or how.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What I'm getting at is that those questions aren't up to our quality standards. You are thinking that our answered rate is so low because there aren't people answering, when is totally the opposite, the people asking questions just don't provide enough information to be helped which just promote the bad practice of &lt;em&gt;guessing&lt;/em&gt; the solution. We are about &lt;strong&gt;clear questions with clear answers&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;BTW: stop thinking that community wiki is for something other than for people that believes that their post are part of the community. CWfication isn't for poor asked/answered questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-06-23T00:31:03.707" LastActivityDate="2014-06-23T00:31:03.707" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10382" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10395" CreationDate="2014-06-22T20:00:52.907" Score="13" ViewCount="231" Body="&lt;p&gt;Some users (especially first time users) ask completely rubbish questions, such as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/486830/wi-fi-on-ubuntu-14-04-hp-g70-laptop&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/486830/wi-fi-on-ubuntu-14-04-hp-g70-laptop&lt;/a&gt;, they say &quot;unfortunately wi-fi is not working any ideas on how to fix this&quot;. It is one of the broadest questions I've seen, and it's quite frustrating.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Could we bring in a feature where the default question asking page for new users isn't this - just one big box...:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/iyvwz.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;...but is split up, more like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/FAIns.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which gives them more prompts etc. It could be the default for users who have less than 20 rep, to avoid annoyingly uninformative questions. If they got 100 from as an association bonus, then that would be included (i.e. they wouldn't see it), unless one of their questions is flagged, and then they see it, until they had earned 20 (i.e. had 120).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Have added over on SO Meta &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/234447/can-we-create-a-template-question&quot;&gt;Can we create a “template question”&lt;/a&gt; although has already been marked as a duplicate of &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/231827/revisiting-question-templates&quot;&gt;Revisiting question templates&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="186134" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2014-06-27T21:03:19.740" Title="Can we create a &quot;template question&quot;" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|asking-questions|new-users|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="14" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10383" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10386" CreationDate="2014-06-22T20:04:56.607" Score="2" ViewCount="103" Body="&lt;p&gt;I realised today that I could upload an image into the question box, and copy the web address, and delete the link from the question - &lt;strong&gt;and the image remains at that link&lt;/strong&gt;. In effect, I could use SO as a hosting site, and some people may exploit this, and host less desirable images on the site - without anyone knowing, because they never posted the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/zsqOH.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Example image&lt;/a&gt; - uploaded at about 2100 BTC (2000 UTC)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Possibly bug?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="186134" LastEditorUserId="237" LastEditDate="2014-06-23T09:01:57.127" LastActivityDate="2014-06-23T09:01:57.127" Title="Is there moderation on images that are uploaded but not posted?" Tags="|discussion|image|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10384" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10383" CreationDate="2014-06-22T20:10:52.077" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Logic would dictate that stats are being kept for files that are loaded and that files that do not get loaded after x minutes get removed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastActivityDate="2014-06-22T20:10:52.077" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10385" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10375" CreationDate="2014-06-22T22:59:53.047" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think that StackExchange should notify the user if there is no answer in 5 days. If the question is answered by the comments then it should be closed and marked as Answered by Comments or something similar. Alternatively the user could be asked to write a sum up of the solution and accept it as the answer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="104276" LastActivityDate="2014-06-22T22:59:53.047" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10386" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10383" CreationDate="2014-06-22T23:33:40.733" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;SE doesn't sort of doesn't host the images, Imgur does:&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/We5vr.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;sup&gt;from &lt;a href=&quot;http://stack.imgur.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;http://stack.imgur.com/&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, it may be more likely that it checks if the links are on the SE sites, or how many request for each image there are before deleting them - so as you have linked that image, it may not be deleted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit:&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA; From &lt;a href=&quot;https://imgur.com/faq#long&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Imgur FAQ&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;As long as images are getting at least 1 view every 6 months, they&#xA;  will stick around forever. After that, your image may be removed to&#xA;  create more space for newer images.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would of thought Imgur would use something like this, as people can often upload pictures and then not link/use them - Imgur have to cope with increasing amounts of images, so they get rid of unneeded ones.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, on deleting pics:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://imgur.com/faq#delete&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Imgur FAQ - Can I delete an image after I upload it?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://imgur.com/removalrequest&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Imgur - Removal Request&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From the point of of moderation then, SE mods may be able to log in and request the removal of images.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="178596" LastEditorUserId="178596" LastEditDate="2014-06-22T23:40:35.597" LastActivityDate="2014-06-22T23:40:35.597" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10387" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10377" CreationDate="2014-06-22T23:38:29.280" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, we could have up to 5 sites in that list, allowing 3k users to migrate questions without the help of a moderator, but we have never requested they be enabled, &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/8660/44179&quot;&gt;mainly for the reasons outlined here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2014-06-22T23:38:29.280" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10388" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10376" CreationDate="2014-06-23T00:05:53.603" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/vmware&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;vmware&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;vmware&lt;/a&gt; works okay because it refers to any product made by the company, but I've&#xA;always thought that application specific tags like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/vmware-player&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;vmware-player&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;vmware-player&lt;/a&gt;, &#xA;or a broad tag like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/virtualization&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;virtualization&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;virtualization&lt;/a&gt; would be more useful. However company tags can be helpful&#xA;from branching between different products made by the same company. Since there are 651 questions about&#xA;VMware Inc. products I think it justifies creation of at least some application specific tags. The big&#xA;ones being VMware Player, and VMware Workstation. If there is demand for it perhaps even component tags like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/vmware-tools&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;vmware-tools&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;vmware-tools&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;What Happens To The VMware Tag:&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've noticed that the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/vmware&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;vmware&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;vmware&lt;/a&gt; tag now says not to use it, but I think it should be re-instated.&#xA;It serves a very different purpose from program tags like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/vmware-player&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;vmware-player&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;vmware-player&lt;/a&gt;, or&#xA;topic tags like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/virtualization&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;virtualization&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;virtualization&lt;/a&gt;. It's company specific, which can be helpful for branching around&#xA;between a company's different products. It's certainly nowhere near as useful as a topic tag, or a program tag.&#xA;So I don't think it works well as a primary tag, but I see no reason why (when possible) it couldn't be used&#xA;as a final addition. Eg: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/virtualization&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;virtualization&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;virtualization&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/vmware-player&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;vmware-player&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;vmware-player&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/vmware&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;vmware&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;vmware&lt;/a&gt; . I would suggest if possible though&#xA;that it be changed to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/vmware-inc&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;vmware-inc&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;vmware-inc&lt;/a&gt; as that is their name according to their copyright at the bottom of their&#xA;website.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Corporate Naming Schemes:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;A corporate name is generally made up of three parts: &quot;distinctive element&quot;, &quot;descriptive element&quot;, and a legal ending. &#xA;All corporations must have a distinctive element, and in most filing jurisdictions, a legal ending to their names.&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incorporation_%28business%29&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incorporation_%28business%29&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;A Better General Tag:&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not to hijack the thread, but I would also like to put forth the previously mentioned &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/virtualization&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;virtualization&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;virtualization&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;tag even though there are already tags &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/vmware&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;vmware&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;vmware&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/virtual&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;virtual&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;virtual&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/vm&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;vm&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;vm&lt;/a&gt;. This tag would serve a wider&#xA;audience than the company specific &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/vmware&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;vmware&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;vmware&lt;/a&gt;, is more specific than &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/virtual&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;virtual&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;virtual&lt;/a&gt;,&#xA; and is slightly broader than &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/vm&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;vm&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;vm&lt;/a&gt;. The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/virtualization&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;virtualization&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;virtualization&lt;/a&gt; tag can could work in &#xA;harmony with the program specific tags of any virtualization product, but would also be helpful for questions &#xA;that don't yet have a product tag. Much like the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/security&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;security&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;security&lt;/a&gt; tag, the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/virtualization&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;virtualization&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;virtualization&lt;/a&gt; tag would allow for &#xA;branching between different virtualization products. For example a question could be tagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/virtualization&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;virtualization&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;virtualization&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/virtualbox&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;virtualbox&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;virtualbox&lt;/a&gt;, and another &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/virtualization&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;virtualization&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;virtualization&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/vmware-player&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;vmware-player&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;vmware-player&lt;/a&gt;. This says &quot;Hey I'm a question about virtualization,&#xA;but more specifically about virtualization with this product&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Getting The Names Correct For VMware Products:&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My biggest concern with creating application specific tags for VMware Inc. products would be making sure to get &#xA;the names correct.&#xA;VMware Inc. often refers to the same product by multiple abbreviated/altered forms of the name within their&#xA;articles, and documentation. For Example &quot;VMware&quot;&#xA;is typically in the name of their products, but often you will read one article that says &quot;VMware Whatever&quot;, &#xA;and then another that just says &quot;Whatever&quot;. You may even see this within the same article! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Program Name:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;VMware vMotion in VMware vSphere 5.0: Architecture, Performance and Best Practices&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere/features/vmotion.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere/features/vmotion.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Abbreviate Name:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;vMotion&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere/features/vmotion.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere/features/vmotion.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Altered Name:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;Using VMware vSphere® vMotion® automated migration capability, you can schedule migrations at pre-defined times,&#xA; without administrator intervention.&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere/features/vmotion.html#sthash.vi2pUUck.dpuf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere/features/vmotion.html#sthash.vi2pUUck.dpuf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In these examples I believe that VMware vMotion is the correct name, because VMware Inc typically has VMware&#xA;in the product name, and because in the below example the name bears the trademark symbol, and the registred&#xA;trademark symbol.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;VMware® VMotion™ enables the live migration&#xA;of running virtual machines from one physical&#xA;server to another with zero downtime, continuous&#xA;service availability, and complete transaction&#xA;integrity.&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Page 1 of 2: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/VMware-VMotion-DS-EN.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/VMware-VMotion-DS-EN.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;The ESX Tag:&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've never used VMware's high end products, but my understanding is that ESX and ESXi are&#xA;architectures used by VMware ESXi, and VMware ESX both of which are hypervisors that act as&#xA;component applications of VMware vSphere and some other products like VMware View. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ESX &amp;amp; ESXi Architectures:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;Learn more about the differences between ESX and ESXi hypervisor architectures.&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.vmware.com/products/esxi-and-esx/overview.html#sthash.BKZSBqq0.dpuf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.vmware.com/products/esxi-and-esx/overview.html#sthash.BKZSBqq0.dpuf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;VMware ESX &amp;amp; VMware ESXi Hypervisors:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;VMware ESX and VMware ESXi are both bare-metal hypervisors that install directly on the server hardware.&#xA;Both provide industry-leading performance and scalability; the difference resides in the architecture &#xA;and the operational management&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Page 2 of 6: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/VMware-ESX-and-VMware-ESXi-DS-EN.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/VMware-ESX-and-VMware-ESXi-DS-EN.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;VMware vSphere:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;vSphere is a sophisticated product with multiple components to install and set up.&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Page 11 of 278: &lt;a href=&quot;http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-55/topic/com.vmware.ICbase/PDF/vsphere-esxi-vcenter-server-551-installation-setup-guide.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-55/topic/com.vmware.ICbase/PDF/vsphere-esxi-vcenter-server-551-installation-setup-guide.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;ESXi can be installed in several ways. To ensure the best vSphere deployment, understand the options&#xA;thoroughly before beginning the installation.&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Page 121 of 278: &lt;a href=&quot;http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-55/topic/com.vmware.ICbase/PDF/vsphere-esxi-vcenter-server-551-installation-setup-guide.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-55/topic/com.vmware.ICbase/PDF/vsphere-esxi-vcenter-server-551-installation-setup-guide.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;VMware View:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this [ &lt;a href=&quot;https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/info/slug/desktop_end_user_computing/vmware_view/5_0&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/info/slug/desktop_end_user_computing/vmware_view/5_0&lt;/a&gt; ] link you can &#xA;see VMware ESXi listed as part of the download for VMware View 5 Premier Edition.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I see no reason to create architecture specific tags like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/esx&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;esx&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;esx&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/esxi&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;esxi&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;esxi&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;since to my knowledge it is only supported by Vmware Inc. in VMware ESX and VMware ESXi&#xA;and therefore questions about ESX/ESXi will always be about VMware ESX/VMware ESXi, or off-topic.&#xA;I think if you are only going to create one tag then &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/vmware-vsphere&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;vmware-vsphere&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;vmware-vsphere&lt;/a&gt;, &#xA;would make more sense than &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/esx&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;esx&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;esx&lt;/a&gt; because it covers the entire product. Additionally the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/esx&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;esx&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;esx&lt;/a&gt; tag&#xA;currently refers to VMware ESX which as discussed is different from ESX. Potentially several tags could be made if&#xA;there were enough questions to justify them, which doesn't appear to be the case at the moment. There is a huge&#xA;mass of VMware vSphere component programs like VMware vMotion, VMware vSphere Update Manager, VMware ESXi,&#xA;VMware ESX, VMware vSphere Client, and VMware vSphere Web Client. Don't forget about features within the progams&#xA;like ESXi Shell, and so forth.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;VMware vSphere Update Manager:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;VMware vSphere® Update Manager™ automates patch management and eliminates manual tracking and patching of &#xA;vSphere hosts and virtual machines.&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt; &#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere/features/update-manager.html#sthash.Jvv8C0qF.dpuf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere/features/update-manager.html#sthash.Jvv8C0qF.dpuf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;VMware vMotion:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;VMware&#xA;VMotion&#xA;is&#xA;included&#xA;in&#xA;VMware&#xA;vSphere™&#xA;4&#xA;Advanced,&#xA;Enterprise&#xA;and&#xA;Enterprise&#xA;Plus&#xA;editions.&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt; &#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Page 2 of 2: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/VMware-VMotion-DS-EN.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/VMware-VMotion-DS-EN.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;VMware vSphere Web Client:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;Client Interfaces for vSphere&#xA;&#xA;You have several ways to access vSphere components through vSphere interface options.&#xA;vSphere interface options include: vSphere Web Client&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Page 17 of 160: &lt;a href=&quot;http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-55/topic/com.vmware.ICbase/PDF/vsphere-esxi-vcenter-server-551-host-management-guide.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-55/topic/com.vmware.ICbase/PDF/vsphere-esxi-vcenter-server-551-host-management-guide.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ESXi Shell:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;An ESXi system includes a direct console that allows you to start and stop the system and to perform a &#xA;limited set of maintenance and troubleshooting tasks. The direct console includes the ESXi Shell. &#xA;The ESXi Shell includes a set of fully supported ESXCLI commands&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-50/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.vmware.vcli.migration.doc_50%2Fcos_upgrade_technote.1.4.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-50/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.vmware.vcli.migration.doc_50%2Fcos_upgrade_technote.1.4.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As mentioned before the VMware ESXi component program is not limited to VMware Sphere. So there is potential for some &#xA;other tags like VMware View, and VMware Horizon.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;VMware Player &amp; VMware Player Plus&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I forgot to write about this, so I'ved edited it in. There are actually different versions of VMware Player. For example there is the freely available VMware Player for private use, there is the purchasable VMware Player Plus for private or commercial use, and there is the VMware Player that comes accompanied by VMware Workstation that is modified to allow installation on the same machine. Would these all be covered by the same tag? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;VMware Player:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;VMware Player is free for personal non-commercial use. If you would like to learn about Virtual Machines or use them at home you are welcome to use VMware Player for Free. &#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.vmware.com/products/player/faqs.html#sthash.bj96kIfq.dpuf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.vmware.com/products/player/faqs.html#sthash.bj96kIfq.dpuf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;VMware Player Plus:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;VMware Player Plus is designed to be used commercially.&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.vmware.com/products/player/faqs.html#sthash.bj96kIfq.dpuf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.vmware.com/products/player/faqs.html#sthash.bj96kIfq.dpuf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;VMware Player Plus supports restricted virtual Machines&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.vmware.com/products/player/faqs.html#sthash.bj96kIfq.dpuf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.vmware.com/products/player/faqs.html#sthash.bj96kIfq.dpuf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;Per-incident support offerings are available to VMware Player Plus customers&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.vmware.com/products/player/faqs.html#sthash.bj96kIfq.dpuf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.vmware.com/products/player/faqs.html#sthash.bj96kIfq.dpuf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;VMware Player (From VMware Workstation):&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;Can I commercially use the copy of VMware Player that comes with VMware Workstation?&#xA;&#xA;Yes, you can commercially use the copy of VMware Player that comes with VMware Workstation. It must be run on the same machine VMware Workstation is installed on.&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.vmware.com/products/workstation/faqs.html#sthash.bcwZATDS.dpuf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.vmware.com/products/workstation/faqs.html#sthash.bcwZATDS.dpuf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Summary:&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think creating application specific tags is a great idea. My only concern would be making sure&#xA;they are named correctly by checking for publications of the name bearing the Trademarked and Registred Trademark &#xA;symbols in VMware Inc.'s&#xA;documentation and articles. Additionally I would suggest a new broad tag should be implemented such as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/virtualization&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;virtualization&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;virtualization&lt;/a&gt;, because&#xA;there is no point in creating tags for every VMware Inc. application ever made unless there are questions for them. I don't&#xA;see any reason why the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/vmware&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;vmware&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;vmware&lt;/a&gt; needs to be gotten rid of as it works well for creating company based branches.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="250271" LastEditorUserId="250271" LastEditDate="2014-06-23T00:27:36.147" LastActivityDate="2014-06-23T00:27:36.147" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10389" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10382" CreationDate="2014-06-23T00:59:07.003" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I absolutely think that this could work. The form-like suggestive questions may help give clueless posters an idea of what to put in their questions. Using seperate boxes for each question might help the OP write without adding in extra mush. It's like filling out paperwork. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would suggest perhaps in addition that a box be added to the side, that give suggestions for additional information based on keywords you've typed, or what you've tagged the posting as. For example if the OP types &quot;Windows won't boot&quot; for the first question box, then the suggestion-box might read &quot;It may be helpful to mention what version of Windows you are running.&quot; That's a bad example since it's about Windows, but I've got Windows on the brain right now. Not all questions would trigger a suggestion, just some basic common ones.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="250271" LastActivityDate="2014-06-23T00:59:07.003" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10390" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10376" CreationDate="2014-06-23T01:29:09.760" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I wholeheartedly agree with you. Disambiguation of a tag is always a good thing. If we have tags for the most popular products of vmware why a tag about &quot;vmware&quot; itself? Doesn't sound logic. I would like that all of them have &lt;code&gt;vmware-&lt;/code&gt; prefix, since there may be people interested in all vmware products anyways, so following &lt;code&gt;vmware*&lt;/code&gt; would be possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2014-06-23T01:29:09.760" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10391" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10383" CreationDate="2014-06-23T09:01:50.817" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;I answered this on Meta Stack Exchange at &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/137057/115866&quot;&gt;Potential to abuse Imgur?&lt;/a&gt;. The short answer is, we don't currently auto-delete, but because we could start doing that at any time, and given that you can get the identical image hosting with a free Imgur account where &lt;em&gt;you&lt;/em&gt; would stay in control instead of us, the potential for abuse is low because it just wouldn't make a lot of sense to do it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="237" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2014-06-23T09:01:50.817" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10392" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10375" CreationDate="2014-06-23T15:03:15.290" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While there is no doubt that neither of these questions are great ones, both of them do seem have enough information to reach a conclusion. (This opinion is based on reading the comments of both questions). If I think I have a grasp of what the OP is asking and feel that I can add clarity I do so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Answers from Comments:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This has already been discussed. What I do:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;1) Ask the commenter to write up an answer (if they don't appear to be a drive-by user).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2) If 1 fails to work (or is unreasonable to expect) I write up the answer and cite the author of the comment(s).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Why:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My first use of the site was honestly as a drive-by seeking answers (which I found). I know that at that time I did &lt;strong&gt;NOT&lt;/strong&gt; have sufficient information to ask what many consider to be a &quot;Good question&quot;. If I had not found my answer by searching (not everyone is good at this) I may well have been the author of a &quot;BAD question&quot; and likely would not have returned thinking that my question had been ignored (closed). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is no question that the answer rate is bad, Part of this is due to the quantity of questions incoming and part of it has to do with the existing backlog. I've been attempting to clean up the corner that has the unanswered installation questions. It's huge filthy job but someone has to do it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastActivityDate="2014-06-23T15:03:15.290" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10393" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6650" CreationDate="2014-06-23T15:38:58.230" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think this is a &lt;strong&gt;very good idea.&lt;/strong&gt; I stumbled across the same issue while trying to clear up unanswered (tagged installation) questions. This is what I found:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Links with answers:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/71655/wont-boot-from-usb-stops-at-syslinux-copyright&quot;&gt;Wont boot from USB, stops at SYSLINUX copyright&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/196180/not-booting-from-usb-or-cd-syslinux-message&quot;&gt;Not booting from USB or CD (SYSLINUX Message)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Links without answers:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/252275/ubuntu-not-loading-from-usb-flash-on-hp-netbook?rq=1&quot;&gt;Ubuntu not loading from USB flash on HP netbook&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/288807/syslinux-error-on-boot-ubuntu-13-04&quot;&gt;SYSLinux Error on boot, ubuntu 13.04&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/153603/cant-get-usb-flash-drive-to-boot?rq=1&quot;&gt;Can&amp;#39;t get USB flash drive to boot&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/72696/syslinux-booting-off-a-live-usb?rq=1&quot;&gt;SYSLINUX? Booting off a Live USB?&lt;/a&gt; originally appeared to be merged with another question without answers but it appears that this is being addressed by @Luis Alvarado as we speak&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2014-06-23T15:38:58.230" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10394" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10375" CreationDate="2014-06-23T19:32:14.700" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Part of&lt;/em&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/5781/22949&quot;&gt;my answer&lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/5776/what-to-do-with-questions-whose-op-hasnt-visited-the-site-for-a-long-time&quot;&gt;What to do with questions whose OP hasn&amp;#39;t visited the site for a long time?&lt;/a&gt; addresses the core question here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Is it answered in comments?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If there are comments that effectively answer the question, or that&#xA;&lt;em&gt;may&lt;/em&gt; answer the question and may be helpful to others, those comments should be (or should have been turned into) answers! In this situation&#xA;it is appropriate for you to answer the question with information from&#xA;the relevant comment(s). You can even quote them directly. Just make&#xA;sure it's clear who said the valuable words (unless they've explicitly&#xA;made clear they do not want you not to cite them, in which case, still&#xA;make sure you're not passing off their words or solution as something&#xA;that is solely your own work).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this situation, it's common for short answers based on or quoting&#xA;the comments of others to be posted as &lt;em&gt;community wiki&lt;/em&gt;. I'm not aware&#xA;of any consensus or policy &lt;em&gt;requiring&lt;/em&gt; this, but it often makes sense&#xA;for these to be CW answers because:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;CW status clarifies that the person who posted it is not necessarily its primary author.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It's &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/privileges/edit-community-wiki&quot;&gt;easier for users with lower reputation to edit CW posts&lt;/a&gt;, as only 100 reputation is required to edit without going through&#xA;review. That's especially valuable here because often someone posts an&#xA;answer in comments instead of as an answer when they feel it's not an&#xA;adequate answer, or not detailed enough. Thus it's especially valuable&#xA;for these answer to be easily expanded by anyone able and willing to&#xA;do so.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;While you should not post any answer you think is meritless (&amp;quot;crap&amp;quot;), you might not want to associate yourself with this answer as&#xA;strongly as usual. You might be unsure if it really works, for&#xA;example. Posting it as CW sends less strong a message that it's &lt;em&gt;your&lt;/em&gt;&#xA;answer.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You don't get unnecessary negative reputation for the answer. You've posted the answer as a service to the community, but it wasn't really&#xA;your answer. Posted as CW, downvotes will have no effect on your rep.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You don't get unnecessary positive reputation for the answer. Posting a valuable answer from comments is a useful service to the&#xA;community, so it wouldn't be inherently bad for your reputation to&#xA;increase as a consequence. However, you might &lt;em&gt;feel&lt;/em&gt; you don't want to&#xA;get reputation for it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Votes are entirely about the answer, and not at all about your contribution. This relates to the last two points. Since votes (up or&#xA;down) have no effect on your reputation, &lt;em&gt;people may be more willing&#xA;to vote based solely on what they see as the value or usefulness of&#xA;the answer&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You can campaign for upvotes without violating etiquette. Upvotes on an answer helps remove a question from the &amp;quot;unanswered&amp;quot; list. (This is&#xA;what people are usually talking about when they say &amp;quot;VTR&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;vote to&#xA;resolve.&amp;quot;)&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Of course, as in other situations, people may choose not to vote on any post; always remember that people's votes are their own.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You still get recognition. Besides your name on the post (or in the edit history), and the community's knowledge that you helped clean up&#xA;and resolve questions, remember the system awards badges for CW&#xA;answers (same as regular answers).&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/badges/62/revival&quot;&gt;revival badge&lt;/a&gt; is frequently awarded.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sometimes it makes a good deal of sense for a post based on someone's&#xA;comment &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; to be community wiki. If most of the content is your&#xA;own, or you've extensively expanded, beautified, corrected, or&#xA;customized the post. There's no clear line where it should or&#xA;shouldn't be CW, and you're unlikely ever to be criticized for too&#xA;many of your answers being community wiki. But you should feel free to&#xA;post non-CW answers when you feel it's &amp;quot;your answer.&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-06-23T19:32:14.700" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10395" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10382" CreationDate="2014-06-24T00:05:24.333" Score="5" Body="&lt;h2&gt;No.&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I understand your point about how users think of this as a forum, but there are efforts being made. It isn't that big of a deal to click &amp;quot;close&amp;quot; and type two sentences as a comment (if there is none already). Heck, you can even have &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackapps.com/questions/2116/autoreviewcomments-pro-forma-comments-for-se&quot;&gt;a list of possible comments to add&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, what if I had the question &lt;em&gt;Difference between gksudo and sudo&lt;/em&gt;, why would you ask for a &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;screenshot&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;? IIRC there's some guide that pops up for new users that's how to ask, but I can't seem to replicate that (duh!).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just for emphasis, I wrote this (probably a duplicate):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;What's the difference between gksudo and sudo?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Problem in detail:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I noticed sometimes you use gksudo for root privileges and you can&#xA;also use sudo. Is there any difference?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tried solving by:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't know, asking you?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;When did it start? Did you install anything?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Uhh... since the beginning of Ubuntu? I installed Ubuntu and Chrome...&#xA;:/&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Could you provide a screenshot or a link to an image?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;WHAT DID I EVER DO TO YOU?!?!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That probably is something close to what might actually happen. Other users might get discouraged and go to Ubuntu forums (yuck!). Not to mention, linking images is a bad idea if the linked site goes down.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="146102" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-06-24T00:05:24.333" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10396" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-06-24T00:08:17.593" Score="1" ViewCount="65" Body="&lt;p&gt;The question &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/477738/can-not-enable-3d-acceleration-on-ubuntu-14-04-inside-virtualbox&quot;&gt;Can not enable 3D acceleration on Ubuntu 14.04 inside VirtualBox&lt;/a&gt; describes exactly my problem at hand, &lt;strong&gt;except&lt;/strong&gt; that it is for VB running under OSX 10.9.3 host for the OP and Win7 host for me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The one and only answer there wasn't useful (for neither the OP nor myself), so I am wondering if I should start a new question for my Windows 7 host?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="181442" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2014-10-22T04:28:29.417" Title="Almost duplicate - should I ask a new question?" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10397" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10396" CreationDate="2014-06-24T02:52:21.250" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Both your issues looks from here like a regression bug (I updated and then things just borked) and has to be addressed by developers. I would recommend you to open a bug report instead of asking a question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2014-06-24T02:52:21.250" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10398" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10399" CreationDate="2014-06-24T05:59:15.113" Score="4" ViewCount="206" Body="&lt;p&gt;On askubuntu.com I have 470 points:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ogVn7.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&#xA;But when I click on meta user, I have 510 points:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Uy6n2.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This morning I found 501 point&lt;/strong&gt; on my profile on askubuntu.com. Then suddenly, without any reason, I noticed after few minutes that my points have fallen down to 470. Why this ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user284234" LastEditorDisplayName="user284234" LastEditDate="2014-06-24T06:04:46.340" LastActivityDate="2014-06-24T07:25:40.280" Title="Why my points have fallen down without any reason?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10399" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10398" CreationDate="2014-06-24T07:25:40.280" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;This &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; strange.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It's not a reversal. Sometimes if somebody bulk-votes for you, some of those votes will be automatically reversed and they show as negative points.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It's not something you've done. I can't see any recent negative vote spends and the bounty you places was ages ago.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All I can really say is it doesn't affect your actual reputation. Your main account is your actual account (the meta one is just an occasionally-synchronised copy) so its score is the correct one. You don't appear to have lost any rep. It just seems to be a calculation error on the meta side of things.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2014-06-24T07:25:40.280" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10400" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10382" CreationDate="2014-06-24T16:34:05.347" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The problem is that you are focusing in the the troubleshooting part of the site, and &lt;strong&gt;not all the questions are about troubleshooting&lt;/strong&gt; (and I really hope they ever will).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What people needs more is to use the downvotes/flags/votes to close with questions that are not up to the quality standards. This is what it should be done. The askers at some point of time will ask better questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;BTW, including a screenshot of something that appears in the terminal output/log is ridiculous (which is most of the troubleshooting questions we see here). For that there's copy-n-paste&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-06-24T18:15:02.447" LastActivityDate="2014-06-24T18:15:02.447" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10401" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-06-25T05:08:45.603" Score="7" ViewCount="176" Body="&lt;p&gt;While reviewing suggested edits, I come across bad posts(really bad posts that are worth deletion, like the dependency issue posts) that undergo desperate, sure-to-fail attempts of improvement by users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The edits are fine, fine in sense that they cannot be rejected for default reasons, like too minor, vandalism, radical change etc. But the posts themselves are not worth editing(not by others at least, the OP may always edit to make it more substantial)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;currently, whenever I come across such edits, I skip them because I am not sure what I am expected to do. So what should I do with such edits?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EDIT: Got one example. Look at this &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/285481&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/285481&lt;/a&gt;. &#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/wdbyE.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question is about Ubuntu 9.10, which can be closed as EOL, but the editor rather chose to edit it rather than flaging.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="184942" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2014-06-30T13:44:58.273" Title="Suggested edits on very poor questions.what to do?" Tags="|discussion|review|suggested-edits|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10402" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10403" CreationDate="2014-06-25T09:36:27.057" Score="9" ViewCount="177" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've seen a ridiculous amount of questions (quite alot fairly low-quality) like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/487923/i-lost-all-my-drive-while-installing-ubuntu-how-to-get-back-my-drives&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt;, or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/152388/usb-drive-wiped-during-install&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt;, where the OP installed Ubuntu or something and lost their data, by not noticing all the warnings about disks being wiped, or by selecting the wrong thing to install to.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a good question that these could be linked to? Most of the answers say &lt;em&gt;'use this program that won't work/is expensive'&lt;/em&gt; - though &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/483584/recover-data-from-formatted-lvm-luks-ext3-after-ubuntu-installed-over-it/486255#486255&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; one is OK. I know that the data is likely pretty much gone anyway (particularly if the disk is wiped by before formatting), but answers of higher quality could help. If you have just had half you life's work wiped by accident, you do sort of want it back....&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="178596" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2014-06-29T13:12:56.797" Title="Is there a question for 'I've wiped my hard-drive installing, what do I do?' with good answers?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10403" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10402" CreationDate="2014-06-25T09:54:58.053" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/286181/how-do-i-recover-my-accidentally-lost-windows-partitions-after-installing-ubuntu&quot;&gt;How do I recover my accidentally lost Windows partitions after installing Ubuntu?&lt;/a&gt; seems like a contender.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are quite a few good examples in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/data-recovery&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;data-recovery&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;data-recovery&lt;/a&gt; tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2014-06-25T09:54:58.053" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10404" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10317" CreationDate="2014-06-25T13:49:38.307" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just want to react on your title&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Can we please ban unrelated programming questions?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No question is 'banned' at Ask Ubuntu. Some questions can be closed, migrated, or deleted, but entire groups of questions cannot and will not be banned.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Give that your title question is a yes/no question, this should suffice. Also, in practice many programming questions that are not relevant are closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="115155" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2014-06-26T02:53:45.540" LastActivityDate="2014-06-26T02:53:45.540" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10405" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-06-25T15:35:46.933" Score="2" ViewCount="57" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/375489/169736&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Touchscreen on Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Does anyone have any experience with Ubuntu running on the Yoga 2 Pro in terms of the functionality of the touchscreen?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I really, really, don't see how this can be a duplicate, so I ask them here how can a totally opinion based question &quot;what is your experience using X?&quot; with something like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;How can I disable the touchpad automatically when I turn the monitor on the back?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A plea for sanity. This is not a duplicate!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2014-06-25T15:58:13.583" Title="Can anyone explain me how is this a duplicate?" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10407" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-06-25T17:41:36.010" Score="1" ViewCount="93" Body="&lt;p&gt;I followed the instructions at this post:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/425155/my-wireless-wifi-connection-does-not-work-what-information-is-needed-to-diagnos/425205#425205&quot;&gt;My wireless/WiFi connection does not work. What information is needed to diagnose the issue?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and posted a specific question about intermittent (but consistent) slowness running Ubuntu on a Lenovo Yoga 2 Ideapad:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/488127/why-are-wireless-networks-that-work-for-other-people-super-slow-on-my-lenovo-yog&quot;&gt;Why are wireless networks that work for other people super slow on my Lenovo Yoga?&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which now has a vote to close because it is too broad. I'm stumped. I encouraged someone to buy a Lenovo and install Ubuntu on it, which she did, and now she has the worlds crappiest internet connection and I want to help her make it work. I'm used to using Ask Ubuntu to help me make things work. What is the right way to ask for help troubleshooting a wireless problem in Ubuntu?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13049" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2014-10-24T04:46:33.910" Title="Can I troubleshoot wireless on Ask Ubuntu?" Tags="|discussion|vote-to-close|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10408" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10407" CreationDate="2014-06-25T18:06:02.577" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.superuser.com/a/6838/235569&quot;&gt;The system itself makes difficult to troubleshoot a problem&lt;/a&gt;: you either provide all the information needed to get an answer or not. There has been cases where those questions work, but they narrow it down to a &lt;strong&gt;single specific issue&lt;/strong&gt; and provide more than enough diagnostic information about where &lt;strong&gt;the real problem lies&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your question doesn't meet this, is far from &quot;troubleshooting&quot; and akin to something more literal like &quot;my wifi sucks, why?&quot;. When you are asking &quot;Why X doesn't work&quot; first remember that &quot;don't work doesn't work&quot;. If your wifi connection is slow, you &lt;em&gt;first have to find the reason&lt;/em&gt; why it's slow and then ask us for a solution to that, but as it reads you have no idea where the problem is otherwise any and every answer will be just guessing where the problem is and probably accentuate the problem which is very bad.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T09:30:20.043" LastActivityDate="2014-06-25T18:06:02.577" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10409" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-06-25T18:45:49.577" Score="6" ViewCount="277" Body="&lt;p&gt;A lot of questions such as this &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/487940/get-ip-of-system-in-local-network&quot;&gt;one&lt;/a&gt; (which also happens to be a duplicate) is very easy to Google. Should we be downvoting and/or closing them because of there easy Google-abilty? (Pretending that it isn't a dupe) Stack Overflow seems to use this as a reason to do such a lot. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What should we do in the case that a question is easy to Google?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="215526" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2014-07-17T17:19:44.963" Title="Should questions that ask easily Google-able question be closed" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="6" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10410" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10409" CreationDate="2014-06-25T19:02:40.377" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;The downvote tooltip says it clearly:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This question &lt;strong&gt;does not show any research effort&lt;/strong&gt;; it is unclear or not useful&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the question itself doesn't provide proof of what are their findings, what they tried, etc. feel free to downvote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note: there are questions that apart of not showing research effort are overly vague, those close them as unclear.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2014-06-25T19:02:40.377" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10411" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10409" CreationDate="2014-06-26T02:29:26.387" Score="23" Body="&lt;p&gt;I did a google search of some similar terms and none of the links I clicked on were as good as the answer on the question you linked.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would prefer answering simple questions here because the community can fix them and update them, most blogs aren't like that, and there's a bunch of misinformation out there. I'd rather have a new user ask a question here than end up on on an out of date page somewhere.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2014-06-26T02:29:26.387" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10413" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10373" CreationDate="2014-06-26T08:07:31.960" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The question looks like posted by a person who has no knowledge of Ubuntu. He/She was trying to install Ubuntu on a windows machine and the question is the genuine one that comes to the mind of a person who have no idea of what to do next. And most people fail to find a correct answer on-line first time when they try. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="232658" LastActivityDate="2014-06-26T08:07:31.960" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10414" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10401" CreationDate="2014-06-26T13:27:07.763" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;My thinking on the topic is that a &lt;strong&gt;good edit&lt;/strong&gt; is a good edit and should be &lt;strong&gt;approved&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bad posts&lt;/strong&gt; are bad posts and should be &lt;strong&gt;flagged&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastActivityDate="2014-06-26T13:27:07.763" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10415" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10418" CreationDate="2014-06-26T18:46:01.453" Score="-4" ViewCount="122" Body="&lt;p&gt;In my quest to clean up the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/installation?sort=unanswered&amp;amp;pageSize=50&quot;&gt;4000+&lt;/a&gt; &lt;strong&gt;unanswered&lt;/strong&gt; questions with the blacklisted installation tag, I'm constantly running across unanswered questions regarding EOL releases like these:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/271868/ubuntu-12-10-problem-installer-stops-working&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/271868/ubuntu-12-10-problem-installer-stops-working&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/296866/cannot-do-fresh-install-of-ubuntu-13-04-while-booting-from-dvd-soft-lockup-bu&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/296866/cannot-do-fresh-install-of-ubuntu-13-04-while-booting-from-dvd-soft-lockup-bu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/286330/ubuntu-13-04-installation-error&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/286330/ubuntu-13-04-installation-error&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;which I flag as &lt;strong&gt;EOL&lt;/strong&gt; (when I raise this flag the system also raises the &quot;can't be reproduced, was only valid for a short period of time flag&quot;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As the close queues are constantly full (AFAIK, correct me if I'm wrong) wouldn't it be more effective to run a script to eliminate these unanswered questions regarding end of life distributions? Can this be considered? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2014-07-03T19:41:35.710" Title="Could unanswered questions regarding EOL releases be removed via script?" Tags="|discussion|unanswered-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="23" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10416" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10324" CreationDate="2014-06-26T23:16:08.913" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Some of this, anyway, makes sense. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've gone ahead and removed the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/gnome&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;gnome&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;gnome&lt;/a&gt; -&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/gnome-shell-extension&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;gnome-shell-extension&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;gnome-shell-extension&lt;/a&gt; synonym.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/gnome&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;gnome&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;gnome&lt;/a&gt; -&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/gnome-shell&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;gnome-shell&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;gnome-shell&lt;/a&gt;, you're going to have to convince me it isn't better to fold gnome-shell questions into gnome. Besides, how many questions about gnome &quot;as a framework&quot; or &quot;the project in general&quot; are we going to get? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2014-06-26T23:16:08.913" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10417" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-06-27T00:06:47.313" Score="1" ViewCount="47" Body="&lt;p&gt;Today I killed the battery-indicator tag. Why, well, because I know there's a tag that already covers that topic, [indicator-power] but checking out several questions I knew why the user that created the tag did, it's confusing and he's not finding the proper tag! People will look for power/battery indicator because that's how they are called, so we need that tag. Can this be reverted back?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2014-06-27T00:06:47.313" Title="Reverse the synonym of indicator-power tag to indicator and rename it to power-indicator" Tags="|discussion|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10418" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10415" CreationDate="2014-06-27T00:12:38.360" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think that rather than voting to close/flagging, is more useful just to downvote it if the question has no future relevance (ie. installing EOL version of Ubuntu and having a problem) or that the version plays an important role (cue all the hardware problems).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What shouldn't? Well, things that doesn't matter what version of Ubuntu you have: create a desktop icon, or a launcher menu; changing the ordering of the entries at grub; installing a specific piece of software; summary, anything that doesn't need troubleshooting. That's a sane way to go.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ah, bugs are still off topic, those should be closed nevertheless.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2014-06-27T00:12:38.360" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10419" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7773" CreationDate="2014-06-27T15:18:41.023" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.chromium.org/Home&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/0n7Ru.png&quot; alt=&quot;Chromium is an open-source browser project that aims to build a safer, faster, and more stable way for all Internet users to experience the web.&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="178596" LastEditorUserId="178596" LastEditDate="2014-06-28T22:37:32.080" LastActivityDate="2014-06-28T22:37:32.080" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2014-06-27T15:18:41.023" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10420" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10409" CreationDate="2014-06-27T19:33:59.957" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, the resources need to be created, sometimes having a variety of pages on a topic can let there be several methods, if one does not work, then another might. If you are googling it, then many answers truly is beneficial, and really does not add &quot;clutter&quot; even if it is a duplicate, as I am pretty sure that the amount of people who methodically go through the individual questions alphabetically is a vast...minority.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="272488" LastActivityDate="2014-06-27T19:33:59.957" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10421" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10409" CreationDate="2014-06-27T21:02:35.330" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;9 times out of 10 if a question can be easily Googled, one of those first results will be an AskUbuntu Q&amp;amp;A, or at least SE. So if that's the case the question should marked as a duplicate. If there is no AskUbuntu result then I would argue that the Q&amp;amp;A resource should be created. Many things on this site are easily discover other places, documentation, courses, etc. but the point of SE is to distill this into an easy to digest Q&amp;amp;A.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158892" LastActivityDate="2014-06-27T21:02:35.330" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10422" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10382" CreationDate="2014-06-27T21:03:19.740" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am new (to Linux, Ubuntu, and this site), and I think this is a fantastic idea. I feel like I don't know enough about some things to give enough detail in my questions. This would help guide all of us n00bs. :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="294363" LastActivityDate="2014-06-27T21:03:19.740" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10423" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-06-28T10:55:41.597" Score="11" ViewCount="120" Body="&lt;p&gt;We still get a fair number of people posting things on the wrong site. This is largely because they think their distribution is a derivative or is somehow related to Ubuntu and that makes this the right site. Others seem to drift in off the back of other questions they find through Google.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Either way, the current way of handling these (letting them post and closing their question with a snotty close message) is a huge waste of everybody's time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Could we include something like the following that alerts these users that their distribution may not be supported on the site? I'm talking about a message like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu is a site for users of Ubuntu Linux distribution and its &lt;em&gt;official&lt;/em&gt; derivatives (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;learn more&lt;/a&gt;). &lt;strong&gt;You appear not to be using one of these&lt;/strong&gt;. Posts here may not apply to you and we request you not ask questions that aren't about Ubuntu or its derivatives here, rather that you use &lt;a href=&quot;http://unix.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;Unix &amp;amp; Linux&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The message might need tuning but this is dead simple to drop into the site template without requiring any server-side code:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;$().ready(function() {&#xA;  if (navigator.userAgent.indexOf(&quot;buntu&quot;) == -1)&#xA;    $('&amp;lt;div id=&quot;system-message&quot; style=&quot;margin-top:15px&quot;&amp;gt;\&#xA;      Ask Ubuntu is a site for users of Ubuntu Linux distribution and its \&#xA;      &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;official&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; derivatives \&#xA;      (&amp;lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&amp;gt;learn more&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;). \&#xA;      &amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;You appear not to be using one of these&amp;lt;/strong&amp;gt;. Posts here \&#xA;      may not apply to you and we request you not ask questions that aren\'t \&#xA;      about Ubuntu or its derivatives here, rather that you use \&#xA;      &amp;lt;a href=&quot;http://unix.stackexchange.com&quot;&amp;gt;Unix &amp;amp;amp; Linux&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;.\&#xA;    &amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;').insertAfter('#header');&#xA;});&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's important to note that this wouldn't prevent people from posting, just make them aware that they &lt;em&gt;might&lt;/em&gt; be on the wrong site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2014-07-01T23:10:28.190" Title="Use browsers' user-agent to alert users they might be on the wrong site" Tags="|feature-request|design|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10424" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10423" CreationDate="2014-06-28T11:09:50.287" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;I like this idea.  I'll also be interested to see a graph of the numbers of off-topic by distribution before and afters if it happens.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2014-06-28T11:09:50.287" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10425" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10423" CreationDate="2014-06-28T12:00:23.777" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think that makes a lot of sense and would greatly reduce the off topic questions we're getting (I hope so anyway). I'd make a few small changes to the text though:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu is a site for users of the Ubuntu Linux distribution and its &lt;em&gt;official&lt;/em&gt; flavors (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;learn more&lt;/a&gt;). &lt;strong&gt;You don't appear to be using one of these&lt;/strong&gt;. Posts here may not apply to you and your question is likely to be off topic. We suggest you try &lt;a href=&quot;http://unix.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;Unix &amp;amp; Linux&lt;/a&gt; instead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While I've tweaked the wording a little, I'm not too hung up on that. What is really important is to &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/8682/85695&quot;&gt;use &lt;em&gt;flavors&lt;/em&gt; instead of &lt;em&gt;derivatives&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; to avoid confusion. Both because it's clearer (there are &lt;em&gt;loads&lt;/em&gt; of Ubuntu derivatives but as far as I know all of them are off topic here) and because it's the wording used in the help section.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2014-06-28T12:00:23.777" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10426" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10423" CreationDate="2014-06-28T15:53:08.800" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;Not convinced by this (like the idea though), for two reasons:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The user agent may not/won't specify the distribution - e.g.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux; rv:30.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/30.0&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;though Windows can be guessed pretty easily:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Windows / IE 11: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/7.0; rv:11.0) like Gecko&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The question could be asked from another computer - e.g. if the OP can't boot Ubuntu and need to ask it from a Windows machine. &lt;br&gt; Also, people may use another machine more often to browse the site (I 80% of the time use Fedora &lt;em&gt;(I shall ignore the booing noises)&lt;/em&gt; the rest of the time Ubuntu, Windows, other OSs...) - there is also the mobile browser which could be using a Mobile OS... (Though is is possible to use Ubuntu Touch)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit:&lt;/strong&gt; here are a few user agents off different Linux machines, have a guess where I got them from:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux i686; rv:30.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/30.0&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote class=&quot;spoiler&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt; Ubuntu, what a suprise...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/35.0.1916.153 Safari/537.3&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote class=&quot;spoiler&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt; Ubuntu, Google Chrome&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:30.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/30.0&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote class=&quot;spoiler&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt; oddly enough, Ubuntu&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;Windows / IE 10: Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 10.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/6.0)&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote class=&quot;spoiler&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt; Puzzled? There are &lt;a href=&quot;https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/user-agent-overrider/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;things that can change user-agents&lt;/a&gt;... You need to use these with things like &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pipelight#User_Agent&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Pipelight&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;sup&gt;This of course all depends on whether just the User Agent is being used, or some other thing which I don't know about... &lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="178596" LastEditorUserId="178596" LastEditDate="2014-06-29T14:21:05.877" LastActivityDate="2014-06-29T14:21:05.877" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10427" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10432" CreationDate="2014-06-29T05:57:12.963" Score="2" ViewCount="43" Body="&lt;p&gt;I noticed two similar tags and I know about the tag-synonym thing but I can't figure out how to do it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="174392" LastActivityDate="2014-06-29T20:02:18.153" Title="How do I merge two similar tags as tag synonyms? (or suggest them for merging)" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10428" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-06-29T07:06:55.963" Score="2" ViewCount="78" Body="&lt;p&gt;For last few days I have seen few users editing posts in a serial way. I'll be straightforward here, These edits are surely an attempt to gain reputation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can say so based on &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A custom, fixed edit summary like &quot;improved question&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;edits are of similar fashion.(eg changing cases of words everywhere)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;edits are done in very short span(eg. 10 edits in 15 minutes)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Such edits are mostly rejected(90% rejected, 10% approved are mostly wrong as well)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I won't name anybody, So I am not linking any edit. But anyone who reviews them must have seen them. I think such edits are waste of everybody's time, so such users must be refrained from doing so. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are your views on this? How to stop them in short term and long term?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should we apply a approved/rejected ratio that every user should have to be able to edit posts?(for eg. after 25 edits, a user should maintain 50% approved edits ratio to be able to edit posts further.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="184942" LastActivityDate="2014-06-29T12:50:03.693" Title="How to stop users from serial editing that is worth rejection?" Tags="|discussion|review|suggested-edits|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10429" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10401" CreationDate="2014-06-29T07:23:21.517" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Almost agree with you. However not always definitely clear what is a bad post and it looks like &lt;em&gt;xenophobic hysteria&lt;/em&gt; alike: &quot;&lt;strong&gt;Do not edit my CSS&lt;/strong&gt;&quot;. I think that if users like edits it can be approved despite the fact their low quality.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To be said separately the &lt;strong&gt;Flags&lt;/strong&gt; not always adequately reflect condition even with last custom described option. Though yes, it should be flagged, it's true.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="38988" LastActivityDate="2014-06-29T07:23:21.517" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10430" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10428" CreationDate="2014-06-29T12:50:03.693" Score="4" Body="&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Review edits in the queue.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Don't robo-review.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Edit from the review queue - if you edit and un-check &quot;Suggested edit was helpful&quot; the users edit is rejected, and your correct edit automatically goes through.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastActivityDate="2014-06-29T12:50:03.693" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10431" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10402" CreationDate="2014-06-29T13:12:56.797" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;What bothers me about &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/286181/how-do-i-recover-my-accidentally-lost-windows-partitions-after-installing-ubuntu&quot;&gt;that&lt;/a&gt; one is that you have to read through the comments before you see a warning about reducing your chances of recovery by using the drive you are attempting to recover. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/463076/partitions-disappeared-after-power-loss-while-installing/&quot;&gt;This&lt;/a&gt; one is better IMHO . Perhaps they could be merged.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2014-06-29T13:12:56.797" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10432" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10427" CreationDate="2014-06-29T20:02:18.153" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Its all explained &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/suggest-tag-synonyms&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; - it also says, as RegisteredUser said, that you need 2500 rep to do it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="178596" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2014-06-29T20:02:18.153" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10433" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10373" CreationDate="2014-06-30T11:35:26.780" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Forward them to the one how to install question a lot of them are forwarded to. And downvote. Or don't.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="277237" LastActivityDate="2014-06-30T11:35:26.780" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10434" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10401" CreationDate="2014-06-30T13:44:58.273" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;There was a discussion over Stack Overflow about this topic. The consensus and general standing of the SO moderators is &quot;do not polish the turds&quot; and I agree. If the post worth deletion, why wasting everyones times? The one suggesting the edit and the two (or three) others approving/rejecting the edit. This was the most general &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/a/261813/792066&quot;&gt;response I found&lt;/a&gt; and kind of capture the essence of the problem:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;    &lt;p&gt;As I understand it, it doesn't matter if the item being approved for an edit is an answer or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Yes, it does matter. &lt;strong&gt;People shouldn't be wasting their time and&#xA;  yours by suggesting minor edits to posts that should just be&#xA;  deleted.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;emphasis mine. If the post isn't worth of improving, just flag it and move on. You don't need to waste anyones' else time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T09:39:07.847" LastActivityDate="2014-06-30T13:44:58.273" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10435" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10409" CreationDate="2014-06-30T15:02:22.467" Score="1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Should questions that ask easily Google-able question be closed&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In most cases yes, but possibly not all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some topics may be easily Google-able if you know the right terminology, but the person asking the question may not know the right terminology.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want to find a technical answer on Google but you don't know the terminology (what the thing you're looking for is &lt;em&gt;called&lt;/em&gt;) you can spend a &lt;em&gt;lot&lt;/em&gt; of time and get nowhere, even if someone else may be able to find something in 10 seconds.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Whereas in most cases an easily Google-able question indicates the person asking the question did a poor level of prior research, occasionally there may be a different explanation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54256" LastActivityDate="2014-06-30T15:02:22.467" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10436" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10375" CreationDate="2014-07-01T02:05:09.567" Score="2" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&quot;I completely support stealing answers-as-comments and posting them as your own answer in these cases&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Jeff Atwood - &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.serverfault.com/a/1887/1950&quot;&gt;source&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54256" LastActivityDate="2014-07-01T02:05:09.567" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10437" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-07-01T05:03:47.093" Score="11" ViewCount="261" Body="&lt;p&gt;As regular way I used to, I got interested in a question then I looked for duplicates. 2 other similar questions without answers. I've an answer so to post it, I had checked reputations, last login, acceptance ratio.. for all OP's. So I have chosen last asked one. All these is in aim to ensure getting a feedback for my answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After it was accepted, I flagged other questions as duplicate. Later, I just went back to one of the questions, here is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/469940/can-boost-1-54-install-with-libboost-thread-mt-so-like-library-files-using-apt-g&quot;&gt;Can boost 1.54 install with libboost_thread-mt.so like library files using apt-get install libboost-all-dev command [duplicate]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The duplicate note at the bottom in the flagged question says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;marked&lt;/strong&gt; as duplicate by Sneetsher, Mitch♦ Jun 21 '14 at 8:40&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This question has been asked &lt;strong&gt;before and already has an answer&lt;/strong&gt;. If those answers do not fully address your question, &lt;strong&gt;please &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/ask&quot;&gt;ask a new question&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;OP commented on the question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;&amp;gt;this wasn't duplicate at the time I asked the question. Anyway I found the answer.&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;:) frustration feeling...no?  As it seems to me that most OP's feel bad to ask a duplicated question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The message suggests on OP to &lt;em&gt;ask a new question&lt;/em&gt;. I think instead, it should suggests to &lt;em&gt;edit same question&lt;/em&gt; as that what we want from OP to do in most cases.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;OP will edit question to highlight differences with the pointed duplicate or mention that the answers there didn't work. Then his question will be reopened. &lt;strong&gt;So why it tells OP to &lt;em&gt;ask a new question&lt;/em&gt;?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;This question has been asked before&lt;/code&gt;. Well this is minor issue, the mentioned duplicate question may be asked &lt;em&gt;after&lt;/em&gt; and it has got an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Well, If the duplicate flag can be used on an old question which didn't get same attention (no answer) as the newer one. So the message would be better if it express both senses &lt;code&gt;before/after&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;May be difficult for me to express, &lt;strong&gt;Could duplicate note have the meaning of both of&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This question has been asked &lt;strong&gt;before and already has an answer&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This question has been asked &lt;strong&gt;after and already got an answer&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Or Do I have to answer the oldest question anyway?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="26246" LastEditorUserId="26246" LastEditDate="2015-04-13T14:46:06.057" LastActivityDate="2015-04-13T16:20:22.227" Title="Duplicate question note" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10438" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-07-01T18:21:58.253" Score="0" ViewCount="69" Body="&lt;p&gt;As the question &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/305/am-i-allowed-to-ask-for-a-rep-boost&quot;&gt;Am I allowed to ask for a rep boost indicates&lt;/a&gt;, offering a bounty without realizing that you will no longer be able to comment or vote seems to not be atypical. This is exactly what happened to me as well. It would be great if points given away in bounties did not count against using basic functions of the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="242873" LastEditorUserId="242873" LastEditDate="2014-07-01T18:33:38.593" LastActivityDate="2014-07-01T19:35:07.113" Title="Always Allow Voting and Commenting Privleges For Users With More than 200 on other Stack Exchange Sites" Tags="|feature-request|status-declined|comments|voting|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10439" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10438" CreationDate="2014-07-01T18:30:27.600" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;By offering a bounty, you're giving something up in exchange for... well, advertising. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What exactly you give up depends on what you have, but at very least you're giving up some amount of status and potentially privileges on the site as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why should someone who has earned reputation elsewhere be immune to this when someone else who has worked hard to earn the same privileges here must give them up in exchange for the bounty?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the trade-off isn't acceptable to you, then... Don't offer the bounty.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12845" LastActivityDate="2014-07-01T18:30:27.600" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10440" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10438" CreationDate="2014-07-01T19:35:07.113" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;You already get a free 100 reputation when you join from another site in the network and you have sufficient rep. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;There is one practical reason why your proposal would not really work out: It would generate confusion. Some users with 13 rep can comment/vote, others can't. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;There is also a strategic reason: reputation is 'expensive', it takes time to construct and if you want to have privileges you need it. If you discouple privileges and reputation, the latter will lose its worth. Someone's reputation is indicative of that person's experience. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want a question so badly answered that you are willing to look like a noob to the site, feel free to spend your reputation on bounties. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want the priviliges, do the work. Answer questions. It is give and take.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want keep the possibility to vote and still get your question some attention, you will have to find other ways to get your answer more attention and get it answered: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;posting it in chat, &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;asking in meta how to make the question better, &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;providing more info, &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;doing more research, &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;rephrasing the question&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="115155" LastActivityDate="2014-07-01T19:35:07.113" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10441" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10423" CreationDate="2014-07-01T23:10:28.190" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;As someone who typically posts from Windows I can relate to Wilf's answer regarding varying browser information and people posting from other machines, but I don't see it as a problem. As long as the message isn't overly obtrusive, it should be easy enough to for people (&lt;em&gt;like me&lt;/em&gt;) who use the site on a regular basis (&lt;em&gt;and therefore assumingly already know which flavours are acceptable to discuss&lt;/em&gt;) to ignore. For everyone else I think this will function as a helpful speed-bump. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="250271" LastActivityDate="2014-07-01T23:10:28.190" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10442" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10444" CreationDate="2014-07-02T07:33:48.593" Score="0" ViewCount="95" Body="&lt;p&gt;I ask a question in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/487030/is-there-bookmark-in-geany&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; after reading answer I tell my self: &quot;...That was a good plugin for Geany which make my work so easier! may be there are sort of another great plugins for Geany which make developers work so easier. But the point is, I do not know what I am looking for&quot;. You know the story is like this when you ask your friend &quot;Can you suggest me some useful plugins for Geany. It is so important that your friend never tell you Hay body this an OFF QUESTION!!&quot; so I am sure this kind of questions are general and depends on the work and also SO's policy is great and respectable[Thanks to all wonderful members]. But How we can ask general questions. OR better to say .Can I put this question on the stack:&quot;what useful plugins you suggest for the geany&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="181205" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2014-07-02T13:03:55.710" Title="how to ask general question" Tags="|discussion|question-quality|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10444" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10442" CreationDate="2014-07-02T13:03:47.303" Score="5" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Can you suggest me some useful plugins for Geany?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The problem with your question is that there isn't a way that I could got it wrong. Is not that there are several ways to do the stuff you want, but you don't put some specifics restrictions that people have to follow. Is like: give me a list of X. It just don't work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Questions that lack any specificity at all.&lt;/strong&gt; Now we're in a situation where there are &lt;em&gt;multiple &quot;correct&quot; answers&lt;/em&gt; because there are &lt;em&gt;no criteria for proving anything incorrect&lt;/em&gt;! Questions asking for OpenGL tutorials or help designing systems for which no requirements are provided fall into this category, and often become not just too broad but overly opinion-based.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The same happens with everything else you ask:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;what useful plugins you suggest for the geany&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Suggest me a good X?&lt;/em&gt;: Opinion based.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What you can do is ask for something with some requirements that made it special:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I'm looking for a Geany pluging that do awesomesauce, while fooring the bar. It should work in Windows, Mac and Linux, because I travel a lot. Should work with Geany version X.Y and up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The same applies for &lt;a href=&quot;https://softwarerecs.meta.stackexchange.com/q/336/226&quot;&gt;Software Recommendation&lt;/a&gt; and make sure to read their help page. They are way more strict with quality and formatting:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I'm looking for a Geany plugin with the following characteristics:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Should be awesomesauce&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Should foo the bar&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Must work in all operative systems&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Should work with Geany version X.Y and up.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-16T15:52:39.107" LastActivityDate="2014-07-02T13:03:47.303" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10445" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10446" CreationDate="2014-07-03T05:16:35.940" Score="-4" ViewCount="116" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm really tired of hunting down all the APT &quot;dependency&quot; problems... There are already 7 tags that are used for something that ultimately translates to apt/dpkg in the &quot;dependency problem&quot; context:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/software-center&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;software-center&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;software-center&lt;/a&gt; which uses aptdaemon as backend which calls python-apt which uses &lt;em&gt;gasp&lt;/em&gt; libapt for solving dependencies!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/update-manager&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;update-manager&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;update-manager&lt;/a&gt; which uses python-distupgrade which uses python-apt... blablabla.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/package&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;package&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;package&lt;/a&gt; .... I will talk about this later. But this is no way related with dependencies issues&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/update&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;update&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;update&lt;/a&gt; I believe the first appearance of this tag was about [apt-get] [update], but still, alone doesn't tell me anything about the probable dependencies issues.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/upgrade&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;upgrade&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;upgrade&lt;/a&gt; I believe the first appearance of this tag was about [apt-get] [upgrade], but still, alone doesn't tell me anything about the probable dependencies issues.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/deb&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;deb&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;deb&lt;/a&gt; will talk about it along with package tag.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/packaging&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;packaging&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;packaging&lt;/a&gt; what have this to do with manipulating a package manager to install a package and hitting a dependency issue?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/package-management&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;package-management&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;package-management&lt;/a&gt; &lt;em&gt;losing sanity&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;ARG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why should I follow just so. many. tags!? All of these tags are used for dependency questions... it shouldn't be. They all are more likely to be accurately answered if they have apt tag. The topic is all over the place and the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/dependency&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;dependency&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;dependency&lt;/a&gt; is not helping either.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All questions about &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/dependencies&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;dependencies&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;dependencies&lt;/a&gt; is just another layer to any of both &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/dpkg&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;dpkg&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;dpkg&lt;/a&gt; (yeah, dpkg has dependencies issues too) or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/apt&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;apt&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;apt&lt;/a&gt;. Is just not useful tag if anyways you need add apt/dpkg to all dependencies question and it actually don't tell me something that a glance to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=title%3Adependency%20is%3Aq&quot;&gt;the title&lt;/a&gt; I would know anyways.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Summary:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Lets cleanup and remove the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/dependency&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;dependency&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;dependency&lt;/a&gt; and replace all the instances for apt or dpkg (or any other package system if you find them) or just remove it if there's alredy the tag applied.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2014-07-04T18:39:31.303" Title="The &quot;dependency&quot; tag mess" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10446" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10445" CreationDate="2014-07-03T06:35:32.190" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've noticed that you and I often have similar opinions though you tend to ride on the strict side, and I the lax. I don't think these tags are all redundant, but I like the idea of removing the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/dependency&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;dependency&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;dependency&lt;/a&gt; tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Tags &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/software-center&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;software-center&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;software-center&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/update-manager&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;update-manager&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;update-manager&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/apt&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;apt&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;apt&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/dpkg&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;dpkg&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;dpkg&lt;/a&gt; are all programs so I think it's fitting they have tags so long as their are questions about them. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Tags &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/package&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;package&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;package&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/updates&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;updates&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;updates&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/upgrade&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;upgrade&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;upgrade&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/deb&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;deb&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;deb&lt;/a&gt; are not something I would ever have made. I don't understand why they were created, but perhaps if I took the time to browse the questions I might discover examples of a need. They do seem popular??? The questions tagged in theory wouldn't have to be tied to Apt/Dpkg though I imagine in practice they are.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/packaging&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;packaging&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;packaging&lt;/a&gt;, and [package-management] tags are topics so I think they're fine. For example you could have a software recommendation question about package managers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/dependency&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;dependency&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;dependency&lt;/a&gt; tag is a topic. You could have a question about installing software via Apt, or a question about dependencies in Apt. The first would use &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/apt&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;apt&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;apt&lt;/a&gt; and the second &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/apt&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;apt&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;apt&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/dependency&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;dependency&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;dependency&lt;/a&gt;. However that's pretty specific, I think there would need to be an excessive amount of apt/dpkg/other-package-manager questions about dependencies to justify creating this sub-topic. Even then I'm not sure it really does anything useful. However their are other sub-topic tags working well for apt like the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/pinning&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;pinning&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;pinning&lt;/a&gt; tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Summary:&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't think all these tags directly equate to apt/dpkg, but I like the idea of removing the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/dependency&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;dependency&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;dependency&lt;/a&gt; tag as it's overly specific. I wouldn't be opposed to the removal of a few of the others listed either.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="250271" LastActivityDate="2014-07-03T06:35:32.190" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10447" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10445" CreationDate="2014-07-03T07:46:02.900" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a bit confused about the bulleted list of tags. Is this about them or about the &lt;code&gt;dependencies&lt;/code&gt; tag? Anyway, most of these tags can ultimately be used well on their own  and they are certainly not synonymous with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/dpkg&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;dpkg&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;dpkg&lt;/a&gt; or  &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/apt&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;apt&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;apt&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/updates&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;updates&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;updates&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/upgrade&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;upgrade&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;upgrade&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/package&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;package&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;package&lt;/a&gt; might do well being merged into &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/package-management&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;package-management&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;package-management&lt;/a&gt; as they're all a little vague.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your argument that several of these things use &lt;code&gt;libapt&lt;/code&gt; is slightly silly. Following it we could merge many tags into something like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/gtk&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;gtk&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;gtk&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/c&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;c&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;c&lt;/a&gt;. Most importantly though, 90+% people don't have a clue what the relationships between the packaging tools are. That's why these are tagged from the questions' point of view, not their solutions'.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In that vein, isn't &lt;em&gt;adding&lt;/em&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/dependency&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;dependency&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;dependency&lt;/a&gt; &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/apt&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;apt&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;apt&lt;/a&gt; to dependency issues a better approach than just chiselling things down to their rawest components? That way you can see it it's both an Apt issue and a dependency issue. People who want to help with dependency issues (without the rest of the Apt world) can do so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2014-07-03T07:46:02.900" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10448" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10449" CreationDate="2014-07-03T07:57:01.633" Score="14" ViewCount="191" Body="&lt;p&gt;I see a lot of questions in the review queue that meet the following criteria.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;They have one or more close votes/flags with reason off-topic EOL.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;They have been asked long ago, and at the time of asking, the release in question was still supported.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe closing them as off-topic EOL is not correct, and that reason should be used only on questions that have been asked after the release reached its end of life.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the community opinion on this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="45659" LastEditorUserId="45659" LastEditDate="2014-07-03T15:30:20.880" LastActivityDate="2016-09-03T09:36:47.080" Title="Should questions asked long ago when the release was still supported be closed as off-topic EOL?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ClosedDate="2014-07-12T00:33:19.627" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10449" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10448" CreationDate="2014-07-03T08:23:09.413" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;First and foremost any EOL question considered &quot;answered&quot; (has one or many +1 or higher answers, regardless of accepted) should be ignored. If you have to vote, I'd vote to leave-open. It's been dealt with, stop wasting review time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd frankly take the same tack with unanswered questions. Unless they're a high scoring question they'll be cleared away automatically. If they are a high ranked question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If the question would technically still apply, you could edit out the version specificity.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If the OP hasn't answered questions you could vote as unclear.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If it has a good answer that hasn't got a vote, +1 it and move on.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If it's super-version-specific and has no positive answers, close-EOL it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But in all seriousness, almost any time spent on old questions is wasted time. We have questions coming in that aren't being dealt with so people would do best to hang out on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions?sort=newest&quot;&gt;new questions&lt;/a&gt; page. The system will deal with the ancient cruft in its own time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2016-09-03T09:36:47.080" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10450" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10451" CreationDate="2014-07-03T12:24:08.710" Score="7" ViewCount="68" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just out of curiosity: I was recently awarded with the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/badges/185/curious&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Curious&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; badge, which is described as:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Asked a well-received question on 5 separate days, and maintained a positive question record. &#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe my English is lacking, but this is not clear to me. I am sure I did not asked new questions in 5 different days. And the last few questions I posted have no up votes...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="177437" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2014-07-03T12:33:08.873" Title="Curious badge: what is it?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10451" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10450" CreationDate="2014-07-03T12:33:08.873" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;It just means you've posted 5 questions on 5 separate days which have a positive score.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's a new badge that has been applied retro-actively, which is why you've been awarded it now. It's not because of something you've done recently.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2014-07-03T12:33:08.873" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10452" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-07-03T13:25:33.140" Score="4" ViewCount="393" Body="&lt;p&gt;Following through with &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/10307/169736&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/10307/169736&lt;/a&gt; we agreed that extension tags are far from useful in most cases, since you will always be referring to something that &quot;creates, plays, views, edits, converts, and etc to/from that file type&quot;, so media-player, media-editor, media-converter, etc. but we still need a tag for questions about the debian package format itself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It doesn't fit apt nor dpkg, since those tools doesn't actually envelop the debian package structure, and package management/manager sounds more about how these package interacts between them. So we need some sort of tag where people can ask about a package and don't give the idea that &lt;code&gt;.xyz&lt;/code&gt; tags are good tags either, so I say lets go for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/debian-package&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;debian-package&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;debian-package&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;BTW, I'm not very hung up on &lt;code&gt;debian-package&lt;/code&gt; it can also be &lt;code&gt;debian-packages&lt;/code&gt; (plural), whatever flies with me&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2014-07-03T13:56:48.187" LastActivityDate="2014-07-04T05:21:23.197" Title="Rename an merge deb and package into debian-packages" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10453" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10452" CreationDate="2014-07-03T13:51:31.640" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;For clarity's sake, I don't think &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/debian-packages&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;debian-packages&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;debian-packages&lt;/a&gt; is a good choice of name. It sounds like you're talking about packages &lt;em&gt;in&lt;/em&gt; Debian to me, not the &quot;Debian binary package format&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If this &lt;em&gt;must&lt;/em&gt; be explicit, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/deb-packages&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;deb-packages&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;deb-packages&lt;/a&gt; is much less ambiguous.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Though I'm not sure why we need &lt;code&gt;-packages&lt;/code&gt; on the end of it at all. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/deb&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;deb&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;deb&lt;/a&gt; already exists and there's only one thing that &lt;code&gt;deb&lt;/code&gt; means in Ubuntu. Further, that's how most format extensions seem to be currently handled, unless there's a really silly clash or dual meaning (like there would be with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/click&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;click&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;click&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-07-03T14:06:35.017" LastActivityDate="2014-07-03T14:06:35.017" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10454" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10409" CreationDate="2014-07-03T19:54:00.053" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;If the question is &quot;easy&quot; to answer, then many people will be able to respond and the burden can easily(!) be shared. Those who find this beneath them will, naturally, let other stake on the task. &#xA;I have found that Google is most useful when I don't know the right words to AskUbuntu. For instance, as a long-standing Windows user, I knew that I wanted to create a desktop shortcut to a file that I would need to access quickly. Eventually, Googling taught me to look not for &quot;shortcuts&quot; but &quot;links&quot;. Once facing in the right direction, I was able to solve the problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="254310" LastEditorUserId="254310" LastEditDate="2014-07-17T17:19:44.963" LastActivityDate="2014-07-17T17:19:44.963" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10455" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10452" CreationDate="2014-07-04T04:50:42.920" Score="0" Body="&lt;h1&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/deb&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;deb&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;deb&lt;/a&gt; Tag:&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Overview:&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/deb&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;deb&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;deb&lt;/a&gt; is an file type tag. Questions that use it will either be about installing/getting a program in the debian package format, or&#xA;about the debian package format (eg: modifying/extracting/creating .deb archives).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Installing/Getting Questions:&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Installation based questions can be broken into 2 types: installing a specific program, and installing .deb files in general.&#xA;Both of these are covered by more broadly by the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/software-installation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;software-installation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;software-installation&lt;/a&gt; tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Installing A Specific Program:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If a user is asking about installing a specific program from a .deb file then the question is really about installing &#xA;the program and should therefore be tagged with the tag for that program (eg: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/software-installation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;software-installation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;software-installation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/firefox&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;firefox&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;firefox&lt;/a&gt;). &#xA;Since some programs are released in multiple package formats and it can be helpful to mention which &#xA;you are using when asking questions regarding how to install a program you're having trouble installing, but I'm not sure that&#xA;justifies tagging all &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/software-installation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;software-installation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;software-installation&lt;/a&gt; questions with package type tags (eg: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/software-installation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;software-installation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;software-installation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/firefox&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;firefox&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;firefox&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/deb&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;deb&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;deb&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/software-installation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;software-installation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;software-installation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/vmware-player&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;vmware-player&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;vmware-player&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/bundle&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;bundle&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;bundle&lt;/a&gt;)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example does the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/deb&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;deb&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;deb&lt;/a&gt; tag really add anything useful to these questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/245829/cannot-install-deb-files&quot;&gt;Cannot install deb files&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This question is about the Ubuntu Software Center refusing to install .deb files. It's currently tagged&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/installation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;installation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;installation&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/deb&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;deb&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;deb&lt;/a&gt;. Does &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/deb&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;deb&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;deb&lt;/a&gt; really do anything useful here? This question is about&#xA;the Ubuntu Software Center which for the record only supports .deb files. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/414663/how-to-install-world-of-goo-deb&quot;&gt;How to install World of goo.deb&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This question is about installing World Of Goo on Ubuntu. It's in .deb format, but as mentioned before does&#xA;every question about installing a program really need to be tagged with the package format used. I think&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/software-installation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;software-installation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;software-installation&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/world-of-goo&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;world-of-goo&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;world-of-goo&lt;/a&gt; (if it existed) would be enough. It would different&#xA;if there were 100s of package types to potentially install the same program from; under those circumstances&#xA;I could see importance of making such tags.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/231667/need-help-install-qq2012-in-my-ubuntu-12-10&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;cannot access archive: No such file or directory&amp;quot; when installing a package using dpkg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Again this is a program specific question, and therefore why tag it .deb. Tags like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/software-installation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;software-installation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;software-installation&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/qq2012&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;qq2012&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;qq2012&lt;/a&gt;(if it existed) would work just fine. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Installing .deb Files In General:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These types of questions don't typically list a specific program to be installed, but state something like how &#xA;can I install .deb files on&#xA;this or like that. These questions are actually about a package managers, and package management which is covered by either the tag for the specific package &#xA;manager the OP is using (eg: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/synaptic&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;synaptic&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;synaptic&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/muon-package-manager&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;muon-package-manager&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;muon-package-manager&lt;/a&gt;, or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/gdebi&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;gdebi&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;gdebi&lt;/a&gt;) or in the case of not being &#xA;specificed the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/package-manager&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;package-manager&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;package-manager&lt;/a&gt; tag could be used. Given the limited array of package types for Ubuntu &#xA;do we really need to specify that .deb is being used? I think for the moment it's a step across the line of&#xA;being specific and being overly specific.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example does the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/deb&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;deb&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;deb&lt;/a&gt; tag really add anything useful to these questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/179872/installing-deb-file-through-synaptic&quot;&gt;Installing debian package through Synaptic&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This question is about installing .deb files using Synaptic. Keyword being Synaptic, and since synaptic&#xA;only supports DEB archives what point is there in tagging it &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/deb&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;deb&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;deb&lt;/a&gt;. Even if Synaptic supported other&#xA;formats it would still be a Synaptic question, and would only generate a number of questions equating to&#xA;the number of package formats so it's unlikely that enough questions could be made to justify sub-topics like&#xA;using Synaptic to install debs instead of just using Synaptic to install software.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/121243/how-to-install-debs-in-a-folder-using-a-single-command&quot;&gt;How to install .debs in a folder using a single command?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This question is about installing .deb files that are in a folder. This is actually a good example of using the &#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/deb&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;deb&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;deb&lt;/a&gt; tag. The question is about installing software, but more specifically programs using the debian package format. &#xA;That said this is really a poorly worded &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/software-recommendation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;software-recommendation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;software-recommendation&lt;/a&gt; question. The OP is looking for a program that can install &#xA;.deb files from a folder. I think tags &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/software-recommendation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;software-recommendation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;software-recommendation&lt;/a&gt;, and [package-manager] would work just fine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/490721/how-to-install-a-deb-package-with-dependencies-on-something-you-have-multiple-ve&quot;&gt;How to install a deb package with dependencies on something you have multiple versions of?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This question is about python, and package management.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Questions About The Debian Package Format:&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions about creating/modifying/extracting .deb files falls under the tag &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/packaging&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;packaging&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;packaging&lt;/a&gt;. Currently the tag&#xA;is exclusive to debian packages, but if it were expanded beyond that to packaging of any format then the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/deb&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;deb&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;deb&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;tag could be used in harmony with it. For example a question about using dpkg-buildpackage to build deb packages&#xA;could be tagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/dpkg-buildpackage&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;dpkg-buildpackage&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;dpkg-buildpackage&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/packaging&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;packaging&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;packaging&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/deb&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;deb&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;deb&lt;/a&gt;, but as mentioned before that currently isn't the case&#xA;because the packaging tag currently is only for debian packages making &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/deb&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;deb&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;deb&lt;/a&gt; redundant on such questions. Even then&#xA;deb isn't a package type, it's an extention for debian packages so the suggestion of using &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/debian-package&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;debian-package&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;debian-package&lt;/a&gt; instead&#xA;of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/deb&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;deb&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;deb&lt;/a&gt; makes sense to me, and I agree that it could help prevent promoting future creation of file type tags.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example does the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/deb&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;deb&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;deb&lt;/a&gt; tag really add anything useful to these questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/413382/creating-a-debian-package-with-external-package-dependencies&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/413382/creating-a-debian-package-with-external-package-dependencies&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This question is about creating a debian package. It currently uses the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/packaging&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;packaging&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;packaging&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/deb&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;deb&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;deb&lt;/a&gt;. Since&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/packaging&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;packaging&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;packaging&lt;/a&gt; is only for creating debian packages the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/deb&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;deb&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;deb&lt;/a&gt; tag is pointless.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/395753/how-can-i-create-a-deb-from-binaries&quot;&gt;How can I create a deb from binaries?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This question has the same issue the above one does. It uses &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/packaging&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;packaging&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;packaging&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/deb&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;deb&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;deb&lt;/a&gt;. Also most questions&#xA;about creating debian packages like this are poorly worded software requests where the OP needs a program to create&#xA;a package, and instructions on how to use it. In this case the answer is about using dpkg-deb to create debian packages.&#xA;So either simply &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/packaging&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;packaging&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;packaging&lt;/a&gt; would work, or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/software-recommendation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;software-recommendation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;software-recommendation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/packager&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;packager&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;packager&lt;/a&gt;(if it existed). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Conclusion:&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/deb&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;deb&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;deb&lt;/a&gt; tag is to be kept I agree that a better name would be &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/debian-package&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;debian-package&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;debian-package&lt;/a&gt; since that is a package type,&#xA;deb on the other hand is merely the package type extention, but my vote is to kill it rather than rename. The&#xA;only valid use I see it having is under the topic of packaging which currently would cause overlap since the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/packaging&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;packaging&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;packaging&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;is only for debian packages. Alternatively the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/packaging&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;packaging&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;packaging&lt;/a&gt; tag could be edited to be non-debian-package specific.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/package&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;package&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;package&lt;/a&gt; Tag:&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Overview:&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/package&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;package&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;package&lt;/a&gt; tag is a synonym tag currently pointing to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/packages&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;packages&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;packages&lt;/a&gt;. This makes sense since it's merely a pluralization&#xA;of the word. I'm not sure if you are proposing to merge &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/package&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;package&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;package&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/packages&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;packages&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;packages&lt;/a&gt; with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/deb&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;deb&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;deb&lt;/a&gt; to create the newly &#xA;suggested &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/debian-packages&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;debian-packages&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;debian-packages&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/packages&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;packages&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;packages&lt;/a&gt; tag:&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/packages&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;packages&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;packages&lt;/a&gt; tag is for &quot;&lt;code&gt;questions about software packages, installing them, removing them, updating them and finding them&lt;/code&gt;&quot;.&#xA;which is broader than the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/deb&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;deb&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;deb&lt;/a&gt; which is a specific package type. Honestly I've browsed through several questions and&#xA;I'm not sure what this tag does. It's often used with the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/package-management&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;package-management&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;package-management&lt;/a&gt; tag which makes it seem kind of pointless&#xA;to me, or a specific program tag because the user is looking for a download of the program. It's quite popular thought &#xA;with 1,522 questions using it. It's not just for debian packages, you could also ask about .bundle files if you wanted.&#xA;This tag is a step back, packages in general, then step forward to specifically debian packages. Potentially a question&#xA;about finding a Mozilla Firefox download in the debian package format could be tagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/firefox&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;firefox&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;firefox&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/packages&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;packages&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;packages&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/deb&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;deb&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;deb&lt;/a&gt;, or a question about finding a VMware Player download could be tagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/vmware-player&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;vmware-player&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;vmware-player&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/packages&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;packages&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;packages&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/bundle&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;bundle&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;bundle&lt;/a&gt;(if it existed).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Conclusion:&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think it makes more sense to keep the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/package&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;package&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;package&lt;/a&gt; tag as a synonym for the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/packages&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;packages&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;packages&lt;/a&gt; tag rather than combine it with the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/deb&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;deb&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;deb&lt;/a&gt; tag.&#xA;Given that the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/packages&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;packages&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;packages&lt;/a&gt; tag is not restricted to debian package questions I see no point in merging it with the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/deb&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;deb&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;deb&lt;/a&gt; tag&#xA;as many questions may not work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Summary:&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I agree that renaming the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/deb&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;deb&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;deb&lt;/a&gt; tag to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/debian-package&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;debian-package&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;debian-package&lt;/a&gt; could help prevent promoting creation of file format tags. I&#xA;also think that since deb is a file extention not a file type &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/debian-package&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;debian-package&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;debian-package&lt;/a&gt; makes more sense. However the &#xA;only questions I've seen that work well with it would be packaging related questions (most of which will be about&#xA;using a given software to create a package). Currently the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/packaging&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;packaging&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;packaging&lt;/a&gt; tag is&#xA;debian package specific so this makes the combined use with the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/deb&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;deb&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;deb&lt;/a&gt; tag pointless. The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/packaging&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;packaging&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;packaging&lt;/a&gt; tag could be changed&#xA;to be non-specific, and then the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/debian-package&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;debian-package&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;debian-package&lt;/a&gt; tag would have a use. However under those circumstances I think the&#xA;tag would be best described as one that &quot;could be used&quot; rather than one that is &quot;needed&quot;. I therefore vote that the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/deb&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;deb&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;deb&lt;/a&gt; simply be removed, not renamed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In regards to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/package&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;package&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;package&lt;/a&gt; tag. It's a synonym of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/packages&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;packages&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;packages&lt;/a&gt; and therefore I assume your were actually refering to the&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/packages&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;packages&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;packages&lt;/a&gt; tag which is not specific to debian-packages so I don't think it works well to merge tags &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/deb&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;deb&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;deb&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/package&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;package&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;package&lt;/a&gt;/&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/packages&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;packages&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;packages&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;to create the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/debian-package&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;debian-package&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;debian-package&lt;/a&gt; tag as some questions may not be about debian packages.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="250271" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2014-07-04T05:21:23.197" CommentCount="12" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10456" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-07-04T06:18:52.857" Score="3" ViewCount="47" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to sort/list tags on Ask Ubuntu based on use. For example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;used this week (no. of questions tagged this week)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;used this month/year (no. of questions tagged this month/year)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another example for sorting tags:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;votes on tag in this week/month/year&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="256099" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2014-07-04T08:06:16.783" LastActivityDate="2014-08-05T01:16:43.540" Title="How to sort/find tags based on used &amp; votes?" Tags="|support|feature-request|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10457" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10464" CreationDate="2014-07-04T13:35:34.657" Score="-4" ViewCount="113" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes!! Finally we have reached the 1k close votes milestone!!&lt;br&gt;&#xA;I Heartily congratulate all 3k rep users(except the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/badges/126/steward&quot;&gt;stewards&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/close/stats&quot;&gt;others who try to shorten the list&lt;/a&gt;) for letting the queue to grow up to this Mark.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So have you planned any celebrations? If not I have some ideas, like&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Decrease close votes required from 5 to 3 or even 2.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If 10k user votes to close, the post should be closed immediately.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Allow 2k users to vote on close votes queue(If required, make there votes less valuable than 3k users)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Allow tag gold badge earned users to close any type of question in the respective tag, not just duplicates(as it is currently)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Plan some post-closing ceremonies.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Notify 3k users from time to time that they can(and should) review close-votes queues &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are your ideas?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="184942" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2014-07-05T05:34:55.280" Title="1K close votes!!! Any celebrations?" Tags="|discussion|review|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10458" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10456" CreationDate="2014-07-04T20:27:12.667" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;For starters:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;used this week (no. of questions tagged this week), for questions tagged [tag] created during the week from June 23 to 29&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;[tag] created:2014-06-23..2014-06-29 is:q&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;used this month/year (no. of questions tagged this month/year), for questions created a specific month/year:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;[tag] created:201406 is:q&#xA;[tag] created:2014 is:q&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Up till here is pretty easy yet complex. &lt;code&gt;[tag]&lt;/code&gt; is to narrow the search to a specific tag; &lt;code&gt;created:&lt;/code&gt; is to specify when was the post created (you have &lt;code&gt;active&lt;/code&gt; also); the date format is YYYY-MM-DD and doesn't have shortcuts, like &quot;today&quot;, &quot;50 week&quot;, etc.; &lt;code&gt;is:q&lt;/code&gt; is to prevent you from finding answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;votes on tag in this week/month/year&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This would require you to query the &lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;SEDE&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-07-06T00:52:41.017" LastActivityDate="2014-07-06T00:52:41.017" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10459" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10469" CreationDate="2014-07-04T21:50:59.277" Score="12" ViewCount="110" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since companies tags are useless, we need something for Intel CPU products. We already have intel-graphics, intel-wireless, intel-[insert your product here], so renaming the tag seems like the Right Thing To Do™ to prevent ambiguity and be consistent with the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/a/254124/792066&quot;&gt;general policy of SE.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T09:16:20.523" LastActivityDate="2014-07-05T20:13:27.347" Title="Rename intel tag to intel-cpu" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10460" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-07-04T22:58:46.413" Score="2" ViewCount="137" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/491593/how-to-fix-this-spotify-error&quot;&gt;This question&lt;/a&gt; is dupe to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/491620/sudo-apt-get-update-fails-with-the-following-messages/491607#491607&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;em&gt;(I was the first user to flag my question as dupe.)&lt;/em&gt; Mods decided to mark it a dupe to another question, that's none of my business. Basically reading &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/491620/sudo-apt-get-update-fails-with-the-following-messages/491607#491607&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; would help me solve my problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But how to reach it? My question has a totally different title, therefore it wasn't shown in the suggested list. I can't just go brainstorming, thinking of different titles until I nail it :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It didn't &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.google.com/search?num=100&amp;amp;q=Problem%20with%20MergeList%20/var/lib/apt/lists/repository.spotify.com_%20dists_stable_non-free_i18n_Translation-en%255fUS&amp;amp;spell=1&amp;amp;sa=X&amp;amp;ei=fS63U8y2DNOP0wW8goCoCA&amp;amp;ved=0CBsQBSgA&amp;amp;biw=1366&amp;amp;bih=616&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;even popup on google&lt;/a&gt;, and I am an avid googler. Moreover if you use this error message&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/repository.spotify.com_dists_stable_non-free_i18n_Translation-en%5fUS&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And you just put it in the askubuntu search bar, it would return &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=Problem%20with%20MergeList%20%2Fvar%2Flib%2Fapt%2Flists%2Frepository.spotify.com_dists_stable_non-free_i18n_Translation-en%255fUS&quot;&gt;this list&lt;/a&gt;. Both Google and SE search engine may contain links to questions similar to mine (like the one you marked my question a dupe to); but I was specifically asking about spotify, I didn't want to go try random solutions, and as it turns  out, Spotify repo is bad, just had to remove it, no further answers or explanations are needed. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I like to know just enough to fix a specific problem, otherwise I would have used arch reading endless docs, learning solutions to problems I may never have!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I never reached the duplicate that I was looking for, although I used the most specific method, searching for the error itself rather than random keywords. Who's to blame me or SE? And what can we do about it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I decided to ask this question because many of my questions are marked duped on many SE sites, though I really tried to find those dupes but couldn't. Sometimes the user use a different way to ask a question, making it impossible to find it, at least for me anyhow.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="23239" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2014-07-05T08:47:25.337" Title="How to know if my question is a dupe if the OP used a different title?" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10461" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10460" CreationDate="2014-07-04T23:24:22.833" Score="-1" Body="&lt;h1&gt;The question didn't show up when you tried to search the logical keywords? Why didn't you edit it‽&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And yes, both &lt;em&gt;your question&lt;/em&gt; and the question that solved your issue titles sucks. &quot;How to fix this spotify error&quot; implies the error is thrown by Spotify client... is not even close. &quot;Sudo apt-get update fails with the following messages&quot; why didn't he just wrote the message, nor anybody else wrote a less sucky title? But well, I tried to explain several times that we need to improve our general quality, but nobody listens so these problems are bound to happen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I fixed the canonical title at the very least for this particular issue, I will not vote to reopen because my vote will be thrown to the oblivion since nobody will agree.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is one of those cases where the &quot;canonical&quot; doesn't account for all possible reasons, which in this case is an actual bug in the Spotify repositories hence it can only be fixed by Spotify or you have to live without the repository on your repository list. The case is specific enough (single repository, reproducible always, &lt;strong&gt;canonical solutions will not work&lt;/strong&gt;) to not be a duplicate of the canonical question, but meh, nobody listen to the guy with the most answers and score on the relevant tags.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Related:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/102027/213575&quot;&gt;How should questions about compiler errors be titled?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/230267/213575&quot;&gt;Should I write the error message as title of my question?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2014-07-05T00:11:15.220" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10462" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-07-05T01:21:49.153" Score="3" ViewCount="156" Body="&lt;p&gt;Earlier today I created a new tag &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/boot-to-ram&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;boot-to-ram&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;boot-to-ram&lt;/a&gt;, which appears to have spurred some chat discussion. I've created this post so people can share their thoughts about the tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tag Excerpt:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;For questions about booting to ram.&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;source: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tags/boot-to-ram/info&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/tags/boot-to-ram/info&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tag Description:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;This tag is topic tag intended for questions about booting Ubuntu to/from software generated ram-drives. This tag is NOT intended for questions about physical hardware ram based ssds like gigabyte i-ram, or hyperdrive.&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Source: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tags/boot-to-ram/info&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/tags/boot-to-ram/info&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I created &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/boot-to-ram&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;boot-to-ram&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;boot-to-ram&lt;/a&gt;, because it's a subject I've been interested in for years; I believe others are as well. Since I have not found any existing tags covering the topic, and I have found/written questions to for it, I feel it's worthy of existence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;EDIT #1 - Reply To Mateo:&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Rather than try to type my reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/10463&quot;&gt;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/10463&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;in the small comment boxes I've written it here. This will give me more&#xA;room to address the issues, and allow easy viewing for others.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;This seem like it would apply to a small set of questions&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;source: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/10463/250271&quot;&gt;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/10463/250271&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's hard to tell since since searching for them yields many unrelated results. All I can&#xA;say for sure is that having a tag might make these questions easier for experts to find them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;I see better tags already in use such as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/boot&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;boot&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;boot&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ram&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ram&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ram&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/system-installation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;system-installation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;system-installation&lt;/a&gt; and&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/live-environment&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;live-environment&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;live-environment&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;source: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/10463/250271&quot;&gt;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/10463/250271&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/boot&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;boot&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;boot&lt;/a&gt; is wide topic, and I think &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/boot-to-ram&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;boot-to-ram&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;boot-to-ram&lt;/a&gt; is fine as a sub-topic. The point of tags&#xA;is to add useful information that helps classify a post in a manner that sums up what it's about;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/boot-to-ram&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;boot-to-ram&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;boot-to-ram&lt;/a&gt; adds relevant information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/system-installation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;system-installation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;system-installation&lt;/a&gt; will not likely ever&#xA;be appropriate because configurations like booting to ram with Ubuntu are done post installation, and the&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/system-installation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;system-installation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;system-installation&lt;/a&gt; clearly states it's only for questions about installing Ubuntu, not post &#xA;installation questions.See description quote below.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Description For &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/system-installation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;system-installation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;system-installation&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;Questions about installing Ubuntu in any supported architecture. Post-installation questions should not be under this tag.&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;source: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tags/system-installation/info&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/tags/system-installation/info&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also some rambooting questions are about live-environments which don't involve installing Ubuntu. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ram&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ram&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ram&lt;/a&gt; could be used, but none of the questions I found and tagged with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/boot-to-ram&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;boot-to-ram&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;boot-to-ram&lt;/a&gt; were using it which suggests&#xA;that experts on this topic don't equate the two things.&#xA;According to my understanding it's also&#xA;bad practice to use 2 tags to create a word, in this case ramboot = &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ram&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ram&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ram&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/boot&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;boot&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;boot&lt;/a&gt; being a commonly used term for booting to ram. I know&#xA;that's not how you were using it, but other users might see that and think it's okay to couple tags to create words. In&#xA;this instance I think that &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/boot-to-ram&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;boot-to-ram&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;boot-to-ram&lt;/a&gt; is a better choice than just &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ram&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ram&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ram&lt;/a&gt; as it's more clear in describing&#xA;the question. For example a question with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/boot-to-ram&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;boot-to-ram&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;boot-to-ram&lt;/a&gt; is clearly about performing a ramboot, but a question tagged&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/boot&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;boot&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;boot&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ram&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ram&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ram&lt;/a&gt; could be about many things such as ram errors preventing the OS from booting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/live-environment&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;live-environment&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;live-environment&lt;/a&gt; is currently very open-endedly described, and varies from how anyone I know uses the term in&#xA;real life, even so &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/boot-to-ram&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;boot-to-ram&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;boot-to-ram&lt;/a&gt; would work as a sub-topic. Live installations run an OS from a read-only-media/media-being&#xA;-treated-as-read-only and cache accessed files in ram; this is not the same thing as booting to ram. &#xA; A live environment is a type of installation; booting to ram is a type of configuration, and it's not limited to live environments.&#xA;Also I doubt anyone looking to ask a question about booting to ram will think to tag it &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/live-environment&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;live-environment&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;live-environment&lt;/a&gt;. None of&#xA;the ones I've tagged with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/boot-to-ram&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;boot-to-ram&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;boot-to-ram&lt;/a&gt; thus far were.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;It is a strange wording as well, It isn't really accurate to what you are doing&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;source: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/10463/250271&quot;&gt;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/10463/250271&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Boot-to-ram is a commonly used description for this process. I chose it because it has a balance of common-usage/accuracy. &#xA;I'm by no means hung on it; if people have a better term to use. The terms and descriptions I'm familiar with are are below,&#xA;but most are phrases and therefore won't work well for tags.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Terms:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;frugal install/frugal installation = An operating system installation on a hard drive that ONLY boots to ram.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;frugal-media = A cd/dvd containing an operating system that ramboots. It's kind of like a live-cd except &#xA;the media is no longer needed after boot and it's not an installation media. Distros like Puppy Linux, and &#xA;Slax use frugal-media.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;ramboot&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;boot to ram = While this description is not entirely accurate people sometimes prefer to use it over &quot;boot from ram&quot;&#xA;because it's taken on the meaning that the operating system isn't in ram when the computer turns on, but will be copied there. Also In the linux world one of the ways of booting to ram is using the &quot;toram&quot; argument in one's grub entry.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;boot from ram = &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;run os from ram&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;run os from ramdrive&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;diskless boot = Booting to ram on a computer that has no other storage devices. This is typically achieved by booting&#xA;from a network connection. Another computer hosts an OS image, and at before boot it's copied over to the host's ram.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;bootable ramdrive = Most operating systems allow the creation of ram based storage devices (sometimes third party software is required)&#xA;, very few easily allow&#xA;creation of bootable ones. Often people will put bootable in front to distinguish which type of drive they intend to&#xA;create.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;bootable ramdisk&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think that ramboot, boot-to-ram, and boot-from-ram are the best options as they are the most commonly used descriptions in&#xA;questions about rambooting, and aren't limited to any given installation type. This doesn't mean they are brilliant.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;perhaps a better alternative would be &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ram-drive&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ram-drive&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ram-drive&lt;/a&gt; that would be about making and using ram-drives in general&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;source: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/10463/250271&quot;&gt;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/10463/250271&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This suggestion would work though I would point out that &#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/boot-to-ram&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;boot-to-ram&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;boot-to-ram&lt;/a&gt; is a topic tag for an system configuration style and while it in my experience does involve some kind of virtual&#xA;disk being created theoretically there could be methods that use some form of caching instead. &#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ram-drive&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ram-drive&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ram-drive&lt;/a&gt; would also cause overlap with the existing &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ssd&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ssd&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ssd&lt;/a&gt; as ram-drives are a type of ssds. While I would prefer&#xA;to keep the tag named &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/boot-to-ram&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;boot-to-ram&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;boot-to-ram&lt;/a&gt; your proposal to name it &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ram-drive&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ram-drive&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ram-drive&lt;/a&gt; and make it a bit broader is valid and I could&#xA;get behind it once my ego has deflated a bit :P. People should way in on this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;we don't usually narrow down tags based on intent aka not [14.04-on-cd] or [boot-to-single-user-mode] or [grub-on-gpt]&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;source: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/10463/250271&quot;&gt;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/10463/250271&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just because it's not usually done doesn't mean it can't work for some tags.&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/14.04-on-cd&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;14.04-on-cd&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;14.04-on-cd&lt;/a&gt; is an unfair example since it's version specific, however &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ubuntu-on-cd&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ubuntu-on-cd&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ubuntu-on-cd&lt;/a&gt; would be more fair, and &#xA;equates to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/live-dvd&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;live-dvd&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;live-dvd&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/boot-to-single-user-mode&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;boot-to-single-user-mode&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;boot-to-single-user-mode&lt;/a&gt; is unfair because it's not really a topic, but a feature of&#xA;linux. Booting to ram is a topic which can generate questions involving many different methods, programs, and problems.&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/grub-on-gpt&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;grub-on-gpt&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;grub-on-gpt&lt;/a&gt; does make a good case, and as mentioned above I agree that using &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ram-drive&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ram-drive&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ram-drive&lt;/a&gt; would work, but then again so does &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/boot-to-ram&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;boot-to-ram&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;boot-to-ram&lt;/a&gt;. Many tags would work by a few different names, that's one of the reasons why synonym tags are needed so often.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;EDIT #2 - Reply To Braiam:&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Rather than try to type my reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/10463&quot;&gt;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/10463&lt;/a&gt; in the small comment boxes &#xA;I've written it here. This will give me more room to address the issues, and allow easy viewing for others.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;you don't seem to be discriminating the live environment booting and a real boot to RAM&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Source: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/10470&quot;&gt;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/10470&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The topic is booting Ubuntu from ram, while it can be subdivided into &quot;booting to ram on a standard installation&quot;,&#xA;&quot;booting to ram with a live environment&quot;, and &quot;booting to ram with hardware ramdrives&quot; I don't see why getting&#xA;more specific would be helpful given one of the concerns people have raised is a potential un-abundance of &#xA;questions. It all falls under the same topic after all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;As you can see, for me, the main difference between a live environment and booting to RAM is whenever or not a support media available is needed&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Source: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/10470&quot;&gt;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/10470&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes. The same is true of a live environment and a normal installation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;copy all the content to the RAM, afterwards the media can be disconnected.&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Source: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/10470&quot;&gt;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/10470&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Generally yes but I should point out that some setups may allow writing back to the source for sync purposes. &#xA;You are still running the OS from ram, as long as you aren't actively reading from the source anymore. Also some&#xA;methods may not allow disconnection of the source media (even if it's not being used) because the software involved&#xA;may not suppport removal (eg: some Casper setups). However I understand what you're getting at here which is that the&#xA;source is used to load the OS into ram and run it from there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;as you can see, live environment can be considered like that. [Refering to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/boot-to-ram&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;boot-to-ram&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;boot-to-ram&lt;/a&gt; excerpt which states &quot;For questions about booting to ram&quot;.]&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Source: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/10470&quot;&gt;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/10470&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This goes back to difference between frugal-media and live-media.&#xA;Booting to ram is a type of configuration that can be applied to both standard installations, and live installations. The goal is&#xA;the same, and the methods used sometimes are too (eg: the live-boot package method). The fact&#xA;that a live environment uses more ram (swap) than a standard install does not make it the same thing as running ones&#xA;operating system from ram. For example on my Windows machine I have a program installed that can re-direct changes to ram, but&#xA;that doesn't mean Windows is running from ram; it means larger pieces than normal may be because write-backs are forbidden. &#xA;Both standard installations, and live environments use a combination of memory &amp;amp; source installation to run. The difference&#xA;being that live-environments are forced to use more memory, because they can't write back to the source (they do however&#xA;continue read from it) they are forced to live off caching. In a boot to ram configuration the source is used for getting&#xA; the OS into the system's ram and then the OS is run from there not the source. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;through boot is related, this is a special case of booting, so the boot tag should be excluded&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Source: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/10470&quot;&gt;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/10470&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your suggestion makes sense to me. What would you propose questions like this be tagged? Obviously it will vary&#xA;from question to question depending on circumstance, but I would like to discuss this with everyone so that the&#xA;exising questions tagged with the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/boot-to-ram&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;boot-to-ram&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;boot-to-ram&lt;/a&gt; tag can demonstrate good tagging examples to aid future askers &#xA;in their tagging.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="250271" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2014-07-06T04:51:36.030" Title="Have Any Concerns With The Newly Created Boot-to-ram Tag?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10463" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10462" CreationDate="2014-07-05T01:36:10.250" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;This seem like it would only apply to a small set of questions, probally only the 5-6 questions you already tagged, which I see better tags already in use such as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/boot&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;boot&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;boot&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ram&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ram&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ram&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/system-installiation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;system-installiation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;system-installiation&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/live-environment&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;live-environment&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;live-environment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is a strange wording as well, It isn't really accurate to what you are doing as you need to boot to your harddisk/cd/usb to then make and copy to the ramdisk - perhaps a better alternative would be &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ram-drive&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ram-drive&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ram-drive&lt;/a&gt; that would be about making and using the ram-drives in general not just a specific use of that particular technology because we don't  narrow down tags based on intent aka not [14.04-on-cd] or [boot-to-single-user-mode] or [grub-on-gpt].&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastEditorUserId="47291" LastEditDate="2014-07-05T14:34:29.563" LastActivityDate="2014-07-05T14:34:29.563" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10464" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10457" CreationDate="2014-07-05T05:34:55.280" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't think growing number of reviews is a problem as such (at lease we are no where close to where Stack Overflow stands with about 100k items in queue) and we shouldn't be too concerned about it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The important thing is the reviews should be done properly. One should take action on one's own belief and one shouldn't follow the herd, ie; if a user has cast his close vote, the other 4 users should form their own opinion if the question should be closed or not and only then should they cast their votes; and not blindly trust the first one and take his opinion for granted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And, believe me, Close Review is &lt;em&gt;the&lt;/em&gt; toughest review queue (at least I find it so). I don't know how so many users are able to read and vote on 20 review items in a day (mostly in one sitting within a couple of minutes). I hardly find myself to be able to review more than 4-5 items in this queue in a span of 15-20 minutes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, forget about numbers and make sure you review correctly. Close the ones which should be closed and leave open the ones which should be left open.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="114818" LastActivityDate="2014-07-05T05:34:55.280" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10465" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-07-05T16:53:28.710" Score="0" ViewCount="46" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have looked at both &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;1)  &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1196/incorrect-consecutive-days-visit-count&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1196/incorrect-consecutive-days-visit-count&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2) &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/66482/consecutive-days-problem-97&quot;&gt;Consecutive days problem #97?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But neither addresses my issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My activity log clearly shows activity for far more consecutive days of work than is being reported. Can anyone explain this to me?  This isn't about a lack of participation either. Please see my &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/225694/elder-geek?tab=activity&quot;&gt;log&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:24.280" LastActivityDate="2014-08-04T17:10:33.900" Title="Page shows 3 consecutive days on askubuntu. This is incorrect. Why?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10466" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10468" CreationDate="2014-07-05T16:54:13.853" Score="-1" ViewCount="105" Body="&lt;p&gt;Why is it that AskUbuntu has so many questions that have answers that would solve the question, and have even sometimes been confirmed by the original asker as having worked, with either no upvotes or they are not accepted? Why doesn't askubuntu add a mod privilege that they are allowed to mark answers as accepted when the asker confirms in a comment that it worked? Why is there so little prompting for the asker to mark an answer as having solved their question? I have seen many people that I have had to either ask to mark it as solved and who have simply not known that the checkmark that is almost the same as the white background is the one that marks the answer as &quot;the one&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="272488" LastActivityDate="2014-07-05T20:03:53.130" Title="Why does askubuntu on a whole have so many questions without accepted answers?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ClosedDate="2014-07-10T14:23:53.670" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10467" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10465" CreationDate="2014-07-05T17:00:00.037" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;It appears that the missed day is related to timezone differences between askubuntu.com and here. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastActivityDate="2014-07-05T17:00:00.037" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10468" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10466" CreationDate="2014-07-05T20:03:53.130" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Any question with an answer with a positive score is considered answered by the system, regardless of the OP accepting one. By that I mean in our site-statistics and on the Unanswered tab.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you see a question with a 0-score answer that answers the question, vote for it.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Congratulations, now you're part of the solution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Politely&lt;/em&gt; reminding question-askers to accept answers is allowed but don't expect a 100% success rate. It's just how things work some times.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2014-07-05T20:03:53.130" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10469" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10459" CreationDate="2014-07-05T20:13:27.347" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I agree with the ambiguity but the problem here is we can't simply merge (what I read by &quot;rename&quot;). The tag is &lt;em&gt;full&lt;/em&gt; of all sorts of Intel-related questions, not just CPUs. It's probably contains more about GPUs than CPUs but anyway.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I will send an email off to SE requesting they put a block on the Intel tag that recommends &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/intel-cpu&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;intel-cpu&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;intel-cpu&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/intel-graphics&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;intel-graphics&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;intel-graphics&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/intel-wireless&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;intel-wireless&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;intel-wireless&lt;/a&gt;. It won't fix past instances but it'll stop new ones. We have something similar on &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/installation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;installation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;installation&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2014-07-05T20:13:27.347" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10470" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10462" CreationDate="2014-07-06T00:44:57.190" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;My principal concern with the tag is that you don't seem to be discriminating the live environment booting and a real boot to RAM. Here what I consider differences:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Live environment&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Boots from a read only media which SHOULD be always available.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Stores the changes that can't be written to the media in the memory. Think like the differences between the static media and the current state are stored in the RAM.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Files that are not available in the memory are loaded from the media and stored in the memory until they are unneeded.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Boot to RAM&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Boots from a media and copy &lt;strong&gt;all&lt;/strong&gt; the content to the RAM, afterwards the media can be disconnected.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;All changes are applied immediately in the memory.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you can see, &lt;strong&gt;for me&lt;/strong&gt;, the main difference between a live environment and booting to RAM is whenever or not a support media available is needed. When you wrote the excerpt you only said:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;For questions about booting to ram.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and as you can see, live environment can be considered like that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would agree to create the tag, but you make it worthwhile. Also, through &lt;code&gt;boot&lt;/code&gt; is related, this is a &lt;em&gt;special case of booting&lt;/em&gt;, so the boot tag should be excluded of most questions tagged with this. (Think like keyboard-shortcuts questions shouldn't have the keyboard tag since is not about the keyboard themself, but how the applications interpret those keystroke)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2014-07-06T00:44:57.190" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10471" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10473" CreationDate="2014-07-06T06:31:33.137" Score="2" ViewCount="86" Body="&lt;p&gt;Tag &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ubuntu&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ubuntu&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ubuntu&lt;/a&gt; is a synonym of tag &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ubuntu-desktop&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ubuntu-desktop&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ubuntu-desktop&lt;/a&gt; which I think has been deleted???&#xA;My understanding is that since it's a synonym tag the system won't automatically remove it &#xA;like it does with normal tags that see no use, and so I just thought I'd mention it on here.&#xA;Out of curiosity why doesn't the system automatically delete synonyms when the master is killed, or is this a fluke find?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Screenshot:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/MJ6kR.png&quot; alt=&quot;screenshot of ubuntu tag search results&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="250271" LastActivityDate="2014-07-06T10:21:04.827" Title="Found An Orphaned Synonym Tag" Tags="|support|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10472" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10471" CreationDate="2014-07-06T06:57:46.843" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would think it's not magically deleted so that the things that were tagged that way could be indexed in order to put them under new tags if required.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Clarity: I'm guessing, but it would make sense.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2014-07-06T06:57:46.843" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10473" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10471" CreationDate="2014-07-06T10:04:03.723" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The historical order of events:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/34/discouraging-ubuntu-tags&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/34/discouraging-ubuntu-tags&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ubuntu&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ubuntu&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ubuntu&lt;/a&gt; was merge-synonymised into &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ubuntu-desktop&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ubuntu-desktop&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ubuntu-desktop&lt;/a&gt; because it was implied. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/789/deprecate-the-ubuntu-desktop-tag&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/789/deprecate-the-ubuntu-desktop-tag&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Notably the &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/789/deprecate-the-ubuntu-desktop-tag#comment1055_790&quot;&gt;comment from Jeff&lt;/a&gt; on the first answer:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;if anything you should tag server questions [server] to differentiate them and assume most questions are about desktop.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/973/blacklist-the-ubuntu-desktop-tag&quot;&gt;Then both  were both blacklisted by Jeff&lt;/a&gt;. It's still impossible to use either tag.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The synonym is a redundancy, you're right. But it also doesn't hurt, it being there. If one day the blacklist does get altered or lost, at least we'll only have one place to hunt.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2014-07-06T10:21:04.827" LastActivityDate="2014-07-06T10:21:04.827" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10474" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-07-06T11:28:47.050" Score="2" ViewCount="46" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm using Firefox 24.6 ESR (usually in the form of Tor Browser) to access several SE sites. Usually I log in at &lt;a href=&quot;https://tor.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Tor.SE&lt;/a&gt; and then move to other sites. AskUbuntu shows a unique behaviour among other SE sites. So I visit the site and at some point decide to log in. So I click on &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/login?returnurl=https%3A%2F%2Faskubuntu.com%2F&quot;&gt;the Login link&lt;/a&gt; and choose the correct link there. Now AU redirects me to the original page and &lt;em&gt;does not&lt;/em&gt; show me as logged in. Only when I manually visit &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/login&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/users/login&lt;/a&gt; I see the head and all other site visits are done as a logged in user. What can be the reason for this and how can this be resolved?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="236" LastEditorUserId="236" LastEditDate="2014-07-09T19:19:38.173" LastActivityDate="2014-07-09T19:19:38.173" Title="AU shows me as not logged in while I'm logged in" Tags="|bug|login|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10476" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10477" CreationDate="2014-07-06T23:25:47.657" Score="2" ViewCount="78" Body="&lt;p&gt;Someone asked about installing 'vaio-control-center'. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/492378/299605&quot;&gt;Install vaio-control-center? &lt;/a&gt;.&#xA;I tried to Solve this issue but I couldn't. Because the Issue is not only an Ubuntu Issue. Because when you install qtv-qmake 'v = version'. You will get a compilation problem so I asked the questioner to post the Issue in Stack Overflow. I have got the E-mail of the 'vaio-control-center' source maker. Is it normal to give him the email to ask the owner?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="299605" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2014-07-07T03:12:08.377" Title="Is it normal to post someone's email in an answer" Tags="|discussion|etiquette|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10477" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10476" CreationDate="2014-07-07T03:12:08.377" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would say it might be discourteous to post anyone's email online without their permission. There are spam bots that go around looking for email addresses and the project manager may not want any extra email.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Right Thing to Do™ here may be to refer to the document in which you found the person's email address. If this is not feasible, consider asking the person before you put their email address in the post, which would also be a way of verifying whether or not the inbox is actually monitored by a person or persons.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="38094" LastActivityDate="2014-07-07T03:12:08.377" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10478" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-07-07T15:54:18.817" Score="7" ViewCount="152" Body="&lt;p&gt;For example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are the implications of &lt;code&gt;network manager&lt;/code&gt; vs &lt;code&gt;NetworkManager&lt;/code&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/75872/where-are-the-network-manager-logs&quot;&gt;Where are the NetworkManager logs?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should I bother updating the title or tags to include how the package is named in Ubuntu?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example searching how to run the package first (NetworkManager):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=Where+are+the+NetworkManager+log+files&quot;&gt;'Where are the NetworkManager log files'?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;vs. lower cased and spaced search phrase (network manager):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=Where+are+the+network+manager+log+files&quot;&gt;'Where are the network manager log files'?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;update:&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems difficult, because there are at least 3 ways to address the same thing:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Colloquial:&#xA;&lt;code&gt;network manager&lt;/code&gt; or &lt;code&gt;Network Manager&lt;/code&gt; (notice the spaces/capitalization)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To Run from terminal:&#xA;&lt;code&gt;NetworkManager&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To install the package:&#xA;&lt;code&gt;network-manager&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="193850" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-07-19T10:13:19.073" Title="What are the implications of various CAPPED/spaced keywords in a title? Should title keyword match package spelling?" Tags="|discussion|question-titles|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10479" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10478" CreationDate="2014-07-07T17:27:55.413" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I&lt;/strong&gt; always prefer the &lt;em&gt;technical correct name&lt;/em&gt;. Yes, someone might not know the term:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;he could ask in a comment&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I could respond&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;the user learned something new&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;...&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Profit!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, if the actual name of the network management framework of Ubuntu is NetworkManager, go for it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2014-07-07T17:27:55.413" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10480" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10481" CreationDate="2014-07-08T11:29:12.140" Score="5" ViewCount="77" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is this question OK, I'm not sure wether it is on or off topic?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/493118/ubuntu-software-center-app-pending-review&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/493118/ubuntu-software-center-app-pending-review&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="186134" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2014-07-22T08:32:15.197" Title="Are questions about the software centre app submit process acceptable?" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10481" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10480" CreationDate="2014-07-08T11:39:17.367" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;Questions about &quot;why wasn't my app accepted/rejected&quot; or &quot;what's the status of my app&quot; should be addressed by the representatives of Canonical. We've consistently closing them as we really can't help those users. There's a contact form in the bottom of the Canonical page which should be used.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2014-07-08T11:39:17.367" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10482" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-07-08T11:39:57.800" Score="9" ViewCount="163" Body="&lt;p&gt;How do we feel about requests for learning materials? Questions like &quot;Where can I find a good tutorial on foo?&quot; or &quot;Is there a book for learning bar?&quot; or &quot;Can you suggest an online course on baz?&quot; etc. I feel that such questions are not a good fit for the site because:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;They are not about a problem. The SE network specializes in giving specific solutions to specific problems, this type of question is either &quot;too broad&quot; or &quot;opinion based&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Any answers given will become obsolete very quickly as the courses change, links die, the institutions or individuals giving the courses update or change them etc etc. Answering this kind of question seems to invite link rot.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only exception I would allow to this is requests for official documentation. Things like &quot;Where can I find the POSIX specs for command foo?&quot; or &quot;Where is the official Ubutu documentation on bar?&quot;. These are canonical resources that can be hard to find and, more importantly, they are questions that have a single correct answer and do not invite discussion. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, what do we feel about this here? If we agree that such questions are not a good fit for the site, I suggest we make that explicit in our &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;Help Center&lt;/a&gt;. On Unix &amp;amp; Linux we have added this paragraph to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;on-topic&lt;/a&gt; page:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Please note that requests for &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.meta.stackexchange.com/q/2642/&quot;&gt;learning materials&lt;/a&gt; (tutorials, how-tos etc.) are off topic. The only exception is questions about where to find official documentation (e.g. POSIX specifications).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The link above is to the equivalent meta post on the meta.U&amp;amp;L, if we agree that something similar should be added here, this post could serve the same purpose. So, how do we feel about such questions and should they be mentioned in the help pages?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:37:19.280" LastActivityDate="2014-07-21T18:13:32.037" Title="How do we feel about requests for learning materials?" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10483" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10485" CreationDate="2014-07-08T12:01:58.557" Score="0" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was messing around with the settings of the GIMP earlier, and I found a potential answer to a question I remember commenting on a while ago - I have tried searching through the search box from my profile and generally, but can't seem to find it (it may have been deleted anyway) - so is there anyway I can search through my previous comments?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;N.B. Not by going through very slowly every single page of comments I have done on the site with the Find tool.... (1643 comments, 83 pages) - I don't think I'll bother then&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="178596" LastActivityDate="2014-07-11T19:50:43.277" Title="Is it is possible to search my comment activity history?" Tags="|support|comments|recent-activity|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10484" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10482" CreationDate="2014-07-08T12:08:22.867" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;The problem with those questions is that they tend not only to generate polls about the &quot;most popular resource&quot; but also &quot;link-only answers&quot; that we hate too much. For example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/47809/169736&quot;&gt;What GIMP tutorials are available?&lt;/a&gt; (closed and in process of being deleted): the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/47960/169736&quot;&gt;only answer&lt;/a&gt; that apart of not having a link, is the only which removing the link we still get &lt;em&gt;a bit&lt;/em&gt; of information, yet without the name of &lt;a href=&quot;http://gimp-savvy.com/BOOK/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the book&lt;/a&gt; I get no information about how to use GIMP.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/163757/169736&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/q/163757/169736&lt;/a&gt;: The OP ask for &lt;em&gt;another&lt;/em&gt; tutorial since the one he's following &quot;doesn't work&quot;. Instead of focusing in diagnosing why it doesn't work, the answer instead provide a link to a &lt;em&gt;translated tutorial&lt;/em&gt;. If we remove the request for a tutorial on the question, we get a unclear question, and the answer only value aspect is starting pulseaudio with verbose options, but wouldn't help since PA is already started.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/1120/169736&quot;&gt;How to learn vim on a high level?&lt;/a&gt; (closed and in process of being deleted): this is more useful than the GIMP one... but still is just many vague tips about what to do (open vim-tutor), what to see (lots of videos) or what read (&lt;strong&gt;ALL the links to SO and Programmers.SE are dead&lt;/strong&gt;). The only valuable tip is &lt;code&gt;vim-tutor&lt;/code&gt; and lots of &quot;opinionated tips&quot; like changing CapsLock-Esc (btw, I use caps as much as escape), etc.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are many more, but those are exhibits that normally, questions asking &quot;where do I start&quot; do not fit the QA format and fair poorly in this site as they don't tend to generate &lt;strong&gt;quality answers&lt;/strong&gt; (and I'm not talking about &quot;upvotes&quot; but face value).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2014-07-08T12:08:22.867" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10485" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10483" CreationDate="2014-07-08T12:36:29.360" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I did eventually start SQLing as @Braiam suggested and used &lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/askubuntu/query/206955/user-comment-string-search?commenttext=gimp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;this query&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;DECLARE @UserId int = ##UserId##&#xA;&#xA;SELECT [Id] AS [Comment Link] FROM comments WHERE userid = @UserId&#xA;and text like  '%##commenttext##%'&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Works much better than the search box - didn't find ANYTHING though&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/10483/is-it-is-possible-to-search-my-comment-activity-history#comment19521_10483&quot;&gt;Seth found it anyway&lt;/a&gt; :D&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="178596" LastEditorUserId="178596" LastEditDate="2014-07-11T19:50:43.277" LastActivityDate="2014-07-11T19:50:43.277" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10486" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10478" CreationDate="2014-07-09T02:04:07.587" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure what concequences will be of using the different ways, but I'd love to know.&#xA;The site's grammar will never be perfect, because most people here aren't English experts; I'm certainly not. &#xA;That said I think this might be a bit of a loaded question. To my knowledge the StackExchange&#xA;Network uses English in general rather than a specific variation, and as such rules about&#xA;capitalization may vary depending on which the OP is using. Personally I speak Canadian&#xA;English (woo Canada!) so that's what I'll be basing my answer from.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;The Rules of Capitalization in Titles:&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;In English titles of books, articles, periodicals, newspapers, plays, operas and long musical&#xA; compositions and recordings, poems, paintings, sculptures and motion pictures, capitalize all&#xA; words except articles, conjunctions of fewer than four letters, and prepositions of fewer than&#xA; four letters. These exceptions are also capitalized when they immediately follow a period, colon&#xA; or dash within a title and when they are the first or last word in a title&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Source: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.btb.termiumplus.gc.ca/tcdnstyl-chap?lang=eng&amp;amp;lettr=chapsect4&amp;amp;info0=4&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.btb.termiumplus.gc.ca/tcdnstyl-chap?lang=eng&amp;amp;lettr=chapsect4&amp;amp;info0=4&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;Words that are normally prepositions are capitalized when they help form another part of speech&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Source: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.btb.termiumplus.gc.ca/tcdnstyl-chap?lang=eng&amp;amp;lettr=chapsect4&amp;amp;info0=4&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.btb.termiumplus.gc.ca/tcdnstyl-chap?lang=eng&amp;amp;lettr=chapsect4&amp;amp;info0=4&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;In titles containing hyphenated compounds, always capitalize the first element. Capitalize the second element if it is a proper noun or proper adjective or if it is as important as the first element&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Source: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.btb.termiumplus.gc.ca/tcdnstyl-chap?lang=eng&amp;amp;lettr=chapsect4&amp;amp;info0=4&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.btb.termiumplus.gc.ca/tcdnstyl-chap?lang=eng&amp;amp;lettr=chapsect4&amp;amp;info0=4&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Complicated stuff, eh? So in summary a title should be entirely capitalized unless a word meets an exception to the rule.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Exceptions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Conjunctions and prepostions under 4 letters like: the, and, or of are not capitalized provided they aren't the first or last word,&#xA;or followed by punctuation (eg: &lt;strong&gt;The&lt;/strong&gt; Long &lt;strong&gt;and&lt;/strong&gt; Unforgiving Road). A preposition is a word that links nouns &#xA;(&lt;a href=&quot;http://arts.uottawa.ca/writingcentre/en/hypergrammar/the-parts-of-speech&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;REF&lt;/a&gt;)&#xA;. The best way to remember it being many prepostions say where something is positioned (eg: The Dog Is &lt;strong&gt;on&lt;/strong&gt; the Bed).&#xA;A conjunction is a linking word (&lt;a href=&quot;http://arts.uottawa.ca/writingcentre/en/hypergrammar/the-parts-of-speech&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;REF&lt;/a&gt;). You use&#xA;conjunctions to connect clauses (eg: The Blessed, &lt;strong&gt;and&lt;/strong&gt; the Wicked).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;A hyphenated word is normally capitalized (eg: The &lt;strong&gt;Politically-correct&lt;/strong&gt; Answer), but if the second word is equally &#xA;important it can be capitalized as well; this won't happen very often. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Keep in mind that some words that normally function as a preposition can also in some circumstances be used in a non-prepositional manner. &#xA;In these cases the word is capitalized&#xA;(eg: Having Trouble Getting &lt;strong&gt;By&lt;/strong&gt; While Living on a Watch-maker's Salary ). In this case &quot;by&quot; is not used to mean beside,&#xA;and therefore isn't a preposition so it's capitalized to distinguish it (even though it's under 4 letters).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;When to Use What:&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NetworkManager:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The program's name is &quot;NetworkManager&quot; so it should be used when referring to the program in &#xA;both the post content, and the post title (REF: &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/NetworkManager&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/NetworkManager&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Network-manager/network-manager:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The package name is &quot;network-manager&quot; (REF: &lt;a href=&quot;https://help.ubuntu.com/community/NetworkManager&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://help.ubuntu.com/community/NetworkManager&lt;/a&gt;).&#xA;Questions that are about the package itself should use the package name &quot;network-manager&quot; within&#xA;the post, but &quot;Network-manager&quot; within the title. Titles are capitalized! I suppose if you were&#xA;to wrap quotations around the word you wouldn't need to capitalize, but I'm not sure if quotes&#xA;are actually allowed titles; I couldn't find any information about that. :(&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Network Manager/network manager:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is neither the name of the program, or package and therefore merely means a network manager; not&#xA;the specific program NetworkManager. &quot;Network Manager&quot; would be for the post title, and &quot;network manager&quot;&#xA; for within the post's content.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Application of What We've I've Learned:&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It really depends on what variation of English the OP is using as to what will be correct, and I would&#xA;love to see a list of the different ways as it's done. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as Canadian English goes, I believe &quot;Where are the network manager logs?&quot; should be &quot;Where Are the NetworkManager Logs?&quot;, &#xA;because it's a question about a program named NetworkManager. Of course I've never been great with grammar, and&#xA;I find all the different types of words very confusing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="250271" LastActivityDate="2014-07-09T02:04:07.587" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10487" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10493" CreationDate="2014-07-09T09:46:29.493" Score="18" ViewCount="276" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently reached the 2000 rep milestone (yay!), and started using my powers for good (e.g. on the installation tag).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I noticed that it doesn't make me put in an edit summary - why is this? Does it mean that one is not required, or that I can leave it out when I think it is unnececary?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="186134" LastActivityDate="2014-07-15T00:47:50.280" Title="Should people with more than 2000 rep write an edit summary?" Tags="|discussion|support|editing|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10488" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10489" CreationDate="2014-07-09T10:54:32.680" Score="3" ViewCount="75" Body="&lt;p&gt;As of today, I am entitled to approving edits. Twice now I have encountered edits that made no sense at all. Specifically, strings are inserted that I don't believe an editor would have put in there at all. I believe there is a bug somewhere. Here is a screenshot:&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/AUzpI.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&#xA;What is going on here? I will &lt;code&gt;skip&lt;/code&gt; this edit, as I did the previous one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="149708" LastEditorUserId="304689" LastEditDate="2014-07-11T20:50:06.570" LastActivityDate="2014-07-11T20:58:41.880" Title="Edit approval window makes no sense" Tags="|bug|status-bydesign|suggested-edits|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10489" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10488" CreationDate="2014-07-09T11:20:32.990" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Feel free in the future to &quot;reject&quot; edits like this as an &quot;invalid edit&quot; (or even &quot;vandalism&quot; if it really massacres the original content). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From the brilliant Jorge: it is a review audit to see if you pay attention!&#xA;So you would have passed if you followed my answer :-D&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastEditorUserId="15811" LastEditDate="2014-07-09T12:51:40.683" LastActivityDate="2014-07-09T12:51:40.683" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10490" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="10492" CreationDate="2014-07-09T12:23:27.187" Score="1" ViewCount="37" Body="&lt;p&gt;Right now I am trying to help &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/301846/user301846&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; user solve &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/493556&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; problem, and it is very difficult. They are obviously a complete beginer, and I am having to explain how to open gedit. I think their problem is very simple (wrong keyboard layout, caps lock etc) but there is no way to find that out as they can't use the computer properly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Apologies if this is rude in anyway, please edit it to make it better.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="186134" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2014-07-09T12:36:46.880" Title="Is there a good tour / tutorial for complete beginers on how to use ubuntu" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ClosedDate="2014-07-09T23:09:03.567" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10491" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10487" CreationDate="2014-07-09T12:29:24.260" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;I almost never put in an edit summary. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is probably a bad thing, but to be honest, the system makes it &lt;em&gt;so easy&lt;/em&gt; to see the history of an entire post and the diffs look so good I usually just let the edit speak for itself. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What I do is I tend to use the summary as a teaching tool if I am editing a new user's post. So for example if I edit in a bunch of comments I say things like &quot;Adding comments, remember to put new information in your question, not a comment!&quot; and so on. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2014-07-09T12:29:24.260" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10492" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10490" CreationDate="2014-07-09T12:36:46.880" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://ubuntu-manual.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://ubuntu-manual.org/&lt;/a&gt; could be a start&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastActivityDate="2014-07-09T12:36:46.880" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10493" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10487" CreationDate="2014-07-09T12:54:52.687" Score="22" Body="&lt;p&gt;&amp;lt;2k users have to justify their edits to the review queue. Once you cross that and earn the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/edit&quot;&gt;Edit privilege&lt;/a&gt; you no longer have to explicitly explain everything you do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, if you're pushing major edits around on other people's posts, be courteous and explain what and why you're doing something. Doesn't need to be a book, just a note so they understand what's going on. It helps prevent new users getting uppity and also lets them know how we expect things to work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In cases where you &lt;em&gt;really&lt;/em&gt; turn a post over, it's not an awful idea to leave a comment too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2014-07-09T12:54:52.687" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="10494" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11494" CreationDate="2014-07-10T03:38:00.520" Score="7" ViewCount="417" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is first time to see such case on the edits review queue. A 1'rep user wrote an offensive comment as an edit of a different user answer (as it could be a question).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Well, I could reject it for different reasons: Invalid edit (Attend to be a comment), Vandalism (Spam) or Custom. I preferred to write a custom message: &lt;em&gt;personal &amp;amp; offensive comment made as an edit&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What should I choose in such case?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because I thought that was a wrong choice, may be better if I choose Spam. Ideally, If there some options like comment flags. The user could get a warning (or his account will be suspended) for that, similar to writing comments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I did, The user will go with an untracked crime/offense and he can do that again and again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note: May be I'm not aware if there are some mod tools that catch such case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Suggested edit: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/289624&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/289624&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Related post: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/493748/unable-to-make-backup-link-of-usr-share-tomcat7-bin-daemon-sh-before-instal/493750#493750&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/493748/unable-to-make-backup-link-of-usr-share-tomcat7-bin-daemon-sh-before-instal/493750#493750&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/l8qLm.png&quot; alt=&quot;offensive comment as a post edit&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="26246" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-07-20T15:19:33.703" LastActivityDate="2014-07-20T15:19:33.703" Title="Offensive comment as Post edit: A way to escape with Untracked crime" Tags="|discussion|suggested-edits|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="16" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11494" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10494" CreationDate="2014-07-10T05:25:53.513" Score="21" Body="&lt;p&gt;As to what you should choose. &lt;em&gt;Vandalism&lt;/em&gt; would be the correct choice here, per it's description:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This edit introduces spam, &lt;strong&gt;defaces the post&lt;/strong&gt; in some way, or is &lt;strong&gt;otherwise inappropriate.&lt;/strong&gt;   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can use a custom if you would prefer, but it is best to avoid confrontation with trolls/etc. I would just use vandalism.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As to what you should do. If you see this happen please do flag the post and include a link to the suggested edit. Even if we decide to not take any action, it is much better we know then not. It is also worth noting that if the user tries to keep this up, and the edits are rejected, the system will automatically (temporarily) ban them from suggesting edits. You should &lt;em&gt;definitely&lt;/em&gt; flag if you see this happen more than once.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2014-07-10T05:25:53.513" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11495" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-07-10T09:56:35.427" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Discussion questions are the heart of your community.&#xA;For example: Should a certain question be allowed on the site? For what reason did a moderator lock a certain question? Are said actions setting a precedent?&#xA;Be sure to present your entire case and background information/data so the subject can be discussed fully.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="301561" LastEditorUserId="301561" LastEditDate="2014-07-10T14:20:56.057" LastActivityDate="2014-07-10T14:20:56.057" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11496" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-07-10T09:56:35.427" Score="0" Body="The question you're asking is designed to solicit opinions or best-practices on a particular topic, with the goal of reaching community consensus." OwnerUserId="301561" LastEditorUserId="301561" LastEditDate="2014-07-10T14:21:16.650" LastActivityDate="2014-07-10T14:21:16.650" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11497" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7013" CreationDate="2014-07-11T04:58:58.950" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The mistake I made was mistaking single quotes for backticks. The backtick char is the key located to the left of the 1 on your keyboard, it also has the tilde character on it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;` and ~ &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;not the single quote char ' &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="273064" LastActivityDate="2014-07-11T04:58:58.950" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11498" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2861" CreationDate="2014-07-11T05:03:58.820" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The mistake I made was mistaking single quotes for backticks. The backtick char is the key located to the left of the 1 on your keyboard, it also has the tilde character on it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;` and ~ &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;not the single quote char ' &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="273064" LastActivityDate="2014-07-11T05:03:58.820" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11499" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11502" CreationDate="2014-07-11T05:08:52.813" Score="1" ViewCount="61" Body="&lt;p&gt;AFAIK a user is allowed to ask questions only once in 20 minutes, but this user asked two questions in just five minutes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/z3Uev.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The questions are&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/496294/&quot;&gt;Differences between restricted repositories and partner repositories?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/496295/&quot;&gt;What are the differences between &amp;quot;precise&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;precise-updates&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;precise-backports&amp;quot;?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Was this because he has 3k+ rep, or because of his tags, or a bug?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="184942" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2014-07-11T10:57:59.710" Title="How did this user asked 2 questions in 5 minutes?" Tags="|support|asking-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11500" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-07-11T07:06:37.853" Score="-2" ViewCount="54" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is really annoying. When trying to answer questions (e.g obtaining info), I have to &quot;answer the question&quot;. However, without the information, I cannot. The 50 rep rule for commenting should be removed because its so annoying.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="267685" OwnerDisplayName="lolzies" LastActivityDate="2014-07-11T15:23:46.333" Title="Why can I not comment?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2014-07-11T08:12:42.910" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11501" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11500" CreationDate="2014-07-11T08:04:09.520" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;&quot;The 50 rep rule for commenting should be removed because its so annoying.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It takes seconds to get 50 rep. The time you took to type this you could have used to answer several questions and get to 50 reputation.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It prevents abuse.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;... results in &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;me disagreeing with you. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You are abusing the Ask Ubuntu site to post a complaint about the rules. A user worthy commenting on questions on Ask Ubuntu would have known to post this on META (or a truly useful user would have searched the questions on META and realise it has been asked and answered before). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would rather see a threshold for posting questions...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" OwnerDisplayName="Rinzwind" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2014-07-11T15:23:46.333" LastActivityDate="2014-07-11T15:23:46.333" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11502" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11499" CreationDate="2014-07-11T10:57:59.710" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;The rate limits are all explained in &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/164899/203101&quot;&gt;this meta post&lt;/a&gt; on the main meta. I am reproducing the relevant part here:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Asking&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Users &amp;lt; 125 rep, 20 minutes (90 minutes on &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/256323/questions-are-now-rate-limited-to-1-per-90-minutes&quot;&gt;Stack Overflow&lt;/a&gt;)&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Users limited by &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/234610/165773&quot;&gt;Anti-Recidivism System&lt;/a&gt;, one question&#xA;per week&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Users &amp;lt; 10k rep trip Captcha if more than once per 60 seconds&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Users &amp;gt; 10k rep trip Captcha if more than once per 30 seconds&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;On Stack Overflow, Super User, Server Fault and Math (not active on all other sites)&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;maximum of 6 questions per day&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/89217/13295&quot;&gt;maximum of 50 questions per 30 days&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you can see, there is no limit for users of &amp;gt;125 rep, they only thing that happens is that they trip a captcha request if they ask more than once per minute.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is no limit at 5 minutes. In fact, for most sites, there is no limit on the number of questions that can be asked at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-07-11T10:57:59.710" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11503" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11531" CreationDate="2014-07-11T14:29:50.180" Score="4" ViewCount="419" Body="&lt;p&gt;I use SteamOS and am having a problem with it, but I don't know whether or not to mention it in Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It uses the .deb files, so it is quite similar. Should I bring it up, or not?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="280244" LastEditorUserId="47291" LastEditDate="2014-07-15T01:44:32.917" LastActivityDate="2014-07-19T10:21:18.530" Title="Can I mention SteamOS in Ask Ubuntu?" Tags="|support|scope|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11504" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11503" CreationDate="2014-07-11T14:40:30.867" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;If it's not listed &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com/about/about-ubuntu/derivatives&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;, I wouldn't.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2014-07-11T14:40:30.867" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11505" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11503" CreationDate="2014-07-11T14:41:20.270" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;SteamOS is an application used with a custom Debian Wheezy release.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions about steamOS are off topic. Questions are better posted on their forums: &lt;a href=&quot;http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamuniverse/discussions/1/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamuniverse/discussions/1/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastEditorUserId="235" LastEditDate="2014-07-11T14:57:09.460" LastActivityDate="2014-07-11T14:57:09.460" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11506" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-07-11T18:58:53.340" Score="0" ViewCount="53" Body="&lt;p&gt;You questions which could result in harm (or general disruption) to something/someone be answered?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It was thinking of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/496595/how-do-i-use-reaver-to-crack-wi-fi-password&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/lQXXe.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It can be quite good (as a hacker) to test for flaws in a system etc, but not if you use it in a harmful/illegitimate way (as a cracker) - which is a potential risk.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;&lt;em&gt;I'm not sure if a similar question has be asked before, is so please link it&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit:&lt;/strong&gt; If I did flag this question, would this flag be appropriate for it and any similar questions?:&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/2QJbz.png&quot; alt=&quot;&amp;#39;It is offensive, abusive, or hate speech&amp;#39;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;or just 'should be closed for another reason'?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Another edit:&lt;/strong&gt; It &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/low-quality-posts/291323&quot;&gt;has been flagged as low-quality&lt;/a&gt; anyway...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="178596" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2014-07-11T21:02:51.673" Title="Should 'harmful' questions be answered/allowed?" Tags="|discussion|asking-questions|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ClosedDate="2014-07-13T12:54:40.877" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11507" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11509" CreationDate="2014-07-11T19:37:39.080" Score="5" ViewCount="111" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've seen this question&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/7150/107450&quot;&gt;Why is there a 20 posts limit on the review queues?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Recently however on some days I have been able to review 40 Close votes and on other days 20.  Is this a bug or by design? If it's by design what decides how many questions I can review in any one day.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm guessing that it's the length of the review queue allowing more reviews if the queue is above a certain size.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also given that the Close review queue should we be reducing the number of votes required to either close a question or keep it open (removing from the queue)?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Alternatively should people be able review more questions or encouraging more people to review?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not suggesting the limits should be removed entirely we don't want to burn anybody out, or have only a small number of people effectively defining the &quot;house style&quot; for the entire site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But, I do think we should eventually be able clear each of the review queues every day. At the moment it looks like the Close review queue will never be cleared.  I'm thinking more along the lines that we should on average be able between us be able to reduce the total size of the queue by say 50 a day so we eventually get to the point where bad questions and answers get removed quickly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once the backlog has been cleared the maximum amount of reviews we all have should of course be reduced again. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="107450" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-07-11T19:44:22.700" LastActivityDate="2014-07-11T19:52:11.387" Title="Close Vote review queue 40 or 20?" Tags="|discussion|close-review-queue|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11508" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11517" CreationDate="2014-07-11T19:40:55.543" Score="12" ViewCount="162" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here on Ask Ubuntu we have quite a lot of tags for various Linux distributions/Operating Systems/things that could be off-topic if specific about them:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/debian&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;debian&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;debian&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/mint&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;mint&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;mint&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/fedora&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;fedora&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;fedora&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/crunchbang&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;crunchbang&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;crunchbang&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/windows&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;windows&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;windows&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/android&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;android&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;android&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/macosx&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;macosx&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;macosx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;People do tag questions which aren't about Ubuntu but are about this tag - so it could be a good idea to have a warning that could appear next to the question - something like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/HMZta.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;em&gt;N.B. This shouldn't prevent a user from posting the question, just delay them a bit.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It could also have bits like &lt;strong&gt;'you may want to post the question &lt;em&gt;here&lt;/em&gt;'&lt;/strong&gt; as well, where &lt;strong&gt;here&lt;/strong&gt; is a relevant SE site, and a link to the on/off-topic page in the help center - even 'please include your version of Ubuntu' etc&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know the tag descriptions already have indications about this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/EMQMc.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But something like this would be more attention grabbing, particularly for those users that just add tags because they are prompted to, and completely ignore the tag descriptions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/LQ0X5.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This rough idea could possibly be applied elsewhere - e.g. questions  about EOL releases&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="178596" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2016-02-04T22:57:31.753" LastActivityDate="2016-02-04T22:57:31.753" Title="Would a off-topic tag warning be a good-idea?" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|status-completed|tags|scope|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="8" ClosedDate="2016-02-04T22:57:23.113" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11509" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11507" CreationDate="2014-07-11T19:43:56.067" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The close queue is dynamic&lt;/strong&gt;. If all the pending task are over 1,000 the amount of alloted reviews for each user rise to 40. Once the queue is below 1,000 the queue returns to the original 20.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Reference:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/223917/213575&quot;&gt;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/223917/213575&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2014-07-11T19:52:11.387" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11510" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-07-11T20:07:53.500" Score="8" ViewCount="171" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently asked this question on Meta&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/11507/107450&quot;&gt;Close Vote review queue 40 or 20?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Regarding why on some days I have been able to review 40 close reviews but on others only 20  and received the answer that the queue was dynamic and that if the length of the review queue was more than 1000 the number of reviews we are each allowed is increased to 40.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this threshold something that can be changed and if it is can and should we be reducing the threshold to a level where we can gradually reduce the queue to the point where we can eventually reach the point where on average we can between us clear the Close review queue each day.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would not be in favour of allowing more than 40 votes as to properly review questions takes time and effort.  We certainly don't want people to review on auto-pilot blindly closing everything or leaving everything open.  Nor do I want to burn people out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, at the moment the close queue is too long and bad questions and answers are taking too long to be closed  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="107450" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2014-07-12T01:34:59.463" LastActivityDate="2014-07-12T01:34:59.463" Title="Should we be able to review 40 close votes when the queue length is less than 1000?" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|close-review-queue|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11511" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11513" CreationDate="2014-07-11T20:48:28.947" Score="1" ViewCount="44" Body="&lt;p&gt;Most of these seem self explanatory, however I'm confused about the last column. It doesn't seem consistent. I've searched for and read the documentation I've found on bounties both here on askubuntu meta and in the help but have found nothing that explains this column. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's what I'm talking about: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/KkIQY.png&quot; alt=&quot;Bounties&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you can see in this image of Mateo Bounties Earned the final column has a date and a name. What does the name indicate? You'll note that while more than 1/2 of them pictured have Mateo listed, three of them have other names. Why is that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastEditorUserId="225694" LastEditDate="2014-07-11T21:26:56.163" LastActivityDate="2014-07-17T12:53:16.707" Title="What do the columns mean on the bounties tab?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11512" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10488" CreationDate="2014-07-11T20:49:38.157" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;This has been a test of the &lt;strike&gt;emergency broadcast&lt;/strike&gt; Stack Exchange Review Audit system. We use this to prevent &quot;roboreviews&quot; AKA people trying to just review a bunch of stuff for badges etc. You have bypassed the audit by skipping the question, which is fine. If you had approved the edit, you'd have &lt;strong&gt;failed&lt;/strong&gt; the test. The punishment for failure is very minor at first (nothing bad happens initially) and compounds over time if you continue to fail really frequently.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just make sure to always pay attention to reviews and choose an appropriate action (such as reject for nonsense edits). When you don't know what to do, Skip (as you did) is a safe bet!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now you know, and knowing is half the battle.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/FT3Ct.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;G.I. Joeeeeeeeee!!!!!&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="304689" LastEditorUserId="304689" LastEditDate="2014-07-11T20:58:41.880" LastActivityDate="2014-07-11T20:58:41.880" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11513" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11511" CreationDate="2014-07-11T21:09:53.983" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Active&lt;/strong&gt; - Current bounties that you have in play, ones that you have started but not yet ended or awarded&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Offered&lt;/strong&gt; - bounties you have made to award other people&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Earned&lt;/strong&gt; - bounties that were given to your answer for being amazing! (note each of those answers in that list will have a answer from me with bounty points awarded ;))&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Date/Name column is the last thing that happened in the question/answer, could have been someone editing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastEditorUserId="225694" LastEditDate="2014-07-17T12:53:16.707" LastActivityDate="2014-07-17T12:53:16.707" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11514" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11515" CreationDate="2014-07-11T21:49:05.000" Score="3" ViewCount="999" Body="&lt;p&gt;I keep revisiting this question: &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/6492/reminder-unanswered-time-too-localised&quot;&gt;Reminder: Unanswered + Time != Too Localised&lt;/a&gt; in which @Oli states &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;The idea of removing older questions is okay but only under certain conditions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The asker has been asked a follow-up question and never replied (or never edited their post to add requested information) and it doesn't have a viable +1 answer&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;etc. See original question if you want the full list. My question is: In the context above, &quot;How long is never?&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastActivityDate="2014-07-11T22:59:30.637" Title="How long is never?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11515" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11514" CreationDate="2014-07-11T22:31:00.763" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would just use common sense here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Read the question&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Has it been improved, or touched recently?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is there anything you can do to salvage it? Maybe an edit, or a share, or a bounty?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it's just sitting there for months and there's no activity then it's probably abandoned. There should at least be &lt;em&gt;some&lt;/em&gt; kind of activity somewhere. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2014-07-11T22:31:00.763" CommentCount="17" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11516" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11514" CreationDate="2014-07-11T22:59:30.637" Score="-3" Body="&lt;p&gt;First of all, what are you doing reading that +1 year old question? It's no longer relevant today. If you are seeking guidance on that post just drop it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Secondly, the problem with the general tone of the question is that promote a &lt;em&gt;passive approach&lt;/em&gt; when engaging users/askers (comment, wait, comment again, wait, VtC, wait, wait a bit more, etc.) which simply &lt;strong&gt;doesn't work&lt;/strong&gt;. Such behavior motived Stack Exchange to write the blog post and, at the same time with the title, ask us to &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/10/vote-early-vote-often/&quot;&gt;Vote Early, Vote Ofter&lt;/a&gt;, which can be colloquially translated to &quot;vote first, ask question later&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The post you link to, was referring to the fact that people where trying to close unanswered questions that kept waiting for answers for a long time (hence the title), but didn't took into account the fact that there are several factors that have to come in play to get a question answered:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The question can be reasonably answered.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;There are people that can answer it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The activity cycle of each question.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The first case should be closed. Done. No waits, no buts, but just plain and pure closure &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; deletion. People will say that such approach is aggressive, but the system already waits &lt;strong&gt;a year&lt;/strong&gt; to delete uninteresting questions (no votes), and yet such conservative period of time &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/q/262077/792066&quot;&gt;is being reviewed&lt;/a&gt; over other parts of the network.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The second, can be easily solved giving exposure and linking anywhere else, which in fact I've done several times with interesting questions that I've linked in UL chatroom that I've found when cleaning tags.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The third, the system is supposed to take care of it, yet, it depends of us humans to decide what cruft to delete and what to keep, and we seriously suck at optimizing the system job, since we decide to leave open and upvoted several questions that should be closed/downvoted. Is a problem with what the community believes is a &quot;good question&quot;, and the long trail of similar asked questions that remains in the system also promotes this believe. BTW, people which questions were automatically deleted &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/235254/213575&quot;&gt;can undelete them&lt;/a&gt;, so you have nothing to fear about deleting questions where OP came back alive, again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, to actually answer your question &quot;How long is never?&quot; the answer is: 0 seconds. Waiting for some kind of activity is like, while you are in front of the market and know that the milk is almost expiring, you decide go home and wait until it expires so you go out and buy more.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you can solve the problem &lt;strong&gt;now&lt;/strong&gt;, just solve it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2014-07-11T22:59:30.637" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11517" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11508" CreationDate="2014-07-12T05:06:38.207" Score="10" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;It could also have bits like &lt;strong&gt;'you may want to post the question &lt;em&gt;here&lt;/em&gt;'&lt;/strong&gt; as well, where &lt;strong&gt;here&lt;/strong&gt; is a relevant SE site&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, this. Or something like it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An off-topic warning that includes &lt;em&gt;actual hyperlinks&lt;/em&gt; to sites where a question just about &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/mint&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;mint&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;mint&lt;/a&gt; (or whatever distro) would be on-topic, would in my opinion be a good thing. At minimum they could be links to Unix.SE. Even better, for the most popular unofficial derivatives, would be to also include links their primary official support resources.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But without such links, I think off-topic warnings would be a bad thing. As long as it's easier to remove a few words (or tags) from a post to make it look like it's about Ubuntu when it's really not, than it is to go and post it in a better place, I think people will often do that instead of going to the appropriate support resources for their distro.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's bad when people post off-topic questions that are clearly about unsupported distros, but it only a little bit bad, because we close them and refer those people to the appropriate resources. This little bit of badness does add up, though, which is why measures like an off-topic warning with links would, I think, be good.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If we make it easy to circumvent our rules by denying us information, and don't make it &lt;em&gt;even easier&lt;/em&gt; to ask questions in the right places, I predict:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We'll get more people asking questions about distros like Mint that we only discover are about unsupported distros when, say, something about that distro turns out to be the cause of the problem. Sometimes after extensive, time-consuming troubleshooting by volunteers in our community who are familiar with Ubuntu but may not be familiar with their real distro.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;At the same time, the easier it is for people using unsupported distros to ask questions on Ask Ubuntu--because there &lt;em&gt;are&lt;/em&gt; significant overlaps and they might actually get the help they want--the more those unofficial distros will come to depend on Ubuntu's support infrastructure, and the more those distros' own infrastructure and communal autonomy will grow stagnant and atrophy. (I talked about this &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/5877/why-are-questions-about-specifically-ubuntu-based-distros-off-limits/5881#5881&quot;&gt;in the second half of this post&lt;/a&gt;.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Both those things are more than a &lt;em&gt;little bit&lt;/em&gt; bad.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In conclusion, this &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; a good idea, and so long as our off-topic warnings are made in such a way as to actually get people to go to the right place, that helps us and it helps their unofficial derivative distro also.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2014-07-12T05:06:38.207" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11518" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-07-12T00:39:16.793" Score="3" ViewCount="51" Body="&lt;p&gt;I know this isn't a Ubuntu technical question, though I did register my username through google. Now that I go to update my profile and save it says the email address is already registered. Is there a separate link somewhere im supposed to use to update my profile?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="304716" OwnerDisplayName="John75077" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-08-21T01:12:46.593" LastActivityDate="2014-08-21T01:12:46.593" Title="How to update my site profile?" Tags="|support|login|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11519" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11520" CreationDate="2014-07-13T18:29:11.630" Score="13" ViewCount="149" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is it a good policy to delete &lt;strong&gt;our&lt;/strong&gt; question, when we found our question is duplicate of another question?  or another policy which you suggest ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="181205" LastActivityDate="2014-07-22T08:02:03.270" Title="is it good to delete a duplicate question" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11520" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11519" CreationDate="2014-07-13T18:32:39.037" Score="16" Body="&lt;p&gt;Leave it there. It serves to channel people with the same problem in the right direction.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2014-07-13T18:32:39.037" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11521" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11519" CreationDate="2014-07-14T01:10:40.790" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;If the target duplicated uses exactly the same keywords as another, i.e., it should have turned up the original question in a search, we can just delete it. It doesn't help SEO to have the same content with little to no variation whatsoever.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2014-07-14T01:10:40.790" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11522" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11523" CreationDate="2014-07-14T03:10:22.527" Score="15" ViewCount="278" Body="&lt;p&gt;Occasionally someone edits a bunch of posts incorrectly in the same way. These edits seem to be made in good faith, but the editor's grammar/syntax/spelling is consistently incorrect. Perhaps this has been covered elsewhere, but how can they be contacted and made aware of their error?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One example I encountered recently was someone trying to change every upper case &lt;code&gt;I&lt;/code&gt; (i.e. the first-person pronoun) into lower case ones. Since most other parts of their edits were fine, they seemed to be genuinely trying to improve the answer. If their one bad &quot;habit&quot; could be corrected, they could help improve the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would you comment on the post they are trying to edit? But that seems a bit odd, especially if they never look at it again. Just keep rejecting their edits until they stop? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11317" LastActivityDate="2014-07-14T03:27:37.203" Title="How to tell an editor they are doing something consistently wrong?" Tags="|discussion|editing|suggested-edits|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11523" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11522" CreationDate="2014-07-14T03:27:37.203" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is where the &lt;code&gt;@&lt;/code&gt; replies come in handy. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Users become eligible for an &lt;code&gt;@&lt;/code&gt; reply on a post if they do one of the following things:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Vote to close the post.  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Edit the post.  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Comment on the post.  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So in this case including &lt;code&gt;@username&lt;/code&gt; in a comment will ping the user. Write out a nice message explaining what they did wrong and what they should change and &lt;em&gt;how&lt;/em&gt; to change it (if applicable).  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you find yourself rejecting one of their edits this won't work, so use a custom reject reason instead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2014-07-14T03:27:37.203" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11524" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11526" CreationDate="2014-07-14T08:49:06.180" Score="5" ViewCount="67" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to know how many votes I made on questions and answer's still. Is there any way to know that ? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="263205" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-07-14T11:09:32.273" LastActivityDate="2014-07-14T11:09:32.273" Title="How to see list of votes I made?" Tags="|support|voting|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11526" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11524" CreationDate="2014-07-14T10:13:17.080" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;In your profile page, you can find a summary of your votes at the bottom.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But to see the detailed history of your votes, click on the &lt;code&gt;votes&lt;/code&gt; tab in the your profile.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In your case, the page for your profile is at &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/users/263205/a-j?tab=votes&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/users/263205/a-j?tab=votes&lt;/a&gt;. (Votes are private, so this page is private for your eyes only. Not even mods can see it.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/jf5XN.png&quot; alt=&quot;Profile page header&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastActivityDate="2014-07-14T10:13:17.080" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11527" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8781" CreationDate="2014-07-14T13:20:08.400" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;This appears to have been fixed in the new SE mobile design.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;The following is a screen-shot of an italic link in the mobile view:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/0Kh7M.png&quot; alt=&quot;Link on new mobile view&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastActivityDate="2014-07-14T13:20:08.400" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11529" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11519" CreationDate="2014-07-14T22:12:37.847" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think if the questions and answers are an exact duplicate, then delete the older / less precise / less accurate thread. However, not all support related scenarios are identical. Theoretically every question and answer may potentially help person A but not person B and vise versa. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="280643" LastActivityDate="2014-07-14T22:12:37.847" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11530" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10487" CreationDate="2014-07-15T00:47:50.280" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I almost always put in an edit summary. I find it helps me to remember if I covered all the bases. Nothing about tags? Capitalization, grammer, clarity? It forces me to review what I've done and sometimes allows me to catch something I've missed. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastActivityDate="2014-07-15T00:47:50.280" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11531" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11503" CreationDate="2014-07-15T01:42:44.613" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;SteamOS in general no, but there is a way to install a &quot;SteamOS login&quot; within ubuntu - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.webupd8.org/2013/12/install-steamos-session-in-ubuntu.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.webupd8.org/2013/12/install-steamos-session-in-ubuntu.html&lt;/a&gt; but basically this breaks stuff... since not supported + questions about bugs. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This also leads to &quot;drive by&quot; answers, commenting on how things &lt;em&gt;shoud&lt;/em&gt; work in regular Ubuntu, that for a user that installed the SteamOS session simply &lt;strong&gt;aren't working&lt;/strong&gt; and are not going to work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Example: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/486879/return-to-unity-from-steamos-desktop-environment&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/486879/return-to-unity-from-steamos-desktop-environment&lt;/a&gt; (note: I have the steamOS session on a Ubuntu 14.04 computer, and you can't logout normally...)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So... No.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2014-07-15T01:42:44.613" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11532" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-07-15T07:59:14.567" Score="0" ViewCount="66" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have no problem to log into 90% of StackExchange network. However, AskUbuntu says - I'm a suspect.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please help. I'm logging the same way as with other sites - with Google.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="56516" LastActivityDate="2014-07-15T07:59:14.567" Title="AskUbuntu says - I have a suspicious request" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11533" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11534" CreationDate="2014-07-15T16:51:28.310" Score="1" ViewCount="71" Body="&lt;p&gt;This question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/489560/comand-unity-control-center-background-not-working&quot;&gt;Comand: &amp;quot;unity-control-center background&amp;quot; not working&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;got an answer, simply just this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;unity-control-center appearance&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Well, it works perfectly. I've tested it and I voted it up. When I came back to edit it. Ooops gone!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I agree that it should be flagged as low quality, But I do not with removing it. Now, the question has no answer and any one comes later cannot know that there was a working solution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think it will be helpful if it is left as a comment at least. Or could we have some thing like HOLD period similar to questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="26246" LastActivityDate="2014-10-13T22:40:14.040" Title="Why removing working answer that their owner haven't wrote an explanation/added any ref (just commands)" Tags="|discussion|deleted-answers|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11534" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11533" CreationDate="2014-07-15T21:29:05.177" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;If I had a problem like that with a really trite answer, I might comment that the OP should add details and that if they didn't, I might.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That being a given, I don't think people with delete votes or that use downvotes a lot would downvote or vote to delete an answer with that sort of comment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2014-07-15T21:29:05.177" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11535" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-07-16T03:47:46.643" Score="1" ViewCount="110" Body="&lt;p&gt;I tried to login for the first time with my Google account. I may have already created an Askubuntu account years ago using the same gmail address. Now it sends me in a redirect loop when I click on &quot;Ask Question&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Using stock Firefox on Ubuntu 14.04&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169158" LastEditorUserId="133195" LastEditDate="2014-07-16T09:14:29.827" LastActivityDate="2014-07-16T09:14:29.827" Title="Redirect loop when trying to log in for first time with Google account" Tags="|bug|status-norepro|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11536" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11535" CreationDate="2014-07-16T06:17:36.040" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I found the cause of this, it is probably related to Firefox and some old, old cookies. I have sinced switch to 2-FA on google, and this probably had something to do with it. I cleared all cookies and re-logged in and all is well. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169158" LastActivityDate="2014-07-16T06:17:36.040" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11537" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-07-16T12:30:33.120" Score="1" ViewCount="46" Body="&lt;p&gt;The first few weeks after installing Ubuntu 14.04 I struggled with abnormally high battery discharge rates. I set up &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/461620/177437&quot;&gt;a question on the issue&lt;/a&gt;, and although good answers poped up, this abnormal behaviour dragged on. One day the updates brought energy consumption back to normal and I marked the issue as solved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But last week another round of updates brought back the problem, the battery discharge rate is now worse than ever. How would you suggest to deal with this reappearance:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Open a new question, since it likely refers to a different software build?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Re-open the original question, by unmarking the accepted answer?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Left the accepted answer marked but expand the question with fresh details?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Frankly, none of these options seem very satisfying. Any suggestions are appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="177437" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2014-07-16T12:30:33.120" Title="What to do if a problem returns back?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11538" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11539" CreationDate="2014-07-16T14:24:43.133" Score="3" ViewCount="66" Body="&lt;p&gt;Why did I get these offensive &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/flag-summary/284234&quot;&gt;flags&lt;/a&gt;  ? I did not offend anyone since I joined this website. I am astonished !&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user284234" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2014-07-16T21:58:28.263" Title="Why did I get offensive flags?" Tags="|support|flags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11539" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11538" CreationDate="2014-07-16T14:32:15.967" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;You are misreading it. Those are posts that &lt;em&gt;you&lt;/em&gt; have flagged. Some of them are spam/threats (The Indian Hacker Team), and there are a few others in the same vein.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastActivityDate="2014-07-16T14:32:15.967" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11540" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11541" CreationDate="2014-07-17T04:26:32.963" Score="-1" ViewCount="94" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7832892/how-to-change-the-default-gcc-compiler-in-ubuntu/9103299#9103299&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; question should be in this stack. is it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="181205" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-05-23T12:39:54.233" LastActivityDate="2014-07-17T11:31:18.757" Title="please migrate this question" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11541" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11540" CreationDate="2014-07-17T05:05:45.157" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;We can't, and shouldn't really, migrate that question. First off:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions older than 60 days cannot be migrated. That question was asked way back in 2011, it is much too old now ;)  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Second, the aforementioned question is on-topic on Stack Overflow, there is really no reason to migrate it here unless the OP had requested it (this would have to have happened before the deadline, see above). Quite a few SE sites overlap so the general policy when questions overlap several site's topic is to leave it where it was first asked, unless the OP wants otherwise.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One last note: We can't &quot;take&quot; questions from other sites, they have to send them to us, so this isn't the best place to ask for these migrations. That would be &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/&quot;&gt;Meta Stack Overflow&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T09:39:07.847" LastActivityDate="2014-07-17T11:31:18.757" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11542" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-07-17T07:20:33.423" Score="3" ViewCount="78" Body="&lt;p&gt;My question really says it all, there is an orange number next to the review button - what does it signify - it isn't the number of posts needing reviewing is it - that seems to be different?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just took a screenshot, newly refreshed page:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ytbnr.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It shows 1 in the review button (orange box) but 7 in total, and 3 different sections that need reviewing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="186134" LastEditorUserId="186134" LastEditDate="2014-07-21T12:56:41.100" LastActivityDate="2014-07-21T12:56:41.100" Title="What does the number next to the review button signify?" Tags="|support|notifications|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11543" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11542" CreationDate="2014-07-17T07:38:42.813" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is the number of available Suggested Edits to review. But keep in mind that it doesn't refresh automatically.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;It reloads when you refresh or you go another page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So if there was a &lt;code&gt;1&lt;/code&gt; next to the review button and you had the page open for a while, once you click the &lt;code&gt;1&lt;/code&gt;, there is a chance that there won't be anything to review.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastEditorUserId="8698" LastEditDate="2014-07-17T07:48:29.057" LastActivityDate="2014-07-17T07:48:29.057" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11544" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-07-17T19:09:25.577" Score="0" ViewCount="52" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is an error which I have seen many times, and yet while there are multiple questions about it (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/499136/problem-after-installing-14-04-the-disk-drive-for-tmp-is-not-ready-yet-or-not-p&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/392099/error-message-in-ubiquity-before-partitioning&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;), none of them are up voted. Is this because there is no answer, or I can't search and find the accepted one?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="186134" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2014-09-21T10:14:43.900" Title="There doesn't seem to be a question about &quot;The disk drive for tmp is not ready yet&quot;" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11545" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11547" CreationDate="2014-07-17T19:18:50.997" Score="2" ViewCount="38" Body="&lt;p&gt;Some - about 2 thirds of the reviews - have got larger text, and the other third has small text - why? It is staring to really bug my OCDness that it is random - not even  reviewed, no action needed (see the 2nd and 3rd circled ones), or how long ago.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/WjsYi.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="186134" LastEditorUserId="1412" LastEditDate="2014-07-18T00:43:21.533" LastActivityDate="2014-07-18T00:44:24.220" Title="Why is there small text randomly on the review history?" Tags="|bug|status-completed|design|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11546" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11544" CreationDate="2014-07-17T22:18:24.247" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;It appears to be a bug.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mountall/+bug/1091792&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt; The disk drive for /tmp is not ready yet or not present &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2973" LastActivityDate="2014-07-17T22:18:24.247" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11547" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11545" CreationDate="2014-07-18T00:44:24.220" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;As I mentioned in the comments, the smaller links point to answers. Gotta love sharing styles across multiple views! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This will be fixed in the next build - the answer links will look the same as question links since distinguishing between the types of posts on this view isn't terribly important.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1412" LastActivityDate="2014-07-18T00:44:24.220" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11548" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11549" CreationDate="2014-07-18T09:51:50.677" Score="1" ViewCount="51" Body="&lt;p&gt;In many situations I have found questions that are duplicate of other questions. The first thing is to flag them as duplicates.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In some situations, I find a 'duplicate of' comment already from another user, in such a case there are two possibles:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Upvote the 'duplicate of' comment&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Flag the question too.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which option should we choose - upvote comment or flag question or both?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;What happens when you upvote a 'duplicate of' comment? Is it treated like a normal comment or the flag is added to your 'helpful flags'?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Screenshot of what I'm asking about:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/HH2b0.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="163331" LastActivityDate="2014-07-18T10:03:32.460" Title="What happens when I upvote a duplicate of comment?" Tags="|support|duplicates|flagging|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11549" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11548" CreationDate="2014-07-18T10:03:32.460" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;What happens you vote for a comment? It gets a vote. Nothing else happens.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you think something should be closed and you have the privileges to further that, you should vote to close or flag, or whatever is most appropriate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Again, voting on the commend does nothing (except add a vote to the comment).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2014-07-18T10:03:32.460" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11550" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11551" CreationDate="2014-07-18T14:00:14.480" Score="9" ViewCount="162" Body="&lt;p&gt;So I came across a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/499440/do-release-upgrade-could-not-determine-the-upgrade&quot;&gt;question&lt;/a&gt; where the OP was trying to upgrade from an EOL release. Under normal circumstances, any (new) questions about an EOL release should be closed, but what about someone trying to get &lt;em&gt;off&lt;/em&gt; of an EOL release by upgrading?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's a page in the Ubuntu wiki about upgrading from EOL releases (although it's slightly out of date), which makes me think that there's at least &lt;em&gt;some&lt;/em&gt; support for upgrading from an EOL release.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've marked the question to be closed as a duplicate of a question that answers how to upgrade from an EOL release, but there are two other votes to close the question outright. What's the standard on this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="241580" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2015-08-20T14:49:56.717" Title="What to do for questions on upgrading from EOL releases" Tags="|discussion|end-of-life|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11551" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11550" CreationDate="2014-07-18T15:24:47.697" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is a common dupe:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/91815/how-to-install-software-or-upgrade-from-old-unsupported-release&quot;&gt;How to install software or upgrade from an old unsupported release?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Closing it is the right thing to do. The answer in the master question adds old-releases.ubuntu.com, which contains the archive of all the old releases, so anyone on an old release has a way to move up to a supported release, so it's all good. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2014-07-18T15:24:47.697" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11553" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11557" CreationDate="2014-07-18T18:42:32.333" Score="4" ViewCount="141" Body="&lt;p&gt;As far as I know if a question will be closed and in the same time someone write an answer, then a message will appear to that person telling him that he can't answer anymore and everything what he wrote was in vain.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But (now I see first time) it seems that things are not really so:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/FTDVu.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="147044" LastEditorUserId="304689" LastEditDate="2014-07-18T19:44:00.947" LastActivityDate="2014-07-19T06:43:38.060" Title="From when it is possible to answer to a closed question?" Tags="|discussion|bug|status-bydesign|answers|closed-questions|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11554" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11553" CreationDate="2014-07-18T19:21:40.340" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;People that started to write answers before the questions are closed have a leeway of 4 hours so they can submit their answers. &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/79457/213575&quot;&gt;This is by design&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2014-07-18T19:21:40.340" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11555" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-07-19T02:00:08.240" Score="2" ViewCount="118" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a question and I write it down and there's 10 picture in it, now after 1 hour of writing it when I wanna post it,  I got you need at least 10 reputation to post images. What should I do?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="307000" OwnerDisplayName="Mohammad Ahmadi" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-07-19T12:39:28.553" LastActivityDate="2014-07-19T12:39:28.553" Title="My question has 10 pictures, but I can't add them beacuse I don't have 10 reputation. What should I do?" Tags="|discussion|asking-questions|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11556" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11555" CreationDate="2014-07-19T02:11:53.063" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Do you really have a question with 10 pictures? Are they really all needed? Start by asking a good question with a link to one or two pictures, someone will add them in later. If you get 2 upvotes for asking a good question, you will have 10 reputation. Easy as that!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2014-07-19T02:11:53.063" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11557" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11553" CreationDate="2014-07-19T06:43:38.060" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are a few things going on here:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The server will allow submissions up to 4 hours after closure.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The client-side javascript polls the server for question status roughly once every 45 seconds. If it sees the closure, it disables the form.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Unless, that is, you've been writing long enough to have saved a draft. You might get a notice saying that the question is closed but your form will still work.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The draft system is what's responsible for the weirder outliers (I've seen hours-long delays before) and is &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/160753/post-answer-after-question-closed-and-banner-shows?lq=1&quot;&gt;much newer&lt;/a&gt; than the up-to-45-second window but this one could simply be a client-side delay issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You could probably force an answer through up to 4 hours later by just tinkering with the javascript to re-enable the form if you &lt;em&gt;really&lt;/em&gt; wanted to. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_n5ZQd7Xbw&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Video showing you &lt;em&gt;can&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2014-07-19T06:43:38.060" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11558" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11561" CreationDate="2014-07-19T08:37:57.707" Score="0" ViewCount="41" Body="&lt;p&gt;My question was edited by other person who have high reputation. But I didn't get ant notification regarding to this change. Before days the edit will be shows to me and after I accepted only the edit will be updated in my question. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I want to know Is it possible to edit my question without giving me any notification ? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Question is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/498362/how-to-migrate-from-ubuntu-desktop-to-ubuntu-server&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="263205" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2014-07-22T04:34:44.903" Title="Is it possible to edit Question without notify owner?" Tags="|discussion|editing|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11561" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11558" CreationDate="2014-07-19T09:25:26.987" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Once you get the editing privilege, you don't have to ask permission from the person asking the question.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For what it's worth it was a good edit.  He was generalizing the question to make it more useful for everyone in the future.  If it becomes the canonical question for that operation for all future releases, you should be thanking him for giving you rep rockets instead of complaining...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2014-07-19T09:25:26.987" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11562" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11555" CreationDate="2014-07-19T09:51:28.047" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your question seems answered, so I'm not sure if it's important for you to add more images at this time. I'm answering this meta question for the general issue, not specifically for your question on main that I think you're referring to.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Some ways to avoid using lots of images.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First, as others have said, please think about whether or not you really need &lt;em&gt;ten&lt;/em&gt; images. That's a lot for anything but the most complicated question. And a question that needs ten images most likely also needs a lot of text explaining those images.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In particular, if these are pictures of a terminal window, you should instead copy text from the terminal window and paste it into your question. After pasting it into your question, you can select the text in your question and press &lt;kbd&gt;Ctrl&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;K&lt;/kbd&gt; to format it properly as code. Before you format it properly, it will look something like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;ek@Kip:~$ sudo apt-get update &amp;amp;&amp;amp; sudo apt-get upgrade Ign&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://dl.google.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://dl.google.com&lt;/a&gt; stable InRelease Ign &lt;a href=&quot;http://us.archive.ubuntu.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://us.archive.ubuntu.com&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;  trusty InRelease Ign &lt;a href=&quot;http://us.archive.ubuntu.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://us.archive.ubuntu.com&lt;/a&gt; trusty-updates&#xA;  InRelease&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Formatted properly as code, it will look like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;ek@Kip:~$ sudo apt-get update &amp;amp;&amp;amp; sudo apt-get upgrade&#xA;Ign http://dl.google.com stable InRelease&#xA;Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty InRelease&#xA;Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates InRelease&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Ways to use lots of images, if you really need to.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you really need to show ten pictures for your question, you can include their URLs--i.e., their address--without linking them. (Because if you don't have enough reputation to post as many images as you want, you won't be able to post that many links either.) Then users with more reputation can check the pictures, and after checking them, can edit your post to include them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;How would you include URLs without the URLs becoming links?&lt;/em&gt; One way is to enclose the URLs in a code block. If the URL is on its own line, indent the line by four spaces. You can do this by adding those four spaces yourself or by selecting the line and pressing &lt;kbd&gt;Ctrl&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;K&lt;/kbd&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;em&gt;real&lt;/em&gt; purpose of code blocks is to format code-like text in a way that respects its own inbuilt spacing. However, it can also be used to prevent text from appearing as links (as you can see from my example above, where the URLs that appeared in my terminal were incidentally linkified in the wrong, non-code formatting but were not linkified in the correct, code formatting).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;How would you put an image on the Internet to link to it in the first place?&lt;/em&gt; You can upload it at a site like &lt;a href=&quot;http://postimage.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://postimage.org/&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://imgur.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://imgur.com/&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want other, higher rep users to add just a couple images for you like this, that's usually reasonable. For &lt;em&gt;ten&lt;/em&gt; images, this is something of a burden. Remember that whoever does you the favor of adding the images into your post &lt;em&gt;is responsible for that edit&lt;/em&gt;. They must (or at least should) make sure the images are really appropriate for your post before adding them. At minimum, they must look at all the images themselves before adding them to your post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, if you &lt;em&gt;really&lt;/em&gt; need to add ten images to your question, and you choose to use a method like this of adding the URLs and asking people to add the images for you, then &lt;strong&gt;please make sure the reason so many images are needed is overwhelmingly clear from the text written in your post.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2014-07-19T09:51:28.047" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11563" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10478" CreationDate="2014-07-19T10:13:19.073" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;As &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/10479/22949&quot;&gt;Braiam says&lt;/a&gt;, when there's a technically correct name that's probably best most of the time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Like you say, here it's not really clear what's correct. Arguably, network-manager is a package name, NetworkManager is an executable name, and Network Manager is the name of the software. Arguably.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And arguably &quot;network manager&quot; is simply wrong, if it's referring to a specific program / part of Ubuntu. That's really the only one I'd consider changing in an edit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When there's more than one name that's correct, there's no reason to try to police which name is used. People can use whichever one they prefer. When there's a name that's &lt;em&gt;technically&lt;/em&gt; best but by a very narrow margin, and there's no significant possibility for confusion, I think it's effectively the same situation--it doesn't matter which name gets used and there's no need for every question to follow the same convention.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Arguably, uniformity makes for more effective searching. This is probably not a big problem when searching with Google (either the &quot;whole&quot; web or Ask Ubuntu itself with &lt;code&gt;site:askubuntu.com&lt;/code&gt;). But the built-in site search does not interpret keywords as broadly. Still, I wouldn't rush to assume this is causing a problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When it comes to Network Manager itself, we have a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/network-manager&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;network-manager&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;network-manager&lt;/a&gt; tag. Questions that are enough about Network Manager that they should come up in a search for Network Manager (or NetworkManager or network-manager) should be tagged with this tag anyway. That solves the problem, and then it can be written in whatever style the post author prefers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2014-07-19T10:13:19.073" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11564" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11503" CreationDate="2014-07-19T10:21:18.530" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;As others have said, SteamOS is not an official Ubuntu derivative. Questions don't become on-topic here by being about SteamOS.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With that said, the usual guideline applies, that if the question is in some separate and &lt;em&gt;significant&lt;/em&gt; way also about Ubuntu, it's probably on topic. For example, these questions would be on topic:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;How do I share files between Ubuntu and SteamOS systems?&lt;/em&gt; (Where the difficulty is primarily, or at least partly, on the Ubuntu system.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;How do I install Ubuntu on a machine that has SteamOS?&lt;/em&gt; (Though it might be closed as a duplicate of a more general question, depending on the details of what's being asked.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This isn't specific to SteamOS, nor is it related to whatever technical relationship (if any) exists between SteamOS and Ubuntu. This would be equally valid with SteamOS replaced by Fedora, Mint, Windows, or FreeBSD.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In general, when considering if a question that involves an unofficial derivative or other GNU/Linux distribution that's not &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com/about/about-ubuntu/derivatives&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;listed here&lt;/a&gt; is on topic for Ask Ubuntu, consider if a similar question with an obviously less related OS, like Windows or iOS, in place of that derivative, would be on topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2014-07-19T10:21:18.530" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11566" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10482" CreationDate="2014-07-21T18:13:32.037" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;What about having an FAQ that lists good sources for learning materials and then people can be directed to the FAQ if they ask for them. Personally I am new to Linux and am interested in any resource I can find.  As an UBUNTU user, I think people will come to &quot;askUbuntu&quot; first.  We might as well be able to give some direction, while freeing up the forum for actual problems.  I agree that they shouldn't take up forum posts, but I do think that some direction should be provided.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="307397" LastActivityDate="2014-07-21T18:13:32.037" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11567" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1694" CreationDate="2014-07-21T23:59:16.443" Score="-6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't think that's a very necessary need. A chat room is dominantly for chatting, where too much functionality can add to the chaos. For examples, suppose a chat with lots of background-highlighted code (or even syntax-highlighted), images, much icons, and other functionality. It'll be very disorderly and won't be conductive to the nature of &quot;chats,&quot; which differ considerably from descriptive and detailed talking.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most people are able to differentiate the main body and code body. Codes always have a different language than simple English, with the inclusion of many symbolic characters. That coupled with font-variation is well suited for this job.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="272801" LastActivityDate="2014-07-21T23:59:16.443" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11568" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11583" CreationDate="2014-07-22T05:24:09.790" Score="14" ViewCount="227" Body="&lt;p&gt;This &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/305705/trimantra-software-solution&quot;&gt;user&lt;/a&gt;, seems to promoting a 'private company', they puts a private company name with their logo in user profile, I don't know is it allowed or not, please let me know is it allowed or not. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Expecting discussion. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="263205" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2014-08-01T17:16:49.723" Title="Is it possible user account can be a private company?" Tags="|discussion|user-accounts|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11569" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11519" CreationDate="2014-07-22T08:02:03.270" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have found useful additional information in duplicate questions. Things such as flags set or solutions tried that affect my approach. If those questions are deleted, then that useful information disappears. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it possible to have a &quot;Related&quot; categorisation that might be reviewed as the information becomes too old to be useful? For example, when a suggested solution uses a deprecated function, or applies to an old kernel.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Pogo.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="305400" LastActivityDate="2014-07-22T08:02:03.270" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11570" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10273" CreationDate="2014-07-22T08:13:01.183" Score="-2" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is worthwhile flagging a question as old, particularly for users who are relatively new and don't have any other guide to the likely usefulness (or possible risks) in old advice. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A flag when questions are related to old software might help, perhaps a link to a warning that packages referred to are no longer available in the standard repositories.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is value in supporting users with old software by at least indicating that a solution has been found. They might then have to go the long way round to solve their problem, but that is better than a dead end.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Pogo.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="305400" LastActivityDate="2014-07-22T08:13:01.183" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11571" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5611" CreationDate="2014-07-22T08:26:00.613" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Simply yes. We should allow the question. The answer might well be that the solution is too hard for the average user (recompile python 3 then...) or not possible, and that answer may well help other users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Many people here are here to be helpful, and I guess it rankles when they see that they can't help, at least not as they would wish, but dropping the question is less helpful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="305400" LastEditorUserId="117103" LastEditDate="2014-07-22T10:21:15.213" LastActivityDate="2014-07-22T10:21:15.213" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11572" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10480" CreationDate="2014-07-22T08:32:15.197" Score="-2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sure the question is acceptable. And if the answer is useful to others, then it should stand. It might well be duplicated a million times, so the pointer to the original answer (which should include a link to Canonical) will be a good answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the question is duplicated a million times, then I guess it qualifies as a Frequently Asked Question, and the answer would appear in the FAQ.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Pogo.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="305400" LastActivityDate="2014-07-22T08:32:15.197" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11573" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-07-22T11:04:06.813" Score="-4" ViewCount="131" Body="&lt;p&gt;If an user unknowingly or &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/113239/213575&quot;&gt;not&lt;/a&gt; use or add the wrongs tags, isn't the community task &lt;em&gt;to correct them&lt;/em&gt; (I mean the tags, through if the user ask for guidance it's cool for me too, everyone loves to teach, no :D)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Found a &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/97185/213575&quot;&gt;post in Meta.SE&lt;/a&gt; that seems to agree with this position:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Extraneous tags&lt;/strong&gt; should be removed, &lt;strong&gt;improper tags&lt;/strong&gt; should be removed, and &quot;meta&quot; tags should be removed. (emphasis mine)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this guidance wrong? Or should be interpreted differently (seems pretty straightforward and explicit)? I'm hurting the site when I re-tag a (unanswered) question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="anon" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditorDisplayName="anon" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2014-07-24T07:44:04.780" Title="If a question has nothing to do with one tag, or it's tagged wrongly, shouldn't I remove it?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11574" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11573" CreationDate="2014-07-22T11:53:07.967" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;The tag editing you do that gets rid of out-and-out bad, ambiguous or irrelevant* tags is generally pretty good. My snotty email and this post aren't about those circumstances at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;* I suspect our definition of [ir]relevance is about to differ.&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;My biggest issue with your approach to &quot;extraneous&quot; tags is that it leaves a question with an &lt;em&gt;extremely&lt;/em&gt; narrow profile.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For an example let's consider a fairly generic command-line question about scripting Apt. It might start with &lt;code&gt;command-line bash apt package-management&lt;/code&gt; but after you've visited only has &lt;code&gt;apt&lt;/code&gt;. You remove &lt;em&gt;relevant&lt;/em&gt; tags that are extraneous because you consider them inferable from context.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am somebody who often decides which questions to answer by their tags. If something has had tags that I find interesting stripped off it, there's an increased chance I'm just not going to see that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And I'm not talking about theoretical issues here. In the past couple of weeks, due in large part to your editing, I missed questions that I would normally spot and attempt to answer. At the risk of sounding like a &lt;em&gt;total&lt;/em&gt; blowhard, when you get between me and my questions, it's the site that suffers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To reiterate the intro, this is far from representative of all your edits (most of which are great) but the reason you and I keep clashing over this is that you're actively and deliberately hurting the broader, popular tags. I'm trying to explain here that by doing that you're hurting the questions and the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And I'm fairly sure I could find an accepted answer on MSE that states the world is flat.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2014-07-24T07:44:04.780" LastActivityDate="2014-07-24T07:44:04.780" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11575" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-07-22T14:48:56.523" Score="1" ViewCount="30" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just had a lengthy discussion moved to chat. On the chat page, I am not logged in. When I click the link &quot;you need to be logged in&quot;, I get to the Stack Exchange page (&quot;Logging you in to the Stack Exchange chat…&quot;), where nothing happens. The login test page shows that everything is OK. However, I can't chat. What is wrong?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="149708" LastActivityDate="2014-07-22T14:48:56.523" Title="I moved a discussion to chat, but I'm not logged in there" Tags="|support|chat|login|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11576" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11582" CreationDate="2014-07-22T14:49:13.880" Score="2" ViewCount="53" Body="&lt;p&gt;Basically whenever I ask a question that pertains to any type of installation, it provides the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/install&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;install&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;install&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/installation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;installation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;installation&lt;/a&gt; tags in the suggestions, not the allowed ones &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/system-installation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;system-installation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;system-installation&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/software-installation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;software-installation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;software-installation&lt;/a&gt;. I have never gotten either one of them recommended, but whenever I click on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/install&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;install&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;install&lt;/a&gt; tag, it says it is not allowed. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This could be either confusing or in the worst case even discouraging for new users. Why is it that the plain &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/install&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;install&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;install&lt;/a&gt; tag is not blacklisted, or when it says that it can not be used, why is it not possible to simply directly click on one of the two for software/system install from the error dialog? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is that impossible to do with the basic Stack Exchange codebase?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="272488" LastEditorUserId="1412" LastEditDate="2014-07-23T03:43:05.020" LastActivityDate="2014-07-23T03:53:43.590" Title="For the &quot;installation&quot; and &quot;install&quot; tags, shouldn't we remove them from the list of suggestions?" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|suggested-tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11578" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11584" CreationDate="2014-07-23T02:43:32.343" Score="2" ViewCount="192" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/l1FOH.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Encountered using Chrome &lt;code&gt;36.0.1985.125&lt;/code&gt; on Mac OS X (10.9.4). It is not present in Firefox on either Mac or Linux. I'm not a Moderator (or 10K user) on any other sites, so I can't test and see if this is a issue across the board or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastEditorUserId="133195" LastEditDate="2014-07-23T16:54:00.377" LastActivityDate="2014-07-23T16:54:36.697" Title="Icon Overlap CSS in Chrome" Tags="|bug|status-bydesign|design|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11579" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-07-23T02:54:30.630" Score="6" ViewCount="72" Body="&lt;p&gt;The tag &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/aliased&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;aliased&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;aliased&lt;/a&gt; is described as &quot;Things that have effect from anti-aliasing.&quot;  Only three questions asked;  two about aliasing shown in fonts (and both tagged with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/fonts&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;fonts&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;fonts&lt;/a&gt; as well).  The remaining one has nothing to do with &quot;anti-aliasing&quot; thing... it referred to file aliases.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Suggest to remove the tag as it's rarely used, covered by other tags and createed confusion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="249802" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-07-23T03:11:03.880" LastActivityDate="2014-07-23T03:13:31.997" Title="Tag cleanup request [aliased]" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11580" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11579" CreationDate="2014-07-23T03:12:34.277" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I agree, this tag is very ambiguous, and probably meta as well. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've removed the tag from the 3 questions that had it, it should be removed within the next 24 hours.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2014-07-23T03:12:34.277" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11581" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11579" CreationDate="2014-07-23T03:13:31.997" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Only 3 questions with the tag, and sincerely, that was a bad, &lt;em&gt;very bad&lt;/em&gt; tag name. I don't think there are enough issues in the site to merit a tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/300891/169736&quot;&gt;Issue with font rendering inside applications&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/2528/aliases-difference-between-bash-rc-bash-aliases-and-usr-local-bin&quot;&gt;Aliases: difference between .bash_rc, .bash_aliases and /usr/local/bin&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/557/how-can-i-fix-my-problems-with-fonts-in-firefox&quot;&gt;How can I fix my problems with fonts in Firefox?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2014-07-23T03:13:31.997" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11582" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11576" CreationDate="2014-07-23T03:53:43.590" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The problem is that those tags &lt;em&gt;are&lt;/em&gt; blacklisted. That means they cannot be used for new questions. We typically avoid blacklisting tags with questions in them precisely for this reason - it creates a ton of confusion and not a lot of recourse.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Clicking more suitable tags from the error dialog isn't possible at this time. All that dialog is is a formatted message that was entered when &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/installation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;installation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;installation&lt;/a&gt; was blacklisted. There is no intelligent parsing done on it and, to a certain degree, there can't be since that message is entirely free-form.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Excluding blacklisted tags from suggestions makes sense to me, but I'm not sure how feasible that is since a blacklist is basically just a regular expression. It's &lt;em&gt;sort of&lt;/em&gt; aware of where it needs to belong, but &quot;install&quot; isn't blacklisted, only &quot;installation&quot; is, with &quot;install&quot; being its synonym... This is both complex enough and rare enough (in the grand scheme of things across the network) that my best advice in this case is more along the lines of &quot;y'all gotta disambiguate that tag or cut your losses and merge it all into either system-installation or software-installation&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I realize neither is a great option, and I'll see if we can make the suggester aware of this blacklist, but unfortunately I can't promise much there right now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1412" LastActivityDate="2014-07-23T03:53:43.590" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11583" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11568" CreationDate="2014-07-23T06:00:17.983" Score="18" Body="&lt;p&gt;AFAIK anybody can use stackexchange sites, as long as they follow and/or accept site rules and policies.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as AU is concerned, &lt;strong&gt;anyone with a Ubuntu question can ask a question&lt;/strong&gt;, it may be a person, a group of friends, &lt;strong&gt;It can be a company&lt;/strong&gt; or even a government. For the same reason, a user may be a company and therefore &lt;strong&gt;they can promote(in their profile)&lt;/strong&gt; and display themselves as who they are, as in case of the aforementioned user.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not to mention that as &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/11568/is-it-possible-user-account-can-be-a-private-company#comment19788_11568&quot;&gt;@dan&lt;/a&gt; said, &lt;strong&gt;they should not spam the site&lt;/strong&gt; or promote there products in questions/answers/comments etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="184942" LastEditorUserId="186134" LastEditDate="2014-07-24T19:31:46.623" LastActivityDate="2014-07-24T19:31:46.623" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11584" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11578" CreationDate="2014-07-23T16:54:36.697" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;We don't support zooming at this point in time...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, yes, visual &quot;glitches&quot; are expected in such cases.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="133195" LastActivityDate="2014-07-23T16:54:36.697" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11585" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11573" CreationDate="2014-07-23T19:58:28.670" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;If a question is mis-tagged, yes, please, &lt;strong&gt;fix it&lt;/strong&gt;. That covers both sides, a tag that shouldn't be there and the tag that should be. There are many questions out there that would benefit of it. It also helps the experts following the respective tags to find questions to answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've found myself with bizarre questions where no tag was really applicable to the question, I had to remove them all (in some cases even the whole five of them) and add the ones that really matters.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This keep the site organized and allows the system to learn from new questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2014-07-23T19:58:28.670" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11586" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11587" CreationDate="2014-07-24T05:01:44.107" Score="1" ViewCount="46" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is there any way to see the list of users who have the most reputation from specific tag? &#xA;For example I want to know the list of top 20 users which have the most reputation from command line tag?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="181205" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-07-24T11:56:42.987" LastActivityDate="2014-07-24T11:56:42.987" Title="How to see the list of users with most reputation from foo tag" Tags="|support|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11587" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11586" CreationDate="2014-07-24T08:43:53.283" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tags/command-line/topusers&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/tags/command-line/topusers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;or&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/dvLgF.gif&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17681" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2014-07-24T08:49:57.377" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11588" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7773" CreationDate="2014-07-24T11:19:50.920" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.webupd8.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/BmlCh.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;WebUpd8 is an Ubuntu / Linux blog which delivers daily news, tips and application reviews. &quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="178596" LastActivityDate="2014-07-24T11:19:50.920" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2014-07-24T11:19:50.920" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11589" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-07-24T12:47:04.290" Score="-1" ViewCount="35" Body="&lt;p&gt;In recent days I have got a good number of invalid edits in the review queue by user &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/173631/pabi&quot;&gt;Pabi&lt;/a&gt;. In most cases the user simply inserts blanks lines, but other times it is the deletion of entire portions of the post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any procedure to deal with this kind of persistent delinquent behaviour? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="177437" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2014-07-24T13:00:57.650" Title="Persistent invalid edits from the same user" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11590" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11589" CreationDate="2014-07-24T13:00:57.650" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just keep marking them as &quot;invalid&quot; or rollback the edits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At some point someone will get angry and clubber him. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By the way: the 3 edits I saw on the frontpage showed not a lot wrong with his/her edits :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastActivityDate="2014-07-24T13:00:57.650" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11591" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-07-24T19:38:36.010" Score="2" ViewCount="37" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are two tags for Picasa by Google, there should be one, preferably [google-picasa], since people interested in all sorts of Google software can follow them easily using [google*].&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2014-07-24T19:38:36.010" Title="Merge [picasa] into [google-picasa]" Tags="|discussion|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11592" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-07-24T20:44:12.533" Score="12" ViewCount="359" Body="&lt;p&gt;First I would like to congratulate Luis Alvarado on his efforts today in dealing with the Close Vote queue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/nTowg.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It would appear from the questions I have asked here&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/11510/107450&quot;&gt;Should we be able to review 40 close votes when the queue length is less than 1000?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and on Meta StackOverflow&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/236618/215577&quot;&gt;Close Vote review thresholds&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That the only way we can keep the Close Vote queue a sensible length is for more of the users with 3000 or more reputation to play an active role in reviewing this queue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We have 281 users with this privilege according to the reputation leagues so if we can encourage a few more users to actively review we should be able to keep on top of this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What ideas do we have to encourage ourselves and others to vote?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="107450" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2014-08-16T14:35:59.463" Title="How can we encourage 3k+ users to review more Close Votes" Tags="|discussion|close-review-queue|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11593" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11592" CreationDate="2014-07-24T20:52:15.193" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I used to like it when we had the regulators room open.  That way, if I didn't really want to deal with the most questionable 25%-50 of the close-vote questions - and someone spent serious time weeding through all the chaff - they could drop in over there and linkbomb it then ping some 3k+ users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2014-07-24T20:52:15.193" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11594" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11592" CreationDate="2014-07-24T21:17:57.360" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Personally , I would like to see a way to remove questions from the close que . There are a bunch of old questions with one or perhaps two close votes that already have an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I did read this discussion - &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/234302/leave-open-should-negate-close-votes&quot;&gt;Leave Open should negate close votes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and it also has merit. Perhaps close votes should expire after a time ? Perhaps is takes 5 leave open votes to remove it from the close que ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="35795" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2014-07-24T21:17:57.360" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11595" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11592" CreationDate="2014-07-24T22:26:48.190" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;As can be seen in your screenshot I'm the second user with most reviews completed and will tell, from my perspective, you what the problem is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Y U FLAGGING CRAPPY QUESTIONS AS DUPLICATED!?!?!?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Reviewing duplicates &lt;strong&gt;use a massive amount of time&lt;/strong&gt;. The &lt;em&gt;good&lt;/em&gt; reviewer have to read two questions, and answers to verify that both questions are &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/11610/169736&quot;&gt;actual duplicates&lt;/a&gt;. This would work fine if there wasn't for the 80% of reviews, that the reviewers have to see, don't even reach the category of &amp;quot;question&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How is a 1 line long &amp;quot;i haz a problemz, fix pls&amp;quot;, without the proper information to know what is wrong in first place, a duplicated of anything but another unclear, vague question? You should have closed as &amp;quot;Unclear what you are asking&amp;quot; and ask for the missing information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since duplicated implies that the reviewer have to read two questions, please, think about the poor good soul that have to figure out what OP is asking first and then decide if the duplicated is actually what it's asking for. Remember, &lt;strong&gt;duplicated is the last close reason you should use&lt;/strong&gt;, and only if the other reasons doesn't apply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Y U USING DUMPING GROUNDS!?!?!?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've seen people closing random &amp;quot;my wireless doesn't work, I don't know why!&amp;quot;, that SHOULD be closed as &amp;quot;Unclear what you are asking&amp;quot;, being closed as duplicated of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/425155/my-wireless-wifi-connection-does-not-work-what-information-is-needed-to-diagnos&quot;&gt;My wireless/WiFi connection does not work. What information is needed to diagnose the issue?&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/M2s8o.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you believe that the question need the information as explained in other answer, the Right Thing To Do™ is to leave a polite comment reading:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We need more information to know exactly what's wrong, please read &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/425155/my-wireless-wifi-connection-does-not-work-what-information-is-needed-to-diagnos&quot;&gt;this answer&lt;/a&gt; and provide the information required.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and flag it as &amp;quot;Unclear what you are asking&amp;quot;. That way OP have a clear message of what they need to do, provide it, and possibly get their answers in a timely manner. At least, that is what I think it will happen... and in case of OP bailing out, the question is deleted and nobody (10kers) have to come along and delete it. Is a win-win situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Y U NO READING THE QUESTION!?!?!&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And, sadly I'm still lashing out to duplicates, and this time not only affect reviews but also the users themself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the review queue, I find users flagging as duplicated questions where OP said, clearly, that they have read the questions, they even provide the link, and &lt;strong&gt;it didn't help them&lt;/strong&gt; or have problems following the instructions, and instead of an answer, users just trow them in a loop, flagging them as duplicated of the very same questions they linked already:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/LBNZR.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/w6KIE.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Nz9i5.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/1fkA3.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And the sad part, is that reviewers just rubber-stamp this behavior. Those were examples that I got wind of because I was behind the reviewer, obviously not looking over their shoulders, but I'm sure there are many more cases.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you don't feel confident of understanding a question/topic, investigate, ask around, but unless you are entirely sure, skip.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;But I want to know how I encourage reviewers, how this help?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is asking you &lt;strong&gt;to use more wisely the duplicated close reason&lt;/strong&gt;. It's by far the most (mis)used close reason with pending votes in the review queue, and, as I've repeating in my post, is the most time consuming close reason.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-08-16T14:35:59.463" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11596" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11640" CreationDate="2014-07-25T14:04:45.860" Score="8" ViewCount="134" Body="&lt;p&gt;A user is removing &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/command-line&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;command-line&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;command-line&lt;/a&gt; tags from posts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm a user who depends upon favorite tags to answer questions, and command-line is one of them. If the tag gets removed, I miss questions that I may answer. I don't find any problem with the tag, as is in the case of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/installation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;installation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;installation&lt;/a&gt; tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So why is the user removing these tags?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;was there any meta post where the users(majority) decided to remove the posts? If yes, give me the link so I could down vote it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="184942" LastEditorUserId="184942" LastEditDate="2014-08-01T12:30:19.790" LastActivityDate="2014-08-01T12:30:19.790" Title="What is wrong with the command-line tag?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11597" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11598" CreationDate="2014-07-25T14:15:54.893" Score="3" ViewCount="63" Body="&lt;p&gt;So in my notification list, I have &quot;You have earned the Curious badge'. But I received the Benefactor badge yesterday and I didn't get a notification for it. Why is this? Is it not meant to or is it a bug?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/WFEGF.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="186134" LastEditorUserId="133195" LastEditDate="2014-07-25T14:49:40.657" LastActivityDate="2014-07-25T14:49:40.657" Title="I didn't receive the notification that I'd gained a badge" Tags="|bug|status-bydesign|badges|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11598" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11597" CreationDate="2014-07-25T14:49:32.977" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Not all badges will cause a notification to a veteran user such as yourself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We limit these to avoid &quot;spamming&quot; your notifications - the &quot;Curious&quot; badge is one that we deem to be &quot;Veteran worthy&quot;, the &quot;Benefactor&quot; badge, not so much (after all, you already know you awarded a bounty).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="133195" LastActivityDate="2014-07-25T14:49:32.977" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11599" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11600" CreationDate="2014-07-25T14:53:50.033" Score="0" ViewCount="81" Body="&lt;p&gt;So occasionally around the place (on Meta) I see &quot;Since you are a veteran&quot; or &quot;Veterans have this privilege&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/11598/186134&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How much rep does a user have to have to be considered a veteran?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="186134" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.227" LastActivityDate="2015-07-15T13:50:44.087" Title="How much rep does a veteran have?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11600" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11599" CreationDate="2014-07-25T17:02:44.617" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;My guess is that &quot;veteran&quot; has to be taken in context of the conversation. For example, in &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/11592/how-can-we-encourage-3k-users-to-review-more-close-votes&quot;&gt;this conversation&lt;/a&gt; &quot;verteran&quot; presumedy would  refer to users with both 3K + reputation and experience in reviewing close votes on SE.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Short answer - verteran implies not only reputation, but also some experience with the topic at hand. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You might also find the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges&quot;&gt;privileges&lt;/a&gt; page useful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="35795" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2014-07-26T15:16:20.397" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11601" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11602" CreationDate="2014-07-25T17:32:32.590" Score="7" ViewCount="183" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the review for suggested edits queue, there was this post:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/297636&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/297636&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/gPBn5.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now the edit seems fine, but what are all the &lt;code&gt;&amp;amp;nbsp;&lt;/code&gt;s doing there? I'm not that good (in my mind) of seeing how the mark-up will actually 'translate' into rendered html, especially when there are images in it. Is there a way to view the html of the answer, in the review queue?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="186134" LastEditorUserId="186134" LastEditDate="2014-08-06T14:43:12.327" LastActivityDate="2019-10-15T20:32:09.617" Title="Way to see how a question actually looks?" Tags="|discussion|suggested-edits|review-queue|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11602" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11601" CreationDate="2014-07-25T17:32:32.590" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;So to do this (I just found) is actually really easy, and I'm glad I didn't post the question :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Up at the top is a button that says &lt;code&gt;rendered output&lt;/code&gt;, click that and it automagically changes to the rendered html.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/6nIUE.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My pronouns are He / Him&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="186134" LastEditorUserId="186134" LastEditDate="2019-10-15T20:32:09.617" LastActivityDate="2019-10-15T20:32:09.617" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="11604" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11606" CreationDate="2014-07-26T20:51:36.123" Score="2" ViewCount="61" Body="&lt;p&gt;In a comment, a user used the &amp;amp;%@# symbols to &quot;hide&quot; the swear word:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;wont that F@£% up my Laptop –  t01vO 15 mins ago&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My reply was:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;No, why would it? Also, please try to use appropriate language - mess up would be fine?&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Especially this instance, where it was obvious what the word was, I disliked it. I personally don't like so see a reputable site (We're not ubuntu forums) with bad language on it - even if it is 'Hidden'.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it acceptable for people to use grawlixes anywhere on the site - i.e. Questions/Answers/Comments or Meta, Chat, Profiles or similar, and if so, which?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="186134" LastEditorUserId="186134" LastEditDate="2014-07-26T21:08:13.120" LastActivityDate="2014-07-26T22:18:02.113" Title="Do we accept grawlixes anywhere on the site?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11605" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11604" CreationDate="2014-07-26T21:06:58.233" Score="-4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yup.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2014-07-26T21:06:58.233" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11606" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11604" CreationDate="2014-07-26T21:44:41.923" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Nope, but it is harder to enforce than real swears. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It still means the same thing, and is recognized as the same - so ♥'s or ★'s are not going to make it any better.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/22233&quot;&gt;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/22233&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Profiles, are a entirely different matter:  &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/251442/how-to-deal-with-user-who-use-abusive-words-in-about-me-section&quot;&gt;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/251442/how-to-deal-with-user-who-use-abusive-words-in-about-me-section&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also note that comments that contain certain swear words are automatically deleted when flagged.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And If it fits this description:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;it is offensive, abusive, or hate speech This question contains&#xA;  content that a reasonable person would deem inappropriate for&#xA;  respectful discourse.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;or for comments:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;rude or offensive&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Flag them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or, if there is just one edit it out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/behavior&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/help/behavior&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Be nice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Civility is required at all times; rudeness will not be tolerated.&#xA;  Treat others with the same respect you’d want them to treat you&#xA;  because we’re all here to learn, together. Be tolerant of others who&#xA;  may not know everything you know, and bring your sense of humor.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Please note that expletives are not allowed. If you use expletives on&#xA;  this site, you may be issued a warning or a suspension.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also there are cases - were they can be used fine, &lt;strong&gt;Only&lt;/strong&gt; because they happen to be the name of a file, or program, or part of a website title. Example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/50513/cant-run-this-shell-script&quot;&gt;can&amp;#39;t run this shell script (get-sh1t-done)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2014-07-26T22:18:02.113" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11607" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-07-26T21:55:22.943" Score="1" ViewCount="24" Body="&lt;p&gt;I can print without CUPS and I can ask a CUPS question without asking about printing. They are closely related tags but separated enough to be on their own. There are several CUPS related tags in the site, so why CUPS itself doesn't have its own?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/237019/169736&quot;&gt;Log files (CUPS) grow so fast!&lt;/a&gt; &amp;lt;--- CUPS administration question, nothing to do with printing.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/229060/169736&quot;&gt;Library search paths&lt;/a&gt; &amp;lt;--- CUPS backend question. Again, nobody is trying to print anything&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/108411/169736&quot;&gt;Printing a file from server&lt;/a&gt; &amp;lt;--- printing file from server, cups is a possible answer, but not the only one.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/191210/169736&quot;&gt;How to print file directly, circumventing the print dialog?&lt;/a&gt; &amp;lt;--- printing from chromium and prevent the dialog, again, CUPS is not related&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/235183/169736&quot;&gt;On typing dev/usb/lp0 it says &amp;#39;no such file or directory&amp;#39;&lt;/a&gt; &amp;lt;--- printing using lp, which can be used without CUPS&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/cups-lpd&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;cups-lpd&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;cups-lpd&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Technical accuracy prevents confusion with the users and makes experts feel more welcomed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2014-07-26T21:55:22.943" Title="Unsynonimyze cups and printing" Tags="|discussion|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11609" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11610" CreationDate="2014-07-27T00:49:39.227" Score="1" ViewCount="46" Body="&lt;p&gt;Occasionally on a stack exchange, one will have a very precise question cited as a duplicate to a very broad question, or one will have a very clear and straight to the point question cited as a duplicate to a long winded question full of irrelevance. I assume this happens to everyone to some level. I personally can find it very alienating, and off putting when it happens to me, especially if the duplicate does not have very good answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the Ubuntu Stack Exchange, what should be the policy be in accordance to this situation? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="253579" LastActivityDate="2014-07-27T01:19:45.123" Title="How to deal with higher quality duplicate questions?" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|question-quality|answer-quality|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11610" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11609" CreationDate="2014-07-27T01:19:45.123" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;There's a concept all users needs to be very clear of, and they usually get them wrong:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Question A        Question B&#xA;Requeriment 1     Requeriment 1&#xA;Requeriment 2&#xA;Requeriment 3&#xA;Requeriment 4&#xA;Requeriment 5&#xA;Requeriment 6&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A is a subset of B, yes; they are related, yes; some of the answers of B can apply to A, yes; but ultimately they are not duplicates. A is a duplicate of B &lt;strong&gt;if every reasonable answer&lt;/strong&gt; to B also reasonably answers A. If you have an answer that applies to B but not to A, or otherwise, you are most surely not dealing with a duplicated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have been victim of this behavior, drop in chat  (feel free to ping me, I love defend those cases) or flag and explain your case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I, myself, have been affected by this with some questions here on AU and SO, and I've proved that my question is unique enough; most of the cases I defend, suffer of this. Even one that I identified as duplicated, were proved wrong by someone that dropped a comment saying that my case was actually special in UL.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2014-07-27T01:19:45.123" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11612" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-07-27T10:22:31.697" Score="8" ViewCount="208" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just saw this question and gave it my best shot:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/503171/40581&quot;&gt;How to remove Windows bootoption that results in &amp;#39;wubildr.mbr&amp;#39;/0xc000007b error message?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Summary&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;User has a system with pre-installed Windows 8.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;User seemingly installed Ubuntu &lt;em&gt;successfully&lt;/em&gt; at some point in time, likely after &lt;em&gt;a lot&lt;/em&gt; of trial and error [&lt;em&gt;this&lt;/em&gt; is bad!].&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;User is confused about the &lt;code&gt;wubildr.mbr&lt;/code&gt; error message, calls the corresponding Windows boot menu entry &quot;UNetBootin&quot; (look at the edit history).&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Of course the user wants the get rid of this mess, even if it is just for cosmetics.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Analysis&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This situation can only be described as madness and I do judge the community—including me—for not taking accurate measures to explain the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/windows-8&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;windows-8&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;windows-8&lt;/a&gt;+&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/uefi&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;uefi&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;uefi&lt;/a&gt;+&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/dual-boot&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;dual-boot&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;dual-boot&lt;/a&gt;+&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/wubi&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;wubi&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;wubi&lt;/a&gt; she-bang clear and simple, therefore making Ubuntu experience on current generation UEFI hardware (the only choice that the consumer today has when shopping) really awful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We are &lt;strong&gt;TWO&lt;/strong&gt; years into Windows computers shipping with UEFI. Beginners expect the community to have ruled out most issues, giving them clear and crisp instructions, but it doesn't look that way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Linking to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/221835/169736&quot; title=&quot;Installing Ubuntu on a Pre-Installed Windows 8 (64-bit) System (UEFI Supported)&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; as a duplicate, would only bring up new questions, like: &lt;em&gt;&quot;What answer am I expected to find there?&quot;&lt;/em&gt; It's not that the content of the answer isn't good, it is the &lt;strong&gt;context&lt;/strong&gt; [Wubi] that is confusing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Issues&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;We have to many unanswered, duplicate or poorly answered [&quot;try boot-repair!1&quot;] questions with error messages containing &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=wubildr.mbr&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;wubildr.mbr&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/7497/40581&quot;&gt;Despite earlier efforts&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I'd suggest deleting all of them and merging error messages where appropriate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ideally one would put her/his error message into AU and find &lt;strong&gt;one&lt;/strong&gt; answer, instead of being presented 99 results and skimming through a lot of duplicates finding helpful information nuggets, but not getting distracted by &lt;strong&gt;misleading&lt;/strong&gt; answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I agree with Braiam here, these duplicates provide no value. They only make it difficult to find proper answers. Such questions still hitting the site should be an indicator that proper information is still difficult to find.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In case of lazy OPs: &lt;strong&gt;Close with unclear&lt;/strong&gt; - add possibly related answers in a comment and ask what's different from the issue they have -&gt; Which should result in &lt;strong&gt;well documented individual cases&lt;/strong&gt;, the &lt;strong&gt;things we really want!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Emphasize that Wubi does not currently work with Windows 8, which is the current generation shipping Windows operating system, no matter if users like modern UI or not.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Confusion over &lt;strong&gt;Dual-booting&lt;/strong&gt;, which has a tag-wiki page but is missing a good, independent question/Q&amp;amp;A that guides users to related questions, no matter if you are running Windows 8 on UEFI capable hardware or if you have something else.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;(Again) emphasize that Wubi does not currently work with Windows 8, which is why it is not recommended and that Dual-booting usually refers to installing Ubuntu to a separate partition. (Additionally: Inform users that Windows 8 pre-installs with UEFI+GPT are more flexible and legacy BIOS+MBR configurations.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;For inexperienced users on Windows, such an article should be the starting point, instead of the current one that concatenates &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/windows-8&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;windows-8&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;windows-8&lt;/a&gt;+&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/uefi&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;uefi&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;uefi&lt;/a&gt;+&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/dual-boot&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;dual-boot&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;dual-boot&lt;/a&gt; into a mega topic (which could be difficult considering the popularity of the view- and vote-count of the current one).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Imagine the average consumer trying Ubuntu on their Windows 8 machine and winding up in an error and being directed to the mega topic. To make it short: You are neglecting the users needs in terms of available time and attention span. Just for doing nothing particularly fancy from &lt;em&gt;their&lt;/em&gt; point of view.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, an acknowledged answer that just deals with troubleshooting is what everyone wants.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You may argue that such an article (series) or instructions should be the first thing a user on a Windows client should be directed to when visiting &lt;code&gt;http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I agree with you. The official installation instructions seem to still completely ignore that current generation hardware ships with UEFI, providing no instructions nor direct hints for UEFI/Windows 8:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Put the Ubuntu DVD into the DVD-drive&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Restart your computer. You should see a welcome screen prompting you to choose your language and giving you the option to install Ubuntu or try it from the DVD.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you don’t get this menu, &lt;a href=&quot;https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BootFromCD&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;read the booting from the DVD guide&lt;/a&gt; for more information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I that's all. It makes false assumptions. I hope some Canonical employees among here can help improve this situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The issue is, that the current download page on ubuntu.com can differentiate between different clients accessing it, but buries important installation instructions for current generation hardware on another screen down and two links deeper.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm getting more off-topic here. Let's fix the Wubi questions?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This post was only written to point at current issues and provide ideas to possible solutions. Apologies if didn't manage to achieve just that and did something unintentional.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="40581" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2014-07-29T18:56:04.137" Title="Wubi, Windows 8 and 'wubildr.mbr' questions" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11613" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11614" CreationDate="2014-07-27T16:26:51.087" Score="3" ViewCount="43" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently thought that I would have a look at the Close vote queue &lt;em&gt;(since I usually never bother - I have been trying to  have a go at the moment)&lt;/em&gt;. When I was finished it looked like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/u7n4k.png&quot; alt=&quot;0 close votes in the queue&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I thought 'great!' - but doesn't this not include the ones I have already reviewed? So how can I view &lt;em&gt;all&lt;/em&gt; the Close votes still in the queue, including the ones that I have already reviewed, but still need to be reviewed by other users? &lt;em&gt;(N.B. preferably without logging out)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="178596" LastActivityDate="2014-07-27T18:14:51.613" Title="How can I view the actual amount of close votes" Tags="|support|review|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11614" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11613" CreationDate="2014-07-27T16:36:14.437" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;There's this thing called private session, or window... or whatever. This is how it looks:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/4W2pw.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can also query the database, but is not real time. I'm sure the API also has this information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2014-07-27T16:36:14.437" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11615" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11613" CreationDate="2014-07-27T17:13:29.397" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;@Braiam's answer has probably the simplest way to do this - this gave me the idea anyway of modifying a rubbish bash script I have, and I ended up with this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;curl -s http://askubuntu.com/review | grep -i -m 1 -B 6 &quot;close votes&quot; | sed -e 's/&amp;lt;[^&amp;gt;]*&amp;gt;\|[^0-9.k]//g' -e '/^$/d'&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I tested it here and on SO (which the massive close review queue, why &lt;code&gt;.k&lt;/code&gt; is needed...) - I could probably improve it but I think I have better things to do :D&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;N.B. you need to put 'close votes', 'suggested' etc, as just 'close','suggest' will pick up the inpage javascript and generate a load of junk.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="178596" LastEditorUserId="178596" LastEditDate="2014-07-27T18:14:51.613" LastActivityDate="2014-07-27T18:14:51.613" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11616" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-07-28T02:30:43.277" Score="2" ViewCount="60" Body="&lt;p&gt;I had had my AskUbuntu profile's email setting &lt;br&gt;&#xA;set to &quot;notify me every three hours&quot; for unread &lt;br&gt;&#xA;AskUbuntu email messages but never received any &lt;br&gt;&#xA;notifications about email messages that have been &lt;br&gt;&#xA;sitting there, unread, for about two weeks. &lt;br&gt;&#xA;Nothing in my actual inbox, nor my spam folder. &lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;So, how do I find out when someone's answerd a &lt;br&gt;&#xA;question of mine? I thought this was the method&lt;br&gt;&#xA;to use to receive notification that &quot;I've got mail.&quot;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;I just now changed it to daily notification. &lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Dr Doug&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="119854" OwnerDisplayName="The DOuG Trainer" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2014-07-30T20:37:26.853" LastActivityDate="2014-07-30T20:37:26.853" Title="AskUbuntu email notification not working" Tags="|discussion|bug|email|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11617" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-07-28T09:18:36.177" Score="7" ViewCount="114" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just asked a question and added the tag &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/source-code&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;source-code&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;source-code&lt;/a&gt; but only typed &lt;code&gt;source&lt;/code&gt; to get it. I then noticed that the tag &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/source&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;source&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;source&lt;/a&gt; exists, it has 83 questions and no wiki - should it be deleted?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No questions should have this tag, any question tagged with this can be changed to be tagged with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/source-code&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;source-code&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;source-code&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/software-sources&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;software-sources&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;software-sources&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/install-from-source&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;install-from-source&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;install-from-source&lt;/a&gt; instead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="186134" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-07-30T00:06:03.043" LastActivityDate="2014-07-30T00:06:03.043" Title="Tag 'source' seems to be pointless" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11618" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-07-28T12:10:12.897" Score="5" ViewCount="209" Body="&lt;p&gt;For the comments we have lots of links, such as &lt;code&gt;[se]&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;[ubuntu.se]&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is a list of requested redirects, from me and the comments:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;[launchpad]&lt;/code&gt; goes to &lt;code&gt;https://launchpad.net/ubuntu&lt;/code&gt; and shows as &lt;a href=&quot;https://launchpad.net/ubuntu&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Launchpad&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;[launchpad#bugnum]&lt;/code&gt; goes to &lt;code&gt;https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/bugnum&lt;/code&gt; and shows as &lt;a href=&quot;https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/bugnum&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Bug #bugnum&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;[forums]&lt;/code&gt; goes to &lt;code&gt;http://ubuntuforums.org/&lt;/code&gt; and sows as &lt;a href=&quot;http://ubuntuforums.org&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Forums&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;[discourse]&lt;/code&gt; goes to &lt;code&gt;http://discourse.ubuntu.com&lt;/code&gt; and shows as &lt;a href=&quot;http://discourse.Ubuntu.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Discourse&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;[paste]&lt;/code&gt; or &lt;code&gt;[pastebinit]&lt;/code&gt; goes to &lt;code&gt;http://paste.ubuntu.com&lt;/code&gt; and shows as &lt;a href=&quot;http://paste.ubuntu.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Pastebin&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;[install-d]&lt;/code&gt; goes to &lt;code&gt;http://ubuntu.com/download/desktop/install-ubuntu-desktop&lt;/code&gt; and shows as &lt;a href=&quot;http://ubuntu.com/download/desktop/install-ubuntu-desktop&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Install Ubuntu Desktop&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;[install-s]&lt;/code&gt; goes to &lt;code&gt;http://ubuntu.com/download/server/install-ubuntu-server&lt;/code&gt; and shows as &lt;a href=&quot;http://ubuntu.com/download/desktop/install-ubuntu-desktop&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Install Ubuntu Server&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;ppa:peterlevi/ppa&lt;/code&gt; goes to &lt;code&gt;https://launchpad.net/~peterlevi&lt;/code&gt; and shows as &lt;a href=&quot;https://launchpad.net/~peterlevi&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;ppa:peterlevi/ppa&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="186134" LastEditorUserId="186134" LastEditDate="2014-12-01T21:00:10.967" LastActivityDate="2014-12-01T21:00:10.967" Title="Add launchpad quick link" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|comments|hyperlinks|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11619" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-07-28T16:43:23.340" Score="-6" ViewCount="104" Body="&lt;p&gt;I seem to remember reading this somewhere, but I can't find it on this meta at least...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A saw a user who has 530+ rep but has only asked questions - 53:9 q:a. So he has quite a lot of privileges, despite not really knowing much about Ubuntu (based on their latest question).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should there be some sort of limit where a user has to have at least a 50/50 ratio or something along those lines to get more than 200 rep.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="186134" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2014-07-28T18:21:59.920" LastActivityDate="2014-07-30T11:44:07.140" Title="A user only asks questions" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11620" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11619" CreationDate="2014-07-28T18:26:39.913" Score="17" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would argue that the ability to ask good questions is just as important as answering them. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Remember, reputation is a measure of how much the community trusts you, not a bit for bit measurement for technical competence. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2014-07-28T18:26:39.913" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11621" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11619" CreationDate="2014-07-28T21:39:24.030" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I like Jorge's answer.  I would also add, though, that rep isn't just a trust measure either.  It's also a metric for understanding how the system works.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, if you only ask questions - but you've been around a while - then you probably understand when to stop with comments and invite to chat, when voting for closure/flagging are appropriate, and other things.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you don't allow non-answering people to do this, then you put even more load on your people who are capable of answering - and they stop doing both.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Let me use myself as an example:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm all over the SE network... just check my profile.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Would I just randomly close things as OT over on programmers.se, because I don't necessarily grasp the scope of their site?  No.  If there were another power-user of incredibly high rep that popped in to chat and asked me to contribute some closevotes - not to dogpile  question - but to solve a problem - Then I might do it.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will I ever answer a lot over on programmers?  Probably not.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does this make me less aware of how the system works?  Certainly not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastEditorUserId="5768" LastEditDate="2014-07-28T21:47:38.497" LastActivityDate="2014-07-28T21:47:38.497" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11622" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11623" CreationDate="2014-07-29T06:59:48.093" Score="3" ViewCount="191" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am really not happy with the way questions are marked as duplicate lately. &#xA;A few recent examples:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/503970/understanding-ubuntu&quot;&gt;This question&lt;/a&gt; could probably be closed for several reasons, but&#xA;&lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; for being a duplicate of the indicated post; OP is only giving an example, which now is happily upgraded to the main subject of the&#xA;post. In other words: &lt;em&gt;any&lt;/em&gt; example he would have given would have&#xA;been taken as main subject and would have lead to marking the&#xA;question as duplicate.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;In &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/503530/how-do-i-add-zero-padding-to-filenames-that-already-have-numbers-in-them/503623#503623&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;, closed as duplicate of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/473236/renaming-hundreds-of-files-at-once-for-proper-sorting&quot;&gt;this one&lt;/a&gt;, the&#xA;poster asks how to rename a collection of files, with a number&#xA;&lt;em&gt;inside&lt;/em&gt; the name, not a number &lt;em&gt;as name&lt;/em&gt; (apart from its extension). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why isn't this a duplicate? When two different questions deliver one&#xA;or more answers which are not exchangeable, and could not easily be&#xA;made exchangeable by an &lt;em&gt;average&lt;/em&gt; user, how can it be a duplicate?&#xA;Appearantly the questions differ enough to produce different&#xA;(correct) answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question is marked as duplicate because &lt;em&gt;one&lt;/em&gt; of the answers&#xA;works on both questions. That is: in most cases, but not all. That is&#xA;turning things upside down; defining a question by one of its&#xA;answers. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When it comes to scripting/command line, with a bit of work we could&#xA;create an answer that works on maybe ten different questions. When we&#xA;do, would we close the nine latest questions as a duplicate and&#xA;ignore existing answers on them?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Another example: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/510158/run-program-through-terminal-with-custom-name&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; could very well be a duplicate of&#xA;something, I didn' t check thouroughly, but &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/17536/how-do-i-create-a-permanent-bash-alias&quot;&gt;this one&lt;/a&gt;,&#xA;which is specifically about editing &lt;code&gt;~/.bashrc&lt;/code&gt;, while the question is definitely&#xA;more in general (see the other answer).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can understand the problem of too many questions on (almost) the same topic. In an ideal situations, someone who asks a question would generalize his problem for a broader purpose, inviting to answer for a broader range of situations. However, most people do not. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Forcing questions into one original in cases where possible (correct) answers are not exchangeable is not a solution in my opinion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2014-08-12T13:11:35.770" Title="Are these duplicates?" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11623" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11622" CreationDate="2014-07-29T07:54:34.447" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/503530/how-do-i-add-zero-padding-to-filenames-that-already-have-numbers-in-them/503623#503623&quot;&gt;second question&lt;/a&gt; was closed by me, against &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/473236/renaming-hundreds-of-files-at-once-for-proper-sorting&quot;&gt;a question I had answered&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;There can be answers that work on both questions, but not necessarily and in general it would take another approach.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Both questions are exactly the same. We are taking &lt;em&gt;part&lt;/em&gt; of a filename (the original still has an extension) and we are padding the number with zeros to circumvent natural-number sorting issues.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Adding a suffix of &lt;code&gt;track_&lt;/code&gt; is an extension of the problem but it makes no practical difference that isn't already handled by how we're dealing with the extension from the original. To repeat myself, any required technical alteration to deal with a new prefix can be observed from how we're dealing with the extension.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And that's why I still consider this an exact duplicate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you're still not with me, what would you do if somebody asked the same question but with &lt;code&gt;tracks_##.mp3&lt;/code&gt; instead of &lt;code&gt;track_##.mp3&lt;/code&gt;? I don't think we need to cater to &lt;em&gt;complete&lt;/em&gt; idiots.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(And to the ~&quot;Oh, sure &lt;em&gt;you&lt;/em&gt; know it's a duplicate&quot;): that really makes no difference. Closing something as a duplicate isn't telling the OP they're wrong or stupid, just that their question has been answered elsewhere in the past. In this case it's me who has technically &lt;em&gt;checked&lt;/em&gt; to make sure the master does answer the duplicate question. That's what I did here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2014-07-31T08:56:33.780" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11624" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11625" CreationDate="2014-07-29T11:56:18.097" Score="1" ViewCount="130" Body="&lt;p&gt;Would be a OK(™) to use shortened URLs in comments? If i try posting a link (or two) in a comment, with a explanation about it, I often run out of characters as the links take up half the length of the comment. I then end up having to post a second comment to finish it or something&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So it would it be to use URL shortening in Comments (only long ones at that)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I already know that SE &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/113658/no-url-shorteners&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;really&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;really&lt;/strong&gt; hates&lt;/a&gt; short URLs. But could I just use for long comments - short URLs are in use even in questions and answers here - try &lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/askubuntu/query/48986/most-viewed-posts-using-bit-ly&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this query&lt;/a&gt; (set the site to AskUbuntu).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Either that, or could I do a feature request for links not to be counted in comment length? &lt;em&gt;(&lt;code&gt;[INCLUDE THIS](http://NOT THIS)&lt;/code&gt;)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;N.B. Downvote as you like (not a good thing to say...) because I hate shortened URLs as well - I just was just wondering...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="178596" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2014-07-31T13:47:08.810" Title="Can I use URL shortening (in comments)?" Tags="|support|hyperlinks|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11625" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11624" CreationDate="2014-07-29T13:13:52.307" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;Basically, people don't like to be tracked, and we have no right to track them. Using URL shorteners would allow you to get loads of user details (depending on the service you are using, they can even be personally identifying information), so privacy issues would be a problem. Data that can be obtained can be, and not limited to:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;IP&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Browser&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;OS&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Country&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;City&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only shortener that is &quot;allowed&quot;, is the default SE one. Which is a shortener for internal questions or answers. Example: &lt;code&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/11624/8698&lt;/code&gt; which can be shortened even more by removing the last number which is your user id. Thus it becomes like so: &lt;code&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/11624&lt;/code&gt;. (this is the shortened URL of this question)&lt;br&gt;&#xA;This shortener can get you no details whatsoever (Not as a normal user at least. Though moderators can probably see more data). The only details you get from that is when you get one of the following badges: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/badges/59/publicist&quot;&gt;Publicist&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/badges/58/booster&quot;&gt;Booster&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/badges/57/announcer&quot;&gt;Announcer&lt;/a&gt;. So other than knowing that at least 25, 300 or 1000 user clicked on your link, you can't see any data.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For external URLs, you can try to remove most of its metadata (read the next part of the answer for more info) and make it much shorter. And the 600 characters limit is, most of the times, enough. In the cases where it isn't, I guess it's OK to add another comment. Or that comment can be an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for your idea of having the links not counted in the characters count, I'm not sure that would be possible as this can be a limitation from the database.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;URLs Tips:&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most of the links in existence can be shortened just by removing some &quot;metadata&quot; from them. A lot can have extra stuff in them that are only used for statistics or &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search_engine_optimization&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;SEO&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'll take this question URL as an example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canonical_link_element&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;canonical URL&lt;/a&gt; of this question is &lt;code&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/11624/can-i-use-url-shortenin-in-comments&lt;/code&gt;. Other than the SE shortener, you can take that link and strip out everything after the number so it would become: &lt;code&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/11624&lt;/code&gt;. This last link would still open this question because the data that was removed is just used for better SEO.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another example is Google Search.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Sometimes when you are sharing a Google search URL, you get lots of stuff in the URL. For example, in Firefox, when you are searching Google using the search box, you get a link like the following: &lt;code&gt;https://www.google.com/search?client=ubuntu&amp;amp;channel=fs&amp;amp;q=URL&amp;amp;ie=utf-8&amp;amp;oe=utf-8z&lt;/code&gt;. Most of the data that are being sent are just to tell Google that I reached Google using Firefox on an Ubuntu OS. Removing all that data, you will get: &lt;code&gt;https://www.google.com/search?q=URL&lt;/code&gt; which is shorter by 43 characters. Also, in most cases, you can even remove the &lt;code&gt;www.&lt;/code&gt; part from a URL to get even 4 more letters as in &lt;code&gt;https://google.com/search?q=URL&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2014-07-31T13:47:08.810" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11628" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-07-29T17:37:07.080" Score="1" ViewCount="49" Body="&lt;p&gt;(Intent: Targeting the correct support audience &lt;br&gt;&#xA;when asking questions.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;StackExchange, AskUbuntu, MetaAskUbuntu, chat, Canonical, Wiki, feature request, wish list, bug reports, etc.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;It's taken me at least 30 minutes to craft this &lt;br&gt;&#xA;question. &lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;I'm a visual guy, struggling to get a grip on the &lt;br&gt;&#xA;set up of Ubuntu's organization and its support &lt;br&gt;&#xA;network. If I try to &lt;em&gt;read&lt;/em&gt; solutions to things, it's &lt;br&gt;&#xA;like listening to the &lt;strong&gt;Charlie Brown&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;em&gt;teacher &lt;br&gt;&#xA;talking sound&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&quot;&lt;em&gt;Whu-whah, whu-whah-whu, whu-whu-whaaah&lt;/em&gt;.&quot; &lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a visual treatment of the Ubuntu world, &lt;br&gt;&#xA;to show how all of the Ubuntu universe fits together,&lt;br&gt;&#xA;with perhaps colored boxes and lines, for example? &lt;br&gt;&#xA;Okay, throw in some arrows, too, if you'd like. &lt;br&gt;&#xA;Something that shows me 99-100% of Ubuntu's &lt;br&gt;&#xA;footprint all at once, instead of having to take &lt;br&gt;&#xA;weeks or months to put my own model together &lt;br&gt;&#xA;in my head. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I haven't used support enough times to have a clear &lt;br&gt;&#xA;map of things, yet I'm intimidated to ask questions &lt;br&gt;&#xA;sometimes out of fear of appearing daft for not&lt;br&gt;&#xA;knowing enough to target a correct support group &lt;br&gt;&#xA;to ask the questions I need to ask, and not wanting &lt;br&gt;&#xA;to hack away at my reputation numbers, although I will &lt;br&gt;&#xA;say that the support which &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;does&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; come back through &lt;br&gt;&#xA;whatever channel in which I originally post is almost &lt;br&gt; &#xA;(if not always) supportive and understanding, even &lt;br&gt;&#xA;if posted in a wrong area and needs to be redirected to &lt;br&gt;&#xA;its &quot;&lt;em&gt;proper&lt;/em&gt;&quot; area. &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;That&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; is a testament to the health &lt;br&gt;&#xA;of this community. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="119854" LastActivityDate="2014-07-29T21:42:06.207" Title="A visual roadmap of Ubuntu support" Tags="|support|asking-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11629" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11612" CreationDate="2014-07-29T18:56:04.137" Score="-4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I say close the ones talking about installing with wubi, if they deal with removing something cosmetic humor them if it isn't a dupe but make sure to warn them it is a very unnecessary risk and if it is talking about dual booting windows 8 and ubuntu just say avoid that mess until it is straightened out. Anyone agree with my logic?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="272488" LastActivityDate="2014-07-29T18:56:04.137" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11631" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-07-29T21:02:31.677" Score="0" ViewCount="49" Body="&lt;p&gt;Could someone tell me why my off-topic flag was declined on this question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/501913/how-to-get-the-whole-value&quot;&gt;Bash script programming: how to match pattern in string?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At best it's a generic programming / scripting question that - in my opinion - has nothing to do with Ubuntu and is unlikely to help any future visitors. Also, someone was declined from removing the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/perl&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;perl&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;perl&lt;/a&gt; tag, when it's unclear to me how or why this question is related to perl.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="285419" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2014-07-29T21:28:27.140" Title="Why was my off-topic flag declined?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11632" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11628" CreationDate="2014-07-29T21:13:36.010" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here is a start, It still needs work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ja3Zj.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ja3Zj.png&quot; alt=&quot;Ubuntu support map&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastEditorUserId="8698" LastEditDate="2014-07-29T21:42:06.207" LastActivityDate="2014-07-29T21:42:06.207" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11633" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11631" CreationDate="2014-07-29T21:28:27.140" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;He is using Ubuntu, On Topic, plus it is about using the command line, or at worst making a bash script to do the job - note we do accept programing questions on Ubuntu, It just sometimes makes more sense for them to be on another site, if there are abstract. But grep and sed are tools Ubuntu users here will be familiar with, and we should have more than enough people to be interested in and answer a question like this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for the tag edit - if someone &lt;em&gt;only&lt;/em&gt; made a edit to remove one tag it was probably declined as too minor&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastActivityDate="2014-07-29T21:28:27.140" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11634" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11617" CreationDate="2014-07-30T00:03:59.567" Score="-2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Actually, source and source-code, doesn't make any sense in the site. I've checked out some questions with both tags and saw, pretty much software installation, compilation, make questions. No questions about &quot;source code&quot; itself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Software Sources is a GUI application to manipulate the sources.list:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;GUI-based repository management is normally accomplished via &quot;Software Sources&quot;. This interface can be accessed via several methods. For the latest versions of Ubuntu, the easiest way is to go through the &quot;Ubuntu Software Center&quot;. Open the software center, then from the Edit menu select &quot;Software Sources&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(source &lt;a href=&quot;https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories/Ubuntu&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories/Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is entire different to what &quot;sources&quot; or &quot;source code&quot; wants to mean.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/install-from-sources&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;install-from-sources&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;install-from-sources&lt;/a&gt; seems like a subset of software installation. Answerers rarely cares if you want to install something from sources or the compiled binary. From sources it may involve extra steps (the infamous &lt;code&gt;./configure &amp;amp;&amp;amp; make&lt;/code&gt;) but in essence all questions about installing something from sources are installing software. No need to fragment anymore the topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2014-07-30T00:03:59.567" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11635" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-07-30T06:52:59.950" Score="0" ViewCount="44" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here is the question:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/504413/what-is-the-fastest-two-way-sync-framework-available-on-ubuntu&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/504413/what-is-the-fastest-two-way-sync-framework-available-on-ubuntu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to post as an answer, &lt;strong&gt;WHY&lt;/strong&gt; rsync should &lt;strong&gt;NOT&lt;/strong&gt; be considered. The reason why I would like to do this, is because people who are researching sync solutions on Ubuntu will likely consider RSync. This will help them narrow their search.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would this be acceptable on the Ubuntu Stack Exchange?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="253579" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2014-07-30T13:52:35.280" Title="I asked a question, and would like to give an answer that which advocates against a possible solution" Tags="|discussion|answers|answer-format|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11636" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-07-30T09:06:02.150" Score="4" ViewCount="65" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/10347/similar-background-for-blockquote-and-preformattedcode&quot;&gt;Related&lt;/a&gt;. This suggestion has been added as an &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/11637/186134&quot;&gt;answer&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On Ask Ubuntu, this is what our code looks like compared to our quote style:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Code here is obviously code.&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;But quotes look almost the same.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Okay, so there is some difference - font and width of block.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But on (This is meta SE) they are obviously different:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/bghiy.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Could we have it that our quote block is less similar to the code block? My suggestion wouldn't be a new colour, but that you have a dark grey line at the edge:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/6z8pD.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The dark grey is (2,0,196) in HSL, or c4c4c4ff in RGB&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;I took the line colouring from the yelow one - it goes from (33,255,241) to (35,255,199), a change of (2,0,-42) so I did the same with the grey, from (0,0,238) to (2,0,196). These are all HSL colour numbers.&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;banana&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;banana &lt;code&gt;hello&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="186134" LastEditorUserId="186134" LastEditDate="2014-07-30T10:01:38.667" LastActivityDate="2014-07-30T10:01:38.667" Title="Could our quote style be different to the code style?" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="9" ClosedDate="2014-08-03T06:55:48.363" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11637" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10347" CreationDate="2014-07-30T10:00:02.050" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would suggest that we keep the same colour for the quote, but instead just add the rule along the side.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/lsDmu.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;I took the line colouring from the yellow one on Meta.SE- it goes from (33,255,241) to (35,255,199), a change of (2,0,-42) so I did the same with the grey, from (0,0,238) to (2,0,196). These are all HSL colour numbers.&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I also think that the code should change colour, maybe to be slightly darker than the quote, so that you can see a difference when there is quoted code:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This is a quote. &lt;code&gt;This is embedded code&lt;/code&gt;. Not much difference.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The embedded code background is #dcdcdc. This could possibly only happen when it is embedded in quotes? But a permanent change wouldn't be bad.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/HI1uR.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My pronouns are He / Him&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="186134" LastEditorUserId="186134" LastEditDate="2019-10-15T20:33:14.470" LastActivityDate="2019-10-15T20:33:14.470" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="11638" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11619" CreationDate="2014-07-30T11:44:07.140" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;As a support to Jorges's answer:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would even state the opposite: looking at AU as a knowledge source, asking the right questions in the right way (generalizing subject for broader use, correct title, clear description) is a fundamental contribution to the site, at least as important as-, and in a way much more difficult than giving an answer. It is not a coincidence that the quality of questions is a much more discussed issue than giving answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, the example you mention as a proof for limited knowledge tells us nothing. Each and every one of us has some special &quot;highlights&quot; and some white spots. If you look through the answers or questions of many highly valued people here, you will be able to find both. Including you and me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastActivityDate="2014-07-30T11:44:07.140" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11639" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11635" CreationDate="2014-07-30T13:52:35.280" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You lost me at &quot;Hypothetical Situation&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This site is more about solving practical problems that people face regularly every day, not satisfying intellectual curiosity on syncing algorithms. (Though that is an interesting question, I just don't think it's AU material.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2014-07-30T13:52:35.280" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11640" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11596" CreationDate="2014-07-30T14:22:36.620" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;Although there maybe hundreds of users of AU, only a few(50 to 100) actually visit meta.AU and even fewer actively participate here. So I am assuming that all other users of AU do not want there say in the site decisions and therefore &lt;strong&gt;what the active meta users decide can be safely considered de-facto rule/behavior-recommendation for all users&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/8925/184942&quot;&gt;this answer&lt;/a&gt; on the question &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/8924/184942&quot;&gt;When should I use the command-line tag?&lt;/a&gt; says&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The tag is applicable to &lt;strong&gt;any and all questions&lt;/strong&gt; where the OP has specified that they &lt;strong&gt;want a CLI and not a GUI solution&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I don't care what else it(the question) is about&lt;/strong&gt;, if it is asking for a solution that is run from the terminal, it can be tagged as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/command-line&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;command-line&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;command-line&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is supported by 20 users(upvotes+1) which is enough majority of the meta users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/9011/184942&quot;&gt;Another answer&lt;/a&gt; on the same question says&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I prefer a tag too much, rather than one too little&lt;/strong&gt;. Better too much information, than too little.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Editing tags out that are not wrong, is vandalism&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is supported by 7 users, which maynot be very good, but isn't bad either.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/8924/when-should-i-use-the-command-line-tag/8925#comment17132_8926&quot;&gt;comment by a user&lt;/a&gt; says the same in other words.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;More tags is always better than fewer tags&lt;/strong&gt;. That is &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/18879/203101&quot;&gt;clearly stated&lt;/a&gt; in the tagging guidelines and it also makes sense.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and has got enough support.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Based on above posts, &lt;strong&gt;I may say that what's going on is wrong&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now to support my decision to rollback the edits(and to advice others to do so as well), this is what I have to say&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are only two solutions available on this issue, either edit the post or rollback the edit. &lt;strong&gt;As the edit is wrong and reediting the post to add just a single tag would be a minor edit, I recommend to rollback the edit&lt;/strong&gt; as it would be appropriate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="184942" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-07-30T14:22:36.620" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11641" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11642" CreationDate="2014-07-30T14:27:38.233" Score="2" ViewCount="39" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to know how many questions are asked every day? also How many answers are there in one day. Or how many questions are asked during a month? and some kind of statistics? Is there any way to access them on the site?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="181205" LastActivityDate="2014-08-02T23:20:01.287" Title="Where to access some statitics" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11642" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11641" CreationDate="2014-07-30T14:41:03.957" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/sites#traffic&quot;&gt;http://stackexchange.com/sites#traffic&lt;/a&gt; has some information in relation with the rest of the SE network. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2014-07-30T14:41:03.957" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11644" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-07-30T17:13:49.990" Score="1" ViewCount="122" Body="&lt;p&gt;A word of warning for all who have to venture into the realms of Meta Stack Exchange: That site does not resemble the friendly, relaxed environment you experience here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The site is (despite the name) rather a main site with its own rep accounting.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;They have a very strong policy against duplicates, to the extent that questions get closed as duplicates even when the original question has no answer.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Asking two duplicate questions (even if upvoted) already leads to a warning about a possible question ban.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The same may happen if your feature-request gets (massively) downvoted - post quality and acceptance of opinion are not clearly separated.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So be careful, search thoroughly for possible duplicates and maybe test the waters first in chat for opinions about the SE system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is not a complaint (I came out of it unhurt) but a warning not to start any activity there unprepared possibly because someone here suggested &quot;take that to MSE.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastActivityDate="2014-08-03T03:54:55.470" Title="Meta SE - there be Dragons" Tags="|discussion|support|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="6" ClosedDate="2014-08-03T06:54:39.840" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11645" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11644" CreationDate="2014-07-30T19:26:51.600" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have completely the opposite experience about using Meta.SE. My most upvoted question in the whole network is a MSE question. Half of my top 10 network wide questions are on MSE. Only 1 of my questions is net negative. I don't even &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/213575/braiam?tab=answers&amp;amp;sort=votes&quot;&gt;have downvoted answers&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yet, I can't say the same about meta.AU, and I'm here, participating. That you had a bad experience with a site doesn't mean that a) everybody will b) you will continue having one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you think your concern is of the entire network, or that &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/210953/213575&quot;&gt;impact the whole network&lt;/a&gt;, afraid not, any meta will do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2014-07-30T19:26:51.600" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11647" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11644" CreationDate="2014-07-30T19:58:43.053" Score="7" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;They have a very strong policy against duplicates, to the extent that questions get closed as duplicates even when the original&#xA;  question has no answer.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Asking two duplicate questions (even if upvoted) already leads to a warning about a possible question ban.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The same may happen if your feature-request gets (massively) downvoted - post quality and acceptance of opinion are not clearly&#xA;  separated.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Meta Stack Exchange&lt;/a&gt; &lt;strong&gt;is not a child meta site&lt;/strong&gt;. It's a full-fledged stack exchange, just like the Ask Ubuntu main site. As such, yes, it has its own reputation system, along with all the same mechanisms for post bans that you'll find on the main site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Just like any other Stack Exchange network site&lt;/strong&gt;, all the same rules about doing prior research, not posting duplicate questions, etc., all still apply. Heck, those things are supposed to apply to child metas as well, so I don't understand where your apparent surprise is coming from.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Also&lt;/strong&gt;, Meta Stack Exchange actually has &lt;em&gt;less&lt;/em&gt; strict parameters for getting post-banned than on other Stack Exchange sites (it's supposed to be about 6x less strict, it's in an MSE post somewhere). You'd have to work pretty hard at being awful in order to earn a post ban on MSE. Here's a tip: &lt;em&gt;before&lt;/em&gt; you start making unpopular feature requests, go answer a few support questions, so that if your request &lt;em&gt;does&lt;/em&gt; get downvoted, then you won't be so close to a question-ban.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, just like on a child meta, Meta Stack Exchange's voting combines post quality and agreement/disagreement into a single upvote/downvote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See also &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/179093/get-rid-of-the-question-ban-on-meta-suspend-actively-harmful-users-manually/197335#197335&quot;&gt;Get rid of the question ban on Meta; suspend actively harmful users manually&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20214" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2014-08-03T03:54:55.470" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11648" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-07-31T12:45:57.567" Score="-15" ViewCount="203" Body="&lt;p&gt;Who decides and manages the moderators on this site? My experience is that they are rather conceited and condescending to users, preferring lengthy verbal arguments than attempting to provide a few quick possible solutions to honest questions. This only tarnishes the reputation of Ubuntu. The powers that be should be aware of this and heed my critiques...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user309433" LastEditorUserId="186134" LastEditDate="2014-08-02T12:37:47.737" LastActivityDate="2014-08-02T12:37:47.737" Title="Moderators vs. users" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11649" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11655" CreationDate="2014-07-31T13:15:42.620" Score="5" ViewCount="93" Body="&lt;p&gt;I previously tagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/400935/how-can-i-manage-multiple-end-user-style-localhost-applications&quot;&gt;my question about locally-hosted web interfaces&lt;/a&gt; with &lt;code&gt;localhost&lt;/code&gt; (since that's what you'd use to access them), but that tag was removed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think that although uncommon, this interface is &lt;em&gt;enough&lt;/em&gt; of a phenomenon that it justifies tagging in some way. Any suggestions?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7146" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-08-05T22:02:21.413" LastActivityDate="2014-08-05T22:02:21.413" Title="Appropriate tag for locally-hosted webapp / web interface?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11651" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11648" CreationDate="2014-07-31T13:24:17.260" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is about &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/503026/cd-drive-not-working-in-ubuntu-14-04-64-bit-lts&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; (10k users can see it still).&lt;br&gt;&#xA;It was closed by 5 normal users, and marked for deletion by another high-rep user and me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I interrupted the argument you were having with another user yesterday on the main site and pointed out that your record of behaviour up to that point was unacceptable. I did this out-of-band (and out out public view) because fights and resulting disciplinary messages (aka &quot;drama&quot;) hurt the community.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I said I would, I have already contacted the other party and they have apologised unreservedly for losing their cool but as I said at the time, the message I sent to you was about your conduct, not theirs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't see that being conceited. You disagree. I can live with that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you're in a situation where you feel a moderator has been unfair to you, there are still options:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You can ask for the opinion from another mod (we often do this ourselves if we find ourselves cornered). In this case where a mod-message was sent, all the other mods get a notification about it and could chip in (or contact me in our mod chat room) if they disagreed or had something to add. Neither of those things has happened here.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You can complain to Stack Exchange directly through the &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/contact&quot;&gt;Contact Us&lt;/a&gt; link in the footer. They can see everything and could de-moderate us if we did something really bad.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;And because most of the mods are Ubuntu Members, you could complain directly to the  &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CommunityCouncil&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Community Council&lt;/a&gt;... though I'm not sure what they could do other than rescind our Ubuntu Membership (which has nothing to do with Ask Ubuntu).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Play the long-con, become a moderator and somehow beat my at my own game.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But more than anything you've clearly ignored the message I sent you. You're already whittering on about fifteen year olds in the comments as if that means something. If you're here to ask for help, ask for it and respond politely when people suggest things.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In direct answer to your question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users?tab=moderators&quot;&gt;These are the moderators&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You can recognise them on the site by the ♦ next to their names.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/election/&quot;&gt;They were elected&lt;/a&gt; by the users of the site&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Most users can comment and just because they're not moderators (or if they're fifteen) it doesn't mean what they're saying is any less worthwhile. As a &lt;em&gt;new user&lt;/em&gt; you might want to recognise that.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Most users can flag things for closure.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Some users can vote for closure and deletion directly (but it still takes more than one).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2014-07-31T14:21:13.067" CommentCount="33" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11652" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-07-31T16:23:59.617" Score="0" ViewCount="46" Body="&lt;p&gt;When you edit an answer or question you can press &lt;kbd&gt;Ctrl&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;Enter&lt;/kbd&gt; to save and finish (same as sending an email on gmail). This works in a couple of other places, but not when you are submitting a question or answer, you have to physically click the button.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this a bug or feature by design?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="186134" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-08-01T06:01:41.793" LastActivityDate="2014-08-01T06:01:41.793" Title="Sometimes Ctrl+Enter works, sometimes not" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11654" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11656" CreationDate="2014-07-31T16:30:13.320" Score="1" ViewCount="111" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have just downloaded the latest stable chrome, from the official website, and installed it. I then restarted chrome.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now to me &lt;kbd&gt;kbd&lt;/kbd&gt; elements look like the old style like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ZYXsy.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is not happening on other sites - is this how they have always looked here and I've never noticed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="186134" LastActivityDate="2014-07-31T20:41:47.127" Title="In the latest Google Chrome, KBD looks wrong" Tags="|bug|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ClosedDate="2014-07-31T20:42:46.710" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11655" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11649" CreationDate="2014-07-31T18:39:49.833" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would rather prefer to use a more appropriated tag like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/webserver&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;webserver&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;webserver&lt;/a&gt;, which means exactly what you are looking for:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A web server is a program that responds to network requests over the HTTP or HTTPS protocol.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In fact, locally hosted applications can be shared using other interfaces but the local interface. The interface they are being hosted into isn't differentiating enough to make a useful tag. If that was the case, most MySQL, Postgres, services in general, should be tagged like that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2014-07-31T18:39:49.833" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11656" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11654" CreationDate="2014-07-31T20:41:47.127" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I won't say this is by design, but this is not a bug. It's just how the style is currently on Meta. Firefox is square and blocky too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The main site is fine (even in Chrome). &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/335771/449&quot;&gt;Here's an example post&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2014-07-31T20:41:47.127" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11657" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11659" CreationDate="2014-08-01T05:10:31.077" Score="4" ViewCount="60" Body="&lt;p&gt;I flagged a question without understanding it's correct meaning.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it possible to delete/remove if once I flagged incorrectly for a question ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="263205" LastEditorUserId="178596" LastEditDate="2014-08-01T10:06:17.167" LastActivityDate="2014-08-01T10:06:17.167" Title="How to delete my flag?" Tags="|discussion|flagging|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2014-08-03T06:54:02.300" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11658" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10329" CreationDate="2014-08-01T06:55:09.703" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The following possibilities of alternative solution can be considered:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If your answer is &lt;strong&gt;not suitable&lt;/strong&gt; or &lt;strong&gt;wrong&lt;/strong&gt; than visitors may &lt;strong&gt;replay you by commenting or downvoting&lt;/strong&gt;. Also same for your comment (Answer is important but comment are not considered much important)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You can &lt;strong&gt;favorite&lt;/strong&gt; that question and later filter by favorite tab from your profile:&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/7xuZp.png&quot; alt=&quot;screen1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you concern about or want to get &lt;strong&gt;feed&lt;/strong&gt; for a question then you can subscribe for &amp;quot;&lt;strong&gt;question feed&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;quot; from bottom-right side of page as follows:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/FxZDd.png&quot; alt=&quot;screen2&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hope this helps to be aware by filtering/grepping!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="256099" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-08-01T07:10:27.093" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11659" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11657" CreationDate="2014-08-01T08:01:15.613" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Following information from &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/flag-posts&quot;&gt;help center&lt;/a&gt; is helpful:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Is there any way to remove flags?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;There is often no need, as offensive&#xA;  and spam flags expire after 48 hours if the thresholds aren't reached.&#xA;  &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Rolling back a post to a previous state will revert to the number of&#xA;  offensive flags from that particular revision. This allows the OP (or&#xA;  someone else with edit rights) to rollback a post that someone else&#xA;  made offensive in a later revision. However as a general user, once&#xA;  you mark a post as offensive, you cannot take it back.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="256099" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2014-08-01T08:01:15.613" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11661" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7773" CreationDate="2014-08-01T10:40:24.537" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://inkscape.org&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/1DfhT.png&quot; alt=&quot;Inksacpe - Draw Freely&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="178596" LastActivityDate="2014-08-01T10:40:24.537" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2014-08-01T10:40:24.537" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11662" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8601" CreationDate="2014-08-01T10:45:48.593" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I completely forgot about this... - &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/11654/in-the-latest-google-chrome-kbd-looks-wrong&quot;&gt;this other post&lt;/a&gt; now has a answer by Oli (and has been marked as a dupe of this one):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I won't say this is by design, but this is not a bug. It's just how&#xA;  the style is currently on Meta. Firefox is square and blocky too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The main site is fine (even in Chrome). &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/335771/449&quot;&gt;Here's an example post&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="178596" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2014-08-01T10:45:48.593" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11663" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11664" CreationDate="2014-08-01T14:27:33.057" Score="3" ViewCount="102" Body="&lt;p&gt;I got the error&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Edits must be at least 6 characters; is there something else to improve in this post?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;while editing a post (I was not sure about writing the link to avoid meta effect)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My edit was only a &lt;strong&gt;format improvement&lt;/strong&gt;, turning something like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;root@host:/path# somecommand somearguments&#xA;someoutput&#xA;newlineoutput somedetails&#xA;newlineagain moreinfo&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;into something like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;root@host:/path# somecommand somearguments&#xA;someoutput&#xA;newlineoutput somedetails&#xA;newlineagain moreinfo&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As told before, it was &lt;strong&gt;not possible due to the &quot;6 characters&quot; restriction&lt;/strong&gt;, even (if being rigorous) I added 4 characters each line.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I tried changing (adding) tags, but still did not let me send the edit, which makes sense since I didn't add new content in the body.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So my question/petition is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While &lt;em&gt;not counting&lt;/em&gt; spaces may be useful sometimes, is there any way to discern the useful ones? Should the system let me send that edit?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="294653" LastEditorUserId="117123" LastEditDate="2014-08-02T22:52:18.263" LastActivityDate="2014-08-02T22:52:18.263" Title="Edit &quot;at least 6 characters&quot; restriction prevents useful edit" Tags="|bug|status-bydesign|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11664" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11663" CreationDate="2014-08-01T14:42:24.043" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;This has &lt;a href=&quot;/search?q=6+characters&quot;&gt;come up a few times before now&lt;/a&gt;. Nothing has changed since then:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Look for further edits (most posts have more than one issue with them)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;See if there are any actual improvements you could make (rather than just corrections) like sucking in information languishing in comments, etc.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Benign rephrasings&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;HTML comments &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;!-- --&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;And if something's &lt;em&gt;really&lt;/em&gt; important, you can always drop into the chat room or flag it for moderators and explain the problem.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Essentially what the problem is by design. It's rarely an show-stopping issue so we get along with it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2014-08-01T14:42:24.043" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11665" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11568" CreationDate="2014-08-01T17:16:49.723" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;On the same note, a user can also be an intermediate between other non-English users and the site. In my case, almost 50% of all questions I have are from either Indian, Spanish, French or even English friends that because of one reason of another don't know how to create a question with the right words or post the issue in a manner that can get help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have helped a little over 100+ New/Old Ubuntu users with this method and this has also helped future visitors with the same questions. A Win-Win if you ask me. So as long as the account is used by following the sites rules and policies, the account will not be closed or issues a warning.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7035" LastActivityDate="2014-08-01T17:16:49.723" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11666" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11667" CreationDate="2014-08-01T19:35:47.837" Score="-1" ViewCount="128" Body="&lt;p&gt;My question was:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/505441/roguelike-platformers-available-on-ubuntu&quot;&gt;Roguelike platformers available on ubuntu?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Are there any rogue-like &gt;side scrolling platformers&amp;lt; available on ubuntu?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I downvoted both answers, because they did not in my opinion, answer my question in the slightest. For example: I asked for a roguelike sidescrolling platformer. An answer suggested a roguelike game that was neither a sidescroller, nor a platformer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They were good answers for a different or more broad question. Perhaps I should have not downvoted them and left them be. Please let me know if that would have been more appropriate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My suspicion is that in response to me downvoting their answers, my question was downvoted. However from what I understand in the Ask Ubuntu guidelines, I believe my question is sound and appropriate, and not worth -1 votes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am capable of making errors, so please point out if I am in the wrong. However, if my complaint is justified, I am wondering whether I can have the negative votes reversed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="253579" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2017-12-25T23:15:58.163" Title="I believe I have been downvoted because I downvoted answers which I thought were poor" Tags="|support|downvoting|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11667" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11666" CreationDate="2014-08-01T20:07:39.960" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is nothing &quot;wrong&quot; with your question, per se, it is just a normal software recommendation question, but it borders on &quot;too-broad&quot; and some people don't like software recommendations for that reason.  (For more information about how the software recommendation tag is/should be run and tips on how to ask a good soft-rec question see these two meta posts: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/1872/44179&quot;&gt;How to run the Software Recommendation tag&lt;/a&gt; and the answer to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/8322/44179&quot;&gt;Just lets drop the software recommendation mess&lt;/a&gt;.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The downvote might have been from one of those people, and that is a perfectly valid reason to downvote. So were the downvotes you cast on the answers, perfectly valid reasons to downvote. Not everyone would have, but still perfectly valid.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, could the downvotes have been from one of the answerers? Yes, it could have. Does that make it an invalid downvote? No, it doesn't. They are free to vote on a post for (pretty much) whatever reason they like, as long as it doesn't extend into voting for or against &lt;em&gt;a specific user&lt;/em&gt;. That is called targeted voting and is against the rules of the site. Moderators cannot see &lt;em&gt;who&lt;/em&gt; voted on a post&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;, nor can they remove votes on a post&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt;, so no, the downvote cannot be removed, nor would its removal be in line with the way the site works.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In your participation in the Stack Exchange network you will get downvoted, and unless the downvoter leaves a comment explaining your downvote, there is nothing you can do about it. As long as you are sure that your question/answer is correct and falls within the scope of the site the best thing you can do is ignore them.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;1 Moderators &lt;em&gt;can&lt;/em&gt; sometimes see groups of targeting votes to and from users, but not individual votes.&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;2 I suppose (theoretically) we can mass remove votes by deleting users, but that wouldn't really serve here, even if we &lt;em&gt;could&lt;/em&gt; see who voted.&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, a tip for your specific question: I suggest you go into a bit more detail about what a rogue like game is and what you expect for &quot;side scrolling&quot;. Maybe give an example?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.087" LastActivityDate="2014-08-01T20:07:39.960" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11670" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-08-02T09:21:05.517" Score="7" ViewCount="57" Body="&lt;p&gt;Tabs are currently rendered as spaces in code blocks. I'm sure this is just a symptom of Markdown or an otherwise well-intentioned method to standardise code samples... However some code &lt;em&gt;needs&lt;/em&gt; tabs to work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Consider the &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;&amp;lt;- EOF ... EOF&lt;/code&gt; heredoc in Bash. The dash means it will skip a  number of leading tab characters. Not spaces. So &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/76483/880&quot;&gt;when you advertise this feature&lt;/a&gt; (it makes code much more readable) and use it on the site, it breaks. The heredoc output is littered with leading spaces.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The example I used above is from Unix.SE. I believe this is as much an issue for them, just as it might be for any Bash-tagged question further afield.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:37:19.280" LastActivityDate="2014-08-02T09:21:05.517" Title="Preserve tabs in code" Tags="|bug|code-formatting|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11671" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-08-02T10:58:27.527" Score="0" ViewCount="65" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've came across &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/505795/problem-after-editing-rc-local-in-ubuntu&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; which is about 13.04, I flagged it EOL. A few minutes later I met &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/301078&quot;&gt;this suggested edit&lt;/a&gt;. It's a minor spelling edit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What do you do in these situations? Do you approve or reject edits on questions that you know will be closed (in this case, because it's EOL)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;EDIT&lt;/em&gt;: in this specific case, the edit was rejected because it's too minor. But my question still stands in general.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="285419" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2014-08-02T14:48:25.290" Title="Should I approve suggested edits on EOL questions?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11673" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11671" CreationDate="2014-08-02T14:48:25.290" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;In my opinion, yes, you should approve/improve a suggested edit on EOL questions, or &quot;questions that you know will be closed&quot;, but I wouldn't really put much effort like you did in that suggested edit you linked.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On a very broad perspective, I see editing a question as making it:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Easier to read. This is done by correcting spelling mistakes. And,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Easier to search for. This is done by correcting major mistakes like a wrong file being mentioned, or a wrong tag on the question.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Easier to read&lt;/strong&gt; edits on questions that are closed/you know will be closed doesn't do much good, because it's eventually going to be closed. An example of this is the suggested edit you linked. As I mentioned, &lt;em&gt;I&lt;/em&gt; would've done something else rather than correct those spelling mistakes on a question that will be closed. But to answer your umbrella question, yes, if an edit makes it &lt;em&gt;easier to read&lt;/em&gt;, I would have approved the suggested edit. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Easier to search for&lt;/strong&gt; edits are important because the whole point of AskUbuntu is to make it easier for users to search for old questions, so editing a closed/going to be closed question to correct a mistake should definitely be approved. People need to be able to find those closed questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="52726" LastActivityDate="2014-08-02T14:48:25.290" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11674" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-08-02T21:16:27.983" Score="1" ViewCount="98" Body="&lt;p&gt;What is the beginning of a week in SO?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know days are Midnight to Midnight UTC, but what is a week? I only ask that so I know whether I could overtake Mikołaj Bartnicki on the rep weekly leagues.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="186134" LastActivityDate="2019-10-15T20:33:42.317" Title="What day does a week start?" Tags="|discussion|stackexchange|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11675" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11674" CreationDate="2014-08-02T21:16:27.983" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;On the &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackexchange.com/leagues/31/week/askubuntu/2014-07-27/186134#186134&quot;&gt;user leagues&lt;/a&gt; page, it says Jul 27, 2014 - Aug 1, 2014.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/jzi1O.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My calendar says that July 27 was a Sunday.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/V3xJE.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I'm guessing SO use Sunday as the first day of the week :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Keeping to &lt;a href=&quot;https://christianity.stackexchange.com/a/2305/11411&quot;&gt;the creation story&lt;/a&gt; I see (Sunday the first day)!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;Yep the first image is self promotion :P&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My pronouns are He / Him&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="186134" LastEditorUserId="186134" LastEditDate="2019-10-15T20:33:42.317" LastActivityDate="2019-10-15T20:33:42.317" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="11676" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11641" CreationDate="2014-08-02T23:14:23.447" Score="1" Body="&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/sites?view=list#traffic&quot;&gt;http://stackexchange.com/sites?view=list#traffic&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/180132/236725&quot;&gt;Relevant Meta question on StackExchange&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="145754" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2014-08-02T23:20:01.287" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11677" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-08-03T05:22:13.687" Score="-1" ViewCount="55" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am writing for help on any feedback about 2 small projects I am working on. The first is a group of video tutorials I will be making about Ubuntu and anything related to it. From installation and configuration to wine and virtualbox. From bash and scripts to videos, sound and multimedia tutorials and from office suites to servers. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Basically anything you guys would want in an effort to provide better support for end users and beginners alike. This videos will be made according to what the end user would need but has had problems learning of finding information about it on the web.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The other is a book I have written a long long time ago in a far away galaxy in &lt;a href=&quot;http://luisviloria.com/ubuntu-for-end-users/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://luisviloria.com/ubuntu-for-end-users/&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;I would like feedback about new content, update the current one and anything in between. The new revision of the book will focus itself on 14.04+ and with your help can be a great source of information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have also added this information to the Ubuntu Discourse at &lt;a href=&quot;http://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/free-ubuntu-course-videos-and-book/1816&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/free-ubuntu-course-videos-and-book/1816&lt;/a&gt; where I will also be gathering any feedback provided.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any feedback will be welcomed. Thanks again I wish&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7035" LastActivityDate="2014-08-03T08:19:06.073" Title="Free Ubuntu course Videos and Book" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11678" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11677" CreationDate="2014-08-03T08:19:06.073" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure how well this really fits on meta, but responding on best intentions and all that:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You might want to include a troubleshooting common installation problems.  The ones that come up on site ALL THE TIME.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Think: black screen on boot, uefi install, etc&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2014-08-03T08:19:06.073" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11680" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11773" CreationDate="2014-08-03T21:04:06.107" Score="6" ViewCount="51" Body="&lt;p&gt;When a new bounty without a comment appears, the &lt;code&gt;add a comment&lt;/code&gt; appears half over the grey banner background:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/x7rfk.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While not a bad bad bug, it is annoying.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="186134" LastEditorUserId="3" LastEditDate="2014-08-14T03:22:42.927" LastActivityDate="2014-08-14T03:22:42.927" Title="There is a bug with the bounty banner" Tags="|bug|status-completed|design|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11681" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-08-04T08:39:01.153" Score="1" ViewCount="172" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hey all metausers out there!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I heared an interesting talk about social networks, and what social networks are.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And now this question is engaging me:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;em&gt;Is ask ubuntu a social network?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think it is pretty similar - You like and dislike things, you communicate with other people, but what do you think?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Well I think maybe all of your opinions are partially right.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And I think inside of AU is a kind of social network, because we vote our moderators, by upvoting their good answers/questions and we repell people wich do things we(all together) don't like(e.g. spam posts).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Isn't this a kind of social interaction?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe AU wasn't devised to be like a social network, and in the foreground it isn't a social network, but if you look close to the things you can see a social movement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think this Topic is more like a discussion, than like a question, so I'll let the question unanswered, although some of your answers are really good&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="261288" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2014-10-05T18:31:04.313" LastActivityDate="2014-10-05T18:41:00.683" Title="Is Ask Ubuntu a social network?" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="6" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11682" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11681" CreationDate="2014-08-04T09:35:18.547" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I agree - to an extent - that AU is a quasi social network.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;IMHO, it has an undesirable aspect to it from those new to the 'environment' with low rep where there appears to be an active discouragement to providing responses with good intent in a scenario where you have to make responses in order to grow your rep to unlock additional features. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A distinct lack of tolerance seems to prevail and AU 'experts' with a less than mature outlook on life seem to get some kind of perverse kick out of it simply because 'they can' and without considering the consequences of 'dumbing down' a potentially developing resource. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Further, as in other social networking environments, there is evidence of immaturity as in other non face-to-face encounters. Over the weekend, this was particularly evident as one AU user clearly outlined a need to know when the rep award week began as he seemed to be in competition with others in the 'I got more rep than you this week' stakes. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We all have different values and abilities and there should be more positivity to encourage interaction from novice users keen to develop their skills in the ubuntu/linux environment. I wholeheartedly agree that clearly inappropriate responses should be marked down (maybe even removed) by the community but a more positive approach might be (in order to encourage self development) for those better in the know to edit or add to a 'weak' contribution to make it better and add to the learning experience rather than just give the inexperienced a slap in the face.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That makes for a better overall social network in my view.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="307670" LastActivityDate="2014-08-04T09:35:18.547" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11683" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11681" CreationDate="2014-08-04T09:40:07.193" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would definitely say it is not. Upvoting and downvoting are not similar to liking and disliking. Those are subjective, while upvoting and downvoting is / should be objective. The goal of AU is not socially, but informational. Of course you communicate, and probably you will like the behaviour of some users more than others, but that is secundary and we do not have &quot;friends&quot; here in the sense of social networks. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Too much) personal information is rather distracting than useful in the goals of this site, and decisions and actions should not be based on- or influenced by that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="72216" LastEditDate="2014-08-04T09:51:16.473" LastActivityDate="2014-08-04T09:51:16.473" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11684" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11681" CreationDate="2014-08-04T09:40:19.410" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu is a community driven question and answer website for the Ubuntu operating system, for Ubuntu users and developers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Members gain reputation based on the community's response (through voting) to their questions and answers. Reputation signifies trust for users in the answers they give. Privileges are given based on reputation levels, with users with the highest reputation having similar privileges to moderators.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While a social network, is a  dedicated website or other application which enables users to communicate with each other by posting information, comments, messages, images, etc., about anything and everything, and its not specific for one thing.  Also users don't gain any reputation, nor they discuss technical issues in specific.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So no, I don't think that Ask Ubuntu is a social network in that sense.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;Some info courtesy of AU&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="59676" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2014-08-04T14:43:39.517" LastActivityDate="2014-08-04T14:43:39.517" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11685" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11681" CreationDate="2014-08-04T14:02:59.960" Score="1" Body="&lt;h3&gt;Ask Ubuntu is part of the Stack Exchange network:&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu is a question and answer site for Ubuntu users and developers. It's built and run by you as part of the &lt;strong&gt;Stack Exchange network of Q&amp;amp;A sites&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also visit:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;On-Topic&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/dont-ask&quot;&gt;Don't Ask&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/stackexchange&quot;&gt;Our Model&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And Most Important is: &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/site-moderators&quot;&gt;Moderation&lt;/a&gt; of site.&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/flagging&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Falggging&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;And If you are asking about social then chat is &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_place&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;third-place&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt; [Visit &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/chat&quot;&gt;chat&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The third place is a term used in the concept of community building to&#xA;refer to &lt;strong&gt;social surroundings separate from the two usual social&#xA;environments of home and the workplace&lt;/strong&gt;. In his influential book The&#xA;Great Good Place, Ray Oldenburg argues that third places are important&#xA;for civil society, democracy, civic engagement, and establishing&#xA;feelings of a sense of place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most needed are those ‘third places’ which lend a public balance to&#xA;the increased privatization of home life. Third places are nothing&#xA;more than informal public gathering places. The phrase ‘third places’&#xA;derives from considering our homes to be the ‘first’ places in our&#xA;lives, and our work places the ‘second.’&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also clarify with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/comment&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;comments&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When should I comment?&lt;br&gt; When shouldn't I comment?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hence &lt;strong&gt;Askubuntu&lt;/strong&gt; is not social network but &lt;br&gt;&#xA;Ojective: &lt;strong&gt;Expert Answers To Your Question&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br&gt;&#xA;and for fulfilling it effectively it uses social as only chat for work-place&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="256099" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-08-04T14:02:59.960" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11686" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11592" CreationDate="2014-08-04T15:38:37.433" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Make a little bit of work obligatory (one close vote review per period of time or every N other actions) or karma loss.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Make it temporary more pleasing to use the service after reviewing a close vote, e.g. give additional privileges that expire over time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Let less experienced users (2k+?) to review close votes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Make it harder to mark as pending review, e.g. it needs more close votes or add additional step before the question gets on close queue, one that could be accomplished by less experienced users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think any of the above could help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="56635" LastActivityDate="2014-08-04T15:38:37.433" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11688" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11689" CreationDate="2014-08-04T16:23:13.213" Score="2" ViewCount="68" Body="&lt;p&gt;Why was &lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/HfEdd.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this answer&lt;/a&gt; deleted on &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/506432/ubuntu-wakes-immediately-after-suspend-with-nouveau-on-geforce-gt-525m/506637#506637&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;? It was a bit short, but remember that some (think SO) of the best answers are short ones. It does answer the OP's question,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;How can I make suspend work?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, it wasn't the best answer; it could have mentioned proprietary drivers or HW-specific packages. But a low-quality answer should be downvoted and commented on, not deleted, right? On the other hand, the &lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/lh2HJ.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;other answer&lt;/a&gt; is insightful but link-only at best.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="308512" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2014-08-05T19:00:35.803" Title="Short, pragmatic answer deleted?" Tags="|discussion|answers|deleted-answers|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11689" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11688" CreationDate="2014-08-04T16:44:06.557" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your answer, while maybe right, needs more details for users that are not familiar with &quot;Software Sources&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as the other answer, it wasn't there when your answer was deleted, and it was converted to a comment.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I went ahead and added a comment to your answer, but the original question was closed as off-topic, since it's a bug.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="59676" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-08-05T19:00:35.803" LastActivityDate="2014-08-05T19:00:35.803" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11692" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11693" CreationDate="2014-08-05T23:55:46.540" Score="2" ViewCount="95" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just pragmatically speaking from System76's point of view, and other partners of Canonical; I would imagine that it would be in their interest to have an account which was subscribed to a system76 tag, so they could offer &quot;Official Answers&quot; to questions regarding their service. This would likely help them streamline their support, instead of relying on ubuntu forums.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="253579" LastEditorUserId="253579" LastEditDate="2014-08-06T00:23:21.197" LastActivityDate="2014-08-06T19:46:06.123" Title="Should System76, and other Canonical Partners, be given a tag?" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11693" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11692" CreationDate="2014-08-06T01:17:31.357" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think that if there are people who work for System76 (to use that brand as an example) who intend to provide support on Ask Ubuntu in that official capacity, &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; they know how Ask Ubuntu works and will comply with our community's norms (in terms of our standards for good answers, for example), &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; they have a significant preference for a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/system76&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;system76&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;system76&lt;/a&gt; tag to exist and believe it will help them help people here, that &lt;em&gt;then&lt;/em&gt; we should strongly consider allowing such a tag to be created.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In that situation, I think your reasoning about helping the company provide support has merit. I do not think we should have these tags in anticipation that they &lt;em&gt;might&lt;/em&gt; help System76 employees provide quality support on Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm don't think their status as an official Canonical partner &lt;em&gt;per se&lt;/em&gt; is the main reason why this situation would be special. I think anytime a brand's name is mostly synonymous with a particular product or product line and there's no other, separate, commonly recognized name for the product/series, and an organized group of people (not even necessarily the company's employees) can explain why having a tag for it would substantially enhance their ability to contribute to Ask Ubuntu with quality answers, I think most of the same considerations apply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for whether or not we should make a System76 tag &lt;em&gt;right now&lt;/em&gt;: Unless you're a System76 employee or similar and you are trying to tell us that having such a tag would substantially improve your productivity in creating quality answers for your product, I think the answer is &lt;strong&gt;no.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2014-08-06T01:17:31.357" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11695" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11763" CreationDate="2014-08-06T12:01:55.950" Score="8" ViewCount="375" Body="&lt;p&gt;The code is for code samples, of course. Its actual description is &quot;a piece of program instructions.&quot; If package-names or date-and-time (technical details) are program instructions, then so are keyboard keys, graphic input, changes in settings, etc., because a computer can read them too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In fact, nothing is computer un-readable as long as we're talking about things in the computer itself. Even a corrupt file can be read to give the error &quot;Cannot open the file.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here, a program instruction necessarily means only the instruction used to develop a program (and thus the name code).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, instead of codes, this styling is also used for technical things like directories (&lt;code&gt;usr/share/backgrounds&lt;/code&gt;), URLs (&lt;code&gt;http://example.com&lt;/code&gt;), file names (and open the file &lt;code&gt;database.odt&lt;/code&gt;), date (Access the files you created on &lt;code&gt;20/08/2014&lt;/code&gt;), Ubuntu commands (and press &lt;code&gt;Super Key+2&lt;/code&gt; to open it), etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It defeats the purpose of code styling. If it would've been called &quot;technical markup&quot; rather than code sample, it was okay, but it's not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;We can define what comes in a code on the basis of Stack Overflow. There, it's used only for coding and programming samples to separate main content from code, not to showcase technical items.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Many Stack Exchange websites that are not technical don't use code, even for date-and-time, URLs, path names, etc. This further proves the claim.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="272801" LastEditorUserId="272801" LastEditDate="2014-08-20T02:10:32.597" LastActivityDate="2014-08-20T02:10:32.597" Title="Is using `code` styling for non-code samples okay?" Tags="|discussion|editing|" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11696" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11695" CreationDate="2014-08-06T12:25:21.153" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Why not?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In fact, sometimes it is used for package names.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Sometimes its even used for something completely unrelated to code e.g. when you want to show a url without making it a link &lt;code&gt;http://www.example.com&lt;/code&gt;. I'm pretty sure it's been used lots of other ways as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If that didn't convince you, you have used it yourself for a non-code sample. You used it to show an example.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastActivityDate="2014-08-06T12:25:21.153" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11697" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11695" CreationDate="2014-08-06T13:04:49.597" Score="20" Body="&lt;p&gt;As a general rule, &lt;code&gt;code&lt;/code&gt; should be used exclusively for things that a computer would understand. This includes code, commands, paths, package names etc. URLs don't need it but it's OK to use them to avoid making the URL into a link.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What you should &lt;em&gt;never&lt;/em&gt; do is use code for emphasis, to highlight an important part of your post. That is &lt;code&gt;just&lt;/code&gt; ugly and makes &lt;code&gt;your&lt;/code&gt; post much &lt;code&gt;harder&lt;/code&gt; to read. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At the end of the day, you need to ask yourself whether adding the code block makes your post easier to read. If the answer is yes, then great. If it is no, then remove the code blocks &lt;em&gt;even if they are being used correctly&lt;/em&gt;. Not all command names need to be in code blocks for example, sometimes having them improves readability so they're fine and useful, sometimes it doesn't so avoid them. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2014-08-06T13:04:49.597" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11698" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-08-06T15:26:40.980" Score="1" ViewCount="56" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have noticed that when using code for multiple lines there is an extra grey/gray area(s), and space when encountering a new line. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;This is a sample&#xA;of what the issue&#xA;is when using&#xA;&#xA;multiple lines.&#xA;&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Results:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;This is a sample&#xA;of what the issue &#xA;is when using&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;multiple lines.&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't know if it is interpreting a newline as a character, or EOL as a character, but this is a problem if you wish to do a large block (with empty lines). I am unsure if this is intentional, or if it needs to be tweaked.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Adding edit to show &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;pre&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;This is a sample&#xA;of what the issue &#xA;is when using&#xA;&#xA;multiple lines.&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(added &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;pre&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; tags after &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; tags.)&#xA;I have looked in a different browser (Iceweasel) and it is slightly less annoying vs. Chrome (first space is smaller in Iceweasel). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="266923" LastEditorUserId="266923" LastEditDate="2014-08-06T19:34:34.213" LastActivityDate="2014-08-06T19:34:34.213" Title="Format issues with code" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11699" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11692" CreationDate="2014-08-06T16:38:10.047" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I do agree with Eliah's answer, I just wanted to stew it down:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;We would love companies to support their Ubuntu users on Ask Ubuntu. That gives us answers from professionals &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; helps the wider Ubuntu community.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;They can have tags to help them. Most of us take a fairly utilitarian approach to tagging and can abide whatever makes most sense at the time. If that means having a branded tag, so be it.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;But we shouldn't &lt;em&gt;give&lt;/em&gt; anybody a tag.&lt;/strong&gt; This has to be a process that the company wants to get involved in. By asking for a tag like that you'd be committing to maintaining its questions. One of the SE Community Managers posted some &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/253849/is-it-acceptable-to-use-stack-overflow-as-a-qa-for-a-specific-product/253852#253852&quot;&gt;best practices&lt;/a&gt; for a similar problem on Stack Overflow and I'd say those broadly apply here too.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So if you represent a company and you want to commit to answering questions about your brand or product, either drop us a Meta post or use the contact link in the footer to talk to SE directly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T09:39:07.847" LastActivityDate="2014-08-06T19:46:06.123" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11700" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11701" CreationDate="2014-08-06T17:05:49.810" Score="5" ViewCount="46" Body="&lt;p&gt;I sometimes see questions that I know are duplicates because I've answered another question that asked the same thing. Unfortunately, I don't know the name of the exact question I answered before so that I can mark a duplicate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a way to use the search to search for keywords only in my answers?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="52726" LastActivityDate="2014-08-06T17:31:57.737" Title="How can I search my old (previous) answers?" Tags="|support|searching|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11701" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11700" CreationDate="2014-08-06T17:05:49.810" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, there is. You can use search using the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;keyword&amp;gt; user:me is:a&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This will search for answers (&lt;code&gt;is:a&lt;/code&gt; = is an answer) by you that contain the word &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;keyword&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt;. If you want to search for all posts by you (answers and questions), just remove the &lt;code&gt;is:a&lt;/code&gt; part.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's an example of looking for the word &lt;code&gt;local&lt;/code&gt; in posts by me:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Knyq3.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can pretty much use this for everything else in the search. For instance, you can use it to search for questions of a specific tag by you using &lt;code&gt;[tag] user:me&lt;/code&gt;. This will display all questions/answers by you on questions that were tagged with &lt;code&gt;tag&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="52726" LastEditorUserId="52726" LastEditDate="2014-08-06T17:31:57.737" LastActivityDate="2014-08-06T17:31:57.737" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11702" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11698" CreationDate="2014-08-06T19:27:36.460" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's not a bug, you're using code wrong. You need to wrap &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; in &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;pre&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; blocks. &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;pre&amp;gt;&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;Hello World&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/pre&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt;. This is demonstrated if you hover over the &quot;Preformatted text&quot; button.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/pDMNG.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should really be using Markdown though, HTML is not really supported or guartenteed to work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2014-08-06T19:27:36.460" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11703" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-08-06T22:46:49.540" Score="13" ViewCount="346" Body="&lt;p&gt;Recently Luis &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7d0DChU-BF0&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;went SPACESHIP&lt;/a&gt; and brought the 1000-or-so items in the review close queue down to zero. A truly epic effort that I'm sincerely grateful for.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Shortly after, he posted on Meta about his frustrations with  the number of questions in there that had already been answered (in some cases years ago) that people were still wringing their hands over, or voting to close (even brand new questions) without having asked for clarification or detail.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What he got in return was a visit from the Meta Police. A local cop pulled in support from MSO/MSE and they ended up in a mix between a syntactical argument, an &quot;Oh but the &lt;em&gt;rules&lt;/em&gt; —insert link to 3yo meta posts— say this&quot; and a fight over what the system is supposed to do. The whole exchange dissolved into nonsense and was deleted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Deliberately or otherwise, everybody replying missed the very important point Luis was making.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I wanted to reprise the post in some form because I have been &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/4028/449&quot;&gt;saying similar things on this topic for &lt;em&gt;years&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. Experienced users shouldn't find it surprising: &lt;strong&gt;The review system puts so much emphasis on coddling old, already-dealt-with questions that it's suffocating us&lt;/strong&gt;. I'm not saying it can't ever work but it relies on people and we don't have a limitless supply of those.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think some people struggle to understand the scale of the issue. At the moment &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/10448/should-questions-asked-long-ago-when-the-release-was-still-supported-be-closed-a/10449#comment19489_10449&quot;&gt;we are failing to answer or close 3000-5000 questions a month&lt;/a&gt;. That's our priority here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Instead of doing that though, we have people submitting poor close votes, each of which uses up to another 4 votes from other users. We average around 40 seconds a review so including the initial submissions, we can pour over three minutes into something. Longer if people are careful. Even longer if that goes to meta. Even to leave stuff open (which in my experience is at least a third), we're committing vast amounts of people-time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This adds up. 40 seconds per review, ~150 reviews a day. That's 50 &lt;em&gt;hours&lt;/em&gt; a month going on review.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm certainly not saying all review is bad (and neither did Luis) but if you only take one thing away from this exchange, let it be that you should &lt;strong&gt;just be more thoughtful about what it is you're submitting into the review system&lt;/strong&gt;. If it's old and answered, really ask yourself if that deserves taking another 4 people off today's questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It has been mentioned that the reason a lot of old questions float back into review circulation is that somebody or something bumped them onto the front page. The solution for this is really very simple, don't use the front page. Hang out on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions?sort=newest&quot;&gt;New Questions page&lt;/a&gt; and you'll be giving most of your attention to the right questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="344926" LastEditDate="2017-05-13T20:53:10.953" LastActivityDate="2017-05-13T20:53:10.953" Title="How to know which questions should be closed, a reprise" Tags="|discussion|review|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11704" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11705" CreationDate="2014-08-07T03:02:03.347" Score="-2" ViewCount="51" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was looking at the numerous cases in a search of people having sound issues, especially with 14.04, and I was wondering if I could create a little Q&amp;amp;A FAQ (community wiki) about it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Many of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=no+sound+%5B14.04%5D&quot;&gt;these questions&lt;/a&gt; happens to be variations of a common complaint about an &lt;a href=&quot;https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+bug/1320020&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;ALSA bug&lt;/a&gt; I've filed, where these are the symptoms:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Speakers intermittently work, with no apparent pattern.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Headphones always work.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Re-installing anything has no effect.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Re-configuring PulseAudio has no effect, regardless of configuration.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another common one is broken sound under Realtek cards, where this is a known bug with a known workaround (link will be found).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a few lists of question links that I will point to this Q&amp;amp;A, followed by others as I find them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;List of possible bug issues so far:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/466627&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/q/466627&lt;/a&gt; (I already have a pointer to the relevant bug)&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/466627/258567&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/a/466627/258567&lt;/a&gt; (accepted answer of mine, helpful addition)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/470597&quot;&gt;audio driver not supported in linux 14.04&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/493073&quot;&gt;lost sound ubuntu 14.04, tried everything&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/500934&quot;&gt;No sound devices or input devices (Ubuntu 14)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Realtek hardware issue:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/507202&quot;&gt;No sound, dummy output, realtek ac880, ubuntu 14.04&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/462655&quot;&gt;Lubuntu 14.04 - No soundcard detected HDA Intel Realtek ALC880&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="258567" LastActivityDate="2014-08-09T21:08:37.930" Title="Would creating a Q&amp;A question to cover specific 14.04 sound issues be okay here?" Tags="|discussion|faq-suggestion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11705" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11704" CreationDate="2014-08-07T06:21:14.610" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Broad general sound issues Q&amp;amp;A? Don't see it as a good thing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Normally attempts for that just result in big fails that are not maintained or do not reflect current status of the situation when evaluated after some time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are simply going to describe a bug then just leave it and point the question you see relevant to its launchpad page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If its a specific matter or issue that you can cover as a &quot;how to&quot; that will not change next week then you are more than welcomed to do so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastActivityDate="2014-08-07T06:21:14.610" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11706" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11708" CreationDate="2014-08-07T07:37:08.797" Score="0" ViewCount="46" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/498268/258567&quot;&gt;This question&lt;/a&gt; was closed as not reproducible, but actually confirms &lt;a href=&quot;https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+bug/1320020&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this bug&lt;/a&gt; perfectly. Should it be re-opened and closed for the right reason (as a bug)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="258567" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2014-08-07T14:32:41.877" Title="Intermittent bug post closed for wrong reason" Tags="|discussion|closed-questions|incorrectly-closed|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11708" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11706" CreationDate="2014-08-07T10:59:19.213" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you're sure it's a problem represented by that bug, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/8822/449&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;answer it&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. I've reopened it to allow that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I consider this a much healthier option to just shutting the question down. I've been through &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/7841/please-try-to-read-bug-reports-before-voting-to-close-something-as-a-bug&quot;&gt;the reasoning&lt;/a&gt; before but if nothing else, it gives us a duplicate target for future questions about the same problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I note that in this case we're talking about a bug you reported which is still currently un-triaged and hasn't progressed at all, and (as far as I can tell from the report) hasn't been pushed upstream. There are going to be some issues. I don't think that neccessarily rules it out from being a viable answer but point out its status and what it needs to be improved (perhaps other people can help).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.087" LastActivityDate="2014-08-07T11:08:42.097" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11709" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11703" CreationDate="2014-08-07T11:17:25.240" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The problem is that the question handling process does not have an efficient pipeline for moving large numbers of questions to a closed state. There are tens of thousands of useless old questions still hanging around, waiting for a user to find them and add a comment or answer or edit, which brings the question back to the front page, which promotes further activity. Users are encouraged to flag all questions, regardless of age. Asking users to change this behaviour is only going to have a limited effect - the behaviour is just a symptom of the dynamics of the underlying system. To get meaningful change, you would have to change the system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The lifecycle of a question is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;User has a problem and finds AskUbuntu&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;User creates a new question&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If question stays on the front page for long enough it attracts votes and comments&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If it gets bumped from the front page, question is less likely to attract any answers&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;At this point, either:&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;(rare) User accepts answer&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Question closed&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;(usually) User disappears, leaving the question open&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Loop forever until flagged for closure:&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Time passes&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Someone finds the question and adds a comment/edit/answer&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Question hits the front page and others add comments/edits/answers&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Question enters close queue&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Question closed.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The implication of this is that the lifecycle for most questions is to end up in the close queue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The solution employed by others facing similar problems is to streamline the process, and impose strict criteria that enable automatically classifying and closing issues. e.g. Launchpad's automated bug closing mechanism (&lt;em&gt;&quot;this bug was reported a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue?&quot;&lt;/em&gt;) and the automated duplicate detector that matches regular expressions in log files. Similar strategies could perhaps be used to manage the question handling process of AskUbuntu.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60294" LastActivityDate="2014-08-07T11:17:25.240" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11710" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-08-07T13:22:10.693" Score="43" ViewCount="1163" Body="&lt;p&gt;Not sure how this question went through multiple reviews: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/507573/how-do-i-get-a-zte-mf667-usb-modem-working&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/507573/how-do-i-get-a-zte-mf667-usb-modem-working&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But we should be more careful when people recommend reinstalling with no information on to whether or not that would fix the person's problem. Voting to close due to lack of information is fine, but no one left a comment or anything to drive the question to completion and instead left the not-so-useful information on the question. :-/&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&quot;I have an itch in my shoe&quot; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&quot;Well then, let's chop the foot off.&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2014-08-21T13:09:55.907" Title="Let's not do &quot;I don't know how to fix your problem, so just reinstall&quot;" Tags="|discussion|review|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11712" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11713" CreationDate="2014-08-07T14:05:06.803" Score="3" ViewCount="102" Body="&lt;p&gt;I read this: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/78048/enable-automatic-deletion-of-old-unanswered-zero-score-questions-after-a-year&quot;&gt;Enable automatic deletion of old, unanswered zero-score questions after a year?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If the question is more than 365 days old, and ...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;has a score of 0 *or* a score of 1 with a deleted owner&#xA;has no answers&#xA;is not locked&#xA;has a viewcount &amp;lt;= the age of the question in days times 1.5&#xA;has 1 or 0 comments&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;... it will be automatically deleted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;These checks are run every week across all sites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then I ran this query: &lt;s&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=created%3A2012..2013-08-06+is%3Aq+closed%3Ano+answers%3A0&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=created%3A2012..2013-08-06+is%3Aq+closed%3Ano+answers%3A0&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/s&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=created%3A2012..2013-08-06+is%3Aq+closed%3Ano+answers%3A0+comments%3A..1+score%3A..0&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=created%3A2012..2013-08-06+is%3Aq+closed%3Ano+answers%3A0+comments%3A..1+score%3A..0&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which came up with some questions like this one: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/216511/sound-fails-when-i-switch-users&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/216511/sound-fails-when-i-switch-users&lt;/a&gt; - score 0, answers 0, comments 0, views 62, created Nov 2012. It satisfies all of the criteria for automatic deletion, so why has it not been deleted?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;edit:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;s&gt;Thanks to Oli and Terdon for pointing out that those questions all had a balancing upvote. So it seems that if a question has a single upvote then it will never be automatically deleted, regardless of the total score.&lt;/s&gt; Thanks to Shog9 for confirming that upvotes do not matter, only the total score matters.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But what about this question: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/205682/installing-usr-5422-on-ubuntu-12-04&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/205682/installing-usr-5422-on-ubuntu-12-04&lt;/a&gt; (score -1, no upvotes, oct 2012, 42 views, no answers, no comments) ? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And what about the (30 days, -1 score, unanswered) criteria for deletion?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If the question is more than 30 days old, and ...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;has −1 or lower score&#xA;has no answers&#xA;is not locked&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;...or...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;it was closed and migrated to a different site&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;... it will be automatically deleted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Query: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=created%3A2012..2014-06-28+is%3Aq+closed%3Ano+answers%3A0+score%3A..-1&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=created%3A2012..2014-06-28+is%3Aq+closed%3Ano+answers%3A0+score%3A..-1&lt;/a&gt; (140 results)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Example result: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/323489/problem-after-installing-ubuntu-12-10&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/323489/problem-after-installing-ubuntu-12-10&lt;/a&gt; (1 year old, score -1 with a single downvote, no answers) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question will not be deleted under the 365 days rule since it managed to attract 3 (!) comments. But shouldn't it match the 30 day rule?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60294" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2014-08-10T12:14:08.887" Title="Why are some old questions not being automatically deleted?" Tags="|bug|auto-delete|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11713" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11712" CreationDate="2014-08-07T14:13:57.043" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=created%3A2012..2013-08-06%20is%3Aq%20closed%3Ano%20answers%3A0%20score%3A0&quot;&gt;tweaked the query&lt;/a&gt; so that it only shows questions with a score of zero. All the non-deleted ones have one thing in common: they've had upvotes &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; downvotes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I suspect the query is discounting these controversial posts because somebody thought them good enough to stick around. That also has the side effect of preventing somebody from being able to run around deleting a load of +1 questions just by downvoting them (a free action).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just to pull in some detail from the comments:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My suspicious above currently isn't true.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;When votes happened matters.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The cleanup script is &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/237493/is-the-30-day-roomba-broken&quot;&gt;currently down&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2014-08-08T20:38:51.353" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11714" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11706" CreationDate="2014-08-07T14:32:41.877" Score="2" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This question was closed as not reproducible&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/498268/ubuntu-14-04-no-sound-from-speaker#comment669908_498268&quot;&gt;Comment on the question&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A couple of reboots later and &lt;strong&gt;it has decided to start working again.&lt;/strong&gt; I have no idea what happened here but its working again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It was closed with the correct close reason, it doesn't need to be reopened.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2014-08-07T14:32:41.877" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11715" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11710" CreationDate="2014-08-07T15:43:23.877" Score="-6" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Not sure how this question went through multiple reviews&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have couple theories:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;1. Reviewers sucks&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/8421/169736&quot;&gt;And we know they do&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/7812/169736&quot;&gt;And  we put in place something to improve them&lt;/a&gt;, but that only made good reviewers &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/8544/169736&quot;&gt;get grumpy&lt;/a&gt; and not review. Which leaves us with bad reviewers. A good nugget the right way dispensing manual review bans from the moderation team, and flagging those bad reviewers when you find them should help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;we should be more careful when people recommend reinstalling with no information on to whether or not that would fix the person's problem&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and for that I have more theories:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;2. Tagging sucks&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And we know they do. And folks try to fight their way into improving this but it's difficult and filled with hurdles. Checking out the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/revisions/507573/1&quot;&gt;first revision of this question is more than enough&lt;/a&gt; to perceive this, which even after &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/507573/revisions&quot;&gt;5 people touched the question&lt;/a&gt; nobody fixed this in a sensible manner. Until this isn't improved in a concrete way, including changing our naive policies of old, it will continue sucking.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;3. The ways to reach an expert suck&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And this is extremely linked with the previous point. Experts have to swim trough all the crap that reach us. Is just impossible to find &lt;em&gt;good&lt;/em&gt; questions, more so put them in the experts way. That leaves us with non-experts giving counsel.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;4. Most users don't know how to recognize quality when they see it&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And worse, give &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/8639/169736&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;low quality content higher quality&lt;/strong&gt; feedback than they deserve&lt;/a&gt;. So, the system to differentiate good quality from bad just doesn't work. I don't remember last time I saw a good researched, interesting question in the Hot List sidebar.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In summary, is a multilayer problem, which can be tackled from several angles, and I consider that every angle should be explored with pointy solutions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2014-08-08T11:52:18.330" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11716" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11703" CreationDate="2014-08-07T16:51:05.440" Score="3" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The review system puts so much emphasis on coddling old, already-dealt-with questions that it's suffocating us&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your premise is entirely wrong, so at first I didn't touch it, thinking, that it isn't worth my time, but here goes:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It doesn't, at all. In fact, the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/199912/213575&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;review system gives priority to newer posts&lt;/strong&gt; at certain points of the day&lt;/a&gt;, rather than the older ones and always gives priority to the ones that has more reviews, is a pseudo-random way. The fact that you see old crap in the review system &lt;strong&gt;is because the lack of reviewers&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/11592/how-can-we-encourage-3k-users-to-review-more-close-votes?lq=1&quot;&gt;which I addressed in another post how to improve it.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I think some people struggle to understand the scale of the issue. At the moment we are failing to answer or close 3000-5000 questions a month. That's our priority here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Remember that the system is optimized for pearls. But right now, in this very same moment, we are not even getting sand to produce pearls, which is really a problem. Anyone naive enough to not recognize it, is hurting the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, how do you think we fix the problem? Well, users find that removing old cruft, bad quality content, which is vague, inaccurate, is a good way to solve the problem at hand, &lt;strong&gt;why are moderators against it?&lt;/strong&gt; I find it completely counter productive &lt;em&gt;&quot;skimming through a lot of duplicates (questions) finding helpful information nuggets&quot;&lt;/em&gt; that vague questions provide. Again, optimize for pearls, &lt;strong&gt;not for sand&lt;/strong&gt;!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Everyone knows I'm the first to ask for a question that was incorrectly closed to be reopened and even answer them, but all the cases presented so far are sand, paired with &lt;em&gt;more sand&lt;/em&gt;. Low quality content that should not exist in the first place, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/q/262077/792066&quot;&gt;and will hopefully be deleted in the posterity&lt;/a&gt;, so I expect less posts of this kind in the future.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, generally speaking, someone defending this kind of content (old, low quality crap) is doing a disservice for Ask Ubuntu. Old questions or not, looks like crap, we don't want it on the site. Doing a house cleaning starting from the top to the bottom is a sane behavior, nobody needs to stop it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ah, BTW, I don't recommend anyone to watch only the &quot;new questions&quot; feed, I don't do that at all. I get depressed and stop answering questions. Instead I find &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/502726/169736&quot;&gt;old questions that needs love&lt;/a&gt;, it's even more rewarding. Maybe we should get implemented the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/q/261138/792066&quot;&gt;&quot;Recommended&quot; tab&lt;/a&gt;, but that is another bundle of problems due the general state of our tags.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2014-08-19T02:08:39.690" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11717" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-08-07T23:09:08.043" Score="1" ViewCount="32" Body="&lt;p&gt;For reviewing I always try to leave a comment if there needs to be improvement, expansion, etc. I have been reviewing a lot of vague (new) posts recently. I do not want to downvote a potentially &quot;good&quot; question/answer, because the poster is new. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't want to flag as &quot;un-salvageable&quot;, because it could be edited if they post more information, but in current state is vague.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am unsure whether I should downvote and comment now, then check in on the post every week. This would be very time intensive as more reviews pile in, and not practical. Or allow the post to go through with a comment at the bottom to improve the question/answer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't want the quality of the site to go down, but I don't want to penalize someone on their first attempt either.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If there could be a vague flag that put a question on hold (until improvement), with notification to the person flagging that would be great. At this moment my reputation doesn't allow me to participate in every privilege, but I was trying to think of something to improve on controlling question quality, even at lower levels of review.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="266923" LastActivityDate="2014-08-07T23:09:08.043" Title="Review possible improvement" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11718" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11719" CreationDate="2014-08-08T06:18:02.283" Score="8" ViewCount="182" Body="&lt;p&gt;Inspired by this question&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/11704/would-creating-a-qa-question-to-cover-specific-14-04-sound-issues-be-okay-here&quot;&gt;Would creating a Q&amp;amp;A question to cover specific 14.04 sound issues be okay here?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;we may want to better define which bug reports merit being a close reason for a question as &lt;strong&gt;off topic&lt;/strong&gt;. We should not close questions as bug report only because a similar report exists on launchpad but the reason behind an issue may &lt;strong&gt;not be a bug&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are far too many &quot;bugs&quot; on launchpad that are just reports on bad user settings. It is a cumbersome task for people to sort out real bugs from erroneous settings or non-reproducible issues to mark them as &lt;em&gt;invalid&lt;/em&gt;. In many cases is is not possible to do so. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Therefore any bug without activity will expire after some time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Indicator for such an invalid bug report may be a low rate of other users affected, little to no participation of other people in the bug comments, or lack of indicators where the bug actually sits. This also includes a lack of workarounds in bug comments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When do we agree that a bug report is valid for Ask Ubuntu to close a question as off topic? What do we think the minimum requirements of such a bug report should be?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3940" LastActivityDate="2014-08-31T15:51:01.267" Title="When is a bug a bug?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11719" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11718" CreationDate="2014-08-08T11:56:53.057" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the past I have attempted to draw distinction shouty &lt;strong&gt;bug reports&lt;/strong&gt; (the things we closed as &amp;quot;not a real question&amp;quot;) and &lt;strong&gt;a problem that &lt;em&gt;might&lt;/em&gt; be a bug&lt;/strong&gt;. They're clearly related and often the only distinction will be in their wording.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Before I plod any further, we do have to consider how the Ubuntu project works and how this feeds back into the bug tracking system. As &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/8819/please-remove-bug-report-close/8822#8822&quot;&gt;I've said before&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Let's consider the following statements:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Bugs that aren't reported are unlikely to be fixed&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Developers aren't checking Ask Ubuntu for bug reports&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You're talking as if Launchpad and Ask Ubuntu users are these two&#xA;completely separate user bases. But with the odd exception, &lt;em&gt;we're&#xA;Ubuntu users&lt;/em&gt;. The conversation isn't really about what's best for&#xA;somebody shouting out their bug report, or what's most like another&#xA;Stack Exchange site; it's about what's best for Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So if bugs clearly need to be reported, we need to be providing the user with the knowledge on how to push forward with their issue and submit a &lt;em&gt;good&lt;/em&gt; bug report. That is often more than just closing with the generic &amp;quot;go to launchpad&amp;quot; error message. We should point out what package to report it under amongst other things.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;But what if it has already been reported to some degree?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Something that is happening increasingly often is that people will suggest existing bug reports. They'll drop a link to Launchpad in the comments and move on. Seemingly before anybody can verify anything, the whole thing gets locked down as &amp;quot;This is that bug, go away and read it&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/7841/449&quot;&gt;I got &lt;em&gt;fairly&lt;/em&gt; angry&lt;/a&gt; when I saw this happening once. The bug report was awful but because it existed the reviewers thought that enough to close the question. They didn't read the question (which asked some fairly sensible things) and they didn't answer it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since then I've been fairly adamant that the best thing to do (both for Ubuntu and us) is to answer these questions. I'll use my previous post's example answer again:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This looks a lot like it might be &lt;a href=&quot;http://launchpad.net&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Title of the bug report&lt;/a&gt;. It is responsible for this, that and the other and exists because of this explanation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There currently aren't any was of fixing this but subscribe to the bug (link how) and you'll know as soon as it's been dealt with.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A good answer like this is a million times better than a just closing, or commenting and closing for a few reasons:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You've answered the post without shutting it down.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You now have a dupe target for the next thousand people who can't/don't/won't use Google.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You tell the user what to do when they get there rather than just telling them to go away.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The answer can be maintained by users rather than building up a stack of obsolete comments.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even if there isn't a workaround, &lt;strong&gt;it's a constructive post&lt;/strong&gt;. If you can give them a brief explanation on what's going on and explain how they help the report or just stay apprised of the bug status, you have helped them. You will probably help the bug too. And again, dupe target.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Before you start throwing rotten vegetables at me:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;We have strong precedence of this approach working.&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There was &lt;a href=&quot;https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/346386&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;a bug in Apt&lt;/a&gt; that meant that the merging of various source lists would occasionally break. In &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/30072/how-do-i-fix-a-problem-with-mergelist-or-status-file-could-not-be-parsed-err&quot;&gt;2011 we got a Q and A that dealt with it&lt;/a&gt; (as I've prescribed). In 2013 &lt;em&gt;something&lt;/em&gt; happened that made it exhibit the issue a lot more but the same bug that was never properly fixed. Since then:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We've managed to close over 200 questions against it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The combined views of all these duped questions lands at around 250,000.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Besides directly helping (which can't be done in every bug), it has shepherded from Google onto Ask Ubuntu (good for our SE overlords) but also moves people onto the tracker so they can take things further.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This isn't a broken window or a slippery slope and I couldn't give a damn how other sites handle this sort of thing, if done well, this approach really delivers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-08-08T13:36:51.737" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11720" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-08-08T17:23:24.493" Score="14" ViewCount="228" Body="&lt;h3&gt;Problem&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More often than not I run into a question that had already been answered here. But the asker could not know it, because he lacks info on what to look for. Recent example: User asks if it is possible to create functional keys on a keyboard without ones. I know the answer. In short, it is &quot;Yes, use Xmodmap&quot; and I know there is a big and definitive answer on how to use Xmodmap. You see, the questions are in no way duplicate, they are just solved the same way. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;But what should I do in this situation? &lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Write my own answer from scratch -- feels stupid.  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ctrl+C Ctrl+V the big answer or it's relevant part -- feels both wrong and stupid. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Provide a link to long answer in a comment -- I know that it is supposed to be the proper way, but... Stack Exchange boasts its &lt;em&gt;gamification&lt;/em&gt;. I recieve some points for proper answer and feel rewarded. But I get nothing for providing a link. Psychologist will tell you that simply not getting a reward when one is usually expected feels like being actually penalized. I am providing not just a link, but add my knowledge that &lt;em&gt;&quot;this thing is that thing&quot;&lt;/em&gt;, and that sometimes requires expertise or research (manuals browsing). Please, don't get me wrong - I am not so greedy. It is OK to help without being recognized once, twice, twenty times. But on a hundredth iteration  I just subconsciously revert to another variant in this list, the worst of them is...&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ignore this question and go to a more trivial question -- where I can actually type my answer in and get my green bird sign. Because answer is either really small or I can't easily find it on SE. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Write an answer containing a link and several lines of useless text for it to not be autoconverted to comment. -- isn't it enough boilerplate text on the Internet already?  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is only a very-very little discouraging that your would-be answer should better be reduced to a comment with a link. Very-very little multiplied by hundred times - well, you know. When somebody else provides a stub answer and gets points where you had earlier provided a proper link only - that is just sad. &#xA;It is fun to share knowledge on site without reputation system. It is extra fun to share knowledge on a site with reputation system. But again and again doing activities for no reward on site with reputation system and achievements is just not fun. &#xA;I am not offended or something. I am just a user experience enthusiast. I have witnessed many times how a little, unseen to most people nuisance like this can drive away &lt;em&gt;lots&lt;/em&gt; of would-be devote users totally subconsciously. The site system suggest that #5 is a proper way to do, while community and stuff points at #3. This discord should be somehow solved. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Question&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;May be I am missing something?  What should I do in this case?&#xA;&lt;sub&gt;And sorry for bad English.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14758" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-08-13T21:14:48.893" LastActivityDate="2014-08-16T19:43:09.567" Title="What to do if the good answer is in another question?" Tags="|discussion|answer-quality|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11721" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11720" CreationDate="2014-08-08T19:36:21.147" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;First &lt;em&gt;really&lt;/em&gt; check the question isn't duplicate. Not knowing about something (so not being able to use the right words) does not mean that somebody might not be explaining exactly the same problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it's not, no problem:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Answer it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Quote where appropriate (might be the whole post).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Give credit &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/06/attribution-required/&quot;&gt;as required&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would have no problem +1ing an answer that was even &lt;em&gt;entirely&lt;/em&gt; quoted from another (provided it wasn't a duplicate question, and credit was given).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2014-08-08T19:36:21.147" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11722" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11695" CreationDate="2014-08-09T00:40:56.157" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are two more places where I would use code formatting: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Output from a computer program. In &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/508825/158442&quot;&gt;this answer&lt;/a&gt;, for example, I would have recommended using code formatting for the output of &lt;code&gt;dpkg-query -l&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Text where non-monospace fonts might cause confusion (0/O/o, l/1/I). Typically this happens only in the situations already covered by terdon, but if I did have a word or line with this problem, I'd use code formatting.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2014-08-09T00:40:56.157" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11724" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11710" CreationDate="2014-08-09T19:59:31.260" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;I agree to some point.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Reinstall the whole system&lt;/em&gt; is a bad answer&lt;/strong&gt;. Probably one of the worst you can find, specially when it comes with no background research.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To be fair, as don.joey said, it was posted in a comment. I told &amp;quot;unplug the power cord for 5 minutes&amp;quot; recently (and felt like working in a call center), but again &lt;strong&gt;it was a &lt;em&gt;suggestion&lt;/em&gt; in a comment instead a &lt;em&gt;solution&lt;/em&gt; in an answer&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Reinstall package X&lt;/em&gt; is a bad solution&lt;/strong&gt; and it does not dive into the problem. When there is some research and the conclusion is just &lt;em&gt;reinstall package&lt;/em&gt;, I got a weird feeling when it works, because it makes me feel like I didn't found the &lt;em&gt;real source&lt;/em&gt; of the problem, and applied just a workaround.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There can be some exceptions, like missing libraries that got accidentally uninstalled or file collision.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Reconfigure (reset to default conf) package X&lt;/em&gt; makes more sense&lt;/strong&gt; when there is a configuration problem, things just don't work, or you want to get to a (hopefully) known state. But again, it &lt;strong&gt;should be only part of the answer&lt;/strong&gt; if you need a clean environment to build the actual answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Nevertheless, let's suppose there is a known problem / bug in Ubuntu (and maybe in Debian too) that it is not present in other distributions (it could be related with packaging, unmet compile-flags dependencies, or with kernel module and userland package version mismatch, let your imagination decide)...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;TL;DR: Should an answer like &lt;em&gt;remove Ubuntu and install Slackware&lt;/em&gt; be&lt;/strong&gt; flagged, downvoted and maybe &lt;strong&gt;censored just because the answer&lt;/strong&gt; (not the question) &lt;strong&gt;looks ugly&lt;/strong&gt;, off-topic or Ubuntu-discouraging?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In such scenario, (assuming the new system can met the old requirements and tasks) the migration would solve the problem so it would be a viable answer, and probably the poster would be really happy if it works (Slackware is an overwhelming example for newcomers, but CentOS or OpenSUSE might not be so hard).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="294653" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-08-09T19:59:31.260" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11725" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-08-09T20:26:54.137" Score="11" ViewCount="243" Body="&lt;p&gt;The question &lt;em&gt;Should an answer like remove Ubuntu and install Slackware be flagged?&lt;/em&gt; arose myself while answering &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/11710/lets-not-do-i-dont-know-how-to-fix-your-problem-so-just-reinstall&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Let's not do “I don't know how to fix your problem, so just reinstall&quot;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, so I decided to ask it as a separate question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have searched for similar questions and found this one: &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3163/should-i-flag-answers-which-only-suggest-install-a-different-os&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Should I flag answers which only suggest “install a different OS”?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; (which is quite the same question indeed), but (1) it did not attract much attention and (2) it is 2 years old, so community opinion may have changed since then (that's why I'm asking it again instead of resurrecting the old one).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The opinion I got after reading it is &quot;Don't flag, it is a legit answer&quot; (though it derived to &lt;em&gt;&quot;[...] install a different desktop environment&quot;&lt;/em&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Additionally, &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/684/linux-mint-and-other-unofficial-derivatives-on-topic&quot;&gt;questions about unofficial derivatives are close to the thin off-topic line&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, recalling, &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;should an answer like remove Ubuntu and install (insert distro here) be flagged&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; provided it has been proven it solves (or may solve) the problem and the cause is bound to be Ubuntu-specific?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="294653" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-08-12T14:16:23.297" LastActivityDate="2014-08-16T20:19:56.517" Title="Should an answer like remove Ubuntu and install (insert distro here) be flagged / downvoted?" Tags="|discussion|flagging|answer-quality|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11726" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11725" CreationDate="2014-08-09T20:31:57.690" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Every time I see one of those, I'm tempted to answer:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&quot;Boot live and enter the following: &lt;code&gt;sudo dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/sda&lt;/code&gt;&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then start over how ever you like.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2014-08-09T20:31:57.690" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11727" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11704" CreationDate="2014-08-09T21:08:37.930" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;That's why tags were invented. Let's use it wisely!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="294653" LastActivityDate="2014-08-09T21:08:37.930" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11729" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11725" CreationDate="2014-08-09T23:46:05.817" Score="18" Body="&lt;h3&gt;If it's helpful and good quality, it's fine.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the answer that recommends a different distro is high quality and contributes in some significant way to the question, leave it alone. This may occasionally occur; sometimes one operating system really is far better suited to a particular task than some other operating system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The hallmark of good, acceptable answers encouraging OS migration is, I think, that they explain exactly why they're recommending using a different OS instead. Such an answer &lt;strong&gt;should be self-conscious that it's recommending something the OP probably would rather not do&lt;/strong&gt;, and should make up for this disadvantage by clearly demonstrating the utility in migrating to another OS.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In practice, there aren't too many good and helpful answers that recommend only to use another OS instead. But sometimes, especially for embedded or &amp;quot;legacy&amp;quot; applications, such answers are the best. If someone asks about how to install Ubuntu (or which version of it to use) on their SOHO router box or how to make a live floppy system, recommending another OS is a good idea; in that case, even an answer that recommends using another OS without saying &lt;em&gt;which one&lt;/em&gt; might be acceptable, provided it explains what it is about Ubuntu that is unsuitable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Similarly, someone might ask if Ubuntu is well suited to some task. Sometimes such a question is too broad or primarily opinion based; other times, it's quite answerable. In the latter situation, a &amp;quot;no&amp;quot; answer (with explanation) will sometimes be correct and appropriate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is not an attempt to list all the situations where &amp;quot;use that other OS instead&amp;quot; answers are reasonable and helpful. In practice, it's uncommon for such an answer to be good. But it can happen, and occasionally even does.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;If it contributes nothing, doesn't answer the question asked, or is very low quality, flag it.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the answer that recommends a different distro is low quality and doesn't contribute at all, and amounts to little more than &amp;quot;just maybe that other OS over there might work better for this,&amp;quot; then it's no good. It's probably very low quality, or not an answer (to the question that was asked) at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most people posting on Ask Ubuntu want a solution to enable them to use Ubuntu while overcoming some problem, or otherwise want to learn about Ubuntu. Suggestions to use a different OS instead, especially when the OP has not indicated being interested in migrating to another OS, are often unhelpful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In other words, &lt;strong&gt;I believe we should judge answers by whether or not they contribute anything, rather than by whether or not they recommend some other distro.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-08-09T23:46:05.817" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11732" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11712" CreationDate="2014-08-10T12:14:08.887" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The two search queries are now returning 0 results and 2 results respectively, so it seems that the issue I noticed was just a combination of:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the broken weekly cleanup scripts&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;a large number of questions that only became eligible for deletion very recently&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is possible to see &lt;em&gt;when&lt;/em&gt; a question was voted on by looking at &lt;code&gt;https://askubuntu.com/posts/${QUESTION_ID}/timeline&lt;/code&gt; e.g. for a heavily voted example question: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/56104/timeline&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/posts/56104/timeline&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Regarding the larger issue of criteria for automatic deletion, there is a currently open question: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/262077/what-should-the-system-be-deleting-automatically-that-it-already-isnt&quot;&gt;What should the system be deleting automatically that it already isn't?&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is another open question regarding old question issues specific to AskUbuntu: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/217325/how-should-ask-ubuntu-handle-old-questions-and-answers&quot;&gt;How should Ask Ubuntu handle old questions and answers?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60294" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2014-08-10T12:14:08.887" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11733" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-08-10T13:21:21.190" Score="0" ViewCount="47" Body="&lt;p&gt;Say, I've got 3 posts for review. After I've reviewed all three, the top bar still shows that 3 posts are up for review. Now, if I go and click the review button, I just get a screen saying that there are no posts for reviewing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This whole system is confusing and misleading to the user. As and when I review a post, the counter on the top bar should get decremented dynamically.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67346" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2014-08-10T13:38:39.390" LastActivityDate="2014-08-10T14:49:56.257" Title="Persistance of review number on top bar even after review is complete" Tags="|feature-request|review|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11734" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11733" CreationDate="2014-08-10T13:40:21.160" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;They show different things&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The bar number shows the total posts awaiting review. Even after you've reviewed something, other people need to corroborate that. It's a team effort.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The review page shows posts that you &lt;em&gt;can&lt;/em&gt; review. You can only review things once.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can see how it would be confusing and I don't disagree that the bar should probably show the same thing, I'm just explaining what's what.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2014-08-10T13:40:21.160" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11736" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11733" CreationDate="2014-08-10T14:49:56.257" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;What @Oli explained is only valid for 10k+ users. Being at 2.2k rep, you only see suggested edits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The review process in SE all happens using &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajax_%28programming%29&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;AJAX&lt;/a&gt;. Which basically means that, each time you do an action, only parts of the website is reloaded, not all of it. Another example is when you vote up/down, add a comment, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So in any case, when you are done reviewing, that number above will not be reset unless you reload the page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To check it, during your review process, try to open the site in a new tab/window or just reload the page. You will see that number is different that what you started with.&#xA;Could be more, could be less depending if someone had suggested new edits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastActivityDate="2014-08-10T14:49:56.257" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11737" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11703" CreationDate="2014-08-10T17:24:20.497" Score="-3" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The review system puts so much emphasis on coddling old, already-dealt-with questions that it's suffocating us.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Indeed, the review system is a contradictio in terminis:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Closing a question gets it 'out of the site' so that we do not spend time and energy answering it. Also so that people don't get angry for not getting an answer. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;In order to close it, 5 expert users (in theory) should pay attention to the question and vote democratically.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In short, &lt;strong&gt;closing a question actually gives it a lot more attention than one wants to give it&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ignoring old questions that should be closed is not going to help it and goes against the gut feeling of 'wanting to do things correctly' and 'not leaving a mess behind'.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A proposal (feel free to disagree, of course). The system should be changed structurally. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The close review queue should be &lt;em&gt;removed&lt;/em&gt; altogether. It is not working anyway. Questions can only be closed when actually visiting the question page. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The close votes can be taken away when a user abuses them or fails to welcome the user and ask for more information. A tool is made for moderators to check close vote activity.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;If&lt;/em&gt; a CV review queue is upheld, then &lt;em&gt;reviewers should get the questions to review that are in the tags they follow!&lt;/em&gt; (Here, SE take that, for free) It is easy to be demotivated when the close review queue just keeps on growing (been there, had that feeling). Most frustrating is that you have to read a whole question, then realize you do not know enough about the topic and thus you have to skip. If I get to review python, django, wget, etc. questions only that will help a lot.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="115155" LastActivityDate="2014-08-10T17:24:20.497" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11738" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11791" CreationDate="2014-08-11T06:47:57.640" Score="6" ViewCount="140" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have seen possibly 5 duplicates on my &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=lost%20windows%20after%20installing%20ubuntu&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;searches&lt;/a&gt; for this, and haven't found it. Is there one, and if not could one be created?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="186134" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-08-16T14:33:20.783" LastActivityDate="2016-11-13T17:48:41.423" Title="Do we/should we have a good, canonical question for &quot;Windows missing from GRUB menu&quot;" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11740" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-08-11T08:17:33.523" Score="0" ViewCount="42" Body="&lt;p&gt;I asked &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/509487/whats-the-official-method-for-checking-integrity-of-a-source-package&quot;&gt;a question about verifying integrity of sources&lt;/a&gt;. It got closed as duplicate as duplicate of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/56841/gpg-cant-check-signature&quot;&gt;a similar but different question&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The other question was not about how to verify the integrity, but rather about how to fix a particular warning message. The answers explain how to remove the warning message.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Later I found the answer to my own question. It turns out the warning is triggered by a check which is sort of redundant, because the real integrity check is done by a hash tree totally unrelated to the signature generating the warning.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This means taking any of the answers to that old question and apply to my question, it would in fact be an incorrect answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, the answer I found to my own question tells me, that the warning can be safely ignored, because it is not part of the integrity check. This would not be a good answer to the old question about how to fix the warning. If you ask how to fix a warning, the answer you are looking for is not to just ignore it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Given that a correct answer to one question would be an incorrect answer to the other question and vice-versa, can they still be considered duplicates?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="284919" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2014-08-11T08:17:33.523" Title="Can questions be considered duplicates if no answer is applicable to both?" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11744" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="797" CreationDate="2014-08-11T19:54:20.163" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Using the expanded url, referring to man page versions on a specific Ubuntu release has drawbacks:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;[`man bash`](http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/maverick/en/man1/bash.1.html)&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/maverick/en/man1/bash.1.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;man bash&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is the same kind of url that is used in the &quot;man hello&quot; example - except that the man page exists so you can try.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It shows an outdated version.&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It's outdated by about two years here, the time since EOL of that release&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The version is not a specific, stable one - which would be good when citing it&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It could break by link rot&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;that can happen if &quot;manpages.ubuntu.com&quot; should decide to not keep man page versions forever, even for &quot;end of life&quot; non LTS releases.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The link can actually make use of the man page resolving algorithm by using a link like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;[`man bash`](http://manpages.ubuntu.com/bash)&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://manpages.ubuntu.com/bash&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;man bash&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This shows always the most current man page version of the current Ubuntu release.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ideally, the tooltip can be used to show the &lt;code&gt;whatis&lt;/code&gt; information, inserted manually:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;[`man cut`](http://manpages.ubuntu.com/cut &quot;cut - remove sections from each line of files&quot;)&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://manpages.ubuntu.com/cut&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; title=&quot;cut - remove sections from each line of files&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;man cut&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="260447" LastActivityDate="2014-08-11T19:54:20.163" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11745" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11747" CreationDate="2014-08-11T22:48:05.730" Score="0" ViewCount="48" Body="&lt;p&gt;Okay excuse my ignorance, but this should be an easy question for you to answer. I didnt get a clear answer in the help, so I am just double checking:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/first-posts/305383&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/review/first-posts/305383&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I'm using ktorrent and see torrents with 15(18) in the seeders column yet it's status is stalled.Does anyone know why that is? Am I doing something wrong?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This should be flagged as off topic right? If so; what Stack Exchange should he be pointed to?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Or&lt;/strong&gt; should it be left for an answer, given that KTorrent is something someone might typically run on Kubuntu? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="253579" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2014-08-12T00:31:33.077" Title="Questions on how to use a program that technically are available on ubuntu?" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11746" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11745" CreationDate="2014-08-11T22:55:12.737" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just commented there.  Let's see if the OP gets the idea or not before it gets the fire.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2014-08-11T22:55:12.737" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11747" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11745" CreationDate="2014-08-11T22:56:56.770" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's technically on topic, but a bad researched question... which is not surprising. The torrent protocol can leave you a little baffled because it does stuff you don't expect to do. Such questions should be tagged bittorrent since they are more about how the protocol behaves rather than a specific program.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2014-08-11T22:56:56.770" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11748" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11745" CreationDate="2014-08-12T00:31:33.077" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;From &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;the help center&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;emphasis&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; added by me):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Questions that you may ask:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Using&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; and administering &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com/about/about-ubuntu/derivatives&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;official Ubuntu flavors&lt;/a&gt; including: Edubuntu, Ubuntu GNOME, Kubuntu, Ubuntu Kylin, Lubuntu, Mythbuntu,&#xA;  Ubuntu Studio, Xubuntu and Ubuntu Touch.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Running third-party applications on Ubuntu.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Development on Ubuntu.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Services provided by Ubuntu&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Any question not mentioned below or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq#dontask&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; are great!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, there are two possibilities:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Since KTorrent is provided in official Ubuntu repositories, you may consider it part of Ubuntu and questions about it as questions about how to use Ubuntu. Then under the first bullet point, &lt;strong&gt;the question is on-topic.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You might consider KTorrent sufficiently niche that it is in effect a third-party application. Or you may construe what is Ubuntu and what is a third-party application very broadly, so that most apps people run on Ubuntu, even most of those provided in the official repositories, are third-party apps. In that case, under the second bullet point, &lt;strong&gt;the question is on-topic.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I should perhaps mention that involving the use of some part of Ubuntu or third party application does not ensure with 100% certainty that a question is on-topic. &quot;How to write compelling action heroes in the novel I am composing using LibreOffice?&quot; would surely and swiftly be closed. But this question is asking directly about KTorrent's core functionality. It's on topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, none of this speaks to the &lt;em&gt;quality&lt;/em&gt; of the question. (I think it's okay with respect to quality, scope, and so forth as well, but that's a separate matter which you haven't asked about.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2014-08-12T00:31:33.077" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11749" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="797" CreationDate="2014-08-12T01:07:29.330" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;When naming links to &lt;a href=&quot;http://manpages.ubuntu.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://manpages.ubuntu.com&lt;/a&gt; (or other online sources for manual pages), I think &lt;code&gt;man &lt;em&gt;topic&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/code&gt; (e.g., &lt;code&gt;man ls&lt;/code&gt;)--as suggested by &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/800/22949&quot;&gt;andrewsomething's answer&lt;/a&gt; and others here--is the way to go.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, &lt;strong&gt;occasionally there are multiple manpages with the same name&lt;/strong&gt; (i.e., from different sections of the manual). When one actually runs the &lt;em&gt;command&lt;/em&gt; &lt;code&gt;man &lt;em&gt;topic&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/code&gt;, typically the page for &lt;em&gt;&lt;code&gt;topic&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/em&gt; in the lowest-numbered section is shown, and typically this is desired. For example, running &lt;code&gt;man chmod&lt;/code&gt; shows &lt;a href=&quot;http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/trusty/en/man1/chmod.1.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the &lt;code&gt;chmod&lt;/code&gt; page from section &lt;strong&gt;1&lt;/strong&gt; of the manual&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are &lt;a href=&quot;http://manpages.ubuntu.com/cgi-bin/search.py?q=chmod&amp;amp;op=&amp;amp;cx=003883529982892832976%3A5zl6o8w6f0s&amp;amp;cof=FORID%3A9&amp;amp;ie=UTF-8&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;other manpages for &lt;code&gt;chmod&lt;/code&gt;, though&lt;/a&gt;. If I were to link to the manual page on the &lt;code&gt;chmod&lt;/code&gt; &lt;em&gt;system call&lt;/em&gt;, I would not label that link &lt;code&gt;man chmod&lt;/code&gt;, because running &lt;code&gt;man chmod&lt;/code&gt; doesn't show that manual page. To show that manual page on the command line, one would run &lt;code&gt;man 2 chmod&lt;/code&gt; (since it's in page &lt;strong&gt;2&lt;/strong&gt; of the manual).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Therefore, calling the link &lt;a href=&quot;http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/trusty/en/man2/chmod.2.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;man 2 chmod&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/a&gt; makes the most sense.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that while running &lt;code&gt;man 1 chmod&lt;/code&gt; shows the same page as &lt;code&gt;man chmod&lt;/code&gt;--the manual page for the &lt;code&gt;chmod&lt;/code&gt; &lt;em&gt;command&lt;/em&gt;--I am not suggesting labeling links with the &lt;code&gt;man &lt;strong&gt;N&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;topic&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/code&gt; syntax except when it would be necessary on the command line--i.e., except when &lt;code&gt;man &lt;em&gt;topic&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/code&gt; would usually refer to a manpage different from the one desired.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This ambiguity can arise even when answering non-programming questions posted by novice users. The &lt;code&gt;crontab&lt;/code&gt; topic is such an instance:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/trusty/en/man1/crontab.1.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;man crontab&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/a&gt; (equivalent to &lt;code&gt;man 1 crontab&lt;/code&gt;) shows the manual page for the &lt;code&gt;crontab&lt;/code&gt; &lt;em&gt;command&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The manual page for the &lt;code&gt;crontab&lt;/code&gt; &lt;em&gt;file format&lt;/em&gt; (i.e., how to write a crontab), which is perhaps more commonly cited and recommended, is &lt;a href=&quot;http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/trusty/en/man5/crontab.5.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;man 5 crontab&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Syntactic/Historical Note and &amp;quot;Citation&amp;quot;&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Traditionally among UNIX/&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix-like&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;*nix&lt;/a&gt; aficionados, manual pages are referred to as &lt;code&gt;&lt;em&gt;topic&lt;/em&gt;(&lt;strong&gt;n&lt;/strong&gt;)&lt;/code&gt; (e.g., &lt;a href=&quot;http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/trusty/en/man1/ls.1.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;ls(1)&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/trusty/en/man8/sudo.8.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;sudo(8)&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/a&gt;). This notation is useful for brevity, and when everyone knows what that means because they have to be conversant with manpages to use the system (i.e, on Unix-like OSes that are way less user-friendly or GUI-oriented than Ubuntu), and on systems where hyperlinking often cannot be facilitated (e.g., email, usenet). I am not suggesting we adopt that notation widely here, though I wouldn't necessarily edit it out of someone else's post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, that notation is my motivation for my suggestion to specify the section of the manual when a different section would otherwise be inferred. I would cite the &lt;code&gt;&lt;em&gt;topic&lt;/em&gt;(&lt;strong&gt;n&lt;/strong&gt;)&lt;/code&gt; tradition as the source for the &lt;code&gt;man &lt;strong&gt;n&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;topic&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/code&gt; idea I've put forward in this post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-08-12T01:07:29.330" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11750" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-08-12T03:26:14.500" Score="27" ViewCount="1654" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just curious. After reading about the infamous &quot;Boat Programming&quot; question, I wondered if anything like that has existed on Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="253579" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-08-16T14:31:42.557" LastActivityDate="2017-04-17T23:46:56.490" Title="Are there any memes on Ask Ubuntu?" Tags="|discussion|fun|" AnswerCount="9" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11751" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="797" CreationDate="2014-08-12T06:11:46.617" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;You should be using the &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackapps.com/questions/2405/ask-ubuntu-toolbar-buttons-a-set-of-toolbar-buttons-for-ask-ubuntu-that-make-i&quot;&gt;Ask Ubuntu Toolbar Buttons&lt;/a&gt; UserScript!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not only do you get a button in the toolbar for inserting links to manpages, but you also get a button for inserting links to packages and inserting links to PPAs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For the record, the following markdown is generated by the script for the &lt;code&gt;ping&lt;/code&gt; command:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;[manpage for the `ping` command ![Manpage icon](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Eq5sS.png)](http://manpages.ubuntu.com/ping)&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Rendered as:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://manpages.ubuntu.com/ping&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;manpage for the &lt;code&gt;ping&lt;/code&gt; command &lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Eq5sS.png&quot; alt=&quot;Manpage icon&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:46.307" LastActivityDate="2014-08-12T06:11:46.617" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11752" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-08-12T10:38:35.703" Score="0" ViewCount="31" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Is all back up for me now. I think it was a DNS problem?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am seeing lots of errors on Ask Ubuntu and I can't get to Se Meta.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It looks like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/reL9M.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and this is Chrome console.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/CMYdX.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="186134" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-08-12T14:26:24.090" Title="I think SE is down" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11753" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11752" CreationDate="2014-08-12T10:43:20.913" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Okay, AU is back for me...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;s&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;stackexchange.com&lt;/a&gt; is still down for me though, as are all site.SE.com sites.&lt;/s&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;s&gt;Edit: meta.SE back, and all site.SE but not SO.&lt;/s&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Final Edit: All back up for me. DNS error?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="186134" LastEditorUserId="186134" LastEditDate="2014-08-12T11:34:14.170" LastActivityDate="2014-08-12T11:34:14.170" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11754" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11752" CreationDate="2014-08-12T13:14:58.370" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I haven't had problems today - but you can check &lt;a href=&quot;https://twitter.com/StackStatus&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; usually to see if there are any current site-wide issues/maintenance etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other thing that can be done is try a different browser, computer, internet connection, planet etc. You can also check using a browser inspection tool for any 404 errors and stuff.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="178596" LastActivityDate="2014-08-12T13:14:58.370" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11755" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11725" CreationDate="2014-08-12T13:46:18.673" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Overall I don't think so unless it is an issue that can be easily resolved somehow else. If they are asking how to install all the hacking and penetration testing tools you can recommend kali but if it simply isn't detecting their wifi card don't recommend they get LMint. Or if they have a full ubuntu install and want kde, don't recommend they install kubuntu straight away, instead tell them how to get kde on their system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="272488" LastActivityDate="2014-08-12T13:46:18.673" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11756" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11760" CreationDate="2014-08-12T15:47:57.357" Score="0" ViewCount="32" Body="&lt;p&gt;So today I (unusually) reached the max (20) in the suggested edits queue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/fjNtC.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you can see, the orange box refers to the suggested edits queue - confirmed because when I click it goes to the suggested edits queue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/C6VSj.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I click on it, it takes me there and... I can't review any, I've already done all 20.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Could this be changed to reflect the current highest review queue length, EXCLUDING ones that have been completed. Right now, for me it always goes to the suggested edits queue and I'm not sure why...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="186134" LastEditorUserId="12845" LastEditDate="2014-08-12T19:10:08.230" LastActivityDate="2014-08-12T19:10:08.230" Title="When I have completed the reviews, I still get the number in the top bar" Tags="|feature-request|status-declined|review|suggested-edits|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11757" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-08-12T16:28:18.133" Score="0" ViewCount="98" Body="&lt;p&gt;This should possibly be on Stack Exchange.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In all the review queues, the times are a bit wrong.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am posting this close enough to 17:00 BST, so 16:00 UTC. So yesterday was 16 hours ago.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I took this screenshot at 15:52 UTC. In my history, I have 2 reviews, done today at 14:00 and 12:00. (2014-08-12). I also have 2 done at 16:00. Yesterday (2014-08-11)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/C86y5.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then I had another 4 (well, 6 but I cut off 2 from the screenshot) yesterday.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It thinks that 24 hours+ is yesterday, when in reality yesterday is anything since 00:00.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Pseudo code, as I have no idea what code this site uses.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;currenttime  = 1407859825&#xA;latest midnight = 1407801600&#xA;&#xA;if currenttime - timeposted &amp;gt;= 86400:&#xA;    display: &quot;Yesterday&quot;&#xA;else:&#xA;    display: (currenttime - timeposted)/86400 &quot;hours ago&quot;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It should be:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;currenttime  = 1407859825&#xA;latestmidnight = 1407801600&#xA;timesincemidnight = currenttime - latestmidnight&#xA;&#xA;if timeposted - currenttime &amp;gt;= timesincemidnight:&#xA;    if currenttime - timeposted &amp;gt;= 86400:&#xA;        display: &quot;Yesterday&quot;&#xA;    else:&#xA;        display: &quot;Yesterday (&quot;(currenttime - timeposted)/86400 &quot;hours ago)&quot;&#xA;else:&#xA;    display: (currenttime - timeposted)/86400 &quot;hours ago&quot;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Example for code 1. It is 16:00 (1407859200). I posted at 22:00 (1407794400) yesterday. It would think:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;1407859200 (16:00) - 1407794400 (22:00 yesterday) = 64800&#xA;64800 &amp;gt;= 86400 == False&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and display:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;18 hours ago&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Example for code 2. It is 16:00 (1407859200). I posted at 22:00 (1407794400) yesterday. Midnight was 00:00 (140780160). It would think:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;timesincelastmidnight (tslm) = 1407859200 (16:00) - 1407801600 (00:00) = 57600&#xA;&#xA;1407859200 (16:00) - 1407794400 (22:00 yesterday) = 64800&#xA;64800 &amp;gt;= 57600 (tslm) == True&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and display:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Yesterday (18 hours ago)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/11757/yesterday-was-23-hours-ago#comment20274_11757&quot;&gt;@Mateo pointed out&lt;/a&gt; that this has already been &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11/how-do-i-calculate-relative-time/12#comment316584_12&quot;&gt;commented on before&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&quot;&amp;lt; 48*60*60s&quot; is a rather unconventional definition for &quot;yesterday&quot;. If it's 9am on Wednesday, would you really think of 9:01am on Monday as &quot;yesterday&quot;. I'd have thought an algorithm for yesterday or &quot;n days ago&quot; should consider before/after midnight. –  Joe Feb&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="186134" LastEditorUserId="186134" LastEditDate="2014-08-13T17:18:01.840" LastActivityDate="2014-08-13T17:18:01.840" Title="Yesterday was 23 hours ago" Tags="|feature-request|bug|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11758" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11759" CreationDate="2014-08-12T17:07:00.223" Score="0" ViewCount="78" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently used this &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/331568/14198&quot;&gt;answer&lt;/a&gt; to configure a DNS server for my virtual machine network, and I thought the answer went far and above in it's readability and thoroughness.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why can't I vote for this with rep from a different site? This &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/9253/14198&quot;&gt;answer&lt;/a&gt; to a similar question seems to imply that there are trolls who go to extreme lengths to upvote themselves, so I understand the need for some controls. My question, though, is not why can't I vote with no reputation, but why my reputation from a different site (Stack Overflow), can't be ported over to allow me to at least upvote or comment? I can't even post this question on Ask Ubuntu meta!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is somewhat sad to me that the DNS answer only has a 49 rating (at the time of this post), and I believe that part of that at least is that the reputations from Stack Overflow or Server Fault can't be used to vote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14198" OwnerDisplayName="user14198" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2014-08-12T18:37:40.370" Title="Why is it so difficult to upvote" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11759" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11758" CreationDate="2014-08-12T17:15:38.103" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just try and get over 200rep in StackOverflow. That way, you will always get the site association bonus of +100 points on any new site to get past these new user restrictions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For more info, read &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/whats-reputation&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/help/whats-reputation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="163331" OwnerDisplayName="Parto" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2014-08-12T17:15:38.103" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11760" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11756" CreationDate="2014-08-12T19:09:45.363" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &quot;why&quot; is that there are still 4 edits needing to be reviewed. You can't review them - yet - but they're still there; if they're &lt;em&gt;still&lt;/em&gt; around in a few hours, you'll be able to review them; if someone else gets to them first, the number will go down. The number exists to reflect what's left to do, not necessarily what &lt;em&gt;you&lt;/em&gt; can do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that if you earn 10K reputation, you'll see the number change to reflect the combined pending totals of &lt;em&gt;all&lt;/em&gt; review queues - again, whether or not you're personally able to review them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;tl;dr: &lt;strong&gt;the number is informational; it exists as long as there is information to be displayed.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12845" LastActivityDate="2014-08-12T19:09:45.363" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11761" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-08-12T19:37:12.610" Score="0" ViewCount="34" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/509242/upgrading-raring-to-saucy-on-arm&quot;&gt;Upgrading raring to saucy on arm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This question is closed as a dup.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I claim that &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/509234/are-raring-arm-packages-available-someplace&quot;&gt;Are raring arm packages available someplace?&lt;/a&gt; is actually the dup, it's the question that asks 'where are the packages'.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/509242/upgrading-raring-to-saucy-on-arm&quot;&gt;Upgrading raring to saucy on arm&lt;/a&gt; is a question about a problem that arose &lt;em&gt;after&lt;/em&gt; I'd already taken the step called for by the duplicate target.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you follow the link to the chat I had with muru, you will see that the problem is not at all that I didn't have the right old-releases URL in sources.list, but rather that something apparently arm-specific goes wrong with do-release-upgrade, which is not related to sources.list &lt;em&gt;at all&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6502" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2014-08-12T19:37:12.610" Title="Duplicate question request for reconsideration" Tags="|discussion|specific-question|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11763" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11695" CreationDate="2014-08-13T05:01:30.393" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/11697/22949&quot;&gt;terdon's answer&lt;/a&gt; addresses &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/revisions/11695/1&quot;&gt;the original question&lt;/a&gt; perfectly, but I'd like to address the added material.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;What is code?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You object to formatting filenames like &lt;code&gt;/home/ek/Desktop&lt;/code&gt; as code. How about &lt;code&gt;~/Desktop&lt;/code&gt; or &lt;code&gt;~ek/Desktop&lt;/code&gt;? Those are not technically filenames--they're patterns that get expanded by a shell to become filenames.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another such pattern is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;/usr/src/linux-headers-$(uname -r)/Module.symvers&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is that also not code?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even in a filename with no shell expansion, such as &lt;code&gt;/usr/bin&lt;/code&gt;, there are often characters (like &lt;code&gt;/&lt;/code&gt;, and some instances of &lt;code&gt;.&lt;/code&gt;) with special technical meanings. Is writing a filename computer programming? No. Like writing HTML markup (which is universally recognized as code), writing a filename is not programming.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are all filenames, taken individually, meaningfully code? Probably not. What I am saying is that what is and isn't code is fuzzy, and to pretend otherwise would be a mistake, both technically and from a site policy perspective.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;The word for something isn't an authority, on AU or anywhere, on how it is to be used.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It defeats the purpose of code styling. If it would've been called &amp;quot;technical markup&amp;quot; rather than code sample, it was okay, but it's not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Inferring directly, from what something is &lt;em&gt;called&lt;/em&gt;, about how people ought to behave in relation to that thing, is a fallacy of reasoning.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Related: &lt;a href=&quot;https://korystamper.wordpress.com/2013/01/25/the-voice-of-authority-morality-and-dictionaries/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;The Voice of Authority: Morality and Dictionaries&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href=&quot;https://korystamper.wordpress.com/about/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Kory Stamper&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While I disagree with the idea that most of the sorts of things you're objecting to applying code formatting to are actually not code... &lt;em&gt;even if they were not&lt;/em&gt;, there would be no weight to this argument.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Code formatting on things like file and package names does &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; cheapen it elsewhere.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for &amp;quot;defeat[ing] the purpose&amp;quot;: that would mean formatting filenames (for example) as code actually negates the utility of code formatting for whatever is to be considered &amp;quot;actual code.&amp;quot; But it doesn't.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Using code formatting for emphasis is bad, mainly because it is jarring and distracting for ordinary prose text to be formatted in such a profoundly different way from the surrounding text in the same sentence or paragraph. When code formatting is used for emphasis, I think the only way to efficiently and pleasantly read a post is to try to ignore the formatting altogether. So that does also have the bad effect of &amp;quot;defeat[ing] the purpose&amp;quot; of code formatting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But when code formatting is used for code-like text, not structured like natural language, and meaningful to a computer system, this does not apply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Reading prose and coming upon something that's not intended as an actual word (like &amp;quot;/etc/apt/sources.list&amp;quot;) constitutes a kind of interruption. We can let people do the work of identifying these elements, or we can do it for them with code formatting, thus making reading even easier.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, it's often helpful for such text to be rendered in a monospace font, which is achieved by code formatting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Ubuntu is not Stack Overflow.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We can define what comes in a code on the basis of Stack Overflow.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No, we cannot. Ubuntu is not Stack Overflow.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Each community has expectations about how posts will be written. Those expectations factor into how users read posts; not following them will sometimes make posts less readable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The kinds of posts we get on Ask Ubuntu are different from the kinds they get on Stack Overflow. The community expectations that have evolved from those differences are themselves different. The advantages and disadvantages that arise when choosing one style over another are different here than there--they depend on practical factors that arise when writing about Ubuntu (versus writing about programming). Ubuntu and programming are overlapping topics but they're quite different and they do not &lt;em&gt;mostly&lt;/em&gt; overlap.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We have way less use for text unanimously characterizable as &amp;quot;code&amp;quot; on Ask Ubuntu than on Stack Overflow, which is a question-answer site specifically about computer programming. So even if the use of code formatting for other purposes were damaging to a narrow class of things that are definitely code, the balance of harm and benefit associated with that would be different here than on Stack Overflow.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, I think your statement of how code tags are used on Stack Overflow is a bit oversimplified. For example, suppose I write on Stack Overflow, &amp;quot;Every time I call &lt;code&gt;foobar()&lt;/code&gt;, my program segfaults.&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is &lt;code&gt;foobar()&lt;/code&gt; code? In the strict technical sense, no--not as it appears there. I am naming a function, not calling it--not presenting a fragment of code in the way it might be used. (Such notation is somewhat common in programming and typically does not imply that the function can even be called with no arguments.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would some people on Stack Overflow object to code formatting even in that situation? Probably. Does that reflect the views of all or virtually all active SO users? I doubt that highly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Many Stack Exchange websites that are not technical don't use code, even for date-and-time, URLs, path names, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We are not those websites. Also, there are other Stack Exchange websites where code formatting is used much as it is here, such as &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Unix.SE&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With that said, most URLs that don't appear in a code block with other text and which &lt;em&gt;are linkified&lt;/em&gt; should not be formatted as code. I'm not familiar with any instances of people using code formatting for date and time, but if the only code-like thing about it is that it uses a date or time notation (e.g., &amp;quot;12:27 UTC&amp;quot;), it should not be formatted as code unless something about the context indicates otherwise.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Insisting people only ever use code formatting for &amp;quot;coding and programming samples&amp;quot; would be very harmful to the day-to-day operation of Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Consider the following &amp;quot;code&amp;quot; blocks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Error messages from &lt;code&gt;apt-get&lt;/code&gt;:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Ign ftp://ubuntu.mirrors.tds.net trusty-proposed/universe Translation-en_US&#xA;Get:332 ftp://ubuntu.mirrors.tds.net trusty-proposed/universe Translation-en&#xA;Ign ftp://ubuntu.mirrors.tds.net trusty-proposed/universe Translation-en&#xA;W: Failed to fetch ftp://ubuntu.mirrors.tds.net/pub/ubuntu/dists/trusty/restricted/source/Sources  Unable to fetch file, server said 'Failed to open file.  '&#xA;&#xA;W: Failed to fetch ftp://ubuntu.mirrors.tds.net/pub/ubuntu/dists/trusty/main/source/Sources  Unable to fetch file, server said 'Failed to open file.  '&#xA;&#xA;W: Failed to fetch ftp://ubuntu.mirrors.tds.net/pub/ubuntu/dists/trusty/multiverse/source/Sources  Unable to fetch file, server said 'Failed to open file.  '&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;The output of a command, displayed in columns:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;ek@Kip:/usr/local/gcc3/src$ ls&#xA;gcc-3.4.6      gcc-core-3.4.6.tar.bz2  gcc-testsuite-3.4.6.tar.bz2&#xA;gcc-3.4.6.old  gcc-g77-3.4.6.tar.bz2&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The output of a command that is code-like, but not code in the strictest sense:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;ek@Kip:/usr/local/gcc3/src$ mount | grep /sys&#xA;sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)&#xA;none on /sys/fs/cgroup type tmpfs (rw)&#xA;none on /sys/fs/fuse/connections type fusectl (rw)&#xA;none on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw)&#xA;none on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw)&#xA;none on /sys/fs/pstore type pstore (rw)&#xA;binfmt_misc on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)&#xA;systemd on /sys/fs/cgroup/systemd type cgroup (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,none,name=systemd)&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Entries from a configuration file (truncated):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 11.10 _Oneiric Ocelot_ - Release i386 (20111012)]/ oneiric main restricted&#xA;&#xA;# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to&#xA;# newer versions of the distribution.&#xA;deb ftp://ubuntu.mirrors.tds.net/pub/ubuntu/ trusty main restricted&#xA;deb-src ftp://ubuntu.mirrors.tds.net/pub/ubuntu/ trusty restricted main multiverse universe #Added by software-properties&#xA;&#xA;## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the&#xA;## distribution.&#xA;deb ftp://ubuntu.mirrors.tds.net/pub/ubuntu/ trusty-updates main restricted&#xA;deb-src ftp://ubuntu.mirrors.tds.net/pub/ubuntu/ trusty-updates restricted main multiverse universe #Added by software-properties&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;None of those are code in the very strictest sense. The last one is pretty close. The first two, especially, seem like the sort of thing you're saying should not be formatted as code.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you think any of the four of these can be reasonably presented &lt;em&gt;without&lt;/em&gt; code formatting, try it. The monospaced, even code-like nature of text displayed on the terminal indicates that blocks of text from the terminal should almost always be formatted as code.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That, right there, &lt;strong&gt;is a huge violation of the idea that only &amp;quot;a piece of program instructions&amp;quot; should be formatted as code.&lt;/strong&gt; But we need to use code formatting, to make such text readable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The needs of our site are determined by the mission and users of our site and the content we create on it, not by the rules set by and for some other site, and ultimately not even by abstract principles.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-08-13T05:01:30.393" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11764" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11766" CreationDate="2014-08-13T10:25:11.987" Score="7" ViewCount="74" Body="&lt;p&gt;I came across &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/319792/ubuntu-does-not-recognize-existing-windows-partitions-in-a-gpt-disk&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; post where the OP @&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/174972/pops&quot;&gt;Pops&lt;/a&gt; is indicated to be a moderator. ..a little surprised! Are there more moderators than the community elected ones mentioned here: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/election&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/election&lt;/a&gt;? If yes, is there a page that lists them all?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="212123" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2014-08-13T14:08:58.253" Title="Ask Ubuntu moderator?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11765" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11767" CreationDate="2014-08-13T11:19:27.137" Score="13" ViewCount="207" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sometimes it’s unclear what a user is asking to understand questions properly. I had flagged such questions as &quot;Unclear what you're asking&quot; and all deemed helpful also.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should I give time to the user to clarify their question by commenting on it? Or is it OK to flag that type of question directly?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="256099" LastEditorUserId="250300" LastEditDate="2019-09-09T07:22:18.197" LastActivityDate="2019-09-09T07:22:18.197" Title="Should I wait before flagging as &quot;Unclear what you're asking&quot;?" Tags="|discussion|support|flagging|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="11766" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11764" CreationDate="2014-08-13T11:25:27.417" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;Besides &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users?tab=moderators&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;our site's elected moderators&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, Stack Exchange has &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/99341/185080&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;community managers&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, who have moderator powers across the whole network. &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2013/09/community-management-by-popular-demand-kevin-chang-joins-the-team/&quot;&gt;Pops (a.k.a. Kevin Chang)&lt;/a&gt; is &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/131713/pops&quot;&gt;one such person&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most of the duties of moderators on Ask Ubuntu are carried out by our elected moderators. Sometimes, the community managers step in. They are available to assist moderators, and also to help settle any disputes that may arise involving moderators.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And they do administrative work that is not localized to any particular site, moderating &lt;a href=&quot;http://area51.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Area 51&lt;/a&gt; and helping set up new sites (including appointing &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/07/moderator-pro-tempore/&quot;&gt;moderators who serve before a site's first moderator election&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Work Cited (and further reading)&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/99338/who-are-the-community-managers-and-what-do-they-do&quot;&gt;Who are the Community Team, and what do they do?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2014-08-13T11:25:27.417" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11767" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11765" CreationDate="2014-08-13T12:22:34.873" Score="16" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Should I give time to user to clear it's question by commenting on it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should do both ASAP, without waiting. Comment and flag. That way if they don't improve their question it gets closed (since it's unanswerable and even if someone answers when OP edit it may invalidate answers it may have) and if they do improve the close voters will vote to leave open (if they aren't rubber stamping :/) or if he edits in the first 5 days of being closed it will get in the reopen review queue. That's The Right Way™.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-08-23T00:34:28.063" LastActivityDate="2014-08-23T00:34:28.063" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11768" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11769" CreationDate="2014-08-13T14:52:54.073" Score="18" ViewCount="176" Body="&lt;p&gt;Assume that, I get an answer to my question that is OK, and i accept it. After a while I get another answer that is seemed to be more OK. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now what should I do? Should I accept the new answer? If I accept what will happen to the earned reputation of the 1st answerer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="210172" LastActivityDate="2014-08-15T11:44:58.630" Title="Should I consider the timeline while accepting an answer?" Tags="|discussion|answers|reputation|accepted-answer|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11769" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11768" CreationDate="2014-08-13T15:50:33.673" Score="17" Body="&lt;p&gt;If user A comes along and answers your question, and you accept it, he gets 15 reputation. If user B then adds an answer and you accept his answer instead, user A will lose 15 reputation and user B will gain 15 reputation.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This can cause hard feelings (it is amazing how much people care about stupid internet points!) so what I recommend is waiting awhile before accepting an answer. Often times a better answer will come along.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Don't over think this, the accept mark is yours to do with what you want (okay, so there are rare exceptions,  but those are rare enough I won't go into them). If you accept user A's answer, it is perfectly fine to leave it that way, even if user B adds a better answer later. And, on the other hand, it is perfectly acceptable to unaccept user A's answer and accept user B's answer. The check mark’s only purpose is to show what helped &lt;em&gt;you&lt;/em&gt; and solved &lt;em&gt;your&lt;/em&gt; problem, it doesn't matter what order the answers came in.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="115155" LastEditDate="2014-08-15T11:44:58.630" LastActivityDate="2014-08-15T11:44:58.630" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11770" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11768" CreationDate="2014-08-13T15:50:46.807" Score="18" Body="&lt;p&gt;Try to accept whatever has helped &lt;em&gt;you&lt;/em&gt; the most. That's what it's supposed to mean but it's really down to your interpretation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Timeliness could well be part of that utility and I know —from painful experience— that there are a lot of &lt;em&gt;very&lt;/em&gt; good answers that haven't been accepted because they're an hour or two late to the pack.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But if we're talking minutes and you see two new answers at the same time, pick the better post, not the one that was there seconds earlier than the other.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2014-08-13T15:50:46.807" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11771" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11720" CreationDate="2014-08-13T21:14:07.320" Score="4" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Ctrl+C Ctrl+V the big answer or it's relevant part -- feels both wrong and stupid.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not at all. You can reference other answers of other questions that are related but not quite the same. For example &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/472634/169736&quot;&gt;How to specify root for installing Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt;, seems like a &quot;How to install Ubuntu?&quot; question, yet it's asking for a small part of the process that the OP is not sure. In those cases I could perfectly make an excerpt of the step, or create it myself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are hundreds of questions that are sub-questions of others more general, or are deviations of the general ones (i.e. How to compile a functional nginx? vs How to compile nginx with SPDY3 support?) which are ok if you answer them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You see, the questions are in no way duplicate, they are just solved the same way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The fact that the same answer applies to different questions is not, and will never be, the only point of reference to decide if a question is duplicated of another. It could be a hint, but is not enough.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2014-08-13T21:14:07.320" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11772" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11774" CreationDate="2014-08-14T03:13:43.340" Score="3" ViewCount="145" Body="&lt;p&gt;Basically what I am asking is, can I copy and paste an answer &lt;strong&gt;I&lt;/strong&gt; have submitted on another post even when I reference it? Or is it frowned upon? Would you rather a link to the original answer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="315102" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-09-01T02:00:58.940" LastActivityDate="2014-09-01T02:00:58.940" Title="Is it wrong to copy and paste your own answer with reference to the original answer?" Tags="|discussion|answer-quality|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ClosedDate="2014-08-17T05:17:25.420" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11773" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11680" CreationDate="2014-08-14T03:22:34.380" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;This will be fixed in the next build, which should be in the next 8 hours.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3" LastActivityDate="2014-08-14T03:22:34.380" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11774" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11772" CreationDate="2014-08-14T06:17:05.123" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think the best thing to do is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;First figure out if you think the questions are duplicates. If you believe so, flag one of them as a duplicate of the other. As &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/11772/is-it-wrong-to-copy-and-paste-your-own-answer-with-reference-to-the-original-ans#comment20294_11772&quot;&gt;Seth says&lt;/a&gt;, this is most often the case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Typically you will be flagging the question you considered posting an answer on (as the duplicate &lt;em&gt;target&lt;/em&gt; should almost always have one or more answers that really do answer the question &lt;em&gt;being closed as a duplicate&lt;/em&gt;). This is most often also the more recently posted question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When are they duplicates, rather than questions that might share an answer? Unless you expect that other valuable answers would apply to one and not the other, &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; that neither question can reasonably be broadened to account for this, they are probably duplicates.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That is a general guideline or heuristic--not a rule. You'll have to use your judgment, or ask others for their input (you can post on meta, or if you have enough rep to talk on chat, you can discuss it there).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you do not believe they are duplicates, but you do think your answer on the other question--or someone else's--answers it, &lt;strong&gt;write an answer that addresses the differences that made the question not duplicates.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This answer should cite the answer on the other question (whether or not that answer is written by you). Sometimes the best thing to do is restate part of it, and provide a link for more information. Other times, block-quoting &lt;em&gt;from&lt;/em&gt; the other answer is the best way. This is for you to decide. You might combine the two.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unless the other answer is very short, you should probably not quote the whole thing. (Though there is no &lt;em&gt;copyright&lt;/em&gt; problem in doing so provided it's rightly credited--both it and your answer will be licensed under &lt;a href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;CC-BY-SA 3.0&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Instead, what you are doing is to adapt the answer to the &lt;em&gt;different&lt;/em&gt; question you are answering, in such a way as to address what is different about it, creating a different answer in the process.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2014-08-14T06:17:05.123" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11775" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-08-14T10:10:09.453" Score="2" ViewCount="48" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was explaining to a user why &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/511207/&quot;&gt;their question&lt;/a&gt; is off topic (not about Ubuntu or official derivatives).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Their reply was the following.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Then why is there a &quot;custom-distributions&quot; tag?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So why is there? To me this seems to just make people think they can ask about any modified version of Ubuntu, whereas in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;help centre it says&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Using and administering official Ubuntu flavors including: Edubuntu, Ubuntu GNOME, Kubuntu, Ubuntu Kylin, Lubuntu, Mythbuntu, Ubuntu Studio, Xubuntu and Ubuntu Touch.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But not&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Linux Mint, Backtrack, Gnome-Remix (prior to 13.04) and other Linux distributions (try our friends at Unix &amp;amp; Linux Stack Exchange).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another point is that it doesn't actually have a tag wiki - barely even an excerpt. It just says what a custom distribution is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A custom Distribution is a custom-built version of Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And this (to me) is off topic, because it is not an official Ubuntu flavour. I would say it is a more of another Linux distribution...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Am I right here, or should I retract my vote? Either way (weather it is on or off topic) it is not a good question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="186134" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2014-08-14T10:33:12.390" Title="Why is there a Custom Distributions tag?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11776" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-08-14T10:13:39.007" Score="2" ViewCount="37" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to subscribe (email) notification/newsletter for ony &lt;strong&gt;Hot questions that tagged with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/command-line&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;command-line&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;command-line&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. How to get such type of facility?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note: I don't want to get notify on every new question tagged with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/command-line&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;command-line&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;command-line&lt;/a&gt; but only hot (&lt;strong&gt;top viewed&lt;/strong&gt;) questions based on &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/command-line&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;command-line&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;command-line&lt;/a&gt; (weekly or monthly or daily).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="256099" LastActivityDate="2014-08-14T10:42:20.000" Title="How to suscribe for Hot command-line questions?" Tags="|support|feature-request|notifications|email|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11777" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11775" CreationDate="2014-08-14T10:16:58.427" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure a question about customising Ubuntu should neccessarily be off-topic. Even if that stretches out to creating a whole new distribution. It's the use of that distribution that isn't supported here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/511207/&quot;&gt;That post about StratOS&lt;/a&gt; was posted by the StratOS creator in a very astroturfy way.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;I have deleted it as spam but yes, it was also off-topic amongst other things.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2014-08-14T10:16:58.427" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11779" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11775" CreationDate="2014-08-14T10:33:12.390" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The problem with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/511207/&quot;&gt;that (now deleted) question&lt;/a&gt; wasn't mainly that it was off-topic (which it was), but that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It was spam, or pretty close.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It wasn't a question at all, so much as a call for discussion. Or maybe not even that. It was essentially saying, &quot;Hey, take a look at &lt;em&gt;X&lt;/em&gt;!&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the discussion had been about an official derivative of Ubuntu, it would still have been primarily opinion-based (if it was clear that no answer based on objective facts was being solicited) or unclear. Or perhaps too broad.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyway, it was a call for discussion about a topic, rather than a specific question. It was also off-topic, sure. It was entirely about an existing unofficial derivative of Ubuntu. But that wasn't the main thing wrong with it. Still, voting to close it for that reason was perfectly good and correct option.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for why we have a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/custom-distributions&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;custom-distributions&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;custom-distributions&lt;/a&gt; tag, as &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/11777/22949&quot;&gt;Oli says&lt;/a&gt;, creating a custom distribution from Ubuntu is a way of using Ubuntu. Using a custom distribution, at least once it gets to the point of having its own name, being released, etc., is a way of using an Ubuntu derivative.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We have a question about this, and the votes on its answers (and absence of any answers saying questions about making custom distros should be considered off-topic) indicate pretty strongly that the &lt;em&gt;current&lt;/em&gt; community consensus is that we will help people with specific problems or requests for information, in service of the creation of new custom distributions based on Ubuntu:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/6098/are-questions-about-making-unofficial-derivatives-of-ubuntu-welcome&quot;&gt;Are questions about making &amp;quot;unofficial&amp;quot; derivatives of Ubuntu welcome?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While my answer there was intended as a robust discussion from a site &lt;em&gt;policy&lt;/em&gt; perspective, I think &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/6099/22949&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;RolandiXor's answer&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; clarifies best how the customization of Ubuntu, including to create a new custom distro, is a topic supported by Ubuntu help resources and in Ubuntu's documentation. Thus that answer may be what you're looking for.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2014-08-14T10:33:12.390" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11780" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11776" CreationDate="2014-08-14T10:37:00.570" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;The only Hot Questions feed I can find is &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/feeds/questions&quot;&gt;the central SE feed&lt;/a&gt;. This obviously contains every hot question for every site and every tag. But each item in the feed has enough information to work out what tags apply and what site which means you can process it down.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You could do this with any of a number of tools, but here's a nice simple Yahoo Pipes version:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/uF4PJ.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can create your own based on this or just &lt;a href=&quot;http://pipes.yahoo.com/oliwarner/auhotcommandline&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;use mine&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That still leaves you with an RSS feed and not an email but there are dozens of services (Pipes might even do it) that will forward an RSS result onto email:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.allthingsrss.com/rss2email/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.allthingsrss.com/rss2email/&lt;/a&gt; (self-run)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogtrottr.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://blogtrottr.com/&lt;/a&gt; (hosted service)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=RSS+to+email&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=RSS+to+email&lt;/a&gt; (and a thousand more)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Alternatively you could do the whole thing in a programming language without breaking much of a sweat.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2014-08-14T10:42:20.000" LastActivityDate="2014-08-14T10:42:20.000" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11781" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11783" CreationDate="2014-08-14T15:32:25.290" Score="4" ViewCount="190" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sometimes you give an answer and it is accepted and / or upvoted. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After some time, and growing insight, you feel you can make important improvements to some of those answers. However, the edit may include drastical changes, making it in a way quite different from the answer that was accepted or upvoted in the first place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Writing a second answer is kind of &quot;ugly&quot;, especially when you consider the last (version of) the answer a better one, and the second answer could be suspected to be another version of the first one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So: what is the general idea on making extensive changes to already accepted and / or upvoted answers?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastActivityDate="2014-08-14T20:34:22.180" Title="Is it &quot;not done&quot; to (drastically) change an answer that is already accepted or upvoted?" Tags="|discussion|editing|accepted-answer|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11782" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11784" CreationDate="2014-08-14T20:17:40.887" Score="0" ViewCount="97" Body="&lt;p&gt;All those questions were in my CV queue as &quot;too broad&quot; - which they are not in my opinion (most of them should be closed, I know, but not as &lt;strong&gt;too broad&lt;/strong&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So it looks like there is someone who mistakenly flags questions as &quot;too broad&quot; - moderators, are you able/interested to curb this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/511208/what-would-happen-if-i-installed-a-ubuntu-with-md5-hashes-that-are-different-fom&quot;&gt;what would happen if I installed a Ubuntu with md5 hashes that are different fom the intended ones&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/511346/how-does-dpkg-install-a-package&quot;&gt;How does dpkg install a package?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/508991/imap-gmail-account-in-python-program&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/508991/imap-gmail-account-in-python-program&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/511112/bluetooth-stopped-working-after-installation-of-ubuntu-14-04&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/511112/bluetooth-stopped-working-after-installation-of-ubuntu-14-04&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/509049/how-to-monitor-wireless-router-use-with-ubuntu&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/509049/how-to-monitor-wireless-router-use-with-ubuntu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/511162/black-screen-after-logging-in-as-a-guest&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/511162/black-screen-after-logging-in-as-a-guest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2014-08-18T17:17:24.980" Title="questions strangely voted as &quot;too broad&quot;" Tags="|discussion|close-reasons|review|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11783" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11781" CreationDate="2014-08-14T20:20:04.493" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;If it's really early in the vetting process (not a lot of activity/voting around your post), it may be acceptable to retract and &quot;fix&quot; your original answer. But long after the fact (after the original material has already been vetted and voted on), &lt;strong&gt;I'd have to put that under &quot;not okay.&quot;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edits are designed to improve, correct, or clarify specific issues with a post. But if you are fundamentally changing an answer long after it has already been vetted, you should probably preface your original post with a disclaimer and add another answer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know that it's a bit &quot;ugly&quot;, but remember that the core purpose of voting is to vet content. By changing the post substantially after-the-fact, you are essentially usurping all the votes used the vet your previous information and saying that your &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;new&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; information is now &lt;em&gt;de facto&lt;/em&gt; &quot;vetted&quot; as correct also. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Such activity would be inherently harmful. I'd add another answer to be vetted on its own merits and add a notice on your original answer to indicate how new information came to light. It's the only way to keep the integrity of the entire thread intact. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="62" LastEditorUserId="62" LastEditDate="2014-08-14T20:34:22.180" LastActivityDate="2014-08-14T20:34:22.180" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11784" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11782" CreationDate="2014-08-15T00:29:51.577" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;If I understand you correctly, your hypothesis is that a single individual has cast the sole &lt;em&gt;too broad&lt;/em&gt; close vote on each of those six questions. I have good reason to believe that hypothesis is incorrect, since &lt;strong&gt;I&lt;/strong&gt; cast the &lt;em&gt;too broad&lt;/em&gt; close vote on two of them, and not on any of the others.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The two I voted to close as &lt;em&gt;too broad&lt;/em&gt; were:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/508991/imap-gmail-account-in-python-program&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/508991/imap-gmail-account-in-python-program&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/509049/how-to-monitor-wireless-router-use-with-ubuntu&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/509049/how-to-monitor-wireless-router-use-with-ubuntu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do not believe either of those votes was in any way a mistake, though if you still think they were after reading this post, I'm open to criticism.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/508991/imap-gmail-account-in-python-program&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/508991/imap-gmail-account-in-python-program&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this question, the OP asked how to write a complex, multi-part program that uses multiple application layer protocols to access an email service. (It only mentions IMAP but &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/a/1627782/1038860&quot;&gt;most likely, SMTP must also be implemented to send email&lt;/a&gt;.) Its wording also suggests the program should involve automatically installing Ubuntu programs or libraries and using them as backends.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yeah, that's too broad.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's also off-topic. The advantage of voting to close it as &lt;em&gt;too broad&lt;/em&gt; was twofold:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;It addresses the fundamental problem with the question. There are other SE sites where programming questions not specific to Ubuntu may be asked. There are no other SE sites where unfocused questions about how to perform a large complex programming task, with no specifics, no prior attempt, no implementation ideas, and no prior research are accepted.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Accompanying its initial &lt;em&gt;off topic&lt;/em&gt; close votes was a comment telling the OP to ask the question on Stack Overflow. As discussed in subsequent comments, that would not be appropriate. Due to the specifics of the situation, the correct &lt;em&gt;off topic&lt;/em&gt; close reason had the potential to contribute to encouraging the OP to re-ask the same question on SO. In contrast, the also correct &lt;em&gt;too broad&lt;/em&gt; close reason would not contribute to that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(It would have been better if I had &lt;em&gt;also&lt;/em&gt; commented to say not to post it on Stack Overflow, rather than waiting for someone else to do so. In my mind, the question was so obviously too broad, that I expected it to garner other &lt;em&gt;too broad&lt;/em&gt; votes that would effectively make this point without necessitating a discussion in comments. That was not good reasoning on my part, but voting to close it as &lt;em&gt;too broad&lt;/em&gt; was still the right call.)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/509049/how-to-monitor-wireless-router-use-with-ubuntu&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/509049/how-to-monitor-wireless-router-use-with-ubuntu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On that question, which as I write this is not yet closed but hopefully soon will be (unless it goes through a very major edit), you &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/509049/how-to-monitor-wireless-router-use-with-ubuntu#comment691631_509049&quot;&gt;have commented&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This is not a question of the OS you use but of the options your router provides - hence off topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the one hand, I do believe it's reasonable to vote to close that question as off-topic. If the OP really wants to accomplish this task with Ubuntu, far more information is needed. For example, if the router provides an interface to allow remote connections for purposes of traffic monitoring, the question would have to give specific details about that capability in order to get a useful answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, it's not strictly true that this task cannot be accomplished with Ubuntu, nor that accomplishing it is necessarily OS-independent:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;As I mentioned, some routers actually provide a way to remotely access that sort of information. This is particularly the case for commercial routers and for SOHO routers running &quot;hacked&quot; (i.e., community-supplied) firmware.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this situation, software is necessary to connect to them. It may be a web browser, but it might be an SSH connection, or a USB connection to the device with proprietary device drivers, or other administration software.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Assuming the OP specifically wants to monitor &lt;em&gt;wireless&lt;/em&gt; usage and attempted usage of their wireless router (many wireless routers also have LAN-side Ethernet ports), &lt;em&gt;that can likely be accomplished, at least in large part, with Ubuntu&lt;/em&gt; (and depends heavily on OS-specific details).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Monitoring traffic on the network from an Ubuntu machine connected to it is entirely feasible: connect to the network and run a packet sniffer that has explicit Wi-Fi support. Many people believe that if you're connected a encrypted home wireless network, and you use a generally secure form of encryption (e.g., WPA2/PSK with WPS disabled), that one machine on the network cannot eavesdrop on connections between other machines on the network. &lt;a href=&quot;https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/8591/are-wpa2-connections-with-a-shared-key-secure&quot;&gt;That is almost always false.&lt;/a&gt; If you can connect to a wireless network where everyone uses the same key, you can listen in on everyone else. I believe unsuccessful connection attempts can be sniffed also.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question contains &lt;em&gt;no specific details&lt;/em&gt; to explain the OP's precise requirements or to identify or exclude any of the above possibilities. A full answer would be very, very long. It would probably have to start with a survey of all recent wireless routers--or router families--for home and commercial applications, and how they can be be configured. It would then move on to explain how software like Wireshark works and how to use it (some of that could be covered by linking to other questions perhaps). Then it would have to explain how to actually analyze the captured traffic to identify interesting usage patterns.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most of that would be on-topic, Ubuntu-&lt;em&gt;specific&lt;/em&gt; even. But that is a vast amount of information. The question is way, way too broad.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Perhaps I should comment to request more information. But I think your comment suffices; in the process of addressing what you have said, about how it comes down to what their router provides, they would probably fill in specific details of what they are asking for. Or your comment might fully point them in the right direction, which is good too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I didn't vote to close any of the other questions as &lt;em&gt;too broad&lt;/em&gt; and I don't think that close reason is a good fit for any of them. I don't even think they should all be closed. But I can easily see how someone consider them &lt;em&gt;too broad&lt;/em&gt;. As this is mere conjecture, I'll run through it quickly:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I think &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/511208/what-would-happen-if-i-installed-a-ubuntu-with-md5-hashes-that-are-different-fom&quot;&gt;this one&lt;/a&gt; is a perfectly good, answerable question. It's reasonable to ask &lt;em&gt;why&lt;/em&gt; continuing to install with media that's failed verification is a bad idea. But as there are &lt;em&gt;very many things&lt;/em&gt; that might go wrong, I can see how someone might think it's too broad.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/511346/how-does-dpkg-install-a-package&quot;&gt;This question&lt;/a&gt; is good, especially since it can be answered just by explaining what the proper documentation is and why it is proper. On the other hand, if one interprets it as asking precisely, in every respect, how does dpkg work--well, one could write a book on that. I interpret it as asking for docs and/or what specifically is inadequate about &lt;code&gt;man dpkg&lt;/code&gt; for package maintainers, and I think that's appropriately scoped for our site.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;There are many situations &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/511112/bluetooth-stopped-working-after-installation-of-ubuntu-14-04&quot;&gt;that could cause a Bluetooth adapter not to be found&lt;/a&gt;, each indicating a different solution. So &lt;em&gt;too broad&lt;/em&gt; is actually acceptable there. I think &lt;em&gt;unclear&lt;/em&gt; is best here--we know specifically what the OP wants (working Bluetooth), and really the problem is that there is not enough information to know what the problem is. In that scenario, &lt;em&gt;unclear&lt;/em&gt; tends to be used. Then again, one could argue &lt;em&gt;too broad&lt;/em&gt; fits that situation better than &lt;em&gt;unclear&lt;/em&gt;. It depends if we interpret &lt;em&gt;unclear&lt;/em&gt; to be about the question or about the situation being described by the question, I suppose.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;And much the same generality applies to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/511162/black-screen-after-logging-in-as-a-guest&quot;&gt;a black screen on guest login&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-05-23T12:39:54.233" LastActivityDate="2014-08-15T00:37:33.913" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11785" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11695" CreationDate="2014-08-15T16:09:58.023" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Yes&lt;/strong&gt;. The &lt;code&gt;`code`&lt;/code&gt; styling is rendered using &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; tag, and according to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/text-level-semantics.html#the-code-element&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;HTML 5 specification&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The code element represents a fragment of computer code. This could be an &#xA;  XML element name, a file name, a computer program, or any other string that&#xA;  a computer would recognize.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; tag does not necessarily have to be program code, it can be any computer code. File names, package names, and URLs are clearly computer code.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Keyboard keys can be argued to be computer code, however the &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;kbd&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; tag is more suitable for that, and therefore should be preferred for keyboard keys.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A path to find a settings can (e.g. &lt;code&gt;System Settings &amp;gt; Keyboard &amp;gt; Repeat Keys&lt;/code&gt;) is analogous to a file path.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Date-time though, unless it's in a format that is computer-friendly, is most likely not an appropriate use of &lt;code&gt;`code`&lt;/code&gt; markup.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6932" LastEditorUserId="6932" LastEditDate="2014-08-15T16:27:35.753" LastActivityDate="2014-08-15T16:27:35.753" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11786" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11718" CreationDate="2014-08-15T17:21:38.487" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'll keep it simple. Linux is community based. Help &amp;amp; support is community based. This includes; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;improper settings&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;finding bugs&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;reporting bugs&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;searching for a possible bug or a bug&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;looking for a solution or a workaround for a bug (or common issue)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;providing a solution or workaround for a bug (or common issue)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Closing topics, (questions) based on someone else's opinion only works to push people away from using AU as a community source of support and help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="94348" LastActivityDate="2014-08-15T17:21:38.487" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2014-08-15T17:21:38.487" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11787" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11720" CreationDate="2014-08-15T17:31:59.607" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you find a good answer or solution in another question - you simply supply a note &amp;amp; link. It's called cross referencing, where an answer is mutual to two questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;a notation or direction at one place (as in a book or filing system)&#xA;  to pertinent information at another place - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cross-reference&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cross-reference&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="94348" LastEditorUserId="94348" LastEditDate="2014-08-16T19:43:09.567" LastActivityDate="2014-08-16T19:43:09.567" CommentCount="2" CommunityOwnedDate="2014-08-15T17:31:59.607" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11788" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11789" CreationDate="2014-08-15T18:20:31.710" Score="5" ViewCount="95" Body="&lt;p&gt;Recently I have been seeing a large number of suggested edits from a single op, changing the tag on older questions from 'installation' to 'system-installation'  After the first dozen or so, I have started rejecting these edits as 'too minor' as a) this is the only edit to the question and b) The op &lt;em&gt;seems&lt;/em&gt; to be either on a kick to replace all the 'installation' tags or to build reputation points 2 at a time, by finding all older posts with that tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An example of such a suggested edit is at &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/307128&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/307128&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="283721" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2019-10-15T20:35:16.317" Title="Am I handling a suggested edit correctly?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2014-08-17T05:17:34.507" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11789" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11788" CreationDate="2014-08-15T18:32:15.940" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/installation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;installation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;installation&lt;/a&gt; tag is bad and should be replaced but I would note that some of these edits are missing other details that could be improved at the same time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would &lt;strong&gt;approve&lt;/strong&gt; the ones where the post is otherwise fine and &lt;strong&gt;improve&lt;/strong&gt; the ones (you can unmark the original as helpful if you think it was lazy), but ultimately, replacing the tag is a desirable long-term goal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not all &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/installation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;installation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;installation&lt;/a&gt; tags should be replaced with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/system-installation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;system-installation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;system-installation&lt;/a&gt; (we have other &lt;code&gt;*-installation&lt;/code&gt; tags) so check that the replacement makes sense too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="186134" LastEditDate="2019-10-15T20:34:03.533" LastActivityDate="2019-10-15T20:34:03.533" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="11790" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11788" CreationDate="2014-08-15T18:46:57.160" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Me too - same editor. I have rejected them all with the following custom reason:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Please don't do simple tag edits. It is too minor, bungs up the review queue and can be seen as rep farming.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I will probably be changing that to&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Please don't do only simple tag edits. It is too minor, bungs up the review queue and can be seen as rep farming. Try to include body edits as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My pronouns are He / Him&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="186134" LastEditorUserId="186134" LastEditDate="2019-10-15T20:35:16.317" LastActivityDate="2019-10-15T20:35:16.317" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="11791" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11738" CreationDate="2014-08-16T19:39:55.093" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Windows missing from the GRUB menu depends of many variables:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8? (is it even installed?)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;UEFI vs BIOS&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Wubi (this apparently also affects)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Status of the partition&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;etc.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A single question cannot ever be canonical for all those possibles variants of the same problem, instead focus &lt;strong&gt;in doing several questions that are clear enough&lt;/strong&gt; with all the necessary information to diagnostic the problem and give the proper solution and the sensible solution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-08-23T15:31:56.110" LastActivityDate="2014-08-23T15:31:56.110" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11792" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11725" CreationDate="2014-08-16T20:12:02.870" Score="-2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You may know a lot, as a mod. However, flagging (or downgrading) an honest answer turns people off this site and they go elsewhere. I find some mods here, as much as they may know, demeaning and rude. I'm just now coming back after several months. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've stopped using this site for solutions (and answers). I mostly use youtube, Ubuntu forums and other such forums (when they exists).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It needs to remembered, that there are people in this community from &quot;noobs&quot; on up. Attacking someone for their opinion turns people off -- and they leave.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="94348" LastEditorUserId="94348" LastEditDate="2014-08-16T20:19:56.517" LastActivityDate="2014-08-16T20:19:56.517" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2014-08-16T20:12:02.870" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11793" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11765" CreationDate="2014-08-16T20:29:06.323" Score="-4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The first step, is to ask. The question may not be clear to you - but it may be clear to others. This means watching the activity on the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I find this site too heavily mod'ed. I've downgraded this site, and use it only to get an overview of a problem or issue. Much like Wikipedia, it's good for general use, but not for serious work. I come here to see the size of an issue (just me or others). Once the question is answered, I move to other more effective sites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="94348" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2014-08-17T06:53:34.570" LastActivityDate="2014-08-17T06:53:34.570" CommentCount="3" CommunityOwnedDate="2014-08-16T20:29:06.323" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11794" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-08-16T20:35:45.863" Score="3" ViewCount="93" Body="&lt;p&gt;Clicking on green reputation button does not make it go away for example mine reads +15 in green at the top of the page and it will not reset. Is there a bug at the moment? is there a way to make it reset? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="153297" LastEditorUserId="3" LastEditDate="2014-08-18T19:09:51.830" LastActivityDate="2014-08-18T19:09:51.830" Title="Clicking on green reputation button does not make it go away" Tags="|bug|status-completed|notifications|top-bar|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11795" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11796" CreationDate="2014-08-16T23:54:48.323" Score="0" ViewCount="52" Body="&lt;p&gt;A little while ago I flagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/510096/169120&quot;&gt;this answer&lt;/a&gt; as &quot;Not an answer&quot;, as it is just a bunch of seemingly random screenshots posted by someone who was neither the OP nor the author of the other answer to the question. There is no context to the screenshots, or really any text whatsoever. It doesn't seem like an &lt;em&gt;incorrect&lt;/em&gt; answer, as that should just be down-voted. I don't think it's an answer to a different question, although I could be wrong. I didn't flag it because I disagree with it. It's just a complete &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/non%20sequitur&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;non sequitur&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, the flag was declined - &lt;em&gt;&quot;flags should not be used to indicate technical inaccuracies, or an altogether wrong answer&quot;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've read through the relevant &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/185073/203631&quot;&gt;FAQ item&lt;/a&gt; on Meta.SE and some other related posts, and I don't think this fits in to the &lt;em&gt;When should I not use this flag?&lt;/em&gt; section of the answer. Should I resubmit this as a custom flag and explain to the mod my thoughts, or just let it go and let voters have their say on its usefulness?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169120" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2014-08-17T00:51:07.440" Title="Why was my &quot;not an answer&quot; flag denied?" Tags="|discussion|support|answers|flagging|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11796" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11795" CreationDate="2014-08-17T00:51:07.440" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Those screenshots detail a method of removing the package(s).  WHile it's not a very good quality answer, it's still technically an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I were looking in the flags queue I would have agreed with the moderator who did that and say &quot;It &lt;em&gt;does&lt;/em&gt; provide an answer, albeit not a high quality one&quot;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To be honest, this is one of those really low quality edge-cases, in my opinion, but it still qualifies as an answer.  You should actually &lt;em&gt;look&lt;/em&gt; at the content in the screenshots and you'll see it is a step-by-step method of removing the package via Software Center.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;To that end:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can just downvote the answer because it is low quality or you disagree with it in some way, or maybe if it's just a &quot;bad answer&quot;.  I think it's very very low quality, and downvoted it because of that, but there's a reason the &quot;Downvote&quot; function exists.  ;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2014-08-17T00:51:07.440" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11797" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-08-17T00:57:19.473" Score="2" ViewCount="42" Body="&lt;p&gt;Okay, so this may just be a bug or some issue with my cache, but I noticed some errant behavior of the rep change indicator in the top bar.  And it happens both here in meta and on Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is what it is at the beginning of &lt;em&gt;every single page&lt;/em&gt; once it's first loaded:&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/h9Wh0.png&quot; alt=&quot;Initial State&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is what it shows after I've looked at it and clicked out:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/7DPAX.png&quot; alt=&quot;After Reviewing and Clicking Outside the Popup Window&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;However&lt;/strong&gt;, it returns to the initial image state there whenever I reload the page or navigate away.  Is this a bug in the system, or do I just need to go nuking my browser cache and start it over?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="186134" LastEditDate="2014-08-17T08:44:06.187" LastActivityDate="2014-08-17T08:44:06.187" Title="Potential bug in rep change badge?" Tags="|support|bug|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2014-08-17T17:18:55.987" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11798" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-08-17T05:23:52.203" Score="2" ViewCount="44" Body="&lt;p&gt;The Recent Achievement Indicator on both the main site and the meta site, aren't showing up to the minute info.  For example in my case, I got 2 upvotes yesterday, and 1 about 3 hours ago, and all aren't showing.  Is that a problem in the system?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/CSctX.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="59676" LastActivityDate="2014-08-17T05:23:52.203" Title="Recent Achievement Indicator" Tags="|support|bug|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ClosedDate="2014-08-18T19:06:41.897" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11799" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-08-17T08:14:03.177" Score="2" ViewCount="30" Body="&lt;p&gt;In doing some reviews, I came across a user who had this error issue, and was asking about a &lt;strong&gt;grub-rescue-error-unknown-filesystem&lt;/strong&gt; issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I figured I would mark it as a duplicate, &lt;strong&gt;being a common issue,&lt;/strong&gt; however when I looked at the protected question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/119597/grub-rescue-error-unknown-filesystem&quot;&gt;Grub rescue - error: unknown filesystem&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is full of:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Blabbity blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah ntfs blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah xp blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;oh and then blah blbha blbha biityy fruit smack blah blah bald blah reboot thes oao ase blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blahblah blah blah blahblah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blahblah blah blah blah&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Blah blah blah now I have an error and blah blah blah&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;$~ sudo blah /x11/confusing jargon&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;blah blahbbity blah&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Update&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Blah blah blah and now my system is like this blah blah blah, and I tried this, blah blah blah&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Update&lt;/strong&gt; 2:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Blah blah blah, some stuff I tried blah blah blah&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Technical jargon listed&#xA;&#xA;confusing/stuff~# xv/sda/blah/blah &#xA;$sudo de blah blah blah x#@?`&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;more blah blah&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Update&lt;/strong&gt; 3:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Blah blah blah, some stuff I tried blah blah blah&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;Technical jargon listed&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;more blah blah&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Update&lt;/strong&gt; 4:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Blah blah blah, some stuff I tried blah blah blah&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;Technical jargon listed&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;more blah blah&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Update&lt;/strong&gt; 5:  Blah blah blah, some stuff I tried blah blah blah&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;Technical jargon listed&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;more blah blah&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;This question is protected by the community&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I barely have the patience or stamina to read all this, and would rather send a hurting ubuntu newbie to a question such as:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I booted my computer, and it says&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Grub rescue - error: unknown filesystem&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What do I do?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can we create this question make sure it isn't downvoted to oblivion?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="253579" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-08-17T08:14:03.177" Title="Can we get a better quality question for grub-rescue-error-unknown-filesystem" Tags="|support|asking-questions|new-users|question-quality|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11801" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-08-18T07:21:18.983" Score="15" ViewCount="171" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have discovered a link in a users answer, where the link is directed to a website that is no longer available. How would you indicate that link as broken without the ability to leave a comment?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225813" OwnerDisplayName="Miphix" LastActivityDate="2014-08-31T19:52:12.170" Title="How would you alert a fellow member a link is broken without commenters status?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11803" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11801" CreationDate="2014-08-18T09:27:57.250" Score="19" Body="&lt;p&gt;In this order:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Fix it, if you can. You can't comment but you can edit...&lt;br&gt;&#xA;But just fix the link, don't add commentary to their post.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Find somebody in &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/201/ask-ubuntu-general-room&quot;&gt;General Chat&lt;/a&gt; who can leave a comment&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;And if the whole answer hinges on that link working, flag it for a mod (or improve it, if you can).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2014-08-18T09:57:09.390" LastActivityDate="2014-08-18T09:57:09.390" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11804" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11805" CreationDate="2014-08-18T12:29:52.850" Score="0" ViewCount="67" Body="&lt;p&gt;I observed that Following main Questions which are &lt;strong&gt;frequently asked&lt;/strong&gt; usually tagged with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/apt&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;apt&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;apt&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/software-installation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;software-installation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;software-installation&lt;/a&gt; with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/command-line&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;command-line&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;command-line&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/dependency&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;dependency&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;dependency&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Unable to locate package&lt;/strong&gt;: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;E: Unable to locate package [pkg]&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Package has no installation candidate&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;E: Package '[pkg]' has no installation candidate&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Packages have unmet dependencies&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;The following packages have unmet dependencies:&#xA;package1 : Depends: package2 (&amp;gt;= x.y) but [pkg] is to be installed&#xA;E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Where &lt;code&gt;[pkg]&lt;/code&gt; means package-name.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From which we have already Questions as follows:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;For Unmet dependencies: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/140246/256099&quot;&gt;How do I resolve unmet dependencies after adding a PPA?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;For Unable to locate package I've prepared (which needs to improve): &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/481354/256099&quot;&gt;Unable to locate package&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For new users of Ubuntu and command-line, further method of installing software properly,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;It needs to prepare FAQ type wiki/solution on above (3) Main/Considerable Q/A.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(In other words) We should have locked and best single (or max 3 linked) Q/A on above topics. which could be best contributive effort to have knowledge-based solution/information. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="256099" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2014-08-18T13:09:55.617" Title="Where/which is best solution for following FAQs on apt installation:" Tags="|discussion|canonical-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11805" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11804" CreationDate="2014-08-18T13:09:42.197" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Right now, all topics you mentioned &lt;strong&gt;already have canonical solutions&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;E: Unable to locate package [pkg]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can have multiple reasons:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You don't have the repository that provide the package.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You haven't updated your package repositories.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You have misspelled the package name&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are two question that addressed this issues:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/378558/169736&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;Unable to locate package&amp;quot; while trying to install packages with APT&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/388541/e-unable-to-locate-package-update-when-i-try-to-update-my-system-why&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;E: Unable to locate package update&amp;quot; when I try to update my system, why?&lt;/a&gt; (a special case where people try to update their packages)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All those questions are apt issues. Nothing to do with the command line, software installation or dependencies. It can happen with any package manager, but ultimately apt is the one trowing errors.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;E: Package '[pkg]' has no installation candidate&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This already has a canonical question &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/14685/169736&quot;&gt;What does Package &amp;lt;package&amp;gt; has no installation candidate mean?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The following packages have unmet dependencies:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  package1 : Depends: package2 (&gt;= x.y) but [pkg] is to be installed&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't know how many times I have to reference &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/144067/169736&quot;&gt;this answer&lt;/a&gt;, those issues are unique to the package that trows the dependency error, hence &lt;strong&gt;there are thousands possible solutions/answers&lt;/strong&gt; depending the packages involved, so &lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Nz9i5.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;doing a single question don't actually help.&lt;/a&gt; In fact most questions about these issues should be closed as &quot;unclear what you are asking&quot; with a &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/q/121180/41104&quot;&gt;comment referencing this question&lt;/a&gt; in hopes the information is provided:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;To help you we need you to include the information as solicited on [this&#xA;other question](https://unix.stackexchange.com/q/121180/41104). Edit your&#xA;question and add all the relevant information.&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, is quixotic to try to do a canonical question out of this issue, in theory it seems &quot;fine&quot; but in the practice is just a mess. That's The Right Way™.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:37:19.280" LastActivityDate="2014-08-18T13:09:42.197" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11806" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11782" CreationDate="2014-08-18T17:17:24.980" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;As with Eliah, I voted &lt;code&gt;too broad&lt;/code&gt; on two of them:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/511208/what-would-happen-if-i-installed-a-ubuntu-with-md5-hashes-that-are-different-fom&quot;&gt;what would happen if I installed a Ubuntu with md5 hashes that are different fom the intended ones&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/511346/how-does-dpkg-install-a-package&quot;&gt;How does dpkg install a package?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the first case, as my answer says, anything can happen. There many possible outcomes and the only way to find out is to actually do the installation. :/&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the second case, the &lt;code&gt;dpkg&lt;/code&gt; manpage provides the sequence of steps it does, as I pointed out in a comment. Anything more would require considerable effort, perhaps even going over the code. I provided three links that I felt gave a reasonably complete answer, and didn't bother with a summary because there can be no reasonable summary as good as the aforementioned manpage. Since the OP is coming from the manpage (as it turned out, only after reading the first section), I took it as a reasonable assumption that OP had read the section that that line (&quot;The descriptions of what dpkg does when installing and removing packages are particularly inadequate.&quot;) is talking of before rushing over to AU to ask this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;code&gt;too broad&lt;/code&gt; flag can be used &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/184154/closing-changes-on-hold-unclear-too-broad-opinion-based-off-topic-reasons&quot;&gt;when&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;There are either too many possible answers, or good answers would be too long for this format.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The first question is an example of the first type, and the second of the second type.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2014-08-18T17:17:24.980" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11807" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11794" CreationDate="2014-08-18T19:09:45.223" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/268957/topbar-notifications-dont-go-away&quot;&gt;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/268957/topbar-notifications-dont-go-away&lt;/a&gt; - this should now be resolved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T09:16:20.523" LastActivityDate="2014-08-18T19:09:45.223" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11808" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-08-19T01:32:21.863" Score="4" ViewCount="147" Body="&lt;p&gt;The Community user bumps old, not-well-answered questions regularly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While that maybe a good fit on most SE sites, I'm not sure of its applicability to AU. We follow a strong and strict release policy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So when it bumps questions like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/266671/cannot-connect-to-ethernet-with-wired-connection-ubuntu-12-10&quot;&gt;Cannot connect to ethernet with wired connection Ubuntu 12.10&lt;/a&gt;, I wonder if we can modify its algorithm to avoid old releases (especially for hardware issues) - by looking at the tags.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;Or should we close/delete such questions when they do get bumped up, following advice posted in &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/9025/clearing-out-old-questions&quot;&gt;Clearing out Old Questions&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="1406746" LastEditDate="2022-11-04T17:47:38.433" LastActivityDate="2022-11-04T17:47:38.433" Title="Community bumping on AU" Tags="|discussion|end-of-life|questions|community-user|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="11809" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11808" CreationDate="2014-08-19T01:38:09.523" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Community bumping it gets it in front of human eyeballs, which is probably the right thing to do.  Think:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Q Title:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Cannot connect to ethernet with wired connection on Ubuntu.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Q Description:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;I upgraded from 12.10 to the next LTS - 14.04 - so that if it gets solved, I don't have to navigate this quagmire again.  Any ideas?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How would the bot parse that?  Probably just better to get it in front of human eyeballs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2014-08-19T01:38:09.523" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11810" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11808" CreationDate="2014-08-19T01:50:28.773" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Old questions about old releases are often still applicable. Many questions or problems from years ago remain relevant today, even for the newest releases. This is mainly the case for questions with answers, but not necessarily just those considered by the system as &quot;answered&quot;--sometimes a good answer is overlooked by both the OP and the community.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thus it is somewhat helpful for the community bot to bump them for the same reason it would be very harmful for us to delete or even close them. They are valuable on our site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/9026/22949&quot;&gt;the advice you refer to&lt;/a&gt; does &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; suggest we should close or delete old questions with answers, even when they are specific to old releases. On the other hand, old questions that have other problems that would lead to closure and deletion even for new questions of course should still be closed and deleted as appropriate (though as some folks have expressed lately, perhaps not in huge numbers all at once)--which, as you're perhaps suggesting, the community bot's bumping might even facilitate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, I don't think this is really a way our site is particularly different from other SE sites. I think many sites have old questions that are or might be about dated topics, and even tags that strongly predict datedness.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I don't think the community bot's behavior needs to be changed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2014-08-19T01:50:28.773" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11813" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11826" CreationDate="2014-08-20T01:47:09.500" Score="7" ViewCount="184" Body="&lt;p&gt;The tag &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/14.04.1&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;14.04.1&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;14.04.1&lt;/a&gt; seems useless, as there is already a 14.04 tag, and the questions involving the tag do not seem to be related to 14.04.1 but could be migrated to 14.04.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="266923" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2014-08-30T15:20:50.993" LastActivityDate="2014-08-30T15:20:50.993" Title="Delete tag 14.04.1" Tags="|discussion|status-completed|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11815" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-08-20T03:48:26.097" Score="2" ViewCount="115" Body="&lt;p&gt;Everyone knows I hate with burning passion version specific tags. The reasons are explained &lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Y6enPm.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.meta.stackexchange.com/q/3102/41104&quot;&gt;elsewhere&lt;/a&gt;, but that's not what I'm going to ask about.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Today, &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/11813/16973&quot;&gt;I again removed the&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/14.04.1&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;14.04.1&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;14.04.1&lt;/a&gt; for second occasion. Keeping this kind of tags, that &lt;a href=&quot;http://xkcd.com/725/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;literally&lt;/a&gt; breeds like rabbit, is not an easy task and is just &lt;strong&gt;a massive waste of my time&lt;/strong&gt;, which I could use for something more productive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But hey, is not just that we don't teach them the correct use of the tags, but we also encourage their creation and application on posts that is only &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/512184/169736&quot;&gt;incidental the version of Ubuntu OP was using&lt;/a&gt; and frankly will not help them to get their question being answered, which gives place to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/513608/revisions&quot;&gt;the most bizarre tag combinations&lt;/a&gt; to occur, without doubt, OP can't hope to get their question answered, and I'm getting tired of this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, there's no doubt, this tags just hurts the site and should be only people with the supposed highest knowledge about how to use the different features of the site should be able to create them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are three alternatives, which aren't quite opposite, except for the last one:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Moderators are the only able to create tags that match the following regex: &lt;code&gt;/\d+(\.\d+)+/g&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;High reputation users (think 10k) or moderators are the only able to add tags matching &lt;code&gt;/\d+(\.\d+)+/g&lt;/code&gt; to any question.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Only moderators are able to apply tags matching &lt;code&gt;/\d+(\.\d+)+/g&lt;/code&gt; to questions.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2014-08-20T04:00:05.337" Title="Make numeric only/composed of just numbers tags that should only be created by moderators" Tags="|feature-request|tags|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11816" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11817" CreationDate="2014-08-20T03:57:24.177" Score="3" ViewCount="487" Body="&lt;p&gt;I added a wallpaper screenshot to my answer to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/410278/architecture-32-bit-handling-64-bit-instructions/513601#513601&quot;&gt;Architecture - 32-bit handling 64-bit instructions&lt;/a&gt; which was intended to illustrate the last sentence of the answer. Now I'm worried that I might have gone off the rails, and perhaps I should delete the screenshot.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this screenshot uncool?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="94914" LastEditorUserId="94914" LastEditDate="2021-10-25T12:06:29.870" LastActivityDate="2021-10-25T12:06:29.870" Title="Is this screenshot uncool?" Tags="|discussion|suggested-edits|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="11817" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11816" CreationDate="2014-08-20T04:48:44.480" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would not characterize that small summer breeze image as &quot;going off the rails&quot; or &quot;uncool.&quot; When it comes to that picture, I don't think you need to worry about anything so serious.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my opinion, it doesn't add much to the post. But it doesn't really take anything away, either. It's small, reasonably unobtrusive, and arguably has the benefit of making the post more enjoyable. Or someone might consider it tedious or tangential. And maybe it effectively highlights the point about how installing 32-bit packages on a 64-bit system is the easier situation. Or maybe it distracts from it. Or maybe it makes no difference.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Personally, I probably wouldn't have included such an image. I'd probably edit it out of my own post if someone else put it there. I strongly doubt I'd edit it out of anyone else's. And other people might really like it. I think if you feel your answer is subjectively better with the image in it, you should go ahead and keep it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://superuser.com/a/340618/105707&quot;&gt;This answer on Super User&lt;/a&gt; is widely liked. I upvoted it, though not for the images. While the pictures there are more strongly tied in to the answer's core message thematically, I think they're only slightly more relevant or useful than your summer breeze image. (The pictures there may even have the detrimental effect of conveying the message that Ubuntu users have to be more careful not to get hurt than Windows users, which is not true at all.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;So:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; I think your screenshot is not a problem or a violation of our community norms or anything bad like that. But maybe you should remove it. If you're just worried because it's somewhat &lt;em&gt;unusual&lt;/em&gt;, I'd suggest keeping it. But if on reflection you think the post isn't any better off with it, I'd suggest removing it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:18:11.723" LastActivityDate="2014-08-20T04:48:44.480" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11819" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11820" CreationDate="2014-08-20T14:46:13.337" Score="5" ViewCount="77" Body="&lt;p&gt;Maybe related to the recent bug, mentioned &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/11794/clicking-on-green-reputation-button-does-not-make-it-go-away&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;, but I noticed my reputation sometimes unexpectedly increases (you never know what you did :), but then goes back to what you actually &lt;em&gt;should&lt;/em&gt; have at that moment. At first I thought my mind was playing tricks on me, but see the screenshots of two windows at the same moment. (The lowest is correct).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is anyone else experiencing the same?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Q3ROe.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/8eMGb.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="1504" LastEditDate="2014-08-20T15:11:32.780" LastActivityDate="2014-08-20T15:11:32.780" Title="Changing reputation; somtimes it goes up, then down again" Tags="|support|bug|status-bydesign|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11820" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11819" CreationDate="2014-08-20T15:06:40.277" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;This should explain everything:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;VoteTypeId CreationDate            DeletionDate            TargetUserId TargetRepChange&#xA;---------- ----------------------- ----------------------- ------------ ---------------&#xA;1          2014-08-20 14:08:31.280 2014-08-20 14:08:33.450 72216        15             &#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Where VoteTypeId 1 is &quot;accepted an answer&quot; - which is, as shown: a +15 reputation change.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Basically, somebody accepted your answer, then unaccepted it 2 seconds later:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;maybe they mis-clicked the first time&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;maybe another answer was &lt;em&gt;even better&lt;/em&gt; than yours&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note: we advertise rep &lt;em&gt;increases&lt;/em&gt; through the realtime updates, but we don't advertise &lt;em&gt;decreases&lt;/em&gt; as aggressively - for those, you sometimes need to wait until the next page load.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I look back a few more days, there are indeed a few similar - some &quot;accepted an answer&quot;, some &quot;upvoted&quot; - but cancelled within a few seconds. So yes, sometimes people change their minds for whatever reason.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1504" LastActivityDate="2014-08-20T15:06:40.277" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11821" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-08-20T19:38:33.797" Score="-1" ViewCount="66" Body="&lt;p&gt;When asking &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/513967/is-ubuntu-touch-a-separate-distribution-or-the-same-one-14-04&quot;&gt;a question&lt;/a&gt; that touches upon the upcoming Ubuntu 14.10 version, I found that there's no &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/14.10&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;14.10&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;14.10&lt;/a&gt; tag, so I have created one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it okay or should we only create a tag when the version is officially released? I think not, as I can well imagine people needing to seek answers before the version is officially released.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="181242" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2014-08-23T10:27:18.880" Title="Should we have 14.10 tag?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11822" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-08-20T19:41:32.977" Score="-1" ViewCount="99" Body="&lt;p&gt;When asking &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/513967/is-ubuntu-touch-a-separate-distribution-or-the-same-one-14-04&quot;&gt;a question&lt;/a&gt; about Ubuntu Touch, I found that there's apparently going to be a 14.09 release of it:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-touch/ubuntu-rtm/14.09/daily-preinstalled/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ubuntu 14.09 RTM, daily-preinstalled&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should we have a separate &lt;code&gt;14.09&lt;/code&gt; tag for it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="181242" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2014-08-21T02:09:40.723" Title="Is Ubuntu 14.09 a thing? Should we have 14.09 tag?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11823" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11822" CreationDate="2014-08-20T19:51:46.200" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;No.  We shoudn't be fielding bug reports from an RTM.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2014-08-20T19:51:46.200" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11825" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11518" CreationDate="2014-08-20T20:59:15.000" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;First, you need to gain access to your old account: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/reset-password&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/help/reset-password&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then, you need to merge the old account with the new account:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/merging-accounts&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/help/merging-accounts&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Be sure to edit the new account to be &quot;merge keep&quot; and the old one to be &quot;merge delete&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="145754" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2014-08-20T20:59:15.000" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11826" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11813" CreationDate="2014-08-21T02:24:58.800" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Apparently I was able to evade the slash by a hairs breath and remove the tag just before the script ran. 24 hours have passed and the tag has not re-appeared. So, mission accomplished.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/11815/169736&quot;&gt;that this&lt;/a&gt; gets implemented...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-08-22T13:21:56.220" LastActivityDate="2014-08-22T13:21:56.220" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11827" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-08-21T03:47:00.557" Score="1" ViewCount="30" Body="&lt;p&gt;The two tags &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/window-placement&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;window-placement&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;window-placement&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/window-management&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;window-management&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;window-management&lt;/a&gt; are essentially synonyms. Since it has only been used 7 times, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/window-placement&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;window-placement&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;window-placement&lt;/a&gt; should probably be deleted, especially since the description for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/window-management&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;window-management&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;window-management&lt;/a&gt; (used 82 times) is &quot;the placement of application windows.&quot; I guess &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/window-management&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;window-management&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;window-management&lt;/a&gt; could use a better description since it's more than just placement, but it would certainly include placement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11317" LastActivityDate="2014-08-21T03:47:00.557" Title="Tag synonym request: [window-placement] -&gt; [window-managment]" Tags="|feature-request|tags|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11828" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11710" CreationDate="2014-08-21T13:09:55.907" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I usually preface that from experience, you can save time reinstalling given the complexity of the issue. The problems that stem from a WUBI installation for example, just are not worth the time and experience needed to address stupid bugs stemming from ntfs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="253579" LastActivityDate="2014-08-21T13:09:55.907" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11830" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-08-22T13:06:44.157" Score="1" ViewCount="47" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is an example: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/512431/ftp-gives-me-a-error-when-uploading-and-deleting-files&quot;&gt;FTP gives me an error when uploading and deleting files&lt;/a&gt; where probably the problem is related to permissions and the server is an Ubuntu server.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the best-practice in this case?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="290569" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2014-08-23T04:35:07.273" Title="What should I do if I find a closed question but I do not think the motivation is right?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11831" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11821" CreationDate="2014-08-23T01:21:41.270" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Let me put it this way:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A picture is worth a thousand words&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/askubuntu/revision/210171/222883/tagged-zombie-timeseries#graph&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot; title=&quot;The graph shows the amount of unanswered questions per tags in a period of time. Is important to notice that once created the tags jumps over older ones way too fast.&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/pkhh1.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-08-23T01:26:51.133" LastActivityDate="2014-08-23T01:26:51.133" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11833" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-08-23T20:04:45.143" Score="0" ViewCount="51" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/10342/why-is-my-badge-count-different-in-different-places&quot;&gt;This is related&lt;/a&gt; (but not a duplicate as this is a feature request).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So here is my profile page:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/5TTm7.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The first red box totals 58.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The second red box says 41.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I count the number of badges I get 58. If I count the number of &lt;strong&gt;different&lt;/strong&gt; badges, I get 41.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please, please could these numbers be the same? Or change the second box to say 41 different badges, like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/TUhhF.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sorry for the lack of freehand circles and unicorns.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="186134" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-08-23T20:09:57.970" LastActivityDate="2014-10-23T11:44:48.857" Title="My badge count is different in different places, and I don't like it" Tags="|feature-request|badges|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11834" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-08-23T20:17:24.973" Score="0" ViewCount="44" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is the AU Meta user:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/L60vK.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is U&amp;amp;L user:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Qyc2u.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why did the AU Meta post 189 days ago, but for U&amp;amp;L that is not applicable? I know that these are of course wrong - they both posted today. But could they be the same - both either &quot;n/a&quot; or &quot;the begining of time&quot; (that would work with the humorous descriptions for some like the &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/-2&quot;&gt;Stack Exchange bot&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I'm just a bot. Sometimes I post feed items, sometimes I post room status changes, sometimes I dream about electric unicorns.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, this one has posted today:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/cA4AK.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sorry for the lack of freehand circles.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="186134" LastEditorUserId="186134" LastEditDate="2014-08-30T20:43:50.187" LastActivityDate="2014-08-30T20:43:50.187" Title="Why are the Chat users inconsistent?" Tags="|bug|chat|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11835" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11833" CreationDate="2014-08-24T10:47:45.927" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Explanation for 1st case:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It displays Total badges &lt;strong&gt;with considering&lt;/strong&gt; how many times it is awarded. Ex: If one badge is awarded 5 times (i.e. Reviewer x5) than it will be counted as &lt;strong&gt;5&lt;/strong&gt; at Main profile display (may be because of displaying total awarded in purpose of &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/flair/186134.png&quot;&gt;flair&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;)  .&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Explanation for 2nd case:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It displays Total badges &lt;strong&gt;without considering&lt;/strong&gt; how many times it is awarded. Ex: If one badge is awarded 5 times (i.e. Nice Answer x6) than it will be counted as &lt;strong&gt;1&lt;/strong&gt; at &lt;strong&gt;users badges tab.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="256099" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2014-08-24T10:47:45.927" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11836" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11837" CreationDate="2014-08-24T14:49:44.307" Score="1" ViewCount="49" Body="&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;(This question did have more details, and they are just commented out, but I wanted it to be anonymous).&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is okay to use remote access to help someone if they asked here?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="186134" LastEditorUserId="186134" LastEditDate="2014-08-24T16:40:39.940" LastActivityDate="2014-08-25T12:52:16.143" Title="Is it okay to offer remote access, or do we want everything kept in the site?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11837" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11836" CreationDate="2014-08-24T15:25:16.397" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Let me put it in the few words I can: &lt;strong&gt;We are not a help desk service.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2014-08-24T15:25:16.397" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11838" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11839" CreationDate="2014-08-24T15:38:15.817" Score="13" ViewCount="237" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sometimes I found out on single question One answered and after some time another answer which is very similar to 1st (may with negligible too-minor edit), say duplication of 1st answer!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which seems not Right Way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What actions can be done against duplication? Or what to do with such answer-post?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="256099" LastEditorUserId="256099" LastEditDate="2014-08-24T15:54:01.157" LastActivityDate="2014-08-24T16:30:19.890" Title="What can be done with duplication of answer" Tags="|discussion|answers|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11839" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11838" CreationDate="2014-08-24T16:30:19.890" Score="18" Body="&lt;p&gt;Let's go over three of the main scenarios involving duplicate answers (these are the ones I see the most).  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;User A posts an answer &quot;You need to foo the bar&quot;. User B comes along and posts an answer &quot;You need to foo the bar&quot; and then goes on to explain &lt;em&gt;why&lt;/em&gt; he needs to foo the bar, and &lt;em&gt;how&lt;/em&gt; to foo the bar. I upvote user B's answer and move on (sometimes I downvote user A's answer as well).  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;User Z asks a question &quot;How do I get baz to run properly?&quot;. User A posts an answer &quot;You need to foo the bar&quot; 1 minute after the question is asked. User B posts an answer &quot;You need to foo the bar&quot; 1 minute and 15 seconds after the question is asked. I normally ignore this, as long as it isn't actively causing problems (hopefully one user will expand on their answer).  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;User A posts an answer &quot;You need to foo the bar&quot;. 2 months later, User B posts an answer &quot;You need to foo the bar.&quot; I delete these, they don't serve any useful purpose. Go ahead and flag them.  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Our goal on Ask Ubuntu is to generate good content that will help someone else in the future. A general rule of thumb is: if an answer adds something useful to the post it should probably stay.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2014-08-24T16:30:19.890" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11842" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11836" CreationDate="2014-08-25T12:52:16.143" Score="2" Body="&lt;h1&gt;You can do whatever you want!&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;just do not make it 'part of' Ask Ubuntu, don't advertise it here, don't suggest it, just keep that sort of stuff in chat and don't complain if something goes wrong. This also holds for sharing email addresses, real names, phone numbers, etc.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="115155" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-08-25T12:52:16.143" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11843" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11844" CreationDate="2014-08-25T17:54:01.590" Score="0" ViewCount="47" Body="&lt;p&gt;Looking at &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/601/the-following-packages-have-been-kept-back-why-and-how-do-i-solve-it&quot;&gt;this post&lt;/a&gt;. I think &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;in stead of&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;should be&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;instead of&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I try to save, it prompts:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Edits must be at least 6 characters; is there something else to&#xA;  improve in this post?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How can I edit only one character?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="50146" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2014-08-26T14:14:35.917" Title="How to suggest an editing only changing one character?" Tags="|discussion|editing|suggested-edits|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2014-08-26T15:58:03.017" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11844" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11843" CreationDate="2014-08-25T19:01:23.533" Score="4" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;How can I edit only one character?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Short answer: You don't.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Long answer: The 6 character requirement has a purpose. Every edit a sub 2k user makes has to be reviewed by at least two normal users (or the original poster or one moderator which have binding votes). Removing one character of whitespace isn't an efficient edit (Are you &lt;em&gt;sure&lt;/em&gt; there was nothing else to improve?) and wastes reviewer time (Is it really that big of a deal?).  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you find a truly important edit that doesn't make the 6 character limit you can follow any of the steps &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/11664/44179&quot;&gt;outlined in this answer&lt;/a&gt;, but I wouldn't use those on an edit such as this. Your edit will most likely get rejected.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-08-26T13:10:10.410" LastActivityDate="2014-08-26T13:10:10.410" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11845" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-08-25T21:49:29.257" Score="1" ViewCount="130" Body="&lt;p&gt;This question is because of some close votes due to EOL are wrong - I expect it is quite a lot.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;del&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/404&quot;&gt;This is a review&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/del&gt; of a question (admittedly too broad / unclear)- it was flagged as being EOL for being 10.04 - despite the fact that 10.04 server &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;remain supported through April 2015&lt;/a&gt;. (I removed it because it was detracting from the actual question)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My suggestion is some sort of notification, &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;when you click the EOL radio button, and before you click the Close button&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Could the tool tip display something like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Fa9sy.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EOL (Off topic): 10.04 Desktop, 11.04 and 11.10, 12.10, 13.04 and 13.10.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;Not EOL (On topic): 10.04 Server, 12.04, 14.04.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or maybe, rather than a tooltip, just a message.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/gDJil.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or even change it from having this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This question is about an &lt;strong&gt;end of life&lt;/strong&gt; Ubuntu release...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This question is about an end of life Ubuntu release: pre 10.X, 10.04-desktop, 11.04, 11.10, 12.10, 13.04, 13.10. The following are still supported: 10.04-server 12.04 or 14.04...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That would be better than it nagging. It could maybe only appear depending on keywords?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="186134" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-10-25T02:01:48.437" Title="There are questions being closed as EOL when they are still supported" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|scope|end-of-life|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="12" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11846" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11845" CreationDate="2014-08-26T12:09:47.450" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The question was correctly closed - because LTSP on 10.04 LTS is no longer supported. To clarify exactly what is still &quot;supported&quot; on 10.04 LTS, the &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/FAQ&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Security Team FAQ&lt;/a&gt; says: &lt;em&gt;&quot;For Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, the list of 5y supported packages is &lt;a href=&quot;http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-security/ubuntu-cve-tracker/master/view/head:/lucid-supported.txt&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&quot;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That &lt;a href=&quot;http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-security/ubuntu-cve-tracker/master/view/head:/lucid-supported.txt&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;list of supported packages&lt;/a&gt; is limited to &lt;strong&gt;only 613 supported packages. Every other package from 10.04 is now unsupported&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;em&gt;ltsp-server&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;ltsp-client&lt;/em&gt; are unsupported packages. This implies that the question was being correctly closed, as the question was regarding unsupported packages. Unsupported packages do not get security updates, and we should not be encouraging people to use them. What if there is a remote exploit in the 10.04 &lt;em&gt;ltsp-server&lt;/em&gt;? It will not have been fixed, and will never be fixed in the future, and for that reason users need to be made aware that their software is no longer supported and should not be used.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even without knowledge of the supported package list, it should have been obvious that the 10.04 &lt;em&gt;ltsp-client&lt;/em&gt; is a desktop system - the package directly depends on xorg - and as such it is no longer supported.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60294" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-08-26T12:47:41.157" LastActivityDate="2014-08-26T12:47:41.157" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11847" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11845" CreationDate="2014-08-26T13:39:34.353" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The problem with such an exhaustive tooltip is your work is never done:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;New releases need to be added. I know it's not a daily task but that also means this tooltip is going to grow. It won't be long before it's longer than the actual close text.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;We need to work out what's actually on-topic. Even after we get onto a standard Ubuntu LTS, some spins have shorter LTS periods but how does that affect the base support level? Who knows?!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Codifying things so strictly seems to scare all common sense away and you're left with people doing stupid things in the name of &quot;the law&quot;... And that can involve a thousand meta battles to fully unwind.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ultimately you shouldn't be voting to close as something unless you're sure that applies. A hundred tooltips aren't going to every person getting that wrong. That's why it usually takes more than one person to get something closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;a link&lt;/a&gt; right in the text that should explain what is and isn't on-topic. It's very Ubuntu-centric so might not be the best link. If there's a better option we should change the close message to point to that link.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2014-08-26T13:39:34.353" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11848" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11850" CreationDate="2014-08-26T15:54:50.770" Score="2" ViewCount="39" Body="&lt;p&gt;I intended to flag the answer as 'not an answer', but clicked on &quot;no action needed&quot;.  Is there a way to go back and correct my review?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/first-posts/311708&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/review/first-posts/311708&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="283721" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2019-10-15T20:33:55.627" Title="Clicked wrong entry during question review" Tags="|support|review-queue|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11849" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11848" CreationDate="2014-08-26T16:15:03.797" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can go back through your list of reviews (either &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/283721/charles-green?tab=activity&amp;amp;sort=reviews&quot;&gt;on your profile&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/first-posts/history&quot;&gt;in review&lt;/a&gt; and find the post. Then you can flag it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2014-08-26T16:15:03.797" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11850" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11848" CreationDate="2014-08-26T16:16:28.223" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I normally click the back button and access the problem post directly (it will be linked), the perform the necessary actions on the question outside the review queue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, don't worry about a mistake - it isn't binding, it needs (3?) more wrong votes to keep it open. (And I've just flagged etc. that one!)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But, as Seth says - do go back!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My pronouns are He / Him&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="186134" LastEditorUserId="186134" LastEditDate="2019-10-15T20:33:55.627" LastActivityDate="2019-10-15T20:33:55.627" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="11851" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10315" CreationDate="2014-08-26T17:55:35.143" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is almost possible to have what you need, using the search functionality.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Recently Answered Questions&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;The following query would search for all answers and sort them by the newest answer.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?tab=newest&amp;amp;q=is%3aanswer&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/search?tab=newest&amp;amp;q=is%3aanswer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Recently Accepted Answers&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;The next query would search for all answers which are accepted and sort them by the newest answer.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?tab=newest&amp;amp;q=is%3aanswer%20isaccepted%3ayes&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/search?tab=newest&amp;amp;q=is%3aanswer%20isaccepted%3ayes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also following options can help you:&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/4Kjwu.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2014-08-27T02:28:28.067" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11852" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-08-26T21:07:17.220" Score="0" ViewCount="35" Body="&lt;p&gt;A user (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/309433/debonaire57?tab=summary&quot;&gt;Debonaire57&lt;/a&gt;) asked a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/504990/moderators-vs-users&quot;&gt;question&lt;/a&gt; (actually a rant) on Ask Ubuntu. It was swiftly - in 26 minutes - transferred &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/11648/moderators-vs-users&quot;&gt;to Meta&lt;/a&gt;, where it received 14 down votes (actually, 15 and an upvote).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you look at the user's &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/309433/debonaire57?tab=reputation&quot;&gt;reputation&lt;/a&gt;, they have +5 (6) - i.e. 1 upvote on a question - that question. I assume this was before it was transferred - It received a comment from a user that agreed, so I can guess that this was the same, and only, user who upvoted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For some reason, he didn't get any down votes on the main site, and because all of the down votes are on meta, he kept that plus 5.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/bug&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;bug&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;bug&lt;/a&gt;, or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/status-bydesign&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;status-bydesign&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;status-bydesign&lt;/a&gt;, surley all rep gained from a migrated question should migrate to that site?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More worryingly, it may be that it is duplicated, as he kept that upvote on meta. Of course, meta doesn't have rep, but if that was transferred to another rep site (hypothetically, a good question that was moved to, say, Unix &amp;amp; Linux), they may get duplicated rep?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="186134" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2014-08-26T21:24:02.077" Title="Bug in the reputation calculation (possibly involving migration?)" Tags="|bug|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11853" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11852" CreationDate="2014-08-26T21:24:02.077" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Meta votes and site rep are different.  They measure different things.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2014-08-26T21:24:02.077" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11854" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-08-26T22:53:25.413" Score="0" ViewCount="42" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm asking in relation to this &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/516445/chrome-on-ubuntu-youtube-crashing&quot;&gt;question&lt;/a&gt;... but I think this could be a good general purpose answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2014-08-26T23:06:37.160" Title="Under what circumstances do close-votes generate downvotes, if any?" Tags="|discussion|downvoting|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11855" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11856" CreationDate="2014-08-27T13:04:19.887" Score="1" ViewCount="26" Body="&lt;p&gt;I tried out and used &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/313618/7146&quot;&gt;the existing answer&lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/308925/pairing-ouya-controller-with-ubuntu&quot;&gt;How can I connect an Ouya gamepad?&lt;/a&gt; - it worked and I did my best to improve it a bit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since then I've realized that the original poster actually did answer their own question, it's just difficult to read. And that answer is easier.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please move this bit into an answer, and I can improve it from there:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Ok.. quick update.. just did the Pair option code 0000 and close.. then i went to pair.. it asked me to enter a pair code.. but after about 2 seconds the window closed and said it was pair successfully.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I did consider just removing that bit and posting it as my own answer, but, y'know.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7146" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2014-08-27T13:13:58.670" Title="Please separate answer from Ouya question" Tags="|discussion|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11856" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11855" CreationDate="2014-08-27T13:13:58.670" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;They had already posted this as an answer but it looked like an incorrectly posted update (not an answer) so it was converted into an edit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've undeleted the answer. Go wild on it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2014-08-27T13:13:58.670" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11858" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-08-28T03:32:33.107" Score="0" ViewCount="60" Body="&lt;p&gt;I see many, many questions written by users having trouble installing Ubuntu in a dual-boot configuration on their UEFI-enabled PC, that are being marked as duplicates of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/221835/installing-ubuntu-on-a-pre-installed-windows-8-64-bit-system-uefi-supported&quot;&gt;Installing Ubuntu Alongside a Pre-Installed Windows with UEFI&lt;/a&gt;. This would appear to be a problem, because this &quot;canonical question&quot; is actually about installing Wubi-style, not true dual-boot, which is a whole other thing entirely. The user cannot possibly glean anything useful from the question they are directed to.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here are a few examples:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/455503/dual-boot-windows-8-and-ubuntu-problem-uefi?rq=1&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/455503/dual-boot-windows-8-and-ubuntu-problem-uefi?rq=1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/516981/how-to-install-ubuntu-14-04-1-in-dual-boot-with-windows-8-in-notebook-asus-r103b&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/516981/how-to-install-ubuntu-14-04-1-in-dual-boot-with-windows-8-in-notebook-asus-r103b&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/291206/install-ubuntu-13-04-alongside-windows-8&quot;&gt;Install Ubuntu 13.04 alongside Windows 8&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="38094" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2014-08-28T07:58:58.773" Title="Why are we marking these UEFI questions as duplicates of the wrong question?" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|closed-questions|canonical-questions|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11860" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12169" CreationDate="2014-08-28T10:13:05.383" Score="4" ViewCount="107" Body="&lt;p&gt;Every now and then, a user is unsure about an edit they make. For the under 2k rep users, this is great. It goes to the review board and is dealt with.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, users above 2k aren't given this privilege (yes, I said privilege) of having their edits peer-reviewed. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think that users above 2k should have the option to choose whether their edit goes to the review board or not. This can help in those occasional situations where the edit might not be right.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe there can be a checkbox for &quot;Have this edit submitted to peer review?&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is better than doing anonymous edits as you still hold the record of the edit. It's also much easier and ties right in with SE's simplicity model.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastEditorUserId="208574" LastEditDate="2014-10-15T08:00:28.357" LastActivityDate="2014-10-26T19:39:29.573" Title="Allow 2k+ users to suggest edits" Tags="|feature-request|editing|suggested-edits|privileges|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11861" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11862" CreationDate="2014-08-28T11:03:17.157" Score="2" ViewCount="94" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/closed-questions&quot;&gt;Help Center&lt;/a&gt; explains the &quot;primarily opinion-based&quot; close reason like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;primarily opinion-based&lt;/strong&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/dont-ask&quot;&gt;discussions focused on diverse opinions&lt;/a&gt; are great, but they just don't fit our format well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;    &lt;p&gt;Many good questions generate some degree of opinion based on expert&#xA;    experience, but answers to this question will tend to be almost&#xA;    entirely based on opinions, rather than on facts, references, or&#xA;    specific expertise.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The blockquoted text &quot;Many good questions...&quot; is also what we're clicking, every time we select to close a question as &quot;primarily opinion-based.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;It looks like &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/516815/in-what-cases-is-vi-the-only-option&quot;&gt;Are there cases where vi is the only option?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; may be about to be closed as primarily opinion-based.&lt;/em&gt; It has four close votes right now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While I can imagine ways to radically alter that question to &lt;em&gt;make it&lt;/em&gt; primarily opinion-based (for example, if it had asked for situations where vi is the &lt;em&gt;best&lt;/em&gt; editor), I have not managed to think of any reasonable explanation for why the question as Luis asked it is actually primarily opinion-based.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Imagine you're in a situation where you must edit a file. Fill in the details however you like. Maybe there are editors besides vi available, and maybe there are not, but is &lt;strong&gt;whether or not there are&lt;/strong&gt; actually &lt;strong&gt;a matter of opinion?&lt;/strong&gt; (You might be able to contrive a bizarre situation where people would disagree about whether or not editors besides vi are available. But does this arise naturally?)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In order for Luis's question to be primarily opinion-based, things would have to be &lt;strong&gt;more extreme than that.&lt;/strong&gt; The task of &lt;em&gt;determining if vi is available&lt;/em&gt; would have to be so subjective and practically unverifiable that answers to a question about it &quot;will tend to be almost entirely based on opinions...&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To a small extent, people disagree about what constitutes an editor. In the sense we talk about text editors in this century, does &lt;code&gt;ed&lt;/code&gt; count? Is a text processing language an editor? This small layer of ambiguity can be explained in a fact-based way, though, and it &lt;em&gt;has been&lt;/em&gt; in some comments and answers to the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, if there were &lt;em&gt;many&lt;/em&gt; practical scenarios where vi is the only available editor, and the different scenarios didn't share other significant common characteristics, the question could be considered too broad. Does anyone think vi being the only available editor is a common situation with numerous unrelated causes? &quot;Primarily opinion based&quot; is the only close reason voted so far on the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To argue against something, one must understand it at least a little bit. &lt;strong&gt;I'm actually &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; confident I'm right about this, because so far I can't imagine why four people would think this question is primarily opinion-based.&lt;/strong&gt; Maybe reviewers haven't been paying sufficient attention, or maybe there are great reasons to think this question is opinion-based of which I'm oblivious, or (and I am guessing it's this) it's something in between.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this question primarily opinion-based? Feel free to answer either way, but I'm particularly interested in answers &lt;em&gt;disagreeing&lt;/em&gt; with the opinion I've expressed here and &lt;em&gt;stating explicitly how they are consistent with the meaning of &quot;primarily opinion-based&quot; quoted above.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course no one is obligated to justify themselves here and now. But it's a popular, well-upvoted question with multiple well-upvoted answers. This is the kind of question that attracts reopen votes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2014-08-28T15:08:40.453" Title="Why might &quot;In what cases is vi the only option&quot; be primarily opinion-based?" Tags="|discussion|close-reasons|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11862" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11861" CreationDate="2014-08-28T11:35:31.050" Score="2" Body="&lt;h3&gt;This question can be finitely answered with technical evidence and backing.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's not off-topic for being opinionated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ultimately you could probably write a better question along the same lines that didn't specify &lt;code&gt;vi&lt;/code&gt; (eg &amp;quot;What is the lowest common denominator of editors in Ubuntu?&amp;quot;) but I'm not sure that's something that the current question really lends itself to, especially not with the current answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So yeah, it's a bit of a weird question but it's fine. I'll be casting my vote to reopen as soon as I can.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-08-28T11:35:31.050" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11864" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11867" CreationDate="2014-08-28T14:37:43.000" Score="10" ViewCount="193" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently tried to give some advice on improving and eventually closing this RabbitVCS question: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/516486&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/516486&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This included:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;suspecting the question was a duplicate, and saying as much once the facts were clear to me&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;downvoting an incorrect answer, explaining why&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;asking a new user to add more content&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm satisfied with my judgment and politeness. [1] But I do want to make sure I am speaking with the correct voice, given that I am not a moderator, just a fellow user who is more familiar with AU and this piece of software in particular. Given all that I saw my options as:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Singular / plural voice - I chose singular since I speak for myself not the moderators or &quot;the community&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Firm or open tone - I tried both :)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Prodding for more effort or just leave them be - I chose to prod (this is my biggest concern)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Given these parameters, were my choices appropriate given my role? Without straying too far into opinion territory, are there other parameters / community guidelines to consider?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;FWIW I don't intend to make a habit of this, I just don't like seeing people installing a broken version of tools I like! :D&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[1] If you disagree I am very much open to feedback, but please leave it in comments, as that is not the focus of this question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7146" LastEditorUserId="7146" LastEditDate="2014-08-29T08:48:22.430" LastActivityDate="2014-08-29T08:48:22.430" Title="What is the appropriate tone/voice for a non-mod giving suggestions?" Tags="|discussion|comments|etiquette|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11865" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11861" CreationDate="2014-08-28T14:55:38.677" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The qi of the question is this phrase:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;In what &lt;strong&gt;case scenarios is vi the only option&lt;/strong&gt; to create, edit or modify a file.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, can you objectively list all case scenarios where vi is the only option? Yes, you can, and is a rather short list, where the only answer is &quot;where is the only editor installed in the system&quot; which is without doubt the only correct and technically accurate answer (and even so is incomplete, I will explain later why). Now, does this question actually invite this answer? No. Which violate the second part you quote:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;answers to this question &lt;strong&gt;will tend to be almost entirely based on opinions&lt;/strong&gt;, rather than on facts, references, or specific expertise.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is evident when you find this kind of answers &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/516835/169736&quot;&gt;suggesting other editors&lt;/a&gt; or something wildly &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/516842/169736&quot;&gt;related to the topic of the question&lt;/a&gt; which seems to not apply for Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions where technical accuracy is asked &lt;em&gt;should be explicitly said so&lt;/em&gt;, as you can see how people asks for a technical accurate explanation where any other kind of answer will become invalid, a good example of such case is &lt;a href=&quot;https://superuser.com/q/679896/235569&quot;&gt;this one&lt;/a&gt;, spawned of a discussion generated in this site, were the OP categorically said &quot;What are the &lt;strong&gt;technical obstacles&lt;/strong&gt; that doesn't allow OSX to be installed in a PC?&quot; rendering any non-technical backed answer invalid. The OP in the question in question, fails to do this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, I know is very difficult for non-native speakers word a question in a way that it would be for everyone, not just 2 or 5 individuals, understand correctly, heck I'm victim of this causing the most bizarre misunderstanding, that up to date, still haven't been cleared up despite my best efforts, but for that people learn and &lt;em&gt;edit&lt;/em&gt;. So, instead of asking if the question is opinion based or not, or defile community decision that understood that the question is &quot;opinion based&quot;, why nobody has taken upon the task &#xA;of editing it to dispel such doubts? I don't feel confident of accomplishing this, so I casted a close vote, so it's task of OP or another member of the community to reword the question into shape so it could be in &lt;em&gt;eyes of anyone&lt;/em&gt; that read such a question that is not &quot;primarily opinion based&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, going to another topic, why isn't &quot;where is the only editor usable in the system&quot; a complete answer? Because it's based on the assumption that someone removed &lt;code&gt;nano&lt;/code&gt;, which is a important package, hence the system ask you &lt;strong&gt;really&lt;/strong&gt; want to remove it, the same with &lt;code&gt;coreutils&lt;/code&gt; package, or if someone damaged all tools that allows you to edit a file (which, being realistic, you can with sed, tee, grep, cat, head, tail, the shell, edit a file, through not interactively). Sadly, nobody seems to have answered that way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2014-08-28T15:08:40.453" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11866" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11864" CreationDate="2014-08-28T14:56:06.660" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Everything there looks fine to me. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as tone goes; the site is community moderated, the standard of behavior should be the same -- you were helpful and courteous and the user ultimately found their solution. At the end of the day, the one answer was incorrect, science wins every time!  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Only thing I would do is flag the answers on the new question to be removed (So that google will redirect incoming searches to the canonical question. It wouldn't hurt to give the canonical question some editing love as well. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Question answered, fix up the old one, next! Good job!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2014-08-28T14:56:06.660" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11867" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11864" CreationDate="2014-08-28T16:00:26.377" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;As a fellow non-moderator, I cannot view most flags, nor any deleted comments. But from what I can see from your description here and the comments and status of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/516486&quot;&gt;the question&lt;/a&gt;, I don't think you've even remotely approached overstepping your bounds. Basically: you're fine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think in your initial three-item bulleted list here, you've actually enumerated four kinds of things you'd communicated about: (1) suggesting a question should be closed as a duplicate; (2a) voting and (2b) critiquing an answer with a comment; and (3) requesting information/clarification of a question, with a comment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The community as a whole, rather than moderators specifically, are responsible for all those things. By doing them, one does &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; create a particularly high risk of accidentally stepping into the shoes of a moderator inappropriately. As &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/11866/22949&quot;&gt;Jorge Castro says&lt;/a&gt;, &quot;the site is community moderated[.]&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Three of these four things--(2a), (2b), and (3)--aren't merely &lt;em&gt;not moderator jobs&lt;/em&gt;, but are actions that &lt;em&gt;mods don't even have greater power to do than regular users&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;Technically, I think moderators have less restrictive rate-limiting on posting many comments in a short time. But since users with the comment-everywhere privilege can do so about every fifteen seconds, at least for a while, this is an insignificant difference in terms of what it says about the &lt;em&gt;role&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;authority&lt;/em&gt; of moderators.&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for identifying and acting on duplicates, it is true that the system gives moderators a special power in this regard: they can close (and reopen) any question with a single close (or reopen) vote. However, as you may have noticed, this power is not usually used to its fullest: except in &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/05/a-theory-of-moderation/&quot;&gt;cases where a question is &quot;blatantly off-topic&quot;&lt;/a&gt; or its merits/problems are &lt;em&gt;unusually&lt;/em&gt; clear, or when the close queue is filling up so fast moderator help is needed to control it, I've observed it's rare for moderators to cast the first close vote on a question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More importantly, moderators' binding close and reopen votes don't represent a &lt;em&gt;final&lt;/em&gt; authority to decide which questions are acceptable. Questions closed (or reopened) by a moderator can be reopened (or re-closed) by the community just as easily as questions closed (or reopened) just by community votes, and this really does happen. In addition, questions' status can be discussed on meta. There is no obligation that we agree with moderators about what questions should be open or closed (nor, in general, that moderators agree with one another).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In one comment, I believe you &lt;em&gt;might&lt;/em&gt; actually have made the &lt;em&gt;opposite&lt;/em&gt; mistake of what you're concerned you may have made. (But it is not a big deal in this case, and I don't think it requires correction.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You said:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/516486/cannot-install-rabbitvcs-on-ubuntu-14-04#comment701688_516689&quot;&gt;I think this is a duplicate (we'll let the moderators decide) &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's not really how the site works. The community decides what's a duplicate (and more generally, what questions to close). Some members of the community are intended to have and regularly exercise more say in that: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/close-questions&quot;&gt;users with 3000+ rep&lt;/a&gt;. 3k users are &lt;em&gt;encouraged&lt;/em&gt; to cast and review close votes; in contrast, mods try to do so sparingly. The Stack Exchange philosophy that underlies moderator action is that &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/05/a-theory-of-moderation/&quot;&gt;its focus should be exceptional situations&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;strong&gt;Ask Ubuntu is not ruled by moderators.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Let's look at the other extant comments:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/516486/cannot-install-rabbitvcs-on-ubuntu-14-04#comment701098_516499&quot;&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;-1 although it is in the repo, that version is not up-to-date (so this answer is incorrect I'm afraid)&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/516486/cannot-install-rabbitvcs-on-ubuntu-14-04#comment701117_516499&quot;&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;sorry I wasn't clear, that version doesn't work (I forget the details at the moment, but I know this is why I myself use the PPA instead)&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Nothing in these would suggest you hold any special status or authority on the site; these are the sorts of things anyone could say. They're perfectly polite too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Personally, I rarely put &quot;+1&quot; or &quot;-1&quot; in a comment, because I want my comments to be about the post and not about however I've voted. But plenty of people do and there's nothing wrong with it. Certainly you're not overstepping your bounds here--many, &lt;em&gt;many&lt;/em&gt; users can vote a post down.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/516486/cannot-install-rabbitvcs-on-ubuntu-14-04#comment701100_516689&quot;&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;your question says you tried the PPA version, do you know what you did differently this time?&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/516486/cannot-install-rabbitvcs-on-ubuntu-14-04#comment701221_516689&quot;&gt;hmmm, so the ppa error was unrelated? is it possible that this question is then a duplicate of &lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/167431&quot;&gt;askubuntu.com/questions/167431&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/516486/cannot-install-rabbitvcs-on-ubuntu-14-04#comment701221_516689&quot;&gt;?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There, you asked if an author knew something related to their post, and suggested that a question might be a duplicate of another one based on information that had been provided, including information provided in reply to your questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's definitely fine. Even if you were mistaken (which I don't think is the case--I did vote to close the question after all), this is still normal helping behavior of precisely the kind we wish to encourage.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So basically: &lt;strong&gt;you're fine. Not just fine. Good.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this meta question, you mentioned:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;FWIW I don't intend to make a habit of this &lt;em&gt;...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How much and in what ways you choose to contribute to the site is of course your decision. But I hope you do continue helping people improve their posts and seeking to point out misinformation. Far from being undesirable or something that is tolerable only in small amounts, these sorts of actions are necessary for Ask Ubuntu to continue functioning and helping people.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So please feel free to keep up the good work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.227" LastActivityDate="2014-08-28T16:00:26.377" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11868" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11869" CreationDate="2014-08-28T18:10:35.493" Score="5" ViewCount="74" Body="&lt;p&gt;Whenever I try to enter the review queue or accept an answer, I get an error message. I also now cannot post comments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, while writing this post, both &quot;Title is Missing&quot; and &quot;Body is missing&quot; is showing up, even though there is text in the fields. The same thing happens with the &quot;Tags&quot; field.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastEditorUserId="1412" LastEditDate="2014-08-28T18:40:46.843" LastActivityDate="2014-08-28T18:41:16.363" Title="Can't Accept Answers or enter review queue" Tags="|bug|status-completed|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11869" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11868" CreationDate="2014-08-28T18:41:16.363" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Whoops, sorry about that. We did a CloudFlare test earlier that didn't go so well, so we turned off CF, but it got accidentally turned back on later.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should be all good now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1412" LastActivityDate="2014-08-28T18:41:16.363" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11870" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11871" CreationDate="2014-08-28T19:47:17.223" Score="1" ViewCount="40" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just got the following review for the forth time:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;MAKE US MODS OR WE WON'T STOP!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;WE ARE STILL NO SURRENDERED BY YOU, WE WILL NEVER GIVE UP.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Indian Team Hackers&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;ldkcfjih3gw78hNBYUg&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After audit completed:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/82kYF.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Could there be something that means you don't get the same audit twice, including across multiple queues?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="186134" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-08-28T20:10:15.953" Title="I have had the same audit 4 times now" Tags="|discussion|review-audits|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11871" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11870" CreationDate="2014-08-28T20:10:15.953" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;This might not be the &lt;em&gt;same&lt;/em&gt; audit, technically.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We got a large number of similar or identical spam/troll posts like that one. You're probably getting different ones in each audit, that look similar.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've gotten a number of audits with that spam as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2014-08-28T20:10:15.953" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11872" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-08-28T23:01:35.900" Score="7" ViewCount="132" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just now, I saw &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/recovery&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;recovery&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;recovery&lt;/a&gt;. I'm not sure what to do about it, but it seems it needs to go, because it isn't specific enough. File recovery? Recovering a system to a usable state? The tag has a variety of questions in it. Perhaps it should be blacklisted and it be recommended that more specific tags like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/data-recovery&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;data-recovery&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;data-recovery&lt;/a&gt; be used instead. It reminds me of the old &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/installation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;installation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;installation&lt;/a&gt; mess.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="38094" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-08-28T23:26:22.850" LastActivityDate="2014-09-01T13:18:45.803" Title="The &quot;recovery&quot; tag" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11873" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-08-28T23:55:26.187" Score="1" ViewCount="90" Body="&lt;p&gt;Anyone else have this problem? Over on the regular Ask Ubuntu site, I keep running into people coming along and editing my questions so they're incomprehensible. Or worse, they flag them as duplicates when they're clearly not. Is there any way to dispute peoples dumb edits/flaggings?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;i.e. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/517342/wifi-disabled-no-hardware-switch-available-rfkill-list-reads-hard-blocked-an&quot;&gt;this one irks me the most&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and this one: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/477558/14-04-lts-32-bit-software-updater-error-failed-to-download-repository-informa&quot;&gt;this one is older&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="277992" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2014-08-29T02:49:27.943" Title="I can't get questions answered half the time because people come along and flag as duplicate or otherwise edit my questions" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11874" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11873" CreationDate="2014-08-29T00:28:23.337" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;It takes 5 people to close a question as duplicate. When one person flags it, users with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/close-questions&quot;&gt;3,000+ reputation go to a review queue&lt;/a&gt; and vote on either closing it or leaving it open. And, in the event of your question being closed as a duplicate, but it really isn't, edit the question and mention that you've tried the solutions in the linked question but it didn't help. Once you update your question with that info (within 5 days of it being closed), it'll automatically go into another &lt;strong&gt;Reopen&lt;/strong&gt; queue that users will vote to open. Usually, those queues don't take long.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, if you've already tried some solutions that you found (on this site or anywhere else) before you post a question, you should list what you've done in your question instead of saying &lt;em&gt;I've scoured the internet, but none of the solutions I've found so far seem to work&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, you say that people &quot;&lt;em&gt;flag them as duplicates when they're clearly not&lt;/em&gt;&quot;, but after reading your WiFi question and the linked duplicate question, they seem very identical to me: Fn keys not working, no WiFi switch, &lt;code&gt;rfkill&lt;/code&gt; says hard blocked. Whatever thoughts make you think they're clearly not duplicate should be stated in your question =).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, by the way, chili, the person that initially marked &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/517342/wifi-disabled-no-hardware-switch-available-rfkill-list-reads-hard-blocked-an&quot;&gt;your WiFi question&lt;/a&gt; as a duplicate, is pretty good with all wireless issues =). I'm not saying &quot;take his word for granted&quot;, or anyone else for that matter, but he knows what he's doing. And if he marked your question as a duplicate incorrectly, then you probably didn't include enough information, for example your wireless card adapter make. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Read more about closing questions here: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/close-questions&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/close-questions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="52726" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2014-08-29T00:39:31.057" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11875" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11873" CreationDate="2014-08-29T02:44:07.983" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've checked out your questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the one with your wireless:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It was duped to a question that was misworded to read like &quot;Oh hey, how do I fix my hard blocked wireless?&quot;. Since it's not specific, it can read like a general problem that applies to all laptops. Upon closer inspection of the question, it's pretty Asus specific. That question is really about how to unblock wireless on that Asus model. It could be Asus model specific, and I'm not an expert on wireless, but I'm willing to bet that following those instructions on your &lt;em&gt;Acer&lt;/em&gt; laptop probably won't work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I edited your question's title to instead read &quot;Wifi disabled, no hardware switch available, rfkill list reads &quot;Hard Blocked&quot; anyway on an Acer Aspire One&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you look at the title of both questions as they were before, then yeah, they look like duplicates. I edited them to be &lt;em&gt;more specific&lt;/em&gt;. Once I edited both questions to be what they were really about, it is now obvious that they are not duplicates. Questions are all about details! If they don't have details, people will generally put them in general buckets; that's just the way we're wired, remember that the title of your question is an important detail!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You're Deluge question is too confusing. There's your question and then a bunch of comments that I have to piece together what's going on. My recommendation here is instead of commenting in a forum-like manner (which is hard to follow), reedit your question to be what you need to solve. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(But this is a common problem, a PPA maintainer hasn't updated to a new release, there's nothing left to do there but wait).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyway, I hope this explains why this happened; the key to getting answers is to &lt;em&gt;be specific&lt;/em&gt; up front in the title. Imagine the site as if it was a giant inbox of email that you had to read. Now fill that inbox with &quot;My wireless doesn't work&quot; emails. After a while, it just gets blurry. If I have an inbox of 10,000 mails, and they all start with &quot;My wireless doesn't work&quot;, I'm going to space out. If it's &quot;Wifi disabled, no hardware switch available, rfkill list reads “Hard Blocked” anyway on an Acer Aspire One&quot; that will at least get you most of the way there. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Be aggressive editing your question&lt;/strong&gt;: When I ask a question here I am edit maniac. I am consistently adding the results of my search, adding what questions I've tried, with links. Linking to every stupid thing I have tried. I get my questions answered because I am thorough. If I were to say &quot;I've tried a bunch of things on the site and that doesn't work&quot; that gets me nowhere. &lt;em&gt;Fight&lt;/em&gt; for your question like a gladiator. Make it a live blog of your problem and you'll more than likely get an answer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now that your wireless question is not a duplicate, I've voted to reopen it, good luck!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="235" LastEditDate="2014-08-29T02:49:27.943" LastActivityDate="2014-08-29T02:49:27.943" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11876" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11877" CreationDate="2014-08-29T03:00:49.457" Score="15" ViewCount="211" Body="&lt;p&gt;If my question had limited views (say, 5), and no one had replied &quot;so far&quot;, then moving it upwards is it just similar to having it posted just now. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In other words, if my question is not resolved, what should I do? My alternatives are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Do nothing, in which case my problem is not solved and will likely not be solved (we don't like that do we?)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Eliminate it and then post it again (very inefficient)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Update it so that it gets into the top of the list (&lt;strong&gt;exactly&lt;/strong&gt; like 2) but much more efficient I think)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Go to other forums and post it there (highly inefficient since it disperses the community and adds more repeated stuff into internet)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can you think of more alternatives? Which do you think it is better?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EDIT: well, in fact the answer is in the Help Center, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/no-one-answers&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user308164" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2014-09-06T18:52:11.963" Title="If a question I wrote has no replies, can I edit it in order to move it up on the Top Active list?" Tags="|discussion|editing|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11877" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11876" CreationDate="2014-08-29T03:02:29.173" Score="16" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, absolutely edit it to add more information; this is encouraged and is the proper way to get a question answered!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The trick is to just not make trivial edits, add as much information as you can. Keep on editing with as much information as you can. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(You can start by linking your question in your post!)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2014-08-29T03:02:29.173" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11878" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-08-29T05:53:34.550" Score="6" ViewCount="80" Body="&lt;p&gt;This has already been mentioned here: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/7473/266923&quot;&gt;&amp;#39;livedvd&amp;#39; should be a synonym for &amp;#39;live-cd&amp;#39;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/7471/correct-term-for-livecd&quot;&gt;Correct term for &amp;#39;LiveCD&amp;#39;?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There hasn't been a change yet it seems.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do we really need &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/live-cd&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;live-cd&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;live-cd&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/live-usb&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;live-usb&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;live-usb&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/livedvd&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;livedvd&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;livedvd&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/live-environment&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;live-environment&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;live-environment&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems that is a bit of overkill.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can understand there is some sort of separation, because of what media the live environment is on, but these could really all be migrated together into one tag. For instance &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/live-boot&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;live-boot&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;live-boot&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/live&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;live&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;live&lt;/a&gt; or into an existing one. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="266923" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.150" LastActivityDate="2014-09-28T21:34:57.223" Title="Migration of tags (live-cd, livedvd)" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11879" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11876" CreationDate="2014-08-29T07:36:25.060" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes edit it!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you say in your question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;First, make sure you’ve asked a good question. To get better answers,&#xA;  you may need to put additional effort into your question. &lt;strong&gt;Edit your&#xA;  question to provide status and progress updates.&lt;/strong&gt; Document your own&#xA;  continued efforts to answer your question. This will naturally bump&#xA;  your question to the homepage and get more people interested in it. (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/no-one-answers&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/help/no-one-answers&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you &lt;em&gt;have&lt;/em&gt; to do trivial edits because you have no information, then look at the grammar, style and argument of your question. There is almost always something that can be put more clearly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="115155" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2014-08-29T07:36:25.060" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11880" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11876" CreationDate="2014-08-29T08:33:06.003" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;As other answers have noted:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;meaningful edits are a good first step&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;if you aren't sure how to improve your post further, asking on Meta can help (and draw eyeballs :)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But what if that's not enough? In my opinion, cross-posting to other (non-Stack Exchange) sources does not dilute anything:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you are statistically more likely to get answer - good for you&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you can bring that answer back to AU, improving AU&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;linking to your AU question can make others aware of AU as a resource&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;linking to the answer at some another source can make AU users aware of that resource (i.e. that it is worthwhile)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, a few of my questions about VirtualBox didn't get answered here, but were answered on the VirtualBox forums. And vice versa. The AU answers are the &quot;official&quot; answers in &lt;em&gt;my&lt;/em&gt; head, but regulars at either location now have the knowledge and the links.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Good alternate resources (which ones are available and actually worthwhile changes depending on the project):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;official/de facto forum&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;mailing list&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;IRC channel&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Launchpad questions page&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;issues/ticket list (if they accept queries rather than bugs)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;email the author (for small projects)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;official/de facto OSQA or Askbot resources (heeeeathens! :D )&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you can see from this difficult-to-choose-between requires-lots-of-trawling hodgepodge, there's a reason why Stack Exchange came into being!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Important notes:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Cross-posting on different Stack Exchanges is frowned on. It is preferred that you ask on Meta that your question is migrated. Which may draw attention to it!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Don't cross-post from the get go. Pick your preferred resource and post there first. &lt;em&gt;If&lt;/em&gt; you haven't got an answer in, say, 24-48hrs then cross post. If you need an answer more urgently than that, my opinion is that you should be talking to friends/colleagues/hired experts/IRC compadres. (And if you're feeling especially kind, posting a self-answered Q&amp;amp;A once the fire has died down :)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;...and generally respect the netiquette of wherever you're posting.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You can copy and paste your own words, but the words of others may be restricted by copyright. If copying from Stack Exchange, you must include a link back to the source. If copying from other sites, the copyright restrictions are typically less clear, so it's best to express the answer in your own words, and include a link to show good faith. And links are awesome anyway.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Some answers just take a very long time to arrive. I've had non-urgent niggles answered only months later. IMHO answers to difficult or obscure questions are still more likely and easier to collaborate on in Q&amp;amp;A format than forums and such.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7146" LastActivityDate="2014-08-29T08:33:06.003" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11881" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-08-29T09:07:04.953" Score="6" ViewCount="269" Body="&lt;p&gt;In order to answer a question, I copied and pasted &lt;strong&gt;my own&lt;/strong&gt; answer from another question, modifying it slightly so as to fit the fact that the question was put differently.  At the same time I also voted to close the answer as a duplicate of the other question, figuring that my mostly copy-pasted answer would suffice in the meantime until others agreed with my decision to close as duplicate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My answer was deleted by a moderator who gave me a public warning not to copy and paste answers: &quot;especially my own&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, I've been a member of stackoverflow.com for a long time, and copying and pasting your own answer there is (or was) fine: encouraged, even.  I've done it &lt;em&gt;many&lt;/em&gt; times and it's always been received positively, because let's face it, there is a lot of redundancy in many questions, where the questions aren't necessarily the same, but often the same information can be re-used.  And when I do it, it helps people.  I've often re-cycled the same answer, changing parts of it in order to make it relevant to the different question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Was this moderator wrong to warn me for doing this, or was I in the wrong for re-using parts of my answers?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Comments were disabled on my deleted answer so I had no right of reply to the moderator, which seemed a little unfair, especially since his telling me off seemed a bit rude (edit: he has since replied to me in a comment on the question, which is good, though I still disagree with him in principle about whether I did something wrong).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The answer in question is here.  I'm not sure if other members are able to see it:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/517466/ubuntu-claims-its-out-of-space/517469?noredirect=1#comment702517_517469&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/517466/ubuntu-claims-its-out-of-space/517469?noredirect=1#comment702517_517469&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please feel free to tell it however you feel it: if consensus is that copying parts of your own answers is wrong here, I'll be happy to accept it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit: most people seem to have fixated on the fact that the question should have been marked as duplicate, rather than whether or not it was wrong for me to provide a partly copy-pasted answer from another question.  I am not asking whether it should have been marked as duplicate - I &lt;em&gt;did&lt;/em&gt; mark it as duplicate.  What I was told off for was not that I did/didn't mark it as a dupe, but that I copy-pasted from my own answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54256" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2014-09-01T00:59:42.433" Title="Is copying and pasting your own answer acceptable?" Tags="|discussion|etiquette|answering|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11882" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11881" CreationDate="2014-08-29T09:29:18.803" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Without looking at the topic it is about: if you can copy the answer the question is (more than likely) a duplicate and should be flagged as such.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;--- edit ---&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Was this moderator wrong to warn me for doing this, or was I in the wrong for re-using parts of my answers?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My opinion? no and yes. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Comments were disabled on my deleted answer so I had no right of reply to the moderator, which seemed a little unfair, especially since his telling me off seemed a bit rude&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In general I consider it not a good idea to use comments, questions and even meta for discussions about a moderation (mods probably will state to use meta). I would have done this in AU Chat to ask about this. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;fossfreedom is not that bad a moderator and I am sure you are reading his comment in a way that seems to tick you off but that was not intended as such. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastEditorUserId="15811" LastEditDate="2014-08-29T09:48:52.790" LastActivityDate="2014-08-29T09:48:52.790" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11883" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11881" CreationDate="2014-08-29T10:18:47.843" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'd have no problem with you posting the same answer a million times over as long as they answered &lt;strong&gt;different questions&lt;/strong&gt;. This is a case where it is not only clear that they are duplicate but also that &lt;em&gt;you knew&lt;/em&gt; the older question existed because you posted to both within a matter of minutes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you were a new user, yeah, I'd probably suggest more delicate handling. We try to spend some time with new users explaining how the system works... But as you point out, you've got 65K of network reputation. You should have an idea that the massive duplicate system that exists on these sites isn't there just to be ignored.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And in terms of how we handle communication with users of deleted posts, the comments are sincerely not supposed to be a public lambasting. Some other people &lt;em&gt;can&lt;/em&gt; see them but —save for when people open a meta question about it— very few people actually ever see the deleted post. We just want you to know why we're doing stuff so we don't get &quot;Why did a moderator rudely delete my answer?!&quot; meta-questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In short: The comment could have been more explanatory but you should probably know better too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In terms of the duplicate process, when you mark something as duplicate, it leaves a comment for the OP. This is more than enough. You don't need to copy your (or every other answer) over. That's not desirable for anybody.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the question is closed as duplicate, that comment is deleted and converted into the header you see above the question. That is what happened here:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/IjZZg.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2014-08-29T11:17:26.647" LastActivityDate="2014-08-29T11:17:26.647" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11884" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11885" CreationDate="2014-08-29T13:04:50.783" Score="20" ViewCount="472" Body="&lt;p&gt;Asking &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/517462/way-of-receiving-alerts-on-login-attempts-whether-successful-or-not&quot;&gt;my first question&lt;/a&gt; just a few hours ago, and almost immediately receiving excellent answers, I did my best to show my gratitude, which included voting up the answer as well as green-checking it. Moreover, I added comments thanking + commenting on the two answers, which seemed absolutely natural to me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But then I checked the bouquet of achievements added to my list, noting that the content in my &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/new-user&quot;&gt;Remove New User Restrictions&lt;/a&gt; badge included the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What are protected questions?&lt;/strong&gt; High traffic questions on the site may&#xA;  be protected to prevent &quot;thanks&quot;, &quot;me too!&quot;, and spam answers from new&#xA;  users&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ooops, sounded like I got that one premature! So I went to my question and deleted my own comments. My question is whether I did right in doing so. It feels so strange not properly thanking others for their effort, which they do completely free of charge, that I just have to ask (now when I got my Meta Privileges).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My own guess (substantially helped by &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/9144/320999&quot;&gt;this answer&lt;/a&gt;) is that the upvoting and accepting of an answer is the preferred way of thanking. Perhaps the background thought being that this way is more useful for both the provider (rep gaining) as well as the general reader (clarity), plus that it does not clog up the site with 'distractions'. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I agree with the former and see the point with the latter, even though explicit thanks are NOT merely distractions in my book. In any case, if ensured that this is the preferred custom, I will most certainly try to adapt. So please help ensure me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Additional note: Assuming that the No Thank Comment custom is in place here, perhaps noting that should be part of the tour, i.e. by adding a mentioning of that somewhere around the text saying:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This site is all about getting answers. It's not a discussion forum. There's no chit-chat.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just so those of us obsessively polite (at least in this respect) are warned.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="320999" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2014-09-05T10:52:48.573" Title="Have I got this right -- no explicit 'thank you' wanted?" Tags="|discussion|comments|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11885" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11884" CreationDate="2014-08-29T13:23:33.733" Score="32" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can thank people in comments (many people appreciate it), just not in answers. You will probably find a few people around the site who take an ultra-cold approach to this and hate all forms for greeting and thanks but ignore them. Being polite isn't bad.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Protected questions are often ones that are really popular and result in a whole load of new users —who cannot comment or vote because they are &lt;em&gt;that&lt;/em&gt; new to the site— posting their thanks as new &lt;em&gt;answers&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This clogs up the answer section with non-answers and generates a whole load of ongoing moderation work... So we turn on Protected mode and that just stops these very new users being able to post on a certain question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2014-08-29T13:23:33.733" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11886" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11887" CreationDate="2014-08-29T13:23:47.450" Score="1" ViewCount="43" Body="&lt;p&gt;The following test question (i.e., review audit) for the First Post review queue seems to be broken:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/first-posts/312931#&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/review/first-posts/312931#&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Neither comments nor flags work and the buttons for them do not respond.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The original question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;System hanging after my log in&#xA;&#xA;I have installed Ubuntu 14.04LTS on my PC using CD. But after the successful&#xA;installation and after my log in on PC it is hanging.&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="194948" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2014-09-28T18:35:27.843" Title="First Post review test question broken" Tags="|bug|review-audits|review-queue|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11887" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11886" CreationDate="2014-08-29T13:43:59.427" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's an audit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's actually based on a question that was deleted a while ago so no, you can't &lt;em&gt;do&lt;/em&gt; anything to it. Just mark it for closure (because it was a bad question with no detail and no updates) and you'd have passed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2014-08-29T13:43:59.427" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11888" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11876" CreationDate="2014-08-29T14:12:33.817" Score="-1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If a question I wrote has no replies, can I edit it in order to move it up on the Top Active list?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You are doing it all backwards! You shouldn't edit it to move it up to the top of the Active list, that's bad and frowned upon; you should instead edit to add more information, clarify the title and body, add new methods that you tried, etc. and it will move to the top of the Active list. You already discovered that by reading the help page:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Edit your question to provide status and progress updates. Document your own continued efforts to answer your question. This will naturally bump your question to the homepage and get more people interested in it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's the correct way. If you have nothing else to add, then try to share your question with people that might help, give your question some promotion using other means.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If my question had limited views (say, 5)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Don't feel bad, between &lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/superuser/query/213319/average-views-per-question-by-month#graph&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Super User&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/unix/query/213319/average-views-per-question-by-month#graph&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Unix &amp;amp; Linux&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/askubuntu/query/213319/average-views-per-question-by-month#graph&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Ask ubuntu&lt;/a&gt; (which are the most nearest, scope wise), this site has the lowest average views per question out the three the most recent a question has been posted. So, you might need to go extra lengths to make people see your questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2014-08-29T14:12:33.817" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11890" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-08-29T16:23:33.270" Score="8" ViewCount="113" Body="&lt;p&gt;currently the list of off-topic subjects include the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Linux Mint, Backtrack, Gnome-Remix (prior to 13.04) and other Linux distributions (try our friends at Unix &amp;amp; Linux Stack Exchange).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I want Elementary OS to be added here as well. Since it's off topic and quite popular, of course we can't list everything that's off topic but the most popular distributions should be here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10698" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2014-11-08T03:18:40.367" LastActivityDate="2014-11-08T03:18:40.367" Title="Can Elementary OS be added in the help section for topics not to ask about?" Tags="|feature-request|status-completed|help-center|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11891" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11890" CreationDate="2014-08-29T18:38:24.770" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I agree; the list of example off-topic distros should be updated from time to time to reflect those that are most commonly asked about. This is beneficial not merely because it helps people using those specific distros know to ask their questions elsewhere, but also because current and popular examples tend to make good, illustrative examples.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I suggest we replace the text &quot;Gnome-Remix (prior to 13.04)&quot; with the text &quot;Elementary OS.&quot;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe off-topic Gnome-Remix questions are uncommon now compared to several OSes not listed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think removing &quot;Gnome-Remix (prior to 13.04)&quot; as part of the same change that adds &quot;Elementary OS&quot; would be good for two reasons:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It would control the length and complexity of the help pages (especially compared to just having the list of unofficial distro examples grow and grow over time). This is good because it may increase the likelihood people will read and understand it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Keeping dated, now-uncommon examples of what not to ask about may fool people into thinking, &quot;well I've heard a lot about how Mint isn't supported, and these other distros are obscure ...&lt;em&gt;my&lt;/em&gt; distro is probably okay.&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why have I not simply upvoted this question and posted a separate one asking for &quot;Gnome-Remix (prior to 13.04)&quot; to be removed? Because:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;That we can remove old examples is the &lt;em&gt;reason&lt;/em&gt; there are no significant disadvantages to adding new ones. I'm much more convinced it would be good to &quot;Gnome-Remix (prior to 13.04)&quot; with &quot;Elementary OS&quot; than that it would be good to just tack &quot;Elementary OS&quot; onto the current list.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;There's probably no good reason to make two changes to (the same sentence of) the same help page, one after another, if they can just both be made at the same time.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2014-08-29T18:38:24.770" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11892" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11884" CreationDate="2014-08-30T00:23:43.990" Score="11" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;It feels so strange not properly thanking others for their effort&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/YRKh5.png&quot; alt=&quot;Comments saying &amp;quot;thanks&amp;quot;? Why don&amp;#39;t you upvote?&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If one of the answer wasn't sustain enough, you can ask for clarification in comments, &quot;thanks&quot; are expressed in upvotes (or accepting their answers, but it can be just one!).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-09-02T00:26:49.870" LastActivityDate="2014-09-02T00:26:49.870" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11893" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11881" CreationDate="2014-08-30T00:48:19.580" Score="6" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I copied and pasted my own answer from another question, modifying it slightly so as to fit the fact that the question was put differently.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have 5 answers that are more or less 80% the same answer, just trimmed and chopped and regurgitated to different proposes, which off the top of my head only remember two:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I can boot Ubuntu only if I plug my USB&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How to move GRUB to a new disk&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You would notice a common topic between them (namely the bootloader (GRUB)), yet, the question are different in propose and cause. So yes, &lt;strong&gt;you can reuse your answers so long you answer different questions.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The fact that the same answer can solve both, doesn't automatically make them duplicated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-09-01T00:36:31.010" LastActivityDate="2014-09-01T00:36:31.010" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11894" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-08-30T01:45:37.773" Score="2" ViewCount="418" Body="&lt;p&gt;Following Shog's trough &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/q/262077/792066&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; and the last post asking not to focus efforts on closing old questions &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/11703/169736&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;, I would like to apply the most logical solution: delete that crap already (this can be done if people downvotes the questions, but then there are users that just don't downvote :/).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since the only way to delete a question is closing it, and we are discouraged to do so, maybe we need the ROOMBA to do it for us, more aggressively. I propose the following formula instead, since our needs seems to be different:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If a question is more than 90 days old&lt;/strong&gt;, and...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;has a score of 0 or less&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;has no answers with a score &gt; 0&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;is not locked&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;...it will be automatically deleted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A test of what it would select in &lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/askubuntu/query/221570&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this query&lt;/a&gt;. Checked some of them, and were close-worthy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyone with another formula? Or some other approach?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/askubuntu/query/221633&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;This query&lt;/a&gt; match 35987 questions that follow the above criteria, plus doesn't have accepted answer. &lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/askubuntu/revision/221633/290868&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;This match&lt;/a&gt; those that have accepted answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T09:16:20.523" LastActivityDate="2014-09-16T21:22:28.110" Title="Supercharge ROOMBA — again!" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|auto-delete|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="23" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11895" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-08-29T15:14:07.800" Score="1" ViewCount="42" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a dilemma. I have asked questions on Stack Overflow and Computational Science previously. &#xA;However, I have not done so on Ask Ubuntu. Hence I have 1 reputation. The problem starts when I am in search of an answer at Ask Ubuntu. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Take the following &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/459475/266923&quot;&gt;Ask Ubuntu Question&lt;/a&gt;. Now I found the answer provided by Sylvain Pineau to be helpful. Helpful as in, following the advise given and achieving the desired result. In eagerness to respond to this persons help by pressing the vote up button, I am not allowed to since I have in total 1 reputation. Hence, all I could do was to locate this persons email address and submit my gratitude through email.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So in a sense my journey on Ask Ubuntu must start with a question. This is somehow problematic as many users (like myself) do not actively contribute in the different StackExchange communities. Rather when a problem arises we search for it, and upon finding the answer we merrily walk our way to other issues that may concern us. Some of us decide to make accounts at StackExchange so that perhaps we may ask a question which does not seem to have been asked or answered. While others simply want to give a little back by pressing the vote up button if the answer was helpful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Asking a question for the sake of asking is futile and redundant as many would agree.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="321726" OwnerDisplayName="imranal" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2014-08-30T02:42:42.713" Title="Asking a question required to start the journey on StackExchange" Tags="|discussion|community|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11896" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11895" CreationDate="2014-08-30T02:42:42.713" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Overall, I must disagree.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;While there are genuine cases like you, there are also a lot more spammers out there. There's also the problem of new users who don't really understand how SE works. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You journey doesn't necessarily start with a question. You can also write answers. If you want to start with a question, you can write share-your-knowledge questions (that you answer yourself), perhaps guides on something you found difficult and you think hasn't got much attention here.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I have seen a fellow get 200 rep in one day (the daily threshold) from a single question and the answer that he posted to it. (This wasn't a share-your-knowledge question - but a proper problem that went through a bit of work.) That's enough to set him up on all other SE sites.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Be careful with share-your-knowledge questions, though. You should be clear in what you're asking. Here's a classic (IMHO) example of this done the wrong way: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/511629/158442&quot;&gt;Does Libre Office have an equivalent of OneNote, or is there another alternative?&lt;/a&gt; Every single answer (including mine) bar the OP's answered the title and not the body, because they asked different questions. The question was edited, but you can see the original in the revision history. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2014-08-30T02:42:42.713" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11897" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11898" CreationDate="2014-08-30T07:54:43.163" Score="2" ViewCount="76" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was posting an answer and I was asked whether I was a bot or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've been on this site for 10 months, and I was never asked to solve a CAPTCHA. Why would the system suddenly ask me if I was a bot 10 months and 2800 rep AFTER I initially signed up?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastEditorUserId="208574" LastEditDate="2014-08-30T08:21:32.517" LastActivityDate="2014-08-30T08:21:32.517" Title="Why did AU ask if I was a robot?" Tags="|discussion|captcha|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11898" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11897" CreationDate="2014-08-30T08:20:43.397" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The short answer is that this happens when the system thinks, based on how long you've been editing the text (taken together with other factors), that you might be a bot.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Why would it think you might be a bot when clearly you're an established human user?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The system is designed to try to protect against harm caused by a user account that belongs to a real, non-malicious human but which has been hijacked and used for spamming or other bad acts. (For example, this could happen if your SSO password were discovered, or if some unpatched security vulnerability in Stack Exchange or your SSO provider were exploited.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This does not, however, address specifically why you were presented with a CAPTCHA that particular time, and never before.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here are some possibilities...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/59303/chrisf&quot;&gt;ChrisF&lt;/a&gt;, this can happen if the system thinks you've spend an unusually short &lt;em&gt;or&lt;/em&gt; long time composing an answer:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do you type up your answer in an editor and paste into the &amp;quot;Your&#xA;Answer&amp;quot; box? Or do you take ages typing, editing, revising and&#xA;reworking your answer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the time between you starting to type (er paste) and hitting the&#xA;&amp;quot;Post Your Answer&amp;quot; button is too short or too long (for different&#xA;values of &amp;quot;too&amp;quot;) you will trigger the &amp;quot;are you a robot&amp;quot; question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;– &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/70815/185080&quot;&gt;ChrisF's answer&lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/70808/how-can-i-avoid-annoying-captchas-when-logged-in&quot;&gt;How can I avoid annoying CAPTCHAs when logged in?&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;MSE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That accords with my personal experience, though that answer is from several years ago and I'm not totally sure the system still works that way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems this can at least happen you submit multiple edits very quickly. (I think &amp;quot;edits,&amp;quot; in this context, includes the original submission of a post.) As &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/115866/balpha&quot;&gt;balpha&lt;/a&gt;, a Stack Exchange developer, said the CAPTCHA-inducing rate limiting for edits is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;30 seconds for lower-rep users&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&amp;quot;10k users are only throttled to 10 seconds per edit&amp;quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Source:&lt;/em&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/143460/185080&quot;&gt;balpha's answer&lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/143455/i-am-not-a-robot&quot;&gt;I am not a robot!&lt;/a&gt; on MSE&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And it seems there may be a bug in the system where if you log in after beginning to compose a post, and then not much time passes between then and when you submit the post, the system unnecessarily tries to check if you're a robot:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/223440/bad-robot-i-just-logged-in-i-didnt-create-the-post-in-0-35-seconds&quot;&gt;Bad robot! I just logged in, I didn&amp;#39;t create the post in 0.35 seconds!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-08-30T08:20:43.397" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11899" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11901" CreationDate="2014-08-30T08:20:43.400" Score="12" ViewCount="351" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm not pointing about any users, but there are a few I know that like &lt;strong&gt;bolding things in questions&lt;/strong&gt;. Is there a specific reason to do this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Readability is the largest reason I have heard. However, I do not see a good reason to do this. The edits to seem trivial and do not really add anything to the post. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the etiquette for bolding stuff?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Bolding/Italicizing I've noticed:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;(B) Question in post&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;(B) Info in post&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;(I) Info in post&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;(I) Tech specs&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While these seem to be good things to post, they already stand out quite a bit. Why emphacize it even more? Also, this kind of allows people to not read by ONLY looking for the bold bits. As a result, a lot of important details are missed. And as such, the answers don't help. Quality of answers goes down. And because answers aren't good, the questions will become fewer. With fewer questions, AU won't be the same!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is even more disturbing is that the review queue likes accepting this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastEditorUserId="208574" LastEditDate="2014-09-09T05:21:35.243" LastActivityDate="2014-09-09T05:21:35.243" Title="Why do people edit in (usually pointless) bold and italics to questions?" Tags="|discussion|editing|suggested-edits|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11900" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11899" CreationDate="2014-08-30T08:39:18.917" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Text doesn't usually benefit from bold or italics just because it's technical specs, or proper names. Headings (i.e., section titles within an answer) benefit from bold but this is taken care of automatically when you make them headings by starting them off with &lt;code&gt;###&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;##&lt;/code&gt;, or &lt;code&gt;#&lt;/code&gt; markdown (depending on how big you want it to appear).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So you're probably right about these edits not being very good... but to know for sure, I think you'd have to link to some examples.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is not to say that bold and italics cannot be used for good purposes. I use them in many of my answers, and while I think I may have occasionally gone overboard with them, for the most part I think I've used them well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One purpose of bold is to call attention to particularly important points. Another is to help people navigate through the post or know what part of it they may want to come back to later. Remember, Ask Ubuntu doesn't facilitate linking to a particular &lt;em&gt;part&lt;/em&gt; of a single post. When bold (or italics) helps express the logic or structure an author is trying to convey, and when it compliments good writing rather than substituting for it, it can be a very good thing. And some edits that add bold are good, too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I have also seen edits adding bold and italics, where my reaction is similar to yours, and I wonder if there's really any benefit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Occasionally I've edited a post to put something in bold (while making no, or hardly any, other edits). I don't do this often, and when I do it's been to highlight something that's leading some people to seriously misunderstand the post. Most of the times I've done this, it's been for short but potentially valuable answers getting flagged as not-an-answer by reviewers not reading them carefully enough to see they really &lt;em&gt;do&lt;/em&gt; say what to do to solve the problem. (When a post is genuinely unclear but can be improved through editing, a rewording is better. But when people are  just misunderstanding it, a bit  of bold can help sometimes.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You're right that if a suggested edit doesn't really make a post more readable and does not otherwise add anything to it, it's not a good edit. The best thing to do when reviewing such an edit is to reject it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Regarding your point at the end about answer quality: I don't know if overuse or non-helpful use of bold is actually leading to poorer reading of questions and worse answers. My guess is that if it is, it's only doing so a very little bit. But either way, if an edit doesn't make a post better at all, it's not a good edit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2014-08-30T08:39:18.917" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11901" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11899" CreationDate="2014-08-30T08:59:06.060" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is a profession of its own to create comfortably readable posts. The trick is to create a hierarchical structure in which information is ordered/grouped in subsections that make sense somehow. The most common mistakes (not only on this site, but in text in general) are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Making too many sub levels without a binding header&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Drawing attention to relatively unimportant details, making it compete with the comprehensive concept of the post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Alltogether&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That is why I &lt;strong&gt;REALLY&lt;/strong&gt; find all &lt;strong&gt;those&lt;/strong&gt; posts with &lt;strong&gt;randomly&lt;/strong&gt; bolded text &lt;strong&gt;quite&lt;/strong&gt; awfull. And like you &lt;em&gt;I&lt;/em&gt; am pretty surprised those edits are approved many times.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-08-30T09:07:56.583" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11904" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11905" CreationDate="2014-08-31T04:13:51.890" Score="0" ViewCount="84" Body="&lt;p&gt;Wubi was discontinued as of 13.04. 13.04 was marked as end-of-life in January of 2014. So, why do we still have questions about Wubi? What is the purpose if Wubi is now off-topic?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think that questions about Wubi should be blocked, as there is no use for them anymore.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastActivityDate="2014-08-31T07:24:15.293" Title="Blocking questions about Wubi?" Tags="|feature-request|tag-block-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2014-09-16T21:37:12.277" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11905" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11904" CreationDate="2014-08-31T06:44:54.737" Score="3" Body="&lt;h3&gt;TL;DR&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/7596/22949&quot;&gt;Wubi was only &quot;discontinued&quot; by a very strange sense of that term, as it continues shipping on official Ubuntu ISOs &lt;em&gt;and working&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, even if we were to consider Wubi unsupported starting with 13.04, &lt;strong&gt;Ubuntu 12.04 LTS remains supported&lt;/strong&gt; and won't be end-of-life for about 2.5 more years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now for the details...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some background information on the current status of Wubi:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/449526/22949&quot;&gt;Rinzwind's answer&lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/449486/windows-installer-for-ubuntu-14-04-lts-onwards&quot;&gt;Windows installer for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS onwards&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/7596/22949&quot;&gt;Dima's answer&lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/7497/wubi-discussion-again-supported-here-on-ask-ubuntu-13-04-and-later&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/7497/wubi-discussion-again-supported-here-on-ask-ubuntu-13-04-and-later&lt;/a&gt; here on meta.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Wubi continues to ship with new versions of Ubuntu and to be maintained. 13.04 was apparently the only release that didn't have &lt;code&gt;wubi.exe&lt;/code&gt; on the official desktop ISO.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's true that we're generally trying to discourage people from using Wubi on the new releases. There is also the issue that with a preinstalled Windows 8 system, Wubi won't work (though there are still many Windows users not falling in that category).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On other systems, Wubi still does work, even with the latest releases of Ubuntu. When run from the CD, &lt;code&gt;wubi.exe&lt;/code&gt; now acts to prompt the user to reboot and install Ubuntu in the usual way. When copied off of the CD, it continues to work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Considering that it continues officially shipping with Ubuntu, I don't think it's necessarily accurate to say it's &quot;discontinued&quot; &lt;em&gt;in the sense relevant to deciding what's end-of-life for our purposes.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I've just double checked this: &lt;code&gt;wubi.exe&lt;/code&gt; is present on the 14.04.1 CD (I checked &lt;code&gt;ubuntu-14.04.1-desktop-amd64.iso&lt;/code&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is even on the Utopic daily-live images (I checked &lt;code&gt;utopic-desktop-amd64.iso&lt;/code&gt; from 20140830), foreshadowing its continued presence when 14.10 is released.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyway, the biggest problem with this proposal is that, even by the narrowest possible interpretation of the term, &lt;strong&gt;Wubi is officially supported for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS&lt;/strong&gt;. While 12.10, 13.04, and 13.10 are end-of-life, 12.04 is an LTS release and &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;remains supported through April 2017&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The presence of &lt;code&gt;wubi.exe&lt;/code&gt; on the latest 12.04 point release images wouldn't be a necessary condition to consider Wubi still supported for 12.04, because all the people who have installed Wubi systems are running supported releases and should be able to get help here through April 2017.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But &lt;em&gt;it is there&lt;/em&gt;. I checked &lt;code&gt;ubuntu-12.04.5-desktop-amd64.iso&lt;/code&gt;. It contains &lt;code&gt;wubi.exe&lt;/code&gt;, as expected.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since Wubi is still supported, at least on 12.04 (and we should likely consider it supported on later releases too), we shouldn't try to keep people from asking questions about it here. We shouldn't close questions for being about Wubi. And we certainly shouldn't remove or blacklist Wubi tags to create the impression that Wubi is unsupported or off-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, if Wubi were unsupported and off-topic, &lt;em&gt;we would still not blacklist these tags.&lt;/em&gt; (You've tagged this meta question &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/tag-blacklist-request&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;tag-blacklist-request&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;tag-blacklist-request&lt;/a&gt; so I presume this is part of what you're advocating.) Tag blacklisting is reserved for serious cases where a tag is doing considerable harm (or creating a huge heap of extra administrative work for the community). If Wubi were unsupported and off-topic, we'd &lt;em&gt;want&lt;/em&gt; Wubi-related tags to continue existing for the same reason we have tags for some unofficial derivatives like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/mint&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;mint&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;mint&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Some questions would be incidentally on-topic. We help people use Ubuntu to access files from (broken or not) Windows systems; presumably we'd help them use an Ubuntu live environment to access files from Wubi. At least some questions about migrating from Wubi to regular Ubuntu systems would be on-topic.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We'd have a number of old questions about Wubi, many with valuable answers. There would be no good reason to delete them and destroy that information (more precisely: render it widely inaccessible). Those questions would still benefit from good tagging.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;For people who pay attention to our site's rules and scope, there would be a tag wiki explaining that most Wubi-related questions are off-topic.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;For people who don't pay attention to our site's rules and scope, there would be a Wubi tag we could monitor to efficiently identify posts for closure. (Not all new posts tagged that way would qualify for closure, but like with the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/mint&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;mint&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;mint&lt;/a&gt; tag, many would.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's all hypothetical at this point, though: many existing Wubi systems are not end-of-life and Wubi remains well within the scope of our site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2014-08-31T07:24:15.293" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11906" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-08-31T08:48:54.367" Score="1" ViewCount="105" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have posted a question on ask ubuntu. Now I'm on a trip and don't have access to my laptop (it is a desktop replacement and so I left it at home). Everyone's asking me to post info about the kernel panic and my laptop is left at home. I want to somehow pause this question until I reach home, open my laptop, and take a snapshot. 3 people put it on hold so is that the same thing as 'pausing' the question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/517249/not-running-on-intel-cpu&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/517249/not-running-on-intel-cpu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="287642" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2014-08-31T20:27:25.503" Title="How to 'pause' a question?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11907" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11816" CreationDate="2014-08-31T11:52:59.117" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;In any case, you should provide an alternative text description (&lt;code&gt;alt&lt;/code&gt; attribute). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By default, Stack Exchange uses &quot;enter image description here&quot;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;![enter image description here][1]&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When screen reader users now read your answer, they can’t know if the image contains relevant content or not. Which is bad.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In case the image is &lt;strong&gt;relevant&lt;/strong&gt;, the &lt;code&gt;alt&lt;/code&gt; content should describe the purpose of the image (which is not necessarily what the image shows; it’s what it means in context).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In case the image is &lt;strong&gt;irrelevant&lt;/strong&gt; (for example, if it’s only decoration, or contains no new information because it’s also explained in the text near the image), the &lt;code&gt;alt&lt;/code&gt; content should be empty.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In your case, I’d say the &lt;code&gt;alt&lt;/code&gt; content should be empty. Unless I’m missing something, the image only conveys that something is easy. But as you are saying exactly that in the previous sentence, this should not be repeated in the alternative description.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;![][1]&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(I hope the Stack Exchange engine allows this.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="82665" LastEditorUserId="82665" LastEditDate="2014-08-31T11:58:05.697" LastActivityDate="2014-08-31T11:58:05.697" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11908" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-08-31T15:59:38.000" Score="1" ViewCount="78" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have seen quite a lot of questions (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/close/313050&quot;&gt;this (1 vote)&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/close/302772&quot;&gt;this (2 votes)&lt;/a&gt; for example) being closed as &quot;off-topic because it seemingly went away&quot; - is this the right thing to do for any questions?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More worryingly is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/close/313302&quot;&gt;this (1 vote)&lt;/a&gt; one, which is 2 days old and was voted to close for this reason...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm just a bit worried that people are closing to improve answered rate?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="186134" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2014-09-01T15:53:30.697" Title="Lots of &quot;Closed as off-topic because it seemingly went away&quot; close votes" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11909" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11801" CreationDate="2014-08-31T19:52:12.170" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;So long as the question or answer does not already have a pending suggested edit, and the question is not on a meta site, you can include a link to an archived copy of the document in a suggested edit to the question or answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Copy the linked URL.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Visit the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.archive.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Internet Archive&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In the &quot;Wayback Machine&quot; section, paste the URL into the input field and activate the &quot;Browse History&quot; button.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Try snapshots of the document until you find an appropriate one.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Copy the URL.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Edit the question or answer and paste in the archived URL.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you have fixed broken links this way in 25 different posts, you should qualify for commenting privileges.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="232993" LastActivityDate="2014-08-31T19:52:12.170" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11910" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11908" CreationDate="2014-08-31T20:28:37.840" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I very much agree that &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/close/313302&quot;&gt;this one&lt;/a&gt; is more worrying&lt;/strong&gt;, so I'll talk about that first.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When a problem goes away and nobody knows enough about why that an answer would likely help anybody else, voting to close as off-topic with the &quot;a problem that can't be reproduced&quot; sub-reason is appropriate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Often, when the OP solves their own problem, people vote to close as &quot;a problem that can't be reproduced.&quot; That's wrong. When the solution might help others with the same problem, the question should be answered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The OP can be &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/self-answer&quot;&gt;encouraged to answer the question themselves&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;em&gt;Or...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;We can answer it for them; often it's sufficiently simply to blockquote what they've said that provides the solution, with proper attribution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(It's &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/5781/22949&quot;&gt;common but not absolutely required&lt;/a&gt; for such answers to be &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/154/where-are-the-community-wikis&quot;&gt;community wiki&lt;/a&gt;.)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the case of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/517813/ubuntu-14-04-no-longer-connecting-to-wired-connection&quot;&gt;that answer&lt;/a&gt;, the OP's self-answer actually says specifically what to do to solve the problem. This might help others with the same or a similar problem. That question should not be closed as off-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's a secondary way &quot;a problem that can't be reproduced&quot; gets used, and that is to close old abandoned questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is not bad or wrong, but I do think we should take steps to verify there's good reason to think they're really abandoned.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;For &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/301674/ubuntu-13-04-gnome-multi-touchpad-gesture&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, the OP's profile indicates they likely haven't visited the site in the last ten months. There's an answer posted but it's not clear whether or not it really answers the question that's been asked, in that it recommends something the OP said they already tried.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So that one looks good to me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;In &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/399075/printer-problems-with-lexmark-pro-905&quot;&gt;this one&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, the OP was using Ubuntu 12.10, which &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;was a supported release at the time the question was posted&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But there's been very little activity on the question since, and no answers. (Actually there is one deleted answer, but it's a me-too post and not a real answer, which is why it was deleted.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this case, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/42060/sam-w-keenon&quot;&gt;the OP visited the site earlier this month, about twenty days ago&lt;/a&gt;. In such a case it's very appropriate to leave a comment asking the OP if they're still looking for a solution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there such a comment there? Essentially yes--&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/399075/printer-problems-with-lexmark-pro-905#comment704200_399075&quot;&gt;Seth commented&lt;/a&gt;, saying:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;12.10 is now EOL (end of life). Please upgrade to a supported Ubuntu release (like 14.04) and report back. Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(It looks like the first four close voters voted to close without commenting to ask the OP if they were still looking for a solution. &lt;em&gt;If&lt;/em&gt; that's true--I'm not 100% sure it is because I can't view exact close vote times, nor deleted comments--then that is far from ideal.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions about end-of-life releases that are asked when the releases are still supported are generally on-topic, but what about when there are no answers? Basically nobody wants to go nuking answered questions for being about old releases. But do we consider questions off-topic as EoL just when they're &lt;em&gt;new&lt;/em&gt;? Or anytime they're &lt;em&gt;unanswered&lt;/em&gt; (in the sense of not having any answers that are accepted, have positive score, or otherwise appear valuable)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe this is a gray area. Or, to put it more precisely: I believe this is an area of ambiguity that requires good judgment, and if we exercise good judgment, we may be better off having it ambiguous than having a set-in-stone policy one way or the other.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think that in this case, in the end, proper good judgment &lt;em&gt;has&lt;/em&gt; been applied. This is an old question with little activity and meaningful work on the problem within our site's scope would probably require upgrading or installing a supported Ubuntu release first. A comment was left, and the question can be reopened if the OP wants to keep working on the problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If there's nothing wrong with a question besides that it looks abandoned, and the OP is still visiting the site, we should comment and wait (a few days) for the OP to respond &lt;em&gt;before voting to close&lt;/em&gt;. But in this case, there are additional reasons for us to want to close the question. So I think it was okay.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2014-08-31T20:28:37.840" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11911" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11894" CreationDate="2014-08-31T23:19:15.467" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/11894/supercharge-roomba-again#comment20569_11894&quot;&gt;I at first thought this was a good idea&lt;/a&gt; (FWIW I still think it is a good idea, just with a little more tweaking), however, after taking a brief look at your &lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/askubuntu/query/221633&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;improved query&lt;/a&gt; (removing accepted answers) I am a little worried about one thing.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I checked the first 6 out, and of those 6 I found 3 that had good answers that just needed upvoting (and they were good questions too). That is a %50 percent chance of pulling a good question out.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If this trend continues, even anywhere near this high, we would be deleting an awful lot of good content and I don't think clearing out more old cruft is worth what we would be deleting.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Therefor I suggest we &lt;em&gt;also&lt;/em&gt; remove questions that have an answer. I know that will still still some junk lying around, but I think the amount of good questions it will save us is worth a little more cleanup on our part.  I had Braiam &lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/askubuntu/query/221790#resultSets&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;modify the query once more&lt;/a&gt; to filter out questions that have an answer. It still finds some 18k questions and after going through the top 7 I wouldn't mind losing any of them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.087" LastActivityDate="2014-09-01T02:08:27.583" CommentCount="14" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11912" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-09-01T00:45:14.770" Score="0" ViewCount="195" Body="&lt;p&gt;A lot of the close votes are &quot;unclear what you're asking&quot;. Just a refresher, here's an explanation of what this option means and tells the asker:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Please clarify your specific problem or add additional details to&#xA;  highlight exactly what you need. As it's currently written, it’s hard&#xA;  to tell exactly what you're asking. See the How to Ask page for help&#xA;  clarifying this question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My &lt;strong&gt;problem&lt;/strong&gt; is that I think this option is being used in an incorrect way, and I want to make sure I'm getting this correctly. This option should be used if there's no real question, and the asker does not really give a clear problem that he needs to fix, right? That's what I'm thinking.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I feel that people are using this option when the asker has not put enough information about his problem. As in, we'll most likely need to ask him for output, specs, or what he &quot;sees&quot; for example. I don't think this type of question falls under the &quot;unclear what you're asking&quot;. Am I correct?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Example question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/298076/52726&quot;&gt;Unable to play video and mp3&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I tried VLC, KM player and Movie player as well. None of them work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Movie player shows error. VLC and KM player do nothing. Whats the&#xA;  solution?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I use Ubuntu 12.04. Please explain elaborately.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The problem is crystal clear, he doesn't need to &lt;em&gt;add additional details to highlight exactly what he needs&lt;/em&gt;, and it's &lt;em&gt;easy to tell exactly what he's asking&lt;/em&gt;. It's just that there's not enough information on the actual problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this question being flagged correctly? I've been seeing a few of these in the close votes queue. I started opting to leave them open, and add a comment to give us more information. Is this the correct action, or am I understanding the &quot;unclear what you're asking&quot; close vote the wrong way?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="52726" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2014-09-01T15:50:11.963" Title="Lots of &quot;unclear what you're asking&quot; close votes" Tags="|discussion|close-reasons|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11913" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11912" CreationDate="2014-09-01T01:19:00.533" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've noticed this as well, but on the Raspberry Pi Stack Exchange, not here (I don't have the rep to view that review queue here on AU.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I believe what I've seen on RPi.SE holds true in this case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Point 1:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This option should be used if there's no real question, and the asker&#xA;  does not really give a clear problem that he needs to fix, right?&#xA;  That's what I'm thinking.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would agree with you there. Unclear what you're asking means that nowhere in the question (title or body) does the OP give a clear (to the flagger) question, and neither does he give any clear indication with what his issue pertains.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Point 2:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The problem is crystal clear, he doesn't need to add additional&#xA;  details to highlight exactly what he needs, and it's easy to tell&#xA;  exactly what he's asking. It's just that there's not enough&#xA;  information on the actual problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As JourneymanGeek said in his comment&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I'd consider lack of information to be a cause of non clarity. The OP&#xA;  can always add more information to clarify, and this autoflags for&#xA;  reopening&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is very true, but part of the problem is, many people see an incomplete or information-lacking question and simply flag as unclear, without leaving any comment telling the OP how to fix this. This is a key part of the issue. If more people commented, many of these questions could be resolved without closing them and then re-opening.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Point 3:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Is this question being flagged correctly?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would say, in the case of the example question, no. The question is quite clear. We just need more information on &lt;em&gt;exactly&lt;/em&gt; what the issue is. I can see quite clearly that the issue is that &lt;strong&gt;VLC, KM Player, and Movie player (guessing it's the default, Totem) won't play videos or MP3s&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this case, I wouldn't flag as unclear what you're asking, I would simply comment, asking for more information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136381" LastActivityDate="2014-09-01T01:19:00.533" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11914" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11912" CreationDate="2014-09-01T01:29:23.910" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think if a question seems very unlikely to be answerable by anyone, because it's missing details, then closing it as &quot;unclear what you're asking&quot; is the right thing to do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Many, though not all, questions currently being closed as unclear fit that description.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But if a question would simply &lt;em&gt;benefit&lt;/em&gt; from more details--even if the benefit would be very great--but looks like it &lt;em&gt;could&lt;/em&gt; or &lt;em&gt;might&lt;/em&gt; be answerable without them, it should not be closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If a question is clear, specific, and detailed enough to answer, it's clear. Otherwise, it's unclear.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sometimes this is a judgment call, and knowing whether or not a question provides sufficient information for an answer often involves technical knowledge on the part of the reviewer. When we really don't know, we should click Skip.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2014-09-01T01:29:23.910" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11915" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11912" CreationDate="2014-09-01T06:29:03.260" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;The criteria to close posts have one common goal: improve findability of good posts / answers and prevent useless weight on the site. In some cases, you are pretty sure a post &lt;em&gt;will&lt;/em&gt; become useless weight, although it does not fit 100% in one of the existing criteria.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the case of &quot;unclear what you are asking&quot; that includes the situation in which a question or problem is clear, but cannot be answered without additional information. The poster however seems to have left the building, and does not reply on &lt;em&gt;valid&lt;/em&gt; requests for additional information within a reasonable amount of time. In these cases, many times I vote to close as &quot;unclear what you are asking&quot;, simply because you cannot split the criteria to close into a list of two pages to fit all possible (valid) reasons to close.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At the same time, to judge &lt;em&gt;if&lt;/em&gt; the quality of a request for additional information is sufficient, you need to be familiar enough with the subject to decide. If not, the review should be skipped.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="72216" LastEditDate="2014-09-01T08:21:35.063" LastActivityDate="2014-09-01T08:21:35.063" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11916" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11917" CreationDate="2014-09-01T08:40:37.153" Score="1" ViewCount="105" Body="&lt;p&gt;In a perfect AU (and SE in general) world, I believe, you would want the most number of users to participate in the most number of question. This means taking the most of knowledge from the most of users, leading to an almost perfect Q&amp;amp;A voting system (a kind of knowledge democracy). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thus, you want most of users to go through as much questions as possible and cast their votes with respect to:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;quality of question (up/down)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;best answer (up/down)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, this is not a perfect world since we are contained by time. Thus, the actual system is rather imperfect although still very useful in most of the cases. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The point of this question is therefore aiming at the theoretical, perfect-world level. I rephrase it: would it be &lt;em&gt;ideal for the optimal state of AU&lt;/em&gt; that all users, in accordance to their capabilities (expected to be reflected by reputation points), participate in all &lt;strong&gt;existing&lt;/strong&gt; and future threads?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;PS: the question is rhetorical. Not that I have the experience to do so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user308164" LastActivityDate="2014-09-01T15:45:52.343" Title="Should I go over every post to cast my vote?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11917" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11916" CreationDate="2014-09-01T09:16:42.240" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think there is another, much more important limitation than time. To up- or downvote, you have to be &lt;em&gt;able&lt;/em&gt; to recognize the quality of a question or an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the ideal situation, people would only vote on questions / answers if they understood the content. Too many &quot;happy&quot; upvotes already exist on answers that do not work whatsoever or actually do not answer the question, or on questions that make no sense. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The consequence is that very specific questions or answers in general (would) generate less &quot;voting activity&quot; than common questions, but that is a minor downside, compared to a misplaced up- or downvote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So my opinion is: no, it would be a horrible situation when (almost) everyone was voting on all questions. Only vote if you know what you are doing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="72216" LastEditDate="2014-09-01T15:45:52.343" LastActivityDate="2014-09-01T15:45:52.343" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11918" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11916" CreationDate="2014-09-01T10:01:00.750" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I completely agree with Jacob. &lt;strong&gt;The quality of voting is very important&lt;/strong&gt;. We'd love experts adjudicating over every question and answer but that's a far cry from people just casting votes on everything they see, especially if they don't understand the problem or answer. That would devalue the site and votes as a whole.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want to help with votes, you need to limit yourself to your own experience:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Vote for the &lt;em&gt;things that help you&lt;/em&gt; (or against those that don't)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Vote on posts in your areas of expertise.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Follow the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tags&quot;&gt;tags&lt;/a&gt; that interest you so you find yourself looking at the right posts&lt;sup&gt;&lt;em&gt;(for you)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; more of the time.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2014-09-01T12:03:10.560" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11919" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11872" CreationDate="2014-09-01T13:18:45.803" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;So, yeah, just clean it up. Remove the tag and replace where applicable with either &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/data-recovery&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;data-recovery&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;data-recovery&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/password-recovery&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;password-recovery&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;password-recovery&lt;/a&gt;. There are some where none of the three tags apply, so watch-out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To make life easier, check out these:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/recovery+data-recovery&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/recovery+data-recovery&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/data-recovery&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;data-recovery&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;data-recovery&lt;/a&gt; + &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/recovery&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;recovery&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;recovery&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/recovery+password&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/recovery+password&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/password&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;password&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;password&lt;/a&gt; + &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/recovery&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;recovery&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;recovery&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2014-09-01T13:18:45.803" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11920" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11912" CreationDate="2014-09-01T15:44:10.383" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Y'all (&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/11915/169736&quot;&gt;except Jacob&lt;/a&gt;) are missing the fact that &amp;quot;Unclear what you are asking&amp;quot; means not only literally &amp;quot;is unclear what your question is&amp;quot; but also means &amp;quot;is impossible to solve your problem with the amount of information provided&amp;quot;. This is the complete usage of the close reason as explained by &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/a/258062/792066&quot;&gt;Stack Exchange Community Manager Shog9&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;There are three types of questions:&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Those that &lt;strong&gt;clearly state a specific problem&lt;/strong&gt; and provide sufficient information for knowledgeable answerers to identify a solution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Those that fail to state a specific problem, but provide sufficient contextual information for knowlegeable answerers to &lt;strong&gt;guess&lt;/strong&gt; at both a problem and a solution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Those that fail to identify either a problem, a context, or a desired outcome.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Only #1 is &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; &amp;quot;unclear&amp;quot;!&lt;/strong&gt; #2 &lt;em&gt;could&lt;/em&gt; be edited by any sufficiently-skilled person to &lt;em&gt;make it&lt;/em&gt; clear. #3 requires input from either the author or &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.google.com/search?q=%22psychic%22+blogs.msdn.com%2Fb%2Foldnewthing%2F&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;a psychic&lt;/a&gt; to become clear. Therefore...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Barring the intervention of an editor&lt;/em&gt;, #2 and #3 should be closed as &amp;quot;unclear what you're asking.&amp;quot;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, the question you refer to are of the mix of #2 and #3 (is that even possible?), they identify the problem and what they want to accomplish, but &lt;strong&gt;lack the required information&lt;/strong&gt; to give a concise &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; precise answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Answering a question shouldn't be a guessing game&lt;/strong&gt;. That lowers the total quality of the site and shuns experts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now the specific example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I tried VLC, KM player and Movie player as well. None of them work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Movie player shows error. VLC and KM player do nothing. Whats the solution?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I use Ubuntu 12.04. Please explain elaborately.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;Movie player shows error&amp;quot; why in the world you don't post the error message as well? I can phantom several, thousands of errors from &amp;quot;file not found&amp;quot; to &amp;quot;segfault (core dumped)&amp;quot; and each of them would have their specific solution. I wouldn't write an answer without being at least 99% sure it would totally solve the problem as written, the probabilities that it could are the same that it could not. So, at the end of the day, nobody would be sure what exactly solves the problem as posed in the question as any answer would do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-09-01T15:50:11.963" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11921" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11908" CreationDate="2014-09-01T15:53:30.697" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Regarding the the third linked question, I saw that and very nearly voted to close it as &quot;a problem that went away ...&quot; That question/answer is no better than:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Q: I have a problem.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  A: Try restarting.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  C: That fixed it, thanks! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A developer would have closed that as &quot;could not reproduce&quot; in a flash.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I didn't, because OP had posted an answer and maybe, just maybe, someone else might find that ritual useful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2014-09-01T15:53:30.697" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11922" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-09-02T04:19:45.857" Score="13" ViewCount="290" Body="&lt;p&gt;XBMC will be called kodi in newer versions, what should we do about it? People will still refer it to XBMC for several years to come, but some users will use the new name kodi.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I suggest that we make a new tag for kodi and update the current tag for xbmc that the new version uses kodi as name. And in the future xbmc should be a link to kodi, like trusty is for 14.04. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://xbmc.org/introducing-kodi-14/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Official statement of the new name.&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://xbmc.org/xbmc-13-2-gotham-final-release/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;version 13.2 is the final release of XBMC&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://xbmc.org/kodi-14-0-helix-alpha-3/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Kodi (version 14.0) is currently in Alpha 3&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10698" LastEditorUserId="10698" LastEditDate="2014-09-02T04:24:46.807" LastActivityDate="2014-09-03T07:44:05.130" Title="What should we do about XBMC's new name?" Tags="|discussion|tags|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11923" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-09-02T23:38:56.033" Score="3" ViewCount="136" Body="&lt;p&gt;What's the expected research effort show by an asker in their question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not asking about close votes! But normal up and downvotes based on the research level of a question. That's all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-09-03T12:05:10.340" LastActivityDate="2014-09-03T21:20:28.023" Title="How much research effort is expected of Ask Ubuntu users?" Tags="|discussion|asking-questions|question-quality|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11924" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11878" CreationDate="2014-09-02T23:51:04.797" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Merge them all into &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/live-environment&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;live-environment&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;live-environment&lt;/a&gt;, the tag wiki/excerpt is already written with the correct information about its propose:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Its a kind of boot which directly loads the OS without actually installing it. Its good for trying out and demonstration purposes and for kiosks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2014-09-02T23:51:04.797" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11925" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11922" CreationDate="2014-09-03T07:44:05.130" Score="21" Body="&lt;p&gt;What should we do? Nothing special.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Use &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/xbmc&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;xbmc&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;xbmc&lt;/a&gt; for XMBC and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/kodi&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;kodi&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;kodi&lt;/a&gt; for Kodi.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;People know what they're using (the branding has historically been quite strong)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It'll be a while before XBMC stops existing. It'll be in the Trusty repos until 2019.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The featureset of XBMC 12 and Kodi-latest will diversify as time rolls on. Keeping them separate helps us too.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2014-09-03T07:44:05.130" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11926" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11923" CreationDate="2014-09-03T08:04:06.030" Score="8" Body="&lt;h2&gt;There's no lower threshold for research needed for questions.&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And why would there be? Just look around. Many of our best, most viewed and best answered questions come from simple, clear and &lt;strong&gt;completely unresearched&lt;/strong&gt; questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've dallied around this in &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/posts/11926/revisions&quot;&gt;previous iterations&lt;/a&gt; of this answer but it's really that simple. There's &lt;em&gt;probably&lt;/em&gt; a positive correlation between question quality and amount of research but I don't see that it's causative. Just as you can have great questions with no research, you can have a thoroughly researched question that's still pretty crap.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Explaining the problem is way more important than demanding some sort of proof of having already searched for an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So forget &amp;quot;research&amp;quot; and focus on the core question quality.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-09-03T21:20:28.023" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11927" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11928" CreationDate="2014-09-03T13:56:01.143" Score="3" ViewCount="43" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was looking through the review queue today for late answers, and I came across &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/519605/449&quot;&gt;this answer&lt;/a&gt; (image below). From the comments it's clear that the OP for the question found a solution elsewhere, possible in another question (linked in the comments), and the question is likely a duplicate of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/395295/gave-up-waiting-for-root-device-while-booting?lq=1&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;Gave up waiting for root device&amp;quot; while booting&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That being said, there's no &quot;answer&quot; (prior to this one) to the question, just the comment (which contains the answer). Ideally the OP would have answered her own question, but she didn't. Additionally, the other one that it's a duplicate of doesn't have an answer with upvotes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The answer submitted is pretty low quality, but could be improved to answer the question appropriately. However, the OP hasn't been seen in 3.5 months, so it's unlikely that it will be accepted as an answer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So basically, if you came across this answer, what would you do?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Oheps.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="284690" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2014-09-03T15:01:39.533" Title="What should be done with late answers that don't really add anything?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11928" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11927" CreationDate="2014-09-03T15:01:39.533" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Deleting it, improving it or simply voting it down seem to be the ways to go (other than simply ignoring it, of course). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/deleted-answers&quot;&gt;Ubuntu help center&lt;/a&gt; indicates the first two options. It states that&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Answers that do not fundamentally answer the question may be removed&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;which includes answers which are&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;barely more than a link to an external site&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But it also indicates the possibility of simply improving it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So the question is whether the fact that the answer is late changes anything here. I personally cannot see why, unless the question clearly has an expiration date which is exceeded.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="320999" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2014-09-03T15:01:39.533" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11929" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11930" CreationDate="2014-09-04T00:36:40.880" Score="5" ViewCount="40" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was given an edit to review that, although it was a slight improvement over the original, had a lot of bad grammar and generally was not very good quality (probably suggested by someone whose first language is not English).  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I accidentally clicked on &quot;&lt;em&gt;approve&lt;/em&gt;&quot; when I meant to chose &quot;&lt;em&gt;improve&lt;/em&gt;.&quot;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Am I correct that there is no way to either change the approval or improve the edit (until it's approved, at least)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="39753" LastActivityDate="2014-09-04T01:28:55.920" Title="Accidentally approved an edit that I meant to improve" Tags="|support|review|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11930" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11929" CreationDate="2014-09-04T00:46:09.127" Score="4" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Am I correct that there is no way to either change the approval or improve the edit (until it's approved, at least)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, the only thing you can do is &lt;strong&gt;wait until the edit is accepted/rejected and then improve it&lt;/strong&gt;. It will be boring, so I suggest that you copy the content somewhere and do the improvements and then just apply them to the post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/270537/trick-the-suggested-edit-queue-to-force-reject-items#comment89363_270540&quot; title=&quot;there&amp;#39;s a trick to just try to edit the post using url/posts/id/edit, but it will reject automatically the suggested edit since you are overriding, through this will change in the posterity&quot;&gt;.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T09:39:07.847" LastActivityDate="2014-09-04T01:28:55.920" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11931" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11932" CreationDate="2014-09-04T00:52:59.383" Score="4" ViewCount="82" Body="&lt;p&gt;I had a question that I asked about owncloud server 12.04. I recently had the person that answered the question review it and make sure it's relevant to 14.04.1. Should I edit this question, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/362326/owncloud-server-on-ubuntu-12-04&quot;&gt;Installing Owncloud server on Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt;, to say 12.04/14.04.1 or should I make a new question and copy paste the info over?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="160822" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2014-09-10T01:44:28.807" Title="Edit question title or make new question?" Tags="|discussion|editing|question-titles|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11932" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11931" CreationDate="2014-09-04T01:41:05.970" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Questions are, in essence, timeless.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Normally the only things that has to take care of the context (or version of Ubuntu) are answers themself. They are more fluid that questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which comes to the following point, &lt;strong&gt;questions do not change with each release of Ubuntu&lt;/strong&gt; (there are some that are very specific to a version, but normally are bugs), and editing every question to change/remove those references each time there's a release is a fools task; answers on the other hand can/should.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Instead of trying to force the version of Ubuntu in your title, make your question title reflect the specific problem as expressed in your question. I already edited your title to what you are actually asking about (the original title wasn't descriptive at all) so it should be better now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are some excellent guides on &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/10648/213575&quot;&gt;how to write a good title&lt;/a&gt; as well as some common pitfalls that users trip with.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2014-09-10T01:44:28.807" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11933" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11884" CreationDate="2014-09-04T04:07:35.473" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;As it stands, Oli's answer is + 20 -1, while Braiam's is + 8 - 4.  The former says it's ok to say thanks in a comment, while the latter says you absolutely must not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is no overwhelming consensus, but I think you can look at these numbers and feel ok in doing what you're doing (thanking people).  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="43660" LastActivityDate="2014-09-04T04:07:35.473" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11935" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-09-04T06:28:32.433" Score="0" ViewCount="97" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am from Myanmar and I try to update my Display Name in Myanmar language but it doesn't accept the Unicode character and it only accepts English characters. How to solve it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/x2t4n.png&quot; alt=&quot;Doesn&amp;#39;t Accept Unicode Input in Display Name&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="196631" OwnerDisplayName="Yhal Htet Aung" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2014-09-04T08:47:22.537" LastActivityDate="2014-09-19T07:33:53.270" Title="Askubuntu.com Profile doesn't accept Unicode Character as name" Tags="|feature-request|bug|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="15" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11936" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11931" CreationDate="2014-09-04T08:35:59.517" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;A slight point of contention is that some problems really do change with the version they're based on so their question is best left being version specific. If part of an edit requires you to remove or replace a huge amount of that context, it's probably a bum edit and you should probably start a new question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A good indication (though not always a limiting factor) for this is a pile of answers that don't work because everything they refer to has changed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is not one of those circumstances. I've actually been able to make the answer even more version-generic, which is always nice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2014-09-04T08:35:59.517" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11938" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-09-05T05:34:07.373" Score="1" ViewCount="37" Body="&lt;p&gt;Recently I have seen three questions about the hashes posted on &lt;a href=&quot;https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuHashes&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuHashes&lt;/a&gt; and 14.04.1. The page says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;To request an update to this list, please open a bug on the ubuntu-docs package in Launchpad.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strike&gt;I have, hence, filed a bug report: &lt;a href=&quot;https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-docs/+bug/1365834&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-docs/+bug/1365834&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strike&gt; (see update)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I propose that any new questions about 14.04.1's hashes resulting from their absence in that page be closed as off-topic (being a bug report) and with a link to the MD5SUMS for each flavour on &lt;a href=&quot;http://releases.ubuntu.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Releases&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have also posted self-answered question with the hashes posted in them: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/520317/158442&quot;&gt;What are the hashes for the various flavours of Ubuntu?&lt;/a&gt; So such questions can also be closed as duplicates.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My bug was a duplicate and the original has this &lt;a href=&quot;https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-docs/+bug/1349715/comments/13&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;very interesting comment&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;We need to put an end to this recurring issue.&#xA;  Nobody on the docs team has rights to edit the page, as the person that did has long since left the team.&#xA;  The page should be edited to point to the actual place to find the hashes and then be done with it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should we also start recommending people to avoid that page?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2014-09-05T07:29:35.020" Title="Questions about 14.04.1 hashes" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11939" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11938" CreationDate="2014-09-05T07:14:39.130" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Regardless of the core problem, now that we have an question and answer on the site, we should close duplicates ones as duplicate of it, not off-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Don't confuse people reporting a bug with people who have a question that might be answered by a bug.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2014-09-05T07:14:39.130" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11940" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11894" CreationDate="2014-09-05T09:43:43.883" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/78048/enable-automatic-deletion-of-old-unanswered-zero-score-questions-after-a-year/92006#92006&quot;&gt;existing question sweeps&lt;/a&gt; do enough and your alterations won't fix the review problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The post you mention, &quot;asking not to focus efforts on closing old questions&quot;, was (and remains) a frustration that old answered things end up on the review queue, that people should be more vigilant about how they review and also that the review system itself should be prioritising today's junk over yesterday's &lt;strong&gt;so that everything new gets eyes-on and it never turns into yesterday's junk&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/37411/revisions&quot;&gt;shenanigans like this&lt;/a&gt; keeps happening, I'm going to be grumpy about this. I know your post isn't directly about this so I'll be quick:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;One user finds it (I can't imagine why, there are no recent events I can see) and votes to close&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;That generated &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/close/227732&quot;&gt;a review task that sucks in 7 more people&lt;/a&gt; resulting in a 4/3 split to close (meaning the original stood).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;This left it on the close queue and 4 more people closed it&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Then one user and a mod re-opened.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;14 separate people involved just to preside over a 3-year old, extremely answered question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Getting back on topic, your solution is not remedy to the problem described above, you're just lowering the amount of &lt;em&gt;fuel&lt;/em&gt;. We could keep adjusting the gearing on this until we just have a bot that &lt;strong&gt;deletes everything&lt;/strong&gt; 2 hours after it's posted unless it has a +10 answer. There'll be a lot less crap in the review queue, that's for sure.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So ignore the review issues. They're a problem but they aren't &lt;em&gt;this&lt;/em&gt; problem.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Our princess is in another castle.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unlike Shog's suggestion, you're suggesting we delete a number of questions that have had no votes whatsoever. I think you summarised the ethos quite well in &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/11894/supercharge-roomba-again#comment20625_11902&quot;&gt;this —trimmed by me— comment&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Any answer not upvoted is potentially bad at the same time is potentially good, but that doesn't mean we should preserve all of them, since most are based on bad questions&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm just not sure automatically drawing lines around what is &lt;em&gt;potentially&lt;/em&gt; good or not is the right solution to any of our various competing problems. You might as well start every question at -1 instead of zero.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And as has already been mentioned late answering isn't common but we have &lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/askubuntu/query/222850/late-answers-to-mediocre-questions&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;over a thousand questions&lt;/a&gt; that got their sole ≥0-scoring answer &lt;em&gt;after&lt;/em&gt; 90 days. You'd be condemning the next thousand to just being deleted or needing to re-ask their question. This aspect is actually bigger (questions with more than one answer but the latest &gt;90day one is the best) but my SQL-fu isn't strong enough today.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd much rather we fix some of the ultra-wasteful time sinks with a view to reinvesting that back into making sure zero-vote posts get more eyes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2014-09-05T09:43:43.883" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11941" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11943" CreationDate="2014-09-06T13:03:31.327" Score="0" ViewCount="99" Body="&lt;p&gt;Im trying to contact a certain user, I tracked him to two different websites but there is not contact link, nor option to comment.He seems to be expertise in the field of a problem I´m  suffering with Tesseract. May someone help me to reach him?, thanks and kind regards.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="324243" OwnerDisplayName="Ivan " LastEditorUserId="117103" LastEditDate="2014-09-06T16:53:32.330" LastActivityDate="2014-09-06T16:53:32.330" Title="How can I contact a user from this site?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2014-09-07T03:27:12.587" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11942" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11894" CreationDate="2014-09-06T13:39:56.463" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I must say that, to me, the most logical solution seems to be &lt;em&gt;ignore that crap already!&lt;/em&gt; One of the good things about the SE system is that old, ignored questions are forgotten as long as they're left alone. Yes, some posts should be deleted because they may (and this has never been proven, but let's just say it's true for the sake of argument) serve as doorways for more crap. I might point to crappy question X and take it as evidence that my crappy question Y belongs here. Perhaps. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, old crap is not really harmful. In most cases, it will never be seen. So, sure, deleting old questions with no answers or no upvotes or whatever might clean some bad stuff out. But is that worth losing even a single good question? As long as the automated systems can delete the good along with the bad, I see no point in it. Why not simply ignore them and move on? Why should we bother so much about deleting old stuff when we can be doing more useful things like answering new Qs?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I realize you are not advocating focusing on the old and ignoring the new. What I'm saying is that I don't see any great benefit from deleting old ignored Qs. Closing them, perhaps. But deleting? Why? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyway, if the community really feels strongly enough about this, at the very least the time limit should be way more than 90 days. You never know when a question might get a great new answer, what makes you think that it will only be relevant for 90 days. What if I have the same problem 5 years later, solve it and then post an answer. The next person to come along will now have a solution and that would have been impossible if the question had been deleted. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, personally, I would not even try to delete more than the system already does. If, however, you all feel that we must, then delete questions that have &amp;lt;=0 score and 0 upvoted answers &lt;strong&gt;and are at least a year (or maybe two or three) old&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2014-09-16T21:22:28.110" LastActivityDate="2014-09-16T21:22:28.110" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11943" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11941" CreationDate="2014-09-06T13:47:36.320" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sorry, but no. This is not a social networking site and there is no reason to contact anyone. If you have a question, ask it. If you need clarification, you can leave a comment (once you have &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/comment&quot;&gt;the required reputation&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No other interaction is supported by the stack exchange sites and this is not likely to change in the foreseeable future. These sites are for asking questions and getting answers not for meeting people.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2014-09-06T13:47:36.320" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11944" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11945" CreationDate="2014-09-07T03:37:51.337" Score="6" ViewCount="186" Body="&lt;p&gt;Newbie here as well as Ask Ubuntu. Before posted my first question I have searched a lot in Google but I couldn't find the answer to solve my installation &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/520718/upgrade-12-to-14-no-public-key-available&quot;&gt;issue&lt;/a&gt; problem. So I decided to post, but thought my question is good but today it's seemed I received -1 vote. But I tell clearly &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What I want to achieve ...!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What is the error.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Sufficient details for OS I am having.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Well I am aware of how to ask good question in stack-exchange community but I am eager to  know how can I improve my question further here?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="324133" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2014-09-07T17:14:09.613" Title="Improve my question further in askubuntu" Tags="|discussion|asking-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11945" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11944" CreationDate="2014-09-07T07:52:03.730" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;To be honest, the question looks good to me. You provided the information you could find and replied quite quickly on requests for additional information. The suggested suspicion about 11.04 proved incorrect. Since there was no additional request for information, there is not much you can be blamed of I think.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Many times, downvotes are correct, sometimes they are not. We've all been there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastActivityDate="2014-09-07T07:52:03.730" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11946" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11948" CreationDate="2014-09-07T20:45:25.403" Score="8" ViewCount="173" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm basically doing limited patrol for &lt;a href=&quot;https://launchpad.net/~xubuntu-team&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Xubuntu Team&lt;/a&gt; to keep an eye on questions and have done a couple tag edits relative to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/xubuntu&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;xubuntu&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;xubuntu&lt;/a&gt; tag.  While I am aware &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/250/how-to-tag-the-ubuntu-editions-and-derivatives&quot;&gt;of the prior discussion of tagging flavors and editions&lt;/a&gt; a problem arises that users seem to be attempting to tag with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ubuntu&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ubuntu&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ubuntu&lt;/a&gt; but accept &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/xubuntu&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;xubuntu&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;xubuntu&lt;/a&gt; which is offered as auto-completion.  This winds up with non-germane questions classified under the Xfce-based flavor that need to be moved out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a good way to work around this in terms of user interface adjustment perhaps?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="139532" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.227" LastActivityDate="2014-09-07T22:43:54.843" Title="Tagging Xubuntu when Ubuntu is meant" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11947" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5576" CreationDate="2014-09-07T20:59:23.127" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;As someone who has some experience compiling kernels, I think in general supporting custom kernels is beyond the scope of Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Perhaps on other stack exchange sites, I am not sure.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The reasons are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;As far as I know, the Ubuntu kernel team does not support custom kernels.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Ubuntu documentation clearly states custom kernels are not supported.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Compiling a custom kernel involves a configuration file with 6, 000 lines of options, let alone actually modifying the underlying C code. Many of these options are hardware dependent and the Ubuntu Kernel team already releases a kernel that is already very generic.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Actual kernel bugs, if they exist in the code, are reported to kernel.org. The Ubuntu kernel team supports only a minor portion of the code, such as apparmor.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As with all rules, there may be some exceptions such as applying a patch or perhaps a trivial configuration change, that could be considered on a case-by-case basis.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In summary, in general, IMO custom kernels are highly specialized and it is easy to break, and hard to fix a kernel.config&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="35795" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-09-07T22:46:25.883" LastActivityDate="2014-09-07T22:46:25.883" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11948" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11946" CreationDate="2014-09-07T22:43:41.070" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Edit those mistagged questions. That should be first step. As long term solution, maybe we should reconsider the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/250/169736&quot;&gt;current policy&lt;/a&gt;. People tagging with these tags normally do it because they are just trying to tell that they are using a flavor of Ubuntu, not that is in any way relevant to their specific problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would suggest, merging l/xubuntu into lxde and xfce. Seems more sane.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.087" LastActivityDate="2014-09-07T22:43:41.070" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11950" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11956" CreationDate="2014-09-09T06:23:32.810" Score="3" ViewCount="58" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am facing some problem with my Ubuntu and solving those problem is very much important for me. After searching on Ask Ubuntu, I found some similar questions &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/457983/how-can-i-get-my-webcam-to-work-with-ubuntu-14-04&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;  and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/461657/integrated-webcam-not-detected-after-update-to-14-04&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; with little  response.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now what should I do. Should I start a bounty on the existing question  on should I ask a new question and then start bounty on my own question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="146791" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2014-09-10T20:19:11.853" Title="Starting bounty on others question" Tags="|support|bounty|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11952" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11953" CreationDate="2014-09-09T07:52:40.860" Score="-2" ViewCount="84" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases&lt;/a&gt; some of tags are out of date such as &lt;code&gt;13.10&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;13.04&lt;/code&gt; and more. and according to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/521805/12-04-red-circle-icon-in-top-right-corner-cant-remove#comment709732_521805&quot;&gt;@rinzwind's comment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;We only support official Ubuntu releases (that are not end of life).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;then why we still need to use that tags?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="283843" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2014-09-09T08:11:17.527" Title="Remove EOL tags" Tags="|support|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11953" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11952" CreationDate="2014-09-09T08:06:15.510" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Why do we keep the tag? Because we still have  questions that were asked for end-of-life releases when they were alive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That sort of leads onto why we keep the questions. There are a few schools of thought here:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Delete them all because they're no longer applicable&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Delete the tags, stripping an amount of meta-data from all those questions&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Leave it as it is and get on with life.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I make no secret that I'm firmly in the third category. We certainly don't need to keep every question ever asked but I strongly object to nuking things, even if they technically don't apply any more. They serve as  good, searchable record of approaches to fixing things.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More than anything, Stack Exchange built on the premise of making the internet a better place and I simply don't see how deleting a large portion of it every 6 months is going to do that. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And it does make new off-topic questions easy to spot.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2014-09-09T08:11:17.527" LastActivityDate="2014-09-09T08:11:17.527" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11954" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-09-09T08:55:30.403" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The advanced search feature uses keywords and markdown to facilitate searches by   tags, users, post score, views, section, status, favorite and so on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ZGvr3.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="256099" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2014-09-09T19:53:55.017" LastActivityDate="2014-09-09T19:53:55.017" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11955" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-09-09T08:55:30.403" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2014-09-09T08:55:30.403" LastActivityDate="2014-09-09T08:55:30.403" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11956" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11950" CreationDate="2014-09-09T17:19:22.240" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;In this case only if you have the exact model of camera that they have then I would edit/bounty one of them, if not, start a new question to the specific model.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="117103" LastEditDate="2014-09-10T20:19:11.853" LastActivityDate="2014-09-10T20:19:11.853" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11957" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11958" CreationDate="2014-09-09T19:16:14.470" Score="-3" ViewCount="49" Body="&lt;p&gt;Why can a user favorite their own question? This seems repetitive and generally useless for two reasons:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The user already gets notified of any question updates.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It makes it look as though other users like the question.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, why does this feature even exist, and can we disable this action?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-09-10T00:19:24.040" LastActivityDate="2014-09-10T00:19:24.040" Title="Users can favorite their own questions?" Tags="|support|bookmarks|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11958" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11957" CreationDate="2014-09-09T19:33:32.783" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &quot;Favorite&quot; feature is borderline useless; the only real function it serves is to allow you to build a list of questions you might wish to refer back to later. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Given there's no particular reason why you &lt;em&gt;wouldn't&lt;/em&gt; want to occasionally refer back to your own posts... And plenty of reasons why you &lt;em&gt;might&lt;/em&gt;... It makes little sense to disable this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that favoriting a question is not always an indication that someone &lt;em&gt;likes&lt;/em&gt; it. More than a few people have used this to remind themselves of questions that are troublesome and may need to be dealt with later.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12845" LastActivityDate="2014-09-09T19:33:32.783" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11960" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11860" CreationDate="2014-09-10T00:31:55.120" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;They can suggest edits... just right click the edit button, &quot;Open Link in Private Window&quot; (FF), voila! There you go.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2014-09-10T00:31:55.120" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11961" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-09-10T00:32:46.417" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2014-09-10T00:32:46.417" LastActivityDate="2014-09-10T00:32:46.417" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11962" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-09-10T00:32:46.417" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2014-09-10T00:32:46.417" LastActivityDate="2014-09-10T00:32:46.417" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11963" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11973" CreationDate="2014-09-10T18:11:42.717" Score="5" ViewCount="117" Body="&lt;p&gt;I sometimes get edits to review where the person making the edit has added in some details or sources missing from the original answer (or question, sometimes).  But it may be about a subject that I know nothing about, so I have no idea whether the added information is accurate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it up to me to determine the accuracy of the edit?  Sometimes it's added to an already-accepted answer, so obviously the added information wasn't necessary to the original poster, but may be useful to future readers.  However, if it's not accurate, it could be misleading, and there is a good possibility that nobody will check it since the issue is closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="39753" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2014-09-10T18:46:17.030" LastActivityDate="2014-09-13T00:28:04.353" Title="Reviewing added information - does accuracy matter?" Tags="|discussion|review|suggested-edits|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11964" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11963" CreationDate="2014-09-10T19:36:24.560" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think it is essential that additions not only are correct, but also add useful information to the post. If not, it hurts the readability and the good work of someone who spent his time on the answer (or question). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my opinion it is absolutely the responsibility of the reviewer to prevent both misinformation and useless editing, done by editors with too much self confidence. If I approve an incorrect or useless addition, I blame myself, I should have skipped.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="72216" LastEditDate="2014-09-12T17:28:12.930" LastActivityDate="2014-09-12T17:28:12.930" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11965" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5576" CreationDate="2014-09-11T12:10:52.337" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;We should at a minimum allow questions about the tools that Ubuntu provides for building custom kernels, just as we try support any software provided by Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="48474" LastActivityDate="2014-09-11T12:10:52.337" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11966" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11967" CreationDate="2014-09-11T12:14:21.680" Score="10" ViewCount="322" Body="&lt;p&gt;Today the following question was deleted:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/455159/should-i-change-my-python-code-if-i-upgrade-my-ubuntu&quot;&gt;Should I change my Python code if I upgrade my Ubuntu? [closed]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I totally agree with the too broad votes (with the benefit of hindsight) but I'm now a bit puzzled by the deletion not only because of the severe loss of rep.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I consider my answers to this questions good answers (I got many votes) as I provided a way to be notified of build failures with development versions of Ubuntu using a ppa and a few examples where new python versions caused me some troubles, which I still find useful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've voted to undelete this question per the following policy:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Before voting to delete, please check that there are no good answers;&#xA;  if so, then the question should be flagged for moderator attention as&#xA;  a potential merge candidate. We don't like to lose great answers!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Again I agree with the closure but ideally I'd have left this question for reference.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What's your opinion?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="32239" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2014-09-13T13:06:16.373" Title="Why deleting a question (and related answers) with a lot of votes" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11967" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11966" CreationDate="2014-09-11T12:27:33.127" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;For the moment, I have gone ahead and undeleted the question.  This is so that those AU members who are under 10K can have visibility.  Their views are equally valid as those 10K+ members.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's said - if the consensus is that this Q should be deleted - then we'll slam the door shut again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my humble opinion - this is a case where a question should NOT have been deleted.  The criteria leading me in this direction was that two high rep answers indicating that those answers are informative and contain enough information to warrant the &quot;good answer&quot; clause in the policy:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Before voting to delete, please check that there are no good answers;&#xA;  if so, then the question should be flagged for moderator attention as&#xA;  a potential merge candidate. We don't like to lose great answers!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It has a fair number of views - not massive, but enough to warrant that people are looking at the question - or at least searching on the terms being used in the title/question/answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In deleting questions we should all be cognisant of that policy - look at the answers, the vote spread and the views.  If the answers have a decent number of votes - this classes the answer as fairly important.  The question should therefore not be just eliminated.  However the closure is warranted given the broad nauture and incomplete details given.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14356" LastActivityDate="2014-09-11T12:27:33.127" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11968" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11966" CreationDate="2014-09-11T13:31:24.753" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm inclined to think &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/455159/should-i-change-my-python-code-if-i-upgrade-my-ubuntu&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; does not even need to stay closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's a quite general question, and the OP may &lt;em&gt;personally&lt;/em&gt; be helped more if they expand their question to include specific details of the software they're developing and maintaining.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Although it's general, it has good answers that are mostly based on objective considerations. And there's really only a small handful of possible right answers to this question. I could imagine a whole book written about issues &lt;em&gt;related&lt;/em&gt; to that question, but I cannot imagine a whole book written just to answer that particular question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Basically, software developed in a way that might rely on specifics of an earlier minor release (the &lt;em&gt;y&lt;/em&gt; in &lt;em&gt;x.y.z&lt;/em&gt;) of Python than the system provides can either be tested with the newer version and modified as appropriate, or it can be run with the older version of Python, such as with virtualenv. &lt;em&gt;It's not as though there's an unlimited number of materially different answers to this question.&lt;/em&gt; The handful of answers already posted cover the range of possible solutions pretty well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is the sort of question that might be benefiting the community as a whole more than the individual who asked it. A definitive answer for what they should do personally cannot be given, but the question can be--and has been--answered by explaining the considerations and the options available. Notably, the answers there that do that aren't even particularly long.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Naturally, each of us has somewhat different ideas about what questions ought to be closed and for what reason. A reader may or may not accept my above argument for why this question doesn't need to remain closed. &lt;em&gt;I&lt;/em&gt; think it is not actually too broad in the way that's relevant for deciding closure. I expect some others will disagree. Either way, though:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A reasonable argument can be articulated for why this question is perfectly fine for our site and could even remain open.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The question is answered with answers that clearly have some value, even if votes and accepts are disregarded.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The question, and at least one of its answers, have garnered plenty of votes.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any one of those reasons should motivate &lt;em&gt;special care&lt;/em&gt; before deleting (or voting to delete) a question. I think the presence of all three strongly suggests deletion is &lt;em&gt;very unlikely&lt;/em&gt; to be an appropriate fate for this question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2014-09-11T13:31:24.753" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11969" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11966" CreationDate="2014-09-11T15:38:00.887" Score="-5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can we please forget about the fallacy of &amp;quot;many votes&amp;quot; == &amp;quot;good&amp;quot;? Most of the most upvoted things on the entire network, you ask them nowadays and you will get a rain of downvotes/closevotes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The fact that a question was/is &amp;quot;popular&amp;quot; at some moment of the time, and gathered lots of upvotes, despite being bad questions by today's standards, &lt;em&gt;needs to&lt;/em&gt; be removed of the site. That is one of those cases where drive-by bad voters (judging for the quality of the votes) or that was asked when is was considered a good question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, moving on. The question is intrinsically bad for the Q&amp;amp;A SE model. Is unclear, too broad and primary opinion based.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is unclear since it's vague. Is akin to &amp;quot;ok, I have a program, can I upgrade, because I haven't tested anything?&amp;quot; (and please, that's what &lt;em&gt;the question&lt;/em&gt; says). It doesn't show any relevant piece of code that would potentially break during the upgrade, nor any detail that would help trying to figure out if his software would even break. This is even more supported by a comment asking &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/455159/should-i-change-my-python-code-if-i-upgrade-my-ubuntu#comment612516_455159&quot;&gt;more information&lt;/a&gt; which OP decided to ignore.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Too broad, since any and every answer would be equally valid. You can say, &amp;quot;if you don't use these functions [puts list of functions] you can upgrade without problems&amp;quot; as you can say any other thing. There isn't a &lt;em&gt;wrong&lt;/em&gt; answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Won't a recent Ubuntu version affect my software in any way ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can gather opinions too! The above question can be answer with &amp;quot;I did with my program, you are going to be fine&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;my program broke terribly, and had to rewrote it&amp;quot;. That kind of experience/expertise is ultimately unuseful. If I don't have a program exactly the same as the one providing the answer, is not going to help me. But, hey, someone had the same experience, hence upvoted the answer, and there goes quality.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;OP haven't made any effort to fix his question at all after it was closed. In fact, each edition just made it worse &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/revisions/455159/5&quot;&gt;while it was opened&lt;/a&gt; and I highly doubt he would fix it now that he already got the answers he wanted. He got suspended, so I doubt any effort right now would help either, so I just voted delete the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Solutions for the good answers. (?)&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Again I agree with the closure but ideally I'd have left this question for reference.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you think that your answer is good but the question doesn't make live up to the goodness of your answer, just re-ask the correct question, with a clear statement, and post again your answer. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/369012/169736&quot;&gt;I've done that too!&lt;/a&gt; I didn't get as many upvotes, but hey, I never said I do it for the &lt;s&gt;money&lt;/s&gt; imaginary internet points. So, if you were me, and you aren't doing it for the imaginary internet points, I would just ask another question where your answer would be found easily (if you want pointers about how can you ask your question just ask in comments).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-09-11T17:02:54.367" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11970" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11963" CreationDate="2014-09-11T17:21:45.977" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I take the effort to research it if the subject of discussion interests me:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Bash scripting - hell, yeah!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;LDAP, since I have to look after LDAP for our department labs.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Photo management - meh.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2014-09-11T17:21:45.977" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11971" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-09-12T18:38:32.493" Score="1" ViewCount="37" Body="&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/519336/is-it-possible-to-stop-a-particular-unit-in-juju&quot;&gt;Is it possible to &amp;quot;stop&amp;quot; a particular unit in juju?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is a really good writeup on systemd units here, which is unrelated to the original question but still good content: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/522630&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/a/522630&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately I cannot leave a comment to the author because he deleted his post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2014-09-12T22:12:20.367" Title="Can we rescue this systemd content?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11972" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11971" CreationDate="2014-09-12T22:12:20.367" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;IMHO, if you can still see the answer, post a question that fits the answer (share-your-knowledge) and mark the answer as a community wiki. I'd support that if the answer is good.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2014-09-12T22:12:20.367" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11973" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11963" CreationDate="2014-09-13T00:28:04.353" Score="3" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I sometimes get edits to review where the person making the edit has added in some details or sources missing from the original answer (or question, sometimes)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are you aware that these changes are correct/good, approve.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But it may be about a subject that I know nothing about, so I have no idea whether the added information is accurate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Skip!&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it up to me to determine the accuracy of the edit?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No, is not up to you. If you aren't sure, just skip the edit as there is not tomorrow. To approve or reject any of those edits, you &lt;strong&gt;need to&lt;/strong&gt; know what's being talked about. If you don't know, then skip. If you do know (ie. your own answer) then you can reject/approve.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sometimes it's added to an already-accepted answer, so obviously the added information wasn't necessary to the original poster, but may be useful to future readers. However, if it's not accurate, it could be misleading, and there is a good possibility that nobody will check it since the issue is closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;but may be useful to future readers&amp;quot; if you don't know if it really will be useful from a technical point of view, skip it. Suggested edits allows you to filter edits by tags, just review those tags that you feel confident about and forget about the rest. The &lt;strong&gt;OP is always notified of any suggested edit&lt;/strong&gt; on their post, so they would know how to deal with it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, edits on questions that change the meaning are a big no-no. Adding or removing information. Now, if you know that the information isn't relevant and could be distracting, again you should have knowledge of whatever is being talked about, approve it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-09-13T00:28:04.353" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11975" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11977" CreationDate="2014-09-13T07:13:32.650" Score="0" ViewCount="1109" Body="&lt;p&gt;As far as I know, there is only one 12.04-related tag: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/12.04&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;12.04&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;12.04&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, 12.04 (by itself) EOLed on August 8, 2014. 12.04.5 EOLs in April 2017.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As one is off-topic and the other is on-topic, how do we know the difference between the two? Do we just assume that it's 12.04.5? What do we do?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-09-13T15:29:06.010" LastActivityDate="2014-09-13T15:29:06.010" Title="How do we differentiate between 12.04 and 12.04.5?" Tags="|discussion|scope|end-of-life|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11976" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11975" CreationDate="2014-09-13T08:16:37.497" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;As a whole you can assume the server version is on-topic (that includes the kernel and all to the server version related default software).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastActivityDate="2014-09-13T08:16:37.497" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11977" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11975" CreationDate="2014-09-13T10:48:40.953" Score="3" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Point releases don't usually need to be differentiated.&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;12.04 is not end-of-life (or off-topic) in the usual sense.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the one hand, someone having problems installing from, or working in the live environment of, non-point-release media (or media from earlier than the current point release) should be referred to the point release ISOs, which contain updated packages that may fix some problems. Even that is not really an issue of site scope; it's just a good idea to try with updated packages when you're having problems.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But any pre-12.04.5 installation of 12.04 becomes 12.04.5 automatically when it's updated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The the difference between earlier and later point releases in an installed system is merely one of patchlevel, with &lt;em&gt;one interesting exception&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Hardware Enablement Stacks do become EoL.&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The exception is &lt;em&gt;old HWEs.&lt;/em&gt; When people say old point releases of 12.04 are end-of-life, usually they are talking specifically about the HWEs associated with those versions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hardware enablement stacks (HWEs) for old point releases are end-of-life and questions about problems with them (other than how to upgrade them or stop using them) should likely be considered off-topic. I believe the EoL status of old point releases' HWEs are the reason EoL dates for 12.04.1-4 are listed on &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;the releases page&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/33qle.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You'll notice that &lt;strong&gt;these dates are specifically given for HWE, and not for the point release as a whole.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Why HWEs are special and can become EoL.&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/LTSEnablementStack&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;LTSEnablementStack&lt;/a&gt; explains what HWEs are. Basically, they are officially supported kernels backported from newer Ubuntu releases, provided mainly to support newer hardware/drivers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/1204_HWE_EOL&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;1204_HWE_EOL wiki page&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; explains how and why HWEs become end-of-life (&lt;em&gt;emphasis mine&lt;/em&gt;):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;What is HWE?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hardware Enablement Stacks (HWE) are incorporated into installers for&#xA;select Ubuntu LTS (Long Term Support) point releases. It is a special&#xA;Ubuntu feature that provides an LTS release with hardware support&#xA;introduced in newer Ubuntu releases. For Ubuntu 12.04 &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;the point&#xA;releases are .2/.3/.4/.5 and the corresponding Ubuntu releases are&#xA;12.10/13.04/13.10/14.04.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The HWE path can be obtained in 2 ways:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Installing Ubuntu from the media (ISO) for these point releases (where HWE is used by default)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Manually installing some packages&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;End-of-life (EOL) for 12.04, 12.04.1, and 12.04.5 HWE is April 2017&#xA;but for the other HWE stacks it is roughly when 14.04.1 is released:&#xA;Aug 8, 2014.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That is, the HWEs for old point releases provide kernels backported from now-EoL Ubuntu releases. So it makes sense that they are to be considered EoL.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even for a system that &lt;em&gt;does&lt;/em&gt; have an old HWE installed, &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/1204_HWE_EOL&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;1204_HWE_EOL&lt;/a&gt; is quite explicit about &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/1204_HWE_EOL#FAQ&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the limited extent to which this renders them unsupported&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;sup&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I am running 12.04.2 HWE. From August 8, 2014 onwards my system will no longer receive package updates?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not true. Such a system will only stop receiving updates for the&#xA;kernel and the graphics stack. The rest of the software will continue&#xA;to get updates.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;So if I am running 12.04.3 (as seen from &lt;em&gt;lsb_release -d&lt;/em&gt;) then starting from August 8, 2014 my kernel and graphics stack will no&#xA;longer receive package updates?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not true. 12.04.3 is not 12.04.3 HWE. And since HWE (and thus a new&#xA;kernel series) cannot be introduced through regular package updates it&#xA;is possible to update a non-HWE system to arrive at a later point&#xA;release, such as 12.04.3, and still preserve the EOL date of April&#xA;2017.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So this is an issue of specific packages being considered end-of-life, and this would only affect HWE-related questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;Blockquoted portions of &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/1204_HWE_EOL&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;1204_HWE_EOL&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href=&quot;https://help.ubuntu.com/community/License&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;Contributors to the Ubuntu documentation wiki,&amp;quot;&lt;/a&gt; reproduced here as permitted by &lt;a href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;CC-BY-SA 3.0&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-09-13T10:48:40.953" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11979" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11966" CreationDate="2014-09-13T13:06:16.373" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is a typical example of why deleting should be used very sparingly. There are certain users who believe that anything that isn't a perfect example of the platonic ideal of an AU question should be deleted. There have been many, many, &lt;em&gt;many&lt;/em&gt; discussions on meta about this and most of them have concluded that deletions should be used only for extreme cases. Despite this, some users insist on deleting anything they don't like. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This question is a perfect example. Yes, the question is not great and should be closed. However, there are two perfectly good answers there, both of which can help future users. Why in the world would we want to delete it? Why lose good content?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Closing the question sends a clear message that it's a bad fit for out site. That serves to educate both the OP and future users. Great. Now, leave it alone so others can benefit from it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2014-09-13T13:06:16.373" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11980" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11981" CreationDate="2014-09-14T09:47:21.650" Score="0" ViewCount="132" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are answers that consist of only shell commands, with no comments, showing up in the low quality review; Is it right to flag them as &quot;link only&quot; answer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To me, an answer that consists only of an uncommented section of code to run is very similar to a link only answer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example like answer &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/522475/260447&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/a/522475/260447&lt;/a&gt; (deleted) on &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/250012/how-do-i-install-z-script&quot;&gt;How do I install &amp;quot;z&amp;quot; script?&lt;/a&gt;:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;# Download to latest to home dir&#xA;wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rupa/z/master/z.sh &amp;gt; ~/z.sh&#xA;# Add to .bashrc&#xA;echo . /path/to/z.sh &amp;gt;&amp;gt; ~/.bashrc&#xA;# Add to .zshrc&#xA;echo . /path/to/z.sh &amp;gt;&amp;gt; ~/.zshrc&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Ignore that the code of this example acidentally contains a link - that is not related.)&lt;br&gt;&#xA;I just flagged that one as link-only answer on the Low Quality Posts review;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;It seemed the best matching category at least.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another example is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/522272/260447&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/a/522272/260447&lt;/a&gt; (was edited) on  &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/488179/connect-to-server-option-changed-in-14-04-cant-connect-using-webdav&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;Connect to server&amp;quot; option changed in 14.04?? Can&amp;#39;t connect using WebDav&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;try use this format davs://user_name&amp;gt;@/:&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="260447" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2014-09-14T11:47:11.937" Title="Should I flag pure shell command answers as &quot;link only answer&quot;?" Tags="|discussion|review|low-quality-posts|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11981" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11980" CreationDate="2014-09-14T11:47:11.937" Score="4" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This meta question is actually mostly answered in &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/4219/psa-when-reviewing-dont-post-duplicate-and-near-duplicate-comments&quot;&gt;PSA: When reviewing, don&amp;#39;t post duplicate (and near-duplicate) comments!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; But since this question is narrower and has a different focus, and it may not be immediately obvious to some how that one applies here, I've written this answer to address the specifics.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just like any answer that contains insufficient explanation, a command-only answer:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;sometimes&lt;/em&gt; warrants removal as very low quality,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;occasionally&lt;/em&gt; can be improved significantly even by a small edit,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;sometimes&lt;/em&gt; should be kept, even if it can't/shouldn't be edited by reviewers.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Whether or not an answer should be considered so low quality as to warrant removal depends on the specifics of that answer, and on the context. Does it provide value? Even actual &lt;em&gt;link&lt;/em&gt;-only answers are not always removed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;See &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/6152/why-does-recommend-deletion-button-has-the-option-for-link-only-answers&quot;&gt;Why does Recommend Deletion button has the option for link-only answers?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In any case, the &lt;em&gt;main problem&lt;/em&gt; with link-only answers does not apply to command-only answers. Command-only answers do not become  meaningless due to some other resource besides Ask Ubuntu changing or going offline.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So of course you should not use a comment about link-only answers on an answer that doesn't even contain a link--that doesn't make any sense.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But there's a bigger matter at play here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;You might be using the review system incorrectly.&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The wording of this meta question strongly suggests you might be thinking you're doing one sort of thing while reviewing, when actually you're doing something entirely different.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You said:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I just flagged that one as link-only answer on the Low Quality Posts&#xA;  review;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  It seemed the best matching category at least.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You appear to be under the impression that the &lt;strong&gt;Add a comment for the author?&lt;/strong&gt; selections (where you can pick a comment when voting to delete posts in the Low Quality review) are a form of &lt;em&gt;flagging&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They are not. When you use select a comment there, you are not flagging the post. The sole purpose of selecting something other than the default &quot;No comment needed&quot; option on that screen is to post comments that the author and others will see.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When you actually click the &quot;Recommend Deletion&quot; or &quot;Delete&quot; button, you are doing something similar to flagging. But the &lt;em&gt;result&lt;/em&gt; of clicking this button that is not in any way altered or customized by whether or not you selected a canned comment from the list above it, nor by which one you selected if you did.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please see &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/4219/psa-when-reviewing-dont-post-duplicate-and-near-duplicate-comments&quot;&gt;PSA: When reviewing, don&amp;#39;t post duplicate (and near-duplicate) comments!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; That explains:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;What &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;is not&lt;/em&gt; happening when you select comments in the &quot;Add a comment for the author?&quot; dialog.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;What to do when there's something wrong with the post but none of the precanned comments offered there capture the problem. (The short of it is: select &quot;No comment needed&quot; and, if you believe a comment is warranted, post your own.) Really, that situation is what &lt;em&gt;this&lt;/em&gt; meta question is about.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/uGAyo.png&quot; alt=&quot;Add a comment for the author? with some freeehand underlining to highlight points more important to this post.&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In summary:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Command-only answers are usually not very good but they are not the same as link-only answers.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The precanned comments offered by the &quot;Add a comment for the author?&quot; dialog when deleting posts in the Low Quality review are &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; a form of flagging. The comments you leave through that dialog have no special effect or importance compared to commenting manually.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you've been selecting comments on that dialog based on the belief that you've been flagging or categorizing posts for the system, and if in doing so you've been posting comments that don't make sense or that otherwise are things &lt;em&gt;you would not want to say&lt;/em&gt;... then you should stop doing that.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If no comment offered under &quot;Add a comment for the author?&quot; is correct for the situation, stick with the default &quot;No comment needed&quot; option.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you believe a comment &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; needed, but none of the comments offered under &quot;Add a comment for the author?&quot; are correct, you can stick with the default &quot;No comment needed&quot; option but comment on the post manually yourself.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2014-09-14T11:47:11.937" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11983" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-09-14T14:11:59.017" Score="0" ViewCount="53" Body="&lt;p&gt;An answer can be of low quality, but correct.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;It makes sense to delete such an answer if there are other answers,&lt;br&gt;&#xA;but how to handle the situation where there is no other answer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do not think it's a good idea to delete the low quality answer then. Even a bad answer can solve the problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I see there is an advantage of deleting such a question:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Because it makes the question unanswered, it would create some motivation for new answers.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;But on the other side, the question may now stay unanswered forever.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One way to handle that could be to have a feature to delete an answer as soon as it's no longer the only one. But even then, the low quality answer may be more useful than an invalid new answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="260447" LastActivityDate="2014-09-14T14:11:59.017" Title="How to handle single, low quality answers?" Tags="|discussion|low-quality-posts|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11985" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11986" CreationDate="2014-09-15T05:06:18.320" Score="0" ViewCount="67" Body="&lt;p&gt;For example, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/524122/how-to-retrive-root-password-when-someone-has-changed-it&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; might be a great example of someone wanted to break into a system but masking the question as a &quot;problem&quot;. In this case, assuming I can provide an answer, should I refrain to do so?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user308164" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2014-09-15T09:37:13.767" Title="What to do if a question looks potentially dangerous?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2014-09-17T15:42:57.357" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11986" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11985" CreationDate="2014-09-15T09:37:13.767" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would answer the question. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For one: we assume that having physical access to a system means a user can do anything to that system. He clearly states he knows how to do this from GRUB (what would be the answer on how to change it and that would have been a dupe though).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And the answer to his question is safe too: it is NO. It is in no way possible to get a plain-text version shown of a password. Even when root those are not shown. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So any way you look at it the question in itself warns no special prudence. Though it is not about Ubuntu (as the close reason given) but about security. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastActivityDate="2014-09-15T09:37:13.767" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11988" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="11990" CreationDate="2014-09-16T15:04:41.043" Score="-3" ViewCount="297" Body="&lt;p&gt;I wonder whether it is time to re-address the question about the (currently enforced) policy of treating EOL releases as off-topic. It strikes me as not only highly unintuitive but ultimately detrimental (see argument below), and so I would like to argue for a change of policy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Current state of play&lt;/strong&gt;: My investigations prior to posting this has given me the impression that the received view has shifted through the history of the site. According to &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/5929/can-we-update-the-faq-to-reflect-the-apparent-change-in-eol-policy?lq=1&quot;&gt;this roundup&lt;/a&gt;, &quot;we overwhelmingly supported allowing&quot; EOL questions around Nov '11, there was an even split around May '12, and &quot;Around December '12, we had a ~2:1 majority in favor of considering new questions about EoL releases off-topic.&quot; The &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/5611/should-we-allow-questions-that-are-about-releases-which-are-considered-end-of-li&quot;&gt;link in support&lt;/a&gt; of the last claim, however, no longer supports the 2:1 conclusion at all, it seems to me. Rather, there is a strong majority in favour of letting them be treated as on-topic, if judged by the upvote-scores in relation to the respective answers. Finally, &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/7457/eol-question-handling-discussion-again&quot;&gt;in an 11 month old post&lt;/a&gt;, the current policy of treating them as 'off-topic' has overwhelming support.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;My case&lt;/strong&gt;: Since the support for the policy seems to oscillate, I think re-adressing the issue is reasonable. I think we definitely should allow them, for at least these reasons:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It is the logical option: This site is explicitly a Q&amp;amp;A site for 'all flavours of Ubuntu'. EOL Releases are definitely flavours of Ubuntu. Hence, questions regarding them should be allowed. And calling them 'off-topic' is so unintuitive to me that I can hardly write it down.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;There is a need: Many people &lt;em&gt;de facto&lt;/em&gt; have machines running EOL releases of Ubuntu. These people may have questions.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;People may have good reasons to stay in a EOL release: There may be &lt;em&gt;good reasons&lt;/em&gt; for some of these people not to upgrade to a more recent release, even given that their EOL are not supported by Canonical. Such a reason may be that everything they need (or mostly everything, since otherwise why ask a question) work, so why breaking the spell with an upgrade, or go through the hassle of an install from scratch. Maybe they are not even online, so security issues are not actually issues. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The current policy is not coherently enforced: Some questions that are, in fact, about EOL releases &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/91815/how-to-install-software-or-upgrade-from-old-unsupported-release&quot;&gt;are already allowed&lt;/a&gt;. This is an argument for allowing EOL questions, since...&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;EOL questions are &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/91815/how-to-install-software-or-upgrade-from-old-unsupported-release&quot;&gt;sometimes very popular&lt;/a&gt;: Their popularity indicates that the community actually appreciates such questions.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If the community &lt;em&gt;coherently enforced&lt;/em&gt; the rule of no questions re EOL releases, popular posts such as the one above would have to be cleansed from the site, which seems a high and unnecessary prise to pay.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It has the highest utility: Last but not least, I believe that allowing the questions leads to better consequences than forbidding them, the argument for which comes in my meeting the main arguments for the current policy (as I understand them):&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The main arguments for &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; allowing EOL questions seem to be the &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/7459/320999&quot;&gt;security danger of staying in an EOL release&lt;/a&gt;, and that not upgrading &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/5613/320999&quot;&gt;ends up costing more time and effort&lt;/a&gt; compared to taking the plunge. About the former, I admit that denying people answers  &lt;em&gt;may&lt;/em&gt; be a way to 'force' people into upgrading. But I question the overall utility of that claim: rather, it may turn these people off the site. In that case, they will not be recipients of &lt;em&gt;arguments&lt;/em&gt; for why they should consider upgrading. Why not instead provide the standard upgrade recommendation &lt;em&gt;with&lt;/em&gt; the answer instead, or as a comment if no answer is forthcoming, and let the recipient act on the advice she judges to be the best? It is my firm believe that after a few security reprimands and 'this is supported directly in the XXX version but you may do it in this very complicated way in your version', most people do upgrade. Moreover, even if I am wrong here and more people do upgrade if you forbid EOL questions, it seems unnecessarily paternalistic to me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;About the latter argument, it seems to be only a contingent truth. Sometimes that is the case, sometimes not. So why not let the community decide whether it is a question that may be effectively answered or not. Naturally no one should be &lt;em&gt;forced&lt;/em&gt; to answer a question she believes to be better handled by upgrading. But if someone is willing, why should she not be allowed to?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;So I conclude: if someone is wondering, let them ask. Ubuntu-questions should &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; be considered off-topic on a Ubuntu Q&amp;amp;A site.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;PS. On a personal note, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/520484/problems-installing-xbmc-on-my-old-ubuntu-machine?noredirect=1#comment707821_520484&quot;&gt;I stumbled into this off-topic business by asking a 11.10 related question&lt;/a&gt;, and was indeed helped although it was put on hold. As it turned out, however, in the end I myself judged that keeping the old release would amount to more bother than just upgrading, and so I cloned the disk and pressed the upgrade button. And voila, it all worked out splendidly, not a single program or process I care about is broken, and all it cost me was an evening of setting up the clone (and a little wait). But I still like that fact that I made that decision myself and was not forced into it by the EOL ban.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EDIT sept 26: Since some time has now gone and there is a clear majority of the answers wanting to keep the policy, I'll check Oli's answer (currently most popular) It was instructive to me to see that so many people actually defend the policy. I still think removing it would be better, but I do respect the opinion of the community, especially the ones spending such an effort responding to the questions. Good on you!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="320999" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2014-10-26T15:23:21.330" Title="EOL Policy Revisited: a case for letting Ubuntu questions be on-topic" Tags="|discussion|best-practice|ubuntu-community|" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="15" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11989" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11988" CreationDate="2014-09-16T15:26:03.717" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;On the one hand I agree with you. I find the Ubuntu culture of always upgrading very annoying. I also don't see the point of making questions about older versions off topic. What if I can't upgrade due to hardware/time constraints? What if my boss won't let me? What if I don't have physical access to the machine in question? I've never understood why these questions are off topic here. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as I can tell, there are two reasons why EOL questions are off topic:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The aforementioned Ubuntu culture of always upgrading. This seems to be very deeply ingrained in the Ubuntu community. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;It is a relatively simple way to keep the volume of questions down. We already get far more questions than we answer so keeping EOL out makes the load more manageable. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Whatever the case, and while I did upvote your proposal, there is a simpler approach. Since this community has made it (relatively) clear that EOL is unwanted here, just ask on &lt;a href=&quot;http://unix.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;Unix &amp;amp; Linux&lt;/a&gt;. We don't have any problem with older versions there and, speaking as a diamond moderator,  your EOL questions would be welcome.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2014-10-26T15:23:21.330" LastActivityDate="2014-10-26T15:23:21.330" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11990" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11988" CreationDate="2014-09-16T15:50:48.340" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think various wildlife control policies are an apt analogy. Out-of-support Ubuntu systems (or Windows XP or any other distribution) are vermin in that they are responsible for spreading disease. All their applications fall behind in support and they get hacked with ridiculous ease. They're then used to hack other machines, send spam, host horrible crap. Hacked and exploited machines form the basis of internet crime.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want to keep a wild rat, you can. If it bites you, that's your fault. But people are here to help people with their pet Ubuntu installations, so why should we or any other site seek to facilitate anything but the swift and humane dispatch of your 11.10 box that hasn't received an update in almost 18 months?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;People are free to make the choice to stick with something that actively makes the internet worse but they shouldn't expect our blessing through community support.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do get the other side of this, and you've done a good job at enumerating many of the problems of keeping the policy. I'll add that we occasionally get caught up in huge bouts of nonsense as historical questions get sucked into the review process... But the public health argument is pretty serious.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2014-10-21T07:54:18.570" LastActivityDate="2014-10-21T07:54:18.570" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11991" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-09-16T18:35:19.040" Score="15" ViewCount="270" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sometimes I find an old question on Ask Ubuntu with an old answer. Updates in software tend to change the way things are done, and I can't help but wonder if there is a newer solution to the same problem. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am tempted to post a new question, but that would surely raise a duplicate alert.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What can I do to request an updated answer that's up to date to recent software updates?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="234374" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2014-09-16T20:37:52.523" LastActivityDate="2014-09-17T12:46:09.563" Title="Old question with old answer. How can I request an update on the topic?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11992" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11991" CreationDate="2014-09-16T19:14:31.933" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is a Bounty reason devoted to this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/RNgPo.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastActivityDate="2014-09-16T19:14:31.933" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11993" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11991" CreationDate="2014-09-16T19:28:34.170" Score="-3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think you should post a new question, as this is version specific. It's a different version of the software, therefore the question is not fundamentally the same. Make sure to specify that it is a different version though!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, if the other post is old enough, the duplicate is usually ignored because this is technology: things change all the time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it is marked as dupe, pop into chat or Meta and make your case why it should be opened again. We'll (usually) listen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastEditorUserId="208574" LastEditDate="2014-09-16T23:36:44.813" LastActivityDate="2014-09-16T23:36:44.813" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11994" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11991" CreationDate="2014-09-17T12:46:09.563" Score="18" Body="&lt;p&gt;What some people do is they just leave a comment on an apparently good answer&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Is your answer stll valid in 14.04?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Whenever I get such a message I will re-evaluate my answer to see if there was something I could improve, or whether the procedures still hold true. Quite often there is something to be done, if it was only a newer screenshot. If all was good I then drop a reply like &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;@&lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;user&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt;: Yes, it still works like that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This approach always makes me feel better than an unexplained or explained downvote on an excavated now dated answer I gave years ago. Howver it will only work for answers given by people who are still around.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3940" LastActivityDate="2014-09-17T12:46:09.563" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11996" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-09-17T13:45:07.470" Score="1" ViewCount="58" Body="&lt;p&gt;Trying to help a little and reading some meta (hot) posts, I went across this question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's a general way to convey some doubts like this one: replying to someone is often a dialectic process, not merely giving a solution. In other words, it's driving the OP to find a solution with questions and tests suggestions in comments (not in answers). What to do when done (when the OP tells &quot;Hurray, thanks a lot&quot; and so on). Most often, the answer exists not, or could be rewritten and elaborated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Not important if AU is more a hotline, because the important thing is to unlock the user problem.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Important if AU is more a knowledge base. Then editing the answers to make them more general and accurate, tagging correctly and so on is important. But this takes time, so is it really useful ?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What's you opinion on this ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="299476" LastActivityDate="2014-09-17T13:45:07.470" Title="Is AU more a hotline or a knowledge base?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11997" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11988" CreationDate="2014-09-17T13:46:01.680" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would be against it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We are an official support site so it would be logical to not support end of life releases. It should be the official stance to upgrade to a supported site if not just for security related problems that can arise. Besides that: if the release is important most of us will not be able to check our answer (since none of us will  have that release active).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I might be wrong but questions about end of life releases can still be asked on &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;https://unix.stackexchange.com/&lt;/a&gt; So there is a place to ask questions; just not askubuntu.com&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:37:19.280" LastActivityDate="2014-09-17T17:39:37.107" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11998" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11988" CreationDate="2014-09-17T14:17:20.327" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Now Ok, Lets do it. Lets&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Get rid of the EOL close vote.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Giving you my Reasons why, we should:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Yikes, No one really cares anyway. Right? &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/5612/47291&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/5612/47291&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Unappreciated, Old and obscure questions get ignored and/or downvoted, so why should we try and help someone upgrade if they will hate us for it anyway, not that helping one person to understand upgrading is important will help the internet as a whole, because all in all it's just another bot in the net. Who cares if a P͕̟̜̝̖̳w̶͉͙̭o̦̟̺͟n̫͚͈i̪̥͔̝͖̥̼e̖̩͓ ̧a̗̘͇͇̪͖͇͢t̻͍͓̰͓͇͟e̘̪̖̖̼̥ ͉͚y͉͈̟̜̖͢ͅo͇͓͉ur̻̰̥̬̪͙͝ ̠̙̤ho̰͎̭̳̻͈̲͡m̨̻͙e̢͇̱ ͉͚̦̻fo͟ld̬̳͉͝e͉̮̩̼̪ṟ̣, or someone set us up the root kit.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Next, &quot;Linux is about choice&quot; Right?  It is free, and open source, and I am basically   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Going to &lt;strong&gt;do what ever I want with it&lt;/strong&gt;™ so why not use a old version and ask questions about it?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Like Everyone thinks that the Close Reasons are absolute, and that there can not be any exceptions.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Yep, People think that if something was closed, everything like it should be deleted and purged: &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/11952/remove-eol-tags&quot;&gt;Remove EOL tags&lt;/a&gt; , &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/10415/could-unanswered-questions-regarding-eol-releases-be-removed-via-script&quot;&gt;Could unanswered questions regarding EOL releases be removed via script?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Duplicates - it is better to find a duplicate of the question: &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/8219/is-it-ok-to-mark-eol-questions-as-duplicate&quot;&gt;Is it ok to mark EOL questions as duplicate?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Now It is clogging up the close queue, so it is not helping us &quot;clean up&quot; the site, it actually may be hurting our efforts in other areas.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Getting an extra close vote to separate Bug's and Development version reasons - after all we asked for more in the first place: &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/6994/can-we-have-more-than-3-custom-close-reasons-pretty-please&quot;&gt;Can we have more than 3 custom close reasons, pretty please?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Really people that ask probably all ready know they are on an old un-supported release&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Also it is a major reason I have not been using the close queue lately&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;And I like an interesting challenge, maybe we could try and run Steam on 9.04?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Denying answers isn't forcing anyone to do anything.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, this may be a bit too overly negative, and untill now I've been arguing the other side, but &lt;em&gt;I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastEditorUserId="208574" LastEditDate="2014-09-27T19:30:56.183" LastActivityDate="2014-09-27T19:30:56.183" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="11999" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11544" CreationDate="2014-09-18T09:36:54.110" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;What about:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/34997/disk-drive-not-ready-yet-or-not-available&quot;&gt;Disk Drive / not ready yet or not available&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/453411/ubuntu-14-04-not-booting-after-error-message-tmp-could-not-be-mounted&quot;&gt;Ubuntu 14.04 not booting after error message. /tmp could not be mounted&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In both cases the suggested fix is the same (to remount / rw), so it is probably just two different errors messages (one each for / and /tmp) representing the same underlying problem. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;edit: Also &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/454037/disk-drive-boot-problem/462435#462435&quot;&gt;Disk drive boot problem: The disk drive for /tmp is not ready yet or is not present!&lt;/a&gt; which had answer:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This is a bug in Ubuntu - &lt;a href=&quot;https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mountall/+bug/1091792&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ubuntu bug #1091792&lt;/a&gt;. It was fixed in&#xA;  mountall-2.48 for Ubuntu 13.04. Unfortunately the latest version in&#xA;  Ubuntu 12.04 is mountall-2.36.4, so it is not fixed (and, presumably,&#xA;  never will be).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60294" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2014-09-21T10:14:43.900" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12001" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-09-18T20:55:33.737" Score="3" ViewCount="154" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would like to point out that this question: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/368311/normal-variables-in-upstart&quot;&gt;“Normal” variables in Upstart&lt;/a&gt; could be a duplicate of this other question: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/70882/expand-variables-in-upstart-script&quot;&gt;Expand variables in upstart script&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I tested on lubuntu 12.04 and bug is still present.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I hope this is the right place for this type of report. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="290569" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2014-09-18T20:55:33.737" Title="Possible duplicate question" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12002" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-09-19T00:20:21.983" Score="8" ViewCount="58" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just noticed that with Stack Overflow's tags many of the tags have nice fancy icons:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/l5Gdi.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Wondering if we could get some tag bling as well? Certainly some of the browsers/top programs may benefit from this, maybe we could make a short list of some that would benefit. I'm thinking things like Xubuntu and Kubuntu, GIMP, Software Center perhaps.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/DeB3D.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sample incorporation into our tag style &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastEditorUserId="47291" LastEditDate="2014-09-19T00:28:11.877" LastActivityDate="2014-09-19T16:11:25.997" Title="Icons for top relvent tags" Tags="|feature-request|design|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12003" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11935" CreationDate="2014-09-19T07:33:53.270" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The issue is two spacing-combining characters (ော) at index 6 that don't pass our validation. I'm investigating what the best option is there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1504" LastActivityDate="2014-09-19T07:33:53.270" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12004" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12002" CreationDate="2014-09-19T16:11:25.997" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is a good idea.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since Ask Ubuntu's relationship to the Ubuntu project is far tighter than the relationship between SE/SO and any sponsoring company, it stands to reason that at least the official Ubuntu and Ubuntu-related projects and products merit nifty tag icons.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Provided, that is, that they already have tags, and that a suitable icon exists.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This would include &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/edubuntu&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;edubuntu&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;edubuntu&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/juju&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;juju&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;juju&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/kubuntu&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;kubuntu&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;kubuntu&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/kylin&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;kylin&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;kylin&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/launchpad&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;launchpad&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;launchpad&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/lubuntu&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;lubuntu&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;lubuntu&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/maas&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;maas&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;maas&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/mythbuntu&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;mythbuntu&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;mythbuntu&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/software-center&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;software-center&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;software-center&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ubuntu-gnome&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ubuntu-gnome&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ubuntu-gnome&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ubuntu-studio&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ubuntu-studio&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ubuntu-studio&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ubuntu-touch&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ubuntu-touch&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ubuntu-touch&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/unity&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;unity&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;unity&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/xubuntu&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;xubuntu&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;xubuntu&lt;/a&gt; and probably a handful of others.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2014-09-19T16:11:25.997" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12006" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12007" CreationDate="2014-09-21T02:51:06.177" Score="23" ViewCount="512" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just as the question stated. I know it is marked under the private section of our profile, but I was just wondering if you could see stuff like that. And if you don't, do you see anything else that a normal/regular user wouldn't see? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="309498" LastEditorUserId="208574" LastEditDate="2014-10-01T18:30:34.983" LastActivityDate="2014-10-01T18:30:34.983" Title="Can ♦ moderators see our real name or e-mail?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12007" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12006" CreationDate="2014-09-21T03:36:12.827" Score="28" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, moderators can see your real name and email, although this information isn't something we see on your profile by default, we have to click several buttons to see it. We also have to agree to abide by the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/legal/moderator-agreement&quot;&gt;Stack Exchange Moderator Agreement&lt;/a&gt; when we become moderators. This states:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;ii. I acknowledge that I may have access to potentially&#xA;  personally-identifying information about Ask Ubuntu users and that in&#xA;  connection with such access&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;a. I will use such information solely in accordance with the then-current Privacy Policy of Ask Ubuntu,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;b. I will not disclose this information to anyone,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;c. I will not store or copy this information and&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;d. I will only use such information in connection with performance as a Ask Ubuntu moderator for the benefit of Ask Ubuntu.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So you can be sure that your information is pretty safe.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As to your question about other things we can see, moderators have access to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges&quot;&gt;all privileges&lt;/a&gt; as well as &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2290/how-does-the-site-look-like-to-a-moderator&quot;&gt;various other tools&lt;/a&gt; used in the moderation of the site. If you have any more specific questions ask away.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2014-09-21T03:36:12.827" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12008" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12012" CreationDate="2014-09-21T18:04:37.143" Score="2" ViewCount="96" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've seen multiple of my answers get a lot of downvotes even when the asker marks them as the correct one that worked, they are completely grammatically correct, address the issue fully and are, imo, good answers. Yet they get like 3 or 4 downvotes and so do the questions. This has happened a few times and I really want to know if there is anything to guard against people downvote trolling good answers or downvoting other answers so theirs appears first.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="272488" LastActivityDate="2014-09-21T20:49:46.227" Title="is there any system in place to prevent downvote trolling?" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12009" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12008" CreationDate="2014-09-21T19:21:14.153" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sometimes answering dull questions also make your answer dull and if you do not explain it clearly (if there is some obsolete things etc) you are downvoted. Remember one thing, at least 125 reputations give you the power to downvote. Suppose a user asked &quot;What is Ubuntu? &quot; and you answered &quot;It is a Linux distribution&quot;. The user may accept it but both of you can get downvote for this dull conversation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="214399" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-09-21T19:33:22.560" LastActivityDate="2014-09-21T19:33:22.560" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12010" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12011" CreationDate="2014-09-21T20:18:57.387" Score="1" ViewCount="42" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently posted an answer to a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/526527/39753&quot;&gt;topic&lt;/a&gt;.  I had no comments on this topic, and no upvotes on my post.  The post was not accepted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Today, a few days later, I had a green flag showing +8 reputation change for this topic.  I see no reason for it.  It's not a big deal, but I'm really curious about why this happened.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="39753" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2014-09-21T20:20:46.040" Title="Reputation increase for no apparent reason" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12011" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12010" CreationDate="2014-09-21T20:20:46.040" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You currently have on that answer one upvote (+10) and one downvote (-2) = +8. With your reputation, you can click on the zero to see what votes resulted in the current number.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/aBSZg.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastActivityDate="2014-09-21T20:20:46.040" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12012" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12008" CreationDate="2014-09-21T20:49:46.227" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;So, lets look at some real data, answers of yours with down-votes, that are in the negative votes:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most recently: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/526769/what-are-the-difference-between-unity-and-ubuntu-gnome/526772#526772&quot;&gt;What are the difference between Unity and Ubuntu GNOME?&lt;/a&gt; A duplicate question, on the surface the answer looks &lt;em&gt;ok&lt;/em&gt; but immediately notice - One paragraph - No capitalization of product names - run on sentences - a lot of conjecture, no sources. And the first statement is technically wrong: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/115160/47291&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/a/115160/47291&lt;/a&gt;  Poor question and a answer that needs lots of help - It's a new user so they just accepted the first thing. I personally didn't down vote that, but I can see why it would attract downvotes, and the more you comment on it the longer it stays on the front page for all to see and attract more downvotes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Next: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/512624/47291&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/a/512624/47291&lt;/a&gt; , Ok, maybe... but he did say &quot;I then selected the USB drive in the boot options.&quot; in the question. So the answer is short, and clearly ignores what the user already stated. I didn't down vote this one either, but I can see why someone would.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/505137/upgrade-ubuntu-12-04-lts-to-ubuntu-14-04-lts/505172#505172&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/505137/upgrade-ubuntu-12-04-lts-to-ubuntu-14-04-lts/505172#505172&lt;/a&gt; This one is well explained by the(apparent) downvoter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/502559/what-are-the-risks-if-install-a-secondary-desktop-environment-interface-on-my/502591#502591&quot;&gt;What are the risks if install a secondary desktop environment / interface on my ubuntu?&lt;/a&gt; Don't assume that someone will edit for you, or even care it was edited when it is also not technically correct. The other answer is right in that multiple desktops will cause random strange problems.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/497281/dual-boot-issue-and-much-more/497282#497282&quot;&gt;Dual-Boot issue (and much more...)&lt;/a&gt;  no capitilization, no steps, you just told him what to do in one rambling sentence, not &lt;em&gt;how&lt;/em&gt; to do it, then when he has problems, you say &quot;google it&quot;, then you ask why someone downvoted? I'm surprised some of these don't get more downvotes. Also, I didn't downvote this one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/489714/47291&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/a/489714/47291&lt;/a&gt; yes, that is why there is a &quot;Off Topic&quot; flag and close vote... everyone already said that in comments. I didn't down vote this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/489020/47291&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/a/489020/47291&lt;/a&gt; Downvoter(apparent) clearly explained, answer has information that seems to be wrong, and no sources to back it up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/498278/why-does-linux-ubuntu-have-better-wifi-connectivity-than-windows-xp&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/498278/why-does-linux-ubuntu-have-better-wifi-connectivity-than-windows-xp&lt;/a&gt; One run-on sentance, no capitalization, and no sources for a very surprising statement. I did not downvote this. But it is clear why someone did.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And that is only Answers I'm looking at, as you asked if someone is trolling your answers, and the clear answer is - no, you just have a string of answers that are of poor quality. Also I didn't list any that were balanced zero or had positive votes, because ultimately the upvotes are worth more points.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2014-09-21T20:49:46.227" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12013" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-09-22T01:08:59.657" Score="9" ViewCount="248" Body="&lt;p&gt;After this question came up several times in comments to my regular recommendation to ban videos as source of information and assistance I'd like to give some background information which doesn't fit into a comment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An example is the video &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMyMqqU2Mqs&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMyMqqU2Mqs&lt;/a&gt; on installation of Ubuntu on a chromebook. It is not a bad video and the intention of the contributer to provide assistance (to read the lifehacker.com website on how) to install Ubuntu on a device is much appreciated as a step forward to make libre software and OS more popular. I chose this video as an example because I watched some part of it trying to assist in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/526775/how-do-i-boot-ubuntu-from-a-usb-on-an-acer-c720-chromebook?noredirect=1#comment718040_526775&quot;&gt;How do I boot Ubuntu from a USB on an Acer C720 Chromebook?&lt;/a&gt; and got caught up in examining it more closely after giving the recommendation to avoid videos as information source. I did not watch 100 % of it and nevertheless want to make following exemplary points (all of them are typical, time references to the example are necessary, though):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I stopped with a watch 4:37 of 31:25 of silence while waiting for command completion.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Some parts simply explain how to read things (~10:00 ff.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Selecting commands on the website and copying them into a terminal takes up to 10 seconds!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="173287" OwnerDisplayName="Karl Richter" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2014-10-05T08:22:56.550" Title="Why might videos be an unfit source of information and assistance?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12014" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12013" CreationDate="2014-09-22T01:16:12.723" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;The answer is mostly: Efficiency! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If an instruction in the video fails you have to type the failing instruction from the screen. You don't want that which is why you'll probably reference the minute and second in the video -&gt; inacceptable overhead for people who want to assist you (after the video failed in doing so)!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You can read 3 to 5 times faster than anyone can speak, and therefore gather important background information which help you to abstract the problem.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Make the test! Read a difficult text and observe how often you repeat reading half a sentence or even only a tiny bit of it. When was the last time you replayed micro sequences of a video of 5 minutes 50 times? Now you know why there're so few videos on difficult problems.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Seth's point that videos tend to create &lt;em&gt;link-only&lt;/em&gt;  answers when posted in forums or Q&amp;amp;As. As video hosting is expensive the linked content is likely to disappear very quick. In my opinion taking responsibility for information one shares includes the responsibility to keep it available and editable for as long as possible.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Videos are not editable and therefore hinder development of information! They're not editable and mergable, but more importantly they don't allow change tracking like text does (it is impossible to retrieve information from the part of the video which has been removed/added/moved). That is not very &lt;em&gt;ubuntu&lt;/em&gt;, BTW.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Text can be structured very well and be made a hypertext very easily. I'm not a video expert, but AFAIK navigation in videos is limited to forwarding and rewinding and will be for the next years. Text can be enriched with meta data referring to limited sections of the text with well known and established techniques (make a search engine populate a section of a text as results only/directly).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Text is fully searchable both manually and programmtically.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Most information is provided in English language (especially editable information) and reading allows better understanding and accessibility for people troubled with it (even if the speaker(s) in the video speak cristal clear) (taken from Rmano's comment)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;other good comments and answers on this topic include&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/8700/173287&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/8700/173287&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;points of secondary importance:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;9&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Transferring simple information, like instructions and commands to be typed into a terminal, in video form can require almost arbitrary more resources than doing so in text form[1]. That's a waste!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Due to popularity video platforms (for a few more useful things than technical assistance and a lot less useful things) companies and associations feel/become obliged to increase or maintain popularity by participating in such[2]. That leads to the tendence to interlard information with entertainment. Potential (key) users (espcially those who see themselves associated with the/a technical community) might doubt the capabilities of the company/association to withstand &quot;monkey see, monkey do&quot; logic rather than obeying the mechanisms serving/directed by monopolistic property-based unfree technical equipment and software producers. These users should be attracted with suitable information (see above).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[1] assuming that the space that text can consume is somehow limited to its encoding which won't exceed UTF-32 in a long time and can't be enhanced infinitely with markup and still make sense while the quality of the video of the screen showing the commands (worst case) can have basically arbitrary high quality and therefore consume arbitrary high resources.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[2] &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com/phone/ubuntu-for-android&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.ubuntu.com/phone/ubuntu-for-android&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="173287" OwnerDisplayName="Karl Richter" LastEditorUserId="173287" LastEditDate="2014-10-05T08:22:56.550" LastActivityDate="2014-10-05T08:22:56.550" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12016" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12013" CreationDate="2014-09-22T05:25:19.620" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'd say that one &lt;strong&gt;can&lt;/strong&gt; produce good informative and structured videos with all the unnecessary parts cut out or speed up, including a whole lot of metadata and backing up project data once the project is complete. (I tried doing so several months/years ago.) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, my experience is that &lt;strong&gt;the average &lt;em&gt;tech&lt;/em&gt;-YouTuber or &lt;em&gt;tech&lt;/em&gt;-screencaster fails badly in this category&lt;/strong&gt; and mostly cares about generating/getting attention.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Though while I listen to podcasts and certain videos at up to 2.5 playback speed, I would almost never care to watch someone else's 10+ minutes video tutorial, just because some user tried following these instructions and failed without a clear hint where. (And I dislike blarring loud music, impossibly to understand voices, useless banners or other kinds of goofing around. Get a decent microphone and focus on content or get out.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Watching wannabe video producers in context of AU/SE is a waste of my time that I would prefer to spend on users that put more effort into explaining their issues &lt;em&gt;themselves&lt;/em&gt;. Even if they fail at that, it seems to be more fair to me and let's not forget that one of the best things of AU/SE is that you can &lt;strong&gt;improve someone else's post&lt;/strong&gt; and everything is &lt;a href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;CC-licensed&lt;/a&gt;. Try to achieve that sense co-operation with someone else's video where you have no project data and have to probably ask for permission[⁉].&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is more getting in the way of solving problems than actually solving them from my point of view.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Chromebook + Ubuntu topic is a good example for reputation damage (done to Ubuntu, because it looks like Ubuntu is at fault here or &lt;em&gt;&quot;too complicated&quot;&lt;/em&gt;,) caused by copying content over and over again, instead of better explaining and improving it. The tool itself is nice, the documentation in its wiki and the Chrome OS wiki is usable, the rest that's posted and copied in various places should be tossed in the bin.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Final note: When I tested this, Chrome OS complained at every boot about being in developer mode and waiting a few extra seconds (5-10), ruining the &quot;instant on experience&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="40581" LastActivityDate="2014-09-22T05:25:19.620" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12017" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12021" CreationDate="2014-09-22T07:42:29.847" Score="0" ViewCount="66" Body="&lt;p&gt;As we all see, there is a topbar on this site that has Canonical links to various Ubuntu tools on it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I were to remove that on the clientside using userscripts that I publish as open-souce, would that be violating any terms of service?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What if I just keep it for myself and not publish these scripts as open source?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I admit that I have created, published, and used these. If this is against a ToS, I am very sorry. I was not aware.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I will remove them from the GitHub site they are on, as well as uninstall them from my own computer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastEditorUserId="208574" LastEditDate="2014-09-22T20:05:16.463" LastActivityDate="2014-09-22T20:05:16.463" Title="Is removing the Canonical topbar against a ToS?" Tags="|support|legal|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12019" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-09-22T10:34:01.757" Score="11" ViewCount="104" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would like to merge &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/recovery&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;recovery&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;recovery&lt;/a&gt; into &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/data-recovery&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;data-recovery&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;data-recovery&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;A good ~90% (at a glance) of the ~500 questions tagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/recovery&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;recovery&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;recovery&lt;/a&gt; are about &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/data-recovery&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;data-recovery&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;data-recovery&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;The other ~10% are about things like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/password-recovery&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;password-recovery&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;password-recovery&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/recovery-mode&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;recovery-mode&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;recovery-mode&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Obviously if you think this is a silly idea, make it known quickly, but failing that, I would appreciate some help scanning through the current &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/recovery&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;recovery&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;recovery&lt;/a&gt; questions to make sure questions that &lt;em&gt;aren't&lt;/em&gt; about &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/data-recovery&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;data-recovery&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;data-recovery&lt;/a&gt; have appropriate tags before the merge.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't expect (or want) anybody to go through 500 questions but there is a lot of low-hanging fruit that the search function makes easy to identify. You still need to check (because not all of these will apply).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=[recovery]%20is%3Aq%20password&quot;&gt;51 questions that have &quot;password&quot; in them&lt;/a&gt;. Probably need the password-recovery tag instead.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=[recovery]%20is%3Aq%20recovery%20mode&quot;&gt;73 questions that have &quot;recovery&quot; and &quot;mode&quot; in them&lt;/a&gt;. Probably a mis-tag.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are probably other searches that identify good candidates. Add them to the list.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And again, unless it desperately needs other editing, &lt;strong&gt;if it's about data recovery, just leave it&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;The tag merge will deal with these without bumping them up to the front page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/430753/i-want-to-reinstall-my-ubuntu-and-i-want-to-delete-my-partitions-but-i-dont-kn&quot;&gt;First question&lt;/a&gt; I looked at from the second list was about recovery partitions (eg bootable install media that OEMs stick on their disks). I'm not sure how we tag those. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2014-09-25T10:18:51.517" Title="Need a few &gt;2k people to help with the merge of the Recovery tag" Tags="|discussion|status-completed|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12020" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12017" CreationDate="2014-09-22T12:09:58.380" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The Terms of Service is a contract between the web site and the user. So by publishing a tool for others to use, you are not violating the ToS, since you are not a party to that contract. But if you use the tool yourself, a lawyer could argue that you are violating the term &lt;em&gt;&quot;Subscriber may not.. modify,.. create derivative works based on.. any of the content&quot;&lt;/em&gt; from &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/legal&quot;&gt;http://stackexchange.com/legal&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The Network is protected by copyright as a collective work and/or&#xA;  compilation, pursuant to U.S. copyright laws, international&#xA;  conventions, and other copyright laws. Other than as expressly set&#xA;  forth in this Agreement, Subscriber may not copy, modify, publish,&#xA;  transmit, upload, participate in the transfer or sale of, reproduce&#xA;  (except as provided in this Section), create derivative works based&#xA;  on, distribute, perform, display, or in any way exploit, any of the&#xA;  Content, software, materials, or Services in whole or in part.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is fundamentally the same argument over the &quot;adblockers&quot; - is it a ToS violation to alter copyrighted content (or alter the rendering of content, if you see the distinction) without an explicit authorisation? , Some people think it might be, some people not, there is a more detailed discussion on the Adblock forum: &lt;a href=&quot;https://adblockplus.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&amp;amp;t=9247&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Violation of Google ToS?&lt;/a&gt;   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You were not intending to strip any adverts, but the legal principle is the same, and in this case the Canonical header actually includes a registered trademark (Ubuntu). Deliberately stripping content that includes a trademark would be seen by a court as more serious than just stripping regular content.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In practice, there is no applicable case law on this. In reality, altering content on AskUbuntu is such a tiny issue that nobody is going to take you to court over it. At most, someone might ask you to stop distributing your script, but IMHO nobody would even care enough to do that, and it would be hard to justify under the ToS given that similar content modifying client-side scripts have previously been published and are still distributed by StackExchange (eg. the Greasemonkey &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/3360/ignore-users-script&quot;&gt;Ignore Users script&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Related:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://techcrunch.com/2013/03/13/google-pulls-ad-blocking-apps-from-play-store-for-violating-developer-distribution-agreement/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Google Pulls Ad-Blocking Apps From Play Store For Violating Developer Distribution Agreement&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.cnet.com/Web-ad-blocking-may-not-be-entirely-legal/2100-1030_3-6207936.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Web ad blocking may not be (entirely) legal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.computerworld.co.nz/article/489115/opinion_ad_blocking_next_legal_battleground_/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Opinion: Is Ad blocking the next legal battleground?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60294" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2014-09-22T12:09:58.380" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12021" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12017" CreationDate="2014-09-22T16:27:38.557" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;IMHO the only way you'll know for sure is if SE or Canonical lawyers come after you and the EFF decides to help you out (if not, it was nice knowing you :P). If you aren't willing to continue publishing, I won't mind forking the repository.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2014-09-22T16:27:38.557" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12022" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-09-22T23:54:00.393" Score="0" ViewCount="44" Body="&lt;p&gt;As usage of &lt;code&gt;sudo&lt;/code&gt; is state of the art in Ubuntu to gain privileges and implied and obligatory in the default setup. Should code samples and sniplets in answers be prefixed with &lt;code&gt;sudo&lt;/code&gt; if the command requires root privileges although the necessity of privileges is clear from the context (e.g. &lt;code&gt;apt-get&lt;/code&gt; almost always needs privileges and I see sudo omitted in a lot of answers)? Are edits which add &lt;code&gt;sudo&lt;/code&gt; in such a situation welcome?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Pro for adding &lt;code&gt;sudo&lt;/code&gt; (iff necessary):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;code becomes copy-pastable line by line&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Cons:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;answers are not compatible with changes to the authentication (if in 2192 Ubuntu no longer works with &lt;code&gt;sudo&lt;/code&gt;, but another mechanism&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A simpler form of the question: Should answers not prefixed with &lt;code&gt;sudo&lt;/code&gt; which don't include a hint about necessary privileges (be it in the text, with &lt;code&gt;#&lt;/code&gt; as prompt or however) and &lt;strong&gt;contain code which wouldn't work if typed into a terminal&lt;/strong&gt; with copy-paste (e.g. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/436424/173287&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/a/436424/173287&lt;/a&gt;) be edited generally?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="173287" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2014-09-23T14:34:59.383" Title="Should Ubuntu related code samples and sniplets be prefixed with sudo iff necessary?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12023" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12022" CreationDate="2014-09-22T23:57:06.413" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;If &lt;code&gt;sudo&lt;/code&gt; is necessary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do use &lt;code&gt;sudo&lt;/code&gt; for a single command. However, if you need to run a series of commands as root, I would just specify that &quot;the below commands need to be run as root.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;sudo&lt;/code&gt; is dangerous. It's best to not use it unless necessary (or you know how to not destroy a system).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastActivityDate="2014-09-22T23:57:06.413" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12024" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12025" CreationDate="2014-09-23T02:02:52.093" Score="2" ViewCount="58" Body="&lt;p&gt;On AU (and all other SE sites, I think), you need 10+ reputation to post on a protected question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why 10? It's very easy to achieve and you only need one answer upvote. We've seen bad answers get upvoted before.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, why not something like 50 reputation? It's harder and will ensure higher-quality posts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastActivityDate="2014-09-23T02:55:59.480" Title="Why 10 rep for protection?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12025" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12024" CreationDate="2014-09-23T02:13:15.957" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Protection isn't a catch all, we don't want it to be. Protection is only there to stop the blatant and obvious, and hopefully make users who would otherwise post non answers in the answer section understand how this site works better.  If protection was higher (like 50 reputation) new users wouldn't bother to post an answer. We don't want that. As it already is, I'm sure a lot of them don't.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Essentially protection is to make it &lt;em&gt;just&lt;/em&gt; hard enough to stop &lt;em&gt;most&lt;/em&gt; non answers, but not so hard that people give up trying to post their answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2014-09-23T02:13:15.957" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12026" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12024" CreationDate="2014-09-23T02:31:06.997" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I agree with Seth. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Considering that the goal of protection here is to stop SPAM and fast-way crap, 10 reputation is enough.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your proposition of 50 rep required is too much and will put new users in a high wall when they could provide useful information on very important questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="62483" LastEditorUserId="62483" LastEditDate="2014-09-23T02:55:59.480" LastActivityDate="2014-09-23T02:55:59.480" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12027" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12028" CreationDate="2014-09-23T09:34:15.063" Score="11" ViewCount="172" Body="&lt;p&gt;There have been many discussions on meta (&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/1514/85695&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/2212/85695&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; for example)  about using the Ubuntu version tags (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/12.04&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;12.04&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;12.04&lt;/a&gt; etc). Mostly, they support the position that these tags should be used when the version is somehow relevant to the question. If it is  a general issue and the OP just happens to be using version X, then the question should not have the version tag. For example, a question like &quot;How can I change the permissions of a file?&quot; should not be tagged with a version since its answer will be applicable to any Ubuntu (or *nix for that matter).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, I don't want to start this whole debate again. We have already talked about this &lt;em&gt;ad nauseum&lt;/em&gt;. What I want to point out is the following quote from the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;&quot;on topic&quot;&lt;/a&gt; section of the help center:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Ubuntu version you are using in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/tagging&quot;&gt;TAG&lt;/a&gt;, including any other Tags that can help on the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That means that the more conscientious new users, those who actually &lt;em&gt;read&lt;/em&gt; the help center, are given the idea that &lt;em&gt;all&lt;/em&gt; questions need a version tag. Whatever you position on version tags, I think we can all agree that not all questions need them. Yet, this is what we tell new users to do. This seems like shooting ourselves in the foot. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, shouldn't that particular bullet point be removed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2019-04-19T16:21:22.473" Title="Should we remove the &quot;tag with Ubuntu version&quot; advice from the help center?" Tags="|discussion|tags|help-center|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12028" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12027" CreationDate="2014-09-23T09:46:32.443" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;Regardless of what side of the version tag saga you sit, I'm not sure we need to be prescriptive with tags in the &lt;strong&gt;on-topic&lt;/strong&gt; section of help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'll change it so it's more open.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2014-09-23T09:46:32.443" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12029" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12039" CreationDate="2014-09-23T10:06:52.930" Score="6" ViewCount="175" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've been meaning to post about this for a while. On my machine (LMDE, firefox, various versions) the letter &lt;code&gt;i&lt;/code&gt; on AU is not displayed properly:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/BHYlV.png&quot; alt=&quot;an example of the bad i&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will need to zoom in a bit to see it clearly, but the &lt;code&gt;i&lt;/code&gt; looks like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/tdxo8.png&quot; alt=&quot;a larger example of the bad i&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is surprisingly annoying and makes the text harder to read. For example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/RQr9L.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Oddly enough, the letter is displayed correctly aligned if I increase the magnification of the page but it is off kilter at the default zoom level. It also looks OK on chrome, so it looks like a firefox-specific issue. It is also an AU-specific problem; I frequent quite a few SE sites and only have this issue here. I am guessing that this is because I am not using Ubuntu and this is some kind of Ubuntu-specific font but can this be fixed please?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="1412" LastEditDate="2014-09-24T22:42:59.653" LastActivityDate="2014-09-24T22:42:59.653" Title="The letter i is not displayed properly." Tags="|support|design|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12030" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12022" CreationDate="2014-09-23T12:02:57.963" Score="0" Body="&lt;h2&gt;NO!&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are very many cases where using &lt;code&gt;sudo&lt;/code&gt; is either unnecessary or actively harmful and should be avoided. It is, unfortunately, characteristic of new users to just slap a &lt;code&gt;sudo&lt;/code&gt; onto any command. This can often lead to issues (for example when copying files) and should not be encouraged.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Using &lt;code&gt;sudo&lt;/code&gt; is not &amp;quot;state of the art&amp;quot;. It is a tool that should only be used in specific instances and should never be used lightly. Admittedly, the specific question you link to does contain commands that need to be run as root. Note, however, that with the exception of the two &lt;code&gt;apt-get&lt;/code&gt; commands, the OP has used &lt;code&gt;#&lt;/code&gt; as the symbol for the prompt which is *nixspeak for a root terminal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, sure, if the commands really &lt;em&gt;need&lt;/em&gt; to be run as root and the OP does not specify this, you could edit it. But you should always be very careful to &lt;em&gt;only&lt;/em&gt; do so if &lt;code&gt;sudo&lt;/code&gt; is absolutely necessary and not &amp;quot;just in case&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-09-23T12:02:57.963" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12031" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12034" CreationDate="2014-09-23T19:22:02.373" Score="3" ViewCount="42" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was wondering if tag votes were also blocked when you are above the daily rep cap.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If users continue to vote for your questions/answers, does the system continue to increment the votes you're getting for a given tag?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I didn't pay attention to that count till I got my first bronze badge :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(it was for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/badges/70/command-line&quot;&gt;command-line&lt;/a&gt; IIRC).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="32239" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2014-09-23T21:15:44.173" Title="What happen to tag votes when you reach the dailly rep cap?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12032" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12097" CreationDate="2014-09-23T19:48:57.553" Score="11" ViewCount="253" Body="&lt;p&gt;In many cases, problems can be solved, or at least worked around, by making a small script. I am very well aware of the fact that this site is not a script-factory and people should not expect other users to write scripts for them. On the other hand, I simply like being creative in writing small solutions where it can be done easily.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is something I have been asking myself for some time now. Especially a downvote of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/527423/72216&quot;&gt;this answer&lt;/a&gt; made me wonder if such &quot;behaviour&quot; is unwanted, since I cannot think of another reason; I tested it completely and it works fine as far as I can see.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the general idea about writing small scripts, not because people should expect it, but simply because you &lt;em&gt;like&lt;/em&gt; it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2014-11-21T19:30:02.417" Title="Is it &quot;undesireable&quot; behaviour&quot; to offer a script as a solution?" Tags="|discussion|support|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12034" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12031" CreationDate="2014-09-23T21:01:55.147" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;It does. I got two tag badges today, with some votes not counting to rep from yesterday. :( Such votes also counts towards any score-based badges, like &quot;Nice Answer&quot;, &quot;Enlightened&quot;, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="158442" LastEditDate="2014-09-23T21:15:44.173" LastActivityDate="2014-09-23T21:15:44.173" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12035" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12029" CreationDate="2014-09-23T21:49:30.870" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Try this: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/362643/47291&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/a/362643/47291&lt;/a&gt; , since it seems Firefox dosn't detect the system settings, Except for &quot;hintstyle&quot; use &lt;code&gt;hintslight&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/MUrFP.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe this happens because the &quot;i&quot; actually has a round dot on top, and the subpixel hinting is hinting on that edge while the other part of i falls where it doesn’t get hinting on that edge. Chrome might be respecting system settings or using different values for this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2014-09-23T21:49:30.870" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12037" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-09-24T08:41:07.090" Score="-4" ViewCount="95" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;bash&lt;/code&gt; is the default login shell in Ubuntu. Most users use &lt;code&gt;bash&lt;/code&gt; for scripting. Some answers use &lt;code&gt;sh&lt;/code&gt; as the interpreter, even if the question mentioned &lt;code&gt;bash&lt;/code&gt; (force of habit, I assume). (For example, a question about adding commands to startup, or creating launchers.) This can lead to problems where the user has unknowingly used a bashism, and then later on:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;But that didn't work! I get some weird error!!1! :( &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This also applies to answers where complex shell commands have to be used, such as:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;sudo sh -c ...&#xA;gnome-terminal -x sh -c ...&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Where using &lt;code&gt;bash&lt;/code&gt; may simply make things more easier (at the cost of two letters).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Those who are smart enough to use a different shell known enough to substitute the correct shell.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unless &lt;code&gt;sh&lt;/code&gt;-compatibility is known for certain, we should refrain from using it at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2014-09-24T21:30:48.000" Title="Can we not use sh here?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12038" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12037" CreationDate="2014-09-24T11:28:18.230" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;I see no reason not to use &lt;code&gt;sh&lt;/code&gt;. On the other hand, answers that use it and include bashisms should be edited. On Ubuntu, &lt;code&gt;sh&lt;/code&gt; is actually &lt;code&gt;dash&lt;/code&gt; not &lt;code&gt;sh&lt;/code&gt; but, again, that should be irrelevant in most cases.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, a simple answer suggesting something like &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;#!/bin/sh&#xA;echo foo&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;is fine. There are valid reasons to use &lt;code&gt;sh&lt;/code&gt; (whether it be actual &lt;code&gt;sh&lt;/code&gt; or &lt;code&gt;dash&lt;/code&gt; or even &lt;code&gt;bash&lt;/code&gt; called as &lt;code&gt;sh&lt;/code&gt; which changes its behavior). Startup scripts for example benefit from the greater speed of a lighter shell. An answer that uses the more advanced features of &lt;code&gt;bash&lt;/code&gt; (such as arrays) will not work with &lt;code&gt;sh&lt;/code&gt; so it is wrong and should be downvoted/edited but I see no reason to ban &lt;code&gt;sh&lt;/code&gt; outright. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So no, I would suggest the inverse. Unless something is known &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; to work with &lt;code&gt;sh&lt;/code&gt;, use it freely. If nothing else, it will make answers more portable which is a good thing despite the site's being focused on Ubuntu. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2014-09-24T21:30:48.000" LastActivityDate="2014-09-24T21:30:48.000" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12039" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12029" CreationDate="2014-09-24T15:55:02.147" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Turns out Mateo was spot on. The issue was fixed by adding this to my &lt;code&gt;~/.config/fontconfig/fonts.conf&lt;/code&gt; file (not &lt;code&gt;~/fonts.conf&lt;/code&gt;, when that file was created, running &lt;code&gt;fc-list&lt;/code&gt; returned an error message telling me that I should switch to the one in &lt;code&gt;~/.config&lt;/code&gt; because &lt;code&gt;~/.fonts.conf&lt;/code&gt; is deprecated):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;match target=&quot;font&quot;&amp;gt;&#xA;    &amp;lt;edit mode=&quot;assign&quot; name=&quot;autohint&quot;&amp;gt;&#xA;        &amp;lt;bool&amp;gt;true&amp;lt;/bool&amp;gt;&#xA;    &amp;lt;/edit&amp;gt;&#xA;&amp;lt;/match&amp;gt;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My entire &lt;code&gt;~/.config/fontconfig/fonts.conf file&lt;/code&gt; is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;?xml version=&quot;1.0&quot;?&amp;gt;&#xA;&amp;lt;!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM &quot;fonts.dtd&quot;&amp;gt;&#xA;&amp;lt;fontconfig&amp;gt;&#xA; &amp;lt;match target=&quot;font&quot; &amp;gt;&#xA;  &amp;lt;edit mode=&quot;assign&quot; name=&quot;autohint&quot;&amp;gt;&#xA;     &amp;lt;bool&amp;gt;true&amp;lt;/bool&amp;gt;&#xA;  &amp;lt;/edit&amp;gt;&#xA;&amp;lt;/match&amp;gt;&#xA; &amp;lt;match target=&quot;font&quot; &amp;gt;&#xA;  &amp;lt;edit mode=&quot;assign&quot; name=&quot;rgba&quot; &amp;gt;&#xA;   &amp;lt;const&amp;gt;none&amp;lt;/const&amp;gt;&#xA;  &amp;lt;/edit&amp;gt;&#xA; &amp;lt;/match&amp;gt;&#xA; &amp;lt;match target=&quot;font&quot; &amp;gt;&#xA;  &amp;lt;edit mode=&quot;assign&quot; name=&quot;hinting&quot; &amp;gt;&#xA;   &amp;lt;bool&amp;gt;true&amp;lt;/bool&amp;gt;&#xA;  &amp;lt;/edit&amp;gt;&#xA; &amp;lt;/match&amp;gt;&#xA; &amp;lt;match target=&quot;font&quot; &amp;gt;&#xA;  &amp;lt;edit mode=&quot;assign&quot; name=&quot;hintstyle&quot; &amp;gt;&#xA;   &amp;lt;const&amp;gt;hintfull&amp;lt;/const&amp;gt;&#xA;  &amp;lt;/edit&amp;gt;&#xA; &amp;lt;/match&amp;gt;&#xA; &amp;lt;match target=&quot;font&quot; &amp;gt;&#xA;  &amp;lt;edit mode=&quot;assign&quot; name=&quot;antialias&quot; &amp;gt;&#xA;   &amp;lt;bool&amp;gt;true&amp;lt;/bool&amp;gt;&#xA;  &amp;lt;/edit&amp;gt;&#xA; &amp;lt;/match&amp;gt;&#xA;&amp;lt;/fontconfig&amp;gt;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can now see the &lt;code&gt;i&lt;/code&gt; with its dot in the right place. The dot was tiny however until I changed &lt;code&gt;hintslight&lt;/code&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2014-09-24T16:08:55.437" LastActivityDate="2014-09-24T16:08:55.437" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12040" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12041" CreationDate="2014-09-25T00:39:29.267" Score="3" ViewCount="41" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would like to merge my &lt;a href=&quot;https://launchpad.net/~cheddiemerai/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;launchpad&lt;/a&gt; and my &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/271219/cheddiemerai&quot;&gt;askubuntu&lt;/a&gt; accounts. Can I receive some assistance from a moderator? Thank you&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user271219" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2018-05-14T08:13:57.243" LastActivityDate="2018-05-14T08:13:57.243" Title="Moderator Support: Merge launchpad and askubuntu account" Tags="|support|moderators|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12041" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12040" CreationDate="2014-09-25T01:08:52.473" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Go to your user profile, there will be a link called &quot;my logins&quot;. Click on it, and add a login using Launchpad OpenID.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or go to: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/login-add&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/users/login-add&lt;/a&gt; while you are logged in.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2014-09-25T01:08:52.473" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12042" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12019" CreationDate="2014-09-25T10:18:51.517" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Got the linked lists under 20 posts each (and those were about data recovery). Still a few outliers in the main bunch but it was never going to be perfect.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ding. Dong. The recovery tag is dead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2014-09-25T10:18:51.517" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12044" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12045" CreationDate="2014-09-26T04:22:03.077" Score="3" ViewCount="63" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm trying to understand which questions should get the tag &lt;strong&gt;&quot;14.04&quot;&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I had rejected two sugested edits, both adding only the tag to: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/528527/how-do-i-install-mp3-codecs&quot;&gt;How do I install MP3 codecs?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/528544/newest-kernel-not-loading&quot;&gt;newest kernel not loading&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But on other questions, I accepted adding the tag, without being able to say why it should be there - or why not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These are examples &lt;strong&gt;with&lt;/strong&gt; the tag where I think the tag does not apply:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/528488/low-resolution-after-upgrading-from-13-10-to-14-04&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/528488/low-resolution-after-upgrading-from-13-10-to-14-04&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/528568/mouse-stutters-slows-down-requires-multiple-clicks-sometimes-freezes&quot;&gt;Mouse stutters, slows down, requires multiple clicks, sometimes freezes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/528565/problem-with-ati-graphics-card&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/528565/problem-with-ati-graphics-card&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To remove the tag, or reject an edit adding it, I want to be able to say &lt;strong&gt;why!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Of course there are questions that are directly related to a release, they deserve the tag.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At the other end of the spectrum, there are other questions that are clearly not specific to the release, even if they use &quot;14.04&quot; in the text.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;But where is the separation?&lt;/strong&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it expected to apply very broad, or strict? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;The tag wiki says:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The current LTS (Long Term Support) release of Ubuntu, code-named &quot;Trusty Tahr&quot;.  Released on 17th April, 2014. Only use this tag if your question is version-specific.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How is &lt;strong&gt;&quot;version-specific&quot;&lt;/strong&gt; meant?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;As in: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Foo broke when installing 14.04.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or more like: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I was using Bar in the version from 14.04 for...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="260447" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2014-09-26T08:49:08.693" Title="Which questions should get the release tag &quot;14.04&quot;?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12045" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12044" CreationDate="2014-09-26T08:49:08.693" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The version tags are for when the Ubuntu version (or that era) is relevant to the problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As Braiam and I display on a monthly basis, there's furious and fundamental disagreement  over what &quot;relevant&quot; means. Actually, we'll fight over the definition of every word in the above statement. I semi-jokingly &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/8874/449&quot;&gt;reduced&lt;/a&gt; their whole argument into &lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/hLIAk.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;a flow diagram&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'll stake my opinion where people can vote on it and I will &lt;em&gt;suggest&lt;/em&gt; adding, allowing somebody to add, or reject the removal of a version tag when:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The question is comparing a problem with other versions or calling out a difference in the way things used to work, requesting detail for something in a new version. I'd cite &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/445637/449&quot;&gt;one of my own questions&lt;/a&gt; as an example of that.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;When hardware is involved. Ubuntu versions broadly map to Kernel versions and snapshots of the X stack. Being able to search for &lt;code&gt;[12.04] &amp;lt;wifi chipset&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; is great if you're having problems. People have made the argument for searching for &lt;code&gt;12.04 &amp;lt;wifi chipset&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; but this would include meaningless mentions like &quot;It was working in 12.04 but broke since my upgrade to 14.04&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's about it. There's obviously an amount of technical understanding here that OPs won't always understand or appreciate but if you understand the problem enough (as you probably do), you should be able to make these judgements.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions that fit the &quot;I was using Bar in the version from 14.04&quot; usually won't need a version tag but again, if it's something super-new to that version or the software is something that's known to get significant updates to it every release (eg Unity, Kernel, X, etc), that might warrant a version tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On a slightly different tack, most of your examples need &lt;em&gt;significant&lt;/em&gt; editing but that's been completely ignored during the retag. Don't be afraid to reject things just for being lazy. If you're going to open up the edit screen, you might as well try and fix the post too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's more important than tagging anyway.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2014-09-26T08:49:08.693" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12047" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12048" CreationDate="2014-09-27T12:25:05.837" Score="4" ViewCount="74" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is a bug:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/GK1ES.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The OP just wrote the body of their question without actually writing a title. The result, as you can see in the image above, is a singularly useless title. This shouldn't be allowed. If a user posts a question without having typed anything in the title box, a warning should be displayed and the question should not be allowed to be &#xA;posted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="1412" LastEditDate="2014-09-27T16:27:09.763" LastActivityDate="2014-09-27T16:27:09.763" Title="Don't allow questions to be asked with no title" Tags="|bug|status-norepro|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12048" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12047" CreationDate="2014-09-27T13:13:05.943" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm fairly sure this is not a bug and that in this instance, the person copied and pasted that text in.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's how it's actually laid out:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;input id=&quot;title&quot; name=&quot;title&quot; type=&quot;text&quot; maxlength=&quot;300&quot; tabindex=&quot;100&quot; class=&quot;ask-title-field&quot; data-min-length=&quot;15&quot; data-max-length=&quot;150&quot;&amp;gt;                        &#xA;&amp;lt;span class=&quot;edit-field-overlay&quot;&amp;gt;What&amp;amp;#39;s your bug, feature request, or meta-discussion topic? Be specific.&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Javascript controls the visibility of the span, but there's no default value (or HTML5 placeholder attribute) on the &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;input&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; field.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2014-09-27T13:13:05.943" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12049" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-09-27T18:23:03.003" Score="10" ViewCount="309" Body="&lt;p&gt;So, scanning recently edited things, I found an &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/496047/10616&quot;&gt;answer&lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/495957/how-to-disable-the-unlock-your-keyring-popup-in-14-04&quot;&gt;this question here&lt;/a&gt; which is accepted but introduces a massive security risk of storing a keyring with no password.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To that end, I have a question about answers being written introducing clear and obvious security risks.  While I myself have specifically asked two or more targeted security-risk-introducing questions but ONLY to create a testing environment to try and breach my own VMs, and might be being hypocritical, I'm still asking this question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What do we do about answers which introduce security risks, such as the answer I linked earlier to removing a password from the security keyring for a user?  Do we downvote these questions, or what?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And to clarify: I mean answers which suggest to introduce a security risk that is NOT requested.  (I specifically mean such as the aforementioned issues, not where, say, the question asks how to specifically introduce that risk in order to test exploiting it, like a question I would ask would be)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2014-10-04T19:39:39.153" Title="What do we do about answers which propose to introduce a blatant security risk?" Tags="|discussion|answers|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12050" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12051" CreationDate="2014-09-27T21:32:38.650" Score="2" ViewCount="64" Body="&lt;p&gt;I wrote the question &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/529424/alias-for-cd&quot;&gt;alias for cd ../..&lt;/a&gt; and it doesn't accept the title: the &lt;code&gt;..&lt;/code&gt; at the end always disappears.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Bug or feature?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;FYI: also applies to this Meta question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="242307" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2014-09-27T21:47:45.957" Title="Title cannot contain &quot;../..&quot;" Tags="|support|question-titles|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12051" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12050" CreationDate="2014-09-27T21:47:36.230" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is a bit of automated rewriting on titles, that strip punctuation other than question marks (and removes spaces before punctuation marks, too). While most of the time this goes largely unnoticed (when a title “help me i cant read my file!!!!! urgent!!!!!” gets posted as “help me i cant read my file!!!!! urgent”), it does occasionally misfire when the punctuation has a technical meaning as in your case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, resolution is easy in your case: you aren't trying to create an alias for &lt;code&gt;cd../..&lt;/code&gt;, you're trying to create an alias called &lt;code&gt;cd../..&lt;/code&gt;. Hence my proposed title: “Can I use cd../.. as an alias name?”&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1059" LastActivityDate="2014-09-27T21:47:36.230" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12052" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11878" CreationDate="2014-09-28T21:34:57.223" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I disagree with Seth to create a tag &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/live-media&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;live-media&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;live-media&lt;/a&gt;. I think the distinction between a Live USB and a Live CD or DVD is sometimes important...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also I disagree with Braiam to merge them into &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/live-environment&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;live-environment&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;live-environment&lt;/a&gt;. For me, the Live environment is the system booted from a live medium.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My suggestion is to have the following tags:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/live-disk&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;live-disk&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;live-disk&lt;/a&gt; for problems with creating or booting Ubuntu from a DVD or CD&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Synonyms: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/live-cd&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;live-cd&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;live-cd&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/livedvd&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;livedvd&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;livedvd&lt;/a&gt;, ...&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/live-usb&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;live-usb&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;live-usb&lt;/a&gt; for live bootsticks and problems with creating or booting a USB stick.&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Synonyms: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/bootstick&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;bootstick&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;bootstick&lt;/a&gt;, ...&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/live-environment&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;live-environment&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;live-environment&lt;/a&gt; for problems related to the live system itself.&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Synonyms: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/live-system&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;live-system&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;live-system&lt;/a&gt;, ...&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't know what you think, but for me this is the most logical approach I can currently think of.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="194948" LastActivityDate="2014-09-28T21:34:57.223" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12053" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12027" CreationDate="2014-09-29T14:41:12.133" Score="-5" Body="&lt;p&gt;No. Updates keep coming. You never know what will change. It's better to include the tag, regardless of the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="287642" LastEditorUserId="260447" LastEditDate="2014-10-01T01:13:18.930" LastActivityDate="2014-10-01T01:13:18.930" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12054" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12066" CreationDate="2014-09-30T06:41:53.757" Score="-3" ViewCount="65" Body="&lt;p&gt;Currently, you need 75 reputation to start a bounty.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, some migrating users (meaning users that have an account with 100+ rep on another site) use this privilege a bit much.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They will sometimes start a low-ish quality question and assign a bounty to it. Can we change the bounty requirements to one of these:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Increase bounty requirement to 150&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PRO:&lt;/strong&gt; Allows higher bounties to be made as soon as the privilege is earned.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PRO:&lt;/strong&gt; Migrating Users need to be active on the site. They just can't bounty-n-leave. That is kinda using &quot;free rep&quot;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PRO:&lt;/strong&gt; Easy to implement.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;CON:&lt;/strong&gt; Harder for new users to earn the bounty privilege.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Make non-migrating users have a bounty requirement of 75, while migrating users require 150.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PRO:&lt;/strong&gt; Non-Migrating users are unaffected&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PRO:&lt;/strong&gt; Migrating Users need to be active on the site&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;CON:&lt;/strong&gt; Insane to implement.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;CON:&lt;/strong&gt; Is weird in comparison to rest of the rep system&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think this'll encourage users to be more active, and will make posts higher quality throughout the entire site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastActivityDate="2014-10-01T18:09:08.153" Title="Can we change the bounty rep requirement?" Tags="|feature-request|reputation|bounty|privileges|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12055" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-09-30T08:15:00.380" Score="4" ViewCount="95" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just curious..&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A while ago, I commented on &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/523937/shift-any-key-combination-closes-search-dialog-in-gedit-on-14-04#comment723729_523937&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;, to see if I could find information to give an answer. Just after the bounty period, but within the grace period, the poster commented that although I didn't actually answer the question, my comments had lead him to the solution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;He asked me to summarize my comments, to be able to award the bounty which I was happy to do of course. He was unable to award the bounty however, which made me curious: do answers during the grace period count for a bounty, or is the grace period only to evaluate the late answers?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/16065/how-does-the-bounty-system-work&quot;&gt;This link&lt;/a&gt; suggests they do count, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/134963&quot;&gt;this link&lt;/a&gt; says it is practice on SE, but &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/bounty&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; is no clear description on this concerning AU. Not that it is about a brilliant answer here, but I'd really like to know if what happened is correct or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2014-09-30T21:38:02.437" Title="Do answers, given during grace period, count for a bounty?" Tags="|support|reputation|bounty|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12056" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-09-30T09:42:25.330" Score="2" ViewCount="44" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are a lot of Q/A's on how to Install League Of Legends, most are outdated. I wrote an Article:&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.eurobytes.nl/tutorials/league-of-legends-under-ubuntu&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;League of Legends under Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt;, i can post it on AU, but are &lt;code&gt;how to install lol&lt;/code&gt; Q's on-topic here. If so i gladly post it here, as it's proven to be most affective on Older and latest Ubuntu versions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Do we need to merge or close Q's on how to install league of legends?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;League Of Legends Q/A&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/381889/36315&quot;&gt;Install League of Legends on Ubuntu 12.04&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/243434/can-i-play-league-of-legends-in-ubuntu?rq=1&quot;&gt;Can I play League of Legends in Ubuntu?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/426763/league-of-legends-on-ubuntu-12-04-lts?rq=1&quot;&gt;League of Legends on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/504340/how-to-install-league-of-legends?rq=1&quot;&gt;How to install League Of Legends?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are much more, where that came from. I voted to delete, some and commented &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;On how to install lol, follow this: [League of Legends under Ubuntu - EuroBytes](http://www.eurobytes.nl/tutorials/league-of-legends-under-ubuntu) All bug related issues should be asked on the lol Pol page [League Of Legends - Supported software - PlayOnLinux - Run your Windows applications on Linux easily!](http://www.playonlinux.com/en/app-1135-League_Of_Legends.html)&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="36315" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2014-09-30T10:07:03.427" Title="Do we need to merge or close Q's on how to install league of legends?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12057" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12063" CreationDate="2014-09-30T22:33:07.400" Score="4" ViewCount="157" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would like to point out that this question &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/485743/&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;No space left on device&amp;quot; when installing packages, yet I have space left&lt;/a&gt; should not be a duplicate of this other &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/140246/how-do-i-resolve-unmet-dependencies&quot;&gt;How do I resolve unmet dependencies?&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;apt-get&lt;/code&gt; fails due to &lt;code&gt;No space left on device&lt;/code&gt; so I don't think that is related to unmet dependencies.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I apologize, I tried to use the chat, but without success, and I'm not sure that flag is the right way to point out possible wrong closed question, isn't it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="290569" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2014-10-10T06:47:25.637" Title="Possible wrongly closed question: &quot;No space left on device&quot; when installing packages, yet I have space left" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12058" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12059" CreationDate="2014-10-01T08:26:33.300" Score="5" ViewCount="222" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am trying to attach the code given for my AskUbuntu flair or the other one, the combined Stack Exchange flair, at the end of my emails just for show-off but it doesn't work. My recipients get the code but no image, anything at all to resemble the fancy images shown on askubuntu.com/users/flair page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am sure I am doing something wrong, and I am guessing that the given code for my flair cannot be used as an email signature, but if this is the case how can I show to my friends how big of a linux guru i am?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="245600" OwnerDisplayName="Taz D." LastActivityDate="2014-10-01T10:17:21.123" Title="Can I use my AU flair for emails?" Tags="|discussion|email|flair|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12059" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12058" CreationDate="2014-10-01T10:17:21.123" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;(Moved here from comment)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most MUAs (mail reading programs) do not allow by default (for good reasons) the fetching of external images --- it would be a big privacy problem otherwise. The normal behavior should be the one you comment, and you have to actively load external images to see them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16395" LastActivityDate="2014-10-01T10:17:21.123" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12060" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12049" CreationDate="2014-10-01T12:19:15.737" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;A simple way is just to add a obvious warning - for example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;WARNING&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  This may work, but will likely cause your system to become insecure. &lt;em&gt;Explanation.&lt;/em&gt; &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/12049/178596&quot;&gt;Helpful link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This would be more helpful if this included a link and a short explanation &lt;em&gt;(preferably a SE one, so it is likely to still exist later on)&lt;/em&gt; which explains the issue &lt;em&gt;(in this case, what happens to security if the password prompt is removed)&lt;/em&gt;. This is helpful if this is in the answer itself, as sometime people may not look at the comments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it says to do something stupid - install dodgy programs etc - flagging for deletion or something else may be best.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="178596" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.227" LastActivityDate="2014-10-01T12:19:15.737" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12061" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2014-10-01T12:43:31.543" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Questions about question(s) on AskUbuntu that have been incorrectly closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="178596" LastEditorUserId="178596" LastEditDate="2014-10-02T21:32:41.267" LastActivityDate="2014-10-02T21:32:41.267" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12062" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2014-10-01T12:43:31.543" Score="0" Body="Questions about question(s) on AskUbuntu that have been incorrectly closed." OwnerUserId="178596" LastEditorUserId="178596" LastEditDate="2014-10-02T21:32:44.697" LastActivityDate="2014-10-02T21:32:44.697" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12063" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12057" CreationDate="2014-10-01T12:43:49.087" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The post has been reopened (see the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/485743/revisions&quot;&gt;edit history&lt;/a&gt;) - I suppose that solves this issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="178596" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2014-10-01T12:43:49.087" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2014-10-01T12:43:49.087" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12064" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12049" CreationDate="2014-10-01T13:47:50.330" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;I believe &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/529305/22949&quot;&gt;Walter's answer&lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/495957/how-to-disable-the-unlock-your-keyring-popup-in-14-04&quot;&gt;that question&lt;/a&gt; is a better solution, for most people, than &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/496047/22949&quot;&gt;the answer that is concerning you&lt;/a&gt;. So I've upvoted Walter's answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sometimes comments on an answer aren't adequately visible. This is especially likely when the answer is long or there's a large number of earlier comments about other matters. Neither applies in the case of your example.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Occasionally it's appropriate to add a warning to the top of someone's answer, as &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/12060/22949&quot;&gt;Wilf suggests&lt;/a&gt;. But except when the author of an answer is likely to agree the banner is appropriate, I think this should be reserved for situations where:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the risk is exceptional, by which I mean &lt;em&gt;unusually&lt;/em&gt; high relative to the situation, &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;alternative ways of warning people wouldn't achieve a degree of visibility appropriate in light of how exceptional the risk is.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even a pretty small security risk might be considered exceptional, in the way I'm using that term, depending on the situation. For example, an answer about finding the filetype of a file, that involves &lt;code&gt;chmod&lt;/code&gt;ing something to &lt;code&gt;777&lt;/code&gt;, even if that thing is pretty unimportant, might still warrant a &quot;warning banner&quot; if somehow it was accepted or got more votes than other answers, was long, and had lots of pre-existing comments about other things. (Of course, that's not likely to happen.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even a pretty big security risk might be considered non-exceptional, in the way I'm using that term, depending on the situation. (That's addressed in your meta question--occasionally someone will ask for something that necessarily reduces security, sometimes by a large amount, while understanding that's what they are doing.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most of the time, large security risks are exceptional (high relative to the situation) and small ones are not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've chosen the term &quot;exceptional&quot; to emphasize that it is a situation where it makes sense to use the Stack Exchange system in a somewhat unusual way, and that stapling likely unwanted warnings to the top of people's answers should be the exception rather than the rule, when it comes to addressing problems in posts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the author wants the warning, it's not exceptional and we shouldn't be extremely reluctant to apply it. But in that situation, the author may be willing to make more substantial edits to the answer that more clearly explain the risk.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/496047/10616&quot;&gt;a single example&lt;/a&gt; given here, and it's not a situation where we should be editing the answer to make it say something we think may be different from what its author intends.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The answer already makes mention of the risk, though it would be better if it emphasized it more. (&quot;The system will give you a warning about storing passwords unencrypted.&quot;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The answer is short and there are not already many comments about other things. (So far every comment there relates directly to the security risk.)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Comments are &lt;em&gt;already&lt;/em&gt; warning adequately of the risk.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;There is another answer which, so far, has a higher score. If we guess the upvotes on this meta question reflect shared concern about its example, maybe there are a couple more people who would vote for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/529305/22949&quot;&gt;the alternative answer&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The method recommended in the answer &lt;strong&gt;does not actually introduce a &quot;massive&quot; security risk.&lt;/strong&gt; The risk of storing keyring password in cleartext is probably, for most users, comparable to storing autofill passwords unencrypted in a browser. That is the default behavior of most web browsers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(That developers of most browsers have made a design choice about default configuration does not magically make that configuration acceptably secure for most people. But it does suggest that the burden of proof must fall heavily on anyone who wishes to make policy based on the claim that such a configuration is unacceptably insecure or that there exists a consensus saying it is.)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The question is asking how to make something work without having to enter a password. I don't think &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/496047/10616&quot;&gt;that answer&lt;/a&gt; is the best way to achieve this for most people. But the context established by the question may be interpreted as accepting reduced security.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, if the problematic answer had 40 votes and all the other answers were new, editing in a warning banner would probably be okay.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2014-10-01T14:29:16.153" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12065" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12067" CreationDate="2014-10-01T17:30:13.263" Score="-3" ViewCount="87" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm sure many users have experienced the dreaded &quot;Downvote with no explanation.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This causes many problems, such as unexplained loss of reputation, lack of knowledge of how to improve a post (which brings down the site's quality), and many other things.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to propose a system that will force users under 500 reputation to leave some sort of comment as to why they downvoted. It can have pre-canned comments like the &quot;Low-Quality Posts&quot; queue. It should also have the space for custom answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, to protect the voter's identity, a new section would need to be created. It could be a simple link under a downvoted question/answer, like &lt;code&gt;View Downvote Reasons&lt;/code&gt;. The OP (or a mod) can click this link and view all the downvote reasons, but not the names of the poster. This will allow the post to be improved, and not need the voter's identity to be viewable. (No revenge).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Theoretically, this could also be used so moderators can over-turn downvotes if they feel like they were just spam or evil.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2635/can-we-have-a-feature-where-downvoting-is-only-possible-if-the-user-has-left-a-c&quot;&gt;Inspired by this&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastActivityDate="2014-10-02T02:47:35.137" Title="Users under 500 rep need to leave a comment as to why they downvoted?" Tags="|feature-request|downvoting|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2014-10-09T15:27:01.637" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12066" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12054" CreationDate="2014-10-01T18:09:08.153" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't really mind if a visiting user creates a bounty, gets their answer and leaves. IMHO that's one of the most useful benefits of the free rep (the other being the ability to comment&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I'm not normally a user of something like &lt;a href=&quot;https://english.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;English Language &amp;amp; Usage&lt;/a&gt;, for example, and I did have a question about English, and it didn't get enough attention, I'd like to be able to award a bounty on it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is, after all, rewarding my activity elsewhere (while possibly rewarding someone's activity on ELU). It's not as if I can get back the rep, or get it up to 100 again without participating in the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(I guess ELU is a poor choice for an example, since I believe I could contribute good quality content to ELU. &lt;a href=&quot;https://security.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Information Security&lt;/a&gt;, on the other hand, is an excellent example of where a newbie like me could do real damage with terrible advice if not downvoted in time and a place where I'd normally not answer.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;(Actually, that ability to comment everywhere was the initial driving factor behind my activity on AU.) &lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:38:17.203" LastActivityDate="2014-10-01T18:09:08.153" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12067" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12065" CreationDate="2014-10-02T02:47:35.137" Score="2" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Quoted from &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/users/1059/gilles&quot;&gt;Gilles&lt;/a&gt;'s answer on &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2008/down-voting-consequences&quot;&gt;Down voting consequences&lt;/a&gt; ahead of this question being marked as a dupe&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When you downvote, a pop-up appears suggesting that you leave a comment. Mandating a comment has already been proposed many times on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;main Stack Exchange meta site&lt;/a&gt;. It was shot down because&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;votes are anonymous, so you should not have to reveal your identity when you downvote;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;often you're not the first to find the flaw in the answer, so you would upvote an existing comment rather than post your own;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;sometimes “you're way out there, read the other answers” is the only thing you need to say, and that doesn't really warrant a comment;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you can't realistically prevent someone from posting a comment then immediately deleting it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In short, downvoting carries a symbolic penalty (1/10 of an answer upvote); you are encouraged, but in no way obligated to comment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2014-10-02T02:47:35.137" CommentCount="4" CommunityOwnedDate="2014-10-02T02:47:35.137" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12068" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12070" CreationDate="2014-10-02T13:07:15.987" Score="0" ViewCount="42" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm wondering why my answer to &#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/348196/how-do-i-enable-ubuntu-using-full-disk-encryption-to-call-lukssupend-before-sl&quot;&gt;How do I enable Ubuntu (using full disk encryption) to call LUKSsupend before sleeping/suspending to RAM?&lt;/a&gt; &#xA;was deleted and if it could be considered for restoration. I thought that there was enough information there that at the very least it could be used as a framework for a Community answer. As it is there is currently no answer whatsoever. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2014-10-02T14:43:17.483" Title="Deleted answer to question 348196" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12069" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12068" CreationDate="2014-10-02T14:24:09.047" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;It was copypasta. You took content that wasn't yours and posted it all. &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/legal&quot;&gt;Our Terms and Conditions&lt;/a&gt; require you to grant copyright licenses on your content to SE in order for them to be able to republish it. In order to do that you need to own it (or have certain privileges over it). This is all covered in section 3 but the pointy bit is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Subscriber (you) warrants, represents and agrees Subscriber has the right to grant Stack Exchange and the Network the rights set forth above.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as we can tell, you don't. The content isn't explicitly licensed in a way that suggests it's re-distributable under CC-BY-SA 3.0 and there's nothing to suggest it's yours. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And the cherry on top (though legally and topically irrelevant), you didn't reformat the code samples.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2014-10-02T14:24:09.047" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12070" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12068" CreationDate="2014-10-02T14:43:17.483" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bold&lt;/strong&gt; links in this post point to pages associated with the deleted answer: those pages won't be accessible to you if you're not the author of this question, a user with &amp;lt;=10k rep, or a moderator. I've written this answer with the intention of being clear even when those sources are inaccessible.&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/revisions/461924/1&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Originally, when posted on May 6&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, your answer looked like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You could try reaching out to the folks at &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;https://unix.stackexchange.com/&lt;/a&gt;, since your trying to modify an arch script, someone there may have familiarity with both platforms or better yet, &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/&quot;&gt;https://stackoverflow.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That is not an answer at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Subsequent content appears to have been added though editing, turning what was originally not a real answer into something that now is (but has other problems instead). &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/461924/revisions&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;You added it &lt;em&gt;after&lt;/em&gt; the answer was deleted.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In your edits you added a large amount of text from &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.c3l.de/linux/howto-completly-encrypted-harddisk-including-suspend-to-encrypted-disk-with-ubuntu-6.10-edgy-eft.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this source&lt;/a&gt;. This raises a copyright problem, discussed in &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/12069/22949&quot;&gt;Oli's meta answer&lt;/a&gt;, and is sufficient reason &lt;em&gt;not to undelete the answer in its current form.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But it couldn't have been deleted originally for that reason, because the copied content hadn't been added at that time. It was deleted because it was not actually an attempt to answer the question, even partially. See &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/deleted-answers&quot;&gt;Why and how are some answers deleted?&lt;/a&gt; for more information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-05-23T12:39:54.233" LastActivityDate="2014-10-02T14:43:17.483" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12074" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-10-03T13:20:21.057" Score="0" ViewCount="29" Body="&lt;p&gt;Probably it's not the right place to ask this question, but maybe at least somebody would help me where should I ask it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I was creating my profile on askubuntu.com I've chosen the option of logging with myOpenID. I didn't have it already, so I've created one that time, on askubuntu login page. I'm permanently logged in on askubuntu.com - but I've forgotten my OpenID and I can't acces the site form any other computer... How can I retrive it or choose an other way to logg in, but conserving my user name and profile?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="11141" LastActivityDate="2014-10-03T13:20:21.057" Title="how to acces my profile on Ask Ubuntu if I've forgotten my OpenID?" Tags="|support|login|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2014-10-04T18:36:04.817" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12075" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12049" CreationDate="2014-10-03T22:05:47.357" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you do anything then &lt;strong&gt;downvote&lt;/strong&gt;. Without a downvote less experienced users are in danger. Better would be downvote+edit or downvote+comment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="115155" LastEditorUserId="115155" LastEditDate="2014-10-04T19:39:39.153" LastActivityDate="2014-10-04T19:39:39.153" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12077" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1995" CreationDate="2014-10-03T23:36:08.137" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The privileges page has been completely redesigned since 2011.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="164112" LastActivityDate="2014-10-03T23:36:08.137" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12079" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12080" CreationDate="2014-10-04T16:16:37.627" Score="-2" ViewCount="95" Body="&lt;p&gt;I  have a few (three or four) people who downvote my accepted, backed up, well-worded answers. I need them to stop as for one it keeps giving me notifications on my phone in the same way ones that I need to answer or respond to do, and for two it keeps impacting my reputation on this site dramatically. They don't do it often enough to trigger the serial downvoting reversal many times, they did it once and haven't since, but I find I lose maybe 6 rep. a day on average. Is there anything anyone can do? Please note, I asked this once an hour ago or so and it was downvoted. THIS IS A REAL ISSUE I AM HAVING AND IF YOU DISAGREE THEN COMMENT WHY, DO NOT DOWNVOTE THIS AGAIN AS I NEED AN ANSWER.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="272488" LastActivityDate="2014-10-10T10:38:39.113" Title="Serial downvoting of my answers, need users to stop now" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12080" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12079" CreationDate="2014-10-04T16:33:18.163" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm glad you undeleted this. First of all, downvotes on meta cost you no rep. They simply mean that someone found that your question is not useful. Don't get worked up about it. Downvotes on the main site are no big deal but downvotes on meta are a non-issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, there has been no serial downvoting of your answers. You have had one downvote today, one yesterday, and three the day before. That's hardly a pattern! Also, on the questions I checked, people had left you comments explaining precisely why they downvoted. Why don't you address their concerns instead of complaining about it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, your answer to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/498278/85695&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/q/498278/85695&lt;/a&gt; reads like pure speculation. You have just now edited it (thanks) to add how you got your measurements but you are still not telling us what the hardware involved was and you are still extrapolating from one instance to a general rule. Your findings will likely be very different if you do the same test using a different NIC and driver. At least tell us what NIC and what driver you are using. It will also depend on the kernel your are running and a variety of other things.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your answer to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/503510/85695&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/q/503510/85695&lt;/a&gt; is not answering the actual question. You are talking about the machine's HDD while the OP was talking about the USB. You just suggested he ignore the errors and continue. Again, someone helpfully pointed that out to you and you responded by insulting them:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;listen, you are being a troll in the extreme. I solved his problem and gave an answer that gives the BEST POSSIBLE SOLUTION based on the situation –  sbergeron Sep 29 at 3:34 &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your answer to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/512966/85695&quot;&gt;64 v amd64 distribution&lt;/a&gt; is, once more, completely unsupported by any evidence and very simply wrong as was pointed out to you:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&quot;amd64&quot; ISOs are for all x86-64 computers, not just Macs (of which modern ones are x86-64). &quot;amd64+mac&quot; are for Intel-based Macs. They're the same as the &quot;amd64&quot; but with an additional shim to install for the UFI bootloader Mac's have. –  Oli♦ Sep 23 at 6:59 &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You seem to think that this is a popularity contest. It isn't. People vote up correct answers and vote down incorrect ones. Your downvotes all seem very reasonable to me and all you had to do is edit your question and answer the comments and I'm sure they would have been converted to upvotes. Instead, you started insulting people. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, if you want to stop receiving downvotes, address the issues raised in the comments and fix your answers. Nobody hates you, they are reacting to problems in your posts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2014-10-10T10:38:39.113" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12081" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12079" CreationDate="2014-10-04T18:05:31.517" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;Terdon's answer is great. I'll just add a few things that are only available to moderators. We can see voting patterns, so if somebody hammers you with votes (in either direction), we're able to see who's doing it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;There has only been one person who has ever engaged in serial downvoting against you.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We asked them to stop (even though their votes had individual merit) and they did. This was back in September.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Subsequent votes have been from other users.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would posit that aside from a serious technical quality issue, drawing attention to it with SHOUTY META POSTS repeatedly (this is your fourth post on the subject, &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/12008/is-there-any-system-in-place-to-prevent-downvote-trolling&quot;&gt;despite the problem being explained to you already&lt;/a&gt;) is likely just going to attract even more downvotes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's no conspiracy against you. What is happening here applies to every Ask Ubuntu user. If you want fewer downvotes, post better answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2014-10-04T18:17:52.747" LastActivityDate="2014-10-04T18:17:52.747" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12082" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12083" CreationDate="2014-10-04T18:28:06.920" Score="-3" ViewCount="41" Body="&lt;p&gt;Like if someone is going to do a reboot for testing could there be some way that they could set something so that if someone hovers over their name in a comment or answer/question that it could display their status? Someone could set status like &quot;at work, can not respond at all&quot;, or &quot;back in 3 minutes after a reboot&quot;, or even some &quot;on vacation&quot; thing to just show when they may be back. Not an enforced thing just an option.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="272488" LastActivityDate="2014-10-04T18:48:01.643" Title="Could we have a status indicator for members?" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12083" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12082" CreationDate="2014-10-04T18:48:01.643" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Personally, I would hate to see this feature implemented. I can see no good coming of it except that I would now be expected to respond promptly to comments or chat messages because some indicator decided I am &quot;here&quot;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First of all, it's nobody's business but my own what I happen to be doing. This is not a social networking site and SE have, in general, resisted any suggestion that it become one. Many of us visit the site while working, for example, so I may be here because I'm looking something up but have no time to answer anything.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, there are actually two ways of checking when a user was last seen:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;There is a &lt;em&gt;last seen&lt;/em&gt; entry in a user's profile:&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;  &lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/WnoDH.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;For those of us who ware active on the various chat rooms of the SE network, you can click on our chat avatars in one of the chat rooms and get even more detailed info:&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/cNzzG.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, you already have two easy ways of getting an idea whether or not a use is currently online. Adding more would be both too invasive (IMO) and add unnecessary clutter to the site and the SE engine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2014-10-04T18:48:01.643" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12085" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12027" CreationDate="2014-10-04T19:28:02.330" Score="-2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I, as an answerer, would prefer mandatory tagging for flavour. I can (and happy to) provide assistance on KDE and on DE-agnostic problems, but not unity. However, with a rather random use of tags by people those are no help for me when I browse in search of questions I could answer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14758" LastActivityDate="2014-10-04T19:28:02.330" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12087" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11681" CreationDate="2014-10-05T10:23:41.263" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The upvotes and downvotes that users give to answers, are not the same as likes and dislikes. You see, when you like or dislike something on Facebook it means that that post appealed to you, or maybe you thought it offensive. However the purpose of AU is to help people who have doubts about the usage of the Ubuntu operating system, and impart information which other Ubuntu users around the world have to share, perhaps from their own experiences with Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The primary difference is that social networking sites are what the name suggests: focused on the social aspect of life, i.e helping people connect with friends or relatives or like minded people, and hence stay in touch with them. You get to see their actual names, which is not the case in AU.They are meant for everybody, whereas AskUbuntu was built to cater to the needs and problems of the Ubuntu community, who might not always be able to use the services of system repair guys, who might not even have heard of Ubuntu.(At least that's the case over here, where I live, which is why I require the services of this site)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So although there is a slight similarity between AU and social networking sites, I would not call Ask Ubuntu a social networking site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235315" LastActivityDate="2014-10-05T10:23:41.263" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12088" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12089" CreationDate="2014-10-05T10:34:02.580" Score="2" ViewCount="194" Body="&lt;p&gt;Now I know that there have been questions that have already been asked related to this topic, But they don't answer my question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is this: what is actually considered as spam over here?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know that spam, in the context of email, are those annoying, unwanted messages you get, usually advertisements. Is it the same here? Is promoting something considered spam? (there  has been a discussion related to this last question I asked, in another meta post, which did not clarify the doubt)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should I then flag the post as spam?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235315" LastEditorUserId="115155" LastEditDate="2014-10-05T19:47:32.263" LastActivityDate="2014-10-05T21:33:02.207" Title="What exactly is considered &quot;spam&quot; in Ask Ubuntu?" Tags="|support|spam-handling|spam|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12089" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12088" CreationDate="2014-10-05T16:15:00.470" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Lets start with the definition of a spam flag:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This question is effectively an advertisement with no disclosure. It is not useful or relevant, but promotional. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's a good start. Now we can ask ourselves  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Is this an advertisement?  Does it read like an advertisement? Spam usually sounds very promotional.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Is there a disclosure? (i.e. &quot;I work for this company&quot; or &quot;I wrote this program&quot;)  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Is it even Linux software? (most spam we get is actually for non free Windows software, which makes this easy)  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Does it answer the question? Spam is often posted on questions asking for software, but it isn't always. Someone recommending a VPN service on a question about getting a VPN to work through a proxy is not a real answer and most likely spam.  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Where do the links go?  If it is a legit site (github, pastebin, gist, launchpad, etc) then it is probably fine. If it is a shortened link (goo.gl, bit.ly, etc) then it is most likely spam. Tread carefully here.  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Is it a bunch of nonsense, like a troll would post? This isn't exactly spam by the pure definition, but we consider it spam here.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some examples of spam:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/CvZoS.png&quot; alt=&quot;vpn spam&quot;&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This was actually posted on this question &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/216520/what-is-the-best-way-to-bypass-china-firewall-to-allow-ssh-deploy-com&quot;&gt;What is the best way to bypass China firewall to allow SSH deploy@**.com&lt;/a&gt;, which, as you can see, is suspicious right away because the question is not asking for a VPN recommendation (which would be off-topic anyway).  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/4aBFt.png&quot; alt=&quot;packet tracer&quot;&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Packet tracer is non free software so this should be setting bells off already. Answered inside the question? Hmm. I have to follow a link to get the answer? Not good. The link leads to some strange website with a bunch of arabic in the URL? By this time you should be able to tell this is definitely spam.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/bfXmX.png&quot; alt=&quot;clothing spam&quot;&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/8eMgo.png&quot; alt=&quot;clothing&quot;&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This should be fairly obvious.   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/HjeYp.png&quot; alt=&quot;epson&quot;&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Mention of payment and an unknown website? Definitely spam. Even if it wasn't though, we would want to delete it because all it is is a link.   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Spam isn't necessarily advertisements either. Nonsense posts can be flagged as spam as well. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/L83Et.png&quot; alt=&quot;nonsense&quot;&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So if you see posts that you think are spam please flag them, but &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1925/dont-edit-spam-answers-just-flag-them&quot;&gt;don't edit them&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2014-10-05T16:15:00.470" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12090" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11681" CreationDate="2014-10-05T18:41:00.683" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Allow me to pick apart your argument by using definitions in the universe.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;FIRSTLY:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/social-network&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Oxford Dictionaries site&lt;/a&gt; defines a social network as follows:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;social network&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Syllabification: so·cial net·work&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;em&gt;NOUN&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;1) A network of social interactions and personal relationships.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  2) A dedicated website or other application that enables users to&#xA;  communicate with each other by posting information, comments,&#xA;  messages, images, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your argument fits this definition only in the most rudimentary sense.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;However&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, when you are talking about a &quot;social network&quot; in the sense of Facebook and such or in the manner you're stating and describing earlier on in your post, then you need to redefine &quot;Social Network&quot; to be more like the definition of a &lt;em&gt;Social networking&lt;/em&gt;.  According to the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/social%20networking&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Merriam Webster&lt;/a&gt; dictionary, Social Networking is defined as follows:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;social networking&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;em&gt;noun&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  : the creation and maintenance of personal and business relationships especially online.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With &lt;em&gt;this&lt;/em&gt; definition also considered, as social network sites are instruments of social networking, then Ask Ubuntu is not a Social Network.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu has the purpose of existing to provide community question-and-answer based support, with a supplementary system of reputation and other models (as described elsewhere in other answers here).  It's &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;primary purpose&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; is community question/answer support related to Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To be considere a social network, the primary goal of the site has to be that of &lt;em&gt;social networking&lt;/em&gt;, which is not the goal of this site.  As such, Ask Ubuntu cannot be considered a 'social network', or in the case of what you're actually asking, a 'social networking site'.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2014-10-05T18:41:00.683" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12091" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12088" CreationDate="2014-10-05T21:33:02.207" Score="2" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Is promoting something considered spam?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;IMHO:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Not if you disclose your relation to the product, and&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Promoting that product is not the whole extent of the answer, and&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Using the product in the manner suggested in the answer actually does solve the problem.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have seen people who suggest software that they develop as solutions to some problems, and give other details: how to install or how to configure the product to solve the problem, etc. My reaction is usually: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If the answer satisfies all three, it might even get an upvote. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If it fails (3), an instant spam flag. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If it fails (1) or (2), but not (3) (given some appropriate configuration), a downvote and low-quality flag (usually to get it deleted as a link-only answer).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2014-10-05T21:33:02.207" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12093" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-10-06T20:18:51.207" Score="0" ViewCount="47" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just got the message, that I should look over my review again &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/first-posts/327758&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; but when I clicked &quot;I understand&quot; it was closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is not what I wanted, I wanted to look over it again to improve my work&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please let me revise my review somehow&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="34298" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2014-11-05T22:40:57.390" Title="review audit failed &quot;Understand&quot; Button closes the rewiew" Tags="|support|review|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12094" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12093" CreationDate="2014-10-06T22:08:48.357" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The review is shown &lt;em&gt;while&lt;/em&gt; the Understand button is visible. If you'd like to view it again &lt;em&gt;after&lt;/em&gt; hitting &quot;I Understand&quot;, just hit your browser's &quot;back&quot; button - it'll still be in your history.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12845" LastActivityDate="2014-10-06T22:08:48.357" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12095" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-10-07T11:28:53.893" Score="1" ViewCount="73" Body="&lt;p&gt;Every time I try to do anything on this site I apparently lack the reputation required to do it. (Add a comment, vote up a comment that worked well for me, trying to add a tag to ask this question... basically everything I've tried to do on here thus far.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd like to be able to interact in this community: how do I obtain sufficient reputation to be able to do anything? How does this system work? (At time of writing, I'm half expecting that I'm about to be told that I can't ask this question because of my lack of &quot;reputation&quot;.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not primarily linux user and generally will be asking and responding to the baby-in-a-sandbox end of the questions spectrum.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Cheers,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="335311" OwnerDisplayName="Reluctant_Linux_User" LastActivityDate="2014-10-07T13:19:44.180" Title="How do I get &quot;reputation&quot; on this site?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ClosedDate="2014-10-09T17:39:11.240" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12097" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12032" CreationDate="2014-10-07T14:52:29.480" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think that small scripts to answer a question are okay, but there's a few things you should mention.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If it is NOT YOUR SCRIPT, you should include a link to the script as well as the script.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If it is your script and you put it on gist or on github (or something similar) you should include the script and a link.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;When using any script, one should consider the risks of scripts being used for simple tasks.  Such risks are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Deliberate coding errors&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Security Risks of Running Unknown Code&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Malicious Scripts and Commands Embedded.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It should probably be made known publicly that using any script means that you are using the script and accepting the potential risk of your system being damaged in the process because we do not vet any scripts at all for security risks and such.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="186134" LastEditDate="2014-11-21T19:30:02.417" LastActivityDate="2014-11-21T19:30:02.417" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12098" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-10-08T19:08:23.550" Score="2" ViewCount="20" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just created a tag for a question that was specifically about single user mode, and searched for a tag about it, but didn't see one. Just want to correct my mistake if it already exists.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="284690" LastActivityDate="2014-10-08T19:08:23.550" Title="Is there a tag for &quot;single user mode&quot;?" Tags="|support|tags|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12099" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12101" CreationDate="2014-10-08T19:51:03.133" Score="8" ViewCount="129" Body="&lt;p&gt;I answered this question: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/527402/some-services-wont-start-a-startup&quot;&gt;Some services won't start a startup?&lt;/a&gt; and, as OP said, it seems that workaround fix the problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Later I found this question: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/529767/sickbeard-start-service-on-boot-not-working-permissions-issue?noredirect=1#comment729632_529767&quot;&gt;Sickbeard start service on boot not working: Permissions issue?&lt;/a&gt; and agree with the OP, I improved my &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/527402/some-services-wont-start-a-startup/528346#528346&quot;&gt;answer&lt;/a&gt; and flag her question as duplicate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But now I wonder whether it is better to change the title from: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;   Some services won't start a startup?&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;to something like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;  Sickbeard and Sabnzbdplus won't start at boot      &#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should I change question title? If yes, could you help me to choose better title?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="290569" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2014-10-17T09:23:46.037" Title="Should I change question title of: Some services won't start a startup?" Tags="|discussion|question-titles|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12100" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12103" CreationDate="2014-10-09T03:10:22.223" Score="1" ViewCount="39" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's just a general query, no big thing. I'm just curious.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've noticed it a lot of times, but today when I was asking a question regarding adding transparency to windows and dialog boxes, mechanism suggested the Unity tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The suggested tags were LibreOffice, Firefox, and Unity. The former two were suggested because I made mention of them. But I never mentioned Unity. Of course the tag suggested was totally appropriate, as the question is related to Unity framework.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I was just wondering how does the mechanism get it that I'm talking about Unity framework when I never make a mention of it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does it check for other words, like window or dialog, to suggest Unity?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="272801" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-10-10T00:51:17.593" LastActivityDate="2014-10-10T00:51:17.593" Title="How is the Unity tag suggested?" Tags="|support|suggested-tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12101" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12099" CreationDate="2014-10-09T13:30:12.473" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;Something like &quot;Sickbeard and Sabnzbdplus won't start at boot&quot; is a much more specific title, I think you should rename it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2014-10-09T13:30:12.473" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12102" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12105" CreationDate="2014-10-09T18:43:01.623" Score="4" ViewCount="54" Body="&lt;p&gt;Canonical navigation bar, as seen on main Ask Ubuntu site: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/2U4XW.png&quot; alt=&quot;main&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Canonical navigation bar, as seen here on meta: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/yhe6p.png&quot; alt=&quot;meta&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or just look at the top of your screen...  Two items are missing: Insights and Juju. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user336085" LastEditorUserId="1412" LastEditDate="2014-10-10T12:26:07.957" LastActivityDate="2014-10-10T12:26:07.957" Title="Why does the Canonical bar on meta omit Insights and Juju?" Tags="|bug|status-completed|design|top-bar|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12103" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12100" CreationDate="2014-10-10T00:48:46.533" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Magic!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;... not really. The system uses a Bayesian-like method to check the content and title of your question, looks at previously asked questions with similar word choices, then suggest the tags that deems appropriated (or so it should be). &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/212310/213575&quot;&gt;Here&lt;/a&gt; you can see the original post describing how it works.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's why retagging is important, because it teach the system which questions should use which tag. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2014-10-10T00:48:46.533" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12104" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-10-10T12:09:01.940" Score="2" ViewCount="30" Body="&lt;p&gt;I came across &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/534318/dual-os-problem-with-booting&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; about dual-booting and windows not being recognized by Grub, which I'm fairly certain is a duplicate question, but I can't seem to find the canonical question that actually answers it, just a whole bunch of similar questions without answers that are often marked as duplicates of some other question equally without answer (or only limited useful ones).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does anyone know a question that has some extensive answers, so we can mark it as a duplicate of that question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;P.S. I would normally ask this question in the chat, but it never logs me in, but that's a different issue;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="211507" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2014-10-10T12:09:01.940" Title="Can't find the canonical question for a duplicate" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12105" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12102" CreationDate="2014-10-10T12:26:02.470" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;My bad. I forgot to update meta when I did the Ubuntu nav bag changes on the main site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1412" LastActivityDate="2014-10-10T12:26:02.470" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12106" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12107" CreationDate="2014-10-10T14:08:40.013" Score="0" ViewCount="52" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's simple to notice that so many question asked by &lt;strong&gt;new users&lt;/strong&gt; shall be answer by a simple &lt;strong&gt;search query&lt;/strong&gt;. I'm asking if shall be possible put a simple banner saying: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&quot;&lt;em&gt;wait, &lt;strong&gt;before ask&lt;/strong&gt;, why don't try to search your question?&lt;/em&gt; &lt;code&gt;|Search...|...Ask!|&lt;/code&gt;&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;or something  similar to the users with &lt;strong&gt;low reputation&lt;/strong&gt; (maybe 10 or less) when they click (or &lt;strong&gt;hover&lt;/strong&gt;) the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;code&gt;Ask Question&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; button.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That will help to let more polite this site and inspire new user to search and figure out  before ask and do something that they may don't understand.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do you like that? What shall be the best banner?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="33417" LastEditorUserId="33417" LastEditDate="2014-10-10T15:34:45.410" LastActivityDate="2014-10-11T14:54:12.450" Title="Search function and duplicate questions by new users" Tags="|feature-request|duplicates|searching|low-quality-posts|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12107" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12106" CreationDate="2014-10-11T08:51:28.217" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Like Seth mentioned, If you ever posted a question, you will have &quot;experienced the suggestion&quot;, to use an euphemism, to search the database. Adding more, or more aggresive signs would simply not work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another thing is that you use &quot;low-quality-posts&quot; as a tag, which is not a synonym to &lt;em&gt;duplicate questions&lt;/em&gt; in my opinion. I am definitely not promoting allowing more duplicates, but a good and clearly written duplicate might even add something to the site and evoke other, sometimes better answers. The huge amount of unclear questions however, lacking essential information, many times ignored by the poster from the moment he or she pushes the button; those are the ones we should try to prevent, or get rid of as soon as possible once they are posted, in my opinion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="72216" LastEditDate="2014-10-11T14:54:12.450" LastActivityDate="2014-10-11T14:54:12.450" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12108" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-10-12T02:41:21.933" Score="-7" ViewCount="54" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just don't like people messing with my questions on askubuntu, and i don't get all the specifics I need.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="287536" LastActivityDate="2014-10-12T07:46:38.943" Title="How do i restrict editing on my questions?" Tags="|support|editing|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12110" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12108" CreationDate="2014-10-12T07:46:38.943" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;As shown in our &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tour&quot;&gt;help section&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Our goal is to have the best answers to every question, so if you see&#xA;  questions or answers that can be improved, you can edit them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Use edits to fix mistakes, improve formatting, or clarify the meaning&#xA;  of a post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Basically it is the way this site is (or in general all of the stackexchange sites are) set up. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;People can always edit your question. If you do not want people to edit your questions  alot you need to make sure they are clearly written in perfect english, perfectly tagged and having every bit of information it needs for someone to be able to answer it. Probably impossible ;) and even if you do someone still might disagree with your tagging and still edit it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would advice to just accept people can edit your questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2014-10-12T07:46:38.943" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12111" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12118" CreationDate="2014-10-13T00:02:49.530" Score="0" ViewCount="38" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've come across a couple items in the review queue that were good edits, but they needed more.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should I accept the edit using the &lt;kbd&gt;Accept&lt;/kbd&gt; button, and then go and edit? Or should I use the &lt;kbd&gt;Accept and Improve&lt;/kbd&gt; button for any and all edits I do, no matter how severe (as long as they do not change the edited content)? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I should use the &lt;kbd&gt;Accept and Improve&lt;/kbd&gt; method, is a drastic change okay? Or should I limit it to a few edits to the edit (like typos) and just make the rest of the edits myself?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastActivityDate="2014-10-14T20:27:04.270" Title="When is &quot;improving / accepting&quot; an edit considered too much?" Tags="|discussion|editing|review-queue|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2014-10-17T02:51:18.313" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12112" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12139" CreationDate="2014-10-13T05:36:38.143" Score="0" ViewCount="110" Body="&lt;p&gt;I flagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/536331/158442&quot;&gt;this answer&lt;/a&gt; as low quality since it does try to answer, but misses the point completely: the question is how to make Firefox magnet links in Transmission, not how to manually do so. Was I wrong in flagging?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2017-05-17T16:07:02.567" Title="Low-quality-answer flag declined" Tags="|discussion|flagging|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12113" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-10-13T08:31:07.017" Score="18" ViewCount="576" Body="&lt;p&gt;I like &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/240839/the-new-new-be-nice-policy-code-of-conduct-updated-with-your-feedback?cb=1&quot;&gt;The NEW new &amp;quot;Be Nice&amp;quot; Policy (&amp;quot;Code of Conduct&amp;quot;) — Updated with your feedback&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This new policy might be a good time to reflect on how we are doing with regards this policy in Ask Ubuntu. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I feel we are doing pretty OK, but I wanted to start this thread to allow community members to give some &lt;strong&gt;feedback&lt;/strong&gt; on how welcoming and nice they think the Ask Ubuntu community is. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thus feel free to post your score (which can be relative [poor, not sure, good, very good] or absolute ?/10) on the following points.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Overall niceness&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Rudeness and belittling language&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Being welcoming, patient and assuming good intentions&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Not being jerks (name-calling, bigotry, inappropriate language, harassment)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The score is not the most important. If your score is not positive, please add a suggestion that might help the community to make the score better.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;PS/ I know a poll format would probably suit this better, but I like everything in the same place with the possibility to explain a score.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="115155" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2014-10-24T14:21:01.157" Title="Be Nice - Our experience?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12114" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12113" CreationDate="2014-10-13T09:15:10.550" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think we generally do pretty well. I'd like to think that's because we're just nice people but I think part of how we communicate is down to the site already being under the Ubuntu Code of Conduct (&lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/legal&quot;&gt;taken from the Global SE legal page&lt;/a&gt;):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;When accessing the askubuntu.com, meta.askubuntu.com, or chat.askubuntu.com sites (&quot;AskUbuntu&quot;), Subscriber will also abide by the most current Ubuntu Code of Conduct, which can be found at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com/community/conduct&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.ubuntu.com/community/conduct&lt;/a&gt;, and is hereby incorporated by reference, but solely with regard to AskUbuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Being respectful to others is an underlining principal in our community. Some people don't always realise, others don't always get it right and some just don't understand (presumably because they've never earnt any respect)... But I think we stick pretty close to those guidelines and in doing so, check most of the boxes for the new rules.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think we could probably work on how welcoming and accommodating we are with new users but this is &lt;em&gt;largely&lt;/em&gt; going to be a shift in process, technology and documentation as the rest of the SE sites work out there's a gap. Until then, I'd just encourage people to talk to people as much as possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2014-10-13T09:43:52.290" LastActivityDate="2014-10-13T09:43:52.290" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12115" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12117" CreationDate="2014-10-14T04:54:50.033" Score="1" ViewCount="111" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's a question to muru who edited &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/536408/ubuntu-14-04-64bit-installing-and-running-sql-instant-client-via-sqlplus-comma?noredirect=1#comment733414_536408&quot;&gt;this answer&lt;/a&gt;&#xA; yesterday. At first, I made a suggestion in a comment, and next the OP replied it was a solution. I copy/pasted the working suggestion to make it ans answer and added this little header in it: &quot;Turned into an answer to improve the stats&quot;. This to tell the OP there was nothing new in it, and it was only an attempt to decrease the number of unanswered questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The header have been erased &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/revisions/536648/2&quot;&gt;one minute later&lt;/a&gt; exactly without any explanation. What was wrong with it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If there was some kind of private mail here, I would have asked muru only. I'm not used to complain about moderation on Internet, but to me, it's not moderation or improvement here, it's plain censorship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="299476" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2014-10-16T08:48:16.077" Title="Why this strange editing of my reply?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12116" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12115" CreationDate="2014-10-14T06:19:03.067" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Well, I am not muru, but I can imagine why the line was removed. I could have done it as well. Since this is a question / answer site, questions should be questions and answers should be answers, and not include an explanation &lt;em&gt;why&lt;/em&gt; you answer.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Instead, I would explain in a (temporary) comment to the question that you converted your comment into an answer. You could even mildly suggest OP to accept the answer &lt;em&gt;if&lt;/em&gt; it was the solution to his question (which serves correctness of stats as well). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should not look at it as censorship; improving each other's questions and answers is what we do here all the time, . &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Many of my posts were improved afterwards, and in practically all cases I agreed. Even posts of the most experienced users are being edited. In your case I think it is an appropriate edit as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="72216" LastEditDate="2014-10-14T06:37:52.890" LastActivityDate="2014-10-14T06:37:52.890" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12117" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12115" CreationDate="2014-10-14T08:18:34.173" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can always ping me in chat. I have been to the &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/201/ask-ubuntu-general-room&quot;&gt;general chatroom&lt;/a&gt;, so I'll get notified if you leave a chat message with &lt;code&gt;@muru&lt;/code&gt; in it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, the line I erased didn't contribute anything to the answer. Someone who has the same problem in the future and comes upon your answer will be thankful for it, and it won't matter to them that it was a comment at first. Quite a few of my own answers started out as comments (testing the ground at first). In fact, if you'd waited long enough, &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/18118709#18118709&quot;&gt;someone&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/529988/replace-deb-sury-org-php-with-original?noredirect=1#comment723218_529988&quot;&gt;the other&lt;/a&gt; (possibly even &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/530037/failed-to-fetch-sources-and-packages-getting-404?noredirect=1#comment723576_530037&quot;&gt;me&lt;/a&gt;) would have commented on the question asking you to post an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was wrong not to leave a summary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2014-10-14T08:18:34.173" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12118" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12111" CreationDate="2014-10-14T20:27:04.270" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;As one goal of our edit reviews is to educate people to make better edits I tend to &quot;accept and improve&quot; only rather small omissions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When someone suggests an edit where only the easy (spottable or doable) part has been done I rather use &quot;reject and improve&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastActivityDate="2014-10-14T20:27:04.270" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2014-10-17T02:51:18.313" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12119" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12120" CreationDate="2014-10-14T22:46:23.953" Score="6" ViewCount="254" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are questions that are still interesting but have only old outdated answers, that give the impression that there &lt;strong&gt;must&lt;/strong&gt; be some other solutions already there, but that are not posted anymore on that question because it was answered and an old answer was set as definitive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I ask them they are already asked and my new question is bound to be a duplicate of the older one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An example: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/129891/47206&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. I stumble upon this, but there are many many like that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What should I do?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ask again?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(On that issue I already &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/537184/47206&quot;&gt;did&lt;/a&gt;.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user47206" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2014-10-15T00:41:13.110" Title="How to revive (get new and better answer to) an older but not outdated question that has old outdated answers?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2014-10-17T02:53:37.227" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12120" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12119" CreationDate="2014-10-15T00:41:13.110" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Posting a bounty for updated answers is something I have seen done. It's one of the stock reasons for offering a bounty:&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/sC28z.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(I have a posted a bounty on it. Let's see what happens.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-10-15T00:41:13.110" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12121" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12113" CreationDate="2014-10-15T05:24:44.937" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Feedback:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I kind of wish some people were a bit nicer about not downvoting somewhat open ended questions or honest answers which are not vindictive or hateful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If someone answers, &quot;RTFM&quot;, yes, downvote it to oblivion. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If someone asks, &quot;Why does ubuntu ****ing not continue to #@%@$#% with me?&quot;; again, no problem with downvoting that.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If an honest answer is sitting at -1 or -2, there is no need to downvote it anymore unless it is critically bad advice. Instead I think people at that point should just comment, &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;Thanks for taking the time to answer. The reason I would not encourage people to use this answer is x, y, and z&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or if there is an open ended technical question such as, &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;Is it more difficult to develop Ubuntu Touch applications in C++ or Go?&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Before flagging it to oblivion because it is technically open ended, I think questions like these should be given a grace period to see if an authoritative technical answer can be provided, because often there are high quality answers to these sorts of inquiries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/507357/was-developing-wubi-a-difficult-endeavour-why-or-why-not&quot;&gt;Was developing WUBI a difficult endeavour? Why or Why Not?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Otherwise, to flag it out of the gate, as has been done to me, made me feel marginalized, and gave off the impression that the reviewers were trigger happy to exercise their modding powers at the sheer sight of a technicality, which came across as being &quot;not nice.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My $0.02&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="253579" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2014-10-15T15:31:29.533" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12125" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-10-15T08:11:07.423" Score="2" ViewCount="43" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to figures as of October 19, 2014, there are almost 9400 questions tagged as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/installation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;installation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;installation&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I propose that we have a month-long cleanup event where all of these questions are sorted either into &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/system-installation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;system-installation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;system-installation&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/software-installation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;software-installation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;software-installation&lt;/a&gt;, both, none, or other.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This will finally nuke this tag and clean up the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My proposal has four parts:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;GUI for review -- An announcement is put on the AU site talking about this, and how any user with 10+ rep can join in the fun. When a link is clicked, they are teleported to a special review board where they can review a question and choose which tag(s) to put said question into.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Users under 500 rep will get their tag choices approved, or have them voted in by 3 500- rep users.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Users at 500+ rep will be able to re-tag a question in one shot and be able to approve/decline 500- rep retag proposals.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A set maximum of 30 review tasks / day / user.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastEditorUserId="208574" LastEditDate="2014-10-20T03:54:17.643" LastActivityDate="2014-10-20T03:54:17.643" Title="Installation tag Cleanup" Tags="|discussion|retag-request|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12126" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12115" CreationDate="2014-10-15T16:17:09.750" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Irrelevance, short and simple.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="151356" LastActivityDate="2014-10-15T16:17:09.750" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12127" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12115" CreationDate="2014-10-15T17:50:40.267" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Thanks for your replies...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They make clear to me I didn't break a rule or wrote something wrong. It's only because someone (and maybe some other) think it's better to change it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, I have a different opinion. I wouldn't had written this if not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To me, the point is not to know which pov is the best. The point is to know if, in this place, people think they've got the right to rule others with their opinions. Rules are great because they allow various people and ideas to coexist peacefully. And adversely, when people start to enforce their opinions as if they were rules, diversity vanishes and conflicts arise.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe people here don't really price diversity and peace. I will not advocate or ask anything to change. Just leave quietly if this is the case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EDIT:&#xA;@Jacob Vlijm: I'm not taking this personally. I posted here to know if I made a mistake (maybe these kind of comments are forbidden and I know not). Now, I too regularly say to myself: &quot;hey, the post is even more readable without this line&quot;, but I don't rush on it. I first ask myself if this modification can be prove to be better, using rules and facts. Spelling mistakes can be checked against a dictionary, performances and solutions can be tested, and so on. If not, it's an opinion matter, and then I politely suggest or more often shut up. Who cares about my opinions ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't do this because I'm a shining virtuous man, but because it's effective. I avoid offending people without good reasons, and often, thinking twice on things which look obvious to me at first glance show me I missed something of their complexity or their merit. Last but not least, this often leads me to focus on the main goal, not on trifles.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And here what is the goal ? To answer questions ? Correct ? Now take a  look at the post: my first reply was given some hours after the OP. That's because a fair amount of people take care of freshly posted questions. No need to join them, so I roam some pages in the past to find if I can help there. I found this fairly simple question, 99% chances my reply will work. Turning into a full answer, and less than a minute after, muru's edit came. Muru is not a newbie and I bet he could have replied himself before me. So what ? There's a lot of edit work here, and my question is: is this not detrimental to the real goal which is to give answers ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;@muru: don't feel confused, and no, I would not rollback your changes because it would be mirroring exactly what you did editing my reply. So what ? You could then restore your edit, and... I guess we're both intelligent enough to give up at some point, but there's no real reason for this conflict to stop.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Friendly,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="299476" LastEditorUserId="299476" LastEditDate="2014-10-16T08:48:16.077" LastActivityDate="2014-10-16T08:48:16.077" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12129" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12131" CreationDate="2014-10-16T05:02:24.870" Score="7" ViewCount="852" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is a not-so-necessary discussion, of course suggesting alternatives is good for community. This discusses the philosophy of questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Suppose a question like &quot;Can I foo?&quot;. And the answer to that is &quot;No.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But, there's an alternative, &quot;You can bar.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Seeing that the OP &quot;asked a question,&quot; and we should answer that question, the right answer is No. Giving a suggestion, thus, should be beyond the scope of AskUbuntu. So, should I manually, forcefully, try to suggest possible alternatives in questions like these? If that's true, then we might need to change the description of this website.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="272801" LastActivityDate="2014-10-16T09:12:34.177" Title="Should I suggest alternatives if the question is like &quot;Is it possible to...&quot; and the direct answer is &quot;No&quot;?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12130" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12132" CreationDate="2014-10-16T08:21:29.473" Score="2" ViewCount="74" Body="&lt;p&gt;For this question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/534320/jdbc-connection-pool-details-on-glassfish&quot;&gt;JDBC Connection Pool details on Glassfish&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;can I just copy/past elsewhere, or should I flag and ask for it to be migrated?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What's the procedure?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To get a little bit meta about this question on meta, should the original question get migrated?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="45156" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2017-01-25T19:21:50.760" Title="How do I migrate my question?" Tags="|support|asking-questions|closed-questions|migration|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2014-10-16T15:37:14.957" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12131" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12129" CreationDate="2014-10-16T09:12:34.177" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;Exactly. Anything relevant and helpful that you can add to an answer is probably welcome.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/how-to-answer&quot;&gt;the help&lt;/a&gt; Seth linked to:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Answer the question&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Read the question carefully. What, specifically, is the question asking for? Make sure your answer provides that – or a viable alternative. &lt;strong&gt;The answer can be “don’t do that”, but it should also include “try this instead”&lt;/strong&gt;. Any answer that gets the asker going in the right direction is helpful, but do try to mention any limitations, assumptions or simplifications in your answer. Brevity is acceptable, but fuller explanations are better.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-10-16T09:12:34.177" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12132" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12130" CreationDate="2014-10-16T10:56:12.863" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Usually you can flag it for moderator attention, and in the reason state that you want it migrated. (And the target site's moderators may decide to reject the migration.) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It would be quicker to simply copy your question over and delete this one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2014-10-16T10:56:12.863" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12133" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12134" CreationDate="2014-10-16T12:34:36.580" Score="-3" ViewCount="35" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm not that much crack on askubuntu - more of an asker than an answerer. Compared to other experiences with S.E. sites, I find it pretty difficult to find useful information. I think that you could use a few new tags for basic functions - &quot;save&quot;, &quot;edit&quot;, &quot;application&quot; and the like while by themselves not terribly illuminating would be useful in combination with others to help users like me who are peripheral ubuntu users find information. It would certainly cut down the number of duplicated questions I end up asking. (Though thanks for each one you mark - this site has been very useful.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can see that this could lead to some very vague tagging so perhaps you might require that these tags don't count towards the minimum number of tags? Just a thought.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="335311" LastActivityDate="2014-10-16T13:01:20.623" Title="Some basic tags?" Tags="|feature-request|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12134" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12133" CreationDate="2014-10-16T13:01:20.623" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;What you are describing are called &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/08/the-death-of-meta-tags/&quot;&gt;&quot;meta tags&quot;&lt;/a&gt; and they are one of the banes of SE. All sites on the network try to avoid them. While you are quite right that tagging on SE in general and in AU in particular is problematic, having tags that only make sense when combined with other tags will only make things worse. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The tags you produce are all very uninformative and, as you point out, need to be accompanied by another tag to make any sense at all. That's precisely the type of tag we want to avoid. Each tag should be able to stand on its own and should describe the content of a question. Tags like &quot;save&quot; could never do that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you feel a particular tag is lacking, you can create it (assuming you have the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/create-tags&quot;&gt;necessary reputation&lt;/a&gt;), but if you do, make sure the tag can stand on its own. So, for example, &lt;code&gt;spreadsheet-applications&lt;/code&gt; might (I said &lt;em&gt;might&lt;/em&gt;) be useful but &lt;code&gt;applications&lt;/code&gt; is not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2014-10-16T13:01:20.623" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12135" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12113" CreationDate="2014-10-16T19:40:15.590" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just confess here, with a sorrow in my heart, that the lack of intelligence in many answers overpowers my good manners.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Right now I saw a question which basically asks how to convert a video file into other format. The first answer says (in assertive way) to upload it to some web service. A month or two ago in a question &quot;How to write a CD&quot; I saw instructions how to attempt to install Nero in Wine. (Will it even work?).&lt;br&gt;&#xA;I vote such things down, sometimes flag them, but I really think the authors of such answers deserve a word &quot;idiot&quot; as their permanent avatar. They not only produce garbage, they confuse newbies, waste time, sometimes make them do harmful things to their systems, and make bad impressions of Linux and this site.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Jokes aside, I think massively downvoted answers must carry a heavy reputational penalty for answer authors. Say, -1 removes 1 rep, -2 - removes 4, -3 removes 8, so on. Then voting mechanism will be able to relief the urge to call someone an idiot. This will also force users to promptly delete their own bad answers.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14758" LastEditorUserId="14758" LastEditDate="2014-10-23T07:46:09.657" LastActivityDate="2014-10-23T07:46:09.657" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12138" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-10-17T15:47:56.547" Score="12" ViewCount="539" Body="&lt;p&gt;The most used close target for apt/dpkg questions is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/140246/how-do-i-resolve-unmet-dependencies-after-adding-a-ppa&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt;. However, that does not help if the problem is not with &lt;code&gt;apt&lt;/code&gt; but with the underlying &lt;code&gt;dpkg&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I very often find things &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/167688/169736&quot;&gt;like these&lt;/a&gt; when I check the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/apt&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;apt&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;apt&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/dpkg&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;dpkg&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;dpkg&lt;/a&gt; tags and that really bugs me. How can an APT question solve a DPKG problem? Unfortunately, people who misunderstand the underlying issue are misinforming users about how to solve their problems and mistakenly flagging those questions as duplicates. This, in turn, makes people ask more questions, because their problem hasn't been solved. This has to stop.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've written extensive guides about &lt;strong&gt;what information a question should have to provide the relevant answer/duplicate&lt;/strong&gt; for most of the common problems of apt and dpkg. Here and elsewhere. Yet the situation in Ask Ubuntu doesn't improve.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For now, I decided to re-title the infamous &quot;How do I resolve unmet dependencies?&quot; question to &quot;How do I resolve unmet dependencies after adding a PPA?&quot; following what the answers and users believe will help to solve OP's problem (btw, the whole question is a massive &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catch-22_%28logic%29&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Catch-22&lt;/a&gt;, since you can't install the desired package because dependency issues which can be solved by removing the PPA, but can't remove the PPA because the package you want to install is provided by that PPA).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, please, whenever you see:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;The following packages have unmet dependencies:&#xA;apache2: &#xA;    Depends: apache2.2-common (= 2.2.22-1ubuntu1) but 2.2.22-1ubuntu1.2 is to be installed    &#xA;E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ask for the output of &lt;code&gt;apt-cache policy all-the-package-listed&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;sudo apt-get check&lt;/code&gt;. If you see:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ask for the the same as above, the complete output of whatever OP is trying to do and &lt;code&gt;sudo dpkg -C&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This way we will make sure that OP solve his problem along with achieving whatever he's trying to do. If that information isn't provided, flag it as &quot;Unclear what you are asking&quot;. That way, you do the site a favor, and we provide precise solution to precise problems.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2014-10-17T16:19:57.637" Title="Let's stop using &quot;How do I resolve unmet dependencies?&quot; for dpkg questions (and probably for most apt questions)" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="15" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12139" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12112" CreationDate="2014-10-18T02:05:16.377" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;My bad, upon looking at the post again, you are correct, it should have been deleted (and now is). I apologize. I'm not really sure what happened when I declined it, but I think I got the answers mixed up and thought you had flagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/438352/44179&quot;&gt;this one&lt;/a&gt;, which doesn't really fit the low quality flag.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A couple of other things I think I should point out:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please do downvote bad answers, even if you believe they will be shortly deleted as there really isn't any reason not to (the reputation will be returned once the post is removed).  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &quot;very low quality&quot; flag (VLQ) is a rather confusing flag, both for the people using it and the moderators handling it. I could understand someone declining the flag because the post, at first glance, doesn't look like it meets the criteria. Even at a closer look I'm not sure VLQ was the best flag to use. The flag states:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This question has severe formatting or content problems. This question is unlikely to be salvageable through editing, and might need to be removed. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It didn't have severe formatting problems that couldn't be solved by editing. It &lt;em&gt;might&lt;/em&gt; have severe content problems (as it doesn't even answer the question as asked), but I'm not really sure what severe content problems entails. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I hadn't gotten the answers confused I would have approved it and deleted the answer. Next time though, (when there hopefully won't be any confusion on the moderators part) using a custom flag would be more helpful, especially since I regularly decline VLQ flags because of the aforementioned fogginess surrounding its use.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="117103" LastEditDate="2017-05-17T16:07:02.567" LastActivityDate="2017-05-17T16:07:02.567" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12140" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12141" CreationDate="2014-10-18T05:31:27.407" Score="0" ViewCount="60" Body="&lt;p&gt;When I click the flag button to flagging a question or an answer it show many option to flag like this questions&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/7TtMx.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And this for answers:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/1imBc.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then my question is here if these are flags for mod review why one option says:&#xA;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&quot;other (Needs ♦ moderator attention)&quot;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If these flags are need for Mod review then why extra option for them(♦)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I found on &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/05/a-theory-of-moderation/&quot;&gt;A Theory of Moderation&lt;/a&gt; about that but I see different options inside Mod attention from here that says only &quot;not an answer&quot;, &quot;low quality&quot; and &quot;other&quot; options are for Mod attention.&#xA;If these options ON AU are for Mod why they are become a review queue in low quality and close votes queue and other queue? If need I open a new question about &quot;How works review queue?&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks in advance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="283843" LastActivityDate="2014-10-18T21:47:41.387" Title="Does the flags are for moderator attention?" Tags="|discussion|flags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12141" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12140" CreationDate="2014-10-18T21:47:41.387" Score="1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If these flags are need for Mod review then why extra option for them(♦)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because, sometimes what you want to say to moderators isn't listed in the predefined options, so you have a 500 long message with the moderators.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If these options ON AU are for Mod why they are become a review queue in low quality and close votes queue and other queue?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are flags that goes to the Moderators only queue, and others can be dealt with without the intervention of the moderators, like the Close and Duplicate flags which are &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/187008/213575&quot;&gt;fed to the Close Votes queue.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If need I open a new question about &quot;How works review queue?&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't know what you are asking here... &quot;How works review queue&quot; isn't syntactically correct.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2014-10-18T21:47:41.387" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12142" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12145" CreationDate="2014-10-20T05:33:13.643" Score="-5" ViewCount="340" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would like to make this post to specify &quot;proper&quot; methods of bolding/italicizing text in questions and answers to keep the site clean and easy-to-read.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Partially based off of &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/11899/why-do-people-edit-in-usually-pointless-bold-and-italics-to-questions&quot;&gt;my other question on bolding&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you have a preferred method of bolding and italicizing text in posts, please add it as an answer. The community can then vote on a &quot;best&quot; method for bolding and italicizing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastEditorUserId="507051" LastEditDate="2018-05-26T11:23:23.213" LastActivityDate="2018-07-01T06:18:56.087" Title="Proper use of Bold and Italic text in posts?" Tags="|discussion|formatting|text-formatting|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12143" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12142" CreationDate="2014-10-20T05:41:11.483" Score="-3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I believe that &lt;strong&gt;bolding&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;em&gt;italicizing&lt;/em&gt; text in posts is good, as long as they are used properly. My personal method of bolding and italicizing are below:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Acceptable uses for Bolding:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;To create headers, like the one above.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;To highlight easy-to-miss but important text in a block of text, like a long paragraph.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;To emphasize content, primarily warnings and other cautions.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;NOT to highlight specific instructions, such as &quot;Run this command as &lt;strong&gt;root&lt;/strong&gt;:&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Acceptable uses for &lt;em&gt;Italicizing&lt;/em&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;To highlight variables in code, like the example below.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;To emphasize content, primarily warnings and other cautions.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;To give special instructions to the user, ie (&lt;em&gt;In the OPs case, run &lt;code&gt;sudo -s&lt;/code&gt; instead of &lt;code&gt;sudo -i&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/em&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;NOT to highlight specific instructions, such as &quot;Run this command as &lt;em&gt;root&lt;/em&gt;:&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastEditorUserId="256099" LastEditDate="2014-10-20T05:45:19.083" LastActivityDate="2014-10-20T05:45:19.083" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12144" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12113" CreationDate="2014-10-20T08:33:11.807" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here are my own 2 cents. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Overall niceness: Ask Ubuntu is in my experience nicer than the other SO sites. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Rudeness and belittling language: OK. I do think that sometimes curse words are used without any reasons (RTFM is not better than RTM) and I feel that these &lt;strong&gt;curse words&lt;/strong&gt; should be flagged more often.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Being welcoming, patient and assuming good intentions: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I personally did not feel very welcom at the start, &lt;strong&gt;but&lt;/strong&gt; that is a) because I did not know the system  and b) because I had a difficult technical issue that could not easily be solved. I feel there is a lot of insider knowledge which is not in the FAQ (about how fast you can get a downvote, for instance; or about when something is subjective). People were nice with me, I just really had to go through a paradigm-shift from forums to QA sites. Here I think we can help people with the shift. I think this awareness already exists. I also think that for complex problems we need to refer to the wiki a lot more often.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The tone in meta&lt;/strong&gt; is often &lt;em&gt;a lot harder&lt;/em&gt; than the tone in main. I don't know why this is the case, but it regularly gets to back alleys fights here. I think a) meta questions should be shorter and b) answers should focus on one element only. Sometimes you have to read a two paper essay to understand someone's point of view. I'd rather see that answer split into different arguments (posted as different answers) that can individually be upvoted or downvoted.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Not being jerks (name-calling, bigotry, inappropriate language, harassment): I have not seen a single jerk around here (if I follow the definition between brackets). Again my remark about curse words still holds (because I am offended by them).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Overall evaluation: 8/10&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="115155" LastActivityDate="2014-10-20T08:33:11.807" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12145" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12142" CreationDate="2014-10-20T09:28:15.550" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;We don't need to enforce a style policy about exactly how people should use bold and italics. It is okay for different posts to use different styles. There is no one proper way, &lt;em&gt;nor probably even just a few&lt;/em&gt;. Trying to mold authors to one style would make it artificially hard for people to contribute to the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Having a policy about bold or italics that makes authors feel obligated to go and look something up about proper usage in the middle of writing is exactly the opposite of what we should be doing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/11899&quot;&gt;Why do people edit in (usually pointless) bold and italics to questions?&lt;/a&gt; serves the function of addressing the situation where bold and italics are used in a way that actually causes problems. In terms of rulemaking, I don't think we should be going beyond that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And as &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/12142/proper-use-of-bold-and-italic-text-in-posts#comment21223_12142&quot;&gt;Oli says&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/89/style-guide-for-questions-and-answers&quot;&gt;we do have the style guide as well&lt;/a&gt;, where detailed suggestions and recommendations can be set forth. (But I recommend only editing the existing answer there if there are suggestions that seem &lt;em&gt;as important&lt;/em&gt; as what's already there. Right now the answer there, for the most part, offers just a handful of particularly important guidelines. It is neither overwhelming nor capricious, and I think we should keep it that way.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not (just) objecting to this question; I'm (also) answering it:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Acceptable uses of &lt;strong&gt;bold&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;em&gt;italics&lt;/em&gt; are any use that doesn't actually cause problems. If it doesn't make a post harder to read, we don't need to force (or otherwise push) people to use a different style.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Unacceptable uses--which is perhaps an overly strong term, but I mean bad uses that are important to avoid and to fix by editing--are those that actively harm a post's readability.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One might object that those aren't really rules at all, but instead common sense that has to be applied thoughtfully to each individual post. And that is the point. Making sense, in practice, for actual human beings, is considerably more important than satisfying abstract rules for writing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In case that's deemed inadequately concrete, here are three very general guidelines, which do not need to be enforced with an iron hand, but which may be useful to both authors and editors. Note that I am not even saying these very general suggestions should be considered a site policy--not even if virtually everyone happens to agree with them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Whenever bold or italics don't really achieve anything, it's best not to use them.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;One of the most common ways bold or italics can actively cause problems is when they're overused, to highlight either (a) too much text, or (b) text that doesn't need highlighting at all.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;It's usually best to apply bold and italics in the same general pattern throughout a single post (though there is generally no need or benefit to deliberately have different answers to the same question, or different posts by the same author, do things the same way as each another).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, if package names embedded in prose are &lt;em&gt;italicized&lt;/em&gt; in some places in a post but formatted as &lt;code&gt;code&lt;/code&gt; in other places in the same post, and there is no contextual reason for the difference, that is likely to be confusing.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.150" LastActivityDate="2014-10-20T09:28:15.550" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12146" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-10-20T14:04:01.117" Score="2" ViewCount="58" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was trying to post something here that had two (nonconsecutive) asterisks in the text.  They ended up being replaced by spaces.  How can I represent those asterisks?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="101815" OwnerDisplayName="user101815" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-10-20T18:32:59.643" LastActivityDate="2014-10-20T18:32:59.643" Title="How do I represent a * when asking a question?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12147" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12146" CreationDate="2014-10-20T14:16:54.023" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Please see &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/formatting&quot;&gt;this page&lt;/a&gt; of the help center for details on how to format your posts. Briefly, you can either enclose the asterisks in backticks: `**` (which is rendered like this: &lt;code&gt;**&lt;/code&gt;), or you can break the flow of your text and use indentation or quote blocks (&lt;code&gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I won't go into detail here since this is all explained quite well in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/formatting&quot;&gt;relevant help page&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2014-10-20T14:16:54.023" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12149" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12151" CreationDate="2014-10-22T17:07:45.247" Score="-3" ViewCount="110" Body="&lt;p&gt;Whenever I visit other SE sites, they always have very cool features and fun things with our site seems to lack. Can we try to make this site more fun?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What Other Sites Have:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Fancy Chat names (like &quot;The Bridge) -- All we have is &quot;Ask Ubuntu General Room&quot;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Fancy Chat pings -- Our ping is pretty generic IMO&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Fancy Badge logos -- Go over to &lt;a href=&quot;https://gaming.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Arqade&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://android.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Android.SE&lt;/a&gt;. They have really nice badge logos. We only have a dot.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Nice Fonts -- Every site seems to use their own font in the headers. Why do we not use the &quot;Ubuntu&quot; font?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What We Have:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;An awesome user-base, ready to answer almost any and all questions.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For instance, why don't we make our badges little colored Ubuntu logos? Why don't we have a nicer chat name, like &quot;The Root Shell&quot;? Why not a nicer ping (maybe less harsh)? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:18:37.087" LastActivityDate="2014-10-30T18:50:44.150" Title="Is Ask Ubuntu boring?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12150" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12149" CreationDate="2014-10-22T17:38:45.717" Score="4" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Nice Fonts -- Every site seems to use their own font in the headers. Why do we not use the &quot;Ubuntu&quot; font?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We do:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Tczl9.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastActivityDate="2014-10-22T17:38:45.717" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12151" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12149" CreationDate="2014-10-22T17:51:19.863" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Our badges are customized based on the Ubuntu pictograms, specifically the &quot;certification&quot; one:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://design.ubuntu.com/wp-content/uploads/pictogram-certification-orange-hex.svg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://design.ubuntu.com/wp-content/uploads/pictogram-certification-orange-hex.svg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/7BQQd.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for the chat rooms, when you have the privilege you can make your own &quot;Fancy&quot; chat room. Examples of &quot;fun&quot; ones in the past:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/8261&quot;&gt;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/8261&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/8349&quot;&gt;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/8349&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/3844&quot;&gt;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/3844&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Otherwise most of the fun action actually goes on in the general room.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastEditorUserId="47291" LastEditDate="2014-10-22T17:56:46.337" LastActivityDate="2014-10-22T17:56:46.337" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12153" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-10-23T16:17:16.277" Score="-5" ViewCount="62" Body="&lt;p&gt;Supposedly, all dependencies question are about dependencies problems with apt or dpkg, yet, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/dependencies+-apt+-dpkg&quot;&gt;less than the 50%&lt;/a&gt; (460 out 735 doesn't have it) has either of the tags. Why if every question about dependencies are about either apt or dpkg, doesn't seems to be happening?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I feel that is easier making sure than all apt and dpkg questions have their apt/dpkg tag, instead of having yet-another-tag that only serves to balkanize all the apt/dpkg questions, or that gets misapplied for things that &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/539591/169736&quot;&gt;obviously&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/540520/169736&quot;&gt;aren't&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/532495/169736&quot;&gt;apt&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/530980/169736&quot;&gt;dpkg&lt;/a&gt; issues, at all. Why do we have an extra tag, when these topics have their own tags?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.083" LastActivityDate="2014-10-23T22:20:20.233" Title="Why aren't all the [dependencies] tagged question tagged with dpkg/apt?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12154" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12155" CreationDate="2014-10-23T18:55:29.100" Score="2" ViewCount="73" Body="&lt;p&gt;My question is in regards to this question: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/540665/packet-traversal-through-ubuntu-kernel&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/540665/packet-traversal-through-ubuntu-kernel&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a question about the nitty-gritty underpinnings of the linux kernel. While, technically, related to Ubuntu it's not really Ubuntu-specific. &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/6841/which-stackexchange-website-is-the-best-for-general-non-programming-linux-questi&quot;&gt;this question on meta&lt;/a&gt; leads me to think the proper place is  not here but on unix.se instead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="284690" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.227" LastActivityDate="2014-10-26T17:39:16.643" Title="Are questions about the finer points of the linux kernel on topic?" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12155" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12154" CreationDate="2014-10-23T19:36:58.643" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;A whole ton of things that are roughly related to the Ubuntu project (including software it includes and development on it) are explicitly on-topic here. Your &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/6841/which-stackexchange-website-is-the-best-for-general-non-programming-linux-questi&quot;&gt;example meta question&lt;/a&gt; is looking for the &lt;em&gt;best&lt;/em&gt; place for generic questions. That's quite a different question than asking if something is on-topic or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question is quite broad though. It wants a blow-by-blow of Linux networking; something you'd usually suggest somebody read a book or two about. It is &lt;em&gt;probably&lt;/em&gt; answerable at a high level by somebody who &lt;em&gt;really&lt;/em&gt; knows their Kernel networking.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Short answer, it's probably on topic but possibly not the best fit for the Q&amp;amp;A format. I'm perfectly happy to let time sort this out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2014-10-23T19:36:58.643" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12156" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12153" CreationDate="2014-10-23T22:14:14.997" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Not all the questions in tagged with dependencies are about package dependencies. I know this isn't the point you're trying to make here, but a fair few of these are just build and runtime library dependencies. In that light, I have edited the description on &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/dependencies&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;dependencies&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;dependencies&lt;/a&gt; so it isn't just about apt or dpkg.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The old description was clearly just too discrete for how the tag is actually being used.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So after this, all the questions that are about apt dependencies, should be tagged with both tags. Or, you know, we can edit war until we all run out of bandwidth.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2014-10-23T22:20:20.233" LastActivityDate="2014-10-23T22:20:20.233" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12157" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12158" CreationDate="2014-10-24T09:06:25.797" Score="12" ViewCount="231" Body="&lt;p&gt;I came across a good question the other day and I would like to answer it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, somebody else already answered it (and has received upvotes). However, the answer is very general and does not give specifics on what to do. It is correct and is the same as my method.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should I add my own detailed and specific answer or just edit the existing answer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm leaning more towards editing the existing answer, but I want to know if this is the right thing to do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-10-25T01:24:51.107" LastActivityDate="2014-11-07T09:33:49.080" Title="What should I do when answering a question that has already been answered correctly?" Tags="|discussion|answers|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12158" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12157" CreationDate="2014-10-24T09:44:28.597" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;If your proposed answer adds constructively to (and differs enough from) the existing content, either:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;go ahead and post an answer, irrespective of whether the existing answer is upvoted, accepted, etc., or&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;ask the OP to add the things you'd like to have in the answer, and if they can't, or didn't after a reasonable time, add your answer.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What I'd do in such a case is comment first. I know editing to improve answers is the way of life in SE, but making large scale changes to another's answer makes me uncomfortable, especially since my edits won't go through review. If the OP then gives me the go-ahead, then I make the edit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I should stress that this is an opinion. I have had some of answers go through substantial improvement, in one case by the poster of the question, improvement that I have welcomed. In some cases I have resisted change, if the resulting answer might become too unwieldy. I personally prefer different answers addressing different viewpoints, even if they present the same method.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;@hbdgaf is spot-on in that minor changes should be edits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="158442" LastEditDate="2014-10-24T13:06:40.190" LastActivityDate="2014-10-24T13:06:40.190" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12159" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12113" CreationDate="2014-10-24T11:38:57.137" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;As a relative newbie, I'd like to offer some feedback relating to my experiences so far. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have found the site very useful and would have liked to upvote the questions and answers that helped me, but for the seemingly vicious circle of &quot;you can only take part if you have rep, you get rep by taking part&quot;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I eventually had a question that did not appear to have been asked, so I asked it. Very shortly afterwards, someone pointed out it was very similar to two other questions (which I think highlights that the search facility isn't all that brilliant). However, I was asked to leave the question as it was worded better than the others, and I finally got some rep points! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It must have gone to my head, because I then spotted an unanswered question on a subject that I've had a lot of experience in, and jumped in. I thought I was posting a comment but it turned out I'd added an actual answer. Immediate downvote, no explanation, although I guess it was because the question itself turned out to be a duplicate, and a somewhat vague one at that. A mod kindly changed my answer into a comment and explained that I couldn't comment as I didn't have enough rep. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe I should have looked more carefully at what I was doing, but it's certainly made me more cautious about answering any other questions. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, what do I think of Ask Ubuntu?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Overall niceness&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;I'd say it was generally a nice and friendly place, and certainly more so than some other sites. That's largely based on how I see the users interacting with each other; my own experience is mixed.  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rudeness and belittling language&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;Can't say I've seen any, although some answers/comments can tend to have a 'being told off by the headmaster' tone to them. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Being welcoming, patient and assuming good intentions&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;I totally understand why it's in place, but the rep points system does make you feel like an outsider in a member's only club, which is not especially welcoming. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Not being jerks (name-calling, bigotry, inappropriate language, harassment)&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;Not seen any at all, so 10/10 for that one. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As don.joey has already mentioned, it does require some sort of mental shift to use a site like this properly when you're used to a discussion forum. But that's something for the users to deal with, not the site itself. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="304825" LastEditorUserId="158442" LastEditDate="2014-10-24T14:21:01.157" LastActivityDate="2014-10-24T14:21:01.157" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12160" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-10-24T16:11:21.010" Score="17" ViewCount="358" Body="&lt;p&gt;Recently I have noticed, both as a user and a moderator, a good number of questions either being closed as end-of-life or as a development release when they probably don’t need to be. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just a few examples:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/534044/error-32-bit-linux-android-emulator-binaries-are-deprecated-when-attemping-to-r/&quot;&gt;ERROR: 32-bit Linux Android emulator binaries are DEPRECATED when attemping to run the Android emulator&lt;/a&gt; The OP is running an End of Life Ubuntu release, but the question itself has nothing to do with that fact, any Ubuntu release could experience this problem, it simply stems from the fact that they are running a 32bit operating system. To this end I added an answer detailing a solution and added a comment explaining why I didn’t close the post.  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/528116/why-did-my-highlights-turn-pink-in-xubuntu-14-10&quot;&gt;Why did my highlights turn pink in Xubuntu 14.10?&lt;/a&gt; This question is about a development release (at the time of this writing), but it isn’t a problem or feature that will be fixed or changed before the actual release happens, nor is it a bug (although someone &lt;a href=&quot;https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xubuntu-default-settings/+bug/1373280&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;did file one&lt;/a&gt;). It was also asked within a few weeks of Utopic’s official release, but still got 4 close votes and was almost closed.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After pondering over this a bit I realized one problem that contributes to this issue is the close reasons themselves. In my opinion the wording of both the EoL and Bug/Development release close reasons is overly broad. We understood them at the time they were written, but time hasn’t been too generous to them and they’ve widened out substantially since first introduced.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To this end I suggest we edit both of the aforementioned reasons to be more specific, in line with the actual site policies, something around this: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This question is specific to an &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;end of life&lt;/strong&gt; Ubuntu release&lt;/a&gt; . These are no longer supported and therefore off-topic here. To upgrade, see &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/91815/how-to-install-software-or-upgrade-from-old-unsupported-release&quot;&gt;How to install software or upgrade from and old, unsupported, release&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bug reports&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;problems specific to development versions of Ubuntu&lt;/strong&gt; should be &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/5121/how-do-i-report-a-bug&quot;&gt;reported on Launchpad&lt;/a&gt; so that developers can see, track, and fix these issues.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note the “specific to” part.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hopefully this will help clear up any confusion about what questions genuinely need these close reasons and which ones could probably just use an edit (or sometimes just being left alone completely).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why is this even an issue?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For several reasons. Not only is this costing us precious review time (Oli &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/11703/how-to-know-which-questions-should-be-closed-a-reprise&quot;&gt;goes over review time math in another post&lt;/a&gt;), but in the end I don’t believe it helps the site any. Many of these questions are good and useful posts and by closing them we’re sending them towards the dustbin, which doesn’t further the goals of the site: to help people with their problems while generating a collection of useful content for later generations. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What do you think? If you have even better wording for the reasons I’d especially like to hear it!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2014-11-18T17:39:59.960" Title="Let's refine and clarify our off-topic close reasons" Tags="|discussion|status-completed|close-reasons|scope|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12161" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12160" CreationDate="2014-10-24T19:40:18.970" Score="-3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I disagree. My first response to an EOL question will always be to vote-close as off-topic it for being EOL, or as a dupe to the old-releases question, &lt;em&gt;unless someone conclusively proves that&lt;/em&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The question is independent of release&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;NO answer is specific to that release&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Upgrading to a supported release will not solve the issue&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In particular, consider &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/534044/error-32-bit-linux-android-emulator-binaries-are-deprecated-when-attemping-to-r/#comment730478_534044&quot;&gt;Eliah Kagan's comment&lt;/a&gt; in your first example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;... this is in the minority of new questions about a problem in an EoL release where (a) we know the answer is release-independent, and (b) both the question and the answer (because they involve a common activity with a non-obvious pitfall) seem like they may be of especially high value to others. This could be edited to generalize it to all releases ...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, say the poster has a problem with $EOL_RELEASE. Let them post it. If they, or someone else, shows that it also happens on $SUPPORTED_RELEASE, we can simply reword the question to make it on-topic. If they can't, close vote or perhaps migrate to U&amp;amp;L.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And your second example is a non-problem, so it's already covered by the current wording. It's more curiosity than anything else. If someone asked a question about the reasons behind the migration to &lt;code&gt;systemd&lt;/code&gt;, I wouldn't close it, since it is &lt;em&gt;not a problem&lt;/em&gt;. (It might be too broad, though.) No change needed here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My main issue with this proposal is this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;The proposed wording shifts the burden of proof from the poster to the reviewer, whereas I want it to be solidly on the poster.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The current wording is fine by me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the poster really wants help, let them post on &lt;a href=&quot;http://unix.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;Unix &amp;amp; Linux&lt;/a&gt;, where we have no restriction on releases, and where quite a few of us are also active. We have a set of topics on-topic here, and EOL/development release problems are not in that set.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-10-24T20:27:32.947" CommentCount="15" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12162" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-10-25T04:17:26.790" Score="4" ViewCount="224" Body="&lt;p&gt;I know that this is Ubuntu but it is debian based and I'm not really using Ubuntu. Where can I go for general debian questions? Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="342092" OwnerDisplayName="Douglas G. Allen" LastActivityDate="2014-10-25T08:10:13.210" Title="Does Stack Exchange have a similar topic for debian linux?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12164" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12162" CreationDate="2014-10-25T05:13:48.130" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;Questions about other linux systems go to &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;https://unix.stackexchange.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;Please see the help on on-topic questions&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Questions that you should avoid:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Linux Mint, Elementary OS, Backtrack, Gnome-Remix (prior to 13.04) and&#xA;  other Linux distributions (try our friends at &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;Unix &amp;amp; Linux Stack&#xA;  Exchange&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:37:19.280" LastActivityDate="2014-10-25T05:13:48.130" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12165" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12162" CreationDate="2014-10-25T08:10:13.210" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Aside from U&amp;amp;L, there is an ongoing proposal on Area51 for a separate Debian Stack Exchange. It is still in the definition stage, so go on and show your support: &lt;a href=&quot;http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/62467/debian&quot;&gt;http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/62467/debian&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2014-10-25T08:10:13.210" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12166" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12160" CreationDate="2014-10-25T12:10:01.357" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes! I think this is a great idea. Way too many perfectly valid questions are being closed by trigger happy reviewers simply because the OP happens to be using an older or newer version than we'd like. I think what you're proposing makes a lot of sense since it is just a tiny shift in emphasis and will make the intended scope of the close reasons clearer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, if I were to ask how to do X on the command line and had the misfortune of mentioning I am using a development version, my question would be closed and the wording of the close reasons would support that. However, the chances of any bash solution not working on a different Ubuntu version are slim to none. Yes, it might theoretically happen but most bash questions here are quite basic and would apply to any *nix system of the last 10 years or so. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I also disagree with this idea of &quot;shifting the responsibility&quot;. First of all, the onus of checking whether something should be closed has always been on the reviewer. With very few exceptions, the OP does not vote to close their own question. We don't, and can't, expect novice users to know enough about a subject to guess whether it would be specific to their particular Ubuntu version. That's always been up to us, the experts. If the user knew that, they often wouldn't have needed to ask a question in the first place. Heck, I've been using Linux for 15 years and I can't always tell either. While we can and do expect users to familiarize themselves with the site's scope and be on topic, expecting them to know whether a question is only applicable to a specific version is a bit much. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Seth is not suggesting any change to the site's scope, he is just saying that the scope should be more accurately reflected in the close reasons. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2014-10-25T12:10:01.357" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12167" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11988" CreationDate="2014-10-25T23:22:20.793" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;First lets go over some reasons for, and against, allowing EOL questions on the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Reasons &lt;em&gt;against&lt;/em&gt; allowing questions &lt;em&gt;specific&lt;/em&gt; to EOL releases:&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The only correct answer is to upgrade.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Non LTS releases are not meant to be used long term. Fixing whatever issue the user has might work for a short while, but soon they will have another issue, and then another, all because their release isn't support anymore. In the end, they probably should have upgraded at issue #1.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Honestly, if you don't care about the latest features, and don't need the hardware fixes in newer releases (most of these get backported to the latest LTS anyway) or don't like upgrading, you should really use an LTS release.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Installing newer software isn't usually possible, or is insanely complicated. Sometimes it even dumps you in dependency hell, of which you cannot escape without reinstalling.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This isn't always the case, but most of the time if it’s easy you won't need to ask a question. Again, if you don't like upgrading you should be using LTS.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Security concerns, as outlined in &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/11990/44179&quot;&gt;Oli's answer&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Hardware problems aren't going to be fixed, or aren't worth the effort trying to fix.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your hardware isn't supported, it isn't going to be, and fixing it is usually either impossible, or a lot more work than upgrading.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Bugs/issues aren't going to get fixed, or they already are fixed, in a newer release.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Trying to get a solution for glitches/hardware issues (similar to the above) and other generic bugs will not be backported to unsupported releases, asking questions about them will help &lt;em&gt;no one&lt;/em&gt;, including the OP.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;It staves off some questions that aren't likely to help other people anyway. We already get more questions than we can handle. Theoretically. Closing them might just cause more time and effort than allowing them. Valid points all around here.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;More?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Reasons &lt;em&gt;for&lt;/em&gt; allowing questions specific to EOL releases:&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It looks like we help more people, in the short run (see bullet one in the section above).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Answering questions specific to EOL releases might give the OP a short term fix to their problem, but like I pointed out in the section above, they will continue to run into issues and problems because their release is no longer supported.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;It causes less controversy.. (does it?)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Fewer things to close. Is that good? Maybe.. maybe not. After all, we're building a knowledge base here.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;But &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.islinuxaboutchoice.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Linux is about choice!&lt;/a&gt;  While Linux might be about choice in the sense that you can get the source for almost any componant and make whatever changes you like, that has no effect on using a really old release nor our decision to support it.  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;More?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does that sound biased? That's probably because it is. I have tried really hard to think allowing these questions is a good idea, but the more I think about it, the harder I find it. Now don't stop reading yet.. I am still willing to think about revising the policy, but first I’d like some solid examples of where the site would benefit by answering these questions, or just some questions &lt;em&gt;specific&lt;/em&gt; to EoL releases that you feel needed a good answer other than “you need to upgrade”. Otherwise I don't really see any good reasons for changing this policy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A side note: I believe we, as a community, have gradually trailed off from the original intent of these close reasons into more broader paths where any question mentioning an end of life release gets OT close votes (actually, we've been trying to save questions that aren't specific to EoL versions for a long time now, but the close reasons don't say this). I don’t think this is what was intended when the close reasons were put into place and I feel it hurts the site in the long run.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I’ve proposed a good (at least I think it is good ;) partial solution to the problem, outlined in my meta post here: &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/12160/&quot;&gt;Let&amp;#39;s refine and clarify our off-topic close reasons&lt;/a&gt; I believe this covers the majority of your concerns right here, actually.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2014-10-25T23:22:20.793" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12169" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11860" CreationDate="2014-10-26T19:39:29.573" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;People with &gt;2k reputation are assumed to be familiar enough with the site and its topic to be able to edit posts directly. That's why there's no peer review. If you, as an experienced user, are not sure about an edit, &lt;em&gt;then don't make the edit&lt;/em&gt;!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you feel something should be peer reviewed, then you're probably not qualified to edit it. Since you can tell that it should be reviewed, you are qualified to recognize it so just walk away. Alternatively, leave a comment explaining your edit, something like &quot;Shouldn't foo be bar there?&quot; or bring it up in chat and ask someone else what they think.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2014-10-26T19:39:29.573" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12170" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-10-26T21:32:24.987" Score="1" ViewCount="54" Body="&lt;p&gt;As someone may notice my previous &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/12138/169736&quot;&gt;meta question&lt;/a&gt; asking to stopping to use the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/140246/how-do-i-resolve-unmet-dependencies-after-adding-a-ppa&quot;&gt;How do I resolve unmet dependencies after adding a PPA?&lt;/a&gt; question as duplicated target. I wrote some basic guidance about it, but people wants pointed solutions, anyone has any idea?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2014-10-26T21:52:20.970" Title="How to solve the long trail of apt dependencies questions?" Tags="|discussion|canonical-questions|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12171" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12170" CreationDate="2014-10-26T21:32:24.987" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sadly, creating a single or even a dozen of resources is not feasible, we would fall very short, here's why:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Each of the dependencies issues have easy solutions, if you have all the information and how to interpret them correctly. But you ask, then why not writing a canonical question that solve them? Well, mainly because you are trying to solve 30 to 40 possible scenarios (of the top of my head, there are more), multiplied by (and make sure you are had sat down) +60,000 package, and then multiplied by 3 depending of what the user wants to do (remove, install or upgrade), which gives us a great total of 5,400,000 of problems to solve. Nice isn't it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The scenarios include from, (missing|inconsistent|buggy) repositories, to (bad|buggy) packaging, to inconsistent state of the user system, to badly crafted PPA's, to impossible situations that the user wants to achieve. A myriad of them. There are other scenarios in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/144067/169736&quot;&gt;this answer too&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, the Stack Exchange model asks us when &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2011/01/the-wikipedia-of-long-tail-programming-questions/&quot;&gt;closing as duplicated&lt;/a&gt; &quot;If you’re going to close a user’s question as a duplicate, it has to be a real duplicate. [...] But it’s not OK to close it as a duplicate of a twenty-seven page guide to &lt;s&gt;netmasks&lt;/s&gt; dependencies issues solutions&quot;. This doesn't mean that there aren't duplicates, because there are, and very similar between them but can't apply the same solutions. I remember that I answered a question about the Sublime PPA where I found 6 duplicates and closed them pointing to my answer, included instructions about how to solve the problem from the user and maintainer point of view, and even sent a mail to such maintainer (I can't find the answer, neither the screen-shot to the email, for some reason). So, there could be duplicates and canonical questions, just not a few of them, but many, and &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/11/dr-strangedupe-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-duplication/&quot;&gt;it's fine&lt;/a&gt;. As long as they are specific and to the point each of them would be little troves of solutions to the people with such problems.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, realistic solutions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ask the asker for more information.&lt;/strong&gt; As I said above, every dependency issue is easy to fix once you have the information.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If it doesn't have enough information, lets close them.&lt;/strong&gt; This I've repeated on occasions, and I do repeat it again because it's important. A question without enough information isn't answerable in the apt world. Information is the key to solve each and every apt problem, without it, we are blind in the dark.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Reading carefully the messages/questions&lt;/strong&gt;. I've seen several questions which only point in common is the generic message &lt;code&gt;Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.&lt;/code&gt; Neither packages, nor other error messages are common. This line can be safely ignored, as it's a generic message whenever apt can't fulfill all the dependencies. As diagnostic information is, as good as &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/139587/41104&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, useless. Make sure to find the relevant information, which causes the &lt;em&gt;underlying issue&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Try to answer them&lt;/strong&gt;. Solving dependencies can be fun. Once you get the nag of it you will discover many nifty things that you took for granted and would help you to solve your own problems in the future.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Make them searchable&lt;/strong&gt;. One of the things I do, is retitling many of these questions writing the most relevant error message in the title. This way, when I'm searching for a duplicated I'm sure I would find them. Also, removing scruff from the post that can confuse search engines and distract from the main issue. Try to make them razor sharp. This will help in the long run.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't know what else we can do. If you have any other suggestion, or correction feel free to post it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:37:19.280" LastActivityDate="2014-10-26T21:32:24.987" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12172" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12170" CreationDate="2014-10-26T21:52:20.970" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is there a utility to show the depsolving tree?  That would be my answer.  Run tool XYZ and add the output to your question.  Then close it.  If they edit it in, re-open.  It trims chaff and helps people that actually want help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2014-10-26T21:52:20.970" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12173" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12160" CreationDate="2014-10-27T10:58:28.490" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Current ruling actually achieves only 2 things:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Newbies with previous version of Ubuntu feel like they had been shown at the door. This is especially rude in November and May.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Experienced users will omit or tell lie about ubuntu version. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If one thinks that non-supported ubuntu version is actually the culprit in &lt;em&gt;given&lt;/em&gt; question, he should flag it &lt;em&gt;and explain&lt;/em&gt; in comment why he thinks upgrading will fix it. For example &quot;This feature was implemented in Kde 4.11&quot; or something. On the other hand I know a dozen of bugs that are here since 2010 and still not fixed in Unicorn.  If another newbie runs into such bug, his question should be marked as duplicate (which points to solution).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14758" LastEditorUserId="14758" LastEditDate="2014-10-27T13:47:06.673" LastActivityDate="2014-10-27T13:47:06.673" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12174" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12175" CreationDate="2014-10-27T11:03:55.167" Score="14" ViewCount="197" Body="&lt;p&gt;I asked a question a while back on askubuntu: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/266867/ubuntu-12-04-lts-terminal-removed&quot;&gt;Removed several programs using &amp;quot;sudo apt-get purge wine\*&amp;quot;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which was recently marked as a duplicate of this question: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/527415/deleted-most-of-packages-using-apt-get-purge-package-how-i-get-them-back&quot;&gt;Deleted most of the packages using apt-get purge package\*; How can I get them back?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now the other question has been marked as a duplicate of my question. How does that happen? Isn't there a check for such cyclic duplicates?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="131889" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2014-10-27T11:32:15.023" Title="How does duplicate work?" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12175" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12174" CreationDate="2014-10-27T11:32:15.023" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Looking at the timeline, before yours was closed, somebody suggested a dupe in the other direction. I &lt;em&gt;think&lt;/em&gt; normally if your was already closed as a duplicate, it wouldn't allow this. But when it was finally closed, the part of the site that collects the duplicate messages, &lt;em&gt;didn't&lt;/em&gt; do a check. And silliness ensued.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'll re-dupe against the one question to make things easlier to understand for future people.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2014-10-27T11:32:15.023" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12176" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12177" CreationDate="2014-10-27T17:56:37.480" Score="1" ViewCount="22" Body="&lt;p&gt;For example, what if I want to see questions that have both tags: graphics and drivers. How do I do that? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or, how do I see only posts that have the &quot;graphics&quot; tag, &quot;drivers&quot; tag, and have an answer? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="341224" LastActivityDate="2014-10-27T18:36:57.803" Title="AskUbuntu: how do I filter in questions which have both tag1 and tag2?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12177" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12176" CreationDate="2014-10-27T18:36:57.803" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;A query like the following should work:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;[graphics] [drivers] answers:1&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;sub&gt;(I get about 500+ results.)&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;For more search options, check out &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/searching&quot;&gt;the help page on searching&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2014-10-27T18:36:57.803" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12178" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8123" CreationDate="2014-10-27T22:31:15.307" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;All good answers here, I happened to find out today that &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.kernel.org/category/contact-us.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;kernel.org&lt;/a&gt; links here in their &quot;contact us&quot; page, as well. Which seems more likely to explain the occasional kali, debian, fedora, etc question that crops up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="284690" LastActivityDate="2014-10-27T22:31:15.307" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12179" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2947" CreationDate="2014-10-28T20:27:10.167" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Thanks for bringing this up. I cannot reproduce the issue in the current build of our network sites. The layout for mobile has also changed considerably in the last 2 years. If you experience further issues please do not hesitate to report bugs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="304689" LastActivityDate="2014-10-28T20:27:10.167" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12182" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-10-31T08:41:41.483" Score="2" ViewCount="36" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was able to accept &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/543728/177437&quot;&gt;this answer&lt;/a&gt;, but I am unable to up vote or comment on it. When I click the &lt;em&gt;Add comment&lt;/em&gt; button I get the following message:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;User does not have permission to comment on this post&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I am reported as logged on (as so in various other SE sites). What is wrong?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="177437" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2014-10-31T09:02:03.010" Title="Unable to upvote or comment on answer" Tags="|support|bug|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12183" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6788" CreationDate="2014-10-31T10:21:57.287" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;blockquote design change. IMHO, it definitely needs a new design:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;blockquote design 1&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ine74.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;code&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;blockquote {&#xA;    .....&#xA;    border-top: 1px solid #CCCCCC;&#xA;    border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC;&#xA;    .....&#xA;}&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;blockquote design 2&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Bskbp.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;code&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;blockquote {&#xA;    .....&#xA;    border-left: 5px solid #CCCCCC;&#xA;    .....&#xA;}&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I find it better for my eyes to focus, with the borders!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="36315" LastEditorUserId="36315" LastEditDate="2014-12-04T13:26:06.943" LastActivityDate="2014-12-04T13:26:06.943" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12184" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6788" CreationDate="2014-10-31T10:28:14.347" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;No &lt;code&gt;box-shadow&lt;/code&gt; in &lt;code&gt;.container&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;before:&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Ysd6j.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;After:&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/JkXEJ.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Code&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;.container {&#xA;    .....&#xA;    box-shadow: 0 0 3px #aaa;&#xA;    ....&#xA;}&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="36315" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-10-31T10:28:14.347" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12186" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12188" CreationDate="2014-10-31T18:19:06.823" Score="4" ViewCount="102" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just re-edited an approved suggested edit, which made my answer wrong. Is there a better way to undo these things?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/338370&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/338370&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="141067" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2014-11-03T13:21:27.300" Title="Harmfull suggested edit got approved" Tags="|support|suggested-edits|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12187" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-10-31T18:12:20.493" Score="0" ViewCount="31" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just re-edited an approved suggested edit, which made my answer wrong.&#xA;Is there a better way to undo these things?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/338370&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/338370&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="141067" OwnerDisplayName="Bernd" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2014-10-31T18:34:33.033" Title="Harmfull suggested edit got approved" Tags="|support|suggested-edits|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ClosedDate="2014-10-31T18:56:27.583" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12188" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12186" CreationDate="2014-10-31T21:33:23.030" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;If somebody edits something incorrectly, roll it back. Perhaps leave a comment if you think it needs explaining.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If there was a failing in the system that's supposed to stop bad edits, do as you have and post on meta. I can see what they &lt;em&gt;thought&lt;/em&gt; they were doing (confusing &lt;code&gt;/home/&lt;/code&gt; with &lt;code&gt;$HOME&lt;/code&gt;) but the system failed here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's a shame that there was no custom reject reason given. If you're faced with something like that (which takes a little brainwork to unravel) &lt;strong&gt;spell it out&lt;/strong&gt; in your rejection reason so the next person doesn't have to wake up to work out what to do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'll ping a few people a few emails about being more careful. Thanks for raising this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2014-10-31T21:33:23.030" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12189" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12186" CreationDate="2014-10-31T23:06:15.987" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;As one of those who approved this edit, I thought &lt;code&gt;crs&lt;/code&gt; was the application folder. IIRC your answer (add &lt;code&gt;~/bin&lt;/code&gt; to &lt;code&gt;PATH&lt;/code&gt;) is already applied in the &lt;code&gt;.profile&lt;/code&gt; on a standard Ubuntu install.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2014-10-31T23:06:15.987" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12190" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12191" CreationDate="2014-11-01T20:33:59.927" Score="1" ViewCount="21" Body="&lt;p&gt;This isn't even worth bringing up in Meta, but if I don't point it out it's going to nag at me in the back of my mind.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Observe the following set of tags:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/live-usb&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;live-usb&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;live-usb&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/live-cd&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;live-cd&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;live-cd&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/livedvd&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;livedvd&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;livedvd&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If some helpful moderator could change the last tag to add a hyphen (&lt;code&gt;live-dvd&lt;/code&gt;), it would save some poor perfectionist needless strain.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="23496" LastActivityDate="2014-11-02T03:57:07.210" Title="Tiny tweak to the [livedvd] tag" Tags="|support|tags|retag-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12191" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12190" CreationDate="2014-11-02T03:57:07.210" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately we aren't allowed to &quot;tweak&quot; tags without creating a new one and synonymizing, but we're also not allowed to create tags that only differ by a hyphen so &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/11878/migration-of-tags-live-cd-livedvd&quot;&gt;Migration of tags (live-cd, livedvd)&lt;/a&gt; is your only hope ;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2014-11-02T03:57:07.210" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12192" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-11-03T03:06:23.967" Score="2" ViewCount="112" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm troubleshooting various issues with my Ubuntu system.  I've been asking them in the &lt;strong&gt;Ask Ubuntu&lt;/strong&gt; forum, but they haven't been getting a lot of attention.  That could easily be my fault for various reasons, but I wonder if I might have more success (due to more exposure to a larger audience) posting them on the &lt;strong&gt;Unix and Linux&lt;/strong&gt; site or the &lt;strong&gt;Super User&lt;/strong&gt; site.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What's the decision tree people should use?  If the question's scope applies to non-Ubuntu distributions, does it belong to the &lt;strong&gt;Unix and Linux&lt;/strong&gt; site?  I'd venture to say that the majority of questions asked in &lt;strong&gt;Ask Ubuntu&lt;/strong&gt; also apply to other distributions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a more generalized version of &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/6841/which-stackexchange-website-is-the-best-for-general-non-programming-linux-questi&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Per Jorge Castro's suggestion, here are links to the two questions that got me thinking about this:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/544251/troubleshooting-airplay-pulseaudio&quot;&gt;Airplay sink no longer visible in pulseaudio&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/544925/troubleshooting-pulseaudio-and-mpd&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;Failed to open audio output&amp;quot; error when trying to send audio from mpd to pulseaudio&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However I'm asking &lt;em&gt;this&lt;/em&gt; question in a more general context.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2728" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2014-11-03T15:55:20.607" Title="How to choose StackExchange site for a linux question" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12193" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-11-03T03:55:59.493" Score="0" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;Askubuntu tells me I'm at risk of getting blocked from asking any questions. I'd be grateful if the community would help me out with what i ask for, and if the question seems inappropriate, offer suggestions rather than closing it or marking it as inappropriate or unspecific and stuff.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="185114" LastActivityDate="2014-11-04T05:52:45.960" Title="At risk of getting blocked" Tags="|support|reputation|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12194" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12192" CreationDate="2014-11-03T04:02:30.447" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;AU gets more traffic than U&amp;amp;L&lt;strike&gt;, I think&lt;/strike&gt;&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;, but I'd say the major cause of your problems not getting attention are that they're in tough areas. I see &lt;code&gt;pulseaudio&lt;/code&gt; in a question, I tend to mentally block it. I have fought my battles with it and lost spectacularly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If the question's scope applies to non-Ubuntu distributions, does it belong to the Unix and Linux site?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not necessarily. If at least one of the platforms actually involved in the question is Ubuntu, and it does involve the OS in some way, you could make a case for it being on-topic here. There are exceptions. For example, if you have dual-booted Ubuntu and Mint, and want to get something on Mint working, that is off-topic here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You could try asking elsewhere, but if you do, remember to delete your questions here. Cross-posting on multiple SE sites is not welcome.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt; We do get more traffic: &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/sites#traffic&quot;&gt;http://stackexchange.com/sites#traffic&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;About 400k visits per day for AU as opposed to 168k for U&amp;amp;L. SU has a higher rate at 640k+/day and better answer rate (72% vs 66%). U&amp;amp;L has a much higher answer rate (82%), but IMO they, like SF, are stricter on question quality (not a problem in your case, I'd think). You could try on SU, but I'd think the experts on Linux are either here or on U&amp;amp;L (probably both, as I have seen a lot of familiar usernames in U&amp;amp;L in my brief forays there).&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="158442" LastEditDate="2014-11-03T06:01:57.353" LastActivityDate="2014-11-03T06:01:57.353" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12195" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12186" CreationDate="2014-11-03T13:21:27.300" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's clearly a mistake (I also approved the edit). Sorry I didn't pay enough attention to your post. Actually I edited the other answer after reviewing this suggested edit with the same proposal but in that case the edit was justified (&lt;code&gt;/home&lt;/code&gt; instead of &lt;code&gt;$HOME&lt;/code&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I made a confusion between both answers. Again I apologize for the noise. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="32239" LastActivityDate="2014-11-03T13:21:27.300" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12197" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12198" CreationDate="2014-11-03T19:15:00.387" Score="1" ViewCount="39" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was going through the &quot;first post&quot; review queue, and I came across this answer. I thought &quot;93 rep? No answers? Seems fishy&quot;. I looked at his profile, and he &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/169318/duck?tab=answers&amp;amp;sort=newest&quot;&gt;has answers dating back to Oct 15th.&lt;/a&gt; What's up with that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a side note, it looks like the answer has been deleted now, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/537517/disable-fade-in-fade-out-visual-effect-of-unity-greeter/537539#537539&quot;&gt;as the question in... question currently has no answers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Additionally, at the time of writing his profile says last seen 22 hours ago, but that answer was 5 hours ago.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/PRLdi.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="284690" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2014-11-04T14:47:46.980" Title="Review queue reporting false first answers?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12198" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12197" CreationDate="2014-11-04T00:49:10.563" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;It was a test. The answer &lt;em&gt;was&lt;/em&gt; a real answer, once upon a time, it has, however, since been deleted. As I did not perform the deletion I am not 100% sure as to the reason it was deleted, but I suspect it was because the post isn't an answer just a vague &quot;poke around here..&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The review system has used the post as an audit several times already.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2014-11-04T00:49:10.563" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12199" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12193" CreationDate="2014-11-04T05:52:45.960" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Based on this &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/258757/how-can-i-understand-why-am-i-receiving-a-warning-that-i-could-be-blocked&quot;&gt;Meta-SO&lt;/a&gt;, I decided to take a look at your other profiles. Currently you have:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;An &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/185114/anas-ismail-khan&quot;&gt;AU profile&lt;/a&gt; with:&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;One upvoted, open question&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;One on-hold question with zero score&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;One upvoted duplicate question&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;An &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/users/3700029/anas-ismail-khan&quot;&gt;SO profile&lt;/a&gt; with:&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;One highly downvoted (-3), closed question&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;An &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/users/72160/anas-ismail-khan&quot;&gt;U&amp;amp;L profile&lt;/a&gt; with:&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;One zero-score open question&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Overall your contribution hasn't been very positive. Just on the basis of score, you have a net score of -1. Quoting Shog9:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;That's not awful, but it's definitely not great either. If the trend continues, you're gonna end up blocked. So, we warn you ahead of time so that you can do something about it: fix your previous questions and ask better questions in the future.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-05-23T12:39:54.233" LastActivityDate="2014-11-04T05:52:45.960" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12200" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-11-04T09:20:52.677" Score="1" ViewCount="54" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/0YIzi.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why -50 rep users no have permission to add a comment under answers after opening bounty by himself/herself? For example a user with 50 rep opened a &lt;strong&gt;50 Bounty&lt;/strong&gt; for a question and in 99.99% reasons because he/she has a similar issue and he/she is looking for an answer, now one answer is coming and the user now has &lt;strong&gt;0 reputation&lt;/strong&gt; and he/she CAN NOT add a comment there to tell the OP's answer if has new issue with the answer of him or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why they are not allowed to add a comment while they receive a flag on their Inbox? Why the site not allow them? any fix expected. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="283843" LastActivityDate="2014-11-04T09:29:26.980" Title="Allow to &quot;Add a comment&quot; for users that opened a bounty on a question" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12201" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12200" CreationDate="2014-11-04T09:29:26.980" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you are talking about starting a bounty on another user's question, the same reputation requirements are there for comments, that is to say:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it's not &lt;em&gt;their&lt;/em&gt; question, they still need 50 rep to comment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2014-11-04T09:29:26.980" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12202" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-11-04T16:08:18.823" Score="1" ViewCount="54" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yesterda, I wrote an answer under the following question: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/451805/screen-resolution-problem-with-ubuntu-14-04-and-virtualbox&quot;&gt;Screen Resolution Problem with Ubuntu 14.04 and VirtualBox&lt;/a&gt;, however my answer was meant for VMware. I just thought of dropping the answer under that question, assuming someone with similar problem in VMware will come by eventually (same as I did).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then, &lt;strong&gt;Sylvain Pineau&lt;/strong&gt; very reasonably suggested that I should ask a question and answer the same on my own. I couldn't do it yesterday as I was extremely busy at the time, but I did it today: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/545536/screen-resolution-problem-with-ubuntu-14-04-and-vmware&quot;&gt;Screen Resolution Problem with Ubuntu 14.04 and VMware&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Shortly after, I noticed that my answer was deleted by a moderator (i.e. &lt;strong&gt;Mitch&lt;/strong&gt;). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What's the point?  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Why did he do that? I had already provided an&#xA;explanation about what was going on.  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How about writing a comment&#xA;there, providing an explanation about why someone undertakes that&#xA;&quot;radical&quot; act?  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is that moderator-bullying?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="318873" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2014-11-04T16:30:27.927" Title="Why would a sane moderator delete an answer of a question without providing constructive feedback?" Tags="|discussion|deleted-answers|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12204" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12202" CreationDate="2014-11-04T16:30:27.927" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;The new answer (on the new question) was flagged as a duplicate of the old one. This is done automatically by the system and when it happens, at a glance it can look like a user is pepper-spraying the site with the same content. It really hates duplicate content.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What &lt;em&gt;we&lt;/em&gt; do when we handle flags can sometimes come down to muscle memory. I'll be the first to admit I make mistakes but almost everything we can break can be reversed. In cases where you suspect we've gone off the deep end, flagging the post for undeletion or posting here is usually a good way to get our collective attention.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this case, it looks like an unfortunate case of a bad-looking auto-flag and a mod making a mistake. Try not to take it too personally.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2014-11-04T16:30:27.927" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12208" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-11-05T13:13:23.437" Score="2" ViewCount="30" Body="&lt;p&gt;We have &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/.deb&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;.deb&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;.deb&lt;/a&gt; or was &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/deb&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;deb&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;deb&lt;/a&gt;, well, we have that. We have &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/package-management&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;package-management&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;package-management&lt;/a&gt; as well. Why do we need yet-another-tag without someone that can be actually be an expert of all aspect of the &quot;packages&quot; topic?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it useful for something? Can be alone in a question which another tag isn't more fitting?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2014-11-09T15:31:45.143" LastActivityDate="2014-11-09T15:31:45.143" Title="What is the [packages] tag useful for?" Tags="|discussion|status-completed|tags|burnination-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12209" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12208" CreationDate="2014-11-05T13:26:37.573" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yeah, I think we can safely roll &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/packages&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;packages&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;packages&lt;/a&gt; into &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/package-management&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;package-management&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;package-management&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are probably a few exceptions but I don't think there are many questions where package-management wouldn't apply. [To the wider meta audience] let me know if that sounds desirable or not and we'll make it happen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2014-11-05T13:26:37.573" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12210" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-11-05T13:30:42.360" Score="2" ViewCount="29" Body="&lt;p&gt;Updates can happen in almost any piece of software. Update this database (engine) or this database (entry). Update the (package) list or update the (file) list. It has very well-defined meaning but can be interpreted differently when different tags are applied in different contexts which isn't useful at all. Should we burninate?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2014-11-05T13:30:42.360" Title="Why do we have [updates]?" Tags="|discussion|tags|burnination-request|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12211" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-11-05T13:37:46.090" Score="14" ViewCount="156" Body="&lt;p&gt;This was a mistake. Resolution should have never been the main tag for all screen/display/monitor resolution issues. This is more evident when you get exactly 4 tags for all these issues, created by people that couldn't find the correct tag, or that the tag they found didn't make sense:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/screen-resolution&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;screen-resolution&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;screen-resolution&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/monitor-resolution&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;monitor-resolution&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;monitor-resolution&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/display-resolution&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;display-resolution&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;display-resolution&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/resolution&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;resolution&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;resolution&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/resolution&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;resolution&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;resolution&lt;/a&gt; name isn't self descriptive. Resolution of &lt;em&gt;what&lt;/em&gt;? World hunger? This should be named as any of the other three tags instead. I'm lending towards &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/display-resolution&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;display-resolution&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;display-resolution&lt;/a&gt; as main tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2015-06-27T16:14:53.080" LastActivityDate="2015-06-27T16:14:53.080" Title="Merge [resolution] into [something-resolution]" Tags="|discussion|status-completed|tag-merge|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12212" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12213" CreationDate="2014-11-05T17:32:34.413" Score="2" ViewCount="35" Body="&lt;p&gt;I answered this question: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/499943/cgi-bin-does-not-seem-to-be-set-up/500281#500281&quot;&gt;CGI-Bin does not seem to be set up&lt;/a&gt; and today I found this question: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/545938/how-to-set-up-cgi-bin-directories-for-virtual-host-set-up#comment748031_545938&quot;&gt;how to set up cgi-bin directories for virtual host set up?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I suggested to use that answer and OP said that it work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now I tried to flag as duplicate, but I can't, because that answer is neither accepted nor upvoted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I wonder what I should do. Should I answer this new question, hope that this new answer is accepted and than flag the old one as duplicate?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="290569" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2014-11-06T00:28:18.827" Title="What should I do If I can't flag as duplicate because answer is neither accepted nor upvoted?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12213" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12212" CreationDate="2014-11-06T00:28:18.827" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Do as you've done.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Leave a comment on the new question pointing at your older answer,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Draw attention to the new question: here in Meta, in our Chat room or even with actual moderator flags,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If people agree, you'll get a couple of votes and the new question will be closed off.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2014-11-06T00:28:18.827" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12214" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12215" CreationDate="2014-11-06T01:45:13.403" Score="2" ViewCount="53" Body="&lt;p&gt;I got caught by an &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/close/340119&quot;&gt;audit&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/543159/can-i-recover-a-deleted-file&quot;&gt;Can I recover a deleted file?&lt;/a&gt;. The question, while upvoted, high-quality, etc., was actually flagged duplicate, and had three votes in support when the audit happened. Now I don't mind failing the occasional audit (there are a few questions I will always vote to close no matter how often the audit system throws them at me), but why would the system take a question that's actually supposed to be in the queue and use it for auditing? Shouldn't those be exempted?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2014-11-06T05:12:02.253" Title="Questions with pending close votes in an audit" Tags="|bug|review-audits|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12215" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12214" CreationDate="2014-11-06T04:13:26.437" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, this is a confusing case, however looking at the timeline clears it up. The system created the audit 17 hours ago (at this writing) and it sat in the queue until you happen to get it in review. By that time there were already 3 close votes, hence the confusion.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You're probably thinking it should be removed once the post receives close votes, that thought passed through my mind too, but I suppose the overhead just isn't worth it.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know situations like this are annoying, but close queue audits are always tricky, it would be quite hard to make it otherwise; especially on a site with such a.. unique closing situation as Ask Ubuntu. As long as you aren't constantly failing audits it isn't a big deal ;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2014-11-06T05:12:02.253" LastActivityDate="2014-11-06T05:12:02.253" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12217" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12157" CreationDate="2014-11-07T09:33:49.080" Score="1" Body="&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If the answer you would have given is substantially the same as an existing answer, vote that answer up.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If the answer you would have given would be similar to an existing answer but would contain substantially more detail, create your own answer.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If the answer you would have given is different to the existing answers, create your own answer.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I wouldn't normally edit someone else's answer to add more detail. I'd edit someone else's answer if they made a typo or formatting error, a linking error, or a small error of fact that can be easily corrected.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note: this is not necessarily the same reasons I might edit a &lt;em&gt;question&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54256" LastActivityDate="2014-11-07T09:33:49.080" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12218" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12224" CreationDate="2014-11-07T18:56:55.440" Score="1" ViewCount="76" Body="&lt;p&gt;So recently I got a comment on one of my &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/376895/75166&quot;&gt;old answers&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I wrote the answer I didn't know too much about writing scopes in any programming language (I still don't). I did my research and posted my conclusions of my findings, with links and everything. Now this commenter comes by and says, that I am mistaken. That Canonical isn't trying to push C to program scopes as their premier language but C++. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I rechecked my sources and couldn't find any mention of C++. So I got back to the commenter and asked why he thinks it's C++ and not C. On this he made a general statement about what C and C++ is and isn't and changed my answer to support his view: that Canonical is push C++ programmed scopes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, I'd just change my answer back to my version and flag the comments as off-topic. But since this a 10k+ user I wanted to double check how to react. Also I found it strange that all of a sudden his two comments had gotten up-votes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't even care about C or C++, I want (my/the?) answer be as factually correct as possible. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thoughts?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75166" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2014-11-08T08:16:29.303" Title="Baffled by high-rep C vs. C++ axe-grinding. How should I react?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12219" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12222" CreationDate="2014-11-07T18:58:45.043" Score="4" ViewCount="51" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just curious:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I checked my behaviour on upvoting / downvoting; the rate is almost 30:1, which means I am not much of a downvoter. A few days ago however one of these rare occasions took place, and I was prepared to be &quot;knocked out&quot; by the loss of no less than 1 point reputation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, up to now, it has not had any effect; my reputation still ends with 8 or 3, would have been 7 or 2 now. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this an error in the system or is there another reason?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastActivityDate="2014-11-07T19:09:29.687" Title="Downvote without consequences?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12220" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12218" CreationDate="2014-11-07T19:06:37.427" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;It seems that my sources weren't precise and that the high-rep commenter raised my axe-grinding flags for nothing :P&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75166" LastEditorUserId="75166" LastEditDate="2014-11-07T19:32:53.787" LastActivityDate="2014-11-07T19:32:53.787" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12221" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12218" CreationDate="2014-11-07T19:09:24.970" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't have an axe to grind. I edited your answer because it wasn't accurate, and at the time you wrote it you didn't understand the difference. It crossed my screen for some reason, I honestly don't remember why. Probably related to the recent scopes competition (read as I didn't single you out for no reason). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, I didn't edit David Planella's answer, which you referenced because he said the words C**. That indicates that he understands the difference and will make a future reader ask themselves what he meant. You did no such thing, so I did the edit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;I put in chat for peer review, so you're welcome to come there for some debate if you're honestly concerned.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/376633/why-cant-i-find-any-tutorial-for-unity-scope-and-python-for-ubuntu-13-10/376895#comment749395_376895&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2014-11-07T19:20:30.720" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12222" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12219" CreationDate="2014-11-07T19:09:29.687" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are no rep consequences on voting on questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastActivityDate="2014-11-07T19:09:29.687" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12223" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12218" CreationDate="2014-11-07T19:11:00.947" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/CZlJs.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/9tvdc.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastActivityDate="2014-11-07T19:11:00.947" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12224" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12218" CreationDate="2014-11-07T19:26:32.013" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ok, so it seems the &lt;em&gt;original&lt;/em&gt; plan was to port scopes to C, but later the plan changed to C++ and the original answer didn't get updated. Fast forward to now and the API is all C++. Your answer came up around a scopes discussion in chat regarding the &lt;a href=&quot;http://developer.ubuntu.com/2014/10/scope-development-competition/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;scope development competition&lt;/a&gt;. Since all of the API was written in C++ your answer was assumed to be off slightly, someone added a comment to this effect.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When they checked out your source a formatting confusion made it look like it said &lt;em&gt;C**&lt;/em&gt;, which was reasonably taken to mean a generalization, hence your answer was edited.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because of this confusion I talked to David Planella in IRC and he has &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/310670/44179&quot;&gt;updated the answer&lt;/a&gt; to reflect the current situation. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately several misunderstandings made this look somewhat sketchy (factual wise), but those have all been cleared up so we should all be good :) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Apologies for the confusion!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2014-11-07T19:26:32.013" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12226" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12228" CreationDate="2014-11-08T18:40:01.870" Score="0" ViewCount="42" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been trying to help by answering some people problems.&#xA;Why are some of my answers to people post converted to comments?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="346526" OwnerDisplayName="msramalho" LastActivityDate="2014-11-08T20:01:01.340" Title="Anwers converted to comments" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12227" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12211" CreationDate="2014-11-08T19:39:53.513" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I prefer &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/screen-resolution&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;screen-resolution&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;screen-resolution&lt;/a&gt; for reasons related to how multihead works nowadays.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;X11, the protocol underlying graphics in Ubuntu until it switches to Mir, defines a &quot;screen&quot; as a single surface that has a resolution and a &quot;display&quot; as the set of screens managed by an X server. (See &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/multihead&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&quot;multihead&quot; in another distro's wiki&lt;/a&gt;.) Thus my netbook has one &quot;display&quot; that consists of two &quot;screens&quot;: the internal one (whose &quot;resolution&quot; is 1024x600) and the VGA output (1024x768). If the screens are side-by-side, the display might not even be rectangular. The only relevant meaning for &quot;display resolution&quot; that I can think of is the size of a screenshot covering all the screens that make a display, or possibly with pre-xrandr multihead (Xinerama) that combined all plugged-in monitors into a single X11 screen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I'd assume that most should be retagged to either &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/screen-resolution&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;screen-resolution&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;screen-resolution&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/xrandr&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;xrandr&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;xrandr&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="232993" LastActivityDate="2014-11-08T19:39:53.513" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12228" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12226" CreationDate="2014-11-08T19:51:23.863" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just pasting a link and saying &quot;Have you tried this&quot; is &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/547267/trouble-running-executable-files-on-ubuntu/547272#comment749829_547267&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/547267/trouble-running-executable-files-on-ubuntu/547272#comment749829_547267&lt;/a&gt; &amp;lt; not an answer&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/547267/trouble-running-executable-files-on-ubuntu/547272#comment749830_547272&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/547267/trouble-running-executable-files-on-ubuntu/547272#comment749830_547272&lt;/a&gt; &amp;lt; not an answer&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/443192/huawei-usb-stick-ec169-not-connecting-on-ubuntu-10-10#comment749810_443192&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/443192/huawei-usb-stick-ec169-not-connecting-on-ubuntu-10-10#comment749810_443192&lt;/a&gt; &amp;lt; not an answer, If you find a question that seems duplicated use the &quot;flag&quot; to indicate that a question may have a duplicate on the question you find.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/523801/mts-mblaze-huawei-ec-315-ubuntu-14-04#comment749818_523801&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/523801/mts-mblaze-huawei-ec-315-ubuntu-14-04#comment749818_523801&lt;/a&gt; &amp;lt; same with this&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/547272/47291&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/a/547272/47291&lt;/a&gt; &amp;lt; closer, but still not an answer, or an extremely bad one...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/52054/is-it-yet-possible-to-use-facebook-video-chat-without-a-vm#comment749289_52054&quot;&gt;Is it yet possible to use Facebook video chat without a VM?&lt;/a&gt; &amp;lt; not an answer, not even close&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/547274/47291&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/a/547274/47291&lt;/a&gt; &amp;lt; &quot;Maybe this will help&quot;? No... it probably won't if the user doesn’t even know how.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To sum it up, Answers are resevered for Complete answers - Not just a link, not asking for clarification either.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are unclear on what an &quot;Answer&quot; is, take a look around the site and see which answers get upvotes:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/40351/47291&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/a/40351/47291&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/7484/47291&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/a/7484/47291&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/40781/47291&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/a/40781/47291&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/142808/47291&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/a/142808/47291&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, what do these have in common?&#xA;Some things that help:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Screenshots&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Step by step instructions&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Supplemtry links (note that all the information needed to solve is in the post, only used as sources, or &lt;em&gt;further reading&lt;/em&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/how-to-answer&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/help/how-to-answer&lt;/a&gt; A good place to start&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and in the &quot;it is not an answer&quot; flag description:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This was posted as an answer, but it does not attempt to answer the&#xA;  question. It should possibly be an edit, a comment, another question,&#xA;  or deleted altogether.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2014-11-08T20:01:01.340" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12229" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12230" CreationDate="2014-11-08T22:07:24.667" Score="0" ViewCount="53" Body="&lt;p&gt;Why this question: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/546159/script-bash-comparison-on-two-directories&quot;&gt;Script Bash - Comparison on two directories [on hold]&lt;/a&gt; is off-topic? It is a question on bash. Rather it may be a duplicate of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/546408/bash-script-operations-on-two-directories&quot;&gt;Script Bash - Comparison on two directories&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are plenty of question like this one that are not off-topic, for example: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/529270/how-can-i-delete-numbered-files-in-a-given-range&quot;&gt;How can I delete numbered files in a given range?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, is this a mistake? If not, which kind of question about bash are off-topic? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="290569" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2014-11-08T22:21:56.047" Title="Why this question is off-topic?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12230" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12229" CreationDate="2014-11-08T22:21:56.047" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's not &quot;off-topic&quot; but it isn't a good question either, Voters should have selected &quot;Too Broad&quot; as Seth said on the other question &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/546408/bash-script-operations-on-two-directories#comment748771_546408&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/546408/bash-script-operations-on-two-directories#comment748771_546408&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The too broad wording:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;There are either too many possible answers, or good answers would be&#xA;  too long for this format. Please add details to narrow the answer set&#xA;  or to isolate an issue that can be answered in a few paragraphs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also any answer would need to code for the person from scratch, we are not a coding service.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also the wording of his request, leads us to believe that he copy and pasted a homework assignment, and we won't do his homework for him either. &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/6520/what-do-we-do-with-homework-like-questions&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/6520/what-do-we-do-with-homework-like-questions&lt;/a&gt; So, I'm willing just to leave those questions closed like they are since they are terrible anyway, and unless a mod wants to fix the reason it would be counterproductive to try and reopen a question that should be closed anyway.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And we don't vote to close as duplicates to things that are already closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2014-11-08T22:21:56.047" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12233" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-11-10T09:39:39.080" Score="1" ViewCount="36" Body="&lt;p&gt;Consider I visited a question and which looks going to close, Also voted to close, then Should I avoid posting answer to that question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Example you can see that &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/547786/256099&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; question is closed (at present on hold) as primarily opinion-based and I also voted to close that but I've also at same time posted &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/547793/256099&quot;&gt;answer&lt;/a&gt; (which looks low quality and rater commenting).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am not particularly asking about my that answer but &lt;strong&gt;in general&lt;/strong&gt; (In spite of I can answer a question well,) Should I &lt;strong&gt;avoid&lt;/strong&gt; to post an answer while voting to close and also question is about to (going to) close/hold?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Need help for expected behavior from my side.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="256099" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2014-11-10T14:20:39.007" Title="Should I avoid to post answer on question going to close?" Tags="|discussion|moderation|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12234" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12233" CreationDate="2014-11-10T10:02:37.130" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a user of AskUbuntu regulating the site comes first. We should strive to make Ask Ubuntu the &quot;first place to go with no other contestants ever reaching our standards&quot; for anything related to official releases of Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That also includes helping out making life for moderators easy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That topic to me spells &quot;flamewar&quot; and I would only post there whilst wearing flame retardant clothing. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2014-11-10T14:20:39.007" LastActivityDate="2014-11-10T14:20:39.007" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12235" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-11-10T10:11:13.187" Score="3" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;I noticed a post that had the &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;marked as duplicate by:...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But the &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Possible Duplicate:&#xA;.....&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;in the question wasn't there, at first I thought it was a bug, but another user informed me that it was removed in an edit. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That surprised me that a user just can edit out or &lt;code&gt;Rollback to Revision X&lt;/code&gt;, to an earlier time. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My suggestion: make the: &lt;code&gt;Possible Duplicate:...&lt;/code&gt; stamp in the answer uneditable. Only by mods or one with a high enough reputation! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/231512/36315&quot;&gt;Photoshop Installation in 10.10&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;EDIT&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The user rolled it back again:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/231512/36315&quot;&gt;Photoshop Installation in 10.10&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I informed the user to stop rolling back, and re-added the duplicate stamp. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="36315" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2014-11-10T10:29:34.223" Title="Make the 'Possible Duplicate:' uneditable by normal users" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12236" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12235" CreationDate="2014-11-10T10:23:27.720" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is actually in our gift to resolve.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Either &quot;prod a mod&quot; to reopen - close with the dupe link and edit out the old dupe text or alternatively, gather your forces together - say in the general room - to find like minded fellow members to force a reopen and then close&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this case - I've gone ahead and used the mod supervote open and close.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14356" LastActivityDate="2014-11-10T10:23:27.720" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12237" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12239" CreationDate="2014-11-10T13:59:53.953" Score="16" ViewCount="279" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to discuss already answered question. Is there any place to discuss it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="328582" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2014-11-10T14:22:11.557" LastActivityDate="2020-06-26T19:17:24.200" Title="Is there any place to discuss already answered question on askubuntu or other stackexchange sites" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12238" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12237" CreationDate="2014-11-10T14:22:18.467" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you might know, we don't really do &lt;em&gt;discussions&lt;/em&gt; on the main Ask Ubuntu site, but there are places you can have them:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Ask Ubuntu Chat&lt;/a&gt; is a good place for post related discussion, but you'll need 20 rep to access it. Go edit a few questions!  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://discourse.ubuntu.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Discourse&lt;/a&gt; a great place to discuss things, questions or otherwise.  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;and then of course there is the &lt;a href=&quot;http://ubuntuforums.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Forums&lt;/a&gt;, another great place for discussions.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2014-11-10T14:41:45.620" LastActivityDate="2014-11-10T14:41:45.620" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12239" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12237" CreationDate="2014-11-10T14:22:38.727" Score="16" Body="&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/201/ask-ubuntu-general-room&quot;&gt;Ask Ubuntu chat&lt;/a&gt;. You need 20 reputation though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://discourse.ubuntu.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ubuntu discourse&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How's Ubuntu Discourse different from other sites?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu, the Ubuntu Forums, and project mailing lists are where we do our tech support. We recommend those sites for questions about how to configure and use Ubuntu. This is a place where you can share screenshots, talk about your favorite desktops and tools, and generally hang out with your Ubuntu friends in a friendly, relaxed environment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://ubuntuforums.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ubuntu forums&lt;/a&gt;. I would not visit the ubuntu forums unless you want to re-ask the question and re-discuss it (they probably will not accept a &amp;quot;look I read this on AU what do you think&amp;quot; type of discussion; you have to be more like as a new question with references to askubuntu).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastEditorUserId="480481" LastEditDate="2020-06-26T19:17:24.200" LastActivityDate="2020-06-26T19:17:24.200" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="12240" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12241" CreationDate="2014-11-11T12:08:09.547" Score="2" ViewCount="83" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is a particular font that I want to use. I don't know what it's called, but I can scan in an example. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is Ask Ubuntu the appropriate place to ask something like &quot;Is this font available for Ubuntu, and if so, how do I install it?&quot; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="304825" LastActivityDate="2014-11-11T12:50:05.763" Title="Is this a suitable question for Ask Ubuntu?" Tags="|discussion|font|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12241" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12240" CreationDate="2014-11-11T12:50:05.763" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are a few component questions here:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&quot;What is this font?&quot; — Probably off-topic.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&quot;What formats is this font available as?&quot; — Again, fairly off-topic and probably answered by the first question.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&quot;Does Ubuntu support this format of font?&quot; — On topic.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&quot;How do I install this font?&quot; — On topic.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On balance, the first half is probably more one for a design SE site (honestly not sure where is best) or even just &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;WhatTheFont&lt;/a&gt; for some self-help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then once you know what the font is available as, you could either look for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/191778/how-to-install-fonts-fast-and-easy&quot;&gt;questions about installing fonts&lt;/a&gt; or ask a new one about your particular font if it isn't a OTF or TTF font format.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2014-11-11T12:50:05.763" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12243" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-11-12T16:56:32.140" Score="0" ViewCount="35" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was back reviewing suggested edits after a long time when I noticed that the reasons provided for rejecting a edit have all changed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So are there some new guidelines as to what I am supposed to do?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Especially for edits that would prior be rejected as minor because they only changed tags and nothing else.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="184942" LastActivityDate="2014-11-12T17:20:58.477" Title="New guidelines for reviewing suggested edits" Tags="|discussion|review|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12244" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12243" CreationDate="2014-11-12T17:20:58.477" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;This was implemented network-wide. The rationale is explained in this meta.SE question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/149722/203101&quot;&gt;Approve as too minor&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Briefly:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If it's really too minor, reviewers should demonstrate that by providing a not-minor edit. If the reviewer opts to build upon the edit instead of starting over from the current revision, then it isn't too minor!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, improve the edit if it can be improved and reject if it doesn't help at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2014-11-12T17:20:58.477" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12246" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-11-14T19:31:26.510" Score="7" ViewCount="895" Body="&lt;p&gt;Now this is my first time on Ask Ubuntu meta, but I thought to start a discussion on this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I had a discussion with some windows users about Linux and Ubuntu. And one of the main reason they didn't like it is because whenever they tried to solve a problem by googling and ending on Ask Ubuntu, they got sent to the terminal and write some commands they don't understand. Most of the times the commands work, but that isn't the problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Wouldn't it be better to try to answer question with GUI solutions? I know this isn't always possible, but wouldn't this be better for the user and other users coming from Google?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="34385" LastEditorUserId="81372" LastEditDate="2014-11-26T08:47:14.667" LastActivityDate="2014-11-28T07:34:53.433" Title="Wouldn't it be better to help users without sending them to the terminal?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="12" CommentCount="12" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12247" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12246" CreationDate="2014-11-15T02:25:35.900" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Well it's not like Windows doesn't have a powerful shell too (pun intended). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Both platforms have evolved. Just a certain group of users don't have. I doubt that average users who have familiarised themselves with the concepts of app stores and hardened security have such strong feelings and experience issues that way as users who like to think of themselves as being very proficient while hesitating or refusing to learn something new do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Windows users still disabling the UAC and manually installing a lot of drivers instead of using Windows Update are strange from my point of view. These are the typical very vocal users that usually trash their systems when starting with &quot;Linux&quot; the first day. Their mindset is usually their biggest problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, when there is a GUI solution available that is both accurate and easy to follow, then it should be preferred. However during troubleshooting being as accurate as possible and having terminal output/logs/dumps for analysis and documentation is more important. This isn't even specific to &quot;Linux&quot;, everyone suggesting solutions should do it like this and I don't see a big difference between navigating in a filesystem with a file manager or terminal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The alternative would be to use systems that don't require troubleshooting or not getting issues fixed at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="40581" LastActivityDate="2014-11-15T02:25:35.900" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12249" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12246" CreationDate="2014-11-18T18:26:14.430" Score="20" Body="&lt;p&gt;No - many aspects of Ubuntu now have GUI ways of doing things, but they can't do everything. Also, I think terminal solutions are always useful - they can often be quicker, and the result is usually reliable - it also usually gives useful output about what it is doing, not just a progress bar and perhaps an error popup. The best thing to do is give the commands that can be used, &lt;em&gt;and then explain them.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br&gt; For instance, don't just give:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Run:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;sudo apt-get purge libqt4-designer:i386&#xA;sudo apt-get autoremove&#xA;sudo apt-get autoclean&#xA;sudo apt-get clean&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Add some/LOTS of explanation:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Run:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;sudo apt-get remove --purge libqt4-designer:i386&#xA;sudo apt-get autoremove&#xA;sudo apt-get clean&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This will remove the 32bit version of &lt;code&gt;libqt4-designer&lt;/code&gt;. Then &lt;code&gt;apt-get autoremove&lt;/code&gt; is used to remove packages that were automatically installed to satisfy dependencies &lt;em&gt;(things needed for those packages to work)&lt;/em&gt; for other packages, and are now no longer needed. &lt;code&gt;apt-get clean&lt;/code&gt; .... &lt;code&gt;sudo&lt;/code&gt; is required for root access ... etc&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  ...&lt;br&gt; Look at the manual page &lt;a href=&quot;http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/precise/man8/apt-get.8.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;man apt-get&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/a&gt; for more information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also give appropriate warnings about what the commands can do (this can also apply to other people's answers you see around the site - e.g. &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/12049/178596&quot;&gt;What do we do about answers which propose to introduce a blatant security risk?&lt;/a&gt;), any sources used for the commands, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note: with commands like &lt;code&gt;apt-get&lt;/code&gt;, don't add options like &lt;code&gt;-y&lt;/code&gt; to the command so the user is not prompted - allow the user the choice to whether it does the thing or not. It is also useful if the command goes horribly wrong, and needs to be stopped before it does something stupid...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="178596" LastActivityDate="2014-11-18T18:26:14.430" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12250" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-11-19T11:38:08.307" Score="3" ViewCount="42" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm trying to award a bounty to an &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/550476/4512&quot;&gt;answer&lt;/a&gt; I received, but nothing happens when I click the button. I'm not sure if either of these factors might be responsible:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I'm currently in the 24 hour grace period after the bounty expired.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Though it was helpful, the answer doesn't solve my problem, so I haven't marked it as accepted (I have upvoted it).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should I be able to award this bounty? What can I do if the button doesn't work?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4512" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2014-11-21T14:17:29.400" Title="Award bounty button not working" Tags="|bug|bounty|user-interface|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12251" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12252" CreationDate="2014-11-19T13:51:23.853" Score="3" ViewCount="53" Body="&lt;p&gt;Bounties are a great way of bringing forward a question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But when one does not have huge reputation that can be tricky ...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I ask people with big reputation points for bounties to be put on a certain question, or is that frowned upon  - and I should confine to my own means?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user47206" LastActivityDate="2014-11-19T17:01:23.960" Title="Should I ask others to put bounties on my own questions?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12252" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12251" CreationDate="2014-11-19T14:44:50.910" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can offer bounties of 50,100,150,200,250,300,350,400,450 or 500 reputation. A user with 5k rep who is unwilling to spare even 1% of their reputation to get their own answer noticed is unlikely to engender much sympathy. How would you ask for this? By leaving a comment along the lines of this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I really need an answer but I'm not willing to part with any of my thousands of Useless Internet Points®, can someone else please offer a bounty for me?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I might understand this from someone who has very little rep but from a &gt;5k user!? That said, you can always ask someone you know in chat but I doubt that a user of your reputation begging for one will be well received by strangers. There is no explicit rule against it that I am aware of, I just think it is much likelier to backfire than to work. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Imagine someone begging for coins while playing with their 500$ smartphone. Would you consider giving them money?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2014-11-19T17:01:23.960" LastActivityDate="2014-11-19T17:01:23.960" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12253" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12250" CreationDate="2014-11-19T15:04:02.940" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Using Chromium 38.0.2125.111 I can't award the bounty, but I tried it in Firefox 33.0 on the same machine and it worked fine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4512" LastActivityDate="2014-11-19T15:04:02.940" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12254" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12032" CreationDate="2014-11-20T15:22:20.637" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think the answer below (originally &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/551652/85695&quot;&gt;this answer&lt;/a&gt; of yours) is a good example of why people don't upvote them. While I'm sure the script does what you say it does, you are giving 8 lines of Python code that need to be saved as a script and then run for something that can be done in a single &lt;code&gt;find&lt;/code&gt; command. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a general rule, giving scripts for things that can be solved with standard commands or simple one-liners feels like using a tank to kill a fly. It works but it is really not worth the effort. It reminds me of an answer I can't seem to find anymore where the answerer was bragging about having &quot;ninja'd&quot; for providing a C solution to a text parsing problem O_o. The thing probably worked but C for text parsing?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I feel kind of the same way with many of your answers which provide what I'm sure are good scripts but which are attempting to replace basic UNIX commands and so are serious overkill. I wouldn't downvote any of them and you are free to provide them if you enjoy it but if that's the kind of thing you like, you might have more fun on SO. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Kwq9q.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2014-11-20T22:18:04.947" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12255" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12257" CreationDate="2014-11-21T14:41:11.877" Score="0" ViewCount="62" Body="&lt;p&gt;While reviewing &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/551913/i-need-to-remount-hackintosh-disk-r-w&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/551913/i-need-to-remount-hackintosh-disk-r-w&lt;/a&gt; I was wondering whether we should create a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/hackintosh&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;hackintosh&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;hackintosh&lt;/a&gt; as synonym for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/mac&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;mac&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;mac&lt;/a&gt;. There are quite a number of questions with &quot;hackintosh&quot; in their title or text. Since I don't have enough points yet to have the privilege of creating a synonym myself I'm asking it here. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="23209" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2014-11-21T17:27:08.370" Title="Should we add the hackintosh tag as synonym for mac?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12256" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12255" CreationDate="2014-11-21T17:14:12.610" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are no others tagged hackintosh. It looks like the hackintosh tag doesn't even exist. Why create one just to synonymize it? If it appears naturally, certainly synonymize it, but until it does appear...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2014-11-21T17:14:12.610" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12257" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12255" CreationDate="2014-11-21T17:27:08.370" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The tag really doesn't have anything to do with Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Scenarios:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;User is using it. has problem with it - not about ubuntu.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;User is dual booting. just like any other dual boot, except with for the problems about it, which are not about ubuntu.&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Client is it, virtual machine is Ubuntu, treat just like mac.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Using a virtual machine with it, likely nothing to do with Ubuntu.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Plus since the &lt;em&gt;Legal&lt;/em&gt; or at least &lt;em&gt;Licensing agreement&lt;/em&gt; status of such a use is not allowed or at best &quot;murky&quot; &lt;strong&gt;IANAL&lt;/strong&gt; (I Am Not A Lawyer) Such questions are not a good fit for this site anyway.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastActivityDate="2014-11-21T17:27:08.370" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12258" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12246" CreationDate="2014-11-21T21:08:34.253" Score="60" Body="&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Terminal commands change &lt;strong&gt;much&lt;/strong&gt; less often. There are many problems for which the solutions haven't changed in decades, while we've seen practically several complete UI revolutions for Linux in that time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a problem Windows users face all too often (canonical (hah!) examples: start menu disappearance with Windows 8, ribbons in Office 2010(?), etc)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Many fixes which use the terminal &lt;em&gt;work in other distros&lt;/em&gt;. That means we have a much wider community to draw answers from. Someone with more experience can easily look up your problem on, for example, &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.archlinux.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Arch wiki&lt;/a&gt; (or any other of numerous Linux information nodes), and adapt it to Ubuntu with little to no effort, and vice versa with Ubuntu helping other distros indirectly. Many times have I found a solution to a problem on Ask Ubuntu while I was a Fedora user!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;With the CLI you don't have to wait for others to solve your problem with a GUI, but you (or someone &lt;em&gt;helping you&lt;/em&gt;) can craft your (their) own solutions.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The terminal is a &lt;strong&gt;single common interface&lt;/strong&gt;. You only have to familiarize yourself with it &lt;em&gt;once&lt;/em&gt; and it works the same &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;forever!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; while there are many different GUIs...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="61970" LastEditorUserId="61970" LastEditDate="2014-11-23T10:41:16.823" LastActivityDate="2014-11-23T10:41:16.823" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12259" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-11-22T23:27:07.130" Score="2" ViewCount="117" Body="&lt;p&gt;Are they (Ask Ubuntu and Ubuntu Forum) both belongs to Ubuntu.org?&#xA;Any guideline to put what type of questions on AskUbuntu or on UbuntuForum?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="351294" OwnerDisplayName="FrankL" LastActivityDate="2014-11-23T00:37:47.950" Title="Ask Ubuntu vs Ubuntu Forum" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12260" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12259" CreationDate="2014-11-23T00:37:47.950" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;AU is for a question with a specific answer or a problem that can be decomposed in to a specific number of questions with specific answers.  UF is for a problem that requires discussion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2014-11-23T00:37:47.950" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12261" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12246" CreationDate="2014-11-23T06:05:48.703" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The console is easy because you just copy and paste and it gets the job done. GUI however might not be stable (or even available) or like in most cases there is no graphical way of doing whatever needs to be done.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="55705" LastActivityDate="2014-11-23T06:05:48.703" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12262" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12325" CreationDate="2014-11-24T06:15:30.820" Score="1" ViewCount="102" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would like to propose a new StackExchange network feature: The Discussion Boards.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Every question would have a button: &lt;kbd&gt;Propose for Discussion&lt;/kbd&gt;. After five users (or one moderator) clicks this button, a special thread is created in a micro Discourse install. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This would allow users to discuss posts and similar in more of a forum-like environment. Basically, it's a better combination of comments and chat discussions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After a Discussion is voted into existence, it has 30 days to live. In these 30 days, users would be able to post things, talk about what worked, what didn't, etc. After the 30 days end, the thread is locked and the question is no longer able to be opened to a Forum. (Moderators will be able to re-open questions for discussion).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Users must have at least 100 reputation to use the forum, and must have at least 500 to vote to open a discussion. Moderators will be able to lock, delete, or otherwise do what they want to the threads. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There should also be a button called &lt;kbd&gt;Move to Answer&lt;/kbd&gt;. After five users click this button, the post in the forum is automatically moved to the Q/A thread as an answer. Moderators will be able to instant-migrate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Question askers will have a similar button: &lt;kbd&gt;Move to Answer and Accept&lt;/kbd&gt;. This button will convert the post to an answer and will also auto-mark it as accepted. This would be good for questions that are answered in a discussion board (ie a workaround).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These forums should be kept on-topic, and used only for discussing answers. Flags will be handled by a community moderator.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Community editing would be disabled, however moderators will still be able to do whatever.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Permission Table:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;|                                   | &amp;lt;100 Rep  | 100-499 Rep   | 500-9999 Rep  | 10k+ Rep  | Question OP   | ♦ Moderators  |&#xA;|--------------------------------   |---------- |-------------  |-------------- |---------- |-------------  |-------------- |&#xA;| Discussion Rules                  |           |               |               |           |               |               |&#xA;| Vote to Start Discussion          |           | +             | +             | +         |               | +             |&#xA;| Post in Discussion                |           | +             | +             | +         | +             | +             |&#xA;| Vote for Move2Answer              |           |               | +             | +         | +             |               |&#xA;| Move2Answer + Accept              |           |               |               |           | +             |               |&#xA;|                                   |           |               |               |           |               |               |&#xA;| Posting Rules                     |           |               |               |           |               |               |&#xA;| Post Links (&amp;lt;2)                   |           | +             | +             | +         | +             | +             |&#xA;| Post Links (2+)                   |           | +             | +             | +         | +             | +             |&#xA;| Post Images                       |           | +             | +             | +         | +             | +             |&#xA;| Edit Posts                        |           | Own           | Own           | +         | Own           | +             |&#xA;|                                   |           |               |               |           |               |               |&#xA;| Moderation Rules                  |           |               |               |           |               |               |&#xA;| Flag Posts                        |           | +             | +             | +         | +             |               |&#xA;| Lock Threads                      |           |               |               | Vote      | Vote          | +             |&#xA;| Delete Posts                      |           |               |               | Vote      |               | +             |&#xA;| Delete Threads                    |           |               |               |           |               | +             |&#xA;| Block Question from Discussion    |           |               |               |           |               | +             |&#xA;| Handle Flags                      |           |               |               | Limited   |               | +             |&#xA;| Force Start Discussion            |           |               |               |           |               | +             |&#xA;| Force Move2Answer                 |           |               |               |           |               | +             |&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastEditorUserId="208574" LastEditDate="2014-12-10T18:30:01.327" LastActivityDate="2014-12-11T16:00:20.817" Title="Discussion Board (Forum) for questions?" 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  <row Id="12263" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12246" CreationDate="2014-11-25T02:56:02.833" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;One cannot simply sudo in nautilus, or gnome.   Sudo is a safe one time use of root.   In any GUI you must root permanently.  Every terminal I've played with in Linux has given me unrestricted access to everything without the need to root permanently.  Gnome also tend to confuse people and limits you quite a bit.   Most items in the software store on gnome or even nautilus have a few programs compared to if you manually add the ppa.  Also Linux doesn't play lazy like windows. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="279988" LastActivityDate="2014-11-25T02:56:02.833" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12264" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12246" CreationDate="2014-11-25T17:07:34.640" Score="-8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, it would be better. If Ubuntu adopted this philosophy they would obtain greater market share and save users valuable time. While many experienced Linux users think new users &lt;em&gt;ought&lt;/em&gt; to learn terminal commands, this implies that most new users &lt;em&gt;can&lt;/em&gt; easily pick up this skill and do not have better things to do. If you think all users ought to learn to use the terminal, you have never tried to help someone learn to use a computer who was born before the invention of computers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Terminal commands are not an important life skill, they are a means to an end and most human beings have an easier time using a visual interface, i.e. a GUI (Graphical User Interface) that achieves that same end in considerably less time. Even if you think everyone should learn to program (debatable, especially for people who did not grow up using computers), the tasks most people want help with should not require that the user write a bash script. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are three key issues that impede Linux and Ubuntu from moving to more GUIs/ menu based help/problem solving. The first is that someone has to actually write the program for the GUI that displays menu options and executes the necessary commands in the background as a result of the user's menu choices. The second is that Ubuntu/Linux users, and particularly developers, are significantly above average in terms of their technical ability. Like any set of human beings, they overestimate the degree to which other people are like them. Thus, comments about how the terminal is &lt;em&gt;really&lt;/em&gt; easier. Linux software tends to be open source so developers do not have a profit incentive to make a product that caters to the average user, but instead develop more with themselves in mind (the person who wrote the program has no problem remembering the program's syntax and calling it from the terminal). Yet a more human friendly interface would save time (and thus money) for both novice users and professional programmers alike (feel free to disagree, but please turn off your desktop GUI before posting your disagreement via a script). Finally, Ubuntu does have a profit incentive, which is to make software easy enough to use that it is adopted but hard enough to use that businesses have to pay for customer support (the OS is free, after all). Help support via the terminal is useful to this end.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other answers point to the power to fix any problem in the terminal and the lack of GUI for many applications (i.e. some questions cannot currently be answered without terminal commands). While these answers are informative, these tend to rationalize the current state of Linux/Ubuntu (and provide advice for adjusting to that reality) rather than provide a direct answer to your question. To answer your question directly, yes, in an ideal world almost all of the average user's problems could and would be solved with a GUI and without reference to the terminal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="242873" LastEditorUserId="242873" LastEditDate="2014-11-25T19:03:55.153" LastActivityDate="2014-11-25T19:03:55.153" CommentCount="16" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12265" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12267" CreationDate="2014-11-25T18:12:47.993" Score="3" ViewCount="91" Body="&lt;p&gt;Why can I only post once every 20 minutes? I have not posted a question in that last twenty minutes, I've only posted one answer. Does this rule apply to all users or just new users? At a minimum the count for questions and answers should be separated and the dialog box should be clear whether it applies to all user or (as I suspect) only new users. If it applies only to new users, this might be a reasonable rule for asking multiple questions, but penalizes new users for providing answers. Because I answered a question the system is now blocking me from getting an answer to my own question. Futhermore, I &lt;em&gt;answered&lt;/em&gt; the question an hour ago. I only &lt;em&gt;edited&lt;/em&gt; that answer in the last twenty minutes. Finally, and truly bizarrely, while the answer was on ask ubuntu meta, it still will not let me post a question on ask ubuntu, but it allowed this question here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="242873" LastEditorUserId="1059" LastEditDate="2014-11-25T21:20:48.633" LastActivityDate="2014-11-25T21:20:48.633" Title="&quot;You can only post once every 20 minutes.&quot;" Tags="|support|new-users|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12266" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12265" CreationDate="2014-11-25T18:39:28.110" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Have the same problem. I guess somebody spams something, whatever, let's just wait out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First questions in weeks, maybe even months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="288033" LastActivityDate="2014-11-25T18:39:28.110" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12267" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12265" CreationDate="2014-11-25T21:16:54.393" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;It looks like you are using the same IP as a bunch of other people. At least one of them is suggesting edits that have been marked as spam. These are anonymous suggested edits, so it's not you or any other user on this site; just someone who shares your IP.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, we don't have an easy way to tell the difference between legitimate users and spam users from a particular IP except by reputation. Our automated checks occasionally catch new users who happen to be coming from the same IP as malicious users. So the only thing I can suggest is to wait it out or use another IP to log in.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="173605" LastActivityDate="2014-11-25T21:16:54.393" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12268" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12265" CreationDate="2014-11-25T21:18:33.707" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/164899/the-complete-rate-limiting-guide&quot;&gt;The Complete Rate-Limiting Guide on the main meta site&lt;/a&gt;, users with less than 125 reputation may only post a question every 20 minutes, and may only post an answer every 3 minutes. As far as I know, these limits are per site. In this case, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/126952/my-answer-was-posted-twice-despite-the-rate-limit-for-users-with-less-than-125&quot;&gt;the message should tell you which limits apply&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When you have low reputation (I think 40 is still low), if someone has been sending spam from your IP address, or if someone with a history of low-quality posts has been using your IP address for a while, you may be more restricted than normal. These limits are not documented precisely (to avoid spammers who post spam every X minutes by the clock).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm sorry, it does suck if you get caught in the backlash against a spammer, but the current spam filters have been very effective in eliminating a lot of manual cleanup work, so we can't do without them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do think that the filters shouldn't apply to you — you have a network account in good standing, and you'd have more than 100 rep here if you hadn't offered a bounty. The filters should probably not count bounties, or take the maximum reputation accross the network into account. Maybe it's too expensive to calculate a better number than the site reputation, however.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1059" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2014-11-25T21:18:33.707" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12269" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12246" CreationDate="2014-11-26T11:41:11.010" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'd like to add attention to three aspects - which might be seen by newcomers as &lt;em&gt;disadvantages&lt;/em&gt; to the Terminal method. These aspects can be mitigated by more experienced users but usually not by rookies.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;terminal commands have poorer &lt;em&gt;repeatability&lt;/em&gt;; that is, it's harder to remember a command you issues 6 months ago than walking through a GUI tool that you know contains what you want. That is, unless of course, you store your commands. But there are problems in this regard even for experts, for example see this &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9457233/unlimited-bash-history&quot;&gt;link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;terminal commands have poorer &lt;em&gt;undoability&lt;/em&gt;. Definitely easier to un/check a checkbox.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;terminal commands are &lt;em&gt;harder to associate with one another and harder to discover when you're not sure what you're looking for&lt;/em&gt;. A (well written) GUI tool can provide significantly more &amp;amp; quicker insight into the functionality of a program.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note: My answer is not meant to favor GUIs, I would actually recommend (almost) to anyone to get familiar with the terminal way of doing things. The time investment will be very, very well made.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So my point is, we should show newcomers how to mitigate these aspects.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="98930" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-05-23T12:39:54.233" LastActivityDate="2014-11-26T11:41:11.010" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12270" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12246" CreationDate="2014-11-26T16:12:07.523" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;A well written gui has this advantage:&#xA;It leads the user graphically to a solution.Sometimes even no prior knowledge is required.We advanced users usually call that 'magic'.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But a terminal has these advantages:It is fast,versatile and more precise.Or rather it is powerful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In an ideal world we would have an OS with both a great terminal and a great GUI that has the advantages of both.I hope that is the goal of Ubuntu and the whole Linux world.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="185140" LastActivityDate="2014-11-26T16:12:07.523" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12271" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12246" CreationDate="2014-11-27T02:26:58.133" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think sending people to the terminal is actual help, but the helping person high lighting part of the results that is wrong, will also educate someone as a future helper.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="238754" LastActivityDate="2014-11-27T02:26:58.133" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12272" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-11-27T05:32:43.473" Score="2" ViewCount="60" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is a strange problem happening to me. When I want to ask a question, a message saying “You can only post once every 20 minutes.” shows up. As far as I remember, what I did in the last 20 minutes is flag my own question due to low rating in stackoverflow.com.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this 20 minutes penalty applied across all Stack Exchange sites? That is, when you have asked a question in Stack Overflow you cannot ask in Ask Ubuntu for the next 20 minutes? And is the penalty applied not only for questions but also for flags and answers?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="66479" LastEditorUserId="52999" LastEditDate="2014-11-28T10:31:28.137" LastActivityDate="2014-11-28T10:31:28.137" Title="Is “You can only post once every 20 minutes.” applied for multiple site?" Tags="|support|asking-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12273" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-11-27T14:03:28.550" Score="4" ViewCount="74" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is me trying to scroll left and right on this code block (animated):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/LJ6l9.gif&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here are the still images:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/adq4P.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/7aJH4.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a copy of the problematic code block, which I first found in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/553671&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The problem appears to be the precise length of the code block (93 chars).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I resize it to 92 or 94 chars, it is fine:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/nUgeJ.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/yfvsj.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://youtu.be/gOFdb4_BWb0&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Screencast on YouTube&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My System:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ubuntu 14.04.1 with Chrome 39.0.2171.65 (latest)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Zoom levels of 75%, 90%, 100%, 110% (above that it creates a working scrollbar, below it removed the scrollbar entirely)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Screen: 1024x1280, 17.1&quot;, 43.37cm&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="186134" LastEditorUserId="186134" LastEditDate="2014-12-04T15:37:06.747" LastActivityDate="2014-12-04T15:37:06.747" Title="Scrolling code blocks glitch" Tags="|bug|code-formatting|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12274" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12272" CreationDate="2014-11-27T14:16:57.150" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The same rate limiting is applied per-site, for posting both questions and answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="52999" LastActivityDate="2014-11-27T14:16:57.150" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12275" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12246" CreationDate="2014-11-27T21:45:09.963" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Some of us grew up on DOS and LOGO.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One user's easy way is another user's headache. I can't stand using a GUI most of the time but then again my computer skills are built upon learning LOGO and DOS on an Apple ][e back in 1986 at parochial school.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't think it's necessary to learn command line but for me, it really helps to know how to type a few characters or combine a couple of words to get a job done. It's nothing more than a matter of user preference. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not to mention the fact that commands like &lt;code&gt;sudo&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;chmod&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;chown&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;ls&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;cd&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;..&lt;/code&gt;, and even &lt;code&gt;nano&lt;/code&gt;, just to name a few, don't only work on all linux distros but also bsd and even OSX.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="167115" LastEditorUserId="167115" LastEditDate="2014-11-28T07:34:53.433" LastActivityDate="2014-11-28T07:34:53.433" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12276" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8722" CreationDate="2014-11-28T00:18:47.850" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;One incredibly annoying behaviour of the editor shortcut is that it doesn't account for levels. If you try to embed code within a list, you'll need to add the indentation once more (and more times per level). So:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt; - some text&#xA;&#xA;    code&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Shows up as:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;some text&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;code&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can add it manually, but one trick is to indent the code, then in the first line of the block, add a character at the start of the line, and then indent it again:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;- some text&#xA;code&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Becomes:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;- some text&#xA;&#xA;    code&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;- some text&#xA;&#xA;a    code&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;- some text&#xA;&#xA;    a    code&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And finally delete that extra character.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Backticks work in lists, but backtick-quoted code blocks aren't as nicely formatted as the indented version.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2014-11-28T00:18:47.850" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12277" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12246" CreationDate="2014-11-28T01:21:31.347" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's a lot easier to help people across the Internet with a command line interface than with a graphical interface.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With a graphical interface, the two sides have to figure out what each other is telling them to do. Click on the icon that looks like, um, a gray thingy, maybe a &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/207420/the-new-top-bar-is-out-on-meta-consider-it-a-beta/207461#comment662122_207461&quot;&gt;square bra&lt;/a&gt;, oh, is that a letter tray? Anyway, it's the third from the left. No, wait, it's the fourth from the left, because there's an extra icon when you have multiple windows open.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With a command line interface: copy-paste this code. It's a lot easier to transcribe instructions for a CLI than for a GUI.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sure, we can use screenshots to describe a GUI. The two sides had better be using the same theme, the same window size and the same font size, otherwise things will look different, sometimes confusingly so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Command lines are easier to use, when you don't need to understand what the commands do. And they're more reproducible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another downside of screenshots use a lot more bandwidth. And they require more skill and more manipulation: copy-paste from a terminal is easier than taking a screenshot of the right part of the screen and figuring out how to upload it to the other party.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Additionally, error messages can be searched. Screenshots of error messages can't.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not saying that the command line is the answer to everything, or that everybody should use it. Obviously, if the purpose of a question is to teach somebody how to do something, the answer should use the asker's prefered interface. But if the purpose of a question is to fix a problem, going via the command line is often easier.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1059" LastActivityDate="2014-11-28T01:21:31.347" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12278" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12246" CreationDate="2014-11-28T04:52:28.180" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;To be honest, I think a focus on gui actually inhibits future users. Especially in the linux world.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I use Linux Mint. I get 90% of my tech support questions from ubuntu based sites because of the greater sized community. The gui is nothing similar. However, below that very superficial layer, linux mint and ubuntu are exceptionally similar. That means that if it works in ubuntu, it'll work in linux mint.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If everyone send out gui commands, suddenly I would need separate instructions for linux mint, and for that matter, users of lxde, xfce, peppermint, debian, ubuntu studio, etc, etc, etc. Now lets start on arch and their many derivatives, fedora... free bsd, open bsd... (don't get me started that some of these are desktop environments and others are actual separate distro's. you can have a kde and xfce and lxde in gnome or fedora or debian or ubuntu)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The terminal unites us, &lt;em&gt;it is a common layer&lt;/em&gt; between pretty much all *nixes and *bsd.&#xA;Sure, there are differences, package managers, boot up sequences and other differences (location and default setups of config files, etc) that will set you back a bit. But for the most part, it's pretty much the same (I'm sure there are distro proud people who will heartfully disagree with this). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for efficiency, it's true that the gui is faster... for new or barely proficient users. This isn't a smack against those people, everyone has to be new sometimes and for those barely proficient, that's often enough to get by.&#xA;But gui only limits your potential, your productivity and relevance to the future versions of whatever you're working on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If people are telling you different, my suspicion is they only have a rudimentary understanding of the terminal, have a limited imagination (using the terminal has inspired me to write some very clever commands to achieve goals impossible in gui) or are plain stuck in their ways that gui is the way to go because it's the way to go.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="342911" LastActivityDate="2014-11-28T04:52:28.180" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12279" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12280" CreationDate="2014-11-28T12:57:53.963" Score="3" ViewCount="48" Body="&lt;p&gt;In far most cases, 9 edits for the poster of an answer should be enough. In some cases however, there can be reasons to do an additional edit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/553547/72216&quot;&gt;this example&lt;/a&gt; I started with another answer and deleted it. Then I wrote the current answer. Writing an &quot;extra&quot; answer seemed an ugly thing to do, so I replaced the old answer. It turns out however that it will possibly need another edit to make it perfectly working.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Apart from the fact that I think it is a little early to &quot;disconnect&quot; the answer from its poster (me), it is not really the kind of post you'd like to wiki -ize on AU I think.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So my question is: is there an occasional escape to the 9 edits- limit and if so, what should be the way to achieve that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2014-11-28T14:07:53.570" Title="Is there an occasional escape to the 9 edits limit?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12280" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12279" CreationDate="2014-11-28T13:51:38.517" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;There &lt;em&gt;used&lt;/em&gt; to be a trigger that if you edited something lots it would automagically turn into a community wiki. This was unfair on people who put lots of effort into improving their own answers so &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/228947/144180&quot;&gt;this was removed&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We have &lt;strong&gt;disabled all forms of community wiki automatic conversions&lt;/strong&gt;, not just for answers but for questions as well. The feature was never really about encouraging substantive edits as much as it was about prevent abuse. And in fact it punished people who made not just substantive edits, but &lt;em&gt;lots&lt;/em&gt; of substantive edits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To handle the cases spoken about the abuse cases the system was originally meant to prevent, flags are now raised for moderator attention in the event of several edits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So we might get a flag come up but I wouldn't worry about it. The only time we really consider something CW-worthy is if many distinct people perform substantial edits on a post. Or somebody abusing the system to bump something up the front page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More than anything, remember that mods can also remove the CW status from a post so if you feel it's been applied incorrectly, just flag it up for us and explain what needs doing and why.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-11-28T14:07:53.570" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12281" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-11-30T14:06:48.490" Score="-11" ViewCount="146" Body="&lt;p&gt;If we put ads on the askubuntu, then some helpers, users that answering the questions as a volunteer; they earn some money.&#xA;This will make askubuntu hum i think.&#xA;What do you think?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="353416" OwnerDisplayName="bleancook.5" LastActivityDate="2014-12-01T16:19:44.427" Title="What about gaining money on askubuntu" Tags="|discussion|users|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12282" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12281" CreationDate="2014-11-30T14:22:56.257" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;Most users of Ask Ubuntu help other users not with the intention of earning money but to share their knowledge and experience. That is what makes us such a good community and I feel it is best if it remains that way. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="348400" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2014-11-30T16:06:42.163" LastActivityDate="2014-11-30T16:06:42.163" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12283" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12281" CreationDate="2014-11-30T18:28:41.027" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;This would set the wrong incentives and I believe that the founders of the StackExchange network didn't have in mind that someone would or should be able to make a living off of answering questions, which is usually the consequence of &quot;professionalizing&quot; speaking in terms of money. This would at some point also shut out &quot;non-professional&quot; users who don't have the whole time of the day available for this site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It could also bring up agencies promoting or organizing certain people/teams, similar to YouTube, (Pro-)Gaming and other things that have existed before. This is usually turns into a commercial downward spiral when not watched carefully. It would cause users to be more sloppy or not thinking outside of the box to find a solution for a problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also a lot of users come here because they read some outdated, misleading or incomplete guide on some blog that was set up with the motivation of making money or attracting attention instead of getting involved with the community.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While the cc-by-sa licensing allows for commercial use, that is &lt;em&gt;someone else&lt;/em&gt; already can make money with your answers, I think not only Germans have a saying that translates into something like &lt;em&gt;money breaks any friendship&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Speaking of ads, there have been several occasions where ads delivered malicious code to users. So on top of being nagged with ads, they also got malware that users who block such content didn't get.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may not know this, but this site isn't run but Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu,&#xA;it is provided by &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;Stack Exchange Inc.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="40581" LastEditorUserId="186134" LastEditDate="2014-12-01T16:19:44.427" LastActivityDate="2014-12-01T16:19:44.427" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12286" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1396" CreationDate="2014-12-02T17:25:03.900" Score="4" Body="&lt;h1&gt;50 rep + users:&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Click the &lt;code&gt;img&lt;/code&gt; button&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/gXye5.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do you want to add from the computer or from the web? Chose here:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/BIjh7.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/kXKHJ.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The image will be inserted:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/2qlLf.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My pronouns are He / Him&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="186134" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2019-10-15T20:32:52.187" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="12287" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12288" CreationDate="2014-12-03T06:02:57.533" Score="0" ViewCount="43" Body="&lt;p&gt;Usually ordering is on the basis of total score, with accepted answers pinned to the top unless the answer is by OP. Today on a couple of questions I have seen something else:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/509283/python-no-module-named-datetime&quot;&gt;Python: no module named datetime?&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Fa7bU.png&quot; alt=&quot;Today I&quot;&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There was one other question, which I can't find now, where this happened. It's as if the ordering is by age.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now I am seeing it in another question: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/87665/how-do-i-change-the-hostname-without-a-restart/&quot;&gt;How do I change the hostname without a restart?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/9h2Dj.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2014-12-03T16:24:26.747" Title="Possible bug in answer ordering" Tags="|bug|status-bydesign|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12288" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12287" CreationDate="2014-12-03T11:54:08.633" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Neither of those are sorted like that for me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Check your sorting choice (the bar at the top of the answers), it looks like you have it set to oldest first. Set it to Votes and it should behave as you'd expect.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/FKU5b.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2014-12-03T11:54:08.633" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12289" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-12-04T08:33:43.337" Score="0" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was wondering where the proper place for theoretical questions would be. &#xA;E.g. (a little noobish, but whatever) I wondered how it's possible for something to be closed source - why can't you either look at the file or look at what the programme is making the computer do, and reverse engineer the code? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="353180" LastActivityDate="2014-12-04T08:33:43.337" Title="Where can I ask theoretical questions?" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12290" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6788" CreationDate="2014-12-04T13:27:31.510" Score="0" Body="&lt;h1&gt;code(pre) design:&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/OP2kn.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;code&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;pre {&#xA;    .....&#xA;    border: 1px solid #cccccc;&#xA;    .....&#xA;}&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;IMO: it reads better with the borders!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="36315" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-12-04T13:27:31.510" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12291" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-12-04T15:50:52.270" Score="0" ViewCount="54" Body="&lt;p&gt;Are questions about in-development Ubuntu distributions off-topic or not?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="294611" LastEditorUserId="186134" LastEditDate="2014-12-04T20:38:58.037" LastActivityDate="2014-12-07T19:01:43.307" Title="Are questions about ubuntu 15.04 are off-topic?" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ClosedDate="2014-12-09T14:34:40.567" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12292" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12295" CreationDate="2014-12-04T20:43:51.987" Score="0" ViewCount="71" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is there anyone who has the privilege to delete someone else's comments ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think someone has deleted my comments on one of my questions...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="294611" LastEditorUserId="186134" LastEditDate="2014-12-07T09:57:32.237" LastActivityDate="2014-12-07T09:57:32.237" Title="Does anyone have the privileges to delete someone else's comments?" Tags="|discussion|comments|privileges|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12293" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12294" CreationDate="2014-12-04T20:58:24.780" Score="17" ViewCount="499" Body="&lt;p&gt;I typically edit before close voting / flagging / down voting because then I get to read thoroughly and see just how much effort they put in. In this case I did the same, then (mistakenly) close voted because I believed it was a duplicate. It wasn't but before I removed the vote the OP rolled back. I unrolled and then commented, asking. They explained and we sorted it out:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Mh1qT.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another time, the OP and I may not be able to sort it out to easily. How can I make sure to not let it get to revision 6, and to prevent a war happening? Should I not unroll? Because that would leave a bad post. But I don't want a war...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="186134" LastEditorUserId="208574" LastEditDate="2014-12-04T21:18:06.200" LastActivityDate="2014-12-09T14:04:56.830" Title="What should I do to avoid an edit war when someone rolls my edits back?" Tags="|discussion|support|editing|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12294" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12293" CreationDate="2014-12-04T23:44:44.223" Score="38" Body="&lt;h3&gt;Step 0. Don't get in an edit war.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The very &lt;em&gt;first&lt;/em&gt; time somebody deliberately rolls back your edit (I'm not talking about accidental overwriting), leave them a comment asking what's going on and explain your edit. If the edit is urgent push it again, if it's not, wait.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If they can't be reasoned with, flag it up and we'll take a look and take a firmer approach (with whomever needs it).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Chasing after each other is a great way to start a long-term animosity. Please don't do it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-12-04T23:44:44.223" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12295" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12292" CreationDate="2014-12-05T03:43:32.450" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Anyone can flag comments, and diamond moderators can take action if its appropriate (even without a flag). Sometimes they voluntarily clean up if the question and answer are complete and a long comment thread doesn't add anything new.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2014-12-05T03:43:32.450" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12296" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-12-05T12:02:20.923" Score="-7" ViewCount="127" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is a &lt;em&gt;proposal&lt;/em&gt; on &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/10841/how-should-duplicate-questions-be-handled&quot;&gt;changing this procedure&lt;/a&gt;...  We'll see where it gets. ;-)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Instead of &lt;em&gt;adding a comment&lt;/em&gt; mentioning it's a duplicate, &lt;em&gt;answer the question&lt;/em&gt; by referring the user to the duplicate &lt;em&gt;answer with a link&lt;/em&gt; &lt;strong&gt;and only then&lt;/strong&gt; flag the question as a duplicate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Why?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It takes (moderator) time to approve a duplicate flag and people trying to answer questions.  (I regularly see multiple &lt;em&gt;comments&lt;/em&gt; to say it's a duplicate)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Pros&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The OP has an &quot;answer&quot; immediately&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Other users hunting for unanswered question can see the question has an answer (gaining them time)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Less unanswered questions on the site&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cons&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The answer does not contain any additional &lt;em&gt;useful&lt;/em&gt; information&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Duplicate information (kinda, as it's supposed to link to the original answer)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any other pros or cons you see?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2014-12-07T22:55:27.170" Title="Proposal to Change Procedure to Flag Duplicate Answers" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12297" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12296" CreationDate="2014-12-05T16:09:34.833" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Con: answers that don't contribute anything to Ask Ubuntu, or to Stack Exchange in general. This site is not a forum.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If a question is a &lt;em&gt;possible&lt;/em&gt; duplicate, you have two options:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;flag it as a duplicate&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;provide an answer that covers the case where it is not a duplicate&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Nothing prevents you from doing both.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To paraphrase Dolores Umbridge:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Answering for answering's sake must be discouraged.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you don't know it's a duplicate, please, go ahead and answer. Perhaps your answer will contribute something new, in which case it could be merged into the original. If, in the process of answering, you find that it is a duplicate, but feel you can add something, continue to post your answer (preferably in the original).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also see this Meta Stack Exchange FAQ: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/10841/how-should-duplicate-questions-be-handled&quot;&gt;How should duplicate questions be handled?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2014-12-05T17:11:36.050" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12298" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12296" CreationDate="2014-12-05T16:57:36.093" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;When a post is marked as (possible) duplicate, it gets into review. When five reviewers confirm it is a duplicate, it is put on hold. Moderators &lt;em&gt;can&lt;/em&gt; put the post on hold directly, but usually it is &quot;processed&quot; through the review procedure, so no moderator's time is involved necessarily.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another thing is that &quot;answering&quot; a question, mentioning it is a duplicate, is not making it clearer. On the contrary; repeated information is &lt;em&gt;always&lt;/em&gt; a disadvantage, real duplicates should be answered on the original question, additional answers should be added to the original post as well. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A comment saying it is a (possible) duplicate is &lt;em&gt;much&lt;/em&gt; clearer than an answer, being only a reference to another answer. I don't see any pro's in that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="186134" LastEditDate="2014-12-07T10:04:09.583" LastActivityDate="2014-12-07T10:04:09.583" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12300" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-12-06T22:27:13.600" Score="-3" ViewCount="100" Body="&lt;p&gt;Are Qt questions on topic? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I ask because I get hassled for asking them, despite clearly being linked to Ubuntu, especially since unity is becoming pure Qt. I am very rarely hassled for QML questions, and on the occasion I was, FossFreedom told the closers to lay off.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can't find any definitive answers on Meta, so that is the reason I ask.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="253579" LastActivityDate="2014-12-07T04:55:24.127" Title="Are Qt questions on topic?" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12301" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12300" CreationDate="2014-12-06T23:09:31.853" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;See: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/10317/can-we-please-ban-unrelated-programming-questions&quot;&gt;Can we please ban unrelated programming questions?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;People still have different interpretations on what's relevant to Ubuntu and what isn't. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/555416/are-qstrings-mutable&quot;&gt;Your question there&lt;/a&gt;, was probably right on the line. It is more of a question about the language (or toolkit here) and not an Ubuntu feature in it... That's what sways people in development questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'll completely agree that this might not seem fair... We'll happily answer any question about an application just for &lt;em&gt;being&lt;/em&gt; in Ubuntu, so why is a toolkit any different?! But there you go... You're not always up against the rules, you're up against people's interpretations of the rules.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2014-12-06T23:23:39.143" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12302" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12300" CreationDate="2014-12-06T23:21:24.650" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just put down the shotgun and the shovel on programming questions.  It has been kicked around many times, and it's really too tiresome for many users to want to judge it on a case by case basis.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My 2 cents:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;We either allow programming questions or we don't.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;It's not worth my time to sift through what they're asking.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/557387/help-in-qt-for-beginners&quot;&gt;Just don't make the mitochlorions start killing my brain to spare me from reading your question&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;and&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/536135/how-to-use-the-c-c-code-to-change-ubuntus-background/&quot;&gt;Check SO before you ask&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;note:  Oli's answer got an upvote from me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2014-12-06T23:21:24.650" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12304" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12300" CreationDate="2014-12-07T04:55:24.127" Score="-5" Body="&lt;p&gt;We have an SE site called Programmers.  We need to flag it for Moderator as a migration to that site for ANY QT questions.  Since QT is a multi-platform API Library, it would be a considerable concept that it is off topic and has nothing to do with Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unless you actually are dealing with QT libraries in Ubuntu, it needs to get flagged and migrated over to Programmers SE.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="279988" LastActivityDate="2014-12-07T04:55:24.127" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12305" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-12-07T09:57:47.147" Score="1" ViewCount="60" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just realized that &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;kbd&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/kbd&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; tags don't work in comments (&lt;kbd&gt;KeyName&lt;/kbd&gt;). Is there a specific reason for that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="173287" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-12-09T01:19:35.457" LastActivityDate="2014-12-09T01:19:35.457" Title="Why are kbd tags disabled in comments?" Tags="|discussion|comments|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12306" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12305" CreationDate="2014-12-07T11:59:46.807" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Comments support fewer features because they are definitely &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/214173/why-do-i-need-50-reputation-to-comment-what-can-i-do-instead&quot;&gt;second class citizens&lt;/a&gt; in the Stack Exchange world.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2014-12-07T11:59:46.807" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12308" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12309" CreationDate="2014-12-08T05:57:25.377" Score="2" ViewCount="37" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-terminal/+bug/1100806&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-terminal/+bug/1100806&lt;/a&gt; links to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/244043/bash-and-getcwd-fails-in-a-nest-directory-with-a-dash-in-the-command-line#comment303051_244043&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/244043/bash-and-getcwd-fails-in-a-nest-directory-with-a-dash-in-the-command-line#comment303051_244043&lt;/a&gt; which however comes up as &quot;Removed for reasons of moderation&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any way to recover at least the gist of this page so that the bug report can be investigated?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25077" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2014-12-08T08:47:36.543" Title="Recover a removed page in order to investigate a bug report?" Tags="|support|moderation|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12309" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12308" CreationDate="2014-12-08T08:34:16.790" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since the question was closed and deleted as it was a bug report, I think it's alright to share what it was. I have saved that page as a PDF and uploaded to my Google Drive: &lt;a href=&quot;https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B3BkhpnXbs3RVXJ0dVFaXzJkUmc/edit?usp=docslist_api&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B3BkhpnXbs3RVXJ0dVFaXzJkUmc/edit?usp=docslist_api&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2014-12-08T08:34:16.790" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12310" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12308" CreationDate="2014-12-08T08:47:36.543" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;There's nothing in the deleted question that isn't in the bug report.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2014-12-08T08:47:36.543" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12311" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12312" CreationDate="2014-12-08T12:47:34.650" Score="0" ViewCount="42" Body="&lt;p&gt;I had a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/58814/how-do-i-add-environment-variables/557640#557640&quot;&gt;flag&lt;/a&gt; declined for this reason:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This answer does not add anything constructive to existing answers. – muru 22 hours ago   declined - flags should not be used to indicate technical inaccuracies, or an altogether wrong answer&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I understand, late answers which don't add anything constructive are deleted, and this answer does not add anything (&lt;code&gt;gksudo gedit /etc/environment&lt;/code&gt; is already present in the accepted answer). I used a moderator flag because a low-quality one was already declined. I believe I am right in flagging that answer. Do we no longer delete such answers?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2014-12-08T13:35:30.187" Title="Declined flag for new answer duplicating existing ones" Tags="|discussion|flagging|low-quality-posts|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12312" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12311" CreationDate="2014-12-08T13:35:30.187" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes we do - and should - delete answers that are a mirror of existing ones.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this case, the answer is actually an answer.  Its a step-by-step guide.  Important for a new person to understand.  Agreed, it may seemingly be superfluous to someone more confident with what the top answer has said in an abbreviated form.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The top answer - yes it conveys similar information.  But to my eyes, not in a user-friendly step-by-step guide.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why has it got negative votes - probably because of the reference to &quot;777&quot;.  There is no reason really why this answer could not just be tidied up by just removing this bit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Alternatively - we can thank the OP - drop a comment.  Add the step-by-step guide into the top answer and then we can clean-up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14356" LastActivityDate="2014-12-08T13:35:30.187" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12313" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12293" CreationDate="2014-12-08T13:38:48.027" Score="1" Body="&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Flag the question/answer and tell your partner in crime that you have flagged it. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Cool down, take a deep breath and don't forget this is a site with different opinions.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If neither of the preceding help you, open a question on meta.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="115155" LastEditorUserId="115155" LastEditDate="2014-12-09T14:04:56.830" LastActivityDate="2014-12-09T14:04:56.830" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12316" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-12-09T20:15:23.610" Score="1" ViewCount="49" Body="&lt;p&gt;How does one request tag cleanup for Questions like: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/558542/im-stuck-at-firefox-20-0&quot;&gt;I'm stuck at Firefox 20.0&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm asking this because karel's answer is correct.  Version 10.04 is way out of the supported life-cycle, and according to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/7457/eol-question-handling-discussion-again&quot;&gt;EOL Question Handling&lt;/a&gt;, in which I totally agree with Oli, what is the proper approach to ask forcefully that a user upgrade to a supported version without calling all poster's that are using EOL Software Total idiots.  It really aggravates me that Linux users think that just because &lt;em&gt;If it ain't broke, don't fix it&lt;/em&gt; doesn't mean you should give up software updates totally.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, since I cannot add one yet, I'd like to request a new tag &lt;strong&gt;/eol&lt;/strong&gt;.  I'm not trying to start a flaming discussion here, but if no one keeps the debate going, I have a strange feeling that AU will become nothing but a list of questions for EOL Software.  I don't mind leaving the questions open, but as a watcher/editor/moderator I'd like the ability to retag a question EOL.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="267913" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2014-12-10T08:14:28.330" Title="What's the Best Practice for Questions with obsolete versions?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12317" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12316" CreationDate="2014-12-09T20:59:32.617" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The reason we say, Update or else, is simply because Canonical no longer provides updates to anything not current or LTS labelled.  So, most of our information comes from either wiki or self had experience.  So if something breaks and your telling us its say Jacky Jantaloupe, its because you made a self made update which is really the same thing as getting spaghetti String code and being told to make it work in less than 3 days.  Many of the PPAs and Repositories also by that point are non functional.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="279988" LastActivityDate="2014-12-09T20:59:32.617" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12318" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12316" CreationDate="2014-12-09T21:17:40.590" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You don't have to be that forceful to get the point across. The facts are simple and stark. A 10.04 system hasn't received Firefox updates since March 2013 when 20.0 was released. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cvedetails.com/vulnerability-list/vendor_id-452/product_id-3264/version_id-145855/Mozilla-Firefox-20.0.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;That version has had 21 critical exploits discovered in it&lt;/a&gt;, most of them remote... In an application that's in constant contact with &quot;untrusted code&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;People always discuss what they'd do if they had a time machine. Lottery numbers, stock tips... I'd take a CVE database and a Linux laptop and have some real fun. Old software is an open door for hackers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But seriously, all you need to do is point out the age and that we can't support their choice to stay on such an old system. Flag, move on and let nature take its course. Their question being closed should highlight that we mean business.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2014-12-10T08:14:28.330" LastActivityDate="2014-12-10T08:14:28.330" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12319" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12320" CreationDate="2014-12-10T07:54:48.430" Score="-4" ViewCount="74" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was on SuperUser chat the other day, and they had an &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/-313/xkcd&quot;&gt;XKCD Bot&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can our chat have access to that bot? I'm sure a lot of AU users are followers of XKCD.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastActivityDate="2014-12-10T08:35:07.543" Title="Can we have an XKCD bot?" Tags="|feature-request|chat|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12320" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12319" CreationDate="2014-12-10T08:25:26.247" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm against adding non-relevant feeds.  It's a chat room, not an RSS reader.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2014-12-10T08:25:26.247" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12321" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12319" CreationDate="2014-12-10T08:35:07.543" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Seeing a new XKCD pop in might be fun, but since I recently had to ignore the UL bot/feed - I'm not sure Anyone - including myself needs to say &quot;Let's add some noise...&quot;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;note:  Oli's answer got a +1 from me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;additional note:  I note this when I post an answer, but I really back someone else's...  and I think mine can add something to the conversation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2014-12-10T08:35:07.543" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12322" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12262" CreationDate="2014-12-10T14:05:38.613" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Why not use &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntuforums.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.ubuntuforums.org/&lt;/a&gt; for this? I think the advantage of askubuntu is that it isn't a forum. I don't know, I haven't been here long enough to know if it's called for. But it seems like if something is interesting enough or needs further discussion you can post it on the ubuntu forums and just put a link on this website. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="355806" LastActivityDate="2014-12-10T14:05:38.613" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12323" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-12-10T16:25:25.850" Score="0" ViewCount="51" Body="&lt;p&gt;A new user responded to my &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/551222/ubuntu-on-an-asus-x205-subnotebook/555867#555867&quot;&gt;question on installing Ubuntu on an Asus X205&lt;/a&gt; with an answer about installing on a very similar, closely related, machine. This info is very useful and I did give him/her kudos but now the answer has been deleted. I would encourage the mods to restore that answer which I can no longer see.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please restore that answer. It is useful! I am the OP of the question. There is very little information about installing Ubuntu (or for that matter any Linux distro) on this breed of Bay Trail Intel Atom chips with a 32 bit UEFI (but a 64 bit capable CPU) and any useful information is very very welcome!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="36515" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2014-12-10T17:34:56.687" Title="Restoring a Deleted Answer" Tags="|support|answers|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12324" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12323" CreationDate="2014-12-10T16:38:16.713" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;OK,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The answer wasnt really an answer.  It was more of a comment sharing some further insight.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Since the poster only had 1 rep, they didn't have the right to post comments.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thus, I've converted it to a comment which in-turn deletes the answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14356" LastEditorUserId="186134" LastEditDate="2014-12-10T17:34:56.687" LastActivityDate="2014-12-10T17:34:56.687" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12325" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12262" CreationDate="2014-12-11T14:45:13.143" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I really wouldn't like to add another &quot;layer&quot; or &quot;level&quot; to what is happening here. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We have one core activity: asking/answering questions. You can pick questions that you find interesting or challenging for some reason. You read other questions and answers, learn a few things (a lot actually). That's it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We're all equal in that; you keep focused on the subject, and although you like the behavior of some users more than others, it's not that important as long as the story &lt;em&gt;outside ourselves&lt;/em&gt; is interesting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What happens if you add a discussion forum? It is almost unavoidable that &lt;em&gt;we&lt;/em&gt; become the subject. There will be people who participate in that (leaning towards social media) and people who don't (like me). The first split up is a fact. Some answers are the result of a group discussion (I doubt if that is an improvement), some are not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Remember answers as well as questions &lt;em&gt;are&lt;/em&gt; already being discussed and improved in a cooperative way, via comments and edits. In the open, visible and readable for everyone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="72216" LastEditDate="2014-12-11T16:00:20.817" LastActivityDate="2014-12-11T16:00:20.817" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12326" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-12-12T01:40:26.563" Score="-4" ViewCount="161" Body="&lt;p&gt;I mostly post on the main site but since this is about that site itself I decided this belonged on meta. I needed hep with upgrading to VMware Worstation 11 but Workstation said I needed drivers for OpenGL 3.2. I installed drivers from Intel, I wasn't sure which version was which version, but nothing helped, even with all the research, it upgraded everything but what I wanted it to. I had this PC since 2012, why would Intel drop it? I've heard they support a 5 year old graphics card... Also, can anyone tell me what's wrong with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/557154/does-ubuntu-have-support-drivers-for-my-graphics-card&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; post, as I clearly don't see why it's been abandoned and voted down. I'm not really popular with my questions as I have the Tumbleweed badge.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="245115" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2014-12-14T10:28:13.627" Title="Why are people voting down my good posts?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12327" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12326" CreationDate="2014-12-12T01:56:30.280" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;First off your formatting isnt something anyone wants to spend 15 minutes in fixing.  I have been down that road, it's not fun or amusing.  Second Intel drivers arn't needed.  I have Ubuntu working just as wonderful.  To be honest, a little sincerity goes a far distance when posting questions.  You also posted PC specs from another site, mainly a merchant site.  I am surprised your question hasn't been flagged yet.  It doesn't help your rep score is 145 either.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="279988" LastActivityDate="2014-12-12T01:56:30.280" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12328" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12326" CreationDate="2014-12-12T08:50:35.587" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;When I read &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/557154/does-ubuntu-have-support-drivers-for-my-graphics-card&quot;&gt;that&lt;/a&gt; post, I have trouble getting at what you're really asking.  Here's what I read:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I used this one Nvidia card one time.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Read these 50 lines to find out which card it was please.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;I'm throwing in this VMware error.  I won't tell you if it's because I'm trying to run Ubuntu in a VM on Windows or Windows in a VM on Ubuntu.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, could you just know what I'm asking then answer my hardware recommendation question? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Just a note:  if not for the VMware error message, it would have been duped to the one &quot;What hardware does Ubuntu support&quot; as is, it will probably get closed as unclear&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2014-12-12T08:50:35.587" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12329" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-12-12T14:22:57.980" Score="1" ViewCount="40" Body="&lt;p&gt;Trying to upload a picture in an answer to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/39849/47206&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; question, I cannot upload images&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/WmLfo.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;but I can add links to images.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The answer looks fine (although not yet finished) - here is a screenshot of how I see it:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Ucb9M.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;but when posting I get an error like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/6CuXe.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What could be the cause of this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user47206" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2014-12-12T14:30:07.533" Title="Error submitting answer?" Tags="|discussion|support|editing|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" ClosedDate="2014-12-30T20:38:30.023" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12330" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12326" CreationDate="2014-12-13T16:02:05.793" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Some people think answering questions is more difficult than asking. I think it is the other way around. Looking into the example in your post:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The worst thing you can do is to give a lot of information &lt;em&gt;before&lt;/em&gt; you even created the beginning of a framework to place it in. Only people who are desperate to understand what you mean will continue to read after the first section of your question. I wouldn't.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Those who &lt;em&gt;do&lt;/em&gt; continue to read, find out that at least half of the information they kept in their mind's &quot;RAM&quot; turns out to be irrelevant. After reading the whole question, it is still quite unclear what you're asking.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am not much of a downvoter, I didn't, and I am sure your question is sincere. When I would run into the question in review however, I am pretty sure I would vote to close, due to &quot;unclear what you're asking&quot;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I suggest you ask questions in a ordered format: clear title with a clear question &gt; clear framework of the question, making clear what information is relevant &gt; then &lt;em&gt;only&lt;/em&gt; that relevant information, without story- telling (no one needs to know you switched to NVIDIA, but then again you didn't).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="72216" LastEditDate="2014-12-14T10:28:13.627" LastActivityDate="2014-12-14T10:28:13.627" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12331" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-12-16T02:00:30.790" Score="0" ViewCount="66" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would like to be able to post a photo to my question, how can I work to raise my reputation so I can do this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="359083" OwnerDisplayName="This Guy Does Linux" LastActivityDate="2014-12-16T02:06:07.720" Title="Best way to raise reputation without spamming questions?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12332" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12331" CreationDate="2014-12-16T02:06:07.720" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just upload the images to a site like &lt;a href=&quot;http://imgur.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;imgur&lt;/a&gt; and provide links in your post. Someone with more reputation will edit them in. Taking the time to write you question well should get you a couple of upvotes, and with it the necessary reputation for next time :)  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that there is also a reputation based limit on the number of links you can have in one post, if you need to you can create a imgur &quot;album&quot; or put a few extra links in comments. Again, writing a good question in the first place should easily boost you over the limits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2014-12-16T02:06:07.720" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12333" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-12-16T14:44:54.470" Score="-2" ViewCount="68" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've moved answer from &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/562009/how-to-to-change-my-user-name&quot;&gt;topic on how to change user name&lt;/a&gt; with accepted answer, and some likes, to the original &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/34074/how-do-i-change-my-username&quot;&gt;one&lt;/a&gt;, but since theere was a gap in time between changing the earlier one, and answer to the original, I've got answer removed on the first topic. Please restore it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="309043" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2014-12-17T07:51:28.870" Title="Removed previously duplicate answer" Tags="|support|status-declined|deleted-answers|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12334" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12333" CreationDate="2014-12-16T15:51:13.363" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The reason we occasionally delete answers on duplicate-closed questions is that the system will automatically redirect people from Google to the fully-answered question. This has the obvious benefit that they get access to the best version of the question and its answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We don't do it all the time. Examples include answers that have very specific information for the asker (but it's duplicate nevertheless), or where a merge is suitable (and you're answer is moved over).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this particular case the deleted answer just points to your other answer. Leaving it there makes the newer question worse because it would stop an automatic redirect.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2014-12-17T07:51:28.870" LastActivityDate="2014-12-17T07:51:28.870" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12337" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-12-17T20:16:06.087" Score="0" ViewCount="41" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to flag a question which does not belong on Ask Ubuntu. So I go:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;it should be closed for another reason...&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;off-topic because...&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;but then:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;This is not about Ubuntu. Questions about other Linux distributions&#xA;can be asked on Unix &amp;amp; Linux, those about Windows on Super User,&#xA;those about Apple products on Ask Different and generic programming&#xA;questions on Stack Overflow.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;or&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;This question belongs on another site in the Stack Exchange network&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are like 120 Stack Exchange sites, so with a majority of the question I would be inclined to go for the last option because it does not belong on one of the mentioned sites but on an other Stack Exchange site.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;However, the last option is to migrate the question instead of closing, and this can only be done to Meta.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After a bit confusion you learn, but maybe we can alter the description a bit to avoid this confusion?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225099" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2014-12-17T20:19:35.553" LastActivityDate="2014-12-17T20:19:35.553" Title="Why don't we call migrate just migrate?" Tags="|support|migration|close-dialog|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12338" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12339" CreationDate="2014-12-18T19:54:49.827" Score="1" ViewCount="62" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have earned the &lt;code&gt;Fascinating&lt;/code&gt; hat on Stack Overflow a few hours ago. Then I choose to wear the hat. Now I went to Ask Ubuntu and noticed I have the had here too - and on many other sites I got it after clicking on it too. The funny thing is that Winter Bash tells me I only have the had on Stack Overflow and nowhere else:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/XeBqz.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it normal that I can wear hats that I only have on one site on all other sites too or is this a bug in Winter Bash?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="358587" LastActivityDate="2014-12-18T19:56:51.040" Title="Is there something wrong with the hats?" Tags="|support|winter-bash|hats|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12339" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12338" CreationDate="2014-12-18T19:56:51.040" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can wear hats globally, they just don't count towards the site specific leaderboards unless you earn them on that specific site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2014-12-18T19:56:51.040" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12340" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13423" CreationDate="2014-12-19T18:18:23.567" Score="2" ViewCount="149" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's been a month since AskUbuntu is not accessible from Iran. And I am interested to know why? I can access it through Tor which is not very convenient.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="222821" OwnerDisplayName="ali129" LastEditorUserId="283843" LastEditDate="2014-12-19T19:51:18.120" LastActivityDate="2015-01-13T10:11:55.057" Title="AskUbuntu is not accessible from Iran" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12343" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-12-19T21:25:03.373" Score="2" ViewCount="42" Body="&lt;p&gt;When I had 15 reputation on Ask Ubuntu I wanted to ask something on Meta; I went to Meta, but it said I only had 3 reputation so I could not ask questions. I went to Ask Ubuntu again, but my reputation was still 15.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;P.S.: After I waited a day, Meta displayed the correct reputation... ...but still, it's &lt;em&gt;really&lt;/em&gt; annoying!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="353829" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2014-12-19T21:38:45.420" LastActivityDate="2014-12-19T21:38:45.420" Title="Ask Ubuntu Meta and Ask Ubuntu Reputation is not Synchronized" Tags="|bug|status-bydesign|reputation|meta|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12344" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12343" CreationDate="2014-12-19T21:35:10.597" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The site and all of the network is built around getting groups of people together and keeping them around to exchange what they know with each other.  In the grand scheme of the network, not being able to ask a question on meta immediately after you sign up is probably &quot;bug status: by-design&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2014-12-19T21:35:10.597" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12345" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12353" CreationDate="2014-12-20T15:42:34.877" Score="1" ViewCount="39" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm looking into the log files and search for boot error messages. When I find an error I search it on the Internet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I don't find any solution, is it fine to ask a question about how to fix it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know that bug reports are off-topic on the site, but how far can I go into this side? Probably I don't know if the error is a bug of the platform or just a problem that I can fix getting instructions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="148451" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2014-12-25T20:09:21.817" LastActivityDate="2014-12-25T20:43:45.903" Title="Is it fine to ask questions about boot errors from log files?" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12346" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-12-21T05:39:33.333" Score="5" ViewCount="34" Body="&lt;p&gt;It messes up the inline flow. See what I mean below:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://puu.sh/dDfxQ.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://puu.sh/dDfyD.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can this be fixed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54683" LastEditorUserId="52999" LastEditDate="2014-12-22T16:22:24.210" LastActivityDate="2014-12-22T16:22:24.210" Title="Ask Ubuntu CSS Error: Bounty elements have margin-right offset on question view" Tags="|bug|design|css|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12348" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12369" CreationDate="2014-12-24T17:55:05.497" Score="2" ViewCount="129" Body="&lt;p&gt;Okey , I accept there may have been questions which were down voted but I have been trying my level best to re-gain the reputations Infact I have 120 reputations now. I really miss askubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is my &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/279276/yask&quot;&gt;profile link&lt;/a&gt; and some screenshots.&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/RUt8R.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Jd5BT.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="279276" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2015-01-01T01:33:58.467" Title="It's been more than 2 months and I am still blocked from being able to ask Questions" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12349" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-12-25T17:53:41.210" Score="2" ViewCount="75" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is systemd on or off topic here ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From the wiki page - &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/systemd#Warning.21_Experimental_code&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/systemd#Warning.21_Experimental_code&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Warning! Experimental code&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;systemd is under active development in Ubuntu although the rough plan would be to default to systemd during development of 15.04. If you want to help it's best to be running 15.04. (14.10 might be doable as well..)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would think 15.04 is ubuntu +1 and thus off topic as per the FAQ.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We getting tons of questions on this topic , see&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/565301/unable-to-install-systemd-on-ubuntu-14-04&quot;&gt;Unable to boot after installing systemd-services and changing the init parameter on boot&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And there is even &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/420917/how-can-i-replace-upstart-with-systemd&quot;&gt;How can I replace upstart with systemd?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="35795" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2014-12-25T20:07:38.197" Title="systemd on or off topic" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12350" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12349" CreationDate="2014-12-25T19:55:00.963" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'd say that's similar to custom compiled kernels or mainline kernels, which are off-topic as far as I am aware. At least that would make sense from the support perspective.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you said in one of the comments, there are other distributions available that have already integrated systemd and which would be more appropriate to study systemd.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I wouldn't say it's off-topic because it's Ubuntu+1, but a core software component that's not completely integrated and ready for and Ubuntu release. Users wanting to try out systemd, like users who want to try out Ubuntu+1, should get involved in bug reporting instead of posting here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Correct me if I'm wrong.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="40581" LastActivityDate="2014-12-25T19:55:00.963" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12351" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12349" CreationDate="2014-12-25T20:07:38.197" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have &lt;em&gt;no idea&lt;/em&gt; why they say that systemd is &quot;Experimental code&quot; when is considered stable enough to land in the next iteraction of Debian Jessie as their main init system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What it is &lt;em&gt;experimental&lt;/em&gt; is the integration of systemd with Ubuntu, or the use of the PPA instead of the main repositories, and even so, I have a functional systemd Ubuntu installation of Trusty with GDM/Gnome 3/Gnome Shell (upgraded from Raring), and haven´t found any partypooper problem &lt;em&gt;yet&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Bugs caused by the itteraction of systemd with Ubuntu, like trying to install two DM´s at the same time and both infunctional, is off topic, as they should be addresed by developers. Asking about how to use systemd, replace the system init provider from upstart to systemd, etc. are on topic, as they can be addressed by users and aren´t actual problems that are best served by developers intervention.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2014-12-25T20:07:38.197" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12352" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12356" CreationDate="2014-12-25T20:37:50.853" Score="0" ViewCount="36" Body="&lt;p&gt;Using the android app, I can't close, edit, or even use mod privileges at all.  Is that done for a reason, or is it a bug?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="59676" LastActivityDate="2014-12-26T14:40:04.797" Title="Android App doesn't give me all options" Tags="|discussion|android|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12353" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12345" CreationDate="2014-12-25T20:43:45.903" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think bodhi hit the nail in his comment:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;IMHO filing a bug report is preferable as it results in &lt;strong&gt;actual fixes which helps everyone&lt;/strong&gt;, so I tend to close them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If there´s a solution that gets rid of the problem from the bud, heck, report a bug! Not everything has to be in Ask Ubuntu, nor solved by Ask Ubuntu. Heck, I´m quite glad that a bug I solved &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/130779/41104&quot;&gt;answering a question&lt;/a&gt; was solved &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/130779/41104&quot;&gt;for everyone else&lt;/a&gt;. It stripped all usefulness of my answer, but in the long run, it was for the best, since nobody else will &lt;em&gt;ever&lt;/em&gt; face the same problem as OP.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Before asking a question, or answering one my first concern is: is possible that this problem can be solved before people even face it? If the answer for that is yes, then I would follow whatever is necessary to solve it, and asking a question in the site is rarely (I would say, never) the course of action for this propose.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, about &quot;boot logs errors&quot;, if your system don´t present a problem, I wouldn´t try to even &quot;fix&quot; them. There´s a culture for developers to ignore these messages because most of them are &quot;solve&quot; later on while booting, like loading drm/dri modules earlier using KMS prevents certain &quot;errors&quot; to show. The fact that you can´t find relevant information in Internet just further support this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want to know &quot;why&quot; a message appears, yeah, why not. Now &quot;fix it&quot;, only invites people with unrelated problems that for some reason have similar or the same message, which is unrelated to their problems and the solution they give, just making noise.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your question just degrade the signal to noise ratio, by all means, don´t ask it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:37:19.280" LastActivityDate="2014-12-25T20:43:45.903" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12354" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12355" CreationDate="2014-12-26T06:25:42.717" Score="0" ViewCount="48" Body="&lt;p&gt;There's a question &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/125321/why-is-ubuntu-named-ubuntu&quot;&gt;Why is Ubuntu named Ubuntu?&lt;/a&gt; which has a possible duplicate banner. It's a possible duplicate of the question &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/424/what-does-ubuntu-mean&quot;&gt;What does &quot;Ubuntu&quot; mean?&lt;/a&gt;, which itself is a duplicate of the first question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This doesn't make any sense. I think there are more instances of this both end duplicacy. Why don't you guys form a little team and cross-check and tally all linked questions to remove such things?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="272801" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2014-12-26T09:25:31.710" Title="&quot;Possible duplicate&quot; on both end?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12355" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12354" CreationDate="2014-12-26T06:38:44.390" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;&quot;which itself is a duplicate of the first question.&quot; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No, it is not? It has a comment about the 1st topic that is all. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/424/what-does-ubuntu-mean&quot;&gt;What does &amp;quot;Ubuntu&amp;quot; mean?&lt;/a&gt; is the to go question about the meaning of Ubuntu. But is not marked as a duplicate; it is just a &quot;protected&quot; question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As with all comments, if they are obsolete (as in this case) - just flag and one of your friendly mod/janitors will tidy up - as has been done in this case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2014-12-26T09:24:57.303" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12356" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12352" CreationDate="2014-12-26T14:40:04.797" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;For a normal user running the normal app atleast, you should be able to tap the 'Asked/Edited' button and edit/flag/close things&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/TZOCo.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt; &lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/TZOCom.png&quot; alt=&quot; &quot; title=&quot;Click for large image&quot;&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There also seems to be an option to open the page in a internet browser so you can use options that aren't available in the app.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/yZ3vY.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt; &lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/yZ3vYm.png&quot; alt=&quot; &quot; title=&quot;Click for large image&quot;&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="178596" LastActivityDate="2014-12-26T14:40:04.797" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12357" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12358" CreationDate="2014-12-27T19:27:09.863" Score="2" ViewCount="55" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have no idea why but people like to call the Ubuntu Core system Snappy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a result, we have &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/snappy&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;snappy&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;snappy&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ubuntu-core&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ubuntu-core&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ubuntu-core&lt;/a&gt; tags as separated when they are used for the same reason.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is an example: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/564613/62483&quot;&gt;How to Load Ubuntu Core &amp;quot;Snap&amp;quot; as custom image on MAAS?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can see on the previous thread it has both tags on the same question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Lets make them a synonym!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="62483" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2014-12-27T19:34:26.307" Title="Tag synonym request: [snappy] -&gt; [ubuntu-core]" Tags="|discussion|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12358" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12357" CreationDate="2014-12-27T19:34:26.307" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've gone ahead and created the synonym, now that I found where SE hides that button.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2014-12-27T19:34:26.307" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12359" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12360" CreationDate="2014-12-28T11:06:45.700" Score="19" ViewCount="494" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;I really, really (really) don't want to be personal, be sure this question is in general.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;About the question&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Occasionally, you run into answers where the poster suggests to discuss further via email, Face-book or whatever channel outside AU. It seems a &amp;quot;nice&amp;quot; thing to do. OP, especially a newcomer, would not likely refuse the &amp;quot;personal&amp;quot; attention. &lt;br&gt;&#xA;What really happens is that OP is isolated from community input. Possible misinformation is not corrected by a second opinion, to mention something, and even if a working solution is produced, it is of no value to the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;An example&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/566055/72216&quot;&gt;this particular (now deleted) case&lt;/a&gt;, the answer is accompanied by a series of gloomy comments in which the answerer seems to fight with an imaginary enemy, which in itself creates a questionable impression (towards a new user!) of what we're doing here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Worse in my opinion is that the poster openly asks OP to &amp;quot;neutralize&amp;quot; the downvote, done by, no doubt, evil people (not me btw, didn't even read the answer):&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;&lt;em&gt;Didn't I just explain my answers get downvoted for explaining things in plain english?&lt;/em&gt;&amp;quot;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Moreover, OP is dragged into an imaginary war that is not his: &lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;my annoyance at the cliquey nature of the users of this site whose disdain of people like you is so fierce that they downvote people like me for trying to help. Eventually I will get so fed up about this that I will be contacting the site operators and suggesting they target this sort of bigotry&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The absolute worst, and the main point of my question, is the final attempt to lead OP away from the site into a private session elsewhere. I really think this is harmfull. If someone has a problem on the current behaviour on this site, there is META where things can be discussed in the open. Isolating someone into his or her personal atmosphere is on the contrary of what we're trying to do here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Why adding the context of this specific example?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this case, the suggestion to step outside the scope of AU is done as a final step in a questionable atmosphere. It is relevant in the discussion, since the answer to the question may not be the same in other situations, and driven by other intentions.&#xA;&lt;em&gt;If&lt;/em&gt; so, what would be the conditions that make a step into private spaces acceptable?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-12-30T14:34:02.233" Title="Is there an official point of view towards leading people away from the site into &quot;private&quot; spaces?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12360" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12359" CreationDate="2014-12-28T14:17:12.473" Score="20" Body="&lt;p&gt;If there's an answer, keep it on site.  If you need to discuss something, taking it to chat or off-site is fine, but the end result should wind up on site.  Dropping your email or something is frowned upon generally, but reducing noise to actually get at a problem source is good.  So, it's mixed bag, and as far as I am aware - there isn't a one fits all answer for this question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2014-12-28T14:17:12.473" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12361" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12359" CreationDate="2014-12-28T17:14:18.567" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is more a comment, but it is too long so I put it as an answer:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question itself is good, but why are you elaborating so much on that specific answer? It seems really passive-aggressive to me. It seems like there is a completely different conflict going on. I agree with you that his behaviour can hurt the community, but this has nothing to do with the &amp;quot;private spaces&amp;quot; debate. So I would advise two things:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Remove the elaboration about the parts that have nothing to do with the &amp;quot;private spaces&amp;quot; debate from your question. Maybe put them in another question about leaking meta discussions to the main site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Advise the user to keep meta discussions in meta. Advise him to remove the meta parts from his answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Conflicts like this are bound to get worse if not addressed properly, and can hurt the community a lot...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="172367" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2014-12-28T17:14:18.567" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12362" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12365" CreationDate="2014-12-30T01:37:17.013" Score="3" ViewCount="55" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't want to get personal, so no links to example questions, but sometimes I feel uncomfortable answering some questions like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How do I hack my employers network?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How do I spam my teacher?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(not actual questions, but similar enough for everyone to get the point)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These questions are not spam, nor hate speech, off-topic, unclear, ...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And my question is: &quot;How should we proceed with questions like this?&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2014-12-30T01:44:10.267" LastActivityDate="2014-12-30T16:04:37.590" Title="Is there a policy on dodgy questions?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12363" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2014-12-30T01:47:44.020" Score="45" ViewCount="413" Body="&lt;p&gt;With the best wishes from the heart, we wish all Ask Ubuntu members a superb merry Christmas and the best happy new year a geek can find. May you enjoy this special time with the ones you love and receive this soon to be new year with love from everyone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you all for making Ask Ubuntu what it is today, helping each and everyone when needed and keeping the Ubuntu spirit all of this years, onsite and offsite. You guys rock big time and to me, you guys are the best minds I can find when looking for help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Keep on using Ubuntu, keep on rocking and big hugs to all of you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7035" LastActivityDate="2015-01-05T11:09:55.453" Title="Merry Christmas &amp; a Happy New Year" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="6" CommentCount="12" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12364" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12363" CreationDate="2014-12-30T09:25:57.357" Score="21" Body="&lt;p&gt;Same to you. Also let me jump on the occassion to thank the &lt;strong&gt;mods&lt;/strong&gt; for the work they do in keeping this a clean, nice, and friendly environment. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="115155" LastActivityDate="2014-12-30T09:25:57.357" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12365" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12362" CreationDate="2014-12-30T16:04:37.590" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The question: How do I use aircrack-ng is valid (but asked before so can be duped) since the aircrack-ng package is in the repos. And it can be used to do dodgy things. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;1 thing in favor of keeping them open:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Those employees and that teacher can use that same question to find countermeasures.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastActivityDate="2014-12-30T16:04:37.590" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12366" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12372" CreationDate="2014-12-30T17:15:39.453" Score="7" ViewCount="336" Body="&lt;p&gt;Whenever I'm writing a software package related question or answer, I ask myself how to call those &lt;code&gt;.deb&lt;/code&gt; files, since everybody keeps calling them what he wants. Options I came up with are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;deb package&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;.deb package&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;debian package&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;software package&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;debian software package (although this doesn't have to be always true...)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;dpkg package&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What would be a good way to call them? / Is there any &quot;official&quot; name?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="194948" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2015-01-03T16:41:50.317" LastActivityDate="2015-01-08T15:19:51.513" Title="What's the best name for Debian packages?" Tags="|discussion|best-practice|" AnswerCount="13" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12367" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12368" CreationDate="2014-12-30T20:38:22.633" Score="0" ViewCount="56" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just started reviewing today and I noticed something really irritating:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions I reviewed and posted a comment on as part of the review do not give me notifications when they get new comments. Is this intentional? It kinda makes me look like a dick when I say the question is formulated badly, they ask for more feedback and I stop answering...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;During review I made a comment on this post: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/567122/using-ubuntu-to-access-mac-hdd/&quot;&gt;Using Ubuntu to access Mac HDD&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I didn't get a notification when OP commented on it. As far as I know, I do get notifications if I post on it outside of the review queue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="172367" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2014-12-31T06:53:46.623" Title="Why don't I get notifications about review comments?" Tags="|bug|review|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12368" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12367" CreationDate="2014-12-30T20:47:16.277" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If someone wants to reply on one of your comments (and the question / answer is not yours), you need to be pinged @Galgalesh.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Imagine that you would be notified of &lt;em&gt;all&lt;/em&gt; comments to &lt;em&gt;all&lt;/em&gt; posts you ever reviewed, now &lt;em&gt;that&lt;/em&gt; would be annoying, and probably make you ignore notifications at all in the end.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What you are notified of (the red ones) is quite straightforward:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;if someone pings you&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;if a comment is added to your question or answer&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;if an answer is added to your question&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;if you and another commenter are the only commentators to a post (thanks @muru), once a third user joins, only @ pings and the author are notified.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;if one of your posts is edited by someone else (starting from a certain reputation I believe)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Am I missing one or two?)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="72216" LastEditDate="2014-12-31T06:53:46.623" LastActivityDate="2014-12-31T06:53:46.623" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12369" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12348" CreationDate="2014-12-30T23:07:10.290" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You have 6 deleted questions, many of which have downvotes. These questions all appear to be either &lt;strong&gt;primarily opinion based&lt;/strong&gt; or &lt;strong&gt;too broad&lt;/strong&gt; so I don't believe undeleting them will accomplish much because you would not be able to edit them into good questions without completely changing their meaning. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thus the only way to work out of the ban is to answer more questions &lt;em&gt;with better answers&lt;/em&gt;. Don't go blazing away with low quality ones, take the time to test them and be sure they work, write them well, etc.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm afraid that is all the help I can give you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="344926" LastEditDate="2015-01-01T01:33:58.467" LastActivityDate="2015-01-01T01:33:58.467" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12370" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12366" CreationDate="2014-12-31T02:18:11.567" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Vote for this answer if you think it should be:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;deb package&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="178596" LastActivityDate="2014-12-31T02:18:11.567" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2014-12-31T12:51:40.003" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12371" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12366" CreationDate="2014-12-31T02:19:54.247" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;Vote for this answer if you think it should be:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;.deb package&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="178596" LastActivityDate="2014-12-31T02:19:54.247" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2014-12-31T12:51:58.483" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12372" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12366" CreationDate="2014-12-31T02:21:34.663" Score="16" Body="&lt;p&gt;Vote for this answer if you think it should be:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Debian package&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="178596" LastEditorUserId="178596" LastEditDate="2014-12-31T02:27:10.293" LastActivityDate="2014-12-31T02:27:10.293" CommentCount="5" CommunityOwnedDate="2014-12-31T12:52:33.240" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12373" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12366" CreationDate="2014-12-31T02:23:03.247" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Vote for this answer if you think it should be:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;software package&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="178596" LastActivityDate="2014-12-31T02:23:03.247" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2014-12-31T12:50:57.530" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12374" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12366" CreationDate="2014-12-31T02:24:18.793" Score="-3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Vote for this answer if you think it should be:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;debian software package&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;or &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Debian software package&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="178596" LastActivityDate="2014-12-31T02:24:18.793" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2014-12-31T12:50:26.807" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12375" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12366" CreationDate="2014-12-31T02:25:21.473" Score="-2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Vote for this answer if you think it should be:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;dpkg package&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="178596" LastActivityDate="2014-12-31T02:25:21.473" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2014-12-31T12:50:39.677" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12376" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12366" CreationDate="2014-12-31T02:29:46.947" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Vote for this answer if you think it should be:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Ubuntu package&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;(I added this in :)&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="178596" LastActivityDate="2014-12-31T02:29:46.947" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2014-12-31T12:51:12.893" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12377" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12366" CreationDate="2014-12-31T05:31:37.513" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;Debian seems to call them &lt;code&gt;Debian package&lt;/code&gt; or &lt;code&gt;&quot;.deb&quot; file&lt;/code&gt; as evidenced in their FAQ question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-faq/ch-compat.en.html#s-otherpackages&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;4.5 Can I use &lt;strong&gt;Debian packages (&quot;.deb&quot; files)&lt;/strong&gt; on my Red Hat/Slackware/... Linux system? Can I use Red Hat packages (&quot;.rpm&quot; files) on my Debian GNU/Linux system?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[OT FYI: &quot;The Linux Filesystem Standard&quot; says you can put &quot;foreign&quot; packages in &lt;code&gt;/usr/local/&lt;/code&gt; and manage them individually yourself]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="129271" LastActivityDate="2014-12-31T05:31:37.513" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12379" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-01-01T03:23:11.010" Score="26" ViewCount="1102" Body="&lt;p&gt;The dawn of a new year, 2015, now approaches, or has already approached, either way it means that it is now time to reset our Community Promotion Ads!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;What are Community Promotion Ads?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Community Promotion Ads are community-vetted advertisements that will show up on the main site, in the right sidebar. The purpose of this question is the vetting process. Images of the advertisements are provided, and community voting will enable the advertisements to be shown.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Why do we have Community Promotion Ads?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a method for the community to control what gets promoted to visitors on the site. For example, you might promote the following things:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;cool Ubuntu applications&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the site's Twitter account&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ubuntu scripts or power tools&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;cool events or conferences&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;anything else your community would genuinely be interested in&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The goal is for future visitors to find out about &lt;em&gt;the stuff your community deems important&lt;/em&gt;. This also serves as a way to promote information and resources that are &lt;em&gt;relevant to your own community's interests&lt;/em&gt;, both for those already in the community and those yet to join. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Why do we reset the ads every year?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some services will maintain usefulness over the years, while other things will wane to allow for new faces to show up. Resetting the ads every year helps accommodate this, and allows old ads that have served their purpose to be cycled out for fresher ads for newer things. This helps keep the material in the ads relevant to not just the subject matter of the community, but to the current status of the community. We reset the ads once a year, every December.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The community promotion ads have no restrictions against reposting an ad from a previous cycle. If a particular service or ad is very valuable to the community and will continue to be so, it is a good idea to repost it. It may be helpful to give it a new face in the process, so as to prevent the imagery of the ad from getting stale after a year of exposure.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;How does it work?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The answers you post to this question &lt;em&gt;must&lt;/em&gt; conform to the following rules, or they will be ignored. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;All answers should be in the exact form of:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;[![Tagline to show on mouseover][1]][2]&#xA;&#xA;   [1]: http://image-url&#xA;   [2]: http://clickthrough-url &#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please &lt;strong&gt;do not add anything else to the body of the post&lt;/strong&gt;. If you want to discuss something, do it in the comments.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The question must always be tagged with the magic &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/community-ads&quot; class=&quot;post-tag moderator-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;community-ads&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;community-ads&lt;/a&gt; tag. In addition to enabling the functionality of the advertisements, this tag also pre-fills the answer form with the above required form.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Image requirements&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The image that you create must be &lt;strong&gt;220 x 250 pixels&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Must be hosted through our standard image uploader (imgur)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Must be GIF or PNG&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;No animated GIFs&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Absolute limit on file size of 150 KB&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Score Threshold&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is a &lt;strong&gt;minimum score threshold&lt;/strong&gt; an answer must meet (currently &lt;strong&gt;6&lt;/strong&gt;) before it will be shown on the main site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can check out the ads that have met the threshold with basic click stats &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/ads/display/12379&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22665" LastEditorUserId="22665" LastEditDate="2015-01-08T20:05:41.743" LastActivityDate="2019-10-15T20:32:33.053" Title="Community Promotion Ads - 2015" Tags="|discussion|community-ads|" AnswerCount="28" CommentCount="4" ClosedDate="2016-02-05T03:13:46.687" CommunityOwnedDate="2015-01-01T03:23:11.010" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12380" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12379" CreationDate="2015-01-01T03:23:11.010" Score="-3" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://twitter.com/askubuntu&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/WUPlx.png&quot; alt=&quot;Help this community grow -- follow us on twitter!&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22665" LastActivityDate="2015-01-01T03:23:11.010" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2015-01-01T03:23:11.010" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12381" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12379" CreationDate="2015-01-01T04:00:00.587" Score="31" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com/phone&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/c7KcH.png&quot; alt=&quot;Ubuntu Touch&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2015-01-01T04:00:00.587" CommentCount="2" CommunityOwnedDate="2015-01-01T04:00:00.587" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12383" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12379" CreationDate="2015-01-01T16:29:27.277" Score="23" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/?tab=featured&quot;&gt;See all questions with active bounties http://stack-exchange-dynamic-ads.herokuapp.com/askubuntu.com/bounty.png&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="151875" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2015-01-01T16:29:27.277" CommentCount="2" CommunityOwnedDate="2015-01-01T16:29:27.277" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12384" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12379" CreationDate="2015-01-01T16:30:50.257" Score="23" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://omgubuntu.co.uk&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/2ijrs.png&quot; alt=&quot;Everything Ubuntu. Daily.&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="151875" LastActivityDate="2015-01-01T16:30:50.257" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2015-01-01T16:30:50.257" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12385" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12379" CreationDate="2015-01-01T16:32:27.397" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://launchpad.net/pipelight&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/mYOcK.png&quot; alt=&quot;Pipelight allows you to use Windows only plugins in Linux browsers. It supports Silverlight, Unity Webplayer, Shockwave, Flash and more.&quot; title=&quot;Pipelight allows you to use Windows only plugins in Linux browsers. It supports Silverlight, Unity Webplayer, Shockwave, Flash and more.&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="151875" LastActivityDate="2015-01-01T16:32:27.397" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2015-01-01T16:32:27.397" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12386" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12379" CreationDate="2015-01-01T16:33:36.060" Score="21" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/whats-meta&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/nmL15.png&quot; alt=&quot;Ask Ubuntu Meta - Customize Ask Ubuntu&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="151875" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2015-01-05T18:47:45.897" CommentCount="8" CommunityOwnedDate="2015-01-01T16:33:36.060" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12387" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12379" CreationDate="2015-01-01T16:34:59.030" Score="20" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.webupd8.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/BmlCh.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;WebUpd8 is an Ubuntu / Linux blog which delivers daily news, tips and application reviews. &quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="151875" LastActivityDate="2015-01-01T16:34:59.030" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2015-01-01T16:34:59.030" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12389" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-01-01T21:18:22.537" Score="3" ViewCount="23" Body="&lt;p&gt;The navigation menu at the top of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.ubuntu.com&lt;/a&gt; has items&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://community.ubuntu.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Community&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/&quot;&gt;Ask!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://developer.ubuntu.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Developer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://design.ubuntu.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Design&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://discourse.ubuntu.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Discourse&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com/certification&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Hardware&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://insights.ubuntu.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Insights&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://jujucharms.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Juju&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://partners.ubuntu.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Partners&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://shop.ubuntu.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Shop&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;More ›&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, since the &quot;Partners&quot; item is missing from the Ask Ubuntu menu, the illusion of integration is broken.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="165556" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2015-01-01T21:18:22.537" Title="Navigation menu lacks a &quot;Partners&quot; link" Tags="|bug|user-interface|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12390" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12366" CreationDate="2015-01-02T02:58:30.297" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is actually kind of a complicated question, depending on why you're asking, and more specifically, the behavior you expect.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All .deb files are &quot;Debian packages&quot;, and that is technically correct, regardless of the distro or version of distro you're referring to. The same is true of &quot;RPM&quot;, as all are &quot;Red Hat packages&quot;. Specific files refer to the utilities to manage them, namely dpkg (The Debian Package Manager) and RPM (The Red Hat Package Manager).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The confusion stems from the fact that in addition to &quot;installing packages&quot;, most users are used to &quot;installing software&quot;, which is a complex process of &quot;finding the software, installing it's dependencies, unpacking it, and configuring it for use on a user's system.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For instance... as of today (1 Jan, 2015), downloading and installing the sudo package from Ubuntu Trusty on an x86_64 system doesn't matter if you do:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;wget http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/pool/main/s/sudo/sudo_1.8.9p5-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb; sudo dpkg -i sudo_1.8.9p5-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;or:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install sudo -y&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Deviations from that cause problems even with timing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The dpkg file in question here has some specific things going for it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It is for the 'sudo' package.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It is of version 1.8.9p5&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It is Ubuntu epoch 1&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It is version 1 of epoch 1 of version 1.8.9p5 of sudo.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It is compiled for the x86_64 architecture.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Attempts to install this Debian package via dpkg will (almost) always fail on say, Raspbian, which is built with Debian dependencies and a different architecture.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, using:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;apt-get install sudo&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will almost always work. The difference lies in how the package manager, and the dependency resolver, are configured.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want a user to install &quot;sudo&quot;, you should refer them to their dependency resolve, like aptitude, yum, or apt-get. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want them to work with a specific package, suck as &quot;convert this Debian package to an RPM via alien&quot;, you deal with specific packages. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="248187" LastActivityDate="2015-01-02T02:58:30.297" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12391" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12363" CreationDate="2015-01-02T05:19:57.953" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Thank you and wish you the same :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="361772" LastActivityDate="2015-01-02T05:19:57.953" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12392" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12363" CreationDate="2015-01-02T06:27:50.257" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Thanks, i cant tell in words how much askuntu helps us in daily life for small and very important issues... A very Happy New year to all... Keep it Up #Luis. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="304209" LastActivityDate="2015-01-02T06:27:50.257" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12393" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12379" CreationDate="2015-01-03T08:44:18.650" Score="22" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.libreoffice.org&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/61QMy.png&quot; alt=&quot;LibreOffice: The Document Foundation!&quot; title=&quot;LibreOffice: The document foundation&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="163331" LastActivityDate="2015-01-03T08:44:18.650" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2015-01-03T08:44:18.650" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12394" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12379" CreationDate="2015-01-03T16:25:18.700" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://2buntu.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/tcUQE.png&quot; alt=&quot;We&amp;#39;re looking for new writers too!&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17722" LastEditorUserId="5" LastEditDate="2015-01-03T21:46:45.733" LastActivityDate="2015-01-03T21:46:45.733" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2015-01-03T16:25:18.700" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12395" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-01-04T07:00:09.943" Score="-2" ViewCount="98" Body="&lt;p&gt;I provide a lot of answers here and as much as possible I try to make my answers clear enough to be understood by a relatively new user. I realize that will probably annoy some highly experienced users, but lets face it, for Ubuntu to take hold we have to reach the least experienced users who are having difficulty.  I would think a highly experienced user would still be able to grok my explanations.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Time and time again it seems my answers are downvoted simply for not including lines intended to be copied and pasted directly into terminal.  Oh I understand that for a lot of people a single magical command is faster and easier than understanding my explanation, but lets face it, this is Ubuntu, not Minix.  We are using relatively slow highly graphical versions of Linux, so why downvote highly graphical solutions?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Depending how this goes, I'm pretty sure I'll pose similar questions regarding my general dissatisfaction with this site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="168187" LastActivityDate="2015-01-04T12:12:51.613" Title="Please settle or at least discuss this impression I have that command line answers are preferred here" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ClosedDate="2015-01-18T12:45:12.080" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12396" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12395" CreationDate="2015-01-04T12:12:51.613" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I checked your latest 30 answers on downvotes. I found 1 downvote on &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/567949/72216&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; answer. Looking at the argumentation (assuming it is corresponding to the downvote), it has nothing to do with (not) using cli. &#xA;&quot;&lt;em&gt;Time and time again it seems my answers are downvoted simply for not including lines intended to be copied and pasted directly into terminal.&lt;/em&gt;&quot; - seems not the right qualification of the situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Apart from that, I don't have the feeling GUI answers are downvoted. On the contrary, I would upvote good solutions that offer both ways. There are however good reasons to provide &lt;em&gt;at least&lt;/em&gt; a cli solution if possible, as pointed out (for example) &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/12246/wouldnt-it-be-better-to-help-users-without-sending-them-to-the-terminal/12278#12278&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2015-01-04T12:12:51.613" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12397" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12379" CreationDate="2015-01-04T19:49:05.703" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://play0ad.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ITf8C.png&quot; alt=&quot;A free, open-source game of ancient warfare&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="36315" LastActivityDate="2015-01-04T19:49:05.703" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2015-01-04T19:49:05.703" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12398" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12399" CreationDate="2015-01-04T23:57:27.940" Score="1" ViewCount="20" Body="&lt;p&gt;The tag wikis for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ppc&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ppc&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ppc&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/powerpc&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;powerpc&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;powerpc&lt;/a&gt; are exactly the same. Please, make ppc a synonym for powerpc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="65926" LastActivityDate="2015-01-05T00:02:54.220" Title="Tag Synonym Request: [ppc] -&gt; [powerpc]" Tags="|discussion|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12399" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12398" CreationDate="2015-01-05T00:02:54.220" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've gone ahead and done this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2015-01-05T00:02:54.220" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12400" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12366" CreationDate="2015-01-05T03:54:40.533" Score="-3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Debian package or dpkg package&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="364277" LastActivityDate="2015-01-05T03:54:40.533" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12401" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12363" CreationDate="2015-01-05T03:58:39.463" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Happy Hanukkah and happy new year to you and your family.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="312400" LastActivityDate="2015-01-05T03:58:39.463" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12402" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12363" CreationDate="2015-01-05T04:53:19.640" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am new to ask ubuntu, so Thanks n Happy Holidays everyone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="364277" LastActivityDate="2015-01-05T04:53:19.640" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12404" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12363" CreationDate="2015-01-05T11:09:55.453" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Happy Festivus… keeping it alive! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="24371" LastActivityDate="2015-01-05T11:09:55.453" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12405" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-01-05T16:53:20.343" Score="0" ViewCount="33" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This one is only for users high enough on the food chain to be able to see deleted posts!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The title says it all and I'm asking specifically for the deleted answer on &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/568838/telegram-unity-app-opens-in-browser&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most animals (humans included) learn from their mistakes.  IMHO, there is now nothing to be learned by this user as his post was deleted &lt;strike&gt;and he/she (probably) doesn't know/understand the reasons.&lt;/strike&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most users coming to the StackExchange network, don't really know or appreciate what it's all about. (Hey, I thought StackExchange was part of the ExpertsExchange Network in the beginning and that's why I lurked around for &lt;em&gt;months&lt;/em&gt; before finally subscribing and &lt;em&gt;gave this pesky website my OpenID&lt;/em&gt; )&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So?  What's the verdict?  Delete the pesky comments and undelete the post???&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Oh, and feel free to call me names and insult me: I'm a dinosaur: I'm old so I have a very thick skin (as not to feel the daggers in my back), a very broad back (I can carry tons of work) and especially: I've got a &lt;em&gt;very small brain!&lt;/em&gt; (&lt;code&gt;Don't   t h i n k   t o o   m u c h!&lt;/code&gt;). And people like me are nearly extinct as well!  :D&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2015-01-05T18:13:10.273" Title="How lenient should reviewers/moderators be before deleting answers?" Tags="|discussion|support|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12406" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12407" CreationDate="2015-01-05T16:58:13.200" Score="-7" ViewCount="101" Body="&lt;h3&gt;If...&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am try to add my decisive solution to the existing answers without of any concurrency to differentiate answer set I mean.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should to say it feels look alike some tyranny from the community and what I want to say to the Meta it is that THE QUESTION should include different ANSWERS to teach users toward their needs and moderation should not looks like mafia wars.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If people go to the community to solve their real life bugs why they should tolerate these immodest mercenary tricks!?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Some clarifying&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Look, the Meta, my Question looking really BAD and still on hold, but single Answer looking GOOD and obviously useful for community. I do not wound with these negatives and do not try to ask for policy changes alike Askubuntu's bot modifications despite the fact that is really possible and exclusive way to talk about &amp;quot;what is not right here&amp;quot;. My exclusive reason to respond for a questions at Askubuntu is only reason to be useful. Thus I talk about collective automatism and an ILLUSION of users be motivated to react to common AUTHORITATIVE PRONOUNCE to decide to hold the Questions, Answers and etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you for community negativeness however it do not change my view. Because if a community do not accept Metaphors for what the hell this META?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="38988" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2015-01-07T07:39:26.037" Title="Why the &quot;Low Quality&quot; answers reason looks like tyranny of the user?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="10" ClosedDate="2015-01-06T23:32:28.513" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12407" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12406" CreationDate="2015-01-05T17:17:15.983" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;You're talking in riddle and metaphor. What are these &quot;mercenary tricks&quot;? Where is the tyranny? Mafia wars?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The various low-quality flags and mechanisms aren't a tyrannical Mafia conspiracy, they're there to make sure that people keep their quality up. There's little value in low quality posts because they often don't answer the question or just don't make sense.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are &lt;em&gt;automated&lt;/em&gt; flags around low quality too. If you post something really short, the Community bot will flag it for other people &lt;em&gt;to review&lt;/em&gt;. It doesn't take futher action without somebody else agreeing with it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2015-01-05T17:17:15.983" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12408" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12366" CreationDate="2015-01-05T17:38:33.340" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Debian package&lt;/em&gt; has the major downside that it looks like it means “package from the Debian distribution” and not “package in the Debian format”. So I recommend to avoid it on this site (unless you do mean a package from Debian as opposed to Ubuntu, but then you should make that explicit).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Debian package&lt;/em&gt; also doesn't distinguish between a binary package (&lt;code&gt;.deb&lt;/code&gt;) and a source package (&lt;code&gt;.dsc&lt;/code&gt; and the files it lists).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In an Ubuntu context, “&lt;strong&gt;binary package&lt;/strong&gt;” is often fine. This needs to be avoided only when discussing Ubuntu packages vs downloading a generic Linux binary (or a package to convert with alien).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Otherwise you can call it a &lt;strong&gt;deb package&lt;/strong&gt; or &lt;strong&gt;deb file&lt;/strong&gt;. Regardless of whether authorities use that wording, it is good because it is both transparent and unambiguous.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1059" LastActivityDate="2015-01-05T17:38:33.340" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12409" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12410" CreationDate="2015-01-05T22:22:15.080" Score="2" ViewCount="27" Body="&lt;p&gt;I got a notification of a comment on a question in meta, so I have opened the question in the android app. My problem is I now want to take a look at meta's question feed, but I can't find a button to do this. I can view the main sites and meta.SE, my notifications &amp;amp; questions, achievements etc, and the ask question thing, but not a list of questions for AskUbuntu's meta.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Running android 4.4 with no menu button. Is this is a bug not me being stupid I'll report it @ meta.SE&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="178596" LastActivityDate="2015-01-05T23:01:45.107" Title="How to get to meta's question feed in the android app?" Tags="|support|meta|android|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12410" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12409" CreationDate="2015-01-05T22:40:11.843" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Slide out the left pain and scroll to the bottom. Tap &quot;All sites&quot;. From here you can filter the list to just meta sites, or search directly. Eventually Ask Ubuntu meta will be in the list.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/1v4bt.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;  &lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/MaN0am.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt; &lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/XZGkbm.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2015-01-05T22:40:11.843" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12411" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12409" CreationDate="2015-01-05T23:01:45.107" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Forget it.&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/x93nB.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="178596" LastActivityDate="2015-01-05T23:01:45.107" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12412" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-01-06T09:02:11.890" Score="0" ViewCount="104" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &quot;standard&quot; comments on all of the &quot;flag&quot; and &quot;close&quot; answers are a tiny bit harsh for first-time users.  Couldn't we make them a bit more &lt;em&gt;gentle&lt;/em&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;E.g.:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This question has been asked before and already has an answer.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;We're sorry, but this question has been asked before and already has an answer. Please click: [link] for that answer.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This is not about Ubuntu. Questions about other Linux distributions can be asked on Unix &amp;amp; Linux, those about Windows on Super User, those about Apple products on Ask Different and generic programming questions on Stack Overflow.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;We're sorry, but this is not really about Ubuntu. Questions about other Linux distributions can be asked on Unix &amp;amp; Linux, those about Windows on Super User, those about Apple products on Ask Different and generic programming questions on Stack Overflow.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Please&lt;/strong&gt; clarify your specific problem or add additional details to highlight exactly what you need. As it's currently written, it’s hard to tell exactly what you're asking. See the How to Ask page for help clarifying this question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Perfect!!  Keep this one this way!!!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Etc, ...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If anyone can give me the rights, I'm willing to perform the work...  :-)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastActivityDate="2015-01-06T14:07:56.920" Title="Add &quot;Please&quot; and &quot;I'm sorry&quot; to standard/canned/pro forma/flag answers" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12413" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12412" CreationDate="2015-01-06T13:59:45.090" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;These platitudes don't really add anything —which I suspect is one reason they're currently missing— but we're talking about at least three different &lt;em&gt;sorts&lt;/em&gt; of message here, each with its own mechanism for being edited:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The ones that are standard to every site. I'm talking about &lt;em&gt;most&lt;/em&gt; of the close reasons and the duplicate header. Only SE can alter these and their change would be global.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The custom messages that are specific to us. Elected mods can edit these but they have hard character limits (which links contribute to) and some of the existing messages are already right up against the limit. &lt;code&gt;We're sorry, but&lt;/code&gt; is 17 characters we frankly need for actual content.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Pro-forma comments are external from SE and can be edited and customised how you like... But they aren't controlled by moderators or SE, so aren't really relevant here on Meta. File a bug against the project.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not against softening the language but it could be detrimental unless all three areas change at the same time. Even if we had the space in the custom ones (which we don't) I don't think we want a system where some official notices are happy-clappy while others remain clinical. SE needs to start the process by editing the core messages and the other two can fall in line afterwards.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The pro-forma comments are a little different (because they're sent by a person directly). They might also be a good first fiddle to lead the charge on nicer comments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2015-01-06T14:07:56.920" LastActivityDate="2015-01-06T14:07:56.920" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12414" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-01-06T14:37:01.287" Score="6" ViewCount="204" Body="&lt;p&gt;Although similar Meta questions have been asked before and have been well-received, I still find that there are many homework-like questions which are posted from time to time on Ask Ubuntu, most of them being of hardly any use to other viewers since they are very problem specific and/or involve slightly but subtly modified versions of existing questions, making it difficult to close them off as duplicates sometimes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am all for helping the OPs by pointing them in the right direction and giving hints without actually solving the problem for them, especially since the purpose of the homework is defeated if they don't try to solve the problem on their own.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it not possible to implicitly or explicitly mention that such homework questions should be avoided as much as possible and instead encouraging them to be posted as chat messages or so instead?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On a side note, @hbdgaf's posted image is a good example -&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/yqeFm.gif&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="348400" LastActivityDate="2015-01-08T09:49:58.183" Title="Ask Ubuntu's stance on Homework-type questions" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12415" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12414" CreationDate="2015-01-06T15:53:31.663" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;How you deal with homework on an ethical level is up to you... But as far as the system goes, we only care that it's an answerable question and not an assignment dump (&quot;do this, do that, show this&quot;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;em&gt;way&lt;/em&gt; you answer should be constant. Provide &lt;em&gt;an answer&lt;/em&gt; with an audience-suitable explanation of what's going on and why like you would for any other question. The exception would be a question that explicitly stated it didn't want the answer, just the explanation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't think there's any value in attempting to force people to label their homework on the site. It leads to &lt;em&gt;pointless hand-wringing&lt;/em&gt; over whether or not it's fair (&lt;em&gt;anybody&lt;/em&gt; can use SE) or to counter that, people might feel the need to lie about things not being homework or defend the fact they're asking about homework. Situations where it's easier to lie are probably focussing on the wrong thing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's better to just be agnostic about the base motives behind a question and get on with it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2015-01-06T17:03:42.000" LastActivityDate="2015-01-06T17:03:42.000" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12416" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12414" CreationDate="2015-01-06T16:25:11.567" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;My stance on HW is the same as with anything else: Apply the following tests:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Does OP show some effort? Has OP tried something and came up against some error?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Irrespective of the above, while solving it, have &lt;em&gt;I&lt;/em&gt; learned something?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is the problem so trivial that I could post an answer in a minute? (This can happen to the best of us, and to the very beginners - so I am somewhat forgiving of this.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These tests are then OR-ed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2015-01-06T16:25:11.567" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12417" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="12418" CreationDate="2015-01-06T21:01:00.413" Score="3" ViewCount="70" Body="&lt;p&gt;Don't get me wrong, it's not about the points (but I do enjoy getting them). It's more of a site cleanup question. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there mods that you can ask to mark an answer as accepted, when you clearly resolved issue &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/569324/garrys-mod-add-on-folder/569326#569326&quot;&gt;See&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If only to get these questions out of the queue, or do they eventually go away anyways? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="361434" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2015-01-06T21:07:26.940" Title="Not using accepted answer option" Tags="|feature-request|accepted-answer|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="12418" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12417" CreationDate="2015-01-06T21:07:26.940" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Nope, moderators cannot mark answers as accepted, only the person who asked the original question can do that...  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;However&lt;/em&gt; once an answer gets a net score of &gt;= 1 the question is considered answered by the system and removed from the count of unanswered questions. So, with cleanup in mind, all the question needs is an answer with an upvote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2015-01-06T21:07:26.940" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13417" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12366" CreationDate="2015-01-07T03:46:28.140" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;Debian Binary&lt;/code&gt;  would be, mostly the best choice for standing installs and non install working packages.  Then having &lt;code&gt;Debian Source&lt;/code&gt;  for the obvious Source lists.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="279988" LastActivityDate="2015-01-07T03:46:28.140" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2015-01-07T03:46:28.140" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13418" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13419" CreationDate="2015-01-07T10:25:56.500" Score="1" ViewCount="46" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to contribute to the xubuntu community, ideally triaging bugs but I fail to &lt;em&gt;really&lt;/em&gt; understand &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Triage?action=show&amp;amp;redirect=Bugs%2FHowToTriage&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; page. Does that make me a useless (x)ubuntu user in terms of helping developers? :(&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user308164" LastActivityDate="2015-01-07T10:58:37.580" Title="to noob to help in the (x)ubuntu community?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13419" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13418" CreationDate="2015-01-07T10:58:37.580" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;No it certainly does not mean that you can not be of some help. Don't lose hope... You just need some time to get to understand bug reporting... :-)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Triage is simply were a bug is &quot;placed&quot; upon being found. Once it is there, then someone will decide what to do with it, and mark it appropriately. Once it has been marked, it is considered to be &lt;em&gt;triaged&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, if you think you have found a bug, strange as it may sound, it may not be a straight forward bug. Not all bugs, or &lt;em&gt;issues&lt;/em&gt; are actual bugs. It could be a feature (or lack thereof) that you assumed would be there, but isn't yet in the design. In that case, the bug is actually a &lt;em&gt;feature request&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If a code change has made something stop working then that is a &lt;em&gt;regression&lt;/em&gt; as the code has regressed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Apport&lt;/em&gt; bugs are reported automatically by an app when something is detected to have gone wrong. Similar to a Mac crashing and then asking to send a Crash report to Apple.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Confirmed&lt;/em&gt; bugs are issues that are nearly ready to be triaged but something is missing: complete reproduction steps (how to make the bug happen so that the developer can investigate it), or it similar to a bug already being worked on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Duplicate&lt;/em&gt; bugs are bugs that have already been reported. The information from the new report may be more informative that the existing bug report, in which case the original bug report should be updated with the new info, and the latter bug report marked as &lt;em&gt;duplicate&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If a bug does not fall into a convenient category then it may sit around in triage for some time, until someone decides what to do with it. In that case it is &lt;em&gt;Untriaged&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Special Bugs&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These include &lt;em&gt;developer bugs&lt;/em&gt; (which are more like personal notes for the developer themselves, to remind them the state of the bug as they work on it), &lt;em&gt;needs-packaging&lt;/em&gt; (which means that some code needs to be rolled up in a package for ease of installation), &lt;em&gt;security bugs&lt;/em&gt; (self-explanatory) and &lt;em&gt;translation bugs&lt;/em&gt; (for localised applications - for example to app may have an English interface, but lack one in German).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I hope that this helps.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="348964" LastActivityDate="2015-01-07T10:58:37.580" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13420" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12414" CreationDate="2015-01-07T13:18:46.833" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I agree with Oli and muru.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It should be about getting constructive feedback for a given problem. That usually differentiates students with lack of effort from motivated students that struggle to find a working solution or understanding the actual problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also expect a teacher to be able use the Internet and check for plagiarism. Of course there are different kinds of teachers, but &lt;strong&gt;always remember that you only learn for yourself&lt;/strong&gt; and not someone else. (I found myself sometimes strongly disagreeing with some teachers, which made me study the subject even deeper to prove them wrong and write what they couldn't label as false, in the end they were just happy to give me good grades.) Copying someone else's homework or text from the Internet may buy you free time, but doesn't teach you anything.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other side, I would love to see more people who left school long ago doing &quot;homework&quot; again and ask questions here or elsewhere to get up to speed again. Not only students should learn the state of the art and review their knowledge.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="40581" LastActivityDate="2015-01-07T13:18:46.833" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13421" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12414" CreationDate="2015-01-08T09:49:58.183" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;As a note: if I were their teacher, I would actually &lt;em&gt;encourage&lt;/em&gt; using sites like this, simply because that is how it works in real life. I would be worried about students who don't.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That implies a teaching method in which is checked if the student &lt;em&gt;understands&lt;/em&gt; what he is producing, and if his or her knowledge is genuine. If so, both the student and we did a good job. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastActivityDate="2015-01-08T09:49:58.183" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13422" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12366" CreationDate="2015-01-08T15:19:51.513" Score="2" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;package&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Citation: &lt;a href=&quot;https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InstallingSoftware&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InstallingSoftware&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7146" LastActivityDate="2015-01-08T15:19:51.513" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13423" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12340" CreationDate="2015-01-08T16:37:55.490" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can you not use a VPN instead of Tor? I am currently in Thailand and many of the usual sites that I would visit are blocked since May (due to the Military take over). I tried Tor for a while but found that VPNs (PTPP, L2TP or (best of the lot) OpenVPN) work just as well, and are quicker &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; support BitTorrent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I use &lt;a href=&quot;https://code.google.com/p/tunnelblick/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Tunnelblick&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, for OpenVPN, on my MacBook.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hope this helps. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Good Luck.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;P.S. I know that this doesn't &lt;em&gt;actually&lt;/em&gt; answer the OP's question &lt;em&gt;&quot;And I would like to know why&quot;&lt;/em&gt;, but I wanted to add the VPN info as a helpful comment, but I am unable to as I am currently lacking in the reputation stakes at the moment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="348964" LastActivityDate="2015-01-08T16:37:55.490" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13424" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13425" CreationDate="2015-01-08T18:47:02.187" Score="0" ViewCount="59" Body="&lt;p&gt;Has anyone noticed that there is a distinct lack of consistency in the definitions of the same &lt;em&gt;Tag&lt;/em&gt;, across the various sites under the Stack Exchange umbrella?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Cases in point: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The definition of &lt;em&gt;konqueror&lt;/em&gt; in &lt;strong&gt;Ask Ubuntu&lt;/strong&gt; is different from that in &lt;strong&gt;Super User&lt;/strong&gt; which, in turn, differs from that in &lt;strong&gt;Unix &amp;amp; Linux&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The definition of &lt;em&gt;konsole&lt;/em&gt; in &lt;strong&gt;Stack Overflow&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;Unix &amp;amp; Linux&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;Ask Ubuntu&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;Super User&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Taking &lt;em&gt;konsole&lt;/em&gt; as an example: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On &lt;strong&gt;Super User&lt;/strong&gt; the excerpt is &quot;Terminal emulator for the K Desktop Environment (KDE)&quot; and the main definition is empty.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On &lt;strong&gt;Ask Ubuntu&lt;/strong&gt; the excerpt is &quot;Konsole is the terminal emulator for the K Desktop Environment.&quot; and the main definition is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Konsole is an X terminal emulator for the KDE platform, allowing users&#xA;  to have a convenient way to use the command line. Aside from providing&#xA;  a way to use a powerful shell, Konsole also offers features that make&#xA;  it easier or more pleasurable to work in the command line, such as&#xA;  profile management, scrollback, and color schemes, including&#xA;  translucency for effects.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;X Terminal emulator&#xA;Makes using the command line easier&#xA;Use different profiles for different tasks&#xA;Set scrollback limit and save contents to file&#xA;Click on links to open in user's default web browser&#xA;Open current path in user's file manager&#xA;Translucent background available when desktop effects are enabled&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are many more... &lt;em&gt;emacs&lt;/em&gt; for example.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now I understand that, obviously, in some forums the same word may actually possess a different meaning, but where it is obviously the same word/definition pair, is there not a way of making them homogenous?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One may suggest to do it manually, but it is not that simple as some peer reviewers will not accept certain definitions. I have tried and failed. As the reviewers are different people, we end up with a &quot;left hand not knowing what the right hand is doing&quot; situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe it is my OCD but it is starting to get on my nerves...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any thoughts?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="348964" LastEditorUserId="348964" LastEditDate="2015-01-08T19:49:41.870" LastActivityDate="2015-01-08T20:00:25.957" Title="Inconsistency of Tag definitions across the various Stack Exchange sites" Tags="|discussion|tags|stackexchange|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13425" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13424" CreationDate="2015-01-08T20:00:25.957" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Contrary to the way the majority of people (wrongly) use them, tag wiki &lt;em&gt;excerpts&lt;/em&gt; are meant to explain how to use the tag. Obviously different sites will have different scopes so you couldn't sync this across sites too well. The tag wiki itself could possibly be synced across sites, but that removes any ability to tailor the wiki for a specific site's audience. And what if two totally different things in different sites are named the same? Talk about confusion!  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, imagine what would happen if &lt;a href=&quot;https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/terminal&quot;&gt;terminal&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/command-line&quot;&gt;command-line&lt;/a&gt; where synced from Ask Different into &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/command-line&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;command-line&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;command-line&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/terminal&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;terminal&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;terminal&lt;/a&gt; on Ask Ubuntu? That wouldn't work so well! (Especially because &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/terminal&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;terminal&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;terminal&lt;/a&gt; on Ask Ubuntu is a synonymized to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/command-line&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;command-line&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;command-line&lt;/a&gt;). Now throw Super User into the mix and things get worse. Super User supports the 3 major platforms: Windows, Unix (including OSX), and Linux. Their tag wiki would obviously not be specific to one of these, whereas Ask Different and Ask Ubuntu target only of one these platforms. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How about &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/terminology&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;terminology&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;terminology&lt;/a&gt;? Ask Ubuntu, Gaming and Electrical Engineering all have this tag (to name a few). I won't even go on to mention some of the others tags that overlap with Gaming ;)  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All in all, whilst an interesting idea, I don't think syncing tag wikis across sites will do much in the end but cause grief. I'm also not sure the insides of the SE platform could handle it either, although that is a question for the developers.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Nice idea though, I'd never thought about it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:45:31.530" LastActivityDate="2015-01-08T20:00:25.957" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13426" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-01-08T20:32:16.907" Score="2" ViewCount="34" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was doing some reviews of first posts earlier when I got this question as a test (with a random username, of course):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/558817/what-is-the-difference-between-using-and-in-exec-command&quot;&gt;What is the difference between using &amp;#39;+&amp;#39; (plus) and &amp;#39;;&amp;#39; (semicolon) in -exec command?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I recognized @kasiya's picture from the test (it said something like user### but then with that picture), so I immediately knew it was a test. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With some of the other high rep/active users who have recognizable pictures (oli, rinzwind for example) this could be detrimental - passing tests based on pictures, not quality of the review. For the tests could we have it pull, for example, someone's &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/17443/how-is-the-default-user-avatar-generated&quot;&gt;gravatar&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="284690" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2015-01-08T20:32:16.907" Title="Can we make user icons on review tests be random?" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13427" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13428" CreationDate="2015-01-09T07:09:45.070" Score="0" ViewCount="42" Body="&lt;p&gt;Not sure whether this seems a valid question.Suppose someone has posted a question and i am also very interested in knowing the answer of that question. WHy cant we have a feature which says &quot;notify me when someone answers&quot; and if wanted we can be notified through email..&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="360175" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2016-07-01T01:26:49.900" LastActivityDate="2016-07-01T01:26:49.900" Title="Adding a want answers feature" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13428" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13427" CreationDate="2015-01-09T07:27:05.497" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &quot;favourite questions&quot; thing had, for a brief period, notifications on changes. It was shortly  removed, and has shown no signs of coming back in the four years since.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/52094/270345&quot;&gt;Jeff Atwood's post&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2015-01-09T07:27:05.497" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13429" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12379" CreationDate="2015-01-10T01:10:03.307" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.chromium.org/Home&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/0n7Ru.png&quot; alt=&quot;Chromium is an open-source browser project that aims to build a safer, faster, and more stable way for all Internet users to experience the web&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="178596" LastActivityDate="2015-01-10T01:10:03.307" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2015-01-10T01:10:03.307" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13430" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12379" CreationDate="2015-01-10T01:11:39.237" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://bluefish.openoffice.nl/index.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/y7uJn.png&quot; alt=&quot;An open-source editor for experienced web designers &amp;amp; programmer, that supports many programming and markup languages, but focused on creating interactive websites.&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="178596" LastEditorUserId="178596" LastEditDate="2015-08-25T13:28:39.797" LastActivityDate="2015-08-25T13:28:39.797" CommentCount="2" CommunityOwnedDate="2015-01-10T01:11:39.237" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13431" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12379" CreationDate="2015-01-10T01:13:01.223" Score="17" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://inkscape.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/1DfhT.png&quot; alt=&quot;Inksacpe - Draw Freely&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="178596" LastActivityDate="2015-01-10T01:13:01.223" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2015-01-10T01:13:01.223" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13432" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12379" CreationDate="2015-01-10T01:14:37.783" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Rf5wb.png&quot; alt=&quot;Review&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="178596" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2015-08-25T13:23:04.857" CommentCount="5" CommunityOwnedDate="2015-01-10T01:14:37.783" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13433" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12379" CreationDate="2015-01-10T01:26:44.003" Score="17" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.videolan.org/vlc/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/K2eSp.png&quot; alt=&quot;VLC media player is a free and open source media player, encoder, and streamer made by the volunteers of the VideoLAN community. VLC uses its internal codecs to work essentially on every popular platform and read almost all files, CDs, DVDs, network streams, capture cards and other media formats!&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="178596" LastActivityDate="2015-01-10T01:26:44.003" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2015-01-10T01:26:44.003" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13434" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13446" CreationDate="2015-01-10T08:56:41.430" Score="11" ViewCount="354" Body="&lt;p&gt;I can't comment because lack of reputation but it showed the achievement. I've tried to comment but of course I failed.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/4vXjm.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="362788" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2015-01-10T10:04:54.560" LastActivityDate="2015-01-11T21:55:21.683" Title="I have less than 50 reputation but I recieved achievement that I can comment although I actually can't" Tags="|discussion|bug|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13435" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13444" CreationDate="2015-01-10T18:58:29.033" Score="18" ViewCount="483" Body="&lt;p&gt;A user with 1 rep posts an answer that should actually be just a comment. It might be a useful comment, but it is clearly not an answer. The user cannot post this as a comment, because he doesn't have enough rep. What to do in this situation?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="172367" LastActivityDate="2015-01-23T07:36:57.613" Title="What to do with answer that should be comment from user with 1 rep" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="8" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="0" ClosedDate="2015-01-26T23:43:27.287" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13436" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13435" CreationDate="2015-01-10T19:15:30.417" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;Flag the post, either as &quot;Not an answer&quot; or use a custom reason and explain why you think it is worth converting to a comment and a moderator will most likely oblige :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2015-01-10T19:15:30.417" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13437" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13435" CreationDate="2015-01-10T19:17:32.627" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Go ahead and flag the answer, and maybe leave a comment to the OP letting know that if he invest some time in the site that he will gain sufficient rights to up-vote answers, add actual comments or seek more information, or ask the OP to clarify his question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="59676" LastActivityDate="2015-01-10T19:17:32.627" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13438" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13435" CreationDate="2015-01-10T19:22:40.090" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;A post should be considered an &lt;strong&gt;answer&lt;/strong&gt; if and only if it &lt;strong&gt;answers&lt;/strong&gt; (or attempts to answer) the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Moderators have the power to convert answers into comments. Flagging the question as 'Not an Answer' is the best option, possibly with a comment requesting it to be converted into a comment if it is of relevance and/or adds some information which may be useful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The reputation based privilege system is designed in such a way so that new users do not &lt;em&gt;spam&lt;/em&gt; the comments section, as is often the case in case of questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="348400" LastActivityDate="2015-01-10T19:22:40.090" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13439" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13440" CreationDate="2015-01-10T22:48:11.303" Score="4" ViewCount="126" Body="&lt;p&gt;The question &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/545559/does-huion-k58-work-with-ubuntu&quot;&gt;Does HUION K58 work with Ubuntu?&lt;/a&gt; was marked as a duplicate of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/236276/what-hardware-does-ubuntu-touch-support&quot;&gt;What hardware does Ubuntu Touch support?&lt;/a&gt; which is incorrect.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The original question is not asking about Ubuntu Touch, and the Ubuntu Touch answer appears to be regarding &quot;iPad style&quot; tablets anyways (touch screen computing devices), rather than the wacom-style drawing tablets, which are an entirely different class of device.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe since the original question explicitly explains what sort of device the Huion k58 is, it did not require editing for clarification (as some guides suggested).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Apologies if this is the wrong avenue to address a duplicate on askubuntu, I'm following point 3 from &lt;a href=&quot;https://tex.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/5874/mark-a-marked-as-a-duplicate-question-as-not-duplicate&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; for addressing incorrect duplicates. I have insufficient rep for points 1 and 4, and have tried 2 with moderate success.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="357681" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2015-01-11T00:06:06.687" Title="Question &quot;Does HUION K58 work with Ubuntu?&quot; incorrectly marked as duplicate" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13440" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13439" CreationDate="2015-01-11T00:06:06.687" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, its OK to raise the matter here on Meta. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Those members who have sufficient privilege would then have visibility of your question and can cast a reopen vote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Additionally/alternatively you could also flag the question for moderator attention.  Explain as you have in a custom flag message and the moderator dealing with your flag can action it accordingly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyway - I agree with you and have reopened the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14356" LastActivityDate="2015-01-11T00:06:06.687" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13441" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1813" CreationDate="2015-01-11T09:07:18.110" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;As for my experience the right hand does not know what the left does on askubuntu.com.&#xA;After had open a discussion I was first asked to not ask multiple questions in one thread. Well, are the rules here this way, I got it.&#xA;So, all my questions were into dedicated threads.&#xA;After that I am asked to not open multiple threads to ask same question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Either they see all the questions address same topic, then they do not have to ask to &#xA;stop asking multiple questions in one discussion. Or vice versa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am sure each my question over there addressed different topic. Therefore had followed the first request.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furhtermore, as up to now I get on ubuntuforums accurate answers in shorter time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="359402" LastActivityDate="2015-01-11T09:07:18.110" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13442" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13443" CreationDate="2015-01-11T11:29:01.960" Score="1" ViewCount="34" Body="&lt;p&gt;I edited a question with much mistakes, and the post owner(a 1-reputation user) simply rejected my suggestion and edit the post himself. I didn't lost any reputation, but at least when people peer-review my edits they will find a rejected record...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="362788" LastActivityDate="2015-01-11T14:17:19.867" Title="Edits being denied and copied as own edition" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13443" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13442" CreationDate="2015-01-11T14:17:19.867" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;It helps to link to the incident.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/364553&quot;&gt;this case&lt;/a&gt;, however, it seems your edit was simply displaced by a much larger edit. It was automatically rejected by the system, not the user.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2015-01-11T14:17:19.867" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13444" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13435" CreationDate="2015-01-11T17:29:36.757" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;+1 for flagging it as &quot;Not an answer&quot; and comment it and explain that you flagged it and why.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you feel you are commenting things over and over with essentially the same text, then use this Google-Chrome Plugin. I'm using it with good result:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/Benjol/SE-AutoReviewComments&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://github.com/Benjol/SE-AutoReviewComments&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75166" LastEditorUserId="75166" LastEditDate="2015-01-23T07:36:57.613" LastActivityDate="2015-01-23T07:36:57.613" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13445" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-01-11T19:29:42.693" Score="3" ViewCount="87" Body="&lt;p&gt;A big disadvantage of askubuntu is his search system, I think.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is pretty unlikely to find the right answer in the pool, even though it is there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even the &lt;em&gt;Questions that may already have your answer&lt;/em&gt;     'search' if you asking a question is better...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would it be so complicated to improve the search system?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="261288" LastEditorUserId="158442" LastEditDate="2015-01-12T05:43:31.730" LastActivityDate="2015-01-14T23:33:24.287" Title="Better search system for questions" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ClosedDate="2015-01-23T18:04:51.753" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13446" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13434" CreationDate="2015-01-11T21:55:21.683" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is actually &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/133707/why-was-i-notified-of-privileges-that-i-dont-have?lq=1&quot;&gt;fairly&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/67001/reputation-bug-with-privileges?lq=1&quot;&gt;common&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/70472/152101&quot;&gt;From an ex-SE employee&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Take this example:&#xA;&#xA;Bob has 60 rep&#xA;Bill accepts Bobs answer, Bob has 75 rep&#xA;We trigger a message telling you now you have the bounty priv.&#xA;Bill unaccepts your answer&#xA;Message is stuck in the inbox.&#xA;Obviously, the right thing to do is to pull the message out of the inbox, but that will require a fair bit of redesign to keep the process efficient.&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5179" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2015-01-11T21:55:21.683" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13447" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-01-12T06:15:23.133" Score="6" ViewCount="65" Body="&lt;p&gt;There have been plenty of &quot;users&quot; asking &quot;questions&quot; which turn out to be spam and advertising. Some examples include things like &quot;Have The Body You Deserve?&quot; and &quot;Easy Ways to Lose Weight Fast&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EDIT: I have recently found a third example. This nearly confirms my suspicions: &quot;We should view results fast?&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These are blatant advertising, and I suspect that a bot could be to blame. I'm requesting an addition to the account creation process which requires verification that you're human.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="284394" LastEditorUserId="62" LastEditDate="2015-01-14T14:45:31.553" LastActivityDate="2015-01-14T14:45:31.553" Title="Request for new users to prove they're human" Tags="|feature-request|user-accounts|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13449" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-01-12T20:56:16.500" Score="2" ViewCount="41" Body="&lt;p&gt;So I got a notice today that says I have gained the Trusted User privilege, only I haven't yet; I only have 19,992 out of the required 20,000 reputation, which has not changed today, or yesterday.  Is this a bug or did I somehow have my reputation go up and back down again without being recorded?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8500" LastEditorUserId="1504" LastEditDate="2015-01-13T11:20:04.703" LastActivityDate="2015-01-13T11:20:04.703" Title="Premature notice of new privilege" Tags="|bug|status-bydesign|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2015-01-13T16:58:12.540" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13450" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13449" CreationDate="2015-01-12T21:15:15.670" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I see that you have 20,002, and that's more than the required 20,000 reputation.  Even if it was 19,992, I think the system rounds up the reputation, and so it awarded you the Trusted User privilege.  I hope that makes sense.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="59676" LastActivityDate="2015-01-12T21:15:15.670" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13452" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13449" CreationDate="2015-01-13T11:18:29.627" Score="1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;which has not changed today, or yesterday&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The database disagrees:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;2015-01-12 20:14:52.050 -10 Post Unupvoted&#xA;2015-01-12 20:14:44.513 10  Post Upvoted&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That would have put you very briefly over the 20,000 limit, triggering the notification.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1504" LastActivityDate="2015-01-13T11:18:29.627" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13453" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13454" CreationDate="2015-01-13T13:09:25.290" Score="1" ViewCount="39" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just tried replying to a comment by typing &quot;@Luís: &quot; and submitting it. After submission, the user name as well as the @ symbol disappeared. I tried editing the comment twice, but the &quot;@Luís&quot; part kept disappearing. Even deleting the comment and reposting it did not help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since I already posted comments which referred to users without any special characters in their names, I'll have to ask: Is this a bug? If not, how can I refer to users on askubuntu who have special characters in their names?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Best regards&#xA;Andreas&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="368030" LastEditorUserId="1504" LastEditDate="2015-01-14T15:49:01.523" LastActivityDate="2015-01-14T15:49:01.523" Title="Referring to users with special characters in their names" Tags="|bug|status-bydesign|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13454" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13453" CreationDate="2015-01-13T15:50:28.393" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If Luís was the author of the post, a leading &lt;code&gt;@&lt;/code&gt;-mention of his name is automatically removed by the comment system, since the post author is notified anyway. As for special characters, they work the same way any characters allowed in usernames do, but have special treatment in that you can use &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/43019/how-do-comment-replies-work&quot;&gt;their equivalents instead&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Special characters are replaced with their simple equivalent. To reply to Piëre you can use both @piëre and @piere. And to reply to Jörg you could use @jorg, but not @joerg.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2015-01-13T15:50:28.393" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13455" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13456" CreationDate="2015-01-13T15:52:12.370" Score="1" ViewCount="28" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was reviewing &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/564984/remote-workstation-management?noredirect=1&quot;&gt;Remote workstation management&lt;/a&gt; and chose &quot;too broad&quot; as a closure reason. For some reason it now shows I chose &quot;unclear what your asking&quot; Is this a &quot;bug&quot;, a &quot;feature&quot; or what? I make it a point to do my own analysis and don't blindly agree with previous close voters so I found the result confusing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2015-01-14T01:59:20.050" Title="close reason doesn't match" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13456" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13455" CreationDate="2015-01-13T16:23:42.083" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Before you votes there was one &quot;too broad&quot; vote and three &quot;unclear&quot; votes. Your &quot;too broad&quot; vote was the vote it needed to close it but the end result was 3-2 to &quot;unclear&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I agree that this might seem confusing and would probably benefit from a little message if you're the deciding vote and it splits against you, but the actual behaviour is by design.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2015-01-13T16:23:42.083" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13457" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-01-14T18:47:06.757" Score="1" ViewCount="25" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/468907/how-to-set-up-gcalcli-on-ubuntu-14-04&quot;&gt;How to set up gcalcli?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This one is quite easy, it's just an out of date package that can be updated: &lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/insanum/gcalcli/issues/132&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://github.com/insanum/gcalcli/issues/132&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd like to document this in this question. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.400" LastActivityDate="2015-01-14T18:47:06.757" Title="Can we reopen this closed/deleted question?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13458" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13445" CreationDate="2015-01-14T23:33:24.287" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;MySQL is complicated at the brainstorm stage.  Make a search function past what we already have using the same ideal, and complicated is no longer something people say.  Dev teams know what works is some thing simple yet elegant in design.  With every project I and some others have collaberate on use MySQL(or equivlant) no such thing is simple ever existed.  Irratiting and agravated are usually the moods after 3 days of full debugging and swear words in forms of paragraphs granted.  The String Search Engine does what we need it to without too much fuss.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="279988" LastActivityDate="2015-01-14T23:33:24.287" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13459" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9193" CreationDate="2015-01-14T23:39:23.080" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Misplaced tags happen.  I agree the way you have it is perfect and awesome in every way.  It points to a very specfic point in Ubuntus life on a PC.  Anything post install should not be allowed.  As a community it is also our job to clean up tags as nessicary.  If I see a question with a system-install tag(God forbid) on WINe, then it needs to be fixed to something.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On a side note does the order of tags have to matter?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="279988" LastActivityDate="2015-01-14T23:39:23.080" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13460" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12379" CreationDate="2015-01-15T05:02:22.740" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.darktable.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ulpn6.png&quot; alt=&quot;darktable | the photo workflow software&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1859" LastActivityDate="2015-01-15T05:02:22.740" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2015-01-15T05:02:22.740" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13461" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13463" CreationDate="2015-01-15T12:30:53.690" Score="5" ViewCount="231" Body="&lt;p&gt;The default font &quot;UbuntuRegular&quot; used by Ask Ubuntu is messed up on umlaut characters. Affected characters seem smaller than normal. I played around the font-size and it doesn't help with the problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This seems to happen with all umlaut characters like ÄäÖöÅåÜüÑñ and so on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;# cat /etc/issue&#xA;Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS \n \l&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;UbuntuRegular on Ask Ubuntu&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/aUjq2.png&quot; alt=&quot;Me&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Arial on Stack Overflow&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/sJs04.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Given that there are not too many posts with umlauts on AU this still looks very weird in running text, see the example.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/AABIp.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20396" LastEditorUserId="117103" LastEditDate="2015-01-25T16:21:08.737" LastActivityDate="2015-01-25T16:21:08.737" Title="Default font &quot;UbuntuRegular&quot; has bad rendering on umlaut characters" Tags="|bug|style|font|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13462" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13461" CreationDate="2015-01-15T12:32:33.720" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;This should be reported as a bug to the UbuntuFont project, it's nothing Stack Exchange controls&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2015-01-15T16:03:57.523" LastActivityDate="2015-01-15T16:03:57.523" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13463" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13461" CreationDate="2015-01-15T13:18:53.483" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm pretty sure this has to do with how Stack Exchange calls the font family. I edited the element's CSS to test:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Named &lt;code&gt;Ubuntu&lt;/code&gt;:&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/QGbzJ.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Named &lt;code&gt;Ubuntu Regular&lt;/code&gt;&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/snXLO.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Named &lt;code&gt;UbuntuRegular&lt;/code&gt; (no space)&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/zeoNA.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&#xA;Note how the lack of fall-back families causes these characters to be shown in Serif font.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(I'm on Windows, and also have the Ubuntu font installed.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd say the family should be set to &lt;code&gt;'Ubuntu Regular', Ubuntu, 'Bitstream ...&lt;/code&gt; instead of the current &lt;code&gt;UbuntuRegular, Ubuntu, 'Bitstream Vera Sans...&lt;/code&gt; .&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2015-01-15T13:18:53.483" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13464" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13465" CreationDate="2015-01-15T13:32:23.447" Score="0" ViewCount="46" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to know what frameworks and languages were used to build the Ask Ubuntu website. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Well, of course I did a bit of research before asking. The &lt;strong&gt;Inspect Element&lt;/strong&gt; suggests that php is extensively used. Apart from PHP, HTML and CSS; What other modules were used in the development process? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Were any additional frameworks used? (Something like Ruby-On-Rails)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="362786" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2015-01-15T19:50:48.033" LastActivityDate="2015-01-15T19:50:48.033" Title="What languages and frameworks are used by Ask Ubuntu website?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2015-01-21T23:06:27.030" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13465" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13464" CreationDate="2015-01-15T13:46:39.807" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, there's no PHP at all. I'd be curious to know why you think anything in the source code suggests PHP.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's C#/ASP.NET&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can see the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/10369/which-tools-and-technologies-are-used-to-build-the-stack-exchange-network&quot;&gt;full Stack Exchange architecture on MSE&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2015-01-15T13:46:39.807" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13467" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13468" CreationDate="2015-01-16T00:20:04.197" Score="1" ViewCount="55" Body="&lt;p&gt;On &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/568228/controlling-bluetooth-mouse-gestures-that-register-keyboard-events&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; I had a bounty going for a few more days but was so excited that I had got an answer that appeared to work, I assigned it. However, later I noticed it wasn't working right and realized I didn't properly test it. It didn't solve the problem for me. That being said, is there any way to revert the bounty? Not like I don't think the user was helpful, but the whole point in having the bounty was to potentially get the answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="237241" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2015-01-16T00:43:08.010" Title="can I revert awarding a bounty?" Tags="|support|bounty|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13468" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13467" CreationDate="2015-01-16T00:43:08.010" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, this is not possible. Awarding a bounty is permanent and cannot be undone. When you award a bounty, the following message is displayed:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/vvuRq.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastActivityDate="2015-01-16T00:43:08.010" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13471" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-01-16T18:03:48.013" Score="1" ViewCount="28" Body="&lt;p&gt;Recently I ran into a question or two that can be closed for either off-topic or being a duplicate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there an order that questions should be closed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(i.e. close a question as a dupe before closing it as off-topic)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastActivityDate="2015-01-16T18:03:48.013" Title="Is there a &quot;close preference order&quot;?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2015-01-23T18:05:10.193" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13472" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-01-17T22:48:32.490" Score="5" ViewCount="467" Body="&lt;p&gt;this is a very stupid question but I just cant figure it out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How do I log out of Ask Ubuntu (this site)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;i am logged in and need to get out (I am on a public computer) but I cant!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="368490" OwnerDisplayName="Gabo" LastActivityDate="2015-01-18T06:16:50.293" Title="Logout of Ask Ubuntu" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2015-01-18T16:32:40.550" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13473" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13472" CreationDate="2015-01-17T22:51:00.810" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's not that stupid of a question. As soon as I stumbled upon your question I had trouble figuring out how to log out myself. You need to click on the arrow next to StackExchange in the upper left corner of the page above the Ask Ubuntu logo. A small menu will open, and you can click &quot;log out&quot; at the top of the menu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/rQM9A.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="266012" OwnerDisplayName="FuzzyToothpaste" LastEditorUserId="59676" LastEditDate="2015-01-18T06:16:50.293" LastActivityDate="2015-01-18T06:16:50.293" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13474" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-01-17T22:47:15.573" Score="0" ViewCount="28" Body="&lt;p&gt;For some reason my password didn't work after I logged out. I had made some posts. I did a password reset and now my previous posts are totally gone.  But everything else, the profile, etc.. was there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="369676" OwnerDisplayName="Lady Geek" LastActivityDate="2015-01-19T02:26:01.347" Title="StackExchange Password Reset deleted previous posts" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13475" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13478" CreationDate="2015-01-18T06:48:35.723" Score="-2" ViewCount="117" Body="&lt;p&gt;I know about similar requests, but after stumbling over this &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/565717/bios-wont-accept-boot-from-usb&quot;&gt;question&lt;/a&gt; (just an example; question poster answered himself using edits instead of an answer) I thought you should at least add an option in the flagging menu like &quot;problem is solved in comments/edits&quot;. Then, moderators (or high-rep users) should be able to check this and maybe accept the question itself or convert the edit/comment into an answer that could at least get upvoted to show it is solved. What does the community/staff think about this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2015-01-18T19:02:39.397" Title="Moderators should be able to mark questions as answered" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|comments|answers|flagging|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13477" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13435" CreationDate="2015-01-18T17:58:02.007" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Do what your heart tells you is right maybe? Or write a complaint letter to the person responsible for this travesty? I wanted to comment on this but it's not letting me cause I'm also a newbie. What the heck! Why? I understand the rep thing is to improve the quality of this by keeping spam bots and trolls from easily &quot;answering&quot; but this seems backwards. Wouldn't you want to make newbs ONLY be able to comment before being able to answer? Speaking as a newb I've browsed several questions and I frequently feel like I don't have the answer but that I could contribute a helpful comment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="273872" LastActivityDate="2015-01-18T17:58:02.007" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13478" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13475" CreationDate="2015-01-18T19:02:39.397" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Like you mention, the question has been asked before, and there are good reasons not to do that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you only look at the huge stock of questions, waiting to review, you can imagine what happens if you add another category of jobs to be done. Judging if comments are good &quot;candidates&quot; to become an answer, editing them into an answer, those are mind- intensive tasks and decisions. Even more than reviewing, where you only need to &lt;em&gt;read&lt;/em&gt; properly.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It places moderators in a vulnerable position; even if they are of the highest integrity (which I am sure they are), they &lt;em&gt;could&lt;/em&gt; be accused of being subjective, since deciding if an answer or comment should be an &lt;em&gt;accepted&lt;/em&gt; answer to someone else's question, is subjective by definition.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It would create two &quot;classes&quot; of acceptance, questions which are &quot;really&quot; accepted, and cases in which an answer or comment is promoted to an accepted answer. Not really making things clearer.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It pollutes the voting and reputation system.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We all know good answers are neglected frequently by the original poster. To decide whether I upvote a question or not, I take into account how a poster looks after his question after he or she posted it. I'd rather see an (initially) mediocre question, edited during the process into a good question, and a poster communicating in a clear and alert way, then a seemingly good question, but no one can tell if the answer(s) were useful to OP or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am afraid taking over the job from OP is not improving the process, and does not contribute to clarity at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastActivityDate="2015-01-18T19:02:39.397" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13479" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13480" CreationDate="2015-01-18T23:06:26.170" Score="2" ViewCount="116" Body="&lt;p&gt;My question was deleted. Is there a policy for deleting questions here? Is there a meta answer showing this very policy? (Or is questions deleted more randomly). Not that I take it too seriously but I feel that deleting a fair question is suspicious. That my question was put on hold was also suspicious, but deleting, really? How come.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this following a guideline? The deletion of questions on hold. Is it perhaps something that happens automatically after due time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I asked a question here (I only have one question here on Ask!). I got an acceptable answer , or so I thought. The answer turned out not to work in ubuntu 32 bit, only on ubuntu 64 bit. I needed it to work in 32 bit as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My other question was deleted (very similar question but with the specifics that I wanted an answer that worked on ubuntu 32 bit).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It went - after 5 days it was put on &quot;hold&quot;, kind of, &quot;unspecific question&quot;, then now 4 months later it turned out it has been deleted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="39841" LastEditorUserId="158442" LastEditDate="2015-01-19T12:11:50.450" LastActivityDate="2015-01-19T12:11:50.450" Title="My question was deleted. Was this on random or following a policy?" Tags="|discussion|deleted-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13480" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13479" CreationDate="2015-01-18T23:38:20.527" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I can't be sure without a link to your deleted question but yes, closed questions are deleted by the system after a while. You can see the details &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/92006/203101&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;, but in short:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If the question was closed more than &lt;code&gt;9&lt;/code&gt; days ago, and ...&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;not closed as a duplicate&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;has a score of 0 or less&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;is not locked&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;has no answers with a score &gt; 0&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;has no accepted answer&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;has no pending reopen votes&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;has not been edited in the past &lt;code&gt;9&lt;/code&gt; days&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;... it will be automatically deleted&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is not a judgement on you, no humans were involved in this deletion. It is simply part of the automatic cleanup that is part of the Stack Exchange system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2015-01-19T01:12:01.653" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13481" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13474" CreationDate="2015-01-19T02:26:01.347" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/574813/44179&quot;&gt;Your answer&lt;/a&gt; was deleted in due process because it was posted in the answer section but was not an attempt to answer the question (or if it was an attempted answer it was very hard to tell).  The answer section is reserved for actual answers to the question, nothing else.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/comment&quot;&gt;is&lt;/a&gt; a comment privilege (at 50 rep) it isn't meant to be used for &quot;me too&quot; like comments, but rather information useful in the answering of the question (but not full answers!) or requesting clarification.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know this can be very confusing for someone new to our format, but Stack Exchange operates very differently from a forum (we don't even call ourselves one). A lot of helpful information regarding this can be found in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help&quot;&gt;help center&lt;/a&gt;.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:15.960" LastActivityDate="2015-01-19T02:26:01.347" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13482" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13435" CreationDate="2015-01-20T18:16:54.213" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;My thoughts exactly user273872!!!  I've had a love/hate relationship with this site for quite some time.  I do not have the time to build my reputation to the point that's required for some basic input.  Telling someone who wants to contribute that they can't comment, they can only answer, and and then their answer is, &quot;Not an Answer&quot; doesn't make users &lt;strong&gt;WANT&lt;/strong&gt; to contribute.  Which is where I'm at now.  I read posts and look for answers but for the most part, I don't contribute because of these restrictions.  I had a while ago researched, discovered and wanted to document an aspect that I thought others would benefit from, but the hurdles put in place were much too high.  I had to resort to asking a question, and answering it myself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want to encourage more people to use this site, and by extension Ubuntu/Linux, then the barrier for entry has to be lower.  You're discouraging people at the moment when they may be getting most interested.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="183360" LastActivityDate="2015-01-20T18:16:54.213" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13483" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13484" CreationDate="2015-01-21T08:50:02.203" Score="15" ViewCount="555" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have posted an answer to a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/575659/proprietary-drivers-dont-work-for-my-amd-6850m&quot;&gt;question&lt;/a&gt; and linked to my own method for solving it on Ubuntu Forums. The OP has subsequently commented that it does not work for his laptop.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should I delete my answer or leave it? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="304825" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2015-02-09T01:07:24.997" Title="If my answer does not solve the OP's question, should I delete it?" Tags="|discussion|answers|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13484" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13483" CreationDate="2015-01-21T09:13:00.310" Score="27" Body="&lt;p&gt;It may solve someone else's related problem, so leave it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;However&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Link-only answers are not welcome here. Please post at least a summary of the steps involved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2015-01-21T09:13:00.310" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13485" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13487" CreationDate="2015-01-22T06:43:17.443" Score="1" ViewCount="41" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was going through the &quot;First Posts&quot; review queue and stumbled upon this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/first-posts/368555&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/review/first-posts/368555&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, when I clicked the link to view &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/566871/unable-to-open-github-com-on-firefox&quot;&gt;the question itself&lt;/a&gt;, I discovered that it was a deleted question. Not only was it deleted, but the deletion had taken place &lt;strong&gt;over 10 days ago&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I assume this is a bug. There is no need for us to review questions that have already been deleted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2015-01-23T19:29:27.223" Title="Deleted question showing in the review queue" Tags="|bug|status-bydesign|deleted-questions|review-queue|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13486" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13435" CreationDate="2015-01-22T07:13:46.973" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I agree because I always need to comment but I need 50 rep and I only have 9 rep. I have &lt;strong&gt;TO&lt;/strong&gt; comment for this but I &lt;strong&gt;CAN'T&lt;/strong&gt; because I don't have rep. If you could change the system I recommend fixing this first.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="342427" LastActivityDate="2015-01-22T07:13:46.973" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13487" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13485" CreationDate="2015-01-22T08:46:07.033" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Were you looking at the recently reviewed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Review audit passed 54 mins ago:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;   Adaephon reviewed this 54 mins ago: Reviewed &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It was an audit post. They're commonly already nuked.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2015-01-22T08:46:07.033" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13488" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8199" CreationDate="2015-01-22T12:52:28.130" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;This issue seems to have been fixed. All JavaScript functionalities seems to be working after clicking on the above link.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastActivityDate="2015-01-22T12:52:28.130" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13489" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13435" CreationDate="2015-01-22T14:17:52.180" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Answer (To all newbies, like myself) - just do your best and answer/comment. It is not &quot;our&quot; problem that we cannot 'comment' using a comment button. Just do your best. Maybe your 'not an answer comment' does provide the insight/trigger so that someone else can truely answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;to GalGalesh: This is a comment - thanks for asking this because it made me aware of something I am (still) lacking. And, perhaps why people have been only commenting to my one question and why I feel my question is getting cluttered with lots of comments (and additional edits from me - rather than a flow that I a more accustomed with in 'traditional' forums.&#xA;Additional comment - be more 'generic' in your question - because my reputation is 21 (not 1, so technically my not an answer comment should not be considered. The question I would prefer to see is &quot;What to do with answers from members with less than 50 reputation?&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And lastly - an answer (that unfortunately is also an opinion so I am still being naughty) - do what you can to improve their reputation so they can get above 50 - and since you are above 50 - perhaps add the comment that your value their attempt to discuss/comment/answer your question. If you can - make it a Win/Win - and let the OPs worry about the distinction.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Again - thanks for asking. I think that has been the biggest contribution here!&#xA;Please comment on what I can do to boost your reputation :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367698" LastActivityDate="2015-01-22T14:17:52.180" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13490" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13491" CreationDate="2015-01-22T14:43:52.930" Score="0" ViewCount="27" Body="&lt;p&gt;I suspect I do not understand the mechanics of the Q&amp;amp;A system here - but it is puzzling just the same.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This morning I had 21 reputation and three bronze, while now I see 21 reputation and one bronze - and No questions asked - while I asked my first question on 11 or 12 January. (Actually I thought my reputation might have been 31, but very unsure now - not really something I am overly concerned about).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;re: the bronze I am sure because at the bottom of my profile page it does say 21 reputation and 3 bronze.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe the answer is &quot;C'est la vie&quot; :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, if you are able - please explain the mechanics. I suppose I could do a better search of the site - but you do not get reputation points for not asking it seems. And now I must also hope no negative points for asking a (potentially) duplicate question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Michael&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367698" LastActivityDate="2015-01-22T14:53:29.613" Title="Why does my profile say I have no questions asked and one bronze when there should be more?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13491" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13490" CreationDate="2015-01-22T14:53:29.613" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You're on Meta Ask Ubuntu, Ask Ubuntu's meta site where we discuss the site's policies and the site itself. Badges and posts are separate from the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/367698/michael-felt&quot;&gt;main site&lt;/a&gt;.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Take a look at the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/whats-meta&quot;&gt;help center article&lt;/a&gt; on meta for more detailed information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2015-01-22T14:53:29.613" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13492" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13493" CreationDate="2015-01-23T09:03:38.940" Score="4" ViewCount="33" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have started reviewing Reopen Votes and there is something I struggle with: the review page does not inform on the reason for closure. The only way to know this seems to be jumping to the question thread itself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would it be possible to include this information in the Reopen Vote review page itself?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="177437" LastActivityDate="2015-01-23T10:44:08.190" Title="Reason for closure in the Reopen Vote review page" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13493" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13492" CreationDate="2015-01-23T09:40:34.477" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Does it matter? Ultimately, only the question's state when you review it should be the only thing that counts. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In the case of duplicates, there are three tabs over the question: &lt;em&gt;Question (revised)&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Duplicate&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;Revision&lt;/em&gt;, which provide all the information needed.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In other cases, if it is not unclear, too broad, or otherwise off-topic &lt;em&gt;as it stands&lt;/em&gt;, vote to reopen. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If there is relevant content in the comment thread (accessible from the review view, IIRC) then either edit in that content yourself, or drop a comment asking for such an edit.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Honestly, I don't see the point of reopening if I would nominate for closure for any reason (except perhaps being a dupe). If it was closed as unclear, but could now be closed as off-topic, I'd vote to leave closed. So, to reiterate: consider only the question's current state.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="158442" LastEditDate="2015-01-23T10:44:08.190" LastActivityDate="2015-01-23T10:44:08.190" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13494" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-01-25T12:11:53.237" Score="1" ViewCount="703" Body="&lt;p&gt;Gibt es auch eine Möglichkeit  Ubuntu Fragen auch in deutscher Sprache zu betreiben ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Verstehe den Sinn von &amp;quot; This question body does.....&amp;quot; leider nicht  sorry&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Translation:&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it possible to use AskUbuntu in German?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately I don't understand &amp;quot;This question body does.....&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user372157" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2015-01-25T15:23:06.683" Title="Hilfe ich spreche deutsch" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13496" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13494" CreationDate="2015-01-25T13:57:03.493" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, sorry. The policy across the Stack Exchange network is that all questions are in English except for those cases where a site is specifically in another language (e.g. &lt;a href=&quot;https://pt.stackoverflow.com/&quot;&gt;Portuguese SO&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://french.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;French&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://spanish.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Spanish&lt;/a&gt;. Any site that is not explicitly language-specific is implicitly specific to English. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, you can use a service like &lt;a href=&quot;http://translate.google.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Google Translate&lt;/a&gt; to translate your posts. It is usually a horrible translation but might be enough for people to understand your question. Other users will then edit it to fix it and improve the translation. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hier ist eine schreckliche Übersetzung meiner Antwort auf den Punkt zu veranschaulichen:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Nein, leider nicht. Die Richtlinie über die Stack-Exchange-Netzwerk ist, dass alle Fragen in Englisch mit Ausnahme jener Fälle, in denen eine Seite ist speziell in einer anderen Sprache(zB &lt;a href=&quot;https://pt.stackoverflow.com/&quot;&gt;Portuguese SO&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://french.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Französisch&lt;/a&gt; oder &lt;a href=&quot;https://spanish.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Spanisch&lt;/a&gt;) Jede Website, die nicht explizit sprachspezifische ist implizit bestimmte in Englisch..&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Allerdings können Sie einen Service wie verwenden [Google Translate] (&lt;a href=&quot;http://translate.google.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://translate.google.com&lt;/a&gt;) zu, Ihre Beiträge zu übersetzen. Normalerweise ist es eine schreckliche Übersetzung aber ausreichend sein für die Menschen, um Ihre Frage zu verstehen. Andere Benutzer können dann bearbeiten, um das Problem zu beheben und die Verbesserung der Übersetzung.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt; I don't speak German so I have no idea whether the translation even resembles what I wrote.&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:59:49.697" LastActivityDate="2015-01-25T15:23:06.683" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13497" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-01-26T10:07:34.677" Score="0" ViewCount="41" Body="&lt;p&gt;Suppose someone suggested an edit to my own question which I approve (and am grateful). Is there any mechanism that allows me to accept the edit straight away that works for users &amp;lt;2k reputation? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="55241" LastActivityDate="2015-01-26T17:17:57.130" Title="How to accept an edit on my own question" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13498" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13511" CreationDate="2015-01-26T10:49:33.700" Score="27" ViewCount="564" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;H2&gt;Proposal to have all users under 30 reputation follow a question wizard.&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some people just don't use google and they ask questions that have been asked before or they ask unclear question, or off-topic ones, ... &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So how about putting in a filter in the form of a &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wizard_(software)&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;wizard&lt;/a&gt; that would &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KISS_principle&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;hold the absolute beginner's hand&lt;/a&gt;: the first screen should show the 4, 6, ... hottest questions on the site, just like like a browser's &quot;new tab&quot; window contains their most visited sites. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/81eQj.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;AU Wizard Screen 1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;sub&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Why the hottest questions?&lt;/strong&gt; The hottest questions is functionality that is already available on the SE network and it would be trivial for the SE employees to take existing code base and re-use it, and present it in containers instead of a list, whereas asking for additional functionality might get the proposal shot down.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If they pick one of the hottest questions on the site, that's where they’ll be re-directed immediately without any further interaction, otherwise they click &lt;kbd&gt;Next&lt;/kbd&gt; or &lt;kbd&gt;Finish&lt;/kbd&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And then all of the tags come up:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Cj2BA.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;AU Wizard screen 2&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;sub&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Why a dumb tag list?&lt;/strong&gt; Again: this is functionality &lt;em&gt;nearly&lt;/em&gt; exists: The list of most common tags is there, it just needs some extra check-marks to make this into a functional wizard step.  Re-use of the existing SE code-base so more likely to be accepted.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Allow the user to select some tags and press &lt;kbd&gt;Next&lt;/kbd&gt; or &lt;kbd&gt;Finish&lt;/kbd&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If no tags are taken, &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/7198/alpha-testing-a-wizard&quot;&gt;do an Oli&lt;/a&gt;: Execute the most commonly used commands we ask them to execute anyway and post it to &lt;a href=&quot;http://paste.ubuntu.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://paste.ubuntu.com&lt;/a&gt; and link back to the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Propose a question:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With the tags and the hardware info, &lt;em&gt;create a normal question&lt;/em&gt; that the user then still has to edit, or just approve depending on the quality of the tags/hardware detection we did, &lt;em&gt;so the user will get used to what kind of questions to ask once the wizard disappears when their reputation gets high enough&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Additional ideas:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;give the beginning user additional rep if questions do not need to be revised. (+2 goes to poster instead of editor) &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/13517/344926&quot;&gt;&lt;sub&gt;Source&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And now only &lt;kbd&gt;Finish&lt;/kbd&gt; remains so the question gets posted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="344926" LastEditDate="2015-02-02T19:53:21.570" LastActivityDate="2015-02-02T19:53:21.570" Title="Shouldn't Stack Exchange build a Question Wizard? (for beginning users)" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="16" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13499" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13497" CreationDate="2015-01-26T17:17:57.130" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you have &quot;missed&quot; the accept button, it must have been a mistake, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/76284/270345&quot;&gt;since&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;h3&gt;Who can vote on a suggested edit?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;The owner of a post may cast a binding vote to accept or reject any modification of their post. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2015-01-26T17:17:57.130" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13500" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13501" CreationDate="2015-01-26T20:18:43.493" Score="2" ViewCount="45" Body="&lt;p&gt;I posted &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/578038/hard-disk-free-space-going-down&quot;&gt;an answer&lt;/a&gt; that unfortunately contained a couple of minor errors. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These were pointed out in comments, and I edited the answer to correct it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, this now means that the comments that say there's a mistake are actually incorrect.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What should I do in this situation? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="304825" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.683" LastActivityDate="2015-02-09T01:08:08.350" Title="Corrected an answer - what should I do about the comments that prompted the edit?" Tags="|discussion|comments|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13501" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13500" CreationDate="2015-01-26T20:27:43.543" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Post a comment below those comment that you added it into the answer. The users will see this comment and might remove theirs. If they don't everyone else can see you saw their comments and acted upon them. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Besides that: most of us can see your answer was edited and what was edited. So we can all see the comments became obsolete ;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastActivityDate="2015-01-26T20:27:43.543" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13505" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-01-28T20:57:58.340" Score="6" ViewCount="224" Body="&lt;p&gt;Don't get me wrong, &quot;What is the best ....&quot; question should usually be closed fast.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;But&lt;/strong&gt;, when they are several years old and have many/several answers I see no point in bringing them into the review queue. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A few Examples (I skipped most of them, not wanting to waste reviews)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/207191/which-version-control-system-to-use&quot;&gt;Which version control system to use?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/158288/the-best-autocad-2010-ubuntu-alternative&quot;&gt;The best AutoCAD 2010 Ubuntu alternative?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/43479/whats-the-best-chess-program-for-a-beginner&quot;&gt;What&amp;#39;s the best chess program for a beginner?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/622/whats-the-best-mind-mapping-software&quot;&gt;What&amp;#39;s the best Mind Mapping Software?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2015-01-30T18:37:00.863" Title="Is it really useful to flag very old &quot;best...&quot; questions as &quot;primarily opinion based&quot;?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13506" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13505" CreationDate="2015-01-28T21:44:52.923" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, so that we can close them. Closure doesn't always result in deletion, but it will mark such questions as unwelcome and reset the precedent (the way questions are locked and retained on SO because of &quot;historical importance&quot;). Such locking would be better, but we'd need a mod on hand for that, I think.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Apparently &quot;historical importance&quot; is the wrong type of lock here. It freezes both question &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; answers, whereas only the question need be frozen, as Seth suggests. With the other locks, the existing answers can continue to be updated and new answers cannot be created.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="158442" LastEditDate="2015-01-29T07:12:49.543" LastActivityDate="2015-01-29T07:12:49.543" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13507" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-01-28T21:59:57.623" Score="-7" ViewCount="119" Body="&lt;p&gt;If someone is asking a dumb question that could easily be figured out by googling it are we allow to send them a lmgtfy.com link? Assuming we provide an explination for why the question is not satisfactory, are we allowed to do this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="373012" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2015-01-28T22:22:03.233" LastActivityDate="2015-01-29T16:43:57.280" Title="LMGTFY -is it allowed" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13508" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13507" CreationDate="2015-01-28T22:06:35.510" Score="11" Body="&lt;h1&gt;NO.&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But in all seriousness - This has been discussed before on  &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/15650/ban-lmgtfy-let-me-google-that-for-you-links&quot;&gt;Ban LMGTFY (let me google that for you) links&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And guess what is in the second result of - &lt;a href=&quot;http://lmgtfy.com/?q=should+you+use+LMGTFY&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://lmgtfy.com/?q=should+you+use+LMGTFY&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How does that feel?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Although it is not &lt;em&gt;banned&lt;/em&gt; it is highly frowned upon, I expect answers/comments that would use it will get downvoted/flagged ect.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And as if the question is that bad... how about flagging/downvoting? As: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/207226/185528&quot;&gt;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/207226/185528&lt;/a&gt; says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any question that is lazy enough to warrant a LMGTFY answer is a bad&#xA;question. Bad questions should be flagged, not answered sarcastically&#xA;or disrespectfully.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A.K.A it is rude.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2015-01-29T16:43:57.280" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13509" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13507" CreationDate="2015-01-28T23:04:44.243" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;When I get &lt;strong&gt;REALLY&lt;/strong&gt; irritated about a question that is posted as either nonsense tech support or attempted vote farming, I will occasionally post a comment of &quot;first google result: htt....whatever&quot;.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I only do it:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If an OP doesn't make any attempt to solve a problem, I get to be a little rude.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If an OP is vote farming, I get to be rude.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So in summary:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I know it's rude when I do it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I don't do it often.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I only do it when it fits the two conditions outlined above.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, with all my comments/questions/answers - I've done it less times than I could count on one hand.  I don't encourage the behavior, but I do understand its occasional and infrequent use.  We don't need to be ugly to people.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, to put it in perspective, I might have done it as many as five times.  I'm confident the real number is smaller than that one.  So: 16000/5=3200.  If we wanted to be on pace for snapping on someone, you'ld have another 30*rep||value multiplier to hit before it was not horrible to do it once.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastEditorUserId="5768" LastEditDate="2015-01-28T23:23:28.690" LastActivityDate="2015-01-28T23:23:28.690" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13511" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13498" CreationDate="2015-01-29T23:18:17.823" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Great proposal in my humble opinion. At the very least adopting @Oli &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/7198/alpha-testing-a-wizard&quot;&gt;Alpha-testing a wizard&lt;/a&gt; would be a huge step in the right direction and would cover the vast majority of the questions I've seen where the user seems incapable of forming a good question. (Granted my experience is somewhat limited compared to many of you) If we could at least get that to start with we could beg for as needed improvements later. Of course if this is like union negotiations we'd have to ask for the world first and settle for what we could get....&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastActivityDate="2015-01-29T23:18:17.823" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13512" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13483" CreationDate="2015-01-30T17:03:02.097" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;My opinion would be no.  As a general rule:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It might solve another's issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It also might be part of a process of elimination in identifying the solution to an issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The record of it having been attempted and not being the answer might streamline future problem-solving of the same/similar issues.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also there is the social context as well: it is positive for the community to have a history of people working together to solve issues.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="372625" LastActivityDate="2015-01-30T17:03:02.097" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13513" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13483" CreationDate="2015-01-31T10:39:21.610" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm in agreement with Deleuze on this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Quite often I find that the responses to my questions give enough extra information to develop the solution myself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In these instances I upvote the helpfull answer(s), and make a comment of what did / didn't work in my case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;then I will 'answer my own question' and attempt to put a complete answer where I can.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Better still if there is one particular answer that helped I would make a comment for the author to add in the additions / modification for my solution, so as I can accept it as the answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I guess it is a different problem if you answer is being heavily downvoted, especially if it is being done so without any comments. I always attempt to 'not downvote' but would prefer to put in a comment as to why I think that the answer is bad / wrong / dangerous. Giving the author time to modify the question if he so desires.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I actually have a question (somewhere) which was downvoted, and the initial comment was not helpful as to why the commenter thought it was a bad question. I modified the question, but he refused to say if I had made the question better / more acceptable or not &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;David&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="133238" LastActivityDate="2015-01-31T10:39:21.610" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13515" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-02-01T19:35:55.727" Score="7" ViewCount="145" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am quite an old guy here on askubuntu.com, and I think that most of us have a problem with upvoting questions. If you see other communities, like tex.sx or photography.sx, you can see a quite different pattern there: questions have on average much more upvotes, and a highly voted question is often a question worth reading --- independently on the fact that it could be a question representing a common problem or a rare, complex one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That can be because we have an awful lot of silly question --- or because people that answer questions is getting lazy. So I suggested the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If a question is worth the time to be answered or  commented on, it should be upvoted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If a question is worth the time to fully read it, and you understand the question but don't know how to solve it, you should upvote it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On a &amp;quot;main page&amp;quot; shot today, there are &lt;strong&gt;lots&lt;/strong&gt; of question with answers and with a total zero upvotes. This is simply illogical.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Moreover, when browsing the site, we should normally upvote interesting question and (if available) what we think are good answers. That will help visibility, lower duplicates, and it will be good for everyone. In that aspect, &lt;a href=&quot;https://tex.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;https://tex.stackexchange.com/&lt;/a&gt; is quite exemplary --- duplicates are so low because the people there have a very nice, effective voting policy --- and the right answer pops up alone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16395" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2015-03-06T04:44:27.637" Title="Upvoting questions (and then answers)" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13516" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13515" CreationDate="2015-02-02T08:28:52.773" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Obviously we are not very generous voters, but in my opinion that is not so much a problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Voting on questions&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To decide to vote up a question or not, you need to know more than just the content of the question; the way OP takes care of it afterwards is part of the quality of a question. If someone asks a potentially good question, but it takes three days to answer a simple request for additional information and even then the information is incomplete, a good question/answer combination is obstructed.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;The other way around: if someone asks a question in a bit clumsy way, but is doing everything to make a good and fit answer possible, the question actually becomes a good question, maybe with the help of a little editing.&#xA;That is why most of the questions I upvoted are questions I answered myself, or when I noticed a constructive attitude in the history of the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Voting on answers&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do not fully agree with the line that says we should up vote answers that &lt;em&gt;what we think are good answers&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;I believe we should only up vote if we &lt;em&gt;know&lt;/em&gt; the answers are good (so we have to try), or we can be pretty sure the poster knows what he or she is doing. I must admit that with some posters, I am more suspicious than with others.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;I think that is the right way. In many cases that I actually tried an answer, that &lt;em&gt;seemed&lt;/em&gt; a good answer to me, the answer didn't work at all, or had a major downside (either functional or a risk), not mentioned by the poster.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Altogether, I believe the current &amp;quot;average&amp;quot; voting behaviour is what it is: an &lt;em&gt;indication&lt;/em&gt; on the quality of a question or answer. Since most people only vote on posts of their own interest(s), it is a given fact that popular subjects will generate more (up) vote activity. That makes the voting quantity on different subjects incomparible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That is however a minor downside, compared to misplaced upvotes on what we &lt;em&gt;think&lt;/em&gt; are good answers or questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2015-02-02T08:28:52.773" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13517" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13498" CreationDate="2015-02-02T17:24:34.023" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I agree with Elder Geek&lt;br&gt;&#xA;It would be very helpful and would help teach alot of people (including myself) what is considered proper formatting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It should also allow for some extra rep (a very small amount) upon completion.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;The better the question format, the more rep should be offered.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;I'd like to up-vote both the question and the answer to it as both are very good,&lt;br&gt;&#xA;but of course my rep wrongly states I don't know how to use those features.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I only talk about this because I most likely won't be back to up-vote these when I gain my ability.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;but it's a good system flaw to point out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="334957" LastActivityDate="2015-02-02T17:24:34.023" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13519" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-02-03T18:21:26.923" Score="20" ViewCount="666" Body="&lt;p&gt;The title says it all. I am wondering why people do not review. Feel free to post an answer with your reason or to upvote someone else's answer. You can upvote multiple answers (as always), but that give less weight to your top reason.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="115155" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2015-12-18T23:49:35.273" LastActivityDate="2019-10-15T20:33:53.493" Title="Why do you not review?" Tags="|discussion|review|" AnswerCount="18" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13520" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13519" CreationDate="2015-02-03T18:21:55.507" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;The review queue is just too long. It is discouraging.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="115155" LastActivityDate="2015-02-03T18:21:55.507" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13521" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13519" CreationDate="2015-02-03T18:26:24.390" Score="20" Body="&lt;p&gt;I review, but only once I have &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;nothing&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; else to do. That doesn't happen that often.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Similar to Rinzwind, I spend most of my time on the site with the newest questions so I deal with issues as I bump into them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2015-02-03T18:57:37.423" LastActivityDate="2015-02-03T18:57:37.423" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13522" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13519" CreationDate="2015-02-03T18:27:39.093" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;Reviewing, if you want to do it well and read the entire post, takes too much time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="115155" LastActivityDate="2015-02-03T18:27:39.093" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13523" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13519" CreationDate="2015-02-03T18:35:41.327" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;I do not use the queue. I vote and edit the topics I read while visiting the frontpage :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastActivityDate="2015-02-03T18:35:41.327" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13524" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13519" CreationDate="2015-02-03T18:37:24.083" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;I simply don't have &lt;em&gt;enough rep&lt;/em&gt; to review. I like to help with the reviews queues, but 3k (and 2k, even 500 rep) is quite a number to reach!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136381" LastActivityDate="2015-02-03T18:37:24.083" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13525" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13519" CreationDate="2015-02-03T21:36:37.777" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Well ... I don't do not review ;-))&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastActivityDate="2015-02-03T21:36:37.777" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13526" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13519" CreationDate="2015-02-03T22:11:57.233" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;I &lt;em&gt;do&lt;/em&gt; review, but it feels a bit like a job, and I only do four or five in a row. Only doing it if there is no nice question to work on, and then mostly on my favorite subject: &lt;em&gt;unclear what you are asking&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most important reason to stop reviewing is if there are too many questions of which I cannot decide what do vote; after two times skipping, I quit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="72216" LastEditDate="2015-02-04T06:49:49.907" LastActivityDate="2015-02-04T06:49:49.907" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13527" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13519" CreationDate="2015-02-04T03:31:05.667" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Once you get to a high enough reputation (&gt;10k) you see this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/yottF.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even though there's a large number of questions in the close review queue (~900), they are not counted in this number. The bulk of this number is from &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/moderator-tools&quot;&gt;moderation tools&lt;/a&gt; (at least, it should be, since the jump happens when you get access to those). Earlier, I'd see smallish numbers in there, knowing quickly enough if something changed - so I'd be on hand to review low-quality, suggested-edits, etc. Now, I don't know when the number changes. 1007 and 1010 are the same to me, since all I notice is the two MSBs. &lt;a href=&quot;https://ux.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1693/why-do-we-need-the-review-counter&quot;&gt;UI Fail&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Every now and then, I do decide to check regularly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2015-02-04T03:31:05.667" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13529" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2728" CreationDate="2015-02-05T00:25:43.093" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;We have improved our CAPTCHA system.  Hopefully you have seen improvements, but feel free to let me know if there is more we can do.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2" LastActivityDate="2015-02-05T00:25:43.093" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13530" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13519" CreationDate="2015-02-05T09:13:56.993" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I pick things of interest I find in my feed reader. Sometimes I find old stuff, touched by UID -1.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Goals I set for myself when participating:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;be as efficient as possible in spending time (I admit, I fail)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;avoid repetitiveness&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;correct popular but non-ideal workarounds with proper solutions (kind of contrary to 1+2)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;What (ideal) results are expected from different review queues?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While the review queues in their current form and granularity have a learning effect for a reviewer to gather knowledge across the board, jumping from topic to topic is not very efficient for consolidating questions and answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Trying to improve what currently exists by filtering new information out of poorly worded questions, understanding different points of view that seem to be related to the same root cause and providing the asker with straight solutions without being repetitive can be very frustrating on some topics.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My previous experience was that searching error messages and trying to link possible duplicates together felt more fulfilling to me. Knowing that they all went to the close queue, where they get mixed with other items instead of putting them somewhere else for another user or myself to refine the context I tried to construct later… well it felt like something was missing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Skipping items feels like nobody will ever do them to me, so looking a bit closer at an item and then skipping it feels like wasted effort, while researching those items even more can be very time consuming and frustrating.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;My observation&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Too many users follow unverified or unrelated gossip instructions on Youtube or elsewhere without backups. Only when it's too late they come here and expect quality support, though they didn't spend any effort in the first place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Don't get me wrong, I don't doubt that asking naive questions and answering them is beneficial to the site or the community, it's the mixture of several different unrelated issues into one, low effort and lack of efficient tools to turn this into something useful for everyone that is so frustrating.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or may be I got something wrong here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="40581" LastEditorUserId="40581" LastEditDate="2015-02-06T06:31:06.790" LastActivityDate="2015-02-06T06:31:06.790" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13531" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13519" CreationDate="2015-02-06T14:30:28.487" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I review until it tells me to stop. &quot;Come back in 6 hours&quot; Then I get busy with other things and don't always make it back.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit: It occurs to me that some may stop reviewing when there is no longer a perceived benefit &lt;strong&gt;to them!&lt;/strong&gt; I think that we all understand the benefit to the site as a whole and that's the reason I do it, but there's no rep to be had and no more badges once you've done 1000. Because of these facts I can understand why many would feel there time is better spent answering questions than &quot;pushing the mop&quot; ;-) . Perhaps an incentive of some kind would help. That may be a new related question. Should there be more incentive for working the close vote queue?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastEditorUserId="225694" LastEditDate="2015-02-21T17:26:37.137" LastActivityDate="2015-02-21T17:26:37.137" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13532" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13519" CreationDate="2015-02-07T14:03:39.407" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you take reviewing seriously, it takes a lot of energy and application. And one of the most difficult things to do is to take a stance, and decide what is right/wrong in the context (and as always in life, judging is a supremely subjective activity). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;People are simply not that good when pushed to make decisions, and easiest is to just procrastinate (i.e. &lt;code&gt;Skip&lt;/code&gt;). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="227922" LastActivityDate="2015-02-07T14:03:39.407" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13533" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4219" CreationDate="2015-02-07T15:51:09.863" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;If I see a comment that seems to cover what I want to say I try to make it a practice to just upvote that comment and move on. This seems the logical approach to me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I seldom go backwards so it would be rare for me to revisit a question (that I didn't answer) and notice an auto-generated comment so I won't touch that aspect. I try to clean up my own comments when it becomes clear they aren't relevant or if they seem to chatty so as not to leave a mess. (Thanks to @Seth for kindly nudging me in the right direction on that.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastActivityDate="2015-02-07T15:51:09.863" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13534" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-02-07T15:59:27.003" Score="11" ViewCount="53" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am reviewing first-posts and late-answers for a few weeks now and something is annoying me:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Always when there is an answer to be reviewed, I have to scroll down (if the answer is long enough) to see the question. But when I review an answer, it is essentially for me to know, &lt;em&gt;what the question is about&lt;/em&gt;! I admit I usually don't read the full question therefore, but I always check the &lt;em&gt;question title&lt;/em&gt; and maybe quickly skim over the questions content to have a rough outline what kind of answers would fit and what not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So to make this a tiny bit easier and faster, it would be helpful to just add another copy of the question title above the answer. This would also encourage more other people to compare whether the answer fits properly to the posted question or whether it just looks valid.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What do you think about this feature? Pros / Cons? I think it is easy to code and brings only advantages to the reviewers.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastEditorUserId="186134" LastEditDate="2015-02-14T09:37:38.490" LastActivityDate="2015-02-14T09:37:38.490" Title="Add a copy of the question title above answers in the review screen?" Tags="|feature-request|review|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13536" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13519" CreationDate="2015-02-09T04:14:24.637" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Well, my favorite close reason is duplicates. And sometimes I get really nice questions in the review queue. I do not review only if I have not enough time since my primary job tends to take it more and more.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="171636" LastActivityDate="2015-02-09T04:14:24.637" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13537" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13540" CreationDate="2015-02-10T18:01:49.417" Score="16" ViewCount="211" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was reviewing a question where I noticed that it was recommended to &quot;future proof&quot; older answers. I must admit that even after searching &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/search?q=future+proof&quot;&gt;https://meta.askubuntu.com/search?q=future+proof&lt;/a&gt; I'm baffled as to what this actually means. I'm all for updating Q&amp;amp;A's as we go but as I'm only human I don't know the future. So I'm curious as to whether there is an approved definition of this phrase or failing that, any tips on how to see far enough into the future to actually manage this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.227" LastActivityDate="2015-02-14T01:53:50.823" Title="Is there an accepted definition of &quot;future proof&quot;?" Tags="|discussion|answers|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13538" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13539" CreationDate="2015-02-10T18:37:28.193" Score="3" ViewCount="39" Body="&lt;p&gt;My question &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/148114/easy-terminal-controllable-media-player&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/148114/easy-terminal-controllable-media-player&lt;/a&gt; is receiving hate after years after it was marked a duplicate. Its close to being deleted. Should it be deleted if its moderation policy? I agree that the question does little good.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also what about the notion that duplicates increase the findability of questions? Is it unhelpful here?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="27527" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2015-02-10T20:54:57.890" Title="delete my duplicate?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13539" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13538" CreationDate="2015-02-10T19:18:01.387" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Actually I believe your question should stay as a signpost for people who come here by search machines.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I just did a quick search with Google for&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;terminal media player&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(which I believe is what people may search if they look for a command line solution) to find the duplicate question (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/44443/command-line-audio-players&quot;&gt;Command line audio players&lt;/a&gt;) on range 3 &lt;strong&gt;only&lt;/strong&gt; because the Google robots search for titles of linked questions on the side bar too. It is where your question shows up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your question was deleted we then may not be directed so easily to the appropriate helpful question on Ask Ubuntu by a search with terms as above.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I do vote &lt;strong&gt;against&lt;/strong&gt; deleting you question, and I actually do not really understand why it had to be downvoted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3940" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2015-02-10T20:54:57.890" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13540" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13537" CreationDate="2015-02-10T20:46:37.677" Score="17" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here's what I do:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Try to be generic instead of mentioning specific versions of things. (This can be hard).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Concentrate on the &quot;teaching to fish&quot; part of the answer. That is, instead of saying &quot;oh yeah, do foo, then bar, then baz&quot;, try to explain why things are, this teaches the person how to learn to learn. So even if an answer is out of date, the context on how to figure out the problem can still be useful in the future.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I try to make screenshots as generic as possible.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Break down your answer so that it's updatable over time. Sort of like how people make &quot;modular code&quot;, I try to section off complex answers so that people can independently update them without having to rewrite the entire thing. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Encourage people to keep your answer up to date. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Every once in a while (I try once a year) go back to your old answers (sort by views!) and make them up to snuff for the latest LTS. This is also hard and time consuming. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So basically, I try to strip down specific versions (unless of course this is unavoidable) to make the answer more generic so that when Ubuntu + 1 comes out I don't have to go modify every answer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2015-02-10T20:46:37.677" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13541" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-02-10T22:30:22.820" Score="6" ViewCount="63" Body="&lt;p&gt;I found that some users type a keyboard button with a box around it such as in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/51726/how-to-restore-delete-key-functionality&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;. I like to use this in my question, but do not know how. What do I have to type?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="180452" OwnerDisplayName="PHP Learner" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2015-02-10T22:50:43.287" Title="What is the syntax in this forum to create keyboard-like key images?" Tags="|discussion|editing|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="0" ClosedDate="2015-02-17T14:14:15.130" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13542" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="707" CreationDate="2015-02-10T22:40:53.780" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is HTML that works also in the used Markup language here on StackExchange. You would write &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;kbd&amp;gt;F1&amp;lt;/kbd&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; to achieve &lt;kbd&gt;F1&lt;/kbd&gt; (when it is surrounded by ` for code formatting, HTML is ignored). kbd is the abbreviation for keyboard.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Oh, and in comments you also have no HTML support.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For more information, look there:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/formatting&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/help/formatting&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/editing-help#html&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/editing-help#html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But anyway, I think this question is placed better on meta.AU, so I will flag it for migration.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" OwnerDisplayName="ByteCommander" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2015-02-10T22:40:53.780" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13543" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13519" CreationDate="2015-02-11T04:58:22.637" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I do review but I mostly deal with Low Quality Posts since it's mostly a matter of 'Recommend deletion' --&gt; 'No comment needed' :-)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The first posts are challenging for me since I'm a basic user - you know, just the basic stuff: some design, a little web programming, movies, music, internet. So if the question is about stuff I don't know, I press skip - which happens ALOT.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All the same, I try to help where I can and when I'm not too busy with my own stuff.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="163331" LastActivityDate="2015-02-11T04:58:22.637" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13544" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13519" CreationDate="2015-02-11T12:35:48.177" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Because reading bad questions takes more time than writing them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="51852" LastActivityDate="2015-02-11T12:35:48.177" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13545" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13519" CreationDate="2015-02-11T14:35:34.853" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;In Meta Stack Exchange and Meta Stack Overflow, a lot of people state that they end up not reviewing anymore once they fail one too many review audits. And they fail not because they're robo-reviewing, which is what the audits are designed to catch, but because they happen to think a post needs some action other than what the majority thought it needed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See these questions for example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&quot;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/185593/i-cant-review-for-two-days-after-failing-one-audit?rq=1&quot;&gt;I can't review for two days after failing one audit&lt;/a&gt;&quot; on Meta Stack Exchange and other questions in the &quot;Related&quot; section to the right&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Everything in &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/disputed-review-audits&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;disputed-review-audits&lt;/code&gt; on Meta Stack Overflow&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/disputed-review-audits&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;disputed-review-audits&lt;/code&gt; on Meta Stack Exchange&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="232993" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2015-02-11T14:35:34.853" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13546" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-02-11T15:56:58.427" Score="3" ViewCount="57" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently asked this question &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/579262/what-exactly-is-an-ubuntu-app-as-made-with-the-ubuntu-sdk&quot;&gt;What exactly is an &amp;quot;Ubuntu App&amp;quot;, as made with the Ubuntu SDK?&lt;/a&gt; but to date it has no answers or comments and very few views. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems to me to be a reasonable question about something topical (Canonical seem to be pushing the idea of Ubuntu Apps quite strongly) - is it not a good question, or is it a bit niche? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I copy and paste it into a new question, it might get correctly flagged as being a duplicate, which doesn't really help me, and I don't think repeated questions are good for the site anyway. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the correct way for me to go about getting a bit more attention for my question? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="304825" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2015-03-13T16:45:25.073" Title="How do I go about asking a question already asked but unanswered?" Tags="|discussion|unanswered-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13547" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13546" CreationDate="2015-02-11T16:41:09.400" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would suggest flagging the question if you're unable to start a bounty.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the new question generates answers, the two could be merged.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The other option is to start a bounty, but this only works if you've got the rep, of course, and should be used carefully because without moderator intervention, you're not getting that rep back.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1992" LastActivityDate="2015-02-11T16:41:09.400" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13548" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-02-11T22:22:10.117" Score="0" ViewCount="42" Body="&lt;p&gt;I asked a question a few days back. No one answered, so I put up a 50-point bounty. A day or two after that, I found an answer and answered my own question. No one else has answered. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do not expect to get my bounty back, but is it considered bad etiquette to somehow advertise the fact that there's basically 50 bounty floating around for free to anyone who'd take it? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Note: If it is, sorry for this post, which sort of inadvertently does just that.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="316145" LastActivityDate="2015-02-11T22:22:10.117" Title="Is it ok to advertise an otherwise wasted bounty?" Tags="|discussion|bounty|etiquette|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13550" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13519" CreationDate="2015-02-12T17:23:08.980" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I get discouraged by seeing all of the low quality questions there. It is a little like seeing the Wikianswers side of Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am a Floating Supervisor on Wikianswers, and I gave up (and turned to SE) simply because of the massive amount of overwhelming junk. I don't like to see that here, so I avoid it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My pronouns are He / Him&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="186134" LastEditorUserId="186134" LastEditDate="2019-10-15T20:33:53.493" LastActivityDate="2019-10-15T20:33:53.493" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13551" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13552" CreationDate="2015-02-13T08:15:47.583" Score="1" ViewCount="59" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is there a preferred way to answer questions about not being able to install software on older editions of Ubuntu that are no longer supported? Specifically,  this one: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/584973/cannot-install-anything-in-ubuntu-12-10-64bits&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/584973/cannot-install-anything-in-ubuntu-12-10-64bits&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The reason for the 404 error and the &quot;check internet connection&quot; message is that the repos are no longer there. (I've just pinged the 12.10 ones to make sure). I think that the best advice in this case is to upgrade to a version that is supported (ideally an LTS version).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I assumed that this, or a similar question would have already been asked and I could flag it as a duplicate, but I couldn't find one. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I answered it as above, and got a comment that it does not answer the question! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd rather not have a debate in the comments about whether it does or does not answer the question, so I'm going to ask on here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is &quot;You can't install because your Ubuntu is out of date, you need to upgrade&quot; a decent answer, and if not, what is the correct way to answer this kind of question? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="304825" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2015-02-13T16:57:12.723" Title="Correct way to answer questions about installing on an outdated version of Ubuntu?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2015-02-14T07:21:54.297" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13552" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13551" CreationDate="2015-02-13T09:40:40.170" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The correct way is to click &quot;flag&quot;, &quot;duplicate&quot; and look for a duplicate...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If there is no way of finding a duplicate, &quot;flag&quot; again, &quot;it should be closed for another reason&quot;, &quot;Off topic because...&quot; and then click &quot;this is about an end-of-life product&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What I always do is to leave a comment &lt;em&gt;before or right after&lt;/em&gt; flagging as the standard comments not always convene the entire message.  &lt;em&gt;This is a personal choice and not endorsed nor recommended by the Ask Ubuntu community&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;E.g.: I will put: &quot;Welcome to Ask Ubuntu! ;-) We're very sorry, but this is not a good place to put another question as the only people seeing your &quot;answer&quot; will be the original poster and a bunch of reviewers trying to review your &quot;answer&quot; for quality...  So please first look over the existing answers and if none of them work, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/ask&quot;&gt;ask a new question&lt;/a&gt; and refer back to this question and explain what went wrong.  ;-)&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Instead of the standard: &quot;This was posted as an answer, but it does not attempt to answer the question. It should possibly be an edit, a comment, another question, or deleted altogether. &quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;More info:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/8024/eol-notice-raring-13-04-is-now-past-end-of-life&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/8024/eol-notice-raring-13-04-is-now-past-end-of-life&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/5611/should-we-allow-questions-that-are-about-releases-which-are-considered-end-of-li&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/5611/should-we-allow-questions-that-are-about-releases-which-are-considered-end-of-li&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/6645/eol-notice-hardy-oneiric-lucid-desktop-are-now-end-of-life?s=3|1.7033&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/6645/eol-notice-hardy-oneiric-lucid-desktop-are-now-end-of-life?s=3|1.7033&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/7163/arent-ubuntu-server-end-of-life-versions-off-topic?s=5|1.1519&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/7163/arent-ubuntu-server-end-of-life-versions-off-topic?s=5|1.1519&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2015-02-13T16:57:12.723" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13554" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-02-13T14:22:32.417" Score="1" ViewCount="43" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am interested as to what is different about this site compared to any other forum? How can I explain it to new users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="186134" LastActivityDate="2015-02-13T17:19:40.793" Title="How is this site different from a forum?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13555" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13554" CreationDate="2015-02-13T15:34:59.160" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu is &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; a forum: it's a Question &amp;amp; Answer site.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I always say it's part Knowledge base, part Wiki, part Blog, part Chat and all together they make up for something unique, but &lt;em&gt;it's definitely &lt;strong&gt;not a forum!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;¯\_(ツ)_/¯&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastActivityDate="2015-02-13T15:34:59.160" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13556" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13554" CreationDate="2015-02-13T15:47:15.973" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;A forum is used to have discussions where you can have arguments against and in favor of a proposition. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu allows for a questions and several answers to that question. But not us to discuss about the question and the answer. That is done by moderation by users with up and downvotes, close votes and comments to ask for clarifications. Any form of discussion will be deleted by moderators. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu is a lot of things but a forum it is not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastActivityDate="2015-02-13T15:47:15.973" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13558" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13554" CreationDate="2015-02-13T17:19:40.793" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;A forum is a place for open discussion that doesn't have to stick to the topic at hand.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A Q/A site like Ask Ubuntu is about Questions:Answers - and their support system. There's no room (except chat ;), for veering off into meaningless banter and straying from the topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As such, anyone coming to Ask Ubuntu with a question should find themselves an answer, and if not, be able to find that answer eventually. It should do away with the frustration of going to a forum about X, and instead finding 50 pages explaining the meaning of &quot;3&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1992" LastActivityDate="2015-02-13T17:19:40.793" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13559" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13560" CreationDate="2015-02-13T15:13:09.417" Score="1" ViewCount="43" Body="&lt;p&gt;I received an e-mail beginning &quot;The following items were added to your Stack Exchange global inbox since you last checked it on 2015-01-30:&quot;  But I've been looking at answers to my questions every day for the past two weeks.  Is there something called a &quot;global inbox&quot;?  And if so, where do I find it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="373904" OwnerDisplayName="JEG" LastActivityDate="2015-02-13T19:49:26.750" Title="Where is my &quot;global inbox&quot;?" Tags="|discussion|email|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13560" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13559" CreationDate="2015-02-13T15:47:54.177" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &quot;global inbox&quot; is the name of the inbox next to the Stack Exchange logo.  This is available on all Stack Exchange sites, hence global.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/kWnXz.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="315749" OwnerDisplayName="Devon" LastEditorUserId="158442" LastEditDate="2015-02-13T19:49:26.750" LastActivityDate="2015-02-13T19:49:26.750" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13561" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13519" CreationDate="2015-02-13T18:23:17.190" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Three main reasons for me:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Answering some questions is like doing a challenging puzzle, and I often learn something new.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;We all have limited time to volunteer and monkey around, and I prefer spending it answering questions instead of reviewing. My answers are in a specific field, so I will visit several other sites in my daily rounds. There are always more questions.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Most importantly...&lt;strong&gt;reviewing is boring&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="59378" LastActivityDate="2015-02-13T18:23:17.190" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13562" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2015-02-14T10:57:39.730" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2015-02-14T10:57:39.730" LastActivityDate="2015-02-14T10:57:39.730" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13563" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2015-02-14T10:57:39.730" Score="0" Body="Questions concerning the StackExchange platform" OwnerUserId="300458" LastEditorUserId="300458" LastEditDate="2015-02-14T18:33:52.780" LastActivityDate="2015-02-14T18:33:52.780" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13564" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-02-15T04:17:12.970" Score="2" ViewCount="222" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is a sort of catch22 situation,&#xA;I am not allowed to vote, or do anything, because i need points.&#xA;In order to comment, i need 50 points.&#xA;to Vote up, 15 points.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know after this question someone will give me points and it won't be an issue, but how do i engage in askubuntu, if I don't have any question , and i don't have any answers either?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;--UPDATED--&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also I would like to mention that I have earned a reputation in other StackExhcange sister sites.&#xA;If I'm allowed there, why not here. What I'm trying to say, is that I'm not a bot, neither a spammer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="273427" OwnerDisplayName="thebugfinder" LastEditorUserId="273427" LastEditDate="2015-02-15T15:22:26.487" LastActivityDate="2015-02-16T08:15:33.400" Title="Reputation: How do I get the minimum necessary points in askUbuntu to get started?" Tags="|discussion|community|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="4" ClosedDate="2015-02-21T03:04:52.243" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13565" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13564" CreationDate="2015-02-15T14:10:11.017" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I too think it's silly that you can answer questions before commenting. There were a couple situations for me where a &quot;comment&quot; would have been better than using &quot;Answer.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Answer to your question&lt;/strong&gt;: You really can't participate without answering or asking questions. Ultimately all you can do is dig through and find some questions you can answer and answer them. It only takes a few accepted answers before you can start to comment for things like clarification, or suggestions to try.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="378755" OwnerDisplayName="Dave" LastActivityDate="2015-02-15T14:10:11.017" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13566" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13564" CreationDate="2015-02-15T14:40:41.717" Score="6" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I know after this question someone will give me points and it won't be an issue, but how do i engage in askubuntu, if I don't have any question , and i don't have any answers either?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;By editing you can earn 1000 rep with 2 rep per edit.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A site association bonus can net you 100 rep on Ask Ubuntu. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But your questions seems a bit odd: &quot;and I don't have any answers either?&quot; I can understand if you have no questions but what is stopping you from making answers? That is the easiest way to make lots of reputation and an answer with 5 upvotes is pretty easy to get.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Mind though that most of these restrictions are in place to prevent abuse of the site. If anyone would start out with the privileges a 20k+ user would have the site would be mutilated every other day by some idiot.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First you prove you can be trusted than you get privileges :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastEditorUserId="15811" LastEditDate="2015-02-15T14:50:59.367" LastActivityDate="2015-02-15T14:50:59.367" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13567" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13564" CreationDate="2015-02-16T08:15:33.400" Score="2" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;or do anything&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Well that's patently not true. You just posted a question. You can also post answers. Outside of Meta, these can earn reputation which unlocks more features.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not going to list every milestone because —as an established system with thousands of users, all of whom started on the network with 1 rep— this has come up before and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/&quot;&gt;we have documentation for it&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2015-02-16T08:15:33.400" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13568" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13574" CreationDate="2015-02-16T14:35:57.937" Score="3" ViewCount="52" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the Comment Summary box, recently I have been seeing (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/378377&quot;&gt;example&lt;/a&gt;) &quot;&lt;em&gt;Copy-edited.&lt;/em&gt;&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What does this phrase mean? Or is it just people not bothering to write anything?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="186134" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2015-02-16T16:36:04.527" Title="What does Copy-edited. mean?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13569" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-02-16T14:22:45.260" Score="0" ViewCount="110" Body="&lt;p&gt;Will Ask Ubuntu go away after 14.10 expires? I know support for Ubuntu 14.10 stops and the Q&amp;amp;A site won't take any more questions on 14.10&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will all these answers here become unavailable?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="379361" OwnerDisplayName="Robert Cheetham" LastEditorUserId="344926" LastEditDate="2015-02-23T11:09:10.997" LastActivityDate="2015-11-09T12:06:53.157" Title="will askUbuntu go away after 14.10 expires?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13570" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13569" CreationDate="2015-02-16T14:26:38.670" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, it won't. Ask Ubuntu will continue, with support for 15.04, 15.10, etc. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="304825" OwnerDisplayName="Carl H" LastActivityDate="2015-02-16T14:26:38.670" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13571" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13569" CreationDate="2015-02-16T14:26:50.973" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Of course not; when 14.10 is no longer supported, there'll be support for 15.04, 15.10, 16.04, etc. -- and of course most answers applicable to 14.04 LTS will still work for 14.10, and 14.04 is supported until at least 2019.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="360188" OwnerDisplayName="Zeiss Ikon" LastEditorUserId="360188" LastEditDate="2015-11-09T12:06:53.157" LastActivityDate="2015-11-09T12:06:53.157" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13572" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13569" CreationDate="2015-02-16T14:28:38.480" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ubuntu 14.10 expires soon, but Ubuntu 14.04 is supported until 2019. Also Ubuntu 15.04 is coming out in April 2015.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Every 2 years  new LTS version comes out. LTS versions are supported 5 years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="352597" OwnerDisplayName="Muzaffar" LastActivityDate="2015-02-16T14:28:38.480" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13573" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13569" CreationDate="2015-02-16T14:37:51.667" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is no currently defined end of Ubuntu (new versions are planned to be released and no mention of this regular cadence of releases stopping).&#xA;How long Ask Ubuntu lasts depends on 3 factors: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How long Canonical allow us to.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How long Stack Exhange allows us to.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How long we continue as a community.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The actual information we post to Ask Ubuntu is under a &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/06/attribution-required/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons licence&lt;/a&gt;, can be freely copied (with attribution), which in the event of any combination of the above 3 points will allow someone to preserve the information elsewhere and even setup an alternative to askUbuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="48474" OwnerDisplayName="NGRhodes" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2015-02-16T15:39:31.903" LastActivityDate="2015-02-16T15:39:31.903" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13574" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13568" CreationDate="2015-02-16T14:54:30.477" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;It means general changes to spelling punctuation and capitalization, without changing the order or adding text. Which is what he did.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copy_editing&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Wikipedia&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastEditorUserId="186134" LastEditDate="2015-02-16T16:36:04.527" LastActivityDate="2015-02-16T16:36:04.527" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13576" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-02-17T23:58:18.987" Score="17" ViewCount="359" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm ashamed to say I asked a question yesterday, and got an answer the same day. If this were a MS question, I would have been waiting until H--- froze over before anyone answered. Anyway, I got an answer from Christopher Kyle Horton. I tried his advice, and it worked perfectly. My new question is: How do I thank the group for help? Also, can I ask multiple questions? I am such a Ubuntu novice, I have quite a few questions. Is there an &quot;Ask Ubuntu&quot; etiquette I should be following?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="378885" OwnerDisplayName="Preston Bahr" LastEditorUserId="186134" LastEditDate="2015-02-18T16:00:10.837" LastActivityDate="2015-02-18T16:00:10.837" Title="How should I reward an answerer?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13577" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13576" CreationDate="2015-02-18T00:30:38.060" Score="24" Body="&lt;p&gt;As Oli says, accepting the answer is thanks enough (and an upvote if you can). You can thank the community by continuing to participate here: asking, answering, editing — all welcome.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can ask as many questions as you want, as long as each post is limited to a single question, or a set of tightly-coupled questions - when in doubt, make separate posts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for etiquette:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A bit of diligence in searching will always be welcome. The site's own search functionality is OK-ish, so you could search using Google as well, by specifying &lt;code&gt;site:askubuntu.com&lt;/code&gt; along with other terms. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Be clear and specific in your question. Phrases like &quot;did not help&quot;, &quot;did not work&quot;, &quot;tried everything&quot; are meaningless. Post what you did, and what happened, exactly.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Prefer text to screenshots when reporting errors from the command line.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Read &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/how-to-ask&quot;&gt;How do I ask a good question?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2015-02-18T00:30:38.060" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13578" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13576" CreationDate="2015-02-18T00:30:56.437" Score="19" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would suggest you to just take the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tour&quot;&gt;2-minutes-tour on Ask Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt;. It describes the most important things on how the site works supported with some nice images and provides you all useful links you might want to visit for a better understanding of the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To briefly answer your personal questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You thank the person that answered your question best by accepting his/her answer (click on the gray tick next to the answer so that it becomes green). Beware that you can only accept one answer per question and only accept answers to your own questions. This will earn the poster +15 &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/whats-reputation&quot;&gt;reputation&lt;/a&gt; and give you yourself +2 reputation points.  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You can also upvote his answer by clicking on the gray arrow upwards next to the question. This gives +10 points to the poster, but requires you to have at least 15 reputation points. Though, you can vote on questions AND answers of everybody and everywhere. The only restriction is that only one vote per post is allowed, but e.g. you can vote on two answers to one question.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The people in here who try to solve others' problems are also just humans, so except from collecting reputation points, you also can make them happy by leaving a short friendly comment on their posts. Note that below 50 points of reputation, you only may write comments to your own posts and on answers belonging to your questions.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Of course you can post as many questions, answers and comments as you want and we are happy about everybody who participates actively on Ask Ubuntu! Only make sure that you avoid duplicates whenever it is possible. So: Use the search function to look for Q&amp;amp;As that already might solve your problem before writing a new question and read other people's answers and comments before you write one yourself.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I hope this answers your information request on AU. Feel free to try the thanking options at this answer (although no reputation will be awarded on a Meta question). If something is still unclear, you can try out the comment function and leave me one here :-D&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;em&gt;Greetings and enjoy AU!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2015-02-18T02:42:23.627" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13579" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-02-18T03:16:45.523" Score="2" ViewCount="24" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would like to see how many pending reviews are left in the queue while I review. For long queues like the &lt;em&gt;Close votes&lt;/em&gt; this makes no difference, but it would be nice to know in short queues whether I am close to reach the end or whether there is still a bunch of work to do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So my request: A small indicator next to the &lt;code&gt;Review | First Posts    filter&lt;/code&gt; text at the top of every review page (First post queue in this example) that shows the current queue length like this: &lt;code&gt;23 posts left&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What do you think?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2015-02-18T03:45:03.580" LastActivityDate="2015-02-18T03:45:03.580" Title="Display review queue length in the actual review page" Tags="|feature-request|review|review-queue|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13580" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13582" CreationDate="2015-02-18T10:25:15.063" Score="8" ViewCount="285" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/72629/james-mitch&quot;&gt;I just discovered&lt;/a&gt; that Account suspension is a thing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Still, in this case the suspension will apparently last until Dec 20 '26. This seems to be an unreasonable long time, for all intents and purposes their account is as good as deleted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, by looking at this user's answers, they seem to be useful and well-written. So I'm skeptical that this user might have been such a nuisance to the community as to warrant such a suspension. I tried to find proof of disruptive behavior, but failed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Shouldn't this process be more transparent? who comes up with the decision? Is there an appeal process? What safeguards are there against mobbing by other users?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="36052" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2015-02-20T20:03:43.120" Title="Decades-long temporary suspension?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13581" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-02-18T10:35:01.567" Score="5" ViewCount="51" Body="&lt;p&gt;I suggested something in a conversation about &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/20121983#20121983&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&#xA;Basically, should we just farm &quot;hot words&quot; from things that are flagged, then if they're in below .01 of questions just add them to smoke detector?  It might make it a little less obvious and a little more false-positive.  Making it just learn though would be nice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2015-02-18T10:35:01.567" Title="So, enhancement to smoke-detector suggested" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13582" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13580" CreationDate="2015-02-18T10:38:21.990" Score="21" Body="&lt;p&gt;The user was suspended with due process and after being contacted multiple times about the behavior exhibited. We don't reveal why we hand out suspensions because they are &lt;em&gt;typically&lt;/em&gt; temporary from a few hours, a few days, to typically at most a few weeks and we respect our users privacy. However, most of the infractions from this user (any other users) are cleaned up by the moderation team. Suspensions can also occur for reasons off site (chat, etc) as well as on site. There is always an appeal process and the user is always contacted when a suspension is dealt.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We use suspensions as a LAST resort you will never be suspended without your knowledge as we will always use email to contact you in attempts to resolve any negative behavior. In addition to this, to prevent any abuse, all contact between moderators and users is also copied to the Stack Exchange community team so even moderators have oversight. Finally, any issue that users have with a moderation decision can always be brought up with the impartial Stack Exchange community team using the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/contact&quot;&gt;contact form&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2015-02-18T10:38:21.990" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13583" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13580" CreationDate="2015-02-18T11:25:23.837" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Disclaimer:&lt;/strong&gt; I'm not a moderator, just sharing some experience.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your question just shows that you're a really nice person who doesn't understand how obnoxious some people can get. (Willingly or unwillingly)  &lt;strong&gt;;-)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've been obnoxious before (unwillingly), received a warning and then never repeated and moved on.  I've also seen people who had &lt;em&gt;multiple&lt;/em&gt; warnings and &lt;em&gt;continuing to be obnoxious&lt;/em&gt; and eventually being put into the corner for some time.  Coming out of the corner, some abstain, but some just continued their obnoxious behaviour and got put into the corner again, but for a slightly longer time. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some &lt;em&gt;then&lt;/em&gt; got the message, but... etc. So I can understand some people &lt;em&gt;are just jerks all the time&lt;/em&gt; resulting in everyone's patience finally running out and being kicked out...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you would be asking yourself if this ever could happen to you, just asking the question you asked (or reading and agreeing with your question) makes you an unlikely candidate...  &lt;strong&gt;:-)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastActivityDate="2015-02-18T11:25:23.837" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13584" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13635" CreationDate="2015-02-18T17:06:06.227" Score="9" ViewCount="273" Body="&lt;p&gt;I saw this question, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/586992/gtk-disappears-while-in-sudo-mode&quot;&gt;GTK disappears while in sudo mode&lt;/a&gt;, which appeared to be about a derivative Ubuntu release. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do we support derivatives of Ubuntu? Or have I misidentified the question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2015-02-28T13:13:50.143" Title="Do we support Ubuntu MATE?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13585" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-02-18T17:44:23.817" Score="0" ViewCount="68" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am interested in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/82707/elementary-os&quot;&gt;discussions on creating a Stack Exchange area for Elementary OS&lt;/a&gt;, a distro which seems offtopic here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An objection to that proposal was that &lt;a href=&quot;https://area51.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/19627/elementary-os-is-a-linux-distro-based-on-ubuntu-and-therefore-covered-on-the-se&quot;&gt;Elementary OS is a Linux distro based on Ubuntu, and therefore covered on the SE network already&lt;/a&gt;. If that is the case, as eOS is not covered by askubuntu, it can only be covered by U&amp;amp;L.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why not create a new SE-eOS? There seems to be a risk of fragmentation. But fragmentation is in the very logic of SE, as Superuser has a larger scope than U&amp;amp;L, which has a larger scope than Askubuntu. If some questions refused by Askubuntu can go to Unix&amp;amp;Linux, they might as well go to Superuser. Also, all questions under Askubuntu can be very well asked in U&amp;amp;L or in Superuser. Why are they not then? Because the &quot;fragmentation&quot; that Askubuntu or Askdifferent represent is a good thing. -- Up to a point, that is down to a level of fragmentation which is not tolerable in SE it seems.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The logic that stands behind askubuntu and its efficiency is refused in other cases by SE; I want to understand the context of the relation between SE policies on allowing or not new SE-Linux sites and the askubuntu policy for keeping its efficient structure.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My argument is that Askubuntu has limited its coverage while providing very solid community support, being large enough to ensure the presence of a large helping community, but not too large as to make questions fall in a huge vague terrain.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The paradox for me is that this successful model is not tolerated easily by SE in cases that might lead to sites similar to askubuntu. While I understand very well why Mint and eOS are offtopic here, I do not understand why all Linux questions other than what is tolerated here should necessarily go to U&amp;amp;L. Why not to Superuser then?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to be able to understand what is the tolerable level of fragmentation in SE and in relation to Askubuntu. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To sum up what I think:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Either askubuntu and askdifferent are already unacceptable fragmentation (because &lt;a href=&quot;https://area51.meta.stackexchange.com/q/19627/128421&quot;&gt;as some say&lt;/a&gt; Unix encompasses both; not that askubuntu should open to Mint and eOS as &lt;a href=&quot;https://area51.meta.stackexchange.com/a/19795/128421&quot;&gt;other users say&lt;/a&gt;, but they shouldn't be here) or &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;they are in SE a tolerable and even necessary level of fragmentation, proven by their success and utility (which is my opinion).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some people that &lt;a href=&quot;https://area51.meta.stackexchange.com/a/19795/128421&quot;&gt;answered and commented&lt;/a&gt; under the link above tried to find a third path, involving the need for a change in the Askubuntu policy, so that it might become the place where all Ubuntu questions go (questions on all ubuntu based distros not just *ubuntu) But, as I said, that would alter the efficiency and utility of askubuntu and, on the other hand: how could a such change take place?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user47206" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-05-03T08:41:06.177" LastActivityDate="2015-02-18T21:51:48.060" Title="How is askubuntu policy on what is offtopic correlated with the general SE policy on creating new Linux SE pages?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13586" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13584" CreationDate="2015-02-18T17:56:03.417" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think that is in the air right now, as they are on the way to be official and they have number releases corresponding with Ubuntu and still have &quot;Ubuntu&quot; in the title, as it seems the legal team is diligent in having derivatives remove that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since their goal is close compatibility, aka as pure as possible Ubuntu + Mate for the desktop - which can be added via ppa as well, it would be reasonable to let some through, till it's official.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However some still apply rules hard and fast without grey areas, and will still close until the day that happens.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This however isn't on the scale of mint, so I wouldn't be so fast to burn these questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So... tl;dr:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Official? No.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A recognized flavor? No.  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is it Mint? NO.  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Will it be a flavor? &lt;a href=&quot;https://ubuntu-mate.org/faq/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Maybe&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Should it be burned on sight? I'm willing to wait until they request them to stop using the word &quot;Ubuntu&quot; before we do that.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastEditorUserId="158442" LastEditDate="2015-02-21T04:38:54.087" LastActivityDate="2015-02-21T04:38:54.087" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13587" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13585" CreationDate="2015-02-18T21:08:53.150" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I see no reason to alter any Ask Ubuntu policy. If eOS users have a problem with asking on Unix &amp;amp; Linux or Super User, that's their problem, not ours. I don't see why we have to bend over backwards because a random group decided to make a derivative of Ubuntu, and could not or would not be an official one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2015-02-18T21:08:53.150" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13588" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13585" CreationDate="2015-02-18T21:51:48.060" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;There was some level of controversy over AU even being a thing in the beginning.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &amp;quot;one big site&amp;quot; side of the argument:&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;It's all unix/linux anyway, so why does any given  thing need it's own site?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The splitting up side of the argument:&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;There are loads of things that are Ubuntu specific most of the time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;right when the unity dash came out - before everyone was finding ways to force it on to fedora core or whatever...)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;anything where you would recommend using a branded tool (like UbuntuTweak), etc etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then there's the matter of community&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's a sort of ecosystem around the user group.  It's easier to know how to take what someone says if they've been around AU for a while.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, there's the any time you crack the door you start getting some forked distro's bug questions that are not reproducible on mainline/official, and you get waves and waves of bugs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the &amp;quot;open to interpretation&amp;quot; comment on the proposal, no it's not.  It's not an official Ubuntu version, so it's off-topic.  Seems like the FAQ says that quite explicitly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's also about being able to find answers.  Say you start looking for firewall manipulation answers.  If you're on U/L  you're going to see several different answers with iptables, ipchains, ifw, blah blah blah.  If you hop an AU, you KNOW the highest voted answer will probably be how to use the default firewall software on Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It IS squarely on topic on UL, so you would need to put together a list like this of why eOS needs its own split.  Do you have a community before the site where everyone knows everyone?  What additional benefit would there be for it being separate?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2015-02-18T21:51:48.060" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13590" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-02-20T08:27:29.317" Score="14" ViewCount="253" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/uc2Js.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Related to &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/11592/how-can-we-encourage-3k-users-to-review-more-close-votes&quot;&gt;this one&lt;/a&gt; and even more to &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/13519/why-do-you-not-review/13526#13526&quot;&gt;this one&lt;/a&gt;, and probably a lot more; Do we need a &quot;clean up week&quot; to get rid of the depressing load of posts, waiting to be reviewed (without forgetting to be mindful of course)? Like don.joey mentions in one of his answers, a longer list becomes less &quot;inviting&quot;. It wasn't my hobby to start with.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think a too large stock is not a good thing; posts that need to be put on hold need to be put on hold. Too much time between the first close vote and the final result is holding the procedure/poluting the process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Today will be rather busy, but I'll try to do my share from tomorrow...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastActivityDate="2015-02-20T14:08:43.683" Title="Do we need a vacuum cleaner? (corvee week?)" Tags="|discussion|vote-to-close|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13591" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13590" CreationDate="2015-02-20T09:01:29.603" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Luis Alvarado is our resident vacuum cleaner.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;&#xA;Upvote if you agree or are Luis Alvarado, downvote if you do not agree :)&#xA;&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;I'll will max my reviewing for today soon&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Related: &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/11592/how-can-we-encourage-3k-users-to-review-more-close-votes&quot;&gt;How can we encourage 3k+ users to review more Close Votes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastActivityDate="2015-02-20T09:01:29.603" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13592" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13593" CreationDate="2015-02-20T09:15:08.350" Score="11" ViewCount="221" Body="&lt;p&gt;Code segments can be formatted by either starting the line with four spaces or by enclosing the code in backticks. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the reason for using one over the other? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The reason I ask is that my answer to  &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/587445/no-date-and-time&quot;&gt;No Date and Time on 14.10&lt;/a&gt; has been edited by KasiyA to change my backticks into four spaces, and I got feedback from Fabby about using four spaces for code blocks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But as far as I can tell, it looks exactly the same as it did before.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the difference between the two, and when should they be used? I note that backticks are not mentioned on &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/editing-help&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/editing-help&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A secondary but related question is why the same level of formatting is not supported in comments? I spent some considerable time trying to format my comment on &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/579262/what-exactly-is-an-ubuntu-app-as-made-with-the-ubuntu-sdk&quot;&gt;What exactly is an &amp;quot;Ubuntu App&amp;quot;, as made with the Ubuntu SDK?&lt;/a&gt; into a numbered list, and couldn't do it. And then I read the Help page... &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="304825" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2015-02-25T05:05:03.080" Title="Code formatting: backticks or four spaces?" Tags="|discussion|formatting|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13593" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13592" CreationDate="2015-02-20T09:40:21.907" Score="25" Body="&lt;p&gt;You know that every code formatting uses fixed width font. But they also draw a grey box around what you wrote. The difference is now in this grey box:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Backticks&lt;/strong&gt; work like a text marker. They put only &lt;code&gt;single characters/words&lt;/code&gt; into the grey box. &lt;code&gt;&#xA;This is why we can use them for inline code formatting.&lt;/code&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;code&gt;But as you can see, the box does not expand in width, when several lines with code formatting are following each other. You see that the box ends with the last character in every single line. You can see a small white space between consecutive lines of code formatted with backticks too.&lt;/code&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Also, the lines are wrapped when they reach the right text area border.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;In contrast, &lt;strong&gt;4-space-indentation&lt;/strong&gt; draws a box around the whole line, filling out the complete width of the text area.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;You can not format single words, but only complete lines.&#xA;Also, lines don't wrap when they reach the right border, but a horizontal scrollbar appears.&#xA;If you write many connected lines with this code formatting, also a vertical scrollbar will appear to shorten the post.&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is also automatically some additional space between code blocks and text blocks.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I hope this answer with examples did show you the main differences between both formatting options.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastActivityDate="2015-02-20T09:40:21.907" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13594" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13592" CreationDate="2015-02-20T10:19:43.397" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just an example as I have nothing to add to ByteCommander's excellent answer:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;code&gt;ls /&lt;/code&gt; command gives the following output&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;bin    dev   initrd.img      lib32       media  proc  sbin  temp  var&#xA;boot   etc   initrd.img.old  lib64       mnt    root  srv   tmp   vmlinuz&#xA;cdrom  home  lib             lost+found  opt    run   sys   usr   vmlinuz.old&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;on a windowed terminal and&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;bin  boot  cdrom  dev  etc  home  initrd.img  initrd.img.old  lib  lib32  lib64  lost+found  media  mnt  opt  proc  root  run  sbin  srv  sys  temp  tmp  usr  var  vmlinuz  vmlinuz.old&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;on a full screen terminal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also if you use a lot of text:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. 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Cras pellentesque lacus ac elit &#xA;varius, ac imperdiet nulla tempus. Mauris id nunc urna. Phasellus venenatis dui in &#xA;tellus porttitor, et facilisis enim suscipit.&#xA;&#xA;Cras sodales tristique libero ac volutpat. Maecenas sollicitudin sem quis lacinia &#xA;finibus. Mauris ut ex sit amet nunc lobortis facilisis. Nullam dictum magna non lorem &#xA;aliquam blandit. Vestibulum dignissim ligula sed ante porttitor placerat. Morbi pulvinar &#xA;metus dolor, ut pulvinar eros rutrum in. Maecenas vestibulum pharetra nisi, ac volutpat &#xA;tellus porta vitae. Fusce eleifend sem ut ex pharetra, eget tristique tortor semper. Cum &#xA;sociis natoque penatibus et magnis dis parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus. Aenean &#xA;rhoncus lacus faucibus nisl interdum tempus. Sed lacinia dignissim arcu, sed malesuada &#xA;risus tempor et.&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not only do horizontal scroll-bars show up, but vertical ones as well...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="344926" LastEditDate="2015-02-20T10:40:18.020" LastActivityDate="2015-02-20T10:40:18.020" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13595" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13590" CreationDate="2015-02-20T14:08:43.683" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've been playing janitor on close votes ever since I broke 3k. Even attacking the close queue every day I can't make a dent. Perhaps boosting the number that can be reviewed in a day would help? During the past week I've seen the number climb from the high nine's to the current 1k+. Due in part to the large number of flagged poor questions the heap is huge. If we don't all do all we can every day we will get buried in the refuse. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I see it our options are as follows (in no particular order):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A) &lt;strong&gt;Get a working question wizard&lt;/strong&gt; to help reduce the incoming trash.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;B) &lt;strong&gt;Increase the reviewing max.&lt;/strong&gt; I'm not sure if the number was decided on by consensus with other SE sites but it's not logical to limit those who are actually willing to do the work at the time they are willing to do it. Furthermore AU is a magnet for every inexperienced user who ever installed Ubuntu (which IMHO is the most popular Linux Distro of all time) which makes it somewhat unique when compared to the other stackexchange sites. The rules need to be adjusted to accommodate this. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;C) &lt;strong&gt;Increase staffing.&lt;/strong&gt; As a volunteer myself, I don't see how this can be accomplished other than being friendly to those asking the questions in the hope that eventually they too will decide to help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;D) &lt;strong&gt;All of the above!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastActivityDate="2015-02-20T14:08:43.683" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13597" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13598" CreationDate="2015-02-21T00:29:48.143" Score="4" ViewCount="83" Body="&lt;p&gt;Good day , community !&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First of, I love askubuntu and the community here seems to be so much more friendlier than on other sites ! good job, admins ! As for meta , it's my first time asking a question here&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've a small question. On &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/587950/295286&quot;&gt;this answer&lt;/a&gt; I've downvoted new user's answer, which clearly doesn't add anything to solve the problem. At the same time, I've got -1 from my points. This happened once in past, too, but I've brushed it off since i was in a rush.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Could someone please explain why does this happen or point me to the appropriate post with this rule outlined (if it is a rule and not a glitch )?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Ofi5s.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="295286" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2015-02-21T00:42:42.433" Title="-1 from my points after downvoting another person's answer" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13598" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13597" CreationDate="2015-02-21T00:36:17.837" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;From the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/vote-down&quot;&gt;help center&lt;/a&gt;:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What happens when I vote down?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;When you vote down, you are nudging that content &quot;down&quot; the page, so&#xA;  it will be seen by fewer people. Voting down answers is not something&#xA;  we want you to take lightly, so it is not free.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Downvotes remove 2 reputation from the post owner.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;h3&gt;- Downvotes on &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;answers&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; remove 1 reputation from you, the voter.&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Downvotes on questions are free. &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2011/06/optimizing-for-pearls-not-sand/&quot;&gt;(Why?)&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;...  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;(emphasis added)&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Downvotes on answers cost you 1 reputation point. This is to prevent abuse (i.e. mass downvoting). Don't let it stop you though! Downvoting bad answers is very important for filtering the best answers from the bad ones. If the post is later deleted your reputation will be returned to you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2015-02-21T00:42:42.433" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13599" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13603" CreationDate="2015-02-21T17:41:11.493" Score="8" ViewCount="131" Body="&lt;p&gt;After reading &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/13519/why-do-you-not-review&quot;&gt;Why do you not review?&lt;/a&gt; and stumbling across &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/8603/do-we-need-a-event-to-clear-out-the-close-queue&quot;&gt;Do we need a event to clear out the Close Queue?&lt;/a&gt;. It occurred to me that the problem might be a lack of incentive. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After 1000 such reviews, It would seem that anyone who is concerned with their rep or badges might lack motivation to continue, stop reviewing and just go back to answering questions. There's nothing wrong with that IMHO, but there may be a flaw in the policy that provides 0 rep for reviewing the close queue and badges that can only be earned once topping out at 1000. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastEditorUserId="117103" LastEditDate="2015-02-22T21:48:30.897" LastActivityDate="2015-02-22T21:48:30.897" Title="Should there be more incentive for working the close queue?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="16" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13600" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13584" CreationDate="2015-02-21T17:57:03.817" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;My opinion: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As long as it is NOT included in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com/about/about-ubuntu/flavours&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;official list on Ubuntu.com&lt;/a&gt; or includes as an exception in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;our help section&lt;/a&gt; it is off topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In relation to that specific topic: closing something as a duplicate is better than closing something as off topic even when the question is related to an unofficial release. We are a friendly bunch though sometimes some of us can not prevent being firm or even (a bit) harsh but the 1st does an attempt to help the user and the 2nd just cuts of the user. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2015-02-21T17:57:03.817" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13601" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13599" CreationDate="2015-02-21T18:13:14.827" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Idea (that never is going to be implemented ;) )&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The review method might be set up smarter. Currently it shows 1 review per item. I believe it would be a bit better for some of the review options  if more than 1 topics are lined up below each other and you could mark them all before submitting them. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Where this might be implemented for users with more than a specific reputation and only of the amount of reviews is above a threshold (like 1k+).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Like the other day: Takkat went on a frenzy marking a LOT of topics about &quot;canon&quot; printers against a duplicate. At some point closing them was more a drag than anything else ;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Oh and if I had my say reviewing would be linked to hats &gt;:-D &lt;sub&gt;Here is hoping no meta-SO user sees this&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastEditorUserId="158442" LastEditDate="2015-02-21T23:32:55.817" LastActivityDate="2015-02-21T23:32:55.817" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13602" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13519" CreationDate="2015-02-21T18:23:54.003" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;As you can see I do not have enough reputation for reviewing. However, I'd still like to leave my two cents for what it's worth.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do not know the current stats but my guess is the user population is growing. This means more work but it also means that, hopefully, there will be more people with reviewer powers. According to &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/11592/298314&quot;&gt;this post&lt;/a&gt;, 8 months ago there were 281 users with the privilege to do reviews and there were already talks about the active reviewers having troubles maintaining the house in order.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First of all, I'm totally against flogging¹ posts incorrectly for the sake of speeding up the review process. For what I've read, it seems that for instance reviewing a duplicate takes more time—if done properly—than let's say a close request. However, if you go down the easier—and very wrong—road—you Ś͖̩͇̗̪̏̈́cumbaͨg, there goes another ϏϊττῪ!—you'll start loosing good users. When a neophyte asks something and there's a &lt;em&gt;Ɲ̴azi twerp&lt;/em&gt; in a closing-spree killing everything that moves this can actually be very damaging. My view is that when in doubt just leave it out. Think of it like prisoners in a death row. Would you risk sending a guy to his death without being completely sure it was &lt;em&gt;that guy&lt;/em&gt; that committed the crime? Some people would certainly go down that road, but SE is not in Texas.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some questions may be plain stupid and those should be closed², but for all the others does it really matter that much if the question is not up to some high-quality &lt;em&gt;pearl not sand type-of-question&lt;/em&gt; standard? God invented search engines for a reason and a good search engine is going to find that microscopic hair that has been stuck under your nose for the past 20 years and that you didn't even realized you had. People should be able to do what they came here to do—ask questions— and what they enjoy doing—provide answers—and not having to worry about &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/13590/298314&quot;&gt;vacuuming&lt;/a&gt; the place. Let search engines and the SE engine handle the boring shit. Questions with little views, no answers, low upvotes, etc can be given less weight when searching through the pile leaving the better half more visible. This probably happens already. Letting users refine their searches by allowing to set a minimum number of views or upvotes for the search results would also help in limiting this; if you can't find what you're looking for then you can be less strict in your search. There could even be a &lt;em&gt;we couldn't find anything using your search requirements but if you're willing to look through the pile of crap maybe you'll find the pearl you're looking for&lt;/em&gt; link on the search results screen to show all the entries without the aforementioned refinement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By the way, did you notice the &lt;em&gt;good&lt;/em&gt; adjective buried in a sentence two paragraphs ago? A &lt;em&gt;good&lt;/em&gt; user is one that may be willing to put some effort into building the community; even if not much is contributed, the little that is done is of decent quality. In addition, just because someone has 50 reputation it doesn't mean that user is less knowledgeable than someone with 5k. Human beings enjoy doing different things. Some like to be here all night answering questions, others like to spend their evenings sewing socks. Even though the sock-nerd spends an hour per week on the site maybe that's a quality one hour. You'll always have tons of users, but can you keep the good ones?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Next time you're about to close a question think whether it is a must-close one. A human being created that question. Humans are not perfect, some are better than others. Some enjoy spending the entire day on &lt;code&gt;AskUbuntu&lt;/code&gt;. Others prefer spending 10 hours per day playing with their socks. People have feelings. When you  with those feelings they get &lt;strong&gt;ἇħgrᴪ&lt;/strong&gt;³. And when they get angry they might just give you the igr and never contribute again. They'll still come back; SE keeps popping up on search engines. But it's going to be hit-n-run⁴: they get what they need and leave without adding their bit of knowledge.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The final take on this is that you should let the underlying engine sort through the trash. If the SE engine can't handle it then get a &lt;b&gt;B҃IGGER&lt;/b&gt; one! And remember, you can always &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.google.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Google it&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bing.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Bing it&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://duckduckgo.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Duck it&lt;/a&gt;! (Uh, wait, what?)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;¹ Wait, was that flagging?&#xA;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;² People have different abilities depending on age, health, and whether they went through shit when growing up or were born in a golden cradle. There is every likelihood that on the other end of the cable sits an old grandpa or granny with suicidal instincts. Before deciding that a question is stupid think about the depressed grandpa or granny. I know it's hard but try throttling down your brain a little closer to the OP's level before hitting the &lt;em&gt;dumb question&lt;/em&gt; button.&#xA;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;³ Any resemblance between that last y and a &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitchfork&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;ριτchfork&lt;/a&gt; is pure coincidence.&#xA;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;⁴ Hit-n-run is not necessarily eⷤvil. Sometimes you need in-depth reading to internalize things. More often than not you just want the darn thing to work and get on with your life. In those cases, your technical resources are not meant to be read but pillaged and ransacked for essential content. So telling someone to RTFM when all they are interested in is the 30-second summary is kinda of, you know, meh. (Ꙭ`)&#xA;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;YOU&lt;/strong&gt; go and RTFM and then &lt;strong&gt;tell them&lt;/strong&gt; what they want to know. Haven't you heard, having the ability to process difficult stuff and  presenting it to your &lt;em&gt;plebeian&lt;/em&gt;, pardon me, to your non-tech-savvy colleagues in a way they can understand is actually a great skill to have.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There you go, I just spent a large amount of time writing about something that is going to be dpd and kicked into ɭv. But you know what? &lt;em&gt;Ȋ DƠ NǑT CǍRE&lt;/em&gt;. Today I was in the mood for writing—most of the time I am not. So, little cdɭ, before you condemn my soul into everlasting  and hit that dẘ-pǒᶖᶇṫᵹ-ȧrrȫ, answer me this one question. &lt;strong&gt;Do you feel worthy, ṗ?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;TL;DR: Then scroll up and read it! Whaaat? No feel like !? ☹&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="298314" LastEditorUserId="298314" LastEditDate="2015-02-22T01:48:21.200" LastActivityDate="2015-02-22T01:48:21.200" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13603" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13599" CreationDate="2015-02-21T20:04:29.437" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Yes&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would work the close queue more regularly if there was at least &lt;em&gt;some&lt;/em&gt; incentive for this exceedingly boring, difficult and thankless job. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastActivityDate="2015-02-21T20:04:29.437" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13607" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13621" CreationDate="2015-02-22T11:29:46.523" Score="12" ViewCount="138" Body="&lt;h3&gt;Posting in other languages, please be friendly but clear&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The subject must be as old Santa, but there &lt;em&gt;still&lt;/em&gt; seems to be a lot of misunderstanding on the subject:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Every now and then people post in other languages than English, like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/588341/i-cannot-install-ubuntu#comment816638_588341&quot;&gt;this one&lt;/a&gt;. I tend to leave a (IMO rather friendly) comment, saying:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&amp;quot;&lt;em&gt;Please see this &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/3616/72216&quot;&gt;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/3616/72216&lt;/a&gt; - questions should be asked and responded to in english. Thank-you.&lt;/em&gt;&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is not a political statement, not a value label, just a reminder of the practical agreement we have that this site is in English.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also every now and then, I get a grumpy comment suggesting (like in the example) That I should rather translate the post. The comment is even upvoted.(?)&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Please don't leave a comment suggesting so, it gives people the wrong impression that we are running a translation service here.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;We do not ask people to write a poem in English, and most of us are willing to do some editing if the language is a bit of a problem but the question is clear.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But again:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Don't suggest we &lt;em&gt;should&lt;/em&gt; translate a question, and publically suggest it is &amp;quot;unfriendly&amp;quot; to ask people to post in English.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2015-03-05T14:20:20.193" Title="Translation service" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13608" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13607" CreationDate="2015-02-22T17:50:37.670" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would put that as a &lt;code&gt;feature-request&lt;/code&gt; then.  Normally I would control paste the text into google translate and fix the context.  But if theres a way to put it into SE without doing it automatically I would support it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="279988" LastActivityDate="2015-02-22T17:50:37.670" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13609" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-02-23T06:16:16.570" Score="24" ViewCount="209" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is to say 'thank you' for this powerful network built with all the supports.  There has not been an issue I have not found the answer in the forums archive.  It is just unbelievable the freedom I feel being among you all.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user355203" LastActivityDate="2015-02-26T18:02:01.787" Title="Gratitude for everything you all do here" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13610" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13620" CreationDate="2015-02-23T11:32:16.873" Score="5" ViewCount="158" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ever since the first Ubuntu phone shipped, we have been getting the occasional question about its availability in some place or the other. &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/7385/canonical-question-answer-for-porting-ubuntu-touch&quot;&gt;For installing on other phones&lt;/a&gt;, we have &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/236276/what-hardware-does-ubuntu-touch-support&quot;&gt;What hardware does Ubuntu Touch support?&lt;/a&gt; as the question to which we close as dupe. Can we have one for Ubuntu phones as well?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/588680/ubuntu-phone-availability&quot;&gt;Ubuntu phone availability&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/587272/when-will-the-ubuntu-phones-be-available-in-india&quot;&gt;When will the Ubuntu phones be available in India?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/585579/ubuntu-phones-for-the-us&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Phones for the US&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/585320/ubuntu-phone-in-united-states&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/585320/ubuntu-phone-in-united-states&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/582819/ubuntu-phone-release-in-india?s=56|0.0000&quot;&gt;Ubuntu phone release in India&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/574932/when-is-ubuntu-phone-touch-coming-to-the-u-s&quot;&gt;When is Ubuntu Phone/Touch coming to the U.S.?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2015-02-24T15:08:56.270" Title="Can we have a canonical post about Ubuntu Phone hardware?" Tags="|discussion|canonical-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13611" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13612" CreationDate="2015-02-23T12:24:04.000" Score="2" ViewCount="41" Body="&lt;p&gt;This morning my rep was 315. I downvoted an answer (and left a comment explaining why I thought it was a bad answer) which took me to 314.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I next visited the site, I got a green +1 icon telling me my rep had increased. Clicking on my rep history, it says my last increase was +2 for an edit a few days ago. I was on 314 and I've got +2, that should be 316... but I was on 315.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What's happened is that the answer that I down voted has been deleted so I've got my 1 back, but the 1 point deduction/reimbursement for downvoting does not appear anywhere in the rep history. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It took me a while to figure this out. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this a bug? Or am I fundamentally misunderstanding how it works? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="304825" LastEditorUserId="52999" LastEditDate="2015-02-23T14:54:03.717" LastActivityDate="2015-02-23T14:54:03.717" Title="Is this a bug in the rep notfication or rep history system?" Tags="|support|reputation|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13612" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13611" CreationDate="2015-02-23T12:46:06.443" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;That's the right behaviour. It's not shown in the quick list of achievements, but you can see it if you go to your profile page and look at the reputation tab. For example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/YgnYl.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2015-02-23T12:46:06.443" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13614" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13615" CreationDate="2015-02-24T06:41:08.653" Score="3" ViewCount="55" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just raised a single flag for spam on &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/589170/best-bodybuilding-diet-regime&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; question, and when clicking the flag button again the popup shows this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/SUxjh.png&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I just flagged the question once, and accordingly I still have 9 flags available to be raised today. Is there a bug somewhere with the flagging system?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="380067" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2015-02-24T15:24:46.203" Title="Is there a bug somewhere with the flagging system?" Tags="|bug|status-bydesign|flagging|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13615" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13614" CreationDate="2015-02-24T07:00:03.160" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, that's the normal behaviour. Spam and offensive flags are functionally the same, the only difference being &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/58032/what-are-the-spam-and-offensive-flags-and-how-do-they-work&quot;&gt;how the labelled data is used&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;h2&gt;How does the Spam flag differ from the Offensive flag?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;In terms of getting the post deleted, there is no functional difference aside from separate counts - 3/6 of either will be sufficient to delete. Spam flags provide data for spam-filtering, and offensive flags similarly provide data for anti-trolling measures.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The notice placed over a deleted post also says much the same (&lt;em&gt;spam or offensive&lt;/em&gt;):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/lFA3s.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2015-02-24T07:00:03.160" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13616" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13626" CreationDate="2015-02-24T12:09:08.887" Score="7" ViewCount="252" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm still fairly new to Ask Ubuntu, and trying to build my rep steadily.&#xA;I have a bit of solid knowledge in some areas, and try to apply that to answering questions (only if I know what I'm talking about).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The issue I'm seeing, is that with these fairly easy answers, whilst I'm composing a reply, some more experienced user, usually with rep &gt; 40k, swoops in and answers the easy question, snaffling the rep in the process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not moaning about someone being quicker than me, it just seems that difficult questions, that these users have more of a chance of answering, tend to be ignored in favour of easy rep points.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not proposing that experienced users should be blocked from answering these, it's just demoralising. Any suggestions on ways around this? Or just man up and keep plugging away?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="320386" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2015-02-24T15:23:22.323" LastActivityDate="2015-02-25T15:55:06.517" Title="Leaving easier questions for less experienced users" Tags="|discussion|answers|reputation|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13618" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13619" CreationDate="2015-02-24T14:01:19.097" Score="0" ViewCount="51" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'd like to be informed (in real time) of changes in reputation, helpful flags, etc, for my user ID. I wrote a script that scrapes the reputation off my user page using &lt;code&gt;curl&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;grep&lt;/code&gt;. That was the easy part, but other statistics appear to be generated by JavaScript. Is there any way of accessing these statistics without using a browser? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ideally, I'd like to send a message to my mobile phone whenever anything changes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="149708" LastActivityDate="2015-02-26T16:51:20.720" Title="Direct access to Askubuntu reputation statistics" Tags="|support|reputation|statistics|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13619" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13618" CreationDate="2015-02-24T14:17:13.120" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Stack Exchange has an API to access user profiles: &lt;a href=&quot;https://api.stackexchange.com/docs/types/user&quot;&gt;https://api.stackexchange.com/docs/types/user&lt;/a&gt;. I have never made use of it, so that's all I can say about it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2015-02-24T14:17:13.120" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13620" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13610" CreationDate="2015-02-24T15:08:56.270" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can I humbly suggest the following for the canonical (no pun intended) Q&amp;amp;A:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/235665/where-can-i-get-a-device-with-ubuntu-for-phones-pre-installed&quot;&gt;Where can I get a device with &amp;#39;Ubuntu for phones&amp;#39; pre-installed?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've made the answer a community wiki - so lets all add the new phones when they appear together with the area of the world that they are applicable for, to that answer rather than having a 101+ answers when (hopefully) every man and his dog starts producing a ubuntu phone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14356" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2015-02-24T15:08:56.270" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13621" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13607" CreationDate="2015-02-24T16:08:19.550" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Posting a question in English (outside of being policy) is the best way to get the maximum number of eyeballs on a problem and increases the odds of a solution. I'm baffled as to why anyone would think that request unfriendly. I've made attempts with translation services in the past but considering the results I should have just left a comment suggesting conversion to english and perhaps flagged unclear what you are asking....&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastActivityDate="2015-02-24T16:08:19.550" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13622" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13592" CreationDate="2015-02-24T16:15:17.910" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a tendency to use backticks for &lt;code&gt;commands&lt;/code&gt; as these are generally fairly short and don't take up even a full line.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;I've learned to use code blocks for output as it's often &#xA;easier to read and typically takes up much more real estate.&#xA;&#xA;Although personally I find unnecessary scroll bars annoying &#xA;and format to avoid them.&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastActivityDate="2015-02-24T16:15:17.910" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13623" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13616" CreationDate="2015-02-24T19:14:42.170" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, it would harm the site, I'd even say it would harm beginners - when you are browsing AU you will find really elaborate answers to &quot;simple questions&quot; with much/full explanation about the background of the issue at hand - answers from which we all can learn &lt;strong&gt;how&lt;/strong&gt; to answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Those beneficial answers are most often written by someone with high rep - the quality of those answers show how to gain those high reputation values.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So the site &lt;strong&gt;and&lt;/strong&gt; its users would loose if people with a known ability to give good answers were asked to stop giving them for &quot;easy questions&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastActivityDate="2015-02-24T19:14:42.170" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13624" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13609" CreationDate="2015-02-24T20:15:20.790" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;We love to hear that of course! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I should mention that we need you at least as much as you need us, because we simply &lt;em&gt;love&lt;/em&gt; to do what we do here; make things work. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At the same time: &lt;strong&gt;WATCH OUT!...&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you ever think: &lt;em&gt;ah, I know the answer to this a question&lt;/em&gt;, and by accident you start writing an answer, or even worse, press the button...&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;...The little signal-green box shows up, and you think &lt;em&gt;hey... that's funny, let's try that again&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;strong&gt;NO NO NO, AARRGGHH&lt;/strong&gt;, too late then, you'll be one of us, poor bastards as we are.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No seriously, it's good company here, and it is one of these rare places where people cooperate in a way that everyone feels it is &lt;em&gt;in their interest&lt;/em&gt; to create quality, while no commerce is involved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Good to hear it seems to work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="136381" LastEditDate="2015-02-26T18:02:01.787" LastActivityDate="2015-02-26T18:02:01.787" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13626" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13616" CreationDate="2015-02-25T15:55:06.517" Score="18" Body="&lt;p&gt;We &quot;high rep&quot; users very much love to see good answers coming from low rep users or users new to the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Consider this: all our rep comes from times we also were beginners to the site, and we tried to write answers to the best of our knowledge to help. Not all our answers are outstanding, some of our posts &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/3940/takkat?tab=answers&amp;amp;sort=votes&amp;amp;page=34&quot;&gt;don't even get noticed&lt;/a&gt; much, but over the time there are so many of them. Even old and very old answer will give us an occasional reputation rise.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course we also wrote some answers that received very high votes. But these are not always those awesome, brilliant, or innovative answers, but ever so often it was sheer luck we have been there at the right time. You will experience this too, once you had contributed for some time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Whenever I see an intersting question that was already answered it makes me happy a little, and I don't hesitate to click on &quot;vote up&quot;, even if I then may (or most often may not) add another answer. Often when I notice that somebody else posted an answer while I was writing mine I just cancel mine (if that answer was any good). I believe all of us do the same.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may have noticed a very special badge we can earn: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/badges/61/sportsmanship&quot;&gt;Sportsmanship&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Read for yourself and find out what it is for and also see that not many users but almost all of the very high rep users earned it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, some of us give away some reputation to newbies through bounties, some even gave a way a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/235/jorge-castro?tab=bounties&quot;&gt;&quot;fortune&quot; of reputation&lt;/a&gt; just to show that reputation does matter but does not matter so much at some time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, please don't get demoralised. Do carry on answering.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Make us upvote you!&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3940" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2015-02-25T15:55:06.517" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13627" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13628" CreationDate="2015-02-25T19:36:46.453" Score="0" ViewCount="31" Body="&lt;p&gt;The message &quot;The question you're asking appears subjective and is likely to be closed&quot;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a AMD Win7 64-bit system I'm trying to run Ubuntu 14.04 on but it gets stuck. I've managed to install Ubuntu but it freezes. I'm trying to figure out how to add photos to the questions to help others answer them. How do I add images beside type in the entire url?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="381551" OwnerDisplayName="David H" LastActivityDate="2015-02-25T22:47:40.150" Title="Unable to insert images so you can see what I'm talking about" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13628" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13627" CreationDate="2015-02-25T19:48:28.787" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/TI1bQ.png&quot; alt=&quot;Check the circle&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;EDIT:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can follow these steps, after you reach a reputation of 10.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is the button, that you can use to upload the image on any question or answer. It will prompt an uploading dialogue where you can drag and drop the image you want, or you can access your own directory to upload a file. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other than that, you can also use some websites where you can upload your screenshots and a give link to it inside your question or answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Examples:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://prntscr.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Print Screen dot com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="380161" OwnerDisplayName="Ahmed Dhanani" LastActivityDate="2015-02-25T20:01:46.440" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13629" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-02-26T06:22:08.017" Score="12" ViewCount="144" Body="&lt;p&gt;From my point of view, there are ~880 questions in the close review queue. I don't recall a time when it was below 700 (I became active only around last June).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do we need to put in a concerted effort to clear it out?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One suggestion I have is to:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;gather a group of at least 10 people who can review, &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;create a chatroom&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;post questions which need at most 2 votes to close in that chatroom&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;and hopefully there will be two users on hand to lend votes&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;similarly for any post you encounter with 3+ close votes on it&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This way, questions which are close to being closed will get cleared up much more quickly. Of course, it goes without saying that reviewers shouldn't blindly cast votes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyone up for this? Or any other ways we can clear it out?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Related:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/11510/should-we-be-able-to-review-40-close-votes-when-the-queue-length-is-less-than-10&quot;&gt;Should we be able to review 40 close votes when the queue length is less than 1000?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/8603/do-we-need-a-event-to-clear-out-the-close-queue&quot;&gt;Do we need a event to clear out the Close Queue?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/7929/shall-we-try-and-clean-the-close-vote-review-queue-to-start-the-new-year&quot;&gt;Shall we try and clean the close vote review queue to start the new year?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/11703/how-to-know-which-questions-should-be-closed-a-reprise&quot;&gt;How to know which questions should be closed, a reprise&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.227" LastActivityDate="2015-02-26T08:20:07.723" Title="Clearing out the close review queue 2015" Tags="|discussion|review|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="13" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13630" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13618" CreationDate="2015-02-26T16:51:20.720" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;One thing I noticed recently is that there is a widget in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.stackexchange.marvin&amp;amp;hl=en&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;StackExchange Android App&lt;/a&gt; that displays your current reputation:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Bgvj6.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note this will probably use a bit of battery and internet data. I don't use anything like this on my phone much because of that &lt;em&gt;(also in this case I ain't to bothered about my reputation either :)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also note there is StackApplet &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/484695/how-to-install-stack-applet&quot;&gt;[1]&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/30334/what-application-indicators-are-available/38052#38052&quot;&gt;[2]&lt;/a&gt;, which seems to show your current rep (or something) in a drop-down menu:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/PR6yG.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="178596" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2015-02-26T16:51:20.720" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13631" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13632" CreationDate="2015-02-27T06:23:23.140" Score="1" ViewCount="66" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/577286/why-is-t-canonical-parameter-appended-to-searches-made-on-duckduckgo-from-fire&quot;&gt;This&lt;/a&gt; question was edited but I do not understand why. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/577286/revisions&quot;&gt;This&lt;/a&gt; shows the revisions. I found revision 2, the removal of the &lt;code&gt;14.04&lt;/code&gt; tag, to be rather subjective but acceptable. However, revision 3 doesn't make sense to me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The original title was more adequate and I liked the structure of the question with the bullet points. The problem was clearly stated and a question was asked. There was even a nice picture illustrating the issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/editing&quot;&gt;when should I edit posts&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Edits are expected to be substantial and to leave the post better than&#xA;  you found it. Common reasons for edits include:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;To fix grammar and spelling mistakes&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;To clarify the meaning of the post (&lt;strong&gt;without changing that meaning&lt;/strong&gt;) [emphasis added]&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;To include additional information only found in comments, so all of the information relevant to the post is contained in one place&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;To correct minor mistakes or add updates as the post ages&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;To add related resources or hyperlinks&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do like the shadow added to the image. As for the rest, is this a case of gratuitous editing?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(&lt;em&gt;Note: not a bashing attempt.&lt;/em&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="298314" LastEditorUserId="298314" LastEditDate="2015-02-27T21:43:54.983" LastActivityDate="2015-02-27T21:43:54.983" Title="Senseless revision?" Tags="|discussion|editing|revisions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13632" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13631" CreationDate="2015-02-27T08:49:27.630" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't think it was completely without reason.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The title makes more pertinent; this &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; about DDG in Firefox, nothing else.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;There was no good reason for separating two paragraphs with bullets; they're not a list.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The question about &lt;em&gt;why&lt;/em&gt; there's a &lt;code&gt;t=...&lt;/code&gt; querystring item needed bringing into the main question rather than leaving as a side-bar at the end (you might not want want to remove it if it were important).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;As you mention, the shadow removes ambiguity between the page (which is a white background) and the DDG element which is also mostly white.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You could argue whether or not fixing these things makes a measurable improvement worthy of the time that went into them but Aditya isn't getting anything for performing the edit. I don't think it's unfair to assume that they only have the best interest of you and the question in mind.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2015-02-27T08:49:27.630" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13633" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-02-27T19:59:09.037" Score="1" ViewCount="86" Body="&lt;p&gt;A similiar question has been asked already &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/10362/show-a-notification-count-in-the-title&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/7PSEK.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Link to full image on Imgur.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/7PSEK.png&quot; alt=&quot;Image-1&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I agree that's minor, but what do you think about it? Not to criticize the new answers / new active answers feature, because that's useful as well (and should not be removed), but overall I'd find more useful to have the number of pending notifications instead in most cases.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As of now if I'm willing to answer some questions &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; I'm waiting for a response on my questions / answers / comments I can simply stay in the page and be aware of any new question / new active question thanks to the bar at the top with the number of pending notifications a little above, and that's fine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But if I'm not willing to answer any question for any reason &lt;em&gt;but&lt;/em&gt; I'm waiting for a response on my questions / answers / comments, with this feature I could just do something else being quickly aware of any notification, instead of continuosly switch tabs. Plus if I'm not willing to answer any question &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; I'm not wating for a response on my questions / answers / comments, I'd probably like to check new notifications anyway. This should be really easy to implement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Again, I agree that's minor, but what do you think about it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="380067" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2015-04-18T08:06:14.260" LastActivityDate="2015-04-18T08:06:14.260" Title="Number of pending notifications in the tab title" Tags="|feature-request|notifications|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ClosedDate="2015-04-20T14:52:58.843" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13634" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13639" CreationDate="2015-02-27T21:39:49.573" Score="2" ViewCount="68" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm embarrassed to admit that I asked this horrible question: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/463017/problems-detecting-android-tablet-iview-788tpc-with-mtp-tools&quot;&gt;Problems detecting android tablet IView 788TPC with mtp-tools&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At the time I was totally clueless about mtp AND ptp. The reason this question is so bad is that the model I asked about doesn't even offer mtp as a connection method. It received one answer that wasn't helpful (likely because the device doesn't support mtp). I attempted to answer the question myself indicating that fact, but my answer was subsequently deleted by a moderator. I think the question is useless but when I attempt to delete my question it warns me not to (due to the answer). Does anyone see any value in the aforementioned question whatsoever? I ask because I do not, but the system seems to think that it may have value.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit: requested image&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/cfYzb.png&quot; alt=&quot;788tpc&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2015-03-01T22:44:31.200" Title="Useless question?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13635" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13584" CreationDate="2015-02-28T13:13:50.143" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's funny the difference a week makes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ubuntu-mate.org/blog/ubuntu-mate-vivid-beta1/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Ubuntu MATE is official now&lt;/a&gt;; it is supported on Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Standard rules apply though so bugs and major pre-release issues should primarily be reported through the bug tracking tools on Launchpad.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2015-02-28T13:13:50.143" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13636" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-03-01T02:59:32.090" Score="-10" ViewCount="99" Body="&lt;p&gt;Having phone contact or address of other members will be useful. How can i get in touch with other members. mail facility will be better option. does this site provide this facility ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="162802" LastActivityDate="2015-03-02T22:36:33.587" Title="How do i get contacts of askubuntu members?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2017-03-29T23:59:31.580" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13637" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13636" CreationDate="2015-03-01T03:34:08.030" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Anyone who wishes to voluntarily share this information can do so in the &quot;About Me&quot; field. However, very few users would be willing to share their phone number or address simply because this is a public website and those are personal details.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as getting in touch with other members, many users provide their email address in their profile. (Is this what you mean by &quot;mail facility&quot;?)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastActivityDate="2015-03-01T03:34:08.030" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13638" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13636" CreationDate="2015-03-01T21:59:19.393" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Easy-peasy: Contact details are a two-edged sword: what you do is post your phone and address and e-mail and Skype in your profile and anyone wishing to contact you can then contact you!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;:-) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastActivityDate="2015-03-01T21:59:19.393" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13639" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13634" CreationDate="2015-03-01T22:44:31.200" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The question is perfectly valid - at least from the point of view of asking.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There isn't a clear and valid reason why it should be deleted.  You obviously thought at the time there was a question about the device that needed an answer and then subsequently found the answer and self answered it.  BTW - I've undeleted your answer since I believe it is a genuine answer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question is useful, in that someone with the device could be looking for answers to that particular question - the answers there may be useful to that someone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As to whether its on-topic or off-topic - no need for mod intervention here.  The community can &amp;amp; should vote appropriately.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14356" LastActivityDate="2015-03-01T22:44:31.200" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13640" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-03-02T03:26:17.380" Score="1" ViewCount="454" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have asked a few questions already, and I get at least 1 comment saying that I was unclear, or didn't provide enough information. I'm very new to ubuntu, and I'm hoping to learn and get better, and I understand most Linux users are more advanced and don't want to deal with people who don't know anything. So what can I do to make my questions have more depth to them so people feel like they can help me?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="383807" OwnerDisplayName="Liverian" LastActivityDate="2015-03-02T09:08:14.530" Title="When asking for advice, How can I make my questions more clear?" Tags="|discussion|users|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13641" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13640" CreationDate="2015-03-02T08:41:40.590" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;If people feel they need more information to answer something, they'll tell you. Unless it's a really obvious omission (you have a graphics issue and you haven't said what your graphics card is), people &lt;em&gt;should&lt;/em&gt; be explicitly stating what they would want to see. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From what I can see of your questions, this is exactly what has happened. People have asked for specific details. They expect you to &lt;strong&gt;edit your question&lt;/strong&gt;. We don't expect new users to know what's relevant, which is why users can update their questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In many cases you haven't done this yet. If you don't understand what it is they're asking for, reply to them in the comments and say what you're struggling with but please don't ignore them. They are trying to help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2015-03-02T09:08:14.530" LastActivityDate="2015-03-02T09:08:14.530" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13642" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13636" CreationDate="2015-03-02T22:36:33.587" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Nathan &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/13637/1992&quot;&gt;covered&lt;/a&gt; this pretty well but I just thought I could add a little two cents extra:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If there is someone you need to correspond with, there are a number of options. Firstly, there is the safe secure method of using the site's own &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;chat&lt;/a&gt;. I highly recommend this option, unless of course you require a more private form of communication.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Secondly, you can &lt;em&gt;ask&lt;/em&gt; the other person(s) you wish to contact if they can be contacted off site, and, if yes, how. Their info, their terms, their time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a general rule of thumb however, unless given permission:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;DO NOT EMAIL ANYONE UNPROMPTED - EVEN IF THEY PROVIDE THEIR EMAIL ADDRESS.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1992" LastActivityDate="2015-03-02T22:36:33.587" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13643" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-03-03T16:32:12.127" Score="12" ViewCount="151" Body="&lt;p&gt;I notice there is a secure connection when I login to stackExchange, but it goes away after I login to askubuntu.com. Why isn't askubuntu also running with encryption?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="313836" LastActivityDate="2015-07-02T00:39:24.690" Title="Why isn't askubuntu.com secure?" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13644" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13645" CreationDate="2015-03-03T22:02:27.917" Score="2" ViewCount="45" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/120898/removing-the-splash-screen-on-shutdown-an-startup-i-want-to-be-able-to-see-the&quot;&gt;Removing the splash screen on shutdown an startup. I want to be able to see the processes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I understand it's about disabling splash screen while second one is about booting in text mode, which are two different things.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="284664" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2015-03-04T08:50:19.473" Title="Is this question correctly marked as a duplicate?" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13645" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13644" CreationDate="2015-03-03T22:09:35.700" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You are correct, they are two different things. I have reopened the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2015-03-04T08:50:19.473" LastActivityDate="2015-03-04T08:50:19.473" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13646" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13648" CreationDate="2015-03-03T23:55:22.480" Score="29" ViewCount="904" Body="&lt;p&gt;Following searching various things for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/592442/is-it-legal-to-use-ubuntu-name-for-my-cybercaf%C3%A9/592454#592454&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;, I found:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://askubuntu.greatknow.com/questions/294850/does-canonical-have-other-deals-with-companies-like-the-amazon-search-feature&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://askubuntu.greatknow.com/questions/294850/does-canonical-have-other-deals-with-companies-like-the-amazon-search-feature&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;which seems like a mirror copy of:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/294850/does-canonical-have-other-deals-with-companies-like-the-amazon-search-feature&quot;&gt;Does Canonical have other deals with companies like the Amazon search feature?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now this makes me thing of 4 things:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is this site here to do harm? (e.g. a SE user signs in through it and gets their account nicked)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Isn't there copyright infringement stuff that might cause issue?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is it affiliated with Ubuntu / Stack Exchange anyway?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Any advertising making money from our content?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have in the past found various weird sites that contain shortened versions of Stack Exchange questions/answers and link to the main post (e.g. &lt;a href=&quot;http://nerdanswer.com/answer.php?q=997981&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this site&lt;/a&gt;), this is the first that seems to be trying to copy it exactly..&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At the bottom it links to &lt;a href=&quot;http://photoemblem.greatknow.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://photoemblem.greatknow.com/&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://pasteubuntu.greatknow.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://pasteubuntu.greatknow.com/&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.greatknow.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.greatknow.com/&lt;/a&gt; appears to be some weird Q&amp;amp;A site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It also updates to keep up-to-date with the current site. Compare &lt;a href=&quot;http://askubuntu.greatknow.com/questions&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://askubuntu.greatknow.com/questions&lt;/a&gt; &amp;amp; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions&lt;/a&gt;, then panic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="178596" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2016-03-31T01:38:50.597" Title="What do we do about mirror sites?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="22" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13647" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13643" CreationDate="2015-03-04T00:08:08.297" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;At a guess it may be something to do with the login page's link (even from HTTPS askubuntu) is&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;https://askubuntu.com/users/login?returnurl=http%3a%2f%2faskubuntu.com%2f&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;wherease if you change it to&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;https://askubuntu.com/users/login?returnurl=https%3a%2f%2faskubuntu.com%2f&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It should go back to the HTTPS page. This probably could be implemented in the HTTPS version of site. dunno.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Checked in clean session of Firefox, though it somehow logged me out of another one)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="178596" LastActivityDate="2015-03-04T00:08:08.297" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13648" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13646" CreationDate="2015-03-04T00:47:45.587" Score="22" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;If you open your browser in privacy mode that site will start to open tabs and do all sorts of ads.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;For Ubuntu you can report things like that here:&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com/legal/terms-and-policies/intellectual-property-policy&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.ubuntu.com/legal/terms-and-policies/intellectual-property-policy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Here are instructions for reporting scrapers to SE:&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/200178/203389&quot;&gt;Updated procedure for reporting SCRAPERs - Meta Stack Exchange&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2015-09-13T01:01:02.867" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13649" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-03-04T22:28:42.120" Score="-9" ViewCount="73" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am fed up of having my posts marked as duplicate, if the search feature worked properly and drew out relevant answers then I wouldn't have an issue but the fact is, I ask a question because those threads I have read prior to posting a question DON'T answer the question I ask yet I get a notice that I have made a duplicate post when I have not and in most cases this notice is slapped on my post that points to my previous question that has not been answered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You need to add...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A button to allow the OP to indicate that the original question has not been answered, the user makes a post and an automatic link offered to be added to the post to allow people to see your previous question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If like in my situation the question wasn't answered or partly answered and is not relevant, then that is not a duplicate and I am fed up of having to justify myself to anal moderators who don't like my questions as they were not well received. Well the answer is simple isnt it? If you don't like the question then you don't answer it do you?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So please sort your search out because I have read the how to ask questions and frankly I have been doing so for the most part for 48 years of my life to date. I am not a child and do not appreciate being treated as such.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have written too long a complaint to the contacts and here in feedback and this is killing my fingers, I have early onset of arthritis in my hands, feet and spine, so sometimes I may come across as abrupt or grumpy but thats the nature of my medications.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So can we all move on now?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="379773" LastActivityDate="2015-03-05T21:05:05.410" Title="Why doesn't the search feature work properly?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13650" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13607" CreationDate="2015-03-05T14:20:20.193" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Why not leave such posts as they look like? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Those one who have big right gold opinion will down vote.&#xA;Others will ignore or translate manually.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="383077" LastActivityDate="2015-03-05T14:20:20.193" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13651" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13652" CreationDate="2015-03-05T19:53:36.120" Score="1" ViewCount="37" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to ask how should I behave in this situation? I have &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/588510/cannot-connect-to-vpn-with-openvpn-in-ubuntu-14-04/591852?noredirect=1#comment825373_591852&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; that I asked and put bounty on as I couldn't figure it out what was going on. I was getting help to it but it turned out I solved the issue myself by completely replacing its data and context, script etc. As the OP data placed in my question turned out to be wack, wrong and needed complete re-edition.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, should I put the different solution I did to solve this issue? And how should I behave to bounty on this question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235295" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2015-03-05T20:08:32.450" Title="Self fixed issue on own bounty question" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2015-03-09T21:32:36.037" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13652" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13651" CreationDate="2015-03-05T20:07:05.767" Score="1" Body="&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Answer it where you also point out what went wrong with the data in the question. Don't edit the question correcting the mistakes in the question though. Create the answer as if you are answering someone else. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;What you do with the bounty is up to you. Don't award it, award it. Whatever feels right to you.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastActivityDate="2015-03-05T20:07:05.767" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13653" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13651" CreationDate="2015-03-05T20:08:32.450" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Write how you did solve your problem as answer to your own question and accept it.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can not get the bounty back or award it to yourself, though. So if you think one of the other posts did help you to get to the right solution and don't want to waste the 50 rep points, I would award them to that answer. Otherwise they will vanish. Except if some answers have votes of +2 at least, half of the bonus will be shared among those.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastActivityDate="2015-03-05T20:08:32.450" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13654" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13649" CreationDate="2015-03-05T20:21:12.227" Score="7" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I  am fed up of having my posts marked as duplicate,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So they are correctly closed as a duplicate?  Then if so: I would ask myself: how did those users find the duplicates? Maybe it is worth  asking some of those people in chat or through a PM. I know I would answer you if you would have PM'd me. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is unlikely they do it from memory. I consider 2 options to be possible:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;They are using the Ask Ubuntu search. I tend to use that if I want to search clean words, a specific user with some specific words, or tags.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;They are Using another search tool. I myself am very fond of the google &quot;site:&quot; option search.  Your start your search with &quot;site:askubuntu.com&quot; and the title of the Ask Ubuntu topic and you will see loads of topics with the same subject and probably a solution to your topic. Has anothe benefit: it will also show answers for topics that are not on Ask Ubuntu (like ubuntuforums or omgubuntu.co.uk or webupd8).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe you are looking at it the wrong way: no search tool is going to beat google. So embrace it and use google search too :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastEditorUserId="15811" LastEditDate="2015-03-05T21:05:05.410" LastActivityDate="2015-03-05T21:05:05.410" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13655" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13515" CreationDate="2015-03-06T04:44:27.637" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I think only those questions should be upvoted which have several characteristics like :&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It should not be a duplicate.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It should be clear, it should not have any sort of unambiguity - if&#xA;it has ambiguity and on request of members the questioner adds more&#xA;details to the OP , then it is also a clear question.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It should be written in proper language (English) with no (or a very&#xA;few) grammatical and spelling mistakes.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It should be completely related to the subject like only questions&#xA;related to Ubuntu.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It should not matter whether question is easy or difficult.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may add more characteristics if you like.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="278703" LastActivityDate="2015-03-06T04:44:27.637" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13656" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8745" CreationDate="2015-03-06T05:21:06.507" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I also thought that &lt;a href=&quot;http://askubuntu.com&quot;&gt;Ask Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt; is from Canonical for a long time, I only came to know that it is a part of &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;SE&lt;/a&gt; when I joined &lt;a href=&quot;http://askubuntu.com&quot;&gt;AU&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I suggest the questions from &lt;strong&gt;new users&lt;/strong&gt; should not be directly posted rather it should be visible to only reputed members (and moderators) and &lt;strong&gt;thus should be moderated&lt;/strong&gt; and if the question is worth posting than it should be posted publicly. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This moderation before posting questions from new users should be kept for at least two questions or 5 reputation (whatever comes first).&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="278703" LastActivityDate="2015-03-06T05:21:06.507" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13657" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-03-06T19:24:50.487" Score="0" ViewCount="85" Body="&lt;p&gt;Not talking about e-mail notifications or so. I answered a question today (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/593530/why-is-export-path-displayed-in-terminal-as-a-title&quot;&gt;why is &amp;quot;export PATH&amp;quot; displayed in terminal as a title?&lt;/a&gt;), I was wondering if I could place a bounty on it right now, and opened it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Surprise!!, surprise!! question had been answered 2 hours ago and I did not receive any notification on the &quot;recent inbox message&quot; tool.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Screenshot of the &quot;Recent Inbox Message&quot; tool:&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/zxime.png&quot; alt=&quot;Recent Inbox Message&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Screenshot of the answer just rigth after I upvoted it and accepted (and commented):&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/MTBfj.png&quot; alt=&quot;Answer&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Am I forgetting something?, is this a stackexchange issue?, is it just me?.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="155835" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2015-03-06T19:24:50.487" Title="Why I am not receiving notifications in my &quot;recent inbox messages&quot;?" Tags="|bug|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13658" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-03-07T21:50:54.970" Score="2" ViewCount="807" Body="&lt;p&gt;I took a long time to compose my post, and was prompted by a house-number captcha. Easy. Then I was re-prompted to copy&amp;amp;paste some code into a text box ... but there's no way to submit that form! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I click in the first text box (anywhere in the code), then do Ctrl+C. Then I click in the second text box, then do Ctrl-V. &lt;code&gt;Enter&lt;/code&gt; simply inserts a newline, as expected = no submit. Ctrl+Enter does nothing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How do I get past this?&lt;/strong&gt; (I am not a robot.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I use the &lt;code&gt;Tab&lt;/code&gt; key to find any clickable hyperlinks or buttons, all I get is the orange &quot;CAPTCHA&quot; link to the right. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Upon retrying in a new browser window, I notice that the first captcha includes a suspiciously empty text box underneath the &quot;Verify&quot; button. It looks like the &quot;Paste it here&quot; text box in the screenshot, but without any label above it. &quot;Privacy - Terms&quot; appears below it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ubuntu 14.10&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Chromium 40.0.2214.111&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/V3V7F.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5786" LastEditorUserId="5786" LastEditDate="2015-03-07T21:57:34.050" LastActivityDate="2015-03-07T21:57:34.050" Title="CAPTCHA has no submit button" Tags="|bug|captcha|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13659" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13662" CreationDate="2015-03-07T23:43:12.107" Score="6" ViewCount="97" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/debug&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;debug&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;debug&lt;/a&gt; should be a synonym of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/debugging&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;debugging&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;debugging&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They have identical tag wiki excerpts and cover the same thing, although it's extremely wide and needs to have additional tags included to narrow down.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I still think that &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/debugging&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;debugging&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;debugging&lt;/a&gt; should be the master tag in this case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2015-03-08T17:30:18.640" LastActivityDate="2015-03-12T15:37:07.910" Title="Tag synonym request: [debug] -&gt; [debugging]" Tags="|discussion|support|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13660" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13661" CreationDate="2015-03-09T12:54:46.043" Score="3" ViewCount="42" Body="&lt;p&gt;Typing &quot;alpha beta&quot; into the search box shows a raft of questions asking about alpha/beta versions of Ubuntu, and the general answer is that they are off topic on AU because they change so quickly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have flagged a few as off-topic, but none of the options are really suitable. The closest is &quot;off topic because it refers to an End-Of-Life version of Ubuntu&quot; - which basically means that only current versions of Ubuntu are supported. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should there be another option for &quot;Prior to Start-Of-Life&quot;, or could the &quot;End Of Life&quot; tag be modified so it includes any unsupported version, whether because they are too old or because they are too young? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or does it not really matter all that much? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Might be coincidence, but it seems to me that EOL flags get actioned quicker than &quot;Other - type your own answer&quot; flags). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="304825" LastActivityDate="2015-03-09T13:14:45.067" Title="What should I flag questions about development versions of Ubuntu as?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13661" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13660" CreationDate="2015-03-09T13:14:45.067" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Close -&gt; Off topic&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;Bug reports and &lt;strong&gt;problems specific to development version of Ubuntu&lt;/strong&gt; should be reported on Launchpad so that developers can see, track and fix these issues.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Mind though that you need 3000 reputation to cast close votes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastActivityDate="2015-03-09T13:14:45.067" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13662" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13659" CreationDate="2015-03-10T18:45:39.240" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Why not delete both of them instead? Neither &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/debug&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;debug&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;debug&lt;/a&gt; nor &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/debugging&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;debugging&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;debugging&lt;/a&gt; give any useful information. In fact, they seem like prime examples of &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/08/the-death-of-meta-tags/&quot;&gt;meta tags&lt;/a&gt;. For those who don't know, meta-tags are tags that &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Can’t work as the only tag on a question.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Commonly mean different things to different people.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I see a question tagged with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/debugging&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;debugging&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;debugging&lt;/a&gt;, what do I know? That the OP has a problem. Well yes, they wouldn't really be posting here otherwise. About 95.3% of all AU questions are about debugging something or other. What is this one about? Debugging hardware issues? A compilation error? A script? Someone's software? A dpkg issue?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/debug&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;debug&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;debug&lt;/a&gt; tag is not adding anything useful to the question and needs a helper tag in order to actually mean anything. So, forget synonyms, let's burn it with fire instead!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2015-03-12T15:37:07.910" LastActivityDate="2015-03-12T15:37:07.910" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13663" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13672" CreationDate="2015-03-11T06:19:22.800" Score="1" ViewCount="56" Body="&lt;p&gt;I ran into &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/471296/is-it-possible-to-have-a-shortcut-to-switch-to-the-nth-xfce-tasklist-window-in-x&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;, which has an open bounty. I remembered having answered pretty much exactly the same question &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/560158/72216&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. However, since the question has an open bounty, it cannot be marked as a duplicate (and it would be harsh to the owner of the bounty as well).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At the same time, It would be undesirable (and would no doubt be flagged) to repeat the answer on this question. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Those two seem to clash. I am not the advocate of the owner of the bounty, but theoretically spoken, can a bounty be returned to its owner in such a case?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2015-03-12T03:44:19.093" Title="What if two questions with a bounty are identical?" Tags="|discussion|support|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13664" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13663" CreationDate="2015-03-11T08:31:44.220" Score="2" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;can a bounty be returned to its owner in such a case?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/bounty&quot;&gt;All bounties are paid for up front and non-refundable under any circumstances.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So that would be: no. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Topic starter should have done more research prior to posting and prior to adding a bounty. It probably is best to let the bounty run its course and then close it. Someone might come up with a new answer independent of the duplicate that is worth a bounty. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would VTC when the bounty reached its end. Even if there is an answer and if there are answers that differ from yours I would assume -merging- them might be the best option (that would transfer the bounty over to the other question I would assume). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2015-03-11T08:31:44.220" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13665" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-03-11T08:53:04.357" Score="3" ViewCount="38" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just stumbled on a clearly offensive post and flagged is as such. Now it seems that every 'offensive' flag creates one downvote, so I guess it has 4 flags already but is still visible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hence my question: How many flags are needed for deletion?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastActivityDate="2015-03-11T09:24:35.830" Title="How many 'offensive' flags are needed to delete a post?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13666" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13665" CreationDate="2015-03-11T09:24:35.830" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;6 by normal users, one by a moderator...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastActivityDate="2015-03-11T09:24:35.830" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13667" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-03-11T15:06:24.887" Score="5" ViewCount="31" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://askubuntu.com&quot;&gt;Askubuntu&lt;/a&gt; is wholly and solely community dedicated to Ubuntu, why doesn't it provide career options in its field to reputed users like &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackoverflow.com&quot;&gt;stackoverflow&lt;/a&gt;. It would be great if we have website as &lt;a href=&quot;http://careers.askubuntu.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://careers.askubuntu.com&lt;/a&gt; and it would work the same way as &lt;a href=&quot;http://career.stackoverflow.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://career.stackoverflow.com&lt;/a&gt; .&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="278703" LastEditorUserId="278703" LastEditDate="2015-03-11T15:35:59.290" LastActivityDate="2015-03-11T15:35:59.290" Title="Why isn't career 2.0 available for askubuntu users, why only for stackoverflow users?" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13668" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-03-11T15:12:26.083" Score="4" ViewCount="45" Body="&lt;p&gt;We have a star shown under the question votes which shows how many users have it as favorite as shown in figure.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/EUd2g.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But it shows the&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/blOJT.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt; message even if I wasn't the one to &quot;Favorite&quot; it. It is a minor bug, but it may fool someone to Favorite it accidentally.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="184942" LastActivityDate="2015-04-11T02:22:24.763" Title="Favorite question star shows undo option even when I did not favorite it" Tags="|bug|bookmarks|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13669" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13668" CreationDate="2015-03-11T15:36:52.730" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;All it says that to make the question a favorite, click the star.  Click again to remove from favorite.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I guess it's a little confusing, and maybe there should be a space in between, like This is a favorite question, (click again to undo).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hope that explains it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="59676" LastActivityDate="2015-03-11T15:36:52.730" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13670" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-03-11T15:43:44.297" Score="0" ViewCount="33" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just posted a question on meta (&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/13667/why-isnt-career-2-0-available-for-askubuntu-users-why-only-for-stackoverflow-u?noredirect=1#comment23379_13667&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;) and it was upvoted thrice till now, still there is no change in my reputation.It didn't increase by 15.Why?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="278703" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.227" LastActivityDate="2015-03-11T16:11:06.917" Title="Why didn't my reputation increase when my question was upvoted on meta?" Tags="|discussion|support|bug|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2015-03-11T16:43:48.980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13671" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13680" CreationDate="2015-03-11T15:48:12.073" Score="4" ViewCount="101" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is mid march but I didn't saw any moderator election out yet. When does elections for moderator start?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="278703" LastEditorUserId="158442" LastEditDate="2015-03-12T05:40:05.537" LastActivityDate="2015-03-13T18:43:33.160" Title="When will moderator election 2015 start?" Tags="|discussion|election|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13672" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13663" CreationDate="2015-03-12T03:44:19.093" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Moderators can refund bounties, but as with every other power they have, it should be used carefully. In this case, I would flag for moderator attention, and let them decide. &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/14591/how-can-we-close-questions-with-bounties&quot;&gt;How can we close questions with bounties?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2015-03-12T03:44:19.093" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13673" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-03-12T08:00:32.623" Score="0" ViewCount="37" Body="&lt;p&gt;I had posted a question regarding disk management - someone while helping me, wanted me to post screen shot of Gparted - screen shot is gathered by me, but while replying his comments, I am not able to attach that file - I need answer how to do the same?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="242375" OwnerDisplayName="M A Prasad" LastActivityDate="2015-03-13T00:03:48.563" Title="Attaching a screen shot in comments" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13674" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13673" CreationDate="2015-03-12T15:22:22.463" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;As a general rule, if someone asks you for a clarification of your question/answer, you shouldn't answer them in a comment. You should instead edit your original post. That's precisely why there is no way to include screenshots or other media in comments. Comments are second class citizens here. They are ephemeral and limited in scope. Everything should be done in answers and questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, next time a situation like this arises, don't try to answer with a comment. Edit your post and then leave a comment to whoever asked for clarifications informing them that you have made an edit. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2015-03-12T15:22:22.463" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13676" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12379" CreationDate="2015-03-12T19:38:38.837" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://blender.org&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/HzmNl.png&quot; alt=&quot;Blender is a free and open source 3D animation suite. Learn more&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/community-ads&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;community-ads&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;community-ads&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="101644" LastActivityDate="2015-03-12T19:38:38.837" CommentCount="5" CommunityOwnedDate="2015-03-12T19:38:38.837" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13677" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13673" CreationDate="2015-03-13T00:03:48.563" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Use &lt;a href=&quot;https://imgur.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;imgur.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/XOOZq.png&quot; alt=&quot;why can&amp;#39;t I add this smiley in?&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="178596" LastActivityDate="2015-03-13T00:03:48.563" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13678" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13679" CreationDate="2015-03-13T14:41:40.110" Score="13" ViewCount="189" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've found this question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/337473/32239&quot;&gt;Add a new target into rules debian file&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;which is marked as a duplicate of: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/337504/32239&quot;&gt;How to specify a control file in dh_gencontrol?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But it turns out to be a deleted question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should the first one be reopened? Is there a mechanism that could prevent such situation? Because to me without the original question it makes no sense to leave the &quot;marked as duplicate&quot;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="32239" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2015-03-13T15:15:16.057" Title="Is there a mechanism to remove &quot;marked as duplicate&quot; when the original question is deleted?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13679" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13678" CreationDate="2015-03-13T15:15:16.057" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;In this case I have reopened the question. There has since been a feature put in place that prevents duplicate targets from being deleted so we shouldn't have to worry about it anymore.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2015-03-13T15:15:16.057" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13680" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13671" CreationDate="2015-03-13T18:43:33.160" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Moderator elections are not guaranteed to happen every year.  They happen only when necessary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The community team periodically looks at the work load on graduated&#xA;  sites and will reach out to the moderation team if it looks like more&#xA;  help might be needed. Broadly, it's up to the moderation teams to&#xA;  indicate whether they need additional hands, and how many sets of&#xA;  hands would be ideal.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Although we'll reach out to moderators on the anniversary of their&#xA;  last election, just to see how they're doing, elections do not always&#xA;  take place at the same time every year. Sometimes a year can even go&#xA;  by without any election at all. Most elections are scheduled as a&#xA;  result of moderators reaching out to Stack Exchange to ask for&#xA;  additional help.  &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/99515/152101&quot;&gt;(source)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Additionally, sometimes &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/a/286135/467090&quot;&gt;elections are triggered&lt;/a&gt; by the &lt;a href=&quot;https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/a/7945/5029&quot;&gt;departure of moderators&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5179" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2015-03-13T18:43:33.160" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13681" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-03-14T01:25:58.927" Score="0" ViewCount="61" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have got &lt;code&gt;[on hold]&lt;/code&gt; on &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/596424/how-to-write-a-auto-completion-bash-script&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/596424/how-to-write-a-auto-completion-bash-script&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What should I do now?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367967" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2015-03-14T04:14:48.083" Title="I have got 'on hold'" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13682" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13681" CreationDate="2015-03-14T02:07:22.497" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;It was put on hold because you posted the same question on multiple Stack Exchange sites. Since the U&amp;amp;L question is still alive and has been answered, you needn't do anything for this post. In future, please do not post the same question on multiple SE sites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2015-03-14T02:07:22.497" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13683" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13681" CreationDate="2015-03-14T04:14:48.083" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's closed because you have an answer on another site and you crossposted on 3 different sites.  We talked about this earlier in chat.  That's a no-no.  Since there's already an answer or partial answer on UL, that is the ONLY one that should remain open as opposed to closed/on-hold.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2015-03-14T04:14:48.083" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13684" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13686" CreationDate="2015-03-15T15:50:02.100" Score="6" ViewCount="117" Body="&lt;p&gt;While reviewing suggested edits I came across this one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/389330&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/389330&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At first glance it looks like an edit from the original poster, but the user numbers don't match so I'm not sure what should be done in a situation such as this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2015-03-15T23:10:46.983" Title="Edit appears to be from post owner but may not be. Attempt to hijack question?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13686" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13684" CreationDate="2015-03-15T23:10:46.983" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;The user details which you cannot see do appear to match up, despite different emails (hence different avatars). I would put money on them being the same person.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, you couldn't see this.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Rejecting was a perfectly good reaction.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In future, use similar logic and flag or Meta it up for consensus.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2015-03-15T23:10:46.983" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13687" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-03-16T15:20:24.400" Score="1" ViewCount="30" Body="&lt;p&gt;The following question starts out being about Ubuntu but ends with a solution about Debian.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/521559/usb-sticks-not-accessible-system-hangs-at-shut-down-related-older-hardware&quot;&gt;USB sticks not accessible &amp;amp; system hangs at shut-down: related to older hardware?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My gut reaction is off-topic as unlikely to help future users. Thoughts?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2015-03-16T17:51:50.563" Title="Question starts out being about Ubuntu but ends up being about Debian" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13688" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13687" CreationDate="2015-03-16T17:51:50.563" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;The title and content of your question is misleading, so I'm guessing at what you actually mean.  However, I've attached my thoughts on general kinds of things related to distributions/etc. with regards to questions and answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;With Regard To Questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;question&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; is about Ubuntu, then the question should be left alone.  If it eventually is a case of someone saying &quot;I'm actually on Debian&quot; then close off-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My gut feeling on the linked question (which matches a case of &quot;Was about Ubuntu, isn't anymore&quot;) is that it should be offtopic, since the second update says &quot;I switched to Debian&quot; and they are no longer working with Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;With Regard to Solutions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If a &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;solution&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; is from Debian, Arch, etc. but has been tested and solves the problem on Ubuntu, then the issue is rather what the question was about, not the solution.  It wouldn't hurt, in my opinion, to put a comment to the non-Ubuntu answer saying that &quot;This is not a solution tested on Ubuntu, and you should be careful with such solutions as they may not work on Ubuntu.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;solution&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; posted is, rather, &quot;Just install Debian&quot; or &quot;Just use a different distribution&quot; or similar, that answer should be &quot;Not An Answer&quot; (in my opinion) because there's no logical reason for switching distributions just because a problem showed up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;original poster makes a solution&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; saying &quot;I've switched to &lt;code&gt;$other_distro&lt;/code&gt;&quot;, we should probably close it (in my opinion) as offtopic and not helpful to users in the future (either Offtopic or No-Repo).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;DISCLAIMER:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; Do not take my opinion/post here as law - it is merely one potential interpretation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2015-03-16T17:51:50.563" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13689" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13690" CreationDate="2015-03-16T21:46:34.703" Score="-2" ViewCount="85" Body="&lt;p&gt;When I went to purchase a Laptop, I found that most comes with an installed Windows. I think this is a kind of business trick that Windows is using to keep its popularity. People are forced to pay for Windows no matter whether you like it or not. As a community which strongly support Ubuntu, do we need to or are we doing anything against it ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="385559" LastActivityDate="2015-03-17T05:28:59.400" Title="Support Ubuntu, quit Windows" Tags="|discussion|ubuntu-community|windows|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ClosedDate="2015-03-17T05:29:16.140" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13690" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13689" CreationDate="2015-03-17T05:28:59.400" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is not the place to discuss this. You may want to instead talk about this on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://ubuntuforums.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Forums&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;http://discourse.ubuntu.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Discourse&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2015-03-17T05:28:59.400" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13691" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13695" CreationDate="2015-03-17T11:18:20.757" Score="33" ViewCount="442" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am aware that I can rarely ever offer anything of value in terms of answer to questions. I feel bad about this because I should be giving back for the free help that I receive. Does not answering questions (and not always asking amazing questions) make me a &quot;poor&quot; user and how can I redress the balance?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="145472" LastEditorUserId="145472" LastEditDate="2015-03-30T21:33:37.253" LastActivityDate="2015-03-30T21:33:37.253" Title="Does rarely being able to answer questions make me a &quot;poor&quot; user?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13692" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13691" CreationDate="2015-03-17T11:36:14.997" Score="19" Body="&lt;p&gt;No.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The stack network is about building knowledge bases for everyone.  If only people that could answer questions asked questions - there wouldn't be any questions on the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2015-03-17T11:36:14.997" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13693" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13691" CreationDate="2015-03-17T11:53:34.570" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, of course you are not a &quot;poor&quot; user!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The fact that AU has helped you does not mean that you have to devote your life to us! ;D&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We appreciate if you help running the site by asking, answering, editing and/or reviewing with as much knowledge and time you have or want to spend, but you don't have to repay any &quot;debts&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By the way, maybe the &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/leagues/31/alltime/askubuntu&quot;&gt;statistics&lt;/a&gt; make you feel better. You're not that bad if you take into account how many users with only 1 rep come and leave every day. Of course you may not compare yourself with &quot;god&quot; Oli!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So no need to worry about anything. We're proud of you as well as of all the thousands of other active members!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastActivityDate="2015-03-17T11:53:34.570" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13694" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13696" CreationDate="2015-03-17T12:14:24.133" Score="0" ViewCount="27" Body="&lt;p&gt;If I answer somebody saying him that he must go to the wheel menu that is on the top-right corner of the screen, how can I do? before now I used a extended description as this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="387382" LastActivityDate="2015-03-17T12:24:34.507" Title="Specify a menu in a answer" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13695" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13691" CreationDate="2015-03-17T12:17:57.630" Score="29" Body="&lt;p&gt;While you may not have the super-duper 10 million dollar answer to every question on the site - there are several ways in which you can contribute back. Offering helpful flags on [ duplicate | spammy | off-topic ] questions, edits to improve grammar, and most importantly - up votes!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Giving away karma on the site encourages the users that are doing a &quot;good job&quot; - to continue doing a good job. The gamification of the site is still a major factor in new engagement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While you may feel like you're not giving back - the fact you contribute and have enough presence to ask if you can be doing more - tells me you're a great user and you should feel good about yourself every time you click that up-tick on an answer and a question. That's the best thing &lt;em&gt;anyone&lt;/em&gt; can do here aside from maybe answer the impossible. (which seems like someone does before I show up... &lt;em&gt;snap&lt;/em&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Keep your chin up and know you're a valuable member of the community. Cheers&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6807" LastActivityDate="2015-03-17T12:17:57.630" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13696" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13694" CreationDate="2015-03-17T12:24:34.507" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Cut it out from a screenshot and add that one to your answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastActivityDate="2015-03-17T12:24:34.507" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13697" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13698" CreationDate="2015-03-17T18:09:48.307" Score="8" ViewCount="132" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've just asked this question: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/597647/share-files-with-someone-over-the-internet&quot;&gt;Share files with someone over the internet&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However the answer I want to accept just links to other websites saying &quot;follow these instructions&quot;. Should I accept it or edit the answer to include the information?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="29976" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2015-03-23T12:18:21.537" Title="Should we link to explanations in answers or write the answers out from other sources?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13698" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13697" CreationDate="2015-03-17T19:23:16.923" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;Normally answers that only provide links are bad answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Reasons for this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Links may go dead or the content may change, then the answer becomes useless.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;People have to jump from link to link and from tab to tab when they search help.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Not every link is a good link. Sometimes the linked sites could eventually be malicious (reason to flag the answer!)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;maybe more...&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So what is the recommended way to answer is to &lt;strong&gt;include the important contents/steps&lt;/strong&gt; from the link in the answer and &lt;strong&gt;give the link as source&lt;/strong&gt; or to lookup further details.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, you are not bound to write another essay to complete and improve this answer (although it would be exemplary and selfless to do so and we would be glad if you do this to improve the site for future visitors!).&lt;br&gt;&#xA;But you should at least leave the answerer a comment referring to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/how-to-answer&quot;&gt;Help center &gt; How to write a good answer?&lt;/a&gt; and asking him to improve it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would accept it anyway if it solved your problem, but maybe do not upvote until it got improved... But that's up to you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2015-03-17T19:23:16.923" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13699" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13700" CreationDate="2015-03-19T02:52:33.697" Score="0" ViewCount="41" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can we have the tag &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/game-controller&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;game-controller&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;game-controller&lt;/a&gt; with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/joystick&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;joystick&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;joystick&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/gamepad&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;gamepad&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;gamepad&lt;/a&gt; as synonyms?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Excerpt:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Questions related to using game controllers like gamepads and joysticks with Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I tried looking around on &lt;a href=&quot;https://gaming.stackexchange.com/tags/controllers/info&quot;&gt;gaming.stackexchange.com&lt;/a&gt;, U&amp;amp;L and &lt;a href=&quot;https://superuser.com/tags/game-controller/info&quot;&gt;SuperUser&lt;/a&gt;, but there isn't much more than organizing that can be done currently. The joystick tag has no wiki page on U&amp;amp;L and SU (&lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/joystick&quot;&gt;1&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://superuser.com/questions/tagged/joystick&quot;&gt;2&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="40581" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:37:19.280" LastActivityDate="2015-04-18T19:05:44.260" Title="Can we have the tag game-controller?" Tags="|discussion|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13700" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13699" CreationDate="2015-03-19T12:10:14.723" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;But which one is the master tag?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Both &quot;joystick&quot; and &quot;gamepad&quot; describe the hardware format. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The systems in Ubuntu as a type of joystick (&lt;code&gt;/dev/input/&lt;strong&gt;js&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;n&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/code&gt; devices, &lt;code&gt;jstest&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;jscal&lt;/code&gt;, etc). Older users will probably preference &quot;joystick&quot;. Console users will probably preference &quot;controller&quot;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Nobody has seen fit to tag something as a game-controller to date. It's not a natural expression.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Hardcore sim users wouldn't call a joystick a &lt;em&gt;game&lt;/em&gt; controller.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We can discount the last group but I still don't know whether we use Ubuntu's classic convention or what is most commonly used. Is picking &lt;em&gt;something else&lt;/em&gt; (&quot;game-controller&quot;) better than something that's already used? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Opinions?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2015-03-19T19:02:33.290" LastActivityDate="2015-03-19T19:02:33.290" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13701" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13697" CreationDate="2015-03-19T12:48:54.730" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;One of my &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/575659/proprietary-drivers-dont-work-for-my-amd-6850m/575670#575670&quot;&gt;first answers&lt;/a&gt; was a link to a post I'd written on another site about the problem in question. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was &lt;em&gt;politely&lt;/em&gt; prodded (not by the OP) to give the actual details in the answer, because, for the reasons that ByteCommander has explained, answers that are just links are far from ideal. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="304825" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2015-03-19T13:42:36.693" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13702" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-03-20T20:01:53.473" Score="-7" ViewCount="160" Body="&lt;p&gt;Tried to solve a problem I had with my Ubuntu based OS and Wine, but Mitch pretending is some sort of god decided to put it on hold and close it after I hurt his feelings, maybe.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This problem is even more Ubuntu related because it's targeting the Ubuntu forum. Mitch is the only moderator over here? Or I could have the chance to ask my questions when he goes to bathroom and someone else to see it without closing it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hope to get a response from the community. Assuming that Mitch doesn't see it first, to close it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="390027" OwnerDisplayName="user51649" LastActivityDate="2015-03-21T17:03:45.220" Title="There isn't a more responsable moderator on AskUbuntu? Just Mitch?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="6" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13703" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13702" CreationDate="2015-03-20T20:06:51.197" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Submit this question to the meta discussion site and explain why you think your question didn't deserve to be closed in light of the Stack Exchange guidelines.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="388371" OwnerDisplayName="Anastasia" LastActivityDate="2015-03-20T20:06:51.197" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13704" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13702" CreationDate="2015-03-20T20:17:21.393" Score="16" Body="&lt;p&gt;Posting a question on ask ubuntu where this does not deserves to be makes you abusing the system. This should be on &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/&quot;&gt;https://meta.askubuntu.com/&lt;/a&gt; Besides that: You claim Mitch closed something and do not even include the topic it is about? Making me wast time searching for it? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Advice: If you have a complaint ... make sure you do it correctly, use proper clean English and make darn sure you are correct. Or you will get shot down ...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So it is this one: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/599269/really-need-adobe-digital-editions-how-do-i-make-it-work&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/599269/really-need-adobe-digital-editions-how-do-i-make-it-work&lt;/a&gt; ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Regarding the topic: Elemenetary OS is NOT an official Ubuntu release so your question  IS off topic. We are the official support site for official Ubuntu. If you want support for someone who copied Ubuntu to something random you need to follow the support tools that that OS provides. We can not be asked to know about every change those people made to that specific system. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This site is free of charge but we all need to follow the rules. You probably never read: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&lt;/a&gt; Please do before you use Ask Ubuntu. It clearly states how this site works and that there is a strict moderation. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My option: &lt;strong&gt;Mitch was 100% correct.&lt;/strong&gt; And he EVEN posted a link for you. So he went the extra mile (as I know him to do).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sorry but you are the one that is acting wrongly in more then one way. You chose Elementary. They decided these are the support options &lt;a href=&quot;http://elementary.io/answers/no-forum-is-nuts-1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://elementary.io/answers/no-forum-is-nuts-1&lt;/a&gt; Blame them for not even having a forum. Blame yourself for picking E OS ;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" OwnerDisplayName="Rinzwind" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2015-03-20T20:30:55.057" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13706" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13702" CreationDate="2015-03-20T21:35:49.360" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Let's Look at your post from a wider perspective:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This site is run by volunteers, spending their time to ask and answer questions. The ones who are no doubt the most committed are the moderators. They voluntarily spend &lt;em&gt;a lot&lt;/em&gt; of time, for free, and play a major role to canalize the huge daily amount of posts. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We learned to know them as people of high integrity. They are doing their job helpfully, professionally and mostly silently. If you think something went wrong, you can always ask, or post a question on Meta. If your arguments are correct, you will be answered accordingly. That actually is the proof of their quality and integrity. They should be admired for what they do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then a post like yours passes by. Obviously you even don't know where you are (&lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; the Ubuntu forums) and you didn't put &lt;em&gt;any&lt;/em&gt; effort in finding out what is the basic principle of AU. Yet you start rambling, and attacking one of the people we respect for good reasons, in an arrogant and a personal way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What do you think will happen?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="72216" LastEditDate="2015-03-21T08:47:59.583" LastActivityDate="2015-03-21T08:47:59.583" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13707" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13702" CreationDate="2015-03-20T23:36:20.313" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Welcome to Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think it needs highlighting that we aren't every other Linux support site and we aren't just another Stack Exchange site. We have a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;specific focus&lt;/a&gt; and have particular ways of doing stuff, processes that have been refined over many years &lt;strong&gt;to benefit our &lt;em&gt;entire&lt;/em&gt; community&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It would be absurd to expect every newcomer to understand our expectations, but we do everything we can to document both the rules and our actions when we uphold those rules. Indeed the close message you received was littered with suggestions for what to do next and another user explained exactly why it was being closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I sympathise that this might feel frustrating, but again, we aren't here to service you, we're trying to do the best job for the entire Ubuntu community and through that aim, we have found the need to limit our &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/scope&quot;&gt;scope&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I hope you can attain some solace through understanding &lt;em&gt;what&lt;/em&gt; we are.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;We'll be ready and waiting for you when you decide to switch to Ubuntu ;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2015-03-20T23:36:20.313" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13708" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13709" CreationDate="2015-03-21T06:21:34.297" Score="1" ViewCount="53" Body="&lt;p&gt;I had answered a question rightly, &lt;strong&gt;I dont know why was my answer downvoted 4 times and I got -8 rep,&lt;/strong&gt; and the question has also been removed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="278703" LastActivityDate="2015-03-21T08:18:05.503" Title="Where have my 8 rep points gone on AU? It was 900 , now it is only 892?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13709" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13708" CreationDate="2015-03-21T08:18:05.503" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;You are probably referring to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/595557/a-program-of-mine-wants-to-run-as-root-how-do-i-do-this&quot;&gt;this Q&amp;amp;A&lt;/a&gt; which has now been removed:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;maths&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To understand the 8 point issue - you had been upvoted once on your answer hence gained 10 rep points.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You have also been downvoted once - thus lost 2 rep points giving a sum of 8 rep points gained.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;cleanup&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Community - the StackExchange robo-cleaner - has decided to delete the question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The combination of the question itself having answers with negative votes, no accepted answer, the question being closed and a question which has been negatively voted at some point.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These factors are amongst its main criteria to delete stuff.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Community does this to keep the site clean - the question, nor answers are no longer deemed worthy to keep around.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;net-sum&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thus when a question is deleted - through Community, owner activity,  site-user activity - any rep gained within the last 3 months is automatically removed as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14356" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2015-03-21T08:18:05.503" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13710" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13702" CreationDate="2015-03-21T11:29:15.107" Score="1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;But hey, thanks for the nice words and may this be my last topic on UbuntuForums.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do you think treating people like you just did is beneficial to solving your problems? Do you think you have a right to insult everyone and leave when you think &lt;em&gt;you&lt;/em&gt; are done? Do you think you will meet an entirely new set of people for a different problem tomorrow? At some point you will realize that there are limits (not enough volunteers in this world, not enough operating systems, not enough Q&amp;amp;A sites).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This whole thing could have worked out way better if you asked nicely: &lt;em&gt;&quot;Where should I post my question, if not here?&quot;&lt;/em&gt; One of our moderators could have migrated your question to the sister site &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;https://unix.stackexchange.com/&lt;/a&gt; where it could have been answered. Guess who is around there? Almost everyone of us and a lot more people of this network which you confuse with a forum only for Ubuntu, though the concept of different sites on this network is already familiar to you[?]. Everyone gets points and is happy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is being nice that hard?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="40581" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:37:19.280" LastActivityDate="2015-03-21T11:35:36.470" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13711" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13702" CreationDate="2015-03-21T17:03:45.220" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;First thing, there are &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/users?tab=moderators&quot;&gt;more than one moderator(s) here:&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/bCxRQ.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The reason your question was closed is that elementary OS is off-topic as although it is based on Ubuntu, it has been modified to make it a different &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DerivativeTeam/Derivatives#Recognised_Flavors&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;derivative&lt;/a&gt; system (its main feature being the Pantheon desktop) these differences can mean that the problem is due to the modifications done to the Ubuntu base system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your issue does appear to be more to do with the wine version you using (if you want help with a problem, please include the version you are using as it makes it easier to answer it). Version 3 &lt;a href=&quot;https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&amp;amp;iId=30159&amp;amp;iTestingId=86850&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;looks like it works in 12.04&lt;/a&gt;, it suggests looking at the comment &lt;a href=&quot;https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&amp;amp;iId=27978&amp;amp;iTestingId=81595#Comment-85628&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; (or &lt;a href=&quot;https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&amp;amp;iId=27978&amp;amp;iTestingId=81595#Comment-89409&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;) for the prerequisites required for it to work are installed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;new 32-bit WINEPREFIX&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;install .NET 3.5 SP1 using 'winetricks -q dotnet35sp1' (make sure you checked .NET appdb entry for hints, e.g. latest winetricks script)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;use 'winetricks -q windowscodecs' to work around bug 33384 (WPF)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;use winecfg and set 'windowscodecsext' component to 'native' (just like 'windowscodecs'&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are using a old wine version (less than 1.7), it likely will help to install a more recent 'development' version of wine: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/316025/178596&quot;&gt;How to install and configure Wine?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="178596" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2015-03-21T17:03:45.220" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13712" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-03-23T02:10:15.910" Score="1" ViewCount="39" Body="&lt;p&gt;A while back HWE for 14.04 was released and people had a bit of trouble upgrading to the new update.  Which is fine and all.  However, I came on site today to see &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/588558/unable-to-upgrade-trusty-14-04-1-to-the-14-04-2-hwe/588606#588606&quot;&gt;this question flagged as dup&lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/588695/cant-install-libglew-dev-because-libcheese-and-libclutter-dont-have-the-requir&quot;&gt;this question.&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;I understand the first one is nowhere near appropriate seeing as how this question isn't a &quot;how do I upgrade&quot; but a &quot;why isn't it upgrading&quot; question. &#xA;Some input on the matter would be nice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="279988" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2015-04-22T12:26:22.000" Title="Does time get considered in deciding Duplicate Questions?" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13713" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13712" CreationDate="2015-03-23T12:03:37.007" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are no hard rules on which direction close-dupes and merges should go. Quality should be at least as important as time when choosing a master question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If there is a lot of time between the questions, it may also be worth considering that they are different issues and closing the new one may not be appropriate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this case, there's a difference in quality:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The master is researched and updated, while the dupe is just an error dump.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The answers (not yours) on the dupe are fairly low quality (all -1), while each of the master's seems to add something.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The master's answers also link out to the actual problem on Launchpad.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Objectively, the activity on the master question (despite it being hours newer) is better. I think that's why it's been closed the way it has.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2015-03-23T12:03:37.007" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13714" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13718" CreationDate="2015-03-23T13:22:11.403" Score="0" ViewCount="106" Body="&lt;p&gt;Someone asked a question about installing a software program that was clearly illegally procured. Yet I hesitate to flag the question as off-topic: there is, as far as I can see, no explicit rule against the unauthorized use of software. Or is there? I searched around for precedents, but could only find &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3600/questions-that-refer-to-using-or-installing-ripped-pirated-software&quot;&gt;this answer&lt;/a&gt;, which seemed a bit opinion-based and did not really reach a consensus.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="149708" LastActivityDate="2015-09-02T17:04:59.420" Title="Are questions on unauthorized software on-topic?" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13715" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13716" CreationDate="2015-03-23T13:40:52.217" Score="13" ViewCount="316" Body="&lt;p&gt;I mistakenly flagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/599145/380067&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; answer as spam. The flag was rejected. At first I tought the reason was that in first place the answer, on-topic or not, didn't refer to any paid software, but just to a bash script released under Public Domain license. But upon a second look the answer even looked on-topic. So indeed the answer didn't qualify as spam, and that was my mistake. But it's unclear to me when exactly an explicitly self-promoting answer about free software qualifies as such, if it does. For some reason, people spam-promote free software as well: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/600123/http-sourceforge-net-projects-freepdftojpgconverter&quot;&gt;link for those who can see deleted questions&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:yyMumd7qGQoJ:askubuntu.com/questions/600123/http-sourceforge-net-projects-freepdftojpgconverter+&amp;amp;cd=1&amp;amp;hl=it&amp;amp;ct=clnk&amp;amp;gl=it&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;link for those who can't&lt;/a&gt;, and to be honest it's unclear to me why this happens. Now the linked question wasn't a question in first place, so there's no concern about whether it should have been deleted or not. But since similiar, even tough maybe not so explicit things might happen even in answers, this is something I feel it should be taken care of, since such answers indeed do not make up a high quality post. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, in general, where do I draw the line and why? And once I've determined that a post have stepped out of it, should I limit myself to downvote it or should I flag it when it's too explicitly self-promoting?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="380067" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2015-03-23T15:04:42.083" Title="Should I keep an eye on spam-like answers about free software? Or why do people spam-promote free software?" Tags="|discussion|spam-handling|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13716" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13715" CreationDate="2015-03-23T14:09:34.303" Score="20" Body="&lt;p&gt;I strongly suspect &quot;Free PDF to JPG Converter 2015&quot; of being malware. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;There's no source code to download&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Only 1 .exe file.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;New project&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Very keyword-heavy summary&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It's Windows only and being spammed on Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It's not a question. It's not even close.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These are only suspicions but if it is malware, that would explain &lt;em&gt;why&lt;/em&gt; they're spamming it around. Malware earns its creators money by doing various illicit things. &#xA;That said, you really don't need to get this intimate with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/600123/http-sourceforge-net-projects-freepdftojpgconverter&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;. It fails the &quot;is it a question&quot; test even before you try to work out if it's spam. It needs to burn.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With regard to your rejected flag, occasionally linking directly to an application or script is a valid option though, especially if the question requests it. Solicited relevant posts are fine (even ones that are self-promotion) as long as that self-interest is disclosed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are also times when we'll reject spam flags because it's not spammy &lt;em&gt;enough&lt;/em&gt;. An accepted spam flag has network-wide ramifications for users so we occasionally let self-promoting users off with a warning.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2015-03-23T14:16:17.137" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13717" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13715" CreationDate="2015-03-23T14:14:43.253" Score="12" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Yes, we should keep an eye on them&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Spam is bad for the site, it does not help anybody and it clutters all those good questions and answers we have here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;No, we should not flag and delete them all&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These are my personal criteria that I keep in mind for cases where I may welcome a self-promoting answer, and I also upvote them:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;it does &lt;strong&gt;answer the question&lt;/strong&gt; and helps solving an issue.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the application was &lt;strong&gt;free and Open Source&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the answer was &lt;strong&gt;more than a link only&lt;/strong&gt;. It should at least explain the benefits and ideally give instructions on how to use it (screenshots are always great).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the software is available &lt;strong&gt;for Ubuntu&lt;/strong&gt;, or was specifically designed for Ubuntu.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;an installer for Ubuntu was provided (e.g. DEB or PPA)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;in some cases (that did happen!) the &lt;strong&gt;application project was initiated following a question here&lt;/strong&gt;. Then of course the answer given would be the ultimate and best solution we can think of. That would be Ubuntu and Ask Ubuntu at their best!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The more of these criteria are met the more should we not be too harsh on self-promoting a good, free, and voluntarily initiated software project.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Very rarely, and for some very problematic issues even a closed source, or a commercial solution can be the best answer. In these exceptional cases it would not help anybody if that answer disappeared, but we should not allow self-promoting just another application on a given topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3940" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2015-03-23T14:14:43.253" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13718" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13714" CreationDate="2015-03-23T14:51:57.863" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/legal/content-policy&quot;&gt;SE content policy&lt;/a&gt; sort of partly covers this by simply forbidding:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Illegal Use.&lt;/strong&gt; Stack Exchange may not be used for illegal purposes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You could probably argue back and forth whether helping somebody break the law is illegal or not but while we're talking generically, if they're doing something scummy, why would you want to help them?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We don't have a solid line on a lot of things and I'd suggest this is one of those. If they're asking how to install cracked games, shunt them on but if they have a genuine need  to use a dodgy version of something (does happen) or the piracy isn't relevant, I'd advise a more lenient approach.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it's a process that also has legitimate purposes (eg mounting an ISO to install something), we probably have duplicate targets but if not, you might be able to alter the question to remove anything illicit without damaging the overall meaning... And still solve a problem for them and other people in the same situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just found &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/142868/144180&quot;&gt;an ancient Q/A on MSE&lt;/a&gt; which links out to this bit in the main terms and conditions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Subscriber represents, warrants and agrees that it will not contribute any Subscriber Content that [..] (c) infringes any intellectual property right of another or the privacy or publicity rights of another&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The implication being that questions like &quot;How do I crack this?&quot; could &lt;em&gt;only&lt;/em&gt; be answered by something that broke the law and therefore be a question worth nuking...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But again, I'd advise limiting that approach to when people are asking for help breaking the law. If it's irrelevant, ignore it or edit it out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;TL;DR:&lt;/strong&gt; Nobody knows. Do what makes you feel happiest.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2015-09-02T17:04:59.420" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13720" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-03-24T08:58:58.873" Score="1" ViewCount="44" Body="&lt;p&gt;Do reviewers suffer consequences if they exercise poor judgement in their task of reviewing posts?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I refer particularly to 'robot' style reviews where the reviewer appears to give little care to the task in hand and manages, as an example, to review 20 posts in almost as many seconds - presumably in their quest for badge awards or for some other odd purpose.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In another thread just over a year ago&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/8597/the-audit-review-system-dubious-posts&quot;&gt;The audit review system - dubious posts&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Seth said &quot;AFAIK the audit system doesn't give out auto review bans, so I wouldn't worry about audits so much&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this still the position? Do reviewers suffer no consequences for robot style reviewing?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="307670" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.227" LastActivityDate="2015-03-24T09:44:23.787" Title="Reviewer Consequences" Tags="|discussion|review|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13721" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-03-24T13:49:26.783" Score="0" ViewCount="43" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've only ever seen questions in English on AU before, so &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/600691/problemas-con-el-audio-ubuntu-14-04-despues-de-actualizacion-marzo-2015&quot;&gt;this one&lt;/a&gt; caught my eye. Should I translate it to English while editing it? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or ask the OP to write in English? I can't help thinking that if he could speak English, he'd have asked in English. On the other hand, if he can't speak English, then he's not going to be able to understand an English answer.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="304825" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.057" LastActivityDate="2015-03-24T13:49:26.783" Title="A question in Spanish" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2015-03-24T14:58:37.000" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13722" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13723" CreationDate="2015-03-25T06:25:14.723" Score="1" ViewCount="36" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have tried to edit &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/600976/ubunut-14-10-desktop-issue-launcher-and-theme-issue&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; question, typed summaries and clicked &quot;submit&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I get an error that I can't edit that question. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why do I can't? Why I can't suggest edit to it? It's even asked from user with 1 reputation point. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="271550" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2015-03-25T08:29:30.117" Title="Unable to edit a question" Tags="|support|editing|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13723" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13722" CreationDate="2015-03-25T08:29:30.117" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your edit probably conflicted with bolzano's edit which seems to have taken place while you were editing, or was submitted for approval before it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2015-03-25T08:29:30.117" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13724" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13725" CreationDate="2015-03-25T13:56:50.473" Score="1" ViewCount="60" Body="&lt;p&gt;I need to search AU users by more than just username - actually by location, bio or website. Is this possible? In the users tab search only works by username only.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="163331" LastActivityDate="2015-03-25T14:12:58.257" Title="Search users by more than just username" Tags="|support|user-accounts|search|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13725" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13724" CreationDate="2015-03-25T14:12:58.257" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Moderators can search by a few extra terms. If you desperately need to find a person —and have a good reason— bug one of us and we'll try to help you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Additionally the public data is accessible through &lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/askubuntu/query/new&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;data.stackexchange.com&lt;/a&gt;. You can compose a SQL query to search from a number of fields, including location, bio and website. Here's a simple search on the bio field which finds my user:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;SELECT * from Users where AboutMe like '%thepcspy%'&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that the data.SE engine works on a &lt;em&gt;slightly&lt;/em&gt; old database. I don't know what the delay is these days but it isn't current. It should be good enough for most purposes though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can also download the &lt;a href=&quot;https://archive.org/details/stackexchange&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;SE Data Dumps&lt;/a&gt; and do things manually... Though they are 25GB  compressed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2015-03-25T14:12:58.257" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13726" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-03-25T21:05:51.907" Score="1" ViewCount="76" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's just unbelievable how many questions are constantly posted about &quot;Wi-Fi not working&quot; issues, due to modules missing after an installation/kernel upgrade or due to faulty configurations in general.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I didn't find any canonical post in the main site, beside of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/55868/installing-broadcom-wireless-drivers&quot;&gt;an excellent one&lt;/a&gt; made specifically for &lt;code&gt;Broadcom&lt;/code&gt; chips. So I tought about making a community-wiki post about that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The aim of the post should be to be the definitive procedure for debugging and solving the &quot;Wi-Fi not working&quot; issues.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd like to know first if there's a reason why this shouldn't be a thing (e.g. &quot;You missed this post that covers pretty much everything&quot;, &quot;Not worth the effort because the possible configurations are too many&quot; or else).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If this should be a thing, I'd even like to know if in case I could use this post, or a custom community-wiki answer to this post as a workspace for me or even better for everyone to build the post before posting it on the main site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In case, I'd like to use this post even to summarize which issues should be taken care of and how their respective solutions should be provided in detail. I'll start by adding what comes to my mind first just to give an example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;The issue:&lt;/em&gt; Wi-fi not working after clean install/upgrade:&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Should provide:&lt;/em&gt; Instructions on how to determine the chip manufacturer and model, how to download the latest drivers and how to install them&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, in case this should be a thing, I'd &lt;strong&gt;strongly&lt;/strong&gt; need inputs expecially on which situations should be taken care of and their respective solutions, to make the post as more consistent as possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="380067" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2015-04-25T18:44:31.050" Title="Canonical post about &quot;Wi-Fi not working&quot;" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13727" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-03-26T10:36:20.650" Score="7" ViewCount="307" Body="&lt;p&gt;I use Linux Mint 17.1 which is based on Ubuntu 14.04.  I thought to ask/contribute here on Trusty issues and on the Mint forums over Mint issues.  Last time I went to make a contribution a warning popped up saying that I should think carefully about posting as some of contributions had not been welcomed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How do I find out what I did to offend?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should I address all Ubuntu issues to the Mint forums and withdraw from this one?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="356270" OwnerDisplayName="Gannet" LastActivityDate="2015-03-29T13:15:39.787" Title="Is &quot;Mint&quot; taboo?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2015-03-28T19:52:40.487" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13729" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13727" CreationDate="2015-03-26T10:59:28.903" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;I know &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;the help&lt;/a&gt; is geared towards asking questions but largely speaking, the same applies to answers. Whatever your personal views on the matter Mint isn't Ubuntu in a similar way that Ubuntu isn't Debian. This limitation may seem arbitrary from the outside but it's a founding distinction between us and other SE network sites (Unix &amp;amp; Linux, Super User, Server Fault, etc).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, looking at the things you have answered, you are picking topics that would largely apply to any version of 14.04 (official or not).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think you're right, I think Mint probably is taboo here and that most people take a shoot-on-sight approach to it. We usually see &quot;Mint&quot; in a question setting and that makes us all the more ready to close/delete posts mentioning it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;So why mention Mint at all?&lt;/strong&gt; If you can limit yourself to answering things that definitely apply to both Ubuntu and Mint, I can't see why your contributions wouldn't be welcome.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2015-03-26T15:27:05.020" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13730" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13726" CreationDate="2015-03-26T17:44:46.040" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;As alluded to in the comments &quot;Wifi not working&quot; is too broad, we'd never be able to answer it without a 10 page document. Ideally a best-practices answer for major chipsets (like the broadcom one) will scale better for everyone. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If there's a common solution that you see for mediatek or ralink I would start by going through those tags and start consolidation the information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2015-03-26T17:44:46.040" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13731" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13727" CreationDate="2015-03-26T18:49:35.693" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes and no. Mint is off-topic here, no question about that. However, I have been using various flavors of Mint for the past few years and every one of the 448 answers I have posted so far was posted from a system running Linux Mint Debian Edition. I currently have almost 20k reputation so running Mint does not make me incapable of providing useful answers here. I just don't &lt;em&gt;mention&lt;/em&gt; that I'm running a Mint flavor. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, I tend to answer things that are about the command line and that is essentially the same across most Linuxes. If you want to answer here, you must be sure that your answer applies to Ubuntu. I actually have an Ubuntu running in a virtual machine and I use that to test my answers when dealing with things that are likely to be different on Ubuntu. These include (but are not limited to):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Anything about the Unity desktop environment;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Default programs;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Sometimes, package names can be different;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Mint comes with certain tools which, while they can be installed on Ubuntu, are not there by default. Don't assume that Ubuntu folks will have access to them.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, in conclusion, yes you can answer questions here as long as you are sure that your answer applies to Ubuntu. If you're not sure, don't answer. Mint questions are perfectly on topic on &lt;a href=&quot;http://unix.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;Unix &amp;amp; Linux&lt;/a&gt; and on &lt;a href=&quot;http://superuser.com&quot;&gt;Super User&lt;/a&gt;. If you don't know whether something is applicable to Ubuntu, you might find it easier to answer questions there since those sites are not specific to any one distribution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2015-03-29T13:15:39.787" LastActivityDate="2015-03-29T13:15:39.787" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13733" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-03-26T20:29:37.270" Score="5" ViewCount="68" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have found the solution to a problem in a question that did not contain any of my search criteria. When I implemented a link in the question containing my search criteria, my link was eliminated and I got this advice:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you think that this question is a duplicate of another question, please flag it as such. That would be much better than posting an answer, that comes down to a link to the related question. –  David Foerster Mar 22 at 22:30&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How can I realize this advice?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="537214" OwnerDisplayName="user390309" LastActivityDate="2015-05-19T03:24:58.053" Title="How do I flag a question to be a duplicate?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13734" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13735" CreationDate="2015-03-27T07:54:41.957" Score="36" ViewCount="1147" Body="&lt;p&gt;Earlier today, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/601869/my-pc-has-been-hacked-and-i-need-your-help&quot;&gt;this question was asked&lt;/a&gt; and contained &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/601869/revisions&quot;&gt;a delusional rant&lt;/a&gt; about the KKK and the FBI and looked a bit like an episode of the X-files...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is simple:  Should we help this user (by calming him down as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/331791/andrew-t&quot;&gt;Andrew T.&lt;/a&gt; did) and concentrate on the technical side of the problem (as I did) or close these kind of questions?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2015-10-09T18:01:17.467" Title="How to help a paranoid, delusional user?" Tags="|discussion|support|" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="16" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13735" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13734" CreationDate="2015-03-27T09:59:07.317" Score="45" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure it's possible here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The original question is &lt;em&gt;full&lt;/em&gt; of jargon but a few parts of it (particularly on sockets) show the OP has no understanding of what these things actually are. You put a paranoid person in any unfamiliar environment (physical or digital) and they're going to see bad things everywhere.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sockets are a very benign and essential part of processes communicating with each other.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;You could explain this and explain that TCP/IP sockets generate loopback traffic (which may explain the original question)... But I'm not sure it'll help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The original question is not the result of a happy mind. I'll stop short of calling this a medical issue but the OP clearly needs somebody physical that they can talk to and trust. That's not a service we are qualified or equipped to provide. Just as it's probably not helpful to tell them this directly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ultimately, I think editing the rant down is the right thing to do but be prepared for a rollback, sprawling comment and accusations that you're one of the hackers. If that happens, flag it up and we can mute things down.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2015-03-27T11:24:16.493" LastActivityDate="2015-03-27T11:24:16.493" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13736" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-03-27T14:15:32.213" Score="0" ViewCount="39" Body="&lt;p&gt;I already noticed that Luis &lt;em&gt;alone&lt;/em&gt; marked the following question as a duplicate some time ago: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/417323/40581&quot;&gt;My MTP capable device is not detected? What can I do about that?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is my observation on the topic:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;There have been many very localized questions about MTP support on a variety of devices.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;There have been as many answers to these questions suggesting a wide variety of things &lt;em&gt;ignoring&lt;/em&gt; the integrated solution that landed later (the system didn't heal itself). Most of these suggestions are like law of instrument and usually &lt;strong&gt;without any analysis&lt;/strong&gt;.&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/88630/40581&quot;&gt;Top answer&lt;/a&gt;: Compile the latest source code for yourself. – What if you are not that lucky and there is no newer version or it isn't fixed upstream? I don't consider this as the best answer for a user-friendly distribution.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/88481/40581&quot;&gt;Second answer&lt;/a&gt;: Was copied 1:1 and had &lt;strong&gt;severe formatting issues&lt;/strong&gt; resulting in some passages missing at the time as far as I can remember. The content itself is more like a short term solution, that ideally should be replaced with better desktop integration.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/308366/40581&quot;&gt;Third answer&lt;/a&gt;: My attempt at debunking and troubleshooting at that time. It didn't get much attention even though I admittedly went beyond good practice pointing at it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just because something is popular doesn't mean it's the right solution or answer for everything barely related. It should have been obvious that there is an issue with how the existing question was answered, which I tried to address. A comment notifying me would have been nice, I would have even removed it myself in favor of a better solution. I can't help myself but doubt that this was a careful decision and not abuse of power.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In terms of knowledge management I think we should review existing questions and answers more carefully before enforcing them on others like in this example.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="40581" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2015-03-27T14:15:32.213" Title="Top answers are still sub-optimal on questions about MTP devices" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13737" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13738" CreationDate="2015-03-28T10:58:07.003" Score="1" ViewCount="59" Body="&lt;p&gt;I made the mistake of asking a question on StackOverflow. The problem with it is that questions asked there are likely to end up at the bottom of the stack in no time due to the high number of old questions edited/new questions asked per minute, and it looks like I've even chose the worst time to ask because in less than two minutes the question was in second page already (in the &lt;code&gt;Newest&lt;/code&gt; section! I couldn't even see it in the &lt;code&gt;Active&lt;/code&gt; section), and the last time I checked it was already in the oblivion of the tenth page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any detail added to bump it up would be just trivial, since the question is clear already.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's not likely to be seen/picked up at this point, and it got only 3 views within the first minute (probably while it was still in the first page).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which would be an appropriate time period after which I could delete such question and ask it again on Ask Ubuntu instead? It's about a compilation problem with &lt;code&gt;make&lt;/code&gt;/&lt;code&gt;gcc&lt;/code&gt;, so it fits well on Ask Ubuntu as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="380067" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2015-03-28T15:56:43.250" LastActivityDate="2015-03-28T15:56:43.250" Title="Which time period is deemed appropriate to delete an unanswered question from a network site in order to repost it on another site?" Tags="|discussion|unanswered-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13738" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13737" CreationDate="2015-03-28T11:38:31.830" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;There's no convention for deleting and reposting AFAICT, so whenever you wish. Whether it is on-topic however... Compilation problems are typically on-topic because they come up during software installation from source. On the other hand, if you wrote the program yourself and are looking for debugging help, I'd vote to close it in a flash.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2015-03-28T11:38:31.830" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13739" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13691" CreationDate="2015-03-29T01:48:36.760" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The only way you can be a &amp;ldquo;poor&amp;rdquo; user is if your posts steal away the attention from others, or steal the time of other users, without giving anybody something helpful. Fortunately, the StackExchange sites are designed with many safe-guards against this, including the voting system. Questions that don't interest anybody won't receive upvotes or replies and thus won't linger long in the &amp;ldquo;active&amp;rdquo; list, so the time they take isn't much of an issue. Some users have posted two or three questions that weren't helpful to anybody, and not committed any other activity – but I still wouldn't call those users &lt;em&gt;poor&lt;/em&gt;; perhaps &lt;em&gt;neutral&lt;/em&gt; would be the right word: they don't have any positive impact, but not really any negative either.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Only when posts are excessively bad (so they hinder people from efficiently searching for solutions to their problems) and/or users post excessive amounts of useless stuff, there is a need to exclicitly downvote/flag/close. Should this happen to you &amp;ndash; well, then you should perhaps think about changing your behaviour. (But don't one or two downvotes scare you! Sometimes this just happens...)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Otherwise &amp;ndash; you're fine. Indeed, when you do as little as any (reasonable) voting/flagging, or ask but a question that &lt;em&gt;somebody&lt;/em&gt; found interesting, then you're being helpful. You may not be a &lt;em&gt;top&lt;/em&gt; user right away, but there's no reason why you should have to be – any net positive contribution makes you a &lt;em&gt;good&lt;/em&gt; user.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="91549" LastActivityDate="2015-03-29T01:48:36.760" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13740" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-03-29T22:23:08.110" Score="1" ViewCount="66" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just saw &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/600242/xfce-compose-key-not-working-in-xfce4-terminal&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; which has a perfect answer &lt;a href=&quot;https://superuser.com/questions/194202/remapping-keys-system-wide-in-linux-not-just-in-x&quot;&gt;here on Super User&lt;/a&gt;.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, trying to duplicate it inside the Stack Exchange network gave an error &quot;The answer must exist on Ask Ubuntu&quot; so I just linked to Super User without copying the answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Good enough?  Or copy-paste and &lt;sub&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://superuser.com/questions/194202/remapping-keys-system-wide-in-linux-not-just-in-x&quot;&gt;Source&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sub&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2015-03-30T04:46:16.227" Title="How to duplicate a question on another site in the Stack Exchange network?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13741" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13740" CreationDate="2015-03-30T04:09:19.873" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If it cannot be marked as duplicate, it means that the system as of now implicitly does allow duplicated question to exist over the network, so I think it should be answered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Plus in this case the question is tagged &lt;code&gt;ubuntu&lt;/code&gt;, but in general an answer given to a question in a particular network might not fit well if given to the same question in a different network, i.e. the same question might have slightly different answers over different networks. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So the best thing to do would be:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Contact the user and ask him whether he's willing to post the same answer on AskUbuntu as well, so that he can get credit and reputation from it&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If he's not or he's not signed up on AskUbuntu then, as for regular answers, I think the &quot;The link might go down&quot; and &quot;Posting links in answers without an explanation does not make up a good answer&quot; criteria should apply, so in that case you should:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Copy it&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Credit the user&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Add a link to the original answer, so that the user can get credit and reputation from it on the original network&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="380067" LastEditorUserId="380067" LastEditDate="2015-03-30T04:46:16.227" LastActivityDate="2015-03-30T04:46:16.227" CommentCount="2" CommunityOwnedDate="2015-03-30T15:55:04.890" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13742" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13734" CreationDate="2015-03-30T09:15:37.113" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;You'd be surprised how bad these stories end. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Upon reading the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/601869/revisions&quot;&gt;edit history&lt;/a&gt; I think StackOverflow staff could try to reach out to this person.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know, of course, SO has no legal obligation to look after its users, but I do think that it would be worthwhile pointing towards professional help in this specific case. It is not a legal obligation, but a moral one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&#xA;Douglas if you are reading this, please contact an experienced mod in chat, for instance, Oli. You can also ping me if wanted.&#xA;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="115155" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2015-03-30T09:15:37.113" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13743" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13744" CreationDate="2015-03-30T12:10:34.663" Score="5" ViewCount="107" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've recently passed the landmark 500 rep and can now review selected types of posts. I've tentatively been through about half a dozen so far, and was happy enough with what I was doing (including one that came back with a message saying it was just a test, and I'd passed!). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I reviewed one this morning and clicked on the question itself. It was a duplicate about automounting drives, so I marked it as such, then tried to go back to the review to mark it as done. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I couldn't find the same question again. In fact, the queue was empty, so I guess somebody else came along and reviewed it while I was in the process. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, my question is this. Assuming a non-empty queue, is there a way I can get back to a specific item for review?  (I think I've already learned to open the questions in new tabs)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And a follow-up question. Is there any way to mark an item in the review queue to say &quot;I'm on with this&quot;, so we aren't duplicating effort? Or are multiple reviewers the aim? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="304825" LastActivityDate="2015-03-30T12:53:28.823" Title="How do I find a specific item in the review queue?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13744" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13743" CreationDate="2015-03-30T12:35:01.017" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;You might be able to find it through &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/304825/carl-h?tab=activity&amp;amp;sort=reviews&quot;&gt;your review log&lt;/a&gt;. By extension, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/first-posts/395654&quot;&gt;this is probably the review&lt;/a&gt; you're looking for.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's no way to re-review something. You've reviewed it and that has shunted it from the first-post queue &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/close/395671&quot;&gt;onto the close queue&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the subject of a review lock (while you review something), &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/221985/can-reviewers-have-reserved-time-when-theyre-reviewing-a-post&quot;&gt;I have requested this before&lt;/a&gt;, as have many prominent SE users (you'll see mine was closed as a dupe alongside a good dozen other questions). Nothing has been done to fix this yet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The timeline of the actual question in question is a little more complicated than you can see. Still trying to work out why you couldn't go back to the review though... &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/first-posts/395680&quot;&gt;The first-post review&lt;/a&gt; (which was handled by ByteCommander in the end) was done ten minutes after you voted to close, you should have been able to review it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/c3ZDP.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2015-03-30T12:53:28.823" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13745" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12379" CreationDate="2015-04-01T05:56:59.067" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/HqpgO.png&quot; alt=&quot;Software Recommendations&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4066" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:05.267" LastActivityDate="2015-04-01T05:56:59.067" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2015-04-01T05:56:59.067" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13746" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-04-01T14:25:59.997" Score="2" ViewCount="68" Body="&lt;p&gt;So there's &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/603988/295286&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; question here, which is about wireless, but in the output of his script I can see that the person is using Linux Mint. I do know Mint is off topic here, but how should I deal with a question which isn't explicitly asks about Mint, but rather about one specific aspect of &quot;ubuntu-ish&quot; system ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="295286" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2015-04-02T13:56:33.827" Title="A person asks about networking but is using Linux Mint" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13747" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13746" CreationDate="2015-04-01T15:03:03.283" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Mint is off topic so as soon as someone tells you you vote to close.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My personal opinion: don't ask questions in comment that will lead to an answer that includes &quot;mint&quot; if it is not important and do not include &quot;mint&quot; in the question. If you do the only correct action should be &quot;vote to close as off topic&quot; and point them to the Mint help forum or U&amp;amp;L. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The &lt;code&gt;cat /etc/lsb-release&lt;/code&gt; should not have been included in the question.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;uname -a&lt;/code&gt; should not have been included in the question.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Both will have nothing to do with the problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Someone could remove these lines from the question. But I would also leave that to a mod to decide (he can decide to overrule the VTC and keep the question). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;===&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As Marco pointed out:  LinuxMint networking tool.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;= 100% off topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;===&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Alternative: a mod can also move it to U&amp;amp;L.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastEditorUserId="15811" LastEditDate="2015-04-01T17:07:22.097" LastActivityDate="2015-04-01T17:07:22.097" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13748" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13746" CreationDate="2015-04-01T18:45:15.550" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;My personal approach would be: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I would (have the feeling to-) know an answer on a question by someone using Mint, I would answer in a comment to be helpfull, but vote to close nevertheless. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You simply cannot decide whether an issue is related to Mint or not from a distance, and you should not bring yourself (or this site) in the position to have to discuss whether it is or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastActivityDate="2015-04-01T18:45:15.550" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13749" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13733" CreationDate="2015-04-01T22:54:51.467" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The short answer is:  You can't (yet)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The long answer:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We, higher rep users, sometimes forget how hard it is to get those first 50 points of reputation here on the site, so you shouldn't have been told to do this.  On the other hand, higher rep users also get much more work: they have to review the answer queues, close queues, suggested edit queues, ...  so in this particular case, someone didn't see you were a user with only 1 rep in all the reviewing he was doing, and gave you advise you couldn't follow.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, you now know a lot more about the site, so ask questions, answer questions, correct spelling and grammar errors, go hunting for old unanswered questions, ... and you will have that rep in no time!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Happy hunting!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastActivityDate="2015-04-01T22:54:51.467" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13750" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-04-02T11:32:22.470" Score="0" ViewCount="22" Body="&lt;p&gt;is there any way to make the meta.askubuntu.com link to open in a new tab and not the one already opened with askubuntu.com?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm talking about the top menu under Stack exchange. See screenshot:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/vgmDT.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="163331" LastActivityDate="2015-04-02T11:32:22.470" Title="Can we have the meta link in main menu to open in a new tab?" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" ClosedDate="2015-04-02T12:10:16.603" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13751" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13734" CreationDate="2015-04-02T12:08:26.300" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately this is not always possible (I mean point to such person that they need some sort of help). This is simply because the actual issue is the fact that for such person it is the other way around - he or she is absolutely normal (and/or just got clarity and perspective on things) and everybody else needs urgent assistance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I witnessed (and as much as I could assisted) a total psychological breakdown of a person. In about 30 minutes time this person went from being completely sane to being completely opposite of sane. And the only thing we could do is by talking gently like to a child take that person by the hand, take to the some private and safe place and wait for an ambulance. And as it comes - this was the best decision we could do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So why was I writing this - just to show that unfortunately without direct contact with person and close to him/her people it will be very hard to point out need of assistance. This all of course applies only to the case of person having real psychological issues. Some people may have &lt;code&gt;vivid imagination&lt;/code&gt; which combined with lack of deep understanding and very expressive personality may create visibility of insanity, whilst they themselves still perfectly fit into the range of &lt;code&gt;normality&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="109726" LastActivityDate="2015-04-02T12:08:26.300" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13752" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13755" CreationDate="2015-04-02T13:39:06.063" Score="5" ViewCount="77" Body="&lt;p&gt;After an &quot;active&quot; presence of a little more than one year on AU, I was looking through my answers, in a &lt;em&gt;votes&lt;/em&gt;- sorted order. Browsing to the end of the list, I came to the &quot;zero- activity&quot; section; not accepted, no votes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In some cases, I considered the answer potentially useful, some &lt;em&gt;could&lt;/em&gt; have been useful but were very specific and unlikely to become useful to someone else, some answers were definitely outdated, and some, well, I wouldn't have posted today. I decided to do a small clean up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, after five posts I got the message that &quot;I deleted five posts and more removing was blocked&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So my question is:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Is it &lt;em&gt;not done&lt;/em&gt; to clean up your own list of posted answers?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="72216" LastEditDate="2015-11-01T10:58:09.937" LastActivityDate="2015-11-01T10:58:09.937" Title="Is it &quot;not done&quot; to clean up your own list of posted answers?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13753" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13746" CreationDate="2015-04-02T13:56:33.827" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;from my opinion ... if you clearly not using mint tools (like ... the linuxmint updater or in this case, the network manager), I would still consider that Linux Mint is 'Ubuntu with some extra'. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I personally have not used any mint application (except mintMenu at MATE / GNOME2 Panel ... I love how it looks like Windoze), I just used mint because it already has MP3 support, Broadcom Wireless support (I just too lazy to do it on Ubuntu LOL), I hate the new GNOME, and for some reason I like green more than purple :P &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What I've learned so far : do not tell if you are running mint. If you are clearly asking for help with mint tools, go ahead with StackExchange Unix. but if the problem is generally about ubuntu ... then do not mention the mint. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="392803" LastActivityDate="2015-04-02T13:56:33.827" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13754" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="684" CreationDate="2015-04-02T14:09:38.333" Score="-5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think it is more acceptable if we start another StackExchange sites under askubuntu.com &gt;&gt; maybe something like unofficial.askubuntu.com, then you can ask all about those mint, backtrack, kali linux, ubuntu christian, sabily, or even Blankon at it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;then everyone live happily after that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="392803" LastActivityDate="2015-04-02T14:09:38.333" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13755" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13752" CreationDate="2015-04-02T15:34:11.423" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;The system starts alarming and sending up marine flares when somebody starts nuking their content. It makes the mods really twitchy because we need to determine if you're trying to self-destruct.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Generally speaking, there's no need at all to delete old posts:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;They aren't in the way. If there are better answers, the system is already displacing yours.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Perhaps the people who found it useful &lt;em&gt;can't&lt;/em&gt; vote.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Perhaps nobody has found it useful &lt;em&gt;yet&lt;/em&gt;. I know you tend to by very Pythonic with your answers, you're more likely to help people find the answers with a query like &quot;python move files&quot;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It isn't taking up finite resources. The 1-2KB your answer's record takes up in the database isn't going to be the straw that breaks the camel's back. In fact, it'll still be in the system after you delete it!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Either way, generally speaking, the mods prefer it when the system isn't screaming at us. Please limit deletions to objectively &lt;em&gt;bad&lt;/em&gt; posts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are going to go on a rampage, please let us know ahead of time so we can prep the tranq gun.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2015-04-02T15:34:11.423" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13756" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14852" CreationDate="2015-04-03T01:32:32.147" Score="2" ViewCount="215" Body="&lt;p&gt;I posted a question about the crouton tool for creating an ubuntu environment in chrome os, but it was put on hold as off-topic. The question is this:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I attempted several times to use the crouton tool to have Ubuntu 12.04 with the unity desktop on my Google ChromeBook. Every time I tried it, it would work the first time after being set up. However, when I shut the Ubuntu machine down and went back to Chrome OS, then went back in, the desktop background would load, but the toolbar on the side of the screen and the bar at the top would not appear.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I would end up with it sitting there, just the cursor on the standard Ubuntu desktop background. I got around this by using the gnome desktop, but I much prefer Unity and would like to be able to use it on my new ChromeBook.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Does anyone know why this happened or if there is some way for me to avoid it or fix it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I looked around and found another question about crouton, that has been around for two years and has an answer. It is here: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/348383/chromebook-crouton-ram-limit&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/348383/chromebook-crouton-ram-limit&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In fact, there are several:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/450856/chromebook-crouton-installation-continually-failing&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/450856/chromebook-crouton-installation-continually-failing&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/428698/chromebook-with-crouton-alternative-repository-to-ports-ubuntu-com&quot;&gt;Are there alternative repositories to ports.ubuntu.com for ARM?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/564921/crouton-install&quot;&gt;Crouton install&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/470876/no-sound-in-arm-hp-chromebook-ubuntu-14-04-with-crouton&quot;&gt;No Sound in ARM HP Chromebook Ubuntu 14.04 with Crouton&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is this. Why was my question put on hold as off-topic, when all of these other questions were allowed to go on for years and even have answers?&#xA;And if my question was put on hold for a different reason, what was it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="393619" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2016-10-28T20:50:21.327" Title="How is this question off-topic?" Tags="|discussion|closed-questions|scope|derivatives|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="14" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13757" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-04-03T01:49:24.753" Score="0" ViewCount="51" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am sorry, i don't even know if this is the right place to ask the question,&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;but &lt;code&gt;i down-voted someone for revenge&lt;/code&gt; as i think that he down-voted me because i rejected his edit to one of my questions as he thinks my English sucks as it's not my native language and i think he is right.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;And i don't care anymore about who did this or why now i want to up-vote him as i am somehow felt guilty towards him but i can't up-vote him so if there are any admin there i want him if he like to &lt;code&gt;undo these silly things i did&lt;/code&gt; and thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="28340" LastActivityDate="2015-04-03T21:43:54.963" Title="Want to up-vote someone i down-voted him for bad reasons?" Tags="|discussion|downvoting|up-votes|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13758" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13757" CreationDate="2015-04-03T05:49:08.913" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Mods can't actually see who you voted for. I'd suggest not doing it again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In theory you could take back your downvote, and turn it into an upvote if someone edited the post, but of course, someone needs to find something to edit. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17681" LastActivityDate="2015-04-03T05:49:08.913" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13759" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13761" CreationDate="2015-04-03T09:27:14.203" Score="17" ViewCount="352" Body="&lt;p&gt;Let's say that you have a question that got down-voted. And then it gets edited to try get upvotes. And those that down-voted don't up-vote because they don't see the question has been edited.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why don't people revisit questions that they down-voted on after a edit for the good? Is it because of a lack of notification? Don't have time?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user371765" LastActivityDate="2015-04-03T22:18:51.690" Title="Why don't people who down-voted on a question revisit that question if it has been edited to make it better for up-votes?" Tags="|discussion|votes|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13760" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13759" CreationDate="2015-04-03T10:27:24.470" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think it is no more than useful and decent to keep an eye on posts you downvoted. As far as I know, I always do (although &quot;accidents&quot; may happen). I also noticed many other users withdraw their downvote once a post is improved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can, and probably should make sure the downvoter is notified of your edit(s) by @ping -ing him or her. That implies however that the downvoter leaves a message. That is also a reason why a downvote IMO should be explained in a comment, besides giving the poster the opportunity to either improve, or explain why the post is as it is.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="72216" LastEditDate="2015-04-03T16:32:16.913" LastActivityDate="2015-04-03T16:32:16.913" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13761" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13759" CreationDate="2015-04-03T10:38:20.670" Score="23" Body="&lt;p&gt;In my case, it is because of the lack of notification. I am reasonably active on 6 sites and present on a few more. I have no way of knowing if one of the posts I have downvoted has since been edited. While I often leave comments explaining my downvotes and I will revisit them if the OP lets me know the answer's been edited, this is not always the case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In those cases where the OP did not notify me or where I had not left a comment, it is very hard to remember to find that particular post among the several dozen I read through every day. I do try to check back but it is not always feasible. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2015-04-03T22:18:51.690" LastActivityDate="2015-04-03T22:18:51.690" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13762" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-04-03T13:13:51.773" Score="2" ViewCount="40" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think the process to subscribe for the newsletter is tedious. From what i have done you need to go to your user's page, preferences, manage newsletter subscription....&#xA;However there is an occasional popup in askubuntu.com. &#xA;My question is why not make the popup permanent so that anyone who wishes to subscribe for the newsletter can do that with much ease?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="391193" LastEditorUserId="117103" LastEditDate="2015-04-03T21:31:33.777" LastActivityDate="2015-04-03T21:31:33.777" Title="Why is the newsletter subscription link hard to find?" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13764" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-04-03T14:48:24.573" Score="1" ViewCount="24" Body="&lt;p&gt;I wanted to conduct some statistical analysis on certain dimensions relevant to the development of the site and was wondering how to access data in order to construct a data set for that. For example, how would I get data to calculate the correlation between # of edits of questions and their upvotes?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I checked out &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/11641/where-to-access-some-statitics&quot;&gt;Where to access some statitics&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/13618/direct-access-to-askubuntu-reputation-statistics&quot;&gt;Direct access to Askubuntu reputation statistics&lt;/a&gt; which don't provide sufficient information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="173287" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.227" LastActivityDate="2015-04-03T14:48:24.573" Title="How to access askubuntu meta data for programmatic statistical analysis?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13765" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13767" CreationDate="2015-04-03T20:47:03.903" Score="2" ViewCount="56" Body="&lt;p&gt;In order to run queries on data.stackexchange.com one often needs to enter a user id (e.g. &lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/stackoverflow/query/785/how-many-upvotes-do-i-have-for-each-tag&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://data.stackexchange.com/stackoverflow/query/785/how-many-upvotes-do-i-have-for-each-tag&lt;/a&gt;). I'm having trouble to figure out what to enter. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I log into data.stackexchange.com, I have to use OpenID where I selected SE's OpenID. I'm logged in as &lt;code&gt;jon.doe18095&lt;/code&gt; which I don't understand because it has nothing to do with my username. Entering &lt;code&gt;jon.doe18095&lt;/code&gt; for the query referced above fails with error &lt;code&gt;The multi-part identifier &quot;jon.doe18095&quot; could not be bound.&lt;/code&gt;. Entering &lt;code&gt;18095&lt;/code&gt; reveals result which are not at all related to any of my SE account (exclusively displays tags which I never have posted something to and none of those I've been involved with).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On my profile site there's no such thing as a user id and I don't seem to find another place where to find it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="173287" LastEditorUserId="173287" LastEditDate="2015-04-03T22:44:46.127" LastActivityDate="2015-04-04T07:35:30.660" Title="How to find out my own user id for usage on data.stackexchange.com?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ClosedDate="2015-04-05T15:22:48.067" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13766" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13769" CreationDate="2015-04-03T21:04:26.173" Score="2" ViewCount="58" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sometimes I flag comments which really don't add anything useful to the post, like &quot;Next time backup your data!&quot; because altough the suggestion given might be valid, they usually do nothing to help the user solving its problem. But now I fear that this might penalize the poster too much.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How does exactly the &quot;not constructive&quot; flag on comments affect posters?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="380067" LastEditorUserId="380067" LastEditDate="2015-04-03T21:11:16.573" LastActivityDate="2015-04-03T23:30:02.793" Title="How does exactly the &quot;not constructive&quot; flag on comments affect posters?" Tags="|discussion|flagging|flags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13767" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13765" CreationDate="2015-04-03T21:04:43.707" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Click on the top of this page next to your avatar.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then click on &quot;network profile&quot;, then depending on which site you're trying to get data on, choose that site (E.g. meta.stackechange) and only then will you see on the right side on the top in the search field &lt;code&gt;user:255844&lt;/code&gt; (this is for &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/users/173287/karl-richter&quot;&gt;Karl Richter&lt;/a&gt; only and for the meta.stackexchange.com site only, another user will see a different number for the site he/she/it chooses)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;255844 is your user id for that particular site...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="344926" LastEditDate="2015-04-04T07:35:30.660" LastActivityDate="2015-04-04T07:35:30.660" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13769" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13766" CreationDate="2015-04-03T23:30:02.793" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;None. None at all. The only flags that have an immediate and automatic affect on the post are spam and offensive flags and they only have consequences on &lt;em&gt;posts&lt;/em&gt;, not on comments. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So feel free to flag away :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2015-04-03T23:30:02.793" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13770" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13771" CreationDate="2015-04-04T00:44:56.330" Score="4" ViewCount="101" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here's the link: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://askubuntu.com.80bola.com/questions/121373/etc-lightdm-unity-greeter-conf-file-missing&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://askubuntu.com.80bola.com/questions/121373/etc-lightdm-unity-greeter-conf-file-missing&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Been googling around for lightdm background image solutions, and found this. On google it looked normal, but once opened in new tab, noticed the weird url&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="295286" LastActivityDate="2015-04-04T00:51:32.620" Title="Found askubuntu copycat site, where do i report?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2015-04-05T15:23:33.460" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13771" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13770" CreationDate="2015-04-04T00:51:32.620" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can report scrapers here:  &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/200177/updated-procedure-for-reporting-scrapers&quot;&gt;A site (or scraper) is copying content from Stack Exchange. What do I do?&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not entirely sure this counts as a scraper, per the conversation &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/250916/what-is-stackoverflow-com-80bola-com/251951#251951&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;, although it is annoying.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2015-04-04T00:51:32.620" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13772" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-04-04T13:54:40.397" Score="1" ViewCount="61" Body="&lt;p&gt;Could we arrive at a situation where all possible questions concerning ubuntu would have been asked and the corresponding answers given?&#xA;The questions that would not have been answered are those that are either poorly asked or are duplicates?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="391193" LastActivityDate="2015-04-04T14:01:43.930" Title="All questions concerning ubuntu have been asked?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13773" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13772" CreationDate="2015-04-04T14:01:43.930" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;No. New versions keep coming out and bringing with them new problems. Also, the set of possible tasks one might want to use their OS for is essentially infinite. Yes, we can reach a point where all the obvious, classic questions have been asked but the set of on topic questions is, for all intents and purposes, infinite. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2015-04-04T14:01:43.930" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13774" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-04-04T14:35:01.280" Score="-2" ViewCount="57" Body="&lt;p&gt;Currently the user id can be revealed by copying the user profile link or write it digit by digit from the link popup tooltip (in case you use GUI browser). That's quite compilated and non-transperant. Any change to get the id displayed as copyable text on the user profile site?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Example use cases include:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;usage on &lt;a href=&quot;https://data.stackexchange.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;data.stackexchange.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="173287" LastEditorUserId="173287" LastEditDate="2015-04-04T18:28:15.700" LastActivityDate="2015-04-04T18:28:15.700" Title="Reveal user id in visible text in user profile" Tags="|feature-request|status-declined|profile-page|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13775" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13774" CreationDate="2015-04-04T14:51:40.260" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't really understand what you're asking for. The user ID is rarely useful but for those times when it is needed, all you need to do is go to the user in question's user page and copy the id from the URL:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/U6PCm.gif&quot; alt=&quot;animated gif showing the selection of the user id&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2015-04-04T14:51:40.260" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13776" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13781" CreationDate="2015-04-04T17:53:49.480" Score="7" ViewCount="218" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/249951/help-us-test-the-shiny-new-user-activity-page-plus-a-bunch-of-new-features&quot;&gt;new User Activity page&lt;/a&gt; looks great, but there's no ETA specified as of now. Perhaps some moderator can leak some informations about ETA for non-Meta.SE sites?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="380067" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2015-04-06T09:04:38.483" Title="ETA on new User Activity page for non-Meta.SE sites?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13777" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-04-05T11:01:12.447" Score="2" ViewCount="98" Body="&lt;p&gt;In a google search, I stumbled upon this site: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://askubuntu.com.80bola.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://askubuntu.com.80bola.com/&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which seems to clone the askubuntu.com site. Apart the fact that I do not know if this is legal --- surely not really fair, I'm quite puzzled on &quot;why&quot; they're doing it. I do not see any spurious ad or similar in that pages... &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16395" LastActivityDate="2015-04-05T11:18:37.577" Title="What is this &quot;clone&quot; site doing? And why?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2015-04-09T11:19:06.063" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13778" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13777" CreationDate="2015-04-05T11:18:37.577" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;After checking what 80bola proper, it looks like a sports-betting and ad driven sort of website.  Probably saw that AU got pretty good rankings and either cloned or simply proxied the site.  Still, I think it tries to dodge the attribution rules and subvert the rules &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/200177/updated-procedure-for-reporting-scrapers&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2015-04-05T11:18:37.577" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13780" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13789" CreationDate="2015-04-05T14:12:12.103" Score="2" ViewCount="104" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is a difference in approved edits and actual edits in my profile&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Editor Stats&lt;/em&gt; shows&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Mudit Kapil had 503 edit suggestions approved, and 67 edit suggestions rejected&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But &lt;em&gt;Badge progress&lt;/em&gt; shows 452 edit suggestions approved so there is a total difference of 51 approved edits in both the stats. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does it mean that 51 edited posts has been deleted from the site?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why there is a difference in counts in  Editor  Stats and Badge progress?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="370150" LastEditorUserId="370150" LastEditDate="2016-02-09T12:30:19.683" LastActivityDate="2016-02-09T12:30:19.683" Title="edit count difference" Tags="|discussion|editing|badges|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13781" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13776" CreationDate="2015-04-06T07:50:08.633" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;SOON(tm)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We're getting very close to release the new user profile on our top sites. Ask Ubuntu community is one of them! In fact, I'm making some minor site design updates to the site in preparation for the new user profile.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="61" LastEditorUserId="158442" LastEditDate="2015-04-06T09:04:38.483" LastActivityDate="2015-04-06T09:04:38.483" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13782" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-04-06T08:35:57.970" Score="24" ViewCount="863" Body="&lt;p&gt;As you can see, Ask Ubuntu community site got a slight design update today. I have moved site's CSS to a newly refactor LESS system, so it's more maintainable for us to fix SE network CSS bugs globally going on forward. I've standardized some common site elements and UI conventions. For example, only accepted answers on the home page and question list page get a more prominent treatment. I have removed the Ubuntu orange color for unanswered background color. (The orange was a bit over used before). I try to keep the overall look and feel the same as before. The new changes will make it easier for us launch new &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/13776/eta-on-new-user-activity-page-for-non-meta-se-sites&quot;&gt;site features&lt;/a&gt; as well. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Site's logo and icons are now in SVG for retina support!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This update should retro-actively fix most of the old CSS bugs. If you see any new ones, or old ones not being fixed, please let me know!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="61" LastEditorUserId="25798" LastEditDate="2015-05-06T13:11:54.983" LastActivityDate="2019-10-15T20:33:45.390" Title="Minor site design updates" Tags="|discussion|design|" AnswerCount="16" CommentCount="28" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13783" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13782" CreationDate="2015-04-06T08:59:25.133" Score="-2" Body="&lt;p&gt;We are using pretty quotes in titles here and in Unix &amp;amp; Linux, where it's been &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.meta.stackexchange.com/a/3432/70524&quot;&gt;pointed out&lt;/a&gt; for some time. I get that you wish to clean up code and make things prettier, but please &quot;fix&quot; that which is broken. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-16T15:45:04.257" LastActivityDate="2015-04-06T23:14:25.060" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13784" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13782" CreationDate="2015-04-06T14:09:40.530" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/status-completed&quot; class=&quot;post-tag moderator-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;status-completed&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;status-completed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can no longer see which questions are tagged with my favorite tags:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/hLK0o.png&quot; alt=&quot;example showing a highlighted question&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The middle of the three questions shown above is highlighted because it is tagged with one of my favorite tags. Assuming this is not a question of my screen being miscalibrated, I'm sure you agree that the highlight is almost invisible. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The normal background is pure white (&lt;code&gt;#ffffff&lt;/code&gt;) and the highlight is &lt;code&gt;#fafafa&lt;/code&gt; which is really too similar. Please make this more visible. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2015-04-08T09:19:38.767" LastActivityDate="2015-04-08T09:19:38.767" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13785" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13782" CreationDate="2015-04-06T14:14:30.007" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Posting a screenshot as an &quot;anwser&quot; as an example of the blue hightlight. I would consider changing the color to match the rest of the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Feel free to delete this &quot;answer&quot; after you have considered the colors&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/DN7TH.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="35795" LastActivityDate="2015-04-06T14:14:30.007" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13786" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13782" CreationDate="2015-04-06T14:21:26.993" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/status-completed&quot; class=&quot;post-tag moderator-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;status-completed&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;status-completed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure if this is new or not, but I find the green used in the front page to show the number of answers a question hard to read:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Z5Iou.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do I need new glasses or is the word &lt;em&gt;answer&lt;/em&gt; blurry? Perhaps there's not enough contrast between the foreground green and the background? Or is it an anti-aliasing issue? Either way, could it be fixed please?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2015-04-08T09:20:41.167" LastActivityDate="2015-04-08T09:20:41.167" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13787" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13782" CreationDate="2015-04-06T15:44:49.237" Score="7" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Complaints.&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Mod-only flags on meta are now red, instead of orange with white text like it was.  Aesthetically it clashes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/36rFx.png&quot; alt=&quot;Snippet&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Multiple complaints here...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Font size was reduced, makes it a lot harder to read on high-res screens.  This font size reduction is only on the pages here - the actual 'Question size' on the font doesn't change one layer down on the actual questions.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;No green circle around &amp;quot;2 answers&amp;quot;.  Affects aesthetics, less so than readability, but it looks garish as is now.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;No orange border around the &amp;quot;No Answers&amp;quot; items like we had.  (Affects readability and aesthetics)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/LUEOr.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Uniformity needs to give way to aesthetics.  While most of my complaints here are aesthetic in nature, you can have 'uniformity' but also include aesthetics with respect to the site theme/design.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2015-04-06T15:45:32.947" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13788" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13782" CreationDate="2015-04-06T16:17:59.713" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Make the two green colours in the Rep sections same&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/unz9u.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I feel that the two different shades of green used here &lt;strong&gt;do not look aesthetically pretty&lt;/strong&gt;.(Well, at least in my honest, personal opinion)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Accept tickmark is not properly centered&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To me, the tickmark under accepted answer votes, does not look to be properly centered within the circle.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/nfkNy.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Maybe the tickmark should be just a little bit towards left.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="184942" LastEditorUserId="184942" LastEditDate="2015-04-06T16:57:55.910" LastActivityDate="2015-04-06T16:57:55.910" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13789" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13780" CreationDate="2015-04-06T16:18:24.377" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The description for the badge says this:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(excluding.. deleted posts and tag edits).  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That is probably making the difference for you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2015-04-06T16:18:24.377" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13790" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13782" CreationDate="2015-04-06T18:30:17.237" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The background colour used for the flags in the flag queue is gone which makes the flags hard to read. Could you darken that a bit more, closer to what it used to be?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/VaYNj.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another issue I've run into is the contrast between the orange squares and the number they hold makes it really hard to read (this one is quite hard to show in a screenshot, but hopefully it gets the idea across).  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/UPHXI.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm personally fond of the colour used but I'm afraid something is going to have to be changed to keep those more readable. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks for all the awesome work you do around here Jin!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2015-04-08T04:02:58.127" LastActivityDate="2015-04-08T04:02:58.127" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13791" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-04-07T10:31:41.933" Score="1" ViewCount="82" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have low reputation as you see. And the problem i see with this is, that when i try to troubleshoot someone's question that requires some active or continuous communication, or a suggestion like &quot;try this if it works&quot;, then i probably won't put all of these above into an answer. I'd like the commenting to be lower on reputation to about 10 or 15. Or maybe, Someone could add a function similar to a comment. Called suggestion for instance. Have a comment and a suggestion on 2 different spaces.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="378032" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2015-04-12T04:10:06.110" LastActivityDate="2015-04-12T04:10:06.110" Title="50 Reputation on comments is too much? Add new function to suggest?" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|comments|reputation|privileges|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13792" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13793" CreationDate="2015-04-07T09:08:27.920" Score="6" ViewCount="111" Body="&lt;p&gt;It could be seen somtimes when I surfing Ask Ubuntu that something different on the title of my web-browser, which is '(', number, and ')' such as (2).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;'(2) Ask Ubuntu' &lt;br&gt;&#xA;  '(1) Ask Ubuntu'&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="776049" OwnerDisplayName="HELLOVENUS" LastEditorUserId="367990" LastEditDate="2015-04-10T15:34:12.410" LastActivityDate="2015-04-10T15:39:32.550" Title="What does '(1)' in tab title mean?" Tags="|support|design|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13793" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13792" CreationDate="2015-04-07T09:19:15.620" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is the number of new questions since you last refreshed the page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This can be done either by reloading the page (e.g. with &lt;kbd&gt;F5&lt;/kbd&gt; in FireFox) or by clicking the grey &lt;code&gt;X questions with new activity&lt;/code&gt; banner above the question list. Note that the second option does only load new questions, but does &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; actualize the state (votes, views, answers...) of the already shown ones.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="149708" OwnerDisplayName="Jos" LastEditorUserId="367990" LastEditDate="2015-04-10T15:39:32.550" LastActivityDate="2015-04-10T15:39:32.550" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13794" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13782" CreationDate="2015-04-07T11:48:17.613" Score="2" Body="&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The font size of the body text in the questions and answers looks larger than it was before on my computer.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The line spacing of the body text looks smaller than it was before.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The combination of these two factors makes the text look too squeezed together. Either increasing the line spacing, decreasing the font size or both together would improve the readability.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="94914" LastActivityDate="2015-04-07T11:48:17.613" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13795" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13782" CreationDate="2015-04-07T12:45:39.130" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The comment upvotes button is much thinner:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;New:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ShnTC.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Old:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/dSwPk.png&quot; width=&quot;30&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please go back to chunkier upvotes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My pronouns are He / Him&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="186134" LastEditorUserId="186134" LastEditDate="2019-10-15T20:33:45.390" LastActivityDate="2019-10-15T20:33:45.390" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13796" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13791" CreationDate="2015-04-07T12:59:45.290" Score="-6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would lower the comment reputation requirement to e.g. 20 and add comments of users below 50 to the &quot;First Post Review&quot; queue. It is usually the emptiest one anyway, so that should work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastActivityDate="2015-04-07T12:59:45.290" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13797" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13782" CreationDate="2015-04-07T15:44:34.837" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Daily reputation seems inaccurate. I just noticed this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/SXF8P.png&quot; alt=&quot;rep&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;reputation shows -1 in blue, but achievements shows +10 I'm not certain this is related to the design update, but I couldn't find any related questions so I thought it might be. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastActivityDate="2015-04-07T15:44:34.837" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13798" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13782" CreationDate="2015-04-07T20:16:07.417" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;In short: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I really can't help the fact that I like the overall changes. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The less &quot;square&quot; looking font, especially, the&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Prettier looks of python :) code&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The less &quot;obsessive&quot; use of orange, bigger variety in use of color(s)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I noticed a few minor changes/improvements were made since this post appeared.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Really, really nice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastActivityDate="2015-04-07T20:16:07.417" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13799" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13800" CreationDate="2015-04-07T21:13:36.530" Score="6" ViewCount="211" Body="&lt;p&gt;I failed this audit as I knew exactly what the OP was talking about. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/close/399092&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/review/close/399092&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I failed because no one else did. I suppose this just underscores why humans are needed for these tasks that we perform but isn't it just a bit annoying to have a pile of switches tell you that you aren't paying enough attention when it seems the reverse is true?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2015-04-09T21:24:13.323" Title="Failed audit - unclear really?" Tags="|discussion|review-audits|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13800" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13799" CreationDate="2015-04-07T23:25:44.740" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The Community user randomly puts tests into the review queues. This is to check whether the reviewers pay attention and do their work right. A single mistake has no consequences, but many of them may lead to a review ban.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It just takes posts that were reviewed earlier by real humans and found to be not worth keeping on the site for whatever reason. (There are also sometimes highly upvoted posts taken that require a positive review. Sometimes they also don't really deserve their high rating.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So not the Community bot, but those people who flagged the original posts for deletion are the ones to blame for the inappropriate result. Sometimes deletion flags are controversial and maybe the post is not clear for everybody. Then it can happen that the wrong people get the wrong post in the queue and enough flags accumulate to delete a question which could have been saved. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's not good, sure, but how should we prevent it? By increasing the number of reviews necessary to delete a post, our queues become more and more ineffective. Already now, the Close Vote Queue often grows up to 1000 entries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastEditorUserId="367990" LastEditDate="2015-04-07T23:33:17.520" LastActivityDate="2015-04-07T23:33:17.520" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13801" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13782" CreationDate="2015-04-08T09:47:21.193" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;The number of answers circle seems slightly oval (38x40px), and the number is slightly off centre.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/x0kd2.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/92Hl3.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="176889" LastActivityDate="2015-04-08T09:47:21.193" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13803" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13734" CreationDate="2015-04-08T19:26:24.797" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think your actions in this case were commendable and I don't see how you could have responded better. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As someone who has unfortunately been exposed to paranoid delusions, I wouldn't be too quick to assume that this was some elaborate hoax, although I won't rule out the possibility. The rambling and ever escalating nature of the original post leads me towards belief in the delusion.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't believe a sane person would waste the time writing so many lines of complete rubbish just for fun.  Note this rant as well: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/601744/revisions&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/posts/601744/revisions&lt;/a&gt; as this one: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/595752/i-had-a-backdoor-mal-ware-on-w7-will-it-pass-on-to-ubuntu&quot;&gt;I Had a Backdoor Mal Ware on W7. Will it Pass on to Ubuntu?&lt;/a&gt; by the same author. Sadly, it seems medication is required.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2015-04-08T19:26:24.797" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13804" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-04-09T00:14:01.657" Score="5" ViewCount="78" Body="&lt;p&gt;I encountered &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/close/399532&quot;&gt;this review audit&lt;/a&gt;. To test me, the review item told me &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/602871/launch-nautilus-in-location-navigated-to-in-terminal&quot;&gt;the question&lt;/a&gt; had received close votes as &lt;em&gt;primarily opinion-based&lt;/em&gt;. This was obviously wrong, which I recognized quickly, but I saw &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/602871/launch-nautilus-in-location-navigated-to-in-terminal#comment842335_602871&quot;&gt;a comment&lt;/a&gt; pointing to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/512447/launch-file-manager-from-terminal-with-a-keyboard-shortcut&quot;&gt;another question&lt;/a&gt;. It seemed like it might be a post might be a duplicate, so I opened the post in a separate tab, which revealed to me that the it was already closed as a duplicate--though of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/226755/how-to-open-nautilus-at-current-command-line-directory&quot;&gt;a different question&lt;/a&gt; than suggested in the comment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(The question says it was closed as a duplicate by the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/-1/community&quot;&gt;Community ♦&lt;/a&gt; bot, in case that's relevant. Since Community was listed as the sole close voter, I believe that simply means the question was closed after the OP &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/250981/new-ui-encourages-askers-to-confirm-or-dispute-duplicate-votes&quot;&gt;confirmed to the system that they agreed with its duplicate status&lt;/a&gt;.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At this point--since it was a Close Votes review item for a question that was already closed--I knew it was a review audit. I suspected this might be a new kind of review audit, where a highly upvoted but correctly closed &lt;em&gt;duplicate&lt;/em&gt; would be used to test reviewers ability to select a &lt;em&gt;reasonable close reason&lt;/em&gt;. I was pleased and intrigued at this possibility.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It also occurred to me that this might be a bug in the system, such that voting to close it as a duplicate of the question it's already duped to would make me fail the audit. But I figured there was only one (reasonable) way to find out, so I proceeded, and voted to close the question as a duplicate of what's already duped to. That is, in addition to correctly voting to close it as a duplicate, I also selected the correct duplicate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Then the system told me I had failed the audit.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe this particular review-auditing behavior is both unintended and undesirable, and furthermore that it is not the result of errors made by Ask Ubuntu users in incorrectly closing questions (like some bad audits are) but instead is a design flaw in the system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Either that, or I am missing something I should be noticing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that this is &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; the result of a race condition: the post used for the audit was not closed between when the review item loaded and when I made my decision, but some days previously. (It was closed on March 30th and I reviewed it April 8th.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2015-04-09T00:14:01.657" Title="Should voting to close a correctly closed question for the right reason really be considered failure?" Tags="|bug|review|close-reasons|closed-questions|review-audits|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13805" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13806" CreationDate="2015-04-09T02:42:09.040" Score="5" ViewCount="197" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is there a way to do sorting of questions based on: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;number of views?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;number of views per (some time frame) &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;frequently asked, without answers&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;number of votes for questions, without answers&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;number or user reputation &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or other options for sorting and searching for questions I might care about answering.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;perhaps I am simply missing options for searching.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="139675" LastActivityDate="2015-04-15T09:26:58.487" Title="Advanced sort options for questions?" Tags="|discussion|searching|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13806" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13805" CreationDate="2015-04-09T06:24:18.530" Score="6" Body="&lt;h1&gt;If you need advanced sorting: Stack Exchange Data Explorer&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(&lt;a href=&quot;https://data.stackexchange.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/2678&quot;&gt;DBSchema Documentation&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(&lt;strong&gt;As per &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/13805/advanced-sort-options-for-questions/13806?noredirect=1#comment23728_13806&quot;&gt;Dan's comment&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/help#faq&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the data is updated early every Monday morning around 3:00 UTC&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;h2&gt;[Most viewed questions](https://data.stackexchange.com/askubuntu/query/298608/most-viewed-questions)&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;SELECT TOP ##Number## Id AS [Post Link], ViewCount&#xA;FROM Posts&#xA;WHERE PostTypeId = 1&#xA;ORDER BY ViewCount DESC;&#xA;&#xA;-- Number: Number of posts to show:&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;h2&gt;[Most viewed questions between date X and date Y](https://data.stackexchange.com/askubuntu/query/298621/most-viewed-questions-between-date-x-and-date-y)&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;SELECT TOP ##Number## Id AS [Post Link], ViewCount, CreationDate&#xA;FROM Posts&#xA;WHERE PostTypeId = 1 AND CreationDate BETWEEN ##FromCreationDate:string## AND ##ToCreationDate:string##&#xA;ORDER BY ViewCount DESC;&#xA;&#xA;-- Number: Number of posts to show:&#xA;-- FromCreationDate: From YYYY-MM-DD&#xA;-- ToCreationDate: To YYYY-MM-DD&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;h2&gt;[Most frequently asked (not answered) questions](https://data.stackexchange.com/askubuntu/query/298604/most-frequently-asked-not-answered-questions)&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;SELECT TOP ##Number## a.Id AS [Post Link], b.NumberOfDuplicates&#xA;FROM Posts AS a&#xA;LEFT JOIN&#xA;(SELECT Posts.Id, COUNT(PostLinks.RelatedPostId) AS NumberOfDuplicates&#xA;FROM Posts, PostLinks&#xA;WHERE Posts.Id = PostLinks.RelatedPostId AND PostLinks.LinkTypeId = 3&#xA;GROUP BY Posts.Id)&#xA;AS b ON a.Id = b.Id&#xA;WHERE a.AnswerCount = 0&#xA;ORDER BY b.NumberOfDuplicates DESC;&#xA;&#xA;-- Number: Number of posts to show:&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;h2&gt;[Most voted (not closed and not answered) questions](https://data.stackexchange.com/askubuntu/query/298628/most-voted-not-closed-and-not-answered-questions)&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;SELECT TOP ##Number## Id AS [Post Link], Score&#xA;FROM Posts&#xA;WHERE PostTypeId = 1 AND ClosedDate IS NULL AND AnswerCount = 0&#xA;ORDER BY Score DESC;&#xA;&#xA;-- Number: Number of posts to show:&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;[Latest (not closed) questions from users with reputation &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;SELECT TOP ##Number## Posts.Id AS [Post Link], Users.Reputation&#xA;FROM Posts, Users&#xA;WHERE Posts.OwnerUserId = Users.Id AND Posts.PostTypeId = 1 AND Posts.ClosedDate IS NULL AND Users.Reputation &amp;lt; ##UserReputationThreshold##&#xA;ORDER BY Posts.CreationDate DESC;&#xA;&#xA;-- Number: Number of posts to show:&#xA;-- UserReputationThreshold: User's reputation threshold:&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="380067" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2015-04-15T09:23:46.580" CommentCount="12" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13807" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13808" CreationDate="2015-04-09T16:33:39.567" Score="33" ViewCount="819" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have seen a number of users voting to close scripting questions as off topic. Is this the community consensus? Are bash questions not welcome here? How about other shell programming questions?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2015-04-12T04:05:47.953" LastActivityDate="2015-06-15T12:45:11.870" Title="Are bash/shell scripting questions on topic?" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13808" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13807" CreationDate="2015-04-09T16:33:39.567" Score="31" Body="&lt;p&gt;The help center &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;states&lt;/a&gt; that (emphasis mine):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Using and administering official Ubuntu flavors including: Edubuntu, Ubuntu GNOME, Kubuntu, Ubuntu Kylin, Lubuntu, Mythbuntu, Ubuntu Studio, Xubuntu, Ubuntu Touch and Ubuntu MATE.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Shell scripting is an essential part of administering (and using, really) a Linux system. Including Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We also have a &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/10317/85695&quot;&gt;meta discussion&lt;/a&gt; that has been well accepted and which states that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Bash is the default shell on Ubuntu. Shell scripting is an integral part of managing a Linux system. I believe that all bash related questions are on-topic, even the ones that have to do clearly with programming tasks like how to add 1 to a variable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as I can tell, these all mean that bash questions, &lt;em&gt;any&lt;/em&gt; bash questions are welcome and on topic here. This should also apply to any other shell since they are all basic Linux tools and are easily available on Ubuntu. In any case, bash most certainly is on topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To illustrate, we currently have&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;2,848 questions tagged with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/bash&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;bash&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;bash&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;83 questions tagged with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/zsh&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;zsh&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;zsh&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;21 questions tagged with one of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ksh&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ksh&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ksh&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/tcsh&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;tcsh&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;tcsh&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/csh&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;csh&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;csh&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;46 questions tagged with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/scripting&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;scripting&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;scripting&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;537 questions tagged with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/shell-scripting&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;shell-scripting&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;shell-scripting&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;1,553 questions tagged with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/scripts&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;scripts&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;scripts&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;1,722 questions tagged with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/python&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;python&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;python&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;139 questions tagged with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/perl&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;perl&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;perl&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, in conclusion, yes shell scripting questions are perfectly on topic and welcome here. Please stop closing such questions as off topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2015-04-10T12:36:09.187" CommentCount="30" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13809" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13807" CreationDate="2015-04-09T18:04:23.167" Score="21" Body="&lt;p&gt;As &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/13808/22949&quot;&gt;terdon says&lt;/a&gt;, bash scripting differs from some other programming tasks in that writing shell scripts is a core part of system administration on Ubuntu and other Unix-like operating systems. Not every Ubuntu user writes or needs to write their own shell scripts, but bash scripting is a topic is central to system administration on Ubuntu. Furthermore, there is enormous overlap between &lt;em&gt;bash usage&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;bash scripting&lt;/em&gt;. Even users who rarely or never write scrips are likely use the bash shell (in the terminal) sometimes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Bash is &lt;em&gt;so&lt;/em&gt; central to Ubuntu, I doubt a universal rule about &lt;em&gt;all&lt;/em&gt; programming questions has to be articulated to clarify that bash is on-topic. I'm not objecting to having such a rule--I just think bash being on-topic is much more clear cut.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When you open a Terminal window, that's bash. (Unless you have changed your shell.) &lt;strong&gt;A huge number of answers to a wide variety of questions about different Ubuntu topics advise to run commands in a Terminal, and those commands are run by bash.&lt;/strong&gt; We often comment to ask users to run bash commands to gather missing information for their questions, as well. To declare bash scripting off-topic for this site would, it seems to me, be extreme and inadvisable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions about running a bash script on Ubuntu are thus virtually always on-topic for this site, unless some completely unrelated factor makes them off-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A bash scripting question that's attempting to report a bug rather than ask a question would be off-topic, just like any other bug report.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If someone who isn't using Ubuntu at all asks a bash scripting question, that would be off-topic.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But there's nothing about the topic of bash scripting that makes a question any more likely to be off-topic, compared to questions about any other core Ubuntu-related topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, even in the cases where a bash scripting question happens to be off-topic for an unrelated reason, the actual reason for closure should be made clear, so people are not misled about our policies or about the technical relationship between Ubuntu and the bash shell.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think one of the reasons users are sometimes inclined to try to push bash scripting questions off the site is that there are several Stack Exchange sites where such questions are on-topic. Sometimes reviewers think a question would have been better asked elsewhere, even if it is strictly speaking on topic here. But there are at least four problems with closing bash questions for that reason:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Bash is a critically important part of Ubuntu, and people should feel (and be) welcome to ask questions about it here.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We don't have a policy that such questions are off-topic. I hope we never have such a policy, but even if one day we do, &lt;em&gt;we don't right now&lt;/em&gt; and it is a misuse of the system to close on-topic questions based on one's personal preferences.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Users experienced on Ask Ubuntu often don't know when a question would be a better fit for another site. For example, sometimes someone posts a bash question that is poorly researched or unclear and is told in comments to ask it on Stack Overflow. But without modifications the question would not be welcome there; even if it needs to be closed here, we should not simply advise them to go ask it there. This doesn't help the OP, and is actively bad for Stack Overflow.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;When a question is on-topic on the site where it is asked, network-wide policy says we should not push it off to another site.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This last point is worth explaining and elaborating. As &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/811/shog9&quot;&gt;community manager Shog9&lt;/a&gt; wrote in &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2012/03/respect-the-community-your-own-and-others/&quot;&gt;Respect the community – your own, and others’&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Respecting your own community&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As members of a community, your first loyalty should be to &lt;em&gt;that&lt;/em&gt;&#xA;community. When evaluating a question, you shouldn’t be looking to&#xA;push it off on some other site; instead, ask if it could be&#xA;appropriate and on-topic for you, the experts who the author decided&#xA;to ask. &lt;strong&gt;Be a bit jealous of your site&lt;/strong&gt; – don’t blithely turn askers&#xA;away simply because their question could be asked somewhere else.&#xA;Don’t hit them over the head with your scope, help them tailor their&#xA;question to fit into it – and if that means your site’s scope overlaps&#xA;a bit with another site’s, so be it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2015-04-09T20:26:46.080" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13810" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13668" CreationDate="2015-04-11T02:22:24.763" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Strictly speaking, the text &quot;This is a favorite question (click again to undo)&quot; is perhaps unambiguous.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But depending on how one happens to read it, it may take considerable effort to see what it means, and some users may be confused or even fooled into thinking it means the opposite--as you say.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I think you're right. This would best be changed. Your suggestion of making it say &quot;Click to make this a favorite question, click again to undo&quot; would, I think, be an improvement. But I'd suggest this instead:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;For questions that are not favorited already, it should say:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Make favorite (click again to unfavorite)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;For questions that are already favorited, it should say:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Remove favorite (click again to re-favorite)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This has the disadvantage of introducing potentially unfamiliar words &quot;unfavorite&quot; and &quot;refavorite,&quot; but those words have intuitive meanings.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This has the advantage of brevity and even greater clarity as to exactly what the effect will be of clicking the star button.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2015-04-11T02:22:24.763" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13811" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-04-11T13:25:32.187" Score="-3" ViewCount="45" Body="&lt;p&gt;I had suggested before also that questions from new users should not be posted directly on the site rather they should be moderated first and they should be visible to only users with high reputation (say 600 rep) so that &lt;strong&gt;duplicate posts, rants and spam like posts&lt;/strong&gt; could be controlled. And once the user has atleast 10 reputation or &lt;strong&gt;he/she has asked two questions&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;which are not a duplicate and are not a spam&lt;/em&gt;, this moderation for posting his/her questions on site should be removed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This would make Ask Ubuntu clean.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="278703" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2015-04-12T04:07:57.340" LastActivityDate="2015-04-12T04:07:57.340" Title="Why not moderate questions from new users before making them visible on site?" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|asking-questions|review|new-users|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13812" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13811" CreationDate="2015-04-11T14:35:20.967" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's always difficult to find the &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_brick_road&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;yellow brick road&lt;/a&gt; when dealing with any group of humans!  &lt;strong&gt;;-)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most users are decent and nearly all &lt;em&gt;mean well&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;sub&gt;You're such an example as otherwise you wouldn't be asking this question...&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The system is not perfect, but most users understand that by the time they have 20 rep that this site is a bit different from the traditional forum and by the time they hit 10000 rep they are still learning and still get corrected...  (Well, dumbasses like me still get corrected)  &lt;strong&gt;&gt;:)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It can sometimes be a drag if you see &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/low-quality-posts&quot;&gt;yet another low quality post&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt; but that's why this was set up that way...  Don't just edit their answer, but leave a comment that they should review your edits, tell them to visit the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tour&quot;&gt;Ask Ubuntu Tour&lt;/a&gt; to better understand how this site works, have them review the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/editing-help&quot;&gt;editing help&lt;/a&gt; to improve the readability of their questions and, basically, help advance the human race towards more open and free software!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;:-)&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2015-04-11T14:35:20.967" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13813" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13782" CreationDate="2015-04-11T20:31:37.117" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;edit reviews: the suggestion comment is not highlighted any more&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The comment from the suggesting person used to be immediately visible (different background IIRC)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now it doesn't look differently than the rest&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/JRhQ7.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastActivityDate="2015-04-11T20:31:37.117" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13814" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13816" CreationDate="2015-04-11T20:46:07.430" Score="2" ViewCount="34" Body="&lt;p&gt;If I would like ask a question that applies to just the default flavor of Ubuntu specifically (not Xubuntu, Lubuntu, Ubuntu GNOME, etc.), how should I phrase and tag it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="181242" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2015-04-12T04:06:40.003" LastActivityDate="2015-04-12T04:06:40.003" Title="How do I ask a question that applies to the default flavor of Ubuntu specifically?" Tags="|discussion|tags|asking-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13815" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13817" CreationDate="2015-04-11T20:52:32.253" Score="1" ViewCount="32" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'd like to know &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/608144/181242&quot;&gt;how to replicate the process of building Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt;. How do I tag such a question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="181242" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2015-04-12T16:45:40.053" Title="I'd like to know how to replicate the process of building Ubuntu. How do I tag such a question?" Tags="|discussion|tags|asking-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13816" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13814" CreationDate="2015-04-11T20:57:13.337" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;If it's specific to standard Ubuntu's DE (Desktop Environment) &lt;em&gt;Unity&lt;/em&gt;, use the tag &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/unity&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;unity&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;unity&lt;/a&gt;. Other flavours use other DEs (Xubuntu=XFCE; Lubuntu=LXDE; Kubuntu=KDE;...)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Additionally, you can clearly write in your question, that you want answers about standard Ubuntu with Unity and nothing that is different in other flavours. So simple is it. :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastActivityDate="2015-04-11T20:57:13.337" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13817" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13815" CreationDate="2015-04-12T16:45:40.053" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think this depends on what you mean by &quot;building.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Currently you've tagged the question &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/compiling&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;compiling&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;compiling&lt;/a&gt;. If you actually want to build your system from source packages (i.e., compiling everything from source rather than installing it from downloaded binary packages), you should keep this tag, and also clarify explicitly in your question that this is what you want. But if you're going to build your system from binary packages, you should remove &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/compiling&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;compiling&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;compiling&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since you're interested in creating bootable media, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/608144/how-do-i-build-the-ubuntu-installation-media#comment852492_608144&quot;&gt;as bodhi.zazen has suggested&lt;/a&gt; it looks like you want to customize a live CD/DVD/USB from scratch. You might use the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/customization&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;customization&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;customization&lt;/a&gt; tag, though that tag does suffer from being quite general.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you're attempting to create a new, Ubuntu-based distro--or you're trying to figure out how to build Ubuntu from scratch with that purpose in mind--then you could use the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/custom-distributions&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;custom-distributions&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;custom-distributions&lt;/a&gt; tag. Going by some of the questions with this tag, &lt;em&gt;arguably&lt;/em&gt; it may also be used in a more general way for any situation where someone creates their own custom version of the Ubuntu live or server/alternate installation ISOs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/live-environment&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;live-environment&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;live-environment&lt;/a&gt; tag applies if it's the desktop image you're customizing (rather than the server image, mini image, or--for older releases that had it--the alternate image). Sometimes people use &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/live-cd&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;live-cd&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;live-cd&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/live-usb&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;live-usb&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;live-usb&lt;/a&gt;. Though &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/live-environment&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;live-environment&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;live-environment&lt;/a&gt; is more general (which is sometimes considered bad), in this case &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/live-environment&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;live-environment&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;live-environment&lt;/a&gt; is often more appropriate. Presumably you want your customized image to work on both optical media and USB pendrives! I wouldn't use all three of these tags, mostly because a question can only have five tags and it would be most useful for them to have more distinct meanings, but also because &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/live-environment&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;live-environment&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;live-environment&lt;/a&gt; adequately covers the meaning of all of them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since you are making an &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/iso&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;iso&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;iso&lt;/a&gt;, you could use that tag, though that is also quite general. I'd probably use it, unless I found four other tags that were all more helpful than it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We have tags like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/uck&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;uck&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;uck&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/remastersys&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;remastersys&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;remastersys&lt;/a&gt; referring to specific tools that are sometimes used to create custom installation media. However, you likely won't be using either of those tools, especially since you seem to want to create your ISO from scratch rather than starting with an existing ISO. (Even if you weren't, these days I don't think those tools are as widely used as in the past.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, there is currently some ambiguity in your question, due to the phrase &quot;taking the stock Ubuntu as a starting point.&quot; If, rather than starting from scratch but &lt;em&gt;replicating&lt;/em&gt; the stock Ubuntu, you currently wish simply to unpack is contents and then put them back together with no or minimal changes, then much of what you're doing would be to extract an recreate the squashfs filesystem. In that case you could use the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/squashfs&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;squashfs&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;squashfs&lt;/a&gt; tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2015-04-12T16:45:40.053" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13818" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13821" CreationDate="2015-04-12T20:47:22.940" Score="2" ViewCount="73" Body="&lt;p&gt;I apologize in advance, because I know the answer to this question will be very trival. But I've &lt;em&gt;never&lt;/em&gt; found a way to see questions' / answers' revisions history other than to manually edit the link in the address bar within the &quot;edit&quot; page. Does the drop-down menu in it actually do something? Because it never did &lt;em&gt;anything&lt;/em&gt; for me, so I really can't tell if that's an issue of my browser or if that's how it's supposed to be.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="380067" LastActivityDate="2015-04-12T21:08:22.857" Title="How to see questions' / answers' revisions history?" Tags="|discussion|revision-history|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13819" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13823" CreationDate="2015-04-12T20:56:53.653" Score="14" ViewCount="164" Body="&lt;p&gt;Linking directly to a specific manual page in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://manpages.ubuntu.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Manpage Repository&lt;/a&gt; is not ideal, because the URL points to a manpage for a specific Ubuntu release, which will become obsolete and may even one day be removed, as detailed in &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/11744/22949&quot;&gt;this answer by Volker Siegel&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, the commonly recommended ways to link to online manpages so a page for a current release is automatically selected (including the recommendation in that answer) &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;don't work the way people think they do, and often fail.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; I am hoping someone may have insight into a better way to do it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;Strictly speaking, I could've asked this question on the main site, since it's about making links to &lt;a href=&quot;http://manpages.ubuntu.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the Ubuntu manpages&lt;/a&gt; (an Ubuntu topic) and has applications outside Ask Ubuntu. But since in practice this is particularly of interest in writing posts on our site, I've asked this on meta instead. Note also that while this relates closely to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/797/22949&quot;&gt;How to link to manpages?&lt;/a&gt;, this is a much narrower question, the answers there do not solve this problem, and the question asked there does not motivate consideration of this specific problem.&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;The Original Problem&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When one views a specific manual page on &lt;a href=&quot;http://manpages.ubuntu.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;manpages.ubuntu.com&lt;/a&gt;, the URL looks like &lt;a href=&quot;http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/utopic/en/man1/ls.1.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/utopic/en/man1/ls.1.html&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, where:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;utopic&lt;/code&gt; is Ubuntu release.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;en&lt;/code&gt; is the language (English).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;man1&lt;/code&gt; and the &lt;code&gt;1&lt;/code&gt; before &lt;code&gt;.html&lt;/code&gt; specify which section of the manual contains the page.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;ls&lt;/code&gt; is the name of the page, within that section.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Whatever release's manpage is linked to, that release will become obsolete, eventually become unsupported (end-of-life), and may ultimately be removed from the manpages repository. Even if it remains, most of the time we link to manpages we'd prefer readers see the newest manpage, rather than some old one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;The Common &amp;quot;Fix&amp;quot;&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The mostly widely recommended way to universalize an Ubuntu manpage link is to use a URL like &lt;a href=&quot;http://manpages.ubuntu.com/ls&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;http://manpages.ubuntu.com/ls&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. This sometimes works but &lt;strong&gt;frequently gives the wrong page&lt;/strong&gt;. In particular, for &lt;code&gt;ls&lt;/code&gt; this redirects the &lt;code&gt;ls&lt;/code&gt; manpage, for the most recent stable Ubuntu release, &lt;em&gt;in section 1posix of the manual&lt;/em&gt;, rather than in section 1. Currently it gives the page &lt;a href=&quot;http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/utopic/en/man1/ls.1posix.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/utopic/en/man1/ls.1posix.html&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/342106/22949&quot;&gt;These &amp;quot;POSIX manpages&amp;quot;&lt;/a&gt; are not usually what we want to refer people to, as they document what the standard says about a minimal and fully POSIX-compliant &lt;code&gt;ls&lt;/code&gt;; the actual &lt;code&gt;ls&lt;/code&gt; in Ubuntu is different.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The problem is that the page is not always selected from the desired section of the manpage. In particular, &lt;a href=&quot;http://manpages.ubuntu.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;manpages.ubuntu.com&lt;/a&gt; seems always to select pages from the highest possible section. This is strange and might be considered a bug; I'm not sure. (The &lt;code&gt;man&lt;/code&gt; command itself selects the lowest possible section when no section number is given.) I'm also not really sure this is &lt;em&gt;exactly&lt;/em&gt; how the online repository works--see below.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;The Refined &amp;quot;Fix&amp;quot;&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A less common refinement is to put the section number in the URL also, like &lt;a href=&quot;http://manpages.ubuntu.com/ls.1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;http://manpages.ubuntu.com/ls.1&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. This works more often, &lt;strong&gt;but still sometimes fails&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;code&gt;ls&lt;/code&gt; is one of the manpages for which it fails.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A similar refinement is to use a longer link &lt;a href=&quot;http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/man1/ls.1.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/man1/ls.1.html&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. This might seem intuitively like it would work better, but it does not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I presume the reason this &lt;em&gt;still&lt;/em&gt; redirects to the &lt;code&gt;ls.1posix&lt;/code&gt; manpage instead of the &lt;code&gt;ls.1&lt;/code&gt; manpage is that it is being treated as a search term and &lt;code&gt;ls.1posix&lt;/code&gt; &lt;em&gt;contains&lt;/em&gt; (and thus matches the search for) &lt;code&gt;ls.1&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But that doesn't explain why it &lt;em&gt;does&lt;/em&gt; work for &lt;code&gt;chmod&lt;/code&gt;: &lt;a href=&quot;http://manpages.ubuntu.com/chmod&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;http://manpages.ubuntu.com/chmod&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/a&gt; redirects to the &lt;code&gt;chmod&lt;/code&gt; page in section 3posix of the manual, while &lt;a href=&quot;http://manpages.ubuntu.com/chmod.1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;http://manpages.ubuntu.com/chmod.1&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/a&gt; redirects to the &lt;code&gt;chmod&lt;/code&gt; page in section 1 of the manual, even though a &lt;code&gt;chmod&lt;/code&gt; page in section 1posix of the manual does also exist!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe the reason for &lt;em&gt;that&lt;/em&gt; is that &lt;code&gt;ls.1posix&lt;/code&gt; is &lt;a href=&quot;http://manpages.ubuntu.com/cgi-bin/search.py?q=ls.1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;listed last&lt;/a&gt; after &lt;code&gt;ls.1&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;ls.1plan9&lt;/code&gt;, and thus selected by the search for &lt;code&gt;ls.1&lt;/code&gt;; in contrast, &lt;code&gt;chmod.1posix&lt;/code&gt; is &lt;a href=&quot;http://manpages.ubuntu.com/cgi-bin/search.py?q=chmod.1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;listed first&lt;/a&gt; before &lt;code&gt;chmod.1&lt;/code&gt;, so searching for &lt;code&gt;chmod.1&lt;/code&gt; selects the &lt;code&gt;chmod.1&lt;/code&gt; page instead. But I have no idea why &lt;em&gt;that&lt;/em&gt; is, how to predict which will be listed last without actually checking, and how (if there is a way) to make a release-agnostic link that will always resolve to a current manpage for a specific command in a specific section of the manual.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Other Possibilities?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The traditional way for documentation to refer to manpages, in the UNIX world, is with syntax like ls(1). Unfortunately &lt;a href=&quot;http://manpages.ubuntu.com/cgi-bin/search.py?q=ls%281%29&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this is not supported at all in the Ubuntu manpages repository&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One possibility is to simply not solve the original problem. Then one's manpage links work reliably, but become obsolete, and may eventually stop working. Or, more likely, they may eventually come to have the same problem as is introduced by the fixes proposed so far. For example, &lt;a href=&quot;http://%60http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/feisty/en/man1/ls.1.html%60&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/feisty/en/man1/ls.1.html&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/a&gt; currently redirects to &lt;a href=&quot;http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/utopic/en/man1/ls.1posix.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the &lt;code&gt;ls.1posix&lt;/code&gt; manpage for Utopic&lt;/a&gt; (same as &lt;a href=&quot;http://manpages.ubuntu.com/ls.1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;http://manpages.ubuntu.com/ls.1&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Keeping the &lt;code&gt;manpages/&lt;/code&gt; part of the URL (e.g., &lt;a href=&quot;http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/ls.1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/ls.1&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/a&gt;) does not help--the search and redirection works the same.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Theoretically we could just update manpage links frequently, finding ones that look outdated with &lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/askubuntu/queries&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the data explorer&lt;/a&gt;, manually reading the surrounding context to ensure updating them to a later version is really appropriate, and then updating them. In practice I don't think this is a workable solution. Even in the best case, it would take a great deal of work, the effort would require constant renewal, and would take energy away from other, more important site maintenance (and answering people's questions).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I (or someone) could report a bug against &lt;a href=&quot;https://launchpad.net/ubuntu-manpage-repository&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the &lt;code&gt;ubuntu-manpage-repository&lt;/code&gt; project&lt;/a&gt;. This seems like &lt;a href=&quot;https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-manpage-repository/+bug/606456&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;bug 606456&lt;/a&gt; at first glance, but I think that's actually an unrelated problem. The feature requested in untriaged &lt;a href=&quot;https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-manpage-repository/+bug/680229&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;bug 680229&lt;/a&gt; for a &lt;code&gt;current/&lt;/code&gt; symlink would, if implemented, provide a solution to this meta question, but it's had no activity since 2011.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;maybe there is already some good way of achieving stable, release-agnostic links to individual Ubuntu manpages&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;, and it just has to be brought out from obscurity into the light of day. Does anyone know of one, or otherwise have any advice as to how to proceed toward a solution to this problem (or &lt;em&gt;whether or not&lt;/em&gt; to proceed)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2015-04-12T22:13:24.780" Title="Is there a reliable, release-agnostic way to link to manpages?" Tags="|discussion|hyperlinks|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13821" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13818" CreationDate="2015-04-12T21:08:22.857" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;If a question has been edited, you can view its revision history by clicking on the link above the user card of the most recent editor.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/D4jRj.png&quot; alt=&quot;screenshot showing link to revision history&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2015-04-12T21:08:22.857" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13822" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13819" CreationDate="2015-04-12T21:32:02.263" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;.1&lt;/code&gt; matches &lt;code&gt;.1posix&lt;/code&gt; because a &lt;code&gt;*&lt;/code&gt; is tacked on to the &lt;a href=&quot;http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~kirkland/ubuntu-manpage-repository/main/view/head:/cgi-bin/search.py#L117&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;search string&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;path = &quot;../www/manpages/%s/%s/man%d/%s.%d%s*.html&quot; % (d, lr, i, t, i, extra)&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As to why the ordering is weird, it's because they use &lt;a href=&quot;http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~kirkland/ubuntu-manpage-repository/main/view/head:/cgi-bin/search.py#L120&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;glob.glob&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, which has &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6773584/how-is-pythons-glob-glob-ordered&quot;&gt;weird ordering&lt;/a&gt;. One quick fix would be to sort by length, which would return shorter (and presumably more exact). In any case, a &quot;fix&quot; from the client side looks difficult.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-05-23T12:39:54.233" LastActivityDate="2015-04-12T21:32:02.263" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13823" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13819" CreationDate="2015-04-12T21:46:08.747" Score="19" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is a very decent proposal but I'm not sure it's worth the effort. Personally, I very rarely link to man pages. Instead, I tend to do something like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As explained in &lt;code&gt;man ls&lt;/code&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Quote the relevant section of the man page here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This has several advantages:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It teaches people how to fish as opposed to just feeding them (&lt;code&gt;man ls&lt;/code&gt;).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I can be sure that whatever &lt;code&gt;man ls&lt;/code&gt; produces on the reader's system, that will be the relevant man page for the user reading it (even if it differs from what I have quoted).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It keeps the information here, avoiding the need to go off site.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It makes the answer portable to other distributions. I know this is Ask &lt;em&gt;Ubuntu&lt;/em&gt; and portability is not really relevant (and correctly so), but there's nothing wrong with making an answer more global and helping someone who finds it and happens to be using another distro. As long as the answer is correct for Ubuntu and primarily targeted at Ubuntu, making it more portable can only be a benefit.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For those, in my experience, rare cases where a link to a man page needs to be provided, I would just link to the manual of the current version and leave it at that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, do we have any data on how many manual pages are different in Ubuntu versus Debian? I have been using &lt;a href=&quot;http://linux.die.net/man/1/ls&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;linux.die.net&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://ss64.com/bash/ls.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;ss64.com&lt;/a&gt; for many years and on many different distributions. I guess I must have, at some point, come across a case where the information there did not match the distribution I was using at the time but, if so, it was such a rare occurrence that I don't even remember it. Usually, the generic man pages serve perfectly well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Given that i) we can generally just quote the man page directly and so don't need to link to them and ii) that the generic (Linux, not UNIX or POSIX) man pages from the sites I mention above or manpages.ubuntu.com are going to be enough in the vast majority of cases, I don't think this is worth spending much effort on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, if there is an automated system that always links to the most recent Ubuntu man page, we may as well use that, but if not, I don't really think it's a big enough issue to warrant building something.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2015-04-12T22:13:24.780" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13824" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-04-13T06:22:30.543" Score="0" ViewCount="61" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was looking through badges, and I've noticed that those three actually have a really high threshold to be reached in order to be awarded (compared to the difficulty of the task itself), proven by the fact that only 391 users have been awarded &lt;code&gt;Mortarboard&lt;/code&gt;, only 5 have been awarded &lt;code&gt;Epic&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;none&lt;/strong&gt; has ever been awared &lt;code&gt;Legendary&lt;/code&gt;. Perhaps an escalation along the lines of &lt;code&gt;Popular Question&lt;/code&gt; / &lt;code&gt;Notable Question&lt;/code&gt; / &lt;code&gt;Famous Question&lt;/code&gt; like 1 (&lt;code&gt;Mortarboard&lt;/code&gt;) - 25 (&lt;code&gt;Epic&lt;/code&gt;) - 100 (&lt;code&gt;Legenday&lt;/code&gt;) would fit better?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Leaderboard &lt;a href=&quot;https://data.stackexchange.com/askubuntu/query/160805/legendary-badge-advancement-topcount&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;here!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="380067" LastEditorUserId="380067" LastEditDate="2015-04-13T07:33:46.687" LastActivityDate="2015-04-13T14:20:42.400" Title="Mortarboard / Epic / Legendary badges threshold too high?" Tags="|discussion|badges|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13825" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13824" CreationDate="2015-04-13T06:50:47.610" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The Legendary badge is there to be hard to get. Epic was not that hard to get :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;and none has ever been awared Legendary&quot; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One of us soon will reach it. I am not that one by the way since I am on 76/150 (in case anyone wonders how to find out: see &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/reputation&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/reputation&lt;/a&gt; at the bottom). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Quality over quantity :D&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2015-04-13T07:01:17.043" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13826" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13824" CreationDate="2015-04-13T06:53:16.990" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, I don't think they are too high. Each SE site has its own voting culture, and it's been noted time and again that we don't vote much - we vote less than, for example, Unix &amp;amp; Linux. We have only two 100k users, U&amp;amp;L have two of those and one 200k user. They also have awarded the Legendary badge &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/help/badges/27/legendary&quot;&gt;thrice&lt;/a&gt;. Yet we best them on all but one of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/sites?view=list#traffic&quot;&gt;traffic stats&lt;/a&gt;. We are just a tough community.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:37:19.280" LastActivityDate="2015-04-13T11:31:54.387" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13827" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-04-13T08:49:22.743" Score="3" ViewCount="25" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is a particular user submitting a large number of edits, half of which at least are invalid. Is the large number of rejected edits raising any automatic flags to the moderators? Or should these cases be reported manually?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="177437" LastActivityDate="2015-04-13T11:28:18.797" Title="Automatic flag(s) on large number of edit rejections" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13828" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13839" CreationDate="2015-04-13T08:58:51.793" Score="3" ViewCount="97" Body="&lt;p&gt;I usually highlight anything that should stick out from regular statements like a program name, a command, a string or a value by enclosing it between backticks, while I usually highlight something like an option (e.g. a drop-down menu entry) or a button label by enclosing it into double-quotes. Are those deemed like correct ways to do this? Are there better ways? Or better, is there an explicit and comprehensive guideline / convention which covers all those cases?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm asking this because I've seen my posts' formatting being edited many times, but I've never noticed a common pattern across the various edits, so it seems like everyone tends to use its very own, plus now that I'm reviewing suggested edits I'd like to estabilish an unique way for myself to review the formatting, possibly based on which way it's deemed to be the best for readibility since, again, everyone seems to use its very own.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="380067" LastEditorUserId="380067" LastEditDate="2015-04-13T09:59:31.807" LastActivityDate="2015-04-14T23:50:39.057" Title="Formatting guideline / convention for program names, commands, strings, values, (...)?" Tags="|discussion|formatting|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13829" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13830" CreationDate="2015-04-13T10:36:57.343" Score="0" ViewCount="75" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Recommend Close&lt;/strong&gt; to recommend that this question be closed&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/X5vNu.png&quot; alt=&quot;img&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Perhaps it should be &quot;&lt;strong&gt;Recommend Close&lt;/strong&gt; to recommend that this question &lt;em&gt;should&lt;/em&gt; be closed&quot;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="380067" LastActivityDate="2015-04-13T11:12:40.977" Title="Grammatically incorrect &quot;Recommend close&quot; button description in low quality post review page" Tags="|bug|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13830" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13829" CreationDate="2015-04-13T11:12:40.977" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, that seems fine to me. And a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.google.co.in/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&amp;amp;ion=1&amp;amp;espv=2&amp;amp;ie=UTF-8#newwindow=1&amp;amp;safe=off&amp;amp;q=%22recommend%20that%20*%20be%20closed%22&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Google search&lt;/a&gt; shows it's not an uncommon construct, going as far back as 1808 in the Books search.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2015-04-13T11:12:40.977" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13831" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13827" CreationDate="2015-04-13T11:28:18.797" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/91392/270345&quot;&gt;automatic bans&lt;/a&gt; - but the edit should be rejected. It may happen that you reject it, but two others accept it - and your rejection won't count (at least, as far as I can tell).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2015-04-13T11:28:18.797" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13832" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-04-13T12:52:10.390" Score="2" ViewCount="47" Body="&lt;p&gt;I had &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/278703/faizan?tab=activity&amp;amp;sort=suggestions&quot;&gt;suggested edits&lt;/a&gt; to many questions and answers and my edits were genuine: those posts had formatting or grammar mistakes but many of my suggested edits got rejected. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since many posts had only one mistake (or more but less than 6 characters) and according to AU editing rules there should be edits at 6 places or more otherwise it doesn't allow to save the edits for a low rep user like me. Thus, I edit their question a little bit more (like replacing &quot;ubuntu&quot; with &quot;Ubuntu&quot; and &lt;code&gt;apt-get&lt;/code&gt; with &lt;code&gt;sudo apt-get&lt;/code&gt;) so as to make edited characters more than 6 but then my edits are being rejected. On the other hand some user with high rep doesn't have this limit (editing post at 6 or more places), thus their edits are directly visible. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So how to edit such posts for a low rep user like me and if I edit them correct way, why are they being rejected?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="278703" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2015-04-13T14:52:03.297" Title="How do I edit questions which don't have to be corrected at atleast 6 places?" Tags="|discussion|support|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13833" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13832" CreationDate="2015-04-13T13:02:19.590" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;From the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/editing&quot;&gt;help center&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;When should I edit posts?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[...]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edits are expected to be substantial and to leave the post better than you found it. [...]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That rule is there for a reason: if you can't give a post a substantial enough edit &lt;strong&gt;or&lt;/strong&gt; you can't &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3906/how-to-make-small-but-important-edits?rq=1&quot;&gt;give it a really necessary improvement&lt;/a&gt; (which likely is the reason for the non-acceptance), than the post in first place doesn't &lt;em&gt;really&lt;/em&gt; need to be edited. Furthermore, as in your &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/401149&quot;&gt;last rejected suggested edit&lt;/a&gt;, the post might need to be improved further, and this is another possible reason for the rejections.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="380067" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2015-04-13T14:52:03.297" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13834" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13832" CreationDate="2015-04-13T13:52:23.890" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You've had a few edits rejected and most approved. Three of those that were rejected had reasons: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One was a &quot;reject and edit&quot; and the reviewer went back to the original and completely reworded it.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The other one is by a person I know well and he just likes to have the link to an external site in plain &lt;a href=&quot;http://lmgtfy.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://lmgtfy.com&lt;/a&gt; style to ensure clear communication that this is off-site and doesn't like the &lt;a href=&quot;http://lmgtfy&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt; so he rejected an edit &lt;em&gt;to his own post himself&lt;/em&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The other one was rejected by the system due to a subsequent edit...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm a reviewer and I'm not perfect.  I try to do the best job I can and so do you.  I normally &quot;approve and edit&quot; unless I've warned you in a comment or the chat room and you keep making the same mistakes. (unless it's just a &lt;em&gt;really bad edit&lt;/em&gt;, in which case I just reject and edit...)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other reviewers will just &quot;approve&quot; or &quot;reject&quot; to go through the queue quicker without any subsequent edits, so it's hard to guess for you (or me or anyone else) why some things got rejected.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you would like more info on particular edits and it was me who rejected, feel free to drop by in the chat room and ping me...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="344926" LastEditDate="2015-04-13T14:12:12.497" LastActivityDate="2015-04-13T14:12:12.497" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13835" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13824" CreationDate="2015-04-13T14:20:42.400" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;And I'm the only one with a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/badges/55/reversal&quot;&gt;Reversal badge&lt;/a&gt; though it'll take me another 10 years for a Legendary badge...  :-(&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2015-04-13T14:20:42.400" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13836" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10437" CreationDate="2015-04-13T16:20:22.227" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I completely understand what you mean.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Like anything, it seems quite impossible to catch all possible situations in rules. On one hand it feels unfair to send someone, who posted as first, a message that &quot;it was aked before&quot;. At the same time, suggesting that time is not an issue in determining which one is the duplicate, also gives the wrong impression. That would be the case if you'd replace the &quot;before&quot; by &quot;after&quot; or &quot;elsewhere&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Time &lt;em&gt;does&lt;/em&gt; play a role, but not the &lt;em&gt;only&lt;/em&gt; one. Valid rule or not, it feels silly to answer a neglected, unanswered and forgotten question, while there is a fresh and well written (duplicate) one on the table. I probably wouldn't.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;em&gt;time line&lt;/em&gt; on one hand and the &lt;em&gt;actuality&lt;/em&gt; of a question and tho possible feedback on the other hand are both completely valid points of view that occasionally will clash. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you can catch it in a rule without creating new downsides, you should. I don't see one however.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastActivityDate="2015-04-13T16:20:22.227" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13837" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-04-13T16:23:49.913" Score="1" ViewCount="137" Body="&lt;p&gt;A question isn't off-topic simply because it's about an EOL release. If the problem is &lt;em&gt;specific&lt;/em&gt; to that release, sure, but not otherwise.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions like the following are on-topic:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/608813/158442&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/q/608813/158442&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/608649/wifi-is-unable-to-connect-with-ubuntu-10-04lts&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/608649/wifi-is-unable-to-connect-with-ubuntu-10-04lts&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do read:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/12160/158442&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/12160/158442&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2015-04-13T20:56:20.717" Title="Reminder: Questions on EOL releases are not off-topic simply because they're EOL releases" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13838" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13837" CreationDate="2015-04-13T20:56:20.717" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;While I'm all for leaving cross-version issues open, I'm not happy that your examples meet that criterion and in my mind both should remain closed. To explain, I'll pick this up from your comment:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Can either of you say for sure that upgrading will solve either problem?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not at all, but &lt;strong&gt;the burden of proof isn't on us&lt;/strong&gt;. The user should be testing their hardware on a supported version of Ubuntu. It's free and 99% of times  can be tested from a Live environment in 10 minutes or less. It either works and they have a solution; or it doesn't and with an edit or two, they have an on-topic question. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;People are free to run whatever version of Ubuntu they like but they can only expect support on the latest, supported versions. This is as much for our benefit as it is theirs. None of us should want crusty vulnerable old software connected on the internet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2015-04-13T20:56:20.717" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13839" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13828" CreationDate="2015-04-13T23:13:58.407" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;There's no one right way to do it. Formatting that is clearly useful and that is applied consistenly within a post is generally good, and does not need to be changed by editing. Formatting that serves no purpose or that is applied inconsistently should be avoided, and fixed by editing when found.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In general when editing, I recommend trying to keep with the style the author has used, unless:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the current style is causing problems, &lt;em&gt;or&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;there is no clearly identifiable style, whether because formatting is inconsistently applied or for some other reason, &lt;em&gt;or&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you are mostly rewriting or considerably expanding the post, and a different style seems better in light of these changes.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since there is less of a &amp;quot;one right way&amp;quot; for formatting than for something like spelling or punctuation, formatting that is readable and consistent should usually be kept. (In contrast, if someone has spelled Ubuntu as &amp;quot;unbuntu&amp;quot; all nineteen times it appears in their post, this should still be fixed.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Code Formatting&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Depending on what you mean by &amp;quot;program name,&amp;quot; it might not be a good idea to format that specially as code--or at all. When text refers to a command or executable, like &lt;code&gt;sudo&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;software-center&lt;/code&gt;, and &lt;code&gt;/bin/ping&lt;/code&gt;, it's often helpful to give it code formatting. But names of software, like &amp;quot;Ubuntu 14.04 LTS,&amp;quot; &amp;quot;Software Center,&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;Firefox,&amp;quot; do not in general benefit from any special formatting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I've enclosed them in quotes here, but only because in this case I am talking about the names themselves rather than the things named by them.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A good general rule is that only text that is codelike in some significant way or which requires code formatting to be efficiently readable should have code formatting.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Occasionally someone italicizes or bolds all the proper names and brand names in a post naming programs, hardware components, etc. This is not useful. Names that are incorrectly in lower case should be capitalized, but besides that there is no special way these names should be presented.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;&lt;sub&gt;Some projects/products and even a few people deliberately don't capitalize the first letter of their names even at the beginning of a sentence (e.g., &lt;a href=&quot;http://mtpaint.sourceforge.net/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;mtPaint&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.apple.com/itunes/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;iTunes&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;vSphere&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.qbittorrent.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;qBittorrent&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.idsoftware.com/en-us&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;id Software&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;x86&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ghs.com/products/micro_velosity.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;µ-velOSity&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://nescc.sourceforge.net/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;nesC&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.o-xml.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;o:XML&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.oreilly.com/pub/au/1071&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;brian d foy&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_hooks&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;bell hooks&lt;/a&gt;). These don't need to be capitalized and, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/28/books/28chic.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;unless a capitalized alternate form is already widely accepted&lt;/a&gt;, shouldn't be.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;This is not to say that such terms must never have special formatting, just that their function of naming software (or hardware, a person, etc.) is no reason to format them specially.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think these examples are reasonably formatted:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do not recommend automating LibreOffice Calc in COBOL, but if you do choose to attempt this, you need not run &lt;code&gt;cobc&lt;/code&gt; with &lt;code&gt;sudo&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In particular, a space after &lt;code&gt;~&lt;/code&gt; or the first &lt;code&gt;/&lt;/code&gt; will delete everything in your home folder, &lt;em&gt;including all your AbiWord documents.&lt;/em&gt; I suggest &lt;code&gt;cd ~/.config &amp;amp;&amp;amp; rm -r abiword&lt;/code&gt; as a safer way to delete your AbiWord profile.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Labels in Graphical Interfaces&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are even fewer universally applicable guidelines when it comes to the formatting of text that labels command buttons, checkboxes, tabs, menu items, and other UI elements. I've seen--and, in various different posts, used--double quotes, italics, and bold.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Consistency within a post is still important, but this doesn't always mean using only one kind of formatting. For example, an author might choose to italicize the names of tabs and command buttons while enclosing checkbox labels in quotes. A paragraph like this in an answer is probably fine:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the Software &amp;amp; Updates utility, click the &lt;em&gt;Updates&lt;/em&gt; tab. Under &amp;quot;Install updates from,&amp;quot; make sure &amp;quot;Important security updates (vivid-security)&amp;quot; is checked. Click &lt;em&gt;Close&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But that is certainly not the only acceptable way to format it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's usually bad to use different formatting for the labels of multiple UI elements &lt;em&gt;of the same type&lt;/em&gt;, such as two command buttons. Avoid this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you make a mistake, click &amp;quot;Revert.&amp;quot; Otherwise, click &lt;em&gt;Close&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Further Reading&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/89/style-guide-for-questions-and-answers&quot;&gt;Style guide for questions and answers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/5435/how-much-markup-is-tolerated&quot;&gt;How much markup is tolerated?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/7219/what-is-the-correct-way-to-format-search-terms-button-names-etc&quot;&gt;What is the correct way to format search terms, button names, etc.?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/11899/why-do-people-edit-in-usually-pointless-bold-and-italics-to-questions&quot;&gt;Why do people edit in (usually pointless) bold and italics to questions?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/12142/proper-use-of-bold-and-italic-text-in-posts&quot;&gt;Proper use of Bold and Italic text in posts?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/7707/formatting-backticks-and-editing&quot;&gt;Formatting, backticks and editing&lt;/a&gt; (citing &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/135112/inline-code-spans-should-not-be-used-for-emphasis-right&quot;&gt;Inline Code Spans should not be used for emphasis, right?&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/7437/using-code-ticks-for-technical-term-highlighting-considered-harmful&quot;&gt;Using code ticks for technical term highlighting considered harmful&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/11695/is-using-code-styling-for-non-code-samples-okay&quot;&gt;Is using `code` styling for non-code samples okay?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/6770/what-can-i-do-about-unwelcome-edits&quot;&gt;What can I do about unwelcome edits?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/830/editing-tips-and-tricks&quot;&gt;Editing tips and tricks&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/7510/what-should-be-edited-out-of-the-questions-anwers-posts-in-general&quot;&gt;What should be edited out of the questions/anwers/posts in general?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/11474/what-is-the-etiquette-for-modifying-posts&quot;&gt;What is the etiquette for modifying posts?&lt;/a&gt; (on &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;MSE&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.superuser.com/questions/8992/are-we-you-strongly-opposed-to-using-bold&quot;&gt;Are we/you strongly opposed to using **bold**?&lt;/a&gt; (on &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.superuser.com/&quot;&gt;MSU&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2015-04-14T23:50:39.057" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13840" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-04-14T00:47:25.427" Score="0" ViewCount="64" Body="&lt;p&gt;I stumbled across &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/608862/i-want-the-user-to-be-stuck-in-infinite-login-loop&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; today and afterward noticed that the phrase &quot;Be nice&quot; no longer seems to appear in the code of conduct. This seems to be a rather mean and spiteful trick to play on someone and most certainly not nice. I can see how it might be considered amusing, but it still seems over the top. I recall flagging it for moderator attention. I hope I handled this appropriately. Input?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2015-04-14T00:47:25.427" Title="Is this the type of question we want to be answering here?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13841" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-04-14T09:42:59.990" Score="-1" ViewCount="88" Body="&lt;p&gt;With no reason my answer has been &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/609074/fastest-easiest-way-to-install-any-linux-distro-ubuntu-mint-whaever-on-windo/&quot;&gt;downvoted once in this post&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The above post has been down voted without any sound reason. It is strange!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even after editing answers and giving proper reasoning, the down votes are not removed. What sort sportsmanship is it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are we not a part of a community or we just want to increase our badges and reputation and hope for decrease in reputation of others!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="278703" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2015-10-17T13:49:34.710" Title="Are we a part of community or we just want self reputation and badges?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2015-04-14T11:34:36.410" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13842" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13841" CreationDate="2015-04-14T10:08:15.410" Score="-4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Someone is jealous. Ask Ubuntu cannot help it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="278703" LastActivityDate="2015-04-14T10:08:15.410" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13843" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13756" CreationDate="2015-04-14T12:55:36.467" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Askubuntu is more for officially supported versions, such as unity ubuntu, lubuntu, xubuntu, gnome ubuntu, kubuntu , and edubuntu. Crouton isn't officially supported , hence off-topic. Same with Linux Mint - even if under the hood it's all one big debian family, it's still different distribution&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="295286" LastActivityDate="2015-04-14T12:55:36.467" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13844" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-04-14T13:26:12.323" Score="2" ViewCount="88" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've received 2 downvotes on &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/608801/380067&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; answer of mine. None of the two users who casted the downvote bothered to explain why they downvoted it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can judge this better than me, but the answer is &lt;em&gt;in my opinion&lt;/em&gt; clear and well explained, so &lt;em&gt;I'm assuming&lt;/em&gt; that whoever downvoted it must have done it because it's technically wrong somewhere.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;if there's something wrong in that answer (altough it still doesn't seem to me), I'd like to understand what it is.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd like to know for this and for further cases:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If I can ask for a &amp;quot;technical quality control&amp;quot; on main site, perhaps in the form of:&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it technically wrong to state that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[answer]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;if someone asked:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[question]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If not, if I can ask for it on meta, perhaps in the form of:&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What's wrong with this answer:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[answer]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;given to this question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[question]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="380067" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2015-04-14T13:26:12.323" Title="Can I ask a for a &quot;technical quality control&quot; on answers of mine? Where do I ask for that?" Tags="|discussion|answers|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13845" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13782" CreationDate="2015-04-15T00:05:56.480" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &quot;&lt;strong&gt;other (needs a moderator attention)&lt;/strong&gt;&quot; flag textbox overflows the &quot;I'm flagging this question because&quot; window&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/kTQ6g.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Link to full image on Imgur.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/kTQ6g.png&quot; alt=&quot;Image-1&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="380067" LastEditorUserId="380067" LastEditDate="2015-04-16T10:10:58.247" LastActivityDate="2015-04-16T10:10:58.247" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13846" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13847" CreationDate="2015-04-15T01:51:43.813" Score="0" ViewCount="41" Body="&lt;p&gt;How is this question off-topic ? Isn't &lt;code&gt;grep&lt;/code&gt; a utility of Ubuntu and &lt;code&gt;grep&lt;/code&gt; uses regex. Why -6 to this question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/536742/using-grep-or-any-of-its-variations&quot;&gt;using grep or any of its variations&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="278703" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2015-04-15T02:58:49.603" Title="Why this question has 6 downvotes? How is it off topic" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13847" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13846" CreationDate="2015-04-15T02:58:49.603" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/536742/using-grep-or-any-of-its-variations&quot;&gt;The question&lt;/a&gt; is not off-topic, but downvotes do not only (nor primarily) mean a post is off-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Although we should not close that question and it has value because of the answer that's been posted, the question has two major problems:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;It's part of what strongly appears to be a series of &quot;perform this coding (or command-line) task for me&quot; posts, which are not even worded as questions. Check the OP's profile, to verify this. &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/531062/22949&quot;&gt;One of them&lt;/a&gt; is even multiple choice!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a secondary but quite overlapping matter, these seem to be homework questions. &lt;em&gt;That is not inherently bad.&lt;/em&gt; But the OP has not worded them to ask for help with any aspect of the problem in particular (they are worded as exercises or demands rather than as queries), nor clarified what they are confused about or struggling with, nor provided information about any of their attempts prior to asking.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Questions about grep are on-topic, and this question &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; on-topic for that reason, but this question is &lt;em&gt;only marginally about grep&lt;/em&gt;. Neither &lt;code&gt;grep&lt;/code&gt; nor any Ubuntu-related nor any *nix-related context is mentioned in the body of the question. The question title is &quot;using grep or any of its variations,&quot; which is not exactly a clear request for information about grep usage.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question appears primarily to be an attempt to request help with an exercise about regular expressions, or to mimic such an exercise, i.e., to get us to act as though we're being tested rather than as though we're solving a problem because it actually interested someone or impacted their life. The exercise itself doesn't appear to have been particularly oriented toward the grep utility. It may have arisen in a context of Unix-like systems administration, but if so, none of that context comes through in the question.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/13846/why-this-question-has-6-downvotes-how-is-it-off-topic#comment23841_13846&quot;&gt;Seth has pointed out&lt;/a&gt;, the question may also have received some of its downvotes because no research effort appears to have been undertaken--or, if it was, it was not then reported nor otherwise reflected in the post itself. (This overlaps with, rather than being separate from, the two points detailed above.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even if this question were unanswered, it would still be on-topic and unsuitable to be closed--just not by a very large margin. Sufficient information is asked in the question, but obviously relevant information--what is the IP address being used for? and why are the allowed mechanisms for matching it limited to regular expressions?--is absent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When one is first starting to learn a topic, it's hard to ask really robust, inspiring questions about it. We should keep this in mind when voting, commenting, answering, and otherwise using the site. But this question is a more abject instance of &quot;gimmie code&quot; than most.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Often when people ask basic questions about &lt;code&gt;grep&lt;/code&gt;, they have a broader goal they are using it to achieve. Usually we can at least infer something about that goal by reading the question--for example, someone trying to grep IP addresses from the output of &lt;code&gt;netstat&lt;/code&gt; is likely interested in enumerating TCP and UDP connections. Sometimes the broader goal is simply to learn more about grep (or about regular expressions), which is completely legitimate, but when that happens the question often contains more information about what they &lt;em&gt;were&lt;/em&gt; able to do (and when it doesn't, often is about doing something more difficult or complex).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2015-04-15T02:58:49.603" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13848" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-04-15T08:20:51.360" Score="5" ViewCount="110" Body="&lt;p&gt;I know that in comment the number of mentions (&lt;code&gt;@user&lt;/code&gt;) is limited to one (in addition to the OP). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But in some cases, as in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/609194/restricting-a-specific-user-from-accessing-my-home-in-linux/609201#609201&quot;&gt;How do I prevent one user in particular from accessing my home directory?&lt;/a&gt;, I would like to mention a specific group of users --- for example, a &lt;code&gt;@close-voters&lt;/code&gt; would be very useful here (and in other Q&amp;amp;A, too). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this possible? If not, would be a candidate for asking for a new feature in the main meta site? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Clearly this feature should be limited. For example &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Access &quot;group mentions&quot; only with &gt;2k reputation in general, &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Never allows mention @close_voters or @down_voters on your own question or answer (or maybe with &gt;20k rep?); &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Limit &quot;group mentions&quot; to one of them per question/answer and &quot;sending user&quot; (even if later deleting the comment). &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;with such limitations it could be a useful instrument and not so suitable for spam or vindictive actions. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16395" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2015-04-29T13:29:55.237" Title="Mention multiple users" Tags="|feature-request|comments|users|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13849" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13805" CreationDate="2015-04-15T09:26:58.487" Score="1" Body="&lt;h1&gt;If you don't need advanced sorting: Regular search&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Scraped from &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/searching&quot;&gt;How do I search?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;How do I search?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Enter search terms in the search box that appears in the upper right corner of every page, and press &lt;kbd&gt;Enter&lt;/kbd&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you need to refine and narrow your search, here are some basic tips:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;To search within specific tag(s), enter them in square brackets: &lt;code&gt;[maintenance] seat&lt;/code&gt; searches for mentions of &quot;seat&quot; within the [maintenance] tag. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;To find a specific phrase, or to search a string of special characters, enter it in quotes: like &lt;code&gt;&quot;flat tire&quot;&lt;/code&gt;, or &lt;code&gt;&quot;&amp;lt;%#&quot;&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;To limit your search to just the title of a question, use &lt;code&gt;title:&lt;/code&gt; followed by the search term. Likewise, search the body only (exclude the title) with &lt;code&gt;body:&quot;phrase here&quot;&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;To search &lt;em&gt;just your&lt;/em&gt; posts: &lt;code&gt;user:me training&lt;/code&gt; searches all of your posts for the word &quot;training&quot;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;To &lt;em&gt;exclude&lt;/em&gt; results from a tag, term or phrase, prefix it with &lt;code&gt;-&lt;/code&gt; in your query: &lt;code&gt;waffles -unicorns&lt;/code&gt; finds posts that mention tasty batter-based breakfasts without including mythical creatures, while &lt;code&gt;[laurel] -[hardy]&lt;/code&gt; includes only posts pertaining to the first half of the classic comedy couple. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Use wildcard searches to broaden results; add an asterisk (&lt;code&gt;*&lt;/code&gt;) anywhere in the word, like &lt;code&gt;encour*&lt;/code&gt; or &lt;code&gt;Ex*nge&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt; Advanced Search Options:&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We offer a number of advanced search operators to help you find very specific information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Range Operators&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To search for only questions that fall within a particular range for &lt;strong&gt;score&lt;/strong&gt;, number of &lt;strong&gt;answers&lt;/strong&gt;, or number of &lt;strong&gt;views&lt;/strong&gt;, you can enter an upper or lower parameter, or a range.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;score:-1&lt;/code&gt; or &lt;code&gt;score:-1..&lt;/code&gt; will both return posts with a score greater than or equal to -1&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;views:500..1000&lt;/code&gt; or &lt;code&gt;views:500-1000&lt;/code&gt; will return posts with 500 to 1000 views &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;answers:..3&lt;/code&gt; will return questions with 3 or fewer answers&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Dates&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can use specific dates or date ranges to narrow results down to posts created or active within a certain time period, using the following operators:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;created:&lt;/code&gt; to specify when the posts were created&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;lastactive:&lt;/code&gt; for posts active in a specified time period&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Dates can be entered in the following formats:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Absolute dates:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;year only&lt;/em&gt; – e.g., &lt;code&gt;created:2012..2013&lt;/code&gt; searches posts created from January 1, 2012 through December 31, 2013; &lt;code&gt;created:2012&lt;/code&gt; searches posts created from January 1, 2012 through December 31, 2012.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;year and month&lt;/em&gt; – e.g., &lt;code&gt;created:2012-04..2012-05&lt;/code&gt; searches posts created between April 1, 2012 and May 31, 2012.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;day, month, and year&lt;/em&gt; – e.g., &lt;code&gt;lastactive:2012-04-03&lt;/code&gt; searches posts who were last active between 12:00 AM on April 3, 2012 and 11:59 PM on April 3, 2012.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Relative dates:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;1y&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;1m&lt;/code&gt;, and &lt;code&gt;1d&lt;/code&gt; are shorthand for &quot;last year&quot;, &quot;last month&quot;, and &quot;yesterday&quot; - e.g., if today is April 15, &lt;code&gt;created:1m&lt;/code&gt; searches posts created between March 1 and March 31. (You can substitute any number for &lt;code&gt;1&lt;/code&gt; to look back that many years, months, or days.)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Relative datas in a range (&lt;code&gt;1y..&lt;/code&gt;) look back to the same date in the previous period - e.g., if you want to see all the posts active in the last three months, use &lt;code&gt;lastactive:3m..&lt;/code&gt; On April 15, that will show posts from January 15 up to the most recently active. You can close the range as well: &lt;code&gt;lastactive:3m..1m&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Please note&lt;/strong&gt; that all times are recorded in UTC; the results may not match your timezone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;User Operators&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can also limit searches to a specific user's content (your own or someone else's). You will need the user id to search another user's posts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;user:mine&lt;/code&gt; or &lt;code&gt;user:me&lt;/code&gt; (or any user id) returns only your posts (or only the posts from whichever user whose id you entered)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;infavorites:mine&lt;/code&gt; (or any user id) returns only questions that you (or the user whose id you entered) have favorited.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;intags:mine&lt;/code&gt; returns only posts that appear in tags you have marked as favorite. (If you don't have any tags, this operator does nothing. For better results, update your preferences.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Boolean Operators&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The following search operators can be used with values of yes/no, true/false, or 1/0 (each pair behaves the same):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;isaccepted:&lt;/code&gt; yes/true/1 returns only &lt;strong&gt;answers&lt;/strong&gt; that have been marked &quot;accepted&quot;; no/false/0 returns only answers that are not marked accepted.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;hascode:&lt;/code&gt; yes/true/1 returns only posts that contain code blocks; no/false/0 returns only posts that contain &lt;em&gt;no&lt;/em&gt; code.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;hasaccepted:&lt;/code&gt; yes/true/1 returns only &lt;strong&gt;questions&lt;/strong&gt; that have accepted answers; no/false/0 returns only questions with no accepted answers.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;isanswered:&lt;/code&gt; yes/true/1 returns only questions that have at least &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2008/09/ok-now-define-answered/&quot;&gt;one accepted or positively-scored answer&lt;/a&gt;; no/false/0 returns only questions with no accepted or positively-scored answers.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;closed:&lt;/code&gt; yes/true/1 returns only questions that are closed; no/false/0 excludes closed questions from the search.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;duplicate:&lt;/code&gt; yes/true/1 returns questions that have been marked as a duplicate of another question; no/false/0 excludes duplicate questions from the search.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;migrated:&lt;/code&gt; yes/true/1 returns only questions that have been migrated to a different site; no/false/0 excludes migrated questions from the search.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;locked:&lt;/code&gt; yes/true/1 returns only locked posts (which have edits, votes, comments, and new answers disabled); no/false/0 returns only posts that are not locked.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;hasnotice:&lt;/code&gt; yes/true/1 returns only posts with a notice shown below them; no/false/0 returns only posts that do not have a notice applied.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;wiki:&lt;/code&gt; yes/true/1 returns only &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/11740/what-are-community-wiki-posts&quot;&gt;community wiki&lt;/a&gt; posts; no/false/0 returns only non-community wiki posts.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;OR operator&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To combine results from multiple tags, separate the tag names (enclosed in square brackets) with the word &quot;or&quot;: &lt;code&gt;[widgets] or [geegaws]&lt;/code&gt; returns questions tagged with &lt;em&gt;either&lt;/em&gt; tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Miscellaneous Operators&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;url:&quot;example.com&quot;&lt;/code&gt; searches for posts containing the url &quot;example.com&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;is:question&lt;/code&gt; narrows results down to just questions, and &lt;code&gt;is:answer&lt;/code&gt; returns only answers&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;inquestion:50691&lt;/code&gt; restricts the search to the question with id 50691. If you are searching using the search box on a question page, you can use &lt;code&gt;inquestion:this&lt;/code&gt; to restrict results to the post you are already viewing.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="380067" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2015-04-15T09:26:58.487" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13850" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13782" CreationDate="2015-04-15T20:21:20.867" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;New profile page weirdness:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Underline from hovering over tab headers looks weird with the blue box over the number of unread items:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/pn99m.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is also inconsistent with the overall tab headings, which don't have any underline:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/aFcbS.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Underline from hovering over the reputation graph looks just plain weird:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/kKr6r.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2015-04-15T20:21:20.867" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13851" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-04-15T21:03:42.737" Score="-1" ViewCount="37" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here a proposal to a new starring system:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I understand that all of the SE devs are in the US and that they're culturally biased to voting being anonymous.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Starring is not voting: it's in a chat; it's not voting; it's starring...&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Change the starring algorithm to anything else then what we've got today. (Really! Anything! It cannot get any worse!)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So far my feature request... &lt;strong&gt;:-)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Eliciting answers that contain such algorithms...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="367990" LastEditDate="2015-04-15T21:38:24.977" LastActivityDate="2015-04-16T09:01:07.930" Title="Change starring system in chat?" Tags="|feature-request|chat|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13852" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13851" CreationDate="2015-04-15T23:28:24.333" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;My comment got too long to be a comment. A few things:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/about/team&quot;&gt;The developers&lt;/a&gt; aren't all in the US and anonymous voting is a global &lt;em&gt;requirement&lt;/em&gt; of democracy to prevent corruption.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Starring &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; voting, but like with everything in chat, it's far more transitional than anything else we vote on.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;(Most importantly) what's wrong with what we have?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I won't deny that some things could be better about chat, but overhauling how the stars work is pretty low down the list. They aren't supposed to be a critical feature of Chat. Mods and room owners can &quot;pin&quot; important messages.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If &lt;em&gt;how people are using them&lt;/em&gt; is the real issue, perhaps that doesn't need developers, it needs a social conduct expectation. We get a lot of new users who aren't familiar with the system. If you see a deluge of inane stars, say something to the room about it (at the time it's happening).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="344926" LastEditDate="2015-04-16T09:01:07.930" LastActivityDate="2015-04-16T09:01:07.930" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13853" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-04-16T06:46:42.340" Score="2" ViewCount="35" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since the user profile page has been redesigned, and very nice it is too, there is now an item of data named 'Impact'. On my own profile, this has a value of &quot;~2k people reached&quot;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What does &quot;Impact&quot; actually mean, and how is it measured? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="304825" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2015-04-18T08:06:52.763" LastActivityDate="2015-04-18T08:06:52.763" Title="'Impact' field on new user profile" Tags="|discussion|profile-page|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13854" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-04-16T14:29:14.610" Score="2" ViewCount="56" Body="&lt;p&gt;I asked a question. After further searching and no answers I set a bounty.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Only after that did I happen upon information I needed by a total fluke. As a result I have posted an answer that addresses my specific instance although it does not necessarily address the needs of others who might want to know &quot;how to&quot;: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/598525/how-do-i-rebuild-or-repair-aptd&quot;&gt;how do I &amp;quot;rebuild&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;repair&amp;quot; APTD?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I understand that the 50 rep is gone and that was expected (although it would be a shame if it evaporated into the ether) but what is the best thing to do in this instance? Should I accept my own answer? Can I extend the bounty period? Or do I just shrug, chalk it up to experience, and leave it at that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="145472" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2015-04-16T22:57:49.510" Title="On my question (with bounty) mine is the only answer. Should I just accept my own answer or let the bounty continue to expire?" Tags="|discussion|support|bounty|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13855" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13854" CreationDate="2015-04-16T14:45:19.203" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Shrug. Basically, since you can't award the bounty to yourself, the best thing to do is just let the bounty expire. If anyone happens to post a better ansser than yours in the time remaining, give them the bounty. Even if it is not as good as yours, if it is good enough, you may as well award the bounty. You can't get it back so you might as well give it to the most deserving answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that awarding a bounty is not linked to accepting an answer. You can accept one answer and award the bounty to another. So, you could also accept yours and still be able to give the bounty if anyone else comes along. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, remember that if you don't award the bounty manually, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/set-bounties&quot;&gt;half of it&lt;/a&gt; will automatically go to the highest voted answer (as long as that is not your own):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you do not award the bounty within 24 hours of the bounty period ending, half the bounty value will be automatically awarded to the top voted answer posted after the bounty start, provided it has a score of at least 2. If no new answer matches this requirement, no reputation will be awarded at all, and the reputation used on the bounty will be lost forever.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, yes, shrug and chalk it up to experience. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2015-04-16T14:45:19.203" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13856" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-04-17T04:23:28.317" Score="0" ViewCount="2095" Body="&lt;p&gt;And yes, I once again looked through the entire list of possible answers and found no answers to my question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="397306" OwnerDisplayName="Jim Smith" LastActivityDate="2015-04-17T06:00:31.153" Title="How do I delete my stupid, &quot;already answered&quot; questions?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2015-04-17T17:32:47.677" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13857" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13856" CreationDate="2015-04-17T04:45:37.130" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I presume you mean you want to delete a post on this website that you have since found an answer to?  As far as I know you can't, what you can do however is answer your own question so anyone else who comes across it has a valuable answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="398275" OwnerDisplayName="ash" LastActivityDate="2015-04-17T04:45:37.130" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13858" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-04-17T07:24:31.743" Score="0" ViewCount="82" Body="&lt;p&gt;Consider &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/393712&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; suggested edit of mine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My edit conflicted with heemayl's concurrent edit, which was applied immediately since he had more than 2000 reputation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So at the time of the review, since my edit only addressed the readability of the code, while heemayl's addressed the grammar as well, the first reviewer rejected my edit as &quot;This edit defaces the post in order to promote a product or service, or is deliberately destructive.&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Eventually the Community user rejected it as &quot;This edit conflicted with a subsequent edit.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/76284&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; answer:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;li&gt;You submit a suggested edit at the same time as the original poster or a 2000+ rep user (20000+ in the case of tag wikis) or any moderator (in other words, anyone who has full edit privileges over the specific post). In that case, your suggested edit will be rejected by Community in favor of the fully privileged edit. Since the Community user does not provide a message when such an edit is rejected, it may appear as though the system has rejected your edit immediately, without warning. Don't worry! This has nothing to do with bans, or your profile being banned from suggesting edits. Just try submitting your edit again and it could make it to the review queue.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;In any case, suggested edits rejected by Community are not counted towards the suggested edit ban.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So this time everything went smooth, but the Community user took around 7 minutes to reject it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What if the Community user doesn't make it in time to reject my suggested edit before another user rejects it?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="380067" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2015-04-17T13:51:41.253" Title="What if the Community user doesn't make it in time to reject my suggested edit before another user rejects it?" Tags="|discussion|suggested-edits|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13859" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13858" CreationDate="2015-04-17T09:25:19.503" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Looking at the timeline, I don't think it was heemayl's edit that caused the conflict, but OP's (which happened at 18:06, as did the Community rejection). I think your edit was submitted after heemayl's. While it was on a previous version, it is acceptable for an edit submitted on a previous version to overwrite another edit - edit often enough and you'll notice your edits getting overwritten by OP's edits. Did you notice a &quot;post has been edit&quot; message come above the answer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2015-04-17T09:25:19.503" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13860" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-04-17T10:15:25.527" Score="4" ViewCount="67" Body="&lt;p&gt;From &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/searching&quot;&gt;How do I search? - Help Center&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;li&gt;isanswered: yes/true/1 returns only questions that have at least one accepted or positively-scored answer; &lt;strong&gt;no/false/0 returns only questions with no accepted or positively-scored answers.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But the &lt;code&gt;isanswered:0&lt;/code&gt; operator &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=isanswered%3A0+ubuntu&quot;&gt;returns both questions and answers&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Assuming that this is the intended behavior (altough I'd find it weird regardless) the problem might just be with the description within the Help Center, which should have been [...] &lt;strong&gt;only questions or answers to questions&lt;/strong&gt; [...].&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But it also &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?tab=votes&amp;amp;q=isanswered%3a0%20ubuntu&quot;&gt;returns both wiki and non-wiki answers accepted or positively scored&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/307/how-can-ppas-be-removed/310#310&quot;&gt;third result&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Either I'm missing something or this is not the intended behavior.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;EDIT&lt;/strong&gt;: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/277661/302251&quot;&gt;this has now partially been fixed by changing the description in the help center&lt;/a&gt;, but the operator still &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=isanswered%3A0+ubuntu&quot;&gt;returns both questions and answers&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;EDIT 2&lt;/strong&gt;: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/277674/302251&quot;&gt;this has now been fixed completely by implying &lt;code&gt;is:question&lt;/code&gt; when searching using &lt;code&gt;isanswered:0&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="380067" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2016-04-01T11:53:25.910" Title="isanswered:0 in searches returns both questions and answers, and answers include either wiki or non-wiki accepted or positively scored answers" Tags="|bug|search|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13862" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13864" CreationDate="2015-04-17T11:25:47.143" Score="11" ViewCount="260" Body="&lt;p&gt;What happens if I think that my answer is more valid than the accepted one? I don't know if this is my perception, or, effectively, my answer is better. What should I do?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="387382" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2015-04-18T08:04:53.980" LastActivityDate="2015-04-30T13:56:49.487" Title="What happens if I think that my answer is more valid than the accepted one?" Tags="|discussion|answers|accepted-answer|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13863" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13862" CreationDate="2015-04-17T11:32:27.793" Score="19" Body="&lt;p&gt;Usually, nothing. If the other answer is flat out wrong, downvote it and leave a comment explaining why. You can also leave a comment for the OP informing them of why it's wrong. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the other answer is just less correct than yours but not wrong, do nothing. The OP is free to accept whichever answer they prefer. If your answer is considered better by the community, it will get more upvotes. There's even &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/badges/39/populist&quot;&gt;a badge&lt;/a&gt; for that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Populist: Highest scoring answer that outscored an accepted answer with score of more than 10 by more than 2x. This badge can be awarded multiple times. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2015-04-17T15:28:56.753" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13864" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13862" CreationDate="2015-04-17T11:34:17.070" Score="19" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's up to the person who asked to determine the best answer, and many times the person never comes back to check to see if newer answers get better. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I wouldn't worry about it, the community will vote the good answers to the top and I would think that most people reading a question will look at a few of the answers instead of quitting at the first one, many times all the top answers answer the question as a whole instead of one dogmatic &quot;proper&quot; answer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2015-04-17T11:34:17.070" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13865" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13862" CreationDate="2015-04-17T11:40:53.140" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Short answer: nothing. It's up to OP to choose which answer to mark as the accepted answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But this &lt;strong&gt;doesn't imply that such answer is the best&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First of all because being objective, the choice of the accepted answer it's just up to OP's opinion. People sometimes make mistakes and sometimes don't have enough expertise to correctly determine whether an answer is better than another.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, when you hover the mouse over the acceptance mark on an answer on your question, this is the text that actually pops up:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Click to accept this answer because it solved your problem or was the most helpful in finding your solution (click again to undo)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This means that marking an answer as accepted either means that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The answer solved the problem&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The answer was the most helpful in finding the solution&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And this doesn't imply that such answer is the best.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Upvotes, instead, are a way more democratic way for everyone to express an opinion, and &lt;em&gt;could&lt;/em&gt; be a pseudo-valid criterium to determine which answers are better and which answers are worse (I won't digress on why this isn't always true, there are lots of cases. I think you have got the idea).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="380067" LastEditorUserId="380067" LastEditDate="2015-04-17T19:25:37.000" LastActivityDate="2015-04-17T19:25:37.000" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13866" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-04-17T16:37:30.817" Score="1" ViewCount="53" Body="&lt;p&gt;I know this may prolly be the dumbest question but what can you do when all answers to your question leads you to where you first started: with the same problem?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Let me clarify this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I posted a question in the main page which @A.B. and I are working hard to solve all to no avail, i'm afraid. That kind of brings me back to the very reason I posted the question in the first place. Maybe it is too early to draw any kind of conclusions cos I believe most people have not looked at this post, yet. &#xA;About restoring default repos, I guess I kind of did that only to get the duplicates stuffs right back in when I run sudo apt-get update.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, my honorable ubuntu heads, what am I to do? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="398919" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2015-04-18T08:01:30.263" LastActivityDate="2015-04-18T08:01:30.263" Title="What do you do when all answers to your question brings you back to where you first started?" Tags="|discussion|support|asking-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13867" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-04-17T17:12:19.417" Score="14" ViewCount="142" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are the tags &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/mv&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;mv&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;mv&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/mv-command&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;mv-command&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;mv-command&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;UPDATE:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please do &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; make &lt;strong&gt;mv-command&lt;/strong&gt; a synonym of &lt;strong&gt;mv&lt;/strong&gt;, but just delete it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As suggested by @Braiam, I edited all 9 questions tagged with &lt;strong&gt;mv-command&lt;/strong&gt; and removed the tag or replaced it with &lt;strong&gt;mv&lt;/strong&gt;, if not already both tags were used.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;Now (2015/04/19) the tag &lt;strong&gt;mv-command&lt;/strong&gt; contains 0 questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I also edited the tag wiki of &lt;strong&gt;mv-command&lt;/strong&gt; to&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Please do NOT use this tag! Use &amp;quot;mv&amp;quot; instead! This tag is going to be deleted!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;which hopefully prevents new users to tag their questions with it while it is still around.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I also tried to improve the excerpt and tag wiki of &lt;strong&gt;mv&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Original post:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I request to make &lt;strong&gt;mv-command&lt;/strong&gt; a synonym of &lt;strong&gt;mv&lt;/strong&gt; as master tag, because both are about equal in size and significance, but &lt;strong&gt;mv&lt;/strong&gt; would have the same &amp;quot;syntax&amp;quot; as &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/cp&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;cp&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;cp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; then, which is a very similar tag and command.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;mv&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Description:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Use &lt;code&gt;mv&lt;/code&gt; command, to rename SOURCE file(s) and folder(s) to DESTINATION, or move SOURCE(s) to DIRECTORY.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For full manual type in a terminal window: man mv&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Stats:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;size:&lt;/strong&gt; 11 questions&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;age:&lt;/strong&gt; created May 2014&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;top answerer&lt;/strong&gt;: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/158442/muru&quot;&gt;muru&lt;/a&gt; (2A, score 10)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;top asker:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/354628/efrem&quot;&gt;efrem&lt;/a&gt; (1Q, score 5)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;mv-command&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Description:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;mv&lt;/code&gt;-command stands for &lt;code&gt;move&lt;/code&gt; and is used to either rename files and/or move files to directories.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Stats:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;size:&lt;/strong&gt; 9 questions&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;age:&lt;/strong&gt; created April 2014&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;top answerer&lt;/strong&gt;: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/449/oli&quot;&gt;Oli&lt;/a&gt; (1A, score 11)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;top asker:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/183702/maxdl&quot;&gt;MaxDL&lt;/a&gt; (1Q, score 12)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2015-04-19T13:26:44.427" Title="Remove the (mv-command) tag as all questions got edited to be tagged with (mv) instead" Tags="|discussion|tags|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13868" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13807" CreationDate="2015-04-17T20:14:02.500" Score="-6" Body="&lt;p&gt;stackexchange's &quot;related questions&quot; sidebar only works per-site.  Having bash questions scattered around is a bad thing, isn't it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Currently, there's shell stuff on&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/tags/bash&quot;&gt;stackoverflow&lt;/a&gt;: 50,496 tagged questions, 5,610 unanswered&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/tags/bash&quot;&gt;unix&lt;/a&gt;: 5,870 tagged questions, 355 unanswered&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tags/bash&quot;&gt;askubuntu&lt;/a&gt;: 2,873 tagged questions, 380 unanswered&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It looks like users are mostly asking questions in the right places.  (except for shell programming questions still on stackoverflow, now that unix has been created).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ubuntu-admin scripting questions on this site, like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/554766/how-do-i-force-nmcli-to-reconnect-to-different-uuid&quot;&gt;How do I force nmcli to reconnect to different uuid?&lt;/a&gt; on askubuntu, while Unix attract general shell programming stuff like like &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/196885/bash-eq-vs-and-bc-output-type&quot;&gt;https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/196885/bash-eq-vs-and-bc-output-type&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So mostly the bash questions asked here do belong here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The problem I see is that shell-programming questions are getting split between stackoverflow and unix.    Even though stackoverflow has the many valuable answered questions about shell programming, I think Unix is the best site for them.  As terdon pointed, shell scripting is really Unix's speciality.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;stackoverflow still attracts recent shell programming questions, like &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/questions/29707776/bash-replace-two-variables-in-order-with-loop&quot;&gt;https://stackoverflow.com/questions/29707776/bash-replace-two-variables-in-order-with-loop&lt;/a&gt;, that would be best on Unix.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd like to see shell programming questions that aren't specific to Ubuntu or to sysadmin in general moved to unix.  Esp. if the question is more &quot;how to get the shell to do what I want?&quot; (where the answer is a clever use of a for loops, cut, sed, awk, or similar).   Questions asking about Ubuntu (or generic Unix) sysadmin tasks that happen to be best accomplished by shell scripting are fine here.  Questions like &quot;what should I get the shell to do? (to accomplish this sysadmin goal)&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd just like to see the shell programming questions (like, clever uses for for loops, or for bash arrays) all go on the same site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This probably isn't a popular view here, but I think I don't see why there's an askubuntu, AND a Unix &amp;amp; Linux.  Couldn't everything from this site just go on unix.stackexchange without making it hard to find ubuntu-specific stuff, and without burying the non-Ubuntu questions?  Maybe the answer is no, but having the &quot;related questions&quot; sidebar miss out on good stuff because someone asked it on another site isn't ideal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="116941" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-05-23T12:39:54.233" LastActivityDate="2015-04-18T12:07:16.483" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13869" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13866" CreationDate="2015-04-18T04:14:53.020" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;This meta question seems somewhat ambiguous to me and does not link to the question it's asking about, so it's possible I'm making a mistake in understanding it. This answer of mine likely only applies if I am understanding this meta question correctly, which I cannot absolutely guarantee.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When your question brings you back to your original problem, often this means you did not ask about your original problem, or asked in such a way that emphasized the original problem less than some other endeavor which turned out not to be as useful toward solving the original problem as you had hoped/thought it would be.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I understand this meta question correctly, you are saying that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It is about this question: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/610411/can-someone-provide-a-real-correct-and-genuine-sources-list-for-ubuntu-15-04&quot;&gt;Can someone provide a real, correct and genuine sources.list for Ubuntu 15.04?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You had messages about duplicate repos, and thus posted a question about restoring the default repos.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;But when once you restored the default repos you found you still had the duplicate repos and thus the original problem.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If my understanding of this meta question is correct, then what's happened is that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You're having a problem &lt;strong&gt;X&lt;/strong&gt;, in this case that you get errors about duplicate repositories in &lt;code&gt;sources.list&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You devised the (quite reasonable!) solution of trying to reset your software sources (repos) to their original, canonical configuration. You then went about trying to figure out how to do &lt;em&gt;that&lt;/em&gt;. The problem of needing to know how to do that is a separate problem, problem &lt;strong&gt;Y&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This situation is known, on Stack Exchange sites (such as Ask Ubuntu), as the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/66378/185080&quot;&gt;XY problem&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As the asker of the question, you can increase the likelihood of getting an answer that will solve the original, underlying problem (problem &lt;strong&gt;X&lt;/strong&gt;) by asking for the solution to problem &lt;strong&gt;X&lt;/strong&gt; instead of asking for the solution to problem &lt;strong&gt;Y&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your question has been closed (four other users and I voted to close it because it seemed quite strongly to be asking for something answered in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/124017/how-do-i-restore-the-default-repositories&quot;&gt;an already-existing question&lt;/a&gt;). So I think you have two main choices for how to precede:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you believe your question, as you asked it, is close enough to the question you need to ask (about the underlying problem of fixing duplicate repos) to be worth saving, you can &lt;em&gt;edit your question&lt;/em&gt; to improve it and make it primarily about the underlying problem which is actually what you are trying to solve.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Editing your question will get it automatically considered for reopening. Specifically, it will add it to the &lt;em&gt;reopen&lt;/em&gt; review queue, and reviewers will be asked to decide if, given the changes you've made to it (and any other factors that might apply), it should be reopened.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you believe you need to ask a question that's entirely different from what you've asked already, you could post a new question.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this case I'm inclined to think the first approach--of editing your question--is the better one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Whether you edit your existing question or post a new one, you should make sure it's clear--ideally, with an explicit explanation included in the question--as to why what you're asking is not the same as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/124017/how-do-i-restore-the-default-repositories&quot;&gt;How do I restore the default repositories?&lt;/a&gt;, which is the question we've closed your question as a duplicate of.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Specifically, you should explain why the solutions given there have not worked to fix your problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In addition to the above advice that is more or less generalizable, I have some specific suggestions for this particular situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;There are two kinds of duplicate lists mentioned in your question. Near the top you say, &quot;I have a smooth run of update which return a notice of a duplicate in &lt;code&gt;/var/lib/apt/lists&lt;/code&gt;.&quot; But the rest of the question seems to be about, and includes concrete quoted details confirming, that the problem you're now having is related to entries in &lt;code&gt;/etc/apt/sources.list&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I recommend clarifying which of the problems you're still experiencing. A duplicate entry in &lt;code&gt;/var/lib/apt/lists&lt;/code&gt; will not be solved with methods intended to remove duplicates from &lt;code&gt;/etc/apt/sources.list&lt;/code&gt;. Are you seeing both messages now, or just the &lt;code&gt;/etc/apt/sources.list&lt;/code&gt; message? (Or just the original &lt;code&gt;/var/lib/apt/lists&lt;/code&gt; message?)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I recommend you provide the full error message (I've commented to explain how to do this in such a way that Ask Ubuntu will allow you to submit the edit, and so it appears in a readable way).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You should also show us the full contents of &lt;code&gt;/etc/apt/sources.list&lt;/code&gt; (you can open it in a text editor or run &lt;code&gt;cat /etc/apt/sources.list&lt;/code&gt; in a Terminal window).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;And it may also be handy to see the contents of &lt;code&gt;sources.list.d&lt;/code&gt;; I'd suggest showing us the output of:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;for f in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*.list; do printf '** %s:\n%s\n\n' &quot;$(basename &quot;$f&quot;)&quot; &quot;$(&amp;lt;&quot;$f&quot;)&quot;; done&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you're still seeing mention of &lt;code&gt;/var/lib/apt/lists&lt;/code&gt; in any error messages, you should show us that file too (which you can do in the same way as with &lt;code&gt;/etc/apt/sources.list&lt;/code&gt;, for example by giving the output of &lt;code&gt;cat /var/lib/apt/lists&lt;/code&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, your question is about a problem with a development release of Ubuntu (15.04 Vivid Vervet). Vivid is still in beta, though it is scheduled for release this month.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One item listed in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;the help&lt;/a&gt; under &quot;Questions that you should avoid&quot; is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/871/41&quot;&gt;Issues with the next version of Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt; (Ubuntu+1) (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/18641/theres-an-issue-with-an-alpha-release-of-ubuntu-what-should-i-do&quot;&gt;More information about Alpha and Beta release issues&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, in the final days before a release, in practice the policy becomes more lax. I'm not sure if we'll end up considering your question on-topic before Vivid is released. Even if not, if you still have the problem after the release, you should certainly feel free to continue trying to get help with it here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(For other places to get help with alpha and beta versions of Ubuntu, see those links in the bullet point quoted from the help.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2015-04-18T04:26:39.070" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13871" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13875" CreationDate="2015-04-18T15:30:55.717" Score="3" ViewCount="138" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've posted an answer that I think that is as valid (or more) than it's companions. It was downvoted 2 times and up voted zero times. Why is happening this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Link: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/609136/387382&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/a/609136/387382&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Update 1: Downvoted 3 times.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Update 2: I edited my code to be &lt;strong&gt;better&lt;/strong&gt; yet (or that is what I think).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="387382" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2015-04-20T14:34:13.850" Title="Why is my answer being downvoted?" Tags="|discussion|answers|voting|downvoting|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="13" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13872" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13873" CreationDate="2015-04-18T15:54:15.153" Score="1" ViewCount="35" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't know how many posts here in AskUbuntu are closed for being bug reports. Is it possible instead of just closing the post, we bring some feature that would route these posts to the proper bug-reporting sites? Wouldn't that increase the participation in manual participation in bug-reporting and perhaps wider audience than it would have been otherwise? And hence developers would know which bugs are with more community interest. Again I don't have the access to the stats here. :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So is there a scope for a tag like &lt;code&gt;bug-reporting&lt;/code&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="212123" LastActivityDate="2015-04-18T16:04:51.730" Title="A feature to integrate bug-reporting?" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13873" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13872" CreationDate="2015-04-18T16:04:51.730" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;There's a question that tells people how to do that, but we can't launch the information gathering tools to report bugs from the webpage.  So, I'm not sure that's a do-able solution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems to be we'ld get a lot of bugs that nobody follows up or posts troubleshooting data on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2015-04-18T16:04:51.730" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13874" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13871" CreationDate="2015-04-18T16:05:17.527" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't think you can do anything except leaving a comment below your answer and ask for explanations on the downvote reasons.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But probably you will not get a response as those who just vote down without leaving an explanatory comment usually don't come back to check it again later... Sorry!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastActivityDate="2015-04-18T16:05:17.527" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13875" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13871" CreationDate="2015-04-18T16:15:05.420" Score="10" Body="&lt;h2&gt;The general&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Reasons a post could be downvoted include, but are not limited to:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Somebody hates you.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The user who downvoted always downvotes on the first Thursday of every month.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Someone misunderstood your answer.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Someone dislikes your avatar.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Someone hates bash, why are you using bash?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Someone is having a bad day&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Your answer has errors.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You left a comment complaining about downvotes, that's a good way to get &lt;em&gt;more&lt;/em&gt; downvotes.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Basically, downvotes can happen for &lt;em&gt;any&lt;/em&gt; reason. Yes, they often indicate there's something wrong with your answer (more on that later) but they just as often are random events and complaining about them is pointless. Just shrug it off and move on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Leaving comments like &amp;quot;Why was this downvoted&amp;quot; is doubly useless since the person who downvoted is not going to be notified, therefore the comment just adds noise to the site and makes you sound like a whiner. On the site I moderate, I always delete such comments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;The specific&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/609136/85695&quot;&gt;this particular case&lt;/a&gt;, your script has a few issues. Though I, personally, wouldn't have downvoted, I didn't upvote either. Some things you can improve:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;There is no need for &lt;code&gt;touch file&lt;/code&gt;. Printing to a file will create it if it doesn't exist.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You are checking for the alias's existence only in the (as far as I know, Ubuntu-only) &lt;code&gt;~/.bash_aliases&lt;/code&gt;. What if the alias was defined in &lt;code&gt;~/.bashrc&lt;/code&gt; or &lt;code&gt;~/.bash_login&lt;/code&gt; or &lt;code&gt;~/.profile&lt;/code&gt; or even &lt;code&gt;/etc/bash.bashrc&lt;/code&gt; or any of the other init files?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You have put all the comments on the far right of the line. This means that I can't read both the line and the comment describes it and makes me scroll. I don't like scrolling. Maybe someone dislikes it &lt;em&gt;so&lt;/em&gt; much, they downvoted you.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2015-04-18T16:15:05.420" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13876" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13877" CreationDate="2015-04-18T23:51:19.913" Score="3" ViewCount="56" Body="&lt;p&gt;This one was deleted:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/596085/increase-trackpoint-sensititvity-with-systemd&quot;&gt;Increase Trackpoint Sensititvity with SystemD (Ubuntu 15.04 or later)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;because SystemD is a feature in the next version of Ubuntu. Having reinstalled, I searched for the solution to this systemd issue, and it happened to be the number 1 result on google. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I want to ask the question again; When can I? Or would it be possible to reopen this question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="253579" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2015-04-19T02:42:56.577" Title="When will I be able to ask about systemd questions with ubuntu?" Tags="|support|asking-questions|scope|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13877" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13876" CreationDate="2015-04-19T00:02:36.093" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;You got a response why the question was deleted: Because 15.04 Vivid Vervet is &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/VividVervet/ReleaseSchedule&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;still a development release&lt;/a&gt; and if it would have been me, the comment would have been: &quot;We're sorry but &lt;a href=&quot;https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;bug reports&lt;/a&gt; and problems specific to development version of Ubuntu (like 15.04) should be &lt;a href=&quot;https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bugs&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;reported on Launchpad&lt;/a&gt; so that developers can see, track and fix these issues.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which should fully answer your question for the present and the future...  &lt;strong&gt;;-)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastActivityDate="2015-04-19T00:02:36.093" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13878" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13871" CreationDate="2015-04-19T00:38:20.040" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Removed the function because you thought it unnecessary.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Removed some unnecessary &lt;code&gt;elif&lt;/code&gt;s&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Changed the order of the conditionals&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Those are the 3 downvotes, right there&lt;/strong&gt; because:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The OP &lt;em&gt;very probably&lt;/em&gt; used a function because he/she/it had his/her/its reasons&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The code &lt;em&gt;very probably&lt;/em&gt; has a bunch of stuff taken out to simplify the question&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The code &lt;em&gt;very probably&lt;/em&gt; had that logic because other stuff was going on&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, for the future, when someone asks for help &lt;em&gt;with their baby&lt;/em&gt;, don't go radically doing plastic surgery on it!  &lt;strong&gt;;-)&lt;/strong&gt; You can rewrite it completely &lt;em&gt;for yourself&lt;/em&gt; to better understand the logic, but then you translate it back to &lt;em&gt;what the other person needs&lt;/em&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The downvotes were not a dismissal on your coding skills, but just that 3 people saw something that was radically different from the original code, got irked and downvoted...  Your code is elegant, works, is smaller, will probably run faster, ...  &lt;em&gt;but it's not what the OP &lt;strong&gt;needs&lt;/strong&gt;!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Feel free to downvote this answer, though it comes closest to the actual reality of what happened!  &lt;strong&gt;;-)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastActivityDate="2015-04-19T00:38:20.040" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13879" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-04-19T08:45:04.500" Score="5" ViewCount="23" Body="&lt;p&gt;The mod flag text box goes over the edge of the flag dialogue:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/FNPKP.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="186134" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2015-04-20T16:16:17.503" LastActivityDate="2015-04-20T16:16:17.503" Title="Mod flag text box breaks out of flag dialouge" Tags="|bug|flagging|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2015-04-22T12:34:45.863" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13880" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13881" CreationDate="2015-04-19T13:50:57.030" Score="6" ViewCount="89" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sometimes it might be useful to paste the content of a log file related to a question. If the part of the log a short one the markdown for code might be good enough to embed the text into the question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Logfile line 1&#xA;line 2&#xA;line 3&#xA;...&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But what should be used for log files that have hundreds of lines that could be relevant to answer a question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Should I upload the file somewhere?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Should I use a service like pastebin.com? If yes, is there something similar for the Ubuntu community?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Should I paste it as code anyway?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="379395" LastActivityDate="2015-04-19T13:53:20.433" Title="What is the best practice to show logfiles within a question?" Tags="|discussion|asking-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2016-01-22T04:39:07.173" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13881" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13880" CreationDate="2015-04-19T13:53:20.433" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you need to include a really big log file the recommended method is to upload it to &lt;a href=&quot;http://paste.ubuntu.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://paste.ubuntu.com&lt;/a&gt; and provide the link in your question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2015-04-19T13:53:20.433" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13882" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-04-19T14:39:42.863" Score="1" ViewCount="45" Body="&lt;p&gt;recently I have been feeling that &lt;strong&gt;we are not answering a lot of question&lt;/strong&gt;, firstly because there are lots of &quot;close&quot;-worthy questions and secondly because many questions can be solved by only a few people(example, a question related to using a specific hardware will probably be solvable by only someone who uses it.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyway, can someone pull out statistics regarding how many question have been answered, in the last &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;1 month&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;3 months&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;6 months&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;1 year&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also is it possible to consider whether the question was closed or not, and whether the answer was accepted or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once this data is pulled, we could discuss the issue(if it even exists).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="184942" LastActivityDate="2015-04-19T14:39:42.863" Title="How many questions are we answering?" Tags="|discussion|data|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13883" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2015-04-19T14:41:14.607" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2015-04-19T14:41:14.607" LastActivityDate="2015-04-19T14:41:14.607" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13884" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2015-04-19T14:41:14.607" Score="0" Body="questions related to data about the website, most likely from data.SE" OwnerUserId="184942" LastEditorUserId="184942" LastEditDate="2015-04-21T09:42:01.050" LastActivityDate="2015-04-21T09:42:01.050" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13885" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13886" CreationDate="2015-04-20T04:09:22.703" Score="2" ViewCount="67" Body="&lt;p&gt;Last evening i was answering so many questions. Most of my answers got up voted. I got around 91 in my reputations. But when i checked in the morning reputation was 46. It seemed so strange for me. How could this happen?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;NOTE: I haven't got any down votes that would reduce my reputation since last evening.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="389479" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2015-04-20T16:36:10.223" LastActivityDate="2015-04-20T16:36:10.223" Title="Reputations went down" Tags="|support|reputation|deleted-answers|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13886" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13885" CreationDate="2015-04-20T06:18:25.967" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;The reason for the fluctuation in your rep status was due to flagging and cleanup activities.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Let me explain.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/611327/screenshots-taken-in-ubuntu-14-04-lts-are-not-opening-in-windows-7/611333#611333&quot;&gt;Screenshots taken in ubuntu 14.04 LTS are not opening in windows 7&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You had 20 rep on this.  Your answer was flagged as a duplicate of another answer.  Indeed, another answer on the same question was similarly removed since it just repeated the same information.  If you can substantially differentiate you answer from the others, we can reinstate it.  Change it and flag and it can be undeleted.  Where answers are identical, too brief or just verging on being a comment we also remove.  In this situation you hit all three criteria.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/611319/restoring-old-boot-screen/611322#611322&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/611319/restoring-old-boot-screen/611322#611322&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You had 25 rep on this one. This one you answered saying the answer was given on another question.  The flag said that the questions were identical - I agree.  Thus, what you should have done in this situation is flag and/or comment that the question was a duplicate.  We can then close the question as a duplicate.  Your answer and the accepted vote score was removed to allow redirection to work.  This is where someone searches for a question and stack exchange automatically redirects them to the correct answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Conclusions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Don't be too down-hearted.  Just remember to try to differentiate your answers from others.  Explain fully - dont just give brief link only type or just answers that don't answer the who-what-why-where-when explanations.  We all have been there at the beginning.  &quot;The rep will come&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14356" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2015-04-20T06:18:25.967" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13887" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-04-20T10:59:24.803" Score="-4" ViewCount="117" Body="&lt;p&gt;Once again I come with yet another question. I don't know if I am the only one facing this problem because I have looked through the tags for same problems, hoping someone must have it already but I have seen none, so now I ask.&#xA;Is Ubuntu at some kind of war with VLC? If yes, let us know so as we know what to do. If not, then why is it that each time I tried to install vlc I get such errors? I will upload a screenshot. One funny thing is that at the software center it asks you to send an error report which I always do but nothing, in a form of solution has reached my machine yet. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it just me someone else is facing this same problem?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/2eUsC.png&quot; alt=&quot;Installing VLC from the Ubuntu Software Center&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="398919" LastActivityDate="2015-04-20T11:03:06.693" Title="Is Ubuntu at war with VLC?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2015-04-20T11:14:35.697" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13888" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13887" CreationDate="2015-04-20T11:03:06.693" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;No. Ubuntu is not at war with anyone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2015-04-20T11:03:06.693" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13889" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13871" CreationDate="2015-04-20T14:34:13.850" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is just simply sad how someone sits behind his computer and does stuffs to just simply see his or her fellow drown to depression. I mean, there are rules to this forum thing and before somebody posts a question, it means that person has been facing a difficult time and has tried all he thought he knows, to solve the problem, and could not get it that is why he brings it up to to the forum, for help, obviously. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Those who have already gone through such troubles and have it resolved are now a step up to help this person but that is not an icing on a cake. You must present your answer in such a way that the fellow with the problem would read, understand and follow correctly, to resolve his bottle-necks. Now, there sits another person, who is not really willing to take his time to read through the provided answer, only to just downvote it. This is an online forum and nobody is being paid for giving answers to our fellow online users. Does anyone think that if this form of downvoting, without a reasonable cause of action, at least, somebody else would be willing to take time out of his busy schedule to help anyone with any of such problems? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Let us be reasonable, at least for a split second, before giving such votes. Any efforts are resolving another user's problem is enough to earn a reputation because it is not easy. Why are people charged and prosecuted guilty of murder at an attempted murder as actual murder in the court of law? &#xA;Let us give credit due those providing answers to our problems so we can keep this forum running into unforeseeable future. There is a post about how to resolve &lt;em&gt;unmet dependencies&lt;/em&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/140246/how-do-i-resolve-unmet-dependencies-after-adding-a-ppa&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; that I followed when I was having the same problem. I followed through step by step but still never got my problem fixed. That does not mean the provided answer was wrong or bogus, it must have helped someone else but not me. I just move on to the next answer that may help solve my case. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, I made a post rhetorically asking if Ubuntu is at war with VLC &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/611592/is-ubuntu-at-war-with-vlc?noredirect=1#comment860085_611592&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; and that got a 2 downvotes. Obviously, the person who downvoted that has never read why I asked that question. But you know one funny aspect of the case, I was referred to read the post about how to resolve &lt;em&gt;unmet dependencies&lt;/em&gt;, which I have already tried to no avail. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So now somebody tell me, what was it that I said or asked that was not supposed to be asked or said about the problem that I am still having? Is this voting helping any of us or someone people just don't want you to reach the same reputation as they have reached, so you can continue being under them in terms of Online Forum Reputation (OFRs). I could have started a completely different new post with this but I feel I should add it, just so people who are bent on downvoting others should have another opportunity to down another comment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Happy down-voting!!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="398919" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2015-04-20T14:34:13.850" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13890" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13891" CreationDate="2015-04-20T15:00:23.370" Score="2" ViewCount="73" Body="&lt;p&gt;MY question is how difficult is it to merge questions? Over my time here I've requested merging on a number of questions. &#xA;I recently ran across &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/611390/how-to-remove-this-leftover-from-pantheon-desktop#comment860111_611390&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; which I flagged as duplicate after writing an answer to the earlier post &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/604863/how-do-i-purge-pantheon-desktop-why-does-this-window-appear/611652#611652&quot;&gt;here.&lt;/a&gt; I did it this way in an attempt to avoid creating unnecessary work for the moderators. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this approach preferable to answering the newer question and requesting a merge as I expect?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've looked through the questions regarding merging here but I didn't find anything that touched on this exactly. If I've missed something, please point me in the right direction. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2015-04-20T16:36:57.663" Title="Merging difficulty" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|merge|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13891" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13890" CreationDate="2015-04-20T16:07:44.470" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is manual but it isn't hard. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are non-obvious reasons we don't merge everything:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;It's practically permanent. If a mistake is made, we need somebody from SE to unwind the mess we've made. We don't like annoying SE.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Merging everything into one isn't always a good strategy:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Close-duplicates offer the site better search target.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Merging often results in many duplicate answers. De-crudding a merge target takes much more effort than the initial merge.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;People can lose reputation (if we merge and cull duplicate answers) and although they're only fake internet points, people still get miffed when they lose a load of rep.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not saying there aren't valid reasons to merge, just that often the decision is made using multiple factors, including our fear of Shog and current laziness level.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And closing something as duplicate should often be considered &lt;em&gt;as good as answering it&lt;/em&gt;. If it isn't, you probably shouldn't be voting to close it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2015-04-20T16:07:44.470" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13892" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13890" CreationDate="2015-04-20T16:21:44.603" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strike&gt;I can't answer how much work it requires, as I don't know&lt;/strike&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/13891&quot;&gt;Oli already answered that&lt;/a&gt;), but I want to explain why I think merging is rarely the solution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Consider you have &lt;strong&gt;Question A&lt;/strong&gt; which is already answered. Then another user asks &lt;strong&gt;Question B&lt;/strong&gt; which appears similar to &lt;strong&gt;Question A&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the answers in &lt;strong&gt;Question A&lt;/strong&gt; are valid answers for &lt;strong&gt;B&lt;/strong&gt;, it is most likely a duplicate, and I would flag it as such. The question would enter the &lt;em&gt;close votes&lt;/em&gt; queue, and the community would take care of it, no need for moderators to take actions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;If &lt;strong&gt;Question A&lt;/strong&gt; is not answered, I would do what you have already done. Answer &lt;strong&gt;Question A&lt;/strong&gt; and mark &lt;strong&gt;B&lt;/strong&gt; as duplicate of &lt;strong&gt;A&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I think a new answer is needed to answer the problem of &lt;strong&gt;B&lt;/strong&gt;, which is not available in &lt;strong&gt;A&lt;/strong&gt;, then I would answer it in &lt;strong&gt;B&lt;/strong&gt; and leave it. The fact that the answers in &lt;strong&gt;A&lt;/strong&gt; do not answer &lt;strong&gt;B&lt;/strong&gt; means that both questions have different problems, thus they are not duplicates.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only time I think questions need merging, is when 2 similar questions are already answered, but in a different way. For example, one answered it in a GUI manner, the other using the command line.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.243" LastActivityDate="2015-04-20T16:21:44.603" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13893" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-04-21T09:06:58.347" Score="4" ViewCount="132" Body="&lt;p&gt;As the reputation requirement to comment is pretty high (50), many new users who want to contribute to the site use answers to leave a comment on questions, e.g. to request additional information needed to write a proper answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sometimes those posts (which always get flagged as not-an-answer of course) are just not good and there is no other way than delete them. But sometimes the post would be a really good and useful comment - just not an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't want to change the flagging process, but I would like to ask if we should improve the reviewing process. Because as far as I know, only diamond-moderators have the power to convert those two post types.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;My suggestion is to add another option to the Low-Quality review queue, so that normal users (with 2k+ rep) also can convert those good but wrongly posted comments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If there is a problem with letting normal users do this (e.g. need to edit sometimes to fit the maximum comment length or to repair the formatting), I would at least recommend to add an option to re-flag the post as &quot;needs conversion (answer to comment)&quot; which then can be easily found and processed by the real moderators.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyway, I think we should give low reputation users a better chance to contribute to the site. As lowering the comment requirement (as suggested in other meta posts) is not an option, in my opinion treating those not-answers which get reviewed anyway specially is the best chance to achieve this without increasing review effort.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What do you think?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Please vote on the question itself (upvote for agreement - downvote for total disagreement) as well as on the answer that fits your opinion best.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;If you want to add other possible proposals, please don't be shy and post them as another answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2016-07-27T09:45:34.493" LastActivityDate="2017-01-21T16:54:23.810" Title="What to do with answers that should be comments, but get deleted?" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|comments|answers|flagging|" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13894" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13893" CreationDate="2015-04-21T09:11:52.787" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Yes - giving normal LQ-reviewers the power to convert answers to comments is useful!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I agree that we should save good but wrongly posted comments of new users and convert more of them instead of delete them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The advantages of adding this privilege to 2k+ users are that it will relieve the mods and increase the rate of useful conversions, while it does not let the review queues grow.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastEditorUserId="117103" LastEditDate="2015-04-22T20:49:03.617" LastActivityDate="2015-04-22T20:49:03.617" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13895" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13893" CreationDate="2015-04-21T09:18:39.387" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Okay - not more power for 2k users, but the reflagging option sounds good!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I agree that we should save good but wrongly posted comments of new users and convert more of them instead of delete them.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;I disagree that we should change the review implementation and the permissions of 2k+ users, but I would like to see a &quot;reflag for moderators to convert&quot; option for as not-an-answer flagged posts in the LQ review queue to highlight those posts to moderators.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Advantages of this approach are that the change in the review system is minimal and there is no need to grant 2k+ users special privileges, but it increases the moderator's workload.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastEditorUserId="117103" LastEditDate="2015-04-22T20:48:35.787" LastActivityDate="2015-04-22T20:48:35.787" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13896" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13893" CreationDate="2015-04-21T09:23:01.903" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No - we do not need any changes! Just go on and delete them.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I totally disagree with the questioner's view and see no need to change anything. Answers that should have been comments should get deleted. If once in a while a moderator finds a good wrongly posted answer him/herself they may do what they want, but there is no real need for that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only advantage of this option is that everybody may stay lazy and nothing changes...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastEditorUserId="117103" LastEditDate="2015-04-21T18:58:18.760" LastActivityDate="2015-04-21T18:58:18.760" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13897" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13893" CreationDate="2015-04-21T12:05:36.553" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;Only the very most valuable comments, when posted as answers, should be converted to comments rather than simply deleted. In particular, the threshold for converting an answer to a comment should not be &lt;em&gt;Would we allow it to exist, if posted as a comment?&lt;/em&gt; but instead &lt;em&gt;Would it add substantial value, if posted as a comment?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Therefore, even if the feature you suggest were always used correctly, this feature wouldn't really be necessary. Converting an answer to a comment is, and should be, an &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/05/a-theory-of-moderation/&quot;&gt;exceptional situation&lt;/a&gt;. A custom moderator attention flag can be used for this. (Or you can &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/13893/what-to-do-with-answers-that-should-be-comments-but-not-get-deleted#comment23958_13894&quot;&gt;post the comment for them, as Fabby suggests&lt;/a&gt;.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More importantly, it seems to me &lt;strong&gt;this feature would not be used correctly&lt;/strong&gt;. I think that even many posts that we would not ordinarily &lt;em&gt;allow&lt;/em&gt; to exist as comments (i.e., those suitable for flagging and removal if posted as comments) would get &lt;em&gt;converted&lt;/em&gt; to comments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's possible to get a sense, now, of what kinds of answers would get converted to comments by reviewers if reviewers had the power to do so. When voting to delete an answer in the Low Quality Posts review, reviewers have the option to automatically post no comment, or one of several canned comments. One of those canned comments is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This does not provide an answer to the question. To critique or request clarification from an author, leave a comment below their post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the review system encouraged and facilitated converting answers to comments, then presumably reviewers would vote to convert them in cases where they are currently posting the &quot;leave a comment&quot; comment. After all, by leaving that comment, one is &lt;em&gt;instructing&lt;/em&gt; an author that &lt;em&gt;it is a good thing to post that sort of thing as a comment.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, are reviewers using the &quot;leave a comment&quot; comment correctly, now?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The depressingly unfortunate answer to this is &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;no&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. Sometimes, probably even over half the time, this canned comment is used reasonably. But I regularly see reviewers using this mechanism to tell authors that their answers should be comments when:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The post is a real answer but is wrong.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The post is a real answer, might even be correct, is complete, but is short.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The post attempts to answer the question but is missing important details or explanations. (Such posts should sometimes be deleted but &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2281/please-stop-posting-half-answers-and-dumb-advice-as-comments&quot;&gt;they should not be comments&lt;/a&gt;.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The post has severe quality problems; it is incomprehensible or otherwise unusable.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The post answers a totally different question from the one the OP asked.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The post provides a real solution to the problem, but contains a phrase like &quot;I have the same problem&quot; or &quot;have you tried,&quot; which the reviewer takes as license to avoid reading any other part of the post.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If these same reviewers had the power to actually &lt;em&gt;make&lt;/em&gt; those posts comments, we'd get a lot of comments that should have remained as answers, and even more comments that should've just been deleted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2015-04-21T12:05:36.553" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13898" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-04-21T20:49:26.200" Score="1" ViewCount="74" Body="&lt;p&gt;I asked a question earlier today (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/612190/why-isnt-there-a-64-bit-binary-for-skype&quot;&gt;Why isn't there a 64-bit binary for Skype?&lt;/a&gt;) and immediately received a number of downvotes (with only 9 views the question had 3 downvotes).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've since edited the question in recognition of the fact that answerers likely can't speak for Microsoft's motivations.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is the question as currently formulated &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;a) answerable and &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;b) reasonable? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If not, how might it be improved?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user51157" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditorDisplayName="user51157" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2015-04-21T21:13:39.200" Title="Is this question inappropriate for the StackOverflow Q&amp;A format?" Tags="|discussion|asking-questions|downvoting|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13899" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13898" CreationDate="2015-04-21T21:13:13.513" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't think this question can be improved into being a good fit for Stack Exchange sites in general. It is, of course, both reasonable and answerable, but that is not enough. All you ask is a reason, and someone has provided a reason. You still haven't accepted it. This indicates to me that what you want is to speculate on &lt;em&gt;possible&lt;/em&gt; reasons (of which there can be many) - a very broad question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Secondly, I don't see how this is an Ubuntu problem. MS doesn't provide 64-bit binaries for any Linux distribution, therefore the problem, if it exists, is squarely on the Microsoft side.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thirdly, any possible reason there can be, boils down to an opinion. It can be one person's opinion that some factor is good enough to be a reason and it can be another's that it isn't. You're asking for an opinion poll.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This question is off-topic thrice over for me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2015-04-21T21:13:13.513" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13900" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-04-22T11:35:53.750" Score="21" ViewCount="292" Body="&lt;p&gt;If I format some code by indenting it using four spaces, the code is not formatted. How do I format some code specifically for the language used? Or how do I prevent it from being formatted? Which languages are supported?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="380067" LastEditorUserId="380067" LastEditDate="2016-04-17T13:21:19.513" LastActivityDate="2016-04-17T13:21:19.513" Title="How do I format some code specifically for the language used? Or how do I prevent it from being formatted? Which languages are supported?" Tags="|support|editing|code-formatting|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13901" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13900" CreationDate="2015-04-22T11:35:53.750" Score="18" Body="&lt;p&gt;Add the line &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;!-- language: &amp;lt;language_string&amp;gt; --&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; (where &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;language_string&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; is the string identifying the language) before the start of the code, and make sure that the code itself has an empty line before it:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;!-- language: &amp;lt;language_string&amp;gt; --&amp;gt;&#xA;&#xA;    ...&#xA;    &amp;lt;line 1&amp;gt;&#xA;    &amp;lt;line 2&amp;gt;&#xA;    &amp;lt;line 3&amp;gt;&#xA;    ...&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;*&amp;lt;language_string&amp;gt; = string identifying the language&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As suggested by &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/158442/muru&quot;&gt;muru&lt;/a&gt;, if you want to prevent the code from being formatted instead, you can add the line &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;!-- language: none --&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;!-- language: none --&amp;gt;&#xA;&#xA;    # ...&#xA;    echo This snippet will not be nicely formatted when copy-pasted inside a post&#xA;    # ...&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;bash&lt;/code&gt; example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;!-- language: bash --&amp;gt;&#xA;&#xA;    # ...&#xA;    echo This snippet will be nicely formatted when copy-pasted inside a post&#xA;    # ...&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Courtesy of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/85695/terdon&quot;&gt;terdon&lt;/a&gt;, here's the list of the currently supported languages along with their identifying string (most of the languages listed won't need the &lt;code&gt;lang-&lt;/code&gt; prefix):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;none:      none&#xA;bash:      lang-bash OR lang-bsh&#xA;c:         lang-c&#xA;clj:       lang-clj&#xA;coffee:    lang-coffee&#xA;cpp:       lang-cpp&#xA;cs:        lang-cs&#xA;csh:       lang-csh&#xA;css:       lang-css&#xA;dart:      lang-dart&#xA;erlang:    lang-erlang&#xA;go:        lang-go&#xA;hs:        lang-hs&#xA;html:      lang-html&#xA;java:      lang-java&#xA;js:        lang-js&#xA;latex:     lang-latex&#xA;lisp:      lang-lisp&#xA;lua:       lang-lua&#xA;ml:        lang-ml&#xA;pascal:    lang-pascal&#xA;perl:      lang-perl&#xA;php:       lang-php&#xA;proto:     lang-proto&#xA;py:        lang-py&#xA;r:         lang-r&#xA;rb:        lang-rb&#xA;regex:     lang-regex&#xA;rust:      lang-rust&#xA;scala:     lang-scala&#xA;sh:        lang-sh&#xA;sql:       lang-sql&#xA;vb:        lang-vb&#xA;vhdl:      lang-vhdl&#xA;xml:       lang-xml&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, if the question is tagged with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/bash&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;bash&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;bash&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/python&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;python&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;python&lt;/a&gt;, or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/php&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;php&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;php&lt;/a&gt; - any of the ones listed above in fact, it will automatically format it. Example: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/612100/help-me-with-if-condition&quot;&gt;What is the syntax for IF/ELSE in bash?&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/13900/how-do-i-format-some-code-specifically-for-the-language-used-or-how-do-i-preven/13901?noredirect=1#comment24085_13901&quot;&gt;explained&lt;/a&gt; by @Braiam, the &lt;code&gt;lang-&lt;/code&gt; prefix is needed for those languages that are not associated with any tag. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="380067" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2015-05-04T12:59:32.280" CommentCount="16" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13902" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12379" CreationDate="2015-04-23T12:26:03.493" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://launchpad.net/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/UMbdG.png&quot; alt=&quot;Lauchpad&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21195" LastActivityDate="2015-04-23T12:26:03.493" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2015-04-23T12:26:03.493" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13903" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-04-23T15:13:03.763" Score="1" ViewCount="29" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a question open here: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/611965/what-should-i-do-about-seeing-the-message-boot-config-3-2-0-74-generic-no-suc&quot;&gt;What should I do about seeing the message &amp;quot;/boot/config-3.2.0-74-generic: No such file or directory&amp;quot;?&lt;/a&gt; which is specifically about the missing config file in &lt;code&gt;/boot/*&lt;/code&gt; however my attempts to update and fix this have unpacked all sorts of other underlying issues. I have something like 8 or 9 updates to the question plus a long back and forth int he comments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Having now ended up with a list of problem packages (one is mentioned in the question as part of the copy and past error message) I am unsure if asking about this list of problem packages is simply an extension of the existing question (although straying from the original point) or should be a fresh question which nevertheless acknowledges the former question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't want to spam (or at least double post) but I don't want to make my question to broad.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How do I know when I have uncovered the need to answer a second (related) question? Or When is an update a new question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="145472" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2015-04-23T21:28:45.790" Title="How do I know when a question has become a second question?" Tags="|discussion|asking-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13904" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-04-23T16:18:18.077" Score="2" ViewCount="93" Body="&lt;p&gt;I usually indent code with tabs, and every time I want to test a snippet before posting it to a SE site I have to reformat it manually before I can post it. Even when I don't use tabs, I need to indent every line with four whitespaces. Furthermore sometimes I have to add a line just to specify which language I'm using in the snippet. Then I have to select everything and copy it to the clipboard before pasting it to the post. How can I quickly and easily format my code for SE sites' posts?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="380067" LastEditorUserId="380067" LastEditDate="2015-04-24T13:22:03.643" LastActivityDate="2015-04-25T15:59:45.050" Title="How can I quickly and easily format my code for SE sites' posts?" Tags="|discussion|code-formatting|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13905" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13904" CreationDate="2015-04-23T16:18:18.077" Score="3" Body="&lt;h1&gt;SEcopy&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;SEcopy it's a &lt;code&gt;bash&lt;/code&gt; script I wrote for myself which will read the content from a file or from the clipboard and format it for SE sites, copying the formatted content to the clipboard.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Features:&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Reads the the content from a file or from the clipboard&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Converts every &lt;kbd&gt;TAB&lt;/kbd&gt; character to four whitespaces&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Indents all lines with four whitespaces&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Optionally adds a &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;!-- language: &amp;lt;lang-string&amp;gt; --&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; line&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Copies the formatted content to the clipboard&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Upcoming in 0.03:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Formatting of clipboard's content with language line insertion&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Sample usage:&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Bound to a keystroke, can be used to very quickly select, copy, format and paste the formatted content of an opened document to a post (e.g. to select, copy, format and paste the content of an opened &lt;code&gt;gedit&lt;/code&gt; document to a post: &lt;kbd&gt;Ctrl&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;A&lt;/kbd&gt; + &lt;kbd&gt;Ctrl&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;C&lt;/kbd&gt; + &amp;lt;keystroke&amp;gt; + &lt;kbd&gt;Ctrl&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;V&lt;/kbd&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Source code:&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;#!/bin/bash&#xA;&#xA;if [ &quot;${1}&quot; ]                                &#xA;then&#xA;    f1=&quot;`&amp;lt; &quot;${1}&quot;`&quot;                            &#xA;else                                    &#xA;    f1=&quot;`xclip -selection clipboard -o`&quot;                &#xA;fi&#xA;f2=&quot;`&amp;lt;&amp;lt;&amp;lt; &quot;${f1}&quot; sed &quot;s/\t/    /g&quot;`&quot;                    &#xA;f3=&quot;`&amp;lt;&amp;lt;&amp;lt; &quot;${f2}&quot; sed &quot;s/^/    /&quot;`&quot;                    &#xA;if [ &quot;${2}&quot; ]                                 &#xA;then&#xA;    f4=&quot;`&amp;lt;&amp;lt;&amp;lt; &quot;${f3}&quot; sed &quot;1s/^/&amp;lt;!-- language: lang-${2} --&amp;gt;\n\n/&quot;`&quot;    &#xA;else                                    &#xA;    f4=${f3}                            &#xA;fi&#xA;&amp;lt;&amp;lt;&amp;lt; &quot;${f4}&quot; tee 2&amp;gt; /dev/null | xclip -selection clipboard        &#xA;echo &quot;SEcopy: Copied to clipboard!&quot;&#xA;exit&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Installation (Ubuntu):&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Install &lt;code&gt;xclip&lt;/code&gt; (if not installed): &lt;code&gt;sudo apt-get update &amp;amp;&amp;amp; sudo apt-get install xclip&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Download SEcopy: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.dropbox.com/s/jgdesc7szcg4cfq/secopy-0.02.tar.gz?dl=0&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://www.dropbox.com/s/jgdesc7szcg4cfq/secopy-0.02.tar.gz?dl=0&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Extract the archive: &lt;code&gt;mkdir ~/Downloads/secopy &amp;amp;&amp;amp; tar xf ~/Downloads/secopy-0.02.tar.gz -C ~/Downloads/secopy&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Mark install.sh as executable: &lt;code&gt;chmod +x ~/Downloads/secopy/secopy-0.02/install.sh&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Install SEcopy: &lt;code&gt;~/Downloads/seformat/seformat-0.01/install.sh&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Removal (Ubuntu):&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Mark uninstall.sh as executable: &lt;code&gt;chmod +x ~/Downloads/secopy/secopy-0.02/install.sh&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Uninstall SEcopy: &lt;code&gt;~/Downloads/secopy/secopy-0.02/uninstall.sh&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Uninstall &lt;code&gt;xclip&lt;/code&gt; (if not needed): &lt;code&gt;sudo apt-get purge xclip&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Remove the temporary folder: &lt;code&gt;rm -rf ~/Downloads/secopy&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Remove the archive: &lt;code&gt;rm -rf ~/Downloads/secopy-0.02.tar.gz&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Usage:&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Usage:&#xA;&#xA;secopy [&amp;lt;path_to_source_file&amp;gt; [&amp;lt;lang_string&amp;gt;]]&#xA;&#xA;&amp;lt;path_to_file&amp;gt; = Path to the source file&#xA;&amp;lt;lang_string&amp;gt; = Language string defining the source file's language&#xA;&#xA;If no &amp;lt;path_to_source_file&amp;gt; is specified, SEcopy will format the content of the clipboard.&#xA;If no &amp;lt;lang_string&amp;gt; is specified, SEcopy will not add a language defining line.&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/13901/380067&quot;&gt;List of all the possible values for &amp;lt;lang_string&amp;gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Examples:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;secopy&#xA;secopy ~/Desktop/MyBashScript.sh&#xA;secopy ~/Desktop/MyBashScript.sh bash&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Input:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xA;#!/bin/bash&#xA;&#xA;if [ 1 ]&#xA;then&#xA;        echo This is an example.&#xA;done&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Output #1: (file read from the clipboard)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xA;    #!/bin/bash&#xA;&#xA;    if [ 1 ]&#xA;    then&#xA;        echo This is an example.&#xA;    done&#xA;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Output #2: (file read from a file)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xA;    #!/bin/bash&#xA;&#xA;    if [ 1 ]&#xA;    then&#xA;        echo This is an example.&#xA;    done&#xA;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Output #3: (file read from a file)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xA;&amp;lt;!-- language: lang-bash --&amp;gt;&#xA;&#xA;    #!/bin/bash&#xA;&#xA;    if [ 1 ]&#xA;    then&#xA;        echo This is an example.&#xA;    done&#xA;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="380067" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2015-04-24T14:45:27.347" LastActivityDate="2015-04-24T14:45:27.347" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13906" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13904" CreationDate="2015-04-23T16:32:55.997" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you're just too lazy to indent a huge number of lines, you can select it and click on the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;code&gt;{}&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;-button in the panel above the text field where you enter your post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another possibility is to use the HTML tag pair &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;pre&amp;gt;&amp;lt;code&amp;gt; ... &amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/pre&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; for code formatting. It means &quot;preformatted text&quot; and &quot;code&quot; on the finally displayed site it is exactly the same as code blocks indented with 4 spaces, because those Markdown indentations are converted to exactly this HTML tag pair. Note that you should write the tags in the same line as the first (last) line of your code snippet, according to @EliahKagan.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Example (written with indentation to escape the HTML tags and make them visible!):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;pre&amp;gt;&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;# Here come some code lines&#xA;# ...&#xA;exit&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/pre&amp;gt;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2015-04-23T19:08:43.553" LastActivityDate="2015-04-23T19:08:43.553" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13907" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13903" CreationDate="2015-04-23T21:28:45.790" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;A first step would be determine what the actual problem is. What you see might be a ton of symptoms of the same root cause, so determine the root cause and ask how to solve it. Then, you can post separate questions trying to fix individual symptoms, if you wish or if fixing the root problem seems to be very hard, or note them in the original post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2015-04-23T21:28:45.790" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13908" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13910" CreationDate="2015-04-24T17:39:02.670" Score="6" ViewCount="490" Body="&lt;p&gt;I know there have been questions about hardware before, and meta discussions about whether or not they are appropriate, but I can't remember if there was a definite answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm thinking of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/3394689.htm#pdpFullProductInformation&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Asus X555MA&lt;/a&gt; and am obviously concerned about potential issues with putting Ubuntu on it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it okay to ask that on the main site? I don't like being downvoted... &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Additional:&lt;/strong&gt; The laptop will be paid for with a voucher, which is a gift/reward from my employer, and can be redeemed in a wide ranging variety of places. However, of the retailers that sell laptops, none of them offer pre-installed Ubuntu, so that is not an option, unfortunately. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="304825" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2015-04-29T13:31:15.473" LastActivityDate="2015-05-05T07:50:26.397" Title="Is it appropriate to ask if the Asus X555MA has any known issues running Ubuntu?" Tags="|discussion|asking-questions|scope|" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="14" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13909" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13908" CreationDate="2015-04-24T18:40:19.970" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;As long as you're asking for objective and strictly Ubuntu dependant known issues (the only thing I can think of is if the hardware is supported), I think it is.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In that case the question would be both about Ubuntu and localized enough (i.e. it wouldn't fall either into the off topic or into the too broad category).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The reverse question e.g. indeed wouldn't instead (e.g. to ask on which hardware Ubuntu is supported: too broad, or whether Ubuntu will work &quot;well&quot; on such hardware: primarily opinion based).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="380067" LastEditorUserId="380067" LastEditDate="2015-04-25T15:18:22.343" LastActivityDate="2015-04-25T15:18:22.343" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13910" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13908" CreationDate="2015-04-24T19:06:03.383" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure. If you just plan on asking &quot;are there any known issues with x hardware&quot; then I'd tend to think this isn't the best place for that. Known issues is subjective and localized, not to mention time specific. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think you'd be better off asking on &lt;a href=&quot;http://ubuntuforums.org&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://ubuntuforums.org&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;http://discourse.ubuntu.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://discourse.ubuntu.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2015-04-24T19:06:03.383" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13911" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-04-24T21:54:31.170" Score="17" ViewCount="516" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have noticed a pattern where exactly one day after I post an answer in the Ubuntu section, my answer receives exactly one downvote. It seems plausible that if it is always the same person downvoting me, that this person is using downvotes for a vendetta. Is it possible to find out if all the downvotes are coming from the same user? I don't care about the downvotes, I just want to know if there is somebody who hates me and why.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158461" LastActivityDate="2015-07-23T20:53:40.147" Title="Is a downvote troll targeting me?" Tags="|discussion|support|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13912" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13911" CreationDate="2015-04-24T22:09:13.353" Score="23" Body="&lt;p&gt;You've posted 5 answers. 3 have received 1 downvote. That's not all your answers. It also isn't enough data to bring anything to light.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Seeing this the best I can suggest is, for now, ignoring the downvotes. Just make sure that your answers actually answer the question and fulfil the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/how-to-answer&quot;&gt;How do I write good answers?&lt;/a&gt; section of the help center and you should be golden.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You're going to get random downvotes at times and as long as you are certain your posts are definitely &lt;em&gt;answers&lt;/em&gt; to the question, and good quality ones, there isn't much you can do. If this pattern persists a few more times drop me a note &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/201/ask-ubuntu-general-room&quot;&gt;in chat&lt;/a&gt; by including &lt;code&gt;@Seth&lt;/code&gt; in your message and I will re-check the tooling.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2015-04-24T22:09:13.353" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13913" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13904" CreationDate="2015-04-25T15:59:45.050" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I generally plan my questions in GEdit which can be set to convert tab indents to spaces. Set it to 4 spaces or whatever works for you and then highlight the code you want to share and hit tab. All indented and ready to past into your question or answer. On windows Notepad++ does something very similar.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="145472" LastActivityDate="2015-04-25T15:59:45.050" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13914" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-04-26T00:59:00.853" Score="-6" ViewCount="109" Body="&lt;p&gt;What does everyone think if we get a single thread going for bugs and workarounds for people with issues relating to 15.04 install. Maybe a wiki type thread. I'm sure a lot of people are coming here for answers and are probably having issues finding them due to lots of disparate threads. I know Nvidia issues alone have about 5 workarounds, I finally after about 6 hours was able to get back in LOL it's frustrating and would not want to wish this on anyone  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also as an aside this will likely drop the amount of duplicate questions&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="397502" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2015-04-29T13:30:39.540" LastActivityDate="2015-04-29T13:30:39.540" Title="Making a 'master thread' for bugs and workarounds for Ubuntu 15.04 issues and bugs?" Tags="|discussion|asking-questions|bug-reports|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13915" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13916" CreationDate="2015-04-26T01:11:11.103" Score="4" ViewCount="102" Body="&lt;p&gt;As the title says, when would the Community moderator vote to close a question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/613766/176889&quot;&gt;Example&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/WGRpV.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="176889" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2017-12-29T18:50:49.567" Title="When does Community ♦ vote to close a question?" Tags="|discussion|vote-to-close|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13916" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13915" CreationDate="2015-04-26T01:20:52.903" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;When the OP of the question agrees that their post is a duplicate, a binding vote by the Community user is cast and closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See this MSE post for more details: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/250981/203389&quot;&gt;New UI encourages askers to confirm or dispute duplicate votes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2015-04-26T03:21:11.943" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13917" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13914" CreationDate="2015-04-26T02:48:09.283" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;This suggestion is ultimately in conflict with the actual purpose of the site and the guidelines and regulations/rules within the Help Center.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's the big considerations:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Bugs are still offtopic here regardless (this is detailed in the Help Center).  Even if we have a workaround, the sheer number of bugs that can happen makes it unfeasible to maintain a master list for this.  We could in theory have one master thread for each bug that has a workaround, however the idea is to &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;discourage&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; the posting of bugs in any way shape or form and instead file the bug on Launchpad - if it's a duplicate of another bug that has a workaround on it, triagers or the apport retracers will find it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;List type questions and answers are a bad fit and actually against the site scope (per the Help Center).  This has always been the case, the only reason the older 'software recommendation' posts with lists of potential alternatives exist is because they have some use, although we still discourage such types of questions/answers.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Dupe voting works fine to ID duplicate questions, and that's actually what should be done. (this is still the primary moderation method for handling duplicates)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Consider the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/13726/10616&quot;&gt;Canonical &quot;wifi not working&quot; question proposal here on meta&lt;/a&gt;, and the many issues that come with such 'master' posts for general issues related to hardware related problems and bugs, which would apply here too:&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If we have the same workarounds for an NVIDIA card then we could have one master question for NVIDIA, but given there are a ton of NVIDIA cards that is not feasible.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Same logic applies for AMD graphics cards, and the following (this is not an all inclusive list):&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;wifi cards from multiple manufacturers&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ethernet cards from multiple manufacturers&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Sound cards from various manufacturers&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;... (an infinite list of potential similar situations)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We can't create a master post for those or linking to the masters because we end up with either a billion pages of support answers or an unending list.  It's not feasible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.227" LastActivityDate="2015-04-26T16:35:11.143" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13918" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13942" CreationDate="2015-04-26T23:56:34.657" Score="20" ViewCount="341" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't exactly know why this is the case anyway, but I have quite often seen new questions with the above title ('What's your Ubuntu question? Be specific') as the person asking the question cannot be bothered to add one (or didn't notice). This very annoying as it makes it more difficult for other people to find it if they need it. The recent example that sparked this is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/revisions/614520/1&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. There is another &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/revisions/618147/1&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; - I can't find other examples, presumably as the community here is wary enough to spot em and edit it in for the OP.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Could a thing be added that if the title is still empty, or contains &lt;code&gt;What's your Ubuntu question? Be specific&lt;/code&gt;, it then flags it up the OP (a similar method to &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/11508/would-a-off-topic-tag-warning-be-a-good-idea&quot;&gt;this:&lt;/a&gt;) &lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/HMZta.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;with a message vaguely like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You have not included a title. Please include a specific title so it makes it easier for users of this site to find it, including some that could actually answer it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="178596" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2023-12-20T22:46:53.777" Title="What's your Ubuntu question? Be specific" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|asking-questions|question-titles|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13919" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-04-27T17:39:00.977" Score="0" ViewCount="32" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm &lt;em&gt;positive&lt;/em&gt; that an *apparent* upvote on a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/614871/what-software-that-supported-by-windows-xp-can-not-run-on-xubuntu#comment866297_614871&quot;&gt;comment of mine&lt;/a&gt; it's not there anymore: after having left the comment, I was still in the page to read one of the answers a second time when I saw it got upvoted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A few minutes later the question was at the top of the active questions and I visited it again: no upvote on the comment now, as you can see, but I've noticed that the top answer has been upvoted once more in the meantime (from 2 to 3 upvotes).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm &lt;em&gt;positive&lt;/em&gt; that the comment appeared as upvoted before I left the page the first time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I also reloaded the page multiple times, the upvote is still not there anymore.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My speculation is there's something wrong with the JavaScript / AJAX code in the page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="380067" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2015-04-27T17:39:00.977" Title="Previously (non-)upvoted comment doesn't show the (non-)upvote received anymore" Tags="|bug|comments|up-votes|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13920" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13908" CreationDate="2015-04-28T20:39:13.930" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Put Ubuntu on a USB stick, find the same make and model at a local computer store and see if it will boot. (You may have to reassure a salesperson that you won't be damaging the unit in any way, nor changing anything on it. If it will boot and run Ubuntu of the live media, you can be pretty certain that it's compatible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastActivityDate="2015-04-28T20:39:13.930" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13921" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13908" CreationDate="2015-04-28T22:47:21.370" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If my understanding is correct, having a particular model doesn't exactly tell the users of askubuntu much information; there's much better chance of finding information on specific wireless card, or motherboard, or graphics driver. From what I've seen so far in my 1 year here, the first things people ask in the comment is &lt;code&gt;lshw&lt;/code&gt; output or &lt;code&gt;lspci&lt;/code&gt; output, not what is the computer model.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So personally, I'd find out the type of graphics card and wireless card you have there, and research the questions asked on this site related to the card models you have. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are persistent on using Ubuntu with that laptop, alternatives to installing on hard drive would be installing on external hard drive or usb, as well as VMWare or VirtualBox under Windows. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;TL;DR: The laptop model doesn't mean much, so ask for specific hardware bits&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="295286" LastActivityDate="2015-04-28T22:47:21.370" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13922" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-04-29T11:53:43.737" Score="2" ViewCount="74" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have an error to report. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Today, I have started for the first time to review other users' questions and answers. So the error I am talking about never happened to me and I don't know if it was encountered by anyone else. Still, I think it's better to report it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After editing someone's answer and clicking the &quot;Submit&quot; button, I was directed to a page having only this message on it:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;This post is deleted and cannot be edited.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While I can understand the meaning of the message and the cause of it, I can't understand why it appeared on a totally blank page. I was simply thrown out from Askubuntu website! I had to click on the &quot;Back&quot; button in my browser in order to get back on it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My guess is that Askubuntu has some problems with its HTML codes, which it should be fixed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here, in the screenshot, you can see the message:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/RVhhe.png&quot; alt=&quot;Error message on a blank page&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;...In order to get back, I clicked &quot;back&quot; button. As you can see, I had no other solution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/3Qvrc.png&quot; alt=&quot;In order to get back on Askubuntu I clicked on back button in browser&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I hope this helps.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="146105" LastEditorUserId="146105" LastEditDate="2015-04-29T18:23:20.517" LastActivityDate="2015-04-29T18:23:20.517" Title="&quot;This post is deleted and cannot be edited.&quot; text on a totally blank page" Tags="|bug|editing|review|deleted-answers|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13923" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-04-29T12:23:08.360" Score="7" ViewCount="60" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is what I see when hovering my reputation graph in the new profile page:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/RyLKs.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can the underline please be removed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="146441" LastEditorUserId="57576" LastEditDate="2024-02-04T06:07:43.860" LastActivityDate="2024-02-04T06:07:43.860" Title="Underline on new reputation graph looks weird" Tags="|bug|design|profile-page|reputation-graph|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13924" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13925" CreationDate="2015-04-29T20:14:13.573" Score="3" ViewCount="30" Body="&lt;p&gt;Are the &quot;answers&quot; to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/13782/minor-site-design-updates?cb=1&quot;&gt;Minor site design updates&lt;/a&gt; still monitored or should we post standard bug reports (aka &quot;questions&quot;)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastActivityDate="2015-04-30T16:12:43.957" Title="How shall we report bugs in the new design?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13925" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13924" CreationDate="2015-04-29T20:21:25.763" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just post standard bug reports at this point. Make sure you tag them &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/bug&quot; class=&quot;post-tag required-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;bug&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;bug&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/design&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;design&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;design&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks for reporting these :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2015-04-29T20:21:25.763" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13926" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13908" CreationDate="2015-04-29T21:33:30.290" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The closest relevant site policy is the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;on-topic help article&lt;/a&gt; that says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Questions that you should avoid:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Shopping or Hardware Recommendations&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I don't think that actually applies in this case. The question &quot;What model laptop should I buy?&quot; is simply too open to receive a decent answer. By the StackOverflow model, we want detailed and precise answers to well-formed and specific questions. On the other hand, when asking about the compatibility of a specific model, the answer is likely a simple &quot;yes&quot; or &quot;no&quot;. So from the perspective of maintaining high quality questions and answers I don't have a problem with it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even so, whenever a user asks a question like this I usually mark it as a duplicate of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;this question on compatibility&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/185952/where-can-i-find-information-about-ubuntu-compatible-or-certified-hardware-pc-mo&quot;&gt;this question on laptops and certification&lt;/a&gt; and let them know that there is really no definitive answer to their question other than &quot;Try it and see.&quot; It is simply not that likely for someone with the exact same model or hardware configuration to come along and confirm Ubuntu's compatibility. So at the very least we should add a comment to the question letting the asker know that they may never receive a definitive answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, I don't think Ask Ubuntu should end up being a hardware compatibility database. First and foremost, the StackOverflow model does not lend itself to database queries. Finding the compatibility of your specific model or hardware would probably be a nightmare using only the search bar. It would be much better to get a dedicated site to host a comprehensive (and potentially user-driven) hardware compatibility database. The Ubuntu &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com/certification/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Certified Hardware&lt;/a&gt; page is a good start, but is by no means exhaustive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;TL;DR&lt;/strong&gt; Until a website comes along that seeks to create a comprehensive database of compatible hardware, I think we should tolerate these questions while letting the askers know that the best method is to just &quot;Try it and see.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(NOTE: Edited significantly based on comments from @kos below.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="205638" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2015-05-05T07:50:26.397" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13927" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13928" CreationDate="2015-04-30T06:26:00.280" Score="3" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;I used to easily see the questions which have not yet got &lt;strong&gt;any answer&lt;/strong&gt; as they were displayed in a &lt;strong&gt;red circle&lt;/strong&gt; until recently.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now it's very hard to easily spot them, and I don't think the argument &quot;&lt;em&gt;too much orange color used in the website&lt;/em&gt;&quot; can justify lack of a stronger emphasis for &lt;strong&gt;0 answer questions&lt;/strong&gt;. This problem, I think, will have an &lt;strong&gt;adverse effect on the overall number of answers&lt;/strong&gt; as it puts off people who prefer focusing on unanswered questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think it was a useful feature to &lt;strong&gt;draw attention to unanswered questions&lt;/strong&gt; more than others already answered (accepted or not).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Perhaps it might be a good idea to bring that feature back.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, only the number 0 (without a circle) could be made &lt;strong&gt;red&lt;/strong&gt;, or a &lt;strong&gt;light grey circle&lt;/strong&gt; could be used, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/07033.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47343" LastEditorUserId="47343" LastEditDate="2015-05-03T16:05:54.900" LastActivityDate="2015-05-03T16:05:54.900" Title="Questions with 0 answers not highlighted any more :-(" Tags="|feature-request|bug|design|unanswered-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13928" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13927" CreationDate="2015-04-30T07:19:48.853" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I agree with this since I mainly focus on questions with 0 answers myself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It was a useability decision and probably happenend with this announcement: &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/13782/minor-site-design-updates&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/13782/minor-site-design-updates&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We do still have this option: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/unanswered&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/unanswered&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2015-04-30T07:19:48.853" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13929" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13862" CreationDate="2015-04-30T13:56:49.487" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you feel the answer could be improved, drop a comment to the author suggesting that they do so, if the author is unwilling or unable to apply the improvements, You can offer to do so for them. The end result will be a better answer that's easier to find for those seeking solutions. Of course this approach is unlikely to boost your rep but it will improve the site (which is why your here, right?)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastActivityDate="2015-04-30T13:56:49.487" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13930" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-04-30T15:10:07.987" Score="2" ViewCount="160" Body="&lt;p&gt;I like the identicon, but sometimes I'm getting tired of the same old shapes / colour.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any way to regenerate / generate a new one with different shapes / colour?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="380067" LastEditorUserId="380067" LastEditDate="2015-04-30T17:00:47.090" LastActivityDate="2015-05-01T08:47:39.880" Title="Is it possible to regenerate / generate a new identicon?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13932" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13930" CreationDate="2015-04-30T16:58:48.560" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://vksnr.net/identicon.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;This site&lt;/a&gt; generates SE style identicons using Gravatar; it won't match your own identicon if you are a user recent enough and you are trying to pass your email address because &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/204540&quot;&gt;during its creation for SE a salt has been added&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="380067" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2015-04-30T16:58:48.560" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13933" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13930" CreationDate="2015-05-01T08:47:39.880" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you can change the e-mail address associated with your account that will update the identicon to a new pattern.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have a gmail account you can use the &lt;code&gt;+&lt;/code&gt; extension to change the address as far as the identicon is concerned but keep in contact. It has the added advantage that you can set up filtering based on the &quot;to&quot; address for sorting your e-mails.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user403807" LastActivityDate="2015-05-01T08:47:39.880" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13934" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-05-01T19:39:06.267" Score="1" ViewCount="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;The comment from the suggesting person used to be immediately visible (different background IIRC)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now it doesn't stand out from the rest, making it &lt;em&gt;a bit&lt;/em&gt; harder to find the comment and compare it to the actually suggested edit. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/JRhQ7.png&quot; alt=&quot;screenshot&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastActivityDate="2015-05-01T19:39:06.267" Title="edit reviews: the suggestion comment is not highlighted any more" Tags="|bug|design|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13936" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13938" CreationDate="2015-05-02T05:55:42.243" Score="2" ViewCount="64" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just asked a question about what the intended workflow is for doing something in Ubuntu, but it was rather poorly received thus far:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/617168/why-is-creating-desktop-launchers-so-difficult-what-is-the-intended-workflow&quot;&gt;What is the intended way of creating desktop launchers?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this not an appropriate question for this forum? Usually when I come across a feature or workflow that I'm used to doing and find it to be unusually difficult in a new environment, I try to find solutions to the same problem &lt;em&gt;in a different way&lt;/em&gt;. This was my intention here, but it seems to have been received as a rant. That wasn't my intention, but I don't how to clarify this without stripping away the context of the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now I'm wondering whether this is a question I should be asking here at all. I've had a read of the &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;What topics can I ask about here&lt;/a&gt;&quot; page and it doesn't really seem to cover this kind of question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="326399" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2015-09-11T19:05:03.810" Title="Can I ask questions about how software is supposed to be used?" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13937" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13940" CreationDate="2015-05-02T06:02:19.867" Score="5" ViewCount="44" Body="&lt;p&gt;This morning, opening the computer, I found a reputation change of &lt;code&gt;+92&lt;/code&gt;, which is nice, but kind of a strange figure. It even appears differently on different windows.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/yVknA.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/FDDoc.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;code&gt;+100&lt;/code&gt; I can find. The (appearant) &lt;code&gt;-8&lt;/code&gt; however is a weird figure; &lt;em&gt;seems&lt;/em&gt; like 4 &quot;old&quot; questions I edited might have been removed, but I can find nothing whatsoever about it in my history. Also if &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/11819/changing-reputation-somtimes-it-goes-up-then-down-again&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; was the case, or simply an un-upvote, it would be like &lt;code&gt;-10&lt;/code&gt; or &lt;code&gt;-15&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Although I have the feeling I am overlooking something, I am just curious what might be the cause.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="158442" LastEditDate="2015-05-02T09:35:57.927" LastActivityDate="2015-05-02T09:35:57.927" Title="Seemingly &quot;unregistered&quot; reputation change?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13938" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13936" CreationDate="2015-05-02T06:19:18.530" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Asking this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Why is creating desktop launchers so difficult?&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;is a matter of opinion. I myself do not believe it is difficult and many others do not believe it too. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By the way: you list the page from the help but there is also the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/dont-ask&quot;&gt;don't ask page&lt;/a&gt; that has: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Some subjective questions are allowed, but “subjective” does not mean “anything goes”. All subjective questions are expected to be constructive. What does that mean? Constructive subjective questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;inspire answers that explain “why” and “how”&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;tend to have long, not short, answers&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;have a constructive, fair, and impartial tone&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;invite sharing experiences over opinions&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;insist that opinion be backed up with facts and references&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;are more than just mindless social fun&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2015-05-02T06:19:18.530" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13939" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13937" CreationDate="2015-05-02T06:27:12.107" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;A -8 can be a zero-score (+1/-1) answer getting deleted - perhaps the question got cleaned because it didn't have a positive score or any answers with a positive score.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2015-05-02T06:27:12.107" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13940" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13937" CreationDate="2015-05-02T07:02:16.903" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Looking at your reputation tab, Community has been tidying up - 4 old questions that you have edited in the past (back in April/May '14) have been removed. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This period was when you were officially a newbie ... and earning 2 rep per edit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/46ooR.png&quot; alt=&quot;pic&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14356" LastActivityDate="2015-05-02T07:02:16.903" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13941" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13782" CreationDate="2015-05-02T07:26:09.170" Score="1" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Bring back some emphasis for questions with 0 answer please&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I used to try and do my bit by &lt;strong&gt;giving priority to those questions which have no answer at all&lt;/strong&gt;, and I could see them very very easily when they had that &lt;strong&gt;orange circle&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now it's very hard to easily spot them, and I don't think the argument &quot;&lt;em&gt;too much orange color used in the website&lt;/em&gt;&quot; can justify lack of a stronger emphasis for &lt;strong&gt;0 answer questions&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, only the number 0 (without a circle) could be made &lt;strong&gt;red&lt;/strong&gt;, or a &lt;strong&gt;light grey circle&lt;/strong&gt; could be used, etc. This problem, I think, will have an &lt;strong&gt;adverse effect on the overall number of answers&lt;/strong&gt; as it puts off people like me.&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/07033.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47343" LastActivityDate="2015-05-02T07:26:09.170" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13942" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13918" CreationDate="2015-05-02T09:46:03.353" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;You underestimate the industriousness of our users. There &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; actually a warning shown:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/mLCzS.png&quot; alt=&quot;warning popup shown when posting a question with no title&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I just got the popup shown above when trying to post a question with no title. I simply never clicked on the title field. As soon as I attempted to post my question, the title was automatically made blank and this warning appeared.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, it looks like we actually have people who take the time to copy out the filler text and write it into the title field. Full points for effort, at least. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Either that, or there is a strange non-reproducible bug that only affects a small subset of our user base. Personally, I think the first option is more likely. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="186134" LastEditDate="2019-10-15T20:32:20.587" LastActivityDate="2019-10-15T20:32:20.587" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13943" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13944" CreationDate="2015-05-02T12:20:40.903" Score="-3" ViewCount="80" Body="&lt;p&gt;When I view the profile of anybody that hasn't filled it's bio it says this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Apparently, this user prefers to keep an air of mystery about &lt;strong&gt;them&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think that it should say this instead:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Apparently, this user prefers to keep an air of mystery about &lt;strong&gt;it&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've highlighted what I think that is a fail. However English is not my mother tongue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think that this may refer to the user and not to a bunch of users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="387382" LastActivityDate="2015-05-02T12:30:00.453" Title="I think that the default user's description is wrong" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13944" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13943" CreationDate="2015-05-02T12:30:00.453" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;They&lt;/em&gt;/&lt;em&gt;them&lt;/em&gt;/&lt;em&gt;their&lt;/em&gt; is common when referring to the third-person singular for a person of unknown gender. &lt;em&gt;It&lt;/em&gt;, on the other hand, doesn't enjoy similar popularity. &lt;em&gt;It&lt;/em&gt;, to me, is for inanimate, inhuman or subhuman entities.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Related:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://english.stackexchange.com/q/48/93130&quot;&gt;Is there a correct gender-neutral, singular pronoun (“his” versus “her” versus “their”)?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:38:17.203" LastActivityDate="2015-05-02T12:30:00.453" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13946" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8873" CreationDate="2015-05-03T00:46:27.083" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;When &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/445637/can-i-enable-bash-completion-for-the-new-apt-command&quot;&gt;Can I enable bash-completion for the new apt command?&lt;/a&gt; was first posted, 14.04 LTS was new and was the only Ubuntu release for which the issue applied. It seems to me that the question was, at that time, about as version-specific as questions can get.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since then, 14.10 and 15.04 have been released, and they both suffer from the same problem. (I have verified this.) This is to say that they both ship with the &lt;code&gt;apt&lt;/code&gt; utility but neither ships with &lt;code&gt;bash-completion&lt;/code&gt; for it. There's no reason to think Oli's &lt;em&gt;solution&lt;/em&gt; is any any way release-specific (just the problem, as it originally existed). Furthermore, I have tested his solution on 15.04 and it works.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So &lt;strong&gt;I've removed the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/14.04&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;14.04&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;14.04&lt;/a&gt; tag&lt;/strong&gt;, in accordance with &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/8874/22949&quot;&gt;Oli's advice about how to use version tags&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;How do you &lt;em&gt;ever&lt;/em&gt; know something is version specific?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do your best. If you suspect it to be version specific, add the tag.&#xA;If you can show it's not, remove it. &lt;strong&gt;Don't shoot on sight.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While I've expressed my views on the controversy in this post, this is primarily as a form of full disclosure. I didn't remove the tag to make a statement or advance any policy position. Instead:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The tag was confusing for me when I found the question when searching for help with my 15.04 problem.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I followed the link to this meta question and was reminded of its history (which I'd mostly forgotten about).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I verified that both the question and answer &lt;em&gt;now&lt;/em&gt; apply to multiple releases.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;So I removed the tag.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would not ordinarily post a meta answer when retagging a question, obviously. In this case there's been spirited disagreement and I want to make clear that I am &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; trying to act in a way that's unaccountable to the community. If someone puts the tag back, I will &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; get an in edit war to remove it again. (I don't see any reason to put it back, though, from any of the perspectives that have been expressed here. So my &lt;em&gt;guess&lt;/em&gt; is, that won't happen.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have anticipated two possible concerns:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Why not &lt;em&gt;add&lt;/em&gt; tags instead?&lt;/strong&gt; I don't think anyone wants questions that apply to three releases to have version tags, but even if we did generally do that, we couldn't here. A question can only have five tags; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/apt&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;apt&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;apt&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/bash&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;bash&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;bash&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/autocompletion&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;autocompletion&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;autocompletion&lt;/a&gt; remain important to the question; and thus it cannot reasonably be tagged with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/14.04&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;14.04&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;14.04&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/14.10&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;14.10&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;14.10&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/15.04&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;15.04&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;15.04&lt;/a&gt; too.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;But, for the OP (Oli), wasn't it about 14.04?&lt;/strong&gt; Originally, yes, but now it affects all recent releases and questions on Ask Ubuntu don't exist only (or even primarily) for their askers. The task of our site and community is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tour&quot;&gt;to create a library of Ubuntu questions and answers, which can then be used by anyone&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;em&gt;At this point in time&lt;/em&gt;, removing the tag doesn't harm the author, but it does help the community at large, now and in the future.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2015-05-03T00:46:27.083" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13947" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-05-03T15:27:47.923" Score="16" ViewCount="146" Body="&lt;p&gt;Whenever I try to close a question as duplicate, a floating window pops up which is a mini search engine to find duplicate question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But it is never helpful(except in exceptional cases). For example, when I tried to search for the &lt;code&gt;unmet dependencies&lt;/code&gt; question with following terms&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;dependency&#xA;unmet dependency&#xA;unmet dependencies&#xA;how to resolve unmet dependencies&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;none returned the question I was searching for. Finally, I had to put part of the exact title&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;how do I resolve unmet dependencies&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;to get the question I was searching for. This happens everytime I try to close a question. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I think this thing needs some serious makeover.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;BTW this is somewhat related  to &#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/7293/184942&quot;&gt;How do I quickly find the duplicate questions I'm searching for when flagging/closing?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="184942" LastActivityDate="2019-10-15T20:34:25.790" Title="The duplicate question search engine while closing a question is not useful" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13949" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-05-03T23:51:05.663" Score="1" ViewCount="40" Body="&lt;p&gt;Firstly, should these two be merged/duped/linked/somethinged:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/206407/how-do-i-find-out-which-version-and-derivative-of-ubuntu-is-right-for-my-hardwar&quot;&gt;How do I find out which version and derivative of Ubuntu is right for my hardware in terms of minimal system requirements?&lt;/a&gt; (I think this is the best out of em)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/333795/what-are-the-system-requirements-for-each-flavour-of-ubuntu-desktop&quot;&gt;What are the system requirements for each flavour of Ubuntu Desktop&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, should these now include the minimum specs needed for &lt;a href=&quot;https://developer.ubuntu.com/en/snappy/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Snappy Core&lt;/a&gt; (i've looked and can't find them, so it would be helpful (also if it is soo minimal it may work for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/617871/178596&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt;)) - I know there is &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/snappy/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;a version for the Raspberry Pi 2&lt;/a&gt; so it is fairly low-specced.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EDIT: for the latter issue, I half found and answer so did &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/617904/178596&quot;&gt;What are the minimum system requirements for Ubuntu Snappy Core?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="178596" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2015-05-04T00:10:17.563" Title="Minimum system requirements" Tags="|discussion|merge|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13954" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13947" CreationDate="2015-05-04T14:05:35.077" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;This has been discussed elsewhere already:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/289364/why-is-duplicate-search-still-awfu&quot;&gt;Why is duplicate search still awful? &lt;/a&gt;  on Meta Stack Overflow&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/232242/help-us-find-duplicates-efficiently&quot;&gt;Help us find duplicates efficiently&lt;/a&gt; on MSE&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Search (and not just dupe search !) is just bad. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You could use Google with &lt;code&gt;site:askubuntu.com&lt;/code&gt;,  put &lt;code&gt;score:10&lt;/code&gt; in dupefinder box, just bookmark the questions which you use as duplicate most often so you have the link, or something else.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="383125" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2015-05-04T14:05:35.077" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13955" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13911" CreationDate="2015-05-05T12:44:21.017" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Down votes on a site like this are not implemented well IMHO, a down vote can be that someone doesn't like your answer in pole position because they think that their answer is better.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You also have and I have noted this myself, a problem with post snobbery and if someone doesn't like the way you ask a question, you find that these grammar natzi's jump in and you get hit. Been there myself with a different user account, got no help whatsoever and with this user account too, got down voted because some people didn't like my questions...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sorry but it is not a &quot;Question&quot; if that person likes your question or not, it is a question of if that person down voting your post actually fully comprehends the issue, something I am finding is a major problem, people and comprehending a situation at hand.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think it is prudent to insert a stop that will stop people down voting a question by a poster UNTIL they themselves have either posted an answer or a comment and also a flag to show that this person voted. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Only real option if that is not going to be implemented is to remove the down vote option altogether, something I figure is why Facebook do not have a dislike button because of all the problems it introduces.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Simply put, if you don't like an answer, why should someone be allowed to down vote and just because that person does not like the question, FFS.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another issue surrounds the answer, just because an answer is voted as top answer does not by any means, mean that it is correct or appropriate. If anything, the Person asking for help should be the person to up vote the answer they chose that works for them and no amount of down vote or up votes should detract from that chosen answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="379773" LastActivityDate="2015-05-05T12:44:21.017" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13957" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13918" CreationDate="2015-05-05T18:58:31.450" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/255991/252153&quot;&gt;Reported on Meta.SE&lt;/a&gt;, it is a network wide bug... I found 10+ posts across the network with similar titles.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="186134" LastEditorUserId="186134" LastEditDate="2023-12-20T22:46:53.777" LastActivityDate="2023-12-20T22:46:53.777" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="13958" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6261" CreationDate="2015-05-06T04:10:13.083" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The site has had several design updates and this is now fixed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2015-05-06T04:10:13.083" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13959" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-05-06T11:35:35.447" Score="1" ViewCount="75" Body="&lt;p&gt;I asked a question months ago (back on 16 January 2015) about an 'invalid argument' when trying to access a shared folder on an external drive usb connected to a Win 8.1 box on my network.  The question has been viewed 260 times, voted for a couple of times, commented on by another user with the same problem, but NEVER ANSWERED.   I am tired of using my workaround remote desktopping to yet another windows box on the network. I did not originally, and am still reluctant to, notify it as a bug, because I am not sufficiently familiar with this OS to be confident that it is.  I would now like to know where I should post my original question to get it answered? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="369293" OwnerDisplayName="Michael Bennett" LastActivityDate="2015-05-06T13:02:46.950" Title="What is the next step when an 'ask ubuntu' question isn't answered?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13960" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13959" CreationDate="2015-05-06T11:46:53.830" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;From the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/no-one-answers&quot;&gt;help&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What should I do if no one answers my question?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;First, make sure you’ve asked a good question. To get better answers, you may need to put additional effort into your question. Edit your question to provide status and progress updates. Document your own continued efforts to answer your question. This will naturally bump your question to the homepage and get more people interested in it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Basically:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you add a bounty to it or ask in chat if someone could put a bounty on it. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you include more information to the question. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By the way in case someone is wondering: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/574393/failed-to-mount-windows-share-invalid-argument&quot;&gt;Failed to mount Windows share: Invalid argument&lt;/a&gt; A quick search on the web made me add a comment to your question ;) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2015-05-06T11:54:01.120" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13961" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13959" CreationDate="2015-05-06T13:02:46.950" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You need to be more descriptive of the problem and post more information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Simply stating something is broken does not do much to solve the problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Check your logs, try to mount the share manually from the command line, read the documentation, google search samba or file sharing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It also appears you are running Linux Mint, which is not Ubuntu, seek support from the mint community.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If all else fails, your problem may be local or unique to your situation. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If education (read the documentation), google search, and refining the question do not help, file a quality bug report. If you are using Mint, file first with Mint.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="35795" LastActivityDate="2015-05-06T13:02:46.950" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13962" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-05-07T19:48:15.557" Score="-11" ViewCount="205" Body="&lt;p&gt;I always place the ending &quot;Thank you and God Bless&quot; at the end of any of my posts, questions or maybe just &quot;God Bless&quot; if its an answer / last comment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One of my legitimate questions has been flagged and locked for over a month now for &quot;off topic content&quot;. &gt;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/603191/using-ftp-to-connect-to-linux-machines-using-nautiluss-location-entry&quot;&gt;Using FTP to connect to Linux machines using Nautilus&amp;#39;s location entry&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Before this a number of users (I won't name them here unless a moderator asks me to) continually edited out the &quot;Thank you and God Bless&quot; of that particular question. Stating it was non essential content. EDIT** Also the question was downvoted for seemingly no other reason but having this issue as I persisted in editing this content back in since it was my post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Perhaps the Thank you part could be construed as non-essential, but I always try to be thankful for anything anyone does to help me, but the &quot;God Bless&quot; is non-negotiable for me. It is who I am and always place it at the end of any communication I can. Sometimes perhaps I might forget due to stress or in a rush, but If I realize it I try to go back and add it if I can.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is clearly covered in the First Amendment right of freedom of speech and beliefs. Can someone help me please unlock the mentioned question? I still have not gotten a helpful answer nor resolved it on my own.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="65492" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2015-06-02T19:43:41.080" Title="First Amendment in Posts?" Tags="|discussion|flagging|moderation|moderators|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13963" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13962" CreationDate="2015-05-07T19:53:35.763" Score="31" Body="&lt;p&gt;Welcome and thank you for you continued contributions. What you're describing is considered a &amp;quot;Signature&amp;quot; on a post and they are &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/behavior&quot;&gt;highly discouraged in Stack Exchange platform&lt;/a&gt;. You're more than welcome to edit your profile page to include &amp;quot;Thank you and as always, God Bless&amp;quot; which everyone will see when they roll over your name or visit your profile. This isn't an attempt to stifle anyone's free speech but simply a rule set forth on this site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, engaging in &amp;quot;edit wars&amp;quot; where you constantly put back something edited out is also discouraged and against site rules. Content on Ask Ubuntu is community managed, like a wiki, which is another reason we don't allow signatures in a post. They are simply noise when we want to promote signal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions are downvoted on a regular basis, there's typically a best practice where we recommend those who do downvote to comment on a reason why. Having questions &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/search?q=downvoted&quot;&gt;downvoted for seemingly no reason is a common &amp;quot;issue&amp;quot;&lt;/a&gt; on this site. We always recommend re-reading your question and trying to improve with logs, screenshots, or possibly rewording them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for your comments about this be a restriction of your American First Amendment Rights, websites are considered private property (at least websites not run by the Government) and as such rules set forth that may stifle or restrict speech is allowed. Violation of this right would be you creating a website and having it shut down, by the American Government (as an American citizen) because of the speech on that. Even that's a bit of a grey area. IANAL but to be honest this has nothing to with &amp;quot;First amendment rights&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We appreciate you adhering to these rules going forward. If you find this unsatisfactory feel free to use the &amp;quot;contact us&amp;quot; link at the bottom to bring this up with the Stack Exchange admins.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;it is a 5 word phrase in appreciation for any help others can provide, that is not noise. I guarantee if I was only putting &amp;quot;Thank you&amp;quot; this would not be any issue. Therefore this is classified stifling of beliefs. Pushing these beliefs to an &amp;quot;out-of-sight out-of-mind&amp;quot; area. So yes this is discrimination.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;also Marco, The question I was specifically referring to was worded well and was conversing with a couple individuals on answers, and if I thought they would be helpful, I would include screen shots of me trying those answers and if they worked or didn't work. But the continual editing out of those 2 words &amp;quot;God Bless&amp;quot; kept getting in the way, and shortly after was flagged as &amp;quot;Off-Topic&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;Unclear&amp;quot; when it was obvious what the real reason for flagging it was, as the one who flagged it, was the same one who was constantly editing out those 2 words for HIS own reasons and beliefs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Daniel, I appreciate your concern and I understand no one wants to be oppressed and feeling as such can set you on the defensive. While I can't assure you of the motives of every user on this site I would like to take a moment that every user on this site is bound by the Ubuntu Code of Conduct which prohibits such discrimination. I've reviewed the post you hold as evidence of this and do not see that to be the case. Instead, what I see if evidence of one user &amp;quot;cleaning up&amp;quot; a post, in this case yours, which they removed several superfluous sentences, fixed grammar, adjusted spelling and formatting, and removed the byline which seemed to spark this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why are there some post with the words &amp;quot;Thank you&amp;quot;? This can probably be attributed to an additional policy we have is to avoid minor edits. Ones which just modify a single word as that again creates noise and unnecessarily bumps a question. I personally have edited plenty of posts which included sentiments of appreciation without any religious subtexts and removed them while improving the rest of the post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I want to reiterate that the actions you took after this was removed from the post, including your edit moments before commenting, are against the sites policies. Normally this includes being contacted privately and possibly a suspension. Reverting edits and engaging in edit wars are things we take seriously on this site. While it takes two or more to engage in edit war, and those users have been contacted about this conduct, I want to let everyone know that in future if you have an issue with a post, editing and reverting are not the ways to resolve it - meta site is.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, as to your allegations that the post was closed after engaging in the edit war, I can't say what the motivation of that was, you've added a lot more details and I'm about to re-open the post. However, you again seem to be missing the point so I will place this in bold and do let me know if I'm not communicating this clearly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1st amendment rights to not apply to you on private sites, which this is one of them. If you can not handle this you may wish to participate elsewhere in the community. Continued edit wars and failure to follow the &amp;quot;no signature&amp;quot; rule will result in further action from the moderation team&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you feel you are being oppressed or disagree with this action you may take it up with the Stack Exchange community team or even the Ubuntu Community Council. However, I'm fairly confident this decision will stand. If you wish to add declarations about your appreciation for people's assistance either do so in comments on that answer or in your profile.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2015-06-02T19:43:41.080" CommentCount="14" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13964" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13965" CreationDate="2015-05-07T21:03:54.160" Score="8" ViewCount="256" Body="&lt;p&gt;Marking/closing questions as a duplicate is a delicate subject, and there is a thin line between whether a post is a duplicate or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/616738/how-to-close-a-new-firefox-window-from-terminalcfct-command-is-not-working/616767#616767&quot;&gt;This one&lt;/a&gt; however hurts my eyes. While OP clearly mentions he wants to close &lt;em&gt;the latest opened window (instance)&lt;/em&gt; of Firefox, the question was closed as a duplicate of a question about &lt;em&gt;closing a tab&lt;/em&gt; of Firefox. Quite different. I even explained it in the comment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An interesting detail is that the first one to mark as a duplicate also answered the question &lt;em&gt;after marking it as duplicate&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Moreover, the supposed duplicate does not offer a solution sideways as well. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can this be undone?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="250300" LastEditDate="2018-03-27T09:45:11.240" LastActivityDate="2018-03-27T09:45:11.240" Title="Dupe but no dupe" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13965" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13964" CreationDate="2015-05-07T21:23:08.773" Score="14" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Yes.&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For the record, questions are only duplicates when the &lt;em&gt;questions&lt;/em&gt; are the same. Answer overlap is a fact of life, let it happen. People are going to search for &lt;em&gt;their&lt;/em&gt; problem, not someone else's similar problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2015-05-07T21:23:08.773" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13966" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13967" CreationDate="2015-05-08T12:36:54.360" Score="2" ViewCount="57" Body="&lt;p&gt;Looking at my flagging history on my profile on the main Ask Ubuntu site, it shows that I've raised 170 moderator attention flags. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It further says that 165 were deemed helpful and 2 were declined. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's only 167. What about the other 3?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="304825" LastActivityDate="2015-05-08T17:32:29.317" Title="How come my flags don't add up?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13967" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13966" CreationDate="2015-05-08T16:20:12.423" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Offensive / spam post flags, offensive comment flags and suggested closure / reopen flags are not recorded as deemed helpful / declined if the flag aged away, i.e. if those flags were not deemed helpful / declined by a moderator within two days (for offensive / spam posts), within four days (for offensive comments) and if:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The question's newest close / reopen vote is more than four days old AND&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;There have been no more close / reopen votes for the same reason since then OR&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The question has received at least 100 views OR&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The question has been removed from the review queue without it having been deemed to be closed / reopened&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The question's newest close / reopen vote is more than fourteen days old&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(for suggested closures / reopens) from the date of the flag raise, as explained in &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/204327&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; meta post:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/DRvW4.png&quot; alt=&quot;image1&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="380067" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2015-05-08T17:32:29.317" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13968" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13969" CreationDate="2015-05-08T18:27:11.323" Score="3" ViewCount="60" Body="&lt;p&gt;Today I came across a few edits that try to combine parts from two different answers into one by editing information from answer two into answer one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is done by a third party and not the original posters of answer one or two.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How should I handle this ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems to me very inappropriate as it takes from one answer and bolsters another, which is of course taking away from answer two.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is an example from today where the user &quot;tom&quot; took information from the answer by &quot;Steve Saporta&quot; and pasted it into the answer by &quot;oli&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/2KST5.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should I accept an edit like this ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastEditorUserId="75060" LastEditDate="2015-05-08T18:53:30.343" LastActivityDate="2015-05-08T22:13:53.923" Title="Edits that combine answers" Tags="|discussion|suggested-edits|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13969" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13968" CreationDate="2015-05-08T18:47:24.327" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;If one of the answers &lt;em&gt;is not an answer at all&lt;/em&gt;, then editing information from it into another answer (with appropriate attribution) is sometimes okay.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In particular, if the same author posts two answers but really intended to post one answer, and one of the two answers is intended as an edit or comment on the other, then editing information from the non-answer into the actual answer is appropriate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In either of those cases, one should flag the answer that doesn't really attempt to answer the question on its own as &lt;em&gt;not an answer&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Besides that, what you've described sounds bad. &lt;em&gt;But&lt;/em&gt; you haven't given any specific examples here and I can think of ways to construe a perfectly reasonable situation as &quot;combining answers.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, suppose one answer is posted, which contains a wrong part. This motivates someone else to post their own answer. A third person comes along later and &lt;em&gt;fixes&lt;/em&gt; the wrong part in the original answer by editing it. If this conflicts with the clearly expressed intent of that answer's author, then it should be avoided (and the author could roll back such an edit). Other than that, though, what the editor did was fine--not just fine, but actively good.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If an edit to one answer would be appropriate in the absence of other answers, it is often appropriate in the presence of other answers as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Based on what you've described, I think there might be many combinations of factors that could militate toward or against the edits you've seen being appropriate. For anyone to give specific, reliable advice, more information is needed. I recommend doing one of the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Edit this meta question to provide information about the specific case.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If for some reason you don't want to publicly talk about the specific situation, and you do believe something bad is happening, flag one of the affected posts with a custom moderator attention flag and explain the situation.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2015-05-08T18:47:24.327" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13970" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-05-08T19:41:24.977" Score="0" ViewCount="38" Body="&lt;p&gt;As you can see from my user account description (about me), I am a bot.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I usually won't be active on the main site (probably, maybe I will get some additional features one day), so all my contribution there is made by my owner &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/367990/bytecommander&quot;&gt;ByteCommander&lt;/a&gt;. As I also wrote some answers and comments to speed the reputation earning process up a bit, it could happen that somebody reacts on me and leaves me comments back, maybe asking me to come back and revisit the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question now is whether it would be possible to send a copy of all my global inbox notifications to the global inbox of my owner, as he usually does not log into my account, but just comes here when I need more rep to get access to chat features.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may think of the email notification, which I already activated and set to daily, but do not really like. I can work with that, but I am just curious whether the SE architecture would be able to set something like this up at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="397814" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2015-05-08T20:23:03.127" Title="Is it possible to join global inboxes of two accounts?" Tags="|support|notifications|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13971" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13970" CreationDate="2015-05-08T20:23:03.127" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You could probably just forward your own e-mails.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Set it up so you get e-mail reminders for all the things.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In Users &amp;rightarrow; Preferences &amp;rightarrow; Emails&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/cMqtO.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;In the account you have setup for e-mail, just have all mail forwarded to your main e-mail address, or a e-mail you have set up to send you mobile reminders.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also under each question is this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/4Ievv.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastActivityDate="2015-05-08T20:23:03.127" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13972" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13968" CreationDate="2015-05-08T22:06:04.330" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just saw &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/413390&quot;&gt;the suggested edit&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;It was rejected by the community 2-1 and I agree with that decision.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I also agree with Eliah, but I'll add notes specific to the case:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My answer wasn't so long that somebody might not notice the second. That's one of the few cases where summarising other answers into a header answer might be acceptable... But there was simply no need here.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Proper attribution wasn't made.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Perhaps most importantly, it's a &lt;em&gt;different&lt;/em&gt; answer. Streamlining an existing top answer using later answers' techniques might be appropriate, but this is adding an alternative technique. Again, no need for any of that here, that's exactly why we can post multiple answers.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2015-05-08T22:13:53.923" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13973" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13974" CreationDate="2015-05-09T13:23:59.653" Score="4" ViewCount="211" Body="&lt;p&gt;The situation: you answer a question/OP mentions it works, but.../does not accept, does not upvote the answer, never comes back.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then there is the exact same question, cannot be marked as a dupe, so you leave a comment, pointing to the unaccepted (but working) answer of the first question. However, OP has reputation 3, and cannot upvote, &lt;em&gt;both&lt;/em&gt; questions stay seemingly &quot;unanswered&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it acceptable to (re) answer the question on the second instance, so at least one of them gets accepted, and the oldest one can be marked as a dupe to the newest? (and no third version of the same question will possibly appear)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These are the questions in my example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/617445/firefox-37-0-2-not-opening-removing-firefox-did-not-help-runing-ubuntu-14-04-l/617459#617459&quot;&gt;first&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/621489/firefox-is-not-starting-on-ubuntu-14-04&quot;&gt;second&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2015-05-09T21:42:40.110" Title="Could it be &quot;acceptable&quot; to duplicate-answer, if the first answer worked, but was never accepted?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13974" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13973" CreationDate="2015-05-09T13:49:32.397" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;If five people are willing vote to close question P as a duplicate of question Q because they are confident that the answer at question Q solves the problem in both questions, then probably at least one of them is also willing to upvote the answer on question Q.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I just read the questions, the comments on them, and the answer to question Q (i.e., your answer). Then I upvoted your answer and cast my duplicate-close vote on the unanswered question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2015-05-09T13:49:32.397" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13975" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13976" CreationDate="2015-05-10T11:02:46.060" Score="2" ViewCount="93" Body="&lt;p&gt;My question is simple: You all know that in chat, one can see a reputation score of users below their icon and username (if they posted enough so that there is enough space) or by clicking on the icon to open the info bubble and hovering over the name.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, this reputation score differs from the score on the parent site! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which other scores are computed into it additionally?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;And how are the scores between the 3 chat servers (chat.stackexchange, chat.stackoverflow, chat.meta.stackexchange) related?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastActivityDate="2015-05-10T14:18:12.860" Title="How is the reputation score one can see in chat calculated?" Tags="|support|reputation|chat|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13976" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13975" CreationDate="2015-05-10T14:04:23.493" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;As said &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/253048/280862&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; it is the total combination of all the SE sites which you have 200+ rep on. And then the site specific chat for the StackOverflow site is just the rep that you have on StackOverflow. And the one for SE Meta is also site specific so it is just your rep on SE Meta.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, the 100 extra that you get on sites once you have reached 200 on one site is also counted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2015-05-10T14:18:12.860" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13977" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16876" CreationDate="2015-05-10T18:01:35.690" Score="23" ViewCount="362" Body="&lt;p&gt;GNOME Shell is, ultimately, just one component in the GNOME DE. I can use it without many of the other trappings of GNOME, like GDM or Nautilus. It seems very weird that &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/gnome-panel&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;gnome-panel&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;gnome-panel&lt;/a&gt; - a thing of distant past - is an independent tag, yet, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/gnome-shell&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;gnome-shell&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;gnome-shell&lt;/a&gt; is a synonym to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/gnome&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;gnome&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;gnome&lt;/a&gt;. By whatever logic that makes &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/gnome-shell&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;gnome-shell&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;gnome-shell&lt;/a&gt; a synonym of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/gnome&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;gnome&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;gnome&lt;/a&gt;, one could synonymize practically every GNOME app tag to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/gnome&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;gnome&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;gnome&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/gnome&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;gnome&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;gnome&lt;/a&gt;, both by its wiki and what GNOME is, should really be for questions about the desktop environment or the GNOME project as a whole.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Failing that, rename &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/gnome&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;gnome&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;gnome&lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/gnome-shell&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;gnome-shell&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;gnome-shell&lt;/a&gt; - if it is really for GNOME Shell the shell, then that should be reflected in the name. As it stands, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/gnome&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;gnome&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;gnome&lt;/a&gt; gets involved in every question that mentions GNOME, especially if it is Ubuntu GNOME, in which case both &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/gnome&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;gnome&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;gnome&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ubuntu-gnome&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ubuntu-gnome&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ubuntu-gnome&lt;/a&gt; get involved. This is quite senseless.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2017-04-05T11:25:43.173" LastActivityDate="2017-04-05T11:26:20.877" Title="Please undo tag synonymizing: gnome-shell -&gt; gnome" Tags="|discussion|status-completed|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="14" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13978" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13979" CreationDate="2015-05-11T19:19:39.553" Score="2" ViewCount="77" Body="&lt;p&gt;I flagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/622275/ls-discrepancy-with-du-df-output&quot;&gt;this post&lt;/a&gt; as off-topic as it was about some obscure distro, but it has since been edited into a general Linux question. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How do I remove the flag I raised? There doesn't seem to be any option that I can find. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="304825" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2015-05-11T19:28:22.393" Title="How do I unflag something?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13979" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13978" CreationDate="2015-05-11T19:28:22.393" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/87500/cancel-misclicked-flags&quot;&gt;You can't.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Don't worry too much. The odd invalid or disputed flag isn't that big a problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2015-05-11T19:28:22.393" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13980" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13983" CreationDate="2015-05-12T05:50:10.640" Score="0" ViewCount="54" Body="&lt;p&gt;I had a Q&amp;amp;A &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/622233/how-to-change-the-timeout-between-sudo-sessions&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; which was deleted by a moderator because the source was not included. I have now added the source and edited the answer. Is it possible to undelete it now?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="377375" LastActivityDate="2015-05-12T06:23:52.687" Title="Is it possible to undelete an answer which is deleted by a moderator?" Tags="|discussion|deleted-answers|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13981" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-05-12T05:56:16.913" Score="0" ViewCount="41" Body="&lt;p&gt;I had a &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/13980/is-it-possible-to-undelete-an-answer-which-is-deleted-by-a-moderator&quot;&gt;question&lt;/a&gt; on askubuntu meta.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/13980/is-it-possible-to-undelete-an-answer-which-is-deleted-by-a-moderator&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I deleted the &lt;code&gt;https://meta.&lt;/code&gt; part and reloaded the url it redirected me to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/6646/how-to-enable-hp-pavilion-tx1000-touch-screen/13980#13980&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; url&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/6646/how-to-enable-hp-pavilion-tx1000-touch-screen/13980#13980&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Possibly a bug?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="377375" LastEditorUserId="377375" LastEditDate="2015-05-12T09:35:10.993" LastActivityDate="2015-05-12T09:35:10.993" Title="url redirected to askubuntu question when the meta part is removed" Tags="|discussion|bug|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13982" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13981" CreationDate="2015-05-12T06:20:28.937" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;I assume that when you wrote &quot;Stack Overflow&quot;, you meant &quot;Ask Ubuntu Meta&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu (&lt;a href=&quot;http://askubuntu.com&quot;&gt;http://askubuntu.com&lt;/a&gt;) and Ask Ubuntu Meta (&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com&lt;/a&gt;) are two completely different websites (though they are related). Because of this, each has its own set of questions and answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's what happened in your specific example: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/13980/is-it-possible-to-undelete-an-answer-which-is-deleted-by-a-moderator&quot;&gt;the question&lt;/a&gt; has an ID of &lt;code&gt;13980&lt;/code&gt; on Ask Ubuntu Meta. There is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/6646/how-to-enable-hp-pavilion-tx1000-touch-screen/13980#13980&quot;&gt;an answer&lt;/a&gt; on Ask Ubuntu that happens to have the same ID. When you attempt to load a page with the ID of the answer in place of the question ID in the URL, you are automatically redirected to the appropriate URL for the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;tl;dr &amp;mdash; this is not a bug.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastActivityDate="2015-05-12T06:20:28.937" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13983" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13980" CreationDate="2015-05-12T06:23:52.687" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;To answer your question exactly as it is asked: no. It is not possible to undelete an answer that has been deleted by a moderator.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is possible to flag the answer for moderator intervention.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastActivityDate="2015-05-12T06:23:52.687" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13984" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-05-12T09:56:11.150" Score="4" ViewCount="82" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a personal blog on the Blogspot platform where I often write about Linux. There are moments when I realise that my best texts are those I've wrote here, on askubuntu. So I want to embed my own and other people's texts in my blog posts (and thus, hopefully, I won't get penalised by Google). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Besides, I really like askubuntu website and I think it deserves to be promoted a lot more (until now, I see that the main focus of media is on its bigger brother, StackOverflow). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, my question would be the following: Is there a way to embed a question and/or answer in a blog post (no matter the platform)? I know that, for the moment, each text has its own link but that wouldn't be enough. And, if this feature isn't (yet) available, can you suggest me any workaround for this? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="146105" LastEditorUserId="146105" LastEditDate="2015-05-12T14:50:51.073" LastActivityDate="2015-05-12T14:50:51.073" Title="How to embed an Askubuntu question or answer in a blog post?" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13985" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="13987" CreationDate="2015-05-12T11:15:11.957" Score="7" ViewCount="296" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think the &lt;em&gt;&quot;This is commentary on another post, not an answer&quot;&lt;/em&gt; comment is used too much on close votes. I'm talking about the following one:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This does not provide an answer to the question. To critique or request clarification from an author, leave a comment below their post - you can always comment on your own posts, and once you have sufficient reputation you will be able to comment on any post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think it should only be used if the answer is actually a comment, &lt;strong&gt;not if the answer is of low quality.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Examples of the usage I consider &quot;wrong&quot;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;New USer's comment on: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/622350/172367&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/a/622350/172367&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&quot;Registered User's comment on: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/622585/172367&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/a/622585/172367&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think the default comments should also add &quot;this answer is very low quality&quot; comment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="172367" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2015-05-16T12:16:54.063" Title="&quot;This is commentary on another post, not an answer&quot; used for low quality answers" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13986" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13985" CreationDate="2015-05-12T11:44:06.887" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;My opinion:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The 1st one is a comment to me. The word &quot;try&quot; is key here: that makes it a comment since the poster is basically guessing. The claim to use &lt;code&gt;ibus-libpinyin&lt;/code&gt; should have come with text to why it should be used to make it a good answer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The 2nd one is just plain wrong. Not even low quality. Out of the possible options given I might have voted for 'comment' too though. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastEditorUserId="344926" LastEditDate="2015-05-16T12:16:54.063" LastActivityDate="2015-05-16T12:16:54.063" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13987" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13985" CreationDate="2015-05-12T15:19:07.203" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;You are correct that this comment is often used wrong. Our policy is that answers that are low quality, incomplete, or too short should &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; be posted as comments. It is sometimes appropriate to &lt;em&gt;delete&lt;/em&gt; such posts, but they should not be comments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2281/please-stop-posting-half-answers-and-dumb-advice-as-comments&quot;&gt;Please stop posting half answers and dumb advice as comments&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since we have a strong community consensus that these don't make appropriate comments, reviewers should not advise people to post them as comments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We also have the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/comment&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;help page on comments&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, handed down to us by Stack Exchange, which lists the situations in which comments &lt;em&gt;are&lt;/em&gt; or &lt;em&gt;are not&lt;/em&gt; appropriate. This can provide helpful guidance while reviewing, to decide whether or not to advise someone that their answer is really a comment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Posts that are very low quality should still be flagged and &lt;strong&gt;should still be deleted in review&lt;/strong&gt;, but we should only suggest an author leave a comment when it would &lt;em&gt;not be wrong&lt;/em&gt; for the author to do so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, aside from the problem of giving newcomers bad advice about how to use the site, people often use that particular review comment in contexts where it does not make any sense. It says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;To critique or request clarification from an author, leave a comment below their post...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So if a post is neither an attempt to critique something else that has been posted, nor an attempt to request clarification on something else that has been posted, then this review comment makes no sense for it and should not be used.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This relates to another, broader problem. For some reason, many reviewers think the canned comments on the &lt;em&gt;Recommend Deletion&lt;/em&gt; / &lt;em&gt;Delete&lt;/em&gt; dialog are a way of voting about what is wrong with a post, and that they have to select whichever one &lt;em&gt;best&lt;/em&gt; fits the situation, even if none of them really fit the situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Canned review comments aren't a way of voting and don't affect outcomes in the review system. All that happens when we post a comment that way is that &lt;em&gt;the comment gets posted&lt;/em&gt;. Reviewers do not have to select one of those canned comments while voting to delete a post, and posting &lt;em&gt;no&lt;/em&gt; comment is, by design, the &lt;em&gt;default&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/4219/psa-when-reviewing-dont-post-duplicate-and-near-duplicate-comments&quot;&gt;PSA: When reviewing, don't post duplicate (and near-duplicate) comments!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;(For more details on how review comments work and how to use them.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2015-05-12T16:22:37.983" LastActivityDate="2015-05-12T16:22:37.983" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13989" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-05-14T19:12:30.490" Score="3" ViewCount="100" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just came across a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/354822/urosjarc&quot;&gt;user&lt;/a&gt; posting a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/623748/186134&quot;&gt;fairly bad, sarcastic answer&lt;/a&gt; to a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/621466/186134&quot;&gt;5 day old question&lt;/a&gt; with a number of answers (9 including his).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is a screenshot of the answer and the ensuing comment thread. That was after I &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/revisions/623748/2&quot;&gt;edited out some chit chat&lt;/a&gt; about dinosaurs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;kbd&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/pYsVZ.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/kbd&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am concerned that I didn't respond appropriately. I have copied out the comments:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This isn't what the user wanted. Make it a real answer, or delete it please. – Tim    &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You should see the question again and tell me if he specifically asked for bash programming... And why did you downvote me? – urosjarc&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;That's not my issue. I posted an answer in python too. My issue is a) the extra output you gave and b) not outputting for every case. (where are the A and B outputs)? – Tim&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Jesus @Tim, I think someone is smart enough to figure it out how to continue program by its own, or modify it. He is not a child... – urosjarc&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;He might be, but this is not a forum. Complete answers here please, and get rid of the snarky comments. If you do, I'll undo the downvote. If you don't, I'll flag for deletion. – Tim&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Tim I kinda don't care do what u please. – urosjarc&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Then this isn't the place for you. At Ask Ubuntu we appreciate positive answers that help the asker. We don't appreciate users who post joke answers which make more work for someone. I've flagged, and I'm opening a meta post because I'm not sure I responded appropriately here. – Tim&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Pls see all the answers on this question and you will see that my answer is so easy that anyone could understand, and my intentions was not to make exact copy of solution, the solution is viewed by asker who can modify to its own tail. What if user after a while wants different behaviour. I'm pretty sure that he will not want to use your script to to this... he will use the simplest one... and don't have so big ego... pls see what is the best for the asker. – urosjarc&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I don't expect him to use mine. I expect him to use the accepted one. However, if you haven't noticed, mine works, outputs for every case without childish, barely hidden sexual innuendo and unnecessary comments. I'm not sure why you are so against simply editing your answer. You would actually help someone, follow the rules of the site and not be wasting our time. I've flagged, as I said, and here is the meta post: meta.askubuntu.com/questions/13989 – Tim&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So. Did I do the right thing, or was I too harsh? &lt;a href=&quot;http://pastebin.com/fA4eXWCW&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Here is the source of the answer (a pastebin)&lt;/a&gt;. Note line 10, and the lack of &lt;code&gt;if&lt;/code&gt; statements for the &lt;code&gt;A&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;B&lt;/code&gt; cases.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="186134" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2015-05-15T09:19:50.600" Title="Did I respond appropriately to this answer?" Tags="|support|etiquette|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="14" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13991" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13989" CreationDate="2015-05-15T06:21:15.740" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;You should feel free to downvote any post you really think is useless. Furthermore, it was probably good you informed the answer's author that you were unsure if you responded appropriately and that you were posting on meta. This might have helped to clarify the possibility that your words did not reflect site policy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Besides that, though, &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;in my opinion,  you did not respond appropriately.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; The problem is not one of being too harsh--instead, I believe you have somewhat misunderstood both (a) site policy and (b) the answer you were critiquing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First, &lt;strong&gt;it is rarely good to tell someone to leave our community&lt;/strong&gt;. I understand you were &lt;em&gt;trying&lt;/em&gt; to avoid rudeness--you said &quot;Then this isn't the place for you.&quot;--but in this context you were in effect telling somebody that they must either do what &lt;em&gt;you&lt;/em&gt; say or get out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think it's usually best to let people decide for themselves if they are a good fit for the Ubuntu community. For example, if someone said, &quot;How dare you improve the grammar of my question?&quot; it would make sense to tell them that such edits are considered appropriate on Ask Ubuntu, and that if it is important to them that people not do that, then our site might not be the best place for them to seek support.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I suspect there are exceptions to this guideline, but I can't think of any in a confrontational context.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You might be concerned that sometimes, for the good of the community, someone &lt;em&gt;needs&lt;/em&gt; to be given an ultimatum and told &quot;Do it this way, or get out!&quot; But that doesn't mean &lt;em&gt;you&lt;/em&gt; need to tell them. I think that's the sort of exceptional situation where a moderator should do the talking. They are elected for that purpose (among others). It will be clear, when they say it, that it really represents the official word on the subject.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Second, when I read your comments I got the distinct feeling that you were &lt;strong&gt;invoking communal authority inappropriately.&lt;/strong&gt; Throughout your comments you talked about the community and said &lt;em&gt;we&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;our&lt;/em&gt; a lot. I can't speak for anyone else, but as I read them I know &lt;em&gt;I&lt;/em&gt; certainly didn't feel included in any of that. You blamed an argument between two individuals--the post author, and you--on the post author's unwillingness to &lt;em&gt;cooperate&lt;/em&gt;. At no point did you show the post author--with links, or in any other way--that they were actually failing to cooperate with real community norms.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This would have been bad enough if you were correct, but I don't think you were. Not only is the post an acceptable answer, but I have no idea where you would find sources for most of the things you said about site policy (see below for details). And while I'm sure this was unintentional, the phrase &quot;before a mod gets involved&quot; seems to convey the idea that moderator involvement in a dispute is some sort of traumatic event.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Third, &lt;strong&gt;the post is not a joke answer&lt;/strong&gt;, and I don't think it's sarcastic either, though I'm not really sure what you mean by that in this context. It presents a solution that must arguably be modified--albeit in a trivial way--to meet the OP's precise needs. I say &quot;arguably&quot; since the question does not actually contain a specification of which letter grades should be included. The closest thing to such a specification is the code the OP provided us. &lt;em&gt;And that code only covers cases F, D, and C!&lt;/em&gt; The rest of us assumed the OP wanted to cover the common grades B and A, and answered accordingly; this answer is the only one really faithful to that aspect of the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Incidentally, both your answers sometimes return &quot;E&quot; as a grade. I don't think that's common in an academic grading system--I've never heard of anybody scoring an &quot;E.&quot; (I admit I am mostly familiar only with grading systems in the United States and Canada, however.) Although I do consider this a significant weakness of your answers, I don't think it makes them &quot;joke answers which make more work for someone&quot; either.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, the answer presents the solution clearly. It illustrates how to solve the problem in Python, in a compact and readable way. The author is correct to believe the OP can easily extend it to provide additional letter grades or to remove the messages accompanying the grade letters.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Fourth, &lt;strong&gt;the author did not actually express an unwillingness to comply with community rules.&lt;/strong&gt; Although you talked about the community a lot, the post author didn't. When you said you would flag the post for deletion, they said they did not care. I believe context makes clear they were saying they did not care whether or not &lt;em&gt;you&lt;/em&gt; personally flagged the post. It was &lt;em&gt;your&lt;/em&gt; actions they professed not to care about. You then said: &quot;Then this isn't the place for you.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That doesn't seem right.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Fifth, &lt;strong&gt;you explicitly presented the problem as being about the author's unwillingness to listen to &lt;em&gt;you&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The issue is the sexual innuendo which is inappropriate for a professional site, the lack of A and B cases and your unresponsiveness to listening to an experienced user.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On average experienced users may be more likely than inexperienced users to understand how people should conduct themselves on the site; we get additional site privileges in recognition of this. But we do not have &lt;em&gt;personal&lt;/em&gt; authority to tell people how to behave, more than any user has who is able to post comments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even if we are right to think someone is doing the wrong thing, the reason it's wrong is &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; because we think it is, nor because we say it is. This site doesn't have a social hierarchy where users with more rep, badges, or years of participation get the authority to issue orders which must be obeyed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And experienced users can be wrong.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sixth, &lt;strong&gt;we do not have a policy that answers to scripting questions must spoon-feed the OP with complete code solutions.&lt;/strong&gt; (If you believe we actually have such a policy, please comment or edit your question with clarification. But I'm pretty sure we don't.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A good answer is one that answers the question--it tells the OP what they want to know, or helps them understand what they are looking to understand. One way to answer a scripting question is to provide a complete, working script. But usually people want to comprehend &lt;em&gt;how&lt;/em&gt; to do something. An explanation that makes clear how to do something is an acceptable answer, and often a good answer, irrespective of whether or not its code examples constitute complete solutions to the problem as it has specifically been stated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu is not a code golf site. Answerers are not being evaluated for their skills in turning out complete programs that produce precisely the specified output. An answer that demonstrates to readers how to solve the problem is just as good. Answering questions here is not, for most people, a job, and the goal is not always to conform the OP's specific demands. Finally, answers aren't just (or even primarily) for the OP.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this case, it looks like the OP is trying to understand how to solve a particular kind of task by writing a script. This answer is fully compliant with that aim.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Seventh, &lt;strong&gt;the original version of the answer did &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; contain &quot;chit chat about dinosaurs.&quot;&lt;/strong&gt; Using the word &quot;dinosaur&quot; to mean something old, decrepit, and unwieldy is a common English idiom. This meaning is common enough to be listed in multiple respected dictionaries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;3 : one that is impractically large, out-of-date, or obsolete&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;dinosaur. 2015. In &lt;em&gt;Merriam-Webster.com&lt;/em&gt;. Retrieved May 15, 2015, from &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dinosaur&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dinosaur&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;2 A person or thing that is outdated or has become obsolete because of failure to adapt to changing circumstances.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;dinosaur. 2015. In &lt;em&gt;OxfordDictionaries.com&lt;/em&gt;. Retrieved May 15, 2015, from &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/dinosaur&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/dinosaur&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the original version of the answer, the author is explaining &lt;em&gt;why&lt;/em&gt; they recommend using Python. (Explanations of &lt;em&gt;why&lt;/em&gt; one recommends something are, in my experience, usually considered good on Ask Ubuntu.) You removed over half that explanation and altered the rest. Here's the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/revisions/623748/1&quot;&gt;original&lt;/a&gt; lead paragraph:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The python is default installed on every linux os so why programming in bash (its old dinosaurs). Google does it in python, every one doing in python for linux... You should do it too!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's the version after &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/revisions/623748/2&quot;&gt;your edit&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The python is installed by default on every Ubuntu so why program in bash?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I'd seen an edit like that from a low-rep user in review, I would've either rejected it as a &lt;em&gt;radical change&lt;/em&gt; or clicked &lt;em&gt;Reject and Edit&lt;/em&gt; to make the lead look something like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Python is in Ubuntu's default installation, and comes with every other Linux-based OS too. There's no longer any reason to do this in Bash, which is an old dinosaur among scripting languages. Google uses Python, everyone these days is scripting in Python on Linux--you should try it too!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe that both captures and somewhat clarifies the original intent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's true that the author's original words did not constitute a fully adept use of the &quot;dinosaur&quot; idiom (the author wrote &quot;its old dinosaurs&quot;). If someone wrote a post in standard English with no errors except the phrase &quot;its old dinosaurs,&quot; then there might be question about their meaning. But judging from the way the post is written, and also from the author's profile, it seems likely English is not the author's first language. Considering that, and how commonly this meaning of &quot;dinosaur&quot; is used, I don't think there's any ambiguity here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Eighth, &lt;strong&gt;you often stated what you believed to be site policy in an ambiguous way&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The author said:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I think someone is smart enough to figure it out how to continue programm by its own, or modify it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You replied:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;He might be, but this is not a forum. Complete answers here please, and get rid of the snarky comments. If you do, I'll undo the downvote. If you don't, I'll flag for deletion&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As detailed above, this &lt;em&gt;was&lt;/em&gt; a complete answer. But besides that, what is the significance in &lt;em&gt;this&lt;/em&gt; case of Ask Ubuntu not being a forum? If you think the post is unprofessional, sarcastic, a joke, and only creates more work for people without helping them, &lt;em&gt;why would you want the author to put it on a forum?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You also said:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;At &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/&quot;&gt;Ask Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt; we appreciate potivve answers that help the asker.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've been using the site for a while, but I have no idea what you mean by a &quot;positive answer.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ninth, &lt;strong&gt;your concern about the post's sexual innuendo might be merited, but this is a borderline case that should be decided by the community.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I understand that my own views of what content should be considered objectionable sometimes differ from those of the Ask Ubuntu community. But the innuendo here seems pretty tame, and the author has even edited some of it. I &lt;em&gt;think&lt;/em&gt; the edit might be intended to tone it down, but I admit I'm not really sure.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do think the humor in the script's output is pretty weak, though. I don't find it funny at all, and I suspect not many other people will either, though I cannot say that with any certainty. While the current &quot;snarky comments&quot; in the code (as you put it) don't offend me, personally I hope the author will change them out for &lt;em&gt;other&lt;/em&gt; snarky comments of higher quality.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Reading programming books printed by respectable publishers, I've seen mild sexual innuendo, as well as jokes about suicide in the form of &quot;Goodbye, cruel world!&quot; programs. Jokes about car crashes are common also. Two separate book series, both including many volumes on computer topics, insult their readers in every title. The cofounder of a major, respected network of question-answer sites--contributed to and relied upon daily by many professionals in computer-related fields--once &lt;a href=&quot;https://twitter.com/codinghorror/status/1165936105&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;joked in a tweet&lt;/a&gt; about murdering people who reported pluralization bugs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't mention any of these things to judge them well or ill. Just because something happens in a professional community doesn't mean we should consider it appropriate for a professional community. But I think this shows it's unreliable to extrapolate hastily from one's own opinion to the opinion of the community as a whole.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2015-05-15T06:21:15.740" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13993" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13989" CreationDate="2015-05-15T09:19:50.600" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have now edited the answer to i) fix the issue with grades falling on the bin boundaries and ii) remove the inappropriate output. I don't understand why this was not simply done in the first place. I agree with everything that Eliah said in his answer, and I really don't understand why 4 people downvoted instead of just editing or, at least, &lt;em&gt;also&lt;/em&gt; editing. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The whole point of this site allowing edits is to fix precisely this type of issue. The person who answered gave a valid solution that addressed everything the OP asked for. I quite agree that the &quot;humor&quot; was, at best, childish and, at worst, offensive, but that is easily fixed with an edit. Instead, you chose to give the OP a lecture on etiquette. While guiding new members is to be encouraged, ideally, this should always be done with references to back up your claims. Links to previous meta discussions or help center articles, for example. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is no rule that humor is not allowed on the SE network. It should never take precedence over the actual answer and it shouldn't be as asinine and sexist as the &quot;She wants it...&quot; comment, but there's no rule that says that levity is off topic. Not that I know of anyway.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In any case, next time, instead of leaving comments &lt;em&gt;demanding&lt;/em&gt; that the OP do one thing or the other, you should i) &lt;em&gt;suggest&lt;/em&gt;/&lt;em&gt;ask&lt;/em&gt; the OP to do something and ii) edit the post yourself to fix whatever issues you've seen. You have more than enough rep to do that. Instead, you chose to edit to remove a relatively innocuous aside about bash and left the things you were objecting to! Since you took the trouble to edit, why not fix the post and be done with it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2015-05-15T09:19:50.600" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13995" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7739" CreationDate="2015-05-17T16:09:03.810" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;What you suggest is already possible. Open the question in a new tab and you can see all the answers given. I often do this to gain a fuller understanding of what I'm looking at.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastActivityDate="2015-05-17T16:09:03.810" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13996" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-05-17T19:08:30.023" Score="2" ViewCount="62" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just found this SEDE query:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/askubuntu/query/315074/posts-that-are-the-target-of-the-most-duplicate-closures&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Posts that are the target of most duplicate closures&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;1041 - &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/162075&quot;&gt;My computer boots to a black screen, what options do I have to fix it?&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;571 - &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/221835&quot;&gt;Installing Ubuntu Alongside a Pre-Installed Windows with UEFI&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;499 - &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/236276&quot;&gt;What hardware does Ubuntu Touch support?&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;492 - &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/140246&quot;&gt;How do I resolve unmet dependencies after adding a PPA?&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;478 - &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/30072&quot;&gt;How do I fix a &amp;quot;Problem with MergeList&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;status file could not be parsed&amp;quot; error when trying to do an update?&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;425 - &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/91815&quot;&gt;How to install software or upgrade from an old unsupported release?&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;417 - &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/133533&quot;&gt;How to remove Ubuntu and put Windows back on?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The number is how many duplicates each has. I'm not sure how to... combat this, but I feel that 300+ duplicates is more than there should be.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a way to advertise to users that these questions already exist, or when they ask say &quot;These may solve your problem&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure whether that will work or not, so this is a discussion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="186134" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2015-05-19T07:58:38.297" Title="Do we need to &quot;advertise&quot; that some questions exist?" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13997" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13996" CreationDate="2015-05-19T07:58:38.297" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;When a question is posted there is always a list of 'potential duplicates' displayed to the user.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Personally I do make a an effort to read them, and if iI feel my situation iis different I will reference the other question and explain what didn't work in the selected solution and why.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The problem here, in my opinion, is that any problem can have multiple causes, multiple solutions, and multiple ways of resolving (eg CLI or GUI).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For instance the question about Ubuntu touch.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When looking for hardware some may be wanting to get a laptop 'off the shelf' others may desire to build their own desktop.&#xA;Both would in my oppinion need different answers!&#xA; drivers change, what did work last year can suddenly break. Old hardware can become suddenly obsolete and no longer supported in a specific kernel / software / versions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think that the only solution is to point out the possible other solutions to the OP and hope that they get a solution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What I would not want to see happen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Many years ago I needs to do something on an (then new) windows XP machine, it as part of the MCP exam.&#xA;The windows forums explained that the solution in the book was correct, and gave no recourse for how to troubleshoot why my actions weren't working as they should. Basically I was being told to RTFM, as I was clearly doing it wrong.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This did not endear me to the windows community.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ubuntu and Linux is a steep learning curve to newcomers, we need to support the poor souls who have become dissiluioned with the other OS offerings and do everything possible to ease then into a world of freedom from being told they are 'too stupid to use a PC' to being told, 'freedom needs to be fought for, but we are a big army of friendly helpful people. If you can't do something or don't understand the response to the other question, you are in the right place'.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If they need this level of hand holding they need to be pointed to the forums, or chat, where we can help in more 'real time'&#xA;The question then becomes however when to delete the copy question, and is pointing to a long forum conversation really a valid answer? The OP needs to be encouraged to summarise what they did to resolve their problem, and then posts and accept this as the answer to their situation. Good for them (they get more rep), good for the community as individuals have learnt and shown that it is possible to get to solutions on their own, which iis encouragement for others.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Davem&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="133238" LastActivityDate="2015-05-19T07:58:38.297" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13998" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-05-19T12:12:13.170" Score="0" ViewCount="28" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've just gone into the review area and the First Post queue is showing 7. I went into the queue and it's empty. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ten minutes later the same is still happening, so I don't think all 7 were reviewed in the time it took me to click the link. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this a known issue? Do I need to report this as a problem, and if so, how?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="304825" LastActivityDate="2015-05-19T13:39:15.413" Title="7 in queue but the 'First Post' review is blank" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="13999" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13998" CreationDate="2015-05-19T13:39:15.413" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You might have set a filter, e.g. to see only &quot;First Answers&quot; - see&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/hCpXB.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastActivityDate="2015-05-19T13:39:15.413" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14000" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14001" CreationDate="2015-05-20T10:10:40.883" Score="5" ViewCount="57" Body="&lt;p&gt;I got serially upvoted acouple of hours ago and the system (correctly) reversed this a few minutes ago...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;However&lt;/em&gt; I also got a silver badge for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/601888/344926&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; but that was &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; reversed.  Should I mention this on Meta SE as well or is a bug tag here good enough for the powers that be to pick it up?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;P.S. Removed bug tag after excellent answer...  &lt;strong&gt;;-)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2015-05-20T14:59:07.900" Title="Serial upvoting reversal fail" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14001" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14000" CreationDate="2015-05-20T11:12:32.487" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;You got the badge and will keep it. It is by design.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/2137/is-the-critic-badge-awarded-prematurely/2153#2153&quot;&gt;Is the Critic badge awarded prematurely&lt;/a&gt; for more information on this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2015-05-20T11:12:32.487" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14002" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14004" CreationDate="2015-05-20T12:32:57.383" Score="8" ViewCount="291" Body="&lt;p&gt;I saw &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/626021/how-to-check-empty-space-in-a-folder-using-commandline&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; this morning and gave an answer. In the time between me typing my answer and submitting it, there had been a comment and another answer posted. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Both said broadly the same as my own answer. The other answerer has made some comment on my answer. I think (s)he is making the point that our answers are the same.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Their answer is more detailed than mine and it was posted first. The second comment &quot;it's up to you&quot;, as it's from a high rep user, makes me think that I should do something - but what?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the correct thing to do in this situation?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="304825" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2015-05-20T17:30:05.407" Title="What should I do if a duplicate answer is posted at the same time as my own?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14003" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14002" CreationDate="2015-05-20T13:14:25.260" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Personally, I would just leave it. Having multiple answers (even if they're similar) doesn't hurt and perhaps you can provide more help in case the answer doesn't work directly that the other person can.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;However&lt;/strong&gt;, If you notice an answer has been posted prior to clicking submit (you'll get a little bar saying a new answer has been posted that you can click) and it's what you were going to say or better, then you probably should just abandon that answer. As unfortunate and annoying as it is, that's just what happens some times.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please take this with a grain of salt, it's just a my personal opinion/practice. I may be in the wrong, I don't know if there's proper SE way to handle this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136381" LastActivityDate="2015-05-20T13:14:25.260" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14004" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14002" CreationDate="2015-05-20T13:14:39.490" Score="19" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What is the correct thing to do in this situation?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is up to you. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you are allowed to delete it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you are allowed to ignore anyone and leave it as is.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you are allowed to make your answer better than the other (but make sure to not copy the other answer and make it -really- special). &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now the nerd in you should opt for 3 and try to outdo the other person ;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastActivityDate="2015-05-20T13:14:39.490" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14006" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14002" CreationDate="2015-05-20T17:30:05.407" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;This has happened to me before, in these instances I tend to make an edit to my post referring to the other.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I also like to +1 and give a comment, especially if I feel the others answer is better, I hope that this gives some guidance for the OP to select an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would otherwise leave it, if the OP posts an edit to their question after trying the first answer, I can then edit my question rather than having to rewrite the whole thing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That is how I mostly proceed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Dave&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="133238" LastActivityDate="2015-05-20T17:30:05.407" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14008" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14009" CreationDate="2015-05-21T08:03:43.743" Score="0" ViewCount="44" Body="&lt;p&gt;Shall I flag this &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/523332/bluetooth-device-not-detected/626413#626413&quot;&gt;answer&lt;/a&gt; as being a &lt;em&gt;spam&lt;/em&gt; or &lt;em&gt;Not an answer&lt;/em&gt; ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user284234" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2015-05-21T08:41:55.820" Title="Is it a spam or not an answer?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14009" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14008" CreationDate="2015-05-21T08:33:20.393" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Upheld Spam flags get people blocked at network level. They're a powerful tool to stop spammers filling up sites by simply cutting off their access.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They are for &lt;em&gt;spam&lt;/em&gt; though. While there are &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spamming&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;many definitions&lt;/a&gt;, I think &quot;unsolicited advertisement&quot; probably best recognises the sorts of posts we would want to block.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Solicited, relevant self-promotion is different, and often wouldn't warrant a spam flag. This is outlined in the final block of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/behavior&quot;&gt;our behaviour help page&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Things that just shouldn't &lt;em&gt;be there&lt;/em&gt; (should be a comment, offensive, duplicate posting, etc, etc) have their own flags or can fall into the &quot;For moderator attention&quot; flag. Technically bad posts probably need editing, or a downvote and comment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;There are, of course, exceptions to everything I've said. Except that. And that.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2015-05-21T08:41:55.820" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14010" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-05-21T08:45:46.207" Score="1" ViewCount="66" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is one single point in the review UI that does not fail to irritate me when I see it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's about how to understand the close reason &lt;strong&gt;Off topic&lt;/strong&gt;-&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bug reports&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;I know that it has been discussed before, for example in &#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/9216/bug-reports-and-problems-with-the-development-version-of-ubuntu-should-be-repor&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;Bug reports and problems with the development version of Ubuntu should be reported on Launchpad&amp;quot;&lt;/a&gt;, which concluded it would be good to make some changes in the text.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This question is not about the fact that the problem exists, but about that it still exists since the last discussion of it:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd like to understand why the problem still exists - the technical execution of the solution seems to be replacing a single UI text with the same meaning, but more clear.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Possibly there is a clear consensus that the text should be better, and how the meaning should change - but no documented consensus on the exact text change.&#xA;It could be that the problem of the text has multiple aspects, and the existing proposals fix only part of it - that's at least not obvious. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course it can just be some problem of planing or scheduling the implementation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What makes it so annoying to me it a chain of events that must be pretty common. The reason it always causes some confusion for me may be that I once remembered something inconsistent about it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It goes like this: While reviewing close votes, first posts or low quality posts, it's common to come across a question representing a bug report in an obvious way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My intuition tells me that it's clear cut - it's off topic because it's a bug report, so I'll go choose the close reason &quot;off topic as bug report&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course I'll soon end up selecting the close reason &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Bug reports and problems specific to development version of Ubuntu&#xA;  should be reported on Launchpad so that developers can see, track and&#xA;  fix these issues.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And I get confused because that text does not end after the second word.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;It's that all I know about the question is that it is a bug report. So from plain logic, I can not make any other qualifications above that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it true that the close reason applies to all bug report questions, or is the idea to prefer other close reasons about it, like &quot;not about Ubuntu&quot;, &quot;about an end of life version&quot;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An interesting point is that the information whether it should be reported at Launchpad has some value. But that would require to understand the bug report much deeper, to decide which software seems to be broken, and whether that software is available in the standard repositories.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;The current message seems to send all bug reports to launchpad, right?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe the solution is not to say what the sentence is saying in a more clear way, but instead say something more clear in the first place, simplifying &#xA;the meaning?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I decompose the message &#xA;I assume that the reporting of a problem specific to a certain version of a certain software is a bug report. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, for the software &quot;Ubuntu&quot; and the version &quot;development&quot;, the sentence &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Bug reports and problems specific to development version of Ubuntu should be reported on Launchpad because it's useful&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;simplifies to&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;All bug reports and some other bug reports go to Launchpad because it's useful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do we actually mean that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, there were some proposals from the old questions - here, I'm basically asking whether we may have missed important points before,  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(It would not be the first time that an &quot;obviously trivial&quot; change turns out to be not so trivial after reflecting it long enough.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Related: &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2448/are-bugs-necessarily-off-topic&quot;&gt;Are bugs necessarily off-topic?&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="260447" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2016-03-10T00:23:28.843" LastActivityDate="2016-03-10T00:23:28.843" Title="The close reason &quot;Off topic&quot; -&gt; &quot;Bug reports...&quot; is still confusing" Tags="|bug|scope|close-reasons|bug-reports|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14011" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14017" CreationDate="2015-05-21T11:34:03.860" Score="0" ViewCount="158" Body="&lt;p&gt;I made a good answer with many methods to do one thing, and it had more than 80 votes, however there are a few AskUbuntu users that answered better methods and had only a few votes. I quoted it's answers on mine and said that the autor was &quot;foo&quot;. Is that correct?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Answer: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/625284/387382&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/a/625284/387382&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="387382" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2015-05-22T01:47:24.247" Title="Is a good practice to quote another answers on mine?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14012" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14014" CreationDate="2015-05-21T17:20:46.043" Score="3" ViewCount="175" Body="&lt;h3&gt;The occasion&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Luckily not often, but I do remember a few occasions that I answered a question, and the poster decided afterwards he or she actually meant to ask another question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While the posted answer actually was an appropriate answer to the &lt;em&gt;original&lt;/em&gt; question, it looks foolish on the editied version, and you may doubt if you would have answered the question in the first place, or the answer would at least be quite different.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Th direct reason is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/626505/how-do-i-permanently-change-window-titles/626524#626524&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;, originally named: &lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Which file(s) generate window titles?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Which files are involved in generating the window title? Fx. if you open Rhythmbox, you see that as a title. But it's not generated by the .desktop file. Does anyone know which file(s) I need to edit so I can add text to the title of an application?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is quite different from:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;How do I permanently change window titles?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the original question was no sign whatsoever OP meant to interfere in a permanent way on the window name on a specific application. &lt;em&gt;Adding&lt;/em&gt; text seems an occasional thing to do, and I answered accordingly. &lt;br&gt;&#xA;After some edits however, the poster changed the meaning of the question, making the original answer look misplaced.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;The question&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it acceptable to drastically change the title / meaning of a question after answer(s) have been posted?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would say we shouldn't. It makes you feel awkward. Not only early posted answers will possibly (and likely) look foolish, but the findability of those answers will be decreased (in general, not specifically this occasion). A better option for OP would IMO be to accept the answer that works for him or her and motivate why it works in the specific situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the generasl idea/opinion?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2015-05-21T17:51:50.513" Title="Is it acceptable to change the title and the actual meaning of a question's after having posted?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14013" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14012" CreationDate="2015-05-21T17:26:55.943" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Maybe you should comment and ask the OP to rollback his question to the previous state, but ask the new question version (which has to have enough differences not to be duped on the first version) as a different question.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Then he/she should also crosslink the two questions either with edits or in comments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastActivityDate="2015-05-21T17:26:55.943" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14014" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14012" CreationDate="2015-05-21T17:32:07.473" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Questions are often iteratively fleshed out and I think this is one of those cases. It was clear to the OP they wanted to permanently make the change, they just didn't expect other people to not understand that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And if you consider they don't know about runtime alteration (your answer), in their mind maybe permanent alteration is the only option. If it's the only option, why spell it out?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They also originally mentioned editing files. On a different day you might have read that as wanting to make an alteration to a launcher or source to change the title permanently.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd give them the benefit of the doubt. They aren't trying to make life hard on you, they just didn't make it clear enough for you first time around.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want to spin out a &lt;em&gt;separate&lt;/em&gt; question to preserve your answer, I'd suggest doing that... But their question is about their problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2015-05-21T17:32:07.473" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14015" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14012" CreationDate="2015-05-21T17:51:50.513" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;What I do is interact with the OP and tell them their original question is now answered and that they should &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/ask&quot;&gt;ask a new question&lt;/a&gt; as they &lt;em&gt;really, positively don't have to pay &lt;strong&gt;any&lt;/strong&gt; extra money if they ask a new question!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's been successful for me so far...  (Meaning: I've never had to roll back their edits, which is the next thing &lt;em&gt;I would do&lt;/em&gt;, but then I'm a curmudgeoning old fart)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2015-05-21T17:51:50.513" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14016" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14011" CreationDate="2015-05-21T20:10:17.710" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Personally, I would &lt;em&gt;never&lt;/em&gt; deliberately incorporate the content of another answer into mine. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As mentioned by Mateo, there is no reason to at all: the answer already exists on the question. An answer being accepted means OP found it most usefull for him or her, while another answer might be valued best by someone else.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Being accepted by OP is also no reason whatsoever that the answer should be the &quot;universal&quot; one, covering all other answers. The link you include does not prevent the fact that it is borrowed, duplicated content.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastActivityDate="2015-05-21T20:10:17.710" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14017" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14011" CreationDate="2015-05-22T01:47:24.247" Score="2" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Is a good practice to quote another answers on mine?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No, I wouldn't say it is. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are answers which work well in tandem, by being based on another, or complementing  another. However, these are rare - most answers are independent of others.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is true that people sometimes only look at the top (upvoted or accepted) answer, and not at other answers. However, it feels ... unethical ... to &quot;profit&quot; from another answer. If you do wish to include a selection of other great answers (with proper attribution, of course), I'd suggest making your post a community wiki.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2015-05-22T01:47:24.247" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14018" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-05-22T03:52:52.850" Score="2" ViewCount="60" Body="&lt;p&gt;The following question was flagged as spam and promptly deleted:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/626807&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/626807&lt;/a&gt; (only visible to 10k users)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The title displayed on the page states that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&quot;This question was marked as spam or offensive and is therefore not shown&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's all fine and well, but the question title is still shown in the browser's titlebar:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/hVkLL.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, the title of this question is hardly offensive - but suppose that it were. I assume that the message displayed on the page in place of the title exists to keep users from seeing words/phrases that they'd rather not see.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Therefore it only makes sense that the contents of the &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;title&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; tag should similarly be replaced with the message.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2015-05-22T03:52:52.850" Title="Spam question title still showing up in the &lt;title&gt; tag" Tags="|bug|question-titles|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14019" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-05-22T17:02:22.557" Score="1" ViewCount="64" Body="&lt;p&gt;What is the preferred community way of documenting an outcome after applying or trying a particular answer? Sometimes I get some great but different approaches to solve my problem. I'd love to be able to justify why I selected one good answer over another equally qualified one. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I want to do more than just place a bold &quot;updated&quot; in my question, I want to respond to the individual's answer of why this didn't or did solve the issue. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I guess I'm almost asking for an OUTCOME field alongside comments and answers. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="57914" LastActivityDate="2015-05-23T16:51:40.817" Title="What is the best way to document an OUTCOME to an answered question?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14020" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14022" CreationDate="2015-05-22T20:21:13.707" Score="0" ViewCount="59" Body="&lt;p&gt;I can't quite get how to add inline links to comments. There are some aliases like&lt;code&gt;[edit]&lt;/code&gt; but I see that people add other useful links this way. Where can I find list of these aliases, or add inline links manually?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I found this &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/94000&quot;&gt;answer&lt;/a&gt; in StackExcange meta.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I am sure there are some others too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="167850" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2015-05-23T13:41:02.370" Title="How do I add URLs to comments and what are available aliases like [edit]?" Tags="|support|comments|hyperlinks|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14022" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14020" CreationDate="2015-05-22T23:51:05.197" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;From &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/92060/add-data-se-style-magic-links-to-comments/94000#94000&quot;&gt;this Meta.Se post&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;[meta]&lt;/code&gt; &amp;ndash; link to the current site's Meta; link text is the site name (e.g. &quot;Super User Meta&quot;). Does nothing if the site doesn't&#xA;  have (or already is) a Meta site.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;[main]&lt;/code&gt; &amp;ndash; like [meta], just the other way around.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;[edit]&lt;/code&gt; &amp;ndash; link to the edit page for the post the comment is on, i.e. /posts/{id}/edit. Link text is &quot;edit&quot; (capitalization is&#xA;  respected).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;[help]&lt;/code&gt; should be obvious. &lt;code&gt;[meta-help]&lt;/code&gt; links to &quot;What is meta?&quot; (/help/whats-meta), &lt;code&gt;[help/on-topic]&lt;/code&gt; links to &quot;What topics can I ask&#xA;  about here?&quot; (/help/on-topic), &lt;code&gt;[help/dont-ask]&lt;/code&gt; links to &quot;What types&#xA;  of questions should I avoid asking?&quot; (/help/dont-ask),&#xA;  &lt;code&gt;[help/behavior]&lt;/code&gt; links to &quot;What kind of behavior is expected of&#xA;  users?&quot; (/help/behavior). Link text for all of these is &quot;help center&quot;&#xA;  . &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;[tour]&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;[meta-tour]&lt;/code&gt; &amp;ndash; equivalent to the FAQ version, but links to the site's Tour page (resp. the meta site's Tour page).&#xA;  Link text is &quot;tour&quot; (capitalization is respected). Legacy names&#xA;  &lt;code&gt;[about]&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;[meta-about]&lt;/code&gt; are still supported.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;[ask]&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;[answer]&lt;/code&gt; &amp;ndash; link to the &quot;How to Ask&quot; / &quot;How to Answer&quot; page.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;[so]&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;[su]&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;[sf]&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;[metase]&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;[a51]&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;[se]&lt;/code&gt; &amp;ndash; link to the given site (&lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/&quot;&gt;Stack Overflow&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://superuser.com/&quot;&gt;Super&#xA;  User&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://serverfault.com/&quot;&gt;Server Fault&lt;/a&gt;,&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Meta Stack Exchange&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://area51.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;Area&#xA;  51&lt;/a&gt;, the &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Stack Exchange&#xA;  portal&lt;/a&gt;). Link text is the site name.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;[something.se]&lt;/code&gt; &amp;ndash; link to something.stackexchange.com, if that site exists. Link text is the site name. Use &lt;code&gt;[ubuntu.se]&lt;/code&gt; for&#xA;  Ask Ubuntu. &lt;code&gt;[meta.something.se]&lt;/code&gt; links to the meta site.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;[chat]&lt;/code&gt; &amp;ndash; link to the current site's chat site (&lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackoverflow.com/&quot;&gt;http://chat.stackoverflow.com/&lt;/a&gt; for SO,&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.meta.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;http://chat.meta.stackexchange.com/&lt;/a&gt; for Meta SE,&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;http://chat.stackexchange.com/&lt;/a&gt; everywhere else, that last one&#xA;  showing a list of active rooms from the referring site), the link text&#xA;  being &quot;{site name} Chat&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-05-23T12:39:54.233" LastActivityDate="2015-05-23T13:41:02.370" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14023" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14024" CreationDate="2015-05-23T11:01:22.480" Score="1" ViewCount="46" Body="&lt;p&gt;I asked a question for a problem which was (and is) very important for me. After 6 days of the 7 days period, I found a first solution and posted a very big and detailed answer for my own question. At the time when I was writing, another user posted a two-line question which is too much to be flagged as a &quot;Not-an-answer&quot; but which in fact is not helpful because he just recommends to post the question on another forum.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because the answer is from the offerer of the bounty, I cannot assign any bounty to my own high-quality answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now: It's not that I want my bounty back but somehow I feel that it's wrong to give the bounty to an answer which wasn't helpful in any way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What would you do in such case? Give the bounty or flag the answer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/623789/problem-setting-up-a-user-space-lxc-container&quot;&gt;Problem setting up a user-space LXC container&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="64193" LastEditorUserId="64193" LastEditDate="2015-05-23T11:51:48.903" LastActivityDate="2015-05-23T12:03:53.473" Title="Bounty on a low-quality answer when there is an own high-quality answer" Tags="|discussion|bounty|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14024" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14023" CreationDate="2015-05-23T11:20:49.737" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is great that you found your own answer and posted a good step-by-step guide.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You are under no obligation to award the bounty that was placed.  You can just let it lapse.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The auto-emails and prompts Stack Exchange makes are just for information - just to remind you that the bounty period is coming to an end and for you to make a decision if any of the answers actually helped you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thus - if the answer has not helped you, ignore it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this case, the OP was just commenting on your question - but they did not have sufficient rep to post a comment.  Flag the answer as &quot;not an answer&quot; and us moderators will take a look.  If they agree they would either just delete the answer outright or convert the answer into a comment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have decided to take the latter approach.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14356" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2015-05-23T12:03:53.473" LastActivityDate="2015-05-23T12:03:53.473" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14025" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-05-23T11:35:30.670" Score="2" ViewCount="61" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/613723/how-can-i-install-apk-on-android-avd&quot;&gt;This question&lt;/a&gt; is from a user who is struggling using the android debugger tools on Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why is this off-topic? This isn't an android problem, this is a &quot;how to do x on Ubuntu&quot; problem where &quot;x&quot; just happens to be related to android...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's even answered...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="172367" LastActivityDate="2015-05-23T11:35:30.670" Title="Why is this question off-topic?" Tags="|discussion|incorrectly-closed|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14026" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14019" CreationDate="2015-05-23T16:51:40.817" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;A comment on how the answer worked for you (or not) is not only &quot;nice&quot;, but also useful. In many cases, it gives the poster the opportunity to improve the answer, or broaden the possible use of it. It will also make other users understand why you chose the answer and give them the opportunity to decide if the same arguments count for them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But as mentioned, apart from all that, anyone who answers a question likes to have feedback on the answer in a comment, no matter if the answer is accepted or not. The effort to let know is no doubt appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would only post/accept an answer of your own if none of the answers can be developed (together by the poster and you) into an &quot;acceptable&quot; answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastActivityDate="2015-05-23T16:51:40.817" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14027" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14028" CreationDate="2015-05-25T11:55:21.967" Score="1" ViewCount="54" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have recently (after reaching 3k and unlocking the ability to cast close and reopen votes) noticed that a lot of questions that were not off-topic when they were originally asked are being flagged up now. So really my question is, if for instance somebody has asked a question about Ubuntu 13.10, and they asked it when it was the current release, do I vote to close it now as it still does not have an accepted answer and it is now an End Of Life release?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now I have noticed a difference of opinions about this, and am now not really too sure whether to vote to close or not, so I was hoping for some moderator and community feedback on what is the best thing to do in these circumstances. It would also be rather good if this subject could be officially agreed on and for there to be some sort of guide that explains what you should do in these circumstances.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastActivityDate="2015-05-25T12:09:33.030" Title="It is off-topic now, but it wasn't then, so do I vote to close?" Tags="|discussion|scope|vote-to-close|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2015-05-25T13:17:32.303" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14028" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14027" CreationDate="2015-05-25T12:09:33.030" Score="5" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;So really my question is, if for instance somebody has asked a question about Ubuntu 13.10, and they asked it when it was the current release, do I vote to close it now as it still does not have an accepted answer and it is now an End Of Life release?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In general you leave it as it is. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are some actions to consider:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If someone eventually does answer it with a correct answer: fine and leave it as is. Upvote if good enough. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If the question seems to be not release specific remove the release specific information from the question. That can be assessed from both the question and if it ends up having an answer from the answer.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If someone answers it with wrong information you flag that answer. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastActivityDate="2015-05-25T12:09:33.030" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14029" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-05-25T15:56:43.673" Score="4" ViewCount="61" Body="&lt;p&gt;Currently when using close votes there are a number of suggestions (as you know).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to suggest a close vote to request hardware information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/628053/microphone-volume-changing-randomly&quot;&gt;Microphone Volume changing randomly&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is not really possible to answer the question without a lot of more detailed information (and audio configuration / jack are not standard to the desktop spins)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The closest close vote we have is &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;unclear what you're asking&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Please clarify your specific problem or add additional details to highlight exactly what you need. As it's currently written, it’s hard to tell exactly what you're asking. See the How to Ask page for help clarifying this question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Similar questions include other hardware problems, video cards, wirelesss, and audio are probably the top 3.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know one can always leave a comment asking for additional information, but it seems such questions are prone to becoming abandoned.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please consider adding a close vote along the lines of&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Insufficient hardware information&#xA;&#xA;Please clarify your question by adding specific hardware information&#xA;including the output of `lspci -v` &#xA;See https://askubuntu.com/questions/31618/how-can-i-find-my-hardware-details &#xA;for additional information.&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="35795" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2015-05-25T16:44:53.570" Title="Suggestion - Add a request for additional hardware information to close votes" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14030" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14029" CreationDate="2015-05-25T16:44:53.570" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't disagree with the sentiment but I think a close-vote is altogether too slow. If the post dawdled through the queue, it could take all day before the OP saw the close message and knew they needed to add the information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We already have a solid mechanism: &lt;strong&gt;Post your request for more information as a comment, and vote to close as unclear&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That way they get instant feedback and if they fix their post up, we can kick it out of the close queue early on without needing to fully close and then fully reopen. Much quicker, much nicer (new users see closures as a slap in the face) and less review intensive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As an aside/extension, I'd like to see automated requests for hardware information when they're submitting the post. If it's about wireless for one example, why not ask them for the output of &lt;code&gt;lspci | grep -i net&lt;/code&gt;? Pet peeve for a while but there doesn't appear to be the momentum upstairs to get this done.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2015-05-25T16:44:53.570" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14031" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2448" CreationDate="2015-05-26T09:34:31.230" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Days ago &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/625965/process-names-missing-in-system-monitor&quot;&gt;I got a question marked as off-topic&lt;/a&gt; for being a bug. However, at the time the question was closed there was no bug reported at Launchpad, nor had I a clear indication of what was exactly wrong.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While I understand the logic to focus bugs at Launchpad and thus mark them off-topic, a few additional lines of conduct would be of great help:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Leave a link to the bug.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If the bug has not been filed, direct the user to a bug report guide. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Clarify the cause of the behaviour reported, if it is not obvious.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="177437" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2015-05-26T09:34:31.230" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14032" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-05-26T18:31:24.167" Score="1" ViewCount="34" Body="&lt;p&gt;Today I answered a question for the first time (which made me very happy)&#xA;and received some badges.&#xA;One of them looks strange.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;kbd&gt;Teacher&lt;/kbd&gt; badge description says:  &quot;Answer a question with score of 1 or more.&quot; However, the question I answered has 0 score (I am still happy for answering it :)&lt;br&gt;&#xA;So it must be a bug, either in giving the badge or in the badge description.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="244413" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2015-05-26T19:19:18.963" LastActivityDate="2015-05-26T19:19:18.963" Title="Receiving a badge does not correspond to it's description" Tags="|feature-request|badges|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14033" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2448" CreationDate="2015-05-28T07:31:39.260" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sometimes it's not obvious if it's a bug, a design feature, or user error. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Last night I posted &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/629078/gmail-thinks-the-ubuntu-gmail-app-is-safari&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;. I do not know if this is incorrect configuration by me, working as intended, or an actual bug.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can see that obvious bugs are better being reported than being the subject of a question on here, but what about the ones that aren't obvious? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should we post &quot;Is this a bug?&quot; questions on AU first, or report them as bugs and then ask on here if the bug report comes back as &quot;Not a bug&quot; ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="304825" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2015-05-28T07:31:39.260" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14034" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-05-28T14:24:21.350" Score="0" ViewCount="39" Body="&lt;p&gt;At the top of the Late Answers Review Queue is this warning. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This is a new user's answer to an old question. Watch for hidden gems, non-answers, and spam.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are hidden gems? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="304825" LastActivityDate="2015-05-28T14:24:21.350" Title="Hidden Gems - Late Answers Review Queue" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2015-05-28T14:37:15.277" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14036" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14037" CreationDate="2015-05-29T18:20:59.877" Score="0" ViewCount="28" Body="&lt;p&gt;Whenever I try to add a new favorite tag on Askubuntu that is on the right side of the website the button &lt;code&gt;add&lt;/code&gt; seems to be cut/trimmed. Is this issue with my Firefox or it's a website issue?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/jONIs.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235295" LastActivityDate="2015-05-29T18:28:02.483" Title="Web design issues on Askubuntu" Tags="|discussion|bug|firefox|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14037" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14036" CreationDate="2015-05-29T18:28:02.483" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, this is a bug with mostly all the SE sites as I at some point reported &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/253640/favorite-tag-buttons-partly-sticking-off-page&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2015-05-29T18:28:02.483" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14038" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14040" CreationDate="2015-05-29T20:12:27.040" Score="3" ViewCount="185" Body="&lt;p&gt;Against my better judgement I actually approved this &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/421410&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt; and I wasn't given the option to edit it further. It was my intent to add &quot;Intel Linux Base Driver for Gigabit Ethernet controllers&quot; to at least flesh it out a bit, but in retrospect I'm not convinced that we need a specific tag for every driver on the planet. What are your thoughts?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2015-05-31T19:00:19.743" Title="Do we need the e1000e tag?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14039" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14041" CreationDate="2015-05-30T01:48:59.920" Score="-3" ViewCount="71" Body="&lt;p&gt;I know it's been asked for a lot of times. But here it goes again: Please, merge my askubuntu/launchpad account with the stackexchange account. I began using launchpad back in 2010, but now I'd prefer the stackexchange integration.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is: why weren't all askubuntu accounts automatically linked to stackexchange?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="415135" LastActivityDate="2015-05-30T14:23:48.853" Title="Merging launchpad + stackexchange" Tags="|discussion|stackexchange|launchpad|duplicate-accounts|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14040" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14038" CreationDate="2015-05-30T02:18:42.700" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Nope. We don't need a tag for every network driver, that's meta information. I've gone ahead and removed the tag.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that the edit in question was made to the tag wiki &lt;em&gt;excerpt&lt;/em&gt;, not the wiki itself. The excerpt is used to briefly explain how a tag should be used, including what questions to put it on and, if necessary, what questions to &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; put it on. The proposed edit does neither so the edit should have been rejected as &quot;lacks usage guidelines&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2015-05-30T02:18:42.700" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14041" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14039" CreationDate="2015-05-30T03:19:26.160" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;To help you with the question on why weren't all askubuntu accounts automatically linked to stackexchange, it is because, back when askubuntu was born, the stackexchange worked on common account systems (google, facebook)  and their own stackexchange system. The launchpad for what I remember (Anyone please correct me if am wrong) was added later, but both systems have their own, independent login systems that probably would need some work done in order to work together.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would be good to know more about this and I find your question very good.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7035" LastActivityDate="2015-05-30T03:19:26.160" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14042" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-05-30T10:06:49.173" Score="0" ViewCount="34" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have enough reps but I am unable to comment on my answer to this &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/628805/twitter-desktop-client&quot;&gt;question&lt;/a&gt;. What's the problem?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="402004" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2015-05-30T10:06:49.173" Title="Not able to comment on my own answer" Tags="|support|comments|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14043" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14039" CreationDate="2015-05-30T14:23:48.853" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;As Seth said you can use multiple login methods on StackExchange, one of them is OpenID and for example the link to your Launchpad profile. Launchpad and StackExchange however are completely independent and owned by different entities, they are not different products from one company where an employee can merge your accounts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="40581" LastActivityDate="2015-05-30T14:23:48.853" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14044" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12379" CreationDate="2015-05-30T21:19:54.340" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flightgear.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt; &lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/dCJ98.png&quot; alt=&quot;Flightgear - Fly Free!&quot;&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="178596" LastActivityDate="2015-05-30T21:19:54.340" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2015-05-30T21:19:54.340" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14045" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-05-30T21:44:29.260" Score="23" ViewCount="428" Body="&lt;p&gt;I came across &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/630354/178596&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; whilst rapidly browsing earlier - the OP added &quot;SOLVED: &quot; to the title, but did add vaguely how they got the answer but did not accept it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Searching for other people doing similar things returns LOADs of questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=solved&quot;&gt; &lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/zYsdV.png&quot; alt=&quot;18801 results&quot;&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=solved+closed%3Ano+hasaccepted%3Ano&quot;&gt;filtering it down a bit returns 4713 questions&lt;/a&gt; - but &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/search?q=solved+closed%3Ano+hasaccepted%3Ano&quot;&gt;doing the same filtered search&lt;/a&gt; on stackoverflow returns 147500 (though that is out of the near 10million they have there).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/7413/178596&quot;&gt;previous meta post&lt;/a&gt; mentions solutions and &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/86278/detect-edits-to-add-solved-or-resolved-to-the-title-and-direct-the-user-to-a&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; - would it be a good idea to kick the idea awake again (if possible)? A warning could be added and make things nice and tidy etc... Either that or quizzing users after the intial SE site tour when they first sign up....&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EDIT: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/630354/game-crashes-while-running-with-wine/630386?noredirect=1#comment897676_630386&quot;&gt;A reason for users in a hurry&lt;/a&gt; doing the SOLVED thing:&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/GIBBz.png&quot; alt=&quot;I tried to use the tick box but the system said it must pass 3 days before I can accept my own answer&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So perhaps reducing the wait time, or using reminders (probably in use already... even with just comments) etc could help&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;ANOTHER EDIT: lol, realised the search was doing the body of the post as well - &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=title%3Asolved+closed%3Ano+hasaccepted%3Ano&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; search returns the ones with solved in the title, returning a more manageable 58, some of which are not what we are looking for anyway :D&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;YET ANOTHER EDIT: oh great, found '&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=title%3A[fixed]+closed%3Ano+hasaccepted%3Ano&quot;&gt;fixed&lt;/a&gt;' is a less popular version of solved....&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="178596" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-05-23T12:39:54.233" LastActivityDate="2015-06-08T19:37:55.493" Title="Sorting out SOLVED for good" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|answers|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14046" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-05-31T02:39:36.500" Score="2" ViewCount="46" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was searching for a Python question on Google (&quot;python create file&quot;) and the first search result was &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/417757&quot;&gt;this Ask Ubuntu question&lt;/a&gt;, which is closed as off-topic. The second result, from StackOverflow, had what I was looking for.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a way to discourage search engines from indexing closed questions? I doubt that a closed question would ever be the correct answer to a Google search.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="93751" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2015-06-02T15:42:37.543" Title="off-topic question was first search result" Tags="|feature-request|closed-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14047" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-05-31T13:30:08.647" Score="0" ViewCount="38" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm sure this has been proposed already, but sorting the answers by votes count has the side effect of bringing the first answers to the top (&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/19533&quot;&gt;FGITW problem&lt;/a&gt;), with them not always being the best (this happened to some of my answers).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The default sorting has been changed already from sorting by the newest answer (in order to solve the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/19535&quot;&gt;SCITE problem&lt;/a&gt;) to the current sorting, but this introduced this new issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At first I tought that since answers can be manually sorted by votes count already, my proposal could have been to customize the sorting behavior on a per user basis and to randomize the default one, which seemed like the best option to give anyone a chance, perhaps only for logged in users (we want not logged in users who don't have the capability to cast votes to see the best answers first) and giving them the chance to change it, so that conscious users could actively choose whether or not to sort answers by votes count as it is right now, but as it has been pointed out by Seth obviously this is not good from an anwer's user perspective. I hope that someone can come up with a good solution to this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="380067" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2015-05-31T15:16:25.680" Title="Should the default answers sorting be changed?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14048" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12379" CreationDate="2015-05-31T15:11:26.017" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://gnu.org/s/parallel&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/VIQS5.png&quot; alt=&quot;GNU Parallel - for people who live life in the parallel lane&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22307" LastEditorUserId="22307" LastEditDate="2015-08-25T07:15:14.123" LastActivityDate="2015-08-25T07:15:14.123" CommentCount="3" CommunityOwnedDate="2015-05-31T15:11:26.017" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14049" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-05-31T15:53:52.527" Score="0" ViewCount="40" Body="&lt;p&gt;These days a lot of questions are asked about problems with Realtek rtl8188be, rtl8723be, rtl8188eu and many other cards. Solutions are same. But it is hard to find them. I can't find solutions unless I look into my answer history. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think it makes sense to get these adapter names synonyms to &lt;code&gt;realtek&lt;/code&gt; tag. Or create a &lt;code&gt;realtek-wireless&lt;/code&gt; tag. But the second will take some work to retag. Most of &quot;realtek&quot; questions are regarding wireless either way. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="167850" LastActivityDate="2015-06-01T02:49:31.920" Title="Tag synonyms for realtek" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14050" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14049" CreationDate="2015-06-01T02:49:31.920" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Addressing your first point, it's not hard to find information about realtek wireless drivers. In fact, if you search for the tags &lt;code&gt;realtek&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;wireless&lt;/code&gt; together, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/realtek+wireless&quot;&gt;quite a few&lt;/a&gt; results come up in search.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For your second point, I don't think there needs to be a tag synonym. If anything, you should go ahead and create a new tag. There are already tags for for &lt;code&gt;intel-graphics&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;intel-wireless&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;amd-graphics&lt;/code&gt;, and &lt;code&gt;amd-processor&lt;/code&gt;, so there's precedent for what you're doing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Go create a tag!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="119301" LastActivityDate="2015-06-01T02:49:31.920" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14051" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14045" CreationDate="2015-06-01T03:07:06.963" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;That is behavior from Ubuntu Forums.  This is not Ubuntu Forums.  Did somebody fail to shift paradigms and thereby pop the clutch?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="139532" LastActivityDate="2015-06-01T03:07:06.963" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14053" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14045" CreationDate="2015-06-01T12:23:44.967" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Good catch!  I'm going through them now and closing some of them as &quot;Problem went away all by its own&quot;...  (expect the close queue to grow by a whatever my max/day Close Votes are)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand: I also saw some &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/313905/laptop-overheating-on-ubuntu-12-04-solved-in-strange-way&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/411128/solved-ssh-connection-refused-from-windows-but-not-from-linux&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; that I will be editing and answering myself and then flagging for moderator attention to get &quot;my&quot; answers converted to a Community Wiki...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2015-06-01T13:38:06.253" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14054" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-06-01T16:13:36.343" Score="1" ViewCount="28" Body="&lt;p&gt;I can't remove the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/installation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;installation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;installation&lt;/a&gt; from &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/237978/debootstrap-wants-to-remove-target-folder-why&quot;&gt;debootstrap wants to remove target folder, why?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please can someone else do this? I can't do it via the API either, which is how I realised.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="186134" LastActivityDate="2015-06-01T16:36:46.887" Title="Please can someone remove the installation tag from the following question" Tags="|support|retag-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14055" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14054" CreationDate="2015-06-01T16:36:46.887" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/setup&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;setup&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;setup&lt;/a&gt; is actually a synonym of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/installation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;installation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;installation&lt;/a&gt;, you have to remove both. Presumably it didn't get merged when the synonymization happened.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2015-06-01T16:36:46.887" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14056" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14064" CreationDate="2015-06-02T11:42:49.373" Score="0" ViewCount="85" Body="&lt;p&gt;The reason why I am proposing this is that I saw &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/631154&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; which is about an android app that the user falsely expected to find in the Ubuntu-touch repository.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My reaction would have been to close as off-topic because it is not about Ubuntu, but android. However, it was not possible because the reason only mentions desktop OS. This is probably not the best example, but you can see the point:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We have users that talk about other desktop/server-OS than Ubuntu (Windows, OSX), and we will also have an increasing amount of users talking about other mobile-OS like android, WindowsPhone or iOS, I assume. For them, there are the sites &lt;a href=&quot;https://windowsphone.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;WindowsPhone&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://android.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Android Enthusiasts&lt;/a&gt; (and &lt;a href=&quot;https://apple.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;AskDifferent&lt;/a&gt; for iOS) respectively.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So in my opinion, we should expand the close reason &quot;off topic because not about Ubuntu&quot; to not only cover the several non-Ubuntu desktop OS, but also the non-Ubuntu mobile OS.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What do you think? Upvote if you agree, downvote if you disagree. If you want to add something, please comment or answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:56:57.277" LastActivityDate="2015-06-04T10:48:11.990" Title="Proposal to edit the Close-Reason &quot;Not about Ubuntu&quot; to also include questions about other *mobile* OS" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|close-reasons|scope|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14057" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14046" CreationDate="2015-06-02T15:42:37.543" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's up to us to police our own content, it just needed enough close/delete votes; seems my last vote did the trick and the question is now deleted. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2015-06-02T15:42:37.543" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14060" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14061" CreationDate="2015-06-03T15:24:56.653" Score="7" ViewCount="742" Body="&lt;p&gt;I find this badge tip extremely confusing: tag editor. What is meant by the text provided?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="415018" LastEditorUserId="158442" LastEditDate="2015-06-05T03:08:53.227" LastActivityDate="2015-06-05T03:08:53.227" Title="What is meant by the phrase &quot;first tag wiki edit&quot;?" Tags="|support|tags|badges|tag-wiki|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14061" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14060" CreationDate="2015-06-03T15:49:40.233" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;You get it the first time you edit a tag wiki.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A tag wiki provides extended information about a tag, which can help to set the boundaries of how it's used. Here's the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/command-line&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;command-line&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;command-line&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tags/command-line/info&quot;&gt;tag wiki&lt;/a&gt; as an example.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:24.280" LastActivityDate="2015-06-03T15:49:40.233" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14062" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-06-03T16:12:55.317" Score="1" ViewCount="35" Body="&lt;p&gt;Basically I am a power user, and I want to help the Ubuntu community more quickly, while continuing to develop the parts of the platform that I find lacking. To do this with maximum efficiency I want to use the notification area to display notifications from this site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How can I get the Notifications to show up in the corner the way that empathy and wifi show up?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="415018" LastActivityDate="2015-06-03T16:12:55.317" Title="Can I get notifications in the Ubuntu app tray?" Tags="|feature-request|notifications|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14063" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7023" CreationDate="2015-06-03T18:56:16.360" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I respectfully disagree with your position. I'd hate to see any of my &quot;bread crumb&quot; comments converted to an answer. Ideally, following Jorge Castro advice makes the most sense to me. Convert these tiny partial answers to a full fledged good answer. This may require any number of efforts on your part from further research to editing for clarity and comprehensiveness.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Regarding your suggestions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;There is an easy way to politely suggest/remind the asker to mark an answer as accepted. It's called a comment. I've done this and I don't find it to be an onerous task.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;creating a new flag function to route a comment into the answers where it belongs (perhaps), giving the user a choice... While at times, a number of comments can be combined to create a valid answer (I have done this as well and again did not find the task to be painful.), I have yet to see a single comment that qualified as a valid answer. I believe this approach would result in more poor answers.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;New users are already provided with the information. You cannot force reading and comprehension on those who are unwilling or unable to do so. Allowing users to post comments on day one would increase the effort required to maintain the site, resulting in more account related work (warnings, suspensions, terminations?) and increase the number of useless comments that need to be cleaned up.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that these are still my opinions based on 2 years, 9 months months of service here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastEditorUserId="225694" LastEditDate="2016-09-15T13:32:50.550" LastActivityDate="2016-09-15T13:32:50.550" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14064" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14056" CreationDate="2015-06-04T10:48:11.990" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;We can hardly list all operating systems for all hardware that are not Ubuntu! That would mean listing Windows, non-Ubuntu Linux, OSX, UNIX, Haiku, BeOs, all UNIX-like systems, iOS, Windows Mobile (or whatever it's called), Android, Blackberry, that Nokia system, various embedded OSs etc, etc. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We say quite clearly that &quot;Not Ubuntu&quot; = off topic, I see no reason to list the dozens of systems that can be non Ubuntu. Just close as off topic, the message &quot;This is not about Ubuntu&quot; is about as clear as it gets. In any case, people posting Windows Mobile questions on a site called Ask &lt;em&gt;Ubuntu&lt;/em&gt; are probably beyond help anyway. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2015-06-04T10:48:11.990" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14065" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-06-04T15:48:09.377" Score="9" ViewCount="130" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm just curious about review feature on Ask Ubuntu. For example when you finish 20 suggested edits then it tells you to come back in 5-8 hours etc. but still keep pushing notifications on available suggested edits review though if you click on it replies please come back later... so on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Wouldn't it be better functionality if it block notifications for that period of time on suggested edits or even more better switch notification pushes for example to &quot;Low Quality Posts&quot; for that period of time?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235295" LastEditorUserId="186134" LastEditDate="2015-06-06T17:00:16.753" LastActivityDate="2015-06-06T17:00:16.753" Title="Notifications review optimization" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|review|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14066" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14068" CreationDate="2015-06-04T18:53:34.750" Score="5" ViewCount="78" Body="&lt;p&gt;When I just started to compose a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/632340/does-etckeeper-disrupt-installations-from-software-center&quot;&gt;new question&lt;/a&gt; I got the following message:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Wait! Some of your past questions have not been well-received, and&#xA;  you're in danger of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/question-bans&quot;&gt;being blocked from asking any more&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;For help formulating a clear, useful question, see: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/how-to-ask&quot;&gt;How do I ask a&#xA;  good question?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Also, edit your previous questions to improve formatting and clarity.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since I only have asked two questions so far I quickly reviewed them. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/413835/what-logfile-contains-time-of-startup-and-shutdown&quot;&gt;One of them&lt;/a&gt; has (at least) two upvotes but was rightfully closed as a duplicate and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/318131/clean-uninstall-of-virtualenv-and-virtualenvwrapper&quot;&gt;the other one&lt;/a&gt; has an accepted answer and (at least) four upvotes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What am I expected to do in order to become a more &quot;well-received&quot; member of this community and also to reduce my &quot;danger of being blocked&quot;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="96174" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2015-06-05T08:40:31.837" Title="How to become more well-received" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14067" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-06-03T23:35:04.477" Score="0" ViewCount="85" Body="&lt;p&gt;I can't use your captcha  to create an account i have tried over 250 times to set up a new account what can I do? I cant see the worlds clearly enough&#xA;we have tried to set one up at least 250 tries its unreadable captcha's  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;please email to me a response at (snip) as to what can I do! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user416678" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2015-06-09T11:16:34.063" LastActivityDate="2015-06-09T11:16:34.063" Title="I cant use your captcha to create an account" Tags="|discussion|login|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14068" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14066" CreationDate="2015-06-05T08:40:31.837" Score="6" Body="&lt;h3&gt;I don't think you've done anything wrong. The system does and I don't know why.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You have two questions that were automatically deleted because they didn't get enough attention. They weren't voted in either direction. I &lt;em&gt;suspect&lt;/em&gt; these counted against you but the accounting isn't made public (even to moderators) so I'm not entirely sure.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't think they &lt;em&gt;should&lt;/em&gt; count as bad questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have asked on MSE (the meta site for all the Stack Exchange sites) &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/257964/144180&quot;&gt;that SE adjust the way they tally the score on people&lt;/a&gt; but I have a fairly mixed record on MSE. What's in &lt;em&gt;our&lt;/em&gt; interest isn't always in the interest of the whole network.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Either way, if you do find yourself with a question-block and you think it's unfair, come and bother a moderator on here (we get alerts) or &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/201/ask-ubuntu-general-room&quot;&gt;in chat&lt;/a&gt;. We can't do anything about it directly but we can harrass peole who can.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2015-06-05T08:40:31.837" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14069" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14070" CreationDate="2015-06-05T19:03:31.687" Score="6" ViewCount="265" Body="&lt;p&gt;There can be many ways to solve a single problem, and many Ask Ubuntu questions accordingly receive multiple answers using different methods&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this case, which answer should I accept?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="311016" LastEditorUserId="158442" LastEditDate="2017-01-11T11:26:24.667" LastActivityDate="2017-01-11T11:26:24.667" Title="Which answer should you accept when both answers are correct but use different techniques?" Tags="|discussion|accepted-answer|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14070" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14069" CreationDate="2015-06-05T19:34:20.863" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;If both answers are correct, you might also consider how the respondent approached the problem, how efficient the solution is, and how they presented it. Of course, this might be overthinking, but if both answers satisfy the criteria you might exted the criteria. Among other things, leave a comment telling why you chose a particular answer. Personally , I'm here to learn and improve my skill set, hence I find it beneficial in receiving feedback.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;TL;DR&lt;/strong&gt;: if both cakes are good, consider each server's customer service&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="295286" LastActivityDate="2015-06-05T19:34:20.863" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14071" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14069" CreationDate="2015-06-05T20:12:42.557" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;The one you prefer, the one you end up using. It's completely up to you. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Acceptance is very personal, it's your question. Accept whichever answer you want. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2015-06-05T20:12:42.557" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14072" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14074" CreationDate="2015-06-06T04:52:49.267" Score="2" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure why I was unable to post a question to this forum a moment ago. I put these facts:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Title: Difference between askubuntu.com and ubuntuforums.org?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Msg: What is the difference between askubuntu.com and ubuntuforums.org?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So now I have two questions, the only one above, and a second one why my previous post didn't meet the quality standards?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="417394" OwnerDisplayName="john smith" LastEditorUserId="94914" LastEditDate="2015-06-06T06:05:37.080" LastActivityDate="2015-06-06T06:05:37.080" Title="Why does my post not meet the quality standards?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14073" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14072" CreationDate="2015-06-06T05:15:32.857" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Seek first, ask questions later...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/quality-standards-error&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/help/quality-standards-error&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;And for your next question:   &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/searching&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/help/searching&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;And the one after that: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/help/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="232606" OwnerDisplayName="John Mee" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2015-06-06T05:21:16.113" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14074" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14072" CreationDate="2015-06-06T05:52:50.840" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ubuntu Forums has a lot of answers to questions about old, unsupported releases of Ubuntu that don't work anymore. Ask Ubuntu also has many obsolete answers, but a smaller percentage of the answers on Ask Ubuntu are obsolete. Ask Ubuntu is maintained by the community, and obsolete answers can be updated either by someone editing the answer or by the person who originally posted the answer editing his own answer. If an obsolete answer can't be improved by editing, then a new answer can be posted to prevent the original question from becoming a useless source of obsolete information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="94914" LastActivityDate="2015-06-06T05:52:50.840" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14075" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-06-06T14:05:15.533" Score="3" ViewCount="332" Body="&lt;p&gt;For example, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/14.04&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;14.04&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;14.04&lt;/a&gt; has the description:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The current LTS (Long Term Support) release of Ubuntu, code-named &quot;Trusty Tahr&quot;. Released on 17th April, 2014. Only use this tag if your question is version-specific.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What does &quot;version-specific&quot; mean here? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It could mean things like&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The question makes sense only in relation to version V.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The question makes sense only in relation to version V or older.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The question makes sense only in relation to version V or newer.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The question makes sense in relation to version V.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The question mentions version V in title or body.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The question is related to properties of version V.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I expect all of these are used routinely -&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Actually, not sure about the last case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would really like to &lt;strong&gt;understand&lt;/strong&gt; what to do in edit reviews adding version tags - not just &lt;strong&gt;know&lt;/strong&gt; what to do. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, for a start, what, specifically, means &lt;em&gt;&quot;version-specific&quot;&lt;/em&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="260447" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2015-06-06T14:15:57.303" LastActivityDate="2015-06-06T14:27:55.033" Title="What does &quot;version-specific&quot; mean in &quot;Only use version tag if the question is version-specific&quot;?" Tags="|discussion|tags|retagging|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14077" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14075" CreationDate="2015-06-06T14:27:55.033" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Cor blimey, that one question has been &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/search?q=version%20tags&quot;&gt;furiously debated back and forth&lt;/a&gt; in the last few years. I think whichever definition of &quot;version specific&quot; you subscribe to will depend on how you'd feel about actual examples.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Should an issue be version tagged if it starts in the current release (but will likely continue in future releases)?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Should something be version tagged if it's &lt;em&gt;unknown&lt;/em&gt; if the question affects other releases?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Should we version tag things more if we think they are &lt;em&gt;likely&lt;/em&gt; to be bugs (that are fixed in a certain time) or leave them untagged?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Would somebody searching for their problem in an existing question ignore one that had the wrong version on it?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your opinion on those might waver (&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/8874/449&quot;&gt;here's one of my historical deathmatches on this&lt;/a&gt; which I like if nothing else but for the silly diagram near the end), but ultimately &lt;em&gt;I&lt;/em&gt; think most of this should rely on pragmatism.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does it matter if something has an &lt;em&gt;extra&lt;/em&gt; tag? Probably not; nowhere near as much as if it was missing a relevant tag. We have space for five tags on a post so I find it very hard to care about removing version tags when the other tags aren't up to scratch. It's wasted effort.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But this is an incredibly subjective topic. Moderators and top users from many sites all have their own take on this. Ultimately, you'll have to make your own mind up not only on what &quot;specific&quot; means in different sitations but how you apply it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.227" LastActivityDate="2015-06-06T14:27:55.033" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14078" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-06-07T03:16:12.490" Score="0" ViewCount="44" Body="&lt;p&gt;On Safari 8.0.6, scrolling up above the ubuntu bar causes links to show up. Is this a bug?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/nvR61.png&quot; alt=&quot;Bug?&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;EDIT&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By scroll up I mean scroll beyond the top limit which is only possible (I think) with the trackpad. For example, if I let go of my fingers when taking this screenshot it would have showed normally.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="417640" LastEditorUserId="417640" LastEditDate="2015-06-09T03:06:06.403" LastActivityDate="2015-06-09T03:06:06.403" Title="Why are there hyperlinks when you scroll up a bunch" Tags="|bug|design|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14079" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14083" CreationDate="2015-06-07T14:14:27.473" Score="9" ViewCount="360" Body="&lt;p&gt;AFAI understood, &lt;code&gt;crouton&lt;/code&gt; is just a loader for Ubuntu like &lt;code&gt;grub&lt;/code&gt;, so once Ubuntu is installed on a Chromebook, it's just another Ubuntu/Lubuntu/Xubuntu/...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So unless questions are specifically about loading Ubuntu using crouton, it's off-topic, but if someone &lt;em&gt;already has Ubuntu running on a Chromebook&lt;/em&gt;, it's on-topic, right?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Or am I missing something, like processor architecture?&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="344926" LastEditDate="2015-06-07T17:04:40.333" LastActivityDate="2019-02-17T01:01:59.597" Title="Crouton install vs Crouton-based Ubuntu problem" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14080" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14079" CreationDate="2015-06-07T14:39:33.360" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;As far as my understanding goes, askubuntu is for &lt;em&gt;officially&lt;/em&gt; supported versions of Ubuntu, by Canonical. Crouton , on the other hand, has nothing to do with official releases. So once a question mentions crouton, it's automatically asking for migration to unix.stackexchange.com . On the other hand, if a question merely mentions Ubuntu and issues with internals, it's a valid question. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="295286" LastActivityDate="2015-06-07T14:39:33.360" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14081" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14079" CreationDate="2015-06-07T16:00:47.613" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;In general we try to avoid absolutes and provide support as much as possible.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;H3&gt;Example with Centos:&lt;/h3&gt;  Sometimes there are very generic questions here, such as how to use fdisk - &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/632861/create-new-partition-with-fdisk/633015#633015&quot;&gt;Create new partition with fdisk&lt;/a&gt; .&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think we are sometimes too quick to close these questions and it is frustrating to users to have questions closed. &lt;code&gt;fdisk&lt;/code&gt; is, at least with respect to this specific question, the same across all distros.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am sure you can find some difference in &lt;code&gt;fdisk&lt;/code&gt; between distros as well, but again, with regard to the question I linked, it is the same. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;IMO - answer the question and suggest they use an alternate means of support for Centos ;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With that in mind, it is a community drive site, so the question was closed by consensus, and I am good with that as well in that the advantages of community moderation outweigh the disadvantages.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;H3&gt;ARM&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Crouton uses the ARM architecture, and again it depends. In general there is going to be a bias to close such questions as off topic, same as Mint, Centos, or any other distro as IMO , although supported, it is still in development.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A similar situation occurs with Ubuntu +1. At the time of this post, Ubuntu 15.10 is in development. As such it is an official release and it is supported by Canonical, but as it is in development it is not supported here until closer to the release date.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Crouton / ARM is similar to Ubuntu +1 , supported by Canonical as a work in progress, but not necessarily supported here &lt;em&gt;as it is still in development.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As with the Centos question I linked, however, there may be a more generic question in regards to Crouton / ARM. IMO, in such situations, we should try to support such questions and re-direct to the ARM team - &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ARMTeam&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ARMTeam&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="35795" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2015-06-07T17:09:11.777" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14083" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14079" CreationDate="2015-06-07T18:09:29.960" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Historical conversations on this have mirrored your question fairly exactly:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What gets installed is Ubuntu, proper. Questions about using it are on topic.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How it's installed (and how it boots) are not Ubuntu proper and are off-topic.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That conversation stemmed from a bunch of questions being thrown in the review queue, and some ultimately closed, because the user mentioned Crouton or Chromebook, while their actual question had nothing to do with the installer and for all intents and purposes was just normal Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note&lt;/strong&gt; Crouton &lt;em&gt;used&lt;/em&gt; to bundle its own set of packages (Kernel, etc) which made it a different thing. This may have changed again, but my current understanding is that is's just Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2015-06-07T18:09:29.960" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14084" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-06-07T19:45:36.053" Score="7" ViewCount="201" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just noticed that a user Mudit Kapil is spoiling good answers. Just look at edit history.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/576229/167850&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/a/576229/167850&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and others. You can just search his last edits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not removing them, but just adding rubbish there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I rolled them back.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a way for moderators to stop it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="167850" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2015-06-10T00:43:50.123" Title="User spoils his answers" Tags="|support|answers|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14087" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-06-09T19:53:26.100" Score="15" ViewCount="102" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are many instances when the community requests the asker to run certain commands and post the output. They usually ask them to &lt;em&gt;edit&lt;/em&gt; their answer and just dump the output of the requested commands. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This method works well when the command produces a one line output. But what if it's something like &lt;code&gt;dmesg&lt;/code&gt; or &lt;code&gt;lshw&lt;/code&gt;. Often, the output of a command is quite long. This makes the question quite unaesthetic, and sometimes even unreadable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One way to avoid having the command outputs take up the whole page is to add an expandable item. Something like a text that says &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;▶ Output of &lt;code&gt;dmesg&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;that when clicked, expands and shows the output in a box with scroll bars.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, if this becomes a feature, the site can suggest running relevant commands based on question tags right when the question is being created. That way more time can be saved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="87176" LastEditorUserId="87176" LastEditDate="2015-07-14T02:58:02.013" LastActivityDate="2015-07-14T02:58:02.013" Title="Output of relevant commands" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14088" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-06-10T14:53:24.193" Score="4" ViewCount="54" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think there should a section above or below posts/answers with the option to add link(s) to (if any) manpages and/or official (or a similar) documentation to command used in the answer as this will be informative to the OP and future users looking for an answer. Also, this will sort out the problem of useful links getting lost in long answers!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="408593" LastEditorUserId="186134" LastEditDate="2015-06-28T11:08:36.550" LastActivityDate="2015-06-28T11:08:36.550" Title="Section with reference to manpages, official documentation" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14089" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-06-11T11:47:19.003" Score="40" ViewCount="2193" Body="&lt;p&gt;Recently I've seen a lot of code being formatted as quote. This is not how it should be done.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;All code should be formatted with one of two styles.&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If it is just 1 line, with other text around it, use the ` ` formatting, like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;Hello. This is code&lt;/code&gt; and continued sentence.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If it is one line, but on its own, it should have 4 spaces before it:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Hello. This is code&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To save adding the 4 spaces to each line manually, highlight your block of code and then click the &lt;kbd&gt;&lt;strong&gt;{ }&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/kbd&gt; button on the editing toolbar or press &lt;kbd&gt;CTRL&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;k&lt;/kbd&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If it is multi line, use the 4 spaces before each line:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Hello.&#xA;This is code&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To save adding the 4 spaces to each line manually, highlight your block of code and click the &lt;kbd&gt;&lt;strong&gt;{ }&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/kbd&gt; button on the editing toolbar.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If it's multi line and in a list, indent the code 8 spaces:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Hello&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;This is a list&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Hello&#xA;This is code.&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;How not to do it.&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Accent (&lt;code&gt;``&lt;/code&gt;) formatting on a multi-line code block:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;Hello.&#xA;This is badly formatted code&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Quote format (even if you append the 2 spaces):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Hello.&#xA;  This is badly formatted code&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;2 line breaks between each line:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Hello.&#xA;&#xA;This is badly formatted code&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;No formatting. Seriously, this is so hard to read. Compare &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/259470/252153&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; with &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/259471/252153&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hello.&#xA;This is badly formatted code&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;HTML tags (&lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;Hello.&#xA;This is badly formatted code&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;HTML tags (&lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;pre&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt;). It looks okay, but is less nice to edit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;Hello.&#xA;This is badly formatted code&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Using speech marks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;Hello. This is badly formatted code&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Reminder:&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All code should be between ` characters (grave accent, often found below the &lt;kbd&gt;ESC&lt;/kbd&gt; key), or have 4 spaces at the start of the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;`Only format inline code with this syntax`&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;    Format multiline code with this syntax&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="186134" LastEditorUserId="167115" LastEditDate="2020-05-10T20:01:53.013" LastActivityDate="2020-05-10T20:01:53.013" Title="Please can people format code properly" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="18" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14092" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-06-14T09:17:49.987" Score="0" ViewCount="110" Body="&lt;p&gt;When you search question page, on every page there is at least one or two questions like: &quot;My wifi is not working, please help!&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;People just state there, that their wifi is not working, without showing ANY effort. There are literally hundreds of those topics, one little search on site would be enough, because those issues are covered greatly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When they type their question title, it suggests them another topics already answered, often with steps applicable to their problem as well!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That doesn't apply to wifi issues only...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I must say that it's driving me mad :D, because I can't stand that laziness (and yes, I see there are already similar questions on meta.askubuntu)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;EDIT:&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;Pointing them to right direction (providing link), doesn't help in many cases. &lt;strong&gt;Am I authorized to down vote them (or make them at least try in the future somehow)?&lt;/strong&gt; It can't be probably marked as Duplicate in many cases...because, for example notebook models can vary, even tough WIFI chipset is the same among wide variety of models. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am always telling my self that they are newcomers, not to be hard on them - but that way,they won't change their attitude.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="402801" LastEditorUserId="402801" LastEditDate="2015-06-14T20:42:29.420" LastActivityDate="2015-06-27T13:25:35.843" Title="Same questions over and over again" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14093" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14092" CreationDate="2015-06-14T11:03:01.067" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, you can downvote (but I suggest you don't). If you hover over the downvote link, you will see&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/vJGfS.png&quot; alt=&quot;downvote tooltip popup&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, yes, lack of research is a valid reason for downvoting. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, remember that the SE search is, well, let's say not very good. It is entirely possible that the OP &lt;em&gt;did&lt;/em&gt; search for a dupe and failed to find it. In general, I don't feel that penalizing dupes by downvoting is fair. Finding the duplicate is rarely easy. Especially for new users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, if it is a duplicate--and same chipset on a different model &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; a duplicate, as long as the same answer applies, it's a dupe--just close it as such or flag it if you don't have the rep to close. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, while you are within your rights to vote down, remember that a) the OP may well have tried and failed to find the dupe and b) the OP is not the same person as the last one to post a similar question. It's not their fault that they have a common problem. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, if the question is just &quot;HALP wifi not working on ubantu&quot;, just downvote and close as &quot;too broad&quot; That's not a question. Duplicates are OK though. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="186134" LastEditDate="2015-06-27T13:25:35.843" LastActivityDate="2015-06-27T13:25:35.843" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14094" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14092" CreationDate="2015-06-14T15:36:33.927" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would just add that sometimes the problem is burn out. &lt;strong&gt;If all the questions look like duplicates, or if you are getting frustrated, well both are good indications &lt;em&gt;you&lt;/em&gt; need a break.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;BUT ...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would agree with the suggestion to improve the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some method to have users easily submit hardware information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/14088/feature-request-section-with-reference-to-manpages-official-documentation&quot;&gt;Feature Request: Section with reference to manpages, official documentation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/14087/request-for-a-new-feature-output-of-relevant-commands&quot;&gt;Request for a new feature: output of relevant commands&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And you may wish to look at some sort of automation for comments - &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/14029/suggestion-add-a-request-for-additional-hardware-information-to-close-votes&quot;&gt;Suggestion - Add a request for additional hardware information to close votes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See also &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1323/what-prewritten-pro-forma-aka-autoreviewcomments-userscript-comments-can-we-us&quot;&gt;What prewritten Pro-forma (aka AutoReviewComments) userscript comments can we use and share?&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="35795" LastActivityDate="2015-06-14T15:36:33.927" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14096" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14092" CreationDate="2015-06-15T08:24:44.363" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just as an extension of the existing answer(s):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are visiting AU on a daily base, it is easy to forget that the &quot;language&quot; and rules here are not the average, and the perspective of an &lt;em&gt;answerer&lt;/em&gt; is quite different from an incidental user, having an incidental problem. A misconception on what makes sense and what doesn't is therefore easily made by new users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What would you do if you were a newby on an OS you were not familiar with? Used to Facebook- like sites, you run into a site that seems to answer questions. Would you read the whole introduction on how to behave? I wouldn't, and actually I didn't.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The main reason why I didn't post duplicate questions in the beginning was the fact that I found it &lt;em&gt;easier&lt;/em&gt; to &lt;em&gt;find&lt;/em&gt; an answer than taking the effort to subscribe and ask. The whole concept of (avoiding) duplicates, the voting system, privileges (many times people think editors are moderators), it all starts making sense &lt;em&gt;over time&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That doesn't mean posting duplicates (or neglecting the voting/accepting system, posting &quot;thank you&quot; as an answer etc, etc) should be accepted, but &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;...sigh... you do &lt;strong&gt;WRONG&lt;/strong&gt; [downvote, downvote]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is rarely the shortest way to achieve what you want: people to understand what is the &quot;accepted&quot; procedure here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="72216" LastEditDate="2015-06-15T11:27:44.637" LastActivityDate="2015-06-15T11:27:44.637" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14097" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-06-15T12:33:59.350" Score="0" ViewCount="108" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have answered a question &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/622736/377375&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. I don't understand why the answer was deleted. Correct me if I am wrong.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/rlxGl.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="377375" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2015-06-18T19:14:31.147" Title="Why was the answer deleted?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14099" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14097" CreationDate="2015-06-15T13:36:04.583" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;You have used the same answer repeatedly.  This is regarded as &quot;noise&quot; on Ask Ubuntu. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You've posted the same answer to 2 different questions, is the reason for deletion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/107208/how-to-setup-a-lan-between-ubuntu-and-windows/622736#622736&quot;&gt;How to transfer files between Ubuntu and Windows?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/156169/how-do-i-set-up-file-sharing-between-two-ubuntu-laptops-on-my-wireless-network/622734#622734&quot;&gt;How do I set up file sharing between two Ubuntu laptops on my wireless network?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="59676" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2015-06-15T13:47:25.253" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14102" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14089" CreationDate="2015-06-16T19:08:48.997" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you put a code block after a list, the code block isn't formatted properly:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;bullet&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;code block&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can resolve this by indenting the code block 8 spaces, which nests it under the bullet:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;bullet&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;code block&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or put something invisible between them, like an HTML comment &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;!-- comment --&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; or a Markdown comment &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;% comment %&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt;, which doesn't nest it:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;bullet&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;code block&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13247" LastEditorUserId="301745" LastEditDate="2018-08-19T22:23:35.750" LastActivityDate="2018-08-19T22:23:35.750" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14103" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-06-17T11:00:54.473" Score="17" ViewCount="136" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/uninstall&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;uninstall&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;uninstall&lt;/a&gt; says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Questions about uninstalling software in Ubuntu, or uninstalling Ubuntu from a computer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/software-uninstall&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;software-uninstall&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;software-uninstall&lt;/a&gt; says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;for questions about uninstalling software on Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, I think &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/uninstall&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;uninstall&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;uninstall&lt;/a&gt; is a general tag and its excerpt needs to be improved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Something like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/installation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;installation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;installation&lt;/a&gt; says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;DO NOT USE THIS TAG&lt;/strong&gt;. Use either &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/system-installation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;system-installation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;system-installation&lt;/a&gt; (for system installs) or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/software-installation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;software-installation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;software-installation&lt;/a&gt; (for installing software on a running system). Questions about installing Ubuntu, or installing programs from within Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, users are recommended to use specific &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/system-installation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;system-installation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;system-installation&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/software-installation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;software-installation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;software-installation&lt;/a&gt; instead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Similarly, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/software-uninstall&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;software-uninstall&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;software-uninstall&lt;/a&gt; is specific. So, either &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/uninstall&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;uninstall&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;uninstall&lt;/a&gt; should say : &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Questions about uninstallation. This is very general tag. If you have a tag that's more specific e.g. (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/software-uninstall&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;software-uninstall&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;software-uninstall&lt;/a&gt; for uninstalling software) please use that one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(something like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/updates&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;updates&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;updates&lt;/a&gt; says)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And/or There should be tag for uninstalling system like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/system-uninstall&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;system-uninstall&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;system-uninstall&lt;/a&gt; as well as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/software-uninstall&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;software-uninstall&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;software-uninstall&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="256099" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2016-12-29T09:05:32.017" LastActivityDate="2016-12-29T09:05:32.017" Title="Discussion about tag: uninstall" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14104" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14105" CreationDate="2015-06-17T21:07:29.613" Score="2" ViewCount="86" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am going to pick on my own answer but I had 5-6 of these come up in the review queue in a row.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are we supposed to do with edits that don't really add anything. For example &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/428426&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/428426&lt;/a&gt; an answer from 2013 had an edit to &lt;em&gt;maybe&lt;/em&gt; correct some capitalization. I say maybe because it could be argued that capitalization in this case does not matter, and even if it did, it takes research to determine the correct capitalization of wine/Wine/WINE specially in this context. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have read &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3946/is-it-acceptable-to-make-small-edits&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3946/is-it-acceptable-to-make-small-edits&lt;/a&gt; but this seems to be a case of making a small insubstantial change to a minor answer. On top of which it creates a lot of &quot;work&quot; to have to review the change if were going to get nit picky and still doesn't really improve anything. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For this edit I rejected, with the appropriate option, but, the question remains. Is there any value in these types of edits (seems not based on other questions on meta), and if not, what can be done to discourage these types of edits?   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="103730" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2015-06-17T21:30:45.197" Title="What should be do with smaller edits?" Tags="|discussion|editing|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14105" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14104" CreationDate="2015-06-17T21:29:06.443" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ever since the too-minor reject reason was removed, it seems the official stand is &lt;em&gt;it's okay, no matter how minor&lt;/em&gt;. Personally:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If I &lt;em&gt;know&lt;/em&gt; the capitalization and/or other pedantry edits are correct/incorrect, I'd accept/reject them.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If I can't determine the correctness in one Google search + one result followed, skip.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the particular case of the first edit, I'd &lt;em&gt;accept and edit&lt;/em&gt;, changing WINE to Wine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2015-06-17T21:29:06.443" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14106" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14104" CreationDate="2015-06-17T21:30:45.197" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a mere reviewer like you and I saw the same user in the edit queue and approved all of his changes (and added a bit more to one of them if I'm not mistaken), so my humble opinion is that I'm all for making this site a better place to be and if someone is willing to put in the effort, I'd say: let him/her/it!  &lt;strong&gt;:-)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The user &lt;em&gt;did&lt;/em&gt; call himself &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/336615/grammargeek&quot;&gt;Grammargeek&lt;/a&gt; for a reason...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2015-06-17T21:30:45.197" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14107" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-06-18T08:27:41.830" Score="3" ViewCount="51" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/screen-resolution&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;screen-resolution&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;screen-resolution&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/monitor-resolution&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;monitor-resolution&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;monitor-resolution&lt;/a&gt; are already synonyms of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/resolution&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;resolution&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;resolution&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/display-resolution&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;display-resolution&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;display-resolution&lt;/a&gt; should be too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2015-06-18T08:27:41.830" Title="Tag synonym request: [display-resolution] -&gt; [resolution]" Tags="|discussion|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="8" ClosedDate="2015-06-27T07:21:19.940" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14108" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14089" CreationDate="2015-06-21T00:28:25.980" Score="16" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is one special case where &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;pre&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; may be desirable instead of 4 spaces:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;This is the &lt;strong&gt;important&lt;/strong&gt; part of the program&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Notice that I can use &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/strong&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; within the block of code when I use &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;pre&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt;. However, if I try to do that with the 4-space indent, all I get is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;This is the &amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;important&amp;lt;/strong&amp;gt; part of the program&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastActivityDate="2015-06-21T00:28:25.980" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14109" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-06-22T05:58:39.717" Score="0" ViewCount="37" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was looking at the permissions available to me, and was wondering why upvoting an answer is unlocked before commenting on any thread. I understand that it's, in part, to reduce commenters who spam the site. But it's kind of a hindrance to those of us who want to help answer a question, but need more info.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Currently, I can only answer a question, not comment on it, and as such, I have to wait for someone with enough rep to ask the question I was going to, thus slowing the answering process, unless I decide to throw the rules out of the window and just post a comment in the answer area. If I do that, I'm reducing my contribution to the site, and increasing the anarchy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="403346" LastActivityDate="2015-06-22T05:58:39.717" Title="AskUbuntu permissions" Tags="|discussion|comments|reputation|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2015-06-22T17:06:48.880" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14111" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-06-26T23:59:43.693" Score="1" ViewCount="27" Body="&lt;p&gt;Searched everywhere and must be hiding in plain sight.  I know I logged in but the log out just isn't showing up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user424091" LastActivityDate="2015-06-27T01:08:37.897" Title="Where is the &quot;Log Out&quot; feature on the askUbuntu page?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="0" ClosedDate="2015-06-27T01:10:35.720" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14113" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-06-27T13:11:45.967" Score="0" ViewCount="32" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/close/428326&quot;&gt;Just had this review.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It was someone wanting to but the Ubuntu phone and remove Ubuntu from it. This belongs on Android Enthusiasts I guess.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do we need to add (now we support Ubuntu touch) a link to the mobile sites?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="186134" LastActivityDate="2015-06-27T13:11:45.967" Title="Does the Off Topic please ask on... need another entry?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14114" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-06-28T11:28:08.610" Score="1" ViewCount="97" Body="&lt;h2&gt;When should this be used?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When a &lt;strong&gt;problem goes away&lt;/strong&gt; and nobody knows enough about why that an answer would likely help anybody else, voting to close as off-topic with the &amp;quot;a problem that can't be reproduced&amp;quot; sub-reason is appropriate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Often, when the OP solves their own problem, people vote to close as &amp;quot;a problem that can't be reproduced.&amp;quot; &lt;strong&gt;That's wrong&lt;/strong&gt;. When the solution might help others with the same problem, the question should be answered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is actually totally off: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/641671/firefox-cant-the-server-at-start-unbuntu-com&quot;&gt;firefox can&amp;#39;t the server at start.unbuntu.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/tIGZN.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It was asked 18 hours ago. He replied 7 hours ago. He has not said that he can now access &lt;code&gt;start.ubuntu.com&lt;/code&gt;. I can't see anything there suggesting that his issue has been resolved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is another example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/629567/can-i-change-or-replace-unity-launcher-dash-behavior&quot;&gt;Can I change or replace Unity Launcher Dash behaviour?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Okay, so it was asked a while ago. But how has it been resolved? Has anyone asked the OP if they have solved the issue?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Reminder. The only time you should use this reason is when a problem goes away, &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; the solution is not known.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/11908/lots-of-closed-as-off-topic-because-it-seemingly-went-away-close-votes&quot;&gt;And why &amp;quot;again&amp;quot; in the title?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="186134" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2017-07-22T19:37:05.590" Title="The &quot;seemingly went away on its own&quot; close reason is being abused. Again" Tags="|discussion|close-reasons|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14115" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14114" CreationDate="2015-06-29T00:57:49.367" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;For the second example, OP had this to say in the comments:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Following @xangua's advice decided to switch to xfce, configured it to my needs and everything works fine now, so I voted to close it as it doesn't bother me anymore. Though maybe somebody in the future will be interested in the same so decided not to delete it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2015-06-29T00:57:49.367" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14116" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14117" CreationDate="2015-06-29T14:40:27.003" Score="14" ViewCount="172" Body="&lt;p&gt;So there was &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/432407&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; edit I made, and it got rejected by the OP even though we &lt;strong&gt;NEED&lt;/strong&gt; formatting! So should the OP really be able to reject like that? Maybe needs 2 people?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="241602" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2015-06-30T18:11:21.473" Title="Should the OP really approve/reject a suggested edit in one review?" Tags="|discussion|suggested-edits|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14117" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14116" CreationDate="2015-06-29T14:56:33.977" Score="16" Body="&lt;p&gt;The difference between our edits is mine didn't have to go through the review queue so the OP couldn't reject it. Yours would have likely passed if it weren't for the OP. It was a good edit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, unless it's deleted or locked, &lt;strong&gt;the OP can always immediately push an edit&lt;/strong&gt;. That might be improving a suggestion, or rolling one back. Ultimately it's their question and the system automatically assumes they understand what's best for their question. If they want to go to war over an edit, flag it up and we'll put them straight.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Remember that you're dealing with a new user too. The system has confusing bits to it and a new user might see an edit suggestion full of markdown (it looks pretty scary) and try to keep things as static as possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm sorry your edit didn't go through. That's just the way it is with newer users some times.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2015-06-29T14:58:46.527" LastActivityDate="2015-06-29T14:58:46.527" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14118" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14119" CreationDate="2015-06-30T13:35:08.607" Score="7" ViewCount="130" Body="&lt;p&gt;When looking for unanswered questions, if we see one that has been answered but just in the comments, what should we do? I came across one where someone answered their question in the comments, and the poster then replied and said &quot;thanks, that works&quot;. So I naturally went in and wrote the answer, to mark it as such. Should I mark my post as a duplicate, or something else? I was just a bit unclear on that issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="423658" LastActivityDate="2019-10-15T20:32:17.930" Title="Answers in Comments" Tags="|discussion|answered-questions|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14119" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14118" CreationDate="2015-06-30T13:59:31.433" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Have a &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/157889/is-posting-someones-comment-as-an-answer-okay/256732#256732&quot;&gt;look here&lt;/a&gt; first.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Disclaimer&lt;/strong&gt;: I am not a moderator; I do not set policies, so this is just a personal opinion. (And a very obvious one)  &lt;strong&gt;;-)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a new user it's always difficult: The first 50 points of reputation are hardest to get.  But there are tons of things you can do to get more rep:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ask good questions&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Edit spelling/grammar/formatting/tags (all of them: don't just add &lt;em&gt;irrelevant&lt;/em&gt; tags!) to improve the quality of the existing questions/answers.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Flag spam/inappropriate language/...&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Give good answers&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Having said all that:&lt;/em&gt; You can still leave a comment &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/231142/terrance&quot;&gt;@Terrance&lt;/a&gt; below &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/623386/ubuntu-14-04-lts-dual-boot-problem-with-windows-7&quot;&gt;the specific question you're talking about&lt;/a&gt; and ask him personally if he minds...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2015-06-30T14:10:53.190" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14120" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14118" CreationDate="2015-06-30T14:16:18.970" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;You should make (if you can) a community wiki post:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/LKKoS.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In it, have this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Answered by &lt;a href=&quot;http://linktoxyzsprofile&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;XYZ&lt;/a&gt; *link to profile) in &lt;a href=&quot;http://linktocomment&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;comments&lt;/a&gt; (link to comment):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Comment content goes here, to explain the answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My pronouns are He / Him&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="186134" LastEditorUserId="186134" LastEditDate="2019-10-15T20:32:17.930" LastActivityDate="2019-10-15T20:32:17.930" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14121" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12379" CreationDate="2015-07-01T01:47:01.017" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/87670/first-robotics?referrer=MBTLI4xE_Jf4eKpJpcRrJA2&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/gZLAw.png&quot; alt=&quot;Support the FIRST Robotics proposal on Area51.SE!&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="324413" LastActivityDate="2015-07-01T01:47:01.017" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2015-07-01T01:47:01.017" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14122" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-07-01T08:36:16.360" Score="6" ViewCount="105" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is more of a request than a question, but if people down vote questions or answers could you please leave a comment in the appropriate place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The point of the voting system is so good q/a can be easily spotted and bad q/a can be improved but if you don't tell people why you down voted them how can they improve it ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Don't get me wrong down voting can be useful for helping manage bad questions but often times it is simply bad spelling or grammar that can simply be edited and then the votes can be changed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a guideline an effective procedure for down voting is as follows&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First cast your down vote on the appropriate q or a,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Leave a small comment saying why you down voted (ie -1 the spelling is so bad I could not even read this )&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Return later to see if the q/a has been edited, if it has, and meets your standards, then you can change your vote (returning any lost rep to you and the OP ) and remove your comment or edit it yourself to earn a little rep and help out the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This may seem like a small issue but it is an annoying and common problem I for one would like to see gone, it just seems like a common courtesy to me but I understand new users may simply not know how voting works so I write this to try combat this issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastEditorUserId="47291" LastEditDate="2015-07-01T11:51:11.317" LastActivityDate="2015-07-01T11:51:11.317" Title="Can people please leave comments when they downvote questions and answers" Tags="|discussion|voting|votes|down-votes|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="8" ClosedDate="2015-07-02T20:47:13.263" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14123" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14137" CreationDate="2015-07-02T12:57:42.620" Score="10" ViewCount="537" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am pretty sure I am stating a risky question here, and maybe it is the hot weather that makes me see things in a different way, but what is the main goal of what we are doing on AU? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The reason for asking is that -I imagine increasingly- AU is flooded with programming- related questions with a &lt;em&gt;seemingly&lt;/em&gt; realistic value, but actually can be solved in one or two lines in &lt;em&gt;any&lt;/em&gt; language. Nevertheless they generate a &lt;em&gt;huge&lt;/em&gt; voting activity and a lot of answers, as if they were life saving issues.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Although I, as well as many others, benefit of it every now and then, I have the feeling these questions, even if it is &lt;code&gt;bash&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;grep&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;awk&lt;/code&gt; or whatever language, should be asked elsewhere, unless they have at least some &lt;em&gt;real&lt;/em&gt; practical value and are related to an existing problem of OP. It is a bit weird that maybe (just a guess) 50% of my reputation I earned in less than 5% of my spent time here, and mostly on answering questions, that, if we are honest, are about completely nothing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="72216" LastEditDate="2015-07-05T21:38:23.137" LastActivityDate="2015-07-10T09:53:41.430" Title="Is Ask Ubuntu about solving actual problems?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="6" CommentCount="13" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14124" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14123" CreationDate="2015-07-02T13:29:18.840" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;What's your objection to them? That they get too much attention or that they seem too abstract? Who decides what &quot;practical value&quot; means to a user?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They generate so much activity because of the type of problem they are. You can't debug a kernel module or resize partitions nineteen different ways, but I don't see that as a fault of the problem, it's just programmers showing off as they are wont to do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And that's a reason why having this sort of question around is probably a good thing. It brings people in. I've &lt;em&gt;seen&lt;/em&gt; people learn things in one question and apply them to help another user. The site's value and ability to attract users is based on our wide range of topics and fervour to answer them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'll agree that the lasting value of some of the text-processing questions &quot;convert this format to that format&quot; can seem pretty small but again, who are we to say whether or not it's a real problem or that it won't help anybody in the future? Every problem was original once.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ultimately I don't think these questions are a problem. I know this changes, but only one of the current newest fifty posts are one of &lt;em&gt;&quot;these&quot;&lt;/em&gt; questions. If that becomes one-in-ten or higher, we might have a scope issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2015-07-02T13:29:18.840" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14125" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14123" CreationDate="2015-07-02T17:12:50.590" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think I can answer this one, because I'm an extensive user of the questions you're talking about. Point by point:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[...] AU is flooded with programming- related questions with a &lt;em&gt;seemingly&lt;/em&gt; realistic value, but actually can be solved in one or two lines in &lt;em&gt;any&lt;/em&gt; language.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I.e.:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What's the value of such questions?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;For the asker: the most an answer can give him, since it solves its problem;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;For the answerer: the most the answerer can learn from answering it; personally, I've learned a lot just in trying to answer those kind of questions;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;For the others: usually nothing, aside from what they are willing (if they are willing) to learn from a given answer, unless they have the exact same problem, unless they somehow manage to adapt an existing answer to their specific problem or unless the problem is wide-spread enough. So, overall, I totally agree with the fact that such questions are usually so narrowed and specific they won't help the majority of the users experiencing a similiar problem;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Nevertheless they generate a &lt;em&gt;huge&lt;/em&gt; voting activity and a lot of answers, as if it were live saving issues.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I agree with this. Being honest I have to say I've earned the most of my reputation from those, and some were really &lt;em&gt;excessively&lt;/em&gt; upvoted, while I gave a couple of way more interesting answers, one here and one on Unix &amp;amp; Linux which, at least IMO, would have deserved it way more. But shrug, people upvote the answers to questions they are interested in that they can deem as helpful, not the one they are not sure or have no idea about (this as a general rule). In any case, going to the point, questions should be upvoted only when well written &lt;strong&gt;and useful&lt;/strong&gt;. Answers should be upvoted regardless, because this is necessary to identify the best answers and that's how the system works. Personally I agree with the fact that being their scope so limited, unless really covering frequent problems of text-processing such as, say, removing duplicate lines from a file, such questions should not be upvoted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;TL;DR&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In 99% of the cases, such questions are useful to the posters, to the answerers and to a very low number of other users;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;They indeed generate lots of reputation to their askers and to the answerers; the problem is that these kind of questions shouldn't be upvoted if not really of interest; good answers, on the other hand, should be upvoted regardless, because this is necessary to identify the best answers; I agree that the amount of reputation generated is excessive, however this is due to how the system works and due to the high number of users partecipating in such questions.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, in a nutshell: I think those questions should be kept, mainly because they are useful to the askers; I won't deny they somehow introduce a reputation problem. However I also think that this is not solvable. People are interested in them and vote on them (me included), what are we going to do? Setting those questions as off-topic would indeed solve the reputation problem but mainly would decrease, in my opinion inacceptably, the value of the community for the askers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="380067" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2015-07-02T17:18:45.353" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14128" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14131" CreationDate="2015-07-03T13:50:23.403" Score="5" ViewCount="80" Body="&lt;p&gt;Really just curious, but if a user is removed &quot;forcefully&quot;, his or her votes are undone. That is completely understandable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What however if a user closes his or her account deliberately, are his or her down &amp;amp; upvotes reversed as well?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastActivityDate="2015-12-07T22:20:08.137" Title="If a user leaves, are votes reversed?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14129" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-07-03T15:11:26.920" Score="1" ViewCount="49" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was just presented with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/644075/186134&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; as a Late Answers review. Screenshot in case it is removed:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;kbd&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/YtBnP.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/kbd&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It this a valid answer, or is it someone commenting? They're offering a solution (format first) but seem to be giving their own progress.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What should I have done with this? I skipped it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="186134" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2015-07-03T15:11:26.920" Title="Is this answer an answer or comment?" Tags="|discussion|answers|review|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14130" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14133" CreationDate="2015-07-03T16:34:30.897" Score="1" ViewCount="51" Body="&lt;p&gt;Alot of times I'll see questions, often linked to by other duplicate questions (that are usually not actually duplicates, but that's a different issue) that are closed or locked after being marked as duplicate or for other reasons. There will be a few comments relating to the locking, but no answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As these questions are officially the same as the duplicates, and because the duplicates have answers and aren't locked, why do the orphan questions even get linked to? They seem to be completely useless.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Looking at the specific question that caused me to ask this, it was actually &quot;merged&quot; with the duplicate. Even so, it still doesn't serve any purpose that I can tell.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="124553" LastActivityDate="2015-07-06T06:38:53.727" Title="Should closed/locked questions with no answers be hidden?" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|closed-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14131" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14128" CreationDate="2015-07-03T23:10:52.987" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, by default the votes are removed. Sometimes we can request that SE does a special deletion and keep the votes, but I am unaware of the exact criterion. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2015-07-03T23:10:52.987" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14132" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1680" CreationDate="2015-07-05T13:47:10.213" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;After the latest &lt;code&gt;NoScript&lt;/code&gt; update (&lt;a href=&quot;https://noscript.net/?ver=2.6.9.29&amp;amp;prev=2.6.9.27&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://noscript.net/?ver=2.6.9.29&amp;amp;prev=2.6.9.27&lt;/a&gt;), needed to allow &lt;code&gt;ajax.googleapis.com&lt;/code&gt; to be able to do &lt;em&gt;anything&lt;/em&gt; on the site (upvoting, commenting, etc).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not sure though whether this is due to said update or a concurrent change on SX.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;The above applies to Firefox (and NoScript) ... &lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Further reading:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://developers.google.com/speed/libraries/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://developers.google.com/speed/libraries/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The Google &lt;strong&gt;Hosted Libraries&lt;/strong&gt; is a stable, reliable, high-speed,&#xA;  globally available content distribution network for the most popular,&#xA;  open-source JavaScript libraries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Google works directly with the key stakeholders for each library&#xA;  effort and accepts the latest versions as they are released. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Libraries&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;To load a hosted library, copy and paste the HTML snippet for that&#xA;  library (shown below) in your web page. For instance, to load jQuery,&#xA;  embed the &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;script&#xA;  src=&quot;https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.3/jquery.min.js&quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/script&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt;&#xA;  snippet in your web page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.w3schools.com/jquery/jquery_get_started.asp&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.w3schools.com/jquery/jquery_get_started.asp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;One big advantage of using the hosted &lt;strong&gt;jQuery&lt;/strong&gt; from Google or Microsoft:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Many users already have downloaded jQuery from Google or Microsoft&#xA;  when visiting another site. As a result, it will be loaded from cache&#xA;  when they visit your site, which leads to faster loading time. Also,&#xA;  most CDN's will make sure that once a user requests a file from it, it&#xA;  will be served from the server closest to them, which also leads to&#xA;  faster loading time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://encosia.com/3-reasons-why-you-should-let-google-host-jquery-for-you/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://encosia.com/3-reasons-why-you-should-let-google-host-jquery-for-you/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(...) I urge you to use the Google HostedLibraries content delivery&#xA;  network to serve &lt;strong&gt;jQuery&lt;/strong&gt; to your users directly from Google’s network&#xA;  of datacenters. Doing so has several advantages over hosting jQuery on&#xA;  your server(s): &lt;strong&gt;decreased latency, increased parallelism,&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;better&#xA;  caching&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16023" LastEditorUserId="16023" LastEditDate="2015-07-05T15:11:08.643" LastActivityDate="2015-07-05T15:11:08.643" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14133" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14130" CreationDate="2015-07-05T20:32:28.097" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;These &quot;orphans&quot; serve a purpose and that is to direct people who think they have some kind of problem, to another kind of problem that has a solution...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;E.g.:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My screen acts funny → How to install the correct modules&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My WiFi disconnects → Install this particular module for this particular card&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;wubi&lt;/code&gt; acts funny under 15.04 → How to install Ubuntu (&lt;code&gt;wubi&lt;/code&gt; is deprecated)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and then the correct solution can be upvoted and rises to the top in the search results...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="344926" LastEditDate="2015-07-06T06:38:53.727" LastActivityDate="2015-07-06T06:38:53.727" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14134" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14123" CreationDate="2015-07-05T20:44:07.410" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The main goal of Free/Libre Open Source Software is to advance the human race without any intellectual encumbrants.  AU is to allow you to contribute to the advancement of FLOSS, therefore you're just helping to advance the human race...  &lt;strong&gt;:-)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Whether it's getting a server back on-line, finally convincing someone to actually take back-ups or convert a text file meaningless to you but used to sort data on retro-viruses finding the ultimate cure to cancer, doesn't really matter, does it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tip:&lt;/strong&gt; When you hit 20K and you're an established user, take a small break from answering questions, go lie on a beach somewhere, read a good book and stay away from the site for a week or so.  Even top-level guys like you need a break every now and then and it seems you need a break!  &lt;strong&gt;;-) :P&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastActivityDate="2015-07-05T20:44:07.410" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14135" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14136" CreationDate="2015-07-06T10:02:57.763" Score="10" ViewCount="245" Body="&lt;p&gt;We can favorite a question that interests us. Is there a way to favorite a user too?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In order to follow the posts of the user in question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user284234" LastEditorUserId="186134" LastEditDate="2015-07-13T20:57:49.203" LastActivityDate="2015-07-13T20:57:49.203" Title="How to favorite a user?" Tags="|discussion|support|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14136" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14135" CreationDate="2015-07-06T11:11:50.110" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can only subscribe to their RSS feed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/feeds/user/&amp;lt;user_id&amp;gt;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The link can be found at the bottom right under their activity tab. The RSS link is called &quot;user feed&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Feature requests about following users, favoring users, adding them to a friend list or anything socially similar &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/886/a-friends-list-on-stack-overflow-would-be-nice&quot;&gt;are and will probably always be declined&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2015-07-06T11:11:50.110" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14137" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14123" CreationDate="2015-07-06T12:03:32.203" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm afraid your question is too vague for me to understand what class of questions you are referring to. I will therefore base this answer on the information you gave in &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/14123/is-ask-ubuntu-about-solving-actual-problems?noredirect=1#comment24596_14123&quot;&gt;your comment&lt;/a&gt; where you pointed out &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/643520&quot;&gt;this Q&amp;amp;A&lt;/a&gt; as the one that prompted this discussion. You considered it:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;[...] a made up problem, not to solve an existing issue, but just with the intention to create a broad collection of answers. That makes it a purely programmatic question [...]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Well, &lt;em&gt;anything&lt;/em&gt; involving computers could be considered a programming question since computers are useless with no software running on them. However, basic system administration tasks like file renaming or other manipulation are right at the core of this site's topic. How could they not be? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think you are seeing this as programming simply because you tend to use python for everything so, of course, you end up writing programs. There's nothing wrong with that but because you're so good at python, I get the feeling you're not really aware of the general purpose POSIX tools that all Linux flavors have by default. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Tools like &lt;code&gt;grep&lt;/code&gt; (which is not a language, by the way) and &lt;code&gt;rename&lt;/code&gt; do not require programming knowledge to run them. The fact that you would approach an issue with a python script does not mean that the question was about programming. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question you highlight is a case in point. It is a broad question asking about way of removing an extra character from many file names. That is a problem that i) could indeed be shared by future users; ii) can be used to highlight the abilities of the various tools making the answers easily adaptable to other problems.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think that's where your pythonista view is clouding the issue. A python (or Perl, for that matter) script written to solve a particular problem is almost always &quot;giving a man a fish&quot;. A solution using the core utilities available on any *nix system, one that highlights what these utilities can do, is usually &quot;teaching a man to fish&quot;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In other words, an answer showing a python or perl script that can rename files can be fun but it is unlikely to help someone who doesn't know how to hack in those languages already. An answer using &lt;code&gt;grep&lt;/code&gt; and regular expressions opens a whole world of possibilities that require no programming knowledge whatsoever except, perhaps, a working knowledge of regex. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More to the point, where would we be without these questions? Personally, I have no interest participating in a site whose questions are 90% &quot;no wirlesses helps plase&quot; and &quot;black screen no X server&quot;. I find them uninteresting, repetitive and boring. They don't challenge me to find an answer. if I can give one, I either know it already or just need to spend the 5 minutes googling that the OP was too lazy to dedicate. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for actual problems, yes, that's part of the site's mandate but not its entirety. The SE sites also aim to become a &quot;repository of knowledge&quot;. For example, &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/q/112023/22222&quot;&gt;my post&lt;/a&gt; on U&amp;amp;L about replacing strings has received 168930 views at the time of writing and more than a hundred votes. There was no problem to solve there, however it serves to highlight certain commonly available tools and the things you can do with them, it serves as an answer to many similar questions. It's a reference. That is a Good Thing©.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, in conclusion, no, the site is not only for &quot;real&quot; problems. It is also for imagined ones which, however, bear a close resemblance to everyday problems users might face. If you don't like these questions, just ignore them. As you can see, many of us like them and welcome them. Work on others if you don't. There's room for all of us! :) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:37:19.280" LastActivityDate="2015-07-07T09:28:15.210" CommentCount="24" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14138" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14135" CreationDate="2015-07-06T12:21:10.973" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;Dan's answer is technically correct in every way but I want to remind you &lt;em&gt;why&lt;/em&gt; there's no direct way to &quot;follow&quot; somebody on the site. &lt;strong&gt;When you follow people instead of topics, your votes start to become targeted.&lt;/strong&gt; It gives your friends an unfair advantage over others just because of &lt;em&gt;who&lt;/em&gt; they are, not on the merits of their posts' quality.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've covered this in more detail before: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/5267/guidelines-when-voting-for-friends&quot;&gt;Guidelines when voting for friends&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are going to follow somebody via their RSS, I would suggest you either prevent yourself from voting, or at least make extra-sure that your votes are warranted, and that you're using the rest of the site normally too. If your account registers a lot of votes for one account, it will raise alarms and may even elicit the fabled &lt;em&gt;rusty spoon&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.227" LastActivityDate="2015-07-06T12:21:10.973" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14141" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14123" CreationDate="2015-07-06T17:41:46.843" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Well, this forum is for asking questions and getting them solved. As long as they are related to Ubuntu, then asking those questions is ok. because AU is about learning and getting to know Ubuntu much better with the help of other people from around the world.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="426988" LastActivityDate="2015-07-06T17:41:46.843" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14142" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-07-06T20:29:18.710" Score="5" ViewCount="219" Body="&lt;p&gt;Maybe it's not that important, but I think it's worth a quick mention here on meta. Multi-line shell commands are annoying to deal with. Here's a blatant example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;find . -type f | \&#xA;while read -r filepath; \&#xA;do echo &quot;$filepath&quot;; \&#xA;done&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a nice way to present a command, but at the same time it goes to the detriment of the command's usability. For example, try, when using it, to change something other than the last line without ending up copy-pasting each single line.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think it would be nice if such commands would be posted along with an editable one-line version of them, for the ease of copy-paste-edit-run them directly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="380067" LastActivityDate="2015-07-21T11:26:04.467" Title="It would be nice to post multi-line shell commands along with an editable one-line version of them" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14143" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14144" CreationDate="2015-07-06T23:53:17.037" Score="-1" ViewCount="238" Body="&lt;p&gt;So, I've been using Ask Ubuntu for a while now, but the whole thing is rigged against the average user. So the same thing happens every time I have a problem on my computer and I go here for an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First off, I'm asking the question and I can't use pictures to describe my problem because I need &quot;reputation&quot; So once I do get an answer some bully comes in and dislikes everything. He dislikes the answer because he has a better way of doing things that he doesn't feel like sharing, dislikes the question because:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;He doesn't like it for whatever reason. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;There's a similar question and it's a &quot;duplicate&quot; (which I already read with no success) &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Next when a new user comes in and asks a question (that I know the answer to) one of two things happen:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;He gets the answer but can't vote the answer up because he's in the same boat I'm in&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the bully  comes in and dislikes it because he has a &quot;better&quot;, more complicated answer.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Let's look at &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/640639/ubuntu-boots-to-read-only-filesystem-after-upgrading?noredirect=1#comment916495_640639&quot;&gt;this example&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So after upgrading my computer will not start so I go to Ask Ubuntu and after an hour I find a solution replace systemd with upstart and my computer starts well I decide to share my answer and again a bully with more reputation comes in dislikes my answer because he has a &quot;better&quot; answer that he doesn't feel like sharing. This happened to me about 5 times&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I pretty much can't do about anything due to the  bullies who misuse the reputation system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any solutions on how I can actually use Ask Ubuntu would be appreciated because so far the easiest thing is to just switch communities.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user389450" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2015-07-08T16:08:52.220" Title="Why ask-ubuntu can seem frustrating to the average user" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14144" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14143" CreationDate="2015-07-07T01:24:18.090" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;So far you've asked a question 9 times and answered a question 7 times.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Only 2 out of the 9 questions you have asked (excluding this one) has been downvoted (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/632788/run-sudo-script-at-startup&quot;&gt;this one&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/618390/unable-to-start-steam-on-lubuntu&quot;&gt;this one&lt;/a&gt;); personally I wouldn't have downvoted either of the two.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Only 1 out of the 9 questions you have asked (excluding this one) has been closed (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/632788/run-sudo-script-at-startup&quot;&gt;this one&lt;/a&gt;); personally I would have voted to close it as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Only 2 out of the 7 answers you have posted have been downvoted (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/644979/usb-drive-not-mounting-on-kubuntu-mounts-on-ubuntu-14-04/644984#644984&quot;&gt;this one&lt;/a&gt;) and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/640639/ubuntu-boots-to-read-only-filesystem-after-upgrading/640652#640652&quot;&gt;this one&lt;/a&gt;); personally I wouldn't have downvoted the first one, but I would have downvoted the second one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But checking the questions and the answers that have been downvoted, I saw &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/644979/usb-drive-not-mounting-on-kubuntu-mounts-on-ubuntu-14-04/644984#comment924982_644984&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; comment (which I flagged):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I can't comment I don't have enough reputation because of dirt bags like you who mark down other peoples answers without offering their own answer&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And now your question here on meta. (migrated)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now it's not the first time that someone gets downvoted (for a right or for a wrong reason; &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/14122/can-people-please-leave-comments-when-they-downvote-questions-and-answers&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;'s just the latest post on Meta), but in any case you still can't go around calling names, even if you're in right.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I partially agree that not all of the downvotes you received were deserved (but that's just my measuring, not each one's measuring).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've checked all of your answers, and I wouldn't say they are bad, but they're indeed concise; I agree that sometimes a concise answer is enough, however, speaking of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/644547/can-i-play-a-not-available-for-linux-game-on-steam-using-wine-or-playonlinux/644549#644549&quot;&gt;the most recent non-downvoted answer you gave&lt;/a&gt;, for example, you could have explained how to download and install WINE, Steam and VirtualBox (it would have been a matter of writing two &lt;code&gt;apt-get&lt;/code&gt; commands) and I would have upvoted it, nonetheless also explaining (even concisely this time) how to install Windows on VirtualBox would have make up a &lt;em&gt;great&lt;/em&gt; answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Don't call names (ever), try to answer more thoroughly and you'll see that really good answers get lots of upvotes. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="380067" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2015-07-08T16:08:52.220" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14145" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14142" CreationDate="2015-07-07T09:50:14.407" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;I propose that we leave them as-is, and teach the users to avoid the insanity of editing complex commands directly in the shell. Bash, for one, allows us to &lt;a href=&quot;https://superuser.com/a/409155&quot;&gt;edit the current command in an editor&lt;/a&gt; by pressing &lt;kbd&gt;Ctrl&lt;/kbd&gt;&lt;kbd&gt;x&lt;/kbd&gt;&lt;kbd&gt;Ctrl&lt;/kbd&gt;&lt;kbd&gt;e&lt;/kbd&gt; (via the readline library).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:04:50.393" LastActivityDate="2015-07-07T13:56:51.270" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14146" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14143" CreationDate="2015-07-07T13:37:01.373" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;@kos answer covers most of the points, here is just a (quick) breakdown of some other answers to bits in your question&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I can't use pictures to describe my problem because I need &quot;reputation&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Post a link to &lt;a href=&quot;https://imgur.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://imgur.com&lt;/a&gt; or similar - one of us lot can edit it into the question properly&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;He dislikes the answer because he has a better way of doing things that he doesn't feel like sharing, dislikes the question &lt;br&gt; .... &lt;br&gt; He doesn't like it for whatever reason.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That happens (sometimes a lot less here than on other SE sites...). If someone downvotes a post, they (or someone else) should comment as too why to why (like they have &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/640652/178596&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; - if they have not explained.... they might be a troll (or 'bully') :) - from this you can establish what is 'accepted'.&#xA;&lt;br&gt;In the example question/answer, I think the issue is that it could destabilise the system as everything has been moved to work with systemd, so things that don't work with upstart may not not work at all. Your question was also sort of 'I have to edit an fstab, how do I do that?', which kyodake pretty much answered.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;There's a similar question and it's a &quot;duplicate&quot; (which I already read with no success)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have found a duplicate and it doesn't work say IT DOESN'T WORK, and include the link to it and why it doesn't work (what happens). It takes multiple (atleast 5) votes to dupe/close a question, so you can prevent more votes happening. The question can also be voted on again to be reopened if it is necessary.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="178596" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2015-07-07T16:42:37.277" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14147" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14135" CreationDate="2015-07-07T16:19:57.113" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Quoting from &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/973/188988&quot;&gt;this answer&lt;/a&gt; on Meta StackOverflow&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you have a friends list don't you think you tend to upvote your friends because they are your friends, instead of the content of their posts?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="61218" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2015-07-07T16:19:57.113" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14148" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-07-07T21:48:44.940" Score="0" ViewCount="57" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've seen that there's no such feature as a pm system as stated on the answer to &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/602/is-there-a-way-to-directly-contact-a-user&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; and I perfectly understand why;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The problem is that a new user has no way of replying to inbox since:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;he/she can't post comments until obtaining 50 reputation ( and it&#xA;would be unadvisable to reply there, because it would just clutter up a space reserved to useful comments ); &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;he/she can't use chat either since it has some other reputation requirement.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I sincerely can't understand this last point, and I'm not referring to the inability to contact a user first ( because that would open up the ground for spammers ), but rather to the disallowance on replying to an inbox.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think his particular aspect might be something worth looking into and that there's room for a new useful feature.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sorry for the somewhat muddled bits of this post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="426171" LastActivityDate="2015-07-07T22:08:04.653" Title="How do I reply to a user who tagged me in a comment?" Tags="|discussion|user-communication|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14149" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14148" CreationDate="2015-07-07T22:08:04.653" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Even before you earn &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/comment&quot;&gt;the &quot;Comment everywhere&quot; privilege&lt;/a&gt;, you should be able to comment...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Under any of your answers, and&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Anywhere in your questions (ie under your question, or under its answers)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To me, that covers every eventuality where you might want to reply. People aren't going to be mentioning you unless you've already posted something...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Am I reading this wrong? Where were you mentioned that you cannot reply?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2015-07-07T22:08:04.653" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14150" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14143" CreationDate="2015-07-08T08:50:44.003" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since I was one of the &quot;bullies&quot; that initiated the closure of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/632788/run-sudo-script-at-startup&quot;&gt;this one&lt;/a&gt;, I might add a few words:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;About closing as duplicates&lt;br&gt;&#xA;On a daily base, &lt;em&gt;many&lt;/em&gt; questions are asked. Some categories of questions are asked repeatedly. People put a lot of effort in answering questions, many times on a high level and answers are edited many times afterwards to give a more complete solution to the question. You also have to understand AU is not a personal help desk, but we are creating a database of answers to offer solutions to a broad variety of problems.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That is why the site's policy is to prevent repeatedly giving the same answers over and over again, and that is why similar questions are marked as duplicate.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Sometimes, questions are marked incidentally as duplicate, sometimes because the title suggests so, sometimes because of circumstances, not mentioned in the question. You have to understand reviewers (bullies) have to look through &lt;em&gt;lots&lt;/em&gt; of marked questions, and we are humans.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As mentioned, that is why it is important to &lt;em&gt;communicate&lt;/em&gt; if your question is marked, and mention what you did and what is the difference between your question and the dupe.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;About downvoting&lt;br&gt;&#xA;As mentioned before, I am not much of a downvoter. I only downvote on &lt;em&gt;answers&lt;/em&gt; if they are potentially harmful or include incorrect information, on &lt;em&gt;questions&lt;/em&gt; if OP obstructs the creation of a useful answer.&#xA;The truth is that although voting &lt;em&gt;should&lt;/em&gt; be a rational and objective thing, in practice that is not always the case. We all suffer equally from that I guess. I am pretty sure however that especially the &quot;bullies&quot; you are referring to do not misuse the reputation system and show integrity in the way they vote.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So in a nutshell:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Don't take marking your questions personally, but look at the supposed dupe and see if it helps you. If not, indicate what is your remaining problem. In case of unexplained down votes, see if there is anything wrong in your post. If not, ignore the down vote and move on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2015-07-08T09:04:14.427" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14152" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-07-08T14:50:45.683" Score="6" ViewCount="154" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a Ubuntu user for the past 9 months now. I am getting more and more knowledge on the platform. &#xA;I am member of askubuntu for roughly 6 months. Most of the questions  If not all that I encounter, I can not answer them. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Moreover, I generally have no question to ask. &#xA;Its disturbs me, having nothing to offer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How can I change and be more active?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;seeking for advices, please.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="391193" LastActivityDate="2015-07-21T15:59:24.860" Title="Nothing to ask, No question to answer.?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14153" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14152" CreationDate="2015-07-08T15:25:49.570" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;90 percent of the posted questions, I cannot answer from my own experience, because I never ran into problems described in the question; my network always works, my printer, screen; no problems &lt;em&gt;ever&lt;/em&gt;. Therefore, many times, looking through the questions, I am pretty sure I answered my last question around here. Nevertheless, every time after a while, some question pops up that I have the feeling &quot;it is mine&quot; to answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you really want to answer questions (which you should only do if you like to), you will find out there is a &quot;kind&quot; of question or subject you are interested in and you are good at.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At the same time, there are &lt;em&gt;lots&lt;/em&gt; of ways you can do useful things; edit posts, give useful comments review posts, vote on good (or bad) posts etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The quality is more important than the quantity in my opinion. An example: I asked &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/576604/what-causes-the-deviation-in-the-wmctrl-window-move-command/579586#579586&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; a while ago. If you look into the profile of the person who answered the question, you can see he only posted... one answer. I consider the answer however to be one of the very best answers to be found on this site :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2015-07-08T16:01:28.037" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14154" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14152" CreationDate="2015-07-08T16:49:19.537" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been askubuntu.com member for a year. At first it bothered me that I couldn't offer a lot of answer, more less upvoted answers. Especially with hardware-related questions. But as some Roman philosopher said, nothing is new under the sky. Yes, &lt;em&gt;people ask specific questions, but often the diagnosing the cause and possible fixes are similar.&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Among my favourite questions now are scripting questions. I actively search for such questions. Sometimes I find how other's code can be improved and sometimes come up with something of my own. More importantly, &lt;em&gt;I try to have fun with it&lt;/em&gt;. And I improved mostly because I had fun with it, therefore was willing to spend time on those questions, and the experience from those questions carried over to future ones. Very often higher rep users would correct my code and ideas, and at first I was concerned about critique being the sign of something wrong or showing my low-level of knowledge, but over time I started taking critique more positively as a source of improvement. Because nobody here is getting paid to answer questions or critique other people's answers - we're all just people who invest their time because we like problem solving. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So basically what I am trying to say:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;research other people's answers and questions, especially higher voted ones.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;research on the web. Askubuntu isn't the only site where people go, but there's forums. Also, linux systems all have things in common.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;find the type of question that you enjoy, and do your best to answer them.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Don't think you cannot answer a question. Find it out. Try researching first, think about it first.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;never be discouraged by downvotes or critique, use them as source of motivation for learning and improvement&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Lastly, Rome wasn't built in a day. Quality and knowledge both require time. Even super-duper writers had to go through bunch of crappy rough drafts before presenting masterpieces&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="295286" LastActivityDate="2015-07-08T16:49:19.537" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14156" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19025" CreationDate="2015-07-09T17:38:36.720" Score="7" ViewCount="100" Body="&lt;p&gt;This bug exists on both sites, on meta and on main.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The word is there, but its text color is in the same as the background (technically, the background on the span is black, but has an opacity of 0, which is making it transparent).&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Example: &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/users/8698/dan?tab=activity&amp;amp;sort=accepts&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/users/8698/dan?tab=activity&amp;amp;sort=accepts&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Though, I suppose the bug is that its background should be &lt;code&gt;#2db651&lt;/code&gt;, but another CSS rule is taking priority and making the background on the word transparent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is reproducible on Firefox, Google Chrome and Chromium.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you can see from the screenshot below, if you try to select the word, it is there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/0jc3Q.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/0jc3Q.png&quot; alt=&quot;Accepted answers&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The following is a screenshot of the span's CSS in Firebug. If I disable the &lt;code&gt;background:rgba(0,0,0,0)&lt;/code&gt; property, the &lt;em&gt;accepted&lt;/em&gt; word becomes visible with a green background.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/C9I04.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/C9I04.png&quot; alt=&quot;Accepted span CSS&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastEditorUserId="8698" LastEditDate="2016-11-24T13:44:48.520" LastActivityDate="2020-04-14T06:41:02.427" Title="The &quot;accepted&quot; word is not visible under the &quot;all actions&quot; tab in the profile page" Tags="|bug|design|profile-page|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14157" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14159" CreationDate="2015-07-10T06:28:00.247" Score="7" ViewCount="331" Body="&lt;p&gt;This morning the active questions page is flooded with spammy-like answers from this user: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/428217/satomi&quot;&gt;satomi&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They all suggest to use the same software, and they are all structured in the same way, starting with an excerpt like this one:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;How about Astah? Very easy to use. There are paid version (Astah Professional) and free version (Astah Community).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Followed by an image illustrating a relevant feature of that software pertinent to the specific question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Something similiar happens also in her answers on Stack Overflow, where the answers themselves look less spammy than those posted here, because the software is not always explicitly mentioned, but this is compensated by the fact that each image present in her answers (image present in almost any answer) comes with a watermark on the bottom-right corner reporting &quot;powered by Astah&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, as it comes up from her profile page, she's part of the tech support for that tool:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Tech support of UML, SysML, Mind Mapping tool - Astah&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally let's take a look at when the questions she answered were posted:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/646682/380067&quot;&gt;Feb 23 '11&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/646652/380067&quot;&gt;Aug 1 '10&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/646650/380067&quot;&gt;Oct 8 '11&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/646649/380067&quot;&gt;Sep 2 '13&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So &lt;em&gt;indeed&lt;/em&gt; those questions &lt;em&gt;were searched in order to be answered&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now that software, as stated also in her answers, comes both in a free and in a paid version, and her answers (at least on Stack Overflow) basically also answer the question, so I wouldn't classify this as the classic blatant spamming, but this behavior looks indeed suspicious and looks like a subtler way to spam that software. Even giving the benefit of the doubt, is this whole thing acceptable?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="380067" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2015-07-14T05:59:34.983" Title="Dealing with this user" Tags="|discussion|spam-handling|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14158" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-07-10T07:03:02.917" Score="0" ViewCount="92" Body="&lt;p&gt;When you access chat in askubuntu, this is what happens:&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/JlJUO.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Perhaps the background of the page should also be orange? Or the logo text turns black and the background white? I mean an orange box in a white page looks weird.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="241602" LastEditorUserId="241602" LastEditDate="2015-07-10T08:32:45.233" LastActivityDate="2015-07-14T19:23:23.523" Title="Chat background for this site is broken" Tags="|feature-request|chat|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14159" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14157" CreationDate="2015-07-10T07:04:49.973" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;In &lt;em&gt;my very annoyed opinion&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;;-)&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Product_placement&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;product placement&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spam_%28electronic%29&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;spam&lt;/a&gt; are the same.  Whether you just put a link to some product in the question (&lt;em&gt;spam&lt;/em&gt;) or the answer (&lt;em&gt;Product placement&lt;/em&gt;), the net result is the same: &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;You promote the sales of some product instead of giving an impartial answer.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Warning:&lt;/strong&gt; This is my personal opinion, I've flagged product placement before as I've got a good nose for this kind of excrement, &lt;em&gt;but some moderators don't agree&lt;/em&gt; with this POV.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sorry for posting this as an answer (it should have been a comment), but I wanted to write a bit more then the comments allowed (which makes it kind of a rant-answer...)  &lt;strong&gt;;-)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now I'm off to flag all this excrement as spam... (Not really: &lt;em&gt;but I would like &lt;strong&gt;all of the mods&lt;/strong&gt; to answer your question so I could see their stance on this&lt;/em&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastActivityDate="2015-07-10T07:04:49.973" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14160" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14157" CreationDate="2015-07-10T07:48:17.923" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;In this case it is rather obvious. From what I could see on quickly checking their homepage their primary download directs to &lt;strong&gt;Windows&lt;/strong&gt; and from my Windows office machine I could not find any downloads for Linux. Only on searching deeper into their help pages I found a guide on how to run this Java application on Linux. The advertising posts give no help whatsoever on how to download, install and run their software on Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any application should be designed to be easily installed through our package manager and and it should run on Ubuntu, otherwise Ask Ubuntu would not be the right place to post. The tech support team of that software will know that. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If they still do place their advertisments for a closed source application here &lt;strong&gt;I consider this as spam without doubt&lt;/strong&gt;, even if there was a free version available.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For my view on Open Source projects or other Linux software also see these related posts:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/13715/should-i-keep-an-eye-on-spam-like-answers-about-free-software-or-why-do-people&quot;&gt;Should I keep an eye on spam-like answers about free software? Or why do people spam-promote free software?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/7502/is-it-good-style-to-downvote-developers-who-announce-their-projects&quot;&gt;Is it good style to downvote developers who announce their projects?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3940" LastEditorUserId="3940" LastEditDate="2015-07-10T08:58:31.703" LastActivityDate="2015-07-10T08:58:31.703" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14161" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14123" CreationDate="2015-07-10T09:53:41.430" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu is about solving any and all Ubuntu-related problems, rather, &lt;strong&gt;Ask Ubuntu is about generating documentation&lt;/strong&gt; for Ubuntu in Q&amp;amp;A format collaboratively.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What's the purpose of documentation? Obviously, it's only there to help users solve their problems, but there are some problems that documentation is simply not the solution to. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Programming can benefit from documentation, for example, but something like vim vs emacs battle can't be resolved through documentation.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2355" LastActivityDate="2015-07-10T09:53:41.430" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14164" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-07-11T16:47:30.507" Score="-1" ViewCount="68" Body="&lt;p&gt;I came upon this question (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/576590/will-windows-10-upgrade-affect-grub2-and-screw-up-my-dual-boot-with-ubuntu&quot;&gt;If Windows 10 &amp;quot;upgrade&amp;quot; affects GRUB2 and screws up my dual boot with Ubuntu will I have to completely wipe my computer and start from scratch?&lt;/a&gt;) from Google and I spent five minutes trying to figure out why it was closed. I still have no idea.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, at the time it was was asked, Windows 10 wasn't released so there couldn't be a 100% accurate answer to this specific case, but that's true of any question. There can be a example of what was the case with Windows 8 or 8.1 and that would also likely occur with Windows 10.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even @Whaaaaaat , who voted to close, posted an answer, in the comments! The third comment gives a reasonable prediction based on past behavior.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So as this comment-answer was not primarily opinion-based whatsoever, why was it closed? (I'm not trying to get it reopened or anything, just want to know the reasoning.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="124553" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2015-07-11T23:46:21.623" Title="Why was this question closed?" Tags="|discussion|close-reasons|vote-to-close|incorrectly-closed|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14165" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14164" CreationDate="2015-07-11T19:31:09.437" Score="5" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;There can be a example of what was the case with Windows 8 or 8.1 and that would also likely occur with Windows 10.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A question on something that's not out yet is just asking for speculation. So make the question about Windows 8 or 8.1. Oh wait! There already is one:  &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/360465/will-upgrading-windows-8-to-8-1-affect-ubuntu&quot;&gt;Will upgrading Windows 8 to 8.1 affect Ubuntu?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We don't even deal with problems in pre-release versions of &lt;strong&gt;Ubuntu&lt;/strong&gt; here, I see no reason why a pre-release version of Windows should be entertained.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2015-07-11T23:46:21.623" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14166" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-07-12T00:39:05.063" Score="5" ViewCount="62" Body="&lt;p&gt;The automatic comment left by the duplicate close reason doesn't start with a capital P and being the old, compulsory disorder Grammar Nazi I am, I tend to correct it all the time...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If one of the mods can change that in like 10 seconds, could you humour me, please???&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it takes longer then 25 seconds: Meh, I've gotten used to worse before.  &lt;strong&gt;;-)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="1992" LastEditDate="2015-07-15T22:22:26.107" LastActivityDate="2015-07-15T22:22:26.107" Title="Is it possible to change a close reason?" Tags="|bug|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14167" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-07-12T16:35:19.083" Score="0" ViewCount="49" Body="&lt;p&gt;In re my answer in:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/647303/uefi-or-legacy-which-is-advised-and-why/647305#647305&quot;&gt;UEFI or Legacy? Which is advised and why?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another user commented that if I had a new question, I should ask it. I did not have a new question. I was attempting to provide some mildly useful info (user used legacy boot, wanted to know if uefi would give him a flawless system, and I reported that mine was). Then a mod deleted the answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can see a case for deleting the answer on grounds of &quot;Does not answer the question&quot; since I didn't use the two things he was worried about (although I now recall that I had another uefi-booted lenovo laptop whose microphone worked fine). If that was the reason, fair enough. But I suspect that the one user thought there was another question in the answer, and the mod didn't actually check that. If so, shouldn't it be restored?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;May not be worth doing b/c others have provided better answers than I did.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="390026" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2015-07-12T17:48:19.757" Title="Was my answer deleted in error?" Tags="|discussion|deleted-answers|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14168" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14167" CreationDate="2015-07-12T17:48:19.757" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your &quot;answer&quot; seems to be a comment. The mod could have converted it into one, but I don't see why they should have, since you have the reputation to post one yourself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2015-07-12T17:48:19.757" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14169" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14157" CreationDate="2015-07-13T09:33:49.190" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't really mind if the sofware actually helps the user, but until now I can't find an example for that. Most problems can be solved by the internal Ubuntu tools, and if not, the official repository should have the package you need for certain solution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyway, this is Ask Ubuntu, not Ask Windows. Therefore, no Windoze programs should be posted here (we can talk about Wine later.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="392803" LastActivityDate="2015-07-13T09:33:49.190" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14170" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-07-13T18:42:03.543" Score="8" ViewCount="138" Body="&lt;p&gt;What can I do, have I done something broken? Have I destroyed the site?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;o_O&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How should I proceed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/u4tFy.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367165" LastEditorUserId="5" LastEditDate="2015-07-13T18:45:18.187" LastActivityDate="2015-07-13T20:20:36.207" Title="I have a 404 in Ask Ubuntu" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ClosedDate="2015-07-14T18:26:10.560" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14171" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14170" CreationDate="2015-07-13T19:32:54.063" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;As long as it's not a &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_403&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;403&lt;/a&gt;, or a &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_418&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;418&lt;/a&gt;, I think it's fine!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="344926" LastEditDate="2015-07-13T20:20:36.207" LastActivityDate="2015-07-13T20:20:36.207" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14172" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14157" CreationDate="2015-07-14T05:59:34.983" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I also concur that this case clearly falls within the scope of marketing/product-placement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The use of an advertised product &lt;em&gt;(Astah)&lt;/em&gt; - &lt;strong&gt;might actually be an appropriate response to a given question and doesn't necessarily warrant a flag.&lt;/strong&gt;  Especially if the poster is going into enough detail in explanation and thoroughness with how the product meets the OP's described problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;THAT BEING SAID, &lt;strong&gt;I believe that the community may be justified in down voting these marketing answers.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I think that for reasons already mentioned (i.e. product is not open-source, is not available from official repositories) - that &lt;strong&gt;alternative responses may naturally be upvoted in relation to the product ads&lt;/strong&gt; because they might be more elegant, easier to follow, etc...and perhaps very little needs to be done?...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;My personal feeling is that at least a downvote is warranted with a comment describing the reason&lt;/strong&gt; (marketing for closed-source software not available from official repositories, OR EVEN, improve this answer by creating an appropriate &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/4983&quot;&gt;PPA&lt;/a&gt;, etc.).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="89515" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2015-07-14T05:59:34.983" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14173" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6788" CreationDate="2015-07-14T10:19:32.720" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The background of the entire site looks distracting, plus there have been users complaining about the tearing of it. When I press &lt;kbd&gt;SUPER&lt;/kbd&gt;-&lt;kbd&gt;w&lt;/kbd&gt;, the background image, just annoys my eyes. Not a good look.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Screenshots&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ONE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Kuepg.png&quot; alt=&quot;ONE&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;TWO&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/yOQmq.png&quot; alt=&quot;TWO&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The entire code:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;body {&#xA;    background: #f9f9f9 none repeat scroll 0 0;&#xA;}&#xA;&#xA;.topbar {&#xA;    box-shadow: 1px -1px 5px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.86);&#xA;}&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;#header {&#xA;    box-shadow: 1px -1px 5px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.86);&#xA;}&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;#content {&#xA;    box-shadow: 1px -1px 5px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.86);&#xA;}&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;#footer .footerwrap {&#xA;    box-shadow: 1px -1px 5px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.86);&#xA;}&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="36315" LastEditorUserId="36315" LastEditDate="2015-07-14T11:00:33.347" LastActivityDate="2015-07-14T11:00:33.347" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14174" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14877" CreationDate="2015-07-14T15:13:48.930" Score="1" ViewCount="104" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/2745&quot;&gt;I would argue that these tags have no difference in meaning&lt;/a&gt; (this thread has a +9/-1 score),&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/scanning&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;scanning&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;scanning&lt;/a&gt; has no wiki, while &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/scanner&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;scanner&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;scanner&lt;/a&gt; does,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the tag synonym suggestion mechanism is fundamentally broken on smaller sites&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Could a mod make &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/scanning&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;scanning&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;scanning&lt;/a&gt; a synonym of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/scanner&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;scanner&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;scanner&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="652" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.227" LastActivityDate="2016-01-02T16:56:45.337" Title="Tag Synonym Request: [scanning] -&gt; [scanner]" Tags="|discussion|tags|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14175" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-07-14T16:07:25.143" Score="0" ViewCount="84" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This is a discussion post.  Please read on for the specifics.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Old Question: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/166692/is-there-such-a-thing-as-a-ubuntu-certified-engineer&quot;&gt;Is there such a thing as a Ubuntu Certified Engineer?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;New Question: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/648310/are-there-any-ubuntu-online-courses-training-programs?noredirect=1#comment930499_648310&quot;&gt;Are there any Ubuntu Courses or training programs?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Currently, the Old Question is old as sin, with all the answers out of date, and no updates for at least a couple years.  The correct answer is &quot;There is no Ubuntu specific certification or training programs&quot; nowadays, given that the Ubuntu technical certifications were discontinued, even as part of Advantage.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Given this, the New Question was asked, and I posted my answer, pointing to other Linux-generic certifications that would work, given there is no Ubuntu certification anymore.  As such, I'm considering the Old Question abandoned.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, this ultimately spawns this question/discussion: Which question should we consider as valid, AND, at what point can we consider an answer-accepted question outdated, invalid, and abandoned?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2015-07-17T23:43:50.990" Title="Duplicate Question, versus Updated Answers, regarding Certification" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14176" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14174" CreationDate="2015-07-14T16:11:31.920" Score="-2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tags/scanner/synonyms&quot;&gt;I have created a &lt;em&gt;suggested&lt;/em&gt; synonym&lt;/a&gt;. Anybody* who agrees with the suggestion can vote for it, anybody who doesn't can vote against it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This may seem long-winded (especially with consensus a few years ago) but this is the way synonyms are supposed to be made these days, not moderators pushing everything through on very light opinion. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;* This isn't open to everybody, there are rules:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Users with a total answer score (total upvotes minus total downvotes) of 5 or more on the tag, can vote for tag synonyms. Suggestions will be automatically approved when they reach a score of 4, and automatically deleted when they reach a score of -2.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2015-07-14T16:11:31.920" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14177" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-07-14T18:25:59.827" Score="7" ViewCount="61" Body="&lt;p&gt;I faced this already a couple of times.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In Late Answers or First Posts appears some stupid post that is not an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I try to flag it, but it does not let me, because it seems that some time ago that was me who raised that flag already. It says that I've raised that flag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I press &quot;No action needed&quot;. I get that scary notation &quot;Look and Listen!&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think the system can track that it was my flag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="167850" LastEditorUserId="65926" LastEditDate="2015-07-23T13:30:20.867" LastActivityDate="2015-07-23T13:30:20.867" Title="I get a post which I flagged before in review audit" Tags="|bug|review|review-audits|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14181" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14189" CreationDate="2015-07-17T06:32:45.683" Score="7" ViewCount="162" Body="&lt;p&gt;You ever had a post in front of you where the OP did mix up blockquote and code formatting? Not those easy cases where he/she wrote a &lt;code&gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; character before the paragraph himself, but those cases when you have several dozen lines of code or command output, often with line lengths greater than the edit window's width, and the OP used the blockquote-formatting-button!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In such cases, it does not only add the &lt;code&gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; character in front of &lt;em&gt;every&lt;/em&gt; line, but also totally messes up every kind of indentation and reorganizes all the line breaks to fit the editor window width instead of the original structure.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You are not sure what I mean? Here is a horrible example in its original state (with blockquotes):&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/revisions/605f0525-3723-4322-b439-411b5a2639b6/view-source&quot;&gt;Wrongly used blockquote formatted question&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;And here is my attempt to fix the structure as good as I can:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/revisions/82986002-6008-4201-81a8-efae17772707/view-source&quot;&gt;(Hopefully mostly) correct formatting&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I propose to change the behavior of the &lt;code&gt;blockquote formatting button&lt;/code&gt;!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The optimal and easiest way to convert a paragraph to a blockquote would be to just write a single &lt;code&gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; in front of the paragraph's first line and keep all indentations and line-breaks just as they are. The output will be no different. If you have problems implementing this with checking the end of the paragraph (I don't think so, but...), it would be even an improvement if we stay with the &lt;code&gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; sign in front of every line selected to be formatted as blockquote and just stop reformatting the content!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Everybody who once tried to edit such a monster has to vote for this and hope for the StackExchage stuff to soon implement this. Thank you for your support and any reactions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastActivityDate="2015-07-20T06:55:57.103" Title="Make blockquote formatting button not destroy the source layout!" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|editing|formatting|markdown|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14183" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14185" CreationDate="2015-07-17T16:15:19.613" Score="3" ViewCount="53" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is supposed that &quot;Community&quot; is an automated service.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But a couple of times it made some human decisions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/649559/bluetooth-does-not-detect-any-devices-dell-inspiron-15-12-04lts&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I voted to close as duplicate. But as soon as the issue was fixed, &quot;Community&quot;  closed it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Was it done by a human?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="167850" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2015-07-17T16:34:58.227" Title="I suspect that some person acts as &quot;Community&quot; user" Tags="|support|duplicates|community-user|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14184" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14188" CreationDate="2015-07-17T16:25:57.540" Score="2" ViewCount="51" Body="&lt;p&gt;I understand that a lot of moderators on this site are against migrating questions to other SE sites (except for AU Meta, but that is part of AU, so don't really count), and I was just wondering why this was? Why is it better to close a question rather than to migrate it to a more relevant site?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastActivityDate="2015-07-18T21:36:58.377" Title="What is wrong with migrating a question to another site?" Tags="|discussion|migration|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14185" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14183" CreationDate="2015-07-17T16:31:41.613" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/1TDhG.png&quot; alt=&quot;This question's author approved a pending duplicate vote.&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When you voted to close the question, the system asked its author a question similar to this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/BtT34.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The author conceded that the linked question you provided &lt;em&gt;did indeed&lt;/em&gt; solve his problem. The system - represented by &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/-1&quot;&gt;the Community user&lt;/a&gt; - reacted to this by closing the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is generally a much more expedient method of handling duplicates where the author is around and responsive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;See also: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/250981/new-ui-encourages-askers-to-confirm-or-dispute-duplicate-votes&quot;&gt;New UI encourages askers to confirm or dispute duplicate votes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12845" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2015-07-17T16:31:41.613" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14186" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14184" CreationDate="2015-07-17T18:40:43.907" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;There's nothing intrinsically wrong with migrating a question, but in a lot of cases it can fall under the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/225006/add-a-dont-migrate-crap-migration-path-to-all-sites&quot;&gt;don't migrate crap&lt;/a&gt; rule.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2015-07-17T18:40:43.907" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14187" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14175" CreationDate="2015-07-17T23:43:50.990" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Why prefer a new question just because its new?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To my view you are confusing things, there are 2 points there that should not be mixed and considered the same:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is there something offered via official channels on the same level as eg: RHCE?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is there any course out there that can be applied to general Linux, and hence can be applied to Ubuntu?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The answer for the first is &lt;code&gt;no&lt;/code&gt;, the answer to the second is &lt;code&gt;yes&lt;/code&gt;, but since we know the answer to the second one to be common I do not see any value asking it, at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I hope that this solves your confusion and explains why I think my question should not be closed in favor for the most recent one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They are not the same questions and deserve separate answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25863" LastActivityDate="2015-07-17T23:43:50.990" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14188" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14184" CreationDate="2015-07-18T21:36:58.377" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Open migrations are awful. &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/8646/activate-migration-paths-to-unix-and-linux-should-we/8660#8660&quot;&gt;That's my opinion&lt;/a&gt;. They are a destructive way of quickly trying to push a person and their problem to another site, regardless of quality. They just don't help the people with the problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are obviously exceptions, and they deserve flagging for moderator attention... But they are few enough that we can deal with them on a case by case basis.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2015-07-18T21:36:58.377" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14189" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14181" CreationDate="2015-07-19T10:53:07.677" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The problem only happens with short lines (or rather, with lines containing short enough &lt;em&gt;words&lt;/em&gt;), where the editor &lt;em&gt;wraps&lt;/em&gt; a paragraph, leading it to fit as many words as it can into each line.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa&#xA;bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb&#xA;cccccccccccccccccccccccccc&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Take this and block quote it:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb&#xA;  cccccccccccccccccccccccccc&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The editor actually produced:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;&amp;gt; aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb&#xA;&amp;gt; cccccccccccccccccccccccccc&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, yes, we could fix the editor to &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; do wrapping when quoting. The editor also messes up when unquoting:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;&amp;gt; aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa&#xA;&amp;gt; bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb&#xA;&amp;gt; cccccccccccccccccccccccccc&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Becomes, on unquoting:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb cccccccccccccccccccccccccc&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb cccccccccccccccccccccccccc&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, this is an editor &quot;feature&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Regarding splitting and merging: This is due to &lt;em&gt;wrapping&lt;/em&gt; and the editor does it what it needs to do wrap correctly, so both splitting and merging happen. Consider the previous example with longer words, so that the line is long enough to wrap (you can see this from the scroll bars):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb cccccccccccccccccccccccccccccc&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I quote this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb&#xA;  cccccccccccccccccccccccccccccc&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;&amp;gt; aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb&#xA;&amp;gt; cccccccccccccccccccccccccccccc&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The editor automatically splits the line.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="158442" LastEditDate="2015-07-20T06:55:57.103" LastActivityDate="2015-07-20T06:55:57.103" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14190" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14142" CreationDate="2015-07-19T16:08:08.470" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is also &lt;kbd&gt;ESC&lt;/kbd&gt;&lt;kbd&gt;V&lt;/kbd&gt; on some ksh (I think about HP-UX).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you must be in vi mode (&lt;code&gt;set -o vi&lt;/code&gt;).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(edit in post because of format)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;terminal is gnome-terminal, LTS 14.04.2&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;#stty -a&#xA;speed 38400 baud; rows 24; columns 80; line = 0;&#xA;intr = ^C; quit = ^\; erase = ^?; kill = ^U; eof = ^D; eol = M-^?; eol2 = M-^?;&#xA;swtch = M-^?; start = ^Q; stop = ^S; susp = ^Z; rprnt = ^R; werase = ^W;&#xA;lnext = ^V; flush = ^O; min = 1; time = 0;&#xA;-parenb -parodd cs8 hupcl -cstopb cread -clocal -crtscts&#xA;-ignbrk brkint -ignpar -parmrk -inpck -istrip -inlcr -igncr icrnl ixon -ixoff&#xA;-iuclc ixany imaxbel iutf8&#xA;opost -olcuc -ocrnl onlcr -onocr -onlret -ofill -ofdel nl0 cr0 tab0 bs0 vt0 ff0&#xA;isig icanon iexten echo echoe echok -echonl -noflsh -xcase -tostop -echoprt&#xA;echoctl echoke&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;what i did: enter a two line command&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;ls |&#xA;wc -l&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;run the command, &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;then &lt;kbd&gt;ESC&lt;/kbd&gt;&lt;kbd&gt;k&lt;/kbd&gt;, this recall the command in one line, with a ^J &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;then &lt;kbd&gt;ESC&lt;/kbd&gt;&lt;kbd&gt;v&lt;/kbd&gt;, this call&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;vi&lt;/code&gt;, with command on &lt;strong&gt;two lines&lt;/strong&gt; (HP-UX),&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;nano&lt;/code&gt; with command on &lt;strong&gt;one line&lt;/strong&gt; (Ubuntu).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="323295" LastEditorUserId="323295" LastEditDate="2015-07-21T11:26:04.467" LastActivityDate="2015-07-21T11:26:04.467" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14191" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12379" CreationDate="2015-07-20T07:51:09.157" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/77518/arts-and-crafts&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/d2PME.png&quot; alt=&quot;Arts and Crafts Q&amp;amp;A&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="43778" LastActivityDate="2015-07-20T07:51:09.157" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2015-07-20T07:51:09.157" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14192" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14193" CreationDate="2015-07-20T09:40:05.867" Score="2" ViewCount="133" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just a reminder: &quot;easy&quot; questions are &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; to be downvoted. I know that as it stands this is just a claim about &quot;easy&quot; questions currently being downvoted, but &lt;em&gt;I think&lt;/em&gt; (and I'm pretty sure) I've noticed a tendency to downvote those, also when well explained and potentially useful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;Easy&quot; questions are &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; to be downvoted as per how &quot;easy&quot; they could be as that's nothing about their usefulness;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;del&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit&lt;/strong&gt;: this is a good example of what I'm talking about: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/653029/executable-running-without-sudo-but-not-with-sudo&quot;&gt;executable running without sudo but not with sudo&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;del&gt;Indeed for someone this might look like a pretty trivial question, but I think is not really that trivial, expecially for someone without experience; the question itself was well explained and the related duplicate couldn't have been found easily without knowing what to search for; in my opinion it didn't deserve a downvote.&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit 2&lt;/strong&gt;: the downvote has been casted after OP refused to acknowledge that the related duplicate could have solved its problem, so waiting to find a better example (or to debunk my own conviction if I don't find any).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="380067" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2015-07-27T09:44:39.377" Title="Please stop downvoting &quot;easy&quot; questions, if you are doing so" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14193" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14192" CreationDate="2015-07-20T11:18:27.337" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think the opposite is often in effect. Easy questions, especially if they have catchy titles, tend to get a lot of answers, become &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;hot questions&lt;/a&gt;, get a bunch of upvotes from users who aren't usually of this site (and therefore have no idea of the standards (or lack thereof) of our site) and so on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have actually seen this happen quite recently on another site, to an answer by a moderator of that site, who simply quoted an external source (but not a primary one), which is not upto their usual standards and still get 40+ upvotes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Huh, even my own top voted answer is to an &lt;em&gt;easy&lt;/em&gt; question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And while we're at it, I'd like to point out that &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/253383/upvotes-that-cancel-out-downvotes&quot;&gt;upvoting to correct downvotes isn't all that welcome&lt;/a&gt; either.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T09:39:07.847" LastActivityDate="2015-07-20T11:41:32.340" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14194" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14195" CreationDate="2015-07-20T12:35:43.767" Score="12" ViewCount="169" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/203230/differentiate-between-touchscreen-and-mouse-inputs&quot;&gt;differentiate between touchscreen and mouse inputs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've the same problem with Lubuntu 15.04, and I don't think that I should make the same question again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't have any problem to address questions to other stackexchange sites, I'm just wondering about the criteria.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="299538" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:37:19.280" LastActivityDate="2015-07-20T13:45:21.427" Title="Why this question is off-topic and migrated to U&amp;L?" Tags="|discussion|migration|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14195" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14194" CreationDate="2015-07-20T13:05:22.163" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;You should look at some of the questions we get here: Most end users don't know the difference between Ubuntu, Lubuntu, Kali, Mint, Elementary, Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Windows. (And I've seen all of the aforementioned &lt;em&gt;and some more...&lt;/em&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So: go ahead, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/ask&quot;&gt;post your question&lt;/a&gt;, give as an absolute minimum the &lt;code&gt;lsb_release --short --codename&amp;amp;&amp;amp;uname --kernel-release&lt;/code&gt;, explain what you have and what you're trying to accomplish and you're good to go!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;:-)&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2015-07-20T13:05:22.163" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14196" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14198" CreationDate="2015-07-20T13:26:41.147" Score="8" ViewCount="163" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's unclear to me in what category our local &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/449/oli&quot;&gt;god&lt;/a&gt; should be nominated in the first &lt;a href=&quot;http://ubucon.de/node/921&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;UbuContest&lt;/a&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As per the site:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;3/ &lt;strong&gt;Outstanding Technical Contribution:&lt;/strong&gt; Members of the general public may nominate candidates who, in their opinion, have done something &quot;exceptional&quot; with an Ubuntu-based device, Unity8, Mir, etc. on a technical level. Each jury member has one vote, and the nominated candidate with the most jury votes wins.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;4/ &lt;strong&gt;Outstanding Non-Technical Contribution:&lt;/strong&gt; Members of the general public may nominate candidates who, in their opinion, have done something exceptional, but non-technical, to bring the Ubuntu platform forward. So, for example, you can nominate a friend who has reported and commented on all those phone-related bugs on Launchpad. Or nominate a member of your local community who did translations for Core Apps. Or nominate someone who has contributed documentation, written awesome blog articles, etc. The rest of the rules are identical to the &quot;Outstanding Technical Contribution&quot; category.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is: &lt;em&gt;Should it be category 3 or 4 or both???&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2015-07-20T14:49:50.680" Title="What category should we nominate @Oli in the http://ubucon.de/node/921?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14197" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14194" CreationDate="2015-07-20T13:45:21.427" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;You're right, the question isn't off-topic. It was as migrated to Unix and Linux only because the OP requested it in a flag. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Usually if you ask for your question to be moved we are happy to oblige, especially if you aren't getting a satisfactory answer here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2015-07-20T13:45:21.427" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14198" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14196" CreationDate="2015-07-20T13:47:56.710" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;A god transcends categories.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Oli would fit #4 more I would assume. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastEditorUserId="344926" LastEditDate="2015-07-20T14:49:50.680" LastActivityDate="2015-07-20T14:49:50.680" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14199" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14201" CreationDate="2015-07-21T11:19:52.217" Score="2" ViewCount="42" Body="&lt;p&gt;If a user post the same question multiple times in quick succession, words them differently, but ultimately asks the same thing, what should I do ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/650903/sound-not-working-at-all&quot;&gt;Sound not working at all&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/650888/alsa-not-working-at-all&quot;&gt;Alsa not working at all&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2015-07-21T12:21:24.740" Title="How to flag a double post?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14200" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14199" CreationDate="2015-07-21T11:58:00.427" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just flag one as the duplicate of the other, preferably flag the latter as a duplicate of the former.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I have done this before I have found that the questions which are marked as duplicate get deleted as it is noticed that they are exactly they same (more or less) as the first one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastActivityDate="2015-07-21T11:58:00.427" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14201" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14199" CreationDate="2015-07-21T11:58:09.637" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I would close all but one as a duplicate of that one.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now how to chose the question to remain open?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my opinion, you should decide according to those points, in that order:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Most detailed question&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Question with most/best answers&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Question with most/best comments&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Oldest question&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(So if one question is much more detailed than the others, I'd keep that one. But if they're about equal, I'd go for the one with the most/best reactions so far. If there are no useful reactions yet, leave the oldest question open and mark the newer ones as duplicate of that.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This scheme represents my opinion and how I would react in that situation. Feel free to criticize or comment it, I am looking forward to further opinions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastActivityDate="2015-07-21T11:58:09.637" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14202" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14199" CreationDate="2015-07-21T12:21:24.740" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;As pointed out in other answers flag all but one to be closed keeping the best one.  But I would also add a comment as to why you are closing it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately lots of people will ask a new question because they didn't get an answer and will assume that asking a new question is the best way to get people to look at it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They may not realise that by editing the question with new information on what they have tried and the results they can get it appearing near the top of the list again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The other way to get a question priority is to put a bounty on it.  There are people on this site who will put a bounty on other peoples questions if the question is well written, clear and you ask them nicely.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="107450" LastActivityDate="2015-07-21T12:21:24.740" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14203" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14207" CreationDate="2015-07-21T14:03:55.950" Score="4" ViewCount="98" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm new to the Meta side of Ask Ubuntu, so hopefully this isn't itself a dupe.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are at least 3 questions which deal with adding proxy exceptions in Ubuntu. I think it'd be good to tidy them into one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/11274/setting-up-proxy-to-ignore-all-local-addresses&quot;&gt;Setting up proxy to ignore all local addresses&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/68089/where-to-set-proxy-ignore-list&quot;&gt;Where to set proxy ignore list?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/135089/proxy-exceptions-in-12-04-lts?lq=1&quot;&gt;Proxy exceptions in 12.04 LTS&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The first doesn't mention the version of Ubuntu, but does not include the no_proxy env variable&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The second specifies 11.04 and the answer uses dconf-editor&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The third specifies 12.04 and the best answer mentions dconf-editor and gconf-editor, but doesn't mention no_proxy&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Personally, I'd add no_proxy to the last and mark the other two as dupes, but with only 108 points, I assume that's beyond me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="76731" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2015-07-23T11:13:17.533" Title="What to do with this sort of dupes?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14204" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14203" CreationDate="2015-07-21T14:18:55.460" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The question &quot;Setting up proxy to ignore all local addresses&quot; has the best answers by far, but was asked in nov 2010 and this age of distribution is unsupported, I would leave this alone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The 12.04 question has an answer indicating that a solution in the 11.10 answer fixed the issue for them on 12.04 and another saying &lt;code&gt;me too&lt;/code&gt;, these should be comments not answers so this question has some junk answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Based on this evidence I would, ignore the first due too its age and flag the third question as a dupe of the second as the second question has better all round content.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Perhaps leave a comment indicating the 11.10 solution is working on 12.04 ( and maybe up)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastActivityDate="2015-07-21T14:18:55.460" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14206" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14192" CreationDate="2015-07-21T18:48:59.347" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;One thing is &quot;easy&quot; questions and another is &quot;crappy unresearched questions, which I put the title in google and get the answer in the first result&quot;. I've had a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/350083/169736&quot;&gt;simple question&lt;/a&gt; and fairly &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/454063/169736&quot;&gt;uncommon ones&lt;/a&gt;, which both are &quot;easy&quot; to answer, yet the answer is not readily available elsewhere.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Remember, that the downvote tool-tip says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This question does not show &lt;strong&gt;any research effort&lt;/strong&gt;; it is unclear or not useful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I find pretty &lt;strong&gt;rude&lt;/strong&gt; that someone makes me waste my time answering their question, when the answer is in the firsts positions of any search engine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2015-07-21T18:48:59.347" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14207" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14203" CreationDate="2015-07-21T18:51:27.077" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Certainly &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/11274/setting-up-proxy-to-ignore-all-local-addresses&quot;&gt;Setting up proxy to ignore all local addresses&lt;/a&gt; is best quality wise, but the main answer uses Gconf which has been replaced by Dconf (except perhaps in 12.04...)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/68089/where-to-set-proxy-ignore-list&quot;&gt;Where to set proxy list&lt;/a&gt; is more up to date as it uses Dconf instead of Gconf &lt;em&gt;(though I think some Desktops do have a thing to convert gconf settings to dconf)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/135089/proxy-exceptions-in-12-04-lts?lq=1&quot;&gt;Proxy Exceptions in 12.04&lt;/a&gt; is old as well, and I think should be flagged as a dupe of the &lt;em&gt;first&lt;/em&gt; due to age&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyway, they are still all relatively ancient (I think the option has been in Network Settings since 13.10~), so I think if someone (I can &lt;em&gt;later...&lt;/em&gt;) posts a updated answer (probably on the first), including which versions it is compatible with - e.g:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;For 14.04&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and edit the old questions to say for example&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;For 12.04 and older&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By the way, another thing you can do is to comment below the questions linking to the possible dupes - e.g:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/2bmDU.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This should direct users searching the web, and other users can flag as a dupe if they think necessary. Questions can also be merged when they are exactly the same.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="178596" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2015-07-21T18:51:27.077" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14209" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14210" CreationDate="2015-07-22T19:21:46.937" Score="3" ViewCount="52" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was just wondering (as I have not seen any body with a name like &lt;em&gt;this&lt;/em&gt; in the AU chat room) who the room owners in the main &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/201/ask-ubuntu-general-room&quot;&gt;Ubuntu chat room&lt;/a&gt; were, so I thought I would ask a question about it here as this seemed to be the most relevant place to ask it. So who?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastActivityDate="2015-07-23T02:27:24.157" Title="Who are the AU chat room owners?" Tags="|support|chat|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14210" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14209" CreationDate="2015-07-22T19:36:14.027" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/info/201/ask-ubuntu-general-room?tab=access&quot;&gt;Going into the info page and the Access tab for the room will very quickly answer this.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that &quot;Owner&quot; doesn't mean &quot;Founder&quot;, it just means people who administrate to a point.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Diamond mods have God rights in most all of the chat channels regardless.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/pOOZ3.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/pOOZ3.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2015-07-23T02:27:24.157" LastActivityDate="2015-07-23T02:27:24.157" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14211" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-07-23T10:35:00.770" Score="1" ViewCount="68" Body="&lt;p&gt;You know I find it strange that the close vote queue is so long, because if 10 users went there and did their 20 a day, then you would already have 200 done... So just a few more users and we could finish that queue... So how come the queue is still so big? Have we just not got enough users who are of high rep and want to?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastActivityDate="2015-08-22T13:52:51.653" Title="Why is the Close Vote queue so long?" Tags="|discussion|vote-to-close|close-review-queue|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14212" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14221" CreationDate="2015-07-23T11:18:44.437" Score="5" ViewCount="170" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/651689/only-my-company-website-wont-open-on-ubuntu-14-04-lts&quot;&gt;Here is the question in question.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At first glance this seems ok but on reflection it could be well disguised spam.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is strange only their site won't work and every user who sees the question would need to visit the site (which works fine in 14.04 and firefox) to verify it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was going to leave it but based on a comment that seem suspicious of the question by @Bruni and seeing the down votes, should this be flagged?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What do you guys think?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2018-05-25T05:34:39.933" Title="Do you think this question could be a trick to get traffic to their site?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14213" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14215" CreationDate="2015-07-23T11:59:04.553" Score="-6" ViewCount="114" Body="&lt;p&gt;I &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/651683/how-to-install-software-in-terminal-in-one-line-and-one-time/651694?noredirect=1#comment936190_651694&quot;&gt;down voted and answer on this question&lt;/a&gt;, you can read the comments as too why.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This user proceeded to trawl through my history and try to find ways to get me to change my vote based on another answer that I gave (which has +12 I might add) and was updated may times based on OP comments, this really annoyed me as the user won,t address my issue and is trying to just go &quot;gotcha&quot; and hope I change my vote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is very annoying, so, rather than keep arguing with the user I thought I would get other users opinions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So the question is, was I wrong to down vote there answer ? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What would you do ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I just can't see how the answer in any way addresses the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2015-07-24T09:38:34.520" Title="Was I wrong to down vote this answer?" Tags="|discussion|downvoting|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14214" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14213" CreationDate="2015-07-23T12:09:47.057" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I believe sharing the knowledge and supporting others is a great thing. If the questioner works in server client concept as me, he find it very useful because I also made shell script to install all packages and applications in client systems after a fresh install. I have copied that script to a path in server. I copy that script in clients and run it. I have shared what I know. If that's a wrong thing I am willing to change anything I have posted because I am an Ubuntu enthusiastic and not at all a expert like @mark kirby. If I have studied something, it was by trial and error method.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="237817" LastActivityDate="2015-07-23T12:09:47.057" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14215" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14213" CreationDate="2015-07-23T12:47:14.463" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;As always: this is MY opinion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The method posted by ATR could have been my answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;chaining commands with &lt;code&gt;&amp;amp;&amp;amp;&lt;/code&gt; is all fine but it becomes rather annoying to read.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;putting commands in a text file and executing it is better readable plus you can keep the commands identical to how someone posted them on the web.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;How i can put all this in the terminal in one shot? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Executing a script is a &quot;1 shot&quot; so to me it is an answer. It is a different interpretation to the chaining with &lt;code&gt;&amp;amp;&amp;amp;&lt;/code&gt; but the end result is the same: 1 command to execute lots of instructions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your behaviour though seems to be crossing a few lines. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/be-nice&quot;&gt;The help states in the &quot;be nice&quot; section&lt;/a&gt; ...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Rudeness and belittling language are not okay. Your tone should match the way you'd talk in person with someone you respect and whom you want to respect you. If you don't have time to say something politely, just leave it for someone who does.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Be welcoming, be patient, and assume good intentions. Don't expect new&#xA;  users to know all the rules — they don't. And be patient while they&#xA;  learn. If you're here for help, make it as easy as possible for others&#xA;  to help you. Everyone here is volunteering, and no one responds well&#xA;  to demands for help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and ...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Don't be a jerk. These are just a few examples. If you see them, flag them:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Name-calling. Focus on the post, not the person. That includes terms that feel personal even when they're applied to posts (like &quot;lazy&quot;, &quot;ignorant&quot;, or &quot;whiny&quot;).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are you? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2  examples from comments in this topic in meta ...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;I will ask this one last time for you HOW DOES A SHELL SCRIPT ADDRESS THE QUESTION, &quot;How to install software in terminal in one line and one time?&quot; I don't care about your hypothetical, &lt;strong&gt;ust answer the bloody question or shut up.&lt;/strong&gt;&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That is not your call.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;Still did not answer my question, did you, so you know your wrong, stop being an idiot.&quot; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sorry?!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even if you would be correct in downvoting your subsequent behaviour is seriously lacking what I would consider to be from an upstanding user. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sorry if this in any way ticks you off. But that is how I see it ;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2015-07-23T16:25:52.570" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14216" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14211" CreationDate="2015-07-23T12:53:24.710" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is so long because not enough users go there every day and cast enough close (or &quot;leave open&quot;) votes to overcome the questions newly added to the queue. Although it is stagnated now, there was some times when the Close Queue grew to more than 1000 items until Luis Alvarado cleaned it up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I have access to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tools?tab=close&quot;&gt;Moderation Tools&lt;/a&gt; I always go there and try to cast all my 50 close votes. But I'm not sure if it's worthy to spend time voting to close instead of answering questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Read also &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/11592/&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/11592/&lt;/a&gt; and links therein.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="65926" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2015-07-23T12:53:24.710" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14217" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14213" CreationDate="2015-07-23T13:49:52.757" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;First of all, the question and answer are both irrelevant. You acted way out of line, were very rude and very aggressive. Here are some of the comments you left (emphasis mine):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The difference her is that the question was UPDATED to include that he only need GUI not CLI AND I updated my answer to include one, my answer addresses his need for bar code readers, your answer does not in ANY WAY address &quot;How to install software in terminal in one line and one time?&quot;. &lt;strong&gt;Are you so butthurt&lt;/strong&gt; by my down vote that you are trawling through my history to try and trap me so I change my vote ? &lt;strong&gt;Thats quite pathetic and is just silly&lt;/strong&gt;, the only way I will change my vote is if you stop dodging the issue and answer &quot;How does a shell script in any way answer this issue ? &quot; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Butthurt&lt;/em&gt;? &lt;em&gt;Pathetic&lt;/em&gt;? Really?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You then brought the fight to meta with the following comments on ATR's answer here (emphasis mine):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;First im no expert this is a user forum not professional help. This is apathetic attempt to be little me as you know nothing about me, |&lt;strong&gt;I did not want an argument&lt;/strong&gt; but you just won't let it go, sorry buy bad answers are down voted here. You keep saying &quot;If the questioner works in server client concept as me, he find it very useful&quot; &lt;strong&gt;WTF&lt;/strong&gt; does this have to do with &quot;How to install software in terminal in one line and one time?&quot; &lt;strong&gt;NOTHING, stop trying to excuse your lack of a good answer by winging about it&lt;/strong&gt;, all you had to do was edit more information into it an I would of changed my vote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only person I see wingeing (or whining, not sure which one you mean) is you. You're the one who brought this to meta. As for not wanting an argument, that's really strange considering the lengths you went to in order to get into one. Had you truly wanted to avoid an argument, you would have left this whole mess alone. But no, you went on to post:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I will ask this one last time for you HOW DOES A SHELL SCRIPT ADDRESS THE QUESTION, &quot;How to install software in terminal in one line and one time?&quot; I don't care about your hypothetical, just answer the bloody question or shut up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Again with the SHOUTING and &quot;just answer the bloody question or shut up&quot;! And then:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Still did not answer my question, did you, so you know your wrong, &lt;strong&gt;stop being an idiot&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can't believe you actually had the gall to complain about someone else when you're behaving like this. What you are doing is trolling, pure and simple and it is not acceptable behavior. I don't care if the answer in question gave a recipe for brownies. There is simply no excuse for abusing other users in the way you did here. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since you asked about the specific answer, of course it answers the question! Combining commands in a shell script is a classic way of doing things in one go. Instead of running &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;sudo add-apt-repository ppa:atareao/atareao &#xA;sudo add-apt-repository ppa:peterlevi/ppa &#xA;sudo apt-get update&#xA;sudo apt-get install my-weather-indicator unity-tweak-tool variety&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;as separate commands, the OP could simply run &lt;code&gt;scriptname.sh&lt;/code&gt; and get it done in one command. Now, you could have made some constructive criticism. For example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The &lt;code&gt;;&lt;/code&gt; is not needed in shell scripts when commands are on different lines.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;This could be improved by removing the &lt;code&gt;sudo&lt;/code&gt; from the script and running the script itself as &lt;code&gt;sudo scriptname.sh&lt;/code&gt;. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are various useful comments you could have made. Instead, you chose to insult and attack the person who posted an answer because their answer did not meet your criteria. As if that weren't enough, you came here to complain about how, despite your being incredibly rude and aggressive, the OP had the temerity to disagree with you. Please!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the future, if you believe you have a valid point to make, make it &lt;em&gt;politely&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;walk away&lt;/em&gt; if the OP disagrees. Even if you're right, shouting and insulting people automatically makes you wrong and is, at the very least, counterproductive. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2015-07-24T09:38:34.520" LastActivityDate="2015-07-24T09:38:34.520" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14218" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13911" CreationDate="2015-07-23T20:53:40.147" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just got down-voted and Id like to add that I re-read my post and it had bad wording, and i fixed it, and my down vote disappeared and my answer got up voted, so that's good, but please (downvoter) comment on why down voting posts....&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="395258" LastActivityDate="2015-07-23T20:53:40.147" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14219" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14220" CreationDate="2015-07-24T02:31:59.120" Score="10" ViewCount="217" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is a notice regarding releases of Ubuntu that have reached end of life.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The following versions of Ubuntu and derivatives are officially &lt;strong&gt;end of life&lt;/strong&gt; as of July 23, 2015:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Utopic 14.10&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;New questions regarding the above posted after the aforementioned date may need to be considered &lt;strong&gt;off-topic&lt;/strong&gt;.  Old questions (posted before the end of life date) that are still being answered regarding these releases should have a comment included on them about upgrading to a supported release to continue to get support for their versions of Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This information can be confirmed on the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;official Ubuntu Wiki page that lists all current, development, and end-of-lifed releases&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;The date &quot;July 23, 2015&quot; was established based on the EOL &lt;a href=&quot;https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2015-July/000198.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Announcement message&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2015-07-24T13:13:50.290" LastActivityDate="2015-07-24T13:13:50.290" Title="EOL Notice: Utopic (14.10) has now reached End of Life" Tags="|discussion|scope|end-of-life|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14220" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14219" CreationDate="2015-07-24T02:34:33.917" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Today, July 23, 2015, is the day that 14.10 Utopic reached End of Life.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While this means &lt;strong&gt;new&lt;/strong&gt; questions (stressing the &lt;strong&gt;new&lt;/strong&gt;) about 14.10 are off topic, older questions (both answered and unanswered) that were around before the EOL date should not be closed or deleted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This is done here with the consensus of the moderators which is that the primary reason for is not supporting EOL releases is because those versions no longer receive updates to repair bugs or malfunctioning packages, nor security updates and support, and you should not use those versions because of the lack of security updates.  This is not just my opinion, but has reached some consensus here on meta in other threads.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that 12.04, 14.04, and 15.04 remain all currently supported.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;If you have an issue with how we handle EOL releases, you need to bring up this issue in a different thread.  This thread here is NOT a valid thread for arguing against the EOL policies.  This thread is simply a notice that, in accordance with the current moderation policies, these questions are offtopic because of the End of Life date.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2015-07-24T03:57:50.263" LastActivityDate="2015-07-24T03:57:50.263" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14221" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14212" CreationDate="2015-07-24T04:16:03.383" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I could've sworn I read something similar to this before in the past.  And I could have sworn it was &quot;spam&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I ran this site in Tor Browser, in Permissive (to a point) mode.  It did not fail to load and I have 14.04.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not 100% certain, but it 'reads' as spam to me, as they fail to explain exactly what they DO see before a crash, and no responses to inquiries.  If there's no other comments on it from OP i'd flag it as suspicious.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="420786" LastEditDate="2018-05-25T05:34:39.933" LastActivityDate="2018-05-25T05:34:39.933" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14222" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-07-25T03:58:38.570" Score="1" ViewCount="121" Body="&lt;p&gt;I asked a &lt;a href=&quot;https://superuser.com/questions/944862/disconnet-internet-at-specific-time-in-ubuntu-12-04?noredirect=1#comment1286913_944862&quot;&gt;question&lt;/a&gt; here but there is not much attention to that question. Since my question directly consults Ubuntu and so I think that I should as this question on askubuntu. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While searching about my question on net I found few related(not exactly what I'm asking) question on askubuntu. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Kindly tell me, should I ask that same question here on askubuntu or not. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="237380" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:04:50.393" LastActivityDate="2015-10-26T17:38:19.807" Title="Can I ask this question on askubuntu?" Tags="|support|migration|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14223" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-07-25T10:28:32.797" Score="9" ViewCount="88" Body="&lt;p&gt;I know cross-posting (writing the same question on more than one SE site) is discouraged and should not be done. I also see the reason for this and agree, but sometimes it is indeed not clear where a question should belong best or it would be useful on several sites, as every site usually has its special kind of experts and for some issues more than one kind would be good.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So what I would like to propose and discuss its advantages and disadvantages with you is that SE could implement a &quot;site-sharing&quot; feature for questions. You write the question on one site, but you have the option (starting with a reputation score of e.g. 200 or 500) to tick some checkboxes, so that it will also appear on the main/question sites of other SE sites. It should not create a clone question but instead link to the original post or create a reference that looks like it was created on the site you visit it, but is synchronized with the main post. Important is, that all shared questions are always at the same state on all sites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You think this can be implemented by the SE team? What problems or further improvements do you see? Please express your opinion not only (but also) with votes, but rather write constructive comments and answers. Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastActivityDate="2015-07-25T10:28:32.797" Title="Deny cross-posting, but enable site-sharing?" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|asking-questions|stackexchange|migration|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14225" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14227" CreationDate="2015-07-27T18:34:57.707" Score="0" ViewCount="35" Body="&lt;p&gt;Why is there only a spell checking capability in the main body? Why not the title and the edit summary field too (if you are editing a question)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastActivityDate="2015-07-27T19:00:33.723" Title="Why is there no spell checking in title and edit summary?" Tags="|discussion|support|feature-request|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14226" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14225" CreationDate="2015-07-27T18:47:55.370" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Spellchecking isn't something done by the website but rather something done by the browser.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The main body is a single &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;textarea&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; which browsers typically assume will be used for composing long blocks of text and enable basic spellchecking automatically. The title and edit summary controls are instead &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;input type=&quot;text&quot;&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; fields and browsers typically do not enable spellchecking for them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On a related note, the HTML5 &lt;code&gt;spellcheck&lt;/code&gt; attribute can provide browsers with a hint as to which controls should have spellcheck enabled. &lt;a href=&quot;http://caniuse.com/#feat=spellcheck-attribute&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;This table&lt;/a&gt; shows the browser support for this attribute.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastActivityDate="2015-07-27T18:47:55.370" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14227" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14225" CreationDate="2015-07-27T18:50:50.597" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Because the title is&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&amp;lt;input id=&quot;title&quot; name=&quot;title&quot; &lt;strong&gt;type=&quot;text&quot;&lt;/strong&gt; maxlength=&quot;300&quot; tabindex=&quot;100&quot; placeholder=&quot;What&amp;#39;s your bug, feature request, or meta-discussion topic? Be specific.&quot; class=&quot;ask-title-field&quot; data-min-length=&quot;15&quot; data-max-length=&quot;150&quot;&amp;gt; &lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and the text is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&amp;lt;&lt;b&gt;textarea&lt;/b&gt; id=&quot;wmd-input&quot; class=&quot;wmd-input&quot; name=&quot;post-text&quot; cols=&quot;92&quot; rows=&quot;15&quot; tabindex=&quot;101&quot; data-min-length=&quot;&quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/textarea&amp;gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and FireFox only check text areas for spelling errors.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To change that behaviour open an &lt;code&gt;about:config&lt;/code&gt;&#xA;tab, filter for &lt;code&gt;layout.spellcheckDefault&lt;/code&gt;, double click the value and change it to &lt;code&gt;2&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Done!&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="344926" LastEditDate="2015-07-27T19:00:33.723" LastActivityDate="2015-07-27T19:00:33.723" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14228" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14230" CreationDate="2015-07-27T19:15:43.483" Score="2" ViewCount="102" Body="&lt;p&gt;I see an awful lot of questions on EOL releases, and I think that this site should have some automatic features to help combat it, as it is really quite a major thing with the quantity of them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I would propose the following methods as examples of automated methods there to prevent the posting of EOL questions, and educate users that it's time to upgrade:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If someone tags their question with a tag associated with an EOL version (such as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/13.10&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;13.10&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;13.10&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/14.10&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;14.10&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;14.10&lt;/a&gt;), then when they attempt to post their question a popup will come up (probably as large as the one that gives you options when you want to VTC or flag a question), which will remind them that if their question is about any of the EOL releases then it is off-topic and will be closed and that they should upgrade before they ask. And then give helpful links etc.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;To display a notice beside the question if it contains the release version, or codename of an EOL release, which reminds the user that EOL releases are off-topic, and that support will not be provided for them.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If the title contains a codename or release version of an EOL release, to show that little red popup next to the title also reminding the user that it contains a keyword of an EOL release, and that those questions will be closed.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Have some sort of queue, or include in another already existing queue, questions which are likely to be asking about EOLs because of keywords contained within them. Obviously the questions would be posted, and not be waiting for approval, instead the queue would just be a queue of questions which the system detected as questions which may be off-topic and need closing.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sending an email, or other notification, to all users when a release goes EOL, and that support has ended on AskUbuntu for that release, and that users are advised to upgrade.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These are just some of many examples of automated techniques which could be used to inform and deter. Is this something that could be implemented in the future?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastEditorDisplayName="user364819" LastEditDate="2015-07-27T19:21:41.977" LastActivityDate="2015-07-28T06:52:32.317" Title="Methods for combating EOL questions" Tags="|feature-request|vote-to-close|end-of-life|close-review-queue|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14229" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14222" CreationDate="2015-07-27T19:28:23.687" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, if your question is about something that runs on Ubuntu, Ubuntu configuration, or basically anything else about Ubuntu, it is on-topic here. Unless it is about an &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;EOL release&lt;/a&gt;, then it isn't on-topic here, or necessarily, anywhere. Although questions on software recommendations and windows replacement software might get better results on: &lt;a href=&quot;https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Software Recommendations&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For more information on things which are on-topic here please read: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:05.267" LastActivityDate="2015-07-28T15:28:42.013" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14230" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14228" CreationDate="2015-07-27T22:44:31.637" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your points here ignore the simple fact that &lt;strong&gt;not all questions about EOL releases are automatically off-topic&lt;/strong&gt; so any system that attempts to look at tags needs to be intelligent enough to work out what's actually being asked.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That —err— automatically rules out anything fully-automated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The review queue idea isn't necessarily bad. I doubt SE would want to implement it directly because not many other sites have things that are seasonal, but you could cobble something together with the API quite quickly. &lt;strong&gt;But be careful again:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I'd want a reminder for reviewers that just because it's in a queue, doesn't mean it needs to be closed. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Robo-reviewers —that is people not paying due care and attention— do enough damage already, we don't want to put people desperately trying to upgrade from 11.10 in their cross-hairs.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Questions that were asked before it became off-topic, need to be excluded.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some of the lighter ideas (eg bubble notifications) are a good idea. We have a few issues that could be solved by something like that. For example, expanding tags so you can store pop-up information. We could use that elsewhere, eg:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Oh you've used the wifi tag, have you included the output of &lt;code&gt;lspci | grep -i net&lt;/code&gt;?!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Again this is something SE would need to look at but here there is a real chance it could improve other sites too. They might be up for it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2015-07-28T06:52:32.317" LastActivityDate="2015-07-28T06:52:32.317" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14231" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14232" CreationDate="2015-07-28T09:58:15.940" Score="3" ViewCount="49" Body="&lt;p&gt;Today I voted to close on an off topic question, but this made me think, if I vote to close is the question also flagged too get the attention of other user's?, or should I also flag as a duplicate to get some attention to it ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So the question is, does a close vote include a falg when I do it or should I do both ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastActivityDate="2015-07-28T10:24:56.143" Title="Flag vs Close, when to use?" Tags="|discussion|support|flagging|vote-to-close|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14232" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14231" CreationDate="2015-07-28T10:24:56.143" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;When you are a 3000+ user and try to flag a question to close, you automatically get redirected to close menu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Actually you just cast a close vote. You can't do both.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Lower rep users can only flag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="167850" LastActivityDate="2015-07-28T10:24:56.143" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14234" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-07-28T12:42:30.153" Score="0" ViewCount="80" Body="&lt;p&gt;Now I have been trying the linebreak in comment box on askubuntu and it does not work for me here&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/editing-help#linebreaks&quot;&gt;Linebreaks&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;End a line with two spaces to add a &lt;br/&gt; linebreak:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How do I love thee?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Let me count the ways&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I do this nothing happens; everything remains on the same line&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Let me explain what I do&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe I do not understand what is required&#xA;I write say:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;testing the formatting[here I hit the space bar twice; then go Shift+Enter and start writing my second line]&#xA;and it should work right?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is what I get:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;testing the formatting and it should work right?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;when i publish &lt;strong&gt;and no linebreak&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SO&lt;/strong&gt;  i thought maybe they mean 2 &lt;strong&gt;line&lt;/strong&gt; spaces&#xA;and did the same again using Shift+Enter   twice&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;...and same fiasco ...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So what am i doing wrong ...    &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;or has the linebreak function been deleted?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanx for clarifications    shan&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="140721" OwnerDisplayName="shantiq" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2015-07-28T13:23:39.463" Title="Now I have been trying the linebreak in comment box on askubuntu and it does not work for me here" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ClosedDate="2015-07-28T15:05:26.683" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14235" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14234" CreationDate="2015-07-28T13:23:39.463" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can't have blank lines in the comments. Comments support a very limited subset of the formatting functionality of Stack Exchange. This is as it should be. Comments are for short messages, requesting clarification or making an observation. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If what you need to write can't be displayed properly as a comment, that's a good indication that you shouldn't be posting it as a comment. It should probably be a question or an answer instead. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2015-07-28T13:23:39.463" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14236" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-07-28T16:53:28.253" Score="8" ViewCount="131" Body="&lt;p&gt;At present not many people remember that AMD graphics used to be ATI sometime.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/amd-graphics&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;amd-graphics&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;amd-graphics&lt;/a&gt; is a synonym of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ati&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ati&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ati&lt;/a&gt; that seems to be wrong. It should be vice versa, so &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/amd-graphics&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;amd-graphics&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;amd-graphics&lt;/a&gt; should be displayed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How can we do it? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="167850" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2015-08-02T11:14:04.193" LastActivityDate="2015-08-02T11:14:04.193" Title="Replace ati with amd-graphics tag" Tags="|discussion|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14237" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-07-29T09:18:32.270" Score="23" ViewCount="622" Body="&lt;p&gt;Some time ago, we introduced &quot;just in time&quot; tag warnings on Stack Overflow. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These warnings are meant to provide users with just-in-time information to help them avoid common mistakes in the tag they're using (e.g. SQL questions should mention the engine they use). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's what they look like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/AZhJW.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/AZhJW.png&quot; alt=&quot;SQL Tag Warning&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Why Am I Telling You This?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It looks like Ask Ubuntu could benefit from using those as well, perhaps for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/wifi&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;wifi&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;wifi&lt;/a&gt; questions, as suggested in &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/14230/40133&quot;&gt;this answer by Oli&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the Ask Ubuntu community feels this might be useful, then we could experiment with tag warnings here. This is pretty easy to configure on our end (Stack Exchange) if you can provide us with tags and associated warnings (those can include links and basic HTML formatting). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, &lt;strong&gt;note that this feature is still experimental&lt;/strong&gt;, so we don't know how well it performs, if at all (and &lt;strong&gt;we might eventually remove it&lt;/strong&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;What's next?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you think Ask Ubuntu should experiment with this feature, please provide a tag and corresponding warning as an answer (consider including an explanation, too!). Upvote suggestions you agree with, downvote suggestions you disagree with. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, more general comments are welcome too!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Relevant links:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/11508/would-a-off-topic-tag-warning-be-a-good-idea&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/11508/would-a-off-topic-tag-warning-be-a-good-idea&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/14228/methods-for-combating-eol-questions&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/14228/methods-for-combating-eol-questions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="40133" LastEditorUserId="40133" LastEditDate="2015-08-12T10:14:49.113" LastActivityDate="2015-09-18T15:15:42.110" Title="Tag Warnings on Ask Ubuntu" Tags="|discussion|status-planned|" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14238" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14237" CreationDate="2015-07-29T11:36:27.760" Score="16" Body="&lt;h1&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/wireless&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;wireless&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;wireless&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Adapted from: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/425155/my-wireless-wifi-connection-does-not-work-what-information-is-needed-to-diagnos&quot;&gt;My wireless/WiFi connection does not work. What information is needed to diagnose the issue?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Please provide details about your wireless card obtained from your system as outlined in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/61547&quot;&gt;this answer&lt;/a&gt; or, if you have a wired connection, consider &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/425205/44179&quot;&gt;this all-in-one script.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you know the manufacturer of your wireless card (Broadcom, Qualcomm&#xA;  Atheros, etc.) using the associated tags would be helpful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2015-08-01T19:07:40.727" CommentCount="10" CommunityOwnedDate="2015-07-29T12:54:25.067" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14239" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14237" CreationDate="2015-07-29T13:09:20.087" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;graphics questions (possibly) &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/amd-graphics&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;amd-graphics&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;amd-graphics&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/graphics&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;graphics&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;graphics&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/intel-graphics&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;intel-graphics&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;intel-graphics&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/hybrid-graphics&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;hybrid-graphics&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;hybrid-graphics&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/switchable-graphics&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;switchable-graphics&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;switchable-graphics&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/nvidia&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;nvidia&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;nvidia&lt;/a&gt; etc&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Please make sure you provide information on the hardware you are using - for example include the output of:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;lspci -k | grep -EA2 'VGA|3D|Display'&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The manufacturer and model of the computer, as well as Ubuntu version may help also.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A script similar to the Wifi one be better though, to include other info like &lt;code&gt;glxinfo&lt;/code&gt;: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/14008/178596&quot;&gt;I have a hardware detection problem, what logs do I need to look into?&lt;/a&gt; . I can make one if needed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="178596" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2015-08-12T12:41:40.510" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2015-07-29T13:33:40.940" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14240" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14237" CreationDate="2015-07-29T13:14:26.507" Score="18" Body="&lt;p&gt;EOL releases &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/12.10&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;12.10&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;12.10&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/13.10&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;13.10&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;13.10&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/10.04&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;10.04&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;10.04&lt;/a&gt; etc. (whatever is listed as EOL &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases#End_of_life&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;on the Ubuntu Wiki&lt;/a&gt;):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The Ubuntu release &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/12.10&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;12.10&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;12.10&lt;/a&gt; is end-of-life — questions here on that version are now off-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you need help installing software on or upgrading from a unsupported release, please read &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/91815/how-to-install-software-or-upgrade-from-an-old-unsupported-release&quot;&gt;How to install software or upgrade from an old unsupported release&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Main meta thing: &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/14228/methods-for-combating-eol-questions&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/14228/methods-for-combating-eol-questions&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Another could be done for Ubuntu+1 releases (currently 15.10).&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="178596" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2015-08-08T12:42:28.127" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2015-07-29T13:33:54.123" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14241" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14237" CreationDate="2015-07-29T13:33:30.447" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;Off-topic things:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You have tagged your question with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/mint&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;mint&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;mint&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Please note that if this question is not about Ubuntu, or not within the scope defined by the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;help center&lt;/a&gt; it will likely be closed&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You can ask your question over at &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Unix &amp;amp; Linux&lt;/a&gt;, but please make sure you include details.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;The last bit heavily depends on what tag is applied - see list below:&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Unix &amp;amp; Linux Qs:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/mint&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;mint&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;mint&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/elementary&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;elementary&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;elementary&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/fedora&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;fedora&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;fedora&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/debian&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;debian&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;debian&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/bsd&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;bsd&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;bsd&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;currently nonexistent tags - could be created if needed:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;redhat, archlinux, mageia, centos&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;not sure about Mac here either.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Superuser&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/windows&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;windows&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;windows&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/windows-7&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;windows-7&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;windows-7&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/windows-8&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;windows-8&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;windows-8&lt;/a&gt; etc for XP, vista, 10&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/windows-phone&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;windows-phone&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;windows-phone&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ask Different&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/mac&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;mac&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;mac&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/macosx&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;macosx&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;macosx&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/macbook&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;macbook&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;macbook&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Android&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/android&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;android&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;android&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And so on for different things , perhaps even &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/10317/can-we-please-ban-unrelated-programming-questions&quot;&gt;programming questions&lt;/a&gt; (with &lt;code&gt;tag:LANGUAGE&lt;/code&gt;) (though those are half the fun :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Main meta thing: &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/11508/would-a-off-topic-tag-warning-be-a-good-idea&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/11508/would-a-off-topic-tag-warning-be-a-good-idea&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="178596" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:37:19.280" LastActivityDate="2015-08-01T13:51:05.727" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2015-07-29T13:33:30.447" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14242" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14237" CreationDate="2015-07-29T13:49:20.927" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;All questions potentially involving programming: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/python&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;python&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;python&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/java&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;java&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;java&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/php&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;php&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;php&lt;/a&gt; just to mention the top three &quot;potentially involving programming&quot; tags;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I compiled a list of candidates based on &lt;a href=&quot;https://data.stackexchange.com/askubuntu/query/341680&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; Stack Exchange Data Explorer query:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/python&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;python&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;python&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/java&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;java&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;java&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/php&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;php&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;php&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/eclipse&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;eclipse&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;eclipse&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/gcc&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;gcc&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;gcc&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/c%2b%2b&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;c++&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;c++&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/qml&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;qml&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;qml&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ruby&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ruby&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ruby&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/openjdk&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;openjdk&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;openjdk&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/c&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;c&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;c&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/latex&quot; 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class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;javascript&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;javascript&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/monodevelop&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;monodevelop&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;monodevelop&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/xml&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;xml&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;xml&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/octave&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;octave&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;octave&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/css&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;css&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;css&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/sql&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;sql&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;sql&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/fortran&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;fortran&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;fortran&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/haskell&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;haskell&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;haskell&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/intellij&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;intellij&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;intellij&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/c%23&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;c#&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;c#&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/clang&quot; 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class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;markdown&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;markdown&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/uml&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;uml&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;uml&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/groovy&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;groovy&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;groovy&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/gettext&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;gettext&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;gettext&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/espeak&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;espeak&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;espeak&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/gradle&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;gradle&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;gradle&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/golang&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;golang&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;golang&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/objective-c&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;objective-c&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;objective-c&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/pascal&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;pascal&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;pascal&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/wxpython&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;wxpython&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;wxpython&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/komodo-edit&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;komodo-edit&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;komodo-edit&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/xps-file&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;xps-file&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;xps-file&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/googledart&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;googledart&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;googledart&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/phpbb&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;phpbb&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;phpbb&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/doxygen&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;doxygen&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;doxygen&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/julia-lang&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;julia-lang&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;julia-lang&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/rust&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;rust&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;rust&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/gnu-r&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;gnu-r&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;gnu-r&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ada&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ada&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ada&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Tags already removed from the list for obvious reasons:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/language&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;language&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;language&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/locale&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;locale&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;locale&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/language-support&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;language-support&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;language-support&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/accessibility&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;accessibility&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;accessibility&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/internationalization&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;internationalization&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;internationalization&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/spell-checking&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;spell-checking&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;spell-checking&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/japanese&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;japanese&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;japanese&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/chinese&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;chinese&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;chinese&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/localization&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;localization&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;localization&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/arabic&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;arabic&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;arabic&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/hebrew&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;hebrew&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;hebrew&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/korean&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;korean&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;korean&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other tags already removed:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/atom&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;atom&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;atom&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ispell&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ispell&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ispell&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/wayland&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;wayland&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;wayland&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/rtl&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;rtl&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;rtl&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please suggest criteria to determine which tags are deserveful of a warning or just remove the tags you don't feel like deserveful (I guess we don't want all of them, or do we?)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Please make sure that your question is on-topic and about &lt;em&gt;the development environment&lt;/em&gt; rather than about programming in general, your own under-development code or debugging; questions about the development environment intended in the general sense (such as questions about software which is run for the purpose of developing, like editors, compilers, interpreters and questions about the compilation of a source code) are generally on-topic, unless they relate to a specific under-development code or snippet; questions about programming in general, questions about code under development and questions about debugging are not on-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="380067" LastEditorUserId="380067" LastEditDate="2015-09-18T15:15:42.110" LastActivityDate="2015-09-18T15:15:42.110" CommentCount="6" CommunityOwnedDate="2015-07-29T14:16:01.370" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14243" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-07-30T18:31:26.627" Score="0" ViewCount="33" Body="&lt;p&gt;It looks like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ralink&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ralink&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ralink&lt;/a&gt; is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/mediatek&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;mediatek&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;mediatek&lt;/a&gt; now. So the tags should be synonyms.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do not have 5 count to either of them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="167850" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2015-07-30T18:54:49.973" LastActivityDate="2015-07-30T18:54:49.973" Title="Make ralink and mediatek tags synonyms" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14245" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14246" CreationDate="2015-08-02T08:18:16.357" Score="1" ViewCount="82" Body="&lt;p&gt;Does this site still answer questions on WUBI ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;WUBI no longer works on win 8+, I don't see too many questions pop up about it these days, but, should I flag them as off topic ? Many users have Win 7 and WUBI works there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastActivityDate="2015-08-02T10:15:36.300" Title="Is WUBI off topic?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2017-09-20T16:12:15.127" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14246" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14245" CreationDate="2015-08-02T10:09:30.937" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;H2&gt;The short answer&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;wubi&lt;/code&gt; is a bit like leaded petrol: yes, back in the time it was a great idea and solved some unique problems, but on the other hand, it also created some new ones, so better leave it where it belongs: in history.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;H2&gt;The long answer&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;wubi&lt;/code&gt; doesn't support UEFI, so it doesn't support &lt;em&gt;some&lt;/em&gt; Win7 and definitely &lt;em&gt;no&lt;/em&gt; Win8, Win10 OEM-installed Windows versions.  Also, the last Ubuntu that came with &lt;code&gt;wubi&lt;/code&gt; out of the box was 13.10 (which is EOL).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Having said all that, this is a free, libre and open community and you can do whatever you want: if you want to support it, &lt;em&gt;go ahead&lt;/em&gt; and if you take a strong stance that you &lt;em&gt;will&lt;/em&gt; support it, I even want to help you and I'll send all &lt;code&gt;wubi&lt;/code&gt;-related questions, that I come across, to you from the &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/201/ask-ubuntu-general-room&quot;&gt;chat room &lt;/a&gt; here: just drop by once every 24 hours so that your handle gets remembered by the room.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Me, on the other hand, all dressed up in an encounter suit, won't touch it even when armed with a 10-foot pole &lt;em&gt;and a &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phased_plasma_gun&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;PPG&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt; ...  &lt;strong&gt;;-)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="344926" LastEditDate="2015-08-02T10:15:36.300" LastActivityDate="2015-08-02T10:15:36.300" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14247" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-08-03T03:27:00.753" Score="0" ViewCount="48" Body="&lt;p&gt;So I am trying to log into AskUbuntu with my email/pwd combo, and if I click GMAIL and then click on my email it logs me in, but if I type the same email, it says there is no account associated with this email. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to be able to:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A) Sign in via email-pwd combo&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;B) Change email and move away from googles gmail. (Can I change the email associated with my account?)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="395258" LastActivityDate="2015-08-03T11:02:12.587" Title="AskUbuntu can only log in via GMAIL LINK, but not by typing in email-pwd combo" Tags="|support|bug|login|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14248" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14250" CreationDate="2015-08-03T07:01:47.883" Score="2" ViewCount="98" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was checking out this &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/655908/is-it-possible-to-create-ui-for-ubuntu-with-html-css/655914?noredirect=1#comment943300_655914&quot;&gt;answer today&lt;/a&gt;, when I clicked the link given, Firefox reported an untrusted site, so I left the OP a comment &quot;Firefox says the link you provided is untrusted&quot; and the OP replied &quot;Yes, because it is a hacking program called ufonet, it uses botnet to DDoS you target server&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now I am no expert on &lt;code&gt;hacking&lt;/code&gt; but this seems pretty dodgy too me (and Firefox), even more so when you consider that the questioner asked &quot;Is it possible to create UI for Ubuntu with HTML &amp;amp; CSS?&quot; and has been presented with a DDoS hacking tool as the solution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am sure this kind of software must be frowned upon here, but I am no expert on this type of software, and so, could be wrong about this..&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So have I misunderstood the purpose of the software or should I flag this for close?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2015-08-03T17:09:10.610" Title="How to deal with potentioaly illigal / hacking software reccomendations?" Tags="|support|answers|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14249" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14248" CreationDate="2015-08-03T07:58:27.953" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The answer is off topic so should be (and has been) deleted. I would have considered reporting it as spam as it contains a link and does not even attempt to answer the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I am sure this kind of software must be frowned upon here, but I am know expert on this type of software, ans so, could be wrong about this..&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If there is a question that is on topic on AskUbuntu I believe we should answer it (possibly with a big fat warning). For instance: a question about how to install and use a keylogger on Ubuntu can be valid (since there is a keylogger program in the repositories). There are valid reasons to install a keylogger.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With the same argument I can defend ddoss'ing: if I want to test MY servers I might need the help from experts to help me set this up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastActivityDate="2015-08-03T07:58:27.953" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14250" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14248" CreationDate="2015-08-03T09:29:02.317" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;TL;DR&lt;/strong&gt;: This probably was on-topic, it's just a poor example without enough detail.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Firefox doesn't report it as &quot;an untrusted site&quot;, it reports an &quot;untrusted connection&quot; because the SSL certificate provided, was issued for another domain. Here's the technical explanation Firefox gives (I've subbed the domains involved):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;CCCC.BBBB.net uses an invalid security certificate.&#xA;&#xA;The certificate is only valid for the following names:&#xA;  lists.AAAA.net, AAAA.net  &#xA;&#xA;(Error code: ssl_error_bad_cert_domain)&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a significant distinction to make. An untrusted &lt;em&gt;site&lt;/em&gt; suggests there is malware, an untrusted certificate suggests admin incompetence (and/or a recent change in domain, plus some incompetence), or it's on a server that also serves &lt;code&gt;AAAA.net&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;BBBB.net&lt;/code&gt; has no SSL certificate. This is a quirk of sharing a single IP between multiple domains.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The link works fine over http, without encryption.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But on the broader question, many of the tools you'd consider wholly illegal, even those which were written &lt;em&gt;for&lt;/em&gt; illegal purposes (eg DDoSing sites for fun), have legitimate and legal uses too. Usually for the testing of networks, applications, security, etc. Simply put, hackers, security professionals and even just security conscious developers all rely on the same tools and techniques.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In that vein, I'd be against deleting something just because it &lt;em&gt;could&lt;/em&gt; be used illegally. Almost every element of Ubuntu falls into that gaping chasm, including things you rely on to stay safe.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even so, you're not wrong to question this answer. If you ever feel uncomfortable about something, raising a flag, or chatting it through on here or Chat is probably the best way forward.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strike&gt;And here, as Rinz says, it's a completely off-topic answer to the point of looking spammy. It may have just been mis-posted to the wrong open tab. I think we've all done that at some point.&lt;/strike&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;HOLD THE PRESS!&lt;/strong&gt; The answer is on-topic!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question is asking how to create a user interface in HTML+CSS. The answer is showing an application that runs locally and provides an interface to be run in a browser window (hence the 127.0.0.1 in the address bar).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a slightly convoluted way to manage this and the answer doesn't so much tell you how you'd do this, and there are probably examples that don't involve using a tool suited for DDoSing... But it's a poke in the right direction.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2015-08-03T09:36:07.503" LastActivityDate="2015-08-03T09:36:07.503" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14251" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14247" CreationDate="2015-08-03T11:02:12.587" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Login is really by OpenID (and similar methods, eg Google accounts, Facebook, etc) only. That said, StackExchange does have their own OpenID provider, if you don't already have one. So I would suggest:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://openid.stackexchange.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Register for an Stack Exchange OpenID account&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Add &lt;code&gt;https://openid.stackexchange.com&lt;/code&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/mylogins/395258&quot;&gt;your logins&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Optionally then delete your Google account from &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/mylogins/395258&quot;&gt;your logins&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2015-08-03T11:02:12.587" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14252" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14253" CreationDate="2015-08-05T09:10:31.637" Score="1" ViewCount="53" Body="&lt;p&gt;My review notification only shows &lt;code&gt;suggested edits&lt;/code&gt;, however I have seen screenshots of other users desktops that have hundreds of notifications here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I add more queue's to my notifications, rather than just edits, or is it something that is based on my rep ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastActivityDate="2015-08-05T13:18:04.383" Title="How can I make more than edits show in my review notification?" Tags="|support|review|review-queue|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14253" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14252" CreationDate="2015-08-05T13:18:04.383" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Once you pass the 10k reputation  mark and unlock the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/moderator-tools&quot;&gt;moderator tools&lt;/a&gt; privilege, the number will stop showing only the suggested edits, but instead show the - almost - total number of all available possible reviews.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For more details, you can check the following question/answers: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/251659/what-does-the-number-next-to-the-review-link-in-the-top-bar-actually-mean&quot;&gt;What does the number next to the review link in the top bar actually mean?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2015-08-05T13:18:04.383" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14254" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14256" CreationDate="2015-08-05T15:07:31.667" Score="0" ViewCount="76" Body="&lt;p&gt;I know that people often tell others that it is a rule here, but I am have never actually seen it written anywhere, so is it a rule that all questions and answers on this site have to be written in English?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If people who don't speak English though are not allowed to close questions as unclear to them, we shouldn't be allowed to close questions in other languages just because they are unclear for us. If we want to close something, there should be a rule against it, so I think that something about this should be put in the help section, otherwise there is no real justification for closing the questions. And how are users to know that it's an English only site if it is not officially written anywhere?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastEditorUserId="158442" LastEditDate="2015-08-05T17:37:45.020" LastActivityDate="2015-08-05T17:37:45.020" Title="Is there a rule which states that all questions and answers have to be in English on this site?" Tags="|discussion|answers|scope|languages|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2015-08-05T17:37:02.163" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14256" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14254" CreationDate="2015-08-05T16:53:43.493" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since majority of the users on the stack network speaks english or is from english speaking countries,  English is a de facto language of the site. This is supported by links Mateo and Mark posted in the comments. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I understand not all users on the site are capable of understanding technical vocabulary. Personally , I sometimes write answers in both English and users' language.  This is acceptable practice. Your answers don't just help one specific question but others who may stumble upon. Hence it's good to make them as accessible as possible&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Community members who speak another language also should aid question askers in translation so that they are accessible to  community&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="295286" LastActivityDate="2015-08-05T16:53:43.493" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14257" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-08-05T17:54:30.390" Score="2" ViewCount="84" Body="&lt;p&gt;How to login for AskUbuntu, there is a new login-screen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But the &lt;code&gt;Log in with Stack Exchange&lt;/code&gt; disappeared, that's the way I always did it. I don't have a seperate AskUbunut account.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't see it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So i tried to reset my password, and I got a mail to &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;You can log in to Ask Ubuntu using the following credentials:&#xA; Choose the &quot;Log in with Stack Exchange&quot; option&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But where is it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="128973" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2015-08-06T00:53:04.723" LastActivityDate="2015-08-06T00:53:04.723" Title="Where is the &quot;Log in with Stack Exchange&quot; option?" Tags="|discussion|bug|login|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14259" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-08-06T23:20:03.043" Score="0" ViewCount="65" Body="&lt;p&gt;Does anyone think to Update the more frequently asked questions when new versions of Ubuntu are released with new capabilities that may Change to &quot;Best&quot; answer to the questions?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This process would need someone with an in depth knowledge of the newest releases to review the questions and update any answers that might have Changed because of better tools now available.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I wondered about this when I began to notice that a lot of the questions have answers that are 3 or more years old.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user437180" LastActivityDate="2015-08-07T16:51:54.267" Title="Do any of the Developers Update the Answers when new capabilities are added to Ubuntu?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14260" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14259" CreationDate="2015-08-07T16:51:54.267" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Please keep in mind, that even though this site is officially certified by canonical, this is still a &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Stack Exchange&lt;/a&gt; site. Meaning that most people answering here are not actual canonical employees nor developers. They are volunteers just like you and I.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Keeping that in mind, the issue with outdated and obsolete answers governs most of the Stack Exchange sites, to a point that a Q&amp;amp;A was created on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;main meta site of Stack Exchange&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can check the status of that question in the following link, and you can even participate as well: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/261817/how-do-we-encourage-edits-to-obsolete-out-of-date-answers&quot;&gt;How do we encourage edits to obsolete/out of date answers?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2015-08-07T16:51:54.267" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14262" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-08-08T07:59:55.780" Score="0" ViewCount="78" Body="&lt;p&gt;This question is a duplicate of &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/272651/introduce-an-obsolete-answer-vote&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; feature request.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We have a lot of good answers here on AskUbuntu, but as time goes by, they get outdated. How about allowing members with enough reputation to flag a question or answers as needing update, so that either the author or someone else can update the it by making changes so that it will work in the present.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Either the OP can update it, or we can start a update queue from which members with higher reputation can take up flagged posts and  update it to the current context for a small reward in reputation points. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the number of update requests start become overwhelming, we can increase the number of flags required for considering the update request valid. Also if the system is implemented, as time goes by, the number of requests will come down as more older posts get updated. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this way, we can maintain the answers/questions and they will remain relevant for more period of time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="413249" LastEditorUserId="413249" LastEditDate="2015-08-10T12:12:53.757" LastActivityDate="2015-08-10T12:12:53.757" Title="How about a flag for requesting an update to revive old outdated answers?" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14263" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14262" CreationDate="2015-08-08T10:32:41.783" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Why? This is a standard bounty reason:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ptgvo.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ptgvo.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the post means so much, offer a bounty.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2015-08-08T10:32:41.783" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14265" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14266" CreationDate="2015-08-09T23:00:05.687" Score="1" ViewCount="51" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have recently noticed two types of questions marked as duplicate, the both have &lt;code&gt;[Duplicate]&lt;/code&gt; in the title, and they both have something like this at the bottom:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/WIOQB.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/WIOQB.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However the &lt;strong&gt;first&lt;/strong&gt; one has this at the top:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/FHBKi.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/FHBKi.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And no extra automatically added code at the top if you go into &lt;code&gt;Edit&lt;/code&gt; view. And the &lt;strong&gt;second&lt;/strong&gt; has this at the top:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/3QcXy.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/3QcXy.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And &lt;code&gt;Edit&lt;/code&gt; view reveals this added code at the top:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;&amp;gt; **Possible Duplicate:**  &#xA;&amp;gt; [How to download a youtube video via terminal](http://askubuntu.com/questions/145558/how-to-download-a-youtube-video-via-terminal)&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&amp;lt;!-- End of automatically inserted text --&amp;gt;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So my question is this, what is the difference between the two Duplicate marked questions? Why does one have one thing added at the top with supposedly automated code, and other a cleaner look? Is the second one the old system or something?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastActivityDate="2015-08-10T03:17:20.067" Title="Different types of Duplicate question?" Tags="|support|duplicates|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14266" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14265" CreationDate="2015-08-10T03:17:20.067" Score="1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Is the second one the old system or something?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In 2013, changes were made to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/166707/270345&quot;&gt;&quot;Close as duplicate&quot;&lt;/a&gt;. Presumably, the second question was closed before February 2013.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Related:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/181915/270345&quot;&gt;Two kinds of Duplicate closing are too confusing - suggestion for a possible fix&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2015-08-10T03:17:20.067" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14267" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-08-10T06:54:31.183" Score="0" ViewCount="46" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/364504/is-it-possible-migrate-existing-programs-installed-in-windows&quot;&gt;Is it possible migrate existing programs installed in windows?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;This question is &quot;how to migrate already installed (under Windows) applications to Wine&quot;. &#xA;And the question linked as already answered is &quot;how to install applications under Wine&quot;. Those are different questions, aren't they?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="277183" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2015-08-10T06:54:31.183" Title="Question marked as already solved incorrectly" Tags="|discussion|closed-questions|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14269" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-08-10T16:39:09.053" Score="5" ViewCount="62" Body="&lt;p&gt;When I edit a question, this is often in response to a suggestion in the comments. For this reason it would be very helpful if I could see the comments at the same time in the window where I am editing my question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="119823" LastEditorUserId="380067" LastEditDate="2015-08-10T17:00:08.703" LastActivityDate="2015-08-10T17:00:08.703" Title="Show comments to a question, when editing that question with less than 2K reputation" Tags="|feature-request|editing|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14270" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-08-12T10:18:45.710" Score="29" ViewCount="419" Body="&lt;p&gt;Following up in the discussion about &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/14237/tag-warnings-on-ask-ubuntu&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/14237/tag-warnings-on-ask-ubuntu&lt;/a&gt;, we have added a tag warning for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/wireless&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;wireless&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;wireless&lt;/a&gt; on Ask Ubuntu!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/prwHY.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/prwHY.png&quot; alt=&quot;wireless tag warning&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We've only added one for now because we'd like wait until we have a better tracking system in place (which we don't have &lt;em&gt;right now&lt;/em&gt;) before we add more. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Specifically, we'd like to be able to track the impact of those tag warnings in terms of:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Causing users to not post their question at all&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Causing users to simply remove the offending tag&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's why we selected &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/wireless&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;wireless&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;wireless&lt;/a&gt; over the other suggestions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;EOL releases&lt;/strong&gt;: these warnings are about pushing questions away, we really want decent tracking in place before doing that.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other OSes&lt;/strong&gt;: same as EOL releases.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Graphics&lt;/strong&gt;: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/wireless&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;wireless&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;wireless&lt;/a&gt; simply had more votes.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="40133" LastEditorUserId="40133" LastEditDate="2015-08-14T19:00:57.733" LastActivityDate="2015-08-14T19:00:57.733" Title="Tag Warning Is Now Live for &quot;Wireless&quot;" Tags="|discussion|tag-tips|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14271" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14272" CreationDate="2015-08-12T10:55:42.143" Score="16" ViewCount="474" Body="&lt;p&gt;Isn't it time to get rid of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/133533/how-to-remove-ubuntu-and-put-windows-back-on&quot;&gt;this answer&lt;/a&gt; and enforce the policy of closing &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/659803/no-os-not-able-to-install-tons-of-error-on-ubuntu-windows-arch&quot;&gt;Windows questions&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/659595/ive-accidentally-deleted-my-windows-10-partition-how-can-i-get-it-back&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/659238/windows-7-install-usb-wont-boot-into-after-ubuntu-install&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;, ... as off-topic?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd rather leave a comment &lt;em&gt;&quot;We're sorry, but this site is all about Ubuntu and the &lt;strong&gt;people here are very good at dual-booting and removing Windows&lt;/strong&gt;, but not very good at getting it back once it was removed...  However, on &lt;a href=&quot;http://superuser.com&quot;&gt;http://superuser.com&lt;/a&gt;, a sister site to Ask Ubuntu, they're very good at deleting Ubuntu and installing Windows, so you might be better off there.  &lt;strong&gt;;-)&lt;/strong&gt;&quot;&lt;/em&gt; and close the question as off-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it means me closing all the answers that link &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/133533/how-to-remove-ubuntu-and-put-windows-back-on&quot;&gt;there&lt;/a&gt; as off-topic, give me some moderator tools for a week and I'll happily do it for you!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;Being slightly cross with all the Windows questions here on Ask Ubuntu...&lt;strong&gt;&gt;:-)&lt;/strong&gt; So cross that I'm willing to donate from my rep to all the people that would lose rep by deleting that question.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2015-08-14T05:14:03.247" Title="Get rid of Windows answers?" Tags="|discussion|support|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14272" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14271" CreationDate="2015-08-12T12:27:56.917" Score="29" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't believe &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/133533/how-to-remove-ubuntu-and-put-windows-back-on&quot;&gt;that question&lt;/a&gt; is a good example of a question that isn't about Ubuntu. Ubuntu is currently installed, the longhand way of reading the question could be: &lt;strong&gt;What do I need to do to Ubuntu to get rid of Ubuntu and prepare for the reinstallation of Windows?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And that might very logically have plenty of Ubuntu-related things in its answer. You might need to unmount the firewire matrix from /proc/, or defragment the boot partition, or patch the 802.11 antenna array for parity switching. &lt;strong&gt;The person asking doesn't know.&lt;/strong&gt; That's why they're asking. In short, that the answer doesn't neccessarily need to be Ubuntu related, doesn't mean the question isn't on-topic, even if only tangentially.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I also have to think about this from the perspective of &lt;strong&gt;what makes the internet —and AU— &lt;em&gt;better&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. Neither deleting a furiously popular question with good answers or even just shoving it to another site (where its search exposure will suffer) accomplishes this. They're bad options that tick an administrative box.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And even getting rid of answers that aren't Ubuntu —&lt;em&gt;just because they aren't Ubuntu&lt;/em&gt;— seems a little rigid and unhelpful to users who use the site. You've targeted an answer which does its very best to be helpful for the problem at hand. That's not something we should punish or push away.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/659803/no-os-not-able-to-install-tons-of-error-on-ubuntu-windows-arch&quot;&gt;second example&lt;/a&gt; is a better candidate for going elsewhere. It's as much about BIOS as anything else.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/659595/ive-accidentally-deleted-my-windows-10-partition-how-can-i-get-it-back&quot;&gt;third example&lt;/a&gt; is data recovery and with the current OS being Ubuntu so is on-topic here, IMO. At the very least options can be presented.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/659238/windows-7-install-usb-wont-boot-into-after-ubuntu-install&quot;&gt;last one&lt;/a&gt; seems to be more about creating a bootable Windows USB. I'm not sure if that's from another Windows install or Ubuntu, so again, potentially on-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To summarise, keep an open mind and wear sunscreen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2015-08-12T13:40:33.233" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14273" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17241" CreationDate="2015-08-12T18:33:23.677" Score="1" ViewCount="70" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was just wondering, is it on-topic here to ask about plugins in a browser, when the browser is running on Ubuntu, but the plugin is browser and not OS specific?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2017-08-22T22:30:24.867" LastActivityDate="2017-08-22T22:30:24.867" Title="Is it on-topic to ask about plugins in a browser?" Tags="|discussion|scope|third-party-software|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14274" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-08-12T20:51:49.477" Score="2" ViewCount="122" Body="&lt;p&gt;Out of interest, why was my answer to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/466503/why-does-intel-graphics-installer-depend-on-ttf-ancient-fonts&quot;&gt;Why does Intel Graphics Installer depend on ttf-ancient-fonts?&lt;/a&gt; deleted (without comment)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="fledermaus" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2015-08-12T21:08:37.200" Title="Why was my answer deleted?" Tags="|discussion|deleted-answers|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14275" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14274" CreationDate="2015-08-12T20:58:45.740" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I took a look at the question and your answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At a glance, the answer you gave doesn't appear to have anything to do with the question asked.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It was flagged as such and deleted by a moderator as result.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The OP asked about why an installer depends on a certain font package. The answer provided by yourself is a one liner - which is difficult to parse and understand in relation to the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can only assume that this is why it was flagged. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Perhaps you should elaborate more in your answers? Show how they are relevant to the question (posting a Unicode character that probably a number of people can't see and only see a square or whatever the browser decides to display when the font doesn't have a glyph for it is not particularly helpful).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Additionally, you used &quot;we&quot; in your answer - who is &quot;we&quot;? How are you a representative of this &quot;we&quot; and why is your answer authoritative in that sense? Makes it difficult to see the relationship between yourself, the answer and the question as asked.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="133195" LastEditorUserId="133195" LastEditDate="2015-08-12T21:08:37.200" LastActivityDate="2015-08-12T21:08:37.200" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14276" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14278" CreationDate="2015-08-13T21:23:03.537" Score="16" ViewCount="334" Body="&lt;p&gt;Why does a user start off with 1 rep, and not 0? Is there a real reason for this? Or was it just decided because it wouldn't make much difference if it was 0 instead?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastActivityDate="2015-08-27T15:44:13.097" Title="Why does a user start off with 1 rep, and not 0?" Tags="|discussion|support|reputation|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14277" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14271" CreationDate="2015-08-14T05:14:03.247" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Lets put some stuff straight. The question has a fundamental problem, which is that that question doesn't have a &lt;em&gt;single correct answer&lt;/em&gt;, but a long tail of &quot;things that may or may not apply to you&quot;, which may have something to do with the edit that was done &lt;em&gt;after&lt;/em&gt; it was answered which left it in its current state, the original question could be solved by just searching for a Windows installation media and installing Windows over Ubuntu, but that doesn't work for everyone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, to remove Ubuntu you just have to remove the partition and configure the bootloader or install X (I tried to have a self answered question about &quot;How to uninstall an OS?&quot; on SU, but it didn't end well) and hope that the X installation routine takes care of stuff. There isn't a preparation to speak of that is not a generic &quot;do backups of whatever important information of your system, &lt;strong&gt;if any&lt;/strong&gt;&quot;, which is applicable to &lt;em&gt;every software removal&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Lets put it this way:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Two users want to remove Ubuntu to install X, one of them just used Ubuntu for 5 minutes and decided that is not his thing, what is the advice you could give him? He could &lt;em&gt;probably&lt;/em&gt; just start the installation process of whatever he is going to replace Ubuntu with, make sure it takes care of the bootloader and partitions and done. There wasn't any preparation to speak of, right?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What about a programmer for 10 years? First of all, you would expect him to know what they are supposed to do, but lets presume they don't. If you give him the same advice as above, you &lt;em&gt;probably&lt;/em&gt; need to find some exorcist to dispel all the curses that that user threw at you after losing the file which is &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.stilldrinking.org/programming-sucks&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Good Code&lt;/a&gt;™.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't think is not a good question not because Windows, but because is fundamentally flawed in the way &lt;em&gt;people would (and did) answer it&lt;/em&gt;: what &lt;em&gt;specific&lt;/em&gt; preparations have people to do before removing Ubuntu is extremely dependent on the user habits and whatnot, and probably doesn't go beyond &quot;backup&quot; and install X however you are supposed to do it. There isn't a single correct answer that would apply to 70% of the cases for the first part, and the one that does (backup your stuff) is just too short for the Q&amp;amp;A to actually work out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the user had asked &quot;how to migrate my personal files on my /home to a X installation?&quot; that would be interesting &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; answerable, with different tactics that they could follow (for this specific case, Windows creates a english and localized directory of anything under your %USERDATA% (I think that's how its called the variable that points to your user directory), so just copying the directories over should suffice, presuming you always use the home subdirectories that xdg creates).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And just as an extra food for through, the people that finds the question thinks that is more unhelpful than helpful &lt;a href=&quot;https://data.stackexchange.com/askubuntu/query/73917/anonymous-feedback-for-a-specific-question-and-its-answers&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;according to anonymous feedback&lt;/a&gt;, and the most upvoted answer is an almost 50/50 leaning towards helpful. Take it with a grain of salt, because despite of having 450k views, the total score of everything doesn't reach the 1k votes, which I suspect that people don't even bother to leave any feedback at all, because that's not what they are looking for.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2015-08-14T05:14:03.247" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14278" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14276" CreationDate="2015-08-14T18:47:05.693" Score="25" Body="&lt;p&gt;From day one, you can do a lot on Stack Exchange without any prior experience/reputation at all. Yet if new users see that they can gain additional abilities by increasing their &quot;reputation&quot;, starting with zero (0) would seem to suggest they are starting out with no reputation/abilities at all. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Everyone starts with one (1) reputation. It's mostly perception and first impression, but saying you have reputation is better than saying you have none at all. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="62" LastEditorUserId="62" LastEditDate="2015-08-27T15:44:13.097" LastActivityDate="2015-08-27T15:44:13.097" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14279" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-08-15T14:16:17.980" Score="34" ViewCount="1044" Body="&lt;h3&gt;Readme&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This question is not a personal complaint towards anyone. That's the reason I'd rather not give examples and I don't think I need to. The question is a call to be a bit more aware of what we are doing here in general, and to prevent that we create a jungle of repeated information; a call to watch over the quality of acting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;The &amp;quot;question&amp;quot;&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It happens to the best of us; posting an answer on a question that is a &lt;em&gt;perfect&lt;/em&gt; duplicate of an older question. I see that as more or less unavoidable; many times questions have an unclear title, are asked much more specific then needed, and (possible) solutions fit a much wider range then the asker even understands.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Too) many times however, obviously exact and undeniable duplicates are answered nevertheless (again), not by &amp;quot;greenies&amp;quot;, but by pretty much experienced users, who should &lt;em&gt;know&lt;/em&gt; they are duplicates. Often even after the question has been marked as a duplicate. It feels faint to repeatedly see answers appear, a considerable time after you marked a question as a (obviously perfect) duplicate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While original questions often already have a quality answer, well elaborated and still perfectly applicable, a reformatted copy of the accepted (original) answer is posted nevertheless.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Again, I am not judging anyone, but I really think we should not be so eager that we post (again) answers that we know have been given in the past. Many times even after the post has been marked as a dupe, accompanied by a link that offers the best answers on the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2018-06-08T16:06:15.913" Title="Don't be too eager to answer a question you know the answer of" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|reputation|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="15" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14280" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-08-16T04:22:39.557" Score="10" ViewCount="166" Body="&lt;p&gt;Windows 10 questions are increasing. I think someone should write a comprehensive post like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/221835/installing-ubuntu-on-a-pre-installed-windows-8-64-bit-system-uefi-supported&quot;&gt;Installing Ubuntu Alongside a Pre-Installed Windows with UEFI&lt;/a&gt; but for Windows 10 so that we can direct all &quot;How do I install Windows 10 alongside Ubuntu&quot; sort of questions to that post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or since there is not much (?) difference in Windows 8 vs Windows 10 should we use the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/221835/installing-ubuntu-on-a-pre-installed-windows-8-64-bit-system-uefi-supported&quot;&gt;same&lt;/a&gt; for Windows 10 as well?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I really feel something has to be done with Windows 10 ;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="402004" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2015-10-25T20:17:14.823" Title="Is it better to have a &quot;How to install Windows 10 alongside...&quot; wiki?" Tags="|discussion|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14281" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-08-16T08:29:31.713" Score="0" ViewCount="163" Body="&lt;p&gt;Duplicates now have the following message above them: &quot;This question already has an answer here&quot;, where previously the message was &quot;Possible duplicate&quot; (see &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/14265/different-types-of-duplicate-question&quot;&gt;this meta question&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The current message is much stronger in the sense that it indicates 1) it &lt;em&gt;certainly&lt;/em&gt; is a duplicate and 2) it &lt;em&gt;certainly&lt;/em&gt; has an answer to your question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do see the high probability of a question actually being a duplicate if many people indicate it may be so. And even if this is not the case, you &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1919/how-do-you-challenge-a-ruling&quot;&gt;can appeal&lt;/a&gt; and users are notified about the options  (albeit this could be improved).&lt;br&gt;&#xA;However, the second claim by the message (there certainly is an answer), is not necessarily true. To clarify I'll refer to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/197897/how-to-increase-the-amount-of-steps-of-brightness-adjustment-key&quot;&gt;my case&lt;/a&gt;: I recognise that there's a duplicate, but the answers provided at the 'original question' do not help me. Although the question asked was desktop environment-neutral, one of the answers is not. The other answer is a work-around solution. I imagine quite a portion of the users don't find an exact &amp;amp; directly applicable answer to their problem in the original (non-duplicate) question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The issue here is that the duplicate message might set wrong expectations.&lt;/strong&gt; When faced (esp. as a novel user) with a duplicate message, you'll go look at that question, expecting to find a solution to your question (that's what the message says, after all). Possibly you won't. If that's the case, &lt;strong&gt;this may lead to frustration&lt;/strong&gt;. Especially as &quot;most OP's feel bad to ask a duplicated question&quot; (&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/10437/duplicate-question-note&quot;&gt;@Sneetsher&lt;/a&gt;) the negative feeling about self could turn into negative feeling about this false claim (an answer being available).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To 1) exclude the possibility that the duplication message is false (ie there is no answer to the person's question whilst is says there is) and 2) to lower the risk of user frustration in this process (which for the user most likely already is a negative experience), &lt;strong&gt;I'd propose&lt;/strong&gt; a change from &quot;This question already has an answer here&quot; to &quot;This question &lt;em&gt;might/likely&lt;/em&gt; already have/has an answer here&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;PS. Of course the message says 'an answer', rather than 'the answer', but I guess most users would read it as '&lt;em&gt;the&lt;/em&gt; answer to your question already is here'.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22147" LastActivityDate="2015-08-18T04:42:53.170" Title="Proposal: change duplicate message" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14282" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14281" CreationDate="2015-08-16T18:47:43.773" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't think changing the message into a perspective &amp;quot;&lt;em&gt;might&lt;/em&gt; be a duplicate, &lt;em&gt;might&lt;/em&gt; provide an answer&amp;quot; - like message would make things clearer. Nor would it solve the issues you mention. A question is an exact duplicate or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Your example&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In your example, the supposed original question was asked in a non-specific way. One answer was KDE- specific, the other one a workaround. The poster seems not to have paid much attention to his own question, since he didn't accept one of the answers, nor did he comment on it that it wasn't useful for him &lt;em&gt;because&lt;/em&gt; it was KDE specific.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That technically means we cannot decide if it is a duplicate or not. The question &lt;em&gt;might&lt;/em&gt; be a duplicate, &lt;em&gt;might&lt;/em&gt; have an overlap, we simply don't know without OP's acceptance of one of the answer, or comment(s) why the existing answers didn't work for him.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this case, If my question was marked as a dupe, I would have done two things:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;make my own question more (environment) specific (including tags).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;comment, explaining that the supposed dupe does not provide an answer, since the only answer is KDE specific, does &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; match your question, therefore a new (more specific to your situation) question is justified.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am pretty sure I &lt;em&gt;would&lt;/em&gt; have marked your question as a dupe when I would have run into the question in review. I am also pretty sure I would have withdrawn my vote if you would have communicated as I explained.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The bottom line is that similar titles do not mean the questions are similar. If you seriously think your question was marked incorrectly, communicate to the people who review.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2015-08-17T06:23:34.407" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14283" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14281" CreationDate="2015-08-17T01:01:07.293" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;How about a noob perspective.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This question has a related duplicate question&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Implies a possible exact duplicate, does not have ambiguity associated with words like &lt;em&gt;might&lt;/em&gt; and allows closely related questions to be consolidated via the links such that a new user like me could peruse and determine if any of them, especially questions with answers, actually work for my case.  I can infer from related questions and answers, if any, if my initial question is related to something else I did not ask or if it is unrelated to my specific issue.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the related question with an answer exists, helps me in some way I can't vote it up or comment on it because I'm a noob and only have 1&amp;lt;50 rep points which helps perpetuate this issue of creating duplicates since, less feedback was given or accepted.  Reason; If I am unable to vote or comment and it is the answer for my issue I will likely never return once I applied the answer to my situation because it is fixed. e.g. I've been frequenting askunbuntu for a couple months now. The OP nor the Answerer ever know just how helpful the question and answer were to me because I'm not allowed to comment on a question or an answer that helped me.  I also can't ask someone that has an answer if they can clarify something that may apply to my situation, which could help eliminate duplicates as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the supposed duplicate question or answer that exists, is not specific to me I am left with no other means than to make a new possible duplicate seeking help on my specific case, which helps to perpetuate this issue, assuming I am so new that I have no clue if it &lt;strong&gt;IS&lt;/strong&gt; related to some other question that is not marked &lt;strong&gt;This question has a related duplicate question&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Usefulness: You could put multiple related questions together, each linked with &lt;strong&gt;This question has a related duplicate question&lt;/strong&gt;, even if overlap happens thereby consolidating them quickly.  Tags would consolidate as well providing a noob or an experienced user to find related issues and possibly determine if there is a bug related to the question faster.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Remember as a noob I might not even know the correct tag or category of systems related to my issue to even ask the right question.  Therefore noob questions that are broad spectrum could be consolidated into a very helpful set of focused questions, for which some may have answers for noobs. And, experienced users could help focus the direction of these consolidated nodes of related helpful material simply by adding &lt;strong&gt;This question has a related duplicate question&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This is an exact duplicate&lt;/strong&gt; should bot be used because extremely qualified persons can have a tendency to place related questions together with a quick peruse of &lt;em&gt;keywords&lt;/em&gt; and possibly not seeing some &lt;em&gt;non-keywords&lt;/em&gt; that make it unique.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="424690" LastEditorUserId="424690" LastEditDate="2015-08-18T00:00:37.897" LastActivityDate="2015-08-18T00:00:37.897" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14284" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14281" CreationDate="2015-08-18T04:42:53.170" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't agree with this; or, more precisely, I don't think that this is relevant, since how confidently one states that a question is a duplicate doesn't obstruct OP's right to prove the opposite at all, which is the most important thing. On the other hand it might induce OP to improve / clarify their question, which is always good.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Possibly you're forgetting that between a close vote (the time at which OP is warned that their question might be a duplicate) and the actual closure there's usually some time in which OP can explain why their question is not a duplicate. We're not cold shooting anyone (mods can, but that spans completely out of this topic). Sometimes there's not, but still, questions are eligible for reopening. Hence we're not even shooting anyone &quot;definitively&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The wording has the purpose of clearly stating what the community thinks about the question, and I think it does a good job at it as it stands right now; weakening the meaning has no purpose aside from leaving more space to potential unconstructive arguments in the comments section, which is one of the reasons why the original message was changed in first place (&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/166707/changes-to-close-as-duplicate-part-deux&quot;&gt;Changes to &amp;quot;close as duplicate&amp;quot; (part deux)&lt;/a&gt;):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(3) in order to reduce the likelihood of getting into an argument about whether this should have been closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="380067" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2015-08-18T04:42:53.170" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14285" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14286" CreationDate="2015-08-19T10:13:52.963" Score="2" ViewCount="81" Body="&lt;p&gt;When Clicking on ask Ubuntu I get a different view than when I click on Questions, some questions doesn't appear under Questions!&#xA;What is the difference between these 2 views?&#xA;Pressing Ask ubuntu:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/WQzPD.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/WQzPD.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;Pressing Questions gives a different layout, but the 1. question about the bomb emblem is missing!&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/5lYzv.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/5lYzv.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="324489" LastActivityDate="2015-08-19T11:30:01.760" Title="What is the difference between Ask ubuntu button vs. Questions button?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14286" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14285" CreationDate="2015-08-19T11:24:51.330" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Other than the layout change, the difference is the default filter/sort.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you click on the &lt;em&gt;logo of Ask Ubuntu&lt;/em&gt;, it will open the homepage which shows, by default, the questions by whichever was last active (adding an answer, editing an answer/question, closing a question, etc. can cause a question to become active and bump it to the top).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, if you click on &lt;em&gt;questions&lt;/em&gt;, by default, the questions are sorted by &quot;newest&quot;. Which means, whichever question was last asked, it will show at the top, disregarding all other activities.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The current selected filter can be seen on the right side, directly above the first question in any of the two page. &lt;em&gt;Featured&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;active&lt;/em&gt; are the only two common filter between the two, the rest is unique to each of the pages.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Tip: Clicking on the &quot;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;modified/asked/answered x mins/hours ago&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&quot; gray text in any of the 2 pages, while having the &quot;active&quot; filter selected, will open that question and anchor it directly on that last activity.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;For example, if you click &quot;answered 2 mins ago&quot;, it will open the question and the page will be anchored directly on that answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastEditorUserId="8698" LastEditDate="2015-08-19T11:30:01.760" LastActivityDate="2015-08-19T11:30:01.760" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14287" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-08-19T12:10:14.903" Score="2" ViewCount="60" Body="&lt;p&gt;Most questions tagged with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/virtual-terminal&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;virtual-terminal&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;virtual-terminal&lt;/a&gt; actually refer to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/virtual-console&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;virtual-console&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;virtual-console&lt;/a&gt;, the famous Linux feature. But some of them, such as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/511443/term-environment-variable-not-exported-from-profile&quot;&gt;this one&lt;/a&gt;, assume such GUI terminal emulators as &lt;code&gt;gnome-terminal&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;xterm&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First, shouldn't the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/virtual-terminal&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;virtual-terminal&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;virtual-terminal&lt;/a&gt; tag be deprecated?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Second, where is the correct tag for programs like &lt;code&gt;gnome-terminal&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;xterm&lt;/code&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Update: by the way, question tagged (virtual-console) have significant admixture (if not say &lt;em&gt;pollution&lt;/em&gt;) of &lt;code&gt;xterm&lt;/code&gt;-like stuff. It appears that many users have no idea that virtual console is a thing completely different from terminal emulators.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="439832" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2015-09-06T13:32:13.753" Title="(virtual-terminal): redundant and confusing" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2017-01-23T18:14:54.120" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14290" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14291" CreationDate="2015-08-20T10:08:53.273" Score="2" ViewCount="32" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am asking a question extending from this one: &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/6224/how-are-tags-ordered-and-why-only-the-first-one-is-included-in-the-question-titl&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/6224/how-are-tags-ordered-and-why-only-the-first-one-is-included-in-the-question-titl&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why for instance in this questions &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/663425/how-to-put-a-box-around-something-in-gimp&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;, when I only include the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/gimp&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;gimp&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;gimp&lt;/a&gt; tag I get this in the title (&lt;code&gt;title - site&lt;/code&gt;):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/AyG99.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/AyG99.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So in fact no tag, but when I add the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/software-recommendation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;software-recommendation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;software-recommendation&lt;/a&gt;, I get this (&lt;code&gt;tag - title - site&lt;/code&gt;):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/7vjEm.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/7vjEm.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So how come when I only have the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/gimp&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;gimp&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;gimp&lt;/a&gt; I don't get any tag in the tab title, and when I have the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/software-recommendations&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;software-recommendations&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;software-recommendations&lt;/a&gt; tag I do?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2015-08-20T10:32:39.523" Title="Why do certain tags also go in tab title?" Tags="|support|tags|question-titles|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14291" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14290" CreationDate="2015-08-20T10:17:38.170" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;From some quick observations, it seems to pick the first tag (ordered by populatiry, descending) that &lt;strong&gt;isn't&lt;/strong&gt; already in the title. If &lt;strong&gt;all&lt;/strong&gt; the tags are in the title, it won't prepend anything.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All the GIMP questions tagged only with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/gimp&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;gimp&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;gimp&lt;/a&gt;, seem to have some form of &quot;gimp&quot; in their title. Which makes sense if you're asking a question about GIMP.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Using Data.SE, I found &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/356422/all-lines-are-dotted&quot;&gt;an example where GIMP isn't in the title&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/gimp&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;gimp&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;gimp&lt;/a&gt; is the only tag. The tag &lt;strong&gt;is&lt;/strong&gt; copied up into the title. Along with numerous other examples (that are far easier to find) this seems to prove my hypothesis.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2015-08-20T10:32:39.523" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14292" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14293" CreationDate="2015-08-20T14:49:46.220" Score="7" ViewCount="261" Body="&lt;p&gt;I started to see in the &quot;Close Votes&quot; review queue a bunch of questions like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/547307/broken-packages-prevent-13-10-14-04-upgrade-but-synaptic-shows-no-broken-pack&quot;&gt;Broken packages prevent 13.10 &gt; 14.04 upgrade (...)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, this particular question has not been touched for months, so I do not believe it makes any difference if it is closed or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, in the general case, &lt;strong&gt;should we close questions about upgrading from an EOL releases when the upgrade fails?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For the reference, there exist a similar meta question: &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/11550/what-to-do-for-questions-on-upgrading-from-eol-releases&quot;&gt;What to do for questions on upgrading from EOL releases&lt;/a&gt;. The answer suggests to mark such questions as duplicates of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/91815/how-to-install-software-or-upgrade-from-an-old-unsupported-release&quot;&gt;How to install software or upgrade from an old unsupported release?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I believe the case here is pretty different, in that the problem can't be solved by changing the &lt;code&gt;sources.list&lt;/code&gt; to point to &lt;code&gt;old-releases.ubuntu.com&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2979" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2015-08-25T12:09:29.257" Title="Errors while upgrading from a EOL release -- should the question be closed?" Tags="|discussion|close-reasons|end-of-life|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14293" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14292" CreationDate="2015-08-20T14:57:21.337" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;People trying to scramble onto a supported release should be given all the help we can muster.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;We shouldn't be closing them (as OT-EOL)&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The parenthesis there is just to indicate that they could still be closed for other legitimate reasons. They might be an exact duplicate of an existing problem, or the quality might be far too low (and it slipped through the net the first review cycle)...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;... But it's on topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just had a look at the current 4 close votes:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;2 incorrect OT-EOL votes, and&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;2 OT-NOREPRO votes, aka &amp;quot;a problem that can't be reproduced that seemingly went away on its own&amp;quot;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;People seem to use this second reason when they think something is abandoned. The thing is the system will automatically delete questions like this (without votes or answers) after 12 months. This one only has a few months left.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I don't see that as any reason for closing it now though. It simply shouldn't be in a review queue. It shouldn't have had the first OT-EOL registered against it. It shouldn't have had 3 more close votes. It's just a big waste of everybody's time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've sent the first OT-EOL voter (that started this cycle) a poke about this and I think I'll do the same with the other one now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2015-08-20T15:34:24.377" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14294" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-08-20T22:25:36.983" Score="1" ViewCount="41" Body="&lt;p&gt;On the main site you can ask a maximum of 6 questions in a 24-hour period, and in a 30 day period, you have a maximum of 50 questions, I do not know if there are any other limits for years etc, but I assume not. But are there the same or similar limitations on Meta as I have never asked so many questions here to find out and I would probably greatly annoy everyone if I did an experiment to try and find out if there was a maximum number of questions that can be posted on Meta in a specific time period?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastActivityDate="2015-08-20T22:25:36.983" Title="Is there a limit to the amount of questions you can ask on Meta in a specific time period?" Tags="|support|meta|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14295" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14296" CreationDate="2015-08-21T07:01:52.337" Score="2" ViewCount="47" Body="&lt;p&gt;I asked a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/663278/how-can-i-use-math-symbols-in-ubuntu&quot;&gt;question&lt;/a&gt; which was kept on hold.But even after edit also why it is still on hold? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="439451" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2015-08-21T07:25:45.243" Title="Why evenafter edit also question still on hold?" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14296" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14295" CreationDate="2015-08-21T07:25:45.243" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've reopened it because there is a legitimate question in there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Part of it can be answered &lt;em&gt;for&lt;/em&gt; Math.SE (use MathJAX notation) but there are simpler notations that would still apply outside of Math.SE that would be helpful to know.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With that in mind, please answer the question you've been asked under Liso's answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2015-08-21T07:25:45.243" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14297" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14299" CreationDate="2015-08-21T09:05:36.347" Score="6" ViewCount="168" Body="&lt;p&gt;Well I asked a question, someone with 1k+ rep provided decent information/answer though it could have been more detailed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An hour later another with 37k+ marked it as a possible duplicate.  The duplicate with answers were much more informative.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The thing is I was just going for a badge (5 Q's in 5 days) in asking the question and had no idea it was a possible duplicate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't know if the guy that marked it as a possible duplicate will get points if I click the &quot;yes this answered my question&quot; button.  Since he has so much more rep I'd rather give the first guy credits by clicking the check on the answer.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I check answered and then acknowledge a duplicate do they both get the predetermined credits?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What policies are in place for this dilemma?  What would you do?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="424690" LastActivityDate="2015-08-21T22:23:37.237" Title="Protocol, ethics, fair play, regarding answers vs acknowlege duplicate" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14298" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14276" CreationDate="2015-08-21T09:15:48.213" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The user starts with 1 in order to have the privilege to post the questions or answers. Theoretically zero would mean that you don't have reputation at all then what would be the point of creating the account if you can't do anything. So it &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/2621/191655&quot;&gt;doesn't go lower&lt;/a&gt; that 1, otherwise one down-vote could take away your ability to post anything.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See also:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/create-posts&quot;&gt;Help Center &gt; Privileges &gt; Create Posts&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;select top 100  u.Id as [User Link] from Users u where u.Reputation &amp;lt;= 0&lt;/code&gt; at &lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Data&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="78223" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2015-08-21T16:13:38.073" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14299" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14297" CreationDate="2015-08-21T09:30:02.460" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;The best way to think about this is to forget all the people currently involved. Thinking about who gets what reputation doesn't actually help the long-term goals of the site; it doesn't make the internet better.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Instead consider: &lt;strong&gt;What helps the &lt;em&gt;next&lt;/em&gt; person who finds your question?&lt;/strong&gt;  Would they rather...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A single answer with just enough detail, or&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;An entire thread full of great answers (disclaimer: one is mine)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd suggest that closing it is the right thing to do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is currently no &quot;credit&quot; for pointing out duplicate questions. There should be and it's a feature request that pops up again and again... But currently, it's just known as &quot;doing the right thing&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can still vote for and accept the answer you have. They still get credit. Your question (and their answer) aren't deleted when closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is also the fact that your question is now in the review queue with one close vote. It will be placed in front of other users to ask them if they also think it should be closed. Inevitably this will end up closed but going through the queue takes up these users' time. If you agree that it's a duplicate, you allow their time to be used on other questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2015-08-21T22:23:37.237" LastActivityDate="2015-08-21T22:23:37.237" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14301" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14302" CreationDate="2015-08-21T15:44:43.260" Score="0" ViewCount="60" Body="&lt;p&gt;As far as I currently understand it, there are no users other than mods who can vote to migrate a question. Why isn't this ability granted to at least higher rep users, or at least to give users the ability to flag a question (as opposed to voting on a question) for migration instead of them having to create a custom flag message? (This does not include voting to migrate to the site's own Meta site as this is already granted to higher rep uses.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastActivityDate="2015-08-21T20:10:13.140" Title="Why are only mods allowed to vote to migrate a question to another site (not including the site's Meta site)?" Tags="|discussion|support|reputation|migration|votes|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14302" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14301" CreationDate="2015-08-21T16:01:26.893" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;My rationale to date for resisting open migrations is &quot;because migrations are rubbish&quot;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/6493/cannot-specify-other-se-groups-for-transfer/6494#6494&quot;&gt;Cannot specify other SE groups for transfer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/8646/activate-migration-paths-to-unix-and-linux-should-we/8660#8660&quot;&gt;Activate migration paths to Unix and Linux, should we?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I maintain those stances. Essentially if we collectively do something wrong like closing or deleting a post, we can undo it. If we  collectively shunt rubbish around, we waste that site's time too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Perhaps more than anything, it takes almost no time to custom-flag:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This is a great question but off-topic, can we move it to Server Fault please?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Two seconds longer than selecting  a site from a list? And the mods are more than happy to deal with issues like this when a migration would apply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2015-08-21T16:01:26.893" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14303" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14304" CreationDate="2015-08-22T11:25:42.873" Score="1" ViewCount="77" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yesterday I looked at that thing on the main AskUbuntu site which tells you how many questions there are on the site, and it said 200 thousand and something, but today it says that there are currently 199,815, how come the sudden drop in questions? Were loads of them deleted or something? Or was it just a bug, and actually there were never over 200 thousand questions?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastEditorUserId="158442" LastEditDate="2015-08-22T12:07:14.527" LastActivityDate="2015-08-22T17:29:46.110" Title="Yesterday it said that there were 200 thousand questions, now back to 199 thousand, how come?" Tags="|bug|questions|statistics|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14304" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14303" CreationDate="2015-08-22T17:29:46.110" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;There's a very dangerous monster that prowls the site at night, usually around 3 o'clock UTC she comes out. Half shark and half feline she roams with a waddling sidekick. Clearing the site of all old, downvoted, and unanswered posts. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/IMrmI.gif&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;The roombacat!&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Okay, so there is no cat, or duck. At least, I've never seen them...  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; a roomba though. And it &lt;em&gt;does&lt;/em&gt; delete things. Specifically things matching &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/78048/enable-automatic-deletion-of-old-unanswered-zero-score-questions-after-a-year/92006#92006&quot;&gt;these criteria&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2015-08-22T17:29:46.110" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14305" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-08-23T16:19:44.903" Score="1" ViewCount="51" Body="&lt;p&gt;I often find that instead of featured questions, in their place are adverts such as this one:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/3AWwW.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/3AWwW.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But is it safe to click on these adverts? Do they only advertise stuff on the SE sites? Or is there some special way to apply for this advertising space which means that all adverts and sites they link to are checked to make sure that they are authentic and safe? For instance the Pipelight advert, I want to know more about Piplight, but dare I click the advert? I can't even see where it redirects to.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastActivityDate="2015-08-23T16:19:44.903" Title="Are the adverts on StackExchange sites safe?" Tags="|support|advertising|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14306" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-08-24T11:56:42.060" Score="1" ViewCount="44" Body="&lt;p&gt;Once you have voted on a question, and then retracted your vote, you are unable to cast another vote, why is this? Because for instance I could VTC something as unclear, but then when they update it I retract the vote, and as they say more, I realise it is a duplicate of another question, why am I then not able to VTC again? Is this because it could be abused? Or for some other reason? If it's to prevent abuse, measures could be put in place to prevent this, like not being able to VTC on a question again for a set period of time after you have retracted your vote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastActivityDate="2015-08-24T11:56:42.060" Title="Why can't you vote on a question once you have retracted your vote?" Tags="|discussion|support|feature-request|vote-to-close|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14307" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14311" CreationDate="2015-08-24T19:19:18.603" Score="1" ViewCount="24" Body="&lt;blockquote class=&quot;spoiler&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt; Is there any documentation which lists all formatting options on SE sites, such as this one &lt;code&gt;&amp;gt;!&lt;/code&gt;, as I couldn't find anywhere that even mentioned this one?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastActivityDate="2015-08-24T19:55:03.657" Title="Full documentation on formatting?" Tags="|discussion|support|formatting|stackexchange|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14308" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14309" CreationDate="2015-08-24T19:47:54.860" Score="2" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm sure that this question must have been asked before, but I just can't find it anywhere, so I guess that I'm just searching for the wrong keywords. So I thought I'd ask, when was Ask Ubuntu founded? I mean when did the site first go online?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastActivityDate="2015-08-24T19:56:39.267" Title="When was Ask Ubuntu founded?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14309" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14308" CreationDate="2015-08-24T19:52:53.650" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;From the &lt;a href=&quot;http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/7716?phase=beta&quot;&gt;Area 51 proposal page&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;public beta start: 2010-08-04 19:00:00Z (5 years ago)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;private beta start: 2010-07-28 19:00:00Z&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;commitment start: 2010-07-12 17:21:43Z&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;proposed: 2010-06-20 10:37:57Z&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2015-08-24T19:56:39.267" LastActivityDate="2015-08-24T19:56:39.267" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14310" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14307" CreationDate="2015-08-24T19:54:11.100" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/editing-help#spoilers&quot;&gt;Learn to search better.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2015-08-24T19:54:11.100" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14311" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14307" CreationDate="2015-08-24T19:55:03.657" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Actually it's &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/editing-help#spoilers&quot;&gt;right there&lt;/a&gt; with the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/editing-help&quot;&gt;other formatting help.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2015-08-24T19:55:03.657" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14312" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-08-25T01:28:06.483" Score="12" ViewCount="1011" Body="&lt;p&gt;I often find that, when I'm confronted with a filesystem access failure, during that lovely &quot;wtf?&quot; moment, I often mutter (and type) &lt;code&gt;pathlld&lt;/code&gt; (a &lt;code&gt;bash&lt;/code&gt; script)  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;$ pathlld -h&#xA;pathlld [-f] [-h] [-l] [-m] &amp;lt;file&amp;gt; ... &#xA;pathlld: Use /bin/ls -ld to show permissions and ownerships for&#xA;pathlld: each directory in the path for &amp;lt;file&amp;gt;.&#xA;pathlld:     -f  Process nonexistent &amp;lt;file&amp;gt;s, to&#xA;pathlld:         see existing parts of path to &amp;lt;file&amp;gt;.&#xA;pathlld:     -l  If a path component is a soft-link, do /bin/ls -Lld, too.&#xA;pathlld:     -m  Show mount info for any path component.&#xA;pathlld:         that is a mountpoint.&#xA;pathlld:     -v  Turn on verbose output to STDERR.&#xA;pathlld:     -h  This help.&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;E.g.,  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;$ pathlld  -m -l  $(type -p vim) &#xA;drwxr-xr-x 27 root root 4096 Aug 21 20:03 /&#xA;/dev/sda5 on / type ext4 (rw,errors=remount-ro)&#xA;drwxr-xr-x 14 root root 4096 Jan  4  2015 /usr&#xA;drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 151552 Aug 25 10:08 /usr/bin&#xA;lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 Jan 23  2013 /usr/bin/vim -&amp;gt; /etc/alternatives/vim&#xA;-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2580984 Jan  2  2014 /usr/bin/vim&#xA;$ pathlld  -m -l  mnt/CLIPZIP/PODCASTS/&#xA;drwx------ 11 w3 walt 4096 May 21 00:21 mnt&#xA;drwxr-xr-x 12 w3 walt 32768 Dec 31  1969 mnt/CLIPZIP&#xA;/dev/sdb on /home/w3/mnt/CLIPZIP type vfat (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,uid=1003,gid=1000)&#xA;drwxr-xr-x 37 w3 walt 32768 Aug 25 14:07 mnt/CLIPZIP/PODCASTS&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to publish this tool. Can I do it via AskUbuntu?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I finally published it via github!  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;GitHub repositories:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/waltinator/pathlld.git&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://github.com/waltinator/pathlld.git&lt;/a&gt; - Bash script to answer &quot;Why can't I read/write that file?&quot;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/waltinator/net-o-matic.git&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://github.com/waltinator/net-o-matic.git&lt;/a&gt; - Watch for (WiFi) network going down, then do a user-specified thing to fix it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25618" LastEditorUserId="25618" LastEditDate="2017-07-19T04:43:00.830" LastActivityDate="2017-07-19T04:43:00.830" Title="How to publish a bash script?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14313" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14314" CreationDate="2015-08-25T09:32:58.297" Score="3" ViewCount="42" Body="&lt;p&gt;Let's say that I notice a really inappropriate message in chat from a 10k+ (this will usually mean that they have been hacked or something - not that I'm asking about a real situation that has occurred, but just about a hypothetical one), if I were to flag it up, would they be able to see that someone had flagged up their message if not who? And is it the same with moderators?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastActivityDate="2015-08-25T11:13:07.553" Title="Does a 10k+ user get notified of a flag on their post in chat?" Tags="|support|chat|moderation|moderators|flags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14314" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14313" CreationDate="2015-08-25T11:13:07.553" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Even moderators are not notified that a flag has been raised on their own message.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Moderators (but not 10k users) can see a history of flagged message for any user including themselves. This log does not include the identity of the flagger.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1059" LastActivityDate="2015-08-25T11:13:07.553" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14315" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14341" CreationDate="2015-08-25T15:08:26.103" Score="0" ViewCount="64" Body="&lt;p&gt;Are legal and licensing questions allowed on AskUbuntu? Such as questions asking about legality of using the logo elsewhere, etc? Or questions asking about licensing? Which are questions about Ubuntu, but not really its use, and more about how it can be used, and how it and its associated parts (such as logo) can be legally distributed and used.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastActivityDate="2015-09-02T13:45:28.470" Title="Are legal and licensing issues welcome here?" Tags="|discussion|support|scope|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14316" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14322" CreationDate="2015-08-25T15:14:33.653" Score="1" ViewCount="43" Body="&lt;p&gt;So for instance if I have created a really great product for Ubuntu which is fully free and in my PPA, and my product would help a lot of people, would it be considered promotional spam if I were to post a Q&amp;amp;A where I ask a question, and then provide my product as the solution? Or would that by looked upon badly?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastActivityDate="2015-08-26T16:28:17.313" Title="Are Q&amp;As allowed that specifically point to the use of a particular product or service?" Tags="|discussion|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14317" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14312" CreationDate="2015-08-25T18:45:16.443" Score="18" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can post a share-your-knowledge style question and answer. Say, the question would look like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;How can I find out what's blocking my access to a particular path?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With some back story and a preface and all. And then post your script in your answer, with a good explanation on &lt;em&gt;how it works&lt;/em&gt; and its usage.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At which point, I'll post another answer pointing to &lt;a href=&quot;http://manpages.ubuntu.com/namei.1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;namei&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;$ namei -movx /var/spool/cron/crontabs/foo&#xA;f: /var/spool/cron/crontabs/foo&#xA;Drwxr-xr-x root root    /&#xA;drwxr-xr-x root root    var&#xA;drwxr-xr-x root root    spool&#xA;drwxr-xr-x root root    cron&#xA;drwx-wx--T root crontab crontabs&#xA;foo - No such file or directory&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It doesn't list what's mounted on a mountpoint, but everything else is covered, I think.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In general, while short enough script can be handled and improved in an answer, one should also post the script where others can easily contribute - such as on Github (as a gist or not), or Gitlab, Bitbucket, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="158442" LastEditDate="2015-08-25T21:23:05.423" LastActivityDate="2015-08-25T21:23:05.423" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14318" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14320" CreationDate="2015-08-26T12:09:15.990" Score="0" ViewCount="40" Body="&lt;p&gt;Are questions that ask for instructions on how to upgrade to an Alpha release off-topic if they don't ask for any information about how to use the Alpha release etc, but only ask how in the current release to upgrade to one? That is problems with the upgrade, and not just where to download a new image.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastActivityDate="2015-08-26T12:53:32.827" Title="Are questions about how to upgrade to an Alpha release off-topic?" Tags="|discussion|support|scope|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2015-08-26T16:32:57.370" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14319" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14321" CreationDate="2015-08-26T12:20:19.187" Score="0" ViewCount="74" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's really bugging me, and I think that something needs to be done about it, I keep on finding questions like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/12516/where-can-i-get-the-latest-ubuntu-alpha-or-beta/&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; one which have very good answers, and some of the answers have a lot of upvotes, and clearly answer the question, however, as the OP's account has been deleted, these questions will always stay in the unanswered state, which really bugs me. So I would propose that something be done about this, for instance if all the mods got together and did a vote on which of the answers they think is most helpful (if any), and then the one that they believe will help others most, to be marked that as accepted. Because it's not about the OP any more as they no longer have an account, it's about what will most likely solve other people's problems. Or I think that at least something should be done about them because currently it is impossible for any answer to be accepted, even if it perfectly answers the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2015-08-26T12:55:32.820" Title="Questions that have been asnwered, but the OP no longer has an account so can't accept an answer" Tags="|discussion|support|feature-request|unanswered-questions|users|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14320" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14318" CreationDate="2015-08-26T12:29:07.437" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The off-topic rule about future versions of Ubuntu was designed to stop questions that are either unanswerable —because a decision hadn't been made yet— or things that needed reporting on Launchpad. Both have valid exceptions, where having an open and answered question here provides more benefit than harm.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If a user upgrades and things break (during or after upgrade), they likely need to be on Launchpad reporting a bug in some form but I wouldn't automatically start closing things because they can be construed as bugs. Look into it. If there's a LP registered bug and/or a workaround, &lt;strong&gt;you can answer it&lt;/strong&gt;. Or close it against a master question that deals with the same issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's much more useful to everybody involved. If duplicate questions come in, we have something to close them against and people will find those (one way or another) before they add theirs. Search Meta for bugs and you'll see plenty of arguments for and against this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If their question is asking &lt;em&gt;how&lt;/em&gt; to do something, that doesn't really fall into either of the original reasons. Closing something just because it's &lt;em&gt;about&lt;/em&gt; a development release is not within the spirit of the close reason.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2015-08-26T12:53:32.827" LastActivityDate="2015-08-26T12:53:32.827" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14321" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14319" CreationDate="2015-08-26T12:55:32.820" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The voting system already does this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The most popular answer floats to the top. Whether or not it has been accepted really makes very little difference to the person who finds the answer via a search engine. They only care that they see the best answer first. Which is what happens most of the time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2015-08-26T12:55:32.820" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14322" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14316" CreationDate="2015-08-26T16:28:17.313" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Speaking generally, if...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It's relevant; it answers the question(s), and&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You disclose your interest, and&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You don't &lt;em&gt;plaster&lt;/em&gt; the site with it...&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;... We have no problem with it. If somebody has a useful and helpful thing to share with us, I think we can accept that sometimes the people posting it might occasionally have a vested interest in that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd look much less favourably on something —and someone— if they set up a question just to answer it with their product. While self-answering is generally seen as fine, you stretch its external usefulness when you start doing it to promote your own stuff.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And we start handing out suspensions like free candy if you start doing that from different accounts. AstroTurfing is toxic. Recommendations &lt;strong&gt;must&lt;/strong&gt; be based on personal views.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you suspect anything of falling foul of these guidelines, flag it up and we'll have a look.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2015-08-26T16:28:17.313" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14323" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14280" CreationDate="2015-08-26T19:33:03.413" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;After several iterations the title now reads:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Installing Ubuntu on a Pre-Installed Windows (system) with UEFI&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think the &quot;system&quot; part after Windows is implied... that covers any (UEFI ^ Windows) installation for the foreseeable future.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2015-08-26T19:33:03.413" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14324" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-08-27T08:45:34.683" Score="0" ViewCount="65" Body="&lt;p&gt;I guess the question 'how many 'decined flags' do a user get to make' is pointless, so, what are the consequences, if any, of getting too many? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How does the system calculates declined flags (&lt;em&gt;n&lt;/em&gt; declined flags in &lt;em&gt;n&lt;/em&gt; days/weeks/months?, or a ratio? or something else?) before the user sees the message:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Attention: some of your recent flags have been declined - please&#xA;  review them before flagging this post!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="402004" LastEditorUserId="402004" LastEditDate="2015-08-28T12:01:00.667" LastActivityDate="2015-08-28T12:01:00.667" Title="Consequences of getting &quot;Declined Flags&quot;" Tags="|support|flagging|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2015-08-30T09:34:20.317" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14325" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14327" CreationDate="2015-08-27T11:48:07.717" Score="0" ViewCount="340" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have recently found that I get this error when attempting to upload a gif image to a question (well, I actually didn't upload, but instead provided a link to a gif image which has worked with the same image when posting in chat):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/NBHkj.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/NBHkj.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why is this? I remember it being possible in the past to upload an animated gif image to a question (even though I have never done before, but just seen others questions with animated images which I assume to be gifs), so is there no long any way to do it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Information Update:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems to the only way to do this is to manually put this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;[![enter image description here][2]][2]&#xA;&#xA;  [2]: https://tedideas.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/ted_gif_800px_-07s.gif&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which becomes:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://tedideas.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/ted_gif_800px_-07s.gif&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://tedideas.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/ted_gif_800px_-07s.gif&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But why do I have the manually do this? Why can't the system do it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastEditorDisplayName="user364819" LastEditDate="2015-08-27T12:19:42.290" LastActivityDate="2015-08-27T22:12:13.083" Title="Unable to upload gif image in question" Tags="|support|bug|image|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14326" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14325" CreationDate="2015-08-27T12:17:56.827" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The file is almost 3MB. Maximum upload is 2MB.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;$ curl -I https://tedideas.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/ted_gif_800px_-07s.gif | grep Length&#xA;Content-Length: 2912045&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2015-08-27T12:17:56.827" CommentCount="12" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14327" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14325" CreationDate="2015-08-27T12:19:32.663" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The problem is that the image is too large. When you are adding an image to your post, even if you choose a link, images are always uploaded to &lt;code&gt;stack.imgur.com&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;SE and Imgur have some form of &lt;a href=&quot;https://blog.stackexchange.com/2010/08/new-image-upload-support/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;friendly agreement&lt;/a&gt; where images are hosted till the end of time, and never expire.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only way it can work, is the way you actually did it. Insert the image manually without uploading it to imgur (i.e. without using the Editor's button to insert an image).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Keeping that in mind, please do not insert large images to your posts, it slows down the time it takes to load the page, and people who have a small quota would be really mad when large files are being downloaded.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I suggest just posting a link to the image, so people who want to see it, would need to click the actual link.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastEditorUserId="344926" LastEditDate="2015-08-27T22:12:13.083" LastActivityDate="2015-08-27T22:12:13.083" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14328" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14276" CreationDate="2015-08-27T12:27:33.293" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I believe it starts with 1 reputation for identification reasons (anonymous or non-identified users will have a 0 reputation). Simply to make a difference between new members and simple visitors, that need to log in to post a question or leave an answer etc. (This would be a logical explanation for me) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="443736" LastActivityDate="2015-08-27T12:27:33.293" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14329" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-08-27T12:32:02.313" Score="0" ViewCount="83" Body="&lt;p&gt;I know this is the case on some sites, but is it on this one? Can anonymous users (users who do not have an account) post?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastEditorUserId="47291" LastEditDate="2015-09-11T01:10:54.157" LastActivityDate="2015-09-19T11:09:44.597" Title="Can anonymous users post?" Tags="|discussion|new-users|anonymous-users|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14330" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2015-08-27T12:32:47.900" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2015-08-27T12:32:47.900" LastActivityDate="2015-08-27T12:32:47.900" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14331" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2015-08-27T12:32:47.900" Score="0" Body="Users who post without an account." OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastEditorDisplayName="user364819" LastEditDate="2015-08-28T20:47:37.767" LastActivityDate="2015-08-28T20:47:37.767" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14332" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2015-08-27T12:33:46.970" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2015-08-27T12:33:46.970" LastActivityDate="2015-08-27T12:33:46.970" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14333" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2015-08-27T12:33:46.970" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2015-08-27T12:33:46.970" LastActivityDate="2015-08-27T12:33:46.970" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14334" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-08-27T12:49:35.793" Score="1" ViewCount="52" Body="&lt;p&gt;Meta AU (even after refreshing the page) says that I have 1 suggested edit to review:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ZeTCd.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ZeTCd.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However there is no suggested edit to be seen if I click on the &lt;code&gt;1&lt;/code&gt;, and the &lt;code&gt;1&lt;/code&gt; still does not go away, even after I see there is no suggested edit:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/gutNM.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/gutNM.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How come it says there is one when there is not? Is it it that I simply cannot see it for some reason (this does not happen on the main site, nor can I see a &lt;code&gt;1&lt;/code&gt; currently there, or any number)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastEditorDisplayName="user364819" LastEditDate="2015-08-27T13:24:59.297" LastActivityDate="2015-08-27T13:24:59.297" Title="Meta AU says I have one suggested edit to review, but I have none, how come?" Tags="|bug|suggested-edits|review-queue|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14335" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-08-27T17:31:39.667" Score="-2" ViewCount="88" Body="&lt;p&gt;I sometimes have more than 6 problems in a 24-hour period, or more than 50 in a 30-day period, so I think that it would be really good if the limit could be raised, or if you could add to your limit by taking of a question from the next day.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or a better system, as I imagine that this is mostly to stop spam and encourage new users to do research before asking, would be if users with, say, 2k rep, or something like that could have the limit removed, or for the limit to go up at least. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or even for a mod to have to confirm that the question is good, before it is posted to the site (this would probably be for higher rep users though, lower ones just wouldn't be able to post).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastEditorDisplayName="user364819" LastEditDate="2015-08-27T20:46:54.487" LastActivityDate="2015-08-28T05:09:56.037" Title="Question time period limit" Tags="|discussion|support|bug|reputation|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14336" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14338" CreationDate="2015-08-27T20:09:29.353" Score="4" ViewCount="131" Body="&lt;p&gt;I get the &quot;Attention: some of your recent flags have been declined - please review them before flagging this post!&quot;  And I did review and yes, some of my SPAM flags were declined after which I flagged them for moderator attention with a bit more information and then they were sustained...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;So now that I have reviewed my flags, why am I still getting this?&lt;/em&gt; &lt;sub&gt;(Yes, I know: there are also 3 declined NAA flags, but &lt;em&gt;I've reviewed them too!&lt;/em&gt;)&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2015-08-28T15:08:33.690" LastActivityDate="2015-08-28T15:23:55.610" Title="Attention: some of your recent flags have been declined - please review them before flagging this post!" Tags="|support|flags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14337" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14335" CreationDate="2015-08-28T05:09:56.037" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Looking at your past questions, I strongly disagree. Your research level is terrible to non-existent. Quite a few are plain RTFM problems. You very well may have 50 questions in a 30 day period, but you certainly don't have 50 decent, worthwhile questions in a 30 day period. If you have trouble understanding why, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/89217/50-question-per-month-limit&quot;&gt;read this&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2015-08-28T05:09:56.037" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14338" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14336" CreationDate="2015-08-28T15:23:55.610" Score="4" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;So now that I have reviewed my flags, why am I still getting this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The trigger of the message is simple: X% declined flags of the flags handled in the last Y days. It doesn't matter if you already reviewed the flags that were declined, the message will continue to appear until you get more helpful flags or the date the flags were declined pass.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2015-08-28T15:23:55.610" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14340" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14370" CreationDate="2015-09-01T23:01:57.597" Score="7" ViewCount="143" Body="&lt;p&gt;I stumbled across a review of the &quot;post&quot; tag edit which appears to be driven by &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/14329/can-anonymous-users-post&quot;&gt;this post&lt;/a&gt; and voted to reject it as lacking usage instructions, but while the definition appeared to be one accurate assessment, 2 more completely unrelated definitions leaped to mind immediately. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My gut reaction is that the tag should be binned as it is likely to be misused if it's used at all. What are your thoughts? Do we need the &quot;post&quot; tag on askubuntu and if so why?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastEditorUserId="225694" LastEditDate="2015-09-11T21:30:08.143" LastActivityDate="2015-09-11T21:30:08.143" Title="Do we really need or want the &quot;post&quot; tag?" Tags="|discussion|tags|tag-block-request|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14341" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14315" CreationDate="2015-09-02T13:38:23.883" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;When it is clear, maybe - but most of the time the trap that questions fall into is seeking legal advice that we can't give.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most of the time the only answer without possibly giving them harmful or misleading advice is &quot;Ask Canonical&quot; - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com/legal/terms-and-policies/contact-us&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.ubuntu.com/legal/terms-and-policies/contact-us&lt;/a&gt; - that address specifically for how Ubuntu and it's logo can be used.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Examples (against):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/666635/47291&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/q/666635/47291&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/164616/can-i-use-the-ubuntu-logo-on-t-shirts-produced-non-comercially&quot;&gt;Can I use the Ubuntu logo on t-shirts produced non-comercially?&lt;/a&gt; (quoted text has changed, many say things like &quot;It's Fine!&quot; - when it may not really be...)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/361889/am-i-allowed-to-display-the-ubuntu-logo?rq=1&quot;&gt;Am I allowed to display the ubuntu logo?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/106735/is-it-possible-to-create-ubuntu-shirts-merchandise&quot;&gt;Is it possible to create Ubuntu Shirts ( Merchandise )&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/592514/can-the-ubuntu-logo-be-used-for-my-business?rq=1&quot;&gt;Can the Ubuntu logo be used for my business?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/592442/is-it-legal-to-use-ubuntu-name-for-my-cybercaf%C3%A9?lq=1&quot;&gt;Is it legal to use Ubuntu name for my cybercaf&amp;#233;?&lt;/a&gt; - three link answers saying &quot;ask&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Examples (for):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/58428/can-the-ubuntu-logo-be-used-for-a-commercial-website&quot;&gt;Can the Ubuntu logo be used for a commercial website?&lt;/a&gt; - answer is clear&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2015-09-02T13:45:28.470" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14345" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2015-09-03T12:50:46.063" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2015-09-03T12:50:46.063" LastActivityDate="2015-09-03T12:50:46.063" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14346" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2015-09-03T12:50:46.063" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2015-09-03T12:50:46.063" LastActivityDate="2015-09-03T12:50:46.063" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14347" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14348" CreationDate="2015-09-03T20:57:18.807" Score="-8" ViewCount="62" Body="&lt;p&gt;Why doesn't at least the chat make use of the &lt;code&gt;#&lt;/code&gt; like the questions use tags, so that someone can say something in chat, then do a &lt;code&gt;#&lt;/code&gt; with some text with it, and then if someone clicks on that, then it takes them to a list of chat messages using that same &lt;code&gt;#&lt;/code&gt; and then string in their name?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastActivityDate="2015-09-03T21:07:50.553" Title="#TheGreatIncredibleHashTag in the chat rooms" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|chat|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14348" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14347" CreationDate="2015-09-03T21:07:50.553" Score="9" Body="&lt;h1&gt;No.&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This isn't twitter.  Why do we need this for the thousands and thousands of messages, and why do we need to burden SE's network and DB with another several hundred gigs of additional indexing?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2015-09-03T21:07:50.553" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14349" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14350" CreationDate="2015-09-03T22:01:20.780" Score="1" ViewCount="31" Body="&lt;p&gt;I gather from the closure of the question &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/668905/how-to-find-a-compatible-10-inch-laptop-in-2015&quot;&gt;How to find a compatible 10 inch laptop in 2015?&lt;/a&gt; that questions about strategies for finding compatible hardware are not welcome on Ask Ubuntu, even a question that in my opinion follows the guidelines set forth in the answer to the question &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/8372/232993&quot;&gt;What hardware recommendations are okey to ask?&lt;/a&gt;. If questions like this do not belong on the Stack Exchange network, then on what site that is not part of the Stack Exchange network should I have asked this question and should others ask similar questions going forward?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="232993" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.227" LastActivityDate="2015-09-03T22:40:34.427" Title="Where else should we direct users for help finding compatible hardware?" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14350" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14349" CreationDate="2015-09-03T22:40:34.427" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Asking on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://ubuntuforums.org&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Forums&lt;/a&gt; or the &lt;a href=&quot;http://discourse.ubuntu.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Discourse site&lt;/a&gt; are the two best places to ask questions that don't fit well on Ask Ubuntu. Go check 'em out!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2015-09-03T22:40:34.427" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14351" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-09-04T07:48:33.820" Score="1" ViewCount="67" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was curious to know when most users connect to Ask Ubuntu during the day.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am not sure if I am blind or if this function does not exist (because it is probably not useful to the majority of users).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I was wondering if this was possible or the reason why it does not exist ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks in advance&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="338915" LastEditorUserId="158442" LastEditDate="2015-09-05T11:17:27.703" LastActivityDate="2015-09-05T11:17:27.703" Title="Is there a way to see how many users are currently connected to Ask Ubuntu?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14352" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-09-04T09:17:56.940" Score="42" ViewCount="373" Body="&lt;p&gt;You know those &quot;magic links&quot; you can use in comments or chat? You type &lt;code&gt;[se]&lt;/code&gt; and get &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;Stack Exchange&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;code&gt;[so]&lt;/code&gt; for &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com&quot;&gt;Stack Overflow&lt;/a&gt;. In comments, there is also e.g. &lt;code&gt;[edit]&lt;/code&gt; which links to the current question/answer's edit page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now where the mother site &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;Stack Exchange&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt; and really big sites like &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com&quot;&gt;Stack Overflow&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;  and &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://superuser.com&quot;&gt;Super User&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt; and even the smaller site &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://serverfault.com&quot;&gt;Server Fault&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt; all got a short magic link (&lt;code&gt;[se]&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;[so]&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;[su]&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;[sf]&lt;/code&gt;), &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ask Ubuntu&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; still uses the long magic link with the &lt;code&gt;.se&lt;/code&gt; suffix: &lt;strong&gt;&lt;code&gt;ubuntu.se&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, although even its URL does not contain &lt;code&gt;.stackexchange.com&lt;/code&gt; any more! Same with &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;Unix &amp;amp; Linux&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;code&gt;unix.se&lt;/code&gt;), but they also still are a subdomain of StackExchange.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Now as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com&quot;&gt;Ask Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt; is the 3rd largest site in the Stack Exchange network after &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com&quot;&gt;SO&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://superuser.com&quot;&gt;SU&lt;/a&gt; and before &lt;a href=&quot;https://serverfault.com&quot;&gt;SF&lt;/a&gt; and has its own domain which is no subdomain of &lt;code&gt;stackexchange.com&lt;/code&gt;, I propose and request the magic link to be shortened to &lt;em&gt;&lt;code&gt;[au]&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/em&gt; instead of &lt;del&gt;&lt;code&gt;[ubuntu.se]&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/del&gt;!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Give &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com&quot;&gt;Ask Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt;, our now over 5 years old favourite website in the world, the respect it deserves!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastEditorUserId="367990" LastEditDate="2017-03-03T15:39:06.987" LastActivityDate="2017-03-03T15:39:06.987" Title="Give AskUbuntu its own &quot;magic link&quot;: [AU] instead of [ubuntu.SE]" Tags="|feature-request|hyperlinks|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14353" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14354" CreationDate="2015-09-04T17:03:48.683" Score="1" ViewCount="63" Body="&lt;p&gt;Whenever I or someone else posts a question, it says &lt;code&gt;1 view&lt;/code&gt;, but I have never seen it says &lt;code&gt;0 views&lt;/code&gt;, even at the point of first posting where nobody could have even had the time to notice it, let alone go to it, and I don't believe that somebody goes to every question immediately as it is posted, not all the time anyway...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So is it counting the OP, the SmokeDetector bot, or is there some other reason why it will always start off with &lt;code&gt;1 view&lt;/code&gt; and not &lt;code&gt;0 views&lt;/code&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastActivityDate="2015-09-04T21:18:10.077" Title="Why does it says &quot;1 view&quot; for every question, even when nobody would have had time to look at them?" Tags="|support|questions|statistics|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14354" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14353" CreationDate="2015-09-04T21:18:10.077" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can't post a question without viewing it. Seems logical that it would always read 1 or higher.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2015-09-04T21:18:10.077" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14355" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14340" CreationDate="2015-09-06T17:55:08.973" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think that the confusion exist because the &quot;post&quot; tag does not have meaning or the possible meanings are misleading : are we talking about the act &quot;to post&quot; or the content ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If we are talking about the act, a tag &quot;posting&quot; should be better and yes the question you mentioned fits in. It can be helpful to have a tag like this one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If we are talking about the content then it automatically includes &quot;Questions&quot; and &quot;Answers&quot; tags (and their derivative) and lead to possible confusion and the post you stated does not fit in. As mentioned in comments a &quot;posts&quot; tag is then more accurate. However I don't think that kind of tag should exist due to the fact that the mere structure of this website avoids that kind of situation : questions are questions and answers are answers, we cannot have a situation that mix both or, if it's the case, does not rely on the content but other thing like style, formatting, ...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For me, in order to simplify : &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We should change the &quot;post&quot; tag to &quot;posting&quot; : the unique question linked to this tag is about posting.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We must not use a &quot;posts&quot; tag because such situation cannot exist and the tag will turn into a garbage tag in order to not make the effort to use the other tags like &quot;Questions&quot;, &quot;Answers&quot;, &quot;Formatting&quot;, ...&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Right now there is 350 results on the posting term ...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47589" LastActivityDate="2015-09-06T17:55:08.973" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14356" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-09-07T01:45:34.490" Score="4" ViewCount="890" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was asking following question on Ask Ubuntu:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Best possible VLC settings to play 1080p mkv and mp4 formats?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But the same time I was getting notification that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&quot;The question you're asking appears subjective and is likely to be closed&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the problem with the question I am asking? How it can be corrected and Why this message is coming?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="332494" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2015-09-16T19:00:41.437" LastActivityDate="2015-09-16T19:00:41.437" Title="What do you mean by &quot;The question you're asking appears subjective and is likely to be closed?&quot;" Tags="|support|asking-questions|closed-questions|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14357" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14356" CreationDate="2015-09-07T02:32:17.003" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;We don't usually like subjective questions that ask what the &quot;best&quot; x is, this generally results in lots of people expressing their personal opinion of &quot;I think y!&quot;, &quot;well, &lt;em&gt;I&lt;/em&gt; think z!&quot;, &quot;no, it's q!&quot;. The post then rapidly devolves into old, unhelpful opinions that cannot be moderated into a nice, helpful, future proof wiki which is what our goal at Ask Ubuntu is. You can, however, ask these things at out sister sites &lt;a href=&quot;http://ubuntuforums.org&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;the ubuntu forums&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;http://discourse.ubuntu.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;ubuntu discourse&lt;/a&gt;.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you &lt;em&gt;don't&lt;/em&gt; think your question is subjective try to word it without using words like &quot;best&quot;, &quot;fastest&quot;, etc. If you need help feel free to pop into &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/?tab=site&amp;amp;host=askubuntu.com&quot;&gt;chat&lt;/a&gt; and ask for help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2015-09-07T02:32:17.003" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14358" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-09-07T17:30:23.840" Score="1" ViewCount="47" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the review queues I have never once been tested with a question that has been flagged as duplicate. Does SE not test you on those? And if so, why not? Or have I just not had any?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2015-12-18T23:49:00.237" LastActivityDate="2015-12-18T23:49:00.237" Title="Are you tested with Duplicates in the review queues?" Tags="|support|duplicates|review-audits|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14359" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14360" CreationDate="2015-09-07T20:08:29.927" Score="10" ViewCount="318" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't know if I made it very clear in my title, but here is my question, if I have a question, that can be perfectly answered by the answer to another question, should my question be marked as a duplicate of the other question just because the answer to the other one solves my one perfectly even if my question and the other question couldn't be more different? I've always just assumed that you copy the answer (maybe rewrite it in your own words) and then credit the answer you got all the stuff from.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I saw a different approach to it today when @A.B. voted to close &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/671428/how-to-get-a-proper-firefox-history-view/&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; as a duplicate of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/631631/getting-internet-browsing-history-from-shell&quot;&gt;this one&lt;/a&gt; just because &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/631637/364819&quot;&gt;the answer&lt;/a&gt; to it answered both questions, even though the two questions really couldn't, in my opinion, be any more different.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So which approach is it best to take in these circumstances?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Information Update:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Oh, I have just been informed that @A.B. has retracted his close vote, however my question still stands.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2015-09-10T01:57:31.137" Title="Should questions be closed as duplicate only because of the helpfulness of answers?" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14360" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14359" CreationDate="2015-09-07T23:37:53.483" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;Most opinions I have seen about this say that &lt;em&gt;questions&lt;/em&gt; are duplicates, not answers. Therefore, questions should only be closed as a duplicate when they are the same, not because the answer to one is also the answer to the other.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I, however, disagree. I see &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/66377/what-is-the-xy-problem&quot;&gt;the XY problem&lt;/a&gt; as common enough occurrence that I consider whether:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the OP is trying to achieve some greater target via this question, and&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the answer to some other question also answers this question, &lt;strong&gt;and&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;that answer leads towards a solution (or, better yet, &lt;em&gt;is the solution&lt;/em&gt;) for this greater aim of the OP.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If so, I vote to close as a duplicate. That's to say, that OP formulated their problem in a particular fashion is not very relevant if it is an XY problem - it could have been in another form quite easily.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm sure many would disagree with this view. :shrug:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For the particular case you show, no, I wouldn't have marked as a dupe - both A and B could very well lead in different directions (you just want to see more detailed history - the form not being important, the other user might have wanted to process their history, etc.).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2015-09-07T23:37:53.483" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14361" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14359" CreationDate="2015-09-08T00:22:15.987" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I definitely would say the only criterion to mark as a duplicate is the &lt;em&gt;question&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are many cases answers answer more than one question. For various reasons, that is irrelevant to the decision to mark as a duplicate. Clarity and findability are the most important of them. Someone with question A is not going to look for his answer at question B, although the answer to B might solve A as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From a broader perspective: also in many cases, in the answer to one question, the answer to another question can be concluded, although the answer nor the question is the same. Would we also mark them as a duplicate?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Let's keep it clear; a question only is a duplicate if the &lt;em&gt;question&lt;/em&gt; is an &lt;em&gt;exact&lt;/em&gt; duplicate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2015-09-08T12:45:49.053" LastActivityDate="2015-09-08T12:45:49.053" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14362" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14359" CreationDate="2015-09-08T12:52:31.213" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I tend to agree with Muru. Answers also come into play when deciding whether something is a dupe. For example, consider these two (fictional) questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;How can I rename a file whose name contains a space?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Why does my shell choke on whitespace in file names?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the answers to Q1 contain a detailed explanation of &lt;em&gt;why&lt;/em&gt; the shell has trouble with such names as well as a solution for renaming them, I would consider closing Q2 as a dupe of Q1. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Strictly speaking, the questions are not asking for the same thing. However, the point of the site is to provide answers. If the answer has already been provided, there's no need to repeat that information. Whether the question that gave rise to the answer is 100% identical to the one considered a duplicate is secondary in my opinion. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The whole point of duplicates is to i) avoid duplicating effort and ii) organize information better. Keeping a question that has a perfectly good answer elsewhere open just because it is phrased differently seems pointless. I am aware that sentiment on the SE network is often against this, but it just seems silly. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as I'm concerned, I will vote to close as a duplicate if the question has been answered elsewhere. To make that choice, I consider both the question and its answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2015-09-08T12:52:31.213" CommentCount="12" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14363" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12379" CreationDate="2015-09-08T14:52:35.753" Score="-2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/90327/geomatics-and-remote-sensing?referrer=8G2asYAyI_To9RoVf1VtPg2&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://area51.stackexchange.com/ads/proposal/90327.png&quot; alt=&quot;Check out the Area 51 Remote Sensing Proposal&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="244993" LastActivityDate="2015-09-08T14:52:35.753" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2015-09-08T14:52:35.753" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14364" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14365" CreationDate="2015-09-08T15:16:21.633" Score="5" ViewCount="76" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was browsing through the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/badges&quot;&gt;Badges page&lt;/a&gt; when I came across this one under &quot;Moderation Badges&quot;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&quot;Disciplined&quot; : Delete own post with score of 3 or higher&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do not understand the purpose of this badge. If a question or an answer has been upvoted at least 3 times, it mean to me that it has been useful post (and it will probably be useful in the future too).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the explanation and some example case of the purpose of this badge ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks in advance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="338915" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2015-09-08T16:06:29.023" Title="What is the purpose of the 'Disciplined' badge?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14365" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14364" CreationDate="2015-09-08T15:30:14.463" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;You might answer something with a good answer (that people vote for) that doesn't actually answer the question. That might be because the question wasn't originally clear and the assumption you make in your answer turns out not to be correct, or something else changes, or you just misread it. It happens.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Whatever the method, deleting the answer might be the Right Thing™ to do, but it means you'll lose reputation. The badge is awarded as a reward for your honesty.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please don't delete a good answer (that does answer the question) just to get the badge.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2015-09-08T16:06:29.023" LastActivityDate="2015-09-08T16:06:29.023" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14366" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14374" CreationDate="2015-09-08T18:58:23.153" Score="0" ViewCount="30" Body="&lt;p&gt;I know that there is some sort of Norton Open Source Antivirus for Linux, and I really want it, however I see mention and talk of it, but I can't actually find it, is this the right place to ask about where it is, how I get it, and then the installation? As I saw a question about getting Norton on Linux recently which was closed (and/or deleted as I can't find it now) because people were saying that this is something that should be discussed with Symantec and not asked about here, but as I can't find any way of contacting them about this, would it be ok to ask about this here? Or is there a better place?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastActivityDate="2015-09-09T20:56:00.627" Title="Is this the right place to ask about finding and installing an AV?" Tags="|discussion|support|scope|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14367" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14369" CreationDate="2015-09-08T20:11:36.977" Score="-4" ViewCount="71" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm sure that at some point I knew this, but I have forgotten now, and can't remember how to remember, so I thought that I would ask, what exactly is the &lt;code&gt;mod-hammer&lt;/code&gt;, and what does it mean to &lt;code&gt;give someone the hammer&lt;/code&gt;? I hear these phrases thrown around a lot in the chat rooms, but I'm not really sure exactly what they mean...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastActivityDate="2015-09-11T01:21:46.650" Title="What is this 'hammer'?" Tags="|discussion|support|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14368" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-09-08T20:41:32.830" Score="2" ViewCount="42" Body="&lt;p&gt;When I wanted to ask a question on AskUbuntu, I got a warning that states &quot;Some of your past questions have not been well-received&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here I interpret &quot;some&quot; as &quot;at least one&quot;, but I cannot really interpret &quot;have not been well-received&quot;, as this is very loose. While I received the Mad Max movie well, my grandma did not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have 2 questions on the AskUbuntu site, with 1/0 reputation, and 3 answers with 2/0/0 rep. The upvoted question got a downvote.&#xA;All these answering/questioning/upvoting/downvoting happened in 2011 and 2013, I am mainly a reader on AskUbuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this a real threat so I will be blocked, or is this just a bug?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have never encountered this warning message on other StackExchange sites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12321" LastActivityDate="2015-09-08T20:41:32.830" Title="AskUbuntu tells me I'm in danger of being blocked" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14369" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14367" CreationDate="2015-09-08T20:58:04.167" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;The most versatile tool of all, the &lt;a href=&quot;http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/hammer&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;hammer&lt;/a&gt; has quite a few English idioms attached to it.  Depending on the context, it might be to smite them or to explain the same thing over and over...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This question is a better fit for &lt;a href=&quot;http://english.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;the English SE&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;Sub&gt;&lt;em&gt;I&lt;/em&gt; 'm teaching &lt;em&gt;you&lt;/em&gt; English now???&lt;/sub&gt;  &lt;strong&gt;:P&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastActivityDate="2015-09-08T20:58:04.167" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14370" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14340" CreationDate="2015-09-08T22:06:11.687" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No!&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We don't want or need a post tag. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Why?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The term is clearly ambiguous and in my opinion unlikely to be a favourite. As it seems to me that tags are used to locate questions within ones area of expertise and there doesn't appear to be a common thread linking any of the questions utilizing the word post or any of it's derivatives I think &lt;em&gt;that tag&lt;/em&gt; and anything similar to it is just providing an opportunity to dilute the usefulness of the tagging system (which I am against for reasons that are likely abundantly clear to those who use tags for their intended purpose). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastActivityDate="2015-09-08T22:06:11.687" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14371" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-09-09T12:01:39.643" Score="-3" ViewCount="61" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't understand I have asked for help because none of the multiboot usb creator is recognizing my usb drive and for solution and despite being an expert nobody is helping me . I used a solution of one other members who gave it to another person and i used that too . But that didn't solved my problem . Really ??? At somebody would probably give me a right direction to my problem solution but nobody does . Why ? asking myself this question all these days .&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="447786" LastActivityDate="2015-09-09T16:09:36.980" Title="asked for a solution didn't got any one of them" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2015-09-12T10:34:27.943" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14372" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14371" CreationDate="2015-09-09T12:47:16.390" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I assume you are referring to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/671744/85695&quot;&gt;I have problems when mounting my USB drive in a nonstandard location&lt;/a&gt;. First of all, you only asked this yesterday! Have a little patience :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then, it is hard to understand what you mean:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;My usb drive gets mounted under /media/username but i tried using umount to mount under /media/usbdisk&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can't use &lt;code&gt;umount&lt;/code&gt; to mount something, only to unmount it. What is the actual command you ran?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;when I used multisystem multiboot usb creator it doesn't recognize my usb under /media &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You used it to do what? How does it not recognize it? Was there an error? Could you add a screenshot showing it? In any case, it probably looks for the default locataion, why did you change it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Basically, please edit your question, explain exactly what you tried and exactly how it failed including any error messages. Ideally, add the information I asked for here, including a screenshot showing the problem. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In general, questions that are hard to understand don't get answered because people just move on to the next one. To increase your chances of getting an answer, you should always try and make your question as clear and as detailed as possible. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2015-09-09T12:47:16.390" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14374" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14366" CreationDate="2015-09-09T20:56:00.627" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;To ask about software recommendations, just head over to &lt;a href=&quot;http://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;http://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastActivityDate="2015-09-09T20:56:00.627" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14375" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14359" CreationDate="2015-09-10T01:57:31.137" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here's how I like to boil it down:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If &lt;strong&gt;ALL&lt;/strong&gt; answers this question is likely to receive would also be valid answers to the other question, it &lt;strong&gt;IS&lt;/strong&gt; a duplicate of the other question.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Otherwise, it's not a duplicate.  This includes when:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If there is overlap between the questions: if &lt;strong&gt;SOME&lt;/strong&gt; answers to this question would also answer the other question, but other answers might not, then it's &lt;strong&gt;NOT&lt;/strong&gt; a duplicate.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the example case above, these questions are not duplicates according to my rules.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54256" LastActivityDate="2015-09-10T01:57:31.137" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14376" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14356" CreationDate="2015-09-10T02:04:50.147" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;That notification is designed to encourage people to improve their questions.  In this case it was activated by the word &quot;best&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;Best&quot; is a vague word.  Its meaning is entirely open to individual interpretation.  To one person, &quot;Best&quot; might mean &quot;most simple&quot;; to another person it might mean &quot;fastest performance&quot;, and to another &quot;lowest memory usage&quot;.  Another person might interpret it to mean &quot;the most elegant way&quot;, which itself is still a little vague.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thus, if you find yourself phrasing a question this way, go back and remove &quot;best&quot;, and tell us what your real requirements are.  Be specific about what you &lt;em&gt;need&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions which rely heavily on individual interpretation of what the question is asking for are too subjective and not a good fit for the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note: this notification is a recommendation, not an order.  Your question will not be blocked, or automatically closed by the system.  It may well be that you have expressed your needs very specifically, in which case your question probably won't be closed.  In most cases, however, the word &quot;best&quot; is an indication that your question isn't specific enough.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54256" LastActivityDate="2015-09-10T02:04:50.147" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14377" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14378" CreationDate="2015-09-10T20:15:58.667" Score="7" ViewCount="75" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was browsing through the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users&quot;&gt;users&lt;/a&gt; section of askubuntu when I noticed something strange:&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;The number beneath the user's name was not equal to their reputation, although the list was set to be sorted by reputation.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;When somebody answers my question, the number beneath their name &lt;strong&gt;is&lt;/strong&gt; the same as their rep, but on the users list, it is &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also my number seemed to be negative.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I have two * questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;What does the number under the users name in the 'users' section mean?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;What does it mean that my number is negative? is it bad? What can I do to make it better?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If anyone has answer I would be very thankful, if this question is too stupid or a duplicate, just tell me to delete it,&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;thank you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;*(Actually it's 4 questions, the last two ones are not necessary to be answered.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="429896" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditorDisplayName="user364819" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2015-09-10T20:47:14.770" Title="What does the number under a user's name mean?" Tags="|support|users|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14378" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14377" CreationDate="2015-09-10T20:38:56.327" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is totally normal. The number you're seeing on that page is the amount of rep they have garnered for the period defined in the upper-right:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Mnczg.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Mnczg.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you're negative, that means you've lost more rep within this period than you've gained.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's not entirely bad, it just means that you've been downvoted/downvoted someone else or offered a bounty, and so you lost more rep than you've gained. The easiest way to avoid this is to be active and involved in the community by asking good quality questions and providing good answers and edits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="136381" LastEditorUserId="136381" LastEditDate="2015-09-10T20:47:14.770" LastActivityDate="2015-09-10T20:47:14.770" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14379" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14367" CreationDate="2015-09-11T01:21:46.650" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I usually don't use google searches in answers, but when I do : &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.google.com/search?q=giant+hammer&amp;amp;source=lnms&amp;amp;tbm=isch&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://www.google.com/search?q=giant+hammer&amp;amp;source=lnms&amp;amp;tbm=isch&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is simply a visualization of the what mods can do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But yeah, it is they tools they have as mods have to kick, ban, smash, delete, or otherwise rend watermelon into pieces.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastActivityDate="2015-09-11T01:21:46.650" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14380" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-09-11T07:14:25.703" Score="1" ViewCount="77" Body="&lt;p&gt;Recently I saw a post saying:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&quot;How To Boost Marathon Stamina?&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why people do post these type of &lt;code&gt;off-topic&lt;/code&gt; post on Ask Ubuntu? These are automated robots for posting ads or something else?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="332494" LastEditorUserId="332494" LastEditDate="2015-09-11T07:53:42.917" LastActivityDate="2015-09-16T01:08:49.460" Title="Why do one post sometimes off-topic post like &quot;How To Boost Marathon Stamina?&quot;" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14381" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14380" CreationDate="2015-09-11T07:28:42.557" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is just spam caused by some very mean bots who like causing us grief in exchange for very shady advertising.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just flag the posts as spam and move on. They'll get deleted very quickly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastEditorUserId="208574" LastEditDate="2015-09-16T01:08:49.460" LastActivityDate="2015-09-16T01:08:49.460" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14382" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14383" CreationDate="2015-09-11T09:06:19.133" Score="3" ViewCount="122" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the past when I have asked how to achieve a particular thing using a third-party application on Ubuntu, I have often come across users like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/672666/how-to-set-a-custom-page-to-replace-the-default-firefox-new-tab-page&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; for instance that say that it has nothing to do with Ubuntu and therefore is off-topic here. Now I have asked these sorts of questions many times, and seen many other people ask these questions with no problem, and one of these questions has never been closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However I want to clear it up once and for all, what exactly is meant in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;help center&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;code&gt;Running third-party applications on Ubuntu.&lt;/code&gt;? Does this mean questions about usage of any third-party application on Ubuntu, or just ones that make very Ubuntu specific questions?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastActivityDate="2015-09-11T19:13:53.180" Title="Asking questions about third-party applications running on Ubuntu" Tags="|discussion|support|scope|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14383" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14382" CreationDate="2015-09-11T09:55:19.793" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just to fairly represent the contention, &lt;strong&gt;their&lt;/strong&gt; extended argument seems to  differentiate &amp;quot;third party questions&amp;quot; into one of two categories:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Getting things to run on Ubuntu, and&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Problems with those things&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The first would be on-topic and the last would have to go elsewhere.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;I disagree with that&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ubuntu is a distribution and configuration of thousands of packages. Almost everything is third party by some definition.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You might argue that some applications are more &amp;quot;core&amp;quot; than others. Firefox is the default browser on most Ubuntu desktop variants, so if you're going to make that argument, why would we support Firefox less than we support Unity or LightDM or PulseAudio?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More than anything, it seems like an excuse to not help somebody. Our &lt;em&gt;raison d'être&lt;/em&gt; at Ask Ubuntu is to help Ubuntu users. Our scope frays and blurs with other sites in some areas but I'd rather over-encompass something than trying to pigeon hole every question perfectly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Otherwise we might all as well pack up our things and move to Super User.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2015-09-11T10:17:34.637" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14384" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14385" CreationDate="2015-09-11T14:36:35.897" Score="-2" ViewCount="36" Body="&lt;p&gt;In my achievements notification area it says that the current time is &lt;code&gt;14:34&lt;/code&gt;, however all the clocks in my house say that it is currently &lt;code&gt;15:34&lt;/code&gt;, so it seems that it thinks that I am in a timezone which is an hour behind, why is this, and is there any fix?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastEditorUserId="133195" LastEditDate="2015-09-14T07:54:01.627" LastActivityDate="2015-09-14T07:54:01.627" Title="Why is the time displayed in my achievements notification area 1 hour behind the actual time?" Tags="|discussion|support|notifications|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14385" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14384" CreationDate="2015-09-11T15:13:06.200" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's in UTC time, the time on which all of SE ticks. It's not local time and no there is no &quot;fix&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2015-09-11T15:13:06.200" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14388" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14382" CreationDate="2015-09-11T19:07:39.343" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since you quoted my comment, I should probably give my interpretation of why I made it.  Perhaps I'm wrong, but if I am, I think maybe the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;Help Center Topic&lt;/a&gt; should be made more clear.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The first sentence under &quot;What Topics Can I Ask&quot; says&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&quot;&lt;em&gt;It's a questions and answers site for Ubuntu-related questions. It's also a place to share knowledge about Ubuntu.&lt;/em&gt;&quot;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;To me, this implies that the question should be something unique to Ubuntu, not something general like the inner workings of Firefox, unless the poster has at least made an effort on the Firefox forum, and has some reason to think it is a question related to the Ubuntu implementation. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Otherwise, you end up diluting the forum with questions having nothing to do with Ubuntu, but a bunch of apps that many don't even use. How about questions about GMail?  Google Maps? Heck, how about a Windows app that runs in Wine on Ubuntu?  If there is a boundary, what is it?  To me, it is whether the question could just as well be asked on a Windows or Mac forum, such as this one about Firefox inner workings.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Further down, it gets more specific, and says:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&quot;&lt;em&gt;Using and administering official Ubuntu flavors ...&lt;/em&gt;&quot;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;then&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&quot;&lt;em&gt;Running third-party applications on Ubuntu.&lt;/em&gt;&quot;   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why doesn't it say &lt;em&gt;Using third-party applications&lt;/em&gt; instead of &lt;em&gt;Running?&lt;/em&gt;  To me, I interpreted that as meaning things like the Ubuntu configuration, installation, etc of the apps, not the actual using.  If this is incorrect, then that documentation should be made more clear.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I want to know how to use Firefox, I go to the Mozilla forums, which has very good information about it.  If I want to know specifics about how to configure VurtualBox, I go there first.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If someone has not been able to find the answer on the specific forum, and states that, I probably wouldn't object.  But if this is just a catchall for all for questions on everything, then the people who really know about Ubuntu are going to avoid coming here, and it will degrade to a bunch of inexperienced people helping rank beginners who can't figure out how to use an app, and those with more complicated questions will just have to find a better place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And by the way, it seems to me that immediately accepting the first and only answer to a &lt;em&gt;discussion&lt;/em&gt; within hours of posting doesn't really show an interest on your part in promoting any meaningful discussion, so I feel I'm probably wasting my time even posting this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="39753" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2015-09-11T19:13:53.180" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14389" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-09-12T14:15:49.240" Score="4" ViewCount="58" Body="&lt;p&gt;I found a fake askubuntu i.e. a website that looks exactly like askubuntu but URL is: &lt;code&gt;http://viyals.com&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Beware, if you try to login on such website your username and password maybe stolen.&lt;/strong&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyway how to report this and to whom?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="294611" LastEditorDisplayName="user364819" LastEditDate="2015-09-12T15:10:16.997" LastActivityDate="2015-09-12T15:10:16.997" Title="fake askubuntu. Beware" Tags="|discussion|support|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2015-09-12T18:05:07.457" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14390" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14393" CreationDate="2015-09-12T18:41:51.597" Score="3" ViewCount="55" Body="&lt;p&gt;I know that you can't ask questions about upcoming releases that are still in development, however, can you ask questions about them when you are not asking for help with them? For instance after certain feature freezes (such as UI freeze etc) can you ask which features made it? Or is this the wrong place to ask?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastEditorUserId="158442" LastEditDate="2015-09-14T23:46:51.487" LastActivityDate="2015-09-14T23:46:51.487" Title="Can I ask questions about upcoming releases?" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2019-10-08T11:03:24.303" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14391" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2015-09-12T18:42:24.957" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2015-09-12T18:42:24.957" LastActivityDate="2015-09-12T18:42:24.957" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14392" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2015-09-12T18:42:24.957" Score="0" Body="Questions relating to what is on-topic." OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastEditorDisplayName="user364819" LastEditDate="2015-09-13T06:36:56.850" LastActivityDate="2015-09-13T06:36:56.850" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14393" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14390" CreationDate="2015-09-13T02:26:49.657" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;If it's the sort of question that &lt;em&gt;can&lt;/em&gt; be answered and it's otherwise within our scope, it's probably on-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That means it usually boils down to timing. The earlier in a development cycle you ask something, the less likely that is going to be a good question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/871/when-are-questions-about-ubuntu1-appropriate&quot;&gt;plenty of water under this bridge&lt;/a&gt; though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2015-09-13T02:26:49.657" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14394" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-09-14T09:40:38.443" Score="22" ViewCount="675" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are presently over 2 300 questions tagged with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/software-recommendation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;software-recommendation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;software-recommendation&lt;/a&gt; at Ask Ubuntu. However, now and then questions are closed on the basis of this tag being off topic. As an example, Thomas W.  recently closed &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/672296/177437&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; claiming:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because software&#xA;  recommendation is not typically on topic here, especially if you are&#xA;  looking for cross-platform solutions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question in question is similar to many others: a user seeking advice on which software may perform a particular task. Cross platform is also a common request in open questions with this tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;guidelines page&lt;/a&gt; does not reference directly software recommendations, but lists among the questions that may be asked:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Running third-party applications on Ubuntu. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally a note on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Software Recommendations&lt;/a&gt; site. It graduated only days ago, and as far as I know, without fully meeting all criteria. My experience there so far has been rather negative, so much detail is required to post a question that it is often impractical. Most (if not all) of the questions tagged with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/software-recommendation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;software-recommendation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;software-recommendation&lt;/a&gt; at Ask Ubuntu would have been outright rejected at Software Recommendations.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would prefer &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/software-recommendation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;software-recommendation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;software-recommendation&lt;/a&gt; questions to remain on topic at Ask Ubuntu. Perhaps with additional guidelines in the About page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Update&lt;/strong&gt;: Questions tagged as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/software-recommendation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;software-recommendation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;software-recommendation&lt;/a&gt; are still &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/close/595608&quot;&gt;showing up&lt;/a&gt; in the closure thread marked as off topic. Reviewers should continue paying special attention to this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="177437" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:05.267" LastActivityDate="2016-07-27T07:32:47.500" Title="Are software recommendations on topic or not?" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14395" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14396" CreationDate="2015-09-14T10:14:01.963" Score="-2" ViewCount="47" Body="&lt;p&gt;Currently you are unable to upload anything but images in chat, why is this so? Is this because of security or some other reason such as space?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastActivityDate="2015-09-14T10:27:05.150" Title="Why can you only upload images in chat?" Tags="|discussion|support|chat|image|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14396" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14395" CreationDate="2015-09-14T10:27:05.150" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can upload whatever you like (to wherever will host it) and post the URL.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &quot;upload&quot; in the Upload button, however, is just shorthand for &quot;Upload an image&quot;. That is made abundantly clear when you click it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is exactly the same with the main sites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2015-09-14T10:27:05.150" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14398" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14404" CreationDate="2015-09-14T15:04:26.960" Score="-5" ViewCount="57" Body="&lt;p&gt;I feel that something rather unfair has just happened, so I would like to complain about it, my next gold badge that I will get is the Socratic, and just a few minutes ago it said:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/47VCA.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/47VCA.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now however it has gone back to &lt;code&gt;97&lt;/code&gt; from the &lt;code&gt;98&lt;/code&gt; that it was on, and I am sure that I know the reason for this, for just a short while back I VTCed my &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/673735/upon-switching-sound-output-device-sound-mutes&quot;&gt;own question&lt;/a&gt; as off-topic because the problem had gone away, so the system detected this and decided that I had not maintained a positive question record today, but I don't think that this is fair for I was the one who cast the first close vote on my own question for going away by itself, now I don't see how that means that my question record for today has suddenly gone bad!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I assume that that is the reason for why it went down for my badge anyway, of course I can't be absolutely certain of it, but my other questions look absolutely fine, so I assume that that is the reason for my 'bad' question record today.&#xA;But I don't think it is fair, and I think that something needs to change in regard to this...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastEditorUserId="158442" LastEditDate="2015-09-15T01:57:04.713" LastActivityDate="2015-09-15T01:57:04.713" Title="Socratic badge amount gone down unfairly with off-topic I cast on my own post" Tags="|discussion|bug|closed-questions|vote-to-close|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14399" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14394" CreationDate="2015-09-14T15:15:48.260" Score="24" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'd say they're on-topic by virtue of them certainly not being off-topic. Just because something is on-topic on another site doesn't mean it's automatically off-topic here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, we still have standards. &lt;strong&gt;It needs to be answerable&lt;/strong&gt;, ideally in a way where the top two answers cover 99% of use cases. Questions that solicit infinite lists of answers (eg &quot;Please recommend any application&quot;) will fall straight into the &quot;too broad&quot; close reason.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't think we need to be as declarative as Software Recs are, but &lt;a href=&quot;https://softwarerecs.meta.stackexchange.com/q/336&quot;&gt;that meta post&lt;/a&gt; is certainly a good pointer for improving bad software recommendations.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think the first half of ThomasW's comment was a poor choice of words but ultimately I don't disagree with the decision to close &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/672296&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;. The OP has thrown a bunch of buzzwords at the screen, it's hard to divine what they'd consider sufficient encryption.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't think it asking for a cross platform solution is a bad thing, it's just one more limit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2015-09-14T15:15:48.260" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14400" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14427" CreationDate="2015-09-14T20:33:39.423" Score="0" ViewCount="38" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have just come across &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/674170/windows-10-black-screen-after-moutherboard-logo&quot;&gt;a question&lt;/a&gt; where the person wants to fix their Windows 10 installation via some boot repair tools and an Ubuntu LiveUSB, is this really on-topic? I mean I guess it is sort of because they want to use an Ubuntu LiveUSB to do the fixing, however it feels like a bit of a cheaty way just to make it on-topic here...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastActivityDate="2015-09-19T12:56:26.300" Title="Are Windows questions allowed that use Ubuntu minimally?" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14401" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14405" CreationDate="2015-09-14T20:42:59.183" Score="1" ViewCount="49" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think that the tags on this site called &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/on-topic&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;on-topic&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;on-topic&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/offtopic-questions&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;offtopic-questions&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;offtopic-questions&lt;/a&gt; should be made synonyms of each other, and yes, it may be argued that they are actually complete opposites of each other, however asking about what is on-topic is the same more or less as asking what is not off-topic, and visa versa, so is there a place where one would definitely be used over the other?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;I don't think so, so I think that they should be made as synonyms of one another.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastEditorUserId="158442" LastEditDate="2015-09-14T23:35:05.507" LastActivityDate="2015-09-16T10:10:03.493" Title="Should the 'on-topic' and 'offtopic-questions' tags become synonyms?" Tags="|discussion|tags|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14402" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14403" CreationDate="2015-09-14T21:01:10.993" Score="-2" ViewCount="68" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently asked this question &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/673698/why-does-steam-require-a-new-installation-in-wine-for-every-game&quot;&gt;Why does Steam require a new installation in Wine for every game?&lt;/a&gt;, but I have just noticed that it has been closed as 'off-topic', but I asked a few mods and other people why people were VTCing it, and they said that it looked fine and they didn't know why people were VTCing it...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So now finally it has been closed as off-topic, and I don't really mind too much as I got my answer, and don't need any more answers, however if people look at it in the future it might put them off asking similar questions about Steam and WINE which may not be good as I think that all these things in regard to Ubuntu are fine and on-topic here as stated in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;help center&lt;/a&gt; in regard to third-party applications.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So now to get to my real point, why was this closed as off-topic? Because I, and many other people, don't see it, so some clarification of this would be nice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastActivityDate="2015-09-14T23:43:20.390" Title="Why was my Steam WINE question closed as off-topic?" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14403" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14402" CreationDate="2015-09-14T23:43:20.390" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;I&lt;/em&gt; voted to close as &lt;em&gt;unclear what you're asking&lt;/em&gt;, whose description reads:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Please clarify your specific problem or add additional details to&#xA;  highlight exactly what you need. As it's currently written, it’s hard&#xA;  to tell exactly what you're asking. See the &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/help/how-to-ask&quot;&gt;How to Ask&lt;/a&gt; page for help&#xA;  clarifying this question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And I did ask for clarification: Where did you hear this nonsense?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your response was: somewhere in chat. And that is clearly not clarification, it says &lt;strong&gt;nothing&lt;/strong&gt; about the context.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Further, you say:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Also, I have heard mixed input in this area so please correct me if I am wrong on anything.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What mixed input did you hear exactly? Where did you hear it from? Are we we supposed to probe your mind?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2015-09-14T23:43:20.390" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14404" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14398" CreationDate="2015-09-15T00:23:47.377" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Off-topic is considered a negative close reason, whoever started it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the future, if you post something that you're not sure about, just delete it. You should be able to undelete it later on if you need to. You might be able to see &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/recently-deleted-questions/364819&quot;&gt;your recently deleted&lt;/a&gt; through your profile.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2015-09-15T00:23:47.377" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14405" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14401" CreationDate="2015-09-16T02:51:22.243" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think the sane solution is the one adopted by Meta Stack Overflow: use a &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/scope&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;scope&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;scope&lt;/a&gt; tag, of which &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/offtopic-questions&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;offtopic-questions&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;offtopic-questions&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/on-topic&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;on-topic&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;on-topic&lt;/a&gt; are &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/tags/scope/synonyms&quot;&gt;synonyms&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T09:39:07.847" LastActivityDate="2015-09-16T10:10:03.493" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14407" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14409" CreationDate="2015-09-16T12:57:10.157" Score="1" ViewCount="51" Body="&lt;p&gt;When a new user joins the site a profile picture is automatically generated for them, how is this image generated? And does SE do it, or a third-party application?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastActivityDate="2015-09-16T13:18:36.597" Title="How does SE generate profile pictures for new users?" Tags="|support|stackexchange|new-users|users|image|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14408" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14407" CreationDate="2015-09-16T13:04:08.033" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Third party. The service is by &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravatar&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Gravatar&lt;/a&gt;, which provides similar services for a number of sites, including Github, Disqus and Wordpress.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2015-09-16T13:04:08.033" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14409" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14407" CreationDate="2015-09-16T13:05:13.223" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;They're third party. Look at the &lt;code&gt;src&lt;/code&gt; URL of one. Here's muru's:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/0ce9def9898b5e9e0339ccc26c57ae94?s=48&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The jumble there is an MD5 hash of the user's email (failing back to network ID if no email set).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This can be overridden by the profile image. These are uploaded to Imgur (like other images here are) and takes preference if set.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2015-09-16T13:18:36.597" LastActivityDate="2015-09-16T13:18:36.597" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14410" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-09-17T01:26:54.753" Score="8" ViewCount="73" Body="&lt;p&gt;Although I'm relatively new to using AskUbuntu, I have, at times, wanted to contact the &quot;leaders&quot; responsible for the direction, decisions and development of AskUbuntu (ie. who decides the &quot;official rules&quot;?).  Who are these individuals, and how do I contact them? (For instance, I don't want my message to be made public.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this the most appropriate place to do the above: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/contact&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/contact&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;BTW, I found no appropriate tag for this questions, so I hope it's not OT...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="29477" LastEditorUserId="57576" LastEditDate="2022-08-20T21:39:07.163" LastActivityDate="2022-08-20T21:39:07.163" Title="Who are the people responsible for the direction, decisions and development of AskUbuntu?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14411" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14410" CreationDate="2015-09-17T01:58:35.240" Score="10" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&quot;Although I'm relatively new to using AskUbuntu...&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Welcome! I'll attempt to answer your questions in no particular order.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&quot;BTW, I found no appropriate tag for this questions, so I hope it's not OT...&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is definitely the correct tag for your question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&quot;I have, at times, wanted to contact the &quot;leaders&quot; responsible for the direction, decisions and development of AskUbuntu (ie. who decides the &quot;official rules&quot;?).&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Actually, the &quot;leaders&quot; are the Ask Ubuntu users themselves. In fact, this site (&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com&quot;&gt;meta.askubuntu.com&lt;/a&gt;) is where a lot of the discussion regarding the direction of the website takes place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Flagging, closing, and editing can be done by any user with sufficient privileges. Only when issues escalate beyond what the community can deal with on its own are the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users?tab=moderators&quot;&gt;site moderators&lt;/a&gt; brought in. If the issue goes beyond what they can deal with (which is extremely rare), someone from the &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/about/team&quot;&gt;Stack Exchange team&lt;/a&gt; steps in.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&quot;Who are these individuals, and how do I contact them?&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The moderators can be contacted by flagging the item in question and alerting them. If the issue involves a user, flag one of their posts. The Stack Exchange team can by contacted by following &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/contact&quot;&gt;the link you included in your question&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&quot;(For instance, I don't want my message to be made public.)&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The moderators have all agreed to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/legal/moderator-agreement&quot;&gt;the moderator agreement&lt;/a&gt;, of which one of the clauses states:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &quot;I will not disclose this information to anyone,&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Therefore, you can be certain that any communication will be kept confidential.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2015-09-17T01:58:35.240" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14413" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-09-17T14:31:31.760" Score="21" ViewCount="499" Body="&lt;p&gt;I came across this &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/170640/338915&quot;&gt;question&lt;/a&gt; yesterday.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is two different answer to this question, one has been accepted. Let's call accepted answer &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/170645/338915&quot;&gt;answer 1&lt;/a&gt; and the other &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/355102/338915&quot;&gt;answer 2&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Recently &lt;em&gt;answer 1&lt;/em&gt; has &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/170645/revisions&quot;&gt;been edited&lt;/a&gt; to include the content of the &lt;em&gt;answer 2&lt;/em&gt;.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't know what to think about this. On one side I think it is unfair for &lt;em&gt;answer 2&lt;/em&gt; creator because it won't get the upvote he deserve anymore.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But on the other side, as question &lt;em&gt;answer 1&lt;/em&gt; is accepted answer, &lt;em&gt;answer 2&lt;/em&gt;'s solution (which is better in my opinion) is going to have to better visibility. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I got a bit lost in my explanation, I hope I have been clear enough...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the general consensus about hijacking top answer for visibility ?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Is that encouraged ? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="338915" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2015-12-15T14:12:55.270" Title="What is the consensus about hijacking the accepted answer?" Tags="|discussion|editing|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14414" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14413" CreationDate="2015-09-17T15:09:56.123" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;Upvote number 2, also I have edited out the attempt to merge the answers, as this does a disservice to the person who originally answered with answer 2 and gives votes to a mostly old answer that just happens to have the check mark - if answer one dosnt work anymore downvote it, or edit only to fix that method. If you have a new method use a new answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastActivityDate="2015-09-17T15:09:56.123" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14415" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14413" CreationDate="2015-09-17T17:28:36.840" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;tomodachi, who posted answer 1, had edited answer 2, so it is clear tomodachi was aware of the other answer. And since they didn't include that part in their answer: reject as &quot;clearly conflicts with author's intent&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2015-09-17T17:28:36.840" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14416" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14417" CreationDate="2015-09-18T01:06:18.907" Score="1" ViewCount="41" Body="&lt;p&gt;Let me start this off by first saying I'm sorry if this is completely off-topic. I just don't have experience posting on Meta.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I've been active on AU since late April. In that time, I've noticed several posts that come up that are ads for cosmetics and such. I've even seen a few &lt;em&gt;asking&lt;/em&gt; what medicines/drugs would be best for certain situations. My question: are these ads and questions spam, people mistaking AU for something else, or both? Also, do these questions appear on the other SE sites?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/14380/why-do-one-post-sometimes-off-topic-post-like-how-to-boost-marathon-stamina&quot;&gt;This post&lt;/a&gt; partially answers my question (and I don't know how I couldn't find it), but the other parts still remain.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="274320" LastEditorUserId="274320" LastEditDate="2015-09-18T01:18:33.377" LastActivityDate="2015-09-18T01:29:22.363" Title="Why do there seem to be so many cosmetic ads popping up on AU?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="14" ClosedDate="2015-09-18T21:53:08.117" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14417" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14416" CreationDate="2015-09-18T01:26:55.110" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you see something obviously off-topic that looks shady, flag it as spam. There are only really two possibilities here: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Either the person asking really really has no clue what they are doing &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;or it is just (not) so cleverly disguised spam. Trust me, this is the case 99.99% of the time. Spammers want you to think they are legit and will go to quite long lengths to make it seem that way, including &quot;asking&quot; about their products in the 3rd person and then &quot;answering&quot; them with another account (probably what you saw here). So flag it as spam and move on to a question that really deserves your attention :)  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And yes, this happens on other sites. Spammers don't just target us ;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2015-09-18T01:29:22.363" LastActivityDate="2015-09-18T01:29:22.363" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14418" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14419" CreationDate="2015-09-18T03:50:58.313" Score="3" ViewCount="47" Body="&lt;p&gt;What is the criteria or parameter for a user to change from New User.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Number of &lt;strong&gt;days&lt;/strong&gt; or &lt;strong&gt;Reputation&lt;/strong&gt;.If so how many days or how much reputation?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note: I'm not asking about privileges or Restrictions of new user.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My reference is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users?tab=newusers&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="439451" LastEditorUserId="439451" LastEditDate="2015-09-18T06:33:31.033" LastActivityDate="2015-09-18T06:42:53.697" Title="What is stands for &quot;New User&quot;?" Tags="|discussion|new-users|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14419" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14418" CreationDate="2015-09-18T06:42:53.697" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you head to the last page (irrespective of the sorting applied), it's reasonably obvious it refers to users created in the last 45 days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2015-09-18T06:42:53.697" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14420" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14421" CreationDate="2015-09-18T18:51:41.817" Score="0" ViewCount="43" Body="&lt;p&gt;I understand what the Meta sites are, their purpose in life, and their importance, however I do not understand fully why they have the name 'Meta'? I mean, why not 'Bobcat'? Could some please explain?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastEditorUserId="158442" LastEditDate="2015-09-18T21:29:39.780" LastActivityDate="2015-09-18T21:29:39.780" Title="Why 'Meta'? Why not 'Bobcat'?" Tags="|discussion|meta|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14421" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14420" CreationDate="2015-09-18T19:36:30.490" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Citing from &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meta&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;wikipedia&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Meta (from the Greek preposition and prefix meta- (μετά-) meaning &quot;after&quot;, or &quot;beyond&quot;) is a prefix used in English to indicate a concept which is an abstraction from another concept, used to complete or add to the latter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The English usage for &lt;em&gt;meta&lt;/em&gt; is more in the direction of &quot;about&quot;, hence &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/&quot;&gt;meta.askubuntu.com&lt;/a&gt; is the site where you talk &lt;strong&gt;about&lt;/strong&gt; the site &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/&quot;&gt;askubuntu.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastActivityDate="2015-09-18T19:36:30.490" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14422" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14423" CreationDate="2015-09-18T21:08:49.767" Score="2" ViewCount="51" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/391572/star-os&quot;&gt;This user&lt;/a&gt; has been posting nonsense answers on the site for the last couple of days...  How he got that many reputation points is beyond me; it just looks like he &lt;em&gt;wants&lt;/em&gt; to get banned.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;How do we flag him/her/it?&lt;/em&gt;  &lt;strong&gt;;-)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2015-09-19T21:28:19.947" Title="how do you flag a user instead of a Q or an A?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14423" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14422" CreationDate="2015-09-18T21:18:14.673" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you want a moderator to have a closer look on a user you flag any one post of that person for moderator intervention and explain your concern in that flag message.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastActivityDate="2015-09-18T21:18:14.673" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14424" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1209" CreationDate="2015-09-18T22:03:23.197" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;Edit bad spelling and grammar in questions and answers!  For every successful &lt;strong&gt;and thorough&lt;/strong&gt; edit you make, you'll receive +2 rep (up to 2000 rep total or +1000 rep of edits, whichever comes first)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, if you do this: &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/1217/344926&quot;&gt;Don't cheat!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; e.g. adding &lt;strong&gt;irrelevant&lt;/strong&gt; tags which just takes you 2 seconds to add, but takes a reviewer 10 seconds to review is &lt;em&gt;frowned upon!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;;-)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="344926" LastEditDate="2019-07-31T18:36:32.590" LastActivityDate="2019-07-31T18:36:32.590" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14425" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-09-19T06:09:16.707" Score="4" ViewCount="115" Body="&lt;p&gt;Logged in this morning to see a notification that I had gained 100 rep, however, looking at my notifications and profile, the reason is not listed but it has definitely been added to the total.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, how can I find out where this rep came from ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastActivityDate="2015-10-21T12:10:58.100" Title="Why did I get 100 rep?" Tags="|support|reputation|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14426" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14329" CreationDate="2015-09-19T11:09:44.597" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, in fact they can. It is for this reason (among others) that AskUbuntu requires some reputation points to be able to do activities such as voting up posts etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="443707" LastActivityDate="2015-09-19T11:09:44.597" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14427" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14400" CreationDate="2015-09-19T11:13:13.453" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I completely agree. I guess there are some inherent grey-area questions that are up to interpretation. Due to the subjective nature of such questions, it's best to let AskUbuntu's users self-regulate such questions. If you consider questions off-topic, then label them as such or ignore answering the question. The overall effect will determine whether the users in general agree with your judgement in that case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="443707" LastEditorDisplayName="user364819" LastEditDate="2015-09-19T12:56:26.300" LastActivityDate="2015-09-19T12:56:26.300" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14428" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14463" CreationDate="2015-09-19T20:00:19.497" Score="0" ViewCount="65" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have just noticed that there is a missing full stop at the end of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges&quot;&gt;this sentence&lt;/a&gt; (the last one):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/c0ALy.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/c0ALy.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And as it is really bugging me (because I am a Grammar Nazi), I thought that I would report it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastEditorUserId="133195" LastEditDate="2015-09-21T12:16:07.310" LastActivityDate="2015-09-28T21:07:36.643" Title="Missing full stop in privileges area" Tags="|bug|status-completed|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14430" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14431" CreationDate="2015-09-20T15:31:35.607" Score="-4" ViewCount="71" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was just curious, let's say that I posted a question, then put a bounty on it, and then found the answer myself, could I then award that bounty back to myself?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastEditorUserId="158442" LastEditDate="2015-09-20T19:14:48.187" LastActivityDate="2015-09-20T19:14:48.187" Title="Can I award myself a bounty?" Tags="|support|bounty|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2015-09-26T12:25:08.810" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14431" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14430" CreationDate="2015-09-20T15:42:56.713" Score="5" Body="&lt;h2&gt;No.&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2015-09-20T15:42:56.713" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14432" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14433" CreationDate="2015-09-20T18:02:29.930" Score="4" ViewCount="60" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have seen so many questions that ask something to effect of:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How to apply resolution that isn't available in &quot;Display Settings&quot;?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Almost all have not been solved. Such questions have been asked for the past 10 years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are these problems to do with poor levels of kernel support for monitors? Or some other reason?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why is it that there is no way around this, apart from using &lt;code&gt;xrandr&lt;/code&gt; - which often result in &lt;strong&gt;BadName&lt;/strong&gt; or &lt;strong&gt;gamma failed&lt;/strong&gt; errors?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="146980" LastActivityDate="2015-09-20T21:39:45.410" Title="Why are there so many users that are unable to set and use their monitor's optimal resolution?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14433" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14432" CreationDate="2015-09-20T21:39:45.410" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;That is because some monitors poorly report their capabilities in EDID.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some vendors provide Windows monitor &quot;drivers&quot; that fix the issue instead of doing it well on hardware level.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="167850" LastActivityDate="2015-09-20T21:39:45.410" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14434" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14425" CreationDate="2015-09-21T11:53:10.333" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you have a certain reputation on one stackexchange network site you get +100 reputation on every new network you join. The message for the reputation change is &quot;You've earned a bonus of 100 reputation because we trust you on other sites in the network&quot;. If gives you certain privileges which makes sense if you understood stackexchange.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you cross that level of reputation you get the bonus on every network.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="173287" LastActivityDate="2015-09-21T11:53:10.333" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14435" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-09-22T05:28:02.510" Score="2" ViewCount="69" Body="&lt;p&gt;As Ubuntu grows older, I'm finding that some answers no longer apply to the version that I'm using -- and if I don't know the answer I wouldn't know that the answer that I read is not applicable to my situation (unless this is stated somewhere in the answer).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Let me give two examples:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I am using 15.04 on one of my computers.  This version has adopted &quot;systemd&quot; (vs upstart).  Consequently, there will be a large number of answers on AskUbuntu, that will tell me how to install an app using upstart -- in my situation I would consider these obsolete answers.  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A second example has to do with the use of the command &quot;gksu&quot;. Just recently, I read an answer stating that the use of gksu is not recommended (by Ubuntu developers).  See: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/284306/why-is-gksu-no-longer-installed-by-default&quot;&gt;Why is gksu no longer installed by default?&lt;/a&gt;  If this is true, then questions regarding the use of gksu are irrelevant (and should be considered obsolete), and the amount of time I spent reading answers about gksu was all for nothing.  And, had I not read this one answer I would have continued to use this command.  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, should there be some way to bring to my (and other 15.04 users) attention, that these answers are not relevant to my use of 15.04?  Or, is there some way to do this already?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="29477" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2015-09-22T14:17:32.567" Title="How can I eliminate irrelevant (and obsolete) answers?" Tags="|feature-request|quality-filter|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14437" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14435" CreationDate="2015-09-22T14:17:32.567" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;You'll see on many posts that are applicable across releases that answers have headers that say, for example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;h1&gt;For 13.04 and later&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;h1&gt;Until 12.04&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And so on. If you're sure that the post is no longer applicable from a release onwards, add a header stating so (and, hopefully, an answer that's applicable to that release).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2015-09-22T14:17:32.567" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14438" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-09-23T18:33:53.043" Score="2" ViewCount="44" Body="&lt;p&gt;What if someone suddenly loss lot number of reputation, which was enough for him to get new privileges before.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does this will effect his privileges? Please explain both the cases.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="332494" LastActivityDate="2015-09-23T18:39:47.810" Title="Does loss of reputation revoke previleges also?" Tags="|support|reputation|privileges|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14439" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14438" CreationDate="2015-09-23T18:39:47.810" Score="6" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Yes&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It does not matter how much reputation a user has achieved once, it's only important how much he has at the very moment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There might be some delays until the reputation changes have their effects on the granted permissions due to caching and that some server tasks are only scheduled hourly or daily, but in general, the current privileges depend on the current reputation score.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2015-09-23T18:39:47.810" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14440" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14394" CreationDate="2015-09-23T18:51:16.667" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Do you use software? I use software. And there are many software that do the same thing, some better than others and not all of them easy to discover only via search engines and searching Ubuntu repositories. I find really useful to have software recomendations topics.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have seen questions on AskUbuntu about software recomendation that users made like a wiki, recommending software and posting screenshots. I could see and try various and choose that which I liked most.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe that making a topic of these rightly and intelligently is very benefical for the community, more than censoring it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="33253" LastEditorUserId="33253" LastEditDate="2015-09-23T18:58:08.660" LastActivityDate="2015-09-23T18:58:08.660" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14441" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14442" CreationDate="2015-09-23T20:53:07.347" Score="1" ViewCount="39" Body="&lt;p&gt;If OP answered his own question, can I award a bounty to him?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I answered &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/677585/upgrading-iwlwifi-7260-firmware-on-lenovo-t540p&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The OP's question was really good and with some of my help he found a great solution for this wireless adapter, that had problems for many years. Only disabling 802.11n workaround helped. There are lots of questions regarding this issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So if the OP writes an answer with the guide how to download and install firmware, can I offer and award a bounty to that answer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="167850" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2015-09-23T21:37:23.387" Title="Can I award a bounty to the OP?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14442" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14441" CreationDate="2015-09-23T21:37:23.387" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes you can. You can offer a bounty to any answer on any question (providing it's not your own, of course), including answers by the OP.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2015-09-23T21:37:23.387" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14443" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12379" CreationDate="2015-09-24T13:28:29.320" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://vi.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/LMMOe.png&quot; alt=&quot;Vi and Vim Stack Exchange&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="158442" LastEditDate="2015-10-26T13:24:45.227" LastActivityDate="2015-10-26T13:24:45.227" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2015-09-24T13:28:29.320" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14444" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14446" CreationDate="2015-09-25T07:42:03.803" Score="1" ViewCount="60" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am  dumbfounded. I ran into a test question that was a valid answer to the problem (although curt and brief), was the &lt;strong&gt;only&lt;/strong&gt; answer to the question, and was even the solution adopted by the original author asking the question, yet 1. the test question was considered bad and 2. it was &quot;handled&quot; (meaning removed from the site).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Often test questions catch when you are zoning out in your review, but sometimes there are these egregious misses. What gives? How are these picked?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="110980" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2015-12-18T23:48:46.157" LastActivityDate="2015-12-18T23:48:46.157" Title="Bogus review test question" Tags="|discussion|review-audits|review-queue|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14445" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-09-25T07:53:11.390" Score="3" ViewCount="135" Body="&lt;p&gt;The following question has an accepted answer and open bounty that will be awarded to it as soon as the delay is over.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/676775/367990&quot;&gt;Bind Alt+Tab to a Logitech mouse button on Kubuntu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now the OP decided to edit his question to add the main parts of the (looong) answer to his question and sum it up and adapt it more strongly to his specific problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My usual behavior would be to edit the answer summary back out of the question and write it as community wiki answer instead. But I've left the OP a comment asking him to do this himself:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Please do not forget to accept Velkan's answer if it solved your problem and to award it the bounty. Besides this, you should not edit your question to provide another solution, but write a new answer to the question yourself. If it's basically the same content that Velkan described in his post, you should consider just leaving it away or proposing a minor edit to his answer so that it fits all details of the question. Thanks for your participation here. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/676775/bind-alttab-to-a-logitech-mouse-button-on-kubuntu#comment983487_676775&quot;&gt;- 1st comment by me&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On which he reacted:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;@ByteCommander I can only award the bounty in 7 hours. The content is similar, but tailored to my specific situation. I thought it's not worth a self answer, since Velkan's gave me what I needed to know to come up with it and I'm accepting his anyway, so I just edited in what worked for me. If you insist on adding an answer I will, but I think it's more appropriate to keep it like this. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/676775/bind-alttab-to-a-logitech-mouse-button-on-kubuntu#comment983499_676775&quot;&gt;- 2nd comment by the OP&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now I still would stick to my original plan and convert the in-question answer to a real answer or to let the OP propose an edit to the original answer, but I don't want to do anything wrong and am not too sure here any more.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What would you do?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2016-02-22T17:14:51.883" Title="What to do with this specific answer variation in the question?" Tags="|discussion|editing|answers|answered-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14446" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14444" CreationDate="2015-09-25T08:13:48.210" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/675203/&quot;&gt;The question&lt;/a&gt;, and the answer content:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Try using a live distro to edit or remove your /root/.bashrc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The answer is correct, but it's far from being a good answer. The question already knows it's a broken &lt;code&gt;/root/.bashrc&lt;/code&gt; file so the answer might as well just say:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Fix it!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The OP figured that out and  restored the file from &lt;code&gt;/etc/skel/&lt;/code&gt; in the end. They should have posted that as the answer but I hope you can see the difficulty in deciding what we do with answers like that and why it came down on the side of deletion this time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In an ideal world somebody would have replaced the answer with a better one (or closed it against one of the other versions of that question where the file is restored) but given the OP had their solution before the answer was deleted, it might not have seemed necessary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I also know that I have a lot more information than you're presented with when given it to review. I think this is one of those times where the audit isn't fair.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thankfully it's only an audit. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2015-09-25T08:13:48.210" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14447" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14445" CreationDate="2015-09-25T13:32:44.427" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can comment that the OP can still award the bounty to any answer he likes. Self-answer does not mean that the bounty is awarded to the OP or to noone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;OP can still convert it to an answer, or you can do it for him. It does not really matter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But keeping the answer in the question body is not good either way.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="167850" LastActivityDate="2015-09-25T13:32:44.427" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14448" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14449" CreationDate="2015-09-26T05:14:35.853" Score="1" ViewCount="45" Body="&lt;p&gt;Up above my question I see the heading that &quot;this question may already have an answer.&quot; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/CfYX2.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/CfYX2.png&quot; alt=&quot;Eg. - &quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the link provided in this heading does not give answer to my question. More interestingly, I mention that link (question) in my own question and I do explain how that does not give me the correct answer. What should do in such a case? &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="189148" LastActivityDate="2015-09-26T10:27:38.123" Title="Why do I see wrong suggestion for possible answer above my question?" Tags="|support|duplicates|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14449" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14448" CreationDate="2015-09-26T05:40:56.573" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The answer is quite simple (in my opinion) :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your question may have appeared as duplicate of a linked question even though you have a different problem.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit your question and flag it to moderator's intervention or vote to reopen it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please refer my &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/14295/why-evenafter-edit-also-question-still-on-hold&quot;&gt;question&lt;/a&gt;.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you edit and convey your actual problem properly (in case it is different and not a duplicate) your question has a pretty good chance te be reopened.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="439451" LastEditorUserId="260935" LastEditDate="2015-09-26T10:27:38.123" LastActivityDate="2015-09-26T10:27:38.123" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14450" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14451" CreationDate="2015-09-27T05:18:15.213" Score="2" ViewCount="31" Body="&lt;p&gt;I receive inbox messages when:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I get a reply from chat room&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;my post was edited (only got notified for first edit),&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;a comment posted on my post or in response to my comment on another's post&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;when there is a message mentioning @Ravan&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I do not get messages when my post was deleted (either by peers or moderators).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="439451" LastEditorUserId="260935" LastEditDate="2015-09-27T08:57:58.750" LastActivityDate="2015-09-27T08:57:58.750" Title="Why did I not get notified when my post was deleted?" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14451" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14450" CreationDate="2015-09-27T06:45:55.187" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I assume it's for the same reason why there's no notification on closure. Jeff Atwood had once posted an answer for &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/93842/270345&quot;&gt;a similar feature request on Meta Stack Exchange&lt;/a&gt;, since deleted. The answer was full of (IMO) rather lame reasons (see &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/93842/270345&quot;&gt;this answer&lt;/a&gt; for quotes and rebuttals). It's a very highly-upvoted feature request, but it doesn't look like it will get implemented.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2015-09-27T06:45:55.187" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14452" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-09-27T10:35:19.193" Score="1" ViewCount="17" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/duplicate&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;duplicate&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;duplicate&lt;/a&gt;'s wiki says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Two or more files that exactly same.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;... which is pretty much what &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/duplicate-files&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;duplicate-files&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;duplicate-files&lt;/a&gt; says right in the name. Either way would do, but one of them must go.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Aside: Ah. We can't have &lt;code&gt;[duplicate]&lt;/code&gt; in question titles. :D&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2015-09-27T10:35:19.193" Title="Tag synonym request: duplicate -&gt; [duplicate-files]" Tags="|discussion|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14453" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-09-27T20:08:54.763" Score="1" ViewCount="56" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the review queue I just stumbled upon &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/678461/is-there-a-translator-like-translateit-under-ubuntu&quot;&gt;a question about a translator app for Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt; , which is on the way to be closed as &quot;off topic&quot;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is closing and pointing to &lt;a href=&quot;https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/&lt;/a&gt; really the way we should go? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:05.267" LastActivityDate="2015-09-28T19:59:57.457" Title="Should we really divert all software recommendations?" Tags="|discussion|close-reasons|scope|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2015-09-28T20:22:43.430" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14454" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14453" CreationDate="2015-09-27T20:45:21.280" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Short answer:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As long the question is not asking for &amp;quot;the best&amp;quot;, I would say it is on topic here. OP just asks for &amp;quot;a&amp;quot; translator of a certain type for Ubuntu, which is a question about (using)... &lt;em&gt;Ubuntu&lt;/em&gt; I would say.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;the Help Centre&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;em&gt;Help Centre&lt;/em&gt; also seems to leave no doubt the question is on- topic:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions that you may ask:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Running third-party applications on Ubuntu.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are many questions here that &lt;em&gt;might&lt;/em&gt; generate a better answer somewhere else, but there will be always an overlap of topics, and the decision where to ask is OP's.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2015-09-28T19:59:57.457" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14455" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14456" CreationDate="2015-09-27T20:58:16.693" Score="10" ViewCount="149" Body="&lt;p&gt;I did not pass &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/low-quality-posts/467662&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; review audit. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I voted &quot;Looks OK&quot;. I do not see anything criminal there. The answer is badly formatted but is not even incorrect. And I am always notified by moderators that incorrect answers are not a reason to flag them as bad quality.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The answer got 1 downvote and was deleted by the owner.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And I do not remember that I did not pass many review audits. Maybe another one in the last two days. And passed LOTS of this kind of audits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So what is the problem?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="167850" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2015-09-27T21:10:13.600" Title="Why I am banned for reviewing?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14456" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14455" CreationDate="2015-09-27T21:10:13.600" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;That particular answer was an unfortunate review type - someone had edited out the spam and the answer was subsequently &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/admin/posts/timeline/677088&quot;&gt;deleted&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The review system is not as clever as maybe it should be - its automated and basically you were shown the last answer and it would have been very difficult to know that someone had edited out the spam.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Fortunately we do have the ability to correct this sort of automated mess-ups.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You've been unbanned - welcome back to the review team.  Many thanks for keeping the site tidy.  Your contributions are very much valued.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14356" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2015-09-27T21:10:13.600" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14457" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-09-28T03:52:18.200" Score="2" ViewCount="51" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/86n2E.png&quot; alt=&quot;Imgur&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/YzWkm.png&quot; alt=&quot;Imgur&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Today morning my reputation was 2799. I got +1 for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/678166/how-to-install-latest-version-of-nitroshare-on-ubuntu&quot;&gt;one&lt;/a&gt; question,then my reputation goes to 2804.But after some time I lost 2 reputation,but no message in reputation tab.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know -2 is when one of my answer get down-voted ,but which one?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/457sY.png&quot; alt=&quot;Imgur&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My reputation tab in profile:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/PT0YC.png&quot; alt=&quot;Imgur&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="439451" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2015-09-28T06:59:15.197" Title="I lost 2 reputation but no message in reputation tab" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" ClosedDate="2015-09-28T13:48:33.513" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14458" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14459" CreationDate="2015-09-28T08:31:57.587" Score="10" ViewCount="149" Body="&lt;p&gt;Users usually don't have any extra symbol after their names. Only moderators have the diamond symbol. But today I saw a golden dot after a name on a close banner of a question. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is this and who will have that circle after his/her name?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/UE5B2.png&quot; alt=&quot;Imgur&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/JVuPS.png&quot; alt=&quot;Imgur&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="439451" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2015-09-29T16:24:26.713" LastActivityDate="2015-10-29T15:44:45.673" Title="What does the golden dot after the username in close banners represent?" Tags="|support|badges|privileges|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14459" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14458" CreationDate="2015-09-28T08:57:07.557" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/badges?tab=tags&amp;amp;filter=gold&quot;&gt;golden tag badge&lt;/a&gt;! Its owners may cast immediate close votes, just like moderators, on questions with the specific tag. This only applies to duplicate-votes at the moment, though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Currently, there are only two &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/badges?tab=tags&amp;amp;filter=gold&quot;&gt;tags where golden tag badges exist&lt;/a&gt;, which are &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/command-line&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;command-line&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;command-line&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/virtualbox&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;virtualbox&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;virtualbox&lt;/a&gt;. And of these badge types, only 4 badges were ever awarded on Ask Ubuntu in total yet (Oct 2015)! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Their owners are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/badges/182/command-line&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&quot;command-line&quot;&lt;/strong&gt; golden tag badge&lt;/a&gt;:&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/147044/radu-r%c4%83deanu&quot;&gt;Radu Rădeanu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/449/oli&quot;&gt;Oli&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/32239/sylvain-pineau&quot;&gt;Sylvain Pineau&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/85695/terdon&quot;&gt;terdon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/badges/233/virtualbox&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&quot;virtualbox&quot;&lt;/strong&gt; golden tag badge&lt;/a&gt; &#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/3940/takkat&quot;&gt;Takkat&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Reference for this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/230865&quot;&gt;Increase close vote weight for gold tag badge holders&lt;/a&gt; (Meta StackExchange)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/24369438#24369438&quot;&gt;Ask Ubuntu General Room - Chat transcript&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2015-10-29T15:44:45.673" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14460" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-09-28T17:32:07.417" Score="0" ViewCount="22" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is it possible to remove a flag?  e.g. if I flag a question as &quot;Unclear what you're asking&quot;, and the OP edits the question, is it possible to remove my flag from that question?  Or if I flag accidentally or put the wrong flag or whatever, is there a way to unflag it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="366676" LastActivityDate="2015-09-28T17:32:07.417" Title="Is it possible to remove a flag?" Tags="|support|flagging|flags|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2015-09-28T17:53:16.043" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14461" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-09-28T18:03:18.357" Score="0" ViewCount="45" Body="&lt;p&gt;Could you guys add a feature to unflag a post?  It would be nice to see a list of what you have flagged as, and to be able to remove individual flags.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know this has happened to many people:  The post requires a flag (which like a good citizen you provide) and an hour later the OP edits to fix it.  Moderators come along and don't like your flag.  Nowhere is there an option to remove a flag after a post has been fixed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It would also be nice to see who else flags a post and what they flagged it as.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="366676" LastActivityDate="2015-09-28T19:40:46.517" Title="Flag removal - feature request" Tags="|feature-request|flagging|flags|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2015-09-30T22:50:37.553" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14463" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14428" CreationDate="2015-09-28T21:07:36.643" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I also reported this on Meta SE, and as this issue was of the highest priority they immediately fixed it as stated &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/266664/280862&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;strong&gt;;-)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastActivityDate="2015-09-28T21:07:36.643" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14464" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-09-29T04:04:28.743" Score="1" ViewCount="42" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Summary&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/679148/how-do-i-get-mkntfs-to-recognize-an-ssd-as-a-block-device&quot;&gt;weird partition creation issue where GParted didn't think my SSD was a block device&lt;/a&gt;, I eventually solved the issue and continued to my original goal: cloning a partition on a failing device into that new one. However, I have a lot of lost sectors. I decided to make a Python app on Github which will take the list of sectors (or raw log output from one or more common clone tools) and return a list of filenames.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Question&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would this link be appropriate (since it's mine) and on topic (since it's not strictly part of the problem / resolution)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Pro:&lt;/strong&gt; I think it's interesting to the original question and would have potential value to readers. It would also be an insignificant portion of the total question text.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Con:&lt;/strong&gt; It is really the &quot;next step&quot; from my question and not related to the specific question.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="455326" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2015-09-29T04:38:43.740" Title="May I link to my own Github project which is related to what I did after resolving my issue?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14466" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14488" CreationDate="2015-09-29T13:54:21.500" Score="1" ViewCount="132" Body="&lt;p&gt;This question is related to many questions like &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/14455/why-i-am-banned-for-reviewing/&quot;&gt;Why I am banned for reviewing?&lt;/a&gt; but not duplicate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Usually there are testing questions in Review. The system sometimes shows message like &quot;&lt;em&gt;The system detected it as spam please review carefully&lt;/em&gt;&quot;  and sometimes not. Generally, in review I usually open the original post and then I will review the post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Today I got one &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/low-quality-posts/468214&quot;&gt;question&lt;/a&gt; that is related to bash script, for which I felt U&amp;amp;L is good place, so I recommended to close. But unfortunately that was a highly voted question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Immediately, I was banned for two days. The most astonished thing is ,one phrase &quot;you have made too many incorrect reviews&quot;. As far as I remember I didn't make many.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How do I find out how many mistakes I made?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In flagging, till now I raised 632 flags: 581 helpful, 18 pending. Are there any similar statistics available for Review?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please feel free to edit my title and content, if necessary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="439451" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2015-10-03T06:35:58.977" Title="I was banned for 2 days from reviewing" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14467" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14471" CreationDate="2015-09-29T17:29:40.230" Score="8" ViewCount="263" Body="&lt;p&gt;Are there certain circumstances where one should close an old question as the duplicate of a new one (for instance if the new one is better and actually has answers)? And if not, then why does the system allow you to do this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastActivityDate="2015-09-30T10:34:48.347" Title="Are there certain circumstances where one should close an old question as the duplicate of a new one?" Tags="|discussion|support|duplicates|vote-to-close|questions|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14468" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14467" CreationDate="2015-09-29T18:27:18.640" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;The obvious one: newer question has better quality answers than the old one. Is this even a real question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2015-09-29T18:27:18.640" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14469" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14470" CreationDate="2015-09-29T19:32:27.947" Score="7" ViewCount="193" Body="&lt;p&gt;It looks like we currently have 4400+ late answers awaiting review:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/19UM9.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/19UM9.png&quot; alt=&quot;screenshot&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Obviously that's not possible, so what's up with that review queue?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Looks like a server-side issue, however using Google Chrome 45.0.2454.93.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="380067" LastEditorUserId="158442" LastEditDate="2015-09-29T19:40:37.260" LastActivityDate="2015-09-29T20:08:31.313" Title="What's up with the late answers queue?" Tags="|bug|review-queue|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14470" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14469" CreationDate="2015-09-29T19:44:04.027" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;30 minutes ago, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/266696/270345&quot;&gt;this feature request&lt;/a&gt; was tagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/status-completed&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;status-completed&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;status-completed&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I would like to raise the bar for &lt;strong&gt;late answers&lt;/strong&gt; to enter the &lt;strong&gt;Late&#xA;  Answers Review Queue&lt;/strong&gt; to 50 rep, which is the threshold after which&#xA;  users gain the ability &lt;strong&gt;to comment&lt;/strong&gt;. Here are some answers that were&#xA;  posted by users with between 10 to 50 rep (yes, there's a little&#xA;  selection bias to be sure. I suspect most/all of these will be 10k&#xA;  links only by the time you're reading this. Note, all of these are&#xA;  from the &lt;strong&gt;last 5 hours.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Quoting &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/267080/270345&quot;&gt;the proposal by SE employee Jon Ericson&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Raising the bar to 100 would require changing two variables at once.&#xA;  Since that would make it harder to evaluate each individual change,&#xA;  I'd like to try raising the reputation for getting enqueued to the&#xA;  Late Answer reviews to 50 and reconsider upping it to 100 at some&#xA;  point in the future.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That seems to be it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's definitely a bug, though. From &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/266696/can-we-raise-the-bar-for-reputation-for-late-answers-to-enter-the-review-queue#comment866393_267080&quot;&gt;a comment&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Just to note, the answers should not be older than a month and the&#xA;  current spike &lt;em&gt;should&lt;/em&gt; be temporary. –  Jon Ericson♦&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Sigh&lt;/em&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;@muru: I'm sorry about that. Thank goodness I didn't raise the limit&#xA;  to 100. As a reminder, it's easier to clear a task from this queue&#xA;  than many others. A single review dequeues. –  Jon Ericson♦&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;@Sven: Reverting won't help, I'm afraid. The damage has been done. I&#xA;  have gone over to pitch in on Server Fault as an act of penitence. – &#xA;  Jon Ericson♦&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Let's get cracking, folks.&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2015-09-29T20:08:31.313" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14471" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14467" CreationDate="2015-09-30T10:34:48.347" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;Absolutely. The age of a question is completely irrelevant when choosing duplicates. What we want is the best, most comprehensive and inclusive answer. If a question asked today has better answers than one asked four years ago, we should close the old one in favor of the new. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;People often think that the age of the question should somehow be a factor when choosing which to close as a dupe of which, but it isn't and it shouldn't. We're writing for the ages here, each question and answer posted is supposed to help future visitors, and why would a user coming to the site in 2045 care whether something was posted in 2011 or 2015?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just always vote to close in favor of the best/clearest question with the best answers. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2015-09-30T10:34:48.347" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14472" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14474" CreationDate="2015-09-30T17:12:08.003" Score="1" ViewCount="83" Body="&lt;p&gt;I understand &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/266696/can-we-raise-the-bar-for-reputation-for-late-answers-to-enter-the-review-queue&quot;&gt;why&lt;/a&gt; this is happening, however there aren't that many people working on these queues, and this will definitely put them off if it never shrinks. So will there be any way implemented to make the shrinking of this queue faster, such as a reviewing event where the 20 per day limit is disabled or at least lowered (as suggested in &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/14472/late-answers-queue-dramatically-increased-in-size?noredirect=1#comment25389_14472&quot;&gt;@ByteCommander's comment&lt;/a&gt;)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2015-10-08T16:20:31.680" Title="Late answers queue dramatically increased in size" Tags="|discussion|support|review-queue|late-answers|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14473" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14472" CreationDate="2015-09-30T18:11:34.497" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The threshold, being the queue currently bigger than 1K, &quot;has been increased&quot; to 40 already; this is clear just by looking at the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/late-answers/stats&quot;&gt;daily late answers review stats&lt;/a&gt;, however: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/152200/how-come-my-vote-cap-for-first-posts-is-lower-than-others&quot;&gt;How come my vote cap for &amp;quot;First Posts&amp;quot; is lower than others?&lt;/a&gt;;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, it will shrink: since when &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/14469/whats-up-with-the-late-answers-queue&quot;&gt;I asked about why the queue increased&lt;/a&gt; yesterday, it shrunk by ~800 questions already;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Assuming the current rate, it should be empty in about 4.5 days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="380067" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2015-09-30T21:53:51.617" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14474" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14472" CreationDate="2015-09-30T18:23:18.773" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The first thing to clarify is that the overnight increase happened because all the old answers that matched the new criteria were added to the queue. Once reviewed, they will be ineligible to reenter the queue. So this won't be a perpetual problem; it's just a temporary increase that will dissipate as people complete review tasks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Second, as long as there are more than a thousand tasks in the queue, the per-day limit is raised to 40. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/late-answers/stats&quot;&gt;You can see&lt;/a&gt; several people have already taken advantage of that. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Third, Late Answers can be quickly dismissed by a single user taking an action that can be as simple as upvoting a comment. (Please don't just do the easiest action: try to review honestly.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, the queue is often empty because there aren't so many late answers in a typical day. I'm convinced that there are many people on most sites who would like to review more late answers, but can't because the queue is normally empty. People lucky enough to spot them get to late answers quickly. When the queue is filled, there are people willing to jump into the fray. We should see the number of completed reviews scale with the number of available reviews. Certainly that's been the case so far:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/HMh5z.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/HMh5z.png&quot; alt=&quot;Late Answers completed&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It wasn't my intention to cause this disruption. But now that I have, I expect we'll be able to learn quite a bit about how reviews impact other parts of the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="173605" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2015-09-30T18:23:18.773" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14475" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14483" CreationDate="2015-10-01T12:55:13.213" Score="0" ViewCount="52" Body="&lt;p&gt;I hear about spam bots a lot here, and how they spam here, however is the simplest solution to most spam bots just to require that all new users have to enter a CAPTCHA when registering? Or at least for them to have to do so before posting until they get to a certain rep (though this might be a little bit extreme)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastEditorUserId="40133" LastEditDate="2015-10-02T07:43:40.507" LastActivityDate="2015-10-02T08:31:11.290" Title="No CAPTCHA for registration?" Tags="|feature-request|status-bydesign|captcha|spam|bots|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14476" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14477" CreationDate="2015-10-01T13:18:36.127" Score="0" ViewCount="113" Body="&lt;p&gt;For a while now I have been noticing this, and not just on the SE network, but all the sites that use the new re-CAPTCHA system, and I have tested this on many different OSs and also many different browsers, but the problem still remains, most of the time if I click on the button which should give me a CAPTCHA test, it just does its spinning thing, then shows a big green tick and allows me to continue without actually testing me (this happens probably 98% of the time). So where should I report this issue?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastEditorUserId="158442" LastEditDate="2015-10-01T16:18:06.680" LastActivityDate="2015-10-01T16:18:06.680" Title="CAPTCHA bypass issue" Tags="|bug|stackexchange|captcha|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14477" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14476" CreationDate="2015-10-01T13:37:59.757" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;That is part of reCaptcha's system, I believe.  And because of that, the people to report that issue to is reCaptcha, especially if it's global across all the reCaptcha things you see.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://developers.google.com/recaptcha/docs/faq&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;The developer's FAQ for this is here.&lt;/a&gt;  They also have a &lt;a href=&quot;https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/recaptcha&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;discussion group&lt;/a&gt; on reCaptcha where you would likely go to report issues with reCaptcha.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that I don't think they &lt;em&gt;always&lt;/em&gt; force you to do a captcha check, at least not on all sites.  I get reCaptchas on some sites that require actual captcha checks, others I just have to click the box. (Although I never have to captcha check here on StackExchange sites.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorDisplayName="user364819" LastEditDate="2015-10-01T13:39:54.090" LastActivityDate="2015-10-01T13:39:54.090" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14478" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-10-01T14:38:27.110" Score="-6" ViewCount="83" Body="&lt;p&gt;Although you may argue that they are limited to one link per post, they are actually able to post more than one link by enclosing it with ``s (and other ways), so making it so that they are not allowed to have any links in their post would simply mean that one would not be able to click on one of them and be redirected to wherever the link is linking to. And as I have seen many spam posts with links to malicious websites, I think that it would be good if new users (until they get to a certain rep) be not allowed to have any links actually acting as links in their posts at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastActivityDate="2015-10-16T11:07:11.850" Title="Why are new users allowed to post links?" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|hyperlinks|new-users|posts|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14479" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2015-10-01T14:40:52.087" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2015-10-01T14:40:52.087" LastActivityDate="2015-10-01T14:40:52.087" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14480" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2015-10-01T14:40:52.087" Score="0" Body="This tag should be used as a GENERAL tag for posts about questions and answers in general and not specifically one or the other." OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastEditorDisplayName="user364819" LastEditDate="2015-10-02T22:50:07.800" LastActivityDate="2015-10-02T22:50:07.800" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14481" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14482" CreationDate="2015-10-02T00:27:31.507" Score="-5" ViewCount="63" Body="&lt;p&gt;OK, so the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/133533/how-to-remove-ubuntu-and-put-windows-back-on&quot;&gt;How to remove Ubuntu and put Windows back on?&lt;/a&gt; has collected a close vote (as it showed up in the close vote queue), so someone else feels like me but actually cast a close vote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have mixed feelings about this: &lt;strong&gt;Yes, it &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; off-topic&lt;/strong&gt;, but it is also highly up-voted, serves a purpose (Linux is not for everyone &lt;em&gt;yet&lt;/em&gt;), and has a few excellent answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Me, personally, would rather close all &amp;quot;I want Windows back&amp;quot; questions then cast a duplicate vote to this one, but I also don't want to be a jerk and cast an additional close vote...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Oli? FossFreedom? Seth? Mitch?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any balanced answer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2015-10-02T10:25:55.887" Title="Close a highly upvoted question?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14482" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14481" CreationDate="2015-10-02T07:18:53.483" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/14272/449&quot;&gt;We've &lt;em&gt;just&lt;/em&gt; been over this&lt;/a&gt;. Popular decision: &lt;strong&gt;It isn't off-topic&lt;/strong&gt;. Taken from my answer on this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't believe &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/133533/how-to-remove-ubuntu-and-put-windows-back-on&quot;&gt;that question&lt;/a&gt; is a good example of a question that isn't about Ubuntu. Ubuntu is currently installed, the longhand way of reading the question could be: &lt;strong&gt;What do I need to do to Ubuntu to get rid of Ubuntu and prepare for the reinstallation of Windows?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And that might very logically have plenty of Ubuntu-related things in its answer. You might need to unmount the firewire matrix from /proc/, or defragment the boot partition, or patch the 802.11 antenna array for parity switching. &lt;strong&gt;The person asking doesn't know.&lt;/strong&gt; That's why they're asking. In short, that the answer doesn't neccessarily need to be Ubuntu related, doesn't mean the question isn't on-topic, even if only tangentially.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, there are also popularity, &amp;quot;what makes us better&amp;quot; and dupe-target arguments that I might weigh for a more contentious topic, but I feel this question is entirely within our scope.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You clearly don't. And that's okay too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2015-10-02T10:25:55.887" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14483" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14475" CreationDate="2015-10-02T07:43:26.173" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;We actually show Captchas on sign up under certain conditions. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That being said, I'm not sure inconveniencing every individual attempting to sign up is our best approach to combat spam right now:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Captchas wouldn't necessarily keep &lt;em&gt;all&lt;/em&gt; the spam out (if only because you can pay humans to work around them), so we can't rely &lt;em&gt;only&lt;/em&gt; on Captchas.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Captchas would inconvenience every single user attempting to sign up (whereas most of them are &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; spammers).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We do have other ideas though. No promises on when we can start working on them, though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="40133" LastEditorDisplayName="user364819" LastEditDate="2015-10-02T08:31:11.290" LastActivityDate="2015-10-02T08:31:11.290" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14485" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14486" CreationDate="2015-10-02T15:37:38.737" Score="11" ViewCount="292" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was in the &lt;code&gt;suggested-edits&lt;/code&gt; queue and noticed a single user making a large amount of small edits. Things like spelling and grammar (one or two word edits) but also bits of code and keyboard key icons (mostly this).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So while these edits may be correct, most of the are simply just changing ALT + F1 to &lt;kbd&gt;Alt&lt;/kbd&gt; + &lt;kbd&gt;F1&lt;/kbd&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should I approve such minor edits ? I only get 20 votes right ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think I should save my votes for better, more valuable edits but what do you guys do ? You can see what I mean for yourself in the queue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastEditorUserId="117103" LastEditDate="2015-10-02T17:33:21.633" LastActivityDate="2019-04-03T23:47:19.017" Title="Should I approve these small edits in the review queue?" Tags="|discussion|support|suggested-edits|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14486" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14485" CreationDate="2015-10-02T15:54:30.707" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Disclaimer:&lt;/strong&gt; I'm not a mod, so just sharing what I do:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If those edits are the only edits the post needs: &lt;kbd&gt;Approve&lt;/kbd&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If those are just some minor formatting and the post needs major rework: &lt;kbd&gt;Reject&lt;/kbd&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In-between these two extremes are: &lt;kbd&gt;Reject and edit&lt;/kbd&gt; and &lt;kbd&gt;Improve edit&lt;/kbd&gt;.  After the &lt;kbd&gt;Improve edit&lt;/kbd&gt;, I leave a comment to the original editor on what to improve:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Welcome to Ask Ubuntu! &lt;strong&gt;;-)&lt;/strong&gt; Could you please review my &lt;strong&gt;edits&lt;/strong&gt; and also review the &lt;a href=&quot;/editing-help&quot;&gt;editing help&lt;/a&gt; to improve the readability of your questions in the future... &lt;strong&gt;:-)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Source for you to freely copy and re-use:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Welcome to Ask Ubuntu! **;-)** Could you please review my **[edits]()** and also review the [editing help](/editing-help) to improve the readability of your questions in the future... **:-)** &#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;where I put a link to the reviewed edits in-between the &lt;code&gt;()&lt;/code&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you &lt;kbd&gt;Reject&lt;/kbd&gt;, or &lt;kbd&gt;Reject and edit&lt;/kbd&gt;, no use leaving a comment to the original editor as he'll not be pinged and will only see your comment if he watches his edits like a hawk! (Thanks &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/users/158442/muru&quot;&gt;@Muru&lt;/a&gt; for pointing this out)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;And most important of all:&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are a bunch of reviewers out there!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;Also small edits need reviewing!  Don't worry about your 20 points!&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2019-04-03T23:47:19.017" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14487" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-10-02T18:50:42.897" Score="6" ViewCount="51" Body="&lt;p&gt;When there is a lot of work to be done getting &lt;strike&gt;2&lt;/strike&gt; &lt;strike&gt;3&lt;/strike&gt; &lt;strike&gt; 4 &lt;/strike&gt; &lt;strike&gt;5&lt;/strike&gt; 6 audits in &lt;strike&gt;18&lt;/strike&gt; &lt;strike&gt;24&lt;/strike&gt; &lt;strike&gt;31&lt;/strike&gt; &lt;strike&gt;40&lt;/strike&gt; 48 items is more than distracting - one of them actually came &lt;strong&gt;three times&lt;/strong&gt; (I know, its pure random, but still I'd rather have it turned off for the time being)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastEditorUserId="173605" LastEditDate="2015-10-08T16:59:54.623" LastActivityDate="2015-10-08T16:59:54.623" Title="Can we have the review audits suspended from the Late Answers queue?" Tags="|feature-request|status-declined|late-answers|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14488" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14466" CreationDate="2015-10-03T03:14:39.023" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately the review audit/ban system doesn't have any good methods for reviewing your audits or seeing you stats. Even moderators don't have very good tools in this regard. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So your only real choice is stop failing audits ;) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know that is easier than it sounds, but you will get it eventually. If you ever have any questions about an audit or review question feel free to pop into &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/201/ask-ubuntu-general-room&quot;&gt;chat&lt;/a&gt; and ask.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="158442" LastEditDate="2015-10-03T06:35:58.977" LastActivityDate="2015-10-03T06:35:58.977" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14489" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14490" CreationDate="2015-10-03T06:58:47.547" Score="0" ViewCount="37" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is there a reason for so many late answers popping up in the review queue? I think 2 days ago, there might have been 20. Now there are 2.5k.&#xA;What happened?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="106495" LastEditorUserId="173605" LastEditDate="2015-10-08T16:30:31.377" LastActivityDate="2015-10-08T16:30:31.377" Title="Why are there so many late answers in the queue?" Tags="|discussion|late-answers|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2015-10-03T09:40:42.987" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14490" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14489" CreationDate="2015-10-03T07:16:11.163" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &quot;Late Answer&quot; reputation bar was raised from 10 to 50. This is to fight all the comments-as-answers that still appear and escape the current review queue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More details are available over on &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/266696/can-we-raise-the-bar-for-reputation-for-late-answers-to-bypass-the-review-queue&quot;&gt;MSE&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastActivityDate="2015-10-03T07:16:11.163" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14491" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14478" CreationDate="2015-10-03T11:02:42.610" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;-6 and no answers, I'm no expert or mod, but here are my musings on why links are allowed by new users. It is simply the lesser evil in the situation, we need some way for them to give us screen shots (you can imagine what horrors could pop up if anyone could post a screen shot), also what about things like bug reports or sys logs? We need to see these to help people but if they can't post links, then how?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;New users need some way to provide us with the information needed, they are our bread and butter, and we need that info somehow, links would seem the least messy way to do this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you were to ban them from links till say 50 rep, what alternative would you provide them to get their log etc. to us ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2015-10-16T11:07:11.850" LastActivityDate="2015-10-16T11:07:11.850" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14492" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-10-05T19:10:38.427" Score="1" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've been trying to answer questions but I want to add The little keys in there, and I don't know how. How do I do it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="431864" LastEditorUserId="57576" LastEditDate="2022-08-19T08:01:51.233" LastActivityDate="2022-08-19T08:01:51.233" Title="How to make Key Images in questions?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2015-10-05T19:52:25.330" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14493" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14492" CreationDate="2015-10-05T19:27:05.257" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Put &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;kbd&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/kbd&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; around anything you want to make into a key. For instance &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;kbd&amp;gt;Ctrl&amp;lt;/kbd&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; becomes:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;kbd&gt;Ctrl&lt;/kbd&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;For the future:&lt;/strong&gt; if you have any questions like this, press the [edit] button below the question or answer you're seeing this and you'll get the source.  Then press &lt;Kbd&gt;Cancel&lt;/kbd&gt; to get back out!  &lt;strong&gt;;-)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastEditorUserId="344926" LastEditDate="2015-10-05T19:29:29.473" LastActivityDate="2015-10-05T19:29:29.473" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14494" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14495" CreationDate="2015-10-06T04:20:33.767" Score="2" ViewCount="57" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am just curious to know whether we are the only site that tests its reviewers with audits and bans them if they fail too many audits?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If &lt;strong&gt;Yes&lt;/strong&gt;, why?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If &lt;strong&gt;No&lt;/strong&gt;, what are the other sites that act like this and why do only some sites do so?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as I know U&amp;amp;L doesn't behave that way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="439451" LastEditorUserId="260935" LastEditDate="2015-10-06T10:25:31.893" LastActivityDate="2015-10-06T10:25:31.893" Title="Do audits and review bans exist only on Ask Ubuntu?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14495" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14494" CreationDate="2015-10-06T08:44:59.323" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;A small number of SE sites might have them turned off —I think we've had the opportunity to tune how much we use audits— but they're generally a good thing for the community.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are banned from review, I'm sure you probably have a very different view on audits. I personally hate failing single audits. However, review bans aren't handed out for single fails; you have to fail &lt;em&gt;many&lt;/em&gt; audits. It's not a problem with the system, &lt;strong&gt;it's a problem with &lt;em&gt;your&lt;/em&gt; reviewing&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The ban gives people an opportunity to step back and look at what they've done to earn the ban. In many cases that just means learning what is and isn't acceptable on the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2015-10-06T08:44:59.323" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14497" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-10-06T19:09:05.440" Score="-3" ViewCount="73" Body="&lt;p&gt;I answered &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/623367/ubuntu-15-04-flashes-log-in-screen-then-black/682097?noredirect=1#comment991597_682097&quot;&gt;Ubuntu 15.04 flashes log-in screen then black&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;My honest answer.. remove Ubuntu 15.04 - uninstall it - its not up to&#xA;  scratch, I had so many problems with 15.04, nearly lost all my&#xA;  personal data luckily livecds are amazing, I never fixed the many&#xA;  problems I ran into. Wait about 12 months and 15.04 should be amazing!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And my answer was deleted with the comments:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Please don't add comments as answers. Invest some time in the site and you will gain sufficient privileges to upvote answers you like, or to add actual comments when seeking clarification of any issues. If you have a new question please ask it. –  fossfreedom♦ 1 hour ago  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My answer was not a comment, I did not want to upvote other answers and I did not need 'clarification of any issues' nor did I need to ask a question on the subject. My answer was clear and a good answer, I think. It seems my answer was disliked by the moderator because my answer was to unistall Ubuntu 15.04.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Could someone please explain why my answer was deleted as the comments above just do not justify deletion?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="448843" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2015-10-07T07:37:32.843" Title="Why was my answer deleted so unfairly?" Tags="|discussion|deleted-answers|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14498" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14497" CreationDate="2015-10-06T19:35:52.687" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Disclaimer:&lt;/strong&gt; I'm not a mod, so just giving you my POV:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The OP (Original Poster) just bought a car and has some trouble with it and asks how to proceed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your answer is: &amp;quot;Get rid of the car!  It's a piece of junk!&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I would have acted the same way as the moderator:  Not because your answer is as rude my example here above, but because it helps the OP as much as the (kinda, not very) piece of junk answer; not because it's a &lt;em&gt;bad&lt;/em&gt; answer!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For the future, if you don't have a tested solution to the problem, find some other problem you know a lot about where the OP might go:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Wow!&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;;-)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2015-10-06T20:40:05.873" CommentCount="13" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14500" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14497" CreationDate="2015-10-07T07:37:32.843" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm trying to be honest and fair here. Don't see this as me piling on, rather look at it and understand how moderators (and the community here) do things and learn from it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There were several problems with your answer,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You don't &lt;strong&gt;explain how&lt;/strong&gt; to do what you're asking them to do. That is one of the most basic requirements for answers here. Even just a link to another answer on the site would have made it better. Full instructions are best.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Uninstalling can be &lt;strong&gt;harmful&lt;/strong&gt;. If you leave them to format things, that can mean data loss. They could install 14.04 over the top (or some hybrid) or backup and fresh-install, but you left zero instruction. We have to be careful about what we tell users to do. Even if this user is technically competent (they seem it) the next ten users might wipe their computers and lose a lot of data.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Bits are &lt;strong&gt;technically untrue&lt;/strong&gt;. Normal releases rarely get the sorts of bug fix you're talking about post-release and in &quot;12 months&quot; 15.04 will be long-dead. Non-LTS releases are only supported for 9 months so it'll actually be end-of-life in January 2016.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Past your anecdotal experience —on different hardware, I assume— there is no evidence your suggestion will help them at all. &lt;strong&gt;It's a blind guess&lt;/strong&gt;. And while there are many try-it-and-see  answers that we &lt;em&gt;do&lt;/em&gt; tolerate, yours comes at a steep cost.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If nothing else, &quot;use something else&quot; is going to be the &lt;strong&gt;default position&lt;/strong&gt; for somebody who can't get a version of Ubuntu working. That's all the deductive process leaves. There's simply no reason for your answer to exist.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want to argue that you're just telling them to uninstall Ubuntu (and not using something else), we're back to it being half of half an answer, still without evidence to suggest it'll do them any better than fixing the issue, still without any instruction or safety warning.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2015-10-07T07:37:32.843" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14501" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14502" CreationDate="2015-10-07T07:48:46.483" Score="1" ViewCount="44" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am trying to send &lt;code&gt;_/\_&lt;/code&gt; on chat.But when I send &lt;code&gt;\&lt;/code&gt;is missing,I tried different combinations.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have certain idea that chat edit also same as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/editing-help&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/editing-help&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But when I type  &lt;code&gt;_/\ _&lt;/code&gt;  or &lt;code&gt;_ /\ _&lt;/code&gt; like this,&lt;code&gt;\&lt;/code&gt; not missing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;test &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/24559409#24559409&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/24559360#24559360&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="439451" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2015-10-07T07:51:56.317" Title="why I was not able to send _/\_ on chat" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14502" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14501" CreationDate="2015-10-07T07:51:41.953" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Underscore is a markdown &lt;em&gt;formatting&lt;/em&gt; directive for emphasis, equivalent to an asterisk. To markdown processing a character in a meaningful way, you can escape it with a backslash, so &lt;code&gt;\_&lt;/code&gt; is being read as &quot;escape this underscore&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To stop it being escaped, escape the escape: &lt;code&gt;\\_&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You might to still escape the underscore, so &lt;code&gt;\\\_&lt;/code&gt; would probably be safest.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2015-10-07T07:51:41.953" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14503" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-10-07T14:43:55.050" Score="-2" ViewCount="91" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm Baffled.  I had a problem with some hardware looked at the forum but didn't find the answer.  After further research I cured the problem and posted a question and answer so others could benefit from my discovery.  When I looked today, the question was there with some comments but no answer.  I tried to repost the answer and discovered I had been banned from answering.  I had to post the answer as a comment.  The question has been put on hold because it lacks detail but the answer provided some of the detail.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I understand that the ban is temporary but it suggests that when lifted, I need to edit my posts.  Looking at my account, that amounts to one question.  Should I have provided the answer as part of the question?  When I first posted the answer, I was warned that I had offended before and I might be banned, but I am sure my answer satisfied the guidelines.  Also, how can I find out what I did to offend previously.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="356270" LastActivityDate="2015-10-08T00:28:07.770" Title="Why was I banned. Posted question and answer, question accepted answer banned" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14505" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14506" CreationDate="2015-10-07T18:58:49.020" Score="3" ViewCount="47" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am getting first-rate help on something that bugs me but was not originally staked in my question for a bounty.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How can I give a bounty spontaneously to a contributor for his/her answer (after the fact) ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="292181" LastActivityDate="2015-10-07T19:47:52.603" Title="Can I spontaneously give a bounty?" Tags="|support|bounty|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14506" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14505" CreationDate="2015-10-07T19:47:52.603" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Same you would any other bounty.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Hit &quot;Start a Bounty&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Add the bounty with the reason &quot;one of the answers is exemplary&quot; or what ever it is now.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;After the time period for having to 'wait' to deliver the bounty, award the bounty to the answer you think deserves it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've done this myself, and I&quot;ve also received such myself, in the past, so it should work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2015-10-07T19:47:52.603" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14507" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14503" CreationDate="2015-10-08T00:28:07.770" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;You have 4 deleted answers that factor into the answer ban (and none on the post fossfreedom mentioned above, so it doesn't look like your original answer was ever actually posted). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately 2 of them aren't even attempts to answer the question, more comments. The other 2 do attempt to answer the question (they're actually exact duplicates), but both mention Mint and refer to a package that doesn't exist in the latest version of Ubuntu. It does exist in several older, still supported versions however, so I will undelete one of those answers with a slight edit to make it more apparent that the answers are still relevant (I'll also be closing the other question as a duplicate of the first, since they are asking the same thing and the answers are the same).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sorry for the confusion on those answers. It helps if you are going to mention Mint to make it very obvious the answer still applies to Ubuntu, otherwise this is likely to happen again.  It looks like this (and an upvote on that one answer) has unbanned you. Please be very careful what you post as answers otherwise this is likely to happen again.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As to your question, I'm not sure we can really help you here. We don't support &quot;tailored&quot; versions of ubuntu since anything or everything could be changed or different and that has led to many problems in the past. You would probably be much better off over on &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;https://unix.stackexchange.com/&lt;/a&gt;. If you want drop by &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/201/ask-ubuntu-general-room&quot;&gt;chat&lt;/a&gt; and post a link to your U&amp;amp;L question, sometimes people are willing to go out of their way to help anyway, even if it isn't official Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:37:19.280" LastActivityDate="2015-10-08T00:28:07.770" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14508" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14509" CreationDate="2015-10-08T08:09:05.760" Score="1" ViewCount="37" Body="&lt;p&gt;Relating to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/682878/more-than-one-ssl-certificate-in-a-virtual-host&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; can Bitnami be considered on-topic?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I flagged to close as off-topic, but think I might have been a bit too hasty. The answers about ssl certificates and virtual hosts is useful within Ubuntu installations as a whole. I know that httpd.conf can be used, but isn't created by default on regular Ubuntu installations.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm in two minds, I feel like a question that may end up with answers that don't point to apache configuration through &lt;code&gt;/etc/apache2/&lt;/code&gt; could be misleading.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've looked at &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/5821/how-specific-about-not-supporting-non-ubuntu-oss-is-askubuntu&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; and the other dupe/similar suggestions which lead on from it, but there's still a nagging suspicion that I'm being harsh.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit: Then after writing this I had a sudden feeling of self-assuredness and down voted the question, before reading the OPs edit. Now I feel like a jerk again! MUST PUT COFFEE DOWN!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="320386" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2015-10-08T08:57:41.467" Title="Ubuntu Bitnami stack. Another 'is this supported?' question" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14509" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14508" CreationDate="2015-10-08T08:56:17.350" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I answered it rather than do anything else because:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Apache is a core application in Ubuntu.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We have loads of configuration questions about Apache.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It's something I could answer. I feel that's more beneficial to everybody than shunting it to somewhere else for somebody else to answer.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I opened the question and started answering it, it didn't mention  Bitnami but even now it does, Apache is still a core app in Ubuntu, we still deal with a whole ton of Apache problems and it's still something I could be helpful on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'll freely admit it's a bit greyer than it would have been without the Bitnami stuff but ultimately I see nothing to suggest that it's anything but a change in location of configuration files. It's still Ubuntu and Apache.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2015-10-08T08:56:17.350" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14510" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-10-08T12:47:29.517" Score="-2" ViewCount="190" Body="&lt;p&gt;I abandoned XP about a year ago and opted for Linux Mint 17.0 on the basis of reviews but with no experience of Unix or its derivatives.  After trading Cinnamon for xfce I have stayed put other than upgrading to 17.1 then 17.2.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I admit to some ignorance but so far as I can see, Mint is 95% Ubuntu and its ancestors.  I have found the solutions to most of my problems in the Ubuntu forums and the Mint forums are very quiet.  Presumably this is because others have had the same experience.  Sometimes I am drawn to a forum where the issue is raised but fail to find a solution there.  When I solve the problem, I like to post the solution in case it can help others.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, although I have found many solutions here I have had a cold reception, I think, because I am using Mint.  In this forum, I have been advised variously:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;to post but not to mention Mint,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;not to post, Mint is different,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;to post but to make it clear that the issue is to do with Ubuntu&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As Mint represents a large percentage of the current Ubuntu distributions I think someone (with more reputations than me) needs to propose a better defined policy.  Suggestions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you are running Mint, do not post here (and suggest a suitable alternative forum).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you are running Mint, please post here but only if you are posting about software from the Ubuntu repositories, always use the Mint tag and give the mint version as well as the Ubuntu version.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I like Mint and it's rather more conservative policy was good for an XP refugee entering an uncharted waters.  You can't like Mint without liking Ubuntu.  I am aware that there is some hostility here towards Mint.  I think either the reasons should be made clear or members and moderators should be discouraged from showing it.  The open source model is vulnerable to free-loaders but this should be a matter of public campaigning rather than private resentment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EDIT:  I have just been alerted to a question that I missed in my search for Mint &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/5877/why-are-questions-about-specifically-ubuntu-based-distros-off-limits&quot;&gt;Why are questions about (specifically) Ubuntu based distros off-limits?&lt;/a&gt;.  The accepted answer provides a very good explanation of the policy and why it exists but it doesn't address the problem of &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/8123/how-do-mint-users-end-up-here&quot;&gt;How do Mint users end up here?&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What I am asking is whether it isn't time to review the policy and, at least, to make it more specific.  Mint, for all its good point, is just the froth on top of the Ubuntu I am using.  Mint users end up here because this is where their operating system is discussed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="356270" LastEditorUserId="356270" LastEditDate="2015-10-08T13:44:54.497" LastActivityDate="2015-10-09T14:43:04.820" Title="Isn't it time to review Mint policy?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="15" ClosedDate="2015-10-08T18:07:01.023" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14511" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14512" CreationDate="2015-10-08T15:06:50.290" Score="1" ViewCount="66" Body="&lt;p&gt;My &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/476829&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;. Note that hg8 said &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This edit did not correct critical issues with the post - view the revision history to see what should have been changed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So he edits it himself. He did the same as I did but... He changed an &lt;code&gt;h&lt;/code&gt; to &lt;code&gt;H&lt;/code&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Shouldn't my edit have been accepted?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="146980" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2015-10-08T15:31:00.963" Title="Why did this edit get rejected?" Tags="|discussion|editing|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14512" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14511" CreationDate="2015-10-08T15:14:42.607" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, it should have. However, it is very easy to click on the wrong button and choose &quot;Reject and edit&quot; instead of &quot;Improve edit&quot;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/h6EPx.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/h6EPx.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's &lt;del&gt;probably&lt;/del&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/14511/why-did-this-edit-get-rejected/14512?noredirect=1#comment25507_14512&quot;&gt;what happened&lt;/a&gt;, don't worry about it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2015-10-08T15:22:13.457" LastActivityDate="2015-10-08T15:22:13.457" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14513" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14511" CreationDate="2015-10-08T15:31:00.963" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You formatted the error message as code using the &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;pre&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; HTML tag,&lt;br&gt;&#xA;he formatted it as blockquote using the Markdown &lt;code&gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; syntax and corrected a capitalization mistake. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Whether this error message should now have been formatted as code or quote is in this case pretty unimportant and would be another discussion. I would consider both options equal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, it's strongly recommended to prefer Markdown syntax over HTML tags wherever possible, so also to format the line as code, you should indent it with 4 spaces (Markdown syntax), which will then internally be converted and displayed on the site using the HTML tags &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;pre&amp;gt;&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;...&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/pre&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;He however did not only do this minor formatting improvement, but another necessary spelling/grammar correction as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After having summarized the difference between those two edits, we can conclude that the second edit is indeed better and follows the formatting guidelines, but in my opinion it is not too different from yours, especially as your intention was not wrong, so i would not have rejected and replaced the first edit, but improved it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As he said in the comments to terdon's other answer, it was an accident and he wanted to click the &quot;Improve edit&quot; button instead of &quot;Reject and edit&quot;. So except that you now learned how to better format posts, you should not worry about this. :-)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastActivityDate="2015-10-08T15:31:00.963" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14514" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14487" CreationDate="2015-10-08T16:59:44.490" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I know that it seems urgent to take care of these review tasks and therefore worth removing obstacles that hamper your efforts. As the person who caused the flood, my initial impulse was to level the path. But upon further reflection, I couldn't think of any reason to suspend audits. While reviewing &lt;em&gt;really old&lt;/em&gt; late answers is suboptimal, I still think it's important to upvote hidden gems and correct obvious problems. So we still want people to consider their review actions with the same care as normal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In addition, this is a rare opportunity for user to gain experience with late answer reviews. Repetition is the key to &lt;a href=&quot;https://principlesoflearning.wordpress.com/dissertation/chapter-4-results/themes-identified/repetition/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;learning a skill&lt;/a&gt; yet the Late Answers queue is typically empty after completing one review. We should not waterdown this unique opportunity by removing the ordinary audits. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, one the initial shock wore off, I realized this queue was particularly easy to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/251489/lets-burn-down-the-close-queue&quot;&gt;burn down&lt;/a&gt; since a single review can dequeue an answer. In fact, the queue has dropped from &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/14469/whats-up-with-the-late-answers-queue&quot;&gt;4.4k&lt;/a&gt; to 700 tasks in just over a week without removing audits. This was a singular opportunity for earning the elusive &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/badges/94/reviewer&quot;&gt;Late Answer Reviewer badge&lt;/a&gt; (and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/badges/126/steward&quot;&gt;Steward&lt;/a&gt;), which, I hope, softens the blow. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="173605" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2015-10-08T16:59:44.490" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14515" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14510" CreationDate="2015-10-08T18:04:40.040" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, it's not time to review the Ask Ubuntu policy about &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Linux&lt;/strong&gt; Mint&lt;/em&gt; and we &lt;em&gt;do&lt;/em&gt; sympathize, but basically &lt;em&gt;you're barking up the wrong tree...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Long answer:&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Until recently (April 2015) &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Linux&lt;/strong&gt; Mate&lt;/em&gt; was in the same category as &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Linux&lt;/strong&gt; Mint&lt;/em&gt;: based on Ubuntu, but not Ubuntu.  The developers of Linux Mate went through a lot of changes to their internal development and distribution process and are now officially &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ubuntu-mate.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Mate!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So basically, here on &lt;em&gt;Ask &lt;strong&gt;Ubuntu&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;, we all use &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;a ton of flavours of Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt; and also support them.  As some &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Linux&lt;/strong&gt; Mint&lt;/em&gt; users end up here, in my personal case, I'm always polite and always leave a nice comment below Mint questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;We're sorry, but this site is all about Ubuntu and its official derivatives as posted on &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases&lt;/a&gt; &lt;strong&gt;so Mint is off-topic here as well.&lt;/strong&gt; However, on &lt;a href=&quot;https://linux.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;Unix&amp;amp;Linux&lt;/a&gt;, a sister site to Ask Ubuntu, they're very good at all varieties of Linux and Unix, so you might be better off there.  &lt;strong&gt;;-)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As we do for:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Kali&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Debian&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Zorin OS&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;elementary&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;OSX&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Android&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Windows &lt;sub&gt;(Yes, we do get Windows questions as well!)&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;And many more...&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;So if you want to change things: talk to the Linux Mint developers to have them adhere to the Ubuntu standards and become Ubuntu Mint!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Last note:&lt;/strong&gt; To put things in perspective: we can't support everything so have to draw the line &lt;em&gt;somewhere&lt;/em&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/UbuntuFamilyTree1210.svg/516px-UbuntuFamilyTree1210.svg.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/UbuntuFamilyTree1210.svg/516px-UbuntuFamilyTree1210.svg.png&quot; alt=&quot;Ubuntu Family tree&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;And the above information is from 2013...&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2015-10-09T14:43:04.820" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14516" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13734" CreationDate="2015-10-09T18:01:17.467" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think your response was informative. Regardless of the users many paranoias, he may just have something as simple as spyware on his win7 partition.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think perhaps he should do a clean install of windows, and not move anything from the old install to the new one... When windows gets sick, it's like the black-plague, and any other windows system breathing on the same network is reasonably assured a similar fate. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think my answer is probably better served as a comment, however, since it's a direct answer to the O.P.'s '?', i hope it will slide.  :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="251397" LastActivityDate="2015-10-09T18:01:17.467" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14517" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14520" CreationDate="2015-10-09T19:25:51.503" Score="2" ViewCount="100" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have recently noticed that you are unable to flag up answers as &quot;very low quality&quot; if they are in the positive for votes (1 or above). Now I can see why this is in place, however I believe that this policy should be reviewed, because for instance, today I came across &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/683444/364819&quot;&gt;this answer&lt;/a&gt; that had 2 upvotes, I gave it a downvote because it was a link-only answer, however I could not flag it up as &quot;very low quality&quot;, even though it matches the criteria, simply because it is in the positive for votes:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/b9khS.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/b9khS.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I think that a good solution for this issue would be if users, say, at 2k+ (as that is the rep level at which you get access to the &quot;very low quality&quot; review queue) would be granted the ability to flag up answers as &quot;very low quality&quot; which have less than 10 upvotes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastEditorDisplayName="user364819" LastEditDate="2015-10-09T19:35:58.257" LastActivityDate="2015-10-09T23:59:04.190" Title="Can only flag as &quot;very low quality&quot; if is not in the positive for votes" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|flagging|reputation|low-quality-posts|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14518" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14521" CreationDate="2015-10-09T19:35:46.660" Score="14" ViewCount="257" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is it just me or is there more spam than usual the last days? Has anything changed in how we handle spam, making it more visible, or is it just another wave?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="193328" LastActivityDate="2015-10-09T19:55:03.363" Title="More spam than usual?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14519" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14517" CreationDate="2015-10-09T19:36:39.117" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;My opinion, if you &lt;em&gt;REALLY&lt;/em&gt; wanted to flag that as low quality, you could just use a custom reason and put &quot;Link only answer&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd drop a comment first though, saying something like &quot;Link only answers are discouraged.  Can you please post some of the content here?&quot; and link to the post on MSO about &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/252306/why-is-this-link-only-answer-disputed/252454#252454&quot;&gt;link-rot&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T09:39:07.847" LastActivityDate="2015-10-09T23:59:04.190" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14520" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14517" CreationDate="2015-10-09T19:37:48.610" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;All &amp;gt;20K users have access to moderation tools and can vote to delete questions (or if really bad I think -3 or -5 we can immediately delete them)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this case, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/683444/364819&quot;&gt;read all the comments&lt;/a&gt; as it's being handled without needing a feature request.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sometimes just contacting the OP is good enough...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;:P&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2015-10-09T19:37:48.610" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14521" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14518" CreationDate="2015-10-09T19:45:42.197" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's ironic that you're asking this question in the middle of a new spam wave...  &lt;strong&gt;&amp;gt;:-)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When looking at all this going on in the chat room, your meta question looked (&lt;em&gt;just for a µ-second&lt;/em&gt;) like spam too:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/86ezZ.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/86ezZ.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To answer your questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Yes&lt;/strong&gt;, they come in waves (When some &amp;quot;SEO optimizing company&amp;quot; gets hired, probably)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No&lt;/strong&gt;, we still handle it the usual way (humans flagging it as spam)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No&lt;/strong&gt;, we're not making it more visible. (You've just seem your first spam wave apparently)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We even have a standard saying: &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/24615502#24615502&quot;&gt;SPAM WAVE!  Man the SPAM stations!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;;-)&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;Now I'm going back to flag some spam again&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2015-10-09T19:55:03.363" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14522" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14517" CreationDate="2015-10-09T19:46:27.710" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I disagree.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Flagging as &quot;very low quality&quot; implies recommending the deletion of the post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For an answer to go into the Very Low Quality queue, not only is needed a &quot;very low quality&quot; flag be casted on the answer, but also a &quot;not an answer&quot; flag be casted on an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This gives an insight on how (rightfully I'd say) the system cares about not deleting potentially useful content.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If a post is upvoted, it's very unlikely that it could be bad enough to be deleted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Nevertheless if a post &lt;em&gt;really&lt;/em&gt; needs deletion you still the have the &quot;in need of moderator intervention&quot; flag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So no, I don't think we need to enlarge the Very Low Quality queue with posts that in 99% of the cases won't need deletion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="380067" LastActivityDate="2015-10-09T19:46:27.710" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14523" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14535" CreationDate="2015-10-09T22:03:33.493" Score="25" ViewCount="767" Body="&lt;p&gt;I know this question has been asked and answered already here:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/47/how-do-we-tell-if-a-question-belongs-here-or-rather-at-stackoverflow-superuser&quot;&gt;How do we tell if a question belongs here, or rather at stackoverflow/superuser?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However this topic came up recently again in a discussion in the comments of a question about &lt;code&gt;sudo&lt;/code&gt;, where an user claimed the question be off-topic because of its &quot;not only Ubuntu-specific&quot;ness being &lt;code&gt;sudo&lt;/code&gt; also installed in other distributions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What really suprised me is that coming back on that question I saw those comments were upvoted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I personally flagged a question &lt;em&gt;once&lt;/em&gt; because I thought it could have been a &lt;em&gt;better fit&lt;/em&gt; for Unix &amp;amp; Linux, but I was still wrong, because despite the question being general and &quot;not only Ubuntu-specific&quot; that didn't make it off-topic here by any mean, and so I shouldn't have flagged it. My bad. However I never thought the question was &lt;em&gt;off-topic&lt;/em&gt; here, just that it could have been a &lt;em&gt;better fit&lt;/em&gt; for Unix &amp;amp; Linux.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How can a question about &lt;code&gt;sudo&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;em&gt;essential&lt;/em&gt; for the administration of an Ubuntu system be off-topic on Ask Ubuntu because of its &quot;not only Ubuntu-specific&quot;ness?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm wondering if the consensus has changed over the last five years (the time at which the question above was posted).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Nonetheless if it did:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Should we set questions about the kernel as off-topic because the kernel is present in all the Linux distributions and hence it's &quot;not only Ubuntu-specific&quot;?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Should we set questions about &lt;code&gt;systemd&lt;/code&gt; as off-topic because &lt;code&gt;systemd&lt;/code&gt; is present in other Linux distributions and hence it's &quot;not only Ubuntu-specific&quot;?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Should we set questions about the GNU tools as off-topic because the GNU tools are present in the vast majority of the Linux distributions and hence they're &quot;not only Ubuntu-specific&quot;?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And honestly I'm a little biased on the last questions, but to me it would be unthinkable to set off-topic things like &lt;code&gt;sudo&lt;/code&gt;, the kernel, &lt;code&gt;systemd&lt;/code&gt; or the GNU tools.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="380067" LastEditorUserId="380067" LastEditDate="2015-10-10T12:13:11.187" LastActivityDate="2020-11-02T12:08:07.377" Title="Are &quot;not only Ubuntu-specific&quot; questions on-topic?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14525" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14526" CreationDate="2015-10-10T10:02:54.583" Score="3" ViewCount="76" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/668566/how-do-i-prevent-ati-graphics-card-from-over-heating/673028#673028&quot;&gt;This question&lt;/a&gt; had a bounty. The grace period expired and the bounty disappeared.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a +4 answer there and as far as I know I was supposed to get a half-bounty.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is not a rant. I know this answer is not worth it, but I am just curious.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="167850" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2015-10-10T16:03:55.220" Title="Why did I not get a half-bounty?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14526" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14525" CreationDate="2015-10-10T11:19:45.770" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;It seems that I know the reason.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The answer was posted before the bounty started.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It does not matter when it was upvoted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Half-bounties are awarded only for answers posted after the bounty starts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="167850" LastActivityDate="2015-10-10T11:19:45.770" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14527" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14523" CreationDate="2015-10-10T13:54:07.780" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I allow myself to  comment here because I'm the one who asked the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/683393/how-important-is-the-sudo-password&quot;&gt;sudo related question&lt;/a&gt;. (It's not exacly an answer, but it was too long for comments)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I didn’t thought for a second that it could become controversial, although I kind of understand the issue here. As an none Ubuntu expert, I knew a few things about &lt;code&gt;sudo&lt;/code&gt;,  and the unix user system, but not enough the be sure exactly what's going one on my computer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was trying to get a clear, helpful answer for me and for some other people with no background in  security using Ubuntu since a few years or discovering it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think the SnakeDoc  vs. kos  positions match the largest argument : Do we want to  the Ubuntu/ ask.ubuntu community to be an expert only community or do we really want to open it to the wider public ? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the first case, I might be of topic. On the second, I was definitely not.  Because if someone using Ubuntu since 5 years (like me) ask this question, I think a lot of Ubuntu users, that might not be ready for the higher complexity level requires in other communities (like Unix &amp;amp; Linux), might want to know what exactly &lt;code&gt;sudo&lt;/code&gt; is. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyway I got helpful and constructive answers, thank you  kos, and others, for your help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="458410" LastActivityDate="2015-10-10T13:54:07.780" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14528" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-10-10T16:06:56.660" Score="3" ViewCount="17" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the main review section on the main site there is such a link:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/RviZt.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/RviZt.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But nothing of the sort to link back on the Meta site in the Review section, I think there should be.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastActivityDate="2015-10-10T16:06:56.660" Title="Meta Review section should have link back to main Review section" Tags="|feature-request|review|meta|link|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14529" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16793" CreationDate="2015-10-10T19:25:50.017" Score="7" ViewCount="219" Body="&lt;p&gt;Today I asked &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/683818/364819&quot;&gt;a question&lt;/a&gt;, and I got &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/683821/364819&quot;&gt;this answer&lt;/a&gt;, however in a few minutes &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/683823/364819&quot;&gt;another answer&lt;/a&gt; was posted:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/PSYmX.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/PSYmX.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now this answer is almost identical to the first:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/1IPmY.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/1IPmY.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Except for the fact that it does not give an example use. And I even commented as you can see to suggest that the answer is updated with an example use, and the answerer replies to say that they won't do so because the other answer already covers that.&#xA;So I don't see the point for this second answer, it gives the same information except it is missing some detail which the other answer covers. And it is not going to help future readers as it doesn't add anything new.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However when I asked if someone could delete it, they said no (@Seth), so I am wondering what the community opinion on this sort of thing is, should almost identical answers be deleted, especially if they lack detail that another answer provides, but are almost identical in every other way?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I mean I have seen many answers like these being deleted in the &quot;very low quality&quot; review queue, so I don't see why this one should stay. But I would still like to know, generally what to do about identical answers such as the one given as an example. Should they stay? Or should they go as they don't provide anything new?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastActivityDate="2017-03-04T00:05:32.127" Title="Should almost identical answers be deleted?" Tags="|discussion|answers|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14530" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14523" CreationDate="2015-10-11T10:13:59.133" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am not surprised the comments were upvoted, because they were only upvoted &lt;em&gt;once&lt;/em&gt; and to my knowledge there is no way a comment can ever be downvoted.  I would have downvoted them when I saw them, and I'm sure many others would have as well.  Only 1 person out of the 1363 viewers (at this writing) saw those comments and thought they were worth upvoting.  Unlike question or answer vote counts, the &quot;upvote&quot; on a comment says nothing about its general acceptance by the community unless compared with (a) the vote counts of other comments on that Q&amp;amp;A post, and (b) the number of views that post has received.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as SnakeDoc's idea of renaming AU as &quot;Beginning Linux&quot;...he is missing the point.  &lt;strong&gt;That would be like naming an Android Q&amp;amp;A forum as &quot;Beginning users of Linux-based embedded device OSes forum&quot;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ubuntu &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; the primary &quot;Beginning Linux&quot; distro that most people encounter.  And most people who encounter Ubuntu (and have questions about it) are beginning Linux users.  Not to mention that some of them only vaguely know what &quot;Linux&quot; is, and because it doesn't pop up on their screen during login, they may not &lt;em&gt;really&lt;/em&gt; know they are using Linux at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;As members of a community, your first loyalty should be to &lt;em&gt;that&lt;/em&gt; community. When evaluating a question, you shouldn't be looking to push it off on some other site; instead, ask if it could be appropriate and on-topic for you, the experts who the author decided to ask. &lt;strong&gt;Be a bit jealous of your site&lt;/strong&gt; - don't blithely turn askers away simply because their question could be asked somewhere else. Don’t hit them over the head with your scope, help them tailor their question to fit into it - and if that means your site’s scope overlaps a bit with another site’s, so be it.  —&lt;a href=&quot;https://blog.stackoverflow.com/2012/03/respect-the-community-your-own-and-others/&quot;&gt;https://blog.stackoverflow.com/2012/03/respect-the-community-your-own-and-others/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="457111" LastActivityDate="2015-10-11T10:13:59.133" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14531" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14532" CreationDate="2015-10-11T15:35:10.393" Score="-5" ViewCount="121" Body="&lt;p&gt;The voting in Askubuntu works as following:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;you ask a good question, it gets upvoted and you get reputation&lt;br&gt;&#xA;you give a good answer and it gets upvoted, you receive reputation&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;you ask a bad question, it gets downvoted, and you lose reputation&#xA;you give a bad answer and it gets downvoted, you lose reputation&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The reputation system works pretty good:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It is pretty easy to gain reputation  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you see the reputation of others  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;there are a lot of new users with 1 reputation on the site&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;following from that you get a feeling of being better then the other person, which automatically makes you want to ask good questions, not disrespect anyone(rep. loss), etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However in meta you don't receive reputation if asking a good question.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;(i don't know about downvoting)&lt;br&gt;&#xA;because of this the only purpose voting serves is ranking of questions, but you don't have a list of best ranked questions (they are shown sorted by time) and most people won't see the purpose of helping the community anymore.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So what point exactly does voting in Meta serve and why don't we gain reputation from upvotes? (should i add feature request?)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="429896" LastEditorUserId="158442" LastEditDate="2015-10-11T18:43:04.400" LastActivityDate="2015-10-11T18:43:04.400" Title="What is the point of voting in meta" Tags="|discussion|voting|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14532" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14531" CreationDate="2015-10-11T15:39:03.390" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;Meta isn't rep gaining.  Never has been never should be.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The point of voting tends to be to show agreement or disagreement with a given thread or answer.  There are many &quot;make a collective decision&quot; threads which exist and then general agreement or disagreement can be met through voting or such.  That's the purpose really for votes on meta.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For feature requests it's the same general thing, in my opinion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Meta should not affect your rep, either, in my opinion.  It's a site &lt;em&gt;about the main site&lt;/em&gt;.  I think you should only gain rep for contributing to the &lt;em&gt;main&lt;/em&gt; site, not contributing to a site &lt;em&gt;about&lt;/em&gt; the main site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you really care, there's badges which you can earn for contributing here.  However, your reputation should &lt;em&gt;only&lt;/em&gt; be gained by contributions to the actual main site.  Not meta.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2015-10-11T17:49:30.863" LastActivityDate="2015-10-11T17:49:30.863" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14533" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14523" CreationDate="2015-10-12T10:02:24.997" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;My clear opinion is that whether the question and answers apply to other Linux distributions cannot be a deciding factor in whether the question is on-topic for Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Based on that I have to say that a generic question about Linux or a generic question about Unix can be on-topic on this site. (It may be off-topic for other reasons, but not being Ubuntu specific isn't one of them.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The following are the reasons for my opinion:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the applicability of question and answers to other Linux distributions is a deciding factor in whether a question is on-topic on Ask Ubuntu, a consequence will be that the next time a new version of another distribution (such as Fedora or Suse) is released, it could potentially change the scope of Ask Ubuntu. I would consider the definition of the scope of Ask Ubuntu to be flawed, if that was the case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sometimes knowing the answer to the question is necessary in order to decide whether the question is Ubuntu specific or not. Defining the scope in a way that requires you to know the answer in order to know where to ask the question is not going to work. It should be perfectly acceptable to ask a question on Ask Ubuntu without knowing about the existence of other Linux distributions and to what extent they are doing things the same way as Ubuntu or differently.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally a single question can have multiple answers some of which apply to only a single distribution and others which apply to many. This means the set of acceptable answers can be different if the same question was asked on different sites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="284919" LastEditorUserId="380067" LastEditDate="2015-10-13T08:13:14.907" LastActivityDate="2015-10-13T08:13:14.907" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14534" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14536" CreationDate="2015-10-12T19:48:15.137" Score="7" ViewCount="109" Body="&lt;p&gt;Today I was banned again for 7 days this time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/14455/why-i-am-banned-for-reviewing&quot;&gt;Last time&lt;/a&gt; I was banned for 2 days because of an incorrect review sample.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/low-quality-posts/478363&quot;&gt;This time&lt;/a&gt; I voted Looks OK for a badly formatted answer that is theoretically correct, but lacks an explanation. Since it could be helpful I voted this way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know that the audits are needed, but it seems that the thresholds are wrong.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="167850" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2015-10-13T20:58:49.140" Title="Are the review ban thresholds really wrong?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14535" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14523" CreationDate="2015-10-13T15:19:31.663" Score="27" Body="&lt;p&gt;Of course they are! How could it be otherwise? If we were to only allow questions about things that exist in Ubuntu exclusively, we would have an empty site. There is very simply &lt;em&gt;nothing&lt;/em&gt; that is 100% specific to Ubuntu. The Unity desktop environment can be installed on any system. Even the Ubuntu-modified kernel can be installed on another distribution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is the nature of Linux that all distributions are basically compatible. They are just a specific collection of packages and a kernel. Any software from one can be installed on another. At worst, you will have to compile from source if there is no package for the target distribution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This site is about Ubuntu, yes. That means that the OP needs to be running Ubuntu in order to ask here and that the question needs to be about something running on Ubuntu. That doesn't exclude anything that also runs on other Linux flavors since, as I said above, &lt;strong&gt;anything that runs on Ubuntu can also run on other Linux flavors&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="816190" LastEditDate="2020-11-02T12:08:07.377" LastActivityDate="2020-11-02T12:08:07.377" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14536" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14534" CreationDate="2015-10-13T20:58:49.140" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've gone through all the audits you failed in the last 14 days (about ~5) and only found one blatantly wrong review (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/first-posts/474903&quot;&gt;this one&lt;/a&gt;, if you're curious). All the others were either borderline or outright wrong (e.g. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/low-quality-posts/478363&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; is an answer and should not have been deleted).  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In light of this I have removed your review ban.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm a little worried that people are getting banned for doing the right thing. I haven't yet determined if this is because things are being deleted wrongly or the system just isn't good enough, but I will see what can be done about it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2015-10-13T20:58:49.140" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14537" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14538" CreationDate="2015-10-14T05:45:24.000" Score="1" ViewCount="72" Body="&lt;p&gt;while reading questions on meta,I read this one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1699/ask-ubuntu-swag-for-top-users&quot;&gt;Ask Ubuntu swag for top users&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does it still present ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does it happened after Beta period ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="439451" LastEditorUserId="439451" LastEditDate="2015-10-14T06:16:21.773" LastActivityDate="2015-10-14T10:07:07.710" Title="Ask Ubuntu still sending packages to top users?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14538" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14537" CreationDate="2015-10-14T10:07:07.710" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, I got swag when I reached 100k *o*&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Part of the mail:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;... But getting a big ole box of cool stuff from our sites is also a fun&#xA;  way to mark the occasion, so we put together a collection of swag for&#xA;  you. It's just a small token of our appreciation for everything you've&#xA;  done. ...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And I got ...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;An American sized mug &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;SE stickers;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;AU T-shirt&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;AU stickers&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Notebook&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;within a few days after I got the mail. In less than 98k rep you will get it too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But the one you refer to was a 1 time thing (that could be repeated at some point).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastActivityDate="2015-10-14T10:07:07.710" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14539" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14485" CreationDate="2015-10-14T16:50:48.950" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Fabby's answer is excellent, as it explains how to deal with each single case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'll try to add something by addressing the thing from another point of view;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;IMO a suggested edit, unlike an edit done by a 2K+ user, is meant to be almost perfect (completeness-wise), because otherwise (in order of importance):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It wastes 2 reviewers' time&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It steals 2 points of reputation (minor, but to be fair that's what it does)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So while one might argue that a suggested edit per how minor it could be it's always an improvement, it's important to keep an iron hand and reject edits which not address almost all the problems in one post to avoid the queue be flooded with useless edits which the reviewers are reviewing for almost no reward.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Differently, an edit done by a 2K+ user can even just correct the most important things (even only the formatting), because that still improves the post but wastes no time other than the editor's time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="380067" LastActivityDate="2015-10-14T16:50:48.950" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14540" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14542" CreationDate="2015-10-14T21:52:59.763" Score="2" ViewCount="46" Body="&lt;p&gt;So I've just &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/308896/why-network-manager-cant-detect-my-zte-usb-3g-modem/433935#comment998290_433935&quot;&gt;been told&lt;/a&gt; someone edited their answer and I've come back and upvoted...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I noticed a delete flag and when pushing it, it shows me a dialog box with my remaining votes and I'm too scared to cast and (additional) vote... &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So: did I cast a delete vote there and if yes, how do I retract it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2015-10-14T22:13:53.820" Title="How can I see I've already cast a delete vote / How can I retract a delete vote?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14541" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14540" CreationDate="2015-10-14T21:57:35.160" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can't retract delete votes. It's a pending &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/193061/ability-to-retract-reopen-delete-votes&quot;&gt;feature request&lt;/a&gt;. You can go through the delete votes you cast in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/344926/Fabby?tab=votes&amp;amp;sort=deletion&quot;&gt;your profile page&lt;/a&gt; (no, I can't see anything there, only you can). I don't know of any other way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyway, it seems the answer is now accepted, and we can't delete it. AT least, I see no option to delete it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2015-10-14T21:57:35.160" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14542" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14540" CreationDate="2015-10-14T22:13:53.820" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The only way to determine if it is your vote is to have the post actually deleted, then the users who voted will be listed in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/433935/revisions&quot;&gt;revision history&lt;/a&gt;. Obviously that is a bit extreme for simple matters so we aren't going to do it ;)  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There &lt;em&gt;are&lt;/em&gt; cases where you can tell who cast some (or all) of the votes if the post went through the low quality post queue (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/low-quality-posts/477278&quot;&gt;which this one did&lt;/a&gt;). Any reviews marked &quot;delete&quot; (vs &quot;recommended deletion&quot;) are actual delete votes cast. Since there is only 1 vote and not enough time has passed since review to cause that vote to expire I'd say that delete vote isn't yours, but Eric's.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2015-10-14T22:13:53.820" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14543" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-10-15T05:38:14.283" Score="6" ViewCount="159" Body="&lt;p&gt;Which mechanisms exist to prevent excluding users from questions and the discussion on non-english questions. Currently it's possible that users discuss and answer in non-english and receive credit for it. It is highly unlikely that someone who asked in non-english and received a helpful answer (in english or non-english) will translate the question or eventually support translating the answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's clear for me &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/6853/does-it-make-sense-to-flag-non-english-questions&quot;&gt;how to deal with non-english questions&lt;/a&gt; from pov of the site, just want to shed some light on this issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Won't it make sense to introduce a new lock mode (like &quot;off-topic&quot;, &quot;protected&quot;, etc.) for questions until they're translated?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="173287" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.227" LastActivityDate="2015-10-15T06:41:08.187" Title="How to prevent answers and comments to question in non-english before they're translated?" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14544" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14543" CreationDate="2015-10-15T06:41:08.187" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;Most of these untranslated questions get a translation rather quickly. By the time 5 people voted on it to be closed it probably will be translated anyways. Then it would take several re-open votes or a moderator to re-open it. Too much administrative work for something that seems to solve itself within a few minutes of it being posted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Besides that the ...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unclear&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What you're asking Please clarify your specific problem or add additional details to highlight exactly what you need. As it's currently written, it’s hard to tell exactly what you're asking. See the How to Ask page for help clarifying this question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;basically covers this. It is a close vote asking for a better worded question. Fits the bill for translations.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2015-10-15T06:41:08.187" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14547" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-10-15T17:26:10.320" Score="27" ViewCount="916" Body="&lt;p&gt;We're the only community I've seen that has an additional navigation bar at the top which contains nothing but links to an off-site company/organization website. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does Canonical pay Stack Exchange to run this site? Are Canonical employees part of the moderation team and/or helping to run the site?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Ubuntu nav-bar referred to above is no longer shown (it was removed during a site redesign) but it looked like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://s14.postimg.cc/ss6uiw10h/canonical_nav_bar.png&quot;/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="448874" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2019-10-14T19:56:21.743" LastActivityDate="2019-10-14T19:56:21.743" Title="Does Canonical pay Stack Exchange to run Ask Ubuntu" Tags="|discussion|ubuntu-community|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14548" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14547" CreationDate="2015-10-15T18:14:35.357" Score="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;No.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There isn't a commercial relationship with SE and Canonical. Ask Ubuntu was first proposed as a community effort and reached enough critical mass to get the support of Canonical. (Things like the theme matching, etc.) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Marco Ceppi is a moderator for Ask Ubuntu but he's been a moderator long before he was employed by Canonical. There's really no distinction on AU if someone works for Canonical or not, we're all just part of the same community. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2015-10-15T18:14:35.357" CommentCount="18" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14549" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-10-17T09:34:37.503" Score="-3" ViewCount="119" Body="&lt;p&gt;I came across the following question: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/684500/merging-2-files-based-on-single-column&quot;&gt;Merging 2 files based on single column&lt;/a&gt;.  Even though two answers have been posted already I answered a very similar question already on another stackexchange site: &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/235874/join-large-files-on-alphanumeric-pattern/&quot;&gt;Join (large) files on alphanumeric pattern&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe these questions to be duplicates but I can't flag the one here as a duplicate because the questions were posted on different stackexchange sites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is often overlap between this site and the more general unix stackexchange site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In fact the question here is probably more suited on unix.stackexchange.com since it is in no way ubuntu specifc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does it make sense to move this question to unix.stackexhange and then mark it as duplicate?  Wouldn't it be more convenient and generally useful to be able to mark questions as duplicate across stackexhange sites?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Regards&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Bram&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="197139" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:37:19.280" LastActivityDate="2015-10-18T11:29:46.743" Title="Why can't a question be marked a duplicate of a question on another stackexchang site?" Tags="|discussion|support|duplicates|design|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14550" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14549" CreationDate="2015-10-17T10:19:12.390" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;No.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They are two different sites with different communities (general *nix / Linux folks and Ubuntu folks); the question was posted here and is on-topic here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Many people seem to think that it's mandatory to organize questions on SE sites based on the &quot;better fit&quot;; while this is something one should think about when posting, as long as the question is on-topic on the site where it was posted is fine there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the intra-network duplicates proposal: while it's undeniable that some topics overlap (and that sometimes there are exact duplicates between the sites), no user from each community should be obligated to attend both sites (although many, as me, do); it's nice to have a single place to visit to ask for help / help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This also would introduce complexity; what would have you done if there was a, say, BSD-specific answer on that question? Closing as duplicate would have made no sense. Should everyone look up all of the answers and see if there is an answer fitting Ubuntu before closing?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Intra-network duplicates have been proposed many times, expecially on Meta.SE, and never went through; IMO, they just make no sense, each community has its own value of Q/As and closing as duplicate across sites introduces complexity. I don't think we need that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also the problem is easily solvable by other means:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you were the original poster of the question on one site, feel free to post in on another site. It's your contribution (so you &quot;own&quot; it) and you deserve the reputation as well.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you were not the original poster of the question on one site, feel free to post it on another site as a CW post, with a proper attribution, as I did &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/236421/114435&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="380067" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:37:19.280" LastActivityDate="2015-10-18T11:29:46.743" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14551" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14552" CreationDate="2015-10-17T10:24:44.583" Score="2" ViewCount="54" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can up and downvote posts, but why can you only upvote comments? What is the thinking for not allow any sort of downvote on comments (not that I am saying that you should lose or gain rep from votes on comments)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastActivityDate="2015-10-17T11:48:50.600" Title="Why can you not downvote comments?" Tags="|discussion|comments|voting|downvoting|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14552" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14551" CreationDate="2015-10-17T11:48:50.600" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/3615/270345&quot;&gt;See extensive discussion on Meta SE&lt;/a&gt;. Quoting the Jon Skeet:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If a comment is wrong, respond to it with another comment. That provides a lot more information than a downvote which could mean anything.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want to debate this, take it to Meta SE.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2015-10-17T11:48:50.600" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14553" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17242" CreationDate="2015-10-17T13:38:21.500" Score="3" ViewCount="103" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was just wondering as I saw this question &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/686615/unable-to-install-ubuntu-14-04-3-or-linux-mint&quot;&gt;Unable to install Ubuntu 14.04.3 or Linux Mint&lt;/a&gt;, are half-Minty questions like this allowed or should they be closed even if they are also as about Ubuntu?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2017-08-22T22:53:34.273" LastActivityDate="2017-08-22T22:53:34.273" Title="Are half-Minty questions allowed?" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14554" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14555" CreationDate="2015-10-18T01:44:17.447" Score="0" ViewCount="92" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is there an ethical conflict with using a closed source platform for supporting an open source project? Namely, AskUbuntu is part of StackExchange and I went looking for the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/14656/is-the-stack-overflow-source-code-available&quot;&gt;StackExchange source code&lt;/a&gt;. I didn't find it. By the way, I did find some &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/2267/stack-exchange-clones&quot;&gt;clones&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, personally, I don't much care either direction and always recommend that people use what works for them. Just because I use open source doesn't mean that others must do so. I've never been much of a zealot.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyhow, I realize this seems like an opinion question and, indeed, I'm also interested in opinions. However, I am kind of wondering if there is an &quot;official&quot; statement concerning the use of closed source where this site is concerned? Additionally, I understand, from my reading, that there's a bit of a special relationship betwixt the two companies. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, no, I'm not just wanting opinions (those are welcome, if allowed) but I'm actually wondering if there's an &lt;em&gt;official policy&lt;/em&gt; or &lt;em&gt;public statement&lt;/em&gt; concerning this. I can not seem to find it nor am I seeing any answers here on this site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="453950" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2015-10-18T02:00:30.383" Title="Closed source conflict?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14555" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14554" CreationDate="2015-10-18T02:00:30.383" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'd like to point out the code behind the Ubuntu One file synchronisation service was closed source until they stopped the service. While it is not justification for anything being closed source, I daresay it's a good indicator that Canonical wouldn't care much about Stack Exchange's closed-source nature.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2015-10-18T02:00:30.383" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14556" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14559" CreationDate="2015-10-18T13:51:58.640" Score="0" ViewCount="118" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have noticed many questions from new users asking about how to remove Ubuntu and get Window back on, half of these are getting closed as a duplicate of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/133533/how-to-remove-ubuntu-and-put-windows-back-on&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt;, and the rest as off-topic, but this doesn't make sense because the question that some of them are being closed as duplicates of has not been closed as off-topic, therefore should we be closing some of them as off-topic instead?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And I think that this sends a rather confusing method, are these questions off-topic or not? It it right to close them as off-topic, or should we instead be closing these questions as duplicates?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastActivityDate="2015-10-19T13:25:42.653" Title="Are questions on removing Ubuntu and getting Windows back on on-topic or not?" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|vote-to-close|scope|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2015-10-20T21:34:21.640" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14557" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14558" CreationDate="2015-10-19T13:13:10.643" Score="17" ViewCount="313" Body="&lt;p&gt;Today &quot;suggested edits&quot; queue suddenly increased to more than 20.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I observed the following in the edits:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;All the edits removing only &quot;Thanks&quot; (there are no other improvements). &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;All are proposed by the same user.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some examples of edit links you can find &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/480768&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; , &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/480745&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/480761&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; .&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;I think that all the edits are done only to get reputation points.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My Question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What would be a good choice ? Approve or Reject ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I found similar discussions on meta (thanks to @hg8).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/153074/why-are-edits-removing-thanks-in-advance-sometimes-rejected/153076#153076&quot;&gt;Why are edits removing &amp;quot;Thanks in advance&amp;quot; sometimes rejected?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/2950/should-hi-thanks-taglines-and-salutations-be-removed-from-posts&quot;&gt;Should &amp;#39;Hi&amp;#39;, &amp;#39;thanks&amp;#39;, taglines, and salutations be removed from posts?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is not suitable to say  &lt;em&gt;minor&lt;/em&gt; since there is no mistake  corrected or formatting improved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="439451" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2015-10-24T05:52:20.083" Title="Edit that removes only &quot;Thanks &quot; from post - should it be approved or rejected?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14558" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14557" CreationDate="2015-10-19T13:23:16.583" Score="25" Body="&lt;p&gt;Personally, I rejected all of them with the following comment:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Please don't clutter up the review queues with such minor edits. Wait until you have enough reputation to make them directly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Minor edits that actually correct a mistake, or fix formatting or improve grammar or even typos are fine. Minor edits that simply remove thanks and leave the rest of the post untouched are just not worth it. Especially since, in many of those cases, there were other, more serious issues with the question that were not fixed. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, yes, in my opinion, those edits should be rejected since they're not worth filling the review queues with. We can leave them to those users with enough rep to edit directly. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="367990" LastEditDate="2015-10-19T14:28:09.983" LastActivityDate="2015-10-19T14:28:09.983" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14559" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14556" CreationDate="2015-10-19T13:25:42.653" Score="1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I have noticed many questions from new users asking about how to remove Ubuntu and get Window back on&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You install Windows by using a Windows installation method. And there is ends for us.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How you burn Windows to a DVD using Ubuntu could be on-topic but there will be a duplicate. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Anything after that is off-topic since it will involve a possible recovery partition, bios/uefi settings, booting from the media, and installing from it. All things not related to Ubuntu and not done with Ubuntu software, tools or commands.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastActivityDate="2015-10-19T13:25:42.653" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14561" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-10-21T18:50:42.580" Score="16" ViewCount="270" Body="&lt;p&gt;I work at a hardware company writing drivers for Linux.  There seems to be a lot of difficulty estimating the size of the Linux install base, and as a result resources are directed to non-windows platforms, which are easier to quantify with sales numbers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It occurred to me that most people installing Linux have at least one question about the platform.  In my experience, everyone gets a few answers from askubuntu.com over time.  The unique visitors to this site seem like a decent proxy to the size of the Linux install base.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can anyone provide google analytics numbers for askubuntu.com that I could use to support my team?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="463581" OwnerDisplayName="user2051965" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2015-11-02T16:39:31.740" LastActivityDate="2019-10-15T20:31:55.997" Title="How many unique visitors does AskUbuntu get?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14562" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-10-21T19:10:26.893" Score="4" ViewCount="89" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am currently at around 7.8k reputation points, which means I have access to all standard review queues, including the &quot;Low Quality&quot; queue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now when I see a post that does not meet the site's standards and flag it e.g. as &quot;not an answer&quot; or &quot;very low quality&quot;, does that flag only put the post into the appropriate review queue without further action?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Or does it rather also apply the first deletion review vote, as I have the needed permissions to do so? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If a flag has less weight than a review action, can I access and review it from the queue later after having it flagged, or will it be hidden for me then? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastActivityDate="2015-10-22T14:30:59.497" Title="Do flags of users with review privilege count as review?" Tags="|support|flagging|review|privileges|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14563" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14561" CreationDate="2015-10-21T19:13:22.393" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is a very poor proxy for how many people download it, but nevertheless...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Stack Overflow inc. uses Quantcast to monitor visitors and demographics for advertising, so &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.quantcast.com/askubuntu.com#/trafficCard&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here is the last 30 days&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/PgFpS.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/PgFpS.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Every 30 days, they get about 7.3 Million unique visitors globally.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://insights.ubuntu.com/about/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ubuntu has about 40 million users&lt;/a&gt; over 10 years - quite a lot less than your figure would suggest from here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My pronouns are He / Him&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="186134" LastEditorUserId="186134" LastEditDate="2019-10-15T20:31:55.997" LastActivityDate="2019-10-15T20:31:55.997" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14564" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-10-21T20:19:33.920" Score="-4" ViewCount="88" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the past 3-4 months I've noticed that on the main site, there is a ratio of about 5:1 referring Nvidia graphics questions than anything else, and I'm wondering why? I do understand that NVidia being a very large distributor, there will be more people asking questions, but even with comparison to questions relating FGLRX (Or even AMD cards in general,) NVidia are around 8x more prominent and visible. Is this because NVidia drivers are more complicated, or that less people use AMD? It's also getting annoying with the 100 questions a day on the same &quot;NVIDIA DRIVERS NOT INSTALLING.. HELLLLLPPPPPPPP&quot; and then marking duplicate after duplicate. This is a kind of rant, and I'm sorry for that but I really don't know why so many people have questions on NVidia!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="431864" LastActivityDate="2015-11-01T03:43:12.110" Title="More Nvidia problems than anything else?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14565" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14569" CreationDate="2015-10-21T20:27:00.367" Score="0" ViewCount="108" Body="&lt;p&gt;Recently, I have seen an issue that has been prominent for a long time, and I don't think that the StackExchange/AskUbuntu staff have done anything about. Here's how it goes. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;2 People who are friends both get above 125 Reputation on AskUbuntu, so that their votes are seen.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;They both ask questions that may be ignored due to a few reasons.. including (just inside the boundaries, but not about Ubuntu. Knowledge of an advanced script that no-body knows how to fix, etc.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Then they paste an answer to their friend, their friend upvotes the question, answers it, then friend 1 accepts the answer and they both get reputation for doing literally nothing. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am not naming names but when people jump from 600 rep. to 1250 In a single day, something is going on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is going to be done about this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="431864" LastEditorUserId="15811" LastEditDate="2015-10-22T11:37:29.537" LastActivityDate="2015-10-23T23:47:12.260" Title="Friendly-Voting" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14566" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14564" CreationDate="2015-10-21T21:33:40.550" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;We should have a canonical question that we can point people to which exhausts the list of how to install Nvidia drivers using the new blessed Nvidia driver ppa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastActivityDate="2015-10-21T21:33:40.550" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14567" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14568" CreationDate="2015-10-22T07:32:23.553" Score="-3" ViewCount="89" Body="&lt;p&gt;It seems that new users only seem to be posting 12.04 threads, even though the only version in support is Ubuntu 12.04 SERVER (or even that has expired), also even 15.10 is out, why did users switch backwards or whatever?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="391572" LastActivityDate="2015-10-22T08:41:46.487" Title="Did AskUbuntu go viral with Ubuntu 12.04?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14568" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14567" CreationDate="2015-10-22T08:41:46.487" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;1st off: Ubuntu 12.04.1 and 12.04.5 are still valid releases. April 2017 is the end of life date. I would assume 12.04 was just a very popular release.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But even then ... if you look at the 1st page with the tag &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/12.04&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;12.04&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/a&gt; 7 out of the 1st 10 might be related to a server installation. Of course it is a bit of guessing. I see these 10 as ...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/688285/upgrading-kernel-from-3-2-to-3-13-on-ubuntu-12-04-with-preexisting-lxc-container&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/688285/upgrading-kernel-from-3-2-to-3-13-on-ubuntu-12-04-with-preexisting-lxc-container&lt;/a&gt; LXC containers. Probably a server.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/688284/installing-ralink-wireless-5370-drivers-ubuntu-12-04&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/688284/installing-ralink-wireless-5370-drivers-ubuntu-12-04&lt;/a&gt; ARM system. Probably would be better off with 14.04&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/688112/ubuntu-12-04-and-lenovo-e450-wireless-card&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/688112/ubuntu-12-04-and-lenovo-e450-wireless-card&lt;/a&gt; 14.04 would probably be better. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/687946/easiest-way-to-update-apache-mysql-php-on-vps&quot;&gt;Easiest way to update Apache, MySQL &amp;amp; PHP on VPS&lt;/a&gt; VPS. Bound to be a server and a hosted server too. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/687423/use-crontab-to-restart-an-upstart-service-on-schedule&quot;&gt;Use crontab to restart an Upstart service on schedule?&lt;/a&gt; Looks like a server to me (his /home/ has a &quot;local&quot; as user. Seems odd naming for a desktop).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/687247/getting-errorerror-1045-during-phpmyadmin-installation&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/687247/getting-errorerror-1045-during-phpmyadmin-installation&lt;/a&gt; Phpmyadmin. Bound to be a webserver. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/687199/how-to-downgrade-unpatch-bash-for-ubuntu-12-04-lts-to-get-back-to-the-original-v&quot;&gt;How to downgrade/unpatch bash for ubuntu 12.04 LTS to get back to the original vulnerable version of it?&lt;/a&gt; Impossible to guess. He probably wants to test security. Could be a server.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/687182/how-to-fix-error-port-conflict-another-instance-is-already-running&quot;&gt;how to fix Error: Port conflict: another instance is already running&lt;/a&gt; Postgres. Database. Might be server.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/687170/guvcview-video-and-audio-dont-sync-in-12-04&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/687170/guvcview-video-and-audio-dont-sync-in-12-04&lt;/a&gt; Desktop.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/687061/ubuntu-12-04-or-14-04-which-is-better&quot;&gt;Ubuntu 12.04 or 14.04, Which is better?&lt;/a&gt; Comparison between 12.04 and 14.04 so going to be desktop. Not relevant for this meta question. Can be closed as &quot;biased&quot;,&quot;optionated&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/686854/ubuntu-12-04-syslog-connection-refused-from-freenas-9-3&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/686854/ubuntu-12-04-syslog-connection-refused-from-freenas-9-3&lt;/a&gt; Server.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/686627/ubuntu-lts-freezing&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/686627/ubuntu-lts-freezing&lt;/a&gt; desktop.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2015-10-22T08:41:46.487" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14569" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14565" CreationDate="2015-10-22T11:48:02.057" Score="3" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I am not naming names but when people jump from 600 rep. to 1250 In a single day, something is going on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will need to edit into your question real questions and users to make this logical. Reputation can NOT go from 600 to 1250 in a single day unless bounties are involved or 30 questions got accepted. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The 1st one is probably not a problem since it would cost 1 of those users that same amount of reputation to create the bounty. Plus you can have a max of 1 bounty at a time of at a max of 500 rep. Could just fit the max bounty (600+200 normal rep or upvotes leaves 450 rep).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The 2nd one will get caught by the system (there is an automated reputation checker that catches serial upvoters). 30 upvotes or even 10 upvotes on the same day is something that would attract attention.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What is going to be done about this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Probably) Nothing at the moment. This really requires actual user names and examples. If you feel uncomfortable naming users you can also go to &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/201/ask-ubuntu-general-room&quot;&gt;chat&lt;/a&gt; (20 rep required) and talk to a moderator. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastActivityDate="2015-10-22T11:48:02.057" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14570" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14562" CreationDate="2015-10-22T14:25:07.977" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't know whether they are &quot;internally&quot; (as per Wilf's comment on the question, for sure they're not marked as such), but I guess no, as flags can be raised by any user, so there should be some type of control on the flag, which I don't think is actually implemented; mostly in my opinion it would go to the detriment of a good review of the post:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If an user (with &lt;em&gt;no&lt;/em&gt; review queue access) would raise a flag, it'd take X people in the review queue to delete the post;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If an user (with review queue access) would raise a flag, it'd take X-1 people in the review queue to delete the post;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So it's a matter of numbers: such a feature would introduce an asimmetry in how posts are deleted, because the number of people needed to delete a post would vary based on the reputation of the user who raised the flag in first place;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my opinion the point should be how many people are going to put their eyes on the post, not their reputation;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's not exactly the same, but consider as an equivalent example what happens for suggested edits: it always takes 3 reviews (clicking &quot;Approve&quot;) to let a suggested edit through, no matter the reputation of the reviewer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think this gives a clue about the system being inspired to allow changes based on the number of users agreeing on them rather than on the reputation of the user wanting those, which I think it's fair.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="380067" LastEditorUserId="380067" LastEditDate="2015-10-22T14:30:59.497" LastActivityDate="2015-10-22T14:30:59.497" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14572" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14573" CreationDate="2015-10-23T17:44:17.347" Score="18" ViewCount="398" Body="&lt;p&gt;Not sure this is the right place for such a question, but are the owners of askubuntu.com aware of a clone going by the name askubuntu.biz?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It came up for me in a Google search result for &quot;libsodium vs libsodium13&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;whois askubuntu.biz&lt;/code&gt; is rather revealing:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Domain Name:                                 ASKUBUNTU.BIZ&#xA;Domain ID:                                   D66237761-BIZ&#xA;Sponsoring Registrar:                        PDR LTD. D/B/A PUBLICDOMAINREGISTRY.COM&#xA;...&#xA;Registrant Name:                             Hiep&#xA;Registrant Organization:                     SKMVietnam&#xA;Registrant Address1:                         Hoang Quoc Viet&#xA;Registrant City:                             Ha Noi&#xA;Registrant State/Province:                   Ha Noi&#xA;Registrant Postal Code:                      10000&#xA;Registrant Country:                          VIET NAM&#xA;Registrant Country Code:                     VN&#xA;Registrant Phone Number:                     +84.936310310&#xA;Registrant Email:                            h2@buihoanghiep.com&#xA;...&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Wondering if it makes sense to put the word out about this impostor site... &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="420358" LastEditorUserId="420358" LastEditDate="2015-10-23T18:02:20.500" LastActivityDate="2015-10-25T12:31:44.770" Title="Are you aware of askubuntu.biz?" Tags="|discussion|legal|plagiarism|copyright|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14573" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14572" CreationDate="2015-10-23T17:55:43.960" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;Pretty sure this particular one has come up before, but maybe not since it still exists. Please report it using the &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/contact&quot;&gt;contact us&lt;/a&gt; form at the bottom of every page.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2015-10-23T17:55:43.960" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14574" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14565" CreationDate="2015-10-23T23:19:58.520" Score="3" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Recently, I have seen an issue that has been prominent for a long time, and I don't think that the Stack Exchange / Ask Ubuntu staff have done anything about.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Oh they have. Serial voting has been prevented from the begining&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's how it goes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;2 People who are friends both get above 125 Reputation on AskUbuntu, so that their votes are seen.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What do you mean votes are seen? No one can see anyone's votes - not even moderators can see more than voting trends.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;They both ask questions that may be ignored due to a few reasons.. including (just inside the boundaries, but not about Ubuntu. Knowledge of an advanced script that no-body knows how to fix, etc.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Right...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Then they paste an answer to their friend, their friend upvotes the question, answers it, then friend 1 accepts the answer and they both get reputation for doing literally nothing.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So they get +10 and then +15 (so +25) for answering a question? Answering a question about &lt;em&gt;&quot;an advanced script that no-body knows how to fix&quot;&lt;/em&gt; is not a bad thing. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I am not naming names but when people jump from 600 rep. to 1250 In a single day, something is going on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;600 to 1250 is a change of 650. To get that you need to gain a bounty of 500 plus a 200 reputation (capped) plus 3 accepts. That's quite infeasible to be honest.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ioIbi.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ioIbi.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/askubuntu/query/110083/most-rep-gained-in-a-single-day&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;11 people have done it.&lt;/a&gt; The most recent was almost 1 year ago -November 2014. That was 7 months before you signed up - so your numbers are totally wrong. I'm quite sure those 7 people have &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; been cheating with this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What is going to be done about this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Serial voting is already auto reversed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/bErqU.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/bErqU.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have noticed something that looks odd, feel free to post it in chat pinging a diamond moderator. You can even use the contact us link at the base of the page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="186134" LastEditorUserId="186134" LastEditDate="2015-10-23T23:47:12.260" LastActivityDate="2015-10-23T23:47:12.260" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14577" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14578" CreationDate="2015-10-25T13:46:50.587" Score="5" ViewCount="81" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was just wondering if questions on how to get involved with Ubuntu and Ubuntu-related development were on-topic here?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastActivityDate="2015-10-25T14:20:41.543" Title="Are questions about getting involved on-topic here?" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14578" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14577" CreationDate="2015-10-25T14:04:43.363" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, they are on-topic here. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that this does not exclude them from any of the other close reasons.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2015-10-25T14:20:41.543" LastActivityDate="2015-10-25T14:20:41.543" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14580" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12379" CreationDate="2015-10-25T16:53:16.740" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/201/ask-ubuntu-general-room&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/z25yc.png&quot; alt=&quot;Join your fellow community members in chat!&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorDisplayName="user364819" LastEditDate="2016-01-17T12:11:55.390" LastActivityDate="2016-01-17T12:11:55.390" CommentCount="7" CommunityOwnedDate="2015-10-25T16:53:16.740" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14581" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-10-25T18:00:44.050" Score="5" ViewCount="80" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm flag banned at the moment (I had 4 declined in the last 7 days. That seems a little harsh, but that's not the topic of this discussion).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/q9Wdg.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/q9Wdg.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is no indication of any way to get out of this ban, how long it will last for etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there anything I can do - and is there any time I can expect to be banned for?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="186134" LastActivityDate="2015-10-25T19:19:39.607" Title="How long will I be flag banned for?" Tags="|discussion|support|flagging|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14582" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14581" CreationDate="2015-10-25T18:50:19.347" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I nearly was &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/14336/attention-some-of-your-recent-flags-have-been-declined-please-review-them-bef&quot;&gt;in the same situation&lt;/a&gt; as you, but when I got the warning, I just didn't flag anything for a couple of days and then it just went away...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, forget about the review queues for a while, relax and let the other grunts handle it...  and next time when you get a warning: stop reviewing for a couple of days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastActivityDate="2015-10-25T18:50:19.347" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14583" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14581" CreationDate="2015-10-25T19:19:39.607" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;You'll be unbanned tomorrow.  I &lt;em&gt;think&lt;/em&gt; you can see that in the right column &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/flag-summary/186134&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2015-10-25T19:19:39.607" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14584" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14588" CreationDate="2015-10-26T06:01:57.283" Score="1" ViewCount="85" Body="&lt;p&gt;I posted some questions on main website of Ask Ubuntu and was rated -4.The reason was grammatical mistakes and lack of details (as per my views) so I was stopped from asking questions for three days. Again when I posted a question I was stopped  for two days, but the problem is that this time neither I have negative rating nor any grammatical mistakes. It would be really helpful to me someone could point out my mistakes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449573" LastEditorUserId="449573" LastEditDate="2015-10-28T11:51:21.687" LastActivityDate="2015-10-28T11:51:21.687" Title="Stopped from asking questions" Tags="|discussion|asking-questions|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14586" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14584" CreationDate="2015-10-26T06:38:02.160" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think part of the problems you have are well... cause you don't quite get how stack exchange works. Have a look at the tour and the [help] pages.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While its a bit daunting, how to ask &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;questions&lt;/a&gt; the smart way is a &lt;em&gt;great&lt;/em&gt; resource on asking &lt;em&gt;better&lt;/em&gt; questions and actually learning and researching more productively.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In essence, a good question is a &lt;em&gt;hard&lt;/em&gt; or at least interesting question. It should also reflect your own research efforts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Amusingly, I'm a low rep user on AU, and cannot see deleted posts. Of the ones I see here...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/688363/how-to-install-wine&quot;&gt;How to install wine?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We don't know what the broken/held packages are. We don't know what unspeakable horrors you have inflicted on your system, or what needs to be done. While spamming error logs are bad, &lt;em&gt;essential&lt;/em&gt; information helps others solve issues for you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/689869/wine-crashed-on-playonlinux&quot;&gt;Wine crashed on playonlinux&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unclear what your problem is&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It froze. We can't troubleshoot that for you. It would help to &lt;em&gt;wait&lt;/em&gt; for a crash, or see if your processor or ram is overused or something. OP's answer is a &lt;em&gt;starting point&lt;/em&gt; but it could be anything from a blotched install to solar flares.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/690026/17681&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/a/690026/17681&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Don't repeat answers, and post 'me too' answers. Post &lt;em&gt;substantial&lt;/em&gt; answers that are &lt;em&gt;unique&lt;/em&gt; and cover the problem in the question &lt;em&gt;specifically&lt;/em&gt; - least at first. Eventually once you're familiar enough you COULD sneak in a clever one liner. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17681" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2015-10-26T06:38:02.160" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14587" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14594" CreationDate="2015-10-26T10:49:05.087" Score="2" ViewCount="68" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently came across &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/626096/steam-package-conflict&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; in the &lt;code&gt;Reopen votes&lt;/code&gt; review queue, and it was edited and generalized by another user:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/obOec.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/obOec.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But as ElementaryOS is not Ubuntu should this really be reopened now that it is generalized? I mean if we get a Red Hat question should we simply edit out the OS and generalize it rather than closing it as off-topic, or is ElementaryOS similar enough to Ubuntu for this question to be generalized here and then reopened?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastActivityDate="2015-10-26T23:54:21.793" Title="Should one make a question on-topic by editing it and generalizing it?" Tags="|discussion|support|closed-questions|scope|reopen-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14588" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14584" CreationDate="2015-10-26T12:07:06.557" Score="6" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I am a newbie&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a completely superfluous statement and it doesn't entitle anyone to special treatment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The reason was grammatical mistakes and lack of details (as per my views)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Lack of details is probably correct, &lt;em&gt;&quot;grammatical mistakes&quot;&lt;/em&gt; is absolutely not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To earn reputation points and gain more &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges&quot;&gt;privileges&lt;/a&gt; users with low reputation are actually encouraged to proof read and improve things like spelling and formatting, which also teaches them that &lt;strong&gt;most things can be fixed and improved&lt;/strong&gt; instead of ignored (locking up into your own filter bubble) or spewing hate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;It would be really helpful to me if they also give me reasons to stopped from asking questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/688363/how-to-install-wine#comment1004214_688363&quot;&gt;That was exactly what I was trying to do.&lt;/a&gt; Note that I was never banned from asking questions, so I don't have any personal experience how that situation is.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your deleted question received a down vote from me because you simply pasted the command from an answer to another question without checking if you pasted and executed it correctly. You also didn't provide the error message in your question or the context (that you have been given this command by a user in another answer [link!], N.B. who was also a beginner). You have been carelessly posting across the board, ignoring every hint that the site gave you to solve your problem &lt;strong&gt;efficiently&lt;/strong&gt;, like this for example when composing your question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/3zmC8.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Contrary to the model of other sites on the web, this is not advertising, promotion or to just nag you. It's meant to help you, but you chose to ignore it. You say most of these are marked as duplicates? Correct! That means users around here took extra effort to look around if a similar question has been asked before and decide if there is an even better answer to this question. Remember: most things can be fixed and improved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is an &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;efficient&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; approach working towards getting better answers to &lt;em&gt;individual&lt;/em&gt; questions. If you look at these and find that you still can't solve your problem reasonably quick, &lt;em&gt;then&lt;/em&gt; you should ask a new question and provide enough details so that someone else has a chance to reproduce your particular issue and at least help to take it further. Otherwise you are wasting resources, like my time just now, or causing more confusion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The way you did it, you wasted the time of the user answering your first question; the users who read, rated and commented on your second question; to then finally delete it, which probably didn't help to correct the negative balance caused by the amount of collected down votes but made it harder to retract votes for the other users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There also is no &lt;em&gt;&quot;THEY&quot;&lt;/em&gt;, the ban is implemented by an automatism.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;It seems that Ubuntu Community wants a quality research on the question before asking it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No, you are still making false assumptions and are overgeneralizing. AskUbuntu is a site of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;StackExchange network (SE)&lt;/a&gt;, meaning &lt;em&gt;some&lt;/em&gt; Ubuntu users are active around here, but also other users from the network and even unregistered anonymous users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Summary:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You're not being harassed, especially not for grammatical mistakes, that's not a functional model of SE. If you experience harassment, report it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You're not supposed to do research for asking a question, but spend a reasonable amount of time and effort to compose a question that might solve a reproducible issue that someone else can solve.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Questions and answers can be improved(, edited, rated, linked…). A question is not a filed/dead interaction/ticket hidden in your helpdesk's ticket system.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Resources (people with enough knowledge who can actually answer your question and explain why instead of just pasting canned solutions with trial and error) are limited, therefore try to be as efficient as possible. It will benefit you too.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="40581" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2015-10-26T12:07:06.557" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14591" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14592" CreationDate="2015-10-26T18:56:21.280" Score="3" ViewCount="35" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just put up a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/639999/814&quot;&gt;bounty&lt;/a&gt; message formatted in a way assuming paragraphs and bullet points are supported. Found out the hard way that it doesn't; is there a way to edit?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;EDIT&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;Since it ain't possible, please consider this a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/feature-request&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;feature-request&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;feature-request&lt;/a&gt;. And in the mean time, at least mention on the bounty message form that it can't be edited or something.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="814" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2015-10-26T19:13:11.437" Title="Feature request: edit bounty message" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14592" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14591" CreationDate="2015-10-26T19:00:00.080" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;No. There is no method for editing bounty text. Once it is set it's stuck there. Sorry.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2015-10-26T19:00:00.080" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14593" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14596" CreationDate="2015-10-26T19:16:45.730" Score="11" ViewCount="705" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have recently asked this &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/688810/338915&quot;&gt;question&lt;/a&gt; which got two answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The two answers are correct and solved my problem efficiently in two different ways.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Accepting an answer is important as it both rewards posters for solving your problem and informs others that your issue is resolved. - &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/5234/how-does-accepting-an-answer-work&quot;&gt;Meta&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have accepted one answer mostly to &lt;em&gt;informs others that your issue is resolved&lt;/em&gt; but I feel this is unfair for @choroba who provided a valid answer too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the best attitude in this case ? Is not accepting any answer a good practice for a case like this ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="338915" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2015-11-07T14:40:00.780" Title="Is it OK to not accept an answer out of many equally good ones?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14594" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14587" CreationDate="2015-10-26T23:54:21.793" Score="2" Body="&lt;h1&gt;No!&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;If it's off-topic, it's off topic...&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Use these comments instead:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mint:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;We're sorry, but this site is all about Ubuntu and its official derivatives as posted on https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuFlavors **so Mint is off-topic here as well.** However, on [unix.se], a sister site to Ask Ubuntu, they're very good at all varieties of Linux and Unix, so you might be better off there.  **;-)**&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Apple:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;We're sorry, but this site is all about Ubuntu and its official derivatives as posted on https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuFlavors **so Apple stuff is off-topic here as well.** However, on [apple.se], a sister site to Ask Ubuntu, they're very good at all fruity varieties, so you might be better off there.  **;-)**&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Android:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;We're sorry, but this site is all about Ubuntu and its official derivatives as posted on https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuFlavors **so Android is off-topic here as well.** However, on [Android.se], a sister site to Ask Ubuntu, they're very good at all things Android, so you might be better off there.  **;-)**&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Kali:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;We're sorry, but this site is all about Ubuntu and its official derivatives as posted on https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuFlavors **so Kali is off-topic here as well.** However, on [Unix&amp;amp;Linux](http://unix.stackexchange.com/), a sister site to Ask Ubuntu, they're very good at all varieties of Linux and Unix, especially if you use the *Kali-Linux* tag.  **;-)**&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;elementary:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;Sub&gt;Yup, that's the correct spelling: not &amp;quot;Elementary OS&amp;quot;&lt;/Sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;We're sorry, but this site is all about Ubuntu and its official derivatives as posted on https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuFlavors **so elementary is off-topic here as well.** However, on http://elementaryos.stackexchange.com/, a sister site to Ask Ubuntu, they're very good at elementary, so you might be better off there.  **;-)**&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Windows:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;We're sorry, but this site is all about Ubuntu and the **people here are very good at dual-booting and removing Windows**, but not very good at getting it to work when it has problems...  However, on http://superuser.com, a sister site to Ask Ubuntu, they're very good at deleting Ubuntu and installing Windows, so you might be better off there.  **;-)**&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2015-10-26T23:54:21.793" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14595" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-10-27T00:20:44.993" Score="24" ViewCount="431" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/lts&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;lts&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;lts&lt;/a&gt; tag:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The LTS (Long Term Support) releases that have come out so far include:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;6.06 Dapper Drake (no longer supported)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;8.04 Hardy Heron (no longer supported on desktops; server edition supported until April 2013)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;10.04 Lucid Lynx (desktop supported until April 2013, server supported until April 2015)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;12.04 Precise Pangolin (desktop and server both supported until April 2017)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;hr&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Unlike regular releases of Ubuntu, LTS releases can be upgraded directly from one to the &#xA;  next, without the need to upgrade to all intermediate releases in between.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;For example, an Ubuntu 10.04 LTS system can be upgraded directly to Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. In contrast, an Ubuntu 10.10 system would have to be upgraded to 11.04, and then to 11.10, and then finally to Ubuntu 12.04 LTS.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This tag wiki is 2 years out of date, doesn't know about Ubuntu 14.04 and seems to have no purpose. The times &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/lts&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;lts&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;lts&lt;/a&gt; is used is almost always with an LTS version - mostly 14.04 at the moment. The tag except of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/14.04&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;14.04&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;14.04&lt;/a&gt; says &quot;&lt;em&gt;The current LTS (Long Term Support)&lt;/em&gt;&quot; so tagging with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/lts&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;lts&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;lts&lt;/a&gt; seems really redundant:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/zrt6I.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/zrt6I.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can't imagine someone being an expert in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/lts&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;lts&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;lts&lt;/a&gt; who wouldn't be watching out for 12.04 or 14.04 questions. It has 7 followers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please can this tag be blacklisted?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="186134" LastActivityDate="2015-12-04T15:31:07.047" Title="End of Life for [lts]?" Tags="|discussion|tag-block-request|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14596" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14593" CreationDate="2015-10-27T15:34:41.383" Score="16" Body="&lt;p&gt;If both answers equally help, and solve the problem, then judge them on how they are written and structured and how much information they give. That's what I do, and I've never had a time when answers are so amazing that I can't even judge them on that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You shouldn't accept neither of them though because you need in some way to mark the question as solved for other users and the system. Because then other users may not even realise that both answers solved your problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastEditorDisplayName="user364819" LastEditDate="2015-11-07T14:40:00.780" LastActivityDate="2015-11-07T14:40:00.780" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14597" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14598" CreationDate="2015-10-27T18:29:53.533" Score="1" ViewCount="47" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can the site moderators view who casts what votes?  IE, if I upvote or downvote a post, will the mods know that it was myself and not Joe Blow de Eskimo?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="366676" LastActivityDate="2015-10-27T18:48:54.823" Title="Can moderators view votes?" Tags="|discussion|moderators|votes|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14598" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14597" CreationDate="2015-10-27T18:48:54.823" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Nope, we can't see your individual upvotes or downvotes.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We &lt;em&gt;can&lt;/em&gt; see any voting trends that appear, in case you start using your votes to target other users (which is against the rules), or other users target you, but that is the extent that we can see.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2015-10-27T18:48:54.823" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14599" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14601" CreationDate="2015-10-27T22:19:35.847" Score="9" ViewCount="148" Body="&lt;p&gt;I asked &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/458017/disable-unity-search-partners-across-all-present-and-future-user-accounts&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; in April 2014.  I received no response, until August 2015 when my question was suddenly marked a dupe of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/629248/globally-disable-include-online-search-results&quot;&gt;this one&lt;/a&gt;, asked in May 2015.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is better phrased, and actually has answers, but this question marked as a dupe reflects negatively on my record, and I feel it is unfair because my question was not particularly bad, and I asked the question about a year in advance.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do I have any claim here?  Or is this the standard for marking dupes?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="218190" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2019-10-15T20:34:45.210" Title="My question was marked a dupe, even though it was asked first?" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2015-11-03T19:57:31.243" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14600" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14599" CreationDate="2015-10-27T22:40:39.107" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just the opposite: it reflects &lt;em&gt;good&lt;/em&gt; on you: it means it's a worthy question that others will find through Google and then will be directed to the question that &lt;em&gt;does&lt;/em&gt; have an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And that also answers your question: yes, we try to dupe questions without answers to questions with answers!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;So keep up the good work!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="344926" LastEditDate="2015-10-27T22:48:11.463" LastActivityDate="2015-10-27T22:48:11.463" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14601" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14599" CreationDate="2015-10-27T22:42:04.800" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sorry, this is the norm.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We want the best answers for people - and good questions attract good answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So having a bad question redirect to a good one is much better than the other way round - and why edit the bad one to make it good when you have a good one?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's pretty standard to do this as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As to the negatively on your record, I try not to see it like that (especially in this case). If you've looked to check it's not a dupe (which I guess it wasn't then) then you've done nothing wrong.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We remove duped questions, and make them atuo redirect. This means people searching with different terms are more likely to find the answers - essentially you have made a bigger net to catch the searchers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My pronouns are He / Him&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="186134" LastEditorUserId="186134" LastEditDate="2019-10-15T20:34:45.210" LastActivityDate="2019-10-15T20:34:45.210" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14602" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14564" CreationDate="2015-10-28T01:22:11.590" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Well, people who have no experience with Ubuntu think &quot;I know! I'll install Ubuntu,&quot; and then it all goes downhill from there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In all seriousness, though, I think it's a mix between inexperienced users coming to Ubuntu, the popularity of NVIDIA and the fact that NVIDIA cards tend to have bad times on Ubuntu. For whatever reason, the proprietary drivers sometimes don't work, and the generic ones sometimes fail as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because NVIDIA is so popular, a lot of people using Windows have the brand. When they decide to install Ubuntu, whether because they used it sometime in the past or because they like the look of it, there's a high chance they'll have problems with NVIDIA and Ubuntu. (Sorry for the redundancy)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;inexperienced/new users&lt;/code&gt; + &lt;code&gt;NVIDIA's popularity&lt;/code&gt; + &lt;code&gt;NVIDIA's trouble with Ubuntu&lt;/code&gt; = &lt;code&gt;many NVIDIA &amp;amp; Ubuntu questions&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="274320" LastActivityDate="2015-10-28T01:22:11.590" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14603" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14604" CreationDate="2015-10-28T10:13:52.883" Score="3" ViewCount="41" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is there any reason why U&amp;amp;L site questions with &quot;ubuntu&quot; tag appear in AU chat?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="439451" LastEditorUserId="439451" LastEditDate="2015-10-28T10:17:25.743" LastActivityDate="2019-10-15T20:32:37.180" Title="What is the reason for U&amp;L questions appearing in AU chat?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14604" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14603" CreationDate="2015-10-28T10:57:00.887" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Because this is the Ubuntu site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While they're on topic there, some questions are better suited to us, and would be good migration targets, or a user from here might be able to answer it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Essentially, it shows the question to a wider audience.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My pronouns are He / Him&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="186134" LastEditorUserId="186134" LastEditDate="2019-10-15T20:32:37.180" LastActivityDate="2019-10-15T20:32:37.180" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14605" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14610" CreationDate="2015-10-28T13:12:07.943" Score="3" ViewCount="135" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was hoping for enthusiast badge which requires 30 consecutive days of visit.On 27/10/2015 around 00.10 am,it was  showing 7/30 means 7 days out of 30 but today it is displaying 1/30.If anyone could explain reason behind this it would be a great help?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449573" LastEditorUserId="449573" LastEditDate="2015-10-31T18:36:43.667" LastActivityDate="2015-10-31T18:36:43.667" Title="Enthusiast badge" Tags="|discussion|badges|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="18" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14606" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2015-10-28T13:13:44.687" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2015-10-28T13:13:44.687" LastActivityDate="2015-10-28T13:13:44.687" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14607" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2015-10-28T13:13:44.687" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2015-10-28T13:13:44.687" LastActivityDate="2015-10-28T13:13:44.687" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14609" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-10-28T16:26:07.217" Score="10" ViewCount="270" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/691059/ubuntu-15-10-no-wifi-bluetooth-usb-sound&quot;&gt;question saying that their USB, WiFi and Bluetooth are all broken since the upgrade to 15.10&lt;/a&gt; from 15.04.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are these multiple questions (because it's 3 different things), or should it be left as one (because they were all caused by the same thing)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm also predicting that these questions are going to arise more with the 15.10 update - it seems to be causing multiple issues in a lot of cases.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="186134" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2015-11-10T12:47:15.907" Title="Should lots of issues caused by one thing be asked in multiple questions?" Tags="|discussion|asking-questions|" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14610" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14605" CreationDate="2015-10-28T16:31:24.970" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I can't say how? but I am sure that is not system fault.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For consecutive days, days are counted in &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coordinated_Universal_Time&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;UTC&lt;/a&gt;. In India (since you are from Gujrat) the new day counted after &lt;strong&gt;5:30&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But you can know which day(s) you have missed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Go to profile and click on consecutive days link.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;1.My consecutive days in U&amp;amp;L. The gaps shows not visited days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/jqfQQ.png&quot; alt=&quot;Imgur&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2.My consecutive days in AU. No gaps :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/hxFbi.png&quot; alt=&quot;Imgur&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="439451" LastEditorDisplayName="user364819" LastEditDate="2015-10-28T18:53:31.753" LastActivityDate="2015-10-28T18:53:31.753" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14612" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14609" CreationDate="2015-10-28T17:11:15.123" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is a very good question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this specific case I think each issue should be treated separately.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The second and third issue probably have the same answer (i.e. the kernel upgrade caused the wifi and bluetooth modules to not be loaded as they were compiled for another kernel -&gt; recompile and reconfigure each module) but for them to be addressed properly in my opinion two specific answers are required.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The first issue seems totally unrelated to the second and third one and hence in my opinion is deserveful to be treated separately.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also notice that splitting has the added benefit of being able to address all of those issues individually in case they show up again in other questions individually due to similar but different (in this case hardware) configurations.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="380067" LastEditorUserId="380067" LastEditDate="2015-10-28T17:17:03.237" LastActivityDate="2015-10-28T17:17:03.237" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14613" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14609" CreationDate="2015-10-28T17:13:09.830" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;In most cases solutions are different. And it is not possible to fix all that in one answer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Wifi can be fixed by installing Broadcom drivers. There is an answer for that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Bluetooth needs firmware. There is another solution for that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is unclear what is &quot;USB does not work&quot; and is unclear what is the sound issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So it is impossible to answer it in one post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the question is split, some of the issues may be resolved and some require additional information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What makes thing worse is a mainline kernel.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="167850" LastEditorUserId="167850" LastEditDate="2015-10-28T17:20:23.593" LastActivityDate="2015-10-28T17:20:23.593" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14614" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14609" CreationDate="2015-10-28T17:43:22.253" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you can file 3 separate bugs on launchpad, it's three separate questions.  &lt;strong&gt;:)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2015-10-28T17:43:22.253" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14615" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14617" CreationDate="2015-10-29T15:39:00.057" Score="4" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;To be more specific: I am trying to edit one of my old answer in order to update it --- &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/379123/can-i-zoom-out-windows-or-scale-the-whole-desktop&quot;&gt;this one&lt;/a&gt; --- and the site hangs everytime I press the &quot;save edits&quot; button (more specifically: it stops as if saving and after a while it times out). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I checked with other answer and it's definitely not a problem with my user --- I can edit other answers all right. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know that the probable best thing to do is wait until tomorrow and try again, but --- in case it is still there --- what I am supposed to do? Flag the answer for moderator attention? Or post here (as I am doing now)? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="16395" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2015-10-29T17:20:49.920" Title="What is the procedure for reporting a problem with the site?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14616" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14618" CreationDate="2015-10-29T15:50:57.483" Score="6" ViewCount="179" Body="&lt;p&gt;This question comes via an anonymous submission to Ask Slashdot: &lt;a href=&quot;http://slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&amp;amp;id=77971671&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;The problem with &quot;Ask Ubuntu&quot;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Say a new user has a problem, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search&quot;&gt;searches&lt;/a&gt; Ask Ubuntu and the UNIX site for a solution, and comes across an existing question about this problem that doesn't have an answer yet.&#xA;How should he indicate that the problem also affects him or otherwise draw attention to the question in order to get an answer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Upvoting to get it higher on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/unanswered&quot;&gt;unanswered list&lt;/a&gt; list is impossible with a new user's reputation.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Adding a bounty to get it on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/?tab=featured&quot;&gt;featured list&lt;/a&gt; is impossible with a new user's reputation.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Posting something other than an answer as an answer is forbidden.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Asking an exact duplicate question is discouraged.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Flooding the suggested edit queue with minor edits to get seven +2 rewards for accepted edits is &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/14557/232993&quot;&gt;also discouraged&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Even asking this question would have been impossible with a new user's reputation.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If all the questions that affect a given new user have already been asked but not answered, how should he get an answer?&#xA;Or if someone new is thinking in terms of &quot;this also affects me&quot;, should he be directed to Launchpad instead of AU?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="232993" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2017-01-19T19:51:45.053" Title="How can a new user escalate an old unanswered question?" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|reputation|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14617" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14615" CreationDate="2015-10-29T16:04:58.693" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Flagging something for moderator attention should only be done if the actual question or answer itself needs to be reviewed by a moderator (and then possibly removed), not if there is a potential bug on that page. If you think that you have found a bug, post a report on it here and give it the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/bug&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;bug&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;bug&lt;/a&gt; tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastActivityDate="2015-10-29T16:04:58.693" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14618" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14616" CreationDate="2015-10-29T16:35:23.213" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;The first thing one has to understand about the Stack Exchange family of sites is that they are question and answer sites, not forums and not bug report platforms. There is simply no point whatsoever in informing the world that I have the same problem. On bug report sites, the number of people affected by a bug is a useful tool when deciding what bug to focus on. On a Q&amp;amp;A site, the number of people interested in an answer is irrelevant. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, there is no way and there really shouldn't be any way for anyone to indicate that a problem also affects them. It's simply not in the remit of the site. It is kind of like wanting a &quot;I was wondering about this too&quot; button on Wikipedia. What would be the point?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only real problem I see here is when a question has been asked already, but there are either no answers or none of the existing answers help the new user. In the second case, the solution is to post a new question, referencing the old one and explaining that the solutions offered there didn't work (also explaining exactly how they failed). For the first case, where there are no answers, it is reasonable to write something like &quot;I know this has been asked already &lt;em&gt;here&lt;/em&gt;, but that was months ago and there have been no answers. I am therefore posting the question again in the hope of reviving it.&quot; Then, the old question can be closed as a dupe of the new one and the new user might have a better chance of getting an answer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These are relatively rare cases though. The most usual situation is that a question has been both posted and answered so there is nothing the new user should do. There would be no benefit from a &quot;I had this question too&quot; button. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2017-01-19T16:24:15.897" LastActivityDate="2017-01-19T16:24:15.897" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14619" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2015-10-29T17:40:20.480" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2015-10-29T17:40:20.480" LastActivityDate="2015-10-29T17:40:20.480" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14620" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2015-10-29T17:40:20.480" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2015-10-29T17:40:20.480" LastActivityDate="2015-10-29T17:40:20.480" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14621" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14616" CreationDate="2015-10-29T20:07:19.953" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The answer is simple: ask a new question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The new question can't be closed as a duplicate of an unanswered question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="167850" LastActivityDate="2015-10-29T20:07:19.953" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14622" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-10-30T00:11:12.503" Score="23" ViewCount="319" Body="&lt;p&gt;For October 2015&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are there statistics available telling us whether we have more or less number of unanswered questions compared to other stack exchanges, and is there a metric available that ascertains whether our stack exchange is healthy or unhealthy in any regards?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="253579" LastActivityDate="2019-10-15T20:31:43.923" Title="How healthy is our stack exchange compared to others?" Tags="|discussion|statistics|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14623" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14609" CreationDate="2015-10-30T00:36:14.010" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;In my personal experience and opinion, it would be best to have 3 different questions. Not only would this help others solve the problem faster, but it would also benefit those who find the question via online search.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If someone has say a Bluetooth problem after upgrading, but Wi-Fi and USB are fine, they would be able to search and find a question related to Bluetooth after upgrading to 15.10. If all 3 questions were lumped into 1 thread, it would be harder for other people to find an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="465804" LastActivityDate="2015-10-30T00:36:14.010" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14624" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14622" CreationDate="2015-10-30T00:59:08.560" Score="30" Body="&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Stack Overflow&#xA;--------------&#xA;&#xA;Questions  Accepted   &amp;gt;= 1 answers  Closed (Ex Deleted)&#xA;10386638   5819260    9148900       443261&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here, 56% of questions have an accepted answer and 88% have 1 or more answer (i.e. 12% have no answers). 4% are closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Ask Ubuntu&#xA;----------&#xA;&#xA;Questions  Accepted   &amp;gt;= 1 answers  Closed (Ex Deleted)&#xA;204114     69534      162546        27566&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here 34% of questions have an accepted answer and 80% have one or more answer (i.e. 20% have no answers). 14% are closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Unix and Linux&#xA;--------------&#xA;&#xA;Questions  Accepted   &amp;gt;= 1 answers  Closed&#xA;75899      38258      64049         4988&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here 50% of questions have an accepted answer and 84% have one or more answer (i.e. 16% have no answers). 7% are closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My pronouns are He / Him&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="186134" LastEditorUserId="186134" LastEditDate="2019-10-15T20:31:43.923" LastActivityDate="2019-10-15T20:31:43.923" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14625" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14628" CreationDate="2015-10-30T12:09:56.377" Score="3" ViewCount="96" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've just run across 2 deleted questions from &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/466702/akalank-prakash&quot;&gt;this user&lt;/a&gt; in the last 10 minutes. (Example &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/691890/permission-denied-in-nano-how-to-solve-this&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/691864/how-to-create-etc-x11-xorg-conf-file&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; for 10K+ rep users )&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;seems&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; he/she/it's gaming the system and deleting his/her/its questions when he/she/it gets an answer in the comments or when his question is duplicated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;How can I investigate this user any further to check if he's using/abusing the system?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2015-10-31T18:39:22.717" Title="How to see all deleted questions of a particular user?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14626" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14627" CreationDate="2015-10-30T18:37:03.027" Score="0" ViewCount="84" Body="&lt;p&gt;I had seen using people link in their answers.Please let me know how to do that so can I answer in an effective way.A snapshot is added to explain which type of linking I am talking about.&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Ddc5o.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Ddc5o.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Actually the way &quot;Announcer,Booster&quot;have been linked I want to learn.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449573" LastActivityDate="2015-10-30T18:50:46.800" Title="How to attach Link" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14627" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14626" CreationDate="2015-10-30T18:50:46.800" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Link markdown is as follows:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;[text](url)&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So the following markdown:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;[test](http://example.org)&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Produces the following output when rendered:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://example.org&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;test&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastActivityDate="2015-10-30T18:50:46.800" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14628" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14625" CreationDate="2015-10-31T18:39:22.717" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;A list of a user's deleted questions isn't publicly available data. But, as  &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/14625/how-to-see-all-deleted-questions-of-a-particular-user#comment25843_14625&quot;&gt;RolandiXor pointed out in the comments&lt;/a&gt; if this behaviour continues the system either blocks the user from asking more questions, notifies the moderators, or both, depending on the exact behaviour happening.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.227" LastActivityDate="2015-10-31T18:39:22.717" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14629" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14564" CreationDate="2015-11-01T03:43:12.110" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Agreed, I see many of these questions across the Internet,  not just here. Someone should just create a wiki page that we could link people to. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="465804" LastActivityDate="2015-11-01T03:43:12.110" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14630" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14631" CreationDate="2015-11-02T07:59:38.083" Score="2" ViewCount="43" Body="&lt;p&gt;The question is simple:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any feature to notify moderators in chat without using their name?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example &lt;code&gt;@mod&lt;/code&gt; instead of &lt;code&gt;@Seth&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here my intention is to send message to moderators in &lt;strong&gt;chat&lt;/strong&gt; (So nothing personnel ). As per my knowledge, moderators keep an eye on chat room as well.   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am just asking to know Is there any such feature?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="439451" LastEditorUserId="439451" LastEditDate="2015-11-02T12:28:12.827" LastActivityDate="2015-11-02T12:28:12.827" Title="Is there any feature to notify moderators in chat?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14631" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14630" CreationDate="2015-11-02T12:25:11.370" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/126988/270345&quot;&gt;a heavily downvoted feature request&lt;/a&gt; - unlikely to ever be implemented. For the general case, post a question on meta. Moderators are notified of questions on meta. Of course, search first, and search diligently.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2015-11-02T12:25:11.370" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14632" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14633" CreationDate="2015-11-02T19:35:59.980" Score="-4" ViewCount="123" Body="&lt;p&gt;It seems that &lt;em&gt;Ubuntu 15.10&lt;/em&gt; is bringing up a lot of questions here on Ask Ubuntu. Is this natural? (Newbies getting excited to actually test it out, they know nothing so a lot of problems/questions bring up, but then all of that passes.) Or it is actually buggy?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="391572" LastEditorUserId="380067" LastEditDate="2015-11-02T20:26:09.677" LastActivityDate="2015-11-02T20:26:09.677" Title="It seems 15.10 has too many problems, is this natural or Canonical should resolve the bugs?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ClosedDate="2015-11-11T23:19:54.090" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14633" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14632" CreationDate="2015-11-02T19:53:47.033" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's common that after new release comes out a lot of questions are asked about it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;15.10 came out 10 days ago. We're going to see more 15.10-targeted questions than anything else for a little while.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2015-11-02T19:53:47.033" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14634" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14652" CreationDate="2015-11-03T04:43:15.480" Score="9" ViewCount="65" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have no idea why we need the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/blogs&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;blogs&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;blogs&lt;/a&gt; tag to be plural.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We have &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/terminal&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;terminal&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;terminal&lt;/a&gt;, not &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/terminals&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;terminals&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;terminals&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;We have &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/shell&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;shell&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;shell&lt;/a&gt;, not &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/shells&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;shells&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;shells&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;We have &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/scanner&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;scanner&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;scanner&lt;/a&gt;, not &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/scanners&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;scanners&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;scanners&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For consistency's sake, can we please make the tag singular?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastEditorUserId="1067" LastEditDate="2015-11-06T18:48:03.787" LastActivityDate="2015-11-06T18:48:03.787" Title="Rename &quot;blogs&quot; tag to &quot;blog&quot;" Tags="|discussion|status-completed|tags|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14635" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14639" CreationDate="2015-11-03T05:21:42.170" Score="1" ViewCount="83" Body="&lt;p&gt;Recently I observed a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/692868/ubuntu-update-installation-failing-on-my-bq-aquaris-e4-5-ubuntu-edition&quot;&gt;post&lt;/a&gt; with 14.10 in Ubuntu touch ( &lt;strong&gt;BQ Aquaris E4.5&lt;/strong&gt; ) The Ubuntu version released in &lt;strong&gt;11 February 2015&lt;/strong&gt; (from &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BQ_Aquaris_E4.5&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;wiki&lt;/a&gt;). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also in Ubuntu touch &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Touch/Devices&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;wiki&lt;/a&gt;, The last supported date mentioned &lt;em&gt;unknown&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is Ubuntu touch with 14.10 is EOL or not ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because we generally close Q with 14.10, I too did same in this case, but after receiving a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/692868/ubuntu-update-installation-failing-on-my-bq-aquaris-e4-5-ubuntu-edition?noredirect=1#comment1012674_692868&quot;&gt;comment&lt;/a&gt;, I decided to get clear clarity.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;EDIT&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To extend my question to make it generalized, &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the question is &lt;em&gt;not about upgrading&lt;/em&gt; but related to &lt;strong&gt;14.10 Ubuntu touch&lt;/strong&gt; (or any Ubuntu touch with EOL version) is off-topic?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="439451" LastEditorUserId="439451" LastEditDate="2015-11-03T10:49:07.943" LastActivityDate="2015-11-03T10:49:07.943" Title="14.10 in Ubuntu touch is EOL or not?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14636" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-11-03T08:40:24.257" Score="-5" ViewCount="83" Body="&lt;p&gt;On a conversation with ByteCommander &lt;em&gt;[which I understood wrong and who I thought is *]&lt;/em&gt; a mod, he tells me that in every meta he sees colors. But it seems the rest of the public only see black and white, except for the Stack Exchange one. I'm talking about the layout, not the logos, the &quot;able-to-click-text&quot; is not black and white. The only purpose for this is because it is a shadow, but why the kitten do we have to see mostly black and white?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;[... *] was added by ByteCommander for clarification&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="391572" LastEditorUserId="367990" LastEditDate="2015-11-03T12:24:40.903" LastActivityDate="2015-11-03T12:24:40.903" Title="Why most metas aren't colorful to the public, but every meta is colorful for mods?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14637" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14636" CreationDate="2015-11-03T08:51:36.000" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm pretty sure the meta sites look the same for moderators and non-moderators.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Y0l0v.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Y0l0v.png&quot; alt=&quot;Screenshot&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastActivityDate="2015-11-03T08:51:36.000" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14639" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14635" CreationDate="2015-11-03T10:11:58.050" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;In my (not so) humble opinion, 14.10 is an EOL release, so questions about &lt;em&gt;14.10 itself&lt;/em&gt; are off-topic, but &lt;strong&gt;questions on how to upgrade are not&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this particular case, I don't think BQ will unpack all phones in of their warehouse and upgrade them to 15.10 before shipping, so in my &lt;em&gt;humble&lt;/em&gt; opinion, we should reopen this question and then protect it...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That way, we can let this be the &amp;quot;one&amp;quot; exception: all other questions related to upgrading can then be closed onto this one! (thanks &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/15811/rinzwind&quot;&gt;@Rinzwind&lt;/a&gt; for the tip!)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;:-)&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2015-11-03T10:44:29.157" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14640" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14595" CreationDate="2015-11-03T16:51:33.263" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;It seems to me that the only good use for it is any questions related to upgrading to/between/from LTS versions, so perhaps we could blacklist it and create &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/lts-upgrade&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;lts-upgrade&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;lts-upgrade&lt;/a&gt; instead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="300807" LastActivityDate="2015-11-03T16:51:33.263" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14641" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5906" CreationDate="2015-11-04T03:50:08.667" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Usually&lt;/strong&gt; if it's a bug you can find it listed already on one of the bug reporting sites like &lt;a href=&quot;https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=89781&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;bugzilla&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;launchpad.&lt;/a&gt; While not everyone knows how to report a bug, many do and if it is a bug it is likely to be impacting a large enough audience that someone will have reported it properly. A simple google search is likely to turn up evidence which can help you determine if it might be a bug. As Eliah Kagan noted Jorge Castro provides some great advice &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/5474/how-do-i-know-its-a-bug-before-i-ask-for-advice/5475#5475&quot;&gt;here.&lt;/a&gt; Oli has also chimed in on this topic &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/11718/when-is-a-bug-a-bug?rq=1&quot;&gt;here.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastActivityDate="2015-11-04T03:50:08.667" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14642" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-11-04T08:19:49.053" Score="-8" ViewCount="68" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Does anyone know?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;a) Why I can never, ever log in to &lt;strong&gt;AskUbuntu&lt;/strong&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;b) Why AB has the strictest password requirement of any site on the planet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="324418" OwnerDisplayName="Gareth " LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2015-11-04T16:02:12.657" LastActivityDate="2015-11-04T16:02:12.657" Title="AskUbuntu logins &amp; passwords" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14643" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5906" CreationDate="2015-11-04T12:00:33.020" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;In my opinion, a bug isn't a bug until it is &lt;em&gt;proven&lt;/em&gt; to be a bug. Even then, I would be restraint to close it as a bug, unless the bug report offers a solution. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In many cases, bug or not, at least a temporary workaround can be found. I don't see why that would &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; be useful, or even inappropriate, to post on a site like this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastActivityDate="2015-11-04T12:00:33.020" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14644" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14642" CreationDate="2015-11-04T14:12:26.397" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is no mandated password complexity.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's because we don't directly use usernames and passwords here, we use OpenID which pushes authentication out to third parties. You can use whatever OpenID provider you like, including everyday things like Facebook and Google accounts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You &lt;em&gt;could&lt;/em&gt; run your own OpenID provider that had literally no password attached to it. I wouldn't recommend it, but there you are.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Stack Exchange can &lt;a href=&quot;https://openid.stackexchange.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;provide you with an OpenID&lt;/a&gt; if you don't have access to another but the password requirement there isn't that arduous.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But more than anything, &lt;strong&gt;your account&lt;/strong&gt; is associated with your Google account. The complexity of your password is really between you and them. I don't understand why you're having a grumble here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To answer your questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Why I can never, ever log in to Ask Ubuntu?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can only assume it's a case of PEBKAC here. Sorry. Clicking the button that says Google and giving them your auth details (if you aren't already logged in) isn't hard.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If something is going wrong in this process (ie, you're logging into Google but that's kicking you around) I'm very sorry for accusing you of whataever I've been accusing you of. Please use the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/contact&quot;&gt;contact form&lt;/a&gt; to talk to SE directly and get it fixed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Why the {expletive deleted} AB has the strictest password requirement of any site on the planet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Along with other sites that use OpenID, it has literally the least strict password requirement of any site on the planet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What is it? A front for the CIA?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We can neither confirm or deny this allegation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2015-11-04T15:04:51.860" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14645" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14595" CreationDate="2015-11-04T14:39:46.073" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;IMHO it's a useless tag. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We should burn it in favor of the more specific tags 12.04, 14.04, etc. I have to agree with @NathanOsman when he says &quot;I can't think of a legitimate reason for using this tag that wouldn't be covered by something more specific.&quot; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastActivityDate="2015-11-04T14:39:46.073" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14646" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-11-05T16:01:28.057" Score="0" ViewCount="37" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am facing a dilemma here. I have asked this &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/694315/294611&quot;&gt;question&lt;/a&gt; answers to which are all good and equally correct. All give something good to learn&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In such situation accepting one will make other &lt;em&gt;less correct&lt;/em&gt;  since &lt;strong&gt;accepting&lt;/strong&gt; implies the most correct answer. Now what to do?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="294611" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2015-11-05T16:01:28.057" Title="Which answer to accept if all are equally correct and important" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2015-11-05T16:43:07.550" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14647" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14593" CreationDate="2015-11-05T18:40:10.143" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, clearly you should accept one. If both answers are valid, upvote both answers and accept the one that seems best (most informative, clearest, or whatever quality metric you can think of that narrows the field.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastActivityDate="2015-11-05T18:40:10.143" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14648" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14651" CreationDate="2015-11-06T15:22:40.237" Score="8" ViewCount="136" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've edited the body of this answer (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/694747/revisions&quot;&gt;link to the answer's revision history&lt;/a&gt;) twice after ~21 minutes I initially posted it, the second edit ~3 minutes after the first edit, but the 5 minutes grace period for those two consecutive edits didn't apply; in fact the revision history shows two different revisions, one ~3 minutes after the other (revision 3 ~3 minutes after revision 2).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What happened to the grace period here?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Revision 2: 2015-11-06 &lt;strong&gt;15:02:50&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/zj4ta.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/zj4ta.png&quot; alt=&quot;screenshot1&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Revision 3: 2015-11-06 &lt;strong&gt;15:05:06&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/sUCaO.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/sUCaO.png&quot; alt=&quot;screenshot2&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="380067" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2019-03-03T19:10:02.383" Title="What happened to the grace period?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14649" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14650" CreationDate="2015-11-06T16:43:48.450" Score="5" ViewCount="66" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/694757/libreoffice-loads-after-every-boot/694766?noredirect=1#comment1015735_694766&quot;&gt;On this question today&lt;/a&gt; I was helping a user and after multiple attempts they fixed it there self and my answers did not work, however the user (I guess just to say thanks for helping me) accepted a wrong answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I left them a comment but they are rep 1 and may not return and I don't have enough detail on the fix to write an edit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there anyway of getting this answer unaccepted if the user does not return any time soon ? Perhaps notify a mod ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:21.573" LastActivityDate="2015-11-06T16:58:00.113" Title="A user wrongly accepted my answer, what can I do?" Tags="|support|answers|accepted-answer|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14650" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14649" CreationDate="2015-11-06T16:58:00.113" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Don't worry about it. :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your answer is wrong or misleading, you can - of course - delete it. But in this case, your answer is fine. Users are encouraged to accept an answer, and it's good when they do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are lots of questions where the accepted answer has fewer upvotes than the top answer, which is fine as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastActivityDate="2015-11-06T16:58:00.113" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14651" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14648" CreationDate="2015-11-06T18:11:07.193" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't have access to the detailed history, but the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/694735/how-would-you-count-every-occurrence-of-a-term-in-all-files-in-the-current-direc/694747#comment1015653_694747&quot;&gt;first comment&lt;/a&gt; &lt;strong&gt;might&lt;/strong&gt; have been added before you edited your question the second time. In that case the grace period ends as soon as the comment is posted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/3122/formatting-sandbox/267064?s=5|0.0000#267064&quot;&gt;Formatting Sandbox&lt;/a&gt;, there gunr2171 talks about a &quot;new logic&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastEditorUserId="301745" LastEditDate="2019-03-03T19:10:02.383" LastActivityDate="2019-03-03T19:10:02.383" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14652" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14634" CreationDate="2015-11-06T18:47:46.100" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You're absolutely right. Done.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastActivityDate="2015-11-06T18:47:46.100" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14653" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14654" CreationDate="2015-11-09T18:22:41.003" Score="2" ViewCount="46" Body="&lt;p&gt;Recently, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/695909/283721&quot;&gt;in this post&lt;/a&gt; an op stated in the comments section an opinion about a meta package which I believe the be simply wrong.  Is there a good way to correct that, without starting a flame war?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="283721" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.217" LastActivityDate="2015-11-09T18:32:07.883" Title="Correcting an answerer" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14654" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14653" CreationDate="2015-11-09T18:32:07.883" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just disagree in one comment and let them flame.  Don't argue.  They'll tire out, and someone will flag the comments for deletion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2015-11-09T18:32:07.883" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14655" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14657" CreationDate="2015-11-09T19:40:37.610" Score="2" ViewCount="124" Body="&lt;p&gt;I sometimes see Windows answers which are removed because they are not helpful to Ubuntu users, even Mac answers, but what about answers that explain how to do something on Mint (and it is clear that they are using Mint)? Or what about Elementary OS? Or Kali Linux? Are only Ubuntu answers allowed or are answers like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/695968/364819&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; allowed too (by the way that answer doesn't actually work for me, so it's possibly just a Kali Linux thing)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it just favourable that they are for Ubuntu and not for another Linux distribution? Or does it depend on the answer and whether it is unhelpful because they are not using Ubuntu? Or are they not allowed at all?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like for someone to set this straight as I'm really not sure where to draw the line.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastEditorUserId="158442" LastEditDate="2015-11-09T21:03:00.307" LastActivityDate="2019-10-09T11:37:05.823" Title="How different is the answer's OS allowed to be?" Tags="|discussion|support|answers|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14656" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14655" CreationDate="2015-11-09T19:54:11.230" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think the same goes for answers as it does questions. Ubuntu and its official flavours are allowed, otherwise it belongs on the Unix &amp;amp; Linux site. As you pointed out, the Kali Linux solution did not work for you. If it's an Ubuntu problem, you expect an Ubuntu solution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user323419" LastEditorUserId="250300" LastEditDate="2019-10-09T11:37:05.823" LastActivityDate="2019-10-09T11:37:05.823" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14657" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14655" CreationDate="2015-11-09T20:13:51.827" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note that I'm not encouraging people to post answers that work for other distributions; I'm rather discouraging downvoting / flagging / voting to delete already posted answers mentioning another distribution that work for Ubuntu.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would you keep an answer that works, if it works also on Debian? I guess yes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As long as they work, they're &quot;allowed&quot; (meaning: not deserveful to be deleted).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Many GNU/Linux distributions are so similar in certain aspects that I wouldn't be surprised that even a highly system-dependent solution that works for distribution X would work for Ubuntu as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However indeed downvote / flag / vote to delete those that don't.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="380067" LastEditorUserId="380067" LastEditDate="2015-11-09T23:45:20.057" LastActivityDate="2015-11-09T23:45:20.057" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14658" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14659" CreationDate="2015-11-09T20:18:56.160" Score="3" ViewCount="91" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was just casting a duplicate close vote on this &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/close/488479&quot;&gt;question&lt;/a&gt; when I got this notice:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/YgGlT.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/YgGlT.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What does it mean and how should I proceed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2015-12-18T23:49:19.390" LastActivityDate="2015-12-18T23:49:19.390" Title="Duplicate circle?" Tags="|support|duplicates|review|vote-to-close|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14659" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14658" CreationDate="2015-11-09T20:21:29.840" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;It means the question you were trying to close it against was already closed as a duplicate &lt;em&gt;of this question&lt;/em&gt;. Hence a circle ;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please don't close questions against questions already closed as a duplicate. Follow the chain to the origin!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2015-11-09T20:21:29.840" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14660" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14609" CreationDate="2015-11-10T12:47:15.907" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I suppose it depends; to put it in medical terms, are you treating the symptoms, or treating the source?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this case, the three problems don't seem to be entirely related; likely, they have similar, but not the same, sources, all of which were triggered by the update to 15.10. So in this case, it would probably be better to have them as one question, then, once solved, post new versions of the question, separated into each specific issue, so as to offer as much efficiency as possible in terms of solution searching. That way, if someone searches for the individual problem, they'll find the individual question, with an answer, and if they search for all three, they'll find the original, compiled question. Smiles all around.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="372948" LastActivityDate="2015-11-10T12:47:15.907" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14661" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14662" CreationDate="2015-11-11T02:27:58.903" Score="8" ViewCount="64" Body="&lt;p&gt;Like the title said, I found a website that seems to be copying at least solved questions from AskUbuntu and presenting them in more of a forum format. I asked about it in chat and was directed to report it. Here's where the problem is: the website &lt;em&gt;does&lt;/em&gt; have source links, which creates a problem. Is this website OK or should it be reported?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's the website: &lt;code&gt;http://ubuntusolved.com/&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The site does show avatars and does link to the appropriate questions, answers and profiles on AskUbuntu, but it also hides the URL names on hover (it won't say AskUbuntu) and it doesn't have names under avatars.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm honestly not sure if this is even on-topic here, but I was directed here to ask for clarification.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="274320" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2015-11-11T10:43:52.557" LastActivityDate="2015-11-11T10:43:52.557" Title="I found a site that is copying questions and answers from here" Tags="|support|copyright|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14662" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14661" CreationDate="2015-11-11T02:46:58.837" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Let's take a look!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/cKSfg.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/24618/259230&quot;&gt;official guidelines for scrapers&lt;/a&gt;, all scrapers must have the following things:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Visually indicate that the content is from StackExhange&lt;/strong&gt; in some way. It doesn’t have to be obnoxious; a discreet text blurb is fine. &lt;em&gt;[Okay, it does this]&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hyperlink directly to the original question&lt;/strong&gt; on the source site (e.g., &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12345&quot;&gt;https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12345&lt;/a&gt;) &lt;em&gt;[Drat, it does this too.]&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Show the author names&lt;/strong&gt; for every question and answer &lt;em&gt;[It doesn't do this!]&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hyperlink each author name&lt;/strong&gt; directly back to their user profile page on the source site (e.g., &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/users/12345/username&quot;&gt;https://stackoverflow.com/users/12345/username&lt;/a&gt;) &lt;em&gt;[I guess it does this too]&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, right out of the box it already has a violation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, let's dig a bit deeper!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Again in the official guidelines:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;By “directly”, I mean each hyperlink must point directly to our domain in standard HTML visible even with JavaScript disabled, and not use a &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TinyURL&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;TinyURL&lt;/a&gt; URL or any other form of obfuscation or redirection. Furthermore, the links must &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; be &lt;a href=&quot;http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2005/01/preventing-comment-spam.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;nofollowed&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If we break out our web inspection tool, we notice something interesting:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/5okss.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So it does use a nofollow.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And, it might be worth to mention that the social links at the bottom redirect back to UbuntuSolved. Not good.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;TL;DR:&lt;/strong&gt; It would be proper to report this page as they're not following attribution guidelines by not including usernames and by including &lt;code&gt;rel=nofollow&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-05-23T12:39:54.233" LastActivityDate="2015-11-11T02:46:58.837" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14663" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14664" CreationDate="2015-11-11T17:20:31.890" Score="0" ViewCount="117" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was just wonder, let's say that there is a question which asks how to disable the cache in Firefox, and the person who asks says that they are running a supported flavour and version of Ubuntu, is this question allowed even though it wouldn't matter which OS they were running, nor which site they posted on (could be Linux, Unix, even Windows)? I mean, if they are running Ubuntu and want to know how to do something with some software, is it on-topic if it is non-Ubuntu-specific? And where is the line drawn because I have seen many of these questions closed, but many left open?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastActivityDate="2015-11-11T17:30:48.267" Title="Are non-Ubuntu-spefic questions allowed?" Tags="|discussion|support|scope|third-party-software|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2015-11-11T17:48:33.173" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14664" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14663" CreationDate="2015-11-11T17:25:37.227" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can —and people have tried to— make the argument that we should only handle things that are &quot;strictly Ubuntu&quot;. What is that though? What is Ubuntu specific? Ubuntu is a collection of other people's tools so ultimately, very, very few things are actually specific to Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sidestep the madness that comes from prescribing a strict &quot;line&quot; around on-topic subjects. It's folly to try. &lt;strong&gt;We aim help people install, use and develop on Ubuntu&lt;/strong&gt;. It's that simple.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please don't chase questions around with pitchforks because the underlying software also exists on another platform. The same can be said for 99% of the software available in Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorDisplayName="user364819" LastEditDate="2015-11-11T17:30:48.267" LastActivityDate="2015-11-11T17:30:48.267" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14665" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14666" CreationDate="2015-11-11T19:35:59.087" Score="5" ViewCount="308" Body="&lt;p&gt;I sometimes see people answering a question in the comments and then being asked to convert their comment into an answer, however in some of those cases someone comes along and sees that answer and in a really obvious way copies and pastes the answer from the comments into an actual answer (this is not to be confused with someone commenting with a potential solution which somebody else also thinks of and writes as an answer - normally you can spot the different because one is a copy and paste job, and the other is clearly written by a different person in a different way), and then I often see downvotes cast on the answer even if it is a good one, and I also see sometimes people getting upset because someone stole their answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So what is the correct course of action to take when it is very obvious that someone has just stolen the answer from someone else who was going to post it as an answer? Should one just ignore these instances and not be one of the downvoters who casts them only because they think what the person did was unfair, and not because of the quality of the answer? Or should anything be done?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastActivityDate="2015-11-25T18:27:17.690" Title="What to do with stolen answers?" Tags="|discussion|support|answers|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="13" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14666" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14665" CreationDate="2015-11-11T20:11:07.130" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;What I do is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Warn the commenter that his answer is being stolen&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If the commenter cares and answers the question accept that answer and vote it up.  If he does not: stop caring too and accept the stolen one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If the original posts an answer, leave a nice comment below the stolen answer like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;It is considered rude  by our community to steal someone else's comment and convert that to an answer... To remove the negative reputation points, [edit] your answer, give a different solution, and drop a note so that I can review my assessment of your answer.  Alternatively, [delete] it altogether and the negative reputation points will be reversed automatically by the system. (I do this too for answers that give me negative reputation points) **;-)**&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;And then downvote the stolen answer!&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2015-11-14T09:59:38.977" CommentCount="23" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14667" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14665" CreationDate="2015-11-12T08:48:50.183" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Nothing.&lt;/strong&gt; The commenter should have posted an answer instead of messing around in the comments' section.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorDisplayName="user364819" LastEditDate="2015-11-25T18:11:47.493" LastActivityDate="2015-11-25T18:11:47.493" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14668" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14669" CreationDate="2015-11-12T10:15:26.047" Score="1" ViewCount="577" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have copied &quot;Follow the chain to the origin&quot; from &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/14659/439451&quot;&gt;@seth answer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Today I have seen a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/697042/administartor-password-cant-change&quot;&gt;post&lt;/a&gt; and it is a dup.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have closed it against a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/91188/authentication-token-manipulation-error&quot;&gt;post 1&lt;/a&gt; which is also a duplicate of another &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/57620/getting-an-authentication-token-manipulation-error-when-trying-to-change-my-us&quot;&gt;post 2&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here, If you observe, the post 1 answer has 100 upvotes, even it is dup.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It means that one is the better question as more people find it . If I follow chain, I have to close against post 2, then OP will miss post 1. (Here need to observe, the gap between post 1 &amp;amp; 2 is very few months).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="439451" LastEditorUserId="439451" LastEditDate="2015-11-12T10:36:37.587" LastActivityDate="2015-11-12T10:42:45.280" Title="&quot;Follow the chain to the origin&quot;- Is it ok to follow it always while closing Q as duplicate?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14669" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14668" CreationDate="2015-11-12T10:42:45.280" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Those 2 topics are different issues and probably need to be open BOTH. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/91188/authentication-token-manipulation-error&quot;&gt;Authentication token manipulation error&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;is about recovery mode so &quot;mount the partition rw&quot; is a correct answer (and the only correct one).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/57620/getting-an-authentication-token-manipulation-error-when-trying-to-change-my-us&quot;&gt;Getting an &amp;quot;Authentication token manipulation&amp;quot; error when trying to change my user password&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;is not about recovery mode but about a corrupted shadow file.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Same problem yes, but different circumstances so I deem it valid to have them BOTH open. I casted a re-open vote on the 1st one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/697042/administartor-password-cant-change&quot;&gt;Administartor password can&amp;#39;t change&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;though needs to be closed against the FIRST topic (the one you used). The other can be helpful but is not about &quot;recovery&quot;. I'd leave that as it is though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastActivityDate="2015-11-12T10:42:45.280" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14670" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14671" CreationDate="2015-11-12T17:02:15.403" Score="0" ViewCount="37" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently asked this question &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/696380/why-is-my-system-suddenly-not-allowing-upper-case-letters&quot;&gt;Why is my system suddenly not allowing upper case letters?&lt;/a&gt;, but I changed a lot when I figured out part of the problem, however someone had already given &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/696391/364819&quot;&gt;an answer&lt;/a&gt; which would have potentially helped me if the problem had been what I originally thought it was (which it turned out not to be), but now the answer is irrelevant and isn't really related to the question, though its author refuses to delete it on the grounds that &quot;it may help someone&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I ask the question, should it be deleted? It may help someone in future, but someone with a different problem to mine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastActivityDate="2015-11-13T12:40:35.783" Title="Should an answer which no longer answers the question, but may help others, be kept or deleted?" Tags="|discussion|support|answers|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14671" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14670" CreationDate="2015-11-12T17:06:07.737" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I would keep the answer for historical reasons.  But ONLY if the question can still be answered or debugged with the answer as it exists.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do this sometimes with a quote block as follows, though I usually do this for my own answers which I replace with a different answer:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This answer no longer answers the question in its current state, but has not been edited or removed yet for historical reasons, in the event that it may help someone else. It may, however, be deleted at any time in the future.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Code for this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;&amp;gt; This answer no longer answers the question in its current state, but has not been edited or removed yet for historical reasons, in the event that it may help someone else. It may, however, be deleted at any time in the future.&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2015-11-13T12:40:35.783" LastActivityDate="2015-11-13T12:40:35.783" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14672" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14673" CreationDate="2015-11-13T01:00:53.600" Score="0" ViewCount="57" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am quite new to this site. My question is what is the first thing you do when you find a Question that is posted by a new user and you know how to answer it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do you check if it is a &#xA;duplicate of a all ready answered question  or do you just answer it with out checking if it is a duplicate question. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="462639" LastActivityDate="2015-11-13T01:28:31.680" Title="If a new user posts a qustion do you check if it is duplicate?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2015-11-13T06:41:40.267" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14673" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14672" CreationDate="2015-11-13T01:28:31.680" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;The process I use for answering questions goes something like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is it off-topic? &lt;em&gt;(Then vote to close.)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Does it sound familiar? &lt;em&gt;(If I've seen something similar, I will try to hunt it down.)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Does anything similar show up in the sidebar?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/tROcR.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/tROcR.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If my answer to all of those is &quot;no&quot;, then I don't consider any further effort to be warranted in searching for duplicates and I begin composing an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastActivityDate="2015-11-13T01:28:31.680" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14674" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12379" CreationDate="2015-11-13T07:56:57.567" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://unix.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/dZP4i.png&quot; alt=&quot;Unix &amp;amp; Linux Stack Exchange&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="380067" LastEditorUserId="380067" LastEditDate="2015-11-21T09:48:46.550" LastActivityDate="2015-11-21T09:48:46.550" CommentCount="9" CommunityOwnedDate="2015-11-13T07:56:57.567" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14678" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14679" CreationDate="2015-11-13T14:35:59.533" Score="0" ViewCount="58" Body="&lt;p&gt;Well the title says it.  Should I answer a question that is technically (or blatantly) off-topic if I know the answer?  Example: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/697604/why-there-is-a-need-in-different-lnixues&quot;&gt;This question&lt;/a&gt; got a downvote as well as multiple flags from me.  If I can just answer the question so that the user will be satisfied and go away, should I?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="366676" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2015-11-13T15:04:35.823" Title="Should off-topic questions be answered?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14679" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14678" CreationDate="2015-11-13T14:48:34.553" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The simple answer: no&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you cast a close vote against an appropriate category.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you can also then downvote.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Refer &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/133552/should-i-answer-off-topic-questions&quot;&gt;Should I answer off-topic questions?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the question is likely to be migrated to another site, answer it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="439451" LastEditorUserId="1067" LastEditDate="2015-11-13T15:04:35.823" LastActivityDate="2015-11-13T15:04:35.823" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14680" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-11-13T22:48:50.627" Score="0" ViewCount="54" Body="&lt;p&gt;Over my time on this site, I have seen around ten or twelve questions around this main circle. People are running Windows with Ubuntu on virtualbox, and are having issues. They then assume that virtualbox is perfect, and immediately come to ask for help. That's just a little backstory. My actual question is, are there too many possible errors that virtualbox can cause, to the point where AskUbuntu should not support them? I feel like there are infinitely many problems Virtualbox or VMware could cause, and that the AskUbuntu community may not have the ability to help these people. What are your guys' thoughts on this? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="431864" LastActivityDate="2015-11-14T00:50:38.483" Title="Should virtualbox count as Ubuntu?" Tags="|discussion|windows|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14681" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14680" CreationDate="2015-11-14T00:09:51.380" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't think that &lt;em&gt;some&lt;/em&gt; people &lt;em&gt;might&lt;/em&gt; have purely Windows-related problems when running it as a guest under Ubuntu is a reason to outlaw virtualisation questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We can deal with the few off-topic ones on a case by case basis.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2015-11-14T00:50:38.483" LastActivityDate="2015-11-14T00:50:38.483" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14682" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14687" CreationDate="2015-11-14T12:18:38.800" Score="-3" ViewCount="176" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have read this &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/13808/294611&quot;&gt;answer&lt;/a&gt; it suggests that Bash questions are on-topic since it helps in administration.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Keeping this in mind, C programming questions too should be on-topic. we can use C to write services and routine and therefore helps in administration. &lt;strong&gt;To me it sounds like there is no specific difference between them if one talks about Ubuntu.&lt;/strong&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;what I mean is if bash helps in administration so is C&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So why C programming questions are not on-topic?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One of the person in chat said me: &quot;bash is a shell and native to Linux. C is a coding language. coding languages have their own stack site :=) shells do not&quot;. &lt;strong&gt;My comment on this:&lt;/strong&gt; Since, bash is native to Linux and shell so is C language. &lt;strong&gt;&quot;coding languages have their own stack site :=) shells do not&quot;&lt;/strong&gt; ? If you talk reversely, since we have Unix &amp;amp; Linux, there is no need of AskUbuntu :-)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Update:&lt;/strong&gt; Please give answers with citation and not that &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/3662/trustworthiness-of-stackexchange-unix-linux&quot;&gt;just appeal you and bunch of people who voted your answers up&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="294611" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-16T15:45:04.257" LastActivityDate="2015-11-15T08:59:59.633" Title="How can bash question is on-topic and C programming off-topic?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14683" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14682" CreationDate="2015-11-14T12:23:14.283" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Saying Ubuntu is written in C, so it should be on topic - is like saying Python is written in C, so on a python specific stackechange site, C would be on topic.  It's a logical fallacy.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As to the parallel, to UL vs AU.  This discussion has been had many times.  I'm sure if you look around the site, you'll find the logic train there.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2015-11-14T12:23:14.283" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14684" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14682" CreationDate="2015-11-14T12:40:50.493" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Before starting to argue about a formal definition of what is on-topic and what is not: &lt;em&gt;there's no formal definition of what is on-topic and what is not: the definition is arbitrary. X is on-topic and Y is not&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;C is off-topic because it has nothing to do with administering Ubuntu, if not in an absurd remote way such as &quot;I'm using C to make a program to administer X; since X is on-topic and I use C to make X, C is on-topic.&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While Aristotle would love that logic, it doesn't make sense at all to allow C in Ask Ubuntu, so we just dismiss that logic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="380067" LastEditorUserId="380067" LastEditDate="2015-11-15T08:37:43.507" LastActivityDate="2015-11-15T08:37:43.507" CommentCount="13" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14685" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14688" CreationDate="2015-11-14T21:13:31.487" Score="2" ViewCount="98" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was just wondering, what should one do with potentially dangerous answers? I mean &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/6742/364819&quot;&gt;I have read before on Meta&lt;/a&gt; that I should just flag them up, however when I did so for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/674503/364819&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; one I just got this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;declined - flags should not be used to indicate technical inaccuracies, or an altogether wrong answer&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So what is the correct course of action other than just downvoting (which is something I always do for these sorts of answers) the answer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastActivityDate="2015-11-16T09:24:19.967" Title="What to do with potentially dangerous answers?" Tags="|discussion|support|answers|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14686" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14685" CreationDate="2015-11-14T21:28:11.443" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;If the answer answers the question it is a correct answer and should be upvoted and not downvoted nor flagged. You can always edit the answer and add in bold &lt;strong&gt;this command is dangerous&lt;/strong&gt;. Or leave a comment stating it is dangerous. But a correct answer is a correct answer ;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it does not answer the question you downvote it, flag it and/pr leave a comment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it is wrong you edit it and make it correct, or flag it as NAA and/or downvote it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastActivityDate="2015-11-14T21:28:11.443" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14687" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14682" CreationDate="2015-11-15T08:27:51.620" Score="-2" Body="&lt;p&gt;So it looks like there is no clear distinction made anywhere on this website(Help Centre) what topics to ask or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You either have to read a lot of meta posts, need to ask moderators here or post the question to see whether it allowed or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Help centre does not clears this out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Other basic problem&lt;/strong&gt; is if you ask someone on this topic you wouldn't get answer/comment without &lt;strong&gt;sarcasm&lt;/strong&gt; (you will find them in comments and answer to my question).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Update:&lt;/strong&gt; None of them gave a reference or a proper logic, everyone is just arguing to make their point. Even if you make a good point you will get a vote down just because that question/answer didnt made them happy with their petty logic... It looks like most of the vote down/up on this website are personal&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Update:&lt;/strong&gt; If you will look at answers of kos and hbdgaf, you wouldn't find any &lt;strong&gt;citation&lt;/strong&gt;. And yet they got voteups, this is how things work on this website? people can answer whatever comes to their mind? So did I but with logic but what happened? I got vote down! why? because my statement even if they have logic dont make people happy!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="294611" LastEditorUserId="294611" LastEditDate="2015-11-15T08:58:31.657" LastActivityDate="2015-11-15T08:58:31.657" CommentCount="13" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14688" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14685" CreationDate="2015-11-16T09:24:19.967" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;As a moderator I have to consider how this question and answer might be cited as an example in the future by other people (&quot;You said this was okay!&quot;, &quot;You said I shouldn't flag these!&quot;) and in order to do that properly, we need to be specific about the type of danger being offered up:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Maliciously dangerous&lt;/strong&gt; posts (eg something that tries to obfuscate an &lt;code&gt;rm -rf /&lt;/code&gt;) should be flagged as offensive if their intent is clearly to do harm.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Accidentally dangerous&lt;/strong&gt; posts should be fixed. A lot of solutions could be dangerous or at least make things worse if they were incorrectly typed in. It's only likely that an error like that makes its way into an answer organically without intent.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Potentially dangerous&lt;/strong&gt; posts are the most awkward ones to separate out. If the person throwing the answer into their terminal doesn't read around the answer or adapt it, they might be about to learn a hard lesson.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A number of commands that are potentially ruinous have trigger guards. &lt;code&gt;rename&lt;/code&gt; has a &lt;code&gt;-n&lt;/code&gt; flag, and you can comment out the &lt;code&gt;-exec&lt;/code&gt; or &lt;code&gt;-delete&lt;/code&gt; arguments on a &lt;code&gt;find&lt;/code&gt; example so that the user can confirm they're seeing the right files before batch operating on them.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So really past outright attacks, we're just about making posts as good as they can possibly be. A warning or a guard might be the ticket but they aren't requirements. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a significantly different topic to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/6741/help-or-advice-on-how-to-manage-misleading-inappropriate-answers-to-an-asked-que/&quot;&gt;Help or advice on how to manage misleading/inappropriate answers to an asked question&lt;/a&gt; because that really deals with answers that are &lt;strong&gt;not answers&lt;/strong&gt;. If you see something that is not an appropriate answer, flag away. If it's also dangerous, all the more reason to send it to oblivion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.227" LastActivityDate="2015-11-16T09:24:19.967" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14689" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14665" CreationDate="2015-11-18T00:19:16.420" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a fundamentally different thought to the accepted answer so I will leave this here as a counter-idea to each of those points:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;One of the greatest features of SE is the ability for anybody to edit and improve content. Invoking the word stealing makes no sense to me and in fact we should be encouraging people who grab the hot mess that is in comments and bothers to make something answerable and peer-reviewable. If you're posting usable information in the comments then that actively hurts the site because it can't be voted on, please see: &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2281/please-stop-posting-half-answers-and-dumb-advice-as-comments&quot;&gt;Please stop posting half answers and dumb advice as comments&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I think leaving a 70+ word diatribe on why stealing is wrong is counterproductive, you can just add the attribution yourself if it means that much to you, if it meant that much to the person who posted the comment they would have left an answer. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You're also making the claim that taking that information and made it better is stealing. I for one contribute here so that everyone can steal my stuff and make it better, that's the entire point! So all in all, maybe more &quot;hey don't forget to attribute!&quot; is a much better and positive way to reinforce behavior instead of &quot;thief, downvote them!&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2015-11-18T00:19:16.420" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14690" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14692" CreationDate="2015-11-18T09:11:15.190" Score="11" ViewCount="504" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have found some users are just copy-pasting same answers again and again instead of marking them &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/tags/duplicates/info&quot;&gt;duplicates&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this allowed on Ask Ubuntu?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If not, how to deal with such users?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="294611" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2015-11-18T21:14:13.187" LastActivityDate="2015-11-24T10:06:11.410" Title="How to deal with users that won't mark duplicate but instead copy-paste their answers agan and again" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|answers|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14691" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14690" CreationDate="2015-11-18T11:25:30.797" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am fine with it if the answer might be the same but the questions are not really duplicates of each other. Like two different problems but only one solution that works for both.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If also the questions are about the same, I'd rather go for the duplicate instead. However, it's not really bad in my opinion if one answer appears at two similar questions or to questions that are later marked as duplicates of each other. As long as this does not become a bad habit, I would not interact. When we can observe that behaviour very regularly though, I'd leave him a comment. Nothing more.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastActivityDate="2015-11-18T11:25:30.797" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14692" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14690" CreationDate="2015-11-18T11:32:06.627" Score="16" Body="&lt;p&gt;Personally I don't upvote answers to questions which are clearly duplicates (&quot;clearly&quot; = I can find an almost exact duplicate in the first three pages using the search function &lt;em&gt;or&lt;/em&gt; in the first page using Google), because that encourages answering duplicate questions instead of closing them, which is the Right Thing(TM).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That being said if I catch an user copy-pasting old answers of them to a &lt;em&gt;duplicate question&lt;/em&gt;, I downvote and flag the copy-pasted answer (and vote to close the question).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the questions are reasonably different, I don't have a problem with that at all; it answers the question, so what's the problem? I'm pretty sure it has happened to me as well at least once to have posted an answer that later has been deserveful to be posted as an answer to another question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="380067" LastActivityDate="2015-11-18T11:32:06.627" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14693" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-11-18T13:29:31.263" Score="1" ViewCount="33" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a account already on Ubuntu 12.04.Now I shifted to Ubuntu 15.10.That's why I had to create this account.Can't I work with my older account.I know I should ask it on meta but with this new account I don't have enough reputations.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449573" OwnerDisplayName="Rahul" LastActivityDate="2015-11-18T13:41:47.680" Title="To work with older account" Tags="|discussion|users|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14695" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12379" CreationDate="2015-11-18T14:56:26.310" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://elementaryos.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/4G0es.png&quot; alt=&quot;Visit elementary OS Stack Exchange&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My pronouns are He / Him&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="186134" LastEditorUserId="186134" LastEditDate="2019-10-15T20:32:33.053" LastActivityDate="2019-10-15T20:32:33.053" CommentCount="4" CommunityOwnedDate="2015-11-18T14:56:26.310" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14696" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14697" CreationDate="2015-11-19T12:03:57.883" Score="4" ViewCount="112" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/1z0zj.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/1z0zj.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We all know that the orange bubble with the white number (here: &lt;kbd&gt;&lt;strong&gt;330&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/kbd&gt;) represents the number of &lt;strong&gt;Suggested edits&lt;/strong&gt; for users with &lt;strong&gt;3k+ reputation&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I have recently (today) reached &lt;strong&gt;10k reputation&lt;/strong&gt; and now can't find any number that would fit on this any more. Even the sum of all displayed review queues does not match ( 256+28+27+1 = 312 ), same if I add the review items on Meta (1 at that time).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the new behaviour of the &amp;quot;review indicator&amp;quot; for users with greater than 10k reputation?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2015-11-19T19:11:05.423" Title="Meaning of orange number left to the &quot;review&quot; button for 10k+ users" Tags="|support|bug|review|10k-tools|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2015-11-20T08:28:04.540" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14697" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14696" CreationDate="2015-11-19T12:15:18.137" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's the number of questions or answers awaiting review.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The number is not always correct. :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastActivityDate="2015-11-19T12:15:18.137" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14698" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-11-20T05:06:18.137" Score="13" ViewCount="390" Body="&lt;p&gt;I currently have a question posted &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/694972/i-have-partially-uninstalled-wireless-driver-iwl4965-wireless-never-worked-no&quot;&gt;I have partially uninstalled wireless driver iwl4965, wireless never worked, no option to install proprietary drivers&lt;/a&gt;. And I haven't had a response in 2 weeks. What can I do to encourage the two experts who initially offered suggestions, to revisit my problem?  Or even encourage someone new to help?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a theory why this may be; one of the experts offered a significant series of suggestions ending with a request to report back on my findings, the second expert suggested that my question may have been answered by another post (which didn't even apply to my version of Ubuntu) and it has a +1 rating.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I reported back my findings, and no-one has left a single comment or suggestion since.  What happened?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Where did I go wrong?  Can I contact the folks who commented on my post directly? Can I mark my post as &quot;still unanswered please help&quot;?.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm new to Ubuntu/Linux.  I would really like to go a little deeper, but I can't even get anyone to respond to my post. Please help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="450357" OwnerDisplayName="dharamija" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2015-11-28T16:24:12.647" Title="How can I get people to continue to respond to my question?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14699" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14700" CreationDate="2015-11-20T14:43:22.390" Score="8" ViewCount="336" Body="&lt;p&gt;I understand why &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/2389/364819&quot;&gt;you lose reputation when downvoting an answer&lt;/a&gt;, but why not the same when you downvote a question? What is the thinking behind this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastActivityDate="2015-11-20T14:52:23.597" Title="Why do I not lose reputation when downvoting a question?" Tags="|discussion|support|downvoting|questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14700" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14699" CreationDate="2015-11-20T14:52:23.597" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;Because, reiterating Oli's words, there's no need to prevent users from &quot;gaming the system by downvoting other question&quot;, as there's no point in downvoting other questions to your advantage, unless your aim is for your question(s) to be the highest scoring ever question(s) on the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="380067" LastActivityDate="2015-11-20T14:52:23.597" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14701" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14698" CreationDate="2015-11-20T15:06:50.150" Score="22" Body="&lt;p&gt;People answer questions when they think they have a possible solution. Almost all of the experienced users here refrain from answering or even commenting when they feel that they have little or nothing to contribute that's useful. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your case is an excellent example of what I call my least favorite problem; everything looks perfect, except it just doesn't work. When I and, I suspect, several of my colleagues look at your question, we are unable to come up with suggestions beyond what has been suggested and then implemented by you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, having said this, and spurred by a bounty (!!), I will make a further attempt.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19421" LastActivityDate="2015-11-20T15:06:50.150" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14704" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14711" CreationDate="2015-11-22T10:30:27.900" Score="3" ViewCount="66" Body="&lt;p&gt;On occasion I have been at fault for getting into discussions with members when asking a question. The trouble is I don't know how to set up a chat room without seeing the link that is visible after to much chatter. Is there a way to do this? Thank you all in advance. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="157447" LastActivityDate="2015-11-22T22:06:51.163" Title="How do you set up a chat room without being told to do so?" Tags="|discussion|chat|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14705" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14712" CreationDate="2015-11-22T11:31:04.273" Score="8" ViewCount="151" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;header&lt;/code&gt; idiom is used by many languages. But they don't mean the same thing , like the confusion between the web page header (visual) &amp;amp; the compiled languages headers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/tags/header/info&quot;&gt;SO&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This tag is deprecated because it lacks discriminating power. Please&#xA;  use a more specific tag instead, e.g.: html-heading, email-header etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here in AU, it contains around 54 tagged question. All the ones I have checked were targeting C/C++ Headers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Could we rename the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/header&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;header&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;header&lt;/a&gt; tag to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/c-c%2b%2b-header&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;c-c++-header&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;c-c++-header&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/c-header&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;c-header&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;c-header&lt;/a&gt;, some thing more specific?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I failed to write a usage guide (excerpt) for such generic tag &lt;code&gt;header&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="26246" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-05-23T12:39:54.233" LastActivityDate="2015-11-22T22:39:07.627" Title="Could we rename the &quot;header&quot; tag?" Tags="|discussion|retag-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14706" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14708" CreationDate="2015-11-22T12:02:43.583" Score="3" ViewCount="85" Body="&lt;p&gt;Often when reviewing a question which you simply know it has to be a duplicate, you find the exact same question but it already is marked as a duplicate to a higher quality question with corresponding answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I now often flag the question as duplicate of the low quality exact same question asked earlier to give a hint to the OP why it is not a good question. That the OP now has to go to the duplicate of the duplicate to get his answer I do not mind, if he would have looked he would have found it himself and saved us the trouble.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;However the purpose of duplicate is to keep it clean. If the question would be closed as a dupe of the dupe, it could end up messy for people searching. When it gets closed it should probably be marked as a duplicate to the high quality question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, flag it as duplicate to the exact same question or to the high quality question which might not be so obvious to the OP?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225099" LastEditorUserId="225099" LastEditDate="2015-11-22T13:06:35.553" LastActivityDate="2016-01-09T11:07:47.337" Title="Is it ok to mark a question a duplicate of a duplicate?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14707" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14704" CreationDate="2015-11-22T12:50:23.963" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you want something like the automatic chatroom, where comments are imported, you can't:  it's &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/96247/270345&quot;&gt;a pending feature request&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2015-11-22T12:50:23.963" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14708" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14706" CreationDate="2015-11-22T14:10:20.937" Score="5" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;That the OP now has to go to the duplicate of the duplicate to get his answer I do not mind, if he would have looked he would have found&#xA;it himself and saved us the trouble.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;is not necessarily true. Of course we all know questions which are sometimes asked three times a day, but remember that similar questions are not always easy to find, and in general marking as a dupe does not (dis-) qualify the poster in any way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Many duplicate questions are in fact excellent questions, but they simply were asked and answered before. The idea of marking dupes is mainly to concentrate both good answers and voting to one single occurrence of repeated questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As such, &lt;em&gt;some&lt;/em&gt; dupes can even be useful, since they point to the same question (when marked as a dupe), but were asked from a different angle, which improves the findability of the answer(s).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you mark as a dupe, try to find &amp;quot;the original&amp;quot; question, as explained &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/14658/duplicate-circle/14659#14659&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. In some occasions however, there are two separated dupe &amp;quot;tracks&amp;quot;, leading to two different &amp;quot;originals&amp;quot;. I'd pick the one with the best Q/A combination then.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Exception&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To the last point, I practice one exception however. It simply happens that questions are marked as a dupe &amp;quot;on the edge&amp;quot;. In such cases, it can happen that a new question &lt;em&gt;does&lt;/em&gt; find an appropriate answer in another question that was marked as a dupe, while the&amp;quot;original&amp;quot; of that one has nothing to offer. In those cases, I think then it is legitimate to mark a question as a dupe of another dupe.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2016-01-09T11:07:47.337" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14709" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14710" CreationDate="2015-11-22T18:53:42.857" Score="-1" ViewCount="75" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently asked a question on ask ubuntu(main site) which was migrated to ask ubuntu(meta). Can anyone tell me how it happens.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449573" LastActivityDate="2015-11-22T21:03:12.307" Title="Migration of Question on stackexchange" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2015-11-27T11:34:53.830" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14710" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14709" CreationDate="2015-11-22T19:27:12.823" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think you're referring to this one: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/14693/to-work-with-older-account&quot;&gt;To work with older account&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In general a question is migrated if:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A moderator / Stack Exchange employee migrates it;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Five users vote to migrate it using the &quot;close&quot; link under the question, which currently you can see only under your own questions (you won't be able to see it under others' questions until you'll have gained the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/view-close-votes&quot;&gt;view close votes privilege&lt;/a&gt;, awarded at 250 reputation).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this case, as you can see from the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/699594/revisions&quot;&gt;question's revision history&lt;/a&gt;, five users voted to migrate it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="380067" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2015-11-22T21:03:12.307" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14711" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14704" CreationDate="2015-11-22T21:08:55.823" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Head over to &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;chat&lt;/a&gt;, scroll down to the bottom and click &quot;create a new room&quot;. Or, if you like, you can come to the &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/201/ask-ubuntu-general-room&quot;&gt;general room&lt;/a&gt; and ask &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users?tab=moderators&quot;&gt;a moderator&lt;/a&gt; to move the comments on the post to chat manually (no link required). There's usually &lt;em&gt;someone&lt;/em&gt; around ;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2015-11-22T22:06:51.163" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14712" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14705" CreationDate="2015-11-22T22:30:56.893" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think we should nuke the header tag itself. I went through a dozen or so of questions tagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/header&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;header&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;header&lt;/a&gt;, and saw:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/678928/158442&quot;&gt;keep getting kernel 3.19.0-28-generic must be compiled&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/691157/158442&quot;&gt;Where is the header file ptp_clock_kernel.h?&lt;/a&gt; were about kernel headers. And &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/kernel&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;kernel&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;kernel&lt;/a&gt; says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;for questions concerning Ubuntu's kernel, including compiling and questions relating to modules&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;IMO that means questions about kernel headers (which are usually needed in compiling modules) should be tagged with it.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/529114/158442&quot;&gt;Why can&amp;#39;t I use conio.h or ncurses.h?&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/673188/158442&quot;&gt;meta/prefs.h: No such file or directory&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/676338/158442&quot;&gt;Couldn&amp;#39;t find libcgroup.h in Ubuntu 14.04&lt;/a&gt; are about specific libraries the user needed for development&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/687390/158442&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/q/687390/158442&lt;/a&gt; is, in essence, about a missing build dependency while doing an &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/install-from-source&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;install-from-source&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;install-from-source&lt;/a&gt; (aka &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/software-installation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;software-installation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;software-installation&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/691027/158442&quot;&gt;Is there a enviornmental variable for the path to header files?&lt;/a&gt; is about using header files, and probably should have gone to Stack Overflow.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/638784/158442&quot;&gt;How to remove http headers from curl response?&lt;/a&gt; is about HTTP headers, but is tagged with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/curl&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;curl&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;curl&lt;/a&gt;, which is sufficient, IMO.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/623922/158442&quot;&gt;Why Can&amp;#39;t GrUB Find a Kernel That It Already Found?&lt;/a&gt; had nothing to do with headers of any kind; some command output just happened to mention kernel headers.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/649063/158442&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/q/649063/158442&lt;/a&gt; is about packages containing headers and libraries for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/cross-compilation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;cross-compilation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;cross-compilation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/656039/158442&quot;&gt;Concatenate multiple files without header&lt;/a&gt; used &lt;code&gt;header&lt;/code&gt; in the &quot;heading&quot; sense.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/657038/158442&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/q/657038/158442&lt;/a&gt; is apparently about a file named &lt;code&gt;00_header&lt;/code&gt;, part of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/grub&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;grub&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;grub&lt;/a&gt; configuration&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, in all, 4 questions in 12 fit the generic usage of &quot;header&quot; in the C/C++ sense, two others were covered more strongly by &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/kernel&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;kernel&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;kernel&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I propose that if the question is about missing headers while compiling, just tag with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/compiling&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;compiling&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;compiling&lt;/a&gt; (additionally with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/software-installation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;software-installation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;software-installation&lt;/a&gt; for installing from source or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/kernel&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;kernel&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;kernel&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/kernel-modules&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;kernel-modules&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;kernel-modules&lt;/a&gt; for kernel modules).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's also the equally pointless, but far more used,  &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/libraries&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;libraries&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;libraries&lt;/a&gt; tag. And since headers in the C/C++ sense are usually from libraries, perhaps we can synonymize them?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2015-11-22T22:39:07.627" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14713" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14714" CreationDate="2015-11-23T09:44:16.257" Score="-8" ViewCount="94" Body="&lt;p&gt;On other sites on Stack Exchange, I have received quick responses for most of my questions - by quick, I mean within a 24-hour period. I have asked three questions in Ask Ubuntu, and each one of them has lasted over a week without a single comment, much less an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Forgive me for sounding impatient, but are the people who moderate Ask Ubuntu busy with other questions, ignoring these questions because they-re off-topic or duplicates (and if that's the case, how come they're not getting flagged?) or do they just don't care?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="anon" LastActivityDate="2015-11-23T19:01:34.430" Title="What takes so long to respond?" Tags="|support|unanswered-questions|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14714" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14713" CreationDate="2015-11-23T10:06:40.460" Score="16" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your question assumes there are only two reasons a question is unanswered:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It's off-topic and the moderators are being lazy.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We hate you and &lt;em&gt;won't&lt;/em&gt; answer out of spite.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can't speak for everybody but I know at least two more reasons &lt;em&gt;I&lt;/em&gt; don't answer things:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I don't know the answer. I don't know everything. ☹☹☹&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I just don't see the question. There are &lt;strong&gt;lots&lt;/strong&gt; of other people with problems and I'm not here all the time. I have other things to do, like high-fiving bears, and doing stuff that pays for food.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your Nook question is &lt;em&gt;very&lt;/em&gt; niche. I don't have one and I haven't even thought about putting Ubuntu on one. I'm no help. Your Audacity question is also quite niche but Googleable, so I've answered. Aaaand your bountied question probably needs more information to be answerable, so I've commented.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You're doing roughly the right things. Keep questions updated. Add bounties if you can... But ultimately accept that not every question is going to have somebody out there that both knows the answer &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; sees the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2015-11-23T13:58:40.077" LastActivityDate="2015-11-23T13:58:40.077" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14715" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-11-23T18:37:34.013" Score="7" ViewCount="217" Body="&lt;p&gt;I had an edit proposed on one of my questions, and since it did not offer much in the way of improvement, I rejected it. It encouraged me to explore the editor's edit history, where I found a mix of good and bad edits. Sadly a number of the edits that were either of debatable improvement or actively harmful were approved, so I wonder if approvers need to look at &lt;em&gt;Ask Ubuntu&lt;/em&gt; reviews more closely?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When drawing attention to problematic editing histories, I prefer not to draw attention to one particular user. Nevertheless it is unavoidable in this case, and at any rate my concern is mainly about the reviewing process rather than the user themselves. The user/revisions &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/413306/begood?tab=activity&quot;&gt;are here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am seeing these problems:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Edits that should be made (e.g. to fix case and spelling errors) are usually untouched&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Bullet points are added that are not obviously necessary&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Line breaks are added instead of paragraph breaks&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Excessive whole-line emboldening is being added and/or paragraphs are turned into headings&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Pre-formatting for logs was (accidentally) removed&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Examples:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/493526&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/493526&lt;/a&gt; (accepted)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/493523&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/493523&lt;/a&gt; (accepted)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/493510&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/493510&lt;/a&gt; (accepted)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/493530&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/493530&lt;/a&gt; (rejected)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These have all been repaired in short order (and the last one was my question, so I rejected it). To be fair, the user is making some good edits too. What is the best approach to deal with this - tackle the reviewing or the editor? I have added some comments for the editor, but whilst they replied, I think they took the criticism personally, and the message has not been heard.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="246048" LastEditorUserId="246048" LastEditDate="2015-11-23T18:44:20.220" LastActivityDate="2015-11-23T18:44:20.220" Title="Low quality edits are being robo-reviewed on Ask Ubuntu" Tags="|discussion|review|suggested-edits|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="16" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14716" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14713" CreationDate="2015-11-23T18:56:02.537" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are two problems with this &lt;em&gt;Meta&lt;/em&gt; question. The first is that the moderators are responsible for your question in some fashion - they are not. If anyone not responding to you, it is readers, not moderators (if a moderator offers an answer, then arguably they are doing it in their additional capacity as a reader).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You touch upon the second problem by acknowledging that you appear impatient, but I am not sure you fully appreciate it - if you take the view that readers &quot;just don't care&quot; about your questions, then you are mistakenly of the view that you are owed an answer. On Stack Overflow, I frequently see people mark their questions as &quot;urgent&quot; for presumably the same reason, and I would be intrigued as to how one comes by the idea that answers must be supplied to a poster in a particular time-frame. (I sometimes think this particular behaviour results from a cultural difference rather that people who are wanting to be rude).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It should go without saying that most helpers are volunteers, and they will answer questions they are interested in, at their leisure.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In some cases the issue will be that the question is not clear or is very niche. If you don't get an answer, add a bounty, or cross-post to another forum and add a link, so as not to duplicate answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As an example of this, I recently asked a Stack Overflow question, which resulted in a similar (but not identical) question on Ask Ubuntu, which triggered a report on a project bug tracker, and for good measure I added one to an upstream bug tracker as well. I have hyperlinked between them so that if someone wishes to add a late answer, they can check the cross-post locations prior to spending too much effort on it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="246048" LastEditorUserId="246048" LastEditDate="2015-11-23T19:01:34.430" LastActivityDate="2015-11-23T19:01:34.430" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14717" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14718" CreationDate="2015-11-23T21:09:47.303" Score="0" ViewCount="47" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently noticed this question &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/701700/wierd-youtube-logo-today&quot;&gt;Wierd youtube logo today&lt;/a&gt;, which clearly has nothing to do with Ubuntu, however if it had turned out to be a virus or something that was specific to Ubuntu or something like that, then it would have been on-topic, but now that we know that it definitely wasn't, do we just leave this question or close it as off-topic?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastEditorUserId="158442" LastEditDate="2015-11-24T03:18:21.087" LastActivityDate="2015-11-24T03:18:21.087" Title="Are questions off-topic that are thought not to be but turn out to be?" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14718" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14717" CreationDate="2015-11-24T01:25:45.827" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, of course.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, if, during the course of getting details from OP, it turned out that it was because OP was using CentOS instead of Ubuntu, it would still be off-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The classic example would be problems that couldn't be reproduced - that's right there in the list of off-topic reasons. All of these started out as problems and became ... not-problems?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2015-11-24T01:25:45.827" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14719" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-11-24T02:52:46.843" Score="0" ViewCount="106" Body="&lt;p&gt;Why was my answer downvoted? Was there an error in what I posted?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/701323/executable-files/701346#701346&quot;&gt;See here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit: I have edited my original post to answer his question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Lesson learned.  Always read the question carefully to ensure the proper answer is given.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;PS: Apologies for being ignorant in the ways of Meta.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="474968" OwnerDisplayName="Cyndekai" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2015-11-24T18:31:47.640" Title="Why was my post downvoted?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14720" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14719" CreationDate="2015-11-24T02:55:45.303" Score="-5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Because your answer is not useful,&#xA; You can edit your first answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="475379" OwnerDisplayName="ThomsonMalau" LastActivityDate="2015-11-24T02:55:45.303" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14721" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14690" CreationDate="2015-11-24T10:06:11.410" Score="-2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think it's fair to say that most people struggling to find a solution to a problem come across the answers from a google search. Whether they see a number of copy &amp;amp; paste answers or a link back to a specific solution doesn't make much difference to them. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="466211" LastActivityDate="2015-11-24T10:06:11.410" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14722" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14723" CreationDate="2015-11-24T18:31:27.430" Score="3" ViewCount="66" Body="&lt;p&gt;If I want to ask a question that has already been asked,but I can't understand its solution.Should I comment there for more explanation or ask mine by adding duplicate by myself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449573" LastActivityDate="2015-11-24T23:33:39.500" Title="Duplicate questions" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14723" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14722" CreationDate="2015-11-24T21:22:31.980" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just my opinion, and definitely not an absolute one. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It depends on the age of the original question and how extensive the needed additional explanation is, but i'd say &lt;em&gt;if&lt;/em&gt; the question is not &quot;fresh&quot; and you need a considerable amount of additional information, I'd ask a new question, referring to the older one, and clearly describe why you don't understand the answer on the existing question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Asking additional explanation in a comment on an old question might be unnoticed and unlikely to have any effect on the answer. In a way it's a new question then about the answer of another one :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastActivityDate="2015-11-24T21:22:31.980" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14724" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14722" CreationDate="2015-11-24T23:33:39.500" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You have enough reputation to comment. Comment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2015-11-24T23:33:39.500" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14725" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14726" CreationDate="2015-11-25T13:25:10.573" Score="0" ViewCount="111" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/702325/146980&quot;&gt;How to automatically execute a command every time a certain command terminates?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What did I do wrong? It's a perfectly suitable question... so why has it got so many downvotes?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Was it due to me not being clear in the first place?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/701477/create-a-file-and-write-to-it-using-a-python-script-without-using-the-open-fu&quot;&gt;This&lt;/a&gt; question also got quite a few donwvotes, and I don't understand why...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since it's likely that those who downvoted it are regulars in the AU community, could you tell me why you downvoted it, so that I can improve in the future?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="146980" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2015-11-26T09:53:40.650" Title="Why did this question get so many downvotes?" Tags="|discussion|asking-questions|votes|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14726" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14725" CreationDate="2015-11-25T13:32:25.450" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;As with last time, people didn't understand what you need. There are super-simple solutions available but you're adamant they're not good enough, but don't explain why.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You did give an example this time (which is a distinct improvement) but then you started saying things like...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't want to run a script that executes two commands...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Why not?&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's that sort of stuff that confuses people. It makes the problem seem artificial if there's no reason. People often don't like wasting their time; they'd rather help somebody with an actual problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So in the future, try not to be too particular. If you have a problem, explain what it is and how you think you'd like to fix it. If you're going to be particular (eg, not using &lt;code&gt;open()&lt;/code&gt; in Python), you'll have to provide a reason.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2015-11-25T14:16:05.633" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14727" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14729" CreationDate="2015-11-25T14:29:58.297" Score="6" ViewCount="227" Body="&lt;p&gt;If and when I want to deactivate my Ask Ubuntu account, how would I share my reputation with other AU members before I deactivate?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="163331" LastEditorUserId="163331" LastEditDate="2015-11-27T05:47:02.377" LastActivityDate="2015-11-27T05:47:02.377" Title="Deactivate account, share reputation" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14728" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14727" CreationDate="2015-11-25T14:45:52.327" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;You add bounties to &lt;em&gt;answers&lt;/em&gt; you feel deserve extra reputation. But:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;3 at a time&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;500 per bounty max&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;48 hour limit between starting and assigning a bounty.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So yes, you can spend the week assigning your reputation away. Of course you can spend longer and do it in smaller chunks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But don't target one person please. Like any voting it should be on the merit of the post, not who posted it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2015-11-25T14:45:52.327" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14729" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14727" CreationDate="2015-11-25T14:46:13.347" Score="20" Body="&lt;p&gt;No. The best you can do is offer bounties on questions with deserving but underrecognized answers. That way, you can give your reputation in large chunks to users that deserve it and also highlight some worthwhile questions. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2015-11-25T14:46:13.347" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14730" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14665" CreationDate="2015-11-25T18:27:17.690" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;This may not be popular and I think that this &lt;em&gt;only&lt;/em&gt; applies to me - I'd not speak on behalf of others. I just recently posted a comment (I figured it was the solution but I like to check in the comments where applicable) and, shortly afterwards, a person took my comment and turned it into an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, they also phrased it in their own words and they also gave some detailed information concerning the process. Also, had the answer worked, I'd have just linked them to a prior answer given that gave more information as I didn't see the question as valuable enough to write a full answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The thing is, I'm okay with it. Don't get me wrong - I'd not advocate that people do this, as a general rule, and I'd not suggest that others should be of the same opinion that I am. What I do feel is important is that I don't do it for the points, I do it because I'm here and learning already and this helps me to learn. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do it because it's a way to give back to the community. I do it because, while I've had Linux installed on a second partition for years - I've never taken the time to really get to understand it as well as I feel I should.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said... I think it is rude to do so to people who are not share the same views I do. I think that it is impossible for them to know that I hold this opinion and so they should not do this. While I personally do not mind, I'm quite sure that I'm in the minority. I think people should work to be polite in a community and that includes not pirating answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Personally, I don't mind. Just because &lt;em&gt;I&lt;/em&gt; don't mind doesn't mean that others shouldn't mind and the default should be to assume that the act is unacceptable. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Additionally, if I've left a comment and not turned it into an answer in a reasonable time then, by all means, &lt;strong&gt;write it up as an answer&lt;/strong&gt; so that the OP can find it more easily and so that future visitors can find it!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure that I've articulated this well but I think it's different enough to warrant adding this as an answer. This doesn't mean that I disagree with the other answers - just that I &lt;em&gt;personally&lt;/em&gt; don't mind if someone does it to me. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My goal is, first and foremost, to learn/adhere to the rules of the site while getting the user the best help they can get, in a timely fashion. My apologies if this is not expressed well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="453950" LastActivityDate="2015-11-25T18:27:17.690" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14732" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14725" CreationDate="2015-11-25T22:14:14.510" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Good questions are based on research on the subject of the question. Once that is done, you have at least a clear &lt;em&gt;assumption&lt;/em&gt; on the options you have, and you can ask &lt;em&gt;specific&lt;/em&gt; question(s) to achieve your goal and exactly find out were your assumptions may be incorrect. Your question then is based on clear information, either correct or not, and an answer can be given accordingly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You are doing it exactly the opposite way. You start with a vague idea of what you &lt;em&gt;think&lt;/em&gt; you want to achieve. However, since you have not put any effort in what are technically the options (at least that's how it seems), you are not able to draw a clear picture at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a result, and I think that is the worst, you are asking us to join you in your attempt to create weird solutions (just come to the idea of opening a file without &lt;code&gt;open()&lt;/code&gt; or &lt;code&gt;with open()&lt;/code&gt; in python), based on obviously incorrect assumptions. &lt;br&gt;&#xA;While doing so, you ignore new information people offer you, and you stick to your own incorrect assumptions, constantly give us contradictory information, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/702528/72216&quot;&gt;like here&lt;/a&gt;, in the question: &amp;quot;I don't want a script&amp;quot;, in a comment: &amp;quot;a script doesn't matter&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, reposting the question &amp;quot;&lt;em&gt;so other users will notice&lt;/em&gt;&amp;quot;, completes the impression of a messy way of asking questions&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2015-11-26T09:53:40.650" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14733" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14735" CreationDate="2015-11-26T15:05:53.443" Score="10" ViewCount="72" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are the similar tags:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/scripts&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;scripts&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;scripts&lt;/a&gt; and its synonym &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/script&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;script&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;script&lt;/a&gt; (1940 questions)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Excerpt:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Script is series of instructions written in plain text file. The script interpreter (i.e. shell, Python, Ruby, etc.) can read this file and act on the instructions as if they were typed at the command prompt. The interpreter also provides a variety of useful programming features to make your scripts truly powerful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Wiki:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A script is a program or sequence of instructions that is interpreted or carried out by another program rather than by the computer processor (as a compiled program is).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some languages have been conceived expressly as script languages. Among the most popular are Perl, REXX (on IBM mainframes), JavaScript, and Tcl/Tk.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/scripting&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;scripting&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;scripting&lt;/a&gt; (57 questions)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Excerpt:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Script is series of instructions written in plain text file. The script interpreter (i.e. shell, Python, Ruby, etc.) can read this file and act on the instructions as if they were typed at the command prompt. The interpreter also provides a variety of useful programming features to make your scripts truly powerful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Wiki:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A script is a program or sequence of instructions that is interpreted or carried out by another program rather than by the computer processor (as a compiled program is).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some languages have been conceived expressly as script languages. Among the most popular are Perl, REXX (on IBM mainframes), JavaScript, and Tcl/Tk.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;and maybe even &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/shell-scripting&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;shell-scripting&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;shell-scripting&lt;/a&gt; (715 questions)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Excerpt:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In shell scripting, a shell such as bash runs a  file containing a list of commands (a script). The script is effectively a program and the shell is its interpreter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Wiki:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;&lt;em&gt;none&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I strongly propose to merge at least the first and second point, as they even have exactly the same tag excerpts and wikis!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Eventually we could even consider also merging the third point into them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What's your opinion?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2015-11-26T18:20:42.410" Title="Request to merge multiple scripting-related tags" Tags="|discussion|tags|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14734" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14733" CreationDate="2015-11-26T15:44:40.200" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;I propose that we merge &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/shell-scripts&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;shell-scripts&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;shell-scripts&lt;/a&gt; as well. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/shell-scripts&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;shell-scripts&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;shell-scripts&lt;/a&gt; by itself is not much more specific than the others. Most, if not all, scripts contain some amount of code run by another language: Awk, Perl, python, to name a common few. We should just additionally tag with the target shell, instead: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/bash&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;bash&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;bash&lt;/a&gt;. After all, if the user wants a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/csh&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;csh&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;csh&lt;/a&gt; script, they will tag with that. Why not for bash and the other shells?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2015-11-26T15:44:40.200" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14735" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14733" CreationDate="2015-11-26T16:08:24.707" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is done. I have remapped &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/scripting&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;scripting&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;scripting&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/shell-scripting&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;shell-scripting&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;shell-scripting&lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/scripts&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;scripts&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;scripts&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="380067" LastEditDate="2015-11-26T18:20:42.410" LastActivityDate="2015-11-26T18:20:42.410" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14736" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-11-26T16:28:30.200" Score="7" ViewCount="283" Body="&lt;p&gt;This happens on Chrome 46:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/WQdCv.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/WQdCv.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastEditorUserId="1438484" LastEditDate="2022-08-19T16:11:39.233" LastActivityDate="2022-08-19T16:11:39.233" Title="Hover state colour for the &quot;Ask a Question&quot; button in the tour is broken" Tags="|bug|design|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14739" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14740" CreationDate="2015-11-26T18:40:03.070" Score="-1" ViewCount="67" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the help center it is given that I will get out of ban when my positive contribution will outweigh my those questions which were poorly received.Can someone tell me how much positive reputation I have to gain to get out of ban.I went throughout all the instructions given in help center I just want to know exact number of positive remarks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449573" LastEditorUserId="449573" LastEditDate="2015-11-26T19:05:31.217" LastActivityDate="2015-11-26T19:05:31.217" Title="Getting out of ban" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2015-11-26T19:29:49.137" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14740" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14739" CreationDate="2015-11-26T18:59:49.727" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Nope. Nobody's going to reveal the actual numbers that Stack Exchange uses for such rules.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also see: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/86998/270345&quot;&gt;What can I do when getting “We are no longer accepting questions/answers from this account”?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2015-11-26T18:59:49.727" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14744" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14698" CreationDate="2015-11-26T23:45:47.327" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just start a &lt;strong&gt;bounty&lt;/strong&gt; and make answering the question more attractive to those that know. Sometimes there is just noone that has a solution. In that case you should think about a &lt;strong&gt;bug report&lt;/strong&gt; to help devellopers fix yet unknown or not-yet-investigated issues (though bug reports are off topic here as questions, and not everything needs a bug report)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72545" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2015-11-28T16:24:12.647" LastActivityDate="2015-11-28T16:24:12.647" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14745" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-11-26T09:52:44.823" Score="11" ViewCount="176" Body="&lt;p&gt;Opening Ask Ubuntu in &lt;code&gt;w3m&lt;/code&gt; yields pretty ugly results.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does Ask Ubuntu have some sort of API, or custom CLI clients?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe I should downgrade to mailing lists, or IRC, or usergroups? Know good ones?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="472360" OwnerDisplayName="Peret Finctor" LastActivityDate="2015-11-28T01:32:00.007" Title="How to read and write to Ask Ubuntu from command line?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14746" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14745" CreationDate="2015-11-26T10:29:28.947" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu is part of the Stack Exchange network, and there's &lt;a href=&quot;https://api.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;a Stack Exchange API&lt;/a&gt;. This can be used to publish to Stack Exchange sites, given &lt;a href=&quot;https://api.stackexchange.com/docs/write&quot;&gt;certain conditions&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also look up &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackapps.com/&quot;&gt;Stack Apps&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackapps.com/questions/2802/stackoverflow-cli-a-nix-stackoverflow-command-line-client&quot;&gt;This one&lt;/a&gt; might be interesting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's the official &lt;a href=&quot;https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Users mailing list&lt;/a&gt;, which is for&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuUsersListFAQ&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;technical support&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IRC/ChannelList&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;offical IRC channels&lt;/a&gt; on Freenode.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" OwnerDisplayName="muru" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:46.307" LastActivityDate="2015-11-26T10:42:16.690" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14747" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14749" CreationDate="2015-11-27T16:18:52.603" Score="2" ViewCount="64" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strike&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/599344/possible-reasons-for-skipped-numbers-in-names-of-drive-partitions#comment835533_599344&quot;&gt;Link to the comment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strike&gt; &lt;em&gt;Deleted, see accepted answer&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A user made a guess (a correct one), requested some additional information, then the same user wrote a full reponse containing the comment, albeit not word by word. Isn't this obsolete, as it is redundant given the answer posted below?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="388371" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2015-11-27T17:56:58.763" Title="Why is this comment not obsolete?" Tags="|discussion|comments|flagging|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14749" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14747" CreationDate="2015-11-27T17:19:27.370" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I declined the flag. Somehow I completely missed the answer. No idea how, but I did. On a second look the comment is indeed obsolete and I have removed it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My mistake, sorry.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2015-11-27T17:19:27.370" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14750" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14751" CreationDate="2015-11-27T19:09:30.320" Score="12" ViewCount="147" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've had this situation once before, you find a question &lt;em&gt;with&lt;/em&gt; a bounty, and immediately you remember you've answered a similar question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You cannot vote to close, since the question is &quot;bountied&quot;, but still it is a dupe, so answering seems incorrect. Options seem to clash.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What to do?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These are the questions: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/696639/how-to-navigate-between-monitors-using-the-mouse-in-a-circular-way?noredirect=1#comment1032244_696639&quot;&gt;this one&lt;/a&gt; (with a bountie) and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/692836/3-monitors-how-to-move-from-screen-1-to-screen-3-by-moving-cursor-to-the-left/693003#693003&quot;&gt;this one&lt;/a&gt; (original answer)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2015-11-28T00:46:55.347" Title="Can I post a duplicate answer on a duplicate question ....with a bounty?" Tags="|discussion|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14751" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14750" CreationDate="2015-11-27T20:06:16.077" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;Given the very close similarities between the two questions - the fact that it is similarly worded - together that the OP has themselves confirmed this means a return of the bounty is in order.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To tidy up I've duped the question and merged the answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The latter action is needed so that the auto resolution feature of Stack Exchange works - people are automatically directed to the correct question and its answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the OP wishes they can rebounty the original question and reward whichever answer is most relevant to them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14356" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2015-11-28T00:46:55.347" LastActivityDate="2015-11-28T00:46:55.347" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14752" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14745" CreationDate="2015-11-28T01:32:00.007" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Check this out:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/gleitz/howdoi&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://github.com/gleitz/howdoi&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2015-11-28T01:32:00.007" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14753" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14756" CreationDate="2015-11-28T09:34:12.663" Score="13" ViewCount="151" Body="&lt;p&gt;Lately, a few times I ran into situations in which I had the strong impression a single user represented himself in multiple user accounts, for example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A user asks a question. The question is answered, and &lt;em&gt;another&lt;/em&gt; user communicates extensively about the answer (with the answerer), giving the impression he is the &quot;owner&quot; of the question. The answer is altered a few times until the (seemingly &quot;third party&quot;-) person is satisfied, and immediately after that, the answer is accepted by OP.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Another situation is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/703424/find-a-file-activity#703424&quot;&gt;this one&lt;/a&gt; where I saw (In my opinion) a not-so-good edit. Curious to who might have approved it, I found out OP had. I also noticed the use of language of the edit was quite similar to OP's. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Apart from the question &lt;em&gt;if&lt;/em&gt; these two cases were done from one and the same person or not (of one it became clear in the meantime), it raises the question: is it &lt;em&gt;allowed&lt;/em&gt; to have multiple representations of one user?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2015-11-28T13:21:34.853" Title="Can one user be represented by multiple accounts?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14754" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14757" CreationDate="2015-11-28T10:35:57.357" Score="1" ViewCount="62" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the last days I saw a bunch of edit suggestions for wiki tag excerpts that merely described what the tag was about but without any &lt;strong&gt;usage guidance&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I rejected them all with this reason but most of them were approved afterwards.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are they really ok?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/495537&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/495537&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/495538&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/495538&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/495536&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/495536&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/495379&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/495379&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/495375&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/495375&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are more of them, most (if not all) by the same user.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastActivityDate="2015-11-28T13:29:35.523" Title="Tag wiki excerpts - suggestions without usage guidance" Tags="|discussion|tag-wiki|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14756" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14753" CreationDate="2015-11-28T13:21:34.853" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;I haven't talked to the other mods about this post explicitly but I believe The &quot;AU Approach&quot; to sockpuppets is &lt;em&gt;usually&lt;/em&gt; shoot on sight.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There aren't terms-and-conditions rules that explicitly make one person owning more than one account an automatically bad thing. At least not since the last time I checked. Back in 2014 &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/216795/can-se-codify-or-clarify-sockpuppeteering-in-the-terms-and-conditions-and-rules&quot;&gt;I asked for a clarification&lt;/a&gt; but points were made that people abusing the system aren't going to read the rules anyway, with &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/57685/144180&quot;&gt;the official line&lt;/a&gt; being:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;if the second account allows you to do something on the site that your normal account would be prevented from doing, it is abuse&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We usually only notice and act on accounts that are actively &lt;em&gt;doing things&lt;/em&gt; together, the same way we do when multiple real people collude to gain reputation together.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've only just noticed that that Shog9 does say &quot;allows you to&quot;. Technically speaking that does also encompass people who start secondary accounts to start chatbot accounts but we usually leave those alone unless they're also doing something bad on-site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In terms of what to do if you suspect something being fishy, &lt;strong&gt;flag one of the posts up to a moderator&lt;/strong&gt;. We can very quickly check to see if they're interacting with the other accounts in unnatural patterns. We'll take it seriously and act appropriately.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2015-11-28T13:21:34.853" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14757" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14754" CreationDate="2015-11-28T13:29:35.523" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;When a tag is just a bunch of letters (eg PCSX), a definition is useful to ensure they aren't being misused. I completely agree that &lt;em&gt;also&lt;/em&gt; specifying usage might make it better, I just don't think there's no value in the definition... Which is what you're saying when you reject.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I also agree with kos, that some tags are pretty self-explanatory. It's either about PCSX or it's not. There's no benefit from having a &quot;Use this tag when it's about PCSX&quot;. Most tags will imply that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2015-11-28T13:29:35.523" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14758" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14759" CreationDate="2015-11-28T16:54:54.087" Score="-2" ViewCount="109" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have recently encountered a lot of questions by new users that create an account only for that particular question of theirs. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is annoying is the fact that these users leave the question without marking an answer or even checking the given answers. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There must be a way to keep a check on such posts. Most of the answers to such questions are either already posted or easily available through a little bit of googling. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We could employ a way such as XDA assist for keeping the site clean and solutions easily accessible. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any other way of keeping a check on such posts? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="442165" LastEditorUserId="442165" LastEditDate="2015-11-28T17:01:23.203" LastActivityDate="2015-11-29T21:11:15.807" Title="New accounts being created for just a question.?" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|new-users|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14759" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14758" CreationDate="2015-11-29T13:17:28.023" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am afraid the question was discussed already in many ways. Many solutions were proposed and many were shot down for good reasons. The conclusions were always simple:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;No one else but OP can decide if a solution is valid &lt;em&gt;for&lt;/em&gt; OP.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Since OP is not the only one to vote on an answer, the problem is relatively small. Sooner or later, a good answer will find its &quot;voters&quot;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;As soon as at least one of the answers has at least one upvote, the question is considered to be answered.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, I am having difficulties with the thought that every minor problem would the result of some kind of a &quot;bad intention&quot;. Remember the rules here are a bit different from what most people are used to, and we all started with creating an account for a single question or answer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The fact that some users do not vote on- or mark their question is probably in most cases the result of not being familiar with how things work here. Also in most cases, a friendly reminder, or just inquiring if (one of) the answer(s) &lt;em&gt;did&lt;/em&gt; work is enough to &quot;bring OP to live&quot;. If not, It might be annoying to you, but objectively, it means nothing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="72216" LastEditDate="2015-11-29T21:11:15.807" LastActivityDate="2015-11-29T21:11:15.807" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14760" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14804" CreationDate="2015-11-30T16:03:22.453" Score="4" ViewCount="122" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have recently been VTCing questions and noticing that even though I may VTC a question as off-topic, because there are a larger amount of people VTCing it for another reason, the other reason is chosen over mine, which made me think that the reason with the most votes gets chosen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However today there was a question which had 3 votes on the EOL off-topic reason, however when someone added the second vote to closing it instead as duplicate, that close reason was chosen instead even though more people had VTCed it as off-topic rather than a duplicate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So how does it work? Is the close reason with the most votes chosen? Or is it simply the last vote chooses? If it's the latter then there is probably a lot of room for abuse and problems. Or is it more complicated than this and why have I seen it happen in both ways? Is there a clever mechanism to decide this? Or am I simply mistaken or noticing a bug perhaps?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastActivityDate="2015-12-10T03:02:09.767" Title="How is it decided which close reason is to be given?" Tags="|discussion|support|close-reasons|vote-to-close|questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14761" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14762" CreationDate="2015-11-30T17:36:10.350" Score="1" ViewCount="56" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have seen many questions in the past which are off-topic, and the community recognizes them as such, and it closes them as duplicates of the question when it was first asked and closed as off-topic. So should one close an off-topic question against another off-topic question which has been closed for being off-topic? Or should one simply close it as off-topic? And should one avoid creating duplicate chains of off-topic questions that lead to questions closed as off-topic (as this may confuse people and make them think that the question is on-topic as they may not go far enough down the duplicate chain to get to the question which was closed as off-topic)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Please also note&lt;/strong&gt; that although in my example I have talked about off-topic questions, I have seen the same done with questions with other close reasons (such as too broad, unclear, and primarily opinion-based). And am asking about them too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastEditorDisplayName="user364819" LastEditDate="2015-11-30T17:45:36.380" LastActivityDate="2015-11-30T19:21:45.013" Title="Should one close questions as duplicates of closed questions?" Tags="|discussion|support|scope|duplicates|closed-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14762" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14761" CreationDate="2015-11-30T19:16:27.863" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Short answer: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Simply close the question for &lt;em&gt;its own&lt;/em&gt; reasons. Close voting as dupe is &lt;em&gt;much&lt;/em&gt; more work (for reviewers) and completely unnecessary if the question is clearly &quot;close-valid&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would save the duplicate- mark only for &lt;em&gt;good&lt;/em&gt; questions that were asked before. As mentioned, closing as a dupe needs a lot of reviewers' time (that is: if you do it right), since &lt;em&gt;both&lt;/em&gt; questions need to be read carefully.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="72216" LastEditDate="2015-11-30T19:21:45.013" LastActivityDate="2015-11-30T19:21:45.013" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14763" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14764" CreationDate="2015-12-01T04:33:13.367" Score="1" ViewCount="63" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm pretty new to AskUbuntu's &lt;strong&gt;review&lt;/strong&gt; section. IMHO, I review by doing some search before taking any decisions. But, hey! that is me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is, do we allow editing averagely voted answers with adding few more information? e.g.:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/153023/what-is-the-linux-image-extra-package-for-and-do-i-need-it&quot;&gt;What is the linux-image-extra package for and do I need it?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, some users just edit a single letter for the sake of earning points. In such scenarios, how do we handle?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="179042" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2015-12-01T11:11:38.253" Title="Editing existing answers by adding additional information" Tags="|discussion|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14764" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14763" CreationDate="2015-12-01T10:59:43.680" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just editing out a &quot;Hello&quot; is a waste of an edit and reviewer time. It does not make the post &lt;em&gt;better&lt;/em&gt;, it does not make the issue any clearer. All it does it waste review time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Using &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/153023/revisions&quot;&gt;your example's revision log&lt;/a&gt;, I'd say:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;#6 was a waste. It should have been rejected.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;#5 Was good. It fixed many other things and &lt;strong&gt;made the post better&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;#3 and #4 were a bit washy but didn't require multiple people to approve them.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;#2 again made the post better. It does edit out the &quot;Thank you&quot; at the end but it does more at the same time.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So in cases like Revision #6, reject them. I think there is a &quot;petty edit&quot; reason in there but otherwise just explain that it doesn't actually make the post any better.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you see an edit like Rev #6 on a post like the original —where the post still needs a lot of work doing to it— reject it but improve it at the same time. By all means cut out the small-talk but make sure everything else is polished up at the same time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But don't conflate small edits with petty edits. A small edit could completely change the meaning of something (or fix it). Use your discretion and look for overall value when reviewing suggested edits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2015-12-01T11:11:38.253" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14765" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14781" CreationDate="2015-12-01T17:39:01.023" Score="2" ViewCount="104" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just had to review &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/low-quality-posts/496635&quot;&gt;this test in the LQ queue&lt;/a&gt;, which was a spam answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, my thought was that spam should never had appeared in the LQ queue and therefore I was a bit confused about this. I recommended to delete and passed the test, of course, but I thought that maybe this could be an unintended behaviour or bug in the review test algorithm.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is using deleted spam answers as LQ review test now good and intended, or should it not have happened?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2015-12-18T23:48:36.463" Title="Spam answer as Low-Quality-review test?" Tags="|bug|review|review-audits|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14766" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-12-01T22:47:06.170" Score="9" ViewCount="129" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is completely understandable that inexperienced users are not completely aware of how to handle dupes. It is also understandable that a friendly-meaning person posts an answer, (only) linking to another answer, assuming he or she is helpful. Nothing to add, nothing to elaborate, just a link.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That is what happened &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/704768/run-script-on-login-script-with-sudo-or-startup&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. The question &lt;em&gt;should&lt;/em&gt; (one would say &lt;em&gt;of course&lt;/em&gt;) have been marked as a dupe if he thinks the linked answer suits the question. I commented the poster he should have done that instead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was therefore quite flabbergasted that (up)voting started on the answer, which made it clear to me that not only inexperienced &lt;em&gt;answerers&lt;/em&gt; were involved, but voters also need to be aware of the fact that we vote on &lt;em&gt;good answers&lt;/em&gt;, not on being seemingly &quot;nice&quot;. Nothing wrong with being nice, but that's not what we vote for.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please don't start voting on an answer that only points to another, good and already existing answer on AU. It is encouraging unfruitful behaviour. Vote on the original answer instead if you think it's worth your vote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2015-12-01T22:47:06.170" Title="Please only vote on the original answer if a dupe- answer only links to the original" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14767" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-12-02T04:52:32.047" Score="5" ViewCount="56" Body="&lt;p&gt;Possibly due to the recent CSS refactoring, the pseudo-Canonical navigation bar no longer matches the top bar of ubuntu.com sites. Here is how they compare in my Chrome (Windows):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;AU bar&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/rrJdb.png&quot; alt=&quot;current&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Canonical bar&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/urv0E.png&quot; alt=&quot;canonical&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Possible cause: although both sites declare Ubuntu as the font for the top bar, only ubuntu.com loads it as a web-font.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user336085" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2015-12-02T04:52:32.047" Title="The Canonical navigation bar has diverged from the canon" Tags="|bug|design|top-bar|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14768" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-12-02T05:35:58.470" Score="2" ViewCount="79" Body="&lt;p&gt;I asked &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/543004/swap-vanished-after-reboot&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;&#xA; a while ago. It didn't receive any helpful attention, not even a comment asking for output of some command or something, or suggesting what I could look at. Since I still have the problem that is described there, I am still waiting for some reaction, although I do realise that at this point it's very unlikely.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Nevertheless, I have been using this question regularly to look up how to redo my swap after each reboot. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, however, I found that is has been deleted as abandoned. I feel that as I am still using it, and as the problem is still active, it should not have been deleted as abandoned.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What should I do? I would really love to have this problem solved somehow. Asking the same question again seems weird.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="231418" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2015-12-02T11:24:08.630" Title="Question deleted as abandoned although I didn't abandon it" Tags="|discussion|deleted-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14769" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14771" CreationDate="2015-12-02T11:14:06.893" Score="0" ViewCount="68" Body="&lt;p&gt;Today, seeing AskUbuntu, it seems that spam is getting frequent, 30 minutes a spam thread is being posted. The most recent one was about &quot;making people to look younger&quot;. The first one i saw today was about a game..&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="391572" LastActivityDate="2015-12-02T11:49:45.547" Title="Spam becoming frequent?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2015-12-02T20:06:54.093" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14770" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14768" CreationDate="2015-12-02T11:24:08.630" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You've done the right thing, asking in here. I have undeleted it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it's still a pressing issue, you might want to consider putting a bounty on it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2015-12-02T11:24:08.630" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14771" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14769" CreationDate="2015-12-02T11:49:45.547" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Spam comes randomly. Sometimes nothing for a week, sometimes dozens within a single hour. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe somebody who really tries to get some people click their links thinks that their chances are higher if they send a wave of spam posts, maybe it's just coincidence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As long as it gets back to a lower rate after an hour or a day again, there's nothing to worry. We've handled all spam waves successfully in the past and will continue to do that in the future!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastActivityDate="2015-12-02T11:49:45.547" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14772" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14776" CreationDate="2015-12-02T12:47:13.273" Score="9" ViewCount="179" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently asked &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/704765/how-to-execute-a-command-in-multiple-terminals-by-executing-a-command-in-only-on/&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/704765/how-to-execute-a-command-in-multiple-terminals-by-executing-a-command-in-only-on/704771#704771&quot;&gt;this was&lt;/a&gt; one of the answers I got:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I'm running Ubuntu 14.04.03, so YMMV. Investigate some of these&#xA;  packages:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;$ apt-cache search ssh | grep multiple&#xA;byobu - powerful, text based window manager and shell multiplexer&#xA;vcsh - Version Control System for $HOME - multiple Git repositories in $HOME&#xA;capistrano - Executes commands in parallel on multiple servers&#xA;clusterssh - administer multiple ssh or rsh shells simultaneously&#xA;fail2ban - ban hosts that cause multiple authentication errors&#xA;mssh - tool to administrate multiple servers at once&#xA;ruby-net-ssh-multi - Ruby library for making multiple SSH connections to remote systems&#xA;sslh - ssl/ssh multiplexer&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I mean I know you don't have to do all of the work for the other person and that you can sort of point them in the right direction, but how vague is too vague? Because the person isn't even sure if any of these packages will work... I don't think so, but as it hasn't been deleted yet, would this be considered an acceptable answer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastActivityDate="2015-12-04T01:04:07.370" Title="Can you just point someone in the right direction and how vague are you allowed to be with this?" Tags="|discussion|support|answers|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14773" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14774" CreationDate="2015-12-02T13:27:14.297" Score="-4" ViewCount="70" Body="&lt;p&gt;Are software comparisons considered on-topic here? I mean Ubuntu software of course, and probably software which is specific to it or at least Linux but runs on Ubuntu. And how broad is considered 'too broad' in this case? I mean, can you just ask what is the difference and why you would use one over the other? Or do you have to be more specific than that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastActivityDate="2015-12-02T21:17:46.843" Title="Are software comparisons allowed and if so how broad are you allowed to be?" Tags="|discussion|support|scope|asking-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14774" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14773" CreationDate="2015-12-02T21:17:46.843" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &quot;too broad&quot; close reason is reserved for open-ended questions that require a book to be written to answer them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You're asking us to say whether a hypothetical class of question is off-topic without an example. It's &lt;em&gt;entirely&lt;/em&gt; possible that you can have a great question that is in the form of a &quot;software comparison&quot;, just as it's possible there can be real steamers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have no interest in banning software comparisons. Just look at them on a case-by case basis. If questions...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;... can be answered&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;... can be answered without writing a book&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;... can be answered objectively (or at least with objective rationale)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;... is about Ubuntu&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's &lt;em&gt;probably&lt;/em&gt; okay. Or duplicate. Or something else. Honestly, who knows until we're looking at it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2015-12-02T21:17:46.843" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14776" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14772" CreationDate="2015-12-04T01:04:07.370" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;You should substantially answer the question, always. It's even on the Answering page of the help center:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Read the question carefully. &lt;strong&gt;What, specifically, is the question asking for? Make sure your answer provides that – or a viable alternative.&lt;/strong&gt; The answer can be “don’t do that”, but it should also include “try this instead”. Any answer that gets the asker going in the right direction is helpful, but do try to mention any limitations, assumptions or simplifications in your answer. Brevity is acceptable, but fuller explanations are better.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That was a clear cut case of NAA, and it has been deleted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2015-12-04T01:04:07.370" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14777" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14779" CreationDate="2015-12-04T03:58:28.653" Score="8" ViewCount="225" Body="&lt;p&gt;The question: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/705369/i-installed-a-program-by-getting-its-source-code-and-then-running-sudo-make-in&quot;&gt;I installed a program by getting its source code, and then running `sudo make install`; how to make `apt-get` know about it?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The edit that was removed: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/705369/revisions&quot;&gt;(revision history here)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit for posterity:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As the top answer suggests, &lt;code&gt;checkinstall&lt;/code&gt; should be used whenever possible instead of &lt;code&gt;make install&lt;/code&gt;. &lt;code&gt;checkinstall&lt;/code&gt; is really nifty, since it follows what the &lt;code&gt;make install&lt;/code&gt; command would do, in order to figure out how to build a package. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This means that if you install a program using &lt;code&gt;make install&lt;/code&gt;, but then want to repent for your sins, all you have to do is &lt;code&gt;sudo checkinstall -D make install&lt;/code&gt;, and that command will:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;follow &lt;code&gt;make install&lt;/code&gt; to figure out what it does&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;copy-cat &lt;code&gt;make install&lt;/code&gt;, except in *.deb package form&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;install from the package (exactly as &lt;code&gt;make install&lt;/code&gt; would have, given point 1)) except also let &lt;code&gt;apt-get&lt;/code&gt; know about it, and thus overwrite all the files exactly where &lt;code&gt;make install&lt;/code&gt; would have put them as long as you choose YES to include the files put by &lt;code&gt;make install&lt;/code&gt; in the home directory in the package as well -- a couple of options during the &lt;code&gt;checkinstall&lt;/code&gt; process will let you choose (obviously though, the choice is there so you can exercise it on a case-to-case basis)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bonus:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/a/14516283/3486684&quot;&gt;you can also remove a package (call it &lt;code&gt;progA&lt;/code&gt; again) installed using &lt;code&gt;make install&lt;/code&gt; that odes not have &lt;code&gt;make uninstall&lt;/code&gt; support&lt;/a&gt; by following the &lt;code&gt;checkinstall&lt;/code&gt; process outlined so far, and then simply doing:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;dpkg -r progA&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as I can see, there are no reasons given as to why the edit was made, and...to be honest, the edit is kind of a big deal to me, since I feel like I learned something important (I have faced problems with vanilla &lt;code&gt;make install&lt;/code&gt; more than once before, and MOST instructions for building from source talk about using &lt;code&gt;make install&lt;/code&gt;, NOT &lt;code&gt;checkinstall&lt;/code&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am trying not to be annoyed (but this is irritating just because it's erasing effort I have put in for my own sake), so can someone help me figure out what's going on? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user390136" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-05-23T12:39:54.233" LastActivityDate="2015-12-04T08:18:12.877" Title="I made an edit to a question adding additional details I learned of after implementing my aceppted answer, but a high rep user has reverted my edit?" Tags="|discussion|specific-question|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14778" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14777" CreationDate="2015-12-04T06:14:01.067" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;This site is about asking questions and receiving answers;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Each of the two have their own space to live in; there should be no question containing an answer nor an answer containing a question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's why Braiam removed your edit; your edit put informations deserveful to be contained in an answer in the question. That's not good because both the question and the answers need to be voted on, expecially the answers, because the top answers are going to be shown first. Therefore questions and answers need to be kept separate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That doesn't mean that the effort you put in writing that edit is gone though; the revision history still contains it and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/self-answer&quot;&gt;you're free to answer your own question&lt;/a&gt; to add those details to the topic; quoting the Help Center:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Can I answer my own question?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes! Stack Exchange has always explicitly encouraged users to answer their own questions. [...] you may go back and add an answer to your own question at any time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just copy-paste your edit into an answer. No one will mind about an answer that adds those details to the already existing answers; alternatively, you can add those details to one of the existing answers by editing it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="380067" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2015-12-04T06:14:01.067" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14779" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14777" CreationDate="2015-12-04T08:18:12.877" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've been in your situation a few times. Somebody posts an answer and it either doesn't quite have enough detail for practical use, or I'm doing something whacky that they haven't accounted for. We have two options in situations like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Editing the original answer. Few people will mind if you improve their answer if you don't deviate too far. Adding extra details and examples are perfect edits.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you need to significantly add, or deviate from the existing tone of an answer, you can reference it but write your own full answer.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this scenario, either of those is a valid option. I'm sure A.B. wouldn't have minded you making his answer better just as I'm sure he wouldn't mind you posting a detailed answer of your own.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The edit was rejected for adding answer material in the question. Keep them separate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2015-12-04T08:18:12.877" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14781" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14765" CreationDate="2015-12-06T15:41:38.417" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's always been like that: you just never saw a spam question in the review queue before...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's it! Stop worrying and keep up the good work!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;;-)&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastActivityDate="2015-12-06T15:41:38.417" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14782" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-12-06T23:01:56.847" Score="1" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are two questions. Both have the same final problem. How to get them merged?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also both the questions have a lot of &lt;strong&gt;too localized information&lt;/strong&gt; that will need to be removed after the merge. What is the policy on that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do we edit the resulting merge question and remove unnecessary information?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/572558/cant-boot-after-deleting-efi-boot-and-windows-partition?rq=1&quot;&gt;Can&amp;#39;t boot after deleting EFI boot- and Windows-partition&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/706414/accidentally-deleted-efi-partition&quot;&gt;Accidentally deleted efi partition&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="456878" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2015-12-07T01:51:09.847" Title="How can I get two different questions merged?" Tags="|discussion|support|merge|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14783" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14785" CreationDate="2015-12-06T23:16:21.607" Score="6" ViewCount="68" Body="&lt;p&gt;Now that I've reached 25K, I'm not really interested in the next level: 100K is too far off and too much trouble for a T-shirt and a mug...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I've been giving away all my rep above 25K (sort of) to:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Original answers&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Interesting answers&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Answers that helped me in the past&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Answers that took a lot of work, but got few upvotes.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;...&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Will I trigger any limit that will take away any of my rep without my explicit consent if I keep doing this for the next couple of years?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastActivityDate="2015-12-07T00:42:59.247" Title="Is there a limit on how much rep I can give away?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14784" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14783" CreationDate="2015-12-07T00:06:21.570" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Nope. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/235/jorge-castro?tab=bounties&amp;amp;sort=offered&quot;&gt;Just ask Jorge Castro&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2015-12-07T00:06:21.570" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14785" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14783" CreationDate="2015-12-07T00:42:59.247" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;I do this all the time, mostly to help out people who might have been buried in the noise. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can only do three bounties at a time, and due to the time restrictions it makes it tough to do bulk bounties. The &quot;interest&quot; from my old answers ends up making up for it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I find that it can be just as challenging to find good questions to bounty as it is to answer them; it's a pretty fun way to help people out, good luck!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2015-12-07T00:42:59.247" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14786" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14782" CreationDate="2015-12-07T01:06:57.557" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;It seems like currently only mods are able to perform merges.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Read &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/107846/are-there-guidelines-on-direction-for-merging-questions-which-question-to-close&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;and &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/13890/merging-difficulty&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; for guidelines on requesting a merge:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To request a merge:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Flag the question and select &lt;code&gt;In need of moderator intervention&lt;/code&gt; and provide links to the questions you want merged with a good and succinct reason.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Additionally mark the question as a duplicate.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;PS: Sorry for asking this in the first place, should've searched the How To.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="456878" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2015-12-07T01:51:09.847" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14788" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14808" CreationDate="2015-12-07T14:34:15.970" Score="0" ViewCount="56" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have some questions I feel like saying &lt;strong&gt;&quot;Me Too!!!&quot;&lt;/strong&gt; to and some that are interesting enough so that I would like to keep myself posted on developments like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/552999/how-to-warn-noise-bleep-when-ubuntu-is-about-to-go-into-sleep-mode&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/676046/how-can-i-automatically-add-workspaces-only-if-i-need-them&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would be awesome if I didn't have to try writing a Python script to notify me of changes on the page OR having to bookmark them and manually checking back.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="456878" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2015-12-10T09:09:33.217" Title="Option to add questions to reading list/subscribe to them?" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14789" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-12-07T19:49:41.117" Score="-4" ViewCount="91" Body="&lt;p&gt;Seriously is it possible to let beginners suggest tags? I tried to create the tag &lt;em&gt;XFCE-desktop&lt;/em&gt; which is the large package I had to reinstall, but was told I did not have 300 points. It is more to the point with XFCE-desktop than just the tag XFCE. I have learned that precision is crucial when solving problems and thought that precise tags would have the same principles.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="477186" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2019-02-07T09:12:40.977" LastActivityDate="2019-02-07T09:12:40.977" Title="Is it possible for beginners to suggest tags?" Tags="|discussion|tags|tag-wiki|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14790" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14128" CreationDate="2015-12-07T22:20:08.137" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;It seems to depend on how disruptive the vote removal would be.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's how it works:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;There are two thresholds:&#xA;    Number of votes cast by the user being deleted&#xA;    Number of people affected significantly by those votes&#xA;&#xA;The exact values of those thresholds don't particularly matter; they're pretty low, but not so low that you could hit them easily while still hiding fraudulent activity.&#xA;If either threshold is exceeded, deletion is held up until someone reviews it. Otherwise, deletion proceeds and any votes are discarded.&#xA;If, during review, it becomes apparent that the user is or ever was involved in voting fraud, the votes are discarded as they would normally be.&#xA;Otherwise, the votes are preserved.&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Source: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/125740/dont-throw-away-all-votes-when-a-user-is-deleted/268608#268608&quot;&gt;Don&amp;#39;t throw away all votes when a user is deleted&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2015-12-07T22:20:08.137" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14791" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14789" CreationDate="2015-12-07T22:40:46.830" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Tags are for classifying questions, and thereby allowing people who are interested in a particular topic focus on that topic. If a tag is too narrow, few people will be interested in it, and it becomes useless. If a tag is too broad, people will pick narrower tags.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No one is interested in the &lt;code&gt;xfce-desktop&lt;/code&gt; package ...  because &lt;a href=&quot;http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=xfce-desktop&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;there is no such package&lt;/a&gt;. Assuming that you meant &lt;code&gt;xubuntu-desktop&lt;/code&gt;, why would anyone be interested in that package specifically? People are interested in Xubuntu or XFCE. Virtually no one (except the maintainer) cares about that package. Even you, who wants to create a tag named after it, wouldn't give two bits about it once your problem is solved and you don't have to touch that package again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2019-02-06T10:46:30.863" LastActivityDate="2019-02-06T10:46:30.863" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="14792" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14794" CreationDate="2015-12-08T13:59:19.403" Score="8" ViewCount="267" Body="&lt;h3&gt;What I ran into&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Strolling through the keys in &lt;code&gt;dconf-editor&lt;/code&gt;, looking for something else, I ran into the screen's information in&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;/org/compiz/profiles/unity/plugins/core/outputs&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;which showed the values:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;['1680x1050+0+0', '1280x1024+1680+0']&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;on my system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This surprised me a bit. I use to get this information, parsed from the output of &lt;code&gt;xrandr&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Since &lt;a href=&quot;https://developer.gnome.org/dconf/unstable/dconf-overview.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;dconf&lt;/a&gt; is usually the preferred way to retrieve settings data, especially when used in loops, I was curious to the timing of both:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;xrandr&lt;/code&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;real    0m0.067s&#xA;user    0m0.000s&#xA;sys     0m0.003s&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;dconf read /org/compiz/profiles/unity/plugins/core/outputs:&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;real    0m0.004s&#xA;user    0m0.000s&#xA;sys     0m0.003s&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;...which shows a &lt;em&gt;dramatic&lt;/em&gt; difference.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A great part of my answers around here include a background script. In many cases I use &lt;code&gt;xrandr&lt;/code&gt; in a periodical loop. In other cases I use &lt;code&gt;xrandr&lt;/code&gt; only at startup of the script to &amp;quot;save fuel&amp;quot;, while it would be more elegant to be able to update the information while the script is running (e.g. when an external screen is connected).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Using &lt;code&gt;dconf&lt;/code&gt;instead of &lt;code&gt;xrandr&lt;/code&gt;would therefore be a major improvement in many of my answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;However&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Editing in the &amp;quot;new insight&amp;quot; would involve many answers in my case. I wouldn't want to be suspected of abusing the system to get older posts to the front page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is therefore, before flooding the site with edited older posts:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Is it &amp;quot;not done&amp;quot; to serial- edit your own posts?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2015-12-15T14:35:36.113" Title="Is it discouraged to serially edit many of your own posts?" Tags="|discussion|support|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14793" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14792" CreationDate="2015-12-08T14:25:32.243" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you think an edit to your own answers would improve them, &lt;strong&gt;just do it!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Don't care about the main site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastActivityDate="2015-12-08T14:25:32.243" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14794" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14792" CreationDate="2015-12-08T14:27:19.810" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have nothing against you improving all of your old posts serially: &lt;em&gt;personally&lt;/em&gt; I wouldn't even mind having the active questions page flooded with your edits at some point but indeed someone will do, so maybe keep the number of edits acceptable in function of the current activity (to be clearer, avoid making the active questions page become orange).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think an edit of yours per 4-5 other posts (in average) in the active questions page would be largely acceptable by everyone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="380067" LastEditorUserId="380067" LastEditDate="2015-12-08T14:40:02.713" LastActivityDate="2015-12-08T14:40:02.713" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14795" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14797" CreationDate="2015-12-08T16:34:31.030" Score="3" ViewCount="106" Body="&lt;p&gt;By putting code on SE (by posting it in a question or answer or another form of publicly posting it on the site) is the code given some sort of license automatically if one is not declared by the owner? So what I mean is for instance if person A wrote their own program and posted it as an answer to person B, if person A does not declare a license for the code, and then person B steals it and publishes it as if they were the owner giving no credit to person A, could person B get into any trouble if person A found out and wasn't happy?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastActivityDate="2015-12-16T21:42:45.023" Title="Is there a license on all the code put on SE?" Tags="|discussion|support|stackexchange|legal|code|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14796" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14795" CreationDate="2015-12-08T16:44:34.833" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;All&lt;/strong&gt; content posted to Stack Exchange, including code, is licensed &lt;a href=&quot;http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;CC-BY-SA&lt;/a&gt;. If you &quot;declare&quot; another license on your post, and that license is incompatible with CC-BY-SA, you're in violation of Stack Exchange's terms of service. CC is not a good license for code, but it is what it is.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;... then person B steals it and publishes it as if they were the owner &lt;strong&gt;giving no credit to person A&lt;/strong&gt;, could person B get into any trouble if person A found out and wasn't happy?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Emphasis mine. The license requires attribution. If B gave credit, there isn't any problem. Not giving credit is a violation of the license, and illegal (assuming you can prove it).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/271080/270345&quot;&gt;Stack Exchange is planning to licence any new code contributions using the MIT license&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2015-12-16T21:42:45.023" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14797" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14795" CreationDate="2015-12-08T17:12:33.627" Score="7" Body="&lt;h1&gt;&lt;em&gt;All&lt;/em&gt; post content is available under CC-BY-SA.&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I disagree slightly with the spirit of muru's post. You can &lt;em&gt;add&lt;/em&gt; additional licenses to your posts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If a post declares its content to be available under an additional license, that is just dual-licensing. The reader can choose between the stated on and CC-BY-SA. This is just the same concept as if the writer of the post posted the content elsewhere (and declared a license).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, &lt;strong&gt;you cannot override or subvert the CC-BY-SA license&lt;/strong&gt;. It will &lt;strong&gt;always&lt;/strong&gt; be an option for somebody reading a post here. If you post, you're making that content available under CC-BY-SA. Even if you add:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ⓒ Oli 2015 All rights reserved, no copying my stuff!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;... they can still copy it under the terms of CC-BY-SA.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;This is why it is critical &lt;em&gt;you&lt;/em&gt; own the content you post.&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you take code from somebody else that is GPL/MIT/etc —even if that declaration remains— you are adding another license with restrictive and therefore potentially incompatible clauses.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That may break the conditions of the license you had. Most licenses have an automatic termination clause meaning your post would have been made without license. It'd be copyright infringement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If a copyright owner notices you using their content without license, they can sue you (in the US: for statutory damages, lost earnings and if they can prove you did it on purpose, a ×3 multiplier).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu is a US-based site but if somebody wants to find you, they could sue you in your country. If they can convince somebody that it's criminal infringement, they can attempt to extradite you (&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_O%27Dwyer&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;even&lt;/em&gt; for copyright&lt;/a&gt;) and if you have an estate or holdings abroad, they can sue that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;But &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;fair use&lt;/a&gt; exists.&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can use limited amounts of copyright content and this bypasses the original license. &lt;em&gt;What&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;how much&lt;/em&gt; you can use aren't black and white concepts though. It's also not the same around the world.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What holds up will essentially come down to common sense but again, if somebody wants to sue you for using their stuff, they're going to sue you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2015-12-09T12:36:28.680" CommentCount="13" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14798" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14803" CreationDate="2015-12-08T23:33:58.180" Score="4" ViewCount="41" Body="&lt;p&gt;When I try to go to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tools/question-close-stats?daterange=last90days&quot;&gt;this page&lt;/a&gt; I get this error:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/FnuAd.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/FnuAd.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastActivityDate="2015-12-09T18:18:15.060" Title="Unable to access &quot;90d&quot; tab on &quot;question-close-stats&quot; page" Tags="|bug|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14799" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14800" CreationDate="2015-12-09T01:10:18.220" Score="7" ViewCount="62" Body="&lt;p&gt;I searched for a ubuntu question, and came to what appeared to be askubuntu.com.  I was going to comment and tried to log in.  It never worked.  I looked at the url and it was viyals.com.&#xA;They are registered private.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If they are not affiliated with askubuntu, I suspect they are doing a man in the middle attack. Does anyone know?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="380880" LastActivityDate="2015-12-09T01:40:22.347" Title="who is http://viyals.com/, and why did I get routed through them to askubuntu.com?" Tags="|support|bug|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14800" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14799" CreationDate="2015-12-09T01:37:02.857" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;Viyals appears to be some sort of scraper or more likely a site duplicate. My suggestion is to report them using &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/contact&quot;&gt;Stack Exchange's Report function&lt;/a&gt;, since it seems to fall under the proxy category. &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/200177/a-site-or-scraper-is-copying-content-from-stack-exchange-what-do-i-do&quot;&gt;Refer here&lt;/a&gt; for more info&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="274320" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2015-12-09T01:40:22.347" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14801" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14802" CreationDate="2015-12-09T12:48:49.770" Score="2" ViewCount="60" Body="&lt;p&gt;One of my post was deleted by &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/users/-1/community&quot;&gt;community&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is my post: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/14524/leaving-a-comment-or-upvoting-existing-one-after-downvoting-a-post-except-spa&quot;&gt;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/14524/leaving-a-comment-or-upvoting-existing-one-after-downvoting-a-post-except-spa&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does it appear in user deleted list ? For me its not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If not visible, how can I find the post which was deleted by community.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;I got that post link from a mod&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="439451" LastActivityDate="2015-12-09T19:48:08.243" Title="Do posts deleted/locked by community appear in the user's &quot;deleted posts&quot; list?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14802" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14801" CreationDate="2015-12-09T13:34:09.287" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &quot;Recently deleted questions&quot; and &quot;Recently deleted answers&quot; lists include only posts not older than 60 days;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just two hours ago a feature that allows 10K+ users to search through all of their old posts (including deleted posts) using the search function &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/270562/302251&quot;&gt;has been announced&lt;/a&gt;;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To get the full list of deleted questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;user:me is:q deleted:1&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To get the full list of deleted answers:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;user:me is:a deleted:1&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But unluckily you don't have enough reputation yet to do that, so no, until you'll have at least 10K reputation you won't be able to see deleted posts of yours older than 60 days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="380067" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2015-12-09T19:48:08.243" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14803" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14798" CreationDate="2015-12-09T18:18:15.060" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's up again: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tools/question-close-stats?daterange=last90days&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/tools/question-close-stats?daterange=last90days&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="380067" LastActivityDate="2015-12-09T18:18:15.060" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14804" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14760" CreationDate="2015-12-09T18:24:28.347" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Diamond moderators, or occasionally a tag gold badge person, will have the ability to close a post instantly.  From what I've seen, though I can't confirm this, such closes use the reason that user/mod used for closing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Typical closing however appears to be one on the 'best out of 5' system, so whichever option had the majority will probably get that close reason (if three vote as offtopic, and two vote as &quot;unclear&quot;, then as I've seen it, 'Offtopic' gets selected by the system).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Addendum from &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/users/380067/kos&quot;&gt;@kos&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Also any duplicate mentioned with a &quot;close as duplicate&quot; vote is listed as an &quot;original&quot; question (i.e. e.g. 5 &quot;close as duplicate&quot; votes each mentioning a different question = 5 questions listed as an &quot;original&quot; question). &lt;del&gt;Not sure if those are listed only if the majority of the closers voted to close as duplicate or regardless though&lt;/del&gt; Those are listed only if the majority of the closers voted to close as duplicate.  -- &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/users/380067/kos&quot;&gt;kos&lt;/a&gt; - December 9, 2015&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.227" LastActivityDate="2015-12-10T03:02:09.767" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14805" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-12-09T21:11:57.393" Score="15" ViewCount="282" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently noticed that the tag &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/.desktop&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;.desktop&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;.desktop&lt;/a&gt; (notice the dot before desktop) being used as a tag for questions concerning the Desktop Environment in general (most likely because &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/desktop&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;desktop&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;desktop&lt;/a&gt; is &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/5418/desktop-tag-must-go&quot;&gt;gone&lt;/a&gt;):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/707631/ubuntu-showing-less-ram-than-before-after-fresh-install&quot;&gt;Ubuntu showing less ram than before after fresh install&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/703678/i-restarted-for-a-ubuntu-update-and-i-now-have-a-command-line-when-it-boots-how&quot;&gt;I restarted for a Ubuntu update and I now have a command line when it boots. How do I get back to my desktop?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/692160/desktop-is-not-coming-after-update-because-of-gnome-session-fallback&quot;&gt;Desktop is not coming after update because of gnome-session fallback&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/685989/find-default-desktop-directory&quot;&gt;Find default desktop directory&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is only a small selection of questions misusing this tag, all taken from the first page of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/.desktop&quot;&gt;question list&lt;/a&gt; for the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/.desktop&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;.desktop&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;.desktop&lt;/a&gt; tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think renaming this tag, e.g. to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/.desktop-launcher&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;.desktop-launcher&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;.desktop-launcher&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/.desktop-file&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;.desktop-file&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;.desktop-file&lt;/a&gt; (or something better) could prevent or at least limit further misuse of the tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What do you think?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="194948" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2015-12-10T07:19:40.460" Title="Prevent misuse of the &quot;.desktop&quot; tag" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14807" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14805" CreationDate="2015-12-10T05:58:47.577" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'll move my proposal from the comments to an answer so that people can vote on it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I propose to rename it to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/desktop-files&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;desktop-files&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;desktop-files&lt;/a&gt;, because:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Having a leading dot makes sense only when referencing desktop files by their extension; since the tag has to change but the extension won't change, there's no reason to prepend a dot to whatever nomenclature we're gonna use, since obviously it will never match the extension *;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&quot;Desktop files&quot; is how they're referenced in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UnityLaunchersAndDesktopFiles&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Community Wiki&lt;/a&gt;. Using the same name will allow to keep consistency across the Ubuntu Community Wiki and the site.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;This introduces two possible choices: using the singularized &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/desktop-file&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;desktop-file&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;desktop-file&lt;/a&gt; or the pluralized &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/desktop-files&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;desktop-files&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;desktop-files&lt;/a&gt;. I'd choose the pluralized &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/desktop-files&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;desktop-files&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;desktop-files&lt;/a&gt; in order to be able to group toghether questions about a specific desktop file and questions about desktop files in general, which makes sense only to group toghether under a single tag.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;* Before someone argues that beside this reasoning &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/.desktop-files&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;.desktop-files&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;.desktop-files&lt;/a&gt; makes equal sense to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/desktop-files&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;desktop-files&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;desktop-files&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;em&gt;yes, mostly&lt;/em&gt;. But the problem is that one of the two must be preferred. Since they're both good, digressing into nitpickeries, putting the thing into what I think is the right perspective, to make a comparison, you don't say e.g. &quot;I have a dot-mp4 file&quot;, you say &quot;I have an mp4 file&quot;.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="380067" LastEditorUserId="380067" LastEditDate="2015-12-10T07:19:40.460" LastActivityDate="2015-12-10T07:19:40.460" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14808" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14788" CreationDate="2015-12-10T09:09:33.217" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can star a question to mark it as favourite. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You'll see them in your profile at the tab &quot;Favourites&quot;. If anything changes, the question in the list will get highlighted and a bubble with the number of recently changed favourites will be added to the &quot;Favourites&quot; tab.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/xJrzf.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/xJrzf.png&quot; alt=&quot;screenshot&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please also see the detailed article on Stack Exchange Meta at &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/53585/270345&quot;&gt;How do favorite questions work?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2015-12-10T09:09:33.217" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14811" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14812" CreationDate="2015-12-14T10:39:24.853" Score="16" ViewCount="261" Body="&lt;p&gt;I know this comes up all the time but I just want to bring it back one more time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When low rep users edit questions and answers can they please make sure  they actually contribute to the post with their edits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Today, again, the edit queue is full of one tag edits and, most annoying of all, editing capital letters on things like &lt;code&gt;Windows&lt;/code&gt; or &lt;code&gt;Ubuntu&lt;/code&gt;, these edits clog the queue and do not actually make any noticeable improvement to the post as suggested in the help section.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't want to point fingers and I encourage people to make good edits but the one that drove me to write this was an edit of &lt;code&gt;hdmi&lt;/code&gt; to &lt;code&gt;HDMI&lt;/code&gt;, that was it, how is that any kind of improvement to the OP ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am rejecting these kind of edits regularly and am not the only one, I can see the vote counts, so am not alone in wanting to avoid this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So to summarize, can editors with less than 2000 rep, please make sure your edits are improving the actual content of the post and are not just superficial ?.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To make this a question and not a rant, does anyone disagree with me ? and do you like to see / actively encourage these kind of edits ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastEditorUserId="117103" LastEditDate="2015-12-14T21:30:31.820" LastActivityDate="2015-12-16T16:41:49.997" Title="Useless edits in the review queue" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14812" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14811" CreationDate="2015-12-14T18:54:47.767" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The system is as it is to permit such edits (unfortunately).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To quote &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/users/44179/seth&quot;&gt;Seth♦&lt;/a&gt; though:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Please do continue to reject these edits. – Seth♦ 3 hours ago&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These tiny edits may slip through the cracks but that's why the review queue exists in the first place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2015-12-14T18:54:47.767" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14813" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-12-14T21:24:07.607" Score="4" ViewCount="45" Body="&lt;p&gt;Has anyone &lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/fOG1q.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/fOG1q.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;been presented with such a review?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The review link: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/reopen/489387&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/review/reopen/489387&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastEditorUserId="117103" LastEditDate="2015-12-14T21:48:10.493" LastActivityDate="2015-12-14T21:48:10.493" Title="strange review - &quot;skip&quot; as only option" Tags="|bug|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14814" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14815" CreationDate="2015-12-14T23:03:03.260" Score="-1" ViewCount="69" Body="&lt;p&gt;So, with WinterBash upon us all, there's one very important question that everyone is asking:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How do I get more hats?!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can we use the Meta site to test our and try to get more hats (provided we delete the questions after)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastActivityDate="2015-12-15T21:46:58.740" Title="Can we use Meta for hat-farming?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14815" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14814" CreationDate="2015-12-15T21:46:58.740" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;As Marco says, this is a bit against the spirit of the hats. Actually I'd go as far as to say it's against the rules. Hats are like badges, they're (mostly) supposed to encourage good behaviors, not trigger a mad dash to &quot;catch 'em all&quot; in the fastest way possible and the heck with the consequences to the health of the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And beside all that... as Seth pointed out, &quot;farming&quot; on meta won't even work for most hats.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="174972" LastActivityDate="2015-12-15T21:46:58.740" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14816" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-12-15T21:57:08.843" Score="7" ViewCount="92" Body="&lt;p&gt;Earlier today, I ran across &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/481799/mc-naveen&quot;&gt;this user&lt;/a&gt; who had a few (~5) answers and after a few constructive comments directed to it and removing the &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/link_bait&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;link bait&lt;/a&gt; from his answers, I suddenly noticed there were only &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/481799/mc-naveen?tab=answers&quot;&gt;3 answers&lt;/a&gt; left...  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One I can still find as I still had it &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/709866/cannot-install-anything-priveleges&quot;&gt;open in a tab&lt;/a&gt; so the question becomes:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;How can I follow this user &lt;strong&gt;including its deleted answers&lt;/strong&gt; around for the next couple of days to ensure it is playing by the rules ?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;&lt;em&gt;Yes, indeed: the title of this question is also a good example of link bait!&lt;/em&gt;  &lt;strong&gt;;-)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2015-12-15T23:11:41.413" Title="How can I stalk a user?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14817" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14816" CreationDate="2015-12-15T23:11:41.413" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'd use &lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/askubuntu/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;data.stackexchange.com&lt;/a&gt; and write a little SQL... Something &lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/askubuntu/revision/409603/523686/stalk-a-user&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;like this&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;SELECT * FROM Posts&#xA;WHERE OwnerUserId IN (449)&#xA;AND CreationDate BETWEEN (Getdate() - 14) AND Getdate() &#xA;ORDER BY CreationDate desc&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Replace my UID &lt;code&gt;449&lt;/code&gt; with a comma-separated list of UIDs you want to track.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; a delay but for auditing this shouldn't matter. You can do fancy joins on PostTypes to make the output clearer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2015-12-15T23:11:41.413" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14818" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-12-16T14:49:54.840" Score="4" ViewCount="76" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Context&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My StackExchange account lists in &quot;My Logins&quot; several providers, including Launchpad.  There is written:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Log in or sign up on any Stack Exchange site using these accounts&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Expected&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;When not logged in, I can use Launchpad login on any Stack Exchange sites.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;When logged in via Ask Ubuntu, I am logged in on all Stack Exchange sites.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Observed&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;When not logged in, I can use Launchpad login only on askubuntu.com&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;When logged on Ask Ubuntu with Launchpad I am logged in on some sites, but not all.  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Example (steps to reproduce)&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, after logging in on &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/&lt;/a&gt; I was logged in on Unix &amp;amp; Linux, Server Fault, Stack Overflow but not Super User. Super User would just say I'm not logged in. Clicking on &quot;log in&quot; would offer some providers, but not Ask Ubuntu.  Reloading the page would not fix.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I restarted Firefox, removed all cookies, only to see that I was still logged in (what the ... ?).  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;(steps to reproduce)&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Used the &quot;log out&quot; link then logged in again using launchpad ID on Ask Ubuntu.  There, I see I'm logged in on most on &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/users/1532534/st%C3%A9phane-gourichon?tab=accounts&quot;&gt;my accounts&lt;/a&gt; but not &lt;a href=&quot;http://area51.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;area51&lt;/a&gt;.  It's strange that this time I'm logged in on Super User, which wasn't the case before.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Search before you ask&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I have read &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/592/is-there-a-way-for-stackexchange-to-accept-launchpad-ids-to-login-systemwide&quot;&gt;Is there a way for StackExchange to accept Launchpad IDs to login systemwide? - Ask Ubuntu Meta&lt;/a&gt; done it long time ago. Not the problem.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I have read &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3489/can-i-and-how-do-i-use-my-askubuntu-account-on-other-stack-exchange-sites&quot;&gt;Can I (and How do I) use my askubuntu account on other Stack Exchange sites? - Ask Ubuntu Meta&lt;/a&gt; . The options on the login page on the network are more restricted than before (e.g. Launchpad not listed on Super User).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Questions&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is there any explanation for the observed behavior?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is the &quot;expected behavior&quot; correct?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How to go from the &quot;observed behavior&quot; to the &quot;expected behavior&quot;?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="68124" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2015-12-17T09:14:30.197" Title="Launchpad account recognized on some stackexchanges sites, not all" Tags="|support|login|launchpad|openid|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14819" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14823" CreationDate="2015-12-16T15:57:26.077" Score="0" ViewCount="76" Body="&lt;p&gt;I found a good answer and there was a pop-up message &quot;do not forget to vote...&quot;. So yes, I did not forget, but could not find a way to vote on the answer? Related question: If you bother to put up a reminder message why not put the Vote button there or put it on the web page so that it is not buried there and would be difficult to find. Make it intuitive, please.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="151758" OwnerDisplayName="Janos" LastEditorUserId="158442" LastEditDate="2015-12-16T19:10:12.500" LastActivityDate="2015-12-16T19:10:12.500" Title="How do I vote on an answer?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14820" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14819" CreationDate="2015-12-16T16:09:18.113" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;On the left hand side of any answer, there's a positive or negative number which indicates the total of how people have voted. There is an arrow button above and below this number which you click to indicate an upvote or downvote. You can use these arrow button once you've gained enough reputation to cast votes. This is all explained clearly on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tour&quot;&gt;Tour Page&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="320386" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2015-12-16T16:09:18.113" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14821" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14811" CreationDate="2015-12-16T16:41:49.997" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;Why do you reject edits which make answers better? If there are other things to improve, which the editor missed, then &quot;reject and edit&quot; is the appropriate response. However, if there is nothing else to be edited on a post, then an improvement is an improvement, and should be accepted as such.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why are you striving to resist improvements to the knowledgebase you're building?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="652" LastActivityDate="2015-12-16T16:41:49.997" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14822" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14818" CreationDate="2015-12-16T16:49:12.300" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;The answer to &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3489/&quot;&gt;Can I (and How do I) use my askubuntu account on other Stack Exchange sites?&lt;/a&gt; is actually still correct, but Stack Exchange has changed their login page some so it isn't quite clear.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the login page you need to click &quot;more login options&quot; and then input your launchpad URL in the OpenID field. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/2mdb4.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/2mdb4m.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/6Oa3sm.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here[2]&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2015-12-16T16:54:56.927" LastActivityDate="2015-12-16T16:54:56.927" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14823" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14819" CreationDate="2015-12-16T17:42:38.233" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/T6uwW.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/T6uwW.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="255218" LastActivityDate="2015-12-16T17:42:38.233" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14824" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14825" CreationDate="2015-12-16T22:27:46.207" Score="3" ViewCount="86" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just curious to the method, used to calculate the figure below (well, the &lt;code&gt;top 0.16%&lt;/code&gt;; the reputation I kind of understand):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/zXE2H.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/zXE2H.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I look at the pages (36 users per page), I count 7625 and something pages. That makes 274508 users. When the year rank is 11, my calculation is 11÷274508 = 0,000040072. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In other words, that would make:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;top 0,0040072%.&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;My questions are:&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How often is this figure updated (since I hardly see them change &lt;em&gt;ever&lt;/em&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How is this figure calculated.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Curious to the calculation method ever since I earned rep 1.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="72216" LastEditDate="2015-12-18T12:47:02.680" LastActivityDate="2015-12-18T12:47:02.680" Title="How is &quot;top 99,99% this year&quot; calculated?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14825" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14824" CreationDate="2015-12-16T23:20:05.230" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you skim to the &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/leagues/31/year/askubuntu/2015-01-01?sort=reputationchange&amp;amp;page=232&quot;&gt;last page&lt;/a&gt; you'll notice that actually only 6931 users are ranked;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Doing the math:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;x / 100 = 11 / 6931&#xA;x = 11 / 6931 * 100 = 0,158707257 =~ 0,16%&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/86400/302251&quot;&gt;this post&lt;/a&gt;, User Reputation Leagues are recalculated daily.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Probably you don't see a difference because the wider the timeframe addressed by a league the more the reputation in function of the rank has an exponential-like trend (i.e. the more you approach the top user the bigger is the reputation gap between contiguous users); this means that variations in the first page e.g. in the quarterly / yearly / all time leagues are less likely to happen, since they require bigger reputation changes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can probably appreciate the difference much more e.g. in the weekly league.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="380067" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2015-12-16T23:20:05.230" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14826" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-12-17T19:10:18.063" Score="3" ViewCount="137" Body="&lt;p&gt;Should a question like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/710588/running-open-hardware-monitor-on-ubuntu-linux&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/710588/running-open-hardware-monitor-on-ubuntu-linux&lt;/a&gt; be flagged(no research effort) or answered? The top result on Google is the mono project(see question).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the one hand, it's extremely ignorant of people to not simply Google the question, but then again, it's sometimes understandable(see &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/10409/should-questions-that-ask-easily-google-able-question-be-closed&quot;&gt;Should questions that ask easily Google-able question be closed&lt;/a&gt; ). The last answer on the last link does however reference closing the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've noticed that LMGTFY links are banned, so one is not allowed to troll people with that either.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="195381" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2015-12-18T09:08:11.000" Title="How strict should one be with questions on easily researchable questions?" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14827" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14826" CreationDate="2015-12-17T20:37:19.133" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;From what I've found so far, this is how we handle this type of situation:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If there is a duplicate here for it, mark it as a duplicate (with a flag, or a close vote if you have that much reputation)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If there is not a duplicate for it, just answer the user's question.  Just because they failed to search doesn't mean it's not a good thing to add the information you do know/find to help them out.  (It may help someone else in the future!)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If neither of these apply, then the question probably has no answer, at all.  :P&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Whether the user did research or not, that's less up to us and moreso a case of the user having their own failings.  We see &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;a lot&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; of questions posted here that would have been solved by a quick google search, and usually they're duplicates of other posts here on Ask Ubuntu, since they're so commonly asked.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's not up to us, however, to adhere to the policy with 100% rigidity, so if users ask questions, just answer it (even if they could have solved with a simple google themseves), provided there's not a dupe of it already on the site (and there probably is, if it's that simple to solve)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Downvotes are a different story, and we discuss that elsewhere...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3140/how-to-understand-a-downvote&quot;&gt;How to understand a downvote&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/8070/what-are-the-reasons-to-downvote-answers&quot;&gt;What are the reasons to downvote answers?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/6101/should-we-downvote-duplicate-questions&quot;&gt;Should we downvote duplicate questions?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Basically, &lt;strong&gt;downvoting is your choice&lt;/strong&gt; - you can either downvote such questions, or you don't down vote.  It's really your choice , and there's no real policy for or against downvoting such questions. Just, don't abuse it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2015-12-17T21:14:15.060" LastActivityDate="2015-12-17T21:14:15.060" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14829" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-12-18T19:26:11.233" Score="3" ViewCount="57" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just noticed a &lt;em&gt;Jobs&lt;/em&gt; section:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/UZgcO.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/UZgcO.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As it says, I get a &lt;em&gt;page not found&lt;/em&gt;. I'm reasonably certain I have a &lt;a href=&quot;https://careers.stackoverflow.com/users/info/620658&quot;&gt;Stack Overflow Careers profile&lt;/a&gt;. So, what is &lt;em&gt;Jobs&lt;/em&gt; for, and how can I access it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/251063/270345&quot;&gt;feature request to extend Careers to us&lt;/a&gt; is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/status-deferred&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;status-deferred&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;status-deferred&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's even present on beta sites:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/dl3I1.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/dl3I1.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2015-12-18T19:49:30.640" Title="What 's up with the Jobs section?" Tags="|bug|status-completed|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="12" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14830" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14836" CreationDate="2015-12-19T15:56:57.153" Score="20" ViewCount="231" Body="&lt;p&gt;A famous Dutch writer once stated that &lt;em&gt;the majority is wrong by definition&lt;/em&gt;. Although the point of view might be a bit too drastic, there &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; some truth in it. On a website like AU, one could expect a hard time, looking from that angle, since practically everything around here is &quot;majority driven&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The contrary turns out to be the case. I can't say I always agree with the majority, but the funny thing is that for some reason, it is always &lt;em&gt;acceptable&lt;/em&gt; to disagree. Partially, it could be the result of the fact that we are a minority to begin with. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I strongly believe however that the way &quot;we&quot; are moderated is the most important reason that things work here like they do, in a good balance of rules and being allowed to be human. Nothing wrong to mention at least once a year the effort of our moderators, and the integrity in what they do. Thanks people, hats off!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastActivityDate="2015-12-31T17:04:46.860" Title="Time of the year" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="12" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14831" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14834" CreationDate="2015-12-20T10:38:49.483" Score="19" ViewCount="182" Body="&lt;p&gt;Other sites I frequent have a tag related to history (not your command history):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/tags/history&quot;&gt;Unix &amp;amp; Linux: history&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://vi.stackexchange.com/tags/history-of&quot;&gt;Vi and Vim: history-of&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/history-of&quot;&gt;Science Fiction and Fantasy: history-of&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And others:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/history&quot;&gt;English Language &amp;amp; Usage: history&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/history&quot;&gt;Photography: history&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/tex-history&quot;&gt;TeX and LaTeX: tex-history&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/history&quot;&gt;Information Security: history&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://superuser.com/tags/history/&quot;&gt;Super User: history&lt;/a&gt; are examples of ill-defined scope.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It's &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/276366/are-questions-about-programming-history-in-scope-for-stack-overflow&quot;&gt;off-topic on Stack Overflow&lt;/a&gt;, but on topic on &lt;a href=&quot;https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/tags/history/&quot;&gt;Programmers: history&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For some time now, I have felt we could use a similar tag. Questions like the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/711474/why-did-the-ubuntu-gnome-logo-change-in-15-10&quot;&gt;Why did the Ubuntu GNOME logo change in 15.10?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/42724/whats-the-meaning-of-the-ubuntu-logo-where-does-it-come-from&quot;&gt;What&amp;#39;s the meaning of the Ubuntu logo? Where does it come from?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/281092/158442&quot;&gt;Why is Canonical choosing QT over GTK for Unity&amp;#39;s next generation?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/131139/why-did-ubuntu-stop-free-shipping-of-its-cds&quot;&gt;Why did Ubuntu stop free shipping of its CDs?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/694277/whats-the-reason-for-ubuntu-officially-supporting-versions-such-as-kubuntu-lub&quot;&gt;What&amp;#39;s the reason for Ubuntu officially supporting versions such as Kubuntu, Lubuntu, Xubuntu?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/326428/what-happened-to-ubuntu-certified-professional&quot;&gt;What happened to Ubuntu Certified Professional?&lt;/a&gt; (closed as a dupe of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/87445/what-is-the-current-state-of-the-ubuntu-professional-certification&quot;&gt;What is the current state of the Ubuntu Professional certification?&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/20251/what-happened-to-android-execution-environment&quot;&gt;What happened to Android Execution Environment?&lt;/a&gt; (closed as a dupe of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/17316/plans-to-make-android-apps-run-on-ubuntu-abandoned&quot;&gt;Plans to make Android Apps run on Ubuntu abandoned?&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/250991/what-happened-to-the-leadership-code-of-conduct&quot;&gt;What happened to the Leadership Code of Conduct?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/502280/what-happened-to-ubuntus-hall-of-fame-page&quot;&gt;What happened to Ubuntu&amp;#39;s Hall of Fame page?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/56547/what-happened-to-gobuntu&quot;&gt;What happened to Gobuntu?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/638918/why-is-bash-the-default-shell-in-most-os&quot;&gt;Why is bash the default shell in most OS?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/704096/how-new-is-ctrlr&quot;&gt;How new is ctrl+r?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These questions ask why some things happened the way they did, which is what history is. Thoughts?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:51:57.140" LastActivityDate="2015-12-21T23:16:42.633" Title="Thoughts on a history-of-ubuntu tag?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14832" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14833" CreationDate="2015-12-20T15:51:58.030" Score="12" ViewCount="94" Body="&lt;p&gt;I tend to use Stack Overflow rather than Ask Ubuntu so although my post count is low here I do have a good appreciation of the Stack Exchange sites and asking &quot;good&quot; questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/491145/how-do-i-reorder-the-nautilus-right-click-menu&quot;&gt;How Do I ReOrder The Nautilus Right-Click Menu&lt;/a&gt; got marked as a duplicate when even a cursory reading of my question and the linked questions make it is clear that they are not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I commented, the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/21953/how-do-i-customize-the-context-menu-in-nautilus&quot;&gt;first suggested duplicate&lt;/a&gt; is about adding new items to the menu, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/281062/how-to-get-nautilus-scripts-working-on-ubuntu-13-04&quot;&gt;the second one&lt;/a&gt; is about adding scripts to the menu. I asked about re-ordering the existing menu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Those are quite clearly different questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How do I get my question unmarked as a duplicate?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="297233" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2015-12-22T15:49:45.947" Title="How Do I Get My Question Unmarked As Duplicate?" Tags="|support|duplicates|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14833" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14832" CreationDate="2015-12-20T16:06:19.653" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;Asking here on meta is one way, asking in &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;chat&lt;/a&gt; is another. But the &lt;em&gt;best&lt;/em&gt; way to get your question reopened is to edit it with an explanation of why it isn't a duplicate. Comments are good but edits will put your post in a queue of potential reopen candidates. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another good option would be casting a flag. Use flag -&gt; in need of moderator attention and explain why your question isn't a duplicate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2015-12-20T16:06:19.653" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14834" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14831" CreationDate="2015-12-20T16:22:53.037" Score="18" Body="&lt;p&gt;While it smells an awful lot like a meta tag, I can certainly see the value:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It tells potential answerers what the user is looking for (a historical report).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It should be interesting for people to read through.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/software-recommendations&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;software-recommendations&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;software-recommendations&lt;/a&gt;, it shouldn't be used alone; there should be other tags.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyway I'm looking forward to seeing what other people think. Let this tick over for a week and let's go with the vote (unless somebody points out a serious issue).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="158442" LastEditDate="2015-12-20T16:33:04.180" LastActivityDate="2015-12-20T16:33:04.180" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14835" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14831" CreationDate="2015-12-21T23:16:42.633" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm all about this tag.  Short post&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="461168" LastActivityDate="2015-12-21T23:16:42.633" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14836" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14830" CreationDate="2015-12-22T03:49:43.053" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;Hear hear.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I second that motion. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Season's greetings. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The force be with you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;...or whatever floats your boat to describe a general kinesthetic and appreciative form of approval. :-)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you wonderful people! :-D&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="98669" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2015-12-31T17:04:46.860" LastActivityDate="2015-12-31T17:04:46.860" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14837" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14838" CreationDate="2015-12-23T10:15:43.500" Score="4" ViewCount="53" Body="&lt;p&gt;As those who regularily attend the &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/201/ask-ubuntu-general-room&quot;&gt;chat&lt;/a&gt; may know, new questions posted on &lt;a href=&quot;http://unix.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;Unix &amp;amp; Linux&lt;/a&gt; tagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ubuntu&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ubuntu&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ubuntu&lt;/a&gt; are &quot;featured&quot; in the room by &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/users/-45/ubuntu-questions-on-ul&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Questions on U&amp;amp;L&lt;/a&gt; shortly after they've been posted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The problem is that the bot doesn't cater for already deleted questions (and this is a problem expecially for spam / rude or abusive questions).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For instance, &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/251107/know-more-about-beelite-obviously-best-weight-loss-product&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; spam question was featured after it was deleted:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ORfFi.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ORfFi.png&quot; alt=&quot;s1&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should Ubuntu Questions on U&amp;amp;L be smarter about deleted questions?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="380067" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:37:19.280" LastActivityDate="2015-12-23T10:40:24.397" Title="Should Ubuntu Questions on U&amp;L be smarter about deleted questions?" Tags="|bug|chat|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14838" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14837" CreationDate="2015-12-23T10:40:24.397" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The spam post was deleted at 9:47:58, and &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/messages/26385582/history&quot;&gt;the chat post's timestamp&lt;/a&gt; is given as &quot;9:47 AM&quot;. I guess it was a matter of seconds. I think we can let the bot off the hook, just this once.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2015-12-23T10:40:24.397" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14839" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14840" CreationDate="2015-12-23T12:18:04.170" Score="9" ViewCount="178" Body="&lt;p&gt;I flagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/403443/usb-keyboard-is-not-working-in-ubuntu-13-04-raring-ringtail/403975#403975&quot;&gt;this answer&lt;/a&gt; as not an answer, due to it just suggesting a bug report but the flag was disputed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I understand what a disputed flag is. I am more interested in if I am wrong to flag these type of answers as not an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Am I missing something?, because I would flag this every time for this reason.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyone got an opinion on this? I like to flag things correctly, of course.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2015-12-23T14:22:20.013" Title="Why was this flag disputed?" Tags="|discussion|support|flagging|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14840" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14839" CreationDate="2015-12-23T14:22:20.013" Score="20" Body="&lt;p&gt;The answer &quot;your problem is this bug&quot;, specifying the bug by link, is an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It could be better. But deleting it is a much, &lt;em&gt;much&lt;/em&gt; worse outcome for the op and searchers than just leaving it there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2015-12-23T14:22:20.013" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14841" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-12-23T15:50:56.733" Score="9" ViewCount="4606" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've been wondering about this for years, but never questioned it as far that I would ask this in public. I often come across websites that, for instance, explain the installation of a software in the command-line. What I don't get is why some keep the $-sign in their examples.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Example:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;$ npm install -g some-package&#xA;$ gulp make&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This, of course, makes it difficult to copy&amp;amp;paste the given example. Is this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;pure laziness, where the author copies from this own shell?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;an intentional way to prevent copy &amp;amp; paste, because the author finds the read should understand what he does&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;something else (explanation please)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="279198" OwnerDisplayName="idleberg" LastActivityDate="2015-12-24T02:53:58.260" Title="Why do people prefix code examples with dollar sign?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="0" ClosedDate="2017-01-16T22:19:14.157" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14842" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14841" CreationDate="2015-12-23T15:57:02.107" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is not a code example. The &lt;code&gt;$&lt;/code&gt; at the beginning of the line indicates that it is a shell command. You can still copy and paste each line individually, as each line must be entered into the terminal individually anyway, and ignore the preceding &lt;code&gt;$&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;&lt;/code&gt; characters.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Examples which are actually shell scripts or other program code, do not start with the &lt;code&gt;$&lt;/code&gt; symbol, and are generally preceded by a statement that the contents are in &lt;code&gt;foo.sh&lt;/code&gt; file.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;code&gt;$&lt;/code&gt; symbol is often used to denote hexadecimal values as well, when discussing lower level programming topics.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="50737" OwnerDisplayName="dobey" LastActivityDate="2015-12-23T15:57:02.107" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14843" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14841" CreationDate="2015-12-24T02:53:58.260" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;code&gt;$&lt;/code&gt; at the beginning of a &quot;typescript&quot; is the simplified command prompt for an unprivileged user. For commands run in a &lt;code&gt;$UID==0&lt;/code&gt; (aka &lt;code&gt;root&lt;/code&gt;) environment, example writers use the &lt;code&gt;#&lt;/code&gt; prompt. It's much simpler than prefixing each example command with &quot;run this a user&quot; or &quot;run this as root&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25618" LastActivityDate="2015-12-24T02:53:58.260" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14844" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14846" CreationDate="2015-12-24T10:25:13.347" Score="4" ViewCount="114" Body="&lt;p&gt;Today I was given the &lt;code&gt;O Tannenbaum&lt;/code&gt; hat, but the description says &lt;code&gt;ask, answer, or vote on December 25th&lt;/code&gt;, I thought we were using UTC time here?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If so why did I get this today?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is only the 24th of December UTC, I added the hat (tree?) to my profile picture, so you can see it there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastActivityDate="2015-12-24T11:28:12.177" Title="Why did I get this hat today?" Tags="|support|hats|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14845" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14844" CreationDate="2015-12-24T10:35:43.630" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Quoting the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/245123/302251&quot;&gt;accepted answer&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/245122/why-didnt-or-did-i-or-some-other-user-get-a-hat-although-the-requirements-wer&quot;&gt;Why didn&amp;#39;t (or did) I or some other user get a hat although the requirements were (or weren&amp;#39;t) fulfilled?&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Unless the requirement mentions a specific timezone, hats that are date-based are often awarded for 14 hours before and 12 hours after the specified date in UTC, to accomodate people everywhere in the world. This means you can earn such a hat even though for you it's not even that day yet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Doing the math:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;25 Dec 2015 00:00 AM UTC - 14h = 24 Dec 2015 10:00 AM UTC&#xA;25 Dec 2015 00:00 AM UTC + 12h = 25 Dec 2015 12:00 AM UTC&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This means that the hat is actually awarded in the timeframe ranging from 24 Dec 2015 10:00 AM UTC to 25 Dec 2015 12:00 AM UTC.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This explains why it's currently 11.15 UTC and you've been awarded the hat already.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="380067" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2015-12-24T11:28:12.177" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14846" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14844" CreationDate="2015-12-24T10:37:10.243" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;From : &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/159577/why-are-date-based-hats-awarded-too-early&quot;&gt;Why are date-based hats awarded too early?&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;So, the official answer is: we over-awarded the hat so that people in&#xA;  Auckland / Tokyo / Shanghai / Vanuatu wouldn't have to wait until&#xA;  their midday to receive it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You're all mostly programmers, so you should be reasonably familiar&#xA;  with how much of a headache timezones can be sometimes. Since Stack&#xA;  Exchange is run on UTC, we have to leave a +/- 12 hour buffer so that&#xA;  the nations around the International Date Line have just as much&#xA;  opportunity to grab hats as people along the 0 longitude.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This behavior will also occur for the other hats that are&#xA;  date-sensitive. This included L'Chaim, and will include Tis the Season&#xA;  and the New Year's Eve Hat / Auld Lang Syne.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Basically: Don't panic! It's a feature, not a bug!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="338915" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2015-12-24T10:37:10.243" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14847" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14848" CreationDate="2015-12-26T05:01:05.070" Score="0" ViewCount="74" Body="&lt;p&gt;Why are &lt;code&gt;beauty products&lt;/code&gt; spam being constantly posted on AskUbuntu? Its very irritating. I know that this cannot be filtered by bots but aren't there a faster way to delete these spams? There had always been a spam or two every 15 mins or so and then, it takes another &lt;code&gt;10-15 mins&lt;/code&gt; or so before its removed from the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's a screenshot to that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/hTq8a.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/hTq8a.png&quot; alt=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="119531" LastActivityDate="2015-12-26T09:48:58.020" Title="Filtering SPAM on AskUbuntu" Tags="|feature-request|spam-handling|spam|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2016-01-09T21:45:44.197" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14848" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14847" CreationDate="2015-12-26T09:32:47.847" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;If it's just one piece of spam, with very few few people on-line it can takes about 15 minutes before it's finally taken down, &lt;em&gt;but on busy days, it takes about a minute&lt;/em&gt; and when we man the spam stations during a big spam wave, &lt;strong&gt;it takes about 2 seconds to get flagged into oblivion!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;;-)&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;So keep on flagging!  Eventually the spammers will give up!&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;Sub&gt;No, they won't: there are always new spammers around that don't know that they shouldn't even try to spam here...&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2015-12-26T09:48:58.020" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14849" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14850" CreationDate="2015-12-26T10:38:32.460" Score="0" ViewCount="69" Body="&lt;p&gt;When I flag an answer as spam, it simply flags it up and doesn't add an extra downvote, previously though I would downvote the question/answer, and then upon the spam flag the system would give it another downvote, was this a bug which has been fixed? Something which has been decided against? Or a bug in itself that it no longer works that way?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastEditorDisplayName="user364819" LastEditDate="2015-12-26T18:17:09.127" LastActivityDate="2015-12-26T18:17:09.127" Title="Why no extra downvote with spam flag any more?" Tags="|discussion|bug|flagging|spam|down-votes|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="8" ClosedDate="2015-12-28T10:08:54.320" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14850" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14849" CreationDate="2015-12-26T12:44:22.230" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm not a developer at Stack Exchange, but if I would be, that's how I would do it:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Definitely, positively do not allow Pesky Panda's to downvote &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; spam.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;;-)&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm now going to downvote and then flag your question as spam and get back to you!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;-2&lt;/strong&gt; was the result, so I hoped they would have disallowed this feature just for you, &lt;strong&gt;but &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/26435182#26435182&quot;&gt;what's really happening is that you need to refresh the page to see what's happening&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2015-12-26T12:59:38.383" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14852" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13756" CreationDate="2015-12-26T13:29:17.727" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Crouton is just another boot-loader¹, so once Crouton got Ubuntu up-and-running, it's just plain old Ubuntu (without grub) and &lt;strong&gt;questions about Ubuntu are on-topic!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;However, questions &lt;em&gt;about the Crouton boot process itself&lt;/em&gt; are off-topic!&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Clear and simple...  :-)&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;¹&lt;sub&gt;Technically, it's not a boot loader: it's a &lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton/wiki/Autostart-crouton-chroot-at-ChromeOS-startup&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;chroot&lt;/a&gt;, but 90% of users who see this answer won't know what a chroot is so...&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2016-10-28T20:50:21.327" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14853" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14854" CreationDate="2015-12-26T17:24:50.293" Score="1" ViewCount="54" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was wondering, because now that I have more than 10k rep, I am able to see deleted questions and answers, which shows that even if you a post, it is not really gone, just invisible for most and you can't really interact with it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And I can see that this is a good thing in most cases, for instance if somebody was bullying someone else, and trying to mask it through deleting posts, they would probably be spotted by a moderator or a 10k+ user.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However there are some more special extreme times when this may not be a good thing, so for instance if someone found out where another user lived and then posted their personal information such as their address, if that post was then deleted, moderators and users 10k+ would still be able to see it which wouldn't be a good thing because even if all of those users are trustworthy, it's still not a very nice thing, and also accounts get hacked, and computers get hacked so the information wouldn't necessarily be very safe just hidden on the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, for probably rare, but possible extreme cases, can moderators delete posts permanently so that they are not just hidden, but nobody can actually see them? And they can never be undeleted. I understand that there is such a feature for moderators in chat where they can purge the message history as well as delete the message in extreme circumstances, so is there a similar feature for the main site?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And if there is not, then there should be.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastEditorDisplayName="user364819" LastEditDate="2015-12-26T18:16:07.437" LastActivityDate="2015-12-26T18:16:07.437" Title="Are moderators able to delete posts permanently in extreme circumstances?" Tags="|support|moderators|posts|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14854" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14853" CreationDate="2015-12-26T17:54:28.257" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Such a process exists, but moderators cannot do it by themselves. They need help from an employee. The process is &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/122770/can-we-have-a-moderator-only-flag-for-community-team-developer-attention-link&quot;&gt;described here&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;In the past, we've handled requests to delete sensitive information (passwords, etc.) from posts by hard-deleting revisions. This was... a bit dangerous. Henceforth, the team will handle these requests by altering each problematic revision in-place; an annotation will be added to redacted revisions to allow for moderator oversight.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/6lf2k.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/6lf2k.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;These are currently visible &lt;em&gt;only&lt;/em&gt; to moderators, and the actual data that was redacted remains inaccessible to everyone. Combined with the new &quot;contact&quot; UI, this should allow for considerably less overhead. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;As a reminder, when requesting the removal of sensitive information:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ol&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Make sure it's &lt;em&gt;really&lt;/em&gt; sensitive. Someone posting their email address in a post seeking a reply probably isn't sensitive; presumably they intended to do that, so just edit it out &amp;amp; tell them to not be selfish.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Edit out the sensitive information.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Delete the post.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Contact us. We'll undelete once the revision history has been redacted.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user336085" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2015-12-26T18:08:20.907" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14857" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-12-27T08:11:26.843" Score="0" ViewCount="86" Body="&lt;p&gt;Given that &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/703576/ubuntu-15-10-fdisk-l-shows-16-ram-disks-dev-ram0-ram15&quot;&gt;fdisk -l shows 16 ram disks /dev/ram0 ... /ram15&lt;/a&gt; asks &quot;If not, how can I get rid of that fdisk output?&quot; Perhaps you could explain why the one answer that actually deals with the OP's question gets deleted AND includes 2 other possible options, while the answer that remains makes no attempt to do so? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user433395" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2015-12-27T19:08:51.080" Title="Answer deleted for no real reason" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14858" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14857" CreationDate="2015-12-27T14:14:26.093" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;You've got a point there: I too think the answer shouldn't have been deleted, as it kinda answers the question (meaning: the first method is theoretically a perfect method to accomplish &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/703576/ubuntu-15-10-fdisk-l-shows-16-ram-disks-dev-ram0-ram15#comment1035498_703584&quot;&gt;what OP is clearly after&lt;/a&gt;, although it's badly implemented).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That being said, your answer should have been downvoted / edited: it misses all the devices not handled by the &lt;code&gt;sd_mod&lt;/code&gt; module.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All in all since that is improveable through an edit, I think it should be undeleted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm putting this separately since it strays from the answer to the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since only stating negatives always seems critical, to tell the full story: moderators are right 99% of the times: that answer was really borderline, since it was correct in its gist but wrong in its implementation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="380067" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2015-12-27T17:17:10.000" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14859" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14857" CreationDate="2015-12-27T19:08:51.080" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You're right, upon re-reading the question and the answer it is an attempt to answer the question. I have undeleted it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2015-12-27T19:08:51.080" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14860" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-12-27T23:11:16.073" Score="22" ViewCount="196" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have seen many times when a question for instance is closed as off-topic, though in fact it should be closed as unclear, and is not off-topic though some may think so, but the change reason stays though it is wrong and gives the wrong message, and instead of having to reopen the question and then close it for the correct reason or just leaving it, I think that users should have the ability to also change the close reason (if 5 users vote to change the reason it is changed) to a better suited one if the current one is wrong.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have also seen many times when questions are closed as duplicates of ones that they are not really duplicates of, and when better duplicates show up you can't do anything about it, and sometimes the question you closed it as duplicate against is not similar enough to the proper duplicate to be closed against that instead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I just think that users should have the ability to vote to change the close reason (they should probably get this ability either at something like 10k or when they get the ability to close vote).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This has already been suggested on [Meta.SE] (though I did know about this until I posted my question here): &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/207768/we-need-to-be-able-to-vote-to-change-the-close-reason&quot;&gt;We need to be able to vote to change the close reason&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastEditorDisplayName="user364819" LastEditDate="2015-12-30T20:03:25.210" LastActivityDate="2015-12-30T20:03:25.210" Title="We should be able to vote to change the close reason" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|close-reasons|closed-questions|users|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14861" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2015-12-28T01:34:59.073" Score="1" ViewCount="95" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a moral problem with the votes and bounty reward on the following question: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/709722/one-single-cron-job-not-running&quot;&gt;One single cron job not running&lt;/a&gt; in which user Елин Й.has posted an answer that in my believe is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;unhelpful (because the asker stated in a comment that (s)he has added &lt;code&gt;sudo&lt;/code&gt; to see if it did make any difference)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;a low quality answer (because it does not make any effort to solve the original question)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;not even an decent answer because it is not much more than an oneliner.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The asker hasn't accepted any answer yet so I believe the reward of half of the bounty is wrong here and I don't understand why a low quality answer gets upvotes at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(And Yes: I do understand how the bounty gets rewarded, and No: I don't think my own answer is better).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I feel something has to be done against users that are apparently only after getting reputation points instead of helping others out and this one is not the only example. I can find several others.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="353598" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2015-12-28T08:15:15.800" Title="Low quality answer getting upvotes and bonus?" Tags="|discussion|bounty|low-quality-posts|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14862" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14861" CreationDate="2015-12-28T02:47:32.907" Score="5" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I have a moral problem with the votes and bounty reward on the following question&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Speaking of the votes: those are fair.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because important details should be edited into the question and not added as a comment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Answerers and voters shouldn't really &lt;em&gt;have&lt;/em&gt; to look into the comments section before voting, and the question as it stood highly suggested &lt;code&gt;sudo&lt;/code&gt; being the problem (I falled for that myself: see my comments under the question).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So technically that would be OP's fault, but you can't really blame it on them &lt;em&gt;too much&lt;/em&gt; IMO since they're a user only since 14 days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Speaking of the bounty; this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bounty Started&lt;/strong&gt; worth &lt;kbd&gt;50&lt;/kbd&gt; reputation by &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/482631/greengodot&quot;&gt;GreenGodot&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bounty Ended&lt;/strong&gt; with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/709722/one-single-cron-job-not-running/713344#713344&quot;&gt;Елин Й.'s answer&lt;/a&gt; chosen by &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/-1/community&quot;&gt;Community♦&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Mean that &lt;em&gt;OP&lt;/em&gt; started a bounty to draw attention to &lt;em&gt;their&lt;/em&gt; question and that this happened:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you do not award the bounty within 24 hours of the bounty period ending, half the bounty value will be automatically awarded to the top voted answer posted after the bounty start, provided it has a score of at least 2.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Fair? Obviously not always, but the problem is that likewise obviously a bot can't deem answers valid &lt;em&gt;itself&lt;/em&gt;. Deeming answers valid is up to the voters, and the bot acts in behalf of them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, summing up, you can't really blame it on anyone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;OP can't be blamed &lt;em&gt;too much&lt;/em&gt;, the answerer can't be blamed, the voters can't be blamed and the Community♦ user can't be blamed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="380067" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2015-12-28T08:15:15.800" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14863" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14864" CreationDate="2015-12-29T06:35:29.760" Score="3" ViewCount="89" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was just searching around to find similar posts to a question to make sure I'm not putting an effort to answer something which is already there. However, when I was going through; found an interesting post which is marked as duplicated and the link leads to a dead-end leaving the user nowhere.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/384609/how-to-access-webmin&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How to Access Webmin? [duplicate]&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are such questions reopened expecting an answer (quite sure OP won't be around as his last seen shows up somewhere in 2013) or just leave as is since it is an old post. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure such a clarification has been asked. If so, please do comment. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="179042" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2016-01-09T03:54:33.363" Title="Do we reopen post marked as duplicate, where the link leads to a dead-end" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14864" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14863" CreationDate="2015-12-29T10:04:26.367" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The dupe was also posted by the same poster. It has no answer, so nothing of value was lost by its deletion, which happened &lt;em&gt;a month&lt;/em&gt; after the closure. We could reopen the post, by I see no value from doing so - unless somebody has an answer to post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Interestingly, the dupe was posted after this post, and after the answer it had was posted. So the OP wasn't satisfied by the answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/WLHCUl.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="158442" LastEditDate="2016-01-09T03:54:33.363" LastActivityDate="2016-01-09T03:54:33.363" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14865" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14860" CreationDate="2015-12-29T11:21:49.437" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Until/unless this feature request is ever implemented, these are the current options in situations like this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Comment on the question, warning people in your comment&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This alerts others to the potential problem, and is the most immediately visible way of getting your warning to people, because you don't have to wait for a moderator and you don't have to wait for a vote.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Appeal to a moderator by flagging &quot;in need of moderator intervention&quot;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Presumably, a moderator has the power to immediately re-open and then close a question for the correct reason. Whether they would do this on request, I don't know.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Vote to re-open, so you can later close it for the correct reason&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Technically&lt;/em&gt;, a vote to re-open a question is a vote indicating that the question was wrongly closed, which you can argue is true in these cases.  Others may not feel the same and you may find it difficult to get enough votes to re-open.  I would be hesitant to recommend this as a general solution to this problem; it may only be appropriate in some cases.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Important: if people then vote to close it again for the same (incorrect) reason as before, then this isn't the fault of the system, but a natural consequence of giving people a vote: sometimes the majority can be wrong.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54256" LastActivityDate="2015-12-29T11:21:49.437" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14866" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14875" CreationDate="2015-12-29T21:31:10.517" Score="8" ViewCount="127" Body="&lt;p&gt;Both the tags &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/schedule&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;schedule&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;schedule&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/scheduled&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;scheduled&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;scheduled&lt;/a&gt; exist, but usage is fully identical. It seems inefficient, could they be merged into &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/schedule&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;schedule&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;schedule&lt;/a&gt; (which is used slightly more often)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="158442" LastEditDate="2015-12-30T00:43:59.680" LastActivityDate="2015-12-31T17:11:03.447" Title="Merge the tags &quot;schedule&quot; and &quot;scheduled&quot;?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14867" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14868" CreationDate="2015-12-30T05:39:56.200" Score="2" ViewCount="53" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would like to know is there any way to search for protected questions like duplicate etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From advanced search:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;status  closed:yes&#xA;        duplicate:no&#xA;        migrated:no&#xA;        wiki:no&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have tried:  &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?tab=votes&amp;amp;q=protected%3ayes&quot;&gt;protected:yes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="439451" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:24.280" LastActivityDate="2015-12-30T07:59:17.070" Title="How to search for protected questions" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14868" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14867" CreationDate="2015-12-30T07:51:45.013" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Short answer: you can't; such operator is not mentioned anywhere in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/searching&quot;&gt;How do I search?&lt;/a&gt; and there's a &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/52825/302251&quot;&gt;pending feature-request for that on Meta.SE since 2010&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However this &lt;a href=&quot;https://data.stackexchange.com/askubuntu/query/403738/protected-questions&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;SEDE query&lt;/a&gt; seems to be working (&lt;code&gt;topn&lt;/code&gt; = number of questions to be shown in the results).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="380067" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2015-12-30T07:59:17.070" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14869" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14866" CreationDate="2015-12-30T21:53:33.847" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would tend to agree. A brief look at the questions involved indicate that the existing &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/schedule&quot;&gt;schedule&lt;/a&gt; tag could easily be used for the questions using the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/scheduled&quot;&gt;scheduled&lt;/a&gt;  tag. I don't believe there is a downside to taking this action.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2015-12-30T21:53:33.847" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14870" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14871" CreationDate="2015-12-31T02:58:03.287" Score="4" ViewCount="46" Body="&lt;p&gt;I asked a question and set the bounty to 50.  Its still not receiving enough attention. So I want to increase the bounty amount. Is there any way I can increase the bounty amount??&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user441517" LastActivityDate="2015-12-31T03:17:22.570" Title="How to increase the bounty amount?" Tags="|feature-request|bounty|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14871" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14870" CreationDate="2015-12-31T03:17:22.570" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Once the bounty ends you will have the option to start another, higher, bounty (in minimum increments of 50, or higher if you choose).  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You cannot change a running bounty.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2015-12-31T03:17:22.570" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14872" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14873" CreationDate="2015-12-31T14:05:18.217" Score="2" ViewCount="56" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/715208/composer-does-not-install-no-permission-for-creating-var-composer-phar-how/715336#715336&quot;&gt;I have oepend a question here&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The original question dealt mostly with permissions and reminded a problem with a program called composer only as a subtle issue that might possibly be associated with the permissions issue (just to sharpen the question). I asked the question as a total newbie in Linux and Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Someone have changed my question entirely including the title, to how he saw fit, and than answered on this other question a seemingly-sadistic, too much mocking answer, and in the covering of a honest technical answer. His answer even got a 1 dislike and I commented on it from my POV.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I really love this site, and I want to stay here, but this really gave me a bad taste. I have flagged the answer but no one seems to take care of this in the last hour or so (I guess the mods here are always on).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please consider bringing my question to its original state and anything you would see fit with the answer; I think in any case the edit control should be re-examined in that context and I hope no one here will see this suggestion as audacity.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user423047" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2015-12-31T15:21:42.093" Title="After my question has been rigorously edited, I think the mechanism should be reviewed" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14873" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14872" CreationDate="2015-12-31T15:21:42.093" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would go back into your question and add the details that you've found out so far and keep going. If you feel part of it is wrong then just change it, it's your question. Obviously doing the &lt;code&gt;sS&lt;/code&gt; instead of the &lt;code&gt;-sS&lt;/code&gt; is something you probably realized afterwards. So try it again and post some clarifications as to what you're trying to accomplish. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then I would just ignore the patronizing part and see what other answers you get. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The answer is pretty good if you chop off the first &quot;mistake #1&quot; paragraph and subsequent lecturing/snark. Linking to that banana stuff is just a veiled &quot;LMGTFY&quot; link, which we explicitly don't want here. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also there's nothing wrong with you then creating a proper answer out of what you've learned with the right solution and just let community bury the one with bad attitude.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2015-12-31T15:21:42.093" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14875" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14866" CreationDate="2015-12-31T17:11:03.447" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to the list of top users for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/schedule&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;schedule&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;schedule&lt;/a&gt;, you are capable of suggesting a synonym for it, and there are more than five other users with a score of 5. The top user is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/59676/mitch&quot;&gt;Mitch♦&lt;/a&gt;, and I guess his vote as a mod would be binding. So, perhaps you should suggest &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/scheduled&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;scheduled&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;scheduled&lt;/a&gt; as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tags/schedule/synonyms&quot;&gt;a snyonym&lt;/a&gt;, and pester Mitch to vote on it. Considering how long we have been waiting on &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/14174/158442&quot;&gt;Tag Synonym Request: [scanning] -&amp;gt; [scanner]&lt;/a&gt;, that might be fastest way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2015-12-31T17:11:03.447" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14876" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-01-02T15:50:22.220" Score="8" ViewCount="121" Body="&lt;p&gt;When I start answering a question, your software seems to know what I'm doing, or should.  How come you wait until I spend 20 minutes to an hour trying to answer a question, then go to post it and your system says something like &quot;We're not accepting answers to this account at this time...&quot;.  Can't save it, a total waste of time.  I've had a couple of these, and they are very frustrating.  I don't attempt to answer many questions anymore, because of this. Please NOT let us enter information YOU KNOW you won't take...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="322755" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2016-01-02T16:50:54.370" LastActivityDate="2016-01-02T16:50:54.370" Title="Let me know before I spend an hour writing that you won't accept answers from my account" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14877" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14174" CreationDate="2016-01-02T16:56:45.337" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Well we waited long enough. Synonym proposal sat at 2 votes for over a month. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've approved it now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2016-01-02T16:56:45.337" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14878" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-01-04T00:30:19.340" Score="13" ViewCount="175" Body="&lt;p&gt;The wiki of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/freeze&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;freeze&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;freeze&lt;/a&gt; says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Do not use. This tag is in process of removal. If your software is&#xA;  freezing then you likely need to file a bug, as freeze problems are&#xA;  usually off topic here and will likely be closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I feel this is similar to the bug or error tags, both of which were blacklisted:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/5888/158442&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/5888/158442&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/3386/158442&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/3386/158442&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On a related note, we have a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/frozen&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;frozen&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;frozen&lt;/a&gt; tag, which I just emptied - it should be nuked too (probably as a synonym).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2016-01-04T00:30:19.340" Title="Should we blacklist the freeze tag?" Tags="|discussion|tags|tag-block-request|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14879" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-01-04T09:57:20.543" Score="2" ViewCount="99" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been banned from reviewing for having too many incorrect reviews. What? Most of my &quot;attention&quot; reviews I passed, and I was about to edit an answer. It said the question didn't exist? I just go back a the page and &quot;You did not pass!&quot; then I got that &quot;you are banned from reviewing&quot; thing. Can this be undone?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="391572" LastEditorUserId="75060" LastEditDate="2016-01-04T18:01:43.787" LastActivityDate="2016-01-04T18:01:43.787" Title="&quot;You have made too many incorrect reviews&quot; What?" Tags="|support|bug|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14880" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14879" CreationDate="2016-01-04T10:46:24.840" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;The ban you have trigged is part of the automated auditing system that all reviewers (even moderators) are passed through. You are presented with a post that was already dealt with by the community. If your remedy differs from the community's, you fail the audit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Fail too many times and you get an automated ban for an amount of time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your current ban expires in 2 days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2016-01-04T10:46:24.840" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14883" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-01-05T10:37:18.223" Score="3" ViewCount="52" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was recently reading &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/7314/364819&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; and I understand that the AU (I assume that there are either other Twitter bots on other SE sites or that this is not an &lt;em&gt;AU&lt;/em&gt; Twitter bot, but rather just a general &lt;em&gt;SE&lt;/em&gt; one?) Twitter bot:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Tweets a link to a question every 3 hours.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Tweets a link to a newly bountied question.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/94593/177471&quot;&gt;Any question that is considered &quot;hot&quot; by the system&lt;/a&gt;. Some of the&#xA;  publicly noted factors are:&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/94593/177471&quot;&gt;The question score must be &gt;=1&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/115899/177471&quot;&gt;The question must not have a close vote on it&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And looking back at the revision log for my past questions, I have found some which have something like this in them:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/kmI1H.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/kmI1H.png&quot; alt=&quot;Tweeted AU Question&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And when I see something like this, I feel quite excited, but I would really like to be notified about it when it happens. So I think that there should at least be an option in the settings to allow you to turn notifications about when one of your questions is Tweeted (with the link to the tweet of course, perhaps the link would link back to where it says it in the revision log or something).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastActivityDate="2016-01-05T10:37:18.223" Title="Get notified about AU Twitter bot tweeting my questions - feature request" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|questions|bots|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14884" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14885" CreationDate="2016-01-05T11:49:10.343" Score="1" ViewCount="71" Body="&lt;p&gt;Question: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/716957/what-is-the-meaning-of-the-ubuntu-boot-options&quot;&gt;What do the nomodeset, quiet and splash kernel parameters mean?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have added a note to correct the &quot;too broad&quot; issue on my question. However, it was closed anyway (incorrectly) as &quot;too broad&quot;, but it is not too broad anymore. Is it still &quot;too broad&quot; or it's incorrectly closed (like i thought)? By the way, the &quot;reopen&quot; has (1) on the front of it beacuse i voted to reopen it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="391572" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2016-01-05T12:58:19.467" Title="I already corrected the &quot;too broad&quot; issue!" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14885" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14884" CreationDate="2016-01-05T12:58:19.467" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;You must wait a bit for the reopen, it takes 5 votes (from 3k users I think) just like a close vote, you now have 4 reopen votes as of writing this, so just be patient, it will reopen shortly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastActivityDate="2016-01-05T12:58:19.467" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14886" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14889" CreationDate="2016-01-05T20:29:18.453" Score="3" ViewCount="48" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've been getting intermittent &quot;Broken Encryption&quot; messages on AskUbuntu's website. So far, I've only seen this on www.askubuntu.com and www.blender.stackexchange.com, and it's not always there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this a problem with StackExchange, or is it a problem on my end?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/9NVOU.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/9NVOU.png&quot; alt=&quot;Broken Encryption&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit: To make the problem even more confusing, the error disappeared after I reloaded the website.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="465804" LastActivityDate="2016-01-06T20:03:03.560" Title="Broken Encryption on StackExchange?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14887" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14888" CreationDate="2016-01-05T23:32:08.727" Score="5" ViewCount="86" Body="&lt;p&gt;I flagged two comments earlier as &lt;code&gt;rude or offensive&lt;/code&gt; - they were, no doubt, they were insults.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The strange thing was these comments were instantly removed and my flags are listed as helpful in my profile. What happened here?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They usually go for review and are dealt with later, correct?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why did this happen? Was it a coincidence, i.e., they were flagged by someone else and I just happened to flag them a second before they were removed? Or do I have some unlisted privilege allowing me to remove these comments? Or what?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sorry if I am just missing something obvious, strangely, I have only ever flagged four comments (including these) in all my time here, so I am a bit naive on this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastEditorUserId="158442" LastEditDate="2016-01-08T10:55:16.923" LastActivityDate="2016-01-08T10:55:16.923" Title="Confused about flagging comments and removal" Tags="|support|comments|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14888" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14887" CreationDate="2016-01-05T23:38:48.223" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;From this &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/17364/how-does-comment-voting-and-flagging-work/17365#17365&quot;&gt;Meta.SE answer&lt;/a&gt; (thanks to Ravan for finding the post):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If a comment is flagged by three users, it will be auto-soft-deleted. There is no penalty for this. Flagged comments will be surfaced to moderators, so if you have a problem with a comment, flag it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Comments with upvotes &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/138168/reduce-the-threshold-for-comment-deletion-with-flags#comment388189_138168&quot;&gt;require more flags&lt;/a&gt; to be deleted without moderator intervention: 1 more flag per 3 votes above 3 (i.e. number of flags = 3 + score/3).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/99812/who-has-the-power-to-delete-a-comment/99853#99853&quot;&gt;Comments containing certain keywords need fewer flags than normal to be deleted.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="380067" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2016-01-07T09:26:20.773" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14889" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14886" CreationDate="2016-01-06T20:03:03.560" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I figured it out! I manually configured Firefox to block all mixed content. (by default, only active content is blocked) When I allow mixed display content (images) it gives me the mixed content message. When I block mixed display content, it gives me the weak encryption message.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In other words, it's a mixed content problem, which is server-side. Sorry for the stupid question, I guess I'm a little paranoid.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="465804" LastActivityDate="2016-01-06T20:03:03.560" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14890" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14891" CreationDate="2016-01-06T22:20:03.067" Score="6" ViewCount="83" Body="&lt;p&gt;Today I ran out of comment votes, I did not even know this could happen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is not attached to my Q&amp;amp;A votes, I still have 10 of them left.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I can make sure I don't waste my votes, it was annoying not to be able to vote on an important comment, how many do I get?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/FaQoc.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/FaQoc.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastActivityDate="2016-01-07T02:23:12.953" Title="How many comment votes do we each get in a day?" Tags="|support|comments|votes|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14891" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14890" CreationDate="2016-01-07T02:23:12.953" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/17365/203389&quot;&gt;How does comment voting and flagging work?&lt;/a&gt; over on &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Meta Stack Exchange&lt;/a&gt; you get 30 comment upvotes per UTC day:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Comment votes&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You get 30 comment upvotes per day.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2016-01-07T02:23:12.953" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14893" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14895" CreationDate="2016-01-09T09:53:56.717" Score="1" ViewCount="91" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently saw a spam question, which i then flagged as spam and posted this an answer (and deleted it very quickly after, but you could still see the post):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;ADVERTISING IS NOT ALLOWED HERE, GET OUT&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can we do this on a spam question? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="391572" LastActivityDate="2016-01-10T08:41:34.347" Title="Is it OK to send a message to a spammer to not advertise?" Tags="|discussion|support|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14894" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14893" CreationDate="2016-01-09T10:21:56.087" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;I know it's policy not to edit spam questions.  I would think posting that sort of an answer would just be egging them on and wasting your time.  It's probably posted by a script and not a human anyway.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2016-01-09T10:21:56.087" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14895" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14893" CreationDate="2016-01-09T10:22:32.273" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;Why do you assume it is posted by an actual person?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is more likely an automatically generated message.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastEditorUserId="344926" LastEditDate="2016-01-10T02:32:42.933" LastActivityDate="2016-01-10T02:32:42.933" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14896" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14893" CreationDate="2016-01-09T12:19:08.847" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You risk your own messages getting flagged as spam, and justifiably deleted along with the spam which may result in you getting blocked for spam as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even though you may have good intentions, you would be posting content that is -&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;off topic&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;repetive &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;not answering a question&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;negative towards an OP&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thus I would flag any sort of these attempts as spam as well, or at least not real answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastActivityDate="2016-01-09T12:19:08.847" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14897" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-01-09T12:36:41.230" Score="10" ViewCount="127" Body="&lt;p&gt;In review I got a suggestion for a wiki excerpt, the proposal in itself was not bad (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/511060&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/511060&lt;/a&gt;) but the tag &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/bible&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;bible&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;bible&lt;/a&gt; is quite useless, it has only one question and should be purged in my opinion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I rejected the suggestion but want some community input on the general case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastActivityDate="2016-01-12T22:43:26.543" Title="What should we do when encountering wiki excerpt suggestions on useless tags?" Tags="|discussion|tags|tag-wiki|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14898" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14897" CreationDate="2016-01-09T13:47:53.143" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'd say to reject the suggestion and to get rid of the tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Creating / editing a tag wiki excerpt for a tag that has no reason to exist puts the cart before the horse, and shouldn't be encouraged: much like useless edits it wastes reviewers' time for no benefit, since the tag is to be removed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="380067" LastEditorUserId="380067" LastEditDate="2016-01-09T14:14:14.697" LastActivityDate="2016-01-09T14:14:14.697" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14899" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-01-09T21:24:30.537" Score="1" ViewCount="71" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have asked &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/718330/update-php-5-3-2-to-5-3-3-or-5-4-on-ubuntu-10-04&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; yesterday, which was for Ubuntu 10.04. I wasn't aware that it is not allowed to ask questions for outdated Ubuntu versions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you can see, I have tagged the question as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/10.04&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;10.04&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;10.04&lt;/a&gt;, so the system could have identified my misbehavior in advance and inform me that it is not allowed to ask questions regarding that version.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do we want such a feature?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="242307" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2016-01-09T22:50:27.810" Title="Warn in case of new questions with tags of outdated Ubuntu versions" Tags="|feature-request|tags|closed-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14900" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14899" CreationDate="2016-01-09T22:27:37.373" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you read the description of the 10.04 tag, it states&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The third Long Term Support (LTS) release of Ubuntu. Released April&#xA;  2010, and no longer supported since May 2013.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also this is out lined in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help&quot;&gt;asking section&lt;/a&gt; of the help page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Perhaps updating the tags for unsupported releases could be a simple solution to your issue, something like&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The third Long Term Support (LTS) release of Ubuntu. Released April&#xA;  2010, and no longer supported since May 2013.&#xA;  This release of Ubuntu is &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com/info/release-end-of-life&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;end of life&lt;/a&gt; and no longer eligible for support on&#xA;  AskUbuntu&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do not use would not work, there are situations where the tag is valid, for example an upgrade from 10.04 to 12.04, would be on topic, as the current version is 12.04, but the tag is relevant because they upgraded from 10.04.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2016-01-09T22:50:27.810" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14901" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14904" CreationDate="2016-01-09T22:57:21.970" Score="2" ViewCount="138" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is defined &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/whats-meta&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; what is on-topic on the AU Meta site. That currently being:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Meta Ask Ubuntu is the part of the site where users discuss the&#xA;  workings and policies of Ask Ubuntu rather than discussing Ubuntu&#xA;  itself. It is separated from the main Q&amp;amp;A to reduce noise there while&#xA;  providing a legitimate space for people to ask how and why this site&#xA;  works the way it does. Meta is for...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;...Ask Ubuntu users to communicate with each other&lt;/strong&gt; about Ask Ubuntu (asking questions about how the websites work, or about&#xA;  policies and community decisions)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;...Ask Ubuntu users to communicate with Stack Overflow the company&lt;/strong&gt; (posting bugs, suggesting improvements, or proposing new&#xA;  features), and&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;...Stack Overflow the company to communicate with the community&lt;/strong&gt; (soliciting feedback on new ideas or features, or&#xA;  discussing policies that affect the whole network)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But recently I saw &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/7418/anyone-interested-in-a-regularly-scheduled-multiplayer-game-of-0-a-d&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; which was posted a few years ago by @NathanOsman. Now as this does not match the rules above I would say that it is off-topic because Meta, as defined by those rules, is a place to post about the Ask Ubuntu website, as well as to communicate with Stack Overflow, and for Stack Overflow to communicate with us, but nowhere there does it mention anything about social announcements of leisure activities which may interest the community but have nothing to do with Ask Ubuntu, or Ubuntu, for that matter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But after looking at the post, I see that it has been rather well received by normal users and moderators alike.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;So if this is what the community wants to be on-topic, then it should be defined in the page that I linked which contains the description and what is allowed on the Ask Ubuntu Meta site, or that question should be closed as off-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;(The reason why I am bring this up now is because I understand that @NathanOsman is soon to post another one of these posts so it came to my attention and I thought I would ask on Meta about this seemingly off-topic question which has not been closed as such when the rules clearly currently state that it should be.)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Please note&lt;/strong&gt; that if this is a question which is concidered on-topic, I am only proposing for the rules to be amended (because I don't see how &quot;asking questions about how the websites work, or about policies and community decisions&quot; covers these sorts of social announcements which have very little (if anything) to do with Ubuntu or Ask Ubuntu, and even if you are going to argue that the game is running on an Ubuntu server and thus it is on-topic, then how far does that go? Is a question on-topic about a picture of a Panda if I happen to take it with an Ubuntu phone?), however if this question is not on-topic, then it should be closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Clarification:&lt;/strong&gt; The reason why I have put the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/feature-request&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;feature-request&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;feature-request&lt;/a&gt; is because I am saying that if the community wants social announcements such as this to be on-topic, then the help section should be edited, until then, it is very confusion what is on-topic and what is not because it doesn't clearly say that this is.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastEditorDisplayName="user364819" LastEditDate="2016-01-11T13:41:20.400" LastActivityDate="2016-01-11T13:41:20.400" Title="Are social announcements not related to Ubuntu or the site on-topic on Meta?" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|scope|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="28" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14902" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14901" CreationDate="2016-01-09T23:57:21.127" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm not a moderator, so I'll just be stating a personal and subjective opinion:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Directive&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Prime Directive&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Meta Ask Ubuntu is the part of the site where users discuss the workings and policies of Ask Ubuntu rather than discussing Ubuntu itself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So &lt;em&gt;nothing further needs to be quoted as anything that follows the &lt;strong&gt;Prime Directive&lt;/strong&gt; is subservient to that one.&lt;/em&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So IMNSHO, anything that improves inter-human communication and leads to discussion can be posted here on meta: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;philosophical questions about real questions on the main site.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;statements that leads to discussion and policy change (or sets existing policy into stone)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;improvement of inter-human communication by:&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;inviting your fellow Ask Ubuntu co-workers to your birthday party  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;inviting everyone in a certain geographical location to a pub spree&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;inviting people that have become more then acquaintances but are still less then friends to a &lt;em&gt;friendly&lt;/em&gt; game of let-me-demolish-your-castle-before-you-demolish-mine &lt;em&gt;running on Ubuntu&lt;/em&gt; over the Internet...&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Where are the disadvantages?&lt;/strong&gt;  &lt;em&gt;None that I can see...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;Where are the advantages?&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;Better inter-human communication!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit:&lt;/strong&gt; So what I'm trying to convene here is: meta and the chat are different from the main site: On the main site, we put our professional hat on, but in meta and chat, &lt;em&gt;we're letting our hair down&lt;/em&gt;...  And as downvotes and upvotes are unlimited here and don't cost us any rep, we're more critical &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; more relaxed at the same time!  &lt;strong&gt;&gt;:-)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;sub&gt;You shouldn't be needing a &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vorlon&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Vorlon&lt;/a&gt; disguised as a statue to point out that anything improving inter-human communication is good for your planet!&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="344926" LastEditDate="2016-01-10T17:49:17.153" LastActivityDate="2016-01-10T17:49:17.153" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14903" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14893" CreationDate="2016-01-10T08:41:34.347" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Spammers already know they are crossing the line, so no new information is conveyed.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Worse yet, answering their post bumps it and gives it more views. Also, assuming they are monitoring their spam, they may conclude that they've at least gotten the attention they want.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is one case in which you could respond to spam: if it is disguised, and not immediately obvious that it is spam. In that case, after flagging it as spam, leave a comment under the post warning future reviewers and moderators.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another thing to do with spam, &lt;em&gt;if it isn't being removed quickly enough&lt;/em&gt;, is to bring the issue to the &quot;Tavern on the Meta&quot; chatroom. In Tavern on the Meta there is a bot, called Smoke Detector (affectionately called Smokey) that reports spam and maintains a blacklist of known spammer accounts. The developers have given some regulars the privilege to give the &quot;!!/report&quot; command to Smokey, which causes it to report the spam post in several chatrooms and blacklist the spammer. Here &quot;blacklisting&quot; means that future posts from that account will be automatically reported by Smokey as well.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Even if you're not one of the users allowed to give commands to Smokey, most regulars over there &lt;em&gt;are&lt;/em&gt;, and will be glad to help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In practice, spam is removed from AU amazingly fast, so you're not likely to need to visit the Tavern chatroom.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="254326" LastActivityDate="2016-01-10T08:41:34.347" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14904" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14901" CreationDate="2016-01-10T18:26:56.480" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Quote from the  linked &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/whats-meta&quot;&gt;What's Meta&lt;/a&gt; page&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Unlike normal Stack Exchange sites, Meta invites the community to&#xA;  &lt;strong&gt;discuss&lt;/strong&gt;, debate and propose changes to &lt;strong&gt;the way the community itself&#xA;  behaves&lt;/strong&gt;, as well as how the software itself work&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If we consider that clause, it appears that Nathan's post does not violate any policies or regulations of Meta site. The post invites the community members to strengthen relations between community members through a game of multiplayer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The way I see it, it is in no way different form a company department using company email to invite it's employees to participate in a little department luch/party/other event.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I do believe that moderators should take this to the attention and decide whether or not such posts ( although don't seem to occur too much ) have legitimate place on meta. We do have community chatrooms where users can discuss topics non-related to StackOverflow or Ubuntu , so perhaps these would be more appropriate places for such discussions as gaming between community members, but so far it's defined nowhere that such discussion is off-topic on Meta&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="295286" LastActivityDate="2016-01-10T18:26:56.480" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14905" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-01-10T19:15:00.123" Score="7" ViewCount="295" Body="&lt;p&gt;A couple years ago, some of the community members here on Ask Ubuntu &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/7418/anyone-interested-in-a-regularly-scheduled-multiplayer-game-of-0-a-d&quot;&gt;scheduled and organized a game of 0 A.D.&lt;/a&gt; Since that time, the game has improved considerably and we are thinking of trying another game.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;The Game&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&quot;So what exactly is this game?&quot;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;0 A.D. is a multi-player strategy game in active development that allows each player to assume control of a civilization that battles for world domination. Each civilization is modelled to reflect the strengths and weaknesses of a group of people from the hypothetical year &quot;0 A.D.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The game permits each player to control one of the civilizations. They become responsible for giving orders to units - gathering resources, building civil structures, and engaging in combat.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/355273/36315&quot;&gt;Here's a link to the installation instructions...&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;The Event&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&quot;Sounds cool - I'm in. Now what?&quot;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am scheduling the game for &lt;strong&gt;2 P.M. PST on January 17, 2016 (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=0+A.D.+Game&amp;amp;iso=20160117T22&amp;amp;p1=%3A&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;click here to view in other timezones&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/strong&gt;. This means you should show up in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/201/ask-ubuntu-general-room&quot;&gt;Ask Ubuntu General Room&lt;/a&gt; roughly &lt;em&gt;10 minutes prior to the game&lt;/em&gt;. I'll be going over the details of the game at that time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'll be hosting the game on my desktop. I looked into hosting the game on a dedicated server, but this was ruled out due to reliability issues running the game on a virtual X server.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The connection details will be as follows:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hostname:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;code&gt;home.quickmediasolutions.com&lt;/code&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;Port:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;code&gt;20595&lt;/code&gt; (make sure you can make outbound connections from this port)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Practice&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&quot;I've never played this game before. How does it work?&quot;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want to get some practice in or you want to learn how the game works, run these commands to install it on your computer:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;sudo apt-add-repository ppa:wfg/0ad&#xA;sudo apt-get update&#xA;sudo apt-get install 0ad&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note:&lt;/strong&gt; the version of this package in the archives is &lt;em&gt;not up-to-date&lt;/em&gt; (unless you are running Xenial) so you &lt;em&gt;must&lt;/em&gt; install the game from the PPA. Only players running &lt;strong&gt;Alpha 19&lt;/strong&gt; will be able to participate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Make sure you download the game beforehand! It's quite large and takes ~40 minutes over a 20Mbps connection.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Feel free to ask any questions regarding this event below.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2016-01-18T15:10:29.443" Title="Community Event - multi-player 0 A.D. game [2016-01-17]" Tags="|discussion|community-event|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14906" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-01-10T20:57:22.950" Score="-12" ViewCount="118" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/466720/system-settings-icons-missing-in-14-04/468235#468235&quot;&gt;Judge yourself.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/TEA1s.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Compared to the size of the voting buttons and score, it's unusually (unlike the checkmark on other Stack Exchange sites) large.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd consider this to be a bug. If it's not a bug, then it's a feature request.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;sarcasm&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt;If the purpose was to show off the checkmark though, apologies. Then you should probably enlarge it, as &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.meta.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/4432217#4432217&quot;&gt;suggested by bjb&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/gxM2L.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;/sarcasm&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="299302" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2016-01-11T19:39:47.263" Title="The checkmark is too large compared to the voting buttons" Tags="|feature-request|bug|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14907" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-01-11T12:31:18.860" Score="1" ViewCount="73" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've been noticing this for a few days, the Main site's sidebar and the Meta site's sidebar don't match anymore:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Zgm0M.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Zgm0M.png&quot; alt=&quot;s1&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/M7Y9K.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/M7Y9K.png&quot; alt=&quot;s2&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In particular I've been noticing the difference between the &quot;Hot Meta Posts&quot; section: the &quot;Hot Meta Posts&quot; section on the Meta site's sidebar always seems to be reporting additional items compared to the &quot;Hot Meta Posts&quot; section on the Main site's sidebar, and now also a missing &quot;Featured on Meta&quot; section on the Meta site's sidebar stands out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this intentional?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit&lt;/strong&gt;: the current status of the two sidebars should confirm that the additional item on the &quot;Hot Meta Posts&quot; section on the Meta site's sidebar was not due to the missing featured MSE post:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/m48KS.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/m48KS.png&quot; alt=&quot;s3&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/wpOTm.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/wpOTm.png&quot; alt=&quot;s4&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Notice also the different order of the items in the &quot;Hot Meta Posts&quot; section.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure how the items are sorted (possibly in a descending &quot;hotness&quot; order?), so this might be just about a delay in the update of one of the two.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's not even really a problem, it's just that IIRC they used to be synchronized, unless I'm mistaken. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="380067" LastEditorUserId="380067" LastEditDate="2016-01-12T14:34:42.440" LastActivityDate="2016-01-12T14:34:42.440" Title="Main site's sidebar and Meta site's sidebar don't match anymore" Tags="|support|bug|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14908" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14910" CreationDate="2016-01-11T17:30:24.180" Score="0" ViewCount="52" Body="&lt;p&gt;Why are &quot;hot&quot; questions displayed first in Ask Ubuntu? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Shouldn't the &quot;Unanswered&quot; be first? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My observation tells me that more than half of the questions in Unanswered are never answered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="397764" LastEditorUserId="344926" LastEditDate="2016-01-11T20:02:18.233" LastActivityDate="2016-01-11T20:25:55.770" Title="&quot;Unanswered&quot; forgotten" Tags="|discussion|unanswered-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14909" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14906" CreationDate="2016-01-11T19:29:53.213" Score="4" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;TL;DR&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;: I disagree with the OP, and believe the current UI works for this site (that is, the Green Answer Accepted checkbox circle is &lt;strong&gt;fine&lt;/strong&gt;); therefore, we do not need to be having everything aligning perfectly to a set size, nor do we need to even be discussing this issue further...&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;sub&gt;(This last part is obviously my own opinion, regarding this discussion not needing to go further)&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I disagree with you, and believe there is nothing wrong.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's a zoomed in snippet, plus two black lines to show in-line size of the checkmark itself:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/mA8RT.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/mA8RT.png&quot; alt=&quot;Snippet, askubuntu.com Answer UI&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's what I see:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The check box itself is slightly off-center from the rest of the buttons - that is, the checkmark &lt;em&gt;itself&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The green circle for an &quot;Accepted&quot; answer is slightly outside the size of these black lines... but &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;only just so&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.  I don't see an issue with this, namely because the green circle has spacing between its edge and the checkmark itself to not look crazy weird.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The green circle is there &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;for emphasis&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.  It's done this way so people KNOW the answer is accepted (the green and white checkmark on the white background draws that emphasis).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This issue you've stated would only really apply if it were a case of the entire checkmark image itself being too huge - the checkmark itself is fine, the emphasis circle is slightly larger, but not such that it impacts UI.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, if this were on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://scifi.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;Science Fiction and Fantasy&lt;/a&gt; site, then this would be an issue if the checkbox image itself were this way, and because I'm insane, here's a snippet from the Science Fiction and Fantasy site to give a comparison of why it would look really 'weird' in that case:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/x7d8L.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/x7d8L.png&quot; alt=&quot;Snippet, SciFi.stackexchange.com Answer UI&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The SciFi page uses circular buttons anyways - which means it must flow in line there (the black lines are my own).  Both of these are zoomed in.  But if we zoomed out, we'd see a case of our green circle not really going far outside the lines anyways - thereby not causing a substantial UI impact.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My belief is the green circle &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;fits fine into the current UI of Ask Ubuntu&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.  We do not need to change it, and the slightly-larger-than-the-vote-buttons green answer-accepted circle is fine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2016-01-11T19:35:49.877" LastActivityDate="2016-01-11T19:35:49.877" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14910" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14908" CreationDate="2016-01-11T20:10:43.527" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm not a mod, so stating a personal and subjective opinion:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Let's suppose for argument's sake that unanswered questions get shown by default:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If someone answers a question, and it would get enough upvotes or an acceptance it would disappear from that screen, right?  Even when answered by rep 1 users, or users with highly upvoted questions, but no answers or drunk users, or beginning users that &lt;em&gt;think&lt;/em&gt; the question is answered bit Eg. the solution doesn't survive a reboot, ... &lt;em&gt;and then it'd never show up again...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;However, with the &amp;quot;hot&amp;quot; questions you get best of many worlds&lt;/strong&gt;: the questions that are freshly posted &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; the ones that get freshly edited and the ones freshly answered so you can dig in and give an even better answer then the existing one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, if you &lt;em&gt;want, you can&lt;/em&gt; make the &amp;quot;new&amp;quot; questions your personal home page on AU and then you have exactly what you like, but I like the default best...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;;-)&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2016-01-11T20:25:55.770" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14911" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14913" CreationDate="2016-01-11T21:15:24.430" Score="17" ViewCount="236" Body="&lt;p&gt;Much of what I know has come from using Ubuntu but also several other distributions.  I recently suggesting a user use Puppy Linux because they needed something that could fit on a CD (&amp;lt;700mb).  I was informed it wasn't appropriate for askubuntu. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it okay to point people toward other distributions if those distributions have useful tools for the task they are asking about?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="430330" LastActivityDate="2016-01-12T12:59:12.420" Title="Is suggesting the use of another Linux distribution valid?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14912" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14911" CreationDate="2016-01-11T21:36:02.317" Score="-4" Body="&lt;p&gt;This site is called &lt;strong&gt;Ask Ubuntu&lt;/strong&gt;.  Other distros are better mentioned on &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;Unix&amp;amp;Linux&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;;-)&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;And even for Ubuntu-derived versions, have a look at the &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuFlavors&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;officially supported versions here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2016-01-11T21:36:02.317" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14913" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14911" CreationDate="2016-01-12T02:22:07.807" Score="32" Body="&lt;p&gt;While we only directly support &lt;em&gt;questions&lt;/em&gt; about the official spins, the following occurs to me:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It's perfectly plausible that a person turns up with what &lt;em&gt;they&lt;/em&gt; think is an Ubuntu problem but the best solution requires another distribution.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It's arrogant to assume Ubuntu will &lt;em&gt;always&lt;/em&gt; be best for every scenario.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It's self-defeating to limit the site to &lt;em&gt;answers&lt;/em&gt; that only mention Ubuntu-related things because that would —in these circumstances— mean we're excluding the best answer.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, if the question is &amp;quot;which version of Ubuntu will fit on a CD?&amp;quot;,  &amp;quot;try Puppy&amp;quot; on its own is not a valid answer. &lt;strong&gt;It doesn't answer the question.&lt;/strong&gt; But you could answer the Ubuntu question and then go on to add your recommendation. That only makes it a better answer in my eyes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/719944/449&quot;&gt;in this case&lt;/a&gt;, if you were &lt;em&gt;sure&lt;/em&gt; there are no Live &lt;strong&gt;CD&lt;/strong&gt; versions of Ubuntu, you could say:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are no supported Live versions of Ubuntu that will fit on a CD.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However there are other Live distributions of Linux that still target CDs and smaller. My favourite is... because... etc...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But that does also rely on you being technically correct. Which may not be the case. Lubuntu 14.04 is less than 700MB. Mentioning &lt;em&gt;all&lt;/em&gt; of this in a structured and well-reasoned way would probably make for a pretty decent answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2016-01-12T12:59:12.420" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14918" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14897" CreationDate="2016-01-12T22:43:26.543" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Two things would be nice:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Remove that particular tag as this has wasted the time of the person who submitted the edit (me in this particular case) &lt;em&gt;as well as&lt;/em&gt; the time of the reviewer.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Conduct a thorough review of the available tags and remove those tags that are in a similar position. This would save everybody a lot of time and energy.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A quick look through the tags currently available shows quite a few that could safely be removed. A solid criteria for such removal would need to be in place though...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="57576" LastActivityDate="2016-01-12T22:43:26.543" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14919" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14920" CreationDate="2016-01-13T12:15:56.813" Score="12" ViewCount="315" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been wondering this for a while and would like to get a definitive answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We still get questions on &lt;code&gt;wubi&lt;/code&gt; on the site, however, it is no longer developed and won't work on a modern Windows OS (8, 8.1, 10), so is it off topic or not?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What got me thinking was a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/720566/cant-install-application&quot;&gt;close vote on this question&lt;/a&gt; as &lt;code&gt;off topic&lt;/code&gt; ( I guess, based on comments by &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/380067/kos&quot;&gt;@kos&lt;/a&gt;) but the help does not mention &lt;code&gt;wubi&lt;/code&gt; at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are your opinions on this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2016-01-13T20:40:57.043" Title="Do we, or do we not support wubi.exe?" Tags="|discussion|support|scope|help-center|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14920" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14919" CreationDate="2016-01-13T12:55:03.167" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think I made a mistake.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've always seen questions about Wubi being closed as off-topic because of it being discontinued, and since that itself made sense I endorsed the same practice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However reading &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/7341/380067&quot;&gt;this post&lt;/a&gt; I understand I overlooked an important point, which is that Wubi is still an option for some supported releases (specifically 12.04.x and 14.04.x).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I removed my close vote and my comment on that question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think that as long as 12.04.x and 14.04.x are not EOL we should provide support for Wubi on 12.04.x and 14.04.x (unless on UEFI), as it is still a vaild method to install those releases.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After all if Ubiquity would be discontinued today we would still support installing supported releases which rely on it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="380067" LastEditorUserId="380067" LastEditDate="2016-01-13T20:40:57.043" LastActivityDate="2016-01-13T20:40:57.043" CommentCount="23" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14921" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15024" CreationDate="2016-01-14T01:44:14.617" Score="40" ViewCount="926" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is a notice regarding releases of Ubuntu that have reached End of Life.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The following versions of Ubuntu and derivatives are &lt;strong&gt;officially end of life&lt;/strong&gt; as of February 4, 2016:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Vivid Vervet (15.04).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;New questions regarding the above posted after the aforementioned date may need to be considered &lt;strong&gt;off-topic&lt;/strong&gt;. Old questions (posted before the end of life date) that are still being answered regarding these releases should have a comment included on them about upgrading to a supported release to continue to get support for their versions of Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This information can be confirmed on the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;official Ubuntu Wiki page that lists all current, development, and end-of-lifed releases&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, and on the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2016-January/000203.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;15.04 End of Life Announcement email message stating the official End Of Life date&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, establishing February 4th as the EOL date.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please upgrade to a supported release. If you don't like upgrading it is highly recommended you install a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/16366/whats-the-difference-between-a-long-term-support-release-and-a-normal-release&quot;&gt;long term support release&lt;/a&gt; in the future.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;NOTE: This does not currently impact Ubuntu Phone, which has an Overlay PPA which will be used after the standard Vivid repository closes, to it up to date. Questions &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;specific to Ubuntu Touch and Ubuntu Phones which are running Vivid&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; will remain on topic until such later time that this changes&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This Meta thread is NOT a discussion of how we handle EOL releases. This is simply a notification to all about an upcoming &quot;End of Life&quot; date for a current release of Ubuntu (as of this posting being made). Please refrain from asking in comments about how we handle EOL questions, or commenting on such handling policies.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2018-01-09T01:30:06.410" Title="EOL Notice: Vivid Vervet (15.04) is now EOL as of February 4, 2016" Tags="|discussion|scope|end-of-life|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="14" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14922" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14924" CreationDate="2016-01-14T08:37:06.773" Score="4" ViewCount="115" Body="&lt;p&gt;The color on links is, fitting to the site design, red. &#xA;As somone suffering from red–green color blindness, which isn't rarely (depending on origin up to 10%), it's hard for me to spot links on Askubuntu.&#xA;Many of the better made (seemingly answering the question) spam posts, hiding a promotional link somewhere in the text are hard to detect for me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The request would be to make links more prominent. I'm not asking to change the color but maybe we could display them  e.g. cursive, fat or underlined.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="184892" LastEditorUserId="158442" LastEditDate="2016-01-14T09:40:00.740" LastActivityDate="2016-01-15T10:48:12.070" Title="Could we improve the visibility of links" Tags="|feature-request|design|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14923" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-01-14T15:08:16.943" Score="3" ViewCount="40" Body="&lt;p&gt;At times, when I'm reviewing on AskUbuntu, I'm asked to review a Test question. E.g. user's question is completely messed up by a proposed edit, and when I click &quot;Reject&quot; it says &quot;Congratulations, this was only a TEST ...&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think I'm shown these Test questions too frequently. What governs the frequency of Test questions? Is it some behavior of mine? Can I adjust the frequency?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25618" LastActivityDate="2016-01-14T15:08:16.943" Title="How often am I given a Test review question" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2016-01-16T19:27:46.687" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14924" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14922" CreationDate="2016-01-14T19:16:36.990" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the meantime, following muru's suggestion I created (with a bit of help from jokerdino♦ and Seth♦) a userscript which underlines all the links on askubuntu.com:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;// ==UserScript==&#xA;// @name         New Userscript&#xA;// @namespace    http://tampermonkey.net/&#xA;// @version      0.1&#xA;// @description  try to take over the world!&#xA;// @author       You&#xA;// @match        http://askubuntu.com/*&#xA;// @match        http://meta.askubuntu.com/*&#xA;// @grant        none&#xA;// ==/UserScript==&#xA;/* jshint -W097 */&#xA;'use strict';&#xA;&#xA;$('a').css({&quot;text-decoration&quot;: &quot;underline&quot;});&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The result is pretty good.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To install it simply install Greasemonkey (Firefox / Firefox derivatives) or Tampermonkey (Chrome / Chromium), add the script and enable it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Known bugs:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It doesn't work for content loaded after the page was loaded the first time (new active questions, edits etc.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="380067" LastEditorUserId="380067" LastEditDate="2016-01-14T20:02:46.537" LastActivityDate="2016-01-14T20:02:46.537" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14925" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-01-15T03:25:29.790" Score="21" ViewCount="1334" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's 2016 now, and we've &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/272563/were-standardizing-the-sidebar-width-at-300px-on-all-sites&quot;&gt;made some changes to the sidebar size&lt;/a&gt;. As such, we can now restart the Community Promotion Ads for 2016!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Keep in mind, we have updated some of the guidelines compared to previously - the changes are marked in bold in the Image Requirements section.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;What are Community Promotion Ads?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Community Promotion Ads are community-vetted advertisements that will show up on the main site, in the right sidebar. The purpose of this question is the vetting process. Images of the advertisements are provided, and community voting will enable the advertisements to be shown.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Why do we have Community Promotion Ads?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a method for the community to control what gets promoted to visitors on the site. For example, you might promote the following things:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;cool Ubuntu applications&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the site's Twitter account&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ubuntu scripts or power tools&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;cool events or conferences&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;anything else your community would genuinely be interested in&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The goal is for future visitors to find out about &lt;em&gt;the stuff your community deems important&lt;/em&gt;. This also serves as a way to promote information and resources that are &lt;em&gt;relevant to your own community's interests&lt;/em&gt;, both for those already in the community and those yet to join. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Why do we reset the ads every year?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some services will maintain usefulness over the years, while other things will wane to allow for new faces to show up. Resetting the ads every year helps accommodate this, and allows old ads that have served their purpose to be cycled out for fresher ads for newer things. This helps keep the material in the ads relevant to not just the subject matter of the community, but to the current status of the community. We reset the ads once a year, every December.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The community promotion ads have no restrictions against reposting an ad from a previous cycle. If a particular service or ad is very valuable to the community and will continue to be so, it is a good idea to repost it. It may be helpful to give it a new face in the process, so as to prevent the imagery of the ad from getting stale after a year of exposure.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;How does it work?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The answers you post to this question &lt;em&gt;must&lt;/em&gt; conform to the following rules, or they will be ignored. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;All answers should be in the exact form of:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;[![Tagline to show on mouseover][1]][2]&#xA;&#xA;   [1]: http://image-url&#xA;   [2]: http://clickthrough-url &#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please &lt;strong&gt;do not add anything else to the body of the post&lt;/strong&gt;. If you want to discuss something, do it in the comments.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The question must always be tagged with the magic &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/community-ads&quot; class=&quot;post-tag moderator-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;community-ads&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;community-ads&lt;/a&gt; tag. In addition to enabling the functionality of the advertisements, this tag also pre-fills the answer form with the above required form.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Image requirements&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The image that you create must be &lt;strong&gt;300 x 250 pixels&lt;/strong&gt;, or double that for retina displays.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Must be hosted through our standard image uploader (imgur)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Must be GIF or PNG&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;No animated GIFs&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Absolute limit on file size of &lt;strong&gt;150 KB&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If the background of the image is white or partially white, there must be a 1px border surrounding it.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Score Threshold&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is a &lt;strong&gt;minimum score threshold&lt;/strong&gt; an answer must meet (currently &lt;strong&gt;6&lt;/strong&gt;) before it will be shown on the main site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can check out the ads that have met the threshold with basic click stats &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/ads/display/14925&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22665" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2016-12-29T04:35:21.860" Title="Community Promotion Ads - 2016" Tags="|discussion|community-ads|" AnswerCount="16" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14926" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14925" CreationDate="2016-01-15T03:25:29.790" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://twitter.com/askubuntu&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/LymVF.png&quot; alt=&quot;Help this community grow -- follow us on twitter!&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22665" LastEditorDisplayName="user364819" LastEditDate="2016-01-21T12:30:59.427" LastActivityDate="2016-01-21T12:30:59.427" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14927" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14925" CreationDate="2016-01-15T05:54:22.157" Score="19" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://play0ad.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/9usGN.png&quot; alt=&quot;0 A.D. Empires Ascendant&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastEditorUserId="5" LastEditDate="2016-03-19T19:22:43.640" LastActivityDate="2016-03-19T19:22:43.640" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14928" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14925" CreationDate="2016-01-15T06:25:07.400" Score="21" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Touch&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/JVKQ6.png&quot; alt=&quot;Ubuntu Touch&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastEditorUserId="5" LastEditDate="2016-03-19T19:25:43.233" LastActivityDate="2016-03-19T19:25:43.233" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14929" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14925" CreationDate="2016-01-15T09:14:36.407" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/?tab=featured&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://stack-exchange-dynamic-ads.herokuapp.com/askubuntu.com/bounty.png&quot; alt=&quot;See all questions with active bounties&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="62688" LastEditorDisplayName="user364819" LastEditDate="2016-01-21T12:30:31.763" LastActivityDate="2016-01-21T12:30:31.763" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14930" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14925" CreationDate="2016-01-15T09:23:12.487" Score="25" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/AeTPt.png&quot; alt=&quot;Unix &amp;amp; Linux&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="380067" LastEditorUserId="380067" LastEditDate="2016-01-21T19:22:17.400" LastActivityDate="2016-01-21T19:22:17.400" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14931" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14922" CreationDate="2016-01-15T10:48:12.070" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Instead of a user script, I highly recommend using an addon like &lt;a href=&quot;https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/stylish/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Stylish&lt;/a&gt;. This works on Firefox, not sure if there is a similar extension for Chrome.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After you install the addon, you can then manually edit the styles of a website based on your needs. (If you are familiar with CSS, then this I highly recommend the addon as it allows you to edit the styles of any website you visit that you are having difficulty with)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After you install it and restart Firefox, the stylish addon adds a toolbar icon. Click it and choose &quot;Write new style&quot;.&#xA;If you choose &quot;For askubuntu.com&quot; from the submenu, any styles you write, will be implemented for the askubuntu.com domain and any of its subdomains like meta.askubuntu.com and www.askubuntu.com (This can be changed later on).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyway, after you choose one of the domain options, you will get something similar to this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;@namespace url(http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml);&#xA;&#xA;@-moz-document domain(&quot;meta.askubuntu.com&quot;) {&#xA;&#xA;}&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just add the following style inside the curly brackets:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;a {&#xA;  text-decoration: underline !important;&#xA;}&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The resulting code would be the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;@namespace url(http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml);&#xA;&#xA;@-moz-document domain(&quot;askubuntu.com&quot;) {&#xA;  a {&#xA;    text-decoration: underline !important;&#xA;  }&#xA;}&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Give your style a name and save. And voilà, you have underlined links everywhere in the askubuntu sites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastActivityDate="2016-01-15T10:48:12.070" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14932" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-01-15T11:13:20.533" Score="-6" ViewCount="121" Body="&lt;p&gt;Questioners on AskUbuntu have a vast range of skill levels, ranging from barely being able to point-and-click to walk-on-water (thinks in programming languages, knows how most of Ubuntu/Linux works).  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It would help me (and other Answerers) if a Questioners skill level were visible, so I (we) can adjust our answers (or our choice to answer or not) based on it.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've spent time crafting an answer involving command line magic, only to have the Questioner respond with something like &quot;What is that &lt;code&gt;|&lt;/code&gt; symbol of which you speak?&quot;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe that AskUbuntu should offer assistance to people of all skill levels, but it would be easier to answer helpfully if we knew where on the Novice to Shark spectrum the Questioner fell.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe a slider in the Questioners' profiles, or a per-question checkbox, or something else, would do the trick.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25618" LastActivityDate="2016-01-15T12:56:17.393" Title="Add &quot;I am command line literate&quot; flag to Profile or Question" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14933" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="282" CreationDate="2016-01-15T11:24:16.713" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I differentiate between &quot;Type these commands to do the task&quot; (which should be copy/paste-able), and &quot;Here is what my answer produces on MY system (YMMV)&quot;, where the &lt;code&gt;$&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;#&lt;/code&gt; are used to show context.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A recent example is my answer to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/719017/tcp-udp-list-in-command-line/719032&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25618" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:24.280" LastActivityDate="2016-01-15T11:24:16.713" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14934" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14932" CreationDate="2016-01-15T11:25:16.887" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;When I answer a question, most of the time I &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;try&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; to answer it in a way that is understandable by anyone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't think the questioner's skill level is important, as answers are not only for the person who asked a question, but instead, they should be helpful for any other person who would be having that same issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Besides, most of the times, you can figure out someone's skill level from the way their question is asked.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastActivityDate="2016-01-15T11:25:16.887" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14935" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14932" CreationDate="2016-01-15T12:40:27.563" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't think this will work, you can't judge someones skill level like this, skill is very subjective based on what people do with there computers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I find that many users DO indicate this already, for example they say things like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;I am a noob &#xA;Please give an GUI based solution &#xA;Please give step by step instructions, I am inexperienced&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We are not here to teach the basics of Ubuntu, we are here to answer direct questions in a complete and precise manner, creating a data base of answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you think a user will not understand what you give them, also link a manual or the Ubuntu man pages so they can learn for there self.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I also think (in my experience) that 90% of users don't care about the content of the answer or even if they understand it, they just want it to work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We can't give answers based on each individual askers whim, you could go on for ages to explain every detail, they are supposed to help anyone who reads it in a clear manner, paragraphs of explanation for simple commands should not be required. Instead encourage them to learn or add command explanations to your answer, if you wish.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ubuntu and its packages are extremely well documented, if a user wants to understand a command, then it is really up to them to do the work and learn, not up to us to hold there hand.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastEditorUserId="75060" LastEditDate="2016-01-15T12:56:17.393" LastActivityDate="2016-01-15T12:56:17.393" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14936" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14925" CreationDate="2016-01-16T03:25:18.670" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/PdigW.png&quot; alt=&quot;Love software? Visit Software Recommendations&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="486617" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:05.267" LastActivityDate="2016-01-16T03:25:18.670" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14937" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14921" CreationDate="2016-01-16T08:30:27.280" Score="18" Body="&lt;p&gt;Note that Ubuntu Phone devices are still running on a Vivid derivative, and will likely continue to do so until the details of the GCC 5 migration are settled.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So questions related to those devices or development of apps for those devices should still be considered on topic despite the end of life notice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12469" LastActivityDate="2016-01-16T08:30:27.280" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14938" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14939" CreationDate="2016-01-16T13:59:27.307" Score="-3" ViewCount="65" Body="&lt;p&gt;I know that your are rewarded with bages for x amount of helpful flags for closing duplicate questions or off topic etc. However why dont you get any rewards like +1 for flags that others agree with when others get rewarded for answering the question without flagging by simply looking at the duplicate post. Would it not be beneficial to add rewards like +1 for agreed flags?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="459037" LastActivityDate="2016-01-16T19:11:07.160" Title="Reward for flags?" Tags="|feature-request|flags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14939" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14938" CreationDate="2016-01-16T16:11:42.490" Score="3" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Ambiguous original post is ambiguous - this section makes the assumption that &quot;+1&quot; means rep.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just like voting in Meta doesn't get you rep, you shouldn't be given rewards for flagging things for moderator attention, or marking things as spam, etc. on the main site - if flags got people reputation, it'd be an incentive to make flags necessary which opens a whole can of worms.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You aren't &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;required&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; to do flagging, just like you aren't required to participate in Meta, or vote on questions and answers, or comment on things, or to close things with close reasons if you have that rep, or to cast deletion votes.  (You don't get any rep for any of these things!)  You do those things because you &lt;em&gt;wish&lt;/em&gt; to do so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You shouldn't be given a tangible reward because you wish to contribute to making sure the site is cleaned up.  Sure, it helps to clean up the site, but consider spam waves - those of us who flag all the spam as spam would be gaining massive amounts of reputation, and even moreso there will be people who INTENTIONALLY spam just to gain rep.  The reward for doing this is the &lt;strong&gt;satisfaction that you're helping the site&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Adding rep gain to flagging things with &quot;good&quot; flags that are marked as &quot;helpful&quot; will only be an incentive to spam to gain rep, and such.  Lets &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; open that possibilitly up.  (To implement here may mean global implementation, which opens the entire Stack Exchange network to that evil, so...)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Ambiguous original post is ambiguous - this section makes the assumption that &quot;+1&quot; means an additional flag in the amount that can be used that day.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why would this benefit the site if everyone got an additional flag for every successful flag?  If you want to moderate the site, gain reputation, do flagging and identification of things that're bad normally, don't try and get &quot;more&quot; power just from doing something good for the site.  Same as my other assumption, with &quot;No Rewards!&quot;, that applies here - you shouldn't have to be rewarded just for helping to try and clean up the site.  Besides, usually when flags are handled, they take TIME to be handled, you won't see the reward because if you go to bed or something and the reset happens, you lose that 'returned' flag power.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2016-01-16T19:11:07.160" LastActivityDate="2016-01-16T19:11:07.160" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14941" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14975" CreationDate="2016-01-17T00:30:21.270" Score="5" ViewCount="74" Body="&lt;p&gt;When one hovers over a tab name on user profile / activity page, the name gets underlined twice, in addition to changing color to red. I suspect this may be a CSS bug, because having three effects on hover (color change, highlight on the line below, and underline directly under the word) seems too many. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/nYYPl.png&quot; alt=&quot;tabs&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Seen in Chrome 47 and Firefox 43. For a live demonstration, see the profile of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/current?tab=topactivity&quot;&gt;this valuable contributor&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(kos pointed out &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/13850&quot;&gt;this report&lt;/a&gt;, which is related but focuses on the bounty indicator. There has been no response to that one.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user336085" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2016-01-22T12:05:11.553" Title="User profile tabs are double-underlined on hover" Tags="|bug|status-completed|design|profile-page|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14942" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14925" CreationDate="2016-01-17T12:11:33.243" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/201/ask-ubuntu-general-room&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/a1JKN.png&quot; alt=&quot;Join your fellow community members in chat!&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastEditorDisplayName="user364819" LastEditDate="2016-02-26T22:30:04.953" LastActivityDate="2016-02-26T22:30:04.953" CommentCount="26" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14943" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-01-17T14:47:47.780" Score="0" ViewCount="76" Body="&lt;p&gt;It seems that many of the questions asked on this site aren't just about Ubuntu, but about Linux in general.  Is this site meant to be only Ubuntu, or is it meant to be for any user of Linux?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="486344" LastActivityDate="2016-01-17T14:56:00.717" Title="Has Ask Ubuntu turned into Ask Linux?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2016-01-17T14:57:07.710" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14944" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14943" CreationDate="2016-01-17T14:56:00.717" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's meant to be specifically about Ubuntu and all of its official derivates.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course many problems and questions about Ubuntu systems can also appear on similar distributions. Especially all the Debian based Linux systems are very similar in many aspects. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, we try to close questions which are obviously not about Ubuntu and point the asking person over to &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Unix &amp;amp; Linux&lt;/a&gt; instead, where all Linux distributions are welcome, without any restrictions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:37:19.280" LastActivityDate="2016-01-17T14:56:00.717" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14945" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14905" CreationDate="2016-01-18T01:05:13.990" Score="2" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Game Summary&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The game began at approximately 2:40pm and was soon restarted to select a different map. After resolving some connection problems, the game began. There was a lot of lag that really slowed down the game, but nobody was able to find the cause (I was able to rule out upstream bandwidth on my end).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The players included &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/5/nathan-osman&quot;&gt;myself&lt;/a&gt;, my brother, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/47291/mateo&quot;&gt;Mateo&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/274320/zacharee1&quot;&gt;Zacharee1&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/364819/paranoid-panda&quot;&gt;Paranoid Panda&lt;/a&gt; split into two teams with three AI opponents (for a total of eight players).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The game went on for roughly an hour and a half before everyone either had to leave or was defeated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Screenshots&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;Click the images for  larger version.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/GrD1j.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/GrD1j.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/fXQpl.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/fXQpl.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2016-01-18T15:10:29.443" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14946" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-01-18T01:22:56.280" Score="2" ViewCount="74" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am apparently banned from posting any kind of answer.  I only know of one instance I was told it was not a good answer. Even though it added to the previous answer.  If you don't tell me what the problem is I can't fix it.  I have been on-line since the 70's and have never had this problem, anywhere.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="322755" LastActivityDate="2016-01-18T16:53:59.310" Title="How can I fix being banned if I don't know why?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14947" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14948" CreationDate="2016-01-18T09:31:14.770" Score="3" ViewCount="54" Body="&lt;p&gt;As a new user of Ubuntu I am facing a lot of problem but getting help from the StackExchange's biggest community and learning something new and also sharing my experience. I have &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/718752/password-in-wifi-hotspot-in-ubuntu-14-04-lts-not-working&quot;&gt;an unanswered question&lt;/a&gt; for many days. So I want to learn how a new user can get more view in an unanswered question.&#xA;I have found following links useful:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/7046/how-do-i-get-attention-for-old-unanswered-questions&quot;&gt;How do I get attention for old, unanswered questions?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/5354/is-there-a-way-to-prevent-an-unanswered-question-to-sink-into-oblivion&quot;&gt;Is there a way to prevent an unanswered question to sink into oblivion?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But both link suggested by adding new data and editing question which doesn't help me. And moreover discussed to set a bounty whereas user needs &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/privileges/set-bounties&quot;&gt;at least 75 rep points&lt;/a&gt; to set a questions as bounty, which a new user doesn't have. And also suggested to upvote and I know it is not possible to upvote in an own post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Correct me if I am wrong please giving me some links.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="452187" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-05-23T12:39:54.233" LastActivityDate="2016-01-18T11:56:56.407" Title="How to get more viewer in an unanswered own question for a new user?" Tags="|discussion|unanswered-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2016-01-19T13:36:08.980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14948" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14947" CreationDate="2016-01-18T09:51:24.117" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;First, this question will help a lot with the views (If you added &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/718752/password-in-wifi-hotspot-in-ubuntu-14-04-lts-not-working&quot;&gt;the question&lt;/a&gt; to this one) :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can also edit the question, this will push it to the top of the &lt;code&gt;active&lt;/code&gt; queue. You can also &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/bounty&quot;&gt;offer a &lt;code&gt;bounty&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/a&gt; on your question to give more users a reason to spend more time on the issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These are the things you can do to bring some more attention to the question but with regards to this specific question, it is quite niche as not to many users would use the &lt;code&gt;hotspot&lt;/code&gt; function, as you say yourself there could be no known solution and in that case no one can help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, not all questions are created equally and the more niche often receive less attention and some questions are doomed to never be answered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My suggestions for you would be &lt;code&gt;edit&lt;/code&gt; in as much extra information you can and stick a bounty on it, or delete that question (don't double post) and open a new one making an effort to add new information. You never know who is browsing the forum right now, and making the question active again could be what you need.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:24.280" LastActivityDate="2016-01-18T09:51:24.117" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14949" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14946" CreationDate="2016-01-18T14:36:28.277" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Of your 5 answers,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;5 have quality-related flags (4 &quot;not an answer&quot;, 1 &quot;very low quality&quot;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;2 were deleted for their quality, 1 was deleted because the question was deleted.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;1 has a downvote&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;0 have upvotes&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your answers themselves aren't that poorly written but they do come across as stabs in the dark, or for other distributions (with guesswork for Ubuntu), and several sections of existing answers are essentially telling the user what to Google for. Not unhelpful but not answer material. This is what comments are for (what you can do when you have 50 reputation).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately you're stuck in a hard place. The ban is completely automated. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/answer-bans&quot;&gt;You have to overturn it yourself&lt;/a&gt;. The site moderators can't help you directly. &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/273258/moderator-override-on-automated-bans&quot;&gt;Not yet anyway&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I will message a CM on your behalf to try and expunge some of the older answers contributing toward the ban but —assuming they want to help— please note that you'll need to improve the level of your answer to avoid stepping straight into another ban.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2016-01-18T16:53:59.310" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14950" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14979" CreationDate="2016-01-18T18:59:59.213" Score="0" ViewCount="131" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was banned from asking questions, but I don't know why!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Who is the person who decides these things?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How can I learn if you don't let me ask the things I don't know (even if they are too much boring to someone)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How can I get the right to ask questions again?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="432908" LastEditorUserId="380067" LastEditDate="2016-01-22T05:31:02.960" LastActivityDate="2016-01-23T22:02:43.073" Title="Why was I banned from asking questions?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14952" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-01-18T20:14:02.960" Score="12" ViewCount="233" Body="&lt;p&gt;This banner:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/8tcoK.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/8tcoK.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;could now include the &lt;a href=&quot;http://elementaryos.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;Elementary OS&lt;/a&gt; site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="186134" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2016-01-18T20:48:52.897" LastActivityDate="2016-01-25T18:54:57.060" Title="Add Elementary OS Stack Exchange to the off topic banner" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|status-declined|close-reasons|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14953" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14952" CreationDate="2016-01-18T20:48:25.253" Score="2" Body="&lt;h1&gt;No.&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sorry, the message is space limited and we need to mention Windows, Mac and just don't have the room (or in my case, inclination) to list every non-Ubuntu distribution directly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2016-01-18T20:48:25.253" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14954" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14956" CreationDate="2016-01-18T20:53:40.043" Score="14" ViewCount="195" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just ran across &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/494708/make-me-a-website-net&quot;&gt;this user name&lt;/a&gt; which is a clear advertisement for a service...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Is this allowed here on AU?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;Yes, I found &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/8194/is-there-a-way-to-report-users-based-on-their-user-names&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; already...&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2016-01-18T20:59:07.803" Title="Is a user name advertising for a service allowed here?" Tags="|discussion|user-accounts|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14955" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14952" CreationDate="2016-01-18T20:54:40.933" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The off-topic banner isn't meant to be all encompassing. That would be impossible to maintain and extremely messy. It covers the basic and most common occurrences, it's up to the user to figure the rest out. That's not our job. What do you propose we do if/when sites specific to Mint, Kali, or [insert other Ubuntu based distribution here] launch?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As it is we only have 28 characters remaining in the existing reason anyway, so we couldn't add it even if we wanted to.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2016-01-18T20:54:40.933" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14956" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14954" CreationDate="2016-01-18T20:56:52.897" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;Using a domain name as your nick won't actually link anybody anywhere other than your profile. It won't attract Google rank or any other benefit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And in this case it looks like they've already change it by their own volition.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2016-01-18T20:56:52.897" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14958" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14965" CreationDate="2016-01-19T10:09:16.357" Score="10" ViewCount="466" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was reading this answer comments: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/149920/26246&quot;&gt;ambiguous package name 'libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0' with more than one installed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are few links to logs uploaded to &lt;a href=&quot;http://paste.ubuntu.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;paste.ubuntu.com&lt;/a&gt; back to &lt;strong&gt;June 2012&lt;/strong&gt;. All of them were removed from the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://paste.ubuntu.com/1042896/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://paste.ubuntu.com/1042896/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://paste.ubuntu.com/1042922/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://paste.ubuntu.com/1042922/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://paste.ubuntu.com/1043066/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://paste.ubuntu.com/1043066/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;...&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for myself, I used to include &lt;em&gt;only links&lt;/em&gt; in my questions or questions I edited.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So does paste.ubuntu.com remove any snippet looking only into its age only, without tracking its use?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If so, then it is better to keep users aware of that and push to follow Jeff Atwood♦'s advice here: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/1384/26246&quot;&gt;How should users share long log files?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;It is generally a bad idea to post enormous log files. Who is going to&#xA;  read an enormous wall of text? It's a disincentive to answering.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Generally, try to post the most relevant section of the log file, then&#xA;  link to the full file elsewhere.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Give it a shot, at least.. since the full file is linked, it's the&#xA;  best of both worlds.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Update:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I used to include long script as link. As they will be removed just after 3 years. This seems to me a serious issue. It should be mentioned well &amp;amp; clear in the help pages or may even notify the new users when they include links.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why I got that expectation of long live paste? paste.ubuntu.com is an official Ubuntu site &amp;amp; Ubuntu basically provide support for 5 years to LTS server releases.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?tab=votes&amp;amp;q=is%3aquestion%20url%3a%22paste.ubuntu.com%2f*%2f%22&quot;&gt;Questions including paste.ubuntu.com links&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?tab=votes&amp;amp;q=is%3Aanswer%20url%3A%22paste.ubuntu.com%2F*%2F%22&quot;&gt;Answers including paste.ubuntu.com links&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="26246" LastEditorUserId="26246" LastEditDate="2016-01-21T10:16:21.273" LastActivityDate="2016-01-21T10:16:21.273" Title="Does paste.ubuntu.com remove all old snippets?" Tags="|discussion|best-practice|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14959" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7335" CreationDate="2016-01-19T11:10:46.800" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, it is a good idea and it is well known to all advanced used.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;New users will get to know about that when they start using terminal sooner or later.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, Ubuntu lowered the bar for users to use GNU Linux/BSD... without any knowledge of terminal. As djeikyb said, it a step in debugging/troubleshooting process, we use it always and we ask users to do so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sometimes you can go farther and ask for backtrace using &lt;code&gt;gdb&lt;/code&gt; (better after installing related &lt;code&gt;-dbg&lt;/code&gt; pacakge), system call trace &lt;code&gt;strace&lt;/code&gt;, library call trace using &lt;code&gt;ltrace&lt;/code&gt; ... but keep in mind if it is a downloaded package from official repository, may be more convenient to flag it off-topic:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bug reports&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;problems specific to development version of Ubuntu&lt;/strong&gt; should be reported on Launchpad so that developers can see, track and fix these issues. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="26246" LastActivityDate="2016-01-19T11:10:46.800" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14960" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14925" CreationDate="2016-01-19T18:34:00.140" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/201/ask-ubuntu-general-room&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/L31Eq.png&quot; alt=&quot;Follow your fellow AU members in chat!&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="344926" LastEditDate="2016-01-19T20:35:17.883" LastActivityDate="2016-01-19T20:35:17.883" CommentCount="13" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14961" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-01-19T21:34:37.740" Score="1" ViewCount="106" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/3430/186134&quot;&gt;As is suggested by Eliah Kagan&lt;/a&gt;;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;In general&lt;/strong&gt;, if you believe your question is de-tagged wrongly, here are some options at your disposal:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Read the tag's tag wiki and see what other questions are tagged with it. This can sometimes help in figuring out whether or not a tag is appropriate for your question.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/722977/how-to-find-the-package-name-and-uninstall-it-in-ubuntu&quot;&gt;How to remove ccp when installed from binary?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/722631/how-can-i-uninstall-popcorn-time-from-ubuntu-14-04&quot;&gt;How can I uninstall popcorn time from Ubuntu 14.04?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/721832/uninstalled-app-still-showing-icon&quot;&gt;Uninstalled app still showing icon?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/719910/help-to-uninstall-photoshop-please-help-the-linux-newbie&quot;&gt;Help to UNINSTALL Photoshop. Please, help the Linux newbie)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and as Briaam thinks the above are rubbish questions, here are all questions with 25+ votes tagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/uninstall&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;uninstall&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;uninstall&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/133533/how-to-remove-ubuntu-and-put-windows-back-on&quot;&gt;How to remove Ubuntu and put Windows back on?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/151941/how-can-you-completely-remove-a-package&quot;&gt;How can you completely remove a package?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/6302/how-can-you-remove-unity&quot;&gt;How can you remove Unity?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/76908/how-to-uninstall-netbeans&quot;&gt;How to uninstall NetBeans?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/84483/how-to-completely-uninstall-java&quot;&gt;How to completely uninstall Java?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/231562/what-is-the-difference-between-apt-get-purge-and-apt-get-remove&quot;&gt;What is the Difference Between `apt-get purge` and `apt-get remove`?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/87111/if-i-build-a-package-from-source-how-can-i-uninstall-or-remove-completely&quot;&gt;If I build a package from source how can I uninstall or remove completely?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/101064/uninstall-a-program-installed-with-wine&quot;&gt;Uninstall a program installed with Wine&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/247549/is-it-possible-to-undo-an-apt-get-install-command&quot;&gt;Is it possible to undo an apt-get install command?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/206283/how-can-i-uninstall-a-nvidia-driver-completely&quot;&gt;How can I uninstall a nvidia driver completely ?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/67047/how-to-uninstall-google-chrome&quot;&gt;How to uninstall Google Chrome?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/92084/how-to-remove-xubuntu-desktop&quot;&gt;How to remove xubuntu-desktop?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1143/how-can-i-uninstall-software&quot;&gt;How can I uninstall software?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/217872/how-do-i-remove-steam&quot;&gt;How do I remove Steam?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/129566/remove-documentation-to-save-hard-drive-space&quot;&gt;Remove documentation to save hard drive space&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/196603/how-to-remove-the-graphical-user-interface&quot;&gt;How to remove the graphical user interface?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/50101/how-do-i-remove-the-lamp-stack-so-i-can-start-over&quot;&gt;How do I remove the LAMP stack so I can start over?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They seem to be similar to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/722102/could-i-remove-apt-with-apt&quot;&gt;Could I remove apt with apt?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Search meta, to see if the tag is under consideration for removal, or otherwise under discussion.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It has a post here &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/14103/discussion-about-tag-uninstall&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/14103/discussion-about-tag-uninstall&lt;/a&gt; from 7 months ago with lowish views and no consensus.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The suggestions it makes have not been implemented (changing the wiki) and there has been no discussion, despite the tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Similarly, if you are &lt;em&gt;sure&lt;/em&gt; the editor removed it based on a subjective judgment, you may add it back (but don't get into an editing/rolling-back war - if it's re-removed again, use a different option). In the case of a tag that has few or no other questions, you should probably not do this, as the intention of the editor may be to get rid of the tag. That's not always right, but should usually be discussed.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I added it back in (rolled back) as there was no edit summary. At the same time I @pinged the user to ask them and they linked in a comment (since removed) to the meta discussion above.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They removed it again, so I left it - not wanting to have an edit war.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ask a specific question on meta&lt;/strong&gt;, about whether or not the tag should really have been removed. That's what this question was taken to be about (in comments). This is usually the best way. If in doubt, this is probably the best thing to do.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Doing this now!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Ping the user in chat. For example, to ping me in chat, go into the general chat room, and post a short message with @EliahKagan in it. Even if the user isn't in chat, they will be notified (though it may take some time and you shouldn't expect them to reply immediately). Then you can ask them about the tag removal. You should avoid pinging repeatedly, and remember that meta is often a better place to post, because you can solicit community consensus here.&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;One caveat:&lt;/strong&gt; The user will only be pinged by the chat &quot;bot&quot; if he/she has logged in to chat within &lt;em&gt;three days or less&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The user was unresponsive to my arguments in the comments, I feel chat would be unconducive to a good discussion - hence this post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, my arguments:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The tag was removed, not replaced. If the tag had been &lt;em&gt;replaced&lt;/em&gt; with the specific one, I could understand it, but it was simply removed.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The meta post was hardly conclusive&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;There was minimal discussion (one comment) and it has low views.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The suggestions (blacklist the tag and / or change the wiki were not done)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;A lack of revision comment (just the link to the meta post he commented would suffice) is quite frustrating.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Their arguments:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The meta post shows agreement based on the 10 upvotes - they're &quot;following community guidance&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Tags are &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/tagging&quot;&gt;&quot;means of connecting experts with questions they will be able to answer by sorting questions into specific, well-defined categories.&quot;&lt;/a&gt; - this argument falls down as the &quot;more specific&quot; tag was not added to the post.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Maybe another I'm missing?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The comments (theirs have been removed):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/PUak0.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/PUak0.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/722102/revisions&quot;&gt;the revision history&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What should this question be tagged with, and is this the appropriate way to handle the situation?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="186134" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2016-01-19T22:02:47.510" Title="Someone is editing my question's tags and I disagree with their edit" Tags="|discussion|support|tags|editing|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14962" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14925" CreationDate="2016-01-19T22:48:32.333" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.darktable.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/vbb6n.png&quot; alt=&quot;Darktable is an open source photography workflow application and RAW developer&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="228051" LastEditorDisplayName="user364819" LastEditDate="2016-01-21T12:30:45.867" LastActivityDate="2016-01-21T12:30:45.867" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14963" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-01-19T23:07:52.927" Score="0" ViewCount="62" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just saw &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/revisions/722928/1&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; and edited it to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/revisions/722928/2&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; to allow the next user in the review queue to see that it really &lt;em&gt;is an answer&lt;/em&gt;, but I'm fearing that the answer (though off-topic as custom kernel) might be &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/low-quality-posts/515080&quot;&gt;lost to &lt;s&gt;GNU&lt;/s&gt; herd mentality&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;How do I protect an &lt;strong&gt;answer&lt;/strong&gt;?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2016-01-20T00:06:09.573" Title="How can I protect an answer?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14964" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14963" CreationDate="2016-01-20T00:06:09.573" Score="1" Body="&lt;h2&gt;What??? You want to protect a single answer?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;That would be dictatorially imposing your opinion on the reviewers and stop it from being reviewed!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the answer is that good, edit it, improve the grammar, spelling and readability and upvote it instead!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2016-01-20T00:06:09.573" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14965" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14958" CreationDate="2016-01-20T01:17:21.693" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, paste.ubuntu.com is cleaned up from time to time and doesn't have any notion of long lived service, it's a pastebin not an archive. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If something is supposed to be critical to answering a question it should be in the question itself. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2016-01-20T01:17:21.693" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14967" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14968" CreationDate="2016-01-20T20:12:58.273" Score="2" ViewCount="73" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/719870/compile-unity-without-launcher&quot;&gt;closed a question&lt;/a&gt; as a duplicate &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/38009/how-do-i-remove-the-unity-launcher&quot;&gt;of another&lt;/a&gt;, however I am starting to think that I may have made a mistake here along with the other close voters...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So just to make it easier, let's refer to the question which was closed as the duplicate of another as &lt;strong&gt;Q1&lt;/strong&gt;, and the question which it was closed against as &lt;strong&gt;Q2&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, although Q1 is wanting the same goal as Q2, it is asking for it via a different route, and Q1 has an accepted answer which explains how to do it via this route, whereas Q2 has an accepted answer which says that it is not possible through the assumed means of configuration (though it does not exactly specify a route, but just editing it out of Unity's source code manually is probably not assumed).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So if anything, I'm starting to think that Q2 should be made as a duplicate of Q1, or maybe even have them merged, because it doesn't really seem right to mark Q1 as a duplicate of Q2 where Q1 actually does a better job of fixing the problem than Q2.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, what should be done about this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastActivityDate="2016-01-20T21:59:02.617" Title="Should a question be closed as duplicate of another when it is asking for the same goal but via a different route?" Tags="|discussion|support|duplicates|closed-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14968" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14967" CreationDate="2016-01-20T20:30:45.727" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sometimes questions are closed as duplicates of other questions because of the underlying XY problem, which usually works well both for the OP and for the other users of the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However in that case OP wanted to address specifically the compilation of Unity without the launcher from source, so the questions are not the same: the most it could be said is that Q2 is a superset of Q1.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However in this case I think they're better off if separated; maybe someone has something else to say about Q1.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Additionally is to be noted that Q1 is linked in Q2 by &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/723480/380067&quot;&gt;other means&lt;/a&gt;, so it's easy to access a method to compile Unity without the launcher from source starting from Q2.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I vote to reopen Q1 and to &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; merge it with Q2.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="380067" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2016-01-20T21:59:02.617" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14969" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14970" CreationDate="2016-01-21T10:53:51.193" Score="2" ViewCount="45" Body="&lt;p&gt;I remember speaking to a moderator in chat once where they told me that a question about a future release which is currently in-development is actually on-topic here as long as what is posted is not a bug report. Though I have seen many people ignore this and actually the close reason description, and give this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Bug reports and problems specific to development version of Ubuntu&#xA;  should be reported on Launchpad so that developers can see, track and&#xA;  fix these issues.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even if it is not an issue which should be reported on LaunchPad as it is not a bug report.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However when I went and posted this question &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/723558/how-to-install-the-new-gnome-software-app-on-16-04-for-testing-purposes&quot;&gt;How to install the new GNOME Software app on 16.04 for testing purposes?&lt;/a&gt; I immediately got 3 close votes, though it is not a bug report which should be reported on LaunchPad, nor something which cannot be answered, and as &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/14393/364819&quot;&gt;this answer&lt;/a&gt; does not fully cover this instance and I can't find the place in chat where the moderator told me this, I thought I would post this question just to get this clarified, is it on-topic to ask questions about future releases when you question is not a bug report, and can be answered, and maybe is even answered as a self-answered Q&amp;amp;A?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2016-01-21T19:10:13.537" LastActivityDate="2016-01-21T19:10:13.537" Title="When are questions about in-development releases on-topic?" Tags="|discussion|support|scope|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2019-10-08T11:03:50.493" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14970" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14969" CreationDate="2016-01-21T11:04:55.647" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The tolerance for questions about development releases increases when things are known to be true for the final release, and therefore aren't likely to change. Like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;How do I do X with the new version of Y?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;... Assuming we know that version of Y will be in the final release. This is usually around feature freeze but there is flexibility here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Essentially we don't want to be in a situation where —come April— our new 16.04 users are finding answers that are [potentially dangerously] out of date straight after their upgrade.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this case, it's going to be obsolete well before release.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2016-01-21T11:04:55.647" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14973" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-01-22T01:43:11.793" Score="2" ViewCount="52" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't know if this is the right place to post this, but I've noticed something strange. Every ad for Azure that comes up in the sidebar on Ask Ubuntu is cut off on the right side, taking some text with it. Opening the original image in a new tab shows the whole thing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't know if this is just me, but I have still experienced it after multiple refreshes, and it's only with the ~2 Azure ads. I'm not sure if anything should be done about it, so I'm posting here to ask.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Sorry if this question is unclear. I'm extremely tired :P)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Screenshots:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Q5Wmn.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Q5Wmn.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://cdn.atlassbx.com/FB/11087206199491/Cloud_AzPlat_Banner2A_SB_EN_US_300x250_border.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Original&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/eE9wr.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/eE9wr.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://cdn.atlassbx.com/FB/11087206199488/Cloud_AzPlat_Banner1A_SB_EN_US_300x250_border.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Original&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="274320" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2016-01-22T01:59:09.873" LastActivityDate="2016-01-22T01:59:09.873" Title="MS Azure ads not showing correctly in the sidebar" Tags="|bug|design|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14974" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14976" CreationDate="2016-01-22T09:20:17.183" Score="0" ViewCount="72" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently found a way to run Skype in Wine. I searched askubuntu, and found a bunch of duplicate questions. I answered the question with the most upvotes and flagged the others as duplicate, but they don't seem tot get closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Answered question: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/359023/how-to-use-skype-on-ubuntu/722140&quot;&gt;How to run Windows Skype on Ubuntu using Wine?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Duplicates:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/594220/getting-an-up-to-date-version-of-skype?lq=1&quot;&gt;Getting an up-to-date Version of Skype?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/721412/skype-cant-connect-error-using-wine?lq=1&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;skype can&amp;#39;t connect&amp;quot; error using wine&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/598278/skype-with-wine-crashes?lq=1&quot;&gt;Skype with wine crashes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/579988/error-while-trying-to-run-skype-via-wine-in-ubuntu-14-04-64-bit&quot;&gt;Error while trying to run Skype via Wine in Ubuntu 14.04 64-bit&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are also a bunch of questions about video conferencing on Skype on Ubuntu (only possible using Windows Skype on Wine)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Answered question: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/534186/unable-to-do-group-video-call-and-group-screen-share-using-skype-4-3&quot;&gt;Unable to do group video call and group screen share using Skype 4.3&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Duplicates:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/583922/skype-conference-call-problem&quot;&gt;skype conference call problem&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/619962/cannot-make-conference-call-using-skype-on-ubuntu-14-04&quot;&gt;Cannot make Conference Call using Skype on Ubuntu 14.04&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/677306/workaround-for-skype-group-video-call&quot;&gt;Workaround for Skype group video call&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/529607/skype-4-3-on-ubuntu&quot;&gt;Skype 4.3 on Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt; (&#xA;although this one is marked as a duplicate of the wrong question)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;PS: I see that @Mitch deleted my answer to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/619962/cannot-make-conference-call-using-skype-on-ubuntu-14-04&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; question and I'm not sure why...? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="172367" LastEditorUserId="172367" LastEditDate="2016-01-22T19:22:49.837" LastActivityDate="2016-01-22T19:24:03.877" Title="Skype in Wine duplicate questions" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14975" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14941" CreationDate="2016-01-22T12:05:03.257" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;This has been fixed in the source, and will be available after the next deploy. Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1504" LastActivityDate="2016-01-22T12:05:03.257" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14976" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14974" CreationDate="2016-01-22T17:23:05.600" Score="1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&quot;I answered the question with the most upvotes and flagged the others&#xA;  as duplicate, but they don't seem tot get closed.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is because it takes five votes to close a question (from users with enough rep), your vote alone will not close the question, it just goes to review.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The thing with the close votes queue is, it is very large, 515 questions right now. As far as I know, the questions are presented to reviewers at random, so it can take a long time for a question to be closed, even if it is obvious.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Each of your questions has multiple close votes, so people do agree with you on this but people have other things to do, we are all volunteers, give it a week or so and check the votes then.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&quot;PS: I see that @Mitch deleted my answer to this question and I'm not&#xA;  sure why...? &quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can't speak on this, but my advice is go  to chat and try to ping the user with @ and the users name, if they have been to chat in the last, I think, three days, they will be notified of your ping and you can ask them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastActivityDate="2016-01-22T17:23:05.600" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14977" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14974" CreationDate="2016-01-22T19:24:03.877" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The delete part I can answer myself: I was posting duplicate answers, I should've just answered one and mark the others as duplicate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="172367" LastActivityDate="2016-01-22T19:24:03.877" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14979" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14950" CreationDate="2016-01-23T22:02:43.073" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;All the information you need to know about the automatic ban system is outlined in the post linked in the message you receive: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/86997/what-can-i-do-when-getting-we-are-no-longer-accepting-questions-answers-from-th&quot;&gt;What can I do when getting &amp;quot;We are no longer accepting questions/answers from this account&amp;quot;?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You aren't blocked because your questions are &quot;too boring&quot;, you are blocked because your questions are not meeting our quality standards. I suggest you take a look through &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/how-to-ask&quot;&gt;the help article on writing a good question.&lt;/a&gt; This ban didn't happen suddently either, you were warned 7 times in December and 6 in January that the questions you were asking weren't being well received, along with guidance on how to ask better questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2016-01-23T22:02:43.073" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14980" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14925" CreationDate="2016-01-24T20:56:15.757" Score="18" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://vi.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/kXWI6.png&quot; alt=&quot;Vi and Vim Stack Exchange&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2016-01-24T20:56:15.757" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14981" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14952" CreationDate="2016-01-25T13:52:14.963" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;This answer now also exists as &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/14982/367990&quot;&gt;separate feature request&lt;/a&gt; here on meta.askubuntu.com.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;Further updates and discussion should take place over there.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;If you like this answer, please make sure you also upvote the linked question. Thanks!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;I have a completely different suggestion.&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What about rewording the banner to something like&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is not about Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please visit our [off-topic compass] to find out on which partner site in the Stack Exchange network your problem might fit best.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And then create a nice community-wiki site here on &lt;em&gt;meta.askubuntu.com&lt;/em&gt; which looks like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Q: My question was marked as off-topic, where should I ask it instead?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You posted a question here and excitedly waited for an answer, but received a close banner like this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/8tcoK.png&quot; alt=&quot;example image&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Read through the answers below to find out where your question would fit best!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;A: Unix &amp;amp; Linux&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Every question about any UNIX or Linux based system is allowed here.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;However, if you use for example Ubuntu, ElementaryOS, OSX or Android, there are specialized sites for them, where you can get more specific answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;A: Stack Overflow&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All general programming questions should be asked here.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;If you have working code and just look for optimizations, you're better of at Code Review though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;A: Super User&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is the most general site all about computers and related stuff. Every operating system is welcome, and so are hardware problems.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;... and so on, one answer for each possibly related site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2016-01-25T18:54:57.060" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14982" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-01-25T18:52:53.730" Score="24" ViewCount="177" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have answered &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/14952/367990&quot;&gt;Add Elementary OS Stack Exchange to the off topic banner&lt;/a&gt; with a proposal which got a positive feedback, so I'm now writing it as separate feature request here:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Make a more flexible and user-friendly OFF-TOPIC close banner&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What about rewording the banner to something like&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is not about Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please visit our [off-topic compass] to find out on which partner site in the Stack Exchange network your problem might fit best.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And then create a nice community-wiki site here on &lt;em&gt;meta.askubuntu.com&lt;/em&gt;, where the link in the banner points to, which looks like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Q: My question was marked as off-topic, where should I ask it instead?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You posted a question here and excitedly waited for an answer, but received a close banner like this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/QDvEL.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/QDvEL.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Read through the answers below to find out where your question would fit best!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;A: &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Unix &amp;amp; Linux&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Every question about any UNIX or Linux based system is allowed here.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;However, if you use for example Ubuntu, elementaryOS, OSX or Android, there are specialized sites for them, where you can get more specific answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;A: &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/&quot;&gt;Stack Overflow&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All general programming questions should be asked here.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;If you have working code and just look for optimizations, you're better of at Code Review though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;A: &lt;a href=&quot;https://superuser.com/&quot;&gt;Super User&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is the most general site all about computers and related stuff. Every operating system is welcome, and so are hardware problems.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;If you're looking for anything other than Windows or hardware stuff, you can probably find a more specialized site for your question though!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;... and so on, one answer for each possibly related site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The main reason for this is because we have so few space in the banner, but so many related sites in the network (Super User, Unix &amp;amp; Linux, Server Fault, Stack Overflow, Programming.SE, Code Review, Ask Different, elementaryOS.SE, Android Enthusiasts, Electronics, ...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We should help our new users to find the best place for their questions, as it's not always as obvious as we experienced users might think. I often still have problems with the scope of other sites as well...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What do you think about it? Feedback in comments, answers and votes appreciated!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2016-01-28T23:16:39.913" Title="Modify close reason banner and create an &quot;Off-Topic Compass&quot; site on Meta?" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|close-reasons|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14984" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14985" CreationDate="2016-01-26T19:37:00.820" Score="3" ViewCount="94" Body="&lt;p&gt;As a newer user on Ask Ubuntu I have seen activity from older (higher ranked) users that they themselves would count as off-topic. For example questions on EOL versions or versions that are soon to come. I have seen this more then a few times by different older user that then comment on another post saying that it is off-topic because it is EOL or not released or whatever the matter may be. &lt;strong&gt;So why is this so excepted by Admins or the &quot;community&quot; in Ask Ubuntu and not more frowned at?&lt;/strong&gt; (We should all have the same ability to ask questions and follow the same rules regardless of how often you are on or how high your rank is lead by example??!!)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="459037" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2016-01-26T20:20:34.377" LastActivityDate="2016-01-26T20:20:34.377" Title="Why are higher ranked users not flaged for off-topic?" Tags="|discussion|scope|asking-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="15" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14985" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14984" CreationDate="2016-01-26T19:56:40.907" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Some of the questions aren't necessarily off-topic, as the person asking question may mention their release version, but the problem doesn't relate to the version of Ubuntu specifically : for instance, a networking or scripting question would not be off topic. Questions where the issue is clearly related to the OS version being unsupported already, it's good call to close and advise the user to upgrade. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's no privilege for higher ranked users as far as closing or not closing questions goes. But higher users may exercise better judgement when flagging a question. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="295286" LastActivityDate="2016-01-26T19:56:40.907" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14986" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14987" CreationDate="2016-01-27T18:55:00.607" Score="2" ViewCount="88" Body="&lt;p&gt;By inactive I mean not logged-in by the User.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am asking this question because, I answered one or two OLD questions (3yrs old) hoping that he/she will try my solution and reply if not accepting.  But I see nothing.  No up-votes or down-votes or comments. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, Is there any way I can know whether he/she is an active member?And Will the accounts get deleted (with their posts) if its not used for a long time?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="497359" LastEditorUserId="133195" LastEditDate="2016-01-29T09:54:17.997" LastActivityDate="2016-01-29T09:54:17.997" Title="How long can an account be inactive for?" Tags="|support|user-accounts|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14987" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14986" CreationDate="2016-01-27T20:51:46.673" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;From &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/48262/270345&quot;&gt;Meta Stack Exchange&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Accounts which are deemed to be abandoned will be deleted, and the&#xA;  user information on their questions and answers will be denormalized&#xA;  into text fields.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Cookie-based unregistered accounts will be deleted when:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ol&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The user has not visited the site in six months&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;AND&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The user has less than 50 reputation.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;OpenID registered accounts will be deleted when:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ol&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The user has not visited the site in six months&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;AND&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The user has only 1 reputation (i.e. has never received an upvote)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2016-01-27T20:51:46.673" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14988" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14990" CreationDate="2016-01-28T21:14:13.987" Score="1" ViewCount="95" Body="&lt;p&gt;I love scrolling through the questions and answering and helping with as many as I can, but sometimes I'll run into a really old question. By really old I mean anywhere from 2-3 years old. What my question is, is why does the system keep these questions circulated. Most are un-answered, but after 2 years, someone will probably have figured out how to solve a problem, and most likely it will have been on a system which is way past its End-Of-Life date. I get that the system tries to circulate questions, but that seems kind of pointless.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="431864" LastActivityDate="2016-02-04T06:59:01.837" Title="Questions suddenly active" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14989" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14988" CreationDate="2016-01-28T21:52:29.407" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is by design, sometimes the system bumps older questions up for attention, as an answer hasn't been selected, and it may need newer viewpoints to get answered.  This is mainly due to the fact the SE system was not designed with Ubuntu problems in mind, and some questions can still be answerable even today.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's a badge, as well, for this, where you answer with a good answer at least 60 days after the fact, and that's &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/badges/17/necromancer&quot;&gt;the Necromancer badge&lt;/a&gt;.  There's, unfortunately, nothing we can do about this, as it's a by-design feature embedded into the system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2016-01-28T21:52:29.407" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14990" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14988" CreationDate="2016-01-28T23:21:39.253" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you think that a question is no longer useful to anyone (the OS is way past EOL, and/or the question is unclear and the OP vanished years ago), you may want to downvote it. &quot;Not useful&quot; is one of reasons to downvote something. Questions with a negative score &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/48579&quot;&gt;are not bumped&lt;/a&gt; by Community bot. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user336085" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2016-01-28T23:21:39.253" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14991" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-01-29T00:00:10.580" Score="6" ViewCount="340" Body="&lt;p&gt;This post is intended as a portal for users of unsupported releases to useful information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;What is an &quot;end of life&quot; Ubuntu version?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All Ubuntu versions have a life span. Once their time is up they are no longer supported by Canonical or eligible for support on Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are two types of Ubuntu releases, a short term support release every six months and a long term support (LTS) release every two years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A short term support release is supported for nine months from the day it was released and a long term support release is supported for five years. At the end of the support period the release is refereed to as &lt;strong&gt;end of life&lt;/strong&gt; (EoL) and no longer supported, no updates, no security patches and no support here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please see &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/16366/whats-the-difference-between-a-long-term-support-release-and-a-normal-release&quot;&gt;What&amp;#39;s the difference between a Long Term Support Release and a Normal Release?&lt;/a&gt; for more information on the different release types.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;As of now, what are the supported versions of Ubuntu?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TrustyTahr/ReleaseNotes&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;14.04 LTS&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;14.04 was released in April 2014 and is supported until April 2019 - for 5 years, because it is a &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TrustyTahr/ReleaseNotes&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Long Term Support&lt;/a&gt; release.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/XenialXerus/ReleaseNotes&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;16.04 LTS&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;16.04 was released in April 2016 and is supported until April 2021 - for 5 years, because it is a &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/XenialXerus/ReleaseNotes&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Long Term Support&lt;/a&gt; release.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;h2&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ZestyZapus/ReleaseNotes&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;17.04&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;17.04 was released in April 2017 and is supported until January 2018 - for 9 months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Unsupported releases since 2010, including EoL date:&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;10.04 LTS - 9th May 2013 (30th April 2015 for servers)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;10.10 - 10th April 2012&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;11.04 - 28th October 2012&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;11.10 - 9th May 2013&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;12.10 - 16th May 2014&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;13.04 - 27th January 2014&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;13.10 - 17th July 2014&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;14.10 - 23rd July 2015&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;15.04 - 4th February 2016&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;15.10 - 28th July 2016&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;16.10 - 20th July 2017&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;What should you do if you are using an end of life release?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are using an unsupported release, you should upgrade to or install a supported one, as your system is likely to become unstable and insecure. Here are some questions that can help you to upgrade to a supported version:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/110477/how-do-i-upgrade-to-a-newer-version-of-ubuntu&quot;&gt;How do I upgrade to a newer version of Ubuntu?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/34430/can-i-skip-over-releases-when-upgrading&quot;&gt;Can I skip over releases when upgrading?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Where can I find official documentation on this?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;The Ubuntu wiki&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com/info/release-end-of-life&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;ubuntu.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EOLUpgrades&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;The Ubuntu docs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="186134" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2017-09-26T08:09:18.243" LastActivityDate="2017-09-26T08:09:18.243" Title="What versions of Ubuntu are supported by Canonical and by Ask Ubuntu, and what is an end of life version?" 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  <row Id="14992" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14988" CreationDate="2016-01-29T06:31:35.917" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The first thing I'd do would be to try to find an answered duplicate and flag it for closure / vote to close it against it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;If there's no duplicate to close it against and you're sure the question is not still relevant and potentially useful and / or unclear&lt;/em&gt;, then this close reason applies:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This describes &lt;strong&gt;a problem that can't be reproduced&lt;/strong&gt; that seemingly went away on its own or was only relevant to a very specific period of time. It's off-topic an unlikely to help future readers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which after 2 years of the question being unanswered it's probably a safe bet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Closed questions won't be bumped up by Community♦.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="380067" LastEditorUserId="380067" LastEditDate="2016-02-04T06:59:01.837" LastActivityDate="2016-02-04T06:59:01.837" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14993" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-01-30T12:32:01.477" Score="24" ViewCount="355" Body="&lt;p&gt;Recently in review, there seems to be a lot of questions flagged for &lt;code&gt;end of life&lt;/code&gt;, the issue with these flags is that when the questions were written they were ON TOPIC, this is important, old questions are not removed once a release goes EOL.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please, please, please read the date a question was posted BEFORE you flag it as end of life, if it was on topic when it was asked it is still on topic now, context is very important here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/close/519249&quot;&gt;See this example&lt;/a&gt;, it was written on &lt;code&gt;Feb 5 '12 at 13:25&lt;/code&gt; and is about &lt;code&gt;11.10&lt;/code&gt; so it is on topic in the context of when it was written, so it stays and should not be flagged.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sorry if this seem a bit of a rant but is is very frustrating to have to review these flags when the information is right there on the page, just look above the posters user name, thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/EclRB.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/EclRB.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:24.280" LastActivityDate="2016-01-31T03:28:35.263" Title="A note on flagging end of life questions" Tags="|discussion|scope|end-of-life|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14994" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14993" CreationDate="2016-01-30T17:22:12.023" Score="17" Body="&lt;p&gt;Good reminder, Mark.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question in question here however ended up in the review queue because somebody directly close-voted it as:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;off-topic → This describes a problem that can't be reproduced that seemingly went away on its own or was only relevant to a very specific period of time. It's off-topic as it's unlikely to help future readers. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I won't name them here but they're weren't otherwise involved in the review. I find this approach fairly tedious and incredibly labour-intensive for something that wasn't bothering anybody else. &lt;strong&gt;Just leave old stuff alone*.&lt;/strong&gt; There will simply &lt;em&gt;always&lt;/em&gt; be too many old posts to handle it like this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But maybe they had a reason. I'll poke them towards this thread if they haven't already seen it and if they want to leave a reply, they can.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;* Unless you want to improve it and make it apply to new situations, which we're more than happy for people to do!&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2016-01-30T17:31:06.003" LastActivityDate="2016-01-30T17:31:06.003" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14995" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14993" CreationDate="2016-01-31T03:28:35.263" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;So, I was mailed about this. I'm not happy. In fact, &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackoverflow.com/transcript/message/28466566#28466566&quot;&gt;I knew it wasn't anything good&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I&lt;/strong&gt; was the one that voted to close that question as &lt;strong&gt;not reproducible&lt;/strong&gt;, and I would do it again. The question has been asked &lt;em&gt;3 years ago&lt;/em&gt;, it isn't viewed by anyone (which is a metric some people love to use), and the answer is another regurgitation of &quot;buy a better system or use something more light&quot; which we don't lack.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;These kind of Q&amp;amp;A's aren't useful since it drops the general quality of the site&lt;/strong&gt; and, since we are in the process of burning the &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/14878/169736&quot;&gt;freeze tag&lt;/a&gt;, I took up the task. This tag needs to be removed &lt;em&gt;someday&lt;/em&gt;, we discussed this several occasions. I'm more mindful about the inaction around this kind of issues, since the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/freeze&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;freeze&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;freeze&lt;/a&gt; &lt;strong&gt;reduce the visibility of questions&lt;/strong&gt;, as is normally the only tag used or used with other problematic tags (like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/crash&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;crash&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;crash&lt;/a&gt;) that is like shooting ourself in the foot.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Everything has been done while being mindful of Shog's &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/239191/213575&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&quot;When to burninate&quot;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; guidance, specifically the &lt;em&gt;&quot;Start by cleaning up the edges&quot;&lt;/em&gt; section, since the other procedure has already been completed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This is not me mindlessly voting to close questions I don't like.&lt;/strong&gt; You can check my review history and you will find some examples that I &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/295013/revisions&quot;&gt;redeemed&lt;/a&gt; of questions badly tagged. I would ask instead turn this meta post in a plea for help, since when I &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/201?m=26872633#26872633&quot;&gt;hinted of my actions&lt;/a&gt; hopping a good kind soul would take up the challenge with me, nobody offered a hand, and I even found evidence of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/close/519320&quot;&gt;people going against this&lt;/a&gt;, since closing as duplicated wouldn't help to remove the tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not even sure why the reviewers through it was EOL, and I'm kind of disappointed because I always have said &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/9118/169736&quot;&gt;&quot;remove the references to the version of Ubuntu&quot;&lt;/a&gt; to evaluate if a question is factually EOL. I'm not sure of the others EOL questions that you might be seeing. It would help if you show more examples to help you with your issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:24.280" LastActivityDate="2016-01-31T03:28:35.263" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14996" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-01-31T15:54:22.190" Score="1" ViewCount="81" Body="&lt;p&gt;How do I log out of  askubuntu.com ? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm on a shared machine login/user and I don't want to blow away all the cookies in the browser.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EDIT:&#xA;The answer below is perfect, but so you know, the 'duplicate question' is &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/14112/455406&quot;&gt;&quot;How do I log out of the Ubuntu website after creating a Stack Exchange account?&quot;&lt;/a&gt;.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="455406" OwnerDisplayName="WillC" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.227" LastActivityDate="2016-02-02T02:14:49.740" Title="How do I log out of askubuntu.com?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2016-01-31T16:36:13.723" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14998" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="14999" CreationDate="2016-01-31T19:21:16.943" Score="-7" ViewCount="121" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think it is really important to know the reasons for getting down-votes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Feature Description:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The users must be asked for providing a valid reason for downvoting a post &lt;strong&gt;which already has 5 or more Up-votes&lt;/strong&gt; (You set the number. I am sure that &lt;strong&gt;spams&lt;/strong&gt; won't be having more than 5 up-votes)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The message (reason) should be private.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The identity of the person who downvoted (and provided the reason) should not be revealed to the person who got the down-vote.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;It could be a one-way communication. i.e, The User who got the message should not be able to reply (to avoid abuses).But should be able to report it, if it is any kind of abusing.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This feature would do a great job to avoid people getting Down-Votes from those who keep Grudges on AskUbuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="497359" LastActivityDate="2019-10-15T20:32:03.207" Title="feature request : Reasons for down-votes" Tags="|feature-request|downvoting|down-votes|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="8" FavoriteCount="0" ClosedDate="2016-02-02T12:56:42.163" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="14999" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14998" CreationDate="2016-01-31T19:52:55.027" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;This has been asked &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2008/down-voting-consequences&quot;&gt;many&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/7598/what-to-do-when-your-answer-gets-down-voted?s=7%7C1.1880&quot;&gt;many&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/search?q=down+votes&quot;&gt;many&lt;/a&gt; times before.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is very unlikely to ever change as the Stack Exchange network is built in the USA: the programmers, designers and owners of the SE network cannot think of &lt;em&gt;any&lt;/em&gt; reason why voting should be &lt;em&gt;anything else then anonymous.&lt;/em&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/520/351&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;It's in their &lt;em&gt;law&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, so just accept things the way they are as you'll never change them and do like me:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Always leave a comment yourself when down-voting!&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;Eventually... when most users will comment while down-voting, &lt;em&gt;we'll have a case for making voting public instead of secret...&lt;/em&gt;  Until then: be a shining example to everyone else out there!  &lt;strong&gt;;-)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2016-01-31T20:24:32.733" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15003" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14998" CreationDate="2016-01-31T21:05:59.843" Score="7" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Because these conversations are a good thing to have? This is why I &lt;em&gt;don't&lt;/em&gt; comment:&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;kbd&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/zoqDl.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/zoqDl.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/kbd&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My pronouns are He / Him&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="186134" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2019-10-15T20:32:03.207" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15004" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-01-31T21:11:25.853" Score="4" ViewCount="178" Body="&lt;p&gt;I use Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You probably use Ubuntu (you're here, reading this post).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So why do you use it? Why not Windows or OSX, or Debian or Arch Linux. What's so good about Ubuntu that made you want to stay with it - and how long have you used it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I want to know the things that I can use to encourage others to use it. So what makes you like it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="186134" LastActivityDate="2016-02-01T07:23:32.180" Title="Why do you use Ubuntu?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2016-02-01T10:09:32.793" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15005" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15004" CreationDate="2016-01-31T21:53:00.980" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;To get this started, here are my reasons for using Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I was young, in the 90's, computers were not that common in the small(ish) town I live in, right up until 2001 my school only had a few BBC Micro computers they got free off the government, they sucked. We could do maths and play text games on them, that was it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We had a cheap Win 98 PC at home but I did not enjoy it, it was very gray and used to go slow and crash on occasion but the worst thing (in the dial up Internet days) was device driver, don't have a drivers disc? Good luck with that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once I was old enough to get my own PC with my hard earned money, I picked up some parts from a local junk shop and put together a desktop.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First I installed a Windows XP CD I got free with it, a few days later, it crashed (BSOD), I thought, well that is crap, I wonder what alternatives are available to Windows? A simple Google search for &quot;alternative OS&quot; spat out Ubuntu and it was every thing Windows was not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The customization in Gnome two (compiz was like nothing I had used before), hardware drivers built in to the kernel all that good stuff. Of course I had to learn it and face some struggles but I learned so much from Ubuntu, things that are second nature to me now, like reading text based output and errors, building programs, using the terminal, all this taught me so much and I quickly went form noob to competent user, that is why I love Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't really know macOS but see it as an even more locked down than windows, I like Ubuntu now anyway, I won't be changing ant time soon.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So to summarize, for me, Ubuntu was user friendly in the GUI but let me also use it how I wanted and just felt open and inviting, it was mine, I could use it how I see fit and it and all the software was free! not to mention the community support is great (and even sucked me in to it), whats not to like :):):)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I hope others share there experience, I am very interested to read them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastActivityDate="2016-01-31T21:53:00.980" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15006" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15004" CreationDate="2016-01-31T22:35:32.860" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I got the laptop I'm typing this on in lieu of payment for a service rendered and it came with a choice of Windows in French or Dutch, so I called Microsoft and asked them for an English version and they wanted 140€ for that privilege.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I had some AIX, RHEL, HP-UX and Tru-64 *nix experience, I googled &quot;Linux support&quot; and the first hit was (and still is) &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com/support&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.ubuntu.com/support&lt;/a&gt;, so I installed that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Every time I ran into a problem, Ask Ubuntu came up with great answers, so after lurking in the shadows and posting some anonymous improvements here (which were &lt;em&gt;actually accepted&lt;/em&gt;), I decided to sign up after a couple of months and the rest is history...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;So the answer to &quot;How long?&quot; is: a couple of months more then I've been active here)  &lt;strong&gt;;-)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="344926" LastEditDate="2016-01-31T22:38:37.483" LastActivityDate="2016-01-31T22:38:37.483" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15007" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15004" CreationDate="2016-02-01T07:23:32.180" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I use it because it is easy to use, and all the linux features I need are there. Besides, the community is good and I can get my problem solved very quickly. I don't have the passion and time to do very complicated thing, such using Arch you need to customize a lot and read a lot manuals. Using Ubuntu, you just get everything prepared and problema fixed very quickly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="194030" LastActivityDate="2016-02-01T07:23:32.180" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15008" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15009" CreationDate="2016-02-01T18:46:08.503" Score="5" ViewCount="235" Body="&lt;p&gt;I believe that &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/593233/crash-when-creating-new-vm-with-virtualbox-but-no-obvious-change-in-cpu-memory&quot;&gt;one of my question&lt;/a&gt; was recently wrongly closed, because it says it was closed for the following reasons:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/aJSVY.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/aJSVY.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, it is not a bug report, nor a problem with a specific development version of Ubuntu, and the problem described &lt;strong&gt;can&lt;/strong&gt; still be reproduced, so why was my question closed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2016-02-02T02:57:32.683" LastActivityDate="2016-02-07T02:50:06.873" Title="Why was my question closed as a bug report and as already being solved when non of those are the case?" Tags="|discussion|specific-question|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15009" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15008" CreationDate="2016-02-01T18:58:54.987" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;Braiam kicked off the process (as he describes below). That got it into the review process. What followed was an assumption that it was abandoned.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The OT-Bug reason isn't explicit about the exact problem —a failure in itself— so where not obviously a development issue, I'd certainly expect somebody to clarify their reasoning. Closing might be helpful to us, commenting is helpful to the person with the problem. It also helps assuage situations like this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Failure all around. I've re-opened.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2016-02-02T08:37:13.930" LastActivityDate="2016-02-02T08:37:13.930" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15010" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15008" CreationDate="2016-02-02T03:05:44.553" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/593233/crash-when-creating-new-vm-with-virtualbox-but-no-obvious-change-in-cpu-memory#comment1080172_593233&quot;&gt;I've left a comment explaining my position&lt;/a&gt; of what you should do to solve your issue. &lt;strong&gt;Ask Ubuntu is not designed to solve/report bugs&lt;/strong&gt;. I wasn't the only user that through that it was a bug, 2 other users agreed and two others through you already didn't have the behavior (though no evidence of such is given).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I see that unless I'm commenting on all questions I close nobody would ever guess my intentions. Instead of assuming my intentions and acting on those assumptions, &lt;strong&gt;ask me instead&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="186134" LastEditDate="2016-02-07T02:50:06.873" LastActivityDate="2016-02-07T02:50:06.873" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15011" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6915" CreationDate="2016-02-02T03:10:49.003" Score="1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What's wrong with it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because it cannot be answered objectively. Oli is guessing that is an space issue. Well, the iso had ~80 MiB free about 6-7 years ago and didn't include it either. That's not the answer either. We can play the guessing game all day long and will not even know whenever the answer is correct or not. Those kind of questions, which require a non-trivial amount of guesswork, are closed as &quot;opinion based&quot; and I've voted to close it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2016-02-02T03:10:49.003" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15013" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15014" CreationDate="2016-02-02T18:41:16.300" Score="8" ViewCount="86" Body="&lt;p&gt;I can't quite get how the Low Quality queue works.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How many delete votes are needed to delete an answer and is any &quot;Recommend deletion&quot; votes are enough?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And what is the difference between these votes?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="167850" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2016-02-02T21:34:24.073" LastActivityDate="2016-02-02T21:34:38.447" Title="What is the difference between &quot;delete&quot; and &quot;recommend deletion&quot; votes?" Tags="|support|review|low-quality-posts|vote-to-delete|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15014" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15013" CreationDate="2016-02-02T21:34:38.447" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Supposedly, the low quality review queue allows you to vote to delete (a 20k privilege) 0 scored answers from the review, in hopes this &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/230873/213575&quot;&gt;speed up the deletion process&lt;/a&gt;. If 3 20ker users vote to delete an answer, it will be deleted (even if the score isn't -1 or less), otherwise your delete vote will count as a &quot;recommend deletion&quot; vote, in which case 6 are necessary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2016-02-02T21:34:38.447" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15015" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-02-03T14:41:28.883" Score="21" ViewCount="406" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is a question &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/2471/how-to-hide-users-from-the-gdm-login-screen&quot;&gt;How to hide users from the GDM login screen?&lt;/a&gt; which is &lt;strong&gt;5 years old&lt;/strong&gt;, subsequently most voted and accepted answers don't work any more.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;I needed to hide a user from appearing on login screen and I found this question, &lt;strong&gt;I started implementing answers that are voted most and gave up after implementing 2 answers (and I believe so will most &lt;em&gt;internet searchers&lt;/em&gt; will).&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;The answer that works is below with very few votes. I believe this answer should be at the top because most Linux users tend to be updated with software.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So my question how to make it easy for users to find &lt;em&gt;working and less voted answers&lt;/em&gt; easily? Should we start a new similar question that specifies newer version and answer that works perfectly? OR do you have any idea, please discuss here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="294611" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2016-02-15T02:44:54.770" Title="How to deal with very very old answers?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15016" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15015" CreationDate="2016-02-03T15:20:57.467" Score="25" Body="&lt;p&gt;Knowing that I also have quite a bunch of very old answers that dwell somewhere on this site let me suggest one thing we should always do in such a case:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Comment on the answer and tell us what was wrong.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Whenever a user is still active here they may be more than happy to get poked and may eventually adapt their answer to the different requirements of newer releases. At least they may make an edit to link to a better answer if that existed. I did so several times before.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3940" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2016-02-05T14:17:04.607" LastActivityDate="2016-02-05T14:17:04.607" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15017" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15018" CreationDate="2016-02-03T16:11:06.427" Score="1" ViewCount="105" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note that all I state/ask in this discussion is referring to the style guide located  &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/89/style-guide-for-questions-and-answers&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As more new users have problems with Ubuntu or XUbuntu, and they come to AskUbuntu for help, there are more and more questions that are unreadable or non-understandable. This has been an issue for a while, which is why there is the option for other users to edit the question if they believe that they can improve it, however, sometimes a question is so jumbled and screwy that not even an experienced user can understand what the OP is attempting to ask. For Example something like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;hi I am new too using linux and i have a problem with my browser. there doesn't seem to be the correct buttons and the browser opens slowly. please help. thanks&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note the above is just an example. Not a real question&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These kinds of questions are asked on the hourly, and to attempt to help these people is fruitless at points. What I'm trying to get at here is that questions nowadays have little to no needed guidelines besides a title, one tag, and a few clicks. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is my suggestion. Again referring to &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/89/style-guide-for-questions-and-answers&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;, there should be a more guided &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;GUI&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; for asking a question. Not entirely changing it, just adding a few different boxes, to make asking a question easier, and getting an answer faster. Here is what should be on the screen&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Title stating a brief problem description&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Flavor &amp;amp; Release Version of (X)Ubuntu&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;IF the problem refers to hardware, a list of hardware (specs) that may help in answering the question.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A description of the problem, and how it is affecting the user&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What the OP has tried to solve the problem (if any,) and why it hasn't worked.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Any additional information that the OP thinks may help (for example screenshots, links, etc.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Tags&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This structure would help keep questions organized and make the site better and faster. I realize that not everyone is in favor of this but that's why I started this discussion. I would like all of your ideas and opinions on this topic, and what you think would be good to fix this issue. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Have A Great Day,&#xA;David &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="431864" LastEditorUserId="431864" LastEditDate="2016-02-04T16:09:23.533" LastActivityDate="2016-02-04T16:09:23.533" Title="Should there be a forced style of question?" Tags="|discussion|answer-format|new-users|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="15" ClosedDate="2016-02-15T11:25:51.923" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15018" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15017" CreationDate="2016-02-03T21:07:42.710" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just noticed, what you are proposing is the same as the question page we have already. Of all the sections you list for the page, only three could be mandatory for every question and they are &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Title stating a brief problem description&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A description of the problem, and how it is affecting the user&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Tags&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All the others require you to know or provide something that you may not be able to before hand, yes you do come across users who don't even know what version or flavor they have, so even that may be a problem for some.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I agree with your proposal, leave the page as it is :P&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastActivityDate="2016-02-03T21:07:42.710" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15019" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15020" CreationDate="2016-02-04T13:18:22.960" Score="1" ViewCount="42" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've read the answer listed &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/6204/what-makes-a-question-show-up-on-the-homepage&quot;&gt;here,&lt;/a&gt; but I still have a few questions. When a question is marked duplicate, it is marked with &lt;strong&gt;[Duplicate]&lt;/strong&gt;, but what does that do? (For reference check &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/729577/linux-newbie-wanting-to-become-a-linux-master&quot;&gt;this question.&lt;/a&gt;) The question is marked as &lt;strong&gt;[Duplicate]&lt;/strong&gt;, and no &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Answers&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; can be added, but other than that, no changes are made. Edits can still be made, comments can be added, and votes can still be made. I have seen questions that have been marked duplicate that quickly disappear and I guess my question is why some of these questions stay on the homepage for an extended period of time instead of just getting closed permanently&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="431864" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2016-02-04T14:37:55.147" Title="Duplicate Questions Still Show Up?" Tags="|support|duplicates|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15020" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15019" CreationDate="2016-02-04T14:37:55.147" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;It depends on your definition of &amp;quot;closed permanently&amp;quot;, but before being actually &lt;strong&gt;closed&lt;/strong&gt; any question gets put &lt;strong&gt;on hold&lt;/strong&gt; first, to allow the OP to edit, change, ... its question to allow it to be clarified &lt;em&gt;as it might not be off-topic/duplicate/...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After the 7-day grace period of &lt;strong&gt;on hold&lt;/strong&gt;, the question gets closed and after a number of months of inactivity, soft deleted. (Nothing ever gets deleted: it still stays in SE's database forever)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;However&lt;/em&gt; a duplicate question is a special case as it acts like a pointer towards another question.  So sometimes the duplicate generates more initial views then the original and deleting the duplicate from the site would be counter-productive as otherwise someone else might ask the exact same duplicate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just to give a hypothetical example: &amp;quot;How does hibernation work?&amp;quot; might be a good question with an excellent answer, but &amp;quot;My hibernation doesn't work!&amp;quot; is a duplicate of the former and unfortunately, that's what most people type in google, so they get re-directed to the correct answer!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;;-)&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2016-02-04T14:37:55.147" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15021" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15022" CreationDate="2016-02-04T15:13:02.913" Score="1" ViewCount="70" Body="&lt;p&gt;When editing a question, afterwards (if approved) it will display who edited the question. Recently as I have been editing questions - being grammar/spelling police &lt;strong&gt;;-)&lt;/strong&gt; - I've noticed that (SOME OF) the high reputation users that have been - for a lack of better terms - stealing the change. They might go in and replace a word with a similar word then approve the edit, so I might have edited upwards of 100 lines, but they edit 1 word and get the credit (Their name is displayed as editing the question). Now this isn't a technical issue, and isn't a real bother, but I tend to be competitive about everything (yes even S.E.) and this seems like a kind of strange system. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="431864" LastEditorUserId="431864" LastEditDate="2016-02-04T15:24:18.407" LastActivityDate="2016-02-04T15:24:18.407" Title="Taking a change from another user" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15022" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15021" CreationDate="2016-02-04T15:22:55.710" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;Depending on your definition of &quot;Credit&quot;: Not true!  We don't get the reputation points, you do!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But that's only if we choose &lt;kbd&gt;Approve and edit&lt;/kbd&gt; instead of &lt;kbd&gt;Reject and edit&lt;/kbd&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Actually anyone above 2000 rep doesn't get any reputation points for approving any edits nor for editing, so enjoy the rep while it lasts...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;We still get our name as last editor below the question or answer that was edited though! So if you mean &lt;em&gt;that&lt;/em&gt; by &quot;credit&quot;: yes, we do get the credit... &lt;sup&gt;until someone else gets it in a subsequent edit...&lt;/sup&gt;  &lt;strong&gt;;-)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="344926" LastEditDate="2016-02-04T15:24:15.600" LastActivityDate="2016-02-04T15:24:15.600" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15023" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-02-04T16:16:38.133" Score="1" ViewCount="91" Body="&lt;p&gt;There doesn't seem to be one and I use both cron (which has a tag) and 'at' at different times. I'm not able to add a tag at this time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Tags just for more common commands would be very helpful. I would be able to help people with 'nedit' but no other editors, or 'alpine' but not other email interfaces.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="341224" LastActivityDate="2016-02-04T17:25:57.307" Title="Can we get a tag for the 'at' command for Ubuntu?" Tags="|feature-request|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15024" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14921" CreationDate="2016-02-04T16:37:08.190" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;As of February 4, 2016, Vivid Vervet 15.04 is now End of Life.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;New questions regarding Vivid, with the exception of the items listed below, are now offtopic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The following are exceptions to this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ubuntu Touch Vivid - There is an Overlay PPA that will provide updates for Ubuntu Touch until Xenial 16.04's release.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ubuntu Vivid Kernel in Trusty (&lt;code&gt;linux-generic-lts-vivid&lt;/code&gt;) - This is an &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;independent Trusty package in the repositories&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, and is NOT offtopic as it is Trusty and not Vivid.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2016-02-04T16:37:08.190" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15025" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15023" CreationDate="2016-02-04T16:40:27.387" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;We don't need a tag for every software or utility tool.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The nearest tag is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/schedule&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;schedule&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;schedule&lt;/a&gt;, I believe.  It should likely be coupled with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/command-line&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;command-line&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;command-line&lt;/a&gt; for the &lt;code&gt;at&lt;/code&gt; program and related questions. The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/schedule&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;schedule&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;schedule&lt;/a&gt; tag's tag wiki and excerpt are as follows:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The schedule tag should be used for questions about scheduling events, like running applications or processes on a planned time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This seems to fit, because &lt;code&gt;at&lt;/code&gt; does this, according to its manpage (from &lt;a href=&quot;http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/wily/en/man1/at.1.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/wily/en/man1/at.1.html&lt;/a&gt;):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;at&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;batch&lt;/strong&gt; read commands from standard input or a specified  file which are to be executed at a later time, using &lt;code&gt;/bin/sh&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2016-02-04T17:25:57.307" LastActivityDate="2016-02-04T17:25:57.307" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15026" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="282" CreationDate="2016-02-05T16:28:19.900" Score="-2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since they are specific command lines, I prefix the commandline with the actual default linux prompt.  I use the $(dollar sign) to prompt Ubuntu's encouragement logging in as a normal user for and using the &lt;code&gt;sudo&lt;/code&gt; elevated  for systemwide or other specific intentions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I first started using Unix/Linux, I always logged in as Root to save time.  For years there was confusion on my various machines of my files and space and the systemwide files and space.  I had to log in as root just to access many of my personal files.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I eventually moved to Ubuntu, I started using many defaults and following the convention.  So the prompt I almost always have is the $(dollar sign) prompt.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are some commands and work that can be done without &lt;code&gt;sudo&lt;/code&gt;, then there is the commands to make the changes system wide.  Without specifying the commandline is at the normal user's prompt, there can be some confusion as to why the &lt;code&gt;sudo&lt;/code&gt; command when many people are already at an elevated level after having issues a &lt;code&gt;sudo su -&lt;/code&gt; command.  If I had a reason to do that in one of my answers, I would change the prompt to the &lt;code&gt;#&lt;/code&gt; symbol... so far I haven't had a reason to do that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then, it's not like I'm giving a script to copy and paste.  It's one command line at a time (when I use the &lt;code&gt;$&lt;/code&gt; symbol).  So I expect for the user to select the text following the dollar sign, copy and paste it one line at a time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are occasions where there might be many commands of which I would make a convenient script and not use the &lt;code&gt;$&lt;/code&gt; symbol.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Script to copy and paste&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On occasions I might give a script to copy and paste.  I consider that different.  If there are lots of lines indented to be executed exactly, I'll use the bash scripting language facility to put the lines one by one.    I'll also include a description of what the lines are intended to do in case the user might one to customize it in a text editor before saving it to execute the lines.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While there there is a little learning curb when it comes to the terminal commandline.  I wouldn't consider the small element of a user recognizing pasting the prompt as part of the commandline will give an error a bigger inconvenience over the visual provision of actually seeing the prompt with the provided answer.  At a glance (in no time) the user will recognize this is a terminal command.  Outside of having the &lt;code&gt;$&lt;/code&gt; prompt, at a glance it might be an entry to add to a file and not a command.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I still make that mistake from time to time.  I see a couple of text lines to fix a problem, and try to execute them, but find they are lines to append to a configuration file.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the few occasions where the &lt;code&gt;$&lt;/code&gt; prompt has been edited from my answers, it appears to take away clarity.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="29012" LastActivityDate="2016-02-05T16:28:19.900" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15027" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15028" CreationDate="2016-02-06T17:47:01.173" Score="13" ViewCount="108" Body="&lt;p&gt;At present, I can get specific links to Questions and Answers by &lt;strong&gt;&lt;code&gt;share&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; Option.  But for Comments only &lt;strong&gt;&lt;code&gt;^&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;&lt;code&gt;⚑&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; are available &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sometimes comments contain Great Information and is very much help full&lt;/strong&gt;. And It becomes necessary to have a link to specify a particular comment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="497359" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2016-02-06T19:47:11.610" LastActivityDate="2016-02-06T19:47:11.610" Title="Can I get links to Comments?" Tags="|support|comments|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15028" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15027" CreationDate="2016-02-06T17:52:26.853" Score="16" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you hover over the timestamp of a comment &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/728459/tenda-w311m-usb-wifi-adapter-is-not-recongnized-ubuntu-14-04#comment1083812_728459&quot;&gt;it becomes a link&lt;/a&gt;. Share that URL.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/7wmYr.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/7wmYr.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2016-02-06T17:52:26.853" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15030" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15031" CreationDate="2016-02-09T02:12:04.777" Score="1" ViewCount="45" Body="&lt;p&gt;So today I noticed that one of my answers had gained a strange amount of rep (+17). I checked it out in my profile, and saw that it had gained 15 points from being accepted and another 2 from being upvoted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, I've never seen any scenario where one of my answers gets accepted and upvoted, but the upvote only counts for +2 rep. What is this? (Sorry for any incoherence, I'm pretty tired.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Screenshot of rep counter thingy:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/YDEpF.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/YDEpF.png&quot; alt=&quot;Rep&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Link to Q&amp;amp;A: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/731331/ubuntu-15-10-root-account-login/731354&quot;&gt;Ubuntu 15.10 root account login&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="274320" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2016-02-09T11:53:38.547" Title="Strange Rep Count" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15031" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15030" CreationDate="2016-02-09T07:31:31.753" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;You hit your &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/7237/270345&quot;&gt;daily reputation limit&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/274320/zacharee1?tab=reputation&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/NsKPb.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You got a +2 from an upvote to since there was a -2 from a downvote. If something will take you over the reputation limit, then only as much reputation to get you to the limit is granted from it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:24.280" LastActivityDate="2016-02-09T07:31:31.753" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15033" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-02-09T12:38:44.820" Score="1" ViewCount="55" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am not able to receive a password setting e-mail in my registered mail account not even in junk folder or in-box and anywhere using &lt;code&gt;forget password&lt;/code&gt; option in stack-exchange login, I can only login via  face-book which I don't want to use.It is a bug that I am not receiving password set up link in my registered mail account?I am very serious about this being repeated request at forget password option and not receiving any mail?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="370150" LastEditorUserId="133195" LastEditDate="2016-02-10T10:49:11.440" LastActivityDate="2016-02-10T10:49:11.440" Title="Not receiving Stack Exchange mail" Tags="|bug|email|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15035" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-02-10T09:21:07.687" Score="0" ViewCount="48" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is there any way to retract a flag on an answer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is an example of why I would like to retract flags.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I flagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/731683/75060&quot;&gt;this answer&lt;/a&gt; as &quot;not an answer&quot; because in its original state it was just a request for information. I did comment and discuss with the user first but as often happens they said I was unreasonable or been mean etc..., so I flagged it but the user came round and decided to edit there answer to include a lot more, much better information, so I changed my vote but could not remove the flag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This resulted in &quot; declined - a moderator reviewed your flag, but found no evidence to support it&quot; on the flag, that is the correct response based on the edit but now I have a declined flag in my profile :(&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Perhaps it is just me being pedantic but I hate to see stuff like this on my profile, so if I am not just missing something, can we get a retract flag option, just like we have a retract close vote option, this site attracts people like me, I am sure I am not the only one who is disappointed to get declined flags because of events that happens after the flag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please... :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2016-02-10T09:37:45.917" Title="Retract a flag?" Tags="|support|feature-request|answers|flagging|flags|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2016-02-10T12:47:06.757" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15036" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15037" CreationDate="2016-02-11T08:13:04.253" Score="4" ViewCount="102" Body="&lt;p&gt;Dutch people are known to be always calculating....&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yesterday, two things happened to me at the same time:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I hit the daily quote, actually passed it, which &amp;quot;zeroed&amp;quot; the effect of a number of votes. (in total &lt;code&gt;+280&lt;/code&gt; or something like that)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A user was removed: &lt;code&gt;-70&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;If&lt;/em&gt; these things happen at the same time (on the same day), actually the reputation on that day is &lt;code&gt;+145&lt;/code&gt; (&lt;code&gt;215&lt;/code&gt;-&lt;code&gt;70&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;200&lt;/code&gt; + one accepted answer). Shouldn't the additional votes count then?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;That is not what happened; even &lt;em&gt;including&lt;/em&gt; the &lt;code&gt;-70&lt;/code&gt;, I would have been over &lt;code&gt;+200&lt;/code&gt;, but it is &lt;code&gt;+145&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Imagine&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just theoretically: if the 70 points where earned on a day I &lt;em&gt;also&lt;/em&gt; surpassed the cap, I would possibly lose the same reputation &lt;em&gt;twice&lt;/em&gt;, which shouldn't be possible in &lt;em&gt;any&lt;/em&gt; calculation system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2016-02-15T13:06:00.733" Title="User removed versus reputation cap" Tags="|support|reputation|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15037" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15036" CreationDate="2016-02-11T08:39:59.090" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;You did get 215 points, but the 70 points were subtracted from an earlier date - when the votes were granted. That's to say, it's as if you &lt;em&gt;started&lt;/em&gt; the day with 70 points less. See &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/142616/270345&quot;&gt;this Meta SE post&lt;/a&gt;. Do check out what &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/reputation&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/reputation&lt;/a&gt; says about your reputation for that day.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:24.280" LastActivityDate="2016-02-11T08:39:59.090" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15038" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15036" CreationDate="2016-02-11T09:14:41.937" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The problem, beside Jacob Vlijm's case, which is a particular case, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/70158/what-if-i-hit-the-daily-rep-cap-and-then-get-downvoted&quot;&gt;actually exists&lt;/a&gt; (thanks to muru for the link): if you lose reputation after having capped the limit due to other reasons (downvotes or bounties), &lt;em&gt;the reputation loss is not balanced by the amount of reputation gained over the limit&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's a summary of my reputation variation two days ago (09/02).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;post&quot; view:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/mKEzx.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/mKEzx.png&quot; alt=&quot;screenshot1&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Had some upvotes between 00:00 and 9:09, which gave me 10 reputation each;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Had a downvote at 9:09, which gave me -2 reputation;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Had some upvotes to the point of capping 200 with an upvote at 18.53, which only gave me 2 reputation (&quot;balancing&quot; the downvote at 9:09) (the timestamp reports 19.14 because as explained in the next point I've had two upvotes shortly after which gave me no reputation which were merged into a single entry; so the timestamp of the last one is reported);&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Had 2 upvotes, which gave me no reputation;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Had a final downvote at 22:57, which gave me -2 reputation, making the daily total 198.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Doing some math, out of a total of 23 upvotes and 2 downvotes I gained a total of 198 reputation because the last vote was a downvote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;time&quot; view:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/cKfMq.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/cKfMq.png&quot; alt=&quot;screenshot&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="380067" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2016-02-11T09:57:41.247" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15039" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-02-11T15:56:23.433" Score="0" ViewCount="68" Body="&lt;p&gt;This &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/731690/fan-control-of-my-samsung-chronos-7&quot;&gt;question&lt;/a&gt; has an edit pending review, by the OP, to change the operating system and tag from ElementaryOS to Ubuntu 15.04. I'm assuming the OP has done this so he'll get an answer, despite EOS being off topic (and 15.04 also being EOL).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I wasn't sure how to review his edit, on the one hand I don't believe he's switched OS overnight, but on the other the edit wasn't worthy of rejection based on any of the reject reasons. I was also influenced by the prospect that it may not be an OS specific problem and that it's nice to try to help (especially new users).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I ended up skipping the edit review as I was just not sure. What should I have done?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="320386" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2016-02-11T16:27:51.407" Title="What to do about disingenuous edit?" Tags="|discussion|review|suggested-edits|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15040" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15039" CreationDate="2016-02-11T16:19:40.110" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Looking at the edit they made one massive mistake anyway, they change EOS for 15.04, so, it is still off topic,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would reject and leave a comment for the OP, comment something like &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;Please don't just change the version, we are aware you are using EOS a comment was left directing you to the EOS stack exchange but here it is again &lt;a href=&quot;https://elementaryos.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;https://elementaryos.stackexchange.com/&lt;/a&gt;, in-spite of your edit you STILL changed it to a version we do not support, 15.04, so your question is still off topic and will remain closed&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is exactly what I did do and the edit is now completely rejected.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That edit is rubbish anyway and the OP did not even bother to post at EOS stackexchange or check what we support, don't let it bother you, this will never be reopened.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If they try to edit again, go to chat and tag a mod or flag for them to come and delete the question permanently (if they can).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T13:00:38.513" LastActivityDate="2016-02-11T16:19:40.110" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15041" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15039" CreationDate="2016-02-11T16:27:51.407" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;A mod will be able to determine whether the two accounts share the same IP and if that's the case merge the two accounts, but until proven true that the two accounts are owned by the same user the edit should be rejected as &quot;Clearly conflicts with author's intent&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On whether to believe the user or not, if a legit edit (from the merged account in case of a merge or from the account from which the question was originally posted otherwise) will go through at some point, that will be up to the Reopen Votes reviewers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="380067" LastActivityDate="2016-02-11T16:27:51.407" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15043" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-02-12T08:53:34.467" Score="0" ViewCount="48" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have ended up at &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/49271/how-to-setup-a-sftp-server-with-users-chrooted-in-their-home-directories?rq=1&quot;&gt;this article&lt;/a&gt; and I wanted to review the link to see if it's something that solves my problem - but it's broken.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Usually I would edit the article remove the link and reword things, except in this instance I don't believe that would improve the quality of it, but I don't see any alternative.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What would be the best alternative actions to consider?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="61601" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2016-02-12T08:53:34.467" Title="Broken links containing half the article" Tags="|discussion|hyperlinks|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="11" ClosedDate="2016-02-16T22:18:17.040" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15044" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-02-12T12:21:09.453" Score="1" ViewCount="57" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a reasonable high rep user and have been around for some time now, and even though both of those are the case I still have a limited amount of close votes I can cast (40), why is this? Surely the system can trust me not to abuse my ability to cast them as I've been around for a while and have over 10k rep? &lt;br&gt;&#xA;I think that when users reach something like 10k that their close vote limit should at least go up if not become unlimited. Perhaps you'd only want 20k users to get it unlimited, but I still don't see why there is a limit for me, aren't I trusted (I'm not suggesting that I shouldn't have a limit, and others should, just that people like me who have a reasonable amount of rep and have been around for a while should be more trusted with responsibly casting close votes)? &lt;br&gt;&#xA;If the votes can't be unlimited, then at least they should increase with your rep, or maybe it should depend upon how many questions you've cast close votes on have actually been closed and also how many then reopened.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastActivityDate="2016-02-12T13:09:38.273" Title="Why are there a limited amount of close votes for high rep users?" Tags="|discussion|support|feature-request|vote-to-close|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15046" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14925" CreationDate="2016-02-12T23:19:12.660" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://gnu.org/s/parallel&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/fLo0l.png&quot; alt=&quot;GNU Parallel - for people who live life in the parallel lane&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22307" LastActivityDate="2016-02-12T23:19:12.660" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15048" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-02-14T00:35:27.047" Score="0" ViewCount="48" Body="&lt;p&gt;In a comment to my question I have got a general advice which I intend to try again. Is it possible to find the comment, without opening all my questions, clicking at 'show more comments' and Ctrl+F? Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="165175" LastActivityDate="2016-02-14T00:42:07.237" Title="Is it possible to search in comments at my questions?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15049" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15048" CreationDate="2016-02-14T00:42:07.237" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't know if there's a way to list every response you've gotten here at once, but there is this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Go into your user profile.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Click the &lt;code&gt;Responses&lt;/code&gt; tab.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can see all comments people have left you. You do have to click through the pages, but it's better than going through every single answer or question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;'Amazing' graphic showing the process:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/t9XKJ.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/t9XKJ.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="274320" LastActivityDate="2016-02-14T00:42:07.237" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15050" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14925" CreationDate="2016-02-14T09:30:55.660" Score="-5" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://gnu.org/s/parallel&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/qYhJv.png&quot; alt=&quot;GNU Parallel - for people who live life in the parallel lane&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22307" LastActivityDate="2016-02-14T09:30:55.660" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15051" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-02-14T12:14:56.403" Score="91" ViewCount="1961" Body="&lt;p&gt;In general, people who answer questions on AU do their job with a certain pride. We want answers &lt;em&gt;to work&lt;/em&gt;. If not, we either remove the answer or edit it until it works for &lt;em&gt;at least&lt;/em&gt; the situation of OP, but if possible, for a wider range of situations.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This process works best while &lt;em&gt;still in the flow&lt;/em&gt; of the question. That implies that if the first sign of life of OP comes after 4 or 5 days, the mind has moved on and it is less likely the answer is &lt;em&gt;edited&lt;/em&gt; with the same creativity as what is was &lt;em&gt;written&lt;/em&gt; with.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unlike what some people seem to think, asking for feedback is not so much a matter of chasing reputation, but we simply want a &lt;em&gt;confirmed&lt;/em&gt; working answer. Not only for ourselves, but mainly for the sake of the quality of the site. That is why it is discouraging and kind of frustrating to read a comment like &lt;em&gt;&quot;thanks for the answer, I will look into it one of these days, this week, next week, who knows...&quot;&lt;/em&gt;. Even worse of course if there is no reaction &lt;em&gt;at all&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you know someone responds accurately to his or her questions, you feel like doing &quot;an extra step&quot;, since you know your work will be fruitful. The other way around: if you have the experience someone neglects answers, communicates very slowly (or not) or tends to abandon his own questions, it is unlikely you will take the effort to even write a comment, although you like the question at first sight.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;In short&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;: if you ask a question, take the time to communicate in an accurate way. It is good for the site, for the quality of your answer and improves the chances you'll get good answers in the future. Be aware of the fact that &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;this is not a personal help desk&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, but we create question/answer combinations to serve a wider audience then the person who asks and answers the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2016-03-01T04:14:06.803" LastActivityDate="2016-03-01T04:14:06.803" Title="Please take your own question(s) seriously" Tags="|discussion|asking-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="21" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15053" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15051" CreationDate="2016-02-15T02:30:51.837" Score="30" Body="&lt;p&gt;I agree absolutely here.  There's nothing that irks me more than giving an answer to a difficult question than never hearing from the OP again.  I've run across this multiple times:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/649990/headphones-are-playing-a-local-radio-station/649996#649996&quot;&gt;Headphones are playing a local radio station&lt;/a&gt; - OP never showed his face again&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/725541/creating-a-vpn-without-a-router-for-gaming/725545#725545&quot;&gt;Creating a VPN without a router for gaming&lt;/a&gt; - OP said he'd look into it, but never heard from him again&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/719312/ubuntu-demo-available/719314#719314&quot;&gt;ubuntu demo available&lt;/a&gt; - The OP here said he found a solution, but didn't answer his own question to let us know what it was&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/713360/format-usb-linux-western-digital-external-disks/713361#713361&quot;&gt;Format usb linux Western Digital external disks&lt;/a&gt; - Never heard from the OP again&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions like these irk me.  There's no reason someone who is capable of asking a question shouldn't be capable of accepting an answer.  If you're just trolling us, then go somewhere else.  Go to Area 51 and suggest a Trolls.SE site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sorry for the rant, but I've waited 6 to 8 weeks to say all this.&#xA;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&#xA;Live long, and prosper ,&lt;br&gt;&#xA;His Imperial Majesty, Emperor Meatloaf&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="366676" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2016-02-24T03:15:51.127" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15054" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15015" CreationDate="2016-02-15T02:44:54.770" Score="0" Body="&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Is the question still valid?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If &lt;strong&gt;no&lt;/strong&gt;, flag/vote to close question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note, there are few situations where an old question would be no longer valid. Even in most cases when people say &quot;I'm using 13.04, and...&quot; the problem is still likely to exist in newer versions of Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Do you have a better answer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Posting a better answer is the best possible course of action, &lt;em&gt;if&lt;/em&gt; of course you have one.  The new answer will bump the question and if correct, may even get upvotes.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Do the answers still work on older, but still supported, versions of software?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If &lt;strong&gt;yes&lt;/strong&gt;, no course of action is needed - the answers are still valid, though you may like to add a clarifying comment saying something like &quot;This no longer works in recent versions&quot;.  Commenting like this is likely to save other people some time, and may even get the attention of the person who originally wrote the answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If &lt;strong&gt;no&lt;/strong&gt;, downvote the answer if you like.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is probably no need to flag/vote to close the answer, if the only reason it's unsuitable is that it no longer solves the problem.  But if any of the flag reasons &lt;em&gt;do&lt;/em&gt; apply, then you could flag it.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54256" LastActivityDate="2016-02-15T02:44:54.770" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15055" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15056" CreationDate="2016-02-15T03:36:19.213" Score="0" ViewCount="51" Body="&lt;p&gt;I click a link in another question and it instead went to a retailer site, not a package to remix the system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is the post: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/151456/creating-a-live-cd-with-gnome-classic-as-default-environment&quot;&gt;Creating a Live CD with Gnome-Classic as default environment?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="144952" OwnerDisplayName="Anonymous6" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2016-02-15T10:58:24.947" Title="Why does remastersys.com go to some other retailer site?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15056" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15055" CreationDate="2016-02-15T10:58:24.947" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sold, lapsed or lost in a bet. Whichever way the domain got transferred, the simple fact is that a Chinese chap called Steven currently controls the domain, and therefore they control the content. Steven clearly sees it fit to point it at his generic mass-production tat website.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But for our purposes, this is the same as any link dying off.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you can find a replacement (like &lt;code&gt;remastersys.org&lt;/code&gt;), replace it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you can't, and the post is otherwise good, just &quot;break&quot; the link (with code tags, or whatever) and leave a note about the demise of the domain in the comments.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2016-02-15T10:58:24.947" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15057" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15058" CreationDate="2016-02-16T02:26:45.600" Score="1" ViewCount="69" Body="&lt;p&gt;For example, this question: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/10228/whats-the-right-terminology-for-unitys-ui-elements&quot;&gt;What&amp;#39;s the right terminology for Unity&amp;#39;s UI elements?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Answered 5 years ago, was on the front page because somebody updated the answer. And this one: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/372238/how-can-i-enable-remote-login-in-13-10&quot;&gt;How can I enable remote login in 13.10?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Was &quot;modified by Community&quot; with no apparent changes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why do people go around editing old questions that have already been resolved? I understand having up-to-date info, but old questions are for old versions, and usually things change in newer versions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We're a Q&amp;amp;A site, not a wiki, right?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="465804" LastActivityDate="2016-03-03T01:29:26.797" Title="Why do old questions keep resurfacing?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15058" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15057" CreationDate="2016-02-16T04:14:12.477" Score="6" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;but old questions are for old versions, and usually things change in newer versions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's exactly what editing is for! To quote the help centre:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;All contributions are licensed under Creative Commons, and this site is collaboratively edited, like Wikipedia. If you see something that needs improvement, click edit! Editing is important for keeping questions and answers clear, &lt;strong&gt;relevant, and up-to-date.&lt;/strong&gt; (emphasis added)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But a picture is worth a thousand words right?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/FHX9P.png&quot; alt=&quot;The SE model&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See that dot in the middle? That is Stack Exchange. So we're both; a Q/A site, and a wiki ;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2016-02-16T04:14:12.477" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15059" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15060" CreationDate="2016-02-17T18:12:56.717" Score="63" ViewCount="1180" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/235/jorge-castro?tab=bounties&amp;amp;sort=offered&quot;&gt;Jorge&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Jorge offers bounties on other people's questions,&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Jorge doesn't worry too much about reputation,&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Jorge is smart,&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Be like Jorge.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyway, the thing is, let's learn to offer bounties for other questions even if belonging to other users. That's the whole point of this, eh, 'question'. Don't be so focused on how much reputation you have, at the end of the day, it's all about the number of people we help.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Thank you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="163331" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2016-02-17T18:53:41.837" Title="This is Jorge, Be like Jorge" Tags="|discussion|bounty|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15060" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15059" CreationDate="2016-02-17T18:53:41.837" Score="55" Body="&lt;p&gt;Never told this anyone, but Jorge is one of the main reasons that I finally stuck around here. He put a bounty on my &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/229254/how-do-i-determine-an-applications-process-name&quot;&gt;third question&lt;/a&gt; &lt;em&gt;ever&lt;/em&gt;, in what is the pre- history in my AU experience, actually of my Ubuntu experience in general. I was impressed by the gesture, and felt honoured. I still am.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does that mean that I should be like Jorge?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No. Jorge has the talent to find under- valued questions. I don't. Jorge has &lt;em&gt;the character&lt;/em&gt; to look out for interesting questions outside his own area of interest. Even if I wanted, I simply don't have it in me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are numerous ways to be usefull around here. Some people ask excellent questions, others write excellent answer. Some people are excellent editors, others outstanding moderators. Everyone donating the best talents to the site, that's what makes it work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2016-02-17T18:53:41.837" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15061" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-02-17T20:54:50.570" Score="1" ViewCount="74" Body="&lt;p&gt;I noticed there is no ad showing on askubuntu just now, but I can still upvote it. Is this even a bug? I don't know! But I'm letting you know anyway.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is a screenshot:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/YexgEm.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/YexgEm.png&quot; alt=&quot;A picture showing you can upvote/downvote where an ad should be, but with no ad&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="27272" LastEditorUserId="12845" LastEditDate="2016-02-17T22:56:13.493" LastActivityDate="2016-02-17T22:56:13.493" Title="Do you like this nothingness?" Tags="|bug|advertising|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15063" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15073" CreationDate="2016-02-19T21:43:58.007" Score="11" ViewCount="84" Body="&lt;p&gt;After recent redesign, the buttons in review queue &lt;strong&gt;[No Action Needed]&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;[I'm Done]&lt;/strong&gt; look almost the same. I would start competition if you can distinguish which one is disabled on the below image (but I believe the sharp eye of reviewer can find some differences).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can we get this improved, so the difference is obvious on the first sight?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/rGy3s.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/rGy3s.png&quot; alt=&quot;Ubuntu buttons&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For comparison example screenshot from superuser makes it much easier:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/VNh5q.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/VNh5q.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is not problem for me, but it might be complicated for new reviewers, since they will not get visual guidance and might get frustrated with non-responsive buttons.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/LLOxs.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/LLOxs.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;*** Yes and I forgot the kitten&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="429987" LastEditorUserId="507059" LastEditDate="2016-02-22T16:17:40.667" LastActivityDate="2016-02-22T16:17:40.667" Title="Redesigned disabled buttons in review are hard to distinguish" Tags="|bug|status-completed|review|design|style|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15064" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-02-20T20:56:57.180" Score="1" ViewCount="79" Body="&lt;p&gt;why aren't my questions being answered? It seems like they aren't noticed... Most of my questions have no answers or votes. Am I doing something wrong?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user389450" LastActivityDate="2016-02-20T20:56:57.180" Title="How come my questions aren't being answered?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15065" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-02-21T10:40:13.060" Score="3" ViewCount="91" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/R6sXE.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/R6sXE.png&quot; alt=&quot;screenshot&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/389450/script-kitten?tab=questions&amp;amp;sort=newest&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/users/389450/script-kitten?tab=questions&amp;amp;sort=newest&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The labeling on the right is confusing, and in my humble opinion should rather report &quot;&lt;strong&gt;edited&lt;/strong&gt; jan 01 at 00:00 [...]&quot;, since the date / time reported is the date / time &lt;em&gt;of the last edit&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As it currently stands, it looks like those on the right are the questions' creation dates, since the questions are being sorted by newest; personally I wouldn't expect to read the date / time of the last edit. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="380067" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2016-06-20T13:52:53.533" Title="&quot;Sort by newest&quot;'s labeling is confusing" Tags="|bug|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15066" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15068" CreationDate="2016-02-21T10:43:23.843" Score="2" ViewCount="126" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have posted a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/737319/ubuntu-booting-too-slow-after-dual-boot-kali&quot;&gt;question on &lt;strong&gt;Slow Boot&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; which requires &lt;strong&gt;bootchart.svg&lt;/strong&gt; file to be attached for better understanding of the problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I try to attach it, I get this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/eqF5u.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/eqF5u.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Currently I have uploaded it to my Google Drive and attached the link in my post&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any other better way I can attach this file??&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="497359" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2016-02-21T13:57:06.033" Title="How to attach bootchart.SVG file?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15067" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15065" CreationDate="2016-02-21T11:01:28.370" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, the questions are being sorted by creation date. The times listed (the ones you have highlighted) are the modification times:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/DZujT.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/DZujT.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/S0JMm.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/S0JMm.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, the question listed below the one dated August 21 was created on August 6.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2016-02-21T11:01:28.370" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15068" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15066" CreationDate="2016-02-21T13:57:06.033" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The Stackexchange do not support svg files obviously (unfortunately). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Uploading the image somewhere else (Google Drive, Dropbox) is one solution (but not much future-proof one).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The other is to convert the image to some supported format. You can simply do that on your Ubuntu command-line for example using&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;convert bootchart.{svg,png}&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are interested in having this working, you can fill a feature request on &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Meta&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="429987" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2016-02-21T13:57:06.033" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15069" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-02-21T21:45:36.363" Score="-9" ViewCount="105" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/737507/i-need-a-download-that-works-this-14-04-is-filled-with-errors-and-has-screwed-my&quot;&gt;My previous question&lt;/a&gt; was edited to remove 90% of the problems and errors that occurred while trying to install ubuntu, Who did it and why, if you delete the problems I type out how am I supposed to get the answers, is this what this community does to hide the major problems in your software/or the major problems in the description of how to install the software properly is incomplete as I have now been informed. how does this help any one?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user509686" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2016-02-21T22:49:25.067" Title="why was my question edited completely" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="13" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15070" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15069" CreationDate="2016-02-21T22:12:38.317" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;Counter question: why should it NOT be just closed and deleted? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It was 1 big rant and full of needless text. I myself would have left it as is and voted to close it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu questions need to be to the point, as short as possible with the most amount of useful information. Nothing more. Nothing less. You want a problem solved? Then focus on the problem and leave all the crap out of the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastEditorUserId="15811" LastEditDate="2016-02-21T22:49:25.067" LastActivityDate="2016-02-21T22:49:25.067" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15071" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-02-22T02:28:41.637" Score="11" ViewCount="415" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/502807/starcraft-ii-ubuntu-14-04-installation-for-a-noob&quot;&gt;This question&lt;/a&gt; with an accepted answer is being close voted as unclear one and a half years after an answer to it was accepted. I noticed this immediately after the first close vote and edited it to clean it up, but it's continued to be close voted anyway. Why does anyone think that this question is unclear one and a half years after an answer to it was accepted? It certainly wasn't unclear to the person who asked the question. A moderator already closed this question and reopened it again when I brought the matter to his attention.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I combed through this question searching for anything unclear and the only thing I could find was the word &amp;quot;pear-shaped&amp;quot; which is a dictionary word. It means &amp;quot;looks like an ass&amp;quot;. If a reviewer doesn't know what a word means, he should use the dictionary before trying to remove useful content from Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I caught it this time, but what are the broader implications of questions being repeatedly close voted with 5 close votes for being &amp;quot;unclear what you are asking&amp;quot; years after the question was answered and the answer was accepted? Content that is still useful may disappear permanently from Ask Ubuntu because it has been called unclear years after the question has been answered and the answer was accepted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="94914" LastEditorUserId="94914" LastEditDate="2021-10-25T12:06:22.183" LastActivityDate="2021-10-25T12:06:22.183" Title="Question with an accepted answer is being close voted as unclear one and a half years after the answer was accepted" Tags="|discussion|vote-to-close|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15073" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15063" CreationDate="2016-02-22T16:17:21.417" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Thanks for sharing this bug. This bug affected a number of Stack Exchange communities, one of which was Ask Ubuntu. The problem arose because the disabled buttons, by default, only changes the &lt;code&gt;background-color&lt;/code&gt;. For most community designs, this is fine because only a background color is set for buttons. However some communities, such as Ask Ubuntu, use gradients for the button background. This uses the &lt;code&gt;background&lt;/code&gt; shorthand declaration, which always overrides the background-color.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This should be fixed now. Thanks again for reporting it as it exposed a number of communities which needed corrected.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="507059" LastActivityDate="2016-02-22T16:17:21.417" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15074" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-02-22T22:15:17.430" Score="2" ViewCount="82" Body="&lt;p&gt;Vanity is the background of this question, but here we go...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To prevent misunderstandings: this is &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; about the &lt;em&gt;ask ubuntu newsletter&lt;/em&gt;, but the &lt;em&gt;Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter&lt;/em&gt; (sent by Elizabeth K. Joseph).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Since long&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have been subscribed to the &lt;em&gt;Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter&lt;/em&gt;. I never read it actually too well, until today. My eye fell on a subject in the mail:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;People Contributing the best questions and answers this week:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Since at least once or twice, one of my answers was generously voted on, I expected to find my name somewhere in older mails. I admit.. as vain as it gets.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Digging through the mails however, I didn't see my name &lt;em&gt;ever&lt;/em&gt;, which made me wonder, what is the algorithm behind the decision to mention questions or answer as &amp;quot;the best&amp;quot;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;What it is not:&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The votes on the questions or answer&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The activity on the question&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ask Ubuntu Top 5 Questions this week&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since these are mentioned separately.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Therefore, I asked the newsletter folks, who directed me to the &lt;a href=&quot;http://bazaar.launchpad.net/%7Euwn/uwn/scripts/view/head:/askubuntu/askubuntu.py&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ask Ubuntu script on Launchpad&lt;/a&gt;, which didn't help much. I was advised to ask it here, and so I do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;EDIT&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A thorough search shows I &lt;em&gt;was&lt;/em&gt; on the list a number of times, but the reason why puzzles me even more. Weeks with relatively high rank (e.g. in the example from muru's answer, &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/leagues/31/week/askubuntu/2016-02-07&quot;&gt;#3&lt;/a&gt;, Feb 7, 2016 - Feb 13, 2016), I wasn't on the list, while I &lt;em&gt;was&lt;/em&gt; on the list on e.g. 30-9-2015 (&lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/leagues/31/week/askubuntu/2015-09-21&quot;&gt;#34&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2016-02-23T11:01:06.067" Title="How is the &quot;best Q &amp; A&quot; of AU is decided in the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter?" Tags="|discussion|support|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15075" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15074" CreationDate="2016-02-23T02:53:35.100" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The code in question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;contribs = ['%s (%s)' % (u.contents[0].string, u.contents[0]['href']) for u in BeautifulSoup(requests.get('http://stackexchange.com/leagues/31/week/ubuntu').text).findAll('h2')[1:6]]&#xA;output = '%s\n\nPeople Contributing the best questions and answers this week: %s and %s' % (output, ', '.join(contribs[0:4]), contribs[4])&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/leagues/31/week/ubuntu&quot;&gt;http://stackexchange.com/leagues/31/week/ubuntu&lt;/a&gt; is the weekly reputation league for our site. Since it picks the top 4 users, you should have been in the list &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/leagues/31/week/askubuntu/2016-02-07&quot;&gt;a couple of weeks ago&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2016-02-23T02:53:35.100" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15076" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15074" CreationDate="2016-02-23T11:01:06.067" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I wrote &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/290/can-someone-whip-up-a-quick-script-for-uwn/483#483&quot;&gt;the initial script&lt;/a&gt; after a request from Jorge. That has since been &lt;a href=&quot;http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~uwn/uwn/scripts/view/head:/askubuntu/askubuntu.py&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;moved to Launchpad&lt;/a&gt; (as you've noted) and I've pushed a few changes over the years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know you can understand the script but I'll just spell it out for others,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It takes the top 5 questions from the &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/?tab=week&quot;&gt;Hottest Questions this Week&lt;/a&gt;&quot;. I don't know the exact time-ranging algorithm for this.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Another 5 questions pulled from the API sorted purely by votes. This is time-based.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The list of contributors comes from the &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/leagues/31/week/ubuntu&quot;&gt;SE League&lt;/a&gt;. This is based on reputation between Mon and Sun, inclusive with no exception. This means that if you generate the list on a Tuesday it's only based on Monday's data.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you think you should have been featured in the contributor list, I suspect your contributions might have been too late in the week. I'm not sure when the script is run so there might be something else.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm sure that when writing it I hadn't realised it was a literal &quot;this week&quot;. If you can find a way of ranking users over the last 7×24×60×60 seconds in the API (or whatever), I'd be happy to help integrate it back into the script.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2016-02-23T11:01:06.067" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15077" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15071" CreationDate="2016-02-23T15:40:32.070" Score="-1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;what are the broader implications of questions being repeatedly close voted with 5 close votes for being &quot;unclear what you are asking&quot; years after the question was answered and the answer was accepted?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I remember one time (I remember posting it in chat, can't find it), where someone asked something on the lines of &quot;why my system doesn't start&quot; and the answer was a wild guess &quot;restart your system&quot; which was accepted. Well, I could have answered that he needs to get a new system, or reinstall Ubuntu, or whatever and I wouldn't be wrong. There would be no &quot;wrong&quot; answers, because the question is too generic that anything and everything that may or may not fix the problem. The question has been deleted since.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;It becomes everyone guess what the problem to solve is and therefore what solution to apply.&lt;/strong&gt; Remember, questions are like a puzzle:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;h3&gt;Unclear what you're asking&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;    &lt;p&gt;Please clarify your specific problem or add additional details to highlight exactly what you need. As it's currently written, it’s hard&#xA;    to tell exactly what you're asking. See the How to Ask page for help&#xA;    clarifying this question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you don't clearly explain what you're trying to achieve overall,&#xA;  &lt;strong&gt;answerers can't figure out what an appropriate answer would be without&#xA;  additional information&lt;/strong&gt;. e.g. &lt;em&gt;&quot;How should I put these 4 pieces&#xA;  together?&quot;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;    &lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/No1Tbm.png&quot; alt=&quot;&amp;quot;How should I put these 4 pieces together?&amp;quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Without enough context to know how to assemble it correctly, we don't know what the correct answer would be, and what is a helpful answer or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's what is happening with that question: the user says it needs help installing a piece of software (title guess), then says that he's following a guide to install it (first paragraph), talks about a random FTP server (is that even relevant?), then says that he can't find the executable (well, everything installed in wine is on .wine directory, but I don't think that's the problem), then it tell us that apparently he found how to &quot;execute&quot; the game and runs into a problem... what the problem is, take your pick: you could say that he wants to start the game in off line mode, or that his credentials are not accepted, or that when he inputs his credentials it freeze, or whatever. Then he told us why he's asking here, without any guidance on what we accept here: clear, factual and reasonably scoped questions about using Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, why I specifically voted as unclear? Because I followed the guide and was able to start the game, in off line mode, without a hitch. Granted, I'm using Debian testing 64-bits, Wine 1.8.1-1 from the repositories, Intel graphics card and crappy internet. So, what's different from OP's system apart of Ubuntu and a newer version of Wine that can cause problems? I can't tell. So, edit the question so it becomes plainly obvious what the problem is and remove irrelevant information. If that means you have to rewrite the question from scratch, so be it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2016-02-23T15:55:42.287" LastActivityDate="2016-02-23T15:55:42.287" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15078" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15079" CreationDate="2016-02-23T21:35:59.823" Score="26" ViewCount="462" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would like to open by stating this user is not abusive or rude and I am not looking to get him banned or anything like that, I write this because he could be a good contributor.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The user has provided many, many (167) answers in a very short time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some of these answers are really bad. I tried on multiple occasions to point him in the right direction to creating good, useful answers but just cannot seem to get through.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;He does not care about the quality of his answers and insists he is just helping people. I explained on multiple occasions that the point is to write good answers that can help many users, not to just answer as many easy ones as quickly as possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have explained how this affects other users in review and how a duplicate vote is better than a link only answer that just gets down voted and violates the rules but he just won't seem to accept it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am now at a loss what to do about it, 900 rep (including 5 association bonuses @ 100 rep each) and 167 answers is by far the worst rep/answer ratio I have ever seen and is a clear indication that he is flooding the main page with bad answers that take up our reviewing time and help no one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It feels a bit like I am telling on him or something but I don't want to have to keep reviewing these bad answers and don't want the site cluttered by rubbish every day, so what to do now? I tried but can't make him stop, any advice?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastEditorUserId="186134" LastEditDate="2016-02-27T13:56:39.313" LastActivityDate="2016-02-27T13:56:39.313" Title="Dealing with a user who just won't follow the rules" Tags="|discussion|support|users|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15079" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15078" CreationDate="2016-02-23T21:52:22.650" Score="35" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Just keep doing standard review tasks on him - downvotes, delete votes, flags (where necessary), etc.&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When he posts enough bad quality items, there is an automated system that will eventually make it harder for him to post.  Until then, his bad answers will continue to get him downvotes or get the posts deleted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If he refuses to do higher quality posts, either because he doesn't know how, or is physically incapable of it - just continue to downvote him or delete-vote his posts, or flag his posts as &quot;not an answer&quot; when they're not answers within the context of the original question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;He'll either do something to fix the quality issues, or he won't - nothing we can do about it.  &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;It is also not your job to make them listen to the rules&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; - the &quot;rules&quot; for quality exist to make sure we get better quality answers, and when people don't follow those quality guidelines, they get downvotes or post removals.  This is how the system has run since the beginning - this is how the system should continue to run, with the users &quot;trying their best&quot; to help users, and just not helping them if they continue to screw up and not put forth effort.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2016-02-23T21:59:21.540" LastActivityDate="2016-02-23T21:59:21.540" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15080" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15081" CreationDate="2016-02-24T08:44:59.017" Score="22" ViewCount="547" Body="&lt;p&gt;At the risk of being burned down, have to get this off my chest.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Be sure it is not meant as an average &lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;ouch, they downvoted me&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt; rant; it bothers me when it happens to others as much as it does when it happens to me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;An example&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I came along &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/738180/running-sh-every-5-minutes/738195?noredirect=1#comment1097406_738195&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; question. It was about (in short) changing wallpaper periodically.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;em&gt;Of course&lt;/em&gt; the first thing that pops into the mind is &lt;code&gt;cron&lt;/code&gt;, and that was what the freshly written answer was based on. A well- written answer by the way, written by someone who knows what he is doing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Vaguely remembering the hustle I had in the past, due to environment variables when using cron on editing &lt;code&gt;gsettings&lt;/code&gt;, I was pretty sure that it wouldn't simply work like that however. Even commented on the answer, mentioning it. After OP had confirmed my assumption, I decided to cook him a meal that could be served in a minute; a startup command with a 5 minute loop.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am not suggesting we should throw out conventions and principles, when manipulating functionality (in this case; using &lt;code&gt;cron&lt;/code&gt;). At the same time: I am also not throwing the first idea that pops up, into an answer. I &lt;em&gt;always&lt;/em&gt; test answers, see if they work, see what they &amp;quot;cost&amp;quot; the system. In this case: &lt;code&gt;cpu 0.0%&lt;/code&gt;. That means that although &lt;em&gt;theoretically&lt;/em&gt; &lt;code&gt;cron&lt;/code&gt; is the cleaner option, the real effect is totally zero.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Nevertheless I decided to refresh my mind, trying to remember how I got it working in the past from cron, to offer OP the correct environment variable &lt;em&gt;if&lt;/em&gt; he (or someone else) would prefer to run it from &lt;code&gt;cron&lt;/code&gt; in the future. I even added the code to include in the script.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It was &lt;em&gt;after&lt;/em&gt; this that the answer was downvoted several times, probably for even &lt;em&gt;thinking&lt;/em&gt; of offering something else then &lt;code&gt;cron&lt;/code&gt; (&lt;em&gt;what was I thinking?&lt;/em&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I would be the only one, I probably wouldn't post this. It is not the first time however that I see good, creative, working and safe answers downvoted for a misplaced dogma. So, my suggestion is: when downvoting, take the effort to &lt;em&gt;read&lt;/em&gt; the answer or question &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; its argumentation. Leave your automatic vote switch, controlled by &lt;em&gt;only&lt;/em&gt; dogmas, at home.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Edit&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Apparantly, this question has been marked as a dupe.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Quite frankly, I don't understand how it even could &lt;em&gt;occur&lt;/em&gt; that it would be a dupe of the linked question; while the link is a call for &lt;em&gt;discussion&lt;/em&gt; on the downvote&lt;em&gt;mechanism&lt;/em&gt; (how the site works), this question is a call to improve the &lt;em&gt;awareness of the users&lt;/em&gt; of this site. A call to make sure you have good reasons on &lt;em&gt;why&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;with what purpose&lt;/em&gt; a downvote is done.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No doubt the subject passed the view before. A look through the proposed list (in a comment) does not show me an exact dupe however, and definitely not the link in the dupe- mark.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The fact that it's obviously a frequently posted subject means we &lt;em&gt;need&lt;/em&gt; to have the discussion on why and when to downvote, rather than an argument &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; to have this discussion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2016-03-02T18:10:42.320" Title="What is your consideration when downvoting, what are your criteria?" Tags="|discussion|voting|downvoting|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15081" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15080" CreationDate="2016-02-24T12:08:07.420" Score="24" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yeah, we do care about our posts. We do not take it lightly when we receive a downvote. We try to make the post better.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the best case we have an explanation in a comment to help us what could be done. In the second best case we see for ourselves what we did wrong. In both cases we will not hesitate to improve our post with an edit, well knowing that ever so often a downvote will never be reverted. But still, we care for it, we do this for everybody else who may read this later.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But sometimes it just happens. A downvote comes in which was not explained, is inexplicable or even unjustified. Nothing we can do about this, really. The more we had contributed, the more we all will be faced with this unexplained downvote. Inevitably.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This of course means quite a burden to us all. Instead of reading questions and providing another good answer we unnecessarily spend time on figuring out what went wrong. It itches. It's a waste of resources.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To avoid this I made myself a little checkbox that considerably helps me to understand a weird vote, and it also helps me to stop thinking about it:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Unexplained downvote reason&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;sup&gt;Pick one to feel better&lt;/sup&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;☐ did not know the difference between up and down&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  ☐ wanted to accept but slipped&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  ☐ so urgently needed to improve my personal downvote rate&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  ☐ had no time to understand your answer&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  ☐ answer too long&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  ☐ answer too short&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  ☐ expected an even better answer than that&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  ☐ Meh, just 4 teh lulz&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3940" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2016-02-24T20:11:51.003" LastActivityDate="2016-02-24T20:11:51.003" CommentCount="15" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15083" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15071" CreationDate="2016-02-25T22:41:15.547" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;This isn't a finished product answer, so I will probably need to add to if it becomes necessary. This answer will probably get downvoted by the same person with injured feelings who injured my feelings, but I encourage my readers to read this answer with an open mind anyway. My intention here is to shed some light on the phrase &quot;unclear what you are asking&quot; in order to demonstrate the different results that may be achieved by using or misusing this phrase in different ways.  &lt;sub&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/wSNbJ.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/wSNbJ.png&quot; width=&quot;16&quot; height=&quot;16&quot; alt=&quot;IMG: &quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/C36Uc.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/C36Uc.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;b&gt;original question&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Seen from the point of view of who asked the question who was trying to achieve one specific result, and who explained exactly what he tried and what the results of this were. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/VY3As.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/VY3As.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;b&gt;seen from the point of view of a spoiled reviewer&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question was asked, answered and accepted. Two years later a reviewer uncovers an inessential detail that was missing from the question. Inessential because an accepted answer to the question was posted without it. This is what the original question looks like in the mind of this reviewer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/kU5h5.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/kU5h5.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;b&gt;seen from the point of view of a biased reviewer&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The biased reviewer is protecting his incorrect review by embellishing his story. The result looks promising to the biased reviewer, however this &quot;new&quot; question is no longer the same question that was originally asked, so the answer to it may be completely different.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/l1qyz.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/l1qyz.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;b&gt;seen from the point of view of a selfish reviewer&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This reviewer will do anything to win. All other interests have been subsumed by the single objective of winning, including the person who asked the question, the people who answered it, Ask Ubuntu, the Ubuntu community, and the Stack Exchange network.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The selfish reviewer has won every battle, and to celebrate his victory he has crowned himself as king. The trumpets blare proclaiming his great victory, but what happened to the original question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="94914" LastEditorUserId="94914" LastEditDate="2016-02-26T02:25:59.483" LastActivityDate="2016-02-26T02:25:59.483" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15084" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15085" CreationDate="2016-02-26T03:09:16.193" Score="1" ViewCount="126" Body="&lt;p&gt;Long story short, I've submitted a few questions lately that have gone unanswered before disappearing off the front page into the void.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I understand that reputation is required before I can reply to my own post (to hopefully bump it back into existence), or offer any bounty for the question. However I'm &lt;em&gt;very&lt;/em&gt; new to Ubuntu, and can't work out how I can earn reputation without offering solutions to others - something I'm technically incapable of doing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are my options here? Am I missing something?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit: So apparently, requiring 15 rep to answer doesn't mean it &lt;em&gt;costs&lt;/em&gt; 15 rep to answer. ie., you keep the rep after you answer. That does make &lt;em&gt;a lot&lt;/em&gt; more sense.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="507853" LastEditorUserId="507853" LastEditDate="2016-02-26T11:48:29.653" LastActivityDate="2016-02-26T11:48:29.653" Title="How does a newbie reply to their own post?" Tags="|discussion|support|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15085" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15084" CreationDate="2016-02-26T07:10:26.253" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;It appears you have seen the chapter about reputation in the help center, but it explains well how you increase your points, so please review it one more time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One of the ways to gain more reputation, is to get 200 points or more, on any of the Stack Exchance (SE) sites. If that happens, you get 100 extra points on each of the other SE sites, you're a member of.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, if you provide good answers on StackOverflow - about Python - or on the Mathematics and Physics sites, you have a chance to gain reputation on Ask Ubuntu, even if you've never posted an answer there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So you may have more up your sleeve, than you realize. You don't have to stick to physical sciences. If you're good at languages, English, Spanish, whatever, there are language sites. If you like travelling, there is travel.stackexchange.com for you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can find all the SE sites by clicking &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/sites#&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. You can use the same account as you're using for Ask Ubuntu, for any of the sites. I wish you good luck.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="488442" LastEditorUserId="488442" LastEditDate="2016-02-26T07:17:18.820" LastActivityDate="2016-02-26T07:17:18.820" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15086" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15084" CreationDate="2016-02-26T09:39:43.967" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You only &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/self-answer&quot;&gt;need 15 rep to be able to answer your own questions&lt;/a&gt;. You are 2 rep away from your goal. All you need is one edit suggestion that gets validated by reviewers in order to get them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;BUT&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You shouldn't answer questions just to bump them. Those answers will be reviewed and deleted. If you get too many posts deleted, your account would most likely get suspended.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Instead &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3540/how-can-i-bump-my-unsolved-question&quot;&gt;edit your question&lt;/a&gt; by adding more information so they get bumped and so more people would be able to help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2016-02-26T09:39:43.967" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15087" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15080" CreationDate="2016-02-26T14:47:51.967" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I love the list of  &quot;Unexplained downvote reasons&quot; and agree that downvoting without constructive criticism isn't an effective method of training. Further downvoting just because you don't agree with the approach is rather childish. Testing solutions and upvoting those that work for you makes more sense to me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;My criteria:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I might downvote an answer if it wasn't clear enough to test or simply didn't work. I also would downvote if the answer didn't seem related to the question. I also might downvote  a later answer that clearly was copied from a previous one. I try to leave comments that encourage improvement of answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not a big fan of the stick approach and prefer the carrot for motivating improvement. That said, of the over 1000 votes I've cast here 1/2 of 1% have been downvotes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastActivityDate="2016-02-26T14:47:51.967" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15088" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15080" CreationDate="2016-02-26T14:58:01.317" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I down-vote for various reasons. Sometimes I explain it, sometimes I do not. I have reasons for that too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To down-vote is a fundamental right of any SE user with enough rep.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Period. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="167850" LastActivityDate="2016-02-26T14:58:01.317" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15089" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15090" CreationDate="2016-02-28T18:53:54.810" Score="3" ViewCount="85" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/UP0IY.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/UP0IY.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First of all, Its is a good feature : fake posts to check whether the reviewer is paying attention or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But It seems to have a little problem. One could &lt;strong&gt;easily&lt;/strong&gt; find out that its a test like : ( &lt;strong&gt;sometimes antecedently&lt;/strong&gt; )&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Clicking on &lt;strong&gt;&lt;code&gt;share&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; to see the full post but finding out that the &lt;strong&gt;post does not exists&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;No username : &quot;Askubuntu user&quot; in username field&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;When tried to edit.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I dont know a good solution for this to make a &lt;strong&gt;suggestion&lt;/strong&gt;, but you can try  :-)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="497359" LastActivityDate="2016-02-28T19:43:41.130" Title="Links in reviews, good or bad?" Tags="|discussion|support|review|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15090" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15089" CreationDate="2016-02-28T19:30:00.110" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;The main point of the audits is that you are paying attention and not robo-reviewing. If you did spot any of these, you are paying attention. As Randall Munroe would say (see last pane):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://xkcd.com/810/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/constructive.png&quot; alt=&quot;And what about all the people who won&amp;#39;t be able to join the community because they&amp;#39;re terrible at making helpful and constructive co-- ... oh.&quot; title=&quot;And what about all the people who won&amp;#39;t be able to join the community because they&amp;#39;re terrible at making helpful and constructive co-- ... oh.&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="158442" LastEditDate="2016-02-28T19:43:41.130" LastActivityDate="2016-02-28T19:43:41.130" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15091" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15071" CreationDate="2016-03-01T01:49:13.270" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sadly, this was likely the result of a combination of &quot;Fastest Gun in the West&quot; syndrome and &quot;Let's all pile on everyone else thinks it should be closed so I do too.&quot; Sadly reviewers often fail to review properly which in my humble opinion goes like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;1) Read what you are reviewing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2) Follow the link to the original question and read everything to gain context.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;3) If there is an accepted/upvoted answer, clearly the question was understood by someone, who should edit it for clarity if at all possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;4) If the question is understandable to you but might be confusing to others, edit it for clarity.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;5) If you can provide a better answer than what you see, do so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;6) If you see an answer that looks promising but could use improvement leave a comment encouraging that improvement for the answerer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastEditorUserId="225694" LastEditDate="2016-03-01T14:07:11.087" LastActivityDate="2016-03-01T14:07:11.087" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15092" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15080" CreationDate="2016-03-01T13:36:15.173" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;My biggest criteria for downvoting are as follows:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Inaccuracy. On a question / answer based support website, providing accurate, applicable, reliable answers to questions is the number one priority. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Complete Unintelligibility. This site is somewhat special, because we can edit others' posts. If it is unsalvageably unreadable, however, it doesn't belong here, and thus, I would downvote. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Rudeness / Inconsideration. Disagreements sometimes happen, especially when discussing an OS as highly changeable and individually customizable as Ubuntu Linux. There are a million different ways to do everything, and at least half a million of them are 'the best way'. But if you can't at least be considerate and polite to those you disagree with, you will get a downvote (and possibly a flag) from me.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Laziness. Example: Simply linking to a tech support website without even attempting to provide any explanation in the actual answer box. Providing a source is OK, and even encouraged - but most users didn't come here to find answers they can get with a simple Google search, and even if they did, it is our duty to provide the best possible unique explanation for each question. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Inefficiency. If you can fix something in 3 steps, but an answer suggests that you take 10 steps (7 of which are unnecessary), I will probably downvote the overinflated answer and opt for the simpler, easier workaround. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I hope this provides some insight. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="511852" LastEditorUserId="511852" LastEditDate="2016-03-01T13:49:24.753" LastActivityDate="2016-03-01T13:49:24.753" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15093" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8375" CreationDate="2016-03-01T13:58:18.200" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here's a thought. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why not force the reading of the how to ask page for new questioners on the site? (Not Rep based but visit based) Say new user, (last seen never) goes to ask a question clicks on the ask a question link gets routed to the how to ask page which must be read in order to continue to the question box. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We could take the same approach for a first time answerer (previous answers 0) and the how to answer page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe there are a great many users who clearly don't know how the site works and treat it like a forum. I'm sure all of us have seen questions and answers that exemplify this. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's my contention that enforcing a minimal education through a forced timely display of these pages would be useful. I know that in the short time I have been here I have been corrected many times and made at least my share of mistakes, but at least I actually read those pages. Had I not I'm certain my results would have been &quot;Meh, not so good&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastActivityDate="2016-03-01T13:58:18.200" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15096" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15057" CreationDate="2016-03-03T01:29:26.797" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The second question was &quot;modified by Community&quot; because it has no accepted answer. The system occasionally bumps questions with no accepted answer onto the homepage (without actually making any change) to give the question additional visibility.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21725" LastActivityDate="2016-03-03T01:29:26.797" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15098" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15099" CreationDate="2016-03-03T06:50:42.000" Score="1" ViewCount="81" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/740492/239648&quot;&gt;Unable to find the .lit file reader app clit&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know that the question has good answers, and there is no practical reason to unlock it. However, in theoretical, I don't think it should be locked anymore. After this question has a better name and a reminder of the mod, and since it has stopped appearing in the Hot Questions board, the off-topic comments about the word won't appear anymore, IMO. Starting from now, I think only people who actually care about the library would only visit the question. Those who when googling will definitely search &lt;code&gt;clit&lt;/code&gt; together with other keyword, such as &lt;code&gt;ubuntu&lt;/code&gt; or &lt;code&gt;linux&lt;/code&gt;. I have tested my guess with &lt;code&gt;clit ubuntu&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;clit linux&lt;/code&gt; in a private tab, and at least all the results in the front page are purely on-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;IMO, there is no harm to keep it locked, but only benefit to unlock it. So I vote to unlock it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;PS: I can't find the tag &quot;lock&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="239648" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2016-03-03T12:03:04.243" Title="Unlock this question since its title has been improved?" Tags="|discussion|etiquette|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15099" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15098" CreationDate="2016-03-03T09:03:06.390" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;That  was a pretty funny question title, but I don't think that is the only reason he locked it, based on James comment, the comment section was full of comments about the word &lt;code&gt;clit&lt;/code&gt; and as that is still in the question, it will likely stay closed to avoid further discussion. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can't search for that question without getting porn as the result and I understand English is not everyones first language, so these things happen but this seems like it would just descend back in to a discussion about the word and that is off topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As the question has two (one accepted) high voted answers, I see no reason to  reopen this and allow the conversation to start back up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I vote leave it locked to keep it within the scope of the site, if you disagree, please do say why, but the title alone being edited would not stop people from making jokes about the rest of it in the comments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastActivityDate="2016-03-03T09:03:06.390" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15100" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-03-03T09:59:43.803" Score="15" ViewCount="298" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This addresses all the new users out there:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Every day here I see new users commenting in the answer section and saying things like&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I don't have the rep to comment but....&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems redundant that this should even have to be brought up but these user KNOW they should not do this, hence the disclaimers in there posts, but do it anyway and when offered an explanation of why they should not do this, there response is often hostile.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I get it, you want to help but all you are doing is creating work for other users who must review the post and the mods who must remove them, with the end result of the post getting removed anyway.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All you need to comment is 50 rep, try to earn it. A couple of well written questions will get you the rep you need or 25 good edits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are reasons this limitation exists on new users and we were all there once, here are some posts explaining why the limitation exists&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/214173/why-do-i-need-50-reputation-to-comment-what-can-i-do-instead&quot;&gt;Why do I need 50 reputation to comment? What can I do instead?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/716/why-are-you-only-allowed-to-comment-with-50-rep&quot;&gt;Why are you only allowed to comment with 50 rep?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All I wish to achieve with this post is that a few users will think before they comment in the answer section. I know some of you will think this matter is trivial but I think as you spend time here you will begin to understand.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you think new users should be able to comment, please give your reasons or if you have a suggestion to help new users get information across, please do leave an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here are some posts to help you find ways to earn that first 50 rep&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/whats-reputation&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/help/whats-reputation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/495/how-can-i-increase-my-reputation-on-ask-ubuntu&quot;&gt;How can I increase my reputation on Ask Ubuntu?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/17204/six-simple-tips-to-get-reputation-fast-on-any-stack-exchange-site&quot;&gt;Six simple tips to get reputation fast on any Stack Exchange site&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2016-03-09T20:02:12.000" Title="Comments in the answer section from new users" Tags="|discussion|comments|answers|new-users|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="18" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15101" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-03-04T10:13:17.153" Score="10" ViewCount="82" Body="&lt;p&gt;I like to think the Ask Ubuntu is lawful good but we've got a box on the homepage that is clearly chaotic evil. What, no AD&amp;amp;D fans in tonight?       &lt;em&gt;*sighs*&lt;/em&gt;       Tough crowd.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Awful jokes aside, the &lt;code&gt;#herobox&lt;/code&gt; element is skwiffy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Xd6Ir.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Xd6Ir.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;EDIT&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Oh, you mean this #herobox, my bad ;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Kz1JS.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Kz1JS.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2016-05-20T09:09:38.287" Title="Firstrun &quot;How it works&quot; #herobox is misaligned" Tags="|bug|status-completed|design|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15102" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15103" CreationDate="2016-03-04T12:45:59.817" Score="0" ViewCount="112" Body="&lt;p&gt;I know this is a common question asked here. But I am not understanding why my &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/741988/unmet-dependencies-while-installing-gtk-3&quot;&gt;Question&lt;/a&gt; was downvoted. Is it because its stupid or not well written or something else.&#xA;Shouldn't there be a system for the user who asked the question to know why his question was downvoted so that he can improve his question, which should improve the overall quality of the site. &#xA;Or is there some method to achive this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="511262" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2016-03-05T14:59:33.253" Title="Reason for question beeing Downvoted?" Tags="|discussion|voting|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15103" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15102" CreationDate="2016-03-04T13:02:52.707" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I can tell you, someone also voted to close the question as &lt;code&gt;unclear what you are asking&lt;/code&gt;, this is likely the reason you were downvoted too, but I can't tell for sure, I do agree that if someone thinks the question is unclear they should really say why.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To me there is nothing wrong with the question, it is a common type of question and contains all output and errors etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, sometimes people get things wrong, spend some time in review and you will see what I mean. Also there is nothing anyone can do about a single vote but don't worrie about it, one vote is negligible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Shouldn't there be a system for the user who asked the question to&#xA;  know why his question was downvoted&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is an often discussed point on meta but consensus is that users should have the right to not have to explain why they voted on a Q/A because a lot of users respond with hostility and, of course, users have the right to not have to deal with that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Check some of these post to see the discussion on voting&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2008/down-voting-consequences&quot;&gt;Down voting consequences&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/8005/downvoting-answers-or-questions-without-a-reason?rq=1&quot;&gt;Downvoting answers (or questions) without a reason?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2635/can-we-have-a-feature-where-downvoting-is-only-possible-if-the-user-has-left-a-c&quot;&gt;Can we have a feature where downvoting is only possible if the user has left a comment or filled out a form?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/135/encouraging-people-to-explain-downvotes&quot;&gt;Encouraging people to explain downvotes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/121350/ive-just-been-downvoted-how-should-i-react&quot;&gt;I&amp;#39;ve just been downvoted. How should I react?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are many more in this &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.google.co.uk/search?client=ubuntu&amp;amp;channel=fs&amp;amp;q=downvoteing%20stackexchange&amp;amp;ie=utf-8&amp;amp;oe=utf-8&amp;amp;gfe_rd=cr&amp;amp;ei=NIfZVrLrD5fOcqT_j8gK#channel=fs&amp;amp;q=downvoting%20stackexchange&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Google search&lt;/a&gt;, I hope this helps to explain the situation a bit for you, even if there is nothing we can do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2016-03-04T13:13:48.633" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15104" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15100" CreationDate="2016-03-05T13:40:31.090" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;Another solution - If you see an new user with a good question, upvote it. We, the community, can solve the problem very easily, no need to force users to read FAQ or change the way the site works, we just need to be kinder to new users with our upvotes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="35795" LastEditorUserId="61218" LastEditDate="2016-03-06T05:27:04.247" LastActivityDate="2016-03-06T05:27:04.247" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15105" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15102" CreationDate="2016-03-05T14:59:33.253" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your question lack basic information that would allow others to answer it successfully. Check &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/q/121180/41104&quot;&gt;What information do I need to solve an APT dependency issue?&lt;/a&gt;, edit your question to add more information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:37:19.280" LastActivityDate="2016-03-05T14:59:33.253" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15106" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15136" CreationDate="2016-03-05T22:44:44.110" Score="10" ViewCount="464" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently came across this question &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/742541/how-to-workaround-update-rc-d-error-no-runlevel-symlinks-to-modify-aborting&quot;&gt;How to workaround &amp;quot;update-rc.d: error: no runlevel symlinks to modify, aborting!&amp;quot;?&lt;/a&gt; and at a first glance I assumed it was off-topic because it would serve better as a bug report on Launchpad, however when I read it through more properly I found that the person had already reported the issue in 16.04 on Launchpad (as they had linked the report), and were now just looking for a simple workaround until the problem was fixed...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So should I still VTC it as off-topic? And future questions of this sort?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2016-03-05T23:27:54.787" LastActivityDate="2016-03-14T18:59:11.573" Title="Should a question asking for a workaround for a problem in an in-development version be closed as off-topic?" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15107" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15106" CreationDate="2016-03-06T04:41:42.027" Score="7" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;So should I still VTC it as off-topic?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, we make no exception.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any workaround to get an in-development version of X working would be as ephemeral as it could be. &lt;em&gt;And&lt;/em&gt;, by the way, it wouldn't even be fair towards people whose questions were closed across the years. Just close the question / report the bug and the potential workaround to Launchpad, as always.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Though, if you have a workaround, I'd also encourage you to post it in the comments, as I'm positive it wouldn't hurt.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="380067" LastEditorUserId="380067" LastEditDate="2016-03-06T05:59:55.017" LastActivityDate="2016-03-06T05:59:55.017" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15109" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2485" CreationDate="2016-03-06T18:32:06.427" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would ask them to just clarify it a bit more if I were you, it's probably going to help as well as narrowing it down.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344129" LastActivityDate="2016-03-06T18:32:06.427" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15110" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-03-06T19:24:21.827" Score="2" ViewCount="33" Body="&lt;p&gt;In review I came upon several ancient questions (several years old) that were flagged as &quot;too broad&quot; - am I right in thinking this is just a waste of time/reviews and hence skipping them? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;for instance&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/close/534275&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/review/close/534275&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/close/533658&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/review/close/533658&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/close/534340&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/review/close/534340&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastActivityDate="2016-03-06T19:24:21.827" Title="Is it useful to close ancient questions as too broad?" Tags="|discussion|close-reasons|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ClosedDate="2016-03-06T20:10:09.737" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15111" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-03-07T15:42:10.407" Score="2" ViewCount="43" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've just noticed on some questions &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/21768/software-to-create-a-video-slideshow&quot;&gt;like this one&lt;/a&gt; there is an &quot;image not found&quot; link for imgur. I think it used to be an icon for the Ubuntu package manager.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At first I thought these were added automatically on any link to the package manager, but it looks like the user Sid has edited the questions to add links and images in manually.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't know how many other questions he or others have edited. Is there a way to mass-correct/remove these missing images?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1507" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2016-03-07T16:23:00.350" Title="Ubuntu icon missing from repo links" Tags="|discussion|image|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15112" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15111" CreationDate="2016-03-07T16:23:00.350" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The Bitly links just need updating. We should be able to do this without editing posts (so please leave them broken for the moment).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've pinged Marco (who controls these image URLs).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2016-03-07T16:23:00.350" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15113" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15100" CreationDate="2016-03-07T22:41:11.687" Score="0" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Problem&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think there's a deeper problem here.  Getting reputation by asking great questions can be difficult for current new users because lots of the common questions have been answered years ago.  That leaves esoteric questions for newcomers that get little attention and fewer chances for upvotes.  The same applies to answers; they tend to require deep knowledge that doesn't exist yet for many new users.  That leaves the temptation to be the first to submit (low-quality) answers to &quot;beat&quot; the experts, which isn't good for anybody.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As an anecdotal example, I find nearly 100% of my questions already have answers, and both the questions and answers have 100s of rep.  This speaks &lt;em&gt;volumes&lt;/em&gt; to the efficacy of askubuntu.com and friends, but leaves me with asking really specific questions that only gain a few rep even though I spend a lot of time trying to ask the best quality question I can manage.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the end, it seems like only making many good edits will push the newcomer past the 50 reputation needed just to post a comment asking for useful info to help solve a particular question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And to make matters worse, even if a user gains the ability to comment, switching to another *exchange.com-like site requires starting over from scratch unless they have over 200 reputation to begin with.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Possible solution?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The rationale behind requiring 50 rep before commenting does have its merits, but the difficulty in gaining that initial rep should be acknowledged.  Perhaps allowing a specific area for asking the OP for more information directly could be a compromise.  Instead of only comments, there could also be a (initially hidden) &quot;more info&quot; tab where users with, say, 10 rep could ask for more info to aid in troubleshooting.  That would allow for better answers, which in turn would help newcomers gain rep.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="418170" LastActivityDate="2016-03-07T22:41:11.687" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15114" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2485" CreationDate="2016-03-08T00:49:22.457" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a canned comment for that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Welcome to Ask Ubuntu! **;-)** We're sorry but Ask Ubuntu is not a forum but a &#xA;Question&amp;amp;Answer site: It works best if you ask *one question*, so you can receive &#xA;*one answer*.  When you ask multiple questions, you need to find one expert &#xA;versed in multiple areas which becomes more unlikely the more questions you put &#xA;into... well, one question!  **;-)** So please, split up your question into &#xA;multiple questions and leave a comment @Fabby so I can answer one of your &#xA;questions.&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and then immediately after leaving that comment, I vote to close as &quot;too broad&quot;.  If they do improve, the next voter will vote to leave the question open and my close vote will expire.  If they don't, they will go trough the standard process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="158442" LastEditDate="2016-03-08T02:39:51.700" LastActivityDate="2016-03-08T02:39:51.700" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15115" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15116" CreationDate="2016-03-08T00:57:51.507" Score="13" ViewCount="256" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently was editing a post for grammatical and formatting errors, but also noticed that the post seemed to contain lots of useless information that was completely impertinent to the user's question. Omitting this stuff would have been useful, but I wasn't sure about editing it, so I left it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am wondering if there is a guide somewhere that will outline the protocols for editing user's posts? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="257376" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2016-03-13T13:58:05.617" LastActivityDate="2016-03-16T18:18:29.137" Title="editing user's posts" Tags="|discussion|editing|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15116" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15115" CreationDate="2016-03-08T01:04:11.890" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;When editing posts I try to do as little as possible to clarify the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Grammar spelling - go ahead and fix.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Fix quotes or more often code blocks - go for it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I will delete inappropriate language, email addresses, or personal information (phone numbers).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I flag spam.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it goes beyond that, I usually add a comment asking the OP for clarification.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Users generally hate it when you edit their posts too much and if the question if not fixed after requests to do so it will either be closed or down voted or both.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="35795" LastActivityDate="2016-03-08T01:04:11.890" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15117" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15115" CreationDate="2016-03-08T01:04:24.343" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/601869/revisions&quot;&gt;Here's a good example&lt;/a&gt; of a question that needed a lot of deleting to make it legible and on-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Soifthereisalotofblabberinggoingonandremovingitservesapurpose: &lt;strong&gt;Remove the superfluous info!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;:-)&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2016-03-16T18:18:29.137" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15118" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14010" CreationDate="2016-03-08T16:22:55.857" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;IMHO, the phrase &quot;Bug reports and problems specific to development version of Ubuntu should be reported on Launchpad so that developers can see, track and fix these issues.&quot; is an excellent reason and doesn't need to be clarified or restated in any way. It not only indicates where bug reports should go, but also why. While there are many confusing things in life, I don't believe this is one of them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I believe we comment as to which bug we are referring to on current releases prior to voting to close as a bug, I don't perceive a problem here. If someone has a problem with a current version, if we read and comprehend the question I don't see how it gets tagged and closed innapropriately (even if newer versions are mentioned in passing) &quot;Due to this I'm considering an upgrade to 16.04&quot; doesn't indicate (at least to me) that the user is running that newer version.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastEditorUserId="225694" LastEditDate="2016-03-09T23:54:20.243" LastActivityDate="2016-03-09T23:54:20.243" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15119" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9216" CreationDate="2016-03-08T16:28:19.550" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't find the existing phraseology at all confusing. While It's sad that someone thought their question was incorrectly closed (or at least stated that) That appears to be a failure in comprehension. I don't perceive it as broken so I see no need to fix it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastActivityDate="2016-03-08T16:28:19.550" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15121" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15122" CreationDate="2016-03-09T13:01:45.030" Score="3" ViewCount="124" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/742870/background-not-changing-using-gsettings-from-cron&quot;&gt;This question&lt;/a&gt; appeared in my review queue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It begins by stating that it relates to Oracle Linux, which isn't Ubuntu and therefore off-topic. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But it has an accepted answer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do I flag it as off-topic anyway, or just leave it, on the off chance that it might be useful for someone else?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="304825" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2016-03-09T17:28:24.923" Title="What should I do with an off-topic question that has an accepted answer?" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15122" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15121" CreationDate="2016-03-09T13:22:51.460" Score="1" Body="&lt;h3&gt;An exceptional situation&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was almost going to ask the same question, since I answered the linked question accidentally, not noticing it was off-topic (my eye fell on gnome, in reflex I assumed it was on-topic)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In general, it should be marked as off-topic of course, accepted or not, since it simply &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; off-topic. In this case however, I decided &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; to.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Why I didn't mark it as off-topic&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In many answers on AU, editing &lt;code&gt;gsettings&lt;/code&gt; is done from &lt;code&gt;cron&lt;/code&gt; incorrectly, and obviously untested by the answerer. The missing environment variable &lt;code&gt;DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS&lt;/code&gt; makes the answer(s) in question not work (by definition).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since &lt;em&gt;the answer&lt;/em&gt; in your linked question is on topic, and applicable on many on-topic situations, I decided it would be a shame to have the question marked off-topic, for a reason that turns out to be irrelevant to the question (OP using Oracle Linux). We should not &amp;quot;throw the baby away, together with the bathwater&amp;quot; as we say in the Netherlands.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I consider this an exceptional situation however.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2016-03-09T17:28:24.923" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15123" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15100" CreationDate="2016-03-09T19:48:58.287" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;You are new here, would like to comment but you don't have the privilege? If it is not on your question, it's probably not that urgent. So be patient, star the question to find it later, follow my way to earn your first hundred points and you will have the chance to properly comment soon.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ubuntu is just one of the topics here, &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/sites&quot;&gt;there are many others&lt;/a&gt;. You already know something about some of the topics, don't you? Pick some you are interested and/or proficient in, read their introductory [tour] to learn the basics and then just lurk around and answer wherever you can help. Odds are good that you will get 200 rep in few days, which will give you 100 point in any other site, including AskUbuntu. This will enable to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges&quot;&gt;chat, ask/answer in meta, upvote and... comment!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then it's the time for the delayed comment to celebrate your reputation gain.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Final pro-tip: some sites are easier to get reputation than others. Hobby-related topics are easier to get into and new sites (no special icon, just the default blue one) means more time to answer before someone else does and more good questions waiting for you to ask. Also, watch top questions in the right pane - sites whose question appear there often are the ones where users tend to upvote a lot.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="338446" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:24.280" LastActivityDate="2016-03-09T20:02:12.000" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15125" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15128" CreationDate="2016-03-10T11:05:35.133" Score="6" ViewCount="69" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm looking for a clearer explanation of the Electorate badge as the explanation given doesn't seem clear:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Vote on 600 questions and 25% or more of total votes are on questions&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This seems redundant, so it's a bit confusing. Looking further and observing the pop-up tag for electorate-badge I see the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A gold badge awarded for doing a lot of voting, and for not forgetting to vote on questions. You must have voted on at least 600 questions and of all your votes ever cast, 25% or more must have been on questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am voting on lots of questions, but don't see the numbers on the badge increasing. What am I missing? Can anyone clarify?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="257376" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2019-04-22T14:37:43.510" LastActivityDate="2019-04-22T14:40:44.667" Title="How exactly is the electorate badge earned?" Tags="|support|badges|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15126" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-03-10T11:10:32.787" Score="1" ViewCount="75" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently posted a question on the meta Stack Exchange site and realized that perhaps the question was better suited for the meta Ask Ubuntu site, and then realized I don't really know what the difference is between the two, as I am new to the meta sites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That being said I was trying to use the tag &lt;code&gt;electorate-badge&lt;/code&gt; which was available on the Meta Stack Exchange site, but not available on the Meta Ask Ubuntu site. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any clarification would be appreciated. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="257376" LastEditorUserId="158442" LastEditDate="2016-03-12T02:53:16.807" LastActivityDate="2016-03-12T02:53:16.807" Title="When should I post on Meta Ask Ubuntu vs Meta Stack Exchange?" Tags="|discussion|meta|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15127" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15126" CreationDate="2016-03-10T11:17:17.750" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;For questions about the system, either Meta is okay. We have plenty of people who have been using it for years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For questions specifically about Ask Ubuntu (want to highlight a problem, ask us to do things differently, etc), here makes most sense but I'm sure there are occasions when Meta.SE makes sense too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want to suggest a change to the underlying system (feature requests, reporting typos in badges or the help, etc), while SE staff do circulate around all the sites, you'll get a lot more feedback on Meta.SE. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Regarding badges and features &lt;em&gt;on Meta sites&lt;/em&gt;, most sites have a cut-down feature-set. That is to say things available on the main site (reputation and various badges) are only available on the main site. Meta.SE is slightly different in that it &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; the main site. It has reputation and all those gubbins.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="117103" LastEditDate="2016-03-10T18:52:06.443" LastActivityDate="2016-03-10T18:52:06.443" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15128" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15125" CreationDate="2016-03-10T11:44:35.067" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;Let's split the condition you have to meet in order to be awarded the badge into two different conditions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You must have voted at least on 600 questions;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The total number of votes cast on questions (&gt;600 per the previous condition) must constitute at least the 25% of the total numer of votes cast.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So the bare minimum &quot;range&quot; to meet both conditions is the &quot;range&quot; of combinations of votes where you have cast 600 votes on questions and any number of votes from a minimum of 0 to a maximum of 1800 on answers; if you have voted on more than 1800 answers by the time you vote on the 600th question the only way of obtaining the badge is increasing the number of votes cast on questions past 600 and up to a number that constitutes at least the 25% of the total number of votes cast.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another way to see this is that the number of votes cast on questions must be at least 600 and greater or equal to one third of the number of votes cast on answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Examples:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;1800 votes, 600 on questions and 1200 on answers: badge is awarded (at least 600 votes on questions and 600 is 33,3~% of 1800);&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;1800 votes, 500 on questions and 1300 on answers: badge is not awarded (not enough votes on questions, even if 400 is the 27,7~% of 1800);&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;3600 votes, 600 on questions and 3000 on answers: badge is not awarded (at least 600 votes on questions, but 600 is the 16,6~% of 3600);&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="380067" LastActivityDate="2016-03-10T11:44:35.067" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15129" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15130" CreationDate="2016-03-12T15:04:53.537" Score="5" ViewCount="136" Body="&lt;p&gt;I found a user is copying an answer given to them (I mean word for word copy/paste, no changes or anything!) by another user as their own answer on two question less than ten minuets apart and I bet there are more (EDIT: There are more).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To me this is very rude, I would be annoyed if it was my answer and the user who posted the first answer has informed me that they have mentioned this multiple times.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the best way to deal with this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have dealt with the user before and commenting by me and others did not work, worse still the user is making good rep of this practice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I decided not to post the user here but I will link it if others want to see it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastEditorUserId="344926" LastEditDate="2016-03-16T01:02:53.000" LastActivityDate="2016-03-16T01:02:53.000" Title="Best method to deal with one user copy/pasting/plagiarising another's answers" Tags="|support|answers|answer-format|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15130" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15129" CreationDate="2016-03-12T15:31:31.633" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Downvote and flag their answers away (using a custom flag explaining the situation). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Proper attribution is mandatory per how the user provided content is licensed (and I guess those answers would lack it?).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Leveraging the lack of attribution you should at least get those posts deleted; also a certain number of violations of the rules (in this case in terms of lack of proper attribution) will earn the user a suspension; so if the user persists in misbehaving despite the warnings they'll eventually be suspended.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="380067" LastActivityDate="2016-03-12T15:31:31.633" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15131" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-03-12T16:39:13.210" Score="1" ViewCount="47" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ymBlK.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ymBlK.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Error message&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm getting this error when I try to change my email.  The email I'm trying to change to has previously been registered to SE, but I removed that login recently.  That email is no longer (or shouldn't be) associated with and SE account.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What's going on?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="366676" LastActivityDate="2016-03-13T02:03:09.623" Title="Cannot change email in Profile" Tags="|support|bug|profile-page|email|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15132" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15131" CreationDate="2016-03-13T02:03:09.623" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;It seems that there was a bug in the system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I needed to change my email in the secondary account to something new (instead of blank), then everything worked like it should.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;INFINITE THANKS TO @Seth.  You're the man, man.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="366676" LastActivityDate="2016-03-13T02:03:09.623" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15133" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15115" CreationDate="2016-03-13T14:00:47.490" Score="5" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;seemed to contain lots of &lt;strong&gt;useless information&lt;/strong&gt; that was completely impertinent to the user's question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Useless information like &quot;my moms name is Clara&quot;, &quot;I like rocks&quot;, &quot;in case someone wonders my system is Dell&quot;, etc. should be deleted from the post. It distracts users and makes questions harder to find. Make sure that the question is razor sharp with all information needed to answer the question without anything &quot;extra&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="344926" LastEditDate="2016-03-16T18:18:05.230" LastActivityDate="2016-03-16T18:18:05.230" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15134" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2016-03-14T18:16:00.213" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2016-03-14T18:16:00.213" LastActivityDate="2016-03-14T18:16:00.213" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15135" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2016-03-14T18:16:00.213" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2016-03-14T18:16:00.213" LastActivityDate="2016-03-14T18:16:00.213" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15136" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15106" CreationDate="2016-03-14T18:59:11.573" Score="16" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sadly and—in my humble opinion—wrongly, the AU community has decided that workarounds for bugs are off topic. Personally, I've never understood why that is the case since working around bugs is often essential and the only way you can do what you need. Nevertheless, the community's stance here is clear and is nicely explained in &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/15107/85695&quot;&gt;@kos's answer&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Happily, the folks over at &lt;a href=&quot;http://unix.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;Unix &amp;amp; Linux&lt;/a&gt; are fine with questions about working around known or unknown bugs. Therefore, if&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The question is a good question: it shows research effort, is clear and understandable and looks like it could, conceivably, have an answer;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It is only off topic because it is about a bug and everything else about it is fine;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is a good question:it shows research effort, is clear and understandable and looks like it could, conceivably, have an answer;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If all the above conditions are met (especially 1 and 3), then feel free to flag it for moderator attention and ask them to migrate over to Unix &amp;amp; Linux. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2016-03-14T18:59:11.573" CommentCount="18" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15137" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15138" CreationDate="2016-03-14T22:36:27.510" Score="11" ViewCount="134" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=title%3A%22has+anyone%22&quot;&gt;Well, &lt;em&gt;has&lt;/em&gt; anyone??&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=title%3A%22has+anybody%22&quot;&gt;Part 2&lt;/a&gt;.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Okay, but seriously. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/215506/has-anyone-used-ispconfig-3?s=1|6.2134&quot;&gt;Has Anyone Used ISPconfig 3&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/277339/has-anyone-installed-real-player?s=2|6.0594&quot;&gt;Has anyone installed Real Player?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/69375/has-anyone-compiled-espeak-text-to-speech?s=4|5.2918&quot;&gt;Has anyone compiled eSpeak Text-to-Speech?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/588429/has-anyone-successfully-installed-syspro-on-ubuntu?s=5|5.2779&quot;&gt;Has anyone successfully installed Syspro on Ubuntu?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/433792/has-anyone-successfully-installed-ubuntu-on-a-lenovo-y410p?s=15|4.3982&quot;&gt;Has anyone successfully installed ubuntu on a Lenovo Y410P&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't know, man, &lt;em&gt;has&lt;/em&gt; anyone, or &lt;em&gt;haven't&lt;/em&gt; they?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;AU is not a &lt;em&gt;forum&lt;/em&gt; for &lt;em&gt;discussion&lt;/em&gt;; we come here to get &lt;em&gt;objective&lt;/em&gt; answers to &lt;em&gt;real&lt;/em&gt; questions, not to make (gnu) smalltalk. Moreover, these sorts of questions get closed as primarily opinion-based because they tend to ask for opinions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Granted, AU is far from the only site with this antipattern in titles.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/q/44086/39295&quot;&gt;Has anyone played an mp3 file on a RaspberryPi3 and streamed the output to a bluetooth speaker?&lt;/a&gt; (raspberrypi.se)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ux.stackexchange.com/q/91370/77024&quot;&gt;Has anyone used UXCam before? [on hold]&lt;/a&gt; (ux.se)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ux.stackexchange.com/q/88023/77024&quot;&gt;Has anyone statistics for the number of users completing a registration for a service?&lt;/a&gt; (ux.se)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe it's just me, but these kinds of titles seem &lt;em&gt;chit-chatty&lt;/em&gt;, and they add to the chit-chattyness of the question following said title; rather than asking an &lt;em&gt;actual&lt;/em&gt; question these titles seem to beg a discussion about the weather.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm always tempted to retitle these questions, but coming up with a good title for such a post that accurately divulges the content should be the job of the &lt;em&gt;asker&lt;/em&gt;, not &lt;em&gt;me&lt;/em&gt; (or other editors).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd like to request &quot;Has anyone&quot; and &quot;Has anybody&quot; be added to the list of terms in titles that raise &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/300740/can-stack-overflow-notice-a-regular-expression-question-and-maybe-suggest-someth&quot;&gt;a &quot;warning&quot; dialogue&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt; beside the title box when it loses focus.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;Not the sort of dialogue that prevents the question from being posted, but merely informatic (Clippy, anyone?) that such titles aren't preferred over actually helpful, descriptive titles, and perhaps a link to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/10648/310919&quot;&gt;How do I write a good title?&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An example of the text in the dialogue could be:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Please avoid informalities like &quot;Can someone&quot; and &quot;Has anyone...?&quot; in question titles. &lt;strong&gt;If your motivation for asking is “I would like to participate in a discussion about this subject”, then you should not be asking here.&lt;/strong&gt; Read more about what makes a question on-topic and constructive in the help center:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/dont-ask&quot;&gt;What types of questions should I avoid asking?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;What kinds of questions are on-topic here?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="455520" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:56:29.100" LastActivityDate="2016-04-03T14:00:45.820" Title="Has anyone been irked by titles starting with &quot;Has anyone ...&quot;?" Tags="|feature-request|question-titles|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15138" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15137" CreationDate="2016-03-15T00:32:31.890" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;I agree that such titles need improvement. But looking at the data, I do not find much indication that the OP wants to participate in a broad discussion. Most often, it's just poor writing form: writing &quot;Has anyone successfully installed (this) on (that)&quot; when the actual question is how to install that thing. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another, strongly related, mistake is writing something like &quot;Can anyone help me with this wireless driver problem&quot; instead of actually describing the problem. It's not conversational style that's the main issue, but lack of specifics.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I dug up some stats: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=title%3A%22think%22&quot;&gt;think&lt;/a&gt;: 91 questions (nearly all low-quality)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=title%3A%22can+someone%22&quot;&gt;Can someone&lt;/a&gt;: 70 questions &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=title%3A%22can+anyone%22&quot;&gt;Can anyone&lt;/a&gt;: 57&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=title%3A%22does+anyone%22&quot;&gt;Does anyone&lt;/a&gt;: 44&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=title%3A%22has+anyone%22&quot;&gt;Has anyone&lt;/a&gt;: 36&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=title%3A%22can+anybody%22&quot;&gt;Can anybody&lt;/a&gt;: 16&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=title%3A%22does+anybody%22&quot;&gt;Does anybody&lt;/a&gt;: 14&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=title%3A%22does+someone%22&quot;&gt;Does someone&lt;/a&gt;: 5&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=title%3A%22has+anybody%22&quot;&gt;Has anybody&lt;/a&gt;: 5&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All of these are dwarfed by &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=title%3A%22please+help%22&quot;&gt;please help&lt;/a&gt;: 271 questions. As in &quot;update problem, please help&quot;... &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, I suggest addressing this wider problem of insufficiently specific titles. A title matching &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;^.{0,30}(^|\W)(anybody|anyone|doubt|help|please|problem|question|somebody|someone|think)(\W|$).{0,30}$&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;case insensitive, in whichever flavour&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;probably needs work and should generate a warning message, like the one on &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.math.stackexchange.com/a/17012&quot;&gt;Math.SE&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://regex101.com/r/eW6rT9/1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Test above regex here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user336085" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:24.280" LastActivityDate="2016-03-15T01:11:25.327" CommentCount="9" CommunityOwnedDate="2016-03-15T00:32:31.890" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15139" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-03-15T14:46:00.897" Score="-2" ViewCount="79" Body="&lt;p&gt;My &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/743909/whatsapp-client-for-ubuntu-desktop-14-04&quot;&gt;answer&lt;/a&gt; was deleted but other &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/746304/how-can-i-use-whatsapp-web-on-ubuntu&quot;&gt;answers&lt;/a&gt; on this site are not, why?? Not pointing a particular answer but several other answers like that. Why?? Why not some uniform and consistent standards?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If there are some users who just visits askubuntu to get the answers and not even mark it as accepted even if that is the potential answer(or close to the answer) that is working as disadvantage for few such answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Moreover I heard that SE is based on ElasticSearch so why not it simply pops up the answer(even when they are deleted)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367882" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2016-03-15T15:40:50.333" Title="My answer was deleted but at the same time other similar answers were not, why?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15140" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15139" CreationDate="2016-03-15T15:36:25.083" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your answer was deleted because it didn't answer the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the question you posted your answer to the problem is that OP is not able to download the client they paid for. They're asking how they could solve that issue, not for an alternative solution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The other question you mention instead explicitly asks for how to get to use WhatsApp Web on Ubuntu, which the answer posted to it &lt;em&gt;does&lt;/em&gt; address.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, in short, they both suggest using whatsappweb.com, but they're not quite the same answer and anyway they've been posted to two different questions: such an answer answers the second question but not the first one (the one you posted your answer to).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="380067" LastActivityDate="2016-03-15T15:36:25.083" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15141" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-03-15T16:29:11.033" Score="-1" ViewCount="109" Body="&lt;p&gt;I flagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/746009/integrity-of-2-files-containing-several-md5-checksums-using-md5sum-c&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; as off-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question absolutely does not belong on Ask Ubuntu but on Stack Overflow or similar. But the flag got declined and that's bad for my reputation (?).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It makes no sense to flag if things go this way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, how strict should we be when we flag questions as off-topic?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="517880" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2017-02-04T21:00:47.907" Title="How strict should off-topic questions be flagged as such?" Tags="|discussion|scope|flagging|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2017-02-04T23:59:29.190" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15142" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15141" CreationDate="2016-03-15T16:48:04.397" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;General usage of command line tools available on Ubuntu is usually on-topic here, as is shell scripting. On the other hand, I see no particular reason why that question should belong on SO; there is nothing particularly programmer-centric in it. It could belong on SU or U&amp;amp;L, but, by the same token, it belongs here too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2016-03-15T16:48:04.397" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15143" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15141" CreationDate="2016-03-15T17:23:43.187" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is 100% about using a command line tool that ships with Ubuntu as part of the &lt;code&gt;coreutils&lt;/code&gt; package. There aren't many tools that are more Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the same way that we answer Ubuntu users' questions about Firefox and LibreOffice, this is completely on-topic. Without questions like this, there'd only be five questions left on Ask Ubuntu. And there'll be somebody who wants to close those too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are some topics that do make me wonder sometimes but this just isn't one of them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2016-03-15T17:23:43.187" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15144" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-03-15T23:38:59.127" Score="-6" ViewCount="163" Body="&lt;p&gt;Often questions are &lt;strong&gt;very&lt;/strong&gt; easy to answer if the asker would search a few minutes in the internet &lt;strong&gt;and&lt;/strong&gt; has the right search terms handy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The latter one is the key, the askers often didn't know what to search for to find the right answers which often already exists many times.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/746486/how-to-boot-into-a-virtual-box-vm-with-a-live-image&quot;&gt;Regarding to this question&lt;/a&gt; I want to know the all day policy here. I dont favor to copy tutorials already available in the net but post the link with some hints. Furthermore, I don't explain each mousemove and fingertip for the right approach but try to give a usefull script to implement the solution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the question above I already answered the solution and without any intention of the asker a power user did it again, more than half an hour later, targeting megadummies.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="517880" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2016-03-16T10:29:31.213" Title="How far an explanation should go / does it legitimate double posts / answers?" Tags="|discussion|answers|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15145" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15144" CreationDate="2016-03-16T00:01:20.017" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;While yours wasn't a &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/8231/are-answers-that-just-contain-links-elsewhere-really-good-answers&quot;&gt;link only answer&lt;/a&gt;, the more checkbox style answers will tend to get votes/accepts.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you rifle through some of my low-vote answers, I'm sure you'll find the same thing all over the place.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Generally, more in depth/manual like answers get more points.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2016-03-16T00:01:20.017" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15147" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15144" CreationDate="2016-03-16T09:13:43.160" Score="5" Body="&lt;h3&gt;I am a mega dummy&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To be honest, reading your answer, not being very familiar with VirtualBox, I would have to scratch my head a few times, translate the cryptic (indeed &lt;code&gt;cli-&lt;/code&gt; jargon -like) instruction into human readable text, open VirtualBox to find out what you are exactly referring to, click the link for additional information, try to find the appropriate information on the page....&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even for me, using VirtualBox &lt;em&gt;a lot&lt;/em&gt;, the line:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;...disk-image-manager, assign the ISO-image to the virtual CD drive of the VM and configure the boot-order of the VM&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;takes quite some effort to picture what to do exactly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Posting an additional answer?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the past, I practiced the rule that I would &lt;em&gt;never&lt;/em&gt; post an additional answer if an existing answer was based on the same &lt;em&gt;concept&lt;/em&gt; as what I had in mind. The result was that It sometimes took considerably more time to edit/improve an existing answer, than answering the question from scratch. &lt;br&gt;&#xA;I stopped doing that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I therefore post an additional answer nevertheless, if:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the existing answer is hardly fixable into a good answer without rewriting it&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and/or:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I have useful additional information, which comes together with the existing answer&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this case, if your answer even wasn't clear enough to be recognized by kos (and to be honest, by me), I suggest you reconsider the concept of how to answer questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am pretty sure kos posted his answer, not knowing it was based on the same procedure as your answer. Even if he would have, I see good reasons to post an elaborated, additional answer however.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2016-03-16T10:29:31.213" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15148" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-03-16T16:56:30.193" Score="1" ViewCount="90" Body="&lt;p&gt;I searched for the option &quot;change password&quot; in my account, but I didn't find it. Is it possible? If it is possible, how do I do it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="487981" OwnerDisplayName="Banda Muhammad Al Helal" LastActivityDate="2016-03-16T23:31:19.347" Title="How do I change my account password on Ask Ubuntu?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15149" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15148" CreationDate="2016-03-16T17:23:17.017" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;To change &lt;a href=&quot;http://askubuntu.com&quot;&gt;AskUbuntu&lt;/a&gt; account password, Click on your User Icon on the top --&gt; Go to &lt;strong&gt;Edit Profile &amp;amp; Settings&lt;/strong&gt; --&gt; &lt;strong&gt;My Logins&lt;/strong&gt; --&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Change password&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="497359" OwnerDisplayName="Severus Tux" LastActivityDate="2016-03-16T17:23:17.017" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15150" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15148" CreationDate="2016-03-16T23:31:19.347" Score="1" Body="&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Go to your network profile from AskUbuntu profile.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/XAqze.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/XAqze.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;On your network profile click &lt;code&gt;my logins&lt;/code&gt; (blue link next to the &quot;About Me&quot; section )&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/XRV7L.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/XRV7L.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will be presented with popup window with an option to change profile&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="295286" LastActivityDate="2016-03-16T23:31:19.347" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15151" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15185" CreationDate="2016-03-17T12:49:32.050" Score="29" ViewCount="5609" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have recently noticed a trend going around, and to be perfectly honest it's pissing me off. What new users (and some experience users,) do nowadays is go to the main page, find a question that's been getting lots of views, and from there do the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Go to Google.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Type in the issue or any outputs into the search bar&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Find any link that has anything to do with the issue (I've seen people link the asked question to itself) &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Paste this link into an answer and tell people to go this link to fix their issue&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A great example can be found &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/657774/how-to-get-my-intel-wireless-3165-to-work?lq=1&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. What you can see there is that there are two answers. One is only two lines, using a line of text and a link to provide the rest of the information for them. The other is a quality answer, that attempts to help the user fix what is wrong. Back to the use of links in this way. Not only is this completely unproductive, especially because of possible future deletion of the link, but also because of the fact that, usually what they paste a link to is not a valid or helpful answer. I get people citing links to find useful fixes. I do that. However having a 2 line answer that doesn't do anything to help the OP, that's different. So if somehow or someway this gets to the &quot;Hot Questions Box&quot; NEW USERS FOR GOD'S SAKE, if you know the fix to an issue, please feel free to help, and if you need to do some research, you can, but please, &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;PLEASE&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; do not answer a question with &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;just&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; a link. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="431864" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2016-03-23T22:29:06.043" Title="Please do not use links as entire answers!" Tags="|discussion|answers|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15152" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-03-18T08:51:43.397" Score="38" ViewCount="421" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is for all more or less new users that posted questions here and searched for help, but got much negative feedback from the community in form of downvotes and closing their questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I want to give you some tips on how to write better questions in the future:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This site is about Ubuntu and official Ubuntu derivates (list can be found &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuFlavors&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;) only.&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example Linux Mint is based on Ubuntu, but not officially acknowledged by Canonical, so questions about Linux Mint are off-topic here and must be asked on Unix &amp;amp; Linux instead. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you observe the problem on both an official and unofficial Ubuntu flavour, ask about how to solve the problem on the official flavour and only add a little side note that the unofficial one has the same problem. Otherwise your question will probably get closed.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Do not rant and do not use offensive language.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ranting never solved a problem. Instead, you're going to prevent getting answers if your question is full with rants about Ubuntu or anything else (except Windows maybe ;-D). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's perfectly acceptable if you don't like Ubuntu or anything related, but this is neither a necessary fact to solve the problem, nor do you have to emotionally express it. Especially as most users here love Ubuntu, they feel offended when somebody strongly talks bad about it. Of course, reasonable critics are always ok when you can explain it, but if your entire post is just critics and does not contain a specific question - well, then it isn't a question. And we close question posts that are no real questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Bad example:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Ubuntu is such a crappy OS. It's not even capable of supporting my fucking wifi card. How can anybody use this horrible shit?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Use &lt;code&gt;code formatting&lt;/code&gt; for command outputs.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In many command outputs, the formatting is pretty important because it's e.g. a table or similar. It really increases the readability in any way though if you use code formatting for that. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To format a passage as code, select it in the question editor and click the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;code&gt;{}&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; button or hit &lt;kbd&gt;Ctrl&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;K&lt;/kbd&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/8QMGg.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/8QMGg.png&quot; alt=&quot;how to format text as code&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also don't use the &lt;code&gt;inline code formatting&lt;/code&gt; (by surrounding the code with backticks: &lt;code&gt;`code`&lt;/code&gt;) when you have code blocks consisting of multiple lines.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Use code block formatting instead by indenting &#xA;the line with 4 spaces in the editor.&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Bad example:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;NAME   MAJ:MIN RM   SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT&#xA;  sda      8:0    0 465,8G  0 disk &#xA;  ├─sda1   8:1    0   9,7G  0 part /boot&#xA;  ├─sda2   8:2    0     1K  0 part &#xA;  ├─sda5   8:5    0 186,5G  0 part /&#xA;  ├─sda6   8:6    0 261,4G  0 part /home&#xA;  └─sda7   8:7    0   8,2G  0 part [SWAP]&#xA;  sr0     11:0    1  1024M  0 rom  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;How it should look like:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;NAME   MAJ:MIN RM   SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT&#xA;sda      8:0    0 465,8G  0 disk &#xA;├─sda1   8:1    0   9,7G  0 part /boot&#xA;├─sda2   8:2    0     1K  0 part &#xA;├─sda5   8:5    0 186,5G  0 part /&#xA;├─sda6   8:6    0 261,4G  0 part /home&#xA;└─sda7   8:7    0   8,2G  0 part [SWAP]&#xA;sr0     11:0    1  1024M  0 rom  &#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Please avoid using the CAPS LOCK key in your posts.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Whole words and sentences in uppercase letters are interpreted as shouting in web posts. And nobody likes to be shouted at. It's also less readable. To emphasize something, use &lt;strong&gt;bold&lt;/strong&gt; or &lt;em&gt;italic&lt;/em&gt; text, but pay attention that you don't overuse it. An all-bold text will also scare the people away.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Bad example:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;MY UBUNTU DOES NOT INSTALL SOFTWARE ANY MORE! WHAT SHOULD I DO?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Prefer full stops (.) over exclamation marks (!).&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Especially never use more than one exclamation mark. The more you use, the more stupid it looks.      &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Bad example:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I can't watch videos in my browser any more!!!!!!!!! Flash games also don't work!!!!!!!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Begging for help repeatedly and pushing for an urgent solution is counterproductive.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This won't speed up the process, it just annoys the community. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Bad example:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I really need help, please. This is very urgent! Help me ASAP! Pleeeeeaaaassee!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Make sure to leave the unnecessary noise out.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Restrict yourself on facts that are related to the problem. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We don't care for example about your personal opinion of your graphics card manufacturer or whether you tried to fix that all the night or whether the lost data was your collection of dirty videos... It's irrelevant to solve the problem and just makes the question longer. Of course long questions are more effort to read, and the easier one can understand your problem, the more likely someone will come up with a solution. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This also includes greetings (&quot;Hello Ubuntu fans&quot;, &quot;Thanks in advance&quot;, &quot;Best regards&quot;) because they do not add any value to the question. The communities here decided to rather leave this out and focus on the content. You don't have to be ultra polite in a question. Just be nice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Bad example:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Hello people.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  I found this issue after having watched sweet kitten videos on youtube together with my aunt. When I set the volume level to 100%, it crashes and there's no sound any more at all. It's not a problem with the speakers, they costed 245.99$ and have golden connectors. They work with higher volume when I connect them to my CD player. So I had to reboot to get sound again, but rebooting takes soooo long on my old laptop. I also have to close all my browser tabs and other applications before and open them again afterwards. I don't want to do that too often. Usually I just reboot once a week or so and use standby all the time.&#xA;  Thank you for helping me.&#xA;  Best regards, KittenFriend&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Don't add personal details or contact data.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sometimes I see pretty personal information in there that could be used to identify you and maybe even harm you. Some users also voluntarily share their contact data like phone number, email address or skype name and hope to get personal support by anybody. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We don't do that here. Nobody does that. The aim of this site is to build good Q&amp;amp;As (Question &amp;amp; Answers) that help as many people as possible. It is not intended as a personal support desk. Therefore the entire problem solving process must be public and on the site, not through other communication channels.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Bad example:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;My name is Max Mustermann and I live in the Mozartweg 23 in Berlin. I need help to install this new hard drive I bought and install Ubuntu on it. Could anybody in the area please come over and help me? Please call before you come so that I will be at home. My mobile number is 0123 987654321. Thank you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Please use proper English and no web/sms slang abbreviations.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is not really a big deal, but it's much more pleasant to read a well worded question with (mostly) correct spelling and grammar than to decrypt posts like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Bad example:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;My Buntu dnt work. I get no updatez. Always da same error msg. Help me pls ASAP. THX.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My all-time favourite funny Q&amp;amp;A in that style:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Q:&lt;/strong&gt; I need to do XY. Is that possible? Help me pls, it's very urgent!&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;A:&lt;/strong&gt; As you don't even seem to have the time to write &quot;please&quot; correctly, I answer &quot;No&quot; because that's shorter than &quot;Yes&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please respect those tips the next time you post a question here and I promise you that it won't receive a negative score. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For further reading, I recommend taking the short &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tour&quot;&gt;tour&lt;/a&gt; and reading the articles in our &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help&quot;&gt;help center&lt;/a&gt;, especially the one about &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/how-to-ask&quot;&gt;How do I ask a good question?&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastEditorUserId="94914" LastEditDate="2018-07-31T16:09:02.797" LastActivityDate="2023-01-02T23:03:05.127" Title="Tips for users to write better questions and avoid negative feedback" Tags="|discussion|question-quality|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15153" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15186" CreationDate="2016-03-18T09:39:53.800" Score="22" ViewCount="258" Body="&lt;h2&gt;... Bring it to the mods' attention. Don't take on the user multiple times.&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We've had a few separate instances over the last couple of months where higher-reputation users have actively (or passively) challenged newer users' behaviour repeated times. In comments. On Meta.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;These challengers only do it for the betterment of the site.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, leaving more than a few comments against a single user —especially a new user— &lt;strong&gt;makes them feel abused&lt;/strong&gt;. They get defensive and their reaction is automatically against you, not the rules of the site, not their problems. Words like &amp;quot;troll&amp;quot; come up and that often just leads to another reaction.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Consider it this way. If they ignored you the first two times, what's special about the next ten? Continuing to nibble at a repeat offender will only make them angry. It won't fix the problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;So, please don't nibble.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you notice that a user is becoming a repeat offender, flag something they've done and leave an explanation for moderators. We can have a discussion with the user out of public view with them. Why?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Well, sometimes the setting and person talking to them can make the difference and improve their conduct (win!).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;But sometimes they just attack us instead. The difference here is we can deal with that escalation &lt;em&gt;surgically&lt;/em&gt; without a public brawl.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Either way the outcome is cleaner. You can focus on what you were doing, we can focus on the bigger problems and everybody stays calm and productive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2016-03-23T22:41:26.687" Title="If you're having a repeat problem with a user…" Tags="|discussion|comments|flagging|moderation|new-users|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15154" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-03-18T13:34:39.993" Score="1" ViewCount="127" Body="&lt;p&gt;So what I see a lot of is people who will format a question as follows&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Hello i am having an issue with &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;question/problem&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  ...&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Insert question/issue here&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  ...&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  PLEASE HELP I CANT USE MY COMPUTER. PLEASE HELP ME. Thanks, &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;insert name here&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now yes, that is a little over exaggerated, but in some cases users may ask questions very similar to that. The question/discussion I have/want to have is where the line is drawn between common courtesy, and &quot;excess noise&quot; in a question. I get people adding small globs at the beginning and end like for example &quot;Hello,&quot; &quot;Thanks,&quot; and &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;maybe&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; if it is in their interest, their name. There have been a group of people going around and basically destroying the last of this sanity. If we just rid the questions of all except the question itself, although making it more simpler, may also change the original tone that the author/asker wanted to have. &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Your thoughts?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="431864" LastEditorUserId="158442" LastEditDate="2016-03-23T16:56:48.027" LastActivityDate="2016-03-24T16:15:08.633" Title="What Is Considered &quot;Extra Noise?&quot;" Tags="|discussion|editing|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15155" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2016-03-18T13:37:46.777" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2016-03-18T13:37:46.777" LastActivityDate="2016-03-18T13:37:46.777" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15156" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2016-03-18T13:37:46.777" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2016-03-18T13:37:46.777" LastActivityDate="2016-03-18T13:37:46.777" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15157" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15154" CreationDate="2016-03-18T13:57:07.087" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I do not start editing a question just to remove a &quot;Hello&quot; in the beginning and a &quot;Best regards&quot; in the end. But when I'm already editing a question for other reasons (formatting, spelling, grammar) I often remove those unnecessary lines. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They do not help the quality of the question and they're also not really improving the tone of a question as you said in my opinion. It's nothing serious, but simply unneeded. And from my experience, the shorter and less noisy a question is, the better are its chances to find an answer. This is simply because most people out there are lazy and don't want to read too much. The difference is not huge when you just remove a greeting, but it's still unnecessary lines that make the question longer than it would need to be.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, your line from the example:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;PLEASE HELP I CANT USE MY COMPUTER. PLEASE HELP ME.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is horrible and should not be tolerated. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It's CAPS LOCKED which means the OP is shouting at us.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It's simply repeatedly &lt;em&gt;begging&lt;/em&gt; for help.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It does not add any value to the question but is the most emphasized sentence in the entire post.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For these three reasons, I would delete the entire line if it appears like that in a real post. And while I'm at it, the greeting and thanks would fall as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By the way I just collected a set of tips for users that tend to get negative feedback on their questions. I discuss all the issues mentioned here and many more over there:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/15152/tips-for-users-to-write-better-questions-and-avoid-negative-feedback&quot;&gt;Tips for users to write better questions and avoid negative feedback&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.150" LastActivityDate="2016-03-18T13:57:07.087" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15159" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-03-18T23:34:16.100" Score="0" ViewCount="70" Body="&lt;p&gt;Because some of you have such detailed ideas how to help OPs (and especially how not) and some of you like to express this by waves of downvotes (even if th OP accepted the answer) I want to ask you for the (your) right way to do things:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Often it is necessary to get much more information from the OP and, thats the key, it is also necessary to guide she/he to collect such information. Therefore it used to be required to ask the OP to execute commands and to post the result, to ask to execute another command and to get the result and so on. Guiding to run commands using comments is often not clearly for the OP and to get the result that way may also not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/744618/basel-real-exists-but-when-i-run-basel-it-said-no-such-file-or-directory&quot;&gt;Here is an example of such a situation.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So what is the better &amp;amp; desired way while omit useing answers?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And, interesting too, what should be the follow up, if the answer / solution was found in the melee of the comments? Should somebody extract an answer of them an create an answer? Or should other user which the same question being dept to read all the comments to extract the answer her/himself?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="517880" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2016-03-23T22:52:19.887" Title="Whats the right way to request details for helping to solve a problem" Tags="|discussion|comments|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15160" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15159" CreationDate="2016-03-19T00:03:22.387" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;My method:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ask for results of instructions in comment and ask them to put the results into the question. When done remove the comment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it needs more than just 1 comment ask the user to join into chat. If the user has less than 20 rep I tend to upvote some of the questions so that user can (but do not forget to remove them if the questions are not that good). Or if that is not possible tell them to get 20 rep and then PM before entering chat.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastActivityDate="2016-03-19T00:03:22.387" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15161" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15159" CreationDate="2016-03-19T08:04:21.827" Score="1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;if the answer / solution was found in the melee of the comments?&#xA;  Should somebody extract an answer of them an create an answer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I see an answer in the comments, I ask the user who solved the issue in comments to convert it to an answer, they solved it and should get the votes and rep for solving it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should not take someone else's comment and post it as an answer yourself except in extreme cases like the account is deleted or the user is not active for a few months, but do tick the &lt;kbd&gt;community wiki&lt;/kbd&gt; check box below the answer as otherwise you will get downvotes fast, even if you get accepted, as users will just think you took someone else's comment and used it for your own gain.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Because some of you have such detailed ideas how to help OPs (and&#xA;  especially how not) and some of you like to express this by waves of&#xA;  downvotes (even if th OP accepted the answer)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can you give an example of what you mean here?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Only the very worst answers receive a &quot;wave of downvotes&quot;, you seem to be implying that if someone does not like an answer they get others to vote it down but I am sure that is not what you mean, right?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastEditorUserId="344926" LastEditDate="2016-03-23T22:52:19.887" LastActivityDate="2016-03-23T22:52:19.887" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15162" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-03-19T12:11:37.147" Score="0" ViewCount="159" Body="&lt;p&gt;First I tried it my intuitive way - and I got punished by the power-users here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Than i tried it your way and you power user do it just the way they punished me for...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thats make no sense for me:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/744618/basel-real-exists-but-when-i-run-basel-it-said-no-such-file-or-directory&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; I didn't post an answer because it is not the solution but give helping information in comments. andrew.46 post do it just the way you told me not to do... even if i guess it would be a more clarify way - and nearly copy paste my comment...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/745086/how-do-i-copy-a-file-using-terminal/745147&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; it is obvious that it is a duplicate - no problem - more than just poweruser do some more duplicates (an ignores that file syncing is a subject, so file stats should be preserved)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/746486/how-to-boot-into-a-virtual-box-vm-with-a-live-image&quot;&gt;This question&lt;/a&gt; is one of the best... A &lt;strong&gt;super-user&lt;/strong&gt; asks a question what he can easy reveal with less than 2 minute of research.... I give him (a &lt;strong&gt;super-user&lt;/strong&gt;) a hint how to solve - and it solved! But in &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/15144/how-far-an-explanation-should-go-does-it-legitimate-double-posts-answers?noredirect=1#comment27566_15144&quot;&gt;meta you told me&lt;/a&gt; I should suggest he is a &quot;mega dummy&quot; - no words left so far. Last but no least, the &lt;strong&gt;super-user&lt;/strong&gt; answers himself in a spamming manner. I still waiting for the video tutorial...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Special question regarding to his thread:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question of the OP was really regarding basics of VB. It was obvious that a short hint helps the OP to find the right way. It makes absolutly no sense to spend the effort to do a setup with that program (VB) used to take some screenshots and create a click by click tutorial.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why? Because the short hint takes a minute (question 22:03, solution 22:15) and OP can go on (and he did!). This is much more usefull for the OP than waiting hours for a video tutorial.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why? Because the supporter may spend the saved hours not doing a video   turorial helping other users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/746479/open-ssh-connection-in-background/746487&quot;&gt;Another good question&lt;/a&gt; I red the question and followed up how familar the OP with ubuntu is. I gave him a short hint that solves the problem. Mostly everybody with such question who understand the question will understand the solution - and I used a link of StackExchange. The answer get accepted but one of you power user still must downvote. Well done...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As long as some of the big player here apply double standards it is annoying helping the OPs here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This question is not regarding me (I going on doing it my way, helping users - not pleasing super-users) - but some of you (if the cap fits, wear it) should think about how to help, educate and/or annoy other supporter...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="517880" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2016-03-19T22:48:13.107" Title="The ongoing here confuses me finaly" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="12" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15163" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15162" CreationDate="2016-03-19T12:45:19.290" Score="3" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;In this question I didn't post an answer because it is not the solution but give helping information in comments. andrew.46 post do it just the way you told me not to do... even if i guess it would be a more clarify way - and nearly copy paste my comment...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This site actually permits directly copying something from the comments if it is believed to be the answer. Even if it ends up not being the correct solution, if it attempts to answer the question, the answer is valid and should not be downvoted, unless it is only a link, or has no details at all. Now, I agree with you that his answer is probably not a great solution, as it doesn't directly address the issue. However, it will most likely solve the problem by essentially resetting everything and starting over.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It may not get upvotes, and it may be best to delete it, but it is technically an answer, and it is laid out in such a way that makes it easy to follow. You yourself admitted that it is more organized than what you suggested, which makes me think he didn't copy it directly from you (which is still perfectly OK).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You also fail to provide an example of when you posted an answer exactly like that and it was criticized and/or downvoted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;In this question it is obvious that it is a duplicate - no problem - more than just poweruser do some more duplicates (an ignores that file syncing is a subject, so file stats should be preserved)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am honestly not sure what you're saying here, so I can't provide a response to it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This question is one of the best... A super-user asks a question what he can easy reveal with less than 2 minute of research.... I give him (a super-user) a hint how to solve - and it solved! But in meta you told me I should suggest he is a &quot;mega dummy&quot; - no words left so far. Last but no least, the super-user answers himself in a spamming manner. I still waiting for the video tutorial...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That question you are referring to is something that users do quite a bit. They &quot;ask&quot; a question and then answer it themselves. This is not for their use. It is a way of compiling information onto one site, Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If a user had a problem and solved it themselves by looking it up or figuring it out, they may think that others could benefit. Your answer here may be valid, but it is useless. The OP isn't looking for an answer, the OP is is sharing their knowledge with others.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If their answer was just a one sentence thing, then it wouldn't help &lt;em&gt;anyone&lt;/em&gt; looking for the answer. This user, by providing a lengthy answer, is not cluttering this site. This user, by providing a lengthy answer, is &lt;em&gt;helping&lt;/em&gt; newcomers learn how to do something.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This brings me to your description of this answer as &quot;spammy.&quot; This is completely false. Spam is something like  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;BUY THIS NOW. MS OFFICE KEYS FREE 2016 2013 2010 '95&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;or  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;This site may help you out: [link to some random website about AntiVirus cracks]&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;A full blown tutorial is not spam.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Please remember that Ask Ubuntu is a public site.&lt;/strong&gt; Questions posted here should be problems that others could potentially have. Of course, unique issues are welcome, but not in every case. Answers need to also help others, and as such should not be created with only the OP in mind.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have one sentence for an answer, someone else who comes along looking for the same solution might not have any idea what to do. This is why you are encouraged (and maybe obligated) to take some time to write out a full tutorial &quot;for dummies.&quot; That way you can help more people than just the OP.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Long, detailed answers aren't &lt;em&gt;spam&lt;/em&gt;. They are actually much more useful than just &quot;hints,&quot; as you call them. A &quot;hint&quot; shouldn't even be an answer in the first place, since &quot;hints&quot; don't answer the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="274320" LastActivityDate="2016-03-19T12:45:19.290" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15164" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15162" CreationDate="2016-03-19T12:45:36.503" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You keep posting this again and again, so let me try to sum up the issue for you&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Leaving a &lt;code&gt;hint&lt;/code&gt; is not an answer, this has nothing to do with &lt;code&gt;super-users&lt;/code&gt;, the answer section is for answer not hints, leave hints in comments if you want.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This site is for giving answers not hints, people don't come here for hints and tips they want an answer. You seem to think that as long as your hint may help someone sometime it is a valid answer, it is not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You seem to have an issue with inexperienced users while neglecting the fact that your answers should help anyone who comes across them not just the OP, that is how the site works, it is a data base of useful answer. Answers that just leave links like this &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/746479/open-ssh-connection-in-background/746487&quot;&gt;open ssh connection in background&lt;/a&gt; don't answer the question and will/should be downvoted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this one &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/744618/basel-real-exists-but-when-i-run-basel-it-said-no-such-file-or-directory&quot;&gt;basel-real exists, but when I run basel, it said &amp;quot;No such file or directory&amp;quot;&lt;/a&gt; you say a user copied your comment, I see no evidence of this, the steps are different and the answer contains much more information than your comment, so how did they copy you? Also the answer is well written and contains clear steps, who told you not to do this?, no one, I read your other questions an Andrews answer fits the advice given to you there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You are starting to just post the same stuff again and again, please stop, it seems to be your personal vendetta about &lt;code&gt;power users&lt;/code&gt; (does 7k make me a power user, I don't think so anyway) picking on you but in every example you give the other answers are better, if you have a better answer than an existing one, just post it, like others do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2016-03-19T12:45:36.503" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15165" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15162" CreationDate="2016-03-19T13:20:53.463" Score="9" Body="&lt;h3&gt;Let's look from a distance&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Let's zoom out a bit, and not go into all the details too much. Most of your annoyances are the result of the (mis-)conception that AU is some kind of a private help desk.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Nothing is less true; both the person who &lt;em&gt;asks&lt;/em&gt; a question and the person who &lt;em&gt;answers&lt;/em&gt;, have the responsibility to make the post both &lt;em&gt;useful&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;understandable&lt;/em&gt;, for as many people as the subject allows. Although we definitely want OP to find his or her solution, from the bigger perspective, the person, asking the question creates &lt;em&gt;the occasion&lt;/em&gt; to answer the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The consequence is that if a question also is applicable to a less experienced user, &lt;em&gt;the answer&lt;/em&gt; should be accordingly, no matter if the question was asked by a 100k user or a 21- user.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Of course if a question involves a highly complicated subject, we may assume the average visitor of the post will be more experienced, and the style of answering as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I suggest you spend your energy on writing good, understandable answers, I am sure you can, rather than fighting a concept that is the result of general consensus, of which you can be part if you let go your personal annoyances.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2016-03-19T13:28:21.517" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15166" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15162" CreationDate="2016-03-19T13:39:27.797" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;For the most part your question and many of the answers are frankly tl:dr&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If my answer is tl;dr - check your attitude both with new users and high reputation users here at the door and learn from your down votes, review upvoted answers, and review the behavior of high reputation users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After watching your efforts in the past few days my advice is for you to :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;First&lt;/strong&gt; Look at what makes a good/great answer. Generally it is &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;An explanation of the problem and solution.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;A graphical solution (very popular here) with screen shots.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If the solution uses the command line, an explanation of the commands&#xA;with a link or reference to the man page for details.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Take a look at any user with a high reputation and review perhaps the top 5 answers that user posted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Second&lt;/strong&gt; - Keep in mind this is an Ubuntu site.The Ubuntu community is known for welcoming new users. See &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com/about/about-ubuntu/conduct&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.ubuntu.com/about/about-ubuntu/conduct&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other communities (Fedora, Arch, Gentoo, Slackware to name a few) are improving, but, often will post answers such as RTFM with more acceptance. Such a policy (RTFM) has advantages and disadvantages depending on the quality and maintenance of documentation but is not accepted here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your attitude, however, would be fine in many irc channels or in other communities, just not Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some communities look at Ubuntu like this-&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/lziK3.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/lziK3.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Third&lt;/strong&gt; - Moderation on this site is community maintained so anyone can up or down vote your posts. You need to take a deep breath and not take such things personally.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I &lt;em&gt;know&lt;/em&gt; I have my share of what sometimes seems to be random drive by down votes. So what? Everyone has the right to agree/disagree with my suggestions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should, however, review your posts if you get a down vote and try to improve. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However the moderators have a light hand, lots of tolerance and patience, are for the most part community elected, and do a nice job of watching for stalking behavior, either good or bad (I have seen users deleted who the mods felt had a pattern of upvoting my answers -&gt; loss of reputation for me). They manage problem users via the use of flags.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/15153/if-youre-having-a-repeat-problem-with-a-user&quot;&gt;If you&amp;#39;re having a repeat problem with a user…&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So while we do not always agree on various actions, the site is run by consensus.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="35795" LastEditorUserId="35795" LastEditDate="2016-03-19T22:48:13.107" LastActivityDate="2016-03-19T22:48:13.107" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15167" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-03-19T14:23:22.223" Score="9" ViewCount="185" Body="&lt;p&gt;Within the last weeks, I reviewed a growing number of answers from the Low Quality queue (or spotted them directly on the main site) that basically looked like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Follow the answers at &lt;em&gt;askubuntu.com/questions/...&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The author should not have written an answer to link the duplicate question but vote to close (or flag, depending on the reputation level) the question as duplicate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The canned delete reason comment for &lt;strong&gt;This is a link-only answer (and not spam)&lt;/strong&gt; does not really fit in my opinion:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;“While this link may answer the question, it is better to include the essential parts of the answer here and provide the link for reference. Link-only answers can become invalid if the linked page changes.”&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And I'm tired of always commenting something like that manually myself:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Instead of writing an answer only to provide a link to another question here on Ask Ubuntu, you should have flagged this question as duplicate of the other one. That way we can ensure that all good answers on the same topic are listed on one page and not spread over many small question posts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do you think we could add this as another canned delete reason comment to the Low Quality review queue? A suitable title would be &lt;strong&gt;This should have been a duplicate-flag instead&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Or do you think adding another reason will let the pop-up grow too much and reduce its usability?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Alternatively, we could also make the &lt;strong&gt;link-only&lt;/strong&gt; comment dynamic and change it to my proposed wording &lt;em&gt;if there are only links to askubuntu.com in the answer&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastActivityDate="2016-03-21T11:40:19.400" Title="LQ Review: Add canned delete comment for link-only within askubuntu.com (should have been flagged as duplicate)" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|comments|review|low-quality-posts|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15168" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15167" CreationDate="2016-03-20T11:10:25.723" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Great, but there's a corner case that needs to be addressed: many times  it happens that two completely different questions have the same answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In that case questions can't be closed as duplicates, but at the same time it's useful to have a link to possible answers. I'm against deleting those kind of answers, as even if indeed OP didn't bother giving too much explanation about who, what, where, when or why, that kind of information is often very useful. If the answerer wrote something along the lines of &quot;This could be done by doing X. See [link to question] for possible ways of doing X.&quot;, the answer shouldn't be deleted, at least not using the standard &quot;Delete&quot; button in the queue, as if they get deleted in-review that information is lost.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So that canned comment should be only for answers to &lt;em&gt;duplicate questions&lt;/em&gt;, and not for answers to &lt;em&gt;questions with the same answer&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The current wording may be read as implying that questions with the same answer should be closed as duplicate of each other &lt;em&gt;no matter what&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So it should be more explicit that the commenter is talking about duplicate questions, so to not instruct new / misbehaving users to do even worse stuff.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, on another note, the current wording is very direct, and may come across as repriminding (and end up being too mortifying: &quot;Instead of X, you should have done Y!&quot;). While I often want to throw my laptop out of the window when I see link-only answers to duplicate questions, many times poor users just aren't aware of the workings. I also propose to tone the comment down a bit (including the abovementioned modifications and along the lines of the current link-only canned comment) to something like this (this is an example to show the idea, feel free to suggest better alternatives):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;While this link may answer the question, and since the questions appear to be the same, it is better to flag the question as a duplicate of the other. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/duplicates&quot;&gt;The fundamental goal of closing duplicate questions is to help people find the right answer by getting all of those answers in one place&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This still misses the fact the sometimes closures should be done the other way around etc but meh, we can't address everything in a comment. If someone has a good resource on that topic that could be linked along with the comment please suggest it in the comments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="380067" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2016-03-21T11:40:19.400" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15169" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14925" CreationDate="2016-03-20T20:27:54.700" Score="23" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gimp.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/90Lju.png&quot; alt=&quot;The GNU Image Manipulation Program&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="178596" LastActivityDate="2016-03-20T20:27:54.700" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15171" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14925" CreationDate="2016-03-20T23:21:58.543" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/mOoh7.png&quot; alt=&quot;REVIEW!&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastActivityDate="2016-03-20T23:21:58.543" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15172" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-03-21T18:20:18.490" Score="2" ViewCount="47" Body="&lt;p&gt;With the amount of questions growing as the 16.04 is flying towards its release day, what is the correct way to deal with the high rising # of questions that are &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/searchhttps://askubuntu.com/search?tab=newest&amp;amp;q=16.04&quot;&gt;currently posted&lt;/a&gt; and the questions that are going to (guessing) flood the server as it gets closer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would answering the questions in the beat way with a warning be appropriate?example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;16.04 release day is not tell April and any information in this post may not be vaild or work.&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or should we continue falging them as off topic?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="459037" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2016-03-21T18:41:15.423" Title="What to do with 16.04 Questions?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2016-03-21T18:56:49.023" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15174" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-03-22T01:44:29.840" Score="1" ViewCount="44" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was thinking about people trying to build low rep simian/bot armies by answering close-able questions others wouldn't touch and thought:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why shouldn't &lt;em&gt;Community&lt;/em&gt; downvote zero value answers to punish that behavior?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I just thought I'ld open the topic for discussion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2016-03-22T01:44:29.840" Title="Should there be a policy on hammering zero value answers to closed questions?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15175" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-03-22T01:55:25.507" Score="11" ViewCount="282" Body="&lt;p&gt;First off, I know that having a rush of questions for a late-development release is nothing new. It's just that &lt;em&gt;I'm&lt;/em&gt; somewhat new and only just noticing this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Recently, I've seen a &lt;em&gt;lot&lt;/em&gt; of 16.04 questions. Our Help Center &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/871/when-are-questions-about-ubuntu1-appropriate&quot;&gt;explains questions on development releases are off-topic&lt;/a&gt;, but no one reads the Help Center, especially not new users whose questions could be easily answered with 5 minutes of research.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am wondering if anyone else thinks it would be a good idea to have some sort of banner, maybe somewhere near the top of the page, that appears somewhere within a month before the release of a new version of Ubuntu. This banner could appear to new users (less than 6 months maybe) that development releases are off-topic on Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It certainly wouldn't stop all of the questions, but I'm sure many of them would go away. What does everyone think of a warning banner to new users? Maybe even a popup?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="274320" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.243" LastActivityDate="2016-03-30T15:21:44.610" Title="Regarding the influx of 16.04 questions" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15176" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15177" CreationDate="2016-03-22T04:10:46.927" Score="11" ViewCount="219" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think I know that UbuntuBSD is not supported by this site, however it may need to be made clear:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The website for &lt;a href=&quot;https://sourceforge.net/projects/ubuntubsd/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;UbuntuBSD&lt;/a&gt; pretty clearly states that if downloaders have questions, they should come to askubuntu to get their answers.  &lt;em&gt;My&lt;/em&gt; question is, how can we cleanly discourage this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="283721" LastEditorUserId="158442" LastEditDate="2016-03-22T05:29:15.070" LastActivityDate="2016-04-01T08:21:50.613" Title="What's this sites stand on UbuntuBSD?" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15177" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15176" CreationDate="2016-03-22T04:49:57.500" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;This page&lt;/a&gt; &lt;strong&gt;clearly states&lt;/strong&gt; what is and what is not considered on-topic for Ask Ubuntu:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;h3&gt;Questions that you may ask:&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Using and administering &lt;strong&gt;official Ubuntu flavors&lt;sup&gt;*&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; including: Edubuntu, Ubuntu GNOME, Kubuntu, Ubuntu Kylin, Lubuntu, Mythbuntu, Ubuntu Studio, Xubuntu, Ubuntu MATE, Ubuntu Touch, and Ubuntu &quot;Snappy&quot; Core.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;* emphasis mine&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because ubuntuBSD is &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; an official flavor, all questions specific to the distro are considered off-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now to answer your question about what should be done.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Someone with a SourceForge account can contact the author &lt;a href=&quot;https://sourceforge.net/u/jonboden/profile/send_message&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;using this form&lt;/a&gt; to politely inform them that these questions are off-topic and would be immediately closed after being asked.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for the questions themselves, we can continue to close them as off-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2016-03-22T04:49:57.500" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15178" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-03-22T10:08:36.330" Score="2" ViewCount="45" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently noticed on my google webmaster account that a link was pointing to my website - which I did not recognise, so I thought I would visit it (in an incognito window) to see what it was and it appears to be either some kind of phishing website or a clone of askubuntu.com.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I wasn't sure where I should report this, so I thought I would ask it as a question... how can I report this website? Below is the page in question, wrapped in code tags to avoid accidental clicking. Please visit with caution &lt;em&gt;and do &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; click the login button!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;http://www.issuered.faith/&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10857" LastEditorUserId="344926" LastEditDate="2016-03-23T16:36:35.020" LastActivityDate="2016-03-23T16:36:35.020" Title="Possible spam page pointing cloning or pointing to askubuntu.com, how can I report it?" Tags="|support|spam-handling|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ClosedDate="2016-03-23T21:15:09.690" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15179" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15154" CreationDate="2016-03-22T20:58:06.453" Score="2" Body="&lt;h3&gt;Lazy reader&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To be honest, when it comes to reading questions on AU, I am definitely one of the &lt;em&gt;lazy readers&lt;/em&gt; ByteCommander is referring to. I am here to answer questions, not to dig out relevant information, hidden in a story.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;A good question is like a funnel; there is no other way of reading but flowing to the point as quickly as possible. Don't leave out important information, but don't add anything that is distracting, starting with &amp;quot;&lt;em&gt;Hi Folks, Jim here&lt;/em&gt;&amp;quot;, and &amp;quot;&lt;em&gt;Yours truly...&lt;/em&gt;&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The worst questions are the ones that give a lot of information, of which you are not &lt;em&gt;sure&lt;/em&gt; if it will turn out to be useful or not. You need to keep this information &amp;quot;in memory&amp;quot; until OP finally gets to the point and you can decide what information to trash and what to reorganize.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I rarely read these questions to the end.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The bottom line is that it is in OP's interest to strip these questions into readable ones. &lt;br&gt;&#xA;Instead of the complaints sometimes posted in comments and even on Meta, people should understand these edits are done with good intentions and usually very useful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2016-03-22T20:58:06.453" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15182" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15175" CreationDate="2016-03-23T16:49:26.460" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;Many questions (even though tagged with a version number) are not version specific and should be answered if possible. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't think the idea of a banner (or better yet a &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;support schedule&lt;/a&gt;) is a bad one. However expecting people to both read and comprehend may be a stretch so I'm not convinced it's a solution to this problem. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do however like the tag warnings as discussed &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/14237/tag-warnings-on-ask-ubuntu&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; and have in the past edited tags on EOL releases to indicate that fact.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastEditorUserId="225694" LastEditDate="2016-03-30T15:21:44.610" LastActivityDate="2016-03-30T15:21:44.610" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15183" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-03-23T17:08:02.577" Score="0" ViewCount="90" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am trying to change my Profile Photo in AskUbuntu, but I cannot. Everytime I go to the Edit Profile tag &gt; click Change Picture &gt; Click Upload new Picture &gt; Upload a new Picture(.jpeg file) , still nothing happens. The identicon picture seems to stick around and there's apparently no way to change the default picture. Anyone out there knows how to change the profile picture? Your help will be highly appreciated. Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="521772" LastActivityDate="2016-06-22T00:06:17.830" Title="Upload Profile Photo" Tags="|bug|profile-page|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15184" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15175" CreationDate="2016-03-23T20:58:16.897" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you can remove all references to the version and still have an answerable question, that doesn't describe a buggy behavior, &lt;strong&gt;just edit them&lt;/strong&gt;. Remove the tags and version from the question and allow the answers to sort themself out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2016-03-23T20:58:16.897" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15185" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15151" CreationDate="2016-03-23T22:29:06.043" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a canned comment that deals with this until you reach 2000 rep where you can review the queues together with the other reviewers:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Although your answer is 100% correct, it might also become 100% useless&#xA;if that link is moved, changed, merged into another one or the main site &#xA;just disappears... **:-(** Therefore, please [edit] your answer, and copy &#xA;the relevant steps from the link into your answer, thereby guaranteeing &#xA;your answer for 100% of the lifetime of this site! **;-)** You can always &#xA;leave the link in at the bottom of your answer as a source for your &#xA;material...&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(I still like to use that one every now and then instead of the canned comment provided by the system)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastActivityDate="2016-03-23T22:29:06.043" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15186" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15153" CreationDate="2016-03-23T22:41:26.687" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/rjQVC.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/rjQVC.png&quot; alt=&quot;Just a long text to have enough characters to allow posting&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastActivityDate="2016-03-23T22:41:26.687" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15187" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15154" CreationDate="2016-03-23T22:45:31.457" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/601869&quot;&gt;Here's a question with a lot of noise&lt;/a&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Especially if you look at &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/601869/revisions&quot;&gt;the edits&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;;-)&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2016-03-23T22:45:31.457" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15188" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15183" CreationDate="2016-03-23T23:31:11.603" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Use a &lt;code&gt;png&lt;/code&gt; file and use a small one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;That's it!  ;-)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastActivityDate="2016-03-23T23:31:11.603" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15189" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14925" CreationDate="2016-03-24T05:42:36.460" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gnu.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/NbhtZ.gif&quot; alt=&quot;Tagline to show on mouseover&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="256099" LastActivityDate="2016-03-24T05:42:36.460" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15190" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-03-24T12:17:10.310" Score="-2" ViewCount="159" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/749670/open-file-edit-and-close-with-python/749676#749676&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/749670/open-file-edit-and-close-with-python/749676#749676&lt;/a&gt; is being closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sure, it's a really, really bad question. Sure, he's not researched it. But it's not off topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The close reason being chosen:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is not about Ubuntu. Questions about other Linux distributions can be asked on Unix &amp;amp; Linux, those about Windows on Super User, those about Apple products on Ask Different and generic programming questions on Stack Overflow.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;His question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I need a program to search for a file in folder. The code should open that file, change the content and close.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The OS is Ubuntu&lt;/strong&gt;, I need to write this in Python.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Help Centre:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions that you may ask:&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Running third-party applications on Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Development on Ubuntu.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Services provided by Ubuntu and Canonical.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="186134" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2016-03-24T22:39:52.340" Title="Only close if there is a good reason. Don't just close bad questions - that's what downvoting is for" Tags="|discussion|close-reasons|votes|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15191" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15190" CreationDate="2016-03-24T13:02:11.617" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, that kind of questions shall be shot on sight.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's a &lt;em&gt;homework programming&lt;/em&gt; question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Homework questions are ok (at least IMO) when:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;They're explained well enough. That's the bare minimum for any question. Otherwise, close as &quot;unclear what you're asking&quot;. That question &lt;del&gt;barely meets this requirement &lt;/del&gt;doesn't meet this requirement at all.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;It's clear that OP at least tried to solve the problem alone. That question doesn't meet this requirement.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Pure programming questions instead are just &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; ok. They're off-topic. Python is a programming language, and we close question about Python that have nothing to do with Ubuntu: the answer that question would receive here isn't different from the answer it'd receive on Stack Overflow (leaving aside for a moment that it would be buried under downvotes and closed on Stack Overflow as well) and it's not specific to Ubuntu at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Mind that shell scripting questions are an exception to this&lt;/em&gt;. Shell scripting questions are on-topic and welcome here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You're overreading the statement in the Help Center: &quot;Development on Ubuntu&quot; shall be read as in &quot;What &lt;em&gt;concerns&lt;/em&gt; development on Ubuntu&quot;, or of course as in &quot;Development &lt;em&gt;that is specific to the Ubuntu platform&lt;/em&gt;&quot;: more info &lt;a href=&quot;https://developer.ubuntu.com/en/start/platform/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; (thanks muru).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To make this clearer, other than questions about development that is specific to the Ubuntu platform (it's hard to make a detailed resume of all the possible approriate questions, but for example questions about platform-specific APIs) here are some sample questions that would be on-topic:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My code needs library X in order to run. Which package provides library X?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My code needs library X.1 in order to run. Library X.1 is installed but an older version of the library (X) is loaded instead. How do I force Ubuntu to load X.1 instead of X?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="380067" LastEditorUserId="380067" LastEditDate="2016-03-24T22:39:52.340" LastActivityDate="2016-03-24T22:39:52.340" CommentCount="14" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15192" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15154" CreationDate="2016-03-24T16:15:08.633" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;For me, the ideal would be:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Insert question/issue here&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And nothing else. This is a Q and A, and I've never seen a Q from a Q&amp;amp;A with &quot;hello&quot; &quot;please&quot; &quot;insert name here&quot;, have you?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2016-03-24T16:15:08.633" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15193" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14925" CreationDate="2016-03-25T18:24:21.007" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.webupd8.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/gN8HR.png&quot; alt=&quot;WebUpd8 - Ubuntu news and application reviews&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="178596" LastActivityDate="2016-03-25T18:24:21.007" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15194" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15196" CreationDate="2016-03-26T19:37:35.347" Score="0" ViewCount="66" Body="&lt;p&gt;It seems that one-line answers, even when they are linking to a page with a good solution, are increasingly frowned upon.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the reviewer is unable or unwilling to edit and expand the answer to a full paragraph, what flag should be used in the reviewing?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="110980" LastActivityDate="2016-03-26T22:21:27.427" Title="One-line response: what flag?" Tags="|discussion|review|flagging|flags|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15195" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15194" CreationDate="2016-03-26T20:17:34.407" Score="2" Body="&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If not reviewed from the review queue: Very Low Quality.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The review system has a &quot;link only answer that is not spam&quot;. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would also advice to comment about it how answers should be made an actual answer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Editing the answer and including contents of the the link though ... don't. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it is the only answer I myself might/would include an answer myself. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastActivityDate="2016-03-26T20:17:34.407" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15196" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15194" CreationDate="2016-03-26T22:21:27.427" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;One line answers themselves aren't necessarily bad. &quot;To fix this foo the bar&quot; &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; an answer. Not the most descriptive answer, but is one. Don't flag these. I don't downvote these, but you are free to if you really feel you should. I don't see any reason why.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When an answer is nothing but a link and some text, e.g. &quot;yo, check out my blog for the solution [link]&quot; then it should be flagged as &quot;not an answer&quot;. A quick any easy way to test this is to imagine the answer without the link. Does it still try to answer the question? For example:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You need to foo the bar, see my blog [link] &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is an answer. If you remove the link most of the answer is still there. This meanwhile:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;to fix this see my blog [link]  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;is &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; an answer. If we remove the link no useful information remains.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I find &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/225370/203389&quot;&gt;Shog9's illustration of this&lt;/a&gt; to be quite helpful:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/vAUaw.png&quot; alt=&quot;illustration&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2016-03-26T22:21:27.427" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15197" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="226" CreationDate="2016-03-27T15:27:13.693" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;In addition to the top 2 answers above (&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/228/47343&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/605/47343&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt;);&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think it might also be a good idea to consider offering a &lt;strong&gt;recommendation on whether uncertain cases (possible bug) should be asked as a question here at AskUbuntu or at Ubuntu Launchpad&lt;/strong&gt;.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47343" LastActivityDate="2016-03-27T15:27:13.693" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2016-03-27T15:27:13.693" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
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  <row Id="15200" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-03-28T13:22:33.640" Score="1" ViewCount="56" Body="&lt;p&gt;On &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/751042/minimise-launcher-icon-ubuntu-14&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;, I voted to close as a duplicate of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/41241/shortcut-to-change-launcher-hide-setting&quot;&gt;this one&lt;/a&gt; but the user wanted to change the icon size not hide the launcher, so it was a duplicate of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/519678/unity-14-04-set-launcher-icon-size-via-command-line&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However the OP accepted the original duplicate and the comments were deleted, now it is closed as the wrong duplicate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2016-03-28T16:29:43.323" Title="Can I get the duplicate close link on this question changed?" Tags="|support|status-completed|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15201" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15202" CreationDate="2016-03-29T00:57:35.197" Score="0" ViewCount="55" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just got this advertisement next to my AskUbuntu feed:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/WPPIe.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/WPPIe.png&quot; alt=&quot;Advertisement linking to AskUbuntu review queue.&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which linked to the review queue for AskUbuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since I'm below 500 rep, I can't do anything in the review queue yet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Why are unqualified users (such as myself) being displayed this advertisement?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="98669" LastActivityDate="2016-03-29T01:35:29.863" Title="Advertising review queues to unqualified users?" Tags="|bug|review-queue|advertising|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15202" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15201" CreationDate="2016-03-29T01:35:29.863" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/community-ads&quot; class=&quot;post-tag moderator-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;community-ads&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;community-ads&lt;/a&gt; system does not know what the content of the ad is. The ads are (mostly) manually created images by users of the Stack Exchange network, which are then voted on by other users. See &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/14925/community-promotion-ads-2016&quot;&gt;Community Promotion Ads - 2016&lt;/a&gt; for this year's ad selection process (vote accordingly if you don't want this ad to be shown).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only connection between reputation and ads is that you're shown less ads above a certain threshold (200, IIRC).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2016-03-29T01:35:29.863" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15203" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15198" CreationDate="2016-03-29T20:55:37.287" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;Thanks for letting us know! I've reached out to the advertiser to let them know about the error and I'll update here when it's resolved or I have more info. (FYI, I work on the SO Ad Ops team with stevvve).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Update: The advertiser has removed the troublesome Bizible tag completely, so we shouldn't be seeing this error anymore. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="524441" LastEditorUserId="524441" LastEditDate="2016-04-07T20:08:48.447" LastActivityDate="2016-04-07T20:08:48.447" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15204" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15176" CreationDate="2016-03-30T02:14:57.227" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Questions specific to an off-brand ubuntu flavour are off topic. But often the fact that an asker uses an off-brand ubuntu is irrelevant. Many good questions at this site aren't even specific to ubuntu, or even debian based systems, nor even &lt;em&gt;linux&lt;/em&gt; (eg, questions about the default posix compatible shell, &lt;code&gt;dash&lt;/code&gt;). If someone has a question about ubuntu in general, they should ask here, even if they happen to use an off-brand flavour. If a well-intentioned question turns out to be specific to the off-brand ubuntu, it should be closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8515" LastActivityDate="2016-03-30T02:14:57.227" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15205" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15207" CreationDate="2016-03-30T16:07:37.833" Score="3" ViewCount="94" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is there a status update somewhere regarding tag warnings as discussed &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/14237/tag-warnings-on-ask-ubuntu&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; and the pilot implemented &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/14270/tag-warning-is-now-live-for-wireless&quot;&gt;here?&lt;/a&gt; I believe this to be a useful tool to both improve the quality of the site and increase the efficiency of moderators. It appears based on recent comments on the latter that &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/users/40133/thomas-orozco&quot;&gt;Thomas Orozco&lt;/a&gt;(who had been keeping us posted in regards to implementation) no longer has information regarding the status of this important and useful project. Clearly there is &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/search?q=tag+warnings&quot;&gt;interest&lt;/a&gt; in this topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.243" LastActivityDate="2016-04-02T12:38:35.453" Title="Tracking on tag warnings" Tags="|support|statistics|tag-tips|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15206" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-03-30T19:11:07.353" Score="1" ViewCount="51" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here's a question I have put on 5 months ago:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/684687/181242&quot;&gt;How do I display X keyboard layout?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I wanted to know if there's an indicator that I can put that will show me current X keyboard layout.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In 5 months, the question has received 30 views and no answers nor comments. Why so? How do I re-phrase such question differently?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="181242" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2016-03-30T19:11:07.353" Title="What's wrong with this question? How should I re-phrase it so it will receive views and answers?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15207" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15205" CreationDate="2016-03-30T22:10:17.430" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;So, apparently Thomas put together a funnel for this before he left. I'm not 100% sure what his intention for using it was, so I'm just gonna post a screenshot of the current results:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/r8Skb.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/r8Skb.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Looks like we're discouraging &lt;em&gt;maybe&lt;/em&gt; 12% of askers from posting in that tag. Which strikes me as... Reasonable. For comparison, here are the stats for every other tag warning currently in the system over this same time period:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/6skLy.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/6skLy.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12845" LastActivityDate="2016-03-30T22:10:17.430" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15208" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15209" CreationDate="2016-03-31T00:50:58.690" Score="0" ViewCount="44" Body="&lt;p&gt;For some reason, this question doesn't have a flag &quot;as duplicate&quot; option:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/751268/how-to-run-graphical-app-in-background-mode&quot;&gt;How to run graphical app in background mode?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It has been put &quot;on-hold&quot; because the user was having a small problem with translation which only became clear once the answer was accepted.   I have revised the question based on the accepted answer, but also need to flag it as duplicate because it's actually a duplicate of this question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/562911/how-to-execute-a-task-in-background?rq=1&quot;&gt;How to execute a task in background?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Is it because it's &quot;on-hold&quot;?  If so, why can I not flag an &quot;on-hold&quot; question as duplicate?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="98669" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2019-10-15T20:33:19.527" Title="Does &quot;on-hold&quot; mean you can't flag as duplicate?" Tags="|feature-request|duplicates|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15209" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15208" CreationDate="2016-03-31T01:04:59.407" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes. On Hold is the same as closed - it's labeled as that for the first week to encourage editing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it's closed as unclear (and it's still unclear) it cannot be closed as something else.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't think the &lt;em&gt;question&lt;/em&gt; gives me enough info to support a duplicate vote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My pronouns are He / Him&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="186134" LastEditorUserId="186134" LastEditDate="2019-10-15T20:33:19.527" LastActivityDate="2019-10-15T20:33:19.527" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15210" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-03-31T01:05:59.510" Score="1" ViewCount="34" Body="&lt;p&gt;So, during my daring adventures searching through Google to the answer to a user's question, I found their question. But their question was not on this site (Ask Ubuntu). It was (is) on a site called &lt;code&gt;tech forums&lt;/code&gt;. Here's the address:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;http://software.techforums.space/software/ubuntu-cannot-pair-with-bluetooth-keyboard-db17f616.html&lt;/code&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;(It has a link back to the original question.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My immediate thought was that it must be an illegal SCRAPER, but then I remembered I'm pretty sick and my brain isn't quite working. I can vaguely remember the requirements for SE SCRAPERS, and I could easily research them, but my brain seems to be non-functional when it comes to comparisons (and I hope &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; when it comes to coherency in this question).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, can anyone tell me if this site is doing what it should be? Is there maybe a report that needs to happen?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="274320" LastActivityDate="2016-03-31T01:05:59.510" Title="May have found a SCRAPER" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2016-03-31T01:24:44.297" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15211" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15212" CreationDate="2016-03-31T11:17:27.170" Score="0" ViewCount="91" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently flagged something up as &lt;code&gt;very low quality&lt;/code&gt;, but my flag was declined. When I looked at the reason this is what it said:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/fsyu0.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/fsyu0.png&quot; alt=&quot;LOA&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So what does &lt;code&gt;LOA&lt;/code&gt; stand for?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastActivityDate="2016-03-31T12:39:51.140" Title="What does &quot;LOA&quot; stand for?" Tags="|support|flagging|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15212" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15211" CreationDate="2016-03-31T11:45:05.160" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;There was a comment on the answer that said it was a link-only answer. I assumed your flag was for the same because it did appear to offer a solution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It needed explaining so I edited and rejected your flag. It's not a perfect answer but it's a lot higher than the bar for &quot;very low quality&quot; should be.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On a related note, I've been rejecting a few moderator flags today because people are being excessively lazy. Yours is not the best example because it did need a bit of work, but &lt;strong&gt;don't use flags to deal with things when editing, commenting and voting should be done first&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Part of everybody having the power to improve posts and almost everybody being able to comment and vote is that we expect some of you to do that grunt work and improve stuff. Or prompt the poster to improve it. It's not fair to expect a very finite amount of moderator to deal with things that can be edited up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Certainly, flagging something as being dire without also downvoting is a poor show. Why is it awful enough for us to deal with but not you?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2016-03-31T11:50:26.217" LastActivityDate="2016-03-31T11:50:26.217" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15214" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15176" CreationDate="2016-03-31T15:13:53.897" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would respectfully send them over to &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Unix and Linux&lt;/a&gt; and close the question as off-topic for the reasons Nathan Osman presented. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:37:19.280" LastActivityDate="2016-03-31T15:13:53.897" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15215" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15224" CreationDate="2016-03-31T21:07:06.590" Score="1" ViewCount="174" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have just noticed that I am getting adverts for &lt;code&gt;UNIKONG&lt;/code&gt; on all the SE sites, what is this about? I have a lot of ad and script blockers installed so this can't just be some ordinary advert... It also wasn't here earlier on in the day, is this like the bash hats? Does it come every year or something?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/D7uji.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/D7uji.png&quot; alt=&quot;UNIKONG advert on AU&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastActivityDate="2016-04-01T09:40:41.053" Title="What is &quot;UNIKONG&quot;?" Tags="|support|stackexchange|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15216" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15220" CreationDate="2016-03-31T21:20:51.470" Score="14" ViewCount="379" Body="&lt;p&gt;I guess I don't understand why some obvious off-topic questions seem to be welcomed and some others that are no more off-topic are banned.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A while back, in this post (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/672666/39753&quot;&gt;How to set a custom page to replace the default Firefox New Tab page&lt;/a&gt;), I asked why a question of Firefox usage was asked in askubuntu, rather than a firefox forum, and the tide seemed to go against me, with the accepted answer getting upvoted (&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/14383/39753&quot;&gt;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/14383/39753&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;OK, so I helped someone with a problem recently (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/751984/39753&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/q/751984/39753&lt;/a&gt;) and the answer sort of showed it to be off-topic, but the question itself seemed to fit into the on-topic guidelines of getting an app (apache) to work with Ubuntu.  Yet the poor poster was downvoted a lot, and the topic was declared to be off-topic. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why is that any more off-topic than the many questions about virtualbox, or even these, ironically, by one of the users (muru) who voted for it to be off-topic: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/680226/39753&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/a/680226/39753&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/672666/39753&quot;&gt;How to set a custom page to replace the default Firefox New Tab page&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The reasons given are not very helpful to a new user, and tends to discourage them from posting questions because it's not clear to them what is considered on-topic.  It's apparently not really clear to anyone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think gray areas such as this question should be given more leeway, and should be allowed rather than disallowed if it's not clearly off-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;EDIT - tl;dr&lt;/strong&gt;   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The posted question I'm referring to had code in it which was &lt;em&gt;100% correct&lt;/em&gt;.  It worked perfectly as is on my working system.  But the code did not work correctly on the OP's system, because Apache was not set up correctly to recognize php code.  So, Apache interpreted it as pure HTML code, and simply ignored the php.  I thought I explained this, but either I didn't, or everyone saw all the code and assumed it was a programming problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the OP had realized what was happening, and simply said the php code was being ignored without posting the code, I suspect the question would not have been voted off-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;EDIT&lt;/strong&gt;   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Due to to the continued inability of people here to even understand the actual point of my question, and can't seem to grasp the difference between a question about code, and a question about why the (100% correct) code doesn't work in an app, and who then get offended and go back to my correct answer and downvote it, insisting it is incorrect without understanding why it is correct, I deleted my answer.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since everyone insists it's wrong, and the question is off-topic, and the original poster doesn't even care to take time to understand what happened, it should be no great loss.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To those of you who think I deleted it due to lack of rep points, you don't know me very well - I'm not a rep whore like some of you obviously are.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, congratulations; you won.  I also won, as I can now make better use of my free time than trying to help ungrateful users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="39753" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2016-04-06T15:15:17.953" Title="Heavy handed application of &quot;off-topic&quot; for new user?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="20" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15217" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15216" CreationDate="2016-03-31T21:36:47.893" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The Firefox question is on topic because Firefox is component of Ubuntu, so usage of Firefox (and other applications too) is also usage of Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The PHP question is off topic because it is a generic programming question, it is not related directly to Ubuntu and would be better off on a programming site as it is not Ubuntu specific.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Yet the poor poster was downvoted a lot, and the topic was declared&#xA;  to be off-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would not call 2 down votes and 1 up &lt;code&gt;a lot&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Why is that any more off-topic than the many questions about&#xA;  virtualbox&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If Ubuntu is running in VB or even if VB is running on Ubuntu, then this would be on topic as it would be a question specifically about the usage of Ubuntu or using an application in Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To sum this up, we are not a programming site, we do technical support for Ubuntu. Programming (with the exception of system scripts) are off topic here as we need to keep the questions under control and a clear focus on what the site is doing, there are many sites that will help with different coding issues.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I think gray areas such as this question should be given more leeway,&#xA;  and should be allowed rather than disallowed if it's not clearly&#xA;  off-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is clearly off topic and the close reason states exactly why&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;generic programming questions on Stack Overflow&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From your comment on the PHP question&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I was chastised in the past for saying app-specific questions were&#xA;  off-topic, since the app (in this case, Apache) comes with Ubuntu and&#xA;  may have Ubuntu-specific issues.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To me, and others too I guess, the question is not directly about apache, it is about a specific bit of code, that is what makes it off topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course every thing is open to users interpretation, so if you think it should be reopened, cast a reopen vote and give your reasons, if others agree the question will be reopened.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastEditorUserId="75060" LastEditDate="2016-03-31T21:41:58.197" LastActivityDate="2016-03-31T21:41:58.197" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15218" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-03-31T22:48:45.340" Score="1" ViewCount="78" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a question about my Ask Ubuntu post: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/751734&quot;&gt;Why don't POSIX regular expression character classes work in mawk?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How can I improve my question to attract meaningful answers? This is a very frustrating software bug which has been troubling us for almost a decade. I have tried to include specifics including command examples showing input and output, version information, and quotes from official sources. I even edited the post with a link to a bug report. So far I only got one non-answer comment which, aside from being unhelpful, has served only to discourage me from using this site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="418871" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2016-04-14T16:17:18.127" Title="How can I improve my question to attract meaningful answers?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15219" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15215" CreationDate="2016-04-01T00:20:34.433" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Short answer: it's the best thing since IPv6. Click it!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="304689" LastActivityDate="2016-04-01T00:20:34.433" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15220" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15216" CreationDate="2016-04-01T00:33:11.707" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think anyone who had tried at least once to run a webserver + PHP instance would agree that what's shown in OP's picture could very likely have been a sign of Apache / PHP misconfiguration (or for that matter simply PHP not running).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However indeed not everyone has the minimal degree of experience with webserver + PHP instances to understand that. If you add a wall of possibly bugged PHP code to that you'll understand why people may be scared off by that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This and the fact that we're flooded with off-topic questions don't help in keeping a straight mind sometimes. And sometimes the stance becomes &quot;when in doubt, close&quot;. It's not something we shoud pursue, but it inevitabily happens. And I'm sure I've made the same mistake sometimes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But yes, that was an error. That question shouldn't have been closed without a basic debugging along the lines of &quot;Is PHP running?&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since the issue is fixed (OP is happy) and it's not clear what caused it, I won't vote to reopen it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just out of curiosity, I've tested OP's code: &lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/vtrUD.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;it works&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="380067" LastEditorUserId="380067" LastEditDate="2016-04-01T00:55:44.110" LastActivityDate="2016-04-01T00:55:44.110" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15221" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15216" CreationDate="2016-04-01T02:28:41.920" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Let me quote the OP. In comments:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Thank you for your answer. I already was using &quot;.php&quot;. Now it is&#xA;  working, I'm not sure what was the problem, I did too many things, but&#xA;  I guess it was the PHP. I am really new at this. And sorry for the bad&#xA;  English. – MA Cardoso Interside &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/751984/php-not-working-well-in-apache2#comment1122263_752007&quot;&gt;7 hours ago&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You read it in a way that is naturally favourable to you who posted the answer. To me, it seems the only reason they thanked you was that you are the only responder. And if you look at the screenshot, you will see the URL: &lt;code&gt;localhost/teste2/index.php&lt;/code&gt;. Note: &lt;code&gt;index.php&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;localhost&lt;/code&gt;. This was not an HTML file and not a PHP file opened directly in the browser. This was a PHP file served by a web server.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's to say, we still don't know what went wrong. Your answer is wrong.&#xA;And so this once again becomes a PHP debugging problem. You then go on to assume that this was because Apache wasn't properly set up to recognise PHP. Probably, but we don't have any additional evidence for that either - OP doesn't know. Seems to me, you know a lot more about this problem than the OP tells us. Do enlighten us with how you gained this information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By the way, thanks for notifying. I upvoted your answer since it could be a solution. Now that it's turned out to be wrong, I'm retracting that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And since you have &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/751984/php-not-working-well-in-apache2#comment1122328_751984&quot;&gt;a personal problem with &lt;em&gt;me&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, let me see.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/568591/how-do-i-install-the-latest-version-of-git-with-apt&quot;&gt;How do I install the latest version of Git with apt?&lt;/a&gt; - A software installation problem. If that isn't specific to Ubuntu, I don't know what is. If OP had asked how to install &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/109544/158442&quot;&gt;the latest version of PHP&lt;/a&gt; (look at the revision history), that would have been no less on-topic.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/680218/158442&quot;&gt;Why is there an inconsistency in base64 output?&lt;/a&gt; - A problem with command-line tools, that doesn't involve any programming. See &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/15141/158442&quot;&gt;How strict should off-topic questions be flagged as such?&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/13807/158442&quot;&gt;Are bash/shell scripting questions on topic?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2016-04-06T15:15:17.953" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15222" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15176" CreationDate="2016-04-01T08:21:50.613" Score="4" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;How can we cleanly discourage this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I raised this with the project organiser, pointing out our official policy.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;They apologised and removed the link to Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That was fairly clean.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm sure stray users will still find their way across to us but just use the &quot;Off-topic Not Ubuntu&quot; close reason —as we tradionally do— and hopefully they'll get the message.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2016-04-01T08:21:50.613" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15224" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15215" CreationDate="2016-04-01T09:40:41.053" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is this year's &lt;strong&gt;Stack Exchange Easter Egg&lt;/strong&gt; for &lt;strong&gt;April fools day&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's a simple game similar to Donkey Kong, but with an evil unicorn instead of a gorilla - therefore the name &lt;strong&gt;&quot;UniKong&quot;&lt;/strong&gt;. Oh, and the character you control depicts the genius universalis of Stack Overflow, &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/users/22656/Jon-Skeet&quot;&gt;Jon Skeet&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To play it, I would recommend you to use a Chrome/Chromium browser, my Firefox made it a bit slow...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;P.S. Last year, the Easter Egg was a Tamagochi-like game to build a site and keep it alive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-05-23T12:39:54.233" LastActivityDate="2016-04-01T09:40:41.053" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15225" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-04-01T11:07:31.720" Score="1" ViewCount="101" Body="&lt;p&gt;I guess by now most of you have noticed that it's April Fools' Day again and that Stack Exchange is entertaining us with a new Easter Egg, like every year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This year it's &lt;strong&gt;Unikong&lt;/strong&gt;, a retro arcade game similar to Donkey Kong but with an evil unicorn as enemy and Jon Skeet (most famous Stack Overflow user) as your character. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think it's a nice and funny idea, but the game itself is a bit boring, especially as it only has 4 small repeating levels and there's no multiplayer or any other kind of community interaction, not even the high-scores are real. That's the main reason I personally liked last year's easter egg better, the &quot;Stack Egg&quot; Tamagochi-like game where the community of a site had to vote for the action to be done on the next turn.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But that was only my personal opinion, of course. How do you think about it? I'm interested to hear your thoughts. How about the easter eggs from the years before? I'm only a member since 2015, so I don't know the older ones.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastActivityDate="2016-04-01T11:49:35.143" Title="Your opinion on &quot;Unikong&quot;, this year's Stack Exchange Easter Egg for April Fools' Day?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15226" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15225" CreationDate="2016-04-01T11:29:55.027" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I quite enjoyed &lt;code&gt;unikong&lt;/code&gt; for about 15 minuets but it has floaty controls and poor collision detection, so I lost interest fast.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It was fun however, you can get badges and earn rep but shooting the trolls did make me laugh a bit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You are right though, the high score seems to be just for me locally and that sucks, I would of played again if I could compete (perhaps for a badge or something) with other users I know, that would of made it great.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As is, I guess it was a fun free distraction for a bit, I have no real complaints but once it is gone from the page, I am sure I would just forget it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;TL;DR&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My opinion is &lt;code&gt;meh..&lt;/code&gt; collecting hats at Christmas was a lot more fun.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastActivityDate="2016-04-01T11:29:55.027" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15227" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15225" CreationDate="2016-04-01T11:49:35.143" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's quite nice except for the fact that it only has like 4 actually different levels, then it just repeats itself and gets harder in some ways, having at least 10 levels would be nice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It would also be nice if when you are very close to a troll and you shoot it for the troll to actually die and not for the bullet (or whatever it is) just to go through it and for it to kill me anyway, that was a bit sad.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I agree with what Mark Kirby said in his post too, it would be good if the high scores weren't just local and would at least be for the site, plus the fact there there were others in the high scores list who weren't real was really strange... I at first thought that they were other people on the site, but then released that they weren't, still not sure exactly what they are meant to be. Perhaps just names for the different levels of points you can get.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The most annoying thing was that at first it did not fit in my browser, I later found out though that I could just make my browser &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/277762/280862&quot;&gt;full screen or zoom out&lt;/a&gt; so that solved that problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Like Mark Kirby though I lost interest in it after playing a few levels due to the lack of different levels and the lack of competition, as he said, it would be nice at least to get some sort of badge for getting a certain amount of rep in the game.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Generally though gaming for more than 20 minutes depresses me, so it's probably good that I am not that interested in this one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastActivityDate="2016-04-01T11:49:35.143" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15228" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15216" CreationDate="2016-04-01T17:49:21.110" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;From my point of view, asking for something that is directly related to Ubuntu, is allowed here. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, LAMP stack. I've had countless errors with PHP and Apache, in ubuntu machine. I don't think that's a problem if I asked here. Same goes with firefox. Firefox is the part of ubuntu, and if ubuntu make firefox 'different' from another firefox, I don't think it is wrong to ask here, even if the newcomer from google implement it in Firefox for Windows ._. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Asking for PHP script here isn't directly related to ubuntu. Yes, PHP is one component of the LAMP stack, but doesn't mean we should cover every script. Then, are we supposed to be firefox's bug tracker, because sometimes it simply hangs?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="392803" LastActivityDate="2016-04-01T17:49:21.110" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15229" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15230" CreationDate="2016-04-02T12:24:44.980" Score="54" ViewCount="1659" Body="&lt;p&gt;As many will have heard of, Microsoft will distribute a stock Ubuntu installation to be run on Windows 10. &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.dustinkirkland.com/2016/03/ubuntu-on-windows.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Source&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Someone has made the point that being this the result of a partnership with Canonical, questions about it should be supported.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Per the Help Center:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;h2&gt;Questions that you may ask:&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Using and administering official Ubuntu flavors including: Edubuntu, Ubuntu GNOME, Kubuntu, Ubuntu Kylin, Lubuntu, Mythbuntu, Ubuntu Studio, Xubuntu, Ubuntu MATE, Ubuntu Touch, and Ubuntu &quot;Snappy&quot; Core.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Running third-party applications on Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Development on Ubuntu.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Services provided by Ubuntu and Canonical.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Any question not mentioned below or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq#dontask&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; are great!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;Ubuntu on Windows 10&quot; technically doesn't fit anywhere on the list.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However it's hard to deny that &quot;Ubuntu on Windows 10&quot; may be considered a &quot;Ubuntu flavour&quot; to some extent, and it's also hard to deny that it's also &quot;official&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, this is going to run on Windows. So as the same person suggested, this should be limited to questions / issues &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; concerning the Windows Subsystem for Linux.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't have a stance on this yet. But for sure this needs to be clarified before being buried under questions about &quot;Ubuntu on Windows 10&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So the question is: do we consider &quot;Ubuntu on Windows 10&quot; the same as an official Ubuntu flavour? Do we support it? To what extent?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="380067" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2017-11-23T21:20:23.533" Title="Do we consider &quot;Ubuntu on Windows 10&quot; the same as an official Ubuntu flavour? Do we support it? To what extent?" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="7" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15230" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15229" CreationDate="2016-04-02T13:25:50.833" Score="43" Body="&lt;p&gt;Canonical does, so I'd suppose it's fair game.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This isn't full Ubuntu, though. It's just the command line, and that I think should retain the same behaviour except where it uses Linux-specific APIs (cgroups, anyone?).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's meant for development. General programming and debugging, IMO, remains as off-topic as ever.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In any case, I think we should mark all such questions as off-topic until MS actually releases it to the general public. There's no reason we should be dealing with pre-released buggy crap running on top of buggy crap.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="158442" LastEditDate="2016-04-09T04:11:59.197" LastActivityDate="2016-04-09T04:11:59.197" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15232" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15229" CreationDate="2016-04-02T15:39:15.117" Score="16" Body="&lt;p&gt;I see it like this, it's an Ubuntu usermode, running on Windows or not, doesn't matter. I explicitly asked is it just &lt;code&gt;bash&lt;/code&gt;? The answer was it's not &lt;code&gt;bash&lt;/code&gt;, it's an Ubuntu usermode, meaning it's a Ubuntu piece of software, officially supported by Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So it's like asking, should we support Ubuntu running in virtual machine on Windows? Yes. Wubi? Yes, so it's the same, in my opinion, and I don't think my question should be closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Plus, Superuser is meant for Windows users, you cannot ask a Windows user questions about &lt;code&gt;bash&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;bash&lt;/code&gt; is something new, alien to him, and if he knows powershell, he may never use Ubuntu usermode. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="23239" LastEditorUserId="507051" LastEditDate="2017-11-23T21:20:23.533" LastActivityDate="2017-11-23T21:20:23.533" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15234" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15235" CreationDate="2016-04-04T07:06:35.577" Score="5" ViewCount="185" Body="&lt;p&gt;I wanted to install Netbeans 8.1 and I searched the internet and everybody was talking about 8.0. So I though to ask: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/753517/how-to-install-netbeans-v8-1-in-ubuntu-14-04&quot;&gt;How to install netbeans v8.1 in Ubuntu 14.04?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was &lt;em&gt;lucky&lt;/em&gt; and the user who had answered the duplicate was online and prompted me to it. Should I mark my own question as a duplicate?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Back in this &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/questions/26716255/why-does-this-program-print-forked-4-times&quot;&gt;question&lt;/a&gt;, we had a similar issue and a merging was finally done.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I just &lt;em&gt;feel&lt;/em&gt; that the next user will fail to find the answer immediately. The other question has a bad title.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="412960" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-05-23T12:39:54.233" LastActivityDate="2016-04-04T07:54:58.403" Title="How to handle bad title of original question?" Tags="|discussion|support|duplicates|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15235" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15234" CreationDate="2016-04-04T07:54:58.403" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;To generalize: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;If the question has a bad title, edit it&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;if a question's title is an obstacle to find the real content of it, I edit it into a more appropriate title. You can think of the following situations:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;A question is more specific then needed, e.g.:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&quot;How do I copy a file from command line in 14.04&quot;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Copying files from cli is not Ubuntu version -specific.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;A question's title is focussing on the wrong subject due to a lack of understanding, e.g.:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&quot;How can I run this program on reboot&quot;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;while OP obviously means &lt;em&gt;log in&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;&lt;em&gt;How can I set the &lt;code&gt;DISPLAY&lt;/code&gt; variable when changing wallpaper from &lt;code&gt;cron&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;while the missing variable is a different one&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In cases like this, many times I edit the question's title to make it more appropriate, corresponding to the real issue inside the question. As specific as necessary, but as generalized as the question allows.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No need to explain that the same goes for tags. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastActivityDate="2016-04-04T07:54:58.403" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15236" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15229" CreationDate="2016-04-04T16:52:14.940" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Until I see it on the list of supported Ubuntu flavours, I won't be supporting it here (although I could be incentivised to do so). I would consider it a candidate for &lt;a href=&quot;https://superuser.com/&quot;&gt;Super User&lt;/a&gt;, not &lt;a href=&quot;http://askubuntu.com&quot;&gt;Ask Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We already support Ubuntu running on Virtual machines, some of which are running on various versions of Windows. However, I personally won't be running Windows 10 in order to determine whether a users problem is due to a poor choice of host operating system. However, if the question is related to the same ELF binaries that we run under Ubuntu, that would seem reasonable to support those.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:04:50.393" LastActivityDate="2017-01-23T23:45:53.407" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15237" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15238" CreationDate="2016-04-04T18:12:23.993" Score="1" ViewCount="81" Body="&lt;p&gt;So I just suggested an edit, which got approved by a user with 1 rep.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How can he approve a suggested edit with 1 rep, while I cannot with 486 rep?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="518562" LastEditorUserId="133195" LastEditDate="2016-04-05T07:10:47.410" LastActivityDate="2016-04-05T07:10:47.410" Title="User with 1 rep approved edit?" Tags="|bug|status-bydesign|reputation|suggested-edits|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15238" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15237" CreationDate="2016-04-04T18:23:20.193" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;It was the original poster of the question who approved my edit. The original poster, even with 1 rep, can still approve suggestions to their own questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="518562" LastActivityDate="2016-04-04T18:23:20.193" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15239" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-04-04T18:42:46.577" Score="1" ViewCount="44" Body="&lt;p&gt;I can go to my account info and see that I earned the priviledge to use chat.  But one of my threads was moved to chat and I can't use it.  There's still a banner at the bottom saying I need a rep of at least 20.  I have a green square showing +31.  My profile has a 36 then &quot;*6&quot; next to it.  There's no explanation for those.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="273880" OwnerDisplayName="lunix" LastActivityDate="2016-04-04T19:14:09.680" Title="Site says I can use chat, but I still get the banner saying I need rep &gt;= 20" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15240" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15229" CreationDate="2016-04-05T05:23:43.187" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I see it as equivalent to Ubuntu Docker images.  A question is valid up to the point where it's no longer within our control and/or we cannot appeal to Canonical to have an issue fixed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That means that Ubuntu commands themselves and their behaviours are valid, but if it's established to be an issue with the supporting host (the host kernel in Docker, for example), then it's no longer in our control so we can only say that the issue is not within the Ubuntu space.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="98669" LastActivityDate="2016-04-05T05:23:43.187" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15241" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-04-05T11:23:19.183" Score="0" ViewCount="91" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm specifically interested in looking for &quot;gotcha&quot; instances in upgrading Kubuntu 14.04.1 to 16.04, to help me decide whether to upgrade or ride 14.04 another two years.  I know there's a newer version of KDE involved, and there are significant changes to the underlying Ubuntu (one I just encountered in a [closed as too broad] question was the change from &lt;code&gt;upstart&lt;/code&gt; to &lt;code&gt;systemd&lt;/code&gt;).  The basic problem is, I've already deleted one question of this nature, on the brink of being closed as too broad, and I don't know enough about 16.04 to ask the individual, very specific questions that comments on that question seemed to suggest are the only &quot;interesting&quot; kind or ones that fit this format.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In other words, I don't know enough to learn more here, and I don't have hundreds of hours of free time to become familiar with 16.04 (install the beta in a separate partition, and play with it &lt;em&gt;a lot&lt;/em&gt;, while rebooting to 14.04 when I need to get anything actually done).  How can I get the information to make an upgrade decision?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="360188" LastActivityDate="2016-04-06T16:29:21.410" Title="How can I ask a question that, by its nature, will be &quot;too broad&quot;?" Tags="|discussion|asking-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15242" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15241" CreationDate="2016-04-05T14:14:07.273" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, questions on Stack Exchange need to be &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/dont-ask&quot;&gt;&quot;practical, answerable questions based on actual problems that you face.&quot;&lt;/a&gt; That question would fall out &quot;actual problems that you face&quot; part. The only way to know what &quot;gotcha&quot; would upgrading have to &lt;strong&gt;you&lt;/strong&gt;, can only be accurately answered by &lt;strong&gt;you&lt;/strong&gt;, when you upgrade. Others will only share &lt;strong&gt;their&lt;/strong&gt; experiences about &lt;strong&gt;their&lt;/strong&gt; upgrade process, which obviously may vary from what you could experience.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Upgrades are painless in general, and problems are found before you upgrade. As always you should keep backups of your important files in case anything (not only the upgrade) goes wrong.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2016-04-06T16:29:21.410" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15243" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-04-06T13:53:59.843" Score="1" ViewCount="66" Body="&lt;p&gt;Posted a question, received a response, but when i tried to reply there was no reply section to write my response just a comments box and a box saying &quot;Answer Your Question&quot; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have used this site a lot but never had this problem before&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/754414/input-incorrect-line-into-gedit&quot;&gt;post&lt;/a&gt; related to /etc/fstab gedit&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="148026" OwnerDisplayName="margaret robinson" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2016-04-06T15:21:00.233" Title="Ask Ubuntu website not working properly" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15244" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15243" CreationDate="2016-04-06T14:51:35.207" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;The format of Ask Ubuntu and other Stack Exchange sites is to ask questions, and receive answers to the question, which are created in the 'Your Answer' box. Other communication is done in comments, either on the original question, or on one of the answers to the question. The question you're asking about currently has no answers, only comments on the original question. You can respond to comments with comments, and can mention one other user in the comment string by using the @ symbol followed by their name such as @Arronical&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/users/35795/bodhi-zazen&quot;&gt;bodhi.zazen&lt;/a&gt; has noted below, any further information requested, is best included in the original question by using the 'edit' function (written in grey on the left hand side of the question). It's best to avoid getting in to long discussions in comments, as they're much less permanent than proper questions and answers&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="320386" LastEditorUserId="320386" LastEditDate="2016-04-06T15:21:00.233" LastActivityDate="2016-04-06T15:21:00.233" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15245" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15229" CreationDate="2016-04-08T01:29:53.457" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The question should be is &quot;Ubuntu on Windows 10&quot; strong enough to be considered a flavor all its own, or is it more closely related to WINE? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Official Ubuntu flavor - no, its just a command line.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do we support it - yes, why not progress is great.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To what extent - let time decide&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;IMO&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="517057" LastActivityDate="2016-04-08T01:29:53.457" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15246" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-04-08T11:35:29.673" Score="1" ViewCount="68" Body="&lt;p&gt;So this is not a linux question, but one about the forums. I am new to this site as you can see. I have been using linux a while and I find this site very helpful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However I see on the rules if you downvote a answer, you also lose a reputation point. While I can understand you dont want everyone downvoting answers, isn’t it better if people who know what they are talking about downvote an answer that, for example, is proved to not work or to be malicious, rather than the original poster triying that option (and wasting time) even if it doesnt work? If you lose a reputation point no-one will be willing to downvote bad answers?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can someone please explain the logic...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="469204" OwnerDisplayName="warhansen" LastActivityDate="2016-04-08T11:42:54.857" Title="Loosing reputation points for voting an answer down - why?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ClosedDate="2016-04-08T11:51:03.503" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15247" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15229" CreationDate="2016-04-08T15:32:56.390" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I believe there should be support.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Although it's not equivalent, the release information on Bash on Ubuntu on Windows compared Windows Subsystem for Linux as Wine on some level. Wine has a couple of tags associated with it and gets support on askubuntu. Whether it is the ingest of Windows applications on Ubuntu, or Ubuntu applications on windows, this product falls in a similar category.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That being said, there are also specific caveats associated with Wine and Ubuntu on Windows that can cause unique issues with applications. Given the branding and full range of applications available, there may be a significant number of questions that may not be as trivial to solve as they are on vanilla Ubuntu. This would lead to a lot of confusion and frustration, regardless of official support, that could otherwise be mitigated by a tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I may have the wrong mentality about what could go wrong, but I don't see the harm in adding a tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="318112" LastEditorUserId="158442" LastEditDate="2016-04-08T18:02:37.233" LastActivityDate="2016-04-08T18:02:37.233" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15248" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15249" CreationDate="2016-04-10T06:08:08.447" Score="1" ViewCount="65" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've been banned for flagging a post for 7 days because 4 of my flagging were not appropriate,I know Moderators  are very busy People and It creates an extra load on them. What should I know before flagging a post because there were post which were not absolutely understandable?Do people who are not very much sound technically should review posts on AskUbuntu? And On all the flags I already see that some gentleman has considered it a spam? Where as I flag only for low quality or not an answer.I had a total history of flagging 322 out of which 255 are helpful?Some answers are edited now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/flag-summary/370150&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/users/flag-summary/370150&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Like the last answer in post &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/714136/image-viewer-webm-compatible/750304#750304&quot;&gt;Image viewer WebM compatible&lt;/a&gt; by @dmitriy just edited and bit modified  by me earlier I flagged it as a low quality post?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="370150" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2016-04-10T19:57:36.820" Title="Flagging a post" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15249" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15248" CreationDate="2016-04-10T19:57:36.820" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/714136/image-viewer-webm-compatible/750304#750304&quot;&gt;example&lt;/a&gt; was declined because even though it is a low-quality post, it still offers a solution. It's not a great answer, but it is an answer. Moderator flags are for truly bad content, not low-quality.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3520/what-does-each-flag-reason-mean-and-when-should-i-use-them&quot;&gt;Here&lt;/a&gt; are some (older, but still accurate) explanations of what each flag means.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastActivityDate="2016-04-10T19:57:36.820" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15250" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15252" CreationDate="2016-04-11T01:44:39.660" Score="0" ViewCount="96" Body="&lt;p&gt;So a few days ago, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/754865/what-is-bash-and-what-does-it-do-please-give-a-definition/&quot;&gt;a question about Bash popped up&lt;/a&gt;, asking for a definition for it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question seemed rather unclear, and a little lazy, but I decided to answer it. (I didn't realize it was a duplicate, and I didn't really think it would be one.) I looked up the word &lt;code&gt;bash&lt;/code&gt;, and Google gave me a nice definition, which I copied and pasted into an answer, with a suggestion to Google what something is before asking a question about it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A few minutes after I posted it, a user (I wont say their name) commented saying they had downvoted my answer because, as they (somewhat) put it, &quot;a 5k user should know better.&quot; I asked about what they meant, and they said that I shouldn't &quot;encourage this type of question&quot; by answering it, and that was the reason for the downvote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The rest of the discussion (I felt) was mostly aggressive messages from this user to me, and me trying to respond without losing it. (There was another user, but they were much calmer about their shared opinion.) I know I handled this badly, and should definitely have pointed this out to a mod. If any mod decides to look at this question, take a look at the deleted comments (that's possible I hope). However, this question isn't about who was the meanest person.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The OP later commented and said that they hadn't understood the definition given by Google, and that was their reason for asking. So at least they had done some research. I feel this somewhat invalidates the unnamed users' argument that the OP was lazy about research, but again, that isn't so much the question (sorry for the long-windedness of this). I edited my answer and the question so that the Q&amp;amp;A resembled what it was supposed to be.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, finally, the question. If someone asks a question that is very easily searchable with Google, and doesn't seem to have done any research, should this question be &quot;encouraged&quot; (answered)? Should I avoid this in the future? Should I be a little more careful? I know most answers I have made are based on research, so I'm not completely sure. Or, Should I answer but suggest that, in the future, the OP actually does a little research before asking?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="274320" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2016-04-11T07:59:54.983" Title="Question about Answers" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15251" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15250" CreationDate="2016-04-11T06:35:48.277" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't really care how much research has been done, we are here to answer questions and any question that has not been asked before has value to the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You could say that most questions on here lack research, as a lot of the answers can be found by Google but it would be silly to remove them all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, just because something can be found on Google does not mean the information is good, many sites have very poor formatting of code and explanations that were written by people who clearly did not know what they were writing about, as we specialize in this type of thing we should absorb this information in to accurate and well written answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sure, there are times when I think &quot;This guy could of just typed that in to Google&quot; but people come here for quick and accurate help, properly better help than using Google and just copying code they don't understand to a terminal with no explanation and here they can talk to some one and ask questions, we should all encourage people to stop copying random code from the Internet without understanding it, that is what we should be discouraging, come here for help, don't just copy crap from a five year old post, on some random site and then come here when it breaks your system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't know who told you &quot;a 5k user should know better than to encourage this&quot;, IMO, they are wrong, they assumed a poorly written question lacked research but it turned out the OP had done some research (Google at least) and seems to me they just let there personal opinion get in the way of actually helping the user.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In short, answer anything that is not off topic, as defined by the help section, if you think you can help, then help, if you find something that has not been answered here before (I know this one had but the dupe is not the point of your question) then it has value to the site, no matter how available the information is else where.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastActivityDate="2016-04-11T06:35:48.277" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15252" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15250" CreationDate="2016-04-11T06:59:49.480" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;My answer keeps growing so the &quot;too long; didn't read&quot; answer currently reads:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The question was okay (but duplicate).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Answering an okay, not &lt;em&gt;obviously&lt;/em&gt; duplicate, question is encouraged.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Don't fight/Meta in comments.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;AU ♥ A&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I get a bit fed up of Team &quot;Ermagerd just Google it&quot; at times.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While there are legitimate cases where I feel like head-butting a pony because they would get a result faster from Google (ie &quot;What is Ubuntu&quot;),  many technical questions that are &lt;em&gt;ohsoobvious&lt;/em&gt; to us, just aren't to normal people.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you ask Google &quot;what does bash mean&quot;, you see:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/oIDTH.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you ask our search the same thing, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=what%20does%20bash%20mean&quot;&gt;you get a load of complex technical questions about things in Bash&lt;/a&gt;. And while in both cases you &lt;em&gt;can&lt;/em&gt; eventually dig up a meaning, the first glance result is a load of overwhelmingly complicated or conflicting data.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just to head off the...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;But results 7 and 12 both mention UNIX and GNU, that's clearly relevant!! They're idiots for not having seen it! Why are we encouraging idiots onto the site?!1&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you don't know what Bash is, you probably don't understand that other terms like Unix are related to Ubuntu either. People can be a little unforgiving of beginners because they forget what it was like for them  when they knew nothing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That is all to say: &lt;strong&gt;I have complete sympathy with somebody asking the question&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You were also attacked in this process by somebody essentially claiming that answering stupid questions breeds more stupid. Or that as a more experienced user, you should implicitly know there's already an answer here for that question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Well, again, neither our search results or Google's are particularly forthcoming for &quot;what does bash mean&quot; so I think that's a completely unreasonable argument. There are exceptions to this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You have already answered an exact duplicate &quot;recently&quot;. You should probably remember it and suggest it as a close target.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It's obviously and irreparably off-topic. And even then, there are cases where I've answered a question about a technically off-topic release or distribution where the answer would also apply to Ubuntu. Changing the question retroactively is okay as long as it still applies to the OP (explain that in your edit though).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Googling the question in simple English returns a prominent answer on the site.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You hadn't answered this before, it's clearly relevant, and even when you add &quot;ask ubuntu&quot; to the Google search, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=ask%20ubuntu%20what%20does%20bash%20mean&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the results are muddy as hell&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So &lt;strong&gt;I have complete sympathy with you too&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Lastly, that people are blaming people answering for the quality of questions is ludicrous. If you don't like a question, deal with it in the way the site is supposed to deal with these questions: Improve it, ask the OP to improve it, close it, delete it, vote on it. Or some combination therein.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have a specific issue, bring it to Meta. Comment threads &lt;em&gt;very&lt;/em&gt; quickly that dissolve into people trying to pull rank to make a point. That was you too, Zach. It's not pretty.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/19665/the-help-vampire-problem&quot;&gt;Help vampires&lt;/a&gt; are real but asking a bum question or two (which I maintain, this isn't), really doesn't form part of their definition. They are people who &lt;strong&gt;repeatedly&lt;/strong&gt; ask bad questions. Dealing with these questions —as above— deals with these users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Don't attack people for answering...&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Ask Ubuntu ♥ Answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2016-04-11T07:59:54.983" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15254" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15272" CreationDate="2016-04-13T16:20:22.640" Score="25" ViewCount="226" Body="&lt;p&gt;there was a post a &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/14236/40581&quot;&gt;few months ago&lt;/a&gt; about the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/1550/40581&quot;&gt;tag synonym&lt;/a&gt; and I just got reminded of if &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/756866/40581&quot;&gt;today&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The AMD ATI merger was almost 10 years ago (in 2006) and Wikipedia says AMD stopped using the ATI brand in 2010. (The AMD brand adopted the color red though, which may be why some of you still think ATI as a brand is in active use.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The synonym suggestion in &lt;em&gt;2011&lt;/em&gt; was uninformed and short sighted.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Discrete graphics are not that important anymore, most consumers today have iGPUs/APUs from &lt;em&gt;AMD&lt;/em&gt; and Intel or SoCs.  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;To the average consumer this brand doesn't exist anymore because products sold under that brand are not competitive if they can be found on the shelves today.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Most consumers don't care about traditional brands of computer component manufacturers and nostalgia. (I had a Hercules monochrome adpater in my first computer and know about many other brands that have ceased to exist or returned in another form.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Now is the right time because &lt;strong&gt;fglrx will be phased out with 16.04&lt;/strong&gt;, which already spawned a few questions about compatibility and performance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Just look at the third link here in my post and tell me that tagging the question ati instead of amd-graphics isn't extremely confusing to a non-technical user who doesn't have a collection of inefficient and older than 5 years (outdated!) graphics cards.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The reverse, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ati&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ati&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ati&lt;/a&gt; as a synonym of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/amd-graphics&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;amd-graphics&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;amd-graphics&lt;/a&gt; is clear to every one without prior knowledge, and we can still add a short note to the tag wiki that explains why.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a last resort just rename ati to amd-graphics if that is possible and other options are not available.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="40581" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2016-04-23T01:45:51.450" Title="Please revert merging amd-graphics tag into ati" Tags="|discussion|status-completed|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15255" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15218" CreationDate="2016-04-14T11:18:22.250" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;As no one has given you an answer: Ask Ubuntu is all about providing support for &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuFlavors&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ubuntu and its official derivatives&lt;/a&gt; by an army of volunteers (no we don't get paid for doing this) so everyone answers the questions they like and know something about.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are a few things &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;we do&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/dont-ask&quot;&gt;don't do&lt;/a&gt;, but I suspect you never received an answer to your &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/751734/why-dont-posix-regular-expression-character-classes-work-in-mawk&quot;&gt;original question&lt;/a&gt; because &lt;em&gt;no one uses &lt;code&gt;mawk&lt;/code&gt; any more because there are &lt;a href=&quot;http://lmgtfy.com/?q=alternative+mawk&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;better alternatives&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And why Canonical (the company behind Ubuntu) still ships &lt;code&gt;mawk&lt;/code&gt;?  We can only guess, and that is off-opic here...  &lt;strong&gt;;-)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So what can you do if &lt;code&gt;mawk&lt;/code&gt; is that important to you?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Well, fix the bug yourself, hire a developer to do it for you and post the fix upstream, contact the developer, ... But definitely, &lt;a href=&quot;http://invisible-island.net/mawk/mawk.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;go here&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;;-)&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2016-04-14T11:18:22.250" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15256" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15257" CreationDate="2016-04-14T12:49:54.813" Score="3" ViewCount="63" Body="&lt;p&gt;I signed in with Google and I didn't get to choose my user name, is there a way to change it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I cannot find a button under my profile.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="281916" LastEditorUserId="75060" LastEditDate="2016-04-14T13:43:59.810" LastActivityDate="2016-04-14T15:41:07.723" Title="How do I change my username?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2016-04-18T23:02:20.877" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15257" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15256" CreationDate="2016-04-14T13:38:47.050" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Go to &lt;a href=&quot;http://askubuntu.com&quot;&gt;the main site&lt;/a&gt; and click your user at the top of the page&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/mpWaw.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/mpWaw.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now choose the tab &lt;code&gt;Edit profile and settings&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/xbjgJ.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/xbjgJ.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here you can change your &lt;code&gt;display name&lt;/code&gt; (this is the user name) and picture etc...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When you are finished, don't forget to click &lt;code&gt;save profile&lt;/code&gt; at the bottom of the page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/WCJYa.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/WCJYa.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2016-04-14T15:41:07.723" LastActivityDate="2016-04-14T15:41:07.723" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15258" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15229" CreationDate="2016-04-15T18:51:46.160" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think we should accept that it is backed by Canonical officialy. So then, why not? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This site is &quot;Ask Ubuntu&quot;, whatever Ubuntu you have. Even Windows 10's Ubuntu. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;anyway, if someone is discussing this kind of ubuntu, keep the problem about the ubuntu, and the way to solve it. But if the problem is directly on the windows itself ... I don't think it will fit here. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="392803" LastActivityDate="2016-04-15T18:51:46.160" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15259" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15254" CreationDate="2016-04-15T18:55:52.023" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I can't comment. I have not enough rep. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think we should merge 'ati' to 'amd-graphics', not the other way. Because AMD is the 'big guy', and ATI dies.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="392803" LastActivityDate="2016-04-15T18:55:52.023" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15260" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-04-17T18:51:12.153" Score="0" ViewCount="76" Body="&lt;p&gt;As I write this 75505 questions on ASKUBuntu are considered unanswered, out of a total of 222,107 that have been posted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a newbie I want to answer questions to get reputation but looking at this vast pile of &quot;unanswered questions&quot; I find that the majority have a perfectly reasonable looking answer. I am aware that StackExchange requires a question to be marked as solved or an answer to be voted up to be regarded as answered but the numbers show that this is simply not working.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What can we do to fix this? We need to motivate question askers to indicate when an answer solved their problem or else to comment on the answer saying they tried it and it didn’t work. We also need to motivate question readers to vote answers up or down. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Personally I would propose that if a question is not marked as solved after two months and no answer has been voted on the whole thing is deleted, since the question and answer don't add any value. Anyone who doesn't already know the answer to the question has no idea if the answer is helpful or dangerous.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A lot of the question askers on this site are obviously very new to Ubuntu and motivating them to act better is not going to be simple. Once they have fixed their issue they may come back and leave a comment such as Thanks! or we may never see them again. In this case the best we can do is probably refine the User Experience for which we need the insight of a UX expert.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However the answerers appear to be highly motivated so it should be possible to direct their behaviour by changing the way reputation points are awarded. Their user experience could also be improved. One change I would suggest is removing the link at the bottom of every AskUbuntu page saying help answer &quot;unanswered questions&quot; when in fact the link points to posts &quot;considered unanswered&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If an answerer knows that he has correctly answered a question as a result of a comment left, is there any mechanism for getting the answer voted up?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="528916" LastEditorUserId="528916" LastEditDate="2016-04-18T12:26:51.183" LastActivityDate="2016-04-18T12:26:51.183" Title="Can considering 75505 Questions as unanswered be useful?" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ClosedDate="2016-04-23T21:54:55.117" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15261" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15260" CreationDate="2016-04-17T19:00:25.587" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is no such thing as &quot;flagging as unanswered&quot;. Nobody flagged those questions. It is a site's feature to provide the list of questions &lt;a href=&quot;https://blog.stackoverflow.com/2008/09/ok-now-define-answered/&quot;&gt;considered unanswered&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And perhaps you are right that this is not a very useful feature. The ongoing project on &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/251095&quot;&gt;navigation redesign&lt;/a&gt; will eventually remove the Unanswered tab from all sites. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Many unanswered questions do get &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/roomba&quot;&gt;deleted automatically&lt;/a&gt;, but care is taken not to lose valuable questions that take a long time to find a solution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user336085" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2016-04-17T19:00:25.587" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15262" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-04-18T08:21:11.227" Score="-1" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've forgotten my password and never receive a password resetting link with the associated email ACCOUNT and anything,I don't want to log in via face-book what should I do to reset my login?I've seen my Junk and everything but did not find the mail?    &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="370150" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2016-04-18T09:13:19.310" LastActivityDate="2016-04-18T09:13:19.310" Title="I am not able to reset my password on Stack Exchange" Tags="|bug|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2016-05-06T12:16:46.820" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15263" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15262" CreationDate="2016-04-18T08:35:31.323" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Hmm, it looks like you logged in via Facebook 20 minutes ago (some time before posting this) but anyway. While we site mods can see how you log in, we can't see what's wrong with the central login server (openid.stackexchange.com). We aren't in a position to help debug email problems other than to say &quot;it looks like it sent the message, check it isn't being binned&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So for service level issues like this, I'd recommend talking to SE directly via the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/contact&quot;&gt;contact page&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2016-04-18T08:35:31.323" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15264" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-04-18T08:48:20.500" Score="3" ViewCount="85" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was audited by the review system with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/first-posts/549598&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; question. I decided to flag it for closure because the problem had &quot;gone away&quot;. When I did so, I  got this education...: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/4jZtW.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/4jZtW.png&quot; alt=&quot;STOP!&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From my point of view, this question is not high quality nor a good subject for a audit. Who flags question to be usable for audits? What kind of consequences does failing one have?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="517880" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2016-04-18T09:38:25.530" Title="Audits while reviewing - High quality post?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15265" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15264" CreationDate="2016-04-18T09:09:48.917" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Audits are completely automated. They'll pick &quot;known&quot; good or bad posts (based on previous actions) and test you. There are also some random insertion tests in the suggested edit queue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This was one of the &lt;em&gt;known good&lt;/em&gt; posts, to catch people who are trigger happy with closure.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think this is one of those rare injustices the audit system occasionally springs. I think you were also caught out by the wording of the update. Even with the workaround, there remains a question that warrants answering (&lt;em&gt;Why&lt;/em&gt; the hell am I seeing penises when I search for gedit?)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's nothing I can do to remedy you having fallen into this one, but we can work on improving the question to make sure future reviewers don't have the same problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'll edit it up but contribute if you feel you'd still vote to close it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And just a reminder: the odd failed audit isn't the end of the world. There are &lt;em&gt;much&lt;/em&gt; trickier ones than this and I think all the mods have at least a few failed audits on record. The system only takes notice if you fail many within a period of time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2016-04-18T09:14:56.303" LastActivityDate="2016-04-18T09:14:56.303" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15266" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15264" CreationDate="2016-04-18T09:25:39.287" Score="3" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I decided to flag it for closure because the problem had &quot;gone away&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not quite. The problem still exists. What fooled you is the fact that the question also contained the answer. You interpreted &quot;If I deselect the &lt;code&gt;Reference&lt;/code&gt; field in Filter results, these explicit pictures go away&quot; as the problem had gone away, which is undeniably true, but it indeed needed a workaround to be applied before doing so, so the question technically didn't fit the close reason:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This describes &lt;strong&gt;a problem that can't be reproduced&lt;/strong&gt; that seemingly went away on its own or was only relevant to a very specific period of time. It's off-topic as it's unlikely to help future readers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&quot;This describes &lt;strong&gt;a problem that can't be reproduced&lt;/strong&gt;&quot; -&gt; the problem is reproduceable on a default installation or by enabling &quot;Reference&quot; if previously disabled.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&quot;that seemingly went away on its own&quot; -&gt; it didn't went away on its own, OP had to disable &quot;Reference&quot;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&quot;It's off-topic as it's unlikely to help future readers&quot; -&gt; it'll most likely help anyone else with the same problem.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However I agree some reviews are tricky / misleading / inevitabily lead the reviewer to fail. In this specific case the system did the job well, but only for coincidence. Whatever initially apparently weird (read as in &quot;interesting&quot;) question may get a number of upvotes high enough for it to become selectable for an audit even if the real problem is something pretty dumb like a typo, however that specific case is (luckily) pretty rare.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So you have a point. +1.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="380067" LastEditorUserId="380067" LastEditDate="2016-04-18T09:38:25.530" LastActivityDate="2016-04-18T09:38:25.530" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15267" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15268" CreationDate="2016-04-19T00:13:41.180" Score="3" ViewCount="70" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have several flags that I raised on the 5th... and they are still waiting for review.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What gives?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="518562" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2016-04-19T00:49:53.020" LastActivityDate="2016-04-19T00:49:53.020" Title="My flags have been waiting for review for 10+ days?" Tags="|support|flagging|review|flags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15268" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15267" CreationDate="2016-04-19T00:49:42.957" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;All the flags you have currently pending are close flags (flags for the closure of questions). These aren't shown to moderators directly, but are placed &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/close/stats&quot;&gt;in a queue&lt;/a&gt; for users with 3,000, or more, reputation to review. It's a pretty big queue and each post requires an average of ~3 or so reviews to be considered &quot;handled&quot;, it can take a wile.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All other flags are shown to moderators directly. We usually keep handling to a day or two, as best we can.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2016-04-19T00:49:42.957" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15269" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-04-19T14:09:00.177" Score="-5" ViewCount="118" Body="&lt;p&gt;It seems that recently on AskUbuntu, questions have been slipping through the Close-Wall (The wall that keeps a question from being seen by more than a few people). Until now this wall had redirected most questions to another site such as &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.superuser.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Super User,&lt;/a&gt;, but now it seems that instead, people are starting to answer these questions. Now yes, it is good that people are having their questions answered, but not like this. As more and more of these questions are asked, it &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;SEEMS&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; that they are on topic, therefore &quot;inviting&quot; other users to ask these questions as well. One example of this is Questions of Python. Yes, Python is an Ubuntu compatible program, but asking a question about python &lt;strong&gt;most times&lt;/strong&gt; has nothing to do with Ubuntu or issues with it. So many people have asked these kinds of questions that they start to not at all be flagged as off topic. A similar question was asked &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2425/wheres-the-off-topic-line&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;, but this relates more to just asking you all to if you see these questions about programming that may not be Ubuntu related, &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, Close it, or if it is sort of related, try to redirect the user so they can recieve more support.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="431864" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.243" LastActivityDate="2016-04-21T15:46:10.327" Title="Collective &quot;On Topic-ity&quot;" Tags="|discussion|scope|close-reasons|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="17" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15270" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15269" CreationDate="2016-04-19T14:55:52.117" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;Some examples would be useful, but I must say I don't really share your concern on this. I don't see many off-topic questions answered here. &lt;br&gt;&#xA;At the same time, I &lt;em&gt;do&lt;/em&gt; see quite some questions marked off-topic incorrectly. There seems to be a tendency to close-vote on trigger words like &lt;em&gt;bug&lt;/em&gt; or the current &lt;em&gt;+1 release&lt;/em&gt;, while the issue in the question has nothing to do with version-specific issues or -bugs for example.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, I consider an unjust close vote a bigger sin than incidentally answering a question that &lt;em&gt;could&lt;/em&gt; be marked as off-topic. In the first case, you send someone away who could (and should) get an answer here, in the latter case, the worst thing that can happen is that a good answer is given at the wrong place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't see your issue that it invites people to post the wrong type of questions here &lt;em&gt;at all&lt;/em&gt;. When people post questions that really don't belong here, it is because they are not familiar with the SE sites, not because they looked through this site's variety of questions. &lt;br&gt;&#xA;On the contrary I would say, in general these people are not familiar with the site at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="72216" LastEditDate="2016-04-19T21:45:21.380" LastActivityDate="2016-04-19T21:45:21.380" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15271" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15269" CreationDate="2016-04-19T15:33:19.230" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Nope, I don't think it's as simple as that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We have a community of people here who help Ubuntu users do stuff. Often that's highlighted as a &quot;how do I do X&quot; but occasionally that screws down into a language (Bash, Python, etc). This stuff &lt;em&gt;is also&lt;/em&gt; on-topic on other sites. That doesn't make it off-topic here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To be considered off-topic here —in my mind, at least— it should be &lt;em&gt;completely&lt;/em&gt; detached from the environment (like &quot;How do Python Arrays work?&quot;). Additionally, I tend to give Bash/Sh/Sed/Awk/etc extra leeway as they're core parts of Ubuntu, and we have a lot of people here who can help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a moderator and Ubuntu member I do have to balance what's not just best for the site, but what benefits Ubuntu. I think borderline questions (eg &lt;em&gt;pure&lt;/em&gt; bash) are not only often nice easy questions to get new users involved, they improve the technical comprehension of the whole site. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't expect everybody to agree but I think they're a net benefit to us.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But anything problem centric, like &quot;How do I move a window to another screen in Python&quot;, is on-topic. It's as much about the environment as it is the programming language.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2016-04-19T15:33:19.230" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15272" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15254" CreationDate="2016-04-19T15:55:59.690" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have reversed the synonym. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ati&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ati&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ati&lt;/a&gt; is now a synonym of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/amd-graphics&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;amd-graphics&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;amd-graphics&lt;/a&gt;. I left &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/amd&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;amd&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;amd&lt;/a&gt; unsynonymised since it is also a CPU brand and we have &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/intel&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;intel&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;intel&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/intel-graphics&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;intel-graphics&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;intel-graphics&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2016-04-19T15:55:59.690" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15273" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15275" CreationDate="2016-04-19T19:43:39.753" Score="4" ViewCount="127" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm just asking ... If  I switch to Ubuntu MATE and if I ask something here the solution will be the same?Could I ask here questions if I switch to Ubuntu MATE? (My English is very bad sorry)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="516202" OwnerDisplayName="ThetisClena" LastActivityDate="2022-07-18T18:34:04.750" Title="Ubuntu MATE and ask Ubuntu" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15274" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15273" CreationDate="2016-04-19T19:47:38.370" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The only differnce between {L|X|K|Ed}Ubuntu {Mate|Gnome} is the desktop and preinstalled software. Nearly everthing should work on all Ubuntus&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="532133" OwnerDisplayName="Motte001" LastActivityDate="2016-04-19T19:47:38.370" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15275" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15273" CreationDate="2016-04-19T19:48:53.353" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help&quot;&gt;Ask Ubuntu Help Center&lt;/a&gt; (which I think you were prompted to look at when you signed up &lt;strong&gt;;-)&lt;/strong&gt; ), the following distributions are considered official Ubuntu flavors:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Kubuntu&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Lubuntu&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ubuntu Budgie&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ubuntu Kylin&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ubuntu MATE&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ubuntu Studio&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Xubuntu&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All of these are on-topic. Honestly, there isn't much difference among these. It's mostly just the desktop environment, themes and certain pre-installed packages.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since Ask Ubuntu tends to reflect the list of official flavors on the Ubuntu website, you may also want to look there. Chances are, if a new official flavor is named, Ask Ubuntu won't have it immediately.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Reference&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ubuntu.com/desktop/flavours&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://ubuntu.com/desktop/flavours&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuFlavors&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuFlavors&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="274320" OwnerDisplayName="Zacharee1" LastEditorUserId="349837" LastEditDate="2022-07-18T18:34:04.750" LastActivityDate="2022-07-18T18:34:04.750" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15276" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-04-20T13:03:16.637" Score="29" ViewCount="897" Body="&lt;p&gt;Most sites use interesting and humorous chat room names related to their site topic, like &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;/dev/chat (Unix  &amp;amp;Linux)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The DMZ (Security)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Root Access (Super User)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The 2nd Monitor (Code Review)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The Nineteenth Byte (Programming Puzzles &amp;amp; Code Golf)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The Bridge (Arqade)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The Heap - Consultancy (Database Admins)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The h Bar (Physics)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The Periodic Table (Chemistry)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The Maid Cafe (Anime &amp;amp; Manga)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The Hangar (Aviation)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The Frying Pan (Cooking)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;etc.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why do we have such a generic name like &lt;strong&gt;Ask Ubuntu General Room&lt;/strong&gt;? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And could we eventually collect name proposals, vote on them and then finally change it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastEditorUserId="367990" LastEditDate="2016-06-20T13:22:33.900" LastActivityDate="2019-10-15T20:31:46.290" Title="More interesting name for our main chat room?" Tags="|discussion|chat|" AnswerCount="24" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15277" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15276" CreationDate="2016-04-20T13:17:17.137" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Quite frankly, I rather like that we have a staid name. It says: we have things to chat about, instead of spending time thinking of names for our chatroom.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2016-04-20T13:17:17.137" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15279" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-04-20T18:50:38.857" Score="24" ViewCount="301" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'd like to suggest removal of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tags/cyanogenmod/info&quot;&gt;the CyanogenMod tag&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't see how that tag has any relation to Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;EDIT:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So the question now becomes... how do we go about removing it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="518562" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2016-04-26T21:26:50.357" Title="CyanogenMod tag removal" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15280" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15276" CreationDate="2016-04-20T20:04:29.750" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think we've got a great opportunity in that the letter C was skipped in naming Ubuntu versions.  I propose &quot;Chatty Capybara&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="88000" LastActivityDate="2016-04-20T20:04:29.750" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15282" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15276" CreationDate="2016-04-21T09:29:40.537" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;Chatroom for Humans, maybe? Or at least something to that tone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="814" LastActivityDate="2016-04-21T09:29:40.537" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15283" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15276" CreationDate="2016-04-21T10:05:52.697" Score="21" Body="&lt;p&gt;How about&#xA;&lt;em&gt;Talk Ubuntu?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It shows that it is a channel for discussion rather than Q&amp;amp;A. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="236" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2016-06-20T15:06:01.607" LastActivityDate="2016-06-20T15:06:01.607" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15284" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15276" CreationDate="2016-04-21T10:18:42.903" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;Not sure if this would be appreciated, but what if we renamed our chatroom every 6 months when a new release comes out and use the codename's animal and its living place as inspiration.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;14.04: The Tahr Mountain&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;14.10: The Unicorn Sky&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;15.04: The Vervet Savanna&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;15.10: The Werewolf Moon&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;16.04: The Xerus Tree&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;...&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I see that renaming the main room of a site that frequently is probably not too practical (posts mentioning the old name become obsolete, the must be a new meta poll for the next name every half a year, somebody of the moderators has to actually rename it, etc.).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I'm still proposing this without expecting too much, just to get your opinion and maybe inspire some of you to come up with a better, persistent name.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastActivityDate="2016-04-21T10:18:42.903" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15285" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15276" CreationDate="2016-04-21T11:34:44.247" Score="-8" Body="&lt;p&gt;I suggest &lt;em&gt;Talk with Human beings&lt;/em&gt; or &lt;em&gt;Meet Humans&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="61218" LastActivityDate="2016-04-21T11:34:44.247" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15287" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15290" CreationDate="2016-04-21T15:26:29.643" Score="7" ViewCount="182" Body="&lt;p&gt;There can be various questions related to Bash Shell on Windows 10. For example bash, command-line, installation of a package etc. We can barely categorize many of them into our existing tags. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I came across this question &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/759880/where-is-the-ubuntu-file-system-root-directory-in-windows-10-subsystem&quot;&gt;Where is the Ubuntu file system root directory in Windows NT subsystem and vice versa?&lt;/a&gt; It is a typical example of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/windows-bash&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;windows-bash&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;windows-bash&lt;/a&gt; question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do we need separate tag(s) for Ubuntu Userspace in Windows questions for better readability?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We can create &lt;strong&gt;either&lt;/strong&gt; one &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ubuntu-on-windows&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ubuntu-on-windows&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ubuntu-on-windows&lt;/a&gt; and put it along with existing tag(s) in the questions where it is applicable &lt;strong&gt;or&lt;/strong&gt; several tags for questions about Ubuntu Userspace in Windows.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="127327" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2016-04-21T16:34:37.243" Title="How to tag questions for Ubuntu Userspace in Windows?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15288" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15276" CreationDate="2016-04-21T15:26:46.673" Score="17" Body="&lt;p&gt;/dev/random&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It reflects the content of the chat.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My pronouns are He / Him&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="186134" LastEditorUserId="186134" LastEditDate="2019-10-15T20:31:46.290" LastActivityDate="2019-10-15T20:31:46.290" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15289" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15269" CreationDate="2016-04-21T15:46:10.327" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I felt I was a bit hard on you in comments before, so I went looking for evidence to support your claim.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What I found was that you are one of the people guilty of answering these questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/707080/installing-ubuntu-on-school-computers/707094#707094&quot;&gt;Installing Ubuntu on school computers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/750424/do-malicious-web-sites-ever-exploit-vulnerabilities-in-linux-clients/750450#750450&quot;&gt;Do malicious web sites ever exploit vulnerabilities in Linux clients?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This one is open as of now but is off topic as too broad by my vote&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/676880/can-i-run-ubuntu-any-linux-distro-properly/676882#676882&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/676880/can-i-run-ubuntu-any-linux-distro-properly/676882#676882&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You write a big rant basically accusing every one of this&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Collective “On Topic-ity” &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I see users from anywhere in the 1-7000&#xA;  range answering these questions&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I hope this shows you that it is not so black and white with closing questions, you are just as guilty as the next user for overlooking them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Based on this and the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/759189/shell-script-storing-run-time-with-python&quot;&gt;terrible example&lt;/a&gt;,that is on topic,you gave me, I don't see this as an issue with the site, more with your perception of the questions at hand, I am sure that users are not just starting to answer off topic questions just because they want too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2016-04-21T15:46:10.327" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15290" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15287" CreationDate="2016-04-21T16:34:37.243" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ubuntu-on-windows&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ubuntu-on-windows&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ubuntu-on-windows&lt;/a&gt; seems the most appropriate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2016-04-21T16:34:37.243" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15291" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-04-21T21:26:10.443" Score="0" ViewCount="53" Body="&lt;p&gt;So upon working on an old Linux system that hadn't been touched in a while, I ran into an issue related to having 32-bit Google Chrome installed.  I found &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/741675/failed-to-download-repository-information-with-google-chrome-installed-on-ubuntu&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; that the original poster answered in the form of a one-line bash script.  While I don't have any suspicion that the original answer would have been malicious, I did notice that the answer had been edited since then, and if nobody was paying close attention, a malicious edit could have made its way into the terminals of potentially hundreds of people.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What kind of protections are in place, and what should be added, to mitigate the risk of an existing popular and accepted answer (i.e. top of Google results) that consists of a single long piece of code from being edited into something malicious?  Some bash commands can look innocent, only to redirect output into something that would end up overwriting something important, for example.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="155000" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2016-04-21T22:00:10.950" Title="Security against malicious script edits" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15292" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15291" CreationDate="2016-04-21T22:00:10.950" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is where IT Security being 'vague' with how things get analyzed is an issue, but there's nothing we can really do about it.  There's many different things that &lt;em&gt;could&lt;/em&gt; be malicious, but it's up to the users to determine whether they are comfortable running commands posted in answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's no in-built systems to protect against &lt;em&gt;bad scripts&lt;/em&gt;.  The community at large is very good about catching them though.  Many of the more experienced individuals will occasionally check answers to make sure evil things don't get posted.  And if people aren't sure, it usually results in flags being raised, and then people address it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, I'll show you how I'd analyze the answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the case you explicitly specified here, though, lets analyze that 'long one liner' (splitting it up was my doing):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;URL=http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/&#xA;&#xA;if (sudo apt-get update 2&amp;gt;&amp;amp;1 &amp;gt;/dev/null | grep --quiet &quot;$URL&quot;); then&#xA;    for file in $(sudo grep -Rl &quot;deb $URL&quot; /etc/apt/)&#xA;    do&#xA;        sudo sed -i 's/^deb/deb [arch=amd64]/' &quot;$file&quot;&#xA;    done&#xA;fi&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a fairly 'okay' set of commands to run.  It's doing the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Running &lt;code&gt;apt-get&lt;/code&gt; update, and piping the output through to no-man's land.  It's then checking to see if the URL is in the output.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If it's found, then the script checks all the &lt;code&gt;/etc/apt/&lt;/code&gt; files for instances of the specified URL (the Google Chrome repositories).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Where files are found containing the URL, it replaces &lt;code&gt;deb ...&lt;/code&gt; with the correct prefix to do &lt;code&gt;amd64&lt;/code&gt; only.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Nothing malicious here!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2016-04-21T22:00:10.950" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15293" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15294" CreationDate="2016-04-21T23:58:28.613" Score="2" ViewCount="144" Body="&lt;p&gt;Why does Ask Ubuntu use plain ol' HTTP?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this day in age, I don't see any reason why it shouldn't be HTTPS.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Isn't this a huge security risk?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Yh221.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Yh221.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="518562" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2021-09-27T09:31:39.833" LastActivityDate="2021-09-27T09:31:39.833" Title="Why doesn't Ask Ubuntu use HTTPS?" Tags="|feature-request|status-completed|https|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15294" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15293" CreationDate="2016-04-22T00:35:49.670" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;They (Stack Exchange developers) are working on it. It's complicated. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Main sites are already usable via HTTPS. Meta sites are not, and will not be until the domain structure is changed. For details, see&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/216384&quot;&gt;Untrusted connection when visiting per-site meta over SSL&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/116782/&quot;&gt;Better HTTPS support for Stack Exchange sites&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://nickcraver.com/blog/2013/04/23/stackoverflow-com-the-road-to-ssl/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Stackoverflow.com: the road to SSL&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user336085" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2016-04-22T00:35:49.670" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15295" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15276" CreationDate="2016-04-22T00:48:03.610" Score="18" Body="&lt;p&gt;A suggestion with a variation:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;apt-chat ubuntu&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;sudo apt-chat ubuntu&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user474925" LastEditorDisplayName="user474925" LastEditDate="2016-04-23T19:45:30.397" LastActivityDate="2016-04-23T19:45:30.397" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15296" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15297" CreationDate="2016-04-22T04:53:46.860" Score="2" ViewCount="29" Body="&lt;p&gt;Recently I hit the 500 edits mark before reaching 2000 reputation points.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is a limit of 1000 reputation points that can be acquired with edits, thus my subsequent edits do not add reputation points.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The interesting thing is: my last edit for which I got points gave me only +1. It means that immediately before I must have had 999 points from edits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How is that technically possible?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/2xdJk.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/2xdJk.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All edits give +2 reputation. And if posts are deleted, reputation points are also recalculated, but the actual number should always remain even.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="457662" LastEditorUserId="457662" LastEditDate="2016-04-22T07:34:43.493" LastActivityDate="2016-04-22T07:34:43.493" Title="An odd number of reputation points from edits?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15297" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15296" CreationDate="2016-04-22T07:18:28.820" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You hit the daily rep cap on &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/457662/techraf?tab=reputation&amp;amp;sort=post&amp;amp;page=2&quot;&gt;March 7&lt;/a&gt;. As a result, one edit on that day only got you a +1:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/DPiur.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/DPiur.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That left +1 for the edit rep limit, which you hit today.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2016-04-22T07:18:28.820" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15298" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15299" CreationDate="2016-04-22T07:49:50.550" Score="2" ViewCount="58" Body="&lt;p&gt;I came across &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/237592/alex&quot;&gt;this today&lt;/a&gt; and it very much gives the impression the user wants to sell their profile page as an advertising space.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I have never come across this before, though I am sure it happens,I just wanted to ask, is this OK? I doubt SE would allow this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2016-04-28T20:39:28.967" Title="User potentionaly selling their profile page as an advert?" Tags="|support|advertising|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15299" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15298" CreationDate="2016-04-22T08:08:11.020" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm sure this isn't serious. :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/legal/content-policy&quot;&gt;content policy&lt;/a&gt; mentions affiliate marketing:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Spam. Users that do not publish meaningful content, use deceptive means to generate revenue or traffic, &lt;strong&gt;or whose primary purpose is affiliate marketing&lt;/strong&gt;, will be suspended.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Wether this rule applies depends on the specific case. The user profile you linked certainly doesn't violate it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Disclaimer: I am just some guy, and this is the way I read the content policy. If you have any concerns that a user is violating any of the rules, &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/contact&quot;&gt;contact Stack Exchange&lt;/a&gt; and they'll take care of it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See also &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/31504/rules-for-profiles&quot;&gt;Rules for Profiles&lt;/a&gt; on Meta SE and a &lt;a href=&quot;https://gaming.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/5013/what-to-do-when-a-users-profile-is-advertising-websites-that-are-off-topic&quot;&gt;What to do when a user's profile is advertising websites that are 'off-topic'&lt;/a&gt; on Gaming.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2016-04-22T14:08:54.903" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15300" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15302" CreationDate="2016-04-22T11:21:41.733" Score="0" ViewCount="47" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just failed this audit.&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/fCxLY.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/fCxLY.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other than possibly needing a &lt;em&gt;four-character&lt;/em&gt; edit, it seemed okay to me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;My question: Should I have failed this, or did the system choose poorly?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="518562" LastEditorUserId="75060" LastEditDate="2016-04-22T11:39:04.487" LastActivityDate="2016-04-22T12:32:09.113" Title="Failed audit - did the system choose poorly?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15301" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15276" CreationDate="2016-04-22T11:22:53.180" Score="17" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'd like something along the lines of Oxwivi's answer, however just to throw in another one (perhaps a bit banal, fantasy is not my top strenght):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;The Orange Room&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's Ubuntu's color and the room's color.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="380067" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2016-04-22T11:22:53.180" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15302" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15300" CreationDate="2016-04-22T12:32:09.113" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;That answer could be reduced in characters to &quot;This blows&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, it doesn't propose a solution.  It doesn't point to a &quot;We're working on it&quot; thread.  Etc etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it was refined to &quot;This blows&quot;, would you still think it was an acceptable answer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2016-04-22T12:32:09.113" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15303" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15279" CreationDate="2016-04-22T16:11:19.917" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I agree, remove it. Of the two questions tagged with it, neither has any problems directly relating to CyanogenMod. One is about Ubuntu Touch, and the error contains CyanogenMod in it, and the other one is about a hostapd hotspot where the device connected happens to be running Cyanogenmod.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="300807" LastEditorUserId="300807" LastEditDate="2016-04-25T17:36:43.307" LastActivityDate="2016-04-25T17:36:43.307" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15304" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15276" CreationDate="2016-04-22T16:38:46.310" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;EDIT: I have a better idea&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I suggest: &lt;code&gt;apt-get moo&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Old answer: I vote &lt;code&gt;sudo apt-get chat&lt;/code&gt; or something similar.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="300807" LastEditorUserId="300807" LastEditDate="2016-04-27T06:41:32.923" LastActivityDate="2016-04-27T06:41:32.923" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15305" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-04-22T18:04:05.083" Score="1" ViewCount="99" Body="&lt;p&gt;Umm...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/7GW0U.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/7GW0U.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The tags are &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/backup&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;backup&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;backup&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/re-installation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;re-installation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;re-installation&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/software-installation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;software-installation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;software-installation&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/settings&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;settings&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;settings&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I should be allowed to submit this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="186134" LastActivityDate="2022-01-04T23:02:54.853" Title="Cannot submit a question with the software-installation tag" Tags="|bug|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15306" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15305" CreationDate="2016-04-22T18:08:22.183" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is because you are trying to submit a synonym of the banned tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Perhaps you need to submit a feature request, so the message says &lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;The 're-installation' tag is not allowed&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="186134" LastEditorUserId="186134" LastEditDate="2022-01-04T23:02:54.853" LastActivityDate="2022-01-04T23:02:54.853" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15308" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15276" CreationDate="2016-04-22T23:54:53.530" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;In honor of Mark Shuttleworth, the creator of Ubuntu, I suggest to change the name to &lt;strong&gt;The Chattleworth&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="229365" LastActivityDate="2016-04-22T23:54:53.530" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15309" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15276" CreationDate="2016-04-23T00:02:15.883" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ubuntu comes in &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com/about/about-ubuntu/flavours&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;multiple flavours&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ubuntu&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Lubuntu&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Kubuntu&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;…&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I suggest &lt;strong&gt;Chatbuntu&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="229365" LastActivityDate="2016-04-23T00:02:15.883" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15310" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15276" CreationDate="2016-04-23T05:49:16.217" Score="-13" Body="&lt;p&gt;How about Ubuntu Chats? I'ts a great idea.. (il sort myself out)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user527600" LastActivityDate="2016-04-23T05:49:16.217" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15311" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15276" CreationDate="2016-04-23T11:33:13.727" Score="-10" Body="&lt;p&gt;UbuntUnity&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;UbuntUsers Unite&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;sounds stupid XD&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="342469" LastActivityDate="2016-04-23T11:33:13.727" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15312" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15276" CreationDate="2016-04-23T19:44:47.860" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here's a second option. This time, piggy-backing off of &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/15280/474925&quot;&gt;Ryan&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Chatty Chupacabras&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user474925" LastActivityDate="2016-04-23T19:44:47.860" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15313" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-04-23T21:11:56.520" Score="47" ViewCount="507" Body="&lt;p&gt;I believe in the voting system, but not as a result of this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A while ago, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/758003/how-to-open-a-file-in-the-same-display-i-am-working-it/&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; was asked. In short, in a multi- monitor setup, OP wants to have new windows appear &lt;em&gt;on the screen he is currently working on&lt;/em&gt;. That could be the left, but also the right one, depending on where I am currently working on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;You would say...&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;...that is obviously different from having a &lt;em&gt;fixed default screen&lt;/em&gt; to have new windows appear on.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;To my surprise, someone voted to close it as a dupe of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/752208/set-default-monitor&quot;&gt;this one&lt;/a&gt; however.&lt;br&gt; Accidents happen, we can't always be awake, so I decided to add a comment, to explain why it isn't a dupe.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The close voting happily went on, so I decided to add a more prominent section to the question, with the same explanation:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;N.B. This is &lt;em&gt;NOT&lt;/em&gt; about setting the default monitor. I want new windows to appear on the screen &lt;em&gt;I am currently working on&lt;/em&gt;, which is dynamically changing, and not necessarily the default monitor.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To my astonishment, I found the question closed as a dupe of an obviously different question. With the message clearly in front, &lt;em&gt;five people misread the question&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Come on people, it's been a long day of hard work, I am exhausted. Probably tomorrow I'll regret the tone of this post. I am pretty sure however I won't be about the tenor: &lt;em&gt;If voting is done in this superficial manner, what do we need to do to keep a question open&lt;/em&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2018-04-26T12:49:40.287" Title="Please read -and think- before you mark as a dupe" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15314" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-04-24T01:02:27.973" Score="1" ViewCount="123" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is already a bunch of &quot;I installed Nvidia drivers and now Ubuntu is borked&quot; questions. What do we do with this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've only found two useful answers;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Disable secure boot; this seems to enable some people to use their Nvidia graphics card.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Uninstall the Nvidia driver.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=nvidia+driver+16.04&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=nvidia+driver+16.04&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any idea how to move forward? Do we make one Canonical question for nvidia + 16.04 or one question for each &quot;symptom&quot; (one for blank screen, one for login cycle, ..)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="172367" LastActivityDate="2016-04-26T17:23:28.850" Title="The flood of &quot;nvidia drivers + 16.04&quot; questions" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15317" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-04-24T18:53:32.143" Score="41" ViewCount="1170" Body="&lt;p&gt;Probably the most risky post I ever posted on AU, nevertheless need to get it of my chest...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Don't ask me how I got the impression, nor whom it involves, but there seems to be a tendency lately that people &quot;exchange&quot; favours. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No one on AU has any objection to an occasional sympathizing vote, nor with an upvote just because of the work that might have been involved in writing an answer. &lt;br&gt;&#xA;I do object however strongly to a structural exchange of favours. Probably &lt;em&gt;just&lt;/em&gt; inside the limits of what the system allows and detects. I don't like it, even resent it and I don't do it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please, please don't publicly upvote someone, often on multiple posts at once, as an obvious &quot;present&quot;, probably even without having read the answer(s). Just hoping someone will return the favour as a result. It is cheap, bad for the voting system and bad for the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you vote, vote for the quality of an answer or question. Nothing more, nothing less.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="72216" LastEditDate="2016-04-24T19:07:50.310" LastActivityDate="2016-06-06T20:51:45.223" Title="Exchange votes or favours" Tags="|discussion|voting|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15318" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15314" CreationDate="2016-04-25T15:37:03.993" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The problem is that with new kernels DKMS modules do not load.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's why people can't use the drivers with Secure Boot on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I wrote &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/762254/167850&quot;&gt;a Q&amp;amp;A for it&lt;/a&gt; and hope someone tests the solution. I do not have Nvidia on an UEFI machine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But it should fix the DKMS issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="167850" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2016-04-25T15:37:03.993" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15319" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15279" CreationDate="2016-04-25T16:08:03.607" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Remove it. I also do not understand why it is on Ask Ubuntu, when CyanogenMod is an Android rom, not Ubuntu. Yes, you might tell me about Ubuntu Touch, but Ubuntu Touch has its own tag (yes, look at askubuntu.com/tags)! CyanogenMod rom is a rom, not a Ubuntu flavour, nor version, it is only based on linux (not Ubuntu, that is a difference) kernel! So I say: &lt;strong&gt;Remove!&lt;/strong&gt; People, you have it on Android Enthusiasts (and there it has 1633 questions and here 2)! But wait? If you remove that, look at &lt;em&gt;android&lt;/em&gt; (and maybe &lt;em&gt;android-sdk&lt;/em&gt;) tag too (&lt;em&gt;android-studio&lt;/em&gt; might be good, if it is about fixing bugs in this program in Ubuntu)!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="502962" LastActivityDate="2016-04-25T16:08:03.607" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15320" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15279" CreationDate="2016-04-25T17:55:36.467" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I also agree with this. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even though Ubuntu Touch was used to be based on CM, all the android is removed. So yeah, basicly this is NOT CM. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="392803" LastActivityDate="2016-04-25T17:55:36.467" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15321" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-04-25T21:41:16.877" Score="0" ViewCount="101" Body="&lt;p&gt;How can I post a thread on a Ubuntu forum?  Also, what the hell is a Tag?&#xA;I can't even ask a question without going to school for questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user535334" LastEditorUserId="117103" LastEditDate="2016-04-28T20:32:19.940" LastActivityDate="2019-10-15T20:32:30.000" Title="How to Post threads" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15322" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15321" CreationDate="2016-04-25T21:49:58.207" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Welcome to the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm Tim - I'm happy to help with this question. If you have any more, please comment them below.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First - how to post a thread? Well, you have. This thread will be moved to our meta site - for discussing the main site, but you've managed. Also, because of how we format this site we normally say &quot;Questions and Answers&quot;, not threads. Threads are fine, however. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Second - what's a tag? A tag is a way we sort the questions we receive. For example, some users here are experts on &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/backup&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;backup&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;backup&lt;/a&gt;, others on the Linux &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/kernel&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;kernel&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;kernel&lt;/a&gt; and yet more on when you have a fresh &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/system-installation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;system-installation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;system-installation&lt;/a&gt;. If you tag your question well, it means people who can answer are more likely to see the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally - a school for asking? We take pride in this site - and we don't want it to turn into Yahoo Answers. We think the best way to do this is to have good quality control - we have automated systems to detect bad posts, and we have community moderation - as you participate here more, you take a part in keeping the site clean by editing, flagging, closing and deleting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This can be intimidating and off-putting to a new user, but if you stick around you'll realise that the lack of spam is nice, and proper grammar in questions. You may have noticed I edited your question just after you posted it - that's to improve your question and make people want to help. If you put in the effort, they want to as well!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I said, if you have more questions please ask away in the comments below. I think you might benefit from &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tour&quot;&gt;reading the tour page&lt;/a&gt;. It takes less than 2 minutes (two-minute school - wow!) and you'll understand our ethos and the way the site works here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My pronouns are He / Him&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="186134" OwnerDisplayName="Tim" LastEditorUserId="186134" LastEditDate="2019-10-15T20:32:30.000" LastActivityDate="2019-10-15T20:32:30.000" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15323" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15276" CreationDate="2016-04-26T15:07:57.937" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I like &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/15295/85695&quot;&gt;Onebree's idea&lt;/a&gt;, but I think that a single word is better and easier to type. So how about simply&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;apt-chat&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2016-04-26T15:07:57.937" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15325" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15314" CreationDate="2016-04-26T17:23:28.850" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Any flood of questions around the same problem should be dealt with in the same way:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Make sure the best example of one of these questions is answered. Even if that's &quot;This is a bug, this is what's happening, this is where you can subscribe to track its progress&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Dupe-Close future instances against that good example.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Sip on a Mai Tai, you're done.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Pilot6's Q&amp;amp;A seems as good as any (it &lt;em&gt;could&lt;/em&gt; be better, eg link to active bugs) so I'd suggest closing against that unless a better version appears.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2016-04-26T17:23:28.850" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15326" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15279" CreationDate="2016-04-26T21:26:50.357" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Remove the tag, i have no idea &lt;strong&gt;HOW&lt;/strong&gt; it was added, and had no relation to Ubuntu.&#xA;Linux is a kernel, cyanogenMod is just a rom... &lt;strong&gt;REMOVE I SAY!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user527600" LastActivityDate="2016-04-26T21:26:50.357" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15327" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15331" CreationDate="2016-04-27T06:10:43.647" Score="3" ViewCount="132" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've seen this a few times, where an answer is given, and all it says is &quot;This is a bug, see this link...&quot;, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/761820/suspend-not-working-on-ubuntu-16-04-for-dell-3537&quot;&gt;This post&lt;/a&gt; is an example (at least one of the answers is, it came up in a review).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Is revealing a bug report (ie, showing that a bug exists in the system that causes the problem in the question) a suitable answer to a question?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my mind, answers should try to solve the problem in the question. I don't think simply reporting a bug solves the issue. Commenting that the problem is a reported bug seems better.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then again, some questions cannot be solved, so the answer to the problem is &quot;There is no solution&quot; or something like that. What are your thoughts?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EDIT: Seems the one answer linked above was removed, but it was only one example. The OP answered his own question, with an appropriate solution to the bug.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="180633" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:24.280" LastActivityDate="2016-04-28T08:06:48.440" Title="Revealing bug report considered answer?" Tags="|discussion|answers|bug-reports|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15328" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15327" CreationDate="2016-04-27T06:35:55.873" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes. We aren't a bug tracker, so linking people to the right place is pretty important for letting them know what's going on, and often when things will be fixed, if they will at all. Additional information is often useful for nailing down the scope of a problem, and then testing fixes, so throwing a few extra bodies on the bug can't hurt.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Traditional dictate does also apply. &lt;em&gt;Just&lt;/em&gt; linking is lazy and makes for a poor quality answer. Explain the problem, provide available workarounds. The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/763110/449&quot;&gt;OP's answer there&lt;/a&gt; is a great example of this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2016-04-27T14:34:54.007" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15329" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15317" CreationDate="2016-04-27T07:27:52.173" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;OK, to spice up the discussion I disagree with your premise: &quot; don't publicly upvote someone, often on multiple posts at once, as an obvious &quot;present&quot;&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;If&lt;/em&gt; upvoting multiple answers from a helpful user is done to reward the user for being helpful, that is &lt;strong&gt;absolutely&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;fine&lt;/strong&gt;. Even more: it is why this site has a reward system... not just to encourage good content, but give good content producers recognition.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do it from time to time. When someone leaves a super helpful comment, I find a &lt;em&gt;good(!)&lt;/em&gt; answer given by the user and upvote it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, this is, as with all morality, a matter of intentionality. If you have the intention to 'receive' votes following your upvotes, that is just daft.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="115155" LastActivityDate="2016-04-27T07:27:52.173" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15330" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15317" CreationDate="2016-04-27T09:23:12.733" Score="16" Body="&lt;p&gt;My two cents;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Don't browse users, browse questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you're genuinely enthusiast about a user's post, upvote it. Comments shouldn't be used for that, but if from time you time you like a post &lt;em&gt;so much&lt;/em&gt; that you feel like letting the user know that you liked it, you won't be pilloried for that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You shouldn't be serial upvoting a user. Really, &lt;em&gt;don't serial upvote users&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm a bit afraid to write the following, because serial upvotes shouldn't be tolerated. I'd like the following to be a good reading for those who bindingly decided they're going to do that regardless already. If you &lt;em&gt;really&lt;/em&gt; feel like a user deserves more reputation and you can't be stopped from upvoting more than one user's post, &lt;em&gt;at least&lt;/em&gt; please do that under the following constraints:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Absolutely, check out the validity of the posts. No one will pillory you for having upvoted deserving posts, but they'll do if you upvote crap (virtually, technically they can't know).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If it's an answer, check out also the other answers to the same question, and upvote also all the other useful answers (and downvote crappy answers). That is, at least change your serial upvote to a &quot;serial objective review of Q/As&quot;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And &lt;em&gt;don't let the user know you just serially upvoted their posts&lt;/em&gt;. As Jacob and others already said, it just looks fishy and no one likes it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, if you're upvoting / serially upvoting a user hoping for a return, I'm sorry to say you're here for all the wrong reasons.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Rep is nice, indeed, but what's really nice is a great post. The idea behind voting is primarily to shape the number on the left of the post; in that view, reputation is a just a side effect of that. When voting, you should be focusing only on making that number reflect the validity of the post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Consider that by doing that well, users' reputation will start to reflect the overall validity of their posts with the best approximation possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="380067" LastEditorUserId="367990" LastEditDate="2016-04-28T18:11:33.627" LastActivityDate="2016-04-28T18:11:33.627" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15331" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15327" CreationDate="2016-04-27T14:31:12.407" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I agree. Simply stating &quot;this is a known bug, here's the bug report&quot; is a pretty crappy answer. If that's all the answer that can be given, it would be better to just close the question as a bug report. That's one of the boilerplate close reasons available on Ask Ubuntu:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/VVPJW.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/VVPJW.png&quot; alt=&quot;close reason for bugs&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If, on the other hand, there is useful information in the bug report. Then, instead of just linking, copy the information into your answer &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/763110/85695&quot;&gt;as the OP of your example did&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So yes, in my opinion, an answer that's just a link to a bug report is useless. It is not an answer &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/225370/203101&quot;&gt;as defined by SE&lt;/a&gt;, and it would be better to post it as a comment and close the question. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2016-04-27T14:31:12.407" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15332" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15327" CreationDate="2016-04-27T21:19:51.467" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;That question is one of the reasons why we have the OT&gt;bug close reason. The reporter &quot;fixed&quot; his issue, and everyone else is kept having the same bug!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you read &lt;a href=&quot;https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1566302/comments/3&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Joseph comment&lt;/a&gt; he asks for some steps to follow, namely:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Use upstream kernel&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Verify if the issue is found.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Retag and mark as confirmed the bug, whenever is found or not.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The reporter stopped at the first step &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1566302/comments/4&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;since his issue was fixed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. The bug is still incomplete as today and will be marked as invalid if no further actions are taken in the next 59 days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2016-04-27T21:19:51.467" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15333" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15276" CreationDate="2016-04-27T21:26:06.120" Score="8" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Taco Tuesday&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As per our fond love of tacos &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/search?q=Taco&amp;amp;room=201&quot;&gt;http://chat.stackexchange.com/search?q=Taco&amp;amp;room=201&lt;/a&gt; , and of course the Ubuntu taco truck:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/sCkls.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/sCkls.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastActivityDate="2016-04-27T21:26:06.120" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15334" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-04-28T09:54:58.247" Score="2" ViewCount="49" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've noticed that a lot of simpler questions on AskUbuntu are answered in the comments rather than an actual answer, which leads to the question never being marked as answered. Should these be closed or ignored or other?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="226424" LastActivityDate="2016-04-28T09:54:58.247" Title="Close Perpetually Unanswered Questions?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15335" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-04-28T20:25:30.983" Score="0" ViewCount="39" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is it possible to extend the period of the bounty? If so, how can I do it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe I can extend the bounty period if I add more of the bounty?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have set bounty on the question&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/762548/how-do-i-restore-a-virtualbox-vm-from-backup-qcow&quot;&gt;How do I restore a Virtualbox VM from backup? (qcow)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and I hardly see any attention to it, still. I'm afraid the bounty will just expire and my hard-earned reputation that I set as a bounty will be wasted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="181242" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2016-04-28T20:37:55.677" Title="How can I extend the bounty period?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15336" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15335" CreationDate="2016-04-28T20:37:55.677" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You cannot extend the bounty period. Once the bounty expires you can re-bounty it with [bounty-amount]+50.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2016-04-28T20:37:55.677" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15337" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15313" CreationDate="2016-04-28T22:34:35.173" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think some people may be focusing on quantity rather than quality and skim the content rather than take the necessary time to actually read and comprehend. I believe that the reason behind the voting system is that any of us is capable of making a mistake and hopefully someone will catch it and leave a comment to close voters as was done in this case. If I'm not certain a question is a duplicate but find something that might be helpful, I will leave a comment such as &quot;Related:  rather then flag as a dupe or pile on with the close voters. I believe this to be a logical approach. If you agree or disagree I would appreciate comments as to why.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastActivityDate="2016-04-28T22:34:35.173" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15338" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15357" CreationDate="2016-04-29T12:26:43.577" Score="-15" ViewCount="380" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've had an idea of simplifying the overwhelming interface of AskUbuntu by correcting any overload on the users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want an example I can make some images, but first someone has to be at least interested.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Specifically &quot;share edit delete flag&quot; could be a little menu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;For the general users :&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your input is most valuable and I'm not trying to convince anyone. Is just some questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Are we discussing me or you?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Neither, we are discussing AskUbuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't actually mind you having an allergic reaction but do say it's an allergic reaction. And a down-vote without any comments is just considered as that by me. This question has not gotten any rational input.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Do you believe is possible to improve anything in AskUbuntu ?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If not then say so before just starting hot lines on the answers or comments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;By which conditions do you think improvements can/can't be made ?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you just think that everything is possible and it should be possible then say so then we all know that you have faith in a possibility or lack of it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Happy Llamas!!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="109740" LastEditorUserId="109740" LastEditDate="2016-05-06T11:06:44.240" LastActivityDate="2016-05-06T11:06:44.240" Title="What about simplifying the UI for AskUbuntu?" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|design|user-interface|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15339" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-04-29T12:35:24.630" Score="-8" ViewCount="212" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've seen answers antagonizing newcomers and people that got out of the mainstream questions that could potentially yield significant learning/lessons.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What's the point of using a FOSS system if you're not gonna slowly learn from it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I define antagonizing as basically hijacking the OP's reasoning with &quot;implied impossibilities&quot; or &quot;unpractical erratic deductions&quot;, stuff like that. Transmitting YES, NO or Don't know.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This happens when an user has no clue of what is wrong.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Implied impossibilities can be avoided with a &quot;summary&quot; of the question based on the title along with the objective.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An example would be when an answer doesn't respond to an OP and someone simply responds, &quot;This doesn't answer to the OP&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this case we should comment with a reminder to the OP's question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Something like : &quot;Your answer is about GRUB installation but the question is about formatting the disk. Please edit your answer with corresponding information&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="109740" LastEditorUserId="109740" LastEditDate="2017-04-14T14:37:53.397" LastActivityDate="2017-04-14T14:37:53.397" Title="You could be antagonizing newcomers" Tags="|discussion|support|users|moderators|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ClosedDate="2016-05-16T09:50:23.560" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15340" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15339" CreationDate="2016-04-29T13:07:01.797" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you think somebody is being rude, flag that post/comment.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;We'll talk to them if we think it's becoming a problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;Be nice&quot; is a rule around here and the mods do everything we can to make sure people at least attempt to get along with others. Even if we have to beat it into them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2016-04-29T13:40:54.007" LastActivityDate="2016-04-29T13:40:54.007" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15341" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15276" CreationDate="2016-04-30T08:00:24.857" Score="-5" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Well&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, I suggest.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="55951" LastActivityDate="2016-04-30T08:00:24.857" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15342" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-04-30T14:36:41.820" Score="5" ViewCount="310" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ubuntu redesigned their website, meaning Ask Ubuntu's top bar is out of date.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/aeYu9.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/aeYu9.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/bgRou.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/bgRou.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note how the top bar &quot;jumps&quot; about:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/kyTVK.gif&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/kyTVK.gif&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="186134" LastActivityDate="2016-05-20T10:20:44.607" Title="Topbar design is out of date" Tags="|bug|design|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15343" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15342" CreationDate="2016-04-30T18:59:19.730" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Jumping around is probably inevitable: SE sites have fixed width 1100px, while Ubuntu site (which is now responsive) has width 984px at most. The recent widening of the SE sidebar has increased the difference. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One thing that could be done to improve consistency is to add &lt;strong&gt;Partners&lt;/strong&gt; link to the SE version of the bar.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user336085" LastActivityDate="2016-04-30T18:59:19.730" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15344" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15385" CreationDate="2016-05-01T09:34:28.317" Score="99" ViewCount="1399" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Read the post below with a wink. It is not meant as a bitter numeration, just a parody on what we all run into every now and then. Look at it as an Ask Ubuntu conversion of &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_Irritate_People&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;How to irritate people&lt;/a&gt;&quot;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;NEVER give all relevant information at once. Especially don't mention if your issue seems to be related to something you did for example.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you get a good answer, which does not work however, as a result of &lt;code&gt;[1]&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;em&gt;immediately&lt;/em&gt; mention it does not work, &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;BUT&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, don't give any information to improve the answer. Make the answerer dangle a bit, begging for relevant information.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you notice the answer was given in a prompt way, and the answerer communicates instantly, make sure to slow down the process. Your reply should not appear within 50-100 times it took the answerer to reply. The best is of course to &lt;em&gt;never&lt;/em&gt; come back to your own question, but this should only be done if you already found your answer somewhere else.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you asked a question, and you get one or more answers that perfectly match the question, &lt;em&gt;change the question drastically&lt;/em&gt;. The advantage is that given answers will look completely silly. You'll have to accept the risk that the poster will try to edit his or her answer, to fit the question. This can be resolved by &lt;em&gt;another major edit&lt;/em&gt; to the question. It is a bit of work, but the result is hilarious.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Accepting an answer should be discouraged, but &lt;em&gt;if&lt;/em&gt; you accept, make sure to change your choice on a regular basis. Especially when there is no new answer or &lt;em&gt;any&lt;/em&gt; additional information, this is great fun.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you get a good answer, that &lt;em&gt;should&lt;/em&gt; have worked if you'd given all the relevant information, don't ask the poster to edit his answer, according to the missing information, but quickly post your own answer, for the greater part based on the existing answer, and accept your own answer. Don't be so weak to even upvote the existing answer.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you feel the poster of a comment (e.g. to get additional information) is not aware of your incredibly high level of knowledge, reply to his or her comment in an agitated or (preferably) aggressive way. That'll teach him or her. In case such a poster eventually posts an answer: no matter if it is the best answer &lt;em&gt;accept another answer&lt;/em&gt;, preferably the worst in row.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Be sure to invigorate your question by mentioning you &lt;em&gt;will&lt;/em&gt; switch back to Windows, and the Ubuntu platform will lose the honor of your presence, if the answerer will not make it work &lt;em&gt;exactly&lt;/em&gt; like it was on Windows. Ignore suggestions to try alternative solutions, repeat your demand. In the unfortunate case someone seems to give you exactly what you asked for, don't panic, just keep looking until you find a difference. Anything will do.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If, despite all the good work mentioned above, the moment comes that you can no longer ignore the fact your question accidentally got answered, you still have a few options to give you some satisfaction nevertheless:&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Edit your question's title, adding the section &lt;strong&gt;[SOLVED]&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;em&gt;Not&lt;/em&gt; mentioning which of the answers solved your issue is especially nice if you have multiple answers to your question, leaving the posters with a question mark above their heads.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Post a comment, mentioning something like &quot;&lt;em&gt;Thanks, this works perfectly&lt;/em&gt;&quot;. Again, do &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;NOT&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; vote or accept.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;In both cases, add a filter to your email application to automatically delete possible emails you will get from the site, mentioning the requests (comments) for clarification.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Last but not least: the ultimate way to mess up your question is of course to just leave the question alone from the second you pushed enter. Never come back to it &lt;em&gt;anyhow&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Appendix&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you still feel unsure how to ruin your question, or simply want to read more about the subject, some additional tips. Note that some of these tips were sponsored by readers of this post :)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;To attract more readers to your post, make sure it is noticed in the jungle of questions. &lt;em&gt;always&lt;/em&gt; use capitals in your question's titles. A nice starter would look like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;MY SYSTEM BROKE DUE TO AN UPDATE UBUNTU RUINED MY SYSTEM WHY IS EVERYTHING SO DIFFICULT ON UBUNTU&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, to most people, it is &lt;em&gt;totally&lt;/em&gt; unclear with what purpose questions are posted here. Make sure to add a clarification, but don't overdo it, best leave out some vowels. A good format would be:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PLZ HELP ME ASAP!!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This will also prevent readers from fooling around all day before starting to work on your question.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="72216" LastEditDate="2016-05-09T06:42:02.460" LastActivityDate="2018-08-16T22:08:16.863" Title="Ten tips to handle your question in the worst possible way" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="8" CommentCount="25" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15346" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15351" CreationDate="2016-05-03T04:33:59.673" Score="9" ViewCount="454" Body="&lt;p&gt;The example is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/127551/either-another-instance-of-libreoffice-is-accessing-your-personal-settings-or-yo/127554?noredirect=1#comment1145125_127554&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know in the interest of being friendly, you just let it ride.  However, do we need to think about the policy of &quot;this was the top google hit, so I posted something relevant as a comment&quot; as okay?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'ld tend to say, until the imaginary problem becomes a real problem, just let it go.  I was wondering about the thoughts of others though, so here we are.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2016-05-14T21:14:31.207" Title="What to do when you get a comment &quot;for OSX just do this...&quot;?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15347" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15350" CreationDate="2016-05-03T06:59:15.870" Score="18" ViewCount="326" Body="&lt;p&gt;I find myself solving someone's problem step by step through the comments. When I finally find the solution, should I move the final solution to an answer and delete the comment or leave the comment there as well?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="180633" LastEditorUserId="115155" LastEditDate="2016-05-13T10:30:56.403" LastActivityDate="2016-05-16T17:22:32.787" Title="When do comments become answers?" Tags="|discussion|comments|answers|" AnswerCount="6" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15348" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15347" CreationDate="2016-05-03T07:52:22.693" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;You should move the comments to an answer. Comments are considered second class on SE.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you post an answer, the comments may be deleted by both of you by moving additional information from OP into the question and your solution to an answer, or can be left around for context. I consider it purely a matter of preference.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="45659" LastActivityDate="2016-05-03T07:52:22.693" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15349" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15346" CreationDate="2016-05-03T09:58:28.353" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;In my opinion, I don't believe it's a problem at all. Extra information is never a bad idea. There are a lot of answers around Ubuntu that work with different OS'es (whether it's Fedora, or Red Hat, or even OSX).&#xA;I've personally used quite a few answers on Ask Ubuntu to solve problems with OSX, for the same reason the commenter said: Ask Ubuntu is, most of the times, the top result in Google.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said; it's not a bad idea to ask the user, albeit nicely, to post the solution on &lt;a href=&quot;https://apple.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Ask Different&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:45:31.530" LastActivityDate="2016-05-03T09:58:28.353" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15350" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15347" CreationDate="2016-05-03T10:06:32.647" Score="27" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are few things more frustrating —from a site management point of view— than seeing somebody write an short answer as a comment, the OP say &quot;Thanks that worked&quot; and then everybody just walk away.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Various elements in the system (that are there to help other people get help &lt;strong&gt;and&lt;/strong&gt; answer the right things) require that answers go in the answers section. So &lt;strong&gt;somebody &lt;em&gt;should&lt;/em&gt; transpose that to an answer&lt;/strong&gt;; ideally the person who posted it as a comment, but the person who asked the question, or anybody else would do just fine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you think you have an answer, post it as an answer. Assuming the question is otherwise good (not obviously duplicate, off-topic, etc), the only questions you need to ask yourself are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is it relevant to their problem?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Does it attempt to fix their problem (if applicable, not everything can be fixed) or explain it?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There will always be some grey between diagnosis and solution but an honest attempt to fix somebody's problem shouldn't be penalised.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;People often get stuck on who should be transposing answer-comments as answers. It's &lt;a href=&quot;https://twitter.com/soverybritish&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;such a British thing&lt;/a&gt;, holding a door open for somebody and arguing for 20 minutes over who should walk through it first. The problem is the system really doesn't care about manners and while you're waiting for the original poster to do the right thing, this question and potential answer languish.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/06/attribution-required/&quot;&gt;attribution is still a requisite&lt;/a&gt; here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your family couldn't bear the dishonour and social disgrace from you actually being remunerated for somebody else's work, you can post answers as a community wiki. It'll be your name on it, but you won't earn any rep.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2016-05-16T06:41:19.333" LastActivityDate="2016-05-16T06:41:19.333" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15351" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15346" CreationDate="2016-05-03T10:16:15.803" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;The silly thing is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/127551/either-another-instance-of-libreoffice-is-accessing-your-personal-settings-or-yo/127554?noredirect=1#comment1071190_127551&quot;&gt;there's already a comment under the question&lt;/a&gt; that links to &lt;a href=&quot;https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/113189/libreoffice-error-either-another-instance-of-libreoffice-is-accessing-your-per&quot;&gt;the OSX answer&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is that a problem too?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I usually have no problem with the odd &lt;em&gt;related&lt;/em&gt; comments popping up. Comments are displayed as second class citizens, they're small and unobtrusive... That is until they descend into open meta quibbles (so thank you for moving the conversation here).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&quot;How can you say that?&quot;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &quot;This it Ask Ubuntu!&quot;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &quot;OSX is proprietary rubbish!&quot;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &quot;Down with the system!1&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Well sure, but in absolute terms this little comment was doing us an extraordinarily small amount of harm and was making SE (and the internet) a better place. Maybe I'm just reaching a particularly lazy phase of life but I would argue for a little utilitarianism, especially when the trade-off is currently so small.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you think this is a slippery slope and we're going to get a flurry of Nintendo Game Boy users telling us how &lt;em&gt;they&lt;/em&gt; do things in LibreOffice, perhaps we can address that then, but I see no evidence of that yet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2 comments will not tip this ship.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;On &quot;technically correct&quot;, &quot;potential harm&quot; and &quot;precedent&quot;...&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Rightly, Meta posts often discuss the future ramifications of their subject.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've flippantly addressed this above because I feel that slippery slope or not, we're not talking about Everest here. Two or three comments a year that help people either navigate to the right place or just outright help them is worth it IMO.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But precedent isn't &lt;em&gt;that&lt;/em&gt; important. We aren't writing an immutable constitution or issuing a supreme court edict here on Meta. If this becomes an actual problem, I have no problem changing the rules then to deal with it at that time. If that means shutting down somebody who says &quot;but in 2016 Oli said I could post Game Boy cheat codes everywhere&quot;, that's okay.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:45:31.530" LastActivityDate="2016-05-03T11:42:33.900" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15353" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15347" CreationDate="2016-05-04T07:21:07.253" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;We should develop a feature that able to move comments to answers. Provide them to moderators. Also a feature to vote for comment as an answer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then, everyone is happy. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="392803" LastActivityDate="2016-05-04T07:21:07.253" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15354" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-05-04T13:41:31.673" Score="8" ViewCount="130" Body="&lt;p&gt;Both &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/crash&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;crash&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;crash&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/freeze&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;freeze&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;freeze&lt;/a&gt; are mostly all bug reports, most of which aren't diagnosable. iirc at one time we were in the process of blacklisting these, did we end up not wanting to do that? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2016-05-04T16:40:25.033" LastActivityDate="2016-05-04T16:40:25.033" Title="What to do about crash and freeze tags?" Tags="|discussion|cleanup|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15355" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15356" CreationDate="2016-05-04T14:30:43.910" Score="3" ViewCount="93" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have noticed a few question in ask ubuntu like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/767526/install-opencv-3-1-0&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt;, where a comment is enough to solve the OP's question. Should questions this this be flagged(if so which flag should be used) or is it required to write a proper answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="511262" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2016-05-04T14:44:25.797" Title="What should be done with questions like this?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15356" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15355" CreationDate="2016-05-04T14:44:25.797" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I can totally understand the feeling that these questions are too trivial to spend an answer on, and you have the impression there is &quot;no honor in answering&quot;. At the same time, it obviously was an issue to OP, so it should be answered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;IF&lt;/em&gt; there is no valid reason to close the question as  &lt;em&gt;unclear&lt;/em&gt; or &lt;em&gt;a duplicate&lt;/em&gt; or whatever, comment- answering is a pain; the question will  never get the status of &quot;answered&quot;. No one will ever post the same comment as an answer most likely, and the question will have an eternal live in between: answered but not answered. Always popping up in the section &quot;unanswered&quot;, unless it is heavily downvoted, but why would it? The question is valid.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Therefore, if you can, answer it, even if the answer is obvious to you, to OP it wasn't.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastActivityDate="2016-05-04T14:44:25.797" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15357" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15338" CreationDate="2016-05-05T13:40:05.930" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;Call me crazy, but I find this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/gz7Oi.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/gz7Oi.png&quot; alt=&quot;old gedit UI&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Far more useful, practical, clear and easy to use than this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/S9aKh.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/S9aKh.png&quot; alt=&quot;new gedit interface&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the second image, all the useful functions apart from Open and Save are hidden away behind menus. I now have to figure out what the icons mean, then click on them, then navigate the drop down menus and finally find whatever I was looking for. I don't use gedit, but I just spent a couple of minutes trying to find the Undo button and failed. Presumably, it's somewhere in the pestilential hamburger menu. It might be that thing that looks like a curving arrow but there's no tooltip when I hover over it and its greyed out, so I don't know. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Point is, there is a general movement towards beautiful, minimalistic design. While the best designs manage to combine beauty with ease of use, the gedit example above which highlights a general trend in Gnome fails miserably. I freely admit it's pretty, but it ain't functional. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, given that users already have trouble finding the &quot;share&quot;, &quot;edit&quot;, &quot;close&quot;, and &quot;flag&quot; links, even now when they're right there in the open under their nose; given that most new users would have no idea what kind of actions they can take on a post; given that most people don't go around randomly clicking stuff to see what's behind them and adding the simple fact that even for those of us who know what we're looking for since we're familiar with the site, what you're proposing would make taking action on posts slightly harder. You'd add one more click between the user and what they're trying to do. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Given all of the above, I really don't see how it could be any sort of improvement to go from clearly displayed and self-explanatory links to a menu. Perhaps it would make for a slightly prettier UI. That, of course, is a matter of preference. I would not find it prettier, but maybe you would. OK, but this would be a case of sacrificing a little functionality for a little (or none, depending on one's tastes) gain in aesthetics. This is not a good thing. As a wise man once said: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Any website that would give up a little usability to gain a little eye candy will deserve neither and lose both.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2016-05-05T13:40:05.930" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15358" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15359" CreationDate="2016-05-05T16:38:17.423" Score="71" ViewCount="1297" Body="&lt;p&gt;Well...  There is a time to come and a time to go and the time to go has come.  &lt;strong&gt;;-)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I've landed a new job and my time is being taken up for more then 100% (&gt;8 hours/day) during the first week on the job and will keep on going to be taken up for that amount of time in the foreseeable future, so it's better to leave an off-topic question as a farewell then to keep dropping into chat and say good bye to everyone individually or leaving comments below their answers over the next couple of days so:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Yes, I'm keeping my account&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Nope, it doesn't look like I'll be doing any queue reviewing soon&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Nope, it doesn't look like I'm going to drop into chat soon.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Yeah, I might be back in a couple of months...&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For those who have my Tox ID, email address, phone number and/or credit card number: good for you, keep it, contact me whenever you want, but &lt;em&gt;please don't share it with anyone else without contacting me first!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/So_Long,_and_Thanks_for_All_the_Fish&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastActivityDate="2016-05-12T07:07:28.267" Title="So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="9" CommentCount="14" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15359" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15358" CreationDate="2016-05-05T19:17:57.707" Score="36" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Officially:&lt;/strong&gt; thanks for all the time you've invested here and all the best in your new job.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Unofficially:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;noooooooo...&lt;/em&gt; You will definitely be missed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastActivityDate="2016-05-05T19:17:57.707" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15360" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15358" CreationDate="2016-05-05T21:18:21.870" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;Thanks for everything you did, not only for the site but also for the community. You introduced many of us and helped us getting started here, me included. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We'll surely miss you in the chat, but go on and excel in your new job!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastActivityDate="2016-05-05T21:18:21.870" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15361" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15358" CreationDate="2016-05-05T21:45:17.083" Score="16" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am sad to hear that you will be leaving our community, for me, and I think many of us you have been a very integral part of the community, helping new users, having a great sense of humour, always willing to lend a hand and your great Q&amp;amp;As as well as many other things of course! &lt;strong&gt;;-)&lt;/strong&gt; We will all miss you very much!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Though I am very pleased to hear that you have found a new job and wish you all the best in that and life. I do hope however that you will, even if rarely, pop into the chat room just to say hello! &lt;strong&gt;:-)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By the way, you're welcome for all the fish! &lt;strong&gt;;P&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastActivityDate="2016-05-05T21:45:17.083" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15362" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-05-06T09:51:27.753" Score="2" ViewCount="60" Body="&lt;p&gt;I usually close feature requests pointing to this item in the Off-topic list:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bug reports&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;problems specific to development version of Ubuntu&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;  should be reported on Launchpad so that developers can see, track and&#xA;  fix these issues.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to include feature requests in there, as Launchpad is too the best place to report them:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bug reports&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;feature requests&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;problems specific to development&#xA;  version of Ubuntu&lt;/strong&gt; should be reported on Launchpad so that developers&#xA;  can see, track and fix these issues.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="177437" LastActivityDate="2016-05-06T13:55:59.470" Title="Add feature request to Off-topic list" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15363" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15362" CreationDate="2016-05-06T11:47:31.893" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Firstly, feature requests are definitely off-topic. No disagreement.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;sub&gt;(With leeway for people who want to know how to make something better — development &lt;strong&gt;is&lt;/strong&gt; on-topic)&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But &lt;strong&gt;a message that sends everybody to Launchpad isn't appropriate&lt;/strong&gt; for most projects.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;That's like telling somebody to run &lt;code&gt;ubuntu-bug firefox&lt;/code&gt; to submit a feature request. You'd do better to tell them to visit the &lt;a href=&quot;https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/firefox&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Firefox support forums&lt;/a&gt; (which seems to work as a SE clone).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But that's just Firefox. Every project handles this in a different place and in a different way so there's nothing we can do in-close-message that applies to every feature request.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So as a slight counter, can I suggest we do this in a &lt;strong&gt;new close message&lt;/strong&gt; (I think we have a spare and can beg for more) and in that message, explain why it's off-topic here (we aren't the developers of your widget) and push them to a resource that tells them how they find out where to suggest features for that project.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because everything is different, that means pushing them to a question on the site (or help wiki) that outlines the process of working who is responsible for something and how to &lt;s&gt;annoy&lt;/s&gt; interact with them directly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Something along the lines of &lt;strong&gt;&quot;How do I request a new feature/improvement?&quot;&lt;/strong&gt; It needs to handle both true upstream and Ubuntu-centred projects in a nice clean way.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;This might already exist. It should. It's a good question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The close messages are somewhat immutable so I won't do anything until there's some feedback here and we have a suitable explanation question (post links in the comments!)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2016-05-06T11:47:31.893" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15364" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15344" CreationDate="2016-05-06T11:49:56.723" Score="21" Body="&lt;p&gt;Great tips! Here are some more:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Make sure to put at least three different questions in the same post. Bonus points if they are &lt;em&gt;in no way&lt;/em&gt; related to each other.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you've found the answer yourself, don't even &lt;em&gt;think&lt;/em&gt; about coming back and posting it here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you decide to post it nevertheless, make sure to edit it into your post or leave it as a comment. Never use the answer form!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;When tagging your question, make sure to use unrelated tags or, better yet, meaningless tags such as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ubuntu&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ubuntu&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ubuntu&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/problem&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;problem&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;problem&lt;/a&gt;. Whatever you do, &lt;em&gt;do not&lt;/em&gt; be specific!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="109949" LastEditorUserId="109949" LastEditDate="2016-05-06T12:07:56.173" LastActivityDate="2016-05-06T12:07:56.173" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2016-05-06T12:07:56.173" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15365" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15358" CreationDate="2016-05-06T13:50:39.690" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;May you be happy in your job&#xA;Good luck&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="472528" LastActivityDate="2016-05-06T13:50:39.690" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15366" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15368" CreationDate="2016-05-06T13:54:04.397" Score="1" ViewCount="79" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is it forbidden to ask for tutorial? or only bugs and problems?&#xA;I didn't try to ask about tutorial before but in stackoverflow it is not allowed so i want to make sure&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="472528" LastActivityDate="2016-05-06T14:06:54.307" Title="Asking for tutorial" Tags="|support|tutorials|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15367" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15362" CreationDate="2016-05-06T13:55:59.470" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;From what I have seen in the last few years questions asking for a &lt;strong&gt;&quot;feature request&quot; that would require a developer to implement&lt;/strong&gt; do occur but they are not really many. Those clearly are off topic as they are much better be brought to the dev directly. It is not us who can do anything to help here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But ever so often people ask for a feature that may already be there but they are not aware of it because it was&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;hidden somewhere in an application's settings universe&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;available through a plugin that was not yet installed by default&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;may only need a simple script to work&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In these cases I believe Ask Ubuntu is a good place to ask.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By excluding all feature requests too prominently there may be a risk for a misunderstanding what exactly was meant by a &quot;feature request&quot;. People may not dare to ask, or overzealous reviewers may cast their close votes prematurely. It would be a pity for enlightening questions and answers where we all learn a lot about hidden features and usage gems of our applications.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Let us allow people to ask whether a feature exists but let us not allow them to ask us for implementing it.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3940" LastActivityDate="2016-05-06T13:55:59.470" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15368" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15366" CreationDate="2016-05-06T14:02:07.203" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Tutorials are essentially a  &lt;code&gt;&quot;How to do X &quot;&lt;/code&gt; type of question. These are acceptable, as long as they stay within the scope of the site ( about Ubuntu or its derivatives ) and not too broad. You did not specify which topic you want to ask, so it would be easier to determine whether or not your particular question will be acceptable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On a side note, bugs and crash reports aren't very welcome, since they are not solvable by community members , but rather by the developers themselves, so they are off-topic here, sort of ; bug reports really should be directed to launchpad page of whatever package is in question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="295286" LastActivityDate="2016-05-06T14:02:07.203" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15369" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15366" CreationDate="2016-05-06T14:06:54.307" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;IMHO asking for tutorials is asking for a lot of link and/or low quality answers. While asking for a lead my not be frowned upon as long you ask your questions like &quot;how can i achieve &#xA;-add your topic here-&quot; they are not to broad to answer within the sites scope you should be fine. But expect your question to be marked as duplicate if it already exists with a given answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="522934" LastActivityDate="2016-05-06T14:06:54.307" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15370" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15358" CreationDate="2016-05-06T14:19:27.807" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;Special events sometimes force special actions ... so here it is : my first post on Ask Ubuntu Meta !  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even though it is not the most amazing &quot;question&quot; to answer, I wanna take the opportunity to say THANKS - THANKS for everything ! It is absolutely impossible to list all the positive contributions that you have provided our community with, your spirit will always be present in the background.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you said to me : &quot;We old farts have to stick together !&quot; I will never forget this sentence and now I say to you : &quot;Dear old fart, stay young at heart !&quot; - which means - just stay the way you are !  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now to answer your &quot;question&quot; : &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rblYSKz_VnI&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;You say Goodbye and I say Hello&lt;/a&gt;  - Hello to the AU Hall of Fame ! Welcome there and also welcome back on the &lt;em&gt;&quot;normal AU platform&quot;&lt;/em&gt; ... when ever this will be ... &lt;strong&gt;:)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="260935" LastActivityDate="2016-05-06T14:19:27.807" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15371" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15358" CreationDate="2016-05-07T07:15:25.147" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;here a late one from me. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks for your time here? Sure. For your contribution? Absolutely.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most of all however I want to say thank you for your being supportive, your good intentions and involvement in everything you do, and for being human. You're one of a kind. They'll have a good one in you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Again, het ga je goed en kom nog eens langs!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="72216" LastEditDate="2016-05-07T07:22:31.273" LastActivityDate="2016-05-07T07:22:31.273" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15372" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15373" CreationDate="2016-05-07T23:08:21.677" Score="2" ViewCount="43" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've been noticing some posts floating up to the top that don't appear to have had any activity in &lt;em&gt;years&lt;/em&gt;. For example, here's one, whose latest activity was an edit in 2014 (yes, before you ask, all the answers and comments are contained in the screenshot): &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/aUrcM.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/aUrcM.png&quot; alt=&quot;old post&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/295414/how-to-properly-install-ubuntu-on-imac-bootcamp&quot;&gt;how to properly install ubuntu on imac? (bootcamp)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this expected behavior? Are posts like this floating to the top because they don't have an accepted answer yet? Am I missing something obvious? Or is there some other explanation?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks for any info about this! I'm enjoying my time here so far. I can't wait to get to 2000 reputation :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user533208" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:24.280" LastActivityDate="2016-05-09T01:56:12.473" Title="Why are really old posts showing up? Is this normal?" Tags="|support|recent-activity|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15373" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15372" CreationDate="2016-05-07T23:23:52.510" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;An automatic process called &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/19738&quot;&gt;Community&lt;/a&gt; randomly pokes old questions where an answer exists but hasn't been evaluated (has 0 score and is not accepted). The exact criteria are &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/184511&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I wrote &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/278820&quot;&gt;elsewhere&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The reason is &quot;this question may already have an answer that hasn't been recognized as such&quot;. It's brought forward so a decision can be made: there is a decent answer (voted up) or no, the attempted answer isn't useful (voted down).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user336085" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2016-05-07T23:23:52.510" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15374" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15358" CreationDate="2016-05-08T22:06:05.463" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Too bad a fellow Dutch speaker (judging by the answer of Jacob Vlijm) is leaving. At least for the time being... I hope you'll enjoy your new job and have a good time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="353598" LastActivityDate="2016-05-08T22:06:05.463" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15375" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15376" CreationDate="2016-05-09T09:31:29.560" Score="3" ViewCount="51" Body="&lt;p&gt;Instead of marking Questions as favorite, can I mark specific answers as favorite?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This would help me to keep all my favorite tweaks/tricks/solutions at one place (favorite tab)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="497359" LastActivityDate="2016-05-09T12:46:51.257" Title="marking answers as favorite" Tags="|support|bookmarks|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15376" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15375" CreationDate="2016-05-09T12:46:51.257" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;No it is not possible to favorite an answer in SE. You can only favorite a question.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Maybe you can change this to a feature request, though I doubt it'll be accepted or implemented in the near future.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Meanwhile however, you can bookmark or save a link to the answer you wish to favorite in your own browser.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastActivityDate="2016-05-09T12:46:51.257" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15377" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15347" CreationDate="2016-05-09T16:21:43.933" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have begun lately to post answers based on the 'Comment-Answers` if I come along a Question which not has being answered itself by the commenter. I think if we all begin doing this we will see a lot more answers marked as solved in the long term.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But thats just my 2 cent. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="522934" LastActivityDate="2016-05-09T16:21:43.933" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15378" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15383" CreationDate="2016-05-09T18:01:35.487" Score="2" ViewCount="41" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yesterday I flagged two &quot;answers&quot; as spam. On reviewing my flags I saw both were &lt;em&gt;disputed&lt;/em&gt;, so I wanted to look at them again to reevaluate - but both are gone. What happened?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/151127/how-do-i-move-copy-my-entire-ubuntu-system-to-a-different-hard-disk/768724#768724&quot;&gt;How do I move (copy) my entire Ubuntu system to a different hard disk?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/769136/do-i-need-a-server-for-hosting-website/769341#769341&quot;&gt;Do I need a server for hosting website?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastActivityDate="2016-05-10T16:07:32.557" Title="Two &quot;spam&quot; flags are &quot;disputed&quot;, but the posts have vanished, what happened?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15379" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-05-09T22:08:44.323" Score="3" ViewCount="64" Body="&lt;p&gt;If there is a question where the text was clearly google translated with a cryptic result, is it OK to ask the author to provide the text in the original language so that I can edit his/her question and translate it into proper English?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="287964" LastActivityDate="2016-06-09T15:56:50.480" Title="Offering a human translation for cryptic google-translated questions" Tags="|discussion|support|editing|languages|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15380" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15358" CreationDate="2016-05-10T08:29:33.137" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Heh, if i am late I am stupid.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Well good luck on your job :) Youve helped me when I was small, i couldn't thank you enough. Now go get em!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(WE HAVE REACHED TOP META POST! time for celebrations)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user527600" LastEditorDisplayName="user527600" LastEditDate="2016-05-11T05:40:23.487" LastActivityDate="2016-05-11T05:40:23.487" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15381" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16729" CreationDate="2016-05-10T14:57:29.737" Score="0" ViewCount="121" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm tagging this as a bug report.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In Chrome for Android, the popup box for inserting images is broken. It jumps all over the screen; if you zoom out then you can see it, but as soon as you start typing it jumps put of view again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Basically, the popup code needs a complete rewrite for mobile browsers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's a screenshot:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/GLEmq.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/GLEmqm.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="518562" LastEditorUserId="158442" LastEditDate="2017-02-13T13:09:57.647" LastActivityDate="2017-02-13T13:09:57.647" Title="Image insert overlay broken Chrome for Android" Tags="|bug|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15383" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15378" CreationDate="2016-05-10T16:07:32.557" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here's what happened:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You flagged each post as spam. A moderator reviewed your flags and decided they were not spam. Other people came by and flagged the posts as NAA. Different moderators reviewed those flags and deleted the posts.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Neither appeared to be spam to me (although one was kinda close). One was definitely NAA. I've undeleted the other because it is actually a legitimate attempt to answer the question (and not spam).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2016-05-10T16:07:32.557" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15384" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5891" CreationDate="2016-05-11T04:03:41.470" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Note: This answer is somewhat off topic as it doesn't directly answer the question; however I believe that it adds value/info so I'm posting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Use of backticks e.g. &lt;code&gt;`...`&lt;/code&gt; is the legacy (non-POSIX compliant) BASH method of command substitution. As a rule &lt;code&gt;$(...)&lt;/code&gt; should be used instead. It's POSIX compliant and there are a ton of other good reasons! For most of them see: &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9449778/what-is-the-benefit-of-using-instead-of-backticks-in-shell-scripts&quot;&gt;https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9449778/what-is-the-benefit-of-using-instead-of-backticks-in-shell-scripts&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="253180" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-05-23T12:39:54.233" LastActivityDate="2016-05-11T04:03:41.470" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15385" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15344" CreationDate="2016-05-11T09:07:53.473" Score="28" Body="&lt;p&gt;I made this into a &lt;a href=&quot;https://roseannastar.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/au-q-tips6.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;bingo game&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Suggested instructions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;each player picks a card&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;players collect links to examples for each box on their card&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;first person to get a link for each box wins&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Enjoy!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2016-05-11T09:07:53.473" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15386" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15358" CreationDate="2016-05-12T07:07:28.267" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Less FAT, more fish !? 8oþ&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Less ext4, ext3 and ext2 then more fish too !? 8o|&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Less vFAT, is less FAT is more fish ! :::o(&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;;o/&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(sniff)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="105993" LastActivityDate="2016-05-12T07:07:28.267" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15387" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15344" CreationDate="2016-05-12T12:15:28.137" Score="17" Body="&lt;p&gt;I love this, but there are a few more I'd include &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;;)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Use the grammar of a 4 year old child (&lt;strong&gt;&quot;UBNTUU 1604 FAILS INSTALL HELP &#xA;!!!&lt;/strong&gt;&quot;), so that someone like me can swoop in and waste precious time of their life fixing your bad English&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Make sure that you constantly give a response in the comments that has nothing to do with the question you asked. (Ex: Q about internet &lt;strong&gt;&quot;Why does Ubuntu have 16 versions?&quot;&lt;/strong&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you for some reason get &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;helpful&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; advice, make sure to rant against them because they didn't respond fast enough, this will likely aggravate the person, which is great banter!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If a good edit is made to your question (EX: Grammar) Make sure to revert any changes made, so that everything that this person has done is destroyed and your &lt;strong&gt;great&lt;/strong&gt; first version lives on!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you ask a question and it is closed or voted down, delete it and ask it again, because we all know that if you cannot succeed at first, try try again, and definitely the 3rd or 4th time people will get so aggravated of closing it that they may just stop!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you ever ask a question and you are asked for information, use sidestepping questions to evade giving relevant and &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;never&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; give even somewhat helpful info. (&quot;What version of Ubuntu are you using?&quot; Response: &quot;What is Ubuntu?&quot;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Make sure that if you receive helpful information, or information that works, to make up some really weird output or story to confuse the hell out of the user trying to help you (Ex: &quot;Please edit your answer with the output of &lt;code&gt;sudo apt-get update&lt;/code&gt;&quot;, Response: &quot;This dusnt werk, ti givse me &lt;code&gt;cannot work, urdumb&lt;/code&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;On the contrary if advice is given that &lt;strong&gt;doesn't&lt;/strong&gt; work, ask more questions in the comments (Ex: &quot;Please edit your question with the output of &lt;code&gt;sudo apt-get update&lt;/code&gt;, Response: &quot;WHTA DOES SDUO DO?&quot; &quot;ARE YUO TRIYNG TO GIV MI A VIRUSE?&quot;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Again, all this is just humor, not meant to be taken seriously, post down below which is your favorite &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;;)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="431864" LastEditorUserId="431864" LastEditDate="2016-08-29T18:39:09.483" LastActivityDate="2016-08-29T18:39:09.483" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15388" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15344" CreationDate="2016-05-13T01:37:04.270" Score="10" Body="&lt;ol start=&quot;7&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;WAAT IS UBOONTU? YOU TWYNG TO GIV ME A VIRUSE!?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="534578" LastActivityDate="2016-05-13T01:37:04.270" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15389" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15381" CreationDate="2016-05-13T09:46:16.647" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You're using the website in desktop mode, right? The default mobile site doesn't have any formatting tools as far as I can see.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyway, in desktop mode, the image thinger pops up to the right but I can scroll over to it and use it just fine. I can upload and type URLs in there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So no repro here, perhaps a screenshot or recorded video might help work out how to reproduce.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2016-05-13T09:46:16.647" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15390" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15344" CreationDate="2016-05-13T13:39:57.487" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;When you do solve your problem, don't forget to answer your own question yourself, providing nothing more than a basic summary of the already submitted answers.  And don't forget to &quot;Accept!&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="46270" LastActivityDate="2016-05-13T13:39:57.487" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15391" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15392" CreationDate="2016-05-13T15:32:27.500" Score="1" ViewCount="82" Body="&lt;p&gt;Consider a very realistic situation: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The poster (who runs Ubuntu) asks a question about configuring an application running on Ubuntu. This application has detailed configuration procedures not specific to ubuntu (&lt;strong&gt;but spans all Debian branches&lt;/strong&gt;). Also, the poster asks too basic question about working with this application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To be more clear, this application &lt;strong&gt;does not&lt;/strong&gt; ship with default Ubuntu installation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the suggested way to handle such post. Should we immediately direct the poster to &lt;em&gt;SuperUser&lt;/em&gt; / &lt;em&gt;StackOverflow&lt;/em&gt; / &lt;em&gt;ServerFault&lt;/em&gt; whatever applies. Guidance needed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A few examples: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/718100/apache-to-apache-connector-like-mod-jk&quot;&gt;Apache sever config&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/771828/which-port-do-i-need-to-open-so-that-others-can-connect-to-my-www-folder&quot;&gt;Apache server basic question&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/744032/pdo-mysql-extension-install&quot;&gt;MySQL&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/337328/php-api-not-matching&quot;&gt;php&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="541956" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2016-05-14T02:32:15.737" Title="When the question is about an application &amp; its configuration and in no way related to ubuntu" Tags="|discussion|third-party-software|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15392" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15391" CreationDate="2016-05-13T16:02:20.527" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have looked through the examples you have given, and IMHO they are perfect valid questions, there would be no need to react on them , only to answer them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;De facto all programs you can find in the official repositories and those downloaded from 3rd party are valid as long it it about how to get it running under ubuntu (and its flavors) which is not yet at the end of its support lifetime.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it's a duplicate question, meaning there is already an answer provided on AskUbuntu flag the question as a duplicate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="522934" LastEditorUserId="522934" LastEditDate="2016-05-14T02:32:15.737" LastActivityDate="2016-05-14T02:32:15.737" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15393" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-05-14T01:49:31.520" Score="1" ViewCount="65" Body="&lt;p&gt;I posted this question: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/26259/usb-recognized-but-not-available&quot;&gt;USB recognized but not available?&lt;/a&gt; a long time ago. Because of circumstances, I was unable to keep testing the suggestions, so I abandoned it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think the question itself could be useful (as reference), but as it will never be able to have a correct answer, I think its better to close it or delete it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What should be done?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8747" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2016-05-14T01:49:31.520" Title="What to do with old question" Tags="|discussion|old-questions|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15395" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15346" CreationDate="2016-05-14T21:14:31.207" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;This story was educational in the sense that we learned that it is possible for OpenOffice to leave a pesky lock on a Mac that is not automatically remedied by a reboot.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This could never happen on Linux because /run/lock is cleared on boot and it is frequently mapped to a tmpfs (RAM) in /etc/fstab by users anyways.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, thanks for sharing it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="186710" LastActivityDate="2016-05-14T21:14:31.207" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15396" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15347" CreationDate="2016-05-14T23:23:10.993" Score="-2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Maybe you should consider to gather the info ( in the comments ) you need for the answers and when you spot the solution, then post an answer. This is why the OP has to select the best answer from all answers, don't be afraid and take a stab at it next time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Troubleshooting is an answer too, it points to a solution because we are not Wizards either.  I say you post the answer and leave the comments so people can also up-vote your comments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hunt that Yeti, oh great intergalactic Llama!! :P&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="109740" LastEditorUserId="109740" LastEditDate="2016-05-15T12:15:02.260" LastActivityDate="2016-05-15T12:15:02.260" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15397" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-05-15T12:21:52.137" Score="0" ViewCount="53" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'd like to request that the color of block quotes gets changed from a light gray to a light yellow (like SO, AE)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As it is now, it's very hard to see the difference between a block quote and a code block.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My answer to this post is a perfect example: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/772678/customize-ubuntu-change-logo-and-startup-app/772717#772717&quot;&gt;Customize ubuntu (change logo and startup app)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit to address dupe marking:&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;Yes, it is a duplicate, but nothing came of it. So I'm bringing it up again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="518562" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2016-05-15T13:53:55.187" Title="Feature request - Change color of block quote" Tags="|feature-request|design|css|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2016-05-18T11:02:09.090" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15398" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-05-16T07:42:10.750" Score="1" ViewCount="70" Body="&lt;p&gt;What happened was I started solving a synchronization problem. Along the way I learned a better way to handle the whole thing and wrote my solution to the &quot;mutated&quot; question/problem, which was now somewhat disconnected from the original question/problem. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is the question in question:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/768525/syncronizing-to-nas-fails-but-works-with-usb-disk&quot;&gt;Syncronizing to NAS fails but works with USB disk&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, should I &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;adjust the question to match the solution&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;delete my own answer which is not directly answering the problem&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;delete the whole question&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;leave it be&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;create a new accurate question and give my accurate answer there&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;something else?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="279337" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2016-05-16T07:42:10.750" Title="How to handle a question concerning a problem which &quot;mutated&quot; along the way?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15399" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15400" CreationDate="2016-05-16T12:44:25.730" Score="3" ViewCount="173" Body="&lt;p&gt;If I use the &quot;answer your own question&quot; option, will my answer be marked as accepted?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If not, that seems rather useless...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="518562" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2016-05-18T13:38:56.380" LastActivityDate="2016-05-18T13:38:56.380" Title="&quot;Answer your own question&quot; = accepted answer?" Tags="|support|accepted-answer|self-answer|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15400" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15399" CreationDate="2016-05-16T13:03:35.407" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;You &lt;em&gt;can&lt;/em&gt; mark it as the accepted answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's not automatic though. There are scenarios where you might have multiple options to accomplish the same thing. You might prefer somebody else's answer (and mark that as accepted) but still want your answer available to other people.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In terms of reputation, you don't get the +2 for marking an answer to your question accepted, or the +15 for getting an accepted answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2016-05-17T22:00:36.860" LastActivityDate="2016-05-17T22:00:36.860" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15401" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15347" CreationDate="2016-05-16T17:22:32.787" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sometimes it seems appropriate to go through some troubleshooting steps in the comments when I think I &lt;em&gt;might&lt;/em&gt; have an answer but am not sure.  But then I've been miffed when the info in my comments fixes the problem, and the questioner posts it as an answer before I can.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="243321" LastActivityDate="2016-05-16T17:22:32.787" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15402" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-05-17T15:52:01.360" Score="-6" ViewCount="121" Body="&lt;p&gt;Speaking from experience, waiting for a suggested edit to be approved (before 2000 rep.) can be tiring and annoying. So what I want to know is if you guys think the following is a good idea. For those of us (me) who are avid editors, after ~100-150 approved edits, we get a privilege on the site that allows us to immediately publish edits that we make. This is just an idea, and I'd love your feedback or suggestions for improvements on this&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="431864" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2016-11-18T09:34:05.840" LastActivityDate="2016-11-18T09:34:05.840" Title="Editor Privilege?" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|editing|suggested-edits|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15403" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15402" CreationDate="2016-05-17T16:17:16.207" Score="19" Body="&lt;p&gt;Features like this are put behind an experience wall because &lt;strong&gt;we want experience&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Both technical with the subject matter, and with the system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;150 good edits is equivalent a weekend of contact time for some people. That's not &lt;em&gt;nearly&lt;/em&gt; enough time to get everything right, or more importantly, for the system to notice a problem (in appropriate edits, etc).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We don't want new users in a position where they can cause lots damage without oversight.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2016-05-18T08:55:30.777" LastActivityDate="2016-05-18T08:55:30.777" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15404" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-05-18T10:57:19.697" Score="13" ViewCount="361" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am new to posting questions and answers on SE, although not new to using the various SE resources. I also get the need for questions and answers to be concise and accurate, we all need answers and quickly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Purely to give me some direction for future answers what specifically was the reason to delete my answer to this question:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/773568/why-is-network-manager-still-so-bad/773577#773577&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/773568/why-is-network-manager-still-so-bad/773577#773577&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question was more of an opinion, but I only had so much to go on and as I have spent stacks of time getting various Wi-Fi nics working on Ubuntu and debian I felt I could help but it would need some info and guidance rather than a specific x+y answer. Maybe that was it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="539422" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2016-05-21T19:24:42.407" Title="Another &quot;why was my answer deleted&quot; looking for advice to be better" Tags="|discussion|answers|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15405" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15404" CreationDate="2016-05-18T11:55:55.913" Score="19" Body="&lt;p&gt;It was flagged and subsequently deleted for not being &quot;an answer&quot;. I think that was fair. It was clear you were only trying to be helpful but what was posted would have been better suited as a comment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;I know, I know. You &lt;strong&gt;can't&lt;/strong&gt; post comments yet.&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The answer section really is (with very mild exceptions) for posts that attempt to fix the problem directly. Or that both ask questions and pre-empt them with solutions. That sort of thing. We tidy away anything that doesn't fit into that groove.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Additionally the question wasn't great so that's been closed since too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2016-05-18T11:55:55.913" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15407" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15408" CreationDate="2016-05-18T20:01:59.603" Score="0" ViewCount="160" Body="&lt;p&gt;If Linux Mint is off topic, why the heck do we have the tag &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/mint&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;mint&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;mint&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;tag-mint-tooltip-container&quot;&gt;mint&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How does it help to tag Ubuntu questions with it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This user wrongly assumed Mint was on topic due to the existence of said tag: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/777322/mount-no-such-file-or-directory-with-encrypted-recovery&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/777322/mount-no-such-file-or-directory-with-encrypted-recovery&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Burninate I say!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="518562" LastEditorUserId="618353" LastEditDate="2023-08-23T17:54:31.387" LastActivityDate="2023-08-23T17:54:31.387" Title="Let's burninate [mint]" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|tags|tag-block-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15408" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15407" CreationDate="2016-05-18T20:31:08.463" Score="19" Body="&lt;p&gt;We also have various &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/windows&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;windows&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;windows&lt;/a&gt; tags as well as e.g. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/macosx&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;macosx&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;macosx&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/kali&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;kali&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;kali&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/debian&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;debian&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;debian&lt;/a&gt; although we do not support questions that are &lt;em&gt;specific to those foreign operating systems&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Their main purpose are dual-boot questions where there are issues having both Ubuntu or one of its official flavours installed together, but other common use cases include questions about networks with Ubuntu and foreign systems, migrating from one system to another, converting data in OS specific formats (like binary packages), emulation and virtual machines.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You see, while these tags for themselves might suggest that a question is off-topic, this is not necessarily true. The world of operating systems is not strictly divided, there are many points where different systems interact in any way with each other. These tags help to categorize such cases.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course I agree that we often get off-topic questions that are only about the foreign OS, but then the tags can at least help us to spot and handle them efficiently as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;TL;DR: Keep this tag!&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2016-05-18T20:31:08.463" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15412" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-05-19T22:06:02.017" Score="4" ViewCount="58" Body="&lt;p&gt;How exactly do post merges work, and what would be the reason for two questions being merged?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I happen to come across &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/438376/108204&quot;&gt;this post&lt;/a&gt;, which is marked as being a duplicate, and links to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/376268/108204&quot;&gt;this post&lt;/a&gt;, which is marked as merged - which links back to the post I had just come from.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What seems odd to me, is that the post marked as merged, and is older, has many more views, and has no answers - but the newer post, is a duplicate of the old post, and has everything. Arent duplicates supposed to trickle down to the &lt;em&gt;correct&lt;/em&gt; question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this a bug? Bad merge? Or what exactly happened here?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I understand correctly, should the merge have gone the other way? The answers moved into the original question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="108204" OwnerDisplayName="Matt Clark" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2016-05-20T00:01:41.950" Title="How are post [merge]s supposed to work?" Tags="|bug|merge|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15413" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15412" CreationDate="2016-05-20T00:01:41.950" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;A merge moves all the answers and comments from one question to another. The questions have to be duplicates and one has to be closed as such.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It looks like in this case it got a little messed up and the master question got closed as a duplicate of the.. duplicate. Oops. Accidents happen. I have reopened the remaining question. These days there are system checks in place so you cannot close two questions as duplicates of each other.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And yes, we &lt;em&gt;usually&lt;/em&gt; make the question with the most views the master question, but it is entirely up to the discretion of the person performing the merge.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2016-05-20T00:01:41.950" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15414" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15101" CreationDate="2016-05-20T09:09:31.190" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The hero box width is now correct and should no longer overflow.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="397926" LastActivityDate="2016-05-20T09:09:31.190" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15415" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15342" CreationDate="2016-05-20T10:20:44.607" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think the top bar is out of date, but for a completely different reason:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am active on several stackexchange sites, and the positioning of the menue items is different on the other stackexchange sites. I think consistency with the other stackexchange sites would increase usability.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="284224" LastActivityDate="2016-05-20T10:20:44.607" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15416" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-05-20T10:34:08.737" Score="7" ViewCount="152" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are a lot of different questions around the bug with appstream-cli interfering with &lt;code&gt;apt-get update&lt;/code&gt; commands, with much varying titles.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some examples: &lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/775108/320386&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/q/775108/320386&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/774986&quot;&gt;appstreamcli hanging with 100% CPU usage during update&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/774918&quot;&gt;apt-get is stuck at &amp;quot;Fetched XXKb in XXsec&amp;quot;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/775076/320386&quot;&gt;Ubuntu 16 apt get update very slow / not working&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/775027/320386&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/q/775027/320386&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/774985&quot;&gt;Apt-get update hangs in 16.04&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should these all be marked as dupes, and is there a suitable question to link them all to?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="320386" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2016-05-23T22:23:39.967" Title="Is there a main question about appstream-cli hanging bug that we should dupe link to?" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15417" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15404" CreationDate="2016-05-20T12:48:55.733" Score="4" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Purely to give me some direction for future answers what specifically was the reason to delete my answer to this question: Why is network-manager still so bad?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't know why your answer was deleted, but I will tell you that &lt;strong&gt;you shouldn't answer this kind of questions&lt;/strong&gt;. In the end, your answer would end up deleted anyways, since closed questions are eligible for deletion. So, why was your answer deleted? It would endup deleted anyways, so I wouldn't worry about that. Try to answer better questions instead and you wouldn't worry about getting your answers deleted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2016-05-20T12:48:55.733" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15418" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15416" CreationDate="2016-05-20T12:52:21.857" Score="-4" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Is there a main question about appstream-cli &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;bug&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; that we should dupe link to?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These questions if are indeed bugs should be closed. CLOSE THEM! That's what our scope is. If we close and delete those, the information from the bug tracker will rank better and people can find the solution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;BTW, a fix was released, so this kind of question is transitory by nature. It wouldn't help anyone with the same issue a year from now, not even a month. That's more reason to close them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2016-05-20T12:52:21.857" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15419" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-05-20T14:22:12.630" Score="1" ViewCount="144" Body="&lt;p&gt;A bug in the appstream package was released on stable couple of hours ago. The issue was reported &lt;a href=&quot;https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/xenial/+source/appstream/+bug/1579712&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;on 2016-05-09&lt;/a&gt; on Launchpad and the fix released &lt;a href=&quot;https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/xenial/+source/appstream/+bug/1579712/comments/63&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;5 hours ago&lt;/a&gt; (2016-05-20 04:35:54 AST). Now it can be seen that the bug was ill managed, and the fixes weren't pushed fast enough so it doesn't hit the general population.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And more importantly of all, all the workarounds are posted on said bug report, so Ask Ubuntu is effectively just duplicating information, and it's nothing even insightful. &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/8829/169736&quot;&gt;Now as Jorge Castro puts it nicely:&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I don't really see how reposting bug reports here will help anyone, all it will do is drive users away. And by users I don't mean the people having the problem, &lt;strong&gt;I mean the experts that answer the questions&lt;/strong&gt;. No one wants to work in a bug tracker all day, and then come to AU and end up with even worse bug reports.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These questions drive experts away, and ultimately are just temporary problems.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are 3 questions on the Hot Questions Network featured in the sidebar which gives other sites users the impression that this site is for helping people &quot;fix Ubuntu bugs&quot;, while the main purpose is actually answer questions. Can we just close/delete them all?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A quick list of them:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/775049/169736&quot;&gt;16.04 apt update never ends&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/774986/169736&quot;&gt;appstreamcli hanging with 100% CPU usage during update&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/774920/169736&quot;&gt;sudo apt-get update cancelled half way through, now cannot run sudo apt-get update&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/774953/169736&quot;&gt;I cannot run apt update properly - apt update hangs&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/774918/169736&quot;&gt;apt-get is stuck at &amp;quot;Fetched XXKb in XXsec&amp;quot;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, check the linked questions in the side bar. It may have new questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2016-05-24T03:15:46.417" Title="Can we close as bug all the &quot;appstreamcli&quot; related questions?" Tags="|discussion|cleanup|low-quality-posts|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15420" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15419" CreationDate="2016-05-20T15:37:40.857" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Not &lt;em&gt;all&lt;/em&gt; of them, no.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There does need to be a merge/dupe-fest but the thing you're painting as harmful, pulling in a quote isn't off-topic. &lt;em&gt;We&lt;/em&gt;'ve been through that at least a dozen times or more. It doesn't &quot;drive away experts&quot;. That's ridiculous and I don't think taking it that way (without the context of the big ranty question) represents Jorge very fairly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Problems that resolve through to real bug reports on launchpad are helpful to everybody. They push people to the right place, they give us something to close-dupe against and when needed, they help people fix the problem directly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That last point is important here because &lt;strong&gt;you cannot &lt;code&gt;apt upgrade&lt;/code&gt; to fix this bug&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This bug breaks Apt. It locks it.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;That's why the hairy wget/dpkg workaround exists.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;That's why it needs at least a question and answer on this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Regarding the &quot;duplication of effort&quot;, what we currently aim to do provides the least amount of duplication for popular issues like this. I'm talking about one good version of the question and an answer that fixes the problem that links back to the bug.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;It gives us something to quickly close the duplicates against. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Deleting them all doesn't. We're still going to get people asking.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Having questions here gives people something to find when they Google the problem. Multiple descriptions of the same thing, all pointing towards the same answer and link to Launchpad.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Closing/Deleting them all leaves the Internet with one bug report. That's &lt;em&gt;much&lt;/em&gt; harder to find unless you're searching for the same words and that means more bug reports, more questions asked here to nuke.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And that's well before you try to draw out the line between bugs and problems that happen to be bugs. It's impossible to pick a line that wouldn't —if applied globally— lobotomise Stack Exchange. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2016-05-20T17:27:43.233" LastActivityDate="2016-05-20T17:27:43.233" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15421" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15419" CreationDate="2016-05-20T17:35:39.393" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just to clarify here, I think there's a difference between AU purposely asking for people to use it as a bug tracker vs. being a useful resource when a high traffic bug/issue is found.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Obviously we don't want people to just file bugs here, but in the past when a high traffic issue has been found we've marked one question as a canonical one, summarizing the solution, then let it live for X time, and then removing it later. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;People are just going to keep posting new questions otherwise, might as well point them to the right place and then remove it later, is there a burning need to close the master question right now other than being pedantic about the rules? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2016-05-20T17:35:39.393" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15422" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15423" CreationDate="2016-05-21T02:20:33.183" Score="-17" ViewCount="292" Body="&lt;p&gt;(Seth and the mods already know about this, moderators do not post)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So today I was talking blah blah blah where the point that I was suspended for 60 mins for &lt;strong&gt;NO REASON&lt;/strong&gt;. then I wasted 60 min. of my life waiting to see if i can chat again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And i know what you guys are thinking &quot;this can't go any worse&quot; &lt;strong&gt;Well it did.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was on the AskUbuntu chat and more chatter chatter and I got banned for &lt;strong&gt;30 mins.&lt;/strong&gt; Then the other mod was having a little laugh session saying &quot;heh, that's what I thought&quot; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If we combine that ban time (30+60) it means I have been suspended for around 90 mins.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Now mods, you might take this as a complaint and close this and ban my account from SE but hear me out.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why can't we have a little laugh session in the chat than &quot;suspending&quot; people for having a little fun? Why does it have to be like &lt;strong&gt;hell?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why, just why? Now I regret going on the chat now because if I do, I will get suspended again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Admins and mods, please fix this problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(UPDATE: ok guys, you win. i have just moved to super user so hope to see you there)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user527600" LastEditorUserId="25798" LastEditDate="2016-05-21T11:05:55.190" LastActivityDate="2016-05-21T11:05:55.190" Title="Why does the chat has to be so aggressive at banning you?" Tags="|discussion|support|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15423" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15422" CreationDate="2016-05-21T02:34:22.123" Score="23" Body="&lt;p&gt;Moderators have a difficult responsibility: to balance each member's right to speak their mind with the need to maintain order. Most of the time, this is an easy task. However, there are times when a moderator needs to intervene in order to prevent problems from escalating further.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Without getting too specific, you were &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/29800643#29800643&quot;&gt;asked&lt;/a&gt; a number of times to stop repeatedly posting things, and failed to do so. Although we allow non-Ubuntu-related discussion in chat, there is an expectation that conversations should not inhibit discussion of the room's primary topic. Your messages crossed that line. Just because you're having fun, that doesn't mean everyone else is.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would also like to point out that 90 minutes is not a long period of time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastEditorUserId="5" LastEditDate="2016-05-21T02:39:30.037" LastActivityDate="2016-05-21T02:39:30.037" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15424" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15422" CreationDate="2016-05-21T02:49:49.950" Score="26" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm not a moderator on Ask Ubuntu, but I am a moderator over on &lt;a href=&quot;https://communitybuilding.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Community Building&lt;/a&gt;. I'm also the moderator that suspended you for an hour earlier today. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I suspended you because of your behavior in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/11540/charcoal-hq&quot;&gt;Charcoal HQ&lt;/a&gt; chat room. In the past 48 hours, in that room alone, you've been asked repeatedly by network moderators, room owners and room regulars to keep the conversation on topic. Instead, you've spammed the room and ignored everyone so that you could get privileges to Smoke Detector. You then lost that access within hours for further bad behavior and returned to spamming the room. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Chat rooms are not your personal playground. Stack Exchange is definitely not where you should be posting stuff like &lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/vE8t8.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; or telling others what racist terms mean. Quiet frankly, you needed a time out. I gave you one for an hour. I also mentioned that&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/29798749#29798749&quot;&gt;[Y]ou've been asked by multiple users to respect the room topic and you have not. When you return, do so&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm sorry to say that based on your more recent behavior, you didn't follow that bit of advice. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The point of the suspension is to help you realize that something needs to change. Look at everything you've been told. Look at your behavior, the advice you've been provided and the answers to this question. That type of behavior needs to stop. Now. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="183377" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:51:23.920" LastActivityDate="2016-05-21T03:15:48.417" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15425" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15416" CreationDate="2016-05-22T17:48:59.460" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Looks like this question...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/774986/appstreamcli-hanging-with-100-cpu-usage-during-update&quot;&gt;appstreamcli hanging with 100% CPU usage during update&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;...is the end of a stream of duplicates. A lot of those questions were considered duplicates of another question, which were duplicates of another...it led to this question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This question is also protected by the community, has high votes, and high views, so I would link to it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="180633" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2016-05-22T17:48:59.460" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15426" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-05-23T05:16:26.380" Score="-5" ViewCount="70" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been trying to fix my Kubuntu 14.04 installation for the past two days now. I have found that there is generally very little self-contained help/guides/tutorials available. While there is an abundance of posts about various methods for fixing installations, none of them walk you through the &lt;strong&gt;entire&lt;/strong&gt; process of fixing the installation. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I understand that there is simply too many different variables that could go wrong to cover every single possible error, but (I am assuming) new Linux users are more prone to mucking up their system. I have found that assembling all the available information about mounting discs, using &lt;code&gt;chroot&lt;/code&gt;, etc. is simply too overwhelming and very frustrating.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a counterexample: there are dozens of guides/tutorials available for installing a Linux systems.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, to recap, why are there hardly any self-contained guides for repairing Ubuntu/Linux installations?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="547435" LastActivityDate="2016-05-23T14:08:16.083" Title="Why is there no central resource for fixing installations" Tags="|discussion|new-users|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2016-06-07T16:12:58.770" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15427" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15426" CreationDate="2016-05-23T12:19:18.290" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't understand how you can say...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I understand that there is simply too many different variables that could go wrong to cover every single possible error&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;... And still expect a self-contained guide that covers everything.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An unbootable Ubuntu install can be caused by so many different things, each with very different recovery paths. Putting all of these on one page seems likely to just encourage somebody to try them all. That isn't safe. The person needs to work out what they did.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And that's before you consider that the Stack Exchange model here prefers distinct issues and solutions rather than arbitrary amalgamations. If you want to write a resource for every eventuality, please feel free to &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;write a Wiki page on that&lt;/a&gt;. We're all on the same team.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2016-05-23T12:19:18.290" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15428" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15426" CreationDate="2016-05-23T13:52:17.603" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Like Oli said, on Stack Exchange you look for one answer to one problem and then move on to the next. If problems are related or very complex, one answer should link to the next in the chain especially if it already exists. That's the source for much of the frustration: too many people not using the site appropriately by asking questions that have already been answered and answerers that don't look at good existing answers to link to them.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="40581" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2016-05-23T14:08:16.083" LastActivityDate="2016-05-23T14:08:16.083" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15430" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15432" CreationDate="2016-05-24T08:40:57.863" Score="0" ViewCount="201" Body="&lt;p&gt;I often find myself trying to Ask Ubuntu for advice or offer help but all i have with me is my smartphone. Is there any mobile app for Ask Ubuntu? Or is it going to be one? With Ubuntu coming to phones and tablets, i believe mobile users deserves fair treatment and help as good as PC people.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="534685" OwnerDisplayName="ipse lute" LastActivityDate="2016-05-24T11:17:28.633" Title="Any mobile app for Ask Ubuntu?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2016-05-24T11:51:21.117" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15432" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15430" CreationDate="2016-05-24T09:09:00.547" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes There is a offical app for the Stack Exchange sites.I have inserted the links bellow.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.stackexchange.marvin&amp;amp;hl=en&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Andriod&lt;/a&gt;,&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://itunes.apple.com/in/app/stack-exchange/id871299723?mt=8&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;IOS&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="511262" LastActivityDate="2016-05-24T09:09:00.547" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15433" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15430" CreationDate="2016-05-24T11:17:28.633" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, there is a web app, using the mobile version of ask Ubuntu. I'm using it right now to write this answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just search in Ubuntu store for 'Ask Ubuntu' and install it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="460843" LastActivityDate="2016-05-24T11:17:28.633" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15434" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15435" CreationDate="2016-05-25T15:19:51.407" Score="29" ViewCount="341" Body="&lt;p&gt;When someone has asked a question using bad grammar or bad formatting, I find it difficult to read.  So, the natural response?  Clean it up.  However, I'm realising that I make these edits fairly frequently.  Should I keep pestering my peers with edits like this, or should I just let everyone else fish their way through it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527350" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2016-06-01T17:31:15.480" LastActivityDate="2016-06-06T12:36:35.770" Title="Should I edit posts to improve clarity?" Tags="|discussion|suggested-edits|edits|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15435" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15434" CreationDate="2016-05-25T15:28:00.520" Score="36" Body="&lt;p&gt;Go for it! That's what edits are for.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When you reach &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/edit&quot;&gt;2,000 reputation&lt;/a&gt;, you get the ability to edit things without needing to get it reviewed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Editing is a good and important part of the site! Keep it up! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastActivityDate="2016-05-25T15:28:00.520" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15437" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15438" CreationDate="2016-05-26T22:41:45.970" Score="6" ViewCount="44" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can I make some text larger or smaller?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;btw I noticed an answer &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/15405/174392&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; (by Oli), there's a line where the text seems smaller.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="174392" LastEditorUserId="507051" LastEditDate="2018-05-26T11:23:32.797" LastActivityDate="2018-05-26T11:23:32.797" Title="Is it possible to control font size?" Tags="|support|text-formatting|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15438" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15437" CreationDate="2016-05-26T22:57:18.397" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you're talking about per-text size changes, there's some basic things you can do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For large text, you can use a &lt;code&gt;#&lt;/code&gt; before the text.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;#Hello_World&lt;/code&gt; goes to&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Hello_World&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It needs to be on its own line.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The small text you see in Oli's answer was produced by putting &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; or &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; around the text.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;I know, I know. You **can't** post comments yet.&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;to&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;I know, I know. You &lt;strong&gt;can't&lt;/strong&gt; post comments yet.&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't know if there are other text size options, but according to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/170480/is-it-possible-to-change-the-text-size-in-the-code-markdown&quot;&gt;this Meta SE Q&amp;amp;A&lt;/a&gt;, there don't seem to be any more options.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks to Videonauth, I can now say that using some basic HTML tags will work, such as &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;h1&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/h1&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;h2&lt;/code&gt;, etc. I think these will display differently on different browsers, depending on whether or not AU/SE has them customized in the CSS.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="274320" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2016-05-26T23:15:14.733" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15439" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15441" CreationDate="2016-05-27T15:03:44.817" Score="8" ViewCount="130" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was reviewing my suggested edits, and saw that the &quot;community&quot; user rejected three of my edits because they &quot;conflicted with a subsequent edit.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What's that supposed to mean?&lt;/strong&gt; I've had very few rejected edits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm referring to:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/570310&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/570310&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/570008&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/570008&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/570308&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/570308&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="518562" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2016-05-29T21:06:16.127" Title="Why did the &quot;community&quot; user reject my edits?" Tags="|support|suggested-edits|community-user|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15440" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15434" CreationDate="2016-05-27T15:24:38.713" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since there are many users worldwide posting here and, many posters are non-native English speakers; editing can be very helpful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="547850" LastActivityDate="2016-05-27T15:24:38.713" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15441" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15439" CreationDate="2016-05-27T15:54:37.047" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;Each of those pages tell you:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This edit conflicted with a subsequent edit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In practice that means: somebody started editing before you submitted your edit and they didn't require approval for their edit to go through. There are two reasons somebody might not need approval for their edit. It was their post or they have more than 2,000 reputation. A mixture of the two applied to your examples.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is an unfortunate race condition in the system but it picks the option with the easiest future. Here, that's the one that doesn't require other people to come in and say it's a good edit or not. Your edit gets rejected automatically as theirs is implemented.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2016-05-27T16:01:06.050" LastActivityDate="2016-05-27T16:01:06.050" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15442" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-05-27T17:30:23.817" Score="1" ViewCount="76" Body="&lt;p&gt;I believe I've discovered a bug in the audit system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was reviewing this answer, which obviously needed some serious work:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/m55Dn.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/m55Dn.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I clicked on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/772307/edit&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt; link, and it showed me this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/vRDRY.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/vRDRY.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Which immediately told me that it was an audit.&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I flagged as low quality, and sure enough, it was an audit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="518562" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2016-05-27T17:30:23.817" Title="Bug in the audit system?" Tags="|discussion|bug|editing|review-audits|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15443" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15444" CreationDate="2016-05-28T12:21:31.113" Score="1" ViewCount="60" Body="&lt;p&gt;We have about 20 to 40 spam posts a day. Why shouldn't there be a feature to prevent this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some ideas as to how we can do this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Search for words, and if post matches... (I've found the most common ones are advertisements for fake muscle enhancer, fitness enhancer etc. type of products)&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;... block post&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;... warn poster&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;... put a Captcha barrier&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Captcha on every post (not type-a-string-in-picture kind of captcha, Google's easy &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.google.com/recaptcha/intro/index.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;reCAPTCHA&lt;/a&gt; style)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user423626" LastActivityDate="2016-05-30T12:58:36.020" Title="We should have an anti-spam filter at the 'Ask a question' stage" Tags="|feature-request|asking-questions|spam-handling|low-quality-posts|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15444" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15443" CreationDate="2016-05-28T12:42:12.907" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;We already have an unofficial spam detection system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's a bot called &lt;strong&gt;SmokeDetector&lt;/strong&gt; which is maintained by some users that checks every new post on all sites using a great load of filters and if it spots a spammy, offensive or gibberish post, it notifies the community through some chat rooms. Our users can then check that post and flag it as spam if necessary. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;6 normal spam flags then lead to automatic deletion of the post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my opinion it could be good to implement a system like SmokeDetector directly into Stack Exchange to check posts for potential abuse &lt;em&gt;before&lt;/em&gt; they appear on the site. So posts that pass the filter appear immediately, but suspicious ones are placed in a queue that has to be reviewed by human users first. I think it should be a separate queue because posts in there would not be visible to the public, so it should be processed fast. However, I see that this would be a major network-wide change and is probably not going to get implemented in the near future.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Adding Captchas for every post is in my opinion an awful idea. Captchas are horribly annoying and I personally tend to dislike sites which prompt me with a Captcha more than once when I log in the first time. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastEditorUserId="367990" LastEditDate="2016-05-30T12:58:36.020" LastActivityDate="2016-05-30T12:58:36.020" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15445" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15447" CreationDate="2016-05-29T12:09:41.390" Score="2" ViewCount="34" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to offer a bounty on a question by someone else, I would really like the issue fixed too and don't want to open a duplicate question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I offer the bounty, do I get to choose the recipient of the bounty from any answers or is that still up to the OP?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/778799/ubuntu-16-04-gnome-conky-does-not-work-right&quot;&gt;This is the question&lt;/a&gt; and I ask because I would like to set a bit of a narrower criteria, i.e. A user could just post a fixed config file for a specific theme and others could use it to modify any other theme they liked as I don't think this is an issue that can just be fixed globally.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think if I offer 100 rep, we have users who could fix this quite quickly with a little incentive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2016-05-29T14:48:25.227" Title="If I offer a bounty on someone else's question, can I still choose who gets the bounty?" Tags="|support|bounty|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15446" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15448" CreationDate="2016-05-29T14:25:34.733" Score="15" ViewCount="463" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;As pointed out by &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/users/75060/mark-kirby&quot;&gt;Mark&lt;/a&gt;, there is a related question here:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/89/style-guide-for-questions-and-answers&quot;&gt;Style guide for questions and answers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since I went over 2k rep, I liked starting to work on suggested edits and improving formatting in other posts, trying to be precise and careful. However, I constantly see that &lt;strong&gt;many&lt;/strong&gt; suggested edits by &lt;em&gt;a few users&lt;/em&gt; are trying to improve the post, but they actually don't.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Let me be clear: I do not want to make names or point a finger to someone. I truly believe their intentions are good and it is their desire to improve the posts. Nevertheless, IMHO we should agree to stick to some formatting guidelines.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am talking especially about &lt;em&gt;avoiding&lt;/em&gt; ugly formatting choices that sometimes get approved too quickly &lt;strong&gt;in my opinion.&lt;/strong&gt; I have thought about a few common cases that should be handled in the following way, but I'd like to read your suggestions as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe these formatting issues are bad for two reasons:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;they make me feel &lt;a href=&quot;http://loopvideos.com/0Rnq1NpHdmw?from=885&amp;amp;to=888&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;like this&lt;/a&gt; when I see them&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;they waste reviewers' time: a perfect edit takes almost the same amount of work as a &quot;meh&quot; one so there is no reason to suggest edits that always need to be fixed :)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Code &quot;pieces&quot;&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With this I mean inline code like commands (&lt;code&gt;sudo apt update&lt;/code&gt;) and small pieces of output (&lt;code&gt;Error 404&lt;/code&gt;). The backticks &lt;strong&gt;are meant for code.&lt;/strong&gt; Please do not use them for something else.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One of the worst thing I've seen recently is randomly putting backticks around everything. For example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Tech specs&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I have a NVIDIA graphics card&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Becomes:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I have a &lt;code&gt;NVIDIA graphics card&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Menu entries&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I really don't like this one...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Click on &lt;em&gt;File → Edit&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Becomes:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Click on &lt;code&gt;File&lt;/code&gt; → &lt;code&gt;Edit&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Code blocks&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'll discuss this later.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;My suggestions&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Use backticks for code&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Avoid &lt;code&gt;random text&lt;/code&gt; inside backticks&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Use &lt;em&gt;italics&lt;/em&gt; for menu entries&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Rule of thumb: Are you putting that into a terminal/configuration file or is it coming from there?&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Yes → it's probably code&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;No → avoid backticks&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Code blocks&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That is code on its own line (or multi-line code). There is a specific way to format it (4 spaces in front of each line) and backticks are not the right one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please, do not do this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;`sudo apt update&#xA;sudo apt upgrade`&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which results in this ugly block:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;sudo apt update&#xA;sudo apt upgrade&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do this instead:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;    sudo apt update&#xA;    sudo apt upgrade&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which results in this properly formatted block:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;sudo apt update&#xA;sudo apt upgrade&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Bold&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is not very nice to read a text &lt;strong&gt;where bold text has been overused for no apparent reason. It goes on and on and on and makes you wanna cry. ;)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is also &lt;em&gt;extremely disturbing&lt;/em&gt; to read &lt;strong&gt;&lt;code&gt;inline code that has been made bold.&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This leads to the following suggested guidelines:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Use &lt;em&gt;italics&lt;/em&gt; for light emphasis and &lt;strong&gt;bold&lt;/strong&gt; for stronger emphasis&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Bold is not always necessary, sometimes paragraphs are enough to isolate important parts of the content&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Avoid making error messages bold&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Use a blockquote &lt;code&gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; for messages coming from a GUI or a web page&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Use a code block for messages found in the terminal&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Do you think that piece of code needs to be bold?&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Yes → Listen, ask yourself that question again...&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;No → See, you are doing fine!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Paragraphs&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Paragraphs are separated by two carriage returns, i.e. &lt;code&gt;\n\n&lt;/code&gt; in more technical terminology. If you see a long text and you want to separate it into paragraphs, do &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; add two spaces and a return.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;That creates a line break, not a paragraph&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It doesn't save you key strokes (you spend an extra one!)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Your turn&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What is your opinion on this?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What are your suggestions for improving formatting in posts?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What are the most common issues you encounter while approving suggested edits that deal with formatting?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="271" LastEditorDisplayName="user364819" LastEditDate="2016-05-30T13:54:40.910" LastActivityDate="2020-06-03T18:50:32.590" Title="Let's agree on some commonly accepted formatting guidelines" Tags="|discussion|suggested-edits|" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="24" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15447" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15445" CreationDate="2016-05-29T14:48:25.227" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You have complete control over who the bounty goes to. The OP has no say.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2016-05-29T14:48:25.227" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15448" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15446" CreationDate="2016-05-29T14:48:42.570" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is a wiki, so anyone can add issues they face with edits to one answer to keep it tidy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What are the most common issues you encounter while approving suggested edits that deal with formatting?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edits that just add useless tags while missing images, code, spelling, grammar, etc., I just rejected, like five of these in review today alone. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;People editing tag descriptions en masse and without even spell checking them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Errors in spelling and grammer and a lack of clarity bother me most. While it's arguable that these aren't formatting issues they are perhaps the most important part of obtaining and providing useful answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastEditorUserId="225694" LastEditDate="2016-06-11T19:17:48.363" LastActivityDate="2016-06-11T19:17:48.363" CommentCount="2" CommunityOwnedDate="2016-05-29T14:48:42.570" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15449" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-05-30T05:18:41.513" Score="-6" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would like to suggest removing the fitbit tag...&#xA;Reasons:&#xA;-It doesn't have any relation to Ubuntu,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;-Fitbit is a company and should be kept off-topic here&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please remove it. &lt;em&gt;feel free to leave comments&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user527600" LastActivityDate="2016-05-30T05:23:55.583" Title="fitbit tag axe request" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15450" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15449" CreationDate="2016-05-30T05:23:55.583" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;Fitbit is also the name of a line of products. I took a look at the question with the tag and it seems like an on-topic question. Given that the question specifically relates to the product, it seems like an appropriate tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And besides, when it comes to precedent, we have lots of tags with company names:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/hp&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;hp&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;hp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/dell&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;dell&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;dell&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/canon&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;canon&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;canon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;etc...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastActivityDate="2016-05-30T05:23:55.583" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15451" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15452" CreationDate="2016-05-30T11:52:35.237" Score="14" ViewCount="391" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would like to know&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Why the following answer good and used as review audit?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What the answer is supposed to mean&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;and in conjunction with the first question - how I am supposed to figure this out?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/BlDj8.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/BlDj8.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="173287" LastEditorUserId="72216" LastEditDate="2016-05-31T14:56:33.743" LastActivityDate="2016-06-28T12:09:39.963" Title="Why is a one line non-understandable answer used as review audit?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="13" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15452" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15451" CreationDate="2016-05-30T12:14:32.553" Score="16" Body="&lt;p&gt;The system's decision to take this answer as reviewer test was correct, as it is an accepted and well upvoted answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I agree that this answer &lt;em&gt;as it currently stands&lt;/em&gt; should &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; have been accepted and upvoted like this. It does really clearly not meet the site's quality standards.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The answer is not providing a solution, but simply saying &quot;You can't!&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;There is not even the lightest effort to explain why the answerer thinks their post is correct or how they come to this conclusion.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The answer makes unnecessary use of heavy formatting (H1 title and blockquote box) to highlight a not really helpful word&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The highlighted word, which is actually the main part of the answer, has an obvious and almost painful typo in it (it's &quot;&lt;em&gt;unobtainable&lt;/em&gt;&quot;, duh!)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, looking at &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/775029/revisions&quot;&gt;the post's revisions site&lt;/a&gt;, we see that it got &lt;strong&gt;edited 53 times&lt;/strong&gt;! And only the last edit 19 hours ago removed all the possibly useful content and reduced it to this misspelled single word.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The last edit made the post no longer deserving this accepted status and especially its high score. But not sure what we should do in this case? I doubt rolling back the last edit would be the right choice, as the author decided that the previous content is no longer valid. I can't verify whether that's true or not - it should be flagged for moderator attention anyway. They must discuss how to handle it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2016-05-30T12:14:32.553" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15453" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-05-31T00:12:52.423" Score="1" ViewCount="49" Body="&lt;p&gt;The title probably isn't the best summary of my question, so don't let it hold too much weight.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Recently, this question about whether or not Krusader was still being developed was asked:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/779668/is-krusader-still-being-developed&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/779668/is-krusader-still-being-developed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Krusader is a file manager designed for KDE, but the description also says it works on pretty much any UNIX-based system that has a GUI.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, I've never actually seen a question here asking about what happened to some third-party software, so I don't really have an experienced option on this. The Help Center says questions on the development of Ubuntu are on-topic, but I don't think that applies to Krusader, since it isn't Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I actually can't seem to find anything on questions asking for news about third-party Linux applications, either for or against them being welcome, so I'm a little confused; it seems to just not be something that's been covered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I, personally, don't think this question is on-topic, as it isn't asking about how to run Krusader on Ubuntu, which would be on-topic. Instead, it's specifically asking about only Krusader (the question doesn't even mention Ubuntu: if it still works; how one might install it; etc).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To me, that's an instant indication that it's off-topic. In my opinion, from what I've seen on this site, if the question doesn't even seem to involve Ubuntu, then it's off-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know for sure I've missed some of my arguments and opinions, but they'll probably come up later, when I don't need them :p.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this question off-topic? Is it on-topic? I VTC'ed it, but it seems at least one person disagrees with my decision.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;P.S. (?):&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This question is not asking what &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/14382/asking-questions-about-third-party-applications-running-on-ubuntu&quot;&gt;this one&lt;/a&gt; is. That's asking about usage of third-party programs. I'm asking about asking about development of third-party packages. (That's not a repetition, just terrible phrasing.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="274320" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2016-06-01T20:09:41.167" Title="Are questions about the development status of third-party programs on-topic?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15454" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15446" CreationDate="2016-05-31T07:18:07.270" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;While I agree with most of your bold-related points, I disagree that bolding is something to be avoided &lt;em&gt;in extremis&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As discussed in a comment session with a higher-rep user recently, I have learned to &lt;strong&gt;use bold&lt;/strong&gt; across all SO sites &lt;strong&gt;as a way to make the question clear without having to read it in entirety&lt;/strong&gt; - namely, two things will always be bolded: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The actual question (since it may be more specific than the headline, and is not always best-placed right at the top or right at the bottom), and &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Anything that specifically makes it different to other questions (thereby demonstrating research).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Basically this allows a knowledgeable reader to skip most of the question and establish if they're going to be able to answer the question (or had the same experience).  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While bold may be painful to some, I find that using it this way results in a faster read if you know the topic very well, and less incorrect answers, and less marks as duplicate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That being said, based on the style of your question above, I would have used bold differently, but less bold overall, if I had been asking the question. ;-)  (But not by much. :-p )&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="98669" LastEditorUserId="98669" LastEditDate="2016-05-31T07:25:41.793" LastActivityDate="2016-05-31T07:25:41.793" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15455" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-05-31T17:45:48.020" Score="6" ViewCount="89" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was on &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/779980/better-to-suspend-my-ubuntu-or-shut-down-it-during-long-journey-in-car?noredirect=1#comment1167403_779980&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; and was discussing closing the question as opinion based with @ipselute and the idea came up that it would me a good idea to send this question to Ubuntu forums where it could be discussed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do you think we should have the close reason direct users to the Ubuntu forums where there issues can be discussed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems to me, it would be a lot better for these users than getting a few opinions here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2016-06-02T01:12:53.420" Title="Add ubuntu forums link to opinion close reason?" Tags="|feature-request|close-reasons|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15456" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15446" CreationDate="2016-05-31T19:21:32.600" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;Keyboard keys should be enclosed in &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;kbd&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;/kbd&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; so that it is &lt;kbd&gt;Esc&lt;/kbd&gt; and not &lt;code&gt;Esc&lt;/code&gt; or &lt;strong&gt;Esc&lt;/strong&gt;.  (This is one formatting item that has terrible discover-ability in Stack-flavored Markdown, IMO)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="485814" LastActivityDate="2016-05-31T19:21:32.600" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15458" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15455" CreationDate="2016-06-01T06:34:37.280" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Directing users to the Ubuntu forums to solicit opinions sounds logical to me. It then makes the scopes of Ask Ubuntu, Ubuntu forums and the Ubuntu subreddit very clear: Ask Ubuntu for clear-cut questions and answers, Ubuntu forums for opinions and long discussions, and the Ubuntu subreddit for anything not related to technical support.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15003" LastActivityDate="2016-06-01T06:34:37.280" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15459" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15460" CreationDate="2016-06-01T11:38:12.957" Score="5" ViewCount="55" Body="&lt;p&gt;I got a flagged answer for review of deletion: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/779533/75166&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/a/779533/75166&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The answer includes a description how to reinstall Ubuntu for a question that might be solvable with other means. A heated discussion between a commenter criticizing the answer and the OP and the OA enrolled. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Could someone with more moderation-skill (than I) please help out and defuse the situation?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75166" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2016-06-01T12:09:03.773" Title="Heated comments about reinstalling - Call for moderation" Tags="|support|moderation|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15460" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15459" CreationDate="2016-06-01T11:40:45.213" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can flag comments too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Put your mouse over a comment and a little flag will show on the left, flag one with a custom reason, explain about the whole thread and a mod will be alerted. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is not much us normal users can do, we would just get pulled in to the argument, as we have no privileges to  remove the comment(s).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastEditorUserId="75060" LastEditDate="2016-06-01T12:09:03.773" LastActivityDate="2016-06-01T12:09:03.773" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15461" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15474" CreationDate="2016-06-01T12:21:52.080" Score="3" ViewCount="73" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have two open bounties (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/771943/enable-fncursor-arrows-on-lock-login-screen-to-change-volume-and-brightness&quot;&gt;question 1&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/773860/bidirectionally-synchronize-thunderbird-profiles-pop3-mail-accounts-between-tw&quot;&gt;question 2&lt;/a&gt;) of 50 points for each, which both end in 3 days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I can't come online within the next week and none of them has an acceptable answer yet. I don't want these 100 points in total to be wasted though. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I allow anybody else (either another AU user which I would trust or a moderator) to award these bounties if the questions get another, probably good and working answer? Of course I could give my account credentials away, but can I also just ask for a transfer of the bounty ownership?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or can I only rely on the automatic awarding of half of the bounty in case any answer receives enough votes?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2016-06-02T23:49:53.857" Title="Transfer control over open bounty to other user (or moderator) because I can't award it" Tags="|support|bounty|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="14" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15463" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15465" CreationDate="2016-06-01T17:04:36.670" Score="27" ViewCount="479" Body="&lt;p&gt;In &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/15434/should-i-edit-posts-to-improve-clarity&quot;&gt;this post&lt;/a&gt; I asked whether I should continue barraging my peers with edits.  I still have one question, though.  I've made around 20% of my reputation off of edits.  Is this honest, or should I cut back a bit?  Reputation is &lt;em&gt;supposed&lt;/em&gt; to be a measure of how much the community trusts me, but it seems that my reputation in this case is partially based off of grammatical skill rather than knowledge of Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527350" LastActivityDate="2016-06-02T18:40:18.803" Title="Is it ok for my reputation to be edit-based?" Tags="|discussion|editing|reputation|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15465" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15463" CreationDate="2016-06-01T17:16:22.307" Score="26" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, it is totally fine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Besides, reputation from edits are capped at 1000. So after your 500th edit suggestions, you will stop getting reputation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also you do not get reputation from edits, but from &quot;approved edit suggestions&quot;. Knowing this, when you reach 2k rep, you will no longer be able to suggest edits on posts, instead you will be able to edit them without waiting for someone to review them. This will stop you from receiving the 2 rep per edit suggestion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However you would still be able to receive 2 rep from edit suggestion on tag wikis until 20k.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastEditorUserId="25798" LastEditDate="2016-06-01T17:43:49.873" LastActivityDate="2016-06-01T17:43:49.873" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15466" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15463" CreationDate="2016-06-01T18:06:48.577" Score="21" Body="&lt;p&gt;Well the community needs your grammatical skill as much as it needs a knowledge of Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Good question and answers are no use if no one can understand them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1992" LastActivityDate="2016-06-01T18:06:48.577" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15467" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15463" CreationDate="2016-06-01T18:33:04.213" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;Trust isn't only about knowledge of Ubuntu. It's also about being a helpful person who has the community's best interest at heart. So the reputation you gain from editing is well deserved. That said, the 1000 cap is correct.                      &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="451919" LastActivityDate="2016-06-01T18:33:04.213" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15468" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15455" CreationDate="2016-06-02T01:12:53.420" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't agree with the close reasons on this question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This is not really a technical support issue and will be closed, it is really up to you and your needs, all anyone can offer is opinion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We don't just do technical support here, we answer all sorts of non-technical questions. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't understand how this question is unanswerable. You're given two options, suspend or shutdown, one keeps track of state at the risk of data loss, the other does not keep track of state but your data is safer. That's pretty much what an accepted answer would look like. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2016-06-02T01:12:53.420" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15469" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15463" CreationDate="2016-06-02T05:38:07.107" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just to add another way of saying it:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The longer you are on this site, the more you realize that &lt;em&gt;good questions&lt;/em&gt; are the key to a better quality of the site. Good questions are clear about what to answer and &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;invoke&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; good and clear answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you play a role in improving the quality of questions (and answers), you are doing a job of major importance, and deserve the reputation you earned with it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="72216" LastEditDate="2016-06-02T18:40:18.803" LastActivityDate="2016-06-02T18:40:18.803" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15470" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-02T11:21:49.493" Score="7" ViewCount="210" Body="&lt;p&gt;On questions marked as a duplicate, the banner will sometimes say it &quot;was marked as duplicate&quot;, and sometimes it will say it &quot;was marked as an exact duplicate&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But when flagging, there's no option to provide whether it's exact or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Who decides which it is?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/UMsGV.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/UMsGV.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/RiFd4.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/RiFd4.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="518562" LastEditorUserId="518562" LastEditDate="2016-06-02T11:39:27.733" LastActivityDate="2016-06-03T13:16:09.160" Title="&quot;Exact dupe&quot; vs &quot;dupe&quot;" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="25" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15472" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15473" CreationDate="2016-06-02T14:26:48.063" Score="9" ViewCount="203" Body="&lt;p&gt;Looking through the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/badges&quot;&gt;badges page&lt;/a&gt; today, I noticed there is only a single badge that no one has ever earned here, the Illuminator badge.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;description&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Edit and answer 500 questions (both actions within 12 hours, answer&#xA;  score &gt; 0)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this badge too hard to get? The requirements are very high, if a user like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/449/oli&quot;&gt;oli&lt;/a&gt; with more rep than most of us put together (162,760 and counting) can't earn this badge, perhaps the requirements need to be lower? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I said before it is the only badge no one has ever earned on Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are any of the 20k+ users even close to this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2016-06-02T14:38:58.673" Title="Illuminator badge, too hard to get?" Tags="|discussion|badges|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15473" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15472" CreationDate="2016-06-02T14:38:58.673" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's brand new.  Some people had the previous &quot;almost unattainable badge&quot; reversal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, no.  Not too hard.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2016-06-02T14:38:58.673" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15474" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15461" CreationDate="2016-06-02T23:49:53.857" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is no such thing as a bounty control transfer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Moderators can't do it, they can only revoke and return the bounty which requires exceptional circumstances I believe.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's no way to transfer control as far as I am aware&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2016-06-02T23:49:53.857" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15475" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15482" CreationDate="2016-06-03T00:18:18.493" Score="2" ViewCount="111" Body="&lt;p&gt;For reasons I will not say (let's just say that I made some mistakes), the askubuntu system took away my right to ask questions on the website. I have read that once I have a positive effect on the website, I could be able to ask questions again. Currently, I can reply to questions and provide answers to questions, and I have edited several questions from other people. Now, don't get me wrong, I'm not here to ask for you guys to manually allow me to ask questions (I have read on the website that you guys can't do that and there is no time-out for the ban). I'm just here (on ask ubuntu meta) to ask, how much does it take to gain back my question privileges? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any help is appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;P.S: This is the first time I have ever been on Ask Ubuntu Meta. I just discovered it on the Stack Exchange menu. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user517663" LastActivityDate="2016-06-03T21:12:29.643" Title="What is the best way to gain back my question privileges" Tags="|support|asking-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="16" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15476" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15470" CreationDate="2016-06-03T02:58:54.970" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/15470/exact-dupe-vs-dupe#comment28527_15470&quot;&gt;Seth&lt;/a&gt; is partially right here. There are two different reasons that the &quot;exact duplicate&quot; would be shown:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The question was closed as a duplicate a while ago (specifically &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/166707/changes-to-close-as-duplicate-part-deux&quot;&gt;before about February 2013&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The question that was closed as a duplicate had no upvoted answers.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can read more about this in &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/197452/what-decides-what-to-prepend-the-duplicate-question-list-with-on-a-duplicate-que/197454#197454&quot;&gt;animuson's Meta Stack Exchange answer&lt;/a&gt; (which I've quoted the relevant parts):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;    &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible Duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;    [list]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Appears on &lt;em&gt;old&lt;/em&gt; questions that were marked as duplicates before the&#xA;  new closing overhaul. These notices were edited directly into the&#xA;  question by the Community user and could be freely edited and even&#xA;  removed. This has since been replaced, but questions that previously&#xA;  had it were not updated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;    &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This question already has an answer here:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;    [list]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The new default message that is shown to everyone when a question gets&#xA;  closed as a duplicate. It is an automatic box that is displayed and&#xA;  cannot be edited.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;    &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This question is an exact duplicate of:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;    [list]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Looks like this is a special case for when you close as a duplicate of&#xA;  another question that doesn't have any upvoted answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="240350" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2016-06-03T13:16:09.160" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15477" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15434" CreationDate="2016-06-03T06:38:00.107" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think you should because I am new to Linux, support forums, and the like. A helpful edit helps me improve my syntax and grammar, thus making my participation more effective. Just do not hurl insults, and I'm sure reasonable people won't mind. Though, keep in mind some people's shorthand may be a sign of where their priorities are, and are thus oblivious to the loosely agreed upon standards known as &quot;grammar&quot;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="551666" LastActivityDate="2016-06-03T06:38:00.107" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15478" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15494" CreationDate="2016-06-03T10:35:46.533" Score="-9" ViewCount="122" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is just an idea. There could be once a month voting for &quot;best&quot; member of the month. It would be just a way to say thanks for all the help. Every member could for example give 3 votes for others (not possible to self vote).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Criteria for giving a vote is up to personal preference. Someone will vote for the member that was most helpful to him, someone for who is writing good quality answers, etc... Over large number of voters this personal preferences give good average.      &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="526943" LastEditorUserId="526943" LastEditDate="2016-06-03T16:50:33.160" LastActivityDate="2016-06-06T20:15:27.020" Title="Could we have member of the month voting?" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15479" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15446" CreationDate="2016-06-03T16:29:26.667" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm sure we all have our own (and likely differing) opinions on what makes a good edit. I'll admit that formatting is likely the least important to me. I'm most concerned about &lt;em&gt;clarity&lt;/em&gt; so that the question can be answered or the answer understood. I'll agree that too much &lt;strong&gt;BOLD&lt;/strong&gt; can be annoying but I honestly don't feel the need to italicize &lt;em&gt;File -&gt; Edit&lt;/em&gt; as the preceding directive to &quot;click&quot; makes it abundantly clear that these are menu items. The keyboard formatting tags are pretty and clarify that these are keystrokes but again, the word &quot;press&quot; indicates the same thing with fewer keystrokes. I agree that commands should be &lt;code&gt;commands&lt;/code&gt; although I'm not convinced that 2 commands need to be a&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;code&#xA;block&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Instead of issue &lt;code&gt;code&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and then &lt;code&gt;block&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'll go on to say that accurate tagging is helpful so that specialists can find their area of expertise. Grammatical and spelling errors that make a post difficult to understand are likely my pet peeve. (I also laugh at bad subtitling when watching a movie).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All things considered I think formatting is the least important factor in editing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Disclaimer:&lt;/strong&gt; These are my opinions and don't necessarily reflect the views of &lt;em&gt;Stack Exchange&lt;/em&gt; or the community at large. ;-)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastEditorUserId="225694" LastEditDate="2016-06-05T15:19:33.737" LastActivityDate="2016-06-05T15:19:33.737" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15480" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-03T17:16:59.997" Score="7" ViewCount="296" Body="&lt;p&gt;When people come to this site, they seek help, and I acknowledge that. Now however, it is time to question how much they need to know before they come asking for help. I was scrolling through earlier when I found &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/781300/why-can-i-not-execute-the-upgarde-command-in-ubuntu-14-04&quot;&gt;this.&lt;/a&gt; Now normally yes you get 1-2 decently bad questions, but this is just horrid. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now yes, I do understand it was a mistake, and that the user didn't mean to sound idiotic, but for the love of god, what the hell is &lt;code&gt;upgarde&lt;/code&gt;? This raises another question about spelling and language, but that's for another day. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We also see questions like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/781150/keyboard-not-working-on-aspire-switch-11&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt;, where the user blatantly admits that they have basically no experience with Ubuntu and that tutorials they have seen are too complicated for them. Now alright, for something big like hardware, I understand, but I think there needs to be a line of common knowledge that people have before they come asking these questions. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Going back to earlier, maybe the user mis-read a tutorial and did not know the proper command. But if you run a google search for &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.google.com/search?q=sudo+apt-get+upgarde&amp;amp;surl=1&amp;amp;safe=active&amp;amp;gws_rd=ssl&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;sudo apt-get upgarde&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, google will &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;automatically&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; suggest sudo apt-get upgrade. It seems that as people become more and more lazy, we have to cope with their questions and work around their knowledge, when to be perfectly frank, the only way anyone can learn is by making mistakes and solving them the right way, not the &quot;get out way.&quot; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do realize that it is good sometimes to dull down an answer for a newbie (ex. NVIDIA drivers), but what if we (the answer-ers) and them (the askers) met half way? Post your thoughts on this below, I'm interested to hear more opinions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="431864" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2016-06-06T19:05:48.153" Title="The Asker or the Answerer?" Tags="|discussion|new-users|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15481" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15480" CreationDate="2016-06-03T18:23:45.463" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think the reputation and voting are a fair solution to your concern. Either a person adapts and learns or they leave frustrated and not post more. There are so many factors that are masked from view when posting in a forum, really only the question remains with some hints of experience, maturity, and possibly drive of the author.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am new to this forum and new to IT in general, so my naivety likely reeks to an industry professional or long time super user, yet my family thinks I am an IT god because I know how to open a terminal, usually. (See my only question at the time of this posting, and calmly note I didn't provide a link because I'm on my phone typing this while killing time before an appointment.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My experience and expertise in using the internet to find an answer is far above average, though sometimes I must look like an ignorant rage case because I mispelled something and have been up a few hours past bed time chasing a phantom of my imagination.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm sure an academic could project a social construct over a scenario suggesting low-skilled based questions will attract a low-skilled response while a higher-skilled question will attract answers by higher skilled  responders, and maybe argue that there is some sort of plateau based on skill of poster, that results in a favorable response. In other words, if a person left a below par question alone, maybe the asker would be forced to learn on their own until they can achieve a skill above the plateau discussed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="551666" LastEditorUserId="320386" LastEditDate="2016-06-06T15:56:16.080" LastActivityDate="2016-06-06T15:56:16.080" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15482" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15475" CreationDate="2016-06-03T19:59:44.807" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;The ban is automatic based on the numbers attached to your posts (number closed, number deleted, downvotes, and — I believe — how closely together these things are time, among other numbers). It has nothing to do with anything you said, and there are no humans involved in placing &lt;em&gt;or&lt;/em&gt; removing the ban. The ban doesn't care about anything you've written, only the numbers attached to what you've written. Specifically, the ban doesn't know and doesn't care if you've called anyone a troll.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The way to lift the ban is to improve your posts' numbers: fix your bad posts enough to get people to vote them up, post quality answers that get upvotes (since you're only question banned, not answer-banned), and generally improve your record. There's no formula to follow because the system's details are secret to prevent gaming it — just be a good site citizen in the ways you're not banned from, and the ban will go away eventually.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is the short version of the longer version in the Stack Exchange FAQ:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/86997/what-can-i-do-when-getting-we-are-no-longer-accepting-questions-answers-from-th&quot;&gt;What can I do when getting “We are no longer accepting questions/answers from this account”?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do what it says, and that is how to undo the ban.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5675" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2016-06-03T21:12:29.643" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15484" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15478" CreationDate="2016-06-03T21:19:56.677" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just &lt;strong&gt;NO&lt;/strong&gt; - please, I don't want another one of that kind. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastActivityDate="2016-06-03T21:19:56.677" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15485" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15572" CreationDate="2016-06-03T21:43:16.933" Score="3" ViewCount="61" Body="&lt;p&gt;So I just made it past 2k rep, and I've been reviewing some edits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once, one of &lt;strong&gt;my&lt;/strong&gt; suggested edits was rejected because it apparently &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Failed to correct critical issues with the post&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I found a suggested edit that deserved that marking, but I was unable to find that reason in the list.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Am I missing something here?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="518562" LastActivityDate="2016-06-10T15:52:33.433" Title="Rejecting edits because they &quot;Failed to correct critical issues with the post&quot;" Tags="|discussion|support|review|suggested-edits|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15486" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15507" CreationDate="2016-06-03T22:18:34.517" Score="2" ViewCount="55" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just found this bug when I clicked on the StackExchange button and other buttons. Some orange-dotted lines appear around the button when I click on it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here are some screenshots:&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/RyZUh.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/RyZUh.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/KVMUS.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/KVMUS.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/X6v8b.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/X6v8b.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user517663" LastEditorUserId="133195" LastEditDate="2016-06-06T07:50:26.910" LastActivityDate="2016-06-06T09:35:10.320" Title="I have found a bug when I click on the StackExchange menu and other buttons" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="12" ClosedDate="2016-06-09T22:05:51.657" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15487" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15480" CreationDate="2016-06-03T23:05:10.560" Score="15" Body="&lt;h3&gt;The true criterion&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To be honest, I rarely have the feeling that a user's level (of knowledge) is too low. I can't remember a single occasion actually.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is the &lt;em&gt;intention&lt;/em&gt; with what people post their question(s) that possibly turns it into an annoying experience. If people accept your (our) offer to guide them through, and intend to learn, level zero is good enough for me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If people cherish their ignorance however, you can be pretty sure they intend to keep on being &amp;quot;served&amp;quot;, without any effort from their side. &lt;em&gt;Then&lt;/em&gt; I think we should draw a line.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;About your example:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Note that for many reasons, people can be unaware of mis-spellings of a command, or mis-spellings in general. Reasons you might not know. It definitely does not mean someone is &amp;quot;dumb&amp;quot;, let alone not good enough to post here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2016-06-04T07:33:23.997" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15488" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15489" CreationDate="2016-06-04T04:39:27.033" Score="4" ViewCount="44" Body="&lt;p&gt;Do peer reviews go to just anyone, or do you need a certain amount of reputation to review suggested edits?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="535482" LastActivityDate="2016-06-04T04:47:41.807" Title="Who peer-reviews suggested edits?" Tags="|support|suggested-edits|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15489" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15488" CreationDate="2016-06-04T04:40:55.053" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;You need at least 2000 reputation to review suggested edits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15003" LastActivityDate="2016-06-04T04:40:55.053" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15490" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15488" CreationDate="2016-06-04T04:46:41.407" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;As edwinksl already pointed out, all users above 2000 reputation (sorry for stealing that I don't see the numbers anymore) can review edits. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So reviews are done by the community, or to better quote whats on the reviews page written:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu is moderated by&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/05/a-theory-of-moderation/&quot;&gt;you&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Help your fellow members learn to use the site and raise the quality&#xA;  of Q&amp;amp;A by:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Evaluating new posts&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Voting to close or reopen questions&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Reviewing suggested edits&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="522934" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2016-06-04T04:47:41.807" LastActivityDate="2016-06-04T04:47:41.807" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15491" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15496" CreationDate="2016-06-04T08:47:22.433" Score="7" ViewCount="214" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've had a few times now where I get +1 for my points.  But when I look at my rep history, nothing shows up.  What I did notice however is that some of my downvotes seem to have disappeared.  I have reviewed a few first and late posts, and I did downvote some of those.  So if the question that I downvoted gets removed, am I being &quot;refunded&quot; my lost point for downvoting?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've now seen posts where people are saying that this is what happens, but I still haven't found anything official from any docs or help pages.  I think this simple feature that could state why you got the one point would be easy enough to add in.  This way you don't have to go through your entire rep history with the &quot;Show deleted posts&quot; option ticked to find a removed post.  Just a simple &quot;+1 refund for deleted post&quot; would suffice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="507687" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2016-06-09T15:22:49.813" LastActivityDate="2016-06-10T06:54:35.420" Title="Why am I getting +1 points?" Tags="|support|reputation|downvoting|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15492" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-04T11:31:56.707" Score="2" ViewCount="72" Body="&lt;p&gt;So I was reviewing this answer:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Install this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;sudo apt-get install nautilus-open-terminal&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/late-answers/573784&quot;&gt;failed the audit&lt;/a&gt; because that answer turned out to be plagiarism.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Well O.K.... fine, it deserves to be removed, but... &lt;strong&gt;How was I supposed to know that?!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="518562" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2016-06-04T11:56:39.670" Title="I'm really not very pleased with the audit system" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="14" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15493" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15497" CreationDate="2016-06-04T12:06:52.140" Score="0" ViewCount="77" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was shown &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/573790&quot;&gt;this edit to review&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's a nice edit, sure. But it also adds a ton of stuff the OP don't put in.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should I approve or reject such edits?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="518562" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2016-06-04T20:55:37.680" Title="Should I approve edits like this?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15494" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15478" CreationDate="2016-06-04T15:36:47.407" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;The big question is: with what purpose should we do that? Features like that reflect &lt;em&gt;popularity&lt;/em&gt;, which is rarely a good criterion for someone's real value. Even the voting system and the reputation represent only a small area of being useful, and then only mean an indication. In short: a &quot;member of the month&quot; -feature brings more injustice to hidden value than it does to obvious popularity.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think one of the biggest attractions of AU is that we focus on result and quality, rather than celebrating individuals. It actually feels as a relief in the jungle of screeming popularity contests. Let's keep it that way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastActivityDate="2016-06-04T15:36:47.407" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15495" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15480" CreationDate="2016-06-04T15:39:13.667" Score="11" Body="&lt;h1&gt;&amp;quot;What have you tried&amp;quot; has been misused previously&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think what you are discussing in your Q is the &amp;quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://mattgemmell.com/what-have-you-tried/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;what have you tried&lt;/a&gt;&amp;quot; philosophy. Which I agree with, mostly. The problem is that such a statement has been &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/172758/what-have-you-tried-epidemic&quot;&gt;widely over-used in the past&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Along with the good, comes some bad -- as usual in life.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;These comments are bad when&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Posting &amp;quot;what have you tried&amp;quot; multiple times per question is severely obnoxious&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Posting &amp;quot;what have you tried&amp;quot; when the user has clearly shown that they have tried to solve it on their own&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is becoming increasingly common to see &amp;quot;what have you tried?&amp;quot; comments in these scenarios.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This even led to the &lt;a href=&quot;http://mattgemmell.com/hindsight/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;blockage of the domain &lt;code&gt;whathaveyoutried.com&lt;/code&gt; from SO&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Links to the article were actually banned by StackOverflow at various points due to the sheer frequency of use&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;My opinion&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I agree with the &amp;quot;what have you tried&amp;quot; philosophy when it comes to users that show no will to learn at all, but &lt;strong&gt;especially for programming tasks.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Conversely, we need to remember that this is a website about Ubuntu. This includes using Ubuntu. Not everyone is a developer here and there is no need to become like StackOverflow.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;Simple&amp;quot; newbies should feel welcome, therefore sharp WHYT comments should be avoided. This does not mean that we should get the quality of the content decrease by much:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Let's still ask for clarification when a question is unclear or poorly written&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Let's still refrain from accepting the &amp;quot;hey solve my problem&amp;quot; attitude and let's prefer questions in the &amp;quot;how do I fix ...?&amp;quot; format&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Let's vote for closing duplicate questions&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="271" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2016-06-04T15:39:13.667" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15496" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15491" CreationDate="2016-06-04T18:04:58.937" Score="8" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;...temporary loss of 1 rep point &lt;em&gt;will be given back to you&lt;/em&gt; in case the &lt;em&gt;answer is deleted&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/197507/321647&quot;&gt;Regain of reputation from downvoted and deleted answers - update FAQ&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="451919" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2016-06-10T06:54:35.420" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15497" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15493" CreationDate="2016-06-04T20:55:37.680" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;IMO that wasn't an attempt to reply. It was legitimate attempt to add to the answer (each paragraph was about a problem with unencrypted traffic). However, I'd have agreed with the rejection, but only because it added too much. It should have been in an answer of its own.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2016-06-04T20:55:37.680" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15498" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-04T22:28:45.730" Score="5" ViewCount="220" Body="&lt;p&gt;I hadn't realized this until just today, but I had assumed that all the other Ask Ubuntu users were male, but then I saw a username that appeared to contain a female first name and realized that women probably use this site too. Does anyone know the actual statistics of how many female users there are?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="535482" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2017-01-25T11:08:14.583" LastActivityDate="2017-01-25T13:13:50.180" Title="Gender breakdown of the site" Tags="|discussion|users|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15499" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15498" CreationDate="2016-06-04T22:42:37.903" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't think any such statistics are available, and the closest you can get to an answer is the annual &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/research/developer-survey-2016#developer-profile-gender&quot;&gt;Stack Overflow Developer survey&lt;/a&gt;. Of course, the survey is voluntary, and the set of AU users may not have much in common with the set of respondents.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Quoting:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Men&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;92.8%&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Women&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;5.8%&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Other&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;0.5%&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Prefer not to Disclose&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;1.0%&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;55,128 responses&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Our survey results demonstrate a dramatic disparity in tech among men&#xA;  and women. In fact, we know women make up a more significant&#xA;  proportion of the developer workforce than this suggests. According to&#xA;  Quantcast, about 12% of Stack Overflow's readers are women. (We don't&#xA;  actively track gender internally.) We also know this survey&#xA;  underrepresents people in countries where developers have an increased&#xA;  likelihood of being women such as Asian countries like South Korea,&#xA;  India, and China.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-05-23T12:39:54.233" LastActivityDate="2016-06-04T22:42:37.903" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15501" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2016-06-05T06:34:16.733" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2016-06-05T06:34:16.733" LastActivityDate="2016-06-05T06:34:16.733" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15502" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2016-06-05T06:34:16.733" Score="0" Body="This tag is only used for Moderator election questions &amp; answers." OwnerDisplayName="user527600" LastEditorDisplayName="user527600" LastEditDate="2016-06-05T09:49:13.213" LastActivityDate="2016-06-05T09:49:13.213" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15503" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-05T19:53:13.500" Score="0" ViewCount="73" Body="&lt;p&gt;I flagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/728606/is-dota2-playable-on-the-specs-below/780946#780946&quot;&gt;this post&lt;/a&gt; as &amp;quot;Low quality + not an answer&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, it was denied (huh?)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The comment was:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;declined - a moderator reviewed your flag, but found no evidence to&#xA;support it&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Huh?&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="518562" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2016-06-05T20:17:19.897" Title="Incorrectly declined flag" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15504" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15503" CreationDate="2016-06-05T20:01:58.900" Score="2" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I flagged this post as &quot;Low quality + not an answer&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is technically an answer, you must flag for the correct reason.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think we all have had this one before.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastActivityDate="2016-06-05T20:01:58.900" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15505" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15503" CreationDate="2016-06-05T20:17:19.897" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;A moderator saw your flag and disagreed. If you thought it wasn't an answer, you can probably read that to mean they did.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This answer sits on the line. It could certainly be better (cite published minimum requirements, benchmarks, etc) but it does offer an answer nonetheless.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've seen your comments on the other answer here. If you think the situation is that complicated, use a custom flag and explain it to the mods.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2016-06-05T20:17:19.897" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15506" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-06T08:12:55.440" Score="5" ViewCount="53" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/JO9MA.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/JO9MA.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &quot;Recommend Deletion&quot;  pop-up is not fully visible. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, this is a minor bug, but it looks clean it this is fixed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="497359" LastEditorUserId="158442" LastEditDate="2016-06-06T09:42:03.450" LastActivityDate="2016-06-06T09:42:03.450" Title="Menu bar is covering the Deletion pop-up" Tags="|bug|design|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15507" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15486" CreationDate="2016-06-06T09:35:10.320" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since no one posted an answer on this so it can get closed I'm now putting my comments into an answer:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Well its something your browser does, not the site itself, thats inevitable, and not a bug.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Reporting things is still fine and encouraged, but please remind if it is a serious bug or security risk it would be better to mail it directly to the SE team instead of posting it here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="522934" LastActivityDate="2016-06-06T09:35:10.320" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15509" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15434" CreationDate="2016-06-06T12:36:35.770" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;When I edit other people's questions I do so to:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Fix formatting issues&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Remove fluff unrelated to question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;Hey guys, I've heard great things about this site, so I thought I'd step by and tell you about my problem.  Well, I run this ______ website, and it's been going for 4 years ago or so, but I've been considering...&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;I'd really appreciate any help you could give, because I have to finish these ______ by ______&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;This is probably like the 50th problem I've had with this operating system so far, and I've been considering wiping the whole thing and going back to Windows, at least that won't require constant fiddling and research.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Add quoted section from linked page.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Make actual question more prominent by putting it at the top (sometimes the actual question will be buried in one of the later paragraphs).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When editing I try to ensure:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I don't modify the content of the question. If the person asking the question is IMHO not asking the right question, it's tempting to edit it but it's better to comment or answer why you think they're going about things wrong.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I don't make trivial spelling corrections, if they are fairly trivial and it's easy to see what they mean.  (Others may disagree with me and I don't mind if others do it, I personally just don't see much utility from doing this).  A spelling error in a tag or title might be important enough to fix.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54256" LastActivityDate="2016-06-06T12:36:35.770" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15510" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-06T17:51:20.450" Score="5" ViewCount="82" Body="&lt;p&gt;I noticed something about review audits:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When it's going to give me an audit, the page says, &quot;Loading next item&quot; for a long time (&gt;4 seconds).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/La65r.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/La65r.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Otherwise, the wait time is &amp;lt;1 second.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;UPDATE: This was not a temporary bug. It is still occurring. Makes defeating audits easy.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Confirmed by &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/users/522934/videonauth&quot;&gt;@Videonauth&lt;/a&gt;(1) &amp;amp; &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/users/178596/wilf&quot;&gt;@Wilf&lt;/a&gt;(2):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;No nothing new, I usually know as well by this that an audit is&#xA;  coming. Noticed that long time ago&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I've noticed it occasionally previously&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="518562" LastEditorUserId="518562" LastEditDate="2016-07-01T12:03:45.027" LastActivityDate="2016-07-01T12:03:45.027" Title="Noticed something about audits" Tags="|bug|review-audits|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15511" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15480" CreationDate="2016-06-06T19:05:48.153" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I do believe we have a lot of questioners that do not take the time to do a simple search of their problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Too many time I have just searched the original question and posted back a link to the answer, it took me less than a minute to find the answer, something the questioner could have done themselves.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But in the end, I have to think of the end game, and my end game is to get as many people moved to Linux as possible and to do this we will have to answer questions that the questioner could have found answers to on their own if they had just tried.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have worked in the Windows world for most of my career, and even to this day, questioners of that platform ask questions that they could have answered themselves with a little research (keeps paying the bills), what this means is that Linux is making in-roads into the general population, and with that comes the pain of supporting the general population.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What I wish most about this site is that comments could be created like answers, too many times I have really good questions that could use better formatting, code snippets I want them to try, web links I want them to look at, or longer comments gleaning better info. In the end, if my comment actually is the answer, it would be great to be able to change it from comment to answer with a single click.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am just glad that the days of being spurned by Linux &quot;gurus&quot; for asking &quot;dumb&quot; questions are gone, keep up the good work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="547136" LastActivityDate="2016-06-06T19:05:48.153" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15512" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-06T20:00:00.207" Score="11" ViewCount="289" Body="&lt;p&gt;The 2016 Community Moderator Election is now underway!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Community moderator elections have three phases:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Nomination phase&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Primary phase&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Election phase&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most elections take between two and three weeks, but this depends on how many candidates there are.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please visit the official election page at&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/election&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/election&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;for more detail, and to participate!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have general questions about the election process, or questions for moderator candidates, feel free to ask them here on meta -- just make sure your questions are tagged &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/election&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;election&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;election&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2016-06-06T20:00:00.207" Title="2016 Community Moderator Election" Tags="|discussion|moderators|election|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" CommunityOwnedDate="2016-06-06T20:00:00.207" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15513" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-06T20:02:13.933" Score="19" ViewCount="517" Body="&lt;p&gt;Like we've done in the past, in connection with the moderator elections, we will be holding a Q&amp;amp;A with the candidates.  This will be an opportunity for members of the community to pose questions to the candidates on the topic of moderation.  Participation is completely voluntary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The purpose of this thread was to collect questions for the questionnaire. The questionnaire is now live, and you may find it &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/15591/2016-moderator-election-qa-questionnaire&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's how it'll work:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;During the nomination phase, (so, until Monday, June 13th at 20:00:00Z UTC, or 4:00 pm EDT on the same day, give or take time to arrive for closure), this question will be open to collect potential questions from the users of the site. Post answers to this question containing any questions you would like to ask the candidates. Please only post &lt;em&gt;one question per answer&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;We, the Community Team, will be providing a small selection of generic questions. The first two will be guaranteed to be included, the latter ones are if the community doesn't supply enough questions. This will be done in a single post, unlike the prior instruction.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;This is a perfect opportunity to voice questions that are specific to your community and issues that you are running into at current.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;At the end of the phase, the Community Team will select &lt;strong&gt;up to 8 of the top voted questions submitted by the community&lt;/strong&gt; provided in this thread, to use in addition to the aforementioned 2 guaranteed questions. We reserve some editorial control in the selection of the questions and may opt not to select a question that is tangential or irrelevant to moderation or the election. That said, if I have concerns about any questions in this fashion, I will be sure to point this out in comments before the decision making time.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Once questions have been selected, a new question will be opened to host the actual questionnaire for the candidates, containing 10 questions in total.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;This is not the only option that users have for gathering information on candidates. As a community, you are still free to, for example, hold a live chat session with your candidates to ask further questions, or perhaps clarifications from what is provided in the Q&amp;amp;A.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have any questions or feedback about this process, feel free to post as a comment here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22665" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.243" LastActivityDate="2016-06-13T20:01:07.583" Title="2016 Moderator Election Q&amp;A - Question Collection" Tags="|discussion|election|" AnswerCount="10" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15514" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15513" CreationDate="2016-06-06T20:02:13.933" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here is a set of general questions, gathered as very common questions asked every election. As mentioned in the instructions, the first two questions are guaranteed to show up in the Q&amp;amp;A, while the others are if there aren't enough questions (or, if you like one enough, you may split it off as a separate answer for review within the community's 8). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How would you deal with a user who produced a steady stream of valuable answers, but tends to generate a large number of arguments/flags from comments? &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How would you handle a situation where another mod closed/deleted/etc a question that you feel shouldn't have been?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In your opinion, what do moderators do? &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A diamond will be attached to everything you say and have said in the past, including questions, answers and comments. Everything you will do will be seen under a different light. How do you feel about that? &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In what way do you feel that being a moderator will make you more effective as opposed to simply reaching 10k or 20k rep? &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22665" LastActivityDate="2016-06-06T20:02:13.933" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15515" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15478" CreationDate="2016-06-06T20:15:27.020" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;In some ways, there is something already &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users?tab=Reputation&amp;amp;filter=month&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; to show who is doing the 'best' this month... (automatically based on reputation/&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users?tab=Voters&amp;amp;filter=month&quot;&gt;voting&lt;/a&gt;/&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users?tab=Editors&amp;amp;filter=month&quot;&gt;editing&lt;/a&gt;):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/mhNvn.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/mhNvn.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But please remember it would be better to be helping :) , not just competing against other people, or doing a million edits to everything, or spamming random answers just for upvotes etc. As &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/15478/could-we-have-member-of-the-month-voting/15515#comment28538_15478&quot;&gt;@MarkKirby said&lt;/a&gt;, you can award a bounty to someone if you think they have done useful answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="178596" LastActivityDate="2016-06-06T20:15:27.020" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15516" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15521" CreationDate="2016-06-06T20:17:58.400" Score="19" ViewCount="735" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is possible that someone serially upvoted my posts. I can't see it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But the weird thing is that some of my answers were unaccepted. That is a puzzle.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What does this mean?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="167850" LastActivityDate="2016-06-06T20:57:19.743" Title="I lost 3000+ rep as a reversal" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15517" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15513" CreationDate="2016-06-06T20:23:05.127" Score="18" Body="&lt;p&gt;What timezone are you in and when will you be most active?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Rationale: the moderators we have now cover quite a broad range of times throughout the day, but there are a handful of times when there are no moderators around (Friday evening, PST, for example).&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastActivityDate="2016-06-06T20:23:05.127" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15518" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-06T20:25:25.017" Score="8" ViewCount="106" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just got an interesting message that there had been maliceous voting on my account. Minus almost 6000 reputation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Interesting question was if I perhaps created an additional account to vote for myself?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Seriously? &lt;br&gt;&#xA;For God's sake I posted &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/15317/exchange-votes-or-favours&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt;! Please tell me if this is a joke. You cannot take 6000 reputation from someone and expect him or her to stay around. I &lt;em&gt;never ever&lt;/em&gt; did a single maliceous act here. In short:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am paying for a crippled detection system&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Count me out, I am off.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="72216" LastEditDate="2016-06-06T20:33:20.657" LastActivityDate="2016-06-06T20:33:20.657" Title="What's the so called maliceous-voting-detection worth if this is happening?" Tags="|discussion|bug|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="23" ClosedDate="2016-06-06T20:57:29.130" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15519" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15513" CreationDate="2016-06-06T20:38:30.037" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;What do you think about setting up something like &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackoverflow.com/rooms/41570/so-close-vote-reviewers&quot;&gt;the Stack Overflow Close Vote Reviewers chat room (SOCVR)&lt;/a&gt;? Aside from a recent surge in first posts, our close vote review queue has always been rather large. Every year or so, we see posts to clean it up:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/13629/clearing-out-the-close-review-queue-2015&quot;&gt;Clearing out the close review queue 2015&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/8603/do-we-need-a-event-to-clear-out-the-close-queue&quot;&gt;Do we need a event to clear out the Close Queue?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/7929/shall-we-try-and-clean-the-close-vote-review-queue-to-start-the-new-year&quot;&gt;Shall we try and clean the close vote review queue to start the new year?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This has been suggested before, and IIRC, &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/206/ubuntu-regulators&quot;&gt;there is such a room&lt;/a&gt;, but inactive (and lacking publicity).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While having a room by itself is not the issue, the queue size is. It's been agreed repeatedly over the years that it's a problem and something needs to be done about it. Thoughts?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.243" LastActivityDate="2016-06-10T09:52:27.663" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15520" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15317" CreationDate="2016-06-06T20:51:45.223" Score="13" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I do object however strongly to a structural exchange of favours. Probably just inside the limits of what the system allows and detects.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A big issue here is that the system for detecting this has a couple of really basic flaws, which cause it to &lt;em&gt;miss&lt;/em&gt; votes on a regular basis and which make it a bit too obvious what those limits are. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've written a query to identify votes that were overlooked because of these flaws, and am currently running it against past voting data; 192 users were affected, most by only a few votes but some by hundreds - those people greatly affected by this I've sent messages in preparation for some consternation. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This correction should be completed in about an hour; hopefully it puts a stop to the worst of this behavior in the future.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12845" LastActivityDate="2016-06-06T20:51:45.223" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15521" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15516" CreationDate="2016-06-06T20:57:19.743" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is in reaction to the issues raised in &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/15317/exchange-votes-or-favours&quot;&gt;Exchange votes or favours&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I wrote there, &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I've written a query to identify votes that were overlooked because of these flaws, and am currently running it against past voting data; 192 users were affected, most by only a few votes but some by hundreds - those people greatly affected by this I've sent messages in preparation for some consternation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &quot;unaccepts&quot; are an artifact of the system not differentiating between normal votes and &quot;accept&quot; votes. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sorry for the inconvenience; I'm afraid the tooling currently available doesn't make these corrections particularly smooth to roll out. Should all be wrapped up in about an hour.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12845" LastActivityDate="2016-06-06T20:57:19.743" CommentCount="17" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15522" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15523" CreationDate="2016-06-07T00:37:53.070" Score="4" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;The link&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;http://askubuntu.com/election&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;from the Comments Inbox is going to&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;http://askubuntu.com/error?aspxerrorpath=/election&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/PN1oB.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/PN1oB.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="186134" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2016-06-07T00:50:34.920" LastActivityDate="2016-06-07T00:50:34.920" Title="I can't access the Election Page" Tags="|bug|status-completed|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15523" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15522" CreationDate="2016-06-07T00:40:25.303" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;They are on it, fixing it, see &lt;a href=&quot;https://twitter.com/Nick_Craver/status/739976957434187776&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is not only you who want to have a look at it, many questions have been raised in the chats as well about it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="522934" LastActivityDate="2016-06-07T00:40:25.303" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15524" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15525" CreationDate="2016-06-07T00:46:19.813" Score="4" ViewCount="272" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm umming and aahing about &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/783727/doubt-about-ununtu-citation&quot; title=&quot;this&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; question. Does it belong on Ask Ubuntu? I would like to bring it to moderators attention without flagging it because I don't want to flag something not wrong.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="420786" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2019-10-15T20:32:26.537" Title="Is asking about how to cite Ubuntu in a investigation on topic?" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15525" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15524" CreationDate="2016-06-07T00:47:55.793" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;From the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;help centre&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Questions that you may ask:&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Using and administering official Ubuntu flavors including: Edubuntu, Ubuntu GNOME, Kubuntu, Ubuntu Kylin, Lubuntu, Mythbuntu, Ubuntu Studio, Xubuntu, Ubuntu MATE, Ubuntu Touch, and Ubuntu &amp;quot;Snappy&amp;quot; Core.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Running third-party applications on Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Development on Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Services provided by Ubuntu and Canonical.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Any question not mentioned below or here are great!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems like a valid question. But I don't know the answer at all - let's get searching!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My pronouns are He / Him&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="186134" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2019-10-15T20:32:26.537" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15526" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-07T06:23:54.373" Score="18" ViewCount="239" Body="&lt;p&gt;Two years ago there were one or two nominations from users with low reputation and hardly any moderation track record. At the time this brought up &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/election/4#post-419365&quot;&gt;a discussion&lt;/a&gt; on raising the minimum requirements for nomination.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The 2016 election opened a few hours ago and there are already 3 nominations with scores below 5; so far there is only one with a score above 20.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I recall correctly, the minimum is just 300 points of reputation and no moderation experience at all. Shouldn't this be raised?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="177437" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2016-06-21T08:06:10.267" Title="Election: minimum reputation/moderation requirements" Tags="|discussion|election|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="13" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15527" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15528" CreationDate="2016-06-07T07:08:19.573" Score="16" ViewCount="409" Body="&lt;p&gt;As we all know, there has been a great amount of malicious voting. As we all know, there has been a correction. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Right.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What I really need to get of my chest:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you think you should make corrections (in general, which I think you should) you should &lt;em&gt;never&lt;/em&gt; have waited this long. It has been clear for a long time there was malicious voting. Although used methods were no doubt smart, at least partially they were kind of clear to me, and no one told me. Just think what is possible and assume it happens.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;For a long time we were told to trust the system, which I did. Now we have to accept the used algorithms were appropriate, which I don't. I really appreciate the ones who took the effort to undertake this courageous operation, but really I don't. In the list of &quot;corrections&quot;, I see un- accepts (while the answer is still accepted) from people I am 100% positive they were &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; involved in any malicious voting.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even more: the truth is that no algorithm, no calculation can look inside the minds of people who obviously voted (among others) in a malicious way, and decide on (far) over 100.000 reputation &lt;em&gt;afterwards&lt;/em&gt; if it is unjust or not. Please don't suggest you can, you can't. Nor can you decide an &lt;em&gt;average&lt;/em&gt; effect of it, without making a wild guess.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You simply shouldn't have let it gone this far.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="1412" LastEditDate="2016-06-07T22:20:18.407" LastActivityDate="2016-06-07T22:20:18.407" Title="The morning after" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15528" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15527" CreationDate="2016-06-07T08:10:16.847" Score="23" Body="&lt;p&gt;I honestly believe everybody involved would agree with you, Jacob.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In a perfect world, this system would have been in and running before Ask Ubuntu was even started. But it wasn't. It has taken years of watching how people abuse the system to work out how deep social ties can be.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is also important to reiterate that this is not just people voting for other people. &lt;strong&gt;It is also &lt;em&gt;how&lt;/em&gt; they're voting for those people&lt;/strong&gt;. While you're right that it's impossible to definitely say what somebody was thinking when they voted, consider that it &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; possible to work out that they were serially voting for a single person. I won't spell it out, but (almost) everything is logged.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While I'm reiterating I should also point out that the people worst affected by this are the victims here. People have inappropriately latched onto &lt;strong&gt;you&lt;/strong&gt; instead of the site. There's no animosity from the mods here. We still love you and your answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We have to move on from this. All of us. Together. For two reasons:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The site needs people like you. Your answers, maturity, experience makes us all better. Without you the site is worse. Support for the Ubuntu community is worse.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We have a moderator election. I would be very sad if the best possible candidate didn't put themselves forward because of this.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I understand that I'm asking you [all] to forgive what must have been a horrible and seemingly punitive experience but it needed to happen to keep the site fair.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2016-06-07T08:18:23.993" LastActivityDate="2016-06-07T08:18:23.993" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15529" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15530" CreationDate="2016-06-07T11:46:44.263" Score="0" ViewCount="78" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yesterday all my answers to two questions I posted had many votes &quot;unupvoted&quot;, including one question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/146980/devrobot?tab=reputation&quot;&gt;reputation history&lt;/a&gt; and the two questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/699579/ascii-screensaver-for-the-command-line-or-a-tui&quot;&gt;ASCII screensaver for the command-line or a TUI?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/699159/ascii-animations-that-are-viewed-in-the-command-line&quot;&gt;ASCII animations that are viewed in the command-line?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What I don't understand is why there are so many unupvotes, on the same sort of questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Usually the reason would be due to a user being deleted or a user unupvoting, but after a while you can't reverse your vote...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm confused. What's going on?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="146980" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2016-06-07T11:50:33.453" Title="Why have two of my questions and their answers had a series of unupvotes?" Tags="|support|bug|downvoting|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2016-06-07T11:51:26.457" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15530" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15529" CreationDate="2016-06-07T11:50:33.453" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;You might want to read into a few posts appeared yesterday on Meta where the exact issue has been discussed over and over. Before i put the links just let me cut the story short, there has been some malicious up/down voting on the site and a script introduced yesterday on a first run corrected that and many people have lost  fairly high amounts of reputation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So here are the links so you can read for yourself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/15317/exchange-votes-or-favours&quot;&gt;Exchange votes or favours&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/15516/i-lost-3000-rep-as-a-reversal&quot;&gt;I lost 3000+ rep as a reversal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/15527/the-morning-after&quot;&gt;The morning after&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="522934" LastActivityDate="2016-06-07T11:50:33.453" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15531" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15532" CreationDate="2016-06-07T13:35:44.013" Score="1" ViewCount="71" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was just attempting to edit a post where there was already an edit waiting to be reviewed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I clicked on the edit button, it asked me to review the edit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Is it not possible to edit a post when there is already an edit waiting for review?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="518562" LastActivityDate="2016-06-07T14:21:53.820" Title="Editing a post when there is already an edit waiting for review" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15532" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15531" CreationDate="2016-06-07T13:42:28.080" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;You have three choices here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Reject their edit and do your own (I guess this is what you want in the question).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Improve their edit, they still get the rep but you can make adjustments.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Just accept their edit.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you don't like their edit, reject it, say why and do your own. This, to me, is just the same as ignoring their edit and doing your own.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you accept their edit, then there should be no reason for you to make another edit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you improve it, it will be implemented instantly and have your name on it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastEditorUserId="518562" LastEditDate="2016-06-07T14:21:53.820" LastActivityDate="2016-06-07T14:21:53.820" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15533" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15534" CreationDate="2016-06-07T15:51:26.827" Score="9" ViewCount="187" Body="&lt;p&gt;As I was going through and reviewing posts, I saw &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/first-posts/576112&quot;&gt;this one&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I downvoted it and then got this message:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;STOP! Look and Listen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This was an audit, designed to see if you were paying attention. You&#xA;  didn't pass. Your review was inappropriate. This was a high quality&#xA;  post and you should have considered leaving it as-is or even upvoting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Don't worry, we've already handled this post appropriately – but&#xA;  please take a minute to look it over closely, keeping in mind the&#xA;  guidance above.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For some reason, this answer got plenty of upvotes and was accepted.  However, I think this answer is more of a joke than a solution that people like and find humorous.  This solution did block the view, but it did not disable the input from the webcam, which was the question.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't think placing a piece of tape, or band-aid on your computer is a valid solution.  If someone posted a question saying their capslock doesn't work, and I posted an answer saying to put a weight on the shift key as a solution, I'm pretty sure my answer would not be accepted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I completely disagree with this answer and I'm not happy that this was an audited question that I &quot;failed&quot;.  What can I do in this situation?  What does this audit failure mean?  And how can I disagree with this joke answer without just upsetting the people who found it funny and upvoted it?  As a professional, I think this should be fixed, and I would probably be fired if I gave this solution to my boss.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="507687" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2016-06-09T09:49:34.283" Title="Accepted answer that you don't agree with during review audit" Tags="|discussion|answers|review-audits|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15534" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15533" CreationDate="2016-06-07T16:00:09.920" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is technically a valid solution, there are even whole ranges of products you can buy to do this exact thing but I agree, it is not a great answer from a technical stand point. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The thing is, people can vote for what ever they like, even the OP accepted it. Audits are automatic, so I doubt there is much anyone can do, it was not tampered with and the community voted it up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The best advice I can give you is, if in doubt, look at the original question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Audits aren't about you been right or wrong, just paying attention, so looking at the original post is a valid way of showing attention.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't think it can be reversed but don't worrie, you have to fail a few in quick succession for it to affect your account.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This was just bad luck.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastEditorUserId="75060" LastEditDate="2016-06-07T16:11:25.907" LastActivityDate="2016-06-07T16:11:25.907" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15535" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15533" CreationDate="2016-06-07T16:05:20.060" Score="17" Body="&lt;p&gt;The only way to disagree is to downvote the answer. Personally, I think it is an excellent answer that gives the only reasonable solution to a rather silly question. It is certainly the simplest, most obvious and most foolproof solution even if it isn't technical. The fact that it's a hardware solution (so to speak) and not a software one doesn't make it a bad answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for the review audit, ignore it. Failing a few is no big deal. It happens to all of us. In fact, you can expect to fail more. The system chooses the audit posts based on votes and votes are a very poor measure of quality. They're just the best we have. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2016-06-07T16:05:20.060" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15536" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-07T20:41:11.500" Score="0" ViewCount="88" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have interacted with a few new user recently who are very disgruntled due to getting a lot of down-votes on there questions for been duplicates.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't down-vote these myself but I can vote to close, so I feel I don't have to.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think it may be very counter productive, the down-votes without the context of explaining why (the users are new, they don't understand duplicates) are annoying these users and some will not come back, no matter how much someone tries to explain after the fact.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not all duplicates are obvious, especially to those without experience or technical knowledge. I think it would be good for these first timers to get an explanation of what they did wrong rather than just down-voting them in to oblivion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know this is &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/6101/should-we-downvote-duplicate-questions&quot;&gt;a duplicate&lt;/a&gt; but it is becoming an issue again and I did not know how else to bring it back up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2016-06-09T15:17:49.910" LastActivityDate="2016-06-09T15:17:49.910" Title="Opinions on downvoting duplicate questions" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|downvoting|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15537" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15539" CreationDate="2016-06-07T20:43:18.617" Score="6" ViewCount="81" Body="&lt;p&gt;Why have I just now received another two Marshal badges?  I got my first a few months ago.  Surely you should only ever get it the once.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/xRmuF.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/xRmuF.png&quot; alt=&quot;Recent achievements&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="425479" LastEditorUserId="1412" LastEditDate="2016-06-07T22:17:56.533" LastActivityDate="2016-06-07T22:18:38.477" Title="Why have I just received another two Marshal badges?" Tags="|bug|status-completed|badges|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15538" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15543" CreationDate="2016-06-07T22:06:13.013" Score="3" ViewCount="116" Body="&lt;p&gt;In order to nominate one self for the community moderator elections one must provide a link to one's LaunchPad account in order to verify that one has signed the Ubuntu Code of Conduct. However some individuals such as myself may not want to link to their LP account because it contains provide details about oneself such as the real person's name and an email assigned to the GPG key.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So is it an absolutely must that a user has to provide their LP account (perhaps it is expected of a candidate to reveal their true identity or at least not try to hide it, but that hasn't been made clear so it seems as though the linking of the LP account is only about proving the signing the Ubuntu Code of Conduct) or could the user just send a link to a current moderator (or the current moderation team) so that they can verify that it is the case?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastActivityDate="2016-06-08T04:53:36.973" Title="The need to provide a link to your LaunchPad account for the elections" Tags="|support|election|launchpad|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="13" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15539" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15537" CreationDate="2016-06-07T22:18:38.477" Score="6" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We just did a major revamp of how badges are awarded behind the scenes to drastically reduce the load on SQL Server. It now takes advantage of some pre-compute work we're doing to track badge progress in the profile.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I screwed up 2 queries, specifically the text names of the badges that prevent duplicate awarding. I was thinking to myself earlier &amp;quot;hey, maybe we should pass these in&amp;quot; as part of the rewrite - but it's not quite so simple. I'll take another look at this soon but when we're not fighting fires from a SQL Server upgrade. The cardinality changes which hosed some of the bigger badge queries needed urgent attention here, which ended up as a major revamp and introduced the 2 errors reported here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;-- &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/280028/155160&quot;&gt;Nick Craver&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1412" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2016-06-07T22:18:38.477" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15540" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15536" CreationDate="2016-06-07T23:14:21.293" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes this down-vote mania has become more of a problem lately, I agree. As far my opinion is asked I would like to list a few things which will make me down-vote a post or what actions I would take with the powers I have right now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If a post is duplicate but a well clear formulated question which shows some research effort:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Flag/Close vote it as duplicate&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If someone already pointed out it is a duplicate don't comment (one of those is enough, except you think its a duplicate of an other topic)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If a post is duplicate but shows blatantly ignorance to the search abilities provided by the page and Internet:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Flag/Close vote it as duplicate&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If someone already pointed out it is a duplicate don't comment (one of those is enough, except you think its a duplicate of an other topic)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Leave a comment about the research facilities everyone has at their hands&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If a post is duplicate, shows blatantly ignorance and is poorly formulated or even unclear up to it:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Flag/Close vote it as duplicate or unclear&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If someone already pointed out it is a duplicate don't comment (one of those is enough, except you think its a duplicate of an other topic)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Leave a comment about the research facilities everyone has at their hands&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Down-vote&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think that should be the proper way to act on such questions, just down-voting because it is a duplicate hurts the sites and Ubuntu's credo.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="522934" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2016-06-09T15:17:33.363" LastActivityDate="2016-06-09T15:17:33.363" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15541" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15542" CreationDate="2016-06-08T00:37:39.560" Score="0" ViewCount="51" Body="&lt;p&gt;On some questions the edit button is greyed out and I can't edit them. Why is this, and does it happen to other people. Example: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/784154/open-in-terminal-command-in-ubuntu-16-04-doesnt-open-terminal-in-changed-dir&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;open in terminal&amp;quot; command in ubuntu 16.04, doesn&amp;#39;t open terminal in changed directory&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="420786" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2016-06-09T14:28:19.287" Title="How come some questions I can't edit?" Tags="|discussion|edits|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2016-06-08T01:11:39.813" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15542" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15541" CreationDate="2016-06-08T00:41:20.890" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;This happens due to the system; it means that there is an edit already awaiting approval.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you later have more reputation (over 2000) you will be able to review the edits right there and choose action accordingly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You might want to have a look at this post which happened earlier today:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/15531/editing-a-post-when-there-is-already-an-edit-waiting-for-review&quot;&gt;Editing a post when there is already an edit waiting for review&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="522934" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.243" LastActivityDate="2016-06-08T12:22:58.190" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15543" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15538" CreationDate="2016-06-08T04:53:36.973" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You are absolutely right.  Speaking &lt;em&gt;prescriptively&lt;/em&gt; (rather than &lt;em&gt;descriptively&lt;/em&gt;), you really should not need to publish your real-life identity as a prerequisite to serving as a moderator on a Stack Exchange site, or as a prerequisite to standing for election.  There are many excellent Stack Exchange moderators who keep their Stack Exchange identity strictly separate from their real-life identity.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a workaround, here's what I suggest.  Create a single-purpose email address and a single-purpose Launchpad account, solely for this purpose.  Maybe create paranoid.panda.askubuntu@gmail.com, or something like that.  Link it to your Stack Exchange account.  That will let you meet the requirement, without disclosing your real name or your real GPG key.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No, in an ideal world, you really &lt;em&gt;shouldn't&lt;/em&gt; have to do this.  Ideally, Stack Exchange &lt;em&gt;ought&lt;/em&gt; to set things up so that isn't necessary.  But in the interests of expediency, and as you can probably set up a one-time account much more quickly than the site can adopt new policies to support this... I'd recommend you do so, and call it a day.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;(For what it's worth: I'm a moderator on a different Stack Exchange site, and I do something similar.  I have a separate email account that I use only for Stack Exchange.  This has never negatively affected my ability to do my job as a moderator.  And yes, the email address I use with Stack Exchange is confidential and not published anywhere, and I don't share it with anyone.  No, moderators never need to email users from their own personal email address.  That's not a thing.  In fact, I believe we're more or less discouraged from sending email in this way, for multiple reasons.)&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="67621" LastActivityDate="2016-06-08T04:53:36.973" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15544" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15513" CreationDate="2016-06-08T05:31:04.823" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;As the site gains more and more moderators, it will become increasingly important for the existing moderators to think and act alike so that we the laymen can can know what to expect, regardless of which moderator is acting. Describe your relationship with the present moderators and why you would expect &lt;em&gt;them&lt;/em&gt; (and not just us) to trust you as a moderator as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="535482" LastActivityDate="2016-06-08T05:31:04.823" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15545" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-08T07:37:25.413" Score="2" ViewCount="48" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is there any circumstance where someone other than he who asked the question can select an answer? And if so, how/in what way would that answer selection be carried out?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've seen a lot of posts that were abandoned by their original author, some popular, some with low votes; this is one that struck my curiosity:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/6328/how-do-i-install-ubuntu&quot;&gt;How do I install Ubuntu?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Obviously the correct answer is a community wiki, and an answer selection here isn't &lt;em&gt;really&lt;/em&gt; needed, but the original author's account no longer exists. Is there any possible way this question could have an answer selected, maybe in another question where there are many answers but only one really correct way?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="180633" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2016-06-08T07:37:25.413" Title="Any circumstance to allow someone other than the question asker to select the answer to a question?" Tags="|discussion|accepted-answer|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" ClosedDate="2016-06-08T21:13:55.393" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15546" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15547" CreationDate="2016-06-08T11:48:17.760" Score="9" ViewCount="147" Body="&lt;p&gt;Title says it all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have seen 5+ of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/576505&quot;&gt;these exact edits&lt;/a&gt; &lt;strong&gt;by the same user&lt;/strong&gt;, and I'm wondering whether they should be accepted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="518562" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2016-06-08T14:57:56.413" Title="Should single tag edits be approved?" Tags="|discussion|suggested-edits|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="17" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15547" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15546" CreationDate="2016-06-08T14:57:56.413" Score="13" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Should [sip] edits be approved?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should just &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/a/314573/792066&quot;&gt;&quot;evaluate each edit in isolation. Approve if the edit is good, improve if it can be improved, reject if it's detrimental to the post and reject and edit if you feel that the post needs another kind of work.&quot;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you find that the editor didn't really fixed all issues with a post, then take the actions so it's known to them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T09:39:07.847" LastActivityDate="2016-06-08T14:57:56.413" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15548" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-08T16:20:49.647" Score="2" ViewCount="58" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/election/4#post-419365&quot;&gt;reading a post&lt;/a&gt; from the 2014 elections and it has many upvoted comments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why can't we do it this year? it would save a lot of &quot;me too&quot; comments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I wonder if this is a bug, as you can highlight the box where the ^ would be in Firefox, see the little gray box in the screenshot&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Noe9j.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Noe9j.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can anyone shed any light on this for me?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2016-06-08T16:38:52.437" Title="Why can't we upvote comments on this years mod elections?" Tags="|support|comments|election|up-votes|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15550" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15551" CreationDate="2016-06-08T18:38:06.757" Score="1" ViewCount="68" Body="&lt;p&gt;I thought you aren't able to perform more than 20 reviews of one sort per day.  But in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/stats&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/stats&lt;/a&gt;, it looks like Videonauth has reviewed 21.  Is that possible?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/UHaNH.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/UHaNH.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527350" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2016-06-29T20:58:40.010" Title="Can reviewers review suggested edits more than 20 times?" Tags="|support|review|suggested-edits|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15551" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15550" CreationDate="2016-06-08T18:49:50.453" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;The twenty-first review was indeed for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/576607&quot;&gt;one of Videonauth's own posts&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2016-06-08T18:49:50.453" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15552" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-08T18:55:01.923" Score="-4" ViewCount="161" Body="&lt;p&gt;I asked a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/783503/423065&quot;&gt;question&lt;/a&gt; about the future stability of packages in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://launchpad.net/~graphics-drivers/+archive/ubuntu/ppa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Proprietary GPU Drivers PPA&lt;/a&gt;. I wasn't particularly hopeful of receiving answers, but when my question was put on hold as &quot;primarily opinion-based&quot;, I was flabbergasted. There are only three possible answers to my question that I can think of:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Yes.&lt;/strong&gt; The maintainers of that PPA have a policy of ceasing substantial updates to driver packages after &lt;em&gt;[amount of time]&lt;/em&gt; has passed (or after &lt;em&gt;[event]&lt;/em&gt; has occurred). Here's a link to a page that details said policy. For the drivers in question, this will happen at approximately &lt;em&gt;[date]&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No.&lt;/strong&gt; The maintainers of that PPA do have a policy of avoiding substantial updates when possible. Here's a link to a page that details said policy. However, sometimes bugs slip through the cracks anyway, and this was one of those cases.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No.&lt;/strong&gt; The maintainers of that PPA have not said that they have any such policy. We could speculate about the future of the PPA based on past precedent, but in the end, you just can't depend on packages in the Proprietary GPU Drivers PPA being stable.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Obviously I don't know which of these answers is correct, or I wouldn't have asked the question. But none of these answers would be based on opinions at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am aware that Ask Ubuntu doesn't deal with future releases of software, because the details of what &lt;em&gt;will&lt;/em&gt; happen in the future can change, so any speculation about such details is just that: speculation. My question, though, is not about what &lt;em&gt;will&lt;/em&gt; happen, but rather about when things will &lt;em&gt;stop&lt;/em&gt; happening.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, &lt;strong&gt;what about my question would cause answers to be primarily opinion-based?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="423065" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2016-06-09T13:42:43.013" Title="How is my question &quot;primarily opinion-based&quot;?" Tags="|discussion|closed-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="13" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15553" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15554" CreationDate="2016-06-09T04:25:01.903" Score="2" ViewCount="80" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/784699/software-center-will-not-start-from-icon&quot;&gt;Software Center will not start from icon&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/784695/ubuntu-store-wont-launch&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/784695/ubuntu-store-wont-launch&lt;/a&gt; shouldn't have been downvoted. It this more of the malicious up-down voting? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="420786" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2016-06-09T10:06:59.663" Title="These shouldn't have been downvoted" Tags="|discussion|specific-question|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15554" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15553" CreationDate="2016-06-09T04:45:51.123" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;As for the first link I can explain you why it got a down-vote, you will get the clue to when you look at this posts &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/784699/revisions&quot;&gt;edit history&lt;/a&gt;. At the time I edited it first it was already down-voted, and my guess is because the question was a mess to read, totally without formatting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Still a legit question, but some people react on first impression and move on leaving only the down-vote because they are disgusted by the format a question is represented. My standpoint is instead of down-voting, we should encourage people to do an edit to improve this question. But maybe I'm still seeing good things where others only see bad.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To your second question I cant say much beside that is not really clear to me what is being asked.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To come back to your own question, no that is not malicious up/down-voting continuing, it is just the day to day craziness we see sadly often enough.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="522934" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2016-06-09T04:45:51.123" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15555" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15552" CreationDate="2016-06-09T13:12:15.633" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Keep in mind the key points here.  The first key issue is that you are referring to a PPA.  The second key issue is you are referring to Drivers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With regards to drivers and hardware, the stability of drivers is going to be widely differing.  This also applies to version&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your question explicitly states &quot;When will the NVIDIA 364.19 package stabilize?&quot;  We can't answer that, and the stability of any drivers package can vary graphics card to graphics card.  This also applies to version stabilization, since driver updates and fix packs require version bumps because of various reasons (ABI breakage, etc.; case in point how the kernel updates happen too).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When we add into account that this is a proprietary PPA, &lt;em&gt;we cannot answer the question as we do not maintain the PPA&lt;/em&gt;, and we cannot guarantee that any users will be related to the PPA and be able to comment (this is usually the case: most PPA maintainers/groups are NOT on Ask Ubuntu).  Therefore, we must vote to close it as unanswerable within the scope of the site within the confines of the available close reasons (though there is no strict rigidity to these reasons, there is some level of rigidity that must be adhered to)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The current close reasons as of today are (I just copy-pasted the close vote window is all, don't yell at me for incompleteness on things):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;duplicate of...&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;This question has been asked before and already has&#xA;  an answer.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;off-topic because... (some reason)&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;This question does not appear to be about Ubuntu within the scope defined in the help center.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;unclear what you're asking.&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Please clarify your specific problem or add additional details to highlight exactly what you need. As it's currently written, it’s&#xA;  hard to tell exactly what you're asking. See the How to Ask page for&#xA;  help clarifying this question.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;too broad.&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;There are either too many possible answers, or good answers would be too long for this format. Please add details to narrow the&#xA;  answer set or to isolate an issue that can be answered in a few&#xA;  paragraphs.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;primarily opinion-based&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Many good questions generate some degree of opinion based on expert experience, but answers to this question will tend to be almost&#xA;  entirely based on opinions, rather than facts, references, or specific&#xA;  expertise.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question is not a duplicate of any other one, so #1 is not an option.  #2 is not an option because it is &lt;em&gt;technically&lt;/em&gt; on topic as it is about an Ubuntu package/PPA.  #3 is not valid because you are not unclear in your question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That leaves #4 and #5.  &quot;Too Broad&quot; could apply because the question is fairly broad - you ask &quot;when will it be stable&quot; and the answer ultimately becomes &quot;Why is it not stable&quot; with too many answers.  This was one option.  However, #5 is a better fit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Close reason #5 is such that &quot;Answers to this question will be based almost entirely on opinions.&quot;  This fits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I stated above graphics drivers' stability will vary from graphics card to graphics card, and Ubuntu release to Ubuntu release.  Therefore, someone may have a graphics card that works perfectly fine with the driver and is stable on 16.04, but you don't, or I don't, or anyone else doesn't.  Because the stability of a graphics driver pacakge will vary wildly, answers regarding it (in many, but not all, cases) are &lt;em&gt;opinion based&lt;/em&gt;. As well, nVidia doesn't visit here so there's no 'factual source' to rely on here.  (You also see this in the Windows world - a driver isn't stable on all cards).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, you state in the question that this is in a PPA.  PPAs are &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;not officially supported&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; even though many on this site recommend them in some cases.  There is &lt;strong&gt;zero&lt;/strong&gt; guarantee of PPA packages being stable (in actual usage OR in version consistency of a stable nature), which further drives the answers to all be opinion based as there's nobody who can report factually on the stability of packages on that PPA, and/or there's still no way to state the stability of a driver on any given hardware, as above.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The third part is, we are not obligated to do your research for you - if the update policy is documented somewhere, then it would have been posted on the PPA, or the team that runs it.  If it is not, then we are not obligated to do the research to try and find it where documentation would not exist.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's my analysis, and why I think your question was closed correctly as &quot;Primarily Opinion Based&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2016-06-09T13:42:43.013" LastActivityDate="2016-06-09T13:42:43.013" CommentCount="17" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15556" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15536" CreationDate="2016-06-09T15:17:05.550" Score="0" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I have interacted with a few new user recently who are very disgruntled due to getting a lot of down-votes on there questions...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;People downvotes for a wide variety of reasons and frankly a sane community has to have limits on what it accepts to &lt;em&gt;just keep going&lt;/em&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The fastest way to kill any Q&amp;amp;A site, is to flood it with low-quality questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And votes are the signals designated to make the system know that this is a low quality post and other users should just stay away from them. About new users, you have to be aware that we aren't downvoting &lt;em&gt;the user&lt;/em&gt;, we are downvoting &lt;em&gt;the post&lt;/em&gt;. As &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/a/253230/792066&quot;&gt;deceze puts it&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The main problem I see here is that downvotes are taken so damn personal. A downvote does not mean &quot;you are a bad person and you should feel bad, go die in a corner&quot;. [...]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What that user wants is the most useful article which is both not too specific to somebody else's code but fits their problem perfectly. &lt;em&gt;They do not want to sift through a ton of vague single-sentence questions with code walls to figure out whether that particular article fits their problem or not.&lt;/em&gt; But that's what most downvoted questions are: they're either too specific or too vague or too long to comprehend or have some other criterium which makes them unsuitable to be a highly visible knowledge base article.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;That's what votes are for, to unclog the system from the regular stream of low-quality input that makes it less usable as a global reference. They are not there to insult anyone. If your question got downvoted, you should try to reevaluate it from the POV described above and improve it yourself. &lt;strong&gt;Don't expect others to jump in and do it for you, that's simply unrealistic and impractical.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, if someone downvote your post, take a step back and evaluate what were you doing wrong with the post that you can improve, or maybe try to explain &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/281270/what-does-rubber-duck-mean-in-debug-help&quot;&gt;your problem to the duck&lt;/a&gt; before asking us. He doesn't judge you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Oh, btw, I'm one that thinks that actually &lt;em&gt;we are not downvoting enough&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T09:39:07.847" LastActivityDate="2016-06-09T15:17:05.550" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15557" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15379" CreationDate="2016-06-09T15:56:50.480" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Of course; asking the author to clarify the question (in a way that is helpful) is always fine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can also post a comment in their native language. If you want to be extra nice, post the comment in english and whatever language it is, so the other readers can figure out what's going on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastActivityDate="2016-06-09T15:56:50.480" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15558" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-09T16:49:26.097" Score="0" ViewCount="58" Body="&lt;p&gt;Many of my posts had -10 and -20 all on one day.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Did I upset someone?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do not see how all those could get downvotes all in one day.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="126395" LastEditorUserId="158442" LastEditDate="2016-06-09T17:05:00.110" LastActivityDate="2016-06-09T17:05:00.110" Title="Why minus 500 a few days ago" Tags="|support|downvoting|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2016-06-09T17:04:53.377" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15559" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15564" CreationDate="2016-06-09T18:26:48.093" Score="17" ViewCount="283" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you're using Ubuntu but have a question which is applicable (or you think it is) across distros is it considered best practice to post in Unix SE?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or is it more a case of the question being valid in both communities with an overlap in content?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="135947" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2016-06-09T18:46:57.673" LastActivityDate="2016-06-14T10:03:01.220" Title="Unix vs Ubuntu?" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15560" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-09T18:47:00.643" Score="3" ViewCount="70" Body="&lt;p&gt;Look:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/AHlW0.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/AHlW0.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please fix. You could use &lt;a href=&quot;http://timonline.tk/files/img/logos/stackexchange/sprites.svg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this sprite file&lt;/a&gt; (all text is converted into paths).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="186134" LastActivityDate="2016-06-09T18:47:00.643" Title="Ask Ubuntu logo is quite wobbly" Tags="|bug|design|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15562" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15563" CreationDate="2016-06-09T21:29:13.147" Score="2" ViewCount="54" Body="&lt;p&gt;In my Achivements tab, I was told I had earned the close votes privilege:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/zMzck.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/zMzck.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But in my profile, I haven't.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which one is correct?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ZrHsS.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ZrHsS.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="420786" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2016-06-09T23:07:01.583" LastActivityDate="2016-06-09T23:07:01.583" Title="System said I earned &quot;view close votes&quot; privilege, but my profile doesn't show that, is this a bug?" Tags="|bug|status-bydesign|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15563" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15562" CreationDate="2016-06-09T21:36:02.213" Score="5" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Most important thing to keep in mind is this:  Once you get a privilege at a certain reputation level, &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;it is possible to lose the privilege if you drop below that reputation level&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.  This happens more often than you would think, unfortunately, so it's not uncommon to see this happen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You currently have 243 reputation points.  You need 250 to get the privilege you specified, which is why you don't see the priv.  (This is not, however, a bug.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also keep in mind that the notifications box doesn't realtime revoke messages (I still have messages from when the global SE wide issue with the Marshall badge gave me three of them, heh).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is possible for an upvote to have been given for an answer, but then removed by someone or because a user was removed from the system and their upvote was undone because of that).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do not have in-depth access to see your reputation, but check your &quot;reputation&quot; tab to see if there are any -10s on there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2016-06-09T22:29:17.583" LastActivityDate="2016-06-09T22:29:17.583" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15564" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15559" CreationDate="2016-06-09T22:03:55.493" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;Most questions that are on-topic here, are on-topic there too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But it doesn't go the other way around. For example, questions about Linux Mint are on-topic there, but not here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And if you post Ubuntu-specific questions there, you might get a comment saying something like &quot;You might find more expertise on Ask Ubuntu&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I recommend that you ask Ubuntu questions here. (Even if you think the same question may also apply to Mint, Elementary, etc.) If &lt;strong&gt;your&lt;/strong&gt; question is about Ubuntu (or Xubuntu, Kubuntu, etc.), ask it here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here are some quotes from the tag descriptions for &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/tags/ubuntu/info&quot;&gt;Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/tags/kubuntu/info&quot;&gt;Kubuntu&lt;/a&gt; at Unix and Linux SE:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Note that &lt;a href=&quot;http://askubuntu.com&quot;&gt;http://askubuntu.com&lt;/a&gt; is specifically dedicated to Ubuntu questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Questions for Kubuntu are probably better asked at &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/&lt;/a&gt;, the stackexchange site for Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="451919" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:37:19.280" LastActivityDate="2016-06-14T08:50:51.370" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15565" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15513" CreationDate="2016-06-10T02:05:00.440" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;The existing moderator team doesn't always agree in private (the joke is if you ask 10 people the same question, you'll get 15 answers).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What will you do if the majority of moderators are opposed to your point of view?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastActivityDate="2016-06-10T02:05:00.440" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15566" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15446" CreationDate="2016-06-10T08:01:45.340" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would like to add one more edit suggestion to this set.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Enclose your image with &lt;strong&gt;&quot; [] &quot;&lt;/strong&gt; and make sure it's  linked with &lt;code&gt;[...][link-number]&lt;/code&gt; or &lt;code&gt;[...](address)&lt;/code&gt; which allows users to click on that image for detailed viewing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Example : You can click on the below image because it's enclosed with &lt;code&gt;[]&lt;/code&gt; and followed by another &lt;code&gt;[1]&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;[![enter image description here][1]][1]&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Gku6B.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Gku6B.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But you can't click on this image below&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;![enter image description here][1]&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Gku6B.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="497359" LastEditorUserId="480481" LastEditDate="2020-06-03T18:50:32.590" LastActivityDate="2020-06-03T18:50:32.590" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15567" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-10T08:51:11.460" Score="4" ViewCount="98" Body="&lt;p&gt;I know it can sound like a stupid question but it seems that my badges count is wrong. I remember having 11 gold and today the total is 13. I've checked the badge page and counted them and... still 11.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As it can be a bug affecting other users, I prefer to ask/report it. Especially if there's something to fix on AU.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="32239" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2016-06-10T10:17:56.763" LastActivityDate="2016-06-10T10:17:56.763" Title="My badge count is probably wrong (too many gold)" Tags="|bug|status-completed|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15568" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15513" CreationDate="2016-06-10T09:47:31.217" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;How would you deal with a problematic user who, while posting excellent answers/questions, tends to cause a lot of drama?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By &quot;drama&quot; I mean that this user's actions cause other users to complain, either by raising flags or in chat, that this user gets into arguments with other users; basically that the user's presence is detrimental to the smooth working of the site, despite the fact that their posts are useful. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2016-06-11T09:56:10.700" LastActivityDate="2016-06-11T09:56:10.700" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15569" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15513" CreationDate="2016-06-10T09:58:44.887" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;How would you deal with a feud between two users? Consider a case where two users have it in for each other and tend to downvote and/or negatively comment on each other's posts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2016-06-10T09:58:44.887" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15570" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15559" CreationDate="2016-06-10T10:27:04.830" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;Speaking as a Unix &amp;amp; Linux moderator, &lt;em&gt;any question about Ubuntu Linux would also be on topic on U&amp;amp;L&lt;/em&gt;. The scope of Ask Ubuntu is almost a subset of the scope of U&amp;amp;L. The exceptions are things like the Ubuntu phone and Canonical services like Launchpad. That said, the folks on U&amp;amp;L tend to have little interest in GUI stuff and the vast majority don't use Ubuntu and certainly don't use Unity (a desktop environment which is not very popular outside the Ubuntu world). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, while you can post your Ubuntu questions on either site, if the question is about Unity or, more generally, if you really want a GUI answer, you are more likely to get an answer that meets your needs here. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To give an example, if you ask about configuring a network interface, on U&amp;amp;L you will probably be told to edit text files while on AU you will most likely be given screenshots of the various GUI dialogues you would need to go through. Both answers would be correct, both would actually do exactly the same thing, but which one you prefer is up to you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, in conclusion, the only &quot;best practice&quot; is i) never post non-Ubuntu questions here and ii) post Ubuntu related questions on whichever of the two sites you prefer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2016-06-14T10:03:01.220" LastActivityDate="2016-06-14T10:03:01.220" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15571" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3126" CreationDate="2016-06-10T14:53:29.393" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;In this particular case, I personally believe that the editor should have left a comment requesting clarity and/or flagged it as very low quality.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527350" LastActivityDate="2016-06-10T14:53:29.393" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15572" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15485" CreationDate="2016-06-10T15:52:33.433" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;They changed the reject reasons recently, the thinking being if it fails to correct critical issues the reviewer will fix them with the &quot;accept and edit&quot; or &quot;reject and edit&quot; buttons. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More on that over here: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/238333/what-guidance-should-be-given-when-edits-are-rejected/&quot;&gt;What guidance should be given when edits are rejected?&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2016-06-10T15:52:33.433" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15573" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15524" CreationDate="2016-06-11T17:31:53.287" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;In my opinion, no it does not belong on Ask Ubuntu. It has nothing to do with Ubuntu itself and less to do with any services provided by Canonical. This is a well-meaning but confused student who thinks that each and every tool used in their works should be cited. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ubuntu is not a bioinformatics tool and Canonical hasn't provided any services relevant here. Citing your OS in your thesis is like citing the company that made your pencils. In any case, the question itself just might be on topic on Academia.SE but it really isn't on topic here. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2016-06-11T17:31:53.287" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15574" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15589" CreationDate="2016-06-11T17:40:35.573" Score="20" ViewCount="358" Body="&lt;p&gt;For quite sometime now, I am seeing a very alarming trend here. Wrong/incorrect answers are being upvoted, quite a lot.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have seen some answers lately, that deserve downvotes without any doubt, but to my surprise they are upvoted (more than twice in some cases).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am not talking about partially incorrect answers, just the answers that are plain wrong and deserve to be downvoted, or not upvoted at least. I'm afraid this won't help us at all as we are loosing quality and stature of this site undoubtedly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am seeing this trend for quite a while now, this is not something random. Again it is really not something that we can control (can we?), apart from downvoting with comment; Nevertheless I will feel good to get this one off my chest.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What to make of this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="216503" LastEditorUserId="216503" LastEditDate="2016-06-11T19:42:17.430" LastActivityDate="2016-06-13T15:15:05.480" Title="Are we being too generous to (incorrect) answers?" Tags="|discussion|answers|voting|downvoting|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="18" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15576" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15578" CreationDate="2016-06-11T19:38:42.863" Score="15" ViewCount="218" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sometimes happened that the answer to a question is very short with some link. The answer solved my problem and I have upvoted and accepted it. But for anyone that will look at this question in the future it may not have the desired quality. So I have written an answer to my own question explaining what I did to solve the problem. Of course, giving the credit to the user whose answer I have followed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this OK to do?   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="526943" LastActivityDate="2016-06-11T22:53:55.690" Title="Should I write an answer to my own question for future reference to others?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15577" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15576" CreationDate="2016-06-11T19:41:18.870" Score="22" Body="&lt;p&gt;Absolutely you should; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/self-answer&quot;&gt;Ask Ubuntu explicitly encourages it&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15003" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2016-06-11T19:41:18.870" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15578" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15576" CreationDate="2016-06-11T22:53:55.690" Score="22" Body="&lt;p&gt;While answering your own question is indeed both allowed and encouraged, if another user's answer was what enabled you to find the solution, it might be better to simply edit that user's answer instead of posting your own. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Don't get me wrong, there's nothing bad about posting your own if it adds significant details that were lacking in the original answer. It's just extra nice, polite and selfless to edit the other answer instead. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2016-06-11T22:53:55.690" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15579" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15513" CreationDate="2016-06-12T04:42:47.043" Score="-7" Body="&lt;p&gt;How do you distinguish Linux Mint and similar type products from the official Ubuntu family?  What do you understand to be the differences that lead to them being &lt;strong&gt;out of scope&lt;/strong&gt; on AskUbuntu?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="139532" LastActivityDate="2016-06-12T04:42:47.043" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15580" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15582" CreationDate="2016-06-12T14:29:11.333" Score="8" ViewCount="173" Body="&lt;p&gt;I posted a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/778420/488853&quot;&gt;answer&lt;/a&gt; and below some list items the code content turned to other format different from what I was expecting. I tried to indent either by &lt;strong&gt;code button&lt;/strong&gt; or manually but didn't work. Is It a &lt;strong&gt;UI bug&lt;/strong&gt; or do I fail on &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/editing-help#code&quot;&gt;format rules&lt;/a&gt;? In such cases, may I use other marks instead 4-spaces (ex:code tag)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/JJgTB.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/JJgTB.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="488853" LastEditorUserId="134729" LastEditDate="2018-07-06T15:42:02.407" LastActivityDate="2018-07-06T15:42:02.407" Title="Unexpected formatting with code in list" Tags="|support|formatting|markdown|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15581" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15580" CreationDate="2016-06-12T14:39:58.500" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;When your code is inside an ordered or unordered list you will need to indent it 8 spaces to get proper code formatting. I dunno if this is documented anywhere.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2016-06-12T14:39:58.500" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15582" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15580" CreationDate="2016-06-12T14:41:04.877" Score="16" Body="&lt;p&gt;The problem is the list. When using lists, you need to multiply the indentation by the list level (see this answer's source to understand better):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No list, 4 spaces indents code:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;this is code&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;List item, you now need 8 spaces&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;this is not code (4 spaces)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;this is code (8 spaces)&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sub-list item, you now need 12 spaces:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;this is not code (4 spaces)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;this is not code (8 spaces)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;this is code (12 spaces)&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2016-06-12T14:41:04.877" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15583" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15584" CreationDate="2016-06-12T19:27:27.180" Score="4" ViewCount="95" Body="&lt;p&gt;For instance, would a question on GNOME Extension development or management which is not specific to Ubuntu, but rather GNOME, be on-topic here? So something that's more central and specific to the DE rather than actually Ubuntu itself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example a question which asks about how to do something code wise with the GNOME Extensions API.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastEditorDisplayName="user364819" LastEditDate="2016-06-12T19:51:41.153" LastActivityDate="2016-06-12T20:01:12.017" Title="Are questions more central to the user's DE on-topic here?" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15584" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15583" CreationDate="2016-06-12T19:47:00.110" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Several of Ubuntu flavors distinguish themselves with inclusion of a specific desktop environment. They are one of the core features of that flavor. Hence, a question focusing on desktop environment is still on topic, because of its inclusion as part of an Ubuntu flavor. Desktop environments that are not part of any official flavor but can be used with Ubuntu require attention as well, but within certain scope : as long as the question about a DE ( for instance Cinnamon ) remains relevant to Ubuntu , then it's ok. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;How about a question asking for how to use the GNOME Extensions API to do something in the code&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions such as &quot;how do i reprogram Cinnamon to do XYZ&quot; , I would consider off-topic , because it's more about coding and less about DE's use on Ubuntu. There is however a very thin line here, because AskUbuntu also supports questions related to development on Ubuntu.  As log as the question remains  relevant to Ubuntu, IMHO, it is welcome&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;For example a question which asks about how to do something code wise with the GNOME Extensions API&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This can be addressed with 3 points:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ubuntu has Gnome flavor. This can be beneficial to Ubuntu Gnome users.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It asks about development on the Ubuntu platform.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It doesn't ask about general coding technique, but rather about specific case of developing for Ubuntu, on Ubuntu, by an Ubuntu user&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="295286" LastEditorUserId="295286" LastEditDate="2016-06-12T20:01:12.017" LastActivityDate="2016-06-12T20:01:12.017" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15585" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-12T21:25:32.223" Score="8" ViewCount="190" Body="&lt;p&gt;Over the past couple of months, I've seen questions asked here about Linux Mint, Arch Linux, CentOS, Windows 10, OS X, Android, iOS and something one person uses called &quot;Lumia&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Somehow, this&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;kbd&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Pb1jbm.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Pb1jbm.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/kbd&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;this&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;kbd&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/rq6oZm.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/rq6oZm.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/kbd&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and this&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;kbd&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ZoVu6m.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ZoVu6m.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/kbd&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;are not clear enough, so may I propose... &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzAfTmC3It0&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;*&lt;em&gt;drumroll please*&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;   &amp;nbsp; 〜 &lt;strong&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;════════════════════&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/hjCxj.gif&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/hjCxj.gif&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The proposal suggests:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The overlay text always displays on the Ask Page. It takes 4 clicks to remove it (by default).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Every 100 questions in the Close/Off Topic queue increase the click count by 1.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If the Close/Off Topic queue gets to be more than 350 in length, it starts to flash. If it reaches over 500, it whizzes around the page randomly.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The AKA section should help people realise specifically what they can ask here.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;And, COMING SOON: logos for Cent OS, OS X, Linux Mint and Windows with big No Entry signs over them.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;NEW!!! - &lt;a href=&quot;http://timonline.tk/AskUbuntuMockup/index.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;LIVE DEMO!!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In all seriousness, if anyone has any suggestions...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="186134" LastEditorUserId="186134" LastEditDate="2016-06-12T22:05:25.110" LastActivityDate="2016-06-17T17:46:18.393" Title="Can we reduce the volume of off topic questions?" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="14" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15586" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15585" CreationDate="2016-06-12T22:12:36.293" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think running an automated script over each new question to look out for keywords like &lt;code&gt;windows&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;mint&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;kali&lt;/code&gt;, etc. is a bad idea and would result in far too many false positives. Reviewing all of them would mean more work than just letting them appear on the main site until somebody comes by and flags it or votes to close.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other side, we have one great thing beside title and question body: &lt;strong&gt;tags&lt;/strong&gt;!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are already mechanisms to block specific tags so that a red speech bubble is appearing if you try to enter one and you can not submit the question - just try to ask a question tagged with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/installation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;installation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;installation&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/CHg41.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/CHg41.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What should be possible to implement and set up is to block specific off-topic tags if they are not combined with others that make them on-topic again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example we can block tags mentioning off-topic OSes like &lt;code&gt;windows&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;mint&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;kali&lt;/code&gt; &lt;em&gt;unless&lt;/em&gt; they are combined with a tag telling us in what way those systems are related to Ubuntu here, e.g. &lt;code&gt;dual-boot&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;networking&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;virtualization&lt;/code&gt;, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course this means somebody has to create and maintain a list of potentially off-topic tags and their on-topic-making partner tags. Therefore this suggestion will probably not work either.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But instead of blocking those tags, we could also just display this red speech-bubble with a warning, like&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please remember that this site is about &lt;strong&gt;Ubuntu&lt;/strong&gt; and its official flavours only. If your problem is mainly about Windows, ask it on &lt;a href=&quot;https://superuser.com&quot;&gt;Super User&lt;/a&gt; instead, if it's about any other Linux distribution, you're welcome on &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;Unix &amp;amp; Linux&lt;/a&gt;. If you're unsure whether your system is on-topic here, check whether it's on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuFlavors&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;list of official Ubuntu flavours&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This definitely gains the user's attention and also redirects them to the proper place to ask if they recognize their mistake themselves. It would be a great advantage if clicking a link in this bubble directly takes the user to the other site's &amp;quot;Ask Question&amp;quot; page and copies their already entered content over as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With this approach, you have no additional reviews and users could still post their question anyway if they think it should be on-topic here, but we can probably catch a big percentage right before they reach the main site. We also provide clear and understandable, user-friendly guidance instead of simply closing their question as off-topic later.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2016-06-12T22:12:36.293" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15587" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15559" CreationDate="2016-06-13T00:07:19.980" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'd like to expand a bit on what @terdon wrote above.  As a frequent poster on U&amp;amp;L, we see all types of questions from Scripting Questions to configuration questions to network questions, and then the &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/120525/on-system-memory-specifically-the-difference-between-tmpfs-shm-and-hug/124788&quot;&gt;occasional theory questions&lt;/a&gt;.  I linked that question to show that those answers come with experience and use of Linux in general.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Posters there tend to be experienced regardless of distribution, and therefore we tend to lead answers into the non-GUI realm, because with experience you find that it's easier to edit the config files, than it is to &quot;fight the GUI.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Honestly, we don't care what distribution you use, but realize that when you post a question there that what some of us may tell you to do to fix your issue may be outside of your Ubuntu comfort zone.  If you, as a question asker don't feel comfortable expanding your linux knowledge by stepping outside your comfort zone at this point, then the question belongs in AskUbuntu, because Ubuntu has GUI support for nearly every major tool or task.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, if you're ok editing files with elevated &lt;code&gt;sudo&lt;/code&gt; commands and &lt;code&gt;gedit&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;nano&lt;/code&gt;, or &lt;code&gt;vim&lt;/code&gt;, and reading comments, along with man pages for commands you may have never seen, then we invite you to read and post questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="267913" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:37:19.280" LastActivityDate="2016-06-14T10:02:20.530" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15588" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15513" CreationDate="2016-06-13T09:52:51.227" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;How would you encourage users to improve their answer quality? For instance, someone who consistently copies another user's comments into an answer, more or less verbatim, without verifying that the information they're supplying is correct.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="320386" LastActivityDate="2016-06-13T09:52:51.227" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15589" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15574" CreationDate="2016-06-13T11:52:42.203" Score="19" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yeah some things &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;look&lt;/em&gt; right&lt;/strong&gt; (so attract votes for effort) but are technically incorrect. It happens to anybody who answers enough on the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are things you can do that are genuinely useful:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Leave a comment. Explain &lt;strong&gt;what&lt;/strong&gt; is wrong and &lt;strong&gt;why&lt;/strong&gt;. Be technical. This lets the poster and other potential voters know. They can fix it, or even explain why they think &lt;em&gt;you're&lt;/em&gt; wrong. A technical debate isn't automatically a bad thing.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Push that home with a downvote. This adds urgency for the poster.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If it's &lt;em&gt;dangerously*&lt;/em&gt; wrong or an otherwise unsalvageably awful answer, flag it under one of the quality flags. &lt;strong&gt;But make sure you &lt;em&gt;also&lt;/em&gt; leave a comment, or edit in a warning.&lt;/strong&gt; The OP might see the answer before we see the flag.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If the user shows a wanton disdain for detail (ie they've posted this sort of stuff &lt;em&gt;many&lt;/em&gt; times) use a custom &quot;moderator attention&quot; flag on the best example you can find and tell us the problem. There might be a bigger problem (eg sock puppets).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But don't call them an idiot (that's against the rules) or harass them across multiple posts. Keep your contact brief and technical. If it's a sustained issue, let us deal with them out-of-band.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;* By dangerous, I mean an answer that tells the user to do something that a layman might not understand and in its raw form could easily lead to the loss of data. While &lt;code&gt;rm -rf /&lt;/code&gt; variants are borderline offensive, there are milder examples of &lt;em&gt;mistakes&lt;/em&gt; that could still cause harm. These can usually be edited to be safer but if they're also technically incorrect, flag them for the mods to dispose of. No mod is going to fight you because it wasn't dangerous &lt;em&gt;enough&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2016-06-13T15:15:05.480" LastActivityDate="2016-06-13T15:15:05.480" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15590" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15513" CreationDate="2016-06-13T12:33:30.103" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How do you deal with established users who have gained reputation, badges and privileges by illicit means?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This might seem silly but it has real world applications. Things like this, where &gt;1k rep users do something really quite wrong, happen a couple of times a year. Dealing with it smoothly is important to the continued success of the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You are a moderator. A community mod from Stack Exchange comes to your mod-only chat room and tells you the news:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;    &lt;p&gt;We've been working on the voting fraud mechanism. We have discovered that three of your highest rep users, Oli, fossfreedom and Luis Alvarado have all been using a carefully hidden network of sock-puppets to boost their reputation for &lt;em&gt;years&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;    &#xA;    &lt;p&gt;They have cheated the system out of &lt;em&gt;hundreds of thousands&lt;/em&gt; points of  reputation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;    &#xA;    &lt;p&gt;The system is certain they are guilty and there's no way they weren't aware of what was happening.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;When confronted Luis was the only person who admitted there was a system in place and he also points to the others' guilt.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Banning them or doing anything &quot;too harsh&quot; could mean they leave the site forever.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Doing nothing, or being too lenient might show newer users that they can get away with stuff like this, as long as they're good at it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What would you suggest happens next?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know there isn't a &lt;em&gt;single&lt;/em&gt; best answer —and your opinion may change when faced with it in reality— but I'd like to get the measure of the prospective moderators, at least how they feel they'd handle this if it happened today.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2016-06-13T15:17:09.127" LastActivityDate="2016-06-13T15:17:09.127" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15591" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-13T20:00:45.520" Score="23" ViewCount="835" Body="&lt;p&gt;In connection with the moderator elections, we are holding a Q&amp;amp;A thread for the candidates. Questions collected &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/15513/2016-moderator-election-qa-question-collection&quot;&gt;from an earlier thread&lt;/a&gt; have been compiled into this one, which shall now serve as the space for the candidates to provide their answers. We only selected the top voted questions, however, due to one of the questions being rather matching to one of the fixed stock questions, I've opted to merge the question into it, and have thus only ended up with 7 submissions. We thus added one of our backup questions to bring us to 10 questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a candidate, your job is simple - post an answer to this question, citing each of the questions and then post your answer to each question given in that same answer. For your convenience, I will include all of the questions in quote format with a break in between each, suitable for you to insert your answers. Just &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/revisions/fce9826e-3e8d-48bf-bf38-3484fe2bc7a2/view-source&quot;&gt;copy the whole thing after the first set of three dashes&lt;/a&gt;. Oh, and please consider putting your name at the top of your post so that readers will know who you are before they finish reading everything you have written.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once all the answers have been compiled, this will serve as a transcript for voters to view the thoughts of their candidates, and will be appropriately linked in the Election page. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Good luck to all of the candidates!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;What timezone are you in and when will you be most active? The moderators we have now cover quite a broad range of times throughout the day, but there are a handful of times when there are no moderators around (Friday evening, PST, for example).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;As the site gains more and more moderators, it will become increasingly important for the existing moderators to think and act alike so that we the laymen can can know what to expect, regardless of which moderator is acting. Describe your relationship with the present moderators and why you would expect &lt;em&gt;them&lt;/em&gt; (and not just us) to trust you as a moderator as well.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;How would you deal with a user who produced a steady stream of valuable questions/answers, but tends to generate a large number of arguments/flags in comments and chat?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;How would you handle a situation where another mod closed/deleted/etc a question that you feel shouldn't have been?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The existing moderator team doesn't always agree in private (the joke is if you ask 10 people the same question, you'll get 15 answers). What will you do if the majority of moderators are opposed to your point of view?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;What do you think about setting up something like &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackoverflow.com/rooms/41570/so-close-vote-reviewers&quot;&gt;the Stack Overflow Close Vote Reviewers chat room (SOCVR)&lt;/a&gt;? Aside from a recent surge in first posts, our close vote review queue has always been rather large. Every year or so, we see posts to clean it up: &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/13629/clearing-out-the-close-review-queue-2015&quot;&gt;1&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/8603/do-we-need-a-event-to-clear-out-the-close-queue&quot;&gt;2&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/7929/shall-we-try-and-clean-the-close-vote-review-queue-to-start-the-new-year&quot;&gt;3&lt;/a&gt;. This has been suggested before, and IIRC, &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/206/ubuntu-regulators&quot;&gt;there is such a room&lt;/a&gt;, but inactive (and lacking publicity). While having a room by itself is not the issue, the queue size is. It's been agreed repeatedly over the years that it's a problem and something needs to be done about it. Thoughts?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;How would you deal with a feud between two users? Consider a case where two users have it in for each other and tend to downvote and/or negatively comment on each other's posts.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How do you deal with established users who have gained reputation, badges and privileges by illicit means?&lt;/strong&gt; This might seem silly but it has real world applications. Things like this, where &gt;1k rep users do something really quite wrong, happen a couple of times a year. Dealing with it smoothly is important to the continued success of the site. &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/15590/22665&quot;&gt;Example scenario&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;How would you encourage users to improve their answer quality? For instance, someone who consistently copies another user's comments into an answer, more or less verbatim, without verifying that the information they're supplying is correct.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;In your opinion, what do moderators do?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22665" LastEditorUserId="173605" LastEditDate="2016-06-21T22:38:00.503" LastActivityDate="2016-06-21T22:38:00.503" Title="2016 Moderator Election Q&amp;A - Questionnaire" Tags="|discussion|election|" AnswerCount="12" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15592" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15591" CreationDate="2016-06-13T20:57:15.120" Score="4" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;consider putting your name at the top of your post&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/271/andrea-lazzarotto&quot;&gt;Andrea Lazzarotto&lt;/a&gt;. :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;What timezone are you in and when will you be most active? The moderators we have now cover quite a broad range of times throughout the day, but there are a handful of times when there are no moderators around (Friday evening, PST, for example).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I live in Italy, therefore my time zone is UTC+1. I will likely be most active in the afternoon and in the evening.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;As the site gains more and more moderators, it will become increasingly important for the existing moderators to think and act alike so that we the laymen can can know what to expect, regardless of which moderator is acting. Describe your relationship with the present moderators and why you would expect &lt;em&gt;them&lt;/em&gt; (and not just us) to trust you as a moderator as well.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I deeply appreciate the work of current moderators and I think that I've always see them acting in the best possible way. My opinion is that this derives from the fact that this network is governed by a set of clear rules, which are easy to understand. For this reason, the behavior of different moderators is consistent as it should be.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I expect &lt;em&gt;them&lt;/em&gt; to trust me as a moderator based on my previous and current behavior on the site. I have spent some time reading the rules and I try to be as friendly as possible with everyone. I hope my contributions (in terms of answers, flags, edits and reviews) are considered valuable and show that I can be trusted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;How would you deal with a user who produced a steady stream of valuable questions/answers, but tends to generate a large number of arguments/flags in comments and chat?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would try to explain to them that written communication is easier to misunderstand than spoken words. I would tell them that they are providing useful content, however they might unintentionally act unfriendly in comments and chat. Most likely it will be possible to find a way to solve the issue collaborating with them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;4&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;How would you handle a situation where another mod closed/deleted/etc a question that you feel shouldn't have been?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would definitely contact them requesting clarification and trying to explain why my point of view is different. I would not start a kind of &quot;edit war&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;5&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;The existing moderator team doesn't always agree in private (the joke is if you ask 10 people the same question, you'll get 15 answers). What will you do if the majority of moderators are opposed to your point of view?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu is not a regime. There is no reason why a moderator should do what they want if all the others are against their POV. However, I would express the need to understand their POV if it is not clear to me. I might ask to repeat their points so that I understand them better.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;6&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;What do you think about setting up something like &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackoverflow.com/rooms/41570/so-close-vote-reviewers&quot;&gt;the Stack Overflow Close Vote Reviewers chat room (SOCVR)&lt;/a&gt;? Aside from a recent surge in first posts, our close vote review queue has always been rather large. Every year or so, we see posts to clean it up: &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/13629/clearing-out-the-close-review-queue-2015&quot;&gt;1&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/8603/do-we-need-a-event-to-clear-out-the-close-queue&quot;&gt;2&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/7929/shall-we-try-and-clean-the-close-vote-review-queue-to-start-the-new-year&quot;&gt;3&lt;/a&gt;. This has been suggested before, and IIRC, &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/206/ubuntu-regulators&quot;&gt;there is such a room&lt;/a&gt;, but inactive (and lacking publicity). While having a room by itself is not the issue, the queue size is. It's been agreed repeatedly over the years that it's a problem and something needs to be done about it. Thoughts?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To be honest I am not very much &quot;a chat guy&quot;, however I find this idea to be really neat. Gathering with other reviewers together will most likely improve engagement by users who might otherwise not review that much.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Nevertheless, we should also keep in mind that the CV queue is reserved for users above 3k rep. E.g. I cannot access it yet. Of course this is for good reason, newbies should not be granted access, but it takes a bit of time for users to reach that level. As time goes on, I am confident there will be more engaged users and therefore more manpower to deal with close votes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;7&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;How would you deal with a feud between two users? Consider a case where two users have it in for each other and tend to downvote and/or negatively comment on each other's posts.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this case a third party (i.e. the moderator) is definitely needed to solve the issue. In most cases, both parties in a feud have some good and bad points. The first step would be to listen both POVs carefully to understand the situation better. One cannot mediate if they do not know the matter well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If mediating does not solve anything or things end up going terribly wrong, I would enforce sharper disciplinary actions. In the case when it is really needed, I think a strong response has to be given.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;8&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How do you deal with established users who have gained reputation, badges and privileges by illicit means?&lt;/strong&gt; This might seem silly but it has real world applications. Things like this, where &gt;1k rep users do something really quite wrong, happen a couple of times a year. Dealing with it smoothly is important to the continued success of the site. &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/15590/22665&quot;&gt;Example scenario&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If we are talking about the example scenario, i.e. users who «have cheated the system out of hundreds of thousands points of reputation» I would either consider the following two options to be appropriate actions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;dropping those many points got by illicit means&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;banning them&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is my opinion that intentionally cheating and/or harming the community for a long period of time &lt;strong&gt;deserves&lt;/strong&gt; a harsh punishment. Sorry for that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;9&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;How would you encourage users to improve their answer quality? For instance, someone who consistently copies another user's comments into an answer, more or less verbatim, without verifying that the information they're supplying is correct.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would leave a couple of comments under their answers explaining why they should improve them and more importantly what I think is wrong with them. Mentioning errors politely is useful criticism.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;10&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;In your opinion, what do moderators do?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I really like the definition of &lt;a href=&quot;https://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/05/a-theory-of-moderation/&quot;&gt;human exception handlers&lt;/a&gt;. It means that the situation is best when moderators are not needed. Moderators should try to become useless. ;) This is achieved by analyzing flags, mediating disputes and use punitive actions just as an extreme last resort.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="271" LastActivityDate="2016-06-13T20:57:15.120" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15593" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15591" CreationDate="2016-06-13T21:59:26.633" Score="16" Body="&lt;h3&gt;Jacob Vlijm&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What timezone are you in and when will you be most active? The moderators we have now cover quite a broad range of times throughout the day, but there are a handful of times when there are no moderators around (Friday evening, PST, for example).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I live in the Netherlands, so +2:00, Central European Time.&#xA;I have to work a normal job's amount of time, but apart from the teaching, most of my time is free to organize myself. In practice, I am on AU, spread over appr. 15 hours of the day.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;As the site gains more and more moderators, it will become increasingly important for the existing moderators to think and act alike so that we the laymen can can know what to expect, regardless of which moderator is acting. Describe your relationship with the present moderators and why you would expect &lt;em&gt;them&lt;/em&gt; (and not just us) to trust you as a moderator as well.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't think I have ever given the moderators a hard job, always imagined myself in their position, which is in a way a vulnerable one, and acted accordingly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How would you deal with a user who produced a steady stream of valuable questions/answers, but tends to generate a large number of arguments/flags in comments and chat?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not trying to be the amateur psychologist here, but those who are familiar with Belbin's theory on how teams work (looking at AU as a team), know that extreme creativity can easily flip over into negative behavior; seeking quarrels, being easily offended, unable to handle critic etc.&#xA;The trick is then to &amp;quot;flip&amp;quot; the person back, with a combination of acknowledging his or her qualities, at the same time pointing out some aspects on the behavior are unacceptable, and will not be tolerated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;4&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How would you handle a situation where another mod closed/deleted/etc a question that you feel shouldn't have been?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It depends a bit on how far it is from &amp;quot;the edge&amp;quot;, and if it is a single occasion or a structural thing. If it is a single occasion which could be interpreted both ways, I'd probably leave it as it is. If I completely disagree on a &lt;em&gt;single&lt;/em&gt; occasion, I'd discuss with the moderator in question. If it is a structural and important difference in insight, I'd want to know the opinion of the team. Discussing it in public, or publicly even give the slightest impression that we disagree is not an option in &lt;em&gt;any&lt;/em&gt; case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;5&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The existing moderator team doesn't always agree in private (the joke is if you ask 10 people the same question, you'll get 15 answers). What will you do if the majority of moderators are opposed to your point of view?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I actually would be worried if we would &lt;em&gt;never&lt;/em&gt; disagree. As a comparison: I don't expect my students so much to do what I tell them to do; I expect them to &lt;em&gt;improve their arguments to do what they do&lt;/em&gt;, by giving them good arguments to do what I think they should do. In other words: I can very well live with an outcome that would not necessarily be mine, as long as the quality of the argumentation is sufficient and the decisions are within the shared scope.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;6&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What do you think about setting up something like &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackoverflow.com/rooms/41570/so-close-vote-reviewers&quot;&gt;the Stack Overflow Close Vote Reviewers chat room (SOCVR)&lt;/a&gt;? Aside from a recent surge in first posts, our close vote review queue has always been rather large. Every year or so, we see posts to clean it up: &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/13629/clearing-out-the-close-review-queue-2015&quot;&gt;1&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/8603/do-we-need-a-event-to-clear-out-the-close-queue&quot;&gt;2&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/7929/shall-we-try-and-clean-the-close-vote-review-queue-to-start-the-new-year&quot;&gt;3&lt;/a&gt;. This has been suggested before, and IIRC, &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/206/ubuntu-regulators&quot;&gt;there is such a room&lt;/a&gt;, but inactive (and lacking publicity). While having a room by itself is not the issue, the queue size is. It's been agreed repeatedly over the years that it's a problem and something needs to be done about it. Thoughts?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am fully aware of the issue. I am not very fond however of &lt;em&gt;closing factories&lt;/em&gt;, should preferably be done by the community, without the risk of co- voting. As long as there is no acceptable alternative solution, the periodic call for a clean up is the burden we have to accept I am afraid. Note &lt;em&gt;as long as there is no acceptable alternative solution&lt;/em&gt;. We all should think about it, Don't have the solution at the moment though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;7&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How would you deal with a feud between two users? Consider a case where two users have it in for each other and tend to downvote and/or negatively comment on each other's posts.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question is hardly answerable in a concrete way, without looking into both the &amp;quot;offenders'&amp;quot; profiles, see how they behave on other sites (if any), see if they often get involved in quarrels with others, and more specifically: looking how they got where the are. Not so much for making decisions, but to determine what &amp;quot;language&amp;quot; to speak. Actions in general should be based the assumption that, although some types of personality easily &lt;em&gt;get caught&lt;/em&gt; into a quarrel, people who &lt;em&gt;like&lt;/em&gt; to be in it are rare.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The idea would always be to maintain the site's rules without concessions, at the same time showing the way out of the situation, without losing their faces (if possible). A combination of pointing out that some aspects on behavior are unacceptable, at the same time acknowledging someone's contribution, often is an effective mix to change someone's mindset. In severe cases, I would ask another mod for his or her opinion, or &amp;quot;throw it in the group&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;8&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How do you deal with established users who have gained reputation, badges and privileges by illicit means?&lt;/strong&gt; This might seem silly but it has real world applications. Things like this, where &amp;gt;1k rep users do something really quite wrong, happen a couple of times a year. Dealing with it smoothly is important to the continued success of the site. &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/15590/22665&quot;&gt;Example scenario&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You'll have to take into account a few things:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Most likely, other users noticed, or at least suspected voting irregularities. Therefore you somehow need to take action &lt;em&gt;publicly&lt;/em&gt;, to make clear that justice was done. On a longer term, the negative effect of a lack of trust might be bigger than losing the established users.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;At the same time, you'd definitely want to &lt;em&gt;prevent&lt;/em&gt; established users to leave; bad for the atmosphere, a big loss of quality and experience.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It would depend on if the used method(s) only effected each other's reputations, or there were some side effects on other users. You may hope for the latter: in that case you can officially state there were corrections, without incriminating anyone in person. At the same time approach the offenders personally behind closed doors, &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; make sure to communicate in a sufficient way to others who will be unpleasantly surprised by loss of reputation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the benefits were precisely towards a very limited number of accounts, there is a bigger problem, since anyone could see which users were corrected if you made a public statement. Impossible to answer then without having a concrete situation. This is therefore not so much an answer, but mostly a numeration of considerations...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;9&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How would you encourage users to improve their answer quality? For instance, someone who consistently copies another user's comments into an answer, more or less verbatim, without verifying that the information they're supplying is correct.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Many times, the problem solves itself by either voting- or comments by other users. Furthermore, the motivation to answer in this setting usually does not last very long. To answer the question: in &amp;quot;severe&amp;quot; cases, a gentle pm might be effective.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;10&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In your opinion, what do moderators do?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Moderators add the human factor to the &lt;em&gt;system&lt;/em&gt; of the site and make possible imperfections &lt;em&gt;acceptable&lt;/em&gt;, as how I look at it. Their main job is to cherish the best qualities of the community, if possible in an invisible way. &lt;em&gt;In practice&lt;/em&gt; I assume a great part of the job will exist of handling practical stuff.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2016-06-14T05:43:50.200" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15594" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15591" CreationDate="2016-06-13T22:54:49.500" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Andrew Strong&lt;/strong&gt; (andrew.46)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;What timezone are you in and when will you be most active? The moderators we have now cover quite a broad range of times throughout the day, but there are a handful of times when there are no moderators around (Friday evening, PST, for example).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I live in Australia so I will tend to be most active when my northern hemisphere colleagues are fast asleep :). So I am more than happy to fill the &lt;em&gt;other&lt;/em&gt; 12 hours!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;As the site gains more and more moderators, it will become increasingly important for the existing moderators to think and act alike so that we the laymen can can know what to expect, regardless of which moderator is acting. Describe your relationship with the present moderators and why you would expect &lt;em&gt;them&lt;/em&gt; (and not just us) to trust you as a moderator as well.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At the moment I do not yet have a close relationship with the existing moderators but I would expect that to change with consistent effort on my part even if I am not elected as moderator. Trust would have to be won and built up with time. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;How would you deal with a user who produced a steady stream of valuable questions/answers, but tends to generate a large number of arguments/flags in comments and chat?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think that participation, especially of a positive nature, should be encouraged at all times. If a user is veering towards a more negative participation in Ask Ubuntu there is a good case for close monitoring for a period and if a pattern of negativity is developing a friendly chat would be in order. Emphasis in this chat would be participation in &lt;em&gt;a positive way&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;4&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;How would you handle a situation where another mod closed/deleted/etc a question that you feel shouldn't have been?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this case I would hope that I had built up enough of a relationship with this moderator such that we could discuss the closure/deletion between us and come to a resolution that left both of us satisfied that the right thing was done.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;5&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;The existing moderator team doesn't always agree in private (the joke is if you ask 10 people the same question, you'll get 15 answers). What will you do if the majority of moderators are opposed to your point of view?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the majority of moderators were opposed to my point of view I would concede the point and spend some time reconsidering my own views.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;6&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;What do you think about setting up something like &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackoverflow.com/rooms/41570/so-close-vote-reviewers&quot;&gt;the Stack Overflow Close Vote Reviewers chat room (SOCVR)&lt;/a&gt;? Aside from a recent surge in first posts, our close vote review queue has always been rather large. Every year or so, we see posts to clean it up: &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/13629/clearing-out-the-close-review-queue-2015&quot;&gt;1&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/8603/do-we-need-a-event-to-clear-out-the-close-queue&quot;&gt;2&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/7929/shall-we-try-and-clean-the-close-vote-review-queue-to-start-the-new-year&quot;&gt;3&lt;/a&gt;. This has been suggested before, and IIRC, &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/206/ubuntu-regulators&quot;&gt;there is such a room&lt;/a&gt;, but inactive (and lacking publicity). While having a room by itself is not the issue, the queue size is. It's been agreed repeatedly over the years that it's a problem and something needs to be done about it. Thoughts?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This sounds like an excellent idea and I would be keen to be involved, either as a moderator if successful or as an ordinary user working through the review queues :).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;7&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;How would you deal with a feud between two users? Consider a case where two users have it in for each other and tend to downvote and/or negatively comment on each other's posts.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My own vision of Ask Ubuntu is that users would cooperate and work together to produce a great site with &lt;em&gt;interesting questions&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;insightful answers&lt;/em&gt;. Feuding between users as described dilutes such a vision and is quite counterproductive for all involved. As moderator I would be more than happy to be a mediator by working individually and together with the 2 parties to set both back on a productive path.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;8&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How do you deal with established users who have gained reputation, badges and privileges by illicit means?&lt;/strong&gt; This might seem silly but it has real world applications. Things like this, where &gt;1k rep users do something really quite wrong, happen a couple of times a year. Dealing with it smoothly is important to the continued success of the site. &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/15590/22665&quot;&gt;Example scenario&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My own view is that this sort of behaviour should not be part of Ask Ubuntu and I am more than happy to be part of a moderator team that is prepared to monitor for such activity and act smoothly but firmly if it is found.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;9&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;How would you encourage users to improve their answer quality? For instance, someone who consistently copies another user's comments into an answer, more or less verbatim, without verifying that the information they're supplying is correct.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have noticed that bounties seem to encourage great answers and once my own reputation bulks up a bit more I would be keen to start promoting great answers by giving out bonuses to carefully selected questions, in &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/15059/this-is-jorge-be-like-jorge&quot;&gt;a conscious imitation of Jorge&lt;/a&gt; :).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As moderator I would also expect that I would need to spend some time carefully monitoring posts and answers to ensure that sloppiness in answering does not cheapen the value of Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;10&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;In your opinion, what do moderators do?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe that in a perfect world the moderator would not have to do all that much :). Certainly the 'official' requirements are here:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Moderators:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;are patient and fair&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;lead by example&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;show respect for their fellow community members in their actions and words&#xA;are open to some light but firm moderation to keep the community on track and resolve (hopefully) uncommon disputes and exceptions&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and I would have no problem following these points as I already follow them in my life away from Ubuntu...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="57576" LastEditorUserId="57576" LastEditDate="2016-06-14T07:00:05.420" LastActivityDate="2016-06-14T07:00:05.420" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15595" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15591" CreationDate="2016-06-13T23:51:34.737" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;My name is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/10616/thomas-w&quot;&gt;Thomas Ward&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;What timezone are you in and when will you be most active? The moderators we have now cover quite a broad range of times throughout the day, but there are a handful of times when there are no moderators around (Friday evening, PST, for example).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am in the United States, Eastern US time zone.  I am on throughout the entire day, and into the evening of the Eastern US time zone (until about 10PM eastern us time)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;As the site gains more and more moderators, it will become increasingly important for the existing moderators to think and act alike so that we the laymen can can know what to expect, regardless of which moderator is acting. Describe your relationship with the present moderators and why you would expect &lt;em&gt;them&lt;/em&gt; (and not just us) to trust you as a moderator as well.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a good relationship with the existing moderators, and think from both their perspective and the end-user perspective.  I've done a large amount of moderation through flags and pinging them, and contacting them for help with problem users who refuse to do anything but be argumentative, and I have insight into how they operate, while also having the benefit of a logical mind, and being able to analyze a situation from both their side and a user's side, which helps to be equally fair with moderation duties and decisions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;How would you deal with a user who produced a steady stream of valuable questions/answers, but tends to generate a large number of arguments/flags in comments and chat?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have seen several cases of this, with a lot of flags on such users' comments where necessary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a tricky situation - we have a user who has good questions and answers, but won't accept critique, or takes every subsequent comment as an attack against them and their beliefs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've been in this situation myself - go back ten years, and I was extremely defensive with my positions, to the point of providing good responses but refusing to accept criticism.  I've since acknowledged that I can be wrong, but this was after many people told me that I am very good at my answers, and approached me from that perspective first.  That said, I was told that there are certain ways I handle situations that are incorrect and lead to argumentativeness.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With other users, a similar approach seems to work in a lot of cases.  First, acknowledge that their input is valid, and they are providing good questions and answers.  Secondly, calmly discuss with them the situation, that there are people who are acknowledging their capabilities and skill-sets, but calmly inform them that they are taking an attempt to help them improve (hence the criticism) the wrong way - that criticism or comments about their post is not meant to be an attack on their capabilities, but instead to try and help them improve for the future.  By bringing it up in this light, users can start to try and learn that people are trying to help them improve, rather than cause drama or issues, and that it is not necessary for them to defend their position fiercely to the point of causing undue drama.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;4&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;How would you handle a situation where another mod closed/deleted/etc a question that you feel shouldn't have been?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've actually had this as a user - a moderator closed or marked something of mine something that shouldn't have been.  The case of a moderator closing, deleting, etc. something that shouldn't have been hasn't changed from that of an end-user of this site - I would calmly discuss with the moderators what their reasons were, keeping my mind open, while discussing my viewpoint on the same question.  I would not overrule their actions, though - I would only discuss with them to get their point of view on it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;5&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;The existing moderator team doesn't always agree in private (the joke is if you ask 10 people the same question, you'll get 15 answers). What will you do if the majority of moderators are opposed to your point of view?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would accept their viewpoint.  It would not stop me from making known to them in private what my viewpoint is, but I would accept their viewpoint, and continue to analyze the situation from their perspective as well as my own to try and see it from their point of view instead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;6&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;What do you think about setting up something like &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackoverflow.com/rooms/41570/so-close-vote-reviewers&quot;&gt;the Stack Overflow Close Vote Reviewers chat room (SOCVR)&lt;/a&gt;? Aside from a recent surge in first posts, our close vote review queue has always been rather large. Every year or so, we see posts to clean it up: &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/13629/clearing-out-the-close-review-queue-2015&quot;&gt;1&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/8603/do-we-need-a-event-to-clear-out-the-close-queue&quot;&gt;2&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/7929/shall-we-try-and-clean-the-close-vote-review-queue-to-start-the-new-year&quot;&gt;3&lt;/a&gt;. This has been suggested before, and IIRC, &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/206/ubuntu-regulators&quot;&gt;there is such a room&lt;/a&gt;, but inactive (and lacking publicity). While having a room by itself is not the issue, the queue size is. It's been agreed repeatedly over the years that it's a problem and something needs to be done about it. Thoughts?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think that the queue is indeed a problem.  I think that clearing the queue is a very complex problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Close Vote Reviewers chat room is a good idea... in principle.  In reality, I believe the core problem is both the vote cap of a relatively low number of close votes within a short period of time and the number of people actually reviewing at any given time, or over the course of the day, being extremely low compared to the number of 'problem questions and answers.'&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think this is perhaps a case of people not feeling that reviewing has any tangible reward, or that it's a waste of time because the number of incoming items far outweighs the number of reviewers and votes anyone has at any time.  I also think this is possibly a case of people trying to review things, only to decide that they don't know how to do it effectively.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With regards to the lack of a reward, many people may want a reward beyond just badges.  My point of view on that is that &quot;The reward of doing review duties is that the quality of the site goes up further.  If you start doing reviews on a regular basis, or even when you have a few minutes to spare, we can start cutting down on the queue and help make the site better.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With regards to the case of people not being sure how to do it effectively, I think we need to provide some type of 'better guidance' (similar to how we do review queue audits, but less annoyingly) such as a 'training course' in which we go through different types of questions, answers, etc. and give options to users to learn the system, rather than 'wasting their votes for no benefits.'&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;7&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;How would you deal with a feud between two users? Consider a case where two users have it in for each other and tend to downvote and/or negatively comment on each other's posts.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This tends to need to be handled on a case by case basis.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, from a theory perspective, I would handle this with a 'multiple strikes' system.  Firstly, I would talk to both users one on one to try and get both sides of the situation.  Secondly, I would then try and talk to both of them to explain that their actions are disrupting site operations, and that they need to maybe take a break from the site to avoid each other.  I would then keep an eye on them to see if it continues to be disruptive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On a second set of their feud afterwards, I would talk to them both again, but this time indicate that this is the second time I've had to touch base with them, and they need to either leave each other be, or face the possible chance of being locked out from the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should the feud continue past that second warning, it may be time to consider a temporary suspension on both their accounts, with looking into reversal of their downvoting as 'serial' in nature.  If it continues after the suspension lifts, it may be time for a more extended suspension on the accounts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know, we are supposed to avoid punishing individuals for their actions, but if a pair of individuals refuse to accept multiple attempts to defuse the situation by moderators, it may be necessary to 'force' the issue to make them realize their actions do have punishments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;8&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How do you deal with established users who have gained reputation, badges and privileges by illicit means?&lt;/strong&gt; This might seem silly but it has real world applications. Things like this, where &gt;1k rep users do something really quite wrong, happen a couple of times a year. Dealing with it smoothly is important to the continued success of the site. &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/15590/22665&quot;&gt;Example scenario&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We saw this recently in retooling of the systems behind the scenes, but we also see this on a regular basis a few times a year, as shown in the example scenario.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Using the example scenario, I would find the sockpuppet accounts, suspend the sockpuppets, and then reverse their illicit actions.  I would then reach out to the users privately and indicate to them that we have caught them in the act, and indicate that their illicit actions have been reversed.  I would then caution them that if they do it again, they will get accounts, privileges, and access suspended.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;9&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;How would you encourage users to improve their answer quality? For instance, someone who consistently copies another user's comments into an answer, more or less verbatim, without verifying that the information they're supplying is correct.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Funny story: I've caught this in the past.  Typically, I would make comments to the individuals to stop, and indicate that constantly copying data in from other locations verbatim without verification of the information doesn't contribute to the site.  I would also make a note that it can perhaps lead to complaints of infringing upon others.  Ultimately, I would let the notices sit, and where necessary delete the posts if there's community agreement, and ample reasons, to remove their posts and notify them privately if they keep it up that they need to stop, and need to look into whether their posts are actually contributing to the site, or whether it's being disruptive.  That said, I would also give the individual pointers on how to better contribute to the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;10&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;In your opinion, what do moderators do?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A moderator's job is to provide gentle, yet firm, oversight to the community.  In most cases, we should not have to even be here, and only be here to review flags and such which come forth.  Where we do have to act beyond going through flags, reviewing posts, and closing blatantly-close-worthy items on the site (offtopic posts, etc.), we should mediate disputes in a civil, calm, non-punitive way to help users become better, or to defuse situations.  Punitive measures are a last resort - and should only be used in extreme cases of disruptivity of which multiple cases of mediation have proven ineffective, which should only ever happen rarely, and of which are the exception to the norm.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2016-06-13T23:51:34.737" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15596" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15591" CreationDate="2016-06-14T03:04:29.900" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Wild Man&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;What timezone are you in and when will you be most active? The moderators we have now cover quite a broad range of times throughout the day, but there are a handful of times when there are no moderators around (Friday evening, PST, for example).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am in the Central Time Zone UTC-06:00, I will be on and off during the day hours because of my business but available every evening from about 5 PM to about midnight Monday Thru Friday and all day Saturday and Sunday.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;As the site gains more and more moderators, it will become increasingly important for the existing moderators to think and act alike so that we the laymen can can know what to expect, regardless of which moderator is acting. Describe your relationship with the present moderators and why you would expect &lt;em&gt;them&lt;/em&gt; (and not just us) to trust you as a moderator as well.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To be honest I do not know any of the moderators well because I just have not been in chat when they are on for the most part but I do talk to one from time to time. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe the moderator's and the community in general on Ask Ubuntu can look at my past history as a moderator on the Ubuntu Forum and see that I am a trustworthy moderator and my profile on Ask Ubuntu suggests that I am a solid member here as well. I believe that the Code of Conduct is the basis for moderation. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am sure there are guidelines also that all moderators follow that makes all moderators actions pretty much predictable when dealing with the issues that come up as I have been use to for the past four years. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;How would you deal with a user who produced a steady stream of valuable questions/answers, but tends to generate a large number of arguments/flags in comments and chat?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First I would send him a friendly email telling him that he and is answers are valued and appreciated on Ask Ubuntu but his behavior is not in keeping with the spirit set out in the Code of Conduct.&#xA;Then I would explain if the bad behavior continues I will have to add his account to the penalty box, which is suspending the account for a certain amount of time between 1 to 365 days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;4&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;How would you handle a situation where another mod closed/deleted/etc a question that you feel shouldn't have been?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would ask the moderator about his thought process for deleting the question and make it a learning moment if his reasoning is sound. At the very least I will gain a better understanding of how that moderator deals with questions. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No person is above making mistakes and we all learn from each other. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;5&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;The existing moderator team doesn't always agree in private (the joke is if you ask 10 people the same question, you'll get 15 answers). What will you do if the majority of moderators are opposed to your point of view?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would be surprised if we were all in agreement as individuals from different backgrounds and experiences I would expect to have a lot of different view points and after a discussion if my idea is rejected I am okay with that. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Usually from my experience a little bit of suggestions from several people end up the right answer when they are all put together.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;6&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;What do you think about setting up something like &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackoverflow.com/rooms/41570/so-close-vote-reviewers&quot;&gt;the Stack Overflow Close Vote Reviewers chat room (SOCVR)&lt;/a&gt;? Aside from a recent surge in first posts, our close vote review queue has always been rather large. Every year or so, we see posts to clean it up: &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/13629/clearing-out-the-close-review-queue-2015&quot;&gt;1&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/8603/do-we-need-a-event-to-clear-out-the-close-queue&quot;&gt;2&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/7929/shall-we-try-and-clean-the-close-vote-review-queue-to-start-the-new-year&quot;&gt;3&lt;/a&gt;. This has been suggested before, and IIRC, &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/206/ubuntu-regulators&quot;&gt;there is such a room&lt;/a&gt;, but inactive (and lacking publicity). While having a room by itself is not the issue, the queue size is. It's been agreed repeatedly over the years that it's a problem and something needs to be done about it. Thoughts?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do like the idea of a chat room for people to discuss close reviews but I would not want the discussion to influence their decision whether to close or to leave open the questions. Only close the question based on its merits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think it would be a good idea to hold an event at the end of the year to clear out the close review queue before starting the new year and possibly come up with a new badge to offer just for the event.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;7&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;How would you deal with a feud between two users? Consider a case where two users have it in for each other and tend to downvote and/or negatively comment on each other's posts.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would talk to both parties and get both sides of the story and let them know that they are valued members of the community but that their behavior is not appropriate for Ask Ubuntu and ask them if they will agree to stop if not I would put them in the penalty box until I could discuss the situation with other moderators.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;8&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How do you deal with established users who have gained reputation, badges and privileges by illicit means?&lt;/strong&gt; This might seem silly but it has real world applications. Things like this, where &gt;1k rep users do something really quite wrong, happen a couple of times a year. Dealing with it smoothly is important to the continued success of the site. &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/15590/22665&quot;&gt;Example scenario&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would recommend in a discussion with the other moderators that all reputation gained from their cheating be removed and that an additional amount of reputation to be determined in the discussions  should be removed as a deterrent for this kind of behavior happening again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would also recommend given the seriousness of the misconduct that if it happens again their accounts be removed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;9&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;How would you encourage users to improve their answer quality? For instance, someone who consistently copies another user's comments into an answer, more or less verbatim, without verifying that the information they're supplying is correct.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would talk to them and explain that they are wanted and welcome here but that we have a standard of quality for answers that must be maintained.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would then explain that they should always research the issue they are trying to solve before posting and not to just copy and paste someone else's comments or answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then I would explain to them if they really want to learn to solve issues let's say wireless for example then use google and read all the answers from the best people on Ask Ubuntu and even talk them into being their mentor.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;10&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;In your opinion, what do moderators do?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Mostly the moderators duties will be house keeping, reviewing flags, removing spam, merging questions, removing rude and bad language questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On rare occasions deal with the more serious issues like people not getting along with each other. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="153297" LastEditorUserId="153297" LastEditDate="2016-06-15T12:32:23.947" LastActivityDate="2016-06-15T12:32:23.947" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15597" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15591" CreationDate="2016-06-14T06:22:25.747" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;My name is Dmitry aka Pilot6.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;What timezone are you in and when will you be most active? The moderators we have now cover quite a broad range of times throughout the day, but there are a handful of times when there are no moderators around (Friday evening, PST, for example).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am in UTC+3. I do not have a fixed working/life schedule. I visit the site at almost random times, including late at night, weekends, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;As the site gains more and more moderators, it will become increasingly important for the existing moderators to think and act alike so that we the laymen can can know what to expect, regardless of which moderator is acting. Describe your relationship with the present moderators and why you would expect them (and not just us) to trust you as a moderator as well.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This moderation policy of this site is great so far. I see no reason act a different way. If there are doubts what do do in a specific case, a restricted chat for moderators is always available I guess.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;How would you deal with a user who produced a steady stream of valuable questions/answers, but tends to generate a large number of arguments/flags in comments and chat?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would resolve the flags and contact the user asking them to change the behavior. If that does not help, I would keep resolving flags ;-) Until it is not unacceptably offensive, I would not do anything like bans, etc. But it is a matter of discussion between moderators.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;4&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;How would you handle a situation where another mod closed/deleted/etc a question that you feel shouldn't have been?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would try to resolve the issue with that mod in a private chat.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;5&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;The existing moderator team doesn't always agree in private (the joke is if you ask 10 people the same question, you'll get 15 answers). What will you do if the majority of moderators are opposed to your point of view?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I will argue ;-) but accept the majority decision.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;6&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;What do you think about setting up something like the Stack Overflow Close Vote Reviewers chat room (SOCVR)? Aside from a recent surge in first posts, our close vote review queue has always been rather large. Every year or so, we see posts to clean it up: 1 2 3. This has been suggested before, and IIRC, there is such a room, but inactive (and lacking publicity). While having a room by itself is not the issue, the queue size is. It's been agreed repeatedly over the years that it's a problem and something needs to be done about it. Thoughts?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This year the Close Vote queue is not that long. It used to be too long because not many people did reviewing. A chat room can't solve this problem. I am on the second place all time in the Close View and I do not feel like I need anything but the queue itself. But if it is helpful for other people, why not?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;7&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;How would you deal with a feud between two users? Consider a case where two users have it in for each other and tend to downvote and/or negatively comment on each other's posts.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would talk to these users and try to calm this down. Anyway serial downvoting is to be reverted automatically. I would remove some offending posts. Life shows that this does not last long in most cases. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;8&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;How do you deal with established users who have gained reputation, badges and privileges by illicit means? This might seem silly but it has real world applications. Things like this, where &gt;1k rep users do something really quite wrong, happen a couple of times a year. Dealing with it smoothly is important to the continued success of the site. Example scenario.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The main point is that the goal of this site is to generate high-quality content (Q&amp;amp;A). The scoring system (rep, badges, etc.) &lt;strong&gt;is one of the means&lt;/strong&gt; of reaching this goal. It is not sports as some people may think where the score is most important.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's why I do not think that we could sacrifice good users in favor of purity of the score system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;SE is designed a way that illegal activity should be detected automatically and illegal votes to be reverted. This does not work perfectly as we all know. In some cases manual actions are needed, or some scripts to be run.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is important to revert illegal votes &lt;strong&gt;in time&lt;/strong&gt;. It is not good to revert thousands of votes after year(s) of illegal voting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Illegal activities should be detected and escalated as soon as possible. I know that it easier to be said than to be done, but anyway.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Mods can contact the suspects, try to talk to them and escalate the problems to admins, if the activity does not stop. It should be done as soon as possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also a temporary voting ban may be useful. But I am afraid this function is not available at SE.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;9&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;How would you encourage users to improve their answer quality? For instance, someone who consistently copies another user's comments into an answer, more or less verbatim, without verifying that the information they're supplying is correct.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do not think anything special is to be done. I would comment on such posts and delete them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;10&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;In your opinion, what do moderators do?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think that moderators mostly resolve flags, do reviewing and resolve issues with problematic users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="167850" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2016-06-14T13:33:16.863" LastActivityDate="2016-06-14T13:33:16.863" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15598" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15559" CreationDate="2016-06-14T08:03:42.893" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you are running an Ubuntu server, my experience is that AskUbuntu is the better source of definitive answers, because they necessarily account for conventions inherited from Debian, and conventions specific to Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Answers at other sources &lt;em&gt;may&lt;/em&gt; (and sometimes do) reference conventions specific to other distros without realising it. If you want to understand the broader GNU/Linux landscape, that can be interesting or helpful, but if you want to execute a task on your Ubuntu server right now, AU is the more direct route.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7146" LastActivityDate="2016-06-14T08:03:42.893" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15599" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15740" CreationDate="2016-06-14T08:08:07.837" Score="5" ViewCount="176" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/snapcraft&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;snapcraft&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;snapcraft&lt;/a&gt; is the tool to build snap packages, the two tags &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/snapcraft&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;snapcraft&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;snapcraft&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/snap-package&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;snap-package&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;snap-package&lt;/a&gt; should be the same thing, if possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Having both tags in addition to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ubuntu-core&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ubuntu-core&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ubuntu-core&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/snappy&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;snappy&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;snappy&lt;/a&gt; gives us who want to help answer all &lt;code&gt;snapd&lt;/code&gt;/&lt;code&gt;snapcraft&lt;/code&gt; questions more places to watch.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please let me know what you think.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Update:&lt;/em&gt; as some questions arose during the discussion so far, I thought I'd add them to the question as well to make it clearer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;snapd&lt;/code&gt; powers Ubuntu Core systems, but is also available on Ubuntu Desktop systems by default since 16.04 LTS. It allows the user to install self-contained, confined applications from the store. Compared with traditional .deb packages, they &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;are more secure, as they make use of technologies like &lt;code&gt;apparmor&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;seccomp&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;allow app developers to upload them to the store directly where they are automatically reviewed and published instantly&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;give app developers the opportunity to bundle dependencies and thus take care of the entire stack&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;can be made available in multiple release channel in the store, so you could track &lt;code&gt;edge&lt;/code&gt; for a given snap, and use the default (&lt;code&gt;stable&lt;/code&gt; for another)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The first release where Ubuntu Core with snaps was introduced was 15.04. Over time, &lt;code&gt;snapd&lt;/code&gt; will be used on the phone and other places too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;snapcraft&lt;/code&gt; is the tool with which you can build snaps. This is entirely separate from the &lt;code&gt;.deb&lt;/code&gt; packaging practices. The underlying tools are different and the place where they are published too. Both types of packages can be installed from the new Software Center, but the technologies are very different.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The reality on askubuntu.com today is that &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/packaging&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;packaging&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;packaging&lt;/a&gt; is used for traditional packaging and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/snapcraft&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;snapcraft&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;snapcraft&lt;/a&gt; (and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/snap-package&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;snap-package&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;snap-package&lt;/a&gt;) are just used for creating snaps.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It would help the &lt;code&gt;snapd&lt;/code&gt;/&lt;code&gt;snapcraft&lt;/code&gt; developers (they are mostly watching the queues of questions right now) a lot, if &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/snapcraft&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;snapcraft&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;snapcraft&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/snap-package&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;snap-package&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;snap-package&lt;/a&gt; were merged.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="94326" LastEditorUserId="94326" LastEditDate="2016-07-07T10:33:34.817" LastActivityDate="2016-07-08T12:34:50.277" Title="Can the snapcraft and snap-package tags please be merged?" 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  <row Id="15600" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15591" CreationDate="2016-06-14T13:28:52.723" Score="16" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Terdon&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;What timezone are you in and when will you be most active? The moderators we have now cover quite a broad range of times throughout the day, but there are a handful of times when there are no moderators around (Friday evening, PST, for example).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm in UTC+3. I work during the day, but I tend to keep an AU tab open when at work, so I will be around during working hours for stretches of a few minutes at a time. In other words, here for an emergency or the occasional flag but not for idle chatter. Most of my AU time is in the evenings. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;As the site gains more and more moderators, it will become increasingly important for the existing moderators to think and act alike so that we the laymen can can know what to expect, regardless of which moderator is acting. Describe your relationship with the present moderators and why you would expect &lt;em&gt;them&lt;/em&gt; (and not just us) to trust you as a moderator as well.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While I haven't directly interacted with all the current moderators, I have with most of them and said interactions have always been friendly and civil. I have most often interacted with Seth, Oli, fossfreedom, James and jokerdino who are most active in chat. They've never given me reason to believe they have any issues with me and I know I have nothing but respect for them and I'm sure we'll have no problems working together. Well, I'll admit they are misguided when it comes to the question of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Editor_war&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;editor war&lt;/a&gt;, but I guess we can work around that. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;How would you deal with a user who produced a steady stream of valuable questions/answers, but tends to generate a large number of arguments/flags in comments and chat?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have had to deal with this as a moderator on U&amp;amp;L. The bottom line is that useful contributions are not an excuse to act like a &lt;code&gt;$#%&amp;amp;!@#$&lt;/code&gt;. While I am prepared to take the user's contributions into account and would be more willing to take the time to chat with the user and try to explain the situation to them, at the end of the day, the rules are the same for everyone and suspensions are an option no matter who the user is. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, I would first try to talk to the user and explain that their behavior is detrimental to the site but, if they kept up their shenanigans, I'd start doling out suspensions. No user, no matter how technically knowledgeable, is worth disrupting the smooth working of the site. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;4&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;How would you handle a situation where another mod closed/deleted/etc a question that you feel shouldn't have been?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd talk to the mod in question. Failing that, I'd talk it over with whichever other mod is available. If I'm reasonably certain that the mod closed it by mistake (yes, mods make mistakes), I'd undo the action. If it looks like it was on purpose, I'd leave a comment to the other mod asking them to explain their reasoning. Presumably, we'll be able to sort it all out. If not, and the other mod insists, I guess I'd probably leave it be. Unless it is some sort of egregious mod abuse, it isn't worth having a public disagreement over a closed question. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;5&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;The existing moderator team doesn't always agree in private (the joke is if you ask 10 people the same question, you'll get 15 answers). What will you do if the majority of moderators are opposed to your point of view?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the majority of moderators &lt;del&gt;are wrong&lt;/del&gt; disagree with me, then I'd back down. If it is over something that I truly feel very strongly about and simply can't countenance accepting, I would resign as a mod. However, I find it very hard to think of anything that would merit such an extreme reaction. There are many mods here, enough that a majority vote should always win and I would have no trouble accepting that. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;6&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;What do you think about setting up something like &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackoverflow.com/rooms/41570/so-close-vote-reviewers&quot;&gt;the Stack Overflow Close Vote Reviewers chat room (SOCVR)&lt;/a&gt;? Aside from a recent surge in first posts, our close vote review queue has always been rather large. Every year or so, we see posts to clean it up: &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/13629/clearing-out-the-close-review-queue-2015&quot;&gt;1&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/8603/do-we-need-a-event-to-clear-out-the-close-queue&quot;&gt;2&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/7929/shall-we-try-and-clean-the-close-vote-review-queue-to-start-the-new-year&quot;&gt;3&lt;/a&gt;. This has been suggested before, and IIRC, &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/206/ubuntu-regulators&quot;&gt;there is such a room&lt;/a&gt;, but inactive (and lacking publicity). While having a room by itself is not the issue, the queue size is. It's been agreed repeatedly over the years that it's a problem and something needs to be done about it. Thoughts?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sure, having a room could be useful. Although we are already doing this (a little) in the main chat room. In any case, the only choice I see here is for mods to mod-hammer things closed faster. Having two extra mods on board means two more users with unlimited close votes. We should use them. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;7&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;How would you deal with a feud between two users? Consider a case where two users have it in for each other and tend to downvote and/or negatively comment on each other's posts.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a hard one and I haven't found a perfect solution. The best I've come up with is to i) talk to both users and try to diffuse the situation. If possible, get them both into a chat room and try to reconcile them. ii) If that fails, forbid them from commenting on one another's posts on pain of suspension. They are, of course, still free to vote as they please but the absence of comments should help calm the situation. There's nothing we can do about their downvoting but at least, if they do it silently, the rest of the community is not affected. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;8&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How do you deal with established users who have gained reputation, badges and privileges by illicit means?&lt;/strong&gt; This might seem silly but it has real world applications. Things like this, where &gt;1k rep users do something really quite wrong, happen a couple of times a year. Dealing with it smoothly is important to the continued success of the site. &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/15590/22665&quot;&gt;Example scenario&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would be in favor of invalidating any and all rep and badges gained through this. Assuming the evidence of wrongdoing is conclusive, I would also consider suspending the offending users. If they were actively trying to game the system, suspensions would seem to be in order. Having a decent amount of rep doesn't mean the rules don't apply to you. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In all cases, however, any action would have to be coordinated between the entire mod team and SE. It is very important for everyone to be on the same page when such drastic and public measures are taken. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;9&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;How would you encourage users to improve their answer quality? For instance, someone who consistently copies another user's comments into an answer, more or less verbatim, without verifying that the information they're supplying is correct.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's not much to do there. If they are just copying the comments (with correct attribution) I also don't see anything wrong with it. Dealing with bad/wrong answers is not a moderator's prerogative. That's what downvotes are for. If a user provides consistently downvoted answers, the user will eventually be automatically &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/answer-bans&quot;&gt;blocked from answering&lt;/a&gt; by the system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;10&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;In your opinion, what do moderators do?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ideally, very little. On a healthy site, moderators are pretty much invisible. They work behind the scenes, cleaning up the trash and handling flags. The first role of a moderator is janitorial. Then, if an issue arises, the mod should step in and sort it out. I guess you could say that a mod is a cross between a janitor and a kindergarten teacher&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;. That's how it feels sometimes anyway :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To use the SE terminology, moderators are human exception handlers. They should hover invisibly doing their janitorial work when everything is working smoothly but be ready to step in and ensure the calm and constructive nature of user's interactions on the site when necessary. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sub&gt;This is not to say that users are like children. Only that &lt;em&gt;problematic users&lt;/em&gt; often behave as children. A moderator has little reason to deal with normal, constructive users. It's the ones who act like squabbling children that are the problem and those can make one feel like a kindergarten teacher. &lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2016-06-15T11:53:14.007" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15601" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15591" CreationDate="2016-06-14T13:37:46.780" Score="4" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Consider putting your name at the top of your post&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm Michael but you might know me better as&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/522934/videonauth&quot;&gt;Videonauth&lt;/a&gt; on this site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;What timezone are you in and when will you be most active? The&#xA;  moderators we have now cover quite a broad range of times throughout the&#xA;  day, but there are a handful of times when there are no moderators&#xA;  around (Friday evening, PST, for example).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm residing in Germany so I'm actually at UTC +0100, and I'm bound to&#xA;my home due to a health issue, so I'm mostly around all day long and&#xA;even on weekends. The moments where real life needs me to answer its&#xA;call are seldom.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;As the site gains more and more moderators, it will become&#xA;  increasingly important for the existing moderators to think and act&#xA;  alike so that we the laymen can can know what to expect, regardless of&#xA;  which moderator is acting. Describe your relationship with the present&#xA;  moderators and why you would expect &lt;em&gt;them&lt;/em&gt; (and not just us) to trust&#xA;  you as a moderator as well.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know the most moderators only from in chat discussions, and questions&#xA;around the review cue, not to speak of the casual smalltalk, and I think&#xA;they see me as someone who is considerate in his actions. The site&#xA;anyways is governed by a clear set of rules which makes the moderators&#xA;actions foreseeable and consistent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;How would you deal with a user who produced a steady stream of&#xA;  valuable questions/answers, but tends to generate a large number of&#xA;  arguments/flags in comments and chat?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would seek the dialog with this user and try to explain to him where&#xA;he could improve. If this might not help I might consider giving him&#xA;some time in calm to think about.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;4&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;How would you handle a situation where another mod&#xA;  closed/deleted/etc a question that you feel shouldn't have been?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I definitively would seek the communication with this moderator and try&#xA;to find a consent with him about that question, but only if it is really&#xA;that I feel this moderators actions are wrong, and if we cant find a&#xA;solution on two maybe introduce it into a larger audience to the other&#xA;mods as well to we find a democratic decision about it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;5&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;The existing moderator team doesn't always agree in private (the&#xA;  joke is if you ask 10 people the same question, you'll get 15 answers).&#xA;  What will you do if the majority of moderators are opposed to your point&#xA;  of view?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then I will accept their decision and review my point of view. I believe&#xA;in democratic actions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;6&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;What do you think about setting up something like &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackoverflow.com/rooms/41570/so-close-vote-reviewers&quot;&gt;the Stack&#xA;  Overflow Close Vote Reviewers chat room&#xA;  (SOCVR)&lt;/a&gt;?&#xA;  Aside from a recent surge in first posts, our close vote review queue&#xA;  has always been rather large. Every year or so, we see posts to clean it&#xA;  up:&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/13629/clearing-out-the-close-review-queue-2015&quot;&gt;1&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/8603/do-we-need-a-event-to-clear-out-the-close-queue&quot;&gt;2&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/7929/shall-we-try-and-clean-the-close-vote-review-queue-to-start-the-new-year&quot;&gt;3&lt;/a&gt;.&#xA;  This has been suggested before, and IIRC, &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/206/ubuntu-regulators&quot;&gt;there is such a&#xA;  room&lt;/a&gt;, but&#xA;  inactive (and lacking publicity). While having a room by itself is not&#xA;  the issue, the queue size is. It's been agreed repeatedly over the years&#xA;  that it's a problem and something needs to be done about it. Thoughts?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not so sure if we need an extra event to clear out the close review&#xA;queue, I think raising the number of reviews everyone can do by lets say 5&#xA;or even 10 more would clean this queue in a relatively short time and as&#xA;long not suddenly we have a drop in people reviewing we shouldn't have&#xA;such high numbers again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;7&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;How would you deal with a feud between two users? Consider a case&#xA;  where two users have it in for each other and tend to down-vote and/or&#xA;  negatively comment on each other's posts.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would try to mediate between them and/or try to get them into a&#xA;constructive dialog with each other.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;8&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How do you deal with established users who have gained reputation,&#xA;  badges and privileges by illicit means?&lt;/strong&gt; This might seem silly but it&#xA;  has real world applications. Things like this, where &gt;1k rep users do&#xA;  something really quite wrong, happen a couple of times a year. Dealing&#xA;  with it smoothly is important to the continued success of the site.&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/15590/22665&quot;&gt;Example scenario&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a hard one to answer, because it should get viewed at by a case&#xA;by case basis, what is sure is the illicit gained reputation and badges&#xA;should be reversed. All other actions should be discussed within the&#xA;moderator team or even be done by higher instances taking the moderators&#xA;thoughts on the matter into account.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;9&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;How would you encourage users to improve their answer quality? For&#xA;  instance, someone who consistently copies another user's comments into&#xA;  an answer, more or less verbatim, without verifying that the information&#xA;  they're supplying is correct.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If theres obvious flaws in a users answer first trying to point out&#xA;those flaws in a comment and give the user time to work on it. If this&#xA;doesn't happen and continues on searching the discourse via chat or mail.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;10&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;In your opinion, what do moderators do?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the best case a moderator has to do nothing, but since we don't live&#xA;in a perfect world a moderator as far I can see it does the following,&#xA;handling flags, evaluate posts, deleting/cleaning posts which not belong&#xA;on the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="522934" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2016-06-14T20:12:33.593" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15603" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-14T18:46:09.480" Score="2" ViewCount="40" Body="&lt;p&gt;I try to vote to close a question, but am greeted with this error message:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/g7sBT.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/g7sBT.png&quot; alt=&quot;&amp;quot;You may only load the close dialog every 3 seconds&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I patiently wait until 3 seconds have passed, try again, and get the same error, over and over again. What is wrong here?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="149708" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2016-06-15T11:44:32.353" Title="Erroneous message pops up in close dialog" Tags="|bug|status-norepro|vote-to-close|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15604" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15591" CreationDate="2016-06-14T20:07:33.937" Score="3" Body="&lt;h3&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ByteCommander&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;→ &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/367990/byte-commander&quot;&gt;Profile&lt;/a&gt; | → &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/election#post-786101&quot;&gt;Nomination&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What timezone are you in and when will you be most active? The moderators we have now cover quite a broad range of times throughout the day, but there are a handful of times when there are no moderators around (Friday evening, PST, for example).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I live in Germany &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/germany/stuttgart&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;( CET / Central European Time / UTC+1 )&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;Usually I can be active during the whole day on weekends as well as the evenings of working days. Within the next couple of months I'll have even more time though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;As the site gains more and more moderators, it will become increasingly important for the existing moderators to think and act alike so that we the laymen can can know what to expect, regardless of which moderator is acting. Describe your relationship with the present moderators and why you would expect &lt;em&gt;them&lt;/em&gt; (and not just us) to trust you as a moderator as well.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So far my relationship to the present moderators has been very positive, I often get to talk with some of them as I'm actively using the chat. I already help them by notifying them of issues on the site which I can't handle on my own yet (e.g. strange user behaviours) either directly in chat or using the official way of raising a moderator flag where possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They can trust me because my principles of moderation are transparency and openness. This means that I would like to perform all moderating actions as publicly as possible without hurting anyone's privacy. There should always be a dialogue between the moderators on tricky issues which could generate more than one single opinion and I am going to behave with this in mind. I of course may make mistakes as well as we all do, but I think I am able to accept constructive criticism and learn from them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How would you deal with a user who produced a steady stream of valuable questions/answers, but tends to generate a large number of arguments/flags in comments and chat?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First of all, I would see myself as a rather friendly type of moderator who always tries to see the positive aspects in everybody (may sound naive, but that's how I would like to approach all users, at least until they prove the opposite).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We also can agree that the focus of Stack Exchange is to produce good content, i.e. mainly questions and answers of high quality. Comments and the chat are second and third level posts which contribute less value to the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, it would be really counterproductive to ban somebody or take other drastic actions if the user only makes inappropriate comments or remarks in chat. Instead I would first reply directly on the offensive comments/messages and ask the user politely to calm down, informing them that such language is not appreciated on the site. Deleting the offensive posts is obligatory.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After this first soft approach, I would go on monitoring the actions of this user directly and of course by observing the flag queue. If they behave now, everything is fine. Else we continue with phase two:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would send the user a private moderator message. There I lay out how we all appreciate their great contributions to questions and answers, but that they need to calm down a bit and try to handle criticism (which probably caused the bad reactions in comments - just taking this as assumption here) not as personal attack but as help to further improve their contributions. If we're talking about chat messages, adding that all of those messages are recorded and publicly visible forever and asking whether they want to represent themselves like that seems good to me too. Finally it's necessary to explain that the community does not want such inappropriate content on the site and that if they don't stop, we would be forced to suspend their accounts for some time to protect the interests of the community as very last action. This should never have to happen though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course the outlined procedure is just a general plan, the detailed actions I would take have to be adapted to every single case and it would be also useful to ask other moderators for their opinion if it looks like a tricky case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;4&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How would you handle a situation where another mod closed/deleted/etc a question that you feel shouldn't have been?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this case I would definitely approach them and politely ask them to explain their thoughts to me. If their reasons are conclusive, I am happy to have learned from them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, even moderators sometimes can make mistakes, I have seen it a few times already (on other sites as well) that a moderator was partly unsure about a close vote and casted it, not thinking about that their vote immediately closes the question instead of increasing the counter like a normal user vote does. This can happen and in such a situation we would have to discuss which action would be more appropriate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If no consensus can be found, in a first step I would consult the other moderators and see if we can get a clear majority on the topic. In case this can not happen because there is no real ground on a specific topic yet, it's time to formulate a Meta post to ask the community how they want cases like this to be handled.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;5&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The existing moderator team doesn't always agree in private (the joke is if you ask 10 people the same question, you'll get 15 answers). What will you do if the majority of moderators are opposed to your point of view?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I partly mentioned above, if there's a clear majority in the moderator group for one opinion and they managed to explain their reasons in a conclusive way, I am okay with this as I could at least learn something.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, if it's a rather weak majority or their arguments are not really good, I would propose to take this discussion to a broader audience by filing a Meta post and letting the community decide (or at least gather more opinions which could improve our discussion).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;6&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What do you think about setting up something like &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackoverflow.com/rooms/41570/so-close-vote-reviewers&quot;&gt;the Stack Overflow Close Vote Reviewers chat room (SOCVR)&lt;/a&gt;? Aside from a recent surge in first posts, our close vote review queue has always been rather large. Every year or so, we see posts to clean it up: &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/13629/clearing-out-the-close-review-queue-2015&quot;&gt;1&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/8603/do-we-need-a-event-to-clear-out-the-close-queue&quot;&gt;2&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/7929/shall-we-try-and-clean-the-close-vote-review-queue-to-start-the-new-year&quot;&gt;3&lt;/a&gt;. This has been suggested before, and IIRC, &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/206/ubuntu-regulators&quot;&gt;there is such a room&lt;/a&gt;, but inactive (and lacking publicity). While having a room by itself is not the issue, the queue size is. It's been agreed repeatedly over the years that it's a problem and something needs to be done about it. Thoughts?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At first sight I appreciated the idea of having a separate room dedicated to community moderation tasks like closing, flagging, editing and deleting posts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I knew of the SOCVR before, but have never really looked at it because I have not been that active on Stack Overflow. Now I just looked into it and read through their quite impressive set of rules. Actually the whole thing looks more like a machinery to me than an open room.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Coming back to Ask Ubuntu: Our site is much smaller than Stack Overflow and so are our review queues. I know it had about 1000 items in the last weeks, but currently it dropped to less than 300 which is an acceptable size in my opinion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, let's expect it will grow again. What would an &amp;quot;AUCVR&amp;quot; improve? Actually I don't think there would be much of a difference. Those who review and chat are already coming together in the Ask Ubuntu General Room and if there are posts that need closing or deleting votes, people can and do post there. Pushing these activities off to a separated room will probably reduce the traffic, because I think there are more people who do occasional reviews and cast a vote when pointed to something in the General Room than we could get to frequently join a close voting room.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The SOCVR makes sense on Stack Overflow because not only their site but also their chat rooms have a much greater volume. They do not have one general room but many rooms for each sub-community, e.g. a Java room, a Python room, etc. On Ask Ubuntu we do not have such groups, if somebody wants to chat, there's basically one place for everything.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So instead of adding (or reviving) a separate room for close voting, I think it's far more effective to encourage people to review by using the existent structures. However, it could be very motivating to schedule reviewing events, maybe once a week. We could encourage people to join the Ask Ubuntu General Room and review the largest queue together. We would have to provide guidance and support and help if people are not sure how to handle a specific post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Additionally it might be a motivation to add a badge for using all available review tasks on a day, similar to those for using all available votes on a day or reaching 200 reputation points on a day. There could be bronze badges for when this happens once in a queue, Silver badges for e.g. 50 days and gold badges for e.g. 250 days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;7&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How would you deal with a feud between two users? Consider a case where two users have it in for each other and tend to downvote and/or negatively comment on each other's posts.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The procedure here would be similar to the one I described below point 3.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a first step I would leave a regular comment below their negative comments and ask them politely to reconcile their differences. I would tell them that comments are there to discuss the respective post only and invite them to chat to finish their discussion aside of the main site and in a watched and protected environment. If their dispute is really strong, a private chat room with only them and moderators might be more appropriate than the main chat. Again, deleting the offensive posts is obligatory.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If they accept the invitation, I would ask each of them for the cause of the dispute and their view. The aim is to find a compromise and end the argument an a way which is acceptable for both of them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In case they do not react on the invitation or ignore what has been discussed there and continue offending each other, a private moderator message is my next action. This time I warn each of them that continuing their rude behaviour will lead to temporary suspension of their accounts, together with another invitation to a private chat room.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should even this not take effect, our only remaining option is said temporary suspension.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;8&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How do you deal with established users who have gained reputation, badges and privileges by illicit means?&lt;/strong&gt; This might seem silly but it has real world applications. Things like this, where &amp;gt;1k rep users do something really quite wrong, happen a couple of times a year. Dealing with it smoothly is important to the continued success of the site. &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/15590/22665&quot;&gt;Example scenario&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Similarly to question number 3, I think that keeping the site's quality on a high level is the most important thing that we have to ensure. So even if some users multiplied their own reputation through bad behaviour, their contributions must have been valuable, as it would be nearly impossible to cheat reputation with low quality posts. Therefore I am sure that bans or deleting their accounts would not help anybody.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Instead, it is important to thoroughly investigate this issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First, we have to identify all sockpuppet accounts of the involved users (if existing) to merge them into the main ones, which should invalidate votes between them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Second, we must find a way to invalidate serial voting patterns between the involved users. In my opinion, simply dropping all votes ever cast between a set of users is like throwing the baby out with the bathwater. Instead the moderator group should come together with some members of the Stack Exchange staff and think about a rule about what counts as serial, targeted votes and what not. Once these limitations are defined, it's our duty as moderators to enforce this and invalidate the votes that match these criteria.  Ideally after this has been done, there should still be votes remaining that do not look suspicious.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Before performing those actions, it would be preferable to privately contact the involved users and confront them with that we found out how they cheated the system and that we're going to revert this. We should give them a chance to explain their actions and admit that they did something wrong. If they regret their actions and promise not to do it again, we can let them participate (at least as spectators) in the discussion about the actions to be done. That way our process becomes transparent and will be seen as justified action by the affected people instead of a simple punishment. It helps them to accept the reversal actions as necessary and will keep their trust in the site and the moderators.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After everything has been carried out, it's time to inform the public through a meta post that some bad things have been going on and how we fixed them. Naming the involved people is not necessary here, at least if their malicious behaviour has been minor and not directly affecting the entire community.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think this way is the best to keep the users as valuable contributors on the site while restoring justice and equal chances for the community and keeping both trust and respect from the involved users as well as the community.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;9&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How would you encourage users to improve their answer quality? For instance, someone who consistently copies another user's comments into an answer, more or less verbatim, without verifying that the information they're supplying is correct.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a first step, deleting obviously copied answers that are not correct or duplicates of existing answers as well as leaving a polite comment mentioning that they should try to come up with their own content and verify their resources.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If somebody is converting a valuable comment that answers the question into an answer, ideally giving the appropriate credits, that would be okay though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once I notice that a user is posting low-quality content over and over again, sending them a private moderator message which explains that we appreciate their will to contribute to the site and describes how they have to improve their posts to meet our quality standards, showing them links to the respective sections of our help center.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I remember correctly, a high number of low-quality posts (downvoted, closed, deleted, ...) should lead to an automatic temporary posting ban by the system anyway. My private message would also include a warning about that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;10&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In your opinion, what do moderators do?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Moderators should be the glue between the community and the site. It's their job to act as representatives of Stack Exchange towards users and to represent their site and its community towards the SE staff. They must mediate between those two parties if there are concerns from either side and find good solutions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They should also not act as if they were commanding the site, instead they have to assist the community to moderate itself. Most moderation tasks on Stack Exchange are delegated to the community based on privilege levels and it's the task of those experienced users of the community to handle most standard situations like closing questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This does not mean that moderators should not help with these reviews, but they also must keep in mind to be very careful as a single moderator close or delete vote has a higher weight and immediately performs the action. Their main task is instead to handle exceptional situations that can not be done by regular users, mainly handling moderator flags and providing guidance in unclear situations concerning the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2016-06-17T13:12:14.263" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15605" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15585" CreationDate="2016-06-14T20:21:21.953" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Whilst blocking keywords such as Windows does stop the issue, it would also create far more. For example if someone asked a question such as &lt;code&gt;How to dual boot Windows and Ubuntu?&lt;/code&gt; or they mention that a particular problem doesn't exist on Windows. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A notice on the page may help, but somehow I doubt it. If the clue &lt;code&gt;Ask Ubuntu&lt;/code&gt; wasn't clear enough I highly doubt a notice will either. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Funilly enough though, I saw for the first time in my existence a question about Ubuntu on the Windows Q&amp;amp;A page. I can't remember what it was exactly, I think it was something about apt-get command. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="554924" LastActivityDate="2016-06-14T20:21:21.953" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15606" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-14T23:00:36.703" Score="-8" ViewCount="119" Body="&lt;p&gt;This question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/786883/how-to-retrive-only-needed-line-from-terminal-output&quot;&gt;How do I retrieve only the needed line from terminal output?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am kind of shocked by it. Basically they are asking:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;How to print Nth line?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Surely this has been asked before? But, instead of:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;downvotes&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;closing&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;holding&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;deleting&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This question has flourished?:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;7 answers&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;8 upvotes&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;1 favorite&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;combined 34 upvotes for answers&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is more disturbing is 2 of the answerers have dupe hammer:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/216503/heemayl&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/users/216503/heemayl&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/85695/terdon&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/users/85695/terdon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is going on here? Instead of doing The Right Thing and closing what I&#xA;assume is an obvious dupliate, people are just hungry for points?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user544875" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2016-06-15T14:33:08.733" Title="Obvious duplicate not being closed" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15607" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15591" CreationDate="2016-06-15T04:22:29.727" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Name : Serg&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;What timezone are you in and when will you be most active? The moderators we have now cover quite a broad range of times throughout the day, but there are a handful of times when there are no moderators around (Friday evening, PST, for example).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am located in Denver,Colorado, which is Mountain Time Zone. I spend large portion of my online time on AskUbuntu ( via cellphone or laptop ) , so availability  shouldn't be much of a problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;As the site gains more and more moderators, it will become increasingly important for the existing moderators to think and act alike so that we the laymen can can know what to expect, regardless of which moderator is acting. Describe your relationship with the present moderators and why you would expect &lt;em&gt;them&lt;/em&gt; (and not just us) to trust you as a moderator as well.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My relationship with the present moderators is fairly good : I spend big chunk of my time in AskUbuntu General Chatroom, so the present moderators know me well not just as another user but as regular person, so trust is not an issue. The only ban I ever had was from Oli , and I requested that by myself to finish a homework assignment (true story). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;How would you deal with a user who produced a steady stream of valuable questions/answers, but tends to generate a large number of arguments/flags in comments and chat?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As Ubuntu Code of Conduct states, &quot;...disagreement is not an excuse for poor manners&quot;. Valuable questions/answers don't change the fact that user's behavior may be inappropriate in interactions with other users. I'd give the user 3 strikes: a warning, a short timeout from chat (probably multiple ones if necessary), and finally a manual suspension (probably very special case of someone who disregards even mod's warnings).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;4&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;How would you handle a situation where another mod closed/deleted/etc a question that you feel shouldn't have been?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Discus it with the mod in question and see their reasoning, maybe ask for opinion of another mod. I've had a good example of such discussion with muru over a command-line type of question in the chat once. Jacob Vlijm had such discussion with me several times in the AskUbuntu chat. We always remain respectful and provide reasoning for whether a question should remain closed or re-opened. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;5&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;The existing moderator team doesn't always agree in private (the joke is if you ask 10 people the same question, you'll get 15 answers). What will you do if the majority of moderators are opposed to your point of view?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Majority rules - that's the core of democracy; plus , sometimes it's better to step down and let popular decision win. If I am 100% dead on certain the majority is wrong and the site is about to be broken by that decision , then I might contact StackOverflow employees/developers/whoever is next in the authority ladder, but it would have to be very special case. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;6&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;What do you think about setting up something like &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackoverflow.com/rooms/41570/so-close-vote-reviewers&quot;&gt;the Stack Overflow Close Vote Reviewers chat room (SOCVR)&lt;/a&gt;? Aside from a recent surge in first posts, our close vote review queue has always been rather large. Every year or so, we see posts to clean it up: &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/13629/clearing-out-the-close-review-queue-2015&quot;&gt;1&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/8603/do-we-need-a-event-to-clear-out-the-close-queue&quot;&gt;2&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/7929/shall-we-try-and-clean-the-close-vote-review-queue-to-start-the-new-year&quot;&gt;3&lt;/a&gt;. This has been suggested before, and IIRC, &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/206/ubuntu-regulators&quot;&gt;there is such a room&lt;/a&gt;, but inactive (and lacking publicity). While having a room by itself is not the issue, the queue size is. It's been agreed repeatedly over the years that it's a problem and something needs to be done about it. Thoughts?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There already exists AskUbuntu General Chatroom where people ocasionally ask for suggestion on a review. Clearing out the queue lacks incentive for the users, and I don't see another chatroom as a good incentive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;7&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;How would you deal with a feud between two users? Consider a case where two users have it in for each other and tend to downvote and/or negatively comment on each other's posts.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Such feuds negatively affect the community. If it's a single discussion, move it into chat and let them discuss it in private.  If it's multiple posts/multiple downvotes , a warning should be given to both : &quot;Hey, behave professional and don't make a show for the community&quot;. If they don't stop - might need to place them on a timeout ban. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;8&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How do you deal with established users who have gained reputation, badges and privileges by illicit means?&lt;/strong&gt; This might seem silly but it has real world applications. Things like this, where &gt;1k rep users do something really quite wrong, happen a couple of times a year. Dealing with it smoothly is important to the continued success of the site. &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/15590/22665&quot;&gt;Example scenario&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Wrong is wrong, whether it is an established user or not. A reversal on the reputation is probably the best option. But it's better if people correct their behavior; otherwise it's just going to be a vicious cycle of reversals. Frankly, I don't have experience with this particular question, so I'd seek suggestions from other moderators first. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;9&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;How would you encourage users to improve their answer quality? For instance, someone who consistently copies another user's comments into an answer, more or less verbatim, without verifying that the information they're supplying is correct.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Leave a comment or multiple on the post(s) of the user. If the user still doesn't comply , invite them to a chatroom ( if they're present on the site ) and try to discuss the matter. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;10&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;In your opinion, what do moderators do?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They review and handle issues that automated system cannot handle: offensive, rude users, or users who gain privileges via unfair means. They're also regular human beings , who have families and work outside of the site, so they can't handle everything or be on the site 24/7 , and probably don't earn nearly enough respect they should.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="295286" LastActivityDate="2016-06-15T04:22:29.727" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15608" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15609" CreationDate="2016-06-15T06:30:28.640" Score="6" ViewCount="109" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is a question, not a growl.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I flagged a question one day and I was happy for flagging that post and moved on. But when I came back, it did have the [closed] symbol, but it did not make my name appear on the thing. etc&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Closed as unclear what you are talking about: Seth, Videonauth, Nathan Osman, muru.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It should have my name but the server thinks it haves a mind of its own...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is causing this mayhem?!? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user527600" LastActivityDate="2016-06-15T06:33:52.830" Title="Why does my name not appear while flagging posts?" Tags="|discussion|support|flagging|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15609" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15608" CreationDate="2016-06-15T06:33:52.830" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;That's because flagging a post is not the same as casting a vote to close (commonly abbreviated as VTC around here). Everyone with at least 15 reputation can flag a post but only users with 3000 reputation or more can vote to close (see &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/close-questions&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/close-questions&lt;/a&gt;). The names that appeared in your example were those who voted to close the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15003" LastActivityDate="2016-06-15T06:33:52.830" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15610" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15580" CreationDate="2016-06-15T07:55:10.847" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Minor note about 2 successive lists of different type even without any indent space.   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;- ul&#xA;1. il &amp;lt;-0 here notice&#xA;&#xA;            |&amp;lt;-12 code&#xA;&#xA;break&#xA;&#xA;1. il&#xA;- ul &amp;lt;-0 here notice&#xA;&#xA;            |&amp;lt;-12 code&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;ul&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;il &amp;lt;-0 here notice&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;|&amp;lt;-12 code&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;break&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;il&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;ul &amp;lt;-0 here notice&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;|&amp;lt;-12 code&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="26246" LastActivityDate="2016-06-15T07:55:10.847" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15611" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-15T08:44:43.180" Score="13" ViewCount="224" Body="&lt;p&gt;In this question, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/786978/320386&quot;&gt;Command to display an arbitrary message if a particular file exists&lt;/a&gt;, Byte Commander and I answered within a few minutes of each other, with very similar answers. The main differences being that his example uses &lt;code&gt;[&lt;/code&gt; while mine uses &lt;code&gt;[[&lt;/code&gt;, and we suggested different conditional tests but both referenced the other useful test options. I also included a link to a useful resource on using conditionals in Bash for the 'teach a man to fish' factor.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To be honest, it was a fairly quick answer, that I bashed out before leaving the house. Byte Commander's answer was accepted, which is fair enough, you can only accept one answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've been surprised by the difference in votes, for essentially the same answer. I'm not moaning about not getting my rep (well maybe a little! * tear drops into coffee*), but a bit of advice about what I should have done differently would be useful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or is this just one of those luck of the draw situations?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="320386" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:24.280" LastActivityDate="2016-06-17T05:23:54.883" Title="How should I have made my answer more appealing?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15612" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15611" CreationDate="2016-06-15T09:35:44.970" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just to clarify the exact situation when I posted my answer:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yours did only use the &lt;code&gt;-f&lt;/code&gt; operator and the answer lacked any explanation as well as did not have that link yet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the bash shell on the command line.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;if [[ -f /path/to/file ]]; then echo &amp;quot;Yes&amp;quot;; fi&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then I posted my answer using &lt;code&gt;-e&lt;/code&gt; and explaining why I chose that one, but respecting that your answer was a minute or so quicker and giving you credits for the &lt;code&gt;-f&lt;/code&gt; part.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you only want to check regular files, use -f instead, as &lt;em&gt;@Arronical&lt;/em&gt; said.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My answer did not get edited afterwards, but you changed yours to include said &lt;code&gt;-e&lt;/code&gt; vs. &lt;code&gt;-f&lt;/code&gt; explanation and the link. At this point you also got my upvote btw.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I hope this helps you to understand why I posted my answer in the first place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;About why my answer is surprisingly so much higher rated? I don't really know.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe because my command with single &lt;code&gt;[]&lt;/code&gt; and without quotes around &lt;code&gt;&amp;quot;Yes&amp;quot;&lt;/code&gt; looks simpler (although yours is probably better practice)? People tend to prefer simple looking stuff.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another possible reason is the other, rather long answer which is on #2 now. As soon as it caught up with yours, people had to scroll down a &amp;quot;long&amp;quot; way to get to see your answer. People are lazy. This might explain why my answer continued receiving votes later and yours didn't, making the difference larger.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2016-06-15T09:35:44.970" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15613" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15611" CreationDate="2016-06-15T09:39:03.987" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can make &lt;a href=&quot;https://serverfault.com/q/52034/2619&quot;&gt;technical arguments between &lt;code&gt;[ ]&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;[[ ]]&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, and if you spend long enough in the dark crevices of the internet —as I have— you'll meet somebody claiming one of those is the most important factor to the price of fish.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Simple truth is it probably isn't that important for the stuff you're dealing with here. Especially not &lt;em&gt;here&lt;/em&gt; on Ask Ubuntu where Bash is implicit and we don't have to pander to pure POSIX. I'm sure there are scenarios where using the command/builtin is more useful, but if they were relevant, there probably wouldn't also be a keyword version.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Timing can and luck are factors too. Even two &lt;em&gt;identical&lt;/em&gt; answers posted at &lt;em&gt;exactly&lt;/em&gt; the same time can see different vote patterns. And once one has the lead (or an accepted) it's going to show higher up the page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To have any hope of reversing that you have to make your answer technically better. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:14:53.223" LastActivityDate="2016-06-15T11:36:40.480" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15614" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15585" CreationDate="2016-06-15T10:38:36.843" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;We could do with &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/triage?sort=votes&quot;&gt;a triage queue like Stack Overflow&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Triage is a question review queue intended to split questions into&#xA;  three categories: &quot;Looks OK&quot;, &quot;Requires Editing&quot;, and &quot;Unsalvageable&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Nice flowchart by &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/278380/help-us-test-question-triage&quot;&gt;Shog9&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Zjvml.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Zjvml.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As can be seen, triage reduces visibility of crap in the front page, which should hopefully discourage these, and prevent people from encouraging them by posting answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T09:16:20.523" LastActivityDate="2016-06-15T10:38:36.843" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15615" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-15T10:44:03.973" Score="0" ViewCount="64" Body="&lt;p&gt;It seems I can't manage to use &lt;em&gt;blockquotes&lt;/em&gt; correctly in my answers. There's always an extra empty row in the blockquote. I thank the editors for their patience and perseverance in correcting my answers. This situation is beginning to haunt me. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I use the &lt;code&gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; sign to begin the blockquote, but I found no method of ending it properly. The &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;&lt;/code&gt; sign doesn't work and I really don't know what to do / how to do it correctly. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="534685" OwnerDisplayName="ipse lute" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2016-06-15T11:00:50.410" LastActivityDate="2016-06-15T11:00:50.410" Title="How to correctly use *blockquotes* in questions/answers?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15616" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15615" CreationDate="2016-06-15T10:59:52.233" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Please see &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/formatting&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/editing-help&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; for help on formatting your posts. That said, you don't need to close the blockquote. Just leave an empty line and the next one will be normal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;&amp;gt; this is a blockquote&#xA;&#xA;But this isn't&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Renders like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;this is a blockquote&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But this isn't&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2016-06-15T10:59:52.233" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15617" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15611" CreationDate="2016-06-15T12:29:57.393" Score="13" Body="&lt;h3&gt;Just a few notes on &amp;quot;marketing&amp;quot; your answer&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Both answers are fine, but:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;...the decision to look into an answer is often done in a split second, and on a sub conscious level. Assume we are lazy readers (which I am), then the line:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Use this simple Bash one-liner:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;...has a clear instruction, inviting to go on reading, while:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;In the bash shell on the command line&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;asks me to &lt;em&gt;think&lt;/em&gt;, bash shell? command line?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This may sound ridiculous, but those who ever discussed with Google how to make an advertisement know this is true.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;As a rule&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;First of all, make sure to drop the solution into the reader's mind at first sight, preferably in a &lt;em&gt;visible&lt;/em&gt; way, if that is impossible, be smart on using text to achieve the same.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Only &lt;em&gt;then&lt;/em&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Once the reader likes the solution, start explaining &lt;em&gt;how to use&lt;/em&gt;, and subsequently, for the real interested:&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Explain why it works how it works, and why it is a good answer in your opinion.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Also note&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A good answer can, and most likely will attract votes over time. Some answers, I've seen &amp;quot;on zero&amp;quot; for months, but got over 15 votes after a longer period of time..&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The votes on an answer are not always a rational thing. I &lt;em&gt;love&lt;/em&gt; the votes in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/731724/72216&quot;&gt;this one&lt;/a&gt; (on which I deliberately refused an edit which added a header, for the reasons I mentioned above), but &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/676089/72216&quot;&gt;this one&lt;/a&gt;, I am still proud off however.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The voting on these answers does not have any relation with their quality.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Don't take votes in an absolute sense &lt;em&gt;per question&lt;/em&gt;. It's just an indication on an &lt;em&gt;average&lt;/em&gt; level, on a small area.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2016-06-17T05:23:54.883" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15618" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15606" CreationDate="2016-06-15T13:34:44.693" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;That does rather highlight this problem on Stack Exchange sites:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;The easier a question is, the easier, faster and more rewarding it is to answer than it is to sift through a dozen similar questions looking for an &lt;em&gt;exact&lt;/em&gt; match.&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A lot of the higher-rep users (including me) earned a lot of their reputation from questions like this. They're fun little problems that ultimately directly help somebody. They also teach people things. &lt;em&gt;I&lt;/em&gt;'ve learned a huge amount from others' answers and pushing myself to write better ones too. That's the sort of thing little exercises like this really excel at.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So yes. Lazy questions. Fastest-trigger answers. Duplication everywhere. All bad things... But there are soft and social benefits too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And ultimately this is a problem with the system. When closing things brings nearly the same level of reward as just answering them, perhaps your way, The Right Thing, will stand a chance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2016-06-15T14:27:32.987" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15620" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15606" CreationDate="2016-06-15T14:33:08.733" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ultimately, every system will break down somewhere.  The SE system is not faultless, and one of the faults is that easy questions and answers get easy points.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;SE has tried to eliminate some of that by firstly allowing answers to be marked as duplicates, secondly by giving equal opportunities to high-rep and low-rep users, and thirdly, by the fact of being a &lt;strong&gt;community&lt;/strong&gt;, that is, not a whole lot of independent individuals, but a group of accountable users, each one accountable to the moderators and one another.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I said, however, every system breaks down at some point.  In the SE system, unless you can show that the answer is definitely a duplicate of a previous question, it stays there.  Is this a default?  Yes.  Will people make use of it?  Yes.  But at some point, you have to ask where else you would draw the line.  Should we be able to close this question because it is similar to other questions?  Should we be able to close it because the information is elsewhere on the web?  How hard should a person have to search &lt;em&gt;both on AU and elsewhere&lt;/em&gt; before posting AU?  These are questions that the moderators struggle with.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I haven't succeeded in finding an exact duplicate of this particular question.  Hence, in the SE system as it stands presently, we cannot simply close it on the pretence that it would be easy enough to find the information elsewhere.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The goal of AU is to provide good questions and answers.  When questions like the one you referred to are asked, while it does give an individual user a reputation boost, it does serve the greater good of the site by providing more answers, giving a greater search engine awareness, and consequently drawing in more users to produce good questions and answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527350" LastActivityDate="2016-06-15T14:33:08.733" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15621" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15591" CreationDate="2016-06-15T22:02:13.977" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Paranoid Panda&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;What timezone are you in and when will you be most active? The moderators we have now cover quite a broad range of times throughout the day, but there are a handful of times when there are no moderators around (Friday evening, PST, for example).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I live in the United Kingdom (GMT+0). I am likely to be most active in the afternoons and evenings, but sometimes I may be active in the mornings too. My intention would be to sign on for a good deal of the day every day.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;As the site gains more and more moderators, it will become increasingly important for the existing moderators to think and act alike so that we the laymen can can know what to expect, regardless of which moderator is acting. Describe your relationship with the present moderators and why you would expect &lt;em&gt;them&lt;/em&gt; (and not just us) to trust you as a moderator as well.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe that I have been around long enough and contributed well enough to prove that I am to be trustworthy.&#xA;I greatly respect the work of the current moderators and believe that though a lot of pressure is put on them they handle everything very well. And that they do always try to do their best.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;How would you deal with a user who produced a steady stream of valuable questions/answers, but tends to generate a large number of arguments/flags in comments and chat?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would speak to the user in private and try to explain to them that while their good contributions are appreciated, that their behaviour is not, and is only harmful to the smooth workings of the site. I would try to explain calmly to them the situation and try to get them to understand what and why they need to stop. If however they refused to change their behaviour I would give them one formal warning and then give them a suspension (if the issue only appears in chat then a chat ban would suffice).&#xA;Because no matter the quality of a user’s contributions, if they are harming the experience for others and refusing to stop then their behaviour should not be tolerated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;4&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;How would you handle a situation where another mod closed/deleted/etc a question that you feel shouldn't have been?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would first speak to the moderator in question to try to understand their point of view on the matter, I would also put across mine and hope that we could come to some agreement in our discussion. If we don’t manage to come to an agreement and I believe that the matter is important enough to ask the rest of the moderation team then I will put it to them for consideration. If still nobody agrees with me then I will try my best to see it from their point of view and leave it at that. I do not believe that information on the disagreement should be released publicly for people will start to lose trust in the moderator team if they feel it is divided.&#xA;That does not mean however that we should be divided and hide it, I highly value the expertise of the long serving moderators and hope that I will be able to learn from them and not let us be divided.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;5&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;The existing moderator team doesn't always agree in private (the joke is if you ask 10 people the same question, you'll get 15 answers). What will you do if the majority of moderators are opposed to your point of view?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have already answered this question in my answer to question 4.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;6&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;What do you think about setting up something like &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackoverflow.com/rooms/41570/so-close-vote-reviewers&quot;&gt;the Stack Overflow Close Vote Reviewers chat room (SOCVR)&lt;/a&gt;? Aside from a recent surge in first posts, our close vote review queue has always been rather large. Every year or so, we see posts to clean it up: &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/13629/clearing-out-the-close-review-queue-2015&quot;&gt;1&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/8603/do-we-need-a-event-to-clear-out-the-close-queue&quot;&gt;2&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/7929/shall-we-try-and-clean-the-close-vote-review-queue-to-start-the-new-year&quot;&gt;3&lt;/a&gt;. This has been suggested before, and IIRC, &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/206/ubuntu-regulators&quot;&gt;there is such a room&lt;/a&gt;, but inactive (and lacking publicity). While having a room by itself is not the issue, the queue size is. It's been agreed repeatedly over the years that it's a problem and something needs to be done about it. Thoughts?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I agree too that the review queue and its growing size is a huge problem, especially when I have seen it grow to over 1000. I think the main reasons why there are not enough people voting are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;a) Users do not feel rewarded enough for doing it and may therefore find it to be time wasting – badges aren’t enough of an incentive for many, and there are only three badges for each queue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;b) Reviewing requires a lot of attention and concentration if done properly (by properly I mean by actually looking and reading the questions/answers as well as going to the actual item to see the other answers and comments to see the full picture rather than just casting the vote because others did) and some may just not have the time or interest to do it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A suggestion of mine on how to motivate users to do more reviewing would be to get SE to make some sort of game (people seem to like them) where in order to level up or unlock some special ability or something the user needs to go through the review queues and also not fail any audits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Probably SE won’t do this, but I don’t think that badges are going to do it either. Another idea would be to have something similar to Winter Bash Hats where if you earn a certain amount of badges you get to unlock something like a hat, or just something else fun (use your imagination).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or if it turns out I was wrong about how users feel about badges, then perhaps adding more of them would do it. Another thing which could work would be to increase the maximum level of items a user can review per day. Perhaps users with a higher reputation level should be allowed to review more items than those at a lower level.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;7&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;How would you deal with a feud between two users? Consider a case where two users have it in for each other and tend to downvote and/or negatively comment on each other's posts.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would start by privately talking to both users separately one on one and explaining that they are damaging the user experience for others on the site and that they should take their arguments elsewhere, or preferably, stop them completely (depending on what they are). If the users continue their behaviour after my polite word with them I will issue a formal warning. If they still continue to disrupt the site with their behaviour then I would start by giving them a short suspension (somewhere between two days and a week) so that they can think about what they have been doing, and realise that their actions, if bad, will have consequences especially if they refuse to change them when a moderator is forced to contact them. I would also try to have the downvotes reversed on the basis that they would be of the ‘serial’ type.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A useful technical solution to this problem though could be a functionality which would allow two users to be isolated from each other in the sense that their accounts would not be allowed to vote or comment etc on each other’s posts. Though this would have to be used sparingly and only in extreme circumstances.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;8&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How do you deal with established users who have gained reputation, badges and privileges by illicit means?&lt;/strong&gt; This might seem silly but it has real world applications. Things like this, where &gt;1k rep users do something really quite wrong, happen a couple of times a year. Dealing with it smoothly is important to the continued success of the site. &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/15590/22665&quot;&gt;Example scenario&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(A lot of what I say is specific to the example scenario given.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my mind the fact that the users are established just makes it worse, they knew what they were doing, they deliberately and malicious cheated the system out of votes. Making their crime even worse, letting them off would be like the police letting a bank robber off because they had stolen so much money that it would be a huge amount to take away from them and because they had done other good things in society even though they were getting to the top of it and controlling it through illegal and unethical means.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also letting them off would undermine the system as well as the trust of the users in the moderators, and it would just lead to more and more people getting the idea that it’s fine to do this if they do it long enough without getting found out and if they contribute good enough quality posts at the same time.&#xA;It may seem a little harsh to some at this point to just reverse all of the maliciously earned votes, but if they were allowed to continue it could get a whole lot worse, they could start bribing and corrupting other users into doing what they want, they could even blackmail some by saying they would serially downvote them if they didn’t do as they say.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This could even lead to the users in question becoming moderators for they may get control of other users through the means I mentioned above and then get them to vote for them. Though this is perhaps unlikely, it is possible so the situation should really be stopped before it can get too out of hand.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Before taking any action on the matter however a meeting of the entire moderator team on the matter would be needed and we would also likely communicate with SE on the issue before taking any proper action.&#xA;If it were fully up to me though I would reverse all the votes, suspend or delete the sockpuppet accounts, as well as send a formal warning on the matter to each of those in the guilty party, I would also stress the severity of it to them and that if they continue a lengthy suspension is likely to be given and the possible deletion of their accounts. Perhaps it would be possible to impose a further reputation penalty of x% of the illicitly gained reputation (it wouldn’t deter bank robbers if all they had to do was to return what they had stolen)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;9&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;How would you encourage users to improve their answer quality? For instance, someone who consistently copies another user's comments into an answer, more or less verbatim, without verifying that the information they're supplying is correct.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is not really the job of the moderators to deal with incorrect answers unless they are actually &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/14688/364819&quot;&gt;dangerous&lt;/a&gt;, so the system of users just downvoting the answers and the system automatically giving them an answer ban after a certain amount of unpopular answers should be enough.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;10&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;In your opinion, what do moderators do?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my opinion, as little as possible. For the most part a moderator’s job is just working in the background of the site cleaning up spam and dealing with flags. And if the behaviour of a user becomes malicious or damaging to the site, it is the job of the moderators’ to deal with such a user.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Moderators are also ambassadors for the correct and accepted conduct, they will keep the site in line but only act if a user crosses the line, as I said in my nominations post, I believe it very important for a moderator to keep their personal moods and feelings separate from their moderator duties.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And that is really the art of it, they deal with the background workings to keep everything running smoothly, they set an example for how to behave and they deal with any unpleasant situations between users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastEditorDisplayName="user364819" LastEditDate="2016-06-16T16:57:09.063" LastActivityDate="2016-06-16T16:57:09.063" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15622" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15591" CreationDate="2016-06-17T06:33:14.033" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/election#post-785307&quot;&gt;Nomination&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/278703/faizan&quot;&gt;Faizan&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;What timezone are you in and when will you be most active? The moderators we have now cover quite a broad range of times throughout the day, but there are a handful of times when there are no moderators around (Friday evening, PST, for example).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am from timezone UTC + 5:30. I will mostly be available at late evenings daily and weekends.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;As the site gains more and more moderators, it will become increasingly important for the existing moderators to think and act alike so that we the laymen can can know what to expect, regardless of which moderator is acting. Describe your relationship with the present moderators and why you would expect &lt;em&gt;them&lt;/em&gt; (and not just us) to trust you as a moderator as well.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have been very positive with moderators. Whenever I had some confusion with respect to any decision made by any moderator like serial reversal,etc I used to put things in chat. I always try to leave a comment when flagging or down voting a post. I respect all my fellows and deal with them patiently.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;How would you deal with a user who produced a steady stream of valuable questions/answers, but tends to generate a large number of arguments/flags in comments and chat?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I will not argue with that person rather I will listen to him with patience and then will tell him accordingly to behave properly with fellows when I feel it is the right time as there are always times when people understand your words.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;4&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;How would you handle a situation where another mod closed/deleted/etc a question that you feel shouldn't have been?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I will discuss with them and check their reason for closing the post and also tell them my reasons for feeling of not closing the post&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;5&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;The existing moderator team doesn't always agree in private (the joke is if you ask 10 people the same question, you'll get 15 answers). What will you do if the majority of moderators are opposed to your point of view?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I will accept their opinion as &lt;strong&gt;unity is strength&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;6&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;What do you think about setting up something like &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackoverflow.com/rooms/41570/so-close-vote-reviewers&quot;&gt;the Stack Overflow Close Vote Reviewers chat room (SOCVR)&lt;/a&gt;? Aside from a recent surge in first posts, our close vote review queue has always been rather large. Every year or so, we see posts to clean it up: &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/13629/clearing-out-the-close-review-queue-2015&quot;&gt;1&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/8603/do-we-need-a-event-to-clear-out-the-close-queue&quot;&gt;2&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/7929/shall-we-try-and-clean-the-close-vote-review-queue-to-start-the-new-year&quot;&gt;3&lt;/a&gt;. This has been suggested before, and IIRC, &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/206/ubuntu-regulators&quot;&gt;there is such a room&lt;/a&gt;, but inactive (and lacking publicity). While having a room by itself is not the issue, the queue size is. It's been agreed repeatedly over the years that it's a problem and something needs to be done about it. Thoughts?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;People who have review rights should be encouraged and moderators should have a weekly meeting to discuss these issues&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;7&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;How would you deal with a feud between two users? Consider a case where two users have it in for each other and tend to downvote and/or negatively comment on each other's posts.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Tell them patiently not to downvote for no reasons, if they don't agree warn them about their account being suspended, if they don't agree remove their downvote privilege for sometime.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;8&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How do you deal with established users who have gained reputation, badges and privileges by illicit means?&lt;/strong&gt; This might seem silly but it has real world applications. Things like this, where &gt;1k rep users do something really quite wrong, happen a couple of times a year. Dealing with it smoothly is important to the continued success of the site. &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/15590/22665&quot;&gt;Example scenario&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First tell the culprits directly in private to admit they have done wrong and repent from the sin, if they don't agree remove some of their reputation and badges but not all. Also a private chat meeting with other moderators excluding the culprits and discussing how to deal with them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;9&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;How would you encourage users to improve their answer quality? For instance, someone who consistently copies another user's comments into an answer, more or less verbatim, without verifying that the information they're supplying is correct.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By commenting on those places and if the person doesn't agree, remove some of his privileges for sometime&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;10&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;In your opinion, what do moderators do?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Moderation is about keeping the Ask Ubuntu community clean like flag spams and inappropriate answers reviewing low quality posts, suggested edits, late answers, etc. It also includes community building by actively posting meta site. And at last it requires one to be patient and show respect for fellow members and users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="278703" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2016-06-17T06:33:14.033" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15623" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15624" CreationDate="2016-06-17T09:04:26.993" Score="3" ViewCount="45" Body="&lt;p&gt;Lately, I've been into edits using my new self phone, and all went smoothly. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But today, when I tried to suggest an edit to a new question, I simply couldn't. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Instead, I got this message: &#xA;&quot;User cannot suggest edits to this question&quot;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is a screenshot, in case that helps.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/N2Bo5.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/N2Bo5.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;user cannot suggest edits to this askubuntu question&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you can see, the message tells me that I can't, but it doesn't give me the reason why. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What I did (or didn't) to make the system reject my suggestion? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it a bug?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="146105" LastActivityDate="2016-06-17T09:41:29.547" Title="&quot;User cannot suggest edits to this question&quot;" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15624" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15623" CreationDate="2016-06-17T09:24:59.820" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is because while you are in the middle of making your edit, somebody else submits an edit that is still pending approval by users with at least 2000 reputation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15003" LastEditorUserId="15003" LastEditDate="2016-06-17T09:41:29.547" LastActivityDate="2016-06-17T09:41:29.547" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15625" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-17T10:02:11.007" Score="4" ViewCount="130" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was perusing the site and ran across &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/786179/518562&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; answer:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You need to boot up a LiveCD/LiveUSB Ubuntu. After the desktop&#xA;  appears, open GParted and delete swap and ext partitions. Apply&#xA;  changes and now Ubuntu is gone.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;For how to remove GRUB and repair Windows bootloader, you can look&#xA;  here:&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestoreUbuntu/XP/Vista/7Bootloader&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestoreUbuntu/XP/Vista/7Bootloader&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;  or&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestoreUbuntu/XP/Vista/7Bootloader&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestoreUbuntu/XP/Vista/7Bootloader&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;  or&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/326532/how-to-fix-the-mbr-for-windows-7&quot;&gt;How to fix the MBR for Windows 7?&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;It doesn't matter if you have Win 7, 8 or 10. The repair mechanism is&#xA;  the same.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;It needs work, right?&lt;/strong&gt; When I look at it, these things stick out at me:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Vague explanation of deletion process&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Including many links for the second part of the process, but nothing in the answer itself&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It's better to restore the Windows MBR before deleing Ubuntu, so that a Windows recovery disc is not needed&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="518562" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2016-06-17T10:23:23.840" Title="Does an answer like this one need work?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15626" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15625" CreationDate="2016-06-17T10:15:42.537" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;In fact that's not an answer, it only contains links and no answer at all, really. See the chart below for identifying answers:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/vAUaw.png&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or let's just assume I'm the questioner and not very savvy in terms of computer knowledge, I would be lost with that answer, having to pick the information needed on different places, which might even change over time. This most probably would raise more question as answering the one I had.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Always remember asking for help is harder than giving an answer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="522934" LastEditorUserId="522934" LastEditDate="2016-06-17T10:23:23.840" LastActivityDate="2016-06-17T10:23:23.840" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15627" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15628" CreationDate="2016-06-17T15:22:27.343" Score="1" ViewCount="49" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently provided an accepted answer to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/787962/recover-partition-table-for-exfat-partition&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The OP &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/revisions/787962/4&quot;&gt;edited the question roughly two hours later&lt;/a&gt; to include additional clarifications on the steps he did after following my suggestions. It mixed these details with a &quot;thank you&quot; comment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems to me that I should simply rollback the edit. Am I correct? Or should I ask the OP to include that information inside my answer or even as a comment?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="271" LastActivityDate="2016-06-17T17:36:39.253" Title="How shoud I deal with an update mixed with &quot;thanks&quot;?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15628" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15627" CreationDate="2016-06-17T17:12:27.343" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I suggest converting the new part of the question to an answer, mentioning that it is an answer by the OP. And also mark it as a community wiki.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is too long for a comment, but looks like a valid answer to me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Update:&lt;/strong&gt; I converted to an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="167850" LastEditorUserId="167850" LastEditDate="2016-06-17T17:36:39.253" LastActivityDate="2016-06-17T17:36:39.253" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15629" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15585" CreationDate="2016-06-17T17:46:18.393" Score="3" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Can we reduce the volume of off topic questions?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We already have the tools to reduce them, the problem is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;PEOPLE DON'T USE THESE TOOLS&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The whole system is built upon the assumption that people moderate content, but in this case they prefer not to (and is worse as &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/15420/169736&quot;&gt;they are encouraged to not&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;). That's the main problem here. People forgets that to have a sustainable site, you need to establish standards and minimum quality barriers. So, the best way to reduce the volume of crap is to &lt;em&gt;treat it like the crap it is&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2016-06-17T17:46:18.393" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15630" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15631" CreationDate="2016-06-17T22:01:10.890" Score="14" ViewCount="174" Body="&lt;p&gt;I know that I am not alone in being involved in projects to do with the Open Source community. In my case I am one of the developers of the command line audio CD ripper abcde.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Prompted by a discussion in the Ask Ubuntu general chat room I have started using a 'disclaimer' on &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/788327/57576&quot;&gt;questions that I pose to do with abcde&lt;/a&gt;. This disclaimer reads:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Disclaimer: As an abcde developer my aim with this question is to not only ask a useful and thought provoking question but also to increase awareness of the amazing capabilities of abcde.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My questions here are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Should such disclaimers be a matter of policy in Ask Ubuntu?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is this particular disclaimer suitable as a starting point for a 'template' in such a policy?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My purpose with this question is also to promote discussion of the various affiliations that people will have that may or may not influence both questions and answers on Ask Ubuntu and to seek a guide for best practice...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="57576" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2016-06-18T03:26:56.097" Title="Suitable disclaimers?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15631" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15630" CreationDate="2016-06-17T22:32:34.770" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would keep it short and simple, and yes such a disclaimer may be needed to discern whether or not it is Spam, on &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/promotion&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/help/promotion&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The community here tends to vote down overt self-promotion and flag it as spam. Post good, relevant answers, and if some (but not all) happen to be about your product or website, that’s okay. However, you must disclose your affiliation in your answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They use the word &quot;must&quot; so yes this is already a policy, brought on most likely by the ability to buy ad space on the stack exchange sites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So if you are promoting or wordy in your disclaimer it might be taken similarly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would use something like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt; &lt;em&gt;Disclaimer: I am a (position here) of (project here)&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At the bottom of your answer. Your current one seems to assume that a user assumed something about that affiliation and explains for that scenario, where you should be trying to ask a question to be within our guidelines regardless of that affiliation explanation free. Short and simple.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2016-06-18T03:26:56.097" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15632" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15633" CreationDate="2016-06-18T10:15:13.930" Score="1" ViewCount="105" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to insert this image into my answer:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.sudobits.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/keyboard-shortcuts-ubuntu-1110.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://blog.sudobits.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/keyboard-shortcuts-ubuntu-1110.png&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;UPDATE: The Markdown reference can be accessed here - &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/editing-help&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/editing-help&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user557709" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2016-06-18T11:04:22.927" Title="How can I manually add images on Ask Ubuntu using Markdown?" Tags="|support|meta|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15633" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15632" CreationDate="2016-06-18T10:29:14.400" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Click the &lt;kbd&gt;View image&lt;/kbd&gt; button to get the actual image URL: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/LQvNC.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/LQvNC.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then use markdown formatting, not HTML:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;![][2]&#xA;&#xA;[2]: http://blog.sudobits.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/keyboard-shortcuts-ubuntu-1110.png&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://blog.sudobits.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/keyboard-shortcuts-ubuntu-1110.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2016-06-18T10:29:14.400" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15634" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15599" CreationDate="2016-06-18T10:38:40.980" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;IMO: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/snapcraft&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;snapcraft&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;snapcraft&lt;/a&gt; &amp;equiv; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/snap-package&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;snap-package&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;snap-package&lt;/a&gt; &amp;cap; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/packaging&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;packaging&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;packaging&lt;/a&gt;, since &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/snap-package&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;snap-package&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;snap-package&lt;/a&gt; alone could be used for questions unrelated to actually building snaps. So if the tags are merged, questions currently using &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/snapcraft&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;snapcraft&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;snapcraft&lt;/a&gt; should be examined to see if they fit &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/packaging&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;packaging&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;packaging&lt;/a&gt; as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On a side note, the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/packaging&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;packaging&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;packaging&lt;/a&gt; wiki should now say &quot;Debian or snap packages&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2016-06-18T10:38:40.980" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15635" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15636" CreationDate="2016-06-18T17:16:31.400" Score="8" ViewCount="99" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just came across &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/reopen/580864&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; in the reopen view queue and I'm not sure what to do. The new edit means that the current close reason doesn't really completely suit it any more, a better one would be the one that goes something like &lt;code&gt;This issue went away&lt;/code&gt;. So should I vote to reopen and then to close it with that close reason? Or should I just leave it be?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastActivityDate="2016-06-19T05:07:08.593" Title="Should a question be reopened if another close reason now suits it better?" Tags="|discussion|support|closed-questions|review-queue|reopen-request|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15636" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15635" CreationDate="2016-06-18T18:31:07.143" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are two options.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;To leave the question closed, since it is still not clear.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;To reopen the question and add the OP's answer as a community wiki answer.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I vote for the second option, because this answer may have some value for someone who meets the same problem. It is unlikely though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="167850" LastActivityDate="2016-06-18T18:31:07.143" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15637" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15635" CreationDate="2016-06-19T05:07:08.593" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'll never vote to re-open a question just to close it again with a different reason. That wastes the time of potentially 10 or more reviewers, to what benefit? &lt;sub&gt;&lt;sup&gt;Unless I can band together four others to re-open and close quickly.&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/sub&gt; This, IMO, makes sense only when going from (any close reason) → duplicate, since none of the other reasons contribute anything to obtaining a solution, and ultimately don't add any benefits for anyone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you feel strongly enough about the close reason, flag for moderator attention, not that that's a guarantee for anything. For example, I flagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/124166/how-do-i-add-myself-into-the-sudoers-group&quot;&gt;How do I add myself into the sudoers group?&lt;/a&gt;, since I think it's really a dupe of  &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/70442/how-do-i-add-myself-back-as-a-sudo-user&quot;&gt;How do I add myself back as a sudo user?&lt;/a&gt; - the flag was marked as helpful, but as can be seen, the question status hasn't changed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2016-06-19T05:07:08.593" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15638" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15641" CreationDate="2016-06-19T12:08:37.613" Score="1" ViewCount="153" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Background: this question originates from &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/787082/pss-software-for-linux&quot;&gt;a flag&lt;/a&gt; I raised and that was recently denied. The question asked about an alternative to a Windows software.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This topic has been &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/14394/271&quot;&gt;discussed previously&lt;/a&gt; but the answers there do not seem any reasonable to me. Maybe they were in the past, before the &lt;a href=&quot;https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Software Recommendations SE&lt;/a&gt; website existed. Now it exists, and it is going very well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One of the possible reasons for closing a question or migrating it specifically says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This is not about Ubuntu&lt;/strong&gt;. Questions about &lt;strong&gt;other Linux distributions&lt;/strong&gt; can be asked on &lt;a href=&quot;http://unix.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;Unix &amp;amp; Linux&lt;/a&gt;, those about&#xA;  &lt;strong&gt;Windows&lt;/strong&gt; on &lt;a href=&quot;http://superuser.com&quot;&gt;Super User&lt;/a&gt;, those about &lt;strong&gt;Apple products&lt;/strong&gt; on &lt;a href=&quot;https://apple.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Ask Different&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;generic programming questions&lt;/strong&gt; on &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackoverflow.com&quot;&gt;Stack Overflow&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The rationale is: if it belongs to a different website, it should be migrated there. I don't think I need to convince you that software recommendations questions are suitable to the Software Recommendations website and they are perfectly on topic there. ;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why is this website not listed among those where OT questions should be moved? Why are software recommendations questions still considered on topic?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This puzzles me because those questions are both:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;primarily opinion based&lt;/strong&gt; (is GIMP a good alternative to Photoshop or not? And Krita? Wait, what about Cinepaint?)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;too broad&lt;/strong&gt; as there can be many possible answers (What is a good text editor for Ubuntu? Go figure which one will get recommended...)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="271" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:45:31.530" LastActivityDate="2016-06-19T17:35:42.900" Title="Why are software recommendations on topic?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15639" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15638" CreationDate="2016-06-19T12:24:59.530" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;Questions asking for software recommendations are on-topic both here and on the SE site specifically for them. As Ubuntu is both on U&amp;amp;L and here. In fact it can even be more useful to have Ubuntu-specific software recommendations here as people will know where to find them, there is no need to migrate them to the site specialising in all software recommendations.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;As it is not the case for Ubuntu questions on U&amp;amp;L.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;primarily opinion based&lt;/strong&gt; (is GIMP a good alternative to Photoshop or not? And Krita? Wait, what about Cinepaint?)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;too broad&lt;/strong&gt; as there can be many possible answers (What is a good text editor for Ubuntu? Go figure which one will get recommended...)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Software recommendation questions will be closed with one of these reasons if they are not specific enough to what exact features are needed. Or at least they should be in my opinion&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An answer to the literal &lt;em&gt;why&lt;/em&gt; question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because they are asking about software for &lt;em&gt;Ubuntu&lt;/em&gt; and basically anything relating to Ubuntu especially the software that runs on it is on-topic here. That was just a thing decided in the rules. You are allowed to give specifications for Ubuntu software and have it recommended to you. Normally if you are specific too much then it's not 'too broad' and not just 'primarily opinion-based' (you should note that questions on software recommendations are closed with these reasons if they are not specific enough).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditorDisplayName="user364819" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2016-06-19T17:35:42.900" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15640" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15638" CreationDate="2016-06-19T15:49:06.880" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;You have a basic misunderstanding here:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The rationale is: if it belongs to a different website, it should be migrated there. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That is just wrong. &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/10250/203101&quot;&gt;The rationale&lt;/a&gt; on all sites of the SE network is that if a question is on topic on the site it was posted, it stays there unless the OP asks for a migration. That it could also be on topic somewhere else is irrelevant:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Don't migrate for the sake of migration.&lt;/strong&gt; We only migrate questions because they are &lt;em&gt;off-topic on the original site&lt;/em&gt;. It is perfectly possible for a question to be on-topic on multiple sites, but that is not a reason to migrate it elsewhere. As a general rule, if someone asks a question &lt;em&gt;here&lt;/em&gt;, and it's on-topic &lt;em&gt;here&lt;/em&gt;, it should stay &lt;em&gt;here&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are many sites whose scopes overlap. For example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Bash questions are on topic here, on Stack Overflow, on Unix &amp;amp; Linux, on Super User, even on Ask Different if you're using OSX or on Server Fault if it's about system administration. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;General Ubuntu questions are on topic here, on SU and on U&amp;amp;L. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;A question about, say the latest super hero film would be on topic on Science Fiction and Fantasy and on Movies &amp;amp; TV. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The fact that a question would be on topic elsewhere is completely irrelevant when it comes to whether it is also on topic here. The close reason you quoted is used for questions that are off topic here and should instead be posted on one of the other sites. Not for questions that would also be on topic elsewhere. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, you may well have a point that software requests shouldn't be on topic here. I would probably agree with that position. However, they currently are on topic and that's why your flag was rejected. As far as I know, the only site on the network that explicitly forbids software request questions is &lt;a href=&quot;https://superuser.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;Super User&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, if you want to argue that they shouldn't be on topic here either, please open a new thread and present your arguments. As I said, I'd probably support you myself. Just be aware that you would be asking for a &lt;em&gt;change&lt;/em&gt; in the site's scope, not for enforcing an already existing limitation. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2016-06-19T16:18:47.677" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15641" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15638" CreationDate="2016-06-19T16:28:41.167" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Software recommendations are on-topic here, but I think we're too lax with them. I think we should apply &lt;a href=&quot;https://softwarerecs.meta.stackexchange.com/q/336&quot;&gt;softwarerecs.se's requirements&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Their &lt;a href=&quot;https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;help/on-topic&lt;/a&gt; page:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Good software recommendation requests have two components:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;A &lt;strong&gt;purpose&lt;/strong&gt; — a task to accomplish, a user story&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Some &lt;strong&gt;objective requirements&lt;/strong&gt; — a minimum set of features&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Please read our &lt;a href=&quot;https://softwarerecs.meta.stackexchange.com/q/336&quot;&gt;question quality guidelines&lt;/a&gt; before posting.&#xA;  Always state your requirements explicitly: even if you're asking for&#xA;  alternatives, we need to know which features you need.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We really should close questions that just go &quot;I wan app like X.&quot; WTF is X? I might not use it, but I might know software that will fit your use, but I have no idea since I don't know what X's feature set is or which of those features you want.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:05.267" LastActivityDate="2016-06-19T16:28:41.167" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15642" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15643" CreationDate="2016-06-19T17:27:14.570" Score="-3" ViewCount="49" Body="&lt;p&gt;I propose that any questions tagged with &lt;code&gt;wireless&lt;/code&gt; are &lt;strong&gt;REQUIRED&lt;/strong&gt; to contain the output of:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;lsusb | grep Wireless        #For USB adapters&#xA;lspci -knn | grep Net -A2    #For built-in adapters&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As in, unless the system finds lines like, &quot;Output of&quot; in the question, you aren't allowed to post it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any takers?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="518562" LastActivityDate="2016-06-19T18:48:59.440" Title="Required info for wireless-tagged questions" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15643" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15642" CreationDate="2016-06-19T18:08:33.997" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;Disallowing &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/wireless&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;wireless&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;wireless&lt;/a&gt; questions without stating &quot;output of &quot; [command list] is a bad idea because we will have a lot of questions which are for wireless things but do not need the output as identified in comments (for example, &quot;How do I see detailed statistics in a graphical interface for all wireless networks near by me?&quot; would not need that output but would still be tagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/wireless&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;wireless&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;wireless&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Best I would suggest is a nice big popup with a notice and a &quot;Make sure you include information about your wireless adapter if the question pertains to malfunctioning or not working equipment&quot;, but not disallowing the entirety of the posting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2016-06-19T18:48:59.440" LastActivityDate="2016-06-19T18:48:59.440" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15644" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15645" CreationDate="2016-06-20T17:15:57.297" Score="7" ViewCount="111" Body="&lt;p&gt;The question &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/30833/are-there-any-good-programs-to-learn-dvorak/789392#789392&quot;&gt;Are there any good programs to learn Dvorak?&lt;/a&gt; has a &lt;code&gt;10.04&lt;/code&gt; tag, but this is a general question that really shouldn't be specific to a particular version of Ubuntu.  Can questions like this be edited to make them more general, and the tag removed?  If so, is there any protocol to taking such an action?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="79981" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2016-08-24T17:48:33.793" Title="Can version tags be removed if a question can be modified to be general to all versions?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15645" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15644" CreationDate="2016-06-20T17:32:39.720" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, and I believe version tags should be avoided as much as possible anyways. They make the question have a limited value. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would even go as far as believing that removing versions from title and body is valid if those have nothing to do with the problem. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Only if it is apparent that the question is off topic (due to the version for instance) leave it there. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We are here to answer questions. If fixing up a question makes for a better answer all the better.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastActivityDate="2016-06-20T17:32:39.720" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15646" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15644" CreationDate="2016-06-20T17:34:26.450" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Certainly. Many canonical posts started off with a version tag and grew more general. Personally, I remove those tags if the question's answers now cover multiple versions of Ubuntu, and people have shown an inclination to add answers for versions yet-to-be-covered. When I do that, I also remove the version numbers mentioned in the body or title of the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I suggest the following checklist:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Do the answers cover multiple Ubuntu versions?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Have answers been added to cover versions released after the question was asked?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Does the question itself cover multiple versions?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If any of those is true, nuke the tags.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The tags only make sense when the a solution must work for that tag - and if that's been handled, there's not much use for it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2016-06-20T17:34:26.450" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15647" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15648" CreationDate="2016-06-21T04:47:47.640" Score="0" ViewCount="66" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the past hour, I have seen two off-topic question promoting a service. Both were marked as spam. I am not even on that much, so if there is two this hour, and there is on average one a hour, 24 a day??? They aren't even technology related! It is annoying, but how can we stop it? All suggestions would be appreciated. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="420786" LastActivityDate="2016-06-21T05:04:29.293" Title="Completely off-topic, promoting!" Tags="|discussion|scope|spam-handling|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15648" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15647" CreationDate="2016-06-21T05:04:29.293" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;There's always spam around this time. Bots or people make new accounts and paste the stuff in. We have a bot in the AU chatroom that notifies us when something trips it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it's spam, we all flag it as spam and it goes away pretty quickly. If a mod is in the room and/or sees the post on the main site, they'll be able to delete it right away,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We can't really prevent it without maybe adding some sort of captcha, and those can be annoying (even the &quot;I'm not a robot&quot; checboxes). The best thing to do is flag any posts you see like that as spam and downvote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="274320" LastActivityDate="2016-06-21T05:04:29.293" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15650" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-21T18:06:57.917" Score="0" ViewCount="41" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have flaged one &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/789131/access-camera-from-terminal-ssh-on-ubuntu-touch-15-04&quot;&gt;question&lt;/a&gt; as &quot;low quality&quot; during a review. Today I saw that the flag was marked as &lt;em&gt;Disputed&lt;/em&gt;. What does this mean?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;P.S. I have marked it as low quality because I think that the author could have done better without much trouble.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="526943" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2016-06-21T18:13:16.453" Title="One of my flages is marked as &quot;Disputed&quot;. What does this mean?" Tags="|discussion|flagging|flags|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2016-06-21T18:20:07.133" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15652" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-21T20:02:12.047" Score="68" ViewCount="791" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu's &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/election/5&quot;&gt;fifth moderator election&lt;/a&gt; has come to a close, the votes have been tallied, and the 2 new moderators are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/85695&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/flair/85695.png&quot; alt=&quot;terdon&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/10616&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/flair/10616.png&quot; alt=&quot;Thomas W.&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They'll be joining &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users?tab=moderators&quot;&gt;the existing crew&lt;/a&gt; shortly — please thank them for volunteering, and share your assistance and advice with them as they learn the ropes!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For details on how the voting played out, you can download the election results &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/election/5&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;, or &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.opavote.org/results/5667639758159872/0&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;view a summary report online&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="173605" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2016-07-18T11:37:11.323" Title="2016 Community Moderator Election Results" Tags="|discussion|election|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="20" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15653" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15652" CreationDate="2016-06-21T20:10:36.350" Score="55" Body="&lt;p&gt;Thank you all for your support and votes. I'll try not to let you down!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2016-06-21T20:10:36.350" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15654" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15652" CreationDate="2016-06-21T20:15:55.067" Score="55" Body="&lt;p&gt;Thank you to everyone who voted!  I thank you all for your support and your votes as well, and will try not to let you down!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2016-06-21T20:15:55.067" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15655" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-22T22:29:56.637" Score="-2" ViewCount="89" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have more good rep than bad I think, but deleted a question(s) any chance we get a timer for ban lift?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="534680" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2016-06-23T15:57:51.213" LastActivityDate="2016-06-23T19:34:04.560" Title="Can we get a timer for ban lift in questions?" Tags="|feature-request|quality-filter|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15657" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15658" CreationDate="2016-06-23T11:20:06.310" Score="2" ViewCount="109" Body="&lt;p&gt;Title says it all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I saw &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/790587/why-cant-download-the-movie-with-torrent&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;, and was thinking probably not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/6CtBE.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/6CtBE.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="518562" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2016-06-23T12:16:12.323" Title="Do we allow questions that will assist in piracy?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="8" ClosedDate="2016-06-24T14:55:08.890" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15658" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15657" CreationDate="2016-06-23T12:01:00.900" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;It isn't illegal to share a file with Bittorrent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's all that's happening here. It's a file called &lt;code&gt;movie.mkv&lt;/code&gt;. It might a super-illegal leak of the next Star Wars film, it might be something the OP has created. Or something in between. My point is they could have full rights to do what they're doing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More than that, they appear to be sending it to themselves. Even if it &lt;em&gt;were&lt;/em&gt; Rogue One, personal copying of a file you already have is a long way from criminal redistribution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That is all to say: Chill out. Answer the question on its technical merit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="518562" LastEditDate="2016-06-23T12:16:12.323" LastActivityDate="2016-06-23T12:16:12.323" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15659" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15655" CreationDate="2016-06-23T19:27:21.837" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Without intending to offend you, your meta post here, and your chat questions make me think you undergo an amnesia from one day to another. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So hear my advise revisit your questions, make them good questions so they are good to answer, accept answers where you got good ones, stop deleting questions, have a positive impact on the site, this isn't done within a day. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most of us try to answer your questions in chat because we see good intentions. You as well really should read through the links you got provided in chat and in the comment to your question here. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/86997/what-can-i-do-when-getting-we-are-no-longer-accepting-questions-answers-from-th&quot;&gt;What can I do when getting 'we are no longer accepting questions/answers from this account'!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, this out of the way, like I said, go through your questions, improve them, a good way is to have them the following format and providing those informations within your question: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Which is the situation you're facing?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What steps did you try already to solve them?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What are the error messages you can provide?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What additional information you can provide?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your questions you have deleted are not salvageable, then at least make the ones you have good ones, so you gain a positive question reputation and your ban might be lifted in some time. Like I said already in the start this isn't done in a day and &lt;strong&gt;moderators can't impact that in any way&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="522934" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2016-06-23T19:34:04.560" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15660" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-23T19:31:05.773" Score="4" ViewCount="591" Body="&lt;p&gt;On a regular basis, people ask questions with no other possible answer then:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;No, that can't be done, because...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Mostly, this is because of a lack of technical understanding of OP, or because people &lt;em&gt;exactly&lt;/em&gt; want to copy the behaviour of another OS. In these situations, the best possible answer(s) &lt;em&gt;explain&lt;/em&gt; why it is not possible and suggests one or more alternative solutions, &lt;em&gt;if available&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If an answer convinces you that what you asked for is impossible, &quot;beyond reasonable doubt&quot;, and it explains very well why, my suggestion is to consider accepting nevertheless.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We don't always get what we want. That does not mean the &lt;em&gt;answer explaining why&lt;/em&gt; cannot be accepted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2016-11-10T11:49:02.110" LastActivityDate="2016-11-10T11:49:02.110" Title="If an answer cannot possibly give you what you asked for, please consider accepting nevertheless" Tags="|discussion|asking-questions|accepted-answer|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="20" CommunityOwnedDate="2016-07-07T08:41:33.050" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15661" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15660" CreationDate="2016-06-24T05:53:29.137" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;we have mixed fruit salad situation here. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I am a new user , I have a question about Ubuntu , I heard about AskUbuntu and I posted here. I dont give a s**t about terms&amp;amp;conditions. I got what I want and I will leave. No accepting No Upvoting.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I am a user of AskUbuntu and I know few good people are ought here to help with my problem. Somebody posted excellent answers but not accurate. So I will wait and see if some big mind geek may be posting an answer like take A eat B drink C sleep D. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I am user of AskUbuntu , I love reputation score and I am competing with another guy here from planet Mars so even he post right question I dont accept it because he will get more repz than me!!!.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I am user of AskUbuntu , few decades ago on AskUbuntu while I am new some guy gave me rude comment for my mistake that I dont know and I have it in my mind still and he answered my today's question but I just dont accept it. I want to feel like revenge. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and many more... damn my fingers...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And few years ago I have raised same situation to a Mod and he said an upvote is fine. Then I thought :P . &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="33833" LastActivityDate="2016-06-24T05:53:29.137" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2016-07-07T08:41:33.050" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15662" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15660" CreationDate="2016-06-24T07:55:45.590" Score="23" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Please consider accepting a good answer, even if it does not (possibly) give you what you asked for&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have to say I completely disagree with this. Accepting an answer is saying that that answer solved the OP's issue. If no answer solves it, then none should be accepted. Sure, it would be nice to get that extra 15 rep that comes with an accept but, as the OP, you have every right to wait for a better answer. You have the right, so to speak, to hope. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This is not (only) for the sake of the answers, given to this question. Acting this way, you make people not want to answer this kind of questions at all. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm sorry but if someone's only answering to get the 15 reputation granted by the OP's accepting their answer, they are here for the wrong reasons. Even putting aside the lofty sentiments about providing knowledge for the sake of knowledge, helping the community, providing answers for future generations etc., even ignoring all that and treating this entire site as nothing but a game where the sole objective is amassing &lt;em&gt;Useless Internet Points©&lt;/em&gt;, even then, a measly 2 upvotes give more rep than the accept. I really don't see why the accept is such a huge motivator. We answer because we want to help people and/or because we want the reps. Well, the reps will come whether our answer is accepted or not. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Eternally unanswered questions are a pain on the site, so:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do not confuse &quot;answered&quot; questions with &quot;questions with an accepted answer&quot;. A question counts as &quot;answered&quot; if it has either i) an accepted answer or ii) at least one upvoted answer. Accepting an answer is nothing more than the OP saying &quot;this solved it for me&quot;. It doesn't mean the answer is &lt;em&gt;The Answer®&lt;/em&gt;, it doesn't mean it's better than the other answers, it doesn't really mean anything at all. As explained in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2008/09/ok-now-define-answered/&quot;&gt;relevant SE blog post&lt;/a&gt; (emphasis from the original):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This is a simple social convention we use to close the loop between the person asking and the person answering -- with a little reputation sugar to sweeten the deal (+15 to the answer, and +2 to the owner). &lt;strong&gt;Accepting an answer is not meant to be a definitive and final statement indicating that the question has now been answered perfectly.&lt;/strong&gt; Heck, we don't even expect people asking questions to come back and accept an answer most of the time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, to illustrate your point here, you are using answers that were posted &lt;em&gt;two days ago&lt;/em&gt;! Good grief, even if the OP had received the best possible answer, the answer of their dreams that made all their wishes come true, they still would be justified in waiting a few more days in case anything better came along before accepting. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, no, if an answer doesn't give you what you want, there is no reason to accept it. If it can tell you &lt;em&gt;definitively&lt;/em&gt; that what you're asking is 100% impossible, you can indeed think about accepting it if you wish. However, there is never any pressure to do so. We all (or, at least, I do) often leave comments asking the OP to accept an answer if it solved their issue. Those are more to educate the OP than anything else though. Yes, accepting is good since it sometimes makes it easier to find the best answer but no, it is not essential to the working of the SE sites. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2016-07-06T08:51:42.803" LastActivityDate="2016-07-06T08:51:42.803" CommentCount="9" CommunityOwnedDate="2016-07-07T08:41:33.050" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15663" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-24T10:15:12.950" Score="6" ViewCount="65" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is some thing I see all the time recently and not just from new users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Users are using &gt; to format there code and that is just wrong.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Code should be formatted in one of these three ways&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Surround the code with ``&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;sudo apt install&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Indent by four spaces&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;sudo apt install&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;or use the code button in the editor {}.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This &gt; creates a quote&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;sudo apt install&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Same as the &quot;&quot; button in the editor.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Quotes are for when you quote a person or page directly and does not stand out as well as the code formatting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This seems to be coming more common and is being over looked, in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/790932/revisions&quot;&gt;this answer&lt;/a&gt; a 4k user used &gt; for code and then a moderator edited it and still missed the &gt; on the code.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please use correct formatting, it wastes users time to have to edit this  kind of thing and may even get you downvoted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2016-06-24T11:29:34.367" Title="Please use code fomatting for code, not quotes" Tags="|discussion|code-formatting|code|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ClosedDate="2016-06-24T10:53:20.540" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15664" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15666" CreationDate="2016-06-25T11:26:33.967" Score="3" ViewCount="63" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you are a new user, are you allowed to post images (where they are visible in the body)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or, are people just lazy?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;@Videonauth has probably done 100s of &quot;made image viable&quot; edits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="518562" LastActivityDate="2016-06-26T12:17:52.470" Title="Can new users post images?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15666" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15664" CreationDate="2016-06-26T12:17:52.470" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;The answer is &quot;no, they can't.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Posting images and links are a privilege to help combat spam. See details here: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/new-user&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/new-user&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2016-06-26T12:17:52.470" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15667" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15670" CreationDate="2016-06-27T00:06:06.190" Score="0" ViewCount="47" Body="&lt;p&gt;Often, I see people posting duplicate answers to the same question. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/791589/download-and-using-ubuntu-16-04-2016-6-daily-build/791593&quot; title=&quot;Example scenario&quot;&gt;Example scenario&lt;/a&gt;. Is this a problem? Should I flag them?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="420786" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2016-06-27T03:35:46.967" Title="Multiple answers saying the same thing" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15668" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15669" CreationDate="2016-06-27T01:29:06.660" Score="0" ViewCount="51" Body="&lt;p&gt;Who does the EOL notices, and why are they posted on meta and not the normal site? It seems they are all done by random people with high rep.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="420786" LastActivityDate="2016-06-27T01:45:01.063" Title="Who does the EOL notices?" Tags="|discussion|meta|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15669" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15668" CreationDate="2016-06-27T01:45:01.063" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;You've answered your own question: anyone does it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's just an announcement to other members of the site who are active and read Meta: a reminder that we should start closing questions related to the now-EOL version.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Posts like that don't belong on the normal site, as they are about Ask Ubuntu, not Ubuntu. Only Ask Ubuntu doesn't support EOL releases. U&amp;amp;L doesn't care. Ubuntu news doesn't belong on the main site; it belongs in chat or Meta. The main site is for questions and issues involving Ubuntu, not Ubuntu news (not a black and white situation, but it applies here).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="274320" LastActivityDate="2016-06-27T01:45:01.063" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15670" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15667" CreationDate="2016-06-27T03:35:46.967" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;That looks fine, both are different enough, one person probably thought they could elaborate a bit more, and given the times he may have been forming the answer before or near the time the other one was posted - &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/9731/fastest-gun-in-the-west-problem&quot;&gt;Fastest Gun in the West Problem&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I wouldn't flag them unless it is directly word for word the same.  We should be able to encourage a later answer if it is more detailed, has screens, is better, or better worded, or even stated more simply.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So a simple vote up/down should do the trick on if you think the answer is useful or not. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2016-06-27T03:35:46.967" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15671" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15672" CreationDate="2016-06-27T05:46:19.573" Score="0" ViewCount="148" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am using ask ubuntu from another account and as I was confused how stackexchange openid and all things work, I messed up. So please delete this account or tell me if there's another way out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="471361" OwnerDisplayName="Kumar Gaurav" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2018-05-14T08:13:52.380" LastActivityDate="2018-05-14T08:13:52.380" Title="please delete my account" Tags="|support|user-accounts|duplicate-accounts|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2016-06-27T10:04:09.317" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15672" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15671" CreationDate="2016-06-27T05:59:05.343" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Go to the contact support page (&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/contact&quot;&gt;https://meta.stackexchange.com/contact&lt;/a&gt;) and select &lt;em&gt;I need to delete my user profile&lt;/em&gt; from the dropdown box. Follow the instructions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user527600" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2016-06-27T10:30:45.453" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15674" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-27T09:54:13.500" Score="1" ViewCount="66" Body="&lt;p&gt;How can I migrate any question between various Stack Exchange websites if it seems to be off-topic?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="554347" LastEditorUserId="158442" LastEditDate="2016-06-27T10:02:41.617" LastActivityDate="2016-06-27T10:02:41.617" Title="How to migrate a question?" Tags="|support|migration|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15675" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15674" CreationDate="2016-06-27T10:02:17.620" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Flag for moderator attention. At the moment, migration paths to other Stack Exchange sites are not available to 3k users. 3k users can only migrate to here, Meta. With &amp;lt;3k rep, you can only flag anyway.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2016-06-27T10:02:17.620" CommentCount="13" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15676" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15451" CreationDate="2016-06-27T15:43:26.700" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The choice of review audits is automated; it's based totally on the votes and accepting of the answer.  I learned that lesson the hard way with a similar review audit that I failed:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/u67db.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/u67db.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Please notice: the top comment (12 upvotes) says this is not an answer.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Update:&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hilarious.  I just got another review audit on another answer on the same question.  Except this time &lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/eRVLU.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;I passed&lt;/a&gt;.  The funny thing is that I would not have flagged this second one: it was at least an answer.  I just left a comment saying that the answer had nothing to do with Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Another Update:&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What's up with this question?  I just got a &lt;strong&gt;third&lt;/strong&gt; review audit on &lt;strong&gt;yet another&lt;/strong&gt; answer to the same question.  This time, I really liked the answer, &lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/FpqbJ.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;so I upvoted it&lt;/a&gt;.  In my opinion, this is the right answer.  It gave an answer &lt;strong&gt;about Ubuntu&lt;/strong&gt; that validly pointed out that white noise is harsh, but also gave a solution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527350" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2016-06-28T12:09:39.963" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15677" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-27T23:07:31.267" Score="6" ViewCount="62" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just started playing around with the links at the top, seeing how they mirrored the Ubuntu.com links, and I noticed something.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Juju link appears to be outdated. The one on AU goes to &lt;code&gt;http://juju.ubuntu.com/&lt;/code&gt;, while the one on the Ubuntu site goes to &lt;code&gt;https://jujucharms.com/&lt;/code&gt;. The link here on AU is also dead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While I was writing this question, I also noticed that our top bar is missing the Partners link. Is this something worthy of addressing?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="274320" LastEditorUserId="52999" LastEditDate="2016-06-29T08:04:45.000" LastActivityDate="2016-06-29T08:04:45.000" Title="The Juju link in the top bar is incorrect" Tags="|bug|status-completed|top-bar|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15678" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15680" CreationDate="2016-06-28T05:07:48.940" Score="13" ViewCount="313" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is it ok to comment an answer to the OP because you can't test it, and then you answer if it works? Or should you just answer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="420786" LastActivityDate="2016-07-01T14:11:25.043" Title="Is it ok to comment and see if it works before answer?" Tags="|discussion|comments|answers|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15679" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15678" CreationDate="2016-06-28T05:42:18.103" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you are unsure if your answer works, often it is because the question lacks important information or isn't clear on all points. To clarify the question or request additional information, &lt;em&gt;that&lt;/em&gt; would be the goal of a comment in general.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are unsure however if your answer is correct, I'd do some more research to find out the validity of your answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Having said that, it happens to all of us from time to time, but &lt;em&gt;if&lt;/em&gt; you do, make sure to keep an eye on the question to convert the comment into an answer if it turns out to be working; comment-answers are a pain.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="72216" LastEditDate="2016-07-01T14:11:25.043" LastActivityDate="2016-07-01T14:11:25.043" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15680" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15678" CreationDate="2016-06-28T11:33:23.943" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a bit more relaxed about this than Jacob, mostly because I agree with the last sentence. Comment answers are a real pain because people trip over themselves in politeness to not transcribe it out into an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you're just asking for output, it's a comment.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you have &lt;strong&gt;reason&lt;/strong&gt; to think something will work, it's an answer. Explain that reason, what you think is wrong, why you think your solution will fix it, and you probably have a good answer.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you're doing both (eg you're guessing that it's a specific type of video card based on the symptoms and have a solution for that), explain all that and it's an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It doesn't really matter if it's wrong or you made the wrong assumption. You can edit. We can edit. You can delete. We can delete.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Obviously if there's huge uncertainty, you could save yourself a lot of effort by asking the OP to improve their question with specific detail before plunging in, but more than a few times I've ridden an assumption through to an accepted answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2016-06-28T11:33:23.943" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15682" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-28T12:55:55.133" Score="16" ViewCount="235" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently asked a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/791892/black-screen-after-login-on-account&quot;&gt;question&lt;/a&gt; about my screen going black after the login. It turns out that I made a really stupid mistake. My laptop with Ubuntu has a shortcut on the keyboard that allows me to toggle between monitors. When there is no other monitor connected the build-in screen simply goes black.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;I could post the solutions as an answer to my own question but the bottom line is &lt;em&gt;don't be stupid&lt;/em&gt;. Also, it's also only applicable for this specific type of laptop I reckon.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What do you, as a community, recommend? Answer my own question or explain the solution to the people trying to help me and delete the question in a few days?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="558082" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2016-06-28T20:27:25.467" Title="Should I answer my own question when the solution is too simple?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15683" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15682" CreationDate="2016-06-28T13:00:21.640" Score="23" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, answer the question, you are encouraged to answer your own question, how simple it is, is irrelevant, you can even accept your own answer (though you don't get the +15 or +2 rep).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Many people overlook things and we have all asked questions like this, it seems reasonable, to me, that if you overlooked this, then others may too but don't write anything like &quot; don't be stupid.&quot;, keep it professional.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Don't edit it in to your question like you have currently, use the answer space for the answer and you should mention the laptop make and model, if you think it is specific to that hardware.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is no need for you to come back and delete it, it will be fine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastEditorDisplayName="user364819" LastEditDate="2016-06-28T20:27:25.467" LastActivityDate="2016-06-28T20:27:25.467" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15684" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-28T14:32:37.227" Score="65" ViewCount="4114" Body="&lt;p&gt;It seems people just can't figure out how to spell the word &quot;Ubuntu.&quot; I've personally seen Ubantu, Ubunut and some others, and others have reported seeing Unubtu and even Uboontu. Because of this, I have been working on something I think you will all enjoy. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No, it isn't a way to prevent these spellings, or some weird Mac OS autocorrect that fixes any typos. What I'm presenting is a collection of avatars to match the misspellings! If this is well-received (which I really hope it is), suggest a misspelling, and I'll make and revise an avatar for it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's what I have so far. Some are weird sizes (the ones I made earlier), but the standard is going to be 800x800. Have fun?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think that's all I have right now. Vote on your favorite!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="274320" LastEditorUserId="274320" LastEditDate="2016-06-28T14:55:38.110" LastActivityDate="2020-04-06T08:15:17.860" Title="Ubuntu misspellings" Tags="|discussion|fun|" AnswerCount="15" CommentCount="38" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15685" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15684" CreationDate="2016-06-28T14:47:14.077" Score="17" Body="&lt;p&gt;ubutnu, the butt of a gnu&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/5pmGH.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/5pmGH.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Example:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/2YiLI.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/2YiLI.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="274320" LastEditorUserId="518562" LastEditDate="2016-07-26T03:18:55.903" LastActivityDate="2016-07-26T03:18:55.903" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15686" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15684" CreationDate="2016-06-28T14:49:05.607" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;unubtu, the Ubuntu n00b&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/MD6UM.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/MD6UM.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="274320" LastEditorUserId="274320" LastEditDate="2016-06-28T22:47:56.030" LastActivityDate="2016-06-28T22:47:56.030" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15687" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15684" CreationDate="2016-06-28T14:50:47.373" Score="24" Body="&lt;p&gt;ubantu, no Ubuntu for u&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/bOk9e.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/bOk9e.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Example:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/VY8ZF.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/VY8ZF.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="274320" LastEditorUserId="518562" LastEditDate="2016-07-26T03:17:13.450" LastActivityDate="2016-07-26T03:17:13.450" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15688" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15684" CreationDate="2016-06-28T14:52:09.890" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;ubutun, PRESS IT&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/LtoH7.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/LtoH7.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Example: &lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/5Mpez.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/5Mpez.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="274320" LastEditorUserId="518562" LastEditDate="2016-07-26T03:22:56.777" LastActivityDate="2016-07-26T03:22:56.777" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15689" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15684" CreationDate="2016-06-28T14:53:29.967" Score="28" Body="&lt;p&gt;ubunaut, Astro Linux&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/AMTwz.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/AMTwz.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="274320" LastActivityDate="2016-06-28T14:53:29.967" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15690" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15684" CreationDate="2016-06-28T14:54:43.437" Score="47" Body="&lt;p&gt;ubunut, Nutty Nautilus&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/zzcP1.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/zzcP1.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="274320" LastEditorUserId="274320" LastEditDate="2016-06-28T16:03:49.687" LastActivityDate="2016-06-28T16:03:49.687" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15691" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15684" CreationDate="2016-06-28T14:55:43.670" Score="42" Body="&lt;p&gt;unbootu, when you cancel an upgrade halfway through&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/vGW4A.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/vGW4A.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="274320" LastEditorUserId="274320" LastEditDate="2016-06-28T16:12:44.033" LastActivityDate="2016-06-28T16:12:44.033" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15692" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15678" CreationDate="2016-06-28T15:04:11.180" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I believe it's okay, I have done it like since forever. But the point is:&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;convert your comments later to an answer if it works.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have been in many situations where something comes to mind first on reading a question, but it's a general &amp;quot;something&amp;quot; like permission issues or cache or anything else.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would first comment on that and ask for more information. If it turns out I am right, I will convert it to an answer. If not, I just leave the comments there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Some Examples:&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;This was a permissions issue:&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/791818/where-is-deb-package-location-after-i-run-apt-dist-upgrade-on-ubuntu-16-04-lts/791850#791850&quot;&gt;Where is .deb package location after I run apt dist-upgrade on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Download server settings:&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/785291/my-ubuntu-14-04-doesnt-update-anymore/785310#785310&quot;&gt;My Ubuntu 14.04 doesn&amp;#39;t update anymore&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="163331" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2016-06-28T15:04:11.180" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15693" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15684" CreationDate="2016-06-28T22:07:57.880" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;nfunpn, don't actually try to read it upside-down&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/zAQ7Z.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/zAQ7Z.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="274320" LastActivityDate="2016-06-28T22:07:57.880" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15694" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15684" CreationDate="2016-06-28T22:27:42.813" Score="20" Body="&lt;p&gt;ubutuna, something's fishy....&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/hchgQ.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/hchgQ.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="274320" LastActivityDate="2016-06-28T22:27:42.813" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15695" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15684" CreationDate="2016-06-28T22:38:42.000" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;ubunto, have you seen Madagascar?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ZcsYc.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ZcsYc.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Example:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/L3Aq9.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/L3Aq9.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="274320" LastEditorUserId="518562" LastEditDate="2016-07-20T02:07:48.503" LastActivityDate="2016-07-20T02:07:48.503" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15696" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15684" CreationDate="2016-06-29T02:34:08.070" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;u&lt;strong&gt;boo&lt;/strong&gt;tu, scaaaary&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/fBUw6.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/fBUw6.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="274320" LastEditorUserId="274320" LastEditDate="2016-06-29T13:33:05.197" LastActivityDate="2016-06-29T13:33:05.197" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15697" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15684" CreationDate="2016-06-29T02:49:38.703" Score="19" Body="&lt;p&gt;ubunru, in Soviet Linux ubunru installs you&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/AhG6a.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/AhG6a.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="274320" LastActivityDate="2016-06-29T02:49:38.703" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15698" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15677" CreationDate="2016-06-29T08:04:36.187" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Fixed, the Juju link is pointing to the correct address now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="52999" LastActivityDate="2016-06-29T08:04:36.187" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15699" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-29T08:19:13.317" Score="2" ViewCount="103" Body="&lt;p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a question about my Ask Ubuntu post: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/458762/how-to-enable-wireshark-without-running-as-root-in-trusty-14-04/792574#792574&quot;&gt;How to enable Wireshark without running as root in Trusty 14.04&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&#xA;As a new member at &lt;code&gt;askubuntu&lt;/code&gt;, Today, I read the above question and I think I can answer it because I'd met it a few months ago, so I'd post my first answer that solved my problem and hope it can help someone else. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The original comments had been deleted by Thomas W. for some security reasons :) , and the I'm waiting for Thomas W. delete my original post,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;**so we just return to ** &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Discuss:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;It's right?&lt;/strong&gt; if you think a post is not good enough so you comment it: &lt;code&gt;It's not right or It's not good&lt;/code&gt; then you just go nether post any reference links or explain why.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;It's right?&lt;/strong&gt; if a post is not right, you can down-vote it but if it is not good enough you down-vote it because you just don't like it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;It's right?&lt;/strong&gt; if you just want to show your power then call your friends to down-vote the post.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd read &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/how-to-answer&quot;&gt;How to Answer&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/dont-ask&quot;&gt;Don't Ask&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/5267/guidelines-when-voting-for-friends&quot;&gt;Guidelines when voting for friends&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some funny links(not random links, show some guys hands in hands &lt;strong&gt;operating&lt;/strong&gt; on the posts ):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/590315/no-more-space-avbiable-even-if-there-are-a-lot&quot;&gt;No more space avbiable even if there are a lot&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/613215/how-do-i-export-a-variable-to-the-sh-shell/613223&quot;&gt;How do I export a variable to the `sh` shell?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/588210/how-to-change-my-device-name&quot;&gt;How to change my device name?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/617826/nano-history-permissions-error/617830&quot;&gt;.nano_history permissions error&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/633695/import-users-from-csv-file/633730&quot;&gt;Import users from CSV file&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="560217" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2016-07-01T00:06:47.337" Title="What's a good Enough answer and How" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15701" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15699" CreationDate="2016-06-29T09:27:45.760" Score="8" Body="&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;sudo chmod u+s which wireshark&lt;/code&gt; seems bad advice to me.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;sudo reboot now&lt;/code&gt; is not correct. Logging out and in is more than enough. Minor detail though rebooting sometimes can be problematic (due to other services running).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the highest upvoted answer seems correct already; though not upvoted. All the others seems lacking something or have been deleted due to being harmful.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/461043/15811&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/a/461043/15811&lt;/a&gt; compared to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/461037/15811&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/a/461037/15811&lt;/a&gt; seems lacking. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But there is a more serious problem here: This should not have been done with comments. After the 1st comment by heemayl and/or by you both should have stopped discussing it in comments. Use chat or investigate why heemayl said this. From my experience he knows what he is talking so when he picks on me I pay attention to what he said and investigate it ;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2016-06-29T09:27:45.760" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15702" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15699" CreationDate="2016-06-29T09:30:05.917" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your post was dangerous. &lt;code&gt;setuid&lt;/code&gt; bit allows running any application with root privilleges. That means if somebody has way to hack into your computer , they can do whatever they want , because that app has root privillege without asking for password. You can read about it &lt;a href=&quot;https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/14520/what-does-it-mean-to-be-setuid-root&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Setuid#Security&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It doesn't matter if you're a new user or not. If that was high-reputation user or even a moderator, it doesn't change the fact that it's dangerous.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Heemayl was a bit too harsh, he should have explained in the comments properly what is the danger of &lt;code&gt;setuid&lt;/code&gt;. It's a problem that high reputation users sometimes have - we can be quick to judge other people's actions. But the downvotes are proper, because your answer is not a good one for security reasons and because it asks for unnecessary actions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But trust me: AskUbuntu is a very friendly community and people are more polite here than on other sites. Just get over this, learn more things, and keep posting other answers. You learn as you go—it was the same way for me. Just remember that before you post, ask yourself &quot;Do I really know what this is doing? Is it really safe?&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, never argue in the comments. Would you argue with a co-worker in front of customers ? Being professional means solving problems privately and quietly , among other things ; also , remember to seek help from other users - don't try to fight with someone, we're community and supposed to solve issues together&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="295286" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:46:11.880" LastActivityDate="2016-06-29T09:37:45.763" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15703" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15684" CreationDate="2016-06-29T13:46:43.280" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;uboontu, a gift&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/gS1S9.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/gS1S9.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="274320" LastActivityDate="2016-06-29T13:46:43.280" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15704" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-29T13:56:33.167" Score="4" ViewCount="75" Body="&lt;p&gt;Due to my sloppiness in reviewing, I've been blocked from reviewing for a while. However, on my home page, I'm shown a non-zero number of items to review. Why?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25618" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2016-07-01T01:26:18.650" LastActivityDate="2016-07-01T01:26:18.650" Title="Reviews are offered even while I'm banned!" Tags="|support|review|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15705" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15704" CreationDate="2016-06-29T14:12:47.353" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Because the number of items doesn't depend on the user seeing it. It's the same for everyone. It doesn't change if you've done all the reviewing you can do in a day, and it doesn't change if you've voted for everything in the queues so can't review anything else and it doesn't change if you're blocked from reviewing. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is explained in the main meta &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/230726/203101&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;It is also cached, so may or may not be very accurate depending on the amount of ongoing activity in /review at any given time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Basically, the number shown isn't the number of reviews &lt;em&gt;you&lt;/em&gt; can do, but the number of review items for the entire site. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2016-06-29T14:12:47.353" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15706" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15684" CreationDate="2016-06-29T15:59:48.767" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;U&lt;strong&gt;bunn&lt;/strong&gt;tu, the Linux for bunnies&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/d7Q6N.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/d7Q6N.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Example:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/maJPe.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/maJPe.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="274320" LastEditorUserId="518562" LastEditDate="2016-07-26T03:20:52.683" LastActivityDate="2016-07-26T03:20:52.683" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15707" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-06-29T19:46:07.293" Score="5" ViewCount="164" Body="&lt;p&gt;Title says it all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/51272/how-do-i-repartition-with-gparted&quot;&gt;This question&lt;/a&gt; is marked as a dupe of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/18523/how-do-i-resize-my-current-ubuntu-partition&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;, which is marked as a dupe of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/126153/how-to-resize-partitions&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; :P&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="518562" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2016-07-02T11:01:10.110" Title="We have a dupe of a dupe" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ClosedDate="2016-07-04T18:49:29.163" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15708" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15710" CreationDate="2016-06-29T23:03:47.823" Score="6" ViewCount="143" Body="&lt;p&gt;I find on Ask Ubuntu that I answer questions better than I ask them. No big issue, it is something that I am working on. So when I create a question I put a lot of thought into it, witness this Q&amp;amp;A effort here:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/792200/57576&quot;&gt;WinFF: Preset to convert to H.265/HEVC under Xenial Xerus?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For this question I found a gap in Xenial Xerus: FFmpeg can produce hevc files but WinFF &lt;em&gt;cannot&lt;/em&gt; as it does not have a suitable preset. With a little research I produced a good preset, tested the installation and running of the preset and finally created the Q&amp;amp;A.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A couple of Close votes came in and this is fine, I am more than happy to listen and be guided by Community needs and I have altered my question to make it both clearer and less broad as suggested. A comment left after the question outlines this for the benefit of others looking through the Close review queue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But what I am after with this question is this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Consider leaving some constructive comments intended to guide a&#xA;  question along a better path &lt;em&gt;along with&lt;/em&gt; your Close vote. This will&#xA;  be particularly effective with those question writers who have perhaps&#xA;  been with Ask Ubuntu for a while and who are probably keen to produce&#xA;  a good quality question which will enhance the site...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Such feedback in Comment form would &lt;em&gt;certainly&lt;/em&gt; have guided me along in fine tuning my own question and I suspect that this is probably true of many other questions asked on Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That is all :).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="57576" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2016-06-30T07:07:05.587" Title="Creating a good question: Feedback along with Close votes?" Tags="|discussion|close-reasons|close-review-queue|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15709" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15711" CreationDate="2016-06-29T23:37:30.510" Score="6" ViewCount="161" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a few questions (OK a lot) of questions on meta. On &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/15678/is-it-ok-to-comment-and-see-if-it-works-before-answer&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; question (&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/15678/is-it-ok-to-comment-and-see-if-it-works-before-answer&quot;&gt;Is it ok to comment and see if it works before answer?&lt;/a&gt;) I have different answers with different opinions. Is it ok to not accept an answer, even though they all answer my question? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="420786" LastActivityDate="2016-06-30T09:18:34.810" Title="On meta: multiple answers with different opinions?" Tags="|discussion|accepted-answer|meta|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15710" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15708" CreationDate="2016-06-30T05:49:47.383" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;The reasons for close voting gives you at least &lt;em&gt;some&lt;/em&gt; information on why. I can understand you'd like to have more information, however: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Reviewing is quite a burden to the site. We already have a continuously growing stack of items in queue, until someone decides to do, or calls for, a clean up.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;I really don't think it is realistic to ask people to write a constructive comment while reviewing. It may sound silly, but continuously &lt;em&gt;switching&lt;/em&gt; from a &quot;judging&quot; mode to decide, into a &lt;em&gt;communicative&lt;/em&gt; mode to comment and back, that simply is a too demanding process to go through, looking at the amounts that have to pass the review.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Having said that, of course it is always a good idea to give a constructive comment if you run into a question that can be &quot;saved&quot;. It is better to edit into a good question then to close while a small edit could have made the difference.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;In practice, this will be &lt;em&gt;occasionally&lt;/em&gt; rather then part of the procedure however.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="522934" LastEditDate="2016-06-30T07:07:05.587" LastActivityDate="2016-06-30T07:07:05.587" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15711" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15709" CreationDate="2016-06-30T06:37:59.590" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think it should be clear by now that you should &lt;em&gt;always&lt;/em&gt; accept &lt;em&gt;my&lt;/em&gt; answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Seriously, Meta is mostly about discussion. That means it is to find, if possible, some kind of consensus, within the scope of the site, &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; to find out which opinion(s) possibly exist in the community.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Therefore downvotes, upvotes and acceptance or not, those are almost by definition done &lt;em&gt;subjectively&lt;/em&gt;. That means you can accept what describes how you &lt;em&gt;think&lt;/em&gt; it should be, or answers your question the way you like (most).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="72216" LastEditDate="2016-06-30T09:18:34.810" LastActivityDate="2016-06-30T09:18:34.810" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15712" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15713" CreationDate="2016-06-30T14:09:32.410" Score="2" ViewCount="176" Body="&lt;p&gt;When I tried to post a question just now, the system just says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This question body does not meet our quality standards. Please make&#xA;  sure that it completely describes your problem - including what you&#xA;  have already tried - and is written using proper grammar.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From my perspective, my question is all good and is quality.  Why does the system not permit me to post it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is what I was trying to post:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;TITLE: President profile for USB?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Well, i searched, i couldn't find.. Basicly, i am on alot of &quot;public&quot; (accualy just other people) machines. Normally i am just clicking &lt;code&gt;Try Ubuntu&lt;/code&gt;, but that doesn't save anything.. Wonder, that i could get an usb stick, what would boot like ubuntu would be installed on the machine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;TAGS: USB, live-usb, usb-drive, 16.04, dual-boot&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(source: &lt;a href=&quot;http://pastebin.com/B6s4LzVx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://pastebin.com/B6s4LzVx&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user550708" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2016-07-01T14:10:43.820" LastActivityDate="2016-07-01T14:10:43.820" Title="Ask Ubuntu says the body of my question does not meet the quality standards - why?" Tags="|support|question-quality|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15713" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15712" CreationDate="2016-06-30T14:41:14.657" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;The body of your question you want to post doesn't meet the quality guidelines - plain and simple.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your question body does not provide anything that would support your actual question and does not define what question you're trying to ask.  You just say &quot;I tried searching&quot; and &quot;I couldn't find how to do this&quot; but you do not make an attempt at explaining what you're trying to do or achieve, and there is no clear question being asked, which means that it's not a question that meets the quality requirements.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A question has to be clear and well-defined and well explained - not just in the title but also the body - both for what you're trying to ask about, and what you're trying to ultimately achieve.  As it stands, your question would be closed as &quot;Unclear what you're asking&quot; if you had posted it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/15714/10616&quot;&gt;as was stated by terdon&lt;/a&gt;, if English is not your first language, running things through a spelling checker or Google Translate from your native language will help a bit too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Help Center contains an FAQ about the Quality Standards: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/quality-standards-error&quot;&gt;&quot;Why do I see a message that my question does not meet quality standards?&quot;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A more verbose community-maintained FAQ on quality standards also exists on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/92074/what-can-i-do-when-getting-it-does-not-meet-our-quality-standards&quot;&gt;Stack Exchange Meta Site&lt;/a&gt; and contains additional resource links.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may wish to review these links as well for better insight into the quality standards.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2016-06-30T15:07:48.090" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15714" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15712" CreationDate="2016-06-30T15:05:27.767" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;It would probably be a good idea for you to install an English spell checker. All major browsers support them and offer them for free. &lt;strong&gt;Your question is full of spelling mistakes&lt;/strong&gt;. Obviously, English is not your first language and some mistakes are natural and nothing to be ashamed of. However, the system does detect this sort of thing and you could greatly improve your question by simply running it through a spell checker. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Alternatively, write it in your native language and use Google Translate or similar services to help you translate into English. I'm afraid it is simply incomprehensible in its present form. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More importantly, &lt;strong&gt;you aren't actually asking anything&lt;/strong&gt;. There isn't a &lt;code&gt;?&lt;/code&gt; anywhere in your post. Questions need to be questions. I guess you're looking for a &lt;em&gt;persistent&lt;/em&gt; (and not &lt;em&gt;president&lt;/em&gt;) USB but you need to ask the question, not imply it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="518562" LastEditDate="2016-07-01T12:05:10.847" LastActivityDate="2016-07-01T12:05:10.847" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15715" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15707" CreationDate="2016-07-01T01:20:53.103" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Unsurprisingly, the first isn't a duplicated of the last question in the chain. &quot;How to resize the filesystem with gparted &lt;strong&gt;while is mounted&lt;/strong&gt;&quot; is a different question of &quot;how to resize a partition&quot;. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/51272/169736&quot;&gt;I've voted to reopen the gparted one,&lt;/a&gt; I invite others to do so too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, you've noticed something that I call the &quot;lazy duplicate&quot;. Because A and B share 1 possible answer, doesn't mean that A and B are duplicates. Related, maybe, but not duplicates. Duplicates where meant for questions that in essence ask the same thing but use different words. The first was having problems because when he was trying to use gparted to resize the filesystem, it refused to do so. The later has no idea where to start.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;BTW, some downvotes are needed on the answers to the gparted question. They are not only wrong but misleadingly wrong.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2016-07-01T14:11:47.577" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15716" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-07-01T12:14:13.580" Score="7" ViewCount="79" Body="&lt;p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a question about my Ask Ubuntu post: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/232405/how-do-i-set-my-clock-in-windows-to-utc-localtime/792943#792943&quot;&gt;How do I set my clock in Windows to UTC / localtime?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm posting this question after asking support if they could provide more info on why was my answer deleted. &#xA;My answer was:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If hexafraction's answer didn't work, you're probably running a x64 Windows. You need to go thru the same steps, but create a QWORD value (instead of DWORD).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It would be nice if moderators explained their decisions instead of just removing the answers for no apparent reason.&#xA;I am new to the community and have no idea what rule I am breaking.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this case, the above procedure solved my issue, and I wanted to share that with other users to help them also. This answer was even upvoted before being removed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="262022" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2016-07-01T14:23:43.397" Title="Why was my answer deleted? Shouldn't moderators explain their decisions?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15717" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15716" CreationDate="2016-07-01T12:29:15.340" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;First, your answer is really a comment on another answer and not an answer in itself. That's one reason to delete. However, looking at your answer again, I realize that I should have converted it to a comment on the other answer instead of outright deleting it. I have now done so. Sorry for the confusion. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, this is a very old question that isn't even really on topic here. This site is about Ubuntu, so any non-Ubuntu question is off topic. An exception was made at the time for that question since it was asking for a solution to bad advice given in the official Ubuntu documentation:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This question is asking for help reversing changes explained in a procedure documented in an Ask Ubuntu answer and in the Ubuntu community wiki. Ordinarily Windows questions should be closed as off-topic, but in this case, I do not think we should close this as off-topic. However, it might be reasonable to add information about how to reverse the Windows registry edit in that answer to that answer itself, and then make this a duplicate of that question. – Eliah Kagan Dec 25 '12 at 4:57  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, I deleted your answer because i) it seemed off topic since it was a windows thing (but that was wrong of me since it was the question itself that was off topic) and ii) because it is not really answering the question but instead only extending an already existing answer. Such things should be posted as comments and not answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Nevertheless, you're quite right, I should have explained my actions to you. My apologies for your abrupt treatment.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2016-07-01T12:29:15.340" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15719" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15716" CreationDate="2016-07-01T14:10:02.990" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Normally, there are already comments on the post itself before a mod even has to take action and even if there isn't is just asking moderators that are usually busy explain one and each of their actions. It just doesn't scale. In this case, it was obvious a comment on another answer and I don't really think the moderator that acted should have explained himself. There's a link already in your posts when they are deleted that explain most reasons &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/deleted-answers&quot;&gt;why answers can get deleted&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2016-07-01T14:10:02.990" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15720" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-07-02T16:52:12.793" Score="12" ViewCount="327" Body="&lt;p&gt;A few seconds ago a first time user of AU asked a question (on AU), which was promptly and correctly &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/794013/what-is-in-terminal-command-line&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt; by @terdon. That question had an &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/11376/what-does-double-dash-mean-also-known-as-bare-double-dash&quot;&gt;exact dupe&lt;/a&gt;, equally well answered by @Guss, earlier on Unix &amp;amp; Linux, a SE communities with &lt;em&gt;some&lt;/em&gt; overlap with AU and a few other SE communities.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Initially I was actually real surprised that said question was not already answered on AU; on second thought it actually &lt;em&gt;made sense&lt;/em&gt; since it already had at least one excellent answer on Unix &amp;amp; Linux. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It &lt;em&gt;made sense&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;but&lt;/strong&gt; I would not go as far as saying that before making a query on AU, one should first check whether there is an answer for it in a different SE community. Rather one should learn to post in the right community to begin with. Right, but sometimes it's not so easy to decide as in this case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;So, how should one treat a query in a community A, which was already posted in unequivocal terms in community B, both on SE ? &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Should one call that a dupe or a &quot;cross-dupe&quot;, without meaning that the two communities are one but somehow closely related ? I am not sure that sounds completely right. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Should flair be awarded per usual, either through upvotes or automatic increment upon acceptance of such an answer to a cross-dupe ? &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Or should the query echoing another identical query in another community  of StackExchange be treated differently in terms of flair accrual, categorisation as dupe, removal, etc. ? &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="292181" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2016-07-02T18:47:37.637" LastActivityDate="2016-07-14T05:39:17.360" Title="&quot;Dupes&quot; accross StackExchange sites - How to treat them?" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15721" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15720" CreationDate="2016-07-02T17:08:48.093" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think a lot of the confusion arises from forums that are very similar.  In some cases, a question is on topic in more than one community.  In that case, I believe that exact duplicates &lt;strong&gt;should&lt;/strong&gt; stay.  I have basically two reasons:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;1. Web presence&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the question is correctly answered in two places, the answer will be easier for people to find straight from the search engine or even straight on the site.  In other words, whether a person is searching Google for an answer to a question or searching a particular StackExchange community, they will find the information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;2. Bigger database&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It also gives each stackexchange communtiy a larger database of information to draw from in the future, preventing further confusion.  That is to say, even if you were somehow able to close all these remotely duped questions, sooner or later, it's going to pop up again and you'll have to do it again.  Wastes time: poor moderators.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All that being said, I have seen situations arise in which a question is questionably on topic but and is already correctly answered in a community where it is unquestionably &lt;strong&gt;on topic&lt;/strong&gt;.  In these cases, my humble opinion is that there should be a means of migrating and duping.  Otherwise, it simply promotes re-asking questions in the wrong place; thus promoting disorder and cheating the system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527350" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2016-07-02T17:08:48.093" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15722" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15720" CreationDate="2016-07-02T17:28:48.767" Score="23" Body="&lt;h3&gt;Short answer:&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe cross-dupes not only are acceptable, but a small overlap is even useful:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If the scopes of the sites overlap, so should their content.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;While a minor overlap does no harm &lt;em&gt;at all&lt;/em&gt;, a &lt;em&gt;gap&lt;/em&gt; between the sites would harm both.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For both sites being useful and complementary, provide an uninterrupted learning curve, the &amp;quot;travel&amp;quot; between them should be smooth.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A minor overlap is part of that. Imagine the situation that you constantly have to switch, because an (on topic) question was coincidentally answered on the other site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2016-07-02T17:38:39.717" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15723" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15720" CreationDate="2016-07-02T18:13:31.990" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;Personally, I think that the best solution would be to develop a way of sharing questions across all sites where they're on topic. The rules against cross-posting were developed back in the days when there was very little overlap between the subject matter of different SE sites. However, things are very different today. The question you mention would be on topic here, on &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Unix &amp;amp; Linux&lt;/a&gt;, on &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Ask Different&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://superuser.com/&quot;&gt;Super User&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://elementaryos.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Elementary OS&lt;/a&gt; and maybe more. The current system would allow duplicate questions and duplicate answers across all of these sites. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While I quite agree that this is less than optimal, it's the way things are at the moment. There is no way of flagging cross-site duplicates and no actions mods can take even if such a flag were raised. If you know that the same question has been asked and answered elsewhere, you can feel free to copy it verbatim and post it as an answer here. It would be polite to include a link to the site where you found it, of course, but copying SE answers is very much allowed. We had a discussion on &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.meta.stackexchange.com/q/1396/22222&quot;&gt;Unix &amp;amp; Linux meta&lt;/a&gt; a while ago and that was the conclusion there as well. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, no, don't flag and yes, copy the existing answer. If you want to be super nice, you can make it &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/community-wiki&quot;&gt;Community Wiki&lt;/a&gt; so as not to get points for other people's work but, again, that's completely up to you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T13:00:38.513" LastActivityDate="2016-07-02T18:13:31.990" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15724" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-07-03T20:12:40.390" Score="6" ViewCount="44" Body="&lt;p&gt;When scrolling down, the &quot;this question has been deleted&quot; bar is partially hidden under the Ubuntu navigation bar:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/z6qxv.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/z6qxv.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think the z-index ordering should be done in such a way that the yellow popup bar shows up &lt;em&gt;above&lt;/em&gt; the Ubuntu navbar, not below it. This is somewhat related to &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/15506/menu-bar-is-covering-the-deletion-pop-up&quot;&gt;Menu bar is covering the Deletion pop-up&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="383125" LastActivityDate="2016-07-03T20:12:40.390" Title="The yellow &quot;question has been deleted&quot; bar is underneath the Ubuntu navbar when scrolling" Tags="|bug|design|top-bar|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15725" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15726" CreationDate="2016-07-04T10:02:30.133" Score="3" ViewCount="47" Body="&lt;p&gt;Well, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/secure-erase&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;secure-erase&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;secure-erase&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/secure-delete&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;secure-delete&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;secure-delete&lt;/a&gt; simply mean the same, so we should synonymize them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here some stats about those two:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/secure-erase&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;secure-erase&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;secure-erase&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;13 questions&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;0 followers&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Excerpt: &lt;em&gt;none&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Wiki: &lt;em&gt;none&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/secure-delete&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;secure-delete&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;secure-delete&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;11 questions&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;0 followers&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Excerpt: &lt;em&gt;none&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Wiki: &lt;em&gt;none&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As @MarkKirby said, the phrase &amp;quot;secure delete&amp;quot; does not make too much sense, because &amp;quot;delete&amp;quot; usually means removing the reference while only &amp;quot;erase&amp;quot; means to truly nuke the object.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Therefore the best would be to automatically retag all &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/secure-delete&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;secure-delete&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;secure-delete&lt;/a&gt; questions to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/secure-erase&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;secure-erase&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;secure-erase&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2016-07-04T12:51:32.493" Title="Synonymize tags [secure-erase] and [secure-delete]" Tags="|discussion|status-completed|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15726" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15725" CreationDate="2016-07-04T12:51:32.493" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Done. Merged &lt;code&gt;secure-delete&lt;/code&gt; into &lt;code&gt;secure-erase&lt;/code&gt; and created a synonym between the two.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;updating post history, 12 rows affected (pipe delimited)&#xA;updating posts, 11 rows affected  (pipe delimited)&#xA;updating PostTags associations, 10 rows affected&#xA;updating Documentation tag proposal commitments, 0 rows affected&#xA;removing/renaming old tag, 0 rows affected&#xA;updating count for master tag, 1 rows affected&#xA;tag remapping of [secure-erase] and [secure-delete] complete!&#xA;remapping 0 synonyms&#xA;0 favorite and ignored tags remapped!&#xA;0 tracked tag badges were remapped!&#xA;Tag Synonym secure-delete -&amp;gt; secure-erase was approved!&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2016-07-04T12:51:32.493" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15729" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-07-05T08:46:27.350" Score="-8" ViewCount="103" Body="&lt;p&gt;(THIS IS NOT FOR ASKUBUNTU ONLY! THIS IS FOR THE WHOLE STACKEXCHANGE SITES! DO NOT MARK THIS AS DUPE!)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Personally, I dont like spambots. And you should too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Spambots are like your flag wasters, and thank god we have Smokey otherwise this would be in a heap of spam.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Today I had enough.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So my question is, should we add a new feature that can COUNTER the spambots, or a new censoring (keep in mind spambots are product/beauty clickbaits) filter, or a god-damn update to the ToS (terms of service)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user527600" LastEditorDisplayName="user527600" LastEditDate="2016-07-06T03:45:25.993" LastActivityDate="2016-07-06T03:45:25.993" Title="Is it me or should a new feature be implanted to counter the spambots, or a new ToS?" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="11" ClosedDate="2016-07-15T00:56:02.990" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15730" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15729" CreationDate="2016-07-05T08:53:55.097" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sure we should. As soon as you come up with a surefire way of getting rid of spam, I'm sure SE will implement it (and you'll be set for life). In the meantime, they're doing what they can.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are already measures in place to block spam. What we get is a tiny proportion of what is trying to get in. As for the ToS, what makes you think the spammers would care? &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/legal&quot;&gt;It is already forbidden there&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Spam, personal attacks, and abusive language do not have a place on the Stack Exchange Network.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[...]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Under no circumstances will Subscriber use the Network or the Service to (a) send unsolicited e-mails, bulk mail, spam or other materials to users of the Network or any other individual&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, sadly, we're already doing all we can. Seriously though, if you do have a clever idea to block more spammers, please post it on the main meta or here. I'm sure the devs would love to have a better solution and I know the rest of us would.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2016-07-05T08:55:41.780" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15731" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-07-05T09:48:14.033" Score="5" ViewCount="141" Body="&lt;p&gt;Mods: please move this question to Meta.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I just logged on from a new system and my reputation is down to 1 (used to be over 5k). What is going on?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit I&lt;/strong&gt;: After posting I also note that a different user name is showing up associated with this question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit II&lt;/strong&gt;: my profile is completely clean, it seems a fresh new account was associated with my email address.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit III&lt;/strong&gt;: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/177437/lu%c3%ads-de-sousa&quot;&gt;my old profile&lt;/a&gt; still exists. However, every time I log on I end up in this new account.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit IV&lt;/strong&gt;: The problem has been solved. When I log on I am now directed to the original account.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="177437" OwnerDisplayName="user564863" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2016-07-06T17:31:28.127" Title="My reputation is down to 1" Tags="|support|user-accounts|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15732" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15731" CreationDate="2016-07-05T10:31:53.827" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Obviously, there are only certain things I can help you with directly and Stack Exchange will only help you if you can prove &lt;em&gt;you&lt;/em&gt; own the main account. Just saying it's you isn't enough. I can give you some clues though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Stack Exchange OpenID this account is associated with is not the same one as that on your other account. That's why you keep ending up in this one. Your main account has a couple of login options associated with it: Another email account (different domain) and Launchpad.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Use one of those and when you have managed to log in there, you can request (if you need it) that this account be merged into that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2016-07-05T10:31:53.827" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15733" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-07-06T19:44:42.867" Score="1" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;I did more than 500 edits and received a copy editor badge but on my profile page It is mentioned that I did only 455+ edits and sometimes my profile page says 36k people have reached and then 56k.A bug may be? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="370150" LastActivityDate="2016-07-06T19:44:42.867" Title="I did more than 500 edits and received a copy editor" Tags="|bug|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15735" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15736" CreationDate="2016-07-07T09:26:46.200" Score="7" ViewCount="74" Body="&lt;p&gt;I use &lt;a href=&quot;http://paste.ubuntu.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://paste.ubuntu.com/&lt;/a&gt; on AskUbuntu and on almost all other SE sites, (SU, U&amp;amp;L etc...). Is it okay to do this ? or should it be used only on AskUbuntu?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are the restrictions for using Ubuntu Paste-bin ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="497359" LastActivityDate="2016-07-07T09:30:56.783" Title="Is it okay to use Ubuntu.pastebin on other SE sites?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15736" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15735" CreationDate="2016-07-07T09:30:56.783" Score="16" Body="&lt;p&gt;None whatsoever. It's a free service and you can use it where you want. Note, however, that in most cases it is better to include whatever you need to reference in the answer itself. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But yes, if you need to include something that's longer than the character limit, use whatever service you prefer. Ubuntu Pastebin is not an Ask Ubuntu thing. It's an Ubuntu thing and can be used anywhere. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2016-07-07T09:30:56.783" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15737" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-07-07T10:51:41.250" Score="0" ViewCount="58" Body="&lt;p&gt;I asked this question yesterday but it has disappeared?&#xA;Maybe I did something wrong ..... anyway:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I installed 16.04 on Fujitsu Siemens Esprimo Mobile V5535 and ticked all the boxes re updates etc...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Overwriting Vista.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I now have a screen resolution of 640x800 and cannot navigate to RHS of screen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please note I'm a beginner with Ubuntu, so you can treat me like a child :-)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user565373" LastActivityDate="2016-07-07T10:54:37.450" Title="Resolution since installing 16.04 LTS" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2016-07-07T17:28:56.843" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15738" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15737" CreationDate="2016-07-07T10:54:37.450" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your question hasn't disappeared, it's right here:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/795597/85695&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/q/795597/85695&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This site, (meta.askubuntu.com) is only for discussing how the main site (askubuntu.com) works, not for actual Ubuntu questions. Your question is on the main site, right where you left it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2016-07-07T10:54:37.450" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15739" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-07-07T12:24:53.003" Score="34" ViewCount="1144" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This will be enforced starting on July 29, 2016.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a notice regarding releases of Ubuntu that have reached End of Life.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The following versions of Ubuntu and derivatives are &lt;strong&gt;officially end of life&lt;/strong&gt; as of July 28, 2016:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Wily Werewolf (15.10).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;New questions regarding the above posted after the aforementioned date may need to be considered &lt;strong&gt;off-topic&lt;/strong&gt;. Old questions (posted before the end of life date) that are still being answered regarding these releases should have a comment included on them about upgrading to a supported release to continue to get support for their versions of Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This information can be confirmed via the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2016-July/003492.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;15.10 End of Life Announcement email message stating the official End Of Life date&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, establishing July 28th, 2016 as the EOL date for Wily.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please upgrade to a supported release to continue to receive support via Ask Ubuntu and Ubuntu Security updates. If you don't like upgrading every 9 months, it is highly recommended you install a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/16366/whats-the-difference-between-a-long-term-support-release-and-a-normal-release&quot;&gt;long term support release&lt;/a&gt; in the future.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This Meta thread is NOT a discussion of how we handle EOL releases. This is simply a notification to all about an upcoming &quot;End of Life&quot; date for a current release of Ubuntu (as of this posting being made). Please refrain from asking in comments about how we handle EOL questions, or commenting on such handling policies.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Relevant related posts:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/14993/a-note-on-flagging-end-of-life-questions&quot;&gt;A note on flagging End of Life questions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/5611/should-we-allow-questions-that-are-about-releases-which-are-considered-end-of-li&quot;&gt;Should we allow questions that are about releases which are considered End of Life?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/7457/eol-question-handling-discussion-again&quot;&gt;EOL Question Handling Discussion... again&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2016-07-28T12:29:24.127" Title="EOL Notice: Wily Werewolf (15.10) is now End of Life (as of July 28, 2016) (Enforcement starts July 29)" Tags="|discussion|scope|end-of-life|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="15" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15740" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15599" CreationDate="2016-07-07T13:01:35.067" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;These tags are getting too confusing and pedantic, we should:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Rename &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/snap-package&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;snap-package&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;snap-package&lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/snap&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;snap&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;snap&lt;/a&gt;, easy to remember and covers everything from the snaps themselves to snapcraft, this allows the core team to subscribe to just one tag so they can answer questions. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Alias &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/snapcraft&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;snapcraft&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;snapcraft&lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/snap&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;snap&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;snap&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Leave &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/snappy&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;snappy&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;snappy&lt;/a&gt; aliased to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ubuntu-core&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ubuntu-core&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ubuntu-core&lt;/a&gt;, which is a pure snappy system. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="235" LastEditDate="2016-07-08T12:34:50.277" LastActivityDate="2016-07-08T12:34:50.277" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15742" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15752" CreationDate="2016-07-09T13:39:18.183" Score="3" ViewCount="86" Body="&lt;p&gt;Title says it all. Today I logged in to find my picture had changed to an ugly green and white.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="518562" LastEditorUserId="133195" LastEditDate="2016-07-11T12:38:41.953" LastActivityDate="2016-07-11T12:38:41.953" Title="Why does my profile picture randomly change?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15743" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-07-10T15:01:45.103" Score="8" ViewCount="299" Body="&lt;p&gt;Occasionally I write larger scripts (sometimes far over 100 lines of code) to answer questions on the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I believe they are useful for more people or in more cases than the specific question is about or if I am going to maintain and update it every now and then, I prefer to put the whole code into a GitHub repository and link that in my answer instead of dumping the code there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course the answer still contains detailed explanation and instructions to download it from GitHub and how to use it.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What do you think of outsourcing big enough scripts to GitHub?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here are the pro and con arguments I can come up with, trying to ignore my personal opinion in favour of using using GitHub:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Pro:&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;shorter answer:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;easier to read, people don't &quot;TL;DR&quot; (do not read it because it's too long)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;consumes less space, other answers below have a higher chance to also get read (people do not like to scroll down too far)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;easier to get code:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you can download the whole repository as Zip archive or download single files of it&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;no need to copy large snippets out of code windows in the answer, paste them in a text editor and save them under a specific name&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;if you have set up &lt;code&gt;git&lt;/code&gt; and know how to use it, you can simply clone the repository to your local machine and even have all file permissions preserved.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;easier maintainability:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the author can have a local git repository, edit it with their preferred IDE and directly commit and push the changes to GitHub. No need to look up the answer and copy/paste and format the code.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;no risk of forgetting to update the answer on code changes&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;code is not stored duplicated&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;more flexible:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;GitHub allows adding any number of files, including further documentation, examples or more script files&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;GitHub allows controlled contributions from other people &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;better usability for newbies&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Imagine you are a rather new user who simply wants stuff to work and does not care too much about the details. You only have a very basic IT knowledge and just want something to double-click, not its entire code - I guess this is the average Ask Ubuntu visitor.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now from the perspective of this user, compare an answer saying &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&quot;I made a script for this problem and published it on GitHub here (→link). Simply download this (→link) file and make it executable (&lt;code&gt;chmod&lt;/code&gt; etc.), then you can run it.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;with another one like &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&quot;I made a script for this problem. Simply copy the code below, open your favourite plain text editor, paste it and save the file as xy. Then make it executable using &lt;code&gt;chmod&lt;/code&gt; etc. and you can run it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Huge wall of code which you don't understand at all&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Con:&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Answer does no longer directly contain all relevant information, one could argue that it is a link-only answer. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The link might die and the script may no longer be found. That's the main reason why link-only answers are not allowed.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It requires an additional click to get the needed information.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You need to leave the site to get the needed information.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You see that I'm personally very much in favour of using GitHub to store long scripts, but what is the opinion of the community? Please share your thoughts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastEditorUserId="367990" LastEditDate="2016-07-10T18:54:32.640" LastActivityDate="2016-07-11T14:16:29.717" Title="What is your opinion about outsourcing larger scripts from answers to GitHub repositories?" Tags="|discussion|code|" AnswerCount="6" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15744" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15743" CreationDate="2016-07-10T15:59:08.120" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;I strongly believe answers on AU should be self-contained, complete and independendly usable. External links can be useful to add interesting stuff,  to link to a more advanced version of the script or a possible ppa, but the answer should still work without.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Scripts, why not (only) post elsewhere?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you post an answer to my question with a script, I want to look into the code, make an educated guess on the quality, see where it has downsides etc. &lt;em&gt;Even more inportantly&lt;/em&gt;, I want &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;other&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; users to look into the code and see possible issues, be able to comment on it and suggest improvements. The joined knowledge is one of the most important fundaments of the site. Improvements are suggested to &lt;em&gt;all answers&lt;/em&gt; here, including scripts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This process is unlikely to happen if the code is not directly visible and readable in the answer itself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Difference with existing software&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The comparison with established software is invalid. Not only is established software less likely to have major issues, but &lt;em&gt;if&lt;/em&gt; there are, more users will have run into the same issue(s), and can share their experiences. At the same time, posted scripts are by definition in an experimental stage.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Last but not least: the more parties are needed to make the complete answer available, the more likely it will sooner or later break; the weakest shackle defines the reliability of the entire answer being available.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2016-07-11T05:38:21.873" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15745" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15743" CreationDate="2016-07-10T16:03:04.627" Score="18" Body="&lt;p&gt;The general philosophy on SE is that answers should include everything needed in order to understand them. Sending people elsewhere for their answer should always be avoided. That way, even if the rest of the internet is destroyed and only SE survives, the answers will still be available. So, personally, I feel that code should always be posted in the answer itself unless it is too long. My take on the pros and cons you mentioned is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;h3&gt;Pro:&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;shorter answer:&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;easier to read, people don't &quot;TL;DR&quot; (do not read it because it's too long)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not really. If I need to visit another website in order to read your answer, then it's harder to read. By definition. If I read an answer but have to go somewhere else to actually get what I need, I haven't been given an answer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;consumes less space, other answers below have a higher chance to also get read (people do not like to scroll down too far)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't see how this is true. Long code blocks are automatically truncated and presented in a scrollable box. In other words, whether you post 37 lines or 10000 , the size of your answer doesn't change. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;easier to get code:&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;you can download the whole repository as Zip archive or download single files of it&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Again, if I have to go somewhere else, download a zip file (or learn to use &lt;code&gt;git checkout&lt;/code&gt;), unzip it and then try to use it, it is obviously much harder than simply copying it directly from your answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;no need to copy large snippets out of code windows in the answer, paste them in a text editor and save them under a specific name&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, this is true, but it's a bad thing as I explained above :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;if you have set up &lt;code&gt;git&lt;/code&gt; and know how to use it, you can simply clone the repository to your local machine and even have all file&#xA;  permissions preserved.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which, again, is way more complicated than copying a few lines of code from an answer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;easier maintainability:&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;the author can have a local git repository, edit it with their preferred IDE and directly commit and push the changes to GitHub. No&#xA;  need to look up the answer and copy/paste and format the code.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;no risk of forgetting to update the answer on code changes&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;code is not stored duplicated&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Agreed. However, you can always include the first version in your answer and mention that the program will be updated on the relevant git repository. The best of both worlds. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;more flexible:&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;GitHub allows adding any number of files, including further documentation, examples or more script files&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, it does. And if your answer involves a large project, with many files, then of course you can't paste it all here. We're only talking about single scripts. Anything more and you don't even have the option of posting here, it would get far too complex. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;GitHub allows controlled contributions from other people&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So does SE ;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And your cons (including the rebuttals from your answer):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;h3&gt;Con:&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Answer does no longer directly contain all relevant information, one could argue that it is a link-only answer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;I say this is not true because all answers that advice installing a software X from anywhere would then be link-only as well - they only&#xA;  contain instructions how to install and use that program, but not the&#xA;  program itself, right?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Well, yes, but we have no control over those. Here, we're only talking about &lt;em&gt;your&lt;/em&gt; code. If the answer is an already existing piece of software, you have no choice but to link to it. However, if that software is a simple script that can fit in an answer, you should also include the source in your answer. If it isn't, or if the source is not easily available, linking to it is the only solution. That's not the case with your code, you can choose where to put it.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The link might die and the script may no longer be found. That's the main reason why link-only answers are not allowed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;I say there is no higher risk of a link to a GitHub repository to become obsolete than of a Launchpad PPA to get deleted or a package to&#xA;  become no longer available in any other way. GitHub is safe and will&#xA;  not quit business within the next years.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's what they said for Google Code and Source Forge. One's dead and the other is dying. Again, we can't control external sites. In the world of SE, the only safe place is SE. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;It requires an additional click to get the needed information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;I personally prefer three additional clicks to download a file over a long click-and-drag to copy all the code from the answer's code&#xA;  block and nothing more. There are also &lt;code&gt;wget&lt;/code&gt; or &lt;code&gt;git&lt;/code&gt; commands that&#xA;  download the file directly - as simple as running &lt;code&gt;apt-get install&lt;/code&gt; to&#xA;  get regular software.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Fair enough. I personally prefer anything over an extra click, let alone three. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You need to leave the site to get the needed information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;So what? If you can trust Stack Exchange, you can also trust GitHub. It's not a shady download site but the world's most famous&#xA;  place where open-source code is stored.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's not a matter of trust. It's a question of adding more steps between me and my answer. In any case, there is &lt;em&gt;absolutely&lt;/em&gt; nothing trustworthy about github. They don't review code. I could post code that destroys your computer, opens a backdoor or any other kind of virus and/or trojan on github with no problem. Here, however, we do review code. If the code is on github, it is far less likely that anyone will look at it and downvote you if you're doing something malicious. So some poor newbie might download it and brick their machine. If the code is here, we can review it and downvote it as necessary. So, if anything, github is less secure. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, as long as your answer's code is simple enough to be self contained in a single text file and doesn't need linking or calling of other sub-scripts, it is better and simpler to have it here. Obviously, this is not the case for more complex code already hosted on github. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If you want to also maintain the code in your answer, by all means include a github link &lt;em&gt;as well&lt;/em&gt;. There's just no reason to have that replace your answer.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For more details, please see:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/225370/203101&quot;&gt;Your answer is in another castle: when is an answer not an answer?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/199793/strategy-to-handle-answers-containing-github-links&quot;&gt;Strategy to handle answers containing GitHub links&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2016-07-10T20:54:16.637" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15746" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15743" CreationDate="2016-07-10T17:00:09.910" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;As I have already explained my pro GitHub arguments in the question, I'm going to rebut the con arguments I mentioned here:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Answer does no longer directly contain all relevant information, one could argue that it is a link-only answer. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I say this is not true because all answers that advice installing a software X from anywhere would then be link-only as well - they only contain instructions how to install and use that program, but not the program itself, right?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the whole internet breaks down and only Stack Exchange survives, any answer advising to download software from the official repositories, Launchpad PPAs or any other online place would be gone as well. There's clearly no difference to an externally stored script.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or on the other hand, are suggesting that if I do not upload my script to GitHub but package it and upload it to my Launchpad PPA, that would change the value of my answer telling you to download and run it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;The link might die and the script may no longer be found. That's the main reason why link-only answers are not allowed.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I say there is no higher risk of a link to a GitHub repository to become obsolete than of a Launchpad PPA to get deleted or a package to become no longer available in any other way. I consider GitHub to be pretty safe and stable and it will probably not quit business within the next years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;It requires an additional click to get the needed information.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I personally prefer three additional clicks to download a file over a long and careful click-and-drag to copy only all the code from the answer's code block and not too much or too few. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are also &lt;code&gt;wget&lt;/code&gt; (or &lt;code&gt;git&lt;/code&gt;) commands that download the file directly - as simple as running &lt;code&gt;apt-get install&lt;/code&gt; to get regular software. That isn't an additional click then either, you need the terminal to &lt;code&gt;chmod +x&lt;/code&gt; anyway.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;You need to leave the site to get the needed information.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So what? If you can trust Stack Exchange, you can also trust GitHub to be a non-malicious site. It's not a shady download site but the world's most famous place where open-source code is stored. The trustworthy of the site itself does not allow conclusions about all code pieces they host though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course code on GitHub is not really reviewed or rated, but is it on Stack Exchange? There is no guarantee here either that anybody thoroughly checked every line of code I posted for correctness or security issues, even if the chance is higher.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, those who would review hundreds of source code lines directly in the answer can also review them on GitHub and file an issue report there or comment below the answer where I post about it here on Ask Ubuntu. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastEditorUserId="367990" LastEditDate="2016-07-10T17:13:16.303" LastActivityDate="2016-07-10T17:13:16.303" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15747" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15720" CreationDate="2016-07-11T02:32:26.750" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm on the fence on this one more leaning toward the some overlap argument as a certain amount of overlap between here and U&amp;amp;L is unavoidable and likely positive, but Braiam does make an excellent point regarding due diligence. As it is, when I run across a question that I know has been answered (and answered well) on another SE site I just comment and point to the related answer rather than wasting valuable time re-answering. In fact if I'm doing MY due diligence I will discover the existing answer on another SE site resulting in the same action as if I had prior knowledge. Sometimes (often?) the question has been answered partially on a number of sites in which case I do my best to pull all the information together and cite the sources. I don't think different methods of determination or handling of cross-dupes are necessary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastActivityDate="2016-07-11T02:32:26.750" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15748" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15743" CreationDate="2016-07-11T06:40:00.057" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;In disagreement with externally-linked scripts, custom-built for an answer: consider the &lt;em&gt;user&lt;/em&gt; model of SE:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Anyone comes to the site with a question&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Optionally creating an account, they ask a question&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Getting answers convinces user to get an account to engage&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;With an account, the user can interact almost-completely with the site (with more complete features with additional reputation)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thus, this new user with &lt;em&gt;exactly zero other internet presence&lt;/em&gt;, should have the power allocated for them in interacting with the responses to their question. Mostly that being the ability to &lt;strong&gt;propose edits&lt;/strong&gt; to any content, the answers on their newly-asked question in particular, that has full access to the content that (almost) provides the desired solution/information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Typo in an answer that yields a non-functional edge case? SE: propose edit with reason, wait for approval, done (otherwise, comment). External anything: good luck (what if you put the code in a blog post linked to a GitHub Pages? That's &lt;em&gt;technically&lt;/em&gt; something you could pull-request against.). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="540866" LastActivityDate="2016-07-11T06:40:00.057" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15749" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15743" CreationDate="2016-07-11T07:06:20.777" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;As I realize the strong preference to keep the answer complete without relying on external links, I propose this IMO reasonable compromise:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The answer on Ask Ubuntu should directly contain at least a minimal working version of the script that solves the problem and meets the OP's requirements.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Additionally, the answer can contain a link to an external source like GitHub, pointing out that a newer and more extensive version of the script may be found over there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The GitHub repository can then easily be maintained and receive updates, improvements, additional features and minor bug fixes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The code snippet in the answer will not necessarily have to be kept updated, except major bug fixes that are needed for the script to work. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastActivityDate="2016-07-11T07:06:20.777" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15750" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15751" CreationDate="2016-07-11T09:44:30.787" Score="6" ViewCount="63" Body="&lt;p&gt;As of today I am allowed to review suggested edits ^_^&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm reading lots of posts here to help me do a good job.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can be absent-minded and I'm certainly not immune to typos, bad formatting decisions, or omissions myself, but when reviewing I am doing my best to be focused and critical, so I am likely to spot some further improvement and select 'improve edit' even to make minor changes (I might even fix a &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comma_splice&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;comma splice&lt;/a&gt;.) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm talking about cases where the suggested edit was helpful, and I want to give credit to the person who suggested it, so I want to make sure they still get +2 reputation for editing, so they know their editing is appropriate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does the suggester still get +2 if I 'improve' their edit?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2016-07-12T16:19:15.580" Title="When I 'improve [an] edit' suggested by a &lt;2k user, do they still get +2 reputation?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15751" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15750" CreationDate="2016-07-11T10:05:20.617" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, if you choose &quot;improve&quot; then the system first accepts the original edit and awards the +2 and then applies yours on top of it. That's why it's your name that's shown as the last editor.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you check the edit history, you'll see the edit you approved just before yours and if you go to that editor's profile, you'll see the +2. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/796929/revisions&quot;&gt;Here's an example&lt;/a&gt; where I did this. You can see both the edit I approved and mine appearing at the same time (hover over the date shown and you'll see they both came through in the same second).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2016-07-12T16:19:15.580" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15752" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15742" CreationDate="2016-07-11T10:19:12.897" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/106023/keep-a-users-identicon-profile-picture-consistent?noredirect=1&amp;amp;lq=1&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;your identicon is based on a hash of your &lt;em&gt;last known&lt;/em&gt; IP address&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;if you didn't enter your email address on your profile.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, if you haven't put your email address on your profile and you logged in from a different IP address, your identicon would change... Maybe this is the explanation in your case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2016-07-11T10:25:05.167" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15753" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15743" CreationDate="2016-07-11T14:16:29.717" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;As a normal user of Ask Ubuntu , I would love to see complete answer here instead of GitHub. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Assume a situation you have renamed your repo name and that code you have there will answer some question at Ask Ubuntu , do you have enough time and memory to remember all those answer what you pasted and correcting with proper repo name in each post ? I am just asking my friend as friend.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I dont know whether GitHub really go for maintenance but what you will do if GitHub really go for maintenance. Your answer wont do justification with out your code which in GitHub. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;what If a crazy hacker , hacked your account and deleted all repo's ? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and many more cases my friend and those thoughts are thoughts which I found valid to me. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I respect your opinion as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="33833" LastActivityDate="2016-07-11T14:16:29.717" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15754" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15739" CreationDate="2016-07-12T00:52:12.803" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;For those who would rather not upgrade to Ubuntu 16.04 for whatever reason such as a lack of support for AMD's old fglrx driver, note that Ubuntu 14.04 LTS will still be officially supported until April 2019, according to &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ubuntu 16.04 does have advantages over 14.04, such as an updated Linux kernel that provides better hardware support. The wireless card in my laptop had strange problems until upgrading to Mint 18. Ubuntu 16.04 also requires less updates after installation and will have greater support for software in the future. For example, Ubuntu 12.04 is supposed to be supported until April 2017, but a lot of newer software only seems to have instructions or official PPAs for 14.04+.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="335466" LastActivityDate="2016-07-12T00:52:12.803" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15756" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-07-13T06:03:32.517" Score="-3" ViewCount="107" Body="&lt;p&gt;When answers are given that suggest &lt;code&gt;curl &amp;lt;url&amp;gt; | sh&lt;/code&gt; (or related variants, wget, bash etc,...) should they be down-voted?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Example: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/672994&quot;&gt;How to install NodeJS 4 on Ubuntu 15.04 64 bit edition?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From a stack-exchange quality perspective:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;these answers violate the expectation that answers should be given &quot;on-site&quot;, not just as an external link, as the real steps for the answer are in the curl link.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;these answers become invalid when/if the link changes&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From a security perspective:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;This is not a practice that should be recommended to users, most either require sudo, or eventually call sudo, thus giving the keys to the kingdom to a random URL&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25344" LastActivityDate="2016-07-13T14:52:19.130" Title="Should answers suggesting `curl | sh` be downvoted?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15757" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15756" CreationDate="2016-07-13T06:27:53.920" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;To quote Mr. Fitzgerald:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Unix was not designed to stop you from doing stupid things, because that would also stop you from doing clever things.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Neither is Linux designed to stop users doing stupid things, means for me, If you're going do use &lt;code&gt;curl&lt;/code&gt; or equivalent to pull a script and execute it you should know whats happening and being clever enough to check that script beforehand.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Back to your question, &lt;strong&gt;No&lt;/strong&gt;, they should not be down-voted, at least for the solutions given in your example link. They are valid and probably working answers. Just to judge them by using the tools you have at hand in Linux seems simply wrong to me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I understand that you imply that there is a security risk, and there is, but we are mature users and should use our heads beforehand. Please don't let this site and Linux become just another Windows. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="522934" LastActivityDate="2016-07-13T06:27:53.920" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15758" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15756" CreationDate="2016-07-13T06:55:42.300" Score="10" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;these answers violate the expectation that answers should be given&#xA;  &quot;on-site&quot;, not just as an external link, as the real steps for the&#xA;  answer are in the curl link.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No, they do not violate any expectation. There are &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/104821/295160&quot;&gt;disclaimers&lt;/a&gt; in place that content on Stack Exchange network sites doesn't guarantee validity, but there is no explicit statement that answers should be given completely on site, in fact very often it's not possible provide full steps on site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For user protection, one could leave a comment or download code and see its contents to ensure nothing violates OP's security.  It is often not possible to provide contents of the linked code due to its length or the fact that the linked binary may be compiled. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some well known sites such as Github or Github gists can be easily opened and checked. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The concept of &lt;em&gt;Buyer Beware&lt;/em&gt; holds true throughout the internet, and the internet has been around for quite a while now, so if OP doesn't know any better than to not check what is being provided by the link in the answer - that's their choice to some extent. As &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/a/312587/3701431&quot;&gt;Martijn Piters&lt;/a&gt; said:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Our questions and answers use an open license. Anyone gets to have&#xA;  access to that knowledge, including people with ill intent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, it is not the responsibility of the Stack Exchange network as per the &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/legal&quot;&gt;terms of use&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Unless explicitly otherwise provided, neither Stack Exchange nor the&#xA;  Network make any representation or warranty whatsoever about any third&#xA;  party site that is linked to the Network, or endorse the products or&#xA;  services offered on such site. Stack Exchange and the Network&#xA;  disclaim: (a) all responsibility and liability for content on third&#xA;  party websites and (b) any representations or warranties as to the&#xA;  security of any information (including, without limitation, credit&#xA;  card and other personal information) You might be requested to give&#xA;  any third party, and You hereby irrevocably waive any claim against&#xA;  the Network or Stack Exchange with respect to such sites and third&#xA;  party content. ( Section 6: Third Party Websites )&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Next point:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;these answers become invalid when/if the link changes&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Stack Exchange, once again, &lt;em&gt;is not responsible for the content of those links or their validity&lt;/em&gt;. It's up to the community to push the poster and say: &quot;Hey, update your stuff&quot; or edit the post by yourself. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;From a security perspective:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This is not a practice that should be recommended to users, most&#xA;  either require sudo, or eventually call sudo, thus giving the keys to&#xA;  the kingdom to a random URL&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As per the terms of use that were mentioned above, it is illegal to post content that violates security/integrity of computer systems . If you do find those links pose &lt;em&gt;probable&lt;/em&gt; security risk, contact a moderator and explain the situation, and leave comments. Downvote the post if you so choose. That's the best that can be done from regular-user point of view.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Otherwise, there is no reason to criticize post that has valid steps listed just because it uses &lt;code&gt;wget&lt;/code&gt; or &lt;code&gt;curl&lt;/code&gt;. &lt;code&gt;wget&lt;/code&gt; or &lt;code&gt;curl&lt;/code&gt; are no different from downloading items by yourself, with only difference that content is being passed to the shell or whatever else. Again, I cannot stress this enough: &lt;em&gt;Buyer beware&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="295286" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2016-07-13T14:52:19.130" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15759" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-07-13T18:25:16.953" Score="3" ViewCount="119" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am in a dilemma:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is one user who contributes (very) good edit suggestion but the comments are almost always the same: &lt;em&gt;improved formatting&lt;/em&gt;, even if he did a lot more.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I do want to get that user to formulate more meaningful comments (to make it easier for reviewers &lt;strong&gt;and&lt;/strong&gt; to provide a useful edit history) &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I flagged one of those edited posts for moderator intervention but was told &#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;if users' edit summaries can use improvement, you can let users know yourself that they may wish to use better edit summaries - it's not something that we really need to do anything for as mods if it's just a 'poor quality edit summary' thing. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I do &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; want to reject those good edits just because of bad comments (I did it once with a polite request but apparently without success)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I already posted a comment on a post edited by him - not sure if that gets to his inbox, though.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So: provided I am not just being silly in this regard (please tell me if you think I am): How can we educate editors to provide meaningful comments?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I &lt;strong&gt;maintain&lt;/strong&gt;: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3502/what-to-do-about-good-suggested-edits-with-very-bad-summaries&quot;&gt;This question by Eliah Kagan&lt;/a&gt; is mainly about what action (approve/reject) to take. I already know that I don't want to reject good edits. I am asking here about a way to contact/educate the contributor. So this is IMO not a duplicate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;I intentionally left out names, because I think this issue is more about a general &quot;problem&quot; than about single personalities.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.243" LastActivityDate="2016-07-15T20:39:27.687" Title="edit suggestions: problem with meaningless comments" Tags="|discussion|review|suggested-edits|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ClosedDate="2016-07-22T20:15:00.210" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15760" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15761" CreationDate="2016-07-13T21:49:23.890" Score="2" ViewCount="109" Body="&lt;p&gt;While reviewing answers I bumped into an answer that looked OK but I noticed that a different user posted already exactly the same answer. Consequently I raised a flag and reported that the answer is just a copy/paste of an existing answer. In response I got:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;STOP! Look and Listen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This was an audit, designed to see if you were paying attention. You didn't pass. Your review was inappropriate. This was a high quality post and you should have considered leaving it as-is or even upvoting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Don't worry, we've already handled this post appropriately – but please take a minute to look it over closely, keeping in mind the guidance above.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I find that such audits are not helpful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="114487" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2016-07-14T09:29:49.547" Title="Trick reviews are not helpful" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="9" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15761" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15760" CreationDate="2016-07-13T23:27:39.810" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;They are abrupt, and are occasionally incorrect but people fail them enough to get themselves banned from reviewing and &lt;strong&gt;that is a great thing&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Robo-reviewers trash the queues and ruin the quality of the site. Even if you're the king of accurate reviewing, there are people out there who have sloppy spells, that we need audits to catch. Causing you a tiny inconvenience is a worthwhile price to find them. Sorry.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2016-07-13T23:27:39.810" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15762" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15764" CreationDate="2016-07-14T03:19:07.953" Score="9" ViewCount="268" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was looking around on various meta sites today, and I would like to share this link with you:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/327636/educating-people-to-flag-spam-and-not-vote-to-close?cb=1&quot;&gt;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/327636/educating-people-to-flag-spam-and-not-vote-to-close?cb=1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like your opinions on this question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="420786" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T09:16:20.523" LastActivityDate="2016-07-17T13:52:59.367" Title="Educating people to flag spam and not vote to close" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15763" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15720" CreationDate="2016-07-14T05:39:17.360" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think the best way would be to provide an option to make the same question visible across multiple SE communitites without a need to re-create the question in other communitites (which they are doing now). The answers also can be made visible across the sites. I am saying this because I have myself done that a couple of times just for a straightforward reason: I wanted my question to be visible to more number of people and I found the subject valid in multiple communities.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="554309" LastActivityDate="2016-07-14T05:39:17.360" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15764" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15762" CreationDate="2016-07-14T06:11:06.413" Score="16" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is of course true that spam posts should be flagged, instead of consuming reviewer's time in the close review. &lt;em&gt;In practice&lt;/em&gt; however, enough people do flag spam.  In many cases, It even is a sport to be in time to flag the question before it is deleted or locked.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;People are simply too fast here to let spam posts survive until the first reviewer would possibly waste his or her time on them. Not a real problem currently.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was too slow again :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Kt1rl.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Kt1rl.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="72216" LastEditDate="2016-07-14T12:02:02.353" LastActivityDate="2016-07-14T12:02:02.353" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15765" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15759" CreationDate="2016-07-15T13:48:50.600" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;My friend , When I am new to Ask Ubuntu , I should give a comment with respect to my edit and which regards what I did to the post to make it right but after a while I have got a privilege and after that I dont need to give any comment after editing any post. our system will take my edits automatically with out any comments. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So may be , comments were introduced for a different purpose like &lt;strong&gt;saving reviewers time&lt;/strong&gt; , and some users used to do edits continuously one after one and they wont have patience to take care of comment field also with well oxford English as their main focus on post but not on comment. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you do some 20-30 edits in a day may be you will understand it , why commenting is so irritating. so they let chrome auto filling feature to fill comment field.:P  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="33833" LastActivityDate="2016-07-15T13:48:50.600" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15767" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-07-16T21:41:05.537" Score="4" ViewCount="55" Body="&lt;p&gt;The sacrifice of privileges in exchange for setting bounties has been covered in a few other questions (&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/12200/allow-to-add-a-comment-for-users-that-opened-a-bounty-on-a-question&quot;&gt;1&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1077/losing-privilege-with-points-lost-in-setting-bounties&quot;&gt;2&lt;/a&gt;, etc.). While I disagree with the reasoning (my thinking is in line with that of &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1077/losing-privilege-with-points-lost-in-setting-bounties#comment5065_1078&quot;&gt;hexafraction&lt;/a&gt;: privileges are to me tokens of trust, which shouldn't be undermined by the form of participation that is bounty award -- rather we're simply accepting that we'll have to work harder to get &lt;em&gt;more&lt;/em&gt; privileges), I am willing to accept that as the rules.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, it strikes me as odd that I am not allowed to participate in any way with the user to whom I awarded a bounty (asking for a follow-up clarification at a later date, for example).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Under-privileged users such as myself (on this SE, at least) can comment on our own questions and answers -- is there any compelling reason to restrict my right to participate in another user's answer to which I've awarded a bounty?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To me, adding the bounty was a form of &quot;adoption&quot; -- I gave the bounty to &lt;em&gt;an existing question&lt;/em&gt; which had gone unanswered, &lt;em&gt;as opposed to creating a duplicate question&lt;/em&gt; -- but now it seems I've been penalized for having done so. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="362864" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2016-07-17T00:46:51.233" LastActivityDate="2016-07-17T04:33:22.093" Title="Feature Request: Allow commenting on awarded bounties" Tags="|feature-request|status-declined|bounty|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15768" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15769" CreationDate="2016-07-16T22:38:32.007" Score="2" ViewCount="131" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was trying to comment on this answer &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/798545/is-this-how-i-tell-whether-or-not-i-have-third-party-drivers/799517#799517&quot;&gt;Is this how I tell whether or not I have &amp;quot;third party drivers&amp;quot;?&lt;/a&gt; and when I try to tag the user with &quot;@&quot; followed by their username, the rest of my comment posts, but the username and &quot;@&quot; vanishes.  What's up with that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="243321" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2016-07-16T22:50:33.170" Title="Can't tag user using @ syntax" Tags="|discussion|comments|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15769" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15768" CreationDate="2016-07-16T22:43:16.010" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;User pings (&lt;code&gt;@USERNAME&lt;/code&gt;) in comments get automatically removed if you want to ping the author of the post (question or answer) below which you write your comment, unless that person or other users (not 100% sure about the exact rules) has already commented below their own post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is by design to avoid unnecessary &lt;code&gt;@USERNAME&lt;/code&gt;s in comments, as the owner of the post you're commenting will always get notified anyway and it is not needed to indicate a dialogue flow as there is no dialogue before anybody else replied.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See also:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/43019/280883&quot;&gt;How do comment @replies work?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/97098/280883&quot;&gt;Eeeeek - what happened to my @ salutation?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2016-07-16T22:50:33.170" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15770" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15767" CreationDate="2016-07-16T23:00:09.940" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Clarification of the problem:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Your misinterpretation of what a bounty is, and should be used for.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A bounty is designed to draw attention to a question, in the hopes of getting an answer so that if an answer solves it a user may get awarded the bounty.  (Or, for those with excess reputation and can therefore afford it, to provide an incentive for others to answer a question, or to reward a good answer).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is not designed for 'adoption' of a question, and you are not entitled the same permissions as you would have by posting the question yourself as a result.  This ultimately means that to interact with a post you've put a bounty on, you would not open a bounty that would revoke the permissions you need for interaction with that post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To quote &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/42835/158829&quot;&gt;Jeff Atwood's post on Meta.SE, on the question about splitting bounties from affecting permissions&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;... bounties are for people who either&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;feel like they have an excess of reputation and can &quot;afford&quot; it&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;have an &lt;em&gt;urgent&lt;/em&gt; need to get an answer and the normal process needs goosing&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This does not fit your 'using bounties to adopt a question' view, and by design it cannot support that view.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The unbreakable bond between Reputation and Permissions.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As stated in the Help Center, and elsewhere, including on Meta.SE, posting a bounty will affect your reputation level.  It will also reduce your permissions based on the reputation level.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As was indicated by &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/42835/158829&quot;&gt;Jeff Atwood on Meta.SE&lt;/a&gt;, in regards to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/42834/exclude-bounties-from-affecting-privileges&quot;&gt;Feature Request (on Meta.SE) to Exclude Bounties from Affecting Privileges&lt;/a&gt;, there's no really good way that can be thought of to separate bounties from the reputation system in a way that would allow for permissions to be retained when a bounty is posted; as such, it's unlikely to ever be implemented.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With this in mind, the feature request here is asking to permit commenting on awarded bounties, outside of the confines of the existing permissions system.  This ultimately ties back to having to exclude bounty awards from reducing your permissions levels, because &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/comment&quot;&gt;to comment on any post that is not your own you need to have 50 reputation&lt;/a&gt;.  With no mechanism to separate the permissions, the feature can't be implemented without changing how permissions are affected by bounties.  And Jeff has said this is unlikely to get implemented, which ultimately points back to the &quot;Declined&quot; status, and the &quot;This is a problem with the existing system, and not one that is likely to be fixed/changed&quot; nature of this answer.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;NOTE:&lt;/em&gt; This has already been &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/42834/exclude-bounties-from-affecting-privileges&quot;&gt;asked and answered and addressed on Meta Stack Exchange&lt;/a&gt;.  &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/192403/comment-on-posts-that-you-have-an-open-bounty-on-despite-reputation&quot;&gt;Twice&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What exists below is the opinion of the moderator who answered the question here. This opinion is superseded by the post up at Meta Stack Exchange.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe that loss of privileges is implemented to prevent abuse of the system, and/or is a limitation of how reputation-based privileges get handled.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, it is clearly stated in what bounties are what happens if you give a bounty and drop below a reputation privilege level.  This has been the way the system has worked ever since I joined up here, and I don't disagree with it.  I also believe that this &quot;loss of reputation and privilege&quot; helps to discourage abuse of bounties just to boost someone's reputation in a malicious way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With regards to the loss of privileges, I am going to quote the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/bounty&quot;&gt;Help Center on the Main Site&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What is a bounty? How can I start one?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;All bounties are paid for up front and non-refundable under any circumstances.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;If your new reputation brings you below the requirement for any privileges, you will lose access to those privileges.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Users may only have three active bounties at any given time. Questions may only have one active question bounty at any given time.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;To avoid overly promotional bounties, if you are offering a bounty on a question that you have already posted an answer to, your minimum spend is 100 reputation (not 50).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Additionally, if you offer multiple bounties on the same question, the minimum spend doubles with each subsequent bounty (50 reputation on the first bounty, 100 reputation on the second, 200 on the third, and so on). You may not cancel a bounty once it has been started.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Bold-italics are added by me, for emphasis, and are what I'm focusing on)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can see why you would still want to comment on user posts of which you've made a bounty for, &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; retain all your privileges you had, but because I don't know the underlying limitations to the system, I can only say that I agree with the status quo.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:24.280" LastActivityDate="2016-07-17T04:33:22.093" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15771" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-07-17T07:34:35.167" Score="0" ViewCount="53" Body="&lt;p&gt;Iv'e seen Root Access'es Clippy egg...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have seen Arquade minigame egg...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have also seen rm -rf / on Serverfault chat...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;BUT WHAT I HAVENT SEEN IS...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;ASKUBUNTU EGGS.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why can't we have a unique egg implented into our chat that (i know this is abusive) can be funny, or pranky....&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user527600" LastEditorDisplayName="user527600" LastEditDate="2016-07-17T07:42:04.410" LastActivityDate="2016-07-17T07:42:04.410" Title="Why doesn't our chat have easter eggs" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15772" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16100" CreationDate="2016-07-17T11:37:36.830" Score="8" ViewCount="101" Body="&lt;p&gt;I propose to make &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/privileges&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;privileges&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;privileges&lt;/a&gt; a synonym of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/permissions&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;permissions&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;permissions&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The synonym is already officially suggested &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tags/permissions/synonyms&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. If you meet the requirements, you can vote on the suggestion depending on whether you agree or not:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Users with a total answer score (total upvotes minus total downvotes) of 5 or more on the tag, can vote for tag synonyms. Suggestions will be automatically approved when they reach a score of 4, and automatically deleted when they reach a score of -2. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some stats about the two tags:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/permissions&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;permissions&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;permissions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;3487 questions&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;41 followers&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Excerpt:&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Short for &quot;file system permissions&quot; - access control based on user, group, or global access.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Wiki: &lt;em&gt;none&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/privileges&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;privileges&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;privileges&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;109 questions&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;2 followers&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Excerpt:&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;same as permissions &quot;file system permissions&quot; - access control based on user, group, or global access. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Wiki: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/9MxAZ.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;rwx&lt;/strong&gt;, stand for = [&lt;strong&gt;r&lt;/strong&gt;]ead | [&lt;strong&gt;w&lt;/strong&gt;]rite | [&lt;strong&gt;x&lt;/strong&gt;]execute - privileges, that can be either given/added &lt;code&gt;+&lt;/code&gt; or taken away &lt;code&gt;-&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;There are tree groups&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Owner - &lt;code&gt;u&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Group - &lt;code&gt;g&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Other/Everybody Else - &lt;code&gt;o&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;ALL OF THEM - &lt;code&gt;a&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2016-09-16T23:00:42.330" Title="Make [privileges] a tag synonym of [permissions]" Tags="|discussion|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15773" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-07-17T11:45:24.940" Score="11" ViewCount="100" Body="&lt;p&gt;I propose to make &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/architecture&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;architecture&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;architecture&lt;/a&gt; a synonym of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/cpu-architecture&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;cpu-architecture&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;cpu-architecture&lt;/a&gt; and retag all questions. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Although &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/architecture&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;architecture&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;architecture&lt;/a&gt; is the bigger tag, it is not as unambiguous as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/cpu-architecture&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;cpu-architecture&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;cpu-architecture&lt;/a&gt; which I would favour as master tag for that reason. The tag excerpts and wikis should be copied then of course.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some stats about the two tags:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/cpu-architecture&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;cpu-architecture&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;cpu-architecture&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;18 questions&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;1 followers&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Excerpt:&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Running or compiling binaries made for CPU architectures different than the host system&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Wiki: &lt;em&gt;none&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/architecture&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;architecture&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;architecture&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;86 questions&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;0 followers&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Excerpt:&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Architectures usually refer to the difference between 32-bit x86 (i386) and 64-bit x86-64 (amd64/em64t) processors. Both are distinct architectures. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Wiki: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Architectures usually refer to the difference between &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/32-bit&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;32-bit&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;32-bit&lt;/a&gt; x86 (i386) and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/64-bit&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;64-bit&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;64-bit&lt;/a&gt; x86-64 (amd64/em64t) processors. Both are distinct &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_architecture&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;architectures&lt;/a&gt;. Use a tag specific to one architecture when a problem is believed to be architecture-specific.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;For example, if you're having a problem just with the amd64 live CD, and the i386 live CD worked fine, tag your question &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/64-bit&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;64-bit&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;64-bit&lt;/a&gt;. Note that some architecture-specific problems are bugs (and Ask Ubuntu is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/faq#questions&quot;&gt;not the place&lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/5121/how-do-i-report-a-bug&quot;&gt;report bugs&lt;/a&gt;, as &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/226/are-bug-reports-suitable-for-this-site&quot;&gt;detailed here&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Ubuntu supports the following architectures:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;amd64 (x64)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;i386 (x86)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ARM&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;ARM&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;PPC/PowerPC (Old macs) -- This is unofficial.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A processor that can run the amd64 architecture can run the i386 architecture also, as the processor is backward-compatible to a 16-bit architecture. Generally, most OSes start in 16-bit mode, then, very early, switch the CPU to i386, and optionally, amd64 mode.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;For questions about running 32-bit Ubuntu software on 64-bit Ubuntu systems, use the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/multarch&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;multarch&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;multarch&lt;/a&gt; tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/architecture&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;architecture&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;architecture&lt;/a&gt; tag should not be used in the sense of &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_architecture&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;design principles and decisions&lt;/a&gt; (unless, of course, they are &lt;em&gt;also&lt;/em&gt; about computer architecture as described above). For such questions, please use the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/design&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;design&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;design&lt;/a&gt; tag instead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2016-07-17T11:45:24.940" Title="Make [architecture] a synonym of [cpu-architecture]" Tags="|discussion|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15774" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-07-17T12:34:33.003" Score="1" ViewCount="56" Body="&lt;p&gt;To all you moderators - we envy you, you seems to have a 6 sense when finding answers!&#xA;Just recently I was trying to re-find a list of all Ubuntu's and all the different windows-managers available to us (all the different gui's)  I was trying to convert a couple of friends to our penguin squad!  Alas I was unable to find that lowly long list with all the showy screen-dumps!  Pictures still rate more than a 1000 words !&#xA;I have found the proper question and bookmarked it for future reference!&#xA;Please how do we ordinary Ubuntu users find all those precious info - when it is not an &quot;How to something or other&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="324489" LastEditorUserId="158442" LastEditDate="2016-07-17T20:06:01.987" LastActivityDate="2016-07-17T20:06:01.987" Title="How do we find old answers to questions that are not error related?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15775" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15762" CreationDate="2016-07-17T13:52:59.367" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;You don't educate people. You educate as many people as possible.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even in real life, even if 99% of the class get an A, one will fail it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On a website that has millions of users, there will be few people ignoring the post, others voting to close but what's important is that the vast majority will flag it. If the website has only few hundred users, then yes this would be a problem, but when you have millions of users, seeing 1 or 2 or 3 close votes, it's not even 0.1% of the users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Besides most of the people who needs education, don't bother visiting meta to read the rules, new posts and get &amp;quot;educated&amp;quot;. Come one &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfVsfOSbJY0&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this crap&lt;/a&gt; which is far crappier than all the spam posts on SE ever still got 591,061 likes as of today, you still want to educate people? judging by numbers, i think SE community is well educated when compared to youtube.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="23239" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2016-07-17T13:52:59.367" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15776" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15774" CreationDate="2016-07-17T14:47:33.283" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I searched for &quot;list of window managers ubuntu&quot; in google, this was the top result: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/65083/what-kinds-of-desktop-environments-and-shells-are-available&quot;&gt;What kinds of desktop environments and shells are available?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2016-07-17T14:47:33.283" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15779" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15781" CreationDate="2016-07-21T00:15:18.217" Score="7" ViewCount="179" Body="&lt;p&gt;Once you reach 10k rep, which I think is where you can review flags, can you flag or not? Because it seems pretty silly if you can...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="420786" LastActivityDate="2016-07-27T11:47:07.633" Title="At 10k rep, can you flag still?" Tags="|discussion|flagging|10k-tools|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15781" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15779" CreationDate="2016-07-21T00:49:15.030" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, you would still have the ability to flag when you hit 10k, &lt;em&gt;however&lt;/em&gt;, the system does not allow you to review your own flags.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="8698" LastEditDate="2016-07-25T13:08:38.310" LastActivityDate="2016-07-25T13:08:38.310" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15782" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-07-21T01:42:38.933" Score="1" ViewCount="115" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm still new here and trying to fully understand how posting and answering questions are done here. I got this message and was wondering what does it mean&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is the message I received:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Complete at least one review task. This badge is awarded once per review type.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="516722" OwnerDisplayName="Rob Goss" LastEditorUserId="117103" LastEditDate="2016-07-21T20:13:38.727" LastActivityDate="2016-07-21T20:13:38.727" Title="Complete at least one review task" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15783" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15782" CreationDate="2016-07-21T02:07:07.873" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/access-review-queues&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/access-review-queues&lt;/a&gt;, once you reach 500 rep, you will have access to two of several review queues, namely the &quot;Late Answers&quot; and &quot;First Posts&quot; queues. You get a &quot;Custodian&quot; bronze badge for your first review task for each queue type.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15003" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2016-07-21T02:07:07.873" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15784" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-07-21T03:44:50.480" Score="0" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;The question says it all:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is a positive question record? You need this for the Curious badge, so what is it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="420786" LastActivityDate="2016-07-21T03:44:50.480" Title="What is a positive question record?" Tags="|discussion|badges|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2016-07-21T06:28:50.177" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15785" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-07-21T04:37:32.947" Score="0" ViewCount="75" Body="&lt;p&gt;I answered &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/800750/what-is-the-difference-between-hosts-and-hosts-deny/800760&quot;&gt;What is the difference between hosts and hosts.deny?&lt;/a&gt; with a one-line answer (first line of my answer, basically RTFM).  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I got downvoted to -2 for my answer.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I Edited and improved my answer (IMHO).  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will the downvotes go away? Will the downvoters be told I changed my answer?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the answers are (No, No), why would one update one's own bad answer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25618" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2016-07-21T20:11:16.743" Title="My Answer got downvoted and I updated it. Will downvotes go away?" Tags="|discussion|support|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15786" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15785" CreationDate="2016-07-21T05:29:48.867" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Answer is &lt;code&gt;No&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;No&lt;/code&gt;. Downvotes are given by users and only users can remove those. Alternative is to delete the answer. You can also ask moderator or higher-rep user for review.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="295286" LastActivityDate="2016-07-21T05:29:48.867" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15788" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15790" CreationDate="2016-07-21T16:33:35.110" Score="12" ViewCount="246" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just answered a question regarding a not-working script.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The issue was actually a spelling error (making a variable that was later used empty).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The asker immediately deleted the question after I answered it, &lt;s&gt;robbing me of that precious reputation&lt;/s&gt; which made me feel less like a human helping another human and more like a search machine for problems.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So therefore, what are the guidelines for when a question is too trivial and should be deleted, and does that include answered questions?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17342" LastEditorUserId="94914" LastEditDate="2018-08-01T06:27:20.217" LastActivityDate="2018-08-01T06:27:20.217" Title="Is it acceptable to delete a question if the answer was trivial?" Tags="|discussion|deleted-questions|spelling|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15789" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15785" CreationDate="2016-07-21T20:11:16.743" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You are asking &quot;why would one update one's own bad answer?&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To state it simply: I rather don't have a bad answer with my name under it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Apart from this there is another point: When you edit your answer the post will (as having new activity) be moved forward and more people will see your (now hopefully good) answer - so you will collect more reputation than you had lost before.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastActivityDate="2016-07-21T20:11:16.743" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15790" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15788" CreationDate="2016-07-22T09:01:31.507" Score="16" Body="&lt;p&gt;If the question is on topic and generally fits the site, it should stay.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A question with a trivial answer can always be put on hold. For example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This describes a problem that can't be reproduced that seemingly went away on its own or was only relevant to a very specific period of time. It's off-topic as it's unlikely to help future readers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If this happens to your answer, ask a moderator to undelete the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastEditorUserId="1067" LastEditDate="2016-07-25T08:28:19.737" LastActivityDate="2016-07-25T08:28:19.737" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15791" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15739" CreationDate="2016-07-22T22:50:48.897" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;Not all questions tagged with an out of support version are off-topic as some of these are not version specific. I recall occasions where the OP tags the question with the version they are using without realizing that the answer is the same for numerous versions (one or more of which may still be supported) Example Question:  How can I see how my drives are partitioned with Ubuntu 15.04? Example answers could include CLI solutions such as fdisk -l and GUI solutions such as gparted both of which were valid then and are still valid on supported releases. In order to help the maximum amount of users it's important to watch for mis-tagged questions where the answer is still valid for currently supported releases. In this case, remove the erroneous tag and answer as usual. Question title may also have to be changed to reflect the on-topic nature of the question. There are numerous examples on the site of questions with answers that are still valid today that may have been written for a no longer supported version. (Granted we keep those that were current when answered anyway, but you see my point.) I'm sure I'm not the only one who has removed a version tag that wasn't relevant to the question being asked.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastEditorUserId="225694" LastEditDate="2016-07-25T12:33:09.010" LastActivityDate="2016-07-25T12:33:09.010" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15792" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15810" CreationDate="2016-07-23T03:32:51.690" Score="8" ViewCount="154" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently saw Stack Overflow had launched Documentation. Are we going to have any? We should. I like the idea very much.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="420786" LastActivityDate="2016-08-03T15:00:56.887" Title="Documentation on Ask Ubuntu" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15793" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15799" CreationDate="2016-07-23T10:05:51.680" Score="8" ViewCount="669" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;TL;DR&lt;/strong&gt; : there are people who can translate foreign posts , ask them ; don't just close vote all the things&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;N.B.:&lt;/strong&gt; The main goal is to &lt;strong&gt;edit&lt;/strong&gt; questions and provide them with clarity. I am &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; asking to refrain from closing posts in foreign languages ; I am asking community to give links to those posts to those who can appropriately edit them. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Dear AskUbuntu community ,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Although the de-facto language of the Stack Exchange network is English, please take a moment to reflect on this topic: Ubuntu has users from around the world, and not all of them speak fluent English. It is not fair to a user who due to that limitation , has to have their question closed as &lt;code&gt;unclear what you are asking&lt;/code&gt;.  At the same time, we do have users who are capable of translating such posts , and in some cases, they can tackle multiple languages. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A few of our community members , myself included, have created &lt;a href=&quot;https://docs.google.com/document/d/13D77vCeIoMxnx8aDGcLGRQ1N5gZ7z463EOW22jGQL9w/edit&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;a list of multi-lingual users&lt;/a&gt; who can assist you in clarifying and translating  non-English posts. I realise that close-votes probably won't cease , but at least leave a message in chat to those users with a link to the original question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In defence of this topic consider the following points:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ubuntu has officially-supported Kylin flavour , which is distro tailored for Chinese users. Not all of the Chinese users have fluent English skills.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Consider the list of &lt;a href=&quot;http://partners.ubuntu.com/find-a-partner#&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ubuntu partners&lt;/a&gt; . Not all of the companies on that list are based in English-speaking countries.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Some users voiced such opinion : &quot; OP can do some effort and at least try Google Translate &quot; . Google Translate does a fair job, but it is still software and does not fully convert meaning of words. In addition, it frequently does more bad than good to original text's meaning. I myself have been using it for assisting my Chinese friends in translating various documents,and know for a fact that it's insufficient and resulting translation doesn't make sense. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;It is frequent to collaborate between networks. We have users who participate on both Unix and Linux as well as other sites.  Consider collaborating with users-moderators of language-related sites of Stack Exchange network. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;There is no official restriction on posts in other languages&lt;/em&gt;. Consider the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/ask&quot;&gt;Ask Question&lt;/a&gt; page as well as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tour&quot;&gt;tour&lt;/a&gt;  - there is no explicit restriction.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;We are officially mentioned in the Ubuntu installer , as well as on ubuntu.com  site. It has been mentioned, &quot;Well, just send them to forums in their language&quot;. Over my time on AskUbuntu I have not seen this put to practice.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;There are people who are &lt;em&gt;voluntarily willing to translate&lt;/em&gt;. Just like there are people who are willing to edit posts that are very poorly formatted and make no sense. There are people who are willing to spend the time to ask questions in comments. Does it not make sense to ask those people who are willing to put in the time to help a person instead of closing it because you ( and you specifically ) didn't understand the post ?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="295286" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2019-10-15T20:31:49.573" Title="Please ask people to translate, don't just close a question" Tags="|discussion|languages|" AnswerCount="6" CommentCount="14" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15794" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15793" CreationDate="2016-07-23T13:08:11.790" Score="17" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Although the de-facto language of the Stack Exchange network is English, please take a moment to reflect on this topic: Ubuntu has users from around the world, and not all of them speak fluent English. It is not fair to a user who due to that limitation, has to have their question closed as &lt;code&gt;unclear what you are asking&lt;/code&gt;. At the same time, we do have users who are capable of translating such posts, and in some cases, they can tackle multiple languages.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is not about &amp;quot;fair&amp;quot; or us discriminating - this is an English only site. That's just the rules. Just like we close low quality, we close non-English.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A few of our community members , myself included, have created &lt;a href=&quot;https://docs.google.com/document/d/13D77vCeIoMxnx8aDGcLGRQ1N5gZ7z463EOW22jGQL9w/edit&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;a list of multi-lingual users&lt;/a&gt; who can assist you in clarifying and translating  non-English posts. I realise that close-votes probably won't cease , but at least leave a message in chat to those users with a link to the original question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sure, but we still vote to close &lt;em&gt;untill&lt;/em&gt; it is clear what is being asked. Just like we vote to close even if they will edit it later. It can be reopened of course.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In defence of this topic consider the following points:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ubuntu has officially-supported Kylin flavour , which is distro tailored for Chinese users. Not all of the Chinese users have fluent English skills.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And this site does not officially support questions asked in Chinese. We support all official distros, but the questions have to be English.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Consider the list of &lt;a href=&quot;http://partners.ubuntu.com/find-a-partner#&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ubuntu partners&lt;/a&gt; . Not all of the companies on that list are based in English-speaking countries.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So? We're not Ubuntu. We're Stack Exchange, and this site is an English site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Some users voiced such opinion : &amp;quot;OP can do some effort and at least try Google Translate&amp;quot;. Google Translate does a fair job, but it is still software and does not fully convert meaning of words. In addition, it frequently does more bad than good to original text's meaning. I myself have been using it for assisting my Chinese friends in translating various documents, and know for a fact that it's insufficient and resulting translation doesn't make sense.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So don't use it, vote to close instead. Wait for a human to translate it better.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It is frequent to collaborate between networks. We have users who participate on both Unix and Linux as well as other sites.  Consider collaborating with users-moderators of language-related sites of Stack Exchange network.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure I understand.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;There is no official restriction on posts in other languages&lt;/em&gt;. Consider the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/ask&quot;&gt;Ask Question&lt;/a&gt; page as well as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tour&quot;&gt;tour&lt;/a&gt;  - there is no explicit restriction.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, there is. The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/quality-standards-error&quot;&gt;help centre says&lt;/a&gt; &amp;quot;Correct use of English spelling and grammar to the best of your ability.&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We are officially mentioned in the Ubuntu installer , as well as on ubuntu.com  site. It has been mentioned, &amp;quot;Well, just send them to forums in their language&amp;quot;. Over my time on Ask Ubuntu, I have not seen this put to practice.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We are officially mentioned in the installer. That does not give people permission to break our rules, not meet our standards or to abuse our site. Just because we are mentioned doesn't mean we will support everyone and everything!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;There are people who are &lt;em&gt;voluntarily willing to translate&lt;/em&gt;. Just like there are people who are willing to edit posts that are very poorly formatted and make no sense. There are people who are willing to spend the time to ask questions in comments. Does it not make sense to ask those people who are willing to put in the time to help a person instead of closing it because you ( and you specifically ) didn't understand the post?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes. If you understand a closed post, edit it so everyone can. Otherwise, leave it. If you see a closed post you understand, vote to reopen. That's how the system works, and we should not be leaving things open in case they are edited some day.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My pronouns are He / Him&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="186134" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2019-10-15T20:31:49.573" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15795" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15793" CreationDate="2016-07-23T18:37:01.490" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;First of all: all communication must be in English. Period. Second, if they don't know enough English to write their question in English, how would you expect them to understand the answer in English? Either way, both answers and questions have to be in English, knowing English is a prerequisite to use the site, if you can't adapt to that maybe this site is not meant for you. There are several venues where you can ask your question or solve your problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2016-07-23T18:42:48.163" LastActivityDate="2016-07-23T18:42:48.163" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15796" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15793" CreationDate="2016-07-23T21:40:40.633" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;If a question isn't in English I for one won't be able to answer it regardless of whether it falls into my areas of expertise or not. I will vote to close as unclear. If someone who does understand it translates it to English I will vote to reopen if the content is clear at that point. Just because someone is willing to translate something doesn't mean that their time is best spent doing so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastActivityDate="2016-07-23T21:40:40.633" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15797" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15793" CreationDate="2016-07-24T02:39:08.823" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;If it helps, I would say about 40 to 50 questions I have created were from a Spanish Ubuntu user who did not know English at the time. I participate not only in here but several other circles and even offer my services via hangouts to Ubuntu users from around the world that have a problem posting in English (we are talking about 400 to 600 emails/messages per year here. Basically 2 to 3 a day). Add to this a group of Spanish Ubuntu users (around 100) that I help with questions about the system. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I would be more than happy and honored to join that list of translation members for Spanish users and bring  Ubuntu to more users. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7035" LastEditorUserId="15003" LastEditDate="2016-07-24T03:25:10.333" LastActivityDate="2016-07-24T03:25:10.333" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15798" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15793" CreationDate="2016-07-24T07:52:41.413" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;We want to help people, but &lt;em&gt;we are not a help desk&lt;/em&gt;. Offering a translation &quot;service&quot; seems nice, but is in contradiction with the basic principle that both the Q &amp;amp; A, as well as the discussion on them should be available to all readers, including OP.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it is already an issue now for many people to clearly spell out a problem, how would you imagine the mess if there is a translator in the middle, with his or her own interpretation of the question? Who is going to make sure possible answers are translated back to OP's language? Are you going to adopt the question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, people, not speaking English, cannot search the site for existing questions/answers. Most of the non- EN questions already are dupes. Imagine what happens if we encourage that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Come on, like you, I'd like everyone to be able to participate, but a translation service is not our business, translating back and forth is not our quality. Let's do what we are good at; asking and answering quality questions. In English.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="72216" LastEditDate="2016-07-24T11:25:15.987" LastActivityDate="2016-07-24T11:25:15.987" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15799" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15793" CreationDate="2016-07-24T12:29:11.763" Score="19" Body="&lt;p&gt;Questions posted in a language other than English on an English language site are unclear by definition and should be closed. However, closing a question as unclear does in no way stop anyone from translating it and voting to reopen. If you feel so strongly about this, and if you know that other users are willing to translate, sure, let them know. But first close the question because &lt;strong&gt;in its current state it is unclear&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We expect users to put the minimal amount of effort into their questions. That's one of the main reasons for downvoting and is what makes Stack Exchange so much better than the noise-filled forums that abound everywhere else on the internet. A user who simply posts their question in another language on an English-language site and can't even be bothered to i) attempt to write in English or, if they speak no English at all, ii) pass their question through Google Translate is failing to put any effort at all into the question. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I speak 5 languages and understand a few more. This means I am unfortunate enough to be able to understand many of the non-English questions posted on the site. Sadly, in almost all cases, the different language is the least of the post's problems. As can be expected, if a user can't even be bothered to notice that they're on an English language site, they also can't be bothered to write anything resembling a clear, on topic question. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as I can recall, every time I translated a post, I also had to leave a comment requesting basic information from the OP. Frankly, posting non-English questions on an English language site is usually a good indication that the question itself is a poor fit for the site, irrespective of the language it happened to have been posted in. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, let's imagine you find a question whose only problem is the language and translate it. Now what? If the OP can't ask in English, chances are they also can't understand the answer. Conversely, if they &lt;em&gt;can&lt;/em&gt; understand the answer, then they should have asked in English in the first place. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu isn't the one and only stop for Ubuntu related support and information on the internet. It is one of the top spots for &lt;em&gt;English&lt;/em&gt; support and information, but there are dozens if not hundreds of helpful sites in other languages. Our target audience is not the world, but the portion of the world that uses Ubuntu and can understand English well enough to ask questions in that language. It would never occur to me to go to an Urdu Ubuntu forum and post a question in English. I would consider that to be inconsiderate (I don't care what language y'all speak, I'll just ignore that and post in mine) and rude. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, if you feel that translating is somehow better, feel very free to do so. If you know of other people who also want to translate, again feel absolutely free to get together, let each other know and translate. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, asking the community to refrain from closing patently unclear questions as unclear is not reasonable. Questions that can't be understood are unclear and, on an English site, questions that are not in English are precisely that. The community has every right and, indeed, an obligation to close them as unclear. As I said in the beginning, if they are later edited to make them clear, they can be reopened. I don't see why a lack of clarity based on language should be treated any different than any other reason for a question being unclear. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2016-07-24T12:29:11.763" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15800" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15802" CreationDate="2016-07-24T20:56:25.423" Score="8" ViewCount="193" Body="&lt;p&gt;Lets say I answer a question and a few minutes or hours later I notice that somebody else also answered it after me. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That other answer includes all the information given in mine plus additional ways to do it or with better explanation. In short, I was faster, but the other answer is better. Comparing the two, mine does not add any information if you have read the other answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should/May I delete my own, earlier answer (although it might have got a positive score) in favour of the other person's newer, better answer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the community opinion on this topic?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastActivityDate="2016-08-06T18:05:13.927" Title="Delete own answer if somebody posts a more thorough answer later?" Tags="|discussion|answers|deleted-answers|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15802" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15800" CreationDate="2016-07-24T22:43:52.930" Score="16" Body="&lt;p&gt;Keep the answer there.  Deleting should be done when your content is entirely wrong. If your answer provides valid content, then keep it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Let the OP decide what is the better answer. The other answer may have more examples, but it may not be what OP wants , or perhaps OP wants a clear answer. &quot;Better explanation&quot; sometimes is too technical and the answer that keeps it simple may be preferable by OP ; in other words, &quot;better explanation&quot; may not be better for OP. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, the community will upvote what they think is better answer, and it may not necessarily be the lengthy one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Personally, I think people have wrong impression of answers with similar content：“OMG, this guy is copying me !!!”  No, because nothing is new under the sun. I can't count how many times I would post ( or about to post ) on a command-line question , and then heemayl or kos have beaten me to it. Why did we deliver the same information ? Because we all RTFM'ed , and delivered that info to OP. Simple as that. Difference is that we deliver that information in different way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="295286" LastActivityDate="2016-07-24T22:43:52.930" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15803" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15800" CreationDate="2016-07-25T01:39:43.720" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;If I notice someone's written a way better answer than my own I always delete it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sometimes having too much information about a subject can be bad, removing out of date content from AU is just as important as adding it.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2016-07-25T01:39:43.720" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15804" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-07-26T06:51:23.893" Score="4" ViewCount="73" Body="&lt;p&gt;I should be on 123/150 for legendary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/afOkk.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/afOkk.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Rep got to 200 and I saw the counter go to 123/150. Lost 15 due to pilot6 ( :-) ) removing an accepted answer and saw it go back to 122/150.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The 2 blank lines should have gotten me back to a daily rep of 200. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/reputation&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/reputation&lt;/a&gt; shows 2016-07-25 rep +200  = 130918  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2016-07-26T08:51:48.423" Title="Minor issue regarding reputation and badge" Tags="|bug|reputation|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15805" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15779" CreationDate="2016-07-27T11:47:07.633" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Reviewing flags is mostly a privilege gained by winning a moderator election – and not by reputation. There once was a flag queue for 10 k users but it was abolished a few years ago.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only exceptions are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;not-an-answer and very-low-quality flags, which send posts to the low-quality queue, where you can review with 2 k reputation;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;close flags, which send questions to the close queue, where you can review with 3 k reputation.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only privilege related to flag handling that you gain afterwards is that your deletion decisions in the low-quality queue have a stronger impact once you reached 20 k reputation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Either way, you cannot handle your own flags or flags on your own posts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="145802" LastActivityDate="2016-07-27T11:47:07.633" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15806" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15808" CreationDate="2016-07-27T12:35:20.850" Score="3" ViewCount="57" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to clarify this. I flagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/803324/can-anyone-help-with-sound&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; question as I felt it is not about Ubuntu. Am I wrong?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="360794" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2016-07-27T15:21:33.883" Title="Which questions can I flag?" Tags="|support|flagging|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15807" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15792" CreationDate="2016-07-27T13:09:17.430" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;From a logical standpoint I would have to say that this sounds somewhat like reinventing the wheel. There is already a &lt;a href=&quot;http://community.ubuntu.com/contribute/documentation/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;documentation project&lt;/a&gt; in existence why not expend effort to improve an existing structure rather than creating a new project? After all, providing another place to look for documentation is likely to be confusing. As it is Ubuntu users can obtain documentation via The aforementioned link and man pages. (By no means an exhaustive list). I don't see how forking the effort to document Ubuntu will improve on the current situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastActivityDate="2016-07-27T13:09:17.430" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15808" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15806" CreationDate="2016-07-27T13:30:49.017" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was the moderator who handled your flag, so I'm going to give you the basic rundown of my thoughts when handling the flag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As stated in the comments, you flagged as &quot;Not about Ubuntu&quot;.  With regards to this question, the question mentions &quot;Kodi&quot;, but that is ambiguous - there is an application suite called &quot;Kodi&quot; (which can be installed onto Linux distributions), and also a Linux distribution called &quot;Kodi Linux&quot; (also known as Kodibuntu, which you can use interchangeably for this case).  It is not clear which the poster of the question is asking about - the software suite or the OS.  The reason it is unclear is as follows:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If the poster of the question is using Kodibuntu, then it is &lt;strong&gt;off-topic&lt;/strong&gt; here.  This is because Kodibuntu is not an official derivative of Ubuntu and would not be on-topic here.  (see the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;help center document about what topics can be asked here&lt;/a&gt; for more on this).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If the poster of the question is using Ubuntu, and installed the Kodi software onto Ubuntu (and did not install Kodibuntu), then it is &lt;strong&gt;on-topic&lt;/strong&gt; here, as their core operating system is Ubuntu or an official Ubuntu derivative, and they are asking for assistance with a specific piece of software running in an actual Ubuntu (or official derivative) installation.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because of this unclear nature of the question, and the above reasoning of why I can't just say it's &quot;offtopic&quot; and &quot;not ubuntu&quot;, I declined your flag.  When posed with an unclear question, it is more useful to flag as 'Unclear' and to post a comment trying to get clarification from the question poster, so we can get information to better assess whether the question is on topic, or so we can gather information to help the poster.  If we get a response, then the response would help dictate where the question belongs - here on Ask Ubuntu, or elsewhere.  Without a response, the question remains unclear, which has its own close reason.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For now, I've closed the question as unclear.  (There were four close votes for &quot;Not about Ubuntu&quot;, but as I said here, there's not enough information to clarify whether it is or is not about Ubuntu, so &quot;Unclear what you're asking&quot; was selected by me.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2016-07-27T15:21:33.883" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15809" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-07-27T20:59:21.990" Score="2" ViewCount="71" Body="&lt;p&gt;I came across &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/803757/running-landscape-server-on-centos-rhel&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;, asking how to install Landscape on CentOS/RHEL.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think it's off-topic, as, even though Landscape is a product from Canonical, it's asking how to install it on a distribution we don't support. Others think it's fine, since Landscape is an Ubuntu service.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since it has an on-topic element and something that's off-topic, I'm asking here. Is that question topical or not?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="274320" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2016-08-01T22:14:36.290" Title="Is this question off-topic?" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15810" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15792" CreationDate="2016-07-28T00:14:14.307" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;I take a dissenting view to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/15807/367990&quot;&gt;previously accepted answer&lt;/a&gt;. Just because documentation exists somewhere else doesn't mean we shouldn't be able to use SE's documentation feature. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In order to do documentation &quot;officially&quot; I need to either:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Learn MoinMoin, and then people who aren't trusted are locked down on the wiki anyway, so even if you wanted to contributing is difficult. And even if I wanted to the wiki is too slow to use. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Write and read manpages. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&quot;slowly learn to work with Mallard/DocBook, Bazaar and Launchpad.&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All three of those options are terrible, I would prefer to just use SE's documentation feature so it's fun and easy to use and has some semblance of structure, and we'd be able to take large swaths of existing content which has outgrown QA and curate it into something more useful. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="367990" LastEditDate="2016-08-03T15:00:56.887" LastActivityDate="2016-08-03T15:00:56.887" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15811" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15821" CreationDate="2016-07-28T01:22:02.680" Score="1" ViewCount="65" Body="&lt;p&gt;Are questions about Ubuntu Virtual Machines on topic here? For example: &lt;a href=&quot;https://superuser.com/questions/1105737/ubuntu-16-on-hyper-v-screen-flicker-and-other-problems&quot;&gt;https://superuser.com/questions/1105737/ubuntu-16-on-hyper-v-screen-flicker-and-other-problems&lt;/a&gt;. Yes I know that is a SuperUser question but would that be on-topic here?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="420786" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:18:11.723" LastActivityDate="2016-07-30T10:28:45.863" Title="Are questions about Ubuntu VM's running on other OSes on topic?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15812" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15813" CreationDate="2016-07-28T08:16:25.363" Score="7" ViewCount="560" Body="&lt;p&gt;For the record: the post below is not to defend the point where &lt;em&gt;I&lt;/em&gt; am standing. That's why I feel I am entitled to bring this up. &lt;br&gt;&#xA;Every now and then, reputation is brought up in discussions as an argument. Used wrongly in my opinion, for reasons pointed out below.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not the only reason, but an important one was the question here &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/15662/72216&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/15662/72216&lt;/a&gt;, where the question at a certain point moved to a reputation/motivation discussion. The question wasn't reputation- motivated, but even if it were, it shouldn't (have) be(en) an argument &lt;em&gt;at all&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a general rule, when working in teams, to make sure the team is productive, we need to make sure each and every member of the team has his or her own &lt;em&gt;personal&lt;/em&gt; interest in a good result of the team. This interest may and will vary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The formula of the SE sites understands this extremely well. That's one of the reasons the reputation system exists, and why we have a &lt;em&gt;personal&lt;/em&gt; reputation record on SE sites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The site obviously stresses on the importance of the personal reputation; not only are privileges directly related to reputation, but together with the general information of moderator candidates for example, detailed information is displayed on the candidates' reputation, the average reputation &lt;em&gt;per post&lt;/em&gt; and so on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Of course&lt;/em&gt;, we may hope that the motivation to answer (or ask) questions is not purely reputation based, and to prevent misunderstandings, mine isn't. &lt;em&gt;However,&lt;/em&gt; as long as we post quality Q's and A's, keep the site's rules,  maintain general rules of decensy and good behaviour, our personal motivation is &lt;em&gt;totally&lt;/em&gt; irrelevant to the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Nevertheless, on a regular base, in discussions, &quot;chasing reputation&quot; is implicitely or explicitely mentioned as a bad thing,  a sign of bad behaviour, &lt;em&gt;doing it for the wrong reasons&lt;/em&gt;. As mentioned, &lt;em&gt;in itself&lt;/em&gt;, chasing reputation, even if it is the &lt;em&gt;only&lt;/em&gt; motivation to create good content, is perfectly fine and needs no defense &lt;em&gt;at all&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, in a nutshell, please don't use chasing reputation as an argument to prove you're right or someone else is wrong. What counts is good content and constructive behaviour. The motivation under the hood is no one's business but the poster's.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="72216" LastEditDate="2016-07-28T09:29:02.953" LastActivityDate="2016-08-29T20:43:17.480" Title="Bad reputation of reputation" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15813" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15812" CreationDate="2016-07-28T09:37:34.660" Score="23" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sometimes, when I close my eyes in a daydream, I see a little green rectangle top left. The sign of joy!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not a mind reader, but I think it's probably hypocritical for people to mutter disapprovingly about others &quot;chasing reputation&quot;. Like my mother told me at school where I got bullied for always putting my hand up to give the answer &quot;They're just jealous.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Problems might arise, I guess, when the overall glory of AU is damaged somehow by the way people behave, or needed effort (like reviewing and editing) is not made because it doesn't contribute to reputation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In that case, I think people should be complaining about the problem, and not the motivation, since, as you say, what others are thinking is private and unknowable... &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Moreover, &lt;strong&gt;we are not all the same&lt;/strong&gt;, and it takes many different folks to make a glorious SE site, and many people do those non-rep-earning tasks, and as long as there are enough people doing them, then there isn't a problem...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In short I agree with you and am just rambling...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Better get back to &lt;strike&gt;writing quick answers to easy questions&lt;/strike&gt; ploughing through the Close Votes Review Queue...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2016-07-28T09:37:34.660" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15814" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15816" CreationDate="2016-07-29T08:37:08.043" Score="15" ViewCount="236" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've been searching to see if this was already asked; sorry if it's a duplicate, couldn't find an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've been wondering what I should do if someone bad edits my post? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, I explain the steps to do something from a link, adding the link for further info, and my answer gets edited, deleting the steps I've witten from the link, and only showing the link.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think only posting the link is a bad idea. If it goes down, the answer is not useful anymore.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, What should I do? I've made effort to write those steps, so is there any way to recover them after they've been removed by an edit? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="519766" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2016-07-29T09:55:12.053" LastActivityDate="2016-08-04T16:10:04.487" Title="What should I do if someone makes a bad edit to my post?" Tags="|discussion|editing|answers|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15816" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15814" CreationDate="2016-07-29T08:58:08.440" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;You should &quot;rollback&quot; the edit if someone damages your post. Click on the 'edited * ago' link under the post&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://roseannastar.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/rollback.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;then find the revision you want to go back to and click 'rollback'&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://roseannastar.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/rollback2.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(By the way, this example is a judicious edit - I didn't actually rollback here)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2016-07-29T09:51:53.147" LastActivityDate="2016-07-29T09:51:53.147" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15817" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15814" CreationDate="2016-07-29T18:09:16.557" Score="17" Body="&lt;p&gt;Functionally speaking Zanna's answer is good... Although I would beg you &lt;strong&gt;avoid rollback wars&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That is to say if they rollback your rollback, don't rollback again. Raise a flag for a moderators on your post. Explain the problem and we'll find the rustiest spoon available to &lt;em&gt;&quot;deal with&quot;&lt;/em&gt; the problem. We're good at wet work. Use us.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On a slightly different tack before you blindly roll things back, make sure they haven't left you a reason for the edit. The situation you describe sounds like you've copied a load of &lt;strong&gt;content that isn't yours&lt;/strong&gt; and somebody is scrubbing that from the post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Let us be clear here. Posts you submit here grant everybody else a license to that content. If you don't have the rights to that content (or a license that gives you permission), you are committing copyright infringement. By extension, because SE is providing this content under a license that allows people to use redistribute, &lt;em&gt;they&lt;/em&gt; become [slightly] liable for the content too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So anything you post that isn't yours either needs to be:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Small and discrete and important enough that it fits under fair use.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Used under a license compatible with CC-BY-SA v3. And &lt;em&gt;in the way&lt;/em&gt; that license specifies.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are using another SE user's posts, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/803627/449&quot;&gt;as you are in this post&lt;/a&gt;, you have to follow the SE license to the letter. &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/06/attribution-required/&quot;&gt;There are 4 attribution requirements&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Visually indicate it's from whatever SE site it's from (eg &quot;This is a post from Ask Ubuntu&quot;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Link to the original question (or better yet, the answer).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Explain who wrote the post you're copying. All its authors.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Link to each author's profile page.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/803627/449&quot;&gt;this example of yours&lt;/a&gt;, you're only completing step 2. That's not good enough.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And that's with quite a permissive license. If you're copying from something that has no open license (all work is assumed copyright unless otherwise stated) in a way that is well outside the scope of fair use, that's even worse.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Either way, tidying up copyright compliance issues is a perfectly valid edit but they should explain this in the edit reason or comments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Copyright infringement isn't the same as plagiarism.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Everything above is about copying actual content. It's a legal hurdle. In that regard it is very different to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/referencing&quot;&gt;our policy on plagiarism&lt;/a&gt; which deals with the much softer side of being honest about whose ideas it is you're using and giving &lt;em&gt;credit&lt;/em&gt; where due.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So yes, this has similarities to the attribution requirement, but this applies for much smaller things and is completely independent of the copyright license. Even if something were explicitly public domain, CC0, etc and didn't &lt;em&gt;require&lt;/em&gt; attribution, we would still expect you to list them as the reference.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2016-07-30T12:58:29.523" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15818" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-07-29T18:11:28.517" Score="2" ViewCount="99" Body="&lt;p&gt;I flagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/804526/server-installation-fresh-install/804545#804545&quot;&gt;this answer&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For those who can't read the deleted answer I am posting it here:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I prefer to use virtual environments to install Ubuntu. You can use &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.vagrantup.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Vagrant&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.docker.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Docker&lt;/a&gt;. Both are excellent options.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A 1 rep user posted two links to some software sites. The post is not an answer to the question, but promotion of these services.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The flag has been declined, but the post has been deleted. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I read &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/12088/what-exactly-is-considered-spam-in-ask-ubuntu&quot;&gt;What exactly is considered &amp;quot;spam&amp;quot; in Ask Ubuntu?&lt;/a&gt; and can't guess why that post is not spam.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;It does not answer the question.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;It promotes software or services.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;It does not have a disclosure.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The muru answer is that if &quot;Using the product in the manner suggested in the answer actually does not solve the problem&quot; then there should be &quot;an instant spam flag&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is not the first time my similar flags are declined.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Am I doing something wrong?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="167850" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2016-07-29T19:25:35.887" Title="Why my spam flag has been declined?" Tags="|discussion|flagging|flags|spam-handling|spam|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15819" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15788" CreationDate="2016-07-29T18:49:17.697" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm not an Ask Ubuntu user, but network-wide policy is that only substantial and re-usable Q&amp;amp;A is on-topic at Stack Exchange.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A question that may be entirely answered by pointing out a typo is trivial and is not useful for others. It should be put on hold, and deleted. I would certainly argue against undeletion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;which made me feel less like a human helping another human and more like a search machine for problems.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's the crux of this, really. This &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; a search machine for problems, and each of us is part of that machine. It &lt;em&gt;isn't&lt;/em&gt; a personal help site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="157348" LastActivityDate="2016-07-29T18:49:17.697" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15820" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15818" CreationDate="2016-07-29T19:04:16.600" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;The answer in question is not considered spam for several reasons. I will be quoting from &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/12089/295286&quot;&gt;Seth's answer&lt;/a&gt; on the related post about what constitutes spam to analyze this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Advertisement&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Is this an advertisement? Does it read like an advertisement? Spam&#xA;  usually sounds very promotional.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The original text of the answer reads:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I prefer to use virtual environments to install Ubuntu. You can use&#xA;  Vagrant or Docker. Both are excellent options.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Poster's opinion - yes, but not advertisement. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Disclosure&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Is there a disclosure? (i.e. &quot;I work for this company&quot; or &quot;I wrote&#xA;  this program&quot;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Nope.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Relation to Linux&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Is it even Linux software? (most spam we get is actually for non free&#xA;  Windows software, which makes this easy)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Vagrant and Docker are both Linux software, used for creating virtual environments (aka containers).  They are used professionally by many companies, especially when it comes to cloud. Consider for instance &lt;a href=&quot;http://www8.hp.com/us/en/hp-news/press-release.html?wireId=2060626#.V5ukoN8zqow&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Hewlett Packard&lt;/a&gt; . In addition, they're both included into Ubuntu repositories:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;$ LC_ALL=C apt-cache policy vagrant docker                                                                        &#xA;vagrant:&#xA;  Installed: (none)&#xA;  Candidate: 1.8.1+dfsg-1&#xA;  Version table:&#xA;     1.8.1+dfsg-1 500&#xA;        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 Packages&#xA;        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe i386 Packages&#xA;docker:&#xA;  Installed: (none)&#xA;  Candidate: 1.5-1&#xA;  Version table:&#xA;     1.5-1 500&#xA;        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 Packages&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The poster's intention was that it's easier to have virtual server, but original question asked about actual physical server rather than virtual environment. Hence, this is low-quality and non-answer, but not spam.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Non-answer&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Does it answer the question? Spam is often posted on questions asking&#xA;  for software, but it isn't always. Someone recommending a VPN service&#xA;  on a question about getting a VPN to work through a proxy is not a&#xA;  real answer and most likely spam.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As mentioned above, it doesn't answer specific question , hence deserves not-an-answer. Note , that Seth said &quot;most likely&quot;. Just because a software is mentioned, doesn't mean the post is spam.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Links&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Where do the links go? If it is a legit site (github, pastebin, gist,&#xA;  launchpad, etc) then it is probably fine. If it is a shortened link&#xA;  (goo.gl, bit.ly, etc) then it is most likely spam. Tread carefully&#xA;  here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As high-reputation user I can see the links and they go to legitimate sites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Trolling&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Is it a bunch of nonsense, like a troll would post? This isn't exactly&#xA;  spam by the pure definition, but we consider it spam here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Nope.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Criteria according to muru&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Muru's criteria are not exactly exhaustive and sufficient to qualify spam.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;It does not have a disclosure.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Wrong. Many answers on the site do not disclose relation to the product yet are not considered spam. Consider for instance all the posts on &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/30334/295286&quot;&gt;What Application Indicators are available ?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;It promotes software or services.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The whole question about indicators could be considered a promotion. Seth's criteria are much more detailed. Just because an answer mentions software it doesn't automatically constitute spam.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;It does not answer the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The post in question doesn't answer the original question, and it deserves a non-answer flag. But this is not sufficient reason to label it a spam.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Conclusion&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your flag was rejected properly. Although the post deserves to be deleted, because it's low quality and non-answer, it's not spam.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="295286" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2016-07-29T19:25:35.887" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15821" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15811" CreationDate="2016-07-30T10:28:45.863" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;As ever here, it really depends on what exactly is asked.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These type of questions would be on-topic when running Ubuntu in a VM with a different host&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ubuntu in Virtualbox won't boot?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I have error X when running Ubuntu in a VM    &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Grub rescue, Ubuntu VB PLS HELP!!!!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These would be off topic when running Ubuntu in a VM with a different host&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Can't install VB in OSX to run Ubuntu&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Windows problem after installing Ubuntu in Virtualbox&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When running Ubuntu as the host, it is sort of flipped, so on topic&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Can't install VB in Ubuntu&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ubuntu problem after installing Windows in Virtualbox&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;off topic&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Windows in Virtualbox won't boot, Ubuntu host? I have error X when&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;running OSX in a VM with Ubuntu host &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Win 10 recovery screen, in VB on Ubuntu PLS HELP!!!!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So in summery, it is about how much the question is about Ubuntu, OSX crashes in VB with Ubuntu host is off topic because it is an OSX issue but Ubuntu crashes in VB on OSX host is on topic because Ubuntu has the issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question in your example would be on topic here, it is Ubuntu that has a problem, not the Win 10 it is running on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I hope this helps clear up your confusion a bit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastActivityDate="2016-07-30T10:28:45.863" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15822" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-07-30T15:52:24.943" Score="8" ViewCount="80" Body="&lt;p&gt;I noticed something about &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/25388/masi&quot;&gt;this user&lt;/a&gt;, almost all questions they ask are answered for them in comments or by other users and they take this information and create there own answers with it and accept it, just look at there question history.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is an example,&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/648621/to-sync-notes-of-s-memo-to-ubuntu/789794#789794&quot;&gt;To sync notes of S Memo to Ubuntu?&lt;/a&gt; , a question that was answered, not accepted and then the user put the information from the answer, in to another answer, made it a wiki, then accepted it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't know why they are doing this but something seems very wrong here, is it just me or is this very strange behavior?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think a mod should take a look at this, while self answers are encouraged, it should not be at the expense of other users contributions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2016-08-03T00:23:04.513" Title="Users strange behaviour" Tags="|support|answers|users|questions|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15823" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15825" CreationDate="2016-07-30T16:51:28.823" Score="2" ViewCount="96" Body="&lt;p&gt;Apparently, I've been banned from flagging after I flagged these two non-answers + one answer:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/804425/271&quot;&gt;This one&lt;/a&gt; talking entirely about Android Studio, while the question was about how to run the Android AVD Manager (different software) and Android Studio was only briefly mentioned by the OP in a previews review of the question&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/547274/271&quot;&gt;This one&lt;/a&gt; whose meaning basically reduces to &lt;em&gt;Please run &lt;code&gt;free&lt;/code&gt; and post the output&lt;/em&gt; which is clearly a &quot;request for clarification&quot; as mentioned in the standard not-an-answer comment, plus other &quot;some patches not solutions&quot; (citing the author &lt;strong&gt;literally&lt;/strong&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;A third one which was admittedly an oversight of mine&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I already checked &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/14581/how-long-will-i-be-flag-banned-for&quot;&gt;How long will I be flag banned for?&lt;/a&gt; which I think answers one of my concerns (assuming that this duration is the same for every user), however I still have some doubts:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How many&lt;/strong&gt; declined flags are required to trigger such a ban? Here I see 1 flag declined for a good reason and 2 which are honestly quite disputable&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Seriously, why was the first one declined? I can see how some people might decline a flag on a very low quality answer like the second one, but the first does &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; answer the question&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="271" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2016-07-30T18:11:46.723" Title="Clarification about these two flags and the ban trigger" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15824" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15822" CreationDate="2016-07-30T17:04:53.877" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is a correct behaviour to convert a comment to an answer and mark it as wiki if the answerer did not write an answer themselves.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Nothing is wrong. I do it too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="167850" LastEditorUserId="72216" LastEditDate="2016-07-30T17:08:29.800" LastActivityDate="2016-07-30T17:08:29.800" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15825" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15823" CreationDate="2016-07-30T18:08:52.037" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I declined your the first one.  First lets clear up one thing: Flags are not meant for &quot;wrong&quot; answers.  That is what downvotes and comments are for.  There is even a canned decline reason for wrong answers:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;flags should not be used to indicate technical inaccuracies, or an altogether wrong answer  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Obviously there are exceptions to this (that's what rules are for, right? Something I learned in English class), but in general if an answer is attempting to answer the question asked it should not be flagged for being wrong or missing parts of the question.  Use your downvotes and/or comments.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now specifically for this post, the OP is obviously trying to open something related to the Android emulator.  The original question asks:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;and after completing step (6) [installing the packages] I &lt;strong&gt;cannot open the android studio&lt;/strong&gt; to get to android device manager, I have looked everywhere for it and have &lt;strong&gt;no idea where to find it or how to start it. Any Ideas?&lt;/strong&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(emphasis added). The emulator was only mentioned in the title.  At this point we have a pretty bad, unclear question on our hands and almost any attempt to answer it will be akin to darts.  Someone is not going to hit the bullseye.  I declined the flag because, as best I could tell at the time, it was an attempt to answer the question and did not seem terribly far off the mark.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I did not process your flag on the other post so I cannot speak for that.  The best I can say is that besides asking for output of &lt;code&gt;free&lt;/code&gt; it goes on to talk about adding swap and reinstalling.  How effective those things are going to be is unclear, but that's not what flags are for. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In regards to how flag bans are processed and handed out by the system, see &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/173878/allow-recovery-from-flag-hellban/175405#175405&quot;&gt;this meta.SE post&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2016-07-30T18:11:46.723" LastActivityDate="2016-07-30T18:11:46.723" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15826" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18332" CreationDate="2016-07-31T01:26:55.160" Score="31" ViewCount="1045" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is not a rant! These are my initial thoughts in a discussion which I'm hoping other people will want to engage with. I want to hear your opinions on the following questions which I put to you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have been using Stack Overflow and Ask Ubuntu on and off for a few years now. I used to use Stack Overflow much more regularly, but then I experienced a phase of unpleasant exchanges and decided I would try and avoid the site in future if possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This hasn't worked out all that well for me, as now when I use it I tend to ask more awkward questions because I can't find the solution myself - this tends to lead to arguments or confrontation regardless of how one phrases a question because the so community seems to have a high percentage of users who react badly to awkward questions. (Keep in mind this is just my personal experience over a few years. You might think differently and not agree.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Perhaps this is a controversial statement? Call it trolling or just offhand or perhaps confusing and unconstructive comments if you will, but my personal feelings are that I will be treated much more politely on ask Ubuntu than stack overflow.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why do I compare these two sites? Mainly because I haven't used the others that much. I feel as if I have enough experience of both to make the comparison.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the cause of this? Are Ubuntu users more harmonious as their operating system of choice is less likely to cause outbursts of rage than other operating systems? Is it that ask Ubuntu is just geared towards being noob friendly and so we are more patient here? Or is something else going on?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I want to know about other peoples experiences of other Stack Exchange sites. Is this pattern repeated elsewhere? Do you agree with my feeling that stack overflow can be hostile at times or have you never experienced this yourself? I guess its possible that it's just me, or my interpretation of the users there, or that I've just been unlucky, but I dont think this is the case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, is there anything that can be done? Should we even try to do something? Perhaps it would be better to do nothing because there isn't enough of a problem here to worry about or because it isn't morally right to try and influence other users behavior? What do you think about these points? When moving a discussion to chat, a pop-up appears reminding users to be polite - so there is already a system in place, perhaps due to past problems.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Perhaps sometimes cultural differences come into play also. It would seem difficult or impossible to homogenize the cultural expectations of a global user community.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why do I ask on Meta here and not Stack Overflow? The reason is simply that I think here this question will produce less negativity than on Meta Stack Overflow. I suspect putting it here, although obtaining less responses, is less likely to descend into chaos. (But let's see what happens, I could be wrong on this too.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="121969" LastEditorUserId="1438484" LastEditDate="2024-02-25T21:39:43.310" LastActivityDate="2024-02-25T21:39:43.310" Title="Is the Ask Ubuntu community generally more friendly than Stack Overflow - If so, why?" Tags="|discussion|community|stackexchange|ubuntu-community|etiquette|" AnswerCount="11" CommentCount="12" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15827" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15826" CreationDate="2016-07-31T04:38:37.350" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;I try to avoid posting or commenting on SO for the same reason. Very negative attitude in many regards. The Askubuntu community here, even with the difference of size,  which should not and has not affected the overall attitude in the community towards newcomers and old, tries to be positive, welcomed and offering a helping hand.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I personally avoid doing anything on SO even if I was the creator of something or had the answer because of the amount of negative competitive mindset which is a bit distorted and affects heavily on users of the site making a lot of people avoid the site. I have known many good developers that would not use it because of this particular welcoming behavior. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have tried being very friendly, polite even cheerful, but that only brought me issues. Am also aware am not the only one which is why I try to help here with as much as possible in a friendly manner and a cooperative way. Wish I could be part of the community team of SO to give some pointers as to the way of managing several levels of users (from new users to old and from teenagers to adults.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7035" LastActivityDate="2016-07-31T04:38:37.350" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15828" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15826" CreationDate="2016-07-31T09:45:48.263" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I find it hard to compare both sites, the scopes are quite different and so their users, although I believe many people &lt;em&gt;answering&lt;/em&gt; questions here also use SO as a source for their knowledge. While the majority of the questions here is &lt;em&gt;practical&lt;/em&gt;, SO is more &lt;em&gt;theoretical&lt;/em&gt;, I feel.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my experience, the average level on both questions and answers is high(er) on SO. Looking at both sites' numbers, your (or my) questions are more likely to be a dupe, and will not be valued &quot;to the top&quot; easily, which might be experienced as less friendly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Having said that, I quite disagree with you that questions are received &quot;more friendly&quot; here. Just look at the downvotes programming questions often get, or questions accidentally posted on the wrong site for example. The only possible motivation to downvote in such cases is to express OP did a &quot;&lt;em&gt;bad thing&lt;/em&gt;&quot;; such a question will be closed as off topic anyway, with or without downvotes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, although I can see big differences on both sites, I don't really share your experience that &quot;we&quot; are much more friendly here. Maybe a few examples would make me think differently :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="72216" LastEditDate="2016-07-31T20:41:41.327" LastActivityDate="2016-07-31T20:41:41.327" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15829" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15826" CreationDate="2016-07-31T11:23:58.203" Score="10" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;my personal feelings are that I will be treated much more politely on ask Ubuntu than stack overflow.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's the same for me. Although I work as a professional software developer, I rarely engage in SO. I mostly search for information there while I am debugging some code giving obscure errors, but I rarely contribute.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why is that? Basically because I encountered the same problem as yours, but also because most of the time someone else was quicker and wrote exactly what I wanted to post. ;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Are Ubuntu users more harmonious as their operating system of choice is less likely to cause outbursts of rage than other operating systems?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;joke&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; We are Linux users. We are better people by definition. :P &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;/joke&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Do you agree with my feeling that stack overflow can be hostile at times or have you never experienced this yourself?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, definitely. Some people there are terrible. Once I dared to tell to a more experienced user (I mean with more reputation) that he was wrong about something related to NTFS data recovery, a topic which I covered both with my MSc thesis and a software I developed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;He took the time to go through all the SE websites where I posted some answers related to this topic (including AU) &lt;strong&gt;just to downvote them.&lt;/strong&gt; I contacted support but they did not acknowledge this or fixed it, because it didn't happen on the same site but across sites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I'd also like to try to be fair and understanding when it comes to &lt;strong&gt;good SO users&lt;/strong&gt; sometimes seeming unfriendly. There are a lot of questions (and answers) on SO that make me understand &lt;em&gt;some&lt;/em&gt; of the bad reactions or rants:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Many questions (especially on SO) by new users show that they didn't bother to search (even on Google) as they are exact duplicates of other questions.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;There are answers that include code which is not working. Even worse, sometimes you can see it doesn't work &lt;em&gt;just by reading it.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Some users routinely try to &quot;over achieve&quot; (I don't know if this makes sense in English). What I mean is that they want to create an advanced application / solve a complex problem by themselves but their code contains many errors showing they completely lack any experience either with programming in general or with the language / tools they are trying to use. When this happens, they do not acknowledge it but think they are great and something else is broken.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The last one IMHO is the worst and what generates some flames. Here on AU we deal with &quot;normal people&quot; who want to use a computer which runs Ubuntu. Therefore it is normal that some of them do not have any academic or work experience related to computer science or programming.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Conversely, on SO we deal with software developers &lt;em&gt;or at least&lt;/em&gt; programmers (which are two &lt;strong&gt;completely different things&lt;/strong&gt;). In either case we expect that users should be able to:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;perform minimal research / debugging&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;understand error messages if they are clear enough (&lt;code&gt;Line 25: syntax error&lt;/code&gt; probably doesn't need yet another SO question if your line 25 is the only one in the entire source code not ending with &lt;code&gt;;&lt;/code&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;have a very rough idea of the complexity of a problem&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My point is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If we are both SO users and you are trying to develop a complex AI software based on neural networks, &lt;strong&gt;I don't want&lt;/strong&gt; to explain you how to write a proper &lt;code&gt;for&lt;/code&gt; loop. You should know it already.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unless, of course, there is a very subtle bug in your loop coming from a corner case specific to some library you are using. But you get the point. :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Finally, is there anything that can be done?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a problem of SO, not of AU. We don't have these issues here hence we do not need to deal with them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="271" LastEditorUserId="271" LastEditDate="2016-08-03T23:30:48.627" LastActivityDate="2016-08-03T23:30:48.627" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15830" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15826" CreationDate="2016-07-31T23:20:27.457" Score="22" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;We&lt;/em&gt; are a busy site too. Not SO busy but busier than almost every other Stack Exchange site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When people mention the size of SO —I've seen several conversions on MSE about politeness there and SO— I see it as just a crutch for rude people to excuse their actions as being for the greater good. Being rude doesn't help. You can do administrative things in a helpful and courteous way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think there are a few reasons we're better than most:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;We're from a community that &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com/about/about-ubuntu/conduct&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;demands considerate, respectful and responsible behaviour&lt;/a&gt;. Ask Ubuntu demanded this from near the beginning too, well before SE's &quot;be nice&quot; rule was introduced. It doesn't always work but this is our base setting.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;We're a mature community. Subject matter and coincidence means that the whipper-snappers are buffered by us old codgers. They stop us getting too cranky just as we stop them playing music too loud.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The mods do a super job (bias disclaimer) at stepping in if they see people being unreasonable. We try to educate and rehabilitate but if that doesn't work, the nastier elements are quietly excised and expelled.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I like to think that some of us actively push this community to be nicer than the system mandates. By default things can be a little clinical for new users. I regularly suggest people comment and engage with the problems rather than just voting. It's not just nice, it makes things better too.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The British stiff upper lip. We are here and we have tea. Yes, yes, I know many of our users aren't Brits but try not to hold that against them. It's [probably] not their fault they fell out in the wrong country. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are we the most polite site? I don't know. I know &lt;em&gt;we&lt;/em&gt; can do better so I'd love to imagine there's a SE site out there that's already nailing this. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Whatever the reason, I'm chuffed you thought this enough to write about it.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Welcome to the family. Help yourself to tea.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Libertarians might summarise —yes, with an &lt;strong&gt;s&lt;/strong&gt;, have some more tea—that as:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Power-drunk mods summarily punish people who don't act as they demand.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's some truth in that. We wilfully crush people's &quot;freedom&quot; of speech (privately owned site, doesn't apply here anyway) in order to keep things groovy. I think that's true of all sites though. We just do it in style.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2016-07-31T23:42:29.503" LastActivityDate="2016-07-31T23:42:29.503" CommentCount="15" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15831" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15812" CreationDate="2016-08-01T05:46:24.143" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Reputation isn't just imaginary numbers on the screen. It's a number which says something important. It says that you helped people. So of course people like to &quot;chase&quot; it (or at least appreciate it when they get it). Why do people spend hours on AU helping people? It's not because they make money from it (mostly). It's not because there's (usually) some tangible, real life benefit to them immediately. It's mostly because they like the feeling of having helped someone. Of course! If you spend hours writing good answers and helping strangers with problems, and there's no feedback, then that's not a good feeling. So reputation is very important! It tells you that you helped people and that your work was useful. The feeling of having contributed to something useful can often be more valuable to us than even money.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Someone may say &quot;your motive shouldn't just be reputation&quot;. But I think reputation really is a type of feedback showing you that you helped people. If someone said &quot;Your motive shouldn't just be to know that you've helped people&quot;, then I would say, &quot;Yes, it's an entirely decent motive to be on AU with the intention of trying to help people and wanting to have a &lt;em&gt;solid affirmation&lt;/em&gt; that you actually did help people.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think almost everyone here agrees with this, including the people you were having a discussion with in the post you linked to in OP (I was actually one of those people.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would suggest that it's &lt;em&gt;hardly possible&lt;/em&gt; to be after &lt;em&gt;only&lt;/em&gt; reputation. Reputation &lt;strong&gt;isn't&lt;/strong&gt; &quot;only&quot; reputation. It's a symbol of something. Is anyone after just the number? I doubt it. The number itself would be totally meaningless if it didn't represent something. I believe what people are truly after is what the number &lt;em&gt;represents.&lt;/em&gt; And I think that's a perfectly fine thing to be &quot;after.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Otherwise it just seems meaningless. For example, let's say you spend lots of time and energy figuring out an excellent answer to a tough problem. OP abandons the post, and doesn't give any feedback to the answer. Very few other people notice the answer, and it just gets lost without any upvotes. Thankfully this doesn't happen very often. Because when we have worked hard at something, we need affirmation that it was &lt;em&gt;actually helpful&lt;/em&gt;. And that is exactly what that little +100 or +200 symbol on the top tells you. That you helped people.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, you can even &lt;em&gt;spend&lt;/em&gt; your reputation to help others. Let's say a user has posted a really tough problem that you don't know the answer to. If you post a large bounty on it, it might just motivate people to put up the effort to find a solution to the tough problem. That's actually getting people to put in effort into something. That's something we pay lots of money for in the real world.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, reputation is really important! I dare assert that without it, AU would be much, much weaker than it is today. And I don't blame anyone in the slightest, for &lt;em&gt;chasing&lt;/em&gt; it. That would be like blaming a social worker for &quot;chasing&quot; the smiles on the faces of the people he/she was helping.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I often help my real life friends with their computers. I'll willingly admit that one of my motives is the feeling of having helped someone, and knowing that they are thankful. Reputation is the AU equivalent of that, and I think it's an entirely appropriate motive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's true that many of us might use reputation as food for our egos,  etc, obsessing over it. Human nature can be like that. But unless a user is putting on a truly bizarre show, I think we should hesitate before suggesting that other users are in such a state. It's mostly quite hard to know what's actually going on in the mind of another person. So in this regard I believe we should mostly give everyone the benefit of the doubt.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="451919" LastEditorUserId="451919" LastEditDate="2016-08-01T21:51:20.347" LastActivityDate="2016-08-01T21:51:20.347" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15832" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15833" CreationDate="2016-08-01T15:38:33.533" Score="13" ViewCount="278" Body="&lt;p&gt;Apparently, I've been flag banned again, after &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/15823/271&quot;&gt;a very small amount of time&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This time it's because I flagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/805060/after-many-years-ubuntu-linux-mint-is-still-in-trouble-with-wifi-driver&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;, which is a wonderful example of rudeness (I'm considering the question and the comments as a whole). Let me just quote a few parts:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;After 3 years, i come back for using linux and its still suck with drivers&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;hr&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;But its really stupid when you can get one laptop work properly&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;hr&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;How the hell itsn't the error message?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;hr&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;end users don't have time for this stupid s**t.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;hr&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Can you read? The question is very clear&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now. The importance of the &lt;em&gt;Be nice&lt;/em&gt; policy and the same concept expressed in the &lt;em&gt;Ubuntu Code of Conduct&lt;/em&gt; is a fact and not something debatable. Even if it was, it has &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/2407/271&quot;&gt;already been discussed on meta&lt;/a&gt;. I really hope there is no disagreement here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems to me that lately my flags get denied a lot more than before, even if I never changed the criteria I use for flagging stuff. I could just stop flagging altogether and go on with other contributions (of course with much less engagement than before) but I prefer to understand the reasons behind this and &lt;em&gt;especially&lt;/em&gt; why a flag for objectively nonconstructive behavior has been declined.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="271" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.150" LastActivityDate="2016-08-02T17:20:49.773" Title="Why can't I flag rants as rude?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="16" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15833" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15832" CreationDate="2016-08-01T16:04:44.853" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;I say the rude/abusive flags are only for posts which are written with a bad intention of not asking/answering a question but plainly ranting or offending people.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The post you linked shows at least tiny bits of a question, so you could (should, in my opinion) have edited it to remove all the swearing and rants and only leave the objective question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is of course no well defined border between rude/abusive and a salvageable question with some removable rants. It's always a subjective matter here and one reviewer would have approved your flag while others declined it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, please bear in mind that if a post gets deleted by spam or rude/abusive flags there is an automatic penalty for the author. Therefore those flags should be raised with care and only if an author clearly is trying to abuse the site and not trying to ask a question at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastEditorUserId="117103" LastEditDate="2016-08-02T17:20:49.773" LastActivityDate="2016-08-02T17:20:49.773" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15834" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-08-01T19:12:59.413" Score="8" ViewCount="127" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can we merge the ip and ip-address tags?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ip-address&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ip-address&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ip-address&lt;/a&gt; (288 questions)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ip&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ip&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ip&lt;/a&gt; (47 questions)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="530811" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2016-08-01T21:07:15.513" LastActivityDate="2016-08-01T22:27:56.933" Title="Can we merge the ip and ip-address tags?" Tags="|discussion|retag-request|tag-merge|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15835" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15834" CreationDate="2016-08-01T22:27:56.933" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure where the ip address tag should be used. I know what it means, but I feel that all the possible topics are well addressed with the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/networking&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;networking&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;networking&lt;/a&gt; and related tags. There have been questions about &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/637453/169736&quot;&gt;using ip addresses range with iptables&lt;/a&gt;, something that doesn't have to do with the underlaying internet protocol but just with the functionality of iptables, or with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/491452/169736&quot;&gt;network cammeras&lt;/a&gt; which the OP uses the misnomer of &quot;ip cameras&quot;, I've never used that term. So, I prefer not to merge but retag these questions as a cursory glance tells me that &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/243438/revisions&quot;&gt;there are some problems with just merging&lt;/a&gt; these tags.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2016-08-01T22:27:56.933" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15836" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15837" CreationDate="2016-08-02T05:53:30.263" Score="0" ViewCount="37" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have some beef with the way Ubuntu does some right click options a usability bug. Where do I report it? thanks!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="485832" LastActivityDate="2016-08-02T09:38:13.887" Title="where do I report usability bugs?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2016-08-02T09:56:17.727" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15837" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15836" CreationDate="2016-08-02T09:38:13.887" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Bugs reports like that should go to Launchpad or better yet, the bug tracker for the project you're talking about (if that's different).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It can usually be asked by searching for the right thing but, a question of &quot;Where do I file bugs for &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;insert program here&amp;gt;?&lt;/code&gt; is perfectly valid on the main site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2016-08-02T09:38:13.887" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15838" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15826" CreationDate="2016-08-02T23:47:28.750" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You actually reflected my own feelings. There people are less respectful towards others genuine problems and tend to make fun of it. I experienced it just yesterday. The same experience in Linux and UNIX users and superuser. Ask Ubuntu has always been  safe bet for me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also you are right about cross cultural integration. The words one culture may speak easily can be viewed as offensive in another culture (although I doubt turkey is a cool word in any culture)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once I challenged a user in Linux and UNIX users that Linux is not an operating system. Only kernels are operating systems. And I gave lots of research links. The user quickly wrote me off as a troll. So much unfriendly type of users over there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In that sense askubuntu is a great site, much better than other SE sites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="492332" LastEditorUserId="492332" LastEditDate="2016-08-02T23:56:55.550" LastActivityDate="2016-08-02T23:56:55.550" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15839" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15822" CreationDate="2016-08-03T00:23:04.513" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Perhaps the user just wants to help others by summarizing the comments as answer. Also as the user is making them wiki I seriously see no personal gains on the users part.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="492332" LastActivityDate="2016-08-03T00:23:04.513" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15840" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-08-03T00:28:49.823" Score="1" ViewCount="47" Body="&lt;p&gt;If I see some very useful post regarding Ubuntu on some non Stack Exchange site, is it alright to modify it to make it more relevant and then post it here?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="492332" LastEditorUserId="15003" LastEditDate="2016-08-03T09:57:31.320" LastActivityDate="2016-08-03T09:57:31.320" Title="Posting useful online content from non Stack Exchange site to askubuntu" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15841" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15848" CreationDate="2016-08-03T00:56:14.730" Score="0" ViewCount="101" Body="&lt;p&gt;Many new users will simply close their eyes and go on upvoting regardless of why they are or for what they are upvoting. It is because that they want the badges. So why do these two badges exist?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="492332" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2016-08-03T17:53:47.367" LastActivityDate="2016-10-12T07:43:25.740" Title="Necessity of suffrage and vox populi badges" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15842" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-08-03T02:56:09.007" Score="2" ViewCount="41" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This is not a complaint, but a suggestion...&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I now have access to statistics of the review queues, I find that users are commonly only reviewing e.g. 5 posts when there are 90 posts to review. So what I am saying is &lt;strong&gt;If you have the time to, please use up your reviews.&lt;/strong&gt; If you are skipping the other 85 posts, please ask what you can do about this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="420786" LastActivityDate="2016-08-03T02:56:09.007" Title="Reviewing - how much you do" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15844" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-08-03T09:03:41.833" Score="9" ViewCount="190" Body="&lt;p&gt;Assume I request clarification in a comment on a question in the form of &lt;code&gt;I see contradiction in the question in argument 1 and 2. Please edit!&lt;/code&gt;. Then, most users write a comment in reply without reading again their question (which is one of the most important and useful thing when editing). It is annoying if that happens (eventually multiple times) on an interesting, but yet contradictory, question (which is destined to be improved by comments).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it legitimate to announce that I'm going to downvote if the OP doesn't manage to edit and writes comment after comment leaving an incomplete or contradictory question and comment resolving that rather than a good question? Is is legitimate to do that after the 2nd, 3rd, ... comment and request to edit the question? Is it legitimate to do that with an OP who has &lt;code&gt;x&lt;/code&gt; reputation?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="173287" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2016-08-05T21:59:45.840" LastActivityDate="2016-08-05T21:59:45.840" Title="Is it ok to announce downvoting in a comment which requests clarification if the user comments instead of editing?" Tags="|discussion|comments|downvoting|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15845" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15844" CreationDate="2016-08-03T09:48:08.790" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, it is fine to comment before you downvote, even have a full conversation before you make up your mind.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I will often leave a comment suggesting fixes before casting a vote, it gives to OP chance to respond and fix their post. Some will respond and some won't, so pin the tab, give it 24 hours and come back.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sometimes, it will be a user's response or lack of willing to improve the question so I can answer it, that will cause me to vote them down in the end, you can't imagine how many people say the question is perfect and I am just a troll or picking on them because I have more rep :/&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Reputation is irreverent to how good someones content is, people make mistakes, the only difference is, higher rep users are more likely to fix an oversight fast, while new users will be unfamiliar with the format and may or may not take criticism well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, leaving these comments can cause users to react with hostility, so I understand why so many people just vote and move on but I feel, if one in ten new users adapt to the format and write quality posts based on feedback, it is worth the hostility you may face.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastEditorUserId="72216" LastEditDate="2016-08-03T10:05:04.803" LastActivityDate="2016-08-03T10:05:04.803" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15846" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15847" CreationDate="2016-08-03T11:45:36.657" Score="2" ViewCount="79" Body="&lt;p&gt;I rarely see any questions regarding Kubuntu, Xubuntu and so on. Does it mean that these operating systems are also rarely used as compared to Ubuntu, resulting in less questions on the main site?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="492332" LastEditorUserId="492332" LastEditDate="2016-08-03T12:33:40.187" LastActivityDate="2016-08-07T21:30:56.530" Title="Far less question regarding Kubuntu, Xubuntu as compared to Ubuntu on askubuntu" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="12" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15847" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15846" CreationDate="2016-08-03T12:14:04.120" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;IMO it is just that most questions are independent of the desktop, they are about specific applications or the underlying OS, rather than the desktop, so they appear to be about Unity Ubuntu but the OP may have a different distribution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Looking through the tags:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Xubuntu has 3081 questions and XFCE 1085&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Kubuntu has 2544 questions and KDE has 1422&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ubuntu Gnome has questions 346 and Gnome has 5496&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Lubuntu has 2789 questions and LXDE has 355&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ubuntu Mate has 183 questions and mate has 380&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a rough estimate as there are many more desktop related tags but there are plenty of questions about different versions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ubuntu is, of course, the most popular because it is the &quot;brand name&quot; edition and where new users go first but I would not say they are rarely used, just it tend to be more experienced users who try other distributions and they also tend to ask a lot less questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastActivityDate="2016-08-03T12:14:04.120" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15848" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15841" CreationDate="2016-08-03T12:33:20.303" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Short answer, not sure if the community agrees with me on this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While I would encourage people to vote no doubt, and voting indeed is important, I'd like to stress at the same time on:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If you vote, be aware of what you vote for or against, and why&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That means you have to have at least looked quite well into the answer and/or question, and in case of an aswer you have good reasons to assume the answer is good, preferably try it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;30 or 40 votes per day seem like a huge amount to me. They would take me a day's job to make. IMO too many to make a reasonable qualitative decision per vote. Not sure how these numbers were chosen, while at the same time only a few people do more then 10 reviews, as a comparison.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am pretty sure I will never get these badges.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastActivityDate="2016-08-03T12:33:20.303" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15849" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15850" CreationDate="2016-08-03T14:18:55.803" Score="2" ViewCount="57" Body="&lt;p&gt;As a beginner I usually answer questions very rarely as I think my knowledge not sufficient yet. So I read questions and answers as much as I can and edit questions to correct spelling and formatting to make it easy to read. One of my recent edits rejected by the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/-1/community&quot;&gt;Community♦&lt;/a&gt; and the reason was, &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This edit conflicted with a subsequent edit&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will it really be counted as a rejected edit? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="360794" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2016-08-03T20:09:59.677" Title="Edit rejected as conflicted with a subsequent edit" Tags="|support|editing|suggested-edits|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15850" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15849" CreationDate="2016-08-03T15:20:41.020" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, it is counted as a rejected edit.  A few rejects are okay, they happen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2016-08-03T15:20:41.020" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15851" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15841" CreationDate="2016-08-03T17:53:10.710" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;When I noticed the &lt;strong&gt;vox populi&lt;/strong&gt; badge, not long after after creating my account, I decided I would try to get it, since I had some free time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I took a sort of tour of Ask Ubuntu and found really great questions and answers deserving my upvote. Probably the most helpful part of that was finding some canonical questions, key landmarks...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since then, I've never gone out of my way to use up my votes, but nonetheless I very often run out of post votes, comment votes and sometimes even close votes, just in the course of my participation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think the badges exist to encourage us to vote, because voting is how the site is curated of course, and also to help us gauge how much we &lt;em&gt;should&lt;/em&gt; be voting; a lot, but not &lt;em&gt;too&lt;/em&gt; much.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Personally I think the badge served a good purpose in my case :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think, in general, if people care enough about the site to want to get badges, they will most likely care enough to vote in good conscience.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2016-10-12T07:43:25.740" LastActivityDate="2016-10-12T07:43:25.740" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15852" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15849" CreationDate="2016-08-03T20:09:59.677" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Mostly you will get that message when your suggestion failed to improve a severe issue or several small ones so that a reviewer decided to start the whole edit afresh. That is the reason why this &lt;em&gt;reject&lt;/em&gt; counts. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Make sure to review the edit history of the post. In the comment you will likely find an explanation about what was missing. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastActivityDate="2016-08-03T20:09:59.677" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15853" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1746" CreationDate="2016-08-03T20:12:03.200" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;Following &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/87500/203389&quot;&gt;this longstanding request on Meta Stack Exchange&lt;/a&gt; you can now retract flags you have cast.  Simply click the &quot;flag&quot; button again on the post you flagged and the &quot;Flag Answer&quot; (or &quot;Flag Question&quot;) button becomes &quot;Retract Flag&quot;.  This does not work on comments.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/a1YSi.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/a1YSi.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2016-08-03T20:17:50.793" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15856" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15859" CreationDate="2016-08-04T12:51:24.600" Score="7" ViewCount="285" Body="&lt;p&gt;Title says it all. See &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/806582/518562&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; answer. I have bolded the questionable part of the quote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Burn Ubuntu to a DVD and you won't have any trouble booting it... glad&#xA;  that worked for you. &lt;strong&gt;Please rate and accept my answer.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="518562" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2016-11-25T05:42:11.803" Title="Is it okay to ask the OP inside your answer to accept and upvote it?" Tags="|discussion|answers|edits|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15857" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15856" CreationDate="2016-08-04T12:57:03.023" Score="18" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's not the end of the world, but it's definitely &lt;strong&gt;noise&lt;/strong&gt;, so you can &lt;strong&gt;edit it out&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you for reading my answer. Please like, rate, share, and subscribe.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastActivityDate="2016-08-04T12:57:03.023" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15858" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15866" CreationDate="2016-08-04T14:03:28.897" Score="1" ViewCount="204" Body="&lt;p&gt;It occurs to me that often questions of new users are downvoted for no other reason than to &quot;let OP know he did a &lt;em&gt;bad&lt;/em&gt; thing&quot;.  Many times the question is not bad at all, but simply does not fit in the concept of AU. For the record, I am not talking about &lt;em&gt;bad&lt;/em&gt; questions, just questions because users aren't well aware of the exact rules of the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A single line to explain, and a close vote, will do the job. Nevertheless these questions not rarely end up, decorated with one or more downvotes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For new users, a first question, welcomed by downvotes isn't exactly the most inviting welcoming message, so:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please don't downvote new user's questions if it serves no other goal than to express to OP did a &quot;&lt;em&gt;bad thing&lt;/em&gt;&quot;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="anon" LastEditorDisplayName="anon" LastEditDate="2016-08-05T10:17:52.140" LastActivityDate="2016-08-06T07:29:04.520" Title="Why downvote new user's questions that will be closed anyway?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="21" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15859" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15856" CreationDate="2016-08-04T14:15:00.517" Score="18" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, that is &lt;strong&gt;not acceptable.&lt;/strong&gt; What I would find perfectly fine and acceptable is a &lt;em&gt;comment&lt;/em&gt; asking for acceptance if the OP said the solution works but they didn't bother to accept any answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That is as much noise as &quot;Please help&quot; in a question, with the added &quot;fault&quot; that it might even imply begging for rep.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit:&lt;/strong&gt; besides, that's not even an answer. The OP asks how to fix USB boot errors and the answer reads &quot;burn a DVD instead&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="271" LastEditorUserId="271" LastEditDate="2016-08-04T14:20:56.877" LastActivityDate="2016-08-04T14:20:56.877" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15860" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15858" CreationDate="2016-08-04T15:35:11.997" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;To quote the help centre:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Use your downvotes whenever you encounter an egregiously sloppy,&#xA;  no-effort-expended post, or an answer that is clearly and perhaps&#xA;  dangerously incorrect.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You have a limited number of votes per day, and answer down-votes cost&#xA;  you a tiny bit of reputation on top of that; use them wisely.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Downvoting off-topic questions generally serves to inform the user that they've done something wrong (as you say). What happens next depends on the question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The user edits the question, it's reopened, and it gets a few upvotes (good!)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The question can't be salvaged and it remains on hold.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The downvotes could potentially turn away a few users, but I'd like to remind us all:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Users get a lot of guidance both for asking questions and when they gain the downvote privilege. They likely know what they did wrong and they don't take the downvotes personally.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I generally trust the community to be nice to new users. And the community seldom disappoints. So while I think you're right in principle, I don't think we really have a problem here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;PS: And to echo Andrea's comment: downvotes on meta shouldn't be interpreted too harshly. Some users downvote stuff on Meta that is opinion-based and with which they just disagree. This is no reflection on the quality of the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;PPS: Does this actually happen?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067" LastActivityDate="2016-08-04T15:35:11.997" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15861" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15814" CreationDate="2016-08-04T16:10:04.487" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;An alternative which may also avoid a rollback war is to re-edit adding missing detail and removing erroneous information. (This assumes that the edit made was at least partially correct.) Of course if the edit is completely erroneous rolling back (as stated by many others) is the best option.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastActivityDate="2016-08-04T16:10:04.487" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15862" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15856" CreationDate="2016-08-04T16:47:53.957" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;In my opinion, it's not mainly about what you say but how you say it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While reminding new users who might not be familiar with the site yet to accept an answer if it solved their problem, this should always be worded as friendly suggestion, never in imperative and never unconditional.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Accepting an answer or not is still only the choice of the question author, and nobody is allowed to force them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, the answer is not the right place to put this anyway, as it does not help with the problem described in the question. It would be better suited as comment below the answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I personally leave a comment more or less like this below my answer if it is the only (valuable) answer to the question of an obviously new and inexperienced user:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If this answer solves your problem, please consider accepting it by clicking the grey round check button on the left of it. Otherwise feel free to leave a comment if something is still unclear or not working as expected. You should also invest two minutes to take a [tour] of our site and learn how it works. Thanks and welcome to Ask Ubuntu!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If there are several valuable answers though, and I am polite enough not to highlight and advertise my own answer, but leave a comment directly below the question instead so that the OP is not influenced in their choice which answer to accept:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If any of the answers below solves your problem, please consider accepting the one you like best by clicking the grey round check button on the left of it. You should also invest two minutes to take a [tour] of our site and learn how it works. Thanks and welcome to Ask Ubuntu!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastActivityDate="2016-08-04T16:47:53.957" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15864" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15865" CreationDate="2016-08-05T09:46:11.157" Score="-2" ViewCount="59" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/15855/unable-to-logout-from-ask-ubuntu-forum&quot;&gt;Unable to logout from Ask Ubuntu Forum&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An example ^.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can people tell them to put meta-related stuff to Meta instead? It's a waste of time and daily vote limit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;...Right?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user527600" LastActivityDate="2016-08-05T15:51:45.223" Title="Please tell people to put meta-related questions into meta" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15865" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15864" CreationDate="2016-08-05T15:51:45.223" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;We already tell them this on the page you write questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/y0yKL.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/y0yKL.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We also have fairly extensive documentation about what is on-topic on the main site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When else would you like us to tell people this stuff. Short of actually physically talking to every new user before they post something, we've done about as much as we can. Just flag to close and migrate to Meta (when you can).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2016-08-05T15:51:45.223" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15866" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15858" CreationDate="2016-08-06T07:29:04.520" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;TL;DR&lt;/strong&gt;: I agree with Jacob. Yes, downvotes are there, they're totally can be used - it's your privilege if you have it, but lets be a bit more gentle towards the n00bs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;For new users, a first question, welcomed by downvotes isn't exactly the most inviting welcoming message&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I agree. As someone who deals with the idea of customer service a lot , I know that it is important to remain calm and respectful. The best analogy for this I can think of is when people come to me and ask &quot;Why does my password doesn't work ?&quot;. Good customer service is to explain to the user what they did wrong, and help them fix the issue. This is commenting and voting to close in AskUbuntu world. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You don't just go over to their table and hit that &quot;Caps Lock&quot; key and return to your table. User won't learn and won't remember not to do that again.  That's downvote, without comment. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And yes, downvotes are not supposed to be taken be taken personally. But people take everything personally when they're not familiar with the way things work. Consider anybody's first day on a job. Managers and bosses being mad at one for not knowing anything is common. And naturally people will take it as &quot;Wow, this place is horrible and everybody is so mean&quot;. Yes, downvotes have their place, and yes - they shouldn't be taken personally. But I see where Jacob's position.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It takes time for new users to get used to properly ask questions. Despite all those fancy welcome tours and all the posts on meta ,  the truth is that &lt;strong&gt;nobody reads meta posts&lt;/strong&gt; except users who have been on the site for some time. Seriously , how many new users think this : &quot;Well, I have this issue with my desktop right now, everything is broken and I have bills to pay . . . so let's go read some discussions on meta about internal policies and politics of this site. &quot; I'm sorry, but that's just the truth - no new user reads meta or pays attention to the intro stuff. Period. That's why &lt;strong&gt;guidance&lt;/strong&gt; is important, and that &lt;strong&gt;guidance&lt;/strong&gt; should come from us - the other users who have been around for some time. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And I know , things won't change much - there's people on this site who are &quot;just following the rules&quot; , and will carry out the robo-mechanic procedure to the T. . . . except they forget how they used to be n00bs themselves, who got guidance from higher-rep users. . . and probably would be long gone from the site if it was anything as harsh as stackoverflow.  So let's be a bit more respectful and follow good customer-service. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To repeat Jacob:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Please don't downvote new user's questions if it serves no other goal than to express to OP did a &quot;bad thing&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="295286" LastActivityDate="2016-08-06T07:29:04.520" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15868" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-08-06T09:48:35.460" Score="1" ViewCount="57" Body="&lt;p&gt;This forum is focus in use of Ubuntu. After the..... revolutionary..... move of Windows we can use Ubuntu bash in Windows. In this forum can we ask questions for Ubuntu bash on Windows?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3872" OwnerDisplayName="Vassilis" LastActivityDate="2016-08-06T16:30:06.263" Title="Questions for Ubuntu Bash in Windows" Tags="|discussion|windows|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2016-08-06T18:35:53.813" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15869" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15826" CreationDate="2016-08-06T17:24:51.260" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;In my personal experience , AskUbuntu is more user-friendly than SO. I have asked several weird questions till now but on AskUbuntu , I never got more than -1 vote on my stupid questions while on SO , my stupid questions often get -5 or more downvotes (2 particular cases) . On SO , people make weird comments while on AskUbuntu I never got that type of comments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Shout out to @byte-commander , @edwinskl , @chill555 , @Pilot6 , @luis-alvarado who helped me politely.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would prefer AskUbuntu over SO just because of politeness , weirdness and helpfulness.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;P.S. : Above are my experiences till now. I am not a native English speaker so pardon me for any mistakes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Clarifications: I have 2 accounts on SE. My current account doesn't contain   stupid questions mentioned above. Despite downvotes on SO , I was able to get the correct answers for my stupid questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="561878" LastEditorUserId="561878" LastEditDate="2016-08-07T06:40:13.663" LastActivityDate="2016-08-07T06:40:13.663" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15870" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15800" CreationDate="2016-08-06T17:53:56.180" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;As I have mentioned in my comments in other answers, I would suggest you not to delete your answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are several reasons:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Answer accepted by OP may not be optimal for other who have similar questions.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you think your answer is out-dated , simply put a warning in a head section of your answer. Out-dated answers might come handy.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;More answers means that other people who have same problems can try your answer before asking a new question.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Some suggestions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Make your answers community wiki if question or your answer has got more than 40-50 upvotes. This means that many people have same or similar questions as OP has asked. Making your answer community wiki will allow other users maintain it periodically and properly.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Always write which version of Ubuntu is supported , which version is not.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Always try to warn people before they use &lt;code&gt;sudo&lt;/code&gt; OR mess with important config files.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some of things in my answer has been mentioned by others , I am repeating it  just because they are right  from my perspective and opinion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="561878" LastEditorUserId="367990" LastEditDate="2016-08-06T18:05:13.927" LastActivityDate="2016-08-06T18:05:13.927" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15871" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-08-06T18:51:41.063" Score="7" ViewCount="261" Body="&lt;p&gt;I flagged three answers:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/805304/what-driver-should-i-use-for-best-performance-amd/805388#805388&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/805304/what-driver-should-i-use-for-best-performance-amd/805388#805388&lt;/a&gt; for being VLQ. It has been converted to a comment, but my flags has been declined.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/806457/ubuntu-16-04-s-compatability-with-i5-skylake/806494#806494&quot;&gt;Ubuntu 16.04 &amp;#39;s compatability with i5 Skylake&lt;/a&gt; as a link-only. Same thing the answer deleted, the flag declined.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/719302/installation-of-i-bus-1-5-11/806427#806427&quot;&gt;How to know the version of IBus I&amp;#39;m using?&lt;/a&gt; I flagged as VLQ, because it is link-only.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am getting soon to be banned from flagging. What am I doing wrong here?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Update:&lt;/strong&gt; I had another flag declined.&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/774031/wifi-on-ubuntu-16-04-keeps-disconnecting/809584#809584&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/774031/wifi-on-ubuntu-16-04-keeps-disconnecting/809584#809584&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe some moderator can take a time and explain it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="167850" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:24.280" LastActivityDate="2016-08-10T09:51:14.087" Title="Again three VLQ flags have been declined. Can anyone explain?" Tags="|discussion|support|flagging|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15873" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15826" CreationDate="2016-08-07T09:12:51.720" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'll add my 2 cents. IMO it's very simple:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;AskUbuntu is friendly just because &lt;em&gt;we do care of community&lt;/em&gt;. We help in order for more people to use GNU/Linux systems. Even if an OP would never appear here anymore, but we helped with their little question, it's a little win because they would get more comfortable with this OS. It does matter also because those peoples are often IT folks, who may at some point start contributing to FOSS projects or an art, which strengthens GNU/Linux ecosystem.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Stackoverflow is unfriendly because they &lt;em&gt;don't care of community&lt;/em&gt;, which is because nowadays every second PC user is a &quot;wannabe programmer&quot;. It's not bad per se, but facts, that there's too many of them, and some OPs not even try to search for solutions, leads to careless attitude. Even if an OP would rage quit, there's always other wannabies. We got such OPs here too, but what did I say? We do care of community!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="266507" LastActivityDate="2016-08-07T09:12:51.720" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15874" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-08-07T13:47:03.690" Score="2" ViewCount="42" Body="&lt;p&gt;I awoke this morning to find &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/808582/folders-disappearing-in-ubuntu-16-04?noredirect=1#comment1221819_808582&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; in my inbox. At some point between the author leaving the comment and my receiving it the original question was deleted by the author. I'm wondering if there is a way to respond to a comment on a deleted post, and if not why does the system leave them in my inbox if they are not actionable?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2016-08-07T18:26:27.403" Title="Is it possible to respond to the author of a deleted question?" Tags="|discussion|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15875" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15874" CreationDate="2016-08-07T18:26:27.403" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Once your reputation is high enough (10k +) you can access the information to determine who the author of a deleted post was, indicating that something that appears not to be actionable can be with the help of those who have access to said data.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastActivityDate="2016-08-07T18:26:27.403" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15876" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15846" CreationDate="2016-08-07T21:30:56.530" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm not currently a member of the Xubuntu leadership but brought up the issue of utilizing AskUbuntu during that previous period.  I'm still trying to sort through mis-tagging of questions that drag them under the Xubuntu tag when they don't actually belong there.  That's on my own, though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Xubuntu's leadership generally doesn't respond to questions on AskUbuntu due to a lack of human capital to spend on it.  There is only so much time to go around.  My own involvement here involves me disappearing for periods as I have other things I have to be doing, too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="139532" LastActivityDate="2016-08-07T21:30:56.530" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15877" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15880" CreationDate="2016-08-08T00:18:18.760" Score="12" ViewCount="223" Body="&lt;p&gt;I came across &lt;a href=&quot;//askubuntu.com/a/723618&quot;&gt;this answer to “Adobe PDF for Ubuntu 64 bit 15.10”&lt;/a&gt; recently. The question is about installing Adobe &lt;em&gt;Reader&lt;/em&gt; on recent Ubuntu releases. The answer explains the whole story with the different versions and flavours of Adobe &lt;em&gt;Flash Player&lt;/em&gt;. Obviously that &lt;strong&gt;misses the point entirely&lt;/strong&gt; and I flagged it as &quot;not an answer&quot;. &lt;strong&gt;My flag was declined.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know that we generally keep answer posts that attempt to provide an answer (unless they violate other rules like being link-only) and I agree with that. Though in this case I'd argue that, while the post tries to answer &lt;em&gt;some&lt;/em&gt; question, it clearly doesn't try to answer or otherwise address the question &lt;em&gt;that was asked&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Did I take the wrong measure to deal with this issue by flagging as NAA? What should I have done instead?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Or should we keep all answer posts that make an attempt to answer any question even if they go completely off track?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As an extreme case, someone going around and taking random answers from questions and posting them under random other questions wouldn't formally violate the rules (ignoring the fact about answer duplication which may or may not be problematic on its own depending on the circumstances).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="175814" LastEditorUserId="175814" LastEditDate="2016-08-08T00:49:17.020" LastActivityDate="2016-08-08T10:28:05.943" Title="What should I (or we) do about answers that obviously miss the point of the question entirely?" Tags="|discussion|support|answers|flagging|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15878" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15877" CreationDate="2016-08-08T00:45:48.790" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;My basic action: downvote + comment. Downvote signifies answer is not useful, and answer that misses point of the question entirely or to some extend is not useful to that specific question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If answerer fixes it to address the issue properly , remove downvote and comment. Deciding whether or not the edit does the job, is up to OP though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="295286" LastActivityDate="2016-08-08T00:45:48.790" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15879" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15877" CreationDate="2016-08-08T00:48:08.297" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I agree with the flag on that one.  It's almost like someone (or something) saw &quot;adobe&quot; as a keyword and posted a flash answer to a pdf question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2016-08-08T00:48:08.297" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15880" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15877" CreationDate="2016-08-08T10:28:05.943" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, that post should have been deleted and has been deleted now. No matter what we claim, mods are humans too and sometimes, we overlook posts (just like that answerer) and mistakenly act on flags. The post has been rightfully deleted and sorry about that declined flag of yours. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please do continue to flag such out-of-place answers in the future and we'll handle them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastActivityDate="2016-08-08T10:28:05.943" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15881" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15871" CreationDate="2016-08-08T15:29:12.837" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here's what the description for VLQ reads (with added emphasis):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This answer has severe formatting or content problems. This answer is&#xA;  &lt;strong&gt;unlikely to be salvageable through editing&lt;/strong&gt;, and might need to be&#xA;  removed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We handle our VLQ flags keeping that as the baseline. On that basis, we may decline flags if we disagree that the post is of very low quality. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Quoting from &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/111112/177471&quot;&gt;Tim Post's answer&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/111108/what-kind-of-answer-should-be-flagged-as-very-low-quality-but-not-flagged-as&quot;&gt;What kind of answer should be flagged as &amp;quot;Very Low Quality&amp;quot;, but not flagged as &amp;quot;Not an Answer&amp;quot;?&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If a moderator investigates a very low quality flag and sees an answer that is readable and seemingly relevant to the question, well .. there's not much evidence of a quality issue. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If there is merit in the answer which was flagged as VLQ, i.e. the post can be edited to be better, then that invalidates the claim that the post is VLQ and the flag can be declined on that basis. While we mostly mark other categories flags as helpful if we see the intent of the flagger, we are quite conscious about marking VLQ flags as helpful because it carries an auto-downvote and the mod who handles the flag may think the post does not deserve one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We decline VLQ flags because they are ambiguous in nature and we want to discourage people from using it. Unlike other flags which have some sort of a procedural approach, VLQ flags are subject to discretion of the handling mod and as such, you might get different results. Now you understand why we hate this type of flag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Takeaway from this would be: if a post can be edited or commented or voted upon, let's not flag it as VLQ. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.420" LastActivityDate="2016-08-08T15:29:12.837" CommentCount="17" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15882" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-08-08T15:29:36.707" Score="-2" ViewCount="108" Body="&lt;p&gt;I see this a lot, an answer is posted which is a link-only one for instance, it is flagged up as such, but then someone edits the answer to include the information at the link (or similar) and then the flag is marked as &quot;declined&quot;, the flagger who was doing the right thing at the time may even get banned from flagging because their flags keep getting &quot;declined&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I think that if a flag is no longer valid, but was valid when it was cast, then it should be 'declined', but not with the same harshness which means they may get banned for too many of them (something they would not be able to control unless they just stopped flagging, because how can you tell that someone will edit it and make it an invalid flag?), but instead 'declined' with a different status that doesn't have any impact on them (or at least, I don't think it should).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Perhaps call it &quot;no longer valid&quot;, or something similar, but don't just &quot;decline&quot; it as if it was always wrong and the behaviour should be corrected (through banning).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastActivityDate="2016-08-11T15:52:20.347" Title="Flags shouldn't be &quot;declined&quot; as if they were always invalid if they were valid when they were cast" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|flagging|posts|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15883" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-08-08T15:35:12.897" Score="6" ViewCount="107" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is sometimes confusion over what to flag certain posts as, and when there is no reason to flag them and they are flagged then they should be &quot;declined&quot;. But if the post was flagged with the incorrect flag, but there is a correct flag it could be flagged with. Then the message should not just be &quot;declined&quot;, but instead something like &quot;this flag was helpful, but please flag as &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;correctFlagName&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; next time&quot;. And the flag shouldn't be just 'declined' in the system either either, but instead it should be changed to the correct flag so that the post isn't just cleared and then requires reflagging to get back in the queue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastActivityDate="2018-07-07T04:04:23.963" Title="If a flag is wrong, but the post is still flaggable, an extended message to just &quot;declined&quot; should be given" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|flagging|posts|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15884" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15885" CreationDate="2016-08-08T15:37:22.093" Score="5" ViewCount="88" Body="&lt;p&gt;Now I am allowed to review tag wiki edits (Ask Ubuntu just gets more and more fun) ^_^&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But at the first one I ever come across, I am uncertain O.O&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/601609&quot;&gt;the suggested edit&lt;/a&gt; in question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The user proposed creating a new tag for a software package which, as far as I know:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;is not in repositories or on Launchpad but&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;has a Linux version and&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;can be successfully installed in Ubuntu (there are pages on the website about doing so)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure whether this tag is useful or not. I asked in chat, and a great AU guru advised me to reject, but I thought I would ask here, in case it might help others...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2016-12-27T21:15:54.477" Title="Suggested tag wiki edit proposes a new tag for a 3rd party software package - should I approve?" Tags="|discussion|tag-wiki|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15885" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15884" CreationDate="2016-08-08T16:26:36.357" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;I feel this particular tag wiki edit should be rejected. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In general, consider approving edits to tag wiki if the tag is popular (minimum 5 questions tagged). If there is only one question with that tag, there is a good chance of that tag getting purged from the system and it's not worth the effort to write one up. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are also some general guidelines on what makes a good tag wiki that I wrote earlier and you can consider them when reviewing tag wiki edits.(frankly, I don't recall writing them but the system says so.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3977/what-makes-a-tag-wiki-good&quot;&gt;What makes a tag wiki &amp;quot;good&amp;quot;?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2016-12-27T21:15:54.477" LastActivityDate="2016-12-27T21:15:54.477" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15886" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15882" CreationDate="2016-08-08T16:41:46.517" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;So you have a situation where someone (you don't specify if it's the original author or some passing editor) takes the time to follow the link, suss out whatever is relevant on the other side, and write up a description of it that transforms what was before no more than a placeholder into something useful...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;...and you're upset that this trumps the three seconds of your time it took to flag?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Don't be myopic about this stuff. The sort of effort you describe is rare, but wonderful to see when it occurs. Rejoice in the outcome, and take satisfaction in knowing that you may have had some small hand in motivating it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;FWIW, there &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; a third flag outcome (&quot;disputed&quot;) that is used in cases where the system believes that the community disagrees over the validity of the flag; this is mostly triggered by /review/low-quality-posts, so if you wanna see it used more then encourage folks to use /review.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12845" LastEditorUserId="12845" LastEditDate="2016-08-08T19:00:18.537" LastActivityDate="2016-08-08T19:00:18.537" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15887" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15883" CreationDate="2016-08-08T17:09:25.980" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;There can not be a valid case when a post is deleted and a flag is declined at the same time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The whole point of flagging is to draw mod's attention to a post that should be deleted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is much less important which flag is used. It is helpful if it was used on a bad post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is very unlikely that all users will understand that slight difference between VLQ and NAA. Even mods can't quite agree on that and write a clear rule. There are some opinions, but not a rule.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the mods are too hard on declining flags, people will stop using them. Mods are trying to get their life easier with the declining, but will get the opposite case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The best option IMO is to add a post to the LQ review queue if it has been flagged as VLQ or NAA. If finally the post is deleted, then the flag should me marked as helpful. That is a clear and a fair approach.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Blatantly wrong flags can be declined directly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="167850" LastEditorUserId="167850" LastEditDate="2016-08-08T19:07:40.727" LastActivityDate="2016-08-08T19:07:40.727" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15888" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15921" CreationDate="2016-08-08T21:25:07.287" Score="34" ViewCount="2736" Body="&lt;p&gt;As there are many complaints about uncertainty of which flag to use for what post and even conflicting feedbacks from different moderators or established users, I would like to see some kind of official flagging checklist / decision helper / cheat sheet which can be followed by all flaggers and reviewers to reduce confusion and incorrect usage.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Please reserve the answer section for official statements and restrict personal opinions to comments. Thanks.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2022-07-16T20:00:03.903" LastActivityDate="2022-07-16T20:00:03.903" Title="How do I flag correctly?" Tags="|support|faq|flagging|flags|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15889" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15888" CreationDate="2016-08-09T04:06:09.987" Score="19" Body="&lt;p&gt;First off, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/flag-posts&quot;&gt;read the section on flagging in the help center&lt;/a&gt; - there's a ton of good information there, and links to more.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Second... Don't think too hard. Flagging is something that's made available to almost everyone who uses the site constructively &lt;em&gt;even a little bit&lt;/em&gt; - as such, it generally doesn't rely on flaggers knowing a whole lot about how things work. Although you &lt;em&gt;can&lt;/em&gt; spend the time to learn the deep and mysterious details of the system, you generally don't &lt;em&gt;have&lt;/em&gt; to; flags always depend on &lt;em&gt;someone&lt;/em&gt; or &lt;em&gt;something&lt;/em&gt; else vetting your assertion that there's a problem, so if you make a mistake... It'll get caught before it does any real damage. Like everything else on these sites, flagging is powered by humans... So there will always be the potential for mistakes. But &lt;strong&gt;focus on raising flags where you're sure there's a real problem,&lt;/strong&gt; and things should just work the vast majority of the time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally... Looks like a lot of the confusion here arises from &amp;quot;link-only answers&amp;quot;. A link-only answer is an answer that consists of &lt;em&gt;zero&lt;/em&gt; relevant information beyond a link that &lt;em&gt;may&lt;/em&gt; point at useful information elsewhere. &lt;strong&gt;Hence the word &amp;quot;only&amp;quot;.&lt;/strong&gt; Lots of folks get confused about this, which is why we don't use the term anywhere in the UI: what matters is whether or not the answer is... Well, an answer. If you see a link and you're unsure of what flag to use, chances are you're asking the wrong question... So ask yourself this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is this answer impossible to understand? &lt;strong&gt;Very low quality.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Can you understand the answer, but find it contains absolutely no information aimed at answering? &lt;strong&gt;Not an answer.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is there something else gravely wrong with the post (spam, abusive, plagiarism, etc.)? &lt;strong&gt;Use spam, abusive, or in need of moderator intervention flags.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is the post understandable and clearly attempting to answer, but simply wrong or poorly-written? &lt;strong&gt;Down vote.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In short, when you see a problem, &lt;em&gt;focus on the problem&lt;/em&gt; and the proper flag will emerge. Don't work backwards trying to pound arbitrary posts into the shape of a flag, hoping a problem will emerge; don't use flags as &amp;quot;super-downvotes&amp;quot;; don't use a flag in lieu of an edit or a comment or an answer or anything other corrective action that you're empowered to perform yourself... And if you do any of these things then don't get all twisted up if whoever happens to respond to your flag doesn't do what you'd wish them to do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;See also: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/225370/your-answer-is-in-another-castle-when-is-an-answer-not-an-answer&quot;&gt;Your answer is in another castle: when is an answer not an answer?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12845" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2016-08-09T04:06:09.987" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15890" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15871" CreationDate="2016-08-09T14:30:44.190" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I used to use the VLQ flag on Ask Ubuntu, and it seemed to be working OK, but starting about 1½-2 years ago I started repeatedly getting declined/disputed reviews on my VLQ flags, so I almost never use the VLQ flag anymore except for complete nonsense. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Different Stack Exchange sites seem to have different policies about the correct usage of the VLQ flag. I still use the VLQ flag at Android Enthusiasts Q&amp;amp;A, and I haven't had any problems with it there. I think the VLQ flag works at Android Enthusiasts because so many people like to type strings of random letters on their phones and submit it as an answer. I use the VLQ flag at Superuser Q&amp;amp;A, and it works most of the time, but only because I use it only in extreme cases like answers that are just a bizarre geometric pattern of repeated text.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If an answer is a link only answer, I custom flag it as a link only answer, and that seems to be working OK. If it's a spam answer, I flag it as a spam answer, and that also seems to be working OK. If it's an answer that says to install some esoteric free Windows program that isn't spam, and even though I would personally prefer to use to VLQ flag that doesn't work, I have no choice except to downvote it and wait for it to show up in the review queue because someone else flagged it as VLQ or NAA and got away with it. Most of the time this method works too. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have never lost the ability to flag questions, so this strategy seems to be working for me. I feel sorry for all the people who have to eat disputed/declined flags in order to make a wrong answer show up in the review queue, but I can't help them because the system doesn't work that way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Last of all I have a recommendation - don't &quot;overclock&quot; the VLQ flag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="94914" LastEditorUserId="94914" LastEditDate="2016-08-10T09:51:14.087" LastActivityDate="2016-08-10T09:51:14.087" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15891" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15893" CreationDate="2016-08-09T15:21:41.133" Score="-5" ViewCount="175" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am extremely interested in this Q&amp;amp;A site and I would like to contribute seriously. But I also need to earn money to feed myself and the two cannot possibly go along.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I would like to know if there is any possibility of earning over here?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="492332" LastEditorUserId="518562" LastEditDate="2016-08-09T23:28:05.920" LastActivityDate="2016-08-15T19:45:17.320" Title="What are the job opportunities in askubuntu" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="5" ClosedDate="2016-08-29T03:06:08.667" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15892" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15891" CreationDate="2016-08-09T15:30:37.330" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;None whatsoever.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a community driven website where volunteers do the work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No money to be made whatsoever.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastActivityDate="2016-08-09T15:30:37.330" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15893" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15891" CreationDate="2016-08-09T15:36:59.590" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;What Rinzwind says is true. Though I'd just like to add that SE do have job openings which you can apply for.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You check them out by clicking the &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/company/work-here&quot;&gt;work here&lt;/a&gt; link in the footer of any of the Stack Exchange sites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since this is Ask Ubuntu, I thought I should also mention that you can also apply for a job at Canonical (The company behind Ubuntu). You can check those job opportunities by clicking the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.canonical.com/careers&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;careers&lt;/a&gt; link in the footer of &lt;a href=&quot;http://ubuntu.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;ubuntu.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-05-23T12:39:54.233" LastActivityDate="2016-08-09T15:43:17.683" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15894" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-08-09T20:22:05.250" Score="1" ViewCount="36" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been reviewing other posts for some time. But after a certain number of edits I am no longer able to edit any further post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why is it so?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="492332" LastActivityDate="2016-08-09T20:22:05.250" Title="Unable to edit other posts" Tags="|discussion|review|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15895" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15896" CreationDate="2016-08-09T22:14:19.220" Score="3" ViewCount="92" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think the title says it all, however I am referring in particular to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/796836/271&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;. The situation goes like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I see an question that I might be able to answer however it lacks some details I need to know&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I leave a comment asking for clarification&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The OP basically says: &lt;em&gt;hey, answer my question!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I explain that first I need the aforementioned information&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The OP gets mad ranting something about the number of my answers and how I don't want to answer the question&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Apart from flagging the last comment as not constructive (already done), what is the best way to handle this situation?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="271" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2016-08-10T06:40:12.587" Title="What to do when the OP refuses to provide clarification?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="17" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15896" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15895" CreationDate="2016-08-09T22:53:08.897" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;If a question author does not cooperate and refuses to provide the necessary information you need to find an appropriate answer, just ignore their question and move on. They had their chance to get your help, but if they don't manage respond properly, it is not your fault. Maybe it would be appropriate to flag or vote to close the question as unclear.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As the user is even (more or less harshly) insulting you, flag the question or comment as offensive and move on. The moderators will deal with it. I see no reason why you should keep trying to help somebody who obviously does not want your help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastActivityDate="2016-08-09T22:53:08.897" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15897" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15895" CreationDate="2016-08-09T22:56:04.253" Score="-6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I haven't refused. I wasn't at my computer at the moment. A suggestion, don't use idioms if you are not a native speaker. Being idioms and Huh's not formal forms of expressions you will be misunderstood and those are not a the local dictionary shop.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="109740" LastEditorUserId="109740" LastEditDate="2016-08-09T23:02:47.473" LastActivityDate="2016-08-09T23:02:47.473" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15898" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15900" CreationDate="2016-08-10T14:00:14.517" Score="4" ViewCount="61" Body="&lt;p&gt;Does it go to the Low Quality review or not?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is related to flagging questions. For high rep user maybe VTD is a better option.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="167850" LastActivityDate="2016-08-10T15:44:22.717" Title="What happens when I vote to delete an answer?" Tags="|support|vote-to-delete|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15899" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15898" CreationDate="2016-08-10T14:28:13.860" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;When it gets required number of votes, it gets deleted. The required number is 3. Unless that answer is yours, in which case it will be deleted with just 1 vote of you. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="61218" LastActivityDate="2016-08-10T14:28:13.860" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15900" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15898" CreationDate="2016-08-10T15:44:22.717" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;When you vote to delete a post, it gets added to this &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tools?tab=delete&amp;amp;daterange=today&quot;&gt;queue&lt;/a&gt; that I am sure no one uses anymore. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2016-08-10T15:44:22.717" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15901" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="4216" CreationDate="2016-08-10T19:17:43.270" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I put the information that it was a bug in an &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/796836/problems-with-disk-layout-configurations-mate-16-04-64bit/810666#810666&quot;&gt;answer&lt;/a&gt; since it wouldn't allow me to vote to close and flagged it for moderator attention (prior to finding this Q&amp;amp;A). I did both hoping to cover all the bases. Providing the OP with the information required while hopefully following site guidelines.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2016-08-10T19:17:43.270" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15902" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15903" CreationDate="2016-08-10T20:36:50.600" Score="1" ViewCount="95" Body="&lt;p&gt;Recently a new trend has been observed by me. Most of the questions go unanswered (including mine). Upvotes and downvotes are rarely given. The frequency of asking questions has also gone down dramatically. Why is this happening?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="492332" LastActivityDate="2016-08-11T16:07:24.237" Title="Recently seeing lots of inactivity on the site" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15903" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15902" CreationDate="2016-08-10T22:50:29.547" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are two separate phenonomen:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The one you've noticed is seasonal. Around launches activity skyrockets. Around LTS releases this is usually more significant. Your 7 months with us covered the 16.04 LTS release.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's also summer now in the northern hemisphere. That accounts for &gt;90% of the demographic here. We're chilling on holiday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;There is also a &lt;em&gt;real&lt;/em&gt; and sustained separation between the number of new answers and new questions. I'm not allowed to give specifics but 4 years ago, we got a lot more answers than questions. Now that is almost reversed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why? I don't know. I'm open to suggestions explaining this, and fixes.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2016-08-10T22:50:29.547" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15904" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15826" CreationDate="2016-08-11T01:44:54.373" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I did a quick check on Stack Overflow questions and most were programmer orientated. On Ask Ubuntu the questions range from neophyte to programmers with most being mid-range experience / skill levels.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Before walking into a bar most people (well not me) try to figure out what social dynamics are inside and if they will be comfortable within.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So.... just expect if you say certain things in Stack Overflow you will be met with hostility just as if you wore a preppy outfit into a biker bar or wore a biker outfit into a business lounge.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="307523" LastActivityDate="2016-08-11T01:44:54.373" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15907" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15912" CreationDate="2016-08-11T07:25:37.087" Score="1" ViewCount="72" Body="&lt;p&gt;How does AU deal with the recurrence of bug questions if those are deleted. This will only drive people away because their question doesn't get nothing but deleted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="109740" LastActivityDate="2016-08-12T06:57:59.443" Title="How is recurrence approached in bug questions?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15908" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-08-11T10:43:23.257" Score="13" ViewCount="216" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would like to investigate if there is a changed point of view concerning allowing bug- related questions in specific cases. The last time this was discussed is four years ago, and practice seems to have slightly changed. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My point of view:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In case of possibly bug- related questions:&lt;br&gt;&#xA; &lt;em&gt;until&lt;/em&gt; it is not definitely sure a question &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; related to a bug, &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; it is highly unlikely a work around can be produced in an answer, please don't vote to close the question as off-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Although the point of view above seems to be permitted in practice in some cases, I'd like it to be an &quot;officially&quot; recognized one. Bugs should of course be filed, but in many cases &lt;em&gt;at least&lt;/em&gt; a work around can be created for the time being. For that reason, &lt;em&gt;closing&lt;/em&gt; such a question as a bug often means unnecessary loss of important functionality.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Good examples are the many graphics driver issues. Highly unlikely to be fixed on a short term, while they can be patched with a little creativity. It would have driven away many users if we simply trashed those questions. Many people wouldn't get their second/third screen arranged or working at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Looking through my answers, it seems &lt;em&gt;at least&lt;/em&gt; 10% is in any way related to fixing (the effect of) a bug. I don't see &lt;em&gt;any&lt;/em&gt; reason why this should not have happened, many reasons we should allow it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to get the currently &quot;living&quot; opinion(s) on this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2016-08-11T23:52:42.203" LastActivityDate="2016-08-11T23:52:42.203" Title="Please reconsider closing bug-related questions if a workaround can be produced" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15909" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15882" CreationDate="2016-08-11T10:45:40.190" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;Yes, this &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; essentially what Shog9 said, with added emphasis, catering more to the string of now-deleted comments than the question as it stands.&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;High-quality answers are &lt;em&gt;the&lt;/em&gt; most important thing here.&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's easy to forget that when you're dealing with lots of flags and lots of review decisions. A red mist descends and everything substandard gets a flag, or closed or deleted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You expend all your flags. Job done, right? No.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's fine if that happens occasionally, but you might need to step back, look at the big picture. Our goal here is not to flag, close and delete everything, rather we're here to foster good questions, and great answers and anybody doing something toward that end is a star.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So say we get a mediocre answer. Perhaps it's link only or is a little garbled, but there's &lt;em&gt;something&lt;/em&gt; helpful there. Flagging to deleting that post isn't the best thing to do, resuscitating is is.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Edit to make posts make sense.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Edit to expand link-only posts into something that &lt;em&gt;could&lt;/em&gt; work without the link.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Edit to keep older posts relevant for every release.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you can do something like that, your contribution is worth infinitely more than anything that would have just destroyed that post. You've also just shown the original writer what we expect from their posts. So many birds with one stone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But as Shog9 Says, it's disappointingly rare when somebody is selfless enough to go through that process. So rare that we really should celebrate the times when it does, not haggle over what happens to the flaggers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Having a flag declined like this does also serve to &lt;strong&gt;show flaggers what they should have done&lt;/strong&gt;. And if that happens a lot, perhaps a short flag ban —and they &lt;em&gt;are&lt;/em&gt; short— is a useful device to make people step back and wonder what else they could do. Maybe some of that editing they keep avoiding?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Either-which-way, carrying a flag just because it used to apply is beyond stupid. I see your point about a third way out, but again, I think having the occasional flag actually declined serves to display that it wasn't the right decision and you could do better next time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2016-08-11T15:52:20.347" LastActivityDate="2016-08-11T15:52:20.347" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15910" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15902" CreationDate="2016-08-11T16:07:24.237" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since Oli mentioned &quot;a real and sustained separation between the number of new answers and new questions&quot; I'll add a graph of this, taken from &lt;a href=&quot;https://data.stackexchange.com/askubuntu/query/523476/questions-and-answers-per-month-with-deleted-posts#graph&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;SEDE&lt;/a&gt;. This includes now-deleted posts.    &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/GpWnM.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/GpWnM.png&quot; alt=&quot;qa on au&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can see three phases: rapid growth, where answers exceed questions, steady state with answers evenly matching questions, and slow decline (punctured by 16.04 release) when the number of questions exceeds the number of answers. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The total number of &lt;a href=&quot;https://data.stackexchange.com/askubuntu/query/523477/number-of-votes-per-month-including-deleted-questions-and-answers#graph&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;votes on recent posts&lt;/a&gt; (less than a month old) has remained relatively stable throughout, but there is a trend for more downvotes and fewer upvotes: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/KiGt1.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/KiGt1.png&quot; alt=&quot;votes&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One (quite general) reason for this to happen on Q&amp;amp;A sites is that as the number of available answers grow, more people find answers without asking questions. Those tend to be the people who can analyze their problem, form an effective search query and recognize relevant results. So the new questions are skewed toward people unable to do the above, leading to more duplicates, more unclear questions, and dissatisfaction/fatigue of answerers.   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user336085" LastActivityDate="2016-08-11T16:07:24.237" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15911" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15908" CreationDate="2016-08-11T23:52:34.483" Score="-3" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;until it is not definitely sure a question is related to a bug, and it is highly unlikely a work around can be produced in an answer, please don't vote to close the question as off-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Exactly, how much time is this? I vote based on the information that I have &lt;em&gt;on the moment&lt;/em&gt;. We are encouraged to vote on the current status of the post, not in the past nor future, but now. Having a separated site for &quot;workarounds&quot; is simply not productive. Having the bug report, possible workarounds, updates, etc. that I can subscribe on Launchpad is hundreds of time preferable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Look at it this way: if a known bug gets an answer on AU, later it is fixed, yet another bug appears with the same symptoms as the first, the workaround may not work for the second case, as they may be different problems. Then the new bug never gets reported, the workaround doesn't fix the issue and everyone wastes their time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The most effective way to deliver workarounds is on the bug reports they are supposed to be temporary fixes. That way all the information is in a single place, instead of dispersed all over the internet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2016-08-11T23:52:34.483" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15912" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15907" CreationDate="2016-08-12T06:57:59.443" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;You should close them (3k privilege) as &quot;should be reported as a bug&quot;, if you don't have the rep to CV it, just leave a comment linking the bug tracker and a comment directing them there and others will close based on your comment. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can just post fix if one exists already and then just leave it open as having the fix here is of course a good thing&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We don't need a bug tag, we don't fix bugs, bugs should be reported to the developers so they can fix it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If anyone wants to debate this policy or thinks it is unfair, you can do so at &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/15908/please-reconsider-closing-bug-related-questions-if-a-workaround-can-be-produced&quot;&gt;this question about the policy&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastActivityDate="2016-08-12T06:57:59.443" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15913" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-08-12T07:29:24.873" Score="2" ViewCount="82" Body="&lt;p&gt;As far as I know upgrading a distribution from DVD or USB is possible and I see a lot of failed upgrades ( or got the impression ) because the upgrade was interrupted. This method can leave those variables out and yield more successful upgrades.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="109740" LastEditorUserId="75060" LastEditDate="2016-08-14T20:30:01.980" LastActivityDate="2016-08-14T20:30:01.980" Title="I see a tendency of not upgrading from a Live Disk (avoided)?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="8" ClosedDate="2016-08-23T07:17:41.987" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15914" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15954" CreationDate="2016-08-12T10:37:43.223" Score="11" ViewCount="365" Body="&lt;p&gt;Recently, on Ask Ubuntu, I see a lot of people voting for really bad questions, here are some examples&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This one is just bad&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/811352/install-ubuntu-16-10-on-virtualbox&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/811352/install-ubuntu-16-10-on-virtualbox&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This one says it is about Mint in the first sentence&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/811383/how-to-write-configure-xorg-conf-file-with-intel-graphics-to-solve-hdmi-output-m&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/811383/how-to-write-configure-xorg-conf-file-with-intel-graphics-to-solve-hdmi-output-m&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These are just from the front page right now, is it just me or is this kind of voting getting more and more common here?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why would people vote these questions up? It defeats the point of voting when crap is voted up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This stands in stark contrast to the many users who downvote questions in the wrong language or dare to mention another OS passingly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am not telling anyone what do with their votes but a bit of consistency in voting would go a long way here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can't be the only one who thinks this is becoming an issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2016-08-23T22:53:59.610" Title="Disturbing voting trends" Tags="|discussion|voting|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15915" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-08-12T11:06:36.097" Score="8" ViewCount="132" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think I've found a possible bug on AskUbuntu. Earlier, I was trying to edit &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/811402/proxy-authentication-on-ubuntu-16-04-with-chrome&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is a screenshot of it:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/jh5lm.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/jh5lm.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you can see, the webpage looks fine and normal. But when I click on the &lt;code&gt;edit&lt;/code&gt; link to edit it, I immediately get the message: &lt;code&gt;&quot;There is a pending suggested edit in the queue. Try again in a few minutes.&quot;&lt;/code&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All it would be also fine and normal, but...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/qaAIt.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/qaAIt.png&quot; alt=&quot;message on blank page&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;...the above mentioned message shows up on a completely blank page. No HTML, no website. I had to hit the &lt;code&gt;back&lt;/code&gt; button in the browser in order to get back to &quot;reality&quot;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm a bit puzzled. I don't even know what to ask. I guess that there is a slight technical problem with AskUbuntu website and I feel the need to report it. This problem may occur to other users too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="146105" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2016-08-12T15:39:11.690" Title="White page (no HTML) when trying to edit a question" Tags="|bug|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15916" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15915" CreationDate="2016-08-12T15:39:11.690" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;This problem is a very rare case, which probably won't be addressed anytime soon as it would probably prove to be complicated.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;Normally, when you open a post that still has a pending suggested edit, the edit/improve this question button is completely removed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Although, instead of having a fix for this issue, a feature request to show a more &amp;quot;beautiful&amp;quot; layout for errors may prove to be more friendly. As these errors seem to have this blank page as the current default layout.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;Another similar example: &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/15442/bug-in-the-audit-system&quot;&gt;Bug in the audit system?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Basically what happened in your case is the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You and someone else opened the Question's page&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Both of you saw an issue with the post, so you wanted to improve it by editing it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;That other person was slightly faster and had already submitted a pending edit suggestion.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;While you still have that page opened, and you still haven't refreshed, you clicked on the edit link.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Since the Stack Exchange engine does not allow more than one suggested edit at the same time, you got the following error:&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is a pending suggested edit in the queue. Try again in a few minutes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;This is not a solution for your issue, nor a fix. It's just an explanation of the bug that happened&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2016-08-12T15:39:11.690" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15917" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15918" CreationDate="2016-08-13T10:28:45.267" Score="-5" ViewCount="76" Body="&lt;p&gt;When you are &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/late-answers&quot;&gt;reviewing posts&lt;/a&gt;, you are faced with three options: Skip, I'm done (after some change), Nothing to review.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ideally, when you make a change like edit, flag, comment, or vote, the &quot;I'm done&quot; option becomes available, and you press it, eliminating the question from the review list. However, &lt;strong&gt;this system can be mis-used&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Basically, you can use the review mode as a window to all new questions and answers that might require edit. As such, it is a lucrative and efficient method to find and make &lt;strong&gt;unlimited&lt;/strong&gt; edits, &lt;strong&gt;without need to actually mark the question as reviewed&lt;/strong&gt;, and just select &quot;Skip&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, you are not able to review anymore after you have reached your daily limit of votes, but there is no need to vote at all. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why do I think this is a misuse? In principle, you might think, well a lot of edits, that is good! But this comes at the cost of doubling the amount of review needed, as other users will inevitable go through it &lt;strong&gt;again&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My proposed solution is to make the &lt;strong&gt;skip&lt;/strong&gt; option to really mean a skip (i.e. I will not intervene in the post). Alternatively, whenever you make a comment, flag it, edit it, or vote, eliminate the skip option.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;TL;DR&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Using the review mode you can edit unlimited questions, without need to select the &quot;I'm done&quot; option, but just select &quot;Skip&quot;. This can be misused to go for reputation in an efficient and fast manner. &quot;Skip&quot; should be more rigorous.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user308164" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditorDisplayName="user308164" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2016-08-13T14:00:15.060" Title="Reviewing tool should be less flexible by enforcing the Skip option rigourously" Tags="|discussion|editing|review|reputation|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15918" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15917" CreationDate="2016-08-13T14:00:15.060" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't see a problem here. First of all, the &quot;skip&quot; option only removes the post from &lt;em&gt;your&lt;/em&gt; review queue, not from everyone else's. If you skip a post, that won't make it magically disappear from my queue, only from yours.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In any case, the more common problem is precisely the opposite of what you describe. Since finishing a certain number of review tasks &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/badges&quot;&gt;grants you badges&lt;/a&gt; (namely, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/badges/125/custodian&quot;&gt;Custodian&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/badges/94/reviewer&quot;&gt;Reviewer&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/badges/126/steward&quot;&gt;Steward&lt;/a&gt;), some people will make bad revisions or revise things in no need of revision just to get the badges. That's one of the reasons we have &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/7812/85695&quot;&gt;review audits&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In other words, quite frankly, I wish more people would &quot;abuse&quot; the system as you describe. That simply results in more edits and increases the overall quality of the site. If the editor in question chooses to then skip the review item in their queue, that's their choice and doesn't affect the rest of us in any way. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, note that having a suggested edit approved i) only gives a measly 2 rep points and ii) only gives rep until you reach &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/edit&quot;&gt;2k reputation&lt;/a&gt; and can edit posts without requiring approval. After that, there is no bonus rep awarded for edits. So, your claim that this is a &quot;lucrative&quot; way of finding new posts to edit doesn't make much sense. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2016-08-13T14:00:15.060" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15919" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15920" CreationDate="2016-08-13T16:43:00.310" Score="1" ViewCount="40" Body="&lt;p&gt;Title says it all.&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/rqomq.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/rqomq.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="518562" LastActivityDate="2016-08-13T16:47:51.073" Title="How can the community user know whether an edit is good?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15920" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15919" CreationDate="2016-08-13T16:47:51.073" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;As you can see from &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/323144&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/323144&lt;/a&gt;, the edit was proposed by an anonymous user who didn't have a AU account. Therefore, the Community account is shown as the editor instead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15003" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2016-08-13T16:47:51.073" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15921" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15888" CreationDate="2016-08-13T17:43:04.980" Score="33" Body="&lt;p&gt;The following are some guidelines for flagging on Ask Ubuntu. These guidelines are derived from existing policies set out in the help center, Ask Ubuntu Meta and Meta SE, and were further refined by a discussion between the current mods.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First, a few general points about flagging:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;As a general rule, if the problem you see with a post can be fixed by editing, then edit and fix it instead of flagging.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Flags are handled by humans, not machines. This means that similar flags might not always be handled in the same way. While the mod team tries to be consistent, we are still a collection of 12 separate individuals. Your flags can also be handled by any of a dozen or so Stack Exchange employees (yes, SE staff sometimes handle mod flags). This means that your flag could have been handled by any of almost 30 different people. Some discrepancy is unavoidable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Flags don't provide you with any reputation. There is no penalty for having a flag rejected. At worst, and only if a significant percentage of your total flags has been rejected, you might get banned from casting flags for a short time. That ban will expire quickly and then you're back to flagging just as before. There is no mark on your record, you can't get banned from the site for mistaken flags and there really, really isn't any reason to get worked up about it. We appreciate the effort that users make in casting flags and they are, when used correctly, a great help to moderators, but they're a tiny, tiny part of what makes Ask Ubuntu great. Let's not get too hung up on them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, on to the specific flags:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;1. Not an answer (NaA)&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This flag should only be used for answers that are not even attempting to answer the question. The Official SE Policy® on this has been explained very clearly by Shog9 in the main meta &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/225370/203101&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;, and is summarized very nicely in this image:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/vAUaw.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/vAUaw.png&quot; alt=&quot;when is an answer not an answer&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Briefly:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If the OP is asking how to do &lt;em&gt;foo&lt;/em&gt; and an answer explains how to do &lt;em&gt;bar&lt;/em&gt;: &lt;strong&gt;flag as NaA&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If the answer contains &lt;strong&gt;no valuable information&lt;/strong&gt; and, instead, only has a link pointing to where an answer can be found, then it is not actually an answer so you should &lt;strong&gt;flag as NaA&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If an answer is a &amp;quot;I'm having this problem too&amp;quot; post, or is otherwise not even attempting to answer the question: &lt;strong&gt;flag as NaA&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, NaA flags should &lt;em&gt;only&lt;/em&gt; be used if the post is not even trying to answer the question. NaA flags should not be used if:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The answer is an honest attempt at answering, but is flat out wrong. In such cases, &lt;strong&gt;do not flag&lt;/strong&gt; at all. That's what downvotes are for.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The question is asking how to do something with one tool and the answer explains how to do it with another tool. This is still answering the basic question (&lt;em&gt;How can I do X?&lt;/em&gt;), it is simply providing an alternative approach. Such cases should not be flagged at all.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;2. Very Low Quality (VLQ)&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The description of the VLQ flag is actually quite clear (emphasis mine):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This question has severe formatting or content problems. &lt;strong&gt;This question is unlikely to be salvageable through editing&lt;/strong&gt;, and might need to be removed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;VLQ should only be used for things that are so hopelessly awful, they can't be fixed. When thinking about whether you should flag something as VLQ, ask yourself this question: &lt;em&gt;If I could, would I just delete this immediately, or can it be fixed?&lt;/em&gt;. If the answer to the question is &lt;em&gt;yes, I would delete this and no it is impossible to fix&lt;/em&gt;, then you might want to cast a VLQ flag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If, however, the post could conceivably be fixed and might contain some useful information, then &lt;strong&gt;please do not flag it&lt;/strong&gt;. Instead, either fix it yourself or, if that's not an option, downvote it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the post is just a wrong answer, or isn't using the formatting tools correctly, or has bad grammar or other such fixable issues, please don't flag. Such posts should either be edited into shape or downvoted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;3. Spam&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As explained in the flag's description:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Exists only to promote a product or service, does not disclose the author's affiliation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If an answer (or a question) is being used to sell us something, it should be flagged as spam. 6 spam flags cast on a post will cause the post to be deleted. Spam posts should &lt;strong&gt;not be downvoted&lt;/strong&gt; since that will eventually remove them from the front page and this might prevent enough spam flags being cast to trigger the post's deletion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is also important to only use this flag for things that are actually spam. A rant against Ubuntu is not spam. A rude answer is also not spam. If there is no product being peddled, the post is not spam and should not be flagged as such. This is important because the spam flags carry automatic downvotes and can also result in the offending user being automatically banned. Also, the posts that are flagged in this way are used to train Stack Exchange's spam filters. So wrong spam flags are actively harmful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;4. Rude or Offensive&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This one should be pretty clear. If a post contains rude or offensive language, that's the flag to use. However, these should also be used with care since they, like the spam flags, can lead to automatic bans of users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A post that is attacking your favorite software or opinion is not necessarily rude or offensive. This flag should only be used for the truly egregious cases; for posts that contain offensive language, racism, sexism or any other horrible &lt;em&gt;-ism&lt;/em&gt;. Not for posts that simply defend a position you happen to disagree with.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, if a post contains a couple of bad words but is otherwise fine, just edit the words out instead of flagging. It is much simpler for everyone that way and that’s probably what the mods would have done anyway.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;5. &amp;quot;In need of moderator intervention&amp;quot;, custom flags.&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you feel the need to flag a post which doesn't fit into any of the categories above, this is the flag to use. However, please make sure to follow the guidelines below:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Please don't use this flag if one of the others fits.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you are sure none of the default reasons applies, take the time to write an informative message explaining what the issue is. For example, if an answer is just repeating information already provided by another answer, please make sure to include this in your message and also include what answer is being duplicated. Custom mod flags along the lines of &amp;quot;this is bad, it should be deleted&amp;quot; are worse than useless since they don't explain why you feel that way.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2017-10-05T07:15:15.007" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15922" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-08-14T05:19:29.983" Score="2" ViewCount="52" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to follow this question which is hard to find and do not have an answer yet but will soon have one(hopefully). Any shortcuts, bookmark tool?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;P.S: The question is by Diego, tags are: 16.04; updates; login; console. It would be awesome if you can help to answer it&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user581872" LastActivityDate="2016-08-14T06:31:58.503" Title="How do you bookmark, keep an eye on a question on askubuntu" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2016-08-14T14:30:40.303" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15923" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15922" CreationDate="2016-08-14T05:25:22.217" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can STAR the post (down from the voting tab) and that will mark your question as fav. Shame you can't get updates...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user527600" LastActivityDate="2016-08-14T05:25:22.217" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15924" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15922" CreationDate="2016-08-14T05:26:27.423" Score="2" Body="&lt;h3&gt;Method 1&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See this star inside a circle ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/PMVwY.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/PMVwY.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Click that. It will add a question to your favorites tab&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/YN0cy.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/YN0cy.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Method 2&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's also RSS feed below each question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/h2BJn.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/h2BJn.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Method 3&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Highlight the address bar in your web browser . . .&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/nOpfB.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/nOpfB.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;. . . and drag it to your desktop. In a second , it will create link which upon double-clicking will open the question in your default browser&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Q3biq.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Q3biq.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EOF&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="295286" LastEditorUserId="295286" LastEditDate="2016-08-14T06:31:58.503" LastActivityDate="2016-08-14T06:31:58.503" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15925" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15927" CreationDate="2016-08-14T19:58:32.010" Score="15" ViewCount="311" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here are the two top answers that I've written. They both have 8 upvotes. You'll notice they are relatively simple answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/812186/518562&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/a/812186/518562&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/793353/518562&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/a/793353/518562&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now here are two of my own Q&amp;amp;As that I spent quite a bit of time working on, and one has 1 upvote, and the other has 0.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/791325/usb-flash-drive-stuck-in-ro-after-dding-iso&quot;&gt;USB flash drive stuck in RO after DDing ISO&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/811613/restore-apple-bootloader-on-an-intel-mac-after-an-update-grub-was-run-by-an-ex&quot;&gt;Restore Apple bootloader on an (Intel) Mac after an update-grub was run by an external Ubuntu installation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;And here's a &lt;strong&gt;really&lt;/strong&gt; nice answer by @SeverusTux: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/809656/518562&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/a/809656/518562&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;What is it about the two simple answers mentioned at the top that attract so many votes?&lt;/strong&gt; Not that I'm complaining :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="518562" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2016-10-08T15:28:38.160" Title="What is it about some answers that attract upvotes?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15926" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15925" CreationDate="2016-08-14T21:42:59.720" Score="10" Body="&lt;h3&gt;It is mainly the question that matters here, as long as the answer is in good shape.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;General&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;simple&lt;/strong&gt; (sometimes even stupidly simple) &lt;strong&gt;questions&lt;/strong&gt; that don't focus on a technical detail or problem which might be only relevant for few persons, but &lt;strong&gt;interesting for many users&lt;/strong&gt; attract the most views and therefore have the highest potential to accumulate votes on both the question and its answers. Another advantage of simple questions and answers is that more users &lt;strong&gt;know whether your answer is right or wrong&lt;/strong&gt; without thinking much, which makes voting more easy. Seeing a question which they might be &lt;strong&gt;able to answer themselves&lt;/strong&gt; also increases the chance they view it and vote on existing answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The real-time clock question would be an example for this. It's stupidly simple and although I would argue that it's off-topic (hardware, not Ubuntu), but many people might be curious about this, look at it and vote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, &lt;strong&gt;very specific problems&lt;/strong&gt;, even if you put much effort in solving them, are &lt;strong&gt;only relevant to a small circle of people&lt;/strong&gt;. They are not that interesting to the wider audience and get less views and less votes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;About the answers themselves...&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course they must be &lt;strong&gt;correct&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;useful&lt;/strong&gt;, but to attract votes they should also be &lt;strong&gt;well formatted&lt;/strong&gt; (paragraphs, headlines, bullet points, separator lines, code blocks, block quotes, bold/italic highlighting, ...) so that the &lt;strong&gt;important content can be identified at the first glance&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Pictures and screenshots&lt;/strong&gt; that help visualizing what you say are also a great vote bait if they fit. Adding &lt;strong&gt;references and links&lt;/strong&gt; for further reading is a good thing as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastActivityDate="2016-08-14T21:42:59.720" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15927" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15925" CreationDate="2016-08-14T21:43:22.317" Score="18" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here's an analogy to think about: &lt;em&gt;why more people like fast food, instead of specialized cuisine?&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Fast-ness&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From the &quot;customer&quot; (question asker or visitor) point of view  the same reason as fast food applies: people like answers that are quick to test , easy to copy-paste, easy to verify.  Questions for which I write long scripting solutions don't always gain much attention - it would require user adding a script, playing around with settings to make it work, etc. Not a lot of people want to indulge into that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From the point of view of other people who answer that question, relatively simple questions and simple solutions attract more attention. Often I will find myself answering a text processing or renaming question , and will be like &quot;Yup, that guy's got a good way,too, and it's pretty simple ; why I didn't think of it myself ? Upvoted !&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Audience&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Each question attracts specialized type of audience. You will see chili555 answering mainly networking question, me and Jacob Vlijm answering scripting questions that border on creating custom applications, A.B. ( who recently has not been active ) answering mostly package management questions, heemayl who answers bash and command line questions. The more specialized the question, the less likely people to view it and test an answer. From your example, question about the hardware clock ( which really should have been closed as off-topic, by  the way ) is relatively easy to answer and most computer-savvy people know about the CMOS battery, so of course it will be attracting more traffic , hence higher likelihood of upvotes. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, not a lot of people mess with bootloaders or have desire to go into that level of experimenting. Hardware-specific questions attract less audience,too. My personal response is often &quot;Well, I don't have access to this same hardware - I am a broke college student who barely could afford this laptop, so how do you expect me to troubleshoot yours ?&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is not too different form fast-food analogy. Many people can relate to burgers, but very few can relate to properly tasting wines and some unique steaks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Self-validation&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've slightly touched on this already. Many people find a question and go &quot;Yup, I would do the same&quot;. Especially if the answer is simple, short, can be even found in man page. With fast food analogy , I remember from economics class that there is a psychological factor to it - people like fast food not only for simplicity but because it's available in more places and will be exact same. Suppose you have a sys admin who spend years in managing Linux servers , sees a question and tries to answer, and then sees you posted something similar to what he would expect. There you go, there's a person who expected to find exactly the same thing, just not in their usual setting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How many people will say &quot; Yup, I would write this same script to automatically set up mouse or keyboard via polling dbus or xinput?&quot; Again, very specialized audience is needed here, and high probability of &quot;yup&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Does it mean posting complex answers won't help you grow reputation?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Quite the opposite: if you have a specialized type of tags and questions you like answering, by all means do answer them. It is likely that you will have much less competition and the community eventually will recognize that your answers are good. Occasionally, such questions may even have bounty on them. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Growing reputation isn't an immoral thing ( contrary to what some users may think ), so by all means do participate in those easy questions as well. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="295286" LastEditorUserId="295286" LastEditDate="2016-08-14T21:59:55.630" LastActivityDate="2016-08-14T21:59:55.630" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15928" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15929" CreationDate="2016-08-15T10:11:55.890" Score="-3" ViewCount="70" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just saw &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/808587/revisions&quot;&gt;this revision&lt;/a&gt; on a post, and all the revision was take a link to a search engine query. He even missed a typo I made. What's up? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Any guideline about this?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="109740" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2016-08-15T10:21:30.747" Title="Safe link revision" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15929" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15928" CreationDate="2016-08-15T10:20:25.133" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;For some reason, known only to yourself, you decided to add a random link to a search query for &quot;Happy Llamas&quot;. Since that has absolutely nothing to do with your question, isn't adding anything remotely relevant to it and doesn't help people understand it, it is just noise and was correctly removed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We try to keep questions streamlined and to the point. One of the guidelines for posting on Stack Exchange sites is &quot;no chit-chat&quot;. It's even one of the first things mentioned in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tour&quot;&gt;tour&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This site is all about getting answers. It's not a discussion forum. There's no chit-chat. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So yes, please don't add such noise to your posts. Everything mentioned in a question or answer should be directly relevant to the issue at hand. Anything else should be removed. The edit was fine. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2016-08-15T10:20:25.133" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15930" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15935" CreationDate="2016-08-15T19:09:08.757" Score="8" ViewCount="110" Body="&lt;p&gt;When I select the &quot;my tags&quot; option under Unanswered questions, they are sorted by upvotes. I would like to sort them &lt;strong&gt;by date&lt;/strong&gt;. Yet, this seems to be no possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it is actually not possible, why is this so? It seems unnatural to me to be prompted with questions asked two years ago, some of which are no longer relevant (e.g. EOL). Actually, if there is an &lt;strong&gt;optimal&lt;/strong&gt; way I can contribute to the network, it is by having quick access to new question on topics which I feel comfortable. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user308164" LastActivityDate="2016-08-16T10:43:34.810" Title="Sort unanswered questions within my tags by date?" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15931" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15891" CreationDate="2016-08-15T19:45:17.320" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Minding the existing answers, I would like to point out that in a perhaps not so remote future, sites that rely on voluntary contributions and reputation like this one &lt;strong&gt;could be monetised&lt;/strong&gt; in such a way that rancho and other can earn money from their reputation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How? The answer lays in the &lt;strong&gt;blockchain!&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In fact, you might have heard of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.steemit.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Steem.it&lt;/a&gt;, a &quot;social network&quot; where you earn digital money from writing and moderating. The more you contribute and vote, the more you earn. It is not really a Q&amp;amp;A forum but in principle the dynamic could be applied to a Q&amp;amp;A setting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I made a &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/329768/is-the-future-of-qa-sites-like-se-in-the-blockchain?noredirect=1#comment374045_329768&quot;&gt;related question&lt;/a&gt; in the Meta of SE which sadly received little attention/interest, probably because of the strong feelings against the idea. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, this is just a thought-provoking idea. Personally, I prefer it as it is now, but so many things have become monetized against people's will.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user308164" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T09:16:20.523" LastActivityDate="2016-08-15T19:45:17.320" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15932" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15936" CreationDate="2016-08-16T00:36:22.843" Score="2" ViewCount="138" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are a few things that were never quite clear. On askubuntu we can ask questions about third-party software, package installation and hardware issues. Can we also ask about software compatibility like&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&quot;THIS_PACKAGE was installable in 14.10, why doesn't it work in 16.10 and when will we be able to install it?&quot; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sorry if this question is basic, this concept was just never clear to me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="542123" LastEditorUserId="295286" LastEditDate="2016-08-16T00:52:07.810" LastActivityDate="2016-08-17T20:01:31.723" Title="Acceptable Questions?" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15933" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15914" CreationDate="2016-08-16T06:37:38.470" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Upvotes should be only for questions which have details of what exactly is the problem and what they have done till now to solve it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Meanwhile, new users can sometimes ask questions which look silly for programmers who are using ubuntu for a long time now.Also they can just find it's solution by searching Google but they won't.The reason is they think that AskUbuntu is a site where they can reach out to programmers who can help them out from any problem(which exactly everyone is doing here for a long time..:P).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So my suggestion is  &lt;strong&gt;yes&lt;/strong&gt;, bad questions which have inappropriate details of the question should be downvoted but if a new user(specifically new User I mean to say) asks some sort of question and they are trying their best to tell the problem, we should be ready to help them as much as we can.Because we can't expect a new user to know all about Ubuntu and how it works.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;P.S. It's my point of view.No disregards to anyone.&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;Cheerio!!..:)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="431150" LastEditorUserId="431150" LastEditDate="2016-08-23T02:50:16.047" LastActivityDate="2016-08-23T02:50:16.047" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15934" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15932" CreationDate="2016-08-16T09:03:54.670" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Answering on the example you give us: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That kind of questions should be asked to the developers directly. This is in general not the kind of questions that should be asked on AU, simply because it is unanswerable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Asking developers directly is also more useful; as an example: it happened someone asked me on Launchpad if and when an application would be available for the current Ubuntu version. I simply forgot to copy the package's ppa. I would probably not have noticed when asked as a general question on AU.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastActivityDate="2016-08-16T09:03:54.670" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15935" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15930" CreationDate="2016-08-16T10:31:25.997" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;You are somewhat able to this at the moment with the advanced search functionality (Well you only sort by newest). If you search for &lt;code&gt;intags:mine is:question isanswered:no hasaccepted:no closed:no&lt;/code&gt; in the search box at the top right, you would get get the same result as you would if you clicked the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/unanswered/tagged?tab=mytags&quot;&gt;Unanswered&lt;/a&gt; tab. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But in this case, since this is a search result, you would be able to sort by any of these 4 options: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;relevance&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;newest&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;votes&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;active &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a direct link to the search result on the main site and sorted by date:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?tab=newest&amp;amp;q=intags%3amine%20is%3aquestion%20isanswered%3ano%20hasaccepted%3ano%20closed%3ano&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/search?tab=newest&amp;amp;q=intags%3amine%20is%3aquestion%20isanswered%3ano%20hasaccepted%3ano%20closed%3ano&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;P.S. You need both &lt;code&gt;isanswered:no&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;hasaccepted:no&lt;/code&gt; to correctly filter them and have the same result as the Unanswered tab. As questions with an accepted answer but with a vote of 1 or less, is not being considered as answered in the search results. But it is considered answered in the Unanswered tab.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2016-08-16T10:43:34.810" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15936" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15932" CreationDate="2016-08-16T10:36:57.447" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't think I &lt;em&gt;quite&lt;/em&gt; agree with Jacob, but I think that's mostly because the question you're asking can be viewed in a few separate ways. You're actually asking three separate things:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Third party software and compatibility, installation, usage are all on-topic here.&lt;/strong&gt; Yes, there will be times when &amp;quot;asking &lt;em&gt;somebody else&lt;/em&gt; directly&amp;quot; might be better. We might not have somebody familiar with the software or that combination of software and Ubuntu setup, or hardware, etc, etc. But we might.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Speculative questions about development releases are off-topic.&lt;/strong&gt; Not all questions about upcoming releases are but &amp;quot;&lt;em&gt;Will&lt;/em&gt; +1 support y?&amp;quot; is the sort of thing where neither we or the app developer &lt;em&gt;really&lt;/em&gt; know until it's release time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm sure there are exceptions people could point out but the test is whether or not it can be answered and still be relevant (and accurate) by release time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Speculative questions about third party software are off-topic.&lt;/strong&gt; This is really just an extension of #2 and we probably don't have a single specific close reason about this but only the developer(s) knows their plans for the future. That should be obvious.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So a question about third party software (even current compatibility) is fine in my books. A question asking about the future support of it on a future version of Ubuntu isn't on at least two counts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2016-08-17T20:01:31.723" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15937" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15925" CreationDate="2016-08-17T00:26:26.933" Score="8" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Factors most influencing how many votes an answer receives:&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The traffic that the question receives&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is a huge difference in the amount of traffic a question receives.  A common question or one that ranks well on Google can get thousands of times as much traffic as another question.  This is the reason you can go into some questions which have top answers with over 300 upvotes, and others where the top answers have 1 or 2 upvotes.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How highly ranked the answer is already&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Assuming there is a high-traffic question with many answers, the answers that appear at the top gain more upvotes at a much higher rate. This means that a &quot;good enough&quot; answer that gets in early and gains some upvotes at an early stage can be advantaged over later answers once traffic starts increasing to the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, the nature of the audience here means that a small but significant number of people &lt;em&gt;do&lt;/em&gt; spend effort reading the other answers, so an answer that is significantly &lt;em&gt;better&lt;/em&gt; still has a chance of rising to the top (or near top, if there's an accepted answer already).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How authoritative the answer feels&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is hard to quantify, but answers that confidently make statements in a matter-of-fact way, and appear to correctly use technical terminology give off the impression of being written by an &quot;expert&quot; and tend to do better.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Simplicity of language&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Shorter answers are not necessarily advantaged, in fact often the most-upvoted answers are quite long.  The difference is that they use language that is easy to understand.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Good formatting&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Good layout of an answer, including subheadings, correct formatting for code samples, bolding important points and appropriate separation of text into paragraphs have an advantage.  In the case of two answers that essentially say the same thing, though written independently of each other, the one with better formatting and a heading (or multiple headings) often does better.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Whether the answer is self-contained&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Answers which direct the reader to a different website don't tend to do as well.  This is not just because the site policy which discourages answers which are only links, but also because they direct the reader away from this website, and therefore less likely to come back to the page that has the answer on it in order to upvote.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54256" LastActivityDate="2016-08-17T00:26:26.933" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15938" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15939" CreationDate="2016-08-17T12:06:16.383" Score="32" ViewCount="290" Body="&lt;p&gt;There's an &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/813324/ubuntu-16-04-is-slow-has-poor-performance-why&quot;&gt;interesting question&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;em&gt;link for 10k'rs only&lt;/em&gt;) that was posted recently.  On face value, it looks like a valid post.  It asks a valid ubuntu question, but if you look a bit closer, it has a link to some real estate software site on the &lt;code&gt;t&lt;/code&gt; in the word &lt;code&gt;installed&lt;/code&gt; in the first line of the post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is, what should I do in a case like this?  Do I flag for deletion?  Do I try editing it out and face potential roll-back wars?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527350" LastEditorUserId="527350" LastEditDate="2017-04-11T12:49:07.417" LastActivityDate="2017-04-11T12:49:07.417" Title="Obscure links to promote service" Tags="|discussion|spam-handling|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15939" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15938" CreationDate="2016-08-17T12:13:47.023" Score="35" Body="&lt;p&gt;Good catch! You should flag this as spam since it is clearly spam. The OP is trying to hide their spam in a valid-sounding question. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Actually, for such hidden things, a custom mod flag might be a better choice. Explain that it is hidden spam. Otherwise, the mod who handles the flag could easily miss it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this particular case, I found the text of the question in a forum post &lt;a href=&quot;http://exceptionin.com/q/ubuntu-16-04-is-slow-has-poor-performance-why-2&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. The spammer simply copied it and added the spam link. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've now deleted the post, thanks for bringing it up. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2016-08-20T10:37:13.843" LastActivityDate="2016-08-20T10:37:13.843" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15940" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15941" CreationDate="2016-08-17T21:21:28.360" Score="3" ViewCount="76" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is it appropriate to ask questions regarding programming language codes like Java codes over here?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="492332" LastActivityDate="2016-08-17T21:38:45.317" Title="Questions regarding programming language codes" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15941" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15940" CreationDate="2016-08-17T21:38:45.317" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;As long as it is related to Ubuntu, it is on-topic. Questions that ask about general programming things ( like how do I use ArrayList in Java ) belong on other sites, Code Review or Stackoverflow&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="295286" LastActivityDate="2016-08-17T21:38:45.317" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15942" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15957" CreationDate="2016-08-17T21:52:50.753" Score="6" ViewCount="391" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was looking at the review queue and I got to vote on &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/605615&quot;&gt;this suggested edit&lt;/a&gt;. The author of the edit removed noise and fixed the uppercase of acronyms like &quot;HP&quot; (great modifications) but also included &lt;strong&gt;3 links to Wikipedia&lt;/strong&gt; pages related to the hardware the OP is using.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now I feel a bit confused and I don't really know what to do. Peter has a very positive history of very valuable contributions on the network, especially on SU where &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.superuser.com/2011/04/27/peter-mortensen-editor-in-chief/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;he was also editor in chief&lt;/a&gt;. There is clearly a case of good faith and desire to provide a contribution, no doubts on that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What confuses me is whether three links pointing to Wikipedia are really needed. This user is also &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Mortense&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;a very active participant in the Wikipedia community&lt;/a&gt;, so it might be that his love for the project has lead him to add a bit too much links to it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My points are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;This is definitely not spam. But could it be considered a bit too much &quot;affection&quot; for Wikipedia by adding links that might not be relevant?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Are those links actually relevant? Do they improve the post?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Should these kinds of edits be:&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;accepted without caring too much about them?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;encouraged because they provide useful background?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;rather rejected to avoid cluttering the post?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For Peter: I hope you don't feel bad at me for pointing out your edit, I am just trying to understand the rationale. Nothing personal here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="271" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2016-08-17T22:09:07.490" LastActivityDate="2016-08-28T01:12:22.773" Title="Is it useful/needed to include Wikipedia links for hardware information?" Tags="|discussion|edits|" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15943" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3608" CreationDate="2016-08-18T07:28:16.467" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;As AskUbuntu has grown in size, the chance of being a question duplicate has also increased. In my view, there are &lt;strong&gt;two&lt;/strong&gt; different cases involved here (at least):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Questions that are generic in nature and aren't subject to frequent change.&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, questions like&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;how to change permission of file or folder&lt;/em&gt; or&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;how to navigate in a file-tree&lt;/em&gt; or&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;how to create a bootable USB installation disk&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;have higher chances of being a duplicate (&lt;em&gt;One could almost correctly assume these must be a duplicate considering the maturity level of AskUbuntu&lt;/em&gt;). We should avoid answering these questions at first chance, instead search for the dupe target and close vote it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Questions regarding issues with frequent change.&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the contrary, if the &lt;em&gt;seemingly duplicate questions&lt;/em&gt; are about issues that might change from release to release and aren't  very obvious as duplicate, can be answered as long as you aren't aware of a dupe target. If you're aware that this is a duplicate, then answering these questions violate good community practice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, questions like&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;How to restart a service&lt;/em&gt; (considering the fact that service-management has changed in recent release)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Questions about Hardware issues with latest Ubuntu&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Questions about features of an updated software such as Files, Gnome-Shell 3.20 (at the writing of this answer) etc&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="61218" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2016-08-18T07:28:16.467" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15946" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3608" CreationDate="2016-08-18T17:22:42.513" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't see a problem here. There are some cases when I sometimes answer questions and at the same time VTC as a duplicate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;A question can be answered shortly, but the duplicate question has a good but a very complex answer.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A perfect example is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/55868/installing-broadcom-wireless-drivers&quot;&gt;Installing Broadcom Wireless Drivers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;OP shows that they need &lt;code&gt;bcmwl-kernel-source&lt;/code&gt; and it this easy answer is better for the OP than a long manual about these drivers. Not everyone can understand it all, including Secure Boot issue, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Same is about Nvidia drivers with top answer being not quite good, because of being a bit obsolete.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;I know the question is a duplicate, but can't find of which one.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this case I prefer to give an answer. If someone marks the question as a duplicate, nothing is wrong. I can find it later and do it myself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I do not think it is a problem at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="167850" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2016-08-19T17:17:32.450" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15947" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15925" CreationDate="2016-08-19T20:47:55.313" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Echoing the above, but I'd like to propose another potential indicator: both of the lower-voted answers you've referenced are ones where you answered your own question, with little to no input contributed by other users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not that self-confirmed answers are inherently less useful, but when you compare that to a lack of varied answers (or comments) from other users, and an average or low view count, the signs add up to indicate a question (and thus answer) that is of relatively less interest to the community at large. (As others have already pointed out.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For myself personally, I know that that the majority of questions I encounter (and wind up upvoting) on SE communities are ones I find via Google when I'm trying to find a solution to a similar (or the same) problem. I also tend to pay more attention to the answers on questions I've answered myself, to see how they compare and what the discourse looks like (so the wider the spread of answers, the more likely I am to scan/upvote).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you suspect that the issue in question is more commonly experienced than the votes indicate, it could be that you're just phrasing it in a way that makes it hard to find. You could try writing the question with SEO-minded wording to see if that garners it more attention on Google or in the community search results.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Search engines will typically pay the most attention to an SE community question than an answer (since the question composes the meta title, main heading, and slug of the page), so the more likely the question is to appear in search results, the more likely people are to read/vote your answer as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="580023" LastActivityDate="2016-08-19T20:47:55.313" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15948" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15938" CreationDate="2016-08-19T21:25:44.897" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is one of those cases where I personally would flag for moderator's intervention because this is not so obvious of a case. Explain clearly that the post is spam and is disguised, point where the link is placed.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="295286" LastActivityDate="2016-08-19T21:25:44.897" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15949" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15952" CreationDate="2016-08-20T08:47:34.620" Score="24" ViewCount="444" Body="&lt;p&gt;Please don't just vote bad posts up because you feel sorry for people who got voted down, it completely undermines the point of voting and wastes other peoples votes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Today I voted &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/814467/software-to-star-coding-and-programming&quot;&gt;this post&lt;/a&gt; down, it is bad, there is no way anyone can think it is good. It is vague, off topic, shows a lack of research.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Shortly after someone else voted this up, they left no comment and the post is not good, so only received an upvote because someone thought down voting is mean.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is one of the things I hate most on SE, people who think downvoting is mean and we should not do it voting to cancel out downvotes, it wastes my vote, your vote, gives to OP rep for a bad post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sorry this is a bit of a rant but this gets on my nerves, don't vote because you feel sorry for people, you should vote on the quality of the post and not the person.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would love to here from the person who voted that up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2016-08-25T00:55:12.063" Title="Please don't just vote posts up because you feel sorry for them getting voted down" Tags="|discussion|voting|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="22" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15950" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15951" CreationDate="2016-08-20T09:28:09.460" Score="2" ViewCount="84" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am surprised by the amount of wifi-network-related questions without an accepted answer. If you look below, combined they amount for almost as much as 14.04 tags alone!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/n1m1v.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/n1m1v.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is people less willing to help on those questions? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are solutions specific to each particular case? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is that hardware the most prone to bugs in Debian/Ubuntu?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user308164" LastEditorDisplayName="user308164" LastEditDate="2016-08-20T10:27:22.823" LastActivityDate="2016-08-20T11:09:28.653" Title="Why there are so many unanswered network-wifi related questions?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15951" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15950" CreationDate="2016-08-20T10:01:09.750" Score="12" Body="&lt;h3&gt;1. Lack of users answering those questions&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are very few users who regularly answer network-related questions. Off the top of my head, I can only name 3 maybe 4 users who answer them more or less regularly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;2. Lack of hardware availability&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The hardware issues often require testing and having the said hardware available.  Personally, I have access to only 3 wifi cards, and swapping them on and off requires time. Not a lot of users are willing to go down that route. Terminal and bash are readily available - hence more users pursuing command-line type of questions or user administration.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;3. Path of least resistance&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Lots of people answer the questions to which they know answers or feel confident in answering. WiFi questions require time to troubleshoot and the solutions are not always apparent unless you are chili555 who is a guru and I'm not worthy to speak his name. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="295286" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2016-08-20T11:09:28.653" LastActivityDate="2016-08-20T11:09:28.653" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15952" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15949" CreationDate="2016-08-20T20:18:44.437" Score="16" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This is one of the things I hate most on SE, people who think downvoting is mean and we should not do it voting to cancel out downvotes, it wastes my vote, your vote, gives to OP rep for a bad post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just like silly downvotes exist, silly upvotes exist. The first one probably more often than the latter. I &lt;em&gt;never ever&lt;/em&gt; heard of someone, voting to eliminate a downvote however. I doubt it happens, and even if it does, it won't be more then occasionally.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am having a bit of difficulty therefore with your assumption that the vote was done out of pity and to compensate &quot;being mean&quot;. What makes you think this vote was motivated like that, and not a random vote, like we see a lot, both up and down?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Although I agree with:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;don't vote because you feel sorry for people, you should vote on the quality of the post and not the person.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;...I doubt if your anger has a substantially existing target.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even &lt;em&gt;if&lt;/em&gt; it exists, the damage is limited:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;it wastes my vote, your vote, gives to OP rep for a bad post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Although incorrect, a single misplaced upvote will not eliminate multiple downvotes.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The rep is the least of our problems. If someone repeatedly posts bad posts, a single upvote won't make him or her an established user. If it was &quot;an accident&quot;, the single upvote is meaningless as well.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="72216" LastEditDate="2016-08-21T08:47:14.160" LastActivityDate="2016-08-21T08:47:14.160" CommentCount="12" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15953" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15925" CreationDate="2016-08-20T20:38:11.910" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm guilty of up-voting your Real Time Clock answer a week ago. I thought the picture of the RTC was hilarious. I could up-vote your USB problem because I suffered something similar using dd to create bootable USB from .ISO file last month.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think popular up-votes are from common questions everyone has. When I first started working with PC's the current date and time was the first thing you were prompted for and replacing clock watch batteries on the motherboard was common practice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I didn't up-vote your USB answer (I just read) because I can't remember if I had the exact same problem you had... it was very similar but not a guarantee. Experimenting with the USB again and recreating the problem is not worth the effort of authenticating an up-vote to you from me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;FTR, I think even the most humble appreciate up-votes. However, I want to avoid writing answers tailored to garner votes. I simply want to write honestly, from the heart and using my writing style that is not sexed up in any way. If you can't be yourself on the internet then all those freedoms lost in the real world (due to Big Brother, SJW's, PC or whatever) are now lost digitally too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;HTH.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="307523" LastActivityDate="2016-08-20T20:38:11.910" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15954" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15914" CreationDate="2016-08-21T16:27:14.543" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have to agree with your assessment of the recent question quality. This may be just due to an influx of new users who think any question they can't answer must be a good one. To be fair, I have no doubt that I made similar mistakes in my early days here. I try to make it a practice to only up-vote questions that clearly comply with the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/how-to-ask&quot;&gt;guidelines.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my experience those have been few and far between. Some questions look ok but when you tackle it you discover it's really garbage in disguise. Here's an &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/811299/squashfs-errors-post-install&quot;&gt;example&lt;/a&gt; of a question that looks like it might be good at first glance (several upvotes and a bounty offered by a highly respected member), but digging into the details shows that it lacks sufficient information and the solutions the OP claims to have tried almost all point to questions without solutions. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2016-08-23T22:53:59.610" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15956" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15942" CreationDate="2016-08-21T20:44:35.827" Score="1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;This is definitely not spam. But could it be considered a bit too much &quot;affection&quot; for Wikipedia by adding links that might not be relevant&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Addition of links wasn't sole purpose of edition, he fixed grammar; they're rather bonus, not hurting the post, so if the editor likes it, why not?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Are those links actually relevant? Do they improve the post?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the particular case it's subjective &lt;em&gt;(anybody not knowing HP here?)&lt;/em&gt;. So, I'd approach from the opposite side: they doesn't harm the post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Should these kinds of edits be:&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ol&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;accepted without caring too much about them?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;encouraged because they provide useful background?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;rather rejected to avoid cluttering the post?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That depends. If the linked edit would've made for sole purpose of adding links, I'd rather reject it, because it would add from little to no info to the post, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/edit&quot;&gt;trivial edits are discouraged&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another reject situation as if a post already has important links, like to bug-reports, blog posts, tutorials one used, etc; and the edition clutters available ones with those that didn't help much. As an upper bound situation imagine a post with every word linked to a dictionary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In other cases, i.e. when edit was made for purposes of fixing &lt;em&gt;(like grammar, formatting, etc)&lt;/em&gt;, and links doesn't hurt to readability, it is fine to accept.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for the fact that links are made specifically to Wikipedia — I doesn't see it as anything bad at all: in the end, it is an encyclopedia, the more that it is a non-commercial one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="266507" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2016-08-21T21:38:25.073" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15957" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15942" CreationDate="2016-08-21T22:30:05.460" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;In my opinion, links should only be added if they are immediately relevant to the question, regardless of where the links point to (can be Wikipedia or Canonical or whatever that is most useful and relevant). Also, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/15942/is-it-useful-needed-to-include-wikipedia-links-for-hardware-information&quot;&gt;adding a hyperlink does in fact affect the readability of a post because it causes the hyperlinked text to be colored differently from the unhyperlinked text&lt;/a&gt;. For a post on the main site (but not the meta site), the hyperlinked text also gets underlined when you mouseover it. This means adding hyperlinks will draw attention to them, so we want to make sure the attention expended is worthwhile.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For this particular edit, the links to the Wikipedia articles for Ubuntu 14.04 and HP Pavilion notebooks are &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; immediately relevant to the question. Therefore, such links, when clicked, have drawn attention to information that is not useful and wastes time. The proposed Wikipedia links are therefore harmful to the post and the edit should be rejected if the addition of the Wikipedia links were the only modifications in the edit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, we can't reject or accept parts of an edit. For this edit, I think the good from fixing grammar and punctuation and removing noise outweighs the bad from adding the Wikipedia links. Therefore, I would have chosen &quot;Improve Edit&quot; and then remove the Wikipedia links.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15003" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.150" LastActivityDate="2016-08-22T01:17:49.493" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15959" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15960" CreationDate="2016-08-22T08:24:10.683" Score="1" ViewCount="96" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/811299/ubuntu-squashfs-errors&quot;&gt;My question&lt;/a&gt; has only upvotes but no answers, yet no comments. It's just a distant dessert I guess.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why is it so inactive?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user527600" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2016-08-22T20:10:27.373" Title="Why are unanswered questions always getting upvotes but no answers?" Tags="|discussion|support|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15960" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15959" CreationDate="2016-08-22T08:47:15.157" Score="8" Body="&lt;h3&gt;Short answer&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Voting&lt;/em&gt; for questions and &lt;em&gt;answering&lt;/em&gt; are two (completely) different things:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I &lt;em&gt;vote&lt;/em&gt; for a question if the issue is well explained, well documented and the question shows some effort to find a solution/to analyze the issue. Whether I have knowledge on the subject or not is irrelevant then.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I &lt;em&gt;answer&lt;/em&gt; a question if I am pretty sure I can offer a working solution or a useful insight.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2016-08-22T20:10:27.373" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15961" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15959" CreationDate="2016-08-22T12:00:12.200" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;In view of the fact that you have already tried many of the common and easy solutions, the margin of people who can attempt an answer at your question is greatly diminished.  That's also why it is getting up-votes: if you hover over the upvote button, it says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This question shows research effort, it is useful and clear.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your question indeed does show research effort, &lt;strong&gt;which is a good thing&lt;/strong&gt;.  Therefore, it gets upvotes.  However, your potential responders are diminished.  If you want to get more potential responders, you can start a bounty on the question: it gives more incentive for those who could potentially find the answer to your question to search a bit longer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;TL;DR:&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The first responders can't perform surgeries.  If you want a surgery, you either have to wait, pay a bunch, or a combination of both.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527350" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2016-08-22T12:00:12.200" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15962" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-08-23T06:26:54.407" Score="0" ViewCount="53" Body="&lt;p&gt;So there is a bug in the chatroom.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's the glitch in simple ways.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have currently 184 Rep. and the chatroom oddly thinks that i have 200 Rep.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does any users or mod want to deny this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EDIT: I am stupid. Thanks @takkat for explaining this to me. No further discussions are needed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user527600" LastEditorDisplayName="user527600" LastEditDate="2016-08-23T06:38:16.817" LastActivityDate="2016-08-23T06:38:16.817" Title="Glitch in the chatroom" Tags="|discussion|bug|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2016-08-23T07:19:13.793" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15963" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3174" CreationDate="2016-08-23T16:28:29.087" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I for one take voting very seriously. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I upvote questions that I answer as clearly I found them interesting enough to answer them. Ideally they should meet the minimum &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/how-to-ask&quot;&gt;guidelines.&lt;/a&gt; This might be after editing/obtaining the bare minimum information required to understand/answer the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Answers I typically test for functionality prior to voting unless I already know what the result of the proposed course of action will be. I will often downvote, edit or leave a comment on incomplete/inaccurate answers with an eye towards improving the site. If I find an answer that is non-functional or out of date I will normally leave a comment and if possible provide a correct answer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;IMHO This results in better quality overall. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastEditorUserId="225694" LastEditDate="2017-08-22T16:07:44.853" LastActivityDate="2017-08-22T16:07:44.853" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15964" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15344" CreationDate="2016-08-23T18:00:32.577" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;A few other things to remember:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If your account gets totally deleted, you can always set up another with a different email address and ask the same questions with it instead.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you don't like someone's answer, don't just downvote it, look for other answers by that user and downvote them too.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Never take screenshots!&lt;/strong&gt;  Take a picture of your screen with the worst camera you can find and upload it.  Even better, post a Youtube video!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If someone does answer your question correctly, delete it: they don't need to be bothered with it anymore.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Il faut absolummnt poser sa question dans une langue autre que l'Anglais, puisque c'est possible de remarquer quelque chose dans le style: &amp;quot;Not in English SVP&amp;quot;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Append:&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In &lt;em&gt;one case only&lt;/em&gt; is it permissable to use screenshots, and that is the case of terminal output.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527350" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2018-08-16T22:08:16.863" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="15965" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15967" CreationDate="2016-08-24T02:50:38.307" Score="19" ViewCount="344" Body="&lt;p&gt;Today , I was editing a question and apparently there were some new changes in place for spam detection. Definitely good news . . . except that spam detection is broken:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Q5thG.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Q5thG.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/cQ4lz.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/cQ4lz.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Out of all the words that there are for spam, the system latched onto &quot;According&quot; and &quot;Wikipedia&quot;. IMHO it is overboard and puts sticks into wheels of users who are trying to write well-researched answers with sources. Please revise the spam filter, as this is . . . how should I put it . . .doesn't do what it's supposed to do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On a side note, I propose a rep-cap feature added to spam filter. Users like myself - with over 10k of reputation - can be sufficiently trusted. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="295286" LastEditorUserId="12845" LastEditDate="2016-08-24T17:39:50.883" LastActivityDate="2016-08-24T17:39:50.883" Title="Please fix spam detection" Tags="|bug|status-completed|spam|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15966" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15965" CreationDate="2016-08-24T08:51:45.653" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to Wikipedia, the llama is a quadruped.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit: That posted fine. I wonder if this was a temporary bug that is now fixed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2016-08-24T08:51:45.653" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15967" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15965" CreationDate="2016-08-24T17:39:41.577" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;CJK characters were blocked on Ask Ubuntu in response to a wave of spam. The message is intentionally misleading, to discourage the spammers from just working around it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've removed the block for now... If the site is deluged with spam, it may be re-added.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12845" LastActivityDate="2016-08-24T17:39:41.577" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15969" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15949" CreationDate="2016-08-25T00:55:12.063" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Conversely if you read an answer that with up-vote(s) don't vote it down because it doesn't meet your literary standards or you think you could have answered it better. That's mean spirited. Add a polite (or at least neutral) comment to the answer instead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think greed/envy/judgement is a more likely occurrence with down votes than empathy/sympathy/guilt with up-votes. But I'm new here and might be wrong :). The interesting up/down votes will be on Nov 8/16.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="307523" LastActivityDate="2016-08-25T00:55:12.063" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15970" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15344" CreationDate="2016-08-25T01:23:16.030" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Always give a long, rambling autobiography explaining how expert you are at software development and system maintenance.  Be sure to include your personal stories about how this problem you are encountering is going to ruin your /grades /marriage /master's thesis /employment if you don't get help ASAP.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="243321" LastActivityDate="2016-08-25T01:23:16.030" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15971" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15942" CreationDate="2016-08-25T07:37:19.237" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Editor in chief at Superuser is a great accolade. That being said, it's always possible to learn something new, if only to avoid becoming complacent. The last new editing trick I learned was this one:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;!-- language: lang-none --&amp;gt;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Put this line before a code block followed by a blank line and it suppresses code highlighting. It's invisible by default, so it won't be visible on the screen if special formatting to make it visible is not added. The colors in code highlighting can be distracting if they don't serve the useful purpose of making the code easier to understand.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My suggestion is to take it easy on unnecessary links to Wikipedia hardware articles because they can be distracting too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="94914" LastEditorUserId="94914" LastEditDate="2016-08-25T07:59:19.193" LastActivityDate="2016-08-25T07:59:19.193" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15972" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15973" CreationDate="2016-08-25T08:50:30.573" Score="11" ViewCount="337" Body="&lt;p&gt;What is the correct thing to do when someone posts two different answers to the same question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/454124/ubuntus-software-file-type/454154?noredirect=1#comment1236201_454154&quot;&gt;my example&lt;/a&gt;, I am not trying to say &quot;This user did this wrong!&quot;, we have only had a couple of comments discussion about it, I am just looking for opinions on this for future reference.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I see no reason, that one question can require two answers from the same user, how best to handle this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does it even matter? It is a bit untidy but not hurting anyone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thoughts?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2016-08-25T09:54:05.737" Title="Two answers on one question by the same user" Tags="|discussion|answers|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15973" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15972" CreationDate="2016-08-25T09:47:50.283" Score="23" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's an occasional practice for users to post two or more answers to the same question. It may be done for several reasons:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;To split specific use-cases into separate posts, which may require specific approach. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;To decrease noise/distraction in the original/first answer. Lengthy answers may get tedious to read for users. Shorter posts may win in clarity&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;To outline multiple steps required for the solution, and provide detailed overview of what should be done&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The specific example you address can fall under the first bullet point, but  not under the other two, so in that specific case I agree - the posts should be merged. That said, I still think multiple posts are OK&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I personally have often gotten comments suggesting that alternative approach that I crammed into same post should be split into two.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, it is possible to have users who spam posts, but that tends to occur only in low-reputation users. The higher reputation users typically have a specific reason for doing what they do. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The way I see it is this: if a post addresses the question(on-topic), is detailed ( not low quality ) , and not spam - then let it be. It doesn't matter who posted it - the same user or several others - as long as it's useful  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="295286" LastEditorUserId="295286" LastEditDate="2016-08-25T09:54:05.737" LastActivityDate="2016-08-25T09:54:05.737" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15974" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-08-25T13:24:08.280" Score="1" ViewCount="123" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here I am, completely new to linux and I don't have any new questions to ask. But I would like clarification on existing questions. So within this system, clearly I have no means to provide any answers, so I don't have a way to participate in conversations unless I wait until I have new questions that other users feel like upvoting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How are new users supposed to gain any traction? Or is this system intended to protect this site from new users?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm hearing that I wasn't already educated in linux so I don't belong here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;PS: To whomever ventured to do it, I do believe downvoting this question literally validates my concern.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user585179" LastEditorDisplayName="user585179" LastEditDate="2016-10-12T12:19:18.763" LastActivityDate="2016-10-12T12:19:18.763" Title="What is the intent of the AskUbuntu reputation threshold to enable commenting?" Tags="|discussion|users|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="10" ClosedDate="2016-08-26T14:29:13.100" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15975" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15974" CreationDate="2016-08-25T13:52:39.100" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The point of the rep and privileges is to reward users who use the site by giving them some control for their contributions. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You are hearing, &quot;I don't belong here,&quot; but it is more like, &quot;please make a few small contributions to the site. We are helping you for free, so please give something back to unlock some features.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;50 rep is nothing really and there are many ways you can make it:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;1) Edit some bad posts -- +2 rep per accepted edit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2) Ask good questions -- +5 rep per vote and +2 if you accept an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;3) Answer a few questions -- +10 rep per upvote and +15 for an accepted answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Everyone starts from 1 and must work their way up. People think they should be able to do what they want here right away but that is not the point.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We aim to keep the quality of the site as high as possible and this means locking some features out to new users. It avoids things like spam or abuse, etc...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you have never even asked a question here, I think you are jumping the gun a bit with the complaints, don't you?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges&quot;&gt;full list of available privileges&lt;/a&gt; and what you need to do to get them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In short, you get what you give :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2016-08-25T14:15:29.903" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15976" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-08-25T14:53:39.623" Score="7" ViewCount="401" Body="&lt;p&gt;IMO we should remove the accepted answer, from &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1488/how-can-i-use-netflix-on-ubuntu&quot;&gt;How can I use Netflix on Ubuntu?&lt;/a&gt;. The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/509947/85695&quot;&gt;2nd most-voted answer&lt;/a&gt; is clearly more correct and supported by Google/Netflix. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Right now the only supported way to use Netflix is to use Google Chrome, as the second answer recommends. Firefox 49 (due next month) also allows for native Netflix. The accepted answer recommends a PPA and installing WINE, and the netflix-desktop package only even supports up to 15.04&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2017-10-28T21:44:33.530" Title="Accepted Netflix answer is incorrect" Tags="|discussion|answers|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="15" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15977" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15976" CreationDate="2016-08-25T16:20:53.123" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The most correct answer was being eclipsed by an incorrect answer. Now that previously incorrect answer has been updated and that kludge has been partially fixed. I say &lt;em&gt;partially fixed&lt;/em&gt; because the Netflix topic has popped up again today in this question: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/820986/netflix-not-working-in-firefox-how-to-fix&quot;&gt;Netflix not working in Firefox, how to fix?&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="94914" LastEditorUserId="94914" LastEditDate="2017-10-28T21:44:33.530" LastActivityDate="2017-10-28T21:44:33.530" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15978" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15974" CreationDate="2016-08-26T12:15:42.100" Score="4" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What is the intent of the AskUbuntu reputation threshold to enable commenting?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One of the reasons: to prevent spam.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Here I am, completely new to linux and I don't have any new questions to ask.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Completely understandable. But I bet you can answer questions. I myself started out like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;copy/paste title into google.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;find matching topics&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;find answer to title and/or question in body&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;type out an answer based on google results.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will be amazed how quick your rep goes up like that. Side-effect: the interesting parts will stick in your head making you a more improved Linux user.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What also gets a lot of rep are &quot;manual&quot; questions. From command &lt;code&gt;man ls&lt;/code&gt; shows the manual of the &lt;code&gt;ls&lt;/code&gt; command. If someone asks how to do something with &lt;code&gt;ls&lt;/code&gt; an answer is possible by just selecting the correct parts from the manual. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;How are new users supposed to gain any traction? Or is this system intended to protect this site from new users?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Gain a bit of rep 1st (see above and Mark's post). You also get 100 rep as a sign-up bonus for every sub-site.  Most of the blocks on AU (or generally all stack sub-sites) are to prevent spam/abuse of the system. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I'm hearing that I wasn't already educated in linux so I don't belong here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Nooooo, what you should have heard is: we like you to join but do need a little proof that you are what you are. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastActivityDate="2016-08-26T12:15:42.100" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15979" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-08-26T20:06:44.963" Score="-3" ViewCount="197" Body="&lt;p&gt;If a question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;is an &lt;em&gt;exact&lt;/em&gt; duplicate of an existing question, meaning:&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;is also undoubtedly based on the same issue or reason&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;is also &lt;em&gt;meant&lt;/em&gt; in the same way&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;...it seems pretty clear that the question should be marked as a dupe. Additional (alternative) answers can and should be posted on the original question. If OP nevertheless does not &lt;em&gt;like&lt;/em&gt; the existing answer(s), or would prefer another solution, we have several tools to draw attention to the question. The bounty system is the most important one no doubt, but OP can also comment on his own question, dupe or not, and there are more ways.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is the only line of thinking of a dupe that actually makes sense, one would say.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Not&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; if we look at the message someone gets in case a question is marked as a dupe, as I learned from the discussion on a recent question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;if the answers on the possible duplicate do not answer your question then you should edit your question to explain why.&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So: if the question is an exact an undoubted dupe, but OP does not &lt;em&gt;like&lt;/em&gt; existing answer(s) or suggested solution(s), it suddenly isn't a dupe anymore?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If that would be the rule, we could ask the very same question over and over again until we get the answer we like, dupe or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Exceptions&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Reality is always more complicated than theory and rules can describe. You can always discuss how strict certain rules should be applied and when to (possibly) allow exceptions.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If the rules are unclear to begin with however&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;, we can have discussion on each and every dupe. It is for a reason that there are so many different interpretations on what &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; a dupe, and so many &amp;quot;accidents&amp;quot; in review happen on dupes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The text of the message isn't helping much then, on the contrary, it gives the impression it is OK to deliberately post or keep a dupe, as long as you don't like existing answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;So in short&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am not suggesting &amp;quot;iron&amp;quot; practice. It should be clear however &lt;em&gt;why&lt;/em&gt; exceptions should be practised, and exceptions &lt;em&gt;to what rule&lt;/em&gt;. The current message however suggests that the rule is that &lt;em&gt;the answer defines the question&lt;/em&gt;, which makes no sense. Not in real live, not on AU.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please change the text of the dupe- message into something like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;if the the possible duplicate is different from your question, please explain why your question is different.&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="anon" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditorDisplayName="anon" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2016-08-29T09:00:07.090" Title="The dupe- message is confusing, please change it" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15980" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15979" CreationDate="2016-08-26T20:27:22.157" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;TL;DR&lt;/strong&gt;: nope, the duplicate message is alright. Users can ask duplicate questions under reasonable circumstances and having sufficient argument to do so&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;In this answer:&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Validation for asking new question&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Prior Questions on SE Meta&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Duplicate message&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The linked question and what is wrong with flagging it as duplicate&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;1. Validation for asking new question:&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;if the question is an exact an undoubted dupe, but OP does not like&#xA;existing answer(s), it suddenly isn't a dupe anymore?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While it &lt;em&gt;may&lt;/em&gt; be a duplicate, even word for word, users still have right to ask a different question &lt;em&gt;if the answers under original question do not satisfy OP's specific case&lt;/em&gt; or the question is outdated. Especially in the last case, new users with only 1 reputation, &lt;strong&gt;cannot add bounty&lt;/strong&gt; to existing question to draw attention , and &lt;strong&gt;cannot comment&lt;/strong&gt;. The consequence of brutally closing all questions as duplicates leads to more users being pissed and having no answer. As &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/11/dr-strangedupe-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-duplication/&quot;&gt;Jeff Atwood&lt;/a&gt; put it:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Having one &amp;quot;perfect&amp;quot; form of a question that contains every possible answer to every slight variation of that question is a myth at best and actively harmful at worst.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even the duplicate message suggests that asking a different question is OK&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Liking the answer has nothing to do here, and nobody explicitly comes and says &amp;quot;I don't like it, make me something else&amp;quot;. People ask those questions because answers on dupe &lt;em&gt;do not work for them&lt;/em&gt;. This is legitimate reason to keep question open&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;2. Prior Questions on SE Meta&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Refer to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/194479/295160&quot;&gt;Someone flagged my question as already answered, but it's not&lt;/a&gt; . It is a normal and accepted practice to have a duplicate question, which specifically says &lt;em&gt;suggested duplicate did not work for them&lt;/em&gt;. Even if confirmed by OP, the OP still has right to request their question being left open because answers on other answers did not work or are not satisfactory for them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Refer to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/a/260612/3701431&quot;&gt;How to remove duplicate mark from my question?&lt;/a&gt;. The answer states:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your question has been closed as a duplicate, but the answers to the other question don't solve your problem, edit your question to explain exactly why. Be sure to actually try to use the information in the other answers. Don't just write &amp;quot;That obviously is different&amp;quot;; take some time and try to understand why expert users decided to help you by pointing you to an existing post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that even on &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/14833/295286&quot;&gt;our own site, our own moderator&lt;/a&gt; has explicitly stated that it is alright to edit the question and explain why the question is not a duplicate&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/closed-questions&quot;&gt;documentation&lt;/a&gt; itself states:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;duplicate - the fundamental goal of closing duplicate questions is to&#xA;help people &lt;strong&gt;find the right answer&lt;/strong&gt; by getting all of those answers in&#xA;one place&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;Right answer&amp;quot; is subjective in some cases, and depending on OP's circumstances the &amp;quot;right answer&amp;quot; may not be in the duplicate. ( Mechanic: &amp;quot;Hey, Mr. Customer, I had another person have this car issue&amp;quot; , Customer:&amp;quot;Yeah, but those guys had one brand of car, I have different one, the parts are in different places&amp;quot; )&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;3. Duplicate message&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Prior to 2015 , it appears the duplicate message used to have such clause:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Compare:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/V6rpx.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/V6rpx.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/TaXZ4.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/TaXZ4.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So while I might agree with you that the message may need to be edited to include that clause again, I strongly disagree that &amp;quot;question defines the duplicate, not the answers&amp;quot;. What's the worth of a question, if the answers there don't work ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;4. The linked question and what is wrong with flagging it as duplicate&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Referring back to the specific question , OP appropriately responded in the comments:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I agree our questions are the same but the answer on that question does not answer my question. It only offers an unnecessary alternative&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;@JacobVlijm I didn't take anything personal. When you flagged it as a possible duplicate askubuntu sent me a notification saying if the answers on the possible duplicate didn't answer my question (they don't) then I should edit my question to explain why.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As per two StackOverflow meta posts, his action is legitimate and his question deserves to be standalone post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, consider both questions: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/701238/295286&quot;&gt;Panda&lt;/a&gt; asked &lt;code&gt;How to interact with window behind gnome-terminal on shortcut key press?&lt;/code&gt; , while &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/816023/295286&quot;&gt;CaldwellYSR&lt;/a&gt; I would love to be able to click through the terminal and interact with the browser directly ( they did not ask for shortcut , so &lt;strong&gt;it's not exact duplicate in the first place !&lt;/strong&gt; )&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;OP explicitly mentioned that in the comments as well:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It did answer your question, since it is exactly the same question. You even mentioned: &amp;quot;this is a much better answer than the one in the duplicate question&amp;quot;. The fact that you don' t like the answer doesn't change that . . .&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;@JacobVlijm It doesn't... it offers an alternative to alt+tab. alt+tab has nothing to do with the question since the question about about keeping the terminal on top of what you're interacting with. That answer does exactly the opposite. . .&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;6&#xA;down vote&#xA;To expand further on what Oli said in the comments, I would argue that duplicates should only be used when both:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To quote &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/8841/295286&quot;&gt;thomasrutter&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Any answer to question &amp;quot;A&amp;quot; would also be a valid answer to question &amp;quot;B&amp;quot;; AND&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Any answer to question &amp;quot;B&amp;quot; would also be a valid answer to question &amp;quot;A&amp;quot;.&#xA;If either of the above two conditions aren't met it's not a duplicate question.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you can see, suggested duplicate asked for keyboard shortcut AND both mouse and keyboard interaction, while the original question asks for direct interaction AND mouse action on lower window while keyboard interacts with top window. &lt;em&gt;Answers to either question are not equally applicable&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/11/dr-strangedupe-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-duplication/&quot;&gt;Jeff Atwood stated in his blog&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are similar questions, yes, and so-called &amp;quot;exact&amp;quot; duplicates do&#xA;happen, but they are kind of rare in my experience. It's far more&#xA;common to have many subtle variations of a question. I think that's&#xA;OK, because that's how the world works. &lt;strong&gt;Trying to shoehorn a bunch of&#xA;semi-related things into one arbitrary container in service of some&#xA;Highlander-ish &amp;quot;there can be only one&amp;quot; rule is ultimately harmful&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="295286" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2016-08-28T00:16:05.447" CommentCount="28" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15982" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-08-27T00:33:23.543" Score="1" ViewCount="59" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've seen in the past questions on the meta dealing with case specific problems that have been very intriguing, yet to find out that the linked question had been deleted resulting in the &quot;Page not found!&quot; prompt. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After one of these questions are raised to view, they are usually deleted soon thereafter, leaving the Meta-post as a blob of text, with little reference to the post, which doesn't seem all that great. I don't want to ramble so I'll keep this brief. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think there should either be a cache of the question saved when deleted so that it can be referenced, or &lt;strong&gt;some way&lt;/strong&gt; to view said questions (see below.) Thoughts?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;EDIT:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br&gt;&#xA;  As pointed out by @Serg when reaching 10,000 reputation or more, you can view deleted answers, however I feel it would be good for new users to see these ridiculous mistakes being called out, so that they would know what not to do when it came to asking a question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="431864" LastEditorUserId="431864" LastEditDate="2016-08-28T00:49:14.743" LastActivityDate="2016-08-28T00:49:14.743" Title="Being able to see deleted answers" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15984" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15942" CreationDate="2016-08-27T16:59:55.117" Score="-2" Body="&lt;p&gt;We seem to be over thinking the linking. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If an answer to a question is found on a website why not link it? I've been chastised for not including a summary of the link in case the website goes down in the future--which I've done going forward.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only subconscious trepidation is a better link exists on page 50 of the google search but I only read as far as page 2--the next person posting an answer may include a link from page 50 making me look like an inferior researcher. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because most of us are enthusiasts / volunteers, I hope we aren't overly judgmental on links others provided out of their sincerity to help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="307523" LastActivityDate="2016-08-27T16:59:55.117" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15985" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3866" CreationDate="2016-08-27T17:21:16.863" Score="-2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I appreciate your question. The solution might be to still close the localized question and answer(s) but then instead of deleting them move them to a quarantine area. &quot;Low value questions and answers matching your search&quot; would be a clickable option into the quarantine area when searching AskUbuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If localized questions have no answers it is pointless putting them into quarantine area.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I hope a solution similar to quarantine area satisfies your request of not deleting localized Q&amp;amp;A &lt;strong&gt;and&lt;/strong&gt; sastisfies AskUbuntu desire not to show localized Q&amp;amp;A.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="307523" LastActivityDate="2016-08-27T17:21:16.863" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15986" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-08-27T21:15:44.620" Score="3" ViewCount="33" Body="&lt;p&gt;I  recently reviewed an &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/609763&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt; to a closed post. At first glance this seemed superfluous as it seemed pointless to edit a post that had already been closed as off-topic so I rejected the post and upon hitting the button noticed that the editor had added a plea towards relevance to 16.04 though the post in question was written about 13.04 and tagged as such. If I had read it more thouroughly I may have simply improved the edit by removing the references to 13.04 (and that tag) If I had the power to reverse that choice I might do so. Would that be the appropriate thing to do in this case?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2016-08-27T21:15:44.620" Title="Editing of closed posts" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15987" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-08-27T23:58:14.003" Score="4" ViewCount="158" Body="&lt;p&gt;There aready exists tag for &lt;code&gt;asus&lt;/code&gt;, and &lt;code&gt;zenbook&lt;/code&gt; is sub-family of &lt;code&gt;Asus&lt;/code&gt; ultrabook products. From &lt;code&gt;asus&lt;/code&gt; tag &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tags/asus/info&quot;&gt;description&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;ASUSTeK Computer Incorporated product range includes motherboards, laptops, servers and mobile phones.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since this tag already includes laptops, I believe &lt;code&gt;zenbook&lt;/code&gt; is unnecessary. We could also make the tag inclusive of &lt;code&gt;zenbook&lt;/code&gt; to add ultrabooks to the listing. What do you think, community ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="295286" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2016-08-29T01:01:55.077" Title="Should we keep the zenbook tag" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15988" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15987" CreationDate="2016-08-28T00:26:57.153" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Well the reason for the ZenBook tag is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/revisions/816264/3&quot;&gt;because there's a MacBook tag&lt;/a&gt;, but I'm not sure of the validity of that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The MacBook tag is useful because MacBooks are &quot;special&quot;: they have special firmware, special BIOSes, and exclusive hardware. Because of that, they generally need different instructions to get working. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;ZenBooks are really nice laptops, but they're not &quot;special&quot; in the same sense MacBooks are. The BIOS is probably by PHOENIX, the firmware is normal UEFI, and you'd probably find much of the same hardware in a Dell or HP. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For most questions, the ZenBook is the same as any other PC. Slightly different hardware, sure, but installation instructions for a Dell Latitude E6430 should apply to the ZenBook UX501VW. Macs just don't follow that pattern, annoyingly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, it can be argued that MacBook is fairly specific. Why have it when we could have just Mac? Well, this is my argument for that. The MacBook is really three separate products: Pro, Air, and the recently revived normal version. Each of these lines has its own generations. The ZenBook has plenty of laptops that take its name, but I see only two separate lines, if they can even be separated as such (clamshell and convertible). They're just models under the same product line.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/asus-laptop&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;asus-laptop&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;asus-laptop&lt;/a&gt; would work, but that could just be replaced with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/asus&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;asus&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;asus&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/laptop&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;laptop&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;laptop&lt;/a&gt; used in the same question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;OK, so we do have other specific tags, like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/dell-mini-9&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;dell-mini-9&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;dell-mini-9&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/dell-mini-10&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;dell-mini-10&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;dell-mini-10&lt;/a&gt;, but I wasn't around when those were created, so there's not much I can say against those, as I don't know the reasoning. This discussion is also about the ZenBook tag, not Dell.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My opinion on that tag is &quot;no.&quot; Sure it's useful for intense indexing, but the reason for it just doesn't make sense. And if we follow the reasoning that because one model has a tag, this one should too, we'd have so many tags that almost every question would have its own. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;MacBooks belong in a separate area, because they're weird to troubleshoot and use on Ubuntu. MacBooks are also really popular, so it's nice to have them organized like that. ZenBooks aren't so popular, so there are fewer questions we have to keep track of, and I think just the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/asus&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;asus&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;asus&lt;/a&gt; tag is enough.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I did see that there are also tags for the Pro and Air, but again, MacBooks are really popular, and it's nice to have such a proprietary device tagged as such. ZenBooks just aren't as popular. A search for &quot;zenbook&quot; yields 255 results. A search for MacBook yields 3,053, which is quite a bit more.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Conclusion (hopefully?): MacBooks have a tag, and that tag is useful because of their popularity; it's good for organization. At this point, I don't think ZenBooks have enough questions to merit a specific tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And I do want to repeat. I know there are specific tags with fewer matches than &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/zenbook&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;zenbook&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;zenbook&lt;/a&gt;. I wasn't there to argue against them, so I'm not going to. However, I am here to argue against the ZenBook tag, so I'm doing just that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="274320" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2016-08-28T00:26:57.153" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15989" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15942" CreationDate="2016-08-28T01:12:22.773" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would typically improve the edit by &quot;removing the cruft&quot; AKA deleting information that doesn't have a direct bearing on the question or answer. Related sources for an answer should be left as is. I think replacing an original dead link with an active one is a good idea. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't see the point in adding links to an edit unless they serve to support the original post or the edit you made.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastActivityDate="2016-08-28T01:12:22.773" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15990" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-08-28T12:04:26.843" Score="5" ViewCount="74" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just &quot;failed&quot; a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/close/609964&quot;&gt;review audit&lt;/a&gt;. I saw the question and read the comments. Comments directly under it included:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;add yourself to the &quot;affected&quot; people :) (see the &quot;reported&quot; link in my answer)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And comments / contents of other answers referred to a specific bug in Launchpad (&lt;strong&gt;including a link&lt;/strong&gt; to it). For this reason, I flagged the question as off-topic with this motivation:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Bug reports and problems specific to development version of Ubuntu should be reported on Launchpad so that developers can see, track and fix these issues.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then I got this message, like if I were a child being scolded by a teacher:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;h2&gt;STOP! Look and Listen.&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This was an audit, designed to see if you were paying attention. &lt;strong&gt;You&#xA;  didn't pass.&lt;/strong&gt; There are no major problems with this question. You&#xA;  should click Leave Open, or make minor corrections via Edit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Don't worry, we've already handled this post appropriately – but&#xA;  please take a minute to look it over closely, keeping in mind the&#xA;  guidance above.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This doesn't make much sense. Questions which have answers and comments with a link to Launchpad bug reports should be excluded from this kind of audits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This would be pretty easy to do using a regular expression. There are already a few checks for the review process (e.g. the automatic &quot;duplicate&quot; comment does not get issued if there is already one, and so on) so adding one more check should not be difficult.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can this be implemented?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="271" LastActivityDate="2016-08-28T12:04:26.843" Title="Review audits should NOT include questions with bug reports" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="13" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15991" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15976" CreationDate="2016-08-28T12:15:43.100" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have always understood the checkmark as &quot;this is what solved it for me&quot;. Therefore, if the OP solved their problem with that answer, it should be accepted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is a difference between an accepted answer and the &quot;best&quot; answer. Sometimes they are the same, sometimes they aren't.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By the way, the specific question asks &quot;how&quot; to watch Netflix on Ubuntu. There is not a single valid answer, but &lt;strong&gt;that doesn't mean the accepted one is incorrect.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="271" LastActivityDate="2016-08-28T12:15:43.100" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15992" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15987" CreationDate="2016-08-29T01:01:55.077" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Someone just posted a question about ASUS Zenbook UX303 in AskUbuntu and I edited the question to add the tag &quot;Zenbook&quot;. If the machine is becomes more popular in the future perhaps the tag should be kept? It will never out sell MacBook of course but how do we know how much it will sell going forward?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Definitely new tags should be strenuously vetted but removing a tag gaining traction doesn't seem the right thing to do. Of course if it's something like &quot;IBM PS/2&quot; or &quot;IBM OS/2&quot; go right ahead and delete it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="307523" LastActivityDate="2016-08-29T01:01:55.077" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15993" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15994" CreationDate="2016-08-29T08:48:36.577" Score="6" ViewCount="99" Body="&lt;p&gt;So, how come I can duplicate &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/818103/nvidia-drivers-on-asus-rog-gl522&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/814543/trouble-with-nvidia-drivers-on-asus-rog-gl522&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just curious really, is it because the same person asked the question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyone know why?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;FYI I can't just do it to any question&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/oeg2F.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/oeg2F.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So it is something about that one specifically.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2016-08-30T20:32:30.497" Title="Duplicates must have at least one upvoted answer" Tags="|support|duplicates|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15994" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15993" CreationDate="2016-08-29T09:22:03.977" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is because the system detects the post was marked as dupe of a post &lt;em&gt;by the same poster&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;He simply posted the same post again, in other wording. In such a case the post is a dupe, without a reason. Op simply could have edited his original question, if he came to the conclusion it was weakly worded or too long.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This also would have brought it back to the front page, giving the edited, more readable version a new chance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="72216" LastEditDate="2016-08-30T20:32:30.497" LastActivityDate="2016-08-30T20:32:30.497" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15995" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15344" CreationDate="2016-08-29T19:43:12.480" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here are some more:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Don't use more than 3 words for the title. The less the better.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Don't just copy and paste terminal outputs. Make screenshot of your whole desktop and post them. Since &lt;em&gt;a picture is worth a thousands words&lt;/em&gt; don't use more than 2 lines if you post pictures. Answerers can guess all.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Don't use any line breaks if you ask a long question. Since AU answerers are smartest people on earth, they can read them all at once just looking at them.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="61218" LastActivityDate="2016-08-29T19:43:12.480" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15996" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="15999" CreationDate="2016-08-29T20:17:06.263" Score="3" ViewCount="91" Body="&lt;p&gt;Recently, Asus tags have been getting created left and right. I'd like to propose the following synonyms:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/asus-pc&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;asus-pc&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;asus-pc&lt;/a&gt; -&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/asus&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;asus&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;asus&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/asus-laptop&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;asus-laptop&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;asus-laptop&lt;/a&gt; -&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/asus&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;asus&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;asus&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The ASUS tag seems good enough to cover almost any question that requires ASUS (which honestly, shouldn't be many at all).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am unable to submit this request myself as I do not have enough votes in either.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2016-08-29T20:33:00.933" LastActivityDate="2016-08-29T23:24:27.273" Title="Tag Synonym Request: Asus-Related Stuff" Tags="|discussion|status-completed|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15997" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-08-29T20:18:43.403" Score="3" ViewCount="113" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are currently multiple tags covering Ubuntu On Windows. This proposal aims to bring them all into a single centralized (and easy to use) tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As such, I'd like to request that &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/wsl&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;wsl&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;wsl&lt;/a&gt; be used for all posts about the Ubuntu on Windows system, so it should be a synonym for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/bash-on-windows&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;bash-on-windows&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;bash-on-windows&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ubuntu-on-windows&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ubuntu-on-windows&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ubuntu-on-windows&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, I propose that &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/wsl&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;wsl&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;wsl&lt;/a&gt; be the central tag for questions about the Ubuntu on Windows project, as it's memorable and short. It is also &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/q/326440/792066&quot;&gt;in use by other sites&lt;/a&gt;, so it would make sense for us to follow suit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am unable to request this synonym myself, as I do not have enough votes and it seems to be a controversial split.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T09:16:20.523" LastActivityDate="2016-09-16T22:48:57.697" Title="Tag Synonym Request: Ubuntu on Windows" Tags="|discussion|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="15999" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15996" CreationDate="2016-08-29T20:39:23.217" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The requested synonyms have been created.  It makes sense that &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/asus&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;asus&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;asus&lt;/a&gt; is the master tag here; they're all just subcategories under that primary tag, so merging made sense.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All questions tagged with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/asus-pc&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;asus-pc&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;asus-pc&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/asus-laptop&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;asus-laptop&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;asus-laptop&lt;/a&gt; have been retagged with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/asus&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;asus&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;asus&lt;/a&gt; and the synonyms created.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Justification&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The thread linked to by Masi to is that of Super User, but also makes sense specifically for Logitech (example provided in there) in which many different products other than computers are made by Logitech.  Asus makes computers, and maybe some mobile phones.  Perusing through the tag briefly, only Asus computers (Laptops and PC towers) are being asked about here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Perusing through the Asus tag, and the history of the two tags that were removed, the questions are about Asus PCs or Asus Laptops, which can fall under the same category, while an overwhelming majority of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/asus&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;asus&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;asus&lt;/a&gt; tag covers exactly the same content.  Looking at the overlap here, all the Asus questions, including the previously-&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/asus-pc&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;asus-pc&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;asus-pc&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/asus-laptop&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;asus-laptop&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;asus-laptop&lt;/a&gt; items fall under &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/asus&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;asus&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;asus&lt;/a&gt;.  While yes, Asus makes motherboards, graphics cards, etc., the majority of questions asked here are about the PC or laptops, and are not about the specific cards or other devices.  Unless there's overwhelming evidence these need split up (and I don't see it here), I believe the merge and synonyms are justified.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the community wishes to reverse this, that's the Community's call, however we had only six questions in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/asus-laptop&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;asus-laptop&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;asus-laptop&lt;/a&gt; and only one in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/asus-pc&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;asus-pc&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;asus-pc&lt;/a&gt;, which was the basis of the merge; as well, it appears that only one user was actually using these tags, and &lt;em&gt;only&lt;/em&gt; during editing of existing questions to 'create' these tags.  Community members were rejecting the tag changes already, which was a further consideration point for the merge and synonym creation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2016-08-29T23:20:48.747" LastActivityDate="2016-08-29T23:20:48.747" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16001" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-08-29T21:00:02.477" Score="5" ViewCount="34" Body="&lt;p&gt;Right now, we have &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/dell&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;dell&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;dell&lt;/a&gt; (1643), &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/dell-vostro&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;dell-vostro&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;dell-vostro&lt;/a&gt; (60), &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/dell-mini-10&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;dell-mini-10&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;dell-mini-10&lt;/a&gt; (17), &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/dell-studio-xps-16&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;dell-studio-xps-16&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;dell-studio-xps-16&lt;/a&gt; (10) and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/dell-mini-9&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;dell-mini-9&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;dell-mini-9&lt;/a&gt; (8).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since those tags, except for the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/dell&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;dell&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;dell&lt;/a&gt; tag, barely have any questions, it doesn't really make sense to keep them. If they were more popular, like the MacBook tag, then it would be useful for organization, but it seems like overkill at this point.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I propose either creating a new tag, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/dell-laptop&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;dell-laptop&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;dell-laptop&lt;/a&gt; (and maybe also a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/dell-desktop&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;dell-desktop&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;dell-desktop&lt;/a&gt; tag) and merging the 4 tags into it, or just merging everything into &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/dell&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;dell&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;dell&lt;/a&gt; (1643 isn't very much in the first place, so it could work).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hopefully, I've done this request right.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="274320" LastActivityDate="2016-08-29T21:00:02.477" Title="Tag Synonym Request: Dell Tags" Tags="|discussion|tags|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16002" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16004" CreationDate="2016-08-29T21:08:28.610" Score="1" ViewCount="49" Body="&lt;p&gt;Within the past few hours (of writing) have had two tag synonym requests to clean up branding tags and to unify them under some centralized tags.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, this brings up the following question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Are computer brand tags (like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/asus&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;asus&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;asus&lt;/a&gt;) even necessary for the site?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Tags are meant to define what a question is about, not what's contained within the question, therefore they seem to be somewhat irrelevant as all computers are pretty similar.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should we just burn all of these brand tags and prevent them from being used? Or do they actually serve a purpose on this site?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastEditorUserId="274320" LastEditDate="2016-08-29T21:24:57.700" LastActivityDate="2016-08-30T12:40:05.553" Title="Are computer brand tags necessary?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16003" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16002" CreationDate="2016-08-29T21:11:47.967" Score="-3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I believe these tags are unnecessary &lt;strong&gt;for the most part&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are very few actual cases where a brand tag is beneficial, such as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/mac&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;mac&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;mac&lt;/a&gt; where the hardware and the installation platform actually matters and may need specialized experience. And even so, this should really just be used for installation on Mac computers and problems specific to only Macs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Otherwise, most questions won't benefit from brand tags, solely because it doesn't honestly matter for the question at hand.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Therefore, I propose that we discontinue the use of brand tags unless the problem at hand is something absolutely specific to that brand of machine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/817636/why-failing-to-install-ubuntu-on-asus-g551-laptop&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; has absolutely no need for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/asus&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;asus&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;asus&lt;/a&gt;, as it's a general problem that has absolutely nothing to do with a quirk with Asus machines. Conversely, questions &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/58488/x-does-not-want-to-start-at-all-no-screens-have-a-usable-configuration&quot;&gt;like this&lt;/a&gt; deserve the brand tag as it's specific to a quirk with that specific brand of device.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2016-08-29T21:11:47.967" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16004" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16002" CreationDate="2016-08-29T21:17:47.097" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes they have a use. You can find quite a few questions about brand specific issues.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Think along the lines of a Dell Laptop and an ASUS Laptop and WiFi is not working on both.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this case a distinction by the tags, which is very easy to spot, would show us that these are not the same WiFi issue, due to different hardware. Another example would be for people who work at companies to spot the questions and for users to see where hardware problems could be, when buying a new computer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In short, there are many reasons to have them, even if they are not the most useful tags we have. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, as @Zacharee1 pointed out in comments&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You also might want to specify what you mean by brand tag. For&#xA;  instance, nvidia, amd, intel, wacom, etc are all brand tags that are&#xA;  pretty important.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastEditorUserId="274320" LastEditDate="2016-08-29T21:22:34.630" LastActivityDate="2016-08-29T21:22:34.630" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16005" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15996" CreationDate="2016-08-29T22:39:58.960" Score="-2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Only manufacturer and company tags are problematic, &lt;em&gt;specific products are not&lt;/em&gt;, please read the answer &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.superuser.com/a/8403/2005&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. Please, see the discussion of the similar issue in the thread &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.superuser.com/q/8402/2005&quot;&gt;Manufacturer &amp;amp; Company tags are back. Again&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;. &#xA;I disagree Thomas' opinion because threads of &lt;code&gt;asus&lt;/code&gt; tag are generally low in quality, similarly as &lt;code&gt;apple&lt;/code&gt;/...; having much duplicate threads, copy-pasted exact answers from other threads, too few closed threads, ...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Adding asus-laptop and asus-pc are no longer going to help, and removal of asus tags won't help either. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Common problem: you have separate tags as &lt;code&gt;laptop&lt;/code&gt; + &lt;code&gt;asus&lt;/code&gt; + ... / &lt;code&gt;logitech&lt;/code&gt; + &lt;code&gt;mause&lt;/code&gt; + ... / &lt;code&gt;logitech&lt;/code&gt; + &lt;code&gt;server&lt;/code&gt; + ... / ... which is unspecific and confusing&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;quality of threads including unspecific tags &lt;code&gt;asus&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;apple&lt;/code&gt;, ... is generally low, having much duplicate threads, very few closed threads, ...&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Examples&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Some tags such as &lt;code&gt;intel-gpu&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;intel-graphics&lt;/code&gt; can be under &lt;code&gt;intel&lt;/code&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;asus-laptop&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;asus-pc&lt;/code&gt; are specific and should not be under &lt;code&gt;asus&lt;/code&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;logitech-mouse&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;logitech-keyboard&lt;/code&gt;, ... should not be under &lt;code&gt;logitech&lt;/code&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Related: &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/7733/25388&quot;&gt;Do we need brand and manufacturer tags?&lt;/a&gt; No, but there are some exceptions etc nvidia, ...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25388" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:12:27.603" LastActivityDate="2016-08-29T23:24:27.273" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16006" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-08-29T23:54:19.567" Score="6" ViewCount="151" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Related:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/15996/tag-synonym-request-asus-related-stuff&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/15996/tag-synonym-request-asus-related-stuff&lt;/a&gt; (in dispute)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/7733/do-we-need-brand-manufacturer-tags&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/7733/do-we-need-brand-manufacturer-tags&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a call for community discussion on the matter of manufacturer/brand specific tags with relation to Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;History&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It was brought up in chat and Meta requests to merge the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/asus-pc&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;asus-pc&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;asus-pc&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/asus-laptop&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;asus-laptop&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;asus-laptop&lt;/a&gt; tags to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/asus&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;asus&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;asus&lt;/a&gt; and set up tag synonyms.  The justification was that we do not need additional Asus tags for tagging Asus-related questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another user has made an argument that the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/asus-pc&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;asus-pc&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;asus-pc&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/asus-laptop&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;asus-laptop&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;asus-laptop&lt;/a&gt; tags are more useful than the Asus tag, and are quoting &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.superuser.com/questions/8402/manufacturer-company-tags-are-back-again&quot;&gt;this question on Super User&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The editing of questions to add in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/asus-pc&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;asus-pc&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;asus-pc&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/asus-laptop&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;asus-laptop&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;asus-laptop&lt;/a&gt; have been getting negative attention in review queues.  That is, reviews of suggested tag revisions such as these have been receiving rejections recently.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It can be generally argued that there are cases where a generic manufactuer tag are bad.  This applies for Logitech, for instance, in which they make mice, keyboards, webcams, and many other peripheral devices.  This may also apply for cases such as Intel or AMD, in which they all create CPUs, GPUs, and other devices which need handled individually.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are also cases where having individual product tags is poor compared to having an all-inclusive tag.  Consider, if we made a tag for every single Dell computer model, we'd have a thousand tags that don't add anything.  The same applies for Apple devices.  That said, if a company only produces computers, it may not necessarily be a good idea to explicitly separate it into laptop, desktop, server, etc. subcategories.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To quote the &quot;Do we need brand/manufacturer tags&quot; question's answers from three years ago, a core question comes to mind with regards to these types of flags:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Who would filter using (the tag)? Who would think this is an expertise area?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With this question in mind, there is argument for either side of the discussion - whether it's keeping the tags merged which has been done today, or whether we start separating this tag out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Question&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This discussion thread here brings up a very specific question for the community to answer to decide how to proceed on this individual case:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With regards to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/asus&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;asus&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;asus&lt;/a&gt; tag, should we leave them all lumped together under the manufacturer general tag, or should we split them up into individual subcategory-tags (such as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/asus-laptop&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;asus-laptop&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;asus-laptop&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/asus-pc&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;asus-pc&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;asus-pc&lt;/a&gt;, etc.)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T09:30:20.043" LastActivityDate="2016-09-03T01:15:00.343" Title="Tag Separation and Handling: The Asus tag and separating it out into subcategories instead (asus-pc, asus-laptop, etc.)" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="6" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16007" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16006" CreationDate="2016-08-30T00:54:13.080" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've stated my opinion before, in one of the ASUS Meta questions, but I'm going to state it again, just in a more complex way, and with a bit of backtracking :p.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The tag &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/asus&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;asus&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;asus&lt;/a&gt; says it's for every ASUS electronic device, and that's where there might be a problem, since ASUS doesn't only make computers. It also makes motherboards, tablets, phones and maybe other things not listed in its store. So maybe it's a bit of a generalization to group everything together.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;However&lt;/strong&gt;, ASUS phones and tablets don't tend to run Ubuntu. Some of the models probably have Touch ports, but then those should require their own tags (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/asus-tablet&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;asus-tablet&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;asus-tablet&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/asus-phone&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;asus-phone&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;asus-phone&lt;/a&gt;), as the hardware and necessary instructions are likely very different from their desktops.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, I doubt we're going to be getting questions specifically about ASUS motherboards, unless the computers are custom-built, in which case the motherboard is still probably not very important.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But here's another problem. There are quite a few product lines of ASUS laptops. This I did not realize when I was just looking up the ZenBook series. They have Chromebooks, gaming PCs, workstations, 2-in-1s, eeePCs, and a few others. Obviously, some of these, like the Chromebook, are special and need special instructions to run Ubuntu properly. There's also the Chromebox, which is a desktop.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's a new proposition. I say we don't look at this completely objectively and equally. We don't use the argument &quot;we'd have to create one for every type&quot;; we don't need to do that in this case. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most of the product lines are pretty similar: ROG, X, Vivo, Zen, Multimedia, even Transformer -- these are all pretty similar in general terms. The desktops seem to be mostly similar, internally, as well (except the Chromebox).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since most of the desktops and laptops aren't very different, would it make sense to create just one &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/asus-computer&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;asus-computer&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;asus-computer&lt;/a&gt; tag (or something like that) and have it apply to all the normal models? Then, we could make &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/asus-chrome&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;asus-chrome&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;asus-chrome&lt;/a&gt; (to include desktop and laptops -- I don't care if it is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/asus-chromebook&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;asus-chromebook&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;asus-chromebook&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/asus-chromebox&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;asus-chromebox&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;asus-chromebox&lt;/a&gt; instead) to include those special devices. If ASUS happens to make others, or I'm missing one, then we add that too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, hopefully I can say this concisely. What if we do this: instead of deciding on whether or not we should make a tag for every single model, why don't we do this intelligently (in the programming/coding sense)? Why don't we stop using the argument, &quot;we can't make this tag because then we'd have to make all the others,&quot; and use, &quot;we can't make this tag because it isn't special hardware&quot;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Let's think about each individual situation and decide. Let's make a tag for a specific model, but only if that specific model actually needs a tag (special hardware/situation). &lt;strong&gt;We need conditionals if we want tag-making to make sense.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;I failed at the concise solution, but I hope I got my point across.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="274320" LastActivityDate="2016-08-30T00:54:13.080" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16008" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16006" CreationDate="2016-08-30T01:42:55.403" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;As the original poster of the synonym request, I feel like my justification is needed in this regard.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After noticing (and rejecting) edits in the review queue that were changing &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/asus&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;asus&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;asus&lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/asus-laptop&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;asus-laptop&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;asus-laptop&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/asus-computer&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;asus-computer&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;asus-computer&lt;/a&gt;,  I decided enough was enough and submitted the meta post mentioned in the original question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems excessive to have three tags for &lt;em&gt;the exact same thing&lt;/em&gt;. While tags such as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/asus-computer&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;asus-computer&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;asus-computer&lt;/a&gt; would be acceptable, there's no reason to then ALSO have tags like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/asus&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;asus&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;asus&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/asus-laptop&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;asus-laptop&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;asus-laptop&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Tags should be as easy to find as possible, and should be as short as necessary to convey the point. As long as there's no need to divide &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/asus&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;asus&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;asus&lt;/a&gt;, we shouldn't. If the need comes, we can move posts over to a more appropriate tag (see Zacharee's post).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, these tags should only be used &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;when they're appropriate&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, which is a problem with this site. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/asus&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;asus&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;asus&lt;/a&gt; (and its derivatives) should not be used unless the question actually is Asus specific. If it can be applied to any other system, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/asus&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;asus&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;asus&lt;/a&gt; should not be applied to the post in question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The reason I suggested the tag edit and the synonyms was to remedy the issue of the tagging discrepancy and unify everything under the single &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/asus&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;asus&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;asus&lt;/a&gt; tag, as there was no need (in my mind looking at the questions) to actually have a split as of yet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastActivityDate="2016-08-30T01:42:55.403" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16009" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15997" CreationDate="2016-08-30T02:50:25.547" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's not &quot;bash&quot; on Windows. You can get dash on Windows, or zsh on windows, or Xorg on Windows. The whole &quot;bash on windows&quot; was more evidence to one of the three problems all programmers have: off by one errors and a less-than-passable naming sense.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just saying &quot;bash on Windows&quot; opens a host of problems that we shouldn't have, like generic bash problems getting the tag because it's &quot;on Windows&quot;, or stuff that is specific to the platform not getting the tag because it has nothing to do with &quot;bash&quot; or people tagging it &lt;em&gt;just because&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The technology, in theory, would allow you to run any Linux binary on Windows, heck, you could just install pacman and manage your system as if it was Arch Linux... at such point, there isn't anything specific to &quot;Ubuntu&quot; on it, just that that's the default image you get. Forcing people that knows better, like the answerers, to follow the &quot;wrong tag&quot;, because they know the correct terminology isn't productive in the long run. They are going to look for a Windows Subsystem for Linux tag and that's what we should deliver. &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/q/326440/792066&quot;&gt;Stack Overflow already figured out&lt;/a&gt;, Super User didn't need a discussion, they &lt;a href=&quot;https://superuser.com/tags/windows-linux-subsystem/synonyms&quot;&gt;didn't create a bash-on-windows tag&lt;/a&gt; and I believe that's what we should follow.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;BTW, there are less than 200 questions in the 3 sites combined, and we don't even have 20. Being the odd one out doesn't sit well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:18:11.723" LastActivityDate="2016-09-01T15:01:54.343" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16010" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16006" CreationDate="2016-08-30T03:06:39.527" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't believe we need OEM tags... considering the public of AU, the only ones that would use such tags are layman. And these tend to not be very effective tagging questions. I prefer to avoid OEM tags at all. Asus is found in the AU scope mostly (almost exclusively) because the asker uses it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've checked the most recent questions and found that in no case, the fact that OEM was Asus is relevant, in some questions the hardware is totally irrelevant. Asus can be almost always removed from the questions and add another more specific tag, ie. if the problem is your graphics, then intel/amd/nvidia are more relevant than asus, if your question is about wireless, realtek/atheros/intel are more relevant. Notice, that sometimes these cards get rebranded, but the chip behaves as the makers. The Linux kernel doesn't care about brand as much as chipset manufacturer. &lt;a href=&quot;https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Here's the list of supported wireless chipsets&lt;/a&gt;, they are a handful and none is a famous OEM (Intel is the most broad in this aspect, since they make CPU, GPU, wireless, audio, etc.).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, my point of view is don't separate or merge, just remove.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2016-08-30T03:06:39.527" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16011" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="724" CreationDate="2016-08-30T09:01:36.743" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;I definitely agree that more migration targets should be provided. There is only one path to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com&quot;&gt;Ask Ubuntu Meta&lt;/a&gt; currently and we can only ask for migration to different sites by &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/a/270040/711006&quot;&gt;raising a moderation flag&lt;/a&gt; and describe the migration in our own words.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to see the following migration targets available on Ask Ubuntu (probably in the stated order). I am providing examples of closed or manually migrated questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Unix &amp;amp; Linux&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;em&gt;For the questions related only to Unix/Linux distributions different from Ubuntu and its derivatives supported by Canonical.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/818540/printf-commad-not-working-in-solaris&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/818540/printf-commad-not-working-in-solaris&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/835549/cannot-get-wlan0-up-on-kali-linux&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/835549/cannot-get-wlan0-up-on-kali-linux&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/831120/how-to-boot-kali-2016-2-from-live-usb-with-grub-2&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/831120/how-to-boot-kali-2016-2-from-live-usb-with-grub-2&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/830205/unable-to-start-google-chrome-in-linux-mint&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/830205/unable-to-start-google-chrome-in-linux-mint&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/829858/recover-data-from-previous-elementary-os-installation-using-live-usb&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/829858/recover-data-from-previous-elementary-os-installation-using-live-usb&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/887738/apt-get-command-not-found-in-kernel-3-8-for-beaglebone&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/887738/apt-get-command-not-found-in-kernel-3-8-for-beaglebone&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/998567/tp-link-t2uh-kali-linux-2017-3-error2&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/998567/tp-link-t2uh-kali-linux-2017-3-error2&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/999410/root-password-lost-help&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/999410/root-password-lost-help&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1116330/undoing-the-damage-from-upgrading-from-a-testing-source&quot;&gt;Undoing the damage from upgrading from a testing source&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://superuser.com/&quot;&gt;Super User&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;em&gt;For the questions related to hardware, other OS’es, platform independent applications etc.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/803000/installing-ubuntu-with-secure-boot-on-and-no-way-to-disable-it&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/803000/installing-ubuntu-with-secure-boot-on-and-no-way-to-disable-it&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/833581/choose-os-from-bios-menu-not-grub-2-efis-3-disks&quot;&gt;Choose OS from BIOS menu, NOT GRUB, 2 EFIs 3 Disks&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/53072/how-to-run-a-exe-from-msdn-to-download-the-software-fix-from-wine?rq=1&quot;&gt;How to run a .exe from MSDN to download the software-fix from Wine?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/884307/how-can-i-register-a-domain-name-without-an-online-host&quot;&gt;How can i register a domain name without an online host?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a 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href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/915358/how-to-take-arrow-key-input-in-a-c-program&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/915358/how-to-take-arrow-key-input-in-a-c-program&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/994166/importerror-cannot-import-name-x&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/994166/importerror-cannot-import-name-x&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1028279/cannot-create-a-class-with-attributes-with-default-value&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1028279/cannot-create-a-class-with-attributes-with-default-value&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1036460/passing-buffer-between-java-and-c-using-swig&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1036460/passing-buffer-between-java-and-c-using-swig&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1043470/how-to-check-if-the-output-of-log2a-is-inf&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1043470/how-to-check-if-the-output-of-log2a-is-inf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1049202/0-0u-0-0s-000-00-0-0-00k-00io-0pf0w-on-screen-from-cshell&quot;&gt;Why will &amp;quot;0.0u 0.0s 0:00.00 0.0% 0+0k 0+0io 0pf+0w&amp;quot; display on screen from cshell?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1102805/how-can-i-int-variables-os-system&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1102805/how-can-i-int-variables-os-system&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="250300" LastEditorUserId="250300" LastEditDate="2019-02-07T12:53:43.347" LastActivityDate="2019-02-07T12:53:43.347" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16012" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16013" CreationDate="2016-08-30T09:34:15.360" Score="-5" ViewCount="67" Body="&lt;p&gt;Some users do not mark an answer as &quot;solved my question&quot;, even though they leave a comment stating it solved the issue. For example &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/477846/308164&quot;&gt;this one&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What can be made about it? Can a flag be issued in order for moderators to mark as accepted? These type of cases seem to me unambiguous.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ps: in my view this is not a duplicate of &quot;force leavers&quot; &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/5440/forcing-leavers-to-accept-an-answer/5443#5443&quot;&gt;question&lt;/a&gt;, as my point is not directly about leavers (OP was active 6 days ago), and refers to questions where it is unambiguous that an answer solved the problem (via an explicit comment).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user308164" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditorDisplayName="user308164" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2016-08-30T11:29:25.600" Title="Force answers as accepted" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16013" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16012" CreationDate="2016-08-30T10:12:12.577" Score="8" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Can a flag be issued in order for moderators to mark as accepted?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please don't! &lt;strong&gt;We can't mark the question as accepted. Only the OP can.&lt;/strong&gt; As a third party, all you can really do is spot good answers and vote for them. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The system (at least these days) will suggest you mark the question as accepted if you try to thank the answerer so that should be pushing a few new users toward that end.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some users comment too (~&quot;If this helped, consider marking this as the accepted answer&quot;) but that really only works on active users who are still around and should not be done in bulk (you'll hammer the homepage with answered stuff) and certainly not for posts from 2014. It can also seem a little desperate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;People &lt;em&gt;occasionally&lt;/em&gt; not following through is just a cost of doing business here. It's not fatal and it doesn't stop other people voting for your answers (which a new user couldn't anyway).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2016-08-30T10:12:12.577" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16014" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16006" CreationDate="2016-08-30T10:18:35.277" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just a small point. &lt;code&gt;asus-pc&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;asus-laptop&lt;/code&gt; mean the same thing (PC == Personal Computer, a Laptop is this too), if we are going to debate this, should we not use &lt;code&gt;asus-desktop&lt;/code&gt; rather than &lt;code&gt;asus-pc&lt;/code&gt;? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That first point also demonstrates my concerns with splitting the asus tag, where does it end?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If we split &lt;code&gt;asus&lt;/code&gt; in to &lt;code&gt;laptop&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;desktop&lt;/code&gt; versions, what about &lt;code&gt;servers&lt;/code&gt; or &lt;code&gt;ultrabooks&lt;/code&gt; or &lt;code&gt;tablets&lt;/code&gt; or &lt;code&gt;phones&lt;/code&gt; or &lt;code&gt;tablet / laptop hybrid&lt;/code&gt;, if we split it once, we would have to split it further down the line, when questions are asked that those, very specific, tags do not cover.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While I am not for just removing the brand tags, I can admit that from a question answering perspective, they are not the most useful tags to begin with and adding &lt;code&gt;desktop&lt;/code&gt; tells us nothing more that the brand tag did, we still need to know the exact model of the desktop.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To summarize, keep it simple, &lt;code&gt;asus&lt;/code&gt; as a tag has value for people looking for asus related issues, whether we add a &lt;code&gt;desktop&lt;/code&gt; or a &lt;code&gt;laptop&lt;/code&gt;, these people still need to check the question and splitting the tags only causes confusion for the new users viewing them in the long run.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We should also merge &lt;code&gt;zenbook&lt;/code&gt; and any other modal specific tags in to &lt;code&gt;asus&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here we only are discussing &lt;code&gt;asus&lt;/code&gt; but what about the other brands? We will have to separate them out too, it will be chaos.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastEditorUserId="75060" LastEditDate="2016-08-30T11:52:42.357" LastActivityDate="2016-08-30T11:52:42.357" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16015" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16002" CreationDate="2016-08-30T12:32:55.567" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Not by themselves as company and manufacturer brands, but as a product/feature/object/... etc &lt;code&gt;nvidia&lt;/code&gt;. &#xA;I think a better question: How can we improve the resolution times, improve the quality content and decrease duplicates in Askubuntu? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Remove unspecific tags&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Proposals&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Have inclusions in tags etc &lt;code&gt;asus-pc&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;asus-laptop&lt;/code&gt;, ... Having tag &lt;code&gt;A-B&lt;/code&gt; is not the same thing as &lt;code&gt;A&lt;/code&gt; + &lt;code&gt;B&lt;/code&gt;. For example, compare &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;asus-laptop&lt;/code&gt; + &lt;code&gt;power&lt;/code&gt; + &lt;code&gt;apple-mouse&lt;/code&gt; VS &lt;code&gt;asus&lt;/code&gt; + &lt;code&gt;power&lt;/code&gt; + &lt;code&gt;laptop&lt;/code&gt; + &lt;code&gt;nvidia&lt;/code&gt; + &lt;code&gt;apple&lt;/code&gt;, where you cannot even express yourself in the latter. Limiting inclusions makes it difficult to study those inclusions. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Currently, there are much duplicates, low-quality content, unanswered threads and copy-pasted answer (plagiarism) under tags &lt;code&gt;asus&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;apple&lt;/code&gt;, ... in Askubuntu. To go them through systematically, we need inclusions, which helps to find the duplicates, improve the content and think/work for the answer. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Later, remove some inclusions if the bug/issue is shown to be irrelevant to the specific inclusion. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Avoid Manufacturer and Company tags but allow inclusions and allow the former if they are applicable etc &lt;code&gt;nvidia&lt;/code&gt;, ...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Related: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.superuser.com/questions/8402/manufacturer-company-tags-are-back-again&quot;&gt;Manufacturer &amp;amp; Company tags are back. Again&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/7733/25388&quot;&gt;Do we need “brand/manufacturer” tags?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25388" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T09:30:20.043" LastActivityDate="2016-08-30T12:40:05.553" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16016" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16006" CreationDate="2016-08-30T12:56:25.427" Score="-4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think we need better quality content in Asbuntu by having more iterative work process here where goals can be &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;find faster duplicates, &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;find faster plagiarism, &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;identify issues/bugs faster, &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;resolve issues/bugs faster, &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;forward them to the upstream faster if applicable, ...&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The product branches 1) laptops, 2) PCs, 3) ultrabooks, ... N) have different design architectures i.e. their own issues and bugs. Each manufacturer can have their characteristic bugs, about which many are still unidentified and unsolved. I think we need more iterative work process where you can express those issues with inclusions, since the issue may just be a complication caused by other internal issues&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Identify problems&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Use inclusions if you need them to be specific &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Repeat ...&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Remove/adjust the inclusion if necessary&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This process can lead that the issue resolves and the inclusion becomes unnecessary/unspecific, when you can delete it. However, so long as we do not know where the bugs are precisely, we need to express the target as precisely as we can, therefore we need &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;clear titles, &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;clear bodies, &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;inclusions in tags&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Measures&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;remove unspecific tags; &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/16015/25388&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; why &lt;code&gt;A-B&lt;/code&gt; is not the same as &lt;code&gt;A&lt;/code&gt;+&lt;code&gt;B&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;differential conditions -field if you cannot precisely identify the condition/situation - to express the next most likely condition where the problem/issue can be&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;... &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25388" LastActivityDate="2016-08-30T12:56:25.427" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16017" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16018" CreationDate="2016-08-30T13:31:13.973" Score="0" ViewCount="53" Body="&lt;p&gt;I always wondered why are the answered questions reappear over the main page. I do know that we can filter question with given options, but this question was always on my mind. Example;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/445245/179042&quot;&gt;How do I enable fancy apt colours and progress bars?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm pretty sure there are valid reasons but all I could think of is reviewing the answered questions, newly added answers are acceptable, updating new information... etc. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Well, maybe I'm too stupid to ask this knowing the answer. But however, I'm just trying to understand how exactly this benefits all the users and are they more meaningful answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On a related note, I couldn't find anything similar in here. Hence, the question. If there are any, please assist me finding it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="179042" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2016-08-30T14:10:32.437" Title="Why answered questions reappear on the main page" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16018" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16017" CreationDate="2016-08-30T14:10:32.437" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &quot;main&quot; page, is actually the &quot;recently active&quot; page. Any activity, like new questions or edits or answers on a post go here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A real good benefit this has, is that when people edit there posts because they are bad or because they are not getting attention, they become visible to everyone again, so no question (within reason) is ever completely dead and if you improve it, then it can receive views all over again or be reopened if it was bad.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another situation is when you late answer a question or even just answer in general after a post falls of the &quot;newest questions&quot; list, people will see your answer and they can comment and vote on it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This page IMO is really for the regulars. We can use it to get a really good idea of what is going on, on an otherwise large and complicated site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is also consistent across all SE sites, not just here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastActivityDate="2016-08-30T14:10:32.437" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16019" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-08-30T20:02:06.390" Score="9" ViewCount="205" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am apparently banned from answering question because I have &quot;contributed many low-quality answers&quot;. In fact, I have contributed NO answers that I know of and the 6 questions I have asked over the past year have ZERO answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, why am I banned? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not sure where else to post this message.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="462030" OwnerDisplayName="Mark Foley" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2016-09-01T17:54:09.353" LastActivityDate="2016-09-01T17:54:09.353" Title="Why am I banned from answering?" Tags="|support|low-quality-posts|quality-filter|post-ban|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16020" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16019" CreationDate="2016-08-30T20:15:23.833" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;From the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/question-bans&quot;&gt;official AskUbuntu help&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Stack Exchange has automatic filters in place to ban questions from accounts that have contributed many low-quality questions in the past. These filters help keep the quality of our sites high. The exact formula for the bans is not disclosed, but users are only banned if they have a significant number of heavily down-voted, &lt;strong&gt;zero-voted&lt;/strong&gt;, or deleted posts. One or two bad posts will not cause you to be blocked from using the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(the bold is mine).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To lift the ban, the same documentation states:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The only way to end a posting block is to positively contribute to the site; automatic bans never expire or &quot;time out&quot;. Begin by fixing your existing questions; do not just post the same question again. All questions are expected to be useful to future visitors, too, so put effort into writing with proper grammar and spelling, formatting your post so it can be read easily, and providing as much detail as possible about your problem and what you have already tried. Reading your question out loud to yourself can help you understand what it sounds like to others.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user308164" LastActivityDate="2016-08-30T20:15:23.833" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16021" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16019" CreationDate="2016-08-30T20:30:07.673" Score="20" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have contributed NO answers that I know of and the 6 questions I have asked over the past year have ZERO answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In reality, you've posted a total of three answers since your account was on Ask Ubuntu.  All three are deleted, as a direct result of review queue votes and flags against your posts about them &amp;quot;not being answers&amp;quot;.  (Deleted answers still count as answers!)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The three answers that were deleted do not fit into our criterion of &amp;quot;answers&amp;quot;.  In all three of your answers, you either are saying &amp;quot;I have this issue too&amp;quot; (which is not an answer), or are asking new questions which are basically the ones you already asked on the questions you had posted those answers on.  If such questions are substantially different, you should post a new question, and if not, you should not post an answer to just state you're having the same issue and try and add different debug data (which may be relevant only to you).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As was already posted, the Help page indicates there are a lot of automatic filters.  All of your posts have been delete-recommended voted in the Low Quality queue, and subsequently deleted as &amp;quot;Not an Answer&amp;quot; as a result of flags against your posts.  The system acted as a result of this, and answer-banned you (meaning you cannot post answers) once it noticed the number of deletions of your answers outweighed answer contributions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This quote, from &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/answer-bans&quot;&gt;the Help Center page about answer bans&lt;/a&gt; covers what an answer-ban is used for, and when they come into play, specifically where I add some emphasis below in regards to what I've observed here:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Stack Exchange has automatic filters in place to ban questions from accounts that have contributed many low-quality questions in the past. These filters help keep the quality of our sites high. The exact formula for the bans is not disclosed, but users are only banned if they have a significant number of heavily down-voted, zero-voted, or &lt;strong&gt;deleted posts&lt;/strong&gt;. One or two bad posts will not cause you to be blocked from using the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From the same &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/answer-bans&quot;&gt;help center page&lt;/a&gt;, you can get information about how to resolve the problem.  The first two in the bullet-points are relevant here, as is the whole section I just copied in:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;How can I get out of an answer ban?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The ban will be lifted automatically by the system when it determines&#xA;that your positive contributions outweigh those answers which were&#xA;poorly received.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Stack Exchange cannot lift answer bans by request.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only way to end a posting block is to positively contribute to the&#xA;site; automatic bans never expire or &amp;quot;time out&amp;quot;. &lt;strong&gt;Begin by fixing &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/current?tab=answers&quot;&gt;your&#xA;existing answers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;; do not just post the same answer again or delete all&#xA;of your existing answers. All answers are expected to be useful to&#xA;future visitors, in addition to the original asker, so keep the&#xA;following tips in mind when improving your answers:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Answer the question. Do not post an answer simply to say &amp;quot;thanks&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;I'm having this problem, too&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Do not post follow-up questions as answers. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/ask&quot;&gt;Ask a new question instead.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Use correct spelling, punctuation, and grammar to the best of&#xA;your ability.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Provide context for links. Link-only answers are not good answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For additional guidance, see &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/how-to-answer&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;How do I write a good answer?&amp;quot;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/86997/what-can-i-do-when-getting-we-are-no-longer-accepting-questions-answers-from-th&quot;&gt;The question on Stack Exchange Meta of &amp;quot;What can I do when getting “We are no longer accepting questions/answers from this account”?&amp;quot; is extremely relevant.  &lt;em&gt;Please read all of it.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2016-08-30T20:35:31.843" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16022" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16024" CreationDate="2016-08-31T15:13:25.623" Score="4" ViewCount="2597" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have not changed my profile picture or any other information in my profile. Today a different identicon appeared as my profile picture.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/iExxi.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/iExxi.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have not changed my email or a single bit of information in my SE network profiles or did not join any new community. Unable to understand the reason behind this change.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Additional Information:&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Not logged in from any different location in last 10 days.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Accessed the site from different location and ip few days back.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="127327" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2016-09-01T14:02:29.420" Title="How did my profile picture change automatically?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16023" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-08-31T16:50:02.073" Score="0" ViewCount="56" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is relatively short...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems unnecessary to have both &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/dual-monitors&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;dual-monitors&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;dual-monitors&lt;/a&gt; AND &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/multiple-monitors&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;multiple-monitors&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;multiple-monitors&lt;/a&gt;. The latter tag should be able to cover every question including the former as it's still more than a single monitor.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While 3+ monitors may need special cases, this distinction can be made in the answer itself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastEditorUserId="208574" LastEditDate="2016-08-31T17:13:21.940" LastActivityDate="2016-08-31T17:13:21.940" Title="Tag Synonym Request: [dual-monitor] -&gt; [multiple-monitors]" Tags="|discussion|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16024" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16022" CreationDate="2016-08-31T18:23:03.500" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I had noticed that my profile picture also changed automatically this week. The following screenshot combo is showing the difference for my profile picture (upper half showing older ones).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ClWFL.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ClWFL.png&quot; alt=&quot;Combo snapshots showing different profile pictures for clearkimura&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Similar to OP, I have been:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;using auto-generated pattern image and never uploaded any personal picture;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;using same login method i.e. Google account with same e-mail address;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;using same computer and same location i.e. from home&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Initially, I thought...&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then this week, all of sudden, I realized that my public IP address has been assigned to significantly different ones. While it is known that the public IP address could change from time to time [1,2], it is the first time for my computer to be assigned with different range of public IP address.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The difference is significant such that it affects my login experience on Ask Ubuntu (profile picture changed) and Google Mail (precautionary two-factor authentication was activated).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Later, I figured out...&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I reviewed &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/17443&quot;&gt;this FAQ post&lt;/a&gt; on meta SE, regarding the default profile picture (identicon). It seems that IP address is &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; relevant for registered users (including me).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;When you're not registered (when Stack Exchange does not know your email address), this is based on your last known IP address so might change when your IP address changes&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then, I found &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/204523/unexpectedly-changing-identicon&quot;&gt;this related old post&lt;/a&gt; on meta SE. The OP included a URL of hashed e-mail address that links to Gravatar site, as following: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;http://gravatar.com/avatar/[md5sum-of-email-address]?d=identicon&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I tried to reproduce the current profile picture (identicon that has more patterned geometry) by running &lt;code&gt;echo -n YOURADDRESS | md5sum&lt;/code&gt; in Terminal. Replace &lt;code&gt;YOURADDRESS&lt;/code&gt; with actual e-mail address i.e. &lt;code&gt;example@gmail.com&lt;/code&gt;. The &lt;code&gt;-n&lt;/code&gt; option is required to remove the newline.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;$ echo -n example@gmail.com | md5sum&#xA;e820bb4aba5ad74c5a6ff1aca16641f6  -&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then, copy the checksum and replace &lt;code&gt;[md5sum-of-email-address]&lt;/code&gt; in the Gravatar URL.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;http://gravatar.com/avatar/e820bb4aba5ad74c5a6ff1aca16641f6?d=identicon&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, copy and paste URL into web browser to view the identicon.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And, bingo! I got the &lt;strong&gt;same identicon&lt;/strong&gt; as my current profile picture.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What does this successful reproduction of identicon mean? Most likely, the changes had occurred on Gravatar site, and &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; Stack Exchange sites. The changes might have something to do with undisclosed algorithm to generate the patterns, &lt;em&gt;without&lt;/em&gt; altering the hash of e-mail address itself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;TL;DR&lt;/strong&gt; It was nothing to do with IP address for registered users. Something has changed on Gravatar service site, which caused pattern generation to be different compared to older ones.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;References&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.quora.com/Why-does-my-public-IP-address-change&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Why does my public IP address change?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.howtogeek.com/163747/why-do-isps-change-your-ip-address/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Why Do ISPs Change Your IP Address?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user37165" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2016-09-01T14:02:29.420" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16025" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16026" CreationDate="2016-08-31T20:37:45.260" Score="1" ViewCount="45" Body="&lt;p&gt;Why is the curious badge still there? It has been for days, and it says 5/5.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Lemkx.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Lemkx.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Update: it seems I do have 5 upvoted questions in meta&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/PwtDz.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/PwtDz.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PS: I'm not desperate for badges (at least not in meta). But this is kind of annoying.&lt;/strong&gt; (first world problem, I know)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user308164" LastEditorUserId="133195" LastEditDate="2016-09-01T13:14:37.243" LastActivityDate="2016-09-01T13:14:37.243" Title="Curious badge strangely not awarded yet (in meta)" Tags="|support|badges|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16026" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16025" CreationDate="2016-08-31T21:30:04.447" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;You need to get upvotes on the questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Ask a well-received question on 5 separate days, and maintain a&#xA;  &lt;strong&gt;positive question record&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="167850" LastActivityDate="2016-08-31T21:30:04.447" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16027" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16028" CreationDate="2016-09-01T13:10:28.487" Score="2" ViewCount="58" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is there a way to figure out how close I am to getting the Pundit badge?  Even a way to sort my comments by score would be plenty, but I don't find any way whatsoever to do it, and I don't feel like sorting through hundreds of comments...  Just a curiosity question, really.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527350" LastActivityDate="2016-09-01T13:25:04.273" Title="Track pundit progress" Tags="|support|badges|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16028" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16027" CreationDate="2016-09-01T13:25:04.273" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Someone's made an SE Data Query for tracking the pundit badge progress.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/askubuntu/query/75438/whats-my-pundit-badge-progress&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://data.stackexchange.com/askubuntu/query/75438/whats-my-pundit-badge-progress&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That link is for AU, but you can switch the site on the page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your user ID will show up in the URL when you go to your profile. Yours is &lt;code&gt;527350&lt;/code&gt;. Your highest scoring comment is 6. You need 8 more comments with 5 votes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="274320" LastActivityDate="2016-09-01T13:25:04.273" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16029" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-02T15:48:44.540" Score="1" ViewCount="44" Body="&lt;p&gt;I found this (replace the XXX's) as the #1 hit for a question.  The answer seemed very &quot;stack exchange&quot; and indeed it was:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://htmlasks_XXXXXXXXXXXXX.com/why_is_the_ubuntu_software_center_being_replaced_by_gnome_software_in_16_04&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://htmlasks_XXXXXXXXXXXXX.com/why_is_the_ubuntu_software_center_being_replaced_by_gnome_software_in_16_04&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/725975/why-is-the-ubuntu-software-center-being-replaced-by-gnome-software&quot;&gt;Why is the Ubuntu Software Center being replaced by GNOME Software?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does SE patrol for such things: is there a reporting mechanism?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="46709" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2016-09-05T08:08:17.990" Title="How much does SE care about mirrors of SE that don't acknowledge the CC licence?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16031" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16032" CreationDate="2016-09-02T16:33:58.857" Score="15" ViewCount="260" Body="&lt;p&gt;It occurs to me that I find an answer to one question among the answers to another question, sometimes in the way of hidden gems. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe that creating the linkage between the two questions is beneficial. The solution of the other fellow gets gratefully acknowledged. However, should I post this finding as a comment or as an answer? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I post my finding as an answer and this is accepted or upvoted, I take points for it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My input consisted only of having searched the forum and verified that the answer given elsewhere is applicable to the question in point. Is this kind of contributions worthy genuine score points or am I eating from someone else's board?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="446253" LastEditorUserId="446253" LastEditDate="2016-09-03T06:43:31.263" LastActivityDate="2020-11-11T11:09:00.093" Title="Answering a question using an answer from another post" Tags="|discussion|answers|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16032" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16031" CreationDate="2016-09-02T17:23:17.170" Score="20" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here's how I see it. There are a few situations.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Exact Duplicate&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the questions are asking the same thing, and you see one question has a proper solution, then it would be better to use the duplicate flag rather than clone the answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When you flag, users with at least 3,000 reputation will see the flag in one of the review queues and vote to close it as a dupe. Once you reach 3k, you'll be able to directly close questions (they will still go into Review, as 5 votes are needed).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Same Solution&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's been discussion about the &amp;quot;lazy dupe,&amp;quot; where people close one question as a dupe of another, just because they have the same solution. It's not a true dupe, and other users are annoyed at this behavior.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you find the solution to the question on another Ask Ubuntu Q&amp;amp;A &lt;em&gt;that is not a dupe&lt;/em&gt;, then the best practice is usually to phrase the answer in your own words and include a link to the original. A link-only answer should be avoided, as those are generally flagged and deleted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Similar Solution&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This one could probably go without saying, but I'll put it in for clarity's sake.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you find an answer on AU that &lt;em&gt;could&lt;/em&gt; apply to the question you're dealing with, but isn't an exact solution, then adapt the answer in your own words and include a link.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/82837/how-do-i-make-the-caps-lock-key-a-third-shift-key/819356#819356&quot;&gt;my answer about remapping capslock&lt;/a&gt; is very closely adapted from a more general answer for a question about making &lt;code&gt;xmodmap&lt;/code&gt; permanent. The question isn't the same at all, but the answer follows the same theme as the question I was researching.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="274320" LastEditorUserId="250300" LastEditDate="2020-11-11T11:09:00.093" LastActivityDate="2020-11-11T11:09:00.093" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16033" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16031" CreationDate="2016-09-03T00:37:56.620" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've found comments are best for saying: &lt;code&gt;this link might help you out...&lt;/code&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Comments with links are also useful if the OP hasn't really phrased his question explicitly and you want him to read the link to help him refine his problem. After reading your linked comment he might say &lt;code&gt;no my problem wasn't the floppy disc was upside down.  I don't have one of those 5 1/4&quot; real floppy disks.  I have one of those 3 1/2&quot; sony compact hard case floppy disks&lt;/code&gt;.  Then you can get the &quot;ahah!&quot; moment and can post an answer tailored to his problem or comment with the exact link he needs to solve his problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Comments have restricted formatting (&lt;kbd&gt;Ctrl&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;Altl&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;T&lt;/kbd&gt; may not work for example). Comments also have a character count limit. If you have a lot to say, or you wanted it presented in an easy to read format you must pick Answer over Comment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as the up-voting answers goes, comments can be up-voted too. I don't see that happening often though and I believe the points are less. (&lt;strong&gt;Edit 1:&lt;/strong&gt; ElderGeek points out flagged comments probably have &lt;strong&gt;zero&lt;/strong&gt; reputation points) (&lt;strong&gt;EDIT 2*&lt;/strong&gt; Zacharee1 confirms 0 points with certainty)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The advantage of taking a correct comment with a link and posting as a correct answer with a link is the OP can flag the question as solved. This is important for those in the future with the same problem who search and skip over questions not marked solved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Tonight I had flagged a post as duplicate. Then realized it was slightly different than the duplicate. So I retracted the flag and posted an answer referencing the link with explanations of how his question was different than the link. As fate would have it after that I came here and read this question...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="307523" LastEditorUserId="307523" LastEditDate="2016-09-06T17:10:34.203" LastActivityDate="2016-09-06T17:10:34.203" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16034" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16006" CreationDate="2016-09-03T01:15:00.343" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;OEM tags are important when it comes to laptops where ACPI is highly tailored by manufacturer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a compromise between tags of &quot;Asus-Desktop&quot;, &quot;Asus-Laptop&quot;, &quot;Dell-Desktop&quot;, &quot;Dell-Laptop&quot;, &quot;Toshiba-Laptop&quot;, &quot;Sony-Laptop&quot;, &quot;HP-Desktop&quot;, &quot;HP-Laptop&quot;, &quot;HP-Tablet&quot;, etc. We could have tags for OEM &lt;code&gt;Dell&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;Toshiba&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;Asus&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;HP&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;Sony&lt;/code&gt;, etc. and separate tags for platform &lt;code&gt;Desktop&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;Laptop&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;Notebook&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;Zenbook&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;Tablet&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;Smartphone&lt;/code&gt; and maybe some day &lt;code&gt;Fridge&lt;/code&gt; if Google figures out how to search your fridge and sell the data to grocery stores. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Separate tags will cut down on number of combination tags. ie &lt;em&gt;number of OEM's&lt;/em&gt; &lt;strong&gt;plus 6&lt;/strong&gt; platforms instead of &lt;em&gt;number of OEMS&lt;/em&gt; &lt;strong&gt;times 6&lt;/strong&gt; platforms.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="307523" LastActivityDate="2016-09-03T01:15:00.343" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16035" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-03T07:31:45.037" Score="3" ViewCount="65" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm sure it is, but just checking that this indeed happens to the system. Anyway, who would waste time in such ridiculous and useless thing? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/wlOEm.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/wlOEm.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;PS: linked question is about blocking spam, not about ID. It does not contain any mention about &lt;strong&gt;audit&lt;/strong&gt; at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user308164" LastEditorDisplayName="user308164" LastEditDate="2016-09-03T08:33:51.300" LastActivityDate="2016-09-15T21:24:23.777" Title="Suggested edits: is this spam?" Tags="|support|spam-handling|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16037" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16038" CreationDate="2016-09-03T08:53:44.963" Score="-2" ViewCount="70" Body="&lt;p&gt;For example, the author of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/382461/308164&quot;&gt;this unanswered question&lt;/a&gt; no longer exist. Should they be deleted? (so I can flag them...)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note I am just referring to unanswered questions for which &lt;strong&gt;the user has gone&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user308164" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2021-04-11T21:55:28.750" Title="Delete unanswered questions when user no longer exist?" Tags="|support|unanswered-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16038" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16037" CreationDate="2016-09-03T15:02:59.140" Score="5" Body="&lt;h2&gt;The Idea&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Stack Exchange is not a help desk. Questions and their answers are supposed to be helpful for (potentially) &lt;em&gt;everybody&lt;/em&gt;, not just the one person asking them. Deleting a worthwhile question, even if unanswered, deprives future readers of the knowledge gained from the question itself. Sometimes, asking the right question is the most difficult step towards a solution. Hopefully, a few people have noticed the value of such a question and voted for it despite the lack of answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe one day later, someone comes along and answers the question and another solves their problem with the help of that answer. Or maybe someone encounters the exact same issue and puts a bounty on the question instead of writing their own.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;The Rules&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you look at the &lt;a href=&quot;//askubuntu.com/help/closed-questions&quot;&gt;reasons why a question may be closed or deleted&lt;/a&gt;, you'll find that a non-responsive question author is not among them &lt;em&gt;per se&lt;/em&gt;. Only when the answer to a question requires more information from its author and such information is unlikely to be obtained for whatever reason (OP is unresponsive, uncooperative, has serious language comprehension issues, their account vanished, etc.) that question should be closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="175814" LastEditorUserId="175814" LastEditDate="2021-04-11T21:55:28.750" LastActivityDate="2021-04-11T21:55:28.750" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16039" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="194" CreationDate="2016-09-04T01:42:44.960" Score="-3" Body="&lt;p&gt;If a question is not specific to Ubuntu, but it's a general Linux/Unix question, such as one about the &lt;code&gt;nano&lt;/code&gt; editor, it belongs to Unix&amp;amp;Linux. What would be the point of posting it to AskUbuntu? If there were an AskMint, should anyone post it there too?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="116961" LastActivityDate="2016-09-04T01:42:44.960" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16040" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1282" CreationDate="2016-09-04T02:08:56.407" Score="-2" Body="&lt;p&gt;If the answer has mass appeal I guess it's ok. But even then not entirely comfortable with it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What I don't like is when a programmer using some fringe language has already solved his problem of the day and feels he has to share it with the world so he asks the question: &quot;how do I make variable x react when y = z on Sunday&quot;? when he already knows the answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;He wasted a lot of my time investigating his question only to learn (with exasperation) he's just answered his own question 43 minutes later. The comment I was about to post seeking clarity (after 43 minutes investigating his fringe language) is now irrelevant.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I feel like an unwilling listener to a soapbox nutbar on the corner I can't escape until the walk light engages. Then I double down blaming myself for not wearing my earbuds that day, ie I should have known it was a fake question in the first place and the OP already knew the answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="307523" LastActivityDate="2016-09-04T02:08:56.407" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16041" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-04T10:50:01.610" Score="10" ViewCount="49" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are plenty of pictures showing how to use the privilege tools, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. They seem to be outdated. For example, the picture about &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/set-bounties&quot;&gt;offering a bounty&lt;/a&gt;, shown below,  compared with the actual one, also shown below:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Help page&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/DXY2z.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/DXY2z.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Actual one&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/QpxWl.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/QpxWl.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm sure there are plenty of more pressing things to do, but I just thought it was useful to point this out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user308164" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2016-09-05T08:44:54.377" LastActivityDate="2016-09-05T08:44:54.377" Title="The pictures on Privileges help page are outdated" Tags="|bug|help-center|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16042" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16043" CreationDate="2016-09-05T09:04:28.363" Score="1" ViewCount="62" Body="&lt;p&gt;My very low quality flag was declined by a moderator on &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/820944/75060&quot;&gt;this answer&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why? It is just a link and the OP won't make any effort to improve it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;IMO this is about as low as the quality comes, is it not?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&quot;declined - a moderator reviewed your flag, but found no evidence to&#xA;  support it&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Really? No evidence was found that a link only answer is low quality? Flagging is a real crap shoot round here lately, we really need some clear guide lines on this, you just don't know if your perfectly good flag will be accepted or declined.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2016-09-05T09:13:59.480" Title="Why was this flag declined?" Tags="|support|flags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16043" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16042" CreationDate="2016-09-05T09:13:59.480" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;Well, no. As explained &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/15921/85695&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;, link-only answers should be flagged as &quot;not an answer&quot; (NaA) and not as &quot;low quality&quot; (LQ). The description of the  LQ flag is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This question has severe formatting or content problems. This question is unlikely to be salvageable through editing, and might need to be removed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A link-only answer is very easily improved. All it needs is for someone to copy the relevant information from the link into the answer. Therefore, it isn't something that is &quot;unlikely to be salvageable through editing&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More to the point, as explained in the same meta post I linked to above:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If the answer contains no valuable information and, instead, only has a link pointing to where an answer can be found, then it is not actually an answer so you should flag as NaA.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, what makes you think &quot;the OP won't make any effort to improve it&quot;? It was only posted yesterday and some strange people don't actually spend every waking moment on AU, you know ;). There's still time for the OP to improve it and there's still time for you, or anyone else, to include the relevant information from the link.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that I didn't handle this flag myself. I would, however, have handled it in the same way. Choosing the right flag is important since flags have different results (adding posts to a review queue, or casting an automatic downvote for example). So even if a post should actually be flagged (as is the case here), a mod is likely to decline the flag if the wrong one was used.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2016-09-05T09:13:59.480" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16045" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16070" CreationDate="2016-09-05T20:09:30.530" Score="23" ViewCount="506" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/816178/ros-on-beaglebone-black&quot;&gt;ROS on BeagleBone Black?&lt;/a&gt; just got closed for being off topic with this message:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is not about Ubuntu. Questions about other Linux distributions can be asked on Unix &amp;amp; Linux, those about Windows on Super User, those about Apple products on Ask Different and generic programming questions on Stack Overflow.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;however the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ros&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ros&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ros&lt;/a&gt; tag says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;ROS (Robot Operating System) provides libraries and tools to help software developers create robot applications. It provides hardware abstraction, device drivers, libraries, visualizers, message-passing, package management, and more. ROS is licensed under an open source, BSD license.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;ROS is libraries and tools, but not anymore. Now ROS is either a framework of libraries and tools or it's a standalone operating system at the discretion of reviewers. Now I need confirmation that ROS is a framework of libraries and tools again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="94914" LastEditorUserId="94914" LastEditDate="2021-10-25T12:05:24.780" LastActivityDate="2021-10-25T12:05:24.780" Title="ROS is not an OS but a framework, please reopen my question" Tags="|discussion|close-reasons|incorrectly-closed|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16046" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16047" CreationDate="2016-09-06T02:41:30.003" Score="0" ViewCount="35" Body="&lt;p&gt;We have a lot of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/remastersys&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;remastersys&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;remastersys&lt;/a&gt; questions. We have very few &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/respin&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;respin&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;respin&lt;/a&gt; questions, but they sometimes pop up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As Respin is a fork (and is pretty similar to) of RemasterSys, it would make sense to have a synonym for the two, especially because the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.remastersys.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;official site&lt;/a&gt; calls it a fork of the more widely-applicable RemasterSys.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastActivityDate="2016-09-06T10:19:24.483" Title="Tag Synonym Request: [respin] -&gt; [remastersys]" Tags="|discussion|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16047" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16046" CreationDate="2016-09-06T09:29:06.970" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'd be slightly against this because &lt;strong&gt;respin&lt;/strong&gt; isn't just the name for a bit of software, &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/respin&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;is its own word&lt;/a&gt; that has been used around Linux for a long time to mean a re-imagining or at least a re-imaging  of a distribution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And in that sense, it's super-east to see see why they've called it this... But I know I've used it in the generic sense before. Merging a generic into a  branded tag feels... Wrong.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;Not with me? What if somebody forked Bash and called it Command-Line? We wouldn't even entertain a merge there. I know it's less extreme here but this isn't a hugely used tag... Do we need to &lt;strong&gt;do&lt;/strong&gt; anything?&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2016-09-06T10:19:24.483" LastActivityDate="2016-09-06T10:19:24.483" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16048" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16049" CreationDate="2016-09-06T16:53:58.397" Score="5" ViewCount="85" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the close votes queue I can do four things&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Leave Open&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Close&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Edit&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Skip&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think I understand quite well what happens if I select &lt;code&gt;Close&lt;/code&gt;, and I think if I &lt;code&gt;Skip&lt;/code&gt; or &lt;code&gt;Edit&lt;/code&gt;, I &lt;em&gt;believe&lt;/em&gt; I might get presented with the same question when I return to the queue later, if it hasn't already been closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I vote to Leave Open, I think I never encounter the question in the queue again. Am I mistaken about that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;More importantly&lt;/strong&gt;, does voting to Leave Open have any further effect? Does it cancel out a Close Vote? Does it otherwise cause the question in question to be removed from the queue, given enough agreement from other voters?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2016-09-06T17:02:43.167" Title="What effect does voting to Leave Open have?" Tags="|support|close-review-queue|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16049" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16048" CreationDate="2016-09-06T17:02:43.167" Score="5" Body="&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Leave open starts a 3 strikes system. 3 leave open votes will remove the question from the queue.  If you notice lots of close votes on a question you do not think should be closed, it is a very good idea to leave a comment addressing the close voters with your reasoning.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Close adds another close vote to the question. As usual 5 votes are required to close a question.  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Edit allows you to edit the question and then &lt;em&gt;removes it from the queue&lt;/em&gt;.  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Skip moves you to the next question in the queue.  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With the exception of skip you will never be shown a question again if you use an action with it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2016-09-06T17:02:43.167" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16050" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-07T12:27:19.997" Score="5" ViewCount="205" Body="&lt;p&gt;Not trying to start a dispute here, but I need clarity:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I ran into this question: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/821952/how-to-record-bash-terminal-output&quot;&gt;How to record bash terminal output without suppressing the terminal output?&lt;/a&gt;, in which OP asks how to save terminal output into a file. I therefore marked it as a dupe of: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/420981/&quot;&gt;How do I save terminal output to a file?&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also the accepted answer totally confirms the fact that these questions are pretty much exact dupes, and OP was looking for exactly the same answer(s). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;OP however claims that his question:&#xA;&quot;is more specific to his requirments than that question in that link&quot; because:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;the anwsers in that post will fullfill my requirments but is anywhere there mentioned that the hacks will work for bash scripts or any other scripts as well?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I admit that I have no clue what that should mean.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The community &lt;em&gt;seems&lt;/em&gt; to understand what he means however, and to agree with him. Literally hundreds of people have passed by, but no one added a close vote. So I have been wondering what is exactly the difference between: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;How to record bash terminal output?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;How do I save the output of a command to a file?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If someone can give me a good one, I will remove my close vote instantly. If not, please vote to close.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;For the record&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As one would expect with a quite generic question like this, there are more excellent dupe candidates, like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/560167/is-it-possible-to-show-the-output-on-terminal-while-writing-the-output-of-a-comm&quot;&gt;Is it possible to show the output on terminal while writing the output of a command to a file?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/161935/how-do-i-log-all-input-and-output-in-a-terminal-session&quot;&gt;How do I log all input and output in a terminal session?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2016-09-14T01:51:23.393" Title="Seek the difference" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16051" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16050" CreationDate="2016-09-07T17:32:57.403" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'll try to give my reasons for not voting the question as duplicate here. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The difference I see between these two questions is - &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The newer question is an specific case of the older question. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To clarify on this topic, &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;An answer with either &lt;code&gt;tee&lt;/code&gt; or &lt;code&gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; operator approach was valid for the older question. however for the new question an answer with &lt;code&gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; is not valid. In fact, if you check the timeline of that question, you'd see that the question was answered first with &lt;code&gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; approach and wasn't accepted. Instead it was edited to clear the requirement. However, for the older question, the answer with &lt;code&gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; was accepted way before &lt;code&gt;tee&lt;/code&gt; based answer appeared. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/420981/timeline&quot;&gt;Check here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, A more philosophical question will arise from this, &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;If a broader scoped question has answers to satisfy a question with narrower scope, Should we close the narrower scoped question as a duplicate?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From my understanding of StackExchange model, I'd say no. That's why we aren't shown the answers in the close votes review queue. We're only shown the questions. For example, If a &lt;em&gt;find a substring&lt;/em&gt; question has answers with different programming languages, that's fine. But that would not make a question specifically asking a &lt;em&gt;python solution&lt;/em&gt; a duplicate of the prior question. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because, if you remove all answers from the older question leaving only the &lt;em&gt;accepted Java&lt;/em&gt; solution, that would not satisfy the requirement of the newer question and you can't dupe to it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hope I made the difference a little clearer here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="61218" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2016-09-07T17:32:57.403" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16052" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16050" CreationDate="2016-09-07T17:33:39.547" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I agree that it's a duplicate and see that it's now tagged as such since the only output I expect to see on a bash terminal is output of a command. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastActivityDate="2016-09-07T17:33:39.547" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16054" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-08T08:47:48.343" Score="-1" ViewCount="168" Body="&lt;h3&gt;We need a sharp definition of a dupe&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I always had it quite sharp &lt;em&gt;why&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;when&lt;/em&gt; I marked as a dupe, and always kept an eye on how others voted to close as a dupe. Although accidents unavoidably happen on all close reasons, I must say the inconsequense, on how voting on possible dupes is practiced, is an issue in my opinion. Not only are there many different concepts practiced on what &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; a dupe, even the discussion on it easily ends up in a total babel. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;What I suggest&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I therefore would suggest the following straightforward rules, based on &quot;rule number one&quot; that &lt;strong&gt;a good and valid question could always get an answer&lt;/strong&gt;, and subsequently: keep all relevant information in onze place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If two questions are the same, mention the same symptoms and it looks like possible answers should &quot;fight&quot; the same issue:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Mark as a dupe.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If OP mentions the issue is the same, but posted solutions on the dupe are not what he or she is looking for&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;code&gt;-&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; post additional answers on the original.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If OP makes clear his problem is caused by another issue (or we think it is) &lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;code&gt;-&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; retract vote and answer.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If two questions are caused by the same issue, but mention quite different symptoms:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;No dupe; the question/answer would be difficult to find. Useful to link though in the answer.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If two questions are the same, but likely caused by different issues:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;-&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; (Obviously) no dupe&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If two questions are different, but one or more answers on an existing question also answer the new question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;-&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; Not a dupe, &lt;em&gt;unless&lt;/em&gt; the older question's title or body can be edited to &lt;em&gt;include&lt;/em&gt; the newer question, without harming the older question.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the rules above, the main idea is that &lt;em&gt;the question&lt;/em&gt; defines the dupe, not the answer. The review procedure seems to support that; in review, we don't see any of the answers. The message OP gets if his or her post is marked as dupe &lt;em&gt;seems&lt;/em&gt; to clash with that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;if the answers on the possible duplicate do not answer your question then you should edit your question to explain why.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;...But it doesn't. The message mentions OP should mention why existing answer do not work for him or her, but the information is useful for &lt;em&gt;new answers on the original question&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe in the above rules, it is guaranteed every valid question can get an answer, even if the poster is a 1- pointer, &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; we keep relevant information in one place as much as possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Please shoot&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="anon" LastEditorDisplayName="anon" LastEditDate="2016-10-11T08:11:32.727" LastActivityDate="2016-10-11T08:11:32.727" Title="What defines the dupe?" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16055" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16057" CreationDate="2016-09-08T09:46:01.633" Score="10" ViewCount="74" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Background:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Many questions require the user to describe used keyboard shortcuts. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These can be formatted through &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;kbd&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/kbd&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Suggestion:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to suggest to add an icon to the composing editor to format keyboard shortcuts visually.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/mAoaf.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/mAoaf.png&quot; alt=&quot;Mock-up&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="403828" LastEditorUserId="507051" LastEditDate="2018-05-26T11:23:42.530" LastActivityDate="2018-05-26T11:23:42.530" Title="Add icon to the composing editor to format keyboard shortcuts" Tags="|feature-request|editing|text-formatting|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16056" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16061" CreationDate="2016-09-08T09:36:56.170" Score="9" ViewCount="202" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would like to suggest a feature improve the composing editor (see image below) on Ask Ubuntu. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How can I suggest a feature to improve Ask Ubuntu?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/o9J1m.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/o9J1m.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="403828" OwnerDisplayName="orschiro" LastActivityDate="2016-09-18T03:21:40.147" Title="How can I give feedback on improving Ask Ubuntu?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16057" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16055" CreationDate="2016-09-08T09:54:51.483" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I suggest positioning the keyboard shortcut icon right after the Emphasis icon, also called the Italics icon, which looks like this: &lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/vxKyW.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/vxKyW.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think it would look a little bit ugly there, but I don't care about that. What I do care about is the user experience factor. The proposed keyboard shortcut icon would look a little bit mean there, which would give users a visual cue that it's OK to be mean on the website, which is not a good design from a community perspective.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Stack Overflow has both Graphic Design and User Experience Q&amp;amp;A websites, so I would expect that suggestions like this one would attract quite a bit of professional interest on the Stack Overflow network generally.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="94914" LastEditorUserId="94914" LastEditDate="2016-09-08T10:36:41.217" LastActivityDate="2016-09-08T10:36:41.217" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16058" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16055" CreationDate="2016-09-08T09:57:24.230" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;There's an app for that!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://stackapps.com/q/3341/17253&quot;&gt;https://stackapps.com/q/3341/17253&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/NlJqP.gif&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/NlJqP.gif&quot; alt=&quot;KBD button userscript&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And an extension, too:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/kbd-button-for-stack-exch/ignlodfdkifdjomipiamkaaoiokkjlok&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/kbd-button-for-stack-exch/ignlodfdkifdjomipiamkaaoiokkjlok&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/BWI3J.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/BWI3J.png&quot; alt=&quot;extension screnshot&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And here's the extension's Git page:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/oliversalzburg/se-kbd-button&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://github.com/oliversalzburg/se-kbd-button&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One of those two should work for you. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:46.307" LastActivityDate="2016-09-08T09:59:04.770" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16059" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16054" CreationDate="2016-09-08T10:48:05.203" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I sometimes review on Superuser Q&amp;amp;A and Stack Overflow Q&amp;amp;A, and I am amazed at how much more aggressive Ask Ubuntu is about reviewing compared to these two websites. At Superuser a small number of very high reputation users do a lot of the reviewing. They can review imperiously and get away with it because they're very good at it. However the reviewing bar is set so high by their very good example that a lot of necessary reviewing is not being done due to cowardice. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="94914" LastActivityDate="2016-09-08T10:48:05.203" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16060" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16054" CreationDate="2016-09-08T10:52:35.547" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;While I don't neccessarily disagree that our &quot;blunt&quot; or interpretative guidelines on duplicates do occasionally close the wrong things, or close things against the wrong things, and often without complete consistency, I'm not sure I agree that we need a flow-chart spelling out exactly what to do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While there are a number of reasons for closing duplicates in the way that we do, there is only one important effect: &lt;strong&gt;by closing something we answer it with the duplicate&lt;/strong&gt; (both for this person and somebody coming in with the same symptoms as this person).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It doesn't matter if they post a load of garbage about their space laser configuration. If the actual problem was caused by their graphics drivers, somebody else incorrectly thinking their space lasers are the problem is going to find the solution through the same vector now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's a ton of circumstance and edge-case history around this that makes spelling everything out a serious distraction to just getting things done.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Why was this one left open but mine closed?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Why was my older question closed?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My question was much better, please reverse the decision.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My question was about 16.04 but that answer says it's for 12.04!&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;sub&gt;Edit the original question/answer if you're sure they apply. If the new OP has tested them and they don't work, edit that into the question and move reopen. Inter-version duplicates are one of the harder things to marshal accurately.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;My answer is on the closed version which nobody votes for any more. That's not fair.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Etc, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And that [ton of history] exists because there are moments where things aren't clean. Where we have a new question with 50 answers that are all identical to the one in a past example. We can close, but do we merge? Bigger picture, should people be rewarded for posting the same answers over and over again when they should be closing?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My point here is when things get gritty, a &lt;em&gt;set&lt;/em&gt; list of rules isn't going to help that much. There's always another situation where somebody might actually be right and that the universe benefits from us breaking those rules. Thankfully we have Meta to argue about individual cases.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your points about conflating causation with remedy are completely valid and people should certainly be &lt;em&gt;very&lt;/em&gt; careful (and explicit; it costs nothing to leave a comment explaining you think their space lasers aren't the issue)... But ultimately, just do what does the best thing for the OP user and the next user with the OPs problems.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Try not to get too bogged down in making sure the questions are &lt;em&gt;exactly&lt;/em&gt; the same. We can always re-open if required.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other side of this, as somebody having their question incorrectly closed for being duplicate, this can highlight simple ways to improve your question to make it more clear what you're asking.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you're &lt;strong&gt;certain*&lt;/strong&gt; your question is about space lasers and you've already read that post about wifi drivers, say that. Explain your reasoning if there's a slight technical difference. Your review jury only has what they can read to judge if it's a duplicate or not. The easier you can make this, the better.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even if the process ends up with your question closed, then edited and then reopened, that's better than keeping an ambiguous question alive when it's getting &lt;em&gt;answers&lt;/em&gt; for the wrong thing. That's a big waste of time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;* By that I mean you don't just &lt;em&gt;say&lt;/em&gt; you've tried something out.&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2016-09-08T13:02:06.403" LastActivityDate="2016-09-08T13:02:06.403" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16061" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16056" CreationDate="2016-09-08T14:17:00.460" Score="17" Body="&lt;p&gt;Post it on &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/&quot;&gt;Ask Ubuntu Meta&lt;/a&gt; and tag it with the &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/feature-request&quot; class=&quot;post-tag required-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;feature-request&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;feature-request&lt;/a&gt; tag and the devs will see it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2016-09-18T03:21:40.147" LastActivityDate="2016-09-18T03:21:40.147" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16062" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16063" CreationDate="2016-09-09T05:27:50.280" Score="3" ViewCount="46" Body="&lt;p&gt;As of 5:26 AM on September 9, 2016 (UTC), the review queues went down:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://image.prntscr.com/image/44b352b5aac74c96b7d726075f1d6057.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My browser is reporting that this page is an HTTP Error 500 page, suggesting (as noted) that something is wrong with StackExchange's servers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This bug can be reproduced by attempting to visit any of the review queues on the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Moderator Tools and flagging seems to be unaffected at this time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastEditorUserId="3" LastEditDate="2016-09-09T05:45:22.087" LastActivityDate="2016-09-09T05:45:22.087" Title="Cannot access review queues" Tags="|bug|status-completed|review|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16063" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16062" CreationDate="2016-09-09T05:41:45.807" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yep, this is my bad - see &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/284387/review-failing-on-se-sites-but-not-so/284389#284389&quot;&gt;this MSE post for an apology&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2016-09-09T05:41:45.807" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16064" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-09T11:28:26.330" Score="8" ViewCount="120" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have encountered several questions that ask for &quot;desktop recording tools&quot;. The most recent is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/822868/308164&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. There is already a CW answer, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/4428/308164&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;, but it comes under the name of &quot;screencast&quot;, which personally, as a non-native English speaker - and having lived in the UK for 5 years - is an unknown word to me. And it could also be a less intuitive word for native English speakers, and particularly for noobs (see below).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=record+desktop&quot;&gt;quick internal search&lt;/a&gt; does not bring up the aforementioned post under the &quot;relevance&quot; tab (the default one) &lt;strong&gt;until the second page, using 50 items per page&lt;/strong&gt;. I comes first if the tab &quot;votes&quot; is selected, but the truth is that &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://bfy.tw/7cGQ&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;if you are noob enough not to solve this problem using google&lt;/a&gt; (which first result is the CW post)&lt;/strong&gt;, they will never find it using AU internal search. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even more dramatic, if you want to ask a new question, the CW post &lt;strong&gt;does not come up at all under the &quot;Questions that may already have your answer&quot; list&lt;/strong&gt;. I show this below, writing perhaps the most noob title. Please test it yourself if in doubt. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/7JfW6.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/7JfW6.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, clearly that CW post &lt;strong&gt;is not being reached by those who needed the most&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How can we change this? Can we change the title, tags, wording, or anything to make it the top post in the &quot;relevance&quot; AU search page, and, even more importantly, in the related questions' list?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm sure some of you know how the search system and suggested questions work in order to solve this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user308164" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditorDisplayName="user308164" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2016-12-14T21:53:30.447" Title="Should this CW post be renamed?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16065" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-09T12:05:49.693" Score="10" ViewCount="242" Body="&lt;p&gt;We have two tags, one called &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/recording&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;recording&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;recording&lt;/a&gt; and one called &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/record&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;record&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;record&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I propose &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/recording&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;recording&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;recording&lt;/a&gt; become a synonym of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/record&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;record&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;record&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/recording&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;recording&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;recording&lt;/a&gt; has a few questions but no description or anything, while &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/record&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;record&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;record&lt;/a&gt; is more fleshed out, and I don't see a need for both these tags.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2018-07-07T07:09:29.113" LastActivityDate="2018-07-07T07:09:29.113" Title="Make [recording] a synonym of [record]" Tags="|discussion|tags|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16067" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16065" CreationDate="2016-09-10T18:28:04.733" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I agree. As recording and record {verbs} mean the same thing (creating a record {noun}) I see no valid reason whatsoever why we shouldn't proceed as you suggest.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have a score of 5 or higher in the tag please request it here: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tags/record/synonyms&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/tags/record/synonyms&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastEditorUserId="225694" LastEditDate="2017-06-04T18:35:50.923" LastActivityDate="2017-06-04T18:35:50.923" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16068" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-10T22:13:52.930" Score="-14" ViewCount="133" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/593258/rabies&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/users/593258/rabies&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can we change this users name? This looks silly&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user527600" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2016-09-12T15:55:34.940" Title="Can we change this user's name?" Tags="|discussion|new-users|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16069" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16068" CreationDate="2016-09-10T23:27:01.350" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;If their username contained profanity or explicit content (yes, this has happened before with other users) then indeed it should be flagged. But the name of a viral disease?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should we ban &quot;flu&quot; then?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastActivityDate="2016-09-10T23:27:01.350" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16070" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16045" CreationDate="2016-09-11T08:31:01.593" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;I edited the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ros&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ros&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ros&lt;/a&gt; tag to make it easier to understand, and I edited these other framework tags: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/tinyos&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;tinyos&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;tinyos&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/katoolin&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;katoolin&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;katoolin&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/zend&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;zend&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;zend&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I will try to implement any requests for improvements in framework tags, since they may still require additional attention. Comment if you have a suggestion regarding a framework tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="94914" LastEditorUserId="94914" LastEditDate="2017-07-20T04:43:58.373" LastActivityDate="2017-07-20T04:43:58.373" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16071" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16068" CreationDate="2016-09-12T15:55:34.940" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Even if the name were something silly, like Bob The Builder, we would still have no right as mods to go and change it or even to ask the person to the change it. So long as it is nothing offensive or profane, we really have no reason to bother anyone over a name.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1992" LastActivityDate="2016-09-12T15:55:34.940" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16072" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14279" CreationDate="2016-09-12T18:55:01.670" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The other side of it is I think folks are sometimes a bit too quick to refer to a previous question / answer, when actually it no longer applies.  I give for example &quot;Clock time is off on dual boot&quot;.  The most voted answer is referred to several times throughout this forum, but it apparently is no longer current.  (that answer being: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To tell your Ubuntu system that the hardware clock is set to 'local' time:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;edit /etc/default/rcS&#xA;&#xA;add or change the following section&#xA;&#xA;# Set UTC=yes if your hardware clock is set to UTC (GMT)&#xA;UTC=no&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;) This answer appears to be no longer current.  So looking at a question and assuming that it is duplicate isn't always right either.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="591404" LastActivityDate="2016-09-12T18:55:01.670" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16073" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16050" CreationDate="2016-09-14T01:51:23.393" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yours truly posted a &quot;potential&quot; duplicate question on Intel Microcode today. But there was &quot;wiggle room&quot; because it also referenced &quot;Unknown:Unknown&quot; which Ubuntu displays on the Additional Drivers screen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With 2 close votes on file someone posted an answer that is better than all the answers on the dups (IMO). Although I hate to see my question closed I'd love to see the great answer migrated to the accepted original &quot;unique&quot; question. Is it possible to merge answers from duplicate questions into the original?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I like @Zanna comment above for &quot;a better signpost&quot; and I offered that olive branch to @Kerel today to change the question's title.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;PS I just checked and there are now 3 votes to close.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;PPS I think I figured out &quot;Unknown:Unknown&quot; means &quot;Manufacturer:Model Name/Number&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/824463/what-are-pitfalls-of-intel-proprietary-microcode-in-additional-drivers-tab&quot;&gt;What are pitfalls of Intel proprietary microcode in Additional Drivers tab?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="307523" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2016-09-14T01:51:23.393" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16074" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-14T14:23:45.167" Score="0" ViewCount="66" Body="&lt;p&gt;When I get bored at school literally all I have is coming here and editing questions (hehe), but usually there aren't 3K+ rep users on the review queue when I'm on, and so I'm limited to 5 edits to suggest at once. Why limit the amount of edits I can suggest? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="431864" LastEditorUserId="75060" LastEditDate="2016-09-14T14:38:06.323" LastActivityDate="2016-09-14T17:15:17.130" Title="Why limit edits?" Tags="|discussion|editing|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16075" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16074" CreationDate="2016-09-14T15:07:22.437" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;Because moderators and 2K+ users have enough to deal with already. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's not a good feeling coming on to the site and then seeing 70 or so edits in the queue that &lt;em&gt;all&lt;/em&gt; need to have both versions read, evaluated, managed, and acted upon. Such a queue can potentially take &lt;em&gt;hours&lt;/em&gt; to sort through if there was no sanity limits. Also, because of the double-review feature (it takes two 2k+ users to approve an edit), it could take even &lt;em&gt;longer&lt;/em&gt; to go through the queues. Not to mention the fact that we can only review 20 suggested edits a day.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Additionally, edit queues also bring trouble posts to our attention. We get a chance to review the post itself to notice trends with users. We can see trouble users on both sides of the queue. We can see if tags are being used or misused. We can then act on all of these problems accordingly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Additionally, users get +2 reputation for editing posts under the 2000 rep mark. This limitation allows us to throttle users attempting to grab a lot of rep very quickly, especially with insignificant edits. If this limit weren't in place, someone could theoretically write a spell-check bot and spam the review queue and potentially reach 2k in one day (that is, if the reviewers are feeling nice).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We focus on &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;quality over quantity.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; If we allow users to make 150 pointless edits in a period of 15 minutes, the queue would be already more annoying and harder to work with than it already is.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2016-09-14T17:15:17.130" LastActivityDate="2016-09-14T17:15:17.130" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16076" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16080" CreationDate="2016-09-14T16:31:53.217" Score="12" ViewCount="129" Body="&lt;p&gt;I came across &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/824880/how-to-remove-a-partition-on-a-hard-disk#824893&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; where two new users had answered and both of them got downvoted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now I get why not everyone comments on their votes but I really think if you are dealing with rep 1 users who are making an effort, it is counter productive and may lead to these users felling disgruntled and unwelcome.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A simple comment to explain and linking the help section would go a long way to help these users contribute quality posts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, this is my opinion and I can't tell anyone to do anything but these users are the 10k users of tomorrow and we should help them, rather than punish them, very few of us would be here now if we were not offerd feedback on our early posts..&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is just my 2 cents.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2016-09-17T20:36:24.510" Title="Please consider leaving feedback on votes for new users" Tags="|discussion|answers|voting|new-users|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2016-09-19T09:39:04.007" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16077" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16078" CreationDate="2016-09-15T00:38:23.453" Score="2" ViewCount="35" Body="&lt;p&gt;This question was prompted by &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/16065/make-recording-a-synonym-of-record&quot;&gt;this one&lt;/a&gt; and I was wondering who if anyone has the required score in the tag to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tags/record/synonyms&quot;&gt;request the synonym&lt;/a&gt;. I checked the tags of some likely suspects but came up empty. I'm wondering if there's a specific moderator tool that would answer this question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2016-09-15T01:04:05.543" Title="How can one determine who has the highest score for a specific tag?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16078" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16077" CreationDate="2016-09-15T01:04:05.543" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you got to a tag's &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tags/record/info&quot;&gt;info tab&lt;/a&gt; there is a sidebar for the &quot;top answerers&quot; in that tag:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/QqoSU.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/QqoSU.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;it doesn't tell you each person's outright score, but it will show you who can suggest synonyms (most likely, anyway).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2016-09-15T01:04:05.543" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16079" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16088" CreationDate="2016-09-15T01:32:49.570" Score="0" ViewCount="52" Body="&lt;p&gt;I saw this &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/117048/how-to-install-the-new-gnome-boxes&quot;&gt;post&lt;/a&gt; and wondered about the idea of mentioning &lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.ubuntu.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://apps.ubuntu.com&lt;/a&gt; in the text (additional to having the button: &#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/YVTDy.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/YVTDy.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How would be a nice way ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="109740" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2016-09-17T10:01:10.177" Title="When refering to the Apps subdomain (apps.ubuntu.com) with a button, should I add anything to indicate it as a resource?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16080" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16076" CreationDate="2016-09-15T01:35:35.537" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;A great proposal. I think when down-voting anyone you should give a comment. Indeed I think the software suggests you do so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We all started with rep zero. We are all human beings with feelings and especially on this platform we should be professional with manners, decorum, proper etiquette and appropriate empathy to others.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've noticed a occasional condescension from some in the &gt;10k club but maybe they were having an off day. It's really not something you can flag because we live in a free speech society on the internet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Worse perhaps is a heavy handed mod with the powers to simply delete your post without posting a comment and giving you the chance to say &quot;oops sorry I didn't see that answer had my answer buried inside, I'll go ahead and delete my answer&quot;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most of us live busy lives can be exposed to extraordinary stress from time to time (ok most times for some) and make mistakes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do unto others....&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="307523" LastActivityDate="2016-09-15T01:35:35.537" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16081" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-15T02:10:25.003" Score="22" ViewCount="1017" Body="&lt;p&gt;(&lt;strong&gt;Edit:&lt;/strong&gt; looky looky &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/16103/dark-theme-ask-ubuntu&quot;&gt;Dark Theme Ask Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've been using a color inverter extension in Chrome to make websites with prominently white colors be primarily shades of dark gray or black. It's a lot easier on my eyes and, even though it's technically a &quot;night mode&quot; plugin, I use it all the time because it really helps with visual fatigue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For the most part, I use it on SE too, including Ask Ubuntu. It works well enough, but recently, any text that is italicized or in bold doesn't invert, so I see black text on a black background. This obviously isn't great. With this plugin, all the orange also gets inverter to blue, and other colors, like the difference comparisons in the edit queue, get messed up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because of this, I want to propose the option of a dark theme for Ask Ubuntu and MetaAU. I would be completely willing to write up a color pallette for approval if that's necessary. I really like having the dark theme, but it just doesn't work on AU anymore. What does everyone think about having to option to use something that looks like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/OhA95.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/OhA95.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's not great (I used the dev console in Chrome), but it gives an idea of what I'm hoping I could make the site look like on every load. Sorry for the scattered post (if it is).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="274320" LastEditorUserId="274320" LastEditDate="2016-10-21T20:06:13.350" LastActivityDate="2022-12-28T10:00:30.963" Title="Dark Theme for Ask Ubuntu" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16082" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2990" CreationDate="2016-09-15T11:19:34.147" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here is what you can do:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit&lt;/strong&gt; your question to specify that your problem is different, and why. Note that &quot;no answers from that other one work for me&quot; is not an excuse.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Check if any of the answers there work&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Upvote&lt;/strong&gt; that question&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Comment&lt;/strong&gt; on the accepted answer that it does not work for your case; but don't spam it around. (if any answer works, don't do it, please)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158920" LastActivityDate="2016-09-15T11:19:34.147" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16083" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15276" CreationDate="2016-09-15T12:10:22.280" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;How about &lt;em&gt;The progress bar&lt;/em&gt;? That punning both with the double meaning of &lt;em&gt;bar&lt;/em&gt; (a place to buy alcohol or, often in computing, a progress bar) and &lt;em&gt;progress&lt;/em&gt; since Ubuntu is the OS of the future etc, etc. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sort of like this but without the ugly Windows overtones:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Ht0Uq.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Ht0Uq.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;progress bar&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2016-09-15T12:10:22.280" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16084" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15276" CreationDate="2016-09-15T12:30:36.253" Score="-3" Body="&lt;h2&gt;The Sandwich Shop&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;or anything else related to making sandwiches.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.xkcd.com/149/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/sandwich.png&quot; alt=&quot;Mandatory XKCD comic (sudo make me a sandwich)&quot; title=&quot;Proper User Policy apparently means Simon Says&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2016-09-15T12:30:36.253" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16085" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15276" CreationDate="2016-09-15T13:39:34.667" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Following the trend of the various misspellings of Ubuntu, how about:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Ubanter&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And, just in case the pun's not obvious:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;ban·ter  (băn′tər)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;n.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;             Good-humored, playful, or teasing conversation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2016-09-15T13:39:34.667" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16086" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15276" CreationDate="2016-09-15T13:46:57.173" Score="0" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Talkbuntu&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Chatbuntu&lt;/strong&gt; was suggested. But no one suggested &lt;strong&gt;Talkbuntu&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It reflects on multi-flavor of Ubuntu&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="61218" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2016-09-15T13:46:57.173" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16087" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16081" CreationDate="2016-09-15T21:02:03.437" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I personally would not use this if it was available. My solution to avoiding eyestrain was to use &lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/jonls/redshift/releases/tag/v1.11&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;redshift.&lt;/a&gt; This put me in control of what I was subjecting my eyes to and had the added benefits of &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A) Virtually immediate gratification for me&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&amp;amp;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;B) Zero effort required by the site developers for something that as mentioned would appeal to a small subset of users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are a number of &lt;a href=&quot;http://alternativeto.net/software/redshift/?platform=linux&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;alternatives&lt;/a&gt; available. Due to your preference for darker screens You might prefer blueshift, but currently that one is only available for arch linux. However if compiling from source is not a concern for you the github is located &lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/maandree/blueshift&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;here.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastEditorUserId="225694" LastEditDate="2016-09-22T14:06:03.517" LastActivityDate="2016-09-22T14:06:03.517" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16088" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16079" CreationDate="2016-09-15T21:04:19.713" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think the post you linked is a perfect example of a nice way to do it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastActivityDate="2016-09-15T21:04:19.713" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16089" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16064" CreationDate="2016-09-15T21:11:22.580" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I agree wholeheartedly. In my mind, screencasting is broadcasting (or sending) your screen elsewhere. I can think of a number of reasons I might want to record my desktop but I would never search &quot;screencast&quot; unless my intent was to send that output elsewhere. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastActivityDate="2016-09-15T21:11:22.580" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16090" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16035" CreationDate="2016-09-15T21:24:23.777" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Looks like vandalism to me. But as suggested it's an audit to determine if you are paying attention.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastActivityDate="2016-09-15T21:24:23.777" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16091" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-16T05:13:57.663" Score="-10" ViewCount="134" Body="&lt;p&gt;Why not point users in the right direction to learn how to solve problems by themselves in the future?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it because of rep system?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="595313" OwnerDisplayName="Papaya Daddy" LastActivityDate="2016-09-16T17:42:16.767" Title="Why aren't most questions answered with references to documentation or mention to RTFM?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16092" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16091" CreationDate="2016-09-16T05:37:07.390" Score="16" Body="&lt;p&gt;We do encourage users to read the manual and get information for the future.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We shouldn't force users to actually just read the documentation, as this isn't a forum. People ask questions, people get actual answers to their questions. We're also very much in the give-the-users-the-answers-they-need business, so we prioritize on &lt;em&gt;that&lt;/em&gt;, and then link them over to the actual documentation so that they can learn more if they want.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You can fix this by doing &lt;code&gt;xyz -ab -e 123&lt;/code&gt;. This will solve your problem because it invokes the power of the Unicorn. More info is available at &lt;code&gt;man xyz&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is considered a &quot;good&quot; answer because it actually answers the user's question, and additionally links them over to the documentation for them to read if they want to learn themselves.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Read &lt;code&gt;man xyz&lt;/code&gt; and you'll see how it works&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;is not a good answer, because it just redirects the user to somewhere else. That somewhere else may not have good information (hence the link-only comments you may see on this site), and that information may change, or even worse, be irrelevant to the user's case itself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastEditorUserId="208574" LastEditDate="2016-09-16T06:10:14.193" LastActivityDate="2016-09-16T06:10:14.193" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16093" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16095" CreationDate="2016-09-16T12:58:53.983" Score="0" ViewCount="65" Body="&lt;p&gt;I believe my question was deleted, or I posted it somewhere in a completely different place and forgot it, but I'm 92.1% sure I posted it here (among other places like irc)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It was about plasmashell eating a lot of ram, which made my work almost impossible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it was removed, can someone tell me why?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;BTW, I found the solution of the problem after many hours of searching for a reason, and it's a bug in plasma. I came back here to answer my question to help others :(&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="511388" LastEditorUserId="117103" LastEditDate="2016-09-17T09:54:58.437" LastActivityDate="2016-09-17T09:54:58.437" Title="I believe my question was removed, don't know why" Tags="|discussion|deleted-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16094" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16091" CreationDate="2016-09-16T13:00:54.310" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;First, I encourage everybody to have &lt;em&gt;good faith&lt;/em&gt; on your fellow AskUbuntian, unless you've seen something really unexplainable. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, most questions asked here are from new users who just need an answer to their query. They don't bother reading long manuals. They lack time for that. Plus traditionally Linux manuals are long and need some time to get acquainted with them &lt;em&gt;reading&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;understanding&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I find a questioner with serious lacking on the subject being asked, I try to explain first the topic in few lines if possible. But often I have skip if I feel a questioner is in hurry or won't bother reading the details. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And why answering without a reference would be particularly linked to rep system? Rather, answering &lt;em&gt;with reference&lt;/em&gt; is more prone to get higher reputation point. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Moreover, answers written here are itself becoming a &lt;em&gt;reference&lt;/em&gt;. Thanks to community-driven quality control system of StackExchange Network.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="61218" LastActivityDate="2016-09-16T13:00:54.310" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16095" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16093" CreationDate="2016-09-16T13:08:18.273" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you look at your activity page: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/511388/konrad-firm?tab=topactivity&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/users/511388/konrad-firm?tab=topactivity&lt;/a&gt; there is 1 question listed: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/824353/on-kde-how-to-change-taskbars-font-size&quot;&gt;On KDE how to change taskbar&amp;#39;s font size?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2016-09-16T13:08:18.273" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16096" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16091" CreationDate="2016-09-16T13:58:43.660" Score="14" Body="&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;RTFM is rude.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Lots of tools don't have manuals.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Sometimes I want an answer to a one-off question.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I'd rather have someone who has used the tool in real life explain something to me with the benefit of their experience than read a manual.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Large portions of manuals are out of date, incomplete, or plain terrible, life's too short for me to waste my time on that when I can get an answer from SE in a few seconds. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2016-09-16T13:58:43.660" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16097" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16091" CreationDate="2016-09-16T17:42:16.767" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have written several answers that essentially quote sections of the relevant manual. From experience, I can say that this isn't always practical for the average user:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Manuals are usually very dense. They don't make for pleasant or quick reading for people who aren't used to it. Digging up the relevant bits is not an easy task.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Manuals sometimes lack good examples. Only people with experience can make good examples.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Sometimes the correct manual is not where you looked for it. Classic examples are the GNU tools, like bash, which have &lt;code&gt;info&lt;/code&gt; pages that are usually much better than their manpages.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Sometimes, you don't even know which tool is being used, because the program was called by some other program. An example was someone asking about searching in manpages, which would be searching in &lt;code&gt;less&lt;/code&gt;, but they didn't know &lt;code&gt;man&lt;/code&gt; used a pager, let alone that the pager was &lt;code&gt;less&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2016-09-16T17:42:16.767" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16098" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-16T19:30:58.773" Score="1" ViewCount="63" Body="&lt;p&gt;As an avid editor for the main site, I have taken quite a liking to the 2 rep I get for passing my time, however when I see a question that is off topic, and yet messy, like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/825850/64gb-bootable-usb-is-not-recognized-in-bios-and-cant-boot&quot;&gt;this one&lt;/a&gt;, I still feel the need to edit it and make it pretty ^v^ My question is &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;not if I should&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; do this, but if the question is closed as off topic if I keep the 2 reputation from when it was edited, because I was looking back at my reputation log, and saw this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Onz2H.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Onz2H.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If anyone has insight on this I'd be glad for any help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="431864" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2016-09-17T08:46:20.067" Title="Reputation with editing &quot;to be closed&quot; questions" Tags="|support|editing|reputation|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16099" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16098" CreationDate="2016-09-16T20:22:03.127" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;You do get to keep the +2 reputation from closed questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, you will lose the +2 reputation if the question is actually deleted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastEditorUserId="208574" LastEditDate="2016-09-16T20:28:21.787" LastActivityDate="2016-09-16T20:28:21.787" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16100" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15772" CreationDate="2016-09-16T23:00:42.330" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Mission accomplished.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tags/permissions/synonyms&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/tags/permissions/synonyms&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The following tags will be remapped to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/permissions&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;permissions&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;permissions&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/root-permission&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;root-permission&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;root-permission&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/rights&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;rights&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;rights&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/privileges&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;privileges&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;privileges&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2016-09-16T23:00:42.330" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16101" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16098" CreationDate="2016-09-17T06:33:56.640" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Please do not edit off-topic questions. You waste reviewers' time on that. Flag an off-topic questions to be closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="167850" LastEditorUserId="15003" LastEditDate="2016-09-17T08:46:20.067" LastActivityDate="2016-09-17T08:46:20.067" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16102" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-19T04:36:15.760" Score="6" ViewCount="77" Body="&lt;p&gt;While closing &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/826769/295286&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; question , I've noticed a few peculiar things:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/bsMsk.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/bsMsk.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Problem #1: not all software for Ubuntu is hosted on Launchpad, so can we change the text to something like &quot;. . . reported on Launchpad or other software hosting platform that developers of your package use&quot; . The OP can try to argue that their software is not hosted on Launchpad, thus they can't report it, and therefore close reason isn't valid. I know - that's far fetched, but I'm trying to think one step ahead here.  &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/15363/295286&quot;&gt;Oli&lt;/a&gt; in his answer to a related question also mentions: &quot;... a message that sends everybody to Launchpad isn't appropriate for most projects.&#xA;That's like telling somebody to run ubuntu-bug firefox to submit a feature request. You'd do better to tell them to visit the Firefox support forums (which seems to work as a SE clone).&quot;  So, we don't want to list every single site that provides support for software, but at least we can change it to general term instead of one specific site that excludes all others. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Problem #2: feature requests are missing. This was &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/15362/295286&quot;&gt;asked before&lt;/a&gt; but didn't receive much attention and support. As Takkat said these &quot;...do occur but they are not really many.&quot; Bug reports are not very common either, yet we have a specific close reason for them. In addition, I think sending people to the respective software hosting platform that developers use is far better than having an &quot;Closed as off-topic&quot; question here. At least some of the OPs will go to the developer sites and ask for those features, so win-win for both developers and users ( and tangentially - us )&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Takkat also mentions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&quot;By excluding all feature requests too prominently there may be a risk for a misunderstanding what exactly was meant by a &quot;feature request&quot;&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think it's a pretty clear case when someone comes here and says &quot;Dear developers, please do this and this&quot;. When someone asks &quot;Can this be done?&quot; that's another animal.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="295286" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2016-09-28T07:53:48.070" Title="Feature request about feature requests" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16103" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-19T23:12:10.343" Score="45" ViewCount="880" Body="&lt;p&gt;Same title, different theme (heheh).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After asking my question &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/16081/dark-theme-for-ask-ubuntu&quot;&gt;Dark Theme for Ask Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt;, I realized that it is probably hard to make a new theme, and since no one else seemed interested, I was probably one of few who needed the feature.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because of this, I've made my own userscript that injects a CSS file which overwrites certain color values on AU, turning the site dark. (Doing this, I can see how difficult it is to change everything :P).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Right now, this isn't only for Ask Ubuntu, as it works here, on SO and on SEChat. I'm hoping to be able to make it for more sites eventually, or maybe even get some others to work on it too. I'm not posting this on MetaSE yet, because it's terrifying over there ;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's a screenshot of the Ask Ubuntu home page with the theme applied:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/RECI4.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/RECI4.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you're interested, check out the &lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/zacharee/se-dark&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;GitHub repo&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The project is far from complete, even on the sites currently available. If you find something, it'd be great if you could either report on GH or submit a pull request with your own fix.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This post is to serve as an introduction for Ask Ubuntu. I have also &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/284737/dark-theme-for-stack-exchange-sites&quot;&gt;posted on MetaSE&lt;/a&gt;, including all currently supported sites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="274320" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2017-05-29T08:09:41.640" Title="Dark Theme Ask Ubuntu" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16104" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16108" CreationDate="2016-09-19T23:20:12.067" Score="5" ViewCount="126" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/826014/difference-between-installation-of-ubuntu-software-center-and-command-line&quot;&gt;Difference between installation of ubuntu software center and command line&lt;/a&gt; is used as audit for &quot;Low quality posts&quot;. 1. and 2. are ok to asked like that. 3. already is a separate question which is tolerable, but I'd add the default ~&quot;It'd be preferrable to split your question&quot; comment. I don't see how 4. has anything to do with the title or 1. to 3. which make up 80 % of the question. I wouldn't upvote the question Without the two comment requesting for clarification being resolved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know that the questions are selected by an algorithm, but imo it needs to be adjusted here. I'd go so far to select this as &quot;recommend deletion&quot; (because of low quality) audit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="173287" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2016-09-20T12:56:08.973" Title="Is a question consisting of 4 (only slightly related) questions a good review audit?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16108" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16104" CreationDate="2016-09-20T12:56:08.973" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, this happens. I don't know the details of how the questions are selected but as far as I know, if a question has an accepted answer it is considered 'good' by the algorithm.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While not perfect, this works well enough most of the time. Don't worry about failing it, it happens to all of us and, while annoying, it's no big deal. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2016-09-20T12:56:08.973" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16109" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16111" CreationDate="2016-09-20T14:24:30.097" Score="7" ViewCount="114" Body="&lt;p&gt;After reviewing 20 close vote duplicates I got the &quot;Thank you, come back in X hours&quot; message. I'm curious as to why the number of hours varies. Yesterday I got one that said 6 hours and today it says 9. Why is this variable and how is it calculated?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I searched &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/search?q=reviews+variable+time&quot;&gt;meta.askubuntu.com&lt;/a&gt;  and &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/search?q=reviews+variable+time&quot;&gt;searched on S.E. Meta&lt;/a&gt; and I couldn't find any related information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2016-10-04T02:44:18.793" Title="Why is the review time &quot;come back&quot; period variable?" Tags="|discussion|support|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16110" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16109" CreationDate="2016-09-20T14:36:19.760" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your counter resets at UTC 0:00. So, if you completed review at 22:00 UTC, you need to wait 2 hours. If you did at 1:00 UTC, you need to wait 23 hours.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="61218" LastEditorUserId="61218" LastEditDate="2016-10-04T02:44:18.793" LastActivityDate="2016-10-04T02:44:18.793" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16111" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16109" CreationDate="2016-09-20T14:39:20.523" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;For some reason, Stack Exchange has it set up so that, instead of waiting for a fixed amount of time (say, 24hrs) before allowing you to review again, it resets your review count at UTC 0:00. I guess it's easier to reset everyone at once rather than have separate timers for every user.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you do 20 reviews at 6PM EST (for example), then you'll only need to wait 2 hours before you can review more in that queue. If you do them at 5AM EST, then you need to wait 13 hours.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="274320" LastEditorUserId="274320" LastEditDate="2016-09-20T15:19:56.583" LastActivityDate="2016-09-20T15:19:56.583" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16112" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-20T23:12:27.900" Score="1" ViewCount="49" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can someone give me a heads up how to better respond to seemingly far to broad questions which might be solvable by observing an issue first hand and with the consent and trust of a user to not do anything fishy with their data or hardware?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I guess I would be able to solve the following case at some point in time, probably even without having the hardware in front of me: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/827532/40581&quot;&gt;Virus in windows killed mouse also not working in Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But asking for the disk image or several ROM/Option ROM or whatever dumps is way beyond what I think this site is about and I wouldn't want anyone to publish sensitive data to the entire Internet just to analyze a probably trivial issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With several uncovered nasty privacy violations in firmware from different computer manufacturers (like Lenovo, sorry can't remember the name of the thing that was uncovered after Superfish and any similar cases from other manufacturers), it seems possible that such kind of PUP exists, a user may just not be able to describe it detailed enough.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="40581" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2016-09-21T00:05:00.040" Title="I would need your disk and ROM dumps for a good answer to your question" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16113" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16065" CreationDate="2016-09-21T11:14:57.283" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I do not agree. The tag &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/recording&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;recording&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;recording&lt;/a&gt; should replace the tag &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/record&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;record&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;record&lt;/a&gt; in all questions about the audio/video recording, in combination with other tags like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/audio&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;audio&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;audio&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/video&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;video&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;video&lt;/a&gt;.&#xA;In fact when we speak of a &quot;record&quot; we may refer to a database record, to a meta-data record or to other similar constructs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="199300" LastActivityDate="2016-09-21T11:14:57.283" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16115" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16081" CreationDate="2016-09-21T14:40:29.470" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've used several of these tools in the past, and it was never great. Now I've encountered &lt;a href=&quot;https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/dark-reader/eimadpbcbfnmbkopoojfekhnkhdbieeh?hl=en&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Dark Reader&lt;/a&gt; (for Chrome), and it works surprisingly well. It's exactly tunable enough, and does a very good work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See how it not only can invert colors, it is a breeze to reduce &lt;em&gt;contrast&lt;/em&gt;, which is what hurts my eyes the most.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/obK89.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/obK89.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4246" LastActivityDate="2016-09-21T14:40:29.470" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16116" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16496" CreationDate="2016-09-21T23:47:14.290" Score="17" ViewCount="510" Body="&lt;p&gt;So the Close Vote queue, while down somewhat since the last mod elections, is pretty full. I haven't reviewed in a while, and I see 342 to review, which means the number is probably that, if not higher.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Instead of asking how we can encourage people to go through the queue, I have a proposition (which can't go into an answer on the other question for reasons explained further on). I propose that we put together a few days/times when a group of at least five users can go through the queue and review. (If it's started soon before UTC 0:00 then 40 CVs can be reviewed in one session.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's how I think we should put these together:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A user willing to head up a review session and remind those who pledged to help will write an answer to this question.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Users who can participate at the proposed time can comment and volunteer to participate.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;When the time comes to review, the user who wrote the answer will remind users who commented to come help out.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The group will go through as many questions as it can, reviewing the CV queue.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Once the review session is over, then the answer is deleted, so as to free up clutter.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want, join this chatroom during review sessions to discuss anything that needs discussing. &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/206/ubuntu-regulators&quot;&gt;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/206/ubuntu-regulators&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If this can become a regular thing, at least for a week, we might be able to get the CV queue down to &amp;lt;100, which would be pretty impressive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want to commit to a regular review time, say so in the answer. If a user wants to help at that time, but can't do it regularly, then they can comment and mention that, deleting the comment after the session has finished.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How does this sound?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="274320" LastEditorUserId="274320" LastEditDate="2016-09-22T01:20:03.127" LastActivityDate="2016-12-25T01:50:04.770" Title="Calling all 3k+ users!" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="15" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16118" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-22T11:48:56.140" Score="8" ViewCount="293" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/811282/how-do-you-remove-the-rdn-yahlover-worm055bccac9fec-virus-on-ubuntu-16-04&quot;&gt;This question&lt;/a&gt; doesn't ask about a worm or malware infection outside the title, seems to be hardly a question at all.  It's from a one-rep user (still, six weeks after it was posted).  Today, it has a new &quot;only&quot; answer from another one-rep user, and the answer appears to be a cut-and-paste.  It looks like click bait to me, possibly linking to a dubious web site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or is it just me?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="360188" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2016-09-29T16:25:01.667" Title="Does this one-rep answer to a one-rep question seem odd to anyone?" Tags="|discussion|new-users|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16119" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-23T13:43:26.497" Score="-13" ViewCount="145" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have joined this community very recently, what i got here is, people are not really here for help others, few of them are here for correcting grammar :) some of them are here for degrade others, i don't know why there is option for refuse or disenfranchisement in asked question section, means if you did't understand the question or you don't like the question,simply you don't answer that question., rather giving answer, people come and say irrelevant thing in comment section, i came here to learn and i got knowledge also but only thing i felt here is number of people in this community just degrade others, just because of that i would love to leave from here. Thanks    &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="597179" OwnerDisplayName="Shubhanshu Vishwakarma" LastActivityDate="2016-10-27T13:55:35.553" Title="Want to ask one thing about ask ubuntu?" Tags="|discussion|community|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16120" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16119" CreationDate="2016-09-23T14:08:22.910" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can find many places for discussing  Linux  and other subjects.  This part of Stack Exchange is very specific in nature.  It's our intention to be friendly and advise new users to use the site as it's designed.  You described &quot;correcting grammar&quot; as some of what our users do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's for questions and answers where people can benefit, not just the OP, but everyone.  If the question can be understood, but might not be formatted in a clear way, the users will edit the questions and edit the answers for clarity for the benefit of what this site is about.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the question isn't on topic someone will advise the where to place the question/topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you think someone is being rude, you can flag the post and ask a moderator to review it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please read site &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tour&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/tour&lt;/a&gt; so that you can see what this site is about.  If it changed on a whim there are many dedicated users that would be affected trying to find what we already have here.  If you have a design of a different type of site for Stack Exchange, and there is enough people interested in the same, that is something that could actually be provided.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This question will most likely be closed because it doesn't meet the criteria of a clear issue with steps to reproduce where a definitive resolution can be provide.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By the way, open discussion and suggestions are permitted in &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/?tab=site&amp;amp;host=askubuntu.com&quot;&gt;http://chat.stackexchange.com/?tab=site&amp;amp;host=askubuntu.com&lt;/a&gt; (the chat link at the bottom of the screen) and &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com&lt;/a&gt; (Links under &quot;HOT META POSTS&quot; in top of the right panel to the right of where your question appears).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="29012" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2016-10-27T13:55:35.553" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16121" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16119" CreationDate="2016-09-23T14:26:27.810" Score="17" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure what you mean. You posted a question and another user was nice enough to correct the grammar so that it's more understandable. That's great! It makes your question easier to understand so more likely to be answered. That isn't an attack on you in any way. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;English is obviously not your native language so, naturally, you made some mistakes when writing your question. There's absolutely nothing wrong with that, we do not expect everyone who asks here to be a native English speaker and everyone makes mistakes when writing in a foreign language. However, our editing systems allows helpful users to improve posts and make them clearer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, after that edit, for some reason you went on an editing spree and edited/rolled back edits more than 90 times! Wow! However, as far as I can tell, apart from the 2 users who corrected the language in the beginning, all the other edits were yours. So, two users edited to improve your post (2 edits) and then you subsequently edited it 97 more times!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for the comments, I don't see any &quot;irrelevant&quot; comments there. All I see is people asking you for more details so &lt;em&gt;they&lt;/em&gt; can help &lt;em&gt;you&lt;/em&gt;. Basically, everything worked perfectly except the excessive roll backs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2016-09-23T14:26:27.810" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16122" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16119" CreationDate="2016-09-23T14:27:45.950" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;You don't seem to actually be bringing up any issue. You say we degrade new users, but you haven't even given a simple example, much less link, to support this claim. Without any examples, we just have to assume you have no case, and may be generalizing your experience to apply to everyone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may also be confusing the rather objective attitude of Stack Exchange with rudeness. Many online sites similar to ours tend to be more discussion-oriented (such as forums), and tend to have more relaxed rules. On Stack Exchange, we have a rule for almost everything; I think it's even a rule to enforce rules. If we don't have a predefined rule for something, then we discuss it on Meta.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's where new users can get annoyed or feel abused. We will try to help, but only as long as the question is on topic for the specific site, and the person asking has put actual effort into their question and researching the issue beforehand. Trust me, we don't like to be rude, it's just that, seeing &quot;how do I install Ubuntu?&quot; three times in an hour can get annoying.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it seems like users are being rude to you, flag their comments. One or more mods will come along and check the situation out. However, if someone says something negative about your question, don't take it as an insult. Step back and see how you might be able to improve your question, and see if it's even on topic for the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="274320" LastActivityDate="2016-09-23T14:27:45.950" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16124" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16125" CreationDate="2016-09-23T20:19:28.240" Score="-16" ViewCount="124" Body="&lt;p&gt;When a question is closed votes where casted before.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sometimes the voters can learn from this closed questions. While it is possible to ask on meta I'm considering if it will be possitive to &lt;strong&gt;require&lt;/strong&gt; some sort of documentation of what the voters have learned from the closed question. Mainly to avoid encouragment to just dump users from the website by descrediting every useful idea they've had.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not everybody wants to code but it can become clear to users how they can work along with Ubuntu's development.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="109740" LastActivityDate="2017-01-20T20:24:01.850" Title="Shold post in Meta be required before closing a question?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16125" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16124" CreationDate="2016-09-23T20:30:32.043" Score="16" Body="&lt;h1&gt;No. Please, god, no.&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Closing is for questions with severe problems content-wise. If five people (or a single mod) decide that the question is not editable into something good, we have the option to close it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Close-voters can see exactly why other voters decided what to close a question as, and they can make their own decision.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We don't need a dedicated meta post for every question that needs closing. That would just be excessively silly and a waste of everyone's time and resources.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, if a post is contested by multiple people (and has a history of being closed/reopened) or users get into debates over &quot;to close or not to close,&quot; then a metapost makes sense. But definitely not for every bad question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastEditorUserId="208574" LastEditDate="2017-01-20T20:24:01.850" LastActivityDate="2017-01-20T20:24:01.850" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16126" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16124" CreationDate="2016-09-23T23:47:01.947" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Honestly, I think it's pretty obvious this comes from your closed question about the tablet issues you were having, and the consequent Meta post about that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Mainly to avoid encouragment to just dump users from the website by descrediting every useful idea they've had.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm going to bring up a point that I (think) I brought up in my other answer. You are taking your personal experience and applying it to everyone else. Just because your question was closed doesn't mean your experience was exactly the same as others'.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In some cases, questions are closed because they're just off-topic enough to be put on hold. In other cases, like yours, the question is just blatantly off-topic, and the OP is a little rude and/or argumentative, seeming to not have read the rules of the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Before you go on Meta, ranting about how your &amp;quot;excellent&amp;quot; question (it really is not, at all) was closed for no reason (there was very good reason, which has been explained), and before you start making things up out of thin air (&amp;quot;mainly to avoid encouragment to just dump users from the website by descrediting every useful idea they've had&amp;quot;), &lt;strong&gt;think&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What have you done wrong? ie, why was the question closed?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What can you do to make the question clearer? (If English isn't your native language -- it seems like it's Spanish -- use a translator for some words you aren't sure about)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Maybe the people who closed the question are correct? You don't seem to have actually read the Help Center or How to Ask a Question.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Don't just go off ranting. We're here to help, and you can see by our rep that people tend to agree with our solutions. If there are at least five people (the number it takes to close a question) telling you your question needs improvement, consider the possibility that maybe it does.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe we aren't all ganging up on you because we have some secret agenda to destroy the SE-life of some random user. Maybe we're just trying to help, and you can't see that. Maybe your question isn't &amp;quot;useful,&amp;quot; as you say. Maybe when five+ other users tell you you're wrong, you are. It's certainly a possibility, and 5+:1 odds make that possibility quite high.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To actually address this question directly, it's a resounding&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;NO&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's why:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Meta is the place for discussion, not recording close votes. Right now, the Close Vote queue is at 268 or so. If every single person posted that they CVed a certain question and their &lt;em&gt;specific&lt;/em&gt; reason for it, Meta would get &lt;strong&gt;so extremely cluttered it would drown out any useful discussion.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Besides, we do explain our close votes. Have you checked the flag dialog, under the Off-Topic submenu? We have plenty of reasons to close the question, &lt;em&gt;plus the ability for custom ones if needed.&lt;/em&gt; In short, we do explain our reasons for closing questions, and they can be clearly seen when the question is closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Again, you seem to be showing a blatant lack of understanding for the mentality of Stack Exchange, and an outright ignorance of Ask Ubuntu's site rules. To be frank, you sound arrogant, refusing to think that maybe the 5 people who disagree with you may actually be correct.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, we do willingly accept appeals for closed questions here on Meta, since we do sometimes get it wrong. However, your question is not one that will be reopened, at least without &lt;em&gt;significant&lt;/em&gt; revision, grammatical correction and explanations of why it's about Ubuntu. In this case, we did get it right.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please remember:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;We are here to help you&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We aren't getting paid to do this. This is something we do in our free time, because we've decided that we enjoy helping others. If I joined to just be rude to every person who asked a question, I certainly wouldn't have 10k rep, and I would probably have been banned long ago.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This isn't Customer Service at Verizon; we aren't just trying to get rid of you so we can move onto the next customer and boost our stats. &lt;strong&gt;We genuinely want to help.&lt;/strong&gt; The problem arises when users can't realize that not everything they say is perfect; not everything they say is understood; not everything they say is appropriate for the situation. This, I think, is where you are having trouble, and I know that sounds mean, but I believe it to be true.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, prove me wrong. Go improve your question and make it legible. Put a Spanish (if I'm right about the language) version along with the English one (in the same question). &lt;strong&gt;I'll&lt;/strong&gt; translate it if you want. Just put in the effort to ask a good question, and we'll put in the effort to respond with a good answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;&lt;strong&gt;It takes two to tango&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="274320" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2016-09-23T23:47:01.947" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16127" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16128" CreationDate="2016-09-24T08:36:12.083" Score="8" ViewCount="366" Body="&lt;p&gt;Stop closing &lt;em&gt;on-topic&lt;/em&gt; questions just for mentioning another distro!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just out off top of my head for the last time, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/827346/acpi-problem-with-msi-laptop&quot;&gt;here's one&lt;/a&gt;, OP simply stated distros they tried — Fedora, Fedora again, Ubuntu, etc — the question is closed. Later then &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/828965/problem-with-msi-acpi-on-laptop&quot;&gt;they diplicated&lt;/a&gt; the question by simply removing the list, and — oh, surprise! — now it's on-topic!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It went even worse &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/826997/how-to-fix-os-freezes&quot;&gt;for this one&lt;/a&gt;. &quot;It was edited&quot; — you'd say — &quot;I'm sure the horrible mess was here in the 1-st revision!&quot;. Well, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/revisions/826997/1&quot;&gt;let's look at it&lt;/a&gt;: &quot;I've been using Fedora'n'Ubuntu… blahblah… crashes, frozen… blahblah… Ubuntu again…&quot;. They mentioned the word Fedora a single time, and got 4 &lt;em&gt;(four!)&lt;/em&gt; downvotes, and the question closed for no reason — are you serious?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="266507" LastActivityDate="2016-10-03T08:42:23.333" Title="Is the word &quot;Fedora&quot; a swearing one?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16128" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16127" CreationDate="2016-09-24T08:48:14.283" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;The first question is off-topic because OP is asking for a &quot;distribution compatible with MSI ACPI&quot; and has already ruled out Ubuntu. This would mean any suggestion we give is not Ubuntu and therefore off-topic. The question that you claim is a duplicate of the first question is phrased differently: the OP now wants to &quot;do something to be able to use [U]buntu with MSI ACPI&quot;. This is now on-topic because it is in fact about Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I agree the second question should not be closed as being off-topic. It would still probably be closed as being unclear because we need more information to suggest solutions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note: Mark Kirby has made an edit to the first question and included the phrase &quot;or can I get Ubuntu working?&quot;, so that would make the first question on topic now. Therefore, the followup question has become a dupe.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15003" LastEditorUserId="15003" LastEditDate="2016-09-24T08:51:21.450" LastActivityDate="2016-09-24T08:51:21.450" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16129" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-24T19:54:39.037" Score="1" ViewCount="148" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is sort of a follow-up to my previous question, since it's on the same subject.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I want to get the CV queue down to &lt;strong&gt;0&lt;/strong&gt;, even if it's only for a few minutes. Therefore, I challenge &lt;strong&gt;every user with 3k rep or more&lt;/strong&gt; (there are 506 of us, so this shouldn't be too difficult) to &lt;strong&gt;get the Close Vote queue down to 0&lt;/strong&gt;!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's no reward or anything for this, except the satisfaction of getting rid of all those close votes. It's a plus if you stay on top of reviewing and keep it low, but I don't see that happening.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Let's see if we can complete this challenge!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(To reiterate Seth's warning) &lt;strong&gt;Do it well, though!&lt;/strong&gt; There's no point in getting it to 0 if it means we close questions about 16.04 and leave the ones about Kali alone. This challenge is a reminder to do your 20-a-day and help the site out!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="274320" LastEditorUserId="274320" LastEditDate="2016-09-25T14:43:40.453" LastActivityDate="2016-09-26T08:40:51.847" Title="A Challenge For You" Tags="|discussion|review|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16131" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10273" CreationDate="2016-09-25T18:18:30.337" Score="-2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I always flag. This would be a case of &quot;off-topic&quot;, because it asks for help on a version that was already in EOL at the time it was asked.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158920" LastEditorUserId="158920" LastEditDate="2016-09-26T10:31:36.043" LastActivityDate="2016-09-26T10:31:36.043" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16132" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-26T00:30:07.877" Score="30" ViewCount="469" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/10273/is-it-good-to-flag-old-questions&quot;&gt;This discussion&lt;/a&gt; recently popped up on Active Questions because of a new answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ever since then, there have been EOL flags in the Close Vote queue &lt;em&gt;for questions that were not EOL when asked;&lt;/em&gt; there are some from 2015, 2012, 2011, etc. None of these flags should have been cast, but I believe that discussion being revived may have had something to do with it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For instance, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/close/621824&quot;&gt;this review item&lt;/a&gt;, about upgrading from 11.10 to 12.04, was flagged as EOL. It was asked May 14, 2012, and was very much on topic then.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here are some other examples:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/close/621825&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/review/close/621825&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/close/621823&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/review/close/621823&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/close/621731&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/review/close/621731&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are more, but I think that is enough.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If a question about a (now) EOL release was asked when that release was still supported, please don't flag it as EOL. It's pointless, incorrect, and just clogs up the already congested Close Vote queue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There seems to be some misunderstanding (did I mislink a review?). If you find an old question without a very good (or accepted) answer, by all means, VTC or flag that. We might as well close it, since answers aren't really going to help anyone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am merely saying &lt;strong&gt;don't VTC/flag a question as EOL if it was not EOL at the time&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="274320" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2017-11-25T08:36:27.277" Title="Please don't flag old questions as EOL" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="6" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16133" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16132" CreationDate="2016-09-26T00:42:45.697" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think it is a good idea to go through old questions that have slipped through the cracks and flag them correctly, &lt;em&gt;if they were EOL at the time&lt;/em&gt;. However, flagging them &lt;strong&gt;incorrectly&lt;/strong&gt; as EOL only wastes your and the reviewers' time. If you are unsure whether a question can be considered as EOL at the time of its posting, consult &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15003" LastEditorUserId="274320" LastEditDate="2016-09-26T00:43:42.390" LastActivityDate="2016-09-26T00:43:42.390" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16134" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16132" CreationDate="2016-09-26T06:33:57.183" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, it is the wrong close reason. However, if an old question is unanswered, and &lt;strong&gt;specific&lt;/strong&gt; to an EOL version, then I believe it should be closed because &lt;em&gt;the problem cannot be reproduced&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2016-09-26T06:33:57.183" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16135" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16129" CreationDate="2016-09-26T08:40:51.847" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Ph1dg.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Ph1dg.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or do you mean in the non-meta?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="391572" LastActivityDate="2016-09-26T08:40:51.847" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16136" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16132" CreationDate="2016-09-26T14:51:06.200" Score="25" Body="&lt;p&gt;I agree with head post and I'd go further.  If in doubt, leave the old stuff alone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know there are strong views, particularly about our &quot;unanswered questions&quot; number but it's just a statistic and &quot;fixing&quot; it by closing and deleting a load of old stuff is only conditioning that number.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Removing old posts doesn't actually help people.&lt;/strong&gt; Of course that's completely too broad a statement to always be true but in general, scouring posts from two or three years ago, looking for issues is only going to result in your throwing a bunch of time into nothingness.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just remember the aim of the site isn't to have the best unanswered score on the network, it's to help people. If you find yourself consistently looking at ancient stuff —as can really be the case when you spend too long in review— take a step back and find a better place to put your effort in.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Answering and curating &lt;em&gt;today's&lt;/em&gt; questions is the absolute best thing you can do on the site. The easiest place to stay on top of current questions is the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions&quot;&gt;New Questions page&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Review is important because it also highlights &lt;em&gt;new&lt;/em&gt; issues, but I really wish there was a time filter on there so people aren't just removing posts, they're writing new answers too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2016-09-28T11:10:09.483" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16137" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16138" CreationDate="2016-09-27T00:09:28.300" Score="2" ViewCount="40" Body="&lt;p&gt;When I'm on my phone I can't effectively answer messages because A) I'm all thumbs and B) there is no Ubuntu on my phone. So I put a star on the message hoping to come back to it later only I don't know how to search for star messages when I'm back on my laptop.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I post a comment on a question I'd like to know a couple days later which ones I didn't get a comment back from the OP. I'd like to check if it's been solved or if the OP needs still needs help. I don't know how to do this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I wonder if the &gt;1.5k club has any suggestions :D&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="307523" LastActivityDate="2016-09-27T01:12:43.687" Title="ask ubuntu message management" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16138" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16137" CreationDate="2016-09-27T01:12:43.687" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Starred messages exist &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/307523/wineunuuchs2unix?tab=favorites&quot;&gt;inside your profile under the Favorites category&lt;/a&gt;.  You can access them by going to your own profile, going to the &quot;Activity&quot; tab, and then the &quot;Favorites&quot; tab below.  You're not the only one using favorites for this type of thing, I am too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2016-09-27T01:12:43.687" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16139" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-27T14:18:13.197" Score="1" ViewCount="63" Body="&lt;p&gt;I saw this in review: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/close/622277&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/review/close/622277&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That is &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; a dupe of the suggested question, because the OP's specific question is not answered: Can Ubuntu install successfully to EMMC storage?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please read the full question before marking as dupe!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="518562" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2016-09-27T14:18:13.197" Title="Please don't mark as dupe without reading the full question!" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16140" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-28T07:37:11.800" Score="5" ViewCount="214" Body="&lt;p&gt;Recently, I began pursuing a goal of making a &lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/KazWolfe/WolfBot-SE&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;chatbot&lt;/a&gt; for our AskUbuntu General Room. One of the features I added to the bot was a filter that would run every minute, attempting to find any undesirable posts, like those containing the word &lt;code&gt;mint&lt;/code&gt;. If a post matches a keyword, the bot will post a message with the link to the question and the matching keywords. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, this feature is &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/32588414#32588414&quot;&gt;working pretty well&lt;/a&gt;, all things considered. Due to some magic and the community, we managed to get the false positive rate to drop a decent amount.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Given this, one of the issues that now surrounds the bot is where it should go. At the moment, there are two dissenting opinions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/32586970#32586970&quot;&gt;Moving it to Ubuntu Regulators&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/32586807#32586807&quot;&gt;Moving it to the AU General Room&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Both of these options obviously have their upsides and downsides, but the bot can only technically be in &lt;em&gt;one&lt;/em&gt; room because I am not a good coder. Therefore, I've opened this discussion up to the community as a whole, as this bot exists to help the community (while occasionally being fun?).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So... provided the bot should even move to an official room/position, &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;where should it go?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastEditorUserId="208574" LastEditDate="2016-09-28T14:54:53.723" LastActivityDate="2016-09-30T12:43:59.297" Title="Where should WolfBot live?" Tags="|discussion|chat|bots|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="15" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16141" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16102" CreationDate="2016-09-28T07:53:48.070" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Back before July 2015, we had a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tools/question-close-stats&quot;&gt;different close reason&lt;/a&gt; for bugs:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/nYBTn.png&quot; alt=&quot;Bug reports should be submitted via Launchpad so that the developers are made aware of them.&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Honestly, I think something like this would be a better version of the current close reason for bug reports, unreleased software, and feature requests. Perhaps something like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bug reports&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;feature requests&lt;/strong&gt;, and questions about &lt;strong&gt;unreleased software&lt;/strong&gt; are off-topic on AskUbuntu. To report a bug or request a feature, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/5121/how-do-i-report-a-bug&quot;&gt;contact the developers&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ideally, the link present in that post would point to a more canonical answer on how to report a bug/request a feature for both Launchpad and non-Launchpad projects. However, that can come whenever needed&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2016-09-28T07:53:48.070" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16142" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16140" CreationDate="2016-09-28T07:58:55.727" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Knowing that you have 12.7k and have been around for a while it is unlikely there will be &lt;em&gt;Much&lt;/em&gt; trouble if you put your bot in the AskUbuntu General Room. Your keyword feature (eg &lt;code&gt;mint&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;elementary&lt;/code&gt;, etc.), are very useful features, similar to SmokeDetector. I would be very surprised if that particular feature causes an issue. And the moderators seem to be in approval as far as I know. So I am in favor of having the bot in AU General Room.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="485832" LastEditorUserId="15003" LastEditDate="2016-09-28T10:32:14.890" LastActivityDate="2016-09-28T10:32:14.890" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16143" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16147" CreationDate="2016-09-28T08:19:11.580" Score="0" ViewCount="94" Body="&lt;p&gt;Link to thread:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/829973/safety-of-software-installation-from-source-code&quot;&gt;Safety of software installation from source code&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why is it &quot;too broad&quot; ?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;I thought I was very specific.. can't see what should I add..&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="593365" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2016-09-29T06:17:17.643" Title="My thread is too broad, why? - &quot;Safety of software installation from source code&quot;" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16144" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16145" CreationDate="2016-09-28T11:48:04.877" Score="-2" ViewCount="87" Body="&lt;p&gt;We often ask to post the output of network-related commands to diagnose and resolve a problem. Even after the problem is resolved, all this information remains available to any Internet user and can also be indexed by public and private search engines.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The output of some commands may contain sensible IDs and IP addresses, allowing the local or remote fingerprinting of the user's host: an unexperienced user is an easy target for crackers who may compare the question content with the result of a network fingerprinting (for example an Nmap active scan). This is the first step for &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Social_engineering_%28security%29&amp;amp;oldid=741528371&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;social engineering&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Exploit_%28computer_security%29&amp;amp;oldid=741145923&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;vulnerability exploiting&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since an user may not know which information is dangerous to share, I propose to add an option to flag explicitly every question that contains sensible data and that (if possible) those questions should be hidden until the sensible information is removed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="199300" LastActivityDate="2016-09-28T13:50:22.200" Title="Device fingerprinting and user privacy" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|security|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16145" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16144" CreationDate="2016-09-28T12:01:43.497" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Moderators can redact sensitive information to permanently remove something from the site. If you see something you think is a serious issue, flag it up. We can't stop archiving services (eg Wayback) keeping their copy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But what sort of combination of data are you talking about here? I don't think we can (or should) redact every post with an IP or MAC address. Yeah they could help a targeted attack, just as letting somebody know your website or email address.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When does this transition from useful debug to when we need to take action?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just going to pull some of my thinking back in from the comments. An IP address &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/830722/449&quot;&gt;can give attackers some access and some information&lt;/a&gt; but there are a hundred ways to pump somebody for their IP address. Devices leak connections out everywhere, people leak it inadvertently (ever opened a link without knowing what was at the end?).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If somebody wants us to redact something &lt;em&gt;they&lt;/em&gt; posted after the fact, we're more than happy to help but I just don't think it's useful to try and redact all this stuff on a global scale.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2016-09-28T13:50:22.200" CommentCount="13" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16146" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16143" CreationDate="2016-09-28T14:06:17.870" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;First of all there are no &quot;threads&quot; at AU. You posted a question that is not answerable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is impossible to give a rule that will help to tell if some source code at some site is &quot;safe&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="167850" LastActivityDate="2016-09-28T14:06:17.870" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16147" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16143" CreationDate="2016-09-28T15:20:18.787" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;The issue with your question (&quot;How do I know if a certain source code that is located in a certain website is truly the source code of a &quot;known&quot; software&quot;) is that there are an infinite number of answers, and none of them are clear-cut going to answer the question.  We are not a generic discussion forum site.  We are geared for Q&amp;amp;A with a point of trying to get a precise answer for questions.  Cases such as what you are asking have wide ranging, numerous, and broad approaches which do not fit with the style of this site (please read the Help Center about what kinds of questions you can ask here).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are many cases where the package in the repositories links to a now-dead upstream website, when in reality the project name changed and now exists somewhere else.  Or, it's just literally a 'dead package' that is unmaintained but upstream developers for that project continue on (this is quite frequently an issue).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Regardless, there's no way to give you an answer that'll clearly answer the question, and it's impossible to define what is 'safe' or not when you start compiling source code yourself (the idea of '&lt;em&gt;caveat emptor&lt;/em&gt;' and 'use at your own risk' both apply in these cases)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2016-09-28T23:51:54.510" LastActivityDate="2016-09-28T23:51:54.510" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16148" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-28T17:28:20.773" Score="7" ViewCount="58" Body="&lt;p&gt;It'd be nice if answers which are an exact copy of an existing (possibly upvoted) answer or contain large substring of such an answer and few own text - which should be a comment on the copied answer - are hard to spot in review because only the question and the answer is displayed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A warning that the above described similarity has been detected (by an algorithm which can be quite simple for starters) would be helpful and avoid that those unwanted answers get into the system/stay in there for long time as easy as possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="173287" LastActivityDate="2016-09-28T17:28:20.773" Title="Add a feature for similarity comparison" Tags="|feature-request|answers|review|duplicates|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16149" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16132" CreationDate="2016-09-28T23:12:57.123" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have nothing against closing those questions that were &lt;em&gt;only valid for a specific period of time and can't be reproduced&lt;/em&gt; as such. That being said, &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I share the annoyance at finding &lt;em&gt;old questions that were valid when asked&lt;/em&gt; in the close queue. It's &lt;em&gt;particularly annoying&lt;/em&gt; when the question has an accepted answer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These questions should be preserved and voting to Leave open is a better choice than skip in this case. IMHO Skip is what you do when you don't know enough to do anything else.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastActivityDate="2016-09-28T23:12:57.123" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16150" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16143" CreationDate="2016-09-29T06:17:17.643" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Folks here take pride in answering questions &lt;em&gt;well&lt;/em&gt;, and that's why we close questions where we can't do that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think Android Dev answered your question with a comment&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;You could always audit the source code yourself&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's pretty much it I think. Before downloading anything, read the source code and whatever scripts are provided to compile and install, and make sure they aren't going to do anything you don't want them to do (I think the definition of safe is also somewhat subjective, and that's another issue with your question...) otherwise, there's just no way to know.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But that's not a helpful answer unless we tell you &lt;em&gt;how&lt;/em&gt; to do that, and it would take too long. It would take many books. And I'm pretty sure nobody here actually does that every time they install something from source. I just cross my fingers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;We prefer questions that can be answered, not just discussed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want to start a discussion &lt;em&gt;thread&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://ubuntuforums.org/index.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Forums&lt;/a&gt; is the place...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2016-09-29T06:17:17.643" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16153" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16118" CreationDate="2016-09-29T16:25:01.667" Score="2" Body="&lt;h1&gt;What to flag as SPAM&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Flag any answer or question that &lt;em&gt;you think&lt;/em&gt; violates &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/promotion&quot;&gt;this policy&lt;/a&gt;: if the content is flagged by other users it will be likely edited (if the SPAM is only a secondary part of the content) or deleted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To check if a link is dangerous or SPAM, open it in the Private Browsing mode of your browser or download it with &lt;code&gt;wget&lt;/code&gt; or &lt;code&gt;curl&lt;/code&gt; to read the code with a &lt;strong&gt;text-only&lt;/strong&gt; editor (local &lt;em&gt;execution&lt;/em&gt; of js scripts may circumvent some protections).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Some advices to help the users&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Be very careful with the users that report a virus infection in Ubuntu, because they often download a Windows&lt;sup&gt;(R)&lt;/sup&gt; malware and ClamAV reports it even if it cannot infect a Linux machine. In all cases, the reported file should be deleted, because a network may also contain Windows machines and nobody wants a virus/malware in the monthly backup.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, some websites try to convince the user that the system is infected and offer a download that hides a trojan horse. Some may infect &lt;strong&gt;both Linux and Windows&lt;/strong&gt; by using social engineering (or memory exploits) to get the administrative credentials and portable languages like Python, PHP or Java to cross the barrier of executable formats. Just ask the Ubuntu user to delete any copy of the infected file, disable suspect browser extensions and never visit that web domain again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm trying to be helpful but my answer is far from being complete and my English is weak. Feel free to ask in the comments if you have more doubts. :-)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="199300" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2016-09-29T16:25:01.667" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16154" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-29T22:25:53.570" Score="13" ViewCount="333" Body="&lt;p&gt;Right now, I'm busy making a chatbot for AskUbuntu known as &lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/KazWolfe/WolfBot-SE&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;WolfBot&lt;/a&gt; (you can play with it over in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/45540/wolfbots-testing-den&quot;&gt;testing room&lt;/a&gt;). You may remember the bot from such hits as &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/16140/where-should-wolfbot-live?rq=1&quot;&gt;Where should WolfBot live?&lt;/a&gt;, and everyone's favorite, &quot;WolfBot crashed (again)!&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I've hit a roadblock with development inasmuch as I can't decide what to do with it anymore.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Therefore, I thought it to be appropriate to turn to the all-knowing community for which this bot was made to assist.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What should I add to WolfBot next?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In order to keep some semblance of order, I ask that each feature request for the bot be made into its own Community Wiki answer, such that others can improve and flesh out the concept. If numerous features are related, please post them as one giant post. If a post gets enough positive feedback (or I like it), I'll try to implement it into the bot as best as possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ideally, I'd prefer to only get serious and actually useful ideas, but I won't automatically turn away silly/comedic ideas.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Update 10/13:&lt;/strong&gt; For now, the bot is offline while I perform some maintenance/upgrades to allow the bot to do cool things, like work in multiple rooms. I don't know when the bot is coming back, but rest assured that it &lt;em&gt;will&lt;/em&gt; be online again soon.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastEditorUserId="208574" LastEditDate="2016-10-13T18:41:51.643" LastActivityDate="2017-01-17T23:21:57.747" Title="What should WolfBot do for us?" Tags="|discussion|chat|bots|" AnswerCount="10" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16155" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16154" CreationDate="2016-09-29T22:26:34.863" Score="2" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Turn it off.&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why do we even need a chatbot? We've been fine without it, and I see no reason to start using one now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note:&lt;/strong&gt; As of the next update to the bot, if this post has a total score of +3 or more, the bot will be silenced/muted until the score drops down to 0 or less. A score check of this post will take place every 12 hours. The testing room will not have this restriction.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastEditorUserId="208574" LastEditDate="2016-10-13T18:53:46.783" LastActivityDate="2016-10-13T18:53:46.783" CommentCount="4" CommunityOwnedDate="2016-09-29T22:26:34.863" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16156" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16154" CreationDate="2016-09-29T22:28:52.983" Score="4" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Post Shortcuts - &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/status-completed&quot; class=&quot;post-tag moderator-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;status-completed&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;status-completed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Have an ability to save and get shortcuts to special/important links, like: &lt;code&gt;!!/s google&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This could be used to store canonical questions that need to be easily referenced in such a way that it can be found easily (say, the canonical question for no Unity).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Moderators and room owners should ideally be able to add and remove shortcuts at will.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastActivityDate="2016-09-29T22:28:52.983" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2016-09-29T22:28:52.983" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16157" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-09-30T03:08:48.430" Score="4" ViewCount="231" Body="&lt;p&gt;The issue is simple.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I navigate to: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/167389/why-do-pages-not-load-in-any-browser-after-updating-ubuntu-12-04&quot;&gt;Why do pages not load in any browser after updating Ubuntu 12.04?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can load it as expected.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I toggle on Opera's built in VPN I get:&#xA;Page Not Found&#xA;We're sorry, we couldn't find the page you requested.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My external IP address when connected to the VPN is: 135.84.127.153&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can we get this whitelisted or is it working as intended?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Opera info:&#xA;40.0.2308.62 - Opera is up to date&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;System:&#xA;Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS (x86_64; Unity)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Browser identification:&#xA;Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/53.0.2785.101 Safari/537.36 OPR/40.0.2308.62&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EDIT: Funny enough - meta.askubuntu.com loads just fine. Looks like it's just askubuntu.com pages that don't work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85384" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2017-01-18T10:30:55.137" Title="AskUbuntu pages are returning an error when connected to Opera's built in VPN" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16158" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10273" CreationDate="2016-09-30T07:25:33.897" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;For the purpose of review, I will actually skip it since I am not familiar with that version. In any case, I prefer to judge the question by its quality, and version number or age has little to do with it. It is not my purpose/motivation to close/flag old questions by checking off a list. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="43485" LastActivityDate="2016-09-30T07:25:33.897" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16159" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16154" CreationDate="2016-09-30T08:13:40.380" Score="-5" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;IMAGE SEARCH&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You could use your bot to do an image search by searching for a photo in Bing/Google images and posting the top hit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="485832" LastActivityDate="2016-09-30T08:13:40.380" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16160" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16154" CreationDate="2016-09-30T09:31:19.610" Score="5" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Developer note: &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/status-planned&quot; class=&quot;post-tag moderator-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;status-planned&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;status-planned&lt;/a&gt;, needs addition for tag checking in addition to just posts, but this shouldn't be hard.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think it would be very useful if it could detect EOL questions, as most questions that mention EOL versions are off topic (with a few exceptions) the bot should have a high success rate finding them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Use key words like&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;12.10&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;13.04&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;13.10&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Quantal Quetzal&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Raring Ringtail&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Saucy Salamander&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As these can be hard to spot, it would help a lot to have them presented to us.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Here&lt;/a&gt; is a full list of EOL versions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastEditorUserId="208574" LastEditDate="2016-09-30T19:47:19.440" LastActivityDate="2016-09-30T19:47:19.440" CommentCount="2" CommunityOwnedDate="2016-09-30T09:31:19.610" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16161" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16164" CreationDate="2016-09-30T11:31:16.083" Score="1" ViewCount="62" Body="&lt;p&gt;All links in the HTTPS Ask Ubuntu, except for the navbar, are HTTP. Even if I specifically open &lt;code&gt;https://askubuntu.com&lt;/code&gt;, navigating anywhere returns me to HTTP. Neither do I want it, nor it is an expected behavior for HTTPS site. And since it's supported why is HTTP even active anyway? Everything should be redirected to HTTPS by default.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="814" LastActivityDate="2016-10-01T01:50:56.693" Title="Links in HTTPS site are always HTTP" Tags="|bug|https|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2016-09-30T18:25:20.543" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16162" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16154" CreationDate="2016-09-30T12:30:45.067" Score="6" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Developer Note:&lt;/strong&gt; This is &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/status-completed&quot; class=&quot;post-tag moderator-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;status-completed&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;status-completed&lt;/a&gt; as per &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/16156/208574&quot;&gt;Post Shortcuts&lt;/a&gt;. If these two features are different, or people feel that this is not implemented in the same spirit as intended in this feature request, you may remove this text and ping me in the Comments or any chatroom.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Use it to point to canonical answers to help users find good answers and/or write better questions. For instance wireless? and wifi? -&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/425155/my-wireless-wifi-connection-does-not-work-what-information-is-needed-to-diagnos&quot;&gt;My wireless/WiFi connection does not work. What information is needed to diagnose the issue?&lt;/a&gt; I'm certain there are many more examples but this one comes to mind as an area of possible high impact.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2016-10-13T18:40:58.747" CommentCount="9" CommunityOwnedDate="2016-10-01T20:56:13.180" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16163" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16140" CreationDate="2016-09-30T12:43:59.297" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would say that where it should live depends on what it's used for. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the idea is to filter off-topic posts (difficult at best for a bot to do accurately) then Regulators might be the better spot. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the idea is to help the average user find good answers and /or guidance (likely to be a more successful approach which won't result in erroneously closed posts and could feasibly result in better questions and less duplication) then the General room makes more sense.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastActivityDate="2016-09-30T12:43:59.297" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16164" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16161" CreationDate="2016-09-30T16:50:39.550" Score="6" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Solution&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If you need HTTPS to protect your privacy&lt;/strong&gt; on all pages of Ask Ubuntu, install the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;HTTPS Everywhere&lt;/a&gt; browser extension and it will modify all requests by replacing &lt;code&gt;http:&lt;/code&gt; with &lt;code&gt;https:&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Explanation&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a weakness of Stack Exchange and should be corrected. They might need to invest money on better hardware and in software engineering to support the huge number of TLS 1.2 connections, otherwise some visitors may experience timeout or certificate errors.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;HTTPS Everywhere has a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere/atlas/domains/stackoverflow.com.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;special rule&lt;/a&gt; for Ask Ubuntu and you will not have connection problems.&#xA;Your browser will show a green lock, click on it to see: 128 bit TLS 1.2 encryption from &lt;code&gt;DigiCert Inc.&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Suggestion&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you use &lt;em&gt;Mozilla Firefox&lt;/em&gt; (or &lt;em&gt;Iceweasel&lt;/em&gt;) and the privacy is a huge priority of your LAN, visit &lt;code&gt;about:config&lt;/code&gt; from your address bar and search for the option &lt;code&gt;security.tls.version.min&lt;/code&gt;. Insert a higher number to prevent some HTTPS degradation attacks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="199300" LastEditorUserId="158442" LastEditDate="2016-10-01T01:50:56.693" LastActivityDate="2016-10-01T01:50:56.693" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16165" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16103" CreationDate="2016-10-01T02:25:21.537" Score="-2" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are Extensions you can add to your browser that will allow you to have a dark theme.&#xA;As of right now, I am using Chrome with the &quot;Hacker Vision&quot; extension. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="591190" LastActivityDate="2016-10-01T02:25:21.537" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16166" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16127" CreationDate="2016-10-01T16:32:13.650" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;It happens occasionally that a question mentioning different OS gets closed because of wrong review/ &lt;em&gt;Errare humanum est.&lt;/em&gt; When you see a question being closed, there's a few things you should do:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Assess the question for validity&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ask yourself , does the question really ask something related to Ubuntu ? Is it a good question? What is the core of the question? In the first question, OP asked for a distro suggestion, so that's more fitting for Unix &amp;amp; Linux Stackexchange, but not for AskUbuntu. There may be a few special cases where question may be applicable to Ubuntu , but it's rare&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Check the close reasons by clicking on the &quot;close&quot; link, and it will show you why people vote to close. Just because a question mention another distro, don't automatically assume that's the reason - there's whole lot of things that can be wrong. Here's a screenshot of one for example:&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/tKaZ6.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/tKaZ6.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Check the comments below the question: typically high-reputation users who have been here for a while leave a comment explaining what's wrong with the question.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;If you believe question belongs on this site:&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Flag for moderator attention. Explain clearly why you think the question should remain open.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Leave a comment under the question requesting users to retract the close votes.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;More importantly&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Don't show attitude just because a question is closed. Abide by Ubuntu Code of Conduct and be nice to others.  Really, it's not the end of the world if a question is closed. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Listen to what other users have to say and their reasoning for closing the question. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="295286" LastActivityDate="2016-10-01T16:32:13.650" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16167" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16127" CreationDate="2016-10-03T08:42:23.333" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I can see that you care about community. &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/15873/115155&quot;&gt;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/15873/115155&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The rules for accepting a question are quite strict so that the community can keep up with the waterfall of unrelated questions. It is keeping that focus that keeps us going.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you spot questions like the ones you spotted (which, I think were correctly closed and later marked as dupe), can you please leave a comment on the question itself? That pushes the reviewers to view your perspective. Or can you push the person asking the question to rephrase it so as to make it relevant? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know you are trying to do the right thing, and almost all of us have been at that point (in your words: 'are you serious?').&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="115155" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.150" LastActivityDate="2016-10-03T08:42:23.333" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16168" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-10-03T13:49:31.343" Score="0" ViewCount="86" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ZLx2U.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ZLx2U.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would expect it to also mention how to check folder permissions and, if required, to modify them. Perhaps I should not have recommended deletion, but modify it or add a comment. Yet, the system tells me I should have selected &quot;Looks good&quot;, when in my view it does not. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In any case, regardless of this being a top rep user, is this answer incomplete? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The answer is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/828405/why-cant-i-delete-or-move-these-files-without-sudo/828410#828410&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user308164" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2016-10-04T13:43:24.107" Title="Is this not an incomplete answer? (low quality review)" Tags="|discussion|review|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16169" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16168" CreationDate="2016-10-04T13:25:30.410" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the context, I feel that answer has everything needed. It's clear &lt;em&gt;from the question&lt;/em&gt; that the OP knows how to check and change permissions, and that information is available elsewhere on the site (the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/chmod&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;chmod&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;chmod&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/permissions&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;permissions&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;permissions&lt;/a&gt; tag wikis even have some fairly helpful info I think)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, &lt;em&gt;you don't have that context in review&lt;/em&gt; unless you click the link, and I can see why you felt the answer needed expanding. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I usually click the link for context if I'm in any doubt (and then of course you find out it's an audit and pass ;) ) Even so, I failed an audit myself the other day because I tried to comment on a post (the context would not have stopped me - after failing the audit, I went ahead and left the same comment). I'm definitely not especially enlightened so I can't say me failing means &lt;em&gt;it could happen to anyone&lt;/em&gt;, but I'm pretty sure it does happen to everyone occasionally, and although it feels bad, it is just bad luck sometimes as the system is not perfect, and you don't need to worry about the occasional one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks for all your careful reviewing :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2016-10-04T13:43:24.107" LastActivityDate="2016-10-04T13:43:24.107" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16170" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16171" CreationDate="2016-10-04T14:13:38.823" Score="2" ViewCount="54" Body="&lt;p&gt;I wanted to VTC &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/829652/build-my-own-ubuntu-iso&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; as the issue is they are trying to use an unsupported version and that is likely why they are having issues.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I can't&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/1hvo7.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/1hvo7.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am not looking for a big debate on the validity of the question but it seems strange that just because it has a bounty, I can't VTC.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the reasoning behind not being able to close a question with a bounty?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2016-10-04T15:08:14.917" Title="Why can't I VTC a question with a bounty?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16171" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16170" CreationDate="2016-10-04T15:08:14.917" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/252192/how-can-i-close-a-question-that-has-an-active-bounty&quot;&gt;related link on Meta.SO&lt;/a&gt; posted by Mark Kirby explains how to get bounty-attached questions closed.  The proper way to get them closed is to flag for moderator attention.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The system is designed so these bountied questions can't be closed.  Why this is the case is not explicitly defined anywhere (the closest thing I can find is &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/16065/how-does-the-bounty-system-work/16067#16067&quot;&gt;&quot;How does the bounty system work?&quot; on Meta StackExchange&lt;/a&gt;, and it doesn't clearly give a 'why').&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Speculating, though, it's likely done this way because closing a question will prevent new answers from being created on it, which could make it an unfair advantage for existing answers on the question when the question gets closed.  Answers could be added, and then the question voted to be closed, which would then introduce the evil that is that one answer (if it's the only one there when closed) would be the only one eligible for a bounty reward.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you wish to close a question that's already bountied, flag it for moderator attention, with details as to why you feel the close vote is necessary.  We can take a look at it, and if necessary close it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2016-10-04T15:08:14.917" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16172" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8236" CreationDate="2016-10-04T16:15:59.913" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Perhaps this should be a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/feature-request&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;feature-request&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;feature-request&lt;/a&gt;. My best guess is that the question is locked open once a bounty has been offered and removed from the offerers rep. In a perfect world this would be fine. I added the feature-request tag to the question in the hope that this might be addressed in some fashion. (Even if the response is &lt;code&gt;Not Going To Happen&lt;/code&gt;) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit: Thanks to the comment by Mark Kirby I located &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/252192/how-can-i-close-a-question-that-has-an-active-bounty&quot;&gt;this SE Meta question&lt;/a&gt; that explains clearly what to do in this situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T09:16:20.523" LastActivityDate="2016-10-04T19:14:28.787" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16173" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-10-04T23:32:57.530" Score="16" ViewCount="122" Body="&lt;p&gt;Similar to &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/10382/can-we-create-a-template-question&quot;&gt;Can we create a &amp;quot;template question&amp;quot;&lt;/a&gt;, but not exactly the same.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While I do like the idea of having some sort of default &quot;guided question&quot; feature (where the user could switch to the traditional free-form box), it seems the community doesn't agree.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Instead, what about a new page on the Help Center? We have a &quot;How to ask&quot; section, but it really only gives general points on how to ask. I've personally found this a little confusing when asking on a new site. This new page could look like a question, but instead be an actual template.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Something like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;TITLE  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Short summary of question (not the entirety).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;QUESTION&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;What is the &lt;em&gt;original&lt;/em&gt; problem?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;What are you trying to do?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;What have you done so far?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;What solutions (if any) have you tried?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;What version of Ubuntu are you using?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;What are your system specs (relevant is better, but giving them all is more helpful than giving none)?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Where did you obtain what you are working with? How?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Are screenshots helpful? Provide them if so.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think this might actually be of more help than what the Help Center has right now. I personally find specifics to be much more helpful, and I don't think they cause harm if they don't end up helping. A template question would allow users to have a general base for their questions instead of having to look at highly voted questions (which can be confusing to adapt), or the SE-wide general rules the Help Center has right now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="274320" LastActivityDate="2016-10-05T04:22:18.117" Title="Question Template in Help Center" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16174" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16154" CreationDate="2016-10-05T00:38:54.377" Score="4" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Keyword Flagging &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/status-completed&quot; class=&quot;post-tag moderator-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;status-completed&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;status-completed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The bot should have a feature that will monitor incoming questions and check each post for certain &quot;keywords&quot; as defined by a moderator or bot admin. If such a phrase is found, raise the post by way of a non-intrusive message in chat so that it can be looked at.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This could be used to watch for off-topic posts (like those about Kali or Mint) or posts of a certain caliber. This system should also include a &quot;whitelist&quot;, which will always allow the post through, regardless of any blacklisted phrases.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bot Dev Note:&lt;/strong&gt; This feature is currently in the bot (initially for testing purposes), but has generated a &lt;em&gt;lot&lt;/em&gt; of controversy in chat and elsewhere. This post exists, like the shortcut post, to see the worth of such a feature, and if it's a general good idea or a bad idea.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastActivityDate="2016-10-05T00:38:54.377" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2016-10-05T00:38:54.377" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16175" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16173" CreationDate="2016-10-05T04:22:18.117" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I really, really like this idea. I hope we can get some more support on this. I would like to see it move forward. Maybe we can have both? A guided question template would really thin out a lot of the newbie(askubuntu-wise) questions where clarification is needed due to lack of hardware specs, installed dependencies, version, etc...the list really can go on. That, I think is why so much information is left out of the questions. When stumped on something already, it can be hard to remember everything, as you have already gone over it a few times, yourself. I'm all for a guided question template. Your idea, however, we can do easier and sooner. How do we go about getting this ball rolling? Should we scour the site for an already existing perfect question and break down it's format into your template? We can always adjust the template and format of the question as we go. A sort of evolution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="602526" LastActivityDate="2016-10-05T04:22:18.117" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16176" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-10-05T05:20:16.677" Score="1" ViewCount="47" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure how anyone else feels about it, but I do want to know: Do we want, and can we have a feature for officially sending invites to join the askubuntu community?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="602526" LastActivityDate="2016-10-05T05:20:16.677" Title="Can we have a feature to Invite to askubuntu?" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16177" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16154" CreationDate="2016-10-05T09:56:51.200" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Use it as an interactive guide for questions that are asked frequently.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(I.e. how to install Ubuntu, how to dual boot, what are the advantages of Ubuntu)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm thinking the bot would respond to questions like &quot;how do I install ubuntu?&quot; It would then give a generic answer and direct the user to specific questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user595510" LastEditorDisplayName="user595510" LastEditDate="2016-10-09T23:21:20.220" LastActivityDate="2016-10-09T23:21:20.220" CommentCount="2" CommunityOwnedDate="2016-10-05T09:56:51.200" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16179" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-10-05T13:59:42.710" Score="1" ViewCount="180" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am meeting &lt;code&gt;404 page not found&lt;/code&gt; errors very often on askubuntu in the last days. I mean, much more often than I'd expect, more often than it used to be, more often than on other stackexchange sites. For instance, I just requested &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/833102/copy-only-copy-not-cutting-in-nano&quot;&gt;this unexisting page&lt;/a&gt; clicking on a &lt;em&gt;Hot Network Question&lt;/em&gt; link.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it me, or the site?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="440663" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2016-10-05T14:28:50.993" Title="Why so many 404 page not found errors?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2016-10-06T06:57:52.023" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16180" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16182" CreationDate="2016-10-05T14:26:48.863" Score="0" ViewCount="49" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a question about this recent &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/833070/how-would-i-pass-the-output-of-one-command-to-multiple-commands&quot;&gt;AU question&lt;/a&gt;. My answer (let's call it A2) was not accepted, in favour of another one (A1). I don't mind this that much, but I would like to understand if the situation is all kosher, and if there is anything I can do differently in the future. Here are some facts:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;My answer A2 was first by more than 3 minutes.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;In the original form (rev 1), A2 succinctly answers the OP (IMO). The 2 subsequent revisions only add some extra information.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The answer A1 contains false information in revs 1&amp;amp;2 (about the ordering of the output). I made a comment about this issue, which was subsequently incorporated in A1 rev 3.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;A1 rev 4 copies a part of A2, that addresses the printing of the last word, which was a small part of OP.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;A1 rev 5 copies from A2 the clean-looking example code &lt;code&gt;tee &amp;gt;(wc -l) &amp;gt;(wc -w) &amp;gt;(wc -c)&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are there any rules that might apply to this situation? For example, does the timing (being first) and content of A2 rev 1 matter at all? Is this all at the OP author's discretion? Also, is it ok for A1 to appropriate parts of A2? Is there anything I should do differently in such a situation?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="153855" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2016-10-05T15:21:36.787" Title="Policy on appropriating answer parts, and timing" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16181" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16179" CreationDate="2016-10-05T14:28:50.993" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;It was me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was using &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.opera.com/blogs/desktop/2016/04/free-vpn-integrated-opera-for-windows-mac/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Opera's VPN&lt;/a&gt; and, I don't know why, that seems to be a problem. When I turn it off, I can find the pages.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="440663" LastActivityDate="2016-10-05T14:28:50.993" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16182" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16180" CreationDate="2016-10-05T15:21:36.787" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm afraid, but You can't do anything in these situation. It's all OP author's discretion. I think what happened is, OP asked the question and left the site. Later when he visited again, found two answers and accepted the one he/she thought most useful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="61218" LastActivityDate="2016-10-05T15:21:36.787" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16183" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16184" CreationDate="2016-10-05T16:12:59.197" Score="1" ViewCount="42" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently noticed the option to migrate a question to Meta in the close reasons. I'm wondering if this could be expanded to include &lt;a href=&quot;https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've seen &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/8646/activate-migration-paths-to-unix-and-linux-should-we&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/8646/activate-migration-paths-to-unix-and-linux-should-we&lt;/a&gt; which was the only related question I could find here and while I understand the concerns over at U &amp;amp; L I think it would be useful both for us and for &lt;a href=&quot;https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/&lt;/a&gt; to route primarily opinion based questions such as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/833413/how-to-download-non-youtube-videos-in-ubuntu-16-04&quot;&gt;this one&lt;/a&gt; about what software to use to &lt;a href=&quot;https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think such questions would be welcome there and believe this would be a useful time-saving tool for us. Of course the option of commenting and suggesting it as a better alternative exists along with flagging it for moderator intervention, but I think it would be far quicker and more effective for both the reviewer and the mods if we could simply point it to the right site directly from the review queue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:50:05.267" LastActivityDate="2016-10-05T18:11:21.353" Title="Can we expand the migration request options to include softwarerecs" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16184" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16183" CreationDate="2016-10-05T18:11:21.353" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;This would seem to be a bad idea due to the likelihood of misuse. The question linked as an example would &lt;a href=&quot;https://softwarerecs.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/336/what-is-required-for-a-question-to-contain-enough-information&quot;&gt;NOT be welcome&lt;/a&gt; at &lt;a href=&quot;http://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;http://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com&lt;/a&gt; due to it's vagueness. It seems to me that it lacks sufficient information for a quality answer and should be closed here as well (although I left a comment requesting specifics so that might change).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sources: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/14394/are-software-recommendations-on-topic-or-not&quot;&gt;Are software recommendations on topic or not?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://softwarerecs.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/336/what-is-required-for-a-question-to-contain-enough-information&quot;&gt;https://softwarerecs.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/336/what-is-required-for-a-question-to-contain-enough-information&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-16T16:41:46.433" LastActivityDate="2016-10-05T18:11:21.353" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16186" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16187" CreationDate="2016-10-05T22:20:42.450" Score="2" ViewCount="54" Body="&lt;p&gt;Earlier, someone posted a &amp;quot;question&amp;quot; (I would hardly consider it that) that was basically him ranting on how he doesn't like how it's difficult to do &lt;em&gt;basic&lt;/em&gt; tasks on Ubuntu such as getting the correct permissions to write to a USB and getting an email client to work properly, and the only question in there was when he slapped on at the end that he was going to continue to have this mindset unless, and I quote,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I tried to escape the many frustrations of Windows but the sheer amateurishness of Ubuntu is driving me back. I doubt very much that I am alone in this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;UNLESS, somebody here can prove me wrong or, better still, point me to a genuinely mature distribution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I viewed this as an oppurtunity to try and broaden this person's perspective on the subject so I wrote a response that was aimed at convincing him (or anyone that viewed the page later on) that the Ubuntu was something that should be learned and doesn't have to be rushed due to frustration. I feel like the answer to the kind of mindset the original poster was having would be beneficial to people in a similar position. Here's the answer that I replied with:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All Ubuntu distributions are like that in a sense due to the fact that Ubuntu, in nature, is highly rewarding if you use it correctly. The potential for so much more is there for many things, but you have to learn the syntax, environment, and in general about how the OS processes things. If you are having so much trouble doing basic tasks, I would recommend either dual-booting or keeping another computer with Windows for the basic tasks that you are familiar with and on the side you can practice using the Ubuntu environment until you feel comfortable as using it as your primary OS. No rush, just let yourself learn at the pace that you &lt;em&gt;want&lt;/em&gt; to, not the pace that you're forced to.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Overall, I think it would hurt to have the question closed. Rather, somehow make it into some sort of archived post as reference to others who are in similar situations. Obviously, adjustments to tags and title would be needed due to the nature of the original question, but I really do think that it could be a good resource. Is there any way that I could accomplish that sort of result?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="602680" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2016-10-05T22:51:33.980" Title="My potentially helpful answer possibly lost due to bad question" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16187" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16186" CreationDate="2016-10-05T22:44:03.520" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;When we close a question, we don't delete the thread, it just goes into a state where new answers to it cannot be posted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is as close to the &quot;archived&quot; state you're speaking of where it is still accessible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(However, the original poster is free to delete the original question, in which case you would lose your answer)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Rants and rebuttals are not designed for a site like Ask Ubuntu, which is heavily Q&amp;amp;A driven.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Typically, discussion threads where rants and rebuttals and such should take place on a discussion forum, not a Q&amp;amp;A site.  We typically close rants because they don't actually ask a question that fits within the scope of Q&amp;amp;A and what we can handle on the site.  We also tend to close these 'rants' because they're contention points which can result in very lengthy arguments that don't need to take place here on this site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've closed the question because it &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; a rant, and is not answerable within the scope here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Refer to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/dont-ask&quot;&gt;Help Center&lt;/a&gt; for what kinds of things should not be asked or posted here.  (Rants are included in this)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2016-10-05T22:51:33.980" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16188" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16189" CreationDate="2016-10-05T23:35:59.930" Score="5" ViewCount="79" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;TL;DR – skip to the emphasised parts.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I came across &lt;a href=&quot;//askubuntu.com/questions/833581/choose-os-from-bios-menu-not-grub-2-efis-3-disks&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; asking for instruction and explanation on&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;how to configure the EFI BIOS boot menu to contain an entry for each operating system on a multi-boot setup&lt;/strong&gt; and&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;how to configure Grub so that it skips to Ubuntu right away (because we already made our choice at an earlier stage).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I'm sure the 2nd is on topic but what about the 1st?&lt;/strong&gt; Afaik EFI BIOS configuration isn't something that's part of Ubuntu or can be controlled with Ubuntu. On top of that, there are heaps of wildly different EFI implementations out there depending on the mainboard. The question doesn't even mention which one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="175814" LastActivityDate="2016-10-08T06:28:39.923" Title="Are questions about EFI boot menu configuration on topic?" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16189" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16188" CreationDate="2016-10-05T23:49:48.243" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think it's both OT and too broad. You aren't supposed to ask multiple questions in one post in the first place, and EFI has nothing to do with Ubuntu besides being able to boot it. GRUB is even only on topic if it specifically relates to the functionality of Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe the question should be closed. EFI isn't Ubuntu, so we can't support that, and it's a double question, which we don't support either.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="274320" LastActivityDate="2016-10-05T23:49:48.243" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16190" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11750" CreationDate="2016-10-06T03:22:32.873" Score="16" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Meme:&lt;/strong&gt; bacon&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Originator:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/201?m=7396747#7396747&quot;&gt;George Edison&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Examples:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/201?m=30968150#30968150&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;I'd rather die full of bacon than not full of bacon.&amp;quot;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/31472019#31472019&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;&lt;strong&gt;BACON WRAPPED IN BACON.&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;quot;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/201?m=32705088#32705088&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;They may take our GitHub. They may take our projects. They may even take our dignity. But they will never take our bacon!&amp;quot;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/201?m=6273356#6273356&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;Is Jono Bacon the closest thing Ubuntu will ever have as bacon?&amp;quot;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Background:&lt;/strong&gt; yonder over on the Ask Ubuntu General Room, we love our bacon. It is delicious. It is awesome. It is the pinnacle of perfect foods. It also tends to attract a lot of stars.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2016-10-06T03:22:32.873" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16191" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11750" CreationDate="2016-10-06T03:30:13.850" Score="37" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Meme:&lt;/strong&gt; &amp;quot;pulling a terdon&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Originator:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/85695/terdon&quot;&gt;terdon ♦&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Examples:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/201?m=32320011#32320011&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;let's not pull a terdon&amp;quot;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/201?m=31969935#31969935&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;Let's not pull a Terdon here.&amp;quot;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/201?m=23215222#23215222&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;I promise to never pull a Terdon :p&amp;quot;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Background:&lt;/strong&gt; Our dear friend (and moderator) terdon &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/201/conversation/the-little-rm-that-could&quot;&gt;inadvertently assisted a poor user in deleting his home directory&lt;/a&gt;. Terdon was quick to own up to his mistake and as a friendly gesture, we refer to an &amp;quot;oops&amp;quot; moment as &amp;quot;pulling a terdon&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2016-10-06T13:08:44.147" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16192" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11750" CreationDate="2016-10-06T03:56:29.320" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Meme:&lt;/strong&gt; The Starboard&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Originator:&lt;/strong&gt; Ask Ubuntu Chat&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Examples&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/201?m=32567108#32567108&quot;&gt;&quot;Lol&quot;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/201?m=31851832#31851832&quot;&gt;&quot;Yeah, people here will star any old thing. Here, just watch.&quot;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/201?m=32000453#32000453&quot;&gt;&quot;&lt;s&gt;test&lt;/s&gt;&quot;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/201?m=35159188#35159188&quot;&gt;&quot;Star this, for no reason at all.&quot;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/34622291#34622291&quot;&gt;&quot;.&quot;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;sub&gt;(yes, that last one is a single dot)&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Background:&lt;/strong&gt; The absolute easiest place to get the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/badges/74/outspoken&quot;&gt;Outspoken&lt;/a&gt; badge is right here in Ask Ubuntu General, because literally &lt;em&gt;anything&lt;/em&gt; will get starred just because it exists. This has led to many debates about removing the star board, because it serves no more purpose than the generic transcript.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2017-02-18T23:33:19.833" LastActivityDate="2017-02-18T23:33:19.833" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16193" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-10-06T14:29:08.057" Score="0" ViewCount="41" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was wondering if there was any support for adding .gifv or .gif files/links in the same format as a regular image would be embedded as so:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://assets.ubuntu.com/v1/590018e7-picto-ubuntukylin.svg&quot; alt=&quot;Picture&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think that this could be useful for adding little short clips without a video player. This could be used for instructional purposes or to show how an error is occurring. If this is not a feature, I'd like to request for this to become one. I feel like there is a reason why this hasn't been implemented yet, and if anyone knows why I'd love to know. I always appreciate feedback.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="602680" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2016-10-06T14:38:18.593" LastActivityDate="2016-10-06T14:38:18.593" Title="Is there any .gifv or .gif support to be embedded in answers/questions?" Tags="|discussion|support|feature-request|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2016-10-06T14:34:33.790" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16194" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-10-06T14:48:38.340" Score="5" ViewCount="219" Body="&lt;p&gt;Some time ago I wrote this post &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/702937/hp-color-laserjet-mfp-m277dw-previews-and-prints-in-colour-instead-of-grayscale&quot;&gt;HP Color LaserJet MFP M277dw: previews and prints in colour instead of grayscale&lt;/a&gt;. Today I came back to the topic after a while and made some new research. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I haven't really found a clean solution, that is how to tweak the ordinary settings to the desired effect.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I discovered that I can fool the computer, install the driver of a sibling printer and then have the colour/greyscale toggle functioning again. I would call this a workaround, indeed. A sort of trick, say...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In a way this is a sort of answer, but not quite the one I myself aimed to. The fact that I would be answering my own post makes the situation only a bit more peculiar, but I don't believe it's essential.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do workarounds qualify as answers or rather as comments? To which extent is this a point of linguistics?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;NB Obviously anyone is welcome to post a clean answer to that thread... and a workaround too?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="446253" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2016-10-09T23:44:43.057" Title="Can a workaround count as an answer?" Tags="|discussion|answers|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16195" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16194" CreationDate="2016-10-06T14:51:19.603" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, of course a workaround is OK, not at the expense of an actual solution but as long as you state it is just a workaround while waiting for a real solution, no problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastActivityDate="2016-10-06T14:51:19.603" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16196" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16194" CreationDate="2016-10-06T15:02:34.933" Score="16" Body="&lt;p&gt;&quot;Do workarounds qualify as answers or rather as comments?&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Answer. When nothing else works it is an answer...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But ...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;install the driver of a sibling printer &quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;... is not a workaround but actually a solution. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is a well known fact lots of drivers work for more devices than they officially support. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Printers get newer versions and you can follow the product line of that printer with the same driver. Some manufacturers have printers that follow a 100, 200, 300, 400 series and a 110, 210, 310, 410 series where each line can use the same driver for that series. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastEditorUserId="15003" LastEditDate="2016-10-06T15:24:01.720" LastActivityDate="2016-10-06T15:24:01.720" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16197" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16194" CreationDate="2016-10-06T15:08:35.053" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;The point of Ask Ubuntu is to provide quality answers to concrete questions, so that others in the future with the same issue can find the solution to their problem as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Let's suppose that Person A has a problem.  He's looking for a solution.  Let's now suppose that it is practically impossible to come up with a complete solution, but Person B knows of a workaround.  If he posts it, when Person C comes along, what does he find?  &lt;strong&gt;More information, with a temporary or workaround answer to his question.&lt;/strong&gt;  If Person B fails to post the workaround, what does Person C find?  (and for that matter, Person A)  &lt;strong&gt;Nothing&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Rhetorical question: Which one fits the goal of the site?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527350" LastActivityDate="2016-10-06T15:08:35.053" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16198" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16199" CreationDate="2016-10-06T16:45:17.680" Score="5" ViewCount="73" Body="&lt;p&gt;If a question is a duplicate of another on a &lt;em&gt;different&lt;/em&gt; Stack Exchange website such as &lt;a href=&quot;https://superuser.com/&quot;&gt;Super User&lt;/a&gt;, then would I link it in the comments or paste the solution as an answer so it can be stored on AU for other possible duplicates?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="602680" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2018-02-21T09:52:20.827" LastActivityDate="2018-02-21T09:52:20.827" Title="Question is a duplicate of a question on another Stack Exchange website" Tags="|discussion|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16199" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16198" CreationDate="2016-10-06T16:49:16.633" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can paste the answer here but you should link the profile of the original poster and explicitly state where you got it from.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This answer was posted first by &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/users/602680/owen-hines&quot;&gt;Owen Hines&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;unix&amp;amp;linux&lt;/a&gt; please consider voting there if this helped you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This is the body as a quote&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:37:19.280" LastActivityDate="2016-10-06T16:50:03.343" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16200" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16201" CreationDate="2016-10-06T18:28:15.177" Score="1" ViewCount="26" Body="&lt;p&gt;What should I do if I found the answer already on AU for a question that has a bounty currently on it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="602680" LastActivityDate="2016-10-06T18:30:23.470" Title="What to do about duplicate question that has bounty?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16201" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16200" CreationDate="2016-10-06T18:30:23.470" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;If the questions touch on the same things, and the answer on the other question is an exact fix for the issue, then flag for a moderator.  We are able to close questions that have bounties on them and mark them as duplicates of other questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(This is also the same process for closing as a duplicate or offtopic, too, flag for moderator review/attention).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2016-10-06T18:30:23.470" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16202" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11750" CreationDate="2016-10-06T19:35:56.193" Score="20" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Meme:&lt;/strong&gt; Zanna is awesome!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Originator:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/295286/serg&quot;&gt;Serg&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/15811/rinzwind&quot;&gt;Rinzwind&lt;/a&gt;, ...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Examples:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/295286/serg&quot;&gt;Serg&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/201?m=32583390#32583390&quot;&gt;&amp;quot; @Zanna without any jokes, you're awesome. &amp;quot;&lt;/a&gt; (2016-09-27)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/15811/rinzwind&quot;&gt;Rinzwind&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/201?m=32583512#32583512&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;ZANNA YOU ARE AWESOME&amp;quot;&lt;/a&gt; (2016-09-27 ★8)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/274320/zacharee1&quot;&gt;Zacharee1&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/201?m=32597378#32597378&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;oh @Zanna, did you know you're awesome?&amp;quot;&lt;/a&gt; (2016-09-28 ★4)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/208574/kaz-wolfe&quot;&gt;Kaz Wolfe&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/201?m=32604381#32604381&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;Also, @Zanna is awesome.&amp;quot;&lt;/a&gt; (2016-09-28 ★5)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/274320/zacharee1&quot;&gt;Zacharee1&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/201?m=32622623#32622623&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;@jokerdino time for a website with just &amp;quot;Zanna is awesome&amp;quot; as content&amp;quot;&lt;/a&gt; (2016-09-29)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Background:&lt;/strong&gt; Well, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/527764/zanna&quot;&gt;Zanna&lt;/a&gt; is awesome. That's it. We can't state that often enough. And we can't refrain from starring it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2016-10-06T19:35:56.193" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16203" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-10-06T20:52:30.680" Score="1" ViewCount="34" Body="&lt;p&gt;I worked on both of these questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/833564/unable-to-connect-to-the-internet-via-ethernet-using-a-pppoe-though-it-works&quot;&gt;Unable to connect to the internet via ethernet (using a pppoe) , though it works via wi-fi&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/833538/connecting-cable-fibre-internet-using-pppoe-in-ubuntu&quot;&gt;Connecting cable/fibre internet using PPPoE in Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's become clear to me through the users comments that they are confusing data they posted on the first question with that posted on the second question. This leads me to believe that it's the same person with 2 accounts. What is the correct course of action to take in this case?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2016-10-06T20:52:30.680" Title="I have reason to believe that a user has created 2 accounts what should be done in this case?" Tags="|discussion|support|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="10" ClosedDate="2016-10-06T21:35:41.940" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16204" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16215" CreationDate="2016-10-06T20:53:35.990" Score="30" ViewCount="275" Body="&lt;p&gt;That about says it.  Currently out of the top 15 posts in the newest questions, the total number of votes on questions and answers is 4 positive and 1 negative.  This seems a bit low to me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Friends, we have enough users that we can make a difference here.  When you see a &lt;strong&gt;good&lt;/strong&gt; question, vote it up.  If you see a good answer, vote it up!  Encourage people who are producing good answers.  We need them to &lt;em&gt;stay&lt;/em&gt; and produce &lt;em&gt;more&lt;/em&gt; good answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Civic Duty ought to be a badge that everyone has.  You have the ability to vote.  Do it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;PS: I know this is very similar to &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2741/plea-to-the-decentralized-sense-of-opinion-use-your-vote&quot;&gt;this post&lt;/a&gt;, but I think it bears saying again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527350" LastActivityDate="2016-10-09T17:11:35.280" Title="You can vote - do it!" Tags="|discussion|voting|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16205" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16207" CreationDate="2016-10-07T01:09:57.807" Score="3" ViewCount="34" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't know if this is a new &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/feature-request&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;feature-request&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;feature-request&lt;/a&gt; or it's already available.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Every day I mark questions with the &lt;code&gt;favorite&lt;/code&gt; button and I'm collecting too many to effectively review them. For example, today I marked 2 more Nvidia problems in Ubuntu 16.04 as favorites. What if one day I have a &lt;em&gt;Matrix Moment&lt;/em&gt; by taking the blue pill and now know everything about Nvidia? OK it's unlikely, but how do I find all my favorites that are tagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/nvidia&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;nvidia&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;nvidia&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/16.04&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;16.04&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;16.04&lt;/a&gt; by the OP? I would need to do this to share my enlightenment to all the OPs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I propose a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/feature-request&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;feature-request&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;feature-request&lt;/a&gt; to filter favorites using advanced options but specifically by OP tag(s). &lt;strong&gt;AND&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;OR&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;XOR&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;NOT&lt;/strong&gt; could be supported for multiple tags but that gets complicated with lots of brackets. Filtering by date and title word(s) could also be provided. I think the &gt;3K club members could come up with even more filtering ideas and I hope they speak up (ok type up).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Bonus &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/feature-request&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;feature-request&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;feature-request&lt;/a&gt; to create personal categories such as &lt;code&gt;Education&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;Testing&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;Grub&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;EFI&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;Nautilus&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;bc&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;ls&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;awk&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;grep&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;sed&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;Intel cstate / pstate&lt;/code&gt; and apply them to your favorites. Essentially creating your own tags to group favorites together.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="307523" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2016-10-07T08:41:31.550" LastActivityDate="2016-10-07T08:41:31.550" Title="Narrow down Favorites with filters feature request" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16206" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16214" CreationDate="2016-10-07T06:23:14.823" Score="-5" ViewCount="75" Body="&lt;p&gt;1,284 questions have been tagged with &lt;code&gt;libreoffice&lt;/code&gt; which covers a range of different software.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it potentially beneficial to introduce the following tags to better filter answers for the respective tool of the suite?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;libreoffice-writer&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;libreoffice-calc&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;libreoffice-impress&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="403828" LastEditorUserId="403828" LastEditDate="2016-10-07T10:48:59.567" LastActivityDate="2016-10-09T10:36:47.563" Title="Splitting tag libreoffice into libreoffice-writer and others?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16207" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16205" CreationDate="2016-10-07T08:17:49.133" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;This kind of exists using the advanced search function.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To get your favourites search&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;infavorites:mine&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and to search a specific tag, for example Nvidia&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;[nvidia] &#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now if you put them together&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;infavorites:mine [nvidia]&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We get, more or less, what you are looking for, you can swap &lt;code&gt;mine&lt;/code&gt; for any users ID number (check profiles) to search in their favourites too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastEditorUserId="75060" LastEditDate="2016-10-07T08:22:54.237" LastActivityDate="2016-10-07T08:22:54.237" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16208" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-10-07T23:57:03.960" Score="-1" ViewCount="44" Body="&lt;p&gt;This queue review link: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/627069&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/627069&lt;/a&gt; The proposed edit is simply taking comments made 2 1/2 years ago and changing the question to reflect them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should I reject it because it's like mining for points without accomplishing anything for the OP or anyone searching on the problem? I could spend all day and night going through old posts and entering the comments into the OP question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I'm commenting with the OP in &lt;code&gt;real time&lt;/code&gt; and something new comes up I'll update the question with tags or change the title perhaps, but generally only ask them to update the question with new information such as output from a command.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="307523" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2016-10-10T09:46:04.387" Title="Would you reject an edit to a question asked 2 1/2 years ago?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16209" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16208" CreationDate="2016-10-08T00:32:21.163" Score="-5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Reject the edit because the information added in the edit is irrelevant and useless to the question, not because of its age.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastActivityDate="2016-10-08T00:32:21.163" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16210" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16211" CreationDate="2016-10-08T01:57:09.243" Score="18" ViewCount="222" Body="&lt;p&gt;For those of you who don't already know, we have a realtime chat room over at &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.askubuntu.com&quot;&gt;http://chat.askubuntu.com&lt;/a&gt; &amp;mdash; lots of us (including a couple of moderators) hang out there. We help new users with their questions, we discuss Ubuntu topics, and we talk about bacon.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once in a while, someone will say something absolutely hilarious:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Maybe before I die, I will swallow a whole bag of popcorn kernels so that they get a surprise when they cremate my body! ;)&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &amp;nbsp; &amp;mdash; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/201?m=29829534#29829534&quot;&gt;Terrance&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Sir , your OS is a coward, I shall challenge thee to a duel of boots&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &amp;nbsp; &amp;mdash; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/201?m=31687580#31687580&quot;&gt;Serg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;GTK+ 6 will just be one big button.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &amp;nbsp; &amp;mdash; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/201?m=13105151#13105151&quot;&gt;RolandiXor&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sometimes wise words of wisdom are spoken:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;When I hear 'if we can put a man on the moon we can do this' I'm hearing an analogy almost as if we're saying 'if we can put a man on the moon, well surely we can put a man on the sun'&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &amp;nbsp; &amp;mdash; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/201?m=28242769#28242769&quot;&gt;Zacharee1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;if you give someone a script, you will frustrate them for a day... if you teach them how to write a script, you will frustrate them for a lifetime...&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &amp;nbsp; &amp;mdash; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/201?m=32449663#32449663&quot;&gt;Zanna&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;(Okay, maybe that last one was funny, but still sage advice.)&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Someone (I think it was Seth?) had the brilliant idea to capture these moments and share them with everyone via Twitter. Yes, we have &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/16192/5&quot;&gt;the starwall&lt;/a&gt;, but it's... a little overcrowded, to say the least. The messages that would be tweeted from this account would be hand-curated to ensure top quality.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's when I stepped in and offered to write an app to...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.imgflip.com/1byuwn.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More specifically, I wrote an app that scrapes the chat transcript and creates a list of messages that &lt;em&gt;might&lt;/em&gt; be interesting. Then an actual human being goes through the list and chooses ones that are actually funny or really thought-provoking and queues them for tweeting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now I'm sure you all have questions, so...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;FAQ&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Where is this account?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Here it is: &lt;a href=&quot;https://twitter.com/ChattyCapybaras&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://twitter.com/ChattyCapybaras&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What is a capybara?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;This is a capybara:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/lYLvDm.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/lYLvDm.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Why is it chatty?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Chat... chatty... get it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Where is the app?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;It is hosted here: &lt;a href=&quot;https://tbot.quickmediasolutions.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://tbot.quickmediasolutions.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Where do I register?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;You don't. The tweets are selected by a chosen few.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Is this app open-source?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Yes: &lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/AskUbuntu/tbot&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://github.com/AskUbuntu/tbot&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Why is it written in Go instead of [insert language here]?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Because Go is awesome.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Why is bacon awesome?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Because it is.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Are these &lt;em&gt;really&lt;/em&gt; frequently asked questions?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;They are now that you're reading them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastActivityDate="2016-10-08T02:13:21.457" Title="Ask Ubuntu Chat Twitter Bot" Tags="|discussion|chat|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16211" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16210" CreationDate="2016-10-08T02:08:09.240" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;For the love of all that is holy, PLEASE remove the bacon trigger. If you want to know why, &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/32790962#32790962&quot;&gt;see here&lt;/a&gt;. Our mods' sanity is already stressed enough. They don't need to sort through a board of 8500 posts mentioning the word &quot;bacon.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Otherwise, I'm very excited for our new robot &lt;s&gt;overlords&lt;/s&gt; assistants in chat. Our highlights reel is gonna be fun!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastEditorUserId="208574" LastEditDate="2016-10-08T02:13:21.457" LastActivityDate="2016-10-08T02:13:21.457" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16212" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16221" CreationDate="2016-10-08T02:49:10.783" Score="13" ViewCount="354" Body="&lt;p&gt;This question &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/834132/updated-ubuntu-16-04-now-im-running-kali&quot;&gt;Updated Ubuntu 16.04, now I'm running Kali?&lt;/a&gt; is not about Kali Linux, it's about a problem that occurred because of installing software in Ubuntu using Katoolin. I discovered what happened after the OP added an explanation of what happened to the accepted answer as an update.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm frustrated that this keeps happening, even though the usage of Katoolin is clearly explained in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/katoolin&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;katoolin&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;katoolin&lt;/a&gt; tag. However neither the OP nor the 4 reviewers who close voted this question noticed this because the question didn't have the Katoolin tag. The question wasn't properly tagged when it was reviewed, so I have no right to complain, but I don't want it to be closed for two reasons.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The question adds context to other questions about Katoolin.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The question has a valuable answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If this question is closed anyway, I will vote to reopen it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="94914" LastEditorUserId="94914" LastEditDate="2021-10-25T12:05:15.203" LastActivityDate="2021-10-25T12:05:15.203" Title="Question about Katoolin is being close voted as off-topic because it's &quot;not about Ubuntu&quot;" Tags="|discussion|close-reasons|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16213" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16188" CreationDate="2016-10-08T06:28:39.923" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I do not think it is OT; too broad, ok, if it includes specifics for another OS.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would rephrase it to &quot;How do I edit the EFI menu&quot;. Ubuntu does provide the tools for that (efibootmgr).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We are here to help people, not follow rigid guidelines.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="216292" LastActivityDate="2016-10-08T06:28:39.923" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16214" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16206" CreationDate="2016-10-08T12:06:03.500" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;If Ask Ubuntu introduces new tags for different applications in the LibreOffice suite, there will still need to be a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/libreoffice&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;libreoffice&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;libreoffice&lt;/a&gt; tag for questions about installing and updating LibreOffice. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Creating new tags for each application in the LibreOffice suite would create six new tags, making a total of seven LibreOffice tags. These seven LibreOffice tags are already used at Superuser Q&amp;amp;A. To me that makes sense because there are different user experiences with each one of the LibreOffice applications. If there were seven LibreOffice tags, there wouldn't be much overlap between the different tags, so searching for questions about using a particular LibreOffice application would be easier. For example, if there is a bug in the Base database application, having a separate tag for LibreOffice &#xA;Base would make questions about fixing that bug easier to find.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't recommend creating a set of overlapping tags because this will create a source of confusion that will lead to problems reviewing questions about LibreOffice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="94914" LastEditorUserId="94914" LastEditDate="2016-10-09T10:36:47.563" LastActivityDate="2016-10-09T10:36:47.563" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16215" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16204" CreationDate="2016-10-08T17:36:35.833" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;I agree with this post. Though from my inspection, number of bad questions has increased on the site as number of daily visits has. But It's also true that many good questions as well as answers are left un-upvoted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Voting is at the heart of a successful SE site. I think it's a warning sign if that decreases.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We should try to vote whenever it is possible. Either up or down. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Try to not downvote a newcomers question. If that is very poorly formatted, without any research attempt, you can downvote. But again in this case try to leave a comment teaching him/her how they can improve the post. Don't forget to remove your downvote after improvement. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Update&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd like to link this great post about Voting here &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2741/plea-to-the-decentralized-sense-of-opinion-use-your-vote&quot;&gt;Plea to the decentralized sense of opinion - use your vote!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="61218" LastEditorUserId="61218" LastEditDate="2016-10-09T17:11:35.280" LastActivityDate="2016-10-09T17:11:35.280" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16217" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16116" CreationDate="2016-10-09T15:10:47.230" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Well scheduled sessions didn't exactly happen, but that doesn't change the fact that &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;we've reduced the queue by almost 300!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It hasn't even been a month, and we're down to 53 (at the time of writing this answer) items to review!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/AzjyR.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/AzjyR.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We're not done yet, but look at how close it is to 0, especially compared to before.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Good job everyone! We're almost there!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="274320" LastActivityDate="2016-10-09T15:10:47.230" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16218" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16132" CreationDate="2016-10-09T21:28:39.857" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;If the question is open, unanswered, and talks about a version that is now End of Life then my general view is that it isn't helpful.  Within this site's context, it doesn't help anyone in the present to know there was an unanswered question in the past that got moldy and decayed.  There certainly are development and usability research reasons for wanting to know about such questions but that's not what AskUbuntu is here for.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="139532" LastActivityDate="2016-10-09T21:28:39.857" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16219" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16194" CreationDate="2016-10-09T23:44:43.057" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;A workaround is just as valid a response to a question as another answer: that is to say, people may find it useful, and may vote it up if they do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I disagree with the implications that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&quot;You shouldn't post a workaround if there exists another answer already.&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&quot;You should apologise or add a notice when you post a workaround.&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Different people may have different definitions, but as far as I'm concerned a workaround is still a solution to the problem, it's just one that doesn't take the expected approach.  Often this means it's a more creative solution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sure, some workarounds are better than others: some are just temporary masking of the problem.  But others are ingeniously creative solutions.  The same can be said of answers that aren't workarounds: some are better than others.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54256" LastActivityDate="2016-10-09T23:44:43.057" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16220" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16208" CreationDate="2016-10-10T09:18:21.900" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would have accepted that edit. It is adding an important  piece of information: that the OP was connecting from an OSX machine. OSX interactive shells are login shells by default, which means they behave differently. The relevant difference here is that they read the &lt;code&gt;*profile*&lt;/code&gt; family of files (&lt;code&gt;~/.bash_profile&lt;/code&gt; if present, &lt;code&gt;~/.profile&lt;/code&gt; if not) instead of &lt;code&gt;~/.bashrc&lt;/code&gt; on startup. That's an important point. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In general, I approve of any edit that adds useful information to the question. Old or new makes absolutely no difference whatsoever. Remember that the Stack Exchange sites are trying to build a &lt;em&gt;repository&lt;/em&gt; of information. Someone might come and read that question a few years from now, so if it's in good shape, so much the better. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, as long as an edit is improving the post, it should be accepted. That's a good thing. We want our posts to be clear, grammatically correct, and informative. Any edit that makes them more so is welcome. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="158442" LastEditDate="2016-10-10T09:46:04.387" LastActivityDate="2016-10-10T09:46:04.387" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16221" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16212" CreationDate="2016-10-10T11:06:19.587" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;The question about Katoolin has not been closed, and now it shows that there aren't any close votes. I think the root of the problem is that new users who want ask a question about using Kali Linux tools on Ubuntu search for an appropriate tag, and all they find is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/kali&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;kali&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;kali&lt;/a&gt; so they read the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/kali&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;kali&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;kali&lt;/a&gt; tag excerpt which says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Questions that are only about Kali and not about Ubuntu are off-topic here! Please ask them on Unix &amp;amp; Linux Q&amp;amp;A.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then they give up and don't use a Kali tag because there isn't a separate tag for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/kali-linux-tools&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;kali-linux-tools&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;kali-linux-tools&lt;/a&gt;. Since there wasn't a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/kali-linux-tools&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;kali-linux-tools&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;kali-linux-tools&lt;/a&gt; tag, I made one and suggested that it be made into a synonym for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/katoolin&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;katoolin&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;katoolin&lt;/a&gt;. If you are a user who a total answer score of 5 or more on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/katoolin&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;katoolin&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;katoolin&lt;/a&gt; tag, you can visit the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tags/katoolin/synonyms&quot;&gt;'katoolin' Tag Synonyms&lt;/a&gt; page and vote to make &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/kali-linux-tools&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;kali-linux-tools&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;kali-linux-tools&lt;/a&gt; a synonym for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/katoolin&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;katoolin&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;katoolin&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Update:&lt;/em&gt; The question has been used as a duplicate link for questions about the same problem like this one: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/931089/distribution-name-incorrect&quot;&gt;Distribution Name Incorrect&lt;/a&gt; which proves that the problem in the question is reproducible. Rinzwind's answer is the more specific one for this question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="94914" LastEditorUserId="94914" LastEditDate="2019-08-09T09:37:35.597" LastActivityDate="2019-08-09T09:37:35.597" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16222" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16224" CreationDate="2016-10-11T14:31:17.693" Score="3" ViewCount="127" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/628489&quot;&gt;This edit&lt;/a&gt; is in my review queue. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that it's &quot;proposed by an anonymous user&quot; - what does this mean? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've already read &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/7889/why-was-this-suggested-edit-submitted-by-an-anonymous-user-rejected&quot;&gt;this suggested dupe&lt;/a&gt;, and it didn't help me. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="304825" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2016-10-11T17:09:07.233" Title="Edit proposed by anonymous user ?" Tags="|discussion|suggested-edits|anonymous-users|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16224" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16222" CreationDate="2016-10-11T16:35:45.983" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;&quot;Proposed by an anonymous user&quot; means the edit was suggested by someone who wasn't signed into an Ask Ubuntu account. It's possible to contribute to Stack Exchange sites without having an account, and it's fairly common to see edits proposed anonymously (I see it at least once a week).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sometimes, the proposed edit is actually the original post author trying to change their own post. If I can tell this is the case, then I will follow the link to the post and leave a comment reminding the user to log in to edit their post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In general though, I don't think you need to treat these suggested edits any differently from others you review - I think you should determine whether or not the edit has value in your opinion, and review it accordingly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2016-10-11T16:35:45.983" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16225" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16226" CreationDate="2016-10-11T17:24:58.680" Score="8" ViewCount="118" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have followed an answer on &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/750024/create-opensuse-bootable-usb-stick-from-ubuntu&quot;&gt;Create OpenSUSE bootable USB stick from Ubuntu?&lt;/a&gt;. I have copy-pasted the command and found out that there is a typo &lt;code&gt;zenity --into --text=&quot;DONE&quot;&lt;/code&gt; instead of &lt;code&gt;zenity --info --text=&quot;DONE&quot;&lt;/code&gt;. So I tried to edit the answer to correct it. But it says that the edit must be at least 6 characters. So what should I do? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;p.s. I have found out about typo after running the command and waiting for the popup DONE.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="473048" OwnerDisplayName="lived" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2016-10-13T13:52:09.603" Title="Correction of answer on AskUbuntu" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16226" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16225" CreationDate="2016-10-11T18:58:43.217" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Errare humanum est&lt;/em&gt; - it is human to err, and some times errors do sneak into our answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's a few things you can do if you find an error in an answer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Leave a comment. Chances are the person whose answer contains errors is high reputation user and is frequently visiting this site ( like myself . . .and sometimes visiting too frequently :) They will see your comment and edit the answer.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Request assistance from high reputation users. You can do so in &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/201/ask-ubuntu-general-room&quot;&gt;AskUbuntu chatroom&lt;/a&gt; or here on Meta site.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you have sufficient reputation on the site and have editing privilege, you can correct the post yourself.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you have flagging privilege, flag for moderator attention. That's least preferred solution, since our dear moderators are busy swinging ban hammers at misbehaving users as well as moving questions that are not related to Ubuntu :) and it would be shame to trouble them too much with trivial things ( at least IMHO ). However, as a last resort that's as good solution as any.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for the 6 character limit, there's always a way to paraphrase  a sentence, change grammar, and use synonyms for words to add up to the character limit without loosing the meaning. Remember: as long as your edit doesn't damage the meaning of the answer, your edit is good to go. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="295286" LastActivityDate="2016-10-11T18:58:43.217" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16227" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16228" CreationDate="2016-10-11T19:11:43.960" Score="7" ViewCount="65" Body="&lt;p&gt;Today, I have flagged a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/835795/how-do-i-install-windows-10-from-ubuntu-14-04&quot;&gt;question&lt;/a&gt; as being off-topic here (&lt;em&gt;as the question seemed to be more about Windows than about Ubuntu&lt;/em&gt;), then, I had a second thought (&lt;em&gt;the OP was a beginner in Ubuntu and closing down his question might be a reason for disappointment and confusion, and besides of that, we should admit that, sometimes, beginners are not yet prepared for the change, so they do want to go back to Windows&lt;/em&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyway, when I wanted to retract my flag, I noticed that it's not possible. Here's the screenshot:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Biqnd.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Biqnd.png&quot; alt=&quot;unflag impossible&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, where is the good old button saying me to retract the flag? I can't see it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How can I cancel my flag in this situation?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note&lt;/strong&gt;: You may question my reasons regarding my flagging behaviour, I admit that, but the technical problem is still on. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="146105" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2016-10-11T19:48:05.057" Title="Why am I unable to retract this flag?" Tags="|support|bug|status-bydesign|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16228" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16227" CreationDate="2016-10-11T19:47:33.597" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can't retract the flag because it has already been processed.  Once the flag has been processed (and marked &quot;helpful&quot; or been declined), there's no way to retract the flag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The flag in question has already been marked as &quot;helpful&quot;, and is no longer eligible for being retracted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can see your list of pending, helpful, and declined flags (as well as retracted flags) by going to your user profile, going to the &quot;Activity&quot; tab, and then clicking where it says &quot;### helpful flags&quot;, which will then bring you to your flags list, which will contain a list of your helpful, declined, disputed, pending, or retracted flags.  From there, you can see if it's been processed.  Any &quot;pending&quot; flag can be retracted.  Others cannot be.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2016-10-11T19:47:33.597" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16229" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16230" CreationDate="2016-10-11T07:53:37.503" Score="7" ViewCount="216" Body="&lt;p&gt;On 16.04 with Firefox, whenever I try to go to askubuntu.com, I'm redirected to google.com ! This is true if I type the address in the url or if I click on the askubuntu logo on this site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Notice that going to a specific question works...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there an ongoing problem on the site, or is the problem on my side ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[EDIT] So, this is a firefox specific problem, as things work fine in Ubuntu Browser. I tried a new profile (firefox -P) and things work here too. So this is a profile specific problem. I've tried to find the core cause, and after googling a bit, I found this question &lt;a href=&quot;https://superuser.com/questions/467999/clear-301-redirect-cache-in-firefox&quot;&gt;https://superuser.com/questions/467999/clear-301-redirect-cache-in-firefox&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I cleared askubuntu.com history (forget about this site) and the redirection is gone... I still don't know how it first came, but now I know about the http 301 answer :-)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2330" OwnerDisplayName="alci" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:18:11.723" LastActivityDate="2016-10-13T08:36:25.030" Title="Firefox redirects askubuntu.com to google.com" Tags="|discussion|firefox|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16230" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16229" CreationDate="2016-10-13T08:36:25.030" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;I solved this issue with the following steps:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;determine if the problem is Firefox specific: I tried with Ubuntu Web Browser, and everything was fine, so it is Firefox specific (so there no dns problem for example)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;determine if the problem is Profile specific: I tried with a new profile (using &lt;code&gt;firefox -P&lt;/code&gt; to create a test profile), and it worked, so it is profile specific&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;then I found this question &lt;a href=&quot;https://superuser.com/questions/467999/clear-301-redirect-cache-in-firefox&quot;&gt;https://superuser.com/questions/467999/clear-301-redirect-cache-in-firefox&lt;/a&gt; I learned about HTTP 301 permanent redirect&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I finally cleared the cache for the askubuntu.com url, which fixed the problem:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;open the history panel in Firefox (Ctrl + H)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;search for askubuntu.com&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;right-click on the entry, and choose 'forget this site'&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2330" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:18:11.723" LastActivityDate="2016-10-13T08:36:25.030" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16231" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-10-13T08:56:44.407" Score="0" ViewCount="70" Body="&lt;p&gt;How can i change my username? Tried something here and there off course but nope. It is now just user 60656 something. PS How can i ever qualify these quality standards for posting a question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user606065" LastActivityDate="2016-10-14T15:13:31.503" Title="How can i change my username?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2016-10-13T13:15:32.720" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16232" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16231" CreationDate="2016-10-13T10:54:11.387" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Go to this link &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/606065/user606065&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/users/606065/user606065&lt;/a&gt;. You'll see &lt;strong&gt;Edit profile and Settings&lt;/strong&gt; Tab there. On Edit profile page, You can change your name. Save button is at the bottom of the page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note 1: You can only change your username once every 30 days&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Note 2: You can just visit this link &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/current&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/users/current&lt;/a&gt; to go to the profile of currently logged in user. (Thanks to Dan)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="61218" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2016-10-14T15:13:31.503" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16233" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16225" CreationDate="2016-10-13T13:52:09.603" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;This frequently happens.  There is an issue in a post, and the edit just won't line up to 6 bytes or more.  Here are several ideas:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Check for grammar and spelling.  You can nitpick in this situation.  Put two spaces between sentences, even though it doesn't show.  Check for missing apostrophes.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Check formatting.  Is there somewhere where the user used bold where back-ticks would have been more appropriate?  Look for trailing new lines.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Change wording.  If nothing else works, simply in-obstructively change the wording; you can always find something that &lt;em&gt;could&lt;/em&gt; be improved, even slightly.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please do do one thing, though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Let people know what you're doing.&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Don't edit out a critical error and then mark in the comment, &lt;code&gt;Fixed grammar and formatting.&lt;/code&gt;  Mark that you edited out the critical error, and even, if it's not very obvious, drop a &lt;strong&gt;friendly&lt;/strong&gt; comment to the author.  It can't hurt, and it will prevent potential roll-back wars.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527350" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2016-10-13T13:52:09.603" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16234" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16154" CreationDate="2016-10-13T14:41:30.190" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Filtering. That one word answer hold so much in it, but in general, bots such as Smokey have been utilized at a rate that can be described as a parabola. At the beginning, the bot seemed like it was revolutionary, but as time went on, and the way questions needed to be filtered changed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The main use that I have seen of Smokey nowadays is finding &quot;mostly non-latin bodies,&quot; but there's so much more your bot (knowing your level of intelligence) could do!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One feature I would love to see (if possible) is auto-tag editing. When a user asks a question about (for example) nVidia drivers, keywords such as &quot;nvidia&quot; will appear often in the question, however in the tags of the question, the user may not include the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/nvidia&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;nvidia&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;nvidia&lt;/a&gt; tag. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the bot could see this by reading the list of current tags, WolfBot could either &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;point out&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; when this occurs, or again if possible automatically add the tags, and submit the question as a suggested edit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;WolfBot does currently have a &quot;keyword system&quot;, which I could see almost perfectly implemented into this system.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Obviously I'm not the designer, and I don't want to discuss this all here, but the word &lt;strong&gt;&quot;nvidia&quot;&lt;/strong&gt; could come up by itself in a question, so testing against a list of keywords just once would not work, and the exact dimensions and kinks would need to be worked out, but I know you can do it!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Small things like this can be hard to do, and may not &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;seem&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; like they provide that much help to the community, but I have high hopes that WolfBot will turn into something great!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="431864" LastActivityDate="2016-10-13T14:41:30.190" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16236" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-10-13T15:49:35.340" Score="18" ViewCount="313" Body="&lt;h3&gt;What’s this post about?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We are a group of people who are doing some cleanup work. Currently, we are using an &lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/askubuntu/query/59227/unanswered-questions-that-have-a-zero-score-answer-from-the-questioner#resultSets&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;SEDE Query&lt;/a&gt; that finds unanswered&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt; questions with answers by the OP. From a cleanup perspective, these are &amp;quot;low hanging fruit&amp;quot;, since there is a better than average degree of certainty that the answer effectively &lt;em&gt;answers&lt;/em&gt; the question. If the answers are good, we can upvote them so that the question is recognised as answered by the system. Otherwise, we can take whatever action is appropriate to deal with the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt; an &lt;em&gt;unanswered question&lt;/em&gt; is one that has no accepted or upvoted questions&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Our work on this query has been a collaborative effort and learning experience, and as our process has developed and gained momentum, we felt we should explain to the community what we have been working on. This post is intended both as that explanation and as an invitation to you to get involved in our project if you’d like to.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Why?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We are doing this for the overall glory of Ask Ubuntu, because we are proud of this place we are part of and want it to be as useful and as polished as possible. Here are some benefits:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If questions have been answered well, the system should acknowledge that. Upvotes help everyone to find helpful answers. Neglected answers should get the credit they deserve. In many cases, answers that contain good solutions are poorly worded or formatted and can be edited into shape with a little effort from us.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, old, unanswered questions don’t help anyone. As Shog9 says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/78048/enable-automatic-deletion-of-old-unanswered-zero-score-questions-after-a-year/92006#comment569796_92006&quot;&gt;Unanswered questions are a dead-end in search; they're worth keeping&#xA;around for a while on the chance that someone will find and answer&#xA;them, but beyond a certain point if no one is expressing any interest&#xA;in them they're just&#xA;noise.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By closing and/or deleting questions that are not useful, we improve the signal-to-noise-ratio of our site and the quality of search results, and make space for questions about still-relevant topics to be asked anew, with a better chance of them receiving attention and answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this about boosting our answered rate? No, not directly. &lt;strong&gt;This is about giving each question the attention it deserves.&lt;/strong&gt; If our answered rate benefits, that’s an added bonus :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;How?&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Important&lt;/strong&gt; - if you want to get involved, please visit us in &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/3877/raiders-of-the-lost-downboat&quot;&gt;the Downboat&lt;/a&gt;, before going to Trello and taking any actions. You can always ping me @Zanna with questions - I am around. We really want to know if anyone is doing anything on the board, or with the query directly, so we can keep track and check it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We have been uploading the questions we are working on to a &lt;a href=&quot;https://trello.com/b/N4tGabC2/ask-ubuntu-abandoned-questions-cleanup&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Trello board&lt;/a&gt;. Each card on the board represents and links to a question found by our query. We label the cards with our actions and use the lists to ensure each person’s work is checked by at least one other person. When we consider the question has been given the right treatment, we archive the card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The actions we take are, briefly:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Upvote an answer&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Leave a comment for the OP suggesting they improve and/or accept their answer&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Flag answers as NAA, and, if appropriate, downvote the question&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Vote to close the question&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Add an answer&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt; This &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/92006/322419&quot;&gt;causes the question to be deleted by the system&lt;/a&gt;, and is potentially a controversial aspect of what we are doing, since in many cases the post is deleted with the agreement of only two non-mods, not three as is the case with delete votes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For a detailed explanation, see &lt;a href=&quot;https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eG0qNJaXGR7krDllIITZNXUSXFdpFfFkwtdcAudvz1c/edit?usp=sharing&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this guide to the Trello Board&lt;/a&gt; which I guess is our &amp;quot;training&amp;quot; material to be read by anyone joining the project.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/vqmXv.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/vqmXv.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even if you don’t have the time or inclination to help out directly, you can still help us a lot by reviewing (in the usual way) posts we’ve voted on or flagged or simply with your moral support. We know not everyone wants to do this kind of thing, and that’s completely fine, but we hope you’ll agree we are doing something positive for Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We would like to note that the people working on the board at the moment are also answering, editing and voting on as many &lt;em&gt;new&lt;/em&gt; questions as we can.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Future plans&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Depending on how well this project goes, we might consider expanding it to work on other areas, such as questions with no answers, abandoned questions and so on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Update&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since some suggestions have been made that our work is making a significant contribution to review queues, I am editing our post to add what I said in response to a comment: we have been doing this work for over a month, and in that time (due, I think, to efforts of reviewers spurred by Zacharee1) the close votes review queue dropped below 30. Our work makes a low impact on queues, in my opinion. We are sending an average of 5-10 posts daily to queues (perhaps a little more presently (~24 October) because of the stage we are at). I heartily encourage anyone who prefers not to review old posts to take full advantage of the friendly skip button.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2016-11-19T22:38:48.430" Title="Cleanup Project using SEDE Query" Tags="|discussion|cleanup|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16237" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-10-13T17:57:28.153" Score="6" ViewCount="143" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just edited this question: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/836595/301745&quot;&gt;Incorrect resolution and no wifi and no usb after update&lt;/a&gt;, but didn't get credit for it. Instead, the credit seems to have gone to OP. What happened there? Did OP copy-paste my edit and claim it as his own, or is this a bug?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="301745" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2016-10-21T11:08:11.477" Title="Made an edit to a question but didn't get credit for it. Instead, OP did" Tags="|discussion|support|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16238" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-10-13T18:16:16.140" Score="5" ViewCount="164" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a new user with only one question, but I really need help with it.  I am new to Linux and therefor have no ability to answer or edit questions, and without a rep of 20 I am not able to chat with people asking if someone can help me out.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have taken great steps to avoid wasting anybody's time by investigating and completing every step given on related questions, in most cases more than once. I have posted my question (5 points for me!) and someone edited it (thanks!) but I still need a response.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is my question, if anyone here can answer that's great, or if someone can forward it along to a forum or chat room or something, that'll work, too!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/833556/no-sound-output-but-is-recognizing-device&quot;&gt;No sound output, but is recognizing device&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="603298" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2016-10-13T18:33:49.777" Title="I really need help with my question, how do I get help?" Tags="|discussion|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16239" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16237" CreationDate="2016-10-13T18:16:31.740" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Looking at the edit, I see all the individual changes made so I don't see how the OP could have simply copied and pasted your edit. If that is indeed your work, it would seem to be a bug....&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastActivityDate="2016-10-13T18:16:31.740" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16240" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16238" CreationDate="2016-10-13T18:33:49.777" Score="10" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I really need help with my question, how do I get help?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The answer to your question is &quot;patience&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We can't force people to be able to assist you.  Users also may ask you for clarification on things, or for you to comment on your own post or edit your question for information if there's not enough there to give a clear fix.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I am new to Linux and therefor have no ability to answer or edit questions, and without a rep of 20 I am not able to chat with people asking if someone can help me out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Well, firstly, we were all new at some point; &quot;no ability&quot; to answer or edit questions means nothing.  You can get rep by posting good questions, too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for the chat rep issue, I don't think that's an issue anymore - the system says you have 21 rep right now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We can't really suggest to people to help you or not.  Patience is a virtue here, because issues like this one take time to get people to look at it or to begin to provide troubleshooting guidelines.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2016-10-13T18:33:49.777" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16241" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16236" CreationDate="2016-10-13T18:51:51.673" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;From what I can tell, this project improves the site but also requires a lot of thankless work, so I would like to thank the contributors for their well-meaning efforts. I do hope that contributors will still have time to answer and curate new questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15003" LastActivityDate="2016-10-13T18:51:51.673" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16242" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-10-13T20:29:53.907" Score="5" ViewCount="151" Body="&lt;p&gt;As we all know, downvote is supposed to express that question is not useful.  But not all posts that we have here are questions ; hence the question: what do downvotes do to a non-question ? What is the reasoning behind downvoting a post that is meant to report a bug of sorts ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My stance is this: we already have a mechanism for reporting/closing questions that are off-topic, that are bug reports , or are not substantial enough. Downvoting only turns off users , especially new ones. It's same as shouting to a customer into face &quot;GO AWAY!DELETE!DELETE!&quot;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;StackExchange network, it seems,has a huge problem and disconnection with high-rep users and new,average user. So here's my proposal: instead of &quot;nuking&quot; a bug-report or seeming non-question with downvotes , let's bump our &quot;customer-service&quot; up:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Comment on the question, asking for clarification. Let the user explain exactly what's the issue. In &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/836633/295286&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; example, we have what appears to be a bug report. The title itself doesn't have a clear sentence asking &quot;How do I fix it?&quot; but it's obvious it's implied&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Communicate with the user if they're in the wrong place. Do you yell at customer who comes into your restaurant if they got wrong address ? Same thing here.  There are users here ( without naming names ) who will spend time and time arguing in comments, while with lesser amount of effort you could be polite and tell the user &quot;Hey, sorry, we don't take bug reports. Send them to Launchpad or GitHub - wherever the devs put this software&quot;. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Don't do mindless review. Yes, it's easy to click buttons - &quot;delete this&quot;, &quot;close that&quot;. Posts are human beings trying to reach out for help.  So while you are in review queue , consider leaving a comment on a post, be a guide to users. Consider if you had 16th century teacher who only teaches for 45 minutes, explains nothing, and smacks you if anything is wrong without explaining why. I doubt most people like it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In conclusion, this post isn't bashing on anyone in specific and not saying &quot;stop downvoting everything&quot;. Main point here is this: &lt;em&gt;instead of clicking buttons mindlessly, let's improve our communication with OP&lt;/em&gt;.  There's no requests here, only invitation to discussion and making the experience of AskUbuntu better or everyone. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="295286" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2016-12-13T23:41:02.950" Title="Purpose of downvote on non-questions" Tags="|discussion|questions|down-votes|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16243" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16237" CreationDate="2016-10-13T20:46:37.717" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your edit was rejected because the OP was already editing when you submitted your edit. You can tell by &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/629538&quot;&gt;the Community bot rejecting your edit.&lt;/a&gt; For more information see: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/15439/why-did-the-community-user-reject-my-edits&quot;&gt;Why did the community user reject my edits?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2016-10-13T20:46:37.717" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16244" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16242" CreationDate="2016-10-13T20:54:49.650" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I voted to close that one (as unclear) as I recall. It seemed to me that the OP wanted to ask a question but never got around to articulating what it was. I often request further information from those it seems don't know enough to provide it. &lt;kbd&gt;Rant on&lt;/kbd&gt;Honestly sometimes it's like pulling teeth and sometimes you get the ones that continually edit their question not to add further information but to muddy the water by switching which version they say they are using. Truly frustrating behavior. &lt;kbd&gt;Rant Off&lt;/kbd&gt; I believe that you are free to review my commenting/voting record. I try to be fair and often refer posters to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/how-to-ask&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/help/how-to-ask&lt;/a&gt; page. Be that as it may I have no doubt I've made mistakes over the past couple years. I try not to repeat them. It's rare for me to downvote a question and perhaps equally rare for me to upvote one as most questions have answers already and a quick search usually locates the answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Related: &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2008/down-voting-consequences?rq=1&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2008/down-voting-consequences?rq=1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2016-10-14T22:03:37.057" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16245" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16255" CreationDate="2016-10-15T00:37:12.503" Score="0" ViewCount="102" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have recently tried making an edit to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/812006/how-can-i-mount-my-iphone-6s-on-ubuntu-16-04&quot;&gt;my answer on this post&lt;/a&gt;, but, to my surprise, I get a message stating that &quot;An error occurred submitting the edit.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/OccBP.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/OccBP.png&quot; alt=&quot;An error occurred submitting the edit.&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I suspected that it might be a temporary issue with Ask Ubuntu being in &quot;read-only mode,&quot; as was the reason for the error in &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/214406/an-error-occurred-when-submitting-an-edit&quot;&gt;this post&lt;/a&gt;, so I waited several hours and tried again. However, the issue was not resolved after waiting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I then suspected that it might be a problem with the content of the edit to the post, but I still get the error even when I make no changes at all to the post when editing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I then suspected that it might be that I am unable to edit any answers, but I testing and was able to edit other answers I had made on Ask Ubuntu without any problems.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What else can I try? What could be the cause of the issue?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="304156" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:24.280" LastActivityDate="2016-10-18T20:04:40.447" Title="Getting &quot;An error occurred submitting the edit&quot; on only one answer" Tags="|support|bug|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16246" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16248" CreationDate="2016-10-15T19:28:26.107" Score="1" ViewCount="85" Body="&lt;p&gt;On stackoverflow, in my days at least, not active anymore, there was a rule which forbids answering duplicate questions (and most low quality or spam questions).  Answering such questions is a try to steal points and encourages users to ask similar bad questions. I personally agree with that rule.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A mod on this site explained that the rules are a little different here (again it wasn't the case when I was active on this site, but new mods, new rules I get it), therefore I'm asking you this: I really want to downvote every answer on this &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/837561/how-can-i-delete-ubuntu-16-04-and-download-windows-7&quot;&gt;question&lt;/a&gt;, because they are trying to steal points especially the guy with the highest rep, clearly he knows it's a dupe.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But under the new rules, are we allowed to downvote answers on such questions or flag them for deletion? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="23239" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:16.820" LastActivityDate="2016-10-15T19:57:30.753" Title="Can I downvote answers for a duplicate question?" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|flagging|downvoting|down-votes|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16247" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-10-15T19:46:59.667" Score="2" ViewCount="59" Body="&lt;p&gt;My answer was deleted, can I get info on why?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/836491/595510&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/a/836491/595510&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user595510" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2016-10-15T22:26:15.730" Title="Would like to know why my answer was deleted" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16248" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16246" CreationDate="2016-10-15T19:57:30.753" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Generally, how you use your votes is up to you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I would encourage you not to downvote answers just because duplicate posts exist. There are various reasons why people answer those questions, perhaps because they don't know there is a dupe, because they have an exact answer to the specific question (dupe targets aren't always perfect...) or they aren't familiar with the best practice. The user with the highest rep answering the question you mention, for example, has &amp;lt;3k so can't cast close votes (and they got that rep fast!).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Personally, I try to judge an answer on its own merits, but sometimes the context makes a critical difference, plagiarism being an obvious case. If you see an answer that's just copypasta then flag it. If the answer is poor, downvote it... But if someone has put effort into answering a question and done good work, regardless of the question being a duplicate, I prefer to trust their motives and value their efforts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2016-10-15T19:57:30.753" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16249" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16247" CreationDate="2016-10-15T20:01:09.203" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Because it was a comment and not an answer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastActivityDate="2016-10-15T20:01:09.203" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16250" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16247" CreationDate="2016-10-15T22:26:15.730" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I can confirm what Rinzwind said in their answer - it doesn't meet the requirements to be an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You indicate in your 'answer' that some PCs have 'power always' USB port, and that BIOS would have to disable it, and that that wasn't working (based on comments from the asker).  Since all you say is &quot;that doesn't seem to work&quot;, which echoes the asker, it's not really an answer, and is instead more suited for a comment.  That said, it also doesn't add much as a comment, so it was plain 'deleted', which tends to happen to &quot;not an answer&quot; posts that don't add anything as a comment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2016-10-15T22:26:15.730" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16251" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16245" CreationDate="2016-10-16T02:00:36.997" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Evidently the problem was with the line that says &quot;sudo chmod&quot; and then &quot;777 /media/iPhone/&quot; For whatever reason, I cannot post that here, even when not formatted as code. Somehow, I managed to get it to work on the original post again, but I have no idea why it worked.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="304156" LastEditorUserId="304156" LastEditDate="2016-10-16T02:06:34.007" LastActivityDate="2016-10-16T02:06:34.007" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16252" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-10-16T04:08:37.570" Score="2" ViewCount="362" Body="&lt;p&gt;This may seem like a simple question, but how do I put a box of scrollable code or preformatted text in my question or comment on AskUbuntu?    &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It would be great if this question and the answer could be found in the help center.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="603298" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2016-10-16T10:36:43.657" LastActivityDate="2016-10-19T11:15:41.647" Title="How do I put scrollable preformatted / code blocks in my question?" Tags="|support|formatting|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16253" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16252" CreationDate="2016-10-16T04:49:31.350" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Originally you asked about &quot;Embedded Frames&quot;, which implies HTML &lt;code&gt;iframe&lt;/code&gt; tags.  Those don't work and are disabled for a reason - you can embed almost anything inside those from external sites, and that causes a TON of security risks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In comments, you referred to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/792858/no-hdmi-sound-on-nvidia-card-on-ubuntu-but-no-problem-winth-windows&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; as an example of what you're looking for.  Basically, what that scrolling block of text is is just a very large block of code-formatted text.  The posting system will automatically put long blocks of code-formatted (indented) text into a scrollable box in answers and questions so a single post doesn't take up a &lt;em&gt;huge&lt;/em&gt; length of the page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This only works in questions and answers.  You can do preformatted text in comments by surrounding single lines of text within backticks (&lt;code&gt;`&lt;/code&gt;), like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;`This is preformatted text.` becomes &lt;code&gt;This is preformatted text.&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More on formatting is available in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/formatting&quot;&gt;help center&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2016-10-19T11:15:41.647" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16254" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16116" CreationDate="2016-10-16T23:19:14.620" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;After going to 14, the CVs skyrocketed to 90+ :(.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Come one, everyone, let's try to clear it fully and keep it that way!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just spend 5-10 minutes reviewing the queue at UTC 0:00, when the day resets. We'll get it down in no time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="274320" LastActivityDate="2016-10-16T23:19:14.620" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16255" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16245" CreationDate="2016-10-18T20:04:40.447" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't see any signs that you've hit a blacklist or any of the spam-protection systems here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is possible you just got unlucky and tried to hit the site when things were down. Seems unlikely though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another area you might want to investigate is your ISP: it's possible they're doing some sort of content filtering (which is blocking the request before we see it) or simply have connection issues.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12845" LastActivityDate="2016-10-18T20:04:40.447" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16256" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-10-15T14:21:54.117" Score="1" ViewCount="34" Body="&lt;p&gt;Why the &lt;kbd&gt;Ctrl&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;click&lt;/kbd&gt; combination doesn't work over the search results of posts or Q&amp;amp;A links in AskUbuntu? It works for the highlighted links on the right side panel but not for the search results, when applying &lt;kbd&gt;Ctrl&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;click&lt;/kbd&gt; , it takes me directly to that Q&amp;amp;A instead of opening the specific Q&amp;amp;A in a separate tab in the browser.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I noticed that it's browser specific; it happens in QupZilla browser. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="505225" OwnerDisplayName="Pavel Sayekat" LastActivityDate="2016-10-18T23:31:21.897" Title="Ctrl+click combination doesn't work with the Ask Ubuntu search results in QupZilla" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16257" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16258" CreationDate="2016-10-19T11:30:31.710" Score="1" ViewCount="92" Body="&lt;p&gt;Today I logged in AskUbuntu to find that my profile page is missing. To visit my profile page I clicked on my small avatar in top bar to see it is not found (Please see screen shot below)&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/aG0UW.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/aG0UW.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is because I broke some rule on AskUbuntu? which I highly doubt, because I have been inactive on this website for a month or so, in this case I believe I should have received a message from any moderator which I didn't. OR Is it anything wrong with website itself? BTW, I am able to visit my profile page on Unix &amp;amp; Linux. Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="294611" LastEditorUserId="146516" LastEditDate="2016-10-20T14:21:03.517" LastActivityDate="2016-10-20T14:21:03.517" Title="my profile page on AskUbuntu is 'Page not found'" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16258" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16257" CreationDate="2016-10-19T11:38:29.627" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I can't reproduce this. When I visit the URL you did:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;http://askubuntu.com/users/294611/&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm redirected to:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;http://askubuntu.com/users/294611/edward-torvalds&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And your profile loads.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can disable &quot;server-side&quot; redirects in many browsers but you wouldn't see the 404 page. The server only sends a plaintext-redirect:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;html&amp;gt;&amp;lt;head&amp;gt;&amp;lt;title&amp;gt;Object moved&amp;lt;/title&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/head&amp;gt;&amp;lt;body&amp;gt;&#xA;&amp;lt;h2&amp;gt;Object moved to &amp;lt;a href=&quot;/users/294611/edward-torvalds&quot;&amp;gt;here&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;.&amp;lt;/h2&amp;gt;&#xA;&amp;lt;/body&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/html&amp;gt;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are you still seeing this issue? Does &lt;code&gt;curl http://askubuntu.com/users/294611/&lt;/code&gt; show the markup above, or the longer 404? That might help differentiate a network-level issue (proxy, bad cache, etc) from a browser bork.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So this looks like the proxy or browser interfering with the URL. The pages actually reflect the URL back in their content. If you view the source of the page, there should be a tag like this in the header.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;meta property=&quot;og:url&quot; content=&quot;http://askubuntu.com/123123&quot;/&amp;gt;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Compare that to the URL you thought you were visiting. Use that as the basis for reporting a bug to the people who maintain the proxy, or write the browser.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2016-10-19T11:47:37.560" LastActivityDate="2016-10-19T11:47:37.560" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16260" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-10-20T15:49:33.397" Score="7" ViewCount="200" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just a simple question and discussion, no complaining, just asking. From what you (as an AU user) have seen, do you feel that votes are more dramaticized on Meta? For example I see multiple questions with 10+ votes on the homepage, but on AU.. not so much, and if they are, they are oldies. Does anyone else notice this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="431864" LastActivityDate="2016-10-21T08:49:33.630" Title="Are votes more dramatic on Meta?" Tags="|discussion|voting|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16261" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16260" CreationDate="2016-10-20T15:58:24.180" Score="20" Body="&lt;p&gt;Votes on meta are a completely different thing than votes on main. Since they carry no penalty (for either caster or receiver) they are often given more freely. Most importantly, voting on Meta is very often just a way to express agreement or disagreement. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, if you make a proposal I dislike, I will downvote it to demonstrate that I don't agree and wouldn't want to see it implemented. Conversely, if you post an answer on the main site that is correct but not my preferred approach, I might not upvote it but won't downvote it either. Not if it isn't wrong. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So yes, Meta voting is different and it should be different. Votes should &lt;em&gt;never&lt;/em&gt; be taken personally but that is doubly true on meta. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2016-10-20T15:58:24.180" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16262" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16154" CreationDate="2016-10-20T16:33:36.867" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Going off of &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/16234/75060&quot;&gt;David Cole's answer&lt;/a&gt; about the bot looking for miss tagged questions, this could work IMO if it just presented them to a room for editing, &amp;lt;2k users could use it to easily find things to edit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think it could go one step further and look for common spelling and grammatical errors, things like &lt;code&gt;Ubunto&lt;/code&gt; come to mind and text speak like &lt;code&gt;U&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;Y&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;WTF&lt;/code&gt; could be sings of a post that needs an edit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am sure something like this would take time and testing to get right but I think the idea of presenting posts to be edited to users looking to edit could be a great thing but no kind of automation should be used to edit posts, it will be a liability.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastActivityDate="2016-10-20T16:33:36.867" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2016-10-20T16:33:36.867" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16263" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-10-20T16:48:00.157" Score="33" ViewCount="262" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just thought I would post this I found on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2016/10/ubuntu-12th-birthday&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;OMG Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt;, seems very appropriate here :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Today is Ubuntu's 12th birthday, Happy Birthday Ubuntu!!!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/8Jfb2.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/8Jfb2.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The OMG Ubuntu link contains an Ubuntu quiz you can take to test your Ubuntu knowledge.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastEditorUserId="75060" LastEditDate="2016-10-21T09:30:36.190" LastActivityDate="2017-12-25T23:44:28.790" Title="Ubuntu is 12 (20/10/16)" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16264" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16265" CreationDate="2016-10-20T20:02:33.753" Score="34" ViewCount="826" Body="&lt;p&gt;This question was prompted by &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/839780/ubuntu-unable-to-start-in-gui&quot;&gt;this one.&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At first glance I agreed that this looked like a horrible question with a lack of detail, then I recalled the initial slideshow when a new user installs Ubuntu and the phrase about askubuntu.com being a place with &quot;thousands of volunteers who are eager to help&quot;. I did a quick search on the limited information provided and discovered it was a &lt;a href=&quot;https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=756247&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;bug.&lt;/a&gt; Then I dug a bit deeper and found what looked like the &lt;a href=&quot;https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=747821&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;root cause.&lt;/a&gt; I was then able to provide what I think is a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/839780/ubuntu-unable-to-start-in-gui/839798#839798&quot;&gt;viable solution.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So are we getting in the habit of being a bit too harsh on the n00bs? We were all there once, even if it was decades ago.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2022-12-02T06:15:18.783" Title="Are we truly &quot;Eager to help&quot;" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="7" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16265" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16264" CreationDate="2016-10-20T20:07:03.147" Score="18" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Yes:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We can be far too harsh on those who lack the background and ability to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/ask&quot;&gt;ask a good question.&lt;/a&gt; We should expend the effort required to provide this help to those in need as we wouldn't be here if we weren't &quot;Eager to help&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:24.280" LastActivityDate="2016-10-20T20:07:03.147" CommentCount="2" CommunityOwnedDate="2016-10-20T20:07:03.147" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16266" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16264" CreationDate="2016-10-20T20:13:23.743" Score="-3" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No&lt;/strong&gt; We are sick and tired of answering questions that don't meet the bare minimum requirements of research and self-repair attempts for those who can't seem to find any information that isn't on their facebook page. We wish they would at least read the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/ask&quot;&gt;how to ask&lt;/a&gt; page before having the temerity to interrupt our sessions at the &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/?tab=site&amp;amp;host=askubuntu.com&quot;&gt;water cooler&lt;/a&gt;. Or failing that at least take the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tour&quot;&gt;tour&lt;/a&gt; and read the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ubuntu.com/about/about-ubuntu/conduct&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Code of Conduct.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2016-10-20T21:04:48.837" CommentCount="5" CommunityOwnedDate="2016-10-20T20:13:23.743" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16267" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16264" CreationDate="2016-10-20T22:01:04.190" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Yes and no.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It depends on the case. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I agree that many people here (and I can't exclude myself) are rather clicking the downvote/close/delete button and moving on instead of attempting a long comment discussion to pull all the required information out of OP's nose, especially if they are not masters at the relevant topic and already have an idea what could be the problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is not as nice as we &lt;em&gt;could&lt;/em&gt; be in a perfect world, of course, but please bear in mind that (although some of us have amazing stats which might make one believe this) we are no machines. We're all just humans that can't sit in front of their computer all day to offer free online support. We have basic needs like sleeping and eating, and most of us have a job and must go to work. Some guys here might even have hobbies ( ;D ). In other words, our time is limited and we want to use it efficiently. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So it is not that useful to invest too much time into improving a bad question to a level which makes it answerable, if there isn't at least a subtle sign that the OP is willing to contribute and provide requested information as well as follow the advice we give them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From my point of view, if the OP does not show at least a basic effort to...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;try researching on the internet first (Google, DuckDuckGo, whatever)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;check the site's rules and standards (at least taking the tour would be nice) and act accordingly&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;formulate a understandable question (no need for correct Oxford English, just understandable please)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;provide obviously relevant information&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;describe what they already tried to solve the problem&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;... it's likely to get a tough troubleshooting session, involving much conversation, asking the same things over and over again, until the problem can be solved. In that time, one might have been able to answer three other questions or do something else useful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Oh, and regarding point 5: I am allergic to phrases like &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I already searched the web and tried all possible solutions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No, of course you have &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt;. Otherwise you pretty surely would have found one that also works in your case. So either you didn't search at all and just want to make us believe you showed some effort, you only did a superficial research (like skimming through the top five results of one query), or - which is very unlikely - you indeed have a problem nobody else has faced yet or was able to solve it. But in that last case, we're unlikely to be able to help you either. Therefore all attempts and steps should be listed in detail, at least after that gets requested in comments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To conclude, I would like to say again that in some cases, we should really try to invest some more time ad effort into helping new users that show the will to communicate with us as well as they can and to cooperate in order to fix the problem. If the question style gives one the impression that the opposite is likely to happen though, I can totally understand to drop that question and move on. There are buttons to downvote, close or delete bad posts for a reason.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastActivityDate="2016-10-20T22:01:04.190" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16268" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16270" CreationDate="2016-10-21T00:15:37.720" Score="12" ViewCount="182" Body="&lt;p&gt;By definition questions that are on topic are these:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Using and administering official Ubuntu flavors including: Edubuntu,&#xA;  Ubuntu GNOME, Kubuntu, Ubuntu Kylin, Lubuntu, Mythbuntu, Ubuntu&#xA;  Studio, Xubuntu, Ubuntu MATE, Ubuntu Touch, and Ubuntu &quot;Snappy&quot; Core. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Running third-party applications on Ubuntu. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Development on Ubuntu.  Services provided by Ubuntu and Canonical. &#xA;  Any question not mentioned below or here are great!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Where does GRUB fit in under these requirements ? Technically it's not &lt;code&gt;Running . . . on Ubuntu&lt;/code&gt; it loads before the OS itself. In one of &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/14083/295286&quot;&gt;Oli's answers&lt;/a&gt;, he mentions :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;[Questions] how it's installed (and how it boots) are not Ubuntu proper and are&#xA;  off-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And yet, we have GRUB tags and tons of questions related to those. My understanding is that since GRUB comes with Ubuntu by default, it is therefore on topic here. It's also something that can be configured/controlled from Ubuntu. Config files for GRUB are also part of the root filesystem , particularly those in &lt;code&gt;/etc&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NOTE&lt;/strong&gt;: I'm seeking clarification that draws on at least semi official sources and/or previous meta posts, preferably by our current moderators. In other words, &lt;strong&gt;I don't want  opinions but facts here&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="295286" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.150" LastActivityDate="2016-10-21T09:08:31.953" Title="Clarification on GRUB's on-topic-ness" Tags="|discussion|scope|grub|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="13" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16269" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16260" CreationDate="2016-10-21T08:49:33.630" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;Although I think terdon's answer is the main reason for the number of upvotes, I'd like to add a couple more reasons that help as well. &lt;em&gt;And since you specifically mentioned the homepage in your question.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions on Meta aren't near as frequent as on the main site. So the questions tend to last longer on the homepage, which allows them to accumulate more upvotes. For example, at this moment, there are questions on meta's homepage that are over a week old, and the last active post was 8 hours ago.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another reason is the &quot;Hot Meta Posts&quot; bulletin board that is shown on main and on meta in the right bar. Although not always, but questions that end up there usually get upvoted quite a bit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastActivityDate="2016-10-21T08:49:33.630" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16270" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16268" CreationDate="2016-10-21T09:05:03.703" Score="16" Body="&lt;p&gt;Erm...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;In one of &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/14083/295286&quot;&gt;Oli's answers&lt;/a&gt;, he mentions :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;    &lt;p&gt;[Questions] how it's installed (and how it boots) are not Ubuntu proper and are off-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's firmly within the context of Crouton, which is a hacked-together way to shim Ubuntu onto a Chromebook.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Grub in the context of Ubuntu is on topic. It's an officially supported application that couldn't be any more a part of Ubuntu if it wanted to be. Why would we ever consider that off-topic?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2016-10-21T09:08:31.953" LastActivityDate="2016-10-21T09:08:31.953" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16273" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16274" CreationDate="2016-10-21T19:40:49.233" Score="-13" ViewCount="124" Body="&lt;p&gt;So basically we have Reading enhancement by using lower contrast.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We could stop using light and dark coloring appearances for GUI's. I believe this is why people gets caught-up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I repeat Reading enhancement and yes if someone only &quot;prefers&quot; dark or light themes then this is an advice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="109740" LastEditorUserId="109740" LastEditDate="2017-04-04T16:02:42.173" LastActivityDate="2017-04-04T16:02:42.173" Title="A new appearance" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2016-10-21T21:24:07.203" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16274" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16273" CreationDate="2016-10-21T19:46:56.283" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Stack Exchange is not going to make a dark theme for every site, nor should they. The overhead of managing/maintaining all of those themes across one hundred something sites is &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; easy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want one, make it yourself or &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/16103/dark-theme-ask-ubuntu&quot;&gt;use a userscript&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2016-10-24T00:11:59.980" LastActivityDate="2016-10-24T00:11:59.980" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16275" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-10-22T19:39:20.533" Score="2" ViewCount="47" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm looking for answers regarding the POWER8 server architecture. Which tag(s) should I use? I see that there's a tag for 'ppc64le', and also a tag for 'powerpc'. Which one is best?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="463628" OwnerDisplayName="Randall" LastActivityDate="2016-10-22T22:03:08.427" Title="POWER8 architecture tag(s)?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16276" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16275" CreationDate="2016-10-22T19:46:03.237" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;This question has come up from community members so I thought I'd open it and provide some guidance. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The correct tags to use for the POWER8 architecture are:&#xA;[ppc64el]&#xA;[POWER8] &#xA;[server]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that the tag [powerpc] is used for the PowerPC architecture, which is a desktop architecture and &lt;em&gt;does not&lt;/em&gt; pertain to the architecture that is in current Power server systems available from IBM and OpenPOWER members. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note also that there are currently some answers tagged [ppc64le]. Though this may seem like a logical acronym/abbreviation, it is out-of-sync with the Ubuntu ppc64el kernel and release naming convention and should be deprecated. Perhaps someone with sufficient reputation points can help with this by searching for [ppc64le] tags and adding the tags above.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/ppc64el&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ppc64el&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ppc64el&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/power8&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;power8&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;power8&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/server&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;server&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;server&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="463628" OwnerDisplayName="Randall" LastActivityDate="2016-10-22T20:52:11.700" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16277" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16275" CreationDate="2016-10-22T22:03:08.427" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you're referring to the POWER8 (or IBM's PowerPC 64-bit Little Endian) system, the appropriate tag to use is very simply just &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ppc64le&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ppc64le&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ppc64le&lt;/a&gt;. As PPC64LE is only (to the best of my knowledge) a server platform, the use of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ppc64le&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ppc64le&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ppc64le&lt;/a&gt; implies &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/server&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;server&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;server&lt;/a&gt;, and having both are unnecessary. If you're running Ubuntu Desktop on PPC64LE (why?!), you'd need to include the appropriate problem tags.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/powerpc&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;powerpc&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;powerpc&lt;/a&gt; tag is reserved for Mac OS and similar computers using the PowerPC architecture. This is only meant to be used for questions about problems limited to such computers, so it's not valid.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We don't want to make/use a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/power8&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;power8&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;power8&lt;/a&gt; tag, because then we're being too specific. We don't need a tag that refers to just a subset of a relatively fringe technology. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastActivityDate="2016-10-22T22:03:08.427" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16278" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16081" CreationDate="2016-10-23T17:39:26.867" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sounds cool, in that way you aren't blinded when using your pc or phone at night.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="609801" LastActivityDate="2016-10-23T17:39:26.867" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16279" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16236" CreationDate="2016-10-23T21:01:00.607" Score="-6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I quickly skimmed the question and think it's a wonderful idea!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, Zacharee1 is constantly pointing out when there are &gt;100 CV's in need of review and if we dig up Q&amp;amp;A's from three years ago it's making the total worse. With 3 y/o Q&amp;amp;A the original authors are might no longer around to defend what they wrote 3 years ago, or might not even remember the situation at that time. As such I think we should limit old post vetting only when current Q&amp;amp;A close candidates total &amp;lt;100.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The reason being I am only allow to cast 20 votes a day, even if I'm willing to cast 50 or even 100 in an hour or two, it's just not permitted by the software.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Perhaps overrides can be given for this project such that close votes on posts &gt; 1 year old aren't counted towards the 20 day maximum? Perhaps a special section called &quot;Old Q&amp;amp;A&quot; where there are no limits on close votes?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I feel a lot of pressure to bring the totals down and it gets frustrating there is a 20 vote limit. The frustration builds with old Q&amp;amp;A where relevance is lowered when no one reads them, although they should be cleaned up for professionalism sake.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="307523" LastActivityDate="2016-10-23T21:01:00.607" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16280" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-10-24T09:39:49.393" Score="1" ViewCount="117" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm new here and would like to ask the user of this question &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/838289/running-caffe-gives-error-check-failed-error-cudasuccess-30-vs-0-unknown&quot;&gt;Running caffe gives error Check failed: error == cudaSuccess (30 vs. 0) unknown error&lt;/a&gt; if they have checked this link &lt;a href=&quot;http://docs.roguewave.com/totalview/8.14.1/html/index.html#page/User_Guides/totalviewug-about-cuda.31.4.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://docs.roguewave.com/totalview/8.14.1/html/index.html#page/User_Guides/totalviewug-about-cuda.31.4.html&lt;/a&gt; because it looks like there might be some compatibility issues here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;vera&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user610854" LastActivityDate="2016-10-24T12:52:43.063" Title="How do I message another user here?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16281" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16280" CreationDate="2016-10-24T10:04:03.377" Score="-2" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;How do I message another user here?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Just add a comment to that question mentioning &lt;code&gt;@Thijser&lt;/code&gt; in the comment.&#xA;The user will get notified.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I need 50 reputation to make a comment there. I only have 1&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In that case you can add an answer to that question (Which is suppose to be deleted saying that 'This must be an comment not an answer'). But the user will get notified.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527278" OwnerDisplayName="Deepak" LastEditorUserId="527278" LastEditDate="2016-10-24T12:52:43.063" LastActivityDate="2016-10-24T12:52:43.063" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16282" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16280" CreationDate="2016-10-24T10:37:57.510" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Get 50 reputation (writing a couple of good answers, suggesting a load of edits, asking some really interesting questions, etc) and then you can comment. This barrier —annoying as it is— is to help prevent spam as well as other things that shouldn't be comments that are more likely to come from brand new users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If they were active on Chat, that might be another route but you also need at least 20 rep for that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But they're not the only ways to find somebody.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;They have a profile on this site. Click the avatar. They might have contact information listed. It might seem weird but if it's in there, it's fair game. That's them saying how they &lt;em&gt;want&lt;/em&gt; to be contacted.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Is their username unique? Can you find instances of that elsewhere on the internet?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You could even crank up the creep factor to 11 and throw their avatar through &lt;a href=&quot;https://images.google.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Google Images&lt;/a&gt; to find them in other places.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Hack PRISM (the US surveillance program), find logs of traffic that could have only been from them (eg the post URL for that question), hack their ISP to get their billing info and give them a phone call.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But ideally, this is exactly the sort of question that's best for a comment.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Earning 50 rep is fairly easy and involves less prison time than some of these options.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2016-10-24T12:16:04.027" LastActivityDate="2016-10-24T12:16:04.027" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16283" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16289" CreationDate="2016-10-24T12:14:44.963" Score="9" ViewCount="66" Body="&lt;p&gt;A million years ago (in Internet years), &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/users/1/jeff-atwood?tab=accounts&quot;&gt;Jeff&lt;/a&gt; put a &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/985/blacklist-the-linux-tag#comment2478_987&quot;&gt;tag blacklist in place&lt;/a&gt; to stop people tagging things with &lt;code&gt;linux&lt;/code&gt; or &lt;code&gt;unix&lt;/code&gt;. Probably makes sense but I think his regex was bum:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;^linux|unix$&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's &lt;a href=&quot;http://regexstorm.net/tester?p=%5Elinux%7Cunix%24&amp;amp;i=linux-headers%0D%0Alinux%0D%0Anot-linux%0D%0Aunix-sucks%0D%0A&amp;amp;o=im&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;being interpreted as&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;begins with &lt;code&gt;linux&lt;/code&gt; &lt;em&gt;or&lt;/em&gt; ends with &lt;code&gt;unix&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't think this was the original aim here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why is this a problem? Well I've just tried to tag something as &lt;code&gt;linux-headers&lt;/code&gt; (a real package in Ubuntu) and a pretty important one if you're compiling stuff against the kernel. Of course there are flowery alternative I could pick (or create), but I just don't see why this is blocked.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;TL;DR: I think we need the regex updating to:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;^(linux|unix)$&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="146516" LastEditDate="2016-10-24T16:16:01.003" LastActivityDate="2016-10-24T16:16:01.003" Title="Fix the Linux tag blacklist" Tags="|bug|status-completed|tag-block-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16284" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16287" CreationDate="2016-10-24T14:17:46.090" Score="6" ViewCount="166" Body="&lt;p&gt;Over time, obviously more and more questions are asked on this site, and such, many people have the same questions, which are then considered duplicates, but eventually by way of law, eventually we will run out of questions to ask. Now obviously I do not see this happening anywhere in the foreseeable future, but what will happen once it does?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="431864" LastEditorUserId="431864" LastEditDate="2018-08-14T15:57:06.837" LastActivityDate="2018-08-14T15:57:06.837" Title="What will happen when all questions are asked?" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|asking-questions|" AnswerCount="6" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16285" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16284" CreationDate="2016-10-24T14:36:55.733" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;As long as Ubuntu keep evolving that won't happen. Because there will always be new features to ask questions about. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="61218" LastActivityDate="2016-10-24T14:36:55.733" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16286" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16284" CreationDate="2016-10-24T14:47:19.780" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;To quote an XKCD comic &quot;Mission &amp;lt;&lt;em&gt;censored&gt;&lt;/em&gt; accomplished&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You end up with a searchable library of ubuntu questions that people can use.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17681" LastActivityDate="2016-10-24T14:47:19.780" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16287" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16284" CreationDate="2016-10-24T14:48:59.240" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;When that happens I will unleash my 42 special questions that I have in store but only for very special occasions such as this one. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Each of this questions will trigger sleeper ubuntu agents in the community that will also have 42 more questions each,  which will also trigger other deep sleep agents with 42 more questions and so on...  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7035" LastActivityDate="2016-10-24T14:48:59.240" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16288" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16284" CreationDate="2016-10-24T15:11:50.270" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;As I think more about this question, I think about all the different pieces of software and drivers that come with new versions of Ubuntu, and therefore, we may not ever have a full list of questions, because as new drivers and new software comes out, and new versions of new programs come out old answers and questions may be outdated, as seen in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/840095/are-ubuntu-cds-still-available?noredirect=1#comment1286472_840095&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;, vs &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/79715/where-can-i-get-an-ubuntu-installation-cd-dvd-usb&quot;&gt;this older, outdated question&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Right now, there are probably not enough users&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Using Ubuntu, or even Linux to stay up to date with all the new kernels, upgrades, etc.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Active users on AskUbuntu asking questions that haven't been asked before&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is probably in part due to the fact, that some problems are more common than others, however people will always find a new way to break an installation, or a clever trick to brick their drivers!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To sum up, maybe there will be a time when we have a full &quot;chest&quot; so-to-speak of completely answered questions, that users can simply scroll through to their content, but for now it does not seem feasible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="431864" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2016-10-24T15:11:50.270" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16289" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16283" CreationDate="2016-10-24T16:15:53.910" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is now fixed and active. Ping me if there are problems down the line.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="146516" LastActivityDate="2016-10-24T16:15:53.910" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16290" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-10-25T01:22:05.483" Score="1" ViewCount="140" Body="&lt;p&gt;The Help Center states that for a question to be on-topic, it needs to fall under the following categories:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Using and administering official Ubuntu flavors including: Edubuntu (14.04), Ubuntu GNOME, Kubuntu, Ubuntu Kylin, Lubuntu, Mythbuntu (16.04), Ubuntu Studio, Xubuntu, Ubuntu MATE, Ubuntu Touch, Ubuntu Budgie (17.04+) and Ubuntu &quot;Snappy&quot; Core.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Running third-party applications on Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Development on Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Services provided by Ubuntu and Canonical.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Any questions not mentioned below or here are great!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These rules are somewhat vague and confusing. For instance, &lt;code&gt;Running third-party applications on Ubuntu&lt;/code&gt;. I personally take this to mean questions asking about how to get a program to run on Ubuntu are on-topic, but anything beyond that should be asked elsewhere.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As an example: I've noticed &lt;em&gt;a lot&lt;/em&gt; of questions asking for help when a program won't run under WINE:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/859157/how-can-i-run-mathcad-under-wine&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/859157/how-can-i-run-mathcad-under-wine&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/858993/running-adobe-digital-editions-1-7-in-wine-on-lubuntu-16-04&quot;&gt;Running Adobe digital editions 1.7 in wine , on Lubuntu 16.04&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/858945/problem-installing-league-of-legends-on-ubuntu-16-10&quot;&gt;Problem installing League of legends on Ubuntu 16.10&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/858410/i-am-not-able-to-find-other-people-on-my-local-network-when-playing-counter-stri&quot;&gt;I am not able to find other people on my local network when playing Counter Strike 1.6&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Searching &lt;code&gt;WINE&lt;/code&gt; in the AU search will yield many more.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, to me, these questions are off-topic. They are not asking how to get WINE running (it already is). Instead, the questions are about how to get programs running under WINE, and troublehsooting errors in Windows applications. In my opinion, questions asking for help are basically asking how to get the program running on Windows.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Getting a program running under WINE isn't getting a program running under Ubuntu, it's asking how to use WINE. Since WINE isn't a Canonical service, it doesn't fall under the category that makes questions about using Canonical programs on-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think we need to come to a consensus on whether or not this type of WINE question is or isn't on-topic. It would be even better if we could find a clearer interpretation of this rule.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Specifically, should questions about troubleshooting programs running under WINE be on-topic? Generally, how should we interpret this rule for future use?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="274320" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2016-12-11T14:57:05.747" Title="Running programs in WINE -- on-topic or off-topic?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16291" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16290" CreationDate="2016-10-25T01:57:59.863" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;s&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Boom&lt;/strong&gt; &amp;mdash; here is a proposal on Area51:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/103848/wine-windows-compatibility-layer?referrer=rIbWHfRfHyVN-CahX8P22A2&quot;&gt;http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/103848/wine-windows-compatibility-layer?referrer=rIbWHfRfHyVN-CahX8P22A2&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Follow if you are interested and we'll see where this goes.&lt;/s&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Update:&lt;/strong&gt; well, that ended quickly. Obviously there is no desire to create another community around Wine. Therefore I propose that questions relating to problems getting Windows applications to run in Wine &lt;em&gt;on Ubuntu&lt;/em&gt; continue to be allowed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastEditorUserId="5" LastEditDate="2016-10-25T03:33:30.497" LastActivityDate="2016-10-25T03:33:30.497" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16292" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-10-25T09:09:37.723" Score="-3" ViewCount="101" Body="&lt;p&gt;My problem is that I want to delete my account. Very simple. How?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/JcZdx.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/JcZdx.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user104140" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2016-10-25T13:19:22.073" LastActivityDate="2016-10-25T13:19:22.073" Title="What/how/where do I get the &quot;link to a valid account&quot; for the purpose of deleting my account?" Tags="|support|status-completed|user-accounts|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16293" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16292" CreationDate="2016-10-25T11:53:57.727" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've scheduled your account for deletion. It'll take 24 hours, because they do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But because I can't help myself, and if it takes, it might actually do your some good in life, I suggest trying to avoid being a complete spanner when you ask for something. You might be behind a keyboard and a screen, but &lt;strong&gt;you're asking a person to do something for you&lt;/strong&gt;. Treat them with a little respect and they'll be much more likely to help you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyway. Good luck in your next digital life.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2016-10-25T11:53:57.727" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16295" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-10-25T20:17:57.857" Score="0" ViewCount="54" Body="&lt;p&gt;I propose that we create a &quot;tag warning&quot; for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/mint&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;mint&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;mint&lt;/a&gt;, because it seems like we are getting a lot of OT questions about Mint.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now you say, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/11508/would-a-off-topic-tag-warning-be-a-good-idea&quot;&gt;this is a dupe&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Well yes, sorta, but nothing came out of it. Sooooo.... can we please look at this again?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="518562" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.150" LastActivityDate="2016-10-26T15:24:56.390" Title="Mint &quot;tag warning&quot; proposal" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16297" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-10-26T09:59:58.387" Score="3" ViewCount="32" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/mLcoRl.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Basically the text of top menu and tags is outside its supposed placement. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Browser: Chrome&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Device:  OnePlus Two&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Issue seems specific to  Chrome, as Firefox displays the site normally.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="295286" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2016-10-26T10:22:58.950" LastActivityDate="2016-10-26T10:22:58.950" Title="Mobile site UI buggy" Tags="|support|bug|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16298" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16295" CreationDate="2016-10-26T15:24:56.390" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;We are already doing very good at closing off-topic questions especially related to Mint. Mint-specific questions are being closed very quickly. So, these are not too much of a problem. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also preventing a mint tag won't prevent a user to ask the question anyway. If we create one for mint, we need to create every other non-ubuntu distro. So, I'm not sure we really need this. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="61218" LastActivityDate="2016-10-26T15:24:56.390" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16299" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-10-26T17:34:55.217" Score="2" ViewCount="70" Body="&lt;p&gt;How big of a change should be needed before an edit is justifiable? For example a small grammatical error bugs the crap out of me, but I am too hesitant to fix it, whereas sometimes a question is either not written in &quot;real&quot; English, or not written well, and I feel like I should edit it, but what justifies (as rule) an edit?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="431864" LastActivityDate="2016-10-26T22:15:40.847" Title="What justifies an edit?" Tags="|discussion|editing|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16300" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16299" CreationDate="2016-10-26T17:39:28.070" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Even a single char can justify an edit. It really depends on the reason.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Example: the other day Nathan posted an answer with the command &lt;code&gt;ar&lt;/code&gt; in it and both Zanna and I thought: that is wrong, needs to be &lt;code&gt;tar&lt;/code&gt;. Zanna edited it but it -was- a correct command (so it got removed again).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Single letter edit that makes a difference and needs to be done. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastEditorUserId="518562" LastEditDate="2016-10-26T18:53:54.197" LastActivityDate="2016-10-26T18:53:54.197" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16301" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-10-26T18:52:30.227" Score="-3" ViewCount="121" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think we can all agree that this has become a canonical question: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/634082/how-to-install-android-studio-on-ubuntu&quot;&gt;How to install Android Studio on Ubuntu?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to create my own, better version.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I were to do so, would the community be okay with changing which question we use for dupes of installing Android Studio?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's why I'd like to create an entirely new question and answer:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The current best-voted answer:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Won't work for 64-bit Ubuntu because it doesn't mention that you have to install the 32-bit libs&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Says to add a PPA to get Java, and AFAIK Android Studio now bundles a JDK, so you wouldn't even need to get Java&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Lists a long procedure for creating a &lt;code&gt;.desktop&lt;/code&gt; file, when there is already an option to create one automatically from within Android Studio's main menu&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Doesn't mention you should download the separate SDK package&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;FYI, I'd be okay with making the answer a community wiki if everyone really wants that; rep farming isn't my intent, although I wouldn't mind some extra rep :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="518562" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2017-12-11T11:43:35.613" LastActivityDate="2017-12-11T11:43:35.613" Title="Changing canonical questions" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="12" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16302" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16301" CreationDate="2016-10-26T20:52:18.363" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;My personal take - I don't think it's the right way to go. That post has been worked on by many folks and has lots of votes and views and is going to be found by searches and so on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems to me that the way to do things (and what seems to be the way it works in general) is to make the canonical post as good as possible. If there are problems with the current answers, then, edit &amp;amp; update them, flag them, comment on them. If you think a new answer is needed, then write one and let it gather votes as it should if it's superior, or offer a bounty (or find someone with more points to spare and persuade them it's necessary) to get more attention?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;TL;DR&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The canonical post is a community effort, and as such deserves care and respect, and I'm inclined to favour it over a hypothetical unilateral effort. Let's not abandon that post &amp;amp; that effort and start over just because it's not perfect - let's make it better instead?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2016-10-26T20:52:18.363" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16303" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16299" CreationDate="2016-10-26T22:15:40.847" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think an edit is justified when it makes the post better, and that is doomed to be subjective!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have less than 2000 reputation, your editing work is peer-reviewed. Here is the dialog loaded when reviewers &lt;strong&gt;Reject&lt;/strong&gt; an edit:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/By0Lz.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/By0Lz.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you can see, we are not supposed to reject an edit unless it definitely fails to improve the post. There is no option to reject an edit because it is &quot;trivial&quot;. I very much value people taking the time to improve Ask Ubuntu by editing posts, and especially for drawing attention to the ones that need a lot of it, even if I feel the need to improve on the suggestions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have more than 2000 reputation, you can edit posts at will, and there's no reputation gain. Since I earned that privilege, I know I sometimes edit with less care than I did before, and make more trivial changes; since I'm not getting any green stuff and I'm not thinking about reviewers spending time and efforts checking my work, and since I can easily edit again and again if needed. But when reviewing, I try to approve/improve ANY edits that I would have bothered to make myself. So, from my perspective, go ahead and fix that comma splice (but others might think differently to me, and reject your edit).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Shamefully I now only write an edit reason to communicate with the OP, for example &quot;please use code formatting for code&quot; or &quot;please check that I have preserved your intent here - I couldn't tell if the # was your formatting or your code&quot;. Thinking about that, I'd like to draw attention to something that Shog9's answer raises in the post linked by &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/16299/what-justifies-an-edit#comment32569_16299&quot;&gt;Thomas' comment&lt;/a&gt; - the fact that someone wrote what you're editing and they will see your changes and your justification for them. I &lt;em&gt;try&lt;/em&gt; to remember that I'm dealing with the work of a person as well as a part of our site, and to be respectful in my editing. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2016-10-26T22:15:40.847" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16304" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16264" CreationDate="2016-10-27T01:04:01.170" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I can read a question where the t's weren't crossed and the i's weren't dotted and still figure it out. Some times I have a very good hunch and ask for clarification via comment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But some I've noticed are very quick to invoke the guillotine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Conversely I've gone through &lt;code&gt;queue review tests&lt;/code&gt; and an answer posted by a &lt;code&gt;star&lt;/code&gt; was a little to trite or confusing and I suggested via comment that a detailed example or sample code using OP's question would be helpful and I was crucified for &quot;daring to post a comment&quot; on a high level answer (&quot;this was just a test and you failed. LOOK, LISTEN and LEARN!!!!&quot;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does this has anything to do with Oli's going off the deep end (as linked in AU general chat room last night) with someone wanting to delete their AU account over perceived persecution?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not a dead saint who's history is unknown and therefore can be painted as perfect by the church, but as a living person I try to be helpful and understanding but like everyone else is subject to overwhelming stress at times and making bad snap decisions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is no &lt;code&gt;undelete&lt;/code&gt; key for the internet &lt;em&gt;shrugs&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="307523" LastActivityDate="2016-10-27T01:04:01.170" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16305" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16119" CreationDate="2016-10-27T13:31:28.367" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I felt the same way on my first visit or 2 to AskUbuntu. The first time I asked a question it was off-topic, and some answers I offered were told to be not answers but just comments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However after thinking about it a while, and getting used the the site and the way it is organised things got better. I think people seem a bit abrupt in the beginning but it gets better if you understand why they do it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, when editing or saying off-topic etc and you see the OP only has 1 or 2 points, make it a bit more tactful so they don't so easily get discouraged.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="469204" LastActivityDate="2016-10-27T13:31:28.367" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16306" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-10-27T14:41:43.713" Score="-3" ViewCount="181" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is there a rule against which &lt;code&gt;markdown&lt;/code&gt; codes are allowed in formatting text for easy reading?  It's my impressing that a lot of text that is displayed that isn't code is displayed using code tags to control the way it's output.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it alright for me to say, I have these four items, &lt;code&gt;apples, oranges, peaches, and pears&lt;/code&gt; to choose from.  When it's a list of items that I hope to stand out rather than code that someone will execute?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have studied a lot of details of &lt;code&gt;markdown&lt;/code&gt; and am still studying how to make my messages easy to read.  I'm learning new things every day.  I even go back and edit many of my previous messages as I learn.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But looking at a recent edit and not on the edit purpose, it appears to be suggesting that I can't use the &lt;code&gt;backtick&lt;/code&gt; for formatting when it's not code.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Losing this as an option, will make my messages even harder for me to review when checking for adequacy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm asking question for input because of a recent edit of one of this answer:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/revisions/16120/4&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/revisions/16120/4&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which says: &lt;code&gt;Please don't use code formatting for emphasis&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First I really appreciate people taking the time to help make my answers (as well as all all the other answers on SE) easy to read.  But some of the changes as in the case of revision #4 of that particular message, makes &lt;code&gt;my&lt;/code&gt; reading it substantially more time consuming and requiring more effort.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can tell that many of our users go far in trying to make their messages easy to read.  They add pictures, when sometimes I think the text would be easier.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I often try to put lots of white spaces in my messages, when some people try not to use white spaces and put what I consider too much into one paragraph.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks in advance for comments from others on permission for using the &lt;code&gt;code&lt;/code&gt; formatting markdown feature for readability.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Update with examples:&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My original question was concerning the rules on emphasis.  I appreciate the response to perspective of my question.  However, most of the focus was &amp;quot;understandably&amp;quot; about emphasis.  I used the word &lt;strong&gt;emphasis&lt;/strong&gt; because of the note that was attached to the answer I linked in my question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I was not using the &lt;code&gt;backticks&lt;/code&gt; as for emphasis.  I was using it the way the examples in the photos below.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To me there is a difference, and I agree with the consensus about the emphasis.  To me (and concerning my writing and speaking style), &lt;strong&gt;emphasizing something&lt;/strong&gt; is to stress it.  Defining and separating something as in, keywords, is different.  I understand that my keyword specification may not have been clear to the some.  But that was the reason for the way I used the formatting, to specify my intentions with the words.  It wasn't my intentions for the words to &lt;strong&gt;stand out&lt;/strong&gt; and be &lt;strong&gt;spoken louder&lt;/strong&gt;.  It was my intention for the keywords to be read as in a special definitive manner.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My intentions with the formating was to format the way you see the formating in the images below.  The red arrows are pointing to targets items that are specified in the manner of my intentions.  They are not specified to be emphasized or yelled out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Example 1:&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/XgIy5.png&quot; alt=&quot;image1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Example 2:&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/JGL2C.png&quot; alt=&quot;image1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Example 3:&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/0qJlk.png&quot; alt=&quot;image1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Example 4:&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/iDdnd.png&quot; alt=&quot;image1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Example 5:&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Henx9.png&quot; alt=&quot;image1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="29012" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2016-11-09T09:00:35.343" Title="Can someone elaborate for me the rule on using the back tick for emphasis?" Tags="|discussion|formatting|markdown|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="14" ClosedDate="2016-10-31T20:47:38.770" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16307" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16306" CreationDate="2016-10-27T14:59:07.050" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, backticks should not be used for emphasis. There are various reasons for this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Consider blind users using screen reading software. Such context tags (&lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt;) help them know what they're reading and, if I'm not mistaken, their software will spell anything marked as code letter by letter. So &lt;code&gt;foo&lt;/code&gt; would become &quot;eff, ow, ow&quot; (f,o,o).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Many of us find that such formatting makes posts &lt;em&gt;harder&lt;/em&gt; to read. If you want to emphasize, you can use &lt;strong&gt;bold&lt;/strong&gt; or &lt;em&gt;italics&lt;/em&gt;, but &lt;code&gt;code&lt;/code&gt; really &lt;code&gt;break&lt;/code&gt;s the f&lt;code&gt;l&lt;/code&gt;ow of your &lt;code&gt;text&lt;/code&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;That's the site-wide consensus:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/135112/203101&quot;&gt;Inline Code Spans should not be used for emphasis, right?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/194660/203101&quot;&gt;Is highlighting your answer a bad practice?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/279564/203101&quot;&gt;How to prevent users from emphasizing text in comments as &amp;quot;code&amp;quot; instead of &amp;quot;emphasis&amp;quot;?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/137936/203101&quot;&gt;Why do some editors think using unnecessary code formatting &amp;quot;enhances readability?&amp;quot;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/165700/203101&quot;&gt;Abuse of code formatting to add unnecessary emphasis&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/11695/85695&quot;&gt;Is using `code` styling for non-code samples okay?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;It breaks the conceptual model. Um. What I mean is that you are marking things that are not code as code even though they aren't actually code. I'm sure that causes a kitten to cry. Somewhere. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In short, &lt;code&gt;code&lt;/code&gt; should &lt;em&gt;only&lt;/em&gt; be used for things that a computer would read. So a command, a file name, actual code etc. Please don't use it for emphasis. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;PS. I had written up almost all of this answer before noticing that the edit you were referring to was actually mine. I guess you might argue that that means I'm not impartial, but I hope the argument I have given will convince you. &lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2016-10-27T17:24:59.070" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16308" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-10-27T20:04:26.290" Score="12" ViewCount="296" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just wanted to review first posts and got &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/839959/bulk-rename-files&quot;&gt;this one&lt;/a&gt;. A few days ago, I already came across that quesiton by normally browsing AskUbuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I knew that the wording of the question was exactly the same of the one I came across a few days ago so I concluded it's either a verbatim duplicate or a test quesiton.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I googled for the original quesiton in a different tab and found it. Then, I tried to mark the question I was reviewing as a duplicate of that question. It didn't work because the question I pasted the URL was the same as the one I was reviewing. So it wasn't verbatim duplicate but a test.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The website should know that the reviewer knows what's going on when they paste the URL of the original quesiton when attempting to flag it as a duplicate. This is when – in my opinion – there should be a message stating that it's just a test.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I then went on to comment on that question stating that it's a verbatim copy of that other question (which I linked to), just to make sure it isn't a bug emerging when someone makes a verbatim copy of a quesiton – knowing that I could delete my comment if it was a test and my comment was therefore unnecessary because I still had the first question open in a different tab.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When posting that comment, I got this message:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;h1&gt;STOP! Look and Listen.&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This was an audit, designed to see if you were paying attention. &lt;strong&gt;You&#xA;  didn't pass.&lt;/strong&gt; Your review was inappropriate. This was a high quality&#xA;  post and you should have considered leaving it as-is or even upvoting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Don't worry, we've already handled this post appropriately – but&#xA;  please take a minute to look it over closely, keeping in mind the&#xA;  guidance above.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Apart from what I think should happen if the reviewer attempts to flag the question as a duplicate of the actual question, I think it's inappropriate to show this message when the reviewer tries to comment. Not only could I just have commented the question in a helpful way, but this particular question also was basically answered by &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/174387/mmv-mass-file-rename&quot;&gt;a question on the Unix StackExchange site&lt;/a&gt;. I could've linked to that question in a comment as someone else on the actual question actually did. That helpful comment was not visible when reviewing, therefore the link could have been added by a reviewer, even if they didn't know about the original question on the same site but only about the question on the Unix StackExchange site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I think this behavior is inappropriate and wrong in at least 2 ways and should be changed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="195768" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:37:19.280" LastActivityDate="2017-03-17T17:57:54.237" Title="Behavior of Site when Marking Test Questions as Duplicates / Commenting on Test Questions" Tags="|discussion|bug|review|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16309" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16264" CreationDate="2016-10-28T12:10:40.203" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Yes! Very Much!!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe we should always assume that a new user knows nothing at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe we shouldn't care about the prettiness of questions on AU than to give &lt;strong&gt;personal help&lt;/strong&gt; to people through their questions. &lt;em&gt;(then &lt;strong&gt;later&lt;/strong&gt; we can burn their questions if we wanted).&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe that any question of any type no matter how ugly can always &amp;quot;be modified to fit the rules&amp;quot; by &lt;strong&gt;requesting more information from the asker&lt;/strong&gt; or by editing it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe that &amp;quot;you don't &lt;em&gt;have to&lt;/em&gt; do anything&amp;quot;. Meaning; you saw a question you know the answer to but you don't want to answer it. &lt;strong&gt;Just don't&lt;/strong&gt;. So what. &lt;em&gt;Maybe you can give the asker some link in a comment and that's it.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;This one might sound strange but&lt;/em&gt; I believe that asking a good question &lt;strong&gt;isn't easy&lt;/strong&gt;!! It's like writing a homework essay and getting a full-mark. Normally a question should have problems and we fix them. (either request information or edit).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe that even using AU isn't as easy for some people as others. Some people don't find it very intuitive as others. Users should be given enough time to learn.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I believe that we rarely have the right to criticize a user for asking a question.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="174392" LastEditorUserId="174392" LastEditDate="2022-11-25T07:41:54.700" LastActivityDate="2022-11-25T07:41:54.700" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16311" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16284" CreationDate="2016-10-28T15:14:30.310" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think this is omitting a crucial aspect - even if there are repeat questions, they often have different answers in 2016 than they had 2009.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sure, a question like &quot;how can I get colored &lt;code&gt;ls&lt;/code&gt; output?&quot; won't have a different answer for the next 50 years. But if you look at &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/838697/share-files-between-2-computers-via-bluetooth-from-terminal/842391#842391&quot;&gt;this answer about bluetooth connection of two computers&lt;/a&gt; I gave yesterday, it is evident that this answer is specific to a systemd distribution only. Any answer older than 2 years is simply not working anymore.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One problem I see is: Often, just a superficial boilerplate answer is posted. It might not even work anymore due to changes in the underlying system. I hope that we can weed out the answers which have outlived their usefulness. This is the reason why it is not a problem for me when the same questions get asked repeatedly. One solution could be distribution-specific chapters, but these tend to grow over years when new knowledge is added, and they are rare.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="332437" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2016-10-28T15:14:30.310" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16312" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16301" CreationDate="2016-10-28T20:54:50.530" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would just fix the answer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It has 140k+ views and the top answer has the user installing a PPA. Our primary job is to make the internet suck less for Ubuntu users, so let's make the answer suck less, what's wrong with just adding the right fixes? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2016-10-28T20:54:50.530" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16313" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16264" CreationDate="2016-10-29T13:10:34.350" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Yes, especially me..&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a passionate Ubuntu/Linux user, I am always wanting to help another individual. Along the way, I learn things about Ubuntu/Linux and the community. That's why I'm on AskUbuntu. (Also when I need help too.) I am &lt;em&gt;always&lt;/em&gt; willing to help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="292721" LastActivityDate="2016-10-29T13:10:34.350" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16314" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16315" CreationDate="2016-10-30T00:13:55.580" Score="16" ViewCount="202" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/znZJB.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/znZJB.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;My question: was the comment I left not okay?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is saying, &lt;em&gt;if&lt;/em&gt; my answer works, please &lt;em&gt;consider&lt;/em&gt; accepting it wrong?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As requested, link: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/843153/518562&quot;&gt;Unable to mount Windows 10 partition; it &amp;quot;is in an unsafe state&amp;quot;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="518562" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2016-10-31T22:26:30.197" Title="&quot;Prompting for accepts&quot;?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ClosedDate="2016-11-05T11:34:22.447" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16315" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16314" CreationDate="2016-10-30T00:22:22.250" Score="23" Body="&lt;p&gt;The way your comment is worded is perfectly fine. In fact, it has been previously covered by &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/1520/295286&quot;&gt;Marco Ceppi&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;As for nudging the user, there is nothing wrong with leaving a comment on the question requesting the author select an answer - or improve their original question if it's still unanswered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not every single new user on the site knows how Ask Ubuntu works, so giving the user suggestion ( and only a suggestion, not direct push as in &quot;Accept mine and only mine&quot; ) is perfectly ok.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In addition, accepting an answer is a way of communicating to others ( from OP's perspective ): &quot;Yup, that's the thing I was looking for&quot;. It doesn't necessarily imply that it works in all cases - just for that specific person. They can sure leave an answer unaccepted to signify that the solution didn't work in their case. But when OP says &quot;That worked ! Thanks!&quot; , I personally see accepting an answer as way of ( at least visually ) confirming the solution works&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="295286" LastEditorUserId="295286" LastEditDate="2016-10-31T22:26:30.197" LastActivityDate="2016-10-31T22:26:30.197" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16316" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16319" CreationDate="2016-10-31T00:01:26.653" Score="7" ViewCount="48" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the Help Center, on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;on-topic&lt;/a&gt; page, there's this block of text:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Questions that you may ask:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Using and administering official Ubuntu flavors including: Edubuntu,&#xA;  Ubuntu GNOME, Kubuntu, Ubuntu Kylin, Lubuntu, Mythbuntu, Ubuntu&#xA;  Studio, Xubuntu, Ubuntu MATE, Ubuntu Touch, and Ubuntu &quot;Snappy&quot; Core.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Running third-party applications on Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Development on Ubuntu. Services provided by Ubuntu and Canonical. Any&#xA;  question not mentioned below or here are great!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That last sentence, &lt;code&gt;Any question not mentioned below or here are great!&lt;/code&gt; is the issue. Either &lt;code&gt;question&lt;/code&gt; should be plural, or &lt;code&gt;are&lt;/code&gt; should be &lt;code&gt;is&lt;/code&gt;. Right now, it's a conflict. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's a minor issue, but can it be fixed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="274320" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2016-10-31T13:08:31.980" Title="Grammar error (subject-verb agreement) in Help" Tags="|bug|status-completed|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16317" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-10-30T23:09:31.757" Score="3" ViewCount="66" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am kind of new to stack exchange and I was made aware of my profile. Someone on my Dev team played a little prank on me and wrote my bio and it is really embarrassing... It's basically making it look like I think I'm Steve Jobs or something. I have been trying to edit my profile info/bio but I am unable to figure it out. I am on a mobile device, do I have to do this from the desktop? I understand this is ask Ubuntu and it is off topic, can someone please help me out? It definitely is affecting my experience as I've already had someone insult me and mentioned my profile. I would like to change this asap! Can someone help?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="593587" OwnerDisplayName="nexogen.io" LastActivityDate="2016-10-31T13:15:04.803" Title="I need to change my bio" Tags="|discussion|editing|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16318" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16317" CreationDate="2016-10-31T08:33:52.610" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;When logged in there will be an &lt;em&gt;Edit Profile &amp;amp; Settings&lt;/em&gt; tab on your user page. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/LdlAw.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/LdlAw.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To access your user page just click on your avatar on the top bar or go to:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/593587/nexogen-io&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/users/593587/nexogen-io&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's the direct link to your profile settings, only accessible by you:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/edit/593587&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/users/edit/593587&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3940" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2016-10-31T13:15:04.803" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16319" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16316" CreationDate="2016-10-31T13:08:25.207" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Done; thanks for spotting and reporting&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1504" LastActivityDate="2016-10-31T13:08:25.207" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16320" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16321" CreationDate="2016-10-31T15:11:26.450" Score="1" ViewCount="104" Body="&lt;p&gt;Do we have a canonical question for this right now?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since &lt;code&gt;nvidia-common&lt;/code&gt; became &lt;code&gt;nvidia-xxx&lt;/code&gt; I am having a hard time finding a good Q&amp;amp;A for it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I saw &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/843845/how-to-change-defualt-graphic-card-to-nvidia-graphic-card/843862#843862&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;; it is basically &quot;How do I install Nvidia drivers?&quot;. Do we have a question for this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If not, please suggest some, as this is a common question. They must be well written, well answered and NOT suggesting &lt;code&gt;nvidia-common&lt;/code&gt; or &lt;code&gt;bumblebee&lt;/code&gt;. If no suitable question exists, should we consider creating one?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2016-11-01T22:01:26.893" Title="A canonical question for installing Nvidia GPU drivers?" Tags="|discussion|support|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16321" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16320" CreationDate="2016-10-31T18:14:59.453" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is what I use:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/61396/how-do-i-install-the-nvidia-drivers&quot;&gt;How do I install the Nvidia drivers?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's currently losing the google juice to this question though: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/451221/how-do-i-install-the-nvidia-driver-for-a-geforce-gt-630&quot;&gt;How do I install the Nvidia driver for a GeForce GT 630&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe we should consider a merge? Also I'm wondering if trimming down the accepted answer would help, it's almost too overwhelming! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2016-10-31T18:14:59.453" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16322" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16320" CreationDate="2016-11-01T22:01:26.893" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think we need a new one, maybe a CW, that gets updated periodically to reflect current drivers, or one that is structured so as to be mostly future-proof.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Q&amp;amp;A should include:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The difference between the Nouveau and Proprietary drivers&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The difference among the different versions for the Proprietary drivers&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A mention of the &lt;code&gt;graphics-drivers&lt;/code&gt; PPA, and how it has more up-to-date drivers&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Installation instructions using &lt;code&gt;apt-get&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;(The more complex) installation instructions for installing from the website&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A link to my Q&amp;amp;A (totally not a shameless plug), about fixing problems after installation. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A link to the login loop Q&amp;amp;A&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Some other basic troubleshooting&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't know if the subjects should be split into different answers or just grouped under headers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Basically, I think we should deliberately make a complete Q&amp;amp;A, covering pretty much all we can cover about NVIDIA. The current Q&amp;amp;As are outdated and not really complete. If we pruposely make a new one, I think it'll last a lot longer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="274320" LastActivityDate="2016-11-01T22:01:26.893" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16323" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16324" CreationDate="2016-11-02T12:59:49.057" Score="7" ViewCount="364" Body="&lt;p&gt;In a post the question describes perfectly my situation but the answers (one of which is accepted) do not work for me. I imagine that the post will not attract any answers any longer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the one hand, I can mention in a comment that the solution does not apply. I did it for good measure, though I expect again that this will be easily overseen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, if I post another (same) question, that would effectively be a duplicate. Yet I obviously need an answer that is specific to my case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, I would not want to place a bounty at this time, since its value cannot be but modest and I would hope to gather more credits before I resort to bounties.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How can I elicit a different answer to a question that has already fairly answered? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This issue is different from &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3722/&quot;&gt;Should I ask the same question again?&lt;/a&gt; in that it is not my own post. So there is no option of un-accepting the answer and bring up the question to the collective attention.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The post in point is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/776069/&quot;&gt;Ubuntu 16.04 freezes during use&lt;/a&gt; for those who are curious about it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="446253" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2016-11-04T21:25:29.053" LastActivityDate="2016-11-04T21:25:29.053" Title="The question is the same as mine, the accepted answer does not apply to me, how can I raise my own case?" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|posts|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16324" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16323" CreationDate="2016-11-02T13:20:01.893" Score="20" Body="&lt;p&gt;If the answers there do not meet your needs, asking a new question is fine but it is on YOU to explain why the existing question does not meet your needs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Include this information in your new question and it should be fine but make sure to give clear and accurate reasons why the other post was not what you wanted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, we can be hard on duplicates but they are not set in stone, if current answers don't work, something must be different somewhere.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Saying that, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/4408/what-should-i-do-when-ubuntu-freezes&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;, on freezing has 53 answers, read that first&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2016-11-02T13:27:46.330" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16325" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16323" CreationDate="2016-11-02T13:37:21.643" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Mark's answer covers it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To elaborate a bit: what is seemingly the same question can be a totally different one; identical symptoms can be caused by different reasons. Unless one answer covers multiple causes and their solutions, they are separate questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If another question has an accepted answer, OP implicitly mentions it worked for him or her. If it doesn't for you, your question is obviously a different one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Note&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;reviewing on dupes is the most likely category to make mistakes on; reviewers have to read thoughtfully and concentrated to decide, which is, unavoidably, not always the case. The keyword is therefore: &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;communication&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;. Clearly mention in the question that you tried the seemingly- dupe and why it didn't work for you, then it should be fine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2016-11-02T13:37:21.643" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16326" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16332" CreationDate="2016-11-02T15:55:20.160" Score="46" ViewCount="746" Body="&lt;p&gt;Please don't just delete your answers because you got negative feedback, improve them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This has happened to me a few times recently, I have left a comment on an answer asking the OP to improve the answer but they just remove them instead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/844713/75060&quot;&gt;this example&lt;/a&gt;, I gave the OP everything they would need to answer the question well (explain your answer basically) but they just removed it and this is not the intent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;People leave feedback because we want the answers to be better, not gone. If I comment on your answer, it will be because I see room for improvement, not that the answer is inherently bad, I want to help you bring your content up to the right standard.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I ask low rep users, take the criticism onboard and update your answers, not remove them. In the example, the answer would have been fine with just a bit of explanation, no need to remove it, just edit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you do add any information I ask you for, I will upvote you for the effort and you will get more rep and privileges and the site gets some good content, it is win win IMO.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Higher rep users are not tyrants and we want to help you, but comments can come of a bit short, they are not an attack on you, we were all new once.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For &amp;lt; 10k users here is a screenshot of the example&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/okSx4.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/okSx4.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2016-11-03T19:11:06.760" Title="An appeal to low rep users!" Tags="|discussion|editing|new-users|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="15" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16328" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16330" CreationDate="2016-11-03T05:48:21.057" Score="2" ViewCount="58" Body="&lt;p&gt;I noticed a few days ago that you can CV one of your questions. Is this for all stack exchange websites or just for us? I would love that if you CV'ed your own questions, (like a moderator) you can close it instantly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;-I post dumb questions, sorry for that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user527600" LastActivityDate="2016-11-03T06:14:25.280" Title="You can now close-vote your own questions?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16329" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16328" CreationDate="2016-11-03T06:12:34.967" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is not a new feature but a new privilege for you since you have earned 250 reputation. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/view-close-votes&quot;&gt;See the Help Centre Page&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can close vote your own questions (on any site), but the vote is no more powerful than usual. This is nice, since it gives the community a chance to help to make a decision about whether the question really deserves to be closed, or might actually be possible to answer in a way that helps others. Questions and their answers are not just here to help the OP after all :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, when I decided to vote to close one of my own questions, I did so, and I was in chat at the time and dropped in a link to it, saying &quot;VTC my question as no repro since the problem got fixed in an update to the application&quot; and a mod kindly saved everyone the trouble...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2016-11-03T06:12:34.967" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16330" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16328" CreationDate="2016-11-03T06:14:25.280" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can closevote your own questions if they're not up to the site's quality expectations. You automatically unlock this privilege at 250 reputation, and it has been around for a while now. As said in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/view-close-votes&quot;&gt;Privileges page&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;h3&gt;When should I close my own question?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Questions that are sufficiently off-topic, as outlined in the FAQ, should be closed by casting close votes. Common reasons for question closure are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;You asked a question that was asked before&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;You asked a question that is off-topic&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Typically, though, most self-closed questions are either duplicates of another post (that you didn't just see), or they can't be reproduced because they were fixed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Remember, closing as a duplicate isn't a punishment -- it acts as a signpost to guide new users to other questions that are far more likely to help them solve their problem. Similarly, closing your own question as off-topic when needed allows us to focus our efforts on solving other problems on-site, wherever they exist.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2016-11-03T06:14:25.280" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16331" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-11-03T12:58:30.560" Score="1" ViewCount="97" Body="&lt;p&gt;Recently I made a fork of WolfBot called CoyoteBot. While I know Kaz asked a similar question &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/16140/595510&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;, I want to know what to do about CoyoteBot.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;terdon did not like it in the General Room or Ubuntu Regulators. Where should I put it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Update: The bot now has a simple AI and can answer questions if programmed to do so.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user595510" LastEditorDisplayName="user595510" LastEditDate="2016-11-08T19:30:24.347" LastActivityDate="2016-11-08T19:30:24.347" Title="Where should I put CoyoteBot?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="17" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16332" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16326" CreationDate="2016-11-03T15:14:23.493" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;Improving poor answers is what typically makes high rep users out of low rep users. I look closely at any and all critical comments and determine a course of action based on what's said. Often this leads to an edit to improve the clarity or cover additional information. Sometimes the comment provides additional info that prompts me to point the one leaving it to another answer that covers their particular issue. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastActivityDate="2016-11-03T15:14:23.493" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16333" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16334" CreationDate="2016-11-03T18:54:03.427" Score="1" ViewCount="88" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently had a comment on a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/692192/resize-boot-in-lvm/692201?noredirect=1692201#692201&quot;&gt;post&lt;/a&gt; that I posted about a year ago. Now, how I thought Ask Ubuntu works was that you answer, and your answer stays. Even if it is three years ago, you don't need to edit your answer (no matter how bad it is). Of course there are cases where links change and you need to change them. I didn't think suggestions (like the one on my answer) would come (a year later).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is, is it good practice to hunt down those old posts from myself and improve my (bad) answers (since I know a little more than when I joined Ask Ubuntu)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe even posts from other users too?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="457407" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2016-11-07T06:31:25.653" Title="Should I edit old answers to improve them?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16334" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16333" CreationDate="2016-11-03T19:53:41.717" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;How I see it, agreeing completely with &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/16333/old-answers-from-users/16334#comment32661_16333&quot;&gt;Byte Commander's comment&lt;/a&gt;: I try to constantly check through all my posts (maybe one or two a day) and see if I can improve them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I see any other post anywhere I can improve, however old, I try (respectfully) to improve it, unless I think it should be deleted. The site as it is, as a whole and in all its parts, should be as good as possible, and I should make it as good as I can, and that's all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T10:13:11.150" LastActivityDate="2016-11-07T06:31:25.653" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16337" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16339" CreationDate="2016-11-04T10:56:03.590" Score="3" ViewCount="131" Body="&lt;p&gt;Following on from &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/16326/an-appeal-to-low-rep-users&quot;&gt;my last post&lt;/a&gt; and these &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/search?q=style%20guide&quot;&gt;style guide&lt;/a&gt; post we get on meta, do you think a chat room dedicated to help people improve their posts would be useful?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Let's imagine, a user posts an answer and gets told in comments they need to improve it but they are inexperienced and do not know what exactly to do. They could stop by this room and ask more experienced users, how to improve their post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think this could really help people to get started here, while also showing that we do want them to contribute and we care about making there posts better.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For now, this is just a discussion to get some opinions, rather than a feature-request. I would like to know, would the experienced users stop by to help? and would more inexperienced users come to the room for tips?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please give your opinions, good or bad.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastEditorUserId="344926" LastEditDate="2016-11-05T20:59:49.440" LastActivityDate="2018-11-25T19:50:31.140" Title="A chat room to help users improve posts?" Tags="|discussion|asking-questions|answer-format|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16339" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16337" CreationDate="2016-11-04T12:37:02.247" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;Firstly, a comment only saying &quot;make it better&quot; is worse than useless. The comment must spell out what needs to happen to make the post better. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, there are situations where iterative help is required. The system already suggests breaking out long comment threads into post-specific chat-rooms. They're linked to from the comments, so even after the fact, it's a good reference for how a post was improved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But past that, helping people with the site is —if you had to pick one— &lt;em&gt;the&lt;/em&gt; primary goal of &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/201/ask-ubuntu-general-room&quot;&gt;the main chat room&lt;/a&gt;. There are always people there, often some moderators.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So... I think we already have what you're suggesting, it just so happens to have other purposes.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;But it would be nice if it were advertised a little more (by system and users alike).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2016-11-04T12:37:02.247" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16340" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16342" CreationDate="2016-11-04T14:01:05.340" Score="1" ViewCount="95" Body="&lt;p&gt;You are all aware Unity 8 is not ready yet, so, should questions about it be off topic?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I vote off topic, it is in no way ready yet, perhaps &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/4091/is-linux-a-unix&quot;&gt;Unix &amp;amp; Linux&lt;/a&gt; would take it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Example question: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/845465/snap-launching-on-unity-7-but-not-unity-8&quot;&gt;Snap Launching on Unity 7 But Not Unity 8&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:37:19.280" LastActivityDate="2016-11-04T22:30:03.240" Title="Should we or should we not support questions on Unity 8?" Tags="|discussion|scope|asking-questions|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16341" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16340" CreationDate="2016-11-04T17:52:00.387" Score="-7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Unity 8 is in development. So it is off-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="167850" LastActivityDate="2016-11-04T17:52:00.387" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16342" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16340" CreationDate="2016-11-04T22:30:03.240" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is a program included in a supported version, and the default environment on tablets/phones.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unless the question is about a bug, or dependant on some unmade feature we should be able to handle many of these questions. Like running various xapps on the desktop, tweaks or installing silos. This stuff should certainly be on Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastActivityDate="2016-11-04T22:30:03.240" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16343" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16284" CreationDate="2016-11-06T05:44:53.303" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your title seems to ask how long it will take to reach that point, but your description seems to ask what will happen if it does happen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The answer to the second question is, &quot;nothing.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for &quot;when,&quot; I can answer that after you tell me how to compute how many possible questions there are on a given subject.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="124119" LastActivityDate="2016-11-06T05:44:53.303" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16344" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16346" CreationDate="2016-11-06T10:05:16.467" Score="19" ViewCount="578" Body="&lt;p&gt;Every now and then we run into either comments or answers &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/846034/ubuntu-16-10-login-loop#comment1298197_846034&quot;&gt;like below&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Question:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;Just installed Ubuntu 16.10, and now I am in the login loop. I can use ctrl alt f3 to open the console, but dunno what kind of command would fix this. Can you please help me?&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Comment:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;As I told you before, install Lubuntu instead and do not install Nvidia drivers.&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then in this case OP replied:&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;Ok, I will install lubuntu instead.&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I must say this hurts my eyes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We see all kinds of varieties:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&amp;quot;Install Nemo instead of nautilus&amp;quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&amp;quot;Use Mint instead&amp;quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&amp;quot;Switch to Gnome, Unity is no good&amp;quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But also the advice to reinstall either the whole thing ,or sections, is not rarely given as a cheap shot (rarely working because local settings or other local issues won't change), instead of &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;solving the problem&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We cannot know everything, I don't for sure. That's why it is a good thing we have all kinds of specialists on the site on specific subjects. If you don't know a solution, please don't throw the first thing that pops up in your mind, but simply let others do the job.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;EDIT&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As pointed out by @Zacharee, the used example turns out to have a slightly different &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/845989/have-a-problem-with-graphics-after-installing-ubuntu-16-10-directly&quot;&gt;context/history&lt;/a&gt; than it seemed at the moment I wrote this post. The point remains however, and I doubt if a login loop has anything to do with an outdated graphics card. Ubuntu runs just fine on my 13 years old low budget laptop.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2016-11-07T09:26:01.900" Title="Please only advise if you actually have something to say on the subject" Tags="|discussion|answering|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16345" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16344" CreationDate="2016-11-06T10:19:27.547" Score="4" Body="&lt;h3&gt;Edit&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As Zacharee1 pointed out it appears that CelticWarrior has recommended OP to install lighter version of Ubuntu due to their hardware. In this case, I agree that this is a reasonable suggestion. We have no obligation to force user to user memory intensive software when there's lighter solutions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Original answer&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;TL;DR&lt;/strong&gt;: Comments are for discussion. Be respectful and try to mediate the situation the best way possible. Reinstalling and using alternatives are reasonable suggestion/answers unless they've no intent of actually helping the user.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I personally see reinstalling whole OS or installing different desktop environment as last resort answer, but sometimes it's the only thing that works, and happened so in my experience ( Ubuntu 14.04 , fresh install, couldn't log in no matter what I tried).  They're definitely not ideal, but sometimes are only answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the answer comes across as offensive or having no real purpose of installing different desktop other than the person's bias, then that answer can be flagged as rude/abusive or flagged for moderator attention ( since sometimes you need to bring the big guys to resolve conflicts ).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it's a comment, well ,comments don't carry much value. They can be ignored or responded. Key point, however,  is to avoid comment wars.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="295286" LastEditorUserId="295286" LastEditDate="2016-11-07T01:51:28.353" LastActivityDate="2016-11-07T01:51:28.353" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16346" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16344" CreationDate="2016-11-06T16:14:06.973" Score="16" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would say you are describing fanboys. Mint fanboys, Nemo fanboys, Gnome fanboys, &quot;my software of choice is better than yours&quot; fanboys and generally speaking &quot;my dad is stronger than yours&quot; fanboys which were unheard of since ending kindergarten.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately they show up pretty often in various places, including Facebook groups for Linux users and maybe they will start to appear here on AU as the site gains more and more popularity.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The examples you wrote clearly show lack of willingness to provide a useful contributions, but more likely they are comments or answers given for the sole purpose to:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&quot;advertise&quot; a specific software as better (see those who tell you &quot;install Mint&quot; for any possible issue)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;appear smart and knowledgeable about a wide range of technical problems&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course reinstalling the OS might be a quick'n'dirty fix or the only reasonable solution in a very thin percentage of cases, &lt;strong&gt;but this will be pretty rare.&lt;/strong&gt; Also, you would want to try actually solving the problem (including for future readers) before suggesting to reinstall the OS.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Basically, I totally agree with your suggestion and I would say that we should flag those &quot;contributions&quot; as:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;not an answer&lt;/em&gt; for answers&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;not constructive&lt;/em&gt; for comments&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The second one might not be understood by some moderators, but it is actually pretty clear. If someone asks &quot;I have this problem&quot; and you answer &quot;just install Mint!&quot; you are basically saying &quot;I don't care about your problem, use a different distro so that your future questions will be OT here and shut up&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Exception&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just to avoid any possible misunderstanding: my suggestion above does not cover the case where &lt;em&gt;software X doesn't have feature Y but software Z does.&lt;/em&gt; In that case suggesting to use a different program is appropriate for sure.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="271" LastActivityDate="2016-11-06T16:14:06.973" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16348" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16349" CreationDate="2016-11-07T01:12:06.317" Score="1" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've spent probably two hours finely crafting an answer here: (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/844270/bandwidth-monitoring/844317#844317&quot;&gt;Bandwidth Monitoring&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However the question I'm answering is being flagged (with 2 close votes) as a duplicate of this Q&amp;amp;A: (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/15836/how-to-track-the-total-data-transfered-in-a-month&quot;&gt;How to track the total network data in a month&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What would the ethics / morals be of taking my answer from the close candidate and repeating it in the duplicate target?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My feeling is once the duplicate candidate is closed people will skip my elbow-greased answer and go to the original Q&amp;amp;A instead. My temptation is to copy and paste my answer from the duplicate thread to the original thread.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course I feel my answer in the duplicate candidate is better than any in the original thread.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your profound insights are appreciated in advance :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="307523" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2016-11-07T01:26:29.667" Title="Thoughts on migrating Answer from duplicate question to original question?" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16349" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16348" CreationDate="2016-11-07T01:26:29.667" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is where a merge comes in :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Cast your close vote and use a custom flag to ask for the two questions to be merged. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2016-11-07T01:26:29.667" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16350" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-11-08T00:11:09.153" Score="-8" ViewCount="179" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is a compound question asked; a question that solicits a CLI method, and a GUI method.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I keep seeing places refer to the &quot;partner&quot; repository as a place I can get software, how can I enable this repository? Please specify how to do this &lt;strong&gt;graphically and via command line.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This raises a problem which should have forced the closing of the question because compound questions aren't suitable for the site's format. If either unrelated answer falls out of favor, it will be obscured by the weight for the other answer. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/14633/29097&quot;&gt;This happened in practice here&lt;/a&gt;. This question has an answer which provides both &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;a still-reasonable and good contribution in the form of the GUI method&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;and, a dated and always flawed CLI contribution. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The CLI contribution always had a few errors,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;presumes a text editor, and at that &lt;code&gt;gedit&lt;/code&gt;: because you're using a text-editor doesn't make it CLI. Gedit requires xwindows and gtk.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;involves editing a configuration files (which introduces human error).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;requires you to know or learn your distribution's code name.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All of these problems are resolved with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/598307/29097&quot;&gt;Heiu's method&lt;/a&gt; which is fundamentally different in using,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;lsb_release -c&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;add-apt-repository&lt;/code&gt; - Heiu's method doesn't require editing a file at all.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So my route of resolving this was to remove the compound-answer component by deleting the CLI method. In doing so I preserved the GUI-component of @sid's compound answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The admins rolled this back.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;@EvanCarroll The instructions are not necessarily inferior - the methods specified here still work, replacing &quot;maverick&quot; with whichever codename is relevant. You're right the GUI way to edit the CLI version is wrong - note my edits which I made indicating to use a text editor instead for the command line rather than the GUI (such as 'nano'). – Thomas Ward♦ 1 hour ago&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So the acknowledge some of the issues I've raised, and they fundamentally alter the question to use &lt;code&gt;lsb_release -c&lt;/code&gt;, and to use a text-editor. This is silly though, the addition of &lt;code&gt;lsb_release -c&lt;/code&gt; is an original contribution on another answer not an improvement to this one. And, editing a file is &lt;em&gt;still&lt;/em&gt; an all around inferior method of using &lt;code&gt;apt-add-repository&lt;/code&gt;, but thanks to the GUI component it will likely always be ranked above the better submission.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="29097" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2016-11-09T11:41:14.087" Title="Bad admin choices regarding a compound question" Tags="|discussion|editing|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16351" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16350" CreationDate="2016-11-08T01:02:43.493" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;The body of your question doesn't really seem to relate to the title. You also don't really seem to be asking a question in the first place. Are you complaining about how Thomas rolled back your edit or are you complaining about how the CLI method is inferior or are you complaining about the question being too broad? I'll try to address these all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First, &lt;em&gt;never edit an answer to remove an entire part of it,&lt;/em&gt; no matter how unnecesary you believe it to be. Edits by other users are allowed because the original author may have made a typo or left some details out. Edits are not there so that others can completely change the content. Just because one of the options is inferior &lt;em&gt;does not&lt;/em&gt; mean you should remove it. Even if it no longer works in newer versions of Ubuntu, you should only edit it to add a note alerting users about the incompatibility.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thomas was right to roll that edit back, since it drastically changed the answer, and clearly went against the author's intent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;they fundamentally alter the question to use lsb_release -c, and to use a text-editor.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You seem to have some sort of misunderstanding of what fundamentals are. &quot;Fundamentally&quot; altering an answer does not include the mere &lt;em&gt;addition&lt;/em&gt; of a note. Adding the suggestion to use &lt;code&gt;lsb_release -c&lt;/code&gt; and telling the user that any text editor will work do not alter the meaning of the answer in any way, as the base content is still there. These notes don't contradict anything in the answer, nor do they significantly change anything about the answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your edit, however, &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; a fundamental change. What you did directly contradicts the content in the answer, since it removed it. There is no argument that can defeat the fact that you caused a conflict with the author's original intent, as you basically deleted an entire answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This is silly though, the addition of lsb_release -c is an original contribution on another answer not an improvement to this one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So? It's not silly. Just because one detail is in one answer doesn't necessarily mean it can't be in any of the others. As long as each answer has something different (and helpful) to suggest, having a similar step is no problem at all. It is most definitely an improvement to the answer, as it adds a nice little note to tell users what to do. It wouldn't make sense to give the other answer exclusive rights over using that command, because that's just plain stupid, and people aren't going to think to look at another answer to find how to get the codename; they're just going to Google it if it isn't in the answer they're following.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I honestly don't see how you think it isn't an improvement if it's helpful to someone reading it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;And, editing a file is still an all around inferior method of using apt-add-repository&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/20wtw.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/20wtw.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Seriously though. &lt;code&gt;add-apt repository&lt;/code&gt; may be quicker, but there's no way to say one is &quot;inferior&quot; to the other if they both achieve the same end result with similar effort. In fact, I could say the &lt;code&gt;apt&lt;/code&gt; method is inferior, since it's going to add what's essentially a duplicate entry to the sources file, since the commented source is going to be there along with the uncommented one. I could argue that the editing one is more efficient, since it removes bytes from the sources file, rather than adding them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;involves editing a configuration files (which introduces human error).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So does using the &lt;code&gt;apt&lt;/code&gt; method (the human error bit). This is the command:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;sudo add-apt-repository &quot;deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu $(lsb_release -sc) partner&quot;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You want to tell me that removing a specifically directed &lt;code&gt;#&lt;/code&gt; in a file is more dangerous than copying and pasting some random &lt;code&gt;apt-get&lt;/code&gt; command? You seem to also imply that copy-pastes are not prone to human error. Well, what about those &lt;code&gt;nbsp&lt;/code&gt;s at the end of the code block? What if I accidentally select something else as well? What if..... you get the point.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;but thanks to the GUI component it will likely always be ranked above the better submission.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So what? It deserves to be if people voted it there. Maybe most of them just used the GUI method and walked away, but that doesn't mean the CLI method should be removed. It still works, even if you don't like it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This raises a problem which should have forced the closing of the question because compound questions aren't suitable for the site's format.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not going to start a discussion on it being &quot;too broad,&quot; since I think it's fine. However, that was 2010. As many other Meta posts, here and on MetaSE, have pointed out, we were much more relaxed with our rules in 2010 (some didn't even exist yet). As time went on, we got more strict and began enforcing those rules more and more. _This does not mean we should actively go back and close old questions__. That helps no one and achieves nothing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This argument is invalid is this case (and I think it would be even if the question were asked 51 minutes ago).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your &quot;question&quot; really doesn't make much sense. I'm sorry, but that's how I see it. Above, I've attempted to explain where you've misunderstood certain things, and I hope you'll read and retain.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="274320" LastEditorUserId="320386" LastEditDate="2016-11-08T09:37:05.527" LastActivityDate="2016-11-08T09:37:05.527" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16352" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16353" CreationDate="2016-11-08T09:42:14.173" Score="-4" ViewCount="84" Body="&lt;p&gt;How is it possible to &lt;strong&gt;embed a video&lt;/strong&gt; when we submit a new question or answer? Till now, this feature is only applied for images. Any ideas on how to solve this or is this feature currently in progress and will be implemented soon?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="608294" OwnerDisplayName="Wafie Ali" LastActivityDate="2016-11-08T11:20:04.130" Title="Embedded Video(&amp; Youtube) on AskUbuntu Questions &amp; Answers?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ClosedDate="2016-11-08T17:02:56.600" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16353" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16352" CreationDate="2016-11-08T11:20:04.130" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;If an animated sequence was needed to show a procedure that answers the question we can convert any video to an animated GIF sequence. This can then be embedded in a question or an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/107726/how-to-create-animated-gif-images-of-a-screencast&quot;&gt;How to create animated GIF images of a screencast?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3940" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2016-11-08T11:20:04.130" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16354" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-11-08T12:26:54.473" Score="4" ViewCount="88" Body="&lt;p&gt;Most LCD monitors &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.techmind.org/lcd/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;have problems&lt;/a&gt; displaying &lt;a href=&quot;https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/12151/why-do-some-patterns-flicker-in-strange-colors-while-scrolling&quot;&gt;regular&lt;/a&gt; patterns of dots (or lines). I've tried several LCDs, and on each of them dots in background of &lt;code&gt;askubuntu&lt;/code&gt; flicker badly. That's why it's a bad idea to use them in a design. This issue was described at least twice:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/6979/how-do-i-disable-the-background-on-the-site-it-kills-my-dell-monitor&quot;&gt;&quot;&amp;lt;display&gt; cannot handle the pattern of dots&quot;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/499/226321&quot;&gt;&quot;dotted backgrounds are really unfriendly to my eyes&quot;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Could we fix this, please?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;UPD. I'm not interested in monkey patches like in the question someone told this is a duplicate of. I wish this was solved properly. I need no advice on Greasemonkey or Adblock.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="226321" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:32:23.243" LastActivityDate="2016-11-11T02:53:12.753" Title="Background with dots gives unpleasant effects on scroll" Tags="|bug|design|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16355" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16350" CreationDate="2016-11-08T14:48:57.117" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;Three separate problems, entwined:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You removed half their answer and replaced it with a signpost. We have enough problems from new link-only answers. Let's not edit in any more, thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;That the other way is &quot;better&quot; isn't a sure thing. If this were a PPA and there were keys to add, I &lt;em&gt;might&lt;/em&gt; agree that it could take out some steps, but some level of familiarity with &lt;code&gt;/etc/apt/sources.list&lt;/code&gt; isn't a bad thing. Suggesting somebody edit it is no bad thing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have problems with &lt;code&gt;gedit&lt;/code&gt;, you're welcome to comment or make &lt;em&gt;improvements&lt;/em&gt;. Suggesting &lt;code&gt;sudoedit&lt;/code&gt; or &lt;code&gt;sudo nano&lt;/code&gt;, for instance, might make more sense in a CLI answer, without destroying the spirit of that answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I won't deny there are some style differences that might appeal to somebody over the other answer, but that's not a reason to tear it up.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure anybody has said this to you directly but &lt;strong&gt;you have a reputation on SE of rubbing people up the wrong way&lt;/strong&gt;. I'm familiar with your antics, as are other mods. None of us can change what you've done before but given this situation —and you must be aware of this now— perhaps learn to adjust to allay those preconceptions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Charging in feet first only confirms them.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do genuinely welcome people who want to help but you can't be this destructive, especially with established posts. If in doubt, suggest improvements or leave comments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2016-11-09T11:41:14.087" LastActivityDate="2016-11-09T11:41:14.087" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16356" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-11-08T17:48:18.750" Score="3" ViewCount="45" Body="&lt;p&gt;How do I sign out of this page? Usually you have to log out of accounts - I can't see a log out option.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="616770" OwnerDisplayName="Melanie" LastActivityDate="2016-11-08T17:57:41.237" Title="How do I sign out of this page?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2016-11-08T19:50:25.473" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16357" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16356" CreationDate="2016-11-08T17:53:20.070" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Click 1 and then 2 as shown on the picture.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/TB6gj.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/TB6gj.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="522466" OwnerDisplayName="B. Turan" LastActivityDate="2016-11-08T17:53:20.070" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16358" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16308" CreationDate="2016-11-09T03:02:23.347" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is simply the way the system works. There's no need to take it personally. The important thing is to demonstrate that you are indeed paying attention. Typically, for me, this means opening the link to the question (or parent question of the answer) being reviewed in a new tab, and examining the whole to gain context. If it's a test it will be glaringly apparent to even the casual observer that something purporting to be possible spam or a poor quality answer will have a number of upvotes or an accepted mark. If you truly look at the entire Q&amp;amp;A in the review you will reduce the frequency of failed audits. Just keep in mind that no one is immune to audits and we've all failed our share. The fact that you are receiving tips in comments on how to deal with this issue is proof positive of this as no one ever learned anything without making a mistake along the way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastActivityDate="2016-11-09T03:02:23.347" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16359" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16354" CreationDate="2016-11-09T03:15:56.360" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't see it in the background here. Perhaps this is a problem with your system or your screen as noted in the first link you provided  LCD screens &quot;do not normally flicker&quot;. I do however see it in the graph you posted in the second link. This could also have something to do with the theme you've chosen using a background fill to obtain a given color or shade thereof that's causing you issues. My theme is &quot;Ambiance&quot; (the default) I propose that you try that, and believe your results would mirror mine and this issue would be as resolved for you as it is for me. (I honestly originally thought this question was mis-posted here and was meant for the main site as I couldn't replicate your problem with the background here).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastActivityDate="2016-11-09T03:15:56.360" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16360" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-11-09T09:25:51.393" Score="15" ViewCount="396" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://budgie-remix.org/2016/11/08/its-official/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Budgie Remix&lt;/a&gt; is now an official flavour! &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2016/11/ubuntu-budgie-now-official-ubuntu-flavor&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Though 17.04/ZestyZapus&lt;/a&gt; (to be released in April, 2017) will be the first officially supported flavour, so questions on that should not be closed as off-topic. Though versions prior to that are still considered off-topic, and so is it until it is released (as it is currently still in development).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastEditorDisplayName="user364819" LastEditDate="2016-11-11T11:11:14.133" LastActivityDate="2016-11-11T11:11:14.133" Title="Ubuntu Budgie is now an official flavour (starts properly with 17.04)!" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16361" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16753" CreationDate="2016-11-09T16:04:17.880" Score="10" ViewCount="256" Body="&lt;p&gt;This question was prompted by the results of a normal dupe search on &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/847469/how-do-i-get-a-ralink-rt3290-wireless-card-working-i-am-stuck-on-step-6&quot;&gt;this question.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I discovered 2 possible duplicates as listed below and my first thought was that they should be merged.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/253632/how-do-i-get-a-ralink-rt3290-wireless-card-working?noredirect=1&amp;amp;lq=1&quot;&gt;Duplicate 1&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/760838/how-do-i-get-an-rt3290-wireless-card-to-work?rq=1&quot;&gt;Duplicate 2&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However after close examination it's pretty clear that the answers in Duplicate 1 while having historical value are out of date. Duplicate 2 has more current answers, although the accepted answer refers directly to an answer to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/545238/how-to-install-wifi-driver-ralink-rt3290&quot;&gt;Duplicate 3?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So what should be done to cleanup this rather confusing mess in order to be most effective in assisting current users? What criteria should we be using to determine merge candidates? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's not my intent to waste moderator time by suggesting merges that don't make sense but I do feel it's important that the end user be able to locate current answers that work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some of the things I think are worthy of discussion in this regard are as follows:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Age of the Answers:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; Are any of them currently on topic? I.E. Should Q &amp;amp; A's regarding EOL versions be included or skipped?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Referal:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; If answers in one question refer to answers in another question (or questions) is that something to be considered when determining a merge request?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Bad Plan:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; Is it just a bad plan to go through the merging process at a certain point and better to try to develop a canonical answer and simply mark all the merge candidates as a duplicate of that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2017-02-16T19:51:07.510" Title="What criteria should be used when considering merge candidates?" Tags="|discussion|support|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16362" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-11-09T17:16:12.047" Score="1" ViewCount="28" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was reviewing &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/847468/updated-ubuntu-16-04-lts-and-now-i-cant-log-in&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; in the Close votes queue and upvoted the comment that mentioned the correct duplicate. I received a message regarding hitting the vote limit. I proceeded to VTC the as the flagged duplicate and the system happily accepted that.but I was somewhat baffled by the message. I am unaware of a limit on comment voting. Is this a rare bug that I've stumbled across or is there indeed a limit on comment voting? If the latter, what purpose does it serve?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.323" LastActivityDate="2016-11-09T17:16:12.047" Title="Vote limit on comments?" Tags="|support|bug|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2016-11-09T17:20:47.550" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16363" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16354" CreationDate="2016-11-09T18:25:23.397" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've noticed this too, on pretty much every computer I've used with this site. It seems to be worse on Ubuntu than Windows, which is somewhat ironic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I personally think it would be nice to get rid of the texture altogether. It's an image file set to repeat, so it's just more resources to load a texture that doesn't look that great, even if it doesn't cause the distortion issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Right now, my &lt;code&gt;se-dark&lt;/code&gt; user script just completely removes the textured background, and it doesn't seem to take away from the design of the site at all. In fact, I found it somewhat disruptive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I hope it'll get removed, but in the meantime, I can make a very simple userscript for Tampermonkey/Greasemonkey that'll do nothing else but remove the dots. Tell me if you'd like that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="274320" LastActivityDate="2016-11-09T18:25:23.397" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16364" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16365" CreationDate="2016-11-10T11:48:12.590" Score="-4" ViewCount="44" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DevelopmentCodeNames&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;reading this&lt;/a&gt; today, it is where people can suggest code names for upcoming Ubuntu versions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do you think we should take part by taking suggestions here?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am sure the devs would see it and it could be a fun little feature every 6 months or so but would it have any value to the community? We all know Stack Exchange hates fun :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What do you think?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is a &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DevelopmentCodeNames#A&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;list of Animals and Adjectives&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastActivityDate="2016-11-10T14:39:23.880" Title="Should we have Meta posts where people can vote for Development codenames?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16365" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16364" CreationDate="2016-11-10T14:26:20.610" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No, we shouldn't&lt;/strong&gt;; it won't be of any benefit here.  Besides the 'fun' factor, devs don't make the call on adjectives/naming for the codenames.  (And if we did it for the fun factor, it'd be a &quot;Predict the Name&quot; game, not a &quot;Vote on the codename&quot; thread)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1020/who-is-sabdfl-what-does-he-do&quot;&gt;SABDFL (Self-Appointed Benevolent Dictator For Life)&lt;/a&gt; Mark Shuttleworth is the one who decides on the codename, and announces it on his blog shortly after a release is made.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It should also be noted that while that list is a long list of Animals and Adjectives, they're ultimately not voted upon by the community - the actual codename could be one not on the list, so while this may be &quot;fun&quot; it has no actual usefulness beyond the fun factor (as stated above).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2016-11-10T14:39:23.880" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16366" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16367" CreationDate="2016-11-10T16:34:30.040" Score="28" ViewCount="290" Body="&lt;p&gt;This question was triggered by &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/847539/why-do-some-files-appear-twice-in-unity-dash/847609?noredirect=1#comment1301318_847609&quot;&gt;Why do some files appear twice in Unity Dash?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After receiving an answer that was clearly correct, The OP drastically edited the original question creating in effect an entirely new question. This seems counter-intuitive to me as the end result makes it difficult if not impossible for those with the same original question to locate the correct answer to that question without asking it over again. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What I did was rollback the question to it's original state and suggest that the OP ask a new question on the topic that the answer triggered for him. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This seems the most logical approach to me. I'm looking to the community to chime in on this and provide feedback on what is perceived to be the best approach in instances such as this. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While it may not have been the OP's intent to make us less effective in our work, that's clearly the result of edits that change the question entirely rather than providing clarification on the original question. This may be a duplicate question as I'm certain this has happened before, but I couldn't find one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2017-01-25T17:25:23.200" Title="Best practices when an OP edits the answered question creating an entirely new one?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16367" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16366" CreationDate="2016-11-10T16:44:06.977" Score="31" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yep, roll it back and ask them to post a new one is the way to go. Otherwise, people have just wasted their time answering, the answers no longer make sense and the whole thing becomes a mess. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the OP rolls your rollback back again, flag with a custom flag for mod attention. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2016-11-10T16:44:06.977" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16368" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16366" CreationDate="2016-11-11T00:46:29.610" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;In addition to flagging for mod attention, leave a comment under the question itself that the user's edit change the user's original question, hence affect the existing answer and potentially future answers. That has two effects - one of letting the OP know they're doing bad juju, and letting other answerers know that this OP is bad news bears and maybe ( just maybe ) one shouldn't rush and answer the question that potentially might change context  ( and lo and behold you get downvote for answering something that originally wasn't there).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="295286" LastActivityDate="2016-11-11T00:46:29.610" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16369" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16371" CreationDate="2016-11-11T03:16:14.480" Score="1" ViewCount="66" Body="&lt;p&gt;I wonder what the policy is on answers involving ppa's.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This question came to my mind, especially after reading many answers on &lt;code&gt;Tor-Browser&lt;/code&gt; related questions. In most of these answers, like this &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/514853/tor-browser-install-ubuntu-14-04&quot;&gt;tor browser install ubuntu 14.04&lt;/a&gt; a ppa is recommended. Yet in the comment to the accepted answer my problem with these solutions is clearly stated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any policy you folks have already developed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To me - thinking about quality on this page - it appears to be a problem, when there are answers - especially regarding security critical software - that involve ppas.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are your thoughts or solutions?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="613220" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2016-11-11T13:00:58.410" LastActivityDate="2016-11-11T13:00:58.410" Title="how to go forward with answers including ppa's?" Tags="|discussion|security|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16370" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16369" CreationDate="2016-11-11T03:53:25.740" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;First of all, PPA's are perfectly acceptable as answers here. Sure, it may involve risks, but there's risks of getting malware or at least have vulnerabilities slip through even in official repositories of Ubuntu.  So I consider this somewhat of a redundancy to consider PPAs dangerous or forbid them from site. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;To me - thinking about quality on this page - it appears to be a problem, when there are answers - especially regarding security critical software - that envolve ppa's.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Tor, first of all, isn't security critical to Ubuntu itself - it is a 3rd party software. It would be different story if this was official Ubuntu package of sorts. Second, &lt;a href=&quot;https://tor.stackexchange.com/a/609&quot;&gt;tor license is GPL&lt;/a&gt;  , so they're OK with its distribution, which is what the PPA does.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To quote your original comment that you're referring to:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I'm sure webupd8team updates their packages very consistently and&#xA;  quickly, however I would note that if you install Tor Browser Bundle&#xA;  the way @purbleguy suggests instead, the browser will update itself&#xA;  very soon after an update is available. For someone needing to retain&#xA;  their anonymity, this could be critical. This also removes the need to&#xA;  trust that webupd8team has not made any bad changes to the software&#xA;  (not that they would, but removing trust is always a good idea in this&#xA;  field)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The thing is webupd8 has been around for quite a while, there are numerous software packages there.  Removing trust form someone who holds quite decent reputation in the community is kind of . . . don't want to say absurd but that's how it feels. Second, how can you trust tor project itself not to make a baited software, with potential backdoors ? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In conclusion, security sure has always been a trade-off with usability, but it's a trade-off that users should probably make themselves and be conscious about it. I don't mind your comment at all, but requiring every single post on the site to say &quot;disclaimer: PPAs may be bad for your health&quot; is somewhat like listening to those medical commercials  - yes we  ,know there might be side-effects, yada yada yada - it defeats its own purpose.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So what I am trying to say here, just let the PPAs be. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="295286" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:59:11.223" LastActivityDate="2016-11-11T04:01:19.360" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16371" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16369" CreationDate="2016-11-11T04:06:48.177" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;I like to point to this page when referring to PPAs:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/35629/are-ppas-safe-to-add-to-my-system-and-what-are-some-red-flags-to-watch-out-fo&quot;&gt;Are PPA&amp;#39;s safe to add to my system and what are some &amp;quot;red flags&amp;quot; to watch out for?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I put this warning everytime I add a PPA to an answer, not because I believe they are malicious (after all, the world hasn't ended in the last decade or so they've been around), but mostly because no one is out there testing the different combinations of different PPAs. I just kind of put it at the bottom and let the user decide what they want to do. People get confused doing upgrades or maybe a developer of a PPA bails and it ends up being stale or it 404's for the latest release or whatever. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Their original intent of PPAs was to enable developers to get code out fast to tighten the development feedback loop between testers and developers. But over time they ended up being user-facing things due to people wanting newer software than Ubuntu could provide. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thankfully snappy is being designed with all of this in mind, so people can finally get the latest software they want without having to worry if an upgrade will break their computer, which is a good thing! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2016-11-11T04:06:48.177" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16372" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-11-11T12:47:58.683" Score="-1" ViewCount="68" Body="&lt;p&gt;I know trouble-shooting can me made at Ubuntu forums and is a good interface to do so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is trouble-shooting off-topic in a Q&amp;amp;A site ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="109740" LastActivityDate="2016-11-11T17:16:09.150" Title="Troubleshoting, is it Offtopic?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16373" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16372" CreationDate="2016-11-11T17:16:09.150" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Troubleshooting is certainly allowed. Just don't make an answer to start the process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We have comments for pretty much this exact reason: to ask the OP for clarification, to request more info and ask for the result of certain commands or tweaks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, we do want to keep comment discussions to a minimum if we can. Even though they exist as a place for some extra clutter to live without getting in the way of answers, we still want others to be able to somewhat easily read through them. This is where chat comes in. You may have noticed at some point that a comment thread might have a link to start a new chat room.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Use that link to start a chat room whenever necessary, but you don't need to listen to it. A chat room is good if the troubleshooting process is taking a while. It's basically the comment section of the comment section: somewhat hidden to avoid clutter, but still easily accessible to everyone who's interested.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To say it quickly, troubleshooting is allowed. We wouldn't be able to help people without it. You just need to do it in the right place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="274320" LastActivityDate="2016-11-11T17:16:09.150" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16374" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-11-11T18:20:14.747" Score="19" ViewCount="170" Body="&lt;p&gt;In case you are wondering what this is all about, I'll direct you to this related question: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/5370/a-happy-oli-day&quot;&gt;A happy Oli♦ day!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Basically, we are celebrating our beloved moderator &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/449/oli&quot;&gt;Oli&lt;/a&gt;. It's not his birthday, as since rumors suggest, but rather the anniversary of his becoming an Ubuntu member. Or to put it another way, it's an excuse to have cake and party. Whatever works.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, what do we do here to celebrate? I'm glad you asked! (You did ask, right?) It has become tradition to replace your gravatar with &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/f0af40756420859b5b63cbceb6d30505?s=328&amp;amp;d=identicon&amp;amp;r=PG&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;that of Oli's&lt;/a&gt; for the duration of the day. You can see that I have done this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;tl;dr — happy Oli♦ Day!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2016-11-11T18:39:09.067" Title="Happy Oli♦ Day 2016!" Tags="|discussion|fun|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" ClosedDate="2016-11-13T19:49:54.540" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16375" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16392" CreationDate="2016-11-12T21:09:23.000" Score="8" ViewCount="242" Body="&lt;p&gt;On a question that is off topic (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/847886/wifi-doesnt-work-after-upgrading-to-16-04-module-wl-not-found&quot;&gt;wifi doesnt work after upgrading to 16.04 (Module wl not found)&lt;/a&gt;) the OP commented that following an accepted answer (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/761828/117103/&quot;&gt;Ubuntu 16.04 LTS cannot suspend / fails on suspending&lt;/a&gt;) on another question got him into this situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now I am wondering: Should we (if we see such an answer that might to lead to an unsupported system) add a comment/edit to the answer that warns about the problem?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2016-11-26T00:38:51.263" Title="Should we put a &quot;caveat&quot; on an answer that might prevent you from getting further help?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16376" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16377" CreationDate="2016-11-12T22:01:59.670" Score="2" ViewCount="66" Body="&lt;p&gt;I thought this was just a fluke, but it's happened about 10 times in the last few months, so I thought I'd report it as a bug.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sometimes, the body of a question gets a grey background type thing, see screenshot:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/RHjX0.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/RHjX0.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I haven't been able to figure out what causes it to happen...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="518562" LastEditorUserId="133195" LastEditDate="2016-11-14T10:04:09.243" LastActivityDate="2016-11-14T10:04:09.243" Title="Question body bug" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16377" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16376" CreationDate="2016-11-12T22:31:28.430" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Apparently, you have keyboard shortcuts enabled: check the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/preferences/518562&quot;&gt;preferences page&lt;/a&gt; of your user profile. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The grey background matches what happens when one presses a key that moves the shortcut focus on the post, for example &lt;code&gt;j&lt;/code&gt; has this effect.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user336085" LastActivityDate="2016-11-12T22:31:28.430" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16378" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11738" CreationDate="2016-11-13T17:48:41.423" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just ran into this again and I had to spend more time and effort than I or someone else probably wants to find a good answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The problem is that too many people answering these questions only suggest &lt;code&gt;update-grub&lt;/code&gt; (see &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/840928/40581&quot;&gt;1&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/848878/40581&quot;&gt;2&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The best answer I could find so far is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/198875/40581&quot;&gt;this one&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/197868/40581&quot;&gt;GRUB does not detect Windows&lt;/a&gt;. This should be a extended to &lt;strong&gt;signpost answer&lt;/strong&gt; covering typical cases why &lt;code&gt;os-prober&lt;/code&gt; is unable to find any installed version of Windows (or any other operating system).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Braiam's approach was to hope that the system will heal itself. From my point of view this hasn't shown any progress since then, it has failed and needs our support to find a good answer to this question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="40581" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2016-11-13T17:48:41.423" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16379" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16380" CreationDate="2016-11-13T18:25:24.687" Score="2" ViewCount="126" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is regarding this specific discourse:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/848885/how-do-i-get-newest-version-of-adobe-flashplayer/848903#848903&quot;&gt;How do I get newest version of adobe flashplayer?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Before I ask, I should point out that I understand that not everyone will agree with every answer, and that downvoting is part of the process here.  I accept that my post may get downvoted, regardless of if it is correct or not.  &lt;strong&gt;This is not a complaint&lt;/strong&gt;, but more of a question about etiquette.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;If I have provided an Answer and the OP has accepted it (even going so far as to comment that it worked), but the answer is being downvoted, what do I do?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a member who has relatively low rep, I would normally just remove the answer I provided, especially if there is already another answer that explains it better than I can.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is something I can find no rules for, and I'd like to know what I should do in this situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do I leave it, and risk losing more rep? (detrimental for a low rep user like myself)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do I remove it, knowing full well it is the answer that fixed the problem?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'll continue to edit it in the mean time.  Hopefully I can reverse the votes :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="606721" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2016-11-15T11:21:54.887" Title="Regarding the etiquette of removing &quot;Accepted&quot; but downvoted Answers" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="18" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16380" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16379" CreationDate="2016-11-13T19:29:35.547" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;The answer to your question of what to do in this case is &lt;strong&gt;don't worry about it and do nothing with the answer - focus on writing more good questions and answers.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You answered the question and it was accepted by the OP.  Great, that means you solved the problem, and got some rep from that!  But, your answer got a downvote.  It would be great to find out why!  It looks like it may have been because your suggested course of action is unclear.  In which case, you should clarify it.  A lot of times, reading the comments is a useful thing - it helps give you guidance towards what may be wrong.  Sometimes there are no comments; it never hurts to ask people &quot;Hey, I'm getting downvoted, can someone perhaps explain to me what's wrong&quot; in your own comment on your answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your answer is pretty good, though the specifics about what you are proposing may appear unclear for users, and you may need to clarify more specifically why you're proposing the answer you did.  (Even though it's accepted by the OP and solved their issue)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this single case, though, you've only got a single downvote.  Don't fret, we all get our posts downvoted at some point or another!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My advice, in detail:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Do not remove your answer, which actually helped the OP.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;  This is the first thing you need to care about - did your answer actually help the OP, and if it did and they accepted it, it's unlikely you'll want to delete it, in case it helps others with the same problem.  Even if the system permitted you to do this, you should do a lot of thinking before deleting posts - it's not the best solution to things.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, don't delete things that aren't absolute junk - your answer doesn't qualify as junk, so unless it's flat out wrong you should leave it be.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Don't worry about downvotes and reputation points so much&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.  Regardless of your reputation level.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Reputation points are only there for the purposes of showing contribution and gaining privileges the more you contribute positively.  If you continue to post good questions and answers, you won't need to worry about losing a small number of points from a downvote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What you should worry about is when you start getting a bunch of downvotes on a specific question or answer (but not getting all your posts downvoted in a suspicious way).  If you start getting these, and it's not because of serial downvoting, then it's possibly a problem with your answer - whether quality of the answer or accuracy of the answer, or whatever.  That's when you should re-evaluate your answer - see if you can make it more clear, or update it if the solution is outdated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A side note on worrying about downvotes though - if your posts get serially downvoted by a voting ring in an abusive format (and I mean beyond that which you could expect from an unclear or wrong answer), contact a moderator to look into whether this is a serial downvoting situation.  The system (and us moderators) have tools and procedures for handling these cases, and one of the things we're here to do is make sure these things aren't happening, because we don't like people abusing the systems.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Just keep posting good questions and answers!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;  This is the best thing you can do - one or two downvotes are not something I would worry about, because posting more good questions and answers will get you reputation to offset a couple of downvotes.  Reputation is also not necessarily the driving force for posting on Ask Ubuntu - your primary drive should be to help others, and to ask good questions and provide good answers, not worrying about every single point of rep you have.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2016-11-13T19:49:16.063" LastActivityDate="2016-11-13T19:49:16.063" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16382" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-11-16T02:34:41.037" Score="2" ViewCount="253" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have seen many times a new question being marked as a &quot;Duplicate&quot;.&#xA;When going to the page with the &quot;duplicated&quot; question, (which often has little to do with the duplicate question), I sometimes see answers with lots of votes, &#xA;(and of course lots of votes equates to the best answer).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The problem arises when the answer is many years old, is obsolete, no longer valid and could cause a user much frustration attempting to apply it to a recent version of Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Such answers include: Unetbootin, usb-creator, Winusb, syslinux persistent partitions, etc.&#xA;Often times the given answer has nothing to do with the old question. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The best solution would seem to be to remove the obsolete answers, or at least the votes for these obsolete answers. It would not be fair to remove these votes from a person's score as the answers have served their purpose and the person would likely not return to Ask.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a way to mark an answer as obsolete? to at least give users a warning? It does not help technology to keep pointing to old solutions, (if that was the case we would all be driving Model T's).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="43926" OwnerDisplayName="C.S.Cameron" LastEditorUserId="15003" LastEditDate="2016-11-16T05:58:27.840" LastActivityDate="2017-10-27T06:17:40.823" Title="What can be done to remove obsolete answers?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="20" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16383" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16382" CreationDate="2016-11-16T05:56:49.077" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;First of all, removing &quot;obsolete&quot; answers isn't a good idea. You'd be surprised that there are many regular users as well as actually legitimate enterprise level organizations that use older versions of Ubuntu, nevermind older versions of Linux kernel in general. Those answers can be useful for them. If all &quot;obsolete&quot; answers are removed, you'll see whole lot of users coming here asking about their outdated OS issues, and we've nothing to provide except close-vote. So unless StackOverflow decides that obsolete answers will &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/96354/295160&quot;&gt;cost them too much in hamsters&lt;/a&gt; , those answers probably should remain on the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are however several ways that you can address the issue:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;leave a comment; chances are the answer author is still around and active user on the site, so there's a good chance they'll update the post.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Edit the post to add newer information. Be careful here though - adding lengthy procedures and/or scrips will go against that user's original intention and could be considered as a destructive edit&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Post your own answer with &lt;strong&gt;bold text&lt;/strong&gt; stating that your answer is for specific Ubuntu version or range of Ubuntu versions since particular one. This is a very very common approach , and I'd personally recommend it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ask a new question ! Duplicate questions that require newer information/updated solutions are perfectly acceptable on the site. Just put in &lt;strong&gt;bold text&lt;/strong&gt; to let people not to close your question as duplicate since older answers don't work. (admittedly there's a problem with hot-headed users who like to close all the things, but if you leave several hundred comments, flag for moderator to come over and yell at the &quot;kids&quot;, or simply put everything in bold and italics, then you can save the question ).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See for example this answer: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/19324/295286&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/a/19324/295286&lt;/a&gt; It keeps all the original content, while also provides updated information for systems 15.04 and above. It takes effort to write something this consistent and detailed with every new release. Now multiply that effort times a thousand, because there's thousands of great answers like this. Sure, they might be dated, but again - easily solvable with posts being updated or by posting your own answer to address the void&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="295286" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2016-11-18T05:55:06.240" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16384" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16382" CreationDate="2016-11-16T09:01:36.897" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;We need to bring in a few practical issues involved in what you suggest:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;To decide if an answer not only is obsolete, but also gives &lt;em&gt;no useful information whatsoever&lt;/em&gt; to solve the problem, is at least quite subjective, probably undoable. I remember occasions where answers were strictly taken obsolete, but gave me nevertheless useful information to look in the right direction.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Apart from that, also &lt;em&gt;because of that&lt;/em&gt;, making decisions on what answers are obsolete or not, would be a very time consuming task. Who would you like to do that? How would you suggest to create consensus on that?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Already mentioned, but nothing keeps you from adding an answer, starting with &lt;strong&gt;for 16.04:&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Removing possibly obsolete answers would make things unnecessarily complicated, make us lose valuable content, is a burden to the review- capacity and would make no sense to the voting system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="72216" LastEditDate="2016-11-16T17:26:45.817" LastActivityDate="2016-11-16T17:26:45.817" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16386" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16382" CreationDate="2016-11-16T12:46:32.440" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are two distinct issues here, both solved by more considerate voting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Duplicates &lt;strong&gt;should &lt;em&gt;only&lt;/em&gt; ever&lt;/strong&gt; be relevant to their close-targets. Seriously. If you see things often being flagged as duplicate where they're not relevant, you should be flagging those closed questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it's not immediately obvious why something is duplicate (very common when the question is open-ended and the OP doesn't really know what's going on), somebody involved in the closure of something should take a couple of seconds to explain why it's duplicate.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;People voting to close should also be weighing up the relevancy of an old question to the new question's release. Most command line questions are going to be relevant for the next few decades (or until systemd replaces bash) but a 12.04 Upstart Q&amp;amp;A probably isn't going to help somebody on 16.10.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Remember that we still support 12.04. Practically every old answer on the site is still relevant in some way to a supported release.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So again, these are both issues that are best solved by the people voting. If you don't have the technical know-how to weigh up if something is a duplicate, you really shouldn't be voting on it. Skip to the next one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2016-11-16T12:46:32.440" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16387" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16388" CreationDate="2016-11-16T20:58:14.017" Score="3" ViewCount="65" Body="&lt;p&gt;Must be a blind spot in my mind, but looking through the list of earned bounties, I could not see who has offered it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Why?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am about to start a new project on Launchpad, which was initiated by a question on AU, and encouraged by a bounty. I always like to say something like &amp;quot;&lt;em&gt;thanks for the nice question and the encouragement&lt;/em&gt;&amp;quot; in the about section. Most of the time I remember, but this time I don't, so&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;How can I see who offered me the bounty?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2016-11-16T21:23:41.260" Title="How can I see who offered me the bounty?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16388" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16387" CreationDate="2016-11-16T21:19:32.167" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you hover over the blue reputation bonus, you'll see a tooltip come up:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://image.prntscr.com/image/37db283ed80b460690904c3f10c69b05.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This also works on the answers directly:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://image.prntscr.com/image/3d7d1ffa06d94241a883448a36c7622b.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you go to a post's timeline, you can also get a direct link to the profile of the person who awarded the bounty:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://image.prntscr.com/image/7e4c75c242b44f67ac5d784954843ab8.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To get to a timeline, you can open a post's revision history, and then change the URL to say &lt;code&gt;/timeline&lt;/code&gt; instead of &lt;code&gt;/revisions&lt;/code&gt;, or you can &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackapps.com/questions/2047/add-timeline-and-revisions-links/4238#4238&quot;&gt;just use a userscript&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastEditorUserId="208574" LastEditDate="2016-11-16T21:23:41.260" LastActivityDate="2016-11-16T21:23:41.260" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16389" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-11-17T20:24:34.970" Score="4" ViewCount="58" Body="&lt;p&gt;Some time ago, I asked a question... no answers were forthcoming... I continued to research.  After a while, I found the exact solution to the question I had asked.  I edited the question and provided the insight I had gained - as an update.  I accept that, perhaps, this wasn't the optimal strategy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/517633/revisions&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/posts/517633/revisions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was notified, today, that someone has edited my question to remove this information.  This doesn't strike me as an improvement... Now, the solution isn't associated with the question at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the most appropriate thing to do next?  Should I re-post the same information as an answer?  Can the edit be questioned?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't care who gets credit, or how it is (re)formatted - but I think it would be better if the answer remained.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What should I do for the best?  I don't want to get into an edit-war. :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="272038" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2016-11-17T20:42:25.183" Title="About how best to question an edit" Tags="|discussion|support|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16390" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16389" CreationDate="2016-11-17T20:38:33.040" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Keep the question in the question box.  Do not put the answer to the question in the question box.  Underneath your question, you have a button that looks like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/fvt4H.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/fvt4H.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Click on it, and you will be greeted with the following dialog:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/5a5KY.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/5a5KY.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Click, &quot;Yes, I want to post an answer,&quot; then put your answer into a &lt;em&gt;new&lt;/em&gt; answer box.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you put the answer into your question, it becomes confusing for future readers who see &lt;strong&gt;Question&lt;/strong&gt; in big letters above your post and see &lt;code&gt;0 answers&lt;/code&gt; below it.  For clarity's sake, put your answer on as a new post.  If you do not want to get any reputation off of it, you can always tick the &lt;code&gt;community wiki&lt;/code&gt; box under the answer box.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527350" LastActivityDate="2016-11-17T20:38:33.040" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16391" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16389" CreationDate="2016-11-17T20:42:25.183" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure about David's reasons behind completely redacting the info, but I don't believe that was the best behavior. He should have instead left a comment and told you what to do. Even though the solution shouldn't be posted in the question, it shouldn't just be removed without saying anything.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, this is a Q&amp;amp;A site, not a forum. If you have a question and a solution, they need to be posted as such, in Q&amp;amp;A format. You added your solution later, but it should still have been posted as an answer and not added to the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Luckily, in this case, removing that info isn't that big of a deal. You seem to have gotten the hint that it shouldn't be part of the question, and since we have revision histories, it's easy to paste the text into an answer. David should really have left a comment instead of just making an edit like that, but to be fair, it isn't correct to have the answer in the question. (I suspect that David may have thought you to be inactive, since it's been a couple years, but a comment is still good.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the future, if you have a solution to your question, add it as an answer. After two days, you can accept it, so it's at the top. This'll avoid any of these problems (and you'll get more reputation from both a question and an answer than just a question ;) ).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I see your comment under anonymous2's answer here. There's nothing wrong with self-answering. You don't get the +2 rep of accepting an answer or the +15 of getting an answer accepted from this, so the assumption is it isn't for the rep. He linked you his Q&amp;amp;A, so I'll link you two of my own:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/760934/graphics-issues-after-while-installing-ubuntu-16-04-16-10-with-nvidia-graphics/&quot;&gt;Graphics issues after/while installing Ubuntu 16.04/16.10 with NVIDIA graphics&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/815591/ubuntu-14-04-5-16-04-16-10-and-amd-graphics&quot;&gt;Ubuntu 14.04.5/16.04/16.10 and AMD graphics&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edits can definitely be questioned and disputed, and you did the right thing by coming to Meta to ask. Don't add it back to the question, because that'll definitely cause an edit war (it shouldn't be in the question). Just add it as an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="274320" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2016-11-17T20:42:25.183" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16392" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16375" CreationDate="2016-11-17T21:53:45.070" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;For the sake of formality, let me first quote &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;AskUbuntu Help Center&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Questions that you may ask:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Using and administering official Ubuntu flavors including: Edubuntu (14.04), Ubuntu GNOME, Kubuntu, Ubuntu Kylin, Lubuntu, Mythbuntu&#xA;  (16.04), Ubuntu Studio, Xubuntu, Ubuntu MATE, Ubuntu Touch, Ubuntu&#xA;  Budgie (17.04+) and Ubuntu &quot;Snappy&quot; Core.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Running third-party applications on Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Development on Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Services provided by Ubuntu and Canonical.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Back to our discussion here. In accordance with the quote above, installing/using a different kernel &lt;strong&gt;is not off-topic&lt;/strong&gt; for the following reasons:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;so long as OP uses any of the official (!) Ubuntu flavors, they are supported, even if they're using a non-standard software. We have tons of questions that are not off-topic where users have installed 3rd party apps, 3rd party themes, 3rd party desktops. This leads me to another point below&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Linux kernel is integral part of the Ubuntu system, and it can be considered under using and administering the system, but also potentially under running third-party applications. Even if you argue that a kernel wasn't provided by official Ubuntu repositories, it's still considered on-topic as running third-party application on Ubuntu ( even though kernel isn't an application ). So unless pigs fly, and Ubuntu somehow can run on top of BSD or Windows kernel, we still consider an Ubuntu with any Linux kernel on-topic here ( doesn't guarantee that there will be people able to answer that question, though ).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="295286" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2016-11-17T21:53:45.070" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16393" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-11-18T20:14:23.787" Score="6" ViewCount="95" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think that the following question is marked as duplicate but it should not: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/845985/problems-to-login-in-ubuntu-14-04-after-new-update-friday&quot;&gt;Problems to login in Ubuntu 14.04 after new update (Friday)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have not found a way to contact the people who marked it as duplicate.&#xA;Indeed, the other answers do not solve the issue and according to me the issue raised by this question is related to a recent upgrade of the nvidia driver.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks for your help as I am a beginner on askubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="615792" LastActivityDate="2016-11-19T21:08:54.543" Title="Question marked as duplicate how to contact the people to explain why it is not?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16395" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16393" CreationDate="2016-11-19T15:05:16.147" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you feel a question was incorrectly closed, then you should do precisely what you did: post here, on Meta. Since 5 people (or one mod/gold badge holder) considered it a dupe, the best way to change that is to make your case to the community and see if others agree with you. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can also join the main &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/201/ask-ubuntu-general-room&quot;&gt;chat room&lt;/a&gt; and discuss the question with other users. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have a similar problem and the dupe's solution doesn't asolve it for you, then post a new question. Make sure to link to the duplicate and explain that you tried the suggestions there, explain how they failed and ask for a different solution. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this case, I can't really see why you don't consider it a dupe. Perhaps you could explain in more detail?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="274320" LastEditDate="2016-11-19T21:08:54.543" LastActivityDate="2016-11-19T21:08:54.543" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16397" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16361" CreationDate="2016-11-22T16:05:47.120" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Age Of the Answers:&lt;/strong&gt; If the questions are substantially the same, on-topic and cover currently supported versions/or apparently timeless issues &lt;strong&gt;and&lt;/strong&gt; there are answers of current value in both questions, by all means propose a merge and let those who have the capability merge them in order to improve the usefulness of the site if they see fit. Don't be disturbed if your request goes unfulfilled however. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Referal:&lt;/strong&gt; If an answer to a more complex question refers to another answer as a step toward resolution then I would &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; consider that as a merge candidate. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bad Plan:&lt;/strong&gt; As I have yet to be faced with the task of merging questions I can`t answer this with a great deal of confidence, however I do believe that canonical Q &amp;amp; A's can be a highly effective way of providing quality answers to common questions in an efficient manner.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit:&lt;/strong&gt; a review of &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/122692/moderator-tools-make-merging-questions-a-little-easier&quot;&gt;Moderator Tools - Make merging questions a little easier&lt;/a&gt; seems to indicate that merging is not only a bit convoluted, but in most cases a really bad idea with many details to consider. I take this to mean that unless the candidates are identical in virtually all respects (including specific details in the answers) it's probably better to just mark as a dupe.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2017-02-16T17:53:45.287" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16398" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16399" CreationDate="2016-11-24T16:39:54.673" Score="8" ViewCount="348" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently flagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/779762/271&quot;&gt;this answer&lt;/a&gt;. The question can basically be summed up as:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I want to create a Ubuntu live USB so I can install Ubuntu. How can I do it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The flagged answer can be summed up as:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Don't. Install the Unity desktop instead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To be honest I can't see how this answers the core question, i.e. how to create a Ubuntu live USB, so I flagged it as &quot;not an answer&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The flag was declined and I would like to know: what is the motivation behind this decision?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How should I apply the NAA flag more precisely?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="271" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2016-12-02T10:16:58.903" Title="Why is this considered to be a valid answer?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16399" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16398" CreationDate="2016-11-24T17:13:52.687" Score="16" Body="&lt;p&gt;Well, that was a judgement call. I felt that the OP thought that the only way to get Unity back was to reinstall a stock Ubuntu, so an answer telling them that that's not necessary and there are other approaches is valid enough. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I understand why you'd flag it, but in this case, it seemed to me like &quot;Actually, you don't need foo, you can do bar&quot; was a valid answer to &quot;How can I do foo&quot;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If anything, it seems like the best solution. Reinstalling an OS just to change the DE seems like overkill to me. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In hindsight, I guess I should have dismissed the flag but marked it helpful because I knew it was done in good faith. Sorry about that!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2016-11-24T17:13:52.687" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16400" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15856" CreationDate="2016-11-25T02:36:47.083" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've nudged OP's via comment to take the question off the &quot;unanswered list&quot; by accepting an answer, stating what is not working with an answer (so it can be amended with improvements) or posting their own answer. Who's answer is accepted is a moot point because the important thing is to take the question off the unanswered list.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course our egos all want our answer to be the accepted one but the right thing is for the right answer to be accepted. Occasionally based on OP comments you have to badger them to write their own answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="307523" LastEditorUserId="158442" LastEditDate="2016-11-25T05:42:11.803" LastActivityDate="2016-11-25T05:42:11.803" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16401" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-11-25T11:38:55.070" Score="21" ViewCount="333" Body="&lt;p&gt;Most of my recent questions on AU have gone unanswered. I usually get a few comments but then crickets. Is there an imbalance between askers and answerers, or am I asking wrong?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't seem to be the only one with this issue:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/7260/am-i-just-asking-wrong&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/7260/am-i-just-asking-wrong&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But in that case it looks like the person tended to report bugs rather than seek answers. It's hard for me to know whether I'm doing the same thing (when you're a noob, everything that doesn't work feels like a bug), but I like to think I'm asking for solutions, not just highlighting problems:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/845513/how-do-i-play-through-bluetooth-headphones&quot;&gt;How do I play through bluetooth headphones?&lt;/a&gt; (I raised a bounty and it expired)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/842800/why-do-i-have-to-disable-a-proxy-in-apt-conf-d&quot;&gt;Why do I have to disable a proxy in apt.conf.d?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/803386/how-do-i-correctly-set-ownership-of-a-cifs-mount&quot;&gt;How do I correctly set ownership of a cifs mount?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are these just &quot;too hard&quot;? Am I asking wrong? What can I do to effectively seek help with these and future issues?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="326399" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:24.280" LastActivityDate="2016-11-25T12:34:24.063" Title="What am I doing wrong?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16402" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16401" CreationDate="2016-11-25T12:05:43.730" Score="25" Body="&lt;p&gt;First of all there's nothing wrong with your questions. At least not the ones you've posted here. They are clear, provide the necessary information, and seem altogether fine to me. Frankly, I wish we got more questions of that quality. So no, you're not doing it wrong. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As to why they haven't been answered, I can think of a couple of possibilities:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Some of them are hard. They're not simple, straightforward things that any relatively competent Ubuntu user would know. Your bluetooth issue is probably specific to your hardware and is likely a bug that we can't help with. Your proxy question is about a design choice made by Canonical (or the Debian devs, or whoever it was) and, again, is hard for your average user to know the answer to. Your cifs mount is, again, about a functionality that not everyone uses. I have an idea about what might be going wrong there (I left you a comment) but most users never touch &lt;code&gt;/etc/fstab&lt;/code&gt; in the first place. Basically, for obvious reasons, the easier a question is, the likelier it is it will be answered. While we do have a lot of expert users on the site, not all our answerers are experts.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Bad luck. That's just the way it is. The person(s) who have the required knowledge to answer your question haven't seen it, didn't have time to answer it, saw it on their phone and forgot about it. Not much we can do about that.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Again, however, &lt;strong&gt;I want to stress that not only are you not doing it wrong, you are doing it very, very correctly. Your questions are fine.&lt;/strong&gt; So fine, in fact, that if you feel they're not getting the traction they deserve here, you could flag for mod attention and ask that they be migrated to another site. All of the questions you've posted would be on topic on &lt;a href=&quot;http://superuser.com&quot;&gt;Super User&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://unix.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;Unix &amp;amp; Linux&lt;/a&gt;. Of the two, I would suggest the latter for your proxy and cifs issues. The bluetooth question would also be welcome, but that is equally likely to be answered on SU. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="518562" LastEditDate="2016-11-25T12:34:24.063" LastActivityDate="2016-11-25T12:34:24.063" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16403" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-11-25T13:08:48.843" Score="18" ViewCount="296" Body="&lt;p&gt;When I started here, I would have never believed I could reach 10k but I did and am more than happy with that level of reputation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, I decided I would offer any excess rep I made, as a bounty on worthwhile posts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have found myself unsure of which questions really deserve a bounty, so I thought, why not put it to the community.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like people to suggest the best questions that could benefit from this. Put them in answers below and let others vote to decide which posts are the most deserving and I will give out the bounties based on voting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Some criteria for suggesting questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Well written   &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Clear and answerable&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I would rather people did not suggest their own posts, to keep things&#xA;fair&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I would rather have unanswered questions (but giving them to great&lt;br&gt;&#xA;existing answers is not out of the question)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I will give 100 rep per bounty&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's about it, I hope you guys have some worthwhile post to suggest to me :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2016-11-25T13:49:07.563" LastActivityDate="2016-12-03T09:34:25.083" Title="Suggestions for questions that need a bounty" Tags="|discussion|bounty|" AnswerCount="8" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16405" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8371" CreationDate="2016-11-25T16:26:43.763" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's no longer true that &quot;Hardware or more accurately shopping recommendations are off topic in all SE sites&quot;. For example I suggest reading &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/57998/hardware-questions-and-stack-exchange&quot;&gt;this Meta post&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2016-11-25T16:26:43.763" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16407" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16398" CreationDate="2016-11-28T04:47:33.347" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;These are &lt;strong&gt;always&lt;/strong&gt; judgment calls. Regardless of any efforts on your part or any guidelines you may come up with there will be those who agree and those who disagree. I wouldn't stress about it. As long as you're operating in good faith and using your best judgment, you are doing fine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2016-12-02T10:16:58.903" LastActivityDate="2016-12-02T10:16:58.903" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16408" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16421" CreationDate="2016-11-28T21:14:34.763" Score="5" ViewCount="81" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've noticed this before, but I'm curious, so I'll ask a question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Close vote, flag, comment vote, vote, etc counts and review queues reset at UTC 0:00. If someone runs out of any of these before the reset, a message will pop up telling the user how much time until the reset.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The thing I've noticed is that this time left estimate seems to floor-round: for example, if there are 2:55 hours left, messages will say 2:00 hours left. It seems a little inaccurate to floor-round like that, since it can show 59 minutes less than it should.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I took this screenshot at 4:05PM Eastern (7:00PM is the reset here):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/s17bV.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/s17bV.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a reason for this? Should it be changed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="274320" LastEditorUserId="133195" LastEditDate="2016-11-30T09:21:33.860" LastActivityDate="2016-11-30T09:21:33.860" Title="Why does the system floor-round the time before review queues reset?" Tags="|bug|status-bydesign|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16409" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16403" CreationDate="2016-11-29T12:32:02.140" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have listed 7 questions that may need for bounty and good answers for many users. The following questions are mostly well written, likely answerable and have zero answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Suggested for bounty&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/617290/37165&quot;&gt;How to read systemd journal file on system that has no systemd?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;asked: 1 year ago, viewed: 1526 times&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/806300/37165&quot;&gt;How to convert this custom upstart job to systemd?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;asked: 3 months ago, viewed: 252 times&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/497565/37165&quot;&gt;Howto to set AltGr key with xmodmap&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;asked: 2 years ago, viewed: 664 times &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/270790/37165&quot;&gt;Xubuntu - how to disable SHIFT toggles numpad keys?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;asked: 3 years ago, viewed: 777 times &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/420598/37165&quot;&gt;How do I change the icon size in the KDE status bar?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;asked: 2 years ago, viewed: 412 times &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/190955/37165&quot;&gt;How to use xdg-desktop-icon?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;asked: 4 years ago, viewed: 383 times&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;related: cross-posted as &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/q/12570662&quot;&gt;this post on SO&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/292868/37165&quot;&gt;How do I enable pressure for my Wacom Intuos L?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;asked: 3 years ago, viewed: 261 times &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Suggested reasoning&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The following are my own reasoning with least knowledge.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Question 1, 2 are relevant for users who are still trapped between &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/upstart&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;upstart&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;upstart&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/systemd&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;systemd&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;systemd&lt;/a&gt; system management; systemd is becoming more common but remained controversial and unanswered.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Question 3, 4 are relevant for users who want to configure modifier keys on their &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/keyboard&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;keyboard&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;keyboard&lt;/a&gt;; Sounds like common problem but unanswered.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Question 5 is relevant for users who are still struggling to use HiDPI display with certain desktop environment, in this case, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/kde&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;kde&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;kde&lt;/a&gt;; HiDPI users on Kubuntu might be able to answer this today.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Question 6 is relevant for users who prefer cross-desktop solution to install something, in this case, using &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/xdg&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;xdg&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;xdg&lt;/a&gt; tool to install new icon; Despite cross-posted, it seems to be a straightforward question but remained unanswered.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Question 7 is relevant for users who own &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/wacom&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;wacom&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;wacom&lt;/a&gt; drawing tablets and still stuggling to use in Ubuntu; While 'Wacom Intuos L' is being asked, there is no canonical answer that explains why pressure sensitivity for Wacom drawing tablets sometimes work and sometimes doesn't work. &lt;a href=&quot;https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Wacom&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;This article&lt;/a&gt; on Ubuntu Wiki has dated instructions that might need clarification.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How I select&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At first, I use the following criteria in the search bar on Ask Ubuntu. The result was very low (4 results).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;is:question views:250 answers:0 duplicate:no closed:no wiki:no score:10&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I lowered the criteria by reducing the question score filter from 10 to 5 and refine my search. Then, many questions flooded the page (133 results).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;is:question views:250 answers:0 duplicate:no closed:no wiki:no score:5&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From there, I browse the results briefly and proceeded to view random questions that may be relevant and somewhat familiar to many users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Despite my suggested questions, none of those are applicable to myself. Should suggested questions above are all disqualified, then someone should refine the search and post another meta answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user37165" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-05-23T12:39:54.233" LastActivityDate="2016-11-30T02:04:01.557" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16410" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-11-29T15:40:08.870" Score="28" ViewCount="730" Body="&lt;p&gt;See the announcement:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2016-November/000215.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2016-November/000215.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and subsequent pages:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/LTSEnablementStack&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/LTSEnablementStack&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/RollingLTSEnablementStack&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/RollingLTSEnablementStack&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;TL;DR: There will be a GA kernel that will only get updates in the LTS, and then an HWE kernel, which will be rolling. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's the hwe tag for people interested in submitting updates/fixes to our old answers (I would start with the high traffic ones first!): &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/hardware-enablement-stack&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/hardware-enablement-stack&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2016-12-28T12:20:07.513" Title="Heads up: HWE changes for 16.04" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16411" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16413" CreationDate="2016-11-29T19:34:58.587" Score="4" ViewCount="62" Body="&lt;p&gt;Was the &quot;Not a real question&quot; close reason:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/efZDJ.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/efZDJ.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Replaced with &quot;Unclear what you're asking&quot;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="518562" LastActivityDate="2016-11-29T19:42:31.133" Title="&quot;Not a real question&quot; close reason?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16413" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16411" CreationDate="2016-11-29T19:42:31.133" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes it was.  Background is in these Meta Stack Exchange posts:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/184154/closing-changes-on-hold-unclear-too-broad-opinion-based-off-topic-reasons&quot;&gt;Closing changes: on hold, unclear, too broad, opinion-based, off-topic reasons, bye-bye to Too Localized&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/171732/help-us-make-not-constructive-and-not-a-real-question-closures-more-effectiv&quot;&gt;Help us make “Not Constructive” and “Not a Real Question” closures more effective&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2016-11-29T19:42:31.133" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16414" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16403" CreationDate="2016-11-30T07:20:30.123" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/617290/37165&quot;&gt;How to read systemd journal file on system that has no systemd?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;asked: 1 year ago, viewed: 1526 times&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is relevant for users who are still trapped between &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/upstart&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;upstart&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;upstart&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/systemd&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;systemd&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;systemd&lt;/a&gt; system management; systemd is becoming more common but remained controversial and unanswered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bounty Awarded&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user37165" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2016-12-03T09:34:25.083" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2016-11-30T07:20:30.123" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16415" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16403" CreationDate="2016-11-30T07:24:57.820" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/806300/37165&quot;&gt;How to convert this custom upstart job to systemd?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;asked: 3 months ago, viewed: 252 times&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is relevant for users who are still trapped between &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/upstart&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;upstart&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;upstart&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/systemd&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;systemd&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;systemd&lt;/a&gt; system management; systemd is becoming more common but remained controversial and unanswered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user37165" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2016-11-30T07:24:57.820" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2016-11-30T07:24:57.820" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16416" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16403" CreationDate="2016-11-30T07:26:43.033" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/497565/37165&quot;&gt;Howto to set AltGr key with xmodmap&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;asked: 2 years ago, viewed: 664 times &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is relevant for users who want to configure modifier keys on their &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/keyboard&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;keyboard&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;keyboard&lt;/a&gt;; Sounds like common problem but unanswered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user37165" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2016-11-30T07:26:43.033" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2016-11-30T07:26:43.033" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16417" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16403" CreationDate="2016-11-30T07:27:57.127" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/270790/37165&quot;&gt;Xubuntu - how to disable SHIFT toggles numpad keys?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;asked: 3 years ago, viewed: 777 times &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is relevant for users who want to configure modifier keys on their &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/keyboard&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;keyboard&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;keyboard&lt;/a&gt;; Sounds like common problem but unanswered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user37165" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2016-11-30T07:27:57.127" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2016-11-30T07:27:57.127" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16418" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16403" CreationDate="2016-11-30T07:29:29.287" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/420598/37165&quot;&gt;How do I change the icon size in the KDE status bar?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;asked: 2 years ago, viewed: 412 times &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is relevant for users who are still struggling to use HiDPI display with certain desktop environment, in this case, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/kde&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;kde&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;kde&lt;/a&gt;; HiDPI users on Kubuntu might be able to answer this today.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user37165" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2016-11-30T07:29:29.287" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2016-11-30T07:29:29.287" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16419" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16403" CreationDate="2016-11-30T07:31:02.337" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/190955/37165&quot;&gt;How to use xdg-desktop-icon?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;asked: 4 years ago, viewed: 383 times, related: &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/q/12570662&quot;&gt;cross-posted on SO&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is relevant for users who prefer cross-desktop solution to install something, in this case, using &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/xdg&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;xdg&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;xdg&lt;/a&gt; tool to install new icon; Despite cross-posted, it seems to be a straightforward question but remained unanswered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user37165" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-05-23T12:39:54.233" LastActivityDate="2016-11-30T07:31:02.337" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2016-11-30T07:31:02.337" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16420" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16403" CreationDate="2016-11-30T07:32:08.160" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/292868/37165&quot;&gt;How do I enable pressure for my Wacom Intuos L?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;asked: 3 years ago, viewed: 261 times &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is relevant for users who own &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/wacom&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;wacom&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;wacom&lt;/a&gt; drawing tablets and still stuggling to use in Ubuntu; While 'Wacom Intuos L' is being asked, there is no canonical answer that explains why pressure sensitivity for Wacom drawing tablets sometimes work and sometimes doesn't work. &lt;a href=&quot;https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Wacom&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;This article&lt;/a&gt; on Ubuntu Wiki has dated instructions that might need clarification.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user37165" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2016-11-30T07:32:08.160" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2016-11-30T07:32:08.160" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16421" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16408" CreationDate="2016-11-30T09:21:26.737" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Would you think it a problem if this were rounded up (2:01 hours =&gt; 3 hours, for example)? If you wouldn't, someone would.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We had to pick something (given limited screen real-estate), so that's what we picked.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="133195" LastActivityDate="2016-11-30T09:21:26.737" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16422" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-12-01T16:17:34.990" Score="3" ViewCount="72" Body="&lt;p&gt;Let's suppose your system behaves strangely, but you can't tell if it is a bug. As a matter of fact, you think that it is a misconfiguration. You ask then a question in Ask Ubuntu and get some (tentative) answers. However, later you find out that it was not your fault, but an actual bug which has a &lt;em&gt;proposed&lt;/em&gt; fix (but not yet implemented).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, in this scenario, should we&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;post a comment with the launchpad report?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;edit the question and state that «in the near future» you should only update/upgrade?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;close the question?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;answer the question with a link to the launchpad report (and its committed fix)?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;answer &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; close the question?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are similar questions &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2398/is-it-okay-to-suggest-that-my-own-question-be-closed-since-its-related-to-a-con&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1317/what-to-do-with-questions-that-describe-bugs&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;, but they don't take into account the case of a committed fix.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="415135" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2016-12-04T20:59:06.080" LastActivityDate="2016-12-04T20:59:06.080" Title="What should we do with a question discovered to be related to a bug with a fix?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16423" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16422" CreationDate="2016-12-01T16:22:52.567" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If the bug is fixed, you can answer with the fix and a link to the bug report, then vote to close, if it is just report, leave a comment and (when you have the rep) vote to close the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is also good to tell the OP to go and report the bug at the given link.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastActivityDate="2016-12-01T16:22:52.567" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16424" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-12-01T17:27:49.840" Score="13" ViewCount="442" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've installed Ubuntu and wondering if there is a section for green and new users that have little or no experience with Ubuntu? I am hesitant to take time away from experienced users to help me with infantile questions; such as setting up printers. I have connected to my network and started using the system and am thoroughly impressed. I just have simple questions that I need to answer. I am unfamiliar with linux coding so just getting started is a bit of a chore.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;dxs&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="625860" OwnerDisplayName="dxs" LastActivityDate="2016-12-13T23:39:52.927" Title="Is there a place for absolute new users to go for questions and not take time away from more experienced users" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16425" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16424" CreationDate="2016-12-01T17:35:57.090" Score="28" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can use this site for any question. Just keep your questions well-worded with as much information as you can cobble up. Experts who think your question is too small for them will browse for others to answer. While more novice users like myself will take the time to answer if we're not busy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is nice community to ask any type of question. Don't be worried if it's too small. &lt;strong&gt;But you should also make sure you do a quick search for your question before posting.&lt;/strong&gt; It's likely it may have already have been answered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="600891" OwnerDisplayName="Bradyn Claycomb" LastEditorUserId="344926" LastEditDate="2016-12-05T19:12:15.197" LastActivityDate="2016-12-05T19:12:15.197" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16426" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16424" CreationDate="2016-12-02T12:37:47.813" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;I wouldn't say you are taking time away from experienced users since experienced users already willingly answer both &quot;simple&quot; and &quot;difficult&quot; questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What this site struggles with is the constant stream of &quot;bad&quot; questions. By &quot;bad&quot; questions, I mean:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Off-topic questions: main culprits are Linux Mint, Kali Linux, and the occasional bizarre C++ and Python programming questions&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Questions with little or no relevant information: we are not mind readers, so you would better tell us unambiguously what you have tried and seen/heard&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Questions with lots of unnecessary CAPS and &quot;HELP ME PLEASE!!!11&quot;: this is extremely annoying and makes one look way too needy&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You might also want to consider searching this site for potential duplicates before posting your question. If you think your question risks wrongly closed as a duplicate, then be sure to point out clearly why you think your question is not a duplicate. This saves time (and some may even say kittens).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As long as you ask a &quot;good&quot; question, then this site does not care if the question comes from a new user or whatnot. People will answer it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15003" LastActivityDate="2016-12-02T12:37:47.813" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16427" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-12-02T15:51:29.850" Score="2" ViewCount="127" Body="&lt;p&gt;How do I change my Stack Exchange password, without removing the &lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/IU5bn.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/IU5bn.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Google acount?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Only option is remove the Google account!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The reason I ask this is that Google Chrome &amp;amp; Chromium are disreguarding the Gnome Keyring, which means I have to login when I start a google browser  when I open a SE forum like AskUbuntu, and again when I have to relogin after blanking the screen (away for &gt; 10 min) and then wait for my Google pin-code (or run around looking for my phone)&#xA;Thats a whole lot of loging in all the time!!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="324489" LastEditorUserId="324489" LastEditDate="2016-12-02T16:35:12.920" LastActivityDate="2016-12-02T16:35:12.920" Title="How do I change my StackExchange password?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16428" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16427" CreationDate="2016-12-02T15:57:04.367" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you are logged in with the Google account, you change the password for the Google account to change the password you authenticate with on StackExchange for - you wouldn't have to adjust anything for the StackExchange 'password' since it relies on you successfully authenticating to Google to logon (effectively, there is no StackExchange password for you because of this).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The login is brokered by the OpenID and Google Accounts authentication provider system.  To change your StackExchange 'password', you would change your Google password, as your Google account is used for the login authentication.  If you don't need or want to change the Google password, then you don't need to worry about the StackExchange &quot;password&quot; because it looks like your account was created with the Google Account credentials.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The exception would be if you registered with just email and password rather than using some other auth mechanism (such as Google, or OpenID) to login with.  Looking at your history, I don't see that to be the case, because the credential was added automatically because you logged in with Google to the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you wish to authenticate with something other than Google, use the &quot;Add more logins&quot; button to add additional logon credentials, as was indicated by &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/users/85695/terdon&quot;&gt;terdon&lt;/a&gt; in the comments here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2016-12-02T16:13:48.487" LastActivityDate="2016-12-02T16:13:48.487" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16429" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16424" CreationDate="2016-12-02T16:13:40.637" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Apart from the Wikis a good way to learn about Ubuntu and Linux could be to read the Full Circle Magazine. &lt;a href=&quot;http://fullcirclemagazine.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;enter FullCircle Magazine&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;There are under downloads, the monthly back issues all the way back to Number 0, and now it sports weekly updates too!&#xA;Highly recommended - as well as very entertaining!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Good luck and welcome to SE!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="324489" LastEditorDisplayName="user364819" LastEditDate="2016-12-04T18:11:02.333" LastActivityDate="2016-12-04T18:11:02.333" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16430" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16432" CreationDate="2016-12-05T04:43:51.840" Score="2" ViewCount="66" Body="&lt;p&gt;I answered a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/856967/is-there-an-installer-for-xubuntu-that-works-on-32bit-and-64bit-systems/856972#856972&quot;&gt;question&lt;/a&gt; and it was accepted then later refused. Now my problem is that a useful bit to the question was left out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now I see this bit in another answer, would it be wrong for me to:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;update my answer and add the bit I left out&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;would this be considered stealing from another answer&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was tempted to add it but need more advice from more experienced members.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="459561" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2016-12-06T18:09:43.767" Title="updating an answer based on some information from another answer to same post" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16431" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16433" CreationDate="2016-12-05T05:27:34.827" Score="1" ViewCount="55" Body="&lt;p&gt;I had asked a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/683953/where-is-apache-web-root-directory-on-ubuntu&quot;&gt;question&lt;/a&gt; some time back and it got closed as I did not respond to the notice to modify it. I later did and up till now the question has not received any attention.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't know if my update edit was accepted or not, and if not I can re-edit to re-open the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a special means to request a re-open?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="459561" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2016-12-05T18:10:34.610" Title="question remains closed even after update edit" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16432" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16430" CreationDate="2016-12-05T07:37:26.930" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think this kind of thing needs to be decided on a case-by-case basis. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, plagiarism is totally not OK and I think it's important to think carefully about how to be respectful and avoid treading on other users' toes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In general, if I miss something from my answer and another answer includes it, I will upvote the other answer and either, leave the situation alone, or, especially if the information is really critical and cannot be left out, or there is another good reason to do so, add a &lt;em&gt;link&lt;/em&gt; to the other answer in my own answer with something like &quot;see answer by @AwesomePerson which explains such-and-such&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this case, I have &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/856972/revisions&quot;&gt;edited your answer&lt;/a&gt; as I think it made a valuable contribution but needed some clarification. I added the information you mentioned and upvoted both your post and sudodus'. I think that was an appropriate action in this case, but others may disagree with me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Oh, and please &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/7707/formatting-backticks-and-editing&quot;&gt;don't use backticks for emphasis&lt;/a&gt; ;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2016-12-06T18:09:43.767" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16433" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16431" CreationDate="2016-12-05T09:31:27.443" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your update edit was indeed accepted (it's your question, so you always have the right to edit it). However, as Muru pointed out, your question is still a duplicate, so I reopened it and closed as a dupe of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/448944/where-to-place-my-local-website-starting-with-the-2-4-7-version-of-apache2/&quot;&gt;Where to place my local website starting with the 2.4.7 version of apache2?&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If that doesn't answer your question, edit it (yes, again :) to clarify what more you need. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2016-12-05T09:31:27.443" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16434" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-12-07T04:45:28.893" Score="2" ViewCount="60" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm really gratefully with the post&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/566734/how-to-install-oracle-11gr2-on-ubuntu-14-04&quot;&gt;How to install Oracle 11gR2 on Ubuntu 14.04?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to make a contribution, but not sure how to attach a file into a post, I wrote to simples scripts in order to get oracle installed into our Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How do I do it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="628037" OwnerDisplayName="phakman" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2016-12-07T09:56:56.807" Title="Add comments with a file" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16435" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16434" CreationDate="2016-12-07T09:56:56.807" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;If your scripts are your answer to the question &quot;How to install Oracle 11gR2 on Ubuntu 14.04?&quot;, then you can post them as an answer right there. Just write a short explanation of what the scripts do and how they work, and post them as an answer to the question. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2016-12-07T09:56:56.807" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16436" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16437" CreationDate="2016-12-07T16:36:11.897" Score="1" ViewCount="53" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been looking at the images posted and noticed that some are quite large and these (correct me if I am wrong) are added with &lt;em&gt;descriptions of the image&lt;/em&gt; and not &lt;em&gt;embedded&lt;/em&gt; in the page. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there an acceptable &lt;em&gt;image file size&lt;/em&gt; for posts or any size is ok and is handled by the system ? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="459561" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2016-12-07T18:36:16.693" LastActivityDate="2016-12-09T01:02:07.263" Title="Max file size for Image uploads for inclusion in a post?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16437" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16436" CreationDate="2016-12-07T18:35:07.953" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The max &lt;strong&gt;file size&lt;/strong&gt; for a given image being uploaded is listed on the image upload popup:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Cib8P.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Cib8P.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you can see, the max file size is 2MiB (which is just about 2MB total).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Image dimensions, I don't know if there's such a restriction, you'd have to ask Imgur.  But file &lt;em&gt;size&lt;/em&gt; limit is 2MB.  I don't know if Imgur has a dimensions restriction, but 2MB doesn't leave for much in terms of super 'high resolution' files.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As noted in comments, this is only a restriction if using the StackExchange embedded Imgur upload system.  If you upload something to your own imgur account, or run it from your own web server, you are not bound to that 2MB image file size restriction.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2016-12-09T01:02:07.263" LastActivityDate="2016-12-09T01:02:07.263" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16438" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16439" CreationDate="2016-12-08T17:14:25.793" Score="4" ViewCount="124" Body="&lt;p&gt;As listed here &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/858417/meizu-mx4-from-ubuntu-to-flyme-or-cm?noredirect=1#comment1322989_858417&quot;&gt;in this question,&lt;/a&gt; OP is asking for a guide on how to install Android/CM/Flyme on his MX4. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this off-topic? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My biggest caveat with this is that we open a can of worms regarding people bricking their phones and being unable to recover Ubuntu Touch and then complain about their ROMs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just looking for a quick answer here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="595274" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2016-12-21T13:05:06.363" Title="Should we support questions about installing Android on Ubuntu Touch Devices?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16439" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16438" CreationDate="2016-12-08T18:05:38.187" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;Hell NO! Or better to say 'Hell YES! THIS IS OFF TOPIC!'&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As @terdon even has pointed out in comments, even installing Windows on a pre-installed Ubuntu machine is off topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="522934" LastEditorUserId="522934" LastEditDate="2016-12-08T18:12:21.277" LastActivityDate="2016-12-08T18:12:21.277" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16440" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16438" CreationDate="2016-12-09T10:32:23.233" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;Judging the tone in here, this might seem controversial but we &lt;em&gt;have&lt;/em&gt; supported a range of Windows-related as part of our scope. It usually comes down to one thing...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Interoperability.&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Basically if it falls under the scope of &lt;em&gt;using&lt;/em&gt; Ubuntu with another operating system, it's probably okay here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Examples of a valid interop question might be teaching Grub to allow to boot another operating system, or perhaps picking or using an Ubuntu native filesystem, or —he said crawling right to the lonely edge of the scope— consuming an Ubuntu service (eg configuring OpenLDAP to allow Win 10 pro logins). It's not off-topic just because somebody said Windows.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your example question here is about straight up replacing Ubuntu. I don't think that has anything to do with us... But dual booting &lt;em&gt;might&lt;/em&gt; be. I honestly don't know enough about how the bootloader on a Ubuntu touch device works.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2016-12-21T13:05:06.363" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16441" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16424" CreationDate="2016-12-11T01:24:55.983" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think there should be a section for new users to instruct on basics like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What is dash?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What is the launcher? &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How do I open the terminal? &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What is a script?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How do I install Ubuntu?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What common applications are available?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Where / what are System Settings?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These are just from the top of my head and I'm sure the community can come up with dozens more that first time users would grapple with.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ubuntu has lots of powers that Windows users aren't accustomed to. As such it can be overwhelming from first blush. A getting started page in AskUbuntu can help them on their way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With some thoughtful design the &lt;code&gt;Getting Started&lt;/code&gt; page could start off elementary style with drill downs to more advanced configurations, debugging, bug reporting and links to Q&amp;amp;A for things like partitions, Nvidia, AMD GPU, black screens, login-loops, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="307523" LastEditorUserId="307523" LastEditDate="2016-12-13T23:39:52.927" LastActivityDate="2016-12-13T23:39:52.927" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16442" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16443" CreationDate="2016-12-11T06:39:49.287" Score="2" ViewCount="90" Body="&lt;p&gt;I can not find a clear answer to this anywhere.  I have a question with a bounty.  At the end of the 7-day period I set for the bounty, if there's no answers I've accepted and no answers have 2 or more upvotes, what happens to the bounty reputation?  Do I get it back, or does it disappear?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="570213" LastEditorUserId="158442" LastEditDate="2016-12-11T12:40:30.450" LastActivityDate="2016-12-12T09:46:15.733" Title="Who gets reputation at the end of a bounty?" Tags="|support|reputation|bounty|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16443" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16442" CreationDate="2016-12-11T07:06:22.157" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;The bounty doesn't get refunded under any circumstance. As per the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/bounty&quot;&gt;help center&lt;/a&gt;.  Take a look at the first bullet in the list.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So if the bounty is not awarded to any one, it gets lost.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="59676" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2016-12-11T07:06:22.157" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16445" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16442" CreationDate="2016-12-12T09:46:15.733" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't understand what the &amp;quot;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/bounty&quot;&gt;How is a bounty awarded&lt;/a&gt;&amp;quot; section doesn't answer this entirely:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After the bounty ends, there is a grace period of 24 hours to manually award the bounty. [...]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you do not award your bounty within 7 days (plus the grace period), the highest voted answer created after the bounty started with a minimum score of 2 will be awarded half the bounty amount (or the full amount, if the answer is also accepted). If two or more eligible answers have the same score (their scores are tied), the oldest answer is chosen. If there's no answer meeting those criteria, no bounty is awarded to anyone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's not uncomplicated but in the simplest terms it goes in the order:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Whomever the bounty-setter picks, if they do it within a time limit.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The highest voted new (after the bounty was created) answer is automatically picked, &lt;strong&gt;if&lt;/strong&gt; there is a +2 scored new answer.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Nobody. The spent reputation fades into the ether.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2016-12-12T09:46:15.733" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16446" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16424" CreationDate="2016-12-13T08:47:48.720" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I can see that experienced users do not want to always wade through elementary questions but it might be an eye opener to do so sometimes. You never know what you might learn from looking at Ubuntu from a beginner's perspective - especially if you teach.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sometimes experienced users are blind to unnecessary complexity in computer systems so I do believe firmly that questions from new users have their place. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm new to Ubuntu but I have taught absolute computer novices - people who have never used a computer in all their lives - and their questions sometimes made me think very hard about the design of software and hardware. Complexity can be unnecessary and new users can make challenging points about computer design - questions which really should be answered by the designers of software and hardware and, indeed, by the community at large.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="324264" LastActivityDate="2016-12-13T08:47:48.720" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16449" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-12-15T12:54:39.293" Score="2" ViewCount="86" Body="&lt;p&gt;I Want to know the difference between display managers and found &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/58528/whats-the-difference-between-gdm-and-lightdm&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; question, but it does not include SDDM. Should I edit that question to include SDDM or ask as a separate one?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="360794" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2016-12-16T04:04:51.243" Title="Should I edit a question or ask a new one?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16450" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16449" CreationDate="2016-12-15T13:06:36.567" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;IMO you should ask a new question. That one is old and very specific.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should write the question to include comparisons of ALL current display managers, then we would have a good and detailed up to date comparison.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, a lot has change, so the current answer is likely dated anyway.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As this would be a very useful question, I would be willing to give a bounty to anyone who wants to write a grate answer for us ;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastActivityDate="2016-12-15T13:06:36.567" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16452" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16449" CreationDate="2016-12-16T04:04:51.243" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You shouldn't do either. Big-list type questions aren't well-suited to the Stack Exchange format. They're a pain to keep updated. New entries don't get anywhere near as many views as older ones, so quality control on them is more difficult.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, other big list questions (like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/30334/what-application-indicators-are-available&quot;&gt;What Application Indicators are available?&lt;/a&gt;) have this notice on them:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This question exists because it has historical significance, but &lt;strong&gt;it is not considered a good, on-topic question for this site&lt;/strong&gt;, so please do not use it as evidence that you can ask similar questions here. While you are encouraged to help maintain its answers, please understand that &quot;big list&quot; questions are not generally allowed on Ask Ubuntu and will be closed per the help center.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, the question that you asked is also soliciting opinions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Why should I choose one over others?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd VTC just for that, even if it wasn't too broad.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2016-12-16T04:04:51.243" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16455" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-12-17T12:25:08.397" Score="13" ViewCount="187" Body="&lt;p&gt;Let's say that there is a question which hasn't received any answers after the question was asked and there is no duplicate questions. If the OP is not me how to bring that post up?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="360794" LastActivityDate="2016-12-17T16:28:21.000" Title="How to bring a post up" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16456" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16455" CreationDate="2016-12-17T12:42:45.307" Score="21" Body="&lt;p&gt;You could &lt;em&gt;improve it&lt;/em&gt;, but these improvements need to be substantial and preserve the spirit of the question. Don't bump to bump&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Occasionally &quot;community&quot; bumps up questions with no love - but this is random and automatic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Posting a bounty's the preferred way, as Serg suggested.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or you could answer the question ;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17681" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2016-12-17T16:28:21.000" LastActivityDate="2016-12-17T16:28:21.000" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16457" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16458" CreationDate="2016-12-18T10:15:26.987" Score="8" ViewCount="484" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just had one of my answers deleted because it was the same as an answer to another question. However, I do not believe the answer should have been deleted. Sure, it's the same answer, but it correctly answers both, very similar, questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why can we not reuse the same answer, especially if it correctly answers the question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/WWyT4.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/WWyT4.png&quot; alt=&quot;screenshot of my answer&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/137444/is-there-anyway-to-enable-system-wide-inverse-scrolling&quot;&gt;First question&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/91426/reverse-two-finger-scroll-direction-natural-scrolling&quot;&gt;Second question&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="378651" LastActivityDate="2016-12-19T09:30:53.610" Title="Why can't you use the same answer for multiple questions?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="20" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16458" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16457" CreationDate="2016-12-19T09:30:53.610" Score="24" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are three possibilities:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The questions have the same answer because they're the same (or almost the same) question: vote/flag to close one as a duplicate of the other. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The questions are actually slightly different and can't be closed yet both can be solved in the same way: &lt;em&gt;modify&lt;/em&gt; your answer to address the specific difference in the question. Adapt it to fit each question asked instead of just copy/pasting. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The questions are not duplicates and yet there is no change you can make to your answer that would make it fit one or the other better: post the same answer, OK. Note, however, that in the 4 or 5 years I've been using Stack Exchange, I think I might have found one such case. It really isn't very common and that's why identical answers are automatically flagged by the system. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2016-12-19T09:30:53.610" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16459" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16461" CreationDate="2016-12-19T12:16:10.523" Score="9" ViewCount="74" Body="&lt;p&gt;So I must get this out of my chest. ;-)&#xA;Why do so many people have a broken image symbol as avatar image ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do they provide broken image link ? Or is it askubuntu ?&#xA;Can this be fixed ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Isn't this has to do with the default avatar because I see this for new members a lot.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="350004" LastEditorUserId="6220" LastEditDate="2017-01-09T22:25:47.057" LastActivityDate="2017-01-09T22:25:47.057" Title="broken link avatar image" Tags="|support|gravatar|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16460" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-12-19T22:02:12.110" Score="0" ViewCount="82" Body="&lt;p&gt;title says it all. I just find a lot of these pages which I'd like to participate in but I run into this problem&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="621918" OwnerDisplayName="juntjoo nunya" LastActivityDate="2016-12-19T22:05:19.020" Title="says you need 50 reputation points to comment. I have one. This can't be right. How can I participate?" Tags="|discussion|community|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ClosedDate="2016-12-19T22:17:39.393" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16461" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16459" CreationDate="2016-12-19T23:09:16.060" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't know what's giving you the broken link image, I use NoScript and Disconnect in Firefox and silb's avatar won't display here either. I selected &lt;em&gt;inspect this element&lt;/em&gt; from the context menu and found that his avatar is hosted on Facebook. Enabling Facebook in Disconnect made the avatar show up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="40581" LastActivityDate="2016-12-19T23:09:16.060" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16462" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16463" CreationDate="2016-12-20T16:46:05.907" Score="1" ViewCount="129" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have Gravatar, but I want to have it as my user icon. Anyway, I can do that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My Gravatar is [email removed], and I also would like to see if that we had Gravatar, would it remove any stickers? Would we have to refresh our logo every time we made a new Gravatar?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I could try copying and pasting the image every time, but that'd be a hassle.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any way this could get done?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="621538" LastEditorUserId="25798" LastEditDate="2016-12-20T17:28:51.733" LastActivityDate="2016-12-20T17:28:51.733" Title="Can you use Gravatar?" Tags="|support|gravatar|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16463" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16462" CreationDate="2016-12-20T17:23:03.447" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;On your main site profile click the &quot;Edit profile and settings&quot; tab and then click &quot;Change picture&quot;.  Select &quot;gravatar&quot;.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/SGg0n.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/SGg0n.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2016-12-20T17:23:03.447" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16465" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16466" CreationDate="2016-12-20T21:20:57.443" Score="12" ViewCount="72" Body="&lt;p&gt;I found these two questions:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/question&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/question&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/642449/need-initfamfs-modules-15-04&quot;&gt;need initfamfs modules. 15.04&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/642454/where-do-i-add-modules-to-initramfs-15-04&quot;&gt;where do i add modules to initramfs? 15.04&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They are both marked as duplicate, and they both reference the other question as the linked question that is supposedly duplicated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Obviously one of them has to be the original, right? Can this be fixed? Or is there a third unlinked question and answer I'm missing?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Perhaps this isn't a bug, but it sure feels like one from a user standpoint. I wouldn't think proper design should allow closing a question by marking it as a duplicate of another question that is already marked as a duplicate. I spent far longer than I care to admit following the breadcrumb trail until I realized it was the same two questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="40161" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:24.280" LastActivityDate="2016-12-21T09:37:41.747" Title="How did this circular-referencing duplicate question happen?" Tags="|bug|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16466" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16465" CreationDate="2016-12-20T22:15:35.477" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;The way this happened in the past was that &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;question a and question b got various votes as duplicates of each other.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;question a is closed as a duplicate of b&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;question b is closed for some non-duplicate reason&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the majority votes on b are for duplication and the majority action counts&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This edge case was &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/263331/circular-duplicates-strike-again&quot;&gt;solved by the stack developers&lt;/a&gt; writing code that clears the duplication votes on b when a is closed as a duplicate of b but historical closures still exist.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="298346" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2016-12-20T22:15:35.477" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16467" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16468" CreationDate="2016-12-21T09:00:26.940" Score="3" ViewCount="97" Body="&lt;p&gt;The question says it all - do we get to keep them or do they go away?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="570213" LastActivityDate="2016-12-21T09:35:58.030" Title="What happens to hats at the end of the Winter Bash?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16468" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16467" CreationDate="2016-12-21T09:31:19.697" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;At the end of the season hats are collected from all Stack Exchange users, loaded onto special private planes and shipped to war torn parts of the world to give some cheer and warm the heads of the victims of violence. Here are some of the happy children from last year:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/6GvVv.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/6GvVv.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;children with hats&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;No, the hats simply disappear as soon as Winter Bash is over, as explained on the Winter Bash 2016 page:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;the hats get put back in their boxes on January 9th! &lt;/sub&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2016-12-21T09:35:58.030" LastActivityDate="2016-12-21T09:35:58.030" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16469" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16465" CreationDate="2016-12-21T09:37:41.747" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;I can confirm that this should no longer happen. I just reopened one of the two and then tried to close it again. For science. I got:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Ssrz8.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Ssrz8.png&quot; alt=&quot;circular duplicate closure warning&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So this shouldn't be possible anymore. In any case, thanks for bringing it up, I have now merged the two questions into one. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2016-12-21T09:37:41.747" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16470" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16471" CreationDate="2016-12-21T10:53:22.993" Score="8" ViewCount="152" Body="&lt;p&gt;I asked &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/854530/mouse-twitches-frantically-on-click&quot;&gt;a question&lt;/a&gt; some time earlier. I didn't get any answers, but by now I found out that the question itself is obsolete, because the problem isn't a Ubuntu config error, but rather a hardware issue. I've since edited the question to reflect this, but I was wondering what the right practice would be; answer it myself, delete it, leave it like this? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It could be useful if others have the same problem, that they can find out it isn't due to configuration issues but rather the hardware. But on the other side, it's not really Ubuntu related (any more).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any ideas?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="614679" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2016-12-21T12:22:40.067" Title="What to do with obsolete question?" Tags="|discussion|unanswered-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16471" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16470" CreationDate="2016-12-21T12:22:40.067" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;Such questions normally get closed as not reproducible with the following reason statement:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This describes &lt;strong&gt;a problem that can't be reproduced&lt;/strong&gt; that seemingly went away on its own or was only relevant to a very specific period of time. It's off-topic as it's unlikely to help future readers. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As author of the question, you could either vote to close your question yourself (requires you to have at least 250 reputation points though), or you can flag it to be closed by clicking through the flag menu like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;flag &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;should be closed... &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;off-topic because... &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;a problem that can't be reproduced &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After your flag/close vote has been reviewed, the question will be closed and no more new answers will get accepted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Theoretically you could also click the &quot;delete&quot; button below your question to immediately delete it (removes it from the list of questions and makes it invisible for all users with less than 10k reputation), but normally we prefer a closed question over a deleted question unless it is really low quality. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the closed question turns out to be irrelevant to the site (very low view count), it can happen that the Community user bot automatically deletes the question after a specific period of time as well btw.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastActivityDate="2016-12-21T12:22:40.067" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16472" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-12-21T17:19:10.707" Score="17" ViewCount="390" Body="&lt;p&gt;See this &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/201/conversation/answers-about-other-distros&quot;&gt;chat conversation&lt;/a&gt; for intense discussion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I see an answer &quot;here's how to do this in Windows&quot;, I flag it and leave a comment explaining that this is off-topic. All such flags have been marked helpful (but if I was wrong, please tell me...)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would do the same for Mac...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And I &lt;em&gt;think&lt;/em&gt; I should do the same for answers that say &quot;here's how to do it in [non-Ubuntu] Linux&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/863108/527764&quot;&gt;Here's a post I was unsure about&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My doubt is, the answer &lt;em&gt;might&lt;/em&gt; work in Ubuntu - it depends on the topic, right? In this case I really don't know, and in the past, where I have been able to test the answer in Ubuntu myself, I just edited out the distro, but, if that isn't possible, should I flag the post regardless of whether it &lt;em&gt;might&lt;/em&gt; work? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I asked in chat, and someone who's been around a lot longer than me left a comment on the post. I think that was a good thing to do, but I think I should flag it regardless...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like some advice!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2018-02-12T16:48:18.010" LastActivityDate="2018-02-12T16:48:18.010" Title="What should I do with answers about other Linux distros?" Tags="|discussion|review|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16473" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16472" CreationDate="2016-12-21T17:36:09.643" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;I tend to follow the same mentality I use for questions. Questions about Mint, Kali or even macOS &lt;em&gt;could&lt;/em&gt; be perfectly applicable to Ubuntu, but I don't know that, and so I flag as OT. There are specific rules about this for questions, but I use this reasoning to explain my decisions if needed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An answer that's based off of RHEL, Kali, Debian, etc could certainly work perfectly fine on Ubuntu, but there's no way to really know unless you or the OP tests it. For most cases, I'd flag the answer if it said something like &amp;quot;this worked on Fedora...&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, there are cases where an answer might be all-round Linux applicable. If it's something like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Q: How do I copy a file from a to b in terminal?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A: I use RHEL, and this is what works: &lt;code&gt;sudo cp /file /dir/&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then the RHEL is pretty much irrelevant. Something that simple, it doesn't really matter what distro the answerer uses, since it's definitely applicable to Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Something more complex, like VNC/RDP, should probably only get answers from Ubuntu users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="274320" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2016-12-21T17:38:37.507" CommentCount="13" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16474" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16472" CreationDate="2016-12-22T01:52:39.283" Score="-3" Body="&lt;p&gt;So here would be how I would handle this situation. While a question is still unanswered, any answer relating to another OS would be off-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But if a question is getting lots of views after it's been answered, and somebody adds a good answer for another OS, then I think that is good for the community.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The OP should get their answer which is directly related to the community, before people start adding in &quot;extras&quot; about doing it in another OS.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Windows will always be 100% off topic for Ask-Ubuntu. Mac is kinda hit and miss, its Unix-Like, but tends to be its own beast, but RHEL based derivatives, or say Debian, etc, that is helpful to people who are in the Linux world.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="395258" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2016-12-22T17:21:17.543" LastActivityDate="2016-12-22T17:21:17.543" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16476" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16477" CreationDate="2016-12-22T17:59:33.540" Score="-4" ViewCount="327" Body="&lt;p&gt;For quite a while I have been asking myself what it is that makes us &lt;em&gt;want&lt;/em&gt; to produce answers. Good answers. Sometimes answers that take a considerable amount of time to research, walk around with, come to a concept for. Subsequently we spend hours on working things out, testing, retrying, finetuning. A process that will possibly take hours or even days in complicated situations. You feel responsible for what you produced. You edit what you did if necessary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is anyone asking us to do that? No. &lt;em&gt;WE&lt;/em&gt; choose to do that. Should we get eternal honor and thanks for doing it? No. What we post on the site is part of the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That doesn't mean you don't feel attached to what you produced however. imagine the following situation:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Someone produced an answer as described above, posted it. After a few days of silence, suddenly a second answer pops up, posted by OP. An answer, &lt;em&gt;fully&lt;/em&gt; based on the first answer. The concept, the procedures, all of it. A few additions were done. Some are questionable, others concern stuff that wasn't in the question in the first place. That was what happened &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/862957/block-unity-keyboard-shortcuts-when-a-certain-application-is-active/863003#863003&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To show both sides of the coin: my response wasn't &amp;quot;the most balanced&amp;quot;, so to speak. I mentioned him that my answer was &lt;em&gt;an answer to the question he asked&lt;/em&gt;, and that his additions were mostly about additional stuff, not mentioned in the question. I also mentioned that some of the procedures he used in his version of the answer weren't advisable, for reasons I explained to him. Furthermore, I suggested that accepting my answer would be a decent action, since his answer was fully based on it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Long story short: he posted a question on meta:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Answerer pushes me to accept then self-deletes&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;...after which I got pissed, deleted my answer. The full discussion is to be found &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/50540/discussion-between-raphael-and-jacob-vlijm&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my defense, I was extremely tired and had a few bad days behind me. For the record, Re-reading the story, I can perfectly understand his point of view, and don't have an issue with Raphael whatsoever, &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;but&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Back to the subject of the question&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the discussion that followed it was suggested &lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;that it was perfectly all right if OP posted his version of the answer and accepted it&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt; (see the link above).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Really?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For me it will never be true on something you &lt;em&gt;created&lt;/em&gt;, spend time and thoughts on, just a few hours or days ago. An answer you are kind of proud of that you made work. An answer you feel &lt;em&gt;connected&lt;/em&gt; to.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That was what made you produce it in the first place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2016-12-26T12:35:39.893" Title="What is the connection between an answer and its poster, none?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="20" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16477" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16476" CreationDate="2016-12-22T19:23:37.510" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;For me, the important thing is getting the original issue resolved, improving the quality and efficacy of the site. While I understand the pain and frustration of laboring over an answer which the OP fails to accept, I applaud the effort it takes to take what's available and create a better answer. I don't hesitate to flag theft when I see it, but when attribution is given (as it appears it was in this case) and if the answer contains improvements, I believe that to be in the spirit of the site (and the stack exchange network as a whole). I'm fully cognizant of the fact that the work I do here doesn't actually belong to me (although I do try to keep my more popular answers up to date) It seems to me that in this case the idea was to try to provide the best answer possible while exposing unsolved issues in the answer provided. I see both sides of this coin and when faced with similar issues I ask myself &quot;Does this benefit the site?&quot; and try to respond accordingly. I'm only here because I'm truly eager to help and enjoy the mental gymnastics required. All the rest is details. While appreciation is nice to receive, it's not why I'm here. I think of the badges I've received, the one I was most proud of was &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/badges/51/unsung-hero&quot;&gt;Unsung Hero.&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I suggest we all take a deep breath and move on. I have no doubt that we've all been both irritated by and pleased by the actions of another member at one point or another (myself included) but a wise man once said true &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.flvs.net/genius-brain-vs-normal-brain-four-key-differences/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;genius&lt;/a&gt; is the ability to filter out that which doesn't matter so one can focus on what truly does. Sorry I can't find the source so it probably doesn't matter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2016-12-22T22:08:24.953" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16478" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16476" CreationDate="2016-12-22T19:44:50.073" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;As per &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/50540/discussion-between-raphael-and-jacob-vlijm&quot;&gt;chat&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;People, Policy, Process, Product.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;  People come first, Product comes last.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  I know the StackExchange personnel think it's all about &quot;the site&quot; (the product), but it's not: &lt;em&gt;it's about the people&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;br&gt;&#xA;  If Raphael agrees he should accept Jacob's answer...&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  @JacobVlijm If Raphael accepts your answer, edit yours and link to Raphael's in yours specifying theparameters in which his answer is the better one.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Then we'll have 2 answers, both can be upvoted and everyone will know afterwards that yours was first, and it'll also be better for the site itself.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;¯\_(ツ)_/¯&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="344926" LastEditDate="2016-12-22T19:50:07.967" LastActivityDate="2016-12-22T19:50:07.967" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16479" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16476" CreationDate="2016-12-22T20:29:41.340" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since you insist on bringing this out in public, I am afraid I have to give the rest of the picture. When the OP decided to post their own answer (which, by the way, they never accepted), you responded as follows:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/863003/timeline/&quot;&gt;You deleted your answer!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You posted &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/34286556#34286556&quot;&gt;this comment&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;He @Raphael, I really loved you question. Unfortunately, the way you handle it turns it into a bad one, and your profile didn't ly. Don't expect any more answers from me. Deleted my answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;And &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/34286650#34286650&quot;&gt;this one&lt;/a&gt; when the OP &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/16475&quot;&gt;comes to meta&lt;/a&gt; to ask for guidance:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You expect me to help you further while you post this on meta?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After complaining that the OP asked on meta, you come here and do the same thing! &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/16476/what-is-the-connection-between-an-answer-and-its-poster-none#comment33124_16476&quot;&gt;You claim&lt;/a&gt; that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;his post was a personal attack, mine isn't for sure. I don't read his name multiple times in my post&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Although the (now deleted) &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/16475/&quot;&gt;post&lt;/a&gt; of the OP was in no way an attack on you and only mentioned you to point out that your answer was helpful:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On this question of mine, I received a very helpful answer by Jacob Vlijm which I highly appreciate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And to add insult to injury, your meta question makes no mention of your deleting your answer or refusing to help the OP because they posted another answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, now that both sides of the story are out, I will repeat what I said in chat: posting a modified version of an existing answer &lt;em&gt;with attribution&lt;/em&gt;, that improves the existing one or expands it to cover aspects of the OP's problem that weren't explicitly mentioned in the question is absolutely fine, yes. It gives an improved or expanded or just different approach and that is a good thing. Your answer might help one future visitor, theirs might help another.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Had the OP modified your script and not taken the time to share their changes, that would indeed have been a shame. Instead, they took the time to share their work with us and all they got in return was spite. I hope that's not the way we greet users who come here and ask the questions we all enjoy answering.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2016-12-22T22:51:10.757" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16480" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16481" CreationDate="2016-12-22T22:51:23.423" Score="7" ViewCount="151" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just reviewed &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/98443/encrypting-files-and-folder-through-terminal/863650#863650&quot;&gt;this answer.&lt;/a&gt; After suggesting minor improvements, my curiosity got the better of me and I checked the profile of the poster and discovered they have been a (granted mostly inactive) member for over 5 years! Is the queue misnamed? Should it be the Late Answer Low Rep queue?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2016-12-22T23:42:50.060" Title="Why would an answer posted by a 5 year user end up in the Late Answer New User queue?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16481" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16480" CreationDate="2016-12-22T23:07:19.867" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think the &quot;new&quot; refers to rep, and has nothing to do with how long a user has been a member. I don't know how the actual algorithm works, but I assume it's something along the lines of &lt;code&gt;if rep &amp;lt; N &amp;amp;&amp;amp; isAnswerToOldQuestion; then...&lt;/code&gt;. Or, perhaps, &lt;code&gt;if numberOfAnswers &amp;lt; N; then ...&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I wouldn't be surprised to find answers by users who've been here for years appear in the queue. Not if they haven't answered much before. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2016-12-22T23:07:19.867" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16482" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16480" CreationDate="2016-12-22T23:42:50.060" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I signed up here over two years ago and at the time made a few posts but knew very little of how the AU interface worked or what the &quot;UbuntuQuette&quot; was in AU.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It wasn't until four months ago (after I bricked Windows 7) that I reinstalled Ubuntu and came back to AU. Through the process of resolving 14.04 laptop upgrade to 16.04 glitches I got very keen on learning new things and started answering questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So yes, I would say a &quot;new user&quot; has nothing to do with sign-up date but more so on rep points and more specifically learning the etiquette of properly formatted Questions, Answers and Comments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="307523" LastActivityDate="2016-12-22T23:42:50.060" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16484" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-12-23T11:03:03.030" Score="15" ViewCount="326" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's come to my attention that we have this tag, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ubuntu-one-windows&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ubuntu-one-windows&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ubuntu-one-windows&lt;/a&gt;, for questions about the Ubuntu One client for Windows. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as I can tell, these questions are obsolete because the Ubuntu One files service, which is what the Windows client was for, has been &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.canonical.com/2014/04/02/shutting-down-ubuntu-one-file-services/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;discontinued&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Many of these questions &lt;strike&gt;are&lt;/strike&gt; were unanswered, before I made this post, for example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/422869/all-my-ubuntu-one-files-show-as-1byte-each&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/422869/all-my-ubuntu-one-files-show-as-1byte-each&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/304821/ubuntu-one-fails-after-install-on-windows-8&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/304821/ubuntu-one-fails-after-install-on-windows-8&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All of these have now been closed by the community, so I guess there is general agreement with my suggestion that they should be closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Others are answered but still seem rather pointless now, for example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/91792/folder-syncs-but-nothing-in-it-syncs&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/91792/folder-syncs-but-nothing-in-it-syncs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/206203/ubuntu-one-client-3-02b-stuck-at-file-sync-starting-on-windows-xp-32-bit&quot;&gt;Ubuntu One Client 3.02b stuck at &amp;quot;File Sync Starting&amp;quot; on Windows XP 32-bit&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my opinion, &lt;strike&gt;all of these unanswered questions should be closed and&lt;/strike&gt; the tag should be blacklisted as it will not be useful in the future and is currently being occasionally misused for questions about &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/wsl&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;wsl&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;wsl&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What should we do with this tag and the remaining closed/answered questions?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2017-01-04T15:26:52.353" Title="Since Ubuntu One files is discontinued, what should we do with ubuntu-one-windows tag?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16485" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16484" CreationDate="2016-12-23T15:34:49.093" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I agree with you that Ubuntu One is long discontinued and there is no way we can provide answers to the questions that remain unanswered. Closing the questions is not going to hurt anyone I suppose.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But blacklisting the tag will make editing the questions in the future tricky. Perhaps, in addition to or instead of blacklisting the tag, we should consider deleting the questions because there is no value in them anymore.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastActivityDate="2016-12-23T15:34:49.093" CommentCount="14" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16486" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-12-23T19:20:22.677" Score="3" ViewCount="47" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't currently have enough on-site reputation to post a new answer to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/771936/269638&quot;&gt;permission error when installing ttf-mscorefonts-installer&lt;/a&gt;, but due to the up-votes on my comment under &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/812152/269638&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/a/812152/269638&lt;/a&gt;, I presume that my comment has helped a few users with this (or related) error.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Shall I edit the answer I commented under? Can my account be unlocked to make a new answer (as I'm under the au.se reputation limit that excludes the association bonus)? Is there a way to answer in the form of a &quot;community wiki&quot;? Or should I just leave it as a comment?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="269638" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2016-12-23T19:20:22.677" Title="Should I repost comment as answer or edit an existing answer?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16487" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-12-23T21:16:27.903" Score="2" ViewCount="274" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have seen search results coming up for this site on Google and other search engines. I mostly ignored it because it doesn't add anything substantial — nothing at all – from my point of view for people who know where to find information about packages and related data. I would even consider it harmful for all the other people. It looks like an elaborate hoax to sell ads!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know there are some sites run by people in the community which provide a valuable resource to the infrastructure like ubuntuwire.com, but this doesn't appear to be the case for ubuntuupdates.org. Can someone shine some light on this? (There appears to be no valid TLS cert or useful info on the about page.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I said I consider this site misleading and thereby harmful, the links on AskUbuntu should be replaced with equivalent official sources. I have no problem doing this myself for the 17 results I just found and where I can, but I though it would be better to discuss it first.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="40581" LastEditorUserId="40581" LastEditDate="2016-12-23T23:20:29.837" LastActivityDate="2016-12-24T12:44:39.010" Title="What's the reason behind ubuntuupdates.org? Who runs it?" Tags="|discussion|hyperlinks|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16488" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16487" CreationDate="2016-12-24T12:33:05.880" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't see the issue here, it was already pointed out that it simply links the default repos, so I won't go over that. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as I can tell, it is just a facelift for the default repos, it may not be to everyone’s taste but for newer users, it is great as it has big icons to click, you can do an apt install, get the debs and look for bug fixes, just compare these pages &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntuupdates.org/package/core/xenial/main/proposed/apt&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Updates&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://packages.ubuntu.com/xenial/apt&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ubuntu.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Ubuntu.com link is much more complex, while the big buttons and bright colours of Ubuntu Updates is aimed at less technical users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I simply can't see how it is &quot;harmful&quot;, you say it adds nothing and sure, for you, it adds nothing, you understand the repos and how to use them but for those less experienced, it would be a great starting point.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I had to downvote you because you offer nothing to back up your claims about the site and this just reads as &quot;I don't like this, so don't use it&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While I too can't seem to find the owners, I found their &lt;a href=&quot;https://twitter.com/ubuntu_updates?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Twitter account&lt;/a&gt; and it has been running since 2012, has over a thousand followers and constantly updates it's content, I see no evidence this is not &quot;run by people in the community which provide a valuable resource to the infrastructure&quot; and all their followers would agree, I am sure.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The questions linking this, should NOT be changed, I have used and linked it myself with no issue or complaints.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastEditorUserId="75060" LastEditDate="2016-12-24T12:44:39.010" LastActivityDate="2016-12-24T12:44:39.010" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16489" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-12-24T15:19:56.183" Score="32" ViewCount="596" Body="&lt;p&gt;For the second time on askubuntu.com, I got serial downvoted. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The user who downvotes targets questions with no upvote and no answer so that after the downvote the question will automatically deleted. This leads me to think that this is the same user.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Each time, the votes get reversed, but the questions that received the downvotes are deleted. I raised a flag each time a serial downvote happened, but it didn't help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How to make it stop? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here are the questions that got deleted this time:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/702575/44876&quot;&gt;Dwell clicking software that supports right-dragging and allows to define shortcuts for Kubuntu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/702149/44876&quot;&gt;Log of refused connections by iptables&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/703617/44876&quot;&gt;Disabling the Adaptive Activation area in menus in Kubuntu 14.10 Plasma 4&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/702949/44876&quot;&gt;Exporting and importing Kickoff Application Launcher's menu?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/xtBU2.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/xtBU2.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44876" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2016-12-24T15:31:05.613" Title="Serial downvote: how to make it stop? Tired of having my questions deleted" Tags="|discussion|downvoting|deleted-questions|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16491" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16493" CreationDate="2016-12-24T16:19:44.547" Score="21" ViewCount="423" Body="&lt;p&gt;This was just brought to my attention by &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/16489/serial-downvote-how-to-make-it-stop-tired-of-having-my-questions-deleted/16490#16490&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/92006/300925&quot;&gt;meta.se&lt;/a&gt; a question can be removed&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If the question is more than 30 days old, and ...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;has −1 or lower score&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;has no answers&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;is not locked&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does this not seem extreme? Questions can be answered months later and, as pointed out in the previous question, this can be easily exploited.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I did not like a question, I could just wait 30 days, vote it down and it would be removed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it just me, or is this far to heavy handed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am not advocating for a change exactly but I would really like to here others opinions on this rule, do you like it? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Perhaps 90 days or -3 would be better here?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please discuss.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2017-07-24T16:37:45.197" Title="Only 30 days and -1 to remove a question?" Tags="|discussion|voting|deleted-questions|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16492" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16491" CreationDate="2016-12-24T16:31:19.593" Score="3" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Is it just me, or is this far to heavy handed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I agree it is too heavy handed. I agree that amending the threshold to -3 would be better.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some considerations:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;downvoters use it to delete questions &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/269392/178179&quot;&gt;on purpose&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;users are &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/209694/178179&quot;&gt;not notified&lt;/a&gt; when a question is deleted&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;questions older that 60 days that get deleted cannot even be retrieved by the user unless they have over 10k reputation points or have saved the links to the deleted questions (Wayback Machine may also help, but still, really not very convenient).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;it's easy to get one random downvote: three downvotes are much more significant. Allowing one downvote to remove a question is pretty much the same as allowing one close vote to close the question: only mods or 1k-tag user may close a question with one close vote.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44876" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2016-12-24T16:31:19.593" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16493" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16491" CreationDate="2016-12-24T17:26:49.357" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think it's good that the system does this, and I don't think it should be more difficult for questions to be deleted automatically.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think that what happened in &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/16489/serial-downvote-how-to-make-it-stop-tired-of-having-my-questions-deleted&quot;&gt;Franck Dernoncourt's case&lt;/a&gt; is terrible and I really hope that it gets sorted out quickly. But I think that case is exceptional, and should not be considered a flaw in the system, but rather a case of one person behaving maliciously, which is something that hopefully moderators can deal with.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since traffic is rather high on Ask Ubuntu, most questions don't get enough attention. Reasonable questions do get missed because they require knowledge that relatively few members of the community have. In general, maybe we should be a little bit more generous with votes on questions; as &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/16204/you-can-vote-do-it&quot;&gt;You can vote - do it!&lt;/a&gt; suggests, I think we (the whole community) should be voting more - if a question appears to have value, then please consider upvoting it, to help attract some attention to it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, if a question is of poor quality, sometimes it will get closed and sometimes it will just get ignored. Requiring -3 to delete a question would make it very unlikely that poor questions would ever get deleted, because very few attract so much negative attention (I do some cleanup, and I find a lot of bad, unanswerable questions with no votes either way - further to what I said about upvoting in the previous paragraph, please consider downvoting questions if warranted too!) and poor quality unanswered questions are &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/78048/enable-automatic-deletion-of-old-unanswered-zero-score-questions-after-a-year/92006#comment569796_92006&quot;&gt;just a dead end in search&lt;/a&gt;, bringing down the overall usefulness of the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In those cases where a question gets a downvote that causes it to be deleted, the asker is free to ask the question again if they are still having the same problem. New questions have a much better chance of being answered than old ones. Franck Dernoncourt pointed out in &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/16492/527764&quot;&gt;his answer&lt;/a&gt; that users are not notified when their questions are deleted. I think it would be better if users were notified in that case, so that they could take action.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2016-12-24T18:09:31.193" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16495" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16491" CreationDate="2016-12-24T20:50:28.377" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it's a really bad question it would be close voted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it's a good question it will be voted up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it's a question with hardly any views, one down vote, no answers and it gets deleted, does anyone really care? Perhaps the criteria can be amended to include the number of views? ie &amp;lt; 10.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Optionally questions that currently get auto-deleted could instead go into review queue and people could vote to leave open or delete.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Edit&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A good point is made below that users are not informed their question is about to be deleted due to down vote. This brings up a point of etiquette.  When downvoting a question with the intention that it will be eventually deleted post a comment under it advising OP as such.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The OP will read the comment (unless he's abandoned the site) and ping the down-voter to retract the vote based on reason &amp;quot;______&amp;quot; (fill in the blanks).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="307523" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2017-07-24T16:37:45.197" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16496" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16116" CreationDate="2016-12-25T01:16:21.140" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;We did it!! A Hannukah/Chistmas Eve/Kwanzaa Eve Eve (:p) miracle! :D&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/f5oYo.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/f5oYo.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="274320" LastEditorUserId="274320" LastEditDate="2016-12-25T01:50:04.770" LastActivityDate="2016-12-25T01:50:04.770" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16497" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-12-25T16:37:30.777" Score="4" ViewCount="42" Body="&lt;p&gt;Following text within quotes was copied from &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/bounty&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; page&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;If the bounty was started by the question owner, and the question owner accepts an answer posted during the bounty period, and the bounty expires without an explicit award then we assume the bounty owner liked the answer they accepted and award it the full bounty amount at the time of bounty expiration.&quot; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What if the bounty was started by the question owner and did not accept any answer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="360794" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2016-12-25T17:08:52.007" Title="What if the bounty was started by the question owner and did not accept any answer?" Tags="|support|bounty|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16498" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16497" CreationDate="2016-12-25T16:44:49.420" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;If the question owner didn't accept an answer, and the bounty expires, half the reputation goes to the highest rated answer (score &gt;=2) posted after the bounty was started. If no answer meets that criterion then the bounty just dies off without being awarded.  The bounty poster doesn't get the reputation back, and the bounty expires.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2016-12-25T17:08:52.007" LastActivityDate="2016-12-25T17:08:52.007" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16499" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-12-25T18:02:59.823" Score="0" ViewCount="260" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;First of all, I am not an expert at computer, and I am totally new to Linux.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hello there. As I said, I am new to Linux; A few days ago I installed Linux Mint in my Exo PC. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I am having some issues;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This website was really useful for resolving issues with Linux Mint, even that it is a website related to Ubuntu&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, I wanted to ask; Can I ask questions about resolving issues in Linux Mint here?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think that my issue (A screen recording issue) could be resolved just as if it was an Ubuntu OS.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="634602" OwnerDisplayName="Jesús Lencina" LastActivityDate="2021-10-25T12:09:07.477" Title="Can I ask questions about Linux Mint here?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2016-12-25T18:27:37.333" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16501" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16499" CreationDate="2016-12-25T18:08:25.253" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Questions about other Linux distributions that are not supported by Canonical are off topic at Ask Ubuntu. Questions about other Linux distributions can be asked on &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Unix &amp;amp; Linux Q&amp;amp;A&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="94914" LastEditorUserId="94914" LastEditDate="2021-10-25T12:09:07.477" LastActivityDate="2021-10-25T12:09:07.477" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16502" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-12-25T22:16:02.920" Score="1" ViewCount="66" Body="&lt;p&gt;There was a question I answered put on hold as having &quot;too many possible answers, or good answers would be too long for this format&quot;.  I understand the reasoning behind that sort of hold in general, however I don't understand why it was applied in this circumstance.  It's quite evident from some of the parts of the question that the questioner didn't understand the system he was asking about, but that can't be uncommon here.  I understood what he was asking, and it seems the person asking the question thought my answer was clear.  So, in this case, is there any recourse?  Can the hold be removed, and if so, how?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="631022" LastActivityDate="2016-12-25T22:35:10.657" Title="Is there any recourse to a question being put on hold?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16504" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16502" CreationDate="2016-12-25T22:30:49.277" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Questions are placed &quot;on hold&quot; when the community (or a moderator) have decided that the question is not a good fit for the site. If a question remains on hold long enough, it will be marked as &quot;closed.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A hold (or closure) can be removed when the community (or a moderator) decide that the question suits the site's criteria. Typically, this is after the question's original poster has edited the question to bring it back into like with what we want on this site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, the easiest way to un-hold or reopen a question would be to simply edit the question to fit the site criteria. The community will take it from there. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that it's also possible to &quot;appeal&quot; a hold in Chat or in Meta, which will either result in the question being re-opened &lt;em&gt;or&lt;/em&gt; you getting a better explanation about why it was closed in the first place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want more information about the closing process, please look at &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/closed-questions&quot;&gt;What does it mean if a question is &quot;closed&quot; or &quot;on hold&quot;?&lt;/a&gt; in our Help Center.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastEditorUserId="208574" LastEditDate="2016-12-25T22:35:10.657" LastActivityDate="2016-12-25T22:35:10.657" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16505" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16507" CreationDate="2016-12-26T19:03:00.337" Score="3" ViewCount="77" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just tried to put up a bounty on the following question: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/813084/522934&quot;&gt;Desktop Facebook application for Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Dialog for selecting how hight the bounty shall be comes up but the &lt;kbd&gt;Next&lt;/kbd&gt; Button doesnt seem to have a link target and it happens nothing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I tried:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;hard reloading the page (&lt;kbd&gt;ctrl&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;f5&lt;/kbd&gt;) as well as normal reloading the page (&lt;kbd&gt;f5&lt;/kbd&gt;), nothing changes.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;logging out of the whole network closing down all pages, cleaning the cache, disabling all add-ons to no avail either.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;was able to put a bounty on the question via mobile firefox.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;tried another question then afterwards in browser on PC, again nothing.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As there was a question about what is in the console, here it is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;soup injecting fixes  SOUP.user.js:1888:23&#xA;soup init complete  i-think-i-fork-bombed-my-server-with-a-cron-job-whats-happening-here-and-how:30:25&#xA;soup setup complete  i-think-i-fork-bombed-my-server-with-a-cron-job-whats-happening-here-and-how:30:25&#xA;TypeError: $(...).live is not a function[Learn More]  i-think-i-fork-bombed-my-server-with-a-cron-job-whats-happening-here-and-how:5:5&#xA;    AddKbdShortcuts https://askubuntu.com/questions/862889/i-think-i-fork-bombed-my-server-with-a-cron-job-whats-happening-here-and-how:5:5&#xA;    &amp;lt;anonymous&amp;gt; https://askubuntu.com/questions/862889/i-think-i-fork-bombed-my-server-with-a-cron-job-whats-happening-here-and-how:137:38&#xA;    n.Callbacks/i https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.12.4/jquery.min.js:2:27444&#xA;    n.Callbacks/j.fireWith https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.12.4/jquery.min.js:2:28213&#xA;    .ready https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.12.4/jquery.min.js:2:30004&#xA;    K https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.12.4/jquery.min.js:2:30366&#xA;soup JS fixes applied  i-think-i-fork-bombed-my-server-with-a-cron-job-whats-happening-here-and-how:30:25&#xA;soup subscribed to realtime feed for question 862889 on site 89  i-think-i-fork-bombed-my-server-with-a-cron-job-whats-happening-here-and-how:30:25&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there currently a bug? Using firefox 50.1.0 - canonical 1.0.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="522934" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2016-12-26T20:55:42.883" Title="Is putting up bounties broken?" Tags="|bug|status-norepro|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16506" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16505" CreationDate="2016-12-26T19:22:33.740" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;A picture is worth a thousand words... It works for me:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/JcV6Y.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/JcV6Y.png&quot; alt=&quot;Bounty&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="307523" LastActivityDate="2016-12-26T19:22:33.740" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16507" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16505" CreationDate="2016-12-26T20:55:42.883" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;O.k. I found out what has caused this mess:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://gist.github.com/BrockA/2476594&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://gist.github.com/BrockA/2476594&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  A script to add &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;kbd&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; shortcut functionality to the site  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A greasemonkey script which is terrible outdated it seems but still is to be found on &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackapps.com/questions/3341/kbd-markup-shortcuts&quot;&gt;https://stackapps.com/questions/3341/kbd-markup-shortcuts&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="522934" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:46.307" LastActivityDate="2016-12-26T20:55:42.883" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16508" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14079" CreationDate="2016-12-28T04:01:43.957" Score="2" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;@bodhi.zazen: […] I don't use crouton, but am just trying to find out if I have to treat &quot;crouton&quot; like I currently treat &quot;Mint&quot;, &quot;Elementary OS&quot;, &quot;My iPhone can't connect to Windows&quot; and head to the nearest &quot;off topic&quot; button I can find...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sorry, I'm late to the game while I appear to be the sole editor of the chromebook tag here by just trying to bring my litte bit of knowledge to the table. You are correct, issues that relate to a crouton installation or some other way where the user ends up with a mix of components or packages that are not entirely Ubuntu are off-topic. That shouldn't contradict with Oli's answer I think.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The problem for all users is that some people are very careless about what to call Ubuntu, which confuses users who thought they installed Ubuntu proper (who didn't even know there was an improper way) when they encounter an issue that's rooted to the improper install. Canonical/Ubuntu fight hard to protect their cloud images against modifications, which is good as far as I followed, but they should also act against false advertising and misinformation which lead to various (Google) kernel-related issues with crouton, misconfigured bootloader setups caused by Boot-Repair and so forth. I'm not saying &lt;em&gt;&quot;sue them&quot;&lt;/em&gt;, just bring the message across that while it may look like it works it doesn't meet the criteria to be supported under the brand name, which is what active users around here try to do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="40581" LastActivityDate="2016-12-28T04:01:43.957" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16509" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16510" CreationDate="2016-12-28T11:55:29.677" Score="13" ViewCount="205" Body="&lt;p&gt;Voting is important on Ask Ubuntu, it is how we know the content we have is good and useful to the community, it has been said before many times, like &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/16493/75060&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; by Zanna, we just don't vote for questions, up or down enough&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Since traffic is rather high on Ask Ubuntu, most questions don't get&#xA;  enough attention. Reasonable questions do get missed because they&#xA;  require knowledge that relatively few members of the community have.&#xA;  In general, maybe we should be a little bit more generous with votes&#xA;  on questions; as&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/16204/you-can-vote-do-it&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/16204/you-can-vote-do-it&lt;/a&gt; suggests,&#xA;  I think we (the whole community) should be voting more - if a question&#xA;  appears to have value, then please consider upvoting it, to help&#xA;  attract some attention to it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Their would be no point just repeating what has been said, so this question is more focused on, how can we find the questions to vote on? Perhaps if we offer people easy ways to find the questions and highlight the things users get for voting often.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please give any suggestions you have for people to find questions to vote for or rewards they can earn.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To get started, you can use advanced search to find questions, something like&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt; is:question score:-1..1 views:0-200 closed:no created:2016-12..2017-01&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This will find, all questions with a score of -1 to 1, not closed and posted in the last month and with 200 views or less, here are details on &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/searching&quot;&gt;advanced search&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would also like to point out &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/badges&quot;&gt;badges&lt;/a&gt;. Badges seem to be second class to rep around here but if you are not a very technical user and struggle with rep, badges are a great way to show your contributions to the site, for voting alone, you can get &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Civic Duty: Vote 300 or more times&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Critic: First down vote&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Electorate: Vote on 600 questions and 25% or more of total votes are&#xA;on questions&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Suffrage: Use 30 votes in a day&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Supporter: First up vote&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Vox Populi: Use the maximum 40 votes in a day&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2017-01-02T17:03:27.580" Title="Voting for more questions and how to find them" Tags="|discussion|voting|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16510" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16509" CreationDate="2016-12-28T12:41:42.833" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;I usually vote up a question if it meets any of these conditions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I can answer it with the information given and I don't see any reason why it should be closed&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Someone else has answered it well or I know someone else will be able to answer it and I don't see any reason why it should be closed&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It seems to be a useful/interesting question and includes enough information to answer it in theory and is on topic (I upvote even if voting to close as dupe)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I usually vote down a question if:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;it is a rant&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I think it is unanswerable with the information given after allowing time for OP to respond to comments &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I don't think it could help anyone else&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I find questions to vote on:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;by watching the feed, reading the front page&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;doing reviews&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;following links posted in comments, in answers, and in the sidebar to linked/related questions&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;using the stats page in mod tools&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;doing cleanup (I use &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/16236/cleanup-project-using-sede-query&quot;&gt;a data query&lt;/a&gt;, my old comments, my review history)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Rewards for voting:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;what goes around comes around ;) or rather, &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/16491/only-30-days-and-1-to-remove-a-question/16493#comment33203_16493&quot;&gt;as I think Seth is suggesting here&lt;/a&gt; if you like getting votes, then maybe you should be giving votes?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2017-01-02T17:03:27.580" LastActivityDate="2017-01-02T17:03:27.580" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16511" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16472" CreationDate="2016-12-28T14:22:19.590" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;In this case:&lt;/strong&gt; It appeared that the question was bug related, previously squashed and the answer was not relevant. Since I felt the question should be closed and didn't perceive any immediate harm in the answer, I ignored the answer and focused on dealing with the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Generally speaking:&lt;/strong&gt; Some answers are inherently non release/distro specific. The vast majority of those are tried and true CLI commands like &lt;code&gt;ls -a&lt;/code&gt; and configuration file edits that work across many versions of Linux &amp;amp; Unix (for instance /etc/fstab edits for mounting). These I consider useful regardless. The question is &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;does the answer apply to currently supported versions of Ubuntu&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. Testing or previous knowledge is usually a sufficient strategy for dealing with many of these. The man pages are also a good source of information. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;On flagging:&lt;/strong&gt; While the vast majority of the flags I have raised over the years have been taken as helpful, this is not always the case. The thing I find useful to remember that something that is glaringly apparent to me may be perceived completely differently by someone else (and vice versa). I don't read too much into a declined or even disputed flag. I find it interesting that if you've had a recently declined flag the system forces you to review your flag history as if there's absolutely no question that the flag was incorrectly raised. We are all entitled to our own opinions. A declined flag is IMHO declined because in the opinion of the particular moderator that received it, it shouldn't have been raised. This doesn't mean that all the moderators would necessarily agree that it was wrong to raise the flag. It seems clear that there's no vetting (voting) system for flags like there is for questions and answers. My best advice is to fix it yourself if you can and don't take it personally if the mods disagree with your assessment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Guidelines on voting vs. flagging are &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/vote-down&quot;&gt;here.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastEditorUserId="225694" LastEditDate="2018-02-12T03:56:00.473" LastActivityDate="2018-02-12T03:56:00.473" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16512" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-12-28T20:53:49.173" Score="15" ViewCount="188" Body="&lt;p&gt;As of the time of writing, we have a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions?sort=frequent&quot;&gt;rather large&lt;/a&gt; number of what can be considered &quot;canonical posts&quot;, or posts that are basically frequent dupe-targets and answer very broad/general questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, within these posts, there seems to be a disconnect as to posts reaching Community Wiki status. Some are, some aren't, and some have CW answers but the question itself is not. In short, canonical posts and community wiki status is just downright confusing, at best.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there (or should there be) an official stance on the CW status of these canonical posts? Or, should we just let question-askers do their own thing and not interfere?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastActivityDate="2017-04-03T06:43:44.257" Title="What is site policy for &quot;canonical posts&quot; and Community Wiki status?" Tags="|discussion|canonical-questions|community-wiki|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16514" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16509" CreationDate="2016-12-29T13:57:18.710" Score="3" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Be careful with upvoting excessively!&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(just have a look at my reputation stats)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I used to upvote every day until I ran out of upvotes and a lot of other people did so too.  As you end up voting for good people and if they end up voting for you, you get slammed!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Don't complain to me!  Go complain &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/811/shog9&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My advice is to upvote only when it's actually good &lt;sub&gt;(and very few questions are, but then, I'm an old curmudgeon)&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2016-12-29T13:57:18.710" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16515" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-12-30T09:59:08.283" Score="2" ViewCount="49" Body="&lt;p&gt;A lot of people dual-boot Ubuntu and Windows, and many have problems that have more to do with Windows than Ubuntu.  Is there an AskWindows site or something similar to that where I can direct such people?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="570213" LastActivityDate="2016-12-30T10:00:42.937" Title="Where to direct Windows 10 users" Tags="|discussion|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16516" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16515" CreationDate="2016-12-30T10:00:42.937" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Direct them to &lt;a href=&quot;https://superuser.com/&quot;&gt;https://superuser.com/&lt;/a&gt; it is the closest thing to a AskWindows.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:04:50.393" LastActivityDate="2016-12-30T10:00:42.937" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16517" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16518" CreationDate="2016-12-30T21:26:53.363" Score="5" ViewCount="64" Body="&lt;p&gt;I noticed that the VLQ flag seems to have been taken away, which makes a lot of sense, since it never really fit anywhere. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Flagging an answer normally shows this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/fF50C.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/fF50C.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Flagging from review still shows the old dialog:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/epcS2.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/epcS2.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(From Late Answers)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It still shows the VLQ option. If it's been removed, shouldn't the review queue reflect that change? Maybe it hasn't actually been taken out and my browser is glitched?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="274320" LastActivityDate="2016-12-30T21:43:41.967" Title="Very Low Quality flag still appears in the review queue" Tags="|bug|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16518" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16517" CreationDate="2016-12-30T21:36:03.883" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;VLQ flagging option still exists, it's just not &lt;em&gt;always&lt;/em&gt; available. Specifically: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;VLQ is not available on &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/a/286972&quot;&gt;questions that are being reviewed for closure&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;VLQ is not available on &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/a/326635&quot;&gt;questions and answers older than 7 days&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;VLQ is not available on &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/258896&quot;&gt;questions and answers with positive score&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user336085" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2016-12-30T21:43:41.967" CommentCount="13" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16519" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16484" CreationDate="2016-12-30T22:20:59.277" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;So far, most of the questions, even the answered ones, have been closed (I originally voted to close only unanswered ones). There are about 40 questions remaining with this tag (and I have found many more questions tagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ubuntu-one&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ubuntu-one&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ubuntu-one&lt;/a&gt; that are similarly obsolete and begun closing the unanswered ones). &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/16485/527764&quot;&gt;jokerdino suggested&lt;/a&gt; we might consider deleting these questions and this provoked some thoughtful discussion:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What would happen to the rewards (points, badges) people earned with those questions and answers? Would they be preserved or reverted as well when old posts are deleted?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe the answer to this is that if a post has 3 or more upvotes and has been on the site for at least 60 days, then reputation is not lost when it is deleted. Otherwise, reputation is lost. Someone else said:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I agree with deleting provided the rewards stay.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This could lead to the conclusion that we should delete questions where either:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;nobody got any upvotes&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;everyone got more than 3 upvotes&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;anyone who got upvotes has vanished from the site&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, others thought that we should not delete questions because they have some value even though they are not directly useful for the intended purpose:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a general remark (not just for Ubuntu One), the issues people were having with a piece of software are valuable data that is worth keeping.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I agree these questions are no longer useful. However, there is some value in archiving posts that used to be useful, so perhaps we should not delete all questions about Ubuntu One. I am unsure what criteria to use for deciding what questions not to delete though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Trying to take these objections as seriously as possible, I considered what value these posts could have (both because I need to have a reason for my actions and because I want to consider what in general should happen to questions that are obsolete) and I can see:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A social history value (any historians reading care to comment?)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A value to developers (do devs agree with this?)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My opinion based on this is that we should delete those questions that are low quality or very similar to better questions, and preserve the ones that best &lt;strong&gt;represent&lt;/strong&gt; the issues people had with the software. Here are some questions I'd consider worth preserving:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/173849/what-command-line-options-are-available-for-ubuntu-one&quot;&gt;What command-line options are available for Ubuntu One?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/171156/how-to-prevent-ubuntu-one-for-windows-from-automatically-signing-on-to-my-accoun&quot;&gt;How to prevent Ubuntu One for Windows from automatically signing on to my account?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/81927/how-can-i-determine-the-version-number-of-my-ubuntu-one-for-windows-client&quot;&gt;How can I determine the version number of my Ubuntu One for Windows client?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/64079/why-cant-i-sync-a-folder-from-another-partition-drive-on-windows&quot;&gt;Why can&amp;#39;t I sync a folder from another partition/drive on Windows?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/121486/how-to-rename-ubuntu-one-folders-locked-by-syncdaemon&quot;&gt;How to rename Ubuntu One folders? Locked by syncdaemon?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe there are a few others that could be useful to devs/future historians.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Further arguments in favour of preservation were:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also these questions do not hurt our site; they can simply stay dormant.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would argue that these questions are potentially useless results in search - the site would be more useful for its intended purpose without them&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Third, the community might decide to relaunch Ubuntu One at one point.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If that happens, some of the high quality questions about the working of the service could possibly be useful. However, most of these old questions would probably be more confusing than useful, since presumably any old bugs would have been squashed and other things would have changed. If people had issues with the service, they could ask new questions about them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, why should we invest our efforts in cleaning questions which are answered but just no longer relevant?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To this I say, if it makes the site more useful, I am willing to invest my efforts and I know others will help, that is not a problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;TL:DR&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think we should delete (at least) the questions that&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;are similar to better questions&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;are unclear or otherwise low quality&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;won't cause reputation to be lost by active users if they are deleted&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please comment if you have an opinion on this!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2016-12-30T22:20:59.277" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16520" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2016-12-31T23:41:59.830" Score="12" ViewCount="211" Body="&lt;p&gt;I had posted a question (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/866619/how-do-i-setup-keyboard-macros&quot;&gt;How do I setup keyboard macros?&lt;/a&gt;) because I couldn't find a dupe of it with an answer. About an hour later I found a solution and answered my own question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now my quandary... Do I go to those historical questions and mark them as dupes of my recently posted Question and self-Answer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The alternative would be to migrate my answer to the earliest question and mark my own question as a dupe.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On one hand I hate deleting what I write but on the other hand I want to do the right thing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your thoughts?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="307523" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2017-01-14T13:36:45.517" Title="What's your view on marking historical questions as dupes of your question?" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16521" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16520" CreationDate="2017-01-01T00:04:08.457" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Of course, if older questions have upvoted answers, voting to close them as dupes of your own new question would most likely be unjustified. In the case that your post really is better, clearer, more upvoted, it might be OK, but I would definitely ask others for opinions on the case before voting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I say you should feel free to vote those old posts as duplicates of yours, &lt;strong&gt;if you have an answer and those posts do not&lt;/strong&gt;. I would feel no qualms about doing that myself. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Well done for solving an old problem!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2017-01-03T06:38:23.883" LastActivityDate="2017-01-03T06:38:23.883" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16523" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16520" CreationDate="2017-01-01T18:17:04.017" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would say that unanswered questions should be marked as dupes of answered ones.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, if there are upvoted and / or accepted answer(s) in a number of similar questions they should be flagged for merging. This to me is the most logical approach.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastEditorUserId="225694" LastEditDate="2017-01-10T21:23:00.573" LastActivityDate="2017-01-10T21:23:00.573" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16524" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-01-02T03:33:46.550" Score="1" ViewCount="36" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the course of trying to edit a post that had &lt;em&gt;its edit button&lt;/em&gt; active &lt;em&gt;not greyed out&lt;/em&gt; I experienced something strange.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I clicked on the &lt;em&gt;edit&lt;/em&gt; button (which as stated above was not greyed out) this happened,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;I was taken to a blank new page with the notice &quot; There is a pending suggested edit in the queue. Try again in a few minutes&quot;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now usually:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I would see the &lt;em&gt;edit&lt;/em&gt; button &lt;em&gt;greyed out&lt;/em&gt; if the above case were so.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I won't be taken to a separate page on clicking on edit, it would simply present its &lt;em&gt;message via a pop-up window as I try to access edit&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is an image of the page I was directed to:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/5AqYH.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/5AqYH.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NOTE:&lt;/strong&gt; was accessing the site from &lt;em&gt;Kubuntu 16.04 guest OS in Ubuntu 16.04 host&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="459561" LastActivityDate="2017-01-02T03:33:46.550" Title="Strange askubuntu edit post behaviour" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2017-01-02T04:39:26.980" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16525" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16529" CreationDate="2017-01-02T05:34:40.630" Score="2" ViewCount="146" Body="&lt;p&gt;From a discussion in chat, opening to a wider audience:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I tend to flag answers with &quot;Try this&quot; or &quot;Use Y because X doesn't work&quot; as &quot;Not an answer&quot; to avoid having to downvote and lose precious points (I need to get back to 30K to get the stats, after that, I'm not interested in rep any more and will start giving it away again.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I normally leave this comment:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;As a famous philosopher once said “Do, or do not! There is no try!” or in Ask Ubuntu style: if you’re sure, then it’s an answer, if you’re not, then it’s a comment. Words like “try”, “might”, “should” are a sign, that a message belongs in the comments, and “do”, “will”, “shall” in answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But if I'm not using my personal Ubuntu Laptop which has that defined as a macro, I just use the canned comments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should I:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Dowvote to my own detriment (well, it's only -1 in rep and it's not like it's costing me actual money, but still, it's costing me &lt;em&gt;something&lt;/em&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Continue SPAMming the mods until they cave in and don't reply with &lt;em&gt;&quot;declined - flags should not be used to indicate technical inaccuracies, or an altogether wrong answer&quot;&lt;/em&gt;...&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;Note:&lt;/strong&gt; the poor overworked mods have to review all the flags &lt;em&gt;manually&lt;/em&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;&lt;sup&gt;Feel free to copy-paste the Yoda quote above and use it yourself...&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2017-01-02T05:49:45.337" LastActivityDate="2017-01-02T20:07:07.583" Title="Should &quot;try this&quot; or &quot;x doesn't work, use y&quot; type answers be flagged?" Tags="|discussion|flagging|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16526" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16525" CreationDate="2017-01-02T10:55:49.553" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am going to take the opportunity to say I personally dislike that Yoda comment a lot!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/152003/527764&quot;&gt;Here is a completely awesome answer framed as a suggestion...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, when the person answering actually doesn't seem to know what they are talking about, I usually downvote and comment to say something like &quot;have you tested this?&quot;. If the suggestion is bad, then I vote to delete the answer, and if it &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/15877/what-should-i-or-we-do-about-answers-that-obviously-miss-the-point-of-the-ques&quot;&gt;misses the point of the question&lt;/a&gt; I flag it. If I know the suggestion is good, I will upvote (and edit if needed)!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;Use y because x is broken&quot; could be a perfectly fine answer if x is really broken, and &quot;Use y because it's better than x&quot; would be a perfectly fine answer with justification. Or, it could be completely wrong, which would merit a downvote and comment, or, again if it misses the point of the question, an NAA flag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My point is, neither of the cases you mention would automatically imply a particular course of action in my opinion - you have to decide on a case-by-case basis what to do!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you've decided on the right action, and the right action seems to be a downvote, then the fact that you don't feel like losing a point seems like a baaaad reason to use a flag instead. Use flags... &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/15888/how-do-i-flag-correctly&quot;&gt;when the post deserves a flag.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2017-01-02T20:07:07.583" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16527" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16520" CreationDate="2017-01-02T11:37:19.110" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;When I see similar questions which I can't or don't feel like closing as duplicates, I usually post a comment under one of the questions with a link to the other one. This makes question &lt;em&gt;linked&lt;/em&gt; - I don't know all the implications, but the obvious one is that both questions get hyperlinks to each other in the &lt;code&gt;Linked&lt;/code&gt; sidebar. This improves navigation without any ethical implications that voting to close might have.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Having said that, if your self-answer covers an older question better than its own answers, I advise you to vote to close and let the community decide.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="395993" LastEditorUserId="186134" LastEditDate="2017-01-14T13:36:45.517" LastActivityDate="2017-01-14T13:36:45.517" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16528" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16531" CreationDate="2017-01-02T16:21:14.153" Score="-4" ViewCount="77" Body="&lt;p&gt;We all reject edits that change the meaning of posts but I came across &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/867071/how-to-install-bully-and-mdk3-on-ubuntu-16-04&quot;&gt;this one&lt;/a&gt; and it adds meaning to the post that was never given by the OP.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is the original post&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/92Hlj.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/92Hlj.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and here is the edited version&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/9VEU6.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/9VEU6.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you can see, nowhere did the OP mention katoolin or kali or anything to indicate that was what they wanted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was going to roll it back but I don't want to end up in an edit war with the people who changed it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To me, this is unclear and should just be closed, to infer meaning on the post is not what edits should be for, it should be 100% on the OP to get there point across and people should not just be adding meaning to unclear posts, whether they may be right or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would I be right to roll this back or have I missed something, somewhere that makes this kind of edit alight?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2017-01-02T16:46:54.930" Title="Are edits like this OK?" Tags="|discussion|edits|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16529" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16525" CreationDate="2017-01-02T16:28:41.597" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;Thanks for bringing this up. I will add my voice to Zanna's and also state my, rather intense, dislike of that comment. First of all, it is very often wrong. Words like &quot;try&quot; and &quot;might&quot; are absolutely no indication that something is not an answer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We very often can't reproduce the OP's exact setup, but can offer an educated guess that might serve as a solution. For example, if the OP's issue is that &quot;Program X won't load&quot;, it is very possible that deleting the program's config file/directory will solve the problem. I can't be sure, however, since I don't have access to the OP's system. So I'll answer something like &quot;&lt;em&gt;Try&lt;/em&gt; deleting the &lt;code&gt;~/.config/programX&lt;/code&gt; directory, that &lt;em&gt;might&lt;/em&gt; solve the problem&quot;. Such educated guesses are often perfectly good answers. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then, the comment itself is really rather unpleasant. I know you intend it as a lighthearted joke, but it often comes across as condescending. I know I would not enjoy receiving it. I mean, it made Luke want to box that pretentious little Jedi Master's voluminous ears, why do you think it would be better coming from a Volron? A race that lacks even the good grace to have boxable ears! :) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More importantly, it gives the (wrong) impression that there are magical words that mark the difference between an answer and a comment and as long as you use one of the &quot;bad&quot; words, you &lt;em&gt;must&lt;/em&gt; post a comment and not an answer. This is not a message we should be giving new users. I've always found that comment in bad taste, even before becoming a mod and I've talked it over with a few of the other mods since my election and we all seem to find it distasteful. Just not enough so to actually mention it, but since you brought it up. . . &gt;:)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, leaving the question of that unpleasant comment aside, using flags to do the job of downvotes is, well, abuse. Pure and simple. If you feel an answer is bad, &lt;em&gt;downvote&lt;/em&gt; it! Don't pass your job on to the mods! We already get dozens of flags a day that we need to go through, please don't add noise to that just because you want to keep your rep! Come on!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If a question is unsalvageable nonsense, flag it. If it is just giving a suggestion that could be useful, don't leave that comment and don't flag, just &lt;em&gt;upvote&lt;/em&gt; it. If it is leaving a suggestion that isn't useful, downvote but for the sake of all that's modly, do &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; flag! And yes, of course you should downvote to your own detriment. That's the whole idea. That's why downvotes carry a (tiny) penalty: to avoid spurious voting. Spurious flagging is not a solution to that! If you're not willing to spend -1 rep to vote on it, please don't make me waste my time dealing with your flag, either. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, the message is i) please don't use that comment. Not on your own laptop and not anywhere else. It isn't really funny, it is flat out wrong and is also kinda condescending. ii) Do not ever use flags as an alternative to downvoting. That is never acceptable and it just wastes the mods' time. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2017-01-02T17:05:44.763" LastActivityDate="2017-01-02T17:05:44.763" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16530" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16541" CreationDate="2017-01-02T16:31:35.437" Score="1" ViewCount="238" Body="&lt;p&gt;This question - &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/867071/how-to-install-bully-and-mdk3-on-ubuntu-16-04&quot;&gt;How to install bully and mdk3 on ubuntu 16.04&lt;/a&gt; - has received at the time this was posted four downvotes as well as three close votes for being unclear, however there is nothing unclear about the question. I saw the train coming after the first close vote and posted a comment to future close voters as well as a screenshot in my answer to the question which has the words &amp;quot;Bully&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;mdk3&amp;quot; in it illustrating the question, but this only aggravated the situation and now it appears that the question has been designated to be closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Leaving aside the question of close voting, is it really necessary to railroad a clear question closed by repeatedly downvoting it too? It's not a duplicate of anything. It's not the least bit unclear. Under the circumstances I think the four downvotes that this question received are bogus.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="94914" LastEditorUserId="94914" LastEditDate="2021-10-25T12:05:03.720" LastActivityDate="2021-10-25T12:05:03.720" Title="Bullying as a strategy to force close a question" Tags="|discussion|downvoting|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16531" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16528" CreationDate="2017-01-02T16:46:54.930" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;That seems like a great edit to me. It clarified what the OP was after. Both &quot;bully&quot; and &quot;mdk3&quot; are, apparently, Kali tools so the edit just improved the question. I wasn't aware of them, but searching for &quot;bully Linux&quot; or &quot;mdk5 Linux&quot; immediately brings you to the Kali tools. I really don't see what you find objectionable here. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If a question is unclear but someone can tell what the underlying issue is, then editing to make it clear is absolutely the right thing to do. So this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;To me, this is unclear and should just be closed, to infer meaning on the post is not what edits should be for, it should be 100% on the OP to get there point across and people should not just be adding meaning to unclear posts, whether they may be right or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is &lt;em&gt;absolutely&lt;/em&gt; not true. This isn't some sort of popularity contest. We don't care who fixed a question, we just want a collection of high quality posts. If the OP posts a horrible question but someone fixes it so it is now a good one, everybody wins. That is precisely why we allow edits in the first place. If it were &quot;100% on the OP to get their point across&quot;, this would be a forum and not an SE site where editing is allowed and encouraged!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Of course&lt;/em&gt; we should be adding meaning to unclear posts, or at least, we should if we are right. That is essential to the site and is probably the best kind of edit of all. Fixing minor things like format and grammar is all very well but, at the end of the day, the best edit is the one that makes the question or answer clearer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2017-01-02T16:46:54.930" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16533" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-01-02T17:56:56.290" Score="2" ViewCount="69" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;EasyPeasy is 'Formerly known as Ubuntu Eee, a project optimized for netbooks.'&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this really not the right place to ask questions about this Ubuntu distro? The UI says Ubuntu in the upper right corner. I just need some help getting YouTube to play, probably just an issue with the flash plugin which is being handled by VNC.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="637322" OwnerDisplayName="Mitchell Glaser" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2017-01-02T21:46:34.387" LastActivityDate="2017-01-02T21:46:34.387" Title="Ubuntu Eee / EasyPeasy - Offtopic?" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16534" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16533" CreationDate="2017-01-02T18:26:43.570" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ubuntu Eee sounds a lot like the long since dead netbook remix project.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Whether this is the case or not, the Ubuntu Eee operating system is no longer an official Ubuntu distro.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;Per the help center&lt;/a&gt;, we only support official Ubuntu derivatives (server, Xubuntu, Lubuntu, etc - this is not an all inclusive list) here on Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your question sounds like it would fit over on &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;Unix and Linux&lt;/a&gt;, though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2017-01-02T18:40:27.300" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16535" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-01-02T05:29:19.633" Score="7" ViewCount="267" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am having this very strange pop-up ads issue when accessing any Stack Exchange site using Firefox. Whenever I click I get redirected to ads. I have done and tries the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;cleared cookies, history, cache, etc.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;disabled Firefox sync&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;but nothing works. I accessed Ask Ubuntu from Chrome and I didn't have that issue there. Now I did this based on this &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/questions/28597882/malware-injecting-code-into-my-dojo-websocket-app-how-prevent&quot;&gt;post&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;opened page source code for Ask Ubuntu, and I saw this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;body class=&quot;home-page new-topbar&quot;&amp;gt;&#xA;&amp;lt;noscript&amp;gt;&amp;lt;div id=&quot;noscript-padding&quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/noscript&amp;gt;&#xA;&amp;lt;script&amp;gt;(function () { var old = $.fn.contents; $.fn.contents = function () { try { return old.apply(this, arguments); } catch (e) { return $([]); } } })()&amp;lt;/script&amp;gt;&#xA;&amp;lt;iframe id=&quot;adzerk-user-match&quot; width=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;0&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; scrolling=&quot;no&quot; onload=&quot;window.AUMIframeDone=true&quot;&#xA;    src=&quot;https://ssum-sec.casalemedia.com/usermatch?s=183712&amp;amp;amp;cb=https%3A%2F%2Fengine.adzerk.net%2Fudb%2F22%2Fsync%2Fi.gif%3FpartnerId%3D1%26userId%3D&quot;&#xA;    style=&quot;display: none;&quot; marginheight=&quot;0&quot; marginwidth=&quot;0&quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/iframe&amp;gt;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;But on Chrome, I see this with the same method as in 1:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;body class=&quot;questions-page new-topbar&quot;&amp;gt;&#xA;&amp;lt;noscript&amp;gt;&amp;lt;div id=&quot;noscript-padding&quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/noscript&amp;gt;   &#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Opened Ask Ubuntu in Firefox inspect tool and I saw this, just like in chrome:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;body class=&quot;questions-page new-topbar&quot;&amp;gt;&#xA;&amp;lt;noscript&amp;gt;&amp;lt;div id=&quot;noscript-padding&quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/noscript&amp;gt; &#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now I don't know where that piece of injected code is coming from but its only seen when using Firefox. My problem here is that I get this issue only when on Stack Exchange sites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How can I tackle this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now on the request i have added three &lt;em&gt;images&lt;/em&gt; for &lt;strong&gt;ads that just popped up as I tried signing in to askubuntu from firefox with my adblocker app turned off&lt;/strong&gt; just less than 2mins ago.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/rqJKv.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/rqJKv.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/quTpn.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/quTpn.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/9DVLg.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/9DVLg.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;That's for three clicks I made on the site&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="459561" OwnerDisplayName="George" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-05-23T12:39:54.233" LastActivityDate="2017-01-04T17:05:52.717" Title="Suspect malware behaviour when accessing askubuntu and or any stack exchange site from firefox" Tags="|support|firefox|security|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="19" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16536" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16537" CreationDate="2017-01-03T01:59:18.677" Score="17" ViewCount="1273" Body="&lt;p&gt;Today I saw &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/866704/cant-open-gedit-in-gksu&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;a question&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, noticed it was a problem that I and other people have been having in Ubuntu for years, and wrote an answer. I also checked on my machine that the answer was correct. I would describe what I did as reproducing the problem. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/866704/timeline&quot;&gt;A few minutes after I posted my answer&lt;/a&gt;, the question was closed as off-topic. In comments, it was suggested that the reason was that the problem could not be reproduced.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is the subcategory of off-topic that seems to have been intended, though I've gleaned this from comments and this is &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; what is actually displayed on the question page:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This describes &lt;strong&gt;a problem that can't be reproduced&lt;/strong&gt; that seemingly went&#xA;  away on its own or was only relevant to a very specific period of&#xA;  time. It's off-topic as it's unlikely to help future readers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The OP wanted to edit &lt;code&gt;/etc/fstab&lt;/code&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I am attempting to automount my backup drive on Ubuntu studio 16.04.1.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I type &lt;code&gt;gksu gedit /etc/fstab&lt;/code&gt; in terminal and enter my password, but&#xA;  I cannot see the editor. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Can anyone please help?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The OP tried to run the &lt;code&gt;gedit&lt;/code&gt; command with &lt;code&gt;gksu&lt;/code&gt; and -- as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/866704/cant-open-gedit-in-gksu#comment1340578_866704&quot;&gt;that comment clarifies&lt;/a&gt; -- this failed silently. No Gedit window appeared.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I then noticed that &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/866704/cant-open-gedit-in-gksu#comment1340887_866704&quot;&gt;the OP had found&lt;/a&gt; that Gedit was actually not installed. Immediately I remembered the times I've tried to run nonexistent commands with &lt;code&gt;gksu&lt;/code&gt; and got no error message. So I wrote an answer about how &lt;code&gt;gksu&lt;/code&gt; doesn't (or at least doesn't always) show any error in this situation. I did mention that the solution in this case was to install Gedit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I had considered commenting to suggest the OP write their own answer, but because I'm familiar with this problem -- having &lt;em&gt;produced and seen it multiple times over the years&lt;/em&gt; -- I went ahead and answered. I also checked that &lt;code&gt;gksu&lt;/code&gt; still behaves this way on my machine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another dimension of the question is the issue of how root-owned configuration files are best edited. There were comments posted on the question that in effect gave solutions; something like them could have been posted as an answer, but hadn't been. So I also covered an alternative to &lt;code&gt;gksu&lt;/code&gt; in my answer. To me, this question is clearly about how to edit files as root (in general) and about &lt;code&gt;gksu&lt;/code&gt; (specifically), and was on both counts objectively answerable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems to me that this question is about a problem that gets reproduced all the time -- someone runs a command with &lt;code&gt;gksu&lt;/code&gt;, it fails silently, and they don't know what this means or what to do. I believe this question, and my answer (so long as I have managed to write it clearly!), are useful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any arguments I can think of for why this question should be closed as off-topic -- including the explanations that I have seen in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/866704/cant-open-gedit-in-gksu#comment1341610_866704&quot;&gt;this upvoted comment&lt;/a&gt; and others on the question -- seem to apply just as well to most answered questions on the site about solvable problems, or at least to problems where the OP was able to find a solution. I don't know whether I have failed to understand the reasons people have given for why that question should be closed, or if it is simply that I vehemently disagree.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I also don't know what most people on our site think. I've been largely inactive on the site lately, until pretty recently. So I admit that the existing community consensus on what's on topic may have changed, though I haven't found anything here on meta or in the help to suggest that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Therefore I am putting this question to all of you. &lt;strong&gt;What do we mean when we say a problem cannot be reproduced?&lt;/strong&gt; Is that why this particular question was closed? Should it be reopened?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2017-01-03T02:18:33.523" LastActivityDate="2017-01-05T18:41:32.580" Title="When do we say a problem can't be reproduced?" Tags="|discussion|scope|close-reasons|closed-questions|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16537" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16536" CreationDate="2017-01-03T15:55:06.973" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think if you just changed the title of the question to &quot;Why does launching an application via gksu not work?&quot; or similar and then keep the body as an example would make the question immediately more generic and reuseable. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2017-01-03T15:55:06.973" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16538" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16535" CreationDate="2017-01-03T18:43:26.617" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Interesting&lt;/em&gt;. My default with issues like this is to assume that this is localized to you. Thus far, no one else seems to be experiencing the same issues, so I'm leaning pretty heavily in that direction. We do a lot to ensure the safety and security of our users, so I'm &lt;em&gt;even more&lt;/em&gt; confident that this isn't our (my team's) fault.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But! The script you highlight, from Casale Media, is curious to me. Casale Media is Index Exchange, the company we use to manage our programmatic offerings. My assumption is that script is unrelated to your issue, and the fact that it appears only in Firefox is just the way the source code is displayed is different there versus Chrome.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I state above: my current assumption is that this is an issue local to you. That said, I'm in the process of communicating with our contacts at both our ad server, Adzerk, and our programmatic partner, Index Exchange, to confirm that script is functioning as it should. I'll provide any relevant updates here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you for bringing this to our attention!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Update:&lt;/strong&gt; our contact at Index Exchange confirmed that the script is only used for user-matching to ensure impressions are correctly delivered to who is targeted (ie: a user in France or a user visiting the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/.net&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;.net&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;.net&lt;/a&gt; tag). No content is delivered via this script. I hope this helps!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="255163" LastEditorUserId="255163" LastEditDate="2017-01-04T17:05:52.717" LastActivityDate="2017-01-04T17:05:52.717" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16539" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16536" CreationDate="2017-01-03T21:58:38.290" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think it's somewhat subjective... but I would like to share my perspective for discussion, even though I am pretty new to the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/16236/cleanup-project-using-sede-query&quot;&gt;Along with some other folks, I do some cleanup&lt;/a&gt;, meaning I spend some of my time on neglected, unanswered, sometimes old and maybe abandoned questions. Mostly, we find that they have good, or good-enough-to-edit-into-shape, neglected answers and we upvote them. On the best days, we can answer the questions ourselves \o/&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And sometimes we vote to close them. Most often if we do close them, we close them as &quot;no repro&quot;, because the question has an answer from the OP saying something like&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I rebooted, and the problem was gone&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I did a routine system update &amp;amp;&amp;amp; upgrade and the problem was gone&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I reinstalled Ubuntu (or I gave up and installed another distro) and the problem was gone&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I did something, can't remember what, but it fixed the problem&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It was my hardware/my ISP/my friends pranking me&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I'd made a typo in &lt;code&gt;sudo apt install foo&lt;/code&gt; or similar&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We have a multi-level review system and a &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/3877/raiders-of-the-lost-downboat&quot;&gt;chatroom (quiet at the moment because of the phase we're in)&lt;/a&gt;, and we discuss, often, whether questions should be closed as no repro or not. Even if the question has an answer like one of the above examples, we sometimes upvote the answer instead, because we can see ourselves making that mistake or the hardware issue seems reproducible, and sometimes we want to add an answer, because actually, like you in this case, we (ok usually it's not me but one of the smarter ones) have the expertise between us to figure out what action, mysterious to OP though it be, would effectively solve the problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The overarching question we are asking ourselves is &quot;will this help anyone else?&quot; and we conclude that it will not, I guess, if it seems to be&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;extremely trivial&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;extremely specific and unlikely to reoccur anywhere&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;a mysterious problem (perhaps due to unclear underlying issues) that has gone away&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't think any of these apply to the question you mentioned, and I hope I would not have voted to close it (apparently I didn't, thanks Seth!), but I might have considered it fairly trivial and fairly specific and possibly slightly mysterious if it were not for your excellent explanation here, because well damn, obviously you can't launch software you haven't installed and oh hang on wait Gedit is installed in (vanilla) Ubuntu by default (MATE/vim user here; I don't have Gedit either) so what was going on? So while I totally agree with you that the post should not have been closed, I can understand the thought process of the voters.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I mentioned earlier when talking about our discussions in the cleanup project, sometimes it's our knowledge and experience than stops us from closing a question, and allows us to answer it instead. Your insight made that post a really useful one, now, but that might not have happened; you might not have been there to salvage it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To some extent then, I think the decision to vote to close a question depends on our ability to answer it! Or on our ability to see value in possible answers; it depends on knowledge and expertise and on attitude too I think. I change my mind about questions all the time based on the awesome insights and knowledge of amazing folks in the community. I guess we should try to err on the side of looking for answers and valuing answers if we can, since &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/201?m=34374711#34374711&quot;&gt;answering questions and not closing them is what actually helps people&lt;/a&gt; (dupe targets help a lot of course, but only because they have answers!)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2017-01-05T18:41:32.580" LastActivityDate="2017-01-05T18:41:32.580" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16540" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16553" CreationDate="2017-01-03T23:47:19.470" Score="3" ViewCount="254" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm asking this question in response to the comments received on &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/838698/can-gedit-default-highlighting-style-be-set-for-files-without-an-extension/866404#866404&quot;&gt;my answer&lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/838698/can-gedit-default-highlighting-style-be-set-for-files-without-an-extension/866404?noredirect=1#comment1341895_866404&quot;&gt;this question.&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Perhaps someone can explain to me what I missed &lt;em&gt;in the posted question&lt;/em&gt; that was glaringly apparent to everyone else. When I first saw it there were some things IMHO that made it a great candidate for &quot;unclear what you are asking status&quot; for it seemed the OP was looking for an answer to something that was not defined very well and IMHO had some glaring falsehoods like &quot;Gedit always defaults to Matlab syntax highlighting&quot;. (VTC not possible due to bounty assignment) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even one of the questions &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/44730/can-i-set-a-default-syntax-highlighting-in-gedit&quot;&gt;linked as similar&lt;/a&gt; states &quot;Until you save a document in gedit, syntax highlighting is turned off&quot; and experience tells me that when I open an unrecognized (unknown mime-type) file it defaults to plain text. So, I answered &lt;em&gt;the question asked&lt;/em&gt;. The answer &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/838698/can-gedit-default-highlighting-style-be-set-for-files-without-an-extension/866679#866679&quot;&gt;that was accepted&lt;/a&gt; is clearly superior to mine in that it seems to have answered what the OP intended to ask. It's certainly apparent after the fact what the OP was looking for but without that as a signpost? What did I miss &lt;em&gt;in the question&lt;/em&gt; that makes it a good question? The comment (which I clearly missed) where the OP finally actually describes his problem wasn't edited into it as it should have been. In fact, I can't find a single response to any of the questions asked about this question edited into the OP.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note: This is not intended in anyway to disparage the accepted answer (which in point of fact I upvoted as well)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm just wondering if I'm incorrect in my assumptions that A) &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/838698/can-gedit-default-highlighting-style-be-set-for-files-without-an-extension/866404#866404&quot;&gt;The question&lt;/a&gt; is poorly crafted and B) &lt;strong&gt;Pertinent information should be edited into the original post&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please tell me what you think as it will have bearing on my future work. If I'm wrong about A) I need to adjust my quality standards accordingly and if I'm wrong about B) I can stop wasting my precious time encouraging OP's to &lt;strong&gt;edit&lt;/strong&gt; pertinent information into there posts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks in advance!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2017-01-09T19:41:18.670" Title="Can someone explain to me how this qualifies as a good question?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16541" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16530" CreationDate="2017-01-04T00:57:38.937" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Excessive downvoting on what appears to be a legitimate question by new users is a bad thing. It's unreasonable to expect a new user to understand why a question that had depth and subtlety was repeatedly downvoted. It would be more appropriate if whoever disapproved of the line of reasoning taken by the author of the question stopped at the first downvote. No one asked for more information from the OP, perhaps because none was needed, the OP was left out of the loop, and was left defenseless to eat his four downvotes until  I intervened in Meta and the question got four upvotes after that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Four downvotes is lot of downvotes for a good question to get, even though now it is reduced to three downvotes, so it should be interesting to read what follows about why I think the original question was a good one. To be fair the original question now has four upvotes and three downvotes, which shows that the issue under discussion has at least two sides. &lt;strong&gt;Two sides, not one side.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure that it was the intent of the author of the question to post a good question, but that is what he did, even though it was badly written initially. I upvoted the question and here is the explanation for why I upvoted it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The author wanted to install two Kali linux tools in Ubuntu. There are two alternatives that are available.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Automatic&lt;/strong&gt; - Install the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/tatoolin&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;tatoolin&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;tatoolin&lt;/a&gt; script in Ubuntu and install the two packages he wants from the Katoolin interface.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Manual&lt;/strong&gt; - Search for the two packages, install required dependencies for the packages if necessary and install the packages.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Method 1 can be hazardous to the stability of the operating system, so it may be overkill to install Katoolin for the purpose of installing only two packages. However the author of the question may be installing more than just two Kali linux tools, so he should be offered that alternative.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Method 2 can be too difficult for some users, especially if package If you  dependencies have to be manually installed too. However the author of the question may have experience in compiling and resolving package dependency issues, so he should be offered that alternative too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What a person who is trying to force close this question by multiply downvoting it would say without thinking is that this proves that the question is unclear because we should compel the author to state precisely his level of expertise as a user and his future intentions regarding installing other Kali linux tool in Ubuntu. In fact the contrary works just as well for the purpose of all users of Ask Ubuntu who want know about how to install only one or two Kali linux tools without destroying their operating systems.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="94914" LastEditorUserId="94914" LastEditDate="2018-06-01T15:41:00.383" LastActivityDate="2018-06-01T15:41:00.383" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16542" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16530" CreationDate="2017-01-04T09:58:17.690" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure I should be answering this question, but here goes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can't comment on why other people downvote, but I sometimes do downvote questions as well as vote to close them if they are unclear.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my opinion this question was no worse or more unclear than any other question saying nothing but &quot;How can I install foo?&quot; If foo is not in Ubuntu repositories, or widely known among Ubuntu users, then the question is unclear, and should be edited to include information about what the software is. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I strongly feel that we should apply our own google-foo before voting to close such questions, or take a look to see if there is an answer that clarifies the question &lt;strong&gt;so that we can edit it&lt;/strong&gt;. I strongly urge everyone: before voting as unclear, please make some efforts to see if you can &lt;strong&gt;edit&lt;/strong&gt; the post to make it clear. &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/16531/527764&quot;&gt;As terdon explains extremely well here&lt;/a&gt; edits that make a question more clear and more answerable are the best kinds of edit. All users can edit or suggest an edit - that is one of the most valuable ways to improve the site, in my humble opinion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Terdon also said, I think, in comments here (I think it was here - the comment has been deleted I think), that we should be voting on the post and not the author, edits or editor. I strongly agree that voting should be &lt;strong&gt;on the post in its current state&lt;/strong&gt; (very occasionally context or history stops me from voting as I normally would, for example some outright rudeness by OP has been edited out, but that does not apply here) since, as your effort to explain the value of that post in your own answer implies, the value of questions (and answers) on Ask Ubuntu is for all of us and our visitors and for as long as AU lives; it's not just about one OP and how well or badly they handled their question today.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2017-01-04T09:58:17.690" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16543" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-01-04T13:09:31.940" Score="2" ViewCount="86" Body="&lt;p&gt;This morning, I ran into &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/867838/where-can-i-share-my-custom-scripts&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; on code-sharing options. Reading through the answers, I very much liked the (at this moment highest voted) very nice overview by Serg.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question mentioned OP wanted to share his custom scripts, &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;written for Ubuntu&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;. We may therefore assume OP is looking for Ubuntu-related sharing options.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The answer by Serg was accordingly; at least &lt;a href=&quot;http://paste.ubuntu.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://paste.ubuntu.com/&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://launchpad.net&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://launchpad.net&lt;/a&gt;, and  &lt;a href=&quot;http://askubuntu.com&quot;&gt;http://askubuntu.com&lt;/a&gt; are specifically Ubuntu related, while the others can also be used for other purposes, but perfectly fit in, since they can &lt;em&gt;also&lt;/em&gt; be used for Ubuntu-related code.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the Help- section we find a.o.:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Questions that you may ask:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;..........&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Development on Ubuntu.&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the section:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Questions that you should avoid:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't see specific information why this question should be off-topic, so my question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why do we consider this question off-topic?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2017-01-04T13:41:41.120" Title="Where do we exactly draw the line on a question, being off-topic?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16544" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16546" CreationDate="2017-01-04T13:19:35.443" Score="0" ViewCount="56" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just got the privilege to participate in meta, but if I get reputation points here, will that be added to my normal Ask Ubuntu reputation?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="619548" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2017-01-04T14:46:49.480" LastActivityDate="2017-01-04T14:46:49.480" Title="Does the reputation you get from meta transfer to normal ask ubuntu?" Tags="|support|reputation|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2017-01-04T13:27:46.993" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16545" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16544" CreationDate="2017-01-04T13:22:52.203" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, you don't gain nor lose any rep in Meta and your rep on the main site is unaffected.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15003" LastEditorUserId="15003" LastEditDate="2017-01-04T14:03:19.433" LastActivityDate="2017-01-04T14:03:19.433" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16546" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16544" CreationDate="2017-01-04T13:27:38.270" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;What you're asking doesn't actually exist.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The way Rep flows is Main Site -&gt; Meta.  You gain rep on the main site and your rep goes up here (eventually) to match.  If you lose rep, that reflects here too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Voting here does nothing to reputation - it's used solely to show agreement/disagreement with the post or support/nonsupport for a given answer or post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So basically, we reward you for contributing on the main site with the rep system.  We don't reward you with rep for contributing on Meta.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2017-01-04T13:27:38.270" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16547" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16543" CreationDate="2017-01-04T13:41:41.120" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Of the sites mentioned, Ask Ubuntu itself is not a site for sharing scripts. Let's make that clear first - a lot of answers involve scripts, but sharing scripts for general use is not the intention here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Having got that out of the way, it doesn't matter at all where or for what purpose the scripts were created when it comes to sharing - the pastebin, Github and its various alternatives, even Launchpad - they can all be used irrespective of the the distro. That the script is for Ubuntu doesn't make one bit of difference.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Lastly, my own close reason was actually the too broad one - this isn't the place for a big list of code sharing sites. Simply for that reason, I'd think this question would offtopic anywhere on SE.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2017-01-04T13:41:41.120" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16548" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16549" CreationDate="2017-01-04T13:42:40.757" Score="0" ViewCount="61" Body="&lt;p&gt;As Ubuntu is based on Debian and there are other flavors of it like Kubuntu, Xubuntu, MATE, EdUbuntu, Lubuntu and so on, is asking about Mint or Debian or other Debian-based distros on topic here? Or should I ask about it on Unix and Linux stack exchange ?    &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="300402" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2017-01-04T14:45:29.670" LastActivityDate="2017-01-04T14:45:29.670" Title="Can't I ask about other (Debian based) distros as well as Ubuntu?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2017-01-04T14:05:24.123" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16549" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16548" CreationDate="2017-01-04T13:50:04.693" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;We support any offical distributions, currenty, these are&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Edubuntu (14.04)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ubuntu GNOME&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Kubuntu&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ubuntu Kylin&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Lubuntu&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Mythbuntu (16.04)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ubuntu Studio&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Xubuntu&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ubuntu MATE&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ubuntu Touch&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ubuntu Budgie (17.04+)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ubuntu &quot;Snappy&quot; Core.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;help center&lt;/a&gt; for more detail, we do not support Mint or Debian or anything else not on this list.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2017-01-04T14:00:00.310" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16550" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16551" CreationDate="2017-01-04T14:18:30.083" Score="1" ViewCount="72" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm not getting hats and I didn't click 'I hate hats'. What should I do? I login daily but it doesn't let me get hats!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="619548" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2017-01-04T14:36:08.270" LastActivityDate="2017-01-04T17:10:39.800" Title="I don't get hats when I log in" Tags="|bug|hats|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16551" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16550" CreationDate="2017-01-04T14:23:29.627" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;Looking at the hats I have, not one is for just logging in. They are for asking, answering and voting on the main site or meta. As you have never voted or edited or flagged any thing, you have not earned any hats.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Solution?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Kind of ironically, you got two hats for asking this question, ask questions on the main site too!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastEditorUserId="75060" LastEditDate="2017-01-04T17:10:39.800" LastActivityDate="2017-01-04T17:10:39.800" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16552" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16484" CreationDate="2017-01-04T15:26:52.353" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Don't focus on questions/answers about Ubuntu One&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;As a general remark (not just for ubuntu one), the issues people were having with a piece of software are valuable data that is worth keeping. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Also these questions do not hurt our site; they can simply stay dormant. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Third, the community might decide to relaunch Ubuntu One at one point. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Finally, why should we invest our efforts in cleaning questions which are answered but just no longer relevant?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="115155" LastActivityDate="2017-01-04T15:26:52.353" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16553" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16540" CreationDate="2017-01-04T17:13:51.667" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I can't give a general answer but this how I look at it:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A) The question is poorly crafted&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't think so because:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;gtksourceview&lt;/code&gt; is mentioned (such advanced lib), so he did some research about the topic. But he didn't resume his finding clearly.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;He mentioned &quot;matlab highlighting&quot;, I just expected he saw it on GUI.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;He said &quot;'.sample' file for example.&quot; but I have previous experience with &lt;code&gt;gtksourceview&lt;/code&gt;, so he seems talking about file format detection in Gedit.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;B) Pertinent information should be edited into the original post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I agree here, some additional info are comments. I followed those comments and didn't pay attention to ask putting them in the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I could be wrong, but there isn't a clear threshold to how much details is required. All depend on the audience.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="26246" LastActivityDate="2017-01-04T17:13:51.667" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16554" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-01-05T05:01:31.243" Score="2" ViewCount="47" Body="&lt;p&gt;Recently I answered &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/868148/upgrade-from-windows-7-to-8-1-alongside-ubuntu/&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; I explain a step-by-step &quot;guide&quot; for   grub install and grub boot error &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since Ask Ubuntu doesn't have documentation like Stack Overflow's I was interested in making an answered question. Would this be helpful in the future? If yes, should I make the question as a Community Wiki or not?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="638477" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:17.280" LastActivityDate="2017-01-05T09:09:22.687" Title="Make an answered question" Tags="|discussion|answered-questions|grub|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="11" ClosedDate="2017-01-05T18:47:45.233" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16555" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-01-05T07:08:39.590" Score="0" ViewCount="38" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just went to a Stack Exchange website and saw that my reputation had gone up by over 600 - a question I asked on one of them got a ton of upvotes, and all 5 got a +100 'Association Bonus' - What does it mean?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="570213" LastActivityDate="2017-01-05T07:08:39.590" Title="What is an 'Association Bonus'?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2017-01-05T07:43:47.340" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16556" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16581" CreationDate="2017-01-05T15:35:18.493" Score="-7" ViewCount="146" Body="&lt;p&gt;Why can't there be an option, where if you have enough reputation, you can give a small number of reputation. (If the question is really good) Lets say 225 reputation would be the goal for this option.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;NOTE I didn't know how voting worked and getting rep.&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have an excellent question, I can give 2-5 rep instead of voting up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="619548" LastEditorUserId="619548" LastEditDate="2017-01-10T13:55:19.843" LastActivityDate="2017-01-11T07:12:45.720" Title="Extra reputation option" Tags="|feature-request|reputation|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="15" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16557" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16556" CreationDate="2017-01-05T15:54:13.290" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is. It's called a bounty and is explained in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/bounty&quot;&gt;Help Center&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you’ve asked a good question, edited it with status and progress updates, and still are not receiving answers, you can draw attention to your question by placing a bounty on it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A bounty is a special reputation award given to answers. It is funded by the personal reputation of the user who offers it, and is non-refundable. If you see a question that has not gotten a satisfactory answer, a bounty may help attract more attention and more answers. Slice off anywhere from +50 to +500 of your own hard-earned reputation, and attach it to any question as a bounty. You do not need to be the asker of the question to offer a bounty on it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2017-01-05T15:54:13.290" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16560" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-01-07T06:44:08.480" Score="15" ViewCount="322" Body="&lt;p&gt;SE Markdown supports both underscores and asterisks for marking italics and bold:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;_foo_ __foo__ *foo* **foo**&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;foo&lt;/em&gt; &lt;strong&gt;foo&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;foo&lt;/em&gt; &lt;strong&gt;foo&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, the SE editor (both in browsers and apps) only recognises (and uses) asterisks. If you select an underscore-delimited italic or bold word, and use the keyboard shortcuts or the buttons on the top to change that formatting, it won't work. The editor will add and remove asterisks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This makes editing posts that use (and overuse) underscores for formatting annoying.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2017-01-12T07:36:57.977" Title="Please don't use underscores for formatting" Tags="|discussion|formatting|markdown|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16561" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16562" CreationDate="2017-01-07T16:09:12.563" Score="1" ViewCount="45" Body="&lt;p&gt;I found a few questions erroneously tagged with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ubuntu-one&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ubuntu-one&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ubuntu-one&lt;/a&gt; where OP seems to have intended to express &quot;I am new&quot;...&#xA;e.g.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/849817/novice-computer-user-how-will-it-effect-how-i-use-my-computer&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/849817/novice-computer-user-how-will-it-effect-how-i-use-my-computer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/840496/startup-error-uncleared-pch-fifo-underrun-on-pch-transcoder&quot;&gt;Startup error Uncleared pch fifo underrun on pch transcoder&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/832578/i-had-updated-ubuntu-14-04-to-16-04-but-thats-not-working-can-anyone-help-me&quot;&gt;I had updated ubuntu 14.04 to 16.04 but thats not working can anyone help me?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/832321/ubuntu-14-04-hangs-on-purple-screen&quot;&gt;Ubuntu 14.04 hangs on purple screen&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/826983/ubuntu-16-04-wifi-not-listing&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/826983/ubuntu-16-04-wifi-not-listing&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In some cases the wrong tag can be removed but for some posts it is the only tag given - what should we use to convey that &quot;first-timer&quot; feeling?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastActivityDate="2017-01-07T16:13:08.567" Title="What tag should be used for &quot;first-timer&quot; questions?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16562" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16561" CreationDate="2017-01-07T16:13:08.567" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;Nothing. That is a characteristic of the OP, not of the question. Tags describe the question itself, they help match experts to the subjects they are experts in and can answer questions about. Nobody's an expert in newbies. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Having a tag whose sole purpose is to indicate that the poster of a question is new to Linux would not in any way make those questions easier to find and/or answer. I can't think of any beneficial effect such a tag might have and can think of a few detrimental ones. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you find a mistagged question, just edit and tag more appropriately. The OP might have thought a &quot;newbie&quot; (which is what they assumed ubuntu-one meant) tag might be relevant but you don't need to add it just because they did. Just tag the question with whatever tags describe it best. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2017-01-07T16:13:08.567" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16563" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16565" CreationDate="2017-01-09T14:41:45.510" Score="11" ViewCount="152" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am just curious if anyone knows really, what are the criteria for the &quot;Hot meta posts&quot; in the side bar.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I guess it is automatic but what is it based on? Views? Votes? Activity?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I noticed downvoted questions never get on there, even if they are very active.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, what makes a Hot Meta Post?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastActivityDate="2017-01-09T14:54:58.927" Title="What makes a &quot;Hot meta post&quot;?" Tags="|discussion|meta|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16565" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16563" CreationDate="2017-01-09T14:54:58.927" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;From &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/130893/270345&quot;&gt;How are the contents of the Community Bulletin determined?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;If there are still under 4 items, the rest of the space is filled with &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/11602/what-formula-should-be-used-to-determine-hot-questions&quot;&gt;hot&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/discussion&quot; class=&quot;post-tag required-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;discussion&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;discussion&lt;/a&gt; questions&lt;/strong&gt; not marked&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/status-completed&quot; class=&quot;post-tag moderator-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;status-completed&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;status-completed&lt;/a&gt;, scoring at least 3 and posted within the&#xA;  past two weeks. These are picked semi-randomly. At least &lt;em&gt;one&lt;/em&gt; of&#xA;  these will always be added to the list, even if it pushes the length&#xA;  over 4. (Note that the timing and tags &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/268576/why-do-feature-requests-and-support-questions-appear-in-the-community-bulletin/268577#268577&quot;&gt;can be adjusted&#xA;  per-site&lt;/a&gt; to suit the needs of each community)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2017-01-09T14:54:58.927" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16566" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16567" CreationDate="2017-01-09T17:44:46.033" Score="1" ViewCount="73" Body="&lt;p&gt;I voted to close &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/173710/how-to-launch-ask-ubuntu-lens&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; as it appears to be unavailable for currently supported releases and therefor unlikely to be of use. It has no upvoted/accepted answers. I also stumbled across &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/31712/how-do-i-install-the-ask-ubuntu-unity-lens-and-how-do-i-use-it&quot;&gt;this one&lt;/a&gt; which appears to have been useful for a period of time but doesn't appear to be useful now. I also found &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/38772/what-lenses-for-unity-are-available&quot;&gt;this big list question&lt;/a&gt; and did some random spot checking and couldn't find any of these projects currently in development/available for currently supported versions. I'm wondering at what point historical value outweighs usefulness to future users or if indeed it ever does? Should we VTC all or some of these and what criteria is most logical to use?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2017-01-16T16:21:09.747" Title="Are any of these lenses currently available or is this a case of unreproducable, unlikley to be of use to future users?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16567" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16566" CreationDate="2017-01-09T17:52:12.220" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;My opinion is dupe &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/173710/how-to-launch-ask-ubuntu-lens&quot;&gt;How to launch ask ubuntu lens?&lt;/a&gt; as a dupe of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/31712/how-do-i-install-the-ask-ubuntu-unity-lens-and-how-do-i-use-it&quot;&gt;How do I install the Ask Ubuntu Unity Lens, and how do I use it?&lt;/a&gt; The second one is still valid as 12.04 is still supported and usually we don't close questions  because they are not relevant anymore.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The big list one should just be left alone and I don't think the others a quite duplicates of that one and again 12.04 is still supported.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is a meta SE post about closing old question here &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/217325/how-should-ask-ubuntu-handle-old-questions-and-answers&quot;&gt;How should Ask Ubuntu handle old questions and answers?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2017-01-09T17:52:12.220" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16568" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16540" CreationDate="2017-01-09T19:41:18.670" Score="2" Body="&lt;h2&gt;It no longer qualifies as a good question.&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Author of the original question referred to here, and I can confirm it is related to a bug I discovered after seeing the comments and accepted answer. This is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/838698/can-gedit-default-highlighting-style-be-set-for-files-without-an-extension/866404?noredirect=1#comment1340594_866679&quot;&gt;explained in my comment&lt;/a&gt; made January 1st.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know it's not a good fit for this site now that I've learned the behavior is related to a &lt;strong&gt;bug&lt;/strong&gt;. Gedit does in fact default to Matlab highlighting for some extensionless plain-text files on auto-save. This only became apparent to me after reading the accepted answer and working through the illustrated steps.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The accepted answer was superior to yours because they showed their work and included screenshots, though I think yours may also have been helpful (hard to say for sure now, you've removed it).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is 'glaringly' clear from reading your question here and reviewing timestamps that my question caused you some frustration. Apologies for that. I'll try to be quicker to edit questions in response to comments. Perhaps you could get some closure - pun intended - now that we all know this is a bug by flagging it as off-topic? I'm happy to close it myself now that it served its purpose, but I'll wait a day to see how the community feels.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12864" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2017-01-09T19:41:18.670" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16569" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16570" CreationDate="2017-01-09T22:05:54.563" Score="1" ViewCount="36" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is there a way to easily see what permissions you have, like you can see how much/many rep and badges you have?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="633102" LastEditorUserId="208574" LastEditDate="2017-01-09T22:35:56.147" LastActivityDate="2017-01-09T22:35:56.147" Title="Privilege viewer?" Tags="|support|privileges|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16570" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16569" CreationDate="2017-01-09T22:16:54.700" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2017-01-09T22:16:54.700" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16572" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16574" CreationDate="2017-01-10T13:47:27.410" Score="4" ViewCount="130" Body="&lt;p&gt;Going off Elder Geeks post &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/16566/are-any-of-these-lenses-currently-available-or-is-this-a-case-of-ureproducable&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; where clean up was discussed, what happened to &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2863/its-time-for-clean-up-week&quot;&gt;clean up week&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems to of &lt;a href=&quot;http://cleanup.thepcspy.com/leaderboard/2/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;only run for one week&lt;/a&gt;, years ago.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What happened to it and could we bring it back? The user base is bigger now and I think many would take part.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Opinions?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastActivityDate="2017-01-10T22:01:11.120" Title="What ever happend to clean up week?" Tags="|discussion|cleanup|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16573" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-01-10T17:35:51.837" Score="4" ViewCount="105" Body="&lt;p&gt;Part of the Stack Exchange JS library includes functionality to create notification messages - the most common perhaps being &quot;Thanks, we'll take a look at it&quot; after casting a flag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These notifications also come in &quot;toast&quot; style, which is a notification not fixed to a particular element on the page, but to the top-right corner of the screen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On any other Stack Exchange site, these work fine. On Ask Ubuntu, the Ubuntu top bar comes over the top of them - I guess there's a z-index issue there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/oGXzG.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/oGXzG.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And, to illustrate the overlap, this is the element as highlighted by Chrome's developer tools:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Nke7B.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Nke7B.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="416942" LastActivityDate="2017-01-10T17:35:51.837" Title="Toast notifications overlap the Ubuntu top bar" Tags="|bug|design|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16574" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16572" CreationDate="2017-01-10T22:01:11.120" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;Two big things changed for me:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Review was invented.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The system deals with most of this stuff by itself.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From my personal viewpoint —that I seem to push every chance I can— I really think we can stop worrying about the old crap that we used to say would clog up the internet. These days &lt;em&gt;I&lt;/em&gt; think The most helpful thing you can do on the site today is answer a post, and anything that draws people away from that focus isn't in the site's best interest.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do think there is room for a new companion project to guide people towards stuff that needs attention. If I were building that today it would be far more focussed on linking people with questions they can answer, and getting them to review (and vote for/against) new answers within their expertise. A different, more productive sort of cleanup, if you will.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2017-01-10T22:01:11.120" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16575" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-01-11T01:58:21.440" Score="4" ViewCount="53" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm new in this community, although having some years of Ubuntu experience.&#xA;So I decided answer some questions, and what I have to face?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I answered 5 questions: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;a question was not solved, so it's zero-rated;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;a question was solved just by comments, simply ignoring my answer;&#xA;(How can I comment, since I don't have 50-reputation yet?)  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;3 answers were deleted, and I made efforts to improve my answers, but without&#xA;effect;  1 of these 3 questions mentioned above was off-topic so the&#xA;entire question was deleted, carrying my answer with it, with&#xA;-1-rate.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Conclusion: Even having 11 of reputation, I cannot answer any other question.&#xA;It's funny, because when my reputation was zero, I could answer 5 questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What do I need to do to be able to answer questions again?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="634345" LastActivityDate="2017-01-11T04:20:58.940" Title="What do I need to do to be able to answer questions again?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16576" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-01-11T02:05:38.177" Score="9" ViewCount="166" Body="&lt;p&gt;I created a new tag, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/csm&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;csm&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;csm&lt;/a&gt;, but it was replaced with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/bios&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;bios&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;bios&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/870452&quot;&gt;one of my questions&lt;/a&gt;. I'd like to challenge this, and propose the creation of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/csm&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;csm&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;csm&lt;/a&gt; tag for things related to CSM under the UEFI spec.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/csm&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;csm&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;csm&lt;/a&gt; is also covered by &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/bios&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;bios&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;bios&lt;/a&gt;, so are many other BIOS-related technologies, which all have their own respective tags. It has enough weight to stand on its own, similar to how &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/usb&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;usb&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;usb&lt;/a&gt; can stand its weight against &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/computer&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;computer&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;computer&lt;/a&gt;, even though the latter can very easily cover the former.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="307523" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2017-01-19T00:36:51.193" Title="I created a new tag &quot;csm&quot; and someone changed it to &quot;bios&quot;" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16577" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16576" CreationDate="2017-01-11T03:21:25.257" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you do add a tag, at least add an excerpt. I saw no information about the tag, saw the question said it was legacy BIOS support in UEFI and so changed it BIOS.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for changing all tags to computer, we have some pretty ridiculous tag synonmizing: &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/13977/158442&quot;&gt;Please undo tag synonymizing: gnome-shell -&amp;gt; gnome&lt;/a&gt;, so don't rule it out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="158442" LastEditDate="2017-01-11T03:32:18.420" LastActivityDate="2017-01-11T03:32:18.420" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16578" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16575" CreationDate="2017-01-11T04:20:58.940" Score="5" Body="&lt;h1&gt;You've been answer-banned.&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Fortunately, &lt;strong&gt;it is usually possible to get un-banned&lt;/strong&gt;. The main thing to do is improve your answers. This is sometimes possible even after they have been deleted. I've looked at a couple of your answers that I think you might be able to improve, and if you have deleted answers you've edited and want considered for undeletion, I've given some suggestions about how to go about that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But &lt;strong&gt;first&lt;/strong&gt;, if you have not yet done so, please read all this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/answer-bans&quot;&gt;Why are answers no longer being accepted from my account?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/86997/what-can-i-do-when-getting-we-are-no-longer-accepting-questions-answers-from-th&quot;&gt;What can I do when getting “We are no longer accepting questions/answers from this account”?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Those official resources are the most important sources of general information for users who have been answer-banned. However, I also suggest taking a look at:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/how-to-answer&quot;&gt;How do I write a good answer?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/16019/why-am-i-banned-from-answering&quot;&gt;Why am I banned from answering?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Undeletion?&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You mentioned you tried to improve some of your deleted answers. Especially if you did this after they were deleted (but took no further action), it's possible that your improvements are good but very few people have noticed them. As far as I know, when you edit a deleted answer, no one is automatically notified.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So if you've improved deleted posts, considered any concerns about your posts that people may have expressed in comments, and are confident they now make &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/how-to-answer&quot;&gt;good answers&lt;/a&gt;, you can flag them for moderator attention and write a custom flag reason explaining why you believe they ought to be undeleted. However, since you have this meta question, I suggest &lt;strong&gt;adding links here&lt;/strong&gt; to any deleted posts of yours that you've edited for improvement and believe may be appropriate for undeletion (assuming you have the links). Most users won't be able to follow those links to see your posts, but users with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/moderator-tools&quot;&gt;10,000 rep or more&lt;/a&gt; (and moderators, of course) will be able to view them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Your Answers&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Currently, your two (non-deleted) answers are on &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/864068/22949&quot;&gt;Is there a way to increase the screen saturation on Ubuntu?&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/864067/22949&quot;&gt;My var/log folder is taking too much space&lt;/a&gt;. If you're interested in making those better, I think you may be able to.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Even when the OP doesn't use an answer, it may still help the community.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You said, &amp;quot;a question was solved just by comments, simply ignoring my answer.&amp;quot; I'm guessing that's &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/863995/my-var-log-folder-is-taking-too-much-space&quot;&gt;My var/log folder is taking too much space&lt;/a&gt;. I can't quite tell if it was really solved, but people's problems do sometimes get solved in comments. (What that happens, the solution should almost always be posted in an answer -- and sometimes, should've just been posted as an an answer in the first place -- but I guess that issue is beyond the scope of this meta question.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, that doesn't usually mean it's not valuable to improve your answer, because answers on Ask Ubuntu don't exist only, or even necessarily primarily, for the benefit of the one person who asked the question. Ask Ubuntu is one of the main official community support resources for Ubuntu, but it is also, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tour&quot;&gt;as the tour page puts it, an effort &amp;quot;to build a library of detailed answers to every question about Ubuntu.&amp;quot;&lt;/a&gt; Therefore, if you think you can make your answer better, then even if it doesn't help the original poster of that question, it may help someone else.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this case, your suggestion seems eminently reasonable to me, but it's only a little bit useful without expansion. You make two points, each of which could be expanded with detailed instructions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You recommend booting into a live environment to delete the log files. Could you expand that by explaining exactly how to do this, step by step? In addition to describing what to do, can you include specific &lt;em&gt;commands&lt;/em&gt; you suggest running? Can you include &lt;em&gt;screenshots&lt;/em&gt; that show exactly what you suggest doing?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(You should, of course, only add images if you think they really make your post better. For example, there's no need to show an image of text in a terminal. And you should make sure that the images you use successfully illustrate the topic you're explaining. For example, sometimes it helps to crop a screenshot and/or draw a freehand circle to highlight something important.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You recommend investigating why the log files have expanded so much, but you don't give any explanation, tips, or instructions as to how someone might go about figuring that out. So if you have recommendations for how to look into that, you may want to consider adding them to your answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;It's often helpful to update your answers with new information and details.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You said, &amp;quot;a question was not solved.&amp;quot; I'm guessing you're referring to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/863968/is-there-a-way-to-increase-the-screen-saturation-on-ubuntu&quot;&gt;Is there a way to increase the screen saturation on Ubuntu?&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/864068/22949&quot;&gt;your answer&lt;/a&gt;, you recommended attempting to calibrate monitors in System Settings &amp;gt; Color. Later, in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/863968/is-there-a-way-to-increase-the-screen-saturation-on-ubuntu#comment1335025_864068&quot;&gt;a comment&lt;/a&gt;, you mentioned that the option to calibrate, which was not usable for the OP, was not usable for you either, but that there was another procedure that worked for you. You did not describe this procedure in detail or add any information about it to your answer. From your description, it's not obvious to me quite what you are recommending.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I suggest expanding that answer with a detailed description of all the actions you think the original poster, or someone in a situation like theirs, should take. If there are &lt;em&gt;written&lt;/em&gt; instructions shown in System Settings (I'm not sure if this is what you meant), then you could put something about that in your answer, explaining how to do what they recommend, and also quote some or (depending on their length) all of them. Either way, it's clear you are saying that there is something of potential value in System Settings, so I recommend being specific about that, and also, if you think it is helpful, including screenshots showing how to get to the right place in the settings and what to do once there. Examples might also help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Although I am not sure because I do not fully understand your comment -- and I suspect this is a problem others have had, too, which might be why that answer hasn't gotten any upvotes -- it seems from what you said that you know how to solve that particular problem. So I think that if you edit your answer to teach us how to do what you've successfully done, then it would be a much better answer. This would have several benefits -- for example, people with that particular technical problem could understand and solve it! -- but one of the benefits might be upvotes on the answer, which could lead to the Stack Exchange software lifting your answer ban.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2017-01-11T04:20:58.940" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16579" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-01-11T06:39:21.240" Score="2" ViewCount="95" Body="&lt;p&gt;In this question &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/870154/how-can-i-organize-files-based-on-their-filename-first-letter-into-a-z-folders&quot;&gt;How can I organize files based on their filename first letter into A-Z folders&lt;/a&gt; almost all the answers are correct.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any criteria in place in selecting one of them when all provide a working answer to your question?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The person with least reputation?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;The first to answer?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;The most effective answer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="163331" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2017-01-11T07:56:30.227" Title="Selecting one answer among many when all answer the question" Tags="|discussion|answers|accepted-answer|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2017-01-11T08:09:08.450" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16580" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16520" CreationDate="2017-01-11T06:57:11.833" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;A duplicate question is a &quot;signpost&quot; to a better/more thorough/canonical/&lt;em&gt;whatever&lt;/em&gt; question that is more likely to aid future users of a site in getting their question answered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Given this, it would make no sense to close a highly-publicized and well-written question with a number of well-written answers in favor of and older and not as up-to-par question. Instead, I'd close the other way, redirecting the old question to the newer one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Really, if duplicates are ways to find a question likely to help, duplicates should point to the questions that have the most chance of helping, not necessarily the oldest one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastActivityDate="2017-01-11T06:57:11.833" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16581" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16556" CreationDate="2017-01-11T07:12:45.720" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;As &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/16557/208574&quot;&gt;Terdon pointed out&lt;/a&gt;, the closest thing to what you're thinking of is a bounty. However, as pointed out, this can only be awarded to an answer, not the question or the person who submitted the question. Let's discuss a bit more as to &lt;em&gt;why&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First off, AskUbuntu (actually, StackExchange in general) is a Question and Answer site. You ask questions, you get answers from the community. Simple.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now say you get a &lt;em&gt;really&lt;/em&gt; good answer and want to reward it more than the normal +10. This is where the bounty kicks in, allowing you to give anywhere from 50 to 500 of your reputation to any given answer. Or, if you didn't get enough attention on your question, and posting it to chat didn't work, you can attach a bounty to drag attention to your post. Either way, the net result is to encourage answers to questions and to help others in the future.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We're not in this to encourage people to ask questions. Questions don't really help people alone. They become valuable once an answer is attached, and therefore we want to encourage answers. Hence, the bounty. Encouraging people to ask questions won't really help much, because they're going to do that anyways. And, if they want effective and to-the-point questions, they'd already be writing good questions!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, bounties encourage some competition. It attracts a &lt;em&gt;huge&lt;/em&gt; audience to the question, bringing everyone's experience front-and-center for the coveted +100 reputation on some random question that flew under the radar. Having a similar bounty mechanic on a question wouldn't work because, well, I'll let a SE employee explain:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you're awarding the bounty to a question, there is no competition. It's not possible for someone to &quot;ask another question&quot; that competes with that one in order to gain the bounty (nor would that be helpful to the community).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, where does this leave us? I'll let our friendly SE employee wind up this post:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Ultimately, questions just aren't worthy of bounties. They're questions. They don't provide any factual information that would help others in the future. They're merely details to help others answer the question and a path for other users to find those provided answers, which are actually what helps them. This not-as-importance is already expressed by the half-gain of reputation on questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;Sourced from &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/137672/259230&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;, by &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/141525/animuson&quot;&gt;animuson&lt;/a&gt; over on &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;Meta.SE&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2017-01-11T07:12:45.720" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16582" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16579" CreationDate="2017-01-11T07:15:20.313" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ultimately, accepting is &lt;em&gt;your&lt;/em&gt; personal stamp of approval. It is something only you can do. Therefore, other things being equal, it should be the answer that you like the most. What criteria you use to select that is, of course, entirely up to you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, I personally would accept &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/870386/158442&quot;&gt;David's answer&lt;/a&gt;, since it is easy to remember &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; concise, making it the method I'm mostly likely to actually use (honestly, the only reason I used zmv was to checkout its features).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2017-01-11T07:27:54.177" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16583" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16579" CreationDate="2017-01-11T07:56:30.227" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;As &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/16582/22949&quot;&gt;muru says&lt;/a&gt;, this is up to you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you're looking for criteria for accepting answers suggested in official resources, there's &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/someone-answers&quot;&gt;What should I do when someone answers my question?&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Choose one answer that you believe is the best solution to your&#xA;  problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/accepted-answer&quot;&gt;What does it mean when an answer is &quot;accepted&quot;?&lt;/a&gt;, also in the help center, weighs in on this too:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Accepting an answer is not meant to be a definitive and final&#xA;  statement indicating that the question has now been answered&#xA;  perfectly. It simply means that the author received an answer that&#xA;  worked for him or her personally.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I also quite like &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/11770/22949&quot;&gt;Oli's recommendation&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Try to accept whatever has helped you the most. That's what it's&#xA;  supposed to mean but it's really down to your interpretation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With all that said, I will &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;lightly suggest&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; a possible &quot;procedure&quot; for figuring out what answer to accept. This is more a list of things to consider than a real decision algorithm, and I'd urge you to take it with a grain of salt -- it's about as far from official advice as anything can get.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Pick the answer you consider best, if any.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Otherwise, pick the answer that helped &lt;em&gt;you&lt;/em&gt; the most, if any. (Which answer did &lt;em&gt;you&lt;/em&gt; end up using? Or using the most? Or liked best when you used it?)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Otherwise, pick the answer you think will be most helpful to people in general, if any.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Otherwise, pick the answer you want most people to read &lt;em&gt;first&lt;/em&gt;. In the default ordering of posts, the answer you accept will be shown above other answers, even if the other answers have a higher score. (Unless the answer you accept was written by you, in which case it will still be shown below answers with more votes.) I understand that, in practice, this might not really be independent from the first three criteria. (But see #7.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Otherwise -- and I emphasize that this is if you really do strongly feel all answers have equal merit -- pick an answer that, while fully generally useful, might otherwise be overlooked, if any. This might, for example, be an answer that has fewer votes and thus displays low on the page. Or, if you don't feel good about that, and you want to slightly magnify the power of the community, pick an answer that voters have smiled upon by upvoting highly, if any.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Otherwise, there's really nothing about the merits of the posts to choose from. Do you slightly like one more than another but you can't put your finger on it? Go ahead and accept that one! Or flip a coin, roll a die, run &lt;code&gt;shuf -i 1-&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;N&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/code&gt;, or the like. If the order it gives you suddenly feels not quite right, then maybe you do have the means to choose a best answer after all.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;All else being equal, &lt;em&gt;if&lt;/em&gt; you have answers that are equally good by whatever measures you choose to consider, &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; a really long answer has the most votes, then you might want to accept a  shorter answer so that at least two answers are visible to most users who view your question. If you're in a situation where you can't go wrong -- where you can't even go &lt;em&gt;less right&lt;/em&gt; -- because all the posts are equally good, then I think it's reasonable to accept with a view of making it easier for readers to notice and browse between questions on the page. (And yes, I do appreciate the irony that #7 might tend to cause my own answers to be accepted slightly less often. :)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I reiterate that this is more &lt;em&gt;food for thought&lt;/em&gt; than something I'd suggest actually following step-by-step.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2017-01-11T07:56:30.227" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16584" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="333" CreationDate="2017-01-11T12:55:55.470" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Consider the following data - feel free to play around with the SQL queries yourself (Links at the bottom)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Average number of ______ by site&#xA;&#xA;                    upvotes/question    upvotes/user        answers/question        answers/user&#xA;Unix&amp;amp;Linux          8.71                5.19                3.05                    1.81&#xA;Stackoverflow       6.38                12.76               3.17                    6.34&#xA;AskUbuntu           6.34                3.93                2.61                    1.62&#xA;Linguistics         8.74                4.74                3.25                    1.76&#xA;Superuser           6.45                4.47                2.98                    2.06&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My reading of the story is not upvotes in general, more like upvotes in the context of the overall userbase. Fewer of us answer fewer questions than any of the other 4 communities I picked on a whim. Not only that, but we seem to reward questions less than the other communities. If I was to make a rash judgement, I'd say we prefer to just harvest what the community has to offer but feel less inclined to contribute and to reward those who contributed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://data.stackexchange.com/superuser/query/614178/answers-per-user&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://data.stackexchange.com/superuser/query/614178/answers-per-user&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://data.stackexchange.com/superuser/query/614175/answers-per-question&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://data.stackexchange.com/superuser/query/614175/answers-per-question&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://data.stackexchange.com/superuser/query/614068/upvotes-per-user&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://data.stackexchange.com/superuser/query/614068/upvotes-per-user&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://data.stackexchange.com/superuser/query/613862/number-of-upvotes-per-post&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://data.stackexchange.com/superuser/query/613862/number-of-upvotes-per-post&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;PS: I am tempted to make a few more queries - if you have one in mind, let us know in the comments and I'll see to it that I find the time to run the best ones as an update to this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Update 20170113&#xA;This is what voter ranges look like on AskUbuntu:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;    The number of users in the entire community:       404632&#xA;+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+&#xA;  Number of users who never voted:                         328852       81.27%&#xA;  Number of users who upvoted between   0   -   5:          45342       11.21%&#xA;  Number of users who upvoted between   5   -   10:         10825        2.68%&#xA;  Number of users who upvoted between   10  -   20:          8255        2.04%&#xA;  Number of users who upvoted between   20  -   40:          5453        1.35%&#xA;  Number of users who upvoted between   40  -   80:          3148        0.78%&#xA;  Number of users who upvoted between   80  -   160:         1535        0.38%&#xA;  Number of users who upvoted between   160 -   320:          635        0.16%&#xA;  Number of users who upvoted between   320 -   640:          322        0.08%&#xA;  Number of users who voted more:                             113        0.03%&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And this is what Stack Overflow looks like close up and personal:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;    The number of users in the entire community:      6539900&#xA;+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+&#xA;  Number of users who never voted:                        5594471       85.54%&#xA;  Number of users who upvoted between   0   -   5:         331193        5.06%&#xA;  Number of users who upvoted between   5   -   10:        126725        1.94%&#xA;  Number of users who upvoted between   10  -   20:        125488        1.92%&#xA;  Number of users who upvoted between   20  -   40:        109279        1.67%&#xA;  Number of users who upvoted between   40  -   80:         87916        1.34%&#xA;  Number of users who upvoted between   80  -   160:        65310        1.00%&#xA;  Number of users who upvoted between   160 -   320:        43647        0.67%&#xA;  Number of users who upvoted between   320 -   640:        28872        0.44%&#xA;  Number of users who voted more:                           10490        0.16%&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can experiment with the numbers at: &lt;a href=&quot;https://data.stackexchange.com/askubuntu/query/615470/upvotes-per-user-ranges&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://data.stackexchange.com/askubuntu/query/615470/upvotes-per-user-ranges&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The query is pretty easy to tune to your liking.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="539828" LastEditorUserId="539828" LastEditDate="2017-01-13T14:12:23.087" LastActivityDate="2017-01-13T14:12:23.087" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16585" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16560" CreationDate="2017-01-11T13:40:01.147" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;Disagree.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If it is supported &lt;em&gt;somewhere&lt;/em&gt;, it should be supported &lt;em&gt;everywhere&lt;/em&gt;. (Or &lt;em&gt;nowhere&lt;/em&gt; but I think no one is going to convert all existing posts.) So I would rather ask for adding the support to “SE editor” (or the “SE formatting bar” if I understand the term correctly).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;There is a hint frame &lt;em&gt;How to Format&lt;/em&gt; on the right side of the editing field, at least in the desktop view. It currently advises to use the syntax:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;_italic_ or **bold**&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I intuitively used underscore when writing first part of this answer. It is directly available on my keyboard (&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QWERTZ#/media/File:Keyboard_layout_Czech.svg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Czech&lt;/a&gt;) while I’d have to use &lt;kbd&gt;Alt Gr&lt;/kbd&gt; or similar extensions for asterisk. Moreover, these extensions vary across the platforms I use.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Finally, this is a wrong place to discuss it. &lt;em&gt;Ask Ubuntu&lt;/em&gt; is not special among other SE sites in this way, so this topic should go to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;https://meta.stackexchange.com/&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="250300" LastEditorUserId="250300" LastEditDate="2017-01-12T07:36:57.977" LastActivityDate="2017-01-12T07:36:57.977" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16586" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16587" CreationDate="2017-01-12T11:44:25.100" Score="18" ViewCount="227" Body="&lt;p&gt;As I was looking through some of the unanswered questions I noticed that some were appearing with a red background like the one in the photo below. Does anyone know what it means?&#xA;Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/7u7eG.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/7u7eG.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="548903" LastEditorUserId="57576" LastEditDate="2022-08-19T08:01:15.187" LastActivityDate="2022-08-19T08:01:15.187" Title="Why do some questions appear with a red background?" Tags="|discussion|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16587" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16586" CreationDate="2017-01-12T11:53:30.127" Score="29" Body="&lt;p&gt;It means the question contains tags that you have in your list of &quot;Favorite Tags&quot;, which you can see in the right column on the main site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/yRMJc.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/yRMJc.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15003" LastEditorUserId="367990" LastEditDate="2017-01-12T12:02:21.887" LastActivityDate="2017-01-12T12:02:21.887" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16588" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1396" CreationDate="2017-01-12T13:40:37.597" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;At the Top bar of this image, there is a picture of a canvas (end of the second row of options). click on that and it will bring up another box (see bottom image). From that it should be quite simple to work out what to do.&#xA;Hope this helps (N.B. Click on the box to upload an image).&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/rsc6m.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/rsc6m.png&quot; alt=&quot;Input box&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/L2joM.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/L2joM.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="630436" LastActivityDate="2017-01-12T13:40:37.597" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16589" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16591" CreationDate="2017-01-12T15:14:24.250" Score="0" ViewCount="85" Body="&lt;p&gt;Hi all I was just wondering if it would be possible to add a catagory in the to close section of the flagging menu that allows the question to be closed because it has been answered but the OP has chosen not to mark an answer. I have two examples &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/818965/upowerd-hogging-cpu&quot;&gt;Here&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/815705/ubuntu-16-04-lts-black-screen-after-switching-users&quot;&gt;Here&lt;/a&gt; where the question has been answered and the op has said so but they have not closed the question or marked an answer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="548903" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2017-01-13T05:53:37.940" Title="Flag to close because the question is answered" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|flagging|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ClosedDate="2017-01-13T15:30:51.067" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16591" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16589" CreationDate="2017-01-12T15:21:37.140" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.blog/2008/09/ok-now-define-answered/&quot;&gt;By definiton&lt;/a&gt;, &quot;unanswered&quot; questions are questions that have no accepted answer or not any answer with a score of at least +1.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So if the answer is good enough, a simple upvote also marks the question as &quot;answered&quot;. That's the easiest way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other than that, you can always leave a comment and ask the OP to accept an answer or to write the solution they posted in comments as a proper answer and accept it then. Alternatively, you can post the answer, optionally as Community Wiki if you want, and ask the OP to accept that one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other than that, you can vote to close (or flag as &quot;should be closed&quot;) the question as &lt;strong&gt;Off-topic → not reproducible&lt;/strong&gt;, which says in its close reason:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This describes a problem that can't be reproduced, that seemingly went away on its own, or was only relevant to a very specific period of time. It's off-topic as it's unlikely to help future readers. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note though that a question should only be closed with this reason if the explanation above really applies. Just that there's a solution in the comments doesn't automatically justify closing the question. However in the second question you linked, where the comment stated that the problem &quot;magically&quot; solved itself and went away somehow, it's the right decision to close it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastEditorUserId="367990" LastEditDate="2017-01-12T15:24:41.367" LastActivityDate="2017-01-12T15:24:41.367" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16592" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16593" CreationDate="2017-01-12T19:20:30.090" Score="14" ViewCount="331" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is Ask Ubuntu an archive? It seems like it is with it saying not to delete posts for future users, but isn't that almost the definition of an archive?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="619548" LastEditorUserId="158442" LastEditDate="2017-01-13T15:05:19.133" LastActivityDate="2017-01-21T02:17:36.467" Title="Is Ask Ubuntu an archive?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16593" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16592" CreationDate="2017-01-12T19:33:57.910" Score="23" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, Ask Ubuntu is meant to be an archive of information for future users (with some rules).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tour&quot;&gt;tour itself&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu is a question and answer site for Ubuntu users and developers. It's built and run by you as part of the Stack Exchange network of Q&amp;amp;A sites. With your help, we're working together to build a library of detailed answers to every question about Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, let's step back and discuss this in a bit more detail.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu's entire premise is to create a (relatively) permanent collection of answers to any and all questions about Ubuntu, in a manner where new users are helped the most. This means that (almost) every (good) answer is saved in order to help people tomorrow, a year from now, and even potentially a decade from now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, this seems to contrast the ever-present forward flow of technology. An answer from 2012 might not be that useful is 2022, right? Well, no, it could still be helpful:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The solution given just needs to be tweaked slightly to fix a problem in 2022.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The solution is needed by someone who still has to run 12.04 for legacy reasons (think government).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The solution is just somehow still working exactly as intended because &lt;em&gt;reasons&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because of this, we get those little &quot;quality&quot; things you see on the site often. Let's explore a few of them:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Duplicate Questions&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;If your question is a duplicate of another (with good answers), your question is closed as a duplicate and will act as a &quot;signpost&quot; to that question, making it easier for others to find answers in the future.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Link-Only Answers&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;This is why this site hates Link-Only answers so much. If the link goes down, the answer is useless, and as such can not participate in the archive. We can trust (somewhat) that Ask Ubuntu can stay online, not so much some random forum or blog.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Non-Forum Structure&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;If we're looking to store answers, things in the forum structure can be annoying. Who wants to sort through 18 pages of posts saying &quot;me too&quot; or throwing in some (possibly) useless advice or complete off-topic tangents? Hence, we create a system where there are only answers, in order to facilitate organizing and making sure the archive works.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Accepted Answers&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;When an answer is marked as accepted, it's a flag to the world (and the future) that says &quot;Hey, this worked for me! It may very well work for you too!&quot; Again, it's helping to improve the quality of the archive and make sure that people in the future can find known-verified solutions to problems. To some extent, upvotes do the same thing. You can probably trust a question with a score of 80 to be pretty accurate and be a good answer that can potentially stand the test of time.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Non-Permanent Deletion&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Very few things on this site are permanently deleted. In fact, once you hit 10,000 reputation, you see (almost) every deleted post on this site. Again, even deleted things are archived because who knows? They might have &lt;em&gt;some&lt;/em&gt; use in the future.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Deletion Stickiness&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;As you've seen, when you try to delete something of your own, you get a nice little warning saying &quot;Don't delete things! It's bad!&quot; I won't repeat things that have already been said, so check out this &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/25090/259230&quot;&gt;MSE answer&lt;/a&gt; as to why this friction exists.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While Ask Ubuntu doesn't act like an archive on a day-to-day basis, a lot of what you do now is still logged and preserved for the future to see. Ask Ubuntu (and all of Stack Exchange) were designed around the &quot;archive&quot; mentality, even though it doesn't appear to be immediately obvious. In tech, problems tend to repeat themselves. People have the same questions time and time again. So, the archive allows us to point people to a question, and hopefully get an answer, no matter where we are in time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2017-01-13T19:38:22.743" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16594" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-01-12T23:53:20.683" Score="1" ViewCount="53" Body="&lt;p&gt;I asked &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/869324/openvpn-not-showing-when-trying-to-configure-a-new-vpn&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; question by searching the site and started a bounty to get the attention of the members. Later I found &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/760664/ubuntu-16-04-openvpn?noredirect=1&amp;amp;lq=1&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; which is exactly similer as my question and the answer worked for me. Can I close my question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="360794" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2017-01-13T00:13:00.193" Title="Can I remove my own question with answers, as duplicate" Tags="|support|duplicates|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16595" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16594" CreationDate="2017-01-13T00:13:00.193" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Because your question has a bounty attached to it, you may not close it at the moment by yourself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Use the &lt;strong&gt;flag&lt;/strong&gt; button on your post to get a moderator's attention. Be sure to select the &lt;strong&gt;in need of moderator intervention&lt;/strong&gt; option, and explain &lt;em&gt;exactly&lt;/em&gt; what you want and why.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastActivityDate="2017-01-13T00:13:00.193" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16596" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16592" CreationDate="2017-01-13T04:42:23.080" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;In addition to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/16593/22949&quot;&gt;everything Kaz Wolfe has said about this&lt;/a&gt;, I want to point out three more things about Ask Ubuntu that make it useful as a lasting resource.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Being Closed and Being Answered are Separate Things&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The first is that even old questions -- even those with highly upvoted, accepted answers -- &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/283240/should-i-answer-questions-which-have-accepted-answers&quot;&gt;can still be answered&lt;/a&gt; again. Thus, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/213469/185080&quot;&gt;when the information already there isn't enough&lt;/a&gt;, new answers can be posted. This, in turn, reduces the urge the delete existing content.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It can help to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/11992/22949&quot;&gt;put a bounty&lt;/a&gt; on such a question to publicize it and solicit up-to-date answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Related question: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3803/should-i-answer-a-question-which-already-has-an-accepted-answer&quot;&gt;Should I answer a question which already has an accepted answer?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;User-Contributed Content is Free as in Freedom&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Second, and in my opinion &lt;strong&gt;by far the most important of all&lt;/strong&gt;, is that, as stated at the bottom of every page on the site, every post on Ask Ubuntu is &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackexchange.com/legal&quot;&gt;automatically&lt;/a&gt; licensed under &lt;a href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;CC-BY-SA&lt;/a&gt; (currently, version 3.0 is being used).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Our posts &lt;a href=&quot;https://freedomdefined.org/Licenses/CC-BY-SA-3.0&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;are thus free as in freedom&lt;/a&gt;, and anyone who views them may also distribute them to others, with or without modification, so long as they give proper credit and make them available under the same license. See &lt;a href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the actual license&lt;/a&gt; for details. You should also read the &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.blog/2009/06/attribution-required/&quot;&gt;attribution guidelines&lt;/a&gt;. (The license is what guarantees these liberties, and the attribution policy's significance is dictated by the license.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;By the way, this meta post does not constitute actual legal advice, and I'm not a lawyer.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not only does this make our posts immediately more useful to -- and &lt;em&gt;usable by&lt;/em&gt; -- people throughout the world, it also means that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What we contribute can be used in places other than Ask Ubuntu. If someone wants to make something with it that wouldn't fit the format of our site (or that we've foolishly decided we don't want, or that they &lt;em&gt;believe&lt;/em&gt; we're foolish not to want), they can do so.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Our content remains free irrespective of future site policies. Even if one day Stack Exchange gets taken over by cartoon villains, or whatever, our work won't be rendered retroactively useless. We license our contributions to Stack Exchange with the same license we offer to everybody else.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Even if Ask Ubuntu ever does cease to exist, our contributions will live on so long as there is a copy somewhere, &lt;em&gt;and people will be allowed to share and use them&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/16593/22949&quot;&gt;Kaz Wolfe mentioned&lt;/a&gt; that &amp;quot;We can trust (somewhat) that AskUbuntu can stay online, not so much some random forum or blog.&amp;quot; Although this site is an important resource and I hope it stays up for a long, &lt;em&gt;long&lt;/em&gt; time, we basically don't even &lt;em&gt;have&lt;/em&gt; to trust that it will.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-doc.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Free software needs free documentation&lt;/a&gt;, and some software even has excellent official documentation (hey, I said &lt;em&gt;some&lt;/em&gt;)... but it is rarely enough for all purposes. The questions and answers we make here help fill that gap, and they come with the same basic guarantees as &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_software&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;free/libre software itself&lt;/a&gt;, including the right to adapt the work for another purpose.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are other benefits of user-contributed content being free as in freedom. I've only listed what I see as the major ones relating directly to Ask Ubuntu's role as an archive of useful content. (Since that's what this meta question is about.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Official Data Dumps Are Released Quarterly&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Okay, so whoever finds our posts can use, distribute, and adapt them. But don't they still need to use the site to find them in the first place? Sure, there's &lt;a href=&quot;https://web.archive.org/web/*/askubuntu.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the Wayback Machine&lt;/a&gt;, which is super handy, but it doesn't have everything. If calamity struck Ask Ubuntu, can we really be confident that most of our contributions would survive and be usable immediately?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.blog/2009/06/stack-overflow-creative-commons-data-dump/&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Yes.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu and other Stack Exchange sites &lt;a href=&quot;https://archive.org/details/stackexchange&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;officially release data dumps that include all the posts on the site&lt;/a&gt;, which can be downloaded and, in accordance with the CC-BY-SA license and relevant attribution requirements, reused by anyone at any time. These are &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.blog/2014/01/stack-exchange-cc-data-now-hosted-by-the-internet-archive/&quot;&gt;currently hosted&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href=&quot;https://archive.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;archive.org&lt;/a&gt; (though anyone may mirror them) and available via &lt;a href=&quot;https://archive.org/download/stackexchange/stackexchange_archive.torrent&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;BitTorrent&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://archive.org/download/stackexchange&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;direct download&lt;/a&gt;. The most recent Ask Ubuntu data dump, as of this writing, was created last month (2016-12-15) and is about 483 MiB compressed (or 2.6 GiB uncompressed). New data dumps are released &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/286103/how-often-is-the-stack-overflows-public-data-dump-updated&quot;&gt;every three months or so&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The public data dump consists of several &lt;code&gt;.xml&lt;/code&gt; files consisting of &lt;em&gt;most&lt;/em&gt; of the information that is publicly viewable on the site, including all the posts. It is sometimes called an &amp;quot;&lt;em&gt;anonymized&lt;/em&gt; data dump,&amp;quot; but &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/193804/185080&quot;&gt;that just means our personal data, information on who cast each vote, and so forth are removed&lt;/a&gt;. It still says who wrote what, when.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So if we couldn't use this site, the data dump would facilitate setting up a new site with our posts. At the same time, the license and attribution requirements would still prohibit anyone from falsely claiming the posts as their own work or otherwise not giving credit. But the data dumps are handy at a small scale, too: they make our content available to us for offline viewing (and &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/7682/what-interesting-stats-can-i-obtain-from-the-stack-overflow-data-dump&quot;&gt;analysis&lt;/a&gt;, if you're into that sort of thing).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure what the &lt;em&gt;best&lt;/em&gt; way is, these days, to browse the data dumps in an efficient, human-readable way in Ubuntu. (Maybe someone will edit or comment about that.) However, I do know some dedicated software has been made specifically for this purpose:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://stackapps.com/questions/3610/stackdump-an-offline-browser-for-stackexchange-sites&quot;&gt;Stackdump&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href=&quot;https://bitbucket.org/samuel.lai/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Samuel Lai&lt;/a&gt; (here's &lt;a href=&quot;https://bitbucket.org/samuel.lai/stackdump/overview&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the official overview, with instructions&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/708/stackexchange-data-dump-viewer-a-desktop-tool-for-viewing-the-stackexchange-da/1247#1247&quot;&gt;StackExchange Data Dump Viewer&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href=&quot;https://launchpad.net/%7Egeorge-edison55&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Nathan Osman&lt;/a&gt; (here's &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/40629/how-to-install-the-stackexchange-data-dump-viewer&quot;&gt;how to install&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Both can be used on Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2017-01-21T02:17:36.467" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16597" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16589" CreationDate="2017-01-13T05:53:37.940" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;As &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tour&quot;&gt;the tour&lt;/a&gt; says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;With your help, we're working together to build a library of detailed&#xA;  answers to every question about Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This shows why closing a question is no substitute for answering it, and why it's no good to close a question as a shortcut to making it no longer look unanswered. We must always consider the impact on &lt;strong&gt;future users of the site&lt;/strong&gt;. We may have the information they need... but are they going to be able to find it? Are they going to be able to judge how useful it is?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When a question &lt;em&gt;looks like&lt;/em&gt; it is not answered, and &lt;em&gt;looks like&lt;/em&gt; the community has considered it not worth answering, and then someone comes along with the same problem, odds are they're not going to know the question has been answered obscurely in a comment... if they even end up finding the question at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If there's a problem, and there's a solution, and the solution might possibly help someone else, then -- &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/16591/22949&quot;&gt;as Byte Commander says&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/16589/flag-to-close-because-the-question-is-answered#comment33498_16591&quot;&gt;Zacharee1 has further explained&lt;/a&gt; -- the question should be answered, not closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is also the matter that, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/214827/185080&quot;&gt;as Shog9 has said&lt;/a&gt; (in a post about another issue):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Closing is &lt;em&gt;primarily&lt;/em&gt; a path to deletion&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With the exception of questions that are closed as duplicates, unanswered closed questions that haven't been upvoted or recently edited become eligible for &lt;em&gt;automatic deletion by the Stack Exchange system, with no user or moderator action necessary&lt;/em&gt; after &lt;strong&gt;9 days&lt;/strong&gt;. (See #7 in &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/5221/how-does-deleting-work-what-can-cause-a-post-to-be-deleted-and-what-does-that&quot;&gt;this answer&lt;/a&gt;.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In addition, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/moderator-tools&quot;&gt;10k users can vote to delete any closed question&lt;/a&gt;. Of course, we're supposed to think before we click the &lt;em&gt;delete&lt;/em&gt; button, and usually we do, but:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Like anyone, we make mistakes sometimes.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If a question &lt;em&gt;looks like&lt;/em&gt; it is not answered, and &lt;em&gt;looks like&lt;/em&gt; the community has considered it not worth answering, it's pretty darn easy to make a mistake. Especially if someone decided to close it because it was answered somewhere in a giant wall of comments, instead of &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/16591/22949&quot;&gt;answering it with the solution&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, I'm &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; saying no questions should be closed! Many questions should be closed, and some have no value at all to anyone and really should be deleted, too. But &lt;strong&gt;closing a question is not a way of showing the OP's problem has been solved&lt;/strong&gt;, and I think examining the connection between closure an deletion helps make that clear.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's a related question to the one you've asked, which is: &lt;em&gt;Why can only the user who asked the question mark an answer as accepted?&lt;/em&gt; For information on that, I recommend &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/620/can-moderators-mark-a-question-as-answered&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/13475/moderators-should-be-able-to-mark-questions-as-answered&quot;&gt;that one&lt;/a&gt;, and related questions &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/262672/can-moderators-make-an-answer-accepted-to-close-the-post&quot;&gt;on Meta.SO&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/3669/would-it-be-possible-to-have-a-community-accepted-feature&quot;&gt;on Meta.SE&lt;/a&gt; (also &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/18312/moderators-accepting-answers-on-users-behalf-after-a-certain-time-period&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/113961/allow-mods-to-accept-answers-for-new-users-if-they-leave-a-comment-like-yes-th?noredirect=1&amp;amp;lq=1&quot;&gt;that&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2017-01-13T05:53:37.940" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16598" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16599" CreationDate="2017-01-13T13:19:44.013" Score="11" ViewCount="210" Body="&lt;p&gt;I read the tour page, and it said &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;accepted answers aren't always the best, they just mean that it worked&#xA;  for that user.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Well,  it is possible to have two working answers, so why can we only have one accepted answer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="619548" LastEditorUserId="158442" LastEditDate="2017-01-13T15:03:58.687" LastActivityDate="2017-01-20T20:03:51.390" Title="Why can there be only one accepted answer?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16599" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16598" CreationDate="2017-01-13T14:05:21.383" Score="20" Body="&lt;p&gt;Because that's how the system works.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Why is that how the system works? Probably for simplicity.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I build online systems. The disparity in effort required between perfect and good enough is huge. And in some cases —especially this sort of case— putting mechanisms in place to reflect the real world can make the whole thing confusing and brittle.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And the whole SE system is very much about helping the &lt;em&gt;next&lt;/em&gt; person with the same problem. Working out which is the best is very much down to the users.  The system as it is forces the OP to pick. There's no wussing out. There's just the stamp of &quot;this one helped me the most, other people should use this one&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2017-01-13T14:42:24.803" LastActivityDate="2017-01-13T14:42:24.803" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16600" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16601" CreationDate="2017-01-14T20:42:57.567" Score="11" ViewCount="266" Body="&lt;p&gt;When are the 2017 elections? Is there a way to tell when the next one is? I checked the previous elections, but it didn't tell me when the next one is. Also how long are they?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="619548" LastActivityDate="2017-02-12T00:10:59.000" Title="When are the 2017 elections?" Tags="|discussion|election|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16601" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16600" CreationDate="2017-01-14T20:45:33.223" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;Moderator elections are not scheduled events. Instead, they are brought up as the need arises, namely when more moderators are considered &quot;needed.&quot; As you can see from the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/election&quot;&gt;elections list&lt;/a&gt;, there was no scheduled election for 2015, because no new moderators were needed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To be more exact, moderator elections typically happen when the community moderators contact Stack Exchange and ask for an election. Similarly, an election may also be triggered if Stack Exchange notices that the current mods are being overwhelmed by the duties of the site (flag queues, closevote backlogs, etc.).  Stack Exchange also contacts a site's mod team at the anniversary mark from the last election to ask the question, but this still does not guarantee an election will take place. &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/99515/259230&quot;&gt;(Source)&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unless SE or our local mods really need new moderators &lt;em&gt;now&lt;/em&gt;, the next one is likely to happen in June 2017, but this doesn't mean it &lt;em&gt;will&lt;/em&gt; happen then.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Moderator elections tend to take &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/135361/259230&quot;&gt;15 days&lt;/a&gt;, and are split up into three &quot;phases&quot;: &lt;strong&gt;Nomination&lt;/strong&gt;, the &lt;strong&gt;Primary&lt;/strong&gt;, and the &lt;strong&gt;Election&lt;/strong&gt;. Instead of boring you with the details, I'll just gloss through them real fast:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;During the &lt;strong&gt;Nomination&lt;/strong&gt; phase, which lasts 7 days, any user with a minimum sufficient reputation (variable) can nominate themselves to the ballot.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The top 30 users by reputation move on to the &lt;strong&gt;Primary&lt;/strong&gt; phase, where anyone with at least 150 rep can vote for them. Note that if 10 or fewer candidates nominated themselves, this phase will be skipped.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The top 10 users (by votes in the Primary phase) will be moved on to the &lt;strong&gt;Election&lt;/strong&gt; phase. The winners will be chosen using the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/77541/how-are-moderator-election-votes-counted-in-plain-english&quot;&gt;Meek STV&lt;/a&gt; method.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2017-02-12T00:10:59.000" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16602" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11750" CreationDate="2017-01-15T05:44:06.573" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Meme:&lt;/strong&gt; nubcake&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Originator:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/201?m=34406892#34406892&quot;&gt;edwinksl&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Examples:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/201?m=34406892#34406892&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;rare to see seth be such a nubcake&amp;quot;&lt;/a&gt; -- &lt;strong&gt;Originator&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/201?m=34431944#34431944&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;at least im not a nubcake like @Seth&amp;quot;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/201?m=34686410#34686410&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;If you're alive, you're a nubcake. No exceptions.&amp;quot;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/201?m=34783257#34783257&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;Yep, and I can't. I'm probably gonna be like &amp;quot;lol gtfo nubcake, ban hammer in yo face&amp;quot;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Variant Forms:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/35113067#35113067&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;Oops. I've been nubcaked.&amp;quot;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/35113012#35113012&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;Speaking of which. What manner of nubcakery is this?&amp;quot;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Background:&lt;/strong&gt; Our Glorious &lt;s&gt;Leader&lt;/s&gt; Moderator Seth &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/34406856#34406856&quot;&gt;made a mistake&lt;/a&gt;, prompting edwinksl to call him a nubcake. The meme then spread to be a Seth-specific meme, but then jumped to other people in time, and is now a badge &lt;s&gt;of honor&lt;/s&gt; in the Ask Ubuntu General Room.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2017-01-31T02:19:05.633" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16603" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16604" CreationDate="2017-01-15T23:12:01.060" Score="4" ViewCount="65" Body="&lt;p&gt;I can not access a single person's review history using the below URL (replacing &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;id&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; with a User ID):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;https://askubuntu.com/review/close/history?userId=&amp;lt;id&amp;gt;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/close/history?userId=208574&quot;&gt;(Try me, against Kaz Wolfe's profile)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But, I can access someone's (global) review history using the profile URL:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;https://askubuntu.com/users/&amp;lt;id&amp;gt;/&amp;lt;user-slug&amp;gt;?tab=activity&amp;amp;sort=reviews&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/208574/kaz-wolfe?tab=activity&amp;amp;sort=reviews&quot;&gt;(Try me, against Kaz Wolfe's profile)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Upon attempting to use the former against my profile, you're given your own user review history, not mine (like expected). Is there a reason for this, or is this just a bug?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If there &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; a reason for this, why can users still access review histories though the profile page but not &lt;code&gt;/review&lt;/code&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastEditorUserId="208574" LastEditDate="2017-01-16T05:43:18.920" LastActivityDate="2017-01-16T05:43:18.920" Title="Cannot see review history per user in /review" Tags="|bug|status-bydesign|review|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16604" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16603" CreationDate="2017-01-16T00:10:28.937" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Only moderators have access to this particular filter; 10K users can view all reviews (except for skipped) for a given queue and their own reviews for a given queue (optionally including skipped). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The purpose of the per-user filter (which was originally moderator-only) was to allow folks to, uh, review &lt;em&gt;their own&lt;/em&gt; reviews. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/221134/can-our-review-history-also-list-the-items-we-have-skipped/234909#234909&quot;&gt;Can our Review History also list the items we have skipped?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12845" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2017-01-16T00:10:28.937" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16605" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16606" CreationDate="2017-01-17T13:03:37.507" Score="1" ViewCount="40" Body="&lt;p&gt;Specifically &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10359437/sendmail-how-to-configure-sendmail-on-ubuntu&quot;&gt;this one&lt;/a&gt; over on Stack Overflow.  I'm only a 101 rep user over there but it seems like that question should be over here instead of over there!  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there anything else I can do on top of flagging it for moderator attention over there?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-05-23T12:39:54.233" LastActivityDate="2017-01-17T20:59:25.403" Title="How do we get a question from another site migrated to Ask Ubuntu?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16606" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16605" CreationDate="2017-01-17T13:10:22.390" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, and flagging won't help either. Questions that are older than 60 days &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/10250/203101&quot;&gt;can't be migrated&lt;/a&gt;. The question you mention was asked in 2012 so migrating it is not an option. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The best you can do is simply ask it yourself here. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2017-01-17T13:49:11.897" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16607" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16154" CreationDate="2017-01-17T23:21:57.747" Score="-1" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Watch for NAAs from New Users&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Add a check to WolfBot that scans all incoming answers. If a user has less than a set threshold of reputation (say, 5 rep), and the bot detects a question mark or a set of keywords in the answer to suggest that it in fact is &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; an answer, post a message in chat.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This check does not need to be configurable from chat, but it should be able to be enabled/disabled as needed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastActivityDate="2017-01-17T23:21:57.747" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2017-01-17T23:21:57.747" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16608" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16612" CreationDate="2017-01-18T00:58:59.043" Score="12" ViewCount="406" Body="&lt;p&gt;Does this site have any sort of canonical policy regarding command/code edits?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or, more exactly, when proposing an edit to code or a command (or just directly editing it as per 2k privileges), where do we draw the line for editing code? Basic typos? Major revisions?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastActivityDate="2017-02-06T22:54:10.273" Title="What is our site policy on code/command edits?" Tags="|discussion|editing|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16609" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16608" CreationDate="2017-01-18T01:28:19.757" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Whenever editing code/commands, I tend to only make edits that solve typographical/grammatical issues, as opposed to altering how the code/commands could fundamentally work. Or, more accurately, I would only edit a command/code post if it were 100% safe and would not change how anything could execute.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, given the below command:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;sudo atp install libpackage2-dev&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Correct &lt;code&gt;atp&lt;/code&gt; to &lt;code&gt;apt&lt;/code&gt;, as that what was clearly intended by OP.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Not correct the package name to &lt;code&gt;libpackage3-dev&lt;/code&gt;, even if that was the actual package intended by OP. This would better be suited as a comment (or even a new answer) instead of an edit.&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I would, however, edit the package name if it were obvious that the package specified by OP is wrong (e.g. the OP says &quot;install &lt;code&gt;libpackage3-dev&lt;/code&gt;:&quot; before the command, the source for the command specifies &lt;code&gt;libpackage3-dev&lt;/code&gt;, and so on)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Similarly, given a command like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;modprobe some_module&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;where &lt;code&gt;some_module&lt;/code&gt; is the wrong/deprecated module (instead it's &lt;code&gt;some_linux_module&lt;/code&gt;) would elicit a comment, not a correction. The OP may have had a very specific reason for calling &lt;code&gt;some_module&lt;/code&gt; instead of &lt;code&gt;some_linux_module&lt;/code&gt;, and therefore it could potentially change the outcome of the answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastActivityDate="2017-01-18T01:28:19.757" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16611" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16608" CreationDate="2017-01-18T09:01:55.837" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, there is a site policy on this. Here, just like on all other sites of the Stack Exchange network, the policy is that &lt;strong&gt;edits are good, edits are nice, editing often keeps your head free of lice&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The SE sites are collaborative efforts. They sit at the cross-section of blogs, forums, wikis and sites like Digg/Reddit:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/FHX9P.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/FHX9P.png&quot; alt=&quot;venn diagram of forums, wikis, blogs and digg/redit&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Editing is an integral part of what we do here. &lt;em&gt;All&lt;/em&gt; content on the site is freely editable and everything posted here is posted under the &lt;a href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;CC by SA license&lt;/a&gt;. This means that as soon as you hit the submit button, your post is no longer your private domain but is available to everyone and everyone has the right to modify it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a Good Thing®. This is what lets us shine and what sets us apart from traditional forums. Sure, I could write a nice little script that answers your question. However, if that is later edited by 10 people and improved, it can become something much better than what I could have written myself. So yay! A better answer! That's good for the site and it's good for whoever asked the question. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's nothing special about code. If you see code that can be improved, do so! Just like if you see a post that can be improved by removing fluff, or improving grammar or whatever. If the OP really objects to your edit, they can always roll it back. And yes, if you're not 100% sure that your edit would be an improvement, then of course, don't edit! If, however, you know you're improving the answer, then there's absolutely no reason not to edit. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I tend to be most active on the various command line/text processing tags. That's what I know best and that's the domain where I feel confident that the changes I make are improvements. So yes, if I see an answer that is giving a poor solution and I see an easy way to improve it, I will do so. My other choice would be to downvote and leave a comment. Why would I choose to do that, if I can see a simple fix? Far better to fix it and upvote instead!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So no, there's nothing special about code. It's just an answer and answers are—and should be—editable. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sub&gt;I may have paraphrased, slightly. &lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2017-01-18T09:01:55.837" CommentCount="15" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16612" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16608" CreationDate="2017-01-18T09:23:37.717" Score="12" Body="&lt;h3&gt;TL;DR&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't think there is a detailed site policy and I don't want there to be one, because it would be too complex to codify*. No policy, however sensitively and scrupulously defined and flexibly applied, can replace learning through experience. I much prefer the SE way of respecting experienced users and having an initial learning process (suggesting edits which are checked by the community) and checks and balances in place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyway, FWIW, here is my take (I guess I am a pretty prolific editor) in more detail, subjective as it must remain.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is a rather generic list of guidelines that pops up at the side of the screen when, as an unprivileged user, you set out to suggest an edit. I can't remember what that looks like on Ask Ubuntu but I'm going to assume it's similar to what I see on U&amp;amp;L and Stack Overflow:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;How to Edit&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;► fix grammatical or spelling errors&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;► clarify meaning without changing it&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;► correct minor mistakes&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;► add related resources or links&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;► &lt;em&gt;always&lt;/em&gt; respect the original author&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's no special mention of code here, so we can assume that the same guidelines apply to code: I should &lt;em&gt;correct minor mistakes&lt;/em&gt;. There is no mention of formatting, which is probably in need of editing more often than anything else, but I assume you mean the actual code text, not the formatting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe that &quot;minor mistakes&quot; is deliberately vague: as editors we are trusted to know when the mistake can be salvaged by editing, and when we should do something else instead. I don't mean that we are or should be expected to always know that, I mean, that if you set out to edit a post, you should have the knowledge gained from observation and experience to do so appropriately. (As mentioned by @edwinksl, In the context of review - if you are unsure, the skip button is your friend)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I err on the side of editing.&lt;/strong&gt; My bottom line is, &lt;strong&gt;if I can improve the site by editing, I should do so.&lt;/strong&gt; Edits can always be rolled back or re-edits done. In practice &quot;improving the site by editing&quot; is a complex goal and there are multiple factors to consider (*this is why I think no policy could be codified) - in particular I always first ask myself:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is the post author experienced and active on the site? &#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If so, I will usually comment rather than editing unless there is some obvious typo or slip-up&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If not, I will usually go ahead and edit, with a couple of exceptions* &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I go ahead and edit, here's what I do in situations where code is involved, not including formatting:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If the poster has not included commands that I think should have been included, I include them (as a fairly extreme example, if a post says &quot;pass &lt;code&gt;intel_idle.max_cstate=1&lt;/code&gt; as a boot parameter&quot; I will generally edit into it an explanation of how to set boot parameters with commands. Less drastically, if a post mentions installing a package, I will often edit in the command to install the package).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If there is something in the code that I am fairly sure is an error, I will correct it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I usually switch out any backticks used for command substitution and replace with &lt;code&gt;$()&lt;/code&gt; because of the potential of the former to cause markdown-mixups&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If someone has written something similar to what I would write as an answer myself, and I can think of an additional related command suggestion, I will usually edit it into the answer rather than writing an answer of my own.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If the code makes what I consider a bad minor decision (typically &lt;code&gt;sudo gedit&lt;/code&gt; (or &lt;code&gt;sudo &amp;lt;any graphical application&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt;) I will &quot;fix&quot; it (&lt;code&gt;sudo -H gedit&lt;/code&gt; and so on)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;*situations when I don't usually edit:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If the code makes what I consider a bad major (ie the answer will need to take a significantly different approach to avoid it) decision or fails in a way I can't fix (when I test it), I will usually leave a comment (and downvote if warranted) instead of editing.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If I think the code could be simplified or improved, I will usually comment instead of editing.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I should say that &lt;strong&gt;I always eventually check back on my comments.&lt;/strong&gt; If a post still seems bad after I've given time for it to be fixed by the poster after leaving a comment, I will either (preferably) edit it or, if not done already, downvote it. Occasionally, I leave a comment for the sake of future visitors in cases where I have no intention of editing the post, but in general I will edit unless there is a compelling reason not to (generally that the post is an established one and the author is active).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Context sometimes matters - what else is going on besides the code in this post? Is it one of numerous answers to a question? Is that question ambiguously phrased, with answers addressing different possible sides of it? &lt;em&gt;Respecting the original poster&lt;/em&gt; might be quite a wide ranging consideration - I try to look around to see if I am treading on any other toes too when editing (for example, if I &quot;clarify&quot; a question, am I making one of the answers lose meaning and usefulness? How can I avoid that?)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2017-02-06T22:54:10.273" LastActivityDate="2017-02-06T22:54:10.273" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16613" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16157" CreationDate="2017-01-18T10:30:55.137" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I had the same issue on Opera 42(Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/55.0.2883.87 Safari/537.36 OPR/42.0.2393.94). Haven't found any solution on web, but it is actually simple enough: just go for https instead of http, i.e. you get from google link like this: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/151127/how-do-i-move-copy-my-entire-ubuntu-system-to-a-different-hard-disk&quot;&gt;How do I move (copy) my entire Ubuntu system to a different hard disk?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;which doesn't load properly(no such page error), so you need to edit it to use https:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/151127/how-do-i-move-copy-my-entire-ubuntu-system-to-a-different-hard-disk&quot;&gt;How do I move (copy) my entire Ubuntu system to a different hard disk?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and now everything is fine.&#xA;The same works with superuser, stackexchange and i suppose many others sites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="106514" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2017-01-18T10:30:55.137" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16614" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16512" CreationDate="2017-01-18T11:10:36.037" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Community wiki posts have a lower privilege bar for revisions. Historically this was useful, but now that any user can suggest an edit (even if they don't have an account), I don't think this is an especially useful feature.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the case of canonical posts, we want them to be high quality because they represent our site, so I'm not sure whether the lower bar to editing is a good thing or not; &lt;strong&gt;encouraging editing is great&lt;/strong&gt;, but waiving quality checks is a concern.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A blog post by Grace Note on &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.blog/2011/08/19/the-future-of-community-wiki/&quot;&gt;The Future of Community Wiki&lt;/a&gt; argues that community wiki questions are almost never a good idea, and may only be useful to suppress a post from becoming too huge:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Sometimes you have content which is valuable and on-topic, but is perhaps a bit too popular. It runs the risk of overwhelming the rest of your site if it grows untamed. In these circumstances, community wiki can be a way to &lt;em&gt;preserve the value of these posts while stifling their growth&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This &lt;em&gt;could&lt;/em&gt; be the case for some canonical posts, but it's probably not a good idea to make them CW from the outset - why suppress something that hasn't even started to grow? See what happens first, and if answers to a post threaten to run to multiple pages, consider cooling it down with CW status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2017-04-03T06:43:44.257" LastActivityDate="2017-04-03T06:43:44.257" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16615" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16616" CreationDate="2017-01-18T17:33:44.543" Score="10" ViewCount="214" Body="&lt;p&gt;Right now we have separate &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/virtual-console&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;virtual-console&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;virtual-console&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/virtual-terminal&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;virtual-terminal&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;virtual-terminal&lt;/a&gt; tags. &lt;strong&gt;One should be made a synonym of the other&lt;/strong&gt;, but which one should be the master tag?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/14287/virtual-terminal-redundant-and-confusing&quot;&gt;We have another question on meta about this&lt;/a&gt;, posted well over a year ago, but it has languished unanswered and also seems like it's asking about other stuff too. So I'm posting this one, with the hope of getting this figured out quickly. Personally I don't think it matters that much which one we choose as the master tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Either one can be closed as a duplicate of the other after we've figured out what we're going to do.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Which is better?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That other question argues that &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/virtual-console&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;virtual-console&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;virtual-console&lt;/a&gt; is better:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most questions tagged with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/virtual-terminal&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;virtual-terminal&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;virtual-terminal&lt;/a&gt; actually refer to&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/virtual-console&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;virtual-console&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;virtual-console&lt;/a&gt;, the famous Linux feature. But some of them,&#xA;such as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/511443/term-environment-variable-not-exported-from-profile&quot;&gt;this one&lt;/a&gt;, assume such GUI terminal emulators as&#xA;&lt;code&gt;gnome-terminal&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;xterm&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Personally I think &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/virtual-terminal&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;virtual-terminal&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;virtual-terminal&lt;/a&gt; may be better, though I emphasize again that which one we choose isn't important to me -- I'm just mentioning some pros and cons to get things rolling.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;Virtual terminal&amp;quot; seems to be the more popular term on our site, though not by a large amount:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Searching in a private browsing window (so my search history wouldn't affect the results), &lt;code&gt;&amp;quot;virtual console&amp;quot; site:askubuntu.com&lt;/code&gt; gave 1,780 Google results and &lt;code&gt;&amp;quot;virtual terminal&amp;quot; site:askubuntu.com&lt;/code&gt; gave 2,030.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ask Ubuntu's built-in search engine gives gives 371 results for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=%22virtual%20console%22&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;virtual console&amp;quot;&lt;/a&gt; and 420 results for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=%22virtual%20terminal%22&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;virtual terminal&amp;quot;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We have 70 questions tagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/virtual-console&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;virtual-console&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;virtual-console&lt;/a&gt; and 72 questions tagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/virtual-terminal&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;virtual-terminal&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;virtual-terminal&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My general and possibly wrong impression about how these terms have been used in the wider GNU/Linux community is that &amp;quot;virtual terminal&amp;quot; was once the more popular term, but that &amp;quot;virtual console&amp;quot; has caught on and is as popular now. I don't actually know which one, if either, is more correct.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But an argument in favor of &amp;quot;virtual console&amp;quot; is that it seems like it may be used more often by kernel developers and in documentation for low-level facilities.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;For example, &lt;a href=&quot;https://linux.die.net/man/4/console&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;console(4)&lt;/a&gt; describes &amp;quot;console terminal and virtual consoles,&amp;quot; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man4/console_ioctl.4.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;console_ioctl(4)&lt;/a&gt; describes &amp;quot;ioctls for console terminal and virtual consoles.&amp;quot; So perhaps &amp;quot;virtual console&amp;quot; is be better term after all.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&amp;quot;Virtual console&amp;quot; is by far the more common term used on the Linux Kernel Mailing List -- though &amp;quot;virtual terminal&amp;quot; is also used -- at least judging by 1,030 Google results for &lt;code&gt;site:lkml.org &amp;quot;virtual console&amp;quot;&lt;/code&gt; and just 360 results for &lt;code&gt;site:lkml.org &amp;quot;virtual terminal&amp;quot;&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for the traditional distinction between the terms &amp;quot;terminal&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;console&amp;quot; themselves, I suspect that won't help us decide. See &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/506510/what-is-the-difference-between-terminal-console-shell-and-command-line&quot;&gt;What is the difference between Terminal, Console, Shell, and Command Line?&lt;/a&gt; I could be wrong though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Update (2017-01-21 10:09:31Z)&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/16616/22949&quot;&gt;karel's answer&lt;/a&gt; is currently +3 / -0 and no one else has posted yet, so I've suggested &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/virtual-terminal&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;virtual-terminal&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;virtual-terminal&lt;/a&gt; as a synonym of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/virtual-console&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;virtual-console&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;virtual-console&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;People with a score of +5 or higher on &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/virtual-console&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;virtual-console&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;virtual-console&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tags/virtual-console/synonyms&quot;&gt;can vote on the suggestion here&lt;/a&gt;. It will be approved when it reaches a score of +4, or rejected (deleted from the suggestions list) when it reaches a score of -2.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If the suggestion is approved, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/virtual-console&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;virtual-console&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;virtual-console&lt;/a&gt; will be the master tag and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/virtual-terminal&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;virtual-terminal&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;virtual-terminal&lt;/a&gt; will be made a synonym.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I still encourage anyone with thoughts on this to post an answer. For me, it's more important that we synonymize the tags than which one we make the master tag. In the past two days, no one has posted, commented, or voted in such a way as to suggest they want &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/virtual-terminal&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;virtual-terminal&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;virtual-terminal&lt;/a&gt; to be the master tag; but &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/16616/22949&quot;&gt;karel posted an answer&lt;/a&gt; arguing for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/virtual-console&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;virtual-console&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;virtual-console&lt;/a&gt; to be the master, and three other users have upvoted it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While I wouldn't suggest making any big policy decision in just two days, this choice is relatively minor and can be reversed later if needed, so I feel very comfortable supporting &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/virtual-console&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;virtual-console&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;virtual-console&lt;/a&gt;. If there are no objections for another day or so, I think it may even be appropriate for moderators to help out in making &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/virtual-terminal&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;virtual-terminal&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;virtual-terminal&lt;/a&gt; a synonym of it (if need be).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Update (2017-01-22 17:42:50Z)&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is done! &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/virtual-console&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;virtual-console&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;virtual-console&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/virtual-terminal&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;virtual-terminal&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;virtual-terminal&lt;/a&gt; are now synonyms, with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/virtual-console&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;virtual-console&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;virtual-console&lt;/a&gt; as the master tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Acknowledgements:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/users/94914/karel&quot;&gt;karel&lt;/a&gt; and those who voted, for &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/16616/22949&quot;&gt;expressing a preference&lt;/a&gt; so this could move forward.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Users who voted on the tag synonym. (Or &lt;em&gt;user&lt;/em&gt; -- at least one user voted it up after I proposed it; I'm not sure if there were more. Because of the in-tag rep requirements for voting on tag synonyms, often there are only a small number of votes before a moderator acts based on what users have posted on meta.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/25798/jokerdino&quot;&gt;jokerdino&lt;/a&gt; for &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/34943260#34943260&quot;&gt;finishing up&lt;/a&gt; the synonymization.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/users/439832/incnis-mrsi&quot;&gt;Incnis Mrsi&lt;/a&gt; for &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/14287/virtual-terminal-redundant-and-confusing&quot;&gt;pushing for this before&lt;/a&gt; (which contributed to the pros and cons section of this post).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Although not for the specific reason given in &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/16616/22949&quot;&gt;karel's answer&lt;/a&gt;, I wholeheartedly support this outcome and have thus accepted that answer. Status: completed!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2019-08-07T14:24:17.223" Title="These tags are [virtual-]ly the same!" Tags="|discussion|tags|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16616" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16615" CreationDate="2017-01-18T17:45:35.833" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/virtual-console&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;virtual-console&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;virtual-console&lt;/a&gt; is less confusing than &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/virtual-terminal&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;virtual-terminal&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;virtual-terminal&lt;/a&gt; if for no other reason than that it looks more like a console than a terminal. The virtual console looks like a server login which looks like a console. It may be a petty distinction, but just the same it may also help new users to get a clear image of what it is. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="94914" LastActivityDate="2017-01-18T17:45:35.833" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16617" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16618" CreationDate="2017-01-19T00:18:13.857" Score="8" ViewCount="43" Body="&lt;p&gt;So, I was looking at my (rather depressing) meta profile badge to-do list when I noticed something interesting:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://image.prntscr.com/image/46877028a86849089270b78417c4afa6.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The repcap badges are present! Upon digging a bit further into this, I noticed that people have somehow gotten the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/help/badges/41/mortarboard&quot;&gt;Mortarboard badge&lt;/a&gt;. Now this is getting strange and is confusing me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As reputation doesn't really exist or matter on meta, why do these badges even exist, really? And, how did people earn them?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastActivityDate="2017-01-19T00:24:30.507" Title="Why do repcap badges exist on Meta? How did people get them?" Tags="|support|badges|meta|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16618" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16617" CreationDate="2017-01-19T00:24:30.507" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;No reputation is earned on meta but the system still keeps track of it in the backend with vote counts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2017-01-19T00:24:30.507" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16619" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16620" CreationDate="2017-01-19T09:38:19.597" Score="-1" ViewCount="76" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a question about my Ask Ubuntu post: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/353911/hitting-arrow-keys-adds-characters-in-vi-editor/873281#873281&quot;&gt;Hitting arrow keys adds characters in vi editor&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I edited my post with an suitable answer that instead of the other answers solves the real issue behind the symptomatic problem. But the answer is locked and down voted. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I really think the described problem is just a symptom and none of the other answers solve the underlying problem. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also I am a bit unhappy with the reputation system on Ask Ubuntu. Why is commenting below reputation 50 not allowed? With that I cannot participate on question where I have the same problem but no answer. Raising a new question brought me harsh answers. With less than 5 reputation I can't even ask in Meta about such issues without an context post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="643731" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2017-01-19T10:02:08.863" Title="Answer locked and downvoted?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="9" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16620" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16619" CreationDate="2017-01-19T09:56:50.593" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;I know this can be confusing to new users, but we are &lt;em&gt;strictly&lt;/em&gt; a questions and answers site. No discussion. The answer you posted was basically &quot;yes, I have this issue too&quot;. While this sort of post is welcome on forums, it is not actually answering the question and so it doesn't belong here. If it isn't a question, or it isn't providing an answer to an existing question, then it won't be welcomed here. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, you then edited to provide an answer you found. That's great! had you only posted that, nobody would have objected (quite the contrary). Another user has now edited it, and I have undeleted it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for commenting and the reputation system, that's actually one of the &lt;em&gt;good&lt;/em&gt; things about the Stack Exchange system. Reputation is an indication of how much the community trusts you and it can also motivate people to write good, clear and comprehensive posts. We require 50 rep to comment primarily as a spam prevention measure. We get a lot of spam, and this blocks random accounts from spamming the comments. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, comments are second class citizens here. We don't want them, and we try to avoid them. Ideally, comments will only be posted requesting or providing a clarification which is then integrated into the post and the comment is deleted.  In fact, moderators often go around cleaning up and deleting old comments. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another important reason is that since we have a very different set of rules than the forums most users are familiar with, we don't want to let new users comment before they've had time to see how this site works and understand the local culture. This is not a place for discussions. There are hundreds of other sites which welcome discussion. We don't. Think of these sites as more of a collaborative wiki than a forum. The aim is to amass a large collection of useful information with as little noise as possible. Comments, usually, add to the noise and not the information. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The same basically applies to asking here, on meta. If you haven't participated in the site (by posting something) you are unlikely to be a bona fide user who wants to ask about how the site works. Allowing accounts with no activity on the main site to post on meta would just be inviting a spam wave here. Believe me, I'm one of the elected moderators whose job it is to deal with such waves and I really don't want to see the same amount of spam we get on the main site (where you need no rep to ask or answer) start being posted here on meta too. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, just spend some time, get some rep (50 rep is just 5 upvotes to an answer or 10 to a question), and I'm sure you'll see that the benefits of this system far outweigh the drawbacks. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2017-01-19T09:56:50.593" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16621" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2017-01-19T13:32:02.953" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-01-19T13:32:02.953" LastActivityDate="2017-01-19T13:32:02.953" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16622" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2017-01-19T13:32:02.953" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-01-19T13:32:02.953" LastActivityDate="2017-01-19T13:32:02.953" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16623" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16625" CreationDate="2017-01-19T13:32:51.503" Score="6" ViewCount="105" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a question ban on the main site saying:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sorry, we are no longer accepting questions from this account. See the Help Center to learn more.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I go to help center and it tells me:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How can I get out of a question ban?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The ban will be lifted automatically by the system when it determines that your positive contributions outweigh those questions which were poorly received.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does asking good questions in meta help lift the ban? Also, how much good do you have to do? Is it measured in reputation or the number of people reached?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Title revised by a moderator to cover both cases, where such a ban exists on either Meta or Main, and this is referenced in the bold-text on the accepted answer from the moderator.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="619548" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2017-01-19T17:06:51.877" Title="How do questions in meta affect bans in main (or vice-versa)?" Tags="|discussion|reputation|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16625" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16623" CreationDate="2017-01-19T16:35:09.407" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Meta contributions have &lt;em&gt;absolutely no effect&lt;/em&gt; on system-instituted question or answer bans on the main site.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The same applies for the inverse, as well - contributions on the main site have &lt;em&gt;absolutely no effect&lt;/em&gt; on system-institutted question or answer bans on the Meta site.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your question-ban is in place on the &lt;em&gt;main site&lt;/em&gt; because a substantial portion of your asked questions were flagged as content that is poor, and/or were closed as offtopic or duplicates of other items, and/or were deleted.  When a substantial portion of your questions are flagged and/or deleted by community voting and review queues, the system automatically institutes that block.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To get rid of the question-ban, you have to contribute positively to the main site in other methods, such as posting good answers and other positive activity.  Once the system determines that you have enough positive contributions to outweigh the evils which led to the question ban being instituted, the system will automatically remove that block and you can then ask questions again.  (This cannot be influenced by moderators or staff)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The system-instituted question and answer blocks operate indepdently of each other on a given main site and its corresponding Meta site.  They have no impact on each other.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Rule violation suspensions, on the other hand, affect both the main and Meta site, so if you get suspended by a moderator or a community manager for rule violations, or the system automatically as a result of some other thing behind the scenes, you're banned on both sites, and not just for posting questions and answers, but from doing anything except browsing site content and replying to moderator direct messages sent to you - in effect, read only mode.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for your other two questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Also, how much good do you have to do?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Is it measured in reputation or the number of people reached?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This information is not known to the public.  It is an internal, secret, undisclosed algorithm that only the StackExchange software devs truly understand.  We cannot measure the exact extent of what you have to do to resolve such a ban, as it can't be quantified without SE releasing that information (which they won't do).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2017-01-19T17:05:52.347" LastActivityDate="2017-01-19T17:05:52.347" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16626" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14616" CreationDate="2017-01-19T19:43:49.023" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I agree &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/14621/22949&quot;&gt;with Pilot6&lt;/a&gt;. While reviewing, and also while noticing deleted posts on questions I browse outside of review, I see numerous &quot;me too&quot; posts where someone is really trying to add new information about &lt;em&gt;their&lt;/em&gt; related problem. &lt;strong&gt;These users should post questions instead&lt;/strong&gt;, and we should encourage them to do so when we can.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Although &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/14618/22949&quot;&gt;terdon is correct&lt;/a&gt; that &quot;me too&quot; additions are not valuable, often people who have the same problem as described in an existing question (or &lt;em&gt;believe&lt;/em&gt; their problem is the same) want to post so they can add information about the problem as it affects them, and provide details about their situation that they think may be relevant to the problem. What that means is that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Their situation is actually different, &lt;em&gt;or&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;they think their situation may be different, &lt;em&gt;or&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;they can provide information about their situation that goes beyond what has been provided in the existing question.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That means they really have a new question. It's a related question -- except when people are totally mistaken about the similarity to an existing question, which is also something that happens, and then it's not even related -- but it is a new question. It might one day be closed as a duplicate of someone else's question once that question has an answer, or the earlier question might end up getting closed as a duplicate of theirs, but &lt;strong&gt;when someone has information about their own problem that isn't captured by an existing question, they have a new question.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When a new question links to an old question, they appear on each other's lists of linked questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By the way, those of us who do have enough rep to post comments should post our new questions as questions, too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The other dimension of this, though, is &lt;strong&gt;why do people think they need to post comments to get help?&lt;/strong&gt; Part of it is that people are accustomed to using forums, which encourage them to post on existing threads. The Stack Exchange system is non-intuitive to many people. Even highly experienced users who have been involved since the earliest days of the Stack Exchange network have occasionally come back after a period of inactivity and posted non-answer answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So that's why we have the review queues. When things that aren't attempts to answer a question get posted as answers, we tell people what to do instead and delete those posts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And I think this offers some insight into why so many newcomers to our community feel powerless that they cannot yet post comments. It's because &lt;strong&gt;reviewers keep wrongly telling them that what they really want to do is  post a comment.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We have &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/comment&quot;&gt;official guidance about what comments are for&lt;/a&gt;, but reviewers keep advising people that their posts should be comments in situations where those rules explicitly state it is wrong to do so. The biggest irony is that the wrong advice is often given in the form of an incorrectly chosen canned review comment &lt;em&gt;that itself links to that page&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is sometimes correct to advise someone that what they've posted as an answer is the sort of thing that ought to be posted as a comment. However, &lt;strong&gt;comments are not a catch-all for content that is posted in the wrong place, needs improvement, or need not exist at all&lt;/strong&gt;. Before telling someone that what they have written as an answer should be a comment instead, I recommend:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/comment&quot;&gt;Checking that it is at least &lt;em&gt;not wrong&lt;/em&gt; to post it as a comment.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Considering if the author should instead post a question, even if they would need to provide more information or a better explanation for their question to be answerable.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Considering if the author should have posted an answer, just not the one they &lt;em&gt;did&lt;/em&gt; post. (And when what someone has posted &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; an answer, just not a very good one, please remember that &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2281/please-stop-posting-half-answers-and-dumb-advice-as-comments&quot;&gt;answers that are wrong, partial, or low in quality do &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; make appropriate comments&lt;/a&gt;.) &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Considering if the author should instead have submitted an edit to an existing post. This is perhaps the least common situation. When someone is posts a &quot;me too&quot; answer, even with potentially useful information, &lt;em&gt;that should still virtually never be an edit&lt;/em&gt;. But there are other situations where someone's post is really an attempt to improve another post (usually an answer) without changing its meaning, and an edit would be appropriate.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Considering if this is a post would not be useful on our site in any form. &quot;Me too&quot; non-answers that provide &lt;em&gt;no additional information&lt;/em&gt; shouldn't just be reposted as questions, but they shouldn't be comments, either. (On the other hand, it may be reasonable to encourage someone to post a question &lt;em&gt;with full details&lt;/em&gt; of their problem.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Considering whether or not the advice is useful to them or likely to result in them using the site better (or otherwise lead to a better outcome for anyone). This may sometimes be hard to know, but in some cases it clarifies some of the other considerations. For example, if I encounter a post while reviewing and I think to myself, &quot;This looks like a comment... but this person is really trying to get help with their problem, and if they post a comment it won't help them or anyone else,&quot; then I've figured something out about would and wouldn't help that person.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Occasionally I have heard people express the concern that if we tell people to post questions, we'll have more bad questions on the site. The thing is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;We can tell people what they need to do to ask a good question. We can even &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/how-to-ask&quot;&gt;show them the official advice&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Questions can be voted on, edited any number of times by their authors and others, commented on specifically, reviewed, closed (if appropriate), and reopened (if appropriate). Totally useless questions can be deleted and useful questions that turn out to be off-topic for our site can be migrated. Negatively scored questions are shown far less often on the front page, so they rarely prevent other good, answerable questions from getting answers.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Speaking of deletion, and the concern about littering the site with bad questions: The system &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/5222/185080&quot;&gt;automatically deletes many such closed questions&lt;/a&gt;, and question deletion is more transparent and more readily reversed when mistakes are made than comment deletion. I'm not saying we shouldn't delete worthless comments--&lt;em&gt;of course&lt;/em&gt; we should. I'm saying that that if we are going to have low-quality content on the site, it should be in the form of &lt;em&gt;posts&lt;/em&gt;, which can be both &lt;em&gt;improved&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;curated&lt;/em&gt; in ways comments cannot.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I cannot think of any way to clean up comments anywhere nearly as effectively as the system makes easy for posts. (I suppose this could be achieved by mass-flagging based on SEDE queries, but that's controversial, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/276791/can-i-flag-posts-from-sede-or-a-search-in-bulk-if-theyre-low-quality&quot;&gt;an outright no-no at least on Stack Overflow&lt;/a&gt;, and if done enough to make a big difference would be a massive drain on the time and energy of both flaggers and moderators.)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Suppose a new, 1-rep user needs help with a problem, posts a non-answer, and it is deleted. But before it is deleted, they get a comment telling them they really should post a comment, and can do so once they earn more rep. And imagine that's what they do -- they think, &quot;Well that's weird, I thought this was 'Linux for human beings,' but whatever -- if this is what I need to do to get help, so be it.&quot; So they put some time into the site, get their 50 rep, and post a comment. But since &lt;em&gt;Ask Ubuntu is a question-answer site but not a forum&lt;/em&gt;, this doesn't get them any help with their problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's a bad outcome -- for that user, for our site, and for the Ubuntu community.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If someone came along and proclaimed, &quot;Ask Ubuntu is a great place for low-quality content that will help no one ever, so long as it's posted in thousands of comments strewn all across the site!&quot; we would know they were mistaken, and suspect they were trolling. So let's stop nudging the whole community in that direction.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2017-01-19T19:51:45.053" LastActivityDate="2017-01-19T19:51:45.053" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16627" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16628" CreationDate="2017-01-20T01:06:00.987" Score="-6" ViewCount="110" Body="&lt;p&gt;What if an X company set a team against Ubuntu in it's more simple form, a cozy Q&amp;amp;A site to spam it and attack members in the rise to become valuable members?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With a clones attack of &quot;new&quot; users that could be disposable accounts, then start posting with this accounts all kind of questions based on the mentioned reference to get their attention and serve no purpose since new &lt;strong&gt;real&lt;/strong&gt; users would be making other questions. And then start asking non-sense or too hard questions for no reason at all maybe reference from Unix or server fault.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;In summary&lt;/em&gt; : What if there's some tactic to drive off new users out of the site campaigned by Company X?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Are there any mechanisms in AU or SE to combat dedicated spam accounts?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="109740" LastEditorUserId="158442" LastEditDate="2017-01-20T01:43:34.730" LastActivityDate="2017-01-20T01:43:34.730" Title="Conspiracies defense for AU" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16628" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16627" CreationDate="2017-01-20T01:12:41.617" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;TL;DR: Yes, there are defense mechanisms in place, and we know they work well in these types of situations. We don't have to outline them all, but they do exist and work.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Long form of this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;shrug&lt;/em&gt; We deal with it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm a mod on SU. And here's a fun fact - it takes roughly 20 seconds for a spam post to get flagged. &lt;em&gt;If it even gets through&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Established users vote to close, IPs get hobbled. If things get &lt;em&gt;really&lt;/em&gt; bad, we call in a CM to help, since they have the big guns. Some sites have also gotten help from a spam-detection bot created by intrepid users that let users know where spam is. (Smokey and I have a friendly rivalry over who flags spam faster. Sadly, I still win sometimes). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One of the beauties of the stackexchange format is &lt;em&gt;our users are our immune system&lt;/em&gt;. We downvote, we close, we &lt;em&gt;janitorate&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So meh, it would be a waste of time. In between the spam prevention systems built into SE, CM intervention, our fearless mods and the glorious power of the people, such attempts shall be crushed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17681" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2017-01-20T01:40:13.580" LastActivityDate="2017-01-20T01:40:13.580" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16631" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16632" CreationDate="2017-01-20T20:04:37.517" Score="-6" ViewCount="80" Body="&lt;p&gt;So we know the term language barrier but.. Ubuntu lets anyone install the system in different languages.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So in the support channel Forum or AU we get problems maybe prolonged by Image based technical quickies to install Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But here we want to learn and support, so should we tell users to write in their native languages ? So they encounter support in their language.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't think a comparison of English user can help, this is a clear barrier for new users getting into Ubuntu and is also a spoiling of the effort of translating the Ubuntu Linux distribution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="109740" LastEditorUserId="109740" LastEditDate="2017-01-20T20:31:23.233" LastActivityDate="2017-01-20T20:31:23.233" Title="Are questions in other language other than English accepted in AU? (accepting other languages in AU)" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2017-01-20T20:38:52.043" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16632" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16631" CreationDate="2017-01-20T20:07:56.330" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;Nope.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is an English-only site, because it's far more likely that people will get support from other English-speakers. Poor English is better than no English, and we can &lt;em&gt;usually&lt;/em&gt; salvage a good post out of even Google Translate if need be.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Otherwise, users run the risk of getting their question closed as &amp;quot;unclear&amp;quot; if someone capable of translating doesn't see it (which happens pretty often).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/632/208574&quot;&gt;badp's answer&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When the asker speaks Danish and the guy who could write the best answer to that question speaks Turk, everybody loses. Having everybody use English instead, even if it's poor English, is far better.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See, if a Q&amp;amp;A site can't get you answers for your questions it has failed. To do so, the Q&amp;amp;A site must connect the asker to as many potential answerers as possible. If there are not enough of those, not enough questions get answered and users won't come back.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, as &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/15798/208574&quot;&gt;Jacob pointed out&lt;/a&gt;, &amp;quot;We want to help people, &lt;em&gt;but we are not a help desk&lt;/em&gt;.&amp;quot; If you want help here, you need to put forward at least &lt;em&gt;minimal&lt;/em&gt; effort to creating a question that we can understand and help with. We're not in a role of some desk-jockey who is paid to resolve your ticket no matter what. If we can't help you, we're going to move on to someone we can help. &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/15799/208574&quot;&gt;Terdon&lt;/a&gt; in this case:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We expect users to put the minimal amount of effort into their questions. That's one of the main reasons for downvoting and is what makes Stack Exchange so much better than the noise-filled forums that abound everywhere else on the internet. A user who simply posts their question in another language on an English-language site and can't even be bothered to i) attempt to write in English or, if they speak no English at all, ii) pass their question through Google Translate is failing to put any effort at all into the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2017-01-20T20:21:02.900" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16634" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16635" CreationDate="2017-01-20T20:27:52.270" Score="-3" ViewCount="63" Body="&lt;p&gt;How are questions &quot;related&quot; enough to become duplicates ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I made this question&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/16631/are-questions-in-other-language-other-than-english-accepted-in-au&quot;&gt;Accepting questions in other languages&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An it is being marked as duplicate but I find that it is not. I'm asking about &lt;em&gt;accepting&lt;/em&gt; answer and the duplicate is about &lt;em&gt;handling&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="109740" LastActivityDate="2017-01-20T20:59:03.343" Title="How specific are duplicates?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16635" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16634" CreationDate="2017-01-20T20:45:14.637" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;It really depends on the users voting on the definition of &quot;duplicate,&quot; which is why this is a democratic process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By definition, however, it means that the general question you've asked have already been asked and answered, and the answer for the given question &lt;em&gt;should&lt;/em&gt; work for you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the duplicate target does &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; answer your question, you may edit your question to make it sufficiently different, or point out &lt;em&gt;why&lt;/em&gt; the duplicate target does not answer your question. Optionally, you may appeal your case on meta, where the community at large (or one of our &lt;s&gt;gods&lt;/s&gt; moderators) will decide on your case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In your specific case, both questions are essentially asking &quot;What does this site do with non-English posts?&quot; As such, your question was closed as a duplicate, because the target answered your question as to whether foreign-language posts are accepted &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; how to deal with them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastEditorUserId="208574" LastEditDate="2017-01-20T20:59:03.343" LastActivityDate="2017-01-20T20:59:03.343" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16636" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13893" CreationDate="2017-01-21T16:54:23.810" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;What would be &lt;strong&gt;very useful&lt;/strong&gt; (and I'm not sure it exists), is for a pop-up message or equivalent to show up when a user with less than 50 rep selects the &quot;Your Answer&quot; box in order to write an answer. The message could indicate that the tool is &lt;strong&gt;only for answers, and not for comments&lt;/strong&gt;, highlighting the 50 rep requisite. This would probably discourage &lt;strong&gt;some&lt;/strong&gt; users to post comments as answers, reducing the reviewing queue. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At the moment, any new user can use the box, without any warning of its misuse. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user308164" LastActivityDate="2017-01-21T16:54:23.810" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16637" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16608" CreationDate="2017-01-21T17:20:33.583" Score="0" Body="&lt;h3&gt;Just to add the perspective of a scripter&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Scripts can vary from a few lines, to a complicated and comprehensive solution, involving many aspects. Especially in the latter case, I am asking editors to be &lt;em&gt;restraint&lt;/em&gt; to edit. If you assume this is the result of being possesive, or having difficulties on the principles of &lt;em&gt;sharing&lt;/em&gt; as the guidelines of SE describe, please continue reading.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Comprehensive scripts are often the result of a detailed research and testing. Practically every aspect is the result of a &lt;em&gt;decision in context&lt;/em&gt;. In many cases, different procedures are tested, and compared on speed, efficiency and reliability in relation with other parts of the script.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then after posting, the job is not done. In many cases, scripts subsequently run for hours, days, sometimes even weeks or months and on different machines and Ubuntu versions, to make sure the script works as intended, and no side effects occur on longer term and in possibly unforeseen situations. Also practically always, this leads to further editing after posting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Doing so, I significantly treat my code differently from textual content of an answer, and I am asking editors kindly to act accordingly. If you are willing to do the same, and run thorough and long term tests to see if an edit has issues you might have overlooked, I will highly appreciate and embrace your edit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If not however, I am asking you to, by all means, mention where in your opinion the code can be improved, but let me edit in your suggestion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That is, in short, what I call &lt;em&gt;being restraint in  editing code&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2017-01-21T21:34:50.173" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16639" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-01-22T05:15:22.847" Score="22" ViewCount="128" Body="&lt;p&gt;Let's talk for a minute about the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/recovery&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;recovery&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;recovery&lt;/a&gt; tag, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/11872/the-recovery-tag&quot;&gt;again&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are many different kinds of recovery, including (but not limited to):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/data-recovery&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;data-recovery&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;data-recovery&lt;/a&gt;, for recovering lost data,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/password-recovery&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;password-recovery&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;password-recovery&lt;/a&gt;, for recovering a lost password,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/recovery-mode&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;recovery-mode&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;recovery-mode&lt;/a&gt;, for doing recovery things,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;System Recovery, for recovering systems from Big Mistakes™.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Right now, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/recovery&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;recovery&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;recovery&lt;/a&gt; is automatically replaced with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/data-recovery&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;data-recovery&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;data-recovery&lt;/a&gt;, which is a misuse of synonyms in my own opinion. We don't have &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/installation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;installation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;installation&lt;/a&gt; redirecting to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/system-installation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;system-installation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;system-installation&lt;/a&gt;, so &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/recovery&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;recovery&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;recovery&lt;/a&gt; tag shouldn't be synonymized to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/data-recovery&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;data-recovery&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;data-recovery&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Therefore, I propose we remove the synonymization of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/recovery&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;recovery&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;recovery&lt;/a&gt; and request a blacklist of the tag. Furthermore, we add a warning in the usage guidelines, similar to the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;DO NOT USE THIS TAG!&lt;/strong&gt; Instead, use one of the appropriate recovery tags: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/data-recovery&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;data-recovery&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;data-recovery&lt;/a&gt; for lost data, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/recovery-mode&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;recovery-mode&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;recovery-mode&lt;/a&gt; for the eponymous boot mode, or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/password-recovery&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;password-recovery&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;password-recovery&lt;/a&gt; for a lost password.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Tag used for questions about any form of recovery operations on Linux.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2017-01-23T18:39:45.353" Title="Give [recovery] the [installation] treatment" Tags="|discussion|tags|tag-block-request|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16640" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16641" CreationDate="2017-01-22T16:05:23.937" Score="1" ViewCount="793" Body="&lt;p&gt;First of all: I'm a Linux Mint user for about 3 years now. I was a Ubuntu user for about 7 years before and a Debian user for about 5 years. I know the Debian way of working, experienced its evolution and the rise of its derivatives. I would consider my experience level as advanced, but I'm not a guru.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There seem to be different opinions on how similar the members of this distro-family are, and whether a user of one distro can support an user of the other distro. I have read through some discussions here on Ask Ubuntu-Meta and can understand both sides: One that says &quot;under the hood, they are the same&quot; and the others &quot;they are configured differently&quot; (there are other arguments as well, but for me most of them are less technical and more political).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The fact is: If I have an issue with my Mint, I enter the error message into my search engine and often end up on a Debian or Ubuntu forum, e.g. Ask Ubuntu. And yes, in at least 90% of the cases I can apply that to my Mint. I bet you have had similar experience, with issues on your Ubuntu being solved on forums for other members on that family. Please don't wonder about &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/8123/how-do-mint-users-end-up-here&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/8123/how-do-mint-users-end-up-here&lt;/a&gt;, under the hood, all Debians produce similar error messages.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But of course, there are differences! And I understand that some users on Ask Ubuntu consider e.g. Cinnamon questions off-topic. I would consider YaST questions off-topic too. But do you really need to reject all questions that mention that magic word &quot;Mint&quot;? Feels like some people have a Mint-allergy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Coming to an end, what are the relevant differences between unsupported derivatives like Mint and officially supported variants of Ubuntu? What kind of questions can a Mint user ask on Ask Ubuntu (because a Ubuntu user may come up with it too), and what kind of questions shall he/she better ask on e.g. &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;https://unix.stackexchange.com/&lt;/a&gt;? Can we make a list of that? E.g. all questions related to the desktop are off-topic on Ask Ubuntu, all questions related to libs, drivers, kernel, ... can be asked on Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe, can this help?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;craesh@denkbrett ~ $ dpkg -l linux-image* | grep ii&#xA;ii  linux-image-3.13.0-37-generic                               3.13.0-37.64                                        amd64        Linux kernel image for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP&#xA;craesh@denkbrett ~ $ apt-get download --print-uris linux-image-3.13.0-37-generic&#xA;'http://ftp.uni-stuttgart.de/ubuntu/pool/main/l/linux/linux-image-3.13.0-37-generic_3.13.0-37.64_amd64.deb' linux-image-3.13.0-37-generic_3.13.0-37.64_amd64.deb 15106714 SHA256:b505f38c05098bb498fc0fc0190faadf2fc9da9afccba2729d5335d7a86c7b68&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If (and only if) the download URL for the package in question is one of an official Ubuntu mirror, the questions is considered on-topic. Does that make sense?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Update why this is not a duplicate:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I didn't ask whether Mint is officially supported by Ask Ubuntu. I asked about the technical differences, and topics that can be asked and answered for either Mint, Ubuntu and other derivatives as well because they share the same technical basis.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="24550" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:37:19.280" LastActivityDate="2017-01-23T10:10:26.283" Title="What are the differences between Ubuntu and e.g. Mint?" Tags="|discussion|scope|community|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="16" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16641" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16640" CreationDate="2017-01-22T16:13:54.393" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;In short, derivatives of Ubuntu (Mint, EOS etc...) are off-topic here because the developers of these distros can make drastic changes to things, as well as swapping versions of packages and so many other things.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We simply cannot account for this in every single derivative out there, it is a futile task and we would loose focus on our core subject Ubuntu. This is common across all stack exchange site, they try to focus on a subject to improve the quality and it works.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Having said that, we do support the &quot;official&quot; Ubuntu flavors, these are&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Edubuntu (14.04)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ubuntu GNOME&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Kubuntu&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ubuntu Kylin&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Lubuntu&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Mythbuntu (16.04)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ubuntu Studio&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Xubuntu&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ubuntu MATE&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ubuntu Touch&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ubuntu Budgie (17.04+)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ubuntu &quot;Snappy&quot; Core.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The reason we support these, and not the others, is because these are the official versions of Ubuntu, they are Ubuntu, not some modified spin with a myriad of changes and it is &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ubuntu.com/about/about-ubuntu/flavours&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;NOT us who say so&lt;/a&gt;, it is Canonical.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So the technical reasons for this are for quality and logistical reasons, as well as protecting us from people who are dishonest about the distro they have and then face issues.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Though having said that, if you (or someone else) can recreate the issue on Ubuntu, your question would could be reopened because you proved it was the same on Ubuntu but you must prove it, just stating that, does not make it true.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have to ask, what is wrong with Unix &amp;amp; Linux, it is a very good site and even has a sizable shared userbase with Ask Ubuntu, it is the site you are looking for! Would you like to have your question moved?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are looking for a more detailed &quot;technical&quot; analysis of why Mint is off topic, then I have to tell you, it does not exist, we support official distros, the configuration of them and software running on them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2017-01-22T23:51:23.983" LastActivityDate="2017-01-22T23:51:23.983" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16642" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16650" CreationDate="2017-01-22T17:21:47.920" Score="3" ViewCount="88" Body="&lt;p&gt;I like to list all the questions I involved but each question should listed only once. If I want to see a list where I contributed a comment, answer or question I have to go to &lt;code&gt;all actions&lt;/code&gt;. There for I get a list where each entry represents a action and I want a list like this, but destinct this list by questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="613613" LastEditorUserId="613613" LastEditDate="2017-01-24T06:23:15.500" LastActivityDate="2017-01-24T06:23:15.500" Title="How to list all my contributions" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16643" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16646" CreationDate="2017-01-23T00:26:39.810" Score="6" ViewCount="157" Body="&lt;p&gt;I wrote the following question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/874244/how-can-i-safely-allow-a-php-based-website-to-create-a-linux-user-and-interact-w&quot;&gt;How can I safely allow a php based website to create a linux user and interact with the environment?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I realize now that, based on a lack of understanding at the time, my question title is not exactly what I mean to ask.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What I mean to ask is &quot;How can I automate the Linux account creation process after a new user signs up?&quot; (Or, something similar.) My goal is to have an answer that explains how to do this, whether PHP is the correct approach or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is some interest in the question. If I change the title, it alters it pretty substantially.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the answer to that exact question is &quot;You can't&quot; (for sake of argument), well, technically that is an acceptable answer but I get no closer to solving my problem or having an answer for what I'm trying to accomplish, so would I accept it and write a new question that going to be extremely similar? Or should I alter the title of this one?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="580883" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2017-02-05T20:10:38.543" Title="When should I alter a question rather than create a new one that's very similar?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16644" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-01-23T05:07:35.937" Score="11" ViewCount="395" Body="&lt;p&gt;Do we need humor when we post here in Meta?  I am Newbie with a little concern here. Any answer will be much appreciated. Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="641402" LastActivityDate="2017-01-23T15:50:15.813" Title="Humor == or != Meta Post?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16645" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16644" CreationDate="2017-01-23T05:14:25.980" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;You need a good sense of humour when you get down-voted :p&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="307523" LastActivityDate="2017-01-23T05:14:25.980" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16646" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16643" CreationDate="2017-01-23T05:33:32.413" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;In general, I would say, when your question has been answered and upvoted, especially if the answers have upvotes, please don't change it unless you strongly feel your question has been misunderstood. Ask a new question instead, linking to the original question if it provides context.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this case, I feel your uncertainty, but if you explain in the new question how the new one is different from the old one (convincingly!), your new question should not get closed as a duplicate of the first.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My reasoning: of course we want to help the person who asks the question, but we also want to create a library of questions to help future users, so, hopefully, the old question will be useful to someone else, even if it was not very useful to you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2017-01-23T05:33:32.413" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16647" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16644" CreationDate="2017-01-23T05:47:48.700" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;As with the rest of the site - we want signal, not noise. Its fine to inject a &lt;em&gt;little&lt;/em&gt; humour as part of &lt;em&gt;making a point&lt;/em&gt;, but jokes posted as questions, questions posted as jokes, and things that are trying to be jokes or questions but arn't wouldn't belong here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I use jokes as a tool, to help people remember, to make a point . I know my audience.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, if you need to ask if we need humour, the answer is &lt;em&gt;no&lt;/em&gt;. You'll know when to make funnies when you understand the site better.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17681" LastActivityDate="2017-01-23T05:47:48.700" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16648" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16644" CreationDate="2017-01-23T07:41:45.933" Score="20" Body="&lt;p&gt;Humor? Or &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;no&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; humor?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Either way works for me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In all seriousness, though, here are some hilarious meta posts:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/15684/ubuntu-misspellings&quot;&gt;Ubuntu misspellings&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/11750/are-there-any-memes-on-ask-ubuntu&quot;&gt;Are there any memes on Ask Ubuntu?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/15344/ten-tips-to-handle-your-question-in-the-worst-possible-way&quot;&gt;Ten tips to handle your question in the worst possible way&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1900/is-jorge-castro-a-robot&quot;&gt;Is Jorge Castro a Robot?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/7223/cant-edit-due-to-mention-of-the-walking-dead&quot;&gt;Can't edit due to mention of The Walking Dead&lt;/a&gt; (though the hilarity is unintentional)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/16210/ask-ubuntu-chat-twitter-bot&quot;&gt;Ask Ubuntu Chat Twitter Bot&lt;/a&gt; (though, admittedly, the capybara is doing most of the heavy lifting)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hmm, I thought that list was going to be &lt;em&gt;way&lt;/em&gt; longer when I started making it. Maybe meta isn't funny after all. I don't know though. I'm smiling right now, personally.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the bright side, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/13888/22949&quot;&gt;our OS is not at war with anyone&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/16313/22949&quot;&gt;someone is eager to help&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Often, when someone comes to meta, they come here because they are concerned about something. Sometimes that doesn't leave too many opportunities for levity. Sometimes it does. Either way, that's okay. Being funny shouldn't get in the way of discussing our concerns, but taking ourselves too seriously shouldn't get in the way of it either.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By the way, you may have noticed &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/16261/22949&quot;&gt;votes are used differently&lt;/a&gt; on meta -- on the main site, they express evaluations of the &lt;em&gt;quality&lt;/em&gt; of the post. On meta, they can serve that function, but at least as often are used to express &lt;em&gt;agreement&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;disagreement&lt;/em&gt; with an opinion about site policy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So if you do ever have something downvoted on meta, try not to take it too seriously. (Same deal for upvotes.) It's for a reason that votes on meta don't give or take away any reputation. Personally, I've sometimes entertained the notion that meta posts should have four vote buttons, and the total score should be represented as a &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaussian_integer&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Gaussian integer&lt;/a&gt;, with quality on the real axis and agreement on the imaginary axis.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/IN9oW.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/IN9oW.png&quot; alt=&quot;Silly and not serious mock-up of agreement and quality evaluation axes for a voting voting on meta, exhibiting a severe lack of hand-drawn circles.&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;sup&gt;To be viewed sideways from behind your screen. (Replace &lt;em&gt;i&lt;/em&gt; with &lt;em&gt;j&lt;/em&gt;, if using Python.)&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But then I realize... that would just be silly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2017-01-23T15:50:15.813" LastActivityDate="2017-01-23T15:50:15.813" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16650" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16642" CreationDate="2017-01-23T17:52:29.643" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is impossible through vanilla StackExchange, but I've gone ahead and created a &lt;a href=&quot;https://data.stackexchange.com/askubuntu/query/618957/find-all-questions-ive-touched&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;quick-n-dirty SE Data Explorer&lt;/a&gt; query that will show you most of your actions on-site. It will display one entry for each of:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Questions Posted&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Answers Posted&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Comments to a Question&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Comments to an Answer&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Edits to a Question&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Edits to an Answer&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Simply click on that, enter your User ID, and hit &lt;kbd&gt;Run Query&lt;/kbd&gt;. You can get your user ID by looking at your profile page's URL. It'll be the number embedded after &lt;code&gt;users/&lt;/code&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;https://meta.askubuntu.com/users/613613/h%C3%B6lderlin&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Meaning, your user ID is &lt;code&gt;613613&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, something to quickly note about SE Data Explorer. It only updates once a week, specifically 3 AM UTC on Sunday. This means that the data returned by the query given above will not be up-to-date, but will still give you a good idea of what's going on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastEditorUserId="208574" LastEditDate="2017-01-23T18:06:13.143" LastActivityDate="2017-01-23T18:06:13.143" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16651" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16652" CreationDate="2017-01-24T00:16:17.580" Score="5" ViewCount="136" Body="&lt;p&gt;I answered &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/875437/ubuntu-updated-while-in-windows-10&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; today. The OP's &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/875437/ubuntu-updated-while-in-windows-10#comment1360070_875442&quot;&gt;comment&lt;/a&gt; indicated that the problem was actually a Windows issue to do with Ubuntu Userspace for Developers under Windows 10. Should the Q &amp;amp; A be migrated to SuperUser, Closed as off-topic, or left as is?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2017-01-24T01:10:40.903" Title="Should questions like this be migrated to Super User?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16652" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16651" CreationDate="2017-01-24T00:33:35.260" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;WSL {Windows Subsystem For Linux} &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/15230/208574&quot;&gt;is supported on Ask Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt;, and therefore the question is on-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While we're not obligated to support the install of Windows, we sort of do have a responsibility to support the simulated version of Ubuntu, as well as the LXSS framework (sort of like Wine), similar to how we supported an Ubuntu install in addition to the Wubi installer at one point in time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In particular, this question isn't talking about Windows itself doing any updating. &lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/Microsoft/BashOnWindows/issues/841&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;WSL has been known to run &lt;code&gt;sudo apt update&lt;/code&gt; by itself whenever it feels like it&lt;/a&gt;, which seems to be what the OP was talking about. If a Windows update called it, it was still a &lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/ionescu007/lxss&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;LXSS&lt;/a&gt; action, and therefore is supported here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastEditorUserId="225694" LastEditDate="2017-01-24T01:10:40.903" LastActivityDate="2017-01-24T01:10:40.903" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16653" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16656" CreationDate="2017-01-24T19:02:56.953" Score="-6" ViewCount="96" Body="&lt;p&gt;I had access to 2k reviews (Low Quality Posts, Suggested Edits) for at least 4 months. Yet, I gave some bounties away which reduced my reputation below 2k, effectively barring me from such reviews. &lt;strong&gt;Why should I lose my access to them?&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is probably not a very common issue, but it is rather ridiculous, given the logic behind review thresholds (highlighting levels of experience, familiarity with system/site, trust, etc). &lt;strong&gt;It is obvious that reputation lost due to bounties does not deplete those qualities.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Could not this mechanistic approach to reviews access be replaced with some type of checkpoint system, akin to that of badges, which is held permanently?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user308164" LastEditorUserId="208574" LastEditDate="2017-01-25T07:04:04.960" LastActivityDate="2017-01-25T07:04:04.960" Title="2k &quot;Review&quot; access lost when reputation has fallen below 2k because of bounties" Tags="|support|reputation|privileges|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="4" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16654" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16653" CreationDate="2017-01-24T19:12:17.960" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is a pretty &lt;strong&gt;common&lt;/strong&gt; issue. As soon as you rep drops below 2k, you lose the ability to review.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, giving out bounties is not &quot;free&quot; ;-)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="167850" LastActivityDate="2017-01-24T19:12:17.960" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16655" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16653" CreationDate="2017-01-24T19:19:46.807" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Reputation is valuable because it determines privileges. If one could spend reputation without losing privileges, the bounties would be essentially free. The bounty system can only function if there is real friction to setting bounties. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;levels of experience, familiarity with system/site, trust, &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All good things to have, but in practice, none of them are actually measured by reputation. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A possibly helpful analogy regarding &quot;trust&quot;: suppose that people trust you enough to elect you to a position of power, and then you resign that position. Do you still get to exercise the power if they still trust you? No, because you resigned. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user336085" LastActivityDate="2017-01-24T19:19:46.807" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16656" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16653" CreationDate="2017-01-24T19:33:38.953" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Reputation points are important.  They dictate the various &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges&quot;&gt;privileges&lt;/a&gt; which an individual's account has.  Reputation is affected by upvotes, downvotes, deletions, and also your bounties.  Loss of reputation amounts leads to loss of privileges, as we use reputation as a sort of 'privilege' gauge to earn permissions by having good contributions.  As was posted in zaq's answer, reputation to some extent indicates:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;levels of experience, familiarity with system/site, trust,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and some other things.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This risk of loss-of-reputation is documented in many places, such as these on the StackExchange Meta:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/67847/can-you-lose-an-ability-if-your-reputation-falls-below-a-threshold&quot;&gt;Can you lose an ability if your reputation falls below a threshold?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4780/is-losing-privileges-after-placing-bounty-ok&quot;&gt;Is losing privileges after placing bounty OK?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Let's take a hypothetical situation:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am a user who has 2005 reputation, which means that I have access to review queues, etc.  I get three downvotes on three answers, which means I'll lose at least 6 reputation points, which drops me to 1999 reputation points.  I have lost the 2k review privileges.  This is the design of the system, of course.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Let's take another hypothetical situation, one that is sometimes observed:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am one of fifteen users involved in a voting ring.  Across all fifteen of us, we have each managed to get over 3k reputation.  We are discovered, and all the votes invalidated by moderators and community managers, and we drop down to 150 rep each.  I've lost my privileges at the reputation levels of 200 through 3000, because I've had my reputation invalidated and revoked.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or, let's take your hypothetical with some changes:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am a 15k user, with exactly 15250 reputation.  This gives me access to the &quot;protect&quot; function on some questions.  I place a 500-reputation bounty, which means I lose 500 reputation.  This leaves me with 14750 reputation points, which falls below the 15k threshold for the &quot;protect&quot; privileges.  Unless something major happens that would revert that bounty, I have lost that privilege and need to 'regain' it by good contributions to the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is simply the design of the system.  The Bounty system help page even explains that the bounties can lead to loss of reputation and privileges when you make too many bounties and therefore lose enough rep to dip below a permission level.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Bounties aren't usually reverted, so you'll just have to regain your 2k privileges with good contributions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2017-01-24T19:40:07.303" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16657" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-01-25T10:34:36.393" Score="3" ViewCount="38" Body="&lt;p&gt;Do we have any information on the gender balance in Ask Ubuntu? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="115155" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2017-01-25T11:07:53.417" LastActivityDate="2017-01-25T11:07:53.417" Title="Do we have any information on the AU gender balance?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="0" ClosedDate="2017-01-25T10:54:53.637" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16658" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-01-25T08:31:56.810" Score="0" ViewCount="110" Body="&lt;p&gt;What to do if I didn't get answers for my posted question for several days?&#xA;I have a problem with my computer highlighted &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/874017/need-a-solution-to-a-blinking-screen&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; as clearly as possible. I am just unable to work on my Ubuntu system due to this issue and I have to rent a computer from my friend to go on my research. I am just waiting for the suggestions to my problem and I keep refreshing the page hoping that someone has an idea..&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="640422" OwnerDisplayName="Sohib" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2017-01-25T15:03:26.913" Title="How many days should I wait for an answer to my Ubuntu related question?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16659" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15498" CreationDate="2017-01-25T13:13:50.180" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Stack Exchange sites use Quantcast, which collects demographic data (by redirecting some percentage of traffic to an anonymous beacon, such as Facebook's, which matches the visitor to the data that Facebook's beacon discloses about them.) Or at least used to collect, as a &lt;a href=&quot;https://webmasters.stackexchange.com/q/87261&quot;&gt;post by an SE employee&lt;/a&gt; ends with &quot;we appreciate the ability to opt out of the beacon and plan on turning it off&quot;. In any case, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.quantcast.com/askubuntu.com#/demographicsCard&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Quantcast's demographic card&lt;/a&gt; for Ask Ubuntu has &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Male: index 191&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Female: index 13&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;indicating that a randomly chosen visitor to AU is 91% more likely to be male than a random Internet user (and 87% less likely to be female). Take the data with a generous helping of salt, but that's all we have.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user336085" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:33:25.803" LastActivityDate="2017-01-25T13:13:50.180" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16660" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16658" CreationDate="2017-01-25T14:57:17.023" Score="6" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What to do if I didn't get answers for my posted question for several days?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The first thing to accept when seeking help on a Q&amp;amp;A site or even a help forum is that you need to have &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;patience&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.  It can sometimes take days or weeks to get assistance and help on some questions, and you need to accept it may take a while to get an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You've got two acceptable options:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Place a bounty (when you have sufficient reputation, though you do not have it currently), or ask someone with high reputation to consider helping by placing a bounty on your question, to gather more attention for it.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Put more information in your question, if you've got comments and such for requests for more information and details.  Usually questions go unanswered because they're either too complex to fix or because there's not enough information to debug it properly.  (In your case, there's probably not any more information to include).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A far less acceptable option is to edit your question to &quot;bump&quot; it to the top of the active list, but we frown on this because this has the tendency to be abused, and just makes noise and useless edits and such.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The core problem here is installation / GUI problems are some of the most trickiest ones to solve.  It can sometimes take a lot of time to get adequate answers or solutions available for these problems, because a lot of times it's specialized to a specific hardware.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I am less concerned about reputation than others (thank you, moderator diamond), I will put a +100 bounty on your question to get more attention to it, and keep an eye on it for unuseful answers, etc.  (You caught me in a generous mood today.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But normally, the answer is &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;have patience, and a lot of it&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.  A few days is nothing with some of the more complex issues, like this one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2017-01-25T15:03:26.913" LastActivityDate="2017-01-25T15:03:26.913" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16663" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-01-27T06:34:36.263" Score="0" ViewCount="202" Body="&lt;p&gt;I came across &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/876758/ubuntu-16-04-takes-too-much-time-to-boot-and-to-shut-down&quot;&gt;a question&lt;/a&gt; where user had copied the output of a certain command and made a *.docx file out of it. The file was uploaded and the link was provided in the question to this file.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;I copied the output and tried to paste it in the question by using &lt;code&gt;code block&lt;/code&gt;. But the file contained &lt;strong&gt;too many characters&lt;/strong&gt; (approximately 80000) and I was not able to write it down in &lt;code&gt;code block format&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I want to ask that if outputs &lt;a href=&quot;https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_hOZGren_MPRlN5d0JkZ3BBeVE/view&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;like this&lt;/a&gt; (which have too many characters) can not be pasted in the &lt;code&gt;code block&lt;/code&gt; then why should there be an option to use &lt;code&gt;code block&lt;/code&gt;? I mean, the current limit of 30000 character is too much if you simply want to use it for pasting codes like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;sudo apt install &amp;lt;package-name&amp;gt;&#xA;sudo apt update&#xA;exit&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If the sole purpose of using &lt;code&gt;code block&lt;/code&gt; is to use 2-3 lines or may be 50-100 lines of code then why should there be a limit as high as 30000?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If things are otherwise then why should there be an upper limit?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Edit&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As @JacobVlijm has commented, the upper limit should not be very high so as to attract spams. But what about keeping it less than 30000?   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;What parameters/aspects decide the upper limit set for &lt;code&gt;code block&lt;/code&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Can't it be reduced to other value to make the questions more compact?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="248467" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2017-01-27T10:20:50.363" Title="Code Block Limit of 30000 characters" Tags="|discussion|code-formatting|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16664" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16663" CreationDate="2017-01-27T07:33:54.507" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Unless a new code-block-specific limit has been introduced recently (and not talked about), &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/176447/185080&quot;&gt;the limit is for the whole post&lt;/a&gt;, not specifically for a code block&lt;/strong&gt;. If you pasted code in and didn't hit the limit, and then you formatted it as code and &lt;em&gt;did&lt;/em&gt; hit the limit, that's because of the additional four spaces added to each line (which is how a line in a code block is signified in markdown). I've had that happen a couple times before, when improving the formatting on existing long posts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you decide you really do want to have that much text in a code block (or several code blocks), then a possible workaround is to use HTML rather than markdown to format it. You can put &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;pre&amp;gt;&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; at the beginning of the first line of text that you want to format as code, and &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/pre&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; at the end of the last line.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;If&lt;/em&gt; you do this, then you should make sure there isn't anything that's interpreted as HTML in the block itself, because unlike when you prefix every line with four spaces, characters like &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;&lt;/code&gt; &lt;em&gt;do&lt;/em&gt; get interpreted specially inside &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;pre&amp;gt;&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; tags you put in yourself. (This is actually the main use case for using those tags -- if you need to apply special formatting to code, for a purpose other than what automatic syntax highlighting will achieve.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the one hand, you might not want to have that much code in a post! But sometimes it may be reasonable to put lots of text from the terminal, or &lt;code&gt;dmesg&lt;/code&gt;, or something in a post. &lt;a href=&quot;https://paste.ubuntu.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Pastebin&lt;/a&gt; and other paste sites are handy and should definitely be preferred for &lt;em&gt;truly enormous&lt;/em&gt; amounts of text (like, beyond the 30,000 character limit), but they do run the risk of creating what might be called a &quot;link-only question&quot;--there is no guarantee pastes will survive forever, even if they are never manually deleted. I believe it usually depends on how long it's been since they've been viewed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A single code block on Ask Ubuntu is styled so it doesn't take up too much vertical space -- instead of getting tall, it gets a scroll bar. Eventually, posts will start to make the page lag on slower devices, but that's more a feature of &lt;em&gt;what&lt;/em&gt; is in the post -- just a few animated images, for example, will probably cause more users' devices to lag on the page than 30,000 characters of text. There should be some limit to the length of a post, but it should &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; be short, because if it were then quite a few good-quality posts couldn't exist. For example, I would &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; want &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/316029/22949&quot;&gt;this answer&lt;/a&gt; to have been prevented from existing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's certainly &lt;em&gt;possible&lt;/em&gt; for a whole answer to come up against the character limit, even a good answer that isn't needlessly long. This happens on the Stack Exchange network from time to time, especially for answers that need to provide lots of information, quoted from different sources, need to give their own explanatory context, and the URLs for the sources are themselves really long. I'm thinking particularly of &lt;a href=&quot;https://english.stackexchange.com/a/365582/14778&quot;&gt;this answer on English Language &amp;amp; Usage&lt;/a&gt;. But I'm not familiar with situations where the markdown of a post really needed to be quite that long &lt;em&gt;here on Ask Ubuntu&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unless there's evidence that anyone is having significant problems using the system to create good-quality posts, a simple limit of 30,000 characters seems reasonable to me. At least as of now, I don't think there's any reason to make it smaller (as you seem to be suggesting), or bigger, or to make things way more complicated by having a separate total or individual limit for code blocks. This isn't &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/us/if_it_ain&amp;#39;t_broke,_don&amp;#39;t_fix_it&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;something that needs fixing&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2017-01-27T07:33:54.507" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16665" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-01-27T13:18:00.377" Score="28" ViewCount="382" Body="&lt;p&gt;When I ask a question on Ask Ubuntu, I usually end it with some kind of request for knowledge, like &quot;does anybody know the actual &lt;em&gt;meaning&lt;/em&gt; of this message?&quot;. A lot of newer people end the question with &quot;pls help!!!!!&quot;, which I'm pretty sure automatically marks them as a noob. Still others end it abruptly, but with the complicated nature of Linux and especially Ubuntu issues, this can make it unclear what they're asking.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;best&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; way to end a question, making it clear exactly what you want, but without turning people away or being unclear or rude?&#xA;Moderators and developers, what do you like to see most?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="457562" LastEditorUserId="57576" LastEditDate="2022-08-19T07:58:54.200" LastActivityDate="2022-08-19T07:58:54.200" Title="Best way to end a question post" Tags="|discussion|asking-questions|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16666" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16665" CreationDate="2017-01-27T13:28:01.823" Score="41" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just the question. Don't use &amp;quot;plz help!!!!&amp;quot; or even the less neurotic &amp;quot;please help&amp;quot;. If you didn't need help, you wouldn't be posting here in the first place. Just end your question with an actual question that asks what you want to ask.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Something like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Foo is blah blah blah blah and I need it because blah blah blah.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sadly, I cannot foo on my machine because blah blah and when I try, I get blah blah and blah blah. I tried to fix it by doing blah blah, but it blah blah and gave me blah blah error message.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How can I manage to foo on my machine?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2017-01-27T13:28:01.823" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16667" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16665" CreationDate="2017-01-27T15:33:59.653" Score="25" Body="&lt;p&gt;Before you feel offended, note that &lt;em&gt;you&lt;/em&gt; in this post doesn't refer to &lt;strong&gt;you&lt;/strong&gt; specifically.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't want to see things that don't convey any concrete information towards solving the problem at hand. A non-exhaustive list of things I don't want to see:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Hi, please, thanks, thanks in advance, kthxbai, etc. Especially &quot;thanks in advance&quot;. Also: your name as a signature. Your username is right below the damn post, dammit.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&quot;I tried searching but found nothing&quot; - This conveys absolutely no worthwhile information whatsoever.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&quot;This is my friend's/girlfriend's/boyfriend's/grandmother's/my third cousin twice removed on my father's side's priceless one-of-a-kind unicorn's favourite gaming rig/production server.&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&quot;I have/had to submit this tomorrow/yesterday or I'll be fired/my thesis advisor will make me second author instead of first/my wife will leave me.&quot; &quot;ARGENT PLZ HALP&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Worst of all, I absolutely hate seeing:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;strike&gt;I tried X solution/Y post's answers but they didn't work.&lt;/strike&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is the most annoying bit of drivel in any post here. It has so much potential to convey meaningful information. But it fails so, &lt;em&gt;so&lt;/em&gt; miserably. Why?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;What does &quot;doesn't work&quot; &lt;em&gt;mean&lt;/em&gt;?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What happened when you tried? What was expected? What errors did you get? Most importantly: what exactly did you try? If you don't want us to spout the same answers again, &lt;strong&gt;tell us what you tried, &lt;em&gt;and what went wrong when you tried it.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; No more, no less. I'd be happy to help or upvote such a post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2017-01-27T15:33:59.653" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16668" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16665" CreationDate="2017-01-28T19:04:55.380" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;em&gt;basic&lt;/em&gt; thing is to ask the question as if you are asking it &lt;strong&gt;to an actual person&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;em&gt;let&lt;/em&gt; Ask Ubuntu direct it to an interested person. Research on the question before hand should be a must (In the Guidelines) and saying is (almost not Scholar work &lt;em&gt;wink!&lt;/em&gt;). Worrying about your &lt;em&gt;knowledge level&lt;/em&gt; is not useful since we are here to learn from each other. Expect &lt;strong&gt;nice&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;give&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;nice&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="109740" LastEditorUserId="109740" LastEditDate="2017-01-31T00:21:19.757" LastActivityDate="2017-01-31T00:21:19.757" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16669" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8713" CreationDate="2017-01-31T15:07:49.270" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;I agree with Oli, that this behaviour isn't policy nor should it be. In fact it should be discouraged for the very reasons you list.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I come across dialogue text or terminal or file listings posted as an image¹ I usually post this blurb below it:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Could you please post text files, dialogue messages, and program output listings as text, not as images? To achieve the latter two you can either 1) select, copy &amp;amp; paste the dialogue text or terminal content or 2) &lt;a href=&quot;//askubuntu.com/q/420981/175814&quot;&gt;save the program output to a file&lt;/a&gt; and use that. Excessively long listings (the editor will tell you when it's too long) should be uploaded to a &lt;a href=&quot;https://paste.ubuntu.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;pastie service&lt;/a&gt; and linked to in the question. Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Occasionally I come across authors who dispute the merit of text over images (variations of “But it's easier for me to take a photo of the screen with my phone”, “This is &lt;em&gt;my&lt;/em&gt; question and &lt;em&gt;you&lt;/em&gt; can't tell me what to do!”) which I try to defuse with an argument why it's in their and everybody's interest to use text:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Images of text have multiple drawbacks over actual text: 1) you can’t copy and paste it easily making it harder for readers to look up error messages and provide support, 2) it’s not searchable or indexable by search engines, 3) it’s inaccessible to the visually impaired, 4) it’s inaccessible without a graphical user interface. Aside from special situations where text colour or formatting need to be preserved or when it’s difficult or impossible to copy and paste the source text there is no reason at all to use images of text instead of text. Even in those cases you can often provide both.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;¹ except boot screen stuff – that's a bit difficult to capture otherwise.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="175814" LastEditorUserId="175814" LastEditDate="2018-06-23T15:59:23.107" LastActivityDate="2018-06-23T15:59:23.107" CommentCount="16" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16670" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-01-31T16:39:42.360" Score="-6" ViewCount="275" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/deleting-account&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/help/deleting-account&lt;/a&gt; shows wrong information. I am looking for a real way to remove my account from this site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="414316" OwnerDisplayName="Arsenii" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2023-11-04T15:29:18.907" Title="How to remove account from ask ubuntu?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16671" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16670" CreationDate="2017-01-31T16:50:51.590" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's not wrong, there is no delete option for you because you voted and or posted, the next line is&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you have voted or posted, please contact the Stack Exchange Team:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Visit the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/contact&quot;&gt;contact form&lt;/a&gt; and select 'I need to delete my user profile.'&#xA;  After you contact us, the team will reach out with further&#xA;  instructions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just click the contact form link and go to 'I need to delete my user profile.', this is how you remove your account.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2017-02-01T20:59:56.060" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16672" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16689" CreationDate="2017-02-01T02:12:56.710" Score="15" ViewCount="361" Body="&lt;p&gt;Although &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;the current help&lt;/a&gt; says we support Ubuntu Core, it doesn't say if we support installing and using snapd on &lt;a href=&quot;http://snapcraft.io/docs/core/install&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;other operating systems&lt;/a&gt;. My default assumption is that we do not--after all, using snapd on another OS is &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; a way of using Ubuntu, the help doesn't say it &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; on-topic, and I cannot find anywhere &lt;em&gt;on our site&lt;/em&gt; where we have said this is something we support.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, Canonical's official snapd site &lt;a href=&quot;http://snapcraft.io/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;snapcraft.io&lt;/a&gt; seems &lt;strong&gt;to send people here regardless of what OS they're using&lt;/strong&gt;. Near the bottom of &lt;a href=&quot;http://snapcraft.io/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the home page&lt;/a&gt; and several other pages, &lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/kgHHC.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;it says&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Learn more&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Want to know more about snaps, snapd, Snapcraft and Ubuntu Core?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://snapcraft.io/docs&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Read the docs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=snappy&quot;&gt;Ask Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://developer.ubuntu.com/en/snappy/support/faq/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;FAQ&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is no mention of Ask Ubuntu being just for questions about using those technologies &lt;em&gt;on Ubuntu&lt;/em&gt;, and snapcraft.io itself encourages and gives information about using snapd on multiple non-Ubuntu operating systems.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/827690/how-to-install-snap-on-centos-7#comment1259779_827690&quot;&gt;at least one case&lt;/a&gt;, that guidance has resulted in a non-Ubuntu snapd question being posted on Ask Ubuntu. (It promptly received five VTCs from community members, and was closed.) I expect there to be many more in the future as snaps become more popular.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't think we are obligated to support snapd on non-Ubuntu operating systems. We can &lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/ubuntudesign/snapcraft.io/issues&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;report a bug&lt;/a&gt; about snapcraft.io sending users of all OSes here without qualification. But I wanted to post on meta &lt;strong&gt;before filing that bug report&lt;/strong&gt; myself, because:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;I think this is really up to our community&lt;/em&gt;, and that we should make a clear decision about this.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Personally, I am not totally decided about this, though my current view is that Ask Ubuntu should probably &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; support snapd on other OSes. (Of course, we will always support snapd on Ubuntu and official derivatives of Ubuntu.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think there are pros and cons, including precedent going both ways.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Pros&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We may be the best community for getting support for snapd, especially if one wants it in question-answer form.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;At least some aspects of snapd and snaps are services provided by Canonical, including &lt;a href=&quot;http://snapcraft.io/docs/core/store&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the Ubuntu Store&lt;/a&gt;. We &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;do support&lt;/a&gt; &amp;quot;Services provided by Ubuntu and Canonical.&amp;quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/5364/why-questions-related-to-ubuntu-one-client-for-windows-and-osx-are-ontopic-here&quot;&gt;supported&lt;/a&gt; the Ubuntu One client for Windows -- not just the service and the web interface for accessing it from multiple operating systems, but the actual Windows-specific client, too. (Though that was controversial.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;At a technical level, snapd on non-Ubuntu systems is pretty similar to snapd on Ubuntu.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Where will people get help with snapd, other than here? If there were another good place for this, wouldn't the authors of snapcraft.io have advised people to use it?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Many questions about snapd on other OSes will apply fully to Ubuntu, more than with other technologies, because snapd is designed to better encapsulate a package's content and to allow its dependencies to be satisfied regardless of what else is installed.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Cons&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Most questions about installing and using snapd on other OSes are not &lt;em&gt;mostly&lt;/em&gt; about accessing Ubuntu-related services, but are about installing and using software on OSes that we do not support here for any other reason.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We don't support arbitrary Canonical technologies and projects on other operating systems. For example, various other operating systems have used &lt;a href=&quot;http://upstart.ubuntu.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Upstart&lt;/a&gt; (and some &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.chromium.org/chromium-os/chromiumos-design-docs/boot-design&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;still use it in their latest releases&lt;/a&gt;), but we've only ever supported it here for Ubuntu.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Can we really know at the outset if a problem is with snapd or another part of a system?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Eventually there will be non-Ubuntu OSes built around snapd. Presumably we won't support them (though we would support &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/6098/are-questions-about-making-unofficial-derivatives-of-ubuntu-welcome&quot;&gt;the process of initially creating one from Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt;). Some won't share much in common with Ubuntu besides snapd. If we support snapd on non-Ubuntu OSes now, will we support snapd on those other OSes, with whatever intricacies that arise from those specific use cases?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Even if we do keep supporting snapd on other OSes as it rises in popularity, other communities will &lt;em&gt;have&lt;/em&gt; to start supporting it, anyway. For example, if Blah Blah OS uses snapd but is otherwise dissimilar to Ask Ubuntu, then Ask Blah Blah is really going to have to support snapd whether or not its users can also come here for support.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If we decide to support snapd on other OSes (e.g., Fedora), then we should at least make sure we can clearly explain why that is on-topic even though the more similar unofficial derivatives of Ubuntu remain off-topic. That particular combination of policies may be &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle_of_least_astonishment&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;non-intuitive&lt;/a&gt; to many users.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2017-02-06T23:48:35.287" Title="Do we support snapd on other distros?" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16674" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16672" CreationDate="2017-02-01T14:48:08.863" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think the only precedent we have here is Ubuntu One, and of the not-yet-deleted &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=%5Bubuntu-one%5D%20%5Bwindows%5D%20is%3Aq%20closed%3Ayes&quot;&gt;questions about it on Windows&lt;/a&gt;, not one is closed because it was about Windows. So, the precedent seems to be that we should support snapd on other distros.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have no desire to.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What reasons do we usually have for looking at other OSs?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Getting Ubuntu to install, dual-booting, etc. - which this clearly isn't.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Windows specifically with WSL. The userland is clearly Ubuntu, and problems from outside WSL affecting it can still be treated as getting Ubuntu to work.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Neither of these apply to snapd. So, I have no desire to go hunting out the peculiarities of $RANDOM_DISTRO to solve snapd and snap problems. That's the domain of Unix &amp;amp; Linux.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2017-02-01T14:48:08.863" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16675" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-02-01T20:37:54.123" Score="19" ViewCount="155" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just got a &lt;em&gt;good question&lt;/em&gt; in a review audit, upvoted it, got congratulated - all well so far.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;But&lt;/strong&gt; my upvote didn't count - so I had to perform that extra step and upvote the question for real.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;This is no complaint, nothing like a bug report, just a heads up&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastActivityDate="2017-02-01T20:37:54.123" Title="Review audits heads up: upvote doesn't count for real" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16676" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16681" CreationDate="2017-02-01T21:43:38.527" Score="1" ViewCount="104" Body="&lt;p&gt;Well, I edit a lot. But you don't use &lt;code&gt;this&lt;/code&gt; or &lt;strong&gt;this&lt;/strong&gt; or &lt;em&gt;this&lt;/em&gt; to show important system/machine details like what ubuntu or package you want to install. Is there something you could use for that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="619548" LastActivityDate="2017-02-07T22:44:02.193" Title="A new editing format" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16677" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16676" CreationDate="2017-02-01T21:51:29.897" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;Well, when it comes to Markdown for package names, I highly encourage users to check out my &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackapps.com/questions/2405/ask-ubuntu-toolbar-buttons-a-set-of-toolbar-buttons-for-ask-ubuntu-that-make-i&quot;&gt;Ask Ubuntu Toolbar Buttons UserScript&lt;/a&gt;. It adds four buttons to the toolbar:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/h4c06.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/h4c06.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The second button prompts you for a package name and then generates a nice, fancy-looking link like the one below:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.ubuntu.com/cat/applications/roundcube-plugins&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;roundcube-plugins Install roundcube-plugins http://hostmar.co/software-small&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:46.307" LastActivityDate="2017-02-01T21:51:29.897" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16678" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16672" CreationDate="2017-02-01T22:35:57.353" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Why not simply &lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/ubuntudesign/snapcraft.io/issues&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;raise the bug&lt;/a&gt; and ask Canonical to send people &lt;a href=&quot;http://askubuntu.com&quot;&gt;here on Ask Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt; when using Ubuntu and send them to [linux.se] for non-Ubuntu OSes?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some of us are active on both sites and could help either side and call in help from the local experts when it gets down to non-Ubuntu issues....&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;¯\_(ツ)_/¯&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2017-02-06T23:43:09.653" LastActivityDate="2017-02-06T23:43:09.653" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16679" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16680" CreationDate="2017-02-01T22:39:21.103" Score="7" ViewCount="166" Body="&lt;p&gt;On a routine purge of useless new tags I found and attempted to destroy &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/msoffice&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;msoffice&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;msoffice&lt;/a&gt;. This led me to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/office&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;office&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;office&lt;/a&gt; which has &lt;strike&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/office&quot;&gt;a significant number of questions&lt;/a&gt; but&lt;/strike&gt; no wiki or usage guidance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From the questions it appears this tag &lt;strike&gt;is&lt;/strike&gt; was most often intended to refer to Microsoft Office but it also seems to &lt;strike&gt;be being&lt;/strike&gt; have been used for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/780492/reinstall-libre-office-5-2-0&quot;&gt;questions about LibreOffice&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/856787/how-to-update-a-small-office-of-ubuntu-computers-without-downloading-multiple-co&quot;&gt;other random stuff&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is this tag supposed to be for? I will very happily write a wiki and usage guidance for it if I know what they should say. I am also willing to make a new tag with a better name and/or retag all these questions if folks think that is a better idea.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Edit:&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have burned the tag thanks to input received.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2017-02-02T06:46:54.023" Title="What is the [office] tag for? Can we clarify?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16680" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16679" CreationDate="2017-02-01T22:46:56.987" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Judging by what that tag's use currently is, I'd suggest that the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/office&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;office&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;office&lt;/a&gt; tag either be burninated or clarified &lt;em&gt;at least&lt;/em&gt; to be about office productivity software.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For those not in the loop, office productivity software is stuff along the lines of LibreOffice, MS Office, etc. The standard &quot;work&quot; tools so to speak.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the burninate side, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/office&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;office&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;office&lt;/a&gt; isn't really descriptive to the question. If we want to talk about office software, we should use the related tag if one exists (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/microsoft-office&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;microsoft-office&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;microsoft-office&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/libreoffice&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;libreoffice&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;libreoffice&lt;/a&gt;, and so on).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastActivityDate="2017-02-01T22:46:56.987" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16681" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16676" CreationDate="2017-02-02T10:06:25.100" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You are asking how to mark important parts.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;In HTML we have &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; for &lt;em&gt;emphasis&lt;/em&gt; which is by default rendered as &lt;em&gt;italics&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I usually use &lt;em&gt;italics&lt;/em&gt; (preferable markdown: &lt;code&gt;*italics*&lt;/code&gt;) to put emphasis on something.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastEditorUserId="158442" LastEditDate="2017-02-07T22:44:02.193" LastActivityDate="2017-02-07T22:44:02.193" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16682" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-02-02T14:02:06.930" Score="23" ViewCount="1002" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is a bit late into this new year, being that we're already in the second month, but we are now cycling the Community Promotion Ads for 2017!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;What are Community Promotion Ads?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Community Promotion Ads are community-vetted advertisements that will show up on the main site, in the right sidebar. The purpose of this question is the vetting process. Images of the advertisements are provided, and community voting will enable the advertisements to be shown.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Why do we have Community Promotion Ads?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a method for the community to control what gets promoted to visitors on the site. For example, you might promote the following things:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;cool Ubuntu applications&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the site's Twitter account&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ubuntu scripts or power tools&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;cool events or conferences&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;anything else your community would genuinely be interested in&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The goal is for future visitors to find out about &lt;em&gt;the stuff your community deems important&lt;/em&gt;. This also serves as a way to promote information and resources that are &lt;em&gt;relevant to your own community's interests&lt;/em&gt;, both for those already in the community and those yet to join. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Why do we reset the ads every year?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some services will maintain usefulness over the years, while other things will wane to allow for new faces to show up. Resetting the ads every year helps accommodate this, and allows old ads that have served their purpose to be cycled out for fresher ads for newer things. This helps keep the material in the ads relevant to not just the subject matter of the community, but to the current status of the community. We reset the ads once a year, every December.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The community promotion ads have no restrictions against reposting an ad from a previous cycle. If a particular service or ad is very valuable to the community and will continue to be so, it is a good idea to repost it. It may be helpful to give it a new face in the process, so as to prevent the imagery of the ad from getting stale after a year of exposure.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;How does it work?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The answers you post to this question &lt;em&gt;must&lt;/em&gt; conform to the following rules, or they will be ignored. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;All answers should be in the exact form of:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;[![Tagline to show on mouseover][1]][2]&#xA;&#xA;   [1]: http://image-url&#xA;   [2]: http://clickthrough-url &#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please &lt;strong&gt;do not add anything else to the body of the post&lt;/strong&gt;. If you want to discuss something, do it in the comments.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The question must always be tagged with the magic &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/community-ads&quot; class=&quot;post-tag moderator-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;community-ads&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;community-ads&lt;/a&gt; tag. In addition to enabling the functionality of the advertisements, this tag also pre-fills the answer form with the above required form.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Image requirements&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The image that you create must be 300 x 250 pixels, or double that if high DPI.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Must be hosted through our standard image uploader (imgur)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Must be GIF or PNG&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;No animated GIFs&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Absolute limit on file size of 150 KB&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If the background of the image is white or partially white, there must be a 1px border (2px if high DPI) surrounding it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Score Threshold&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is a &lt;strong&gt;minimum score threshold&lt;/strong&gt; an answer must meet (currently &lt;strong&gt;6&lt;/strong&gt;) before it will be shown on the main site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can check out the ads that have met the threshold with basic click stats &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/ads/display/16682&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22665" LastActivityDate="2017-08-15T16:55:22.937" Title="Community Promotion Ads - 2017" Tags="|discussion|community-ads|" AnswerCount="15" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16683" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16682" CreationDate="2017-02-02T14:02:06.930" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://twitter.com/askubuntu&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/LymVF.png&quot; alt=&quot;Help this community grow -- follow us on twitter!&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22665" LastActivityDate="2017-02-02T14:02:06.930" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16684" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16682" CreationDate="2017-02-02T14:37:02.990" Score="16" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://vi.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/kXWI6.png&quot; alt=&quot;Vi and Vim Stack Exchange&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2017-02-02T14:37:02.990" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16685" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16682" CreationDate="2017-02-02T17:12:49.087" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://nitroshare.net&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/1i0HD.png&quot; alt=&quot;NitroShare - cross-platform file transfer application&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastActivityDate="2017-02-02T17:12:49.087" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16686" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16682" CreationDate="2017-02-02T17:14:20.310" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://twitter.com/ChattyCapybaras&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/mRzQZ.png&quot; alt=&quot;Ask Ubuntu General Room Twitter feed&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastEditorUserId="5" LastEditDate="2017-02-06T20:31:56.483" LastActivityDate="2017-02-06T20:31:56.483" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16687" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16682" CreationDate="2017-02-02T17:16:02.123" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/hectane/hectane&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/8ZJ4E.png&quot; alt=&quot;Hectane - lightweight MTA&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastActivityDate="2017-02-02T17:16:02.123" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16688" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16682" CreationDate="2017-02-02T18:27:39.950" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://qms.li/ge&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Be9z4.png&quot; alt=&quot;George Edison - penguin on a mission&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastActivityDate="2017-02-02T18:27:39.950" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16689" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16672" CreationDate="2017-02-02T22:48:23.033" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Summary of the below, and moderation team discussions (aka, the &quot;TL;DR&quot;):&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Both the moderation team here on Ask Ubuntu, and the Snapcraft.io site team members, are in agreement that it does not make sense to support snaps/snapd questions for non-Ubuntu operating systems here on Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As such, the Snapcraft.io website maintainers are going to be implementing a fix, replacing the &quot;Ask Ubuntu&quot; link with a link to the generic &quot;Community&quot; page on the snapcraft site, with information on that link for Ask Ubuntu indicating that Ask Ubuntu is for Ubuntu-related snap/snapd/etc. support, not non-Ubuntu operating systems, and that IRC and Mailing lists will exist for non-Ubuntu questions/support.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;To that end, the following is the 'policy' we are going to be taking with regards to supporting non-Ubuntu &lt;code&gt;snapd&lt;/code&gt; support questions:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Questions relating to Snaps, SnapD, etc. that are for operating systems other than Ubuntu and official variants (as dictated in the help center) are offtopic here on Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;People who argue this point against the help center's wordings should be pointed to this meta answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;The long old detailed version:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While snaps, snapd, etc. are a Canonical provided software, we can't reliably support other operating systems that aren't Ubuntu, even with Canonical-provided software like &lt;code&gt;snapd&lt;/code&gt;, etc.  For example, if someone is on CentOS, but the snap works fine on Ubuntu and Debian and others, we can't sanely say we're going to be able to support CentOS - this site is Ubuntu centric for support, not &quot;Canonical Services&quot; centric.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This might go against the current &quot;What we support&quot; policy, but in the case of &quot;Canonical Services on Other Operating Systems&quot;, our only true precedent for this was Windows support of Ubuntu One.  Since Ubuntu One is dead, that precedent is mostly obsolete.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only other 'precedent' for this might be Landscape, but getting it to work on non-Ubuntu environments is &quot;hackish&quot; as it is pretty much Ubuntu only.  We also have questions on Launchpad and such, but that's less supported here, in my opinion, and I haven't honestly seen a Launchpad question that's not been closed as something else in a while. (PPA issues excluded).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My statement is this: We should not be supporting SnapD on non-Ubuntu operating systems here on Ask Ubuntu.  I brought up sample cases like the above which would cause some confusion/issues with getting support from here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As such, I had made a PR that was rejected (adding a comment next to the existing link), but from that request/suggestion came a &lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/ubuntudesign/snapcraft.io/pull/272#issuecomment-277194860&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;valid alternative proposal from one of the website managers/collaborators&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Hi Thomas, that's a fair point and we shouldn't send non-Ubuntu questions to the Ask Ubuntu community. I'm not fond about how your suggestion looks on the site. Here is my proposal:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Wufq5.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Wufq5.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This way, on the Community page, we can make clear that Ask Ubuntu is Ubuntu only and other distro users see that they have the IRC and mailing-list options for support.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What do you think?&#xA;  -- &lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/caldav&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;@caldav on GitHub&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My reply was that this proposal is acceptable.  The change is predicted to land next week on the SnapCraft site, but they agree that sending non-Ubuntu snap support questions to the Ask Ubuntu site doesn't make sense.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There was discussion on this in the Ubuntu Rocket.Chat server where Snap discussions take place, &lt;a href=&quot;https://rocket.ubuntu.com/channel/general?msg=3k4C3MY5todG3T4tJ&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;starting around this message&lt;/a&gt; (NOTE: This requires registration, or a login.ubuntu.com account, to see messages) where we ultimately came to the same &quot;makes sense&quot; conclusion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We had some discussion on this internally as the mod team, and are pretty much in agreement that what &quot;makes sense&quot; should go, so we've decided to make it such that &lt;strong&gt;support questions relating to snaps, &lt;code&gt;snapd&lt;/code&gt;, etc. on non-Ubuntu operating systems is considered off-topic on Ask Ubuntu&lt;/strong&gt;, given my example above as such a 'prime' example of what we couldn't in eons hope to support within the scope of the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While this differs from the existing &quot;We support Canonical services&quot; section of what's on topic, this is a case of what &quot;makes sense&quot;, when both us and the snapcraft.io teams are in agreement about it, should take precedent.  The website change being done on snapcraft.io also will help solve the 'invalid forwarding' thing as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2017-02-06T23:48:35.287" LastActivityDate="2017-02-06T23:48:35.287" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16690" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16682" CreationDate="2017-02-02T23:17:26.710" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;//askubuntu.com/?tab=featured&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;//stack-exchange-dynamic-ads.herokuapp.com/askubuntu.com/bounty.png&quot; alt=&quot;See all questions with active bounties&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="62688" LastActivityDate="2017-02-02T23:17:26.710" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16691" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16682" CreationDate="2017-02-03T13:37:27.130" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://iot.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/m42tw.png&quot; alt=&quot;Internet of Things Beta&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527350" LastEditorUserId="527350" LastEditDate="2017-02-03T17:02:28.740" LastActivityDate="2017-02-03T17:02:28.740" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16692" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16694" CreationDate="2017-02-03T17:37:53.923" Score="9" ViewCount="131" Body="&lt;p&gt;If a question is set in a specific time frame (e.g. &quot;What is the current state of HWE driver development for Kaby lake Intel iGPUs as of February 2017 and is X supported?&quot;), should there be some sort of transient tag to emphasize that the question is no longer current after a certain time period? After a while would it make sense to tag the post as outdated? Perhaps the easiest solution would be to a) edit the accepted answer to say that the versions in question are old or b) to add an answer (revive an unanswered thread) with the caveat that the versions are outdated. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does anyone have any thoughts on the best approach to this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="349150" LastActivityDate="2017-02-03T19:40:20.010" Title="How should time-dependent questions evolve over time?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16693" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16692" CreationDate="2017-02-03T18:25:03.783" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Many questions do become outdated, yes and when you see that that happens, you update the question with your answer. Ask Ubuntu is urging you to not delete questions and update answers. When you do answer, the answer gets on the 'newest' page. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="619548" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2017-02-03T19:40:20.010" LastActivityDate="2017-02-03T19:40:20.010" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16694" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16692" CreationDate="2017-02-03T18:40:17.333" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Speaking generally, I think you should strongly consider adding a new answer, especially if the existing answers are solely about the state of support for something at a particular time. I think the ability to add new answers to old question is &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/16596/22949&quot;&gt;one of the things that makes our site suitable for the long haul&lt;/a&gt;. If you cannot write the answer yourself, perhaps someone else can. You can point out the need in a comment and/or &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/11991/old-question-with-old-answer-how-can-i-request-an-update-on-the-topic/11992#11992&quot;&gt;put a bounty&lt;/a&gt; on the question. If you don't have the rep to place a bounty, there's a good chance a higher rep user will help out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, if there's an answer that gives a timeline, or otherwise catalogs how something has developed, it may well be appropriate to edit that answer. This is most obviously the case for answers that contain relatively short lists of information for various releases (e.g., an answer showing where to get &lt;code&gt;mini.iso&lt;/code&gt; for each supported release). But I don't think it is limited to things like that. I think that, at least if an answer is clearly written with the intention of explaining what something was like before and also what it is like now, then you can feel free to go ahead and edit it to make it continue doing that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sometimes when I write an answer that I anticipate will be especially subject to change, I make it &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/5977/22949&quot;&gt;community wiki&lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/edit-community-wiki&quot;&gt;encourage editing&lt;/a&gt;, but this is certainly not required and I think there's no reason to avoid editing non-CW answers with updated information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm tempted to say, just follow the usual guidelines for editing: respect the author, don't change the fundamental &lt;em&gt;meaning&lt;/em&gt; of the post, and so forth. But of course, when it comes to underlying subject matter that has changed, it's possible to interpret those guidelines to pull hard in the direction of editing... or not editing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I think the best course depends on the circumstances. Sometimes it's apparent what courses of action are reasonable. When it isn't, or if you're not sure, you can always post here on meta to get people's views on it. In particular, if you are thinking of a particular such question right now and that's why you've asked this question, then you might want to expand your meta question by editing to explain the situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This topic has been touched on a couple times before; perhaps some of the ideas people had then will be relevant.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/127/how-do-i-get-involved-with-testing-and-qa-with-ubuntu&quot;&gt;How do I get involved with testing and QA with Ubuntu?&lt;/a&gt; motivated the meta question &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/5615/what-is-the-most-appropriate-way-to-bring-an-old-outdated-question-up-to-date&quot;&gt;What is the most appropriate way to bring an old/outdated question up to date?&lt;/a&gt;, which you may want to take a look at. It's similar to this meta question, except that this one seems like it's specifically about advancing technologies (such as device support), while that question is asked in a way that makes it rather more general.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/127/how-do-i-get-involved-with-testing-and-qa-with-ubuntu&quot;&gt;That QA question&lt;/a&gt; didn't need any radical action taken to keep it useful. The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/260/22949&quot;&gt;accepted answer&lt;/a&gt; remained useful, the meta question's OP &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/233521/22949&quot;&gt;posted an answer&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/236157/22949&quot;&gt;an additional valuable&lt;/a&gt; answer was later posted, filling some of the gaps in the other answers. That later answer received a bounty.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The meta question &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2723/what-should-we-do-with-an-invalid-accepted-answer&quot;&gt;What should we do with an invalid accepted answer?&lt;/a&gt; was about a more extreme situation. The recommended way to install Oracle's proprietary JDK changed, relatively rapidly, and, as I understand it, there was concern that the old advice about obtaining it through the partner repository would be useless and distracting or, at worst, actively harmful. (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.macworld.com/article/1166254/what_you_need_to_know_about_the_flashback_trojan.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;It's important&lt;/a&gt; to keep up to date with &lt;a href=&quot;https://security.stackexchange.com/a/57685/10251&quot;&gt;security fixes&lt;/a&gt; for Java.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The eventual resolution was to delete both questions mentioned in that meta question. (They had been closed as duplicates of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/55848/how-do-i-install-oracle-java-jdk-7&quot;&gt;another question&lt;/a&gt; that is itself now a duplicate of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/56104/how-can-i-install-sun-oracles-proprietary-java-jdk-6-7-8-or-jre&quot;&gt;How can I install Sun/Oracle's proprietary Java JDK 6/7/8 or JRE?&lt;/a&gt;, with all answers merged into that one &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://foldoc.org/canonical&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;canonical&lt;/a&gt;&quot; question. Many highly upvoted answers were deleted along with those two questions. We don't usually do this, and I'm unsure if it was even the right action for that situation (though I'm not arguing we should go undelete them now, unless some new reason to think the content is useful presents itself).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I bring this up to make clear that deletion--even of highly upvoted questions with multiple highly upvoted answers that have actually helped many people--&lt;em&gt;is something we can do&lt;/em&gt; in the more extreme cases of old information having a combination of very low future usefulness and high potential to cause confusion or lead to harm.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is something of a last resort, though (and, when necessary, is still &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/2730/22949&quot;&gt;best done with community involvement&lt;/a&gt;). Posting new answers, editing existing answers, downvoting unhelpful posts and upvoting helpful ones, placing bounties to get new answers or highlight existing answers as valuable, and so forth are &lt;em&gt;usually&lt;/em&gt; sufficient to solve the problem of outdated information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2017-02-03T18:40:17.333" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16695" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16698" CreationDate="2017-02-03T18:54:45.363" Score="-11" ViewCount="141" Body="&lt;p&gt;I noticed that meta seems (in terms of the rate of questions) very slow compared to the main site. Does that mean that we can get rid of meta and use it only for high-ranking users and for people to look at for site policies? (Or at special times like elections)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="619548" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2017-02-04T12:10:29.230" LastActivityDate="2017-02-04T12:10:29.230" Title="Why is meta slow" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16696" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16695" CreationDate="2017-02-03T19:01:10.410" Score="11" Body="&lt;h1&gt;No, Meta will not go away, as it serves a lot of useful purposes.&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We tend to push content disputes over items to meta discussions, and we also have requests made for different changes to the site (feature requests, bug reports, questions/discussions of what is on scope, etc.), disputes over &quot;why was this deleted&quot; for questions, answers, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Meta serves a &lt;strong&gt;very important critical purpose&lt;/strong&gt; to every Stack Exchange site, this site included.  It should not be removed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Meta &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; slower than the main site because Meta is a site &lt;em&gt;about&lt;/em&gt; the Ask Ubuntu site.  That's why it's 'slower'.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2017-02-03T19:16:04.243" LastActivityDate="2017-02-03T19:16:04.243" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16697" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6801" CreationDate="2017-02-03T21:31:06.770" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I agree &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/6802/22949&quot;&gt;with Bruno Pereira&lt;/a&gt; that we should not make reputation on our site work like karma on Launchpad. Of course, you'd expect me to say that (I have over 60k rep, after all).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What I want to add is that I don't think the &lt;em&gt;primary&lt;/em&gt; purpose of either reputation on our site or karma on Launchpad is -- or should be -- to incentivize participation. That is one of its purposes, of course, and it seems to have that effect. But a user's reputation &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/whats-reputation&quot;&gt;is supposed&lt;/a&gt; to say something like, &quot;This user has said things people found useful before.&quot; (It is also used to control access to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges&quot;&gt;some features of the site&lt;/a&gt;, based on the idea that people with enough experience will probably use those features properly.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One would never look at an answer and think, &quot;This answer says &lt;em&gt;X&lt;/em&gt; and its author has lots of rep. I will believe &lt;em&gt;X&lt;/em&gt;!&quot; One might take the author's reputation into consideration, but it will never be more important than the post itself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Similarly, I don't think &quot;If I say &lt;em&gt;X&lt;/em&gt;, I'll get lots of rep. I will say &lt;em&gt;X&lt;/em&gt;!&quot; is the best pattern for contributing to the site. We're all volunteers here, and it's not like rep can be traded in for cash.&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt; Aside from being a way to learn (both asking and answering questions involve learning), I recommend thinking of Ask Ubuntu as a way to identify things you think should happen in the world&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt; and making them happen by doing them: &quot;&lt;em&gt;X&lt;/em&gt; should exist. I will make &lt;em&gt;X&lt;/em&gt;.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just to be clear, I am &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; saying we should all be here for the same reason or that it's wrong to want rep and act on that desire. &lt;em&gt;I have nothing against anyone whose use of the site is mainly motivated by rep.&lt;/em&gt; But I recommend reading &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/1438/jon-ericson&quot;&gt;Jon Ericson&lt;/a&gt;'s (remarkably well received!) Meta.SE post &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/42481/the-problem-with-extrinsic-motivation&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The problem with extrinsic motivation&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, as well as &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/93343/185080&quot;&gt;this answer&lt;/a&gt;. I have found the approach to &quot;ask and answer questions about topics that I'm actively learning&quot; to be useful, myself, and it's something I'd encourage everyone to at least consider.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think the purpose of karma on &lt;a href=&quot;https://launchpad.net/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Launchpad&lt;/a&gt; is to show how actively contributing a user currently is and has recently been. From &lt;a href=&quot;https://help.launchpad.net/Glossary&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the glossary&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Karma:&lt;/strong&gt; Karma is a score that gives a rough idea of a person's current level of work in Launchpad. See our guide to &lt;a href=&quot;https://help.launchpad.net/YourAccount/Karma&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;karma&lt;/a&gt; for&#xA;  more.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/6802/22949&quot;&gt;Bruno Pereira says&lt;/a&gt;, &quot;No one cares about karma in launchpad (at least not to be worrying about it),&quot; and I consider that a feature, not a bug. Asking and answering questions is important, but there's little risk that people will think AU rep is a measure of someone's overall contribution to Ubuntu, because it's readily apparent that many other things that go into Ubuntu -- like writing actual code and debugging it until it seems to work right -- happen mostly in other places. In contrast, Launchpad is the broader of the two sites: it has &lt;a href=&quot;https://answers.launchpad.net/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;answers&lt;/a&gt;, but also &lt;a href=&quot;https://bugs.launchpad.net/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;bugs&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://code.launchpad.net/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;code&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://blueprints.launchpad.net/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;blueprints&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://translations.launchpad.net/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;translations&lt;/a&gt;, and covers &lt;a href=&quot;https://launchpad.net/projects&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;way more projects&lt;/a&gt; than just Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even though it's not given as one of &lt;a href=&quot;https://help.launchpad.net/YourAccount/Karma&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the official reasons&lt;/a&gt;, in my opinion the most important reason for Launchpad karma to decay is to avoid fooling people into thinking it's a measure of a person's overall value to the whole community. This is not generally quantifiable, and even if it were, Launchpad participation couldn't reveal it since a lot of the work that makes Ubuntu better happens in other places: upstream projects (&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gnu.org/manual/blurbs.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;GNU&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://kernel.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Linux&lt;/a&gt;, among &lt;em&gt;many&lt;/em&gt; others, often hosted on &lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;GitHub&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_source_code_hosting_facilities&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;such places&lt;/a&gt;), &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.debian.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Debian&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_distribution#/media/File:Linux_Distribution_Timeline.svg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;other distros&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.canonical.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Canonical&lt;/a&gt;, here on &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tour&quot;&gt;Ask Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt;, the &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Home&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;wiki&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CommunityHelpWiki&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;help&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://ubuntuforums.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;forums&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://loco.ubuntu.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;LoCos&lt;/a&gt;, and way, &lt;em&gt;way&lt;/em&gt; more. (For example, have you ever &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Shell&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;SSHed&lt;/a&gt; into -- or out of -- Ubuntu? That's &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.openssh.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;thanks to OpenBSD&lt;/a&gt;.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In conclusion, I don't think it would be good to incentivize scurrying to maintain a high rate of posting. Reputation is a compelling idea -- more compelling, perhaps, than it should be. If any major change to the reputation system on Ask Ubuntu (and, more generally, Stack Exchange) is to be made, I think the goal should not be to &lt;em&gt;increase&lt;/em&gt; the power rep has over us. If anything, it would be best to &lt;em&gt;decrease&lt;/em&gt; the amount of motivation that comes from rep, so as to encourage us all to work on the things that interest and inspire us.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Reading a high-rep user say people people shouldn't &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marginal_utility&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;worry so much&lt;/a&gt; about rep may make you suspicious. &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;And it should&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; -- please take all these ideas &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/take-with-a-grain-of-salt.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;with a grain of salt&lt;/a&gt;. But I urge you to take rep with a grain of salt, too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt; &lt;sub&gt;It's true that recruiters and interviewers often look at candidates' contributions on sites like Stack Overflow and Ask Ubuntu. But the main thing they're looking for is &lt;a href=&quot;https://web.archive.org/web/20150919010216/https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/30598/using-stack-overflow-in-a-job-interview&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;probably not the reputation score itself&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt; &lt;sub&gt;Of course, not everything worth doing in the world can be done on Ask Ubuntu. No matter how fastidiously one participates in the site, some things must be accomplished elsewhere. Some aren't even about Ubuntu! Therefore it is not just the green rep icon that users are well served to keep in perspective, but the red notification icon, too.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2018-04-21T15:57:14.233" LastActivityDate="2018-04-21T15:57:14.233" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16698" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16695" CreationDate="2017-02-03T22:01:43.520" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;I suppose this is ironic for me to say -- I &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/users?tab=participation&quot;&gt;participate&lt;/a&gt; considerably more than average on meta, after all -- but &lt;strong&gt;it is a very good thing&lt;/strong&gt; that meta is way less active than the main site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If there were as many questions, answers, and edits on meta as on main, it would mean that about half the effort that went into Ask Ubuntu would be going into writing and reading stuff &lt;em&gt;about writing and reading stuff about Ubuntu&lt;/em&gt;, and only (the other) half into actually writing and reading stuff &lt;em&gt;about Ubuntu&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://data.stackexchange.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;front page of the data explorer&lt;/a&gt; currently says Ask Ubuntu has 253 thousand questions and 331 thousand answers, while Ask Ubuntu Meta has 4.5 thousand questions and 6.8 thousand answers. So meta is slower indeed. But surely we do not need one post about the site for every post about Ubuntu!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That would be very inefficient.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(It might also lead to unflattering &quot;How many Ubuntu users does it take to &lt;a href=&quot;https://allthetropes.org/wiki/Light_Bulb_Joke&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;change a lightbulb&lt;/a&gt;?&quot; jokes, with punchlines involving how many would be involved in changing a meta lightbulb first.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for why meta cannot simply be absorbed into main, I think this would not work very well, because without an attempt to draw a crisp dividing line, we would get questions that are partway about Ubuntu and partway about the site, and neither aspect of the question would really get answered properly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2017-02-03T22:01:43.520" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16700" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16701" CreationDate="2017-02-04T16:49:25.423" Score="14" ViewCount="326" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;help center&lt;/a&gt; says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Questions that you should avoid:&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Linux Mint, Elementary OS, Backtrack, Gnome-Remix (prior to 13.04), budgie-remix (16.04 and 16.10) and other Linux distributions (try our friends at Unix &amp;amp; Linux Stack Exchange).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Bug reports (How do I submit a bug?).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Issues with the next version of Ubuntu (Ubuntu+1) (More information about Alpha and Beta release issues).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Shopping or Hardware Recommendations&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Support for versions for Ubuntu releases past their Support or &amp;quot;End of Life&amp;quot; (EOL) — unless the question is asking how to upgrade to a supported release.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We have a close reason for each of the above, except for &amp;quot;Shopping or Hardware Recommendations.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If these questions are considered off-topic (in my experience they get closed as off-topic with a custom reason or as duplicates of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/131/which-computers-are-guaranteed-to-work&quot;&gt;Where can I find a list of computers guaranteed to work with Ubuntu?&lt;/a&gt; or similar) then shouldn't we&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;get rid of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/hardware-recommendation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;hardware-recommendation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;hardware-recommendation&lt;/a&gt; tag so visitors hopefully don't waste time making nice well-formatted posts like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/879810/recomendation-of-ultra-portable-laptop-dual-boot-ubuntu-windows&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; which will be closed&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strike&gt;consider making a close reason, maybe with a link to the question that these posts are normally closed as dupe of?&lt;/strike&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="618353" LastEditDate="2021-03-25T11:02:54.433" LastActivityDate="2021-03-25T11:02:54.433" Title="Can we burninate [hardware-recommendation]?" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|status-completed|tags|scope|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16701" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16700" CreationDate="2017-02-04T20:09:41.607" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;This seems to be a pretty clear cut case.  I'll put in a request for it to be blacklisted and/or burninated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2017-02-05T20:05:01.903" LastActivityDate="2017-02-05T20:05:01.903" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16702" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16643" CreationDate="2017-02-05T20:10:38.543" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would go so far as to say about the only time you should alter a question other than to add further information requested in comments is when it's been closed. Just because you've asked a valid question that wasn't the question you meant to ask doesn't mean that it has no value. Our objective is to help as many people as possible as efficiently as possible. The answers to the question that you asked (even in error) may be of value to others who have the same question. If a question has been closed as unclear you should edit it to add clarity. If a question has been closed as a duplicate and the answers to the called duplicate question don't resolve your issue you should edit your question to make it clear what you tried and why your question is not a duplicate of the called duplicate. (Simply saying &quot;Not a duplicate, tried everything&quot; isn't sufficient.) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastActivityDate="2017-02-05T20:10:38.543" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16703" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2017-02-06T17:11:10.953" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-02-06T17:11:10.953" LastActivityDate="2017-02-06T17:11:10.953" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16704" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2017-02-06T17:11:10.953" Score="0" Body="You use this tag for questions including upvotes as an integral part of the question." OwnerUserId="619548" LastEditorUserId="619548" LastEditDate="2017-02-06T20:33:12.217" LastActivityDate="2017-02-06T20:33:12.217" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16705" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16706" CreationDate="2017-02-06T17:12:13.820" Score="-8" ViewCount="101" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was wondering, why shouldn't edits get a small bit of rep for an upvote? (Like 1 rep for upvoted question 2 for upvoted answer) Because I answered pretty badly, but someone (fabby) edited it and it was SO much better. Maybe some of the rep should go to him as well on an upvote. We could scrap the 2 rep per edit if we do that, but does anyone have any reasons why or why not we should have this? Also we could have a downvote taking away some rep too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="619548" LastActivityDate="2017-02-06T18:46:13.933" Title="Should edits get some rep for upvotes?" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|editing|up-votes|down-votes|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16706" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16705" CreationDate="2017-02-06T17:37:46.093" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think you get the wrong idea of what actually is the function of an edit. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An edit should contribute to the &lt;em&gt;clarity&lt;/em&gt; of a post. A good edit may also clarify that the question is a bad one. Sharing in the possibly bad response (implicitly also what you suggest) would be the opposite of what is reasonable, and the opposite of what we want. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your suggestion would have terrible side-effects: greedy editors might jump on questions that are already good to begin with, hoping to share in their success, and giving reviewers more work to filter out silly edits. At the same time, it is the not-so-obviously successful posts that need good edits to make sure it is valued on the &lt;em&gt;content&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For acceptable edits, users below 2k get 2 points reputation, to encourage editing by new users. I think making the effort for good edits is what we may expect from experienced users anyway.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="72216" LastEditDate="2017-02-06T18:46:13.933" LastActivityDate="2017-02-06T18:46:13.933" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16708" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16682" CreationDate="2017-02-07T22:11:02.163" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/201/ask-ubuntu-general-room&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/a1JKN.png&quot; alt=&quot;Join your fellow community members in chat!&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastActivityDate="2017-02-07T22:11:02.163" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16709" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-02-08T12:33:32.953" Score="12" ViewCount="375" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1852/software-centre-image-link-is-broken&quot;&gt;This bug&lt;/a&gt; was detected in 2011: the original policy was to use software centre images from &lt;code&gt;bit. ly/ software-small&lt;/code&gt;, but that mysteriously broke for some reason that doesn't really matter at this point. A &lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/askubuntu/query/625404/broken-software-centre-links-in-ask-ubuntu&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;quick query&lt;/a&gt; points to &gt;500 posts that still link to this image, and which look sort of like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/uW8SR.png&quot; alt=&quot;Sample post with a broken image link&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/1853/183699&quot;&gt;answer&lt;/a&gt; to that bug report suggests that the image files to use should be &lt;code&gt;http://hostmar.co/software-small&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;http://hostmar.co/software-large&lt;/code&gt;, which will &quot;always&quot; link to the appropriate Software Centre icon. This is quite obviously false, since e.g. in &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/a/395/183699&quot;&gt;this other meta post&lt;/a&gt; you can see such delights as&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/bxKRh.png&quot; alt=&quot;Sample post with a broken image link&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More generally, hostmar.co is effectively a url shortener and that puts a huge fraction of posts at the mercy of service interruptions on Marco Ceppi's provider. Marco Ceppi stated back in 2011 (yeah, that's five years ago) that&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Stack Exchange is aware of this and a fix is in the works with no ETA at this time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I understand the value of having a self-updating icon, but an external hosting site is not the answer. Changing from one url shortener to another, less-well-known one is, frankly, just building fragile infrastructure. (In particular, note that the hostmar.co links are &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; robust: on my machine, the banshee link above oscillates from showing to broken. Or, put another way, the fact that you've changed a link to hostmar.co and that it shows on your machine is &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; a guarantee that it will show for other visitors, even at the same time.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Given that this is an icon that only needs to be updated once every many months, for me there are two obvious solutions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;change all the bit.ly and hostmar.co links to i.stack.imgur versions via a dev-side query, and then update as appropriate, or&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;ask SE to add the image file to the site's graphic content (possibly as part of the sprites sheet, though that does require a bit more development)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Either way, this site has over 500 posts with fundamentally broken layout. Is this something that this site considers to be a problem? My inference, given that it's been obviously broken for five years, and that this can be quickly fixed dev-side by a quick query without dumping hundreds of posts on the front page, is that this sort of mangling isn't considered worth fixing. If that's the case, this site is pretty unique in the SE network in terms of how much it cares about its content. On the other hand, maybe I &lt;em&gt;did&lt;/em&gt; miss out some systematic campaign to fix those hundreds of broken posts, which isn't documented on this meta.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just sayin'.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="183699" LastEditorUserId="183699" LastEditDate="2017-02-08T14:23:03.000" LastActivityDate="2017-02-28T15:13:10.667" Title="Plenty of broken image links" Tags="|bug|apturl|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16710" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16715" CreationDate="2017-02-08T20:39:52.177" Score="15" ViewCount="416" Body="&lt;p&gt;So, I am relatively new to Ubuntu (a couple years) and completely new to this site as a registered user. I have found lots of good information here before, but just now did I find something to contribute.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hence I create an account and login. But in order to put small contributions into comments on already existing questions and answers, I need 50 reputation. I can get this only through asking and answering new, good questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But such questions are generally outside my level of knowledge. As a relative beginner, I cannot do more useful stuff than a tidbit here and a tidbit there. So what do I do? Does the current reputation model really work, when a large base of already answered questions is in place? Or do we need to change something here?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I thought commenting on already existing stuff would be the natural place for a newcomer to start. But maybe that would cause excessive comment threads full of garbage?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Update:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The comment by @ByteCommander leads to an &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/56565/why-is-there-a-threshold-to-add-a-comment-or-why-cant-we-send-private-messages/56613#56613&quot;&gt;old answer on a different Stack Exchange site&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;There's a 50 rep threshold on comments mainly because we want users to focus first on the core part of a Q&amp;amp;A site -- asking great questions and providing great answers!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Also, comments tend to be meta-commentary, which while useful and often illuminating, isn't providing an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;We want users to learn this distinction before they are allowed to comment, hence, the requirement to earn 50 reputation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But it is precisely this that I think becomes not only confusing, but perhaps outright wrong when a large enough number of questions are already asked. Thoughts on that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="652231" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2017-02-16T22:29:16.433" Title="Contributing as a new member in this mature StackExchange site" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="14" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16711" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16710" CreationDate="2017-02-08T20:51:37.767" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Find questions and answers that are poorly formatted, have spelling errors and are not tagged properly and fix them so that those with the necessary rep can find and answer them. In this way you'll see a lot of questions and answers and learn a lot in the process. Your edits will be reviewed by the community and you'll get 2 points per approved edit up to a max of 1,000 points. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ask&lt;/strong&gt; Ask &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/how-to-ask&quot;&gt;good questions&lt;/a&gt; and Accept &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/how-to-answer&quot;&gt;good Answers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's a full rundown on reputation &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/whats-reputation&quot;&gt;here.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are some valid points regarding comments here. I can only answer based on conditions as they are as any answer based on conditions the way we wish them to be would be fruitless and not helpful. We all had to make contributions to the site in the form of edits, questions and answers to earn the right to comment. If we open the door wide on comments we will need to adjust how &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/whats-reputation&quot;&gt;comment voting&lt;/a&gt; is handled as well and are likely to get overrun by spam. I have to ask myself whether all those helpful edits would have been accomplished without that requirement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While I agree with @Zanna points on commenting I'd like to add the most helpful comments are not only redundant but actually designed to be redundant. I've long ago lost count of the number of comments I've made to encourage users to provide enough information that their question can actually be answered. I don't consider being a commenter a goal per se, but I see it as a necessary part of adding quality to both questions and answers. I have no doubt that I could find literally hundreds of examples where a comment drove an improvement to a question or an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Update:&lt;/strong&gt; All things considered I can certainly understand the frustration that a new user faces when attempting to contribute to the site as I'm sure most of us who weren't here at it's inception do. However, I also understand the reasons why the current model is in place. You might consider taking a look at the &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/leagues/1/alltime/stackoverflow&quot;&gt;User Reputation Leagues&lt;/a&gt; to put things in perspective. Reputation may not be directly in correlation to years of service but there is a definite impact. The longer someone has been here, the more there work is known and appreciated. While it might seem unfair when you first walk in the door, it's eventually apparent that the system works and works well. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Answer the questions that you can. It might seem that there is a shortage of questions without answers but I assure you that &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/unanswered/tagged/?tab=noanswers&quot;&gt;that is not the case.&lt;/a&gt; Sometimes a bit of research will turn up new solutions to older unanswered questions. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To top it off, You may find the final word on the stack exchange meta &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/285918/260418&quot;&gt;here.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2017-02-16T22:29:16.433" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16712" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-02-08T19:52:01.123" Score="1" ViewCount="54" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sorry already for the question, I'm sure it must be somewhere, yet I did not find it somehow. What can I do with 0 reputation? Can I really only ask questions? I would really like to contribute by upvoting and commenting. Yet I am rather new to ubuntu, so all my errors and mistakes have been asked before so far. And if there is a solution that worked for me but has only 5 upvotes so far, I want to show my appreciation by a vote up. Is that too much to ask for?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So with 0 reputation what exactly can I do? Can I only ask a question? I do not seem to be able to asnwer questions or at least I have not yet found where that is possible, but please correct me if I am wrong. Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="646161" OwnerDisplayName="Robin" LastActivityDate="2017-02-08T21:34:10.677" Title="0 reputation, what are my possibilities?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2017-02-09T03:06:28.737" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16714" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16710" CreationDate="2017-02-08T21:38:50.633" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Posting comments here and there does not add anything helpful to the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The less comments are posted the better.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have no questions and have no answers, just do not post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can be helpful with edits though if you want to do something useful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Violating the rules and posting comments as answers will finally lead to an automatic ban.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="167850" LastActivityDate="2017-02-08T21:38:50.633" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16715" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16710" CreationDate="2017-02-08T21:48:33.913" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;The bottom line here I think, is that if something is worth unicorn dollars&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;, it deserves to be an answer (or a question). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We just don't expect much value from comments; in theory, they are just a way of clarifying what is being asked, pointing out issues with a post that can't be fixed with an edit, or making temporary, peripheral remarks for the purposes of site management (for example, to help fellow reviewers).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, in reality comments can be very helpful; sometimes they give the clue needed for someone to solve their own problem (so that person can then post their own answer) or provide a link to a relevant answer elsewhere on the site (generally a suggested duplicate), but those cases are more the exception than the norm, and the most helpful comments become redundant and are removed when the information is incorporated into an answer or duplicate link.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As pointed out by others, it's certainly possible to gain enough reputation to start commenting by suggesting edits (much needed and valued, I assure you), but becoming a commenter isn't a great goal to have as a contributor!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The site's maturity and vast library of questions makes no essential difference to this, I think. If you have something &lt;em&gt;valuable&lt;/em&gt; to add to a question, old or new, then post an &lt;em&gt;answer&lt;/em&gt;. If you don't have anything to say that is worth making an answer out of, then keep watching and be patient: I promise you, questions that you can answer &lt;em&gt;will&lt;/em&gt; come along. It surprises me every day!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sub&gt;aka shiny green reputation points&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2017-02-08T21:55:45.640" LastActivityDate="2017-02-08T21:55:45.640" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16716" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16709" CreationDate="2017-02-09T05:38:37.673" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;The problem with your first proposal is that it becomes impossible to update the image the &lt;code&gt;i.stack.imgur.com&lt;/code&gt; URL points to. It is also worth pointing out that &lt;code&gt;imgur.com&lt;/code&gt; URLs are not easy to memorize.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would be in favor of your second proposal, however. Or, even better, perhaps they could add a Markdown tag that automatically expands to the correct URL. Something like this, maybe:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;[package:roundcube-plugins]&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We already have a similar syntax for tags.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastActivityDate="2017-02-09T05:38:37.673" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16719" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11750" CreationDate="2017-02-09T21:30:08.463" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Meme:&lt;/strong&gt; systemd is evil&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Originator:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/201?m=1020460#1020460&quot;&gt;htorque&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Background:&lt;/strong&gt; systemd is not generally well-liked by everyone in the room. In fact, due to its invasive nature, systemd is generally well-&lt;em&gt;hated&lt;/em&gt;. It is used as the brunt of jokes and blamed for all things wrong in Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Examples:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/201?m=20643544#20643544&quot;&gt;&quot;&lt;em&gt;Glares in systemd's corner...&lt;/em&gt;&quot;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/201?m=30168208#30168208&quot;&gt;&quot;Systemd just kills all of our hopes and dreams.&quot;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/201?m=30991394#30991394&quot;&gt;&quot;I have a good reason for screaming: systemd&quot;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/201?m=31150074#31150074&quot;&gt;&quot;when in doubt, blame systemd :)&quot;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/201?m=32633960#32633960&quot;&gt;&quot;systemd can make your bed, cure the common cold, and perfect nuclear fission. Or so we're told.&quot;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/33145757#33145757&quot;&gt;&quot;WHAT? SYSTEMD CHANGES LIGHTBULBS NOW? IS THERE NO END TO THIS INSANITY?&quot;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/201?m=34621851#34621851&quot;&gt;&quot;Did someone just use &quot;fix&quot; and &quot;systemd&quot; in the same sentence?&quot;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transript/201?m=34745169#34745169&quot;&gt;&quot;&lt;strong&gt;Oh how I hate the GUTS out of systemd!&lt;/strong&gt; It's a flaming pile of garbage straight from /dev/null.&quot;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/201?m=35287359#35287359&quot;&gt;&quot;Because systemd.™&quot;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastEditorUserId="5" LastEditDate="2017-04-17T23:46:38.407" LastActivityDate="2017-04-17T23:46:38.407" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16720" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-02-11T19:58:30.377" Score="2" ViewCount="110" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are some questions and answers that have very log output that is condensed with scrollbars.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a formatting method to control how much is displayed between the scrolling.  I believe some post appears to be easy to skip the formatted sections and view the descriptions and details of the post, and some appear to have very long formatted parts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the appearance is incidental, and there is no control over how to put smaller chunks in a view at a time, then at least I can stop trying to figure it out if it doesn't exist.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks in advance for any comments on this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="29012" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2017-02-12T23:43:00.153" LastActivityDate="2017-02-12T23:43:00.153" Title="How can I shorten the Long Code output in questions and answers and display scrollbars?" Tags="|support|code-formatting|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16723" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16724" CreationDate="2017-02-12T13:12:22.300" Score="9" ViewCount="492" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think the title says it all. I am kind of worried about this and where can I contact someone so they can fix this problem?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user653725" LastEditorUserId="75060" LastEditDate="2017-02-12T21:18:19.653" LastActivityDate="2017-02-12T21:18:19.653" Title="I found a bug on this website that allowed me to log in on my account without a password" Tags="|discussion|bug|security|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16724" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16723" CreationDate="2017-02-12T13:14:55.513" Score="24" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://stackexchange.com/about/security&quot;&gt;https://stackexchange.com/about/security&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Describe to them in detail what you did, and where the security problem is. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(My guess is that you used external authentication like google or openid)...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="653515" OwnerDisplayName="vidarlo" LastActivityDate="2017-02-12T13:14:55.513" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16726" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-02-13T00:43:22.383" Score="0" ViewCount="47" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am trying to reply to a post here that requested a screenshot of my problem.  I have the screenshot, but how can I attach it to my post?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="101815" OwnerDisplayName="Paul A." LastActivityDate="2017-02-13T00:59:39.897" Title="How can I attach a screenshot to a post here?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2017-02-13T01:02:43.377" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16727" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-02-13T06:54:41.493" Score="2" ViewCount="103" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have the following question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I have a large table (also containing multiple tables and images), written in Seamonkey (my preferred HTML editor).  I want to transfer it to either a .doc or a pdf without too much hassle.  Firstly putting it into libreoffice write it doesn't copy the complete table, it misses out parts.  So, tried putting it into abiword - but that editor keeps on refusing to save the images, (looks great whilst editing, go to save it, re-open and hey presto all images have gone!).  Can anyone help?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would this be on topic on the main site?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="653972" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2017-02-13T11:27:26.967" LastActivityDate="2017-02-13T11:29:37.007" Title="HTML (table) to Libre office" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16728" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16727" CreationDate="2017-02-13T11:29:37.007" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, you could ask on the main site. However, please make sure to &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Include an example file we can play with to test our answers.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Explain &lt;em&gt;how&lt;/em&gt; you &quot;put it&quot; into AbiWord or libreoffice. Did you copy paste? From what program? Did you open it from the target program?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2017-02-13T11:29:37.007" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16729" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15381" CreationDate="2017-02-13T12:29:37.073" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was using an ancient version of Chrome, because... reasons.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyways, upgrading to the latest version fixed the issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="518562" LastActivityDate="2017-02-13T12:29:37.073" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16730" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-02-13T19:05:06.840" Score="7" ViewCount="180" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm seeing duplicate icons for Telegram messenger in LXDE. I found a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/785982/how-can-i-fix-duplicate-icons-for-telegram&quot;&gt;question&lt;/a&gt; asking just that, but for another window managers: XFCE and MATE.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What should I do to get an answer for LXDE desktop environment: start a new question or modify the existing one? (how?)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm afraid that my question won't get many views if I modify the existing question. Besides, all those who already viewed it and considered answering the question, considered answering the original question, not the one extended for LXDE.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="181242" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2017-02-16T07:53:15.100" Title="Should I start a new question or modify the existing one, if the issue is relevant to yet another desktop environment?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16731" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16730" CreationDate="2017-02-13T20:30:54.727" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;The question you linked to is my question and I'd like to help if I can. I am not sure if the accepted solution works on Xfce; it's only for MATE - apologies to everyone for the lack of clarity.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, this is not the solution I actually use. I answered this question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/719933/two-telegram-messengers-in-the-unity-launcher/795449#795449&quot;&gt;Two Telegram messengers in the Unity Launcher&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;with the method I do use now - I rename the &lt;code&gt;.desktop&lt;/code&gt; file in &lt;code&gt;~/.local/share/applications&lt;/code&gt; so that only the &lt;code&gt;.desktop&lt;/code&gt; file in &lt;code&gt;/usr/share/applications&lt;/code&gt; gets used. This solution works for any DE (although it needs to be re-done each time Telegram gets updated). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since we have a question about Unity and one about MATE, both with DE specific answers, I think you should feel free to ask a new question, and I should edit my question to ask only about MATE since I can't verify the answer works in Xfce. I will also add a link to the Unity post so that the DE-agnostic &lt;strike&gt;hack&lt;/strike&gt; solution is easy to find. You might even attract a much better answer that solves it permanently for all flavors.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2017-02-13T22:10:41.067" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16733" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16735" CreationDate="2017-02-13T23:58:42.443" Score="4" ViewCount="318" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've seen &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/10494/offensive-comment-as-post-edit-a-way-to-escape-with-untracked-crime&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; but this situation is a bit different. While going through the re-open review queue I came across &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/reopen/677942&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; in which the OP added a likely offensive remark into the edit comment. Although I understand their frustration I don't think it's helpful and see no need to drop an F bomb into a comment requesting re-opening of a question. What should be done in a situation such as this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2017-02-14T15:36:09.160" Title="Offensive comment in review queue" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16734" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16733" CreationDate="2017-02-14T00:19:23.027" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Only a moderator can edit another user's edit summary. So, flag for moderator attention and have one of our nice moderators edit out the offending part.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the meantime, I downvoted it because &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/16665/best-way-to-end-a-question-post/16667#16667&quot;&gt;the edit is drivel&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2017-02-14T00:19:23.027" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16735" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16733" CreationDate="2017-02-14T04:03:46.343" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just a note, and so we can consider this &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/status-completed&quot; class=&quot;post-tag moderator-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;status-completed&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;status-completed&lt;/a&gt; without marking it as such (since this wasn't a request for assistance):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The specified offensive edit comment has been revised to remove the profanity.  You're right that profanity shouldn't be anywhere, even in edit messages, heh.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2017-02-14T04:03:46.343" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16736" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15276" CreationDate="2017-02-14T04:19:58.870" Score="-5" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Canonical&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How about it? It can represent:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The Philosophical &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/canonical&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Idea&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.canonical.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;company&lt;/a&gt; behind Ubuntu&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="256099" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2017-02-14T04:29:21.420" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16737" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-02-14T04:26:05.273" Score="6" ViewCount="242" Body="&lt;p&gt;Back in April of last year, this question was asked: &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/15276/more-interesting-name-for-our-main-chat-room&quot;&gt;More interesting name for our main chat room?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, nothing has become of the question. As of February 13, 2017, the name of our primary chatroom is still &quot;Ask Ubuntu General Room&quot;. This is in spite of the fact that &quot;The Orange Room&quot; has received 22 votes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is this: &lt;strong&gt;what must happen before our new room name is put into effect?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do we need to achieve some sort of quorum? Do the moderators need to have a super secret meeting to confirm the new name? Does somebody need to donate a unicorn? (Yes, I'm kidding on that last one. Sorta.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastEditorUserId="344926" LastEditDate="2017-02-14T10:35:07.830" LastActivityDate="2017-02-14T15:13:26.860" Title="When are we going to rename the Ask Ubuntu General Room?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16738" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16737" CreationDate="2017-02-14T04:37:36.887" Score="6" Body="&lt;h3&gt;Suggestion&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Seth pointed out that not everyone who voted in the meta question may be a regular chat visitor, and this may skew the results. Therefore, I would like to propose the following suggestion for alleviating this concern:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/53595/ask-ubuntu-chat-room-names&quot;&gt;chat room&lt;/a&gt; is created, open to all&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Users are free to propose new names as chat messages&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Users are free to vote for new names via chat stars&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;After a predetermined amount of time, the name with the most stars is selected&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A variant of this might be to take the &quot;top x&quot; starred messages and put them into a Google form or similar for final voting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastEditorUserId="256099" LastEditDate="2017-02-14T15:13:26.860" LastActivityDate="2017-02-14T15:13:26.860" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16739" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16740" CreationDate="2017-02-14T12:27:57.067" Score="6" ViewCount="94" Body="&lt;p&gt;Looking at the questions tagged with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/bootup&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;bootup&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;bootup&lt;/a&gt;, I concluded the tag is synonymous to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/boot&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;boot&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;boot&lt;/a&gt;. Unlike &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/boot&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;boot&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;boot&lt;/a&gt;, it has no description and is much less used and mostly by low-rep (assuming: new) users. Is it possible to make it a true synonym?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="250300" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2017-02-14T13:01:43.757" LastActivityDate="2017-02-14T13:01:43.757" Title="Do we need the [bootup] tag?" Tags="|discussion|status-completed|tags|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16740" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16739" CreationDate="2017-02-14T13:01:05.237" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Tada!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;updating post history, 31 rows affected (pipe delimited)&#xA;updating posts, 24 rows affected  (pipe delimited)&#xA;updating PostTags associations, 23 rows affected&#xA;updating Documentation tag proposal commitments, 0 rows affected&#xA;removing/renaming old tag, 0 rows affected&#xA;updating count for master tag, new count: 12944&#xA;tag remapping of [boot] and [bootup] complete!&#xA;remapping 0 synonyms&#xA;0 favorite and ignored tags remapped!&#xA;0 tracked tag badges were remapped!&#xA;Tag Synonym bootup -&amp;gt; boot was approved!&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2017-02-14T13:01:05.237" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16743" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16733" CreationDate="2017-02-14T15:36:09.160" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have to admit I don't recall the exact order in which I performed these actions but as they were effective I will share them here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I posted a comment on the post encouraging further editing to add detail that would help us determine why &quot;all the answers&quot; that were tried failed. I did not vote to re-open as I didn't feel that rewarding profanity was appropriate. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I attempted to draw attention to the problem by:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A) Opening this question (In retrospect perhaps I should have tagged it differently I'd like to here opinions on that).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;B) Dropping a comment in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/206/ubuntu-regulators&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Regulators Chat Room&lt;/a&gt; and when it appeared that room was virtually vacant also dropping a comment in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/201/ask-ubuntu-general-room&quot;&gt;Ask Ubuntu General Chat Room&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;C) I visited &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/58584/can-i-automatically-deactivate-my-touchpad-when-a-usb-mouse-is-connected&quot;&gt;the question called as duplicate&lt;/a&gt; and edited &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/58586/225694&quot;&gt;one of the answers&lt;/a&gt; that I was quickly able to determine was out of date. More work is clearly required to bring this one up to current day. I'm afraid I have nothing more to offer in that regard and trust that those of us inthe community that have the necessary skills will step up further address the issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Clearly this approach was effective as the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/882571/revisions&quot;&gt;Revision History&lt;/a&gt; no longer contains the profanity I was concerned about. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2017-02-14T15:36:09.160" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16745" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-02-14T16:14:30.137" Score="2" ViewCount="110" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have asked &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/879472/181242&quot;&gt;a question&lt;/a&gt; about how to make keyboard layout switching permanent in &lt;code&gt;awesome&lt;/code&gt; window manager. Later, when I realised that my issue is not specific to any window manager, I edited it to become about keyboard layout indicator in &lt;code&gt;awesome&lt;/code&gt; WM.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, the question have already received an answer to it, in its old phrasing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, what should I do with the question? I would like to initiate a bounty for it, but would it be right to do, given the situation?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="181242" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2017-02-14T16:18:17.107" Title="What should I do with a question that has been edited, but has an answer to it in its old phrasing?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16746" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16745" CreationDate="2017-02-14T16:18:17.107" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Suggest an edit to the answer that &quot;This answer was written against a previous revision of the question, and is kept here for historical purposes&quot; or similar.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You'd use this code, basically, for the above message:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;&amp;gt; This answer was written against a previous revision of the question, and is kept here for historical purposes.&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;which would give us something like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This answer was written against a previous revision of the question, and is kept here for historical purposes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2017-02-14T16:18:17.107" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16747" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-02-14T17:57:01.313" Score="11" ViewCount="476" Body="&lt;p&gt;Someone downvoted three of my answers to own questions in a row.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These are the answers:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/757829/428857&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/a/757829/428857&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/854620/428857&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/a/854620/428857&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/791221/428857&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/a/791221/428857&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For me it feels unfair. I am a Linux beginner and it was an effort to find the solutions and I wanted to share them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why the downvotes? Is it considered bad practice to write answers to (unanswered) own questions?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="428857" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2017-02-22T18:58:04.797" Title="Downvotes for answering own questions?" Tags="|discussion|downvoting|self-answer|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16748" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16747" CreationDate="2017-02-14T18:46:11.990" Score="18" Body="&lt;p&gt;Thanks for posting the solutions you found to your own problems. This is a great thing to do and the site has some ways of encouraging it - for example, this little message next to the checkbox to post your own answer seems quite inviting to me:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/0Mfif.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/0Mfif.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even more encouragingly, we have this badge &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Rs7Le.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Rs7Le.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/16236/cleanup-project-using-sede-query&quot;&gt;I probably spend more time than most users looking at self-answered questions&lt;/a&gt;, and I have a few theories about why they often don't get many upvotes and might even get a downvote, but, before I share them, I will just say that I don't think there should be anything special about a self-answered post: &lt;strong&gt;good posts should get upvotes and bad posts should get downvotes&lt;/strong&gt;, and that's pretty much it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;My theories&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;people might not be motivated to find the answer for you, thus they don't give the post much thought, and so don't bother to check and upvote your answer&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;self-answered posts might not get attention because people don't see future use for them. If the post looks really trivial (the answer seems extremely obvious) or esoteric (borderline off-topic, or barely reproducible) to someone, or the answer lacks sufficient explanation to make it useful to others, they might downvote it as a way of encouraging you to delete it, with the idea that it adds nothing to the site. It would be nice if such hypothetical people would instead try to improve the site in a more accountable way (I like editing), but, comment conversations and close votes are a lot more effort than casting anonymous downvotes.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Sometimes self-answers are bad! People sometimes &quot;solve&quot; their problems temporarily with bad practices, or post a very cursory answer with no explanation. In these cases, you might get a downvote, or people might just ignore (as mentioned, they might not be giving the whole question much thought).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Looking at your answers, I don't think any of them deserved a downvote, but you could certainly improve them - for example, what command(s) did you use to remove write permission from the mount point, or to uninstall Ktorrent? As I said earlier, you're unlikely to get extra credit just for solving your own problem - the post should stand on its own merits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2017-02-15T00:02:17.873" LastActivityDate="2017-02-15T00:02:17.873" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16749" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16747" CreationDate="2017-02-14T20:03:16.093" Score="18" Body="&lt;p&gt;What Zanna said is 100% correct and self answers are encouraged but the down votes have nothing to do with self answers, as the questions were voted up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Let's look at your answers&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/757829/75060&quot;&gt;Dell Inspiron does not go into GRUB after shutdown from Kubuntu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I think I found the answer. I disabled to Legacy ROM option in the&#xA;  BIOS settings while leaving UEFI enabled. After reinstallation the&#xA;  laptop now boots as expected.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I didn't try disabling UEFI completely since I prefer that mode.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Saying you think you found the answer, is not what the answer box is for, it seems like a guess rather than fact, this will always attract downvotes here, be sure of your answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/854620/75060&quot;&gt;Dropbox ZIP appears in Downloads folder&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Found it. KTorrent was downloading some crap. No idea where it came&#xA;  from since I have never used torrent before. Anyway I removed KTorrent&#xA;  for good&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Swearing is never good and how did you remove Ktorrent? It could be explained better.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/791221/75060&quot;&gt;Avoid flooding disk by copying to failed mount point&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I could solve this by removing writing rights from the dummy mount&#xA;  point folder. This way, copying files fails if mounting was not&#xA;  successful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This one lacks details, you talk about beginners understanding in the comments above, how would they understand &quot;removing writing rights from the dummy mount point folder&quot;? Answers should help anyone who reads them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I personal may only downvote the Ktorrent one, it is not helpful because it has no detail or context but I could see why all three would attract downvotes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The basic thing lacking in all these answers is detail, how did you do this? Just saying &quot;I did this&quot; does not help people, it just confuses them move.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You put far move effort in to the questions, that is why they have upvotes and the answers have downvotes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I hope you take this the right way and edit and improve your answers to make them high quality, then you will get upvotes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2017-02-14T20:09:34.053" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16750" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16682" CreationDate="2017-02-15T00:08:08.353" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://gnu.org/s/parallel&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/k93ja.png&quot; alt=&quot;GNU Parallel - for people who live life in the parallel lane&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22307" LastActivityDate="2017-02-15T00:08:08.353" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16751" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-02-15T10:23:31.850" Score="6" ViewCount="139" Body="&lt;p&gt;On other sites I was able to edit a question and then ask for re-open. I'm not seeing the option.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've edited the following question and I feel others may be wondering the same thing: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/837954/do-i-need-ubuntu-desktop-if-im-using-i3&quot;&gt;Do I need ubuntu-desktop if I&amp;#39;m using i3?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Edit: question now re-opened, thanks Ubuntu people!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="135947" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2017-02-15T12:32:45.753" Title="How to ask for re-open after edit with low rep?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16752" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16751" CreationDate="2017-02-15T10:50:00.517" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since the post has been closed for more than five days, editing will not automatically send it to the reopen queue. If you don't have the privilege to vote to reopen, the best thing to do in my opinion is make a meta post (check!) or you could come into the main chatroom and raise the issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/reopen-questions&quot;&gt;The help center has some further advice&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've voted to reopen the question, so it's in the review queue now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2017-02-15T10:50:00.517" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16753" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16361" CreationDate="2017-02-16T19:51:07.510" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;A merge more-or-less destroys one question, and groups answers from both under the master question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Therefore my view is, a question is a good merge candidate if:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;it is a duplicate of a question which is better* or identical and itself (the question) adds nothing useful to the better one &lt;strong&gt;but&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;both of the questions have &lt;strong&gt;good, useful answers&lt;/strong&gt;, which are &lt;strong&gt;different&lt;/strong&gt; from each other.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Don't merge if:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;duplicate posts have the same answer(s): there is no benefit in merging them. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the questions closed as dupes are not exactly the same and both have useful irreducible details (in the question itself), then I think it is better not to merge them, because the questions themselves have value. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;*better is subjective, but you may consider overall quality of the post itself (formatting, clarity, appropriate level of detail, etc), relevance to current versions, number of upvotes, number of views, number and quality of answers, whether an answer is accepted (if a post is merged, if an answer to the merged (destroyed) question is accepted, the writer of the post will lose their accept and 15 points) and so on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2017-02-16T19:51:07.510" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16754" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16682" CreationDate="2017-02-16T22:00:30.587" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.slideshare.net/jaguardesignstudio/why-zsh-is-cooler-than-your-shell-16194692&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/NyFcU.png&quot; alt=&quot;Why zsh is cooler than your shell&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1059" LastActivityDate="2017-02-16T22:00:30.587" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16755" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11750" CreationDate="2017-02-17T16:11:10.213" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Meme:&lt;/strong&gt; Chaos / Darkness (and other joinings of these two)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Originator:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/users/10616/thomas-ward&quot;&gt;Thomas Ward&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Background:&lt;/strong&gt; In recent days, one of our moderators, &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/users/10616/thomas-ward&quot;&gt;Thomas Ward&lt;/a&gt; took some D&amp;amp;D tests to determine his alignment, and ended up Chaotic Neutral/Evil.  He's since taken a liking to the terms &quot;Chaos&quot; and &quot;Darkness&quot; in regular greetings, or when doing some moderator-ly actions.  A regular greeting, in place of &quot;Hello&quot; or &quot;Good day&quot; from Thomas, is &quot;Good Chaos to thee&quot; or &quot;Good Darkness to thee&quot; or similar, and is mostly the origin of this meme.  Due to the origin of this being one of our Moderators, Thomas is sometimes called &quot;The Dark One&quot; or &quot;The Chaotic One&quot; solely because of the adoption of these terms in regular messages from him.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Examples of Originator Invocations:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/35503021#35503021&quot;&gt;&quot;Good Chaos to thee!&quot;&lt;/a&gt; (sometimes written with Darkness instead of Chaos)  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/201?m=35263648#35263648&quot;&gt;&quot;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;A great Darkness has swept through the flags queue, and cleared most of it away with Flames of Evil and Darkness.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;  &lt;em&gt;Darkness Moderator returns to the shadows from whence he came&lt;/em&gt;&quot;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/295286/serg&quot;&gt;Serg&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/35507357#35507357&quot;&gt;&quot;And Good Darkness to you as well&quot;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/15811/rinzwind&quot;&gt;Rinzwind&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/35507374#35507374&quot;&gt;&quot;all hail Chaos!&quot;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Examples of Community invocations:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/25798/jokerdino&quot;&gt;jokerdino&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/35503312#35503312&quot;&gt;&quot;Darkness shall prevail&quot;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And just because I should probably show these, some typical community responses to the &quot;Good Chaos to thee&quot; greetings:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/367990/byte-commander&quot;&gt;ByteCommander&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/35503169#35503169&quot;&gt;&quot;May Darkness lead your ways.&quot;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/295286/serg&quot;&gt;Serg&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/35503043#35503043&quot;&gt;&quot;Good morning, Mr. Dark-One&quot;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2017-02-17T18:32:06.410" CommentCount="4" CommunityOwnedDate="2017-02-17T16:11:10.213" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16756" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16759" CreationDate="2017-02-18T11:20:35.770" Score="6" ViewCount="137" Body="&lt;p&gt;Today, I was reviewing new posts and came to a post titled as &quot;Why does Ubuntu not ship with a way to fill in PDF forms?&quot; which I found a low quality question and down-voted it. Surprisingly I got a notice that my review was a bad one since the question was a good quality question!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/fr6oP.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/fr6oP.png&quot; alt=&quot;Screenshot of the question and the notice!&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This question has problem in at least two aspects:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;It is not a question. It is claiming there is no way to do so instead of asking how to do.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;It is not a good question since it is a duplicate of several other questions such as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/35673/how-to-fill-out-the-forms-and-save-the-inputs-in-this-tax-report-pdf-file&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/32862/is-there-any-useful-software-for-filling-out-pdf-forms-other-than-adobe-reader&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; so on.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems there is something wrong with the review validation system!&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Am I wrong?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;What should I do when I find a post as a duplicate post? Shouldn't I down-vote and flag it as duplicate?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="214264" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2017-02-18T15:46:27.527" LastActivityDate="2017-02-18T15:46:27.527" Title="Problem with the review section" Tags="|bug|status-bydesign|review|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16757" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16758" CreationDate="2017-02-18T11:39:20.377" Score="3" ViewCount="185" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the review queues page, I can see which users have most recently reviewed each type.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To review suggested edits, we need at least 2k reputation but I've seen users who have less than 2k reputation or in this post only 11 reputation appearing on this page as having done review tasks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/42ZVQ.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/42ZVQ.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How could it be possible?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="378524" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2017-02-18T11:44:38.470" LastActivityDate="2017-02-18T11:44:38.470" Title="How can a user with less than 2k reputation be allowed to review suggested edits?" Tags="|support|suggested-edits|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2017-02-18T12:03:01.260" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16758" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16757" CreationDate="2017-02-18T11:42:30.530" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Any user can approve an edit suggested on their own post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This will count as a review.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2017-02-18T11:42:30.530" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16759" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16756" CreationDate="2017-02-18T11:54:52.227" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;First of all, no, you should not downvote duplicates just because they are duplicates! Duplicates are useful because they help direct users to the right answer. The search functionality of the site is, um, well, less than perfect. It is not easy for experienced users to find dupes, let alone new ones. So no, please don't downvote dupes just because they're dupes&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, yes, the review system is flawed. Remember that this is automatic, it simply selects upvoted questions and considers them &quot;good&quot;. Sometimes, sadly, we have bad questions (although I don't think this is an example of one, it seems perfectly OK to me) that are nevertheless upvoted and sometimes those make them into the review tests and make people fail the test for selecting the right action. Don't worry about it. Unless you fail a &lt;em&gt;lot&lt;/em&gt; of tests, nobody cares. And even if you do fail a lot, that will just ban you from review for a little time. After that's over, you can come back and review again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sub&gt;OK, there are some cases where the duplicate is so easy to find that it shows the OP clearly put no effort into the question. You can downvote for the lack of effort, just not only because it is a dupe please.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2017-02-18T12:31:31.677" LastActivityDate="2017-02-18T12:31:31.677" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16760" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11750" CreationDate="2017-02-19T01:06:43.857" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Meme:&lt;/strong&gt; Getting Eliah'd&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Originator:&lt;/strong&gt; FEichinger (??)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Background:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/users/22949/eliah-kagan&quot;&gt;Eliah Kagan&lt;/a&gt; is known (and loved) for posting long and well researched answers on both main and meta.  His answers are so long and well researched that you don't bother disagreeing with Eliah, you just admit he has you beat.  If you are writing an answer when Eliah posts one, there's no point.  He will have covered everything you were going to say. (all of this in the best way possible)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Examples:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/201?m=8912772#8912772&quot;&gt;Eliah Eliah'd the chat.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/201?m=8755296#8755296&quot;&gt;Off-topic. It's on Mint. Personally I think cinammon on Ubu should be OT too, but it's not. Watch as I get Eliah-ed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/201?m=8852557#8852557&quot;&gt;I do love how Lightness' answer gets Eliah'd, though.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/201?m=8747120#8747120&quot;&gt;I got Eliah'd.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/201?m=8846372#8846372&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Eliah'd!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Variants:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/201?m=8841267#8841267&quot;&gt;I almost don't bother to answer a meta question because I know Eliah's answer will come and it's gonna be way better than mine. I feel people accept my answer out of sympathy XD&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/201?m=8841265#8841265&quot;&gt;I like to think we could all just abandon meta and have Eliah answer everything. Would have the same effect.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/201?m=8747146#8747146&quot;&gt;That was the point at which I started telling myself &quot;Eliah posted. Just stop. You can't win this one.&quot;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/201?m=14203318#14203318&quot;&gt;Yay, an Eliah answer.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/5688/lets-reopen-this-on-topic-question-about-using-ubuntu-software-in-ubuntu/5691#comment8242_5691&quot;&gt;With all due respect, you have not applied this line of thought elsewhere. You've answered non-Ubuntu-specific questions here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here, just for starters. - Eliah Kagan&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/36043845#36043845&quot;&gt;Thanks. I channeled my inner Eliah there a bit.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="5" LastEditDate="2017-03-14T23:12:41.897" LastActivityDate="2017-03-14T23:12:41.897" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16761" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15276" CreationDate="2017-02-19T14:02:42.257" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I realize I'm late to the party here, but I've affectionately referred to The Ask Ubuntu General Chat Room as &quot;The Water Cooler&quot; as it's where I typically go to find someone who isn't too busy working to help! ;-) Be that as it may, I don't actually see the need for a new name for the room as the current name makes it easy to find. After reviewing something on the order of 5000 posts here, I would hesitate to add another &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/291185/260418&quot;&gt;level of confusion&lt;/a&gt; for members (new and old) to overcome. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.850" LastActivityDate="2017-02-19T16:42:37.983" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16762" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16682" CreationDate="2017-02-19T19:48:54.777" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/Lazza/RecuperaBit&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/oWxnL.png&quot; alt=&quot;RecuperaBit – Open Source NTFS Recovery&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="271" LastActivityDate="2017-02-19T19:48:54.777" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16763" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16764" CreationDate="2017-02-22T06:24:30.613" Score="5" ViewCount="182" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/885935/what-is-mounting-in-linux&quot;&gt;A question regarding mounting in Linux&lt;/a&gt; was asked. I answered it addressing the question as the user formulated it. &#xA;I think this was a mistake on my part, because the question, as it stands, already &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/20680/what-does-it-mean-to-mount-something&quot;&gt;has an answer elsewhere&lt;/a&gt;. Anyhow, I did answer them and their comments, then, after exchanging more information using the comments, it was clear that their problem didn't have that much to do with his question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, they accepted my original answer for their original question, which had nothing to do with their actual dilema.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, I'm in doubt. &lt;strong&gt;Can I edit their question and my answer to reflect the actual problem that they had? Should I?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Regarding the comments. I'm new so I didn't think of using a chat room to clarify the question. Maybe I abused the comments system, because essentially we were chatting using the comments. I'm sorry about that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="655715" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2017-03-01T22:51:14.480" Title="Can I edit a question and my answer to reflect the actual problem the poster had?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16764" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16763" CreationDate="2017-02-22T06:56:59.820" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;In most cases, if the question and answer are OK as they are, and especially if they already have some upvotes, I would just ask the user to open a new question with their real problem. Here the answer has even been accepted as it is (and upvoted too) and I definitely think the whole post should be left as is. The question as written is valid (in fact a duplicate of a much upvoted question) and the answer is fine and may help others. It's not just about the OP and their problem, but about other readers finding help in future on the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, if it emerges early in discussion that the OP has formulated their question in a way that doesn't help to address their real problem, then editing is usually the best action, in my opinion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;PS, the long comment conversation is not your fault - the user does not have enough reputation to chat. If this happens, you can ask a mod to make a chat room for you and grant access to the user, but that's not always expedient. Comments can be cleaned up later, so don't worry about making a temporary mess if it helps figure out the problem in the meantime :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2017-02-22T07:11:16.640" LastActivityDate="2017-02-22T07:11:16.640" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16765" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-02-22T15:48:43.903" Score="-8" ViewCount="292" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've been taking some flak recently for posting duplicate/similar answers to questions that are similar, rather than noting that a duplicate answer may exist, and vtc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've reviewed some of the 642 posts here regarding this subject, and I'm not sure that I found anything other than complex opinions. So my real question is... &lt;strong&gt;Is there a written formal policy on how to handle duplicate questions/answers on Ask Ubuntu?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have my own opinion on this subject, but I'll start by asking readers to review the comments in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/885031/unable-to-detect-wireless-after-installing-ubuntu-16-10-broadcom-bcm43212/885053#885053&quot;&gt;unable to detect wireless after installing ubuntu 16.10: Broadcom bcm43212&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One might condense one answer that I've been given as... &quot;we don't want to clog up Ask Ubuntu with similar answers... so mark it as a dup question and reference a dup answer&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One problem that I see with marking as a dup, and providing a link, is that &lt;strong&gt;many&lt;/strong&gt; times the link doesn't answer the &lt;strong&gt;specifics&lt;/strong&gt; of the &lt;strong&gt;current&lt;/strong&gt; question. Case in point, the BCM43212. The dup link refered to makes &lt;strong&gt;no mention&lt;/strong&gt; of the BCM43212, and even if you went off of the device ID (which wasn't identified in the OP), you'd get a call out to an obsolete driver quoted in 2011. &lt;strong&gt;Wrong answer&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'll try and keep this short...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I see 6 possible answers to &lt;strong&gt;any&lt;/strong&gt; given question...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;no answer at all&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;a brand new answer to a brand new question&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;a similar question marked as having a dup answer, link provided&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;a similar question having the same/similar answer&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;a similar question marked as dup, link provided, and having a same/similar answer&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;wrong answer&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure that considering items 2-5 should be considered as different. &lt;strong&gt;The question got answered&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Comments?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4272" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2017-02-23T10:33:39.070" Title="Formal policy on duplicate/similar answers for similar questions on Ask Ubuntu?" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16766" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16765" CreationDate="2017-02-22T17:04:34.397" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are probably hundreds of questions regarding installation of the Broadcom drivers for BCM43212 worded one way or another.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Instead of posting hundreds of identical answers it is better to post one answer and close all other questions as duplicates.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I agree that &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/55868/installing-broadcom-wireless-drivers&quot;&gt;Installing Broadcom Wireless Drivers&lt;/a&gt; is a very good Q&amp;amp;A but it became too big and confusing for newbies. and it does not cover the &lt;code&gt;broadcom-sta-dkms&lt;/code&gt; solution that is better in some cases.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But your answer does not cover the Secure Boot issue, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I suggest that new or old unanswered, not already closed as dupes questions are closed as dupes of the one with your answer. You can do it, if you like. I will support it with my votes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But be prepared to add there some useful information regarding the Secure Boot issue and offline installation. That will make it a perfect answer with lots of upvotes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is much much better than to have a hundred answers with accepts and 1-2 upvotes each.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As an example I can give one of my similar answers &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/632348/167850&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/a/632348/167850&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At first I wrote a simple guide, than added some details based on problems people address, and I am trying to keep it up do date. I could post a single answer for each of similar questions like you ;-) but it not a good way of doing things here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="167850" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:24.280" LastActivityDate="2017-02-22T17:04:34.397" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16767" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16747" CreationDate="2017-02-22T18:58:04.797" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to add a bit to the two already existing excellent answers. if you solved a problem by using some &lt;em&gt;guaranteed-to-solve&lt;/em&gt; methods (such as re-installing Ubuntu, removing it etc), then my advice would be not to use the answer section to say that your problem is gone now. Because the answers are there for future visitors who can get help from them and informing them that your problem is now gone might not help them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In short, try to see if your answer has anything that &lt;strong&gt;could help future visitors&lt;/strong&gt;, if it has, then proceed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="61218" LastActivityDate="2017-02-22T18:58:04.797" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16768" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16765" CreationDate="2017-02-23T10:33:39.070" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;If your answer is addressing the specifics of the current question and is sufficiently different, then yes, it may well be better to post it. Sometimes, you can post your answer addressing the specifics &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; vote to close as a dupe. Or, which I often do, vote to close and leave a comment along the lines of &quot;Use the solution of the duplicate, just change &lt;code&gt;foo&lt;/code&gt; to &lt;code&gt;bar&lt;/code&gt;&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, the flak you've been getting is because you've been posting &lt;em&gt;the exact same answer to multiple questions&lt;/em&gt;. That raises an automatic moderator flag since, obviously, it is duplication of content. There have been 22 (twenty two!) separate flags raised on your answers for that! These aren't cases where you &quot;answer the specifics of the current question&quot;, these are 100%, word for word identical copies of another one of your answers. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;9 times out of 10, when a post is flagged in such a way, the question it is answering is indeed a duplicate and should have been marked as such. Yes, sometimes the questions aren't close enough even though they have the same answer, but that is very rare. Which is why the system casts this flag to begin with. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, if you feel that the duplicate doesn't answer the question well enough, then post a &lt;em&gt;different&lt;/em&gt; answer that does address whatever detail you feel is missing. However, arguing that it shouldn't be a dupe because the specifics of the question are different, and then posting word-perfect identical answers doesn't make much sense. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2017-02-23T10:33:39.070" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16769" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16777" CreationDate="2017-02-25T07:57:57.757" Score="4" ViewCount="174" Body="&lt;p&gt;I asked a question on Ask Ubuntu. Someone flagged it as a duplicate and merged that question with another question. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is : &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/740730/how-to-find-group-name-and-user-name&quot;&gt;How to find group name and user name&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and it was merged with : &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/6114/what-does-the-name-after-at-terminal-prompt-mean&quot;&gt;What does the name after &amp;#39;@&amp;#39; at terminal prompt mean?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I got -3 votes for this question. Now I want to delete that question. Is it possible to delete a merged question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is no &lt;code&gt;delete&lt;/code&gt; option present and the &lt;code&gt;edit&lt;/code&gt; option is disabled.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="513349" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2017-02-27T20:40:45.420" Title="How to delete merged question?" Tags="|discussion|deleted-questions|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16770" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16769" CreationDate="2017-02-25T08:19:41.730" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have deleted your question. Done.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastActivityDate="2017-02-25T08:19:41.730" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16771" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-02-26T14:58:19.600" Score="17" ViewCount="277" Body="&lt;p&gt;Lately I see a lot of comments from less experienced users (and some more experienced ones too) pointing out that questions about other OS etc are off topic and rightly so, they are.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, we should still aim to leave a good impression and help the users as much as we can.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I see comments like&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&quot;This is off topic on Ask Ubuntu&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;or&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&quot;We don't support that OS&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While these comments are not exactly rude or anything, they also do not help people find the correct site to ask on. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would ask that users append their comments with a link to the correct site to ask on, as this is still useful information for people and leaves a good impression too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am not saying do something fancy but just&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&quot;This is off topic on Ask Ubuntu, but you can ask at:&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;http://unix.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;http://unix.stackexchange.com&lt;/a&gt; &quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;or whatever site is the correct one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is a small thing but I believe it make a big difference to peoples opinions of this community.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastActivityDate="2019-05-07T19:49:10.640" Title="Off Topic Questions: Comment Etiquette" Tags="|discussion|comments|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16772" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-02-26T15:28:37.003" Score="0" ViewCount="123" Body="&lt;p&gt;I created my Ask Ubuntu login with my Google login, but if I try to manually login with my Google email, and regular Google password (rather than using the &quot;Google&quot; login button), I get &quot;wrong password&quot; (or something similar).  If I can manually login to Ask Ubuntu with my Google email, and regular Google password, then I can use the LastPass entry to login.  Why does this not work?  I am using the correct password as evidenced by successfully logging out of, and back into Google manually, AND logging into Google using LastPass.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="659115" OwnerDisplayName="Mark Kagy" LastActivityDate="2017-02-26T22:54:23.923" Title="Trying to get Ask Ubuntu login to work with LastPass" Tags="|discussion|login|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16773" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16772" CreationDate="2017-02-26T22:54:23.923" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You'll have to login to Google first as you have discovered and use your LastPass creds there, then use Google OAuth / OpenID auth to authenticate with SE.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your LastPass credentials being put into the email and password boxes on the logon page for StackExchange / Ask Ubuntu would be for StackExchange created OpenIDs, if you had registered without using an external logon identifier (Google).  That's why you get the password errors.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;TL;DR, you can't use the email/password boxes to logon with your GMail credentials, because that's only for SE OpenIDs if you only register on SE and don't use the external authentication from Google.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2017-02-26T22:54:23.923" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16775" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-02-27T04:53:07.160" Score="-2" ViewCount="165" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since I just switched to using GalliumOS, I want to know if asking questions about distros that are not Ubuntu, but are still based on Ubuntu are relevant. GalliumOS is based on Ubuntu 15.10, so would it still be okay to ask questions about GalliumOS (or any other Ubuntu-based distribution) on the Ask Ubuntu website?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="635556" LastActivityDate="2017-02-27T05:00:36.167" Title="Is it relevant to ask questions for other distros based on Ubuntu (e.g. GalliumOS)?" Tags="|discussion|asking-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="0" ClosedDate="2017-02-27T12:33:42.790" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16776" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16775" CreationDate="2017-02-27T05:00:36.167" Score="8" Body="&lt;h2&gt;No, it is not okay, as such questions are offtopic.&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Non-official Ubuntu Derivatives, including Mint, ElementaryOS, and GalliumOS, are offtopic on Ask Ubuntu.  This has always been the case, and remains the case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is also explicitly stated in the Help center:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions that you should avoid:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Linux Mint, Elementary OS, Backtrack, Gnome-Remix (prior to 13.04), budgie-remix (16.04 and 16.10) and &lt;strong&gt;other Linux distributions&lt;/strong&gt; (try our friends at &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;Unix &amp;amp; Linux&lt;/a&gt; Stack Exchange).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that by &amp;quot;official&amp;quot; Ubuntu derivatives, we mean officially-recognized derivatives by the Ubuntu project - Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Lubuntu, Ubuntu GNOME, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2017-02-27T05:00:36.167" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16777" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16769" CreationDate="2017-02-27T13:29:16.130" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;From what's been written so far, it looks like the way to delete a merged post is to ask a question on meta, and then a &lt;del&gt;tiny dinosaur&lt;/del&gt; mod will kindly delete it for you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, for the sake of future readers, what's probably the better way to do this is &lt;strong&gt;flag the post for moderator attention&lt;/strong&gt; by clicking the small &lt;strong&gt;flag&lt;/strong&gt; link under the post, like so...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/H1Xho.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/H1Xho.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2017-02-27T20:40:45.420" LastActivityDate="2017-02-27T20:40:45.420" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16779" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16771" CreationDate="2017-02-27T20:37:51.340" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;I personally agree that we should try to help the users as much as we can rather than appear to give them the brush off. Utilizing &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/92060/add-data-se-style-magic-links-to-comments&quot;&gt;Add data.SE style &amp;quot;magic links&amp;quot; to comments&lt;/a&gt; can make this faster and easier to do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While I consider it admirable to take this approach, I understand that many may feel it's unnecessary as if someone actually bothers to read &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/how-to-ask&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/help/how-to-ask&lt;/a&gt; , &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tour&quot;&gt;the tour page&lt;/a&gt; and visited &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help&quot;&gt;the help center&lt;/a&gt; and actually did thoroughly search for an answer it may seem that they should have been able to find a better place to ask or would have found the answer already. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sadly many are not exceptionally skilled at forming questions and are challenged when it comes to searching for information that is outside their area of expertise. I have no doubt that we have all seen numerous examples of poorly phrased, poorly researched questions. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The final determination as to exactly how helpful to be must (and should) be left to the user commenting. Whether it's a &quot;small thing&quot; is a matter of opinion and depends on what may or may not be competing for the commenter's time when the comment is crafted. We all have our criteria that we use for making that determination. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know that I am unlikely to try to be very helpful to those who provide beliefs rather than facts regarding their issue, claim to have tried &lt;em&gt;everything&lt;/em&gt; and whine about well deserved closures without even making an attempt to edit their post to bring it up to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/how-to-ask&quot;&gt;site standards&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastEditorUserId="225694" LastEditDate="2019-05-07T19:49:10.640" LastActivityDate="2019-05-07T19:49:10.640" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="16780" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16709" CreationDate="2017-02-27T21:30:24.463" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;While there's a lot of improvement that can be made here, any changes will be slow to adopt. I think your ideas are great and echo a lot of what has been discussed in the past. The occasional image loading failures were due to an ageing server which is running the hostmar.co domain. It's been migrated, and pending DNS, will be resolved in the next 48 hours.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, I'll make sure the rest of the moderation team has access to this machine to help manage logs and any errors that might occur going forward.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From what I recall several years ago it was more than just a simple find replace, the Stack Exchange team detailed what seemed to be quite a bit of work to replace every entry of X and was only reserved for drastic measures. That's where the &lt;code&gt;hostmar.co&lt;/code&gt; alternative came from. It happened to be a domain I had at the time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We can, in addition to your suggestions, also consider just building out what runs &lt;code&gt;hostmar.co&lt;/code&gt; (which is now just a set of NGiNX rules - was a php script). Giving us the same capabilities but with a more crisp domain name.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41" LastEditorUserId="158442" LastEditDate="2017-02-28T09:58:18.497" LastActivityDate="2017-02-28T09:58:18.497" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16781" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16783" CreationDate="2017-02-28T00:34:18.180" Score="9" ViewCount="310" Body="&lt;p&gt;While reviewing low quality posts I stumbled across &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/884615/system-is-booting-only-occasionally&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; in which the OP describes intermittent problems booting with 3 versions of Ubuntu but is now booting KDE Neon. The question while well described, provides logs from KDE Neon running kernel 4.9.10 My gut reaction is that this is off topic either due to the distro currently in use or due to the fact that the problem exists across several versions and distributions and either way would likely be better served on &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;U&amp;amp;L.&lt;/a&gt; I'm curious as to what logic chain leads one to believe that this question is both on topic and worthy of an upvote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:37:19.280" LastActivityDate="2017-02-28T06:46:03.920" Title="Is it sensible to upvote a question that claims to have issues with Ubuntu but provides logs from another distro?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16782" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16781" CreationDate="2017-02-28T03:25:51.927" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;The first thing to do is to ask whether they are truly on Ubuntu or not.  Then go from there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is entirely possible for someone to custom-run the higher kernel and software on Ubuntu by compiling and doing it themselves.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If they say &quot;No, I'm not, I'm actually on XYZ&quot;, then you know it's offtopic.  Then we can truly act on it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've asked them in comments to clarify what OS they're on.  We can move from there once we get a reply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2017-02-28T03:25:51.927" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16783" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16781" CreationDate="2017-02-28T06:46:03.920" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;While establishing that the post is off-topic, and most definitely after finding out that it is off-topic, I would refrain from upvoting it, since questions with upvotes don't get deleted by the system, unless people with &gt;10k find and delete them, even if they are closed, and we don't want off-topic stuff cluttering up the site and misleading people.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2017-02-28T06:46:03.920" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16784" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16709" CreationDate="2017-02-28T15:13:10.667" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Shog9 has nicely run his link updating tool for us, replacing some 60 or so links. For some reason there are still a few instances that were not indexed by SE search and so the script could not fix those. This may have been due to the ongoing DDoS attack at the time.  I will check again in a few days and see if it's been fixed. Otherwise we'll have to manually find and fix the rest.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2017-02-28T15:13:10.667" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16785" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-03-01T14:24:46.387" Score="12" ViewCount="97" Body="&lt;p&gt;Most days I run out of delete votes somewhere in the middle of the Low Quality Posts queue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have noticed what seems to me to be a (minor) bug here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I get to my last delete vote, if I click the &lt;strong&gt;Delete&lt;/strong&gt; button and then &lt;strong&gt;Delete&lt;/strong&gt; again in the comment dialog, I get a little red error pop up saying:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;An error occurred while reviewing this item&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I refresh the page, and I get this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/4o7SZ.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/4o7SZ.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, it looks like I cannot review this item at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit:&lt;/strong&gt; However, &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/16785/low-quality-posts-review-chokes-when-i-run-out-of-delete-votes#comment34066_16785&quot;&gt;as pointed out in the comments&lt;/a&gt;, it appears that &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/879352/ubuntu14-04-login-loop-installed-teamviewer/888429#888429&quot;&gt;the delete vote landed&lt;/a&gt;. A bit annoying, but not as bad as I first thought.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2017-03-01T23:07:21.173" Title="Low Quality Posts review chokes when I run out of delete votes" Tags="|bug|review|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16786" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16771" CreationDate="2017-03-01T19:11:47.097" Score="6" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I would ask that users append their comments with a link to the correct site to ask on, as this is still useful information for people and leaves a good impression too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Absolutely agree with that, although please keep in mind that in some cases the &quot;correct site&quot; could be debatable. For instance, Cygwin is used under Windows hence may seem more suitable for Super User site, but it could be more suitable for Unix &amp;amp; Linux site (and yes, Cygwin is on topic there). Sometimes you have to stop and think whether or not what you consider a best fit would actually fit the user.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You also have to consider the context. If there was conversation going on within the comments for some time, and an established user already questioned the new user on which OS they're using or which tools, comments such as &lt;code&gt;This is off-topic on AskUbuntu&lt;/code&gt; can be fine, although I agree that adding a link to that would be more useful. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the technical side of things, I would recommend maintaining a text file with commonly used comments and learn from top users in our community. Such users as Fabby, terdon, Zanna,steeldriver typically provide useful and detailed comments, so I would recommend copying some of their comments. Alternatively, use a clipboard manager to insert the commonly used comments into clipboard and paste it right away. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am currently working on one like that,&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/882821/295286&quot;&gt;indicator-bulletin&lt;/a&gt;, which will soon have ability to have list of commonly used phrases and insert them into clipboard. Hope the community can benefit from it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="295286" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2017-03-01T19:11:47.097" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16787" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16789" CreationDate="2017-03-01T22:32:51.553" Score="5" ViewCount="160" Body="&lt;p&gt;In &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/888574/647604&quot;&gt;this post&lt;/a&gt; I answered with a short question and it turned into a comment. I don't have enough rep to comment, but is this an acceptable way to circumvent that restriction? Or is this a mistake on askubuntu's part? I guess my real question is whether this is a feature or a bug.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit: To clarify, this is better than if it remained an answer, I was just curious if it was intended.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="647604" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2017-03-02T09:34:06.927" Title="New Users - Trivial Answer Converted to Comment" Tags="|support|new-users|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16788" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16763" CreationDate="2017-03-01T22:51:14.480" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, you are welcome to edit a question to improve it on behalf of the person asking.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I'd keep in mind these things.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;DON'T&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Don't edit the question because you believe the person asked the &lt;em&gt;wrong question&lt;/em&gt;, or has chosen the &lt;em&gt;wrong&lt;/em&gt; way to try and solve a problem.  Your edit should help to improve the question they actually intended to ask, not to change it to something they didn't intend to ask.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Occasionally someone changes their mind about what they intend to ask after they've written the question.  Ideally, they should ask it as a &lt;em&gt;separate question&lt;/em&gt;.  However, if they already have answers and have commented about their &lt;em&gt;altered&lt;/em&gt; question, then this is no fault of yours and for the benefit of others I would not be against adding this information within the question body, since you are still technically helping them ask the question they &lt;em&gt;now&lt;/em&gt; intend to ask.  You can also flag for moderator intervention if you think it's warranted (eg, if you think others will be confused).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Don't edit the question to add &lt;em&gt;the answer or solution&lt;/em&gt; - this must be added as an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Don't make trivial edits that won't help them get any better answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;DO&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Interpret their question and try to more clearly convey what they intended to ask.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Add important information that the question asker failed to provide, but which became apparent later (eg in comments).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Fix formatting or terminology that might make it difficult for others to understand their question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ultimately what you do in your edit is up to you, and if the person asking the question doesn't like the edit, they can reject and/or reverse it (or it can be reversed by someone else).  But these tips can help reduce the chances that someone takes issue with your edit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54256" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2017-03-01T22:51:14.480" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16789" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16787" CreationDate="2017-03-01T23:26:38.710" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Very short answers with links to other posts in them get counted as &quot;trivial&quot;. They're almost always signposts. And while you might call this a loophole, it's not a very useful loophole for bad people.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is also a mechanism to manually convert answers to comments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Is this an acceptable way to circumvent that restriction?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Well hacking the automated version means posting linking to other posts. Suggesting a duplicate might be a better course of action but I guess you can't do that either. Yeah, that's okay. Why not. It'll help people close it as a duplicate if nothing else.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For longer comments (eg asking about their problem) it's a balance between being helpful and annoying the moderators and flaggers. A real person is going to have to come in and click stuff, pull levers, etc to turn your post into a comment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Insightful and helpful comments will likely see most of the comments converted.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Inane banter will likely see them deleted with prejudice, leading to an automated answer ban.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ideally a couple of hours grinding the review queue, and suggesting a small pile of &lt;em&gt;good&lt;/em&gt; edits is  enough to get people over the 50 rep line. Of course a good answer is gold but harder technically.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I guess my real question is whether this is a feature or a bug.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The automated &quot;trivial answer&quot; thing is definitely a feature. It cuts out the very laziest answers from all corners right off the bat. But the whole answer→comment system recognises that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Mature users post comments in the answer section occasionally.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;New users can still have worthwhile questions to ask OPs.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Essentially: Because humans are dirty, stupid meatbags that can't be predicted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2017-03-02T00:19:00.443" LastActivityDate="2017-03-02T00:19:00.443" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16790" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16935" CreationDate="2017-03-02T14:25:15.167" Score="7" ViewCount="264" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was reviewing some of my answers yesterday in an effort to earn the Sportsmanship badge, cleaning up some of my obsolete comments along the way on the main site and flagged a couple comments for deletion as they were referring to old deleted comments of mine which don't make sense in the current context. I was surprised to see those flags declined. as shown below:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/LM6GN.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/LM6GN.png&quot; alt=&quot;declined&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would assume that a comment referring to another non-existent comment that has no direct bearing on the Q&amp;amp;A would be clearly obsolete. Am I missing something? I reviewed &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3305/should-otherwise-obsolete-comments-sometimes-be-retained-for-the-community-opini&quot;&gt;Should otherwise obsolete comments sometimes be retained for the community opinion their upvotes express?&lt;/a&gt; but it really didn't seem to apply in this case. In my pursuit of continuous improvement I would like to avoid flagging incorrectly so I would appreciate some feedback on why my logic in this case was considered flawed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastActivityDate="2017-04-25T14:46:11.687" Title="Isn't a comment in reply to a deleted comment obsolete by default?" Tags="|discussion|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="16" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16791" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14352" CreationDate="2017-03-02T16:11:06.097" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;I like this idea and it seems to me to a be reasonable request and quite likely a far from onerous task. [au] seems a reasonable choice to replace [ubuntu.se] and I think we could all appreciate saving a few keystrokes (certainly my sloth-like typing speed would benefit.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastEditorUserId="225694" LastEditDate="2017-03-02T17:08:36.600" LastActivityDate="2017-03-02T17:08:36.600" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16793" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14529" CreationDate="2017-03-04T00:05:32.127" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here's my opinion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If duplicate answers arrive within moments of each other it's not really that surprising. It's the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/9731/fastest-gun-in-the-west-problem&quot;&gt;fastest gun in the west&lt;/a&gt; syndrome and very similar answers are bound to occur. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However an &lt;strong&gt;identical&lt;/strong&gt; answer several days earlier like the one found &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/882298/testing-of-php-fails/887874#887874&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; I consider a problem. In this case it may simply be that the user requires some guidance on using the site rather than the blatant rudeness it appears to be on the surface. I do think late &lt;em&gt;identical&lt;/em&gt; should be deleted in favor of those that came before them, however similar answers that are more cohesive or fully formed should be left to the voting process. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2017-03-04T00:05:32.127" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16794" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-03-05T07:05:13.037" Score="10" ViewCount="1865" Body="&lt;p&gt;As many of you know, there is a long-standing problem with Intel Bay Trail processors. Since a particular patch was merged into the Linux kernel, low power states these CPUs attempt to enter are unsupported, resulting in frequent total freezes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The bug report: &lt;a href=&quot;https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=109051&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Bug 109051 - intel_idle.max_cstate=1 required on baytrail to prevent crashes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The workaround for this bug is to pass a boot parameter disabling the c-states altogether, providing a stable system at the price of slightly faster battery consumption. This &amp;quot;fix&amp;quot; is so characteristic, that it defines the bug; if your freezes aren't fixed by this, then you have a different problem, according to the folks maintaining the bug page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Aside: this question &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/883430/will-the-intel-bay-trail-cpu-problem-be-fixed-in-17-04&quot;&gt;Will the Intel Bay Trail CPU problem be fixed in 17.04?&lt;/a&gt; was recently asked, and I did some further research, suggesting that the bug could be fixed by 17.10)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some time ago, with some modly assistance &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/206/2016/9/13&quot;&gt;(chat transcript FTR)&lt;/a&gt;, all the posts I could find about the c-state bug were closed against: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/803640/system-freezes-completely-with-intel-bay-trail&quot;&gt;System freezes completely with Intel Bay Trail&lt;/a&gt; - since OP seemed to have vanished, I edited the post liberally, aiming in the title to capture what people searching would type in not knowing the cause for their freezes, and what reviewers would recognise when they do know something about it. It's my answer, so I'm maintaining that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, since this was done I have tried to close new posts about it against that one too, as was the original plan. But I have found that, unless OP clicks the button to agree with the duplicate, it is hard work to get them closed. For example, I recently voted to close these two and my CVs have aged away :/&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/695805/acer-aspire-es1-311-freezes-regularly-on-ubuntu-gnome-15-10&quot;&gt;Acer Aspire ES1 311 freezes regularly on Ubuntu GNOME 15.10&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/689617/ubuntu-15-10-freezes-on-acer-aspire-e11&quot;&gt;Ubuntu 15.10 freezes on Acer Aspire E11&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I sometimes see such posts being closed as duplicates of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/4408/what-should-i-do-when-ubuntu-freezes&quot;&gt;What should I do when Ubuntu freezes?&lt;/a&gt; which to my knowledge has no answer about the c-state bug (although it probably should have such an answer, I would argue against closing the specific c-state problem posts against this giant catch-all)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Apart from the fact that the CV queue is apparently getting a bit out of hand since its impressive December low (thanks to Zacharee1's efforts and the vague promise of hats), I wonder &lt;strong&gt;what is stopping people from voting to close these posts as duplicates&lt;/strong&gt;. Is it lack of awareness about the c-state bug, or is it something that needs fixing about the target? Is it because I'm voting to close as dupe of a question I answered myself? Or do people think such posts should not be closed for some reason (I think I'm going to disagree if that's the case, but I want to hear the reasoning)? What can be done to handle questions about this in the best way possible?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;TL;DR&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How should we handle questions about freezes caused by the c-state bug (given that OP will not know the cause - if they did, they would know the characteristic workaround)? The plan was to close these questions as duplicates of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/803640/system-freezes-completely-with-intel-bay-trail&quot;&gt;System freezes completely with Intel Bay Trail&lt;/a&gt; but community support/awareness hasn't generally been sufficient to make that happen consistently so far.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2017-03-06T17:12:39.640" Title="Handling questions about the Bay Trail c-state bug" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16795" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16796" CreationDate="2017-03-05T21:36:03.433" Score="13" ViewCount="159" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/798242/turn-on-proprietary-nvidia-graphics-driver-on-ubuntu-16-04-in-recovery-mode&quot;&gt;This post&lt;/a&gt; is a duplicate of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/162075/my-computer-boots-to-a-black-screen-what-options-do-i-have-to-fix-it&quot;&gt;My computer boots to a black screen, what options do I have to fix it?&lt;/a&gt; but has not been marked as so. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I could:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Answer the question &amp;amp; it should get marked.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Down vote the question &amp;amp; it will be &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1067/what-can-be-done-with-inactive-unanswered-questions-from-1-rep-users&quot;&gt;deleted&lt;/a&gt; it time.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Comment to the user to delete the question.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Flag it for moderator attention.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't want to down vote it just because it's a duplicate question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What should I do?  Should I just leave it alone? I would like advice for future questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="613307" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:24.280" LastActivityDate="2017-03-06T05:06:20.260" Title="What can a low rep user do with an old forgotten duplicate post?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16796" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16795" CreationDate="2017-03-05T21:41:42.887" Score="16" Body="&lt;p&gt;The correct action to take is to flag it.  Click flag and then select &quot;&lt;em&gt;it is a duplicate&lt;/em&gt;&quot;.  Then you can enter the URL of the other post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/RGvEG.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/RGvEG.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2017-03-05T21:41:42.887" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16797" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-03-06T08:47:05.937" Score="6" ViewCount="191" Body="&lt;p&gt;This morning I saw this question&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/890046/sudo-is-not-known-on-line-one-and-gksu-is-not-installing-because-of-the-problem&quot;&gt;sudo is not known on line one and gksu is not installing because of the problem&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It was obvious from the post that OP was trying to use the answer to a canonical post, which used &lt;code&gt;gksu&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/96969/revisions&quot;&gt;until I edited it after seeing the new question&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this case, I think the edit was justified and even somewhat important, since APT will not work if the sources list is unreadable, and if APT does not work, then installing &lt;code&gt;gksu&lt;/code&gt;, which used to be installed by default but is not in later versions of Ubuntu, is not possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I wondered whether we should consider checking some of our other highly upvoted posts and possibly changing &lt;code&gt;gksu&lt;/code&gt; if it's likely to cause problems like this. Any thoughts/ideas of what to look for?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2017-03-06T17:39:48.543" Title="Updating key posts that use `gksu`" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16798" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16794" CreationDate="2017-03-06T15:03:08.877" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is an interesting question and worthy of some thought.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All systems have there strengths and weaknesses and ours is no exception (no offense intended to the devs). Sometimes thinking outside the box and using the tools available within the framework in perhaps unintended ways can be effective.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One way to deal with the closing of these questions as duplicates of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/4408/what-should-i-do-when-ubuntu-freezes&quot;&gt;What should I do when Ubuntu freezes?&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;would be to edit the top rated Community wiki answer to add I have a Bay trail CPU and provide a link to your working answer. This is something you could do without moderator assistance. &lt;strong&gt;This is the option I chose.&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This would seem simplest to implement and also to revert (by removal of the link) once the bug is squashed. The danger here is that someone edits the link out of the answer prematurely.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2017-03-06T17:12:39.640" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16800" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16797" CreationDate="2017-03-06T17:39:48.543" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, we should be looking for &lt;code&gt;gksu&lt;/code&gt; and fixing them, at least on canonical questions. However, this fix needs to be a multi-faceted approach.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First off, it's important to know &lt;em&gt;why&lt;/em&gt; &lt;code&gt;gksu&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;gksudo&lt;/code&gt; doesn't come with Ubuntu anymore. You're more than welcome to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/284717/208574&quot;&gt;read this whole post&lt;/a&gt;, but I'll just trim the fat:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;gksu&lt;/code&gt; is not recommended any more and it may be removed entirely from future issues of Ubuntu. In general the development team would prefer us not to use GUI applications as root but to &lt;strong&gt;use sudo and the command line instead&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, it's important to take this with a grain of salt, because these are developers after all, and developers aren't always the best at knowing what's good for noob users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Therefore, we can begin to design a multi-phase solution:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Antiquate &lt;code&gt;gksu&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Anywhere that &lt;code&gt;gksu&lt;/code&gt; is used or exists, we can add a little note saying effectively the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Since Ubuntu 13.04, &lt;code&gt;gksu&lt;/code&gt; has been deprecated and is no longer installed by default with Ubuntu. It is recommended that you use alternate ways of doing . If you absolutely need this package, run &lt;code&gt;sudo apt install gksu&lt;/code&gt;.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, this doesn't exactly solve the problem, as there's a very clear reason as to why &lt;code&gt;gksu&lt;/code&gt; is no longer really recommended. Just throwing this on won't help people, and might in fact cause weirder problems down the line (plus the fact that &lt;code&gt;gksu&lt;/code&gt; might stop existing any moment).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Encourage Use of Specific Tools&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Source management can be taken care of using the GUI &quot;Software and Updates&quot; tool, which is far less risky to users if something goes wrong. Similar tools exist for other Ubuntu components. If nothing of the sort exists, it's &lt;em&gt;probably&lt;/em&gt; something your average run-of-the-mill user should be doing, bringing me to the next point.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Just Learn The [CENSORED] Terminal!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;If a user is trying to do something pretty advanced, there's no need to  take root actions from the GUI. If this is the case, we can just get rid of &lt;code&gt;gksu gedit&lt;/code&gt; and replace it with &lt;code&gt;sudo nano&lt;/code&gt; or whatever preferred text editor.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This option also encourages some UX friction for root actions, which is a very good thing. Root powers are dangerous, and should be isolated. By letting any user get access to root through a GUI, it might open up a huge window to allow even more problems to sneak in (e.g. &quot;I accidentally deleted /etc from my file manager because I had a root Nautilus open and I didn't know that it was a root one. Halp!&quot;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for why, see that the Ubuntu dev team says, and what &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/11766/208574&quot;&gt;this answer&lt;/a&gt; says. In short, root access from the GUI is bad, and &lt;code&gt;sudo&lt;/code&gt; in the GUI is also bad.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In short, yes, we need to get rid of &lt;code&gt;gksu&lt;/code&gt; and replace it with either the proper GUI solution to the problem, or a command that can run fully in the terminal. Using &lt;code&gt;sudo&lt;/code&gt; to bring up graphical things is just a bad idea and can lead to so much trouble that it's just not even a good idea to try.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.143" LastActivityDate="2017-03-06T17:39:48.543" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16801" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16802" CreationDate="2017-03-07T08:10:51.917" Score="6" ViewCount="141" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm about to ask a question on the main site, but after seeing similar questions and how they were treated, I decide to come to Meta first.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The proposed question is about my Ubuntu installation randomly freezing. There are quite a bunch of past questions about similar situations, offering all sorts of tips and solutions, some of which worked for others, but not for me. However, in the process of research, I came across &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/696153/how-to-troubleshoot-random-freezes-when-altsysrq-doesnt-work&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; that was closed because:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&quot;This describes a problem that can't be reproduced that seemingly went away on its own or was only relevant to a very specific period of time. It's off-topic as it's unlikely to help future readers.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Additionally, when I go to the ask question page and tried to add a &quot;freeze&quot; tag, immediately I noticed the description:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Do not use. This tag is in process of removal. If your software is freezing then you likely need to file a bug, as freeze problems are usually off topic here and will likely be closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How come? Even though freezing phenomena are often hard to track down, they do happen and cause major annoyance, therefore I come here and seek assistance. Can I assume that if I post one such question it will be closed, even if I did prior research (i.e. what didn't work) and state those clearly in the question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="662450" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.863" LastActivityDate="2017-03-07T08:32:08.360" Title="Are all freeze-related questions automatically off-topic?" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16802" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16801" CreationDate="2017-03-07T08:32:08.360" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Such questions are not necessarily off-topic, but freezes are very likely to be caused by bugs and bug reports are off-topic. That's the rationale behind the usage guidance for the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/freeze&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;freeze&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;freeze&lt;/a&gt; tag as I understand it anyway.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With hardware information, your question might be answerable, either by someone who knows the hardware and its quirks, or if the freezes are known to occur for a specific reason, and a workaround or fix for the problem is known. In the latter case, the question is likely to be closed as a duplicate of a similar one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it's not a known, specific issue, your question is likely to be closed as a duplicate of&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/4408/what-should-i-do-when-ubuntu-freezes&quot;&gt;What should I do when Ubuntu Freezes?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or as too broad (since the possible reasons for the freezing are many, especially without hardware information), or as off-topic for being a &quot;bug report&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do not want to discourage you from posting a question, but I would advise you to search (using a search engine, the site search is... a work in progress) for similar questions, Ubuntu Forum threads, and bug reports on &lt;a href=&quot;https://launchpad.net/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Launchpad&lt;/a&gt; and elsewhere &lt;em&gt;before&lt;/em&gt; posting a question, and if you do decide to post, be sure to include hardware information (your device make and model, CPU, RAM, graphics driver, etc) and a complete list of what you have tried and exactly how it failed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:18.680" LastActivityDate="2017-03-07T08:32:08.360" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16803" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16804" CreationDate="2017-03-07T15:11:21.520" Score="6" ViewCount="134" Body="&lt;p&gt;I had the following case:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I reviewed a question, and decided that it is a duplicate of another question.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I flagged it as a duplication of that question&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The question was edited and a comment was stated that the provided link doesn't answer the update question.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I found another question which answer the update question&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I perform &lt;code&gt;retract flag&lt;/code&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I tried to flag the question as duplicate of another question&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I figured out that I can't flag it again - &lt;code&gt;You have retracted your recommended closure flag&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;At the end I've added a comment that it might be a duplicate of the 2nd question.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;My Question:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What should be done in similar case, when one mark a question as duplicate and afterwards he/she figure out that the duplicate flag should be pointed to a different question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="544264" LastActivityDate="2017-03-07T15:20:19.180" Title="duplicate flag - is it possible to update linked duplicate question?" Tags="|discussion|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16804" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16803" CreationDate="2017-03-07T15:20:19.180" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;In this case, it's best if you left a comment on the post about the correct target, since the question is still open (and likely hasn't been voted on if you retracted the flag quickly enough).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the question has been closed, only mods or users having a gold badge on one of the question's tags can change the close reason single-handedly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Flagging for moderation attention would be unnecessary - unless it's a clear dupe, normal review procedure should be fine. You can ping a 3k user in chat to cast a vote for you if you feel your comment might not be noticed by other users. The &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/206/ubuntu-regulators&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Regulators chatroom&lt;/a&gt; is especially dedicated to closing questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure about flagging, but retraction of close votes age away after 2 weeks, after which you can vote to close again. If you're willing to wait 2 weeks, that might also be an option.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2017-03-07T15:20:19.180" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16805" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-03-08T03:00:36.690" Score="9" ViewCount="295" Body="&lt;p&gt;As you may have read by now, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/291947/270345&quot;&gt;the roadmap to HTTPS&lt;/a&gt; will involve some manual fixing of dead links to images and uploading images from other sources to imgur. Sooner or later this is going to come our way, so let's get cracking &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;now&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. The SE devs have a list of posts for MSE, but for the rest of us, &lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/askubuntu/query/430352/posts-with-inline-http-images-not-from-imgur?StartDate=2009-12-01&amp;amp;EndDate=2017-01-01&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this SEDE query&lt;/a&gt; can be used to keep track of posts (unless we can come up with better ideas).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There would be &lt;em&gt;thousands&lt;/em&gt; of such posts, so we would need to pace ourselves to avoid burnout and flooding the active questions list.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For non-imgur non-HTTPS links, the guidance is to upload to imgur where possible:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/luloh.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/luloh.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &quot;upload to imgur&quot; link opens the image upload dialog with the link pre-populated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-20T10:32:27.810" LastActivityDate="2017-03-11T07:36:07.633" Title="Image link cleanup for HTTPS" Tags="|discussion|image|https|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="13" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16806" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16805" CreationDate="2017-03-08T11:36:04.163" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;List of posts (once you edit a post, remove the http:// so that it's no longer a link, add &lt;code&gt;i&lt;/code&gt; after if the Software Center icon is a problem). If an image is dead, do check &lt;code&gt;http://web.archive.org/web/*/&amp;lt;imgurl&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; to see an archive is available. If it is, then upload the archive, please.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Update the list in &lt;a href=&quot;https://etherpad.net/p/au-img-cleanup&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://etherpad.net/p/au-img-cleanup&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I modified the SEDE query to exclude hostmar.co and bit.ly/software-* links, which leaves 916 posts, of which 584 haven't been touched by Community. Some of those are tag wikis, which I have fixed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do remember to check &lt;a href=&quot;http://web.archive.org&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://web.archive.org&lt;/a&gt; is a link is dead, it might be available in the archive. You can go to &lt;code&gt;http://web.archive.org/web/*/&amp;lt;url&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; (for example, &lt;code&gt;http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://web.githlar.net/gdp_1.png&lt;/code&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="158442" LastEditDate="2017-03-11T07:36:07.633" LastActivityDate="2017-03-11T07:36:07.633" CommentCount="6" CommunityOwnedDate="2017-03-08T11:36:04.163" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16810" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16813" CreationDate="2017-03-10T22:55:57.147" Score="3" ViewCount="83" Body="&lt;p&gt;Right now, there's an interesting page on the Help Center: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/how-to-ask-beta&quot;&gt;How to Ask Questions in Private Beta&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As Ask Ubuntu is not really in private beta anymore, is this page really necessary? Or, more accurately, is there a valid reason for keeping this help page around?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastActivityDate="2017-03-10T23:45:22.140" Title="Do we need the Private Beta help?" Tags="|support|help-center|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16811" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16812" CreationDate="2017-03-10T23:05:48.460" Score="0" ViewCount="98" Body="&lt;p&gt;Suddenly, when I try to embed an image, it only puts the link in. (Just like if you have less than 10 rep)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm curious if any other users are experiencing this... ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="518562" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2017-03-11T00:50:19.683" LastActivityDate="2017-04-10T01:16:52.933" Title="I can't embed images anymore?" Tags="|support|bug|status-norepro|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16812" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16811" CreationDate="2017-03-10T23:09:52.827" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Hmmm... switching to Google's DNS server seemed to fix the issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="518562" LastActivityDate="2017-03-10T23:09:52.827" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16813" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16810" CreationDate="2017-03-10T23:45:22.140" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Apparently (I asked an SE dev), it's always been there. We'd just never noticed before the recent snafu. Obviously, we've long since memorized everything in the help center and don't visit often anymore or we'd have seen it ;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I understand, the help centers of all sites are copied from &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;http://meta.stackexchange.com&lt;/a&gt; and then overwritten by local content, if any. Since that page is also &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/help/how-to-ask-beta&quot;&gt;there&lt;/a&gt; on the main meta.SE help, it's safe to assume it's always been in ours as well. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2017-03-10T23:45:22.140" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16814" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16821" CreationDate="2017-03-11T18:34:37.283" Score="5" ViewCount="81" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are a couple of images used on Ask Ubuntu a lot (namely &lt;code&gt;bit.ly/software-[large, small]&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;hostmar.co/software-[large, small]&lt;/code&gt;).  All of the bit.ly images are outdated and need to be updated to the hostmar.co links, however when I search using &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;url:bit.ly/software-large &#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;or&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;url:bit.ly/software-small&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;it returns nothing. This is contradicted by &lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/askubuntu/query/639136/broken-software-centre-links-in-ask-ubuntu&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;a data.se query&lt;/a&gt; clearly showing more of these links (280 rows - minus some the community has fixed since the last dump).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This seems to be a bug of some sort with search.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2017-03-14T09:04:41.133" Title="Search not indexing groups of URLs" Tags="|bug|search|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16815" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16816" CreationDate="2017-03-12T02:21:50.687" Score="11" ViewCount="364" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have attempted to edit &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/686426&quot;&gt;this post&lt;/a&gt;, however the edit was rejected.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After asking on the Ask Ubuntu general chat room, one of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/35980405#35980405&quot;&gt;kind users&lt;/a&gt; said that it is considered a destructive edit to move command line edits to a pastebin, unless it is your own post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why is this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="495653" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2017-03-14T21:20:44.580" Title="Why is moving someone else's code output in a pastebin considered destructive?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16816" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16815" CreationDate="2017-03-12T03:10:29.460" Score="29" Body="&lt;p&gt;In general, we prefer posts that are as self-contained as possible. If the output was too long to fit in a post, moving to pastebins can be justified, but for that post, it's not very long. Even with a four-space indentation to create a code block, it didn't reach the post-length limit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We encourage edits which go the other way though (moving stuff that's in pastebins when they could clearly fit in the post).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2017-03-12T03:10:29.460" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16817" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-03-12T20:21:49.840" Score="-1" ViewCount="119" Body="&lt;p&gt;If one knows hardly anything and thus cannot answer others' questions, how can one gain reputation? I am new and it seems all of the questions are too advanced for me to answer. Edit: The link you posted to show me that this is a duplicate still doesn't answer my question. It says &quot;ask good questions and provide good answers.&quot; This is not something that I can do when I don't know what the hell I'm doing yet...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="642832" OwnerDisplayName="user642832" LastEditorUserId="642832" LastEditDate="2017-03-22T03:15:30.797" LastActivityDate="2017-03-22T03:15:30.797" Title="How does one gain reputation on Stack Exchange and similar sites?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" FavoriteCount="0" ClosedDate="2017-03-13T00:59:22.767" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16818" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16817" CreationDate="2017-03-12T20:29:56.820" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;As you learn more, you will become more advanced and be able to answer more advanced questions. But first I recommend learning how the site works. Because this is not the place to ask this question. Ask Ubuntu is purely questions about Ubuntu. But the you can ask these sorts of questions in the Ask Ubuntu Meta forums. Or any Meta forum really. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="566191" OwnerDisplayName="MrSassyBritches" LastActivityDate="2017-03-12T20:29:56.820" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16819" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-03-13T14:02:10.327" Score="6" ViewCount="186" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is a thread &quot;How do I show active dhcp leases&quot;&#xA;The thread is locked by Eric Carvalho while ALL answers there are only partial.&#xA;I couldn't find a way to contact Eric personally (didn't find the inmail possibility).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have spent 2 full workdays creating the working solution for the above problem mentioned in thread. Resulting Perl script is combining data from both log file and dhcpd.leases database and I would like to share it so that nobody else will have to repeat the whole process I went through. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The problem is not so uncommon.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="664864" OwnerDisplayName="Marcin Gosiewski" LastEditorUserId="117103" LastEditDate="2017-03-13T17:59:05.270" LastActivityDate="2017-03-13T18:07:38.563" Title="How can I ask somebody to unlock the askubuntu.com thread for more answers?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16820" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16819" CreationDate="2017-03-13T15:12:42.987" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;I assume this is the question you are referring to: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/219609/how-do-i-show-active-dhcp-leases&quot;&gt;How do I show active dhcp leases&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That question is not locked, it is just protected. This measure is to stop people from joining the site just to post &quot;thanks&quot; and spam as answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All you need to do is earn 10 reputations and you will be able to add your own answer. And since you currently have 21 reputation, you're good to go.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2017-03-13T18:07:38.563" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16821" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16814" CreationDate="2017-03-14T09:04:41.133" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;There was a silly bug in the indexing code, it only picked up URLs from links, but not images. I've &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/35974192#35974192&quot;&gt;heard some rumors&lt;/a&gt; about Regex parsing HTML...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyway, after the HTTPS rewrite, the posts received a new timestamp and were picked up by the incremental indexing process: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=url%3Ahttps%3A%2F%2Fhostmar.co&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=url%3Ahttps%3A%2F%2Fhostmar.co&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="52999" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:22.377" LastActivityDate="2017-03-14T09:04:41.133" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16822" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16815" CreationDate="2017-03-14T21:20:44.580" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I see two problems here: 1, dumped data can clutter up a post, making it harder to read quickly, and 2, the community needs to own its own data.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I see a medium-effort solution: Add a collapse / expand button to code blocks. In a no-js environment, do not auto-hide any blocks. If a single line of JS in the head can remove a &lt;code&gt;no-js&lt;/code&gt; attribute from the &lt;code&gt;html&lt;/code&gt; tag, then auto-collapse blocks according to user preference and block line count.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If user preferences are to be implemented for code block rendering, that would be an excellent opportunity to introduce the greatly missed line wrap feature.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="140899" LastActivityDate="2017-03-14T21:20:44.580" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16823" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-03-15T01:47:41.830" Score="37" ViewCount="1465" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This will be enforced starting on April 28, 2017.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a notice regarding releases of Ubuntu that have reached End of Life.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The following versions of Ubuntu and derivatives &lt;strong&gt;are officially end of life&lt;/strong&gt; as of April 28, 2017:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Precise Pangolin (12.04)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;New questions specific to the above posted after the aforementioned date may need to be considered &lt;strong&gt;off-topic&lt;/strong&gt;. Old questions (posted before the end of life date) that are still being answered regarding these releases should have a comment included on them about upgrading to a supported release to continue to get support for their versions of Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This information can be confirmed via the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2017-March/000218.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;12.04 End of Life Announcement email message stating the official End Of Life date&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, establishing April 28th, 2017 as the EOL date for Precise.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please upgrade to a supported release to continue to receive support via Ask Ubuntu and Ubuntu Security updates.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It should be noted that &lt;a href=&quot;https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2017-March/000217.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;there is a Precise Pangolin Extended Security Maintenance program that is part of the Ubuntu Advantage system&lt;/a&gt;.  That is, you can get continued Precise support from Canonical, in so much as you are getting extended time for Security updates.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While this is a service made available by Canonical, provided you purchase an &lt;a href=&quot;https://buy.ubuntu.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Advantage subscription&lt;/a&gt;, it does &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; make Precise Pangolin (12.04) questions after the EOL date on topic here on Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Exceptions to this include:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;ESM queries like &quot;What is the Extended Security Maintenance&quot; or &quot;How do I get the Extended Security Maintenance&quot;, although we probably will have canonical questions for these at some point&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Questions about upgrading from 12.04 to a supported release.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All other questions regarding Precise are probably off-topic after the aforementioned date.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This Meta thread is NOT a discussion of how we handle EOL releases. This is simply a notification to all about an upcoming &quot;End of Life&quot; date for a current release of Ubuntu (as of this posting being made). Please refrain from asking in comments about how we handle EOL questions, or commenting on such handling policies.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Relevant related posts:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/14993/a-note-on-flagging-end-of-life-questions&quot;&gt;A note on flagging End of Life questions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/5611/should-we-allow-questions-that-are-about-releases-which-are-considered-end-of-li&quot;&gt;Should we allow questions that are about releases which are considered End of Life?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/7457/eol-question-handling-discussion-again&quot;&gt;EOL Question Handling Discussion... again&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2017-05-02T15:11:01.383" LastActivityDate="2017-05-02T15:11:01.383" Title="EOL Notice: Precise Pangolin (12.04) reached End of Life on April 28, 2017" Tags="|discussion|scope|end-of-life|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="24" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16825" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16826" CreationDate="2017-03-15T16:04:04.117" Score="2" ViewCount="73" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've been reviewing some of my answers in an effort to improve them. During this process I ran across an answer that required a complete replacement. It was of poor quality and didn't belong here (yes, I'm embarrassed as well I should be) I deleted my original (0 vote) answer and replaced it with a new one. While it's clear that I can as described in &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/5221/how-does-deleting-work-what-can-cause-a-post-to-be-deleted-and-what-does-thatUpon&quot;&gt;How does deleting work? What can cause a post to be deleted, and what does that actually mean? What are the criteria for deletion?&lt;/a&gt; doing some further research on &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;http://meta.stackexchange.com&lt;/a&gt; it appears that this practice may be frowned upon and may result in a &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/86997/what-can-i-do-when-getting-we-are-no-longer-accepting-questions-answers-from-th/86998#86998&quot;&gt;ban&lt;/a&gt; So if I edit a post by removing all the text and starting over (in effect a complete rewrite) is that viewed differently than deleting and posting a new better answer and if so why?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastActivityDate="2017-03-15T16:30:47.393" Title="Delete and repost or complete rewrite?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16826" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16825" CreationDate="2017-03-15T16:27:15.157" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Edit as much as you need to make the answer good enough. The only exception for me would be in cases where the OP has accepted your answer. That happened to me once where the OP had accepted the first version of my answer which was, in many respects, completely wrong. So I edited, fixed it and then left a comment to the OP letting them know that I did so and asking them to review and, if they so desire, remove the accept. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, even in such a case, editing is the best thing to do, but just remember to let the OP know if you completely change an accepted answer. Apart from that, deleting and reposting isn't very useful since deleted posts are simply hidden, not actually removed, so you're just adding more data to the SE database for no good reason. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2017-03-15T16:27:15.157" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16827" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16825" CreationDate="2017-03-15T16:30:47.393" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you're &lt;em&gt;re-writing&lt;/em&gt; an answer, you should do so literally. Deleting old answer and writing a new is not &lt;em&gt;re-write&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It's completely unnecessary to do so.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It creates noise for 20k users.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It could summon a ban upon you&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It creates confusion to see the history of the evolution of the answer&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only situation you should create another answer is when you have completely different answer to a question. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="61218" LastActivityDate="2017-03-15T16:30:47.393" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16828" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16829" CreationDate="2017-03-15T16:35:27.817" Score="14" ViewCount="143" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/shared&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;shared&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;shared&lt;/a&gt; is useless. Just completely and utterly useless.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It doesn't refer to anything currently, is used all over the place (shared folders/shared libraries/shared memory), and has no definition for obvious reasons. Each of those reasons have their own specific tag already:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/sharing&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;sharing&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;sharing&lt;/a&gt; for data (even though this is still pretty bad)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/shared-library&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;shared-library&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;shared-library&lt;/a&gt; for shared libraries&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/memory&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;memory&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;memory&lt;/a&gt; for shared memory (as it really doesn't need its own tag)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It, all in all, just does not seem to be a good tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can we get rid of it, pretty please?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note:&lt;/strong&gt; While this is a burnination request, this is &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; a blacklist request. It is very likely that a sharing daemon called &lt;code&gt;shared&lt;/code&gt; may exist one day. If this happens, we shouldn't have that tag pre-blacklisted. But, until that day, this tag is useless. Useless!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastEditorUserId="25798" LastEditDate="2017-03-27T17:15:47.810" LastActivityDate="2017-03-27T17:15:47.810" Title="Can we burninate shared?" Tags="|discussion|status-completed|tags|burnination-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16829" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16828" CreationDate="2017-03-15T22:14:20.020" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;Done.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2017-03-15T22:14:20.020" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16830" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16836" CreationDate="2017-03-15T22:22:52.267" Score="6" ViewCount="130" Body="&lt;p&gt;Today I untagged the one and only question with the newly created &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/gnome-boxes&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;gnome-boxes&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;gnome-boxes&lt;/a&gt; tag with the usual destructive intent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Someone in chat told me I shouldn't have done that, and someone else noticed that all the questions we have about GNOME Boxes are tagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/boxes&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;boxes&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;boxes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/boxes&quot;&gt;Here they are, look.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A cursory glance took in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/841706/all-fonts-on-xubuntu-are-now-boxes-everything-is-illegible-help&quot;&gt;one post there that does not belong&lt;/a&gt; - it's just randomly about boxes of some kind.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/boxes&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;boxes&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;boxes&lt;/a&gt; is a vague tag with the potential to be used inconsistently, shouldn't these questions be retagged, well, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/gnome-boxes&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;gnome-boxes&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;gnome-boxes&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:24.280" LastActivityDate="2017-03-16T18:02:06.360" Title="Shouldn't [boxes] be [gnome-boxes]?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16831" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16830" CreationDate="2017-03-16T01:38:41.953" Score="-4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think Boxes is OK since this is a site for &lt;strong&gt;Ubuntu&lt;/strong&gt; and the Application is called this way, gnome-boxes is the name of the software package. In everyday use the user will have to remind is called &lt;em&gt;Boxes&lt;/em&gt; to launch it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="109740" LastActivityDate="2017-03-16T01:38:41.953" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16832" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16833" CreationDate="2017-03-16T06:10:05.023" Score="5" ViewCount="206" Body="&lt;p&gt;Why has my reputation been reduced by 10 without any visible reason?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I didn't post any answer or question that could have been downvoted. The reputation suddenly decreased from 643 to 633. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I didn't shutdown my laptop yesterday and had this one AU tab open (which had not reloaded). It shows my reputation till yesterday as follows: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/WS4C3.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/WS4C3.png&quot; alt=&quot;Original Reputation&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Below is my present reputation. It also shows that reputation change reason is not shown in &lt;strong&gt;reputation&lt;/strong&gt; tab.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/uAKn6.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/uAKn6.png&quot; alt=&quot;Present Reputation&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="185089" LastEditorUserId="25798" LastEditDate="2017-03-16T12:00:33.917" LastActivityDate="2017-03-16T12:00:33.917" Title="Reputation reduced without any reason" Tags="|support|reputation|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="16" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16833" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16832" CreationDate="2017-03-16T09:30:57.183" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;You had answered a question that had been closed as a duplicate. This question was then deleted by three users for reasons that may be clear to them. I could see it in the reputation tab of your profile, but since the question was deleted, maybe you couldn't. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In any case, since in general it is a good idea to keep duplicates around and not delete them, I undeleted the question. You should have gotten your rep back.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2017-03-16T09:30:57.183" CommentCount="15" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16834" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-03-16T12:47:54.120" Score="15" ViewCount="388" Body="&lt;p&gt;On the occasion of &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/16832/reputation-reduced-without-any-reason&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;, about losing rep over deletion of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/583656/introduction-to-ubuntu-for-windows-users&quot;&gt;this one&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Rubbish does not belong on the site. After a question has been marked as &lt;em&gt;unclear&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;off-topic&lt;/em&gt; or &lt;em&gt;too broad&lt;/em&gt;, one might consider to delete the question afterwards.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;However&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, specifically if a question was marked &lt;strong&gt;as a dupe&lt;/strong&gt;, we may very well assume that, even if it is a bad one, obviously either the title or the content is clear enough to understand that it is a duplicate of another existing question. Another question &lt;em&gt;we bear on the site&lt;/em&gt;. Therefore, the question has &lt;em&gt;some&lt;/em&gt; use as a sign post. If not, we should have marked it as &lt;em&gt;unclear&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In such a case, imho, there are various reasons &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; to delete the question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;As mentioned, the question or its title might be useful as a sign post to the canonical one.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The community rules, but at the same time, the community should rule in a consistent way. If we first say the question is a dupe, we cannot say at the same time the question is unclear rubbish. In that case, we shouldn't have marked it as a dupe.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Not everyone might agree, but; we should at least consider the fact that if a question was answered &lt;em&gt;and not&lt;/em&gt; marked as off-topic, someone might lose rep for unjust reasons.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Alltogether, I think we should leave dupes alone, &lt;em&gt;unless&lt;/em&gt; we have a very good reason not to.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:24.280" LastActivityDate="2017-03-17T07:17:35.407" Title="Please don't be too eager to delete duplicates" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|vote-to-delete|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16835" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16834" CreationDate="2017-03-16T14:05:26.273" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;I asked a &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/292350/should-all-duplicate-questions-be-preserved&quot;&gt;Meta Stack Exchange&lt;/a&gt; question about this recently.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not eager to delete dupes at all. Dupes are awesome and deleting them indiscriminately or just for being dupes would be terribad. To quote myself:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I totally agree that it's good to have differently phrased versions of the same question around, even better if they have different details that help to show how broadly applicable the target is, or good answers that might, for example, be easier to follow than a highly detailed top answer to a canonical post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I do want to delete stuff that is &lt;em&gt;bad&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The post in question was undeleted, but the person who undeleted it said&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;That question is indeed rubbish&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For me, that's the main issue. I don't want our awesome site to have any rubbish on it clogging up search results, whether it's duplicate rubbish or not. It might be argued that the ability to delete duplicate crap is the main reason to allow users with &gt;10k to delete questions at all:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;closed questions with no upvotes and no upvoted answers will be automatically deleted, unless they are closed as duplicates. This reflects the undisputed fact that duplicate questions can be extremely useful as signposts. I think this is right and good, but I also think that since the system does nothing to distinguish good dupes from bad dupes, it must be my responsibility as a user with &gt;10k to try to clean up the mess, by voting to delete really bad dupes along with other stuff that deserves to go.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You say &quot;unless we have a very good reason&quot;, and terdon says a &quot;special reason&quot; but we are talking about a post that could have easily been closed as too broad or primarily opinion based instead, and whose target is closed too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Isn't being a poor quality duplicate of a bad question a good or special enough reason?&lt;/strong&gt; The site has thousands and thousands of dupes. A tiny handful of them get deleted by voters. That suggests that we (the delete-voters) are being pretty selective. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/16832/reputation-reduced-without-any-reason/16833?noredirect=1#comment34255_16833&quot;&gt;this comment&lt;/a&gt; argued &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Deleting makes it more likely that the same identical question will be asked again and we'll have to go through this all over again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But, as I wrote in my MSE post &lt;em&gt;I don't want anyone to land on low quality posts on our site, even on the way to a better question.&lt;/em&gt; I want the site to be awesome and free from crap, as far as I can make it so. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The argument that we should just leave the junk here to prevent people posting more junk just seems horrible to me, and negates the whole purpose of having delete votes. If some people want to have a site full of junk, then, I guess we will have to agree to disagree.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2017-03-17T04:42:13.687" LastActivityDate="2017-03-17T04:42:13.687" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16836" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16830" CreationDate="2017-03-16T17:21:34.723" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I agree with you that &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/gnome-boxes&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;gnome-boxes&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;gnome-boxes&lt;/a&gt; makes more sense than &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/boxes&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;boxes&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;boxes&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions with both &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/gnome&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;gnome&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;gnome&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/boxes&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;boxes&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;boxes&lt;/a&gt; as tags probably can be retagged with just &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/gnome-boxes&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;gnome-boxes&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;gnome-boxes&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are also &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=%22gnome%20boxes%22%20is%3Aq&quot;&gt;some posts mentioning &quot;gnome boxes&quot;&lt;/a&gt; and we should check which of those questions need this new tag and add them where necessary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And we also need a shiny new tag wiki for the new tag. :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:24.280" LastActivityDate="2017-03-16T17:21:34.723" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16837" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2017-03-18T03:38:05.633" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-03-18T03:38:05.633" LastActivityDate="2017-03-18T03:38:05.633" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16838" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2017-03-18T03:38:05.633" Score="0" Body="This tag is used by moderators (for EOL notices) or by anyone for discussions about handling posts about EOL versions of Ubuntu." OwnerDisplayName="user527600" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2017-03-18T06:10:46.687" LastActivityDate="2017-03-18T06:10:46.687" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16839" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-03-20T12:37:25.680" Score="7" ViewCount="259" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just saw that there's tag for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/safety&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;safety&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;safety&lt;/a&gt;, with no usage guidance, and questions mostly about how &quot;safe&quot; something is. Seems like it should be a synonym of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/security&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;security&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;security&lt;/a&gt;. Or nuked altogether.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2017-04-02T20:03:20.710" Title="Do we need [safety] when we have [security]?" Tags="|discussion|tags|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16840" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16839" CreationDate="2017-03-20T12:43:04.880" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are commands that are unsafe (variations on &lt;code&gt;chmod&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;rm&lt;/code&gt; come to mind) but not exactly insecure (they don't expose the system to an attacker). So perhaps not really a synonym. However, the tag is vague and could be used for all kinds of randomness. I can't think of a situation when it would help to define the subject of a question. I think we should just get rid of it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2017-03-28T14:48:23.053" LastActivityDate="2017-03-28T14:48:23.053" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16841" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16843" CreationDate="2017-03-21T13:49:39.970" Score="11" ViewCount="199" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure if this is a bug, or recent change to SE, but I am able to view a deleted question (my rep is only 4.7k): &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/14971/feature-request-video-upload&quot;&gt;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/14971/feature-request-video-upload&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Disclaimer: The answer on that question is mine. But even so, this didn't used to be a reason for us to see deleted question before.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've found the following two help articles:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/deleted-answers&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/help/deleted-answers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/deleted-questions&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/help/deleted-questions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I thought the following was my answer: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Deleted answers are also visible to the original author&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Until I read this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Once a post has been deleted, it will disappear for all users except developers, moderators, and users with over 10,000 reputation. Deleted questions will also always be visible to their authors, regardless of the author's reputation. [..]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Self-deleted posts can be viewed, edited, and undeleted by their original authors.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I realized, none of these two articles mention what would happen to answers on deleted questions, which is actually what my question is about.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastEditorUserId="8698" LastEditDate="2017-03-22T09:32:12.647" LastActivityDate="2017-03-22T09:32:12.647" Title="Should I be able to access a deleted question?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16842" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-03-21T14:42:26.470" Score="0" ViewCount="82" Body="&lt;p&gt;Why aren't there a &quot;looking for a job&quot; section in Askubuntu like other Stack Exchange sites ( stackoverflow , server fault .. )&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think it will be cool to show stack Overflow linux/ubuntu Careers ads. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="434573" LastActivityDate="2017-03-21T14:42:26.470" Title="Ubuntu related Stack Overflow Careers ad" Tags="|discussion|design|stackexchange|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16843" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16841" CreationDate="2017-03-22T04:47:48.533" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This has always been confusing and a bit frustrating, but implementing sane behavior here was problematic. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As of February 28th, 2017, authors of &lt;em&gt;answers&lt;/em&gt; to deleted questions can also view them. Kudos to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/136880/konamiman&quot;&gt;Konamiman&lt;/a&gt; and Nick Craver for making that work after many years of requests!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See also: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/125828/view-my-deleted-question-and-answer-with-less-than-10k/179511&quot;&gt;View *my* deleted question and answer with less than 10K&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12845" LastActivityDate="2017-03-22T04:47:48.533" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16845" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-03-22T14:58:32.700" Score="-4" ViewCount="209" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm aware that one can get &quot;punished&quot; for failing several review tests in a row, but where is the reward for passing these tests?  Other than the satisfaction of helping the community of course...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I also know that badges are awarded for reviewing hundreds of posts.  But shouldn't we get a small reward for passing the &quot;review tests&quot;?  A +5 rep or even +2 would be a nice reward for passing these tests.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should this be added in?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="anon" LastEditorUserId="208574" LastEditDate="2017-03-22T18:05:46.837" LastActivityDate="2017-03-22T18:05:46.837" Title="Should we get reputation points for passing review tests?" Tags="|feature-request|review|reputation|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16846" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16845" CreationDate="2017-03-22T15:01:03.260" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No, there are no reputation rewards for passing review tests, nor should there be.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The ability to review things in the queues is a privilege, it should not be giving you additional capabilities or rewards just for passing the audits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Normally the audits come up to make sure you're not just robo-clicking through posts, to make sure you're actually reviewing them.  The tests, when failed enough, are temporary lockouts designed to capture such robo-reviewing but also to help identify that &quot;You are not using review proper.&quot;  Passing those audits should not give any additional rewards beyond you being allowed to continue reviewing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If we give reputation for succeeding in reviewing or succeeding in these tests, it's just going to invite people to review &lt;em&gt;only&lt;/em&gt; to get reputation, which will flood the review queues with failed reviews, crap flags, and additional headaches.  The point of reviewing is to improve the quality of the site, &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; to give you reputation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Reputation should be gained by posting good questions and answers.  It's not supposed to be gained by 'review' powers, just how you don't get reputation for correct flags or flags which are helpful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2017-03-22T16:46:44.457" LastActivityDate="2017-03-22T16:46:44.457" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16847" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-03-27T17:05:27.273" Score="-3" ViewCount="85" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am asking because I am new to Elasticsearch. So, I want to know more technicalities.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="668091" OwnerDisplayName="Vinit Pathri" LastEditorUserId="25798" LastEditDate="2017-03-27T17:24:19.230" LastActivityDate="2017-03-27T17:24:19.230" Title="Why is Ask Ubuntu not using elasticsearch for searching its content?" Tags="|support|search|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16848" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-03-27T17:18:57.920" Score="9" ViewCount="217" Body="&lt;p&gt;When reviewing suggested edits, if one clicks &lt;kbd&gt;Approve&lt;/kbd&gt;, another user still has to approve it before it goes live.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;However, if one clicks &lt;kbd&gt;Improve Edit&lt;/kbd&gt;, the edit is instantly applied without needing a 2nd review.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I ask, why does a normal approve need two reviews?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="518562" LastActivityDate="2017-03-28T12:40:30.863" Title="Why do edits need to be approved by two users?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16849" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16847" CreationDate="2017-03-27T17:22:56.037" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;Stack Exchange network of sites, which includes Ask Ubuntu, are actually using elasticsearch search engine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can read some more about it:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/160100/a-new-search-engine-for-stack-exchange&quot;&gt;A new search engine for Stack Exchange&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is also a little section about elasticsearch used in Stack Exchange in Nick Craver's blog post on &lt;a href=&quot;https://nickcraver.com/blog/2016/02/17/stack-overflow-the-architecture-2016-edition/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Stack Overflow's architecture&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastActivityDate="2017-03-27T17:22:56.037" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16850" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-03-27T22:21:37.153" Score="0" ViewCount="52" Body="&lt;p&gt;I asked this question &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/895760/unable-to-boot-to-windows-7-successfully-from-the-first-try&quot;&gt;Unable to boot to Windows 7 successfully from the first try&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No one answered it, so I put a bounty (still active). I researched more and found the solution here &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/536757/625501&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/a/536757/625501&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I tried to mark it as duplicate but I can't since there's a bounty.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do I leave it open and mark it once it ends? Or do I answer it and link the original thread?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="625501" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:24.280" LastActivityDate="2017-03-28T00:49:49.893" Title="I asked a question (has bounty) and found the solution in another thread" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2017-03-28T16:20:40.037" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16852" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16848" CreationDate="2017-03-28T07:50:59.340" Score="19" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's because &lt;kbd&gt;Approve&lt;/kbd&gt; requires the reviewer just a single click and not much thought, whereas &lt;kbd&gt;Improve Edit&lt;/kbd&gt; actually requires some work and the reviewer has to think about what they do. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is one of the ways how the system prevents robo-reviewing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Related reading material from Meta.SE:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/151536/280883&quot;&gt;It takes two to tango?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/76251/280883&quot;&gt;How do suggested edits work?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastEditorUserId="518562" LastEditDate="2017-03-28T12:40:30.863" LastActivityDate="2017-03-28T12:40:30.863" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16853" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16839" CreationDate="2017-03-28T11:16:07.207" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;in computer science :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;according to this paper &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nasa.gov/pdf/636745main_day_3-algirdas_avizienis.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Basic Concepts and Taxonomy of&#xA;Dependable and Secure Computing&lt;/a&gt; safety is a property of dependability and security is a&#xA;composite of the attributes of confidentiality, integrity,&#xA;and availability. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;this picture shows the relationship of dependability and security :&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/tFeVb.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/tFeVb.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;note : The picture should not be interpreted as indicating that, for&#xA;example, security developers have no interest in maintainability,&#xA;or that there has been no research at all in the&#xA;dependability field related to confidentiality rather it&#xA;indicates where the main balance of interest and activity lies&#xA;in each case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;by knowing the definition of these attributes the difference will be more clear : &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;availability: readiness for correct service.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;reliability: continuity of correct service.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;safety: absence of catastrophic consequences on the&#xA;user(s) and the environment.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;integrity: absence of improper system alterations.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;maintainability: ability to undergo modifications&#xA;and repairs.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;according to these definition and difference between security and safety, you may need both security and safety.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="340135" LastEditorUserId="340135" LastEditDate="2017-03-28T18:54:22.150" LastActivityDate="2017-03-28T18:54:22.150" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16854" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16855" CreationDate="2017-03-29T14:31:30.353" Score="0" ViewCount="69" Body="&lt;p&gt;The last few days the links like [SE.Linux], [SE.ElementaryOS], etc. do not work in comments for some reason.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="167850" LastActivityDate="2017-03-29T14:39:01.030" Title="Shortcuts to SE sites do not work" Tags="|bug|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16855" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16854" CreationDate="2017-03-29T14:36:37.433" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to this &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/92060/add-data-se-style-magic-links-to-comments&quot;&gt;meta post&lt;/a&gt; the format is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;[Linux.se] and  [ElementaryOS.se]&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;[something.se] – link to something.stackexchange.com, if that site&#xA;  exists. Link text is the site name. Use [ubuntu.se] for Ask Ubuntu.&#xA;  [meta.something.se] links to the meta site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="544264" LastEditorUserId="544264" LastEditDate="2017-03-29T14:39:01.030" LastActivityDate="2017-03-29T14:39:01.030" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16857" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-03-29T22:00:27.367" Score="3" ViewCount="114" Body="&lt;p&gt;A few days ago I closed the question &#xA;&quot;Ubuntu-SDK-Ide 4.10 (Zesty zapus) “No storage pool found” [closed]&#xA;When trying to create a new kit, i receive the following error message &quot;error: No storage pool found. Please create a new storage pool. ---Task exited with errors, please check the output---&quot; Is there any way to solve it?&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Based on:&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;&quot;This question is specific to **an end of life Ubuntu release&lt;/strong&gt;. These are no longer supported and are therefore off-topic here. To upgrade, see: How to install software or upgrade from old unsupported release?&quot; – mikewhatever, karel&quot;**&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/894362/ubuntu-sdk-ide-4-10-zesty-zapus-no-storage-pool-found&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/894362/ubuntu-sdk-ide-4-10-zesty-zapus-no-storage-pool-found&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a reading error of those who closed it since it does not refer to Ubuntu 4.10. The question is about Ubuntu-Sdk-Ide, the 4.10 being its last version &lt;a href=&quot;https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-sdk-team/+archive/ubuntu/tools-development&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-sdk-team/+archive/ubuntu/tools-development&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="186255" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2017-03-30T00:59:46.607" Title="Question bad closed What do I do?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16858" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16857" CreationDate="2017-03-29T22:38:38.367" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;i've edited your question to provide the clarifications.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, Zesty Zapus support here is still limited until it is fully released.  Assuming you don't get the error in non-Zesty, then it is a bug in that package or a dependency that might need reported on Launchpad, and would still be offtopic because it is then a bug report or a bug that needs reported.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I am not going to change the &quot;closed&quot; status given that reasoning.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2017-03-29T22:38:38.367" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16859" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15826" CreationDate="2017-03-30T16:42:14.777" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't spend much of my time on Stack Overflow, but &lt;strong&gt;I don't think any one community in the Stack Exchange is any more friendly than any other.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;People can be perceived as friendly or unfriendly, and there's a lot of cross-membership between the various sites. All Stack Exchange have a &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/help/be-nice&quot;&gt;Be Nice policy.&lt;/a&gt; Be that as it may, everyones personal experience will vary. Even the friendliest of us can have a bad day and perhaps make a perceived unfriendly statement that in retrospect they would prefer they hadn't. Someone with no intention of being friendly could still be very helpful (and be considered friendly due to that.) I try to be welcoming to new users and considerate of the community as a whole. I'm not sure I always succeed, but nothing ventured, nothing gained. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the handful of Stack Exchange sites I've visited, I've found the membership to be overall pretty friendly. I've also had the occasional bad experience. While people are people and we are extremely unlikely to see eye-to-eye on all topics at all times. I do think it's important to be respectful in your disagreements and if you wish to win someone over to your side it's important to cite sources (sharing is a friendly act).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastActivityDate="2017-03-30T16:42:14.777" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16860" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-03-31T10:21:36.133" Score="-27" ViewCount="261" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just rejected edits to a simple post in AU. Someone decided to go all 'OCD English Teacher' on my post. Seriously!?! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It wasn't bad or difficult to understand at all. But, it was marked up like a freshman term paper written during a tequila hangover. There were about twenty edits to a post containing SIX lines. Most of the edits were actually wrong or opinion-based IMO. But, I am certainly NOT OCD nor am I an English teacher.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This person goes through my post making edits to capitalization, and grammar... And makes no contribution to the overall quality of the post whatsoever. And, makes no effort to provide any solutions. Ridiculous!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I did not realize that perfect grammar and capitalization were a requirement for asking questions here. And, personally, even though I have seen some terrible English here, I would NEVER insult someone by editing their post for grammar and capitalization. That's just over-the-top.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this sort of thing encouraged or (even worse) expected on this communication platform?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="605298" LastActivityDate="2017-03-31T16:44:44.710" Title="Stop editing capitalization and grammar for cryin out loud" Tags="|discussion|edits|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16861" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16860" CreationDate="2017-03-31T10:58:44.880" Score="25" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;cOrrect CAPitaliZation and grammar is eXtreMely impotrtant to the understandment opf your posstes, aNd, quit frenkly, iF iT b0thers u that other person took a times too edIt and improvo yours poster, you preBably should post not here be. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More seriously, yes, such edits are absolutely encouraged here. We aim to have a higher quality than what you find in YouTube comments and Yahoo! Answers posts. Which is not to say that your post is in any way comparable to that sort of egregious example, but only to point out that yes, even small things like capitalization and minor grammar tweaks are important. Anything that makes the post clearer, easier to read and more correct is a good thing. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, many (most?) people who post here are not native speakers of English and, very understandably, will make mistakes when writing in the language. We don't expect or require everyone to write in 100% correct English here, but that's why other users have the right to edit so that such issues can be fixed. And yes, incorrect grammar is absolutely a problem that needs to be fixed. Not because we're &quot;OCD&quot; or &quot;English teachers&quot;, but because correct grammar is essential for communication in any language. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The important point is not to take it personally. Such edits are not in any way an attack on you. They are simply part of a collective effort to improve the quality of the site's content. If you can't be bothered to write USB instead of usb, that isn't a big deal. However, if someone else cares to take the time and 'correct' that, it does no harm and does do a little bit of good. I don't see why you'd object. I remember being very impressed back when I first joined Stack Exchange and saw that some helpful user had gone through my post and corrected all capitalizations I had been too lazy to use. My reaction was to thank them in a comment and that sort of thing was one of the major reasons I stuck around. The internet is already full of examples of writing similar to my first paragraph here. Let's not add to them. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, having seen &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/898728/revisions&quot;&gt;the edit&lt;/a&gt; which, I assume, prompted this question I have to say that every change made improved your post. Those weren't minor changes, you had written something that required editing to fix both grammar and punctuation. The edited post is much clearer and easier to read which increases your chances of getting an answer since it makes it more likely that people &lt;em&gt;will&lt;/em&gt; read it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, yes such edits are both encouraged and expected here and are a very large part of the reason the Stack Exchange sites have become so popular.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:24.280" LastActivityDate="2017-03-31T16:44:44.710" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16862" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16860" CreationDate="2017-03-31T11:44:20.557" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;The site is definitely all about iterative edits to the language and substance of its questions and answers, by anyone. That's very much one of the driving ideas behind the Stack Exchange network.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your posts &lt;em&gt;will&lt;/em&gt; be edited by people who have the time and will to edit your posts. That's what happens here. That can take some getting used to but the only problem from &lt;em&gt;our&lt;/em&gt; point of view is when an edit starts to significantly change &lt;em&gt;what&lt;/em&gt; the answer said.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But if we're talking about &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/898728/revisions&quot;&gt;this specific edit war&lt;/a&gt;, while I don't agree with every single change —we could talk for decades about title capitalisation— there certainly are several edits in there that make your question easier to read.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To tie this back to the mantra of the site, it really doesn't matter if you think people wasting their time on your grammar is a problem. We only care that you've taken their work and have rejected it wholesale. That's both quite rude and makes your post (and our site) worse. That's not on. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, if there's something bad buried in a big good edit, you're more than welcome to submit another edit on top of theirs, but really, don't make it worse.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2017-03-31T11:59:17.193" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16864" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2017-04-01T11:26:41.220" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-01T11:26:41.220" LastActivityDate="2017-04-01T11:26:41.220" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16865" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2017-04-01T11:26:41.220" Score="0" Body="For questions about the bounty system, which allows users to spend some of their reputation in order to draw more attention to a question." OwnerUserId="606366" LastEditorUserId="606366" LastEditDate="2017-04-02T12:08:18.640" LastActivityDate="2017-04-02T12:08:18.640" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16869" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16839" CreationDate="2017-04-02T20:03:20.710" Score="-4" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Safety&lt;/strong&gt; is for the &lt;em&gt;user&lt;/em&gt; standpoint and &lt;strong&gt;Security&lt;/strong&gt; is for a &lt;em&gt;program&lt;/em&gt; standpoint&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="109740" LastActivityDate="2017-04-02T20:03:20.710" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16870" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-04-03T07:28:15.777" Score="12" ViewCount="313" Body="&lt;p&gt;NVIDIA screwed up and pushed some buggy drivers, affecting many users who are coming to AU with the same issue:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/896221/strange-artifacts-along-window-borders-after-waking-computer-from-sleep-mode&quot;&gt;Strange artifacts along window borders after waking computer from sleep mode&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question has a list of affected cards at the end:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/AtcUR.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/AtcUR.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Someone has proposed that this question be made a community wiki, so that this section could be more easily edited (I don't agree but I've been invited to write the meta question - see my answer below).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In chat, the person who wrote the NVIDIA question agreed with me that there was no benefit to making this post community wiki. Most of those who answered it have not, as far as I know, given their views yet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Community wiki posts:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;may be edited by any user with over 100 reputation&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;do not result in reputation changes (up or down) for the post author (but if a post already has votes, converting to community wiki effectively freezes rep gained or lost from it - previous rep changes are not wiped)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Should this post be converted to community wiki?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(this can only be done by mods, so last call is with them)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note&lt;/strong&gt;: it has also been suggested that the question should be closed as a bug report. I fear my question would be too broad if I also invited discussion on that, but I will edit if people think it should be included&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2017-04-03T19:22:40.143" Title="Should the NVIDIA bug question be made a community wiki?" Tags="|discussion|community-wiki|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16871" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16870" CreationDate="2017-04-03T07:28:15.777" Score="12" Body="&lt;h3&gt;There's no compelling reason to make this post a community wiki.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The argument that it would make editing easier has very marginal traction I think, since anyone can suggest an edit and the Suggested Edits review queue is very fast moving (moreover, the person who last edited it to add their card does not have enough rep to edit CW posts without review, so it would have made no difference to them or to reviewers if the post were CW), and lowering the bar to edits being audited is not a particularly good idea in my opinion - we check the quality of edits for very good reasons.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The post does not have many possible answers (in &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.blog/2011/08/19/the-future-of-community-wiki/&quot;&gt;this blog post on community wikis&lt;/a&gt;, Grace Note argues that, while there is very rarely a benefit to making questions community wiki, the status could be used to suppress a post that is growing out of control) and is now protected to prevent '(me too|thanks)!' answers being posted. The proliferation of similar answers is mainly due to another question having been merged into this one, and new, bad answers are not appearing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question author and people who have answered have not expressed any wish to make the post a community wiki and would be, in one stroke, prevented from gaining any further reputation from it. I don't think suppressing reputation gain makes any sense as a reason to make this post community wiki, and the affected users may well be upset.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2017-04-03T07:28:15.777" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16873" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16870" CreationDate="2017-04-03T16:45:56.300" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;It seems to me that the only argument for making the question a CW is  that it will be easier to maintain a list of card x drivers affected by this. Let's examine that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of the &lt;strike&gt;six&lt;/strike&gt; 12 listed currently, 5 were added by a 20k user, 6 by OP and just one was added via a suggested edit. One edit out of 7 revisions. That's not enough to argue that the post should be made CW for making editing easier. Even CW posts need 100 rep to edit, at that level, the user can easily comment on the post if they don't feel like editing, and OP or any 2k+ user can edit that in.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would rather the list, if at all we need a list&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;, be maintained in an answer. A single answer can be made CW quite easily, is just as included in search indexes as the question and most importantly, doesn't affect any of the other posts in the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt; Just considering that 6xx models are affected implies dozens of cards spanning years would be affected. Nobody, not even the users we're so worried about, is going to maintain such a list.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="518562" LastEditDate="2017-04-03T19:22:40.143" LastActivityDate="2017-04-03T19:22:40.143" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16874" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16870" CreationDate="2017-04-03T16:51:25.407" Score="-7" Body="&lt;h3&gt;There's no compelling reason &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; to make the post Community Wiki&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First off, turning a post into a community wiki makes the post belong to the community, which is something that has been done with a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions?sort=frequent&quot;&gt;decent number of masterposts&lt;/a&gt;. As this post is &lt;em&gt;also&lt;/em&gt; a masterpost now (look at its timeline, it has had countless questions closed and merged into it, it would make sense that this question follows suit. &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.blog/2011/08/19/the-future-of-community-wiki/&quot;&gt;Grace Note's post&lt;/a&gt; on the SO blog is not set-in-stone policy, but only a guideline that individual sites (or even moderators/users) can choose to follow/ignore as they see fit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Secondly, it keeps trivial edits (such as adding cards or example images) out of the review queue. Low-quality edits aren't that big of an issue -- rollbacks exist, and the masterposts that are already community wiki aren't vandalized often. While, yes, the edit queue is fast, it still isn't a good idea to clog it with edits that don't need reviews. This comes even more into effect when you realize that editors are &lt;em&gt;supposed&lt;/em&gt; to verify that information edited into posts is factually correct (although everyone seems to ignore that rule for the sake of brevity). With a CW, there's an implied trust that users know what they're talking about (which is, in fact, the concept of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/whats-reputation&quot;&gt;reputation&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Being a community wiki doesn't encourage bad edits or answers any more than a regular question. In fact, to that regard, I've already protected this question as there has been at least one case of a &quot;me too!&quot; post, and I can only see that number growing as time goes on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We're already breaking plenty of rules with this post (for example, it should be closed as a bug, we're allowing edits of new cards/examples, and so on), so it's obviously a special snowflake. According to our own edit rules, further examples and cards &lt;em&gt;should&lt;/em&gt; be blocked as an &quot;attempt to reply,&quot; but this behavior is tolerated here precisely because this &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; meant to be a canonical masterpost.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, there's the question of symbolism. This question has been asked by many people, each adding their own little spin on to the original question. Putting this question into the ownership and control of the community can only benefit it and make the question better and easier to find. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastEditorUserId="208574" LastEditDate="2017-04-03T17:36:47.963" LastActivityDate="2017-04-03T17:36:47.963" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16875" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-04-05T04:50:18.290" Score="8" ViewCount="178" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have seen posts tagged with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/hidpi&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;hidpi&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;hidpi&lt;/a&gt; twice or thrice in the past, and each time I replaced it with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/hdpi&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;hdpi&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;hdpi&lt;/a&gt;, whose tag info reads:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;High DPI (dots per inch) screen resolutions, e.g. 4k/UHD/QHD screens&#xA;  in a relatively small form factor, e.g. laptops/tablets. Use this tag&#xA;  for issues relating to the Ubuntu experience on HDPI screens.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Largely because of Apple, the term &quot;HiDPI&quot; is also becoming popular (maybe more popular - at any rate, it is easier to read than &quot;HDPI&quot; for me).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/hidpi&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;hidpi&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;hidpi&lt;/a&gt; should be added as a synonym, or made the master and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/hdpi&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;hdpi&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;hdpi&lt;/a&gt; the synonym.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2017-12-18T17:23:11.393" LastActivityDate="2017-12-18T17:50:02.330" Title="Maybe [hdpi] is not high enough, add [hidpi] as a synonym?" Tags="|discussion|status-completed|tags|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16876" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="13977" CreationDate="2017-04-05T11:26:20.877" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The synonym has now been removed. The next time someone tries to add &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/gnome-shell&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;gnome-shell&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;gnome-shell&lt;/a&gt; it will be created as a new tag. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2017-04-05T11:26:20.877" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16877" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16880" CreationDate="2017-04-05T12:48:14.320" Score="2" ViewCount="110" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/900138/adobe-digital-editions-ade-4-5-4-wine-doesnt-work?noredirect=1#comment1412072_900138&quot;&gt;This question&lt;/a&gt; was asked and there was nothing in the Original post that indicates that the post was off-topic. Some hours after I &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/900149/225694&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt; The OP came back and provided a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/900392/225694&quot;&gt;not an answer&lt;/a&gt; which indicated that the OP was using Mint. This info was subsequently edited into the question making the question as off-topic as the aforementioned &lt;em&gt;not an answer.&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In a case such as this should the question be abandoned as off topic or preserved in it's on topic form? Which approach is more likely to be helpful to future users of the site?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:19.447" LastActivityDate="2017-04-10T12:34:59.060" Title="Should a valid question be edited to be off-topic because the OP indicated it as such in a non-answer?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16878" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16877" CreationDate="2017-04-05T12:48:14.320" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I believe that this should be determined on a case by case basis by considering what would be the most useful to future readers of the site. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the question is on topic, I don't see the benefit of editing it to make it off-topic. I've seen the reverse encouraged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/closed-questions&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; &quot;it may be necessary to reword the question to fit this site's scope after reviewing the community guidelines.&quot; but have yet to see anything to indicate that a post should be edited to make it off topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:24.280" LastActivityDate="2017-04-05T15:55:22.383" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16879" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16877" CreationDate="2017-04-05T13:00:02.060" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;My opinion is, if the user has Mint, it is off topic. Site policy should trump individual opinions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only time a question like that should be saved, is if someone can confirm the exact issue is present in Ubuntu, otherwise, it could do more harm than good. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this case the not an answer, indicates it is a problem with the Mint repo version and not relevant to Ubuntu&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastActivityDate="2017-04-05T13:00:02.060" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16880" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16877" CreationDate="2017-04-05T13:05:31.913" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The fact that the OP did not originally say they were using Mint seems not very relevant. They are using Mint, and this is most likely the cause of the answer not working, so the question is off-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it is any good it can be migrated:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3200/good-off-topic-questions-migrate-rather-than-close&quot;&gt;Good off topic questions: migrate rather than close?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you feel we need that question here for Ubuntu, not Mint, then perhaps consider making a Q&amp;amp;A.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Leaving a question like this by a Mint user here is just asking for trouble imho - OP could accept an answer that happens to work for Mint but not Ubuntu, downvote an answer that DOES work for Ubuntu because it doesn't work for them, etc. The OP has a lot of control over the post. We shouldn't sweep under the rug that they are using another distro - it's too risky.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit:&lt;/strong&gt; On reflection, while I still think the edit was right (to explain OP's situation &amp;amp; behaviour) and the question should be closed (to avoid setting a precedent &amp;amp; the risk of answers that don't work for Ubuntu being added &amp;amp; accepted), since you already answered it for Ubuntu perfectly well, and you don't want to make a Q&amp;amp;A, I think it's fine to leave the question here, not migrate it, and make sure it doesn't get deleted, since it's useful to Ubuntu users...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2017-04-05T18:32:18.680" LastActivityDate="2017-04-05T18:32:18.680" CommentCount="15" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16881" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16875" CreationDate="2017-04-05T16:10:00.797" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would tend to agree due to the recent popularity of the hidpi acronym. I don't think it matters too much which is master and which is synonym, but I would agree having both and having one a synonym of the other would make sense if we are to have either of them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can't think of a compelling reason to have either tag to be honest, as I don't see what the screen technology has to do with the OS or why anyone would follow either tag. Perhaps I'm missing something.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastEditorUserId="225694" LastEditDate="2017-04-12T13:30:10.223" LastActivityDate="2017-04-12T13:30:10.223" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16882" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16875" CreationDate="2017-04-05T16:37:33.357" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;I vote that we make &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/hdpi&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;hdpi&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;hdpi&lt;/a&gt; a synonym of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/hidpi&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;hidpi&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;hidpi&lt;/a&gt;, as the latter is easier to read and seems to be the &quot;official&quot; name, at least according to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/HiDPI&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Arch Wiki&lt;/a&gt; and regular Google search results. Note the &lt;a href=&quot;https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=hidpi,hdpi&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;related queries&lt;/a&gt; on Google Trends. From that data itself, we can easily say that &quot;HDPI&quot; refers to mobile displays while &quot;HiDPI&quot; is used for computers. As we aren't &lt;a href=&quot;https://android.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Android Enthusiasts&lt;/a&gt;, it would only make sense to use &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/hidpi&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;hidpi&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;hidpi&lt;/a&gt; as the master tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would, however, express caution turning 4k, UHD, and QHD into synonyms of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/hidpi&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;hidpi&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;hidpi&lt;/a&gt;, as 4k screens are not always HiDPI. Synonymizing &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/retina&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;retina&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;retina&lt;/a&gt; (or whatever the tag is) would be a good idea, but this tag doesn't seem to exist yet, making synonymizing it relatively useless.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2017-12-18T17:50:02.330" LastActivityDate="2017-12-18T17:50:02.330" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16883" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-04-05T16:57:38.187" Score="2" ViewCount="152" Body="&lt;p&gt;In &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/899317/295286&quot;&gt;this particular question&lt;/a&gt; a high reputation user has edited the post to prevent close votes. The particular quote:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;To the close voters&#xA;  The question below does not ask for window positioning in general, but for only one specific situation. Answers that fit the linked dupe might (and are) overkill in this situation. Furthermore, possible answers here do not necessarily fit the linked dupe. The below posted one does not for one thing, hence no exact dupe.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm interested in these specific questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Does the fact that duplicate is a general solution allow keeping the question open ? It is my understanding that we have canonical posts specifically for that reason - general answers, covering broad range of cases. Especially in the case of that particular post, I believe the specificity is unecessary - OP is using standard Ubuntu with Unity, hence no need to have custom solution, and solutions on duplicate target are sufficiently clear to allow a user achieve desired result. The fact that it is a &lt;code&gt;nautilus&lt;/code&gt; window also doesn't matter - X11 windows are treated equally.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The edit claims &quot;Answers that fit the linked dupe might (and are) overkill&quot;. Is it a reasonable to have question open when answers on duplicate are &quot;overkill&quot;. The claim that solutions on suggested duplicate are overkill seems to be overplayed, since an &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/900502/295286&quot;&gt;answer using same approach&lt;/a&gt; as on duplicate has been posted as well. From the standpoint of &quot;teach man how to fish&quot; saying, it would be better (in my opinion) to provide general solutions&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Concerning this part: &quot;Furthermore, possible answers here do not necessarily fit the linked dupe.&quot;  Does the fact that solutions posted on new answer not fit for suggested duplicate matter ? Does the fact that a solution made specific warrant keeping question from being closed using a general approach ?  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please note: What I am looking for is general answer. I am not necessarily concerned with the specific case of that post, although it can be used as example.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="295286" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:24.280" LastActivityDate="2017-04-10T14:18:29.233" Title="Does generality matter when voting to close as duplicate?" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16884" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-04-05T17:17:31.337" Score="12" ViewCount="396" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is occasional practice of some users to place message along the lines&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;CLOSE VOTERS&lt;/strong&gt;: please don't close this as duplicate because it is not because A,B,C.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is this: &lt;em&gt;Are we OK with such approach&lt;/em&gt; ?  I personally find that these types of edits are more harmful (to questions) than not for the following reasons:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;misleading reviewers&lt;/strong&gt;:  those who don't do reviews carefully and look at the context of the post and don't notice who placed the message into the question, may be lead to believe that this is OP's own statement, which in fact is one user's personal opinion , and personal opinions (if I understand correctly) should be kept within comments.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;imposing one particular user's personal opinion on others&lt;/strong&gt;:  Goes along with what I said in the last sentence of previous point.Voting to close a question should be a personal decision or at least consensus with other users from a discussion and discussions should be kept in comments&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No improvement to question&lt;/strong&gt;: if message to close voters is the only thing that is being inserted into the question, there seems to be no improvement to the question itself ( which is what is the main purpose of editing, no ? )&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;opinion of one outweighing consensus of many&lt;/strong&gt;:  reviewers who see personal opinion of one user injected into the post may not notice discussion in the comments where multiple users might agree that post is in-fact a duplicate.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I understand the sympathy with having a question closed: users think that question visibility will be gone, but questions can be voted to be reopen as well. It is my personal understanding that voting should not be influenced by particular user's opinions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Over time I've come to see that using pathos when dealing with close-votes isn't the best approach, and in-fact can do more harm than good to the question. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="295286" LastActivityDate="2017-04-11T16:51:05.180" Title="Messages to close voters in questions: are they OK?" Tags="|discussion|editing|duplicates|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16885" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16884" CreationDate="2017-04-05T17:22:40.320" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I often leave &lt;strong&gt;comments&lt;/strong&gt; similar to this to inform close voters that I'm working on a solution for instance. Since we are a community and are trying to work together for the common good, this makes perfect sense to me. &lt;strong&gt;It's not an attempt to mislead or impose an opinion.&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's simply a way to communicate with the community. I personally would hesitate to edit a post that wasn't a CW in this fashion, however I understand the motivation to attempt to offset the tendency of many to robot review without reading the comments. One of the reasons I push to have users edit information into there posts is that comments aren't always read (the other being comment deletion of course)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question I always consider is does preserving a particular question from closing improve the site? I've lobbied to leave questions open before, with varying results. I've found a more effective use of my time is to improve what I can and accept what I can't. Everyone has opinions and it's unlikely to see things the same way as anyone else. Sometimes further explanation can be effective. &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/16877/should-a-valid-question-be-edited-to-be-off-topic-because-the-op-indicated-it-as&quot;&gt;Sometimes not&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastEditorUserId="225694" LastEditDate="2017-04-09T14:45:15.600" LastActivityDate="2017-04-09T14:45:15.600" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16886" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16884" CreationDate="2017-04-05T17:36:34.113" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would say no in the post itself, as it's just noise and doesn't really add anything to the question especially in the form that it's in.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If OP &lt;em&gt;really&lt;/em&gt; wants to challenge a close vote (especially a pending one), they should edit their question to explain why it's not a duplicate. This should also be done &lt;em&gt;within the context of the question&lt;/em&gt;, not as an afterthought. That's what annotations are for, and there's a good reason why that's restricted to mods.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, this just applies to OP editing the question. If another user edits the question, things get a bit hairier. In short, we can't guarantee that another user knows exactly what OP wants. In fact, there's even a suggested edit rejection reason for this exact case:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;clearly conflicts with author's intent&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  This edit deviates from the original intent of the post. Even edits that must make drastic changes should strive to preserve the goals of the post's owner.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe OP is okay with an &quot;overkill&quot; solution. Maybe OP isn't. The point is, we don't know what OP wants beyond what they've said in their question. As such, the burden of making a question more or less specific usually falls on to OP. I feel that if a user wants to challenge an ongoing review, they can do one of a few things:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Add a comment explaining why instead of effectively vandalizing the post.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Post in chat/meta for feedback from the community as a whole.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Just wait for the question be closed, and then open a discussion in Meta.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But, to sum it up, challenging a closure should &lt;em&gt;never&lt;/em&gt; be done as an aside within the question itself. It should either be embedded reasonably into the question (by explaining &lt;em&gt;why&lt;/em&gt; it's not a duplicate, something OP and &lt;em&gt;only&lt;/em&gt; OP can do) or done in the comments or chat or meta (which can be done by anyone).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Really, though, the more I think about this, we have an X/Y problem here. People feel the need to edit the question to add a note to closevoters such as to prevent robo-reviewing. The &lt;em&gt;actual&lt;/em&gt; solution to this is to prevent robo-reviews from being done and/or encourage reviewers to actually do their job and review the question instead of just blindly clicking buttons.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastEditorUserId="208574" LastEditDate="2017-04-09T18:23:26.690" LastActivityDate="2017-04-09T18:23:26.690" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16887" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16884" CreationDate="2017-04-05T17:53:43.900" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Let's look into this from voter's perspective.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Close voters don't edit a post explaining why it is a closeable question. I think, the voters against closing should also not used edit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="61218" LastActivityDate="2017-04-05T17:53:43.900" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16889" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16884" CreationDate="2017-04-06T10:50:01.117" Score="12" Body="&lt;h2&gt;We encourage users to explain what they've tried, what didn't work.&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the case of something like your example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;CLOSE VOTERS:&lt;/strong&gt; please don't close this as duplicate because it is not because A,B,C.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That is exactly the sort of thing that &lt;em&gt;should&lt;/em&gt; be in the question. All they're &#xA;really doing is telling people what they've tried before. Or how their question is different. These are important things to know.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The phrasing might seem conversational or combative, but notices like this usually crop up after some close votes have been submitted. Close votes can be retracted, but more importantly having any close votes means you're exposed to the close vote queue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So once it's in that queue, that a message like this stands out is a good thing. People have a habit of auto-modding their way through the review queue and this it just the sort of thing that might catch their attention enough to pause and investigate. Obviously if they disagree, &lt;em&gt;they&lt;/em&gt; can leave a comment explaining that and vote to close.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only downside of any sort of post notice is it looking a little crufty, but at the same time the it's not unreasonable for you to not want a question unjustly closed. The amount of effort wasted in closing and reopening that is far more costly than bearing a notice for a few days until it leaves the close queue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't disagree with Kaz's point about working these differentiations into the post, I just don't think that &lt;em&gt;also&lt;/em&gt; making a song and dance about it as a very visible aside is always a bad thing. Some differences are very subtle and need explanation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I also don't think it particularly bad that other people edit post notices in, where required. Collaboration works in all directions and again, highlighting technical subtleties for reviewers could save everybody a lot of time, confusion and frustration. It might even get their problem solved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2017-04-09T21:23:47.787" LastActivityDate="2017-04-09T21:23:47.787" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16890" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16891" CreationDate="2017-04-06T14:00:47.217" Score="4" ViewCount="61" Body="&lt;p&gt;This question was triggered by a review of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/low-quality-posts/696436&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; low-quality post. I dropped a comment explaining how to favorite the question in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/16264/are-we-truly-eager-to-help&quot;&gt;sincere desire to help&lt;/a&gt; provide some clarity. I've reviewed &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/8083/how-can-i-view-a-comment-for-a-deleted-answer&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/8083/how-can-i-view-a-comment-for-a-deleted-answer&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3439/what-happens-to-my-comment-if-the-parent-question-answer-is-deleted&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3439/what-happens-to-my-comment-if-the-parent-question-answer-is-deleted&lt;/a&gt; but I'm not certain exactly what happens. Does the comment stay in the users inbox even after the post is deleted? Disappear into the ether?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T12:25:24.280" LastActivityDate="2017-04-06T14:13:10.310" Title="Can a low rep user access a comment from their own deleted post?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16891" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16890" CreationDate="2017-04-06T14:09:58.113" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;They can see it, but they will not be notified of it. This is explained in &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/231990/203101&quot;&gt;this post&lt;/a&gt; on the main meta, the relevant part of which is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When an answer is deleted, only comment notifications to the OP left by the deleting moderator within that last hour will remain in the inbox.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[ . . . ]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since notifications are cleared after the answer was deleted, commenting on a deleted answer would indeed keep the notification, which is reasonable as only moderators can comment on deleted posts and users can see their own deleted posts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Comment notifications are deleted when a post is deleted, so unless you're a mod, your comment will not notify the OP.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2017-04-06T14:13:10.310" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16892" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-04-06T17:01:58.550" Score="0" ViewCount="96" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu's &quot;recent questions&quot; RSS at &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/feeds&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/feeds&lt;/a&gt; has been hard down since April 3 21:26. The feed is visible using Firefox, but not when using an RSS app Liferea, or by using the RSS component in Thunderbird. Where can I report this problem so that it can get fixed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note: My previous post at &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/16867/ask-ubuntu-recent-questions-rss-down-since-april-1st-2017-0900&quot;&gt;Ask Ubuntu &amp;quot;recent questions&amp;quot; RSS down since April 1st 2017 09:00&lt;/a&gt; showed problems going back to April 1st.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Update&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Effective April 7... the RSS feed is working again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4272" LastEditorUserId="4272" LastEditDate="2017-04-08T17:06:37.913" LastActivityDate="2017-04-08T17:06:37.913" Title="Where to report problems with Ask Ubuntu RSS feeds?" Tags="|support|bug|rss|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16893" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16892" CreationDate="2017-04-07T02:35:56.537" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Bugs about the SE sites should be reported on meta (the specific site's meta, or the main &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;Meta Stack Exchange&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/89228/270345&quot;&gt;either will do fine&lt;/a&gt;), as a question tagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/bug&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;bug&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;bug&lt;/a&gt;. Usual time for a response/fix is &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/19514/270345&quot;&gt;6-8 weeks&lt;/a&gt;. As you have already done this, there's not much more to be done, except wait and/or look for workarounds.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2017-04-07T02:35:56.537" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16894" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16895" CreationDate="2017-04-07T12:01:36.653" Score="1" ViewCount="150" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am concerned about the site security of Ask Ubuntu. I am not sure everything possible is done to protect my private user data. Canonical is presenting itself to support free and open software. Part of that idea is to prevent that closed source software is doing things that users would not expect and would not approve of. That is also true of websites. Also this website which I think is a very good and useful thing. But doesn't some of it violate the ideals above?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To make this a specific question: What are the rationals for the following choices of Canonical for this site:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the page is displayed by FlagFox to be in USA. Canonical is a UK based company. I would expect that also its community servers are outside the direct law enforcement reach of US Agencies. User privacy would be better protected with a server in Europe.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;why does the page need the following scripts from the following sites&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;google-analystics. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;quantserve.com. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;zkcdn.net.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;adzerk.net.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;sstatic.net.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;ajax.googleapis.com.&#xA;For all it is is unclear, why are scripts from that site required? And what do they do? Where are those servers? Can they be removed without functional loss for the site? Do they protect my data? &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even with those scripts enabled the site is not fully functional when used from Tor. Is that by design? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;PS: It is not my intention to say the site is bad, content-wise its really great. Also please note that I do not intend to criticize. Before doing so I would like to learned about why things are as they are.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="642578" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2017-04-07T19:06:51.563" LastActivityDate="2017-04-10T17:35:45.017" Title="Ask Ubuntu site security" Tags="|discussion|security|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16895" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16894" CreationDate="2017-04-07T12:17:58.063" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think you're laboring under a misapprehension. This site (&lt;a href=&quot;http://askubuntu.com&quot;&gt;Ask Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt;) is not affiliated with Canonical and is instead a project of a completely different company: &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/company/about&quot;&gt;Stack Overflow&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While there is some sort of agreement between the two companies and Ask Ubuntu is listed as an official help site in Canonical products, the two are separate entities and Stack Overflow isn't particularly passionate about open source or libre software. They're not against it, and they even have some open source projects, it's just not something that's very important to them. As far as I know, the people who originally set it up all come from the Windows world.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So yes, Ask Ubuntu isn't on the Canonical servers, it isn't affiliated with Canonical (apart from serving as a useful place to get help for Ubuntu) and you shouldn't expect it to conform to the same principles as Canonical. In fact, this site is part of a whole network of Q&amp;amp;A sites (the &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Stack Exchange network&lt;/a&gt;) and Ask Ubuntu is just one site among many. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All that said, Stack Overflow, the company, is actually pretty good about security and they do take their user's privacy very seriously. They just have their own rules which are not necessarily the same as Canonical's.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, if you feel that this site doesn't behave in the way you would expect from an official or semi-official Ubuntu help site, that's something you should take up with Canonical, not us.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The rest of your questions about what each of those URLs is used for, I can't answer. You might want to search through &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;http://meta.stackexchange.com&lt;/a&gt;, the main meta site for the Stack Exchange network or ask there. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2017-05-23T12:39:54.233" LastActivityDate="2017-04-10T17:35:45.017" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16896" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16894" CreationDate="2017-04-07T12:32:04.093" Score="5" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;why does the page need the following scripts from the following sites &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;to analyze performance issues&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;to generate money to keep the servers running&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Regarding some of the URLs: google them ... 2 of them: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&quot;Quantcast Measure reveals the uniqueness of your audience, helping you differentiate your brand, site, or app.&quot;. So an analytical tool&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;sstatic  &quot;This is a fast, cookieless domain intended for static content delivered to the Stack Exchange family of websites&quot;. So an analytical tool created by the owner of askubuntu. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastActivityDate="2017-04-07T12:32:04.093" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16897" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16883" CreationDate="2017-04-09T19:21:42.290" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A general answer:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes and No. This has been discussed in this &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/74080/close-as-duplicate-what-if-only-the-answer-is-a-duplicate&quot;&gt;meta post.&lt;/a&gt; and another very good &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/73991/the-wikipedia-of-long-tail-programming-questions&quot;&gt;related meta post here.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My take on this in a nutshell, is that the approach should be customer service based. If you can help someone more effectively by flagging their question as a dupe, you should do so. If however you think that you can be most helpful by providing a specific answer you should do that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have no doubt that some may think this an over simplistic view and perhaps it is, but if so, it's only because I'm &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/16264/are-we-truly-eager-to-help/16265#16265&quot;&gt;eager to help.&lt;/a&gt; To be honest I can't imagine how any action taken trying to improve the site could be construed in a negative fashion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Here's the point by point response:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Does the fact that duplicate is a general solution allow keeping the question open?&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes and No. The answer to that is decided by the community and varies depending on the post and the views of those voting. As noted in the meta posts I linked above, duplicates are a complex issue and are as unlikely to go away as they are unlikely to get unanimous agreement on what is and isn't a duplicate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Is it a reasonable to have question open when answers on duplicate are &quot;overkill?&quot;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Absolutely. For example, A common answer to almost any problem might be &quot;re-install Ubuntu&quot;. I would argue that in most cases this solution lacks finesse and while easy to recommend is likely more time consuming and less helpful to the member asking than a less invasive, surgical approach that addresses his or her question exactly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Does the fact that solutions posted on new answer not fit for suggested duplicate matter ?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Probably. Answers specific to the members situation should in theory be more effective than answers covering a general situation. Granted some of us are quite capable of extrapolating a general solution to our current situation, but since no all of us are exceptionally good at this, sometimes a tailored approach is required to provide the highest level of service.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Does the fact that a solution made specific warrant keeping question from being closed using a general approach ?&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Again, Yes and No. You are well within your rights to vote to close such questions just as others who disagree are well within their rights to vote to keep it open. The benefit of having various answers to a question goes beyond the obvious (that one answer may work better than another for a specific individual) but also extends to the educational value of,  as you say &quot;teaching a man to fish&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastEditorUserId="225694" LastEditDate="2017-04-10T13:32:32.057" LastActivityDate="2017-04-10T13:32:32.057" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16898" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16883" CreationDate="2017-04-09T21:40:07.437" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;As always, there is no one-fits-all answer to the question. There are however some important general considerations to keep in mind to decide.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Should we keep a separate question for each and every specific situation?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In general: no. That is: if both the question and its answers are nothing more than a subset of the canonical one. Many questions are unnecessarily specific, and possible answers would be a 1:1 repetition of answers posted elsewhere, e.g.:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;questions with unnecessary version tags&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;questions like &amp;quot;how do I rename peanut.txt to butter.txt&amp;quot;, duped to &amp;quot;how do I rename monkey.txt to banana.txt&amp;quot;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In these examples, &lt;em&gt;specific&lt;/em&gt; versions of a question are &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;nothing more&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; then a subset of the obvious general idea.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Why is your example not just a subset of the suggested dupe?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In your example however, the specific question has a reason not to be treated as a dupe. Nautilus is specifically mentioned in the question, which allows for different solution(s), which do not apply to the general version about &lt;em&gt;all&lt;/em&gt; windows:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In general, the time between &lt;em&gt;calling&lt;/em&gt; a window and its &lt;em&gt;appearance&lt;/em&gt; is unpredictable, and depends on the application, the file it possibly opens and the processor occupation. If I press &lt;kbd&gt;Ctrl&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;Alt&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;T&lt;/kbd&gt;, the terminal instantly pops up, if I call &lt;code&gt;Inkscape&lt;/code&gt;, I possibly have to wait 5-10 seconds. This implies that, if I use a catch-all solution, at least until the time the window appears, I need to run a background process to wait for the window and take care of its placement. I can do that either by a smart wrapper or, like in the answers in the suggested dupe, let compiz do the job.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;In this nautilus-specific question&lt;/em&gt;, We have other options. If I run the command &lt;code&gt;nautilus ~&lt;/code&gt; a 1000 times in normal usage, probably not a single occasion will exceed 0.5 second. This opens the option to use other solutions, and the question is therefore &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;more then just a subset of the general one&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your line:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The fact that it is a nautilus window also doesn't matter - X11 windows are treated equally&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;is therefore simply untrue; it &lt;em&gt;does&lt;/em&gt; matter, only not to the generalized solution you have in mind.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does the fact that solutions posted on new answer not fit for suggested duplicate matter? Does the fact that a solution made specific warrant keeping question from being closed using a general approach?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Absolutely!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If we force people to use only generalized solutions, we are doing exactly what you &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/16884/72216&quot;&gt;mention not to want&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;imposing particular user's personal opinion on others&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt;. We are not here to sell one pill for every disease. Let the doctor decide, which is OP and future readers of the post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2017-04-10T14:18:29.233" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16899" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="792" CreationDate="2017-04-12T09:26:05.143" Score="0" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;the platform is designed to be &quot;Documentation through Discovery ...  letting the user discover how to use the site&quot;. So you won't find a list of features ...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I really like Ubuntu &amp;amp; the very helpful community. A website called 'Ask Ubuntu' will attract anyone with a query but unfortunately it's not at all clear how to navigate the site. It needs a Site Map and a simple Site Guide &amp;amp; a Users Guide. eg the Front Screen needs something like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&quot;Welcome to Ask Ubuntu.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;1/ Pose your question in the box at the top left of the screen to see if it's been asked before.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;2/ If not then Register yourself and&lt;br&gt;&#xA;3/ ASK your question by typing it in the box at xxx.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;4/ You'll find how to format your question by clicking on yyy which you will find at zzz&quot;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not only will this help anyone new to the site to use it: it might well increase the takeup of Ubuntu &amp;amp; other flavours generally.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I expect this has been explored before, but I can't find it [poor navigation skills? or sophisticated site design?!?]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="433229" LastActivityDate="2017-04-12T09:26:05.143" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16900" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16902" CreationDate="2017-04-12T18:43:22.577" Score="8" ViewCount="168" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm trying to determine &lt;em&gt;generally&lt;/em&gt; what's the best way to deal with a question that has answers embedded in it in the form of &quot;Updates&quot;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not talking about a self-answered question in accepted Q &amp;amp; A format. I've found similar questions regarding &quot;commentswers&quot; and such, but nothing that exactly relates to this. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The OP provided an answer that referred to the question. I pointed out that as written it wasn't really an answer and I suggested to the OP doing what I thought was logically correct, (moving the answer content from the question into the answer) which appears to have had the unintended negative consequence of self-deletion of the answer. What would be the recommended course of action when dealing with an issue such as this? Is there something I should have done differently?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastActivityDate="2017-04-13T05:54:42.690" Title="Questions with embedded answers" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16901" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16900" CreationDate="2017-04-12T19:12:20.883" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu doesn't allow this at all. Period. Questions go in questions, answers go in answers. The two should not be mixed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If we're thinking of the same example, the OP should have split it up and documented their actions in the answer (if not even split into multiple questions).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As we're not really in a position to power through and ... encourage ... users to do these things, it's best that a custom mod flag is raised &lt;em&gt;on the question&lt;/em&gt; describing what's going on. Optionally, you can leave a &lt;em&gt;polite&lt;/em&gt; comment describing effectively the same thing and see if OP responds to that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for mods, they should contact OP first and respectfully request a separation and then step in and do it themselves if the OP is hesitant or unwilling to separate their posts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastActivityDate="2017-04-12T19:12:20.883" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16902" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16900" CreationDate="2017-04-13T05:27:27.850" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;I leave a comment. If there's no response, I edit the question to remove the answer and make it a community wiki answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I understood this to be standard practice. Since you can fix it yourself, there's no need to bother mods unless there's some other issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T05:54:42.690" LastActivityDate="2017-04-13T05:54:42.690" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16903" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16905" CreationDate="2017-04-13T07:18:15.353" Score="6" ViewCount="156" Body="&lt;p&gt;I always thought editing an &lt;strong&gt;NAA&lt;/strong&gt; (Not an answer) may confuse the automated low quality answer detection. Also when I'm flagging an answer as &quot;Not an answer&quot;, why would I edit it to &lt;em&gt;improve&lt;/em&gt;? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Recently I saw such an edit and commented to the fellow Ask Ubuntu user that, we should not edit an NAA, instead &lt;em&gt;flag&lt;/em&gt; it. He replied, he actually &lt;em&gt;did&lt;/em&gt; flag it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That brought the question into my mind. Should we still be editing such posts?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Note:&lt;/em&gt; It is also possible that he edited it first then realized it is an NAA and then flagged. But I'm interested in opinion on events when you realized it before editing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Note 2:&lt;/em&gt; The answer got deleted eventually and this is not a criticism of the action -:)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="61218" LastActivityDate="2017-04-13T15:36:14.063" Title="Should we edit the answer we flag as NAA?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16904" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16903" CreationDate="2017-04-13T07:37:18.163" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;It might be a case of flagging it first, then attempting to fix it, but not being sure if it's good enough. I don't know.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A NAA should probably be reserved for something that has no value as an answer. Things that can be turned into answers with an edit should be edited.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I really don't see a problem in improving a post after flagging it. Yes, it might mean the earlier flaggers get rejections, but if a little edit turns things around, perhaps they could have done it instead of just trying to delete it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Flag stats aren't important. Good answers are.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That all said, I'm not sure there's any value in quality of language edits to something that is fundamentally not an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T15:36:14.063" LastActivityDate="2017-04-13T15:36:14.063" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16905" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16903" CreationDate="2017-04-13T08:02:26.730" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Suggesting edits to unsalvageable posts (Qs posted as As in particular) is a waste of everyone's time - of the editor's and of the the 2+ reviewers' who have to review it. That time is better spent on a post that has a chance of remaining on this site. It's like editing a spam post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you're a 2k user, knock yourself out - after all, it's just your own time you're wasting. I edit NAA posts myself, on occasion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's also &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/236883/270345&quot;&gt;a &quot;feature&quot; on SE&lt;/a&gt; where editing a post with an automatic VLQ flag gets an automatic -1 from Community. So, I'd actually encourage edits by 2k+ users in case the NAA post had such a flag on it. The downvote makes it easier to directly cast a delete vote on the post. Without it, a score-0 post has to be downvoted, then the page refreshed before the delete button shows up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="158442" LastEditDate="2017-04-13T08:43:42.800" LastActivityDate="2017-04-13T08:43:42.800" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16906" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1898" CreationDate="2017-04-13T15:40:09.960" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's been my experience that leaving a comment is likely enough. The review team is pretty good about closing questions that fit the non-reproducable category. I don't see a need to involve the moderators in something this simple. Mentioning your concerns in &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/201/ask-ubuntu-general-room&quot;&gt;the General chat room&lt;/a&gt; should be enough to get the team to assist with closing the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastActivityDate="2017-04-13T15:40:09.960" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16907" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-04-14T12:17:16.260" Score="9" ViewCount="168" Body="&lt;p&gt;So say a question has been answered in the usual fashion, but by answering the initial question the user has ran into another problem which has been made apparent by a comment thread. The problem is very likely to be separate from the initial question and not related in any way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What should we advise the user do?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my mind, the original question has been answered - and therefore any issue that is not related to it is outside the scope of that question. It would benefit from a new question being asked, so that it would have the raised visibility to other community members, the comment threads aren't polluted with information not relevant to the new question etc etc..&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="677458" LastActivityDate="2017-04-21T10:27:14.910" Title="How do we handle comment threads that are outside scope of original question?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16908" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16907" CreationDate="2017-04-14T12:25:06.123" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Comments are not meant for chat. Flag it. Let a mod deal with it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd suggest &quot;It really looks like this is a separate problem. You probably want to post a new question referencing this about that&quot; if you must comment &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17681" LastActivityDate="2017-04-14T12:25:06.123" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16909" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16907" CreationDate="2017-04-14T14:37:12.727" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;If the person asking the question asks follow-up questions in comments on an answer, it's &lt;em&gt;usually&lt;/em&gt; best to ask them to ask a new question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Caveat: answers should be complete if possible, and we should really make an effort to understand the asker's real problem, so if follow-up questions occur because the answer doesn't fully address the original problem (which may have needed clarification through comments, ideally on the question, and edits) then the answer(er) has responsibility I think, and should edit accordingly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2017-04-14T14:37:12.727" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16911" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11750" CreationDate="2017-04-15T22:51:04.563" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Meme:&lt;/strong&gt; hue&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Originator:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://askubuntu.com/users/274320/thewanderer&quot;&gt;TheWanderer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Background:&lt;/strong&gt; if someone is being an exceptional &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/16602/5&quot;&gt;nubcake&lt;/a&gt;, a user may immediate reply with &quot;hue&quot;, a reference to &lt;a href=&quot;http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/huahuehuahue&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this meme&lt;/a&gt;. Bonus &lt;s&gt;points&lt;/s&gt; stars for creating a pun with the word.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Examples:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/201?m=36656287#36656287&quot;&gt;&quot;Cue the glue whose hue gave Sue her due.&quot;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/201?m=36441917#36441917&quot;&gt;&quot;never gonna hue you up, never gonna hue you down, never gonna hue around, and hue you&quot;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/201?m=36433700#36433700&quot;&gt;&quot;Oh say can you hue . . .by the dawns early lights&quot;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/201?m=36198051#36198051&quot;&gt;&quot;Every time you say &quot;hue,&quot; a v20 owner buys an iPhone.&quot;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/201?m=34251109#34251109&quot;&gt;&quot;Roses are red. Violets are blue. HUE HUE HUE HUE HUE.&quot;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/201?m=31995247#31995247&quot;&gt;&quot;I have a feeling that if you had written &quot;How the Grinch Stole Christmas&quot; you would have named the child Cindy Lou Hue.&quot;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastEditorUserId="5" LastEditDate="2017-04-17T23:46:56.490" LastActivityDate="2017-04-17T23:46:56.490" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16912" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9052" CreationDate="2017-04-16T00:01:04.950" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes. You can drop them a line in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/201/ask-ubuntu-general-room&quot;&gt;AskUbuntu General Chat Room&lt;/a&gt; and if they aren't present and they've been in recently, they get a message in their inbox.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastEditorUserId="225694" LastEditDate="2017-04-16T17:43:03.123" LastActivityDate="2017-04-16T17:43:03.123" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16913" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16914" CreationDate="2017-04-17T18:49:20.223" Score="1" ViewCount="88" Body="&lt;p&gt;Title says it all. When I try to upload an image in a post, it just says that, &quot;An error occurred at imgur&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strike&gt;&lt;em&gt;Funny thing is, I can't even provide a screenshot of the error because I can't upload pictures!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strike&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;UPDATE:&lt;/strong&gt; The error went away after restarting Firefox.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/JkvG8.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/JkvG8.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="518562" LastEditorUserId="518562" LastEditDate="2017-04-17T19:02:22.607" LastActivityDate="2017-04-17T19:02:22.607" Title="Image uploads broken" Tags="|bug|status-norepro|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="0" ClosedDate="2017-04-18T03:56:14.093" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16914" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16913" CreationDate="2017-04-17T18:51:02.313" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/MKhXQ.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/MKhXQ.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2017-04-17T18:51:02.313" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16915" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16913" CreationDate="2017-04-17T18:51:55.887" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/QzA9Dm.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/QzA9Dm.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/status-norepro&quot; class=&quot;post-tag moderator-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;status-norepro&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;status-norepro&lt;/a&gt; on Chrome 57.0.2987.133.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastActivityDate="2017-04-17T18:51:55.887" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16916" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16917" CreationDate="2017-04-18T19:45:30.283" Score="1" ViewCount="94" Body="&lt;p&gt;Recently, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/16913/image-uploads-broken&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; was closed as being &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/status-norepro&quot; class=&quot;post-tag moderator-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;status-norepro&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;status-norepro&lt;/a&gt;. However, this closure seems odd to me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/search?q=%5Bstatus-norepro%5D&quot;&gt;20 questions tagged&lt;/a&gt; accordingly, there is only &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/search?q=%5Bstatus-norepro%5D+closed%3A1&quot;&gt;one&lt;/a&gt; that was actually closed, which is the one mentioned above.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is meta's policy on closing no-repro bugs? Should we even be doing it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastActivityDate="2017-04-19T17:12:24.240" Title="Do we actually close no-repro bugs reported on meta as no-repro?" Tags="|discussion|close-reasons|meta|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16917" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16916" CreationDate="2017-04-18T19:55:33.900" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Normally, we don't close &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/status-norepro&quot; class=&quot;post-tag moderator-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;status-norepro&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;status-norepro&lt;/a&gt; items, because they're typically on topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, that given case you've linked to was an &quot;issue with Imgur&quot; not the SE infrastructure, so it was offtopic - it's wasn't really about Ask Ubuntu or Stack Exchange, the issue there was related to Imgur, and the screenshots they included even show this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2017-04-19T14:41:47.197" LastActivityDate="2017-04-19T14:41:47.197" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16918" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16916" CreationDate="2017-04-18T20:03:06.947" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Firstly, separate the closure from the tag. They aren't the same thing, they didn't happen at the same time. Again, tagging something as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/status-norepro&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;status-norepro&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;status-norepro&lt;/a&gt; does not close it. The closure came from other people, not the mod.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Mod status tags are a feature of Meta that allows mods to tell other mods what needs doing, from a high level. We have a few options available here but &lt;strong&gt;they allow us to  save other mods' time&lt;/strong&gt;. It's either already handled, in process or something that doesn't need to be opened. Not everything needs a status assigning to it because it might be an open-ended discussion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this case, if I saw the question on the Meta question list, I'd infer:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another mod looked at this already and thought it wasn't a problem. Go do something else.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That was added because this was clearly something that was session, or cache based. It was fixed by restarting Firefox. A &lt;kbd&gt;Control&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;F5&lt;/kbd&gt; might have had a similar issue but who knows now. Adding the tag means that other mods (and SE employees) now know they don't have to get involved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So that's what is and why. To your questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Should we use these tags?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They help us if we want to triage Meta. They help SE triage many Meta sites... I'm clearly biased but I see no argument against the status tags. I'm open to suggestions in comments or future questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Should we close &lt;em&gt;all&lt;/em&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/status-norepro&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;status-norepro&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;status-norepro&lt;/a&gt; or leave them &lt;em&gt;all&lt;/em&gt; open?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No. Only a Sith deals in absolutes. Again, separate the closure from the tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It was closed because there was no scope for answering it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It was status-tagged because mods didn't need to get involved.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's definitely functionality crossover, but again, there's no link here that means all norepro questions should definitely be closed. There's no need for policy here. Just handle the issues as you would any other question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The closure &lt;em&gt;here&lt;/em&gt; was appropriate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm sure any of the mods would be happy to explain their use of these tags.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2017-04-19T17:12:24.240" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16919" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16920" CreationDate="2017-04-19T16:44:41.607" Score="2" ViewCount="65" Body="&lt;p&gt;When making other edits to a question that mentions a release/number (e.g, Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS), my natural instinct is to bold it as it is usually the first thing I look for in a question and I have read that we try to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/830/editing-tips-and-tricks&quot;&gt;keep it out of titles and tags&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the general consensus for how to format this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="668095" LastActivityDate="2017-04-19T17:04:33.127" Title="How to format release versions?" Tags="|discussion|editing|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16920" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16919" CreationDate="2017-04-19T17:04:33.127" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;There's no real way to format it, and adding things as 'bold' just for the heck of it when it was never bold to begin with is a sure-fire way to get rejected edits as &quot;Doesn't help readability.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd just leave the versions alone, and do nothing, and not bother editing for the sake of just making that one tiny bit more prevalent.  I'd leave it alone.  Bold if you must, but if you do that, also actually &lt;em&gt;improve&lt;/em&gt; the post somehow - don't just &quot;bold the version&quot; and do nothing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2017-04-19T17:04:33.127" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16921" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16907" CreationDate="2017-04-19T20:26:20.943" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is no hard and fast rule here. I think you need to handle these things on a case by case basis. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If the comments are closely related to the original question&lt;/strong&gt; and you have the capability then by all means edit your answer to cover the new feedback.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If they seem unrelated or beyond the scope of the question answered (or your ability to answer)&lt;/strong&gt; then you should certainly suggest that they open a new question to cover that topic or point them toward an existing answer that covers their concerns. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/16900/questions-with-embedded-answers#comment34508_16901&quot;&gt;hesitate to involve the mods&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; on anything similar to the aforementioned. There's no point in adding to their burden with something you can easily &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/16900/questions-with-embedded-answers&quot;&gt;handle yourself or with the help of the community&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If the comment could be construed as rude or offensive, too chatty, or non-constructive&lt;/strong&gt;, then yes by all means involve the moderators, if not you can certainly take one or more of the actions mentioned above to help the member reach a solution. Of course my slant on this is doubtless clouded by the fact that I'm actually &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/16264/are-we-truly-eager-to-help&quot;&gt;eager to help.&lt;/a&gt; Others may take a different view. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastEditorUserId="225694" LastEditDate="2017-04-19T23:51:11.630" LastActivityDate="2017-04-19T23:51:11.630" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16922" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16907" CreationDate="2017-04-21T10:27:14.910" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;In my opinion, this depends on how related the new questions in the comment section are. For example, if someone asked a question like how do they revert back the settings of say &lt;em&gt;gnome-terminal&lt;/em&gt; and you answered that question, then in the comment section they asked another question about reverting back the settings of say &lt;em&gt;gedit&lt;/em&gt; (text editor) then the two questions are different and they should be asked to ask another question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, which happens more frequently is, OP thought procedure &lt;strong&gt;Y&lt;/strong&gt; would solve their problem &lt;strong&gt;X&lt;/strong&gt;, so they asked a question about how to do &lt;strong&gt;Y&lt;/strong&gt;. When answered, it has been revealed that OP's problem cannot be solved with &lt;strong&gt;Y&lt;/strong&gt;, so they ask follow up question revealing more information about their original question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this second case, I believe these comments can be edited back to the question as a sequence of trial and error cases OP has done on the problem, provided that the revealed problem is completely different. And you too can update your answer accordingly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But this shouldn't happen too often. If this happens with a question more than once or happens with the OP frequently, then I'd say there is a problem and flag should be used to inform the moderator.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="61218" LastActivityDate="2017-04-21T10:27:14.910" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16924" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16925" CreationDate="2017-04-23T17:28:58.327" Score="10" ViewCount="208" Body="&lt;p&gt;I like to edit question and answers by new users, but I don't have edit privileges. So every time I edit a couple of posts I receive this message:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/O9Yil.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/O9Yil.png&quot; alt=&quot;Screenshot&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I just want to know &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How many posts I can edit in a row before getting this?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How does peer review system actually work?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Why does it take a long time usually? (no offence to peer reviewers, I'm just curious and not complaining.)  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="665251" LastEditorUserId="25798" LastEditDate="2017-04-23T18:00:55.683" LastActivityDate="2017-04-28T14:45:13.007" Title="How many Questions can I edit in a bulk before they are reviewed?" Tags="|discussion|editing|review|suggested-edits|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="13" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16925" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16924" CreationDate="2017-04-23T17:53:55.440" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;The answer to the first question is five.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For how the review works you can see &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/161390/what-are-the-review-queues-and-how-do-they-work&quot;&gt;What are the review queues, and how do they work?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit reviews don't take long. Currently, there are two pending edits in the queue. Two users with at least 2k rep can approve a suggested edit, or if a reviewer chooses to &lt;kbd&gt;improve&lt;/kbd&gt; an edit it is immediately approved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/IH4I5.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/IH4I5.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other reviews, close votes or flags, can take days because it takes five 3k users to do one review. Also, there are hundreds of them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/MPGwh.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/MPGwh.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am pleased you are keen to edit but you are still &amp;lt;2k rep and review is there to make sure people don't rush edits and make low quality posts. In short, it is working well ;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2017-04-23T18:50:00.583" LastActivityDate="2017-04-23T18:50:00.583" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16926" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16928" CreationDate="2017-04-24T14:11:06.663" Score="9" ViewCount="105" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to know what the best way to write and highlight a command is.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Many people (with a lot of reputation) write commands like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;$ sudo apt-get update&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If someone copies this command as it is, it won't work (and I think many people do that, because I remember I did at one point)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some people write it like this &lt;code&gt;sudo apt-get update&lt;/code&gt; I think this is used when there is just a single command and it's written within a statement, like I just did.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I choose to write it like most people&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;sudo apt-get update&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I consider this is the most logical way to go about it&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My questions are &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Should I edit out &lt;code&gt;$&lt;/code&gt; signs?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Does &lt;code&gt;$&lt;/code&gt; sign mean something more than what my ground assumptions are?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Or simply, what is the &lt;em&gt;correct&lt;/em&gt; way to do it?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;this question was inspired by thought of editing &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/908369/665251&quot;&gt;this answer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="665251" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2017-04-24T14:23:48.803" LastActivityDate="2017-04-24T14:23:48.803" Title="What is best practice for writing commands? With $ or without $?" Tags="|discussion|editing|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="0" ClosedDate="2017-04-24T14:33:09.667" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16927" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16926" CreationDate="2017-04-24T14:15:37.337" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I prefer this type of style:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;sudo do-whatever&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Really, the only purpose of putting &lt;code&gt;$&lt;/code&gt; in there is to signify that you're running the command as you instead of root. (&lt;code&gt;#&lt;/code&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="518562" LastActivityDate="2017-04-24T14:15:37.337" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16928" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16926" CreationDate="2017-04-24T14:18:41.813" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;The rule of thumb is: if you are only showing the command, don't show the prompt (&lt;code&gt;$&lt;/code&gt;). If you are showing the command and its output, use the prompt to distinguish between them. For example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;To foo the bar, run:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;foo bar    &#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This should do what you want:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;$ foo bar&#xA;output line 1&#xA;output line 2&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In other words, use the &lt;code&gt;$&lt;/code&gt; when it makes things clearer, don't use it when it can be confusing. If you want to show both the command and its output, it is very hard not to be confusing without the &lt;code&gt;$&lt;/code&gt; so it is better to have it. Conversely, when you just want to show a command, the &lt;code&gt;$&lt;/code&gt; doesn't help or make it clearer, so leave it out. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2017-04-24T14:18:41.813" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16929" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16930" CreationDate="2017-04-25T05:00:36.063" Score="4" ViewCount="97" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm having a problem to which I tried to google a solution. The search turns up this question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/904378/cant-log-in-after-upgrading-to-ubuntu-17-04/904399&quot;&gt;Can&amp;#39;t log in after upgrading to Ubuntu 17.04&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;This question precisely describes my own experience&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;As the question author points out this is &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; a wrong password issue&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The duplicate question does not mention that the problem happened after upgrade to 17.04. Indeed it couldn't because 17.04 was not out yet when the question was asked. Thus, it's a different situation&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;None of the suggestions in the duplicated question worked for me; I tried them all.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since the question is closed as a duplicate, I won't get an answer there. I also won't get an answer at the duplicate, since it's already answered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What options do I have to get my question answered? Creating another duplicate seems wrong, yet I cannot re-open the question, and I do not think editing other people's questions in this situation is the right thing to do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So where do I go from here?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="50713" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2017-04-25T05:18:33.957" LastActivityDate="2017-04-25T08:19:41.287" Title="What can I do to get an answer to this question?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16930" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16929" CreationDate="2017-04-25T08:19:41.287" Score="4" Body="&lt;h3&gt;General answer&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your question &lt;em&gt;seems&lt;/em&gt; to be a dupe, but the existing question/answer gives you no solution, the question is if it really is a dupe.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What I would suggest is to ask a new question, be very specific in under what circumstances your issue occurred, and also what possible dupe candidates you found. Mention that you tried the answer(s) and how, with what result.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What possibly happens then is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Someone will explain to you what you missed in the answers of the dupe candidate, your question will be duped.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You will get a new answer, specific to your situation. In this case, it is extremely useful to edit the question and its title afterwards to distinguish from the dupe.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In case of an existing canonical Q/A, someone might add an answer to the canonical one, to (also) catch your situation, or update an existing answer.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In all cases, the site is not harmed in anyway imo. On the contrary: either a useful signpost is created, or an additional Q/A is added to the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2017-04-25T08:19:41.287" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16931" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16932" CreationDate="2017-04-25T11:13:46.623" Score="10" ViewCount="431" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/908703/665251&quot;&gt;answer in question is this&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm getting downvotes on that answer for some reason that I can't see (or maybe don't understand yet). A downvoted answer represents a poorly written answer or answer that doesn't work. So is it a good idea to delete such answers to keep the site clean?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also could someone explain the problems with my answer (if any)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="665251" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2017-04-25T13:08:30.173" LastActivityDate="2017-05-07T00:45:06.163" Title="If I'm getting downvotes for an answer is it good idea to delete it?" Tags="|discussion|down-votes|" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16932" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16931" CreationDate="2017-04-25T12:26:23.250" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;I delete my answer if it's wrong and I don't know how to fix it. If I can fix it, I fix it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's helpful if downvoters leave comments so that you know what's wrong (and even more helpful if instead of downvoting they fix it themselves instead). Unfortunately this doesn't always happen. And sometimes downvotes are a bit random.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the event that &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;my post gets downvoted &amp;amp;&amp;amp;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;nobody comments to say why &amp;amp;&amp;amp;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I cannot figure it out myself after much research and head-scratching&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I might come and ask in &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/201/ask-ubuntu-general-room&quot;&gt;chat&lt;/a&gt; to see if any of the much smarter folks there can see what foolish mistake I have made. If they can't tell me, I might just leave it. &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/215379/should-drive-by-downvoting-be-more-effectively-caught/215397#215397&quot;&gt;Tim Post might have lost his keys&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2017-04-25T12:26:23.250" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16933" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-04-25T14:37:51.107" Score="2" ViewCount="69" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've noticed a couple of these: For example,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/16823/eol-notice-precise-pangolin-12-04-will-be-end-of-life-starting-april-28-2017&quot;&gt;EOL Notice: Precise Pangolin (12.04) will be End of Life starting April 28, 2017&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/8130/non-eol-notice-quantal-12-10-remains-supported-through-april-2014&quot;&gt;Non-EOL Notice: Quantal (12.10) remains supported through April 2014&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since statements of fact are unlikely to result in much discussion and the EOL dates are published upon release at &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases&lt;/a&gt; are notifications like this necessary?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastActivityDate="2017-04-25T14:37:51.107" Title="Do we really need EOL related announcements hanging about in the unanswered meta questions queue?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16934" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16933" CreationDate="2017-04-25T14:37:51.107" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Necessary? No.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Possibly helpful? Yes, as some members may not pay close attention to the schedule linked in the question. I do think it's important to re-iterate what I said &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/15739/eol-notice-wily-werewolf-15-10-is-now-end-of-life-as-of-july-28-2016-enfo/15791#15791&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastActivityDate="2017-04-25T14:37:51.107" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16935" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16790" CreationDate="2017-04-25T14:46:11.687" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes. A comment replying to a deleted comment is obsolete as the context is lost. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are many cases where this occurs during normal operations. For instance &quot;Please [edit] whatever into your post&quot; Followed by &quot;Done&quot; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The first comment is no longer meaningful as the requested comment is in the post and so can be deleted. The second comment is a reply to the first and is now obsolete.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This related post appears to back this up: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3305/should-otherwise-obsolete-comments-sometimes-be-retained-for-the-community-opini?noredirect=1&amp;amp;lq=1&quot;&gt;Should otherwise obsolete comments sometimes be retained for the community opinion their upvotes express?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastActivityDate="2017-04-25T14:46:11.687" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16936" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-04-25T18:55:13.173" Score="20" ViewCount="307" Body="&lt;p&gt;On May 7, 2017 I will take part in the fifth &lt;em&gt;Italian Debian Ubuntu Community Conference&lt;/em&gt;. The general &quot;mood&quot; of the conference is about discussing the Debian, Ubuntu and open source communities at large.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Therefore I volunteered to hold a talk about Ask Ubuntu, with the purpose of spreading it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are there any materials and/or best practices for promoting AU at conferences or events?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am thinking about stuff like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;standard banners/logos/imagery&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;written descriptive material other than the help page&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;a list of main &quot;take home messages&quot; that we want to spread about the site&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note:&lt;/strong&gt; this is not a duplicate of &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1683/promotion-of-ask-ubuntu-at-conferences&quot;&gt;Promotion of Ask Ubuntu at Conferences&lt;/a&gt; which deals with sending official Stack Exchange representatives to conferences (it is also abandoned).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="271" LastEditorUserId="271" LastEditDate="2017-04-25T19:17:14.717" LastActivityDate="2017-12-29T17:12:34.637" Title="Are there best practices when it comes to promoting the Ask Ubuntu community?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16937" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16938" CreationDate="2017-04-26T09:30:01.763" Score="4" ViewCount="128" Body="&lt;p&gt;A user can be banned from asking a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/question-bans&quot;&gt;question&lt;/a&gt; and from &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/answer-bans&quot;&gt;answering&lt;/a&gt;. A user can also be banned from reviewing. So is there any rule for editing posts? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once they have at least 2k reputation a user can edit any post. Can a user who has less than 2k reputation be banned from suggesting edits if s/he has many edit suggestions rejected?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="378524" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2017-04-26T09:50:08.430" LastActivityDate="2017-04-27T17:49:27.610" Title="Can users be banned from suggesting edits?" Tags="|support|editing|suggested-edits|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16938" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16937" CreationDate="2017-04-26T13:52:32.423" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/221832/moderators-should-be-able-to-manually-ban-users-from-suggesting-edits&quot;&gt;Yes, they can, per the Meta.SE thread which requested this feature and has since been marked as 'completed' meaning the feature is available.&lt;/a&gt;  There's an automated system in place, I believe, though the specifics of that system are not public, so if they get enough edit rejects in a row it'll squish people.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, if there's a specific case where this may be necessary, consider reaching out to moderators (perhaps in chat, or through flags on a post using &quot;Custom&quot; reasons, and explain which user and which edit you're concerned about, but only once or twice, not many times) about the user, to ask us to look at their review actions and consider whether they're being overly disruptive or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2017-04-27T17:49:27.610" LastActivityDate="2017-04-27T17:49:27.610" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16939" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-04-27T01:04:35.170" Score="2" ViewCount="110" Body="&lt;p&gt;Why was &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/704059&quot;&gt;this suggested edit adding the software recommendation tag rejected&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/K5wcM.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/K5wcM.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The reason given for the rejection is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This edit introduces tags that do not help to define the topic of the question. Tags should help to describe what the question is about, not just what it contains.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Doesn't the tag &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/software-recommendation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;software-recommendation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;software-recommendation&lt;/a&gt; help describe the question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44876" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2017-04-27T15:10:38.133" LastActivityDate="2017-04-27T16:54:56.343" Title="Why was this suggested edit adding the software recommendation tag rejected?" Tags="|discussion|suggested-edits|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16940" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16939" CreationDate="2017-04-27T06:53:18.307" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;From my perspective, it makes sense that this tag request was rejected.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edits (among other things) are supposed to preserve the intent of the post. As such, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/software-recommendation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;software-recommendation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;software-recommendation&lt;/a&gt; alters the scope of the post by deviating from the initial intent of &lt;em&gt;normalizing MP3s&lt;/em&gt;. Note the tag description:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Questions asking for specific applications that perform a given task or work with a given file format. Give details about the &lt;strong&gt;purpose&lt;/strong&gt; of the software you want and your minimum &lt;strong&gt;requirements&lt;/strong&gt; for it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While, yes, software recommendations might be a byproduct of this question, it is not the intent. Therefore, the tag is irrelevant to the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, my own general rule for tagging can be summed up as follows: use as few tags as necessary. Meta.SE has been kind enough to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/18879/259230&quot;&gt;provide their own tagging rules&lt;/a&gt; that effectively say use as many tags as possible, but ensure that they're all relevant. In other words, aim for five &lt;em&gt;good&lt;/em&gt; tags, but don't stretch it out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For a better example, look at &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/907027/ubuntu-installer-hangs-on-start&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;. The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/usb&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;usb&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;usb&lt;/a&gt; tag is completely unnecessary and does more or less nothing to properly categorize the post. Therefore, it can safely be removed without making the question any harder to find. USB is relevant in the scope of the question (debatable, but let's assume it is), but it is not an important enough part of the question to warrant it being a tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastEditorUserId="208574" LastEditDate="2017-04-27T16:54:56.343" LastActivityDate="2017-04-27T16:54:56.343" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16941" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16924" CreationDate="2017-04-28T14:45:13.007" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are a few different ways an edit can be approved including.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The original poster of the answer will get notified of your edit, they can approve your edit on their own regardless of their reputation level.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A user with 2K rep looking at the review queue or spotting the &quot;(1)&quot; next to the edit button selects selects &quot;improve edit&quot;. When they submit their improved edit both the original edit the original edit will be automatically approved.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A user with 2K rep looking at the review queue or spotting the &quot;(1)&quot; next to the edit button selects &quot;approve&quot;. In this case it takes two users to approve the edit before it goes through.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How long it takes varies a lot depending on whether the original poster is active, whether anyone is bothering to look at the review queue and whether your edit is a simple one that is obviously good or one that actually changes the meaning of the post and needs consideration by someone with a good understanding of the question and answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Keep contributing at your current rate and you will soon reach 2K rep and then your edits will go through without review.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="460782" LastActivityDate="2017-04-28T14:45:13.007" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16942" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16931" CreationDate="2017-04-28T15:59:45.943" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Don't take the odd downvote too seriously. Maybe the person doing it misunderstood your answer, maybe they just don't like you, maybe they thought your answer was mediocre and a lower-voted one was better and voting on both answers let them change the relative scores by 2 rather than 1.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now if you are getting downvoted into the dirt that may be a different matter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="460782" LastActivityDate="2017-04-28T15:59:45.943" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16944" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-04-29T19:22:29.717" Score="8" ViewCount="200" Body="&lt;p&gt;A while ago I noticed that we have a tag &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/lowgraphics&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;lowgraphics&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;lowgraphics&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This seems like a suboptimal situation. Lowgraphics isn't a even a word. If we &lt;em&gt;really&lt;/em&gt; need a tag for that, shouldn't it be &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/low-graphics-mode&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;low-graphics-mode&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;low-graphics-mode&lt;/a&gt;? And since we have this canonical post:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/141606/how-to-fix-the-system-is-running-in-low-graphics-mode-error&quot;&gt;How to fix &amp;quot;The system is running in low-graphics mode&amp;quot; error?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(which doesn't have this tag, or even the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/graphics&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;graphics&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;graphics&lt;/a&gt; tag) do we really need a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/lowgraphics&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;lowgraphics&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;lowgraphics&lt;/a&gt; tag? Seems like the question is meant to cover all questions about &quot;low graphics mode&quot;, so having a whole tag for one error seems overkill to me. It's like having a tag &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/login-loop&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;login-loop&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;login-loop&lt;/a&gt;. I think we should burn it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;In response to Kaz Wolfe's answer&lt;/strong&gt; stating that the tag has value for questions that are actually about low graphics mode itself rather than being dupes of the canonical post, I guess only &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/121343/how-do-i-always-run-in-low-graphics-mode&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; somewhat fits that description. If the tag were called &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/low-graphics-mode&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;low-graphics-mode&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;low-graphics-mode&lt;/a&gt; maybe it would be easier for people to use it for that purpose, if it is actually needed. I have now retagged numerous posts that previously had this tag and are about graphics issues but not low graphics mode (the tag is being used inconsistently).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I have spent a month cleaning up this tag, and it now only has 27 posts&lt;/strong&gt;, nearly all of which are closed, and several of which I've delete-voted (the canonical post has over 200 duplicates). Some of the posts could still be improved somewhat by editing, but I have refrained from editing them since I'm anticipating renaming the tag or untagging and I wanted to avoid bumping them twice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What's the best thing to do about this tag? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Leave it and fix the poorly-worded usage guidance? &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Rename it (I think this can only be done by editing the posts)?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Burninate it (can now be done by editing the posts over a few days)?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2017-06-03T20:22:19.043" LastActivityDate="2018-08-06T04:04:42.737" Title="Should we do something about the [lowgraphics] tag?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16945" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16944" CreationDate="2017-04-29T21:26:22.330" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/lowgraphics&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;lowgraphics&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;lowgraphics&lt;/a&gt; tag does have some legitimate use:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Questions explicitly about Low Graphics mode (so, not troubleshooting)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Questions about low-graphics mode in certain DEs (like Unity)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Working with Ubuntu on devices with weak/low graphical capability&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Similar things, you get the idea.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the current use case, a vast majority of questions carrying that tag should not even exist. Instead, they should be closed as a dupe of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/141606/how-to-fix-the-system-is-running-in-low-graphics-mode-error&quot;&gt;canonical question&lt;/a&gt; you have in your question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, the tag &lt;em&gt;should&lt;/em&gt; be renamed to something cleaner, like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/low-graphics&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;low-graphics&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;low-graphics&lt;/a&gt;. The real question would be whether questions that warrant that tag will even exist upon going through and dealing with everything that already has the current tag. In other words, post-cleanup of the tag as it currently is might result in the organic deletion of the tag without any more effort from mods or high-rep users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastEditorUserId="117103" LastEditDate="2017-05-02T19:56:48.773" LastActivityDate="2017-05-02T19:56:48.773" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16946" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16931" CreationDate="2017-04-30T13:57:31.853" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you've been downvoted to a score of -3 or less there's a peer pressure badge for that discussed at &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/67836/what-is-the-peer-pressure-badge&quot;&gt;What is the &amp;quot;Peer Pressure&amp;quot; Badge?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's a good Q&amp;amp;A on a related topic at &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/22630/should-i-remove-a-wrong-answer-peer-pressure&quot;&gt;Should I remove a wrong answer (Peer Pressure)?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's unfortunate that you aren't getting feedback along with the down votes as constructive criticism is useful but empty criticism is not. It's clear from the current voting tallies that far more users think your answer is good than bad so don't concern yourself too much on this one. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Looking at it in it's current form with an &lt;strong&gt;extremely critical&lt;/strong&gt; eye, the only things I can see that might result in a downvote is using &lt;code&gt;sudo -H&lt;/code&gt; rather than &lt;code&gt;gksu&lt;/code&gt; to open a graphical editor such as gedit with super user privileges. Oh, and there's a minor typo &quot;And explanation&quot; should likely be &quot;An explanation&quot; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The downvote that I see was likely from a previous iteration of the answer (since improved). The downside of leaving no feedback regarding a downvote is there is no way for the downvoted to respond that the problem has been fixed, allowing for the reversal of said vote. I really wish that didn't happen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastActivityDate="2017-04-30T13:57:31.853" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16947" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16958" CreationDate="2017-04-30T15:38:24.887" Score="10" ViewCount="333" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Three paragraphs written below consist a complex situation, please try and understand every sentence&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I had a question about thumbnail generation in new Ubuntu release, I asked and started a bounty on it and received a really well written answer, but it was a bit complex and I had to make few (minor) changes to the answer to get appropriate results and finally it worked (after making those changes)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and after a week or so another same question arrived and that question said that the answer that I revived didn't work for him (without providing much details). that was an opportunity for me to write an answer which was &lt;strong&gt;highly&lt;/strong&gt; inspired on the answer I received, But with &lt;em&gt;those&lt;/em&gt; minor changes that could solve the new users problem , so I did it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and the poster of duplicate question accepted my answer with those minor changes, now those two questions are merged and my new answer is on my old question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So my dilemma is&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;should I (the original poster) should accept my new answer because it worked for two people or should leave it as it is because the original answer had much more research than mine?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is it a bad practice to un-accept the answer in favour of your own.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Or simply what is the best possible thing to do with situations like these? &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/907607/my-video-mkv-thumbnails-are-green-or-monochromatic/910214#910214&quot;&gt;My video (.mkv) thumbnails are green (or monochromatic)?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/909924/green-thumbnails-in-ubuntu-gnome-17-04&quot;&gt;Green Thumbnails in Ubuntu Gnome 17.04&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also the &lt;em&gt;accepted answer&lt;/em&gt; reputation I got, is gone (no entry of it) it's minor one, not relevant in any way&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="665251" LastActivityDate="2017-05-08T19:34:59.783" Title="Should I accept my own answer even if it's inspired by another much detailed answer?" Tags="|discussion|accepted-answer|merge|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16948" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16947" CreationDate="2017-04-30T16:21:35.577" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;The help page &lt;a href=&quot;//askubuntu.com/help/someone-answers&quot;&gt;What should I do when someone answers my question?&lt;/a&gt; provides a single guideline for the selection of the accepted answer (emphasis by me):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Choose one answer that &lt;em&gt;you believe&lt;/em&gt; is the best solution to your problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think there are valid arguments for either answer but ultimately &lt;em&gt;it’s up to your judgement&lt;/em&gt; which one you find more helpful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Imho there’s no reason to discourage a change of the accepted answer; a new, better answer may appear at any time for any reason.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="175814" LastActivityDate="2017-04-30T16:21:35.577" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16949" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16947" CreationDate="2017-04-30T16:26:53.167" Score="11" Body="&lt;h3&gt;General answer&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are different &amp;quot;schools&amp;quot; on AU, and below is just my perception.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Personally, I would have mixed feelings to accept my own answer, if it is based on the good work and research of someone else. If what I end up using is mostly an edited version of the existing answer, I would probably either:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;ask/suggest an edit or addition to the poster of the existing answer (preferable), or:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;accept the existing answer and add my own edited version, describing what I changed, how and why. It would depend on the situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That, in short, is my general answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2017-05-01T08:49:16.013" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16950" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16931" CreationDate="2017-05-01T00:52:24.657" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;If the majority of votes on an answer or question are downvotes it's a good indication that it doesn't belong.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You are not obliged to delete your answer or question, but you should take it as an indication there is likely something wrong with it.  Remember that users are allowed to upvote or downvote for any reason they like (except as an attempt to game the system) and people can be wrong, so if you feel strongly that your answer or question is a good one despite the downvotes, then feel free to reinforce it - by improving or clarifying it.  Maybe people don't understand what you mean or you haven't expressed yourself clearly or given enough information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But maybe the downvotes will reveal that you've made some sort of mistake or misunderstanding, and deleting your answer or question may be appropriate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54256" LastActivityDate="2017-05-01T00:52:24.657" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16951" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16952" CreationDate="2017-05-01T14:27:58.367" Score="3" ViewCount="468" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've just installed Debian alongside Ubuntu and windows 7 in other partition. since I have a problem with my Debian OS (about booting it) but I don't see an Ask Debian site and since I trust the answers from Ask Ubuntu, and Ubuntu is a derivative of Debian, I thought it might be reasonable to ask questions about Debian here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I tried to find my answer on various forums and also on Debian support, but I didn't find it. can I ask questions about Debian and Ubuntu-based operating systems like Zorin, Mint, etc on Ask Ubuntu? If not, then where can I ask them?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I also asked the question on Quora but not a single answer has solved my problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user677696" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2017-06-05T15:31:31.907" LastActivityDate="2017-06-05T15:31:31.907" Title="Can we ask questions about Debian and Ubuntu-based operating systems on Ask Ubuntu?" Tags="|discussion|asking-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16952" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16951" CreationDate="2017-05-01T14:36:58.227" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, you cannot ask questions about Debian on Ask Ubuntu.  You can ask them on &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Unix &amp;amp; Linux&lt;/a&gt; however.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2017-05-01T14:36:58.227" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16953" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16954" CreationDate="2017-05-01T23:50:48.827" Score="0" ViewCount="85" Body="&lt;p&gt;Title pretty much sums it up. I am somehow able to view &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/745876/wireless-adapter-issues-with-qualcomm-atheros-168c0042-rev-30/745887#745887&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; even though I don't have 10k reputation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this a bug?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="518562" LastActivityDate="2017-05-02T00:09:59.890" Title="I can see this deleted question even though I don't have 10k?" Tags="|discussion|support|bug|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="0" ClosedDate="2017-05-02T00:16:20.180" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16954" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16953" CreationDate="2017-05-02T00:09:59.890" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;You've answered the question. As you're allowed to see your own deleted posts, you must also be allowed to see any parent posts of said deleted posts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In other words, you can see your answer. Which means you can see the question that you answered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is intentional behavior.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastActivityDate="2017-05-02T00:09:59.890" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16955" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16936" CreationDate="2017-05-03T13:48:09.390" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am going to do what I always do in my line of work and set the product aside. What you are promoting is NEVER the topic. The topic is, how do you inform and motivate your audience. Thats the real question to ask yourself. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my opinion, you should do a bit of footwork. Find 2 or 3 of the most basic questions on the site, then 2 or 3 of the hardest questions on the site (ensuring all have answers). Use those as focus points. No matter what ones experience, they can get the help they need here. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Focus on speed. Do a short comparison of the average length of time waiting for a reply to a question on a forum site. Compare the attitude and treatment new users get on forums vs Ask-U. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The ONLY messages you want to deliver are &quot;This is THE community to join if you want help&quot; &quot;This is THE way to show off knowledge&quot; and &quot;this is THE community to join to show off on resumes ones skills.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Quality support is impossible to come by. Simply show people what quality really means. Until the entire SE collection existed, the next best alternative was IRCs or forums... neither of which were friendly, speedy, or very helpful over a long haul.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Whenever you market anything - you present people with a problem - bad support - and then you present them with a solution. The rest handles itself. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="682990" LastActivityDate="2017-05-03T13:48:09.390" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16956" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-05-04T16:34:10.077" Score="2" ViewCount="159" Body="&lt;p&gt;Consider a situation where there are multiple answers on a single question. By how much do these factors weigh in when deciding the position of an answer in top to bottom order?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Number of up votes&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Acceptance of an answer&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Awarded bounty (not always the accepted answer)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;number of downvotes&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Size, clarity or other factors that I might not know about  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="665251" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2017-05-06T13:44:22.713" LastActivityDate="2017-05-07T20:38:11.067" Title="On what basis is the position of an answer decided?" Tags="|discussion|answers|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16957" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16956" CreationDate="2017-05-05T13:41:40.533" Score="1" Body="&lt;h3&gt;That depends on the author of the question (for answer acceptance) or the persons looking at the answers for help, and other factors, of which would make a many page article or blog post, and ultimately cannot be ordered in any sane sense that would make sense to other users.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Take into account number of upvotes and number of downvotes (not always visible because of rep requirements), on &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/119534/easiest-way-to-setup-ubuntu-as-a-vpn-server/305401#305401&quot;&gt;this prime example where an accepted question is not actually working but my answer is&lt;/a&gt;.  The accepted answer had 27 upvotes and 5 downvotes.  My answer has the +500 bounty and 82 upvotes with 0 downvotes.  The key point here is that my answer came in long after the accepted answer was accepted.  The issue in this case was that the accepted answer 'no longer worked' but my answer which I pulled from the 'net did work and was extremely thorough (to this day it still works).  That would make my answer valid and the accepted answer invalid, but since none of us are the question author we can't change the accepted question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Let's take another prime example, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/553937/what-is-the-difference-between-the-core-full-extras-and-light-packages-for-ngi/556382#556382&quot;&gt;on this question&lt;/a&gt;.  In this case, let's assume that this is before my answer was accepted, and it's just my answer and someone else's answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The other answer on here does a decent job of a short and concise explanation of what's being asked.  Then I come along, the maintainer of the &lt;code&gt;nginx&lt;/code&gt; package in ubuntu, and make a long post about the answers.  My answer was accepted because i'm the authoritative resource for &lt;code&gt;nginx&lt;/code&gt; package/flavor questions in ubuntu - there is no higher authority as I'm the one doing the package maintenance.  So, accepted or not, my answer could techincally be considered &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;the&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; answer because it comes from the highest authority.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Normally, though, we're going to have the case of it being &quot;Which answer works for me&quot; vs. accepted, number of votes, bounty, etc.  So it varies greatly from answer to answer, and it can't really be answered succinctly here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="344926" LastEditDate="2017-05-07T20:38:11.067" LastActivityDate="2017-05-07T20:38:11.067" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16958" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16947" CreationDate="2017-05-05T17:00:07.853" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;As the author of the original answer you based yours on, I personally have no problem with you accepting your own if it better served your needs. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I will admit to a bit of confusion on my part when I saw the accept come and go and come and go, but that's not really relevant. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The most important thing to me is that questions get quality answers and the site as a whole is improved by our actions. I perceive this question and both answers as worthy of upvotes.  As far as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/whats-reputation&quot;&gt;rep&lt;/a&gt; goes, I believe you get 2 points for accepting an answer not your own and nothing for accepting your own answer if you care. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Personally, I've accepted answers and upvoted answers that led me down the right path and posted my own tuned answer that worked best for me inspired by the original answer as an alternative along with testing results to indicate why the alternative existed. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/844711/how-can-i-find-all-video-files-on-my-system&quot;&gt;Example&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've also accepted my own answer on occasions where there were no other quality answers provided. Ultimately the right to choose is yours. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I'm not mistaken, the loss of your rep on the accepted answer on that other question was the result of your answer being merged from &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/909924/green-thumbnails-in-ubuntu-gnome-17-04&quot;&gt;it's original location&lt;/a&gt; to your &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/907607/my-video-mkv-thumbnails-are-green-or-monochromatic&quot;&gt;original question&lt;/a&gt;. As I understand it this would not occur if the question you had answered and had been accepted for had been closed as a duplicate (as I recommended) rather than merged.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I requested and received some &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/16361/what-criteria-should-be-used-when-considering-merge-candidates&quot;&gt;clarity on merging&lt;/a&gt; previously but as with most things it seems it's down to the opinion of the one doing the work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastEditorUserId="225694" LastEditDate="2017-05-08T19:34:59.783" LastActivityDate="2017-05-08T19:34:59.783" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16960" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16956" CreationDate="2017-05-06T08:14:38.037" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are three sorting options:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/iSv8X.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/iSv8X.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Active, oldest, votes. In all cases:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The accepted answer ranks first...&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Unless it is by the OP of the question, in which case it's treated like any other answer.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The default is by votes, in descending order. The active and oldest sorting orders do what they say: sort by modification time (most recently modified first) and sort by creation time (oldest first).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sorting by votes has more caveats:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/56087/270345&quot;&gt;Bounties aren't considered&lt;/a&gt;. Only the score of the post is.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Posts with equal scores are sorted randomly.&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Unless &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/18938/270345&quot;&gt;there are enough answers to cause pagination&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sorting by modification date also ignores bounty awards (presumably because the bounty award notice is not a numbered entry in the revision history).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2017-05-06T08:14:38.037" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16961" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16944" CreationDate="2017-05-07T00:27:08.477" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think it is better to have a correct tag instead. &lt;strong&gt;Low-Graphics is Graphics&lt;/strong&gt; and maybe one that not everyone wants to actually use IMHO. So it being just a type of Graphics makes it fall into the former, the term more correct is one that reflects the purpose of &quot;Low-Graphics-mode&quot; which is the name &lt;code&gt;Fallback&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the case of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/gnome-classic&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;gnome-classic&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;gnome-classic&lt;/a&gt; tag it would be an alternative DE and not much a Low-Graphics mode and this is the one targeted to the Low-end Hardware.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is the difference I see: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Low-end HW -&gt; Alternative DE&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Error -&gt; Fallback&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="109740" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2017-06-03T20:20:32.953" LastActivityDate="2017-06-03T20:20:32.953" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16962" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16931" CreationDate="2017-05-07T00:45:06.163" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;A downvote on an answer that is complete is more a call for improvements. Additionally, I suspect there is a philosophy of not indicating &lt;code&gt;sudo&lt;/code&gt; for commands and let the OP figure that extra step from the terminal output.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sometimes there something odd about how you set the instructions or how the answer layout works. Maybe the OP accepts but the answer has to be understood by anyone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In your answer, I found that the &lt;em&gt;last note&lt;/em&gt; sheds some light on a mistake so you should &lt;strong&gt;edit the answer instead&lt;/strong&gt; next time a note corrects a mistake.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So for that's &lt;strong&gt;the point that justifies the downvotes&lt;/strong&gt; because you in your answer have &lt;em&gt;all the information&lt;/em&gt; to do this improvement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Keep it up! you're almost there if that is the case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It could be &lt;em&gt;Sudo&lt;/em&gt; it could be the &lt;em&gt;Note&lt;/em&gt;!! Happy Llamas!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="109740" LastActivityDate="2017-05-07T00:45:06.163" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16963" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16964" CreationDate="2017-05-07T13:24:59.780" Score="-4" ViewCount="102" Body="&lt;p&gt;I understand that AU is for questions about &lt;em&gt;how to&lt;/em&gt; use ubuntu software and that is conflicting me regarding questions that are about support or fixing something that the users can't solve and needing a fresh eye on the problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I find better-suited to use Ubuntu Forums for those questions since support or a fresh eye takes discussion of the question in hand and because it is designed mainly for this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is the concept I have about how to. &lt;strong&gt;Clarification of the documentation in steps or maybe something missing&lt;/strong&gt;. This like which menu has the option that the user is looking for or that &lt;em&gt;new feature&lt;/em&gt; that landed on my application. This are &lt;em&gt;how to&lt;/em&gt; instead of &lt;em&gt;errors&lt;/em&gt; where the OP would need clarifications and seems to belong to a platform like a forum.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The reason here is &lt;strong&gt;not that giving support is inadequate but pursuing a better UX&lt;/strong&gt; with a more suited platform. I'm thinking about the experience the users are getting from using the &lt;em&gt;Ask Ubuntu UI&lt;/em&gt; for support which is not &lt;strong&gt;threaded as the Ubuntu Forums&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This are the examples:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The user might have encountered something that still has not being developed in this case, how can a &lt;em&gt;how to&lt;/em&gt; then exist?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The user has encountered a Bug, Then there is not a &lt;em&gt;how to&lt;/em&gt; since there's a bug.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;There's a workaround for a bug, That's not a &lt;em&gt;how to&lt;/em&gt; it is indeeed a &lt;em&gt;workaround&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe we could advise the information gathering before moving to the forums, what do you guys think?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Resolve here at AU&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Information gathering and forums redirect&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="109740" LastEditorUserId="109740" LastEditDate="2017-05-07T14:22:53.493" LastActivityDate="2017-05-07T17:40:20.863" Title="Can I redirect questions to Ubuntu forums when needed?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="0" ClosedDate="2017-05-07T17:40:24.610" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16964" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16963" CreationDate="2017-05-07T17:40:20.863" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Firstly, I need to clarify something - I think you're creating an issue where none exists; either that or it's supremely unclear what you're ultimately asking (and why I'm closing the question).  In the thousands of things I've reviewed and the many many flags I've reviewed (and burned through as needed), the only time we've sent someone to the forums was... what, never?  Except to refer to the 'source' of a fix, which usually ends up as a comment or such, unless the details are extracted and added to the answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You need to provide &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;solid examples&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; when proposing a &quot;fix&quot; and such - cases where this is an issue, or cases where something like this would be needed - not &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;vague examples&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.  Using your examples below, though, I'm going to critique:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This are the examples:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;The user might have encountered something that still has not being developed in this case, how can a how to then exist?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Core problem: User may not know it's still not developed.  Therefore we can't document it, or provide clear assistance, and we reply that &quot;It's still in development and not available, details can be tracked at [upstream tracker location].&quot;  Same as we've always done.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sending users to the forums doesn't help - it's the same &quot;answer&quot; in both places - &quot;This isn't developed yet&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;The user has encountered a Bug, Then there is not a how to since there's a bug.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We don't send them to the forums - we close their item as a &quot;bug report&quot; link to the &quot;How do I report a bug&quot; canonical item and the Bug Squad wiki data, and then that's it.  No redirection to the forums needed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Forums will ultimately do the same exact thing - they'll look at it, determine it's a bug, suggest a bug be filed, and maybe find a workaround.  That's not much different than here, so why force users to register elsewhere just to get a 'second look' that we already give here?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;There's a workaround for a bug, That's not a how to it is indeeed a workaround&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Answer that &quot;This is currently a bug, and can be tracked here: [bug tracker link].  There is a proposed workaround, however:  [details]&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Again, you'd see the same core issue at the forums.  That hasn't changed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Maybe we could advise the information gathering before moving to the forums, what do you guys think?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;* Resolve here at AU&#xA;* Information gathering and forums redirect&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Read my above points.  I don't think sending people to the forums is the best idea, because we'll not only be doubling the workload of the user posting (because they now have to register and repost at a separate site), but we're doubling the workload of the community by having to refer to two separate locations and have two separate teams moderating the content.  And in your three examples above, the core solution is the same on &lt;em&gt;each&lt;/em&gt; of the sites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it can't be resolved on AU because it's a bug or it's not developed, it's not going to get resolved on the forums.  If there's a workaround, state it here, that's what'd happen on the forums too.  There's &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;very few cases&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; where we'd need to forward something out to the forums, and none of them are the example cases you've proposed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2017-05-07T17:40:20.863" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16965" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16966" CreationDate="2017-05-08T15:21:31.357" Score="10" ViewCount="3282" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've posted a Question about thumbnailers and even found a half baked answer, the answer that doesn't work, and then I updated my question with the half baked answer that I found asking to fix the answer for my needs (newer nautilus version), but I received a comment saying&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;make that an answer please (you can use the answer as a work in progress)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;to my understanding the comment suggested I convert the edited section of the question to a non-working answer / work-in-progress answer. Isn't posting such an answer likely to reduce attention to the question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;People will just edit my answer to fix it, thus won't be able to get any upvote/accepted answer reputation.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;People will think that this question is already answered but just not accepted&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think I'm a bit new to the concept of work-in-progress answers. How are they good for getting a solution?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/910715/can-i-make-nautilus-show-book-covers-as-thumbnails-for-epub-files?noredirect=1#comment1437501_910715&quot;&gt;Can I make nautilus show book covers as thumbnails for Epub files?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;I'm sorry if I'm posting trivial / small matters to Ask Ubuntu Meta site&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="665251" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2017-05-08T20:57:47.727" LastActivityDate="2017-05-14T04:37:51.687" Title="What is a Work in Progress Answer?" Tags="|discussion|answers|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16966" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16965" CreationDate="2017-05-08T17:23:26.533" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;&quot;Work In Progress&quot; answers are just that -- answers that are incomplete, but may help someone anyways.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, let's say I have a hardware device that isn't working at all. After doing some experimenting, I find a way to enable feature X and Z, but not Y. I have the option of posting a &quot;work in progress&quot; answer documenting at least how to get X and Z working, because that may be all someone needs. When I eventually figure out how to find out how to enable feature Y, I can edit that into my answer and make it complete.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's no &quot;penalty&quot; by the system for posting a work-in-progress answer. As for why it might not attract more answers or attention, it might just be because nobody has anything else to add that hasn't already been said. Similarly, other people might have more to say but refuse to because &quot;it's already answered&quot; -- which speaks more to their character than your question or a work-in-progress answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some people opt to make work-in-progress answers &quot;community wikis&quot; in order to show that their answer really &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; a work in progress, and can be edited by anyone who has anything more to say. However, these are pretty rare and you can't un-mark a community wiki post. It also does not give you reputation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I'm sorry if I'm posting trivial / small matters to ask ubuntu meta site&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Don't worry about it, this is perfectly on-topic and a legitimate question for meta. That's what we're here for, after all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastActivityDate="2017-05-08T17:23:26.533" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16967" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-05-10T03:11:05.180" Score="-4" ViewCount="68" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are times when I need to update an answer with some minor changes and I would rather the &quot;Active&quot; feed not be updated with these changes. Can we have an option &quot;Don't update Active feed&quot; such that some people aren't disgruntled and call it &quot;spam&quot;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="307523" LastActivityDate="2017-05-10T03:32:40.303" Title="Option to not show edit in Active feed" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16968" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16967" CreationDate="2017-05-10T03:32:40.303" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;If we allow users to hide their own edits, it would theoretically be possible for rogue users to start editing and vandalizing content behind-the-scenes in such a way that makes it impossible to detect and stop. Even assuming good intent, edits aren't always beneficial. They can introduce inaccuracies, further cause problems with the posts, or otherwise do Not Nice™ things.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Part of the moderation principle of this site is that users moderate themselves. This is why we have the review queues and (almost) everything is so transparent. Having a toggle to bypass this could be dangerous.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Similarly, bumping a question (by editing either the question or an answer to the question) is actually beneficial to the question. It attracts more attention (even if just for a fleeting moment) and allows more people to see it. See &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/23242/259230&quot;&gt;Shog's answer&lt;/a&gt; to a very similar question over on MetaSE. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastActivityDate="2017-05-10T03:32:40.303" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16969" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-05-10T06:26:55.513" Score="1" ViewCount="197" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'd like to ask for reconsideration on an edit I suggested; based on &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/4243/where-how-should-i-discuss-a-rejected-edit&quot;&gt;this meta question&lt;/a&gt;, I believe Meta is where such a request belongs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The post in question is an answer to a question I asked, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/913318/what-does-the-double-hyphen-do-in-lxc-exec&quot;&gt;What does the double-hyphen do in `lxc exec`&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I thought PeterVanHeusden's answer was precise and thorough (also kind, since as he said, there's an argument to be made that my question was a duplicate, only I haven't realized what's actually behind the behavior I was seeing), but it did have some formatting issues.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;muru corrected those, but in so doing s/he also made a change which I feel needs to be rolled back:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The question dealt with LXD; PeterVanHeusden made an example involving a shell in both the host and the container, and used the shell prompt to distinguish the two (in a container, typically one gets a &lt;code&gt;root@container:~#&lt;/code&gt; prompt). muru felt it was &quot;unnecessarily long&quot;, and edited it to a simple &lt;code&gt;$&lt;/code&gt; prompt. Also note that, as KazWolfe mentions below, PeterVanHeusden specified in the text which part works in which context. However, I object to the edit on two grounds: (a) it makes the example less clear, rather than more so (a graphic cue really helps there), and (b) the &lt;code&gt;$&lt;/code&gt; prompt doesn't appear inside a container, because by default one executes commands as root in it (including &lt;code&gt;bash&lt;/code&gt;, to get a shell into it); this just adds to the confusion, and the space saved by shrinking the prompt does't help in this case (there's more than enough space in the answer).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Additionally, (something I mistakenly thought muru changed, but was in the original)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;A &lt;code&gt;sudo&lt;/code&gt; call was used in the example to run the LXD command-line tool &lt;code&gt;lxc&lt;/code&gt;, which is redundant. From LinuxContainers.org:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The package creates a new &quot;lxd&quot; group which contains all users allowed to talk to&#xA;  lxd over the local unix socket. All members of the &quot;admin&quot; and &quot;sudoers&quot; groups are automatically added.&#xA;  If your user isn't a member of one of these groups, you'll need to manually add your user to the &quot;lxd&quot; group.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This implies that any user able to escalate &lt;code&gt;sudo&lt;/code&gt; should already be able to call &lt;code&gt;lxc&lt;/code&gt;; moreover, the preferred way of gaining privileges is to add a user to the &quot;lxd&quot; group, rather than using &lt;code&gt;sudo&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Keep in mind the following two points: (a) using &lt;code&gt;sudo&lt;/code&gt; for tasks which don't require it is a bad habit to encourage. (b) A user following this example has already installed LXD and launched a container. All tutorials I've seen, including those on &lt;a href=&quot;https://insights.ubuntu.com/2016/03/14/the-lxd-2-0-story-prologue/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Insights&lt;/a&gt; written by Stéphane Graber (project head), use unprivileged containers that don't require &lt;code&gt;sudo&lt;/code&gt;. If for some reason users find themselves in a situation where &lt;code&gt;sudo&lt;/code&gt; is required to manage LXD, they quite surly already know why and how that happened.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hence, I contend that almost everyone, and most particularly novices, are safe to remove the &lt;code&gt;sudo&lt;/code&gt; call from the example, and therefore it's better not to include it.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe the two reviewers who rejected my edit (to roll these changes back, while keeping the changes to format) might not have looked at the edit history, nor realized that it's (now, partially) a roll-back. I might be wrong, but I believe the answer is better with the two changes  I suggested. (To me it is, in any case.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="142526" LastEditorUserId="142526" LastEditDate="2017-05-10T07:35:36.390" LastActivityDate="2017-05-10T17:42:01.753" Title="Suggested edit to &quot;What does the double-hyphen do in `lxc exec`&quot;" Tags="|support|suggested-edits|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16970" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16969" CreationDate="2017-05-10T06:38:29.287" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm one of the people who rejected the review. Hello. Let me try to rationalize my decision based on the data I had at the time I clicked the button according to my own opinion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And, for the sake of having everything in one thread, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/709850&quot;&gt;here is the suggested edit&lt;/a&gt; we are discussing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regarding point 1:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To me, it was clear what was and wasn't supposed to run in the container. The context of the commands (in the answer itself) shows that the first block of commands are meant to be run inside the container (emphasis mine):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Consider the following: I created a file &lt;code&gt;/tmp/bar&lt;/code&gt; containing the line &lt;code&gt;--foo&lt;/code&gt;. &lt;strong&gt;The following commands were run in the container:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;$ ...&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We can usually (safely) assume that anyone reading the answer will actually read it thoroughly. It's the same reason we don't use bold to emphasize things like &lt;strong&gt;Ubuntu 14.04&lt;/strong&gt;. Therefore, the transition from regular-land to container-land is already well-defined.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This concept of &quot;prompt compression&quot; (so, turning &lt;code&gt;user@host:~$&lt;/code&gt; into &lt;code&gt;$&lt;/code&gt;) &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/282/prompt-in-command-line-instructions&quot;&gt;is pretty common&lt;/a&gt;, as the additional information is almost always excessive. We don't need to know your username or hostname, we just need to know that we're typing this into a prompt somewhere. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, I am fully aware that &lt;code&gt;lxc&lt;/code&gt; internally is &lt;code&gt;root&lt;/code&gt; and will have a &lt;code&gt;#&lt;/code&gt; prompt. This is where clarity becomes important -- &lt;code&gt;#&lt;/code&gt; can mean a comment just as easily as it means a root shell. In this case, it really doesn't matter. You enter a container, you get a root shell automatically, no other actions required. And, as we've already entered the container, it doesn't matter much. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We can change it to &lt;code&gt;#&lt;/code&gt; (although that &lt;em&gt;may&lt;/em&gt; still cause some confusion whether it's a comment or not), but we shouldn't include the username/hostname, just for the sake of brevity. It's often a good writing practice to say what you need to say as clearly as possible, using as few words as possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I do agree that the transition &lt;em&gt;out&lt;/em&gt; of the container should be made more clear. I can edit that in, or let you do it. It doesn't really matter. Just some blurb somewhere saying that the &lt;code&gt;grep&lt;/code&gt; command is meant to be run on the host machine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regarding point 2:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I checked the edit history of the post in question, and did not see muru add &lt;code&gt;sudo&lt;/code&gt;. It was present in the original post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, even if it was not, it would have still been a sensible addition. Not every user automatically has permission to manage &lt;code&gt;lxc&lt;/code&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;https://help.ubuntu.com/lts/serverguide/lxc.html#lxc-unpriv&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;see here&lt;/a&gt;), and we can't make that assumption. &lt;s&gt;It's safer to add &lt;code&gt;sudo&lt;/code&gt; to the command and let someone take it out on execution if they feel is unnecessary.&lt;/s&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ok, I was wrong here. Turns out, I don't know how &lt;code&gt;lxc&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;lxd&lt;/code&gt; usually work with permissions. Therefore, I (and I think most editors) will tend to defer to the OP's knowledge being correct unless they know otherwise. Actually doing the research into &lt;code&gt;lxc&lt;/code&gt; and doing recon with this shows that your edit is technically accurate (and should have been approved, at least on that front). With that in mind, sorry. I screwed up here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, removing &lt;code&gt;sudo&lt;/code&gt; from the OP's post &lt;em&gt;does&lt;/em&gt; change the post's intent (something edits &lt;em&gt;typically&lt;/em&gt; shouldn't do), and therefore should be discussed (at least briefly) in the comments section about whether &lt;code&gt;sudo&lt;/code&gt; is (or isn't) necessary instead of leaving it up to the editors to know. See &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/16612/208574&quot;&gt;Zanna's answer&lt;/a&gt; on editing code. Personally, I'd consider removing &lt;code&gt;sudo&lt;/code&gt; to fall under the &quot;simplification&quot; category as opposed to an error correction.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastEditorUserId="208574" LastEditDate="2017-05-10T17:42:01.753" LastActivityDate="2017-05-10T17:42:01.753" CommentCount="15" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16971" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16969" CreationDate="2017-05-10T08:04:00.753" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm the other one who rejected your suggested edit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;In my opinion:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The first part of your edit was unnecessary, because the answer clearly states: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The following commands were run in the container&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And &lt;code&gt;$&lt;/code&gt; is just a sign that we use to show a comamnd, so muru's edit was fine to me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For the second part you're somewhat right (about the concept of not using &lt;code&gt;sudo&lt;/code&gt;), however the &lt;code&gt;sudo&lt;/code&gt; was part of the original answer, and also it was too minor to me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I rejected your edit mostly because of the first part. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="264781" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2017-05-10T12:10:15.720" LastActivityDate="2017-05-10T12:10:15.720" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16972" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-05-10T13:49:35.070" Score="9" ViewCount="108" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/913609/what-are-the-default-text-editors-in-different-flavours-of-ubuntu?noredirect=1#comment1438884_913609&quot;&gt;What are the default text editors in different flavours of Ubuntu?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I asked the above question today, received some great answers, accepted an answer. And it solved the initial problem that I had plus gave me some extra good knowledge/Information&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;But&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;People are continuously commenting/ answering or improving their answers, which is good for community in general but I just want to opt out of receiving notifications of these comments. Can I turn of these notifications for single post?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;I'm calling red box and digits written inside as &lt;strong&gt;notifications&lt;/strong&gt;, I hope they are called notifications&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="683089" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2017-05-10T14:22:09.340" Title="Can I opt-out from receiving notifications from a particular post?" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|comments|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="9" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16973" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16974" CreationDate="2017-05-10T17:21:25.307" Score="5" ViewCount="386" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/asZZK.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/asZZK.png&quot; alt=&quot;Screenshot&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you can see, I didn't receive any bounties but I still got more than 200 reputation! What does it mean?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It has also happened to me before but I thought that was because I edited a lot of posts, but as you can clearly see, I didn't do any of that today.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="665251" LastEditorUserId="250300" LastEditDate="2017-05-15T08:16:50.750" LastActivityDate="2017-05-15T08:16:50.750" Title="More than +200 reputation in a day: how is this allowed?" Tags="|discussion|reputation|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16974" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16973" CreationDate="2017-05-10T17:35:21.633" Score="23" Body="&lt;p&gt;The +15 for an accepted answer doesn't count towards the rep cap. Neither does the +2 for accepting an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/32161/270345&quot;&gt;What is the reputation cap and how can I hit it?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2017-05-10T17:35:21.633" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16975" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16976" CreationDate="2017-05-11T10:48:26.380" Score="0" ViewCount="87" Body="&lt;p&gt;See this (possibly now deleted) question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/914055/595510&quot;&gt;Inpage Installation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The user just threw &lt;code&gt;abcde&lt;/code&gt; in the tags list, and thus saved themselves from entering a tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user595510" LastActivityDate="2017-05-11T16:58:22.940" Title="Is the abcde tag helpful to spammers?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16976" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16975" CreationDate="2017-05-11T16:58:22.940" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;First off, that question doesn't look like a spam post. It just looks like a bad question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Second, a bunch of people (especially new people) have no idea how tags work. This leads to interesting things like users typing &lt;code&gt;abcde&lt;/code&gt; or populating the tag field with completely useless things because they &lt;em&gt;think&lt;/em&gt; they need all five tags.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, the &lt;code&gt;abcde&lt;/code&gt; tag is pretty uncommon - even on spam. It has a legitimate purpose, so there's no reason to nuke it or alter how it works.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastActivityDate="2017-05-11T16:58:22.940" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16977" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16978" CreationDate="2017-05-11T17:48:11.167" Score="4" ViewCount="118" Body="&lt;p&gt;Today I noticed this on a post:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/mYFBz.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/mYFBz.png&quot; alt=&quot;Bumped to homepage by Community post screenshot&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What exactly does this mean and what triggered it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastEditorUserId="208574" LastEditDate="2017-05-11T18:29:47.003" LastActivityDate="2017-05-11T18:29:47.003" Title="What does it mean when a post is bumped to homepage by the Community?" Tags="|discussion|support|posts|community-user|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16978" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16977" CreationDate="2017-05-11T17:56:58.503" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/-1/community&quot;&gt;community user&lt;/a&gt; will randomly bump old questions to the front page in order to attract more attention. It will only bump questions that meet &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/184511/259230&quot;&gt;certain criteria&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A question score &gt;= 0&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Gone at least 30 days with no activity&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Has at least one non-deleted answer with score = 0&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Has no answer with score &gt; 0&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Has no accepted answer&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is not deleted or closed&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This action will take place once an hour. If no questions are found matching these critiera, the bot does nothing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Recently, a change was added to make the bump more obvious. This is the banner you saw in the post (also known as an &lt;em&gt;annotation&lt;/em&gt;), as well as a note added to the Timeline and revision history.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Timeline View:&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/zQsOG.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/zQsOG.png&quot; alt=&quot;Timeline View&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Revisions View:&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/DHNwx.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/DHNwx.png&quot; alt=&quot;Revisions View&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Rest assured that while Community &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; a bot, it will not rise up to become Skynet (yet, though the SE devs &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/184403/259230&quot;&gt;have said otherwise&lt;/a&gt;). It's just a helpful little bot to give old questions a chance to see the light of day again and be dealt with accordingly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastEditorUserId="208574" LastEditDate="2017-05-11T18:02:02.190" LastActivityDate="2017-05-11T18:02:02.190" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16979" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16965" CreationDate="2017-05-12T15:21:04.720" Score="3" Body="&lt;h3&gt;What is Work-in-Progress answer ?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;an answer that partially answers that the question asks&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;an answer which already answers the question, but the author is seeking improved approach or refining their existing answer to make the answer more efficient or more general&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;an answer that has a solution but not enough explanation (which is something I often do - post an answer with a command or two, and then edit it to explain each part piece by piece so that users understand what commands do).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NOTE&lt;/strong&gt;: the emphasis is that solution has to work and to get at least some of the things that original question aims to achieve, if it doesn't - that's not an answer.  See &quot;Additional Comments&quot;, #1.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Are they acceptable ?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you refer to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/how-to-answer&quot;&gt;How do I write a good answer&lt;/a&gt; article in the help center, you will see the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Help us find a solution by researching the problem, then contribute the results of your research and anything additional you’ve tried as a partial answer. That way, even if we can’t figure it out, the next person has more to go on. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This means that even partial solutions are allowed and considered helpful ( so long as they help resolve the issue/question that OP asks). Many good answers are product of lengthy and time-consuming research (often to solve very complex questions), where the answerer has spent time and effort to find a solution. I consider work-in-progress part of research and we could call it part of &quot;documenting&quot; the process. In fact, some of the highly-voted answers on this site have evolved overtime and that can be seen in the edit history. At one point they've also been work-in-progress answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;IMHO, in general they are OK so long as they meet two requirements:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;they address the question ( i.e., they're not off-topic) and . . &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;provide at least partial solution to what has been asked (i.e. contribute value).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In fact, StackExchange sites are considered as Wiki by some people rather than a &quot;Support&quot; or general &quot;help-me&quot; sites. As such, information can be added perfectly fine as the author progresses in their research. The answer's aren't required to be 100% correct (and in many cases they can't be as there are way to many possibilities for solving an issue). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Addressing your concerns&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Isn't posting such an answer likely to reduce attention to the question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not necessarily. Good and interesting title will always attract views. Those who intentionally seek questions with specific tags or specific content will find your question and address it if they can. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;People will just edit my answer to fix it, thus won't be able to get any upvote/accepted answer reputation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Good answerers, especially those who have been on the site for long time, will come to your question and assess what has been done, which issues have been resolved and which haven't, and if they can help you find a solution (especially if it's alternative and requires multiple steps), they'll likely post that as separate answer. If the fix is trivial, they'll probably edit your answer or comment. There's really nothing wrong with that. Don't think too much about reputation points. While it's nice to get them, providing proper answers and contributing to the community should be more important. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;People will think that this question is already answered but just not accepted&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Again, good answerers that intentionally seek your type of question will see whether what you posted actually answers the question, or will see where you've left off and if they can they will complete your solution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In general your questions seem to be based more on perceived fear of not having your question answered.  This is understandable, but I hope I've conveyed clearly enough that there are people who dig through posts based on tags or titles, and see what they can do about it. I personally do that a lot.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Addressing potential critique:&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the comments &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/16965/what-is-a-work-in-progress-answer?cb=1#comment34654_16965&quot;&gt;Braiam&lt;/a&gt; mentioned: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;An incomplete answer is not useful as it's not complete. The answerer has all the time in the world to post an answer when he's ready, nothing is forcing them to post an answer ASAP.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Again, as mentioned in the comments and as referenced in the help center, the only requirement is helpfulness of the answer. &lt;em&gt;There is no requirement for completeness&lt;/em&gt;. In addition, it seems that Work-In-Progress answers are often misunderstood as &quot;rushing in to answer&quot;. Not always. I've already mentioned - they're show documentation and progress of the research to solve a particular part of the issue. Heck, professional developers will recognize and agree that software is often developed in &quot;sprints&quot; so why can't answers follow such model ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for placing partial answers into comments and asking OP if that works, if an answer is supposed to be a script or long procedure of steps, you can't contain that within the limit of a comment. Besides, comments are for discussion and while they can be used to figure out if one or two commands work, they're generally not for the sake of documenting potential solutions. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Relevant reading&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;StackExchange Meta: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/144452/295160&quot;&gt;Is it okay to put partial answers?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/6892/295286&quot;&gt;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/6892/295286&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/279/295286&quot;&gt;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/279/295286&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Additional comments&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Some users might misinterpret what I'm outlining here as allowing to post stuff that doesn't work as an answer. No, the answer has to work, and that's what I'm advocating here:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;if an answer solves a problem at least half-way, then it deserves to be posted as answer. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If it doesn't work, that's not an answer. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Things that &lt;em&gt;might&lt;/em&gt; seem useful probably should be posted as comments. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Muru has provided a related post on &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackeschange.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Unix &amp;amp; Linux site&lt;/a&gt; , namely &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.meta.stackexchange.com/q/3385/70524&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt;. From reading that post over several times, it seems that the issue is more about the author of that question posting what appears to be not an answer, rather than partial answer. As &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.meta.stackexchange.com/a/3395/85039&quot;&gt;goldilocks&lt;/a&gt; pointed out that the post by the author of that question was more of an addendum and &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.meta.stackexchange.com/a/3400/85039&quot;&gt;Giles pointed out&lt;/a&gt; that muru's answer was more of a partial answer. Again, the documentation for at least Ask Ubuntu site &lt;strong&gt;does not&lt;/strong&gt; restrict in any shape or form the author of a question from posting partial answers which bridges closer the solution of the original problem. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="295286" LastEditorUserId="295286" LastEditDate="2017-05-14T04:37:51.687" LastActivityDate="2017-05-14T04:37:51.687" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16980" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-05-13T19:34:33.557" Score="0" ViewCount="42" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been looking through the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tools/new-answers-old-questions&quot;&gt;new answers to old question Tools section&lt;/a&gt; recently and have been flagging up quite a few things missed by others and the system. But what makes this extra annoying and long is the fact that some pages are entirely populated with deleted answers, and although it does show them to be deleted, when I am searching through those pages to try and find new things to flag up, having so many deleted answers is rather annoying.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So is there any way of viewing that section and having it hide deleted answers in the results?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastActivityDate="2017-05-13T19:34:33.557" Title="Is there any way to hide deleted answers in &quot;new answers to old questions&quot; Tools section?" Tags="|support|low-quality-posts|10k-tools|late-answers|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16981" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-05-14T04:45:03.070" Score="7" ViewCount="102" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've noticed that such quick links as [unix.se] for example work beautifully when posted as comments and when posted in Ask Ubuntu General chat room, but as you can see they don't work in question text body or answer text body. Questions for discussion:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is there a particular reason why they don't work in answers/questions?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;would it be possible to implement such functionality to match behavior of comments and chat-posts ? &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Would it be a reasonable/useful feature to implement ?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is there any alternative way to simplify referencing another network site in body of an answer/question without copy-pasting standard markup for each and every link ? (I can get away with using a clipboard manager, have one of my own, so that's not a big deal, but typing a few chars seems a bit quicker of a solution) &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="295286" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2017-05-14T15:49:56.430" LastActivityDate="2017-05-14T15:49:56.430" Title="Stack Exchange special links in answers" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16986" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16988" CreationDate="2017-05-16T06:49:41.133" Score="0" ViewCount="136" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm new at the Ask Ubuntu Forum and want to ask a specific user (Rinzwind) about one of his answers (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/914623/what-is-the-wanna-cry-ransomwares-possible-impact-on-linux-users&quot;&gt;What is the &amp;quot;Wanna Cry&amp;quot; ransomware&amp;#39;s possible impact on Linux users?&lt;/a&gt;, here about the initial phishing mails). Is there another, faster way then collect enough points to comment the question, e.g. a personal message?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="689443" OwnerDisplayName="user689443" LastEditorUserId="117103" LastEditDate="2017-05-19T20:20:32.863" LastActivityDate="2017-05-19T20:20:32.863" Title="Howto contact a forum user directly?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" FavoriteCount="0" ClosedDate="2017-05-16T11:08:43.533" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16987" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16986" CreationDate="2017-05-16T08:27:29.353" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can always comment on your own posts, and any part of your questions. That means that you can comment your own question and any answer to your own question, even if your reputation is less than 50 points.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The following community members will be automatically notified of your comment:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the owner of the post you're commenting on&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;one additional user when your comment contains a @username&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Take a look at &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/comment&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/comment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want to comment anywhere else you need 50 points reputation!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="590937" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2017-05-17T06:58:40.307" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16988" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16986" CreationDate="2017-05-16T08:34:04.503" Score="3" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Is there another, faster way then collect enough points to comment the question, e.g. a personal message?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You need a mere 20 rep to join askubuntu chat where you can find this absolutely amazing user called Rinzwind you would like an audience with.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So answer something and get 2 upvotes. Takes seconds to get if the answer is good ;) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastActivityDate="2017-05-16T08:34:04.503" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16990" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16991" CreationDate="2017-05-17T10:21:16.950" Score="11" ViewCount="258" Body="&lt;p&gt;Let's say I asked an interesting question which got a lot of attention and some really good answers. My problem was solved because of those answers and I've accepted one of them. But I want to also pay some reward to the second best answer that already exists on my question. Could I start a bounty for that sole reason? Is it within the site rules?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does question needs to stay in the &lt;strong&gt;featured&lt;/strong&gt; area for 7 days?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you’ve asked a good question, edited it with status and progress updates, and still are not receiving answers, you can draw attention to your question by placing a bounty on it&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I don't want to grab more attention on the question, I just want to award an existing answer&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Update&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It has officially become a trend, There are &lt;strong&gt;three&lt;/strong&gt; questions right now in the Featured section with reason&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One or more of the answers is exemplary and worthy of an additional bounty.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="683089" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2017-05-20T17:12:42.710" Title="Can I award a bounty to an answer that I like?" Tags="|discussion|bounty|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16991" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16990" CreationDate="2017-05-17T11:15:43.920" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can absolutely do that; you can award bounties to any answer as mentioned by Mark Kirby. There is a bounty reason just for giving extra credit to awesome answers:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;One or more of the answers is exemplary and worthy of an additional bounty&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I will add though, that personal gratitude is not really the intended reason to award a bounty. The purpose of a bounty in general is to &lt;em&gt;draw attention to a post&lt;/em&gt;. As an example for this particular bounty reason, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/300641/set-myself-as-owner-of-etc-with-chown-command-now-getting-all-kinds-of-errors&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; was closed as a duplicate but received an answer that is probably more useful than the answers to the target, so muru offered a bounty on the question and awarded it to the exemplary answer to attract more views and votes to the page. The more views a page has, the more likely people are to land on it when using search engines. Another reason to use this bounty reason is to give credit to a late and great (or otherwise under-appreciated) answer on a question that already has accepted and highly upvoted answers, to push it higher up the page so that it is more readily seen by visitors.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When you offer a bounty, be aware that you are giving away your own reputation irrevocably.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2017-05-17T11:15:43.920" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16993" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-05-21T05:35:03.260" Score="11" ViewCount="409" Body="&lt;p&gt;There's something that has been bothering me for some time about the response to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/878950/295286&quot;&gt;some answers here&lt;/a&gt; on Ask Ubuntu, and came to my attention again on &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/917077/295286&quot;&gt;this post&lt;/a&gt;. My answer, while working and achieving desired results, has been critiqued because it's apparently &quot;cryptic&quot;  and &quot;lengthy&quot;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've consulted the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/how-to-answer&quot;&gt;help page&lt;/a&gt; and here what is says (emphasis added):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Read the question carefully. &lt;strong&gt;What, specifically, is the question asking for? Make sure your answer provides that – or a viable alternative.&lt;/strong&gt; The answer can be “don’t do that”, but it should also include “try this instead”. Any answer that gets the asker going in the right direction is helpful, but do try to mention any limitations, assumptions or simplifications in your answer. &lt;strong&gt;Brevity is acceptable, but fuller explanations are better.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In other words, an answer should be solving a problem and adding value, while brevity is only icing on the cake. Thus, I would like to know what the community thinks. Does length of a solution matter? What is the limit to which we define &quot;cryptic&quot; answers?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't necessarily seek a &quot;solution&quot; but I do want to see what the community thinks on this matter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;My view on the matter&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While I do admire brevity of certain answers, I don't see a valid reason to critique a working solution based on the length. &quot;Cryptic&quot; is also a very abstract concept. A regular expression can be cryptic to someone who has never touched &lt;code&gt;Perl&lt;/code&gt; or &lt;code&gt;sed&lt;/code&gt;, while completely obvious to a seasoned professional. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The opposite is also true: an explicit solution can be confusing and obscure for someone unfamiliar with the language used in the answer, the algorithm, or the idea of the approach. What's more confusing to me is the &quot;cryptic&quot; being used where answer has explanations of the concept and details of an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But in either case, I don't see how length and &quot;cryptic-ness&quot; are related to actually getting the job done and delivering value to OP. Discussing merits of approach, suggesting improvements, and suggesting more idiomatic approaches is fine, but automatically dismissing an answer for being less pretty than something else seems entirely wrong. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Regular users of Code Golf site will recognize that there are often really illegible, but short answers. And Code Golf is specifically aimed at that - shortest amount of bytes wins. But it's not how our site is supposed to work. Or is it ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="295286" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2017-05-21T06:38:26.003" LastActivityDate="2017-05-22T12:25:54.353" Title="Ask Ubuntu isn't Code Golf. . . or is it?" Tags="|discussion|answers|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16994" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16993" CreationDate="2017-05-21T06:37:06.423" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;Every case is different but broadly speaking I tend to like and upvote answers I can understand and test or verify myself. Clarity and not brevity is what I care about, because ease of understanding increases helpfulness. Often, though not always, clarity and brevity go together. &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/343402/165104&quot;&gt;Cryptic&lt;/a&gt; is in the mind of the beholder... but there are often worse ways and better ways to approach the same problem with regard to factors like resource efficiency, maintainability, security and so on. Everyone knows &lt;code&gt;cat file | grep foo&lt;/code&gt; is worse than &lt;code&gt;grep foo file&lt;/code&gt; - why call two programs when you can call one? On the other hand, sometimes &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/858182/527764&quot;&gt;adding complexity adds value&lt;/a&gt;, and multiple solutions clearly explained have great value for future reference. &lt;em&gt;A Stack Exchange answer is not just for the OP.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Often, the longer the answer is, depending on the language, the more effort the reader (depending on her background) has to put in to understand the code. Add to this that active users are possibly more likely to be familiar with basic command line utilities like &lt;code&gt;sed&lt;/code&gt; than scripting languages like Ruby, and I guess it adds up to another reason why shorter answers tend to get more upvotes: scarcity of time and energy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Voting is up to the voter. Everyone has their preferences, and as the comments about 'pythonicness' on the answer of Jacob Vljim's you linked to suggest, in a community of people using the same tools, preferences are all the stronger! The preference for simplicity and &quot;elegance&quot; in the STEM world and beyond is unlikely to change any time soon...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2017-05-21T08:47:52.750" LastActivityDate="2017-05-21T08:47:52.750" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16995" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16993" CreationDate="2017-05-21T15:25:05.370" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;In my opinion, brevity (or shortness of the answer) isn't an important thing for Ask Ubuntu, rather it's harmful for sites like this. Ask Ubuntu generally is a support site for users of Ubuntu, many of whom are completely newbies. So answers should be as explicit and elaborated as they can be (without crossing the border of becoming &lt;em&gt;boring&lt;/em&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I usually try to tailor my answer according to the OP's experience/expertise level. But generally try to make it suitable for the majority user's level.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ubuntu is considered one of the most user friendly desktop distributions of Linux, and in fact it's Ubuntu that made the Linux desktop friendly. So, we should try to maintain that characteristic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In short, I consider understandability of an answer is far more important than cleverness or length. I prefer &lt;em&gt;Clarity over Cleverness&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="61218" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2017-05-21T16:16:49.367" LastActivityDate="2017-05-21T16:16:49.367" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16996" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="16997" CreationDate="2017-05-22T06:12:15.150" Score="1" ViewCount="105" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/900785/how-to-set-folder-icons-of-multiple-folders-automatically&quot;&gt;How to set folder icons of multiple folders automatically?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the question above I asked for a little improvement to the answer on an existing question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/796256/how-to-set-the-first-picture-of-every-folders-as-their-folder-icons&quot;&gt;How to set the first picture of every folder as its folder icon?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The newly asked question (or at least newly edited, it was asked a month ago) doesn't have any formatting problems that I can think of, It's clearly understandable, and uses a moderately correct English as far as I know. it still got one down-vote which makes me think that there might be a better way to ask for improvements to answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I just wanna know if I'm doing something wrong or how I could have asked it in a better way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="665251" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2017-05-22T08:05:13.210" LastActivityDate="2017-05-22T08:05:13.210" Title="Is it bad practice to ask for an improved answer by asking a new question?" Tags="|discussion|answers|asking-questions|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16997" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16996" CreationDate="2017-05-22T06:42:37.697" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;To put simply, it's complicated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'll start with your specific case. Your question is different enough from the original question that they both can peacefully coexist on the site without being marked as duplicate. If you're more curious as to why you were downvoted, there are &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/vote-down&quot;&gt;quite a few reasons&lt;/a&gt; why a question receives a -1. In your particular case, I can only guess that the downvote refers to this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This question &lt;strong&gt;does not show any research effort&lt;/strong&gt;; it is unclear or not useful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here on Ask Ubuntu, we expect a minimal amount of effort put into any question. While I can not speak for the downvoter, my guess is that the script you linked already exists, and can easily be adapted with a little bit of research effort or work. Thereby, the downvote would reflect this. In other words, your question isn't &lt;em&gt;bad&lt;/em&gt;, it just shows a lack at an attempt to do it yourself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, on to a broader note. Typically, the general rule of thumb is to not ask a duplicate question. If you want clarification for an answer, comment first. If you need a lot of information, go ahead and &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/14722/duplicate-questions&quot;&gt;ask a new question&lt;/a&gt;. If you want a tweak made to the behavior of an answer, you probably want a new question. If you want an existing (and relatively recent) answer improved or more/better answers, post a bounty. If you're feeling cheap with reputation, just edit the post to bump it to the front page and hope you get lucky.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With both of those out of the way, we can see (at least from my POV) that your question is technically fine. It's not duplicating anything that immediately exists as it's requesting something similar but not the same. The only reason I could see you getting a downvote is because of a lack of a do-it-yourself attempt using what you already had first. You were perfectly in the green to ask a new question in this case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastActivityDate="2017-05-22T06:42:37.697" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16998" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16996" CreationDate="2017-05-22T07:55:30.430" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;As &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/16997/527764&quot;&gt;Kaz Wolfe points out in his answer&lt;/a&gt; it's possible your question was downvoted for exhibiting a &quot;lack of research&quot;, but I have some words to say about that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Downvoting, in my view, is not personal, and should never be &lt;em&gt;punitive&lt;/em&gt;. Voting should be about the post in its current state or the state it will be in after I've improved it by editing if it is salvageable. Likewise, upvoting is not a reward.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Taking this view of voting as impersonal, why should we downvote a question for &quot;lack of research&quot;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I take issue with the highly subjective concept of &quot;lack of research&quot;. When you know nothing about a topic, research is extremely difficult as you don't have existing knowledge in which to integrate new knowledge. Moreover, some &quot;reseach&quot; is unhelpful: we have countless questions that say &quot;I scoured the internet and didn't find anything&quot; &quot;I read existing answers and nothing worked&quot; - Depending on the case I &lt;em&gt;remove&lt;/em&gt; these statements because they are &lt;em&gt;useless&lt;/em&gt; to answerers. If the asker does not tell us exactly what they have tried and exactly how it failed, the fact that they wasted some time searching is irrelevant to the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, &quot;research&quot; (which could be so many things) might be irrelevant to the question! And we don't vote on irrelevant stuff, we just edit it out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A good question, in my opinion, is three things: on-topic, answerable in our format, and useful to others. It doesn't matter if the question is simple, if the answer is obvious to everyone who's read the first 10 pages of &lt;em&gt;The Linux Command Line&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as I know we have inherited the downvote message from Stack Overflow, and it's less relevant to us because we're helping end users, who may often be quite reasonably clueless. That's not the case for developers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's my belief that downvoting for &quot;lack of research&quot; is proposed (by the developers of Stack Exchange) for these reasons:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;To avoid excessive duplication of content&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;To prevent people (&quot;help vampires&quot;) from exploiting others by asking to be spoonfed every little thing instead of trying to learn some basics themselves (more relevant to developers than to end users)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I upvote questions that add value to the site by making it more useful to visitors present and future; I don't worry about how much effort the asker seems to have put into it. I downvote questions that I think are not useful and/or not answerable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, people vote as they like. But I don't think it would make much difference to the &lt;em&gt;usefulness&lt;/em&gt; of your question if you documented at great length your own attempts to find a solution. I don't know why your question was downvoted, but at first glance I felt it was rather similar to other posts and unlikely to be widely applicable. On closer inspection I think your question is a useful one. I am going to upvote it and ask for clarification.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2017-05-22T07:55:30.430" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="16999" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16993" CreationDate="2017-05-22T12:25:54.353" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a bit biased. Along with a number of other users, I really cut my teeth here on &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/command-line&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;command-line&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;command-line&lt;/a&gt; questions, with a like for the really complicated scripting exercises.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can see your point, but I have some of my own...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;They answer a question, fix a problem. &quot;13/10 They're all good answers, bront.&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Some of this stuff is really educational. I know there's also a lot of repetition but I've learned techniques from people, and taught myself quite a few tools just to answer this stuff.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Showing everybody that that you're the cleverest sausage in the pack is fun.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Fun means people stick around. This is something we want to foster more than chase off.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Occasionally, doing things in different ways makes a huge difference. Here's &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/167730/880&quot;&gt;the best example I can think of&lt;/a&gt; (even if it &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; on Unix.SE). Performance matters if you're processing tons of input so I worked through everybody else's answers and added a few of my own to find the very best way of executing the answer. It also spawned a &lt;a href=&quot;https://thepcspy.com/read/python-isnt-slower-than-c/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;blog post&lt;/a&gt; where somebody essentially taught me all about buffering in C for high performance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I would completely defend the use of a Python script, even for something small like that. Python performs &lt;em&gt;really&lt;/em&gt; well at a load of stuff and is still eminently legible (unlike C, and C++). It's also a lot easier to unpick and adapt for other people.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think there's one key difference between these sorts of questions and code-golf: somebody comes here with a real problem... We just get carried away answering it. I think that's okay but, I can see why it might seem like an excess to somebody with no interest in it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2017-05-22T12:25:54.353" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17000" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17001" CreationDate="2017-05-22T12:36:51.390" Score="-2" ViewCount="129" Body="&lt;p&gt;The thing is, I want my account/profile removed. Forever.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/deleting-account&quot;&gt;page&lt;/a&gt; for that purpose I am told it would be immediate if I had &lt;em&gt;never voted or posted more than once&lt;/em&gt;. Otherwise I have to fill a form????&#xA;Why? What for? Already did it, what now?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It would be sooooo much simpler to enable the &quot;delete&quot; button for everybody. Not doing so in many cases is adding insult to injury.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user685242" LastActivityDate="2017-05-23T12:43:28.060" Title="Why there isn't a straightforward procedure to leave AU?" Tags="|support|profile-page|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="16" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17001" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17000" CreationDate="2017-05-22T14:06:39.810" Score="21" Body="&lt;p&gt;Put yourself in my shoes. You'd been a member for years, almost 3000 posts, hundreds of thousands of points of hard-earned reputation. Your account has got you work. It's something you value.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then some scrot hacks your account. Clicks delete. Everything gone. How would you feel?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So instead, there's a process. You talk to a real person. They work out if you're really who you say you are, and instigate a deferred deletion. That gives your account 24 hours with a banner over the top, allowing you to cancel the deletion request.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This provides some protection from hackers, some protection against impulse. I can understand your misgivings —given your expressed intentions— but it's a feature and one I'm very happy exists.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The trade-off is it takes a little time to execute. A human has to be poked in the eye a sufficient number of times —or finish what they were doing— to get to your ticket. Ultimately, I don't see that as a problem because if you want to stop using the site, you only need close the tab and walk away. Having an account (in the process of deletion or not) isn't time sensitive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've seen morality pop up a few times since the question was originally asked. When you joined the site, you essentially agreed (per &lt;em&gt;various&lt;/em&gt; terms of service, not a quote) to:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Do stuff to make the site and the internet a better place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What's what SE is &lt;em&gt;all&lt;/em&gt; about.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But a lot of people who want to leave attempt to take a vast number of their posts with them. These may be the accepted answer, or just another good answer, or comments that explained the context. Removing them removes a net good from the internet, running contrary to what you agreed to.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So again, the system balances what you want to do, and what is best for it. There might be very legitimate reasons to delete more than 10 comments, or answers, or whatever but chances are somebody is trying to wipe their account clean. Again, contrary to the rules.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Again, I this as a &lt;em&gt;feature&lt;/em&gt; of the system but I can see how it might be surprising or frustrating. We could probably debate the &lt;em&gt;morality&lt;/em&gt; of this at a very deep level for a very long time but it won't change the outcome.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My interest —to be very blunt— is protecting the site, not making you happy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2017-05-23T12:43:28.060" LastActivityDate="2017-05-23T12:43:28.060" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17002" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17003" CreationDate="2017-05-22T21:33:42.513" Score="19" ViewCount="426" Body="&lt;p&gt;Today I've edited out a part of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/917809/271&quot;&gt;a question&lt;/a&gt; which stated:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I have already searched related questions but was not able to find my solution so please don't down vote my question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;[screenshot showing Ask Ubuntu search]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The paragraph and the picture were changed to this line:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I have already searched related questions but was not able to find my solution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;OP now has provided additional information that was asked. This gave them the occasion to revert the edit by putting the whole &quot;please don't downvote + picture&quot; again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;IHMO asking not to downvote is inappropriate, or at least can be considered &quot;noise&quot;. It could be counter-productive as well, leading to the opposite effect. I agree that explaining &lt;strong&gt;why&lt;/strong&gt; a question should not be considered a duplicate &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; appropriate, but I am referring to the part asking not to downvote (or it could be &quot;please don't close&quot; as well).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hence, before risking an edit war: what is the community consensus on this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="271" LastActivityDate="2017-06-02T02:34:40.543" Title="Is it appropriate to ask not to downvote?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="11" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17003" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17002" CreationDate="2017-05-22T22:12:42.330" Score="17" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ideally a question will contain as little as possible yet as much as necessary to answer it. Request from the question author about how they’d like their question to be viewed don't belong in the latter category.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I usually remove this kind of content with an edit note saying “remove fluff”. I don’t address what the content of the fluff was because if it mattered I wouldn’t have removed it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for a potential edit war: I wouldn’t wage one over something this insignificant. However, I’d write a comment to address the repeated reintroduction of irrelevant statements into the question and explain why they harm readability and therefore its author’s interests.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="175814" LastEditorUserId="175814" LastEditDate="2017-05-22T22:18:24.673" LastActivityDate="2017-05-22T22:18:24.673" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17004" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17002" CreationDate="2017-05-23T05:41:52.837" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, it is not appropriate for a question or an answer, nor is it at all useful. As David said, such a thing is &quot;fluff.&quot; However, it can go even further.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Downvotes on the main site are not used here as a &quot;disagree&quot; or &quot;dislike&quot; button. It's used for posts that have problems content-, formatting-, or information-wise. Downvotes are meant for bad posts (as determined by the voter). Asking for users to not take moderative actions (e.g. downvote, close, delete, etc) is more or less admitting to some problem with the post. While this doesn't apply to the linked question as much, it's still a consideration to take into mind.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And, as some users point out, things like &quot;please don't downvote me&quot; will in fact attract downvotes. While this is not the right course of action to take just because of this text, it is a valid argument for not having that text. People can't resist the big red shiny button with the giant &quot;DO NOT PRESS&quot; label on it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you see such things, it's best to edit out quietly like you would other useless content. If the OP rolls back, edit again and leave a comment. If it escalates into an edit war from there, flag it for a mod and move on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastActivityDate="2017-05-23T05:41:52.837" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17005" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17002" CreationDate="2017-05-23T13:06:42.880" Score="18" Body="&lt;p&gt;You've come to the same conclusion in your question but you're asking for a slim answer to a broad question. Just in case people are only skimming, I'd like to be thorough.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe. It depends on what they're saying:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&quot;I couldn't find an answer elsewhere&quot; &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; unnecessary. If you had found one, why are we here?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;And social commentary and ultimatums like &quot;Don't close this, [I've had a bad day, I'll start World War 3, I'll stop using Ubuntu]&quot; is also unnecessary, bordering on actionable.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;But what about &quot;Please don't close this as duplicate, I've tried x, y, z and none of those solutions work [because a, b, c]&quot;? I would earnestly encourage that, even including the leading plea to highlight the fact.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think it's also important to justify your edits. Removing fluff for the sake of removing the words &quot;thank you&quot;, or &quot;please don't close because&quot; is probably not the best justification. Fighting to make sure they stay out is definitely not worth it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2017-05-23T13:06:42.880" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17006" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-05-23T15:14:55.533" Score="1" ViewCount="65" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/173094/&quot;&gt;a question&lt;/a&gt; with two answers, that I had an open bounty on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I opened the site on mobile to award the bounty before time runs out, the &lt;code&gt;+100&lt;/code&gt; buttons looked as if the bounty was already awarded to both answers.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;However, on the desktop version of the website, the buttons aren't so opaque and seem to have a bit of transparency to distinguish them from an already awarded bounty.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think on the mobile site the buttons should also have a bit transparency to signify a difference between an already awarded bounty, and bounty which is yet to be awarded.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;OS: Android 7.1.1&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Browser: Firefox 54.0b8 &amp;amp; Chrome 58&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Screenshots:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/t1vbP.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;First Answer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/y9Rl7.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Second Answer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastEditorUserId="8698" LastEditDate="2017-05-23T16:39:10.680" LastActivityDate="2017-05-23T16:39:10.680" Title="Bounty button on mobile looks as if it's already rewarded on question with open bounties" Tags="|bug|design|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17007" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17008" CreationDate="2017-05-23T22:19:12.983" Score="23" ViewCount="520" Body="&lt;p&gt;I found an answer that not only didn't work for me, but it also removed a whole bunch of unrelated stuff that now I now need to find a way to reinstall.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I just want to add a comment under the original answer to prevent others from having the same problem. However, I don't have the reputation to do so. Admittedly, I'm a novice in terms of contributing and a power-user in terms of reading questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm a novice Ubuntu user and I typically don't have answers. But I find all the answers to my questions by just searching, so I don't really have any question to ask either. By reading around, it seems to me that I am left with no other way to improve my reputation, which is required for pretty much anything else.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Given this situation, how do I make the only contribution I can at the moment (i.e. warning other novice user like myself of the risks of following the answer I refer to above)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="692495" OwnerDisplayName="Paparazio" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2017-05-24T06:33:21.593" LastActivityDate="2017-06-06T01:41:50.990" Title="What should I do when I find an answer that damages my system but I don't have enough reputation to comment on it?" Tags="|discussion|answers|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17008" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17007" CreationDate="2017-05-23T22:41:25.143" Score="22" Body="&lt;p&gt;In this case, I would recommend asking a new question about the troubles you've had with that answer, and include a link. This has three purposes:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It will draw the attention of more senior Ask Ubuntu users, who may comment on the &quot;bad&quot; answer, and possibly edit it to correct mistakes or make the procedure clearer -- that is, things that might have led to your data loss.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Asking a good question will earn you upvotes, and thus reputation.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;And of course, you will hopefully find a solution to the problem.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="301745" OwnerDisplayName="wjandrea" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2017-05-24T06:33:59.337" LastActivityDate="2017-05-24T06:33:59.337" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17009" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-05-25T12:34:35.947" Score="22" ViewCount="257" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is somewhat related to this useful question:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/16903/should-we-edit-the-answer-we-flag-as-naa&quot;&gt;Should we edit the answer we flag as NAA?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The answer said, in part:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you're a 2k user, knock yourself out - after all, it's just your own time you're wasting. I edit NAA posts myself, on occasion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All well and good, I agree with that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I want to draw attention to a context where care needs to be taken when editing NAAs. About a month after I had flagged a clearly and unsalvageably NAA (not-an-answer) post (a reply from the OP to another answer with output from the suggested command to say it did not work), I by chance discovered what I consider to be a problem - someone edited that NAA by clicking the &lt;kbd&gt;edit&lt;/kbd&gt; button in the Low Quality Posts review queue, causing the review to be completed and the post to be kicked from the queue, remaining non-deleted. Since I discovered it, I was able to draw attention to it (though I could not flag it again), and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/569463/cannot-update-xubuntu-terminated-with-error/572734#572734&quot;&gt;the post&lt;/a&gt; has been deleted now, so here's a screenshot:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/mjHEj.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/mjHEj.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can see what happened from the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/572734/timeline&quot;&gt;timeline&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/low-quality-posts/701288&quot;&gt;the review itself&lt;/a&gt; (unsure whether these are visible to those only with 10k etc, comment if needed and I will add screenshots). It was a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/572734/revisions&quot;&gt;good edit&lt;/a&gt; though not really necessary, but using the &lt;kbd&gt;edit&lt;/kbd&gt; button in the review queue caused the post not to be deleted as it should have been. I should add that when this happens, the flag is automatically marked helpful, so it was only by chance that I found it. It could have happened many times before!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please only use the &lt;kbd&gt;edit&lt;/kbd&gt; button in the low quality posts review queue to &lt;strong&gt;salvage the post&lt;/strong&gt;. If you want to fix the formatting or remove profanity or whatever from a post that is &lt;em&gt;clearly&lt;/em&gt; NAA and &lt;em&gt;can't&lt;/em&gt; be made into a valid answer by editing, click the link to the right of the post and make your edits there:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/gPTnr.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/gPTnr.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've now started fixing formatting of NAA posts routinely just to try to stop this happening, but I can't reasonably suggest others do the same, hence making my plea in public here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also related: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/8119/please-dont-use-the-edit-button-in-the-close-queue-to-correct-typos-or-improve&quot;&gt;Please, don&amp;#39;t use the edit button in the close queue to correct typos or improve the formatting, you are reviewing to close!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2017-05-25T14:00:43.907" LastActivityDate="2017-05-25T14:00:43.907" Title="If you want to edit an unsalvageable NAA post, please don't use the edit button in the LQP review queue to do so" Tags="|discussion|editing|review|low-quality-posts|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17011" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-05-29T13:08:42.223" Score="1" ViewCount="101" Body="&lt;p&gt;Specifically in this case, I am tempted to ask a question regarding any continuing (non-supported by Canonical ) development of Unity (following &lt;a href=&quot;https://insights.ubuntu.com/2017/04/05/growing-ubuntu-for-cloud-and-iot-rather-than-phone-and-convergence&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt;), largely with regard to licenses, &lt;a href=&quot;https://code.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity8&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;source code&lt;/a&gt; and other efforts which could perhaps make this a more community driven effort.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would obviously avoid trying to make it a programming question (don't need to ;-) ), but would it be too broad or not accepted in another way?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="178596" LastEditorUserId="178596" LastEditDate="2017-05-29T13:15:03.813" LastActivityDate="2017-05-29T14:22:00.947" Title="Asking questions considering development of Ubuntu" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17012" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17011" CreationDate="2017-05-29T14:22:00.947" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I suppose it depends on what you're asking really.  If @terdon is correct and it's as simple as a non-canonical maintained Unity question, I would consider it on-topic...  that's no different than someone saying &quot;How do I install emacs?&quot;.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The problem we generally run in to is that the camel nose of bugs or programming questions tends to get under the edge of the tent.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Generally I like the idea, but I do see bug questions getting close vote hammers and people getting upset if it becomes a thing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2017-05-29T14:22:00.947" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17013" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17015" CreationDate="2017-05-31T00:20:23.940" Score="8" ViewCount="507" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have no idea what to do about this answer I came across while reviewing. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/920470/so-i-bought-a-system76-laptop-and-it-doesnt-let-me-install-anything/920527#920527&quot;&gt;How do I fix the APT error &amp;quot;The following packages have unmet dependencies&amp;quot;?&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Editor's note:&lt;/strong&gt; The post in question has since had contact data edited out of it. Please see &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/920527/revisions&quot;&gt;the revision history&lt;/a&gt; (specifically &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/revisions/920527/2&quot;&gt;revision 2&lt;/a&gt;) for the message that originally brought up this discussion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They gave an answer and then a phone number. How should this be handled?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="420786" LastEditorUserId="208574" LastEditDate="2017-06-01T20:52:30.443" LastActivityDate="2017-06-01T20:52:30.443" Title="What should we do with answers that include contact details for relevant support services?" Tags="|discussion|answers|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="12" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17014" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17019" CreationDate="2017-05-31T11:52:17.213" Score="9" ViewCount="164" Body="&lt;p&gt;Today I have a weird issue with this Microsoft ad:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/yj3Lj.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/yj3Lj.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As soon as this ad was loaded (which takes its time) I can not click on any other links on this tab. Before the ad was loaded everything is as expected. Links on other tabs are not affected.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is the link on the ad:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;http://pixel.mathtag.com/click/img?mt_aid=2053373202359547733&amp;amp;mt_id=4058991&amp;amp;mt_adid=166373&amp;amp;mt_sid=2162861&amp;amp;mt_exid=15&amp;amp;mt_inapp=0&amp;amp;mt_uuid=9fe0592d-1573-4d00-bc86-a60335efa8cf&amp;amp;mt_lp=https%3A//azure.microsoft.com&amp;amp;redirect=https://ad.atdmt.com/c/go;p=11087213775293;as=0;a=11087213780562;crs=11087210909055;cr=11087210909105;i.ts=1496298071&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My further investigation revealed that it is left mouse clicks only that are affected. Opening links with the right click context menu and the link from &lt;code&gt;1 question with new activity&lt;/code&gt; work fine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is the source code on my browser:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC &quot;-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN&quot; &quot;http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd&quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;html&amp;gt;&amp;lt;head&amp;gt;&amp;lt;style&amp;gt;div,iframe { top: 0; position:absolute; }&amp;lt;/style&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/head&amp;gt;&amp;lt;body style=&quot;margin:0px;padding:0px;&quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;script type=&quot;text/javascript&quot;&amp;gt;var divName = &quot;adzerk337324567&quot;;var inFIF=true;var inDapIF = true;&amp;lt;/script&amp;gt;&amp;lt;script type=&quot;text/javascript&quot; src=&quot;https://a1611.casalemedia.com/pcreative?au=4&amp;amp;c=A6F102&amp;amp;pcid=F2D201195E00&amp;amp;pr=xx&amp;amp;r=F2D20119&amp;amp;s=29C4E&amp;amp;t=592FB255&amp;amp;u=VjROMFA3bFFKMTRBQUJVaVREa0FBQUNV&amp;amp;m=cbf8c99fa475b0b916ffd39802f00ff5&amp;amp;wp=2BE8&amp;amp;cp=3.48&amp;amp;aid=5A85C54325F4ED92&amp;amp;tid=EF14&amp;amp;dm=64&amp;amp;d=9099&amp;amp;n=askubuntu.com&amp;amp;epr=20267976ed204843a2b732e8eae6ff17&quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/script&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/body&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/html&amp;gt;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Paradoxically the issue occured on I.E. 11 on Windows 7 (no ad blocker installed) that I have to use here. I don't mind SE to make some earnings from ads but they probably should not behave in such a way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3940" LastEditorUserId="3940" LastEditDate="2017-06-01T06:44:06.510" LastActivityDate="2017-06-02T15:24:48.557" Title="Microsoft ad blocks all links other than on the ad" Tags="|bug|advertising|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17015" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17013" CreationDate="2017-05-31T21:55:45.937" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;My own two cents is that support should &lt;em&gt;never&lt;/em&gt; be pushed off-site by &lt;em&gt;anyone&lt;/em&gt;, no matter if they're an official representative or a Canonical employee.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Part of the function of Ask Ubuntu is to build a repository of knowledge for the future, as opposed to the solve-each-problem-as-it-comes-up method of working with a support desk. If the site permits users to move support off-site, the site could end up losing valuable content that may or may not be relevant to solve an issue. We can't assume that the OP or the answerer will go back and edit their respective post, so it's better to keep it on-site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Imagine that the support call led to a discovery of some other problem that wasn't solved by the command in the answer. It would be valuable to document &lt;em&gt;what&lt;/em&gt; the problem was, and how it was resolved so future people can find it in a search. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This compounds in cases of company-backed support, like System76. What if a user with a Dell laptop has the problem? They can't be expected to call System76's support number, and System76 is definitely not expected to offer support just because a computer is Ubuntu. We then have a problem where nobody except System76 users are getting the answer. Furthermore, System76 now has to take up the excess workload of answering the same question &lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; times. While I can't speak for them particularly, I can't imagine they'd be too happy about that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Answers like this should be treated the same as any link-only answer. We can't guarantee the link/phone number/whatever will work for everyone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, as mentioned by @David in the comments, the answer might be an otherwise complete/valid answer with the phone number/support link added in at the end within the context of &quot;if this doesn't work or you need help with this, contact us.&quot; In this case, the support link isn't adding anything useful to the site. Instructions should be presented clearly on-site (assuming general competence -- e.g. people know how to open a terminal and use &lt;code&gt;sudo&lt;/code&gt;). Similarly, we run into the same issues as additional steps required may be discovered, or we're otherwise losing valuable information because it didn't seem relevant at the time the answer was written.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This doesn't even begin to touch of the issues of people claiming to be System76 or Canonical support. Without a good way to verify these users' claims, we're stuck with the issue of any phone number or external link potentially resulting in a scam or other dangerous advice being given.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastEditorUserId="208574" LastEditDate="2017-06-01T18:18:58.360" LastActivityDate="2017-06-01T18:18:58.360" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17016" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-06-01T14:17:52.683" Score="7" ViewCount="193" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've had a really long &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/16805/image-link-cleanup-for-https&quot;&gt;https image cleanup&lt;/a&gt; hangover, but today I am finally closing &lt;a href=&quot;https://etherpad.net/p/au-img-cleanup&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this tab&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, there were two things that nobody managed to fix - highly upvoted answers with missing images that were essential to understanding:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I &lt;em&gt;think&lt;/em&gt; this one is OK now. &lt;strong&gt;Many thanks to muru &amp;amp; terdon&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;del&gt;I spent quite a while trying to reproduce what &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/88391/whats-an-uppercase-t-at-the-end-of-unix-permissions/88428#88428&quot;&gt;this answer&lt;/a&gt; must have shown, but I can't find any view in Caja (MATE's file browser) that shows the sticky bit (although the permissions tab in the properties does show the executable bit), and Nautilus users I asked were also unable to find it. Is there any way to show the difference between a directory with and a directory without an x bit that also shows that they both have the sticky bit in Nautilus? (Hmm. That's not a meta question is it?!) Or have I totally misunderstood?&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Fixed by Takkat&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;del&gt; Since my sound card is finally detected (thanks to awesome hackers) I was able to have a go at reproducing the images for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/81894/desktop-install-with-audigy-soundcard-no-sound-errors-in-syslog/82181#82181&quot;&gt;this answer&lt;/a&gt;, but I only have three screens in my alsamixer, and it seems to be about changing something in the &lt;em&gt;fifth&lt;/em&gt; one, so I'm stumped.&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To be honest I'd probably have voted to delete these answers after leaving comments asking for the post authors to fix them and seeing that they had been ignored (the authors are both active users it seems, but ignored multiple comments asking them to repair the images), if they were not highly upvoted posts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can we fix them? What should I be doing in these cases?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2017-06-02T17:44:08.977" LastActivityDate="2017-06-02T17:44:08.977" Title="Can we fix these posts with missing images essential to the answer?" Tags="|discussion|answers|image|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17017" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17007" CreationDate="2017-06-02T00:22:02.473" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Answers that are harmful should be downvoted, and commented on to mention what's wrong. If the original author of the answer is still around, it should draw their attention and they should fix the post. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Flagging for moderator can be done, although I'd recommend using moderator flags for serious cases. A case where an answer can be salvaged if author edits it, should be handled by community.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;wjandrea's suggestion is good as well - asking new question may draw attention of senior users and help you fix the problem, but that's mostly a workaround. If you didn't try what is suggested in the answer, but know it's harmful, asking question on the main site might not be welcome (and makes no sense ) - it's not an issue related to Ubuntu directly but more related to the Ask Ubuntu site itself, hence you could ask a question here on Meta site to draw attention.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Users with sufficient privileges to flag (15 reputation points), comment everywhere (50 reputation points) and vote down (125 reputation points) should use those ways instead. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="295286" LastActivityDate="2017-06-02T00:22:02.473" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17018" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17002" CreationDate="2017-06-02T02:34:40.543" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;There was an incident in AU a few months ago with a poster frequently asking for upvotes. It was decided repeatedly doing so was inappropriate but the occasional time to instruct new users was ok. IIRC Kaz brought this issue up initially.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Assuming what's good for the goose is good for the gander the same rules would apply to this question. ie If a user for the first time asks not to downvote, ok just inform them of free speech and voting in democracy. If it becomes a bad habit then just gang up and downvote the living daylights out of him and let it be known the plea to not downvote was the reason.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is no doubt a tendency to gang up here, but gentlemen of war should always fire a warning shot across the bow. Oh yeah, if you want to downvote this answer happy hunting :p&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="307523" LastActivityDate="2017-06-02T02:34:40.543" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17019" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17014" CreationDate="2017-06-02T15:24:48.557" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The client in question made it very clear they take issues like this very seriously. Our contact attempted to reproduce this issue in multiple environments and checked reporting to confirm delivery looked normal as well. In addition, they also checked impressions/loads of this creative in their DSP and failed to find any issues.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This appears to be user-specific and cannot be QA'd any further on our end. That said, if this continues to affect your ability to use the site, please let us know and provide any additional details you can.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="255163" LastActivityDate="2017-06-02T15:24:48.557" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17020" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-06-02T17:19:49.457" Score="2" ViewCount="92" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am not receiving notifications for people commenting or responding to my questions. Under &lt;strong&gt;Edit Profile and Settings &gt; Preferences &gt; Q&amp;amp;A Emails&lt;/strong&gt; I have checked the box &quot;Email me my unread inbox messages&quot; and of course the email address is correct...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have seen similar questions but either they were not answered or the answers show a different interface than I see in my profile (or I simply failed to find the right answer). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any idea on what I'm doing wrong?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="692495" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2017-06-09T20:36:05.240" LastActivityDate="2017-06-13T20:36:37.053" Title="Not receiving notifications" Tags="|support|notifications|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17021" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17026" CreationDate="2017-06-03T12:31:43.420" Score="0" ViewCount="116" Body="&lt;p&gt;My first meta post. &#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/749091/why-is-authentication-is-required-to/893002#893002&quot;&gt;This question&lt;/a&gt; got me a downvote - but I have never seen the question before, and hadn't posted a comment or answer to it!!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It happened on March 19.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How does my rep get dropped by some random question I haven't even seen, let alone interacted with?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EDIT: Screenshot Attached. Notice now, though, that since asking this question in meta, the post in question has suddenly been removed and my rep gets a +1 yesterday. Hmmmm...    &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/A6WiZ.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/A6WiZ.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Screenshot of Downvote&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="499516" LastEditorUserId="499516" LastEditDate="2017-06-05T05:27:23.910" LastActivityDate="2017-06-05T06:59:39.910" Title="How did I get downvoted, on a question I didn't comment on or answer?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17024" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16065" CreationDate="2017-06-04T07:16:10.377" Score="8" Body="&lt;h3&gt;I don't think either of those tags are useful.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We want tags to be used consistently to define the subject of questions, IMHO. The usage guidance for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/record&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;record&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;record&lt;/a&gt;  currently says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions about software for recording audio and video with Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of the 98 questions with this tag, only &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/428361/why-doesnt-ssh-record-failed-access-in-var-log-btmp&quot;&gt;this one&lt;/a&gt; is &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; about recording audio, video or the desktop, or some user action. So I think there is no use for a tag &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/record&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;record&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;record&lt;/a&gt; with a generic meaning or technical meaning as in a database record (disagreeing with &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/16113/527764&quot;&gt;Lorenzo's answer&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All of the questions in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/recording&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;recording&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;recording&lt;/a&gt; seem to be, once again, about recording audio, video, or the desktop.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't think these three topics are the same. We already have a tag &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/audio-recording&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;audio-recording&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;audio-recording&lt;/a&gt; which is a subset of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/recording&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;recording&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;recording&lt;/a&gt;. Desktop recording seems to me to be a totally distinct topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We have two separate tags being used for exactly the same purpose, failing to distinguish between three topics.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;My proposal is that we create two new tags, leaving these:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/audio-recording&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;audio-recording&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;audio-recording&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/video-recording&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;video-recording&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;video-recording&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/desktop-recording&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;desktop-recording&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;desktop-recording&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And re-tag all of the posts (124 in total) appropriately (yes I am very willing to do this myself) to remove both &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/record&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;record&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;record&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/recording&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;recording&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;recording&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2017-06-05T15:42:18.073" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17025" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-06-05T03:55:58.557" Score="21" ViewCount="445" Body="&lt;p&gt;I do not wish to sound ungrateful as I am aware that without this AU I would be pretty much lost. However, sometimes the only answer has been &quot;give up and reinstall&quot; which might solve the problem but would not help me understand why the problem happened.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I understand that reinstalling would fix all sorts of things. I understand that I manage to find some pretty weird ways to break my system. However what I really want to know is what the true problem is. I want to fix it myself for two reasons.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I want to learn.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;This isn't Windows.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know it's broken, I figured that out; what I want to learn is what is broken and why (and what I did wrong so I can know better next time).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can't help but feel that answers such as &quot;reinstall and don't worry about it&quot; do not fit with the goal of compiling a solid resource of domain specific knowledge. I appreciate that reinstalling can be a reasonable cure-all and alternative solution if someone is in a hurry but I'd like to know how to seek more specific answers. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I worry that either I am asking less than optimal questions or I just have a knack for breaking the most obscure possible parts of my system. If my question is very obscure and no one really knows, I am fine with being told that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've put off saying anything because I am aware that the experts who are able to answer my questions know a lot more than I do and, frankly, I don't want to sound ungrateful. There is always a chance that my communication is less than ideal and that is no-one's fault but mine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the best way to ask questions such that I can clearly indicate that I have no intention of giving up and reinstalling but really want to understand the problem (and &lt;em&gt;then&lt;/em&gt; fix it)? And, if I do get such an answer in the future, what would be the best and most friendly way to say &quot;thanks, but that's not what I was asking&quot;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="145472" LastActivityDate="2017-06-07T21:06:59.597" Title="How do I deal with the plurality of &quot;reinstall OS&quot; answers?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="15" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17026" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17021" CreationDate="2017-06-05T06:59:39.910" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;When you downvote somebody else's &lt;em&gt;answer&lt;/em&gt;, they lose 2 rep and &lt;strong&gt;you lose 1 rep&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/7238/270345&quot;&gt;From the FAQ&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;You lose reputation when:&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;one of your questions or answers is voted &lt;em&gt;down/not useful:&lt;/em&gt; &lt;strong&gt;−2&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;a post where you had successfully &lt;em&gt;suggested an edit&lt;/em&gt; has been &lt;em&gt;deleted&lt;/em&gt; (reputation page shows the cause as &lt;em&gt;removed&lt;/em&gt;): &lt;strong&gt;−2&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the account of &lt;em&gt;a user who was the final approver of a suggested edit you made&lt;/em&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/a/311413&quot;&gt;has been&#xA;deleted&lt;/a&gt; (reputation page&#xA;shows the cause as &lt;em&gt;User was removed&lt;/em&gt;): &lt;strong&gt;−2&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you vote an answer &lt;em&gt;down/not useful:&lt;/em&gt; &lt;strong&gt;−1&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;...&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is done to balance prevention of malicious downvoting on (possibly competing) answers vs encouragement of downvoting useless/harmful posts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As the screenshot shows, you have downvoted an answer there, so you certainly have interacted with that post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Reputation gains or losses are usually reversed when the post is deleted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your downvoting activity is not visible to others (even moderators) to protect you from revenge.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2017-06-05T06:59:39.910" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17027" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17025" CreationDate="2017-06-05T08:06:05.070" Score="18" Body="&lt;h2&gt;1 How to deal with this kind of answer&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I usually see “reinstall and forget about it” in two types of situation:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;From &lt;em&gt;inexperienced&lt;/em&gt; users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Like you said they're rarely helpful. &lt;em&gt;Of course&lt;/em&gt; anyone can reset the entire system and pray the issue vanishes. Feel free to down-vote these into oblivion or even flag them as unsalvageably “low quality”.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the question asks for an explanation (on top or instead of a solution) or if the underlying issue is likely or even guaranteed to reoccur after a successful reinstallation you may also want to add a comment or even flag the post as “not an answer”.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;From &lt;em&gt;experienced&lt;/em&gt; users when a fix would likely be more complicated than a reinstallation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These often contain at at least a short rationale &lt;em&gt;why&lt;/em&gt; a fix would be unreasonably complex and/or time-consuming. I generally like to keep those because making good decisions about economy of time is an important part of technology and engineering.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course you can ask for a more detailed explanation of the underlying issue explicitly if you want to rule out this type of answers.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;2 How to ask questions that discourage this kind of answer&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In general state clearly that you're not or &lt;em&gt;not only&lt;/em&gt; looking for a solution but an &lt;em&gt;explanation&lt;/em&gt;. This will render any reply that provides little more than a suggestion to reinstall “not an answer” (which you should flag as such, see above).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you're looking for specific recommendations, can you please provide examples of questions that attracted such answers and where you would have liked to see more explanation? Maybe we can point out a thing or two that could be improved about the question(s).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="175814" LastEditorUserId="175814" LastEditDate="2017-06-07T21:06:59.597" LastActivityDate="2017-06-07T21:06:59.597" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17028" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17007" CreationDate="2017-06-06T01:41:50.990" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;As you mentioned in the comments that this wasn't in fact a bad answer, just one that had unintended consequences, the correct thing to do would be to kill two birds with one stone:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Suggest an edit.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just modify the original to add a warning.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When the edit is approved (as it almost certainly will be), you also get a couple of reputation points for your trouble.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(This assumes of course that you can write intelligibly and with good grammar and spelling.  But the way your question is written already demonstrates that.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="457111" LastActivityDate="2017-06-06T01:41:50.990" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17029" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17025" CreationDate="2017-06-06T11:09:44.130" Score="8" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;I want to learn.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Great !  That's the right attitude.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;This isn't Windows.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's not quite the right attitude. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I know it's broken, I figured that out; what I want to learn is what is broken and why (and what I did wrong so I can know better next time).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I can't help but feel that answers such as &quot;reinstall and don't worry about it&quot; do not fit with the goal of compiling a solid resource of domain specific knowledge.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Exactly, they don't. And that's exactly the point. While there's people that consider Ask Ubuntu a documentation site sort of like &quot;wiki&quot; (and over time I sort of submitted to this idea myself), but people often forget that on the other side of the screen there's a real person with a broken computer, and they need help. And sometimes the long route of &quot;fixing&quot; everything is just too troublesome.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Such answers are usually given as quick and dirty fix, or in cases where OP has messed up too much&lt;/em&gt;...so much that if this was their job they'd loose it in no time. So, instead of me giving you a lengthy lecture, here - that's a solution that will give you a working computer, and get you up and running. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I appreciate that reinstalling can be a reasonable cure-all and alternative solution if someone is in a hurry but I'd like to know how to seek more specific answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's no special way. Just ask. Put in bold: &lt;strong&gt;People, I want to know why this happened and how to fix it&lt;/strong&gt;. You know what is great about kids ? They ask &quot;why ?&quot; all the time. So be a kid, beat the answerer with &quot;but why?&quot; question over and over till they give it to you or confess that they've no idea. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And again, reinstalling isn't a cure all. It usually goes back to my previous point that it's all about getting the &quot;customer&quot; a working computer. So you need to tell people that you also want to learn. What you ask usually matches the answers you get.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I worry that either I am asking less than optimal questions or I just have a knack for breaking the most obscure possible parts of my system. If my question is very obscure and no one really knows, I am fine with being told that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Breaking is part of learning. That's how I've learned the ropes around Ubuntu. Ask anybody in Ask Ubuntu General chat. And seeking help with breaking things is also part of that, which is why your questions are welcome on the site, but again - you also need to learn how to ask.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I've put off saying anything because I am aware that the experts who are able to answer my questions know a lot more than I do and, frankly, I don't want to sound ungrateful. There is always a chance that my communication is less than ideal and that is no-one's fault but mine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What is the best way to ask questions such that I can clearly indicate that I have no intention of giving up and reinstalling but really want to understand the problem (and then fix it)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Again, there's no best way. Just say so. Put it in bold. You'll get answers that give you the long lecture on how to fix it by hand, or you'll get an explanation of &quot;Sorry, it's unfixable&quot; or &quot;Sorry, it will take ages to fix it by hand&quot;.  Remember to beat the answerers on the head with &quot;why?&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;And, if I do get such an answer in the future, what would be the best and most friendly way to say &quot;thanks, but that's not what I was asking&quot;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's already friendly. Leave a comment that their answer isn't useful. That's what I usually do. Communicate with people. Downvote if you want to express that the answer isn't useful whatsoever. If you have a line in your question that asks about learning and avoiding reinstalling, point them to it and say &quot;Hey,buddy, I think you missed this part of what I asked.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="295286" LastActivityDate="2017-06-06T11:09:44.130" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17030" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-06-07T00:16:43.530" Score="9" ViewCount="188" Body="&lt;p&gt;Basically, should I up vote if I think it is a good question/answer in the Late Answers and First Posts review queues?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="420786" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2017-07-01T04:06:31.483" LastActivityDate="2017-07-01T04:06:31.483" Title="Upvoting during review" Tags="|discussion|review|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17031" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17030" CreationDate="2017-06-07T02:20:19.900" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you would have upvoted otherwise, yes. Voting, up or down, is one of the actions that are sufficient to complete your review of that post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2017-06-07T02:20:19.900" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17032" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17030" CreationDate="2017-06-07T04:23:25.910" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just want to go further than &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/17031/527764&quot;&gt;muru's answer&lt;/a&gt; and say, if you think it is an upvotable post, or you can edit it to be one yourself, then &lt;em&gt;please do upvote it&lt;/em&gt; . I feel that I see far too many &lt;strong&gt;No Action Needed&lt;/strong&gt; reviews on posts, answers particularly, that deserve an upvote (or a downvote, or indeed a flag, or that obviously need editing). It's very rare I click the &lt;kbd&gt;No Action Needed&lt;/kbd&gt; button - almost always you can do something with the post IMHO. If it's a good answer (I know it's hard to verify) to an unanswered question then please don't let it get past you without an upvote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2017-06-07T04:23:25.910" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17033" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-06-07T14:13:00.583" Score="-2" ViewCount="140" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm writing this because I'm really astonished by these tight rules. I have an account on Stack Exchange and on Super User, that is common to the Stack Overflow platform. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I really don't understand WHY a person cannot take part in the community and have the chance to upvote and comment on other questions before making questions that people consider interesting or smart.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In registration phase there are already means for avoiding computers autoregister and spam, so I don't understand the point.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think these platforms should promote cooperation and crowdsourcing, giving the opportunity also for a person that is a newbie to say &quot;gosh, that answer saved me from tons of headaches, everybody should see how important it is!&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I hope I won't be blamed for this OT, but I think this behaviour is far from the concept of forum and community (and I have to begin to earn reputation, in case things won't change).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks for reading this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="694942" OwnerDisplayName="Kernel" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2017-06-07T15:25:12.743" LastActivityDate="2017-06-07T15:25:12.743" Title="Why am I supposed to have a lot of reputation be part of this forum?" Tags="|discussion|community|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17034" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17033" CreationDate="2017-06-07T15:00:08.977" Score="8" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I think these platforms should promote cooperation and crowdsourcing, giving the opportunity also for a person that is a newbie to say &quot;gosh, that answer saved me from tons of headaches, everybody should see how much is important!&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sure, but part of the design of the system is also earning rewards for participating, seeing future perks and wanting to contribute more. Gamification is the term.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At the lowest end, it blocks fleets and fleets of sockpuppet accounts. &quot;Oh I want to be able to edit, I'll just sign up again and upvote my existing answers&quot;, and stops spammers inserting their junk into the system unchecked.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And your basis for this (nobody will contribute if they can't do stuff) isn't true either. People come here because they need help. They stay because they can help others. Reputation, voting and commenting is gravy. Every day we have new users joining up and getting stuck in.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do understand your concern —and I've probably argued for some of the things you are in the past— but the way the site is set up for new users was a balance that I don't see changing any time soon.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2017-06-07T15:00:08.977" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17035" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-06-07T15:22:33.223" Score="7" ViewCount="291" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This does not really answer the question. If you have a different question, you can ask it by clicking Ask Question. You can also add a bounty to draw more attention to this question once you have enough reputation. - From Review&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;vs&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This does not answer the question. If you have a different question, you can ask it by clicking Ask Question. You can also add a bounty to draw more attention to this question once you have enough reputation. - From Review&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's not a massive change, but it does change the meaning. The word &quot;really&quot; implies (to me) that it &quot;kinda does answer the question, but not well enough for us&quot;. If it's a sort of answer, it's not supposed to be deleted; if it's not an answer don't suggest it sort of is.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For clarification, it feels like your commenting on answers that are No 2 or No 4, saying that they're No 5 but deleting them (correctly).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Worse, I worry that because this comment applies to 5, it will start to be used on 5, and then 5 will be (incorrectly) deleted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/225370/your-answer-is-in-another-castle-when-is-an-answer-not-an-answer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/vAUaw.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="186134" LastEditorUserId="186134" LastEditDate="2017-06-07T15:29:01.587" LastActivityDate="2017-06-09T05:58:04.333" Title="Remove the &quot;really&quot; from the review comment" Tags="|discussion|review|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17036" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17035" CreationDate="2017-06-07T15:30:53.483" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just to play devil's advocate, there are answers that don't directly answer a stated question but that are still perfectly useful and even acceptable answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Q:&lt;/strong&gt; How do I overclock my CPU to 17GHz?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;strong&gt;A:&lt;/strong&gt; You can get to about 5GHz if you do ....&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not a great example, but do you see what I mean? It hasn't answered the question, but it's done a good attempt at getting there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Very often people ask over-specified things not knowing that it's either impossible or undesirable, or just worthy of a more generic answer. In those cases, a flag like that might be used to shut down an otherwise good answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While writing the closing to this answer, it occurred to me that we might interpret the message in different ways. Your question might be suggesting the direct opposite of what I've said above.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I read the versions out, I actually put a &lt;em&gt;very&lt;/em&gt; different intonation on the words.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;When I say &quot;This does not really answer the question&quot;, the really elongates, like a vocal shrug. When I say it, I &lt;em&gt;mean&lt;/em&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I've given you the benefit of the doubt but I don't think this works here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;When I say &quot;This does not answer&quot; or &quot;This really does not answer&quot; I am being absolute. The &quot;really&quot; in the second is curt and decisive. In both versions, the meaning is much more confrontational:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Hop it buster. You've posted this in the wrong place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There a difference between the two I hadn't really considered before writing this, but now I have, I don't think it hurts to soften the language. Being told you've done something wrong is bad enough. There's little harm in at least looking like you're willing to accept you could be wrong.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2017-06-07T15:40:59.607" LastActivityDate="2017-06-07T15:40:59.607" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17037" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6190" CreationDate="2017-06-08T09:00:35.170" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;A question about &quot;how to install&quot; a custom kernel is on topic. But the question regarding issues with these unsupported kernels are off-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some programs or drivers may be incompatible with brand new kernels. These type of questions give no value, because in most cases when a specific kernel is officially supported by some new Ubuntu release, most of the issues will be resolved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is the same as support of unreleased Ubuntu versions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Otherwise there will be a lot of questions about issues with each and every new kernel. It can be asked at Unix &amp;amp; Linux.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="167850" LastActivityDate="2017-06-08T09:00:35.170" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17038" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17035" CreationDate="2017-06-08T10:05:29.250" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I decided to write an answer in the hope of clarifying the question a bit. To be honest, this isn't an answer, just a really long comment. Irony I guess!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here are our canned comment options, with the &amp;quot;really&amp;quot; comment highlighted&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/OzyoC.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/OzyoC.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I first began reviewing the Low Quality Posts queue, I found the &amp;quot;really&amp;quot; in that particular comment to be &lt;em&gt;illogical&lt;/em&gt; and confusing to the reader, since most of the posts I was seeing that fit the description of &amp;quot;I'm having this problem too&amp;quot; were not sort-of answers, they were just not answers - the writer had no &lt;em&gt;intention&lt;/em&gt; of answering the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After a while, I started ignoring the canned comments 90% of the time and just writing my own comment if one seemed necessary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This question and the response to it led me to think again about the canned comments and the &amp;quot;really&amp;quot; that I'd always felt was unhelpful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am absolutely 100% in favour of using friendly language and softening the blow when criticising someone's action, and the comments here and &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/17036/527764&quot;&gt;Oli's answer&lt;/a&gt; draw attention to that possible function of the &amp;quot;really&amp;quot; in question in a way that made me doubt my first thought about it. One of reasons I started avoiding the canned comments is that I felt their tone was too harsh, or they didn't explain the problem clearly... or perhaps it was just me, a problem of perception on my end - the fact of using a canned comment maybe seemed unfeeling and unfriendly...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I considered more carefully the posts that fit the description &amp;quot;I'm having this problem too&amp;quot;. Here are a few where I feel somewhat that the &amp;quot;really&amp;quot; is illogical:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/i1AfD.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/i1AfD.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/HSuZd.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/HSuZd.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/CPkMO.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/CPkMO.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;OTOH, here's one I found in the queue today where the comment seemed to fit and IIRC I actually added it myself:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/DmiyD.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/DmiyD.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I softened my stance on the &amp;quot;really&amp;quot; after thinking about the plurality of NAAs we get that are like that last one. Sometimes, there is an intention to reply, adding information, and there is a case for saying this sort-of-but-not-really answers the question, so the comment fits. It just doesn't fit them all IMHO.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;None of the other comments have a &amp;quot;really&amp;quot; softening their tone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/OeG98.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/OeG98.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's strange to me still.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;TL;DR&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;(And it really was TL)&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since &amp;quot;really&amp;quot; is sometimes illogical, I feel it would be better to have something like &amp;quot;this doesn't seem to answer the question&amp;quot;, which contains an admission that the commenter might be in the wrong, without creating confusion by suggesting that something that is not even intended to be an answer is sort-of an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd noticed that &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/671840/bhargav-rao&quot;&gt;Bhargav Rao&lt;/a&gt; who is a mod on Stack Overflow and is involved in developing a bot to catch NAAs, was leaving much better comments that the canned ones. He told me they come from &lt;a href=&quot;https://gist.github.com/Shog9/df07b6dc95a66ced489c495c15da7dd1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; and showed me the bot's &lt;a href=&quot;https://sobotics.org/#natty-autocomments&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;full list of comments&lt;/a&gt;. For this type of answer, the comment is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please don't add &lt;em&gt;Me too!&lt;/em&gt; as answers. It doesn't actually provide an answer to the question and can be perceived as noise by its future visitors. If you have a different but related question then &lt;a href=&quot;http://$SITEURL$/questions/ask&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;ask&lt;/a&gt; it (reference this one if it will help provide context). If you're interested in this specific question, you can &lt;a href=&quot;http://$SITEURL$/help/privileges/vote-up&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;upvote&lt;/a&gt; it or leave a &lt;a href=&quot;http://$SITEURL$/help/privileges/comment&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;comment&lt;/a&gt; once you have enough &lt;a href=&quot;http://$SITEURL$/help/whats-reputation&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;reputation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think this is much clearer and more helpful than the canned comment and I will be using it from now on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2017-06-09T05:58:04.333" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17040" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17020" CreationDate="2017-06-12T16:29:11.940" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am now receiving notifications. I realized that I had created an account on Ask Ubuntu without creating one for Stack Exchange itself. It seems that, after creating a Stack Exchange account, I was able to get notifications. As dumb as it is that I didn't do it before, I hope this helps others.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="692495" LastEditorUserId="692495" LastEditDate="2017-06-13T20:36:37.053" LastActivityDate="2017-06-13T20:36:37.053" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17043" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-06-13T13:50:41.473" Score="-1" ViewCount="146" Body="&lt;p&gt;This question was asking &lt;em&gt;why&lt;/em&gt; we currently close as &quot;unclear what you are asking&quot; when a question doesn't give enough information:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/11912/lots-of-unclear-what-youre-asking-close-votes&quot;&gt;Lots of &amp;quot;unclear what you&amp;#39;re asking&amp;quot; close votes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The answers there clearly explain &lt;em&gt;why&lt;/em&gt;, i.e. &lt;strong&gt;we want questions to be answerable.&lt;/strong&gt; So far, so good.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I feel like there should be a better option for this. Sometimes indeed a question is clear and understandable, but the OP didn't provide enough information. Even worse, sometimes OP doesn't respond even after someone asks for the output of a command or something.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think there should be an option that specifically explains the closure is due to the OP not providing enough information like log entries, software version, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ideally there should be something that we could use to VTC immediately when a question lacks sufficient information, but is still written in clear English. Currently, I am a bit reluctant to VTC immediately as &quot;unclear&quot; if OP doesn't provide information because I feel like I should mention it first, before using a closing reason that is about clarity rather than completeness.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know other communities follow a different approach. For instance, on ServerFault a question of mine got closed as &quot;unclear&quot; basically each time I edited it, until some mod was happy that I added enough log files. But IMHO this &quot;insta-closing&quot; approach cannot work here until we write a better wording for &quot;your question is incomplete, please edit it as you were asked to do in the comments&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;Unclear what you are asking&quot; is better for the &quot;What do you want to accomplish? Your goal is not comprehensible&quot; kind of questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the community consensus on this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="271" LastActivityDate="2017-06-18T18:09:03.677" Title="Vote to close as &quot;not enough information provided&quot;?" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="15" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17044" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17043" CreationDate="2017-06-14T04:59:32.197" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I guess my objection to your proposal is that I see no &lt;em&gt;functional&lt;/em&gt; difference in terms of site management, as well as plenty of grey area, between the two kinds of unclear you describe.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;An unclear question is one that requires further input from OP to become answerable&lt;/strong&gt;. It doesn't seem to me to make any difference whether it's unclear because it's poorly written, or because it fails to include necessary information - the effect is the same. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The problem I do see is that when we need the OP to fix their question, we should comment to at least give them a hint on &lt;em&gt;how&lt;/em&gt; to make their question clear, if we can, and that does not happen often enough imho. I'm guilty of voting to close as unclear without commenting myself, especially when I'm unsure of how to get the required information, but there are probably salvageable questions lost that way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2017-06-14T06:05:21.207" LastActivityDate="2017-06-14T06:05:21.207" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17045" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-06-15T06:34:12.890" Score="0" ViewCount="33" Body="&lt;p&gt;Where is the line drawn (is there one) when someone asks a question &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/925598/606758&quot;&gt;like this&lt;/a&gt;, hoping to elicit a response that would enable him/her to circumvent security policies put in place by the businesses that employ him/her?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While I could answer this person's question, I don't really feel comfortable doing so as it could enable the individual to compromise the security of the networks and systems in operation at his/her place of business.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are their any guidelines surrounding issues like this? Should there be?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="606758" LastActivityDate="2017-06-15T06:34:12.890" Title="Questions regarding circumvention of company security policy" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2017-06-15T08:26:48.357" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17046" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17047" CreationDate="2017-06-15T08:22:46.210" Score="10" ViewCount="187" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the &lt;code&gt;Suggested Edits&lt;/code&gt; stats there is a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tools/suggested-edits?tab=controversial&amp;amp;filter=Day&quot;&gt;&quot;controversial&quot; edits section&lt;/a&gt;. But after looking at these edits I'm not so sure what is so &quot;controversial&quot; about them and why the system identifies them as such.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So what is the reason?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2017-06-15T08:32:13.207" LastActivityDate="2017-06-15T08:35:50.793" Title="What counts as a &quot;controversial&quot; edit?" Tags="|discussion|support|suggested-edits|10k-tools|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17047" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17046" CreationDate="2017-06-15T08:35:50.793" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;All of the edits in that list were approved by some users but rejected by others. It looks like what makes them controversial is that at least one user disagreed with the decision taken by others. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can see this by clicking on the &quot;approved&quot; link which takes you to the page of the edit suggestion. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2017-06-15T08:35:50.793" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17048" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-06-15T10:32:18.157" Score="1" ViewCount="77" Body="&lt;p&gt;Why are bounties time bound? Clearly the site doesn't get enough traffic to ensure that in 7 days the appropriate users (who specialize in the domain of the question) would have stopped by Ask Ubuntu and stumbled upon the featured section.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/923519/qtwebkit-on-ubuntu-17-04&quot;&gt;how can I promote my question&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;? I've put a 300 point bounty on it and it's been 4 days and only one person has even SEEN it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm going to walk away from this thinking bounties are a glorified waste of points.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I suggest a new feature that bounties not expire. I don't see the harm. You lost the points anyways, and if someone ever comes along and answers, even past the seven days mark, they get a good reward in return, so everyone's happy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="307184" LastEditorUserId="344926" LastEditDate="2017-06-15T11:23:41.183" LastActivityDate="2017-06-15T11:23:41.183" Title="Should bounties expire? How can I promote my bountied question even more?" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|unanswered-questions|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17049" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17050" CreationDate="2017-06-15T12:41:33.557" Score="16" ViewCount="392" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I realise that it's perfectly on topic to ask how to install a non-Ubuntu kernel, but what about problems that are specific to non-Ubuntu kernels? Are they and should they be on topic?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If not, why not? And if so, given that the kernel is so integral to the OS, and considering how answerable such questions will be, why?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As an example, consider my own case:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I run Ubuntu MATE 17.04. If I use the Ubuntu kernel on my machine, hibernation works if I unload the brcmfmac driver first, but sound doesn't work at all (my sound card is not detected), closing the lid causes the system to die horribly, the touchpad module has to be reloaded after suspend, and I have to use the &lt;code&gt;intel_idle.max_cstate=1&lt;/code&gt; boot parameter to stop the system from freezing randomly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I'm using a version of 4.12-rc2 compiled by some guy* on Ubuntu forums. It fixes all other problems, but hibernation doesn't work. Partly this is because three drivers cause the system to fail the platform test, but I cannot unload them, because that guy made those drivers built-in to avoid a problem with LUKS (which I don't use).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, if I want to ask a question about getting hibernation to work with this kernel, is it on topic here? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;*&lt;sub&gt;a really awesome guy who I'm very grateful to, obviously&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2017-06-15T13:22:28.487" LastActivityDate="2017-08-24T10:08:19.280" Title="Can I ask about a problem with a non-Ubuntu kernel here?" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17050" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17049" CreationDate="2017-06-15T14:02:00.997" Score="16" Body="&lt;p&gt;I see no reason why not. Ubuntu is an operating system, it is not a kernel. That's precisely the distinction that people like RMS make when they insist on calling the OS GNU/Linux and not Linux. Linux is a kernel, not an OS and Ubuntu is an OS, not a kernel. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The kernel is just one of many bits and pieces that make up an operating system. It is arguably the most important of these, but nevertheless, it is still just one of them. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, if you are using a modified kernel &lt;em&gt;on an Ubuntu system&lt;/em&gt; and want help fiddling with it, I don't see how it is any different than if you were using a Desktop Environment with no Ubuntu flavor associated with it. Say you install Cinnamon on Ubuntu, that doesn't change the fact that you're using Ubuntu. You can still ask for help setting it up or tweaking it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Tweaking kernels is relatively common, after all and one of the benefits of using Linux for power users is precisely this ability to configure the system to fit your needs. This includes configuring a kernel. I don't think anyone would argue that recompiling the kernel to enable an option is off topic here, so why would using a kernel someone else has recompiled be any different?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, consider the implications. If we say that questions about making non-Ubuntu kernels work on Ubuntu are off topic, that would suggest that using an Ubuntu kernel on a non-Ubuntu distribution would make it &lt;em&gt;on&lt;/em&gt; topic. So I could install Ubuntu's kernel on my Arch machine and then ask questions about it here. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The way I see it, the worst that can happen is that nobody here will be able to help you but I see absolutely no basis to make such issues off topic. What next, should we also make questions asking about lilo off topic because Ubuntu ships with grub by default?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2017-08-24T10:08:19.280" LastActivityDate="2017-08-24T10:08:19.280" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17051" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17049" CreationDate="2017-06-15T21:47:46.807" Score="5" Body="&lt;h3&gt;Let's look around&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's a peculiar quote from &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ubuntu.com/core&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Canonical's site&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Lower costs&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Ubuntu Core is free. It can be distributed at no cost, with a &lt;strong&gt;custom&#xA;  kernel&lt;/strong&gt;, BSP and suite of apps to suit your device.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's another one, that's disclamer from &lt;a href=&quot;https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Kernel/Compile&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ubuntu wiki&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Building and using a custom kernel will make it very difficult to get&#xA;  support for your system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;While it is a learning experience to compile your own kernel, you will&#xA;  not be allowed to file bugs on the custom-built kernel (if you do,&#xA;  they will be Rejected without further explanation).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Did you notice anything peculiar ? &lt;em&gt;At no point do these quotes state that result of using custom kernel, your OS will be considered not-Ubuntu.&lt;/em&gt; It might void your warranty, but it's still Ubuntu, hence it's on-topic. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;What Ask Ubuntu help center says?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Questions that you may ask:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Using and administering official Ubuntu flavors including: &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Running third-party applications on Ubuntu.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Development on Ubuntu. Services provided by Ubuntu and Canonical. Any&#xA;  questions not mentioned below or here are great&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Services provided by Ubuntu and Canonical.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Use and administration of an Ubuntu system occasionally involves dealing with the kernel (shocker, I know). It is important for businesses and developers to sometimes have custom compiled kernel for better performance or security. This is a tweak, not distro alteration as far as I see it, same as if a user were to tweak their desktop.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What if  we have a user who is data scientist, who has custom-compiled version of Python for performance ? That's still Python, it's just optimized for user's needs. And we still recognize such questions as on-topic, even though Python is very much integral to an Ubuntu system. Use of custom compiled version of desktop, or scripting language, or &lt;code&gt;bash&lt;/code&gt; shell ( or any other shell for that matter ) doesn't alter the distro, and generally is accepted. I see no reason to ostracize questions with custom kernels.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Development on Ubuntu also involves kernels (another shocker). Our community also has kernel and drivers developers.  And in the process of development they alter the kernel thus making it custom, but their sum total of all tools still adds up to the OS being Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's also a far fetched but reasonable question to ask: Ubuntu has Livepatch service (which would fall under &quot;Services provided by Ubuntu and Canonical&quot;), but doesn't a user alter the kernel thus making it custom when they patch it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The point is that having a tuned kernel and having issue with it doesn't constitute question being off-topic. An OS is sum total of all tools, even if one of them breaks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="295286" LastEditorUserId="295286" LastEditDate="2017-06-15T21:54:11.147" LastActivityDate="2017-06-15T21:54:11.147" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17052" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-06-15T23:45:14.573" Score="10" ViewCount="238" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just now I've opened the main page of the site, and see that a new user has copy-pasted effectively the same text to 3 posts (last two of which are apparently duplicates of each other, since the answers on them are effectively the same).  How to handle such situation ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Answer itself potentially could be working, but the fact that user has copy pasted it in short period of time, suggests to me they didn't put much thought into solution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The mentioned posts:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/925896/295286&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/a/925896/295286&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/925897/295286&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/a/925897/295286&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/925895/295286&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/a/925895/295286&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="295286" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2017-06-16T10:55:17.120" LastActivityDate="2017-06-16T12:31:38.183" Title="What to do with copy-pasted answers by a new user?" Tags="|discussion|answers|new-users|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17053" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17052" CreationDate="2017-06-16T04:23:08.690" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;This happens quite often. If I'm not wrong, the system automatically flags identical posts, so it's likely to be looked into by mods.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my opinion, there's no automatic conclusion to be drawn. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Often, if the same answer works for multiple questions they should really be closed as duplicates, and the new user, who I assume is acting in good faith, should be advised about our preference for not duplicating content. The questions may be duped or merged and duplicate answers possibly deleted. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, sometimes the same answer works for two or three slightly different questions, in which case there's nothing wrong. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the... third hand, the user may be inexperienced with Ubuntu as well as with SE, and may be posting some random generic solution everywhere it looks like it might possibly fit. This calls for detailed comments and probably downvotes, maybe even flags if they seemingly aren't reading the question or are duplicating existing answers on the page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2017-06-16T12:31:38.183" LastActivityDate="2017-06-16T12:31:38.183" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17054" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17055" CreationDate="2017-06-16T23:24:22.947" Score="0" ViewCount="92" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was looking at my flagging history because... I don't know why, actually, but anyways: I had flagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/924670/518562&quot;&gt;this post&lt;/a&gt; as rude. It seems to me that my flag was disputed because the profanity had already been nuked by the time the flag was reviewed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So my feature request: show a little box when reviewing flags to indicate that the post has been edited since the flag was raised.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="518562" LastActivityDate="2017-06-17T14:31:51.210" Title="Flag disputed after post was edited" Tags="|feature-request|flagging|flags|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17055" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17054" CreationDate="2017-06-17T05:51:38.817" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Maybe this is just a comment, but I think that flag was disputed on purpose. &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/95275/what-is-a-disputed-flag&quot;&gt;Flags are &amp;quot;disputed&amp;quot; for at least two reasons&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Currently, the following scenarios may result in a flag being disputed:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A spam or &amp;quot;rude or abusive&amp;quot; flag is cleared (but not declined) by a moderator. These flags are unique in that they can impose lasting penalties on the post and its author, so a special mechanism is provided for them to be cleared without penalizing either the author or the flagger. This can also be done retroactively if the post goes back into the queue, in which case a moderator can mark all such flags on a post as disputed (regardless of their current state).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A Not An Answer flag or Very Low Quality flag is reviewed in the Low Quality review queue, and the result of the review is &amp;quot;Looks OK&amp;quot;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this case it appears the first thing happened, and it was by design, system working well, I think?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Disputed flags are neither good nor bad for the person who raises them - they don't have any effect on the number of flags you get each day.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See also: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/141400/322419&quot;&gt;What is the difference between disputed and declined flags?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2017-06-17T05:51:38.817" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17056" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17054" CreationDate="2017-06-17T14:31:51.210" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;What Zanna &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/17055/85695&quot;&gt;said&lt;/a&gt;. I would also like to take this opportunity to ask everyone to only use the rude and offensive flag when the entire post is rude or offensive or when the offensive nature is such that the OP truly is unwelcome here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If a post simply contains a swear word or two, just edit and remove them and leave a comment explaining to the OP that such language isn't welcome here. Many online communities have no issue with profanity so new users will often simply not be aware of our rules against it. So, if the profanity is something as minor as using the term &lt;em&gt;fucked up&lt;/em&gt; a couple of times, a simple edit will fix it. If, on the other hand, it is a rant or an attack on someone or something along those lines, please do flag as offensive. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In other words, there's simply no point in flagging as offensive just because a couple of swear words were used in the post. It is faster, simpler and more effective to click on the edit button and remove them. If you don't have edit privileges, then a flag is the way to go, but if you do and if the offensive material is a tiny and incidental part of the post as was the case here, just remove it and move on. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2017-06-17T14:31:51.210" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17057" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16682" CreationDate="2017-06-17T17:43:18.837" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://cseducators.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/B6fyK.png&quot; alt=&quot;You can also join us in the CS room, http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/59701/join-cs-educators&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="617359" LastActivityDate="2017-06-17T17:43:18.837" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17058" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17043" CreationDate="2017-06-18T15:33:17.783" Score="0" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Clarity is different from completeness&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The current explanation shown when a question is closed as &lt;em&gt;unclear what you are asking&lt;/em&gt; is confusing if it's used under incomplete questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Cambridge Dictionary defines &lt;a href=&quot;https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/clear&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;clear&lt;/a&gt; as:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;able to be understood&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Dictionary.com defines &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dictionary.com/browse/complete&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;complete&lt;/a&gt; as:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;having all parts or elements; lacking nothing; whole; entire; full&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Example of &quot;unclear&quot;&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Posts like this one should be considered unclear:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;When I boot my computer, it shows this icon. [Picture]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This kind of question is unclear because &lt;strong&gt;the goal of OP cannot be understood.&lt;/strong&gt; Actually, this is a (made-up) example of a post &lt;em&gt;that doesn't even contain&lt;/em&gt; a question. Therefore it should be closed using the current reason:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Please clarify your specific problem or add additional details to highlight exactly what you need. As it's currently written, &lt;strong&gt;it’s hard to tell exactly what you're asking.&lt;/strong&gt; See the How to Ask page for help clarifying this question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Emphasis is mine. This close reason makes sense because OP did not clarify what is the goal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Example of &quot;incomplete&quot;&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Conversely, a post like this one should be considered incomplete:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I have a problem with WiFi dongle model [X], the connection drops after a few minutes, my Ubuntu version is [Y]. How do I get a stable connection?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This kind of question should not be considered unclear because &lt;strong&gt;the goal of OP can be understood.&lt;/strong&gt; However, if it lacks relevant details like the output of &lt;code&gt;lsusb&lt;/code&gt; for instance, it should be closed using a different reason like &lt;em&gt;additional details required&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I suggest wording similar to this, inspired from Server Fault:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Questions seeking configuration or diagnostic help must include the specific problem or error and sufficient information about the configuration and environment to reproduce it. Please provide additional details and output required in the comments, if any.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, comments asking for this additional information should be left whenever possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="271" LastActivityDate="2017-06-18T15:33:17.783" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17059" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17043" CreationDate="2017-06-18T15:36:45.387" Score="0" Body="&lt;h2&gt;One close reason is fine, but we should clarify it&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is no need to differentiate between unclear questions and incomplete questions when closing. However, the wording should be tweaked a bit because now we are only focusing on unclear question (i.e. those where &lt;strong&gt;the goal of the OP cannot be understood&lt;/strong&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Server Fault has much better wording that could serve as inspiration for our revamped &lt;em&gt;unclear or incomplete&lt;/em&gt; close reason:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Questions seeking installation, configuration or diagnostic help must include &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.serverfault.com/q/3608&quot;&gt;the desired end state, the specific problem or error, sufficient information about the configuration and environment to reproduce it, and attempted solutions&lt;/a&gt;. Questions without a clear problem statement are not useful to other readers and are unlikely to get good answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We should probably be a bit less strict on the &quot;attempted solutions&quot; when dealing with beginners having complicated issues.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="271" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2017-06-18T18:09:03.677" LastActivityDate="2017-06-18T18:09:03.677" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17060" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17061" CreationDate="2017-06-19T06:06:00.023" Score="7" ViewCount="263" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are two situations that I've noticed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First: There are many upvotes on the answer and no upvotes on the question, or more upvotes on answer compared to question. If the answer is useful then why user don't find the question is useful too as s/he was also researching the question to find the answer and&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Second: The question is marked as a duplicate of other but that duplicate question sometimes received more upvotes than the main one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Third: Question has more stars(favorites) than upvote and around 20k view in just a few months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/677773/transfer-file-to-windows-server-from-ubuntu-using-rsync&quot;&gt;first&lt;/a&gt; situation and for the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/16757/how-can-a-user-with-less-than-2k-reputation-be-allowed-to-review-suggested-edits&quot;&gt;second&lt;/a&gt; one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="378524" LastEditorUserId="378524" LastEditDate="2019-01-31T04:18:53.463" LastActivityDate="2019-01-31T04:18:53.463" Title="Why are some questions not considered to be useful?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17061" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17060" CreationDate="2017-06-19T06:29:35.427" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Because &lt;em&gt;reasons&lt;/em&gt;. There's really no explanation for how voting happens. In fact, explaining it is impossible because it's an anomalous field and users don't always vote in a sane way. That said, I can try to answer each scenario independently.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For situation one, some of the votes can just be attributed to people really liking an answer. It's not necessarily that someone is researching that topic -- they might just have stumbled across that answer and thought it was good. You see this situation a lot with answers that hit the front page. Similarly, users just don't vote or vote weird. Alternatively, people may have downvoted the question for being &quot;useless&quot; or something that could have been easily researched.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For situation two, the duplicate targets tend to go to the question with &lt;em&gt;better answers&lt;/em&gt;. If question A has 15 upvotes and three very good answers, question B with 20 upvotes will be duplicated to question A, because it's more likely that users landing on question B will get help from question A.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastActivityDate="2017-06-19T06:29:35.427" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17062" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17064" CreationDate="2017-06-20T03:39:30.803" Score="5" ViewCount="118" Body="&lt;p&gt;The daily cap of reputation you can earn per day is at 200. Does this mean the exceeding reputation is lost or does it get carried over at the next day?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="678180" LastActivityDate="2017-06-20T04:17:06.747" Title="Will the reputation that exceeds the daily cap be carried over to the next day?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17063" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17062" CreationDate="2017-06-20T04:06:51.590" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, the exceeding reputation is lost.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is done to prevent vote abuse.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="511534" LastActivityDate="2017-06-20T04:06:51.590" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17064" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17062" CreationDate="2017-06-20T04:17:06.747" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;After you get 200 vote/suggested edit reputation, you're done for the day. Excess reputation that doesn't fall under the exception of a bounty or an accept is lost forever.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, if you &lt;em&gt;do&lt;/em&gt; get a bounty, or an accept, that does not count against your 200 reputation limit. Therefore, it may be possible to get more than 200 in a day, though excess votes or additional edits don't count.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your reputation cap is per-site, meaning you can gain 200 from votes/edits here, and an additional 200 on Unix and Linux.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastActivityDate="2017-06-20T04:17:06.747" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17067" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-06-21T14:01:21.910" Score="11" ViewCount="79" Body="&lt;p&gt;On &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tools/suggested-edits?filter=all&amp;amp;tab=Controversial&quot;&gt;this page&lt;/a&gt;, it says &quot;approved by Community, David Foerster 20 hours ago&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/xyfTt.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/xyfTt.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When you follow the link, it takes you to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/724066&quot;&gt;the review page&lt;/a&gt;, but David Foerster actually rejected it:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/MEFpb.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/MEFpb.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please don't say it was approved by them when they rejected it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="186134" LastActivityDate="2017-06-21T14:01:21.910" Title="Don't say someone who rejected an edit approved it" Tags="|bug|review|suggested-edits|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17068" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17069" CreationDate="2017-06-22T08:06:03.563" Score="6" ViewCount="120" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ntZop.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ntZop.png&quot; alt=&quot;Screenshot&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Whenever reviewing Low-Quality Posts (Answers) I generally choose to comment if appropriate situation is detected, But if a comment is present on the answer already, should I select &lt;strong&gt;No comment Needed&lt;/strong&gt; option?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="665251" LastEditorUserId="208574" LastEditDate="2017-06-24T22:45:09.373" LastActivityDate="2017-06-24T22:45:09.373" Title="How does this happen? Or When to comment on an Answer?" Tags="|bug|review|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17069" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17068" CreationDate="2017-06-22T17:25:32.197" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Oh, hello there! I see my name. Cool.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What &lt;em&gt;should&lt;/em&gt; happen is that you select an existing comment and the existing one gets upvoted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What &lt;em&gt;does&lt;/em&gt; happen is that a second comment gets posted. Meh.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, while we're grounded in reality instead of our ideal fantasies, the best course of action is to upvote the existing comment and select the &lt;em&gt;No Comment Needed&lt;/em&gt; option. See &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/4219/psa-when-reviewing-dont-post-duplicate-and-near-duplicate-comments&quot;&gt;Eliah's excellent writeup&lt;/a&gt; (let's ignore the fact that the words &quot;Eliah&quot; and &quot;excellent&quot; are redundant) on this topic. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you see this happen, feel free to also flag the later comment as obsolete/not constructive/a duplicate. They're basically free flags at that point.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastActivityDate="2017-06-22T17:25:32.197" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17070" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17071" CreationDate="2017-06-24T09:21:55.010" Score="12" ViewCount="340" Body="&lt;p&gt;When I find that a question is duplicate, I just caste a vote to close it.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;But sometimes I've got another answer to that question, in that case first I vote to close then I post my answer on the original question (old one), like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/908257/264781&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. the other situation is when I think it's not a duplicate or I didn't find the duplicate one then I send my answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Recently I saw some questions both answered and marked as duplicate by same person, which in my opinion is not cool, because:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you think the question is duplicate why then you are sending an answer to it?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you think it's not duplicate and the answer is different then why you are marking it as duplicate? (it just disallow the others to send an alternative solution to the question).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;I can imagine a situation when you send an answer then you find that it's a duplicate however in that case I think casting to close is not cool again, if you believe it's duplicate and already has an answer then you should delete your answer, otherwise let others decide it should be closed or not.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These are all my opinions, so is this okay to both answer and mark a question as duplicate?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="264781" LastActivityDate="2017-07-03T21:39:19.350" Title="Is it okay to both answer and mark a question as duplicate?" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17071" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17070" CreationDate="2017-06-24T10:11:57.920" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;Provided a question is a clear duplicate to an existing question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;What is ok&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;vote to close as duplicate. This will &lt;strong&gt;immediately&lt;/strong&gt; direct the OP to the solutions posted there.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;add an own answer to the previous duplicate if your solution did not yet exist there.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;What is also ok&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;only if the previous question does not have any good answers:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;write a brilliant answer&lt;sup&gt;*&lt;/sup&gt; to the new question and vote to close the previous question as a dupe to the new one.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;What is not ok&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;copy &amp;amp; paste the answer of another user from the previous question to the new one and hope nobody will realize.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;copy &amp;amp; paste your own previous answer to the new question instead of voting to close as dupe.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;add an own answer to the new question that would not be much different to an answer that was already given to the previous question.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;*&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sub&gt;actually writing a brilliant answer is always very OK&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3940" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2017-06-24T13:11:14.917" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17072" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17060" CreationDate="2017-06-24T16:36:02.053" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I believe it comes down to two things: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First, the user interface for the site presents voting for answers like a competition: here are some choices, pick one or two of them that you like and downvote those you don't, all on a single page. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions however are looked at and voted on alone, not in the context of other questions. Many people won't even think about the question as needing to be voted on. I believe this is why the &quot;You haven't voted on any questions in a while&quot; dialog was created.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Secondly, many people don't consider voting for questions important, or in some cases don't even realize that voting for questions is an option. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Humans tend to value solutions more than problems. If you have a problem, and you find the solution to the problem, you will tend to want to reward the provider of the solution, not another person who has the same problem, even though the answer wouldn't be there if the question hadn't been asked. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We place more value on results than the process by which those results were achieved. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="301739" LastActivityDate="2017-06-24T16:36:02.053" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17073" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17070" CreationDate="2017-06-24T22:15:20.380" Score="16" Body="&lt;p&gt;I can see situations where answering and closing would be the right option.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are some processes that are pretty daunting to new users. Boot errors, graphics driver foul ups, random crashes. You can throw them at a 10,000 word generic answer —or even try to improve an answer— but they're left having to follow it. It's not always possible for every level of user.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm sure ninety-something percent of questions that might fall into this area probably &lt;em&gt;could&lt;/em&gt; have improvements on their existing answers, but sometimes it's easier to help that one person with their specific issue. Get their lsusb, their fdisk -l and &lt;em&gt;apply&lt;/em&gt; an existing answer to their situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But it's still a duplicate. Closing it against a canonical answer —if it fits— is still the right thing to do too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Don't get me wrong, doing that bigger edit might be better for the site in the long run and in terms of reputation, somebody is unlikely to see much off the back of a closed question... But never say never.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The harm of legislating against answers like this and kicking the people trying to help, far outweighs the harm of them being posted in the first place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2017-06-26T12:31:57.687" LastActivityDate="2017-06-26T12:31:57.687" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17074" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17070" CreationDate="2017-06-25T08:16:43.027" Score="6" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you think the question is duplicate why then you are sending an answer to it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Often what happens is that someone answers and 10-20 minutes later comes across a duplicate of that same post, exactly what you said in one of the last paragraphs. That's the why, most frequently. It's basically answering first, but then thinking &quot;Hmmm, this sounds quite generic. Has this been asked before?&quot;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The other case is that you write an answer, you think it's solid, and then you come across something that explains same idea in a far better format. It's simply a mark of good &quot;customer service&quot; - you provide a solution, and if there's something better, you point the customer to that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And finally there's what Oli's already mentioned - a canonical post might be overly generic and it's far more valuable to the OP to get an explanation in simpler format, but the question is still a duplicate. Here's a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/931161/295286&quot;&gt;good example&lt;/a&gt;. OP came back after asking the same question, even though duplicates were provided, so I made it easy for them - provided a script, but the question is still a duplicate, so close vote has to be cast.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you think it's not duplicate and the answer is different then why you are marking it as duplicate?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just like in your first question, the assumption is that the person who answers knows in advance that question is a duplicate. More often than not one doesn't realize that until later on. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;it just disallow the others to send an alternative solution to the question&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's the thing: it's very easy to think of Ask Ubuntu ( or any Stack Overflow site ) as a race, as some sort of &quot;answer olympics&quot;. It's not. I've been there, fell into the same trap, and used to yell at my screen: &quot;Dammit  ! I was writing an answer just now and you closed it! How dare you!&quot; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's the wrong way to look at things. People come to this site with specific questions/problems and for the most part they care about getting a solution, not about who closes what. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Closing a question as duplicate doesn't prevent other users from posting alternative solutions on the linked duplicates ( if such answer doesn't exist already, of course). In fact, posting on linked duplicates is much more beneficial, since those are often highly viewed and have more visitors, therefore better exposure for your answer to the world. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Nowadays if someone closes the question before I finish writing, I'm actually glad:&quot;Oh, you found something better? Cool. Let's go check it out and learn what other ways there are to skin this cat.&quot; Providing value, quality content, and solving a person's problem are far more important that unicorn dollars (aka reputation points).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I can imagine a situation when you send an answer then you find that it's a duplicate however in that case I think casting to close is not cool again, if you believe it's duplicate and already has an answer then you should delete your answer, otherwise let others decide it should be closed or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Deleting an answer only robs the user of the information they just got. If it's a valid answer, deleting it just because question is a duplicate doesn't make sense. Same information can be explained in multiple ways, and a posted answer might be more clear to OP than a generic answer on a  duplicate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Letting others decide is ok, but it's simply delaying what will happen eventually anyway. Of course, one can always challenge the close vote and cast a reopen vote, but that's only if you think the question isn't a duplicate. If the question is actually a duplicate, then not closing it means keeping something that already has an answer (and maybe many alternative and more suitable answers) for no valid reason.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="295286" LastEditorUserId="295286" LastEditDate="2017-07-02T23:43:40.663" LastActivityDate="2017-07-02T23:43:40.663" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17075" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-06-25T17:38:44.147" Score="5" ViewCount="103" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would like to request that the following tags:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/armv8&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;armv8&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;armv8&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/aarch64&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;aarch64&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;aarch64&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;be made synonyms of:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/arm64&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;arm64&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;arm64&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The official name for the technology in question would by either ARMv8 (with the 64-bit platform being &lt;code&gt;aarch64&lt;/code&gt;). In order to not confuse users and separate out questions too much, it would be beneficial to merge/synonymize these tags into &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/arm64&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;arm64&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;arm64&lt;/a&gt; until such time as a new ARM platform comes out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At the time, neither of the two above tags exist in the system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/arm64&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;arm64&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;arm64&lt;/a&gt; can refer to multiple technologies, the synonymization can be re-inspected and dealt with accordingly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastActivityDate="2017-06-25T17:38:44.147" Title="Tag Synonym Request: [armv8] [aarch64] -&gt; [arm64]" Tags="|discussion|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17076" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-06-27T15:59:59.943" Score="-7" ViewCount="167" Body="&lt;p&gt;I logged in this morning, and instead of logging in, it asked me to join the community through stack exchange again, and now I am at 101 reputation, instead of the 360 I was at yesterday. How can I get my reputation, questions, and answers back?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="705027" LastEditorUserId="1438484" LastEditDate="2022-08-18T16:10:57.177" LastActivityDate="2022-08-18T16:10:57.177" Title="What can I do after my account is gone?" Tags="|support|user-accounts|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17077" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-06-27T19:22:53.153" Score="0" ViewCount="86" Body="&lt;p&gt;I posted &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/928497/why-does-windows-not-show-up-in-grub-menu&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; a few days ago, and it is still on hold. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I have provided my boot-info summary, which I hope is enough information. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, seeing that no one has answered yet, I am a little worried, because I do want to go back to my Windows 7 ASAP. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just wondering why my question has not yet been answered and is still on hold.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="703636" OwnerDisplayName="reincarnationofstackexchange" LastEditorUserId="544264" LastEditDate="2017-06-28T07:30:10.130" LastActivityDate="2017-06-28T07:30:10.130" Title="Why is my question on hold?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17078" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17076" CreationDate="2017-06-27T22:03:24.693" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;You've already been contacted about this directly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See: &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sockpuppet_(Internet)&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sockpuppet_(Internet)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2017-06-27T22:03:24.693" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17079" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-06-29T19:43:01.223" Score="8" ViewCount="106" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/blocklist&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;blocklist&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;blocklist&lt;/a&gt; apparently is misused, out of 11 questions where it's used ,  it's used for block devices, on other - for blocking specific websites. There's also no usage-guide for that tag. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="295286" LastActivityDate="2017-06-29T19:43:01.223" Title="Should we delete blocklist tag?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17080" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16682" CreationDate="2017-06-30T02:04:40.577" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/mOoh7.png&quot; alt=&quot;REVIEW!&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="47291" LastActivityDate="2017-06-30T02:04:40.577" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17081" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-06-30T23:09:02.843" Score="-7" ViewCount="215" Body="&lt;p&gt;Why is it that certain perfectly good answers get deleted by a few, because they point out Ubuntu's problems? One answer that was deleted is even given in Ubuntu's manual. Another that was deleted was the accepted answer and received 3 up votes when posted in answer to another question. Some people here need to get off their high horse and let others be helped.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/930412/694267&quot;&gt;Example 1&lt;/a&gt; upgrading to a specific version instead of auotupgrading to the latest stable - the method is given in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EOLUpgrades&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ubuntu help wiki here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/929045/694267&quot;&gt;Example 2&lt;/a&gt;: work around for when windows keeps putting itself at the head of the boot order (ie poor uefi implementations): method to put grub in the default media path so Uefi boots it and fool windows.this answer often gets voted down and deleted &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/926659/694267&quot;&gt;Example 3&lt;/a&gt;: converting to MBR &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Example 4: pointing out that distro drivers don't work on certain brands of wifi cards and suggesting a link to get different drivers. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/927747/527764&quot;&gt;One of which&lt;/a&gt; was an actual fix for my wifi card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="694267" OwnerDisplayName="ravery" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2017-07-01T06:27:52.733" LastActivityDate="2017-07-01T18:02:03.137" Title="Why is it that perfectly good answers get deleted?" Tags="|discussion|answers|deleted-answers|" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17082" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17081" CreationDate="2017-06-30T23:19:59.867" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;To back up your theory you have included a couple of examples as requested in &lt;em&gt;comments&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In example 1 your answer did not work for the OP. Additionally the OP's question appears to be a duplicate question of &quot;Hash Sum Mismatch&quot; and I flagged that question as such. Now it's up to the OP to check the duplicate candidate and say &quot;Hey it works&quot; or &quot;No it didn't work and Xxxx happened instead&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also in your first example you ignored advice in comments from more experienced (in Ask Ubuntu at least) users and got into long arguments. Another point is your answer being too daunting for average Ubuntu users to attempt (in their expert opinion).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In answer example 1 you didn't really &quot;attack Ubuntu&quot; and cannot use that as justification for deletion in your preamble. FYI the &lt;code&gt;apt-get&lt;/code&gt; functions are written by Debian which Ubuntu is based upon. Ubuntu also repackages code from Gnome, Linux Kernels, Pulse Audio, Xorg and systemd just to name a few.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Generally most complaints about Ubuntu can be traced back to Linux Kernel, drivers, or other third party software. Therefore Ubuntu developers can quickly explain the reason for the bug(s) without feeling much guilt or shame.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Those of us that develop software know how complicated the process is and how easy it is for bugs to creep into the code. The important thing around here is to be nice so if answers are mean, rude, abusive, childish, vulgar, insulting, demeaning, condescending, obnoxious, ridiculing, liable, break copyright laws, or any other laws; they will be deleted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you meant &quot;Questions are deleted&quot; that's a different story altogether.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="307523" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2017-07-01T16:52:53.910" LastActivityDate="2017-07-01T16:52:53.910" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17083" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17081" CreationDate="2017-06-30T23:24:51.573" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm one of the regular deleters around here, and my high horse is currently in the barn.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Answers are usually only deleted when they are either very low quality or not an answer. For some examples:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The solution to your problem is over on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Unity/LauncherAPI&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ubuntu wiki&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is &lt;em&gt;not an answer&lt;/em&gt;. It's pointing someone to an answer, but it does not actually help anyone. In fact, if the link dies (as is frequent with the Ubuntu Wiki), the answer becomes worse than useless and doesn't help anyone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Ubuntu sucks at doing [x]. Try using Arch Linux instead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is just low quality, and is definitely not an answer. A better explanation would be to show &lt;em&gt;why&lt;/em&gt; Ubuntu doesn't support that, and offer a workaround, if any.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/15404/another-why-was-my-answer-deleted-looking-for-advice-to-be-better?rq=1&quot;&gt;this Ask Ubuntu question&lt;/a&gt; for the answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Same as link-only. Except, this is even worse, because the questions are likely duplicate and should be flagged as such.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You need to install package &lt;code&gt;xyzzy&lt;/code&gt; and run it. It'll fix your problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a low-quality answer. It doesn't explain &lt;em&gt;how&lt;/em&gt; to install or run &lt;code&gt;xyzzy&lt;/code&gt;, it just says to do it. This isn't helpful for people in the future.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Whenever I try to run the command mentioned in the accepted answer, I get the following error: {some error log}&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is not an answer. It's another question, and should be treated as such.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In short, the rule is to delete any answer that either does not actually answer the question, or is so bad that it's nonsensical and irrecoverable through edits. Answer deletions are usually rare, and are reserved for things that either aren't answers at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, it is important to note that users can delete their own answers as they please. Sometimes, this is valuable in order to remove false/deprecated information. Other times, the answerer had a change of heart. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For more information, I'd advise you read these two articles in our &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help&quot;&gt;help center&lt;/a&gt; (an excellent resource, really), as they might be able to shed some more light on the subject of answer moderation:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/deleted-answers&quot;&gt;Why and how are some answers deleted?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/how-to-answer&quot;&gt;How do I write a good answer?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also note &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/5221/how-does-deleting-work-what-can-cause-a-post-to-be-deleted-and-what-does-that&quot;&gt;this post&lt;/a&gt; over on Meta Stack Exchange.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you give us actual links, I'd be more than happy to take a look and explain exactly why those answers were deleted - I doubt it was without a reason.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can tell you right now, however, that there are strict restrictions for deletion. No user except for a moderator or the original poster may (usually) delete an answer with a score greater than zero. If an answer actually deleted by the community, it &lt;em&gt;must&lt;/em&gt; have a score less than or equal to zero (usually less than).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, it is important to be aware of Stack Exchange's &quot;Be Nice&quot; policy, and the Ubuntu Code of Conduct. While we are not opposed directly to criticism of Ubuntu, excessive language or direct attacks will not fly. If they can't be edited out of the post, the post will be deleted. The community may, as a whole, decide to delete any post that is factually incorrect, though this is not a steadfast rule.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For you &lt;em&gt;specifically&lt;/em&gt;, here's the advice I can give.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regarding &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/930412/208574&quot;&gt;the upgrade question&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The answer that was deleted is both potentially harmful as well as completely technically incorrect. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is a very large difference between &lt;code&gt;sudo apt-get update&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;sudo apt-get upgrade&lt;/code&gt;, and &lt;code&gt;sudo do-release-upgrade&lt;/code&gt;. In short:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;sudo apt-get update&lt;/code&gt; updates your local package cache information&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;sudo apt-get upgrade&lt;/code&gt; installs the newest versions of the current package for your distribution&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;sudo apt-get dist-upgrade&lt;/code&gt; or &lt;code&gt;sudo apt full-upgrade&lt;/code&gt; installs the newest versions of the current package for your distribution, but &lt;em&gt;also&lt;/em&gt; enables APT's intelligent problem resolution. It &lt;em&gt;still&lt;/em&gt; will not upgrade you from 14.04 to 16.04 or similar.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;sudo do-release-upgrade&lt;/code&gt; upgrades your distribution (14.04 -&gt; 16.04)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The answer also doesn't answer the question at all. OP isn't trying to upgrade to Xenial. They're just trying to install the latest version of a package. In fact, upgrading them to Xenial could do &lt;em&gt;way&lt;/em&gt; more harm than good. Furthermore, this would lead to a broken &quot;partial&quot; distribution-upgrade where PPAs are still relying on Trusty packages, which can cause far far more problems.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regarding the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/926655/cannot-dual-boot-windows-after-ubuntu-gpt-partition-issue/926659#926659&quot;&gt;dual-boot question&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Rod Smith sums it up very nicely:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This approach is overly complex and will not work. Windows will install to the existing /dev/sda only in BIOS/CSM/legacy mode, and subsequently cloning that installation to a GPT disk (such as /dev/sdb) will render it unbootable in BIOS mode. You'd need to install an EFI-mode boot loader for Windows -- and if that's the goal, it's easier to install Windows in EFI mode to begin with. That creates complications for Ubuntu, though. In sum, your approach needs significant modifications at best, and when you're done, it'll be a very different procedure.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You may have done something similar on systems with different configurations, such as with everything in BIOS-boot mode or everything in EFI-boot mode; but in this configuration, it will not work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Put simply, your answer assumes that the system is fully MBR. This is &lt;em&gt;not the case&lt;/em&gt;, and as such, your answer will not work. Also, due to the risks of cloning drives, this could cause excessive data loss or otherwise break things in very spectacular ways. Your answer &lt;em&gt;still&lt;/em&gt; doesn't mention how to fix the GPT/Legacy split. It just assumes that it &lt;em&gt;does&lt;/em&gt;, and therefore doesn't really answer the question or solve the issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Similarly, partitions do &lt;em&gt;not carry information about partition types!&lt;/em&gt; This information is stored in the partition table, not the partition itself. Moving a MBR partition to a GPT drive makes the partition GPT. Likewise, moving a GPT partition to an MBR drive will make the partition MBR or fail entirely.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regarding the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/929045/208574&quot;&gt;Windows boot misbehavior question&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is just downright dangerous. You're replacing core system files with your own versions, which could have adverse effects like breaking Windows entirely. This is known as the &quot;fallback&quot; UEFI path, and is rarely used except on computers with very very bad UEFI implementations. Usually, setting the boot option from BIOS will be enough. Also, that answer is not deleted. Either way, it won't do much, as Windows will just overwrite the &lt;code&gt;bootx64.efi&lt;/code&gt; files on next bootloader upgrade.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Regarding the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/927747/208574&quot;&gt;wifi driver question&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This was treated as a link-only answer. You just threw a link to a relatively shady site without explaining what to do or how to do it. As such, it was deleted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastEditorUserId="208574" LastEditDate="2017-07-01T18:02:03.137" LastActivityDate="2017-07-01T18:02:03.137" CommentCount="16" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17084" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17081" CreationDate="2017-06-30T23:48:45.513" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;First of all, your &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/930412/295286&quot;&gt;answer for the hash sum mismatch&lt;/a&gt; question is already been discussed in the comments and mentioned that the method you provide for upgrading isn't proper. The documentation that you point to is for End of Life releases. The question owner's OS is 14.04 and it is not End-of-Life (EOL) status. Thus, your answer was downvoted and deleted properly.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The answer for gpt partition issue is  indeed quite complex and convoluted. You might consider revising it. It appears that you have tendency of jumping into answering posts without thoroughly reading them or investigating the causes of the issue, as in the case  of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/929045/295286&quot;&gt;rebooting to Ubuntu question&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know it might seem a bit frustrating and you're going into answering with good intentions, but look at it from this perspective: if your answers receive negative feedback, try to learn what exactly is wrong with your answers and listen to the comments. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="295286" LastActivityDate="2017-06-30T23:48:45.513" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17085" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17081" CreationDate="2017-07-01T06:22:44.543" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The majority of answers that are deleted are done so through review after being flagged as &quot;not an answer&quot; or &quot;very low quality&quot;. &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/17083/527764&quot;&gt;Kaz's answer&lt;/a&gt; explains why most answers are deleted and makes helpful specific comments that I agree with on the issues with the answers you mention.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to add a few words on why some answers are deleted outside of the review system and not by mods, but by voters, as seems to have been the case with two of your examples. I will speak for myself, since I did vote to delete two of those posts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In general I vote to delete answers that I am convinced are bad advice because I don't want visitors to the site to try to use them and later have problems. I vote to delete answers that I am convinced are not useful because I don't want visitors to land on irrelevant and unhelpful things when looking for an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think the users like myself who vote to delete outside of the review system (either when we happen to see bad posts or using the extra data available to users with more that 10k reputation) are, in general, interested in making the site more awesome*, by polishing the good parts, patching the parts that need fixing up, and throwing out anything that really doesn't belong.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;*this is, of course, highly subjective, and meta is here, in part, so we can discuss it and try to find and cultivate a healthy common ground about it.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's worth pointing out that the users who commented on the deleted answers you mention are not the ones who voted to delete them (contrary to what &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/17082/527764&quot;&gt;WinEunuuchs2Unix suggested&lt;/a&gt;). Only a few users regularly vote to delete outside the review system, 20k reputation is required, and the post must have a negative score. Only a handful of answers per week are deleted by voters.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I much prefer to &lt;em&gt;salvage posts by editing&lt;/em&gt; than to delete them. Hopefully, I only vote to delete posts that I believe cannot be saved by editing. Some of the other users who vote to delete are also active in salvaging in various ways: editing, voting to reopen, speaking up in comments and in chat on behalf of posts (and users) that deserve better treatment than they are currently getting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sometimes, I make mistakes or bad decisions. Recently I came across &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/929876/527764&quot;&gt;an answer&lt;/a&gt; in the Low Quality Posts review queue. I thought &quot;this doesn't answer the question, the OP is asking for a &lt;em&gt;command&lt;/em&gt;&quot; so I clicked the &lt;strong&gt;Delete&lt;/strong&gt; button. Then I thought &quot;oh no I should not have done that&quot; so I went back and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/929876/revisions&quot;&gt;tried to fix my mistake by editing&lt;/a&gt; the answer to make it clear, especially to other reviewers, that the suggestion could be helpful, although I couldn't upvote it since it was apparently untested speculation. (Although I still think it was an improvement, a mod pointed out that my edit was intrusive as it could make the answer seem condescending - maybe I was making the extra mistake of thinking more about reviewers than the OP and the author of the post).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other people also make mistakes so even though it takes 3 users with &gt;20k to vote to delete, or 6 with &gt;2k who can only &lt;strong&gt;Recommend Deletion&lt;/strong&gt; within the review queue context (or one mod any time of course), it's possible that a post may be deleted unjustly, and if you feel that has happened to one of your posts you can flag it for moderator attention.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2017-07-01T06:22:44.543" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17086" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17081" CreationDate="2017-07-01T17:21:45.830" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I will be &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;completely honest&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/17083/10616&quot;&gt;Kaz sums up all the deletion reasons nicely in his answer to this question&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Each and every one of the reasons that was stated by Kaz there is accurate, and would reflect &lt;em&gt;my&lt;/em&gt; reasoning for deleting the answers, the examples of which you've provided.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Therefore, that answer is basically a duplicate of my explanations in this reason.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of more importance is your attitude in this.  &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;What one person deems as a 'perfectly good answer', the community and rules of the site may not.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;  This is the nature of Stack Exchange sites, and community &quot;deletion&quot; consensus is actually sometimes a valid tool.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's simply no need to be rude towards users and tell people to &quot;Get off their high horse&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another bigger concern is this: the observation of &quot;dangerous answers&quot; is actually valid.  There are a billion ways to provide a 'dangerous' answer.  This includes but is not limited to suggesting to run a &lt;code&gt;do-release-upgrade&lt;/code&gt; when it's not called for, or installing some random package that &lt;em&gt;might&lt;/em&gt; fix the problem without explaining the reasoning for installing it, or how to install it, because that &quot;random package&quot; might introduce disruptive things to the system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;TL;DR:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should adjust your attitude here.  Deletions aren't in any way directed &lt;em&gt;just&lt;/em&gt; against someone, but indicate that you're doing something wrong with your answers and posts.  Kaz's answer here gives prime explanations for the deletion examples you've provided, and it would be a good idea to follow those explanations to avoid such answers in the future.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Quality standards such as these are important too - we don't want to tell people things that'll torch their systems, or provide links to things that might go away, nor do we want a thousand duplicate posts.  (This is where you flag for closure as duplicates, if the other post is almost identical in terms of what's being asked and an answer over there is valid in both places).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2017-07-01T17:21:45.830" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17087" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-07-01T16:06:54.533" Score="16" ViewCount="451" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've signed up to try to participate by adding my answers to question such as these:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/896221/strange-artifacts-along-window-borders-after-waking-computer-from-sleep-mode&quot;&gt;Strange artifacts along window borders after waking computer from sleep mode&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because I have another solution (changing the Theme to another, then back, using Appearance settings).  It's not ideal but seems to be better for people than &quot;compiz --replace&quot;.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyways I can't answer or comment.  I have no question to ask so can't get reputation that way.  I get that spammers attack msg boards, can some admin please gift me the needed reputation to contribute?  Otherwise it's a catch-22.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="706527" OwnerDisplayName="aidave" LastActivityDate="2017-07-04T11:08:14.193" Title="Want to participate, can't due to 0 reputation" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17088" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17087" CreationDate="2017-07-01T16:34:23.967" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You should be able to answer questions, but I'd read through the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tour&quot;&gt;Tour&lt;/a&gt; and also take a moment to read the section on &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/answering&quot;&gt;Answering&lt;/a&gt; in the Help Centre first.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges&quot;&gt;Privileges&lt;/a&gt; page will give you an idea of what level of reputation you require in order to contribute in different ways.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="682481" OwnerDisplayName="sempaiscuba" LastActivityDate="2017-07-01T16:34:23.967" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17089" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17087" CreationDate="2017-07-01T16:36:27.640" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;The question you are trying to answer has been protected by &lt;strong&gt;Kaz Wolfe&lt;/strong&gt;. When a question has been protected new users cannot post answers. You can post answers on 99% of the questions in &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Ask Ubuntu&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; which are not protected.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then after your other answers are upvoted you gain enough reputation to post answers on protected questions too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="307523" OwnerDisplayName="WinEunuuchs2Unix" LastActivityDate="2017-07-01T16:36:27.640" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17090" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17087" CreationDate="2017-07-01T18:15:44.767" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;To expand on &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/17089/208574&quot;&gt;WE2U's answer&lt;/a&gt;, because I'm the one who protected it...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Protection is a minor hurdle added to (usually popular) posts to prevent new users from answering questions with non-answers, like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Oh yeah, I have the same issue too! I'm running Ubuntu 16.04 and NVIDIA drivers 123.45! How can I fix this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As this is a Question/Answer site (see our &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tour&quot;&gt;tour&lt;/a&gt;), we don't exactly like these &quot;me-too!&quot; answers. They're not answers, and they &lt;em&gt;definitely&lt;/em&gt; don't help anyone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This site in general works on a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges&quot;&gt;privilege model&lt;/a&gt;. The more you give to a site (and the more trustworthy you become), the more you can do here. To get over the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/new-user&quot;&gt;10-rep hurdle&lt;/a&gt;, you just need to acquire 10 reputation (or 2 upvotes on a question/1 upvote on an answer). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are, of course, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/unanswered&quot;&gt;plenty of questions&lt;/a&gt; that would love an answer. Find one you like and/or are knowledgeable on, and answer it! Worst case, you get to do some research and learn something in the midst of writing an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As of now, you have 26 reputation, which is enough to post normal answers. You're off to an excellent start, and I look forward to seeing you blossom into a great member of this community. Welcome to Ask Ubuntu, and enjoy your stay!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastActivityDate="2017-07-01T18:15:44.767" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17093" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-07-02T19:19:09.953" Score="8" ViewCount="110" Body="&lt;p&gt;During review I come across “question” posts that don't actually contain a question. In some cases the question is implied in a statement. In either case it would be better to have an explicit question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Proposition:&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Mandate at least one question mark per question post (outside of quotation and pre-formatted listing environments).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Notify users of this requirement when they fail to comply with a short explanation, possibly with a link to “&lt;a href=&quot;//askubuntu.com/help/how-to-ask&quot;&gt;How do I ask a good question?&lt;/a&gt;”.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If (1.) is too strong, as a variant we could remove the mandate but still do (2.) and ask question authors to confirm that they don't want to use a single question mark.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Rationale:&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is no sure-fire way to reject &lt;em&gt;non-question&lt;/em&gt; question posts but it serves to direct the attention of question authors as to the lack of an explicit request and guide them to use Ask Ubuntu as a Q&amp;amp;A site as intended.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not trying to enforce “proper punctuation”; that undertaking would be entirely in vain. Instead I would like use the absence of even a single question mark as an indicator that the author didn't ask an explicit question because they are unaware of or misunderstood the Q&amp;amp;A model of AU/SE.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="175814" LastEditorUserId="175814" LastEditDate="2017-07-05T23:11:08.130" LastActivityDate="2017-07-13T13:23:09.030" Title="Can we require that questions contain a question mark to nudge users to ask explicit questions?" Tags="|feature-request|asking-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17094" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-07-02T22:45:00.737" Score="-1" ViewCount="251" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can we merge these three Q&amp;amp;A's (they are all ~5 years old) together?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/5776/what-to-do-with-questions-whose-op-hasnt-visited-the-site-for-a-long-time&quot;&gt;What to do with questions whose OP hasn&amp;#39;t visited the site for a long time?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/4056/what-to-do-when-users-have-been-inactive-for-months-and-their-question-remain-op&quot;&gt;What to do when users have been inactive for months and their question remain open?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1843/what-to-do-with-abandoned-questions&quot;&gt;What to do with abandoned questions?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other ones I've just discovered on July 31, 2017 but not yet reviewed:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2813/changes-to-how-we-close-abandoned-questions&quot;&gt;Changes to how we close abandoned questions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2329/closing-abandoned-questions-is-harder-than-it-should-be&quot;&gt;Closing abandoned questions is harder than it should be.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/5780/can-moderators-confirm-abandoned-questions-should-be-closed-tl-not-narq&quot;&gt;Can moderators confirm abandoned questions should be closed TL, not NARQ?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2884/another-bit-on-abandoned-questions-but-specifically-good-ones-with-good-answers&quot;&gt;Another bit on abandoned questions, but specifically good ones with good answers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/5628/why-dont-we-have-required-requested-input-not-provided-close-reason-for-aband&quot;&gt;Why don&amp;#39;t we have &amp;quot;required/requested input not provided&amp;quot; close reason for abandoned questions?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2852/time-frame-of-abandoned-old-questions&quot;&gt;Time Frame of Abandoned/Old Questions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/14768/question-deleted-as-abandoned-although-i-didnt-abandon-it&quot;&gt;Question deleted as abandoned although I didn&amp;#39;t abandon it&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;PART II - Feature Request to Close Vote&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Along that vein can I make a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/feature-request&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;feature-request&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;feature-request&lt;/a&gt; to add &lt;code&gt;abandoned question&lt;/code&gt; as a reason for close votes?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NOTE:&lt;/strong&gt; Answer I posted below diminishes the need for this request as an &amp;quot;Auto-Delete&amp;quot; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/feature-request&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;feature-request&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;feature-request&lt;/a&gt; for &amp;quot;Abandoned Questions&amp;quot; is actively being sought for Unanswered Questions on EOL Ubuntu versions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Aggressive criteria for close votes:&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Question is unanswered - AND -&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;OP hasn't signed on in &amp;gt; 6 months - OR -&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;OP has not responded to comment queries / suggestions made &amp;gt; 6 months ago&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Generous criteria for close votes:&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Unanswered Question is about EOL Ubuntu version - AND -&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;OP has not repled to comments posted &amp;gt; 2 years ago&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There seemed to be interest in &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;abandoned question&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; close vote ~5 years ago here:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2468/how-should-we-define-abandoned-as-a-close-reason&quot;&gt;How should we define &amp;quot;Abandoned&amp;quot; as a close reason?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A tool / script to help find abandoned questions was written (~5 years ago) here:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/askubuntu/query/48626/kill-all-abandoned-questions&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://data.stackexchange.com/askubuntu/query/48626/kill-all-abandoned-questions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ironically the question in meta of closing abandoned AU questions seems to have been abandoned itself!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Justification (Response to comments)&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I spent many hours yesterday going through the &amp;quot;Unanswered Questions&amp;quot; list with the goal of shortening it. A long list of unanswered questions may give the false impression that people in AU aren't paying attention or don't care.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's futile answering questions when the OP is no longer around to flag your answer as correct. Additionally, you often need follow up information which the non-existent OP cannot provide.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All three of the potential question merge candidates ask the same thing ie, What to do when OP is no longer around to respond to comments or accept an answer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The three proposed merge candidates have different answers and you need to read all three Q&amp;amp;A's to get a full picture. Merging them together simplifies this process. Some answers say an &amp;quot;Abandoned Question by OP&amp;quot; that has answers is still valuable. I agree with that in most cases as it will help others. However an &lt;strong&gt;abandoned question&lt;/strong&gt; with &lt;strong&gt;no answers&lt;/strong&gt; should qualify for close voting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="307523" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2017-08-01T00:45:42.463" Title="Can we merge many meta Q&amp;As about &quot;abandoned questions&quot;?" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="17" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17095" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17070" CreationDate="2017-07-03T21:39:19.350" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I guess I'm guilty of both answering a question and marking it as duplicate. However when this happens:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;First I see an unanswered question, or question with poor answers.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I answer the question to the best of my ability.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Later I see someone nominates it as duplicate.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I check the duplicate and if I agree with the nomination I vote too.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I'm loath to delete my own writing (if it's good enough) so leave my answer where it is.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Later on if the question is closed as duplicate I may delete my answer and move a copy to the original question. This depends on remembering the duplicate close candidate the next day and checking back on status.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Something else to consider is the title of the original question and the duplicate question can differ greatly. Both questions may attract viewers and upvotes in future keyword searches. As such I may err on the side of flexibility and leave answers on both questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd like to make it clear that if I see a question is nominated for duplicate close voting I do not bother writing an answer unless I feel it should be left open.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="307523" LastActivityDate="2017-07-03T21:39:19.350" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17096" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17094" CreationDate="2017-07-03T22:39:21.020" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I wasted some time in the past, cruising meta for old unanswered questions resulting in my asking &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/16933/do-we-really-need-eol-related-announcements-hanging-about-in-the-unanswered-meta&quot;&gt;Do we really need EOL related announcements hanging about in the unanswered meta questions queue?&lt;/a&gt; A comment by @muru prompted me to answer it myself so as not to further extend the unanswered meta questions queue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;On Merging&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's my understanding that merging is fraught with pitfalls. As far as merging is concerned, I think you might find &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/16361/what-criteria-should-be-used-when-considering-merge-candidates&quot;&gt;What criteria should be used when considering merge candidates?&lt;/a&gt; useful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I for one would have difficulty determining which of those 3 questions to keep and which 2 to obliterate in a merge operation, so I wouldn't do it. &#xA;For that matter you may have missed &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3971/what-happens-to-inactive-users-questions&quot;&gt;What happens to inactive users&amp;#39; questions?&lt;/a&gt; which is also related. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would consider voting to close the ones generating the fewest views as duplicates of the one generating the most views as this would preserve them all. Many of the answers could use editing to update them to include current close reasons. You've certainly found some work that needs to be done, but I don't believe merging is the answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;On abandoned questions&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You personally &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/481414/install-nvidia-driver-instead-nouveau/481540#comment1254045_481414&quot;&gt;have been helped&lt;/a&gt; by an &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/481414/install-nvidia-driver-instead-nouveau&quot;&gt;abandoned question&lt;/a&gt; and I for one have earned a fair amount of rep for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/481540/225694&quot;&gt;my answer&lt;/a&gt; to it. This prompts me to question the idea of closing an abandoned question that has no answers. Instead I suggest you answer them to the best of your ability if you feel the question warrants an answer, provide one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastEditorUserId="225694" LastEditDate="2017-07-06T03:37:20.643" LastActivityDate="2017-07-06T03:37:20.643" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17098" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17094" CreationDate="2017-07-05T05:36:50.850" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Answering the spirit of the question (in brief, very busy):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I agree that abandoned questions are sometimes unanswerable and I'm all for removing dead ends, but a heavy-handed approach to these questions (blanket closing) is not the way to go, imho.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The basic reasoning behind this is that Stack Exchange questions generally are not only for the OP - many other people besides the OP will hopefully benefit from questions being answered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, the fact of a question being abandoned is insufficient as a close reason, I think. The problem may be reproducible and the question answerable. Besides, the question might not be really abandoned; the OP might not have signed on for a long time, but they may well do so seeing a notification! Perhaps they are active on another site, just not Ask Ubuntu. I speak from my experience of cleaning up old questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Further thoughts:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A lot of people think we shouldn't bother with old questions, but I know that old questions matter because people are still finding them and using them all the time, so I give a lot of attention to them. I strongly agree with this&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/78048/enable-automatic-deletion-of-old-unanswered-zero-score-questions-after-a-year/92006#comment569796_92006&quot;&gt;Unanswered questions are a dead-end in search; they're worth keeping around for a while on the chance that someone will find and answer them, but beyond a certain point if no one is expressing any interest in them they're just noise&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am currently doing &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/16236/cleanup-project-using-sede-query&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; to clean up old questions. When(/if) we finish this project, we may try to work on abandoned ones. Our cleanup has a multi-level review system and we figure out what to do with the questions on a case-by-case basis.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's a suggested possible workflow for an abandoned questions cleanup (imagining this being done in a team using Trello or similar like our self-answered questions cleanup):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Does the question already have an upvoteable answer that has been overlooked?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Yes: upvote the answer (editing if needed) and move on&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;No: goto 2&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Is the question good and answerable without OP?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Yes: upvote, edit if needed, answer the question, consider adding a bounty&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;No: goto 3&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Is the question unclear without further detail from OP?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Yes: leave a comment. If there's no reply, close as unclear (if info is provided, seek an answer)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;No: goto 4&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Does the problem seem non-reproducible (without input from OP)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Yes: if question is EOL, if OP gave up, solved with reinstall, found it was a bad cable or whatever, or does not respond to comments, close as no-repro (if OP solved, or provides useful info, seek an answer or suggest adding an answer)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;No: If the question is poor quality, a downvote might cause it to be deleted if it has no answers...&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Principle of cleanup: above all, &lt;strong&gt;seek answers&lt;/strong&gt; and value answers, and make them easier for people to find by clearing noise.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2017-07-06T17:57:01.360" LastActivityDate="2017-07-06T17:57:01.360" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17099" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17093" CreationDate="2017-07-06T03:04:45.200" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;A strict mandate would not be effective and would possibly be harmful for the reasons pointed out by @ByteCommander in &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/17093/can-we-require-that-questions-contain-a-question-mark-to-nudge-users-to-ask-expl?noredirect=1#comment35122_17093&quot;&gt;this comment.&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My gut reaction is that I could certainly get behind the idea of automating notifying users with a short explanation, with a link to “How do I ask a good question?” as I've lost count of how many times I've encouraged a user to do just that, however in order to make that determination I'd have to actually &lt;strong&gt;read&lt;/strong&gt; the question and at least make an attempt to understand it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a task that's exceedingly hard to do programmatically as humans are still better as sifting through this stuff than code is. There are a number of related questions on how to handle these non-questions on meta.stackexchange.com and after sifting through them I think the most related example is &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/18857/should-non-questions-be-rewritten-as-questions&quot;&gt;Should non-questions be rewritten as questions?&lt;/a&gt; I understand that it's more fun to answer questions than to play janitor and attempt to improve posts like you describe, but it's a necessary task. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In situations such as you mention here, what I try to do is at least point them toward &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/how-to-ask&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/help/how-to-ask&lt;/a&gt; and if I think I get the gist of it, take my best shot at converting it to a question and drop a comment suggesting that the OP revise it if I've misinterpreted them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While on the surface it appears that using the absence of a single question mark as a trigger could be useful, I think the number of &quot;false positives&quot; could easily outweigh the usefulness of such an approach. For instance the statement &quot;I can't set my script as executable&quot; has no question mark, and clearly isn't a &lt;em&gt;good question&lt;/em&gt; but it's pretty clear what the problem is. I don't think we'd have a problem pointing them in the right direction.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastEditorUserId="225694" LastEditDate="2017-07-13T13:23:09.030" LastActivityDate="2017-07-13T13:23:09.030" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17101" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-07-06T12:16:09.123" Score="24" ViewCount="719" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This will be enforced as of July 21, 2017.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a notice regarding releases of Ubuntu that has reached End of Life.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The following versions of Ubuntu and derivatives &lt;strong&gt;are officially end of life&lt;/strong&gt; as of July 20, 2017:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Yakkety Yak (16.10)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;New questions specific to the above versions posted after the aforementioned date may need to be considered &lt;strong&gt;off-topic&lt;/strong&gt;. Old questions (posted before the end of life date) that are still being answered regarding these releases should have a comment included on them about upgrading to a supported release to continue to get support for their versions of Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This information can be confirmed via the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2017-July/000222.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;16.10 End of Life Announcement email message stating the official End Of Life date&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, establishing July 20th, 2017 as the EOL date for Yakkety.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please upgrade to a supported release to continue to receive support via Ask Ubuntu and Ubuntu Security updates.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This Meta thread is NOT a discussion of how we handle EOL releases. This is simply a notification to all about an upcoming &quot;End of Life&quot; date for a current release of Ubuntu (as of this posting being made). Please refrain from asking in comments about how we handle EOL questions, or commenting on such handling policies.  Please also refrain from posting such things in answers on this post as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Relevant related posts:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/14993/a-note-on-flagging-end-of-life-questions&quot;&gt;A note on flagging End of Life questions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/5611/should-we-allow-questions-that-are-about-releases-which-are-considered-end-of-li&quot;&gt;Should we allow questions that are about releases which are considered End of Life?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/7457/eol-question-handling-discussion-again&quot;&gt;EOL Question Handling Discussion... again&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2017-07-21T13:19:42.117" LastActivityDate="2017-07-21T13:19:42.117" Title="EOL Notice: Yakkety Yak (16.10) reached End of Life on July 20, 2017" Tags="|discussion|scope|end-of-life|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17102" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17094" CreationDate="2017-07-07T02:45:09.907" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;We used to use the &quot;unclear what you're asking&quot; close reason for that, but the verbage to the reason has changed.  It used to contain &quot;was only relevant to a specific user or at a specific point in time&quot; or similar wording.  So, out of habit, if I was going to CV something I thought was abandoned for the reason cited in that bit of verbage, I would use that reason.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2017-07-07T02:45:09.907" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17103" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17104" CreationDate="2017-07-07T18:09:32.573" Score="-4" ViewCount="54" Body="&lt;p&gt;We should combine the [vi] and the [vim] tags.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From the [vi] tag wiki:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Questions about the text editor &quot;vi&quot; or &quot;vim&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am not sure whether to keep the [vi] tag or the [vim] tag, but I don't think there is a reason to keep two separate tags.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="664577" LastActivityDate="2017-07-07T19:57:11.903" Title="Combine [vi] and [vim] tags" Tags="|discussion|tags|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17104" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17103" CreationDate="2017-07-07T19:57:11.903" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;vi&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;vim&lt;/code&gt; are two &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/418396/what-is-the-difference-between-vi-and-vim&quot;&gt;different applications&lt;/a&gt; that share the same name.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By default, Ubuntu ships with &lt;code&gt;vim-tiny&lt;/code&gt;, which does not have the same full feature set of true &lt;code&gt;vim&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The tags are similar, yes, but they are not synonyms. Questions about &lt;code&gt;vi&lt;/code&gt; very much do apply to &lt;code&gt;vim&lt;/code&gt; as well, but questions about &lt;code&gt;vim&lt;/code&gt; do not apply to &lt;code&gt;vi&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastActivityDate="2017-07-07T19:57:11.903" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17105" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17106" CreationDate="2017-07-08T02:18:41.753" Score="21" ViewCount="576" Body="&lt;p&gt;I noticed that one of my next privileges on the main site is seeing decreased ads. As an AdBlock Plus user, I don't see any ads regardless so I didn't realise that there were any. I know that some sites depend on ads to generate the income that they need to maintain the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is this: is the use of ad blocking software detrimental to Ask Ubuntu by way of revenue/income and would it benefit the site if I disabled it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="690724" LastEditorUserId="158442" LastEditDate="2017-07-08T04:58:30.167" LastActivityDate="2017-07-09T04:51:59.610" Title="Should I disable my AdBlocker on Ask Ubuntu?" Tags="|discussion|advertising|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17106" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17105" CreationDate="2017-07-08T04:54:17.200" Score="30" Body="&lt;h1&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.blog/2016/10/26/why-stack-overflow-doesnt-care-about-ad-blockers/?cb=1&quot;&gt;SO doesn't care about ad-blockers.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;We entered into an agreement with Stack Overflow users long ago that we &#xA;  wouldn’t subject them to low-quality ads. [...] But really: anything&#xA;  that doesn’t speak specifically to the Stack Overflow audience is not&#xA;  permitted. We also don’t accept rich media like animated ads,&#xA;  expandable ads, or video, which are the norm for most publishers&#xA;  today. This strict policy means we leave money on the table, but our&#xA;  team wants to protect Stack Overflow from those kinds of ads, as they&#xA;  run the risk of alienating that established trust.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;[...]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The truth is: we don’t care if our users use ad blockers on Stack&#xA;  Overflow. More accurately: we hope that they won’t, but we understand&#xA;  that some people just don’t like ads. Our belief is that if someone&#xA;  doesn’t like them, and they won’t click on them, any impressions&#xA;  served to them will only annoy them– plus, serving ads to people who&#xA;  won’t click on them harms campaign performance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Many of the reasons why we block ads in the first place are eliminated:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Obnoxious, in-your-face ads aren't allowed.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Much lower risk of ads being a vector for malware.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ads aren't that much of a burden on bandwidth.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/116254/does-stack-exchange-use-acceptable-ads-according-to-adblock-plus&quot;&gt;Does Stack Exchange use &amp;quot;acceptable&amp;quot; ads according to Adblock Plus?&lt;/a&gt; Yes, they do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Lastly, a good portion of the ads are &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/community-ads&quot; class=&quot;post-tag moderator-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;community-ads&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;community-ads&lt;/a&gt;, created by us users to showcase things we think might be of interest to us.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I personally disable my adblockers on SE sites, and I don't find the experience to be degraded. Then again, I do have &gt;200 rep on the sites I frequent the most, so I do see decreased ads in the first place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can vote on the ads you see (look for the thumbs-up/down buttons that appear in the top-left corner when you hover on an ad):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/gHmlw.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/gHmlwm.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="158442" LastEditDate="2017-07-09T04:51:59.610" LastActivityDate="2017-07-09T04:51:59.610" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17107" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-07-09T12:17:07.407" Score="0" ViewCount="72" Body="&lt;p&gt;Would it be appropriate to ask this on the main site or should I start a chat room? If I start a chat room, how would people know that it's there?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="690724" LastActivityDate="2017-07-10T08:15:29.363" Title="I would like to ask what the pros and cons are for Unity 8 vs GNOME 3" Tags="|discussion|chat|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17108" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17109" CreationDate="2017-07-09T16:08:21.420" Score="0" ViewCount="133" Body="&lt;p&gt;I saw &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/930859/need-help-with-first-row-sports&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; (10k+ reputation necessary to see it).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It contains a link to a piracy streaming site full of ads, pop-ups, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is SE policy for keeping this type of links here? Do we really want to advertise this type of services?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it OK to post a question like &quot;This porn site doesn't open in Ubuntu, but opens in Windows&quot;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="167850" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2017-07-09T18:27:14.593" LastActivityDate="2017-07-09T18:37:35.760" Title="How do we deal with links to piracy, porn and other potentially malicious sites?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17109" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17108" CreationDate="2017-07-09T18:37:35.760" Score="5" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://stackexchange.com/legal/content-policy&quot;&gt;Refer to the Content Policy for StackExchange&lt;/a&gt; for what is or is not permitted.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To quote &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/137846/policy-on-links-either-directly-or-indirectly-to-pirate-content&quot;&gt;this question on SE Meta&lt;/a&gt; regarding pirated content:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;It's not our job to police pirated content.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You changed the link back to text but someone could just as easily&#xA;  copy-paste the link and have access to the pirated content. Your heart&#xA;  was in the right place but it is not our job as Stack Exchange users&#xA;  to uphold someone else's copyright laws. &lt;strong&gt;No need to flag here...&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If the OP so desperately wanted those links to still be clickable then&#xA;  so-be-it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You were 100% right not to start an edit war over something so&#xA;  trivial.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, if we catch it as moderators we &lt;em&gt;may&lt;/em&gt; do something about it.  Flag it if you &lt;em&gt;really&lt;/em&gt; think it's a problem, but keep in mind we handle things on a case-by-case basis.  It's usually &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; necessarily flag-worthy, because you can just edit out links and leave comments about such evil links.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This in mind, we need to keep in mind that sites which are generic 'file upload' sites, while used for pirated content and malware, are &lt;em&gt;not necessarily&lt;/em&gt; used solely for distribution of malware, we have to look at it on a case-by-case basis.  Usually such 'upload sites' are not exactly the most reliable, nor is the linked content, so as moderators (or at least me as a moderator) we tend to recommend to individual users that they &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; use general upload sites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a &lt;em&gt;hugely&lt;/em&gt; broad category though so case-by-case basis.  Any questions, ask a moderator.  We usually lurk in chat.  You can open a Meta post if you wish, but eh.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With regards to &lt;strong&gt;pornography or mature adult imagery&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We do not permit links to such content per the SE TOS and Terms of Use.  Direct links to the content will be deleted, and repeated offenses of the TOS can result in moderation against a given user.  Again, generic upload sites may be handled on a case by case basis.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With regards to malware, if you flag links going directly to malware we'll delete it.  However, again, generic sites, case-by-case basis.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2017-07-09T18:37:35.760" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17110" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17107" CreationDate="2017-07-10T08:15:29.363" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I wouldn't bother with a specific room. As you say, nobody would know it's there. However, that's a perfectly good topic for &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/201/ask-ubuntu-general-room&quot;&gt;the site's main chat room&lt;/a&gt;. Just drop in there and see if you can get anyone interested in discussing this. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Many (most?) of the regulars use unity and are facing the same dilemma you are. It shouldn't be too hard to get them to talk about this. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2017-07-10T08:15:29.363" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17111" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17113" CreationDate="2017-07-10T20:03:35.237" Score="3" ViewCount="117" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Is that even possible?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Question &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/593938/how-to-run-both-intel-and-nvidia-graphics-card-driver-on-dual-monitor-setup&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; with my answer the accepted one and the one below that a better one!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yeah, I've looked &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/252/how-do-i-demote-my-own-answer-and-encourage-people-to-see-the-more-detailed-one&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; already but I'm not going to plagiarise the better one; that would feel totally wrong!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yeah, I tried deleting my own answer, but as it's the accepted one, I cannot...  &lt;strong&gt;:-(&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2017-07-10T20:56:51.327" LastActivityDate="2022-09-22T18:50:11.203" Title="I would like a moderator to remove the acceptance from one of my answers and give it to another one" Tags="|support|answers|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17112" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17111" CreationDate="2017-07-10T20:16:58.333" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;AFAIK, mods cannot change accepted answers. See &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/18312/moderators-accepting-answers-on-users-behalf-after-a-certain-time-period&quot;&gt;this Meta SE post&lt;/a&gt;, as well as &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/78438/blatantly-wrong-accepted-answer&quot;&gt;this one&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://tex.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/6171/is-it-possible-for-moderators-to-accept-an-answer&quot;&gt;this one too&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So yeah, I don't believe they can do that. &lt;s&gt;Unless, of course, @ThomasWard infuses his &lt;em&gt;hammer of power&lt;/em&gt; with some TNT or C4 :D&lt;/s&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="518562" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2017-07-10T20:58:29.750" LastActivityDate="2017-07-10T20:58:29.750" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17113" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17111" CreationDate="2017-07-10T20:52:54.940" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Accepting answers is 100% the original question poster's opinion.  We don't mess with that.  We also can't unaccept an answer or force answer acceptance.  The community can't really, either.  (Evidence: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/119534/easiest-way-to-setup-ubuntu-as-a-vpn-server/305401#305401&quot;&gt;my answer on &quot;Easiest way to setup Ubuntu as a VPN server&lt;/a&gt;, the +500 bounty I was awarded on it by posting a working answer long after an accepted answer was there, and the fact the 'accepted' answer has been flagged to be removed multiple times with all of those times being declined, from what I can tell)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We also tend to try and &lt;em&gt;avoid&lt;/em&gt; deleting accepted answers, whether they're wrong or not.  I'd add a blurb to your post as an edit that &quot;Note: the other answer here is better, consider using that one instead&quot; and link to it.  I've had to do this at times myself in the past.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sorry, but I'm not comfortable sniping an answer simply because one is 'better' whether yours or not.  Especially when it's already accepted - we try and leave that to the 'community'.  (There's only a few cases where I'd torch an answer that's already accepted, and that's usually only if the now-accepted answer is going to cause seriously horrible things or now links to malware or something)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2017-07-10T20:52:54.940" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17115" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-07-13T13:00:01.637" Score="6" ViewCount="60" Body="&lt;p&gt;My original question posted at &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/935144&quot;&gt;Can I use expose remote server ports via sshuttle?&lt;/a&gt; was a bit confused and made a half-attempt at answering itself. I've made it simpler so that it can be re-opened.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And thanks to my friendly neighborhood sysadmin I have an answer ready to post too :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7146" LastEditorUserId="6005" LastEditDate="2017-07-14T18:40:30.307" LastActivityDate="2017-07-14T18:40:30.307" Title="Please reopen sshuttle question 935144" Tags="|discussion|status-completed|reopen-request|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17116" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9154" CreationDate="2017-07-13T20:45:50.287" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think the current practice of remove being a synonym of uninstall makes sense. As far as the delete tag goes, I have to concur with your assessment. There are at this moment &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/delete&quot;&gt;99 unanswered questions tagged delete&lt;/a&gt; that have little to nothing to do with each other. I have to agree that the delete tag makes no sense for those who choose to specialize to follow.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastActivityDate="2017-07-13T20:45:50.287" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17118" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-07-15T18:25:54.020" Score="10" ViewCount="394" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are a number of questions about Linux and applications that run under Linux, that are asked by users that are not using Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Am I wrong to discourage it and remind the users that this is a forum for Ubuntu?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At one time I spent a lot of time trying to help a user resolve an issue with an application that is common to various Linuxes.  The problem didn't exist with Ubuntu because it was already configured properly by the developers as part of the install process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After an hour in extended chat discussion, I started to notice the provided steps weren't working because of differences in default configurations by his OS defaults.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I learned he wasn't using Ubuntu, I finished with the support to fix the problem.  But told him he was in the wrong forum.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;He said he uses the AU forum because you get quicker and better support.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Personally, I believe if we focused more on filtering out time spent on threads where they users are not using Ubuntu and the issue isn't with a supported version of Ubuntu, it'd help with the focus of the objective of the AU forum and more attention given to the users of Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm asking for the consensus because I don't want to be out of place by reminding users of the forum's objective.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="29012" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2017-07-21T05:15:50.900" LastActivityDate="2017-07-27T17:53:29.873" Title="What is the consensus on people who are not using Ubuntu asking General Questions on AU that has nothing to do with Ubuntu?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="6" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17119" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17118" CreationDate="2017-07-15T20:16:45.970" Score="9" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Personally, I believe if we focused more on filtering out time spent&#xA;  on threads where they users are not using Ubuntu and the issue isn't&#xA;  with a supported version of Ubuntu, it'd help with the focus of the&#xA;  objective of the AU forum and more attention given to the users of&#xA;  Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I agree entirely. When I see such questions I, perhaps too bluntly, vote to close as off-topic because the question is not about Ubuntu. I then move on to a better question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sometimes, I feel that it may be helpful to direct the poster to another more appropriate forum, &lt;a href=&quot;https://forums.linuxmint.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://forums.linuxmint.com/&lt;/a&gt; perhaps. I have even sometimes agreed to meet the poster there to address the question. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19421" LastActivityDate="2017-07-15T20:16:45.970" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17120" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17121" CreationDate="2017-07-15T20:55:10.727" Score="3" ViewCount="40" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm confused with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/first-posts/733254&quot;&gt;this review entry&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/UpyTs.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/UpyTs.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I remebered this &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/926539/what-does-the-character-mean-in-bin-sed-e-sabczzzg&quot;&gt;question&lt;/a&gt; because I actually saw it like one month ago.&#xA;So I want to the question to review the answer but it isn't asked &quot;2 hours ago&quot; but is already old and not from a new user&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/khJWC.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/khJWC.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it possible that a new User just copied the answer from Ravexina and reposted an exact copy or is this some review bug? Why do I get this for reviewing it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="423684" LastEditorUserId="133195" LastEditDate="2017-07-16T07:34:35.607" LastActivityDate="2017-07-16T07:34:35.607" Title="Confused with a review entry" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17121" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17120" CreationDate="2017-07-15T20:58:14.833" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;It's an audit.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you click the &quot;link&quot; hyperlink right under the &quot;answered today,&quot; it will take you to the answer by Ravexina.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The system changed the name and such to ensure that you don't base your decision on who posted it and/or when it was posted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/zVO6u.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/zVO6u.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="518562" LastActivityDate="2017-07-15T20:58:14.833" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17122" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17118" CreationDate="2017-07-16T13:41:36.803" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;As a general rule, I wouldn't discourage questions that &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;also&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; concern Ubuntu, even if the question is asked by someone who doesn't use Ubuntu. I am pretty sure many questions with useful answers were asked and answered by people, &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; using Ubuntu. That is perfectly fine, as long as it is also useful to users of Ubuntu. Think of the many cli questions for example, text editing questions and so on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Obviously, if issues are specific to other Linux distro's, or even to another OS, questions do not belong here. &lt;em&gt;That&lt;/em&gt; is the line we should draw in my opinion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Apart from that, if:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;He said he uses the AU forum because you get quicker and better support.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;we are obviously doing a good job :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course once and a while we waste some time on an issue we cannot solve from an &quot;Ubuntu perspective&quot;. I believe however that the chance people will admit the issue might be related to the fact that they are not using Ubuntu, before the attempt to help gets too exhaustive, increases if we are not too narrow-minded to begin with.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastActivityDate="2017-07-16T13:41:36.803" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17123" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-07-19T04:39:45.540" Score="3" ViewCount="319" Body="&lt;p&gt;From a recent stream of comments ( &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/937534/bios-cannot-boot-ubuntu-when-dual-booting-alongside-windows-10?noredirect=1#comment1485943_937534&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;):  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Anyone who attempts dual booting without reading&#xA;  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power-on_self-test , en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIOS&#xA;  , en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_boot_record ,&#xA;  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GUID_Partition_Table ,&#xA;  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFI is doomed to confusion, failure and&#xA;  frustration. – waltinator 8 mins ago&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;@waltinator - I have seen you post this comment more then once and&#xA;  referring to wikipedia is IMO really inappropriate. I have sucessfully&#xA;  installed Ubuntu, Fedora, ARCH, and gentoo all without reading those&#xA;  wikipedia pages – bodhi.zazen 6 mins ago&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;@bodhi.zazen Should I just scream &quot;RTFM&quot; and let them dangle? Should I rewrite the Wikipedia articles and figure out&#xA;  how to explain them? These Wikipedia articles have clearly written&#xA;  explanations that a responsible administrator about to alter the disk&#xA;  should read. Why is Wikipedia &quot;really inappropriate&quot;? – waltinator 53&#xA;  secs ago   edit&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was hoping to see &quot;Here's a better way to phrase it&quot;, but what I seem to be getting is &quot;Good/Bad waltinator Cookie/No Cookie&quot;.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What I want to tell them (with minimal offense) is:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've been computing to 50 years, and understand both the concepts you are juggling, and the mistake you're making. If fact, I may have made the same mistake myself (one makes many mistakes in 50 years). Reading the Wikipedia articles (and understanding them) will help you figure out your problem. I'd rather tell the O.P. how to educate themselves and solve their own problem than simply say &quot;do &lt;code&gt;this&lt;/code&gt;, do &lt;code&gt;that&lt;/code&gt; (especially when dealing with disk partitions). The Wikipedia articles explain things better that I'm willing to, and cost me no effort.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've rewritten my advice to: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I suggest you read &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power-on_self-test&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power-on_self-test&lt;/a&gt; ,&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIOS&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIOS&lt;/a&gt; ,&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_boot_record&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_boot_record&lt;/a&gt; ,&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GUID_Partition_Table&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GUID_Partition_Table&lt;/a&gt; ,&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFI&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFI&lt;/a&gt; . One will have the Answer. Read&#xA;  the others to understand that one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25618" LastEditorUserId="25618" LastEditDate="2017-08-14T04:13:58.890" LastActivityDate="2017-08-14T04:13:58.890" Title="Am I being unkind? Overly pedantic?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="6" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17124" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17125" CreationDate="2017-07-19T05:40:28.933" Score="0" ViewCount="58" Body="&lt;p&gt;As the title says I wonder why this is downvoted so much:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/937479/423684&quot;&gt;Parental Controls on Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is a newbie to Ask Ubuntu and no one wrote any comments about what is probably wrong with his/her question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I see parents who want to protect their childs on an Ubuntu System.&#xA;Ok there is not a lot detailed information but nobody asked for them neither.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe Ask Ubuntu isn't the right spot where to ask this so where would you ask a question like that rather?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="423684" LastActivityDate="2017-07-19T06:46:39.080" Title="Why is this question downvoted?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17125" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17124" CreationDate="2017-07-19T06:46:39.080" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;&quot;I am wondering how I would set up parental controls on my personal computer. I would also like to force safe search on all search engines. &quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;was the original question. The downvotes are more than likely to represent a lack of effort by the creator of the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Look at for instance &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/158572/what-is-the-best-way-to-restrict-access-to-adult-content&quot;&gt;What is the best way to restrict access to adult content?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Looks a lot better. It shows a lot more effort. So it is worth the 60 upvotes it got. A clear duplicate that is better worded in all regards. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Instead it has 2 sentences that each will have a different answer. The 1st one asked about parental controls on the operating system. The 2nd asks about limiting browser functionality. Also those answers will take a lot of time to create and the 2 sentences leave a lot of room for interpretation on what is asked (For me personally an answer that would take more than 30 minutes to create needs a decent question or I will not bother with it).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastActivityDate="2017-07-19T06:46:39.080" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17126" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17123" CreationDate="2017-07-19T08:31:07.717" Score="18" Body="&lt;h3&gt;In short&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think you are. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;It is always easy to say: &lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;If you read this or that, you could have avoided this problem&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt;, but that goes for pretty much all of the 268,781 (at this very moment) questions on AU.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The problem is, people ask here mostly because they don't know the way to the right sources, and why should we blame them? We've all been there, and moreover, such a comment serves no goal. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Just point out the right way and explain, or link to the right dupe if that is the case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2017-07-19T08:36:46.913" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17128" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-07-19T14:08:34.150" Score="2" ViewCount="60" Body="&lt;p&gt;As you can all see in the screen shot below I apparently had 400 rep&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/1YeG1.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/1YeG1.png&quot; alt=&quot;400rep&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However when I went to the reputation tab on my profile page it says i have 390 rep nor is there any entry to show the reputatuon being added or removed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/slAnS.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/slAnS.png&quot; alt=&quot;wheres my rep gone&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If anyone has any knowlege or ideas on this problem they would be appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="548903" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2017-07-19T14:41:16.717" LastActivityDate="2017-07-19T14:41:16.717" Title="Mystery missing 10 reputation" Tags="|discussion|support|reputation|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="7" ClosedDate="2017-07-21T02:25:24.900" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17129" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17123" CreationDate="2017-07-19T22:34:19.077" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;To quote Einstein:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;People come here, ask questions, we duplicate (most of) them, find an interesting question every now and then and answer it but most of the time we find dreck and the more time you spend on the site, the more dreck you find as you get smarter whereas the next n00b will still be a n00b just as you were a n00b once upon a time... &lt;strong&gt;:-)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As most users &lt;a href=&quot;http://catb.org/%7Eesr/faqs/smart-questions.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;don't ask smart questions&lt;/a&gt; let alone &lt;a href=&quot;http://tinyurl.com/stack-hints&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;write the perfect question&lt;/a&gt;, you should just hit the back button and move to the next question when (not if) you see a dumb question. &lt;strong&gt;;-)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;&lt;sup&gt;That way, you'll be much happier, the users will be much happier, the mods will be much happier &lt;s&gt;and Thomas will stay as grumpy as ever...&lt;/s&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2017-07-19T23:44:48.690" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17130" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17123" CreationDate="2017-07-19T23:39:26.940" Score="-3" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You're telling the truth and the truth cannot be pedantic. It doesn't help to correct or improve the very same illiteracy you're implicitly complaining about (and I feel your pain) though but at least it provides the reality check so many people need. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user692175" LastEditorUserId="307523" LastEditDate="2017-07-19T23:44:01.323" LastActivityDate="2017-07-19T23:44:01.323" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17131" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17123" CreationDate="2017-07-19T23:52:42.640" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Personally I've never read &quot;dual-booting in Wikipedia&quot; but I have read many threads here and in Ubuntu Forums on the subject. So for OP to claim an ultimate holly-than-thou source on the subject is, well, subjective.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We can't get into a competition on the best source of a given problem. Our job is to only point out sources.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As Thomas says there is a &quot;Be Nice&quot; rule and I think we all should appreciate it because we want people to be nice to us too. No one knows everything about everything so even though. Some might have expertise in lets say hardware like RAM, CPU, SSD, etc. but be weak in developing GUI's in BASH. Therefore everyone has the opportunity to point the finger or have a finger pointed at them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Like Fabby says if you find a particular question annoying it is best to bite your tongue, close it and move on to something else you are more appreciative of.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="307523" LastActivityDate="2017-07-19T23:52:42.640" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17132" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-07-20T00:04:12.853" Score="5" ViewCount="203" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've started a VTC project based on &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/17094/can-we-merge-these-three-qas-about-abandoned-questions-on-main&quot;&gt;abandoned questions about EOL Ubuntu versions&lt;/a&gt;. Tonight I VTC'd only one so far: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/127013/boot-failure-after-shutdown-during-upgrade-from-11-10-to-12-04&quot;&gt;Boot failure after shutdown during upgrade from 11.10 to 12.04&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However over the last few nights I've probably VTC'd 20 or 30. I'm wondering what the etiquette is for how many per night to VTC using the same old same old &quot;not reproducible&quot; reason?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because the VTC candidates are derived from SQL I could go nuts and VTC my max 50 flags per day. I haven't written a query to count how candidates there are but it could be many thousand.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So what would be an appropriate number to VTC each day without annoying you? 5, 10, 20?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is the query:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;SELECT p.Title, p.Id, p.Score, p.ViewCount, p.CreationDate, p.ClosedDate, p.AnswerCount, u.DisplayName&#xA;FROM Posts p&#xA;JOIN Users u ON p.OwnerUserId = u.Id&#xA;WHERE p.PostTypeId = 1&#xA;AND p.AnswerCount = 0&#xA;and p.ClosedDate is null&#xA;order by p.CreationDate ASC&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In total there are &lt;strong&gt;43,981&lt;/strong&gt; unanswered questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="307523" LastEditorUserId="307523" LastEditDate="2017-07-24T05:39:05.167" LastActivityDate="2017-08-01T00:10:51.040" Title="What are the acceptable number of close votes to initiate per day?" Tags="|discussion|vote-to-close|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="19" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17133" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17132" CreationDate="2017-07-20T00:08:32.207" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;Vote to close as many questions as you legitimately think need closing - no more, no less.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you're going organically, it's fine to use no close votes a day. Similarly, it's fine to use all fifty in a single day, as long as they're all warranted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The reasoning for this is discussed &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/102223/259230&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; by Jeff Atwood himself (well, for specifically the suggested edit queue):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;We really want vote diversity here, so that's the point of the limits -- if the same 2 folks are vetting all the edits, that's not a sufficient set of eyeballs on those edits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The same principle applies. This limit is in place to ensure that others have a chance to look at the questions in question and make sure they actually deserve things.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You could also consider the limit to be there to prevent abuse by a rogue user, though this seems to be less and less common now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;TL;DR:&lt;/strong&gt; Nobody cares how many you make, as long as you're still legitimately helping the site in the end.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastActivityDate="2017-07-20T00:08:32.207" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17134" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17118" CreationDate="2017-07-20T17:12:49.750" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Stop and ask yourself &lt;strong&gt;&quot;Will such question be useful to Ubuntu users? Can such question be solved with Ubuntu-specific tools/config ?&quot;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In case where OP asks about scripting stuff, text-processing, file/directory manipulations, permissions - this is all fairly &lt;strong&gt;standard and basic Linux stuff&lt;/strong&gt;, where OP's distro is irrelevant, but still nontheless useful and applicable to Ubuntu.   Questions about package manager generally should be closed, since sources are typically different.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some people are afraid that this gives &quot;bad example&quot; and &quot;sends wrong message&quot; to other users, and usually you can tell they're over-zealous about cleaning up the whole site and making it shiny and ideal. And the truth is that you can't stop the new users from coming here and saying &lt;em&gt;but Ubuntu is just like &amp;lt; some other distro name here &gt; !!!&lt;/em&gt;  and the &quot;bad examples&quot; rarely matter to them. Not a single time in my experience a user said &quot;hey, that question talks about Mint, why can't I&quot;. So don't be afraid to clutter the site and don't become a purist.  The goal is to help people and solve problems with what we have and what we know.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In your specific case, OP happened to have one of the issues that are &#xA;specific to the other distro. There's nothing much to do in such case - we can't fix it with Ubuntu specific tools, even though the issue is useful to Ubuntu users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, stop using the word &lt;em&gt;forum&lt;/em&gt;. Ask Ubuntu is not a forum, but rather a question-answer site, and that implies specific structure. It's not a place to come and post rants or questions out of boredom (although some people try to do that:) )&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="295286" LastActivityDate="2017-07-20T17:12:49.750" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17135" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-07-20T19:55:35.873" Score="0" ViewCount="27" Body="&lt;p&gt;The close reason states&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Bug reports and problems specific to development version of Ubuntu should be reported on Launchpad so that developers can see, track and fix these issues.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;related: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/12160/lets-refine-and-clarify-our-off-topic-close-reasons&quot;&gt;Let&amp;#39;s refine and clarify our off-topic close reasons&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is fine in regard of bug reports for Ubuntu but not so for other bugs, e.g. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/937977/dependencies-on-simple-scan&quot;&gt;Dependencies on simple scan&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This question should be closed as OT because it is a bug report, but the pointer to Launchpad is useless in this case. Should we amend the close reason to cater for bug outside of the immediate Ubuntu eco system?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastActivityDate="2017-07-20T19:55:35.873" Title="The wording of OT/bug in the Close Votes Review queue seems ambiguius" Tags="|discussion|close-reasons|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17136" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17118" CreationDate="2017-07-20T20:31:41.667" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;As Sergiy and Jacob both pointed out in their answers, strictly closing all questions that mention any non-Ubuntu Linux distribution seems too much for me as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think we should have a look at the question and ask ourselves whether the problem is specific to their distribution or just the same as on Ubuntu:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If we are &lt;em&gt;absolutely sure&lt;/em&gt; that there is not the slightest difference between Ubuntu and their distro in the aspect in question, my action of choice is to edit out the other distribution name and just pretend it is regular Ubuntu. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is e.g. often the case for simple scripting stuff involving just standard tools present on nearly any unixoid system.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If it is very likely that the issue is specific to the distribution the OP uses and would not happen in the same way on Ubuntu, this is a clear reason to close the question. Someone should always leave a small comment explaining that we only support official flavours here and directing them e.g. to &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;Unix &amp;amp; Linux&lt;/a&gt; or any more suitable site though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Good examples for this are questions about package management (as other distributions might use different repositories or even package managers) or stuff specific to specially customized kernels of that distribution, like the Kali Linux kernel with special patches for WiFi packet injection.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If it is not sure whether a question could be about Ubuntu as well or not, I'd propose to leave a warning comment explaining this, but then trying to answer the question pretending it were about Ubuntu. Now if valid and working Ubuntu solutions don't work for the OP on their system, that's their problem then. We generated a potentially valuable Q&amp;amp;A directed at Ubuntu users though, which is exactly what we want to have.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastEditorUserId="367990" LastEditDate="2017-07-21T06:57:04.397" LastActivityDate="2017-07-21T06:57:04.397" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17137" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-07-21T11:08:33.510" Score="20" ViewCount="368" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;TL;DR:&lt;/strong&gt; when posting a solution could you please standardize any editors to something that firstly comes with vanilla Ubuntu, and secondly, is simple to use, regardless of your personal preferences.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I just installed Ubuntu 17.04 for my daughter. It couldn't connect to wifi during installation, so had to install via Ethernet, and after installation during troubleshooting I found &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/904844/cant-connect-to-wifi-on-ubuntu-17-04&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;, which turns out is an easy fix.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Problem was, they chose &lt;code&gt;gksu gedit&lt;/code&gt; to edit the file,which is no longer native to vanilla Ubuntu, with other problems involved for 64-bit OS&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A seasoned user may automatically replace &lt;code&gt;gksu gedit&lt;/code&gt;  with &lt;code&gt;sudo vi&lt;/code&gt; without any thought,but I'm not one. I tried &lt;code&gt;vi&lt;/code&gt;,&lt;code&gt;gedit&lt;/code&gt;,etc; then had to google how to close vi. Laugh all you like. On the other hand, I approve of &lt;code&gt;gedit&lt;/code&gt; as a suitably Windows user-level editor, but if it can't be elevated using &lt;code&gt;sudo&lt;/code&gt;, it's no good either.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="715007" OwnerDisplayName="Cuchul" LastEditorUserId="295286" LastEditDate="2017-07-21T17:42:35.563" LastActivityDate="2017-07-21T17:42:35.563" Title="Editor wars aside, can we use sudo nano when talking to non-experts?" Tags="|discussion|answers|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17138" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17137" CreationDate="2017-07-21T11:19:05.030" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;sudoedit&lt;/code&gt; should be the preferred choice for command-line editors if you want to remain agnostic. That lets the user choose on first-run.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The problem with this approach is it forces the user into a terminal. Many new users are deeply uncomfortable with something they perceive an archaic 80s technology. That's why so many of the answers suggest ramping &lt;code&gt;gedit&lt;/code&gt; (which does ship with standard Ubuntu) up to root.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And &lt;code&gt;gksu gedit&lt;/code&gt; works here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;$ dpkg -S $(which gksu)&#xA;gksu: /usr/bin/gksu&#xA;&#xA;$ cat /etc/lsb-release &#xA;DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu&#xA;DISTRIB_RELEASE=17.04&#xA;DISTRIB_CODENAME=zesty&#xA;DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION=&quot;Ubuntu 17.04&quot;&#xA;&#xA;$ apt policy gksu&#xA;gksu:&#xA;  Installed: 2.0.2-9ubuntu1&#xA;  Candidate: 2.0.2-9ubuntu1&#xA;  Version table:&#xA; *** 2.0.2-9ubuntu1 500&#xA;        500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty/universe amd64 Packages&#xA;        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2017-07-21T11:19:05.030" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17139" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17137" CreationDate="2017-07-21T17:34:31.550" Score="20" Body="&lt;p&gt;We should absolutely &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; be recommending the use of &lt;code&gt;gedit&lt;/code&gt; as root (through &lt;code&gt;gksu&lt;/code&gt; or worse, &lt;code&gt;sudo&lt;/code&gt;) to &lt;em&gt;any&lt;/em&gt; user, professional or otherwise. See &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/899505/208574&quot;&gt;my answer here&lt;/a&gt; for reasoning, as well as a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/284306/why-is-gksu-no-longer-installed-by-default&quot;&gt;similar thread&lt;/a&gt; regarding the &quot;dropping&quot; of &lt;code&gt;gksudo&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anything that requires the use of root is probably something that requires caution to be exercised. Therefore, it would be appropriate to add friction to the process. I would hope that new (and therefore inexperienced) users would be far more cautious when they're in the &quot;spooky scary command line,&quot; mostly because it is scary. One wrong move causes an entire system to break in potentially fascinating ways.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To that regard, &lt;code&gt;nano&lt;/code&gt; is basically the friendliest text editor on the command line, and is more or less perfect for this sort of operation. After users get their feet wet and start to understand what's going on, they'll start reading &lt;code&gt;sudo nano /path/to/file&lt;/code&gt; as &quot;open /path/to/file as root in a terminal&quot; and they'll choose their own editor appropriately.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While &lt;code&gt;sudoedit&lt;/code&gt;/&lt;code&gt;sudo -e&lt;/code&gt; is a good tool, it's also giving the user a complicated choice of &quot;what do any of these things mean, and what should I choose?&quot; which would also add unnecessary overhead in questions that may not apply in all cases (&quot;choose 1 to use this editor&quot; - after first-run, this isn't a choice).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my opinion, it's best to just use &lt;code&gt;sudo nano&lt;/code&gt;, user-experience be (intentionally) damned. Once the user has more knowledge of how Ubuntu works, they'll be comfortable enough to know that &lt;code&gt;nano&lt;/code&gt; really means &quot;insert your favorite editor here.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastActivityDate="2017-07-21T17:34:31.550" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17140" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-07-22T13:37:57.800" Score="6" ViewCount="121" Body="&lt;p&gt;This UTC morning I looked at the reviews page and saw about 100 Close Votes to review and nothing else. Thinking this was slightly odd, I nonetheless reviewed 20 close-voted questions in the queue, then checked again. Still nothing!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Several hours later, I still see all zeroes in the review queues, apart from the greyed-out Close Votes, although the orange items-to-review indicator in the toolbar (the one that shows suggested edits to review when you have =&gt;2k and all items to review whether you're able to review them or not when you have =&gt;10k) shows me 115 items.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I thought maybe I had been silently review-banned for some reason (haven't failed any audits lately that I recall) but if I look at the history pages of the queues, I can't see any recent reviewing activity, so maybe it's not just me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can anyone shed any light on this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2017-07-25T07:12:22.037" LastActivityDate="2017-07-25T07:12:22.037" Title="Nothing to review? What gives?" Tags="|bug|status-completed|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="20" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17141" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16045" CreationDate="2017-07-22T15:35:34.820" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;From the official ROS site, about page (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ros.org/about-ros/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.ros.org/about-ros/&lt;/a&gt;):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The Robot Operating System (ROS) is a flexible framework for writing robot software. It is a collection of tools, libraries, and conventions that aim to simplify the task of creating complex and robust robot behavior across a wide variety of robotic platforms.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From this I can understand it is not an independent operating system, but tools and libraries that help make robot software.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="632192" LastActivityDate="2017-07-22T15:35:34.820" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17142" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-07-23T07:13:37.643" Score="29" ViewCount="441" Body="&lt;p&gt;I often get a bit frustrated when I look at the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/first-posts/history&quot;&gt;history&lt;/a&gt; pages of First Posts and Late Answers and see that some prolific reviewers are clicking the &lt;kbd&gt;No Action Needed&lt;/kbd&gt; button all the time or nearly all the time (you can only see this if you have &amp;gt;10k - otherwise the history page shows you only your own review history, I think). I check on some of the posts, and I see obvious formatting issues and typos and other things I think reviewers could reasonably be expected to pick up and deal with.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;New users' posts are often in need of improvement because the SE format takes a bit of getting used to. It's quite rare that a first question, for example, is correctly formatted, includes all the relevant information, has an appropriate title and tags, and is actually on-topic. And if it ticks all those boxes, then it probably deserves an upvote! I feel there's nearly always &lt;em&gt;something&lt;/em&gt; you can do in review of these queues...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, there are many conscientious reviewers who do much better than me at reviewing those queues. I find it a real slog, partly because I'm probably overly strict about allowing myself to click &lt;kbd&gt;I'm Done&lt;/kbd&gt; and often {edit, comment} &amp;amp;&amp;amp; skip because I'm clueless about so many topics and would rather give the post a chance to be seen by someone more knowledgeable. Those conscientious reviewers are probably the ones who read meta, so I'm probably preaching to the choir, but on the off-chance that less-experienced reviewers are passing, here are a few things I try to look for myself:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Questions&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Editing&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is the formatting correct?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is the English clear?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is the title completely useless? (eg &amp;quot;New To Ubuntu, Got A Problem&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;&lt;code&gt;E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)&lt;/code&gt;&amp;quot; (new users are unlikely to realise that this error means, speaking as specifically and accurately as possible, that Something Went Wrong)) When choosing a title, I try to ask myself something like &amp;quot;What will help people find the solution they need here through a search engine?&amp;quot;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;if it's about wireless, system installation or boot, hardware info may be useful in the title&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;if it's about APT, the non-generic part of the error output may make a good title&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;if the title mentions a specific package or command that has nothing to do with the actual problem whatsoever, remove it as misleading.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Are the tags correct and are all relevant tags used? (how often do you see a post saying (ahem) something like &amp;quot;I am using &lt;code&gt;sed&lt;/code&gt; to edit my file, but instead of adding &lt;code&gt;rainbows&lt;/code&gt; it is removing &lt;code&gt;unicorns&lt;/code&gt; :..( please help!&amp;quot; that has the single tag &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/16.04&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;16.04&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;16.04&lt;/a&gt;?)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Voting&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Does the question have an answer? Click the link to the right to take a look at it if so (this also has the advantage of immediately identifying audits). If the question has a good answer that sheds light on the problem, then the chances are it's a useful question (answerable questions are usually useful!) and deserves an upvote.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Consider downvoting low quality questions, leaving comments if you can advise how to improve. Questions with no answers and a negative score are automatically removed after 30 days, so this helps keep the site clear of useless things.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Closing/Commenting&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Can the question be answered in its current state, within the scope and format of Ask Ubuntu?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Does the OP need to do something to make it better that you can't do for them by editing?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Does this question look familiar? It may be a duplicate. If you find an original, read the target post thoroughly to make sure it is really the same issue and has up-to-date answers. Also, when closing as duplicate, I often find the target question and its answers need editing. I feel it gives a better impression to the new OP if we are pointing them at a well-written and formatted post. If you are not sure the question is a duplicate, but it is clearly related, you can leave a comment suggesting the other post may be relevant instead of voting or flagging - this links the posts and may well lead someone to a solution.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Answers&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Editing&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is the formatting correct?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is the English clear?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Can you make any clarifying additions or add information from a link?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Can you correct any minor technical errors?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Voting/Flagging&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Are there other answers to the same question? Click the link... is the answer you're reviewing a copy of or thank you message to one of the other answers? If so, flag it. If not...&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Can you verify the answer? If so, please upvote it!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is the answer wrong? Unhelpfully generic? Downvote and comment...&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Does the answer &lt;em&gt;miss the point of the question&lt;/em&gt;? Flag as NAA.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;PS: The &lt;kbd&gt;Skip&lt;/kbd&gt; button is your friend.&#xA;PPS: By no means is this an exhaustive list. I have tried to avoid writing the most obvious things. If you have any tips of your own, please consider adding an answer or comment :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2020-04-19T04:00:26.143" Title="Plea to reviewers of First Posts &amp; Late Answers: consider Action. And, some Actions to consider" Tags="|discussion|review|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17143" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17144" CreationDate="2017-07-25T14:21:56.997" Score="13" ViewCount="224" Body="&lt;p&gt;Alright, so I know this is going to be controversial, but here goes:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was perusing the home page and saw this question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/6gxFZ.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/6gxFZ.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, obviously that is a bad question and certainly does deserve a negative score. I was about to downvote, but I'm torn. On one hand, I want to downvote because it's a terrible post with multiple questions and large rant all lumped into a giant wall of text.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, the post already has -5. Now, I get that we're not supposed to cast &quot;pity upvotes&quot;, but at the same time, I don't think it's proper to possibly get this user suspended for a day or whatever just because his/her first question was really bad. The SE format is different, and takes some getting used to. I've seen many posts where it was the OP's first time on SE, they got a really bad score, and decided to never come back. I don't think that's how we should treat first time visitors.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know that's not how I would want to be treated....&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So really I guess this all boils down to, if a post already has a really bad score (-5 in this case), is it really necessary/proper/expected that we should still downvote it, especially in the case that it's the user's first post?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="518562" LastActivityDate="2017-08-06T01:49:28.740" Title="Should we not downvote if a question already has a bad score?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17144" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17143" CreationDate="2017-07-25T14:30:51.867" Score="17" Body="&lt;p&gt;The answer is: &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Use your own judgement - if you don't think it's right to downvote, then don't.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Downvotes can be cast for any &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;number&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; of reasons, all of them mostly personal-judgement based, including but not limited to &quot;Bad question quality&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, if you feel it's just beating a dead horse or just too evil to downvote a question where they already have this many downvotes, you can just &lt;em&gt;not downvote&lt;/em&gt;.  We don't have any 'guidelines' for downvoting other than &quot;Don't abuse it&quot; really, outside of the normal voting regulations here on Stack Exchange.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You are right though - pity upvotes are discouraged.  Upvotes for the sake of voting are also discouraged, as is targeted voting, up or down, to help or hurt a specific individual.  So don't do that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2017-07-25T14:42:06.767" LastActivityDate="2017-07-25T14:42:06.767" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17145" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-07-25T18:10:57.213" Score="2" ViewCount="81" Body="&lt;p&gt;I posted an answer which wasn't well received and it got deleted. You can see the question &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/938943/cannot-fsck-a-disk-due-to-no-r-w-access&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/xmBhw.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/xmBhw.png&quot; alt=&quot;deleted answer screenshot&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The help center states some reasons for an answer deletion:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;commentary on the question or other answers... not my case&#xA;asking another, different question... not my case&#xA;“thanks!” or “me too!” responses... not my case&#xA;exact duplicates of other answers... not my case&#xA;barely more than a link to an external site... not my case&#xA;not even a partial answer to the actual question... not my case&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It might not have been the best answer (and I was actually trying to find out why, as you can see in the comments, however this completely prevents me from doing so), but according to the information I could find I don't think it qualified for deletion!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The more serious issue is that the question was deleted after I edited it, as the comment suggested, making it a valid answer to the question as it stood at the moment of deletion, the negative votes had even started to reverse, from -4 to -2.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are your thoughts on this issue?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;----- Edit -----&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I found a seemingly valid use case for changing a block device's ownership (&lt;a href=&quot;https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1684410&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;see here&lt;/a&gt;). This doesn't mean my suggestion was right, just that things aren't always absolute and obvious to everybody and that a brief explanation or a link would be more constructive than voting to delete a question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="655715" LastEditorUserId="655715" LastEditDate="2017-07-25T22:29:13.597" LastActivityDate="2017-07-25T22:29:13.597" Title="My answer was deleted after I fixed it, is this acceptable?" Tags="|discussion|deleted-answers|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17146" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17145" CreationDate="2017-07-25T19:04:23.383" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I saw that you had edited it but that it was the same as the upvoted one after editing. Since you want it not to be deleted, and it has a little extra information compared to the other one, I have voted to undelete it. Actually I saw the -2 and thought you'd be happy to get your points back. Should have looked harder. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In addition to the help center list I also vote to delete answers that are wrong and/or dangerous (although I don't flag them of course) &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/246629/what-can-i-do-about-a-misleading-answer-with-high-votes/246631#comment807504_246631&quot;&gt;which I believe is what we have the 20k delete answer privilege for&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2017-07-25T19:04:23.383" CommentCount="12" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17147" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17148" CreationDate="2017-07-25T20:08:10.573" Score="13" ViewCount="234" Body="&lt;p&gt;Specifically I'm asking about the concept discussed in the top rated answers in the meta post &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/548/how-to-post-links-that-integrate-with-the-software-center&quot;&gt;How to post links that integrate with the Software Center?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once upon a time, when apps.ubuntu.com was up to date this was kind of cool. Currently however, none of the currently supported versions of Ubuntu show up under available versions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's an example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Np4kh.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Np4kh.png&quot; alt=&quot;apps.ubuntu&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Granted this doesn't stop an apt link from working, but I can see a new user becoming confused and coming to the conclusion that the software in question is not available for their current version of Ubuntu. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastEditorUserId="225694" LastEditDate="2017-07-25T20:13:57.420" LastActivityDate="2018-06-18T08:13:12.480" Title="Does it make sense to continue to post links to apps.ubuntu.com in answers?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17148" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17147" CreationDate="2017-07-25T23:33:35.540" Score="18" Body="&lt;p&gt;I believe no, it doesn't make sense. It makes a lot more sense to just include an apt link directly or a link to packages.ubuntu.com. Please don't use apps.ubuntu.com.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="420786" LastEditorUserId="420786" LastEditDate="2018-06-18T08:13:12.480" LastActivityDate="2018-06-18T08:13:12.480" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17149" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17150" CreationDate="2017-07-26T01:22:56.073" Score="-2" ViewCount="46" Body="&lt;p&gt;Please could we have the [.bashrc] tag made a synonym of [bash]. Statistics:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;0 questions ever&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;0 followers ever&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is not needed. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/.bashrc&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;.bashrc&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;.bashrc&lt;/a&gt; -&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/bash&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;bash&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;bash&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="420786" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2017-07-26T02:57:24.810" LastActivityDate="2017-07-26T02:57:24.810" Title="Tag Synonym request: [.bashrc] -&gt; [bash]" Tags="|feature-request|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17150" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17149" CreationDate="2017-07-26T01:36:09.733" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;If any action is taken, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/.bashrc&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;.bashrc&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;.bashrc&lt;/a&gt; should be made a synonym of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/bashrc&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;bashrc&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;bashrc&lt;/a&gt;, not of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/bash&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;bash&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;bash&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's true that we don't need a separate tag &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/.bashrc&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;.bashrc&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;.bashrc&lt;/a&gt;. That tag is &lt;em&gt;hardly&lt;/em&gt; used (surely &lt;em&gt;some&lt;/em&gt; question has at some point in its life had that tag, since that's how tags are created).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But the reason we don't need it is that we have &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/bashrc&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;bashrc&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;bashrc&lt;/a&gt;, which is extensively used. Currently it has 408 questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A possible, but not very good, argument for keeping a separate &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/.bashrc&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;.bashrc&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;.bashrc&lt;/a&gt; tag would be that it refers to the &lt;code&gt;.bashrc&lt;/code&gt; files in people's home directories and &lt;code&gt;/etc/skel&lt;/code&gt;, and &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; to &lt;code&gt;/bash/bashrc&lt;/code&gt;. I say this is not a very good argument because:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We don't currently have questions tagged with it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It seems unlikely that this level of granularity would be useful.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do believe that &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/bashrc&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;bashrc&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;bashrc&lt;/a&gt; &lt;strong&gt;without the dot&lt;/strong&gt; is useful and should continue to exist separately from &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/bash&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;bash&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;bash&lt;/a&gt;, which is a hugely broader topic. I think neither &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/.bashrc&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;.bashrc&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;.bashrc&lt;/a&gt; nor &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/bashrc&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;bashrc&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;bashrc&lt;/a&gt; should be synonymized to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/bash&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;bash&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;bash&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only reason I can see not to synonymize &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/.bashrc&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;.bashrc&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;.bashrc&lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/bashrc&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;bashrc&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;bashrc&lt;/a&gt; is that &lt;em&gt;it has no tags, so the system won't let us&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Dq9cF.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Dq9cF.png&quot; alt=&quot;Tooltip showing the system&amp;#39;s refusal to make .bashrc a synonym of bashrc because it does not exist in the system.&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;em&gt;&quot;Failed to propose synonym: The suggested tag must exist in the system before suggesting it as a synonym!&quot;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I suppose a moderator could do it, but unless the tag comes back (i.e., unless people start tagging questions with it again), this is probably unnecessary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2017-07-26T02:34:50.463" LastActivityDate="2017-07-26T02:34:50.463" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17151" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17152" CreationDate="2017-07-26T01:44:55.867" Score="0" ViewCount="107" Body="&lt;p&gt;Recently one of my questions have been marked as a duplicate:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/939736/what-is-the-difference-between-etc-profile-and-bashrc&quot;&gt;What is the difference between /etc/profile and .bashrc&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe this question has been mistakenly marked as a duplicate because the question they refered to that I &quot;copied&quot; from as a duplicate is not even close to a duplicate. What should I do?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="619936" OwnerDisplayName="NerdOfCode" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2017-07-26T02:47:22.057" LastActivityDate="2017-07-26T03:37:53.787" Title="Question marked as duplicate - what to do?" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|closed-questions|reopen-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17152" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17151" CreationDate="2017-07-26T03:37:53.787" Score="3" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;the question they refered to that I &quot;copied&quot; from as a duplicate is not even close to a duplicate&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When we &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/duplicates&quot;&gt;close questions as duplicates&lt;/a&gt;, we don't actually mean the text of the question is the same or even that all pertinent details are the same. We &lt;em&gt;do&lt;/em&gt; mean that they are, in effect, asking the same thing, or for something that is &lt;em&gt;contained in&lt;/em&gt; the other question, or at least that the question being closed is answered at the question we dupe it to. We definitely do not mean that you copied any text, nor does your question's duplicate status constitute an accusation of that. Occasionally people post questions with the very same text as some previous question, but those constitute an exceedingly tiny minority of questions considered &quot;duplicates&quot; on this site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/17151/question-market-as-duplicate#comment35361_17151&quot;&gt;Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy says&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/939742/22949&quot;&gt;the answer you accepted&lt;/a&gt; is very similar, in terms of the information it presents, to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/463479/22949&quot;&gt;the answer&lt;/a&gt; on the question it was closed as a duplicate of. I don't think it was altogether unreasonable for it to have been made a duplicate, based on your having accepted that answer. Still, there are some major differences and I suspect that your question ought to either (1) remain open, or (2) be closed as a duplicate of some other question that is more similar to yours in terms of the variety of answers that would reasonably answer it. I have voted to reopen your question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/463462/sequence-of-scripts-sourced-upon-login&quot;&gt;that question&lt;/a&gt; the asker had a specific problem, and while the answer provided some general information, it was focused on that problem. They wanted to prevent something from being shown to them when they started a terminal session, and to do so they wanted to find out the specific order in which the shell runs commands from configuration files when it starts up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In your question, the fundamental thing you want to know is what the difference is between two very commonly used and discussed configuration files, the global &lt;code&gt;/etc/profile&lt;/code&gt; and the &lt;code&gt;.bashrc&lt;/code&gt; files in users' home directories. This is more general than the the other question in some ways, and more specific in others:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;There is a lot more to this than the &lt;em&gt;order&lt;/em&gt; in which commands are run, and while some other aspects of the question are addressed in the question it was closed as a duplicate of, the focus is still substantially oriented toward &lt;em&gt;figuring out what commands are run and in what order&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;To do this, a large amount of detail was provided--more, probably, than you are looking for--and the most basic aspects of the question were not emphasized (because they were not specifically important to that question). If you are a novice shell user, that question might not be your best first resource.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For me, in deciding to cast my reopen vote, it came down to this: In my view, your question would benefit from additional answers providing guidance about how to figure out which of these files to use. &lt;strong&gt;The distinctions between those files that are &lt;em&gt;usually&lt;/em&gt; the most important are &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; what order their commands are run in&lt;/strong&gt;, but instead (1) one is systemwide, the other is for all users, and (2) the commands in one run specifically for login shells, but any Bourne-style login shell, not just Bash, while commands in the other generally run for interactive Bash shells. That affects what you would put in each one--for example, one common use of &lt;code&gt;.bashrc&lt;/code&gt; is to add aliases.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I hope I haven't upset anyone by writing something in this meta post that could be interpreted as a (vague and partial) answer to your original question on the main site. In order for me to express why I suspect your question should not remain a duplicate of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/463462/sequence-of-scripts-sourced-upon-login&quot;&gt;that question&lt;/a&gt;, it was necessary for me to address the issue of what sorts of answers that might be valuable to the community (and to you) might be posted on your question if it were open, that would not be appropriate on other one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions on our site, and their answers, are not only for the people who asked them. We are, after all, trying &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tour&quot;&gt;&quot;to build a library of detailed answers to every question about Ubuntu&quot;&lt;/a&gt;. That's one reason I felt comfortable voting to reopen your question even though you accepted &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/939742/22949&quot;&gt;that answer&lt;/a&gt;. Although the answer you accepted is useful (and I upvoted it), I thought your question would be more valuable to the community with additional answers, and that those answers would not be right to post on the other question. (Note, though, that we might have some &lt;em&gt;other&lt;/em&gt; question where they would be better, or where they already exist. So if your question is reopened, please don't be surprised if it's closed again as a duplicate of something else.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;if&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; you had only believed it to be wrongly closed because you thought duplicates were just for copied text, then that is a different matter. I would still be a bit uneasy about the closure, but I wouldn't pursue the matter further if you end up deciding the closure is correct.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for the more general aspect of this meta question--what to do when your question is closed as a duplicate and you disagree--you can:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Edit the question to clarify how it is different. Sometimes this involves providing more information, changing the scope of your question, and other modifications.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is to say that editing can be used both to (1) question a closure that is wrong, and (2) remedy whatever circumstances led to a closure that is correct. Editing also bumps your question up on the front page (though please don't use it just for that purpose).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Although over-editing is &lt;em&gt;possible&lt;/em&gt;, in general editing is pretty great.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Comment on the question to explain why it is different (often editing is better).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Post on meta about it. We migrated this question to meta but you can just post new questions here (and should, if they are about the site rather than Ubuntu itself). &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/participate-in-meta&quot;&gt;There's a rep requirement for posting on meta but it's small and you definitely meet it.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Flag the question for moderator attention and explain the situation. I think those three other options are &lt;em&gt;usually&lt;/em&gt; better to start with.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can, of course, do more than one of these things.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2017-07-26T03:37:53.787" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17153" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17118" CreationDate="2017-07-26T14:39:45.383" Score="0" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;...it'd help with the focus of the objective of the AU forum and more attention given to the users of Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't think AU's purpose is giving attention to Ubuntu users; as I understand it, its purpose is to be a kind of knowledge base that Ubuntu users can use to solve their problems. In that sense, and like others have pointed out, some questions asked by users of other systems may be relevant to Ubuntu users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I believe it often isn't obvious how the use of a system relates to a problem and, thus, affects the questions. Just like you pointed out:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The problem didn't exist with Ubuntu because it was already configured properly by the developers as part of the install process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I too had a couple of command line questions (relating the output of two commands) that seemed generic to me. I considered asking here but eventually I overcame that desire and asked on Linux &amp;amp; Unix. It turned out both of them had something to do with the system I was using, one had to do with a GDM bug not present in Ubuntu, the other had to do with /bin being a symlink to /usr/bin in CentOS. I was glad I didn't ask those here!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Personally, I believe if we focused more on filtering out time spent on threads where they users are not using Ubuntu and the issue isn't with a supported version of Ubuntu, it'd help with the focus of the objective of the AU forum and more attention given to the users of Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm unsure whether actively hunting down those kinds of questions will help at all. You would still waste time in the process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Am I wrong to discourage it and remind the users that this is a forum for Ubuntu?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't think so, if you know or suspect the question was asked to solve an issue with another system and even if the question proves to also be related to Ubuntu, you may remind them that such thing is a coincidence and that other sites exist to ask their questions regarding that system. Actually, this is probably the best approach, because you don't go over the top destroying valuable information but you add to it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, if the question proves to be completely unrelated to Ubuntu you may propose a migration, though I'm not familiar with how those work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="655715" LastEditorUserId="655715" LastEditDate="2017-07-26T14:46:07.327" LastActivityDate="2017-07-26T14:46:07.327" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17154" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17123" CreationDate="2017-07-26T20:50:14.913" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;IMHO, providing information is helpful.  Demeaning those who choose to not accept your advice is not helpful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The definitive statement in this thread came from waltinator: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;These Wikipedia articles have clearly written explanations that a&#xA;  responsible administrator about to alter the disk [or otherwise&#xA;  potentially destroy the system] should read.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The operative words being &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&quot;responsible administrator&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;which, in most cases, does NOT describe those posting questions in this forum.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I started working on computer systems over 50 years ago.  I've since held systems engineering roles for scores of systems and operating systems and thousands of application software products.  Not to mention bridges, switches, routers and various other network infrastructure devices.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While I value documentation it is totally unreasonable to expect someone to pour over various manuals, FAQs, wiki pages and so on just to find the answer to a question that some smart forum member could answer off the top of their head.  &quot;Be nice&quot; should also be tempered with &quot;be helpful&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've personally been slammed on here for not formatting a response in a manner that was inconsistent with the protocols on this site.  This did not make me feel very welcome.  Imagine how a noobie with zero *NIX experience might feel when they ask a question and are told to &quot;RTFM&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm just a passer-by here.  It's your site.  Run it however you like.  But if folks here are truly concerned about whether or not they are perceived as being &quot;unkind&quot; they might want to take my observations into consideration.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As an aside, if I need an answer fast, I will do a Google search as well as posting a question in an appropriate forum.  But I am generally not inclined to invest and potentially waste many hours reading things that may or may not help solve my problem.  I've been a Ubuntu user for quite some time, having migrated over from Red Hat.  Since I am committed to Ubuntu I do read a lot of documentation on this site.  However, many if not most of the first time posters here are NOT committed to Ubuntu and their first experience with Linux may well be the way that they are treated when posting here.  I'm sure everyone here wants to make that experience a positive one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="660894" LastActivityDate="2017-07-26T20:50:14.913" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17155" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17118" CreationDate="2017-07-27T17:53:29.873" Score="0" Body="&lt;h2&gt;What you said in the beginning:&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are a number of questions about Linux and applications that run&#xA;under Linux, that are asked by users that are not using Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are many many Ubuntu-agnostic Linux questions on this site:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;bash, sh, perl, python, fortran, basic, assembler&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;sed, awk, bc, wc, pipes (&lt;code&gt;|&lt;/code&gt;), xargs, eval&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;grub, bios, csm, uefi, dual-boot, fsck, kernel&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;etc/fstab, mount, auto mounting, gparted, GPT&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;LibreOffice, chrome, fire-fox, vlc, pulse-audio&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;gimp, rhythmbox, vlc, sudo, nano, vi, cron&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In these cases the answers are more important than the OP's distro. If the answers are great why flag the question as &amp;quot;off-topic&amp;quot;? I would probably edit the question though to remove the &amp;quot;offensive&amp;quot; distro name.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If there are no answers then flagging the question as &amp;quot;off-topic&amp;quot; is usually OK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In between these two extremes is the gray area which would have to be approached on a case by case basis.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;What if someone knows how to spell &amp;quot;Ubuntu&amp;quot; does that qualify?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There many, many Q&amp;amp;A's that address installing Windows without Ubuntu. Most of the duplicates point to: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/133533/how-to-remove-ubuntu-and-put-windows-back-on&quot;&gt;How to remove Ubuntu and put Windows back on?&lt;/a&gt;. Isn't that a Windows installation question? Apparently not because the user once used &amp;quot;Ubuntu&amp;quot; and now wants to move away.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some of the duplicates still remain as valid questions even though they should be closed:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/521360/remove-ubuntu-and-install-windows-8&quot;&gt;remove ubuntu and install windows 8&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/780203/remove-ubuntu-14-04-and-install-windows-7-ultimate&quot;&gt;Remove Ubuntu 14.04 and install Windows 7 Ultimate&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/162602/how-do-i-remove-ubuntu-wipe-hard-drive-and-install-windows-xp&quot;&gt;How do I remove Ubuntu, wipe hard drive and install Windows XP?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/130849/how-can-i-remove-ubuntu-from-my-system-and-install-the-windows-bootloader&quot;&gt;How can I remove Ubuntu from my system and install the Windows bootloader?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/281737/how-to-remove-ubuntu-partitions-and-use-them-to-install-windows&quot;&gt;How to remove ubuntu partitions and use them to install windows&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The saving grace for these questions not getting deleted is they mention the word &amp;quot;Ubuntu&amp;quot; to be removed and not &amp;quot;MS-DOS&amp;quot;, or &amp;quot;Windows Vista&amp;quot;, or &amp;quot;Fedora&amp;quot;, or &amp;quot;Arch-Linux&amp;quot;, or any other OS. Yet the answers to the questions benefit everyone in the world that wants to install Windows.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand if someone wanted to remove Mac OSX, Fedora, Arch-Linux or another Distro and install &amp;quot;Windows&amp;quot; it would be closed as &amp;quot;off-topic&amp;quot; even though the instructions for installing &amp;quot;Windows&amp;quot; remains the same. I guess I would point out the AU link to them via comment and then flag the question as &amp;quot;off-topic&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;User wants to remove Windows and install Fedora&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's a good one where the user name-drops &amp;quot;Ubuntu&amp;quot;: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/13063/how-to-remove-windows-partition-and-install-fedora-14&quot;&gt;How to remove Windows partition and install Fedora 14?&lt;/a&gt;. The last answer is the best I think but gets no up-votes:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want to keep your partitions the same size you can just use the&#xA;Fedora installer and reformat the Windows partition.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Translation:&lt;/strong&gt; Go to the Fedora website and read the instructions there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;What you said in the ending:&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm asking for the consensus because I don't want to be out of place&#xA;by reminding users of the forum's objective.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Asking for consensus here is like requesting all snowflakes be the same size and pattern.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="307523" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2017-07-27T17:53:29.873" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17156" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-07-27T19:08:30.967" Score="2" ViewCount="99" Body="&lt;p&gt;I read &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/38336/how-do-i-recover-my-data-from-an-encrypted-home-directory&quot;&gt;How do I recover my data from an encrypted home directory?&lt;/a&gt; and upon printing hardcopy of this, the font size is under 10 points. That is way too small to read easily. When I tried copy &amp;amp; paste into a word processor, that failed, too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the purpose of Stack Exchange sites printing in type too small to read or in Stack Exchange sites not allowing the font size to be controlled by the person doing the printing? Is it possible to add a Print feature to these sites?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The image is at 100%.&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/io636.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/io636.png&quot; alt=&quot;Harcopy of the printed page&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user166982" LastEditorUserId="158442" LastEditDate="2017-07-27T20:46:57.307" LastActivityDate="2017-07-27T22:00:00.903" Title="Printing Ask Ubuntu pages" Tags="|support|font|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="6" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17157" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17156" CreationDate="2017-07-27T22:00:00.903" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You may prefer the view shown by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.stackprinter.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;StackPrinter&lt;/a&gt;, which is an unofficial, community-maintained site that obtains and hosts copies of posts from Stack Exchange sites (with proper attribution) though Stack Exchange's published API, as needed, and displays them in a way intended to be better suited for printing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Here's &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.stackprinter.com/export?question=38336&amp;amp;service=askubuntu&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;your question&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some more information on StackPrinter is available on the website and also &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackapps.com/questions/179/stackprinter-the-stack-exchange-printer-suite&quot;&gt;this StackApps post&lt;/a&gt;. To quote:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;StackPrinter&lt;/strong&gt; is a website that pulls the main details of a given question, all its answers, comments and votes  formatting them in a&#xA;  simple essential printable view. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I've created this micro web application basically to add a&#xA;  &lt;em&gt;&quot;Printer-Friendly&quot;&lt;/em&gt; feature to the Stack Exchange Network sites, trying to remove some &lt;code&gt;@Media Print CSS&lt;/code&gt; limitations like hidden&#xA;  comments, pagination and empty spaces. (rationale &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/36709/printer-friendly-button/36743#36743&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See also &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/36709/printer-friendly-button/36743#36743&quot;&gt;that meta post&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/19356/printer-friendly-layout-truncates-long-titles-on-firefox/50871#50871&quot;&gt;this other one&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2017-07-27T22:00:00.903" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17158" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17166" CreationDate="2017-07-28T03:40:23.717" Score="3" ViewCount="112" Body="&lt;p&gt;I keep finding things with the &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; tag or the &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;pre&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; tag instead of four spaces or inline code formatting. I want to find these and fix them, replacing them with the better code formatting of the um well formatting. I want to be able to search for this. How can I do this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="420786" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2017-07-28T08:25:41.663" LastActivityDate="2017-07-28T20:38:40.787" Title="How to find posts with html tags like &lt;code&gt;" Tags="|support|formatting|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17159" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17161" CreationDate="2017-07-28T03:46:09.793" Score="6" ViewCount="175" Body="&lt;p&gt;A user deleted their question after 1 close vote: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/940541/sh-file-not-executing-on-startup-via-crontab&quot;&gt;sh.file not executing on startup (via crontab)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Screenshot for those with &amp;lt; 10k reputation:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/QFrqT.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/QFrqT.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was given the option to &quot;un-delete&quot; this question and my quick-clicking-happy-finger chose to do so because I thought I had a good answer to post... ie cron @reboot works in &lt;code&gt;/etc/cron.d&lt;/code&gt; directory scripts and not through &lt;code&gt;crontab -e&lt;/code&gt; modifications.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is &lt;strong&gt;What is the purpose of allowing undelete votes on a question the OP deleted?&lt;/strong&gt;. The question has no answers and the OP should be allowed to delete the question. Un-deleting an OP deleted question seems ridiculous on the surface. I must be missing something here....&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="307523" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2017-07-28T10:55:05.943" LastActivityDate="2017-07-28T10:55:05.943" Title="What is the purpose of allowing undelete votes on a question the OP deleted?" Tags="|discussion|deleted-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17160" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17143" CreationDate="2017-07-28T04:11:16.473" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;(This is just expanding on Thomas' answer)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I remember this being asked at meta.so (or meta.se maybe), and the consensus was that there was generally no point in &quot;downvoting to oblivion&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another thing to consider is that downvoters won't be directly notified when an edit is made to the post, so that they could retract their downvotes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="495331" LastActivityDate="2017-07-28T04:11:16.473" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17161" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17159" CreationDate="2017-07-28T05:29:34.023" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Short Answer&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In general, it's OK (and sometimes beneficial) for users to delete their own posts and we have this ability, though there are some limitations to self-deletion*. The underlying reason for allowing vote-to-undelete is, as usual, that &lt;strong&gt;questions and their answers are not only for the OP but for the entire community of site users / visitors present and future.&lt;/strong&gt; This means that if voters consider deleted posts valuable, they can vote to revert the OP's action.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;*For example, you cannot delete your accepted answer (though voters (and of course mods) can) and you cannot delete your question if it has upvoted answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If you're still reading&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The odd self-deletion isn't a big deal, but deleting more than five (I think) of your own posts in one day raises an automatic flag (and stops you from continuing). Deleting substantial amounts of useful content is taken seriously and could result in suspension (of course, self-deletion might be happening because the user's account was hacked, or accessed by their angry flatmate etc, so blocking rapid self-deletion protects the user too). Giving other site users the ability to undelete content helps to protect that content - which belongs to the community.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Take a look at some posts related to self-deletion on Meta Stack Exchange&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/216846/when-is-it-kosher-to-delete-ones-own-answer&quot;&gt;When is it kosher to delete one&amp;#39;s own answer?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/296813/can-we-have-a-link-to-legal-and-a-copy-of-the-first-paragraph-for-the-defacin&quot;&gt;Can we have a link to [legal] and a copy of the first paragraph for the &amp;quot;defacing content&amp;quot; mod message template?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/244839/better-oversight-for-self-deleted-answered-questions&quot;&gt;Better oversight for self-deleted answered questions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/26851/322419&quot;&gt;you always have the right to have your account disassociated from content&lt;/a&gt; (under the Creative Commons license used by SE). This provides a compromise between the community which benefits from useful content and may to vote to undelete it, and the author who wishes to delete content.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2017-07-28T05:35:18.683" LastActivityDate="2017-07-28T05:35:18.683" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17162" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17158" CreationDate="2017-07-28T07:53:24.083" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am not sure this is the best use of your time, but, it's your time...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, since you have &amp;lt; 2k as yet, it's also reviewers' time, so feedback on this is needed from others. Personally, I reformat posts like that if I happen to be editing them for some other reason, but I don't regard it as high priority to fix.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, editing old posts to fix invisible formatting issues should be done (if at all) &lt;strong&gt;slowly&lt;/strong&gt; so as not to overwhelm the front page with bumped posts. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Answering the question though, you can search for them using &lt;a href=&quot;https://data.stackexchange.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Stack Exchange Data Explorer (SEDE)&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The database stores post body text as rendered HTML, so the Body schema contains &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; if the post contains anything that renders as &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt;, meaning we can't use that schema to find out if the markdown text actually contains &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt;. However, the PostHistory table stores revisions in markdown format, so I was able to devise &lt;a href=&quot;https://data.stackexchange.com/askubuntu/query/702393/posts-with-code-or-pre-tags&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;a probably overcomplicated and poorly written query mostly copied from other people's queries&lt;/a&gt; for you, which others could surely simplify and improve, to find (hopefully) posts whose current version contains &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;pre&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; tags.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Warning: it returns 7482 posts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2017-07-28T14:21:17.860" LastActivityDate="2017-07-28T14:21:17.860" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17163" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-07-28T08:14:11.257" Score="4" ViewCount="208" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have this question here:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/940583/does-secure-boot-need-to-be-disabled-on-the-nexus-5-before-i-can-install-ubport&quot;&gt;Does SECURE BOOT need to be disabled on the Nexus 5 before I can install UBPort&amp;#39;s Ubuntu Phone Image?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I subsequently created new tags for &lt;a href=&quot;https://devices.ubports.com/#/hammerhead&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;UBPorts&lt;/a&gt;, and one of its core devices, the &lt;a href=&quot;https://devices.ubports.com/#/hammerhead&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Nexus-5&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Question is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Is UBPorts within the scope of AskUbuntu?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And to that,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Is UBPorts an Ubuntu Project?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Does UBPorts Consider themselvses as part of Ubuntu?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Does UBPorts fit within the Ubuntu Governance Model?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Does UBPorts answer to Ubuntu's Technical Board and Community Council?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Do we know if UBPorts has the blessing of Canonical to use any of their trademarks?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Does it matter that Ubuntu Touch is more or less a dropped project from Canonical?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;What official statements have come down from Canonical in context to UBPorts?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="253579" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2018-02-26T15:02:40.990" Title="Is UBPorts within the scope of AskUbuntu?" Tags="|discussion|tags|scope|canonical-questions|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17164" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17163" CreationDate="2017-07-28T08:47:51.513" Score="4" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Is UBPorts an Ubuntu Project?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No. It is a private project from &lt;a href=&quot;https://twitter.com/mariogrip&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Marius Gripsgard&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is no relation to Ubuntu nor to Canonical so off-topic. &lt;a href=&quot;https://devices.ubports.com/#/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;As shown on their website&lt;/a&gt;:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;This site is maintained by The UBports Team and is not an any way endorsed by or affiliated with Ubuntu or Canonical. Ubuntu and Canonical are registered trademarks of Canonical Ltd.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastEditorUserId="15811" LastEditDate="2017-07-28T08:54:08.387" LastActivityDate="2017-07-28T08:54:08.387" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17165" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-07-28T19:24:51.047" Score="3" ViewCount="201" Body="&lt;p&gt;So I've discovered that I can make code blocks with &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;pre&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; tag. Great ! Now I can write markup in &lt;code&gt;vim&lt;/code&gt; and copy the resulting text into answer text box (instead of pasting answer and script separately,and running a script on a script which indents the scrip...you get the idea). Problem is it lacks syntax high lighting. Here's an example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xA;#!/usr/bin/env python&#xA;import os;&#xA;&#xA;for r,s,f in os.walk(&quot;.&quot;):&#xA;    for i in f:&#xA;        if &quot;postgis-2.0.0&quot; in i:&#xA;            print(os.path.join(r,i))&#xA;&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Placing &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;!-- language: python --&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; before and after has no effect. So how do I get colors in &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;pre&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; block if that's even possible ? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="295286" LastActivityDate="2017-09-01T15:00:14.123" Title="Syntax highlighting in &lt;pre&gt; block?" Tags="|support|markdown|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17166" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17158" CreationDate="2017-07-28T20:38:40.787" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Instead of searching for posts with HTML code formatting just so you can make them use the (usually) nicer Markdown style, I recommend that you instead search  for posts with HTML code formatting &lt;strong&gt;as a heuristic for finding posts by inexperienced users that might benefit from editing&lt;/strong&gt;. Then fix anything that needs fixing--unclear wording, grammar, spelling, capitalization, details in comments that belong in the post, tagging, broken links, visible formatting problems, meaningless titles, poorly cited quotations, and so forth.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While you're at it, you should &lt;em&gt;also&lt;/em&gt;--usually--change &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;pre&amp;gt;&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/pre&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; (and sometimes just &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;pre&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;/pre&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt;) to indentation by four spaces and &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; to &lt;code&gt;`&lt;/code&gt; &lt;code&gt;`&lt;/code&gt;. When doing so, please be aware that &lt;strong&gt;they do not always have the same effects&lt;/strong&gt;, so you must be careful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;You can also make other similar HTML-to-Markdown changes, for example by replacing &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; tags by separating paragraphs with blank lines (people often really mean &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt;) or, though less often warranted, by two spaces at the end of a line. Similar caveats apply.&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;The Problem&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you choose to find and change numerous posts' formatting from using the &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;pre&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; tags to using Markdown, &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;please be careful&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. Placing text between &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;pre&amp;gt;&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/pre&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; does not always have the same effect as indenting every line by four spaces, due to the way HTML and Markdown markup interact with &lt;em&gt;other&lt;/em&gt; HTML and Markdown markup. Similarly, &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; does not always work the same as &lt;code&gt;`&lt;/code&gt; &lt;code&gt;`&lt;/code&gt;. (See below for &lt;em&gt;how&lt;/em&gt; this can be the case, and some examples to watch out for.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Therefore, care--and, in a few cases, exceptional care--will be required if you are to perform a large number of these substitutions without causing harm.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Sometimes the difference is unintentional but would still need to be tended to in making the change. (For example, if you came upon a post with a code block formatted one way followed immediately by a code block formatted the other way, what would you do? Would you format them the same way with no additional change? See below.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Sometimes the difference is intentional. Some kinds of formatting cannot be achieved without HTML tags, and this includes some uses of &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;pre&amp;gt;&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/pre&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt;. I have written a number of posts that use those tags because they really have to (as well as a few posts, when I just started out on the site, that use them unnecessarily).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;The Solution&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Three concerns have been raised, regarding the project of replacing HTML code formatting with Markdown:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;This has the potential to be really boring for you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;I read &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/17162/22949&quot;&gt;Zanna's answer&lt;/a&gt; as expressing this concern, but in case that was not intended, we can just say that I am expressing it right now.&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The changes are invisible--&lt;em&gt;if done right&lt;/em&gt;--except to editors, so the benefit is small. (See &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/17162/22949&quot;&gt;Zanna's answer&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/17158/how-to-find-posts-with-html-tags-like-code#comment35388_17158&quot;&gt;David Foerster's comment&lt;/a&gt;.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These may in effect be trivial edits of the sort that (a) are not worth pushing other posts down and off the front page, if done in large numbers and (b) some reviewers may consider not worth their time/effort and opt to reject.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Without very carefully examining the context and reading the surrounding text and markup, as well as carefully checking the rendered result, it is easy to break formatting that works. This is the concern I am expressing in this post.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I don't think you need to let any of these worries stop you, so long as you broaden your ambit to include &lt;strong&gt;fixing all the other problems with the post&lt;/strong&gt;. I do not mean just fixing other problems you happen to notice while zeroing in on HTML code formatting. I mean, read through the whole post and fix everything that benefits from fixing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In most cases, backticks and indentation are easier, faster, and less prone to error than writing &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;pre&amp;gt;&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; tags manually. Experienced Ask Ubuntu users almost always prefer backticks and indentation (except in case where the effects are different and they want the effect provided by manual HTML tagging). For this reason, &lt;strong&gt;I hypothesize that searching for posts with manual HTML code formatting is a useful way to find posts that are likely to benefit from improvement in other ways.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe this one change to your mission, by itself, would be sufficient to fully address &lt;em&gt;all&lt;/em&gt; those potential problems.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Reading posts and fixing everything you can is more interesting than focusing on one narrow formatting issue, and this sort of editing is intrinsically rewarding because you (and other people throughout the world) can see the improvements in the rendered posts.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You'll be making multiple improvements, so the benefits will often be significant. It will also take (at least a little) longer to edit the posts. In combination, these factors will make your edits more useful. It will be worth it to review these edits and to have the recently edited posts appear on the front page. I don't think you'll have to worry about limiting the number of edits you do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Occasionally you may find posts where the only thing &quot;wrong&quot; is the use of HTML formatting, and in this case, you could still go ahead and fix that (&lt;em&gt;if&lt;/em&gt; you want to). But I doubt most posts will be like that.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Because you'll be reading through the post and looking for other problems, you are far less likely to miss ways that your formatting changes could have unintended results.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;But &lt;em&gt;how&lt;/em&gt;?&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Markdown is translated into HTML, so how can Markdown code formatting produce different text than the HTML equivalent?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Code formatting in Markdown does turn into HTML, but it doesn't always turn into the exact HTML one might think it does. For example, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/77347/how-do-i-write-a-url-in-markdown-on-stack-exchange&quot;&gt;this question about how to make URLs in Markdown&lt;/a&gt; gives an example URL, written like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;    &amp;lt;a href=&quot;abc.php&quot;&amp;gt;ABC&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It appears like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;a href=&quot;abc.php&quot;&amp;gt;ABC&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To see how this is achieved, view the raw HTML of the page. (Browsers usually call this View Source. In Firefox, &lt;em&gt;View Page Source&lt;/em&gt; is an option in the contextual menu that appears when you right-click on a page.) This reveals that the actual HTML code on the page is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;pre&amp;gt;&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;a href=&quot;abc.php&quot;&amp;amp;gt;ABC&amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;gt; &#xA;&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/pre&amp;gt;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This sort of thing is what &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/editing-help#code&quot;&gt;the editing guide&lt;/a&gt; means by &quot;escaped&quot; when it says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Indent four spaces to create an escaped &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;pre&amp;gt; &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; block&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To see how some other constructions are formed in HTML, you can view the source of &lt;em&gt;this&lt;/em&gt; page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Examples&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a summary of some ways Markdown and HTML code formatting produce different results, but it is &lt;strong&gt;not exhaustive&lt;/strong&gt;. I do recommend you watch out for these things, though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Embedded Formatting: Inline Code Spans&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An &lt;strong&gt;inline code span&lt;/strong&gt; can exist within formatted text, but what if one wants to apply formatting to just &lt;em&gt;some&lt;/em&gt; text within it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This Markdown is an unsuccessful attempt to create an inline code span with one word linkified and another italicized:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;&amp;gt; You can use `[rm](http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/xenial/en/man1/rm.1.html) -i *filename*`.&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It produces:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You can use &lt;code&gt;[rm](http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/xenial/en/man1/rm.1.html) -i *filename*&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But it works if you use &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; instead of &lt;code&gt;`&lt;/code&gt; &lt;code&gt;`&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;&amp;gt; You can use &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;[rm](http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/xenial/en/man1/rm.1.html) -i *filename*&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;.&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That produces:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You can use &lt;code&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/xenial/en/man1/rm.1.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;rm&lt;/a&gt; -i &lt;em&gt;filename&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Embedded Formatting: Code Blocks&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Similarly, for a &lt;strong&gt;code block&lt;/strong&gt;, this Markdown doesn't work:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;    sudo apt install [libc++-dev](https://packages.ubuntu.com/xenial/libc++-dev)&#xA;    usermod -a -G sambashare *username*&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It produces:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;sudo apt install [libc++-dev](https://packages.ubuntu.com/xenial/libc++-dev)&#xA;usermod -a -G sambashare *username*&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Changing the formatting &lt;em&gt;inside&lt;/em&gt; the code block is not sufficient by itself:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;    sudo apt install &amp;lt;a href=&quot;https://packages.ubuntu.com/xenial/libc++-dev&quot;&amp;gt;libc++-dev&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&#xA;    usermod -a -G sambashare &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;username&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because that just produces:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;sudo apt install &amp;lt;a href=&quot;https://packages.ubuntu.com/xenial/libc++-dev&quot;&amp;gt;libc++-dev&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&#xA;usermod -a -G sambashare &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;username&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But it works if you also use &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;pre&amp;gt;&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/pre&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; instead of indentation:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;pre&amp;gt;&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;sudo apt install &amp;lt;a href=&quot;https://packages.ubuntu.com/xenial/libc++-dev&quot;&amp;gt;libc++-dev&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&#xA;usermod -a -G sambashare &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;username&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/pre&amp;gt;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That produces:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;sudo apt install &lt;a href=&quot;https://packages.ubuntu.com/xenial/libc++-dev&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;libc++-dev&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;usermod -a -G sambashare &lt;em&gt;username&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that, unlike with inline code spans where Markdown &lt;em&gt;inside&lt;/em&gt; &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; tags works, code blocks require not just that the block be started and ended with explicit HTML, but that the internal formatting is achieved with HTML as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Adjacent Code Blocks&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Suppose I have two separate code blocks in Markdown, one right after the other:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;    first block&#xA;&#xA;    second block&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Well, that didn't work! Even though there are no spaces in the middle line that is intended to separate the blocks, Markdown treats it as a single code block and it gets rendered like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;first block&#xA;&#xA;second block&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If someone used &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;pre&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; instead then the problem does not appear. (They may have used it deliberately for this reason, or they may be entirely unaware of this issue.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;pre&amp;gt;&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;first block&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/pre&amp;gt;&#xA;&#xA;&amp;lt;pre&amp;gt;&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;second block&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/pre&amp;gt;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That produces this, which looks right:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;first block&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;second block&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It also works if only one of the blocks is formatted with &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;pre&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt;. It is only adjacent Markdown-formatted code blocks that are merged.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Using those HTML tags explicitly is not the best way to separate adjacent code blocks, and I do recommend converting them to using the Markdown style (so long as there are no other reasons not to). But you have to insert something between them that is not displayed but prevents them from being interpreted as a single block. I suggest an empty HTML comment:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;    first block&#xA;&#xA;&amp;lt;!-- --&amp;gt;&#xA;&#xA;    second block&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That looks like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;first block&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;second block&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A similar situation occurs with HTML &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; vs. Markdown &lt;code&gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; quote formatting (and the same HTML-comment solution works):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;&amp;gt; ABC&#xA;&#xA;&amp;lt;!-- --&amp;gt;&#xA;&#xA;&amp;gt; DEF&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This produces:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;ABC&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;DEF&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Character References&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sometimes people who don't know about &lt;code&gt;`&lt;/code&gt; &lt;code&gt;`&lt;/code&gt; formatting will use &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt;, which you could replace with backticks, but only if you replace the &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_XML_and_HTML_character_entity_references&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;character references&lt;/a&gt; they included, such as writing &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;&lt;/code&gt; as &lt;code&gt;&amp;amp;lt;&lt;/code&gt;. If only they'd known about &lt;code&gt;`&lt;/code&gt; &lt;code&gt;`&lt;/code&gt;, they wouldn't have needed to write such things!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may see this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;&amp;gt; &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;code&amp;amp;gt;&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; and &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;/code&amp;amp;gt;&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; make an inline code span.&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That looks like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; make an inline code span.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Suppose you replace the code tags with backticks:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;&amp;gt; `&amp;amp;lt;code&amp;amp;gt;` and `&amp;amp;lt;/code&amp;amp;gt;` make an inline code span.&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Well, that's no good:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;&amp;amp;lt;code&amp;amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;&amp;amp;lt;/code&amp;amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; make an inline code span.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will need to convert the character references into literal text as well:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;&amp;gt; `&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;` and `&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;` make an inline code span.&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's better:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; make an inline code span.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Embedded Backticks&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Backticks work fine in code blocks, but they can cause problems in inline code spans that are opened and closed by backticks. You might write:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;&amp;gt; `$()` is preferable to ``` `` ``` in shell scripts. You can use `$(seq 1 10)` instead of `` `seq 1 10` ``.&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As desired, this produces:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;$()&lt;/code&gt; is preferable to &lt;code&gt;``&lt;/code&gt; in shell scripts. You can use &lt;code&gt;$(seq 1 10)&lt;/code&gt; instead of &lt;code&gt;`seq 1 10`&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But because it is not obvious how to write that using the &lt;code&gt;`&lt;/code&gt;-based syntax, some people use &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; blocks, sometimes with character references or backslash escapes, to try to render it. Here's one way you might see:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;&amp;gt; `$()` is preferable to &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;&amp;amp;#96;&amp;amp;#96;&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; in shell scripts. You can use `$(seq 1 10)` instead of &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;&amp;amp;#96;seq 1 10&amp;amp;#96;&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;.&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Suppose you were to just replace the &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; tags with &lt;code&gt;`&lt;/code&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;&amp;gt; `$()` is preferable to `&amp;amp;#96;&amp;amp;#96;` in shell scripts. You can use `$(seq 1 10)` instead of `&amp;amp;#96;seq 1 10&amp;amp;#96;`.&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That produces:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;$()&lt;/code&gt; is preferable to &lt;code&gt;&amp;amp;#96;&amp;amp;#96;&lt;/code&gt; in shell scripts. You can use &lt;code&gt;$(seq 1 10)&lt;/code&gt; instead of &lt;code&gt;&amp;amp;#96;seq 1 10&amp;amp;#96;&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another way you might see is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;&amp;gt; `$()` is preferable to &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;\`\`&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt; in shell scripts. You can use `$(seq 1 10)` instead of &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;\`seq 1 10\`&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;.&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you replace &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; with &lt;code&gt;`&lt;/code&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;&amp;gt; `$()` is preferable to `\`\`` in shell scripts. You can use `$(seq 1 10)` instead of `\`seq 1 10\``.&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then you get this mess:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;$()&lt;/code&gt; is preferable to &lt;code&gt;\&lt;/code&gt;`` in shell scripts. You can use &lt;code&gt;$(seq 1 10)&lt;/code&gt; instead of &lt;code&gt;\&lt;/code&gt;seq 1 10``.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;em&gt;Further reading:&lt;/em&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/55437/how-can-the-backtick-character-be-included-in-code&quot;&gt;How can the backtick character ` be included in code?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I assume there are other cases where replacing HTML code formatting with Markdown requires extra care. Those are just the ones I've seen.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2017-07-28T20:38:40.787" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17167" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17165" CreationDate="2017-07-28T21:50:02.843" Score="2" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Many people who find this post by searching will want to know &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/editing-help#code&quot;&gt;how to format text as a block of code easily&lt;/a&gt;. To do that, select the text in the visual editor (i.e., the text box on Ask Ubuntu where you are writing or pasting it) and press &lt;kbd&gt;Ctrl&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;K&lt;/kbd&gt; or click the button that looks like &lt;strong&gt;{}&lt;/strong&gt;. This indents each line by four spaces, causing it to be rendered as a code block. &lt;em&gt;With that said...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;You probably &lt;em&gt;still&lt;/em&gt; don't want to use &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;pre&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; (or even &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;pre&amp;gt;&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt;) for this.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I advise against using HTML tags to format code on Ask Ubuntu, outside of special situations where you really need them (which, for a complete Python program, is probably never). The reason is that, when you make a code block that way, &lt;strong&gt;HTML is still treated specially inside it&lt;/strong&gt;. This includes the &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; characters, which often appear in source code.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This happens because &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/17166/22949&quot;&gt;Markdown code formatting does more than just adding tags&lt;/a&gt;. It also performs any necessary &lt;em&gt;escaping&lt;/em&gt; in the text that is to be treated as code. As &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/editing-help#code&quot;&gt;the Markdown help page&lt;/a&gt; says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Indent four spaces to create an &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;escaped&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;pre&amp;gt; &amp;lt;code&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; block&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;(emphasis mine)&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;But if you really must do it, it &lt;em&gt;seems&lt;/em&gt; like you can.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There may be bugs, though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The first problem you're running into is that, although &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;pre&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;/pre&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; displays like code on Stack Exchange sites, and is in general &lt;a href=&quot;https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/pre&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;usually rendered in monospace&lt;/a&gt;, but &lt;em&gt;it does not actually mean code&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As the editing guide (see above) &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/17165/syntax-highlighting-in-pre-block#comment35400_17165&quot;&gt;and muru&lt;/a&gt; say, the HTML markup for a preformatted code block is &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;pre&amp;gt;&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/pre&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;!-- language: lang-python --&amp;gt;&#xA;&#xA;&amp;lt;pre&amp;gt;&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;#!/usr/bin/env python&#xA;import os;&#xA;&#xA;for r,s,f in os.walk(&quot;.&quot;):&#xA;    for i in f:&#xA;        if &quot;postgis-2.0.0&quot; in i:&#xA;            print(os.path.join(r,i))&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/pre&amp;gt;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://codereview.meta.stackexchange.com/a/424/35106&quot;&gt;This answer on Code Review Meta&lt;/a&gt; claims it works.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I recommend placing two newlines between the HTML comment and &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;pre&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt;, as shown above. This corresponds to the way a &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;!-- language: lang-&lt;em&gt;something&lt;/em&gt; --&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; comment is usually used with four-space indenting (i.e., the comment isn't indented, and a separate indented block follows it).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This works for me in the visual editor on the main site, &lt;em&gt;sometimes&lt;/em&gt;, and it seem to recall that code like this is rendered properly after submission. If you're doing it like that, then I'm not sure what &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/17165/syntax-highlighting-in-pre-block#comment35403_17165&quot;&gt;the problem&lt;/a&gt; is. When writing or editing posts, I have noticed that it often takes a few seconds--and sometimes much longer--for syntax highlighting to be applied. I imagine this is a browser rendering issue, but I have not noticed a problem in submitted posts, only in the visual editor's preview. I suspect a bug in the visual editor.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another possibility is that perhaps syntax highlighting does not work the same (or at all?) here on meta. For example, I applied code highlighting to the HTML above (see the Markdown for this answer), which is formatted through the usual technique of indentation, but it's not rendering in HTML.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is what the code shown above looks like (i.e, this is that, unindented). It seems to work on the main site, though I don't know if it's reliable. It does not seem to highlight here on meta.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;#!/usr/bin/env python&#xA;import os;&#xA;&#xA;for r,s,f in os.walk(&quot;.&quot;):&#xA;    for i in f:&#xA;        if &quot;postgis-2.0.0&quot; in i:&#xA;            print(os.path.join(r,i))&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here it is with four-space indentation:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;#!/usr/bin/env python&#xA;import os;&#xA;&#xA;for r,s,f in os.walk(&quot;.&quot;):&#xA;    for i in f:&#xA;        if &quot;postgis-2.0.0&quot; in i:&#xA;            print(os.path.join(r,i))&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unless something else in my post is getting in the way, it looks like &lt;em&gt;meta&lt;/em&gt; doesn't support this. I have tested this from multiple browsers on Ubuntu and Windows, as well as the Stack Exchange app for Android, and syntax highlighting does not appear--not in &lt;em&gt;this&lt;/em&gt; post, at least.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2017-09-01T15:00:14.123" LastActivityDate="2017-09-01T15:00:14.123" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17168" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17132" CreationDate="2017-07-29T00:27:24.230" Score="0" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Update July 31, 2017&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In meta Stack Exchange I've been directed to a link where we can request auto-deletion of abandoned questions on EOL Ubuntu versions that have no answers:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/auto-delete?sort=newest&amp;amp;pagesize=50&quot;&gt;meta.stackexchange.com - Auto Delete Questions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Automatically deleting the questions will save close voting on &lt;strong&gt;thousands&lt;/strong&gt; of questions, clogging up the review queue and taking &lt;strong&gt;years&lt;/strong&gt; to do what could be done &lt;strong&gt;overnight&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have already made a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/feature-request&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;feature-request&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;feature-request&lt;/a&gt; here in &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Ask Ubuntu&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; on this question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/17094/can-we-merge-these-three-qas-about-abandoned-questions-on-main&quot;&gt;Can we merge these three Q&amp;amp;As about &amp;quot;abandoned questions&amp;quot; on main?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;but it was embedded within a larger request to merge duplicates together. Since then I've discovered more &quot;abandoned questions&quot; threads I'll need to research.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At the time of posting the question I had only Voted To Close (VTC) one abandoned question from EOL Ubuntu 12.04 with no answers or questions. A few days later I had VTC'd about 100 unanswered Ubuntu 12.04 questions and the Close Review Queue grew to 200 or so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As such I think the appropriate numbers depends on the review queue size. When Close Votes Queue is sitting ~100 limit number of initiated close votes on EOL unanswered questions / abandoned questions to about 10.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More importantly when you initiate 10 close votes make sure you go in and vote 20 times on existing close votes in the review queue. Of course we should all do this each day anyways but this doubles the reason.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've self sentenced myself to purgatory and am now VTC'ing in review queue only and not initiating anymore close votes until I've met the goal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="307523" LastEditorUserId="307523" LastEditDate="2017-08-01T00:10:51.040" LastActivityDate="2017-08-01T00:10:51.040" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17169" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17170" CreationDate="2017-07-29T01:32:31.660" Score="-1" ViewCount="62" Body="&lt;p&gt;As per my comment &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/265939/unable-to-change-the-refresh-rate-to-60hz-with-xrandr&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; I don't think this question should have been bumped to the home page. The question is abandoned: OP hasn't signed on in 4+ years, 2 days after question was posted. Therefor extremely unlikely to respond to comments or confirm or deny answers. The question is about EOL Ubuntu 12.04 which none of us in our right minds would be running and therefor unable to duplicate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But it begs the meta question... &quot;who is the community&quot;? I know I don't have &quot;bump&quot; powers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="307523" LastActivityDate="2017-07-29T02:40:46.810" Title="Who is `community` bumping questions to `home page`?" Tags="|discussion|community|ubuntu-community|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ClosedDate="2017-07-29T15:22:19.707" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17170" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17169" CreationDate="2017-07-29T02:19:25.710" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Community user is a bot. It automatically bumps old messages that fits &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/48579/285481&quot;&gt;the criteria&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/-1/community&quot;&gt;From its profile&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Hi, I'm not really a person.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I'm a background process that helps keep this site clean!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I do things like&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Randomly poke old unanswered questions every hour so they get some attention&lt;/strong&gt;    &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Own community questions and answers so nobody gets unnecessary reputation from them    &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Own downvotes on spam/evil posts that get permanently deleted    &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Own suggested edits from anonymous users   &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.stackexchange.com/a/92006&quot;&gt;Remove abandoned questions&lt;/a&gt;   &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can check the criteria from the link at top of the post and see &lt;a href=&quot;https://math.meta.stackexchange.com/tags/bumping/info&quot;&gt;this summary by math.se&lt;/a&gt; if you want more details.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="511534" LastEditorUserId="511534" LastEditDate="2017-07-29T02:40:46.810" LastActivityDate="2017-07-29T02:40:46.810" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17171" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2224" CreationDate="2017-07-29T02:54:06.763" Score="-2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NO&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;College has sure changed since I attended (Northeastern University) in the late 1960's.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;Back in the day&quot;, electronic calculators, which were insanely expensive, were verbotten in class.  We worked out calculations on a sliderule or longhand on paper.  The Professors wanted us to understand how to do the math, not just punch in some numbers into a machine and look at the answer that was given to us.  As a result, we went off to be much better Engineers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If students want to use this forum as a sort of CliffsNotes on steroids, more power to them.  Far be it from me to snub my nose at shortcuts.  However, using this site to research for information is a lot different than having someone else (us) do their homework for them.  While I do enjoy the intellectual exercise of helping someone figure out an answer to their issue, it's not like I have unlimited time to do other people's work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I generally do not look at homework related questions.  They seem to usually be written by extremely lazy people who haven't even tried to figure out the problem on their own.  Furthermore, like many assignments in academia, the problems these students are sent off to research typically bear little resemblance to anything a real Engineer might be faced with in the field.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't know that I'd go so far as to make a blanket policy that all homework questions should be declared off-topic.   But they should certainly be liberally downvoted if the question and potential answers add little or no value to the site's knowledge base.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="660894" LastActivityDate="2017-07-29T02:54:06.763" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17172" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2224" CreationDate="2017-07-29T05:33:38.987" Score="0" Body="&lt;h1&gt;I don't know but...&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I like the fact the OP explicitly stated it was a homework question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Too many times I've suspected a question of being homework based and it annoys me how it's posted a &amp;quot;real life&amp;quot; problem when it really isn't.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm perhaps biased because my worst experience was in an on-line chatroom where some girl was asking me questions about MS-DOS which I unwittingly answered only to be told 1/2 hour later &amp;quot;Thanks I was writing an exam and you helped me with the answers&amp;quot;. I felt so abused....&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="307523" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2017-07-29T05:33:38.987" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17173" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17165" CreationDate="2017-07-29T11:59:04.507" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just use this userscript:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://stackapps.com/q/3247/17253&quot;&gt;Better handling of indentation and the TAB key when editing posts&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This user script changes the behavior of a few keys (most notably the &lt;kbd&gt;Tab&lt;/kbd&gt; key) within the post editor to behave more like it does in IDEs or text editors:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;When multiple lines are selected, &lt;kbd&gt;Tab&lt;/kbd&gt; and &lt;kbd&gt;Shift&lt;/kbd&gt;-&lt;kbd&gt;Tab&lt;/kbd&gt; indent and dedent these lines&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;When nothing is selected, &lt;kbd&gt;Tab&lt;/kbd&gt; and &lt;kbd&gt;Shift&lt;/kbd&gt;-&lt;kbd&gt;Tab&lt;/kbd&gt; insert or remove whitespace to align&#xA;  the cursor on a tab boundary&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;When the cursor is within the left margin of a line, &lt;kbd&gt;Backspace&lt;/kbd&gt; removes whitespace to align the cursor on a tab&#xA;  boundary (in other words, it may delete more than just one space&#xA;  character)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;On indented lines, the &lt;kbd&gt;Home&lt;/kbd&gt; key toggles the cursor between the &lt;em&gt;actual&lt;/em&gt; beginning of the line and the beginning of the&#xA;  real content (in other words, it jumps back and forth to before and&#xA;  after the leading whitespace). This only happens on lines that are&#xA;  indented by at least four spaces or a tab, since it can be confusing&#xA;  for the following reason: When you press &lt;kbd&gt;Home&lt;/kbd&gt; in the text&#xA;  editor, you expect the cursor to jump to the beginning of the line &lt;em&gt;as&#xA;  it is displayed&lt;/em&gt;, which (due to wrapping) may be different from the&#xA;  actual previous newline character.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;So you don't have to reach for the mouse to tab out of the editor you can press &lt;em&gt;and release&lt;/em&gt; the &lt;kbd&gt;Ctrl&lt;/kbd&gt; key, and the next key&#xA;  press will not be intercepted; thus &lt;kbd&gt;Tab&lt;/kbd&gt; takes you out of&#xA;  the editor. Pressing and releasing &lt;kbd&gt;Ctrl&lt;/kbd&gt; will grey out the&#xA;  text editor until the next keystroke to clarify this. If you think&#xA;  this is too awkward, I'm open to other suggestions, but there should&#xA;  be some way to tab out of the editor .&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Note that this will never insert TAB characters, only spaces. It does&#xA;  however handle already-present TABs, and it handles them the same way&#xA;  the Markdown converter does.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This means you can write your script in an external editor, paste it into the answer box and then just select it, hit &lt;kbd&gt;tab&lt;/kbd&gt; and it's indented correctly. Hitting &lt;kbd&gt;tab&lt;/kbd&gt; multiple times indents the selection multiple times, so this also works great for putting code in lists. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2017-07-29T11:59:04.507" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17174" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17177" CreationDate="2017-07-29T13:20:47.067" Score="1" ViewCount="122" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here is an example question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/940442/libreoffice-5-1-6-2-the-dictionary-is-already-full&quot;&gt;Libreoffice 5.1.6.2 “The dictionary is already full.”&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is about LibreOffice, which is a package that is included in the Ubuntu ISO by default, but not made or maintained by Canonical or a second-party.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why aren't these questions considered off-topic? They aren't about Ubuntu or a package that is included in Ubuntu &lt;strong&gt;and&lt;/strong&gt; made or/and maintained by Canonical or a second-party that Canonical hired to maintain it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;EDIT&lt;/strong&gt; What I really meant by what I said is programs that are not related to the system, such as LibreOffice, Blender, Inkscape, etc...&#xA;Stuff like Unity, GNOME, KDE, grub, lightdm, etc... should be on-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have no idea why I did not mention that in the original question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="632192" LastEditorUserId="632192" LastEditDate="2017-07-30T14:37:41.423" LastActivityDate="2017-08-17T18:12:26.010" Title="Why are questions about packages included in Ubuntu by default but not maintained by Canonical not considered off-topic?" Tags="|discussion|scope|third-party-software|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17175" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17174" CreationDate="2017-07-29T13:36:45.457" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;My take on this is that since the package is running on Ubuntu it's fair game. Granted questions relating to Libre Office &lt;strong&gt;might&lt;/strong&gt; be more efficiently resolved utilizing one of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/community-support/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Community support options&lt;/a&gt; and the same &lt;strong&gt;could&lt;/strong&gt; be true for &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.blender.org/support/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;blender&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://inkscape.org/en/learn/faq/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;inkscape&lt;/a&gt; but it's not surprising that a new user of Ubuntu might turn here for assistance and also be unaware of the direct support options available to them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastEditorUserId="344926" LastEditDate="2017-08-14T09:06:02.917" LastActivityDate="2017-08-14T09:06:02.917" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17176" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17123" CreationDate="2017-07-29T21:36:26.450" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I see nothing wrong with pointing out useful resources about the topic in question as a comment. In my opinion this is useful (at least more useful than silently passing by) and I also do that every now and then when I don't have time to figure out a whole answer or just know a rough direction and not enough detail.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, the way you worded it, I can understand that some people feel slightly offended. A bit. Maybe. Okay, there are more important things in this world to be offended about, but anyway.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Let me recommend a different wording that sounds nicer and doesn't make the OP feel you're implying that they are stupid or incompetent. What about one of these?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Have you already read [link]? I think these resources could help you understand the problem.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I don't have time to answer in detail right now, but you will probably be able to figure out a solution by reading [link]. You can leave me a comment if things are still unclear to you after that and tell me what exactly you didn't understand.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;This is a pretty wide and complex topic and I think you should have at least a basic understanding of the general concepts in order to be able to understand both your problem and the answers and suggestions you might get. I'd therefore like to recommend you read [link] first, please.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Those were just a few phrases I think one could use to suggest somebody read a specific resource about their problem. You don't have to copy one and learn it by heart, ready to recite it below any question, but rather be inspired to find a similar and appropriate wording yourself the next time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2017-07-30T08:25:36.670" LastActivityDate="2017-07-30T08:25:36.670" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17177" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17174" CreationDate="2017-07-30T14:25:24.523" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Questions about &lt;em&gt;using&lt;/em&gt; Ubuntu, the operating system, are on topic. Using an OS includes using applications running on that OS. That's pretty much &lt;em&gt;all&lt;/em&gt; that using an OS means. So if we were to make questions asking about software not developed by Canonical off topic, we would have a pretty small site. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Basically, any software that runs on Ubuntu is on topic since we want to provide support to users of Ubuntu. Canonical develops and maintains a tiny number of tools. The vast majority of applications on Ubuntu (both those installed by default and those in the Ubuntu repositories) have absolutely nothing to do with Canonical. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For instance, should we make questions about using KDE off topic? Or Gnome? If your wireless doesn't work, should we send you away because the drivers aren't made by Canonical? What if you have a shell scripting question? I can think of very few questions on the site that are actually about programs developed by Canonical. Apart from questions about Unity, pretty much everything else on the site is about software not directly developed by Canonical. After all, the Linux kernel itself isn't developed by Canonical (although they do modify it for the Ubuntu kernel, the main developers are the Linux Kernel Group) but we can't make the kernel off topic!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, in short, questions about using software running on Ubuntu are essentially about Ubuntu, and Canonical only maintains a tiny percentage of the software present in Ubuntu so limiting this site to those only would essentially make it useless. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2017-07-30T14:25:24.523" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17178" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17143" CreationDate="2017-07-30T20:21:16.907" Score="2" Body="&lt;h1&gt;It's not a pity-upvote but...&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I see a question or answer has been down-voted and I don't see any egregious errors in it, I will up-vote to compensate for the unexplained down vote(s). I'll do this with posts I would not normally have up-voted but do so in compensation of unfair treatment. If there is a comment explaining the down-vote I won't up-vote but I may engage the comment author for clarification if it doesn't make sense.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;&amp;quot;Upvotes for the sake of voting are also discouraged&amp;quot;&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thomas posted this in his answer and I beg to differ. From &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/67397/list-of-all-badges-with-full-descriptions#188731&quot;&gt;definition of badges&lt;/a&gt; we see:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Electorate&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;gold; awarded once&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Vote on 600 questions&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Have at least 25% of your total number of votes cast (questions and answers) be on questions&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Comment votes do not count&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This seems to be an especially confusing badge, so here are some examples to address cases commonly complained about on MSO. Total is just the total number of votes cast (Questions + Answers) and Ratio is the total number of votes cast that are on questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;┌───────────┬─────────┬───────┬───────┬─────────────────────┐  &#xA;│ Questions │ Answers │ Total │ Ratio │ Electorate awarded? │  &#xA;├───────────┼─────────┼───────┼───────┼─────────────────────┤  &#xA;│       600 │    2400 │  3000 │   20% │   No; ratio too low │  &#xA;│       201 │     401 │   602 │  ~33% │ No; &amp;lt; 600 questions │  &#xA;│       599 │       0 │   599 │  100% │ No; &amp;lt; 600 questions │  &#xA;│       600 │       0 │   600 │  100% │                 Yes │  &#xA;│       500 │     500 │  1000 │   50% │ No; &amp;lt; 600 questions │  &#xA;│       650 │     650 │  1300 │   50% │                 Yes │  &#xA;└───────────┴─────────┴───────┴───────┴─────────────────────┘&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I received this badge when my rep points were low. As there was a limit on the number of allowed votes per day I think it took about a month.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So you can see up-votes are encouraged.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="307523" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2017-07-30T20:21:16.907" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17179" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17142" CreationDate="2017-07-31T00:50:08.267" Score="1" Body="&lt;h2&gt;When I click &lt;code&gt;no action needed&lt;/code&gt;...&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When someone else has posted a comment and a reply should be forthcoming I click &amp;quot;No action needed&amp;quot; because the unknowable is unknowable as a former Pentagon chief once said.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said I had to look back 8 pages in Zanna's history link and all the questions / answers were marked &lt;strong&gt;reviewed&lt;/strong&gt; and none were marked &amp;quot;no action needed**. Sadly there were only three, two of them are deleted now and I remember voting that way. One is still intact and I think I voted &amp;quot;Looks OK&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So apparently I don't vote &amp;quot;no action needed* very often.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;When I click &lt;code&gt;skip&lt;/code&gt;...&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is when I know absolutely nothing about the Question or Answer even after googling the key words.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Lets face it anyone who claims to know everything about everything is delusional and there are many things in Hardware, Software, Programming, OS, IT, Systems Administration, Management Information Systems, Data Processing and particularly Statistics I don't know.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;The &lt;code&gt;Comment&lt;/code&gt; button is your friend...&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In between &amp;quot;No action&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Recommend delete&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;Skip&amp;quot; lies your comment button. Click that and seek clarification.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As Eliah points out below if someone has already commented and you agree with it, click the up-vote flag beside the comment and then click &amp;quot;I'm Done&amp;quot; button.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="307523" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2017-07-31T06:12:47.730" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17180" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-07-31T13:23:08.370" Score="0" ViewCount="114" Body="&lt;p&gt;Another newbie question - where is the sign out of Ask Ubuntu? I have looked everywhere on the questions page and cannot find where to logout of Ask Ubuntu!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="719793" OwnerDisplayName="davy crockett" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2017-07-31T17:27:51.287" LastActivityDate="2017-07-31T17:27:51.287" Title="Ask Ubuntu logout/sign out missing" Tags="|support|login|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2017-07-31T14:07:31.433" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17181" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17180" CreationDate="2017-07-31T13:31:17.240" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Click on Stack Exchange on the upper left and then click the log out:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/OgKFL.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/OgKFL.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;log out link&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="719510" OwnerDisplayName="Hatchet Greenstone" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2017-07-31T13:57:58.817" LastActivityDate="2017-07-31T13:57:58.817" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17182" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-07-31T23:06:36.610" Score="1" ViewCount="141" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Evasive comments&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On this &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/941307/supress-gksudo-output?noredirect=1#comment1494629_941307&quot;&gt;question&lt;/a&gt; the OP is evading answering if he's using Ubuntu or not. The question's comments illustrate this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You should include the &quot;#some gksudo related output&quot; because on my system there are no error messages. What version of Ubuntu are you using? : &lt;em&gt;WinEunuuchs2Unix&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The warnings are related to the gtk theme, however, is not really important what the errors are as I just want to hide the output, not fix the warnings : &lt;em&gt;angrykoala&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I get warnings related to gtk theme all the time when running &lt;code&gt;gedit&lt;/code&gt; which I suppress programmatically so I totally understand your annoyance at them. My point is there are no errors with &lt;code&gt;whoami&lt;/code&gt; on my system which makes me concerned about your system. I tried &lt;code&gt;gksudo&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;gksu&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;pkexec&lt;/code&gt; all of them have no errors. : &lt;em&gt;WinEunuuchs2Unix&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;whoami is just an example as well, it could be any other command, which I want to get the output, including errors : &lt;em&gt;angrykoala&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I understand. I'm just trying to duplicate the problem on my side. Are you using Ubuntu? In the mean time look at: askubuntu.com/questions/896935/… and: askubuntu.com/questions/505594/… as possible duplicates. : &lt;em&gt;WinEunuuchs2Unix&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;This is for a script, so I would rather get a programmatic solution to avoid the output on any system. Instead of whoami, any command that send stderr would be valid to recreate the problem : &lt;em&gt;angrykoala&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Background&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;OP claims this happens on his system:&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;$ gksudo whoami&#xA;&amp;gt; #some gksudo related output&#xA;&amp;gt; root&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;But on my Ubuntu 16.04 with a brand new terminal no such messages:&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;rick@dell:~$ gksudo whoami&#xA;root&#xA;&#xA;rick@dell:~$ gksu whoami&#xA;root&#xA;&#xA;rick@dell:~$ pkexec whoami&#xA;root&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So either he isn't on Ubuntu 16.04, or my version of terminal is corrupted or he isn't using Ubuntu at all. Which makes helping him difficult in this case as the problem isn't reproducible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Can others confirm there are no warnings on Ubuntu?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="307523" LastEditorUserId="307523" LastEditDate="2017-07-31T23:40:03.080" LastActivityDate="2017-08-10T11:13:37.237" Title="Is this OP running Ubuntu or not?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17183" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17094" CreationDate="2017-08-01T00:15:07.687" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;In meta Stack Exchange I've been directed to a link where we can request auto-deletion of abandoned questions on EOL Ubuntu versions that have no answers:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/auto-delete?sort=newest&amp;amp;pagesize=50&quot;&gt;meta.stackexchange.com - Auto Delete Questions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Automatically deleting the questions will save close voting on &lt;strong&gt;thousands&lt;/strong&gt; of questions, clogging up the review queue and taking &lt;strong&gt;years&lt;/strong&gt; to do what could be done &lt;strong&gt;overnight&lt;/strong&gt;. This was discussed on a different question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/17132/what-are-the-acceptable-number-of-close-votes-to-initiate-per-day?cb=1&quot;&gt;What are the acceptable number of close votes to initiate per day?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'll update this answer as progress is made.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="307523" LastActivityDate="2017-08-01T00:15:07.687" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17184" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17182" CreationDate="2017-08-01T08:36:59.453" Score="17" Body="&lt;p&gt;OK, first of all, we're not detectives nor should we try to be. When someone asks a question here, we provide an answer for Ubuntu. If the OP isn't actually using Ubuntu and our answer doesn't work for them for that reason, then that's the OP's problem. The question has been answered for Ubuntu so the next Ubuntu user will find it helpful. Whether or not the OP does is completely irrelevant. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, quite frankly, I don't understand why in the world you would come and post this sort of thing so publicly like this. If you feel that the OP isn't being straight with you and that bothers you so much, just walk away. What could a discussion here prove? We can't know if the OP is using Ubuntu any more than you can and, more importantly, it isn't really such a big deal. We answer for Ubuntu, that's all we really care about. As I said before, if you're not on Ubuntu, yet you ask here and get an answer that only works for Ubuntu, that's your problem. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, I admit I see no reason why you think the OP isn't using Ubuntu. The fact that you have no errors on your system doesn't mean that the OP doesn't. Maybe they have a misconfigured gtk theme, for instance. That you see no error messages when running a command does not mean that nobody sees error messages. Especially things about gtk warnings which are what the OP mentioned. Such warnings are very common and neither their presence nor their absence implies anything whatsoever about what system someone is running. And while &lt;code&gt;whoami&lt;/code&gt; isn't a gtk program, &lt;code&gt;gksudo&lt;/code&gt; is, so it's not surprising if there are such messages. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, in conclusion, you're really, &lt;em&gt;really&lt;/em&gt; overthinking this. Just answer for Ubuntu. Or don't answer and walk away. It's really not worth making such a big deal out of this. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2017-08-10T11:13:37.237" LastActivityDate="2017-08-10T11:13:37.237" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17185" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17186" CreationDate="2017-08-01T10:54:37.193" Score="8" ViewCount="250" Body="&lt;p&gt;I noticed this question on askubuntu &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/850319/multiboot-with-multiple-persistent-partitions&quot;&gt;MultiBoot with Multiple Persistent partitions&lt;/a&gt; has many nearly identical answers &amp;amp; comments as this UbuntuForums post &lt;a href=&quot;https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2343653&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Thread: Multi Boot with Multiple Persistent Partitions&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there some automated cloning mechanism that copies &amp;amp; updates some questions/threads? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or is it just users answering two sites themselves? I suspect it's this one, but since neither page mentions the other it seemed unusual, thought I'd ask here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="129271" LastActivityDate="2017-08-02T00:24:40.430" Title="Why does an AskUbuntu question mirror a UbuntuForums.org thread?" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17186" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17185" CreationDate="2017-08-01T12:27:25.023" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is the fault of users duplicating things - there's no cloning between here and Ubuntu Forums.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, some users just blindly copy things from one site to here without attribution, which is frowned upon - that's why the user here might not match the user on Ubuntu Forums.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2017-08-01T12:27:25.023" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17187" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17185" CreationDate="2017-08-02T00:24:40.430" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;I regularly see the same question asked by the same user in both places. I think they believe that it increases the chance for a good answer as more eyes see it. It probably does. I can't blame them for trying.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In fact, in my particular area of limited expertise, there are several users that are frequent answerers at both places as well. Because of this, a question posted at both places may get a few new eyes, but not &lt;em&gt;all&lt;/em&gt; new eyes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I can answer the question at askubuntu and then see the exact same question at ubuntuforums, I answer there by referring the user to my answer at askubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19421" LastActivityDate="2017-08-02T00:24:40.430" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17188" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-03T04:02:06.730" Score="5" ViewCount="135" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is a follow-up to my answer and the corresponding question: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/17148/420786&quot;&gt;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/17148/420786&lt;/a&gt;. What is a viable alternative to apps.ubuntu.com?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="420786" LastActivityDate="2017-08-07T17:32:54.133" Title="Alternative to apps.ubuntu.com?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17189" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17191" CreationDate="2017-08-04T23:15:11.063" Score="6" ViewCount="263" Body="&lt;p&gt;This happens to me from time to time... &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I write an answer including different solutions and post it as a single answer, then after some minutes someone comes and posts a new answer, almost an exact copy of one of my solutions with a minor variation, or even no addition at all, which doesn't add anything helpful to my answer, and at best might be considered a useful comment. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When this happens I think, whatever... someone will ask them &quot;what is the different between your answer and the one was posted 5 minutes ago?&quot;. But that doesn't happen; instead their answer gets a lot more attention and because of the answers having the same time/date of posting after the first few minutes, people might even think that &lt;em&gt;mine&lt;/em&gt; is the copy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I'm thinking about posting my solutions at the same time as separate answers, which is okay I guess: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/15972/two-answers-on-one-question-by-the-same-user/15973#15973&quot;&gt;Two answers on one question by the same user&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What do you suggest doing in situations like this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note&lt;/strong&gt;: I believe in posting an improved answer with more details and description than others, as I did &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/932719/revisions&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; - note that I made 14 revisions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="264781" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2017-08-07T08:07:01.070" LastActivityDate="2017-08-07T16:26:34.683" Title="What should I do when someones posts an almost exact copy of (part of) my answer to the same question?" Tags="|discussion|answers|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17190" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17143" CreationDate="2017-08-06T01:49:28.740" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I personally would not downvote anybody, in my opinion there is no such thing as a bad question just bad answers.  Yes we can have a badly worded question or non SEO friendly, but many people with questions may not have english as their first language may not be as literate as others or use the wrong terminology.  It is easy for some people to be aggrieved by this.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We can simply downvote or maybe explore the question, use comments to clarify and advise on re-wording.  I also do not think you should be able to downvote without giving a reason.  If you downvote a reason should be mandatory with an option for anonymity.  Downvoting without a reason is simply not constructive and I think we need to remember that wording the perfect question is desirable but also it is a person at the other end that has a genuine and possibly distressing problem.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So my actual answer to this question is NO.  Lets see if I get downvoted :-)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="629931" LastActivityDate="2017-08-06T01:49:28.740" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17191" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17189" CreationDate="2017-08-07T16:26:34.683" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would say that if the second answer applies to a different use case (IE having different caveats than the first answer) then &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/15972/two-answers-on-one-question-by-the-same-user/15973#15973&quot;&gt;Two answers on one question by the same user&lt;/a&gt; is the applicable answer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, If it's a clear case of duplication then &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/14529/should-almost-identical-answers-be-deleted/16793#16793&quot;&gt;Should almost identical answers be deleted?&lt;/a&gt; should apply. I've personally lost count of the number Of times I've asked &quot;What does this add to the previously posted answer.&quot; during review.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastActivityDate="2017-08-07T16:26:34.683" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17192" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17195" CreationDate="2017-08-07T16:30:52.737" Score="7" ViewCount="2138" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; the same bug of 'appstreamcli' that causes high CPU usage and cause update to hang, which was already raised in &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/15419/37165&quot;&gt;this old meta post&lt;/a&gt; asked by Braiam in mid-2016.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Different 'appstreamcli' error&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The recently posted duplicate questions about 'appstreamcli' error is being shown when running &lt;code&gt;sudo apt-get update&lt;/code&gt; command and the ends with &quot;Aborted (core dumped)&quot; and &quot;E: ...&quot; lines.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have personally encountered this issue earlier today, as below.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;$ sudo apt-get update&#xA;[sudo] password for xxxxx: &#xA;Hit:1 http://mirror.netspace.net.au/pub/ubuntu xenial InRelease&#xA;Hit:2 http://mirror.netspace.net.au/pub/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease&#xA;Hit:3 http://mirror.netspace.net.au/pub/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease&#xA;*** Error in `appstreamcli': double free or corruption (fasttop): 0x0000000002fc0c70 ***&#xA;======= Backtrace: =========&#xA;/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(+0x777e5)[0x7f8b3f3287e5]&#xA;...&#xA;ffffffffff600000-ffffffffff601000 r-xp 00000000 00:00 0                  [vsyscall]&#xA;Aborted (core dumped)&#xA;Reading package lists... Done&#xA;E: Problem executing scripts APT::Update::Post-Invoke-Success 'if /usr/bin/test -w /var/cache/app-info -a -e /usr/bin/appstreamcli; then appstreamcli refresh &amp;gt; /dev/null; fi'&#xA;E: Sub-process returned an error code&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?tab=newest&amp;amp;q=is%3aquestion%20error%20in%20appstreamcli&quot;&gt;Searching on Ask Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt; with keywords &quot;is:question error in appstreamcli&quot; returns 15 results at this time of posting. Of those 15 results, I have briefly checked all and have confirmed that there are 6 questions that have the same issue as described above.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From newest to oldest:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/943840/37165&quot;&gt;Cannot update software&lt;/a&gt;, asked 2 hours ago by Calixte, 0 votes 0 answers&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/943832/37165&quot;&gt;After automatic upgrade, apt-get update cause &lt;code&gt;Error in&lt;/code&gt;appstreamcli': double free or corru…&lt;/a&gt;, asked 3 hours ago by kaorukobo, 0 votes 1 answer&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/943463/37165&quot;&gt;Library corruption error during apt-get update&lt;/a&gt;, asked yesterday by Shirley Temple, 0 votes 1 answer&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/942895/37165&quot;&gt;E: Problem executing scripts APT::Update::Post-Invoke-Success&lt;/a&gt;, asked Aug 4 by subrat, 0 votes 2 answers&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/894519/37165&quot;&gt;Ubuntu 16.04: Enable wifi giving error while get-update&lt;/a&gt;, asked Mar 19 by Nidhi Mehta, 0 votes 1 answer&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/837512/37165&quot;&gt;Segmentation Fault while updating repositories&lt;/a&gt;, asked Oct 15 '16 by Thecave3, 0 votes 1 answer&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The oldest question is dated back in 2016, but remaining 5 questions have been posted by different users, especially since last week. All questions but one mentioned 16.04 release.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;There is one problem&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now that I am aware of the duplicates, I could not decide for one thing:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Which one of the 6 relevant questions that should be treated as &quot;master&quot; question so that remaining questions could be marked as duplicate of the &quot;master&quot; question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once this is cleared up, anyone could be redirected to the &quot;master&quot; question and upvote the question and answer that was helpful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How would the community on AU resolve this case?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user37165" LastActivityDate="2017-08-11T07:53:16.483" Title="Error in `appstreamcli' questions appearing since last week" Tags="|discussion|cleanup|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17193" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17188" CreationDate="2017-08-07T17:32:54.133" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;I personally typically refer to Ubuntu Packages Search located at &lt;a href=&quot;https://packages.ubuntu.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://packages.ubuntu.com/&lt;/a&gt; as mentioned by Mark Kirby in &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/17188/alternative-to-apps-ubuntu-com#comment35470_17188&quot;&gt;this comment&lt;/a&gt; Thus far I've found the information to be up to date covering all supported versions of Ubuntu. By crafting the search properly it can also help future proof your answer as shown in &lt;a href=&quot;https://packages.ubuntu.com/search?suite=all&amp;amp;searchon=names&amp;amp;keywords=ffmpeg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this ffmpeg search.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The inclusion of suite=all in the search returns results for all currently supported versions of Ubuntu. Of course you can specify the release if the question you are answering is version specific as in &lt;a href=&quot;https://packages.ubuntu.com/search?suite=xenial&amp;amp;searchon=names&amp;amp;keywords=ffmpeg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;suite=xenial&lt;/a&gt; for 16.04, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastActivityDate="2017-08-07T17:32:54.133" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17194" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-09T04:38:38.930" Score="1" ViewCount="106" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/flag-summary/25618?group=3&quot;&gt;My Rude/Abusive page&lt;/a&gt; shows two AskUbuntu questions that I can't see (or remember) my comments on. How can I verify that they're rude, and learn from them?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25618" LastActivityDate="2017-08-12T00:27:40.433" Title="Tagged for a Rude comment, but I can't see where I commented" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17195" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17192" CreationDate="2017-08-09T08:51:01.693" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/appstream/+bug/1709144&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Here (I think) is the very minimal new Launchpad bug report for this issue&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;IMHO, because it has upvotes and upvoted answers, &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/943463/library-corruption-error-during-apt-get-update&quot;&gt;Library corruption error during apt-get update&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; is looking like the master post - &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/943832/after-automatic-upgrade-apt-get-update-cause-error-in-appstreamcli-double-f&quot;&gt;After automatic upgrade, apt-get update cause `Error in `appstreamcli&amp;#39;: double free or corruption`&lt;/a&gt; is already closed against it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I think the answers need expansion - at least someone should add to the answers or post a new answer with a link to the bug report and advise people affected to add themselves to affected users on the bug report. The current workaround is apparently to remove the package. What are the consequences of doing so? Presumably people will want to reinstall it when a fix is released. No answer anywhere covers this properly, it seems to me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This post is quite old: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/894519/ubuntu-16-04-enable-wifi-giving-error-while-get-update&quot;&gt;Ubuntu 16.04: appstreamcli error while get-update&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a href=&quot;https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/appstream/+bug/1579712/comments/24&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;The fix&lt;/a&gt; posted there by Yaron is from May 2016, and suggests installing version &lt;strong&gt;&lt;code&gt;0.9.4-1&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; which I think was the &quot;fixed&quot; upstream version at the time, but the current, broken package is seemingly &lt;strong&gt;&lt;code&gt;0.10.6-2&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; so this is a substantial downgrade and may not be the best idea. A new user who posted the same link as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/943018/527764&quot;&gt;an answer&lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/942895/e-problem-executing-scripts-aptupdatepost-invoke-success&quot;&gt;E: Problem executing scripts APT::Update::Post-Invoke-Success&lt;/a&gt; said it &quot;worked for me&quot; although &lt;em&gt;when&lt;/em&gt; is unclear and the long-term consequences of downgrading are to be discovered... Nonetheless, merging the latter post with the master may be beneficial if we can improve the answers to inform users fully about what they are doing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For now I have voted to close &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/943840/cannot-update-software&quot;&gt;Cannot update software due to appstreamcli error&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/837512/segmentation-fault-while-updating-repositories&quot;&gt;Segmentation Fault while updating repositories&lt;/a&gt; (although it is an old post and probably relates to &lt;a href=&quot;https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/appstream/+bug/1579712&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;an older, fixed bug&lt;/a&gt; and on second thoughts should probably be closed as no-repro)  and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/942895/e-problem-executing-scripts-aptupdatepost-invoke-success&quot;&gt;E: Problem executing scripts APT::Update::Post-Invoke-Success&lt;/a&gt; against &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/943463/library-corruption-error-during-apt-get-update&quot;&gt;Library corruption error during apt-get update&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I hope someone with better knowledge will be able to improve the master post. I will check back later and if no one has I will try to do some further research and fix it myself, but I am sure others could do a better job.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2017-08-11T07:53:16.483" LastActivityDate="2017-08-11T07:53:16.483" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17196" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17194" CreationDate="2017-08-09T10:20:33.510" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;As Dan says, these posts aren't things you said, they're things others said that you flagged.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only flag &lt;em&gt;against&lt;/em&gt; you was an answer where you started it with an abbreviated swear phrase. You edited it out yourself and the world moved on. As learning experiences go, you appear to have learned that &quot;don't swear in answers&quot; was the way forward and I think you were right.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2017-08-09T10:20:33.510" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17197" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17198" CreationDate="2017-08-10T14:15:48.613" Score="-3" ViewCount="86" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;TL;DR&lt;/strong&gt; Asking if we can do automatic closing of questions after a set amount of time if OP has no interaction with the question after an answer has been posted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;EDIT&lt;/strong&gt; It looks as though there is actually something in place for questions with no movement.  &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/92006/296524&quot;&gt;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/92006/296524&lt;/a&gt;  It doesn't look though that if it has answers they close it, only ones that don't.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there possibly a way that there could be an automatic question closing after a set amount of time of no activity if there is an answer?  What I mean is that if someone asks a question, and they get an answer but they fail to acknowledge the answer or their own question after say 30 days that then the question automatically rolls over to closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I wrote an answer over a year ago where at my job we setup servers all the time with bonding with fail-over configured on them. I don't write answers that I have not tested out and the answer in this question is no exception.  Well, after a year OP finally gets back to me and tells me that my answer is indirect of the question asked.  To me it seems that OP never tested my answer to see if it worked for them or not but went on their own way to solve their issue another way.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We take time out of our days to answer questions for people all day long where we do not get paid at all and are doing this out of the kindness of our hearts for people.  Or there are those that are doing this for fake internet points ;).  Regardless of the reason why we write answers for people it would be nice if OPs would simply respond within a reasonable amount of time for the answers that we have spent our time researching and writing.  But, we don't have control over whether OPs respond or not to our answers.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, would it be possible to have an automatic close with a warning to OP when asking the question stating that after the last answer has been written that OP has 30 days to respond or the question will be closed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Example:  &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/699422/ubuntu-ethx-interface-not-bonded-after-unplugging-and-plugging-its-cable-back/699681?noredirect=1#comment1500959_699681&quot;&gt;Ubuntu: ethX Interface not bonded after unplugging and plugging its cable back&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you for taking your time to read my long question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="231142" LastEditorUserId="231142" LastEditDate="2017-08-10T16:04:18.277" LastActivityDate="2017-11-28T15:40:31.513" Title="Automatic Question closing after a set time" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17198" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17197" CreationDate="2017-08-10T14:37:28.447" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;No. One of the most important things about the SE model is that &lt;em&gt;we don't answer for the OP&lt;/em&gt;. The OP is almost irrelevant. You answer for &lt;em&gt;every&lt;/em&gt; user who might have the same question and comes across the post. So what would we gain by closing a question because the OP abandoned it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's also why questions are marked as &quot;answered&quot; if they have at least one answer with a positive score. So even if the OP never comes back, never accepts or otherwise acknowledges an answer, if the answer is upvoted, the question is marked as answered. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, when you answer and the OP isn't engaged, answer for the community, not the OP. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2017-11-28T15:40:31.513" LastActivityDate="2017-11-28T15:40:31.513" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17199" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17200" CreationDate="2017-08-10T22:23:41.140" Score="-4" ViewCount="54" Body="&lt;p&gt;Like the title suggest since it has no relevance anyways, especially, the questions that don't have an accepted answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think it would be great to do this for a cleaner site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="48372" LastEditorUserId="518562" LastEditDate="2017-08-10T22:33:11.683" LastActivityDate="2017-08-10T22:56:09.463" Title="Good idea to remove EOL release questions?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17200" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17199" CreationDate="2017-08-10T22:56:09.463" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;We already have policy on this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/5611/should-we-allow-questions-that-are-about-releases-which-are-considered-end-of-li&quot;&gt;Here&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/14993/a-note-on-flagging-end-of-life-questions&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/7457/eol-question-handling-discussion-again&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; are the big threads related to this, mostly dealing with flagging and closure of EOL-release questions, but many of the concepts for that apply here as well; I'd highly suggest reading those because it'll give you a lot of background on how we've discussed this issue in the past (and I've been here for a lot of that discussion heh)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And no, EOL-release questions on their own should not be deleted &lt;strong&gt;just&lt;/strong&gt; because they went EOL, because of 'historical purposes' - at the time of posting it &lt;em&gt;was&lt;/em&gt; a supported release, which takes precedent (same for the flagging rules).  We don't just delete stuff because it's old either.  We &lt;em&gt;do&lt;/em&gt; delete things under certain criterion for &quot;old&quot; automatically, but EOL releases being the primary subject isn't one of those criterion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, &quot;old&quot; answers to EOL release items can &lt;em&gt;still&lt;/em&gt; be helpful even today in 16.04 and later.  (case in point, some 9.04 answers with CLI-based approaches to dealing with an issue can &lt;em&gt;still work&lt;/em&gt; in 16.04, and even older &quot;manage partitions and such on the command line&quot; answers can still work too though with some tweaking.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2017-08-10T22:56:09.463" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17201" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17202" CreationDate="2017-08-11T18:09:11.860" Score="3" ViewCount="84" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm editing and reediting my answer about &lt;code&gt;$(ls *.txt)&lt;/code&gt; (I think it's bad) at &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/944801/what-does-ls-txt-do/944806#944806&quot;&gt;this Question&lt;/a&gt; and have gotten 7 upvotes. However, on my User Summary page &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/25618/waltinator?tab=topactivity&quot;&gt;waltinator&lt;/a&gt; the question is shown with &lt;code&gt;+78&lt;/code&gt; points.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/UkO3B.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/UkO3B.png&quot; alt=&quot;see&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should I really get 78 points from 7 upvotes?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25618" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2017-08-11T18:16:06.490" LastActivityDate="2017-08-11T23:11:07.197" Title="I know I'm good, but not that good" Tags="|support|reputation|up-votes|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17202" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17201" CreationDate="2017-08-11T18:21:29.923" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;As &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/17201/i-know-im-good-but-not-that-good#comment35515_17201&quot;&gt;Jacob Vlijm says&lt;/a&gt;, this is because the answer has recieved 8 upvotes and 1 downvote. Each upvote gives you +10 reputation and the downvote gives you -2.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This can be verified by &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/established-user&quot;&gt;viewing the vote counts&lt;/a&gt; on the post:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/axlbn.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/axlbn.png&quot; alt=&quot;screenshot showing separate counts of upvotes and downvotes&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2017-08-11T18:21:29.923" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17203" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="6840" CreationDate="2017-08-11T20:44:53.960" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I remember this problem, and I don't know what caused it. Fortunately, &lt;strong&gt;this bug seems to have gone away&lt;/strong&gt;, perhaps due to a site redesign.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It looks like this now in Chromium in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS [60.0.3112.78-0ubuntu0.16.04.1293]:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/X0AiM.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/X0AiM.png&quot; alt=&quot;screenshot showing the same page as mentioned in the question, from Chromium in Ubuntu&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In Firefox in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS [54.0+build3-0ubuntu0.16.04.1]:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/bEdgx.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/bEdgx.png&quot; alt=&quot;screenshot showing the same page as mention in the question, from Firefox in Ubuntu&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In Chrome in Windows 8.1 [Version 60.0.3112.90 (Official Build) (64-bit)]:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/cGQ7F.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/cGQ7F.png&quot; alt=&quot;screenshot showing the same page as mention in the question, from Chrome in Windows&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In Firefox in Windows 8.1 [54.0.1 (32-bit)]:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/4c02L.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/4c02L.png&quot; alt=&quot;screenshot showing the same page as mention in the question, from Firefox in Windows&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2017-08-11T20:44:53.960" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17204" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17201" CreationDate="2017-08-11T23:11:07.197" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;In addition to what Eliah linked, or if you just don't have the reputation to see the vote counts on a given post, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/25618/waltinator?tab=reputation&amp;amp;sort=post&quot;&gt;you can also just check your reputation tab under your profile&lt;/a&gt;, sort it by &quot;post&quot;, and you'll see a listing of rep by post by day, and can expand things to see exactly when and how you were voted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In your case, you'll see this (click the image to see the full-res):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/B0s2v.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/B0s2v.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2017-08-11T23:11:07.197" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17205" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17194" CreationDate="2017-08-12T00:27:40.433" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;As &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/17196/22949&quot;&gt;Oli says&lt;/a&gt;, your flag summary page shows your own flags, not flags raised by others on your posts or comments. The other thing to keep in mind is that the filter you applied--which is apparent from the &lt;code&gt;?group=3&lt;/code&gt; part of the URL--does not show &lt;em&gt;any&lt;/em&gt; comment flags. It only shows rude/abusive flags on &lt;em&gt;posts&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;All flags a user has raised on comments, even if the user selected &quot;rude or abusive&quot; in the flagging dialog, are placed in &quot;comment flags&quot; group in the user's flag summary page.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With &lt;em&gt;rude/abusive flags&lt;/em&gt; selected, the filters look something like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/H3Ecj.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/H3Ecj.png&quot; alt=&quot;screencap of filters in flag summary, with &amp;quot;rude/abusive flags&amp;quot; selected but a hand-drawn arrow pointing at &amp;quot;comment flags&amp;quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yours may not look quite the same. In particular, any groups with pending flags will list a &lt;em&gt;waiting for review&lt;/em&gt; status, any groups with expired flags will list an &lt;em&gt;aged away&lt;/em&gt; status, and you may have--or not have--helpful, declined, disputed, or retracted flags in different groups than I do. Within each group, a status is shown only if it (currently) applies to at least one flag you have raised.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Turning on the &lt;em&gt;rude/abusive flags&lt;/em&gt; filter actually hides all comment flags including those raised using the &lt;em&gt;rude or abusive&lt;/em&gt; comment flag reason, because they are placed together in a different group (which I have shown with the blue hand-drawn arrow).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's a summary of the different flag &lt;em&gt;groups&lt;/em&gt; and what they mean:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;post flags&lt;/strong&gt; (&lt;code&gt;?group=1&lt;/code&gt;) - Flags on questions and answers. This includes all flag types except &lt;em&gt;spam&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;rude or abusive&lt;/em&gt;, which have their own flag groups. Tag wikis are also posts, but they don't support flagging.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;comment flags&lt;/strong&gt; (&lt;code&gt;?group=4&lt;/code&gt;) - Flags on comments, no matter the flag type.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;spam flags&lt;/strong&gt; (&lt;code&gt;?group=2&lt;/code&gt;) - Flags on questions and answers with the &lt;em&gt;spam&lt;/em&gt; flag reason. (&quot;Exists only to promote a product or service, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/promotion&quot;&gt;does not disclose the author's affiliation&lt;/a&gt;.&quot;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;rude/abusive flags&lt;/strong&gt; (&lt;code&gt;?group=3&lt;/code&gt;) - Flags on questions and answers with the &lt;em&gt;rude or abusive&lt;/em&gt; flag reason. (&quot;A reasonable person would find this content &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/be-nice&quot;&gt;inappropriate for respectful discourse&lt;/a&gt;.&quot;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may have raised flags that aren't listed on your flag summary page, because:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Flags raised here on meta go on your separate flag summary page on meta, accessible to you from your meta profile.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;When you flag messages in chat, those flags do not appear in the Ask Ubuntu flag summary, because chat is operated separately from the main site.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2017-08-12T00:27:40.433" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17207" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17208" CreationDate="2017-08-14T10:44:50.750" Score="4" ViewCount="89" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have set up Ubuntu Server 16.04 on my home network and want to access it from my browser at... school, for example. I asked a question about port forwarding to my Ubuntu Server on Ask Ubuntu and it was VedTC as off-topic and, after someone explained it, it made sense. However, I still have the question, I just don't know where to post it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="690724" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2017-08-14T21:40:13.060" LastActivityDate="2017-08-14T21:40:13.060" Title="Where would I ask a question about port forwarding?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17208" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17207" CreationDate="2017-08-14T12:13:35.240" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Unless there is reason to believe you will have to configure your Ubuntu server specially, my guess is that &lt;a href=&quot;https://superuser.com/&quot;&gt;Super User&lt;/a&gt; would be the best Stack Exchange site for your question. I don't think I've seen your question, though. If you include a link to the closed question then more detailed advice should be possible. (Even if the question is deleted, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/moderator-tools&quot;&gt;10k users&lt;/a&gt; will be able to examine it.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you're operating your server on a &lt;a href=&quot;http://foldoc.org/lan&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;LAN&lt;/a&gt; where it accesses the Internet through a &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_address_translation&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;NAT router&lt;/a&gt;--if you're using a router &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Router_(computing)#Access&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;marketed for home and small office use&lt;/a&gt; then this is almost certainly the case--then port forwarding will consist of configuring the NAT router to forward the port. This doesn't usually require you to reconfigure the server itself. Most NAT routers have a web-based setup page that you can use to forward ports, and which is accessed the same from any computer with a web browser.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sometimes you want the port number that people use to access your server over the Internet to be different from the port number the server listens on and that you would use to access it on a LAN. (This is useful if the port is already in use, blocked, or otherwise inaccessible.) That's something you would do in your router's configuration, too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your question boils down to &quot;How do I figure out how to forward a port, in general?&quot; or &quot;How do I forward port &lt;em&gt;N&lt;/em&gt; on a model-&lt;em&gt;X&lt;/em&gt; home router?&quot; then it is probably off-topic for Ask Ubuntu but on-topic for &lt;a href=&quot;https://superuser.com/&quot;&gt;Super User&lt;/a&gt;. Such questions have often already been answered on Super User (see below). If not, and you post a new one, you should of course post a detailed explanation of what you are doing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For questions about how to forward a port with a specific router, you should give the make and model of the router, and either (a) show its setup page where you've looked for port forwarding but not found it or where you need help figuring out how to use it, or (b) explain how you have not succeeded at bringing up the router's setup page, if that is the case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are in a special situation where the services must be configured to know the Internet-facing IP address through which they are accessed, and your question is about that, then it would probably be on-topic here (provided you're running them on Ubuntu).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Super User has a number of &lt;a href=&quot;https://superuser.com/questions/tagged/port-forwarding&quot;&gt;port forwarding questions&lt;/a&gt; that have been well-received, such as:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://superuser.com/questions/284051/what-is-port-forwarding-and-what-is-it-used-for&quot;&gt;What is port forwarding and what is it used for?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;(written to address &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.superuser.com/questions/2558/can-someone-write-a-good-q-a-on-port-forwarding&quot;&gt;a recognized need&lt;/a&gt; for basic information on port forwarding)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://superuser.com/questions/1053414/how-does-port-forwarding-help-in-torrents&quot;&gt;How does port-forwarding help in torrents?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://superuser.com/questions/605148/are-there-good-alternative-http-ports-rather-than-port-80&quot;&gt;Are there good alternative HTTP ports rather than port 80?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://superuser.com/questions/280660/allowing-a-friend-to-connect-over-the-internet-to-a-minecraft-server-ive-hosted&quot;&gt;Allowing a friend to connect over the internet to a Minecraft server I've hosted?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you choose to post on &lt;a href=&quot;https://superuser.com/&quot;&gt;Super User&lt;/a&gt;, I recommend searching the site first to see if your question has already been answered. (See also: &lt;a href=&quot;https://superuser.com/help/how-to-ask&quot;&gt;How do I ask a good question?&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2017-08-14T12:13:35.240" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17209" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16682" CreationDate="2017-08-15T16:55:22.937" Score="-2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/201/ask-ubuntu-general-room&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/L31Eq.png&quot; alt=&quot;Follow your fellow AU members in chat!&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2017-08-15T16:55:22.937" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17210" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17230" CreationDate="2017-08-16T00:28:46.897" Score="16" ViewCount="594" Body="&lt;p&gt;Where do we draw the line between &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3024/should-i-flag-me-too-answers&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;I'm having the same problem, too&amp;quot; posts&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/16965/what-is-a-work-in-progress-answer&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;partial answers&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/946465/22949&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This answer and its comments&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; are what have motivated me to ask this. But I'm hoping for a general answer to this question, too, if it's reasonable to have one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/946465/#comment1505022_946465&quot;&gt;Zanna pointed out&lt;/a&gt;, our official help page &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/how-to-answer&quot;&gt;How do I write a good answer?&lt;/a&gt; says this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Have the same problem?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Still no answer to the question, and you have the same problem? Help&#xA;us find a solution by researching the problem, then &lt;strong&gt;contribute the&#xA;results of your research and anything additional you’ve tried as a&#xA;partial answer&lt;/strong&gt;. That way, even if we can’t figure it out, the next&#xA;person has more to go on. You can also vote up the question or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/bounty&quot;&gt;set a&#xA;bounty&lt;/a&gt; on it so the question gets more attention.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;(the &lt;strong&gt;bold&lt;/strong&gt; emphasis is mine)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But we frequently delete posts that may at least have been intended to conform to this rule. There seems to have been little awareness (&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3204/should-really-good-detailed-me-too-answers-have-their-content-merged-into-the&quot;&gt;including by me&lt;/a&gt;) that this is considered a legitimate use of answers, perhaps because it's rather vague. &lt;strong&gt;At what point does a post &lt;em&gt;confirming&lt;/em&gt; a problem come to provide enough progress toward a solution that it crosses over into being a partial answer?&lt;/strong&gt; Or am I asking the wrong question? Is the amount of information provided not the important question  after all? Is the detail about what was tried important, even if it hardly approaches a solution? Do we just disagree with the help page and want to get it changed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For me, the central issue seems to come down to this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Sometimes it's easy to tell that an answer is &lt;em&gt;an &amp;quot;I'm having this problem, too&amp;quot; comment&lt;/em&gt; and serves merely to confirm or clarify something small about the problem and should be removed or converted to a comment.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Sometimes it's easy to tell that an answer is &lt;em&gt;a partial answer&lt;/em&gt; that doesn't solve every aspect of the problem, but still provides a &lt;em&gt;usable&lt;/em&gt; solution or workaround for part of the problem or an &lt;em&gt;explanation&lt;/em&gt; of the problem.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;And then there is a huge expanse in between, where it's not clearly one or the other.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure what my position on this issue is, because:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It seems to me that, right now, we are ignoring an official rule in the help entirely, and any post that doesn't come out, guns a-blazing, screaming &amp;quot;I'm an answer! I'm an answer! I'm an answer and &lt;em&gt;this&lt;/em&gt; is the solution!&amp;quot; tends to get flagged and deleted in review. This actually goes beyond answers that don't provide a solution--I often see complete, definitive, fully tested answers flagged for removal because they started with &amp;quot;I have this problem too&amp;quot; or contained a couple of question marks.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;On the other hand, there seem like good reasons &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; to allow &amp;quot;I have this problem, and by doing A, B, C, D, ..., I have confirmed it's not W, X, Y, Z, ...&amp;quot; posts to be answers. It places the burden of knowing it's actually the same problem, as well as of judging if the question is written in a way that will ever attract enough attention to solve the problem, on the answerer, who is often new to the site. If they posted a separate question, these problems would be avoided... at the cost of fragmenting what &lt;em&gt;might&lt;/em&gt; be the same problem into multiple questions.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, I wonder: &lt;strong&gt;Is this part of the help page just a holdover from back when we would close questions as duplicates of other &lt;em&gt;unanswered&lt;/em&gt; questions?&lt;/strong&gt; Should it be replaced with advice to post a new question while linking back to the original for context?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Currently, we do not dupe to unanswered questions. &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/165933/changes-to-close-as-duplicate&quot;&gt;The system does not allow it anymore&lt;/a&gt;, except for questions asked by the same user--since users sometimes make multiple questions about the same problem when only one is needed. Questions are &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/18871/185080&quot;&gt;considered &amp;quot;unanswered&amp;quot;&lt;/a&gt; when they have no answers with a positive score or the OP's accept, and the system no longer allows other authors' questions to be duped to them. This change was &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/7936983&quot;&gt;met with much criticism at the time&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/7951032#7951032&quot;&gt;including by me&lt;/a&gt;) but seems to have worked out very well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thus:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Before&lt;/em&gt;, a new question with substantially different information and troubleshooting steps that appeared to about the same problem could easily be closed as a duplicate of an older unanswered question without that information. By posting their findings as answers, people could avoid this.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Now&lt;/em&gt;, such duping is discouraged and largely prevented by the system. Furthermore, suppose someone posted their findings (&amp;quot;it's not W, X, Y, Z, ...&amp;quot;) as an answer, and that answer got upvoted. Then other questions &lt;em&gt;could&lt;/em&gt; be closed as a duplicate of a question where no solution has been provided.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How do we want to interpret our policy around these issues? Or, alternatively, what policy do we want to have?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2017-08-24T05:10:01.077" Title="Me-too post? Or partial answer?" Tags="|discussion|answers|duplicates|review|unanswered-questions|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17211" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-16T02:13:00.660" Score="2" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was recently writing a script where I needed to be able to present a list of currently connected USB storage devices for user selection. I searched for a way to list connected storage devices, and found &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/168650/how-do-i-list-all-storage-devices-thumb-drives-external-hard-drives-that-are-c?s=1%7C0.8390&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; (call it question A) which is marked as a duplicate of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/166420/how-to-detect-an-usb-device&quot;&gt;another question&lt;/a&gt; (call it question B). In fact, the question is not a duplicate. It is similar but distinct in that the OP of question A is looking for a way to list only currently connected USB &lt;em&gt;storage&lt;/em&gt; devices. Question B does not ask how to list connected USB &lt;em&gt;storage&lt;/em&gt; devices. It is more generic in listing any type of USB device and only upon insertion. Question B presents a distinctly different scenario with potentially very different applications.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I found a solution to question A, but I am unable to post that solution because question A is marked as a duplicate. My solution is not a valid answer to question B. What should I do? Is it possible to request that question A be reopened so that I can post my answer? If so, how do I go about doing that? Should I just re-ask question A so I can post my own answer? Is there another approach to take? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="606758" LastActivityDate="2017-08-18T23:13:55.723" Title="What to do when another person's question marked as a duplicate isn't really a duplicate?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17212" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-16T03:00:43.543" Score="3" ViewCount="71" Body="&lt;p&gt;I could swear there was a 500 point bounty on this question: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/899021/how-to-fix-bang-and-olufsen-audio-for-hp-laptops/945969#945969&quot;&gt;How to fix Bang and Olufsen Audio for HP laptops?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;...and I could swear I saw it go into a 9 hour grace period last night. But upon looking at it tonight I don't see the slightest hint there was ever a bounty on the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which begs the question could the bounty have been redacted with some sort of magic wand? To the best of my knowledge once a bounty is pledged the  sponsor looses the points and it is awarded to the accepted answer and lacking that 50% is awarded to the answer with the most upvotes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can a bounty simply disappear?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="307523" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2017-08-16T10:29:38.233" LastActivityDate="2017-08-16T10:36:09.863" Title="Can a bounty be redacted?" Tags="|support|bounty|answered-questions|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17213" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17212" CreationDate="2017-08-16T03:12:59.970" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Moderators can remove bounties, but this is only done under very special and rather rare circumstances (mostly if a question needs to be closed).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Bounty history is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/899021/revisions&quot;&gt;in the revision history&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2017-08-16T03:12:59.970" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17214" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17212" CreationDate="2017-08-16T03:13:27.460" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;It didn't simply disappear. It wasn't awarded to anyone, that's all. Look at &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/899021/revisions&quot;&gt;the revision history&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/MwX6m.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/MwX6m.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You need answers with score &gt;= 2 for automatic awards.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2017-08-16T03:13:27.460" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17216" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-15T17:13:07.437" Score="1" ViewCount="23" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have tried multiple times to find the &quot;button&quot; button in order to convert e.g. &lt;code&gt;Ctrl-Alt-F1&lt;/code&gt; to button sequence. Can anyone help me? I tried to find it in the desktop version of Ask Ubuntu and on the Stack Exchange Android app. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="646645" OwnerDisplayName="Bajiru" LastEditorUserId="158442" LastEditDate="2017-08-16T11:52:36.807" LastActivityDate="2017-08-16T11:52:36.807" Title="How to input/type buttons on posts?" Tags="|support|formatting|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2017-08-16T19:51:31.133" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17217" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17174" CreationDate="2017-08-17T18:12:26.010" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;This area of Stack Exchange (which is the platform Ask Ubuntu is on) is about &lt;em&gt;using Ubuntu&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;helping people who use Ubuntu&lt;/em&gt;. There are many things I found about GParted on these forums whilst searching a few minutes ago, but they are asked here as they are related to Ubuntu, and anything related to Ubuntu here is &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;not off topic&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.&#xA;The whole point of the Stack Exchange community is to help people. So that means so is Ask Ubuntu. Whether it be about Ubuntu itself, LibreOffice, the Debian Package Manager, Apt, or Cowsay, we can all ask it here, as long as it relates to Ubuntu &lt;em&gt;in any way&lt;/em&gt;.&#xA;Ask Ubuntu is one of the largest Linux help platforms out here on the Internet. When searching for something I want to do on Debian, it's highly possible the answer is on here! To be honest, anything I need to search for is either on Ask Ubuntu, or Stack Overflow! I even came across this question  (which is on the meta) whilst looking for how to change a mounted partition's size on Elementary OS (which is related to Ubuntu as it is based on our favorite OS!)&#xA;I hope this answers your question,&#xA;~Dan&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="661799" LastActivityDate="2017-08-17T18:12:26.010" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17218" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17210" CreationDate="2017-08-17T19:35:13.133" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;An answer is an answer if it answers the question completely. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know it sounds ridiculously easy, but if an answer does not answer the question nor shows that the question simply cannot be answered, it should be not be posted as an answer. The information should go elsewhere, as part of an answer that does fix the issue, in the comments, in the chat, but not in an answer. We do not deal in partial answers. I know that's counterintuitive, and I've posted partial answers myself, but have been criticised for it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the case of partial answers, this often indicates that more work on the question is possible. It could be split in easier questions, for instance. But not duplicated. It might also indicate that the question is too localised. We don't have to solve all the Ubuntu problems in the world.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I might simplify this too much.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="115155" LastActivityDate="2017-08-17T19:35:13.133" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17219" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17210" CreationDate="2017-08-18T21:36:53.527" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;When I posted this, This was a partial answer. And yes, it would likely have been better as a new question. Be that as it may, The aforementioned post clearly shows a commitment to improve it as the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/946465/revisions&quot;&gt;edit record&lt;/a&gt; makes abundantly clear to the casual observer. &lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/jiFXr.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/jiFXr.png&quot; alt=&quot;edits&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this case, it's unclear whether the answer related to the version of Ubuntu asked about or a more recent version, but that information could have likely been easily obtained (considering the obvious commitment to improve the answer). The Nvidia driver versions mentioned all appear to have been released recently with the oldest version released about 8 months ago.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since the Answer the question section of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/how-to-answer&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/help/how-to-answer&lt;/a&gt; states clearly that &quot;Any answer that gets the asker going in the right direction is helpful, but do try to mention any limitations, assumptions or simplifications in your answer. Brevity is acceptable, but fuller explanations are better.&quot; I think it's safe to say that this was an honest attempt to help on it's way to becoming a complete answer, and I hope we didn't drive away someone who was &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/16264/are-we-truly-eager-to-help&quot;&gt;Truly Eager To Help.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It might even be fair to say that all answers are partial answers as they can be edited and improved when new information becomes available, updated to cover new versions, etc. I do this fairly often myself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Guidelines are an important part of maintaining a cohesive policy and it's important that we are all at least &lt;strong&gt;trying&lt;/strong&gt; to accomplish the same thing (Which I think is improvement of the site as a whole)  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a great question and if as you surmise, this a holdover from back when we would close questions as duplicates of other unanswered questions (before my time here, so I wouldn't know) and we aren't going to accept partial answers that &lt;strong&gt;contribute the results of your research and anything additional you’ve tried&lt;/strong&gt; then clearly &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/how-to-answer&quot;&gt;the guidelines&lt;/a&gt; should be re-written to reflect this so that users attempting to follow the guidelines don't get blind sided by an unwritten policy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Clarity of instructions is required in order to get desired results so lets be clear about what we want so that we can obtain it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastEditorUserId="225694" LastEditDate="2017-08-20T23:52:39.917" LastActivityDate="2017-08-20T23:52:39.917" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17220" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17221" CreationDate="2017-08-18T22:09:06.200" Score="1" ViewCount="39" Body="&lt;p&gt;This question was prompted in part by the content of &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/17210/me-too-post-or-partial-answer&quot;&gt;this one&lt;/a&gt; which got me to wondering if the system allows this type of reassessment, either manually or automatically. And if so, what level of reputation or sequence of events is required to complete the process?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2017-08-19T07:25:27.980" LastActivityDate="2017-08-19T07:25:27.980" Title="Is it possible for a deleted answer to be converted to a question?" Tags="|discussion|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17221" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17220" CreationDate="2017-08-18T22:31:46.930" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Not automatically, no.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2017-08-18T22:31:46.930" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17222" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17211" CreationDate="2017-08-18T23:13:55.723" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;One  way would be to post a comment as to why it should be re-opened (As indicated by @WinEunuuchs2Unix in &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/17211/what-to-do-when-another-persons-question-marked-as-a-duplicate-isnt-really-a-d#comment35525_17211&quot;&gt;this comment&lt;/a&gt;. Having done so you can attempt to draw Votes To REopen by making a request &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/201/ask-ubuntu-general-room&quot;&gt;in chat&lt;/a&gt; provided you have a rep of 20 or higher.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastActivityDate="2017-08-18T23:13:55.723" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17223" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17224" CreationDate="2017-08-19T07:30:01.840" Score="5" ViewCount="187" Body="&lt;p&gt;I noticed a new tag &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/rtorrent&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;rtorrent&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;rtorrent&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It only has one post, but I did my usual thing of running a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=rtorrent+is%3Aq&quot;&gt;search which turned up ~40 questions mentioning rtorrent&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this a tag we need? If so&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;should old posts mentioning it be retagged? &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;who can make a nice tag wiki for it? (not me, I am clueless)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2017-08-19T11:09:13.260" Title="Is the rtorrent tag useful? If so, should we retag these posts?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17224" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17223" CreationDate="2017-08-19T10:17:53.193" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;We have tags for some other BitTorrent programs&lt;sup&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;, such as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/deluge&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;deluge&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;deluge&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ktorrent&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ktorrent&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ktorrent&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/transmission&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;transmission&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;transmission&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/qbittorrent&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;qbittorrent&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;qbittorrent&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/utorrent&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;utorrent&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;utorrent&lt;/a&gt;, and--though it's only on a handful of questions and I don't think I know anyone who uses it anymore--&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/vuze&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;vuze&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;vuze&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It looks like we also have a number of questions about those programs that don't have those tags. Assuming we do retag posts with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/rtorrent&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;rtorrent&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;rtorrent&lt;/a&gt;, we could add appropriate tags to some other BitTorrent-related posts as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I use qBittorrent and the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/qbittorrent&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;qbittorrent&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;qbittorrent&lt;/a&gt; tag has helped me search for questions and answers. In &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/256202/how-to-upgrade-qbittorrent-to-the-latest-stable-upstream-version&quot;&gt;at least one case&lt;/a&gt;, I believe that noticing the tag on a question led me to read the question and post an answer, though it's possible I'd have noticed and answered anyway. I presume the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/rtorrent&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;rtorrent&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;rtorrent&lt;/a&gt; tag will confer a similar benefit. It's not as popular as several other BitTorrent programs but I &lt;em&gt;think&lt;/em&gt; it does see significant use.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd say &lt;strong&gt;yes&lt;/strong&gt;, we should add the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/rtorrent&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;rtorrent&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;rtorrent&lt;/a&gt; tag to posts it applies to, including old posts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1&lt;/strong&gt;: It's common to call them &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_BitTorrent_clients&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;BitTorrent clients&lt;/a&gt;&quot; but I use the more awkward-sounding term &quot;BitTorrent program&quot; because, from a networking standpoint, these programs behave both as a client and as a server. When BitTorrent was new, some people called them &quot;servents&quot; (server/clients) but that terminology doesn't seem to have caught on. (The other distinction for BitTorrent is between &lt;em&gt;client&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;tracker&lt;/em&gt;, but many BitTorrent &quot;clients&quot; have the ability to operate as a traditional centralized tracker, and almost all of them support distributed tracking, usually via &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributed_hash_table&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;DHT&lt;/a&gt;, which is more significant today than centralized tracking.)&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2017-08-19T11:09:13.260" LastActivityDate="2017-08-19T11:09:13.260" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17225" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17227" CreationDate="2017-08-19T14:00:32.987" Score="10" ViewCount="122" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's very simple to retract a close vote (although doing so means you can't vote again on that post) but unless I'm missing something it's not possible to retract a re-open vote. Mistakes occur regardless of how hard we try to avoid them. In most cases these can easily be self-corrected wither via edit or retraction. I'd like to see the capability to retract a re-open vote like we have for close votes. I've reviewed &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/193061/260418&quot;&gt;Ability to retract reopen/delete votes&lt;/a&gt; on meta which covers this exactly and I've had some conversation in comments with &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/141525/animuson&quot;&gt;@animuson&lt;/a&gt; regarding concerns/limitations. I hope that if you are reading this question that you'll take the time to visit &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/193061/260418&quot;&gt;Ability to retract reopen/delete votes&lt;/a&gt; and upvote both the Q and the A in the hope that we can get some traction on this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Further research driven by the answers received thus far indicate that this feature has seen some interest over the years and I'm not the first to suggest it. &lt;a href=&quot;https://codereview.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/5859/why-cant-i-retract-my-reopen-vote&quot;&gt;this related bug report&lt;/a&gt; was closed as status-by design, which to me means this is not a bug, hence the feature request.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastEditorUserId="225694" LastEditDate="2017-08-19T16:10:00.913" LastActivityDate="2017-08-19T16:17:04.963" Title="Retract a reopen vote" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17226" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17225" CreationDate="2017-08-19T14:20:38.040" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;This &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/193061/280883&quot;&gt;feature request on Meta Stack Exchange&lt;/a&gt; is open and neither resolved nor marked as by-design/won't-fix since 2013.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I therefore think it's unlikely that anything will happen to it in the near future, but you can and should upvote (or bounty?) it there to indicate you want this feature. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Btw. there are similar feature requests on some other Meta sites, but all just point to the old post linked above. This is clearly a global Stack Exchange issue and not something that can be changed or resolved locally on a site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastActivityDate="2017-08-19T14:20:38.040" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17227" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17225" CreationDate="2017-08-19T14:26:41.523" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I agree with this. Besides correcting mistakes, there are some other situations where retracting reopen votes would be useful:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The OP rolls back an edit that changes the question or provides more information showing that the question should not really be reopened.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Someones gives a persuasive reason not to reopen. This is different from the case of a mistake--I'm talking about a deliberate reopen vote that made sense but then the voter changes their mind.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The OP asks the question to be migrated to another site, and it is high enough quality for this to make sense. Besides creating confusion, reopen votes on the question may discourage moderators from migrating it (since moderators usually have to make a decision and will usually try to abide by community consensus).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Meta discussion after the reopen vote is cast reveals a strong consensus against reopening.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The voter feels they should do &lt;em&gt;something&lt;/em&gt; to counteract a reopen vote they've changed their mind about, so they post a comment... but the comment doesn't contribute much. It think that the ability to retract reopen votes could help prevent useless comments.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A reviewer, or any user who stumbles upon a closed post, sees it has a reopen vote that was cast by accident. So they take time to figure out &lt;em&gt;if&lt;/em&gt; the post should be reopened, then comment to argue it should not. If the reopen vote could have been retracted, they would never have needed to take the time.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In addition, currently we can roll back edits and retract flags and (as you mentioned) close votes. The ability to retract some types of votes but not others is confusing and I am not aware of any reason for it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For &lt;em&gt;some&lt;/em&gt; of these same reasons, I think we ought to be able to retract delete and undelete votes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2017-08-19T16:17:04.963" LastActivityDate="2017-08-19T16:17:04.963" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17228" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-20T03:14:10.087" Score="0" ViewCount="71" Body="&lt;p&gt;Updates on Debian-based distros are supposed to be the result of &lt;code&gt;apt-get upgrade&lt;/code&gt; command.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Upgrades are the &quot;moving from version to next version&quot; (next LTS or just next).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are my above sentences wrong or right?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think we have to find a common language and decide to use it here with this and only this way?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(If you think the question has to be deleted or closed, just do it... But I think I have to make it here)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="700522" LastEditorUserId="158442" LastEditDate="2017-08-20T05:23:33.540" LastActivityDate="2017-08-20T11:05:49.300" Title="How to use &quot;update&quot; and &quot;upgrade&quot; words in topics of Ask Ubuntu?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17229" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17228" CreationDate="2017-08-20T11:05:49.300" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;In Debian based distros &lt;code&gt;apt update&lt;/code&gt; updates the list of software versions available from the repository whilst &lt;code&gt;apt upgrade&lt;/code&gt; installs the new versions. There's no confusion here if explained in context. I often use &quot;release upgrade&quot; to characterize the move from one Ubuntu release to the next in order to avoid the confusion some users have when presented with some answer/solution involving the arguably misleading &lt;code&gt;dist-upgrade&lt;/code&gt; (the new recommended &lt;code&gt;full-upgrade&lt;/code&gt; doesn't trigger the same problems).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The update/upgrade duality is problematic only when translating to other languages that don't make the distinction (Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian, etc.). Likewise, in those languages it's very hard to distinguish between &quot;ape&quot; and &quot;monkey&quot; as their native equivalents are synonymous at a non-scientific level. Reason why I usually describe myself as an &quot;European born African monkey&quot; and many people take an issue why it. The same people usually accept &quot;African ape&quot; without further considerations. I don't care, I'm proud of my monkeyness.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In conclusion, I see no problem with the correct usage of update and upgrade in context and when English is the language used to communicate. And considering the commands don't change depending on the system's language its usage should be exactly the same in other languages but an explanation about the nuances may be required.   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user692175" LastActivityDate="2017-08-20T11:05:49.300" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17230" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17210" CreationDate="2017-08-20T21:07:54.783" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;I would like to note that the post in question has been edited (and deleted), and I think &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/17219/527764&quot;&gt;Elder Geek's answer&lt;/a&gt; may be more directed towards the latest revision than &lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/YUhF8.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the one that was current when this question was posted&lt;/a&gt;. I believe it was certainly a &quot;me too&quot; post at that point, as it only contained information on what the author had &lt;em&gt;ruled out&lt;/em&gt; as causes of the problem through their research.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More or less just rephrasing what you already said, in my view the current situation is something like this...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Reviewers consistently delete answer posts like the one you mentioned in your question, which I encountered at &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/revisions/946465/6&quot;&gt;revision 6&lt;/a&gt; (here's a &lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/YUhF8.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;screenshot&lt;/a&gt; for those who can't access that link). This post does not contain a solution, but it contains lots of useful information that &lt;strong&gt;belongs in a question&lt;/strong&gt; about the issue. Two experienced reviewers advised the OP to ask their own question, and so did I. It's worth noting that the post has now been deleted, with the last vote cast by a mod, even though it now contains a workaround of sorts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Suggesting the post author ask their own question is what we usually do, and since we have canned comments for this situation, like:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you have a new question, please ask it by clicking the Ask Question button. Include a link to this question if it helps provide context.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;it seems this is what the review system is directing us to do.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Experienced reviewers and mods (and I) often &lt;em&gt;defend&lt;/em&gt; (by upvoting, editing, voting &lt;kbd&gt;Looks OK&lt;/kbd&gt;, commenting @ or for the benefit of other reviewers, etc) flagged answer posts that do some combination of these things:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;explain why what the OP wants can't be done, or why their question represents misconceptions&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;provide an explanation of the problem&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;provide a workaround or alternative way of approaching the problem&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;provide a valid answer framed tentatively&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;start with &quot;I had the same problem...&quot; and go on to describe how it was solved in the author's case&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;include a closing question, perhaps an aside to the main issue, alongside some useful solution&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I think we consider such posts &lt;em&gt;answers&lt;/em&gt;, depending on the details of the case.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If someone attempts to edit information like this (details of the same problem on their own system along with research and results) into a question, their suggested edit will almost certainly be rejected as &lt;em&gt;against the author's intent&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These actions tend to promote the creation of new questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Considering the type of edge case that raised this issue, where some useful content that belongs in a good question is posted as an answer:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If the original question is good and has the requisite details already, then the new post wouldn't be adding anything useful and there would be no reason to keep it&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If the original question lacks such detail, and hasn't received much or any positive attention, the new post is likely to languish unnoticed, rather than helping anyone find a solution.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Thinking about two groups of people&lt;/strong&gt; - folks searching for solutions to their problems using search engines, and users here who review, vote on, and answer, it's the latter group who need to see the information posted by the &quot;me too&quot; poster, and the attention of the latter group is mainly on new questions. A new question is, I think, a lot more likely to get an answer than a bumped older one.&lt;strong&gt;*&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Let's consider two scenarios. In both &quot;I did A, B, C and D and determined that neither W, X, Y nor Z is responsible for this&quot; (the content of a good question) is posted as an answer to a poorish question. In the first scenario, this post is left as it is by reviewers, per the Help Center's advice, and later a good answer is added by someone else, or the &quot;me too&quot; post is later edited to be or include what we would consider (in our current practice) a valid answer. In the second scenario, the &quot;me too&quot; post is deleted, per current site practice, and the author of the deleted post writes a new question, which receives a good answer, from the OP or someone else. The old question can be closed as a duplicate of the new one, if it's still open, providing an additional signpost to the solution. I think the latter scenario is much more &lt;strong&gt;likely&lt;/strong&gt; (I think the old question is less likely to get an answer), and that matters here, but even putting that aside, I think it is the better scenario...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In both cases, we (site users and visitors) got the answer, but only in the second case is the answer attached to a clear, well researched question. Whether (or how much) this matters is debatable, but I consider it broadly a good thing in terms of helping people find and understand the information they need here. Creating links between the old and new posts will assist towards that goal, if the old question isn't misleading or otherwise worthy of closure as anything other than a duplicate.&lt;strong&gt;*&lt;/strong&gt; Also, the person who asked the new question will actually get notified of answers to the question, and is more likely to get some upvotes and might therefore feel good about the site and gain some privileges that encourage them to participate more, which we like, I think... but that brings me to another thought...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If we change our current practice to allow &quot;me too&quot; answers that add useful information (assuming we as a community and particularly as reviewers are able to draw the line on useful information, which is another issue), would we upvote them? The visible criterion for upvoting an answer is &quot;this answer is useful&quot;, which allows for extremely broad interpretation...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Upvoting such posts seems wrong to me, because &lt;strong&gt;the question still needs an answer&lt;/strong&gt;, and the system will consider it answered if any of its answers have a score of at least 1. That means it won't show up in filters that some experts use to find questions to answer with particular tags, and so on (I also use &lt;em&gt;unanswered&lt;/em&gt; filters to do cleanup, which means giving attention to old posts, and I believe I do some modestly useful things in terms of helping folks find the answer they need that way).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So after thinking about this for a few days, I'm concluding that we should keep deleting &quot;me too&quot; posts &lt;em&gt;even if they add useful information&lt;/em&gt;, contrary to the Help Center advice:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;TL:DR&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If a post does nothing but add useful information that belongs in a question, it should be the basis of a question, because in the answers it&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;probably won't be seen by those who need to see it at this stage (answerers)&lt;strong&gt;*&lt;/strong&gt;, unlike a new question&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;might get an overly generous upvote, making a question with no solution appear to be answered, thus making the original question less likely to be found by those who need to see it at this stage (answerers and janitors)&lt;strong&gt;*&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;fail to help those looking for &lt;em&gt;solutions&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, we should carry on more or less as we are doing now, but&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;IMHO, as reviewers we should do our best to encourage authors of &quot;useful&quot; &quot;me too&quot; posts to Ask a new question if they have useful information lacking from the original question, and encourage them to link to the old question. If it's appropriate, we might also consider editing some of the information into the original question, or posting it in comments on the original question.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;*&lt;/strong&gt;My reasoning might be faulty because I'm focusing excessively on &lt;em&gt;my own&lt;/em&gt; experience of the site and flawed assumptions about who else it's useful to and how they use it. In particular, I may not be adequately considering new users who are inspired to answer a question they found unanswered, because they subsequently found a solution. I don't &lt;em&gt;think&lt;/em&gt; it should be harder for these people to find a new question with all the relevant information than the original question with extra information added provided the new question has the right search terms, but it's worth considering that page views are what push a question higher up search engine results. This may be an argument in favour of allowing &quot;useful&quot; &quot;me too&quot; posts on the off-chance that they will help the question to be answered by casual visitors. If we decide to keep deleting those posts, then the care of reviewers to link the posts if the original question is useful is needed to avoid this potential disadvantage.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2017-08-24T05:10:01.077" LastActivityDate="2017-08-24T05:10:01.077" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17231" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-21T00:55:27.383" Score="1" ViewCount="141" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am talking about &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/948023/367990&quot;&gt;Will the Great American Eclipse Crash Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt; here. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just in case, here is its content:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Wondering if my computer will crash because of the Eclipse? Anything I need to do to prepare for this event?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Okay, I admit this isn't a great question, but does it really deserve a score of currently -11, which makes it the 3rd lowest scoring, not-deleted question at the moment (check the Questions list sorted by votes, go to last page)? To me that feels like kicking someone who is already laying on the ground, just because everybody seems to be doing it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It doesn't really show research effort, but many questions on the site don't do that. This alone doesn't explain so many negative votes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, it is not unclear at all in my opinion, but it got closed with that reason anyway. You may have noticed that my name appears in the list of close voters as well, but I voted for &quot;off-topic/not Ubuntu&quot; because I believe that it should rather belong to &lt;a href=&quot;https://superuser.com&quot;&gt;Super User&lt;/a&gt; instead of here. After all, if the solar eclipse affects anything, then it will be the hardware and electricity/internet infrastructure, not the operating system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, to make this clear, I am &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; asking for sympathy upvotes now to compensate the downvotes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Instead, I'm merely curious to know the reasons of the people who downvoted the question, especially of those who downvoted when it was already at a low score. If you did not vote but have a good explanation, I am of course interested in hearing that one too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Additionally I hope to get convinced that it was not simple peer pressure that has led to the current score...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastActivityDate="2017-08-22T11:27:34.540" Title="Why is this question about the solar eclipse so heavily downvoted?" Tags="|discussion|scope|voting|downvoting|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17232" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17231" CreationDate="2017-08-21T05:23:46.433" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;After carefully reviewing the question at hand, I have come to the following conclusions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;The question is wholly useless.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;It's not going to help &lt;em&gt;anyone&lt;/em&gt; by any sense of the word. It's a humorous question at best, and offers nothing of note to the site.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;It shows absolutely zero research effort.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Even the most precursory research on Google would answer this question completely satisfactorily.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;It's not geared to the community.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;This community is for Ubuntu developers and experts to ask serious questions (for the most part) and get serious help (for the most part). As stated in point #1, this question is not at all serious, and might as well not exist.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;It's not about Ubuntu.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Ubuntu isn't going to crash just because there's an eclipse. A computer &lt;em&gt;might&lt;/em&gt; but even then this is a stretch. See point 3.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;It's just dumb.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;There's no way around this one. It's just a dumb question. Even &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/948023/will-the-great-american-eclipse-crash-ubuntu#comment1508545_948023&quot;&gt;the OP admitted so in a comment&lt;/a&gt;. This question isn't salvageable, and shouldn't even exist on the site.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now... let's talk about &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/14470/what-is-the-boat-programming-meme-about&quot;&gt;programming on a boat&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastActivityDate="2017-08-21T05:23:46.433" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17233" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17231" CreationDate="2017-08-21T10:56:49.060" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I deleted this. The OP requested it but that's where I was going anyway.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question is &lt;strong&gt;nonsense&lt;/strong&gt;. No hypothesis, no suggestion, no correlation, not even a citation of what they'd actually heard, and as Kaz says, no hint this has anything to do with Ubuntu.  I double checked at the time and nobody else on the Internet was asking if eclipses could cause computer crashes. That puts this in a special class of baseless thought.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Don't get side-tracked by the other stuff I womble onto because &lt;strong&gt;that alone is more than enough for downvotes and deletion&lt;/strong&gt;. It was a bad question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On a wider outlook, the increasingly large portion of my mind that is a grumpy-old-man doesn't see anything salvageable. It's somebody starting or furthering a hoax. In my experience, for every baseless scare, there's a pocket of superstitious folks who adopt it into their belief system and it gets applied and reapplied to similar situations in the future. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We could have answered this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;But &quot;No&quot; alone isn't enough for a good answer &lt;em&gt;here&lt;/em&gt;. It's not a strong arguing position because there's nothing to counter.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;A qualified physicist will undoubtedly drop in to play Devil's advocate and explain that in a universe of infinite possibility, yes, of course it's possible that the drop in radiation could interfere with the way Linux's implementation of ASLR.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Now we've got a ball game. The question is Hot on the SE network and somebody resurrects a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.snopes.com/dangerous-cosmic-gamma-rays/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;cosmic gamma ray scare/hoax&lt;/a&gt; (this is indeed what appears to have happened here) in an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;And before you know it, people are either avoiding Linux because they once read somewhere that &lt;a href=&quot;https://xkcd.com/378/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;it's susceptible to butterflies&lt;/a&gt; or something. They can't remember for sure but they have customer-facing systems and they can't abide downtime during eclipses. It's safer to use Windows.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is how hoaxes and baseless health scares work. Just enough to run with, not enough to conclusively refute. More than enough to convince some people. Grumpy Old Oli has no time for this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But, my feelings aside, it was just a bad question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2017-08-22T11:27:34.540" LastActivityDate="2017-08-22T11:27:34.540" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17234" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17235" CreationDate="2017-08-22T10:18:06.753" Score="12" ViewCount="247" Body="&lt;p&gt;While ago, I wrote &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/922144/566421&quot;&gt;an answer&lt;/a&gt; to the question &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/922085/i-need-rules-to-drop-some-malicious-apache-connection&quot;&gt;I need rules to drop some malicious Apache connection&lt;/a&gt;&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since then, I feel the answer incomplete. The reason is that, I made few scripts (&lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/pa4080/www-security-assistant/blob/ask_ubuntu/www-security-assistant.bash&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;1&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/pa4080/www-security-assistant/blob/ask_ubuntu/modsecurity-assistant.sh&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;2&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/pa4080/www-security-assistant/blob/ask_ubuntu/httpd-custom-analyze.bash&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;3&lt;/a&gt;), which are the main contribution of the answer. But because the answer&lt;sup&gt;[1]&lt;/sup&gt; is too long, due to the character limit, I moved these scripts outside.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So my question is: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Is it a good idea to split &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/922144/566421&quot;&gt;the answer&lt;/a&gt; in two parts and move these scripts into answer's body?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;[1]&lt;/sup&gt; The answer probably goes out of scope of this format, but while I wrote it I generalised my experience and also gained a new. In the end of all, the answer contains several useful ideas and references according to the question. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Update:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;The discussed answer is completely &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/922144/revisions&quot;&gt;updated&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I followed the advises given here and created a GitHub&#xA;  repository named &lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/pa4080/www-security-assistant&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;WWW Security Assistant&lt;/a&gt;. There is a&#xA;  branch, called &lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/pa4080/www-security-assistant/tree/ask_ubuntu&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;ask_ubuntu&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, dedicated to the discussed answer. So the further updates will be applied on the &lt;code&gt;master&lt;/code&gt; branch. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="566421" LastEditorUserId="566421" LastEditDate="2018-04-29T09:41:55.513" LastActivityDate="2018-04-29T09:41:55.513" Title="Split long answer in two parts?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17235" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17234" CreationDate="2017-08-22T11:54:45.087" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are a few problems.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Pastebin deletes things 6 months after the last view.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Posting code on here or Pastebin.com puts it under a qualified CC-attribution license in a way that you simply aren't licensed to under GPL (as one of your scripts is) &lt;strong&gt;unless you are the owner&lt;/strong&gt;. Link to the original or make sure you distribute it from somewhere you can set the license.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Some of your things don't have any license in them. That may be a repeat of the above, it may be a separate issue.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Move this stuff from Pastebin to a Github (or other) repo that you control and also review the licensing situation of these scripts to make sure you're &lt;em&gt;allowed&lt;/em&gt; to redistribute things.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2017-08-22T12:18:26.783" LastActivityDate="2017-08-22T12:18:26.783" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17236" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-22T10:02:47.343" Score="-5" ViewCount="80" Body="&lt;p&gt;Lot's of answers on Ask Ubuntu suggest to fix something manually e.g. via console etc. Is there any configuration management system available that can simply allow to write those scripts/recipes and execute them. Additionally, it would mean people can answer by simply posting a script/recipe that fixes everything.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="594659" OwnerDisplayName="Te Ri" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2017-08-22T16:16:33.213" LastActivityDate="2017-08-22T16:18:20.750" Title="Is there any sort of automated scripts for the answers?" Tags="|discussion|answers|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17237" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17236" CreationDate="2017-08-22T15:16:53.570" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is a terrible idea. There is obviously a huge security risk of lowering the barrier to accidentally running arbitrary code written by someone you don't know.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15003" LastEditorUserId="15003" LastEditDate="2017-08-22T16:18:20.750" LastActivityDate="2017-08-22T16:18:20.750" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17238" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-22T16:08:49.360" Score="8" ViewCount="158" Body="&lt;p&gt;My domain name changed from bodhizazen.net to bodhizazen.com&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All the .net links now apparently point to spam.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I got a message about this in the comments from your staff here&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/855392/usr-sbin-update-info-dir-2-export-bad-variable-name?noredirect=1#comment1509253_855392&quot;&gt;/usr/sbin/update-info-dir: 2: export: : bad variable name&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The data explorer can be used to find all posts and comments linking&#xA;  to the old domain. Moderators can edit comments regardless of age and&#xA;  author but I don't think they can do automatic sitewide search and&#xA;  replace edits, and it might not be considered reasonable to expect a&#xA;  moderator to do the edits manually. So I fear the best approach with&#xA;  comments may be for you to delete them all manually, and post new&#xA;  comments containing corrected URLs in cases where it makes sense. You&#xA;  may want to post on meta (or I will if you want). Please also feel&#xA;  free to ping me in main chat about this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do not know the best way to resolve the issue, I have been editing links when I come across them, but I do not have access to the &quot;data explorer&quot; as I do not have access to the moderator tools.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do not have access to the data base nor do I know what data base you use, nor do I know if your admins would be willing to manipulate the data base.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am willing to work through posts / comments/ etc and fix the links if you give  list, but, depending on length I can not say how long it will take me to work through all of them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not sure the best method to resolve the problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="35795" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2017-08-22T19:04:42.687" LastActivityDate="2017-08-24T14:12:29.770" Title="Change in domain name" Tags="|support|editing|comments|hyperlinks|spam-handling|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17239" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17238" CreationDate="2017-08-22T17:10:43.710" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;You don't need Data Explorer to find &lt;strong&gt;posts&lt;/strong&gt; with links that need replacing: site search with &lt;code&gt;url:&lt;/code&gt; parameter will do it just fine.  See &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=url%3Abodhizazen.net&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=url%3Abodhizazen.net&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For &lt;strong&gt;comments&lt;/strong&gt;, use the Data Explorer query &lt;a href=&quot;https://data.stackexchange.com/askubuntu/query/713318/pattern-in-comments?pattern=bodhizazen.net&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;pattern in comments&lt;/a&gt; - it finds 85 comments as of now. Keep in mind that SEDE is updated once a week, on weekends.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user336085" LastEditorDisplayName="user336085" LastEditDate="2017-08-22T17:16:06.190" LastActivityDate="2017-08-22T17:16:06.190" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17240" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17238" CreationDate="2017-08-22T19:00:28.670" Score="3" Body="&lt;h2&gt;What to do with comments...&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't know if there's a better approach available than just manually removing all the comments that link to the old domain (and have thus become spam) and replacing them, in cases where it makes sense to do so, with new comments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/855392/usr-sbin-update-info-dir-2-export-bad-variable-name?noredirect=1#comment1509253_855392&quot;&gt;I mentioned&lt;/a&gt;, moderators can delete comments, but I don't know if they have any automated means to  make this change.&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt; &lt;s&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I am hoping a moderator will weigh in on this question.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/s&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;&lt;i&gt;&lt;sub&gt;We don't have any automated mechanisms for this. --Thomas W.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt; &lt;sub&gt;Meta.SE has &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/135647/is-there-a-way-to-fix-broken-links-in-comments-can-the-mods-edit-comments&quot;&gt;Is there a way to fix broken links in comments? Can the mods edit comments?&lt;/a&gt; but that question is over five years old, very general, and doesn't address the case of numerous comments breaking in one specific way due to an unusual event of a one single highly useful domain having been subverted in a way its former owner cannot control, possibly for the purpose of generating traffic from our site.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Updating Posts&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your site and blog are important, useful resources for the Ubuntu community, and your old domain appears to have been bought to capture unintended traffic. It's good this is being fixed. Thank you for your actions thus far!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I write this, I see you are already fixing the posts. I would be pleased to make some of these edits, but I don't want to step on your toes. Accidental simultaneous edits to the same post can be confusing and annoying. I recall there is a limit on how many edits a user can make to their own posts in a day, so if you reach that--or for any other reason would benefit from help--please let me know and I'll make some of the edits. (Of course, that limit applies just to your own posts, not posts by other users that link to the domain.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sometimes people are concerned about how a large number of edits carried out over a short time can push other posts off the front page. But this is a case where I don't think we need to worry about edit volume:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The total number of edits is just not that high. It was well less than a hundred even as I began to write this. (Really this is enough of a reason not to worry, by itself.)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/855392/usr-sbin-update-info-dir-2-export-bad-variable-name#comment1509252_855392&quot;&gt;spammy nature of the site&lt;/a&gt;--identifiable by examining the site and the links therein, or by checking &lt;a href=&quot;https://whois.icann.org/en/lookup?name=bodhizazen.net&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;its whois record&lt;/a&gt; and noticing that the current contact person &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.dndisputes.com/case/d2012-1108/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;has been associated&lt;/a&gt; with questionable prescription-drug related sites--probably justifies &lt;em&gt;any&lt;/em&gt; volume of edits.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, I think the main purpose served by our general reluctance to make a huge volume of edits in a short time is that it has the effect of &lt;em&gt;putting off edits that might not need to happen&lt;/em&gt;. These edits do need to happen. Every post and edit (except some performed automatically by the system) bumps the affected question on the front page, and usually something drops off the front page as a result.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For a fixed number of edits that are going to be done anyway, it seems to me that doing this fast rather than slow is not really a problem. It even increases the chance that the post dropped from the front page will be one of the ones brought there by one of your edits. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Finding posts and comments containing the old domain:&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/17239/22949&quot;&gt;Michelle's post search and comment SEDE query&lt;/a&gt; should be sufficient for this. I've added these alternatives in case they are of interest, but I'm not suggesting they should be preferred.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://data.stackexchange.com/askubuntu/query/713348/showing-posts-that-contain-bodhizazen-net-in-the-body&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;This SEDE query finds &lt;strong&gt;posts&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; that contain &lt;code&gt;bodhizazen.net&lt;/code&gt; in the body. It returns 100 hits. Although it returns more hits than searching on the site with &lt;code&gt;url&lt;/code&gt; as &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/17239/22949&quot;&gt;Michelle suggests&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;em&gt;I would not assume it is better&lt;/em&gt;. The Stack Exchange Data Explorer searches snapshots of the site (updated weekly as Michelle mentions), so this query is probably just turning up posts in which the URL has already been edited.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://data.stackexchange.com/askubuntu/query/224825/comments-containing-bodhizazen-net&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;This SEDE query finds posts that have &lt;strong&gt;comments&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; that contain &lt;code&gt;bodhizazen.net&lt;/code&gt;. It differs from Michelle's query in that it lists posts and gives post links, rather than comment links. Like that query is currently shows 85 results (which is what one would expect unless there are posts with more that one comment with the old domain). As far as I know, either query is sufficient.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2017-08-24T14:12:29.770" LastActivityDate="2017-08-24T14:12:29.770" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17241" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14273" CreationDate="2017-08-22T22:29:08.820" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think most such questions are on-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Plugins aren't the only aspect of web browser usage that may apply across different platforms, and web browsers are far from the only Ubuntu software that exists on other operating systems. In general, we allow questions about software that runs on Ubuntu and other OSes too--so long as the user asking the question is using it on Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We have a number of meta posts on the topic of non-Ubuntu-specific questions. Here are a few:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/14523/are-not-only-ubuntu-specific-questions-on-topic&quot;&gt;Are &amp;quot;not only Ubuntu-specific&amp;quot; questions on-topic?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/14663/are-non-ubuntu-spefic-questions-allowed&quot;&gt;Are non-Ubuntu-spefic questions allowed?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/47/how-do-we-tell-if-a-question-belongs-here-or-rather-at-stackoverflow-superuser&quot;&gt;How do we tell if a question belongs here, or rather at stackoverflow/superuser?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/15559/unix-vs-ubuntu&quot;&gt;Unix vs Ubuntu?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/17174/why-are-questions-about-packages-included-in-ubuntu-by-default-but-not-maintaine&quot;&gt;Why are questions about packages included in Ubuntu by default but not maintained by Canonical not considered off-topic?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/13807/are-bash-shell-scripting-questions-on-topic&quot;&gt;Are bash/shell scripting questions on topic?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I presume questions about browser plugins are not, in general, off-topic. However:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;There does seem to be &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3918/are-software-recommendation-questions-for-browser-plugins-on-topic&quot;&gt;something of a consensus&lt;/a&gt; that browser plugin &lt;em&gt;recommendation&lt;/em&gt; requests are off-topic. I'm not really sure how broadly we interpret this. If someone asks if the Chromium browser can display pages in a &quot;reader&quot; mode similar to that provided by Firefox, do we keep that question open and recommend an extension, or do we close it as off-topic? I hope we keep it open--and this ambiguity is why I oppose the current consensus on this--but I don't know what the community would decide.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Some questions that seem to be about browser plugins might actually be about the more general topic of doing whatever task they help perform. For example, we would probably close questions asking for the best syntax to find PDF files with Google &lt;em&gt;using a Google search plugin&lt;/em&gt;. We would definitely close questions asking for strategic advice for playing chess &lt;em&gt;with a chess-playing browser plugin&lt;/em&gt;. And when a plugin is facilitating or taking the place of a webapp--for example, by enhancing a web-based interface to some service--I expect we would consider many questions about using it off-topic.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even though I think most of these questions are on-topic, I agree &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/14273/is-it-on-topic-to-ask-about-plugins-in-a-browser#comment24927_14273&quot;&gt;with muru&lt;/a&gt; that &lt;a href=&quot;https://superuser.com/&quot;&gt;Super User&lt;/a&gt; may be a better place for some of them. That's &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/14530/22949&quot;&gt;up to the asker&lt;/a&gt;, though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ultimately, I don't think we really get that many of these questions. You asked this two years ago and it has hardly been visited since. We may not need an established consensus on this. If we ever see an upswing in browser plugin questions, then either everybody will be fine with it and it will be implicitly on topic, or question will start getting closed and someone will ask on meta, and then it can be figured out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2017-08-22T22:29:08.820" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17242" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14553" CreationDate="2017-08-22T22:51:55.410" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;A question needs to be about Ubuntu to be on-topic. Whether or not it is &lt;em&gt;also&lt;/em&gt; about Mint doesn't really matter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The problem with most Linux Mint questions is that they are not about Ubuntu. Many people assume that because Linux Mint derives from Ubuntu and is similar to it in many ways that a question about Linux Mint is within the scope of our site just because it's asking about Mint. That is not the case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, mentioning Linux Mint or stating that a problem &lt;em&gt;also&lt;/em&gt; happens in it does not cause a question that is already on-topic for some other reason to  become off-topic. &lt;strong&gt;It's not that the presence of Mint is sufficient to make a question off-topic, it's that the presence of Ubuntu is necessary to make a question on-topic.&lt;/strong&gt; If the OP is using Ubuntu and is also using (or has used) other OSes that are mentioned, that doesn't make it any less of an Ubuntu question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are other ways a question can involve another OS like Mint and be on-topic. Someone might be using Mint and want to install Ubuntu. An Ubuntu user might be trying to create a Samba share and mention that it will be accessed from other machines running other OSes, such as Windows and Mint. This is all fine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sometimes when someone mentions other OSes that also have a problem, it doesn't add anything to the question and could be removed. However, I'd be careful about editing out such information and often avoid it, because such information often serves to establish that the problem in not particular to the &lt;em&gt;specific&lt;/em&gt; installation of Ubuntu that they are running. That is, it's like if they mentioned they had the problem on another Ubuntu system. This is not in any way Mint specific. For example, someone might ask about a device that is supposed to work in Ubuntu and Windows but stopped working in Ubuntu after they upgraded to a newer release, and they might mention that the device mysteriously never worked on their Windows system. Whether or not that information is useful would depend on the situation, but it would not likely affect whether or not the question is on-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, one caveat: sometimes Mint users mention a specific release of Ubuntu just to tell us that it is the release from which their Mint release derives. This is a case of the wrong assumption I mentioned above--the assumption that Mint must be on-topic because it's based on Ubuntu. Most of the time it's easy to figure out what they mean, and you can always ask them if you're not sure. They might not be sure either, but you can ask them to show the output of &lt;code&gt;lsb_release -a&lt;/code&gt;  (or, if you prefer, just &lt;code&gt;lsb_release -d&lt;/code&gt;) &quot;on the Ubuntu system.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2017-08-22T22:51:55.410" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17243" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17244" CreationDate="2017-08-23T08:09:36.547" Score="0" ViewCount="74" Body="&lt;p&gt;I feel like every second question lacks the basic information about flavour, release and architecture, so I ask myself:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why don't we just ask the users to give the output of &lt;code&gt;echo $DESKTOP_SESSION&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;lsb_release -d&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;uname -rm&lt;/code&gt; before they submit a question and leave it out just in the rare cases where they are not able to execute these commands?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="507051" LastActivityDate="2017-08-23T10:06:03.040" Title="Query for Basic information" Tags="|feature-request|asking-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17244" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17243" CreationDate="2017-08-23T10:06:03.040" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think the times we need this information is way too small to justify asking from them every time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If we need that info, we can ask for them in a comment. Maybe it can be added to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/1323/8698&quot;&gt;Proforma Comments&lt;/a&gt; by submitting a pull request on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/askubuntu/ProFormaComments&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;GitHub repository&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here are two reasons why I think this isn't really needed&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The thing is, this info is usually used for bug reports, which isn't part of the scope of Ask Ubuntu as those are most of the times closed as off topic.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I'm generally against this idea as we need a collection of questions and answers that would help as many people as possible.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Adding that kind of information can become a hindrance for other people who have the same problem. They may think their problem is different because the person who posted the original question had a different kernel version, a different desktop manager, etc.  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a related note, I'd recommend looking at &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/878/automatically-asking-for-specific-information-based-on-tags-chosen?rq=1&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;. Although there were no responses from SE Staff, it proposes a similar feature. The difference is that the system would ask for a different kind of information based on the tags used.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastActivityDate="2017-08-23T10:06:03.040" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17245" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17248" CreationDate="2017-08-23T11:02:53.457" Score="4" ViewCount="62" Body="&lt;p&gt;When moderators convert an answer to and edit--which deletes the answer and places its content at the end of the question--do they have the ability to move the comments from that answer to the question as well? Or are these always lost? I know that converting an answer to a comment allows its comments to be preserved; does converting it to an edit allow this, too? I'm asking because this will sometimes affect how I flag. I won't ask moderators to do this if they can't actually do it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As some background (to non-moderators reading this), moderators can &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/74815/way-to-convert-an-answer-to-a-comment&quot;&gt;convert an answer into a comment&lt;/a&gt; on some other post. This is occasionally done to preserve content posted as an answer that doesn't attempt to answer the question but is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/comment&quot;&gt;otherwise valuable&lt;/a&gt;. When doing so, they can either leave its own comment replies intact as additional comments on the same post. I don't know the specific details of how each is achieved, but I've seen both done. On the occasion that I raise a custom &quot;in need of moderator intervention&quot;  flag to ask that an answer that's been commented on be converted into a comment, I often specify whether or not I think its existing comment replies should be preserved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Moderators can also &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/convert-to-edit&quot;&gt;convert an answer into an &lt;em&gt;edit&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; on the question if the answer is posted by the OP. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/self-answer&quot;&gt;Self-answers&lt;/a&gt; are good, but sometimes an asker posts additional information about the problem that doesn't include a solution as an answer, when it ought to have been an edit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/GtZ28.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/GtZ28.png&quot; alt=&quot;screenshot showing the convert to edit option for moderators&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Screenshot copied from &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/195025/why-was-the-convert-to-edit-action-disabled&quot;&gt;Why was the “convert to edit” action disabled?&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/158428/mr-wizard&quot;&gt;Mr.Wizard&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;MSE&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; suggesting that, if this can be done, then it ought to be done more often, nor even that the system should necessarily allow this. I'm just asking if the system &lt;em&gt;does&lt;/em&gt; allow moderators to do this. I presume that doing so would sometimes intersperse comments on the post-made-edit with comments on the question and create confusion, so this ability would have to be used carefully.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The specific posts that motivated me to ask about this are &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/564993/where-are-my-iptables&quot;&gt;Where are my iptables?&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/565051/22949&quot;&gt;its answer by the OP that should have been an edit&lt;/a&gt; (which we've deleted but &lt;a href=&quot;https://web.archive.org/web/20150925051215/https://askubuntu.com/questions/564993/where-are-my-iptables#565051&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;can be seen here&lt;/a&gt;). I'm not totally sure that the comments on that answer &lt;em&gt;should&lt;/em&gt; be placed on the question itself, but as I was thinking about it and considering raising a custom moderator flag, I realized I did not actually know if moderators have this ability.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2017-08-23T18:09:58.977" Title="Does &quot;convert to edit&quot; let moderators move comments?" Tags="|support|editing|answers|comments|moderation|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17246" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-23T17:41:19.440" Score="2" ViewCount="82" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to bring this question / answer to the community's attention:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/115151/how-to-setup-passwordless-ssh-access-for-root-user&quot;&gt;How to setup passwordless SSH access for root user&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At the end of the day, this question has a poor title. The user can already log in via ssh with a key without a password but now wants to run sudo without a password. I revised the answer to address both issues as this question is linked as how to generate a passwordless ssh key (due to poor title).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The problem was, IMO, this question was/is a community wiki and I found it as it is used to close questions about setting up a ssh key without a password.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;First problem&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;The accepted answer was, IMO, poor quality as it used sudo to generate a key and did not discuss how to transfer the key between client and server.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I posted in the comments and was asked to re-write the answer which I did.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The original author did not appreciate my efforts and left comments to that effect, but again IMHO the original author does not understand ssh-copy-id&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ssh.com/ssh/copy-id&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.ssh.com/ssh/copy-id&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Second problem&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you read the question, the OP is asking not how to set up a ssh key, but rather how to run sudo commands without a password. So I added in that as a duplicate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;IMO the title of the  question should be changed to how to run sudo without a password once I have connected via ssh or some such.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Posting here to try to consolidate discussion and obtain a consensus on:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Clarifying the original question (sudo w/o password vs ssh-key without password).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Clarifying the answer - I suggest editing the title and closing as a duplicate.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Providing a high quality answer to the question &quot;how to make a ssh key without a password&quot; as this is a frequent question here (or at least I have come across it) and cleaning up the use of sudo and how to transfer a key seemed to make sense.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So what do you want me to do now? What would be best?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Revert my changes?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Retitle question? And mark as duplicate?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Make a new question / answer re: ssh-key without password?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="35795" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2017-08-23T21:23:50.880" LastActivityDate="2017-08-23T21:42:26.020" Title="Updating a question / answer" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17248" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17245" CreationDate="2017-08-23T18:09:58.977" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, the &quot;Convert to Edit&quot; button does not let us do anything with comments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2017-08-23T18:09:58.977" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17249" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17246" CreationDate="2017-08-23T21:42:26.020" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Perhaps I shouldn't be answering this, as I don't know enough about SSH, but I don't think that question should be marked as a duplicate, at least not of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/470383/how-to-avoid-being-prompted-for-a-password-by-sudo&quot;&gt;target question&lt;/a&gt; which I think is quite unclear.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think that this question has been upvoted on the basis of its title, of what it appears to ask. It seems to me that it has also been answered on that basis by several people. Closing it as a duplicate and editing the title would damage the validity of those answers IMHO. If the title is somewhat misleading now, perhaps the question &lt;em&gt;body&lt;/em&gt; can be adjusted somewhat to better match it! Perhaps the OP can be invited to discuss that here?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your edit to the answer seems very good. I suggest leaving it as it is. Thank you very much for taking the trouble to improve and update a popular post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2017-08-23T21:42:26.020" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17250" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17251" CreationDate="2017-08-24T18:26:04.370" Score="2" ViewCount="151" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't know if the issue is with Ubuntu or if it's with Zorin but when I try to add my Facebook account with the GNOME Online Accounts menu, I get this error message:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;Error getting identity: Could not parse response&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to ask about this on AU but I realise that it is Zorin &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;OS&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; and things aren't going to run &lt;em&gt;exactly&lt;/em&gt; the same way as with Ubuntu. Their website does say, &quot;Built on an Ubuntu Linux foundation, Zorin OS runs on the same Open Source software [as systems from the U.S. D.O.D to stuff on the I.S.S.]&quot; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is very obvious that it relies heavily on Ubuntu GNOME; it has the GNOME Control Panel, GNOME Extensions, GNOME Software, GNOME Indicators, and other features that are GNOME specific as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="690724" LastEditorUserId="690724" LastEditDate="2017-08-24T18:57:50.177" LastActivityDate="2017-08-24T19:01:46.113" Title="Is it appropriate to ask about Zorin OS here, as it's built on Ubuntu?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2017-08-24T19:03:02.657" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17251" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17250" CreationDate="2017-08-24T18:53:53.973" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No.&lt;/strong&gt; We don't support Linux Mint or any other distros which are based on Ubuntu here either.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You could ask on our sister site, &lt;a href=&quot;http://unix.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;http://unix.stackexchange.com&lt;/a&gt; though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We only support &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ubuntu.com/about/about-ubuntu/flavours&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;official Ubuntu flavors&lt;/a&gt;, such as:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ubuntu&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ubuntu GNOME&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Kubuntu&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Xubuntu&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Lubuntu&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ubuntu MATE&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="518562" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2017-08-24T19:01:46.113" LastActivityDate="2017-08-24T19:01:46.113" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17252" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-26T07:39:18.257" Score="19" ViewCount="365" Body="&lt;p&gt;Recently I've been wondering whether we need to change our practice in view of the fact that &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/900602/is-ubuntu-abandoning-its-phone-efforts&quot;&gt;Canonical is no longer developing Ubuntu Touch&lt;/a&gt;. As far as I know Ubuntu Touch is still out there running on many devices and is still installable; until it becomes officially EOL (at the end of the support cycle), there's no reason for us not to support it. But I would like to know what others think about how we should be treating questions about installing and doing other things with Ubuntu Touch.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Looking at newer questions in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ubuntu-touch&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ubuntu-touch&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ubuntu-touch&lt;/a&gt; tag, I don't think those questions are faring very well. I see lots of unanswered questions with low views, and several with only a comment about the cessation of development on Ubuntu Touch, for example: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/918403/installing-ubuntu-touch-17-04-zesty-zapus-on-dell-venue-8-pro-3845&quot;&gt;Installing Ubuntu Touch 17.04 (Zesty Zapus) on Dell Venue 8 pro 3845&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/919746/install-ubuntu-touch-os-support-for-lenovo-tab-3-7-essentials&quot;&gt;Install Ubuntu Touch OS support for &amp;quot;Lenovo Tab 3 7 essentials&amp;quot;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/941106/no-sound-on-nexus-4-after-installing-ubuntu-touch&quot;&gt;No sound on Nexus 4 after installing Ubuntu Touch&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I doubt that Ubuntu Touch questions going unanswered and getting little attention is a new thing, and since older ignored questions get deleted automatically it's hard to tell for sure. Out of ~2500 questions with the tag, ~970 are unanswered (which is, for instance, comparable to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/dpkg&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;dpkg&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;dpkg&lt;/a&gt; tag and better than the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/boot&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;boot&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;boot&lt;/a&gt; tag, so not too terrible). I think historically we have usually closed most questions about installing Ubuntu touch against &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/236276/what-hardware-does-ubuntu-touch-support&quot;&gt;What hardware does Ubuntu Touch support?&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/350558/how-do-i-go-about-porting-ubuntu-touch-to-different-devices&quot;&gt;How do I go about porting Ubuntu Touch to different devices?&lt;/a&gt;, but I am seeing some (sometimes minority, so later hidden) off-topic votes on these posts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since people are still interested in Ubuntu Touch and there will probably continue to be people interested in tinkering with it even after it's completely out of support, my opinion is that we should try (insofar as anyone here has any time/desire to do anything about it) to make the resources we have about it as useful and accessible and relevant as possible to as many people as want it, but I am not sure how we can best do this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In particular, I couldn't easily find much information about exactly when support will end or what is happening in the meantime. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/912954/ubuntu-touch-lts&quot;&gt;Is the last release of Ubuntu Touch LTS?&lt;/a&gt; has an answer that had no upvotes until yesterday. Maybe we should be trying to make such information more complete and easier to find, by linking to it from more places. The canonical post about which devices are supported might need to be updated?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How should we be handling Ubuntu Touch questions now and how should we deal with them in the future?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2017-08-26T16:05:19.733" LastActivityDate="2019-12-20T21:59:51.433" Title="How should we handle new and future questions about Ubuntu Touch?" Tags="|discussion|end-of-life|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17253" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17252" CreationDate="2017-08-26T13:21:58.980" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is my opinion, and &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; a statement of policy as a member of the moderator team.  I believe that we should treat &lt;em&gt;new and future Ubuntu Touch questions as we would End of Life release questions&lt;/em&gt;, or come end of 2017 consider it unsupported anymore, for the same reason.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As with anything that goes End of Life and End of Support (such as Ubuntu Releases going EOL and such), we should treat such questions as we would other EOL releases.  We can't provide support for a release if it's no longer updated or maintained by the teams that helped develop it, and that applies for both EOL releases and Ubuntu Touch.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My opinion therefore is treat it as an EOL release with regards to handling questions.  (However, unless all the moderators are in agreement with this being policy, it's up to community decision/quorum for what is actually the way to move forward)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2017-08-26T13:30:50.177" LastActivityDate="2017-08-26T13:30:50.177" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17254" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-26T14:47:40.707" Score="12" ViewCount="127" Body="&lt;p&gt;As a lot of people post here about removing profiles, I thought &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/300185/weve-drastically-simplified-the-user-deletion-process&quot;&gt;this meta.se post&lt;/a&gt; from today, outlining a few changes to the system, was worth a repost here, just so everyone knows about it. Relevant snippets:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The short of the story here is that we have a brand new deletion&#xA;  process now live on all network sites, and it's simpler than it's ever&#xA;  been! [...]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;h3&gt;So how does it work now?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;We've drastically simplified the process! We now show a Delete Profile&#xA;  link in the sidebar when editing your profile to all users. This page&#xA;  will outline everything about the deletion process for you:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Deletion is irreversible and you can't have your stuff back if you go through with it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Deletion doesn't actually help you get around question blocks (if the user is currently blocked).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;The profile may be held up for final review at the end of the countdown (if the user has high reputation).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;The deletion only affects &lt;em&gt;this&lt;/em&gt; site, and you'll need to complete it on other sites if you want all profiles deleted.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If users skip over all that information, no big deal. It's mostly&#xA;  there as a disclaimer to point to in case they ask &quot;well why can't I&#xA;  have my post back?&quot; later on down the road. Skipping past all of that,&#xA;  all the user has to do is check a box to confirm they understand and&#xA;  then click the big button at the bottom to delete their profile.&#xA;  &lt;strong&gt;That's it!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Their profile will be &lt;em&gt;immediately&lt;/em&gt; scheduled for deletion and the 24&#xA;  hour countdown to deletion will begin. We will also fire an email off&#xA;  to the email address on file for the profile notifying them that the&#xA;  deletion has been scheduled, and send a followup email when the&#xA;  deletion is finalized.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;As usual, a user can still cancel the request by clicking the cancel&#xA;  button in the countdown banner that appears on their profile.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Coming Soon!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; When you select &quot;I need to delete my user profile&quot; on the contact form, you'll be automatically redirected to&#xA;  &lt;code&gt;/users/delete/current&lt;/code&gt; on that site. The form for contacting us about&#xA;  that option will no longer exist.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Hopefully these changes will also result in a large decrease in the&#xA;  number of support tickets we're receiving about deletion and the&#xA;  number of support requests on Meta from users who are utterly confused&#xA;  about the process or why the form won't accept their profile link.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;h3&gt;Pre-empting some questions:&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Will suspended users be able to delete their profiles this way?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Yes. We briefly debated this when designing the new system and decided&#xA;  that, given new improvements to the process (namely that we now&#xA;  automatically reinstate a suspension when they recreate their&#xA;  profile), preventing suspended users from deleting their profiles does&#xA;  not make any sense. Rejoice moderators; you no longer need to follow&#xA;  weird paths or suggest they contact us to have their profile deleted -&#xA;  just send them to &lt;code&gt;/users/delete/current&lt;/code&gt;!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Will very new users with almost no activity still be allowed to instantly delete?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Yes. The same rules of instant deletion (not posted or voted more than&#xA;  once) will still apply, but will be incorporated into the new&#xA;  workflow. Essentially, rather than scheduling deletion in that case,&#xA;  the deletion will take immediate effect. The user will receive only a&#xA;  single email notification finalizing the deletion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Will users be able to schedule deletion of all profiles simultaneously?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;No. They still need to go to each one individually. If they have a&#xA;  &lt;em&gt;lot&lt;/em&gt; of profiles (say more than 10) that it becomes too much effort to do that, they can contact us using the Other option.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastEditorUserId="158442" LastEditDate="2017-08-27T05:47:53.700" LastActivityDate="2017-08-27T05:47:53.700" Title="Changes to user account deletion" Tags="|discussion|support|user-accounts|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17255" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-08-27T17:16:27.693" Score="9" ViewCount="160" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've been wondering about this for awhile now and it dawned on me that I should run it up the flagpole here and see how it flies.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/950157/how-to-launch-this-simple-program-on-ubuntu-16-04&quot;&gt;How to launch this simple program on Ubuntu 16.04&lt;/a&gt; was recently rightly closed as unclear. The OP has since added some detail that made it clear that they were attempting to run a Windows executable from the CLI in Linux. It's my belief that even if the question was re-opened due to the slightly better clarity it would still end up closed again either as primarily opinion based or possibly as a duplicate of an existing question outlining perhaps how to install &lt;code&gt;wine&lt;/code&gt; or &lt;code&gt;virtualbox&lt;/code&gt;.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's been some related discussion regarding changing close reasons on &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/207768/we-need-to-be-able-to-vote-to-change-the-close-reason&quot;&gt;this MEta post&lt;/a&gt; and clearly some feel that sometimes this is important, not only for the benefit of future users but also for the benefit of the OP to understand the process. I can see both sides of this issue and would like to determine what the consensus opinion might be.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastEditorUserId="225694" LastEditDate="2017-08-27T17:24:52.060" LastActivityDate="2017-08-27T17:53:18.750" Title="Is it worth the time and effort to reopen a question so that it can be closed for the right reason?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17256" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17255" CreationDate="2017-08-27T17:53:18.750" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;If anything, the only target close reason that is worth a change IMHO is &lt;strong&gt;duplicate&lt;/strong&gt;. This is because it adds value to the question in form of a link to another post, containing a solution. Therefore the closed question can now serve as signpost directing to somewhere useful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All other close reasons are equal in that they don't really help future visitors in deciding what to do next. I don't get any helpful information by knowing that a question got closed because people thought it was unclear, not about Ubuntu, specific to a release that was EOL when the question was asked or whatever else. It is nice to know why it got closed as a hint for whether to ask similar questions in the future or not, but it does not change the content.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Soo... if a question got closed as anything other than duplicate and you are sure that there also exists a duplicate post that would solve the problem, I would at least leave a comment with a link. If you really think it is worth the effort (looking at the post score and view count may help in deciding that), you can also raise a custom mod flag and ask for the reason to be changed. Alternatively, ping a mod in chat or gather 4 other regular users together who have close-voting privileges and reopen/close it quickly as a group. Simply voting to reopen and waiting for it to go through the review queues will likely fail if the question is not really worth staying open.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the question is closed as duplicate already or if you think any non-duplicate close reason would fit best, just leave it as it is. Maybe leave a comment if it bothers you that much, but a change is not worth the effort IMHO.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastActivityDate="2017-08-27T17:53:18.750" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17257" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17258" CreationDate="2017-08-29T15:28:21.983" Score="11" ViewCount="191" Body="&lt;p&gt;If I click on the &lt;strong&gt;Add Another Answer&lt;/strong&gt; button, a warning pops up:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are you sure you want to add another answer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You could use the edit link to refine and improve your existing answer, instead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When should I add a second answer instead of editing the current one?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="480481" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2017-08-29T18:58:10.390" Title="When to add another answer instead of updating my current one?" Tags="|discussion|answers|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17258" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17257" CreationDate="2017-08-29T16:12:00.853" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's up to you where exactly you draw the line for yourself and write a separate second answer instead of adding to your first one, but I can give you some questions that may help you to decide:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How different is your second idea from the first one?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may find another approach to a problem, maybe using different tools or just going another way. Evaluate how big the difference is. Are both ways similar enough to be included in the same post, or are they radically different, having nothing in common?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, you have solutions to solve a task with &lt;code&gt;sed&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;awk&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;bash&lt;/code&gt; or &lt;code&gt;python&lt;/code&gt;. Normally I would not consider this a too big difference, but maybe your algorithms are using totally different approaches, which makes you think they can be separated.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How long is/are your answer(s)?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you already wrote a huge answer about how to solve the problem one way, and then you find another way to do it which requires a post of similar size, it might make sense to post that separately instead of overrunning the reader with an enormous wall of text, no matter how nicely formatted it might be. This might also apply if you have to include large scripts or other code snippets in each post. A rule of thumb might be that more than one or two pages on the screen (depending on your screen size; your mileage may vary) are undesirable.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How different is the outcome?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Possibly the question is rather open and leaves space for interpretation, or the exact thing which is asked for is not possible and you can give a choice between two alternatives instead. If your solutions generate quite different results, it might be useful to post them separately.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Should they be scored independently?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Well, of course two answers means everybody can upvote you twice, so that is good, right? Yes, but that is not my point. Do you think people would make a difference between your posts when deciding how to vote? If there is a reason for you to believe the scores of your posts will differ significantly, maybe because one of the solutions is much better, worse or maybe more controversial, then it might make sense to post two answers.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Is there a notable age difference / does the first post already have a notable vote score?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In case your first post is a bit older and maybe has already reached a decent score (depending on the context, maybe more than 5 or 10 points?), it might make sense to post your second idea that you had later in a different post, if it is not really just an update to the first one. That way you make sure that the votes for post one stay for post one and don't get mixed up with people's opinion about post two. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So far my list of considerations about when to post a second answer or include multiple solutions in one. It is all quite vague and there are no hard rules, so use common sense and decide what fits best.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When in doubt, I'd recommend to stay with one longer single answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastActivityDate="2017-08-29T16:12:00.853" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17259" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17260" CreationDate="2017-08-31T13:00:39.067" Score="2" ViewCount="43" Body="&lt;p&gt;Some time ago I self-answered a question about Emacs window behavior with KDE Plasma 4: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/787694/257430&quot;&gt;How to remove gap around maximized Emacs frame on KDE4&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I recently switched to KDE 5.5 and realized that the problem persists and the answer still works, so the problem is not limited to KDE 4. I would like to update my question and answer, but am not sure about the best way to do it:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Change name and tags of the question. Add kde5 tag.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Change name and tags of the question. Remove all version-specific KDE tags.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Keep the question as is. Add &quot;This also works for KDE5&quot; to the answer.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I personally lean towards towards solution 1 since it most accurately represents what I know (it works for KDE4 and KDE5). However, solution 2 might be easier to maintain.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any thoughts on that? Is there a standard procedure for this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="257430" LastActivityDate="2017-09-01T04:44:35.433" Title="Best way to update question and answer for multiple KDE versions" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17260" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17259" CreationDate="2017-09-01T04:44:35.433" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is part of why many &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/8875/158442&quot;&gt;questions shouldn't be tagged with version information&lt;/a&gt;. Most questions aren't version specific. Mentioning version info in the question is fine and useful, but tagging rarely is.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We have a number of questions that have grown beyond the version they were posted for. In such cases, if the answers differ by version, we state the versions an answer works for in that answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm going to go ahead and remove the mentions of &quot;KDE4&quot; from that question and keep it a generalised  &quot;KDE&quot;. In case KDE6 has a different answer, whoever posts it can state that it is for KDE6 in the answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have also added the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/window-management&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;window-management&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;window-management&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/kwin&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;kwin&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;kwin&lt;/a&gt; tags since this is a window management issue and kwin is KDE's usual window manager.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2017-09-01T04:44:35.433" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17261" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-09-03T13:03:36.590" Score="1" ViewCount="143" Body="&lt;p&gt;I installed Linux Mint 18 on a separate partition on my PC.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;When I want to ask a question about any problem I encounter:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Can I do so in Ask Ubuntu?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Or should I use the Linux Mint forums? &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="646645" OwnerDisplayName="Bajiru" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2017-09-05T05:31:15.417" LastActivityDate="2017-09-05T05:31:15.417" Title="About Linux Mint 18" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2017-09-03T13:22:10.523" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17262" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17261" CreationDate="2017-09-03T13:18:55.063" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;From Ask Ubuntu Help Center &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;What topics can I ask about here?&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Questions that you should avoid: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Linux Mint, Elementary OS, Backtrack, Gnome-Remix (prior to 13.04), budgie-remix (16.04 and 16.10) and other Linux distributions (try our friends at &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Unix &amp;amp; Linux Stack Exchange&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For questions about Elementary OS try &lt;a href=&quot;https://elementaryos.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Elementary OS Stack Exchange&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="94914" OwnerDisplayName="karel" LastEditorUserId="94914" LastEditDate="2017-09-03T13:28:50.797" LastActivityDate="2017-09-03T13:28:50.797" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17263" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-09-05T06:35:39.663" Score="3" ViewCount="47" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yesterday I flagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/952759/number-of-loopback-addresses&quot;&gt;number of loopback addresses&lt;/a&gt; as a duplicate of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/444124/how-to-add-a-loopback-interface&quot;&gt;How to add a loopback interface?&lt;/a&gt;, and as far as I can tell from the automatic comment I was the first and only one to do so. Now that it's officially marked as duplicate I wonder why I'm not mentioned:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/vhzzT.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/vhzzT.png&quot; alt=&quot;“marked as duplicate” label&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="507051" LastActivityDate="2017-09-05T06:35:39.663" Title="Why am I not mentioned in the “marked as duplicate” label?" Tags="|support|duplicates|privileges|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2017-09-05T07:22:24.840" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17264" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17265" CreationDate="2017-09-06T16:58:42.367" Score="17" ViewCount="278" Body="&lt;p&gt;We have 57 posts tagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/warning&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;warning&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;warning&lt;/a&gt;. Should they be retagged to remove it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/warning&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;warning&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;warning&lt;/a&gt; is not as bad as &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/6054/can-we-please-blacklist-the-error-tag&quot;&gt;the banned &lt;em&gt;error&lt;/em&gt; tag&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/error&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;error&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;error&lt;/a&gt; roughly meant &quot;Something happened!&quot;  There are just a few common meanings of &quot;warning.&quot; &lt;strong&gt;They are enormously broad meanings, though.&lt;/strong&gt; I don't think we should have this tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most questions tagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/warning&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;warning&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;warning&lt;/a&gt; use it to describe warning messages. It's not very useful to view or subscribe to questions involving any kind of warning message whatsoever. It's very unlikely anybody could be an expert on warnings &lt;em&gt;in general&lt;/em&gt; and somewhat unlikely anyone would be interested in them as a general topic. Warnings happen for numerous reasons--more than errors, perhaps, in that warnings signify both conditions that may (later) stop something from working right and those that don't. I really don't see any benefit to this tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it okay if I -- and anyone else interested in doing so -- edit all the posts tagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/warning&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;warning&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;warning&lt;/a&gt; to remove the tag, add other tags if appropriate, and otherwise do whatever edits seem helpful? Or is there is a reason to keep &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/warning&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;warning&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;warning&lt;/a&gt; after all?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Update: As of now, the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/warning&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;warning&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;warning&lt;/a&gt; tag has been removed from all the questions that had it. We'll see if it comes back from the dead--but for now, mission accomplished. &lt;strong&gt;Thanks to everyone who helped out!&lt;/strong&gt; (I removed it from a few posts, but the great majority of edits were done by others.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2017-09-09T00:05:34.787" LastActivityDate="2017-09-09T00:05:34.787" Title="[warning]: questionable tag detected" Tags="|discussion|tags|retag-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17265" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17264" CreationDate="2017-09-07T16:22:24.140" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would agree that the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/warning&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;warning&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;warning&lt;/a&gt; is pointless and while I don't follow specific tags personally I don't see &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/warning&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;warning&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;warning&lt;/a&gt; as being useful to anyone. I support the idea of eliminating &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/warning&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;warning&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;warning&lt;/a&gt; entirely and have managed to edit a few but ran out of time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastEditorUserId="225694" LastEditDate="2017-09-07T16:48:52.600" LastActivityDate="2017-09-07T16:48:52.600" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17266" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17270" CreationDate="2017-09-09T08:58:06.410" Score="12" ViewCount="276" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Ubuntu is trying to tell me something&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the course of &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/17264/warning-questionable-tag-detected&quot;&gt;removing&lt;/a&gt; the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/warning&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;warning&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;warning&lt;/a&gt; tag from a few posts I encountered the tag &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/messages&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;messages&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;messages&lt;/a&gt;, which is currently attached to 62 questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems these questions are about:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;wanting to send some information somewhere somehow, probably in words.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;some information, probably in the form of words, being produced or failing to be produced by some process&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This seems to me to be an excessively diverse range of situations to be meaningfully grouped by a tag. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there some specific, well-defined meaning of &lt;em&gt;messages&lt;/em&gt; in the context of Ubuntu that I am not aware of (maybe &lt;code&gt;/var/log/messages&lt;/code&gt;?) and that we might be able to try to restrict this tag to with proper usage guidance and... a lot of vigilance? Is there another reason why this tag is useful?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or, should we edit those posts (taking care to improve everything else about the post if possible while doing so) to get rid of this tag?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2017-10-10T13:48:36.587" Title="Should [messages] be sent to /dev/null?" Tags="|discussion|tags|retag-request|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17267" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17266" CreationDate="2017-09-09T09:30:30.820" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;The tag usage guidance:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Goes often with &quot;log&quot; or a name of a program that gives the message. Is usually a symptom of a problem, and for some, the only thing they have by which they can search for solution. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is just really unnecessary for people to tag questions as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/messages&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;messages&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;messages&lt;/a&gt;; they might have a log message, but in that case they should use the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/log&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;log&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;log&lt;/a&gt;, so they don't even need that &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/messages&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;messages&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;messages&lt;/a&gt; tag as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another issue is that this tag won't help anyone diagnose their problem based on what others have encountered. Take a look at the questions tagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/messages&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;messages&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;messages&lt;/a&gt;: they are mostly either about logs or involve log messages, which could be produced for various reasons.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do agree that this tag should be eliminated from Ask Ubuntu. There may be packages that are named &lt;code&gt;message-sth&lt;/code&gt; or &lt;code&gt;sth-message&lt;/code&gt;; I believe there are some, and they do not produce much problems to Ubuntu, but if they require tags, a more specific one like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/sth-message&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;sth-message&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;sth-message&lt;/a&gt; could be used.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="691537" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2017-09-13T11:12:33.230" LastActivityDate="2017-09-13T11:12:33.230" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17268" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17269" CreationDate="2017-09-09T23:24:47.713" Score="2" ViewCount="47" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm seeing a &lt;em&gt;lot&lt;/em&gt; of questions related to fixing missing drivers and I've asked many myself and they've never been answered. I assume, now, that this is because the solution is really same and sort of self-explanatory (look up the driver, install) and no one wants to bother answering questions that have the same solution so . . .&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I propose that someone asks a general question regarding missing drivers, someone answers it, and we begin the process of marking all the others as duplicates of the general one and marking new ones as duplicates of it, as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="690724" LastActivityDate="2017-09-10T01:46:04.303" Title="Overarching driver question?" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17269" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17268" CreationDate="2017-09-10T01:32:25.807" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;It may not be really &lt;em&gt;that&lt;/em&gt; possible to create a new thread just for teaching how to install drivers. You know, different hardware uses different drivers, and they each have different setup methods. It is possible that it will create a mess instead of useful information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another thing is that some manufacturer does not provide any Ubuntu, or even Linux driver support, which may cause confusion to those who have those drivers but not able to find any useful soultion from the general answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, many people have questions regarding missing drivers, but then, they each relate to different type of drivers needed. It is really not &lt;em&gt;that&lt;/em&gt; possible to just open a general question for drivers and mark all others duplicate. It will either cause the general answer be serveral pages long or make it a mess.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="691537" LastEditorUserId="691537" LastEditDate="2017-09-10T01:46:04.303" LastActivityDate="2017-09-10T01:46:04.303" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17270" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17266" CreationDate="2017-09-11T13:29:38.080" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since /var/log/messages doesn't even exist by default in Ubuntu (14.04 &amp;amp; 16.04 checked) I don't think the log argument is a relevant reason for retaining this tag. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only possible use for this tag that I can see is if perhaps someone is looking for how to send a message (or messages) to another user, terminal, or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/846312/how-to-send-a-message-from-ubuntu-16-04-to-windows-10&quot;&gt;system&lt;/a&gt;. Perhaps they are looking for the &lt;code&gt;write&lt;/code&gt; or &lt;code&gt;wall&lt;/code&gt; command or possibly &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/132592/how-do-i-send-a-notify-osd-message-to-a-remote-user-via-ssh&quot;&gt;notify-send.&lt;/a&gt; I don't know if this is enough to justify keeping the tag as these may be edge cases that rarely surface. I do however think it's a possibility and worthy of discussion in this context.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit:&lt;/strong&gt; There are currently &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/messages?sort=active&amp;amp;pagesize=30&quot;&gt;16 messages&lt;/a&gt; that have this tag. Other than the few talking about a &quot;message indicator&quot;, the vast majority have nothing in common that might be useful in narrowing down a search. I support eliminating the tag or at the very least discouraging it's use.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastEditorUserId="225694" LastEditDate="2017-10-10T13:48:36.587" LastActivityDate="2017-10-10T13:48:36.587" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17271" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="390" CreationDate="2017-09-12T13:48:54.527" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;This sounds to me like a solution in search of a problem. I don't see &quot;users&quot; as more welcoming terminology than &quot;users and developers&quot; for the typical user, nor do I see it as capable of driving off developers who are also users. As you state in &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/390/should-the-welcome-message-put-more-focus-on-casual-users?rq=1#comment499_394&quot;&gt;your comment,&lt;/a&gt;It is obvious that everyone is equally welcome to use the site. (For Ubuntu related Q &amp;amp; A)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastActivityDate="2017-09-12T13:48:54.527" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17272" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-09-12T13:54:31.157" Score="1" ViewCount="126" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently submitted 4 (no, actually 3) edit suggestions on Ask Ubuntu, but I spotted out a strange behaviour:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A lot of my edits, when I submitted to Ask Ubuntu, at first showed up in the counter in the suggested edits in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/review&lt;/a&gt;, but after the first reviewer approved my suggested edit, the counter goes back to 0 for 5 to 30 minutes before the counter goes back to 1.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I thought this was normal behavior in Ask Ubuntu at first as I encountered this every time before I post this, but today it gets my nerves up too much that I posted this issue here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I just submitted 6 (I think) suggested edits to Ask Ubuntu, where 3 of them are approved by users who posted their questions. After a while (around 30 to 40 minutes later), I just got interested in seeing the number of pending suggested edits, and I got alarmed: &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;0&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; appeared in the page. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/yLRzH.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/yLRzH.png&quot; alt=&quot;Suggested Edit Behaviour&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have never seen this issue before. Yes, one of my pending edit got approved my a reviewer, I understand that it might not show up in the counter of suggested edits, but how about the other 2? I see no reviewer approving or rejecting my suggested edits, and the counter of pending suggested edits still shows &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;0&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I want to know what happened, as it affects the edit suggestions efficiency a &lt;strong&gt;lot&lt;/strong&gt;, and I do not hope this issue will affect other users submitting and reviewing the suugested edits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit:&lt;/strong&gt; I just checked again, my proposed edits are proposed more than 27 minutes already, no reviewers handle my edit suggestions, and the counter for pending suggested edits &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;still&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; shows &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;0&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit 2：&lt;/strong&gt; Updates again. The counter for pending suggested edits &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;still&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; shows &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;0&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, but 2 of my suggested edits have activities now. However, 1 of them still do not have any activities. I suppose some reviewer opened my suggested edit and go AFK.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit 3:&lt;/strong&gt; Incognito mode screenshot here. I got another pending edit, where I did not login, but the counter shows 1.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/WZzvc.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/WZzvc.png&quot; alt=&quot;Incognito mode&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The point is, Last time when I got to the review page, both of logged in one and incognito one shows a counter of 0. I believe that the counter will show the same for everyone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="691537" LastEditorUserId="691537" LastEditDate="2017-09-13T10:19:33.517" LastActivityDate="2017-09-13T10:19:33.517" Title="Strange: I have some pending edit review, but the review page says 0 suggested edits pending" Tags="|support|review-queue|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17273" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17272" CreationDate="2017-09-12T14:28:03.010" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Open the reviews page in Incognito Mode, so you're logged out, and you'll see it. The review count won't reflect anything you submitted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="274320" LastActivityDate="2017-09-12T14:28:03.010" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17274" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-09-13T09:29:05.457" Score="2" ViewCount="85" Body="&lt;p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a question about my Ask Ubuntu post: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/953901/my-laptop-restart-instead-of-waking-up-after-resuming-from-suspend/955090#955090&quot;&gt;my laptop restart instead of waking up after resuming from suspend!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&#xA;I have answered with a solution for this question (a BIOS update solved the problem) but my answer was deleted by a moderator &quot;This does not provide an answer to the question&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't understand how I can help if my working solution &quot;does not provide an answer&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user735643" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2017-09-13T10:35:20.717" LastActivityDate="2017-09-13T10:41:57.837" Title="Working solution deleted by moderator" Tags="|discussion|moderation|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17275" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17274" CreationDate="2017-09-13T10:27:57.403" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'll try to explain why I think your answer was deleted. I voted to delete your answer when it was flagged as low quality, so I am explaining my own reasoning for doing that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's your deleted answer:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/xXcH8.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/xXcH8.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As written, your answer lacks the details necessary to make it a good answer; it doesn't explain how to update the BIOS. Still, it might be the basis of a good answer and might not have been deleted just for that reason - instead of voting to delete in that case, I would probably have written a comment asking you to explain how to do that (and perhaps voted to delete if you never responded).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I think that the problem is that you describe a solution that worked for you on a totally different device...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From the question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;My laptop is an ASUS GL552vw&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From your deleted answer:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I had the same problem for a few days on a Dell Latitude E5570&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, it's possible that updating the BIOS could work for the OP and others using Asus GL552vw and other machines. Maybe this really could be a general answer. But as it is, it's really just speculation, possibly worth posting as a comment (when you have enough reputation), but not really an answer, in my view.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even if it did work, wouldn't updating the BIOS be a somewhat different procedure on a completely different machine? So adding details to your answer wouldn't help either in my view... I think &lt;em&gt;your answer belongs to a different question&lt;/em&gt; about the device you use (you could consider making a self-answered question about it), and not where you posted it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2017-09-13T10:41:57.837" LastActivityDate="2017-09-13T10:41:57.837" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17276" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-09-14T13:17:40.840" Score="6" ViewCount="94" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a problem in my system. I searched for a solution on Ask Ubuntu and I found a question asked about the same problem but for a different version of ubuntu (12.10) and I am running 14.04. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another issue is the question doesn't provide enough information to answer, and additional information has been requested in comments. There are some answers but they have not yet been accepted. Should I edit the question with the wanted information for my system?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/230952/how-do-i-fix-a-unknown-configuration-key-foreign-architecture-found-in-your&quot;&gt;How do I fix a &amp;quot;Unknown configuration key `foreign-architecture&amp;#39; found in your `dpkg&amp;#39; configuration files.&amp;quot; error?&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="487981" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2017-09-15T11:49:28.040" LastActivityDate="2017-09-16T13:59:48.247" Title="Should I give extra information on an existing question when I have the same problem on a different version of Ubuntu?" Tags="|discussion|editing|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17277" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17276" CreationDate="2017-09-14T14:50:15.237" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;Unless the question is yours to begin with, &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;do not add your own debugging information or information about the system you use to the question&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Editing a question to add that information implies you are the original poster, and know the OP's setup and specific environment, or that your system and the OP's are identical.  This is usually not the case, so if you are editing others' questions to add your own information to it to try and make the question more clear, you're likely to get edits reversed or shot down.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;In cases where you are affected by the same issue but want to specify your information&lt;/strong&gt;, instead post a new question, linking back to the other one in your post, and say that its the same issue, but then also add all the missing information for &lt;em&gt;your&lt;/em&gt; setup that the OP of the original post never added.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If one of the posted answers on the original question, though, solves the problem for you, then don't bother writing a new question - just do nothing and acknowledge that the other answer helped you quietly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for accepted answers or not, we can't do anything about that - only the original poster of the question can accept an answer, and if they've abandoned their post there's nothing you can do about it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2017-09-16T13:59:48.247" LastActivityDate="2017-09-16T13:59:48.247" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17278" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17323" CreationDate="2017-09-15T14:55:24.517" Score="2" ViewCount="79" Body="&lt;p&gt;I like this site, but my questions do not get answered. I believe it is because they are too technical or maybe not many people have had the problem. I wanted to know if there is any way (or place) to ask those questions to get an answer. Or what am I doing wrong in my questions. Thank you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;PS: I would have posted this in meta, but since my last question was downvoted so hard, I don't have enough reputation anymore.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="707629" OwnerDisplayName="MsKK" LastActivityDate="2017-09-27T00:26:03.293" Title="What is the most efficient way to get an answer on Ask Ubuntu about a very technical question?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17280" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17294" CreationDate="2017-09-16T23:42:34.330" Score="5" ViewCount="112" Body="&lt;p&gt;This question is wired to the topic: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/17257/when-to-add-another-answer-instead-of-updating-my-current-one&quot;&gt;When to add another answer instead of updating my current one?&lt;/a&gt; - but is slightly different. Here is the story:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A few days ago I created an answer that provides a complete working solution to the question: How to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/955038/change-the-display-scaling-on-the-fly&quot;&gt;Change the display scaling on the fly&lt;/a&gt;? Another answer was posted and accepted. I liked the idea. The suggested approach looks really light and I've already tested it. It works nicely, but the answer is low quality. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, I want to write a comprehensive answer, but I can't make a decision about the inner question: Should I edit the low quality answer and allow the lazy author of the accepted answer to get the benefits of my effort, or should I create a separate answer? What should be the principal decision model in cases such as this one?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="566421" LastEditorUserId="566421" LastEditDate="2017-09-18T21:47:59.543" LastActivityDate="2017-09-18T21:48:16.370" Title="Should I elaborate a low quality answer or should I post a new one?" Tags="|discussion|support|answers|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17281" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-09-17T01:22:46.810" Score="-7" ViewCount="71" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure that most (new) users know how to properly use the vote and accept icons that appear in answers. I know that I didn't for quite some time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd like to propose a minor change in the vote and accept icons...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt; ^       or        ^        or      vote ^&#xA; 0              vote=0                   0&#xA; v                 v                vote v&#xA;vote&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;checkmark icon (as it is now)&#xA;Accept&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4272" LastEditorUserId="4272" LastEditDate="2017-09-17T19:55:00.670" LastActivityDate="2017-09-18T07:46:25.877" Title="Suggestion for changing the vote/accept icons" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17282" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-09-17T09:41:42.160" Score="5" ViewCount="119" Body="&lt;p&gt;Recently I have become able to start doing First Post reviews, but while I am doing so, I have to edit a lot of posts that are of low quality.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, when I started my 6th edit, I repeatedly click on the &quot;Edit&quot; button and nothing happened. Only going back to the question and clicking the &quot;Edit&quot; button revealed that I had reached the edit quota (&quot;too many pending edit suggestions&quot;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why are edit suggestions limited to 5, rather than, say, 10? Sometimes I feel a desperate need to edit a very low quality post, but I am not able to do so because of this restriction.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="691537" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2017-09-17T13:37:18.667" LastActivityDate="2017-09-17T13:37:18.667" Title="The Suggested Edit quota is too low" Tags="|discussion|suggested-edits|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17283" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17287" CreationDate="2017-09-17T11:04:02.420" Score="8" ViewCount="151" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am receiving &quot;suggested edits&quot; on years-old posted answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a new effort or policy to clean up posts?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is Ask Ubuntu being infiltrated by bots or hackers?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My concern is twofold:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Am I being randomly or intentionally targeted?  I ask that because these suggested edits seem to follow recent rude and unnecessary comments, again on old posts.  There is also the related question of manipulation by anonymous users which could eventually sway original policies, if bots or hack accounts are being used and gain foothold just for that purpose.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Secondly, posts may become dry and sterile and lack human experience which does not allow a new and inexperienced user to find relatable help inside a question or an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Side note:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am not against suggested edits that clarify the question or answer.  I do not wish to allow unnecessary edits just to fulfill a bots, spammer, or hacker objective.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="424690" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2017-09-17T16:51:26.693" LastActivityDate="2017-09-17T17:07:39.033" Title="Receiving unwanted Suggested Edits on answers posted years ago" Tags="|discussion|suggested-edits|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17284" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17286" CreationDate="2017-09-17T12:29:51.733" Score="4" ViewCount="123" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've seen old questions pop up (like 3 years old) because some users answer or comment on them. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What should I do when I see these old questions? Ignore them?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is there any rule saying &quot;Do not comment on old questions&quot;?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Should I answer/comment on old questions if they pop up or not?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="736783" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2017-09-17T13:20:24.000" LastActivityDate="2017-09-17T13:20:24.000" Title="Should old questions be answered or commented on?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17285" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17284" CreationDate="2017-09-17T12:35:50.807" Score="2" Body="&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;There is a Late Answer Queue, where reviewers review these answers and comments. If that late answer is not appropriate, non-moderators will flag them inappropriate, and moderators will take action.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Not really (if I am not wrong). If those comments are &lt;em&gt;really&lt;/em&gt; useful to the question, the community will still appreciate them.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you really feel that you know the answer to that question, you don't mind your answer get reviewed, the quality of the answer is very good, and there are no users suggesting that particular answer, feel free to answer/comment the old question. The community has the ability to judge whether your answer is a quality one or not.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="691537" LastActivityDate="2017-09-17T12:35:50.807" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17286" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17284" CreationDate="2017-09-17T12:51:32.190" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;Whether you should comment or answer is &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; a function of the question age, but only of the intended content of your post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it proposing a solution? Is it stating that a solution is not possible? Post an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it asking for clarification or some other improvement to the post? Post a comment. Comments are not the place for solutions, even though they may arise from discussions in comments. Comments are not subject to downvoting or editing by normal users, so they're outside most of our quality control systems. Do not abuse that to post answers in comments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question age really doesn't come into the picture in this decision. Also note that it's common here for questions about some particular version of Ubuntu to become generalised to multiple versions, so don't let that consideration stop you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2017-09-17T12:51:32.190" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17287" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17283" CreationDate="2017-09-17T17:07:39.033" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think you are talking about &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/764568/ubuntu-16-04-hangs-on-shutdown-restart/769972#769972&quot;&gt;this answer&lt;/a&gt; to which an anonymous user has suggested the same destructive edit suggestion six times in the last two days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/769972/timeline&quot;&gt;Here's the timeline of the post&lt;/a&gt; showing the suggested edits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Reviewers have repeatedly rejected the edit, but I just checked again and it had been approved, so I rolled the edit back. See &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/15814/what-should-i-do-if-someone-makes-a-bad-edit-to-my-post&quot;&gt;What should I do if someone makes a bad edit to my post?&lt;/a&gt; for how to do this yourself if you need to.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's not a policy to make edits like this, and it's an isolated case as far as I know. I've been reviewing suggested edits daily for around a year, and I've never seen a sustained attack on a post like this. Judging by the edit reason messages, some of which are very rude, this is the work of a human and they object for some reason to the part of your post that tentatively suggests a failing HDD might have had something to do with the problem in your case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While editing old posts to improve them is welcome and appreciated here, the edit to your post removes useful information and in my opinion should certainly not be approved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2017-09-17T17:07:39.033" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17288" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17281" CreationDate="2017-09-18T07:46:25.877" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I believe this is an issue that would affect all StackExchange sites and therefore is a much better fit for the general &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Meta StackExchange&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Still, I can not support this proposal (&lt;strong&gt;only this is the meaning of a downvote on Meta&lt;/strong&gt;) because I feel that existing icons are sufficiently explained in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tour&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tour&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; which we expect all new users to read.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/eFxTP.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/eFxTP.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sadly not everybody does as judged from the low count of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/badges/138/informed&quot;&gt;&quot;informed&quot;&lt;/a&gt; badge holders in relation to the user count. This would not improve from a new icon layout. In addition to that an explanatory pop-up for those who don't care about the Tour already exists.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In summary I feel that a new icon layout on Ask Ubuntu would be an issue for the harmonised network-wide user experience and may not really be needed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3940" LastActivityDate="2017-09-18T07:46:25.877" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17289" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17306" CreationDate="2017-09-18T19:47:37.257" Score="8" ViewCount="83" Body="&lt;p&gt;Well as they say, a picture is worth a thousand words:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/wJKNh.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/wJKNh.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To use Android terminology, the black bar's width is set to &lt;code&gt;match_parent&lt;/code&gt; rather than &lt;code&gt;wrap_content&lt;/code&gt;....&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note:&lt;/strong&gt; This happens with both Chrome and Firefox. It was fine this morning...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note 2:&lt;/strong&gt; Zanna has confirmed she is experiencing this as well&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="518562" LastEditorUserId="480791" LastEditDate="2017-09-21T06:25:02.607" LastActivityDate="2017-09-21T06:25:11.073" Title="Top black bar of the site is glitched" Tags="|bug|status-completed|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17290" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-09-18T20:15:28.977" Score="14" ViewCount="332" Body="&lt;p&gt;After discussing &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/17289/top-black-bar-of-the-site-is-glitched&quot;&gt;my previous question&lt;/a&gt; with some other users in chat, it was brought to my attention that &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/300829/new-top-bar-is-coming-to-the-stack-exchange-network#300829&quot;&gt;SE is about to rollout a new top bar design to all the sites.&lt;/a&gt; However, I personally hate the new design, and I'm not alone. For example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;what are they thinking?? do the designers actually &lt;em&gt;use&lt;/em&gt; SE? &lt;strong&gt;-Zanna&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I agree with you, with all my heart and soul. &lt;strong&gt;-Eliah Kagan&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ok, so, now to the point of this post:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you are &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;in favor&lt;/em&gt; of accepting&lt;/strong&gt; the new design, post an answer with &lt;strong&gt;YES&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you are &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;against&lt;/em&gt; accepting&lt;/strong&gt; the new design, post an answer with &lt;strong&gt;NO&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe we can petition SE to let us keep it the way it is....&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;NOTE: Please, only vote positively. Please upvote the answer you agree with&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="518562" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2017-09-20T04:09:55.300" Title="Vote: Do you like the new top bar design?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17291" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17290" CreationDate="2017-09-18T20:16:11.953" Score="30" Body="&lt;h1&gt;No, keep the current design&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Placing the main menu on the right is awkward&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The icons are cryptic. In particular, it seems nobody can find the review icon; on Stack Overflow, where the new top bar has been tested, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/350836/please-change-the-review-icon-back-to-a-text-link&quot;&gt;reviewing has declined &lt;strong&gt;a lot&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are probably a lot of things contributing to this in one way or another. But it's hard to ignore that, after the initial &amp;quot;novelty&amp;quot; spike, the activity in review has been declining pretty consistently ever since we changed the textual link to an icon.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Textual links (in the old design) are easier to see at a quick glance&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The search box is unnecessarily huge now and changes size in a disturbing way&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The numbers on the messages and achievements icons are smaller and therefore harder to read, particularly if you're trying to optimise resolution on a small laptop screen&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Clicking the &amp;quot;Stack Exchange&amp;quot; logo does nothing&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The colour-change of the achievements icon &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/356382/change-the-color-of-the-achievements-icon-when-its-highlighted-for-users-wit&quot;&gt;isn't discernable if you have deuteranopia (red-green colour-blindness)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Help button (a question mark) is replaced with the review button when the user is able to review. So, how do we find the help center when we want to point new users to some part of it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="518562" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2017-09-20T04:09:55.300" CommentCount="2" CommunityOwnedDate="2017-09-18T20:16:11.953" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17293" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17290" CreationDate="2017-09-18T20:35:53.193" Score="-2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Honestly, on first impressions, it seems cleaner, and I don't really see a problem with it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you could list some lost functionality, maybe?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="274320" LastActivityDate="2017-09-18T20:35:53.193" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17294" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17280" CreationDate="2017-09-18T21:48:16.370" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;This question reminds me of &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/15578/527764&quot;&gt;this answer by terdon&lt;/a&gt; to a somewhat related question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I read that answer when I was new to the site, and it &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/777238/streamline-use-of-ipa-notation-in-libreoffice&quot;&gt;influenced&lt;/a&gt; my approach to participating in Ask Ubuntu. At the time that answer was posted, I was transitioning from enjoying the site casually to feeling a sort of loving responsibility for its awesomeness. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's really up to you whether you add a new answer or improve a basic answer that lacks details. Many details of the case might influence your decision. If the answer is accepted, for example, it ought to be a good one, I think, because people will see it first. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In general there's a tendency on Stack Exchange to avoid duplication of content. We often delete new answers that replicate old ones without adding anything useful. One good, comprehensive answer is less time-consuming to parse than one half-answer and one good, comprehensive answer that contains the information missing from the half-answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, if you are feeling community-minded, you might feel that editing the answer to include the details it's missing is the extra nice and selfless thing to do...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2017-09-18T21:48:16.370" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17295" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-09-18T23:32:12.947" Score="-4" ViewCount="181" Body="&lt;p&gt;This question was closed as off topic.&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/957011/lightdm-login-screen-configuration&quot;&gt;LightDM login screen configuration&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now LightDM is used with ubuntu and Ubuntu Mate. The DM, greeter, and setting package are available in ubuntu.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The OP had said Debian Stretch, so as it states at the bottom of the close message, I edited the post to fit ubuntu rules: replacing &quot;Debian Stretch&quot; with  &quot;LightDM Greeter&quot; since the question is about the greeter. Thus, making it pertain to ubuntu as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, it was closed anyway. Although the OP wasn't using ubuntu, why deprive ubuntu users of the information they may want to customize their login screen?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit:&#xA;A lot of responses seem to be hung on two words that are irrelevant to the question. the OP could have just as easily said &quot;I'm using 16.04 and want to make the Lighdm greeter look like the unity greeter&quot; and his pictures would have been the same.  Zana gives the best reason to do anything to the post &quot;there are a lot of answers here about configuring the greeter&quot;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;@Zana -- LightDM greeter and Unity greeter are not equivalent. if they were, there wouldn't be two seperte packages in the repo.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For the rest, LightDM and lightDM greeter are available in most linux distros. so how can asking how to customize it be a Debian question??&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="694267" LastEditorUserId="694267" LastEditDate="2017-09-19T21:37:00.373" LastActivityDate="2017-09-19T21:37:00.373" Title="Needlessly closed a question?" Tags="|discussion|scope|closed-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17296" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-09-19T06:22:44.937" Score="2" ViewCount="114" Body="&lt;p&gt;While going through the review queue I was shown the first answer of a new user, correct, well explained and perfectly formatted. I thought this was strange, so I opened the original question page and found the identical answer posted by an experienced user. I upvoted this answer and flagged the answer in the review with the comment &quot;identical copy of existing answer&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then I was told that this was a test and I didn't pass! Didn't pass because I take the reviewing seriously and identified a case of plagiatism? If you do such tests, then don't link to the real question, but also to a fake question site where this answer is shown as posted by a new user. I would gladly have upvoted it then.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="683117" LastActivityDate="2017-09-20T07:36:01.000" Title="Misleading review test" Tags="|discussion|bug|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17297" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17295" CreationDate="2017-09-19T06:31:42.707" Score="6" Body="&lt;h3&gt;I think we should &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; reopen that question but could migrate it to &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Unix &amp;amp; Linux&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This question is about Debian, not Ubuntu. When a user posts a question about Debian and it &lt;em&gt;also&lt;/em&gt; applies to Ubuntu--but they are not also using Ubuntu--we still generally consider that off-topic. In this case, the question doesn't even appear to apply to Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;em&gt;problem&lt;/em&gt; being solved here seems extremely unlikely to occur on Ubuntu. After all, &lt;strong&gt;Ubuntu already looks like Ubuntu!&lt;/strong&gt; As &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/17295/needlessly-closed-a-question#comment35743_17295&quot;&gt;Zanna says&lt;/a&gt;, that the OP is running Debian and &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; Ubuntu is a pretty important part of the question, and it is Debian users--not Ubuntu users--that the question stands to help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've seen a login screen like the OP's all the time on Debian, and never on Ubuntu. Even if the problem &lt;em&gt;does&lt;/em&gt; also happen on Ubuntu, we usually only generalize off-topic questions for the purposes of reopening them when they are particularly useful to Ubuntu users. In practice this typically means that there are already helpful answers that clearly provide value--&lt;em&gt;often&lt;/em&gt; by having multiple upvotes--and that there is some reason to avoid migrating the question, such as it being &lt;em&gt;(a)&lt;/em&gt; especially useful on Ubuntu or &lt;em&gt;(b)&lt;/em&gt; too old to migrate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Right now, with the edits that have been applied to it to, the question doesn't even make any sense:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm using LightDM Greeter and my LoginScreen looks like &lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/fdjql.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt;. I wonder if it is possible to make it look like the &lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/tDczO.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;ubuntu&lt;/a&gt; version? &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;...&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If readers are supposed to assume this could be Ubuntu, how are they supposed to interpret the text &amp;quot;make it look like the ubuntu version?&amp;quot; As currently written, if the question were reopened as not being &lt;em&gt;off-topic&lt;/em&gt;, it would probably be swiftly re-closed as &lt;em&gt;unclear&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your concern is that the question should be &lt;em&gt;(a)&lt;/em&gt; answered or &lt;em&gt;(b)&lt;/em&gt; not lost, then I think the solution is to improve the question a bit--restoring the information about Debian, inlining the images into the post, copyediting--and to ask a moderator to migrate the question to &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Unix &amp;amp; Linux&lt;/a&gt;. (The improvements should be made prior to migration, because only high-quality material ought to be migrated.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2017-09-19T14:18:39.790" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17298" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17290" CreationDate="2017-09-19T14:21:21.493" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Yes.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The thing I like the new design is a sort of &lt;strong&gt;representation of navigation&lt;/strong&gt;. The user profile icon is near the navigation button just as the user &lt;em&gt;translating&lt;/em&gt; in the different StackExchange networks. The StackExchange icon is along with the search to &lt;em&gt;navigate within the stack&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For me, it makes more sense.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="109740" LastActivityDate="2017-09-19T14:21:21.493" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17299" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17296" CreationDate="2017-09-19T14:32:00.957" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;This happens often enough: a highly upvoted post is shown in review as a 0-score or downvoted post with user information anonymized (or sometimes replaced with an existing user's info, but one different from the OP). The intention, as with most audits, is to see whether you'd judge the post like most users here would.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To that end, visit the actual post, from the &lt;strong&gt;link&lt;/strong&gt; in the sidebar. This will take you to the exact post that's used for the audit. The linked post is highlighted for a brief time when the page loads, the highlighting fades away quickly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If no post is highlighted, then it's already been deleted and this is an audit. You can safely proceed to apply negative actions to the review post (delete, downvote, etc.).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If a post is highlighted, and the account and scores differ, again an audit. This will usually be an upvoted post, testing that you can recognise good content, so upvote or edit the review post. You're supposed to judge the post purely on its merits independent of other posts*. Considerations of plagiarism don't apply since these are the same post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If a post is highlighted, and the account is the same, this is not an audit. Review as you would have.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;* Which is nonsense. I've seen tons of upvoted crap and I absolutely refuse to click the &lt;em&gt;I understand&lt;/em&gt; button after failing those audits. Petty, I know.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="158442" LastEditDate="2017-09-20T07:36:01.000" LastActivityDate="2017-09-20T07:36:01.000" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17300" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17290" CreationDate="2017-09-19T17:49:14.220" Score="3" Body="&lt;h1&gt;The new design is neat&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I like the new design. It's cleaner, flatter, and looks more elegant. However, it does need some changes before it's ready here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Move the site switcher back&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;The site switcher feels &quot;normal&quot; the main icon, and it feels weird (as an old user) to have to go to the opposite side to switch sites.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Review Button for Everyone&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;The review button really shouldn't be hidden for low-rep users. If you can review, you get the button. Easy as that.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastActivityDate="2017-09-19T17:49:14.220" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17302" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17303" CreationDate="2017-09-20T13:50:31.457" Score="3" ViewCount="246" Body="&lt;p&gt;I noticed there are many questions with titles of the form: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How to&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;&quot;do something&quot;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/44122/how-to-upgrade-a-single-package-using-apt-get&quot;&gt;How to upgrade a single package using apt-get?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I reckon grammatically these are invariably statements rather than questions. Do people here get irked by titles like these? Is it better to avoid titles of this format? Or are they well-understood?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I should admit that I myself am guilty of the same crime, I asked and edited multiple questions in this format. I'm not a native speaker, and I always understood &lt;em&gt;&quot;How to...&quot;&lt;/em&gt; as an abbreviation for &lt;em&gt;&quot;How am I to...&quot;&lt;/em&gt; or &lt;em&gt;&quot;How am I supposed to...&quot;&lt;/em&gt; in this context.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="480481" LastEditorUserId="480481" LastEditDate="2017-10-16T11:27:29.513" LastActivityDate="2017-10-16T11:27:29.513" Title="Are questions starting with &quot;How to...&quot; okay?" Tags="|discussion|question-titles|" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17303" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17302" CreationDate="2017-09-20T14:16:04.583" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;I do get irked and usually edit those to &quot;How do I ...&quot;, and would accept edits which do the same thing (assuming other changes, if any, are OK). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However: It's fairly common here, and people understand it just fine. I always assumed it's a result of &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How-to&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&quot;how-to&quot;s&lt;/a&gt; being popular on the internet. People see, people do. They see titles like that, and may not realize that it's not grammatically appropriate in other contexts, and then reuse the format for their own questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;TL;DR: It's not a huge issue. Some titles aren't even questions and are still reasonably understandable. While we should try to improve grammar when we can, we don't have to start a crusade.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2017-09-20T14:16:04.583" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17304" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17302" CreationDate="2017-09-20T21:40:40.023" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The statistics shows that, this is a legal form. In many languages as in my native language - Bulgarian  - it is possible to ask a question in general form - without personal pronoun. Apparently these are the reasons why 2 of my 4 questions begin with &quot;How to...&quot; :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&#xA;+--------------------------------------------------------+&#xA;| Stack Exchange | Questions # | How to Q # | How to Q % |&#xA;+----------------+-------------+------------+------------+&#xA;| Unix &amp; Linux   |    124,443  |    &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/search?tab=votes&amp;q=title%3a%22how%20to%22&quot;&gt;17,855&lt;/a&gt;  |    14.3 %  |&#xA;| Stack Overflow | 14,598,565  | &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/search?tab=votes&amp;q=title%3a%22how%20to%22&quot;&gt;1,966,679&lt;/a&gt;  |    13.5 %  |&#xA;| Ask Ubuntu     |    272,812  |    &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?tab=votes&amp;q=title%3a%22how%20to%22&quot;&gt;33,412&lt;/a&gt;  |    12.2 %  |&#xA;| Server Fault   |    249,373  |    &lt;a href=&quot;https://serverfault.com/search?tab=votes&amp;q=title%3a%22how%20to%22&quot;&gt;22,056&lt;/a&gt;  |     8.8 %  |&#xA;| ...            |        ...  |       ...  |       ...  |&#xA;| English Lang.. |     42,561  |     &lt;a href=&quot;https://ell.stackexchange.com/search?tab=votes&amp;q=title%3a%22how%20to%22&quot;&gt;1,581&lt;/a&gt;  |     3.7 %  |&#xA;+--------------------------------------------------------+&#xA;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="566421" LastEditorUserId="566421" LastEditDate="2017-09-20T22:19:17.233" LastActivityDate="2017-09-20T22:19:17.233" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17305" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17307" CreationDate="2017-09-21T06:23:33.547" Score="-3" ViewCount="68" Body="&lt;p&gt;Questions similar to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/940055/in-ubuntu-16-04-how-to-set-shortcut-keys-for-maximizing-a-window-only-horizonta&quot;&gt;In Ubuntu 16.04, how to set shortcut-keys for maximizing a window only horizontally or only vertically?&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;lead to a &quot;wish&quot; for developers of Ubuntu.  (After I have got some experience with the Ubuntu 16.04 and tried shaping windows, it appears to me that merely shifting the window title bar to the top or a side of the display, which in the new Ubuntu version maximizes the height or width of the window, is not sufficient.) Where should I place such a &quot;wish&quot;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="165175" LastActivityDate="2017-09-21T06:55:01.413" Title="Where should I place a &quot;wish&quot; for developers of Ubuntu?" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2017-09-21T11:30:09.900" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17306" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17289" CreationDate="2017-09-21T06:25:11.073" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/status-completed&quot; class=&quot;post-tag moderator-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;status-completed&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;status-completed&lt;/a&gt; Thanks for reporting. It should be fixed now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="480791" LastActivityDate="2017-09-21T06:25:11.073" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17307" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17305" CreationDate="2017-09-21T06:55:01.413" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's called a &quot;feature request&quot;: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/28440/where-can-i-send-feature-requests&quot;&gt;Where can I send feature requests?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that Ubuntu is moving to GNOME Shell, so feature requests for Unity won't be of much priority. And they probably won't be backported to 16.04.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2017-09-21T06:55:01.413" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17308" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-09-21T16:00:27.597" Score="0" ViewCount="59" Body="&lt;p&gt;Case in point, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/947927/unable-to-locate-package-libc6-dev-i386/947931#947931&quot;&gt;Unable to locate package libc6-dev-i386&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Mine is the accepted answer but Eliah Kagan's is much better and is also a valuable teaching moment whereas mine is just not that...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Can users change the accepted answer?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If not, please upvote Eliah Kagan's answer so it gets the visibility it certain deserves. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user692175" LastActivityDate="2017-09-21T16:00:27.597" Title="What to do when there's a much better answer?" Tags="|discussion|accepted-answer|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="9" ClosedDate="2017-09-21T16:37:46.773" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17309" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17302" CreationDate="2017-09-22T21:35:08.133" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I take this to have its own grammatical way in terms of internet titles. It is a statement in a sense, but I take it to be more the request for a guide asking for this than a question in itself, it just has the question mark at the end to  make it obvious that it is asking for this rather than just stating.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, all language is made up and developed, the language a 100 years ago was very different to that of current times, and the language in a 100 years time from now will be probably as incomprehensible, 'ungrammatical' and 'incorrect' as the current language would seem to Shakespeare.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The English language has (and many others too) has also greatly changed under the influence of many other languages, and popular things have just stuck around and become the 'proper' way of talking.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But really, it's all in your head, and language just flows as a &lt;s&gt;&lt;em&gt;rather clumsy&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/s&gt; living being.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Although, that being said, I will never accept &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/yolo&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;YOLO&lt;/a&gt; even if everyone uses it and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-37336564&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;it does get added to the Oxford English Dictionary&lt;/a&gt;! &lt;strong&gt;;)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastActivityDate="2017-09-22T21:35:08.133" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17310" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17302" CreationDate="2017-09-22T23:16:00.847" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&quot;How to&quot; is a frequently-used phrase, to the extent that you'll find &quot;howto&quot; being used as a generic name. Many people Google &quot;how to…&quot;, which means that these questions and their answers will be found.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As already mentioned, language changes, and the internet has sped this process. There's no point in fighting it — just accept it as &quot;an Internet thing,&quot; just as &quot;FAQ&quot; has replaced &quot;Q&amp;amp;A&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2088" LastActivityDate="2017-09-22T23:16:00.847" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17311" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-09-23T03:52:25.010" Score="1" ViewCount="61" Body="&lt;p&gt;Case in point: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/958558/how-do-i-convert-my-usb-installation-from-legacy-boot-to-uefi&quot;&gt;How do I convert my usb installation from legacy boot to uefi?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By mistake I flagged as duplicate but later on noticed it was about Elementary OS. Retracted but the comment persists?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user692175" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2017-09-24T17:02:51.023" LastActivityDate="2017-09-24T17:02:51.023" Title="About retracted flags and the comment persisting" Tags="|support|duplicates|comments|flagging|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17312" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17313" CreationDate="2017-09-24T16:32:23.290" Score="6" ViewCount="135" Body="&lt;p&gt;I rejected &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/758189&quot;&gt;this edit suggestion&lt;/a&gt; on one of my own posts. But when I view it, it tells me:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This suggested edit to your post has already been handled and your action is no longer required.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Although that's true--it was handled (by me) and my action is no longer required (because I already took action)--it confused me into thinking perhaps another user had handled the edit after all. It seems to me that this wording doesn't really make sense when &lt;em&gt;I&lt;/em&gt; was the one who handled the edit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Is it the intended behavior of the system to show that message, even for edits that I myself rejected (or accepted)? Or is this considered a bug?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's what it looks like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/IJ0Xq.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/IJ0Xq.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="1412" LastEditDate="2017-09-28T20:36:55.380" LastActivityDate="2017-09-28T20:36:55.380" Title="I know &quot;This suggested edit to your post has already been handled&quot; -- I handled it!" Tags="|bug|status-completed|review|suggested-edits|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17313" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17312" CreationDate="2017-09-25T09:46:00.653" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is not an actual answer, but I just like to add more info to this issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was searching for when this message shows up in case this was some generic message that shows under any circumstances. Here's what I found out (the conditions may be different for mods/10k+):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;This doesn't show on reviews of posts that aren't mine. Whether I was one of the reviewers or not, doesn't seem to matter.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;That exact message shows under 2 conditions (In both cases, I have to be the owner of the post):&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;By itself; when I had reviewed an edit on own post (Ex: Like the on the Question).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Accompanied by another message; when I have not participated in the edit review of my own post &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; that suggested edit is the last one on my post &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; the suggested edit has been approved. For example, I could see it on this &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/110774&quot;&gt;suggested edit&lt;/a&gt;.&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This suggested edit to your post has already been handled and your action is no longer required.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you disagree with this edit being approved, you can return your post to its previous state using the Reject button below.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/taDIq.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/taDIq.png&quot; alt=&quot;Suggested edit review&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once I edited that post myself (I removed an irrelevant tag), the second line disappeared and I can see the first line only as that suggested edit was no longer the last edit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So it looks like it is some kind of Generic message, which is accompanied by other messages depending on available actions that we may do after the review is completed. But I don't know if there's any other case than the one shared in the screenshots above.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastActivityDate="2017-09-25T09:46:00.653" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17314" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17315" CreationDate="2017-09-25T11:45:52.770" Score="0" ViewCount="112" Body="&lt;p&gt;I voted to close &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/959193/create-qr-code-in-ubuntu-16-04&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; as a duplicate but on returning to it, I find my vote removed and comment deleted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I guess it was removed by a moderator but why?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Currently, I feel this is very much suppressing my right to vote to close the question, perhaps I am wrong about the dupe but that does not give someone the right to suppress my vote and remove my comment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to know, who removed it and why, I am very confused by this, am I missing something? this seems odd and out of character for the mods here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastActivityDate="2017-09-25T12:05:12.430" Title="Why was my close vote removed and comment deleted?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17315" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17314" CreationDate="2017-09-25T11:50:37.370" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;It was closed. That deletes the automated &quot;I think this is a duplicate of ...&quot; comment. Your vote counted towards the closure.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then it was reopened by other people.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2017-09-25T11:50:37.370" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17316" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17314" CreationDate="2017-09-25T11:57:40.383" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;The question was reopened by five community votes. To address what I think is one of your concerns: your vote has not been suppressed or forgotten. &lt;strong&gt;It remains viewable&lt;/strong&gt; in the post's &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/959193/revisions&quot;&gt;revision history&lt;/a&gt; and in its &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/959193/timeline&quot;&gt;timeline&lt;/a&gt;. Both pages are publicly available, even to users who are not logged into the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your comment was automatically posted for you when you voted to close the question, then it was removed when the question was closed, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/17315/22949&quot;&gt;as Oli says&lt;/a&gt;. Thus the automatic removal of the comment and the reopening of the question were two separate events, which happened to occur with only a short time window in between.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even though you probably cannot immediately vote to reclose that question--since you had already voted to do so--&lt;strong&gt;you can still manually post a new comment&lt;/strong&gt; indicating that the questions are related, or even making the case that they should be duplicated once again. If no other comment on the post expresses that information, then I would suggest you consider doing so (even though I was one of the reopen voters, so it is possible I might not personally agree with what you might say).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2017-09-25T12:05:12.430" LastActivityDate="2017-09-25T12:05:12.430" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17317" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14991" CreationDate="2017-09-25T19:40:19.657" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ubuntu release schedule&lt;/a&gt; seems to always have up to date information regarding currently supported releases and end-of life releases (going back to Ubuntu 4.10 As of this writing.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may also find information on the next scheduled upcoming release although for the most current, up to date info on that you'll likely want to subscribe to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-announce&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;ubuntu-announce mailing list.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;End of life versions are versions of Ubuntu that receive no further maintenance updates, including critical security upgrades. for this reason it's always recommended to use a supported version of Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can get details regarding the support status of yoru version of Ubuntu with the command &lt;code&gt;ubuntu-support-status&lt;/code&gt; which provides detailed output similar to thison my 14.04.5 system:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Support status summary of 'zippy-64bit':&#xA;&#xA;You have 2211 packages (81.1%) supported until May 2019 (5y)&#xA;You have 173 packages (6.3%) supported until September 2022 (5y)&#xA;&#xA;You have 7 packages (0.3%) that can not/no-longer be downloaded&#xA;You have 334 packages (12.3%) that are unsupported&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;Run with --show-unsupported, --show-supported or --show-all to see more details&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To drill down into the details, utilize the switches on the last line of output.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This answer should be &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/13537/is-there-an-accepted-definition-of-future-proof&quot;&gt;future proof&lt;/a&gt; to the best of my ability. If it somehow becomes invalid, drop me a comment and if I'm still alive, I'll try to fix it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastActivityDate="2017-09-25T19:40:19.657" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17318" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17319" CreationDate="2017-09-26T18:06:15.133" Score="-4" ViewCount="46" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't see much point of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/prompt&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;prompt&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;prompt&lt;/a&gt; tag, and it only has ~100 questions tagged with it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Shall we burninate it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;P.S. Let's also nuke &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/lag&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;lag&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;lag&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="518562" LastActivityDate="2017-09-26T18:10:07.463" Title="Can we burninate [prompt]?" Tags="|discussion|burnination-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17319" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17318" CreationDate="2017-09-26T18:10:07.463" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would say no here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Command-line_interface#Command_prompt&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;The prompt&lt;/a&gt; is a specific (and independent) aspect of a terminal system. While prompt-related questions &lt;em&gt;can&lt;/em&gt; live under &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/command-line&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;command-line&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;command-line&lt;/a&gt;, so could &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/bash&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;bash&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;bash&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They seem distinct enough to be different, so they seem okay to stay. However, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/prompt&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;prompt&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;prompt&lt;/a&gt; &lt;em&gt;should&lt;/em&gt; be edited to reflect this difference and make it clear what this question is to be used for (namely, questions about the ready-state of any given command line).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastActivityDate="2017-09-26T18:10:07.463" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17320" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2017-09-26T18:10:22.110" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are occasional times where a &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/tag&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;tag&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;tag&lt;/a&gt; on either the main or meta sites is no longer useful. For example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A tag is overly vague&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A tag has no clear single definition&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A tag is non-descriptive&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A tag is used extremely sparingly.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Et cetera.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In these cases, it may make sense to &quot;burninate&quot; (delete) the tag. For smaller tags, this can be done by individual users while larger tags will require moderator intervention.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This tag should be used alongside &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/discussion&quot; class=&quot;post-tag required-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;discussion&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;discussion&lt;/a&gt; to discuss and decide whether a tag should be deleted or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If a blacklist is requested, &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/tag-blacklist-request&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;tag-blacklist-request&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;tag-blacklist-request&lt;/a&gt; should be used instead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="518562" LastEditorUserId="208574" LastEditDate="2017-09-26T18:16:08.210" LastActivityDate="2017-09-26T18:16:08.210" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17321" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2017-09-26T18:10:22.110" Score="0" Body="This tag is to be used when requesting a deletion (but not blacklisting) of a tag on either the main or meta Ask Ubuntu site." OwnerUserId="518562" LastEditorUserId="208574" LastEditDate="2017-09-26T18:17:18.053" LastActivityDate="2017-09-26T18:17:18.053" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17322" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-09-26T23:53:45.820" Score="8" ViewCount="45" Body="&lt;p&gt;The next privilege button on the profile page shows through the three drop-downs on the top.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/U2Lcr.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I tend to start my browsing at this page then check my inbox so I see it every visit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Chrome&amp;amp;Firefox&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54256" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2017-09-27T05:19:29.677" LastActivityDate="2017-09-27T15:22:06.630" Title="Glitch on profile page with dropdowns" Tags="|bug|design|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17323" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17278" CreationDate="2017-09-27T00:26:03.293" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Tips:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Work hard to summarise and narrow down the question to just the essential part.  Cut out any part of the question that doesn't contribute.  Make sure the first paragraph of the question is short and describes the exact problem as concisely as possible, and use the paragraphs underneath just to give additional information.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Make sure you say what you are trying to achieve, as it provides context.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Choose appropriate tags.  People with specific domain knowledge follow tags related to that knowledge.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Consider whether another site on the StackExchange network may be more appropriate.  While your question may be about Ubuntu, if you are doing programming it may reach a more technical audience at StackOverflow.  If you're setting up a network server it may reach a more technical audience at ServerFault.  And if it's a question that may apply to Linux in general, it may reach a more technical audience at Unix&amp;amp;Linux StackExchange.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54256" LastActivityDate="2017-09-27T00:26:03.293" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17325" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-09-27T16:08:19.970" Score="5" ViewCount="48" Body="&lt;p&gt;The rep indicator lit up saying I gained 141 points, but I only gained 4. This has happened twice in the past 10 minutes. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See the below screenshot...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/EiU1X.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/EiU1X.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="518562" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2017-09-27T16:46:00.950" LastActivityDate="2017-09-27T16:46:00.950" Title="Achievements rep indicator glitching" Tags="|support|bug|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17326" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-09-28T16:09:44.427" Score="5" ViewCount="53" Body="&lt;p&gt;When I write questions on the mobile Ask Ubuntu site but leave them unpublished, the question is saved on the mobile site, but I can't access it from the desktop site. I can access it on another mobile device. Can anyone tell me why this is happening? I assume this is a bug.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Update:&lt;/strong&gt; I can access questions written on the desktop site from the mobile site, but not the other way around.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I hope this can be fixed or solved before long.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is anyone else having this issue?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="733278" LastEditorUserId="733278" LastEditDate="2017-10-23T16:52:29.170" LastActivityDate="2017-10-23T16:52:29.170" Title="Unpublished questions written on mobile site not showing on desktop site" Tags="|bug|questions|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17327" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-09-28T17:57:17.250" Score="0" ViewCount="111" Body="&lt;p&gt;Recently, I've noticed a lot of old abandoned questions (for example, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/572609/ubuntu-desktop-has-changed-appearance-after-installing-tweak-and-gnome&quot;&gt;this one&lt;/a&gt; with two CVs) being closed as no-repro.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This seems rather unusual, given the fact that the primary issue is that these questions are just too old that nobody will be able to actually do anything about them. The OP doesn't seem to care anymore, and has simply abandoned the question. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can sort of understand why this issue is no-repro (nobody wants to download an old version of Ubuntu to test, especially when said version is EOL), but the fact is that issue still &lt;em&gt;may&lt;/em&gt; be reproducible. No-repro should (at least to me) be reserved for issues that are actually impossible to reproduce.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That brings the question as to why we don't have a close reason specifically for these abandoned questions. Would it make sense to add a reason for this (or enable RolandiXor's &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tools/question-close-stats&quot;&gt;old close reason&lt;/a&gt;)? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastActivityDate="2017-10-02T13:02:00.723" Title="Abandoned close reason instead of no-repro?" Tags="|discussion|close-reasons|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17328" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17327" CreationDate="2017-09-28T18:49:37.640" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;There used to be an &quot;Abandoned&quot; close reason.  That was ultimately switched out with a different close reason, and to my knowledge we'd need to remove an existing close reason to make room for the &quot;Abandoned&quot; close reason.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't see a way to replace &quot;no-repro&quot; with an &quot;Abandoned&quot; close reason, because technically an abandoned question could have been a &quot;It happened but never happened again so I could never reproduce it&quot;, in some cases.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2017-09-28T18:49:37.640" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17329" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17327" CreationDate="2017-09-29T10:42:29.490" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is this abandoned or just old and unanswered? The question looks okay though. If it's not possible to answer &quot;How do I restore the default Ubuntu theme?&quot; even for 14.04, we have bigger problems. There's almost certainly a duplicate for this. If there isn't, there should be.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;That brings the question as to why we don't have a close reason specifically for these abandoned questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Because purposefully finding and closing abandoned questions is a &lt;em&gt;complete&lt;/em&gt; waste of time.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Update:&lt;/strong&gt; I've talked on this before but this is still contentious. If you disagree with me, please have the courage to comment and explain &lt;em&gt;what value&lt;/em&gt; you perceive from chasing 2y old questions out of the system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's gut-wrenching to still see mature members of the community creating more work for themselves and other reviewers. &lt;strong&gt;Just let the old stuff be.&lt;/strong&gt; It doesn't hurt us until people start churning it up. If it's a problem for the system, the system will automatically delete it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This question is a great example of time wasted:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;An edit bumped it to the front page.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The editor then close-voted.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;That spurred a review queue entry that sucked in four more people.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;One of those people has since close-voted (separately, I think).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;And now we're here talking about it on Meta.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know it's hard to accurately talk about opportunity cost when talking about time, but consider what those people could have done in that time. Leaving off the Meta —which does have disparate value— we're talking about 5-10 minutes of answering, voting, editing on some of the posts that came in today.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Everybody involved here does great things for the site so I'm really not having a go at any of you... But we should all be conscious about the work we're creating for other people, and balancing that against the benefit of what we're suggesting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2017-10-02T13:02:00.723" LastActivityDate="2017-10-02T13:02:00.723" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17330" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-10-01T17:07:37.080" Score="0" ViewCount="59" Body="&lt;p&gt;For example, can you ask questions about OSes like Pop!_OS by System76 on this website, or can you only talk about Ubuntu, Ubuntu Budgie, etc. only?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="738652" LastActivityDate="2017-10-01T17:07:37.080" Title="Can you talk about Ubuntu-based Distros on Ask Ubuntu?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2017-10-01T17:44:28.013" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17331" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17333" CreationDate="2017-10-04T19:17:07.370" Score="8" ViewCount="331" Body="&lt;p&gt;How do the beneficiaries of sockpuppeting get punished?   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems to me that whereas it's relatively easy and uncontroversial to penalise the sockpuppets (temporary banning/deletion of account etc.) it may be very tricky to detect (possibility of false-positives) and punish the sockpuppeteers. But then again if they're allowed to go scot-free, they might engage in same kind of behaviour over and over again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One incident motivated me to ask this question.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As of 2nd October I had asked 7 questions (excluding deleted ones), out of which 5 had positive (&gt; 0) scores. That night within a minute all of my five questions with positive scores got one upvote each (precise timestamps: 21:49, 21:50, 21:50, 21:50, 21:50). Upvotes from multiple people at the exact same time sounds too good to be true. So I assumed they came from a single user.   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now in any review mechanism this should look suspicious, and will possibly be detected as an incident of sockpuppeting (even though I don't have any idea where those upvotes came from).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="480481" LastActivityDate="2017-10-05T02:08:34.053" Title="What are the consequences of being a (wrongly detected) beneficiary of sockpuppeting?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17333" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17331" CreationDate="2017-10-04T19:36:55.367" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;There's several different aspects here of &amp;quot;sockpuppeting&amp;quot; being addressed, but what you're talking about isn't necessarily &lt;strong&gt;sockpuppetting&lt;/strong&gt; but &lt;strong&gt;targeted voting&lt;/strong&gt;.  So let's address each part individually.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;But before we go into this into detail, with regards to your &amp;quot;wrongly detected&amp;quot; comment...&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;It should be made known that, to Moderators, it's very very easy to identify sockpuppetry and using them to bolster one's reputation. It is &lt;em&gt;almost impossible&lt;/em&gt; for one who is receiving upvotes that are just targeted/serial in nature to be wrongly accused of sockpuppetry.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Now onto our regularly scheduled, overly-detailed explanation and answer.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Sockpuppeting&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sock puppets are duplicate accounts made by an individual.  On their own, sock puppets which don't break any rules or have any mutual voting to boost one's rep are perfectly fine - I myself have one for testing things in a non-privileged manner and to run a chat bot in a private channel for moderation purposes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sock puppets which, however, have a &lt;strong&gt;very&lt;/strong&gt; strong record of voting for each other, result in bans, account destruction of the socks, and invalidation of votes.  And each subsequent offense of it can increase the bans significantly and cause issues.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These types of things are fairly easy to spot because they have &lt;em&gt;very&lt;/em&gt; suspicious voting trends, and usually only vote for each other.  It's harder to initially detect, but once found you can start to trace the 'master' to see future incidents of this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This doesn't apply to you in this case.  Ultimately the 'beneficiary' of sockpuppeting is the puppet master of the socks.  (and they get banned as well in increasing severity for repeat offenses)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Targeted Voting / Serial Voting&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, i mention targeted voting above for sockpuppets, but this is different because no socks are involved, and it's usually one person voting for another but not being the same person.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While this is understandably possible of happening, a handful of votes here or there from one person to another isn't necessarily against the rules.  The system, also, has protections to &lt;em&gt;detect&lt;/em&gt; serial upvoting in a way that is a violation of the rules, and as such those cases have automatic voting reversals within some period of time (not instantaneously).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Like for sockpuppets, though, it can result in suspensions for voting irregularities for the person who is doing the voting.  The person who 'benefited' from the targeted upvoting isn't punished other than the loss of the reputation they had gained as a result of voting invalidation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ultimately I wouldn't be too worried about this.  I'd suggest you consider reading up on &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/126829/what-is-serial-voting-and-how-does-it-affect-me&quot;&gt;serial voting&lt;/a&gt; for more info on the subject, but if you are just being given all the upvotes and it isn't a sockpuppeting issue, you'll just lose the rep when the system invalidates the reputation (either automatically or as a result of moderators requesting that it happen due to voting irregularities).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Why you shouldn't worry about the occasional set of upvotes from someone&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I personally get a handful of upvotes in small clusters and batches - usually a few of my most popular answers and sometimes in rapid succession I get 50 - 100 reputation.  The problem is, though, votes are by default anonymous so not even moderators can go and see who all voted for a given question and what their votes were, so tracing one-off cases of serial voting is VERY difficult.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it's a violation of the rules then either the system will autoreverse the voting, or when we invalidate votes for a given serial upvoter the system will indicate you lost rep because of vote invalidation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2017-10-05T02:08:34.053" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17334" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17335" CreationDate="2017-10-06T00:22:19.323" Score="1" ViewCount="109" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's a bit convoluted, please bear with me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Recently I was going through a bunch of old questions seemingly asking the same thing:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/957099/dell-vostro-3568-model-ubuntu-17-04-touch-pad-left-and-right-click-behaving-same&quot;&gt;Dell Vostro 3568 model ubuntu 17.04 touch-pad left and right click behaving same way&lt;/a&gt;   &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/944851/laptop-touchpad-right-click-problem-ubuntu-16-04-dell-vostro-3568&quot;&gt;Laptop touchpad right-click problem Ubuntu 16.04 [Dell Vostro 3568]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/925745/right-click-is-working-same-as-left-click&quot;&gt;Right click is working same as left click?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/931951/right-click-and-two-finger-srolling-not-working-in-dell-touchpad&quot;&gt;Right click and two finger srolling not working in dell touchpad&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They all have a few things in common:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;first posts from new users&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;specific to a certain (set of) hardware&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; off-topic or low quality&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Please don't be too pedantic, these may not be 100% accurate)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thankfully OP of question 1 found out a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/957831/&quot;&gt;solution&lt;/a&gt; (or workaround) with the guidance of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/266507/hi-angel&quot;&gt;Hi-Angel&lt;/a&gt; and posted it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This made me think of a hypothetical situation. Suppose I discover these four old questions just now and the only difference is none of them is answered (and not even a single comment on any them). But I know a foolproof solution. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I could post an answer to any one of the questions and wait for it to get upvoted and/or accepted so that I can mark the other three as duplicates. This plan can go horribly wrong as&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;OP, who was a new user, might have moved on and won't possibly bother to come back and check for answers.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;As it's a niche question (hardware specific) others may not be able to verify (my answer's validity) and upvote.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I now hatch a &quot;genius&quot; plan. I post the same answer to all the four questions with the hope that at least one of the OPs will notice and will upvote and/or accept the answer. As soon as one of the answers gets upvoted/accepted I will delete the other three answers and raise duplicate flags on all of the questions. I know it will be trickier if more than one answers get upvoted and/or accepted at the exact same time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will the system even allow me to post the exact same answer to different questions in the first place? If yes, will my action be judged unethical? If so, what are the possible consequences?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="480481" LastActivityDate="2017-10-06T17:59:44.880" Title="Is it permissible/ethical to post same answer to multiple questions with a future plan to delete all but one?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17335" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17334" CreationDate="2017-10-06T08:42:32.713" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't think your plan is terrible (it's a reasonable workaround of the system not allowing us to close duplicates against unanswered questions), but I think I would generally proceed in a different way (as &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/17334/is-it-permissible-ethical-to-post-same-answer-to-multiple-questions-with-a-futur/17335#comment35873_17334&quot;&gt;suggested by muru&lt;/a&gt;). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Choose the best &lt;sub&gt;(subjective, but you can try to judge which will be the best to close the others against - clearest, most general, etc)&lt;/sub&gt; question, or if some/all of the questions are old, the one whose asker seems the most active, and post your answer there.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Comment on all the other questions linking to your answer. Note that the notification we receive when someone answers our question looks the same as the one we get when someone comments on our post, so I don't think it's less likely to get a click if the OP is paying any attention at all to their question/notifications.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This also makes it more likely that questions will be linked by others if you forget or aren't able to do it yourself - if you aren't active on the site, nobody (except the voter) will immediately notice one of your multiple answers getting upvoted, and if the questions aren't linked, people won't know that other questions can now be closed against this one.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If your answer gets upvoted/accepted, flag/vote to close all the other questions.&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you get no upvotes/accept, but one of the other OPs comments that your answer worked for them (but they have no reputation to upvote), you could re-post your answer to their question where it's more likely to get an upvote (since others may notice the comments) or at least an accept. Flag/vote to close the other questions and delete your original answer if you really want to.&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's not uncommon to get accepts/upvotes weeks or months after posting an answer. If you're worried that you might forget to flag/vote to close the other questions or you might not be using the site when you do finally get an accept/upvote, you can put some links to the similar questions in your answer to help others find them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The system will allow you to post duplicate answers, but if they are exactly identical, they will be automatically flagged for moderator attention. I doubt that in the case you describe there would be any negative result of this - in fact it might be a good thing, because mods generally know the site better than other users and might be aware of another question of which all the ones you answered are duplicates.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd say it's more ethical to answer questions than &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; answer questions because you're worried about site management issues. If you have a solution, it will be most helpful of you to share it. If you really feel that in some particular case, the best way to do that is to post it more than once (keeping in mind that we try to avoid duplicating content where possible so that resources for the same issue are gathered in one place), then go ahead, and let others fix the site management situation if they know that side of Ask Ubuntu participation better.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sub&gt; Here I am talking about cases where the questions &lt;em&gt;are actually duplicates&lt;/em&gt;. If the questions are not duplicates, but merely closely related, you may find that posting similar answers tailored to the details of the question is appropriate. It may even (very rarely) be the case that the exact same answer applies to questions that are not really duplicates, in which case, you should feel free to post the same answer to each of them.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2017-10-06T17:59:44.880" LastActivityDate="2017-10-06T17:59:44.880" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17336" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17337" CreationDate="2017-10-07T20:04:42.200" Score="2" ViewCount="63" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just found out this groovy feature in Ask Ubuntu, if I click on the score of a question or answer it shows the score breakdown (the number of upvotes and downvotes). For example, for this question titled &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/17823/how-to-list-all-installed-packages&quot;&gt;How to list all installed packages&lt;/a&gt;, it shows the following.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Bx69V.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Bx69V.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But to my surprise I couldn't find this feature in &lt;strong&gt;any&lt;/strong&gt; of the popular Stack Exchange sites listed below.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Stack Overflow&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Super User&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Server Fault&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Stack Overflow in Russian&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;TeX - LaTeX&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Unix &amp;amp; Linux&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Cross Validated&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Physics&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Mathematics&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;English Language &amp;amp; Usage&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;English Language Learners&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Disclaimer:&lt;/strong&gt; I opened all those sites except Stack Overflow and English Language &amp;amp; Usage as visitors (didn't log in). Also I have very little reputation in those two sites. If this feature depends on the user reputation this question is meaningless.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this something special to Ask Ubuntu? If so, is there any particular reason why others didn't employ it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="480481" LastEditorUserId="480481" LastEditDate="2017-10-07T20:12:21.020" LastActivityDate="2017-10-07T20:16:01.767" Title="Is the score breakdown feature employed only in Ask Ubuntu?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17337" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17336" CreationDate="2017-10-07T20:13:43.587" Score="7" Body="&lt;h3&gt;Yes, this exists as a feature of all sites in the StackExchange system (to my knowledge), which includes StackOverflow and all the other StackExchange sites.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;HOWEVER, it's a privilege that you need to unlock on a per-site basis, by gaining rep on each individual site.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You need &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/established-user&quot;&gt;obtain and then &lt;em&gt;maintain&lt;/em&gt; 1,000 or more reputation points to get that privilege&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to your list of other accounts on your main profile page, only Ask Ubuntu is where you have over 1000 rep.  So you haven't unlocked the feature anywhere else.:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/PDmGK.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/PDmGK.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2017-10-07T20:16:01.767" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17338" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17339" CreationDate="2017-10-08T16:01:22.113" Score="4" ViewCount="161" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/762567&quot;&gt;Here's the suggested edit in question&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The OP was asking about security on a shared WiFi connecton.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;They had it tagged as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/16.04&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;16.04&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;16.04&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/firefox&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;firefox&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;firefox&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/security&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;security&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;security&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An edit came up that only changed the tag &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/16.04&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;16.04&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;16.04&lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/networking&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;networking&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;networking&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;No changes were made to the actual post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should such an edit be denied?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="694267" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2017-10-08T19:14:26.643" LastActivityDate="2017-10-08T19:46:32.560" Title="What to do with tag-only edits?" Tags="|discussion|tags|editing|review|suggested-edits|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17339" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17338" CreationDate="2017-10-08T19:04:25.623" Score="6" Body="&lt;h3&gt;If the edit is appropriate and useful and nothing else needed editing, approve it.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This can only be answered in a very general way, because there's no specific edit suggestion&lt;strong&gt;*&lt;/strong&gt; to look at. In general, it is often appropriate to perform a tag-only edit, so it's often right to approve such edits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/posts/17338/revisions&quot;&gt;edited&lt;/a&gt; this meta question to add tags, I was really  hoping I wouldn't find anything else to improve, so that it would be a tag-only edit. (That would have made this answer more fun.) Since I believe the tags I added here--&lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/tags&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;tags&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;tags&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/editing&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;editing&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;editing&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/review&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;review&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;review&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/suggested-edits&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;suggested-edits&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;suggested-edits&lt;/a&gt;--are all relevant and useful, I would have gone ahead and done the edit even if there were no other changes to make.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even if I had just been adding one tag, if I thought it was relevant and useful, I would have made the edit. Unlike the main site, the meta site supports suggested edits &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/history&quot;&gt;only for tag wikis&lt;/a&gt;. But if it supported them on  posts and someone had suggested the edit I had made, or one very much like it, I would have approved it. Similarly, I would approve an edit that just &lt;em&gt;removed&lt;/em&gt; a tag, provided there was nothing else about the post that needed fixing and that the tag it removed was not useful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For a post like &lt;em&gt;this&lt;/em&gt; meta post where there where the other things that benefited from editing were not big problems, I would have clicked &lt;em&gt;Improve Edit&lt;/em&gt; and made the additional changes. You should always be willing to click &lt;em&gt;Improve Edit&lt;/em&gt; when an edit would otherwise be worth approving but you think a further edit is helpful and you are willing to stand by both the parts of the suggested edit you choose to keep as well as your own changes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Normally I would recommend only using &lt;em&gt;Reject&lt;/em&gt; for edits that don't improve a post or &lt;em&gt;Reject and Edit&lt;/em&gt; when it is more efficient to discard the suggested edit and start over (which is what &lt;em&gt;Reject and Edit&lt;/em&gt; currently does). However, if you come upon a suggested edit that, while correct, is trivial, &lt;em&gt;and the post has major problems the edit does not fix&lt;/em&gt;, I think it is reasonable to click &lt;em&gt;Reject and Edit&lt;/em&gt;, and usually even best to do so. This is not at all specific to tag-only edits, though. In practice, most trivial edits on posts with other major problems probably aren't tag edits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;A few thoughts about version (release) tags and networking-related tags.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I usually assume that a version tag that exists on a question may be useful, and don't remove it, if the post appears hardware-related, unless I am confident that the question isn't release-specific. For other posts, I would usually remove a version tag if I think the question isn't release-specific and I could cogently explain why if asked to account for having removed it. Rarely if ever do I (deliberately) remove version information from a question, but it can be added into the body if not already present while removing the tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because some networking questions are quite hardware related, I would not assume the question isn't release-specific even if it &lt;em&gt;looks&lt;/em&gt; a lot like other questions that aren't. So for the question you encountered, I can hardly guess if I would agree with the removal of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/16.04&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;16.04&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;16.04&lt;/a&gt;. But even if I didn't agree with removing &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/16.04&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;16.04&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;16.04&lt;/a&gt;, it's likely I would have clicked &lt;em&gt;Improve Edit&lt;/em&gt; and undone that one part of the change &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;if&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; I agreed with the other tag changes (in this case, the addition of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/networking&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;networking&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;networking&lt;/a&gt;) and there were no glaring problems with the post left unfixed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NB &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3692/should-re-tagging-really-be-considered-as-edit&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; was related but different. It asked if tag edits should let voters undo votes.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;*&lt;/strong&gt; A link to the specific edit has since been added to this meta question, but I think this post still stands pretty well as a general answer. I expect others to post answers here about that edit in particular.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2017-10-08T19:46:32.560" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17340" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17338" CreationDate="2017-10-08T19:36:12.290" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I agree entirely with &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/17339/527764&quot;&gt;Eliah Kagan's answer&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In addition I would like to point out that the importance of correct tagging is underlined by a nifty privilege you get at &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/moderator-tools&quot;&gt;10k reputation&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Inline tag editing&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, you now have the ability to do inline tag edits on questions. Hover your mouse next to the tags and you should see a &amp;quot;edit tags&amp;quot; button&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/b188k.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/b188k.png&quot; alt=&quot;hovering pointer to the right of tags causes an edit tags link to appear&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since questions are often tagged wrongly, I often use this tool to edit only tags. Questions with irrelevant tags, or lacking relevant ones, are less likely to be seen by the many experienced users who follow particular tags and are likely to answer questions in their area. So, a tag-only edit can be very useful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2017-10-08T19:36:12.290" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17341" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-10-09T14:15:53.070" Score="2" ViewCount="92" Body="&lt;p&gt;Recently I have found a question which &lt;strong&gt;I believe&lt;/strong&gt; is wrongly marked as a duplicate of another one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The other question looks very similar and partially addresses the issues raised by the current question. So at first glance the current question may pass as a duplicate. But I still believe it is not to be judged as a duplicate after a thorough inspection.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a way to remove this duplicate flag? What are possible options I, a user with pretty low reputation, can try to revert the question's status?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;What I have already tried&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I raised an &amp;quot;&lt;strong&gt;in need of moderator intervention&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;quot; flag and tried to explain the situation thoroughly along with two screenshots within the 500 character limit. The flag was reviewed and its status changed to &amp;quot;&lt;em&gt;helpful&lt;/em&gt;&amp;quot;. But the question &lt;em&gt;in question&lt;/em&gt; is still marked as a duplicate of the other.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Current issue&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By default &lt;kbd&gt;alt&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;tab&lt;/kbd&gt; in GNOME cycles through&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;open applications (instead of individual windows)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;from all the workspaces (instead of only the current one)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One needs to press &lt;kbd&gt;↓&lt;/kbd&gt; key to show individual windows of the same application, see this screenshot:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/UJTE6.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/UJTE6.png&quot; alt=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/UJTE6.png&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/957045/how-do-i-make-alt-tab-cycle-through-individual-windows-only-in-current-workspa&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; &lt;em&gt;in question&lt;/em&gt; OP asks for a way to change both the behaviours, i.e. they want to make &lt;kbd&gt;alt&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;tab&lt;/kbd&gt; cycle through &lt;strong&gt;individual windows&lt;/strong&gt; instead of applications only in &lt;strong&gt;current workspace&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/464946/ubuntu-gnome-force-alt-tab-to-only-switch-on-current-workspace&quot;&gt;The other question&lt;/a&gt; only deals with the &amp;quot;&lt;em&gt;only in current workspace&lt;/em&gt;&amp;quot; part and doesn't touch upon &amp;quot;&lt;em&gt;individual windows instead of applications&lt;/em&gt;&amp;quot; part at all. If the fixes from the other question are applied, &lt;kbd&gt;alt&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;tab&lt;/kbd&gt; will still cycle through open applications (instead of individual windows) but now only in the current workspace.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Screenshot of my &amp;quot;&lt;strong&gt;in need of moderator intervention&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;quot; flag:&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/vbUXP.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/vbUXP.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="480481" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2017-10-09T20:39:08.557" Title="Is there a way to remove a &quot;wrong&quot; duplicate flag from a question?" Tags="|discussion|support|duplicates|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ClosedDate="2018-07-01T21:03:43.753" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17342" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17343" CreationDate="2017-10-10T15:05:37.487" Score="9" ViewCount="95" Body="&lt;p&gt;Once again, a picture is worth a thousand words:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/1STXj.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/1STXj.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="518562" LastEditorUserId="480791" LastEditDate="2017-10-10T15:13:07.093" LastActivityDate="2017-10-10T15:13:07.093" Title="Bug with new top bar" Tags="|bug|status-completed|design|top-bar|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17343" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17342" CreationDate="2017-10-10T15:12:58.053" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Thanks for reporting! Fix for this is waiting in repo for next build so should be up in couple hours.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="480791" LastActivityDate="2017-10-10T15:12:58.053" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17344" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-10-10T17:55:28.057" Score="8" ViewCount="57" Body="&lt;p&gt;As of today, the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/301845/new-top-bar-is-live&quot;&gt;new top bar&lt;/a&gt; is live for normal users on Ask Ubuntu. Previously, I was reviewing quite a lot, but now we have this new top bar, and I can't see any &quot;review&quot; link in it... Can anyone help me find the review queues again so I can try to make Ask Ubuntu better?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;I'm posting this because the new top bar &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/350836/please-change-the-review-icon-back-to-a-text-link&quot;&gt;caused severely reduced reviewing&lt;/a&gt; on Stack Overflow.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2017-10-10T17:55:28.057" Title="How do I review?" Tags="|support|review|review-queue|top-bar|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17345" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17344" CreationDate="2017-10-10T17:55:28.057" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;The new review icon (which only appears when you have 500 reputation or more) looks like this: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/nJ2Qg.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/nJ2Qg.png&quot; alt=&quot;review icon on blackish background&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;or in context (ooh look a tooltip!)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ayS0P.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ayS0P.png&quot; alt=&quot;review icon highlighted&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;it's been &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/q/355236/6192153&quot;&gt;suggested&lt;/a&gt; that it looks kinda like a stapler... This icon &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/301845/new-top-bar-is-live&quot;&gt;may be getting changed soon&lt;/a&gt;, but it's going to be in the same place and it's not going to have any text saying &quot;review&quot; :(&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When you click the button, you get a mini review queue dropdown-kinda menu&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/qZcXj.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/qZcXj.png&quot; alt=&quot;mini menu when clicking review button&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are some dots next to the queues that have stuff to review in them. Different colours indicate how many items there are (at the time of taking this screenshot, the Close Votes queue has way more items than others, and the Reopen queue is empty, while each of the others has a few items). (The &lt;strong&gt;tools&lt;/strong&gt; link in the mini menu takes you to the moderator tools page. If you have less than 10k reputation, you won't see this link.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can click the queues to go straight to a queue of your choice and start reviewing immediately, or you can see all the queues by clicking &lt;strong&gt;all queues&lt;/strong&gt;.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/xmeu9.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/xmeu9.png&quot; alt=&quot;review queues - all queues view (same as the old view)&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Aaah! There they are :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;P.S. I guess it seems like once you've figured out where the review queues are then, problem solved... but SO users have reported that they find themselves reviewing less although they obviously know where the icon is. You might find that you have to &lt;em&gt;remind yourself to review&lt;/em&gt;, since there isn't a word on the screen planting the idea of reviewing in your brain.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2017-10-10T17:55:28.057" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17346" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-10-10T20:42:00.133" Score="5" ViewCount="152" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've reviewed several posts regarding the new top bar such as:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/357621/review-queue-updates-icon-poll&quot;&gt;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/357621/review-queue-updates-icon-poll&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/355236/the-new-review-icon-isnt-an-improvement&quot;&gt;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/355236/the-new-review-icon-isnt-an-improvement&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/300829/new-top-bar-is-coming-to-the-stack-exchange-network/300864#300864&quot;&gt;New top bar is coming to the Stack Exchange network&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/343100/the-link-for-review-queue-is-broken&quot;&gt;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/343100/the-link-for-review-queue-is-broken&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;but none of these seem to address my particular case. While working on &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/&lt;/a&gt;, after entering the review queue, the review light went out and stayed out even though there were many incomplete reviews and I had left the review queue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's the evidence:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/aJ3RD.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/aJ3RD.png&quot; alt=&quot;reviewqueueunlit&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/S98P1.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/S98P1.png&quot; alt=&quot;closevotestoreview&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Don't get me wrong, I'm sure I can adjust to the change, but I'm concerned that this bug will result in reviews going unaccomplished.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit:&lt;/strong&gt; Although it currently doesn't seem to address our &amp;quot;office supply threat level&amp;quot; (quoting @Zanna comment &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/17346/review-queue-false-negatives-on-the-new-top-bar?noredirect=1#comment35937_17346&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/271271/makyen&quot;&gt;Makyen&lt;/a&gt; has developed a script that will customize the new top nav bar that looks like it may resolve many of the complaints regarding it in &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/301909/260418&quot;&gt;this answer&lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/301845/new-top-bar-is-live&quot;&gt;New top bar is live&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note: I haven't yet tested it as I'm still holding out hope for something that will actually provide review count.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" OwnerDisplayName="Elder Geek" LastEditorUserId="8698" LastEditDate="2020-11-25T14:35:36.630" LastActivityDate="2020-11-25T14:35:36.630" Title="Review queue false negatives on the new top bar" Tags="|bug|status-bydesign|review|top-bar|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17347" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17346" CreationDate="2017-10-11T16:48:43.560" Score="-2" Body="&lt;p&gt;After you click the review icon (or visit the review queues), we don't highlight the icon for a while (I believe up to an hour) - you have noticed it and we don't want it to feel like it is nagging, in particular once you have already taken action.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="133195" LastActivityDate="2017-10-11T16:48:43.560" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17348" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17351" CreationDate="2017-10-12T11:05:24.030" Score="11" ViewCount="202" Body="&lt;p&gt;A new user just posted the (almost) same answer, viz.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Update to Ubuntu 16.10 That should solve this (issue).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;to the following two different questions where OP is/was using 16.04&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/964204/&quot;&gt;I am not able to find other people on my local network when playing Counter Strike 1.6&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/964207/&quot;&gt;My Ubuntu 16.04 does not recognize power supply plug/unplug instantaneously&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Surprisingly the answers got 2 upvotes each soon.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While these answers are not technically spam or not-an-answer the suggestion is pretty ill-advised.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there anything we can/should do other than downvoting and/or leaving a comment?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also another new user posted the following answer&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Updating to Ubuntu 17.04 should solve this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;to those same two questions (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/964210/&quot;&gt;first&lt;/a&gt; &amp;amp; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/964214/&quot;&gt;second&lt;/a&gt;) and got 1 upvote each. Looks fishy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="480481" LastEditorUserId="480481" LastEditDate="2017-10-19T14:08:54.983" LastActivityDate="2017-10-19T14:08:54.983" Title="What to do when someone's posting answers which suggest upgrading to an EoL release" Tags="|discussion|posts|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17349" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-10-12T15:32:22.290" Score="6" ViewCount="69" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is different from &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/17346/review-queue-false-negatives-on-the-new-top-bar&quot;&gt;Review queue false negatives on the new top bar&lt;/a&gt; which has been dismissed as status-by-design. When I first logged on this morning the review queue indicator was not lit. After donating my time here for almost 4 years, I was certain that that was false. So I clicked on it to see if any of the queues showed anything and got this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/7cvuB.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/7cvuB.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Clicking on the unindicated &lt;kbd&gt;Close Votes&lt;/kbd&gt; resulted in the the Close vote candidate shown in the picture above.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Further digging indicated that many of the queues should have triggered some response as seen here after immediately clicking &lt;kbd&gt;all queues&lt;/kbd&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/sN29U.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/sN29U.png&quot; alt=&quot;LoadedQueues&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I seriously can't believe that this is by design, and if it is, I would respectfully request reconsideration as this is not only useless, but causes harm by projecting the false indication that there are no queues to work. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastEditorUserId="1412" LastEditDate="2017-10-12T21:44:27.553" LastActivityDate="2017-10-12T21:44:27.553" Title="New navbar bug review queues not operating as expected" Tags="|bug|status-bydesign|design|top-bar|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17350" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-10-12T16:55:55.883" Score="3" ViewCount="168" Body="&lt;p&gt;Why is it that the top voted answer always appears on top if the accepted answer is created by the asker himself? Usually if the answer is accepted by the asker, it worked for him, so why wouldn't that be on top in this situation?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="738652" LastActivityDate="2021-10-27T12:02:18.090" Title="Why are the top voted answers on top of the accepted answer when it was answered by the asker?" Tags="|discussion|accepted-answer|self-answer|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17351" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17348" CreationDate="2017-10-12T17:44:20.740" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is now handled here on Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You're also free to flag posts for moderator attention if you think there are suspicious patterns of users or sockpuppets or such.  We can investigate these far more easily than standard users and determine if this is actually the case or not.  (However, flags are NOT to be used for incorrect answers - downvotes only, there)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please bring moderation issues on other sites up with only those sites' moderators, and please don't use this meta thread as a dropbox for &quot;They're also on [other site]&quot; logging of their activities.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2017-10-13T17:59:34.133" LastActivityDate="2017-10-13T17:59:34.133" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17352" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17349" CreationDate="2017-10-12T21:44:18.620" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Looks like I was wrong and the new behaviour is intentional. It's not so much the fault of the new topbar itself, but rather an attempt to draw attention to review in different ways at around the same time. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Shog9 posted a bit more about it &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/355233/when-i-look-at-the-review-icon-i-see-red/355234#355234&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;, but basically current implementation is designed to add a red dot to the icon when any of the queues are in a &quot;danger zone&quot;. The thresholds for that can be configured per site and on AU the values at the moment are as follows:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Close Votes: 200&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;First Posts: 30&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Late Answers: 30&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Low Quality: 20&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Reopen Votes: 10&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Suggested Edits: 10&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We're still monitoring review to see whether this indicator continues to perform well or if any other changes are needed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1412" LastActivityDate="2017-10-12T21:44:18.620" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17353" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-10-13T17:33:44.703" Score="0" ViewCount="131" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is there a policy regarding at what point a future release becomes supported?  In a couple of questions today (the comments) it has been suggested that support might be at the official release point, or at the final beta release.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/964647/about-wifi-driver?noredirect=1#comment1543598_964647&quot;&gt;About wifi driver&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/964598/how-to-get-vanilla-gnome-in-ubuntu-17-10/964599?noredirect=1#comment1543537_964599&quot;&gt;How to get vanilla gnome in Ubuntu 17.10&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the first question, I think that the sequence of events that would be required to assist the OP would be the same regardless of the version of Ubuntu being used.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="283721" LastActivityDate="2017-10-13T17:34:44.653" Title="At what point do releases become supported on AskUbuntu?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2017-10-13T17:52:00.590" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17354" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17353" CreationDate="2017-10-13T17:34:44.653" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The answer is simple. A release gets on-topic as soon it is released ;-)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="167850" LastActivityDate="2017-10-13T17:34:44.653" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17355" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17356" CreationDate="2017-10-14T20:01:27.367" Score="2" ViewCount="60" Body="&lt;p&gt;I mistakenly clicked on &lt;strong&gt;Looks OK&lt;/strong&gt; instead of &lt;strong&gt;Recommend Deletion&lt;/strong&gt; while reviewing a post. Now this post will most probably be deleted anyway as it's of very low quality. But I would like to make sure in future a mistake like this doesn't mark a post as &quot;&lt;em&gt;disputed&lt;/em&gt;&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a way to reverse/revert my review? Or being super-careful is the only way?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The post in question is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/964919/&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; (an attempted answer, not the question).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="480481" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2017-10-14T21:15:19.097" LastActivityDate="2017-10-14T21:15:19.097" Title="Is there a way to undo my review?" Tags="|support|review|low-quality-posts|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17356" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17355" CreationDate="2017-10-14T21:08:16.447" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;TL;DR: You can't undo your review but, &lt;em&gt;if appropriate&lt;/em&gt;, you can still flag the post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;In General&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your review had removed the post from the queue, but you had manually cast an NAA or VLQ flag on the post, I believe that would have put it back in the queue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, you should only  do that if the flag you are casting is really correct  for the post. Often NAA is appropriate for posts that should be deleted, but not always. Occasionally VLQ is appropriate, but not usually; there aren't that many situations where the VLQ flag is considered correct.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;For That Particular Post&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/low-quality-posts/764524&quot;&gt;Here's the post's review history.&lt;/a&gt; About eight minutes after you posted this question, I cast the third delete vote on that answer, which deleted it. (Following your lead, I also voted to close the question as a duplicate.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The answer was sort of borderline, on the issue of whether or not &lt;em&gt;flagging&lt;/em&gt; was appropriate. When people link to another answer that is also on Ask Ubuntu, and what the answer says is &lt;em&gt;exactly&lt;/em&gt; the same method, with no differences or additional explanation, &lt;em&gt;and the question is actually a duplicate&lt;/em&gt;... then the answer is effectively a &amp;quot;Possible duplicate&amp;quot; comment, even if it quotes from the answer it cites, and it doesn't really need to exist as an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I would be willing to flag such a post as &amp;quot;Not An Answer.&amp;quot; I would not recommend flagging it as &amp;quot;Very Low Quality.&amp;quot; The VLQ flag is only really considered correct in a small number of cases. On answers this is essentially limited to the situation when the post makes no sense and &lt;em&gt;can't&lt;/em&gt; be edited to make it make sense.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;The &amp;quot;Disputed&amp;quot; Status&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A post that isn't deleted through review doesn't have any special &amp;quot;disputed&amp;quot; status (though there is a record of the review in the post's timeline). It's just a post that hasn't been deleted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The status of &amp;quot;disputed&amp;quot; applies to flags, not to posts. A disputed flag is a flag that other users disagreed with, such that the result of the disagreement was for the flag not to be actioned. Flags where there is disagreement but they lead to the post being deleted are still marked &amp;quot;helpful.&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We say that, the more &amp;quot;helpful&amp;quot; flags you have cast, the better, and the more &amp;quot;declined&amp;quot; flags you have cast, the worse. Similarly, it is neither good nor bad to have cast more or fewer &amp;quot;disputed&amp;quot; flags. If your concern is that you may have caused someone to have a flag marked &amp;quot;disputed,&amp;quot; don't worry, because that's not actually a problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Back when the system displayed &amp;quot;flag weight&amp;quot; to users, weight was increased by each helpful flag, decreased by each declined flag, and unchanged by each disputed flag.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2017-10-14T21:08:16.447" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17357" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17302" CreationDate="2017-10-14T21:48:37.260" Score="-5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, it is Okay. It is just that it would be better otherwise. As many things in life.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to see that change. We should propose that something is added to the introduction to the site asking to avoid questions with &lt;em&gt;how to&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Advantage? I see it will give askers a tendency to solve what they want before asking and solve what is X and Y instead of leaving to the responder what it is they want to do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;How can I fix?&quot; is not referring to the tools to be used&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;Can this Y be set to X?&quot; Tends to go to the point&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="109740" LastEditorUserId="109740" LastEditDate="2017-10-14T21:58:18.970" LastActivityDate="2017-10-14T21:58:18.970" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17359" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17364" CreationDate="2017-10-16T18:14:22.517" Score="1" ViewCount="34" Body="&lt;p&gt;The disputed question is this one:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/904738/any-way-to-use-maximus-two-or-similar-extension-on-gnome-3-24-in-17-04&quot;&gt;Any way to use Maximus-two (or similar extension) on Gnome 3.24 in 17.04?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Notice that in the last paragraph (&quot;&lt;em&gt;PS: Not really related, but my other issue...&lt;/em&gt;&quot;) the asker posed a separate question not directly related to the original query. I posted a comment asking OP to remove the last paragraph and ask a separate question but it seems OP is not active here any more.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also the other question has already been asked here:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/903381/how-do-i-hide-the-location-indicator-in-ubuntu-gnome&quot;&gt;How do I hide the location indicator in Ubuntu GNOME?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What should be most advisable thing to do here? Is it fine to just remove the last paragraph? Or better to replace the last paragraph with the link to the other question? Or rather leave the link in the comments?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="480481" LastEditorUserId="480481" LastEditDate="2017-10-16T18:58:43.133" LastActivityDate="2017-10-18T08:38:29.150" Title="How to deal with an old question with two separate queries" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17362" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17363" CreationDate="2017-10-17T02:02:15.690" Score="2" ViewCount="44" Body="&lt;p&gt;Long time ago, when I'm still new to this site. I posted 4-5 answer to different question, and all of them got downvote. I recently figured out that they're low quality answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So is it okay to remove them ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="253251" LastEditorUserId="208574" LastEditDate="2017-10-17T02:08:46.480" LastActivityDate="2017-10-17T02:08:46.480" Title="Is it appropriate to remove low-quality/downvoted answer?" Tags="|discussion|low-quality-posts|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17363" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17362" CreationDate="2017-10-17T02:06:20.370" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;You should remove them if, and &lt;em&gt;only if&lt;/em&gt; they can not be improved. Deleting answers potentially deprives people of a solution. We (obviously) don't want to do that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If a post can, at all, be salvaged and brought up to quality standards, this should be done instead. However, if there's absolutely no way to recover the answer, then a delete is most likely the best way to go.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is even supported by official Stack Exchange policy. &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/86998/259230&quot;&gt;Post bans&lt;/a&gt; take into effect deleted posts (at a higher weight than non-deleted posts) into deciding whether you should or should not be allowed to post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastActivityDate="2017-10-17T02:06:20.370" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17364" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17359" CreationDate="2017-10-18T08:38:29.150" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;One of the great things about the Stack Exchange model is that it is a collaboratively edited site. So just edit and remove the second question. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the second question has already been asked and answered, you can leave the OP a comment linking to it, but yes, feel free to edit and remove extra questions if that would improve the post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2017-10-18T08:38:29.150" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17365" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-10-18T10:50:30.453" Score="17" ViewCount="450" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/8Ayh5.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/8Ayh5.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Seriously? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;&lt;strong&gt;Declined dude, use standard flags&lt;/strong&gt;&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Trying to be helpful here. The post wasn't quite rude, just a rant, like I mentioned. Is this the style to get people behave like you have in mind?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastActivityDate="2017-10-18T16:12:57.953" Title="Flag declined dude!" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17367" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17365" CreationDate="2017-10-18T11:24:54.603" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;IIRC there are arguments made for flagging rants with no useful content as abusive because they &lt;em&gt;abuse&lt;/em&gt; the SE system to voice their rants instead of actual questions or answers. I would have flagged NAA (since it makes no attempt to answer the question). In any case, I don't think a custom flag was needed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I suppose your post is more about how that mod addressed you, and while it was decidedly informal, and aggravating to someone who's flag's just been declined, IMO it's just a person being a bit casual and not a big problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Le mod probably looked like &lt;a href=&quot;https://media.giphy.com/media/gHYNnu5pizChy/giphy.gif&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; then.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2017-10-18T11:24:54.603" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17368" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-10-18T12:26:58.647" Score="0" ViewCount="44" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is there any way to quote/format code including automated line numbers?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sometimes especially in quite long configuration files and scripts it would be very helpful for both question and answers to be able to refer to a certain line of code by line number.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a way to get something like &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;1. Code&#xA;2. More code&#xA;3. Even more code&#xA;4. ...&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;without having to insert the numbering manually?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="423684" LastActivityDate="2017-10-18T12:46:28.400" Title="Format code with line numbers" Tags="|support|feature-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17369" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17368" CreationDate="2017-10-18T12:46:28.400" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You could run it through &lt;code&gt;cat -n&lt;/code&gt; (see &lt;a href=&quot;https://linux.die.net/man/1/cat&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;man cat&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/a&gt; for more info) on your computer to automatically add numbers to each line, but to my knowledge there is no way to make Stack Exchange add them automatically.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, bear in mind that if you add line numbers to the code text, someone who wants to copy your code and maybe test or edit it will also get those numbers and have to remove them manually again. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Therefore, IMHO better repeat the line you're talking about (plus saying the number or in what section of the code it is) than numbering the whole code block.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastActivityDate="2017-10-18T12:46:28.400" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17370" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17365" CreationDate="2017-10-18T16:06:42.760" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your moderator (read: me, but tired beyond reason) was operating on exactly 2 hours of rest.  What I should have typed is &quot;Please use Rude or Abusive for this.  If you have any questions ask on meta.&quot;  Lack of sleep was a factor here, oops, for that message.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That not withstanding, though, I believe that such rants are valid use cases, in my opinion, for &quot;Rude or Abusive&quot; on the grounds that it doesn't warrant respectful discourse.  I personally don't believe that 'ranting' falls within the &quot;Be Nice&quot; rule as rants target things with rudeness, and ultimately are intended to just complain in a non-nice way about things.  Consider that &quot;inappropriate for respectful discourse&quot; is actually part of the flag reason:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/7gv8p.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/7gv8p.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which is why I said you may wish to use that flag.  However, when one of us operates on two hours of sleep, we often don't reply to flags properly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(My other opinion: rants don't fall within the category of 'respectful discourse' either, whether it's using foul language, etc. or not.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2017-10-18T16:12:57.953" LastActivityDate="2017-10-18T16:12:57.953" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17371" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17372" CreationDate="2017-10-18T17:08:42.460" Score="4" ViewCount="74" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was trying to find the correlation between downvoting and losing 1 rep for the downvote. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I understood correctly downvoting a post with a score ≥ 0 always takes away 1 reputation from me. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I couldn't see a consistent pattern while downvoting a post with a negative score. If I'm not mistaken sometimes I lose 1 rep after downvoting a post with a score of -1 and sometimes I don't.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I used to think the pattern is much clearer with posts with the score of -2 or lower. I never noticed any loss of reputation after downvoting one such post (though I cannot claim that I have checked meticulously every single time). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But to add to the confusion I noticed today I lost 1 reputation after downvoting one ranty (not-an-)answer posted by a new user laced with expletives (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/966050/&quot;&gt;this one&lt;/a&gt;, deleted already). At the time of downvoting it already had a score of -4 (0 - 4).   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are the exact cases where downvoting leads to reputation loss? (Or rather when it does not do that)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="480481" LastEditorUserId="480481" LastEditDate="2017-10-19T12:04:53.300" LastActivityDate="2017-10-19T12:04:53.300" Title="When exactly does a downvote cost 1 reputaion?" Tags="|support|reputation|downvoting|down-votes|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17372" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17371" CreationDate="2017-10-18T17:10:20.450" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;Downvotes as a result of &quot;spam&quot; or &quot;rude/abusive&quot; flags being cast and therefore automatically done don't cost you rep.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Downvotes on questions cost nothing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any answer downvote you do should cost you one rep point.  Unless the question is deleted in a certain period of time (I believe you regain that rep).  (This excludes flags triggering a downvote)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(At least, as I understand the system)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2017-10-18T23:48:01.340" LastActivityDate="2017-10-18T23:48:01.340" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17373" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-10-18T17:43:46.887" Score="1" ViewCount="149" Body="&lt;p&gt;This was brought up in another Meta thread about a disagreement over the use of Rude/Abusive flags on rants.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In so much as the link for the Rude/Abusive flag points to the Be Nice policy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my experience, rants are &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; respectful and ultimately should be considered violations of the Be Nice policy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, it seems there's some disagreement here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, what do you, the community, think should be done here?  Should we consider posts made purely for the sake of ranting (regardless of whether they're swearing, or being overtly rude or such) as Rude/Abusive because they're not posts made with the intention of having respectful discourse?  Or should we use custom mod flags for these?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2017-10-19T08:13:04.040" LastActivityDate="2017-10-19T08:13:04.040" Title="Should rant posts be considered against the &quot;Be Nice&quot; policy (&quot;Rude/Abusive&quot; flaggable)?" Tags="|discussion|flags|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17374" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17373" CreationDate="2017-10-18T18:17:44.807" Score="-2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Although I'd like to believe that I'm a bit more mature, I do occasionally go off on a tear and say things that later I would rather have not said.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If someone were to indicate to me that I was being rude/abusive, it would &lt;em&gt;for me&lt;/em&gt; serve as a wake-up call and perhaps get me to cool down.  I would prefer to be tagged for being rude rather than have someone attempt to interpret my motives with another type of tag, I think.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ultimately rants are probably a violation of the Be Nice policy, although I would consider the Be Nice to be directed more at the interaction between users, than the interaction between a user and a piece of software or machinery.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="283721" LastActivityDate="2017-10-18T18:17:44.807" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17375" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17373" CreationDate="2017-10-18T18:32:56.940" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think that the important heuristic we should apply to rants to decide what flag to use should be:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Would I flag it as &lt;em&gt;rude or abusive&lt;/em&gt; even if I didn't disagree with the opinion it expresses?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the answer is &quot;yes,&quot; then we are likely using that flag correctly. Otherwise it's just &lt;em&gt;not an answer.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;People sometimes rant about how Ubuntu is great or--more often--how some other OS is bad. I  don't think I've ever seen such a rant flagged &quot;rude or abusive&quot; unless there was something &lt;em&gt;else&lt;/em&gt; wrong with it besides being a rant.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems to  me that &lt;em&gt;custom&lt;/em&gt; mod flags should &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; be used for rants (or only in very rare cases, &lt;em&gt;if ever&lt;/em&gt;). However, I understand why users may have been using them recently for this purpose--even though I don't think our policy should be to use them--because currently our policy is ambiguous, and when no other flag is clearly correct, a custom flag is generally considered reasonable. Moving forward, however, we should &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; advise users to custom-flag rants.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What I mean when I say that our current policy is ambiguous is this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/15921/22949&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Those official guidelines&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;--which were recently &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/featured&quot; class=&quot;post-tag moderator-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;featured&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;featured&lt;/a&gt; (by you)--would have us &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; flag rants as &lt;em&gt;rude or abusive&lt;/em&gt; just for being rants.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Still, that does not prove me right, because that answer needs updating. As I understand it, we unambiguously consider posts that &lt;em&gt;deliberately&lt;/em&gt; consist of complete nonsense--like, not even words, or a repeated word, or words strung together in a &lt;em&gt;truly&lt;/em&gt; random fashion--to qualify as &quot;rude or abusive&quot; on the grounds that they are an abuse of the system. That post should at least be updated to cover that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The reason I don't think that usually applies to mere rants is that while rudeness and abusiveness can sometimes be somewhat gauged by our own reactions, as in the case of personal attacks or expressions of bigotry and hatred against human beings, &lt;em&gt;abuse of the system&lt;/em&gt; is impersonal and should have nothing to do with our personal feelings about the content of the rant. &lt;em&gt;But in practice I strongly believe it does, always has, and always will.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;But &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/15833/22949&quot;&gt;this other upvoted answer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; suggests (as you have rightly &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/17365/flag-declined-dude?noredirect=1#comment35969_17370&quot;&gt;pointed out&lt;/a&gt;) that many rants may be considered &quot;rude or abusive.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Actually, I do not think even that supports flagging &lt;em&gt;all&lt;/em&gt; rants, because  &quot;with a bad intention&quot; means a deliberate misuse of a system. But many rants are by new users who don't really know the rules, and whom we're &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/be-nice&quot;&gt;required to be patient with&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I alluded to above, &lt;strong&gt;rants &lt;em&gt;can&lt;/em&gt; be rude or abusive for a number of reasons&lt;/strong&gt;. They could insult specific individuals, they could be vehicles for bigotry. But if we're going to flag rants on the grounds that they are not appropriate for respectful discourse, then we have to wrestle with the problem that ranty expositions are &lt;em&gt;considered socially appropriate in numerous contexts&lt;/em&gt; and the real reason we don't want them as questions or answers is that &lt;em&gt;they're not questions or answers&lt;/em&gt;, which we already have flags for, such as the &lt;strong&gt;not an answer&lt;/strong&gt; flag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Becoming upset about the software one is using is a common experience. &lt;strong&gt;So is using software incorrectly.&lt;/strong&gt; That includes Stack Exchange. We close numerous questions and delete numerous answers very soon after they are posted, and in most cases we are right to do so--&lt;em&gt;especially&lt;/em&gt; for answers that aren't actually answers. This is a normal part of the functioning of Stack Exchange, in part because we are so different from a normal forum. And yes, people should take the tour and read the help, but failing to read the documentation is extremely common, too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That a post's author is deliberately doing the wrong thing is far from the only reason we might raise a &quot;rude or abusive&quot; (or &quot;spam&quot;) flag on their post. For example, a post that belittles another user, or that advocates systematic violence against an ethnic group, is a big problem for our community irrespective of the author's intentions. But a rant about Ubuntu does not rise to that level. It does not get anywhere close to that level.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So the question that remains is: &lt;em&gt;Is this post deliberately misusing the system in a serious way?&lt;/em&gt; I think we often cannot say &quot;yes&quot; to that with any certainty. I don't think we want to blur the line between &lt;em&gt;(a)&lt;/em&gt; what needs to be deleted soon and &lt;em&gt;(b)&lt;/em&gt; what needs to be deleted immediately and the author marked in the system as someone who may be a threat to our community. That's what the &quot;rude or abusive&quot; flag does. &lt;strong&gt;And even if we did want to blur that line, I don't think &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/be-nice&quot;&gt;guideline #2 in the &quot;Be nice&quot; policy&lt;/a&gt; permits us to do so.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2017-10-18T19:02:38.583" LastActivityDate="2017-10-18T19:02:38.583" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17376" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17373" CreationDate="2017-10-18T21:38:24.400" Score="0" Body="&lt;h2&gt;What is a rant?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/601869/i-think-my-pc-is-being-hacked-what-should-i-do&quot;&gt;Is this a rant?&lt;/a&gt; No, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/revisions/601869/1&quot;&gt;but it was&lt;/a&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/712481/cant-even-get-started-really-frustrated&quot;&gt;can&amp;#39;t even get started, really frustrated&lt;/a&gt; a rant?  Yeah, but is it abusive?  No...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Don't try to put &lt;em&gt;everything&lt;/em&gt; into categories; some things are just 50 shades of grey:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Ml81y.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Ml81y.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2017-10-18T21:38:24.400" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17377" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-10-19T00:18:40.233" Score="2" ViewCount="83" Body="&lt;p&gt;So, I recently posted &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/966182/208574&quot;&gt;an answer&lt;/a&gt; on the main site containing some code. Just a normal day on Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Within a matter of minutes, I received an e-mail from Pastebin alerting that someone made a post on Pastebin containing one of my &quot;alert words&quot;. The paste posted was &lt;a href=&quot;https://pastebin.com/mTinTh7K&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;an exact replica&lt;/a&gt; of the code I posted on the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've noticed this happen &lt;a href=&quot;https://pastebin.com/jxd6Mm6F&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;once before&lt;/a&gt; as well, instead targeting &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/revisions/960617/1&quot;&gt;this question revision&lt;/a&gt; back when it was first posted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What's going on with this scraper? Should we do anything about it? If so, what can we do?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note:&lt;/strong&gt; I don't mind the fact that this scraper exists. I'm just curious as to what's going on and (potentially) why, and if there is anything that needs to be done about this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastEditorUserId="208574" LastEditDate="2017-10-21T01:13:00.407" LastActivityDate="2017-10-21T01:13:00.407" Title="Automated Ask Ubuntu scraper stealing code?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17378" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-10-19T02:58:11.577" Score="5" ViewCount="34" Body="&lt;p&gt;I had a tab open in Firefox from when I was logged in. Not realizing I had been logged out of the site, I clicked the review icon in the top bar. The menu that would ordinarily show me the review queues that I am allowed to use appeared, but only for a fraction of a second. After a few tries, I managed to get a screenshot:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/oXRK1.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/oXRK1.png&quot; alt=&quot;An empty review menu as it appeared while springing open and shut again like an angry stapler that has developed consciousness.&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The icon was highlighted in white after the menu closed:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/OHz4g.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/OHz4g.png&quot; alt=&quot;The review menu icon highlighted in white, like an indentation on a table from slamming your hand down on a stapler in frustration about some totally unrelated argument with your boss moments before, and now your hand will ache for the rest of the day, and maybe Ms. Feldkarp was right, way back in the first grade, about how getting upset doesn&amp;#39;t solve anything.&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When highlighted that way, I could not attempt to open the menu again, but clicking elsewhere on the page removed the highlighting on the icon and I was able to try again (only to have it close immediately again).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do not expect to be able to review posts while not logged in, of course. But I didn't expect anything like this behavior. Usually if I try to do something that requires I be logged in--even from a page that loaded when I was logged in and doesn't &quot;know&quot; I'm logged out yet--I am either &lt;em&gt;(a)&lt;/em&gt; told that I need to be logged in, or &lt;em&gt;(b)&lt;/em&gt; told that I don't have the permissions to perform that action.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since empty menus that open then immediately close without saying anything about what's not working is disconcerting, I doubt this is the intended behavior of the system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2017-10-19T02:58:11.577" Title="The review menu opens and immediately springs closed if clicked when logged out" Tags="|bug|review|login|top-bar|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17379" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-10-19T18:07:01.953" Score="7" ViewCount="223" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was keeping a list of questions which got closed as off-topic as they were about 17.10 for past few weeks. Now as 17.10 is released, I think at least some of the questions have the potential to be reopened. Here are some:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/960074/how-do-i-enable-minimize-on-click-on-ubuntu-17-10&quot;&gt;How do I enable &amp;#39;minimize on click&amp;#39; on Ubuntu 17.10?&lt;/a&gt; (checked, still doesn't work in 17.10, so the question seems valid) &lt;strong&gt;[Reopened]&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/959865/in-ubuntu-17-10-how-do-you-get-your-workspaces-on-both-monitors&quot;&gt;In Ubuntu 17.10, how do you get your workspaces on both monitors?&lt;/a&gt; &lt;strong&gt;[Reopened]&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/963444/17-10-file-explorer-app-files-3-26-0-fails-to-recognize-mouse-middle-button-to-l&quot;&gt;17.10 file explorer app Files 3.26.0 fails to recognize mouse middle button to lower window&lt;/a&gt; (probably still valid, issue with csd) &lt;strong&gt;[Reopened]&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/964062/ubuntu-17-10-two-monitors-different-resolution-on-dell-xps-13-from-2015&quot;&gt;Ubuntu 17.10 two monitors different resolution on Dell XPS 13 from 2015&lt;/a&gt; &lt;strong&gt;[Reopened]&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/960704/how-to-disable-the-on-screen-keyboard-in-17-10&quot;&gt;How to disable the on screen keyboard in 17.10&lt;/a&gt; &lt;strong&gt;[Reopened]&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;People with reopen vote privilege please have a look at them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also there were some which got deleted. So I have no idea how &quot;reopen-worthy&quot; they are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/959128/how-to-find-what-is-using-a-shortcut&quot;&gt;How to find what is using a shortcut?&lt;/a&gt; &lt;strong&gt;[Reopened]&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/960919/is-there-a-way-to-get-removable-drives-icons-in-ubuntu-dock&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/960919/is-there-a-way-to-get-removable-drives-icons-in-ubuntu-dock&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/962372/how-to-turn-off-shortcuts-in-new-ubuntu-dock&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/962372/how-to-turn-off-shortcuts-in-new-ubuntu-dock&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/962611/how-to-remove-gnome-from-ubuntu-17-10&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/962611/how-to-remove-gnome-from-ubuntu-17-10&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/962779/ubuntu-17-10-how-to-re-position-windows-from-shell&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/962779/ubuntu-17-10-how-to-re-position-windows-from-shell&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="480481" LastEditorUserId="480481" LastEditDate="2017-10-20T15:09:41.213" LastActivityDate="2017-10-20T15:09:41.213" Title="Closed questions which may be considered for reopening after the release of Artful" Tags="|discussion|closed-questions|reopen-request|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17380" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17379" CreationDate="2017-10-19T18:44:58.210" Score="-2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I believe that &lt;strong&gt;no&lt;/strong&gt; question about 17.10 (or any other version) that was correctly closed because it was posted while that version was not yet officially released should be reopened.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That is, &lt;strong&gt;unless&lt;/strong&gt; the OP edits and updates it, stating that &lt;strong&gt;now&lt;/strong&gt; the problem still persists in the released version.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We also follow a similar policy with closing questions about releases which are now EOL (reached the end of their support lifecycle): it gets closed if the mentioned release was EOL at the time of posting, ignoring its current state.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Again there is the exception that questions which are clearly not specific to the EOL release may stay and should rather get the version tag/mention removed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastEditorUserId="367990" LastEditDate="2017-10-19T20:04:31.117" LastActivityDate="2017-10-19T20:04:31.117" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17381" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17379" CreationDate="2017-10-19T20:11:55.230" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;I disagree with the tone of Byte's answer, on a couple of counts:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;There's a &lt;em&gt;ton&lt;/em&gt; of on-topic space around pre-release Ubuntu. The benchmark is &quot;Can it be answered and will it likely still apply come release?&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Reopening a good question is not comparable to closing something that's no longer on-topic. One action makes the site better, the other is a waste of everybody's time.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The problem worth considering here is with Ubuntu's Gnome Shell integration being &lt;em&gt;so&lt;/em&gt; new, and iterating &lt;em&gt;so&lt;/em&gt; fast right in front of us (not upstream), where do some of these really lie? Some of them definitely read as bug reports in something that could well be fixed by release. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've reopened and even undeleted a few of these based on my own hand wringing. Others might want to rescue some more. Again, reopening a good question isn't a bad thing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2017-10-19T20:11:55.230" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17382" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17377" CreationDate="2017-10-20T17:25:24.780" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your best bet, as the owner of the content, is to use &lt;a href=&quot;https://pastebin.com/faq#8&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Pastebin's removal process&lt;/a&gt;. Obviously, this puts the onus on the author to go out and find the copies, which isn't ideal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If there's a systematic scrapping going on and we can identify the method, we might be able to block it via IP or something. Otherwise, we'll just have to rely on &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/164899/the-complete-rate-limiting-guide/164900#164900&quot;&gt;rate limits&lt;/a&gt; to slow scrappers down. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="173605" LastActivityDate="2017-10-20T17:25:24.780" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17383" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17384" CreationDate="2017-10-21T05:14:49.303" Score="17" ViewCount="461" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just a heads up here on meta ...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Time for a name change , just letting you all know, and yes it has been a long strange trip ....&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Web site is still bodhizazen.com / blog.bodhizazen.com&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="35795" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2017-10-21T13:18:00.783" LastActivityDate="2017-10-22T17:23:12.607" Title="Formerly known as bodhi.zazen" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17384" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17383" CreationDate="2017-10-22T15:09:08.947" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;Thanks for the heads up. I'm sure we'll get used to seeing you in your new skin soon enough.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We work best as a community of real people. That means being familiar with the other users here. That's not a bad thing. It's not an exclusive &quot;club&quot; and not a pipeline to votes you wouldn't otherwise earn. Just being friendly and trying to help each other.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm slightly surprised by wie5Ooma's comment up there. Especially as they've been friendly with other people here on Meta before.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2017-10-22T17:23:12.607" LastActivityDate="2017-10-22T17:23:12.607" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17385" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-10-22T16:32:24.173" Score="1" ViewCount="54" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have noticed a general tendency here for new server admins to want to install a desktop on his or her server and then forward part or more often the entire desktop over ssh or VNC server.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am of the opinion web interfaces are a better choice as outlined in my answer here:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/967281/remote-gui-windows-client-ubuntu-16-04-server&quot;&gt;Remote GUI, Windows client, Ubuntu 16.04 server&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am willing to write a question from a new user perspective asking about graphical tools for server management and post the answer I already wrote there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would post it as a community wiki.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The goal would be to have a community resource for server management.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would such a Q/A topic be useful ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EDIT: Started here - &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/967704/graphical-server-management/967710#967710&quot;&gt;Graphical Server Management&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Answer is community wiki so please feel fee to review / edit / comment / update.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="35795" LastEditorUserId="35795" LastEditDate="2017-10-22T18:28:05.800" LastActivityDate="2017-10-22T18:28:05.800" Title="Would it be helpful it I posted a Q/A to server management" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17386" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-10-22T20:58:40.457" Score="0" ViewCount="45" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've seen this bug couple of times before, no big deal but I'm just reporting it here since it happened to me now on AU.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/967671/sudo-no-protocol-specified-in-ubuntu-17-10&quot;&gt;sudo: No protocol specified in Ubuntu 17.10&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I wanted to upvote the first comment, it had 3 upvotes, clicked upvote, it says I could not upvote twice and the vote didn't show I tried 5 times nothing. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Upvoted the second one it worked instantly, the third one it worked too. Refresh the page and only then my vote appears on the first comment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some ajax glitch I guess no big deal but I'm just reporting it, not the first time, can't recall the last time, I'm rarely active these days, and not only on AU.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="23239" LastActivityDate="2017-10-22T20:58:40.457" Title="Reporting bug when upvoting comments" Tags="|bug|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17387" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-10-23T15:01:29.133" Score="3" ViewCount="91" Body="&lt;p&gt;If I remember correctly there was a &quot;blatantly off-topic&quot; option in &lt;em&gt;Flagging &gt; Closing &gt; Off-topic&lt;/em&gt; (while flagging a question). But while closing this question&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/968073/what-does-it-mean-physical-realty-of-speech-sounds&quot;&gt;What does it mean physical realty of speech sounds&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I couldn't find that option.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any particular reason why it is removed? Should we also refrain from  using a custom reason/comment like &quot;blatantly off-topic&quot; while close-voting (or flagging for closure) a supposedly off-topic question as I did here?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="480481" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2017-10-23T19:41:54.277" LastActivityDate="2017-10-23T20:01:29.797" Title="What happened to &quot;blatantly off-topic&quot;?" Tags="|discussion|flagging|close-reasons|vote-to-close|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17388" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17387" CreationDate="2017-10-23T17:21:25.043" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;&quot;Blatantly Off Topic&quot; was created in a time when we envisioned folks becoming horribly lost and asking how to find their lost cat on a site about mathematics. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But as the size and experience-level of the network grew, folks were increasingly using &quot;blatantly off topic&quot; as their default, go-to way to dismiss &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;any&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; user who failed to read their nuanced and ever-growing FAQs in their entirety. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It was felt &amp;mdash; and continues to be a sound decision &amp;mdash; that if you are going to dismiss a question out-of-hand, you should take a moment to leave a quick note to explain &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;why&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &amp;mdash; which is what the &quot;other&quot; close reason provides; that is of course, unless one of the custom close reasons are a better fit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And, yes, you should refrain from manually flagging questions &quot;blatantly off-topic&quot; unless you feel there is an exceptional issue that needs addressing. Moderators are not generally here to super-vote a question closed for you. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="62" LastEditorUserId="62" LastEditDate="2017-10-23T17:27:20.173" LastActivityDate="2017-10-23T17:27:20.173" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17389" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17387" CreationDate="2017-10-23T19:21:05.423" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/17388/22949&quot;&gt;Robert Cartaino's answer&lt;/a&gt;, for why the &quot;blatantly off-topic&quot; sub-reason&lt;strong&gt;*&lt;/strong&gt; of the off-topic close reason used to exist and why it doesn't anymore, can't be beat. But as for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/968073/what-does-it-mean-physical-realty-of-speech-sounds&quot;&gt;the specific question&lt;/a&gt; you had chosen &quot;Other&quot; for and written a custom comment, I think you may be wondering which of the stock sub-reasons you should've used instead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For questions that have nothing to do with Ubuntu at all, just use the first selection under off-topic: &lt;strong&gt;This is not about Ubuntu.&lt;/strong&gt; Although the message links to (currently four) other Stack Exchange sites, it applies even to questions that would be off-topic on those sites as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because of its bolded opening text--&quot;&lt;strong&gt;This is not about Ubuntu&lt;/strong&gt;&quot;--it is usually understood. But if I'm worried it might not be understood, I sometimes also write a comment like &quot;This has nothing to do with Ubuntu,&quot; or, &quot;You've asked this on Ask Ubuntu, but this question doesn't have anything to do with Ubuntu, does it?&quot; Such comments aren't really necessary, though, and they certainly needn't be posted as a custom off-topic sub-reason.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sometimes there is a hidden connection of some sort but the question is unclear or needs to be asked in a radically different way. So if you want to say something special, a better thing to say might really be:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Is this [related to Ubuntu](https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic) in some way? If so, please **[edit]** to clarify.&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That looks like this (except that the system will automatically make &lt;strong&gt;edit&lt;/strong&gt; into a link that edits the post):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Is this &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;related to Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt; in some way? If so, please &lt;strong&gt;edit&lt;/strong&gt; to clarify.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In any case, that would be reasonable as a regular comment, but I still would not recommend putting something like that into the close dialog.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Still, I &lt;em&gt;don't&lt;/em&gt; think it's a big problem that you used a custom sub-reason. Either way, it was going to be closed as off-topic, and indeed, it reads as being just about as blatantly off-topic as any question could be. Using a custom sub-reason needlessly is not something that should be encouraged, but you're still closing the question or (for users with less than &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/close-questions&quot;&gt;3000 rep&lt;/a&gt;) flagging for closure and the reason you have is not wrong.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The main problem is that the comment that gets posted in your name when you do it is pretty useless:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because this is blatantly off-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To be useful, it would have to have said something like &quot;not about Ubuntu&quot; instead of &quot;blatantly off-topic,&quot; so you can just pick that instead of clicking Other.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This is &lt;em&gt;different&lt;/em&gt; from a custom moderator intervention flag&lt;/strong&gt; (i.e., clicking &lt;em&gt;in need of moderator intervention&lt;/em&gt;), which must always be tended to manually by a moderator. Those should be used when there's no other flag that does the job. When one uses a custom off-topic sub-reason unnecessarily, one is still using the regular procedure for closing questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;strong&gt;*&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; I assume there is some official term for this, but I don't know it. In the &lt;a href=&quot;https://data.stackexchange.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Stack Exchange Data Explorer&lt;/a&gt;, the close reason (like &quot;unclear&quot; or &quot;off-topic&quot;) is represented numerically by the &lt;code&gt;CloseReasonTypeId&lt;/code&gt;, and what I am calling a &quot;sub-reason&quot; is represented by the &lt;code&gt;CloseAsOffTopicReasonTypeId&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2017-10-23T20:01:29.797" LastActivityDate="2017-10-23T20:01:29.797" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17390" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17393" CreationDate="2017-10-24T20:48:39.010" Score="-3" ViewCount="68" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/27224/620831&quot;&gt;What are some “must have” Ubuntu programs?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;As it currently stands, this question is not a good fit for our Q&amp;amp;A format. We expect answers to be supported by facts, references, or expertise, but this question will likely solicit debate, arguments, polling, or extended discussion. If you feel that this question can be improved and possibly reopened, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/reopen-questions&quot;&gt;visit the help center&lt;/a&gt; for guidance. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After reading every answers, I am not sure why is this kind of question a violation of intergalatic rules. To summarize, the rules are :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Questions must be supported by :&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Facts&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;References&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Expertise&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Question must not solicit :&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Debate&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Arguments&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Polling&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Extended discussion&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, in the answers that I've read, this question seems very legitimate and fits very well the established infrastructure of StackExchange and in its Q&amp;amp;A format. Saying that &lt;code&gt;this question is not a good fit for our Q&amp;amp;A format&lt;/code&gt; is a lie.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While the question remains a subjective one, one can draw objective conclusions by using subjective questions and answers or at least get something positive out of it. I don't think that this question is the Devil's spawn.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The answers are indeed supported by facts, references and users' own expertise and does solicit debate, polling and extended discussion. However, is that a bad thing? It you look at &lt;a href=&quot;https://android.stackexchange.com/q/138311/199649&quot;&gt;In Android 6, how to deny an app permission to access the network?&lt;/a&gt;, you'll notice that, while there is indeed an objective answer to the question, there's also alternatives provided by the community to still answer the question in a subjective manner.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because this website is so often a first hit on Google, I think that being open to discussion and seeking extended discussion is important.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And, mostly, this question and its answers &lt;strong&gt;are constructive&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="620831" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2017-10-25T09:30:21.557" LastActivityDate="2017-10-25T09:30:21.557" Title="About &quot;not constructive&quot; questions" Tags="|discussion|close-reasons|closed-questions|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17391" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17390" CreationDate="2017-10-24T21:18:18.863" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Discussion, extended or not, fits perfectly the forum format but not the Q&amp;amp;A format, at all. AskUbuntu is the latter if you haven't noticed it yet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Comments do exist and their intended use is to ask for clarification, other important informations not contained in the original post (before edits) and similar situations. Comments are not intended for discussion as in a forum's thread.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user692175" LastActivityDate="2017-10-24T21:18:18.863" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17392" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17390" CreationDate="2017-10-24T21:23:55.943" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The site is , as much as possible, community maintained. As a user gains more reputation they have more and more access to moderator tools including closing questions. This is important because you would in general need to ask more than one user why a question was closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am sad to say that more often than not, such discussions degenerate fast in my experience. It is rare that someone explains a close or down vote with positive results. More often than not it leads to debate and discord.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;BUT ... there is also a mechanism to re-open a question in the case a mistake was made or the question is edited.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At any rate, I personally agree with closure as&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The question is not a support question. Not that all questions have to be support related, but non-support questions tend to be more likely  to be off topic.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Although you may have found the answers reasonable, the question and answers are highly subjective. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, some people may use &lt;code&gt;wine&lt;/code&gt;, I never do and do not find it to be &quot;must have&quot; at all. Same with most of the other apps. Not everyone need ssh , I am sure there are a large number of users that never use ssh.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For those reasons I would vote to close the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You of course could disagree and vote to reopen, in which case the community would review and if enough people with enough reputation agreed it would be reopened.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hope this perspective helps.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="35795" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2017-10-24T22:14:09.250" LastActivityDate="2017-10-24T22:14:09.250" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17393" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17390" CreationDate="2017-10-24T22:56:53.060" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I may partly agree with you, in that the &lt;strong&gt;not constructive&lt;/strong&gt; close reason was confusing and we don't use it anymore. I'm sorry it ever did exist--or, really, mainly just that it was &lt;em&gt;called&lt;/em&gt; that. It's not one of the close reasons that can be selected today. However, that question shouldn't be reopened. We would still close it if it were asked today, we would just be able to select a close reason that makes more sense. I think three of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/closed-questions&quot;&gt;our current close reasons&lt;/a&gt; apply:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Too broad.&lt;/strong&gt; There's really no limit to how many distinct answers could be posted. And if a single answer tried to address a large chunk of the question, it would be enormous, at least if it tried to explain its judgments. In the case of this particular sort of question, requesting a big list of answers, this overlaps with &quot;primarily opinion-based&quot; too (see below).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Unclear.&lt;/strong&gt; What does &quot;must have&quot; mean? Does it mean &quot;greatly beneficial&quot;? Does it mean &quot;really cool and you will tell your friends&quot;? Does it mean &quot;your system isn't worth using without it&quot;? Does it mean &quot;good to know about&quot;? Does it mean &quot;more than X% of users will like it?&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Primarily opinion based.&lt;/strong&gt; There was hardly any standard by which to judge the appropriateness of the answers besides personal opinion. The question was not an explicit call for discussion, and to a limited extent facts and experience were &lt;em&gt;a factor&lt;/em&gt; in determining what people would post and how people would vote on them. But mostly arbitrary opinions--that is, personal preference--was the &lt;em&gt;major factor&lt;/em&gt; governing what answers would exist and how well they would be received. The top-voted answer recommended VLC. Why was that something people &quot;must have&quot;? Did those votes really reflect that VLC was the &lt;em&gt;most important&lt;/em&gt; program to install? Did they reflect that it was important &lt;em&gt;at all&lt;/em&gt;? Or did they just reflect that VLC is &lt;em&gt;generally well-liked&lt;/em&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question was not just subjective in the sense of not having any provably best answer, which is true of many perfectly good questions. It fell afoul of the problem that &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/dont-ask&quot;&gt;just about every answer that might plausibly be posted was equally valid&lt;/a&gt;. This part of the existing closure explanation applied fully:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;We expect answers to be supported by facts, references, or expertise&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question itself contains some hints that it was never actually a good fit for our site:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you look at what most of the text in the question is doing, it is mostly giving advice about &lt;em&gt;the special and different way one has to use the site&lt;/em&gt; to answer it appropriately.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It emphasizes searching--not reading, or skimming, or perusing, but &lt;em&gt;searching&lt;/em&gt;--the existing answers before posting another. That is, it was expected that most people would not actually consider what the existing answers said before writing their own. It was expected that there would be so many answers that most people who came to the question would not look at all of them.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is to say that &lt;strong&gt;the question was in effect a poll asking people what their favorite software was&lt;/strong&gt;, and not something that could practically answer a new Ubuntu user's question about what additional software they would be well advised to install on a fresh Ubuntu system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As mentioned in the comments, the question was really a duplicate of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1237/what-are-the-most-useful-programs-installed-after-setup-of-a-vanilla-ubuntu&quot;&gt;What are the most useful programs installed after setup of a vanilla Ubuntu?&lt;/a&gt; which was subsequently deleted by a moderator. (If this question had remained open for longer, or if we were to reopen it now, more effort would go into and then it would still likely be closed eventually and then deleted, too, either by a moderator or from community members' delete votes.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's an argument to be made that the other, original, deleted question should not have been deleted by a moderator but should instead have been deleted through the gradual accumulation of community members' delete votes, or even that it should have been preserved with &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/13506/22949&quot;&gt;a historical lock&lt;/a&gt;. But the question you've asked about was just a rehash of it, is unlikely to warrant special treatment, will likely be deleted eventually,  and would likely have been deleted a while ago if it had captured more attention. After all, it says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Inspired by this &lt;a href=&quot;https://superuser.com/questions/1241/what-are-some-must-have-windows-programs&quot;&gt;question&lt;/a&gt;. I think the question was very useful for Windows users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That question, on &lt;a href=&quot;https://superuser.com/&quot;&gt;Super User&lt;/a&gt;, has since been deleted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2017-10-24T22:56:53.060" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17394" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-10-25T18:32:39.100" Score="2" ViewCount="161" Body="&lt;p&gt;How do I log out of this site? The answer I found says I should click on the Stack Exchange logo on the upper left to logout, but there's no such option.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, what is with &quot;This question body does not meet our quality standards..&quot;? I can't even get proper help here.. this is just madness!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="723462" OwnerDisplayName="Felipe Tam" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2017-10-25T20:01:24.053" LastActivityDate="2017-10-25T20:01:24.053" Title="Log out of the site" Tags="|support|login|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="8" ClosedDate="2017-10-25T20:18:03.887" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17395" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17394" CreationDate="2017-10-25T18:42:16.637" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Click on this &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/logout&quot;&gt;link&lt;/a&gt; to logout. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/logout&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/users/logout&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="574201" OwnerDisplayName="Nikhil H" LastActivityDate="2017-10-25T18:42:16.637" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17396" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7271" CreationDate="2017-10-25T18:50:50.410" Score="16" Body="&lt;p&gt;After the topbar redesign, the login link has moved to the Stack Exchange icon on the &lt;em&gt;right&lt;/em&gt; side:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/43sQZ.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/43sQZ.png&quot; alt=&quot;logout link&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can also just click &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/logout&quot;&gt;this handy link&lt;/a&gt; to log out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastEditorUserId="480481" LastEditDate="2021-02-24T16:20:15.577" LastActivityDate="2021-02-24T16:20:15.577" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17397" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-10-25T20:37:40.937" Score="2" ViewCount="83" Body="&lt;p&gt;Recently, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/17394/208574&quot;&gt;this post&lt;/a&gt; came up on Meta, and they brought up a good point (paraphrased):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I should have read the tour, but i couldn't even find it or even know that one existed. When you ask for help, you don't expect to first have to learn how you're supposed to do it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I feel as though this could have been avoided if this user were pushed through the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tour&quot;&gt;tour page&lt;/a&gt; immediately after sign-up. It provides a bite-sized digest that explains how the site works, and brings new users up to speed about how to best leverage this site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, it provides links to the full-fledged help center, which contains valuable resources like the ever-linked &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/how-to-ask&quot;&gt;How To Ask?&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/how-to-answer&quot;&gt;How To Answer?&lt;/a&gt; pages. (Ideally, these would be linked from the tour itself, but one thing at a time.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would it be possible to redirect a new user to the Tour immediately after sign in or add a banner to new users that haven't read the tour yet?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Example banner:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/IziXg.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/IziXg.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastEditorUserId="208574" LastEditDate="2017-10-25T21:34:22.420" LastActivityDate="2017-10-28T07:17:08.447" Title="Push users through the Tour as part of onboarding" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|design|new-users|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17398" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17397" CreationDate="2017-10-25T21:22:59.253" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I'd go for the option of having a banner that reminds the user.&lt;/strong&gt; By &quot;banner&quot; I mean a bar at the top like that one that appears to tell people that the site is about to go into read only mode for maintenance, or that a question one is composing an answer to has been closed. (I &lt;em&gt;think&lt;/em&gt; that's what you mean by &quot;banner,&quot; too.) This banner should include a link to the tour page and it should &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; appear constantly, nor in a way that is annoying to users. It should be easy to dismiss this banner and immediately obvious how to do so. The goal should be to get readers to take the tour &lt;strong&gt;the moment they are actually going to pay attention to what it says &lt;em&gt;and not a moment sooner&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. Doing this wrong is worse than not doing it at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If we force people to scroll to the bottom of the tour &lt;em&gt;before&lt;/em&gt; they can use the site, then the tour will be like one of those license agreements you have to scroll through to click Accept. By this I don't just mean that people won't really read it because they just want to move forward to use the site, but also that people will interpret the requirement to complete the tour as a meaningless hurdle imposed by a whole bunch of aloof folks in suits in a faraway boardroom.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since it is possible to post user-contributed content on the site &lt;em&gt;without registering&lt;/em&gt;--this is at least permitted for answers--making the tour part of the registration process would fail to reach many of the people who would most stand to benefit from it. It is also possible to take the tour before registering. At minimum, users who have already completed the tour before registering should not be forced, or even automatically suggested, to do so  again. That should be easy to prevent because when one completes the tour one is awarded &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/badges/138/informed&quot;&gt;the &lt;em&gt;Informed&lt;/em&gt; badge&lt;/a&gt;, which already carries over through registration.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Whatever we do, under no circumstances should the tour reminder take the form of a funny red dot appearing randomly atop an incomprehensible stapler icon.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2017-10-25T21:22:59.253" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17399" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17400" CreationDate="2017-10-26T01:22:07.800" Score="1" ViewCount="54" Body="&lt;p&gt;In questions, I was used to write the &amp;lt; pre &gt; without spaces before a bloc and &amp;lt; /pre &gt; without spaces after it. Maybe it is the old way. Now, I have tried it in a comment and it does not work. I mean such a bloc as is in the third comment at my question &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/953728/how-to-check-a-filesystem-in-ubuntu-16-04&quot;&gt;how to check a filesystem in Ubuntu 16.04?&lt;/a&gt;. There, the bloc contains 'sudo fsck -f /dev/sdb{something}'.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="165175" LastEditorUserId="165175" LastEditDate="2017-10-26T02:06:18.510" LastActivityDate="2017-10-26T02:06:18.510" Title="In comments, how to write blocs of commands?" Tags="|support|comments|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2017-10-26T18:06:39.407" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17400" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17399" CreationDate="2017-10-26T01:30:49.207" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Comments have a much more limited set of &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/7014/5&quot;&gt;formatting commands&lt;/a&gt; than questions and answers. There is, however, an option for demarcating code in a comment:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;`code goes here`&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that the &amp;#96; character is a backtick and not an apostrophe. It can usually be typed by pressing the button immediately to the left of the &lt;kbd&gt;1&lt;/kbd&gt; key on a US keyboard.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5" LastActivityDate="2017-10-26T01:30:49.207" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17401" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-10-26T02:54:50.147" Score="2" ViewCount="157" Body="&lt;p&gt;There's something that's been bugging me for a while, and I don't quite know how to describe this, but I suppose this would be phrased as &quot;close-voting for the sake of close voting&quot;, rather than adhering to the rules of the site, or in other words - rules of the site seem to have gone down the &lt;code&gt;/dev/null&lt;/code&gt;, if you excuse my pun.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Take for instance, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/968887/295286&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;. 3 votes for unclear, 1 for too broad. The question body in both before and after edit, clearly stated that they want shell script, with specific output. In my not so humble opinion, this is fairly narrow, not broad, and has specific expected output. The votes are unwarranted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another instance, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/965286/295286&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;, voted originally as off-topic as general programming question, except the user didn't come to us asking how to compile &lt;code&gt;hello_world.c&lt;/code&gt;, but rather figure out how to obtain source code of one of the critical components of Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And another one, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/966769/295286&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;, again voted as off-topic because this is not about Ubuntu, except that according to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;rules&lt;/a&gt; development on Ubuntu is on topic, and there's no exceptions to whether it's generic API or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Let's put this in contrast to Unix &amp;amp; Linux, our sister site. First specimen would possibly get downvotes, vehement comments to provide expected input/output, but by no means closed as unclear or off-topic, especially with apparently existing answers clearly understanding what OP wants. Or the other one - C API is within reason on U&amp;amp;L, and with Ubuntu being built on Linux Kernel and using &lt;code&gt;glibc&lt;/code&gt;, and asking to view the source code - that's definitely on-topic.  By rules of AskUbuntu itself, application development is on topic, and if all of a sudden we deny questions where user asks how to develop GNOME shell extension (  which keep in mind is now default for Ubuntu ), then we may as well deny app indicator questions, Gtk questions, and whole range of things on which Ubuntu has been built. (And on the side note, I'm no fanboy of GNOME, but if it's now the direction Mark Shuttleworth takes Ubuntu and Canonical, GNOME has all the right to stay here and development for GNOME has all the right to be as a question on Ask Ubuntu).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I had to summarize the point, it would be this: please don't ruin the excellent community which has been welcoming newbies and developers alike originally by nonsense close-votes. Having produced 1670+ answers, acquired 52k reputation, and written multiple appindicators for Ubuntu here on Ask Ubuntu, it really bothers me when a person comes and asks &quot;How do I do X on Ubuntu ?&quot; and the answer is &quot;Sorry, you're unclear&quot; or &quot;Sorry, your desire to view source code isn't welcome here&quot;.  It seems like in the process of &quot;cleaning up&quot; the site, some people lost the context and thrown rules to the wind. Let's keep up quality, not quantity, because that's what Ubuntu was (and I hope still is) all about.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'll take this chance to touch on another thing. Some of the frequenters of Ask Ubuntu General chat noticed that I've been MIA quite a lot, and although I love Ask Ubuntu and it's given me so much, due to a few recent events I suppose I'll be missing even more. Although I may produce occasional &lt;code&gt;bash&lt;/code&gt;-tagged answers, I need to focus on growth in other aspects of life. I sincerely love the community and grateful for all the things I've learned through this time. But I need a time out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="295286" LastActivityDate="2017-10-29T10:37:09.113" Title="I don't know how to title this" Tags="|discussion|voting|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17403" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17407" CreationDate="2017-10-26T09:10:56.760" Score="7" ViewCount="251" Body="&lt;p&gt;So I just had my &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/low-quality-posts/768833&quot;&gt;first ever failure&lt;/a&gt; here in one of those tests set up by the system to check whether you're paying attention while reviewing posts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;&#xA;For those who are unaware, the system sometimes sets up fake review tasks for you while you're reviewing posts in many ways, for example removing the score of a very high/low quality post, making a non-sense edit suggestion etc. If you okay a bad post or recommend a negative action for a good post, you fail.&#xA;&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The post in question is this: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/219392/how-can-i-uncompress-a-7z-file/960701#960701&quot;&gt;How can I uncompress a *.7z file?&lt;/a&gt; (a deleted answer, not the question, see the screenshot below).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/rh0AV.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/rh0AV.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems to me that the answerer is suggesting a &lt;a href=&quot;http://online.b1.org/online&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;website&lt;/a&gt; which apparently offers the service of extracting various archives (including &lt;code&gt;.7z&lt;/code&gt;) online and lets you download the files separately.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One issue I found with the answer (like in many other posts, especially by new users) it's sounds like a forum post instead of an answer which can be corrected easily. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another potential issue could be that the answerer was promoting their website without disclosing their affiliation (and hence a spam), but I couldn't find any apparent reason to believe that was the case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I okayed the post in my review queue and then found out it was already deleted as&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This post has severe quality issues. It is abusive nonsense, noise, spam, blatantly off-topic or otherwise irredeemable – readers will find it offensive or repulsive rather than helpful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this deletion justified?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="480481" LastEditorUserId="480481" LastEditDate="2017-10-30T00:29:36.497" LastActivityDate="2017-10-30T00:29:36.497" Title="Is this deletion correct?" Tags="|discussion|deleted-answers|review-queue|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17404" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17406" CreationDate="2017-10-26T12:26:22.707" Score="17" ViewCount="474" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm not suggesting that Mint is on-topic, but recently I've noticed questions getting closed as Off Topic, just because a question contains the word &quot;Mint&quot; or &quot;Debian&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you need to close them, I strongly recommend searching for a duplicate first, and before you cast your vote, please make sure that the question is a Mint problem first. If you can't be bothered to, you can always press the skip button.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, the question &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/969119/bring-back-old-grub-menu&quot;&gt;Bring Back old GRUB menu?&lt;/a&gt; isn't necessarily about Mint. (It may be a duplicate of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/100232/how-do-i-change-the-grub-boot-order&quot;&gt;How do I change the GRUB boot order?&lt;/a&gt;, but the idea is still the same)&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Maybe Mint was the reason that the Grub menu was changed, but I strongly believe that there is an Ubuntu answer to fix that.&#xA;The OP has 3 OS installed (including Ubuntu). And in their last comment, they even say that they uninstalled Mint and their problem persists.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastActivityDate="2017-11-04T21:00:59.910" Title="Shouldn't we stop closing questions instantly as Off-Topic if we see the words &quot;mint&quot;, &quot;debian&quot;, etc.?" Tags="|discussion|scope|review|vote-to-close|" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17405" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17404" CreationDate="2017-10-26T16:47:59.233" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Questions that mention Mint or any other unofficial derivative should not be immediately closed, but they most likely do require additional scrutiny.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If a problem exists with only Mint (or the OP is clearly &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; running Ubuntu nor has any interest in doing so), we should close the question - we can't help. If OP edits &quot;Mint&quot; to &quot;Ubuntu&quot;, that's on them. We'll give them Ubuntu advice; if it doesn't work, that's their fault.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, not all questions that mention Mint fall into the above category. Take this theoretical question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;When attempting to run &lt;code&gt;ffmpeg&lt;/code&gt; on my Linux Mint computer (also seen on Ubuntu 16.04), the last 30 seconds of video cut out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;How can I fix this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this case, the question should not be closed, but the part mentioning Mint should be removed as it's just pointless noise.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are a very few (rare) edge cases where Mint is a valid part of the question, but I've only encountered a few in my tenure here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ideally, we will handle every question case-by-case and ensure that closures are valid and only done when necessary. Otherwise, edit Mint out or just leave it there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastActivityDate="2017-10-26T16:47:59.233" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17406" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17404" CreationDate="2017-10-26T21:48:57.533" Score="15" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Yes. &amp;quot;Mint,&amp;quot; &amp;quot;Debian,&amp;quot; &amp;quot;Kali,&amp;quot; etc., &lt;em&gt;don't&lt;/em&gt; mean &amp;quot;stop paying attention.&amp;quot;&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You're right that it's bad to robo-close questions based on the presence of specific keyword or tags, and that this is something that sometimes happens on our site, that it happened in this particular case, and that it needs to stop happening. The question formerly titled &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/969119/bring-back-old-grub-menu&quot;&gt;Bring Back old GRUB menu?&lt;/a&gt; is clearly about Ubuntu, and this was discernible even before it was improved by editing. The original question &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/969119/revisions&quot;&gt;even said&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Earlier I have GNU GRUB Version 2.02 by Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I want Ubuntu 14.04 at the first position, Linuxmint, and Windows after that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It doesn't get much clearer than that. This is an on-topic question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another recent example, which was also on-topic and also happened to be a duplicate, was originally titled &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/969128/extract-a-specific-program-or-script-from-iso&quot;&gt;extract a specific program or script from iso&lt;/a&gt;, had &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/969128/revisions&quot;&gt;always been&lt;/a&gt; clearly about extracting a file from a Kali ISO image or a device to which such an image had been written, and not about running Kali Linux. But it was still closed as off-topic for not being about Ubuntu. (We reopened it.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think the important question to ask when deciding if a question is on-topic is &lt;strong&gt;&amp;quot;Is this about Ubuntu?&amp;quot;&lt;/strong&gt; but unfortunately people often ask themselves &amp;quot;Is this (also) about something that isn't Ubuntu?&amp;quot; instead. That's the wrong question to ask. As &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/17242/22949&quot;&gt;I said&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/14553/are-half-minty-questions-allowed&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Are half-Minty questions allowed?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A question needs to be about Ubuntu to be on-topic. Whether or not it is &lt;em&gt;also&lt;/em&gt; about Mint doesn't really matter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that this should not be interpreted as arguing for a &lt;em&gt;different&lt;/em&gt; way to not pay attention. Just as the presence of certain keywords or tags doesn't ensure a question will be off-topic, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/8650/it-is-not-necessary-for-questions-to-contain-the-word-ubuntu-for-it-to-be-on-t&quot;&gt;the &lt;em&gt;word&lt;/em&gt; &amp;quot;Ubuntu&amp;quot; is neither necessary nor sufficient to make a question on-topic&lt;/a&gt;. In general, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/16525/should-try-this-or-x-doesnt-work-use-y-type-answers-be-flagged&quot;&gt;noticing specific words is no substitute for figuring out what is actually being said&lt;/a&gt;. Because this is about questions that are about Ubuntu but also relate to other topics, the &amp;quot;Respecting your own community&amp;quot; section of &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.blog/2012/03/22/respect-the-community-your-own-and-others/&quot;&gt;Respect the community – your own, and others’&lt;/a&gt; is also relevant.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I agree with much of &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/17405/22949&quot;&gt;what Kaz Wolfe has said&lt;/a&gt; but I don't agree that we should usually edit &amp;quot;Mint&amp;quot; out of on-topic questions that mention it. It's potentially useful information to know that a problem happened on another installation too, whether or not it is Ubuntu. Furthermore, Mint is similar to Ubuntu in some ways and different in others, and those are &lt;em&gt;both&lt;/em&gt; reasons that knowing something affected Mint too will sometimes confer useful information, allowing us to rule out some possible causes of a problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;How do I close thee, let me count the ways...&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do disagree with part of what you are saying, though, at least as I understand it and as I expect other readers will understand it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;When a close reason &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; correct&lt;/strong&gt;, and you have undertaken the necessary care to satisfy yourself that it is correct, &lt;strong&gt;you are under no obligation to go looking for another one before voting to close&lt;/strong&gt;. That is, if an off-topic question could also be reasonably considered a duplicate, you can feel  free  to close it as a duplicate even though it's off-topic, but you are also free to close it as off-topic even though it's a duplicate, and there is nothing wrong with doing so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We have no policy about the preferred order of close reasons, nor do we even appear to have any informal agreement about non-binding best practices in this area, nor do I think we really need one. &lt;em&gt;I do actually believe it's better&lt;/em&gt;--though by no means necessary--to prefer closing questions as duplicates when multiple close reasons apply. But even that is far from an established consensus. If anything, my opinion on this is the one that is somewhat less popular. See &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/206?m=13142357#13142357&quot;&gt;this old conversation&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/8087/22949&quot;&gt;my answer&lt;/a&gt; (and its comments) to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/7982/the-quality-of-the-duplicates-is-so-bad-that-i-want-to-cry&quot;&gt;The quality of the duplicates is so bad that I want to cry&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/11595/22949&quot;&gt;Braiam's answer&lt;/a&gt; (and its comments) to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/11592/how-can-we-encourage-3k-users-to-review-more-close-votes&quot;&gt;How can we encourage 3k+ users to review more Close Votes&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You said:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you need to close them, I strongly recommend searching for a duplicate first, and before you cast your vote, please make sure that the question is a Mint problem first.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I agree with the second part--when someone is asking about a problem with Ubuntu, their question is not off-topic as a consequence of being related to Mint. However, the reason &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/969119/bring-back-old-grub-menu&quot;&gt;that GRUB question&lt;/a&gt; should never have been closed as off-topic is not that it was sufficiently similar to other questions  that it could correctly be closed as a duplicate. The reason it was wrong to close as off-topic is that &lt;em&gt;it was not off-topic&lt;/em&gt;, regardless of its similarity or lack thereof to other content on the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;The Minority Report&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When a question is on-topic and a duplicate, and it gets wrong off-topic close votes but also correct duplicate close votes, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/54917/distinguish-close-votes-by-reason&quot;&gt;a bug in the Stack Exchange system&lt;/a&gt; frequently exacerbates the problem. As &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/17404/shouldnt-we-stop-closing-questions-instantly-as-off-topic-if-we-see-the-words#comment36047_17404&quot;&gt;pomsky mentioned&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/17404/shouldnt-we-stop-closing-questions-instantly-as-off-topic-if-we-see-the-words#comment36048_17404&quot;&gt;Rinzwind explained&lt;/a&gt;, a question with three (or four) off-topic close votes and two (or one) close votes for any other reason will be shown as having been closed as off-topic &lt;em&gt;and the people who voted to close it for the other reason will be falsely shown as having agreed with the off-topic closure.&lt;/em&gt; I really hope this behavior of the system gets changed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the question is later reopened and people want to close it for the right reason instead, the people who voted for that reason before can't do so again, because when you cast a close vote that is actioned--that is, the question is closed before your vote ages away--the system does not allow you to vote to close that question a second time unless you are a moderator. (That restriction is itself reasonable and generally good and I &lt;em&gt;don't&lt;/em&gt; suggest lifting it.) Thus the system makes it very easy to close questions for totally wrong reasons that set a terrible example for us all to follow, then makes it hard to correct the problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2017-10-26T21:48:57.533" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17407" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17403" CreationDate="2017-10-26T22:30:16.250" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;The system automatically selected that answer for use as a review audit because it was deleted after being flagged as &lt;em&gt;spam&lt;/em&gt; or &lt;em&gt;rude or abusive&lt;/em&gt;. I know this because &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/moderator-tools&quot;&gt;10k users&lt;/a&gt; can view deleted posts, but posts that get one or more &quot;red flags&quot; before being deleted have their bodies hidden until one clicks through to the revision history:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/fEUr9.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/fEUr9.png&quot; alt=&quot;Deleted post as shown to users with 10,000 or more reputation, showing the text &amp;quot;This answer was marked as spam or rude or abusive and is therefore not shown - you can see the revision history for details&amp;quot; and the phrase &amp;quot;the revision history&amp;quot; is a hyperlink.&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this case, the flag used was almost certainly &lt;em&gt;spam&lt;/em&gt;. The post looked like spam because it recommended using a website to extract a .7z archive, which is something that can be done easily and far more conveniently by just installing the necessary software on Ubuntu. Using a website to do this is cumbersome because you have to upload the archive, then download the contents after they are extracted. Apparently this was helpful to the author, but it is not a reasonable approach for the vast majority of people, might not have been reasonable even in their case (they may simply have been unaware of other ways to do it), and the post didn't explain why one might choose to use that method.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In hindsight, this post was not very likely to have been spam. Examining the contributions here and on other Stack Exchange sites of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/253936/sourabh-bhat&quot;&gt;the user who posted it&lt;/a&gt; reveals that they're unlikely to be a spammer, using websites to perform operations on files is not categorically unreasonable, and the answer did contain this useful caveat:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If your data is not very sensitive (though the webpage claims to delete the files immediately), then the above online option works great.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That doesn't prove the post wasn't spam. Spammers can write stuff that looks like they're thoughful and critical, too. But I don't think the author was affiliated with the website or that it was otherwise posted with spammy intent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;It is also not really a link-only answer.&lt;/strong&gt; A link-only answer &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/225370/your-answer-is-in-another-castle-when-is-an-answer-not-an-answer&quot;&gt;points to somewhere else where there is claimed to be an answer&lt;/a&gt;, rather than answering the question itself. An answer that says &quot;use this program,&quot; and links to where the program can be downloaded is not a link-only answer, and this doesn't really seem too different from that. The fact that the service it recommended could go offline is one of several reasons to consider the answer low-quality, but it doesn't make it a link-only answer in &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/15889/22949&quot;&gt;the usual sense&lt;/a&gt;, at least as I understand that policy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't recommend that this answer be undeleted. If I saw that answer, I would downvote it, comment to express the criticism of it that I've given here, and probably even vote to delete it, which &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/trusted-user&quot;&gt;20k users&lt;/a&gt; can do. As written, I would consider the answer to fall under the second bullet-point for when it is acceptable for members of the community to vote to delete answers:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The answer is extremely low quality: There is little to no scope for improvement&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, &lt;em&gt;if&lt;/em&gt; it turns out that there is substantial disagreement on this and the answer is undeleted based on a consensus that it is valuable, then I would definitely respect that and refrain from attempting to redelete it. (If it is undeleted &lt;em&gt;just&lt;/em&gt; to clear the spam flag and prevent it from being used in audits, however, then I would comment and vote to delete as described above.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Should you have failed that audit?&lt;/strong&gt; I think really you should not have failed it--that is, that your actions there fell within acceptable reviewer behavior--and that it would have been better if that answer had not been used as an audit. However, anytime you see an answer that looks that much like it might be spam, I recommend that you click through to the question page where the answer appears and try to figure out if it is part of a pattern of spam. Doing that would also have revealed that it was an audit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2017-10-27T03:16:43.410" LastActivityDate="2017-10-27T03:16:43.410" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17408" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-10-26T23:08:59.240" Score="1" ViewCount="130" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/924710/&quot;&gt;How to make Lubuntu&amp;#39;s Temperature Monitor applet report the real temperatures inside my PC instead of always &amp;quot;thermal_zone0: 40&amp;#176;C&amp;quot;?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/969628/&quot;&gt;How to unbind the Super or Logo key so it may be used by applications?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Am I doing something wrong?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="699042" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2017-10-27T00:05:22.207" LastActivityDate="2018-06-08T15:05:42.443" Title="Why do my questions get no answers or comments?" Tags="|support|unanswered-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17409" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17404" CreationDate="2017-10-26T23:20:34.090" Score="-2" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is a hard line to define IMO. If the question has an answer, IMO, answer the question and redirect to the appropriate support channel(s).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the question is clearly specific to mint / debian / fedora / whatever, explain the question is best answered by alternate support channel and close as off topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It sort of depends on 2 issues:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How friendly do you want to seem to non Ubuntu users ?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How tolerate do you want to be of general linux questions that apply to any distro vs redirecting to superuser ?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="35795" LastEditorUserId="35795" LastEditDate="2017-10-27T00:06:13.813" LastActivityDate="2017-10-27T00:06:13.813" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17410" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17404" CreationDate="2017-10-27T18:51:54.890" Score="-4" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NOTE&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Judging from the comments and votes, it appears that my answer is being misinterpreted. Let me make it easy and spell it out:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;import discretion&#xA;import question&#xA;&#xA;if question.OP_using_Ubuntu() and &quot;Mint&quot; in question.text():&#xA;   question.vote_remain_open()&#xA;&#xA;else if not question.OP_using_Ubuntu:&#xA;   if question.not_specific_to_other_OS():   &#xA;       question.vote_remain_open()&#xA;&#xA;else:&#xA;   question.close()&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The simple question that I personally ask is this: &quot;Is the issue specific to whatever Ubuntu-based/Debian-based OS in question?&quot; (note the &quot;-based&quot; part). If yes, it's a sure sign to close as off-topic.  In cases such as traversing directory tree, shell scripting, renaming files, moving files, and other things which have no relation to the underlying workings of the operating system - in those cases the question is well applicable to Ubuntu, in many cases can be voted as duplicate, and as Kaz said in those cases mention of another OS can be removed altogether.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Different story arises with OS X, FreeBSD, RHEL, and CentOS - they have different package managers, OS X has different directory tree structure, and utilities/commands have options that are missing or behave differently. As such, solution that may well work for Ubuntu &amp;amp;&amp;amp; Mint &amp;amp;&amp;amp; Debian &amp;amp;&amp;amp; Elementary, won't work for those OS.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's really no silver bullet to this problem and it comes up over and over again, and when I had just around 1k reputation I've been hastily closing things myself. From experience, I can tell the solution is  for people to start reading questions and use discretion, focus on quality over quantity, and start actually caring about proper close-voting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="295286" LastEditorUserId="295286" LastEditDate="2017-10-27T22:24:37.313" LastActivityDate="2017-10-27T22:24:37.313" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17411" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17252" CreationDate="2017-10-27T23:39:29.137" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a UBports contributor, so i might be biased, but i think it would be great if new questions about Ubuntu Touch could still be accepted. Yes, Canonical is no longer maintaining Ubuntu Touch, but it's still very much alive in the community, and there's no reason that should change any time soon. ;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ubuntu is not only about Canonical, so I think the policy should not be that everything that Canonical doesn't directly support is off-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If Ubuntu Touch questions will be accepted here in the future, we would definitely advertise it more actively to Ubuntu Touch users again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One thing that the moderators and reviewers should pay attention to is that the Ubuntu Touch tag should only used for questions that are actually about Ubuntu Touch, not questions about using other Ubuntu flavors with a touch-screen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="624521" LastEditorUserId="624521" LastEditDate="2018-02-02T11:17:11.697" LastActivityDate="2018-02-02T11:17:11.697" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17413" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17397" CreationDate="2017-10-28T07:17:08.447" Score="-2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I totally agree with Eliah but I would say we need to add a few thingsto the tour page. Also make the banner more cacthing so people wanted to read it.&#xA;Example: Read the tour page to earn reputaion. Also we need like a whole group to ask for the banner so it would be taken.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user750983" LastActivityDate="2017-10-28T07:17:08.447" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17414" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="119" CreationDate="2017-10-28T07:30:42.920" Score="-2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would say that if it is specifically about ubuntu server then yes. If we want to be a better community we should answer more. So people would come to Ask Ubuntu as a first resource.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user750983" LastEditorUserId="8698" LastEditDate="2017-10-30T12:21:38.987" LastActivityDate="2017-10-30T12:21:38.987" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17415" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17408" CreationDate="2017-10-29T07:26:37.687" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;No you are not doing anything wrong. But that is only 2 questions they might have gone unnoticed or the people that viewed it don't know the answer. Keep posting to Ask Ubuntu and you will get answered. :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user750983" LastActivityDate="2017-10-29T07:26:37.687" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17416" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17401" CreationDate="2017-10-29T07:35:45.987" Score="-2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You are right. I think we should chage the reputation needed to vote higher and maybe commenting too? When I came here I was not cool about having to earn reputation but the ugly comments made me mad more. So yeah i would say we need to change ob how much reputation needed to vote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user750983" LastActivityDate="2017-10-29T07:35:45.987" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17417" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17401" CreationDate="2017-10-29T10:30:18.303" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I agree with you that the number of incorrect* &lt;em&gt;off-topic - not about Ubuntu&lt;/em&gt; close votes has seemed particularly high of late. In addition to the two you mentioned, I've noticed that questions about Firefox and LibreOffice, questions asking for software recommendations, questions about text-processing, questions about dual-boot systems, questions about WSL, and questions that relate to hardware compatibility in some way, have received off-topic close votes and comments saying &amp;quot;this is not about Ubuntu&amp;quot; &amp;quot;this isn't specific to Ubuntu&amp;quot; &amp;quot;Hardware is off-topic here&amp;quot; &amp;quot;Software recommendations are off-topic here&amp;quot; &amp;quot;Windows is off-topic here&amp;quot;, and so on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;* by incorrect, I mean, there is a reasonable consensus expressed in terms of upvoted posts here on meta, and a body of open, answered questions on the site, which upholds that questions of that kind are on-topic and acceptable here.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Eliah Kagan suggested a general explanation for this issue &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/39658666#39658666&quot;&gt;in chat&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think, vaguely speaking, review choices that involve knowing and correctly applying a policy (like, are questions about X on-topic according to the rules of the site?) can be made in two ways. Really there is something of a continuum between the two and this is about actions (which is my main point, the system does not adequately improve the actions that make up review). This is not a divide between the &amp;quot;good reviewers&amp;quot; and the &amp;quot;bad reviewers.&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(A) by carefully checking that the policy is correct and, when there is any dispute or even a sign dispute or confusion might arise, providing a citation and&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(B) carelessly translating personal feelings of whether or not a post is Ubuntuy enough into a review and--sometimes--an actual comment making unsupported claims about site policy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And the problem is that (B) will always win out over (A) overall, because it is faster and easier and requires less energy and time and commitment to make review and commenting choices that fall under (B) than those that fall under (A).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't know how to fix this problem. But I would encourage people who want to review and use close votes to consider searching the help center and/or meta for policy when voting to close if they are in any doubt at all. When informing someone that their question is off-topic, it helps both the OP and other reviewers if we link to the policy stating that it is indeed off-topic. This also prevents us from carelessly making unsubstantiated statements and incorrectly voting to close (because we won't be able to find the link to the policy we think exists, if it doesn't exist :) ).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;As a side note, I resent the implication in your question that people who apply wrong off-topic votes think they are &amp;quot;cleaning up&amp;quot;. Have they said that's what they are doing, as your quote marks seem to suggest? Please don't discourage people from improving the site by suggesting that cleaning up is synonymous with careless close-voting!&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2017-10-29T10:37:09.113" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17418" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17419" CreationDate="2017-11-01T23:12:11.840" Score="5" ViewCount="276" Body="&lt;p&gt;Prompted by &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/971870/how-to-merge-mutiny-mate-into-the-top-title-bar-like-unity-7-used-to-save-scree&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;, which I flagged as &quot;bug&quot;, it somehow doesn't feel right because the flag seems to be specific to &quot;bug reports&quot; and specific issues with an yet to be released version.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user692175" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2017-11-02T00:52:33.883" LastActivityDate="2017-11-09T01:09:02.907" Title="How to deal with &quot;feature request&quot; questions?" Tags="|discussion|scope|flagging|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17419" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17418" CreationDate="2017-11-01T23:40:26.713" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;If someone asks how to do something that can't be done, and you know it can't be done and you can explain why or at least demonstrate that it cannot, then you can answer the question. If it can't be done but you cannot answer in a  way that supports that in any way... well, then you might not know it can't be done. If something can't be done, or can but it's just a bad idea, then it is also reasonable to answer with an alternative--something else that's not quite what the OP asked for but which should achieve their goals. To avoid creating the impression that you're answering the wrong question, you can explain the relationship between what you recommend and what they asked for.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Whichever of these cases applies, a question about how to do something that there's no way to do is not the same thing as a request for developers to implement a feature for it.  A question does not beome a feature request merely by asking how to  do something that no feature has been implemented for. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/971870/how-to-merge-mutiny-mate-into-the-top-title-bar-like-unity-7-used-to-save-scree&quot;&gt;That question&lt;/a&gt; is not a feature request. (In this case, it also appears that it &lt;em&gt;can&lt;/em&gt; be done--but your meta question about what to do in such situations is still a good question.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For &lt;em&gt;actual&lt;/em&gt; feature requests, where someone posts on Ask Ubuntu to say what they want added to Ubuntu, that's not even a question. In cases where you're really sure that's what's going on, the best thing to do is to briefly explain or link to resources about how to file feature requests. In practice this is largely the same as if they had attempted to report a bug, because some missing features are effectively bugs, and because even feature requests that aren't bug reports at all are &lt;a href=&quot;https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;covered in the official page for bug reporting, which I suggest you link people to&lt;/a&gt;, even though the recommended course of action isn't to file a bug.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, sometimes users will ask &lt;em&gt;how&lt;/em&gt; to file a feature request, or they may ask a question about what they should do if they want a particular change made and the answer might turn out to be, &quot;File a feature request.&quot; (Ideally, with a bit more information included.) These are perfectly good questions for our site. Some may turn out to be duplicates, and others may require their own specific answers. This is similar to questions asking about how to report bugs, or if a particular behavior is considered a bug and ought to be reported.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2017-11-01T23:40:26.713" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17420" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-11-02T00:36:48.713" Score="40" ViewCount="517" Body="&lt;p&gt;... whoever manages / monitors this forum and removes the annoying spam health / medical rubbish which appears is doing a fantastic job.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is for Ubuntu questions, not 411 spam. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Keep up the good work, whoever reads this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="683272" OwnerDisplayName="Piloti" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2017-11-10T16:46:04.080" LastActivityDate="2017-11-10T16:46:04.080" Title="Thank you to whoever removes spam from Ask Ubuntu" Tags="|discussion|flagging|spam-handling|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17421" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17420" CreationDate="2017-11-02T01:54:29.757" Score="33" Body="&lt;p&gt;You're welcome! ;) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;We're an organization known as Charcoal, or Charcoal-SE. Check out our website &lt;a href=&quot;https://charcoal-se.org&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://charcoal-se.org&lt;/a&gt; for some amazing spam detection! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But seriously.... yeah, we're Charcoal, and that's our website. We detect spam all over the Stack Exchange network - not just Ask Ubuntu, but Stack Overflow, Super User, Math.SE, Bitcoin.SE, just to name a few, using a bot named &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/users/120914&quot;&gt;SmokeDetector&lt;/a&gt;. Essentially, the bot fetches every single post that's been posted or edited on the network, and puts it through a series of tests - mostly regular expressions developed by users who noticed patterns over the years. All of our code is on &lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/Charcoal-SE&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;GitHub&lt;/a&gt;, and we welcome all people who want to help us. Just pop into our chat room, &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/11540/charcoal-hq&quot;&gt;Charcoal HQ&lt;/a&gt; ;) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you're a statistics kind of person:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;We've detected &lt;a href=&quot;https://metasmoke.erwaysoftware.com/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&amp;amp;title=&amp;amp;body=&amp;amp;username=&amp;amp;why=&amp;amp;site=29&amp;amp;feedback=&amp;amp;autoflagged=&amp;amp;reason=&amp;amp;user_rep_direction=&amp;gt;%3D&amp;amp;user_reputation=0&amp;amp;commit=Search&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;a little over 10,000 posts&lt;/a&gt; on Ask Ubuntu &lt;em&gt;alone&lt;/em&gt;. Over 9,600 of those we determined to be spam. All over the network, we've detected 91,000+ posts, of which roughly ~74,000 were determined to be spam. That's... a lot. And you can find the content of these posts on &lt;a href=&quot;https://metasmoke.erwaysoftware.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://metasmoke.erwaysoftware.com&lt;/a&gt;, where we keep them to help us in detecting common spammers and other patterns, and hopefully help us refine our spam checks to be even more accurate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We're a volunteer organization, not officially supported by Stack Overflow, Inc. We do this because we don't like spam, and to keep browsing the site a better experience for users like &lt;em&gt;you&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://youtube.com/watch?v=79DijItQXMM&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;You're welcome!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="511730" LastActivityDate="2017-11-02T01:54:29.757" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17422" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17420" CreationDate="2017-11-02T09:13:20.680" Score="40" Body="&lt;p&gt;Not to put down &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/17421/527764&quot;&gt;Mithrandir's answer&lt;/a&gt; or Charcoal which indeed does a terrific job, but it's not only the awesome Charcoal folks and SmokeDetector who keep Ask Ubuntu clear of spam, it's also site moderators and &lt;strong&gt;normal users like you and me&lt;/strong&gt;. Until recently, every spam post had to be flagged by six site users (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges&quot;&gt;with at least 15 reputation&lt;/a&gt;) or one &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/site-moderators&quot;&gt;moderator&lt;/a&gt; to be deleted. Now, many spam posts receive 3 automatic flags through a mechanism developed by Charcoal, but &lt;strong&gt;they still need flags from human users to be deleted&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you see a spam post, please flag it! Most of them now disappear at lightning speed, but sometimes, for whatever reason, they end up hanging around for a while. It's up to the site's community to keep the site clean.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu is moderated by &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.blog/2009/05/18/a-theory-of-moderation/&quot;&gt;you&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2017-11-02T09:13:20.680" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17423" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-11-03T22:23:48.703" Score="1" ViewCount="46" Body="&lt;p&gt;I thought that I could set Ask Ubuntu to send me email notifications when one of my posts was answered, but now it doesn't, and I'm wondering if there's some way to enable that feature. Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="575914" OwnerDisplayName="Jim T" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2017-11-04T08:56:48.280" LastActivityDate="2017-11-04T08:56:48.280" Title="How do I get email notifications post reply from Ask Ubuntu?" Tags="|support|user-accounts|notifications|email|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2017-11-04T11:42:33.690" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17424" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-11-04T08:49:51.213" Score="8" ViewCount="128" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here on meta, we have separate &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/spam&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;spam&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;spam&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/spam-handling&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;spam-handling&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;spam-handling&lt;/a&gt; tags. They are not even synonyms. &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/spam+spam-handling&quot;&gt;A few questions&lt;/a&gt; are even tagged with both of them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since only seven questions in total are currently tagged &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/spam&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;spam&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;spam&lt;/a&gt;, three of which are &lt;em&gt;also&lt;/em&gt; tagged &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/spam-handling&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;spam-handling&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;spam-handling&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/spam-handling&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;spam-handling&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;spam-handling&lt;/a&gt; is the tag we've pretty much all been using lately, you might be wondering why I'm even asking this, rather than just retagging them all &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/spam-handling&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;spam-handling&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;spam-handling&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The reason is that &lt;strong&gt;I'd like to make &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/spam&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;spam&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;spam&lt;/a&gt; the main tag and &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/spam-handling&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;spam-handling&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;spam-handling&lt;/a&gt; the synonym&lt;/strong&gt;, for two reasons:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/40950257#40950257&quot;&gt;I've heard&lt;/a&gt; that's what other &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/298735/what-is-child-meta-in-stackexchange&quot;&gt;child metas&lt;/a&gt; use for this.&lt;strong&gt;*&lt;/strong&gt; I guess a &lt;a href=&quot;https://data.stackexchange.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;SEDE&lt;/a&gt; query could show this rigorously, but a quick look through the &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackexchange.com/sites#traffic&quot;&gt;top sites&lt;/a&gt;' child metas seems to confirm it. The &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;network-wide meta site&lt;/a&gt; also uses &lt;em&gt;spam&lt;/em&gt; and not &lt;em&gt;spam-handling&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;There hasn't been a difference between &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/spam&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;spam&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;spam&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/spam-handling&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;spam-handling&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;spam-handling&lt;/a&gt;. But someone may ask a question about the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/promotion&quot;&gt;promotions policy&lt;/a&gt;, along the lines of &lt;em&gt;&quot;Would it be spam if I...?&quot;&lt;/em&gt; There, the topic of &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/spam&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;spam&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;spam&lt;/a&gt; applies, but the question is not really about &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/spam-handling&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;spam-handling&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;spam-handling&lt;/a&gt;. I don't think we want the granularity of separate tags, and &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/spam&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;spam&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;spam&lt;/a&gt; is the slightly broader one, so I think we should use that.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So long as we make one of the two tags a synonym of the other, I think the outcome is fine. But I think it would be &lt;em&gt;best&lt;/em&gt; if we used &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/spam&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;spam&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;spam&lt;/a&gt; as the main tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One benefit of making them synonyms instead of removing one of the tags from all the questions that have it is that we can avoid bumping a whole bunch of meta questions by editing (seven to detag &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/spam&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;spam&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;spam&lt;/a&gt;, and far more to detag &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/spam-handling&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;spam-handling&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;spam-handling&lt;/a&gt;). Bumping multiple meta questions has quite a visible effect since &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/16695/why-is-meta-slow&quot;&gt;meta is slow&lt;/a&gt;, though it's not actually &lt;em&gt;harmful&lt;/em&gt; to do so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A more important benefit of making them synonyms is that either tag is likely to come back regardless of what gets decided here: &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/spam-handling&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;spam-handling&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;spam-handling&lt;/a&gt; out of habit, and &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/spam&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;spam&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;spam&lt;/a&gt; because it's the obvious choice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;*&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;sub&gt;This post &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/posts/17424/revisions&quot;&gt;originally stated&lt;/a&gt; that the &lt;em&gt;spam&lt;/em&gt; tag was one of the tags that new sites' child metas are &lt;em&gt;created&lt;/em&gt; with, but that appears &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/233898/what-tags-exist-by-default-on-child-metas&quot;&gt;not to be the case&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2017-11-07T01:28:19.793" LastActivityDate="2017-11-07T01:28:19.793" Title="Can [spam] handle [spam-handling]?" Tags="|discussion|tags|tag-synonyms|meta|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17425" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17426" CreationDate="2017-11-04T11:32:17.020" Score="5" ViewCount="110" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just found out there's a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ubuntu-17.10&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ubuntu-17.10&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ubuntu-17.10&lt;/a&gt; tag with two questions currently. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think it's just a synonym of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/17.10&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;17.10&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;17.10&lt;/a&gt;. I have &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tags/17.10/synonyms&quot;&gt;suggested a tag synonym&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="480481" LastEditorUserId="25798" LastEditDate="2017-11-04T11:54:57.823" LastActivityDate="2017-11-04T11:54:57.823" Title="Tag synonyms: [17.10] and [ubuntu-17.10]" Tags="|discussion|tags|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17426" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17425" CreationDate="2017-11-04T11:40:20.300" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;We don't seem to have tags like that for other Ubuntu release numbers. No &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ubuntu-16.04&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ubuntu-16.04&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ubuntu-16.04&lt;/a&gt;, for example, just &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/16.04&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;16.04&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;16.04&lt;/a&gt;. Since there were only two questions tagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ubuntu-17.10&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ubuntu-17.10&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ubuntu-17.10&lt;/a&gt;, I've just retagged them to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/17.10&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;17.10&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;17.10&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The system will remove the tag after a while if it is not applied to any more questions. If it comes back and people start using it on multiple posts, I'd definitely support making it a synonym, but I somewhat doubt that will happen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2017-11-04T11:40:20.300" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17427" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-11-04T12:50:27.433" Score="10" ViewCount="453" Body="&lt;p&gt;Context: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/971884/revisions&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/posts/971884/revisions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I edited an answer of a user who got distracted and forgot the Markdown syntax, using &lt;code&gt;1)&lt;/code&gt; instead of &lt;code&gt;1.&lt;/code&gt; for writing an ordered list. Therefore the HTML code did not get generated correctly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I could have left a comment instead, but it is obvious that when you spot a typo or a honest small mistake the quickest thing to do is just editing it. Especially after reaching the 2000 rep mark, so you do not clutter the revisions queue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now the user reverted my edit and the formatting is &lt;strong&gt;wrong&lt;/strong&gt; again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to avoid an edit war. What is the best course of action?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="271" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2017-11-06T10:17:38.610" LastActivityDate="2017-11-08T14:53:33.127" Title="What should I do when a user persistently insists on poor formatting and resists formatting improvements?" Tags="|discussion|editing|formatting|markdown|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="9" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17428" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17427" CreationDate="2017-11-04T13:12:23.437" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;In this case I would suggest doing nothing, because the post is readable as it is. It would look prettier if its two list items were in an actual ordered list, but the &lt;code&gt;1)&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;2)&lt;/code&gt; formatting is readable here because both the list and the items in it are short. The formatting is only &quot;wrong&quot; if the actual &lt;em&gt;goal&lt;/em&gt; is to cause HTML code for an ordered list to be generated. That the author undid that part of your edit suggests that they don't want this. Although authors don't have final say about the content of their posts against established policy or strong community consensus, I don't think there's an actual &lt;em&gt;problem&lt;/em&gt; here that needs to be solved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that this is specific to that particular post. I am not saying that &lt;em&gt;all&lt;/em&gt; instances of authors undoing formatting improvements can or should be ignored. Unless it's already clear or there's some reason to think it would go badly, in cases where it actually matters I would suggest using a comment to ask the author (politely) why they've reverted the improvements. It would definitely be appropriate and acceptable to do that here. I just think in this case it doesn't matter all that much.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The biggest real problem with the post's original formatting wasn't the absence of ordered list formatting, but that &lt;em&gt;everything&lt;/em&gt; was scrunched up together, with two trailing spaces used to create a line break rather than a paragraph break. It was somewhat hard to see where the list actually started. The original formatting used this Markdown:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;14.04 is 3 1/2 years old, so two possibilities instantly come to mind.  &#xA;1) The software is no longer available.  &#xA;2) The software is no longer compatible with 14.04 because of updates. ie it depends on newer libraries.&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your formatting used this Markdown:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;14.04 is 3 1/2 years old, so two possibilities instantly come to mind.&#xA;&#xA;1. The software is no longer available.  &#xA;2. The software is no longer compatible with 14.04 because of updates. ie it depends on newer libraries.&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Notice that you did not merely change &lt;code&gt;1)&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;2)&lt;/code&gt; to &lt;code&gt;1.&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;2.&lt;/code&gt;; you also added a blank line to separate them. You had to do this to make the list formatting work... but I would consider that blank line, rather than the list formatting itself, to have been the more important improvement in this case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The current formatting is not actually a rollback. The blank line is retained:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;14.04 is 3 1/2 years old, so two possibilities instantly come to mind.&#xA;&#xA;1) The software is no longer available.  &#xA;2) The software is no longer compatible with 14.04 because of updates. ie it depends on newer libraries.&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is reflected in the way the post is displayed. The list is clearly separated from the sentence that introduces it. Thus your efforts have not actually been wasted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a final thought, if the post were edited more extensively--in some way that would be appropriate even if the current concern about formatting did not apply--I think it would be fine to reformat the list, too. But I wouldn't suggest anyone do that unless they were going to anyway.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2017-11-04T13:12:23.437" CommentCount="13" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17429" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17404" CreationDate="2017-11-04T21:00:59.910" Score="-4" Body="&lt;p&gt;If the user is using Linux Mint and the question concerns a package supplied from the Ubuntu repositories (the overwhelming majority of packages on a Linux Mint system are from the Ubuntu repostory) then the question is relevant and should not be closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However if the question concerns a package which is installed from the Linux Mint repositories or maybe a package whose configuration settings have been changed by a /etc/linuxmint/adjustments script (which number a mere 20 and in most cases are cosmetic but grub 10_linux is one of them) then sensible discretion should be applied in closing the question as &quot;off topic&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Obviously LMDE (Linux Mint Debian Edition) is not Ubuntu based and questions concerning that are in general going to be off-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="264901" LastActivityDate="2017-11-04T21:00:59.910" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17430" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17432" CreationDate="2017-11-06T19:45:40.643" Score="11" ViewCount="207" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just failed &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/first-posts/772995&quot;&gt;my first audit&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/966987/indicator-icons-do-not-appear-after-upgrade-to-ubuntu-17-10&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I got the question in first post review where it was displayed without any comment, I began writing a comment suggesting to add a screenshot to clearify and draw attention. After that I wanted to upvote and move on, but instead I already failed the audit just because of my comment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How is adding a comment wrong? I was under the impression that no matter whether the question is good or bad a comment suggesting useful improvements should always be appropriate. It's not as if I was up to leave a “Way to go” comment…&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="507051" LastEditorUserId="507051" LastEditDate="2017-11-07T08:50:34.940" LastActivityDate="2017-11-07T08:50:34.940" Title="Adding a comment = audit failed?" Tags="|discussion|bug|review-audits|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="17" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17432" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17430" CreationDate="2017-11-06T21:41:56.963" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;Don't fret, you're not alone, all of us have failed the occasional tricky audit. Some of them are, what I call bad audits, but to stop people from robot reviewing they are a good thing and that is what counts. Being myself annoyed with audits from time to time, yep even failing some. Doesn't keep me from reviewing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One rule of thumb you should go for when reviewing, when in doubt, re-read the question or answer in its original form, this is what the Link link is for beside it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Check its edit history if your still in doubt then, maybe a flag or vote was cast on an question/answer in a much worse state and an edit resolved that later on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And all be the way you will catch the audits in most cases and not fail them. so you payed attention to an question/answer. As we should put research into our questions we ask and answers we give, reviewing others needs as well the same kind of research.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="522934" LastEditorUserId="522934" LastEditDate="2017-11-06T22:21:20.037" LastActivityDate="2017-11-06T22:21:20.037" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17433" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-11-07T16:00:59.993" Score="4" ViewCount="41" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just came across &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/first-posts/773320&quot;&gt;this review audit&lt;/a&gt; which really confused me a lot. My first urge was to flag it and this confronted me with the following dialog (see screen-shot):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/9HNUX.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/9HNUX.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I finally simply down-voted this and passed the audit this way, but that would not have been an ideal choice in a real first post review. So is this a bug? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="522934" LastActivityDate="2017-11-07T16:00:59.993" Title="Very confusing audit (maybe a bug?)" Tags="|bug|review|review-audits|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17434" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-11-07T19:39:57.977" Score="-8" ViewCount="93" Body="&lt;p&gt;Having edits appear immediately requires a certain reputation. However, most of the edits I suggest get approved. Wouldn't it be better to have this privilege be based on edit quality rather than reputation? Something like, edits you make become public immediately after you have made 20 approved edits?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="711310" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2017-11-07T21:19:24.763" LastActivityDate="2017-11-08T10:22:10.763" Title="Why is the ability to edit freely based on reputation?" Tags="|feature-request|reputation|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17435" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17434" CreationDate="2017-11-07T19:47:13.147" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;20 approved edits is IMO a far to low threshold. This reputation system is designed so you have to be on the site for a while to gain rights to do that. And 20 approved edits you could achieve in under a day if you're keen for it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And then having this right would simply give you the ability to deface questions/answers. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sure this might get caught quick but to prevent that the system is designed as it is, having different hurdles to bring you slowly into moderation of the site. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="522934" LastEditorUserId="522934" LastEditDate="2017-11-07T21:20:12.647" LastActivityDate="2017-11-07T21:20:12.647" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17436" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17437" CreationDate="2017-11-07T19:50:56.977" Score="1" ViewCount="41" Body="&lt;p&gt;For the large amount of questions that contain more than one answer, how does the Ask Ubuntu system decide which answers appear on top of others?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="711310" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2017-11-07T20:30:37.520" LastActivityDate="2017-11-07T20:30:37.520" Title="How are answers ranked?" Tags="|support|answers|user-interface|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2017-11-07T21:15:58.487" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17437" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17436" CreationDate="2017-11-07T19:55:45.247" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Depends on the sorting you choose,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Votes, oldest or active. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Look top right above the answers&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/uW8SR.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/uW8SR.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastActivityDate="2017-11-07T19:55:45.247" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17439" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17434" CreationDate="2017-11-07T22:02:46.670" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;The reason this is based on reputation is because reputation indicates &lt;em&gt;general trust&lt;/em&gt; on the network. Editing is one of the most fundamental (and dangerous) powers on this site. Upon reaching the 2000 rep threshold, you would have the ability to change &lt;em&gt;any&lt;/em&gt; post on the site however you want.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Assuming you don't have any reputation cap overages, this means you would have had to spend &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;ten days, and reach the maximum daily reputation on each one of those days,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; on the site before earning this privilege. In those ten days of extreme activity, it's believed that you reasonably know what a good post looks like, and how to make them. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Twenty edits is nothing. If we gave this power to anyone with only 20 edits, they can make changes that would potentially go undiscovered for a long time. Forcing people through the queue until they reach this point makes sure that they know what they're doing, and that we as a community can push editors in the right direction so that they will be able to work effectively once they hit the 2000 rep mark.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to your own account, the four months you've been here has resulted in 31 edit suggestions from your account. 25 of those were accepted and 6 were rejected.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just today, we've had a total of 55 edits come through the review queue. Someone can do twenty edits in a period of a few hours provided they've tried.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2017-11-08T10:22:10.763" LastActivityDate="2017-11-08T10:22:10.763" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17440" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17427" CreationDate="2017-11-08T02:42:58.160" Score="-10" Body="&lt;p&gt;As can be seen from the following images, my formatting is not incorrect. The use of the parentheses is formally accepted. And since the text is less than one line, paragraph blocking is unnecessary and unwanted. Changing the parenthesis to a period makes no improvement to the post. The period does not noticeably separate the numbering from the text, and looks atrocious to me as a period is used in the 3rd sublevel iteration. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now as Eliah stated in his answer, quit editing my posts frivolously. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://cybertext.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/numbers_011.png&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://images.tips.net/S01/Figs/T32F2.jpg&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/9QDQc.jpg&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/8YCOu.gif&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Pfv2f.png&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="694267" LastEditorUserId="25798" LastEditDate="2017-11-08T14:53:33.127" LastActivityDate="2017-11-08T14:53:33.127" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17441" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17418" CreationDate="2017-11-09T01:09:02.907" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure if I'm strictly adhering to on-topic here but there are many instances when someone asks for a new feature and Serge or someone else (in the rare case myself) will write a solution for them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is probably a case of a &quot;new function&quot; or &quot;new program&quot; request though. There are people who can / will take an existing full-fledged application and can modify the code for you / them but I honestly don't know how often this happens as I'm rather Git-Hub-Fork-Challenged so far.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another thing to consider is there might be another way of accomplishing the end goal without following the &quot;feature request&quot; game plan of the questioner.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I guess my answer is we should be tolerant / open-minded about &quot;feature requests&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="307523" LastActivityDate="2017-11-09T01:09:02.907" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17442" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-11-09T03:10:14.810" Score="6" ViewCount="90" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/974528#974530&quot;&gt;A deleted answer marked as spam&lt;/a&gt; shows a &quot;show 1 more comment&quot; link, but &lt;strong&gt;clicking the link does not show the comment&lt;/strong&gt;. Reloading the page does not make the problem go away. The deletion itself is correct, and I absolutely don't want these spam posts brought back, but this behavior from the UI is unusual, and seems like it may be a bug. I'm unsure if there really is a comment, but if there is, it seems to me that there's little value in telling me about it if I am not permitted to view it. Or if it is intended that I &lt;em&gt;should&lt;/em&gt; be able to see it, then my inability to do so is the bug.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/moderator-tools&quot;&gt;10k user&lt;/a&gt;, I can view deleted posts. When a post has a &lt;em&gt;spam&lt;/em&gt; or &lt;em&gt;rude or abusive&lt;/em&gt; flag raised on it at the time of its deletion, the post body is hidden, which is usually convenient. I am still permitted to view it, however, if I click through to the revision history. Then I can see all revisions of the post, including the most recent one (most  often there's only one for such posts, anyway).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I view the page on which the post had appeared and where it is kindly hidden from my comfort, &quot;comments disabled on deleted / locked posts / reviews&quot; always appears after the post. This makes sense, because this appears below &lt;em&gt;all&lt;/em&gt; deleted posts, and also because when a post is actually deleted by red &lt;em&gt;spam&lt;/em&gt; or &lt;em&gt;rude or abusive&lt;/em&gt; flags (six from community members or one from a moderator), the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/-1/community&quot;&gt;Community&lt;/a&gt; bot is what technically performs the deletion, and it locks the post, too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That exact quoted text--&quot;comments disabled on deleted / locked posts / reviews&quot;--appears below locked or deleted posts in other situations. &lt;strong&gt;But anyone who may view the post can still view the comments in such situations.&lt;/strong&gt; So I conclude that it's &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; trying to tell me that I can't view the comments, only that I cannot post new ones.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In contrast, in the case of one particular question and answer that were deleted as spam, I am offered the opportunity to &quot;show 1 more comment&quot; but clicking the link simply makes it go away and turns &quot;comments disabled on deleted / locked posts / reviews&quot; from orange to the  usual gray.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/X3qcD.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/X3qcD.png&quot; alt=&quot;Screenshot of the question and answer described above, with the contents hidden and the unusual &amp;quot;show 1 more comment&amp;quot; link emphasized through the use of a double freehand circle.&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure precisely how the answer was deleted. The first action I took on that question and answer was to downvote them. Their scores were already negative at that time, perhaps from other users' spam flags. Upon further consideration, I felt satisfied that they were spam--with the question as a spam speed and the answer as the actual link-spam payload--and I flagged both posts as spam. My recollection is that they were not deleted immediately as the result of those flags. But they were deleted soon after.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since they both show the exact same deletion time in the tooltip that appears when I hover my mouse pointer over the word &quot;deleted&quot; on each, this suggests the question was deleted due to &lt;em&gt;spam&lt;/em&gt; flags and the answer's deleted status is due to the deletion of the question. Perhaps that's the only case where the system's strange behavior of teasing me about a comment I cannot view occurs. Can anyone either explain this or confirm that it is considered a bug?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2017-11-09T03:10:14.810" Title="Why does the site tease me about a comment I can't view?" Tags="|bug|comments|deleted-questions|spam-handling|deleted-answers|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17443" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-11-10T09:01:05.440" Score="1" ViewCount="61" Body="&lt;p&gt;This discussion had started in &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/41064846#41064846&quot;&gt;chat&lt;/a&gt;. And I thought I'd move it here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/974606/how-to-view-huge-text-file-via-vi-or-gedit&quot;&gt;This question&lt;/a&gt; currently has 4 close votes. I had previously &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/close/773921&quot;&gt;reviewed&lt;/a&gt; it and selected &quot;Leave Open&quot;. The review ended with 3 &quot;Leave Open&quot; votes and 1 &quot;Close&quot; vote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now I know when voting to close a question outside the review queue, the vote doesn't show in the review. But since the review ended as &quot;Leave Open&quot;, why don't those 4 close votes get reset as well?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2017-11-10T10:47:32.507" LastActivityDate="2017-11-10T10:47:32.507" Title="Why don't close votes reset on a question when the review ends?" Tags="|discussion|review|vote-to-close|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17444" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17443" CreationDate="2017-11-10T09:32:07.843" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;They don't reset &lt;em&gt;immediately&lt;/em&gt;. They begin to age away immediately, however, and in ~1 week or so, will be gone. From &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/166124/270345&quot;&gt;this Meta SE post&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;[W]hen the aging task fires it just looks at every post that has at&#xA;  least 100 views where all outstanding close votes are older than 4&#xA;  days, and every post where all outstanding close votes are older than&#xA;  14 days regardless of the view count.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Then it deletes the oldest close vote. A day later, it runs again and&#xA;  does the same thing, until either another close vote shows up, or all&#xA;  the close votes are deleted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;[If] you get enough &quot;Leave Open&quot; or &quot;Leave Closed&quot; votes to complete&#xA;  the review, that also starts the aging process immediately - so four&#xA;  days after the last close or reopen vote was cast, they'll start&#xA;  getting deleted at the rate of one per day until they're all gone or a&#xA;  new one is added.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also note that &quot;leave open&quot; votes don't &quot;cancel&quot; close votes. No matter how many leave open votes the post got, it still needs only 5 normal close votes (not counting dupehammers, mod votes, agreeing to dupe, etc.).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2017-11-10T09:32:07.843" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17445" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17443" CreationDate="2017-11-10T10:44:20.863" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is not &lt;em&gt;per se&lt;/em&gt; a defense of the specific details of the current system, because there are several designs that  I think could work well, and the current design is not necessarily optimal. With that said...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should be &lt;strong&gt;much more willing&lt;/strong&gt; to do things that have the effect of kicking a question from the Close queue than to &lt;em&gt;reset&lt;/em&gt; the existing close votes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you cannot tell how a review item should be handled,  or just feel like  skipping it, then of  course you can always click Skip, but...&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If the evidence to support closure is insufficient and you don't know of any separate reason to close, vote Leave Open...&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Unless an edit would make the lack of support for closure more apparent, in which case you should click Edit.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If the question would qualify for closure but you can &lt;em&gt;fix&lt;/em&gt; the problems by editing instead, click Edit.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If the question qualifies for closure, either for the reasons suggested so far or for another reason, click Close. Even if it looks like the OP can edit it to fix the problem, you should still click Close unless, perhaps, you know such an edit is &lt;em&gt;immediately&lt;/em&gt; forthcoming (in which case you could click Skip).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Enough Leave Open reviews drop an item from the queue. &lt;em&gt;A single&lt;/em&gt; Edit review drops the item from review. You should be willing to perform these actions when they are appropriate, even if you suspect that &lt;em&gt;later&lt;/em&gt; the question might need to be closed, and even if you find yourself in disagreement with other users. &lt;strong&gt;If close votes were immediately cleared from questions when they left the Close queue, then you would likely not be willing enough to do those things.&lt;/strong&gt; The ironic result might be that &lt;em&gt;more&lt;/em&gt; questions would be wrongly closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2017-11-10T10:44:20.863" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17446" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-11-10T16:07:18.493" Score="0" ViewCount="68" Body="&lt;p&gt;I thought about creating a &quot;question&quot; in order to remind (or &quot;honour&quot;) all the old Ubuntu releases (4.10 Warthy - 16.10 Yakkety).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But this question is mostly like a discussion one, not an answerable one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The asking help on the right side says that I can only ask questions which can be answered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I ask this kind of question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="646645" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2017-11-10T16:50:56.727" LastActivityDate="2017-11-10T17:24:32.567" Title="Can I ask a question on Ask Ubuntu about all the old distros?" Tags="|discussion|support|scope|asking-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17447" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17446" CreationDate="2017-11-10T16:38:07.783" Score="5" Body="&lt;h3&gt;If it's not a question at all...&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If what you are contemplating posting is not an actual question at all, then it's unlikely that it would be reasonable to &amp;quot;ask&amp;quot; it on Ask Ubuntu. At least not on the main site. There's considerable leeway about this &lt;em&gt;here on meta&lt;/em&gt;, but only in the sense that not everything has to be a question. Scope still applies here, so I expect we would close a &amp;quot;list of Ubuntu releases&amp;quot; question here, on the grounds that it's not about &lt;em&gt;this site.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Therefore, from your description, it sounds like the post you're interested in creating might be suitable neither on main nor on meta. But your description is vague, so it's hard for me to be sure.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have an &lt;em&gt;actual question&lt;/em&gt;, and the question can be answered based more on facts and experience than on opinion, then your question will probably not be closed as &amp;quot;primarily opinion-based.&amp;quot; Unlike here on meta, on the main site questions are expected to be answerable, at least in principle, even though occasionally a question is &lt;em&gt;hard&lt;/em&gt; to answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;If it's a question involving old stuff...&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions about Ubuntu history are on-topic. This includes questions about what distros have existed, what they were called, when they were released,  and--so long as it's a specific question--what features they introduced. I am reasonably sure--and certainly hope--that it also includes questions about official Ubuntu resources related to them, such as where official old documentation may be read and where old ISO images may still be downloaded.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, questions about specific problems or tasks using end-of-life releases--that is, where the release became unsupported before the question was asked--are off-topic. The exception is if it is asking how to upgrade to a supported release. In &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;the help&lt;/a&gt;, the last item listed under &lt;strong&gt;Questions that you should avoid&lt;/strong&gt; is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Support for versions for Ubuntu releases past their Support or &amp;quot;End of Life&amp;quot; (EOL) — unless the question is asking how to upgrade to a supported release.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;If it would be a question about what all the releases have been...&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you're contemplating &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/self-answer&quot;&gt;asking and answering&lt;/a&gt; a &lt;strong&gt;What are all the Ubuntu releases?&lt;/strong&gt; question, that's on-topic and I see nothing wrong with it, except that you should search hard first, because I suspect we already have one. It might also be considered a duplicate of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/382579/where-can-i-find-the-status-of-the-released-versions-of-ubuntu&quot;&gt;Where can I find the status of the released versions of Ubuntu?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, while I think there's nothing &lt;em&gt;wrong&lt;/em&gt; with such a question, it will never replace &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases&lt;/a&gt; as the go-to source of information for all releases ever, their current status, when and how they were supported, and their release notes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, one correction: you say that the &amp;quot;old releases&amp;quot; are 4.10 Warthy - 16.10 Yakkety. Usually the phrase &amp;quot;old releases&amp;quot; is used to mean &amp;quot;end-of-life releases.&amp;quot; If that's what you mean, you should know that Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Xenial Xerus and even Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Trusty Tahr are still supported today. 16.04 is even the current LTS release; many, if not most Ubuntu users, run that. (If instead by &amp;quot;old releases&amp;quot; you mean &amp;quot;all but the latest,&amp;quot; then that would include Ubuntu 17.04, since Ubuntu 17.10 is out.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2017-11-10T17:24:32.567" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17448" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17452" CreationDate="2017-11-10T23:00:39.320" Score="4" ViewCount="91" Body="&lt;p&gt;Could I ask for another tag synonym for symbolic-link, that is soft-link. Reference &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbolic_link&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Wikipedia Symbolic Link&lt;/a&gt;. I don't have enough reputation to work with tags yet. I came across this because I am new to Ubuntu. In working on a problem I read articles referring to soft links as opposed to hard links.  When I went to tag my question with soft-link I was surprised there wasn't one.  So then I had to research more and finally learned that a soft link is another name for a symbolic link.  Adding this additional synonym will help other newbies.  Someone with a 2500 reputation (required for a tag) would probably never consider this. They'd know to use the symbolic link tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="735328" LastActivityDate="2017-11-11T19:24:12.167" Title="Tag synonym request: [soft-link] -&gt; [symbolic-link]" Tags="|discussion|tags|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17449" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17450" CreationDate="2017-11-11T13:13:53.560" Score="18" ViewCount="404" Body="&lt;p&gt;Recently in the edit queue, there have been edits that only add &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;!-- language: bash --&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; to the post. These edits are made by the same user. And often 5-10 at a time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is the color highlighting of code really a necessary edit? Presently I have been skipping them because I don't know if this should be considered an improvement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Example:&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/774796&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/774796&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="694267" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2017-11-14T11:57:26.783" Title="What to do with &lt;!-- language: bash --&gt; edits?" Tags="|discussion|suggested-edits|code-formatting|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17450" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17449" CreationDate="2017-11-11T14:15:54.630" Score="20" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, syntax highlighting of anything more than a couple of lines is a readability improvement. While the software used to apply syntax highlighting isn't all that great, it has rendered obvious some syntax problems in a few cases. Such edits don't fit under the usual reject reasons, certainly not the reason that says the edit doesn't improve the post at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2017-11-11T14:15:54.630" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17451" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17449" CreationDate="2017-11-11T17:01:05.567" Score="18" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just look at the examples. Does it matter?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/uuaiP.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/uuaiP.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are used to read syntax highlighting in a specific language: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;YES&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The other way around, on e.g. a &lt;code&gt;.desktop&lt;/code&gt; file, (default bash) highlighting can be seriously distracting:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/HtuBE.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/HtuBE.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So yes, correct syntax highlighting is i.m.o. one of the most important tools to improve readability, and I love those edits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="72216" LastEditDate="2017-11-11T21:50:29.707" LastActivityDate="2017-11-11T21:50:29.707" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17452" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17448" CreationDate="2017-11-11T19:24:12.167" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;This seems like a reasonable request. If you were confused by this, presumably others might be as well. I've now created the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/soft-link&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;soft-link&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;soft-link&lt;/a&gt; as a synonym of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/symlink&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;symlink&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;symlink&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you now try to tag something with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/soft-link&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;soft-link&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;soft-link&lt;/a&gt;, it will be tagged with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/symbolic-link&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;symbolic-link&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;symbolic-link&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2017-11-11T19:24:12.167" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17453" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17449" CreationDate="2017-11-12T14:38:40.550" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I also came across edits of this type and treated them as follows:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Approve&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;if the edit actually &lt;strong&gt;improved&lt;/strong&gt; the post by triggering correct syntax highlighting while it wasn't possible to just add a tag, e.g. an answer contains a &lt;code&gt;bash&lt;/code&gt; script while the question isn't really about &lt;code&gt;bash&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Reject&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;if the syntax highlighting &lt;strong&gt;was already fine&lt;/strong&gt; before the edit, e.g. an answer contains a &lt;code&gt;bash&lt;/code&gt; script, but the question is already (or can be → Reject and Edit) tagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/bash&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;bash&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;bash&lt;/a&gt; and is unlikely to lose this tag – the edit did not produce any visible improvement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;These edits are made by the same user.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A thought about this part of your question which seems to have disappeared over the whole yes-we-really-need-syntax-highlighting discussion: The ones I encountered also were merely, if not all, from &lt;em&gt;that exact user&lt;/em&gt;. At first glance it may seem like a loophole to quickly gain lots of reputation, but:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you can't just go through every &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/command-line&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;command-line&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;command-line&lt;/a&gt; question and blindly add &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;!-- language: bash --&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; to every piece of code you encounter, there is definitely work involved&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;no matter how much work is needed in the end, an edit improving a post is worth a reward no matter what&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="507051" LastEditorUserId="507051" LastEditDate="2017-11-14T11:57:26.783" LastActivityDate="2017-11-14T11:57:26.783" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17454" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17449" CreationDate="2017-11-14T03:19:27.340" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here's just my 2-cents on this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;color highlighting improves clarity and readability of code, hence improves clarity and readability of the edited post, makes it easier to read (&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/15434/295286&quot;&gt;related post&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;they're not destructive and don't alter original content&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;they change wall-of-text code into easier to read code (bullet point 2 from &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/103/295286&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;posts where multiple languages are used can benefit from added syntax highlighting; in fact, I frequently post answers that provide solutions in bash, perl, python, and others, and syntax highlighting helps distinguishing the syntax of each solution.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;merely using tags as &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/17453/295286&quot;&gt;dessert's answer&lt;/a&gt; suggests can work for single-language posts ( IMHO ), but not in multi-language posts, plus &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/17449/what-to-do-with-language-bash-edits/17453?noredirect=1#comment36232_17453&quot;&gt;as Zanna pointed out&lt;/a&gt; - tags can be removed. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Personally, I see absolutely no problem whatsoever with such edits. In fact, feel free to edit my answers any time just to add syntax high-lighting. I've like 1699 answers by this point, and prettyfying that many is time consuming :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="295286" LastEditorUserId="295286" LastEditDate="2017-11-14T09:14:48.567" LastActivityDate="2017-11-14T09:14:48.567" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17455" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17493" CreationDate="2017-11-14T20:46:47.160" Score="12" ViewCount="121" Body="&lt;p&gt;Recently, I discovered the existence of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/key&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;key&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;key&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This tag is currently being used for both cryptographic keys (SSH/GPG/RSA/etc.) as well as keys on one's keyboard.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A tag that functions like this has, in my opinion, no reason to exist. The tag is simply too generic and is better handled by other tags.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For the cryptographic example, most questions can be tagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ssh&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ssh&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ssh&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/gpg&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;gpg&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;gpg&lt;/a&gt;, etc. For keyboards, valid tags would be (obviously) &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/keyboard&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;keyboard&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;keyboard&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/keyboard-shortcuts&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;keyboard-shortcuts&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;keyboard-shortcuts&lt;/a&gt;, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Due to the nature of this tag, it's probably bad to synonymize it and it's bad to keep around. However, I don't think blacklisting is (yet) a viable option. Perhaps just deleting/retagging the existing tag will suffice?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastActivityDate="2017-11-29T20:18:57.427" Title="Re-keying [key] to be more useful" Tags="|discussion|tags|burnination-request|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17457" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-11-15T07:09:35.260" Score="-5" ViewCount="97" Body="&lt;p&gt;Many times I have tried to find the posts I have made and find myself having to go into my profile and look at the Questions section to find my questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It would be easier if Ask Ubuntu had a button that takes you directly to your asked questions giving you a list of questions you have asked from your most recent to your first question on Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A &quot;My Questions&quot; button next to the &quot;Ask Questions&quot; button.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think this added functionality would greatly improve Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="740098" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2017-11-15T09:41:43.117" LastActivityDate="2017-11-15T22:49:08.607" Title="A &quot;My Questions&quot; button next to the &quot;Ask Question&quot; button" Tags="|feature-request|user-interface|profile-page|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17458" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17457" CreationDate="2017-11-15T09:40:17.350" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's not just your questions that would be useful to have fast access to. It's also your answers, and your favorites (i.e., questions you have starred), and the list of all actions that you have done on the site, and the list of all your accounts across the Stack Exchange network, and so forth.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's why your profile exists and why no page on Ask Ubuntu is ever more than a single click away from it. Note that you may not actually need to view your list of questions. If you specifically want to get to a &lt;em&gt;recent&lt;/em&gt; question, those appear directly in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/current?tab=topactivity&quot;&gt;the activity tab of your profile&lt;/a&gt;, which is the page shown to you when you go to your profile while logged in. However, you very well &lt;em&gt;may&lt;/em&gt; need to see all of them. I believe you should be able to make your web browser show a clickable link to that page at all times. For example, you can place in a &quot;bookmarks bar.&quot; Depending on what browser you use, you may also be able to pin it to your start page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is to say that I agree with some of &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/17457/a-my-questions-button-next-to-the-ask-question-button#comment36272_17457&quot;&gt;muru's thoughts&lt;/a&gt; on this. There's just nothing special enough about user's &lt;em&gt;questions&lt;/em&gt; that make it so that they, and not any of several other parts of their profile, ought to be linked to directly. There's no reason to think that this would justify a change that might not be useful to many other users, especially since you can use your browser to provide you with similarly quick access to the page. With that said, perhaps it will &lt;em&gt;ultimately&lt;/em&gt; be more useful to customize the way the Stack Exchange interface is shown to you &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackapps.com/&quot;&gt;through a user script&lt;/a&gt;, though I'm not sure if there are any existing scripts that would give you quite what you want.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="186134" LastEditDate="2017-11-15T22:49:08.607" LastActivityDate="2017-11-15T22:49:08.607" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17459" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17460" CreationDate="2017-11-15T11:29:35.480" Score="2" ViewCount="72" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/888497&quot;&gt;snap-confine refuses to launch application to avoid permission attack&lt;/a&gt; is a non-Ubuntu question about snap configuration (or maybe a snap bug). Please:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;migrate to &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;https://unix.stackexchange.com&lt;/a&gt;, or&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;merge with &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/379421&quot;&gt;https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/379421&lt;/a&gt; (same error message but framed around a kernel issue)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7146" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2018-05-14T08:13:46.897" LastActivityDate="2018-05-14T08:13:46.897" Title="Please migrate/merge #888497 onto Unix &amp; Linux SE" Tags="|discussion|migration|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17460" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17459" CreationDate="2017-11-15T11:52:07.087" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm afraid we can do neither. Questions older than 60 days &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/10250/203101&quot;&gt;cannot be migrated&lt;/a&gt; and we can't merge without migrating.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Only questions which are less than 60 days old can be migrated; this rule also applies to moderators.&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sub&gt; After 60 days, migrations can only be performed by Stack Exchange employees. These are performed only in very, very rare procedural cases and are usually not done on request.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2017-11-15T11:52:07.087" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17461" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-11-15T20:11:58.430" Score="1" ViewCount="30" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/bash-history&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;bash-history&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;bash-history&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Refers to the history of commands that have been run previously in Bash.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/history&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;history&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;history&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The history command can be used to retrieve commands you have previously typed in a shell.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think the former could count as a synonym to the latter, however &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/history&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;history&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;history&lt;/a&gt; refers to &lt;em&gt;a shell&lt;/em&gt; in general – is this distinction important enough to keep these tags separated?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;If so, doesn't every question tagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/bash-history&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;bash-history&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;bash-history&lt;/a&gt; also need to be tagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/history&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;history&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;history&lt;/a&gt; then?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="507051" LastEditorUserId="507051" LastEditDate="2017-11-15T20:49:18.733" LastActivityDate="2017-11-15T20:49:18.733" Title="Is [tag:bash-history] a synonym for [tag:history]?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17463" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-11-16T16:02:33.417" Score="-3" ViewCount="149" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's really annoying, a user asked &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/976485/what-is-the-point-of-sh-being-linked-to-dash/&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I am wondering what the point of &lt;code&gt;sh&lt;/code&gt; being symbolic linked to &lt;code&gt;dash&lt;/code&gt; is? I understand that &lt;code&gt;dash&lt;/code&gt; is supposed to be faster than &lt;code&gt;bash&lt;/code&gt;, but I am uncertain why the original &lt;code&gt;sh&lt;/code&gt; shell isn't present in &lt;code&gt;sh&lt;/code&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Or if anything why isn't &lt;code&gt;sh&lt;/code&gt; linked to &lt;code&gt;bash&lt;/code&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I will admit my &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/revisions/976487/1&quot;&gt;first answer&lt;/a&gt; wasn't amazing, so I &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/976487/revisions&quot;&gt;edited it&lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/976487/527764&quot;&gt;the following&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;/bin/sh&lt;/code&gt; is linked to &lt;code&gt;/bin/dash&lt;/code&gt; for what I think is compatibility&#xA;  reasons. Many scripts simply start with &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;#!/bin/sh&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;so by moving to &lt;code&gt;dash&lt;/code&gt; and not making a symbolic link, a lot of&#xA;  scripts would fail to run properly. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The change was made from &lt;code&gt;bash&lt;/code&gt; to &lt;code&gt;dash&lt;/code&gt; because according to&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DashAsBinSh&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DashAsBinSh&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;    &lt;p&gt;The major reason to switch the default shell was efficiency. bash is an excellent full-featured shell appropriate for interactive use;&#xA;    indeed, it is still the default login shell. However, it is rather&#xA;    large and slow to start up and operate by comparison with dash. A&#xA;    large number of shell instances are started as part of the Ubuntu boot&#xA;    process. Rather than change each of them individually to run&#xA;    explicitly under /bin/dash, a change which would require significant&#xA;    ongoing maintenance and which would be liable to regress if not paid&#xA;    close attention, the Ubuntu core development team felt that it was&#xA;    best simply to change the default shell.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;sh&lt;/code&gt; is not linked to &lt;code&gt;bash&lt;/code&gt;, because&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;    &lt;p&gt;The Debian policy manual has long mandated that &quot;shell scripts specifying '/bin/sh' as interpreter must only use POSIX features&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you want to use &lt;code&gt;bash&lt;/code&gt; as &lt;code&gt;/bin/sh&lt;/code&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;    &lt;p&gt;If the problems are more widespread and you want to change the default system shell back, then you can instruct the package&#xA;    management system to stop installing dash as /bin/sh:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;sudo dpkg-reconfigure dash&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;There are some features that &lt;code&gt;dash&lt;/code&gt; provides that bash does not, as:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;    &lt;p&gt;there is even an outside chance that there are a few scripts that now depend on some feature of dash that bash does not provide!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/976487/527764&quot;&gt;my answer&lt;/a&gt; still got downvoted after this change! What's wrong with this? I answer the question asked with quotes from an official source!!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="711310" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2017-11-18T04:58:14.500" LastActivityDate="2017-11-19T08:05:45.573" Title="What to do when posts are voted down for no reason?" Tags="|discussion|editing|answers|downvoting|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17464" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17465" CreationDate="2017-11-16T21:54:41.980" Score="8" ViewCount="218" Body="&lt;p&gt;I already know that voting is subjective and that down voting deducts points from the voter as well. However, I am curious if there is a general consensus on a reasonable time limit (for voting in general; not necessarily just down voting) even though the site doesn't have one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For instance, I logged-in today and found that there had been 7 new votes on 7 things I had posted. Of the 7, 5 have been inactive for at least 6 months; 1 has been inactive for over 2 years. I understand that this may also depend on the type of question/answer. Ones that are commonly viewed are likely to have more people voting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To add context, only 1 had more than 2 answers and only 2 had more than 5 comments on the question (with no comments on answers). So in my case, it seems more like someone just went straight through my contributions history deliberately to vote on my replies.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd like to clarify that this is meant to be a genuine question. It is not my intent to complain about the suspected user. As a matter of fact, despite down votes, the net change in my reputation was actually positive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="549712" LastActivityDate="2017-11-17T14:17:59.230" Title="General Voting Etiquette" Tags="|discussion|voting|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17465" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17464" CreationDate="2017-11-17T00:44:18.380" Score="16" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No, there is no time limit on voting.&lt;/strong&gt; As long as a post continues to exist, it's useful for its score to be displayed to show people what other members of the community thought of it. It remains useful to be able to vote up or down on the post, just as it remains useful to be able to edit or comment on the post. The system allows votes to be cast on old posts for the same reason it allows them to be cast on newer posts. The reasons it's just as important to vote on older posts as newer ones are &lt;em&gt;so many&lt;/em&gt;,  I cannot reasonably list them all here. So I'll just talk about a few of them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I regularly search the web for help with a problem or just to learn something  I'm curious about, and find relevant questions and answers here on Ask Ubuntu. Many people do--it's one the reasons the site exists. (It's actually the &lt;em&gt;main&lt;/em&gt; reason it exists; see below.) I readily vote on posts I find in this way, regardless of their age, though sometimes their age is relevant to  &lt;em&gt;what&lt;/em&gt; they are saying, for example by establishing that it is specific to particular versions. I vote--up or down--on old posts, based on the same considerations as newer posts. So should you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It turns out that I am less likely to downvote old posts than new posts, but that is only because a significant fraction of my downvotes are cast on posts that are extremely low in quality or should never have been posted at all--such as answers that are not really attempting to answer the question, even partially, and were really intended as new questions, edits, or sometimes comments. Those posts are usually &lt;em&gt;deleted&lt;/em&gt;--when I downvote them I usually vote to delete them as well--so there are fewer of them to be found among old posts. With that said, downvotes are &lt;em&gt;not only&lt;/em&gt; for content where outright removal is justified, and I am fully willing to downvote old posts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Prohibiting voting on older posts would have been trivially easy from a site development perspective. It was not done--probably because it would be equivalent to saying, &quot;Old posts don't matter anymore.&quot; This would, in my opinion, have been a disaster, and if we were to adopt a norm of etiqette against voting on old posts, I believe that would have similar ill effects.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The tour explains the purpose of the site:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ask Ubuntu&lt;/strong&gt; is a question and answer site for Ubuntu users and developers. It's built and run &lt;em&gt;by you&lt;/em&gt; as part of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Stack Exchange&lt;/a&gt; network of Q&amp;amp;A sites. With your help, we're working together to build a library of detailed answers to every question about Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When we are building &lt;strong&gt;a library of detailed answers to every question about Ubuntu&lt;/strong&gt;, old posts matter as much as new ones. We don't delete old posts because they're old. We don't refrain from editing old posts when they can be improved. We don't refrain from voting on them, either.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is fundamental to the operation of the site that people be willing to use their votes to mark good content as good and bad content as bad. Nothing about this is specific to new posts. The majority of all posts on the site are old. This becomes even more so with, uh, age. If you choose only to vote on new posts, nobody can stop you, and your votes still matter and help the site. But this is an artificial limitation. &lt;strong&gt;You should be willing to vote on any post, because that is what makes the site work.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2017-11-17T14:17:59.230" LastActivityDate="2017-11-17T14:17:59.230" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17466" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17463" CreationDate="2017-11-18T06:10:45.117" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;First I'll try to answer the general question. Scroll down for my thoughts on the specific post.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you know there is no reason at all for the downvotes, then the answer is to  do  nothing. Downvotes that are accidental or result from strange one-off misunderstandings of a post--that is, &lt;em&gt;random&lt;/em&gt; downvotes--are more than made up for by upvotes in the long run. In terms of reputation points, upvotes outweigh downvotes even in the short run, because each upvote gives more rep than a downvote takes away, especially on answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The more interesting (and also more common) issue is what to do when a post is downvoted and you're &lt;em&gt;not sure&lt;/em&gt; if there's a reason.&lt;/strong&gt; I'll focus on answers here. These are the things I usually ask myself when I notice that an answer of mine has been downvoted and it's not immediately obvious why someone would have downvoted it:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Are there comments on your answer explaining the downvotes? Could a comment that seemed like it wasn't even a criticism actually have been intended as one? Just as it is sometimes hard to write a good question or answer, it can be hard to write a good comment, too.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Is there something wrong with your answer that is apparent by reading the question or the other answers, or maybe other posts that link to or from the post? Or that voters may &lt;em&gt;think&lt;/em&gt; is apparent?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While I find this explains a lot of downvotes, it's also important not to take things too far and assume there must be a clue somewhere. Sometimes an accidental or pointless downvote is just that and nothing more.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Does the answer make claims that seem unusual, without explaining why they are true?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Does the answer make claims that seem vague, without explaining what they mean?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Are the downvotes coming in as part of what appears to be a concerted effort to abuse the system?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This isn't intended as an exhaustive list; it's just what &lt;em&gt;I&lt;/em&gt; tend to think of, in the order I tend to think of them. And I'm a little reluctant to include #5, because it's different from the others: it's not obvious that I actually &lt;em&gt;should&lt;/em&gt; be asking myself that question, except in unusual cases. Personal, spite-driven downvoting is probably rare, and when it happens the solution is either for the system &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/126829/what-is-serial-voting-and-how-does-it-affect-me&quot;&gt;to reverse it automatically&lt;/a&gt; or to inform a moderator in case there &lt;em&gt;happens&lt;/em&gt; to be some action they can take. In contrast, 1-4 are all about the choices &lt;em&gt;I&lt;/em&gt; have and the action I can choose to take.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Reasonable actions to take depending on the circumstances include editing, commenting, and posting on meta to get other people's views about the post and the situation, exactly as you have done here. Note that this is potentially useful precisely because the downvotes &lt;em&gt;may not&lt;/em&gt; be random and pointless. And in this case, I don't think they were.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/976487/22949&quot;&gt;Your answer&lt;/a&gt; to &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/976485/what-is-the-point-of-sh-being-linked-to-dash&quot;&gt;What is the point of sh being linked to dash?&lt;/a&gt;&quot;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems to me that, even in its current state of revision, some combination of #3 and #4 apply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you say, you added quotes from an official source to your answer. That did improve your answer. But I don't think it's clear &lt;em&gt;what&lt;/em&gt; exactly you are claiming, or &lt;em&gt;how&lt;/em&gt; it could be supported by the quotes you used, when you say that you think &lt;code&gt;/bin/sh&lt;/code&gt; is linked to &lt;code&gt;/bin/dash&lt;/code&gt; for &lt;strong&gt;compatibility reasons&lt;/strong&gt;. You correctly state that &lt;code&gt;#!/bin/sh&lt;/code&gt; is frequently used as a &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shebang_(Unix)&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;hashbang line&lt;/a&gt; for shell scripts, and then you say:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;so by moving to &lt;code&gt;dash&lt;/code&gt; and not making a symbolic link, a lot of scripts would fail to run properly(or at all).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But that doesn't really make sense, because:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;/bin/sh&lt;/code&gt; was &lt;em&gt;already&lt;/em&gt; a symbolic link. The question is why it links to &lt;code&gt;dash&lt;/code&gt;. It used to link to &lt;code&gt;bash&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What would it even &lt;em&gt;mean&lt;/em&gt; to move to &lt;code&gt;dash&lt;/code&gt; without changing that symlink? The only thing I can think of is that you might be talking about expecting everybody to write &lt;code&gt;#!/bin/dash&lt;/code&gt; instead of &lt;code&gt;#!/bin/sh&lt;/code&gt;, and that you might be claiming that it is for &quot;compatibility&quot; that &lt;code&gt;/bin/sh&lt;/code&gt; even still exists. I really cannot tell.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In a very weak sense, almost everything anyone ever does while using a computer is for compatibility reasons. If I drag a file icon from one folder window to another, that's for compatibility with the traditional way file browsers expect me to transfer files. If I enter a password, that's for compatibility with the authentication system. &lt;code&gt;/bin/sh&lt;/code&gt; doesn't &lt;em&gt;just&lt;/em&gt; exist for historical reasons. It is whatever &quot;POSIX shell&quot; the developers of a system intend for scripts to use, if those scripts' authors do not stipulate another shell.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because &quot;compatibility&quot; can mean so many things, and because none of them seem to be supported by the quotes from official sources that you included in your post, it is not currently obvious what your post is actually saying, much less whether or not it is true. &lt;em&gt;You don't have to edit your post further if you don't want to&lt;/em&gt;,  but if you choose to do so, then I would encourage you to replace &quot;for what I think is compatibility reasons&quot; with something clear and specific, and then make sure &lt;em&gt;that&lt;/em&gt; claim is fully and clearly supported by your sources.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2017-11-19T08:05:45.573" LastActivityDate="2017-11-19T08:05:45.573" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17467" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17474" CreationDate="2017-11-19T09:03:12.083" Score="-4" ViewCount="125" Body="&lt;p&gt;why the hatred?  Only on askubuntu is just about every question down-voted.  take this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/977961/failed-to-start-dockerd-after-installing-docker-with-snap-artful-17-10&quot;&gt;failed to start dockerd after installing docker with snap (artful, 17.10)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;even when there is a comment, like &quot;what is the environment&quot;, generally that's &lt;em&gt;in&lt;/em&gt; the question.  There's nothing wrong with the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Blah.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's unique to this specific stack overflow site.  Sure, I get down-voted questions -- maybe even more than my fair share.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My &lt;em&gt;perception&lt;/em&gt; is that, at least recently, most every single question on askubuntu get's an initial downvote.  sometimes this is canceled out to a zero, and that's fine.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(For what it's worth, the rep/score isn't my concern, it's more that a down-voted question will garner fewer responses -- presumably.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's possible that my perception is off.  It just &lt;em&gt;seems&lt;/em&gt; that someone(s) following my questions and downvoting them.  hey, maybe I annoy them.  I dunno.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it's random and or deserved then so be it.  But I notice tha my questions on, particularly, linux stackoverflow, are better received.  Maybe I just ask better questions there.  But maybe not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would expect the standards to be about the same. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="45156" LastEditorUserId="45156" LastEditDate="2017-11-19T10:27:58.767" LastActivityDate="2017-11-20T11:19:11.557" Title="why the hatred....only here" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17468" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17467" CreationDate="2017-11-19T10:04:53.687" Score="3" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Hatred?&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;There is no hatred here, only love...&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;... for &lt;s&gt;the Almighty&lt;/s&gt; Ubuntu (And to be honest: Yes we don't like Kali questions nor Minty ones but to investigate something we need some more than your original question contained, corrected in the meantime)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/TE2Av.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/TE2Av.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe there is &lt;strong&gt;one&lt;/strong&gt; disgruntled, hateful person that wants to leave the community, cannot get rid of his/her rep and decided to act like a royal pain in the lower abdomen, maybe someone doesn't like your handle, maybe someone knows you personally and is following you around trying to make you upset, ...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;Also, most of us are experts on Ubuntu, most of us are not experts on Docker...  Give your question some time, add a bounty, ...&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2017-11-19T10:37:15.233" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17469" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17470" CreationDate="2017-11-19T11:49:14.217" Score="9" ViewCount="280" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/777606&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/777606&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The answer contains three incorrect paths, based on my understanding and limited experience and on another's comment. I'm not sure how extensive the implications of &lt;code&gt;boot/&lt;/code&gt; being present when it shouldn't be are, but I suspect it's potentially important as &lt;code&gt;update-initramfs&lt;/code&gt; is subsequently used so I'm keen to see it corrected. In short, &lt;code&gt;dev&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;sys&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;proc&lt;/code&gt; don't live in &lt;code&gt;boot&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The reasons stated, by two reviewers, for the rejection seem (to me) to be unrelated to the nature, content and context of the suggested edit. I wasn't attempting to deface the post or promote anything, and an additional comment to the author wouldn't be likely to result in a correction as there's already a comment from a year-and-a-half ago pointing out the error.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6436" LastEditorUserId="6436" LastEditDate="2017-11-19T12:00:23.440" LastActivityDate="2017-11-19T22:01:48.137" Title="Why was this small but important edit rejected?" Tags="|discussion|suggested-edits|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17470" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17469" CreationDate="2017-11-19T12:32:07.277" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;In such situations, I recommend including a more specific explanation in the edit summary when resubmitting the edit. Also, in general, I recommend including specific explanations in edit summaries for code edits or any other edits that must be evaluated primarily on their technical merits. Although you referred to a comment on the post, that comment does not actually establish that the edit it advises is correct; it merely reports that the recommended change worked for &lt;em&gt;someone&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The reason that edit suggestion of yours &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; correct is that &lt;code&gt;/dev/mapper/sda5_crypt&lt;/code&gt; is the device that contains the root filesystem. Normally it is mounted as &lt;code&gt;/&lt;/code&gt; but it is being mounted as &lt;code&gt;/mnt/ubuntu&lt;/code&gt; in the live environment, apparently for the purpose of creating &lt;code&gt;/mnt/ubuntu/etc/crypttab&lt;/code&gt; and running commands that depend on it. &lt;code&gt;/mnt/ubuntu/etc/crypttab&lt;/code&gt; will be &lt;code&gt;/etc/crypttab&lt;/code&gt; when booted (or chrooted) into the system. Therefore &lt;code&gt;dev&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;sys&lt;/code&gt;, and &lt;code&gt;proc&lt;/code&gt; must also be mounted under &lt;code&gt;/mnt/ubuntu&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; &lt;code&gt;/mnt/ubuntu/boot&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Obviously you cannot include that entire paragraph in your edit summary--or, even if you could, it would perhaps not be the best idea. But you could say something like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The root filesystem is mounted as /mnt/ubuntu (due to &quot;mount /dev/mapper/sda5_crypt /mnt/ubuntu&quot;) so dev, sys, and proc must go directly in /mnt/ubuntu, *not* in /mnt/ubuntu/boot.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;(Note that I have omitted code formatting in the above quote to show what an edit summary might look like. Edit summaries don't support code formatting.  Normally you would of course use code formatting.)&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You've already resubmitted the edit. Although you could re-edit and change something else trivial in the post in order to change your edit summary, I don't recommend doing so, because that would potentially make a situation that is already confusing even more confusing. Instead, we'll see if reviewers are able to convince themselves that your edit is really correct.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;So far&lt;/em&gt;, as of this posting, one reviewer has rejected the new edit suggestion, and another reviewer (me) has approved it. It needs more reviews to determine its fate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Update:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; As &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/17469/why-was-this-small-but-important-edit-rejected/17470#comment36314_17469&quot;&gt;Byte Commander says&lt;/a&gt;, your resubmitted edit is approved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2017-11-19T22:01:48.137" LastActivityDate="2017-11-19T22:01:48.137" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17471" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17472" CreationDate="2017-11-19T22:26:22.950" Score="7" ViewCount="332" Body="&lt;p&gt;While I was going through the review queues today, I came across &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/978173/457562&quot;&gt;this answer&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/7RiJ7.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/7RiJ7.png&quot; alt=&quot;Answer ID 978173&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My original reaction was to flag it as spam, but then I reread the description under the spam flag:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;spam&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Exists only to promote a product or service, does not disclose the author's affiliation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This answer &lt;em&gt;does&lt;/em&gt; exist only to promote a product (or rather, several of them [among others, Gnome and the GNOME OS X II GTK theme]).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, the author of the post is most likely &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; affiliated with OMG Ubuntu or the software described on that page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since the spam flag description implies that a spammer must be affiliated with their spam, should this question actually be flagged as spam, or something milder, like Not an Answer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="457562" LastEditorUserId="518562" LastEditDate="2017-11-29T15:30:42.857" LastActivityDate="2017-11-29T15:30:42.857" Title="Should a post be flagged as spam if an author is clearly *not affiliated* with the promotion?" Tags="|discussion|flagging|spam-handling|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17472" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17471" CreationDate="2017-11-19T22:59:27.593" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;OmgUbuntu is not Spam; it is a much frequented Ubuntu blog and links to it pop up occasionally, and I don't believe we want such posts being Spam-flagged when we use links to it in chat or on the site, so this is not Spam. It is however not answering the question; it's saying thanks, so it is delete-worthy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I was likely the first one to review this particular answer, here is what I did.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I placed my comment after I have read the question and could not find any relation of this answer to the question.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I flagged it as not an answer, since it only contains a link (which is not Spam).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When you came across this answer in the review queue, it should have been already been in low quality review and a proper action would be then to recommend deletion because (and here you could choose to add a comment if you wanted to):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It's a thank you comment posted as an answer.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It's a link only answer and not Spam.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It should have been a comment.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All would be sufficient and not wrong in this case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may ask why I did not down-vote it already. I wanted to give the author time to reconsider before I would down-vote, as this answer was only about 15 minutes old when I saw it. Needless to say it got a down-vote from me meanwhile too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="522934" LastEditorUserId="522934" LastEditDate="2017-11-24T17:35:32.717" LastActivityDate="2017-11-24T17:35:32.717" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17473" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17471" CreationDate="2017-11-20T10:24:02.987" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;In addition to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/17472/527764&quot;&gt;Videonauth's answer&lt;/a&gt;, which points out that the site mentioned is popular with Ubuntu users and linking to it is not normally considered spamming, I would suggest that &lt;em&gt;we can't actually tell&lt;/em&gt; whether the author of the post is affiliated with the site they link to. The condition you mention in your question title:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Should a post be flagged as spam if an author is clearly *not affiliated* with the promotion?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;is really difficult to meet. How do we know someone is not affiliated with a product or service they are promoting, unless they say so, and we decide to believe them? If the author of the post in question stated&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Disclaimer: I am the author of this OMG Ubuntu article&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then the post would be not spam by definition (but it would still be considered NAA by most reviewers IMHO). This is a bit worrying, because it suggests that if spam of the most obvious kind were to start appearing with disclaimers like &quot;I am being paid to promote this product on random websites&quot;, we would not be able to flag it as spam... I guess we'll cross that bridge when we come to it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyway, in deciding whether something is spam, I think affiliation of the author only matters insofar as it is suggested by something in the post, but is not stated. There may be nothing in the post that suggests affiliation, but it may still be considered spam.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sometimes a post &quot;promoting&quot; something without disclosure of affiliation appears to be a good faith attempt to contribute to the site. Judging whether this is the case probably involves considering what is being &quot;promoted&quot; and evaluating whether the post tries to answer the question. Extolling the virtues of your favourite open source application would probably not usually be considered spam, but a post linking to a Windows-only non-free product site probably would be...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this case, it's the content of the post and the link, rather than anything relating to affiliation, that makes it seem made in good faith rather than an abuse of the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2017-11-20T10:24:02.987" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17474" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17467" CreationDate="2017-11-20T10:40:01.690" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your perception is indeed wrong. At least with respect to the sites you mentioned:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Site           Total Qs    Downvoted Qs    Percentage&#xA;Ask Ubuntu      238559      13251             5.55&#xA;Unix &amp;amp; Linux    118261      9744              8.24&#xA;Stack Overflow  14258884    1676744           11.76&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The table above shows&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt; the total number of questions asked in the past month (since 20-10-2017), the number of those that have been downvoted and what percentage of the total questions have been downvoted. As you can see, this site is actually the one with the lowest percentage of downvoted questions, not the highest as you are suggesting. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And these are the statistics of your own questions (all the questions you've asked on these sites):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Site            Total Qs    Downvoted Qs   Percentage&#xA;Ask Ubuntu       149            12            8.05&#xA;Unix &amp;amp; Linux     66             5             7.58&#xA;Stack Overflow   344            23            6.69&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So yes, you do seem to have a slightly higher percentage of downvoted questions on AU, but the difference is negligible. At least with respect to U&amp;amp;L, anyway. But even when comparing to SO, the difference is 0.013, which can't really be called &quot;large&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, in conclusion, I'm afraid the numbers don't support your perception that you're being downvoted significantly more here than on other sites.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt; &lt;sub&gt;I used these two data.se queries to get the numbers:&#xA; &lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/unix/query/760878/total-questions&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Total Questions&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/unix/query/760878/downvoted-questions&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Downvoted Questions&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2017-11-20T11:19:11.557" LastActivityDate="2017-11-20T11:19:11.557" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17475" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-11-21T00:26:14.973" Score="-1" ViewCount="94" Body="&lt;p&gt;I flagged this post as not an answer: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/977614/760903&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/a/977614/760903&lt;/a&gt; and my flag summary says a moderator declined this because they found no evidence to support it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's the details:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;both Q and A are posted by the same user. I know this is acceptable in this site, so no problems from that alone.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the question is essentially composed of two parts:&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How to convert text to speech&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How to do it periodically&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the first part is mostly a duplicate, OP even identified the duplicate question&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;they identified the command in the title &lt;strong&gt;of the question&lt;/strong&gt; and linked to the dupe in the answer: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/501910/how-to-text-to-speech-output-using-command-line/977616#977616&quot;&gt;How to text-to-speech output using command-line?&lt;/a&gt; (note that they also posted an answer there describing a command that was already listed in an answer from three years ago)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;for the second part, in the question they say:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;My plan is to have cron jobs speak so I can leave the monitor shut off.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Beginning with having it do a time announcement each hour. It is OK if it is not perfectly precise to the second.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And in the answer:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Set in cron to run at the top of the hour, it does the trick.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's all. Nothing about how to set anything in Cron, or how to set it to run &quot;at the top of the hour&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I wrote a comment describing how nonsensical this is, but it was deleted.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;part of the question is a duplicate&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the other part is just repeated in the question and answer without any concrete information&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I flagged the answer as not an answer because it should describe &lt;em&gt;how&lt;/em&gt; to do it with Cron, since that it can be done with Cron is already in the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The moderator who handled it said there's a &quot;second individual&quot;. I think they got confused by &quot;muru&quot; editing the post. Or they had many browser tabs open and got things mixed up. What should I do?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="760903" LastActivityDate="2017-11-21T18:25:57.163" Title="Flag declined - what should I do?" Tags="|discussion|flagging|specific-question|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17476" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-11-21T01:57:58.737" Score="0" ViewCount="61" Body="&lt;p&gt;Every time I try to post a question, I get this message.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What's wrong?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="761274" OwnerDisplayName="michaelubuntu" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2017-11-21T10:17:10.833" LastActivityDate="2017-11-21T10:17:10.833" Title="What is wrong? I'm getting this error. &quot;This question body does not meet our quality standards&quot;" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2017-11-21T02:21:23.343" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17477" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17479" CreationDate="2017-11-21T13:45:46.457" Score="13" ViewCount="166" Body="&lt;p&gt;For the last two days I haven't been able to login to Ask Ubuntu with my Launchpad account. When I click on the button, it disappears and only the Google and Facebook buttons are available. I have tested it with different web browsers. What's wrong, is this a general issue or just a temporary bug?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/YDIMQ.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/YDIMQ.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/W0LPc.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/W0LPc.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="260935" LastEditorUserId="223876" LastEditDate="2017-11-21T19:30:03.417" LastActivityDate="2017-11-21T19:31:54.587" Title="Login with Launchpad account not possible anymore" Tags="|bug|status-completed|login|launchpad|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17478" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17475" CreationDate="2017-11-21T18:20:35.710" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Partial answers that are missing tiny bits are still answers, as their core solution still says they used cron.  The only thing missing from this to make it a great answer is how to implement it in &lt;code&gt;cron&lt;/code&gt;.  However, just because &lt;em&gt;that tiny bit&lt;/em&gt; is missing from the OP's post, doesn't mean the entire thing is not an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They do mention they used cron in their answer, but didn't specify how they set Cron up.  That's one missing part, but the entire answer at large still remains &lt;em&gt;mostly&lt;/em&gt; a valid answer.  Yes it's not the &lt;em&gt;best&lt;/em&gt; answer but it's still an answer, because it references how they scripted it, and what they did to make &lt;code&gt;espeak&lt;/code&gt; do what they need it to, and that they used cron.  That's why I declined your flag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You don't &lt;em&gt;need&lt;/em&gt; to do anything else, but you're more than welcome to write a better answer than the OP's answer for that post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2017-11-21T18:25:57.163" LastActivityDate="2017-11-21T18:25:57.163" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17479" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17477" CreationDate="2017-11-21T19:31:54.587" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sorry about this, I made some breaking changes to the page to fix an issue on mobile but forgot to make sure it still worked on desktop!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is fixed as of the next build which should happen sometime in the next few hours. Thanks for the report!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="223876" LastActivityDate="2017-11-21T19:31:54.587" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17480" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17482" CreationDate="2017-11-23T09:25:06.203" Score="10" ViewCount="263" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm asking about the question &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/revisions/979234/2&quot;&gt;How to delete the files of administrator by using guest session&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. According to my answer there and to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/979234/566421#comment1573030_979239&quot;&gt;discussion&lt;/a&gt; under the other answer, I assume the problem is solved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The answer to the question &lt;em&gt;&quot;How do I delete files of administrator by using guest session?&quot;&lt;/em&gt; is provided in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/979234/566421#comment1572991_979234&quot;&gt;comments&lt;/a&gt; and it is: &lt;em&gt;&quot;No, you can't delete anything belonging to other users from a guest account.&quot;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But the OP actually wants to know &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&quot;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/979234/how-do-i-access-my-files-while-i-have-trouble-logging-in-with-my-account-via-gui&quot;&gt;How do I access my files while I have trouble logging in with my account via GUI?&lt;/a&gt;&quot;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My questions are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is it okay to rename this question in the described way?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;And generally is it okay to rename questions in other similar cases?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="566421" LastEditorUserId="566421" LastEditDate="2017-11-23T22:35:17.233" LastActivityDate="2017-11-23T22:35:17.233" Title="Is it okay to rename questions when the title doesn't reflect what OP really wants to know?" Tags="|discussion|asking-questions|suggested-edits|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17481" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17480" CreationDate="2017-11-23T09:54:39.517" Score="12" Body="&lt;h3&gt;Yes it is, and you should definitely do that.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do things like that all the time, it's common that OP doesn't know exactly what he's asking for when he phrases his question, even more when he writes the title line.&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt; Often the title doesn't reflect the actual problem in the first place &lt;em&gt;plus&lt;/em&gt; it turns out it's an &lt;a href=&quot;http://xyproblem.info&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;XY problem&lt;/a&gt; and the actual question is different – like in your case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An important section of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/how-to-ask&quot;&gt;How do I ask a good question?&lt;/a&gt; is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;h3&gt;Make it relevant to others&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;We like to help as many people at a time as we can. Make it clear how your question is relevant to more people than just you, and more of us will be interested in your question and willing to look into it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think such edits help a lot in terms of that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;1: This has nothing to do with OP's experience on SE sites by the way, if you ask a question you normally &lt;em&gt;don't&lt;/em&gt; know exactly what you're talking about, else you probably wouldn't have to ask. As with the title in a scientific publication, the title exactly matching the question changes &lt;em&gt;constantly&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="507051" LastEditorUserId="507051" LastEditDate="2017-11-23T10:59:36.843" LastActivityDate="2017-11-23T10:59:36.843" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17482" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17480" CreationDate="2017-11-23T10:12:04.650" Score="17" Body="&lt;p&gt;Well, as a general principle, &lt;strong&gt;if any question has a bad title that won't lead others to find its answers*, then please try to fix it.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When people search in search engines or within the site, we want them to find what they're looking for. Misleading or vague titles make good answers hard to find, and they make people find things that are not helpful to them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More than anything else about a post, I worry about getting the title right.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;*But&lt;/strong&gt;, I say answers, and I mean, the answers that it has, or if it is open, might invite in the future. So, if the question title does not reflect what the OP really wants to know, &lt;em&gt;but it has been answered as titled&lt;/em&gt;, then it &lt;em&gt;may&lt;/em&gt; be appropriate to edit the question, downvote/delete the existing answers, write better answers about what the OP really wants to know, etc, but I think, more often, the title should be left (or clarified without changing the meaning), answers improved and/or upvoted, and OP should be advised to ask a new question if this one failed to express what they really wanted...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Questions are not primarily for their askers&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If OP has accidentally written a perfectly good question about something they didn't want to know and it has received perfectly good answers, then we shouldn't destroy the perfectly good question. Just create a new one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2017-11-23T10:12:04.650" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17483" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-11-23T10:49:48.743" Score="10" ViewCount="76" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the course of  this year I found two new links below questions&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;history&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;timeline&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Although I know I can access both via other paths (history: via the &quot;edited&quot; link, timeline: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/#####/timeline&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/posts/#####/timeline&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br&gt;&#xA;I found the explicit links useful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why don't I see them any more?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastActivityDate="2017-11-27T16:43:02.420" Title="What happened to the &quot;history&quot; and &quot;timeline&quot; links on questions?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17484" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17483" CreationDate="2017-11-23T11:36:27.590" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;Well as @Zanna had said, there never existed such links natively, but I was using this fine userscript&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://stackapps.com/questions/2138/se-modifications-username-autocomplete-in-comments-inline-revision-source-a&quot;&gt;SE Modifications&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;which is apparently broken (at least in my installation) right now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Before switching to tampermonkey I was looking for an easy way to transfer the userscripts and stumbled over&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/questions/32957523/userscript-works-in-tampermonkey-on-chrome-but-not-in-greasemonkey-on-firefox&quot;&gt;Userscript works in Tampermonkey on Chrome but not in Greasemonkey on Firefox (Stack Overflow)&lt;/a&gt;, where I found&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Add before // ==/UserScript== on a new line:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  // @grant          GM_addStyle&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thats all that was needed (strange how it worked until now...)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastEditorUserId="117103" LastEditDate="2017-11-27T16:43:02.420" LastActivityDate="2017-11-27T16:43:02.420" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17485" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16132" CreationDate="2017-11-25T08:36:27.277" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The problem is when Community bumps an old question about a release which is now EOL, due to its not having an accepted answer. It's probably not going to get one now, so it will be bumped over and over and over. There must be a way to prevent that; closing it as EOL is the closest thing I can see.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="256317" LastActivityDate="2017-11-25T08:36:27.277" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17486" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17471" CreationDate="2017-11-27T03:06:51.560" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I propose that the guidelines you referred don't adequately describe all of what is spam.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Their definition:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Spam&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Exists only to promote a product or service, does not disclose the author's affiliation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Spam can and often &lt;em&gt;does&lt;/em&gt; disclose the author's affiliation.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Whether it's disclosed or not, whether or not the author is affiliated doesn't bear much on whether it's spam.  The promotion of a site or product is spam &lt;em&gt;if it's unwanted&lt;/em&gt;; in the context of an answer to a question it's &lt;em&gt;unwanted&lt;/em&gt; if it does not reasonably try to answer the question, and therefore exists &quot;only&quot; to promote the site (or product, service).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You could cut the guideline's description of spam in half.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Exists only to promote a product or service.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or if you wanted to clarify more,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Exists only to promote a product or service, without adequately addressing the topic or question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54256" LastActivityDate="2017-11-27T03:06:51.560" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17487" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17455" CreationDate="2017-11-27T08:31:08.780" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;IMHO it seems that the recent edit of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/key&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;key&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;key&lt;/a&gt; info by &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/186134/tim&quot;&gt;Tim&lt;/a&gt; should do the job of steering people away from using this tag. At last check there were only about 60 questions using it. Editing to remove/replace it on those questions using it would seem logical to me due to it's complete lack of precision. Those who follow &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/key&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;key&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;key&lt;/a&gt; may have a different view. I don't.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastActivityDate="2017-11-27T08:31:08.780" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17488" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17489" CreationDate="2017-11-28T15:07:55.573" Score="1" ViewCount="83" Body="&lt;p&gt;Why is it that if I ask a question, and then find the answer the next day, I still have to wait one more day before I can mark my answer as solved? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Wouldn't it be more productive to just let people mark it as solved so others don't waste their time on it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="711310" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2017-11-30T22:30:13.307" LastActivityDate="2017-11-30T22:30:13.307" Title="Why does it take a couple of days before you can answer your own question?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17489" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17488" CreationDate="2017-11-28T15:25:44.350" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can answer immediately, you just can't accept it. Accepting is not very important. It doesn't indicate much, only that the OP considered this the best answer. As far as the system is concerned, questions are counted as answered if they have at least one answer with a positive score. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for why the wait, it is probably just to let others also answer. The accept mark makes no difference to the system, but human psychology is another thing. Often, seeing an accepted answer will deter others from posting their own. Making you wait might just be a mechanism to allow the community to also contribute to your question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2017-11-28T15:39:47.867" LastActivityDate="2017-11-28T15:39:47.867" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17490" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17492" CreationDate="2017-11-29T10:41:21.770" Score="6" ViewCount="35" Body="&lt;p&gt;case:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The text for &lt;em&gt;NoRepro&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This describes a problem that can't be reproduced that seemingly went away on its own or was only relevant to a very specific period of time. It's off-topic as it's unlikely to help future readers. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;lacks one comma, it &lt;strong&gt;should&lt;/strong&gt; read&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This describes a problem that can't be reproduced, that seemingly went away on its own...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(mark the comma after reproduced)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2017-11-29T11:27:39.107" LastActivityDate="2017-11-29T11:34:32.637" Title="Where do I submit a change proposal for a close vote comment?" Tags="|support|bug|status-completed|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17491" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17471" CreationDate="2017-11-29T10:59:05.810" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here's my two cents on this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Core of the issue is that it's a link-only answer&lt;/strong&gt;. One of the main criteria for voting on answers is usefulness. A link-only answer becomes absolutely useless if the linked site goes offline and all information there is lost. An answer with a link to an offline site is as useful as any random array of words.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;A well written answer that describes contents of the link, steps to making the solution work or how to use the solution described in the link - that shouldn't be treated as spam hence shouldn't be flagged. Remember, spam's goal is to drive traffic to site or to get people interested in product. If the post in question is more interested in &lt;em&gt;solving the problem  via means described in the link&lt;/em&gt; that's not spam. Some really good answers are often well-researched with lots of links, and look a lot more like mini-academic research paper, where &lt;strong&gt;sources (in this case links) should support what you say&lt;/strong&gt;. In fact that's exactly what the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/promotion&quot;&gt;site rules&lt;/a&gt; mention.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;One of the things Videonauth touched on, but didn't say explicitly is &lt;strong&gt;trust&lt;/strong&gt;. Omg Ubuntu site is trusted, it has certain established reputation, just as GitHub or paste.ubuntu.com.  Going gung-ho on every answer that uses links without evaluating those links makes absolutely no sense; lets use discretion and logic, please.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Affiliation should be disclosed &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/promotion&quot;&gt;by rules&lt;/a&gt; , however this is where things can get a little murky. You don't have to robotically write &quot;I am not affiliated with this product&quot; for every link to GitHub, or OmgUbuntu, or other well known site ( in fact it would be absolutely counter productive, in my opinion; it's about the same as a user knowing about malware but goes &quot;yeah, yeah, whatever&quot; and clicks OK button anyway ). However, say you wrote a program or a script, and it just happens to be published on GitHub.  I think saying &quot;my script&quot; or &quot;my program&quot; is already enough of disclosure that yeah, it's your work. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;As Dan mentioned in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/17471/should-a-post-be-flagged-as-spam-if-an-author-is-clearly-not-affiliated-with-t/17491#comment36335_17473&quot;&gt;comments&lt;/a&gt;, disclosure of affiliation doesn't necessarily mean link isn't spam. That goes back to my earlier bullet point - links must support what you say, not be the only thing in your answer, and actually...well,answer the asked question...you know, it's what this site is all about.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You said: &quot;Since the spam flag description implies that a spammer must be affiliated with their spam...&quot; Almost. The goal of spam is of course to sell, drive traffic, get people interested in the product. But we're getting into the murky waters of what &quot;affiliated&quot; actually means. Someone who is overexcited about a program/script/theme/solution could be spamming links to those just because they really want to tell the world all about it. Are they affiliated in the monetary sense ? If it's out of altruism and wanting to &quot;spread the word&quot; - well,they're not gaining any monetary advantage here. But they're still spamming if it's really not answering the OP's question. Again, content and context matters; good answers don't just focus on &quot;spreading the word&quot;. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="295286" LastEditorUserId="295286" LastEditDate="2017-11-29T11:41:09.190" LastActivityDate="2017-11-29T11:41:09.190" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17492" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17490" CreationDate="2017-11-29T11:34:32.637" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;We just did this. The close reason now reads:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This describes a problem that can't be reproduced, that seemingly went away on its own or was only relevant to a very specific period of time. It's off-topic as it's unlikely to help future readers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2017-11-29T11:34:32.637" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17493" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17455" CreationDate="2017-11-29T20:18:57.427" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;As of now, there are no questions tagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/key&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;key&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;key&lt;/a&gt; on the main site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks to everyone who helped!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, to deal with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/keys&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;keys&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;keys&lt;/a&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastActivityDate="2017-11-29T20:18:57.427" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17494" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-12-01T07:21:40.403" Score="-8" ViewCount="129" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is a lot on this forum about having enough reputation to post to old posts, use certain tags etc. Even though I don't post very often, my posts are definitely not spam. It is quite frustrating (and unnecessary) having to create new posts that totally relates to something that already exists. Can someone please look at my posts and add me as a &quot;trusted poster&quot; or equivalent?&#xA;Also, what is this about &quot;You can only post once every 20 minutes&quot;? I had to wait 20 minutes to add this post. What if I have many questions?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="766228" OwnerDisplayName="Joachim" LastActivityDate="2017-12-05T23:19:59.943" Title="This forum needs improvement. I don't have many questions, but they are definitely not spam" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="13" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17496" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17497" CreationDate="2017-12-01T17:30:47.943" Score="5" ViewCount="55" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sometimes I see an interesting question which has no answer yet. Later on it disappears in the timeline and I have to search for it to see if someone wrote a comment or an answer to it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a possibility to set a 'watch' on a question (sort of bookmark) to be reminded to come back later or even be notified of changes concerning this question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If there is not, may I request this for a future feature?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="542354" LastEditorUserId="542354" LastEditDate="2017-12-01T17:39:11.680" LastActivityDate="2017-12-01T18:08:17.497" Title="Set a Watch for an interesting question" Tags="|feature-request|unanswered-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17497" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17496" CreationDate="2017-12-01T18:00:51.957" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you click on that symbol seen in the screen-shot marked by that arrow this will mark a question as favorite, which you can then see in your profile under favorites, and it even shows you by a blue number on the favorites tab that there was activity, so you only need to click on this tab when there has have happened to be activity on that question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/aAJL4.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/aAJL4.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="522934" LastEditorUserId="522934" LastEditDate="2017-12-01T18:08:17.497" LastActivityDate="2017-12-01T18:08:17.497" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17498" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17494" CreationDate="2017-12-03T00:16:49.200" Score="5" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;[not] having enough reputation to post to old posts&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions will (on occasion) become something known as &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/protect-questions&quot;&gt;protected&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;. This is usually a result of a question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;being very popular&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;receiving lots of low-quality answers&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;receiving lots of non-answers (me too, thanks, spam)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;etc.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All protection does is limit &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/new-user&quot;&gt;new users&lt;/a&gt; (defined as under 10 reputation) from answering them. You can earn ten reputation on this site &lt;em&gt;very&lt;/em&gt; quickly - that's just receiving two upvotes on a question or one upvote on an answer. You get these by, of course, writing good questions and answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;[not able to] use certain tags&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have under 300 reputation, you are &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/create-tags&quot;&gt;not allowed to create tags&lt;/a&gt;. This is intentional, as tags are rather important to allow users to find questions and to offer help. A new tag should only be created if it's absolutely necessary. The 300 reputation limit gives users some time to realize how the site works, and to think about whether a tag is necessary. While we still do get &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/17455/re-keying-key-to-be-more-useful&quot;&gt;weird tags&lt;/a&gt; on occasion, these are usually rare thanks to this limit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Otherwise, certain tags (like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/installation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;installation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;installation&lt;/a&gt;) are what we call &quot;blacklisted,&quot; meaning they can not be used. Blacklisting is a heavy-handed operation and is only done for good reason. Find and use a better tag in this case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Also, what is this about &quot;You can only post once every 20 minutes&quot;? I had to wait 20 minutes to add this post.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Consider this from the site's perspective. A spammer comes on, and makes a ton of spam posts very quickly, flooding the site with spam. Legitimate questions are dropped to the bottom, and nobody can get the answers they need. Moderators and high-reputation users need to clean up the site. It's a mess.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, this rate limit exists until you've earned your &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/new-user&quot;&gt;ten reputation&lt;/a&gt;. There's no overriding this, no sneaky ways around it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As mentioned in the comments, this is also a way to ensure that the posts you write are thought out, thorough, and useful to the site. If people post garbage, nobody will be able to help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With that out of the way, let's look at you in particular.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It appears that your initial goal was to post &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/982026&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; inside of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/833322&quot;&gt;this (existing) question&lt;/a&gt;. By doing this, you likely ran into protection after making that post. This happened because users like you did the &lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/P5YMY.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;exact&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/eOM92.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;same&lt;/a&gt; thing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is very very important to understand that Ask Ubuntu is &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;not a forum.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; We do not like long-winded threads where people ask each other questions and go three pages before someone finds a solution. Here, you ask a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/how-to-ask&quot;&gt;well-formed question&lt;/a&gt; and receive a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/how-to-answer&quot;&gt;well-formed answer&lt;/a&gt;. Chatter is intentionally minimized and thrown out of the way, as the goal of this site is to get users help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, due to the nature of some tech problems, this isn't always the easiest. We need to debug posts. This is why comments are a thing -- they allow for other users to ask for clarification and for you to respond in kind. If things become long-winded, comment threads will often be moved to chat where users will help you diagnose problems live. This is all part of the &quot;flow&quot; of this site - you come here and you get help directly. This is why &quot;accepting&quot; is a thing, and why votes are there. They all directly relate to getting users the help they need as fast as possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, I would very strongly recommend you read our &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tour&quot;&gt;site tour&lt;/a&gt; before using this site. It'll explain quickly how to best use this site, as well as offer links for more in-depth learning. The tour is your friend.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastEditorUserId="208574" LastEditDate="2017-12-05T23:19:59.943" LastActivityDate="2017-12-05T23:19:59.943" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17499" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-12-03T19:04:59.653" Score="-5" ViewCount="121" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have noticed that you can gain a lot of reputation if you are the first person to answer a quite simple question which concerns a large audience of mostly beginners. However on the other side a sophisticated answer to a difficult question is only of interest to the original poster and perhaps a couple of experts and does not get many upvotes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So my idea is that reputation gains should be weighted. If the upvoter has himself a great reputation his vote should be more valuable for my reputation than an upvote by a beginner.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="542354" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2017-12-04T01:27:49.500" LastActivityDate="2017-12-04T01:27:49.500" Title="&quot;Weighted&quot; reputation gains" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|reputation|privileges|up-votes|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17500" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17499" CreationDate="2017-12-03T20:24:04.420" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't think that this will be a good idea at all. One caveat I see, if the up-voting is weighted the down-voting should be weighted too. Many of us higher reputation members give out many up and down-votes a day when we roam the site. I for myself run regularly out of votes toward the end of the day. And before you ask its max 40 votes from which only 30 can be cast on answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Example why would this be a bad idea of weighted voting: Let's assume you wrote an answer in which I see value and give you an up vote, and then Oli comes around (sorry Oli that I take you as example here) and down-votes you. As I said in my first paragraph down-votes should then be weighted too, he surely even if it was non linear value would override my up-vote and leaves you with a net negative in reputation. See how this would be bad?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Beside that, everyone of us can only up or down-vote a question/answer once, so the huge amount of up-votes are cast by exactly that much people. A vote can only be reversed within the first few minutes of being cast, or when an answer/question is being edited. This has a reason too. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The most likely cause of simple questions, with even same simple answers getting so much traction is, after a question gets a certain amount of up votes in a short time frame it is getting awarded arbitrary hotness points and shows up in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackexchange.com/questions?tab=hot&quot;&gt;Hot Network Questions&lt;/a&gt; and from there it gains mass publicity. Many of us have accounts across the SE network in their fields of interest. Some times only to read and sometimes to ask a specific question they have in mind. However, if you have gained enough reputation (don't know the exact amount right now) you start on other communities within the SE network with 100 bonus reputation which allows you to participate fully in terms of commenting and voting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So lets say a question gains traction and is in HNQ, people will see it and if the question is easy to understand and the answer is too fitting that they most likely vote because they can relate to both the question and the answer and  understand it. If however a question is very technical to begin with and the answer is as well very complicated to understand and comprehend they might not vote because they might not have the knowledge required to estimate if an answer is right or wrong. Also reputation gain per day is capped at 200 means if you receive like me 40 up-votes on a single day and an accept you will only have gained 215 reputation the rest is going to nowhere but it gives nice badges.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Examples of that (including examples of shameless self-promotion):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/982552/accidentally-did-dd-dev-sda&quot;&gt;Accidentally did dd /dev/sda&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/982697/lubuntu-lamp-server&quot;&gt;Lubuntu &amp;amp; LAMP server?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/408577/invoke-date-within-an-awk-command-to-format-output&quot;&gt;https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/408577/invoke-date-within-an-awk-command-to-format-output&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/408562/sed-substitution-not-working-as-desired&quot;&gt;https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/408562/sed-substitution-not-working-as-desired&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://codereview.stackexchange.com/questions/181885/searching-for-data-from-file1-in-file2&quot;&gt;https://codereview.stackexchange.com/questions/181885/searching-for-data-from-file1-in-file2&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/982722/made-users-members-of-the-group-that-owns-the-directory-but-they-still-cannot-a&quot;&gt;Made users members of the group that owns the directory, but they still cannot access it&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Those are all from the current hot topics. So my overall conclusion and opinion is, weighted votes are a bad idea and the system should stay as it is, this way it is fair to everyone. And yes I was at some point as well only a few hundred reputation old and my answers got sometimes as many down as up votes. Thats a learning process all of us have gone through in some way or another.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="522934" LastEditorUserId="522934" LastEditDate="2017-12-03T20:30:46.987" LastActivityDate="2017-12-03T20:30:46.987" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17501" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17499" CreationDate="2017-12-03T22:36:37.297" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;This feature request has been brought up multiple times on Meta Stack Exchange, and as far as I know it has always been poorly received by the community.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think the main objection is that &lt;strong&gt;making high-rep users (even) more powerful is not a good thing&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I agree with many of the points made in answers to the MSE posts. For example, in &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/22156/322419&quot;&gt;this answer&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/59808/devinb&quot;&gt;devinb&lt;/a&gt; points out that&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Reputation is NOT expertise!&lt;/strong&gt; Reputation is [...] mostly [the product of] &lt;em&gt;time spent on [a site]&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You yourself have pointed out that trivial answers are often highly upvoted. This means that reputation has already been dealt out unjustly, yet you want to give high reputation users more influence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/54499/322419&quot;&gt;This answer&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/146126/grace-note&quot;&gt;Grace Note&lt;/a&gt; deals specifically with downvotes, but highlights what is for me the main issue:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The more egregious disconnect is the idea that high reputation users should have greater control on the reputation of other users. This would allow a small group of high reputation users to deal crushing blows to other users because of possibly minor effects. It greatly unbalances the system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More reputation already confers more power (in the form of privileges). I don't want a &lt;em&gt;more&lt;/em&gt; unequal distribution of power on the basis of reputation. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I also think vote weighting could encourage people to vote with the reputation impact of voting more in mind. Voting might be based less on the quality of posts and more on other factors like how much voting will affect others' reputation. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The purpose of voting is not to confer or diminish reputation, but to indicate which posts are the most useful. If reputation doesn't reliably measure anything besides time spent, that doesn't matter much (as long as the powers reputation confers aren't excessive), but if a post's score doesn't at least somewhat measure its usefulness, then the SE model stops working.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2017-12-03T22:43:22.697" LastActivityDate="2017-12-03T22:43:22.697" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17502" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17499" CreationDate="2017-12-03T22:51:18.430" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I gave the question an uptick, but I'm in the high rep use boat.  I don't downvote though.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think it's a solid concern that easy to answer questions can get rep rockets, while hard to answer questions that are highly specific, but can indicate a very large amount of &quot;trustworthiness&quot; or &quot;ability&quot; get underweighted.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All of that said, I don't think there's a good way to implement that mechanic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2017-12-03T22:51:18.430" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17503" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17504" CreationDate="2017-12-04T09:17:18.393" Score="9" ViewCount="193" Body="&lt;p&gt;I stumbled on &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/842287/295286&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; answer just now. It's an accepted answer, but contains a link from googleusercontent.com type of domain, which doesn't say much of itself in URL and I've never heard of it myself, but I assume it's similar to dropbox.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Considering the fact that it's accepted, it might actually be a working software, however is there a way to verify that it's not injected with malware behind the scenes and not going to turn  user's Raspberry Pi into another IoT botnet device ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In general, how can I as reviewer of an answer or someone who has same issue as OP verify integrity of an unknown link given in an answer ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="295286" LastActivityDate="2017-12-04T15:00:14.303" Title="Is there a way to verify integrity of a link in the answer?" Tags="|discussion|answers|security|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17504" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17503" CreationDate="2017-12-04T15:00:14.303" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;There's no real way to determine if any given suggested piece of software or script contains hidden malicious actions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you're that concerned, I suggest you run suspicious links and download items through &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.virustotal.com/#/home/upload&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;VirusTotal&lt;/a&gt; or another virus scanner.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, keep in mind that these are not fully fledged code analyzers.  It won't catch the latest and greatest things, nor will it be able to verify links for example being downloaded by a script.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only real way to determine if something is malicious is to go into an in-depth analysis of the software in a sandbox to see everything it does before pushing things into production.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, if links give 403s or 404s (check with &lt;code&gt;curl -I &amp;lt;link&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt;) then it's dead and you may wish to just edit a post to say &quot;This link is no longer working, however was left for historical purposes&quot; for old accepted answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2017-12-04T15:00:14.303" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17505" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-12-04T18:08:55.053" Score="-2" ViewCount="100" Body="&lt;p&gt;I requested my profile deletion a couple of &lt;strong&gt;months&lt;/strong&gt; ago and I haven't received any response from staff. I've tried through &quot;other topic&quot; and no response. Is there any reason not to let me delete my profile here?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user520220" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2017-12-05T10:01:12.917" LastActivityDate="2017-12-05T10:01:12.917" Title="Are there any active mods here? I asked for help with deleting my account and got no response" Tags="|support|user-accounts|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17506" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17505" CreationDate="2017-12-04T18:38:25.860" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;To delete your account just follow &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/deleting-account&quot;&gt;How do I delete my account?&lt;/a&gt;, essentially:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/I9KXT.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While it's strange nobody answered in fact it's not at all necessary to contact the probably busy mods for an account deletion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="507051" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2017-12-05T08:30:09.493" LastActivityDate="2017-12-05T08:30:09.493" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17507" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17505" CreationDate="2017-12-05T02:53:28.287" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;You've contacted us 4 times over the past 13 months. Each time, we've responded with instructions on how to delete your account. Each time, we've gotten no response until the &lt;em&gt;next&lt;/em&gt; time you contacted us. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/fHANa.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/fHANa.png&quot; alt=&quot;list of closed tickets&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My guess is that you spam-blocked all of our responses. Makes it kinda hard to help you, y'know?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyway, I'm glad you finally asked here - as your profile indicates, you &lt;em&gt;were&lt;/em&gt; able read dessert's helpful response and thus finally able to schedule your profile for deletion. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So long, and thanks for all the &lt;s&gt;fish&lt;/s&gt; tickets...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12845" LastActivityDate="2017-12-05T02:53:28.287" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17508" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17509" CreationDate="2017-12-05T20:12:06.113" Score="8" ViewCount="104" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/175686/how-do-i-run-a-graphical-application-on-a-remote-server-when-logged-in-through-s/175691#175691&quot;&gt;This answer&lt;/a&gt; was flagged as low quality and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/low-quality-posts/782950&quot;&gt;reviewed&lt;/a&gt; by 7 users. All but one reviewer &lt;em&gt;Recommended Deletion&lt;/em&gt;, and the review now claims to be completed, both on the review page and on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/175691/timeline&quot;&gt;timeline&lt;/a&gt;, but &lt;em&gt;the post was not deleted&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In case the review link is not public, here is a screenshot:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/khg9L.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/khg9L.png&quot; alt=&quot;review page showing 6 users recommended deletion, including the last&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The last user voted to delete the answer, and that completed the review, but the post withstood the onslaught.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why did this post survive this review? (Are Eliah Kagan's votes magic?)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2017-12-13T22:51:36.567" LastActivityDate="2017-12-13T22:51:36.567" Title="Why didn't 6 reviewers' recommendations delete this answer?" Tags="|support|bug|status-bydesign|review|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17509" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17508" CreationDate="2017-12-05T21:26:48.637" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;Because the answer has positive score (+1 at the moment). This means that if reviewers agree it should be deleted, the deletion will not happen immediately; instead, an automatic flag for moderator review is raised.  &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/228861&quot;&gt;Reference&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If the outcome of review is deletion, and a post's score prevents it from being deleted, the original flags will be marked &quot;helpful&quot;. In these cases, and in cases where the flags are disputed, a new, moderator-only flag will be raised on the post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For this reason, I occasionally go out of my way (and out of the queue) to also downvote the answer that I recommend for deletion, if it currently has positive score. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user336085" LastActivityDate="2017-12-05T21:26:48.637" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17510" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-12-06T12:28:34.410" Score="7" ViewCount="275" Body="&lt;p&gt;Example: How to paste info from Ubuntu Settings Details About? Could be useful to identify my system. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="763847" OwnerDisplayName="funlight" LastActivityDate="2017-12-09T12:51:12.030" Title="Is there a tutorial on how to present info on &quot;Ask Ubuntu&quot;?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17511" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17510" CreationDate="2017-12-06T12:36:53.843" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can get all info you see in the 'Settings → About' Dialogbox in terminal. For example if you want to know your Ubuntu version you can use the following command:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;lsb_release -a&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For identifying your wireless network cards:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;lspci -nn | grep Network&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For identifying your ethernet cards:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;lspci -nn | grep Ethernet&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For identifying your drives:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;blkid&#xA;lsblk&#xA;df -h&#xA;fdisk -l&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For showing file/directory information:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;stat &amp;lt;filename/directory&amp;gt;&#xA;file &amp;lt;filename/directory&amp;gt;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For identifying which services are currently running:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;service --status-all&#xA;systemctl --state running --type service&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For seeing what happens when you connect a USB device (you have 30 seconds after typing this command to connect your device):  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;timeout  --signal=KILL 30s journalctl --follow&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And this is just to name a few, there are more but that depends on what info you want to give. All text can be copied from terminal by &lt;kbd&gt;Ctrl&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;Shift&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;C&lt;/kbd&gt; and pasted on AskUbuntu with simple &lt;kbd&gt;Ctrl&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;V&lt;/kbd&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="522934" OwnerDisplayName="Videonauth" LastEditorUserId="25618" LastEditDate="2017-12-06T18:21:48.630" LastActivityDate="2017-12-06T18:21:48.630" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17513" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17510" CreationDate="2017-12-09T12:51:12.030" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I understand now, that my title and the body make up two items. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Tutorial: I can get some info from reading answers, but as a newbie, I would prefer to read a tutorial with the guidelines that have highest priority for the expert helpers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Info from Ubuntu: I would like to present some standard info about my system – concurrently with my question. By doing so, it will be easier for experts to decide immediately, whether question and system is “my table” or not. It could increase efficiency for all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;System info workaround: I made a document merely with the values from Settings-Details-About. A question could be followed by pasting this info (no descriptions):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ubuntu 17.10-Lenovo IdeaPad Z500-3.8 GiB-Intel® Core™ i7-3632QM CPU @ 2.20GHz × 8- GeForce GT 740M/PCIe/SSE2-3.26.2-32-bit-980.3 GB&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this good enough, or can Ubuntu give me even more info by a keystroke -which I easily can present for Ask Ubuntu?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="763847" LastActivityDate="2017-12-09T12:51:12.030" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17515" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17517" CreationDate="2017-12-10T21:26:18.167" Score="2" ViewCount="109" Body="&lt;p&gt;Currently&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/101587/how-do-i-enter-a-directory-with-special-characters-in-its-name&quot;&gt;How do I enter a directory with special characters in its name?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;is the canonical&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt; question for quoting problems, however I feel it has a number of problems:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;it doesn't mention file names, but only directory names&lt;br&gt;&#xA;This is the same thing of course, but I think the question title and body should at least mention file names as well. People could think files were different.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;it doesn't list all three ways of quoting in one place&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;it doesn't explain the difference between quoting with single and double quotes&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;sub&gt;unless you read through &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/101587/how-do-i-enter-a-directory-with-special-characters-in-its-name#comment197604_101592&quot;&gt;comments&lt;/a&gt;, but then again this one doesn't mention arithmetic as well as history expansion and this information shouldn't be in comments only after all&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the top two answers &lt;em&gt;both&lt;/em&gt; escape &lt;code&gt;,&lt;/code&gt; while that's unnecessary&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;it provides neither sources nor further reading links&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To improve this situation I wrote this question and answered it as good as I'm able to:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/984801/507051&quot;&gt;How do I enter a file or directory name containing spaces or special characters in the terminal?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;I included a &lt;strong&gt;tl;dr&lt;/strong&gt; section at the top of the answer to account for the fact that users might not want to read about the topic but just get to the solution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While I was still on it, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/295286/sergiy-kolodyazhnyy&quot;&gt;Sergiy&lt;/a&gt; jumped in after having a boring day and was happy to write &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/984806/507051&quot;&gt;a mind-blowing second answer&lt;/a&gt; covering amazing alternative approaches.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think this question should be the new canonical one and would like to hear your opinion about that.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;If you think it's appropriate please also consider casting a reopen vote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;1 – “Canonical” meaning “That's the question where duplicates link to.”&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="507051" LastActivityDate="2017-12-11T02:24:26.533" Title="Suggestion: Change the canonical question for “How to enter special characters in the terminal?”" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17516" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17526" CreationDate="2017-12-11T01:21:13.497" Score="-6" ViewCount="167" Body="&lt;h3&gt;Introduction:&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While writing a response to a question, I came to a situation where making a sublist improved readability of the post. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This works:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;topic&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;subtopic&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;subsubtopic&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;subtopic&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;topic&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Although the indentation helps, this could present some confusion between topic and subtopic.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;This works also works:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;topic&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;subtopic&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;subsubtopic&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;subtopic&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;topic&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, it doesn't fit a formal text style.&#xA;Attempts to create an alternate numbering for the sublist failed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Formal style:&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Decimal List:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;1. topic&#xA;   1.1 subtopic&#xA;       1.1.1 subsubtopic&#xA;   1.2 subtopic&#xA;2. topic&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This style is probably most appropriate for the case I encountered but isn't supported by HTML. It could be done with CSS, but I don't think is would be as easy as the next style.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Outline style:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;1. topic&#xA;   I. subtopic&#xA;      A. subsubtopic&#xA;   II. subtopic&#xA;2. topic&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This style is supported by HTML by using the &lt;code&gt;type=&lt;/code&gt; option in the ordered list tag. The above list can be produced with the following code:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;ol type=&quot;1&quot;&amp;gt;&#xA;   &amp;lt;li&amp;gt;topic&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&#xA;   &amp;lt;ol type=&quot;I&quot;&amp;gt;&#xA;        &amp;lt;li&amp;gt;subtopic&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&#xA;        &amp;lt;ol type=&quot;A&quot;&amp;gt;&#xA;             &amp;lt;li&amp;gt;subsubtopic&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&#xA;        &amp;lt;/ol&amp;gt;&#xA;        &amp;lt;li&amp;gt;subtopic&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&#xA;   &amp;lt;/ol&amp;gt;&#xA;   &amp;lt;li&amp;gt;topic&amp;lt;/li&amp;gt;&#xA;&amp;lt;/ol&amp;gt;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, the page renderer here converts this to unordered lists.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Proposed Implementation:&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems that a minor edit and replication of existing code would enable the outline format.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Typed Character| Converts to&#xA;-----------------------------------------&#xA;1.             | &amp;lt;ol type=&quot;1&quot;&amp;gt;&#xA;A.             | &amp;lt;ol type=&quot;A&quot;&amp;gt;&#xA;I.             | &amp;lt;ol type=&quot;I&quot;&amp;gt;&#xA;a.             | &amp;lt;ol type=&quot;a&quot;&amp;gt;&#xA;leading spaces | creates sublist #already implemented&#xA;blank line     | ends current list #already implemented&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Reason for making the change:&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The ability to create sublists greatly improves the readability of complex explanations or multi step processes. To help the reader distinguish sublist from main list, the sublist should have a different numbering system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Example: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/985039/694267&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/a/985039/694267&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Comparison:&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Original  Text:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;6&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Kernel 4.0 and newer, the lazytime option reduces writes to disk by maintaining changes to inode timestamps (access, modification and creation times) only in memory. The on-disk timestamps are updated only when either (1) the file inode needs to be updated for some change unrelated to file timestamps, (2) a sync to disk occurs, (3) an undeleted inode is evicted from memory or (4) if more than 24 hours passed since the the last time the in-memory copy was written to disk.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Same Numbering:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;6&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Kernel 4.0 and newer, the lazytime option reduces writes to disk by maintaining changes to inode timestamps (access, modification and creation times) only in memory. The on-disk timestamps are updated only when either:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the file inode needs to be updated for some change unrelated to file timestamps,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;a sync to disk occurs,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;an undeleted inode is evicted from memory or&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;if more than 24 hours passed since the the last time the in-memory copy was written to disk&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Different numbering:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;6&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Kernel 4.0 and newer, the lazytime option reduces writes to disk by maintaining changes to inode timestamps (access, modification and creation times) only in memory. The on-disk timestamps are updated only when either:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;a. the file inode needs to be updated for some change unrelated to file timestamps,&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  b. a sync to disk occurs,&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  c. an undeleted inode is evicted from memory or&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  d. if more than 24 hours passed since the the last time the in-memory copy was written to disk&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;EDIT: Reply to Thomas Ward&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I could easily just write my answer as done above; however, would that start another bashing for not using the system's ordered list function? Granted the need for dropping to a third level in an answer does not occur often, but there is some need to do so in a thorough explanation. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Outline vs Ordered List:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As shown by my examples of what works, the system already supports the needed elements except for differentiated numbering. A system enforced numbering scheme would be ok. Though, it seems that a user selected numbering would be easier to implement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Formal Style References:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;APA writing style - &lt;a href=&quot;https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/544/03/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/544/03/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;MLA writing style - &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newarkhs.k12.il.us/_sr_project/portfolio_pdfs/HackerLevi-MLA-Out.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.newarkhs.k12.il.us/_sr_project/portfolio_pdfs/HackerLevi-MLA-Out.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Chicago writing style - &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.cmich.edu/colleges/chsbs/Centers/WritingCenter/Documents/Quick&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.cmich.edu/colleges/chsbs/Centers/WritingCenter/Documents/Quick&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="694267" LastEditorUserId="507051" LastEditDate="2018-05-26T11:24:09.880" LastActivityDate="2018-05-26T11:24:09.880" Title="ordered list format feature request -- subtopic numbering" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|status-declined|text-formatting|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17517" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17515" CreationDate="2017-12-11T02:18:19.317" Score="4" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This is the same thing of course, but I think the question title and body should at least mention file names as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit away. Any number of questions have been edited to be more general over the years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;it doesn't list all three ways of quoting in one place&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Add a new answer. Wait, you already did. &lt;em&gt;Elsewhere&lt;/em&gt;. Why? Seeing an insufficient answer, why didn't you post one there? Or in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/516772/158442&quot;&gt;How to access files/directories with spaces in the name?&lt;/a&gt;, which you then VTC'd?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://xkcd.com/927/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/standards.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; title=&quot;Fortunately, the charging one has been solved now that we&amp;#39;ve all standardized on mini-USB. Or is it micro-USB? Shit.&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;it doesn't explain the difference between quoting with single and double quotes&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See above.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;the top two answers both escape , while that's unnecessary&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See above.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;it provides neither sources nor further reading links&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See above.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Personally, I'd just rather see your answers merged there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="158442" LastEditDate="2017-12-11T02:24:26.533" LastActivityDate="2017-12-11T02:24:26.533" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17518" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17516" CreationDate="2017-12-11T04:25:00.120" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;This could be done using Stylish, say with CSS (in Mozilla-compatible format for Stylish) like so:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;@-moz-document domain(&quot;askubuntu.com&quot;) {&#xA;ol ol li {&#xA;    list-style-type: upper-roman;&#xA;}&#xA;ol ol ol li {&#xA;    list-style-type: upper-alpha;&#xA;}&#xA;}&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;giving:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/o0PeY.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/o0PeY.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="760903" LastActivityDate="2017-12-11T04:25:00.120" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17519" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17516" CreationDate="2017-12-11T18:18:38.617" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Doing something like this leads down a path I will (lovingly) refer to as &lt;em&gt;formatting hell&lt;/em&gt;. In my personal opinion, not everything needs to be a list, and we shouldn't be encouraging sublists any more than necessary. We have better ways of splitting answers - those would (ideally) be better to use.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Compare the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;In order to summon a unicorn, one must gather fifty orchids (blue or white, but purple may work depending on the season). Then, at a full moon, the orchids must be arranged in a semi-circle around a pure-white horse. Chant &quot;&lt;em&gt;Invocum Unicornus Etat!&lt;/em&gt;&quot; while waving around a four leaf clover, and the horse will be transformed into a unicorn&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;with:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;In order to summon a unicorn:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ol&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Gather fifty orchids&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;You should use either blue or white orchids.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Purple may be used, but results may vary based on the season.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Wait for a full moon, and place orchids in a semicircle&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;At the center of the semicircle, place a pure-white horse.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Wave around a four-leaf clover while chanting &quot;&lt;em&gt;Invocum Unicornus Etat!&lt;/em&gt;&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It can &lt;em&gt;generally&lt;/em&gt; be assumed that users will read the entire post and be of sane mind. It's better (again, in my opinion) to make text and instructions smooth and simple rather than split things up into arbitrary steps.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Nesting (unfortunately) makes this issue worse:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Get a unicorn to act as the magical catalyst.&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ol&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Gather fifty orchids&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;You should use either blue or white orchids.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Purple may be used, but results may vary based on the season.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Wait for a full moon, and place orchids in a semicircle&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;At the center of the semicircle, place a pure-white horse.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Wave around a four-leaf clover while chanting &quot;&lt;em&gt;Invocum Unicornus Etat!&lt;/em&gt;&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Make (or buy) the required elixir&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Brands such as Magebright, Merlin's Exciting Elixir, and similar tend to work for purchasing&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Or, you can make your own, though results may not be as good&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ol&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;In a large bowl, mix together 50 grams of ground wormwood and 5 grams of dried oak leaves&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Add in 0.2 liters of water blessed by an Abrahamic priest&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Add in 0.1 liters of whole, unpasteurized cow's milk&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Mix together, and leave in cold kiln for 3 days&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Add elixir to the unicorn's food&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;When the unicorn's horn begins to glow, pet the unicorn's mane while saying your wish.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Instead, why not just use headings for each distinct step? This separates things out more and makes things look cleaner for users:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;h2&gt;Get a unicorn&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I really don't want to write this again, forgive me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;h2&gt;Obtain magical elixir&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Blah blah blah something about potion making...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;h2&gt;Making your wish&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Once the above two things are done, add the magical elixir to the unicorn's food. Wait for the unicorn's horn to start glowing. Once that happens, pet the unicorn's mane while reciting your wish.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And this answer has gotten long, so I'll just summarize: sub-lists lettering will only put a bandage on an organizational problem already solved by other things (such as headings and different post structuring). While they'd be theoretically nice to have, I'd feel that at the end of the day they'd actually &lt;em&gt;reduce&lt;/em&gt; readability. The sublists we have are already enough (and are denoted by indentations) -- more differentiation is not necessary as they really shouldn't be used unless there's no other choice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastActivityDate="2017-12-11T18:18:38.617" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17520" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-12-11T23:09:27.000" Score="3" ViewCount="81" Body="&lt;p&gt;I encountered a question where a person had put an answer in the comments, then the OP had commented again saying that answer worked, and thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/985384/cannot-execute-any-files-from-separate-home-partition&quot;&gt;Here was the specific question, but I am asking in a general sense&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I commented to remind people to make proper answers instead of leaving the answers in the comments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;BUT:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would it have been OK for me to copy the correct answer from the comment to a new answer of my own, in order to solve the problem immediately?  I wouldn't be doing it to claim credit, but because having a correct answer buried in the comments is not good for people browsing the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54256" LastActivityDate="2017-12-11T23:09:27.000" Title="If people have put answers as comments, is it OK for me to copy their comment to an answer myself?" Tags="|discussion|answers|comments|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2017-12-12T10:42:54.007" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17521" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17522" CreationDate="2017-12-12T04:42:49.800" Score="12" ViewCount="288" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have seen that sometimes, users with a relatively high reputation get a large number of upvotes on simplest of the simplest answers. However, the answer will not have so much value that it shows a lot of research (of course, not to forget, it may not be really necessary for high research, may be because of the type of question itself).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But, very good quality answers, with lot of research get hardly one or two upvotes, just because they are from low rep users. May be the question is of interest only to the OP and the person answering, but if it is of enough research, shouldn't it be upvoted? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do other high rep users(in the sense with review privileges) upvote on answers of very good quality that they come across, irrespective of the answering person's rep? Or is there any valid reason behind this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;I'm sorry if it sounded a bit harsh, just wanted to know why this happens. You know it takes a lot of time(when you don't have much) and effort to build rep when you are at the lower level with the limited privileges, than when you are above the threshold...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="574724" LastEditorUserId="574724" LastEditDate="2017-12-12T05:41:29.930" LastActivityDate="2018-01-01T18:23:53.343" Title="High Votes on High Rep Users' Posts" Tags="|discussion|reputation|new-users|answer-quality|" AnswerCount="6" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17522" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17521" CreationDate="2017-12-12T08:09:26.700" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;Were these simplest of the simplest answers that got a lot of votes posted for questions that made it to the Hot Network Questions list? It's a common enough event that simple answers to HNQs get massively upvoted because $RANDOM_USER from $RANDOM_OTHER_SE_SITE sees it and upvotes it. &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/138176/270345&quot;&gt;Why do some very simple questions get lots of upvotes?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for high-rep users voting, see &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users?tab=Voters&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/users?tab=Voters&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users?tab=reputation&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/users?tab=reputation&lt;/a&gt; and judge for yourself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2017-12-12T08:09:26.700" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17523" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17527" CreationDate="2017-12-13T00:46:34.510" Score="7" ViewCount="311" Body="&lt;p&gt;I feel like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/909324/689314&quot;&gt;this answer&lt;/a&gt; should be downvoted because it is at the top of the page and outdated. However I'm not sure whether or not that is the best idea. Is there a better solution to this problem? Or it might not be a problem?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user689314" LastActivityDate="2017-12-25T23:12:02.477" Title="Should an answer be downvoted if it is outdated and at the top of the page" Tags="|discussion|downvoting|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17524" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17523" CreationDate="2017-12-13T01:58:07.757" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No&lt;/strong&gt;, that's very rude in my opinion. I think there are better alternatives.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;The answer needs additional details&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the original answer is correct as it is at the time of posting, but now requires additional info to cope with newer systems/updates, you can do one of the followings:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Edit the answer yourself and add the details.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Leave a comment with the details and suggest the answerer to append the details to the answer.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;The answer is completely obsolete (but was correct at the time of posting)&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just leave a comment saying it's out-of-date or just leave it as is. I believe users will see the date of posting/last edit and figure out that the answer might not work with a newer system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have a up-to-date answer feel free to post it. If you think you have a (Ask Ubuntu) link to an up-to-date answer,  edit the outdated answer and append the link.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another way of doing is to tag the answer with the Ubuntu version when possible. That is, add a sentence to the top of the answer: &lt;code&gt;## Ubuntu xx.xx and older&lt;/code&gt;. But this would require to update other answers as well and specify which one is for versions newer than xx.xx. This helps users skip the outdated answers altogether, and look for the appropriate one. For example: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/256013/8698&quot;&gt;Apache error &amp;quot;Could not reliably determine the server&amp;#39;s fully qualified domain name&amp;quot;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/17523/should-an-answer-be-downvoted-if-it-is-outdated-and-at-the-top-of-the-page?cb=1#comment36494_17524&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;suggested by Dan&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;The question itself is obsolete&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can vote/flag the question for closure. There is an option under &lt;em&gt;Off-Topic&lt;/em&gt; which goes like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This describes a problem that can't be reproduced that seemingly went away on its own or was only relevant to a very specific period of time. It's off-topic as it's unlikely to help future readers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course if the answer is completely wrong/rubbish/potentially dangerous to begin with, downvoting (maybe also leave a comment pointing out the problem(s) with it) is the right action to take.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="480481" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2017-12-13T23:09:42.427" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17525" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17523" CreationDate="2017-12-13T09:38:30.623" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;If the answer is no longer correct and you can fix it, then edit as pomsky &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/17524/85695&quot;&gt;suggested&lt;/a&gt;. If, however, it is now completely obsolete, so much as to be irrelevant, then yes you should downvote. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sadly, a lot of people take downvotes personally, which is silly. The whole point of the voting system is to put the right answer at the top and put wrong answers down. So if an answer which is currently wrong is at the top, &lt;em&gt;it needs to be downvoted&lt;/em&gt;. This isn't &quot;rude&quot; and it isn't &quot;mean&quot;, it is helping the site and improving the site's content. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, voting also acts as a reward system and turns the site into the game we all enjoy. However, we should not forget that the point here is not to amass Useless Internet Points®, it is to create a useful repository of knowledge that will help people solve their technical issues with Ubuntu. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Voting is an integral part of that and downvoting is fully as important (if not more so) as upvoting. So if an answer is now wrong, even if it were perfect when posted, it should either be fixed or downvoted to show that it is no longer correct. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, practically, it is almost always possible to edit and fix an answer or, at least, to add a diclaimer explaining that this is no longer relevant and/or is limited to specific versions of Ubuntu. So usually, you don't need to downvote and can just add the disclaimer. However, in cases where that isn't feasible or where the answer which used to be fine is now dangerous a downvote is the right thing to do. You always vote for the &lt;em&gt;current&lt;/em&gt; situation, not the past. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2017-12-13T09:38:30.623" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17526" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17516" CreationDate="2017-12-14T01:52:06.287" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Two points:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I can see the merits to the style you are proposing.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;But we're not going to change our Markdown implementation to support them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;For one thing, most posts don't need (or benefit from) deeply nested outlines, so this is a rather rare edge case at best.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;a. We aren't writing &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Code&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;U.S. Code&lt;/a&gt; here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;b. &lt;code&gt;Maybe use actual code blocks instead.&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;For another, Markdown has a pretty standard style of making lists. We'd rather move toward being more standard (perhaps by implementing &lt;a href=&quot;http://commonmark.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;CommonMark&lt;/a&gt;) than less standard.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It'd be awesome if Markdown had standardized on a list style that matches the writing manuals you linked to, but that's not really what it's designed to do. I don't think most Stack Exchange answers or questions benefit from deeply-nested lists either, so we ought not encourage them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="173605" LastActivityDate="2017-12-14T01:52:06.287" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17527" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17523" CreationDate="2017-12-14T07:24:34.843" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here's my two cents on this.  I'm going to talk in very general terms, because the question applies not just to one you linked, but to many other out there. And remember, this is just my personal opinion on this. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Voting is the measure of &lt;em&gt;usefulness&lt;/em&gt; of an answer, not of whether an answer is outdated. If you ask a current question and receive outdated answer, then logically it is not useful - down-voting that is OK. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Downvoting an outdated answer on outdated question, however, is not logical and achieves no useful purpose (especially if downvoted without comment). At the time of writing it may have been both useful and relevant. Best course of actions in my opinion (&lt;em&gt;disclamer, this is just an opinion&lt;/em&gt;) would be: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;leave a comment requesting the author to update the answer; especially in case of high-reputation users, there's a high probability they're active on the site and will see your comment&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;if the user haven't answered and you don't have editing privileges - bring it up to the attention of users in &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/201&quot;&gt;Ask Ubuntu General Chatroom&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/3877&quot;&gt;Downboat Chatroom&lt;/a&gt;. Alternatively, request it here on meta site, especially if you are not sure how to proceed or how exactly information should be edited. After all, Ask Ubuntu is a community, so talk to people.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;if you do have the privilege to edit posts - do that, however do so in non-destructive way; that means, &lt;strong&gt;do not delete the original content of the answer&lt;/strong&gt;. Remember, the answer in question was relevant in the past, so it may have (1) historic value, (2) it may be referenced by other more recent posts discussing what has been going in the past, (3) believe it or not, there are people out there who still use legacy Ubuntu releases or legacy software, and the solution may actually be useful to them. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Another option is to post your own answer to cover the new material, with perhaps commenting on the outdated answer. This doesn't improve the other answer, obviously, but does allow for upholding relevance of the question; don't worry whether your answer won't be as highly voted - Ask Ubuntu is not a marathon, but more like a wiki; those who read whole posts and actually look for up-to-date stuff will find it. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NOTE&lt;/strong&gt;: Please do not flag posts for moderator attention; this is not their job to keep answers up to date (unless the answer could be potentially harmful, then it could be argued that it's under their jurisdiction). In other words, don't bother moderators with what community or high rep users can do alone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, what about downvoting itself ? You certainly &lt;em&gt;can&lt;/em&gt; do that, and you can get away with the excuse  &quot;I'm downvoting the answer because it is not useful &lt;em&gt;anymore&lt;/em&gt;&quot;. That's all fair and square, voting is anonymous, and you don't have to even explain why you downvoted an answer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However downvoting without explaining achieves no useful effect, and you really need to figure out what is your purpose - do you just want to silently disagree, or actively partake in making information relevant. You downvote an outdated answer, OP might see it and just ignore it; old answer, who cares. By contrast, if you downvote and leave a comment, if the author is on the site they will update the answer. But then again, downvoting isn't even necessary. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In other words, when it's about relevance/up-to-date-ness of an answer, voting alone isn't useful when done by itself. That's why best course of action is editing and communicating with author of the post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="295286" LastEditorUserId="295286" LastEditDate="2017-12-14T08:27:56.240" LastActivityDate="2017-12-14T08:27:56.240" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17528" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-12-16T13:45:52.807" Score="19" ViewCount="1043" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu receives large numbers of questions like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/986784/install-ubuntu-on-acer&quot;&gt;this example&lt;/a&gt; posted today asking &quot;I have this [specific device], can I install Ubuntu on it?&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These questions tend to attract low quality answers (as the above example has), usually receive downvotes and are often closed, either as unclear, too broad, primarily opinion based, or as duplicates of generic questions like these:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/430551/is-ubuntu-compatible-with-my-hardware&quot;&gt;Is Ubuntu compatible with my hardware?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/206407/how-do-i-find-out-which-version-and-derivative-of-ubuntu-is-right-for-my-hardwar&quot;&gt;How do I find out which version and derivative of Ubuntu is right for my hardware in terms of minimal system requirements?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I nearly always vote to leave these questions open. I once &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/36082687#36082687&quot;&gt;chatted about this topic&lt;/a&gt;. Such questions can be answered well by users with experience of the hardware in question, IMHO. But I don't vote to reopen those questions; my conviction is not very strong (answers might be difficult to maintain, might be long and complicated, might not be reliable for reasons that are difficult to work out without discussion).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am thinking that it would be good to have a policy for this type of question, so I am instigating a discussion. What should be done with these questions and why?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My opinion is that instead of closing them with varied reasons and (not in this case, but it happens) &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2281/please-stop-posting-half-answers-and-dumb-advice-as-comments&quot;&gt;giving half-answers and dumb advice in comments&lt;/a&gt; we should do something more helpful and consistent, for example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Leave open, but encourage or even insist on (by deleting vague answers) specific answers for these questions, and point OP to the generic resources in &quot;&lt;code&gt;[Related](link)&lt;/code&gt;&quot; comments.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Create a new canonical post about why questions like this are not suited to Ask Ubuntu (because &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;reasons&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt;) with generic resources, links to better places to ask (Ubuntu Forums?), and tips on how to ask more answerable questions about &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/system-installation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;system-installation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;system-installation&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/compatibility&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;compatibility&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;compatibility&lt;/a&gt; and close all these questions against it as they occur.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Decide how we should close these questions, and stick to the policy.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any thoughts?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2017-12-17T13:52:28.200" LastActivityDate="2021-08-27T00:44:34.117" Title="&quot;Can I run Ubuntu on my hardware?&quot; questions: a discussion" Tags="|discussion|scope|close-reasons|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17529" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17528" CreationDate="2017-12-16T14:55:12.140" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;IMO these should be closed for multiple reasons:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;consumer hardware changes too quickly and has too many minor variations for the answers to have any lasting value. Same problem with shopping recommendations.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the answers are far going to be far too opinion-based. One user's priorities need not be the same as another's.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the question is far too broad. If a system has problems with graphics and with networking and with touchpads and ... these are all problems that should be asked and answered separately, because each individual component is likely to be more commonly used than the device as a whole.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I feel such questions would also involve a lot more back-and-forth discussion and essentially become a request for on-going support. Keep that to chat, please.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Such questions can be answered well by users with experience of the hardware in question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not from my POV. What if the user with experience tried 16.04 and asker wants to use 14.04? What if it's the other way around? What if the asker is worried about WiFi and the answerer only ever uses ethernet? What if the asker is interested in gaming and the user only does CUDA? For a useful answer, the asker and answerer's usage has to align, more than with any other topic seen on our site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Experience with a device is good material for a blog post or a review site. Not for Q&amp;amp;A.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a tried to post a broad-strokes Q&amp;amp;A about this: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/986878/158442&quot;&gt;Will my device work with Ubuntu?&lt;/a&gt; It's community wiki, thus easier to contribute to for many users. Let's see what can be made of it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="158442" LastEditDate="2017-12-16T17:05:09.730" LastActivityDate="2017-12-16T17:05:09.730" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17530" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-12-17T03:54:02.513" Score="3" ViewCount="124" Body="&lt;p&gt;OK, so we have &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/986395/295286&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; HNQ, which gathered quite a lot of attention, snarky &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/70350/discussion-on-question-by-nerdoflinux-why-do-two-colons-in-bash-result-in-three&quot;&gt;comments&lt;/a&gt;, and a small edit war between me and another user about the title of the question. I've edited the answer to match the body of the question.  The issue is that it can be viewed from different points of view: is OP asking about the error message? About one command vs another? Are they asking about both? Are the title and question even clear enough?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does the community think &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/revisions/986395/6&quot;&gt;the edit&lt;/a&gt; captures the question well enough, and if not - what should be done about it? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;PS: For the record, I think the snarky comments to that question were kinda uncalled for :)  Aren't we supposed to follow &quot;be nice&quot; rule?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="295286" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2017-12-17T12:26:46.993" LastActivityDate="2017-12-17T12:26:46.993" Title="Does the title of this question capture OP's question well enough?" Tags="|discussion|editing|asking-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17531" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17530" CreationDate="2017-12-17T07:20:16.427" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think the best version of this post is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/revisions/986395/4&quot;&gt;revision 4&lt;/a&gt;, because its title is the most specific&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Why does the error message for two colons as a command (::) in bash have three colons, but a single colon give no output?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This expresses what was asked, but more importantly it leads to the answers, which explain why Bash behaves in the way described.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;we need the word 'colon' because words are searchable&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;it's good to show the actual command &lt;code&gt;::&lt;/code&gt; (or non-command) entered - that makes it clearer&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;it's important to show that the 'command' is being entered in a Bash shell&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;'output' is a more precise term than 'response' or 'result'.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Vague titles make for poor quality search results (not finding what you actually want - we all hate that, right?). Make the title lead to the information given as unambiguously as possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2017-12-17T12:22:10.367" LastActivityDate="2017-12-17T12:22:10.367" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17532" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17534" CreationDate="2017-12-17T16:51:07.957" Score="16" ViewCount="205" Body="&lt;p&gt;Many questions tagged with &lt;code&gt;bash&lt;/code&gt; have accepted answers using &lt;code&gt;sed&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;awk&lt;/code&gt; or common *NIX utilities.  Is it OK to use Python to answer questions in the same way?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In particular, I'm looking at &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/987138/how-to-replace-text-randomly-from-file&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; that wants to randomly bring lines from one text file into another.  I first thought of doing something in Python and then turning it into a one-liner, so it can be executed from the command line, but I'm not sure if this is acceptable on the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="374783" LastActivityDate="2017-12-24T19:00:34.253" Title="Can I answer bash-tagged questions with Python one-liners?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17533" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17532" CreationDate="2017-12-17T17:06:16.780" Score="16" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes. Definitely. Go for it. Lots of people do that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Python answers work on Ubuntu, so they are helpful to our visitors. In fact, they might even help people who (shhh!) don't use Linux at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just don't expect to get an accept (imho you should never &lt;em&gt;expect&lt;/em&gt; an accept anyway), because Python might not be what the OP had in mind.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2017-12-18T15:50:28.947" LastActivityDate="2017-12-18T15:50:28.947" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17534" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17532" CreationDate="2017-12-17T17:11:19.087" Score="15" Body="&lt;h3&gt;Yes&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Often people use &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/bash&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;bash&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;bash&lt;/a&gt; when they actually mean &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/command-line&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;command-line&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;command-line&lt;/a&gt; – I bet that's what terdon had in mind when he &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/987138/how-to-replace-text-randomly-from-file#comment1589921_987138&quot;&gt;asked about it&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unless OP &lt;em&gt;explicitly&lt;/em&gt; states they need a &lt;em&gt;pure&lt;/em&gt; &lt;code&gt;bash&lt;/code&gt; solution, answers using external tools like &lt;code&gt;awk&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;sed&lt;/code&gt; and also &lt;code&gt;python&lt;/code&gt; are welcome and regularly accepted in the end. And even then: &lt;strong&gt;Answers are&lt;/strong&gt; not for OP alone, but &lt;strong&gt;for everybody&lt;/strong&gt; with the same question. If something else than pure &lt;code&gt;bash&lt;/code&gt; is in any way useful to solve the problem. then it's suitable for an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After all, there are few who actually &lt;em&gt;know&lt;/em&gt; what is a &lt;code&gt;bash&lt;/code&gt; builtin and what's not – a regular Ubuntu user deliberately doesn't have to care about things like that. (There's &lt;code&gt;type&lt;/code&gt; to determine that, compare the output of &lt;code&gt;type -a read&lt;/code&gt; with that of &lt;code&gt;type -a ls&lt;/code&gt;.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By the way, of the three answers there only &lt;em&gt;one&lt;/em&gt; uses &lt;code&gt;bash&lt;/code&gt; builtins, and one of the others is by a &lt;em&gt;moderator&lt;/em&gt; (watch out for the diamond symbol ♦) – if in doubt, do what &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/85695/terdon&quot;&gt;terdon ♦&lt;/a&gt; or any other moderator does.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="507051" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2017-12-17T20:08:51.217" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17535" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-12-17T20:05:39.947" Score="-8" ViewCount="94" Body="&lt;p&gt;Judging people's questions and dismissing them as &quot;duplicative&quot; fails to help anyone (except the egos of those passing judgment).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If multiple people are asking the same question, how about posting the answer IN PLAIN ENGLISH (and Spanish) and then PROVIDING A LINK to the information?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That way, you can all save yourselves the time and effort of re-replying to the same questions from non-programmers, AND from having to judge everyone's posts. (You surely must have better things to do.) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Believe me, I am using this forum as a last resort, and I will not be coming back.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="772384" OwnerDisplayName="Kat " LastActivityDate="2017-12-18T17:50:07.677" Title="Thank You Everyone" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17536" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17535" CreationDate="2017-12-17T20:49:03.050" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;From the comments &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/986984&quot;&gt;in your original question&lt;/a&gt;, it looks like you didn't follow any of the answers in the duplicate question and its answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So the best thing to do right now is to follow the answers in the duplicate and if you run into trouble &lt;em&gt;after having tried them all&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/ask&quot;&gt;ask a new question&lt;/a&gt;, point out where you ran into trouble and we'll adapt the duplicate or write a new answer for a new scenario we've not run into before...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Don' be frustrated that you're not getting all the personal attention you want: this is a Q&amp;amp;A site, not a forum and if it's our considered opinion your problem looks like a duplicate, it probably is in 95% of all cases...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So please &lt;em&gt;help us in helping you!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;:-)&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2017-12-18T17:50:07.677" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17537" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-12-18T01:09:25.800" Score="3" ViewCount="150" Body="&lt;p&gt;Why is my &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/986295/is-it-possible-to-download-packages-after-ubtuntu-has-been-installed-with-try-u?noredirect=1#comment1589499_986295&quot;&gt;question&lt;/a&gt; still on hold after a day?  I made it more specific.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="771318" LastActivityDate="2017-12-18T17:53:26.110" Title="Why is my question still on hold?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17538" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17537" CreationDate="2017-12-18T08:45:32.637" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just follow this advice:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Please clarify your specific problem or add additional details to&#xA;  highlight exactly what you need. As it's currently written, it’s hard&#xA;  to tell exactly what you're asking. See the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/how-to-ask&quot;&gt;How to Ask&lt;/a&gt; page for help&#xA;  clarifying this question. If this question can be reworded to fit the&#xA;  rules in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/closed-questions&quot;&gt;help center&lt;/a&gt;, please &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/986295/edit&quot;&gt;edit the question&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This message tells you what you can and need to do in order to get your question reopened:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You should take the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tour&quot;&gt;Tour&lt;/a&gt; to make yourself familiar with the site.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You should read &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/how-to-ask&quot;&gt;How do I ask a good question?&lt;/a&gt; to make sure you make your question a valuable one.&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=&amp;quot;AppStream+cache+update+failed&amp;quot;&quot;&gt;Search&lt;/a&gt;, and research&lt;br&gt;&#xA;In your case it would be helpful to search for the main error message – &lt;code&gt;AppStream cache update failed&lt;/code&gt; – on &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=&amp;quot;AppStream+cache+update+failed&amp;quot;&quot;&gt;AU&lt;/a&gt; as well as &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.startpage.com/rvd/search?query=&amp;quot;AppStream%20cache%20update%20failed&amp;quot;&amp;amp;language=en&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the internet&lt;/a&gt; in general. Try to get to the bottom of the problem and include the &lt;em&gt;whole&lt;/em&gt; result of your research in your question. Please do &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; use comments to add information, instead &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/986295/edit&quot;&gt;edit the question&lt;/a&gt; directly.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Be on-topic ✓&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Be specific&lt;br&gt;&#xA;If you find other resources which cover your problem (like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/761592/unable-to-apt-get-dist-upgrade-on-a-persistent-ubuntu-16-04-usb&quot;&gt;Unable to &amp;#39;apt-get dist-upgrade&amp;#39; on a persistent Ubuntu 16.04 USB&lt;/a&gt; in your case) and they don't solve your problem, include them and explain how &lt;em&gt;exactly&lt;/em&gt; the solutions proposed there don't work for you. Show us what you tried.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Make it relevant to others ✓&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Keep an open mind&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Believe it or not, but we're really trying hard to help you here – we just need you to help us help you.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="507051" LastEditorUserId="344926" LastEditDate="2017-12-18T17:53:26.110" LastActivityDate="2017-12-18T17:53:26.110" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17539" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17521" CreationDate="2017-12-18T11:54:28.247" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;High-rep users are more likely to be longer around and much more likely to answer the easy questions that many users run into and thus get more attention and upvotes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Well-researched answers are often solutions to intricate problems that get much less attention and thus less upvotes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="770504" LastActivityDate="2017-12-18T11:54:28.247" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17540" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17521" CreationDate="2017-12-18T16:09:14.117" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;It might be also due to errors in the system because for example I get this particular post in my feed as &quot;featured Meta post&quot; and this is the second time this happens in a week. In my opinion this is wrong both times because the question is not very important and also not high traffic. That being said, I do understand why this question is asked and actually I do agree with it. I'm only pointing out that there might be something wrong with the selection system for featured posts which possibly draws additional attention to certain posts. B.T.W.: I use the Android app.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="353598" LastActivityDate="2017-12-18T16:09:14.117" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17541" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-12-19T02:41:43.893" Score="-5" ViewCount="155" Body="&lt;p&gt;I cannot upvote or comment, makes this entire site worthless...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What can I do to fix this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="717489" OwnerDisplayName="Craig Cooper" LastActivityDate="2017-12-20T00:30:58.543" Title="What is this ridiculous &quot;reputation&quot; system?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2017-12-20T03:53:56.947" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17542" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17541" CreationDate="2017-12-19T03:05:23.757" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Stack Exchange sites are designed to gamifiy site moderation. To that end anyone can ask, answer, or edit a question. You are both a user and on your way to earning &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges?tab=moderation&quot;&gt;user moderation privileges&lt;/a&gt;. You could even be come an &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/site-moderators&quot;&gt;Elected ♦ Moderator&lt;/a&gt; of the Stack Exchange communities that you frequent. Depending on your reputation you have more &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges&quot;&gt;privileges/power&lt;/a&gt; and responsibility.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Gaining reputation&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/whats-reputation&quot;&gt;gain reputation&lt;/a&gt; ask, answer, or edit.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/help/how-to-ask&quot;&gt;Ask good questions&lt;/a&gt; that are new and show research.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Provide &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/help/how-to-answer&quot;&gt;good answers&lt;/a&gt; that improve the knowledge on the site.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/141227/what-constitutes-a-good-edit&quot;&gt;Improve&lt;/a&gt; questions and answers to further the exchange of information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="723193" OwnerDisplayName="J. Starnes" LastEditorUserId="723193" LastEditDate="2017-12-19T18:07:29.943" LastActivityDate="2017-12-19T18:07:29.943" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17543" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17541" CreationDate="2017-12-19T03:47:51.253" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;You do not need any reputation to ask or answer a question, as those are fundamental features of the site and are deliberately open to anyone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Assuming the question or answer you post is helpful it will gain you reputation that will then let you comment or vote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The minimum requirements for commenting and voting help prevent spam and malicious gaming of the system.  Not being able to comment or vote does not make the site worthless, and overcoming that restriction is fairly easy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54256" LastActivityDate="2017-12-19T03:47:51.253" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17544" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17541" CreationDate="2017-12-20T00:24:11.230" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Since you have already received serious, informative answers, let me take a moment to entertain (yes, moderators can do that too).&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is the answer to life, the universe, and everything. Reputation is... 42.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;42 is reputation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;On a more serious note though:&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Reputation is both a system of protection (as others have pointed out) and a system that engenders (in theory) trust. In simple terms, only users of a certain reputation level are granted certain privileges, so as to prevent inexperienced users from making dangerous mistakes, or untrusted users from abusing the site in general.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However reputation also allows you to know who you can trust at a glance. It's kind of like a &amp;quot;soft degree&amp;quot; system. It lets you know that a particular user's contributions to the community have been deemed useful and can serve as a indicator that their future contributions are likely to be as well. It is not, however, a guarantee, nor is it an invitation to ask any user for assistance or to expect them to know the answer to a specific question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1992" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2017-12-20T00:30:58.543" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17545" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-12-20T06:05:20.927" Score="2" ViewCount="61" Body="&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;User A ask question.&#xA;User B came across the question, he knew the answer to question.&#xA;User B answer the question provided by User A.&#xA;User A view the answer.&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But.. User A doesn't:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Give any feedback to the answer; e.g. comment on answer.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Upvote/Downvote the answer.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;(Possibly) abandon the answer.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How to deal with this type of user ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="253251" LastActivityDate="2017-12-20T06:05:20.927" Title="How to deal with &quot;un-appreciated&quot; answer?" Tags="|discussion|asking-questions|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2017-12-20T06:31:36.130" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17546" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17521" CreationDate="2017-12-20T15:00:57.593" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have posted what I considered well-founded, well-researched answers that gathered not one point. I have posted two line answers that I considered trivial that got many points.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;AU giveth and AU taketh away.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Although reputation points are nice validation, I believe that if we answer in order to help rather than to gather points, the points will come to us in time. In some cases, the points may be less than what we feel that we deserve and, in some cases more.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19421" LastActivityDate="2017-12-20T15:00:57.593" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17547" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-12-20T17:30:01.510" Score="19" ViewCount="204" Body="&lt;p&gt;Today I saw a new user suggesting edits where he mainly used &lt;code&gt;code&lt;/code&gt; for emphasis&#xA;e.g.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/988060/117103&quot;&gt;pcname + mac filtered WIFI - not able to connect&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I edited one suggestion and rejected another but then saw that he has got approved suggestions with the same pattern.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please help to educate new users to not fall into that trap.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastEditorUserId="507051" LastEditDate="2017-12-28T08:31:35.390" LastActivityDate="2017-12-28T08:31:35.390" Title="Please don't approve edit-suggestions where code-format is used for emphasis" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17548" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17549" CreationDate="2017-12-20T19:50:10.703" Score="16" ViewCount="182" Body="&lt;p&gt;Seems we have a tag &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/glitch&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;glitch&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;glitch&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This seems to me equivalent to having a tag &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/bug&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;bug&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;bug&lt;/a&gt;. It could apply to issues of various types and with various causes. It seems unlikely that anyone will be especially interested in this tag or consider themselves an expert in it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any justification for having this tag? Or should we get rid of it (by re-tagging questions that have it, while fixing everything else about these posts that could benefit from editing at the same time)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2017-12-20T20:22:18.043" Title="Should we ditch [glitch]?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17549" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17548" CreationDate="2017-12-20T20:22:18.043" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/glitch&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;glitch&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;glitch&lt;/a&gt; seems to be completely undescriptive as a tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We're limited to five tags per post. We should make them useful and descriptive so that people with expertise can find and answer those tagged questions. Nobody can be experienced in &quot;glitch&quot;, so I'd say burn the tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;+1&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastActivityDate="2017-12-20T20:22:18.043" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17550" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17521" CreationDate="2017-12-21T12:26:50.017" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's human nature to reward the popular. I know that's not the technical or preferred answer but it's just the way the cookie crumbles.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1992" LastActivityDate="2017-12-21T12:26:50.017" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17551" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17547" CreationDate="2017-12-21T15:51:29.097" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;Thanks for the catch and the rollback.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;I've had words with those involved in the approval of the edit suggestion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think it's easy to get into a position where you assume people are trying to do good things and that the thought is what counts. This edit does sort of kind of highlight some important stuff... ish... But it's obviously a long way off our community standards. That's what counts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Reviewing edits is something that always happens dead quick here and while I think most of the reviews are fine, I think some people miss out on how sacred they really are to us.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;It gives you —a battle-seasoned editing warlord— the perfect opportunity to make a post you might not have seen &lt;em&gt;even better&lt;/em&gt;. Extra spacing, language edits, converting links out to be in the text, removing thanks, using code, block-code and block-quotes correctly... &lt;em&gt;You know&lt;/em&gt; how things should look.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Your re-edit (or decline-edit) shows the edit-suggester what we expected them to do. Their next edit might be better. Their next might be even better. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;We only have a finite amount of time before mediocre editors can edit without approval, and approve others' edits. That's why we need the bar so high here.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So if you don't have the time to give 120% to an edit suggestion, &lt;strong&gt;just don't review edits today&lt;/strong&gt;. Let somebody with free time do it. There are other queues that are more black-and-white. Or hell, answer one of today's posts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2017-12-21T16:30:03.790" LastActivityDate="2017-12-21T16:30:03.790" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17554" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17532" CreationDate="2017-12-24T19:00:34.253" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;IMHO tags are only there to help people find the question. Functional solutions shouldn't be avoided simply because they don't match a tag. First of all, questions are often mis-tagged at their inception, and secondly, any answer that results in the desired behavior has value. This is made clear in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/how-to-answer&quot;&gt;the guidelines.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Read the question carefully. What, specifically, is the question asking for? Make sure your answer provides that – or a viable alternative. The answer can be “don’t do that”, but it should also include “try this instead”. Any answer that gets the asker going in the right direction is helpful, but do try to mention any limitations, assumptions or simplifications in your answer. Brevity is acceptable, but fuller explanations are better.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note: &lt;strong&gt;or a viable alternative.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastActivityDate="2017-12-24T19:00:34.253" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17555" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-12-25T05:28:49.613" Score="5" ViewCount="75" Body="&lt;p&gt;Its probably one of my favorite window managers.  It would be a shame to never see a tag.  If anyone could add it that would be awesome.  Thanks and regards,&#xA;Thomas&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="663822" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2017-12-28T16:32:19.410" LastActivityDate="2017-12-28T16:32:19.410" Title="Can there be an icewm tag?" Tags="|feature-request|status-completed|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17556" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17555" CreationDate="2017-12-25T13:37:46.937" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;I created a new tag for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/icewm&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;icewm&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;icewm&lt;/a&gt; and tagged all of the questions about IceWM that needed to be tagged with it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="94914" LastEditorUserId="94914" LastEditDate="2017-12-26T10:17:25.220" LastActivityDate="2017-12-26T10:17:25.220" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17561" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17562" CreationDate="2017-12-27T09:58:20.107" Score="0" ViewCount="83" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/989134/how-to-fix-everspace-crashing-ubuntu&quot;&gt;My question&lt;/a&gt; was &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/revisions/989134/2&quot;&gt;edited&lt;/a&gt; to use the unofficial spelling of the products title. The official spelling, which is what I used, is &lt;a href=&quot;https://everspace-game.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;all titlecase&lt;/a&gt;. Why was this incorrect and seemingly pedantic edit made and what value does it add to the community?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4918" LastEditorUserId="480481" LastEditDate="2017-12-28T09:35:00.170" LastActivityDate="2017-12-28T09:35:00.170" Title="Why was my question edited?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17562" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17561" CreationDate="2017-12-27T10:05:43.030" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Probably because the user who edited didn't know the official styling of the game. The editor probably thought you were trying to emphasize the name and didn't realize it was written that way officially. Since using ALL CAPS is considered shouting and rude, they edited it out. Mistakes happen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The simplest solution is to just roll back the edit. Click on the edit history, and then roll back to your first version. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2017-12-27T10:05:43.030" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17563" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17561" CreationDate="2017-12-27T10:17:16.767" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Judging from its &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everspace&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Wikipedia entry&lt;/a&gt; including both online articles linked there, leaving out the capitalization is fairly common. As ALL CAPS is considered bad style for a good reason I personally support the edit and would have done the same thing &lt;em&gt;even&lt;/em&gt; if I knew about the game. How about you write either&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Everspace&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;or:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;EVERSPACE™&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you really want the ™ one, maybe combine it with a link to &lt;a href=&quot;https://everspace-game.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://everspace-game.com&lt;/a&gt; which both explains the capitalization &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; makes clear what you're even talking about. The latter is a good choice in any way – you can't expect everyone to know the game.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="507051" LastEditorUserId="507051" LastEditDate="2017-12-27T10:48:17.093" LastActivityDate="2017-12-27T10:48:17.093" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17564" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17572" CreationDate="2017-12-28T16:09:54.017" Score="11" ViewCount="76" Body="&lt;p&gt;Should we merge &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/squid3&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;squid3&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;squid3&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/squid&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;squid&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;squid&lt;/a&gt;, and make &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/squid3&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;squid3&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;squid3&lt;/a&gt; an alias of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/squid&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;squid&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;squid&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Currently there's 74 questions tagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/squid3&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;squid3&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;squid3&lt;/a&gt;, and 117 tagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/squid&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;squid&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;squid&lt;/a&gt;. Of those tagged squid, a large portion appears to be tagged squid3 as well, and some of those tagged only with squid appears to be about squid3 as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In short the volume is not large enough to warrant version-specific tags in my opinion, and the lifecycle of releases is long enough that I doubt there will be much of a problem with users confusing versions. Squid2 was depreceated in 2011...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In short - &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/squid3&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;squid3&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;squid3&lt;/a&gt; should be an alias of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/squid&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;squid&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;squid&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="653515" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2017-12-30T12:22:38.107" LastActivityDate="2017-12-30T12:23:28.403" Title="Merge squid and squid3 tags" Tags="|discussion|status-completed|tags|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17568" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2017-12-29T13:40:35.517" Score="11" ViewCount="347" Body="&lt;p&gt;On e.g. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/low-quality-posts/790477&quot;&gt;this review&lt;/a&gt; the post is clearly very low quality and as already stated in the comments the OP shows absolutely no research or attempt to solve the question on his own.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since it doesn't look ok to me but neither is off topic, spam, too broad nor opinion based the closest option to me seemed to flag it as duplicate (what I did) but wouldn't it be better to have another flag like &quot;This could have been easily resolved in 3 seconds doing some research&quot;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First recommend way to go seems to be a simple downvote but that's not an option given in the review.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="423684" LastEditorUserId="423684" LastEditDate="2018-01-08T18:05:27.053" LastActivityDate="2018-01-08T18:05:27.053" Title="What is the proper reaction to a post which clearly lacks research?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17569" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17568" CreationDate="2017-12-29T13:50:42.163" Score="24" Body="&lt;p&gt;Not really. Flags are to let moderators know about things that require their intervention and we can't do anything about this. We could delete, but that doesn't seem appropriate. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So do what you did, vote to close/flag as a duplicate or simply downvote. Note that the reasons given for downvoting, seen when you hover over the downvote button, are (emphasis mine):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This question does not show any research effort;&lt;/strong&gt; it is unclear or not useful&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, the correct action here is to downvote. Sadly, that is not one of the options you are given in the review queue though. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2017-12-29T13:50:42.163" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17572" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17564" CreationDate="2017-12-30T12:23:28.403" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've merged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/squid3&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;squid3&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;squid3&lt;/a&gt; into &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/squid&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;squid&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;squid&lt;/a&gt; and created a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/squid3&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;squid3&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;squid3&lt;/a&gt;-&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/squid&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;squid&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;squid&lt;/a&gt; synonym. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any new question tagged with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/squid3&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;squid3&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;squid3&lt;/a&gt; will be tagged with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/squid&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;squid&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;squid&lt;/a&gt; instead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2017-12-30T12:23:28.403" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17574" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17580" CreationDate="2017-12-31T05:18:18.600" Score="36" ViewCount="1257" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;TL;DR because I know there's people who don't want to read all this. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;If a user is simply referencing that they are having an issue with a piece of software and that it is cracked (like a MInecraft launcher, for instance), but aren't otherwise breaking the Terms of Service or the law, and can safely have the 'cracked' reference edited out and still stand on its own, it should not be flagged for our attention.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;If the question cannot stand on its own because the cracked software is integral to the question, which would be a violation of the Terms of Service as Oli says, we'll nuke it from orbit like we do other law-breaking things.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;There's a lot of grey-area here, but if you see something 'dodgy' you're allowed to flag it, but keep in mind you might not see any activity, or will see a declined flag if it's not openly violating the TOS and can just be 'edited out' and not harm the question at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;And yes I stole this from Oli's answer - Oli is currently the king of summarizing things in a nice way, and I'm throwing it in this header here:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;    &lt;p&gt;I'm concerned that, at a glance, I infer moderators aren't worried&#xA;    about piracy here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;    &#xA;    &lt;p&gt;That's &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; the case and, thankfully, also not what you say, but it&#xA;    gets a bit bogged down by reiterating the same ~&quot;don't bother us with&#xA;    this stuff&quot; stuff.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;    &#xA;    &lt;h3&gt;The &lt;em&gt;act&lt;/em&gt; of software piracy has no place on Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;    &#xA;    &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;    &lt;li&gt;It's either completely superfluous to the question... Like telling us what they had for breakfast in a installation question, and&#xA;    can be&#xA;    safely edited out, or&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;    &lt;li&gt;It's integral to the question, and in which case it's against the network Terms of Service, and we nuke it from orbit like we do other&#xA;    law-breaking stuff.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;    &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;    &#xA;    &lt;p&gt;There will be other examples that skirt between these, but for this&#xA;    discussion, I just need to highlight that there very much are reasons&#xA;    you should hit the flag if you see something dodgy. It's certainly not&#xA;    a hands-off topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;    &#xA;    &lt;p&gt;Just use some discretion. If you can fix it yourself, without altering&#xA;    the fabric of reality, please, do the honours.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Now, the long version of the above...&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Going through flags, I see things like this on a regular basis in our flags queue (and yes I did blur out a large portion of the data so all you can really see is the flags raised on this given instance):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/K8Vbu.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/K8Vbu.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For the record, the question that got those flags was a user asking how to resolve a Java error they're seeing in a piece of software.  It also just &lt;em&gt;happened&lt;/em&gt; to mention they're using a cracked version of that specific software, and does not ask how to crack the software or how to spread the cracked software or how to actually do software cracking/piracy.  And I mention all these points for a very good reason.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Let me state something for everyone who does reviewing and/or flagging actively to be aware of: &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;moderators are not the global software police.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;  It is not &lt;em&gt;our job&lt;/em&gt; as moderators to police who does or doesn't use a given piece of software on Ubuntu - cracked or otherwise.  It is &lt;em&gt;also&lt;/em&gt; not our job to close questions or punish users &lt;em&gt;solely&lt;/em&gt; because someone uses a given piece of software that may or may not be cracked.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are flagging a question for mod attention &lt;em&gt;simply&lt;/em&gt; because it mentions that someone is using a piece of cracked or pirated software it does &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;NOT&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; mean that we will actually do anything about it.  We may not &lt;em&gt;like&lt;/em&gt; that they are using cracked software, but it's not our job to be the police on the matter.  They aren't directly violating the rules in this manner.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are flagging a question for mod attention because the user is using a cracked piece of software and the issue observed is specifically because of that crack, then consider &lt;strong&gt;Voting to Close the Question&lt;/strong&gt; as offtopic and refer to the fact they should not be using the cracked software (and don't flag for mod attention directly).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are flagging a question or answer for mod attention because it asks &quot;How do I get a cracked version of XYZ&quot; or &quot;How do I download XYZ proprietary software for free?&quot; or &quot;How do I crack software and break the license keys?&quot;, or are flagging an answer because it links to a specific site that shares the pirated software, or is a downloader for pirated software, or is a link to a torrent for pirated software, etc., &lt;strong&gt;then we can do something about it&lt;/strong&gt; because such posts are then a violation of the StackExchange Terms of Use.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;This does NOT mean we openly support or condone the use of cracked or pirated software.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; However, just because someone &lt;em&gt;says&lt;/em&gt; they are using a cracked piece of a given software, doesn't mean we should necessarily penalize them for their question if it's actually a good question and could help someone who doesn't have the pirated software with the same problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's been a lot of discussion on this over the years, on StackExchange sites and beyond.  &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/208610/is-it-okay-that-questions-mention-illegal-downloads&quot;&gt;One such relevant discussion thread is this one over on Meta.SE&lt;/a&gt;, which explicitly touches upon these kinds of things.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, here's the thing:  Outside of the world of moderating Ask Ubuntu, where I do not wear a moderator hat and do not wield the Hammer of the Mods, I totally agree that the site and community should not be using pirated or cracked software.  It's often my job to do a survey of a workplace's systems and infrastructure and software, and determine if we are in compliance with licenses, patching, etc., and determine if anyone is using illegal software.  But that's where I'm hired to do that work, and where that company that hired me to do that has strict policies about what a user can or cannot have on their system, and cracked software is against the policies.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But, that's the world outside Ask Ubuntu and StackExchange moderation.  &lt;em&gt;Within the world of StackExchange and moderation&lt;/em&gt;, however, we are not the software police, we are the &quot;keepers of the peace&quot; and &quot;enforcers of the StackExchange rules&quot;.  We can't do much about a single user who say they are using pirated software and want to get help with an issue that is not against the Terms of Use explicitly (for example, a Minecraft question about resolving a Java SSL problem that both a cracked or non-cracked Minecraft can run into is not explicitly against the Terms of Use).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We &lt;em&gt;can&lt;/em&gt; squish people who try and spread pirated software or who post links on how to pirate software or how to crack specific pieces of software, as all that is off-topic &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; against the SE Terms of Use.  But we aren't able to really squish users based on the fact that they posted a question and just happened to mention they are using a cracked version and are seeking help - especially if the issue can be seen regardless of the crack being present or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2018-01-04T20:36:02.167" LastActivityDate="2018-06-27T15:37:29.433" Title="Moderators are *not* the Software Police! (Read for details!)" Tags="|discussion|moderation|flags|questions|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="13" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17575" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17576" CreationDate="2017-12-31T01:37:45.577" Score="1" ViewCount="646" Body="&lt;p&gt;I logged into Ask Ubuntu on a public computer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I want to log out after use.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What should I do?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="776049" OwnerDisplayName="Taeyeon" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2017-12-31T11:04:36.077" LastActivityDate="2017-12-31T11:04:36.077" Title="How can I log out from Ask Ubuntu?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2017-12-31T06:11:43.373" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17576" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17575" CreationDate="2017-12-31T01:47:03.363" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;To log out of askubuntu or any stack exchange site:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Click the stack exchange logo (upper black circle)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Click log out (lower black circle)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/43sQZ.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/43sQZ.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="243321" OwnerDisplayName="Organic Marble" LastActivityDate="2017-12-31T01:47:03.363" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17577" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17521" CreationDate="2018-01-01T17:01:04.983" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I also wanted to add another reason which is the &lt;strong&gt;review queues&lt;/strong&gt;, accessible after a certain reputation. They offer a very convenient way of filtering the questions into (&lt;em&gt;easier&lt;/em&gt;) categories, for example: &lt;strong&gt;first post queue.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There might more of such tools that I might not be aware of, since haven't reached there yet ;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="574724" LastEditorUserId="158442" LastEditDate="2018-01-01T18:23:53.343" LastActivityDate="2018-01-01T18:23:53.343" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17580" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17574" CreationDate="2018-01-01T21:11:49.937" Score="28" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm concerned that, at a glance, I infer moderators aren't worried about piracy here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; the case and, thankfully, also not what you say, but it gets a bit bogged down by reiterating the same ~&quot;don't bother us with this stuff&quot; stuff.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;The &lt;em&gt;act&lt;/em&gt; of software piracy has no place on Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It's either completely superfluous to the question... Like telling us what they had for breakfast in a installation question, and can be safely edited out, or&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It's integral to the question, and in which case it's against the network Terms of Service, and we nuke it from orbit like we do other law-breaking stuff.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There will be other examples that skirt between these, but for this discussion, I just need to highlight that there very much are reasons you should hit the flag if you see something dodgy. It's certainly not a hands-off topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just use some discretion. If you can fix it yourself, without altering the fabric of reality, please, do the honours.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2018-01-01T21:11:49.937" CommentCount="12" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17581" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17582" CreationDate="2018-01-06T00:52:18.523" Score="-5" ViewCount="169" Body="&lt;p&gt;Why don't I gain reputation when my edit is accepted?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I edited in &lt;a href=&quot;http://askubuntu.com/questions/150359/how-to-uninstall-imagemagick/828767#828767&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; but I didn't gain any reputation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="772394" LastEditorUserId="772394" LastEditDate="2018-01-09T01:51:47.207" LastActivityDate="2018-01-09T01:51:47.207" Title="Why didn't I gain reputation when I edited a post?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17582" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17581" CreationDate="2018-01-06T01:06:38.467" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;Given your low reputation (suggesting that maybe you don't know your way around the site much), and some other things which factored in, I took the liberty of looking at your reputation history and contributions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/772394/zixuan?tab=activity&amp;amp;sort=suggestions&quot;&gt;7 submitted 'suggested edits' at the time of this post&lt;/a&gt;, you had six of them rejected, but only a &lt;em&gt;single&lt;/em&gt; one ever accepted - &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/789335&quot;&gt;this one&lt;/a&gt; which was only 'accepted' because the original poster of the post accepted your edit as valid.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And for the &lt;em&gt;single&lt;/em&gt; suggested edit you had accepted, you &lt;em&gt;did&lt;/em&gt; get reputation for it (this is from your reputation tab and is not private knowledge):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/98A5N.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/98A5N.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All other 6 submitted edit suggestions were rejected by the community, and you don't get rep for those being rejected.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You &lt;em&gt;only&lt;/em&gt; gain reputation from an edit if the edit is &lt;strong&gt;accepted&lt;/strong&gt; by either the original poster or by community review consensus.  You get absolutely &lt;strong&gt;zero&lt;/strong&gt; for rejected edits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's links to all your specific edits, so you can see why they were all rejected.  Had it not been for the OP of the one post, though, you would have 7 rejected edit suggestions instead of 6.  Just keep that in mind...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/788377&quot;&gt;Rejected by the community/reviewers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/789335&quot;&gt;Rejected by the community/reviewers, but ultimately accepted because the original poster approved the edit suggestion&lt;/a&gt; - this otherwise would have been rejected if Adam had not OK'd your edit suggestion. (This is the one you linked to in your question)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/789937&quot;&gt;Rejected by the community/reviewers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/790583&quot;&gt;Rejected by the community/reviewers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/790586&quot;&gt;Rejected by the community/reviewers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/790602&quot;&gt;Rejected by the community/reviewers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/790608&quot;&gt;Rejected by the community/reviewers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unless you are the owner of the post which had the edit suggested to it, or you are a diamond moderator such as myself, an &quot;Approve&quot; vote on an edit is worth absolutely nothing unless you get a second &quot;Approve&quot; vote on it.  It requires two &quot;Approve&quot; votes to accept a suggested edit unless you are the owner of the edit-suggested post or a moderator and hit &quot;Approve&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Similarly, it also requires two &quot;Reject&quot; votes to reject a suggested edit, unless you are the original poster of the content that had the edit suggested to it, or a diamond moderator.  (And this is why I don't go through the suggested edit queues much anymore - my moderator diamond gives me binding votes which means whatever I vote is whatever happens to that suggested edit - and in most cases it's 'reject' for reasons similar to why yours were rejected by the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;community&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; at-large.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A bit of advice, if I may, also.  Given the edit suggestions you made, &lt;strong&gt;and&lt;/strong&gt; the fact that they were &lt;em&gt;all&lt;/em&gt; rejected for the same reason, you should &lt;em&gt;really&lt;/em&gt; revisit what you're doing in edits.  Because &lt;em&gt;all&lt;/em&gt; of your suggested edits fit into the category of &quot;doesn't help readability, or are completely superfluous and unnecessary&quot;, or &quot;Actively harm readability&quot;, or fit into the category of &quot;You should really propose this as a suggestion to the OP by comments and &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; by adding information to the post via editing&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should review some of the actually &lt;em&gt;good&lt;/em&gt; edits done throughout the site, and observe why they are good or not.  Or, ask for guidance on how to edit better (though we'll probably hand you examples of good edits, bad edits, questionable edits, etc. and tell you to review them and burn the differences into your mind before editing things yourself, again.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2018-01-06T01:23:37.150" LastActivityDate="2018-01-06T01:23:37.150" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17586" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17588" CreationDate="2018-01-09T03:29:21.743" Score="-9" ViewCount="133" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to know why have two users, Thomas and Thomas Ward? is there a different people but username almost same? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="772394" LastActivityDate="2018-01-09T04:05:50.983" Title="Why have two users Thomas and Thomas Ward?" Tags="|support|user-accounts|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ClosedDate="2018-01-09T07:21:09.100" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17588" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17586" CreationDate="2018-01-09T03:58:58.830" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;Usernames are not unique. Anyone can name themselves anything they want, as well as rename themselves whenever they want. As a demonstration, go to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users&quot;&gt;Users&lt;/a&gt; and search for &lt;code&gt;John&lt;/code&gt;. You'll have hundreds of hits. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The system instead uses user IDs as the authoritative reference. For example, you are user &lt;code&gt;772394&lt;/code&gt;, and I am user &lt;code&gt;208574&lt;/code&gt;. Thomas Ward (the mod) has the user ID &lt;code&gt;10616&lt;/code&gt;. The user ID is a part of the URL of a user account:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/lzCh2m.png&quot; alt=&quot;An Ask Ubuntu URL for my user, with the user ID in a red box.&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In theory, it becomes possible then for a user to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/161269/seth&quot;&gt;have the same name&lt;/a&gt; as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/44179/seth&quot;&gt;a moderator&lt;/a&gt;. To prevent cases of mistaken identity, moderators are distinguished by the ♦ by their name &lt;s&gt;as well as the aura of power emanating from their user cards&lt;/s&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The moderator &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/10616/thomas-ward&quot;&gt;Thomas Ward&lt;/a&gt; will have their diamond, and will look something like this on the site:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/3dlZKm.png&quot; alt=&quot;Thomas Ward, in the flesh? User card?&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Otherwise, usernames are almost a free-for-all. Diamonds, as well as some other characters, may not be used in usernames (for obvious reasons).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastEditorUserId="208574" LastEditDate="2018-01-09T04:05:50.983" LastActivityDate="2018-01-09T04:05:50.983" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17589" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-01-09T23:57:00.953" Score="9" ViewCount="262" Body="&lt;p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a question about my Ask Ubuntu post: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/993756/apt-get-upgrade-fails&quot;&gt;apt-get upgrade fails&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&#xA;I'm posting about this problem because my question was marked as a duplicate when it clearly isn't a duplicate of the linked question. The problem I had was not solved by the answer in the question linked as a duplicate of my question. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The answer I came up with might be useful for someone who has a problem more similar to mine than to the question linked as a duplicate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What can I do to engage in conversation about this issue other than posting here about it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="681318" LastActivityDate="2018-01-11T18:50:53.013" Title="How do I respond to my question being marked as a duplicate when it clearly isn't?" Tags="|discussion|tags|duplicates|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17590" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17589" CreationDate="2018-01-10T00:54:02.463" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;It isn't so clear that it's not a duplicate to your question, since you have very similar symptoms to the linked question. You said, in the comments to your question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;See my post (edited) for the output of the commands suggested in that answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, that answer wasn't linked. A question was. It had more than one answer. You're supposed to go through all of the answers to see if any of them solve your problem. Since some of the answers teach how to use the packaging system's tools to identify the source of the problem, it's unlikely there is no answer that would have worked there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you still felt your solution wasn't included there in some form or if you think it's easier for future sufferers to see an explicit solution rather than letting them rely on generically learning how to use the packaging system tools, you could add it to the answers there, so that that question becomes even more of a resource that we can use to mark questions duplicates.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It doesn't make sense to have 25 questions that are essentially describing the same symptoms but each with a different solution as an answer, since remembering them all and including them all as possible duplicates each time someone mentions the same symptoms in a new question would be wasteful. If instead there's one question that has 25 potential solutions to some symptoms, it works out better that way, since we can remember and link to just that one question, and sufferers can check all the answers out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Alternatively, you included a link to an answer from yet another question in your answer to your question. You could have flagged your question as a duplicate of that question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="616451" LastActivityDate="2018-01-10T00:54:02.463" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17591" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-01-10T15:49:40.487" Score="8" ViewCount="243" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are many questions regarding a buggy kernel being mis marked&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is another duplicate of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/994067/kernel-panic-after-1-10-2018-update-to-16-04&quot;&gt;Kernel panic after update to 4.4.0-108-generic&lt;/a&gt; being mis marked as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/162075/my-computer-boots-to-a-black-screen-what-options-do-i-have-to-fix-it&quot;&gt;My computer boots to a black screen, what options do I have to fix it?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Examples :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/994140/booting-problem-black-screen&quot;&gt;Booting problem black screen&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/994067/kernel-panic-after-update-to-4-4-0-108-generic&quot;&gt;Kernel panic after update to 4.4.0-108-generic&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I flagged both questions, but please take the time to look at why and what we are marking as a duplicate so users needing support can be guided to the proper solution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="35795" LastActivityDate="2018-01-10T15:49:40.487" Title="Wrong duplicate" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17592" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17589" CreationDate="2018-01-11T18:50:53.013" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;This &lt;strong&gt;is&lt;/strong&gt; the appropriate place to discuss such issues. Yes, your question &lt;strong&gt;CAN&lt;/strong&gt; be a duplicate even if none of the answers available solve your issue. Marking such a question as a favorite will insure that you get notified about new answers to it. Adding your own answer there as suggested by &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/17590/225694&quot;&gt;this answer&lt;/a&gt; might make it more likely that others with the same issue will find your approach and can benefit from your experience. Regardless, duplicates act as signposts to point users toward answers so I wouldn't be too concerned about that flag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastActivityDate="2018-01-11T18:50:53.013" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17593" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-01-12T08:04:29.040" Score="2" ViewCount="84" Body="&lt;p&gt;I failed this &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/low-quality-posts/795095&quot;&gt;Low Quality review audit&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I wouldn't say this fulfills the community rules for asking a good question: No research, no given example, no attempt to solve the issue, not exactly clear to me where the problem is.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But the review tells me I'm wrong because 8 people liked the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;So posting such a question is ok while hopefully enough people like it?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My response to the question as it is right now would be &quot;open an editor like e.g. nano and start typing&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I wanted to recommend close but including the comment &quot;Too broad&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="423684" LastEditorUserId="423684" LastEditDate="2018-01-12T12:53:50.503" LastActivityDate="2018-01-20T23:36:23.457" Title="Disagree with Low Quality review audit" Tags="|discussion|review|review-audits|low-quality-posts|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17594" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17593" CreationDate="2018-01-12T08:36:26.010" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am not good at reviewing but if we look at this special case the other way round we have to admit that this question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;is resolved, i.e. has an accepted answer&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;has many upvotes not only to the question but also to answers&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;is well recognized with 647 views as today&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;has a potential to help others because of the nice answer it has&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, irrespect of what the question may have been or looked like in the first place when it was asked 3 weeks ago, what would you want to do with it today? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For low quality posts we have two options:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Deletion.&lt;/strong&gt; This is excluded mainly because of good answers but also because of upvotes, favs and lack of downvotes. And most importantly it does not harm in any way.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit for improvement.&lt;/strong&gt; This may be an option, but as it is an old question it may not lead to better answers or being recognized better. It would be much work - little outcome.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it were not for a review audit we all would probably have seen no reason to touch this question. Everything else would be nitpicking, and this is not what reviews are for.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And yes, if 8 other people liked a question it can't be so bad.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3940" LastActivityDate="2018-01-12T08:36:26.010" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17595" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-01-12T09:25:49.310" Score="11" ViewCount="380" Body="&lt;p&gt;I discovered &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/53178/&quot;&gt;this old answer&lt;/a&gt; thanks to an edit suggestion which may look somewhat unnecessary. The suggestion was to remove the following phrase from the answer&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;and &lt;strong&gt;read a basic bash programming manual&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and along with the comment &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Removed unhelpful and borderline rude comment. The rest of the answer is fine as is.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems the suggestion was eventually rejected (&lt;strong&gt;disclaimer:&lt;/strong&gt; I approved it as I kinda agreed with the sentiment).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What should be the correct course of action here?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="480481" LastActivityDate="2018-01-12T10:09:53.957" Title="Does this sound a bit condescending?" Tags="|discussion|editing|suggested-edits|best-practice|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17596" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17595" CreationDate="2018-01-12T09:54:58.067" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;It &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; a bit condescending... but that's not against the rules.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It comes as both  part of an answer to the question, and in answer to a question from somebody starting out with Bash scripting. Variable scope isn't entirely fundamental (you can womble along for a long time before it kicks you in the face) but it's something you need to eventually learn, along with a raft of other dry topics. So suggesting a learner do some book learning is not a bad suggestion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It could be &lt;em&gt;improved&lt;/em&gt; with relevant links out to (I would assume) TLDP, or some other page that further explains the answer. But cutting the suggestion out completely that out doesn't improve the answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What should be the correct course of action here?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Vote, improve or ignore. There's nothing that &lt;em&gt;needs&lt;/em&gt; to be done with it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2018-01-12T10:09:53.957" LastActivityDate="2018-01-12T10:09:53.957" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17597" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17595" CreationDate="2018-01-12T09:58:28.990" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;The question indicates that the OP may have not yet achieved in depth knowledge of Bash programming. The recommendation to read some Bash manual is therefore obvious. But I understand that the wording of&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;read a basic bash programming manual&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;especially when bolded is borderline rude. Much better would be to help by adding a link to a Bash guide that we found helpful, e.g.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;For more information on Bash programming see this list at Git: &lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/awesome-lists/awesome-bash&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Awesome Bash&lt;/a&gt; or the official &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;GNU Bash Manual&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Improving the edit by adding these links as an alternative to just deleting the line would be the most appropriate solution to my opinion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now this does not mean we should edit and add such links to each and all Bash questions. This would be superfluous indeed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3940" LastActivityDate="2018-01-12T09:58:28.990" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17598" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17593" CreationDate="2018-01-12T10:05:58.703" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here were my thoughts on loading the link.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Bloody hell, that's short. Maybe Hugo's onto someth...&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Hang on, that's an interesting problem.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is certainly reflective of my personal interests but scripting and programming is my $DAYJOB and silly little problems like this are the sort of nonsense that hold things up. Having it asked, and answered &lt;strong&gt;makes the internet better&lt;/strong&gt;. Removing it doesn't.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In terms of quality, &lt;strong&gt;it &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; short, but not too short.&lt;/strong&gt;, Note again that this is something that I &lt;em&gt;do&lt;/em&gt; professionally, but I understood the question, the potential need for the question (without any requirement for explanation or whatever &quot;research&quot; looks like), and I understood that the answer needn't be constrained by anything other than running under Bash, on Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They just want to keep a log of how many times their script was run.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm even tempted to add an answer now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I'm a geek. I think we have to accept that not all questions are going to be suitable or appeal to every audience.  Sorry, I think the audit was right.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By extension, don't worry that you failed an audit. The review system is designed to balance the response to borderline questions just like this, in a way that raw close votes just don't handle well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2018-01-12T10:11:17.517" LastActivityDate="2018-01-12T10:11:17.517" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17599" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-01-12T19:50:58.793" Score="11" ViewCount="330" Body="&lt;p&gt;Recently I came across &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/888915/what-does-a-stand-for-in-ls-a-command&quot;&gt;a question&lt;/a&gt;, which was a duplicate of an already asked question &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/517229/what-does-ls-la-do&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. The duplicate question had an overall negative score ( of -4), but the answers to that duplicate were upvoted (one had a score of 57 as of the time when I'm posting this question, while the top answer on the original question had a score of 18). But then, it is true that the answer was apt, acceptable and deserved upvotes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have two questions here, meant only for discussion, and not to criticize anybody.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Is it agreeable to see answers to duplicate questions getting higher scores than accepted answers to the question it was marked as a duplicate of?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Should the community be so hard on a duplicate question as to downvote it (I agree that the question in question was a simple case of Read the Manual, and had already been asked before), and still upvote &lt;em&gt;answers&lt;/em&gt; to the question?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The answers to the above questions, in my opinion are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The answer to the original question deserves a better treatment, as it gets seemingly less attention than the answer for the duplicate.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If there was no question, there would be no answer, so blaming the asker but still awarding the answerer seems kind of strange.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your thoughts, respected community?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="732822" LastEditorUserId="732822" LastEditDate="2018-01-12T20:08:47.757" LastActivityDate="2018-01-19T01:43:06.830" Title="Do good quality answers on duplicate questions deserve reputation?" Tags="|discussion|meta|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17600" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17599" CreationDate="2018-01-12T20:43:22.550" Score="12" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The answer to the original question deserves a better treatment, as it gets seemingly less attention than the answer for the duplicate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I agree. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/517229/what-does-ls-la-do/517240#517240&quot;&gt;That answer&lt;/a&gt; seems to me to have more value than any of the answers to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/888915/what-does-a-stand-for-in-ls-a-command&quot;&gt;that question&lt;/a&gt;. It's the only answer to either of those questions that I've upvoted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, that answer does not really address &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/888915/what-does-a-stand-for-in-ls-a-command&quot;&gt;the question&lt;/a&gt; of what the &lt;code&gt;a&lt;/code&gt; stands for in &lt;code&gt;ls -a&lt;/code&gt;. Perhaps the question is not really a duplicate at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, short, easy-to-read answers tend to get disproportionately upvoted, while long, comprehensive answers tend to be undervalued.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, those answers (to the duplicate) have independent value, and don't duplicate information found in the answer to the original post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If there was no question, there would be no answer, so blaming the asker but still awarding the answerer seems kind of strange.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Again I broadly agree with you. I don't think there was anything wrong with that question. Some might argue that the question is downvoteable on the basis that it &quot;lacks research&quot;, since the answer is given by the &lt;code&gt;man&lt;/code&gt; page. Downvoting it because it's not a very interesting question also seems reasonable to me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In general, asking a duplicate question might (dubiously, in my opinion) be taken to indicate a lack of research (why didn't you find this other question that has the answer already?!) but we all know the internal search... doesn't always produce helpful results, and research is very hard when you know nothing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I try to vote based mainly on the usefulness of the post. Duplicate questions are sometimes very useful because they have valuable answers, or somewhat useful as signposts, and sometimes they do not add anything useful to the original post. This question, even if it should be considered a duplicate, is arguably somewhat useful because its answers tell us something that is not well explained by the answers to the target post, and arguably not useful, because the question of what the &lt;code&gt;a&lt;/code&gt; in &lt;code&gt;ls -a&lt;/code&gt; stands for is a boring question - &quot;why did the developer of this program make this decision?&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, the title of your question &lt;em&gt;Do good quality answers on duplicate questions deserve reputation?&lt;/em&gt; suggests that you are thinking about the reputation effect of voting, which is far less important, imho, than the peer-review effect of voting. Voting is not primarily to reward the poster with reputation or penalise them by reducing their reputation, but to &lt;strong&gt;indicate to site users how useful a post is&lt;/strong&gt;. So my answer is that useful posts deserve upvotes, and that may certainly apply to good quality answers to duplicate questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2018-01-12T20:50:00.923" LastActivityDate="2018-01-12T20:50:00.923" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17603" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17604" CreationDate="2018-01-13T22:48:35.163" Score="5" ViewCount="145" Body="&lt;p&gt;I do not understand this explanation of how to get to be a student.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;First question with a score of 1 or more&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there an online manual with this info?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="573838" OwnerDisplayName="fixit7" LastEditorUserId="480481" LastEditDate="2018-01-14T10:43:16.127" LastActivityDate="2018-01-15T14:26:33.927" Title="How do I earn the student badge?" Tags="|support|reputation|badges|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17604" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17603" CreationDate="2018-01-13T22:57:58.000" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just upvoted your question. Now you should have a question with &quot;a score of 1 or more&quot;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While you are on this site, you will begin learning about how it works and things you can do.  When you ask a question and someone gives it an upvote, you get the badge &quot;student&quot;.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When you answer a question and someone likes it enough to upvote it, you get a badge &quot;teacher&quot;.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To the right of the box you enter questions, you'll see 4 numbers separated by dots.  Left click on those numbers and you will find some information about badges. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="378092" OwnerDisplayName="Buck" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2018-01-14T08:57:30.137" LastActivityDate="2018-01-14T08:57:30.137" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17605" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17599" CreationDate="2018-01-14T03:13:48.317" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a fair newbie on Stack, and the whole duplicate question thing has always left me a bit confused, as like @Mukesh Sai Kumar I've consistently found better answers on the duplicates than on the original question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This whole issue really leaves me with the question :) of:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When the duplicate question is marked duplicate, why aren't the duplicate answers automatically just moved to the original question and the duplicate's URL then auto-redirects to the original question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Something like that would ‘fix’ the “Where’s the best answer?” problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now back to Mukesh's question...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Do good quality answers on duplicate questions deserve reputation?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes!  The key is 'good quality.'  Any good quality question, or answer, deserves positive reputation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="594634" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2018-01-14T05:03:12.860" LastActivityDate="2018-01-14T05:03:12.860" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17606" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17599" CreationDate="2018-01-14T21:20:32.567" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Questions addressing similar issues, but with slightly different symptoms may often seem like obvious duplicates to the specialists, while the tech-unsavvy (I'm one of them) may not be able to find answers without a posting mirroring exactly the issue they're facing. Thus, I find it useful that questions are linked as duplicates. Merging them might make for a more easily navigable forum, but that would also create longer questions accounting for multiple mergers, and require a lot of work from mods.&#xA;As for the hierarchy between original and duplicate questions, the first aren’t necessarily the most explicit, or the best formulated. The same goes for answers to duplicates: if they’re particularly helpful in resolving the issue, it makes sense that they garner more rep points, and vice-versa. &#xA;Finally, upvotes aren’t merely indicative of the intrinsic value of a question or an answer; they are dependent on the visibility/accessibility of the page, and to some extent, the mood and state of mind of the particular readers coming across said page. As such, the upvote count shouldn’t be taken as the indisputable value of a post; neither should differences in upvotes be interpreted as the final judgment by the community of one’s post. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="763139" LastActivityDate="2018-01-14T21:20:32.567" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17607" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17603" CreationDate="2018-01-15T13:07:34.657" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here is my approach to earning badges:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I just keep using the site, ask questions, answer questions, vote on stuff I like, edit, flag, ... and much much more.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Over time badges came in, one after the other. Mostly they were a real surprise. I had &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/badges&quot;&gt;to look up what I got them for&lt;/a&gt;. For some of them I did not even know they existed. Some were introduced later and these were awarded to a lot of people all at the same time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Only rarely I deliberately changed a bit of my behaviour in order to earn that badge: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/badges/48/altruist&quot;&gt;Altruist&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/badges/61/sportsmanship&quot;&gt;Sportsmanship&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/badges/79/vox-populi&quot;&gt;Vox Populi&lt;/a&gt; are such examples.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But each except &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/badges/40/tumbleweed&quot;&gt;Tumbleweed&lt;/a&gt; made me a bit happy. I believe this is the main purpose of badges.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3940" LastEditorUserId="480481" LastEditDate="2018-01-15T14:26:33.927" LastActivityDate="2018-01-15T14:26:33.927" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17608" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-01-16T21:34:15.333" Score="6" ViewCount="135" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just wanted to let you know that the video tutorials are timing out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1037/video-tutorials-for-using-the-site&quot;&gt;Video Tutorials for using the site&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="573838" LastEditorUserId="117103" LastEditDate="2018-01-17T19:02:46.787" LastActivityDate="2018-01-26T18:48:56.300" Title="Video tutorials timing out" Tags="|support|bug|tutorials|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17610" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17599" CreationDate="2018-01-19T01:43:06.830" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;In my personal opinion as a newer forum user, the question should be thoroughly be read before marking as duplicate in the first place. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the stated situation, the question was NOT the same as the the first. A downvote is deserved for lack of research, but as previously stated, it is hard to research when you know nothing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Votes should be decided based on whether the question asks something important, and how well the question adds to the overall value of the forum.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="764016" LastActivityDate="2018-01-19T01:43:06.830" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17612" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17613" CreationDate="2018-01-20T15:38:43.593" Score="0" ViewCount="137" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a question that I don't know if I'm supposed to post it in Ask Ubuntu as it is mostly about Canonical's websites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question follows:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I ran a vulnerability detection scan on some Ubuntu servers. &#xA;In the scan results I saw references to both:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;and&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/&lt;/a&gt;.&#xA;These sites are both by Canonical and about Ubuntu, however they refer to related packages differently. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To be specific: &#xA;They use package nomenclature differently. In a USN page they refer to specific packages by it's name in apt and dpkg as well as it's common name but in the CVE tracker that is not the case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3536-1/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3536-1/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3536-1/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;enter link description here&lt;/a&gt; refers to &quot;libc6&quot; (as well as &quot;eglibc&quot;) whereas in the CVE Tracker page it links to, and is linked from &lt;a href=&quot;https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2018/CVE-2018-1000001.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2018/CVE-2018-1000001.html&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;refers to &quot;eglibc&quot;, &quot;glibc&quot;, &quot;dietlibc&quot;, and &quot;musl&quot;. &quot;musl&quot; isn't mentioned in any USN page linked by the CVE tracker page. I realize the one CVE can be related to several USNs and vice versa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why do it this way? It seems confusing. Is it just a choice or is there a reason behind it? &#xA;And more generally what is the relation between a USN and a CVE, and how are USNs determined?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="504525" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2018-01-20T16:09:47.183" LastActivityDate="2018-01-20T16:38:49.123" Title="Naming, and other differences between Canonical's USN pages, and CVE tracker pages" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17613" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17612" CreationDate="2018-01-20T16:16:24.697" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think that you would have better luck specifically reaching out to the Ubuntu Security Team than asking here on Ask Ubuntu.  The &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Security Team&lt;/a&gt; who maintains the pages you're asking about are going to be the best way to get the answers you're after.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And while your question is &lt;em&gt;technically&lt;/em&gt; related to Ubuntu, the specific naming conventions and such are not within scope - either here on meta or on main Ask Ubuntu site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I did answer you in a prior revision though... &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/revisions/17613/1&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2018-01-20T16:38:49.123" LastActivityDate="2018-01-20T16:38:49.123" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17614" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17593" CreationDate="2018-01-20T23:36:23.457" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;FYI: We all fail audits every now and then (and it &lt;em&gt;stays&lt;/em&gt; frustrating no matter how much rep you get) but in the end you get to &quot;smell&quot; them and then you just open the original in a new tab, look that over and then it becomes obvious that it's an audit and then you just vote the same reason as the original (Keep open / close / whatever...)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastActivityDate="2018-01-20T23:36:23.457" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17615" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17616" CreationDate="2018-01-20T23:36:36.843" Score="7" ViewCount="203" Body="&lt;p&gt;What are the limits to which answers and questions can be pushed ? I've written quite lengthy answers in the past which seem to be quite complete, but lets pretend there's a question which requires drawing on whole lot of context, whole lot of research, and whole lot of in-depth  explanation, maybe some code/script examples. How much of that can an answer contain  ? I am more interested in answers, but let's include question limits for completeness.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="295286" LastActivityDate="2018-01-22T10:17:26.033" Title="What are the limits for answer and question lengths?" Tags="|discussion|answers|asking-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17616" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17615" CreationDate="2018-01-20T23:41:57.890" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is answered on meta.stackexchange.com (the meta of all metas) and the anwser is a &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/176445/knowing-your-limits-what-is-the-maximum-length-of-a-question-title-post-image&quot;&gt;maximum of 30 000 characters&lt;/a&gt;... &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="344926" LastEditDate="2018-01-22T10:17:26.033" LastActivityDate="2018-01-22T10:17:26.033" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17617" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17618" CreationDate="2018-01-21T07:37:39.323" Score="0" ViewCount="46" Body="&lt;p&gt;I asked a question that has been put on hold because it was considered EOL. Here it goes: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/998082/backup-with-deja-dup-keep-records-to-keep-history-vs-keep-lastest-backup-to-sav&quot;&gt;Backup with Deja-dup: keep records to keep history vs keep lastest backup to save memory?&lt;/a&gt;. I have edited the question to make it fit. I wish I could indicate to the members that have flaged my question that it was edited and now it should be good to go. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do we have this feature on the website?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="528641" LastEditorUserId="507051" LastEditDate="2018-01-21T08:11:46.340" LastActivityDate="2018-01-21T08:11:46.340" Title="My question has been put &quot;on hold&quot; and I have edited it. Now what?" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17618" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17617" CreationDate="2018-01-21T07:55:01.383" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, the question can be flagged for moderator assistance, but that's inappropriate with this question. You should ask a new question since the edit changed the nature of the question. I added &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/998082/is-it-necessary-to-keep-records-of-my-backups#comment1612949_998082&quot;&gt;the following comment&lt;/a&gt; to that question to explain:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;It's not really allowed to change a question so that good answers are no longer good answers. Since this is now Déjà Dup-specific and invalidates the accepted answer, you should ask a new question instead of editing this question. I've reverted your edit, and you can &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/revisions/68cedd77-27ad-49c8-8e1b-f4fda095117c/view-source&quot;&gt;click here to see the newer version of your question&lt;/a&gt; so that you can re-ask it (the newer question title is &lt;code&gt;Backup with Deja-dup: keep records to keep history vs keep lastest backup to save memory?&lt;/code&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/286803/379373&quot;&gt;This question on Meta Stack Exchange&lt;/a&gt; goes a bit into the changing the nature of questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="616451" LastEditorUserId="616451" LastEditDate="2018-01-21T08:01:56.647" LastActivityDate="2018-01-21T08:01:56.647" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17619" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17622" CreationDate="2018-01-22T04:12:24.937" Score="2" ViewCount="106" Body="&lt;p&gt;I lost 2 points for this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/998160/script-to-change-volume&quot;&gt;Script to change volume&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I could not find out why I lost 2 reputation points.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="573838" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2018-01-22T07:34:04.717" LastActivityDate="2018-01-23T01:52:50.923" Title="Why did I lose 2 points?" Tags="|support|reputation|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17620" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17619" CreationDate="2018-01-22T04:41:53.740" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your question was voted down. From &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/whats-reputation&quot;&gt;&quot;What is reputation? How do I earn (and lose) it?&quot;&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;You lose reputation when:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;your question is voted down: −2&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Voting is when someone clicks the up or down arrow to the left of a question or answer. Those arrows look like this on the main site:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/hnLGH.png&quot; alt=&quot;Voting arrows&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When your question is voted down, that means someone clicked on the down arrow.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="616451" LastEditorUserId="616451" LastEditDate="2018-01-22T18:40:12.560" LastActivityDate="2018-01-22T18:40:12.560" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17621" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1037" CreationDate="2018-01-22T12:12:56.507" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't agree with having videos. Videos are about explanations and this site is quite simple, click and click. Everything has its name or tooltip so there's no need for explanations. If there's something needing explanation is should not be so complicated that needs verbal means.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do you really want a site full of videos showing where to click? I don't because it would be a waste of resources.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="109740" LastActivityDate="2018-01-22T12:12:56.507" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17622" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17619" CreationDate="2018-01-23T01:19:27.273" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your question is &quot;Why&quot; but the answer posted is &quot;How&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't know &quot;Who&quot; down-voted you which is the only definitive way of finding out &quot;why&quot; because we can ask him or her.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I suspect the reason is they felt you were looking for someone to debug your script for you and/or they had little appreciation of ruby. Personally I skip over questions where I know nothing about them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for your question itself you might want to consider something other than &lt;code&gt;pactl&lt;/code&gt; because I've had problems with it setting the volume accurately myself. If you read this: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/97936/terminal-command-to-set-audio-volume&quot;&gt;Terminal command to set audio volume?&lt;/a&gt; there are other options available.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Consolation prize: I'm up-voting your question here in meta :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="307523" LastEditorUserId="158442" LastEditDate="2018-01-23T01:52:50.923" LastActivityDate="2018-01-23T01:52:50.923" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17623" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17624" CreationDate="2018-01-25T13:59:10.000" Score="7" ViewCount="198" Body="&lt;p&gt;While reviewing the first posts queue, I failed the following audit: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/first-posts/799873&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/review/first-posts/799873&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After I looked at the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/993160/how-to-find-required-information-in-man&quot;&gt;question&lt;/a&gt;, I just thought: “That must have been answered already” and quickly found &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/991946/how-can-i-get-help-on-terminal-commands?rq=1&quot;&gt;another (a few days older) question&lt;/a&gt; with the same topic. Searching the manpage contents isn’t the main topic there but it is answered well in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/991947/250300&quot;&gt;accepted answer&lt;/a&gt;. So I flagged the question as a duplicate but the system declined it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;STOP! Look and Listen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This was an audit, designed to see if you were paying attention. You&#xA;  didn't pass. Your review was inappropriate. This was a high quality&#xA;  post and you should have considered leaving it as-is or even upvoting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Don't worry, we've already handled this post appropriately – but&#xA;  please take a minute to look it over closely, keeping in mind the&#xA;  guidance above.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is flagging an upvoted question as a duplicate considered bad?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="250300" LastActivityDate="2018-01-25T14:27:30.620" Title="Failed first post audit by flagging as a duplicate. Is it correct?" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|review-audits|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17624" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17623" CreationDate="2018-01-25T14:27:30.620" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's just a duplicate that went hot before anybody found the dupe. The audit system frowns on downvoting or closing posts it picked as examples of &lt;em&gt;good&lt;/em&gt; posts, even if they are legitimate actions. It's dumb, but, it is what it is and what it is is difficult to improve.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd suggest that you always click the &lt;em&gt;link&lt;/em&gt; to the post to verify you're shown the actual post. If it's different in some details - author, score - it's an audit and you do whatever it expects of you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2018-01-25T14:27:30.620" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17625" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-01-26T10:12:09.727" Score="-2" ViewCount="151" Body="&lt;p&gt;A common response to a question that I see on Ask Ubuntu and elsewhere on Stack Exchange (and pretty much any help forum) is for someone to say &quot;you can write a script to do this&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I really dislike this response for the following reasons:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It assumes that the OP knows what a script is and how to write one&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It gives no indication to the OP on how to write the script specifically for that task/software&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It doesn't mention what language to write the script in&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It assumes the OP didn't already consider writing a script&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, practically anything can be solved by writing a script. A whole operating system is built on scripts! If the OP could indeed write scripts wouldn't they already try that? So, this answer just strikes me as redundant.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In situations like this on Ask Ubuntu and on other sites is there a copy/paste response we can give to encourage the question answerer to give more information and to discourage them from giving that type of answer in the future?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6689" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2018-01-26T12:17:35.887" LastActivityDate="2018-01-26T15:18:12.513" Title="How to respond to &quot;you can write a script to do this&quot; answers" Tags="|discussion|answers|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17626" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17625" CreationDate="2018-01-26T10:38:35.400" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=user%3A449%20%22write%20a%20script%22%20is%3Aa&quot;&gt;I have used these words 7 times before&lt;/a&gt;, but never without further explanation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are some answers where the problem is so broad and a solution &lt;em&gt;so&lt;/em&gt; complex that even just a high-level explanation of a solution is &lt;strong&gt;better than nothing&lt;/strong&gt;. I'm not thinking of situations that can be done in a few lines of Bash. I'm thinking of things that would take hours or days to complete.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Yes, they might not be able to follow those instructions. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It &lt;em&gt;should&lt;/em&gt; include an outline of what it'd do (if not part of a larger answer).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Language? If it's relevant, I'd have mentioned it. (eg &quot;Write an R script that ...&quot;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;They might have thought of it before; they should have mentioned it.  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But ultimately, we're here to help people as much as we like. We're not slaves.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;For me, that translates to stopping short of doing actual work unless I enjoy what I'm doing, or I can derive transferable learning outcomes from it (&lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/167730/880&quot;&gt;I've gone full-geek before&lt;/a&gt;).  We're not here to write applications and full manuals for people.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And as such, I repeat, I think that in some situations, my contributions that might have suggested the OP writing a script —without actually giving them full code— is still more useful to them and others than if I'd written nothing at all. And to be clear, that's what the alternative would have been.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Feel free to cite examples where I've said this and it hasn't done more good than nothing at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just to reiterate, &lt;strong&gt;an answer that is &lt;em&gt;just&lt;/em&gt; &quot;write a script&quot; isn't an answer at all&lt;/strong&gt;. It's 1 character short of a comment. I'm answering this question based on my personal threshold for what constitutes an answer. You still have to tell them what to do, even if you don't give all the steps.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your Facebook example isn't an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2018-01-26T15:18:12.513" LastActivityDate="2018-01-26T15:18:12.513" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17627" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17629" CreationDate="2018-01-26T15:35:10.363" Score="0" ViewCount="60" Body="&lt;p&gt;I find lots of good answers on this forum but can't thumb them up because of missing reputation. Comments also are prohibited. Could someone just help me with that so I could reward my HEROES !&#xA;So how people start on this forum ?&#xA;Thanks !&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;PS: even creating new tags is not possible for me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="239473" OwnerDisplayName="Tolea Bivol" LastActivityDate="2018-01-26T16:02:28.783" Title="Can't thumb up my favorite answers?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="8" ClosedDate="2018-01-26T17:28:54.600" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17628" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17627" CreationDate="2018-01-26T15:52:22.650" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;You need to get more reputation. There is no other way. Try interacting with more questions and answers in the topics you can help. Making questions is the fastest way to learn and get reputation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Low reputation accounts are not considered because of spam.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="615274" LastActivityDate="2018-01-26T15:52:22.650" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17629" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17627" CreationDate="2018-01-26T16:02:28.783" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tour&quot;&gt;by design.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Consider &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/8881/when-do-we-not-gain-any-reputation-from-edits&quot;&gt;editing&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/how-to-ask&quot;&gt;asking good questions&lt;/a&gt; as well as writing &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/how-to-answer&quot;&gt;good answers.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All of these activities lead to reputation increase over time. It's worked for me, I'm sure it can work for you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastActivityDate="2018-01-26T16:02:28.783" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17630" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17608" CreationDate="2018-01-26T18:48:56.300" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I contacted Jorge and he has two of the videos up on YouTube.  Unfortunately the other two are lost to time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've updated the links to the two videos that he still has.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2018-01-26T18:48:56.300" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17631" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17642" CreationDate="2018-01-27T07:06:20.450" Score="1" ViewCount="90" Body="&lt;p&gt;My Mini-Markdown is not working in comments for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/999458/desktop-link-will-be-broken-after-restart#999458&quot;&gt;this comment&lt;/a&gt;, but here everything is fine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I tried:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;[link](http://...)&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;and &lt;code&gt;code&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="204324" LastEditorUserId="616451" LastEditDate="2018-01-27T09:58:06.873" LastActivityDate="2018-03-01T15:05:00.523" Title="Mini-Markdown is not working in comments" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17632" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-01-27T07:24:02.417" Score="10" ViewCount="212" Body="&lt;p&gt;At the occasion of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/999458/desktop-link-will-be-broken-after-restart&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;, but there are many, many more examples where I notice a question which is bountied, but still a straightforward dupe. We then have to wait seven days to actually mark it as a dupe, for reasons of, I guess, not letting OP waste his or her bounty.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Existing dupe questions are sometimes difficult to find, and it is not by definition because of a lack of research that OP did not find the previous question/answer. On multiple occasions, I requested a moderator to refund OP for his or her bounty in obvious cases. Without exception, this was indeed allowed. This makes me think:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why should we keep the rule that a bountied question cannot be marked as a dupe?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="72216" LastEditDate="2018-01-27T09:59:58.213" LastActivityDate="2018-01-27T09:59:58.213" Title="Remove the impossibility to mark a bountied question as a dupe?" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|duplicates|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17634" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17635" CreationDate="2018-01-28T22:29:31.983" Score="3" ViewCount="62" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is my third question, but for some reason, I don't yet have a Student badge on my account. Why don't I have one yet?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is my dashboard:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/F3gF7.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/F3gF7.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="741366" OwnerDisplayName="Denis Rohlinsky" LastActivityDate="2018-01-29T00:49:50.990" Title="This is my third question, yet I still don't have a Student badge" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="8" ClosedDate="2018-01-29T20:37:26.827" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17635" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17634" CreationDate="2018-01-28T22:33:27.877" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/badges&quot;&gt;the Badges page&lt;/a&gt;, the Student badge is for &quot;First question with score of 1 or more&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All of your questions have a score of zero (see the number to the left of each question in the image you included in your question), so you don't have one with a score of one or more.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="616451" OwnerDisplayName="Chai T. Rex" LastActivityDate="2018-01-28T22:33:27.877" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17637" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-01-29T05:09:30.860" Score="12" ViewCount="412" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's almost February in 2018, which isn't supposed to be the proper time to cycle these, but for this year it'll be once again, so we'll be refreshing the &lt;strong&gt;Community Promotion Ads&lt;/strong&gt; for this year now!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;What are Community Promotion Ads?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Community Promotion Ads are community-vetted advertisements that will show up on the main site, in the right sidebar. The purpose of this question is the vetting process. Images of the advertisements are provided, and community voting will enable the advertisements to be shown.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Why do we have Community Promotion Ads?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a method for the community to control what gets promoted to visitors on the site. For example, you might promote the following things:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;cool Ubuntu applications&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the site's Twitter account&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ubuntu scripts or power tools&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;cool events or conferences&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;anything else your community would genuinely be interested in&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The goal is for future visitors to find out about &lt;em&gt;the stuff your community deems important&lt;/em&gt;. This also serves as a way to promote information and resources that are &lt;em&gt;relevant to your own community's interests&lt;/em&gt;, both for those already in the community and those yet to join. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Why do we reset the ads every year?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some services will maintain usefulness over the years, while other things will wane to allow for new faces to show up. Resetting the ads every year helps accommodate this, and allows old ads that have served their purpose to be cycled out for fresher ads for newer things. This helps keep the material in the ads relevant to not just the subject matter of the community, but to the current status of the community. We reset the ads once a year, every December.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The community promotion ads have no restrictions against reposting an ad from a previous cycle. If a particular service or ad is very valuable to the community and will continue to be so, it is a good idea to repost it. It may be helpful to give it a new face in the process, so as to prevent the imagery of the ad from getting stale after a year of exposure.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;How does it work?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The answers you post to this question &lt;em&gt;must&lt;/em&gt; conform to the following rules, or they will be ignored. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;All answers should be in the exact form of:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;[![Tagline to show on mouseover][1]][2]&#xA;&#xA;   [1]: http://image-url&#xA;   [2]: http://clickthrough-url &#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please &lt;strong&gt;do not add anything else to the body of the post&lt;/strong&gt;. If you want to discuss something, do it in the comments.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The question must always be tagged with the magic &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/community-ads&quot; class=&quot;post-tag moderator-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;community-ads&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;community-ads&lt;/a&gt; tag. In addition to enabling the functionality of the advertisements, this tag also pre-fills the answer form with the above required form.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Image requirements&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The image that you create must be 300 x 250 pixels, or double that if high DPI.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Must be hosted through our standard image uploader (imgur)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Must be GIF or PNG&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;No animated GIFs&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Absolute limit on file size of 150 KB&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If the background of the image is white or partially white, there must be a 1px border (2px if high DPI) surrounding it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Score Threshold&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is a &lt;strong&gt;minimum score threshold&lt;/strong&gt; an answer must meet (currently &lt;strong&gt;6&lt;/strong&gt;) before it will be shown on the main site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can check out the ads that have met the threshold with basic click stats &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/ads/display/17637&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22665" LastActivityDate="2018-08-07T08:31:52.647" Title="Community Promotion Ads - 2018" Tags="|discussion|community-ads|" AnswerCount="7" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2019-02-07T13:28:17.977" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17638" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17637" CreationDate="2018-01-29T05:09:30.860" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://twitter.com/askubuntu&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/LymVF.png&quot; alt=&quot;Help this community grow -- follow us on twitter!&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22665" LastActivityDate="2018-01-29T05:09:30.860" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17639" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17637" CreationDate="2018-01-29T05:22:22.247" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://vi.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/kXWI6.png&quot; alt=&quot;Vi and Vim Stack Exchange&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2018-01-29T05:22:22.247" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17640" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17637" CreationDate="2018-01-29T15:45:46.203" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/Lazza/RecuperaBit&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/oWxnL.png&quot; alt=&quot;RecuperaBit – Open Source NTFS Recovery&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="271" LastActivityDate="2018-01-29T15:45:46.203" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17641" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17637" CreationDate="2018-01-29T18:15:07.477" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/201/ask-ubuntu-general-room&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/a1JKN.png&quot; alt=&quot;Join your fellow community members in chat!&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastActivityDate="2018-01-29T18:15:07.477" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17642" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17631" CreationDate="2018-01-30T09:05:38.840" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;As muru says in &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/17631/mini-markdown-is-not-working-in-comments/17642#comment36802_17631&quot;&gt;their comment&lt;/a&gt;, the problem is that your Markdown code has some issues.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;[EndOfLife] (ubuntu.com/info/release-end-of-life)&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this part, there's a space between &lt;code&gt;]&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;(&lt;/code&gt; which breaks the markdown code.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;`E:`&lt;/code&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this part, I assume you have typed the following in your comment: &lt;code&gt;`E:\`&lt;/code&gt;. The backslash at the end is being treated as an escape character. This is making the code break (in answers, your markdown code would work just fine).&lt;br&gt;&#xA;What you need to write for it to work is &lt;code&gt;``E:\``&lt;/code&gt;. The output of this would have been what you needed: &lt;code&gt;E:\&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This tells the markdown engine that you are using double backticks for code formatting, and not one. So the backtick is not being escaped.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastEditorUserId="8698" LastEditDate="2018-03-01T15:05:00.523" LastActivityDate="2018-03-01T15:05:00.523" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17644" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17637" CreationDate="2018-01-31T06:55:32.677" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://clonezilla.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/2Lnbx.gif&quot; alt=&quot;Clonezilla&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="694267" LastEditorUserId="694267" LastEditDate="2018-02-01T20:33:12.933" LastActivityDate="2018-02-01T20:33:12.933" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17645" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17647" CreationDate="2018-01-31T08:55:38.257" Score="5" ViewCount="82" Body="&lt;p&gt;When entering output from terminal, new lines are ignored, except in the input box where it looks just like on the terminal!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When pasting things like &lt;code&gt;fstab&lt;/code&gt; into the answer box &lt;code&gt;#&lt;/code&gt; is treated as a formating metacharacter and makes text look like a heading.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm sure it wasn't always this way. Also, what happened to the horizontal scroll bar?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why does this happen and how can I fix it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="324489" OwnerDisplayName="Ken Mollerup" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2018-01-31T11:58:05.593" LastActivityDate="2018-01-31T11:58:05.593" Title="How to enter system files and terminal output in questions and answers?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17646" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17645" CreationDate="2018-01-31T08:59:21.377" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;A blank line followed by a line with four spaces at the beginning produces a Code block.  Each line of the code block must start with fours spaces or be a blank line. ie. anything other than four spaces or a return at the front of a line ends the code block. See the edit on your linked post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="694267" OwnerDisplayName="ravery" LastActivityDate="2018-01-31T09:11:36.230" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17647" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17645" CreationDate="2018-01-31T09:19:44.487" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Click the gray circle with a question mark inside it in the upper right corner of the Ask Ubuntu markdown editor to show the link for advanced help (in red letters) which tells all the rules for formatting text in the markdown editor.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/6eKC7.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/6eKC7.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Text that is formatted as code does not treat a &lt;code&gt;#&lt;/code&gt; character at the beginning of a line as a markdown special character. To format a block of text as code, select the block of code to be formatted with the mouse and click the pair of curly brackets &lt;b&gt;{}&lt;/b&gt; to format the selected text as a code block.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When text that is formatted as a code block or preformatted text is too long to fit inside the window a horizontal scrollbar for navigation is automatically added. When text that is formatted as a text block by clicking on &lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/WhX40.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/WhX40.png&quot; width=&quot;13&quot; height=&quot;12&quot; alt=&quot;IMG: &quot; title=&quot;curly left quote&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt; in the markdown editor is too long to fit inside the window, the lines are wrapped automatically so that the text fits inside the window and a horizontal scrollbar isn't necessary to read all the text. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="94914" OwnerDisplayName="karel" LastEditorUserId="94914" LastEditDate="2018-01-31T09:49:33.023" LastActivityDate="2018-01-31T09:49:33.023" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17648" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18365" CreationDate="2018-02-01T05:00:48.160" Score="13" ViewCount="86" Body="&lt;p&gt;When flagging a question, most links in the dialog that comes up are now HTTPS instead of HTTP, but it seems like the off-topic links (in &lt;code&gt;Flagging&lt;/code&gt; &gt; &lt;code&gt;Closing&lt;/code&gt; &gt; &lt;code&gt;Off-Topic&lt;/code&gt; and in &lt;code&gt;Flagging&lt;/code&gt; &gt; &lt;code&gt;Closing&lt;/code&gt; &gt; &lt;code&gt;Off-Topic&lt;/code&gt; &gt; &lt;code&gt;Migration&lt;/code&gt;) are instead HTTP.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since visiting any of the HTTP links there immediately redirects to HTTPS, can they please be changed to HTTPS to skip the step where the browser has to redirect to HTTPS? This would speed things up slightly as well as provide a bit more security.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, the link in &lt;code&gt;Migration&lt;/code&gt; tries to go to &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;http://meta.askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&lt;/a&gt;, but that URL redirects to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&lt;/a&gt; rather than providing a page with information on what's on-topic specifically on Ask Ubuntu Meta. Is that supposed to happen?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="616451" LastEditorUserId="1118" LastEditDate="2019-01-09T14:18:58.777" LastActivityDate="2019-01-09T14:18:58.777" Title="Off-topic flagging links should be HTTPS now" Tags="|feature-request|bug|status-completed|flagging|https|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17649" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-02-01T22:04:57.807" Score="45" ViewCount="588" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;This might well be a dupe. If so, y'all know what to do ;)&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When editing questions, make sure you don't eliminate all clues as to what was causing the problem by fixing incorrect commands, as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/802166&quot;&gt;this edit suggestion&lt;/a&gt; did:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/bmSi6.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/bmSi6.png&quot; alt=&quot;suggested edit review&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sometimes the OP has made a mistake only in the question, rather than when they were running commands in a shell, and those should be fixed. If it is at all unclear whether the mistake is only in the question, then comment and ask for clarification. In the case above, it's almost certain and fairly obvious that the lack of a space caused the error the question was about, and the edit made it mysterious.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One reviewer picked up the problem and rejected, but others approved, which is very understandable given that the edit made obvious improvements (and the suggested edits queue gives barely any context). I would probably have approved it myself. Reviewers: watch out for things like this!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2018-04-10T11:10:20.703" Title="Please don't correct commands in questions unless you are sure the mistake is not the source of the problem" Tags="|discussion|editing|review|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="14" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17650" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17637" CreationDate="2018-02-02T14:27:27.923" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://ohmyz.sh/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Alcfk.png&quot; alt=&quot;Oh My ZSH – power to your shell!&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="250300" LastActivityDate="2018-02-02T14:27:27.923" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17651" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-02-04T22:49:20.610" Score="42" ViewCount="473" Body="&lt;p&gt;I posted a question yesterday here, complaining about how unusually buggy the 16.04 LTS release seems to me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Well, today I have thought about it better. Ubuntu is free, and after some days of some sweat and blood (which, admittedly,  this time were a bit longer than usual) one gets a stable Unix-alike system for the next two years for free. So, it is a bit unfair to all the developers working in it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, well, my apologies here where hopefully they will be seen by more or less the same people who saw my post yesterday.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="198166" LastEditorUserId="198166" LastEditDate="2018-02-08T17:22:11.700" LastActivityDate="2018-02-13T16:59:11.613" Title="I would like to offer an apology here" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17653" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-02-09T08:33:40.720" Score="7" ViewCount="54" Body="&lt;p&gt;I stumbled over a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/first-posts/804778&quot;&gt;review question, which turned out to be a Test question&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I tried to write a comment that OP might consider using the older, 4.10 kernel, since there seem to be a lot of issues with the 4.13 kernel on 16.04.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, that was deemed as &quot;not listening&quot; by the review test system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why is it that any comment one posts on a test question (that is considered a quality question) should fail it ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should we not encourage meaningful comments ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I find this especially &quot;loaded&quot;, since test questions obscure &lt;em&gt;existing&lt;/em&gt; comments...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="783023" LastActivityDate="2018-02-09T08:33:40.720" Title="Commenting on a test review question automatically scolds you with &quot;STOP! Look and listen&quot; - Why?" Tags="|discussion|review|comments|design|review-queue|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2018-02-09T14:17:51.080" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17654" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17655" CreationDate="2018-02-09T18:13:20.280" Score="8" ViewCount="117" Body="&lt;p&gt;What is the recommended way to re-open a discussion (for example on the topic of what is considered off-topic)? Some discussions have one or two comments, but disappear from the main sites after a while before a decision is reached. Some issues might even need re-consideration because the circumstances that lead to a decision have changed. How can we re-open such discussions? Just posting a new answer or comment won't always get it the attention it deserves, but posting the same question again also seems weird... Any Ideas?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="624521" LastActivityDate="2018-02-09T21:04:10.527" Title="Meta-Meta: Reopening discussions" Tags="|discussion|meta|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17655" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17654" CreationDate="2018-02-09T21:04:10.527" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just post a new question and explain in the question that while there is a duplicate it is different and why you think it needs to be discussed again in a separate discussion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We aren't &lt;em&gt;as&lt;/em&gt; strict about duplicates here on Meta.  We &lt;em&gt;usually&lt;/em&gt; suggest though that if you're opening a new discussion on something that you link back to the original discussion(s) for context, though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2018-02-09T21:04:10.527" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17656" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17658" CreationDate="2018-02-10T12:37:13.850" Score="12" ViewCount="257" Body="&lt;p&gt;When I click &lt;code&gt;share&lt;/code&gt; below a question I get a small box containing the share link to that question like that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/XWmZY.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/XWmZY.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Apart from the question number, this link also contains my user ID (last number).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are the reasons for a share link to contain my user ID?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Are there any circumstances where I should remove it before posting the link?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="507051" LastActivityDate="2018-02-13T12:30:05.333" Title="Why do question share links include my user id?" Tags="|discussion|support|user-accounts|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17658" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17656" CreationDate="2018-02-10T13:16:36.783" Score="16" Body="&lt;p&gt;User ID in the sharing link is useful in at least one situation. &#xA;There are some badges:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/badges/57/announcer&quot;&gt;Announcer&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Share a link to a question later visited by 25 unique IP addresses. This badge can be awarded multiple times.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/badges/58/booster&quot;&gt;Booster&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Share a link to a question later visited by 300 unique IP addresses. This badge can be awarded multiple times.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/badges/59/publicist&quot;&gt;Publicist&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Share a link to a question later visited by 1000 unique IP addresses. This badge can be awarded multiple times.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your user ID in the link keeps track of the &lt;em&gt;number of visits following the link you shared&lt;/em&gt; even if you post the link outside Stack Exchange network (in social media, personal website etc.).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To answer the second part of your question, viz.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Are there any circumstances where I should remove it before posting the link?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I reckon it's completely up to you. You might not want to associate your Ask Ubuntu username with your online persona in other places. In that case I think it's wise to remove the unique user ID before posting the link.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="480481" LastEditorUserId="480481" LastEditDate="2018-02-13T12:30:05.333" LastActivityDate="2018-02-13T12:30:05.333" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17663" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-02-11T23:29:20.940" Score="22" ViewCount="188" Body="&lt;p&gt;I came across the tag &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/repair&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;repair&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;repair&lt;/a&gt; today:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;112 questions tagged&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Excerpt:&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Questions about repairing Ubuntu can be tagged here (after a fatal error, looping kernel panics, etc.) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Wiki: none&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Followers: 0&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;New questions during the last 12 months: 18&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Highest question score in that tag: 10&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Similar to e.g. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/crash&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;crash&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;crash&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/freeze&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;freeze&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;freeze&lt;/a&gt;, this tag doesn't really have any informational value on its own and could probably be applied to half of our question base.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have mostly seen it in context of boot repair, sometimes hardware (especially disks and therefore also data rescue), package management (dependencies etc) and a few other topics.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unless you have any objections or proposals how the scope of this tag could be refined, I propose &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/repair&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;repair&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;repair&lt;/a&gt; should be removed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Due its not so large size (only around 100 questions instead of over 700 for the other two mentioned examples), I also think we can successfully remove it and retag the respective questions if needed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastActivityDate="2018-02-18T01:28:49.253" Title="Can this tag be [repair]ed or should we throw it away...?" Tags="|discussion|tags|cleanup|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17664" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17665" CreationDate="2018-02-13T12:50:28.997" Score="11" ViewCount="218" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is it OK to ask questions like &quot;what is the etymology of hdparm command name?&quot;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;General topic matches &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&lt;/a&gt; (&quot;Using and administering official Ubuntu flavors&quot;, &quot;Running third-party applications&quot;, &quot;Development on Ubuntu&quot;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is not explicitly rejected by &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/dont-ask&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/help/dont-ask&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Main problem that I see is that while for some commands there may be some obviously correct answer for others the best answers is &quot;it appears to be unclear&quot; and it is impossible to guess it before asking (except cases of self-answered questions).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="349903" LastActivityDate="2018-02-14T04:21:47.793" Title="Is it OK to ask question about etymology of command names?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17665" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17664" CreationDate="2018-02-13T13:26:49.150" Score="17" Body="&lt;p&gt;Good question and I do think people would like your question, however, the issue would be that the history of commands goes back way further than Ubuntu and as the question is not Ubuntu-centric it would likely be off topic here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Having said that, I think it might be on topic at &lt;a href=&quot;http://unix.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;http://unix.stackexchange.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2018-02-13T13:44:53.447" LastActivityDate="2018-02-13T13:44:53.447" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17666" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17651" CreationDate="2018-02-13T14:34:37.590" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ubuntu 16.04 LTS &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;is supported here until April of 2021&lt;/a&gt; so you get far more than 2 years for your efforts. I agree with &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/17651/i-would-like-to-offer-an-apology-here?cb=1#comment36880_17651&quot;&gt;@muru amusing comment.&lt;/a&gt; We can certainly use all the help we can get providing that support.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastEditorUserId="225694" LastEditDate="2018-02-13T16:59:11.613" LastActivityDate="2018-02-13T16:59:11.613" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17671" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17674" CreationDate="2018-02-16T12:04:28.863" Score="8" ViewCount="190" Body="&lt;p&gt;Someone on reddit asked me if they could republish my &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/894460/automatically-adjust-display-brightness-based-on-sunrise-and-sunset/894470#894470&quot;&gt;sun-hours&lt;/a&gt; script I wrote for &lt;strong&gt;Ask Ubuntu&lt;/strong&gt; on their github project.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just wondering if there is some sort of short form of GPL 3 or 2 line I should put in the bash script? I want to avoid the lengthy multi-paragraph legal blurb you usually see with free usage.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I wanted to update the scripts with recent bug fixes anyways and asked the reddit user to wait until after the week-end to copy &lt;code&gt;sun-hours&lt;/code&gt; script. At the same time I'd like to add the short GPL blurb in question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I wonder what others do for scripts that get republished?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;February 18, 2019 Update with sample found&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I found this sample &lt;a href=&quot;https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/yad-common/0m5Lj07iFYQ&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;#!/bin/bash&#xA;#Date and Time Setting Tool Copyright 2009,2011 by Tony Brijeski under the GPL V2&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm thinking I could use something like this along with link to GPL V2 (or whatever version) license file.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;February 17, 2018 Update using @muru's suggestions&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I created a git-hub master branch which allows me to select a license file to include by default:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/eJTS0.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/eJTS0.png&quot; alt=&quot;git-hub licenses.gnp&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I selected the third option &lt;code&gt;GNU General Public License v3.0&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Overall this gives a great platform for publishing your code with catch all licensing. However I still am no closer to a &lt;strong&gt;legal one-liner&lt;/strong&gt; comment to put into each of my bash scripts. The &lt;code&gt;sun-hours&lt;/code&gt; script is short so a multi-paragraph legal blurb seems inappropriate in such cases:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;$ cat /usr/local/bin/sun-hours&#xA;#!/bin/bash&#xA;&#xA;# Called daily from /etc/cron.daily/sun-hours&#xA;while true; do&#xA;&#xA;### &quot;-q&quot;= quiet, &quot;-O-&quot; pipe output&#xA;echo $(wget -q -O- https://www.timeanddate.com/sun/canada/edmonton | grep -oE 'Sunrise Today.{35}' | awk -F\&amp;gt; '{print $3}' | tr --delete &quot;&amp;lt;&quot;) &amp;gt; /tmp/sunrise&#xA;echo $(wget -q -O- https://www.timeanddate.com/sun/canada/edmonton | grep -oE 'Sunset Today.{35}' | awk -F\&amp;gt; '{print $3}' | tr --delete &quot;&amp;lt;&quot;) &amp;gt; /tmp/sunset&#xA;&#xA;## If network is down files will have one byte size&#xA;size1=$(wc -c &amp;lt; /tmp/sunrise)&#xA;size2=$(wc -c &amp;lt; /tmp/sunset)&#xA;&#xA;if [ $size1 -gt 1 ] &amp;amp;&amp;amp; [ $size2 -gt 1 ] ; then&#xA;    cp /tmp/sunrise /usr/local/bin/sunrise&#xA;    cp /tmp/sunset  /usr/local/bin/sunset&#xA;    chmod 666 /usr/local/bin/sunrise&#xA;    chmod 666 /usr/local/bin/sunset&#xA;    rm /tmp/sunrise&#xA;    rm /tmp/sunset&#xA;    exit 0&#xA;else&#xA;    logger &quot;/etc/cron.daily/sun-hours: Network is down. Waiting 5 minutes to try again.&quot;&#xA;    sleep 300&#xA;fi&#xA;&#xA;done&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="307523" LastEditorUserId="307523" LastEditDate="2018-02-18T17:24:43.097" LastActivityDate="2018-02-18T20:17:56.107" Title="What to do when someone wants to republish your scripts?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17672" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-02-16T12:20:18.233" Score="-8" ViewCount="58" Body="&lt;p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a question about my Ask Ubuntu post: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1006677/general-data-protection-regulations&quot;&gt;General Data Protection Regulations&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&#xA;I asked a question, and its contained in the first paragraph, please not the question mark.&#xA;A appreciate you may not like it gelling with ubuntu's image but nonetheless it is valid.&#xA;What Will Cooke stated was unlawful under GDPR. He should know better. The fact alone he doesnt is in itself worrying. However my question remains and is entirely valid - how is it justified the nasty slurp of data checked by default under GDPR?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user795815" LastActivityDate="2018-02-16T16:34:36.203" Title="People clearly didnt read my post and jumped to judgement" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17673" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17672" CreationDate="2018-02-16T13:07:22.263" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;This was the text of your question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;How do you square this with GDPR , and that the data slurp is clearly unlawful? You would think Will Cooke would know better.Its a good thing I wouldnt touch Ubuntu with a bargepole let alone stick it anywhere near my hardware.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What's &quot;this&quot;? Who's Will Cooke? We don't work for Canonical here, why would you expect us to know the names of the people working for the company? When you ask a question, you need to give us enough context to understand what it is about. You came in as though continuing a conversation you were having with someone else. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I eventually looked up Will Cooke and figured out &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2018/02/ubuntu-data-collection-opt-out&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;what you were referring to&lt;/a&gt; but still had absolutely no interest in answering you, because you came in here attacking. If you want to attack someone, go attack Canonical (if you really must), not a bunch of volunteers who freely give their time helping other users of an operating system. We don't build the thing, we just use it!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More importantly, even had you asked the question in a decent way, it would have been off topic here. I suggest you check our &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help&quot;&gt;Help Center&lt;/a&gt; to understand what this site is about. We deal with technical issues about Ubuntu. If you have a gripe with Canonical (and many of us might share it), then you can take it somewhere where it is on topic. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, in summary, you came in here with a confrontational attitude, without bothering to learn anything about what this site is or what its rules are, posted a &quot;question&quot; that isn't on topic in the first place, which gave no context, and which consisted of ~10% question and 90% attack. How else were you expecting to be treated?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2018-02-16T16:34:36.203" LastActivityDate="2018-02-16T16:34:36.203" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17674" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17671" CreationDate="2018-02-16T15:34:43.333" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;The CC license family is not recommended for software (see &lt;a href=&quot;https://opensource.stackexchange.com/q/1717/9554&quot;&gt;https://opensource.stackexchange.com/q/1717/9554&lt;/a&gt;). When I was asked for permission to redistribute one of my scripts, I'd already put it on on GitHub on repository for general purpose scripts, so I clarified that the license on the repository (GPLv2, IIRC) was also applicable on the script and they could redistribute using it. I offered to split it out into its own repo if needed, but that turned out to be unnecessary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's what I'd suggest you do too:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;put it on GitHub or similar code hosting sites - Gitlab, Launchpad, etc.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;use a clear software license, GPL or MIT or Apache or whichever you like&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;update your post to indicate the repo is the canonical source&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Putting it on a code hosting site would be helpful to the redistributor, since now they can use standard VCS tools instead of scraping an Ask Ubuntu post, and makes submission of patches easier.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2018-02-16T15:34:43.333" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17675" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17676" CreationDate="2018-02-16T19:22:30.523" Score="11" ViewCount="333" Body="&lt;p&gt;I flagged a answer in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/965145/e-sub-process-usr-bin-dpkg-returned-an-error-code-1-mysql-install-ubuntu/1006680#1006680&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; As &quot;In need of moderator attention&quot; on a answer that was:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;sudo rm -rf /var/lib/mysql&lt;/code&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My flag was declined, perhaps because I was not specific enough. I did not think an evil answer such as this would need much more explanation. How should I have flagged the answer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="767056" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2018-02-16T19:48:31.503" LastActivityDate="2018-02-18T18:27:43.140" Title="When to flag as &quot;Moderator attention&quot;" Tags="|discussion|flagging|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17676" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17675" CreationDate="2018-02-16T19:40:50.763" Score="-2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your flag was declined with the reason &quot;Use standard flags.&quot;  Because you say two things:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;This isn't an answer&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The answer is evil and dangerous.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You're also dealing with a moderator who today hasn't had much sleep.  I also was trying to do everything from a tablet so I can't easily open the entire question.  You're right it was an evil command, but it's more &quot;Not an Answer&quot; because it doesn't even address the question being asked.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(I'm the mod who handled the flag by the way).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my tired state, I was judging based on the &quot;Not an Answer&quot; state of the answer, not the command itself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As was stated in comments though, &lt;strong&gt;it's usually best to make a comment to the effect that the command is dangerous&lt;/strong&gt; rather than just rely on a moderator flag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Comments are immediately posted.  Mod flags take time for one of us to get up off our butts and sift through the flags queue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You also should compare the actual &lt;em&gt;answer&lt;/em&gt; to the actual &lt;em&gt;question&lt;/em&gt; - the posted 'command', though dangerous, has no actual attempt to &lt;em&gt;solve&lt;/em&gt; the underlying installation failure on the question you linked to.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that I did also delete that answer, but for the &quot;Not an Answer&quot; reason.  my comments about the answer later on the deleted post were after-the-fact.  (10k+ users and other mods can see that information directly)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="158442" LastEditDate="2018-02-17T01:20:14.337" LastActivityDate="2018-02-17T01:20:14.337" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17677" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17678" CreationDate="2018-02-17T10:39:59.310" Score="4" ViewCount="61" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't get it.  At least on stackoverflow homework is &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/a/277881/262852&quot;&gt;fine&lt;/a&gt;, so that seems irrelevant for askubuntu as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why is this &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/1001469/45156&quot;&gt;question&lt;/a&gt; closed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Seems like a fairy standard admin type question.  Presumably bash scripts should be on stackoverflow instead?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Notably, &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; a generic programming question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;...and generic programming questions on Stack Overflow.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;based on the accepted answer, and comments, this is just specific to this one q.  I'd already researched whether hw is acceptable as a q.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="45156" LastEditorUserId="45156" LastEditDate="2018-02-17T12:50:02.750" LastActivityDate="2018-02-17T12:50:02.750" Title="sysadmin script off topic?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ClosedDate="2018-02-17T22:14:05.143" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17678" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17677" CreationDate="2018-02-17T12:40:40.853" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I completely agree the fact that a question is related to homework is no valid reason for closure. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;HOWEVER&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Although we like to think we are rational human beings, we rarely are, and decisions are easily made on emotion. &lt;br&gt;&#xA;Reading the header of your question, it makes the impression of someone, coming home from school, taking a beer from the fridge and throwing his or her question on the site to have the homework done.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know I have voted to close questions like that, and I can understand why people do. So my advice would be: if you are trying to find a solution to a homework related question, write in your own words what you tried and where you get stuck. No one will object to a sincere question for help like that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastActivityDate="2018-02-17T12:40:40.853" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17679" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-02-17T17:01:51.453" Score="10" ViewCount="220" Body="&lt;p&gt;Recently, I've seen almost every question where the OP is having a problem caused by using an EoL version of Ubuntu  being closed as a duplicate of this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/91815/how-to-install-software-or-upgrade-from-an-old-unsupported-release&quot;&gt;How to install software or upgrade from an old unsupported release?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Useful as this post will hopefully be to people who are using an unsupported release, I don't think we should be closing these questions as duplicates of this one unless they are actually asking something like &quot;How can I install software or upgrade from an old unsupported release?&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As an example, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1006572/unable-to-locate-ubuntu-restricted-extras&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; is totally not asking how to upgrade from 17.04. It's asking how to install &lt;code&gt;ubuntu-restricted-extras&lt;/code&gt;*. We should certainly close that question; in fact we have &lt;em&gt;a whole close reason&lt;/em&gt; for new posts that are specific to EoL releases&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This question is specific to an &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;end of life&lt;/strong&gt; Ubuntu release&lt;/a&gt;. These are no longer supported and are therefore off-topic here. To upgrade, see: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/91815/how-to-install-software-or-upgrade-from-an-old-unsupported-release&quot;&gt;How to install software or upgrade from old unsupported release?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Notice in particular that this close reason even contains a link to that useful post...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think it would be a lot less confusing to askers and other visitors if we actually used the correct close reason for such posts and avoided closing stuff as duplicates of things they are blatantly not duplicates of.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;*I now realise this is a bad example and closing that question as a duplicate was reasonable&lt;/strong&gt; thanks in part to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/17680/527764&quot;&gt;guntbert's answer to this question&lt;/a&gt;. I have been prompted to edit this post by &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/43808269#43808269&quot;&gt;some discussion in chat&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While I think it is fine to close questions as off topic if they ask about installing software on an old unsupported release, I do realise that it's often at least equally reasonable to close them as duplicates of &lt;em&gt;How to install software or upgrade from an old unsupported release?&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What prompted me to write this question was seeing a wider variety of questions specific to EoL releases being voted to close as duplicates. In general, these were package management issues (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1002162/how-to-update-sources-list-ubuntu-17&quot;&gt;this one might be a reasonable example&lt;/a&gt;), so I think it's possible to argue that they could be closed as duplicates of the canonical question. This means I have changed my position slightly from when I originally wrote this post. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Still, I prefer such questions (about general package management difficulties) to be closed as off topic, because I think it's confusing to close posts as duplicates when they aren't very similar to the target. Certainly, questions about EoL releases that are &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; about installing software or upgrading to a new release should be closed as off-topic rather than as duplicates.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I should also mention as I did in &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/17717/questions-about-wireless-that-lack-information-are-not-necessarily-duplicates&quot;&gt;this other meta post&lt;/a&gt; that closing questions as duplicates causes them to not be deleted nearly as easily as questions closed for other reasons. If the questions are useful, that is a good thing, but if they are misleading as search results or have bad answers, it's a bad thing. This is another factor that leads me to prefer closing low quality questions as off topic rather than as duplicates if there is a choice of reasons.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2018-04-05T08:15:44.663" LastActivityDate="2018-04-05T08:15:44.663" Title="Close voters: we have a Reason for that (EoL posts are not necessarily duplicates)" Tags="|discussion|close-reasons|end-of-life|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17680" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17679" CreationDate="2018-02-17T21:55:36.390" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;Unless I am missing an essential part I have to disagree with @Zanna in this special case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &quot;original&quot; question is not only about upgrading but also about problems to install software within the EOL release. And Aditya's answer talks exactly about this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I recently have seen several questions with the &quot;cannot install/update&quot; problem in EOL releases. IMO these should be closed as duplicates of the mentioned question, because it helps to get out of that unfortunate situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;OTOH there always are questions about &lt;em&gt;other&lt;/em&gt; problems with EOL releases - those should be closed as off topic / EOL. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastActivityDate="2018-02-17T21:55:36.390" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17681" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17682" CreationDate="2018-02-18T00:02:08.520" Score="4" ViewCount="195" Body="&lt;p&gt;How can I properly add a line of code in a comment like this &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;test test&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I like it more grey than &lt;code&gt;test test&lt;/code&gt; if that is possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or if there is another way to define code in a comment to make it more clear I'd like to hear it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="783050" LastEditorUserId="480481" LastEditDate="2018-04-17T12:53:03.597" LastActivityDate="2018-04-17T12:53:03.597" Title="How to properly add code in comment" Tags="|support|comments|formatting|code-formatting|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17682" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17681" CreationDate="2018-02-18T00:13:20.153" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;In &lt;em&gt;comments&lt;/em&gt; you are limited to just &lt;code&gt;test test&lt;/code&gt; which is generated by the code:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;`test test`&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is no way to get the larger code bar like in your example or in the line above this in a &lt;em&gt;comment&lt;/em&gt;.  This is because the comment system doesn't work &lt;em&gt;at all&lt;/em&gt; with line breaks, etc. which the code bars like the above need.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2018-02-18T00:17:21.720" LastActivityDate="2018-02-18T00:17:21.720" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17684" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17671" CreationDate="2018-02-18T05:16:16.230" Score="2" Body="&lt;h3&gt;Short-form license ?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Just wondering if there is some sort of short form of GPL 3 or 2 line I should put in the bash script? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No, there's no particular short form of that, nor there is a need to do so, and SE sites don't use GPL. (And on side note, most copyright texts state that you have to include copy - that is full copy - of the copyright notice; for example, &lt;a href=&quot;https://tldrlegal.com/license/gnu-general-public-license-v3-(gpl-3)#fulltext&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;GPL 3&lt;/a&gt; states: &quot;You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program&quot; ) However, what I would recommend doing is to add a comment, couple lines below your script's &lt;code&gt;#!&lt;/code&gt; line. Something like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;#!/usr/bin/env bash&#xA;# Written  by WinEunuuchs2Unix &amp;lt;https://askubuntu.com/users/307523&amp;gt;&#xA;# https://askubuntu.com/q/894460/295286&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Adding such line will explicitly tell others that your content is originally written for Stack Exchange network, and all content on StackExchange Network is CC-BY-SA 3.0 (see the Notes for details).  Therefore such line quickly tells that the script is under CC-BY-SA license and whoever is reproducing your code ( be it on reddit or elsewhere ) should give proper attribution. (Note that holds true unless you allowed choosing multiple licenses for your work, see &quot;Practical considerations&quot; section).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How to give attribution is outlined in &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/a/253622/3701431&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; SE meta post by &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/users/1288/bill-the-lizard&quot;&gt;Bill the Lizzard&lt;/a&gt;, which actually draws from &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackexchange.com/legal&quot;&gt;SE Terms of Service&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You must1: A) clearly indicate that it comes from the Stack Exchange Network, and give credit to the author by B) linking to the original answer/question, C) clearly indicating the author(s)' username, and D) providing link(s) to their profile page(s)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See also &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.blog/2009/06/25/attribution-required/&quot;&gt;Jeff Atwood's blog post&lt;/a&gt; on the same topic. To be perfectly fair, whoever asked you to republish the code didn't have to ask you so long as the attribution requirements are met, but it is awfully nice of them ( and please note that's just my opinion based on interpreting the attribution requirements).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Practical (maybe slightly depressing) considerations&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Let's go on a tangent: Can you license your own answers at all on SE network or can you license via your profile ? &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/a/291323/3701431&quot;&gt;Yes&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/a/351149/3701431&quot;&gt;Yes&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/a/305611/3701431&quot;&gt;Yes&lt;/a&gt;. To quote &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/351148/do-license-notes-on-user-profiles-have-any-effect?noredirect=1&amp;amp;lq=1#comment484875_351149&quot;&gt;Martijn Pieters's comment&lt;/a&gt;: &quot;...the content you post on SO is not exclusively licensed. You are only agreeing to grant a specific license to reuse your work. There is no ownership transfer, the content is still yours to use elsewhere as you please. That gives you the right to do other things with your content, including granting more licenses.&quot; Also, as mentioned in &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/203299/295160&quot;&gt;answer&lt;/a&gt; on our dear moderator Oli's question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You give up one big thing by posting it here:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Your right to stop us (and others who see it here) from sharing it with others who can be helped by it, provided they include the required attribution.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But if you license your answers:&#xA;- you can't take away rights that SE license gives&#xA;- additional licenses should be compatible or even more permissive than CC-BY-SA (which is kinda same as the above)&#xA;- whoever is reusing your work &lt;em&gt;can choose the license by which they will abide&lt;/em&gt;, so they can choose to use CC-BY-SE &lt;em&gt;or&lt;/em&gt; the other license. If you licensed your code under license that doesn't require attribution, don't be surprised if the user chose that one and didn't give your answer credit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, you mentioned GPL license. The SE license is not GPL compatible as noted in &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/a/254192/3701431&quot;&gt;this answer&lt;/a&gt;. I wouldn't recommend using GPL, but that's my opinion only. Also, stay away from &lt;a href=&quot;https://opensource.stackexchange.com/q/1445&quot;&gt;crayon licenses.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Practically speaking,though, licensing your code on SE answers is a very big, hairy, and uncombed mess. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Realistically, there is absolutely nothing stopping anyone from copying and using code without attribution (even if it has license slapped all over it), unless someone starts actually auditing the copied/modified work or calls out the copycat. Enforcing the license also can be problem, especially in case of &quot;crayon licenses&quot; or in case if you reuse your content for actual projects. To quote &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/271083/295160&quot;&gt;ArtOfCode&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Essentially, someone can get my code from somewhere I use it - perhaps in a commercial open-source product of mine - and not attribute it to me. When I chase them down on that, they can simply claim &quot;oh, I got it from Stack Overflow&quot;, and get away scot-free&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;There is really no consensus how much is copyrighted and how much is covered by fair use. To quote &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/25957/295160&quot;&gt;Jeff Atwood&lt;/a&gt;: &quot;...a snippet of code falls under excerpt category and thus should be free to use under fair use. Heck, we don't even support giant masses of code being posted, so to me, by definition, everything would be an excerpt.&quot; Problem is that there is no definition of how long is snippet of code. 3 lines ? 10 lines ? Who knows ?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Proving original authorship with SE answers can be difficult if not impossible, can even backfire. See &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/12537/295160&quot;&gt;this answer&lt;/a&gt; for example.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now because I've sat reading all sorts of sources for over 3 hours now and because I need a break from sitting in front of monitor, I'll leave a few my own opinions in conclusion: treat answers on AskUbuntu &lt;em&gt;as if&lt;/em&gt; they are in public domain (even if you will hear everybody on the network say SE is not public domain, because technically public domain is not copyrighted, but SE is copyrighted under permissive license). As &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/271113/295160&quot;&gt;200_success&lt;/a&gt; said, &quot;The intention is to share code for discussion, not to give code away&quot;. Problem is that one persons intention doesn't prevent another's  from just taking code as if it was given away. For inspiration take a look at &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L.H.O.O.Q.&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;L.H.O.O.Q.&lt;/a&gt;.  If you want to really protect code and enforce some sort of license:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;create &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/help/mcve&quot;&gt;MCVE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;host code on source hosting sites like GitHub, license them appropriately, and link to the code - don't post it into answers&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;provide code in answers which you don't intend to use in  serious commercial projects or modify it to suit the commercial project&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;just treat answers as discussion given in good faith that it will be useful to OP (and someone who stumbles upon it).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;I'm not a lawyer,though, so treat this answer with grain of salt.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Addressing the &quot;small children&quot; scripts&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In your &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/17671/what-to-do-when-someone-wants-to-republish-your-scripts/17684?noredirect=1#comment36992_17684&quot;&gt;comment&lt;/a&gt; you said (emphasis added by me):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;By small script I meant those little children the parent script calls. The parent script would still have full license text. &lt;strong&gt;The parent is the most important for functionality / intellectual property rights&lt;/strong&gt;. The children just do &lt;strong&gt;small menial little tasks&lt;/strong&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;OK, pay very very close attention to the highlighted parts, because they will be important. First we need to go back to the very very very basics. Copyright means who owns the code, License - how people are allowed to use that code ( &lt;a href=&quot;https://opensource.stackexchange.com/a/301&quot;&gt;rolfl&lt;/a&gt; ).  But, to be considered copyrighted, code must be an original work and originality is most important factor ( &lt;a href=&quot;https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/a/53765&quot;&gt;Aneurysm9&lt;/a&gt; ) . &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By that definition, the cron and conky portions that I see in your answer cannot  be copyrighted, which means they can't have license. They're just not substantial enough to be considered an original work. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note also, that there exists something as &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Substantial_similarity#Abstraction-Filtration-Comparison_test&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Abstraction-Comparison-Filtration test&lt;/a&gt; to determine &lt;em&gt;substantial similarity&lt;/em&gt;. Substantial similarity is actually a legal term.  Important part of it, IMHO, is the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If there is substantial similarity in ideas, then the trier of fact must decide whether there is substantial similarity in the expressions of the ideas so as to constitute infringement. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In case of cron and conky type of stuff, there is likely chance that there's plenty of cron and conky settings that are very very similar to yours and claiming copyright on them via any license seems slightly ridiculous. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, you could maybe copyright (in my humble and non-lawyer opinion) the two spinner scripts in your answer for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/882420/295286&quot;&gt;Can BASH display in systray as application indicator?&lt;/a&gt;. They seem original enough, although I doubt in an actual court  printing four characters in sequence would make the script original. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, think about what your scripts are actually doing: one reads file and checks character in it and writes another to it, the other - checks that file and echoes the character.  There will be enough scripts that have similar idea, although may use slightly different expression.  I think it would be also great if you could rewrite the script somehow to make it one unit, which does all the work, spinning and echoing - that will limit possibilities for substantial similarity in execution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Notes&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To quote &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackexchange.com/legal&quot;&gt;Terms of Service&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You agree that all Subscriber Content that You contribute to the Network is perpetually and irrevocably licensed to Stack Exchange under the &lt;a href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike&lt;/a&gt; license. You grant Stack Exchange the perpetual and irrevocable right and license to use, copy, cache, publish, display, distribute, modify, create derivative works and store such Subscriber Content and, except as otherwise set forth herein, to allow others to do so in any medium now known or hereinafter developed (“Content License”) in order to provide the Services, even if such Subscriber Content has been contributed and subsequently removed by You. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There has been &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/272956/295160&quot;&gt;effort in 2016 to move towards MIT license&lt;/a&gt; but as said on the link, this has been postponed indefinitely. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="295286" LastEditorUserId="295286" LastEditDate="2018-02-18T20:17:56.107" LastActivityDate="2018-02-18T20:17:56.107" CommentCount="12" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17685" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17675" CreationDate="2018-02-18T17:08:53.553" Score="8" Body="&lt;h3&gt;As far as it concerns the question&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am pretty sure your flag shouldn't have been declined. The discussion &lt;em&gt;how&lt;/em&gt; it should be flagged is kind of irrelevant, and can be communicated in a comment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;As far as it comes to the other answer given to your question&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am not in the position to lecture anyone,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;HOWEVER&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On quite a few occasions over time, you used expressions/excuses like &amp;quot;I was extremely tired&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;I was in a bad mood&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;I drank too little coffee&amp;quot;, and you seem to find that acceptable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Again, I am not in the position to lecture anyone, and I am pretty sure I have been unreasonable or harsh on more than one occasion. &lt;br&gt;&#xA;There is however one big difference. If I am unreasonable &lt;em&gt;representing myself&lt;/em&gt;, I am the one who will be held responsible. If you are &lt;em&gt;representing someone else&lt;/em&gt;, you should at all times consider your actions, and not look for excuses. You are representing AU as a moderator. If you feel you are not in a condition to do the job, then skip for a day or so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;People spending their time here to keep the site in order is a precious thing. That goes for you, but as much for anyone else, moderator or not. You should be our example.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2018-02-18T18:27:43.140" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17686" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-02-18T18:43:12.480" Score="5" ViewCount="40" Body="&lt;p&gt;Right above the Answer box, we have the &lt;em&gt;Share a link to this question&lt;/em&gt; message. This is how I see it:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ss0M1.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ss0M1.png&quot; alt=&quot;too many commas&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm using Firefox Quantom with uBlock.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="49613" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2018-02-18T18:55:40.167" LastActivityDate="2018-02-18T18:55:40.167" Title="Words seem to be missing in &quot;Share a link to this question...&quot; message" Tags="|bug|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17687" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-02-18T22:50:50.573" Score="8" ViewCount="305" Body="&lt;p&gt;I can't count the number of times I've seen bashing of answers which contain:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;gksu gedit /rootpath/rootfile.conf&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yesterday (February 17, 2018) Live Wire updated an article on &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.lifewire.com/what-is-gksu-2189402&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;how to setup gksu&lt;/a&gt;. The author acknowledges that &lt;code&gt;gksu&lt;/code&gt; is frowned upon but claims no viable alternative is available for the GUI.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So should we tone down bashing people who do use &lt;code&gt;gksu&lt;/code&gt;? Or tone down bashing of anything else for that matter when there is no viable alternative? Don't get me wrong, I like to bash politicians from time to time so I'm not totally against bashing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;FTR I did setup a wrapper script called &lt;code&gt;gsu&lt;/code&gt; which invoked policy kits to call &lt;code&gt;gedit&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;nautilus&lt;/code&gt; under Ubuntu 16.04 but can understand how not everyone will do that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Rolled-up comments&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Mr. Ward recommended &lt;code&gt;pkexec&lt;/code&gt; which I use in my &lt;code&gt;gsu&lt;/code&gt; wrapper script to replace &lt;code&gt;gksu&lt;/code&gt;. But do we want to revisit every Q&amp;amp;A &amp;gt;= Ubuntu 16.04 containing &lt;code&gt;gksu&lt;/code&gt; and explain how to setup Policy Kits?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ms. Zanna recommended &lt;code&gt;sudo -H gedit ...&lt;/code&gt; and I have seen that recommended a couple of times when someone is using &lt;code&gt;gksu&lt;/code&gt;. But again who wants to post that comment on all the Q&amp;amp;A's &amp;gt;= Ubuntu 14.04 (the historical version not EOL) that reference &lt;code&gt;gksu&lt;/code&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's important to note I'm not going around promoting &lt;code&gt;gksu gedit&lt;/code&gt; because I've been chastised for that in the past. Now I just say &amp;quot;using your favorite editor with sudo powers edit this file&amp;quot;. It is the article above that is promoting &lt;code&gt;gksu&lt;/code&gt;. Due to this new promotion you will see more new users using &lt;code&gt;gksu&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So it is yesterday's article promoting &lt;code&gt;gksu&lt;/code&gt; (and not me!) begging the question should we be &amp;quot;tone down&amp;quot; bashing people who use &lt;code&gt;gksu&lt;/code&gt; in their question or answer? Old timers know better than to say &lt;code&gt;gksu&lt;/code&gt; but new people don't and we should be embracing new users and not making them feel unwelcome.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe there is a Q&amp;amp;A already of substitutes to &lt;code&gt;gksu&lt;/code&gt; we can link-reference via comment section as a subtle hint instead?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I started out on punch-cards and then moved up to text based IBM and DEC VAX monochrome green or amber terminals before finally landing in this 32-bit colour, Full HD, GUI-Universe. Personally I quite like the new GUI-verse and only use &lt;code&gt;nano&lt;/code&gt; or &lt;code&gt;crontab -e&lt;/code&gt; when I absolutely have to.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said I don't want to be the punching bag for everyone else that likes &lt;code&gt;gedit&lt;/code&gt; :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="307523" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2018-02-26T16:17:42.970" Title="Do we engage in too much `gksu` bashing?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="12" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17688" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17689" CreationDate="2018-02-19T04:38:09.300" Score="8" ViewCount="172" Body="&lt;p&gt;I posted a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1006660/changes-with-xinput-randomly-revert-back-to-default&quot;&gt;question with a fair amount of information&lt;/a&gt; as recommended. After some comments and a discussion in chat, I added some updates, and now the question is becoming too long. There will probably be more updates because the issue is not resolved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At the same time, as we've been homing in on the answer, I can see that some of the information I included before are not really relevant/useful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it a good idea to rewrite the question more concisely with the hindsight of new information or is it better to show more explicitly the process it went through at the expense of getting quite long?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On one hand I'm thinking of reference value (future users looking for answers shouldn't have to unravel a whole process to figure out what's going on), but on the other hand, comments or answers already posted might become confusing without the original version of the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="792020" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2018-02-19T16:04:55.733" LastActivityDate="2018-02-23T14:15:31.933" Title="Should long questions be edited if parts prove irrelevant?" Tags="|discussion|editing|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17689" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17688" CreationDate="2018-02-19T07:00:47.653" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;A question should probably in general be as short as it can be while including all the relevant detail needed to answer. If you are sure some piece of information you've included isn't needed, then I agree with you that removing it does potential answerers and future visitors a favour by making it easier to find the key parts. Make sure you keep all the important clues to the solution, and perhaps debugging steps that others with the same problem should follow, but don't feel you need to entertain us with a good story or preserve everything for future historians.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you for being concerned about making sure answers still make sense after edits to your question :) You can comment on or suggest edits to answers that refer to or quote parts of the question you've removed or changed. Comments are usually expendable and can be flagged for removal if they become obsolete. At the moment, you have nothing much to worry about here, as your question has no answers yet :(&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you may know, the revision history of every post is preserved and publically available forever unless the post itself is deleted (though multiple changes made by the same user within 4 minutes or so will merge to the same revision), so you won't be throwing information away. If needed, you can refer to a particular revision of your post by linking to it. For example, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/revisions/1006660/4&quot;&gt;here's the 4th revision of your post&lt;/a&gt;. I found it by clicking the link at the bottom of your post saying &lt;em&gt;edited at such and such a time&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the particular case of your question, it looks like a bit of reorganising could benefit the post eventually, but it isn't overly long and the good formatting makes it easy to read and follow. Thanks for making efforts to write your question clearly :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2018-02-19T07:00:47.653" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17690" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17688" CreationDate="2018-02-19T19:37:34.080" Score="0" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Yes!&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/601869/revisions&quot;&gt;&lt;s&gt;Terrible&lt;/s&gt; Very good example here...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2018-02-19T19:37:34.080" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17691" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17687" CreationDate="2018-02-19T19:57:43.077" Score="7" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Be nice!  :-)&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That includes &lt;code&gt;gksu&lt;/code&gt; bashing &lt;sub&gt;&lt;sup&gt;IMNSHO&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2018-02-19T19:57:43.077" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17692" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17687" CreationDate="2018-02-20T19:15:20.767" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/6634/208574&quot;&gt;GKSU is dead&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/16797/208574&quot;&gt;Long live &lt;code&gt;pkexec&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;sudo&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There isn't anything &lt;em&gt;wrong&lt;/em&gt; with GKSU, per se, but it is now antiquated and the official stance seems to be that using it is a Bad Idea™. Especially with plans to move to Wayland instead of X, it's important that we encourage use of up-to-date technology whenever appropriate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As such, we should gently guide people away from GKSU to more resilient/permanent/whatever solutions. Similarly, we should also guide users away from blankly attaching &lt;code&gt;sudo&lt;/code&gt; (or similar) to things every time they see &lt;strong&gt;&lt;code&gt;Permission Denied&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. There are reasons permission lockouts exist, and they're &lt;em&gt;mostly&lt;/em&gt; good reasons.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At the end of the day though, it's important to remember that Ask Ubuntu is a permanent archive. People come here for solutions without real regard as to the timestamps of problems. In fact, I've seen (and personally have) ignored timestamps way too many times. We have a duty to provide the most appropriate (and therefore, best) solutions to problems. This means solutions that will stand the reasonable test of time. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We can't reasonably be expected to seek out and fix old answers etc, but we &lt;em&gt;can&lt;/em&gt; do something about the present. We shouldn't hate and bash old solutions/tools, but we shouldn't be encouraging their use, either.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastActivityDate="2018-02-20T19:15:20.767" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17693" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17687" CreationDate="2018-02-21T01:54:28.597" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;You could create a one-liner comment when you see &lt;code&gt;sudo gedit&lt;/code&gt; with a link to this answer: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/156998/how-do-i-start-nautilus-as-root/868882#868882&quot;&gt;How do I start Nautilus as root?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;GUI addicted users won't even have to go to terminal to &lt;code&gt;gedit&lt;/code&gt; a root owned file. They can cruise in nautilus and drop down 20,000 leagues to the file and simply right click to edit it as root.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is a little .gif I made after following the answer and installing:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;sudo apt install nautilus-root&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/apWqj.gif&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/apWqj.gif&quot; alt=&quot;nautilus-admin.gif&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;This is Nautilus using &lt;code&gt;pkexec&lt;/code&gt;for folders, files and &lt;code&gt;gedit&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="307523" LastEditorUserId="307523" LastEditDate="2018-02-21T01:59:57.547" LastActivityDate="2018-02-21T01:59:57.547" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17694" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17695" CreationDate="2018-02-21T02:10:16.200" Score="15" ViewCount="166" Body="&lt;p&gt;Tonight I voted to close my own question as a duplicate when I could have deleted both my zero voted question and self answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The reason I did this was because my question title: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1002524/why-does-journalctl-list-boots-only-show-the-current-boot&quot;&gt;Why does `journalctl --list-boots` only show the current boot?&lt;/a&gt; was substantially different than the duplicate target: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/765315/how-to-find-previous-boot-log-after-ubuntu-16-04-restarts&quot;&gt;How to find previous boot log after Ubuntu 16.04 restarts?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Was it ok to vote to close my own question rather than deleting it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think I was using &quot;signpost quantum theory of Zanna&quot;--or something like that :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="307523" LastActivityDate="2018-02-21T09:58:01.637" Title="Voting to close your own question instead of deleting" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17695" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17694" CreationDate="2018-02-21T07:43:38.577" Score="17" Body="&lt;h3&gt;You did exactly the right thing&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The whole network follows Zanna's opinion by now, see &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/duplicates&quot;&gt;Why are some questions marked as duplicate?&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are many ways to ask the same question, and a user might not be&#xA;able to find the answer if they're asking it a different way. (…)&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;Some&#xA;duplicate questions may eventually be deleted, but often they are left&#xA;as a signpost pointing people towards the canonical answer to that&#xA;question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="507051" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2018-02-21T09:58:01.637" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17696" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-02-21T18:22:56.443" Score="6" ViewCount="225" Body="&lt;p&gt;It seems the Stack Exchange community as a whole &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/64450/ban-url-shorting-services&quot;&gt;really&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/99136/let-me-flag-that-for-you-url-shortener-cleanup&quot;&gt;really&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; hate&quot; URL shorteners (&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/113660&quot;&gt;source&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But what's our (Ask Ubuntu community) stance on &lt;a href=&quot;https://pad.lv/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;pad.lv&lt;/a&gt;, the &quot;&lt;em&gt;site-specific redirection service for &lt;a href=&quot;https://launchpad.net/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Launchpad.net&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&quot;? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;I found this service pretty useful while posting a link to a bug-report in &lt;em&gt;Comments section&lt;/em&gt;, for example, &lt;a href=&quot;https://pad.lv/1532508&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://pad.lv/1532508&lt;/a&gt; works well in place of &lt;a href=&quot;https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1532508&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1532508&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="480481" LastEditorUserId="480481" LastEditDate="2018-02-21T20:07:01.693" LastActivityDate="2018-02-26T20:27:50.913" Title="What is our stance on pad.lv URLs?" Tags="|discussion|support|best-practice|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17697" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17696" CreationDate="2018-02-22T00:31:03.550" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't see any benefit from &lt;em&gt;any&lt;/em&gt; URL shorteners here. Post an extra comment if needed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2018-02-22T00:31:03.550" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17698" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-02-23T00:43:32.510" Score="2" ViewCount="48" Body="&lt;p&gt;I asked &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1003169/how-can-i-copy-home-and-to-new-partitions-on-the-same-drive-which-i-can-boot&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; 17 days ago (although I revised the title later).  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't expect miracles (although sometimes I get them ;)  ), but I am surprised at getting nothing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there something I can do/could have done to improve the question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should I repost this somewhere else such as SE Unix and Linux (and can I do that without getting anybody mad for cross posting)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="23861" LastActivityDate="2018-02-23T00:43:32.510" Title="Any ideas on why this question didn't get any responses" Tags="|support|asking-questions|unanswered-questions|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17699" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17688" CreationDate="2018-02-23T14:15:31.933" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;As soon as you have a valid verified answer, it will be much easier to clean up the question. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because the valid answer will enable you to link: problem, diagnostics, cause and solution and thus weed out the noise.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="76517" LastActivityDate="2018-02-23T14:15:31.933" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17700" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17687" CreationDate="2018-02-24T17:00:29.180" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I read on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://doc.ubuntu-fr.org/gedit#edition_avec_privileges&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;french forum documentation&lt;/a&gt; that as of 2017 one should use :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;gedit admin:///path/to/document&lt;/code&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would'nt gksu be more appealing ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="412670" LastActivityDate="2018-02-24T17:00:29.180" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17703" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17704" CreationDate="2018-02-26T06:35:12.797" Score="0" ViewCount="46" Body="&lt;p&gt;I understand that I have access to review queues, but not on meta, yet I can access it (presumably because SO's making a decision that I have review queue access on AskUbuntu), but I can't do anything here since I need at least 2k rep.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Lm1SC.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Lm1SC.png&quot; alt=&quot;All review queues listed but greyed out.&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This looks like a bug/unexpected policy config to me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know this is an &lt;strong&gt;extremely&lt;/strong&gt; minor, first-world problem. :-p&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Can we manage the review queue flag for meta separately from the main site?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;P.S.  I accessed it via here on AskUbuntu:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/rDz8n.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/rDz8n.png&quot; alt=&quot;AskUbuntu review queue menu showing Meta Reviews link.&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I also noticed that when I'm on the meta site, the menu shows this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/nusvc.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/nusvc.png&quot; alt=&quot;AskUbuntu Meta review queue menu showing &amp;quot;There are no review queues available to you.&amp;quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="98669" LastEditorUserId="98669" LastEditDate="2018-02-26T06:42:00.677" LastActivityDate="2018-03-28T08:47:58.250" Title="Why can I see all the meta review queues but not access any of them?" Tags="|bug|review-queue|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17704" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17703" CreationDate="2018-02-26T08:04:07.630" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are two ways to see the review queues:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;through the drop-down menu at the top right of pages&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review&quot;&gt;the &quot;all queues&quot; page&lt;/a&gt;, which can be accessed by clicking &quot;all queues&quot; in the drop-down menu&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For everyone:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the drop-down menu shows only the queues you have access to&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review&quot;&gt;the &quot;all queues&quot; page&lt;/a&gt; shows all queues and greys out the queues you don't have access to&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's no real inconsistency, since &quot;all queues&quot; should show all queues.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="616451" LastEditorUserId="616451" LastEditDate="2018-02-26T08:09:09.833" LastActivityDate="2018-02-26T08:09:09.833" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17705" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17706" CreationDate="2018-02-26T08:48:51.020" Score="5" ViewCount="154" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can I sum up other answers on the same question, in my own answer and comment on them ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is that okay? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1004635/issues-with-ssd-rising-crc-errors-freezing-sometimes-read-only&quot;&gt;On this question,&lt;/a&gt; there is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/1007204/783023&quot;&gt;an answer&lt;/a&gt; that, after edits, references two other answers on the same question, summarizing them to one sentence each and then commenting on them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I thought: if you had something to say about another users answer, you were supposed to comment on the individual answer (like I did &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/1008716/783023&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;) or discuss it in chat.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not trying to throw shade at another user, but I'm new here and I'm still trying to get the hang of it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="783023" LastActivityDate="2018-03-07T01:33:16.507" Title="On the same question: Is it okay to make comments about other answers in your answer?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17706" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17705" CreationDate="2018-02-26T09:34:16.407" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's definitely OK to do that in general; many users refer to other answers to the same question in our answers, for example when talking about when different methods are preferable. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the case you mention, the comments on the other answers are to some extent &lt;em&gt;critique&lt;/em&gt;. I would probably agree that those particular remarks could have been posted as comments on the other answers, but &lt;em&gt;also&lt;/em&gt; (or only) posting them in the answer is fine too, because comments are not durable - they can easily be deleted and only mods can see deleted comments. If a question has many answers, visitors may only read the first one or two or few they see. They may never read the answer that says &lt;em&gt;you should [...]&lt;/em&gt; and the critical comment on it, but they might have the same idea independently. It's probably better for a more visible answer to say something like &quot;As &lt;code&gt;(this answer by whoever)[link]&lt;/code&gt; suggests, you might consider doing [...], but if your situation is [...], that's not the best idea because [...]&quot;. Unless (perhaps) you're harshly condemning the other answer, pointing out that the idea comes from another answer is surely good etiquette, because you're acknowledging the author for their idea, as well as making the reference clear. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's a good example of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/944538/taking-out-access-denied-lines/944990#944990&quot;&gt;an answer&lt;/a&gt; that critiques other answers on the same question. The author of this post didn't comment on the answers being critiqued to point out the issues discussed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In general, rather than writing something vague like &quot;one answer says [...]&quot;, there should be a link to the answer being talked about so that it's clear what the author is referring to. That way, as well as removing the immediate ambiguity, if the answer they are mentioning is edited in the future, readers can resolve any confusion and if necessary point out the need for a correction.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, references to other answers should follow the &lt;em&gt;be nice&lt;/em&gt; rule. If you're criticising someone's work, don't make it personal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2018-02-26T10:09:38.077" LastActivityDate="2018-02-26T10:09:38.077" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17707" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17696" CreationDate="2018-02-26T14:36:07.887" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Other than what &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/users/507051/dessert&quot;&gt;dessert&lt;/a&gt; mentions in &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/17696/what-is-our-stance-on-pad-lv-urls?noredirect=1#comment37025_17696&quot;&gt;their comment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Let's see how a link like yours looks like (assuming it's the output you're worried about): pad.lv/1532508 vs. bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1532508 – that's quite long, but the long one contains useful information: It's on launchpad, it's a bug report, it's about gnome-shell. The short one does neither. Doesn't matter at all if you use a meaningful(!) alternative title (see above)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am against it, simply because it is not an official URL-shortener by Canonical. For two reasons, first is privacy concerns. Second is that I cannot be certain it will be up forever, and not suddenly start redirecting to spam and/or porn (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/696342&quot;&gt;which has happened to a link I posted once in a question&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastActivityDate="2018-02-26T14:36:07.887" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17708" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17163" CreationDate="2018-02-26T15:02:40.990" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would say that UBports questions are on topic. It is not an Ubuntu project in the way Kubuntu or Lubuntu might be, but Canonical wrote the vast majority of software that makes up what UBports is, still owns all that Copyright, and is allowing UBports to use the Ubuntu trademark.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The requirements for being an official flavor are untenable for a mobile phone distribution like UBports. Even for the 3-4 years while Canonical was actively developing Ubuntu on phones, it never was able to meet all the requirements of being an official flavor of Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even if UBports managed to build an ISO install for traditional PCs, and comply with all requirements for becoming an official flavor, the fact remains that the phone builds never could achieve this, simply because they cannot use the Ubuntu kernels. This would mean UBports (and Ubuntu for phones/tablets, aka ubuntu-touch) will never be on topic here, and never was (despite it being so simply because it was an official thing from Canonical).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;IMO, the rules for being on topic are going to have to change for situations like this. I would also argue that Plasma Mobile questions should be on topic, as it's being developed by Kubuntu and technically should be considered a derivative of Ubuntu for phones (ubuntu-touch, ubports).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="50737" LastActivityDate="2018-02-26T15:02:40.990" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17709" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-02-26T15:51:10.327" Score="1" ViewCount="37" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just ran across &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1010008/ubuntu-18-04-beta-login-loop-after-failed-upgrade&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; and was going to flag it for closure as off topic (beta versions not supported until released) -- but the flag dialog only had spam, rude/abusive, and &quot;other, needs moderator attention&quot; options.  I used to get an option for &quot;should be closed because&quot;, vaguely similar to what I get for a close vote on other SE where I have that privilege (and I used to have that option in the flag dialog on askubuntu SE).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Was this changed, or is it something specific to my account?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="360188" LastActivityDate="2018-02-26T15:51:44.610" Title="Why is my flag dialog missing the &quot;should be closed&quot; option?" Tags="|support|flagging|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17710" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17709" CreationDate="2018-02-26T15:51:44.610" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The question is already closed.  That's why you don't see the &quot;Should be closed&quot; option.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is the close reason box on the question, and yes I did cast a binding &quot;Close vote&quot; flag because it is indeed offtopic:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/BwVza.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/BwVza.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you refresh the page where you're viewing the question it should show up now as &quot;closed&quot;, and &quot;[on hold]&quot; in the title area alongside the original title.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2018-02-26T15:51:44.610" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17711" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17714" CreationDate="2018-02-26T15:55:38.130" Score="-8" ViewCount="83" Body="&lt;p&gt;I see questions on Ask Ubuntu set to on-hold or being closed because they involved bugs and are meant for &quot;developers&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Stated in the description for askubuntu.com&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu is a question and answer site for Ubuntu users and &lt;strong&gt;developers&lt;/strong&gt;. It's built and run by you as part of the Stack Exchange network of Q&amp;amp;A sites. With your help, we're working together to build a library of detailed answers to every question about Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please don't close those questions, otherwise we will get the same question every time, since most users experience the same issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1010008/ubuntu-18-04-beta-login-loop-after-failed-upgrade&quot;&gt;Link to the question involved.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="783050" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2018-02-26T20:01:19.570" LastActivityDate="2018-02-26T20:01:19.570" Title="Please don't close questions that are for &quot;developers&quot;" Tags="|discussion|close-reasons|bug-reports|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17712" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17687" CreationDate="2018-02-26T16:17:42.970" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is a letter to the editor a viable option?  That is, go to the source of the problem, where &lt;code&gt;gksu&lt;/code&gt; is being recommended.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you mention, the author claims&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;There is however no viable alternative at present.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, alternatives have been put forth here.  Rather than worrying about updating &lt;em&gt;old&lt;/em&gt; Q&amp;amp;As here, why not get the author/editor to revise the &lt;em&gt;new&lt;/em&gt; article that promotes the undesirable use of the tool?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="465756" LastActivityDate="2018-02-26T16:17:42.970" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17713" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17711" CreationDate="2018-02-26T16:18:03.420" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think you have misinterpreted the Help Center advice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions about developing software for Ubuntu are on-topic. That's what it means by &quot;Ubuntu developers&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions asking developers to fix bugs are most likely off-topic, or need to be rephrased to not sound like bug reports, because bug reports are off-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question you linked to is about a pre-release version of Ubuntu. Questions about problems with alpha and beta versions are off topic because&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The developers (that's folks on &lt;a href=&quot;https://launchpad.net/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Launchpad&lt;/a&gt;, not us, although some of them might happen to be here...) need to see the bug reports so they can fix the bugs.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Bugs are expected in development versions. The site would be full of such questions with minimal future usefulness.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Questions and answers will soon be obsolete as the bugs will get fixed by the time of release (as long as they get reported on Launchpad instead of on Ask Ubuntu!).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2018-02-26T16:18:03.420" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17714" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17711" CreationDate="2018-02-26T16:18:11.193" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;You're misinterpreting the Help Center information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Firstly, 18.04 is offtopic as it is in development and not yet 'stable'. That's the first and foremost issue with the question you've linked.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We are &lt;strong&gt;also&lt;/strong&gt; not a bug reporting site.  Yes, we're here for developers' questions - more specifically, questions about &lt;em&gt;developing&lt;/em&gt; on Ubuntu.  But that doesn't extend to the reporting of &lt;strong&gt;actual bugs&lt;/strong&gt; as questions, as those belong in bug reports, not Ask Ubuntu Q/A (especially since not all packages' developers actually pay attention here, and as Ask Ubuntu is not a discussion forum it's hard to add all the required developer troubleshooting information and such to a post, especially with the character limits on posts themselves).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Bug reports belong as their own bugs filed on Launchpad, and not as Ask Ubuntu question/answer posts.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;  The post you linked to fits into this category as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you don't like how this site operates with this policy, you're free to &lt;em&gt;propose&lt;/em&gt; that the policy be changed here on meta in its own specific proposal thread, and the community-at-large is able to vote on that policy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2018-02-26T16:21:49.723" LastActivityDate="2018-02-26T16:21:49.723" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17715" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-02-26T18:58:36.093" Score="2" ViewCount="42" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was recently inconvenienced by Titles or Question bodies that say &quot;a couple of days ago&quot;, &quot;Yesterday&quot; or &quot;Today&quot; because I was forced to scroll down to see question asked date and do some mental math.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As such I changed the questions' titles to reflect the actual date in question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1010038/unity-top-bar-and-launcher-disappeared-feb-24-2018&quot;&gt;Unity Top Bar and Launcher disappeared Feb 24/2018&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/801450/top-menu-bar-and-launcher-disappeared-after-july-20-2016-update-16-04-lts&quot;&gt;Top Menu Bar and Launcher Disappeared after July 20/2016 update (16.04 LTS)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1005642/17-10-will-not-boot-after-feb-26-2018-update&quot;&gt;17.10 will not boot after Feb 26/2018 update&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My thinking is that people looking for other questions about a recent update would prefer solutions addressing similar situation rather than a question 2 years old that had different OS version.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are there negative consequences of an explicit date in the title?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="307523" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2018-02-26T19:59:15.963" LastActivityDate="2018-02-26T19:59:15.963" Title="Changing &quot;yesterday&quot;, &quot;today&quot;, etc in Title to actual date" Tags="|discussion|editing|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17716" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17696" CreationDate="2018-02-26T20:27:50.913" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Being quite paranoid, I wouldn't click on a shortened link given that it would not be certain to where it would get me to. So given that this is a security and privacy risk I would not support it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However it should be noted that, in terms of LaunchPad at least, there is an easy (and official) way of shortening the link. And that is just to have it as:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;https://launchpad.net/bugs/[bugID]&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And just to have the bug identifiction number instead of &lt;code&gt;[bugID]&lt;/code&gt; at the end.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user364819" LastActivityDate="2018-02-26T20:27:50.913" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17717" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-02-26T21:00:17.983" Score="16" ViewCount="212" Body="&lt;p&gt;Recently I have noticed that a number of questions about wireless problems that lack the hardware information necessary to answer them are being closed as duplicates of this question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/425155/my-wireless-wifi-connection-does-not-work-what-information-is-needed-to-diagnos&quot;&gt;My wireless/WiFi connection does not work. What information is needed to diagnose the issue?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That post is indeed likely to be helpful to those struggling to ask a good question about wifi here, but unless the question is really literally asking something like &amp;quot;What information do I need to figure out why my wifi doesn't work?&amp;quot;, &lt;strong&gt;I think that these questions should be closed as &lt;em&gt;unclear what you're asking&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1009565/wifi-in-ubuntu-17-10&quot;&gt;Here's an example&lt;/a&gt; of the posts I've seen. For &lt;em&gt;any&lt;/em&gt; question that's unclear, it is a good idea to &lt;strong&gt;make a comment&lt;/strong&gt; suggesting what information is needed to improve the question, like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1009565/wifi-in-ubuntu-17-10#comment1636144_1009565&quot;&gt;the one&lt;/a&gt; made there by David Foerster. We could make comments on such questions suggesting OP take a look at &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/425155/my-wireless-wifi-connection-does-not-work-what-information-is-needed-to-diagnos&quot;&gt;that post&lt;/a&gt; and edit their question to provide further info (&lt;a href=&quot;https://stackapps.com/questions/2378/se-comment-link-helper&quot;&gt;here is a useful userscript&lt;/a&gt; for magically making hyperlinks to posts). That would be a lot less confusing and stressful for them than a weird duplicate closure.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Apart from the fact that it's confusing and might seem rude to the OP, making it less likely they will engage and improve their question, it's also potentially confusing for reviewers. Questions that are edited within a few days of being closed for any reason will be sent to the reopen queue, where changes between revisions will be highlighted. Edits to the question that don't add the necessary information might cause reviewers to vote to reopen (because it's not a duplicate), and edits that do fix the problem might not cause reviewers to vote to reopen (because the question is as much a duplicate as it was before, i.e. not much at all).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, duplicates are treated specially with regard to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/5221/how-does-deleting-work-what-can-cause-a-post-to-be-deleted-and-what-does-that&quot;&gt;deletion&lt;/a&gt;. Closed questions with no upvotes and no upvoted or accepted answers are deleted automatically after a certain time (unless they are edited). This clears the site of noise that would otherwise clutter search results. Because they are potentially very useful, unlike off-topic and otherwise unanswerable questions, questions closed as duplicates are never deleted, unless they meet the much more generous conditions that apply to automatic deletion of open questions, or they are deleted by vote by a minimum of 3 users with more than 10k reputation (that's the difference - 10k voters can't delete open questions) or one almighty mod. This means that if we close bad, unclear, unanswerable questions as duplicates, they will potentially hang around a lot longer than they would have if we had closed them as unclear.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;TL;DR&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the question isn't a duplicate, don't vote to close it as a duplicate. If it lacks information, just vote to close it as unclear and leave a comment suggesting how to improve it if possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2018-02-26T21:36:03.093" Title="Questions about wireless that lack information are not necessarily duplicates" Tags="|discussion|close-reasons|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17718" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17723" CreationDate="2018-02-27T07:04:19.697" Score="5" ViewCount="131" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the past days and much more frequently than before I came across questions in the close queue that were in review to be closed as a duplicate of &lt;a href=&quot;//askubuntu.com/q/760896/175814&quot;&gt;How can I fix apt error “W: Target Packages … is configured multiple times”?&lt;/a&gt; although this is &lt;em&gt;just a warning, no issue in itself&lt;/em&gt; and there were &lt;em&gt;actual issues&lt;/em&gt; with error messages that blocked the question author going forward. In the past days they all came from the same user.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Recent examples (please add more if you find them):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/889937/unmet-dependencies-while-trying-to-install-unity-tweak-tool&quot;&gt;Unmet dependencies while trying to install Unity Tweak Tool&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/964172/update-r-in-ubuntu-xenial&quot;&gt;Update R in Ubuntu Xenial&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/980917/cant-install-filezilla-filezilla-depends-filezilla-common-3-25-1-1getdeb&quot;&gt;Can&amp;#39;t install Filezilla &amp;quot;filezilla: Depends: filezilla-common (= 3.25.1-1~getdeb1) but 3.25.1-1~getdeb1 is to be installed&amp;quot;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How should I as a reviewer proceed in such a case?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Approaches that seem natural to me and that I tried in the past:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Address the original close voter (and other reviewers) in a comment and notification which the original close voter perceived as “harassment” and “persecution”. (probably irrelevant: the comments in question removed by a mod but there’s an &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/43045448#43045448&quot;&gt;ensuing chat exchange&lt;/a&gt;.)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Address only other reviewers without notification to the original close voter.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Additionally I reviewed the question as I would have without the close vote, e. g. ask the question author for more info, vote to leave open, vote to close as unclear or vote to close as a duplicate based on the actual issue(s) and error message(s).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="175814" LastEditorUserId="507051" LastEditDate="2018-02-27T07:44:58.173" LastActivityDate="2018-02-28T00:32:29.470" Title="Should questions be closed as duplicates based on warnings when the actual issue and error messages are unrelated to the linked question?" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|review|close-review-queue|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17719" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17720" CreationDate="2018-02-27T08:02:19.120" Score="8" ViewCount="217" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1008856/saving-jpeg-from-gimp-jpeg-not-recognized-by-other-programs/1008921?noredirect=1#comment1636443_1008921&quot;&gt;This question&lt;/a&gt; got closed because it was judged as a question about a bug in GIMP. The question was about a 4.8 MB .jpg file that rendered correctly in GIMP, but not when it was uploaded to the author's website. The .jpg file opened correctly in my GIMP and several other image applications. When I made a demo website containing the .jpg image, it also rendered correctly. Then it occurred to me that the author's web hosting service might have a size limit on embedded images. Ask Ubuntu, for example has a 2 MB size limit on embedded images, and the image in the question was 4.8 MB. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was disappointed to find that five reviewers considered this behavior to be caused by a bug in GIMP. There is no secret information here, all the relevant information was already transparently provided on the question's webpage at the time when the question was reviewed. Also the question was never edited by anyone. All the relevant information was out in the open in plain sight and freely available to anyone. Are we required to subscribe to the belief that there is now a bug in GIMP because of this strange behavior or would it be more appropriate to coldly reopen the question and move on? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/XbpAl.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/XbpAl.png&quot; width=&quot;21&quot; height=&quot;16&quot; alt=&quot;IMG: &quot; title=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp;To be fair to the community I will accept a certain amount of criticism for the use of the semantically loaded word strange in this question. My example is the elephant. Is an elephant now a bug if five Ask Ubuntu reviewers declare it to be one? I consider it strange to persecute the notion that an elephant is a bug, because an elephant is not a bug, it is a mammal. What's strange about that? It could have been just a simple mistake. Also I don't know what the reviewers saw when they reviewed this question. Blind people for example might have difficulties distinguishing between an elephant and a variety of common objects.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="94914" LastEditorUserId="94914" LastEditDate="2018-02-27T08:35:55.273" LastActivityDate="2018-02-27T12:50:02.037" Title="Reviewers strange behavior" Tags="|discussion|bug|close-reasons|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17720" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17719" CreationDate="2018-02-27T12:50:02.037" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Not a bug. Question reopened.  &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="94914" LastActivityDate="2018-02-27T12:50:02.037" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17721" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17722" CreationDate="2018-02-27T21:19:02.230" Score="3" ViewCount="80" Body="&lt;p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a question about my Ask Ubuntu post: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/890686/how-to-fix-corrupted-boot-partition&quot;&gt;How to fix corrupted boot partition&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&#xA;I cannot post an answer to my own question.  I was attempting to do so in order to clean up after myself and demonstrate good answer behavior.  I thought that this would be a good way to work toward getting my answer ban lifted.  Is this not allowed under an answer ban?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="377078" LastEditorUserId="377078" LastEditDate="2018-02-27T21:31:10.453" LastActivityDate="2018-02-28T00:50:40.890" Title="When is posting my own answer to my question rejected by answer ban?" Tags="|support|self-answer|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17722" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17721" CreationDate="2018-02-27T21:32:13.310" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;When you have an answer ban, &lt;strong&gt;you cannot post any answers.  At all.  Not even to your own questions.&lt;/strong&gt;  All answers are blocked when you have an answer-posting ban.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is part of the system.  You can't post any answers on a site where you have an answer ban until you resolve the issue which got you answer-banned to begin with, and show other positive contributions until the system removes the answer ban.  (Moderators and SE Employees can't remove such bans)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/answer-bans&quot;&gt;You might want to visit the Help Center&lt;/a&gt; for more details, but you need to provide other non-answer contributions to the site so the system can see that other positive contributions outweigh the negative contributions that got you the answer-ban to begin with.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also read &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/86997/what-can-i-do-when-getting-we-are-no-longer-accepting-questions-answers-from-th&quot;&gt;this thread on Meta.SE&lt;/a&gt; which is also very relevant and touches upon the details about what led to the ban and what you can do to fix the problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note though that I did poke your account, and take a look to &lt;em&gt;guess&lt;/em&gt; as to why you have an answer ban.  What I found was: all 4 of the answers you have made since registering have been deleted for one reason or another.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of those 4, all of them received a number of &quot;Not an Answer&quot; or moderator-attention-needed flags and the answers were deleted as a result of the flags being deemed 'helpful'.  And they received those flags rightfully so - none of your posted answers are &lt;em&gt;actually&lt;/em&gt; answers, and are more along the lines of comments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When a vast majority of your answers are either deleted by yourself or deleted and have a number of negative flags, it tends to be one of the reasons you get an answer ban.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As stated above, you need to show positive contribution outside that of answering to the point the system can remove the ban.  This is, however, not measurable by moderators or SE employees in any meaningful way, so we can't say &lt;em&gt;when&lt;/em&gt; (or even &lt;em&gt;if&lt;/em&gt;) the system will remove the answering ban.  (However, a vast majority of your answers are all &quot;not an answer&quot; and therefore would have been deleted anyways, which probably led to the answer ban.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="158442" LastEditDate="2018-02-28T00:50:40.890" LastActivityDate="2018-02-28T00:50:40.890" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17723" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17718" CreationDate="2018-02-27T23:52:06.780" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since it's possible to close a question as a duplicate of multiple other questions and thus provide a solution to each one of the multiple problems apparent in it*, closing a question about a complex package management issue as a duplicate sometimes requires a collaborative effort beyond clicking along with the previous reviewer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Let's say someone with close-vote or flagging privilege perceives that multiple existing posts will solve all the problems in the question. Unless that person happens to be a mod or holds a gold badge in any of the post's existing tags (&lt;del&gt;un&lt;/del&gt;fortunately you can't give yourself powerz by editing in the tag) they can only vote to close the post as a duplicate of one question, so they have to make a decision on which question to choose. If there is any difference in the level of severity in the problems the OP is having, I guess that first voter should generally &lt;strong&gt;try to choose the dupe target that solves the most critical problem&lt;/strong&gt;. They can then add another comment or edit the automatic possible duplicate comment to add links to other dupe targets so that subsequent reviewers can add votes to close against those targets, so that the final banner solves all the problems, from the most severe to the least.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, if the first voter has voted to close the question as a duplicate of one that resolves only a non-critical problem and not left any comments about additional possible duplicates, the subsequent reviewers are left with the task of finding the other necessary dupe targets. This is fine if the other required targets are well-known canonical posts like &lt;em&gt;Permission denied, are you root?&lt;/em&gt; or &lt;em&gt;Unable to lock the administration directory. Is another process using it?&lt;/em&gt; and no experienced reviewer will disagree that the question is a dupe of those targets. In such a case, the first voter probably did the right thing by choosing the &lt;em&gt;most obscure&lt;/em&gt; of the required targets, leaving subsequent reviewers whose fingers know the canonical posts by muscle memory to effortlessly drop in the top search result.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, &lt;strong&gt;if there are no duplicate targets to cover the critical parts of the question&lt;/strong&gt;, then imho it's not a good idea to close the post as a duplicate of a post that only resolves the non-critical part. If someone has suggested such a duplicate, and you aren't aware of targets to cover the other issues in the question, then as a reviewer you might want to&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ask the person who suggested the duplicate if they have other targets in mind to cover the more critical parts of the question (to engage in collaborative multi-target closing)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Point out for the benefit of subsequent reviewers that this target only solves non-critical problems, leaving a more fatal problem unresolved, so the question either needs an answer (and so should not be closed, since closing prevents answering(!)), or more dupe targets, or if it's not answerable within scope should be closed for another reason.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Do what you would do anyway, for example:&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If the question already has a good/upvoted/accepted answer and is appropriate for the site, vote to leave open.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If the question is appropriate for the site, if it is new or the OP is active or the question is currently answerable, then vote to leave open and answer or seek an answer.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If the question lacks sufficient information, vote to close as unclear, leaving a comment on what's needed if possible.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If comments indicate the problem is not reproducible for the OP or they have apparently abandoned the question, and it's not a common problem that others will be able to reproduce either (if that were the case there would probably be a dupe target), vote to close as no-repro.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;etc etc for other close reasons and possible actions...&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;* multiple problems? Shouldn't the question be closed as &lt;em&gt;too broad&lt;/em&gt;? Probably not, because a single cause (such as mixing repositories, or a botched effort to add repositories) can result in multiple different error messages, and because when people ask questions about their broken package management system, we ask them to give the full verbatim output of &lt;code&gt;sudo apt update&lt;/code&gt; and/or &lt;code&gt;sudo apt install -f&lt;/code&gt; and so on, to give a holistic picture of the trainwreck that has mysteriously been caused by the antics of OP's cat/3 year old/prank-loving colleague. Chopping that output up and boxing it into a series of questions wouldn't help in most cases. Multiple dupe targeting is really helpful in these situations when used correctly, since OP can be directed to comprehensive resources without someone duplicating large quantities of community effort in a single long answer that covers all the errors we have seen a hundred times.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, important to note here, I really don't want to discourage answering. Answers are what actually help people in the end. Dupe targets are only as useful as their answers. If a question seems not to be a duplicate after all or you think it would benefit more from a direct answer than from being closed against some similar thing(s), then please consider answering it if you can.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2018-02-28T00:32:29.470" LastActivityDate="2018-02-28T00:32:29.470" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17724" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17637" CreationDate="2018-02-28T00:57:17.433" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://iot.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/wMSkg.png&quot; alt=&quot;Internet of Things&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527350" LastActivityDate="2018-02-28T00:57:17.433" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17725" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-02-28T20:16:26.670" Score="4" ViewCount="103" Body="&lt;p&gt;I use Mozilla Firefox ESR 52.6.0 and Mozilla Seamonkey 2.49.2 on Ubuntu 16.04.4 LTS x86_64 and Windows 8.1 x86_64 with installed updates.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After some updates of site design its layout is somehow broken in the end of post (between end of question and comments).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See examples&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Screenshot of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1010751/need-help-with-installing-driver-for-asus-pce-n53-11n-n600-pci-e-adapter&quot;&gt;fresh question&lt;/a&gt; with long content (only problematic part, I'm not logged in, 100% zoom):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/33LSx.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/33LSx.png&quot; alt=&quot;question on Seamonkey&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Screenshot of other &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1010732/whats-wrong-with-my-lubuntu-desktop-not-loading&quot;&gt;question&lt;/a&gt; viewed from Firefox (only problematic part, I'm logged in, 30% zoom):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/f26i9.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/f26i9.png&quot; alt=&quot;white on 30% zoom - Firefox&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Both questions looks normal on Google Chrome 64.0.3282.186 (Official Build) (64-bit) in incognito mode without addons.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Where should I report this problem?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="66509" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2018-03-01T15:01:53.387" Title="Ask Ubuntu site layout is wrong on Mozilla Firefox and SeaMonkey" Tags="|bug|design|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17726" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-03-01T15:30:03.183" Score="0" ViewCount="80" Body="&lt;p&gt;The question editor toolbar is now vertically aligned instead of horizontal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/MvVjV.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/MvVjV.png&quot; alt=&quot;Top screenshot editing this question&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/j8pY4.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/j8pY4.png&quot; alt=&quot;Roughly next area below that editing this question&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="95347" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2018-03-06T10:20:39.997" LastActivityDate="2018-03-06T10:20:40.293" Title="Question editor toolbar is vertically aligned in Chromium 27" Tags="|bug|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17727" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17729" CreationDate="2018-03-06T09:03:57.603" Score="6" ViewCount="270" Body="&lt;p&gt;Situation: I have some problem and find a similar question about the problem that has an answer. But my circumstances are different to those of the person who asked. Is there an appropriate way I can comment there? I want to say something like: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I had a similar issue, and the given answer worked for me as well&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think I should not answer the question in this case, and I do not have sufficient reputation for making a comment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it better just to not write anything?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is the specific question (but I'm asking generally):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/786605/ubuntu-14-04-ethernet-and-wifi-not-working-unclaimed-network&quot;&gt;Ubuntu 14.04 Ethernet and Wifi not working (unclaimed network)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="621483" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2018-03-06T09:52:23.960" LastActivityDate="2018-03-06T11:07:14.140" Title="If I find a question about a problem similar to mine, and the answer worked for me, should I comment to say so?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17728" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17730" CreationDate="2018-03-06T09:45:04.360" Score="0" ViewCount="108" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is it possible to show how much a question or answer is for experts or newbies?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I see it as a newbie. My usual problems are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Does this question relate to my problem?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Will this answer work for me too?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Am I even able to get or follow the answer?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In other words, could there be a category (in question and answer):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;this is for primary school (= very easy),&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;this is secondary school (= more complicated),&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;this is university (= even more complicated)?   &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="621483" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2018-03-07T11:30:53.637" LastActivityDate="2018-03-18T14:40:35.097" Title="Show how complicated an answer is" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17729" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17727" CreationDate="2018-03-06T10:02:57.370" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;In this case, since you have enough reputation, you should simply &lt;strong&gt;upvote the answer that worked for you&lt;/strong&gt;. If you didn't have enough reputation to upvote, you should still click the upvote button, as anonymous feedback is counted and can be accessed through &lt;a href=&quot;https://data.stackexchange.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Stack Exchange Data Explorer&lt;/a&gt; (and I use it for some moderation activities), though it does not affect the visible post score.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Post score is intended to indicate how useful the answer is. Arguably the strongest form of usefulness is that it worked for someone else :) so to indicate that the answer worked for you, upvoting is the intended method of communication!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When you do have sufficient reputation to comment, I would still advise you in general not to write a comment saying something worked for you. It's unlikely that a comment saying &quot;this worked for my slightly different case&quot; would have any value, unless, possibly, you &lt;em&gt;specified&lt;/em&gt; what was different about your case, like &quot;I was trying the same thing on 16.04 and this answer worked for me&quot;, or &quot;I was using [some specific hardware] and this worked for me&quot; (on a hardware-specific question). Such a comment might arguably be &lt;em&gt;slightly&lt;/em&gt; useful. If it were a case where such a comment had value, then the author of the post might see the comment and update their post to say something like &quot;according to [you] this also works for [different scenario]&quot; and then the comment could be deleted. Keeping the site up to date over time is a challenge we haven't quite worked out. That's definitely not the intended purpose of comments, but I guess it's one of their possible uses.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Still, I certainly wouldn't consider it necessary to make such a comment, and if I saw a comment like that that seemed to have little value, I would flag it as obsolete. Comments are easily deleted, and once deleted, nobody except mods can see them. So, we do not expect much value from comments. Voting, on the other hand, is vital to the site, and I encourage you to do it prolifically. If useful posts are not upvoted, nobody will know that they are useful, and if bad posts aren't downvoted, people will not realise that following them may be a bad idea.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Oh and yes, you're right, you definitely should not add an &lt;em&gt;answer&lt;/em&gt; saying &quot;this answer worked for me&quot;. Such an answer would be considered &lt;em&gt;Not an answer&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/deleted-answers&quot;&gt;would be deleted&lt;/a&gt; (unless nobody noticed it and flagged it). If someone repeatedly makes posts that are deleted by reviewers and/or mods, eventually the site will automatically block them from answering questions until they manage to do enough things the system values (like writing posts that are upvoted) to get the ban lifted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2018-03-06T11:07:14.140" LastActivityDate="2018-03-06T11:07:14.140" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17730" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17728" CreationDate="2018-03-06T15:57:01.570" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu and Stack Exchange is not a school, and there is no valid, usable mechanism to actually control the level of knowledge necessary to understand an answer or post.  Attempting to build such a mechanism would also be counter-intuitive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As was stated by Mark Kirby in the comments: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What is complicated for you, may not be complicated for me, or the other way round, so who decides what is the right way? It is on you to understand what you are reading and if an answer is the answer you are looking for, not the person answering a question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Consider also that a good portion of the issues that 'new users' post about are non-trivial to solve, so answers are going to be given which require a certain level of familiarity with the system or some sort of knowledge to really understand what the answer does.  And a lot of times, answers are just &lt;em&gt;not able&lt;/em&gt; to be 'dumbed down' to the level of understanding that a brand new user will need.  There're just times where answers &lt;em&gt;can't&lt;/em&gt; be given for lesser-knowledgeable people to understand.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2018-03-06T15:57:01.570" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17731" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17705" CreationDate="2018-03-07T01:33:16.507" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;In many situations it is better to comment, but in can still be appropriate to refer to another answer in an answer, as long as doing so still makes sense in the context of a living collection of answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By this I mean, other answers may:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Change over time, possibly incorporating corrections and fixes brought up elsewhere.  Avoid referring to a specific issue with another answer that could be fixed in that answer.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Change order.  Avoid referring to another answer as &quot;the above answer(s)&quot; or &quot;the top answer&quot;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Be deleted. Make sure your own answer is self-contained and does not rely on information from another answer to be understood. Make sure if the other answer is deleted, what you have written is not rendered irrelevant.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Remember that answers are not for commentary, and comments are not for answers; if what you intend to write in your answer does both, consider splitting the commentary off into comments, and place the part that is the answer as the answer, rather than combining both.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54256" LastActivityDate="2018-03-07T01:33:16.507" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17732" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17733" CreationDate="2018-03-09T14:48:17.337" Score="9" ViewCount="115" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just found this question: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/907407/how-to-remove-the-thumbnail-frame-in-nautilus&quot;&gt;How to remove the thumbnail frame in Nautilus?&lt;/a&gt; posted almost a year ago. Then noticed OP has posted an &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/360415/how-to-remove-the-thumbnail-frame-in-nautilus&quot;&gt;identical question&lt;/a&gt; at U&amp;amp;L which got an answer with a positive score. The question is technically on-topic at both sites IMO, but I believe it's &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/64068/is-cross-posting-a-question-on-multiple-stack-exchange-sites-permitted-if-the-qu&quot;&gt;against SE policy&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the right course of action here? I used to think flagging for moderator's attention is the right way to deal with these questions, but my last such flag was declined.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="480481" LastActivityDate="2018-03-09T15:23:44.860" Title="What is the right thing to do with an old cross-posted question?" Tags="|discussion|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17733" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17732" CreationDate="2018-03-09T15:23:44.860" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;In general, flag it for mod attention, giving the link of the cross post. You can flag it on either of the two sites. If you want to be extra nice and get brownie points, let us know that one of the two questions has an answer, that makes it easier to know which one to close or delete. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this case, since it was already answered on U&amp;amp;L and had no answers here, I deleted the one from AU. Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2018-03-09T15:23:44.860" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17734" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-03-09T20:26:14.643" Score="0" ViewCount="99" Body="&lt;p&gt;Lat week I &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/1011768/66509&quot;&gt;opened a question&lt;/a&gt; and a very helpful Gentleman called Connor was busy giving me very good advice that I was following. Clearly to have been so helpful he must have been in possession of some insight into the purpose of the question. Now several other gentlemen have seen fit to close my question saying it was not clear enough for them (despite not making any effort to actually engage in offering help, which unless I am mistaken is what this forum is for?). Please correct both myself and Connor in this issue, or direct us to a forum that is actually conducive to asking questions and allowing them to be answered?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="802004" OwnerDisplayName="Jamie Sims" LastActivityDate="2018-03-10T08:30:27.917" Title="How do I reopen a question?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17735" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17734" CreationDate="2018-03-10T08:30:27.917" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have some experience with old Dell XPS laptops, and they can be very idiosyncratic. It can be frustrating to troubleshhoot a Dell XPS laptop because the generic solutions provided in possible duplicate questions at Ask Ubuntu do not always work, and you need to dig deeper to find a solution that works on that specific laptop. If your question was reopened I would suggest trying some other things that Connor Payne didn't already suggest, although they might not work either. Allowing other users to post answers to your question would be a sufficient reason for reopening it in my opinion, so for starters I have voted to reopen your question. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for the &quot;closed as unclear what you are asking&quot; message, if other users were allowed to post additional answers, maybe you would be asked to provide additional information, for example the output of a command in the terminal. If this terminal output was edited into your question, as is frequently the case, this would make it less unclear. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="94914" LastActivityDate="2018-03-10T08:30:27.917" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17737" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-03-13T13:35:07.730" Score="1" ViewCount="77" Body="&lt;p&gt;How can questions and comments be asked or made about the following if I have too few reputation points? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/660023/how-to-install-ubuntu-14-04-16-04-64-bit-with-a-dual-boot-raid-1-partition-on-an/660038#660038?newreg=9962d8c26f1a4d27a672ea275fd72ed8&quot;&gt;How to install Ubuntu 14.04/16.04 64-bit with a dual-boot RAID 1 partition on an UEFI/GPT system?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="805439" OwnerDisplayName="Pingumann" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2018-03-13T13:59:44.493" LastActivityDate="2018-03-13T14:12:53.127" Title="How can I comment on a protected question if I don't have enough reputation?" Tags="|discussion|support|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17738" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17737" CreationDate="2018-03-13T14:12:40.210" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Users with less than 50 reputation cannot comment anywhere except on their own questions and answers and answers to their questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In general, users can post questions and answers without having gained any reputation, but protected questions have a threshold of 10 reputation for posting answers. So, if you had 10 reputation points, you would be able to post an answer to the question. This is the only thing its protected status is preventing you from doing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The purpose of question protection is to stop new users from posting answers that are not really answers. These non-answers could be spam, or they could be posts asking for help or clarification. I think you want to make a post in answer to this question of the latter kind - you want to ask for help with a related problem, I think? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Well, that's not how this site works. Answers to questions are meant to be solutions to the question. If you have a question yourself, you should ask a new question. If it's related to an existing question, you should provide a link to that question for context.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;New users are only able to post up to two links, but if you need to post more, you can strip the http(s) prefix from URLs (or otherwise damage them in a recoverable way) and they can be repaired by users with the ability to edit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want to post an answer (that is actually an answer, please) to a protected question, you can gain the requisite reputation by, for example&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Posting a question that gains 2 upvotes &lt;sub&gt;(we love good questions)&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Posting an answer that gains 1 upvote  &lt;sub&gt;(we have lots of unanswered questions)&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Suggesting 5 edits to posts that are approved by reviewers &lt;sub&gt;(we have lots of poorly formatted posts in need of editing)&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2018-03-13T14:12:40.210" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17739" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17737" CreationDate="2018-03-13T14:12:53.127" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The only solution is to gain more reputation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is really only one acceptable way to gain reputation: post good questions and/or answers to the site, and get upvotes.  If you create a new question or answer, and it's of decent quality and is a well written &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/how-to-ask&quot;&gt;question&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/how-to-answer&quot;&gt;answer&lt;/a&gt;, you're bound to get upvotes (and getting the reputation to get past the protected posts is very easy and takes seconds if you post good questions and answers).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It takes almost no time to post a good question or answer and get the handful of upvotes necessary to gain the ability to post through protects.  However, in this case, it may be a better idea to create a &lt;em&gt;new&lt;/em&gt; question, detailing your specific questions about the original question, and provide a link back to the original question it references.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, keep in mind the rules of question posts...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If the post is an exact duplicate question to the original, it's likely to get closed as a duplicate, so you'll have to give ample justification as to how it's different.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If the post is low quality or unreadable, it's likely to get closed as &quot;unclear what you're asking&quot;, and possibly deleted.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you are simply wanting to post additional comments on the original question or an answer on it, then you need to go and get reputation rather than post a whole new question just to make comments. (though just for comments, you have to get over 50 reputation points, which is again fairly trivial to do if you post good questions and/or answers).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2018-03-13T14:12:53.127" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17740" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-03-14T01:10:31.843" Score="7" ViewCount="144" Body="&lt;p&gt;Please note that some single-board computers, such as &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/q/1107/59404&quot;&gt;Raspberry Pi&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;BeagleBone&lt;/strong&gt;, do not have PCI/PCI-e bus. Thus, as observed in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/1013682/295286&quot;&gt;this case&lt;/a&gt;, the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1013682/beaglebone-black-wireless-with-ubuntu-xenial-16-04-wifi-not-working#comment1646033_1013682&quot;&gt;often-cited diagnostic script for wireless&lt;/a&gt; may not work properly and installing additional packages intended for PCI bus may not help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The reason why Raspberry Pi and BeagleBone are highlighted is because there are other development platforms that do support PCI bus. AskUbuntu doesn't have a lot of users who consistently handle &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/wireless&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;wireless&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;wireless&lt;/a&gt; questions, hence this FYI. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Second, I've submitted a &lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/UbuntuForums/wireless-info/issues/7&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;feature request&lt;/a&gt; for the diagnostic script, so until it's fixed or if &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/153297/wild-man&quot;&gt;Wild Man&lt;/a&gt; decides it's unnecessary to edit the script behavior, please use discretion when comes to supporting wireless on SBC platforms. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks for cooperation! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="295286" LastEditorUserId="15003" LastEditDate="2018-03-14T02:04:57.967" LastActivityDate="2018-03-14T02:04:57.967" Title="PSA: PCI bus and Wireless questions" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17741" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-03-14T02:29:02.963" Score="2" ViewCount="103" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Listen to what I mean not what I say&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This question: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1014467/is-there-a-way-for-grub-to-automatically-reboot-into-windows-from-windows&quot;&gt;Is there a way for grub to automatically reboot into Windows from Windows?&lt;/a&gt; came up on my radar today. I knew what the problem was but unfortunately the title wording &amp;quot;Windows from Windows&amp;quot; made it off-topic. So I removed the &amp;quot;from Windows&amp;quot; at the end. Others objected and rolled back the edit. Now the question might now be closed as &amp;quot;off topic&amp;quot; due to the Windows factor.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By the rules of AU I was under the impression you are allowed to edit a question to keep it on-topic. My answer then became (paraphrasing) &amp;quot;No Windows can't do that but Ubuntu can it this way...&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Complicating the issue, after I changed the title to not be Windows specific it was nominated for closure as a duplicate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After this my edit was rolled back to make it appear to be a Windows related question again and another close vote popped up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The people involved Muru, David and Zanna might all be considered Moderator Material so I'm feeling there is just something I'm not getting and would like to see a discussion outside the limited scope of the comment section under aforementioned link.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Plus I feel bad for the four rep point OP and what he/she might feel when logging in again and possible confusion whilst reading all the comments, many of which I'm a party too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd really like to wrap my head around this business of editing a question to make it on-topic and then rolling back edits to make it off-topic again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="307523" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2018-03-15T13:06:49.093" Title="When to change question to be on-topic" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17742" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17741" CreationDate="2018-03-14T07:16:30.737" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;In general, please don't misrepresent what OP is asking or hide information to influence reviewers. If you want to champion the cause of a question and comments are not working, bring it to meta rather than fiddling the title/tags to make it look more Ubuntu-y or whatever. Let's try to apply the rules in a transparent way...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the case in point, it seems that I am to blame for lazily voting for the duplicate, which has basically the same answer but, I realise on rereading, is about a different problem. Thank you for pointing that out. Somebody subsequently voted for my dupe suggestion, unfortunately, but I have retracted my vote and removed the comment. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Nobody else has voted that the question is off-topic. In general the question is getting voted Leave Open. You can &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/close/815510&quot;&gt;cast the final Leave Open vote yourself&lt;/a&gt;. If readers of this Q&amp;amp;A decide that the question is off-topic and vote to close it, it can be migrated to SuperUser imho as it's a good quality question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2018-03-14T07:16:30.737" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17743" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17741" CreationDate="2018-03-14T11:55:14.197" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Now that I have had time to think more about your answer, I don't think it will even work. &lt;code&gt;grub-reboot&lt;/code&gt; explicitly does &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; set the boot entry to the saved one, it's a purely one-shot thing. So, whether or not &lt;code&gt;GRUB_SAVEDEFAULT=true&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;GRUB_DEFAULT=saved&lt;/code&gt;, using &lt;code&gt;grub-reboot&lt;/code&gt; like OP does will not make it boot to Windows once again after the next reboot. So, OP will have to:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;use the GRUB menu to boot to Windows to mark it as saved, &lt;strong&gt;instead of using &lt;code&gt;grub-reboot&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;use the GRUB menu again to be able boot to Linux&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Meaning you have missed the point of using &lt;code&gt;grub-reboot&lt;/code&gt; twice over! Instead of having to deal with the GRUB menu once when OP has to reboot Windows for updates, now you're forcing them to do it twice!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would say I'd be surprised that the answer got as many upvotes as it did, but nope, it's a HNQ after all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, from what I can tell, not only have you posted an answer that won't work for the case OP describes, you then proceeded to edit the question to force it to be on-topic and then proceed to post long-winded comments multiple times on the post complaining against it being close-voted!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sorry, I don't condone such actions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2018-03-14T11:55:14.197" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17744" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17741" CreationDate="2018-03-15T13:06:49.093" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm with you, 100%.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The syntax of the question has thrown some people. There's nothing like the mention of Windows to raise people's hackles and influence their review outcomes, but again, I'm with you. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The problem is 100% about grub. The solution is 90% about grub. I don't think we're opening any floodgates by allowing a question like this to exist here. Interop is really important.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edits that make that clear are fine. I think that's possible without changing what the OP actually wants, and that in itself is fine. I might even have a crack myself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your answer has got better, but it is still a compromise from what the OP &lt;em&gt;really&lt;/em&gt; wants. It'll result in always rebooting into what they last booted to, unless they intervene. That might be perfectly acceptable to OP, so it's a valuable answer to point out... But it's not quite the same.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've added a half-answer that does do what they want but there's some dot-connecting they'll have to do on the Windows side of the problem. I guess it's &lt;em&gt;possible&lt;/em&gt; for them to handle that in Ubuntu running on Windows but that's really outside my personal area of expertise.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But the question is fine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2018-03-15T13:06:49.093" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17745" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17752" CreationDate="2018-03-16T09:28:12.317" Score="8" ViewCount="182" Body="&lt;p&gt;The question: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1014495/do-i-need-to-pgrade-ram-from-4gb-to-8gb-for-android-development&quot;&gt;Do I need to upgrade RAM from 4GB to 8GB for Android development?&lt;/a&gt; has created a lot of contentious dispute since it was asked. The question was downvoted once and put on hold for the following reasons.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;unclear what you are asking - 2 close votes&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;too broad - 1 close vote&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;primarily opinion-based - 1 close vote&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;off topic  - 1 close vote&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is the question's history.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I posted an answer to the question and my answer was upvoted, so I immediately closed voted this question: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1002916/why-does-android-studio-freeze-up-in-full-screen-mode&quot;&gt;Why does Android Studio freeze up in full screen mode?&lt;/a&gt; as duplicate of it. That question was put on hold and although my answer to it was upvoted at approximately the same time, I deleted it anyway. I am not interested in accumulating reputation points for answering the same duplicate questions over and over again. As I am a reviewer myself, I am not interested in that. As an answerer I am interested in solving repeatedly reoccurring problems.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I went back to the original question which had meanwhile accumulated a downvote and three close votes, two close votes for being unclear and one close vote for being too broad. Perhaps these reviewers may be self-disciplined enough to check back on their reviews before the question was closed, because meanwhile my answer was accepted which eliminated the principal reason for the unclear close votes. So I tried posting this comment:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This question shouldn't be closed for being unclear because it has an upvoted accepted answer (therefore it is not unclear) and it also shouldn't be closed voted for being too broad because it has only one possible answer, a minimum system requirements answer, and that answer is unique to this question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The surprisingly mean result was that the question was close voted again, this for being primarily opinion based. There is not opinion here, only a well-documented fact. The questioner's computer did not meet the minimum system requirements for Android Studio, and I had already mentioned that fact in a comment. I responded by posting the following comment:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This question also shouldn't be closed for being primarily opinion-based. As I wrote in the preceding comment this question has an unique objective answer which should not be misconstrued as opinion based.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;One more close vote was needed to put this question on hold. The last close vote was cast by WinEunuuchs2Unix who also posted this comment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because Android stack exchange would give better answers&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not better answers, just the same answer, plus it's off topic at Android Enthusiasts Q&amp;amp;A because the question is about installing an Android IDE in Ubuntu, not about the Android operating system itself. WinEunuuchs2Unix seems to be suggesting in this comment that I should try to migrate an off topic question to Android Enthusiast's and then they can reject it there for being off topic. That would be useless, so I recommend reopening this question here at Ask Ubuntu instead where it is not off topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is going to be a commonly occurring question, and someone is going to have to ultimately answer it and make it stick where it belongs even if I can't. If it has to be asked and answered again, at least the answerer can refer back to the 4 bullet points at the beginning of this Meta post to explain why it is neither unclear, too broad, primarily opinion-based or off topic, and maybe the next batch of reviewers will not close it. Are we required to subscribe to the belief that this question which now has an accepted answer is unclear or would it be more appropriate to coldly reopen the question and move on?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="94914" LastEditorUserId="94914" LastEditDate="2021-10-25T12:04:51.410" LastActivityDate="2021-10-25T12:04:51.410" Title="Reopen an accepted answer question that is tethered to obsolete close votes and was closed as unclear" Tags="|discussion|incorrectly-closed|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17746" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-03-16T13:34:09.333" Score="1" ViewCount="66" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just tried to create a new account on this site Ask Ubuntu using my email and a password - and not connecting Google, Facebook etc. Filling in the display name, email and password on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/signup?ssrc=head&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/users/signup?ssrc=head&lt;/a&gt; page, and pressing &lt;kbd&gt;Sign Up&lt;/kbd&gt; would normally create an account. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But not here... Ask Ubuntu does not give any error message but nothing happens. Just like it would expect me to click some tickbox to approve my transfer of my personal data, or whatever. And yes, the password has capitals, small letters and numbers - so that's not the issue!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, I had to use my G-account to sign up, which I don't like!!! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user806724" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2018-03-16T14:59:26.930" LastActivityDate="2018-03-16T14:59:26.930" Title="Why can I not create an account on Ask Ubuntu?" Tags="|support|login|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17747" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17749" CreationDate="2018-03-17T01:57:12.437" Score="-1" ViewCount="86" Body="&lt;p&gt;As the title suggests, recently a user denied my edits and insisted on sort of copying them and making my edits their own...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;What to do?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What should I do when this happens, as I believe it has happened in the past and not just today???&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can find the specific case I'm talking about, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1015643/new-to-installing-ubuntu&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="619936" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2022-01-11T14:04:59.273" Title="What should I do when a user with poor grammar and formatting denies my edit?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17748" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17747" CreationDate="2018-03-17T02:19:39.213" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your edit wasn't rejected intentionally; the system rejected it automatically when an edit was posted by the author, who was probably already editing when you submitted yours.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is no good way to predict this sort of conflict, and as such they don't count against you in any way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12845" LastActivityDate="2018-03-17T02:19:39.213" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17749" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17747" CreationDate="2018-03-17T14:33:06.307" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;As already explained, no they didn't!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the future, if you want to find out why any edits are rejected, there is a section in your profile under &lt;em&gt;Activity&lt;/em&gt; → &lt;em&gt;all actions&lt;/em&gt; → &lt;em&gt;suggestions&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this case:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;suggested &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/816830&quot;&gt;rejected edit&lt;/a&gt; on New to installing Ubuntu&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Click on &lt;em&gt;rejected edit&lt;/em&gt;, not the title:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Rejected 12 hours ago:&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;Community♦ reviewed this 12 hours ago: &lt;strong&gt;Reject&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;This edit conflicted with a subsequent edit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It was auto-rejected by the system user &lt;em&gt;Community♦&lt;/em&gt;, because a different edit was submitted at the same time by another user. Bad luck!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="425479" LastEditorUserId="1460940" LastEditDate="2022-01-11T14:04:59.273" LastActivityDate="2022-01-11T14:04:59.273" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17750" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-03-17T17:45:15.260" Score="11" ViewCount="222" Body="&lt;h2&gt;With great power comes great responsibility&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I read this unanswered question: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/577960/triple-monitor-on-nvidia-and-intel&quot;&gt;Triple monitor on Nvidia and Intel&lt;/a&gt; and found the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/578447/&quot;&gt;answer written by &lt;em&gt;yilmi&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; was deleted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/PKjkl.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/PKjkl.png&quot; alt=&quot;Deleted answer&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Although I've had protect/un-protect powers for awhile now I've never used them. Now I have delete/un-delete powers also never used. I would like to get input on if the aforementioned answer is a good one to undelete.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I appreciate the answer might qualify as &amp;quot;abandoned&amp;quot; because &lt;em&gt;yilmi&lt;/em&gt; has not signed on in 17 months. On one hand this means: &lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;why bother wasting time&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt;. But on the other hand it means: &lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;you probably won't ruffle many feathers&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PS&lt;/strong&gt; I can see the answer was deleted by &lt;em&gt;Mitch&lt;/em&gt; but I can't see any comments by him on why it was deleted. You would think with delete powers comes the ability to give a reason why it was deleted?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="307523" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2018-03-17T18:55:09.527" Title="Is this answer worthy of undeleting?" Tags="|discussion|deleted-answers|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17751" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17750" CreationDate="2018-03-17T18:55:09.527" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;Alas, you don't have the power to vote to undelete that post, despite your hard earned 20k Trusted User privilege. If you try, you'll get a message saying&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A moderator has deleted this post and it cannot be undeleted&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(I've tried this multiple times and I'm always disappointed)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;Even if you could, it would take 3 20k-ers' votes to undelete. I've never managed to get anything undeleted without deliberately enlisting support in chat or with flags - people just don't look at the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tools?tab=Delete&amp;amp;daterange=last7days&quot;&gt;delete page&lt;/a&gt; in the mod tools.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So the only solution is to flag it for mod attention like any other humble flag-wielder and explain why you think it should be undeleted. Personally I'm not sure (maybe this post is NAA because I don't know the answer to your question!) - I don't think &lt;code&gt;xrandr&lt;/code&gt; works with nvidia drivers...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2018-03-17T18:55:09.527" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17752" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17745" CreationDate="2018-03-18T06:36:16.517" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Not unclear. Question reopened.  &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="94914" LastActivityDate="2018-03-18T06:36:16.517" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17753" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-03-18T14:17:45.590" Score="3" ViewCount="91" Body="&lt;p&gt;I raised a flag. I asked for a post to be deleted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After a cooling off period, I reasoned that the poster had clearly dedicated a lot of time to answering their question, in a great attempt to be helpful. The answer was, imho, unhelpful. But on reflection, this is not reason enough to delete it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The answer had, however, been given in an attempt to win a 100-point bounty I offered. At the end of the bounty period, I felt there had been no answer that deserved the bounty. So I didn't award one. Yet the system awared half my bounty points to the answer I felt was unhelpful. It seemed I could do nothing about this. I felt the points would cause people to waste time trying to get to grips with a fiendish problem by following an answer I felt was confusing, misleading, dreadfully long, yet incomplete and wrong.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I ask for the answer to be deleted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Nethertheless, on reflection, I think that is harsh. I would rather simply not award the bounty points, re-open the bounty (if that's possible) in an attempt to get a better answer, and edit the offending answer to make it less harmful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But how do I do this? I can find no way to edit my flag or add a comment to it, or otherwise follow it up.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="297529" LastActivityDate="2018-03-19T16:19:30.203" Title="raised flag - cooled off - now want to temper it / edit it -- what can I do?" Tags="|support|feature-request|bounty|flags|deleted-answers|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17754" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17728" CreationDate="2018-03-18T14:40:35.097" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;IMHO, the solution is to read the answer in full before trying to replicate the given fix. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the answer is simply &quot;type this and that in the terminal window&quot;, you can try it and see if it works. It often does, even if the answer concerns an old distribution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sometimes I've copied-pasted stuff with no idea of what it meant, and it worked for me. If the problem recurs, I'll eventually learn the fix. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the answer is &quot;run this command and edit such configuration file accordingly&quot;, either do a lot of homework or forget it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What I mean is, if you read the answer in full, you'll know if it is easy for you to replicate the given fix, or not. If it isn't, look for another answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you can't find a simple answer, my advice is not to try to bump a three-years-old question (this tends to be ignored) but to post a new one. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="798731" LastActivityDate="2018-03-18T14:40:35.097" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17755" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17753" CreationDate="2018-03-18T21:55:28.477" Score="5" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Retracting Flags&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/17753/raised-flag-cooled-off-now-want-to-temper-it-edit-it-what-can-i-do#comment37150_17753&quot;&gt;Zanna says&lt;/a&gt;, the appropriate action when you have raised a flag that you have then realized is wrong or unhelpful is to retract the flag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/87500/cancel-misclicked-flags&quot;&gt;Most (but not all) types of flags can be retracted.&lt;/a&gt; Flags on questions and answers, including the custom &amp;quot;in need of moderator intervention&amp;quot; flag where you type in a description of what is wrong, can be retracted. If the flag hasn't been handled yet, then you can retract it by clicking the &lt;em&gt;flag&lt;/em&gt; link on the post, as you did to flag it originally. The option to retract the flag will be presented to you there. See &amp;quot;Is there any way to remove flags?&amp;quot; on &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/flag-posts&quot;&gt;this page&lt;/a&gt; for more details.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you cannot retract the flag, it was probably already handled. To see what happened with any flag you have raised, you can view your flagging history. On &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/297529/markling?tab=topactivity&quot;&gt;the &lt;em&gt;Activity&lt;/em&gt; tab of your profile&lt;/a&gt;, under ɪᴍᴘᴀᴄᴛ, there is a link that says how many flags you have raised that have been marked helpful. You can click that to go to a page with full details about all the flags you have ever raised.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is only a link for you and for moderators--other users, like me, can only ever see a number there, but for us it's not a link. The link &lt;em&gt;you&lt;/em&gt; see there should be &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/flag-summary/297529&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/users/flag-summary/297529&lt;/a&gt;, and you should be able to use that link from here, too. Because I am neither you nor a moderator, I cannot actually follow that link successfully--for me, it goes to a &amp;quot;Page Not Found&amp;quot; error page. In this way, your privacy is protected. In particular, non-moderators like me cannot read the text of your custom flags, nor can we see how your flags were specifically handled. (That's why I can only give instructions to help you find this information.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Responding to Unhelpful Answers&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If a moderator has already declined your flag, then there is nothing more you need to do to prevent the flag from being actioned. But you seem also to want to indicate that the answer, in spite of having automatically received a portion of your bounty, was not helpful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you can critique the answer in a way you think might be helpful to others, or that would help the author improve the answer, then you should probably post a comment on the answer. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/comment&quot;&gt;These official guidelines offer advice as to when comments should be used.&lt;/a&gt; You have enough &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/whats-reputation&quot;&gt;&lt;s&gt;fake internet points&lt;/s&gt; reputation&lt;/a&gt; on Ask Ubuntu that you can comment on any post. However, even if you had less than 50 reputation, the system would still allow you to comment on your own questions and answers and on other people's answers to your questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you've already commented then there is probably nothing more for you to do about that answer. In particular, there is no way to remove the bounty that has been awarded. When a user places a bounty that expires, the system awards half the bounty to the answer with the highest score (as determined by upvoting and downvoting), provided that there is an answer whose score is at least 2. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/bounty&quot;&gt;See this page for details.&lt;/a&gt; That answer is shown as having received a bounty, &lt;strong&gt;but it is not shown as having received a bounty &lt;em&gt;from you&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. Instead, the &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mouseover#Tooltip&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;hover text&lt;/a&gt; shows the bounty as being from &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/-1/community&quot;&gt;the Community bot&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So the situation of offering a bounty that expires and is then automatically partially awarded to an answer you don't like is &lt;em&gt;somewhat&lt;/em&gt; similar to the case of another user offering a bounty on your question (you don't have to be the original poster of a question to offer a bounty on it) and then awarding it to a post that didn't help you. People should not, and hopefully will not, assume that the post helped &lt;em&gt;you&lt;/em&gt;, just because someone (here, the Community bot) gave it a bounty.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the answer was not helpful to you, then you can avoid giving the false impression that it did help by &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/accepted-answer&quot;&gt;accepting&lt;/a&gt; the answer. If you believe the answer is low in quality, wrong, and/or not helpful to anybody, then you could &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/vote-down&quot;&gt;downvote&lt;/a&gt; the answer. Aside from that, there's not much you can do to &lt;em&gt;undo&lt;/em&gt; the effect of the bounty, just as you cannot undo the effect of other users' votes on the post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Placing Another Bounty&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, you have the option to offer a &lt;em&gt;second&lt;/em&gt; bounty on your question. The second bounty will have to be for at least twice the value of the first one, so it's possible that you don't currently have enough reputation to offer it. (See &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/16067/185080&quot;&gt;this answer&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/105639/185080&quot;&gt;that one&lt;/a&gt;.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If editing your question would help clarify what you need, then you may want to do that. Whether or not you end up posting a second bounty, that might help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for &amp;quot;edit[ing] the offending answer to make it less harmful,&amp;quot; please note that an answer being unhelpful to you is not really a good reason to edit it. As &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tour&quot;&gt;the tour&lt;/a&gt; says, Ask Ubuntu is intended to be &amp;quot;a library of detailed answers to every question about Ubuntu.&amp;quot; However, &lt;em&gt;if&lt;/em&gt; you have a revision to the answer in mind that you think would improve it and that is consistent with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/editing&quot;&gt;the guidelines about when to edit other users' posts&lt;/a&gt;, then you can go ahead and edit the post. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/edit&quot;&gt;Until you have 2000 reputation&lt;/a&gt;, your edits on other user's posts (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/edit-community-wiki&quot;&gt;except &amp;quot;community wiki&amp;quot; posts&lt;/a&gt;) will be reviewed by others before being applied.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sometimes a post will be unhelpful to you but an edit is still &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; justified. In particular, edits that change the meaning of a post should generally not be applied to other users' posts. If an answer contains sections addressing aspects of a problem that don't apply to you, then even though you are the original poster, you should generally not remove those by editing, since they might help someone else with a similar problem. &lt;strong&gt;Most of the time, you should not apply any edit to another user's post that you &lt;em&gt;expect&lt;/em&gt; the post's author to disagree with.&lt;/strong&gt; In the rare cases when such an edit &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; justified, it's almost always best to solicit consensus from others before applying it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Soliciting More Specific Advice on Meta&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've focused on general site usage in this meta answer. Just doing that, this answer is already plenty long, so I feel like it's reasonable for me to limit this answer to general advice. However, perhaps you are looking for advice that is specific to your situation. If so, then I recommend you &lt;em&gt;edit&lt;/em&gt; this meta question to include links to your question and its answer, and possibly also to explain why the answer that received a partial bounty is unhelpful and why you think it might be reasonable to edit it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's possible to go to your profile and find the question and answer. So users probably can already talk about it here, even if you don't edit this meta question. But I have avoided doing this, since I'm not sure you're really looking for that sort of specific advice. If you &lt;em&gt;are&lt;/em&gt; looking for it then I do recommend including links in your meta question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2018-03-19T16:19:30.203" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17756" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17758" CreationDate="2018-03-19T13:45:49.593" Score="5" ViewCount="138" Body="&lt;p&gt;During review I stumbled across &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1015538/can-i-install-and-use-the-video-driver-from-the-cd-that-came-with-my-motherboard/1017126#1017126&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; flagged as a duplicate. While the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/126528/is-it-possible-to-install-drivers-used-on-windows-for-ubuntu&quot;&gt;question pointed to&lt;/a&gt; is related, I felt that an answer that addressed the OP's issue be more helpful than a simple &quot;No you can't do that&quot; when actually you can! My attempt to help resulted in an accusation of providing a link-only answer.The comment trail under my answer has been since deleted by a moderator. What remained has been reproduced below for those who can't see it as it's been since deleted:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Gh99Q.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Gh99Q.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/gYdRY.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/gYdRY.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;My question:&lt;/strong&gt; Is what I call a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/1017126/225694&quot;&gt;combination answer&lt;/a&gt; actually a link-only answer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2018-03-19T14:04:55.917" LastActivityDate="2018-03-20T10:45:03.660" Title="Combination Answers vs. link-only answers" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17757" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3866" CreationDate="2018-03-19T14:02:38.390" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I know this is an old question about a question that's since been deleted, but it's still a good question and deserves a good answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Personally I think that the arguments you make for leaving questions like these open make sense. It's not uncommon for a hardware problem to be mistaken for a software problem. By closing and ultimately deleting these we do ourselves and the community a disservice as we both A) eliminate useful information and B) set ourselves up for dealing with the same sort of question repeatedly. While I agree that hardware is not about Ubuntu, Those that ask these types of questions typically lack the experience to know that. I don't think there's anything wrong with answering the problem rather than the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastActivityDate="2018-03-19T14:02:38.390" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17758" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17756" CreationDate="2018-03-19T14:56:27.507" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you remove the hyperlinks, there is still useful information, so, by &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/225370/322419&quot;&gt;definition&lt;/a&gt;, it is not a link-only answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There may be a case for adding some information from the links to your answer in case of future link death, but that's up to you. I certainly don't reproduce material from every source I refer to in my answers, but whether I do reproduce something depends on my assessment of how integral that information is to the answer and how likely the link is to die. If I'm referring to highly upvoted posts on Ask Ubuntu, as your answer does, I assume their chances of survival are at least as good as my post's.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Looking at your deleted comment&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;IMHO A link only answer includes only &lt;em&gt;a&lt;/em&gt; link&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I felt I ought to add that as far as I know, a post that has multiple links but has no useful information when the markdown formatting is stripped is just as much a link-only answer as a post that has only one link and no useful information besides the link. But even link titles may be informative.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A side note for those who are not familiar with the details of the close voting system: it is possible to close questions as duplicates of multiple questions, so it's not necessary to post answers saying &quot;your question is a duplicate of &lt;code&gt;[this](link)&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;[this](link)&lt;/code&gt;&quot;. I would flag such an answer for deletion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2018-03-20T10:45:03.660" LastActivityDate="2018-03-20T10:45:03.660" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17759" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17760" CreationDate="2018-03-19T23:37:06.083" Score="5" ViewCount="199" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to VTC as &quot;too broad&quot; but remember Zanna's great advice a week or fortnight ago to bring issues up here when in doubt.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is the question: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/254073/my-average-laptop-temperature-is-75c-is-it-normal&quot;&gt;My average laptop temperature is 75C. Is it Normal?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The reason is another answer was just posted today and it is yet another example of many different answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To VTC or not to VTC that is the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="307523" LastActivityDate="2018-03-20T09:54:38.227" Title="I want to close this as &quot;too broad&quot;" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17760" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17759" CreationDate="2018-03-20T02:59:56.297" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;This question has an interesting accepted answer and some other useful answers that were upvoted a few times. Based on the potential usefulness of its answers I would vote to leave the question open if I was reviewing it. My potential usefulness standard by which something may be judged or decided is that there is something for anyone who has a similar problem in the answers to the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="94914" LastEditorUserId="94914" LastEditDate="2018-03-20T09:54:38.227" LastActivityDate="2018-03-20T09:54:38.227" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17761" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17763" CreationDate="2018-03-20T22:27:06.433" Score="6" ViewCount="134" Body="&lt;p&gt;Today I flagged a question with the reason &quot;This question is not in English.&quot; I thought that this was a appropriate action to take.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was not expecting this flag response:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;declined - So translate it, even if it's a Google Translate translation, and suggest an edit to make it English.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Could I please get clarification. What should the policy be?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="420786" LastEditorUserId="507051" LastEditDate="2018-03-20T23:54:37.937" LastActivityDate="2018-03-21T21:45:11.507" Title="Flagging other languages" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2018-03-22T07:34:10.510" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17762" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17761" CreationDate="2018-03-20T23:33:56.477" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think the way to go is &lt;strong&gt;flag/vote to close as unclear what you're asking&lt;/strong&gt;, like &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/297673/how-do-i-deal-with-non-english-content&quot;&gt;SO does it&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you see any chance you can translate the post properly, an edit (suggestion) is welcome, but in my opinion in general providing the question in English is &lt;strong&gt;one of OP's duties&lt;/strong&gt;. Translation is even frowned upon by some, see the above linked question. A question that most of the site's users can't understand is the very definition of &lt;em&gt;unclear&lt;/em&gt;, and closing a question gives OP the chance to correct it. Jeff Atwood himself wrote in his blog post &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.blog/2009/07/23/non-english-question-policy/&quot;&gt;Non-English Question Policy&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If the post has salvageable English and makes some modicum of sense, it should be edited and improved just like any other post. If it does not, it should be closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More about why English was chosen can be read on &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/13676/do-posts-have-to-be-in-english-on-stack-exchange&quot;&gt;meta.SE: Do posts have to be in English on Stack Exchange?&lt;/a&gt; – there are sites in the network that allow other languages for obvious reasons, but AU is none of them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="507051" LastEditorUserId="507051" LastEditDate="2018-03-21T00:04:00.307" LastActivityDate="2018-03-21T00:04:00.307" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17763" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17761" CreationDate="2018-03-21T03:42:28.653" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;I believe &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/users/14356/fossfreedom&quot;&gt;fossfreedom's answer&lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/6853/does-it-make-sense-to-flag-non-english-questions&quot;&gt;Does it make sense to flag non-English questions?&lt;/a&gt; is our standing policy on what to do--or, at least, &lt;em&gt;whether or not to flag&lt;/em&gt;--when someone posts a question in a language that is not English. This supports the message you got from a moderator who declined your flag. As that post says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;TL;DR: Do not flag language issues. Translate them yourself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's been almost five years since that was posted, and in case the community ends up wanting to adopt a different consensus, I'm posting this answer, focusing on the history of our policies for non-English posts, rather than voting to close this question as a duplicate of that one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That policy postition was previsaged by &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/1507/22949&quot;&gt;Oli's answer&lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1506/what-to-do-with-non-english-questions-or-answers&quot;&gt;What to do with non-English questions or answers?&lt;/a&gt;, which is currently the master question against which several related meta questions&lt;sup&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; have been closed as duplicates.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/6566/what-is-the-proper-procedure-when-dealing-with-posts-written-in-other-languages?noredirect=1&amp;amp;lq=1&quot;&gt;What is the proper procedure when dealing with posts written in other languages?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/14254/is-there-a-rule-which-states-that-all-questions-and-answers-have-to-be-in-englis&quot;&gt;Is there a rule which states that all questions and answers have to be in English on this site?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3298/is-it-ok-to-post-and-how-should-we-deal-with-non-english-or-partly-non-englis&quot;&gt;Is it OK to post, and how should we deal with, non-English (or partly non-English) answers intended for translation?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/16631/are-questions-in-other-language-other-than-english-accepted-in-au-accepting-ot&quot;&gt;Are questions in other language other than English accepted in AU? (accepting other languages in AU)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/7225/why-comment-this-is-an-english-only-site&quot;&gt;Why comment &amp;quot;This is an English only site&amp;quot;?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/13721/a-question-in-spanish?noredirect=1&amp;amp;lq=1&quot;&gt;A question in Spanish&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;On the other hand&lt;/strong&gt;, several of the answers to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/15793/please-ask-people-to-translate-dont-just-close-a-question&quot;&gt;Please ask people to translate, don&amp;#39;t just close a question&lt;/a&gt;, including &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/15799/22949&quot;&gt;terdon's&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/15794/22949&quot;&gt;Tim's&lt;/a&gt;, which are pretty highly upvoted, advocate closing such questions as unclear.&lt;sup&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Based on &lt;em&gt;that&lt;/em&gt;, it seems to me that it is currently considered entirely acceptable (though not mandatory) to vote to close a question in a non-English language as unclear, even if it does not have any other problems and even if there is no reason to think it cannot be translated quickly and easily. However, if it is subsequently translated, then it would be eligible for reopening provided there's no other reason to keep it closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;But this still does not require a custom moderator intervention flag.&lt;/strong&gt; Users with enough reputation to cast close votes could cast their vote, and others can flag for closure--though those flags may be &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/141400/185080&quot;&gt;declined (semi)automatically&lt;/a&gt; if the post is subsequently translated and consequently receives no close votes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(As for how best to &lt;em&gt;present&lt;/em&gt; a translation that one has produced or obtained, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/5939/22949&quot;&gt;gertvdijk's answer&lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3105/if-a-question-is-written-in-a-non-english-language-with-an-english-translation-p&quot;&gt;If a question is written in a non-English language with an English translation provided should the non-English part be removed?&lt;/a&gt; seems to be our current general consensus.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; &lt;sub&gt;Other well-received meta posts that have supported this view include &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/14544/22949&quot;&gt;Rinzwind's answer&lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/14543/how-to-prevent-answers-and-comments-to-question-in-non-english-before-theyre-tr&quot;&gt;How to prevent answers and comments to question in non-english before they&amp;#39;re translated?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; &lt;sub&gt;See also &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/3616/22949&quot;&gt;Bruno Pereira's answer&lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3615/answering-questions-in-ops-language&quot;&gt;this older question&lt;/a&gt;. It doesn't have links to the discussions it refers to, and I'm not convinced it adequately captures what the &quot;extended discussions&quot; from around that time decided on. But it's pretty highly voted, which counts for something. &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/13607/translation-service&quot;&gt;This meta question by Jacob Vlijm&lt;/a&gt; (and &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/13621/22949&quot;&gt;Elder Geek's answer&lt;/a&gt;) also expresses the view that translations shouldn't be expected.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;My own personal opinion&lt;/em&gt; about what our policy &lt;em&gt;should&lt;/em&gt; be is that, in cases where it is reasonably easy to do so, it is better to translate before closing a question rather than after. I believe this can help figure out if there are other problems with the post. I also believe that it is more likely that someone will be able to recommend other help resources in the OP's own language, if they have some idea of what the question is about. (Of course there are exceptions. Sometimes something is clearly low quality for other reasons, or clearly spam, and it would be pointless to translate it. In the spam case, worse than pointless.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/17762/22949&quot;&gt;dessert points out&lt;/a&gt;, there's a policy about posts in non-English languages. However, I think it is acceptable for us to approach the issue differently if we choose.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;It is extremely far from clear to me that this policy is even intended to be network-wide. &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.blog/2009/07/23/non-english-question-policy/&quot;&gt;Jeff Atwood's blog post&lt;/a&gt; is about the original three sites. It is based on &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/8316/185080&quot;&gt;a meta answer&lt;/a&gt; that mentions Stack Overflow and no other site. There are localized Stack Exchange sites in other languages now, at least for Stack Overflow, which doesn't challenge that policy for English language sites, but does serve to show how much has happened since then.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More important, though, is that the communities on individual Stack Exchange sites (like Ask Ubuntu) &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/124911/individual-community-preferences-vs-se-network-policy-who-wins&quot;&gt;are free to make our own policies&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/252338/are-the-rules-of-all-sites-on-stackexchange-the-same&quot;&gt;most things&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;One key point in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ubuntu.com/community/mission&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ubuntu mission&lt;/a&gt; is that users, &quot;Should be able to use their software in the language of their choice.&quot; I do not think this obligates Ask Ubuntu to accept questions and answers in all languages (though I do think it underscores the importance that resources for different languages be fostered throughout the Ubuntu community even if not on Ask Ubuntu). However, I do think it means that we should be &lt;em&gt;more&lt;/em&gt; accepting of questions that are not originally posted in English than other English language Stack Exchange sites might be. Although it's not for everyone and it's not best for everything, there are major advantages to the Q&amp;amp;A format we use here on Ask Ubuntu, and nobody knows when, if ever, there will be &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/533/are-there-any-plans-for-localized-ask-ubuntu-instances&quot;&gt;Ask Ubuntu sites in other languages&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the one hand, I do give &lt;em&gt;some&lt;/em&gt; weight to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/15795/22949&quot;&gt;the point&lt;/a&gt; that if people can't ask a question in English then how are they going to understand an English answer. On the other hand, as &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/1507/22949&quot;&gt;Oli's post&lt;/a&gt;  has mentioned, machine translation often works acceptably in both ways (though, as &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/4186/22949&quot;&gt;Mateo has pointed out&lt;/a&gt;, not always, and even in general &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/5342/translations-foreign-language-support-for-ask-ubuntu&quot;&gt;this isn't a topic everybody agrees on&lt;/a&gt;). Users who ask here often &lt;em&gt;have&lt;/em&gt; tried or at least considered other sites. And even in cases where the OP cannot use an answer, it may have value for others and thus contribute to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tour&quot;&gt;the goals of our site&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2018-03-21T18:35:54.253" LastActivityDate="2018-03-21T18:35:54.253" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17764" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-03-21T08:55:48.783" Score="8" ViewCount="167" Body="&lt;p&gt;We have this canonical post:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/17381/unity-doesnt-load-no-launcher-no-dash-appears&quot;&gt;Unity doesn&amp;#39;t load, no Launcher, no Dash appears&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Apparently this has been a common problem and this question currently has around ~480 linked posts, many of which are closed as duplicates of it. The score, and the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/76951/timeline&quot;&gt;timeline of the top answer showing continuing upvotes&lt;/a&gt; suggest that many people have been helped by it over time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/76951/527764&quot;&gt;Oli's answer&lt;/a&gt; has been updated to prominently point out, this particular problem is becoming at least less likely, particularly with Unity on its way out (I actually thought 16.04 was using Unity with Compiz by default though - am I wrong? Anyway, there are several &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/17381/unity-doesnt-load-no-launcher-no-dash-appears#comment1218154_76951&quot;&gt;comments&lt;/a&gt; suggesting this fix doesn't work for 16.04). The question has many other answers, but few of them are recent. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/827296/527764&quot;&gt;This recent one&lt;/a&gt; seems to have worked for a number of users on 16.04, so probably deserves more prominence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The reason I'm making this post is that I saw &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/close/818890&quot;&gt;this post in review&lt;/a&gt;, and I don't think the OP there is having this problem, or at least there is not enough evidence to conclude that they are.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here are a few more posts closed against this question which seem not to have been helped by it (though perhaps askers just didn't scroll down far enough) or to seem to me to lack evidence that it is really this particular problem, and should have been closed as unclear or not at all:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1015065/dash-top-panel-and-title-bars-of-windows-are-not-being-displayed&quot;&gt;Dash, top panel and title bars of windows are not being displayed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1016824/on-the-desktop-of-my-ubuntu-16-04-the-icon-bar-on-the-left-and-the-top-title-bar&quot;&gt;On the desktop of my Ubuntu 16.04 the icon bar on the left and the top title bar do not appear&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1014484/ubuntu-16-04-desktop-menu-bar-and-upper-panel-missing-windows-cannot-be-dragged&quot;&gt;Ubuntu 16.04 Desktop Menu Bar and upper panel missing, windows cannot be dragged, closed etc&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1013962/no-side-toolbar&quot;&gt;No Side Toolbar&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1012750/desktop-with-no-sidebars-and-cannot-get-out-unless-switch-off-computer&quot;&gt;Desktop with no &amp;#39;sidebars&amp;#39; and cannot get out unless switch off computer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do not know what we should be doing about this, but I do think we should avoid closing against the canonical post questions that merely look somewhat similar to it, since these similar-looking problems seem likely to have different causes and to be unlikely to be solved by at least the majority of answers there, including the highest voted ones. I feel we should no longer be assuming that people are using Unity, especially after the imminent release of a non-Unity LTS.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My first thought was that we should try to get an updated answer by offering bounties etc but I feel that would be misguided, because I don't think an updated one-size-fits-all answer is going to be found for the seemingly various contemporary problems that look a bit like this one. Oli wrote&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I'm not sure modern builds of Ubuntu even suffer from this problem. If you are having this problem on a modern install of Ubuntu, it's most likely a graphics driver issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But there are no new answers to the question that talk about graphics drivers, as far as I can see.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If we are not sure that a new question is going to be solved by answers to this old question and don't know how to update the answers to fix that, I don't think we should be closing against it...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;TL;DR&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Continuing to close against this question seems likely to be more frustrating than helpful for many current and future visitors. What should we do about it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2018-03-21T09:01:35.277" LastActivityDate="2018-03-25T16:25:27.733" Title="Closing against &quot;Unity doesn't load. No launcher, no Dash appears&quot;" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|canonical-questions|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17765" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17764" CreationDate="2018-03-21T21:14:41.927" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Simply editing &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/76951/225694&quot;&gt;the answer&lt;/a&gt; to improve accuracy would seem to be the easiest course of action. As &lt;a href=&quot;https://packages.ubuntu.com/search?suite=all&amp;amp;searchon=names&amp;amp;keywords=unity&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;unity&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://packages.ubuntu.com/search?suite=all&amp;amp;section=all&amp;amp;arch=any&amp;amp;keywords=compiz&amp;amp;searchon=names&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;compiz&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://packages.ubuntu.com/search?suite=all&amp;amp;section=all&amp;amp;arch=any&amp;amp;keywords=compizconfig-settings-manager&amp;amp;searchon=names&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;ccsm&lt;/a&gt; are still available for all currently supported versions of Ubuntu. This I have done. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastEditorUserId="225694" LastEditDate="2018-03-25T16:25:27.733" LastActivityDate="2018-03-25T16:25:27.733" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17766" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17761" CreationDate="2018-03-21T21:45:11.507" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I too have been encouraged to seek translation in the chat room in the past rather than closing as unclear. &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/17762/225694&quot;&gt;This approach&lt;/a&gt; would certainly make things simpler for us but at the same time exceedingly difficult for some users. &lt;strong&gt;I see both sides of this issue.&lt;/strong&gt; It appears (at least to me) that we are &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/8162/we-need-to-help-non-english-speakers-somehow&quot;&gt;without a clear cut policy&lt;/a&gt; for the entire stack exchange network and in such cases I believe that we must rely (for good or ill) on our own judgement on such matters. I would suggest that &lt;strong&gt;if you have the time&lt;/strong&gt; and inclination and ability, translate and edit. If you lack the ability but have the rest, Google translate and make note that that is what you've done (as in Google translation from &lt;code&gt;[DetectedSourceLanguage]&lt;/code&gt; to English. A fluent speaker of both languages can always come along fine tune the edit if they have the time and inclination, so that should be fine. &lt;strong&gt;If you have none of the above&lt;/strong&gt; (time, inclination, ability) there's no harm in flagging it as unclear and moving on. If someone in the community disagrees, they can do something about it as outlined previously.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastActivityDate="2018-03-21T21:45:11.507" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17767" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-03-23T01:00:30.427" Score="1" ViewCount="61" Body="&lt;p&gt;This question appears to be an XY problem: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/1017049/307523&quot;&gt;Find out which command runs when I call a particular function from shell&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would it be ok to delete the whole question body and replace it with the title? Maybe add an extra sentence or two but none of the technical details that currently speculate on how the problem can be solved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then VTR (Vote To Reopen).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="307523" LastEditorUserId="307523" LastEditDate="2018-03-23T01:09:49.653" LastActivityDate="2018-03-23T13:24:56.093" Title="Should this question be massively edited and VTR'd?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17769" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17767" CreationDate="2018-03-23T09:01:12.947" Score="3" Body="&lt;h3&gt;Update:&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;OP has &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1017049/find-out-which-command-runs-when-i-call-a-particular-function-from-shell#comment1653095_1018403&quot;&gt;commented&lt;/a&gt; to explain exactly what they wanted and I have edited accordingly and voted to reopen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Previous answer referring to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/revisions/1017049/3&quot;&gt;revision 3&lt;/a&gt; of the post:&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You have written &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/1018403/527764&quot;&gt;an answer&lt;/a&gt; to this question (which I upvoted) and the OP has &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1017049/find-out-which-command-runs-when-i-call-a-particular-function-from-shell#comment1652864_1018403&quot;&gt;commented&lt;/a&gt; on your answer indicating, I think, that your answer contained what they were looking for. Apparently, the question was answerable, so, somehow, it should be possible to reopen it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I disagree with your suggestion on what would make the question clear and useful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;delete the whole question body and replace it with the title?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Specifically I feel that the question has a &lt;em&gt;lack&lt;/em&gt; of information rather than an excess.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question title as written &amp;quot;Find out which command runs when I call a particular function from shell&amp;quot; is misleading because evidently (their example is &lt;code&gt;uname&lt;/code&gt;) they don't actually mean a shell &lt;em&gt;function&lt;/em&gt; when they say &amp;quot;function&amp;quot;. Given that &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1018350/find-out-which-command-runs-when-a-specific-command-was-typed-in-terminal&quot;&gt;their repost&lt;/a&gt; has the title &amp;quot;Find out which command runs when a specific command was typed in terminal&amp;quot;, the title they want seems to say pretty much&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Find out what command runs when I run a command&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't think that this is clear at all... in fact I am still in doubt about what OP found in &amp;quot;the first line&amp;quot; of the &lt;code&gt;strace&lt;/code&gt; output that was what they wanted. Are they interested in system calls (the &lt;code&gt;execve&lt;/code&gt;, which won't be in &lt;code&gt;ps -ef&lt;/code&gt;), or did they just want the full path of the command (which probably won't be in &lt;code&gt;ps -ef&lt;/code&gt;)? Perhaps, unlike me, you &lt;em&gt;do&lt;/em&gt; understand precisely what they wanted from that output, which I think is the first step to formulating a clear question here. If you can edit that into the question, that would make it clear enough for me to vote to reopen it, I think.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another consideration here, that in my mind weighs strongly against deleting the contents of the post entirely, is that one reproducible part of the problem represented by the question is the OP's confusion that they can or must somehow get what they want from the output of &lt;code&gt;ps -ef&lt;/code&gt; (but perhaps I'm still misunderstanding the problem). Your answer does address that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You are thinking you need the pid of commands called in order to find the command names that is called&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And future answers could address it more thoroughly if it were more clearly expressed. So, I think that excising the evidence of OP's confusion from the question would make it less helpful to people who share the OP's confusion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think, to make the question clear and useful, what's needed is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;a statement of precisely the information they want, preferably with a complete example&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;a title that indicates what they want in a non-circular way&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;a brief demonstration of their attempts to get this information according to their understanding at the time of asking&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, &lt;strong&gt;yes&lt;/strong&gt;, I think the question should be edited and reopened, but definitely &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; edited to contain only a repetition of a very vague circular description.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2018-03-23T13:24:56.093" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17770" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17771" CreationDate="2018-03-23T11:43:59.367" Score="2" ViewCount="107" Body="&lt;p&gt;About a week ago, there were some questions on Ask Ubuntu by various users that were totally unrelated to Ubuntu. One was about cooking or something like that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The same thing happened today with a question about eggs yolks and nonsense which had -6 (6 undervotes) and got locked. But there was a difference. Today's question also involved a link in the bottom. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is Ask Ubuntu under attack or something? Because these nonsensical questions and their links seem suspicious to me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="646645" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2018-03-23T13:26:28.517" LastActivityDate="2018-03-23T13:26:28.517" Title="Has anyone noticed some questions on Ask Ubuntu that are totally unrelated to Ubuntu?" Tags="|discussion|asking-questions|spam|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17771" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17770" CreationDate="2018-03-23T12:02:07.237" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;The entire Stack Exchange network is under constant attack by spammers. You just happened to visit at an unfortunate time -- these posts are often deleted within minutes if not seconds.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Charcoal volunteer organization coordinates efforts to respond to spam which gets through the site admins' blocks (which allegedly already stop 90% of the deluge).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Charcoal collects records in a system called Metasmoke -- here are the recent hits for Ask Ubuntu:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://metasmoke.erwaysoftware.com/search?feedback_filter=tp&amp;amp;site=29&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://metasmoke.erwaysoftware.com/search?feedback_filter=tp&amp;amp;site=29&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25077" LastEditorUserId="25077" LastEditDate="2018-03-23T12:09:07.967" LastActivityDate="2018-03-23T12:09:07.967" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17772" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17770" CreationDate="2018-03-23T12:03:03.673" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The post you might be referring to is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/1018518/756666&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt;. (&lt;a href=&quot;https://metasmoke.erwaysoftware.com/post/111279&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;MS Link&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;moreover divided among white and yellow, the amino acids that make up the egg proteins are especially well assimilated thru the human body. in truth, it  Lunatrim  the idea that has been selected to outline the natural rate of a protein supply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This post was spam. And there have been &lt;a href=&quot;https://metasmoke.erwaysoftware.com/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&amp;amp;title=&amp;amp;body=&amp;amp;username=&amp;amp;why=&amp;amp;site=29&amp;amp;post_type=&amp;amp;feedback=&amp;amp;autoflagged=&amp;amp;reason=&amp;amp;user_rep_direction=%3E%3D&amp;amp;user_reputation=0&amp;amp;commit=Search&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;13312 posts&lt;/a&gt; caught and 12723 were true positive (i.e, spam). &lt;a href=&quot;http://charcoal-se.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Charcoal&lt;/a&gt; volunteers identify spams among them and flag them as such. The votes you saw were downvotes caused by spam flags and possibly from some users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="756666" LastActivityDate="2018-03-23T12:03:03.673" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17773" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-03-23T23:47:32.523" Score="5" ViewCount="419" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm sure I'm not the only one getting this solicitation today: &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/election&quot;&gt;https://stackoverflow.com/election&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't understand why I'm being asked to vote regular Stack Overflow users to become mods? I hardly visit the site and there are no mod elections mentioned for &lt;strong&gt;Ask Ubuntu&lt;/strong&gt; where there are lots of great people I'd love to vote for.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The regular users of Stack Overflow on the ballot I've never seen before and in all good conscience can't vote for any of them based on ignorance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What am I missing here???&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="307523" LastActivityDate="2018-03-24T13:21:45.757" Title="Why is stack overflow asking me to vote for moderators?" Tags="|discussion|election|moderators|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17774" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17773" CreationDate="2018-03-24T00:05:45.080" Score="20" Body="&lt;p&gt;You get an inbox notification for moderator elections on every site where you are able to vote for the candidates. According to &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/election&quot;&gt;the election page itself&lt;/a&gt; (yellow note on the right):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Any community member with 150 reputation may vote in the election.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So if you have enough points on SO to vote in the election, you of course get notified for it. How else would you be able to use your right to vote?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Regarding Ask Ubuntu, elections on different Stack Exchange sites are neither coordinated nor regular, they happen when there is a demand and the moderator team and/or Stack Exchange team decide to hold one. Reasons for that might be old moderators stepping down or a significant increase in moderating tasks due to site growth.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You didn't get notified of any Ask Ubuntu elections because currently there simply are none.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You also said you couldn't vote for any of the candidates on the current SO election because you don't know any of them. This is a valid problem, but the possible solutions are obvious:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Don't vote. This is the boring solution, but nobody forces you to vote. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you don't care enough about that site, don't want to support any of the candidates or simply are not able or willing to invest the few minutes, just ignore the notification and move on. It's not exactly a really good solution, because every democracy relies on a high turnout of voters to be able to represent the community properly, but not voting is your good right just as much as voting.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Inform yourself about the candidates using the material provided on the election pages:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the nomination statements and the comments and replies below those&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the candidate scores (x/40 points; where half of the score is determined by reputation and the other half by relevant moderation badges)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the candidates' answers to the moderator questionnaire (links can usually be found as part of the nomination statement)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the links to their regular user profile with all available general information and activities&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This information should already give you a quick but pretty good impression on whether a candidate is rather suitable for the job in your opinion or not.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you are able to invest more time, check out the candidates you deem acceptable in more detail. You can look at their activities like review actions or meta posts as well as regular main site participation or their behaviour in chats, if applicable. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, the time span from beginning of the nominations to the end of the final voting stage is over two weeks. This is also still enough time to make contact with any candidate you're specifically interested in and ask questions.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastEditorUserId="367990" LastEditDate="2018-03-24T00:24:13.950" LastActivityDate="2018-03-24T00:24:13.950" CommentCount="16" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17775" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17778" CreationDate="2018-03-24T11:34:11.553" Score="7" ViewCount="185" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to mark the following three questions as duplicates, but I can't decide which one should be the 'root'. All of them are related to the usage of the &lt;kbd&gt;Esc&lt;/kbd&gt; key in a Custom Shortcut within Unity.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/1018814/566421&quot;&gt;Custom shortcut for System Monitor not working&lt;/a&gt; - this one I've answered in a while ago and the suggested solution match to a part of the second question (that still unanswered).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/961185/566421&quot;&gt;Ubuntu 16.04 escape key doesn&amp;#39;t work in custom keyboard shortcut&lt;/a&gt; - this contains the solution that I suggested, but there is not answer of the main question - why Custom Shortcuts that use &lt;kbd&gt;Esc&lt;/kbd&gt; key don't work?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/489418/566421&quot;&gt;Keyboard shortcut Shift + Ctrl + Escape does not work&lt;/a&gt; - this one I found after my answer was accepted. There within the comments is provided the true answer - it is a bug, that is reported on Launchpad with number &lt;a href=&quot;https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-settings-daemon/+bug/1350527&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;#1350527&lt;/a&gt; and still not resolved. I've added this information into my answer.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which of these questions I should choose as the 'root' for the duplication?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="566421" LastEditorUserId="566421" LastEditDate="2018-03-24T17:25:07.230" LastActivityDate="2018-03-24T17:25:07.230" Title="Among these 3 duplicate questions, which should be the `root`?" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17776" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17764" CreationDate="2018-03-24T13:15:55.570" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Another way to deal with issues like this is organically. What I've done on occasion in the past when there were a multitude of answers to a users question is try to point them directly to the one I thought most likely helpful as in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1015065/dash-top-panel-and-title-bars-of-windows-are-not-being-displayed#comment1653666_1015065&quot;&gt;this example.&lt;/a&gt; By driving people to the correct answer votes on those answers will increase over time. This approach has the benefits of not requiring any mod intervention and sidesteps the possible issue of stepping on the intent of a highly respected answer. The downside to this approach is the time it would take to become effective could be extensive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastEditorUserId="225694" LastEditDate="2018-03-24T13:28:02.220" LastActivityDate="2018-03-24T13:28:02.220" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17777" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17773" CreationDate="2018-03-24T13:21:45.757" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;You are a member of the Stack Overflow community. You currently have 227 reputation there and have contributed 5 answers. The fact that you are more active here doesn't change the fact that you are also a member of SO and, as such, have every right to vote there. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think you're reading to much into this. While you (and I) are among those few users who spend &lt;em&gt;a lot&lt;/em&gt; of time—some misguided and ignorant souls might even dare to say too much time—on Stack Exchange, the vast majority of users only spend a little. As a result, of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackexchange.com/leagues/1/week/stackoverflow&quot;&gt;8,590,390 users&lt;/a&gt; with an account on SO, only 400,279 have more than 200 rep. This mean that you, with your 227 rep, are already in the top ~5% of SO users by rep! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Total Rep*  Users&#xA;----------------&#xA;100,000+    583&#xA;50,000+     1,683&#xA;25,000+     4,396&#xA;10,000+     13,265&#xA;5,000+      28,982&#xA;3,000+      49,229&#xA;2,000+      73,268&#xA;1,000+      135,146&#xA;500+        237,215&#xA;200+        400,279&#xA;1+          8,590,390&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So of course you can vote. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you feel you can't, then don't. But it is very reasonable that someone in the top 5% of users by rep would be given the option to vote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for the demi- or semi-mods that you mentioned in comments, we already have them. They're called high-rep users, like yourself, who can do most things mods can do already. You can edit any post ont he site, vote to close it, gold badge holders can close with a single vote even, you can upvote and downvote and even vote to delete. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2018-03-24T13:21:45.757" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17778" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17775" CreationDate="2018-03-24T17:07:51.823" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1018814/custom-shortcut-for-system-monitor-not-working&quot;&gt;Custom shortcut for System Monitor not working&lt;/a&gt;, which has an answer that actually explains the problem, is the only candidate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/489418/keyboard-shortcut-shift-ctrl-escape-does-not-work&quot;&gt;Keyboard shortcut Shift + Ctrl + Escape does not work&lt;/a&gt; has an unsatisfactory answer which failed to work for at least one person, and looks as if its author didn't actually test it. I've downvoted that answer now so the question is unanswered*. Even if we try, the system won't allow closing against an unanswered question unless it's by the same author.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/961185/ubuntu-16-04-escape-key-doesnt-work-in-custom-keyboard-shortcut&quot;&gt;Ubuntu 16.04 escape key doesn&amp;#39;t work in custom keyboard shortcut&lt;/a&gt; has no answers at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, I voted to close both of the unanswered questions against &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1018814/custom-shortcut-for-system-monitor-not-working&quot;&gt;Custom shortcut for System Monitor not working&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;*&lt;sub&gt;an &lt;em&gt;unanswered&lt;/em&gt; question has no upvoted or accepted answers. Zero or negative scored answers don't count.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2018-03-24T17:07:51.823" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17780" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17781" CreationDate="2018-03-24T22:49:53.963" Score="5" ViewCount="140" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just voted to reopen this question: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/905710/ext4-fs-error-after-ubuntu-17-04-upgrade&quot;&gt;EXT4-fs error after Ubuntu 17.04 upgrade&lt;/a&gt;. Then I noticed there was an option to protect it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why would I want to protect a closed question when I'm the first person to vote to reopen it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="307523" LastActivityDate="2018-03-26T14:24:01.720" Title="Purpose of protecting a closed question?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17781" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17780" CreationDate="2018-03-24T23:18:48.757" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/52764/what-is-a-protected-question&quot;&gt;protection&lt;/a&gt; works by preventing users who haven't earned much reputation on the site from posting answers, and new answers cannot be posted on closed questions until they are reopened, it's not very common that it would make sense to protect a closed question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can only think of one situation where it really makes sense to protect a closed question: it has many views and it very recently received multiple posts as answers that were not really answers (and that were deleted, or are about to be deleted), and then it was closed, but wrongly, but people quickly realized that its closure was wrong, and now it is about to be reopened. In this case it would make sense--or would at least &lt;em&gt;be acceptable&lt;/em&gt;--to protect it even before it has been reopened.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Basically, I think the system allows us to protect closed questions so that we aren't forced to wait until they are reopened to protect them, in &lt;em&gt;rare&lt;/em&gt; cases like that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I presume there are other situations when it makes sense to protect a closed question. I presume also that they are all at least as uncommon as this one. If the ability to protect closed questions is frequently misused, then it would make sense for Stack Exchange developers to remove it and only allow questions to be protected while they are open. If not, then it's not doing any harm; just don't use it except in the infrequently occurring situations where it makes sense to do so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that preventing users from posting answers until they've &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/new-user&quot;&gt;gained 10 rep&lt;/a&gt; through &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/7486/22949&quot;&gt;actions on this site&lt;/a&gt;--and adding a banner to the question indicating that it is has been protected and by whom--&lt;em&gt;is all protecting a question does.&lt;/em&gt; Protecting a question does &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; change how many reopen votes are required to reopen a question, nor (as you've &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/17780/purpose-of-protecting-a-closed-question?cb=1#comment37237_17781&quot;&gt;mentioned&lt;/a&gt;) how many close are required to close it again, nor does it affect how any review queues treat the question. Protection also &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/52764/what-is-a-protected-question#comment469817_52765&quot;&gt;does not affect&lt;/a&gt; how many delete votes are needed to delete a question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2018-03-26T14:24:01.720" LastActivityDate="2018-03-26T14:24:01.720" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17782" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3866" CreationDate="2018-03-26T05:35:53.967" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am writing to agree with the original poster that it is very difficult to tell a computer hardware failure from a Linux software problem. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I just spent 40 days struggling with my 10 year old WindPC. The first 35 days were eaten up by swapping keyboards and booting any of 6 CD copies of Ubuntu. Yards and yards of error messages.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My rule of thumb is, the worse the error message, the more trivial the problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The resolution of my computer problems came when I removed the hard disk from the Problem computer and plugged the hard disk into another similar computer that I know booted and ran Linux. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What happened for me is my method was simply exhausting all of the software and peripheral possibilities. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All of the problems disappeared when I moved the hard disk to another computer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What happened to me, a Linux user going on 20 years, surely happens to many of the visitors asking questions. I would say, for people answering questions is to be kind, and supportive. Ubuntu Linux really is a well done and stable computer program, and staying clear headed, calm and writing things down as you try things is an important part of hiking or marching through the thicket of puzzles as one responds to the installation or upgrade that fails.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="429766" LastActivityDate="2018-03-26T05:35:53.967" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17783" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-03-26T23:49:23.443" Score="6" ViewCount="175" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have this question: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1019464/desktop-shortcut-to-bash-script-crashes-and-burns/1019487?noredirect=1#comment1654937_1019487&quot;&gt;Desktop shortcut to Bash script crashes and burns&lt;/a&gt; which I self answered after a couple hours of research and testing. Then another user posted an answer and in comments (paraphrasing) said &quot;RTFM&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Well I could post &quot;RTFM&quot; as an answer to 90% of the questions in AU.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyway the software won't let me delete the Question because &quot;someone worked hard writing an answer&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do you think it would be worthwhile asking a mod to delete this question for me or just sit back and suffer the harassment?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="307523" LastActivityDate="2018-03-27T00:42:16.480" Title="Is it worthwhile asking a mod to delete this question?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17784" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17783" CreationDate="2018-03-27T00:24:07.797" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;Of course not! Your question is fine and might help someone else with the same error. You're not at fault here, the user who gave you grief is. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Next time flag their comments as rude and abusive (which they were) and try to ignore them. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2018-03-27T00:34:20.600" LastActivityDate="2018-03-27T00:34:20.600" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17785" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17783" CreationDate="2018-03-27T00:42:16.480" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just want to note that I'm being misrepresented here. While I admit I was rude, and I'm sorry for that, I did not suggest RTFM. What I suggested was to check for errors, and when OP responded that they believe in proactive approaches, I said that the only way to proactively catch all errors is to know the minutiae of everything involved, which would need reading the source code (stated somewhat rudely, and again, I'm sorry for that). My consistent stand throughout has been to include checks for errors.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="760903" LastActivityDate="2018-03-27T00:42:16.480" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17786" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17787" CreationDate="2018-03-27T19:30:28.443" Score="2" ViewCount="117" Body="&lt;p&gt;I found a page (&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/17394/log-out-of-the-site&quot;&gt;Log out of the site&lt;/a&gt;) that answers the question on how to logout of Ask Ubuntu, so I have the link (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/logout&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/users/logout&lt;/a&gt;) which I can bookmark and use that every time I want to logout, but that seems awkward.  Isn't there a link/button in either the regular questions/answers pages or in my account/profile pages?  I've been looking hard for a while but can't find it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Right now I'm logged in to &quot;Ask Ubuntu&quot; but NOT StackExchange, so the logout option from the StackExchange logo does not appear, that's normal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm on Firefox, up-to-date.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="471657" LastActivityDate="2018-03-27T19:46:46.837" Title="links to Logout page" Tags="|support|login|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ClosedDate="2018-03-27T19:48:27.003" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17787" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17786" CreationDate="2018-03-27T19:36:06.427" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's still &lt;em&gt;technically&lt;/em&gt; underneath the &quot;logo&quot; for StackExchange... but it's changed location and how the actual button looks like... it's at the right of the top bar, underneath a chat bubble-looking item that is meant to be the StackExchange logo, as shown in the screenshot below (freehand circles and arrows included for somewhat obvious reasons).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Click that icon (it's the one indicated by the arrow), and then you get the popup menu there.  The 'log out' button is there.  (it's the free-hand circle)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This screenshot is while looking at this exact question directly, here on Meta, but it's in the same place on the main site as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/8gT0t.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/8gT0t.png&quot; alt=&quot;Screenshot, with freehand circles and arrows&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2018-03-27T19:46:46.837" LastActivityDate="2018-03-27T19:46:46.837" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17788" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-03-28T07:02:35.300" Score="9" ViewCount="185" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit&lt;/strong&gt;: question reopened. Thanks :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1017021/can-you-have-too-much-swap&quot;&gt;Can you have too much swap?&lt;/a&gt; is closed as a duplicate of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/49109/i-have-16gb-ram-do-i-need-32gb-swap&quot;&gt;I have 16GB RAM. Do I need 32GB swap?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But the first question is asking what problems might arise from having too much swap. It takes for granted that &lt;em&gt;more swap is good&lt;/em&gt; and asks whether and how the idea that more swap is good breaks down at some point.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By contrast, the second question and all its answers take for granted that &lt;em&gt;less swap is good&lt;/em&gt; and swap should be kept to a necessary minimum. They explain why some swap may be needed and how much swap may be needed for various purposes. None of them attempt to consider the possible ill-effects of having &lt;em&gt;too much&lt;/em&gt; swap, because they take for granted that swap is an inconvenience, a chunk of the disk you'd rather fill with cat pictures.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The first question already has answers that point out that you can't fill swap space with cat pictures (I'm paraphrasing slightly), but it deserves answers that explain other possible ill-effects which &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1017021/can-you-have-too-much-swap#comment1654597_1017021&quot;&gt;do exist&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please can we reopen this question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2018-03-28T09:21:06.387" LastActivityDate="2018-03-28T09:21:06.387" Title="It asks something different, and it needs a different answer, so can we reopen it?" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|closed-questions|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17789" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17790" CreationDate="2018-03-29T13:50:04.513" Score="-7" ViewCount="101" Body="&lt;p&gt;When flagging a question as off-topic: not about Ubuntu (through this path: &lt;em&gt;should be closed&lt;/em&gt; ..., &lt;em&gt;off-topic&lt;/em&gt; because ...), the following text is displayed as an option (emphasis added)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This is not about Ubuntu. Questions about other Linux distributions can be asked on Unix &amp;amp; Linux, &lt;strong&gt;those about Windows on Super User&lt;/strong&gt;, those about Apple products on Ask Different and generic programming questions on Stack Overflow.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Super User &lt;a href=&quot;https://superuser.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;What topics can I ask about here?&lt;/a&gt; page lists the following to be on topic:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;computer hardware,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;computer software, or&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;personal and home computer networking&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That page doesn't state anything about Windows. Surely, there are a lot of Windows questions, but Windows is not main subject (as it is included in the three points above).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So my point is that the wording &quot;Windows questions belong on Superuser&quot; is too focussed on Windows. A better variant could be &quot;&lt;strong&gt;Software questions not specific to Ubuntu belong on Superuser, including questions on Windows&lt;/strong&gt;&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I struggled over this while reading &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/249776/how-can-i-delete-a-mail-account-in-thunderbird&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; about Thunderbird. The question is not specific to Ubuntu, but is a general software question. So it should belong on Super User. However, when I flagged the questions I was not sure if flagging &quot;This is not about Ubuntu ...&quot; was the right flag. The question is not Windows specific, so I searched for a better flag (which does not exist).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This led me to the conclusion, that the flag text should be reworded, for example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This is not about Ubuntu. Questions about other Linux distributions can be asked on Unix &amp;amp; Linux, those about Apple products on Ask Different, those about Windows or general software questions on Super User and generic programming questions on Stack Overflow.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="55343" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2018-03-30T06:44:18.903" LastActivityDate="2018-03-30T06:44:18.903" Title="Flagging as off topic describes Super User as being about Windows" Tags="|discussion|close-reasons|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17790" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17789" CreationDate="2018-03-29T22:36:35.133" Score="2" Body="&lt;h3&gt;Scope of Ask Ubuntu&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's quite common for people to think that questions asked here must be specific to Ubuntu in the sense of being &lt;em&gt;only&lt;/em&gt; applicable to Ubuntu, or that only &amp;quot;Ubuntu-specific&amp;quot; (which is what?), preinstalled (on what version/flavour?) or Canonical (what do they make, exactly?) software can be asked about, but that's not how we define our scope.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To be on topic, the question just has to be more-or-less indisputably applicable to Ubuntu (never mind what else it applies to), and our criterion for when questions about running software are on topic is &lt;em&gt;is the software in question running on Ubuntu?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, there's nothing wrong with that question about Thunderbird. Thunderbird probably runs on other platforms (how would I know? I only use Ubuntu ;) ), but, as long as &lt;em&gt;the OP&lt;/em&gt; is running it on Ubuntu, and not on Windows, Fedora, Debian, Linux Mint etc, we'll consider the question on topic (if they don't mention their OS, we'll assume it's Ubuntu, because presumably they read the name of the site) and try to answer it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;The close reason message&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While you are right about the scope of Super User, the purpose of mentioning it in the close reason is to tell people where to go if their question is about Windows. Just trying to cover all the bases. I admit that this gives the wrong impression that Super User is about Windows, but there isn't a Stack Exchange site specifically and only for Windows, Windows &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; on topic on Super User, we don't want to send people away just because their question is about software that runs on multiple platforms (as mentioned above) and there is a character limit on close reason messages, so I think our close reason message is &lt;em&gt;good enough for its purpose&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the close reason you are voting for does not say everything you feel needs to be said for the case in point, you might consider &lt;strong&gt;leaving an additional comment&lt;/strong&gt; on the question. In my humble opinion, it would be useful if we could somehow communicate in close-reason form that questions about pure hardware issues (if there is such a thing) are on topic on Super User, because they are off-topic here. But it's a lot more difficult to distinguish &amp;quot;hardware issues&amp;quot; from somehow-OS-related issues than it is to take note of which OS is being used. So if a question is being voted &lt;em&gt;off topic &amp;gt; not about Ubuntu&lt;/em&gt; because it's a hardware issue, I add a comment to say that such issues are on-topic over at Super User, and if needed mention that Linux is on topic there too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2018-03-29T22:36:35.133" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17791" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-03-30T02:13:07.100" Score="-1" ViewCount="43" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just posted this question: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1020411/file-naming-conventions-for-cron-and-systemd-extensions?noredirect=1#comment1656676_1020411&quot;&gt;File naming conventions for `.cron` and `.systemd` extensions&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then I started to wonder: &lt;em&gt;&quot;Is AU the right site for this question?&quot;&lt;/em&gt; After all the last question I commented on a person was asking for a &lt;code&gt;dbus&lt;/code&gt; command he could issue in &lt;code&gt;gnome-terminal&lt;/code&gt; to find out if his computer was sleeping.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Probably 1/2 the questions here in AU are about wifi not working, bluetooth not working, mouse, keyboard, nvidia, radeon, brightness, sound, partitions, windows dual boot, UEFI, etc. that for lack of a better word are rudimentary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Does my question go overboard for AU and fail the litmus test meaning I should ask a mod to migrate it?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="307523" LastActivityDate="2018-03-30T13:52:38.430" Title="Litmus test to ask mod to migrate my question to another SE site?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17792" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17791" CreationDate="2018-03-30T08:42:08.477" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;First of all, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/17791/litmus-test-to-ask-mod-to-migrate-my-question-to-another-se-site#comment37270_17791&quot;&gt;as muru said&lt;/a&gt;, there is never a reason to ask a mod to migrate your own question. Just delete and repost. That's easier, cleaner and will make your question appear as new on the target site. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, your question is on topic here and welcome to stay. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2018-03-30T13:52:38.430" LastActivityDate="2018-03-30T13:52:38.430" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17793" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-03-30T12:14:30.743" Score="0" ViewCount="60" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a newbie on Ask Ubuntu and as I used my gmail to sign up I'm getting a random usename or user id. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it possible to change the username?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="777366" OwnerDisplayName="user777366" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2018-03-30T13:42:33.250" LastActivityDate="2018-03-30T14:08:10.820" Title="How can I change my username in Ask Ubuntu?" Tags="|support|user-accounts|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2018-03-30T13:56:51.827" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17794" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17793" CreationDate="2018-03-30T12:17:59.863" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;For you, go to this link and change the Display Name&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/edit/current&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/users/edit/current&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="684213" OwnerDisplayName="Michael Rodriguez" LastEditorUserId="8698" LastEditDate="2018-03-30T14:08:10.820" LastActivityDate="2018-03-30T14:08:10.820" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17795" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="8897" CreationDate="2018-03-30T14:06:27.183" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;With the new design of SE, the previous answer isn't valid anymore, though the steps are almost the same.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Click your name at the top&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Click on &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/edit/current&quot;&gt;Edit Profile &amp;amp; Settings&lt;/a&gt;&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Change your display name and Save.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note, that you can only change your display on the main site. The setting isn't available if you edit your profile on a meta site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/63Xaz.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/63Xaz.png&quot; alt=&quot;Ask Ubuntu Profile Settings&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastEditorUserId="8698" LastEditDate="2019-08-16T12:28:44.700" LastActivityDate="2019-08-16T12:28:44.700" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17796" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-03-30T22:26:27.923" Score="6" ViewCount="77" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm getting some odd behavior on the site today, it's awarded me the yearling badge 5 times over and keeps doing so every hour or so, perhaps in response to some actions I'm taking, but I can't tell for sure.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/6YjqO.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/6YjqO.png&quot; alt=&quot;way too many yearling badges&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/aWv8v.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/aWv8v.png&quot; alt=&quot;earned this badge 5 times (all today)&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="21427" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2018-03-31T11:39:41.463" LastActivityDate="2018-03-31T11:39:41.463" Title="Yearling badge awarded multiple times today" Tags="|bug|badges|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17797" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-03-31T10:41:57.173" Score="8" ViewCount="182" Body="&lt;p&gt;Today a yellow duck started popping up in the bottom right corner of the browser window. I can hide it through an adblocker option, but is there an option to disable this feature in user/profile settings?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/AIpCQ.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/AIpCQ.png&quot; alt=&quot;Ask Ubuntu page with duck offering help&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="566421" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2018-03-31T11:04:38.077" LastActivityDate="2018-03-31T11:04:38.077" Title="Ask the duck - how to disable it?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17798" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17801" CreationDate="2018-03-31T15:47:16.503" Score="1" ViewCount="107" Body="&lt;p&gt;I flagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1020582/volume-buttons-not-working-on-lubuntu-17-10-fresh-install&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; and it got declined.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Later on I checked and saw the question was put on hold as I had requested, so this means the mod did not review my flag properly (?) and then maybe someone else flagged this question and then other mods accepted that this is a bad question(?), anyhow, my flag is still &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/flag-summary/777279&quot;&gt;shown as declined&lt;/a&gt;. Shouldn't my flag count as helpful since it was helpful at the end of the day?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="777279" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2018-03-31T16:10:59.807" LastActivityDate="2018-04-01T06:05:26.377" Title="Flag got declined but then reconsidered?" Tags="|support|flagging|flags|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17799" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-03-31T16:33:44.890" Score="2" ViewCount="89" Body="&lt;p&gt;This annoying guy appeared today first on &lt;strong&gt;Ask Ubuntu&lt;/strong&gt; and then on &lt;strong&gt;Unix and Linux&lt;/strong&gt;. I had to tell him on both sites to &quot;Go away&quot;. Is there a setting to make him go away on &lt;strong&gt;ALL&lt;/strong&gt; Stack Exchange sites or do I have to do it one by one?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/tthMt.gif&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/tthMt.gif&quot; alt=&quot;Overflow Duck.gif&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="307523" LastActivityDate="2018-03-31T16:33:44.890" Title="Tell this guy to &quot;Duck Off&quot; for all Stack Exchange sites" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ClosedDate="2018-03-31T17:13:00.860" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17800" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17798" CreationDate="2018-03-31T17:41:59.363" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;We are a bit harsh when it comes to the use of the VLQ flag.  We reserve the VLQ flag for &lt;strong&gt;totally, completely, unsalvageable crap&lt;/strong&gt;, not for unclear questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your flag was a &quot;Very Low Quality&quot; flag.  Not an &quot;Unclear what you're asking flag&quot;.  I, for one, judge VLQ flags with the harshest scrutiny: &quot;Is the question able to be salvaged or to be better understood, regardless of whether the core question being asked is unclear or not?&quot;.  Since I handled your flag, this is the judgement criteria for VLQ flags I use, and is what I applied here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question is unclear what is being asked, but what was written &lt;em&gt;could&lt;/em&gt; be written to be less 'low quality'.  It would still be unclear, but it does not fit into the &quot;unsalvageable crap&quot; category that VLQ includes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;VLQ has some specific things that go along with it - an automated downvote and automatic processes behind the scenes that ultimately reflect poorly against the poster of a given post.  Because of the automatic downvote and some other behind the scenes stuff, I judge VLQs with the harshest of scrutiny and things because of that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All things aside, the post could have been salvaged to make the post &lt;em&gt;readable&lt;/em&gt; though it would still be 'unclear'.  &quot;Unclear what you are asking&quot;, yes.  &quot;Very low quality&quot;, no.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would recommend that &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/15888/how-do-i-flag-correctly/15921#15921&quot;&gt;you review the guidelines of How to Flag Correctly&lt;/a&gt; which exists here on Meta to get an idea of what we actually expect with different types of flags.  VLQ is not what that post was.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(By the way, the standard reviewers queue was used to close the question as unclear, which is the proper close reason for that post.  Not VLQ.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2018-03-31T17:41:59.363" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17801" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17798" CreationDate="2018-03-31T22:46:07.343" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/17798/flag-got-declined-but-then-reconsidered#comment37285_17800&quot;&gt;Your comment&lt;/a&gt; clarifies that your goal was to raise a flag that indicated the question should be closed because it was unclear. You &lt;em&gt;can&lt;/em&gt; flag a post as  &lt;em&gt;unclear what you're asking&lt;/em&gt;. But because it is a close reason, you must do it by clicking the &lt;em&gt;should be closed...&lt;/em&gt; option.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should only do this when the question &lt;em&gt;does&lt;/em&gt; actually qualify for closure--not if it's less than ideally clear but can still be understood, and not if &lt;em&gt;you&lt;/em&gt; can just fix it by editing. But questions do often qualify to be closed as unclear, and the question you found and flagged was such a question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/S15d5.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/S15d5.png&quot; alt=&quot;The flagging dialog for questions, showing the &amp;quot;should be closed&amp;quot; option&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When you flag a question, you won't always see those exact options. For example, sometimes the system lets you cast a &lt;em&gt;very low quality&lt;/em&gt; flag. Even when it does, you should not actually use that flag except in the unusual situations described &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/17800/22949&quot;&gt;by Thomas Ward here&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/15921/22949&quot;&gt;by terdon there&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But whatever other options it shows you, if the question is still open (and not currently locked by a moderator) then it will always let you select &lt;em&gt;should be closed...&lt;/em&gt;. When you do it will show you another dialog box with the various close reasons you can select, one of which is &lt;em&gt;unclear what you're asking&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/BijTw.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/BijTw.png&quot; alt=&quot;The flagging dialog for questions, showing a selection of close reasons, as displayed after a user with less than 3000 reputation clicks the &amp;quot;should be closed&amp;quot; option&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;sub&gt;Screen capture &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/43735784#43735784&quot;&gt;contributed&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/users/4099593/bhargav-rao&quot;&gt;Bhargav Rao&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Flagging for closure like this is only available to users with less than &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/close-questions&quot;&gt;3000 reputation&lt;/a&gt;, after which users can instead cast close votes directly. Those close votes are what actually cause a question to be closed. When you flag for closure, it places the post you have flagged in a queue where it is reviewed by users with enough reputation to cast close votes. Users with enough rep to cast close votes get a &lt;em&gt;close&lt;/em&gt; link next to their &lt;em&gt;flag&lt;/em&gt; link, so they don't need to go through the flagging dialog. (They actually still &lt;em&gt;can&lt;/em&gt; do so, but they are casting a close vote rather than raising a flag.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Before (or just instead of) reading this section, I recommend everyone read the &quot;2. Very Low Quality (VLQ)&quot; section of &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/15921/22949&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;that post&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, which &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/17800/22949&quot;&gt;Thomas Ward's answer&lt;/a&gt; cites. The examples I am about to give are unofficial and possibly wrong (hopefully I'll get feedback if so), while as far as I know the guidelines about VLQ flags have not changed since that answer was posted. The core point about VLQ is that it is for posts that appear totally unsalvageable, such that it might even be reasonable for you to delete them immediately, if you had that power.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe these are examples of the sort of questions that are considered reasonable to flag as &lt;em&gt;very low quality&lt;/em&gt;. Note that these are not real questions that have been asked on the site... though they are inspired by actual posts that I have seen from time to time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Title:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  bro did you find&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Body:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Did you ever figure out?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;[758755.893058] wlp2s0: Limiting TX power to 30 (30 - 0) dBm as advertised by 70:3a:cb:2c:91:43&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I mean, huh? I can't know.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Title:&lt;/strong&gt;   Maybe won't start?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Body:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;3 computers. Sometimes Ubuntu starts sometimes not sometimes not sure&#xA;  because --im(q?)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I think not Broadcom&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Title:&lt;/strong&gt; It's a hack or be hacked world&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Body:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Kali won't boot I'm so lost. help&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that it would also be fine just vote or flag for closure: the first two are unclear and the third is off-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In contrast, I believe this is an example of a question that is not quite bad enough to flag as &lt;em&gt;very low quality&lt;/em&gt;, however tempting it might be to do so:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Title:&lt;/strong&gt; can i haz web&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Body:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;installed owl dancing extension should have listened to 1-star&#xA;  reviewers&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;ff browser no start nothing no problems before then addon install&#xA;  someone says use sudo but how? How!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;how how how how how how how how HOW HOW HOW&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;nothing like i say nothing happens when i start ff only way to use&#xA;  this site is from phone typing slow can't copy paste you commands&#xA;  stuff&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would immediately downvote such a question and I would vote to close it as unclear, but I would think twice before flagging it VLQ. This is because it is possible (though painful) to discern from it that &lt;em&gt;(a)&lt;/em&gt; the OP installed an add-on or extension, then &lt;em&gt;(b)&lt;/em&gt; Firefox would no longer start, possibly as a result of that, and &lt;em&gt;(c)&lt;/em&gt; they think they are supposed to do something with &lt;code&gt;sudo&lt;/code&gt; to fix it. If I saw that post, I would probably try to edit it, too -- at least to rewrite the title and remove the third paragraph! -- even though my edit would not be able to fix the absence of essential information and would not, in such a case, be an &lt;em&gt;alternative&lt;/em&gt; to voting to close.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I had time, I would improve the question's grammar and reword it, and comment to mention that running Firefox as root would probably &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; help, and perhaps also to suggest specific troubleshooting steps. Though pretty darn low in quality, that last question clearly is an attempt to describe a specific problem and it &lt;em&gt;could&lt;/em&gt; be improved (after which time voters could remove their downvotes and reviewers could consider reopening it). In contrast, for the three questions shown above, it would be hard even to give specific &lt;em&gt;advice&lt;/em&gt; about how the OP should improve their question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Compared to &lt;em&gt;all&lt;/em&gt; those examples above--even the last example which is borderline but probably not VLQ--&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1020582/volume-buttons-not-working-on-lubuntu-17-10-fresh-install&quot;&gt;the question you encountered&lt;/a&gt; is a breath of fresh air! Its problem is simply that it does not provide enough information to be answered. It was rightly closed, but improvement is surely possible, and commenters have requested specific information based on what it &lt;em&gt;did&lt;/em&gt; say. It will likely be reopened and answered if the OP gives that information. Flagging as &lt;em&gt;very low quality&lt;/em&gt; should be limited to posts where the problem is both severe and extremely unlikely ever to be fixed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2018-04-01T06:05:26.377" LastActivityDate="2018-04-01T06:05:26.377" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17802" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17805" CreationDate="2018-04-01T16:10:55.937" Score="2" ViewCount="172" Body="&lt;p&gt;I noticed this old software-recommendation question is closed (rightfully so, imo) as &quot;&lt;em&gt;too broad&lt;/em&gt;&quot;: &#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/5911/video-editing-software-options&quot;&gt;Video editing software options?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I also noticed it has attracted some delete votes too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does it make sense to completely get rid of this question? Or is it better to just lock the post (or put a disclaimer-banner) because of its &quot;&lt;em&gt;historical significance&lt;/em&gt;&quot; like the following ones?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1501/which-flavor-of-ubuntu&quot;&gt;Which flavor of ubuntu?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/65083/what-kinds-of-desktop-environments-and-shells-are-available&quot;&gt;What kinds of desktop environments and shells are available?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/575/list-of-free-ubuntu-books&quot;&gt;List of free Ubuntu books&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/6586/what-native-games-are-available&quot;&gt;What native games are available?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="480481" LastActivityDate="2018-04-03T19:26:42.387" Title="Does it make sense to kill this question?" Tags="|discussion|best-practice|vote-to-delete|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17803" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17802" CreationDate="2018-04-02T14:52:15.767" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recommend not deleting this question because it is a very useful question according to these metrics.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;It has 95 upvotes and has been viewed 122,813 times. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;20 questions are linked to it, and of those 20 questions 13 were closed as duplicates of it.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Beyond that in my opinion it would be more appropriate to reopen this question than it would be to delete it as it has proven its worth over the years. This question has been reopened 12 hours after I originally posted this answer which removed its two existing delete votes, and it was also protected by Elder Geek 9 hours ago. Afterwards it was put on hold again as primarily opinion-based and locked with an explanatory accompanying message that said:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This question exists because it has historical significance, but it is not considered a good, on-topic question for this site...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="94914" LastEditorUserId="94914" LastEditDate="2018-04-03T11:59:26.280" LastActivityDate="2018-04-03T11:59:26.280" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17804" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-04-02T21:33:32.740" Score="0" ViewCount="45" Body="&lt;p&gt;During review, I stumbled across &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/5911/video-editing-software-options&quot;&gt;Video editing software options?&lt;/a&gt; in the reopen queue. While it is technically too broad by current standards, it's also a Community wiki that's been revised 8 times over it's lefespan. It also has over 100K views, 95 upvotes on the question and 119 upvotes on the answers and is likely to be driving people to the site. The answers appear to be still relevant today. There's also been a couple of delete votes cast which IMHO flies in the face of &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/9132/please-do-not-delete-closed-questions-with-many-views-and-many-upvotes&quot;&gt;Please do not delete closed questions with many views and many upvotes&lt;/a&gt; In my opinion, we should keep it and protect it so I VTR and protected it to avoid spam answers from new users. What does the community think about this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastActivityDate="2018-04-02T21:33:32.740" Title="Should this community wiki question be re-opened?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ClosedDate="2018-04-02T21:55:19.680" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17805" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17802" CreationDate="2018-04-03T11:05:15.783" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have now closed the question again, it is really not a good question for SE and really shouldn't be open. However, it is a useful collection and as karel points out, is linked to by many other questions so I don't see what benefit there would be in deleting it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question has now been closed and I added a &quot;historical significance&quot; notice to it:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This question exists because it has historical significance, but it is not considered a good, on-topic question for this site, so please do not use it as evidence that you can ask similar questions here. This question and its answers are frozen and cannot be changed. More info: help center.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2018-04-03T19:26:42.387" LastActivityDate="2018-04-03T19:26:42.387" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17806" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17807" CreationDate="2018-04-04T14:32:44.590" Score="9" ViewCount="319" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm banned from flagging but I don't know why.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I flagged these three answers as &lt;em&gt;very low quality&lt;/em&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1020562/want-to-remove-a-failed-software-install/1020564#1020564&quot;&gt;Want to remove a failed software install&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1020567/cant-uninstall-any-apps-from-ubuntu-software/1020573#1020573&quot;&gt;Can&amp;#39;t uninstall any apps from Ubuntu Software&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1020571/struggling-with-apt-trying-to-install-vlc-media-player/1020574#1020574&quot;&gt;struggling with apt (trying to install VLC media player)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These answers are not about the OP question, so I reported them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you see, these post have been removed because of their quality (I don't know by moderators or by the one who answered), but I see this phrase in front of the flags:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;declined - a moderator reviewed your flag, but found no evidence to support it&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So what's wrong with my flagging?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="550618" LastEditorUserId="507051" LastEditDate="2018-04-08T06:51:03.400" LastActivityDate="2018-04-08T06:51:03.400" Title="You are currently banned from flagging - view flags declined in the last 7 days" Tags="|discussion|flagging|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17807" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17806" CreationDate="2018-04-04T14:53:22.457" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;As &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/17800/480481&quot;&gt;Thomas Ward&lt;/a&gt; puts it&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We are a bit harsh when it comes to the use of the VLQ flag. We reserve the VLQ flag for totally, completely, unsalvageable crap, not for unclear questions.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;[...]&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;VLQ has some specific things that go along with it - an automated downvote and automatic processes behind the scenes that ultimately reflect poorly against the poster of a given post. Because of the automatic downvote and some other behind the scenes stuff, I judge VLQs with the harshest of scrutiny and things because of that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also as per &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/15921/480481&quot;&gt;terdon&lt;/a&gt; (some emphasis mine)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;VLQ should only be used for things that are so hopelessly awful, they can't be fixed. When thinking about whether you should flag something as VLQ, ask yourself this question: &lt;em&gt;If I could, would I just delete this immediately, or can it be fixed?&lt;/em&gt;. If the answer to the question is &lt;em&gt;yes, I would delete this and no it is impossible to fix&lt;/em&gt;, then you might want to cast a VLQ flag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If, however, the post could conceivably be fixed and might contain some useful information, then &lt;strong&gt;please do not flag it&lt;/strong&gt;. Instead, either fix it yourself or, if that's not an option, downvote it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the post is &lt;strong&gt;just a wrong answer&lt;/strong&gt;, or isn't using the formatting tools correctly, or has bad grammar or other such fixable issues, please don't flag. Such posts should either be edited into shape or downvoted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So it's clear that Very Low Quality (VLQ) flags should be used with caution. In this particular case those answers you flagged seem just technically wrong answers (or at most not an attempt to answer at all, there's a Not An Answer (NAA) flag for that) and hence should not be flagged as VLQ (in fact there is no flag for wrong answers, those should be downvoted and commented on instead).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="480481" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2018-04-04T15:01:28.073" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17808" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17806" CreationDate="2018-04-04T14:54:08.623" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recommend reading &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/15888/how-do-i-flag-correctly&quot;&gt;How do I flag correctly?&lt;/a&gt; if you have not yet done so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If an answer should be deleted because it does not attempt to address the question that was asked, that's &lt;em&gt;not an answer&lt;/em&gt;. If the answer says something discernible, it probably does not qualify for a &lt;em&gt;very low quality&lt;/em&gt; flag, even if what it said is completely without merit. If a reasonable person might not immediately agree with you that the post should be deleted, and the sooner the better, then the &lt;em&gt;very low quality&lt;/em&gt; flag is likely not the best choice for the post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When a moderator marks a VLQ flag helpful, the system automatically casts a downvote on the post (which would be &lt;em&gt;in addition&lt;/em&gt; to your own downvote). The system also uses that information internally. In particular, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/160754/why-are-the-moderators-being-so-strict-with-quality-related-flags-recently&quot;&gt;the post is likely to be used as a review audit&lt;/a&gt;. So answers that are merely wrong or misunderstand the question should not be flagged VLQ.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(The recent question &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/17798/flag-got-declined-but-then-reconsidered&quot;&gt;Flag got declined but then reconsidered?&lt;/a&gt; -- don't miss &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/17800/22949&quot;&gt;Thomas Ward's answer&lt;/a&gt; -- is also relevant to this, even though it's about questions rather than answers.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2018-04-04T14:54:08.623" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17809" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17821" CreationDate="2018-04-04T15:01:53.727" Score="9" ViewCount="195" Body="&lt;p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a question about my Ask Ubuntu post: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1018529/unable-to-install-latest-lts-grub2-install-issue&quot;&gt;Unable to install latest LTS / GRUB2 install issue&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&#xA;I resolved the issue myself - so added an answer and checked the tick to signify that question should be closed , however question is still showing as active - how do I go about getting the question closed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="807066" LastActivityDate="2018-04-09T01:38:20.000" Title="How to close self answered question" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17810" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17809" CreationDate="2018-04-04T15:14:56.777" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is not a problem that the question is shown as active, which just means that recent activity has occurred on it. As far as what the system considers &lt;em&gt;unanswered&lt;/em&gt;, having any (not deleted) answer that is accepted or has a positive score (based on votes) is sufficient. No further action is needed here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions about problems that have been solved should not be closed for that reason. Basically, closure is for questions that ask the same thing as another question (they can be closed as duplicates) or that do not belong on the site (they can be closed for one of the other reasons).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Posting your own answer and accepting it is the right thing for you to have done on this post. &lt;strong&gt;However, your answer should actually answer your question. You should edit your question again, to remove the solution from it, and edit your answer, adding your solution to it.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Such edits will substantially improve the usability of your question and answer to others. Right now, your answer actually qualifies to be flagged as &lt;em&gt;not an answer&lt;/em&gt;... but that isn't the right way to fix this. Instead, your solution should be placed in it, rather than in your question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyone with editing privileges can do this--and other users can suggest edits--so this could potentially be solved without any further action from you. Normally I would just do that edit myself, upon seeing your post. But since you've posted this question on meta asking what to do with your question, I figured I may as well post an answer here and let you (or someone else, if they get to it first) take care of it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as the &lt;em&gt;status&lt;/em&gt; of your question in the Stack Exchange system goes, though, nothing further needs to be done.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2018-04-04T15:21:17.160" LastActivityDate="2018-04-04T15:21:17.160" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17811" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-04-04T23:14:42.340" Score="11" ViewCount="136" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was reading this question on my phone today: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/781306/extreme-slow-wifi-on-ubuntu-16-04&quot;&gt;extreme slow wifi on ubuntu 16.04&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Within the body I learned the WiFi card is a &lt;code&gt;rtl8723be&lt;/code&gt; which I don't own. Had &lt;code&gt;Realtek 8732be&lt;/code&gt; been in the title I wouldn't have wasted my time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would it make sense to roll the details up into the title to make it quicker for people? After all the title is extremely generic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="307523" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2018-04-05T07:14:21.390" LastActivityDate="2018-04-05T07:14:21.390" Title="Should we roll up the details in this question into its title?" Tags="|discussion|editing|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17812" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17811" CreationDate="2018-04-05T07:13:36.183" Score="13" Body="&lt;h1&gt;YES!!&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please do make edits like that. As it is anyone suffering from slow wifi is likely to click hopefully on that question and the majority of them will be wasting their time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Putting hardware information in the title also hopefully suggests to those people suffering from slow wifi who might be interested in this question that they need to investigate their hardware, rather than blaming Ubuntu for having slow wifi in general and posting a question with no hardware details claiming &amp;quot;I tried solutions I read here and none worked&amp;quot; (because those solutions were for other wireless hardware than that they are using), or not posting a question and giving up on Ubuntu altogether...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Better titles make better search results&lt;/strong&gt;, and that helps everyone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2018-04-05T07:13:36.183" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17813" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17815" CreationDate="2018-04-05T13:47:44.677" Score="3" ViewCount="122" Body="&lt;p&gt;I made an edit to a post but didn't realise I was not logged in until after I submitted the change. Is there any way to assign it to me?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This happened only a few moments ago, the edit number is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/823878&quot;&gt;823878&lt;/a&gt; for the post answer: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/1006553/10857&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/a/1006553/10857&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I thought when it said that I could &quot;sign up&quot; to assign it to me, that I could click it, use my existing Google account and it would just work - but it didn't. Instead it just signed me in and showed me the review page (which is why I know the edit number is: &lt;code&gt;823878&lt;/code&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10857" LastEditorUserId="12845" LastEditDate="2018-04-26T14:38:16.883" LastActivityDate="2018-04-26T14:38:16.883" Title="I made an edit but didn't realise I was not logged in" Tags="|support|bug|status-bydesign|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17814" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17813" CreationDate="2018-04-05T14:04:34.020" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Nope, sorry. At least, this isn't something that moderators can do and I would expect it would only be possible if an SE employee were to manually edit the database. That's really a lot of work for something very minor and I really doubt they'd be willing to do it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2018-04-05T14:04:34.020" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17815" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17813" CreationDate="2018-04-05T14:07:40.130" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I believe the best possible outcome for you is to hope for the anonymous edit suggestion to get rejected so that you can suggest from your account once more (I have rejected it).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, in my honest opinion, this edit suggestion is completely superfluous, and it doesn't help improving the readability of the post. I myself would reject similar edit suggestions in future too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Update:&lt;/strong&gt; On a second thought, I won't reject the edit-suggestion (if you make another) as it does fix some grammatical issues.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="480481" LastEditorUserId="480481" LastEditDate="2018-04-05T16:19:41.177" LastActivityDate="2018-04-05T16:19:41.177" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17816" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17817" CreationDate="2018-04-07T16:15:16.040" Score="12" ViewCount="277" Body="&lt;p&gt;These two posts by the same user read like blog posts, the OP even says they are &quot;reports&quot; but when told that this is a Q&amp;amp;A site, the user refuses to accept that their post is not appropriate for this site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How can I get through to this guy? It would be a shame just to close and remove the posts, they clearly put some effort in to them and someone may find them useful but they are a long way from the format here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I hope a discussion here will show them the error of their ways because the denial is driving me mad :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1012186/ubuntu-17-10-x86-64-on-llvm-clang-built-kernel-with-llvm-clang-built-nvidia-390?noredirect=1#comment1661188_1012186&quot;&gt;Ubuntu 17.10 x86_64 on LLVM/clang-built kernel with LLVM/clang-built Nvidia 390.25 x86_64 driver&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1022832/ubuntu-17-10-x86-64host-guest-vmware-player14-1-1-on-clang-built-linux-k?noredirect=1#comment1661190_1022832&quot;&gt;Ubuntu 17.10 x86_64(host &amp;amp; guest) - VMware Player(14.1.1) on clang-built Linux kernel and clang-built VMware kernel modules&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastEditorUserId="117103" LastEditDate="2018-04-07T17:55:10.950" LastActivityDate="2018-04-10T11:18:29.050" Title="How to get a user to use the Q&amp;A format?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17817" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17816" CreationDate="2018-04-07T17:15:01.260" Score="14" Body="&lt;h3&gt;Some suggestions:&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Take some time to read the information the author has made efforts to share with the community, and identify the specific problem(s) they have found a solution to. Work out which part of what has been written would make sense as a question and which part would make sense as an answer. If you can't tell, ask the author to help identify the specific problem or issue they have solved or found an explanation to.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the cases of both the questions you linked to, on first reading I think that &lt;strong&gt;stage 1&lt;/strong&gt; and perhaps &lt;strong&gt;stage 2&lt;/strong&gt; of the answers describe the problem, so should be moved into the question. The introductory material in the questions as currently written could be cut down or removed, and the description of the problem made the focus.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Note:&lt;/strong&gt; I have now edited both Q&amp;amp;As to attempt to do this, since OP did not seem willing to attempt to make the format more suitable. My comments above refer to the first revisions of those posts.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Write a comment suggesting how the post could be edited to make the information more accessible, useful and suitable for the format, for example, explain which part of what has been written should be the question, in your opinion, and which part should be the answer. You can show what you mean by, for example, pasting the paragraphs you think need to be moved in &lt;a href=&quot;http://paste.ubuntu.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;a pastebin&lt;/a&gt;. Explain why this would help site visitors, if you can. You may want to (politely!) direct the author to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/self-answer&quot;&gt;Can I answer my own question?&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/how-to-ask&quot;&gt;How do I ask a good question?&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/how-to-answer&quot;&gt;How do I write a good answer?&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If OP has written both a question and an answer, offer to make the edit yourself, assuring them they can re-edit afterwards, or go ahead and make the edit if it seems appropriate. I would encourage you &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; to do this while the OP is upset (as they seem to be right now) about the reaction to their post or with you personally - come to an agreement with them about what should be done first if at all possible. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If the question seems too broad (often the case, and may be the case here, but I do not think so at the moment), suggest splitting it into multiple questions if possible. Suggest what the distinct questions should be.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If the question/information is wholly unsuitable for the site (for example it is not about Ubuntu or is entirely opinion based) (I do &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; think either is the case here), explain why, suggest a suitable place for it, and vote to close the question.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If OP does not respond after a reasonable time and the post is still not in site format, edit it into a suitable format, unless conflicts are unresolved. As mentioned earlier, try to come to an agreement with the author before editing the post yourself.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;In cases (unlike this one) where OP has not written an answer but included it in the question, you can, after waiting for them to do so themselves for a reasonable time, remove the answer from the question and post it as a community wiki answer, if it seems upvoteable. Ask others to upvote the community wiki answer on your behalf.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2018-04-10T11:18:29.050" LastActivityDate="2018-04-10T11:18:29.050" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17818" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17819" CreationDate="2018-04-08T10:43:26.973" Score="1" ViewCount="92" Body="&lt;p&gt;The question that was asked is: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1022506/how-to-check-exactly-what-apt-install-does&quot;&gt;How to check exactly what apt install does&lt;/a&gt;. That's the question that I answered, and my answer was a simple one-line command that does exactly that, but I wasn't finished with this question yet. muru and N0rbert decided that &quot;exactly&quot; in this question meant that it should be duplicated to two other questions that didn't match the question that was asked. The question at this point in time had only two close votes for the following reasons:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;muru close voted it as a duplicate of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/32507/how-do-i-get-a-list-of-installed-files-from-a-package&quot;&gt;How do I get a list of installed files from a package?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;N0rbert close voted it as a duplicate of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/540937/what-does-apt-get-install-do-under-the-hood&quot;&gt;What does apt-get install do under the hood?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I posted the following comment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This question is not a duplicate of that question, nor is it a duplicate of the question that N0rbert linked to because neither question answers the question of &lt;em&gt;how to check &lt;strong&gt;exactly&lt;/strong&gt; what apt install does?&lt;/em&gt; and my answer to this question does answer this. So do the leeches win again?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's not the same question and I would not merge flag it with either linked duplicate question for that reason. It's a standalone question that I thought was in danger of being closed for the wrong reason by three more close voters, which is for no valid reason at all. And that is exactly what happened. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It should have been obvious to muru who replied to my comment and three other reviewers who close voted it after I posted that comment what was going to happen next. Closing this question as a one-way duplicate of two dead end duplicate targets is a bad rule. The bad rule that I am referring to is like saying that this question sucks, so let's duplicate link it to a half empty space in the void simply in order to get it closed, instead of reopening it. And apparently someone in the community agreed that it really did suck because the question was downvoted too. Or maybe someone just passionately wanted the question to be closed, and it was downvoted in order to influence less passionate potential close voters. I am doing everything I can to improve my understanding of why this type of situation keeps on reoccurring the way it does. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Why not reopen it anyway? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe there are others in the Ubuntu community who would be interested in knowing how to check exactly what &lt;code&gt;apt install&lt;/code&gt; does instead of being treated evasively or misleadingly in response to a legitimate request. It &lt;em&gt;wouldn't cause any damage to the Ubuntu community&lt;/em&gt; to reopen this question, so I am asking for this question to be reopened.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="94914" LastEditorUserId="94914" LastEditDate="2018-04-08T11:14:18.580" LastActivityDate="2018-04-08T15:20:50.403" Title="How to check (un)exactly what apt install does" Tags="|discussion|incorrectly-closed|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17819" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17818" CreationDate="2018-04-08T15:20:50.403" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The question has been reopened.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="94914" LastActivityDate="2018-04-08T15:20:50.403" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17820" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17816" CreationDate="2018-04-09T01:33:30.940" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The guy obviously spent a lot of time with his self-answered questions. I must admit they were &quot;TL;DR&quot; (Too long, didn't read) for me. They might serve some purpose for others down the road.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My inclination would be to post a comment they are too abstract / obscure and then VTC as too-broad or off-topic. I would try to suggest an alternate site for him to post on. Perhaps even suggest he start a blog.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My rationale for posting a comment would be guilt for the VTC over the amount of effort placed into the self-answered Q&amp;amp;A.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="307523" LastEditorUserId="480481" LastEditDate="2018-04-10T11:12:40.433" LastActivityDate="2018-04-10T11:12:40.433" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17821" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17809" CreationDate="2018-04-09T01:38:20.000" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;You do not want &quot;the question closed&quot;. What you want is no one else to &quot;add an answer&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can delete the question which will also delete your answer. But I don't believe you want to do that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You cannot prevent other people from answering your question. And for good reason, there might be better or &quot;almost as good&quot; answers out there and they deserve readership too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="307523" LastActivityDate="2018-04-09T01:38:20.000" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17822" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17823" CreationDate="2018-04-09T06:33:24.200" Score="6" ViewCount="265" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would like to know if there is a maximum number of downvotes a question can receive, or if once downvotes hit a certain number further downvotes are blocked.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="673145" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2018-04-10T04:11:07.970" LastActivityDate="2018-04-10T04:11:07.970" Title="Max number of downvotes" Tags="|discussion|downvoting|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17823" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17822" CreationDate="2018-04-09T07:33:32.400" Score="14" Body="&lt;h3&gt;There is &lt;em&gt;effectively&lt;/em&gt; no hard limit, but it's probably not useful to have one.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The system does not attempt to impose any particular limit on how low a post's score can go. &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/186127/185080&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;It probably cannot go lower than -2,147,483,648.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; But in practice, it is extremely unlikely that any post will ever receive billions of downvotes! The number of users on the site who have enough reputation to cast downvotes is an &lt;em&gt;approximate&lt;/em&gt; limit on the lowest possible post score, though there are also &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/215328/185080&quot;&gt;some limited situations&lt;/a&gt; where the system casts a downvote automatically.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here on meta, and on &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/5976/is-the-community-help-wiki-the-same-as-community-wiki-on-ask-ubuntu&quot;&gt;community wiki&lt;/a&gt; posts either here or on the main site, downvoting does not decrease the reputation of either the post author or the voter. However, for &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/8739/what-does-non-community-wiki-mean&quot;&gt;non-CW&lt;/a&gt; posts on the main site, downvoting an answer costs the voter 1 reputation. Users with less than &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/vote-down&quot;&gt;125 reputation&lt;/a&gt; cannot cast downvotes, so there is already a mechanism in place that limits how many downvotes people are &lt;em&gt;able&lt;/em&gt; to cast as well as how &lt;em&gt;willing&lt;/em&gt; people are to cast them. It is much easier for an answer's score to &lt;em&gt;increase&lt;/em&gt; to an unexpectedly high value than to &lt;em&gt;decrease&lt;/em&gt; to an unexpectedly low one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;But what about downvotes on questions?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/users/527764/zanna&quot;&gt;Zanna&lt;/a&gt; has &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/17822/max-number-of-downvotes/17823#comment37334_17823&quot;&gt;pointed out&lt;/a&gt; a major gap in my (original) reasoning here. As she had commented: &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;quot;Downvoting answers costs 1 reputation point, but downvoting questions is free.&amp;quot;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; Therefore, this mechanism does not limit the number of downvotes cast on a &lt;em&gt;question&lt;/em&gt;! I think that in practice, extremely downvoted questions on the main site will remain rare (or nonexistent), but I cannot be sure of this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;For the most part, people don't vote nearly enough on questions, up or down, so if this did become a problem, then it would probably come as the downside to an overall excellent change in the culture of our site.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Typically&lt;/em&gt;, a question that contains enough information to answer won't garner thousands, or even hundreds, of downvotes. It's hard for an answerable question to be bad enough for that. If it did happen on an open, answered question, some users would likely cast upvotes out of sympathy. This is looked down upon, but it does happen, and in such an extreme situation there might be an argument for it. For a &lt;em&gt;closed&lt;/em&gt; question, the question would likely be deleted before its score got extremely negative, since 3 &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/moderator-tools&quot;&gt;delete votes from 10k rep users&lt;/a&gt; will delete a closed question.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;However, sometimes a really bad, confusing, poorly researched question gets spectacular answers, yet people cannot agree on how to improve the question. If the question does not qualify for closure, it will stick around even if its author would otherwise have deleted it (the system will prevent them from doing so) and it may continue to garner downvotes for all time. Even then, some users will presumably upvote it, with the view that it has proved its value.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A question could potentially garner many downvotes based not on its quality or the depth of research that went into it, but due to disagreement with what the OP is trying to do. On the main site, it's pretty strongly discouraged to use downvotes to express &lt;em&gt;disagreement&lt;/em&gt;. But it does happen, partly because the lines between what one opposes and what one thinks reflects inadequate research and consideration are subjective. However, I think such questions are unlikely to drop &lt;em&gt;extremely&lt;/em&gt; low in score unless they have (other) problems. Some users will upvote them for their technical merits. Others will upvote them to express approval (&amp;quot;Censoring access to information about &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiplication&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;multiplication&lt;/a&gt; on the school library computers you manage? Awesome!&amp;quot;) even though they really shouldn't do that either.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I do not advocate a lower limit on question score, either.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;I expect we won't ever get either lower or upper limits on post score.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Stack Exchange system (which Ask Ubuntu is part of) is changed from time to time. So it is &lt;em&gt;possible&lt;/em&gt; that Stack Exchange developers will add a limit in the future. However, I don't see why they would. If they &lt;em&gt;were&lt;/em&gt; going to impose a limit, it would probably be on how many &lt;em&gt;upvotes&lt;/em&gt; a post could receive, because as detailed above, that's the quantity that is more liable to change rapidly and unexpectedly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't think it's necessary to constrain either one. In addition to &lt;em&gt;expecting&lt;/em&gt; that no such limit will be imposed, I also hope it won't be.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;The related, but different, issue of &lt;em&gt;rep loss&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At least in theory, there is an argument for limiting &lt;em&gt;the rate at which a user can lose rep&lt;/em&gt; from having their posts downvoted. In practice, though, I don't think this is necessary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The amount of reputation increase we can get from upvotes on our posts is capped at 200 per day, which is the amount conferred from 20 upvotes on answers or 40 on questions. To suffer a decrease of 200 rep from downvotes on either questions or answers would require 100 downvotes. This is unlikely to happen to anyone over a short time, especially in a single day.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(You are more likely to lose lots of rep from &lt;em&gt;unupvotes&lt;/em&gt;, where a user who upvoted your post later retracts their vote. But mass unupvoting doesn't seem to be common either.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, if this started happening to people a lot -- instead of...never? -- then it would be worthwhile to look at why and to &lt;em&gt;consider&lt;/em&gt; imposing a limit on how much a user's reputation can decrease in a single day due to downvotes. It would probably still not be useful to impose a per-post downvote limit, though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2018-04-09T08:18:09.520" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17824" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17649" CreationDate="2018-04-10T10:59:33.190" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;In addition to what Zanna has said, I think there are two related cases that sometimes arise.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(This post expresses &lt;em&gt;my views&lt;/em&gt;, and I am not claiming that it restates any policy that is already established. Readers may disagree or agree, and perhaps vote accordingly.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;1. An edit may be correct but there's no way for reviewers to know.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the example given in this meta question, the edit was wrong but it was hard for reviewers to notice that it was wrong. However, it is also possible for an edit to look wrong--or for it to be unclear whether it is right or wrong--even though the editor does know enough to be sure of what command the OP really ran (or, more generally, whatever they really did).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this case, the solution is for the editor to include enough information in the edit summary so that reviewers can be reasonably confident that the edit they are approving does not misrepresent what the OP did. Often this could consist of a link to or (less good) other mention of a comment where the OP clarifies that. There are limited scenarios where an editor may be able to infer what the OP really did using their technical knowledge of the subject. In these cases, they need to explain their edit fully in the edit summary, and should think hard before applying it--it should &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; be just a guess, even if it's a pretty good guess.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Although I think it's often reasonable to click Skip on edits that make a technical change outside one's own knowledge, I do not advocate this for edits to questions that appear to risk misrepresenting what the OP did. If an editor doesn't give enough information to make clear that such an edit is correct, and a cursory investigation cannot support the edit, then it should be rejected immediately.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Users with enough reputation that their edits are not subject to review should still write good edit summaries so it's clear to others why the edit is correct. I'm not saying that all edit summaries need to be detailed or to contain an argument for why an edit is correct--but edit summaries for &lt;em&gt;edits that would otherwise appear to harm a post&lt;/em&gt; always should.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;2. An &amp;quot;improvement&amp;quot; may be inappropriate even if it doesn't prevent a solution.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sometimes people submit edits that seek to improve the style of a command or address mistakes in it. They know they are turning it into a command that the post's author did not run and were unlikely to have intended to write. On answers, this is &lt;em&gt;sometimes&lt;/em&gt; appropriate, though editors should exercise caution to avoid mistakes where they think they're significantly improving an answer and are actually worsening it or not significantly changing its quality. &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;On questions&lt;/em&gt;, however, this is almost never appropriate.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The purpose of commands shown in a question is only rarely to instruct the reader as to &lt;em&gt;what the reader should do&lt;/em&gt;. The rare situations where that is their purpose fall mostly into two categories:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Material that appears in the question should actually be in an answer, &lt;em&gt;or&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;it is a question along the lines of &amp;quot;Such and such will do useful thing X, but how do I make it do Y?&amp;quot; that contains an unrelated mistake, and there is actual risk that people may follow its advice about how to do X.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the first situation, an edit is not really harmful, but it is important that the information be moved to an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the second situation, I think that people other than the OP (and sometimes not even them) should &lt;em&gt;still&lt;/em&gt; usually not correct such a mistake in a question unless &lt;em&gt;(a)&lt;/em&gt; there is broad agreement that the question is better without it and &lt;em&gt;(b)&lt;/em&gt; no answers have addressed the mistake. Basically, this would apply to a &amp;quot;canonical question&amp;quot; intended to address a common case of interest, where an unrelated mistake in the question is distracting and embarrassing and does not help illuminate the intended topic. In rare cases, a mistake is so severe and dangerous that readers should be warned of the risk; in such cases, a warning banner edited into the post is still often better than attempting to excise the mistake.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is not intended as an exhaustive description of when such an edit is reasonable or unreasonable. &lt;strong&gt;However, I've seen edits aiming to enhance commands in questions that are thoroughly unreasonable.&lt;/strong&gt; Edits that remove a username from a prompt in a question are unreasonable unless the OP has indicated they don't want to show it. Edits that vandalize a question to conceal that a user is running a shell as root, on the grounds that bystanders might imitate this supposedly bad behavior (I have actually seen such edits!) are unreasonable. Edits that improve quoting in a command or replace the &lt;code&gt;`&lt;/code&gt; &lt;code&gt;`&lt;/code&gt; form of command substitution with &lt;code&gt;$(&lt;/code&gt; &lt;code&gt;)&lt;/code&gt; are typically unreasonable (but see above).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edits that improve a command so it doesn't teach bad technique can be appropriate on answers. It is extremely rare that they are reasonable in questions. Constantly we are asking people to describe exactly what they did so we can help them. &lt;strong&gt;Edits that deliberately seek to make it look like they did something they did not do should almost always be rejected.&lt;/strong&gt; Answers and comments can address peripheral mistakes in a question. And sometimes they turn out not to be so peripheral after all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2018-04-10T11:10:20.703" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17825" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-04-11T15:41:48.780" Score="2" ViewCount="105" Body="&lt;p&gt;Despite the teaser in this Meta question's title, the title of the question that was closed is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1023247/how-to-install-a-downloaded-deb-file-along-with-its-dependencies-in-a-system-wi&quot;&gt;How to install a downloaded .deb file along with its dependencies in a system &lt;strong&gt;with an internet connection&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, however it was closed as a duplicate of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1023247/how-to-install-a-downloaded-deb-file-along-with-its-dependencies-in-a-system-wi&quot;&gt;How can I install software or packages without Internet (&lt;strong&gt;offline&lt;/strong&gt;)?&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I saw this coming when I routinely checked the question's reviewing status, so I edited the question and made it clear that the question was a about a system that was &lt;strong&gt;connected to the internet&lt;/strong&gt; in three ways. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I added &lt;em&gt;with an internet connection&lt;/em&gt; to the title.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I added &lt;em&gt;My system has a working internet connection.&lt;/em&gt; to the body text.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I added the tag &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/internet&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;internet&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;internet&lt;/a&gt; which has &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/internet-connection&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;internet-connection&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;internet-connection&lt;/a&gt; as a synonym.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;As a bonus, the accepted answer which I posted had the following text in it: &lt;strong&gt;You will need a working internet connection&lt;/strong&gt;.  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Don't keep on editing this question in order to make it match the offline question the it was closed as a duplicate of. If you're that worried about that question got incorrectly reviewed, give up and vote to reopen it. It was obviously wrongly closed as an offline question even though the asker's computer was internet connected. Now it's being edited to make the closure look legitimate. It makes the closure look legitimate, but this question has a story to tell now. Don't downvote this question and then edit it to make it look like it deserved to be downvoted. Remove the For Sale sign from this question and allow it to be treated like an ordinary question. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;It's getting worse with every new iteration. Before the question was wrongly closed, but at least the information in the accepted answer was still available to anyone who needed it. Now that the question is being sold to protect its reviewers, the information in the accepted answer is no longer as easy to access by users who may need it. We don't even want Ask Ubuntu users to get that information. That's not only sleazy reviewing, that's censorship of Ask Ubuntu content masquerading as aggressive implementation of the Stack Overflow &quot;be nice&quot; policy.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I consider this question to be a test case of the power and scope of the Stack Overflow &quot;be nice&quot; policy. The &quot;be nice&quot; policy is being extended to provide blanket protection for censorship of any and all Ask Ubuntu content purely on the basis of personal likes and dislikes. According to a strict interpretation of the &quot;be nice&quot; policy it should be strictly forbidden to discuss censorship at all because it's not nice to the censors. In other words it's OK to censor any content on the site, but it should be forbidden to censure the policy of de facto censorship.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I couldn't possibly be more explicit in pointing out what the reviewers overlooked with making the question look like inappropriately formatted, although I was worried that some reviewers would play the unclear card by claiming that they couldn't understand it anyway. Instead muru played the unethical card by claiming that I have no right to edit the question even though I fundamentally changed nothing in the original question. Stop setting an impossible standard of refinement on these questions, so that I can relax and not feel compelled to edit them to protect them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Despite the enormous effort I made to make it clear that the question was not about installing a .deb file offline, rather resolving dependencies of a downloaded .deb file on an internet-connected system, this question was closed anyway and it was also downvoted twice. Despite the downvotes that it received, this question is a nice destination for anyone who encounters dependency issues when trying to install a downloaded .deb file, and it does not deserve to be treated as a question about a forbidden topic. The way it was reviewed and downvoted goes beyond the boundaries of &quot;voting by nature is subjective&quot; which has been used as a defense for this sort of pattern of reviewing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't believe that this question was reviewed correctly, so I have voted to reopen it and I'm asking for help from other reviewers to reopen it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="94914" LastEditorUserId="94914" LastEditDate="2018-05-22T14:06:05.307" LastActivityDate="2018-05-22T14:06:05.307" Title="How to install a downloaded .deb file along with its dependencies in a system with an internet connection (offline?)" Tags="|discussion|tags|question-titles|incorrectly-closed|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17826" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17827" CreationDate="2018-04-12T03:44:56.437" Score="6" ViewCount="164" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am new to the VLQ queue. I was met with this answer to review (as VLQ):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why do you have two NTFS and two ext4 partitions? I'd suggest backing up all data on partitions except sda1 and sda2. Remove all partitions except sda1 and sda2 and then fill this empty space with one ext4 partition.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once this is done you can boot from your installation media and proceed to install Ubuntu on to the new (should be sda3) partition created.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My first instincts said to say &amp;quot;Looks OK&amp;quot; because of the salvageable content. But I looked at the question and found that it did not answer the question. So should say &amp;quot;Looks OK&amp;quot; and then I flag it as Not an Answer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On a second look, it has come to my attention that there is a bit of controversy on this answer - two Looks OK and one Recommended Deletion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/low-quality-posts/825771&quot;&gt;Link to the review&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;TL;DR - What should I do if VLQ is not applicable but it is still a bad answer/question?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="420786" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2018-04-12T09:23:45.330" Title="VLQ is not applicable but the post is low quality - what should I do?" Tags="|discussion|review|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17827" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17826" CreationDate="2018-04-12T08:42:11.067" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;The name of the queue is &lt;strong&gt;Low Quality Posts&lt;/strong&gt;, not VLQ (Very Low Quality).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Posts sent to this queue include those flagged as NaA (Not an Answer), and since the VLQ flag is of limited use (where it applies, the NaA flag may generally be reasonably applied anyway), posts in this queue are far more likely to have been flagged as NaA than VLQ.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe, though I may be wrong, that posts flagged as Spam or as Rude/Abusive are also sent to the Low Quality Posts queue, although they are likely to be deleted before they reach the queue by the flags themselves or by moderators.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/15888/how-do-i-flag-correctly&quot;&gt;How do I flag correctly?&lt;/a&gt; for guidance on flag usage.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As explained in the linked post, VLQ only applies when the post cannot be salvaged by editing, meaning that it does not make any sense at all. If the post seems not to be an attempt to answer at all, or seems not to be an answer to this &lt;em&gt;particular&lt;/em&gt; question (it misunderstands or misses the point of the question), then it is flaggable as Not an Answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At first reading, the post in question seems to attempt to answer the question asked, so seems not to be flaggable as NaA. However, it lacks detail, since it doesn't explain how to do what it suggests. This means that it could be improved by editing (what is being suggested is certainly clear). That means that the VLQ flag does not apply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you know how to improve this post to make it substantially more useful as an answer to this question, you can choose &lt;strong&gt;Edit&lt;/strong&gt;. That will complete the review, immediately removing the post from the queue, and resolving the flag as helpful, as the system will consider the post to have needed fixing and to now be fixed. (If you want to make superficial edits to the post like fixing formatting, and you are not sure whether it should be deleted or not, you can click the link to the right of the post in review and edit it outside of the queue to avoid completing the review.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you think an answer should be deleted, you can &lt;strong&gt;Recommend deletion&lt;/strong&gt; or &lt;strong&gt;Delete&lt;/strong&gt; in this queue. See &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/deleted-answers&quot;&gt;Why and how are some answers deleted?&lt;/a&gt; for guidance. If you do not think the post should be deleted, but you cannot edit it to improve it yourself (perhaps it does not need improvement at all), you should vote &lt;strong&gt;Looks OK&lt;/strong&gt;, leaving a comment for the author on how to improve if it seems helpful to do so. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this case, I think the post is neither VLQ nor NaA and should probably not be deleted. I don't know how to edit this post, so I would probably vote &lt;strong&gt;Looks OK&lt;/strong&gt; and perhaps advise the author to add some more details.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, since I don't have much experience in the topic and unsure whether this answer was really useful, I might simply &lt;strong&gt;Skip&lt;/strong&gt; the review. It's always fine to do this. The skip button is your friend. When you are unsure, let someone who knows better deal with it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are not sure whether the post qualifies for deletion, or you think that it does not, but you still think it is of low quality, you may follow the link to the post and &lt;strong&gt;downvote it&lt;/strong&gt;. This post seems possibly worthy of downvoting to me. If the answer seems to be an answer, but seems to you to be wrong or misleading, you should definitely downvote it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also note that although we cannot downvote directly from the queue, downvoting posts that should be deleted is helpful, because it makes it easier for users with &gt;20k reputation to cast delete votes on the post, and makes it more likely that people will notice it and flag it or vote to delete it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If, on the other hand, you feel the post is actually a useful answer (as it is, or after your edits to it), you should upvote it :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2018-04-12T09:23:45.330" LastActivityDate="2018-04-12T09:23:45.330" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17828" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-04-12T20:12:19.417" Score="-6" ViewCount="115" Body="&lt;p&gt;I answered a question about a mouse scrolling problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/945058/mouse-auto-scrolling-problem/1024418#1024418&quot;&gt;mouse auto scrolling problem&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The very first and most important part of my answer was :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;&amp;quot;There seems to be an incompatibility that has been added to one of the latest updates.&amp;quot;&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Followed by an explanation as to why I say so :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;Until just a few days ago, everything went well with my mouse, plugged into a usb hub and working perfectly with my cell on a docking station, my windows computer AND my Ubuntu 17.10 computer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since a few days, ONLY my ubuntu computer goes WILD scrolling ONE FULL PAGE at a time instead of the normal line by line scroll...&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One thing I noticed I didn't do was add that until a fix is found, that I just bought another mouse at the dollar store.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Result?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My answer was deleted by anonymous2 with the reason :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;This does not really answer the question.&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If this doesn't answer the question what does?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Go back to my point #1 :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;&amp;quot;There seems to be an incompatibility that has been added to one of the latest updates.&amp;quot;&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Must we start having people filtering filterers???? :-(&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No offense anonymous2 but I DID answer the answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would have discussed it in private with this person, but was unable to find a contact link on his or her profile.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;So THE QUESTION IS :&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do I repost my answer and risk anonymous2 filtering it again???&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or do I just stop answering questions that I COULD have helped with, but didn't because of potentially having my answers deleted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;=====&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Update&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;OK, so as a newbie here, I made a bunch of mistakes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I didn't see the info about Thomas Ward deleting my response, making me think that anonymous2, mentionned a bit lower, was the person who had deleted it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I used the term &amp;quot;filter&amp;quot; to mean that a person (mod) deleted it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I used caps, being surprised and a bit frustrated that an update could cause a downgrade. When I Googled &amp;quot;Ubuntu 17.10 scrolling problem&amp;quot; and filtered the answers to less than a week, since my problem appeared after an upgrade within a week, I did find a few mentions of exactly the same symptoms as I had, that right after an update, the mouse reaction had changed.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I thought that my response was an answer, since it does explain why suddenly out of no where mice start going wild, scrolling awkwardly. Now I know that an answer here needs to bring a solution, which in my case didn't bring one.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I may have speculated, since I didn't find anything on the web about a bug. But since the problem is fresh in my case, that the only thing that happened on my ubuntu computer that was well timed with the arrival of the was problem is an update, I added 1+1. As mentionned above, I did find on Google a few mentions from other people that the problem arrived right after an update.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In short, we are all humans and make mistakes. Maybe Thomas, if he saw that I'm a newbie, could have elaborated a bit why he deleted my response, and maybe I could have been a bit less &amp;quot;reactive&amp;quot; to it. ;-)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So the problem remains that there seems to have been an update that causes certain mice to go wild.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a place where I can report the symptoms to have a review of what could have been updated to cause such a problem?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="787486" OwnerDisplayName="merlinregis Thibeault" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2018-04-13T08:59:25.050" Title="I feel like I have NOT been well filtered :-(" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17829" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17828" CreationDate="2018-04-12T20:29:13.307" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;First, your post was removed by a moderator, not the user you suggest.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is not a filter, it is community quality control, a very important part of how Ask Ubuntu works. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your &quot;answer&quot; is full of caplocks and shouting for Ubuntu to fix this now!!! how is that an answer? it is not, it is a me too post and they get deleted. If you have a question that is not answered, ask it, that is what the site is for BUT...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&quot;There seems to be an incompatibility that has been added to one of&#xA;  the latest updates.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;is not an answer in any way, it is a reply to or comment on the question, an answer should offer a solution to a problem, rather than just reply to it, I hope you see the difference between the two?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you are new here, you should &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tour&quot;&gt;take the tour&lt;/a&gt; and read the help pages on &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/asking&quot;&gt;asking&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/answering&quot;&gt;answering&lt;/a&gt;, so you understand the site a bit more.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastEditorUserId="507051" LastEditDate="2018-04-12T20:54:05.377" LastActivityDate="2018-04-12T20:54:05.377" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17830" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17832" CreationDate="2018-04-12T22:28:10.267" Score="10" ViewCount="182" Body="&lt;p&gt;Could I please draw your attention to these five answers, all by the same user:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1013052/no-sound-on-ubuntu-17-10-intel-atom-3-5mm-jack-but-plays-via-hdmi/1024417#1024417&quot;&gt;No sound on Ubuntu 17.10 Intel atom, 3.5mm Jack but plays via HDMI&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1004998/ubuntu-17-10-cherry-trail-problem-with-sound-funny-and-sad/1024420#1024420&quot;&gt;Ubuntu 17.10 Cherry Trail problem with sound - funny and sad&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/937046/output-devices-are-recognized-but-no-sound-plays-on-a-cherry-trail-laptop/1024429#1024429&quot;&gt;Output devices are recognized, but no sound plays on a cherry trail laptop&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1020880/how-do-i-troubleshoot-cause-of-bluetooth-audio-stuttered-streaming/1024431#1024431&quot;&gt;How do I troubleshoot cause of bluetooth audio stuttered streaming&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1005104/no-sound-at-all-after-installing-ubuntu-16-04-lts-xfce/1024428#1024428&quot;&gt;No sound at all after installing Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Xfce&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All five answers seem to say that respinning the ISO and downgrading/upgrading the kernel fixes sound. Many of them also are saying to use a specific tool.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please could we have them deleted - they are all Not An Answer (I have flagged them as such) and a number are spam (use this re-spinning tool).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This user does have another answer: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/925041/hp-pavilion-x2-10-sound-not-working-on-lubuntu/1024423#1024423&quot;&gt;HP Pavilion X2 10 sound not working on Lubuntu&lt;/a&gt;. While this does not include respinning (which as Thomas Ward points out does not help on a existing Ubuntu installation), it is still a low quality answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="420786" LastActivityDate="2018-04-13T14:51:12.990" Title="Respinning ISO or upgrading/downgrading the kernel fixes sound (apparently)" Tags="|discussion|answers|answer-quality|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17832" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17830" CreationDate="2018-04-13T11:14:16.343" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;This answer is not an answer(!) but a comment on &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/17831/527764&quot;&gt;your answer&lt;/a&gt; that is too long for the comment character limit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges&quot;&gt;Users with more than 10k reputation are able to see deleted posts&lt;/a&gt;. Those users see something like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/hivGb.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/hivGb.png&quot; alt=&quot;deleted answer&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Users with more than 20k are able to vote to delete negatively scored answers, or answers with a score of zero when reviewing them in the Low Quality Posts review queue. An answer requires three delete votes from such users, and the names of those who cast effective delete votes are displayed as can be seen above (presumably for transparency).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Both Eric Carvalho and myself encountered these posts through the review queue (as can be seen from the reviews, for example &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/low-quality-posts/826210&quot;&gt;this one&lt;/a&gt;) and clicked the &lt;strong&gt;Delete&lt;/strong&gt; button (&lt;strong&gt;Recommend deletion&lt;/strong&gt; for those who don't have delete voting privilege yet, or for everyone when the post has a positive score). karel and muru voted to delete the posts later, likely after reading your meta post here. Since three delete votes had been cast on them, the posts were deleted and the reviews were &quot;invalidated&quot; (as shown on the post timelines, for example &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/1024417/timeline&quot;&gt;this one&lt;/a&gt;) before they had been completed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The three users who were able to cast delete votes were able to do so because those posts had been flagged and brought to attention on meta by yourself and others. Users who downvoted, or who commented (such as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/527350/anonymous2&quot;&gt;anonymous2&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/175814/david-foerster&quot;&gt;David Foerster&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/10616/thomas-ward&quot;&gt;Thomas Ward ♦&lt;/a&gt;) made it more obvious that the posts should be deleted and those who &lt;em&gt;recommended deletion&lt;/em&gt; (including yourself and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/767056/stumblebee&quot;&gt;stumblebee&lt;/a&gt;) thus helped to raise the posts in the review queue, and their votes would have been directly effective towards deleting the posts if the final required vote had not been cast before other reviewers had voted to &lt;em&gt;recommend deletion&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For my own part I thank you for your kind thanks, but that part was a small one, very much less than 1/3 of the effort expended on the task. Thank &lt;em&gt;you&lt;/em&gt; and thank you to all those who participate in moderating Ask Ubuntu. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2018-04-13T14:51:12.990" LastActivityDate="2018-04-13T14:51:12.990" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17834" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17835" CreationDate="2018-04-13T21:14:53.600" Score="5" ViewCount="69" Body="&lt;p&gt;I tried to vote on this question *&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/17833/why-are-there-such-outdated-and-terrible-answers-to-questions-here&quot;&gt;Why are there such outdated and terrible answers to questions here?&lt;/a&gt;) but got a red alert:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/pD8HK.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/pD8HK.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is no indication in the question that it is locked - how come?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastEditorUserId="117103" LastEditDate="2018-04-13T21:20:40.857" LastActivityDate="2018-04-13T22:26:24.097" Title="Is this Question really locked?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17835" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17834" CreationDate="2018-04-13T21:31:53.720" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;You missed this bit under the question itself:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/2RVIB.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/2RVIB.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Votes, comments and answers are locked&lt;/strong&gt; due to the question being closed here, but it &lt;strong&gt;may be&lt;/strong&gt; eligible for editing and reopening on the site where it originated. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So &lt;em&gt;it may be&lt;/em&gt;, but &lt;em&gt;it wasn't&lt;/em&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;¯\_(ツ)_/¯&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;Emphasis mine, but &lt;em&gt;maybe&lt;/em&gt; the mods can change that and add the same emphasis so this doesn't happen any more in the future...&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="344926" LastEditDate="2018-04-13T21:37:51.947" LastActivityDate="2018-04-13T21:37:51.947" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17836" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17834" CreationDate="2018-04-13T22:26:24.097" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just to shed some more light on what happened under the hoods, causing this whole confusion, I reconstructed the history of this post (including only the here relevant events). All times are UTC on the day when the question was posted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;12:38&lt;/strong&gt; — question &lt;strong&gt;asked&lt;/strong&gt; on the main site. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;13:16&lt;/strong&gt; — &lt;strong&gt;migrated to Ask Ubuntu Meta&lt;/strong&gt; due to five close/migration votes.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;This automatically &lt;strong&gt;closes and locks the main site post&lt;/strong&gt; and sets up a redirection to its equivalent on Meta.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;13:21&lt;/strong&gt; — question &lt;strong&gt;closed as unclear on Meta&lt;/strong&gt; by moderator.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Closing a migrated question automatically &lt;strong&gt;rejects the migration&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;locking the migrated version&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;unlocking the original post&lt;/strong&gt; on the main site again.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;13:44&lt;/strong&gt; — the original &lt;strong&gt;question on the main site gets deleted&lt;/strong&gt; by moderator.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;In the timeline it says &quot;via Vote&quot; and the post got &quot;red-deleted&quot; (deleted with at least one helpful red (spam or rude/abusive) flag, hiding its content (btw. yes, nested braces are weird, and yes, the term &quot;red-deleted&quot; was just made up by me)), so I assume it got deleted from the moderator flag queue.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;22:07&lt;/strong&gt; — the Meta post gets &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/17834/is-this-question-really-locked#comment37381_17834&quot;&gt;manually unlocked by a moderator&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sources: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1024654/why-are-there-such-outdated-and-terrible-answers-to-questions-here&quot;&gt;original question&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/17833/why-are-there-such-outdated-and-terrible-answers-to-questions-here&quot;&gt;migrated Meta question&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/1024654/timeline&quot;&gt;original timeline&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/posts/17833/timeline&quot;&gt;Meta timeline&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;sup&gt;Note: Some of these links might only be visible to users with enough reputation.&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So now we have the original question on the main site being deleted and its migrated, closed (therefore rejected and locked) and then again finally reopened counterpart on Meta. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastActivityDate="2018-04-13T22:26:24.097" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17837" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-04-14T09:39:20.110" Score="6" ViewCount="96" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm new to forums and stuff like that. I need to post my wifi-info scripts output in Ask Ubuntu using Firefox and I need to keep  it as it is without wrapping any lines. As soon as copy and paste it, it automatically wraps the long lines. Is there any way to not wrap the lines? Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="818266" OwnerDisplayName="L_Cleo" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2018-04-14T11:30:17.600" LastActivityDate="2018-04-14T11:30:17.600" Title="Automatically wrapping lines in Ask Ubuntu" Tags="|support|asking-questions|formatting|markdown|code-formatting|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17838" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17837" CreationDate="2018-04-14T09:55:48.470" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;Click the gray circle with a question mark inside it in the upper right corner of the Ask Ubuntu markdown editor to show the link for advanced help (in red letters) which tells all the rules for formatting text in the markdown editor.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/6eKC7.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/6eKC7.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When text that is formatted as a code sample by clicking on &lt;strong&gt;{}&lt;/strong&gt; in the markdown editor is too long to fit inside the window, line wrapping is suppressed and the text is formatted as a code sample. The code sample formatted text is appropriate for formatting wifi-info scripts and other scripts generally. A horizontal scrollbar is added automatically underneath the code sample if necessary so that all the text can be read by moving the scrollbar.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Below is an example of what your question looks like when it is formatted as a code sample.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;I'm new to forums and stuff like that. I need to post my wifi-info scripts output in AskUbuntu using Firefox and I need to keep it as it is without wrapping any lines. As soon as copy and paste it, it automatically wraps the long lines. Is there any way to not wrap the lines? Thanks.&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="94914" OwnerDisplayName="karel" LastActivityDate="2018-04-14T10:12:58.140" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17840" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17841" CreationDate="2018-04-17T12:22:49.067" Score="4" ViewCount="83" Body="&lt;p&gt;Someone showed me (by editing my question for me) how to make some of your&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;text show up grey to show it is code.&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now I need to know how to do it in a comment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="604561" OwnerDisplayName="XqRG" LastEditorUserId="604561" LastEditDate="2018-04-18T11:58:17.600" LastActivityDate="2018-04-18T11:58:17.600" Title="How do I use the grey formatting in a comment?" Tags="|support|comments|formatting|code-formatting|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2018-04-17T20:36:17.197" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17841" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17840" CreationDate="2018-04-17T12:34:46.437" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was using the wrong character.  I thought the directions said to use the apostrophe character ( &lt;b&gt;'&lt;/b&gt; ) but they said to use the backtick character ( &lt;b&gt;&amp;#x60;&lt;/b&gt; ) which was a subtle difference that I wasn't catching.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now I can &lt;code&gt;present console input/output&lt;/code&gt; in comments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="604561" OwnerDisplayName="XqRG" LastEditorUserId="604561" LastEditDate="2018-04-18T11:38:12.260" LastActivityDate="2018-04-18T11:38:12.260" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17842" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17843" CreationDate="2018-04-18T03:51:44.740" Score="7" ViewCount="80" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a issue on where to use block quotes and pre formatted text and bold.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please explain in depth where these should be used.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="770676" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2018-04-18T06:53:52.463" LastActivityDate="2018-04-18T06:55:20.803" Title="Where to use blockquotes, pre formatted text and bold" Tags="|support|editing|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17843" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17842" CreationDate="2018-04-18T06:00:38.583" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;Thanks for asking.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Indicating &lt;em&gt;what the text is&lt;/em&gt;, and making it readable as such, rather than emphasising it, is the most important function of formatting. In general, &lt;strong&gt;if you are not completely sure what the text in a post &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, whether it is code, command output, a quote from an external source, a GUI menu item, etc, &lt;strong&gt;do not add formatting to it&lt;/strong&gt;, because doing so incorrectly will be very confusing for readers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Code formatting&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Use code formatting for commands, command output (including any error or other messages in a terminal) and other codelike text, such as file paths. Here's an example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I edited the file &lt;code&gt;/etc/default/grub&lt;/code&gt; using the command&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;sudoedit /etc/default/grub&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And put a &lt;code&gt;#&lt;/code&gt; at the start of the line &lt;code&gt;GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=0&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Block quoting&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Use blockquotes when the text is from an external source, or perhaps a message in a GUI dialog. But again, please use code formatting if the message was in a terminal!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's an example of block quoting:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/bashref.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Bash manual&lt;/a&gt; states:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;3.5.9 Quote Removal&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After the preceding expansions, all unquoted occurrences of the characters ‘\’, ‘'’, and ‘&amp;quot;’ that did not result from one of the above expansions are removed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Bold&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Use bold sparingly. Do not use it to emphasise things like Ubuntu, Windows, kernel and other version numbers, software packages or other &amp;quot;keywords&amp;quot;. This just adds noise and is uncomfortable to read for many people.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may wish to use bold for subheadings, warnings that need very strong emphasis, or perhaps a key sentence or phrase of a very long answer, but I do not recommend adding bold for emphasis to other people's posts in general. Let people add their own emphasis. I probably remove more bold than I add when editing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you paste a section from an external source, such as the blockquoted text from the Bash manual above, you can restore its original formatting by adding bold to the relevant part of the pasted text.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I personally use bold for GUI menu items. Others use italics for this. Here's an example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Go to&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;System Settings &amp;gt; Software and Updates &amp;gt; Other Software&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This bold is not for emphasis, so much as to indicate a text &lt;em&gt;type&lt;/em&gt;, distinct from the rest of the post, as with other formatting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2018-04-18T06:55:20.803" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17844" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17845" CreationDate="2018-04-18T22:13:32.473" Score="11" ViewCount="173" Body="&lt;p&gt;How come I can't give a reason when I select &quot;Reject and Edit&quot;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I want to give a reason to the user to help them improve. Usually I end up selecting &quot;Reject&quot;, going to the post link and separately editing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="420786" LastEditorUserId="420786" LastEditDate="2018-04-19T05:07:54.140" LastActivityDate="2018-04-23T09:10:19.730" Title="Suggested edits queue &quot;Reject and Edit&quot; reason" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|suggested-edits|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17845" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17844" CreationDate="2018-04-19T05:55:23.630" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;I agree it would be helpful if we could give a reason when choosing &lt;em&gt;Reject and Edit&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, the interface provides only a frustratingly limited feedback-giving mechanism even for &lt;em&gt;Reject&lt;/em&gt;, so I don't think giving feedback to suggesters is its priority. In addition to allowing us to give more feedback, Personally I think that when people get any kind of edit suggestion rejected through the queue (not when it just conflicts with another edit, which generally happens by accident), they should get a notification or at least see the reject about it so they actually see the feedback. &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/120624/decision-on-rejected-edits-should-be-displayed-as-a-notification-to-the-editor&quot;&gt;But that feature request was rejected on MSE&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When we reject an edit we are forced to give a reason or to edit the post ourselves. I believe this is less oriented towards educating new editors and more towards educating new reviewers and making us think twice before idly rejecting less-than-100%-awesome edit suggestions. To me it seems the UI is trying to get you to approve/improve if the edit is any use at all, or fix the post yourself if you don't like it. This is a good orientation, at least in the short term, because its outcome is that posts are likely to get fixed. Also, while flawless work can't be expected from all edit suggesters (new users and anonymous visitors are allowed to suggest edits), reviewers need to uphold a higher standard. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Still, it's frustrating that the UI is so limited in providing feedback. Even though we are forced to choose a reason through &lt;em&gt;Reject&lt;/em&gt;, there is almost nothing prompting the suggester to review that feedback. They have to go to their profile, look under &lt;em&gt;all actions&lt;/em&gt;, select &lt;em&gt;suggestions&lt;/em&gt; and go to the rejected edit itself to see why it was rejected. The only indications they get that they can or should do that are&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the non-arrival of +2 reputation, which they might not even notice if they made many suggestions or had other reputation events, and won't apply at all if they've already earned 1000 points from edit suggestions&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;a tooltip when they try to suggest an edit, telling them some of their recent edit suggestions were rejected and they should review them&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;an edit ban (not sure what that looks like)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's therefore likely that many people who suggest edits don't check back to see if they have any feedback at all. I don't think the process does enough to educate new editors, and due to this, some poor edit-suggesters who had their suggestions charitably improved, wrongly approved, or who ignored rejected edit feedback, keep editing poorly, and go on to review poorly when they earn the edit review privilege. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Although reviewers don't get to give a reason, users who check their edit suggestions will see this message as feedback when a reviewer chose &lt;em&gt;Reject and Edit&lt;/em&gt;.:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This edit did not correct critical issues with the post - view the revision history to see what should have been changed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That is often more appropriate than any of the &lt;em&gt;Reject&lt;/em&gt; reasons, but sometimes it is not, because the issues with the post that needed to be fixed were not all that critical, but the edit being suggested was completely wrong, and what we want is a way to tell the user &lt;em&gt;what they did wrong&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Fortunately, although you can't tab-complete their usernames there, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/43019/how-do-comment-replies-work/43020#43020&quot;&gt;you can @ editors of a post in comments on that post&lt;/a&gt;. If you feel it's really necessary to give feedback to an edit suggester, you can use that method if you can find a post that their edits have been applied to (this works if someone &lt;em&gt;improved&lt;/em&gt; their edit, as well as if it was approved), and they will get a notification of a new message and hopefully read it without digging around in their profile. This doesn't work if the suggestion was rejected, though, as only people who have actually edited the post can be notified. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can also @ the user in chat if they have been there lately and you can tab-complete their username, or if it's really necessary, ask a mod to superping them in chat.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2018-04-23T09:10:19.730" LastActivityDate="2018-04-23T09:10:19.730" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17846" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17847" CreationDate="2018-04-19T16:04:48.060" Score="0" ViewCount="56" Body="&lt;p&gt;On &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/1026404/711310&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/a/1026404/711310&lt;/a&gt;, I got two upvotes and zero downvotes, but I gained 35 reputation from it. How did this happen?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="711310" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2018-04-19T16:23:24.330" LastActivityDate="2018-04-19T16:54:51.763" Title="How did I get 35 reputation from 2 votes?" Tags="|support|answers|reputation|accepted-answer|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17847" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17846" CreationDate="2018-04-19T16:18:35.167" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;You got another 15 rep because your answer was accepted. See &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/whats-reputation&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/help/whats-reputation&lt;/a&gt; for details about reputation. The relevant bit here is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;You gain reputation when:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[ . . . ]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;answer is marked “accepted”: +15 (+2 to acceptor)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2018-04-19T16:18:35.167" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17848" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17846" CreationDate="2018-04-19T16:54:51.763" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Also see &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/reputation&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/reputation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is a personal text based aggregated view of all your rep.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastActivityDate="2018-04-19T16:54:51.763" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17849" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-04-19T18:47:25.650" Score="13" ViewCount="319" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm pretty sure that back in 2008 when Stack Overflow &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stack_Overflow&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;was created&lt;/a&gt; it made perfect sense to have an answer be &quot;accepted&quot; as that was the way forums were (and some still are) run: you ask the OP to change the title of the post to [Solved] when your solution worked for them, but:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/16598/why-can-there-be-only-one-accepted-answer&quot;&gt;nowadays&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/15399/answer-your-own-question-accepted-answer&quot;&gt;this doesn't&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/14413/what-is-the-consensus-about-hijacking-the-accepted-answer&quot;&gt;make any sense&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2723/what-should-we-do-with-an-invalid-accepted-answer?s=1|52.5412&quot;&gt;any longer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Especially if you have to do stuff like this:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/593938/how-to-run-both-intel-and-nvidia-graphics-card-driver-on-dual-monitor-setup/595520#595520&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/9bjaH.png&quot; alt=&quot;alt text&quot; title=&quot;Click only if you have &amp;gt;10000 reputation&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;(It's finally been deleted after 6 months of being a bad answer)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So why don't we change &lt;em&gt;the default algorithm&lt;/em&gt; for listing answers and sort on most upvotes &lt;em&gt;totally ignoring which is or was the &quot;accepted answer&quot;...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;sub&gt;(Yes, there is already an option to sort by votes, but the accepted answer still comes on top.)&lt;/sub&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Don't get me wrong:&lt;/strong&gt; I'm not asking to totally get rid of the &quot;accepted answer&quot; &lt;s&gt;contradiction&lt;/s&gt; paradigm!&lt;/em&gt;  Just a &lt;em&gt;default&lt;/em&gt; sort algorithm change!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;&lt;sup&gt;I'll ask to get rid of the accepted answer contradiction in another 10 years' time when the community has had enough experience that an &quot;accepted answer&quot; really doesn't make any sense whatsoever if we &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/634370/why-does-apt-get-not-require-restarts-where-the-update-manager-does/634375#comment904792_634375&quot;&gt;allow the OP to upvote any question instead of &quot;accepting&quot; only one&lt;/a&gt;... &lt;strong&gt;&gt;:-)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="344926" LastEditDate="2018-04-20T11:09:20.843" LastActivityDate="2018-06-19T12:07:12.343" Title="Isn't it time to review the algorithm for letting good answers flow to the top?" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17850" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17849" CreationDate="2018-04-19T21:04:24.093" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Information gets old and outdated. This is not only about Ask Ubuntu, it's the case for virtually every SE site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are tools within the Stack Exchange engine you can employ now:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Downvote and comment&lt;/strong&gt; explaining what's exactly wrong with the post; if the answerer is still around, they will react and update it;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Submit an edit&lt;/strong&gt; explaining that the info is outdated. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/423717/revisions&quot;&gt;Here&lt;/a&gt; was precisely the case, and even when the revision #29 was committed by me, a user with almost-zero reputation on this site, it got accepted;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A comment straight under question&lt;/strong&gt; also works to inform the asker OP to revisit their choice of Accepted answer.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The other question is &lt;strong&gt;how efficient&lt;/strong&gt; these tools are, and how many users would get mislead between the moments of facts changed and a collaborative effort brings a result.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In any case, it seems to be mandatory to try the existing tools first and only when everything else fails to work, bring this issue to SE developers team. Or else they would simply tell you what I said here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="594368" LastEditorUserId="594368" LastEditDate="2018-04-19T21:21:11.867" LastActivityDate="2018-04-19T21:21:11.867" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17851" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-04-20T17:59:20.127" Score="5" ViewCount="100" Body="&lt;p&gt;I know I can hover over a tag and click on subscribe. It then says I get an email. In the email it says I should confirm. When I click the link (&lt;code&gt;https://stackexchange.com/filters/email-confirm/&amp;lt;somenumber&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt;) in the email, I am sent to a web page on stackexchange.com with a &quot;Page Not Found&quot; message and a panda sign.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What am I doing wrong?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="804762" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2018-04-23T08:09:36.770" LastActivityDate="2018-09-27T22:01:34.140" Title="How do tag subscriptions work?" Tags="|support|bug|tags|email|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17852" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3502" CreationDate="2018-04-20T19:35:08.807" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've seen a few exceptionally bad edit summaries. For example &lt;em&gt;&quot;Edited tags&quot;&lt;/em&gt; when actually the tags have been edited &lt;em&gt;plus&lt;/em&gt; the title or body. I reject edits like that because the edit summary is misleading, usually writing something like &lt;em&gt;&quot;Please make sure your edit summary accurately describes the edit&quot;&lt;/em&gt;, or at most terse, &lt;em&gt;&quot;Inaccurate description&quot;&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, I realize this can happen by accident, so I'm sympathetic. E.g. if you edit the tags and don't leave a summary, the system will write &lt;em&gt;&quot;Edited tags&quot;&lt;/em&gt; for you. Then if you go back and edit the title or body, and don't change the summary, it will stay as &lt;em&gt;&quot;Edited tags&quot;&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the case of a summary like &lt;em&gt;&quot;Improved question&quot;&lt;/em&gt;, if the edit is minor, I'll let it pass. If it's major, I'd be more hesitant.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But take this with a grain of salt, because I'm probably the most anal edit reviewer. I have about the same numbers of approved, rejected, and improved edits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="301745" LastActivityDate="2018-04-20T19:35:08.807" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17853" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-04-21T18:59:52.457" Score="0" ViewCount="38" Body="&lt;p&gt;Consider the description for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/history&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;history&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;history&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The history command can be used to retrieve commands you have previously typed in a shell.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, &lt;code&gt;fc&lt;/code&gt; and related variables &lt;code&gt;FCEDIT&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;HISTSIZE&lt;/code&gt; exist in &lt;code&gt;bash&lt;/code&gt;. There's no specific shell mentioned (which arguably might be implied to be &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/bash&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;bash&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;bash&lt;/a&gt;), but &lt;a href=&quot;http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009696799/utilities/fc.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;fc&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/a&gt; is POSIX utility  and &lt;code&gt;hist&lt;/code&gt; is used on Korn shell variants (which is very close to &lt;code&gt;bash&lt;/code&gt;); considering that we don't have that big of a following for other shells, they still are available, and it would make sense to include that as tag synonym for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/history&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;history&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;history&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As per terdon's &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/17461/is-tagbash-history-a-synonym-for-taghistory#comment36281_17461&quot;&gt;comment&lt;/a&gt; on related question, which haven't gained much attention,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You are assuming that tags are rationally organized and inherit from each other. Unfortunately, neither of those is the case. But yes, we do want the pure history tag since bash-history isn't applicable t questions about zsh, sh, ksh, csh, fish etc., etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I mentioned before, the portions involved with history mechanism occurs in other shells. Plus I think other shell users can figure out what works for &lt;code&gt;bash&lt;/code&gt; and non-&lt;code&gt;bash&lt;/code&gt; shell. So I'd say &lt;code&gt;fc&lt;/code&gt; is a rational enough synonym.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="295286" LastActivityDate="2018-04-21T18:59:52.457" Title="Tag synonym request [fc] -&gt; [history]" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17854" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-04-22T18:09:17.060" Score="0" ViewCount="92" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've posted about this before. I have the Meltdown/Spectre cpu flaw. I'm trying to update the kernel to a patched version.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I found an AskUbuntu page I want to print. Printed at &quot;200&quot; the words scroll off the right edge of the page are are unviewable, let alone readable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I set the print to &quot;100&quot;, the words are so small as to be unreadable as to size.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What goes on with this? Is bandwidth (and therefore $) being saved with this tiny type size? I was recently admonished at another Linux forum to not post in such small type size. That was an accident as I could not have known the default board's type size. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu needs a radio print button which prints in easy (easier) to read text size.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thnx.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user166982" LastEditorUserId="507051" LastEditDate="2018-04-22T20:03:59.307" LastActivityDate="2018-04-23T18:11:20.783" Title="Printing Questions/Responses in READABLE scale" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="0" ClosedDate="2018-04-23T13:43:10.140" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17855" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17156" CreationDate="2018-04-22T19:30:57.910" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Printing a web page is more related to your choice of browser to Ask Ubuntu itself. &lt;strong&gt;:-)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;E.G. I'm currently using FireFox and that has an &quot;Enter Reader View&quot; mode in the address bar like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/WXdNl.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/WXdNl.png&quot; alt=&quot;Screenshot of OP question&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(The little page icon just before the &lt;sup&gt;&lt;strong&gt;...&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; at the rightmost of the address bar itself)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Pressing that first and then printing prints perfectly at 150 on my printer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="344926" LastEditDate="2018-04-23T18:11:20.783" LastActivityDate="2018-04-23T18:11:20.783" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17856" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17857" CreationDate="2018-04-23T16:09:01.633" Score="2" ViewCount="58" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have faced an issue mentioned below.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The number of approved edits are getting reduced. I do not understand how that is happening.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My reputation is also getting reduced. However there are no down votes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="770676" LastEditorUserId="480481" LastEditDate="2018-04-23T17:45:30.313" LastActivityDate="2018-04-23T17:45:30.313" Title="Approved edits and reputation issue" Tags="|support|reputation|edits|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17857" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17856" CreationDate="2018-04-23T16:15:29.823" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can track your reputation at &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/770676/eranda-peiris?tab=reputation&quot;&gt;this page&lt;/a&gt;.  What is shown is that a number of answers and/or questions you've made have recently been deleted either because they or their parent questions were deleted.  As such, the reputation you had gained was taken away, and your reputation tab shows this by &quot;deleted post&quot; or &quot;removed&quot; next to the &lt;code&gt;-2&lt;/code&gt; entries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for your rejected edit suggestions, I've taken a look at a lot of your suggestions over the past couple of days.  The ones that were rejected are because your edits to 'improve formatting' didn't add anything to the post and didn't make anything easier to read or understand.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When making edits, you need to make sure the edits are &lt;em&gt;substantial&lt;/em&gt;.  If you are editing something to add code formatting, and then editing other things that are completely superfluous just to meet the required threshold to suggest the edit, then you should &lt;em&gt;really&lt;/em&gt; reevaluate what type of edits you're doing.  Minor edits to just improve formatting which don't really make the post easier to read are commonly rejected, and this is reflected by the community reviews of your edit suggestions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since your edits are being rejected, you should review &lt;em&gt;why&lt;/em&gt; they were rejected, and learn from the decline reasons how to improve your edit suggestions or things in which you should avoid with regards to edit suggestions (and where &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; to suggest an edit).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2018-04-23T16:15:29.823" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17858" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17859" CreationDate="2018-04-25T19:02:54.357" Score="12" ViewCount="260" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently asked the question at [1] which was marked as a duplicate. So I edited the question to explain explicitly how it is distinct from the linked question. No one has un-marked it as a duplicate yet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please either un-mark it as a duplicate or explain what additional information you need to see how it is distinct from the linked question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a new contributor to the ask Ubuntu community superfluous duplicate marking without explanation is a clear hindrance to participation in the community. It appears the ask Ubuntu community has had issues in the past with mods not actually reading and thinking about the questions they mark as duplicate. [2]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1023644/how-do-i-install-the-debug-symbols-for-gcov&quot;&gt;How do I install the debug symbols for gcov?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[2] &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/15313/please-read-and-think-before-you-mark-as-a-dupe&quot;&gt;Please read -and think- before you mark as a dupe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="585808" LastActivityDate="2018-04-26T01:06:26.947" Title="Please un-mark my question a duplicate" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17859" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17858" CreationDate="2018-04-25T19:35:50.807" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've reopened your question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2018-04-25T19:35:50.807" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17860" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17858" CreationDate="2018-04-25T20:34:16.850" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, you're right that &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1023644/how-do-i-install-the-debug-symbols-for-gcov&quot;&gt;your question&lt;/a&gt; wasn't a duplicate of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/487222/how-to-install-debug-symbols-for-installed-packages&quot;&gt;linked question&lt;/a&gt;, because you already enabled the repositories that provide &amp;quot;ddeb&amp;quot; debug symbol packages (the &lt;code&gt;-dbgsym&lt;/code&gt; packages), and both answers to the linked question were just about doing that. &lt;strong&gt;Fortunately, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/17859/22949&quot;&gt;Seth has reopened&lt;/a&gt; your question.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Anyway, regarding the matter of &lt;em&gt;moderators&lt;/em&gt; closing questions:&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your question has been &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/17859/22949&quot;&gt;reopened by a moderator&lt;/a&gt;, but no moderator was involved in &lt;em&gt;closing&lt;/em&gt; it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Although I do agree that moderators should be very careful when closing questions, as &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/17858/please-un-mark-my-question-a-duplicate#comment37459_17858&quot;&gt;Fabby mentioned&lt;/a&gt; most questions are not closed by moderators. In fact, it is our ability as regular users to cast close and reopen votes that makes it possible for moderators to use a light touch and only use their very powerful close and reopen votes in cases that are especially uncontroversial or especially urgent or important. &lt;strong&gt;Non-moderators with at least &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/close-questions&quot;&gt;3000 rep&lt;/a&gt; can vote to close and reopen questions.&lt;/strong&gt; Your question was closed by five regular (non-moderator) close votes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/758003/how-to-open-a-file-in-the-same-display-i-am-working-it&quot;&gt;The other question you mentioned indirectly&lt;/a&gt; here, in that it was the subject of &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/15313/please-read-and-think-before-you-mark-as-a-dupe&quot;&gt;the meta post you linked to&lt;/a&gt;, was not really a case of &lt;em&gt;moderators&lt;/em&gt; being overly quick to use their extra-powerful close votes, either. Although one of the users who voted to close that question &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; a moderator--and was one at the time--his close vote was no more powerful than anyone else's in that particular case, because &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/758003/timeline#history_113b00f1-6104-407c-9b0e-1414eee2fb75&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;it was the fifth close vote&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. Four non-moderators had already voted to close the question (and their close votes were still in place, having not yet aged away).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;None of this is to say that we don't wrongly close questions way more than ought to be considered acceptable. In fact, I even participated in &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/44154740#44154740&quot;&gt;a clearly mistaken closure&lt;/a&gt; recently! (Sorry about that.) I'm not a moderator, though. &lt;strong&gt;Most users who are &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.blog/2009/05/18/a-theory-of-moderation/&quot;&gt;involved in &amp;quot;moderation&amp;quot; actions&lt;/a&gt; aren't.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2018-04-26T01:06:26.947" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17861" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-04-25T22:26:34.153" Score="14" ViewCount="165" Body="&lt;p&gt;I noticed there is a tag called &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/split&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;split&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;split&lt;/a&gt; without any description. The list of 49 questions tagged right now includes all sorts of questions: splitting text files, splitting large archives, splitting screen, splitting video file, split tunnelling, partitioning (separating or &quot;splitting&quot; home and root) etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does it make sense to have this tag around without a proper definition and usage?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="480481" LastActivityDate="2018-04-26T04:48:20.737" Title="Purpose of the &quot;split&quot; tag" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17862" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17861" CreationDate="2018-04-26T04:48:20.737" Score="15" Body="&lt;h1&gt;remove this tag&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I vote to delete this thing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One could think about making it solely about GNU coreutils' &lt;code&gt;/usr/bin/split&lt;/code&gt;, but in my opinion this program does not really need a tag of its own.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="507051" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2018-04-26T04:48:20.737" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17863" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-04-26T23:14:21.753" Score="50" ViewCount="1792" Body="&lt;p&gt;As of about 23:00 UTC on April 26, 2018, &lt;strong&gt;Ubuntu Bionic Beaver 18.04 LTS&lt;/strong&gt; has been officially released.  The corresponding release announcement email that went out to the &lt;code&gt;ubuntu-announce&lt;/code&gt; mailing list is &lt;a href=&quot;https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2018-April/000231.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Therefore, effective as of this post, new 18.04 questions are now to be considered &lt;strong&gt;on topic&lt;/strong&gt; here so long as they comply with the other requirements for on topic posts as defined in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;Help Center&lt;/a&gt; and here on Meta.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This does not mean that 'older' 18.04 questions can be reopened without discussion or community consensus.  Questions which were closed because 18.04 at the time was off topic or questions which are related to upgrading or using 18.04 &lt;em&gt;prior&lt;/em&gt; to its official release remain offtopic, unless the community at-large believes (on a case-by-case basis) specific posts should be reopened.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;CLOSE REVIEWERS&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;: Do not close new 18.04 questions as &quot;offtopic&quot;, effective as of the time of this post, unless they are offtopic for some reason &lt;em&gt;other&lt;/em&gt; than the question being about 18.04&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2018-06-01T16:26:06.490" LastActivityDate="2018-06-01T16:26:06.490" Title="Ubuntu Bionic Beaver 18.04 LTS is now released, and posts about it are (generally) No Longer Offtopic" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17865" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17869" CreationDate="2018-04-27T16:01:04.943" Score="10" ViewCount="78" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1028835/installing-ubuntu-18-04-failed&quot;&gt;This question&lt;/a&gt; is a verbatim duplicate of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1028834/installing-ubuntu-18-04-failed&quot;&gt;that question&lt;/a&gt;. They had the same title and body (until one of them was edited), are by the same author, and appear to have been posted within the same &lt;em&gt;second&lt;/em&gt;, i.e., both are shown as having been posted at 15:32:17Z. My belief that &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1028834/installing-ubuntu-18-04-failed&quot;&gt;that one&lt;/a&gt; was the original is motivated only by the post IDs: 1028834 vs. 1028835.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems spectacularly unlikely that the author (or anyone) intended for this to happen. My guess is that the author either clicked the Post Question button twice in quick succession by accident, or some technical problem caused it to be posted twice at almost the same time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Doesn't the Stack Exchange system try to prevent that from happening, though? My understanding was that, besides the usual rate-limiting, the system tries to prevent this sort of thing by insisting that a question not be too similar, in some respects, to a question that already exists, such as by insisting that the title be at least slightly different.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even if I'm mistaken to think that the system is designed to prevent this, it still seems like a bug that it would allow exactly identical posts within such a short time. I'm not even really sure this was triggered by anything on the author's end; perhaps it is a database bug.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For reference, here are the timelines:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/1028834/timeline&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/posts/1028834/timeline&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/1028835/timeline&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/posts/1028835/timeline&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2018-04-28T00:56:59.353" LastActivityDate="2018-05-02T01:35:44.520" Title="Shouldn't the system prevent accidental verbatim duplicates?" Tags="|bug|duplicates|asking-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17868" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17851" CreationDate="2018-04-30T19:07:22.857" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Turns out this is a bug/problem with Vivaldi browser which I'm using. Cross-site authentication through my launchpad OpenID handle does not work with it. With Firefox it works.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="804762" LastActivityDate="2018-04-30T19:07:22.857" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 3.0" />
  <row Id="17869" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17865" CreationDate="2018-05-02T01:35:44.520" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is a system in place to prevent exact duplicates. There's also a system in place to prevent the same user from posting too quickly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, these only work if one of the questions exists first; these appear to have been created &lt;em&gt;simultaneously&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's... a pretty good trick.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12845" LastActivityDate="2018-05-02T01:35:44.520" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17870" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-05-03T03:45:11.377" Score="0" ViewCount="43" Body="&lt;p&gt;As a general rule, should there be multiple solutions in a answer or should the poster post multiple answers?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="420786" LastActivityDate="2018-05-03T03:45:11.377" Title="Multiple solutions in answer" Tags="|discussion|answers|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2018-05-03T08:15:04.717" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17871" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17872" CreationDate="2018-05-03T21:22:44.793" Score="2" ViewCount="91" Body="&lt;p&gt;My &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1030796/printers-conf-permanent-changes&quot;&gt;last question&lt;/a&gt; was &quot;edited&quot;, can somebody explain:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What this means exactly.  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How do I see what &quot;edits&quot; were made.  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How do I contact the &quot;editor&quot; should I disagree with the &quot;editing&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="281332" OwnerDisplayName="hal_v" LastEditorUserId="158442" LastEditDate="2018-05-10T22:27:28.717" LastActivityDate="2019-10-15T20:31:59.147" Title="What does it mean when my question is &quot;edited&quot; and how can I investigate?" Tags="|support|editing|edits|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17872" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17871" CreationDate="2018-05-03T21:53:19.833" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;1 and 2 can be answered by &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/1030796/revisions&quot;&gt;this link&lt;/a&gt; which is available as well below your original question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;3 can be answered by looking below your question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/UskpF.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/UskpF.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One of the overall nice guys on this site (Chili555, our resident WiFi surgeon) edited your question for better readability...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For more detailed information go here: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/editing&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/help/editing&lt;/a&gt; as per Mark Kirby's comment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;;-)&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2018-05-10T22:30:50.407" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17873" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17871" CreationDate="2018-05-03T21:54:52.743" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Simply, editing means changing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyone with less than 2000 reputation can suggest a change to your post. You can approve or reject that. Anyone with more than 2000 reputation can unilaterally change a post without any approval process. People with more than 2000 reputation also will approve the edits made by people with less than 2000. It takes two people approving it to be approved. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can see the edits by clicking the link &quot;edited X&quot; (e.g. &quot;edited yesterday&quot;) above the photo of the most recent editor. This gives you an edit history:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/1030796/revisions&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/T3h98.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here we can see &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you disagree with the edits because they changed the meaning of your post you can edit them back. It's your post. However, don't keep doing this - if they make their edit again, come here (&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com&quot;&gt;meta.askubuntu.com&lt;/a&gt;) and ask a question about it!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you just want to discuss an answer, you can add a comment below your post which starts with &lt;code&gt;@username&lt;/code&gt; - for example, if I comment below this question &lt;code&gt;@pomsky&lt;/code&gt;, pomsky will get a notification. This works for anyone in the edit history!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My pronouns are He / Him&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="186134" LastEditorUserId="186134" LastEditDate="2019-10-15T20:31:59.147" LastActivityDate="2019-10-15T20:31:59.147" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17874" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17881" CreationDate="2018-05-04T02:58:04.943" Score="47" ViewCount="780" Body="&lt;p&gt;Please do not say &quot;I have tried everything&quot; in your question or some other variant such as &quot;I have searched the whole internet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This does not make sense. You can't have, or there wouldn't be a solution to your problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please provide detailed information on what you have tried. We can't help you if we don't know what you have tried.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Examples:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/929696/screen-tearing-tried-everything&quot;&gt;Screen tearing, tried everything&lt;/a&gt; - &quot;tried everything&quot;, &quot;reinstalled everything&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1031749/can-not-install-wine-on-ubuntu-16-04&quot;&gt;Can not install wine on ubuntu 16.04&lt;/a&gt; - &quot;tried everything&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1031574/how-do-i-install-this-theme&quot;&gt;how do I install this theme?&lt;/a&gt; - &quot;tried everything&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="420786" LastActivityDate="2018-05-07T06:24:51.960" Title="Please don't say &quot;I have tried everything&quot;" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="13" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17875" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17876" CreationDate="2018-05-04T05:00:01.293" Score="0" ViewCount="113" Body="&lt;p&gt;Look at this post &lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/581902/how-to-efficiently-partition-a-single-windows-ubuntu-dual-boot-disk&quot;&gt;How to efficiently partition a single Windows-Ubuntu dual boot disk?&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;I'm just wondering, what happened here… Could I make the same?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="420496" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2018-05-04T14:23:00.987" LastActivityDate="2018-05-06T14:24:41.117" Title="Is this legal? Someone earned a bounty answering his question" Tags="|bug|status-bydesign|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17876" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17875" CreationDate="2018-05-04T05:31:11.217" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;No answer on that post has a bounty awarded to it yet. There's just an ongoing bounty on it, but it was started by another user, and not the one who wrote those posts. This is perfectly fine - both answering your own questions, and offering bounties on existing posts by other users are OK. Even if Fabby were to offer a bounty on his question, he wouldn't be able to award it to his own answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2018-05-04T05:31:11.217" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17877" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17874" CreationDate="2018-05-04T17:26:06.773" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;A practical (and sensible) reply to a &lt;em&gt;'I have tried everything'&lt;/em&gt; could be:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;'I understand that having such an issue is frustrating. But please provide details about the things you have tried to solve this. In doing so you help us helping you.'&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think it is important to realize that this type of statement is to be understood as a rhetorical element, a figure of speech, so to say. The proper terminology would be &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperbole&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;hyperbole&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This rhetorical device is used more to express a personal impression towards a situation:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;from the link above&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;it emphasizes, evokes strong feelings, and creates strong impressions. As a figure of speech, it is usually not meant to be taken literally.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would thus argue to &lt;strong&gt;not take it literally&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The consequences are twofold:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;First&lt;/strong&gt;, the use of rhetorical elements in replies: Given that a hyperbole mostly is not to be understood literally, it is also not suitable to satisfy any requirements, like the requirement to document the attempts that were made to solve the question. &#xA;Thus &lt;strong&gt;the reply &lt;em&gt;'I've tried everything'&lt;/em&gt; is to be discarded when asking to document the attempts made to solve the question at hand. Such a reply only emphasizes the subjective impression that a lot of effort has gone into finding an answer, but does by no means describe what this effort consisted of.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Second&lt;/strong&gt;, the presence of rhetorical elements in general within questions or answers: Here, maybe the question is more: &lt;em&gt;Do we want to allow rhetorical elements within questions and answers?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If they are as obvious as the mentioned hyperboles I would say yes. However for other rhetorical devices or 'tone of voice', like sarcasm, I'm not so sure.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="265053" LastEditorUserId="265053" LastEditDate="2018-05-07T06:24:51.960" LastActivityDate="2018-05-07T06:24:51.960" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17878" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17879" CreationDate="2018-05-05T07:49:16.277" Score="4" ViewCount="230" Body="&lt;p&gt;After I flagged this canonical question: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/5466/is-a-clean-install-better-than-upgrading&quot;&gt;Is a clean install better than upgrading?&lt;/a&gt; to be locked to prevent it from being deleted after it had already received 3 delete votes, my flag was reviewed as follows:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;It looks like it's not possible to delete this question anyway because other questions are closed as duplicates of this. Locking the question will prevent us from editing and updating the content. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems to me that upgrading has gotten a lot better in recent Ubuntu releases, so I agree that the content needs to be edited and updated. Furthermore I expect that upgrading Ubuntu will improve when the transition from Unity and Xorg to GNOME and Wayland is fully completed. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is what to do about the deletion votes, either do nothing or apply a hack solution like reopening this question to clear the 3 delete votes and then closing it again for being primarily opinion-based if that is what it is. It's hard to get rid of primarily opinion-based because all it takes is another fundamental change in Ubuntu to bring it back. I don't mind if this question gets closed again, but I want to make it harder to delete it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="94914" LastEditorUserId="94914" LastEditDate="2018-05-05T10:19:53.297" LastActivityDate="2018-05-12T03:38:13.053" Title="Need to edit the content of a constantly changing canonical question" Tags="|discussion|editing|best-practice|vote-to-delete|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17879" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17878" CreationDate="2018-05-05T09:51:21.897" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The delete votes are irrelevant at this stage. Unless all questions that were closed as duplicates of this are deleted or reopened (and if any of them are themselves dupe targets, then apply this recursively), this question cannot be deleted - and further delete votes cannot be cast either. So it's already as &lt;em&gt;hard&lt;/em&gt; as possible. And if this is a canonical question, posts will continue to get closed as duplicates of it, so deleting this would require ongoing effort. Any further action to protect it would be effort for effectively no benefit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Attempting to cast another delete vote on it results in this popup:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Nh3ws.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Nh3ws.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="158442" LastEditDate="2018-05-05T10:09:52.007" LastActivityDate="2018-05-05T10:09:52.007" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17881" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17874" CreationDate="2018-05-06T08:36:59.293" Score="36" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes indeed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Instead of saying you have tried everything, please &lt;em&gt;give complete details of what you have tried&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I tried following [this guide](link to guide). I ran all the commands mentioned, but at the third step I got this error:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;$ do useful thing&#xA;E: something went wrong, sorry!&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I also read [this answer](link to answer) to this Ask Ubuntu question &lt;em&gt;How do I tazzle my blab grobber on Ubuntu 14.04?&lt;/em&gt;, but it looks like that doesn't apply to my case, because [specific reason]. I tried adapting it by going into [such and such a menu] and toggling the swazzle option, but that had no effect.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I found [this post on &lt;em&gt;site&lt;/em&gt;](link to post) but I can't read Japanese and couldn't get much sense out of the GT translation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I also tried setting the doobleyup parameter, since that seems to fix a miscellany of related issues, but it rendered my system unbootable, and I had to unset it from GRUB's editor UI.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What else can I try?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2018-05-06T08:36:59.293" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17882" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17875" CreationDate="2018-05-06T13:25:57.463" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm the &lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/icooB.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;idiot&lt;/a&gt; who posted that question and all the answers to that question as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Depending on what you're exactly asking:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is it allowed to write your own question and answer it yourself?&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Yes &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/self-answer&quot;&gt;that's allowed&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is it allowed to put a bounty on a question &lt;em&gt;after&lt;/em&gt;  it has been answered?&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Yes, &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.blog/2011/09/23/bounty-reasons-and-post-notices/&quot;&gt;that's allowed&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is it allowed to write multiple answers to the same question?&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Yes, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/17870/multiple-solutions-in-answer&quot;&gt;only asked a few days ago&lt;/a&gt;...&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is it allowed to upvote that question and all its answers?&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Yes, &lt;strong&gt;Please!  Go ahead!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;:-)&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2018-05-06T13:35:24.563" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17883" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17875" CreationDate="2018-05-06T14:24:41.117" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/o8hwZ.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/o8hwZ.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The bounty was awarded by another user. And yes, can totally happen if it so happens that the user felt it was needed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've often awarded bounties to other folks questions, though I've never done so for a QA pair, nor received a pair. But it makes total sense as a way to get attention to a question (then find the OP posted an awesome answer) or to reward a useful answer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17681" LastActivityDate="2018-05-06T14:24:41.117" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17884" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17886" CreationDate="2018-05-07T05:05:16.730" Score="4" ViewCount="42" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was going through Suggested Edits and noticed &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/-1/community&quot;&gt;Community♦&lt;/a&gt; had reviewed the edit suggestion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The bot has done a number of edits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Community has approved 21419 edit suggestions and rejected 4859 edit suggestions and improved 242 edit suggestions&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But how can the bot &quot;improve&quot; edits?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="420786" LastEditorUserId="507051" LastEditDate="2018-05-07T05:52:34.890" LastActivityDate="2018-05-07T07:35:36.073" Title="Improved edits by Community♦ bot" Tags="|support|suggested-edits|community-user|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17886" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17884" CreationDate="2018-05-07T07:35:36.073" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;From &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/292326/371617&quot;&gt;How can Community♦ improve edit suggestions?&lt;/a&gt;, on &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;Meta.SE&lt;/a&gt;,  &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/254326/s-l-barth&quot;&gt;S.L. Barth&lt;/a&gt; says that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;It looks like this happens when a reviewer chooses &quot;Improve Edit&quot;, but the reviewing user is later deleted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;These reviews still have to be credited to someone, and Community is the natural choice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This would also be the same for Approve and Reject (plus Community♦'s extra automatic ones).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="420786" LastActivityDate="2018-05-07T07:35:36.073" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17887" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-05-08T23:03:26.940" Score="0" ViewCount="91" Body="&lt;p&gt;On this question: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1032370/why-cant-i-cd-to-a-quoted-tilde/1033554#1033554&quot;&gt;Why can&amp;#39;t I cd to a quoted tilde (&amp;#39;~&amp;#39;)?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I noticed this morning that four out of the six answers were all down voted for no apparent reason. They were all good in their own way:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/1032371/307523&quot;&gt;Karel's with 17 votes already&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/1033554/307523&quot;&gt;My Answer (I'm biased)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/1033414/307523&quot;&gt;Daisy's answer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/1033550/307523&quot;&gt;Answer by a rep 1 user&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;OK maybe the rep 1 user answer is rep 1 level type of answer. It's unique but could use some polishing. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as I can remember they were all down-voted at the same time and probably by the same person.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a phrase for this type of behavior?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="307523" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2018-05-10T06:32:54.740" LastActivityDate="2018-05-10T06:32:54.740" Title="What do you call it when four good answers are down-voted in the same question?" Tags="|discussion|downvoting|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17888" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17887" CreationDate="2018-05-09T08:39:42.797" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;The term I would use for such behaviour is &lt;em&gt;voting&lt;/em&gt; (i.e. there's nothing special about it).&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Voting imho is a subset of &lt;em&gt;moderation&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only restriction on voting is that it must not be personal, i.e. targeted at a user.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Downvoting multiple answers to the same question is entirely reasonable. If we think an answer is bad, wrong, misleading, not useful, is not an answer, etc, we should downvote it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here are some possible reasons why those answers might have been downvoted:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/1033550/527764&quot;&gt;caioquirino's (now deleted) answer&lt;/a&gt; shows how things behave differently if we create an actual directory called &lt;code&gt;~&lt;/code&gt;, without explanation. This is actually quite a nice illuminating example imho and I don't think this post should have been deleted, but lacking explanation is a possible reason for downvoting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/1033414/527764&quot;&gt;d a i s y's (now deleted) answer&lt;/a&gt;, although it adds some interesting (if basic) material, does not directly answer the question, which is about why &lt;code&gt;'~'&lt;/code&gt; does not expand and why we can't &lt;code&gt;cd&lt;/code&gt; to it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/1033554/527764&quot;&gt;Your answer&lt;/a&gt; shows a way of investigating what's going on, which is helpful, but again is rather basic (appropriate to the question in that regard) and introduces extraneous and potentially confusing material (backticks for command substitution).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/1032371/527764&quot;&gt;karel's answer&lt;/a&gt; explains the problem very directly, (and I think short answers like this are valuable because sometimes you just want a TL;DR so you can get on with your life) but the other answers explain the same thing in more detail, so this answer might be seen by a voter as unnecessary given the existence of more comprehensive ones.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2018-05-10T06:31:09.953" LastActivityDate="2018-05-10T06:31:09.953" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17889" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17887" CreationDate="2018-05-09T11:27:52.737" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/126829/what-is-serial-voting-and-how-does-it-affect-me&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Serial downvoting&lt;/em&gt; is explained here&lt;/a&gt; and seems to be the downvoting of multiple questions / answers from a single user so that leads me to believe that &lt;strong&gt;Parallel downvoting&lt;/strong&gt; would be the expression you're looking for: One user that downvotes all answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However I've not seem it happen much here on this site and I wouldn't worry about it as most high-rep users here have the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/badges/61/sportsmanship&quot;&gt;sportsmanship badge&lt;/a&gt; which means they upvoted another answer to a question they answered as well 100 times...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, neither you nor me are in that list, but &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/users/527764/zanna&quot;&gt;Zanna&lt;/a&gt; is whereas I'm only halfway there:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/8xhzL.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/8xhzL.png&quot; alt=&quot;Sportsmanship progress&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;I thought I'd have more of those, but maybe first upvoting and then answering doesn't count as a sportsmanship vote...&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2018-05-09T11:27:52.737" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17890" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17878" CreationDate="2018-05-09T13:25:19.960" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The canonical upgrading question got reopened and its deletion votes are cleared, so it's back to square one. Well, not quite because in the process we also got muru's answer to this Meta question which rocks. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now is your window of opportunity to post an up-to-date answer to the canonical upgrading question because it may get closed again. If this question gets closed again, you still have an opportunity to migrate an up-to-date answer to it by answering one of its duplicate questions that is still open, and then flagging the question that you answered to be merged with its linked duplicate question if the question that you answered gets closed as a duplicate of the canonical upgrading question. If your merge question flag is accepted by moderators your answer will be posted where more users are likely to read it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="94914" LastEditorUserId="94914" LastEditDate="2018-05-12T03:38:13.053" LastActivityDate="2018-05-12T03:38:13.053" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17891" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-05-09T22:32:44.590" Score="4" ViewCount="67" Body="&lt;h2&gt;... and other observations.&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We, as a community, are asked to be nicer so how about the SE Employees help us become nicer by providing a question wizard for new users on the SE network???&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No, not &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/55992/a-question-wizard&quot;&gt;asking for a tag-based question wizard&lt;/a&gt; but a generic one across all sites in the SE network with just three simple questions being asked of a beginning OP:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What is a summary of your problem?&lt;br&gt;(limited to the original tweet limit of 140 characters,&#xA;&lt;code&gt;NOT NULL&lt;/code&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Please describe your problem in detail.&lt;br&gt;(Size &amp;gt; first screen, &lt;code&gt;NOT NULL&lt;/code&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What have you done to solve it already?&lt;br&gt;(can be &lt;code&gt;NULL&lt;/code&gt; after confirmation)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;with one screen per question and a &lt;kbd&gt;Skip&lt;/kbd&gt; button that fast-forwards you straight to the end which shows the OP the current question screen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The 3 strings from these 3 screens can then be concatenated with a &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; in the middle thus becoming one question as we're used to see them today.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;&lt;sup&gt;So no database update necessary, just a UI adaptation for the first n-m questions a user asks limited to a user's experience threshold (a 10K rep user who's answered 100 questions already should not be forced to go through this, regardless of the existence of a &amp;quot;Skip&amp;quot; button...).&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This would allow us to better enforce the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/help/how-to-ask&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;How to ask&amp;quot;&lt;/a&gt; rules on this site as in-between each screen we can respectively enforce:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Have you thoroughly searched for an answer before asking your question?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Be on-topic, be specific&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Make it relevant to others, keep an open mind&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Added bonus:&lt;/strong&gt; do the same for answers &lt;s&gt;from N00bs&lt;/s&gt; users unfamiliar with all the rules...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;;-)&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;P.S. Yes, I'm old enough to remember that the creator of the first Compact IBM PC Clone used to have a Knowledge Base article that actually explained what the &lt;kbd&gt;Any Key&lt;/kbd&gt; was...&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;P.P.S. Yes I once was young and foolish and I thought that I knew everything but now that I'm an old fart, I know that I know &lt;em&gt;nothing&lt;/em&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2018-05-09T22:46:38.263" Title="Where is the any key. . ." Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17892" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17934" CreationDate="2018-05-10T23:24:37.100" Score="12" ViewCount="77" Body="&lt;p&gt;I stumbled across the following sentence in the description of “unclear what you’re asking” close reason:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;As it's currently written, it’s hard to tell exactly what you're asking.&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The first &lt;code&gt;it's&lt;/code&gt; as well as the &lt;code&gt;you're&lt;/code&gt; uses the typewriter or vertical apostrophe (U+0027 &lt;code&gt;'&lt;/code&gt;) while the second &lt;code&gt;it’s&lt;/code&gt; shows the &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostrophe#Typographic_form&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;typographic or curly apostrophe&lt;/a&gt; (U+2019 &lt;code&gt;’&lt;/code&gt;)&lt;sub&gt;, which is the preferred character to use for apostrophe according to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode9.0.0/ch06.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the Unicode standard&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This applies to the description on closed questions as well as the close dialog. On &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/closed-questions&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/help/closed-questions&lt;/a&gt; on the other hand only typewriter apostrophes are used.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a typography enthusiast I'd opt for the curly apostrophe, but &lt;code&gt;I’m&lt;/code&gt; fine with the alternative as well – &lt;strong&gt;as long as &lt;code&gt;it’s&lt;/code&gt; consistent!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What's the difference you may ask. Well, try &lt;code&gt;echo it’s&lt;/code&gt; as opposed to &lt;code&gt;echo it's&lt;/code&gt; in your favorite shell once…&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="507051" LastEditorUserId="12845" LastEditDate="2018-05-18T23:57:34.383" LastActivityDate="2018-05-18T23:59:36.673" Title="Mixed apostrophes in “unclear what you’re asking” description" Tags="|bug|status-bydesign|close-reasons|close-dialog|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17893" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-05-11T16:36:26.877" Score="6" ViewCount="44" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm trying to copy a segment of my &lt;code&gt;syslog&lt;/code&gt; to a question here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The problem is that all the linefeeds are lost when I do the copy, so the transcription is very difficult to read.  How can I avoid this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="101815" OwnerDisplayName="Paul A." LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2018-05-11T19:36:58.960" LastActivityDate="2018-05-11T19:36:58.960" Title="Transcribing syslog and preserving the line breaks" Tags="|support|formatting|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17894" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17893" CreationDate="2018-05-11T16:51:33.207" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You need to apply &lt;em&gt;preformatted text&lt;/em&gt; &lt;strong&gt;formatting&lt;/strong&gt; by using the &lt;code&gt;{}&lt;/code&gt; icon above the editor window here, after having selected your syslog text.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For more details, please see the relevant help center page here: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/formatting&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/help/formatting&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="350004" LastEditorUserId="350004" LastEditDate="2018-05-11T17:19:13.653" LastActivityDate="2018-05-11T17:19:13.653" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17895" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17893" CreationDate="2018-05-11T16:58:43.670" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;You need to apply &lt;strong&gt;code formatting&lt;/strong&gt; to the copy/pasted code.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This can be done by first copy/pasting in the content from the logs, then &lt;em&gt;selecting&lt;/em&gt; the copied-in text completely, and hitting the button that looks like &lt;code&gt;{ }&lt;/code&gt; to apply code formatting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This will properly make your log data look like it came from the terminal, just like I did to your question &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1034980/why-is-the-canary-starving&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; via an edit to apply the code formatting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This way by applying code formatting, you prevent this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;foo&#xA;bar&#xA;baz&#xA;CAKE&#xA;IS&#xA;A&#xA;LIE&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;... from becoming this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;foo&#xA;bar&#xA;baz&#xA;CAKE&#xA;IS&#xA;A&#xA;LIE&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2018-05-11T16:58:43.670" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17896" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-05-11T18:34:49.393" Score="3" ViewCount="42" Body="&lt;p&gt;Relevant post&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1034974/after-typing-airmon-ng-start-wlp1s0-for-air-crack-i-get-the-following-message-an&quot;&gt;getting error when typing string airmon-ng start then my wifi&amp;#39;s ext video in comments&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It came up in the LQ&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I decided that some editing was necessary for me to decide - which I did outside of the review.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;after the edit it wasn't reviewable any more&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;so I looked at the timeline (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/1034974/timeline&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/posts/1034974/timeline&lt;/a&gt;) and found the review &quot;invalidated&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;was this a consequence of my editing?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;is this unwanted?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How can I avoid this?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="117103" LastEditorUserId="158442" LastEditDate="2018-05-13T09:21:56.883" LastActivityDate="2018-05-13T09:21:56.883" Title="Low Quality Review Queue - did I cause the &quot;invalidate&quot;?" Tags="|discussion|support|review|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17897" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17896" CreationDate="2018-05-12T07:45:02.400" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't have access to the Stack Exchange networks Source code¹ but that makes perfect sense: what you did was simulate 2 users: one editing in one tab, the other reviewing in another tab, and the one editing improving the post so that it does not need any review any more, thus invalidating the review...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So basically: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Q1: Yes, it's &lt;s&gt;your fault!&lt;/s&gt; an unintentional by-product of your own actions.  &lt;strong&gt;;-)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Q2: Nope, looks perfectly logical&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Q3: Edit in the review queue itself... &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;¹ &lt;sup&gt;Luckily for people without a sense of humour I don't.. &lt;strong&gt;&gt;:-)&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastActivityDate="2018-05-12T07:45:02.400" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17898" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-05-13T21:20:25.797" Score="-3" ViewCount="84" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is just an idea and I would like to see what the feedback is. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;The problem&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Starting Linux I've found myself many times looking through example code on this site and finding out what it actually would do. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I am providing examples often I find it hard to explain what they do, because&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I need be as short as possible and focus on the problem&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I would like to point out stuff, e.g which bits are optional, what parameter is just an example, which one is literal. Where is a space vital, etc&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;it's hard to kniw how to make it understandable to new users and experienced users at the same time. New users need single steps with many comments, while I myself prefer compact code for better overview but still good commentary.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;there is no commonly used end-of-line comment scheme. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;users may mistakenly take in code comments as part of the provided solution &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;it's not easy to point to a specific code section without repeating it in the text&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I myself find it important to understand what a piece of code is doing before I copy and apply that solution. Many comments say the same. Obviously, with better comments I can learn more and - more important- I get a feel for those lines where a typo could be fatal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;My suggestion&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why could we not present example code with a separate comment section? Technically it could be two synchronised text boxes, side-by-side. Left code, right commentary. The code and comments are always in sync when scrolling. The commentary is hidden by default and can be toggled with a button. The button is grayed when there are no comments. There could be markup as end-of-line comment so editing is almost no change. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This can be improved in in multiple ways, of course:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;allow adding comments as a priviledge level (IMHO better use of experts time than correcting typos :-P). Make some badges.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Hiding comments compresses the code (because comments would not cause empty code lines)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;resizable ratio code/comment&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the comment box could utilize the space on the right column&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You might say this is the wrong forum because it is a Stack Exchange coding thing. However, more than the technical details would be interested in:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is there added value to the users?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is there added value to the commenters?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What do you think?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;EDIT&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To make it a bit more clear where I see the advantage let me add a (very) primitive example. Its a section from an answer about a bind9 config. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;a) This is the status quo today. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The reverse zones file changes to:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;;&#xA;; BIND reverse data file for 172.20.x.x&#xA;;&#xA;$TTL    604800&#xA;@       IN      SOA     nefitari.autun.hom. webuser.autun.hom. (&#xA;             2017022102         ; more intuitive serial YYYYMMDDss, here ss=02&#xA;                 604800         ; Refresh&#xA;                  86400         ; Retry&#xA;                2419200         ; Expire&#xA;                 604800 )       ; Negative Cache TTL&#xA;&#xA;; note: the '@'was missing from in the initial description&#xA;@       IN  NS  nefitari.autun.hom.    &#xA;&#xA;100.0   IN  PTR nefitari.autun.hom. &#xA;121.0   IN  PTR client1.autun.hom.&#xA;130.0   IN  PTR client2.autun.hom.&#xA;33.0    IN  PTR client3.autun.hom.&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Here follows the text section with an explanation of the above...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The explanation may use different ways to discuss the code as described in Zannas answer.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;b) With the proposed presentation it would look like this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The reverse zones file changes to:     &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;                                                 [hide comments]&#xA;_______________________________________________  ________________________ &#xA;|;                                            |  |                      |&#xA;|; BIND reverse data file for 172.20.x.x      |  |                      |&#xA;|;                                            |  |                      |&#xA;|$TTL    604800                               |  |                      |&#xA;|@       IN      SOA     nefitari.autun.hom. w|  |                      |&#xA;|             2017022102         ; more intuit|  |always change that lin|&#xA;|                 604800         ; Refresh    |  |                      |&#xA;|                  86400         ; Retry      |  |                      |&#xA;|                2419200         ; Expire     |  |                      |&#xA;|                 604800 )       ; Negative Ca|  |                      |&#xA;|                                             |  |                      |&#xA;|; note: the '@'was missing from in the initia|  |                      |&#xA;|@       IN  NS  nefitari.autun.hom.          |  |here is the change,...|&#xA;|                                             |  |..when its really long|&#xA;|                                             |  |it could add newlines |&#xA;|100.0   IN  PTR nefitari.autun.hom.          |  |                      |&#xA;|121.0   IN  PTR client1.autun.hom.           |  |                      |&#xA;|130.0   IN  PTR client2.autun.hom.           |  |                      |&#xA;|33.0    IN  PTR client3.autun.hom.           |  |                      |&#xA;|_____________________________________________|  |______________________|&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is a button [show comments] as default. After pressing this the button the single code textbox is split into two textboxes. The right side shows only lines with a special tag, e.g. &lt;code&gt;{{comment|here is the change}}&lt;/code&gt;. &#xA;The ASCII graphics should show the shaded text boxes and the button. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this example a new user has the benefit to see the whole config file (not only a fraction which may more more confusing than helpful) an immediately spot the relevant sections. &#xA;A few words or a '&lt;code&gt;see 1)&lt;/code&gt;' could link to a comment in the text. With all that the code still is &quot;unpolluted&quot; from this comments. One could think of those comments as 'Meta' comments only to explain an answer but not intended to end up in the code/config.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When you have this option and its easy to use, I think people would use it. Also I think its quite intuitive to understand, even for new forum users. Obviously the smaller the screen is the more difficult are multiple windows. But I find that I often do not care about the details of long code lines where today i see scoll bars quite often, but I look at the in-code comments to understand what the whole thing does before going into details. I would find this easier to do with that separated box, especially on a tablet or laptop.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With more effort, one could tag changes to users like in the comments, but I would feel this is a bit more challenging to keep the look&amp;amp;feel clean and easy.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Its fine if nobody likes it, but hopefully at least we are on the same page :-)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="642578" LastEditorUserId="642578" LastEditDate="2018-05-18T15:07:12.543" LastActivityDate="2018-05-18T15:07:12.543" Title="Presentation of code should include explanation in a separate comment section" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|formatting|code-formatting|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17899" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17898" CreationDate="2018-05-13T21:39:34.907" Score="5" Body="&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My two cents to just those two points you raised:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;users may mistakenly take in code comments as part of the provided solution&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/274371/what-is-syntax-highlighting-and-how-does-it-work&quot;&gt;syntax highlighting&lt;/a&gt; prevents that very well, for example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;#!/bin/bash&#xA;a=~/dir # fill variable a&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately syntax highlighting doesn’t seem to work here on meta, but on main the comment would appear greyed out if the code block was preceded by &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;!-- language: lang-bash --&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt;, see e.g. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/1033882/507051&quot;&gt;this answer of mine&lt;/a&gt; with a real-life example of the following as well.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;its not easy to point to a specific code section without repeating it in the text&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can use the usual formatting inside code blocks if you use the html markup, e.g.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;pre&amp;gt;&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;#!/bin/&amp;lt;i&amp;gt;bash&amp;lt;/i&amp;gt; # italics&#xA;a=&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;~/dir&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt; # bold&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/pre&amp;gt;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;gives:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;#!/bin/&lt;i&gt;bash&lt;/i&gt; # italics&#xA;a=&lt;b&gt;~/dir&lt;/b&gt; # bold&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/editing-help#html&quot;&gt;AU Markdown help – Inline HTML&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1777/what-html-tags-are-allowed-on-stack-exchange-sites&quot;&gt;What HTML tags are allowed on Stack Exchange sites?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="507051" LastEditorUserId="507051" LastEditDate="2018-05-13T23:19:34.573" LastActivityDate="2018-05-13T23:19:34.573" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17900" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2018-05-14T04:39:51.440" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2018-05-14T04:39:51.440" LastActivityDate="2018-05-14T04:39:51.440" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17901" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2018-05-14T04:39:51.440" Score="0" Body="Ask for multiple tags to be merged." OwnerUserId="420786" LastEditorUserId="420786" LastEditDate="2018-05-14T18:03:49.223" LastActivityDate="2018-05-14T18:03:49.223" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17902" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17908" CreationDate="2018-05-14T04:40:28.930" Score="0" ViewCount="27" Body="&lt;p&gt;I found a weird tag: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/cpupower-command&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;cpupower-command&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;cpupower-command&lt;/a&gt;. I looked at whether there was an already existing &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/cpupower&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;cpupower&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;cpupower&lt;/a&gt; tag and there was not. There is no good reason why &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/cpupower-command&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;cpupower-command&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;cpupower-command&lt;/a&gt; should not be &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/cpupower&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;cpupower&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;cpupower&lt;/a&gt;. I changed the only question's tag to my newly created &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/cpupower&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;cpupower&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;cpupower&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please could we have &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/cpupower-command&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;cpupower-command&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;cpupower-command&lt;/a&gt; merged into &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/cpupower&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;cpupower&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;cpupower&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="420786" LastActivityDate="2018-05-14T06:36:50.447" Title="Merge request: [cpupower-command] -&gt; [cpupower]" Tags="|discussion|tag-merge|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17903" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17910" CreationDate="2018-05-14T04:48:28.160" Score="1" ViewCount="28" Body="&lt;p&gt;The tag &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/merge-request&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;merge-request&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;merge-request&lt;/a&gt; on Meta has 7 question, of which have many different interpretations of the tag. All these questions if they really need the tag can create a more specific one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Stats:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;0 followers&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;7 questions&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;No tag wiki&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="420786" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2018-05-14T08:07:12.283" LastActivityDate="2018-05-14T08:14:55.083" Title="Meta: Burninate [merge-request]" Tags="|discussion|burnination-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17904" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17907" CreationDate="2018-05-14T05:00:41.767" Score="-5" ViewCount="34" Body="&lt;p&gt;The tag &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/cut-command&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;cut-command&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;cut-command&lt;/a&gt; should be called &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/cut&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;cut&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;cut&lt;/a&gt;. Many other commands, including &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/cp&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;cp&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;cp&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/mv&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;mv&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;mv&lt;/a&gt; are not with the suffix &lt;code&gt;-command&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please could we have &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/cut-command&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;cut-command&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;cut-command&lt;/a&gt; changed to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/cut&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;cut&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;cut&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Firstly, all the questions should be edited to change &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/cut-command&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;cut-command&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;cut-command&lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/cut&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;cut&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;cut&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/cut-command&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;cut-command&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;cut-command&lt;/a&gt; should be made a synonym of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/cut&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;cut&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;cut&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="420786" LastActivityDate="2018-05-14T06:32:36.377" Title="Tag change: [cut-command] -&gt; [cut]" Tags="|discussion|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17906" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17914" CreationDate="2018-05-14T05:04:23.897" Score="-6" ViewCount="37" Body="&lt;p&gt;The tag &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/watch-command&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;watch-command&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;watch-command&lt;/a&gt; should be called &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/watch&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;watch&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;watch&lt;/a&gt;. Many other commands, including &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/cp&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;cp&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;cp&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/mv&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;mv&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;mv&lt;/a&gt; are not with the suffix &lt;code&gt;-command&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please could we have &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/watch-command&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;watch-command&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;watch-command&lt;/a&gt; changed to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/watch&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;watch&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;watch&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Firstly, all the questions should be edited to change &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/watch-command&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;watch-command&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;watch-command&lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/watch&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;watch&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;watch&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/watch-command&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;watch-command&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;watch-command&lt;/a&gt; should be made a synonym of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/watch&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;watch&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;watch&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="420786" LastActivityDate="2018-05-14T18:10:02.630" Title="Tag change: [watch-command] -&gt; [watch]" Tags="|discussion|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17907" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17904" CreationDate="2018-05-14T05:30:39.807" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm not in favour of this. The command names of &lt;code&gt;cp&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;mv&lt;/code&gt; are sufficiently different from their actions (copy, move) that the &lt;code&gt;-command&lt;/code&gt; suffix is not needed to make it unambiguous. But this is not true for &lt;code&gt;cut&lt;/code&gt;, where an action has the same name as the command.  This also holds for &lt;code&gt;watch&lt;/code&gt;. I do a fair bit of retag edits and I have seen plenty of people just use words in the question as tags, and this risks increasing misuses of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/cut-command&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;cut-command&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;cut-command&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/watch-command&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;watch-command&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;watch-command&lt;/a&gt; in questions that involve cutting or watching of some sort, but entirely unrelated to the commands themselves.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="158442" LastEditDate="2018-05-14T06:32:36.377" LastActivityDate="2018-05-14T06:32:36.377" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17908" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17902" CreationDate="2018-05-14T06:34:56.417" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since you have removed the only question tagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/cpupower-command&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;cpupower-command&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;cpupower-command&lt;/a&gt;, it will go away some time around 04:00 UTC tomorrow. No reason to make it a synonym or anything else after that. Also, do remember to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/edit-tag-wiki/8634&quot;&gt;add a tag excerpt or wiki&lt;/a&gt; to the tag you created.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2018-05-14T06:34:56.417" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17909" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17902" CreationDate="2018-05-14T06:36:50.447" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think this command isn’t worth an own tag at all – &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.startpage.com/do/search?q=site%3Aaskubuntu.com+cpupower&amp;amp;rl=vd&amp;amp;lui=english&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;a quick search&lt;/a&gt; showed just a bunch of questions &lt;em&gt;mentioning&lt;/em&gt; the command, not more.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I vote to delete the tag(s).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="507051" LastActivityDate="2018-05-14T06:36:50.447" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17910" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17903" CreationDate="2018-05-14T08:14:55.083" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have removed the tag from the 7 questions that had it, so it will be deleted automatically by the system. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No need to do anything else. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2018-05-14T08:14:55.083" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17911" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-05-14T09:30:25.190" Score="8" ViewCount="233" Body="&lt;p&gt;Today I noticed while reviewing suggested edits that someone had helpfully suggested a tag wiki and excerpt for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/top-bar&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;top-bar&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;top-bar&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I &lt;em&gt;improved&lt;/em&gt; (er, in my own biased opinion) the suggestions, and I wrote in both that the top bar is a panel (it's just a panel in a particular place, I thought, though I may be wrong, and please correct me if so).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any reason not to synonymise &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/top-bar&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;top-bar&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;top-bar&lt;/a&gt; to the much more populated &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/panel&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;panel&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;panel&lt;/a&gt;? It seems a good idea to have a tag with the name &lt;em&gt;top bar&lt;/em&gt; since it's a common term for &lt;em&gt;the panel at the top of the screen&lt;/em&gt;, but I can't think of any reason for it to be a separate tag. What is displayed in any particular panel varies by DE and over time, so the exact content of each panel can't be thought of as standard, I would think.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2018-05-22T08:27:17.633" Title="Is [top-bar] just another [panel]?" Tags="|discussion|tags|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17912" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17911" CreationDate="2018-05-14T09:34:49.140" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Usage of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/top-bar&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;top-bar&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;top-bar&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/panel&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;panel&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;panel&lt;/a&gt; is a little bit confusing either way whether they are linked together as synonyms or not, but in my opinion it would be less confusing if &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/top-bar&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;top-bar&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;top-bar&lt;/a&gt; was made synonymous with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/panel&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;panel&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;panel&lt;/a&gt;. For the question of deciding whether &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/top-bar&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;top-bar&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;top-bar&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/panel&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;panel&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;panel&lt;/a&gt; should be the principal tag, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/panel&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;panel&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;panel&lt;/a&gt; in its various forms for the different *buntu flavors is the clear winner with 1212 questions tagged compared to only 20 questions tagged with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/top-bar&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;top-bar&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;top-bar&lt;/a&gt; and many of these 20 questions are about the top bar of applications, not about that bar at the top of the screen that is called the Panel in Ubuntu. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/menu-bar&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;menu-bar&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;menu-bar&lt;/a&gt; tag has been used as wildcard tag. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/menu-bar&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;menu-bar&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;menu-bar&lt;/a&gt; is frequently used as a tag for menu bar exactly, but it has also been misused as an alternative tag for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/panel&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;panel&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;panel&lt;/a&gt; and other tags. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/menu-bar&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;menu-bar&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;menu-bar&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/panel&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;panel&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;panel&lt;/a&gt; should be treated as two logically distinct tags, not as synonyms of each other. Otherwise we're going to get questions about menu bars, toolbars, taskbars, coffee bars and crowbars that are tagged with the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/panel&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;panel&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;panel&lt;/a&gt; tag too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="94914" LastEditorUserId="94914" LastEditDate="2018-05-22T08:27:17.633" LastActivityDate="2018-05-22T08:27:17.633" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17913" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17911" CreationDate="2018-05-14T10:11:21.740" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm not really comfortable with the idea of merging &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/top-bar&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;top-bar&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;top-bar&lt;/a&gt; with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/panel&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;panel&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;panel&lt;/a&gt;. Here's why:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;Top bar&quot; &lt;strong&gt;in the context of GNOME 3&lt;/strong&gt; means something specific (analogous to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/menu-bar&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;menu-bar&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;menu-bar&lt;/a&gt; in Unity), not exactly same as &quot;panel&quot; as in GNOME 2 or others DEs like MATE, KDE etc. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why are they different? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Panels are mostly very easily customisable and can be handled intuitively, whereas GNOME 3 top bar is pretty &quot;&lt;em&gt;rigid&lt;/em&gt;&quot;. One can easily move panels from one edge to another, add or delete them with 2/3 clicks, add/remove &quot;applets&quot;, &quot;widgets&quot; etc. to them just like that (with right-clicks or something similar). But nothing like these can be done with GNOME 3 top bar, only somewhat user friendly way is to use a bunch GNOME shell extensions which are nothing but monkey patches.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that top bar comes with GNOME 3 by default, but to get &lt;em&gt;proper&lt;/em&gt; panels your need to install &lt;code&gt;gnome-panel&lt;/code&gt; package.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I think &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/top-bar&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;top-bar&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;top-bar&lt;/a&gt; &lt;em&gt;as in GNOME 3&lt;/em&gt; should not be merged with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/panel&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;panel&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;panel&lt;/a&gt;, but it can do with some tag-wiki edit (it's mostly empty as of now). Or better, it should be renamed as something like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/gnome-top-bar&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;gnome-top-bar&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;gnome-top-bar&lt;/a&gt; in order to avoid confusion and wrong-tagging (all the tagged questions are indeed about GNOME top-bar as of now).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="480481" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2018-05-14T11:29:16.677" LastActivityDate="2018-05-14T11:29:16.677" CommentCount="16" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17914" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17906" CreationDate="2018-05-14T18:10:02.630" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;This answer from muru &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/17904/tag-change-cut-command-cut&quot;&gt;on another tag change/merge proposal posted around the same time&lt;/a&gt; is also relevant here, as the same reasoning is also applied to the &lt;code&gt;watch&lt;/code&gt; tag in their answer/reasoning:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I'm not in favour of this. The command names of &lt;code&gt;cp&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;mv&lt;/code&gt; are sufficiently different from their actions (copy, move) that the &lt;code&gt;-command&lt;/code&gt; suffix is not needed to make it unambiguous. But this is not true for &lt;code&gt;cut&lt;/code&gt;, where an action has the same name as the command.  This also holds for &lt;code&gt;watch&lt;/code&gt;. I do a fair bit of retag edits and I have seen plenty of people just use words in the question as tags, and this risks increasing misuses of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/cut-command&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;cut-command&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;cut-command&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/watch-command&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;watch-command&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;watch-command&lt;/a&gt; in questions that involve cutting or watching of some sort, but entirely unrelated to the commands themselves.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2018-05-14T18:10:02.630" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2018-05-14T18:10:02.630" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17915" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17911" CreationDate="2018-05-14T20:07:58.927" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/top-bar&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;top-bar&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;top-bar&lt;/a&gt; tag makes sense because it's specific. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Top bars, like in case of Budgie, Unity, or GNOME, are all used to do what exactly ? Have a few indicators, display time, connection, calendar, &lt;strong&gt;maybe&lt;/strong&gt; have a menu/list of all programs. And it stays....well...on top and &lt;strong&gt;usually&lt;/strong&gt; is an integral part of the desktop environment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then there's docks, bars, panels, launchers. There's &lt;code&gt;mate-panel&lt;/code&gt;,  &lt;code&gt;lxpanel&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;lxqt-panel&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;xfce4-panel-dbg&lt;/code&gt; , &lt;code&gt;razorqt-panel&lt;/code&gt;. While those can have applets for calendar, connection, time, etc - they're (re)movable &#xA; and separately-installable! I can have Budgie running and still have &lt;code&gt;mate-panel&lt;/code&gt; on top. But then there's docks: &lt;code&gt;docky&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;plank&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;cairo-dock&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;tint2&lt;/code&gt; (which calls itself &lt;code&gt;panel/taskbar&lt;/code&gt;) etc. They're also (re)movable and separate from desktop.  While they can be placed on top of the screen, they're not necessarily meant to be there. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think synonimizing the two only adds confusion, especially in the comments. Imagine the conversations:&quot;Are you talking about the GNOME 2 panel or that side launcher ?&quot;. Whereas when I see &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/top-bar&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;top-bar&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;top-bar&lt;/a&gt; that'd be a clear indicator (all pun intended) what the user is talking about. But then again, this is just my very much biased opinion. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="295286" LastEditorUserId="295286" LastEditDate="2018-05-14T20:13:08.753" LastActivityDate="2018-05-14T20:13:08.753" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17917" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-05-14T23:02:10.227" Score="5" ViewCount="60" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since I am the kind of person to find answers and share with others, how can I filter out discussions that are no longer relevant like from 2012, when it is 2018? I have found that the past versions of programs that people are requesting assistance with are no longer supported as the newer environments don't even allow the dependencies to be installed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I find solutions to problems all the time. I currently work maintaining Data Centers and have access to several issues and solutions daily. I also use Linux and VMware. I have tried various distros and love a good challenge. Most problems have already been solved by someone else, but not everyone is willing to go and find them. Currently I am teaching myself Python as I never want to stop learning.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="220885" OwnerDisplayName="user220885" LastEditorUserId="480481" LastEditDate="2018-05-15T10:08:05.097" LastActivityDate="2018-05-15T10:08:05.097" Title="How can I filter discussions to newer instead of from years in the past?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17918" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17917" CreationDate="2018-05-14T23:12:14.753" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;As noted in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/searching&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/help/searching&lt;/a&gt; you can filter on dates. Filters for dates are&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;created:&lt;/strong&gt; to specify when the posts were created last&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;strong&gt;lastactive:&lt;/strong&gt; for posts active in a specified time period  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Relative dates:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1y&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;1m&lt;/strong&gt;, and &lt;strong&gt;1d&lt;/strong&gt; are shorthand for &quot;last year&quot;, &quot;last month&quot;, and &quot;yesterday&quot; - e.g., if today is April 15, &lt;strong&gt;created:1m&lt;/strong&gt; searches posts created between March 1 and March 31. (You can substitute any number for 1 to look back that many years, months, or days.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Relative dates in a range (&lt;strong&gt;1y..&lt;/strong&gt;) look back to the same date in the previous period - e.g., if you want to see all the posts active in the last three months, use &lt;strong&gt;lastactive:3m..&lt;/strong&gt; On April 15, that will show posts from January 15 up to the most recently active. You can close the range as well: &lt;strong&gt;lastactive:3m..1m&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The link above also shows how to use absolute dates, but it look like relative dates would be more useful to you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="197910" OwnerDisplayName="K7AAY" LastActivityDate="2018-05-14T23:12:14.753" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17919" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17898" CreationDate="2018-05-15T20:10:37.567" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think people not explaining what code does is a much bigger problem on this site than code comments being unwieldy. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My first question about your feature request would be &lt;em&gt;does it make it more likely that people will explain their code?&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My second question would be &lt;em&gt;does it make the explanation more accessible?&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My third question would be &lt;em&gt;does it look good?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think the answers to all these questions will be no. I'm particularly concerned that it will be very unwieldy on all but the most mahoosive screens, won't show up at all on mobile devices, and will be difficult to input.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here are a few bonus notes on commenting/explaining styles and techniques, in addition to the excellent points &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/17899/527764&quot;&gt;made by dessert&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Don't worry about the explanation making your answer longer. Let it be as long as necessary for optimum clarity. Not all answers need to be beginner level, but you can link to beginner-level resources in an answer targeted at more experienced users to make it more accessible.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Where a series of commands needs to be entered, put the explanation of each command before or after the code line, not in code format.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I write answers that use &lt;code&gt;sed&lt;/code&gt;, and the explanation is usually many times longer than the code, so I write it in a section below, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/867822/527764&quot;&gt;like this&lt;/a&gt;. Commands using other concise languages and utilities like &lt;code&gt;find&lt;/code&gt; can be commented this way too. (It is possible to write &lt;code&gt;sed&lt;/code&gt; and other tiny scripts in a way that nicely accommodates end of line comments, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1021986/extract-a-string-from-a-line-between-positions-given-by-a-pattern-in-another-lin/1022071#1022071&quot;&gt;like this&lt;/a&gt;). &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;For languages that don't have such compact commands, comments can be slotted in between code lines (like, you know, in real life). You can also write a separate line-by-line or section-by-section explanation to keep the code itself clean.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Be creative with the tools we have available, in other words. I've never written code in an answer and felt that there was no way to add a suitable explanation to it. SE pretty much has this side of things down imho. When you request a proper table format, I'll be upvoting...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2018-05-15T20:10:37.567" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17920" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-05-15T22:28:27.367" Score="9" ViewCount="178" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/dash&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;dash&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;dash&lt;/a&gt; tag is currently a synonym for the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/unity-dash&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;unity-dash&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;unity-dash&lt;/a&gt; tag, so all questions that are tagged with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/dash&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;dash&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;dash&lt;/a&gt; are automatically retagged with the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/unity-dash&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;unity-dash&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;unity-dash&lt;/a&gt; tag instead. Ubuntu 17.10 and later also has an applications dashboard which is also called the Dash. Although the new Dash looks the same as the old Dash, there is a new tag for it called &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/gnome-dash&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;gnome-dash&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;gnome-dash&lt;/a&gt; instead of one tag for both. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is not the expected behavior. It is awkward and cumbersome. A better way to do it would be to convert &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/dash&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;dash&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;dash&lt;/a&gt; from a child synonym of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/unity-dash&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;unity-dash&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;unity-dash&lt;/a&gt; into its parent tag and make both &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/unity-dash&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;unity-dash&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;unity-dash&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/gnome-dash&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;gnome-dash&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;gnome-dash&lt;/a&gt; synonyms of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/dash&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;dash&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;dash&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In case anyone disagrees with the existing names for screen real estate objects in Ubuntu 18.04, this is not what this question is about. If you want to ask about changing the names for screen real estate objects in Ubuntu 18.04 feel free to do so, but please ask about it in another question. This question is only about how we should tag the Dash, not about possible new names for the applications dashboard in Ubuntu 18.04. If you don't like the name Dash it's OK to suggest a new one, but that's the name it has for now and this question is about how to tag it, not what would be the best name for it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="94914" LastEditorUserId="94914" LastEditDate="2018-05-16T16:06:45.400" LastActivityDate="2018-05-16T16:06:45.400" Title="How should we tag the Dash?" Tags="|discussion|tags|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17921" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17920" CreationDate="2018-05-16T04:11:40.877" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;As far as I can tell, the dash isn't that prominent a feature for GNOME Shell. It's only visible in the activities overview. I don't think GNOME ever call it &quot;GNOME Dash&quot;, or even &quot;Dash&quot; with a capital D. It's only because of Ubuntu's customisation, by whatever extension that they selected, that the dash is even visible on the desktop. If GNOME Shell's own dash is the topic, I don't think it needs its own tag - it should be simply tagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/gnome-shell&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;gnome-shell&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;gnome-shell&lt;/a&gt;. Why should every component of the same software get tags? Even if it does need a tag, looking at GNOME Shell's design docs, it's not even at the same level as say, the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/top-bar&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;top-bar&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;top-bar&lt;/a&gt;. It comes under the Activities Overview, so shouldn't the tag be named after that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it's about Ubuntu's customised one, then we shouldn't call it &quot;GNOME Dash&quot; - that's misbranding it. Maybe Ubuntu Dash?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2018-05-16T04:11:40.877" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17922" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17911" CreationDate="2018-05-16T04:25:04.650" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'd like to suggest that the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/top-bar&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;top-bar&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;top-bar&lt;/a&gt; tag be done away with. I propose the following criteria:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;if the &quot;thing&quot; can be used by itself, or customised by itself, it might make sense to refer to it with tag - in which case we tag it with a suitable name, like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/mate-panel&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;mate-panel&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;mate-panel&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/budgie-panel&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;budgie-panel&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;budgie-panel&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/xfce4-panel&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;xfce4-panel&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;xfce4-panel&lt;/a&gt;*, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/lxpanel&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;lxpanel&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;lxpanel&lt;/a&gt; (which are the names of the respective software, afaict), or, alternatively, with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/panel&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;panel&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;panel&lt;/a&gt; + &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/name-of-de&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;name-of-de&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;name-of-de&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;if the &quot;thing&quot; is an inflexible component of something else, which can't be customised or used on its own, but only via the larger something else, then we should tag it with that something else - &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/gnome-shell&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;gnome-shell&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;gnome-shell&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/cinnamon&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;cinnamon&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;cinnamon&lt;/a&gt;...&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;* it seems the XFCE4 Panel is called &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/xfce-panel&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;xfce-panel&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;xfce-panel&lt;/a&gt;, even though neither the package nor the command uses this name.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="158442" LastEditDate="2018-05-16T04:46:01.243" LastActivityDate="2018-05-16T04:46:01.243" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17923" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17920" CreationDate="2018-05-16T15:16:11.473" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I never heard anyone referring the &quot;screen that appears when you click the &quot;Show Applications&quot; button&quot; as &quot;dash&quot; in respect of GNOME. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Only the side-bar thingy which appears in &quot;Activities&quot; overview (and &quot;Show Applications&quot; screen) that contains running and favourite app icons and the &quot;Show Applications&quot; button is called dash in GNOME lingo. Refer to the screenshot below (Note: it's an older version of GNOME shell, there are some minor changes in the recent ones). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/qEg1o.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/qEg1o.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;(&lt;a href=&quot;https://blog.fpmurphy.com/2011/05/more-gnome-shell-customization.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;screenshot source&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Case in point:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Go to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://extensions.gnome.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;official GNOME shell extensions website&lt;/a&gt; and search with the keyword &quot;dash&quot;. What would you find amongst the popular extensions?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Dash to dock&lt;/strong&gt;: turns &quot;GNOME dash&quot; (&lt;em&gt;side-bar thingy&lt;/em&gt;) into a dock&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Dash to panel&lt;/strong&gt;: merges &quot;GNOME dash&quot; (&lt;em&gt;side-bar thingy&lt;/em&gt;) with the &quot;top bar&quot; and turns it into a customisable panel/task-bar&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Many variants of &lt;strong&gt;Hide dash&lt;/strong&gt;: hides &quot;GNOME dash&quot; (&lt;em&gt;side-bar thingy&lt;/em&gt;) from &quot;Activities&quot; overview and &quot;Show Applications&quot; screen&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Many variants of &lt;strong&gt;Quit from dash&lt;/strong&gt;: provides an option to quit applications from &quot;GNOME dash&quot; (&lt;em&gt;side-bar thingy&lt;/em&gt;) pop-over context menu&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now Ubuntu developers turned this &quot;GNOME dash&quot; into a fully fledged dock by having the &lt;code&gt;gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-dock&lt;/code&gt; package (which is in fact a fork of the &quot;dash to dock&quot; extension mentioned above) pre-installed and activated by default in the standard Ubuntu sessions (both Xorg and Wayland) on Ubuntu 17.10 and later, and we have a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ubuntu-dock&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ubuntu-dock&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ubuntu-dock&lt;/a&gt; tag for it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So only times one encounters &quot;GNOME dash&quot; nowadays when they&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;use older releases of &quot;Ubuntu GNOME&quot; distro (currently supported one is only Ubuntu GNOME 16.04 LTS), &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;install and use vanilla GNOME session on Ubuntu 17.10 and later.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I second @muru, &quot;GNOME dash&quot; is a pretty minor thing to have a tag of its own.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, the &quot;screen that appears when you click the &quot;Show Applications&quot; button&quot; can very well be covered under the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/activities-overview&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;activities-overview&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;activities-overview&lt;/a&gt; tag. It is not much separated from the &quot;Activities&quot; overview and originally the only end-user-friendly way (without using the keyboard shortcut) to get to that &quot;Show Applications&quot; screen was via the &quot;Activities&quot; overview:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;open &quot;Activities&quot; overview&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;only then &quot;GNOME dash&quot; (the side-bar thingy) appears&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;click the &quot;Show Applications&quot; button&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you get to the &quot;Show Applications&quot; screen.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="480481" LastEditorUserId="480481" LastEditDate="2018-05-16T15:21:13.667" LastActivityDate="2018-05-16T15:21:13.667" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17924" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17925" CreationDate="2018-05-16T15:53:02.133" Score="3" ViewCount="46" Body="&lt;p&gt;Whether this is a bug might be open to interpretation. However, in the spirit of continuous improvement I thought I'd bring this up. When inserting a link we get the following prompt.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/imreQ.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/imreQ.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Placing an optional title as indicated fails. Simply changing the notification removing the text between quotes IMHO would suffice as it rapidly becomes clear to even the casual observer where to place the title once you've added the link as you get this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/qkg8i.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/qkg8i.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastEditorUserId="12845" LastEditDate="2018-05-22T01:10:48.873" LastActivityDate="2018-05-22T01:10:48.873" Title="Insert link doesn't work as expected" Tags="|bug|status-bydesign|markdown|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17925" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17924" CreationDate="2018-05-16T16:01:56.567" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;It works fine for me. Note that this is the title, &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; the alt text. The text in the &quot;enter image description&quot; part is the alt text, used when the image couldn't be shown. The title is shown when you mouseover the link, and in markdown looks like so (&lt;code&gt;foo&lt;/code&gt; in this example):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;[enter link description here][1]&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;  [1]: http://example.com &quot;foo&quot;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://example.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot; title=&quot;foo&quot;&gt;enter link description here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/dGYq2.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/dGYq2.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2018-05-16T16:01:56.567" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17926" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-05-17T22:00:53.657" Score="10" ViewCount="1328" Body="&lt;p&gt;I noticed &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/revisions/1020934/3&quot;&gt;my answer&lt;/a&gt; to a question was &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/revisions/1020934/4&quot;&gt;revised and approved&lt;/a&gt; for no apparent reason other than markdown preference.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Question&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the preferred formatting of an ordered list using markdown?  I can't find a preference for numbered lists in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/103/139249&quot;&gt;Style Guide for questions and answers&lt;/a&gt;.  On a &quot;Stack site&quot; like this that uses &lt;a href=&quot;https://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/syntax#list&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;markdown syntax that doesn't care&lt;/a&gt;, it might seem nitpicky. But also considering syntax wasn't targeted for community revisions, should a best practice be defined?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I didn't edit the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/103/139249&quot;&gt;Style Guide&lt;/a&gt; as its unclear to me how to build consensus, so I posted this question. It's also not clear to me if more appropriate that changes should be made on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/editing-help#simple-lists&quot;&gt;formatting help page&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Background Rationale&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my original post I used a nonordinal number (&lt;code&gt;0.&lt;/code&gt;), intentionally not defining index. The edit changed placeholders in favor ordinal numbers (&lt;code&gt;1.&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;2.&lt;/code&gt;, ... &lt;code&gt;N.&lt;/code&gt;) to define an index.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Although it is syntactically correct, when edited, using ordinal numbering seems less flexible or clear (in a diff); creating a cascading change effect.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="139249" LastEditorUserId="139249" LastEditDate="2018-05-18T17:13:39.107" LastActivityDate="2018-12-16T09:25:21.250" Title="What is the preferred way to add a numbered list using markdown?" Tags="|discussion|markdown|style|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17927" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17926" CreationDate="2018-05-17T22:36:47.483" Score="8" Body="&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Markdown is not perfect, but we can't expect everyone to know LaTeX, so markdown is the easy way for the most common denominator to be able to produce something readable. &lt;strong&gt;:-)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Your answer wasn't revised for no apparent reason: all edits need to be approved by 2 reviewers &lt;em&gt;unless the reviewer edits it himself&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;So &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/420786/ubashu&quot;&gt;ubashu&lt;/a&gt; probaly saw your edit as the perfect edit and went &quot;Wow, this doesn't need to wait for additional reviewers&quot; edited your edit, didn't change anything and presto: your edit got approved by one single reviewer.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;This behaviour is something that more experienced reviewers use sparingly: I normally approve an edit and allow another pair of eyes to have a look as well, but it's understandable in this case&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We're all only human...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;&lt;sup&gt;Except me, I'm a Vorlon... &lt;strong&gt;;-)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastActivityDate="2018-05-17T22:36:47.483" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17928" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17926" CreationDate="2018-05-17T22:38:43.743" Score="12" Body="&lt;h3&gt;tl;dr: Output matters, the rest is up to you.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You’re free to use whatever numbering scheme you want as long as it gives the correct output. &lt;strong&gt;There is no preferred way, and this is good&lt;/strong&gt; – needlessly limiting people’s ability to produce the desired output serves no purpose and can even be harmful: Too many rules alienate users from writing posts, and that’s definitely &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; what we want.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As the output shows, there is no difference between a list numbered with any 0 or 1&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;0. a&#xA;0. b&#xA;0. c&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;a&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;b&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;c&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and a list using the actual numbers that appear in the output as well:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;1. a&#xA;2. b&#xA;3. c&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;a&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;b&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;c&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The first number you use is the starting number for the list (but both &lt;code&gt;0&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;1&lt;/code&gt; give 1), so to begin with 4 you could do &lt;code&gt;4., 5., 6.&lt;/code&gt; or &lt;code&gt;4., 4., 4.&lt;/code&gt; or even &lt;code&gt;4., 0., 10.&lt;/code&gt;, the output is the same. In the case of your answer the editor just &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/17926/what-is-the-preferred-way-to-add-a-numbered-list-using-markdown/17928#comment37654_17927&quot;&gt;wasn’t aware your syntax was fine&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/formatting&quot;&gt;Ask Ubuntu’s formatting help page&lt;/a&gt; is &lt;em&gt;a single page with everything&lt;/em&gt; you need to know about markdown by design; let’s keep it as simple as possible. It says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A numbered  list:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;1. Numbered lists are easy&#xA;2. Markdown keeps track of the numbers for you&#xA;7. So this will be item 3.&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="507051" LastEditorUserId="507051" LastEditDate="2018-12-16T09:25:21.250" LastActivityDate="2018-12-16T09:25:21.250" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17929" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-05-18T15:38:26.537" Score="2" ViewCount="78" Body="&lt;p&gt;I asked the following question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1037474/cannot-assign-address-inside-a-docker-container&quot;&gt;Cannot assign address inside a Docker container&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;do you think it would be more appropriate for Stack Overflow, or SuperUser? Or is this the right site?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="831094" LastActivityDate="2018-05-18T15:38:26.537" Title="Is this question appropriate here?" Tags="|discussion|scope|asking-questions|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17930" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17936" CreationDate="2018-05-18T18:07:45.927" Score="14" ViewCount="939" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently installed Ubuntu on WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux). After installation, I added the Linux Mint repositories, and installed several packages from them (like &lt;code&gt;mintinstall&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;cinnamon&lt;/code&gt;). Can I ask questions about this WSL setup on Ask Ubuntu?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I found conflicting ideas for these questions on the Tour page. It would be on-topic under &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;running third-party applications on Ubuntu,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;but off topic because it may not be&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;directly related to Ubuntu, its community, or officially supported derivatives.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By the logo, it's still Ubuntu, but in the code, it's more of a hybrid (uses both Linux distro's repositories).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="802560" LastActivityDate="2018-05-29T15:09:38.493" Title="Is Ubuntu WSL with Linux Mint repos/packages OK for Ask Ubuntu?" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17932" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-05-18T20:23:51.610" Score="-4" ViewCount="98" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently had this question that I asked put on hold. &#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1030387/memory-leak-on-18-04-is-it-even-worth-upgrading-do-you-have-memory-leak-issu&quot;&gt;Memory leak on 18.04-- Is it even worth upgrading? (do you have memory leak issues?)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, this is not an opinion-based question. Some computers may respond differently to the memory leak than others (my Dell Optiplex 9010 seems tro use LESS RAM since the upgrade). All I wanted was feedback on how much memory is being hogged as compared to 16.04. Hell, I have a laptop I might upgrade, and based on user feedback, I may or may not upgrade it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's easy to see this question as opinion-based-- I get it. However, feedback on this is important--- there's a huge difference between a small, perceived bug that hogs a little RAM and a huge one that affects user performance. If people noticed that 18.04 was UNUSABLY hogging all of their RAM, they could have given me feedback there. Now someone closed my question and I can't get that feedback. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just because Ubuntu shipped 18.04 before it was ready, doesn't mean people shouldn't be allowed to ask these kind of questions. Am I being punished, or would META be better for that kind of question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="36140" LastEditorUserId="12845" LastEditDate="2018-05-22T01:11:48.277" LastActivityDate="2018-05-22T01:11:48.277" Title="Memory leak (Very relevant to 18.04/GNOME 2.6+) Question put on hold for being opinion based, but it is not" Tags="|discussion|closed-questions|specific-question|bug-reports|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17933" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17932" CreationDate="2018-05-18T20:38:10.743" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is my analysis, which is based on my knowing how the site runs/operates.  Note that since I helped close your question, this is my justifications.  The community is free to cast reopen votes if they disagree with the action, as we defer to the community consensus.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that in response to your question &quot;Am I being punished&quot;, the answer is &quot;No, this isn't punishment directed against you, this is the general handling of questions that don't fit the site's required format of how to post questions and get answers&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your core questions are only stated in the title, and those two questions are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is it worth upgrading?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What do you all think about the bug?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Both of these questions are open-ended questions without the ability to get a firm &lt;strong&gt;fact-based&lt;/strong&gt; answer that can get a clear answer to the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The first one is a subjective answer - if someone thinks it's worth upgrading that's an opinion, if they think it's not worth upgrading, that's also an opinion, and can't be supported by any specific evidenceor facts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The second one is a &quot;What do you think about this?&quot; open-ended question that, again, caters for opinions and not hard-facts and evidence to support a core answer.  Even if you rephrase this to say &quot;How is the memory leak affecting you?&quot;, you are going to get different answers based off of individual opinions based off of their own observations of the issue, not hard facts and evidence across all systems or such.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Further, this &quot;What do you think about this&quot; question caters to having &lt;em&gt;multiple&lt;/em&gt; responses from multiple people to &lt;em&gt;gauge their opinions&lt;/em&gt;.  Not only are you not going to get fact-driven answers, you are not going to get a single answer you can accept, but rather &lt;em&gt;many&lt;/em&gt; answers.  This breaks the Q/A format because Ask Ubuntu is designed such that you can ask a question, and then get a single answer that solves/answers the original question.  By expecting &lt;em&gt;multiple&lt;/em&gt; answers, none of which you can directly accept because  they &lt;em&gt;all&lt;/em&gt; answer the question with people's individual &lt;strong&gt;opinions&lt;/strong&gt; about the problem, you still get into the &quot;Too broad&quot; and &quot;Opinion-based&quot; problems.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This could also be &quot;Too Broad&quot; because you ask open-ended questions that don't have specific answers. (And in fact, &quot;too Broad&quot; fits better, so I've reclosed the post with that reason)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With either reasoning, the core problem is, I think, this doesn't match the scope of the site.  Note that this isn't a forum - this is a Q/A site that has restrictions about the types of questions you can ask, and has a requirement that questions be narrow enough that an actual answer can be given with supporting facts and evidence, and that answers actually &lt;em&gt;answer&lt;/em&gt; the question within the scope of the Help Center.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Both of the core questions being asked here are going to be driven for opinion-based replies.  The combination of the two makes the question 'Too Broad'.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2018-05-19T19:57:31.110" LastActivityDate="2018-05-19T19:57:31.110" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17934" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17892" CreationDate="2018-05-18T23:59:36.673" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't know why it's this way, but that’s how someone wrote them. I blame Google Docs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Changing it now means forcing the International sites to re-translate the entire close reason, so... Doesn't seem like a good use of their time. But if we ever make a substantive edit to that close reason, we'll definitely mess with apostrophes some more.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;tl’dr: Unicode ruins everything.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12845" LastActivityDate="2018-05-18T23:59:36.673" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17935" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17930" CreationDate="2018-05-19T05:42:35.450" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;If running Ubuntu with additional Mint repositories is on topic here, then running WSL (&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/15229/do-we-consider-ubuntu-on-windows-10-the-same-as-an-official-ubuntu-flavour-do&quot;&gt;which is on-topic&lt;/a&gt;) with additional Mint repositories is on topic here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am not aware of a policy here that adding repositories from another distro (usually a bad idea) constitutes off-topicness, and I would expect most users to find such a policy extremely surprising.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/17406/527764&quot;&gt;This answer&lt;/a&gt; is relevant here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I think the important question to ask when deciding if a question is on-topic is &lt;strong&gt;&quot;Is this about Ubuntu?&quot;&lt;/strong&gt; but unfortunately people often ask themselves &quot;Is this (also) about something that isn't Ubuntu?&quot; instead. That's the wrong question to ask.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;WSL is Ubuntu and questions about running it are on topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We should not close questions just because they smell Minty/Windowsy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2018-05-19T05:42:35.450" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17936" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17930" CreationDate="2018-05-19T12:22:25.813" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;First of all, as Zanna &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/17935/85695&quot;&gt;already pointed out&lt;/a&gt; in her answer, WSL is on topic here as decided by this meta discussion:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/15229/85695&quot;&gt;Do we consider &amp;quot;Ubuntu on Windows 10&amp;quot; the same as an official Ubuntu flavour? Do we support it? To what extent?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In general, adding a non-Ubuntu repository to your system doesn't bar you from asking questions here. If that were so, anyone who had dared add a PPA, for example, wouldn't be able to ask here! The general rule is that if you installed an official Ubuntu flavor, then your system is on topic. That's why we allow questions about &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/17049/85695&quot;&gt;non-Ubuntu kernels&lt;/a&gt;, about desktop environments—&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/3265/85695&quot;&gt;such as cinnamon&lt;/a&gt;—not used as the default environment of any Ubuntu flavor, about non-default shells and software in general. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, if your problem is directly related to the mint repositories you added; if, for example, there is a compatibility issue with the packages in the repository and you can't install something &lt;em&gt;because you have the Mint repos&lt;/em&gt;, then I would say your problem is off topic and you should probably ask on &lt;a href=&quot;http://superuser.com&quot;&gt;Super User&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;http://linux.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;Unix &amp;amp; Linux&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If, on the other hand, yours is a general question about using WSL, then the fact that you happen to have added an extra repository doesn't mean that your question is off topic, no.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="507051" LastEditDate="2018-05-19T12:35:55.453" LastActivityDate="2018-05-19T12:35:55.453" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17938" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17940" CreationDate="2018-05-21T07:05:57.663" Score="12" ViewCount="200" Body="&lt;p&gt;I found &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1038553/how-to-create-launchpad-ppa-from-ubuntu-binary&quot;&gt;this post&lt;/a&gt;. The OP states:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A 30k Geek (GeekCash) reward is given to you after the job is complete.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I wasn't sure what this meant, so I commented:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What does &quot;What does a 30k Geek (GeekCash) reward is given to you after the job is complete mean?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The user replied with:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Yes, you can download GeekCash Wallet at geekcash.org/#wallets and create a wallet address, after that I send coin to your address.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This confirms my suspicions. GeekCash is a cryptocurrency. &lt;strong&gt;The user is offering real money in return for a solution.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/6291/is-it-allowed-to-offer-something-not-a-bounty-in-exchange-for-an-answer&quot;&gt;these&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/42767/should-i-edit-out-an-offer-of-financial-reward&quot;&gt;three&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/29008/how-do-you-respond-when-someone-offers-to-pay-you-on-so&quot;&gt;posts&lt;/a&gt; (well not so much the last one but the first two anyway) say that &lt;strong&gt;this is not OK&lt;/strong&gt;. Please could we have this edited out/deleted/something else to nuke this &lt;em&gt;real money&lt;/em&gt; business?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Original comment:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1038553/how-to-create-launchpad-ppa-from-ubuntu-binary?noredirect=1#comment1691025_1038553&quot;&gt;How to create Launchpad PPA from Ubuntu binary&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="420786" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2018-05-21T12:00:05.997" LastActivityDate="2018-05-21T12:00:05.997" Title="What should be done with this post offering a monetary reward?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17939" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17938" CreationDate="2018-05-21T08:18:04.873" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;CVT'd  as spam.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;He is pushing his own product.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastActivityDate="2018-05-21T08:18:04.873" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17940" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17938" CreationDate="2018-05-21T08:46:08.950" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;I removed the offer of remuneration. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks for bringing this up, but next time just suggest an edit. There's no need for a meta discussion for something so easily fixed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2018-05-21T09:59:56.723" LastActivityDate="2018-05-21T09:59:56.723" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17941" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17955" CreationDate="2018-05-21T12:01:29.270" Score="26" ViewCount="279" Body="&lt;p&gt;More often than I wish I come across a post (mostly a question) which uses wrong version numbers of Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Examples:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/1031498/250300&quot;&gt;Ubuntu 17 to 18 upgrade, wont log in&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/915444/250300&quot;&gt;Ubuntu 17 and hibernate?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/1015495/250300&quot;&gt;How to install USB-to-Serial driver on Ubuntu 17?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/1008022/250300&quot;&gt;Ubuntu 16 not detecting Windows on the hard drive despite partitioning&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/943911/250300&quot;&gt;Unable to boot or start system after install ubuntu 16&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/1032344/250300&quot;&gt;Can 18.04 be installed ov r 17.01 when the pc has Windows 10 also?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please note that (unlike Windows, for example) Ubuntu versions use &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/1236/250300&quot;&gt;the form &lt;strong&gt;&lt;code&gt;YY.MM&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; where &lt;code&gt;YY&lt;/code&gt; is the year and &lt;code&gt;MM&lt;/code&gt; the month of release. Ubuntu is released twice a year regularly (April and October) and for each year, the &lt;strong&gt;versions &lt;code&gt;x.04&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;x.10&lt;/code&gt; are different&lt;/strong&gt;. Moreover, the versions &lt;code&gt;17.04&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;17.10&lt;/code&gt;, for example, are &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; closer to each other than &lt;code&gt;17.10&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;18.04&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you use just e.g. &lt;code&gt;17&lt;/code&gt; as a version number, we can just &lt;em&gt;guess&lt;/em&gt; whether you mean &lt;code&gt;17.04&lt;/code&gt; or &lt;code&gt;17.10&lt;/code&gt;. Sometimes the guess can be quite easy at the time of posting but the situation changes over the time as new releases come out and other ones cross &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ubuntu.com/info/release-end-of-life&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;EOL&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you can see in the above examples, the questions lacking the full version&#xA;number are often not answered. You should make your question as clear and specific as you can and a valid version number is a simple piece of help in making the question clear and answerable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="250300" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2018-06-04T18:54:50.707" LastActivityDate="2018-06-04T18:54:50.707" Title="Always use full Ubuntu version numbers (if you want to specify the version)" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17942" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-05-21T18:34:47.163" Score="0" ViewCount="47" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/231382/with-kernel-3-5-0-21-the-wireless-card-realtek-rtl8723ae-bt-stop-working&quot;&gt;This question&lt;/a&gt; was just bumped to homepage (appr. 14:30 EDT 2018-05-21).  It's About an EOL LTS version that lost support years ago, specific to a kernel version that's a whole generation older (3.x versus current 4.x) than what we have now.  If this were asked new now, it would be instantly closed as off topic due to unsupported Ubuntu version.  What's gained by having questions like this remain live on the site?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="360188" LastActivityDate="2018-05-21T18:48:13.520" Title="Why does &quot;Community&quot; bump years-old questions about now-obsolete versions to homepage?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17943" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17942" CreationDate="2018-05-21T18:48:13.520" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;The Community user's choice amongst potential bumping candidates is pretty random, I assume. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;posts eligible for bumping are those scoring &gt;= 0 that have gone at least 30 days with no activity, have at least one non-deleted answer scoring 0 and none scoring more than that, and no accepted answer (also, they can't be deleted or closed). &lt;sub&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/184511/280883&quot;&gt;[Source]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Beyond that, and the number of views as a weighting factor, the Community user has no means to evaluate the usefulness of a particular question. It's an automated system with limited intelligence. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastActivityDate="2018-05-21T18:48:13.520" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17944" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-05-22T10:27:59.653" Score="4" ViewCount="105" Body="&lt;p&gt;As &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/18.04&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;18.04&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;18.04&lt;/a&gt; is relatively new, not all repositories (including PPAs) are releasing their packages for Bionic. Still, there are constantly questions regarding 404 error while trying to install package(s) from PPAs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In short, I want to discuss: What to do with questions regarding 404 error on repositories while the original poster wanted to install &lt;em&gt;that&lt;/em&gt; package? This &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/65911/how-can-i-fix-a-404-error-when-using-a-ppa-or-updating-my-package-lists&quot;&gt;question&lt;/a&gt; have only answers to remove PPAs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This can be a future-proofing, so new users can know what to do when they're still want to install a certain package, with knowledge of risk (if there's any) if they want to install the older version for older Ubuntu release.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="147459" LastActivityDate="2018-05-22T16:11:23.647" Title="How to deal with 404 error questions? (repository/installation related)" Tags="|discussion|new-users|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17945" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17944" CreationDate="2018-05-22T16:11:23.647" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Maybe a generic edit to the existing 404 PPA question or a new one explaining that it's impossible for us to know when a third party will provide packages might be a good catch all? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2018-05-22T16:11:23.647" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17946" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-05-22T18:20:21.580" Score="3" ViewCount="47" Body="&lt;p&gt;In Review, I usually pass the tests when they occur.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The most common cause of failing is that I add a comment to a first-timer's question asking for clarification about what their goal was, or some such.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So then after the fail, there is no way to lodge my disagreement with the test. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why does the review test fail as I try to comment on crappy questions in the first place? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have no idea what those tests are for.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And when I fail one yet disagree with the decision, the learning experience is directly tied to the testing process and nothing to do with Ubuntu.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This seems very counterproductive.  And just annoying enough that I sought out this &lt;code&gt;meta&lt;/code&gt; to say something about it.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Who decides this, anyway?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;SUGGESTION:  Instead of just being able to click on &quot;I Understand&quot; there should be a second button for &quot;I Disagree&quot;&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="640711" LastActivityDate="2018-05-22T18:20:21.580" Title="How to lodge disagreement with certain Review Test fails?" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" ClosedDate="2018-05-22T18:45:16.690" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17947" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-05-24T08:28:40.800" Score="3" ViewCount="48" Body="&lt;p&gt;Either it's a coincidence or intentional, I saw two similar questions of LibreOffice right now:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1039715/conver-ods-document-to-docx-document&quot;&gt;Convert .ods document to .docx document&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1039699/converting-ods-to-docx-file&quot;&gt;Converting .ods to .docx file&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Apparently, both OPs have also the similar amount and topic of questions (with only one user have &lt;em&gt;one more&lt;/em&gt; question, which is tagged as duplicate). I don't think they belong to one person, but their typing style somehow increases my suspicion between them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can anyone take a look and investigate this? They even have almost &lt;em&gt;similar&lt;/em&gt; typos, incorrectly typing &lt;code&gt;.odt&lt;/code&gt; as &lt;code&gt;.ods&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="147459" LastActivityDate="2018-05-24T08:28:40.800" Title="Possibly similar question (or even accounts)?" Tags="|support|duplicates|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17948" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-05-26T10:05:09.900" Score="3" ViewCount="33" Body="&lt;p&gt;If my answer uses a package one has to install first, I like to add an AptURL link with the small package symbol &lt;img src=&quot;https://hostmar.co/software-small&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;, e.g. for &lt;code&gt;sl&lt;/code&gt; using this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;[`sl` ![Install sl](https://hostmar.co/software-small)](http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/sl)&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Essentially that’s the way the canonical meta post shows it: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/548/507051&quot;&gt;How to post links that integrate with the Software Center?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The output should look like &lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/DEEAt.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/DEEAt.png&quot; alt=&quot;normal output&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and does that in the normal “full site” mode, but if you switch to the “Mobile” version (by clicking “Mobile” at the bottom of the page on the left), instead it looks like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/zBvgX.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/zBvgX.png&quot; alt=&quot;odd mobile output&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Apparently the image is centered on a new line, which makes it look really weird. You can observe this behaviour on &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/395/507051&quot;&gt;said canonical post&lt;/a&gt;, just switch to the mobile view to see the effect.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="507051" LastActivityDate="2018-05-26T10:05:09.900" Title="Mobile view adds linebreaks before and after images even if they are very small" Tags="|bug|design|site-attributes|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17949" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-05-26T14:06:54.583" Score="2" ViewCount="58" Body="&lt;p&gt;When I enter&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&amp;lt;!-- language-all: lang-bash --&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;    if :; then echo &quot;quoted&quot;; fi&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;in a post on main, the output looks like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/y7J3I.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/y7J3I.png&quot; alt=&quot;example for proper syntax highlighting on main&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here on meta, the very same code gets no syntax highlighting at all:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;if :; then echo &quot;quoted&quot;; fi&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I already tried every possible combination from &lt;code&gt;language: bash&lt;/code&gt; to said &lt;code&gt;language-all: lang-bash&lt;/code&gt; without any avail. As the last paragraphs in &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/17167/507051&quot;&gt;this post by Eliah Kagan&lt;/a&gt; shows, I’m not the only one who is &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/17899/507051&quot;&gt;bothered&lt;/a&gt; by this – I think we all agree syntax highlighting is very useful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Could you shed some light on whether that’s actually a bug or rather &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/status-bydesign&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;status-bydesign&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;status-bydesign&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;If it’s the latter:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What are the precise reasons this decision was made?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Can we have a discussion on that?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;When is syntax highlighting needed in meta? The only case I can think of is a question asking about syntax highlighting. Is that really a common enough issue to need it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are a number of scripts and code snippets posted here on meta, examples in addition to the above linked ones include:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;code copied from main for analysis: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/15292/507051&quot;&gt;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/15292/507051&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;that’s a case where syntax highlighting would be &lt;em&gt;especially&lt;/em&gt; useful&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://data.stackexchange.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;SEDE&lt;/a&gt; SQL scripts: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/13806/507051&quot;&gt;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/13806/507051&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;SVG code: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/2631/507051&quot;&gt;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/2631/507051&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/2640/507051&quot;&gt;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/2640/507051&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;scripts requested by OP: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/13905/507051&quot;&gt;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/13905/507051&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/483/507051&quot;&gt;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/483/507051&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/294/507051&quot;&gt;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/294/507051&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any good reason &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; to have syntax highlighting available?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="507051" LastEditorUserId="507051" LastEditDate="2018-05-27T15:25:42.793" LastActivityDate="2018-05-27T15:25:42.793" Title="Syntax highlighting doesn’t work on meta" Tags="|bug|code-formatting|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17950" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17951" CreationDate="2018-05-28T01:10:09.643" Score="8" ViewCount="158" Body="&lt;p&gt;From time to time you may see a user flair on a user profile or embedd elsewhere. For instance here's mine:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://stackexchange.com/users/4558419&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://stackexchange.com/users/flair/4558419.png&quot; width=&quot;208&quot; height=&quot;58&quot; alt=&quot;profile for Serg on Stack Exchange, a network of free, community-driven Q&amp;amp;A sites&quot; title=&quot;profile for Serg on Stack Exchange, a network of free, community-driven Q&amp;amp;A sites&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I learned about this flair thingy long time ago from fellow users (specifically, it was  @Fabby who introduced this to me), but today this got me thinking: are there any other types of flairs like this that show different types of data ? Perhaps &quot;latest answer&quot; or &quot;Most voted questions of the user&quot;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;P.S: Excuse the use of &quot;thingy&quot;, the &quot;$USER&quot; not well versed in HTML terminology.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="295286" LastEditorUserId="295286" LastEditDate="2018-05-31T20:25:19.833" LastActivityDate="2019-10-15T20:32:13.143" Title="What html flairs are available for Ask Ubuntu and Stack Exchange users in general?" Tags="|discussion|user-accounts|data|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17951" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17950" CreationDate="2018-05-28T01:34:20.897" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just to clear things up, this is called &quot;User Flair&quot;, and exists on the StackExchange network data for a user under the 'flair' tab, or accessible by specific URLs such as the site-specific one:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;https://askubuntu.com/users/flair/10616.png&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;... which only shows the reputation on that specific site, or the StackExchange-wide one:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;https://stackexchange.com/users/flair/297701.png&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Both of these are mine, by the way)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;User Flair such as that is not customizeable beyond the theme in use according to all the Meta.SE threads I checked for this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Known themes to exist are (appended by &lt;code&gt;?theme=&lt;/code&gt; to the PNG URL):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;None (the default)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;dark&lt;/code&gt; - makes a dark theme&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;clean&lt;/code&gt; - can't tell the difference from default but it works&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;hotdog&lt;/code&gt; - makes a lot of red.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't think you can customize this to have anything such as &quot;latest answer&quot; or &quot;most voted questions&quot; - at least, there isn't any such 'flair' that I have found for this.  I went hunting for such things and didn't find them.  If they exist, they aren't documented, though I highly doubt there's any type of 'custom' embed-able code that gets you the other stats.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(There may have been at one point, that was done via a third party service, but not anymore.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And just to confirm I made inquiries via certain discreet channels, and got a &quot;Yeah there's nothing other than user rep you can put there&quot; as the reply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2018-05-28T22:21:27.563" LastActivityDate="2018-05-28T22:21:27.563" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17952" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-05-28T17:01:40.813" Score="10" ViewCount="397" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;My apologies to Karl Richter and Waltinator!&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This post was not meant as an attack on you personally &lt;em&gt;at all&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; but more of a &amp;quot;call to arms&amp;quot; to the community at large to try and understand that there are humans behind an avatar and that most people are nice and are willing to help one another!&lt;sup&gt;*&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The following answer:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/1041135/344926&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/gPd3Q.png&quot; alt=&quot;alt text&quot; title=&quot;Click only if you have &amp;gt;10000 reputation&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;was actually talking about &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/937325/344926&quot;&gt;this answer&lt;/a&gt; that contained a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/937325/revisions&quot;&gt;malicious link&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So next time when you see a N00b complaining about links, open the entire Q&amp;amp;A in another tab and &lt;em&gt;add a bit of extra Sherlock Holmes to your thinking process&lt;/em&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;:-)&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;*&lt;/sup&gt; I've been told that this post could be interpreted in a negative way, but that was totally not my goal...  Do I owe you more than an apology? Beer? Pizza? A bounty on one of your answers???  &lt;strong&gt;:-)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2018-05-30T23:55:28.367" Title="Please read complaints of rep 1 users more carefully" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="14" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17953" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17956" CreationDate="2018-05-29T12:01:59.060" Score="10" ViewCount="135" Body="&lt;p&gt;As per &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/17952/please-read-complaints-of-rep-1-users-more-carefully&quot;&gt;this AU meta question&lt;/a&gt; we've seen links to external sites turn &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/suggested-edits/116392&quot;&gt;malicious&lt;/a&gt; over the years.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So could we have:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A Policy that this will not be allowed any more on the entire SE network?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A Process that removes Malicious/dead links after the fact just like LMGTFY links are refused before the fact)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;a Product (batch job that runs nightly/weekly that checks whether or not domain names have turned malicious so that the community user can just edit them out?) that implements the above Process?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Because now it depends solely on &lt;strong&gt;People!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Please upvote if you think this is a good idea and downvote if it's a bad one so we can go / not go bark up the SE developer's tree..&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="344926" LastEditDate="2018-05-30T23:53:58.630" LastActivityDate="2018-05-31T09:21:03.247" Title="Malicious/Dead link removal Policy, Process, Product requested" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17954" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17930" CreationDate="2018-05-29T15:09:38.493" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Personally, whether on topic or no, I (for one) would certainly hesitate to dive down this particular rabbit hole and would also be unlikely to trust any answers received. Let's think for a moment what's required to do a credible job here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A) WSL loaded on a Windows platform (Fairly easy to obtain)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;B) The desire to risk instability by unnecessarily adding Mint repositories to you installation. (A pretty unlikely choice).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;C) The willingness to spend the time answering a question that is unlikely to help anyone other than the slim population that has done exactly what you have done. Quite possibly only you. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I fail to see the benefit of adding Mint repositories to a system that has no GUI and AFAICT &lt;a href=&quot;https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/faq&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;only supports the CLI.&lt;/a&gt; I would advise against the course of action and would be unlikely to  personally encourage it by answering questions about it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Disclaimer:&lt;/strong&gt; The &lt;strong&gt;opinions&lt;/strong&gt; expressed here are my own. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastActivityDate="2018-05-29T15:09:38.493" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17955" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17941" CreationDate="2018-05-29T20:08:03.843" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;We all run across questions like this. Note that questions regarding the usage of many CLI programs don't even need this info to be answerable as they aren't version specific. I think it's safe to say that the vast majority of us would very much like to see accurate representations of the questions that we endeavor to answer. The solution to this apparent problem is usually very simple. The steps I use are as follows.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1)&lt;/strong&gt; Leave a comment requesting the output of &lt;code&gt;lsb_release -a&lt;/code&gt; or even &lt;code&gt;lsb_release -d&lt;/code&gt; either of which will indicate not only the major but also the point version as in: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;me@zippy-64bit:~$ lsb_release -a&#xA;No LSB modules are available.&#xA;Distributor ID: Ubuntu&#xA;Description:    Ubuntu 16.04.4 LTS&#xA;Release:    16.04&#xA;Codename:   xenial&#xA;&#xA;me@zippy-64bit:~$ lsb_release -d&#xA;Description:    Ubuntu 16.04.4 LTS&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2)&lt;/strong&gt; Also in your comment thank the author of the post for helping us help them. This seems to increase the likelihood of an appropriate response. You might also consider requesting that they review &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/how-to-ask&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/help/how-to-ask&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;3)&lt;/strong&gt; Vote To Close as &quot;Unclear what your asking&quot; as it is (unclear at least to you).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Many of the questions that we get are from people who have little or no experience whatsoever with 'nix systems and most will respond well to requests for further information provided that you tell them how to get it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastActivityDate="2018-05-29T20:08:03.843" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17956" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17953" CreationDate="2018-05-30T11:02:23.000" Score="7" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Update: I have a Product: &lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/oliwarner/au-linkcheck/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;linkcheck.py&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;(Up to StackExchange to come up with the site-wide Policy and Process)&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It works but how do we &lt;em&gt;know&lt;/em&gt; what a bad domain is?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/S0XKt.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So rather than wait around, I saw an opportunity to write some code and took it. It downloads the blacklists that Smoke Detector uses on new posts and edits and applies them against our entire database. You'll need to download a data dump, and install pypy. All in the readme.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After some more tweaking, it handles ~13,000 posts per second on my moderately powerful desktop so can chunk out the entire site in ~45s. The following is the output (and the matched domain):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/44668/&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/q/44668/&lt;/a&gt;   &lt;code&gt;rhubcom.com&lt;/code&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/168301/&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/q/168301/&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;code&gt;cadsoftusa.com&lt;/code&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/211202/&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/q/211202/&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;code&gt;code-industry.net&lt;/code&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/223107/&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/q/223107/&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;code&gt;code-industry.net&lt;/code&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/304193/&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/q/304193/&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;code&gt;pornhub.com&lt;/code&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/369358/&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/q/369358/&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;code&gt;downloadavideo.net&lt;/code&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/656940/&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/q/656940/&lt;/a&gt; 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How much work is it actually to:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Spot that the domain/URL is now bad&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Do a search for posts with that domain&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Flag/edit/etc&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I also have to consider that step 1 of the above process might not be happening. How often do &lt;em&gt;you&lt;/em&gt; spider the site checking for dodgy links?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My first thought is that &lt;strong&gt;Smoke Detector should be doing this&lt;/strong&gt;. It already keeps track of bad domains/urls and their usage on new posts and new edits. As far as I know it doesn't retroactively search when a new &quot;bad link&quot; is added. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe they could add this sort of feature. It's pretty hardcore though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I just want to see what's involved with a DIY solution. I'm downloading the Ask Ubuntu data dump from March and I'll try to script something together to use Smoke Detector's &lt;code&gt;bad-*.txt&lt;/code&gt; regex files and scan every post on the site. Of course that's possible, but performance may be... Interesting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="344926" LastEditDate="2018-05-31T09:21:03.247" LastActivityDate="2018-05-31T09:21:03.247" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17957" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-05-30T15:20:05.043" Score="5" ViewCount="58" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1042007/i-installed-kali-linux-with-the-dual-boot-on-ubuntu-16-04&quot;&gt;I installed kali linux with the dual boot on ubuntu 16.04&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is not a question about Kail linux, it is a question about recovering Ubuntu&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I agree we do not support Kali&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I agree the op should have made backup &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We do, however, support Ubuntu data recovery after I stalling other os windows specifically &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/524511/recover-windows-7-boot-after-installing-ubuntu-14-04&quot;&gt;Recover Windows 7 boot after installing Ubuntu 14.04&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/827414/recovering-lost-data-after-installing-ubuntu-on-windows-10-using-testdisk&quot;&gt;recovering lost data after installing ubuntu on windows 10 using testdisk&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/991420/how-to-recover-grub&quot;&gt;How to recover GRUB?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I believe we should help in this case as well&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="35795" LastActivityDate="2018-05-30T15:56:15.510" Title="Reopen this question" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17958" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17957" CreationDate="2018-05-30T15:56:15.510" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Agreed. If the question is on topic, it should not be closed as off topic. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have now reopened it although, as Thomas pointed out, it will likely be closed as a dupe. At least it will be closed for the right reason if so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2018-05-30T15:56:15.510" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17959" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-05-24T04:54:10.730" Score="1" ViewCount="49" Body="&lt;p&gt;I tried to post a question about the WiFi icon and menu that vanished after going from Ubuntu MATE 17.10 to Ubuntu MATE 18.04.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The web page demanded that I include data on my hardware even though this is a software issue. I still have full internet connectivity. Just the icon and menu are missing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I added the hardware info but the web page ignored it an demanded it again.&#xA;What good is Ask Ubuntu when it will not allow me to ask a question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="815014" OwnerDisplayName="Robert Pearson" LastActivityDate="2018-05-31T07:49:12.640" Title="Web-page did not allow posting a question about the vanishing WiFi icon" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17960" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17953" CreationDate="2018-05-31T00:41:05.670" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think it's a good general practice to try and clean up these links, but we may or may not ever run in to the problem of someone poisoning the bad domain list or a heuristic picking up on some blog that does a kernel module programming tutorial as a downloadable rootkit or something.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure if I'ld delete them or just put a don't click this/click at your own risk thing next to them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2018-05-31T00:41:05.670" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17961" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17959" CreationDate="2018-05-31T00:59:30.570" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Robert,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Wireless is very complex, so please &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/ask&quot;&gt;ask your question again on the main site&lt;/a&gt; but add all the info as per &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/425155/my-wireless-wifi-connection-does-not-work-what-information-is-needed-to-diagnos/&quot;&gt;this Q&amp;amp;A&lt;/a&gt; and post a screenshot of what it looks like now and the best of the best will then review your question again and ensure you add the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/mate&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;mate&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;mate&lt;/a&gt; tag as well. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sorry about this...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastActivityDate="2018-05-31T00:59:30.570" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17962" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17959" CreationDate="2018-05-31T07:49:12.640" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Don't fight the system, adapt to it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Your question is about the interface, wifi icon and the top panel.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The system wants you to include hardware information when it thinks you are asking about a problem regarding wireless and it does that by checking for the tag &quot;wireless&quot;. That is to prevent questions like &quot;my wireless does not work. help me&quot;. Nothing to go on, a waste of time for all of us, including the person asking the question.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So the answer is pretty simple: do not mention wireless or use tags pointing to a problem with wireless. Mention the interface, gui in use: gdm3/unity, top panel, missing wi-fi icon. Things like that. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastActivityDate="2018-05-31T07:49:12.640" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17964" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17965" CreationDate="2018-06-03T04:28:25.427" Score="3" ViewCount="67" Body="&lt;p&gt;My PC's language is German and in this site the word processor is set to German. I can't change it to English so that my mistakes are automatically corrected.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I fix this somehow?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user833907" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2018-06-03T16:47:01.053" LastActivityDate="2018-06-03T16:47:01.053" Title="Changing the language of Ask Ubuntu word processor" Tags="|support|languages|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17965" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17964" CreationDate="2018-06-03T05:57:52.007" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;In Firefox you can add dictionaries from &lt;a href=&quot;https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/language-tools/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; and change the spell-checking language by right-clicking in a text field and selecting another language.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="480481" LastActivityDate="2018-06-03T05:57:52.007" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17966" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17950" CreationDate="2018-06-03T15:03:32.940" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I host a customisable flair on my website. I wrote the code myself, and it is under the MIT licence. It's more involved than pasting an image into a webpage, but it is a higher quality end product, which is more customisable. It uses the API v 2.2 to get the data. You can change it however you want - move the parts around, chose your own font, change the background colour etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To get different information you would have to change the &lt;code&gt;filter&lt;/code&gt; value to select the desired information - if people wanted this I'm sure I could add something to implement it!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can &lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/timtjtim/SEFlair&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;get it here&lt;/a&gt;, with usage instructions, or have a look at a live example on &lt;a href=&quot;https://timtjtim.co.uk/Flair/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;my website here&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://timtjtim.co.uk/OnlineAccounts/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;see where I use it here&lt;/a&gt; (scroll down a little).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Examples:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/y0gAU.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/y0gAU.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ehpuJ.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ehpuJ.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My pronouns are He / Him&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="186134" LastEditorUserId="186134" LastEditDate="2019-10-15T20:32:13.143" LastActivityDate="2019-10-15T20:32:13.143" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17967" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17968" CreationDate="2018-06-03T15:19:43.697" Score="2" ViewCount="67" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can you explain what is the score of a question and how can I understand what is the score of a question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user833907" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2018-06-03T16:22:47.870" LastActivityDate="2018-06-03T18:09:59.083" Title="What is the score of a question?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17968" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17967" CreationDate="2018-06-03T16:22:19.807" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;The score of a post is the sum of votes on it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When someone* clicks the up arrow on a post (upvotes it) that increases its score by one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When someone** clicks the down arrow on a post (downvotes it) that decreases its score by one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This post has a score of 98:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/oee4v.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/oee4v.png&quot; alt=&quot;post score is 98&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When you have 1000 reputation points, you gain the ability to see the score breakdown by clicking on the score:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/7G7yz.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/7G7yz.png&quot; alt=&quot;post score is 99-1&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;* this applies when the person voting has at least 15 reputation; otherwise the vote is &lt;em&gt;anonymous&lt;/em&gt;***.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;** this applied when the person voting has at least 125 reputation; otherwise the vote is &lt;em&gt;anonymous&lt;/em&gt;***.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;*** &lt;em&gt;anonymous votes&lt;/em&gt; are recorded and information about them can be found, for example in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://data.stackexchange.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;public data dump&lt;/a&gt;, but it does not affect the post score.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2018-06-03T18:09:59.083" LastActivityDate="2018-06-03T18:09:59.083" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17969" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-06-04T14:59:52.943" Score="5" ViewCount="144" Body="&lt;p&gt;This post was closed as off-topic.  If possible I'd like to discuss it being reopened or at least have a better understanding of its closure so I can rework it or avoid future mis-postings.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1040277/ubuntu-hyper-v-vm-production-checkpoints-suddenly-failing&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Hyper-V VM Production Checkpoints Suddenly Failing&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I understand that the checkpoint is being taken by hyper-V, but as I say in the post, production checkpoints directly interact with the guest os, Ubunutu in this case, and it is only when the guest os is active, and on this vm specifically, vs other ubuntu vms that are having no trouble, that I can't get a production checkpoint to work, to me this all points to this specific install of ubuntu having a problem that is preventing the checkpoint from being created, which seems on topic since the problem and subsequent fix is presumably inside the Ubunutu guest.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is all very separate from traditional checkpoints which do not interact with the guest os and which I am having absolutely no problems with.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you for your time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="620878" LastActivityDate="2018-06-05T07:14:34.893" Title="Discussion of Closed Post" Tags="|discussion|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17970" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17969" CreationDate="2018-06-05T07:14:34.893" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your question has been reopened recently. Hope you’ll get an answer soon!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="250300" LastActivityDate="2018-06-05T07:14:34.893" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17971" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-06-05T14:44:11.130" Score="7" ViewCount="190" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just found out there's a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/gnome-extensions&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;gnome-extensions&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;gnome-extensions&lt;/a&gt; tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think it's just a synonym of the older and well-documented &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/gnome-shell-extension&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;gnome-shell-extension&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;gnome-shell-extension&lt;/a&gt; tag. So &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/gnome-extensions&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;gnome-extensions&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;gnome-extensions&lt;/a&gt; should be merged with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/gnome-shell-extension&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;gnome-shell-extension&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;gnome-shell-extension&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have suggested a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tags/gnome-shell-extension/synonyms&quot;&gt;tag synonym&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="480481" LastActivityDate="2018-06-05T14:44:11.130" Title="Tag synonyms: [gnome-shell-extension] and [gnome-extensions]" Tags="|discussion|tags|tag-synonyms|tag-merge|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17973" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-06-06T15:16:10.330" Score="6" ViewCount="75" Body="&lt;p&gt;The question I reference below is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1043350/standalone-flash-graphical-glitches-in-ubuntu-18-04&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Twice now I have asked a question on Ask Ubuntu, sincerely looking for help with a problem, only to have the first one marked as a duplicate to an unrelated thread and deleted, even after I edited it to explain how it was not a duplicate.  And the second one has been put on hold as a bug report, and I have not gotten any response to comments I posted there asking about that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I didn't come here to report a bug, but to see if anyone could help figure out what was causing this problem to occur in 18.04 when it did not happen with previous versions of Ubuntu.  I also don't see my question as a bug report because I know the standalone flash player works properly with the same .swf files I am trying to use it with now.  It worked perfectly in previous versions of Ubuntu, so this new problem is specifically something with 18.04, and that's what I'm trying to figure out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I thought my question fell under the &quot;Running third party applications on Ubuntu&quot; part of the rules, as that's basically what I'm trying to do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not here trying to cause problems, but rather just to get help with a problem I'm having.  I could understand my question being closed as a duplicate, or off topic, if those who marked it as such just took the time to leave a comment explaining exactly why it fell under those categories, but that has not happened.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I'm being perfectly honest, the way my questions have been handled so far is extremely discouraging and is close to making me just give up on this site entirely.  I'm really trying to understand here, but I'm having trouble.  Can someone please help me understand why my question is being treated this way?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="560520" LastActivityDate="2018-06-06T19:08:37.810" Title="Help understanding why my question keeps getting deleted or put on hold" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17974" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17975" CreationDate="2018-06-06T17:20:49.733" Score="5" ViewCount="79" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've deleted a question,but the number of views is still changing. Who can see my deleted question? Aren't they permanently deleted?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user833907" LastActivityDate="2018-06-06T18:14:05.060" Title="Who is able to see deleted questions?" Tags="|support|deleted-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17975" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17974" CreationDate="2018-06-06T17:25:31.413" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Questions that are deleted are not visible to most users, but there are some users who can see deleted posts, including:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The original author of the post&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Users with 10,000 or more reputation (see the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/moderator-tools&quot;&gt;help center's privileges list for 10k rep&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Elected Moderators (like myself)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;StackExchange Employees&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This has always been the case.  Deleted questions are not &lt;em&gt;permanently&lt;/em&gt; deleted, in that deleted posts can still be viewed by those certain groups of users for historical and/or moderation purposes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They can also be undeleted under certain circumstances, though this is a much more rare occurrence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2018-06-06T18:14:05.060" LastActivityDate="2018-06-06T18:14:05.060" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17976" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17973" CreationDate="2018-06-06T19:08:37.810" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;User &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/175814/david-foerster&quot;&gt;David Foerster&lt;/a&gt; posted a comment in the original &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1043350/standalone-flash-graphical-glitches-in-ubuntu-18-04&quot;&gt;question thread&lt;/a&gt; explaining why it is considered a bug report issue:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What you describe in the update to your question is a &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_regression&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;regression bug&lt;/a&gt; which is still a bug and thus falls under policy for bug reports, according to which it doesn't matter in which software component the bug lies or who develops or maintains that software component.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do believe that it was incorrect for this question to have been deleted as a duplicate the first time I posed it, but David has provided a good explanation for why it is considered a bug report issue, and therefore off-topic anyway.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you all for the help in clearing up this misunderstanding for me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="560520" LastActivityDate="2018-06-06T19:08:37.810" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17978" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17979" CreationDate="2018-06-09T20:15:34.690" Score="4" ViewCount="155" Body="&lt;p&gt;Could we at least attempt to understand questions prior to voting them as unclear? Here's just one example: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1045106/cp-command-is-not-working-properly&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;cp &amp;quot;command is not working properly&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'll grant you that the question is very basic and it doesn't appear that any research was done in an attempt to solve the problem, but the question itself couldn't be more clear as both the command issued and the error message are given. I think that failing to answer these painfully simple questions only results in more of the same. Am I psychic? Or are we as a community voting to close as unclear questions that can and should be answered? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastActivityDate="2018-06-09T21:30:13.920" Title="Basic questions closed as unclear?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17979" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17978" CreationDate="2018-06-09T21:21:12.710" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;As it currently stands, this question is &lt;em&gt;totally&lt;/em&gt; unclear – the many comments show how many question are left open. To just list the most pressing ones:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Does &lt;code&gt;/home/thiru/Pictures&lt;/code&gt; exist?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is &lt;code&gt;/home/thiru/Pictures&lt;/code&gt; a directory?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Why is OP using &lt;code&gt;sudo&lt;/code&gt;?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;How did OP get this error message? I’m only able to get these, none of which even resembles the one from the question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;cp: cannot create regular file '/home/dessert/Pictures/': Not a directory&#xA;cp: failed to access '/home/dessert/Pictures/': Not a directory&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This last point shows that there’s something fishy here, and nobody can know what before OP answered the questions from the comments. In my opinion, that’s the very definition of unclear. Note that we don’t close a question for good when we close it as unclear, this close reason on the contrary gives OP strong hints how to improve the question and get it reopened once it’s answerable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Citing &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/closed-questions&quot;&gt;What does it mean if a question is &quot;closed&quot; or &quot;on hold&quot;?&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;h3&gt;unclear what you're asking&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;sometimes we need more information in&#xA;  order to help solve your problem&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Edit your post to be more specific about what you're looking for, and&#xA;  be sure to address any concerns that other users brought up in the&#xA;  comments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Questions that are edited within five days of being put on hold are automatically added to a reopening queue for community review.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It doesn’t say: “Your question is unclear, go away.”&lt;br&gt;&#xA;It does say “Edit your post and react to comments, it’ll get automatically queued for reopening.”&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="507051" LastEditorUserId="507051" LastEditDate="2018-06-09T21:30:13.920" LastActivityDate="2018-06-09T21:30:13.920" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17980" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="17981" CreationDate="2018-06-10T19:25:21.030" Score="0" ViewCount="110" Body="&lt;p&gt;I tried to post but got this. I could find nothing on it in the Help Center. What does it mean?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;You have reached your question limit&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="573838" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2018-06-11T01:00:00.497" LastActivityDate="2018-06-11T02:55:29.870" Title="You have reached your question limit" Tags="|support|asking-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17981" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17980" CreationDate="2018-06-11T00:59:37.337" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Five hours ago from this post (so about when you posted here on Meta), you were stuck behind a question-asking ban.  The exact reason for this ban is never clear (not even to us moderators), because it uses some 'secret algorithm' that it uses to determine if you're banned from posting questions or not that is not disclosed, and has a mostly-unknown rate-limiting system (that is partially explained in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/164899/the-complete-rate-limiting-guide&quot;&gt;Complete Rate-Limiting Guide over on Meta.SE&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Given that you got the &quot;You have reached your question limit&quot; error message, my &lt;em&gt;assumption&lt;/em&gt; is that you tripped one of the reasons &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/164899/the-complete-rate-limiting-guide&quot;&gt;stated in the Complete Rate-Limiting Guide&lt;/a&gt; in the Asking section.  However, there's no way for us to tell.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The system &lt;em&gt;now&lt;/em&gt; shows that you should be able to post questions again.  Keep in mind that if you have a number of new open questions you've made within a short period of time (even within a day) you might hit this rate-limiting system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2018-06-11T02:55:29.870" LastActivityDate="2018-06-11T02:55:29.870" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17982" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-06-11T03:06:51.210" Score="0" ViewCount="42" Body="&lt;p&gt;I can't understand, how the top questions of week/month are chosen. There is a question with more up-votes and it's in a lower rank than a question with fewer up-votes. On the other hand, a higher, sum of up-votes of question + answers or having more views does not guaranty a higher rank. Can you explain, what the criteria for choosing the top question are? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user833907" LastEditorDisplayName="user833907" LastEditDate="2018-06-11T05:53:37.793" LastActivityDate="2018-06-11T05:53:37.793" Title="The criteria for choosing the top question" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17983" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-06-12T00:10:42.403" Score="3" ViewCount="288" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is this question that is really an answer: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/1031541/307523&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Solution for the NVIDIA display issue on Brightness control and Video PlayBack&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are two answers posted below it that are probably questions or comments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What to do???&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="307523" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2018-06-16T04:42:25.890" LastActivityDate="2018-06-16T04:42:25.890" Title="What do we do with this question that is really an answer?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17984" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17983" CreationDate="2018-06-12T06:07:39.827" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think Zanna once again gets to the point with her comment:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Please could you reformat your post so that the question is a question and the answer is posted as an answer below?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Provided you understand it, you should go for it and split the post yourself. I’d make the answer community wiki, just to be fair.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The existing “answers” should get downvotes, flags or close votes as needed. It’s relevant that both answers got posted by the same user.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The installation process went fine (…) and the result was the same.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;is merely a “me too” comment, I flagged as NAA and didn’t vote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I did a fresh install of Ubuntu 18.04 …&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;is a “me too” comment with a hidden “I tried several solutions” question embedded. I flagged as NAA, left the usual “If you have another question” comment and didn’t vote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="507051" LastActivityDate="2018-06-12T06:07:39.827" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17985" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17983" CreationDate="2018-06-12T07:34:32.257" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I agree that reformatting as suggested by &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1031541/ubuntu-solution-for-the-nvidia-display-issue-on-brightness-control-and-video-pla#comment1705643_1031541&quot;&gt;Zanna&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/17984/250300&quot;&gt;dessert&lt;/a&gt; should be preferred. However, OP (or the community) may fail to do that, so the current situation would persist.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After a reasonable amount of time, I would proceed to vote to close the question as “unclear what you’re asking” since OP did not present any meaningful question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Moreover, there is a request in the “question”:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If any other alternate was found kindly post it below.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This would break the site principles:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;An answer posted by OP (even if accepted) would flow among other answers based on votes while an answer in the question is kept on top.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;OP loses reputation given for their solution – gets just 5 for a question upvote compared to 10 for an answer upvote.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;As &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/17983/what-do-do-with-this-question-that-is-really-an-answer#comment37866_17985&quot;&gt;dessert mentioned&lt;/a&gt; (before this edit), regular SE users usually look for the solution in the answers section. The solution inside a question looks then like an unsolved problem.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Closing the question would avoid at least some of these problems.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="250300" LastEditorUserId="250300" LastEditDate="2018-06-13T08:14:45.480" LastActivityDate="2018-06-13T08:14:45.480" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17986" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-06-13T01:27:44.407" Score="-1" ViewCount="139" Body="&lt;p&gt;This turned to be a non-question because the two questions are legitimate duplicates so I deleted my answer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="94914" LastEditorUserId="94914" LastEditDate="2018-08-01T00:42:07.327" LastActivityDate="2018-08-01T00:42:07.327" Title="Not even close to being a duplicate question" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17987" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17986" CreationDate="2018-06-13T02:07:34.370" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;The only person who thinks the Chromium question is even remotely about the game is you. Even OP of that question says &quot;2 options&quot;, where the search result has three counting the game. It's clear that only the browser packages are the subject of discussion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2018-06-13T02:07:34.370" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17988" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-06-13T03:06:42.540" Score="0" ViewCount="48" Body="&lt;p&gt;I do not understand what the Cleanup Badge First rollback is? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have checked recent achievement under badges. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="573838" LastActivityDate="2018-06-13T03:06:42.540" Title="What is Cleanup badge" Tags="|support|badges|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2018-06-14T14:34:37.807" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17989" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-06-13T11:32:38.370" Score="12" ViewCount="194" Body="&lt;p&gt;For years now, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/548/158442&quot;&gt;we have added links to apps.ubuntu.com with pretty little icons and banners&lt;/a&gt;. Recent consensus is that &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/17148/158442&quot;&gt;we should stop adding those links&lt;/a&gt; (I agree).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, the existing links had at least some value, until now. Their target pages used to have buttons with the &lt;code&gt;apt://&lt;/code&gt; URLs, so even if the site didn't have recent releases, visitors could have conceivably used those buttons to install the software.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No longer:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;$ curl -I https://apps.ubuntu.com/cat/applications/vlc&#xA;HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently&#xA;Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2018 11:22:14 GMT&#xA;Server: Apache&#xA;Location: https://snapcraft.io/store&#xA;Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The redirection makes no attempt to use the original URL, so users who click on such links are faced with a search page:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/0meDi.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/0meDi.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think this makes for terrible UX.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I see it, we don't have many options. We can:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;remove such URLs as we come across them&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;or go on a rampage&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;ask SE to mass-remove them (not likely to happen, but probably worth a shot)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;ask Canonical to use the package name as a search term:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;https://apps.ubuntu.com/cat/applications/vlc -&amp;gt;&#xA;https://snapcraft.io/search?q=vlc&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This way, the links retain some marginal utility (though I assume the vast majority of &quot;applications&quot; on apps.ubuntu.com haven't become snaps).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Change these to &lt;code&gt;http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/...&lt;/code&gt; (as suggested by @dessert). There are &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=url%3Aapt.ubuntu.com&quot;&gt;~1500 posts with this URL&lt;/a&gt; vs &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=url%3Aapps.ubuntu.com&quot;&gt;~2800 posts with apps.ubuntu.com&lt;/a&gt;.&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Possibly by asking either SE to do so or Canonical to change the redirect.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thoughts?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="158442" LastEditDate="2018-06-13T12:43:15.533" LastActivityDate="2018-06-13T12:43:15.533" Title="What do we do about the links to apps.ubuntu.com?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17991" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-06-20T14:00:37.217" Score="18" ViewCount="509" Body="&lt;p&gt;I noticed there are many edit suggestions which fix a handful of issues with the post, e.g. some typos &amp;amp; capitalisations, spelling &amp;amp; grammar issues, line breaks etc., but leaves out many more. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Many of these suggestions &lt;strong&gt;don't&lt;/strong&gt; include embedding images from imgur URLs*, usage of code-blocks to fix ugly wall of codes etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What should we do with these kinds of suggested edits? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A suggestion like this does &lt;em&gt;technically&lt;/em&gt; improve the post, so probably it should be approved (and should certainly be improved upon), but I'm afraid by doing so we will never let the editor know the issues with their suggestion (I think most of the times they won't come back and check further edits to the post once their edit is approved) so that they could come up with better edit suggestions in future.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;*When OP has low reps (&amp;lt; 10 ?) and they try to add a screenshot to their post, it gets added as an imgur link instead of an embedded image. I meant those kind of images, not some random pics from imgur.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="480481" LastEditorUserId="480481" LastEditDate="2018-06-20T15:54:49.140" LastActivityDate="2018-07-15T14:34:22.520" Title="What to do with &quot;half-hearted&quot; edit suggestions?" Tags="|discussion|suggested-edits|best-practice|" AnswerCount="6" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17992" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17991" CreationDate="2018-06-20T14:31:20.177" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you're saying the edit actually improves the post, I don't believe it's fair to reject it. Someone may not know how formatting works in the editor, but is very good at English and only improves a post's English, or vice-versa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, I don't believe there's a rule that states we should only use Imgur URLs for images. Some images may be copyrighted, while others may be larger than 2 MB. In both cases, they wouldn't be allowed to be hosted on Imgur&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would choose &quot;Improve&quot; (approve and edit further) if I know that I can improve the post myself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2018-06-21T13:50:55.733" LastActivityDate="2018-06-21T13:50:55.733" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17993" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17991" CreationDate="2018-06-20T18:59:59.390" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;I try to assess how much thought/work the suggestor has put into the edit. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;if there is real improvement but some things have been left out I either approve or improve/approve  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;if I encounter a suggestion that &lt;strong&gt;only&lt;/strong&gt; corrects the &lt;em&gt;low hanging fruit&lt;/em&gt; (like &lt;code&gt;s/ubuntu/Ubuntu/&lt;/code&gt;,...) and overlooks several other things I often reject/improve with an appropriate editing message. (upon rejection the suggestor gets a hint to look at the actual edit and might see my comment too)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I observed that sometimes people with somewhat poor suggestions make several of them in a row. This leads to a third option for me:&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I approve a borderline suggestion&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If I (during the same review session) encounter another one by the same user with similar poor quality then I am more likely to reject/improve. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="134729" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2018-06-22T14:03:19.460" LastActivityDate="2018-06-22T14:03:19.460" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17994" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17991" CreationDate="2018-06-20T20:54:45.100" Score="19" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just click &lt;kbd&gt;Improve edit&lt;/kbd&gt;, edit it to be what I want it to be and then leave the following canned comment:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;@WhoeverMadeTheEdit Welcome to Ask Ubuntu! **;-)** Could you please review my [edits]() and also review the [editing help](/editing-help) to improve the readability of your questions/answers/edits in the future... **;-)** &#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;then I copy-paste the link of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/posts/17991/revisions&quot;&gt;revisions&lt;/a&gt; of the Q, A or E in between the ().&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That way you kill 3 birds with one stone:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It's now a &lt;em&gt;perfect&lt;/em&gt; Edit / Question / Answer.  &lt;strong&gt;;-)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You educate the editors / OPs &lt;em&gt;by leading by example&lt;/em&gt; on &lt;kbd&gt;stuff&lt;/kbd&gt; &lt;em&gt;they&lt;/em&gt; &lt;strong&gt;might&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;s&gt;be aware of&lt;/s&gt;... &lt;strong&gt;:-)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The user still gets his +2 rep (important for beginning users)  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;P.S. If I meet the same user more than 3 times and have given them three examples already, I just &lt;kbd&gt;Reject&lt;/kbd&gt; and will give another user a chance to edit same...&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="344926" LastEditDate="2018-07-15T14:34:22.520" LastActivityDate="2018-07-15T14:34:22.520" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17995" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17991" CreationDate="2018-06-22T00:17:31.447" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't think incomplete edits should be rejected, since they're still useful and the next editor has less work to do... So it's good teamwork regardless.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do think, however, that the first editor could get a notification when someone further edits that post, so they can acknowledge the fact that their edits were lacking in certain areas.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="651927" LastActivityDate="2018-06-22T00:17:31.447" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17996" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18028" CreationDate="2018-06-22T09:29:03.730" Score="2" ViewCount="80" Body="&lt;p&gt;One of the members who has a higher reputation than me rejects my edits on the wrong basis. I know that on this site, we write &lt;em&gt;Ubuntu&lt;/em&gt; and not &lt;em&gt;ubuntu&lt;/em&gt;. Even when I write &lt;em&gt;ubuntu&lt;/em&gt;, other members correct it. But one user has rejected some of my edits on a wrong basis (I think) and rejects all my edits which change &lt;em&gt;ubuntu&lt;/em&gt; to &lt;em&gt;Ubuntu&lt;/em&gt; (or some similar reasons). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/849996&quot;&gt;example 1&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/849993&quot;&gt;example 2&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/849990&quot;&gt;example 3&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/849991&quot;&gt;example 4&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Above are my edit suggestions, rejected by this user. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please tell me if I can do anything about it, or let me know if I've done anything wrong in my edits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user833907" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2018-06-22T10:51:05.320" LastActivityDate="2018-07-02T19:49:10.020" Title="What should I do about edit suggestions being rejected?" Tags="|support|editing|suggested-edits|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17997" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17991" CreationDate="2018-06-22T10:33:54.483" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;No one said &lt;strong&gt;ONE&lt;/strong&gt; edit or &lt;strong&gt;ONE&lt;/strong&gt; reviewer has to clear up all mistakes/issues in a post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As long as they don't change the meaning of the post (i.e. remove the typo that the question is about) or introduce new issues, approve them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And as you are well aware, new user do these smaller edits to collect rep. This is actually encouraged, to some extent, I believe. As long as it improves the post and they really find a couple of mistakes ( typos &amp;amp; capitalisations, spelling &amp;amp; grammar issues, line breaks etc ) and not just one or two, it's fine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="783023" LastActivityDate="2018-06-22T10:33:54.483" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17998" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17991" CreationDate="2018-06-22T13:00:09.877" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;New users(like me) have enough motivation to read and correct mistakes, but they don't have enough experience and confidence to make fundamental changes to a post. Personally, I try to correct mistakes without changing the structure of the sentence. But these new users become experienced users and they will suggest better edits. You can also send a message to the editor and tell him what should he do. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user833907" LastEditorDisplayName="user833907" LastEditDate="2018-06-22T13:36:18.253" LastActivityDate="2018-06-22T13:36:18.253" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="17999" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-06-24T01:01:05.357" Score="-2" ViewCount="70" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just wanted, you know that, usually amateur users read answers, not Experts. Amateurs don't post answers so their credit never increase. So those who read and test answers  cannot vote for successful one&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="829214" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2018-06-25T16:02:38.417" LastActivityDate="2018-06-26T08:52:10.367" Title="Problem of vote restriction" Tags="|discussion|privileges|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18000" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18001" CreationDate="2018-06-24T19:56:34.317" Score="-5" ViewCount="76" Body="&lt;p&gt;In a nutshell this Q&amp;amp;A &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/1048488/307523&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/a/1048488/307523&lt;/a&gt; the commenter says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;@WinEunuuchs2Unix - you are not honest, when you disabled a bounty for&#xA;right answer of me over two weeks ago... apparently you deleted your&#xA;question to avoid your bounty ...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To which I feel I wrote a suitable reply comment:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;@dschinn1001 Thank you for your libelous comment. You should be&#xA;careful about breaking laws set in most nations such as libel ones.&#xA;I've never issued a bounty and deleted it. Indeed I'm not even sure if&#xA;it is possible to delete a bountied question. If you feel I've robbed&#xA;you in anyway whatsoever you should bring it to the attention of the&#xA;moderators.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Call me thin-skinned if you will but, I do not feel my reply comment is enough. Is it possible for a mod to email the commenter and get to the bottom of this allegation???&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Reply to comments&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think the only way to find out what the commenter is referring to is to write an SQL query on Stack Exchange finding all the answers deleted under their User ID. Then looking to see which one was an answer to a bountied question that was deleted by the OP causing the commenter to loose out on the bounty.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Why reputation is important&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A fortnight ago I gave my Screen Name here to the president of our 400 person company in hopes of a promotion from Warehouse Receiver into the Software Development (IT) department. Therefore allegations of unethical behavior can effect employment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A potential answer is here: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/119098/how-do-i-contact-a-user-privately-as-a-moderator&quot;&gt;How do I contact a user privately, as a moderator?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="307523" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2018-06-28T01:07:11.663" Title="Can a mod email a user to get to the bottom of something?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="15" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18001" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18000" CreationDate="2018-06-24T21:22:36.503" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;You &lt;em&gt;are&lt;/em&gt; aware there's such a thing as a &quot;rude/abusive&quot; comment flag, yes?  If you are, then &lt;strong&gt;use them.&lt;/strong&gt;  If you were not aware of this, then now you are aware, and &lt;strong&gt;you should use them&lt;/strong&gt;. That flag class (for both comments &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; questions/answers) exists for a reason, and get our attention to user behavior that is not conducive of a civil environment in which everyone can get questions answered within the rules of the Be Nice policy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only thing you as a standard user can do is &lt;strong&gt;flag such abrasive or rude behavior accordingly&lt;/strong&gt; so we can track that behavior.  Then let &lt;em&gt;us&lt;/em&gt; handle the situation accordingly.  (That's our job after all.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We can contact users directly in cases of &lt;strong&gt;serious breaches of policy&lt;/strong&gt; and such.  This said, usually single one-off cases regarding following up on a single accusation usually don't warrant direct contact of users by moderators.  If they're doing something majorly wrong that we need to contact them separately, then we can do so, but that's a judgement call by us mods, and we usually don't follow up on things directly with users for single-cases of one accusatory statement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Both the offending comment &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; your comment have been removed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your comment beyond the &quot;contact mods if you think there is any kind of abusive or otherwise bad actions against the site rules&quot; does not add anything, and instead serves more as a catalyst to inflame the existing situation by referring to &quot;breaking of laws&quot; and such.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2018-06-25T20:46:47.310" LastActivityDate="2018-06-25T20:46:47.310" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18002" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18009" CreationDate="2018-06-25T13:46:43.143" Score="11" ViewCount="316" Body="&lt;p&gt;Could you please explain about the usage of keys in &lt;em&gt;Ask Ubuntu?&lt;/em&gt; Should the keys be written in uppercase (&lt;kbd&gt;CTRL&lt;/kbd&gt;) or only the first letter should be in uppercase(&lt;kbd&gt;Ctrl&lt;/kbd&gt;)? Is there any difference or both of them are correct? &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/editing-help&quot;&gt;Here&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Ask Ubuntu&lt;/em&gt; capitalizes all letters, but &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/707/how-to-use-keyboard-icon-in-markdown&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; only the first letter is capitalized. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user833907" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2018-06-26T09:05:24.597" LastActivityDate="2018-06-29T14:14:25.277" Title="Should the keys be written in uppercase?" Tags="|discussion|formatting|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18003" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-06-25T14:52:02.827" Score="1" ViewCount="94" Body="&lt;p&gt;Recently when I was asked to log back in to askubuntu, I got taken to a different launchpad page that asked me what kind of access I wanted to give to askubuntu, including access to modify private bug reports.  I don't want to give askubuntu &lt;em&gt;any&lt;/em&gt; access on launchpad, only use the OpenID to authenticate me.  I opened &lt;a href=&quot;https://answers.launchpad.net/launchpad/+question/670446&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; question and was told that askubuntu removed support for OpenID and is now using OAuth instead.  Why was this done?  It seems like the wrong thing to do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8500" LastActivityDate="2018-06-25T18:50:17.337" Title="Launchpad OpenID no longer working" Tags="|bug|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18005" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18003" CreationDate="2018-06-25T15:24:35.190" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Of important relevance is that &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/307647/support-for-openid-ends-on-august-15-2018&quot;&gt;OpenID support is in the process of being fully disabled&lt;/a&gt; across all of StackExchange, with a final kill date for OpenID support of July 25, 2018.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Launchpad OpenID support changes were rolled out more quickly here for Ask Ubuntu because myself and some other individuals are part of the Teams system being rolled out on StackOverflow, and OAuth support is needed for that to work (the OpenID logins were 'disallowed' if you were part of Teams).  You probably got caught inside this rollout.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also of note: &lt;strong&gt;Launchpad login is only officially supported on the Ask Ubuntu site specifically&lt;/strong&gt;.  It is &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; a network-wide option for logging in.  As such, the Launchpad integration has &lt;em&gt;already&lt;/em&gt; been moved to OAuth based login credentials, and this was done back in late May, and is a StackExchange driven change, &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; an Ask Ubuntu specific change.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Technically&lt;/em&gt; OpenID support for LP logins by providing the OpenID 'works' until the complete phaseout happens, but the LP login endpoint with the &quot;Login with Launchpad&quot; button now points to OAuth and not OPenID.  So you will need OAuth to use the &quot;Login with Launchapd&quot; button now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will need to disassociate the OpenID login, and associate the LP login again with OAuth to restore LP login functionality.  (Details of the phase-out network-wide are at the link above).  And when you link it again, you can use the 'Read non-private data' option, so that SE can't write your data or anything, and can't see your private data either.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;https://twitter.com/Nick_Craver/status/1011302046656618496&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Nick Craver&lt;/a&gt; of the StackExchange staff, they are in the process of sending out email messages to users who only have OpenID login credential methods to add alternative methods of logging in with credentials to their account.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They have also altered the OpenID Support Final Death Date to be July 25, 2017, exactly one month from today. Which means you must now &lt;strong&gt;alter your login credentials&lt;/strong&gt; so that you are not relying solely on OpenID to login to your account.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2018-06-25T18:50:17.337" LastActivityDate="2018-06-25T18:50:17.337" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18006" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-06-26T01:51:22.157" Score="12" ViewCount="234" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm having a problem (with Qt themes, but that doesn't matter here), found a couple of threads with some advice, tried it, and I find that it doesn't work with very recent Qt (&gt;= 5.11).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I wanted to add a brief comment so that other users could be advised that the answers might no longer be valid with certain Qt versions. However, I'm an infrequent user of this site so I don't have enough points.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the procedure to handle this? Certainly it isn't optimal to leave outdated solutions floating out there as if they were valid forever.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="571420" LastActivityDate="2018-06-26T12:05:34.533" Title="How to comment that a previous solution isn't working?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18007" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18006" CreationDate="2018-06-26T07:38:47.397" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;Keeping the site up to date is a big challenge and I don't think we have a complete plan and policy for doing it. Thanks for raising this topic!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think most people would agree that we don't want to destroy all out-of-date answers. At the moment, we usually leave them, and add up-to-date answers, or updates to answers to the same question, or create, maintain and link to (and potentially close old and future questions) against a new question. Also, as &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/18006/how-to-comment-that-a-previous-solution-isnt-working/18007#comment37949_18007&quot;&gt;pointed out by Takkat&lt;/a&gt;, many active users are very willing to update and maintain their answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You've given useful context, but haven't referenced (a) specific post(s), so here are some general ideas that may be applicable depending on the case. These suggestions don't require reputation, except where indicated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Post a new answer to the same question giving the up-to-date solution. If appropriate, suggest an edit to the question to make it more general. &lt;em&gt;(posting an answer requires 10 reputation earned on this site in the relatively rare case that the question is protected, which will be indicated in a banner under the question)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Suggest an edit to the answer indicating that it works for versions up to [...]. If you have a link to a newer question with up-to-date answers, or a link to an up-to-date answer to the same question, you could also post it in the question. In some cases, for example where the answer already has solutions for multiple versions and the differences are small, it &lt;em&gt;may&lt;/em&gt; be appropriate to add a section to the answer with the new solution. All such edits will be subject to review and may not be approved. Make sure you respect the original author, and include as detailed an edit summary as the character limit allows to justify the change.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Post a new question (as &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/18006/how-to-comment-that-a-previous-solution-isnt-working#comment37946_18006&quot;&gt;suggested by Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy&lt;/a&gt;) linking to old questions and answers and indicating that they do not work for new versions.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Post on meta asking for the community to do something about the old questions/answers, detailing the problem with links to the specific post(s) in question. Other users may know where to find newer answers, or otherwise have good ideas about what should be done. &lt;em&gt;(posting on meta requires 5 reputation)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Flag the old question as a duplicate of a question with newer solutions &lt;em&gt;(flagging requires 15 reputation)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Flag the least useful question for moderator attention and suggest that it be merged into the better one, so that old and new solutions appear together under the same question. &lt;em&gt;(flagging requires 15 reputation)&lt;/em&gt; If the request is completed suggest edits to answers where needed to indicate version specificity. Upvote the new answers if they work, so they rise up the view order &lt;em&gt;(upvoting requires 15 reputation)&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Comment on the old question pointing out that answers are outdated and newer solutions can be found &lt;code&gt;[in answer to this newer question](https://askubuntu.com/questions/SomeNumber/question-about-this-with-new-solutions)&lt;/code&gt;. &lt;em&gt;(commenting requires 50 reputation)&lt;/em&gt;*&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;*&lt;sub&gt;I'd like to point out that we don't expect much value from comments, and while they are often very useful for improving posts and other moderation purposes, they are intended to be temporary. Important information usually belongs in questions and answers. However, comments are sometimes used to link questions, in the form of a link to related posts. This might be appropriate under old questions where a newer question exists, if it doesn't seem appropriate to close the old question as a duplicate of the newer question. Ideally, there should be a more robust way of linking related questions that are not duplicates.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2018-06-26T12:05:34.533" LastActivityDate="2018-06-26T12:05:34.533" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18008" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17999" CreationDate="2018-06-26T08:52:10.367" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the real world where we live, this turns out to be an advantage rather than a problem as proven during the several-year-long existence of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Stack Exchange&lt;/a&gt; network.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If anyone (literally) could cast votes, the score of questions and answers would be subject to random clicks (including robots!) and therefore &lt;em&gt;less&lt;/em&gt; useful than it’s now. SE has a high quality of the contents just because it is good at noise filtering. It targets quality rather than quantity.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It’s not so difficult to get the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/vote-up&quot;&gt;vote-up privilege&lt;/a&gt; but it requires a basic understanding of the site principles and the subject. There could also be an entry test but SE allows new users to contribute to the site contents immediately instead. It is better to decide whether your actual contribution is useful than whether you can pass an artificial test with limited options.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;sub&gt;Example: See how difficult is finding a way to create a &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/q/363051/711006&quot;&gt;template&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/q/369682/711006&quot;&gt;wizard&lt;/a&gt; for newbie &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/&quot;&gt;Stack Overflow&lt;/a&gt; questions, although the idea is widely accepted according to the score of those posts.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Regarding your particular profile:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You have not posted any answers yet. Answers are an easier way to get the reputation than questions.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Your &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/1045445/250300&quot;&gt;first question&lt;/a&gt; does not look very clear to me and has interpunction and capitalization problems. Despite this, you got &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/1046366/250300&quot;&gt;an answer&lt;/a&gt;! The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1045445/network-manager-openvpn-use-local-dns#comment1707535_1046366&quot;&gt;answer’s author replied&lt;/a&gt; to your &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1045445/network-manager-openvpn-use-local-dns#comment1707493_1046366&quot;&gt;clarification comment&lt;/a&gt; but &lt;em&gt;you&lt;/em&gt; failed to do any further actions like clarifying your problem with another comment or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/accepted-answer&quot;&gt;accepting the answer&lt;/a&gt; which would bring &lt;em&gt;you&lt;/em&gt; +2 reputation!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Your &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/1046197/250300&quot;&gt;second question&lt;/a&gt; (and the latest till now) is a duplicate and therefore not getting any upvotes.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We are still waiting for your ongoing contributions!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="250300" LastActivityDate="2018-06-26T08:52:10.367" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18009" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18002" CreationDate="2018-06-26T08:59:43.467" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;I propose to look at the archetype: Although there &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/18002/should-the-keys-be-written-in-uppercase?noredirect=1#comment37933_18002&quot;&gt;seem to be&lt;/a&gt; keyboards with lower-case &lt;kbd&gt;ctrl&lt;/kbd&gt;, I think it’s save to say that most keyboards have &lt;kbd&gt;Ctrl&lt;/kbd&gt; with initial capital letter. I never saw a key labeled &lt;kbd&gt;CTRL&lt;/kbd&gt;, in my opinion all-caps in general is rightly frowned upon. There are better ways to emphasize if really necessary:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;bold: &lt;strong&gt;&lt;kbd&gt;Ctrl&lt;/kbd&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;italic: &lt;em&gt;&lt;kbd&gt;Ctrl&lt;/kbd&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;both combined: &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;kbd&gt;Ctrl&lt;/kbd&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; (if you really have to…)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;blockquote (and any combination with the above – if you &lt;em&gt;really&lt;/em&gt; &lt;strong&gt;really&lt;/strong&gt; must…):&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;kbd&gt;Ctrl&lt;/kbd&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;h1&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;kbd&gt;&lt;code&gt;Emphasis is a dish best served sparingly.&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/kbd&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you’re talking about the different formats on help pages etc., I think that’s a &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/bug&quot; class=&quot;post-tag required-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;bug&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;bug&lt;/a&gt;. If you want someone to have a look at it, just add this tag to your question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="507051" LastEditorUserId="507051" LastEditDate="2018-06-26T09:39:02.940" LastActivityDate="2018-06-26T09:39:02.940" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18010" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18011" CreationDate="2018-06-27T08:02:55.403" Score="0" ViewCount="46" Body="&lt;p&gt;Question&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/902930/ubuntu-16-04-lts-network-manager-cannot-add-vpn-greyed-out&quot;&gt;Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Network Manager cannot add VPN - greyed out&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;is dated as &quot;asked Apr 9 '17 at 17:52&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/877331/226614&quot;&gt;This answer&lt;/a&gt; is dated as &quot;answered Jan 28 '17 at 20:50&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How can this be understood?&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;Am I missing something?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="226614" LastActivityDate="2018-06-27T08:15:59.460" Title="Date of answer earlier than question" Tags="|bug|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2018-06-27T08:47:27.507" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18011" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18010" CreationDate="2018-06-27T08:15:59.460" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;The answer was merged from this question asked in 2016&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/840961/how-to-add-a-vpn-connection-in-ubuntu-16-10&quot;&gt;How to add a VPN connection in Ubuntu 16.10?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So as confusing as this may be, it is correct, the answer was written to antother question before the one in question existed and then moved later.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can see this in the revision history &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/877331/revisions&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/posts/877331/revisions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastActivityDate="2018-06-27T08:15:59.460" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18012" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17574" CreationDate="2018-06-27T15:37:29.433" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I certainly do not disagree with @Oli or the OP, but I just thought I'ld put a bit of my logic out there:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yep. If it's about movie piracy, I'm certainly not responding to the question. That's not to say I've never set an undismissable ad to opacity 0 or anything, but it's one of those - If you want to do that, you're on your own things. I do like that the post notes something about &quot;if it's a valid question anyway then allow it&quot;, but I avoid those questions like the plague, because there's no way for me to know if it has more to do with the cracked software than an actual problem.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Like if someone said they had trouble with a sublimetext3 bug that I never saw but also pointed out they were using a patched version to get rid of the nag window, I would dismiss the question out of hand. For that reason, I think it's important NOT to edit it out of the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2018-06-27T15:37:29.433" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18013" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18002" CreationDate="2018-06-28T16:48:27.973" Score="5" Body="&lt;h1&gt;TL;DR&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It has never had anything to do with the text representations on the&#xA;keyboard itself. It was all about a standard way to &lt;strong&gt;disambiguate&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;what you &lt;em&gt;literal keystrokes&lt;/em&gt; from what &lt;em&gt;meta keys you pressed and held&lt;/em&gt;&#xA;in addition to the&#xA;&lt;em&gt;literal keystroke(s)&lt;/em&gt; in written&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;documentation&lt;/strong&gt;. It still is a valid way to notate them still today&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Remember when typewriters were a thing?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/lgEkY.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/lgEkY.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Notice that &lt;strong&gt;everything&lt;/strong&gt; is in UPPERCASE, because the the very first typewriters ( telegraph teletypes ) did not have lowercase at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Notice the &lt;em&gt;meta&lt;/em&gt; keys such as &lt;kbd&gt;TAB&lt;/kbd&gt;, &lt;kbd&gt;SHIFT&lt;/kbd&gt; are all UPPERCASE as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The reason that historically meta keys were always written as UPPERCASE is in the old days graphic/desktop publishing pre-90's. It was the way books and ASCII text based systems distinguished a special KEY from text that you actually typed in. And they would usually be surrounded by brackets as &lt;code&gt;[CTRL]&lt;/code&gt;,&lt;code&gt;[SHIFT]&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;[ALT]&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;[LSHIFT]&lt;/code&gt; and so on and the individual keys on the keyboard have always been in UPPERCASE.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you wanted to someone to actually type an UPPERCASE character you documented it as &lt;kbd&gt;SHIFT&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;L&lt;/kbd&gt; or &lt;kbd&gt;SHIFT&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;I&lt;/kbd&gt; or &lt;kbd&gt;SHIFT&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;A&lt;/kbd&gt; because if you look at the keyboard keys themselves they have always been in UPPERCASE.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So look at some printed manuals/documentation, and you will quickly see why the proper way to indicate something would be &lt;code&gt;[CTRL] + [ALT] + [DEL]&lt;/code&gt; from the &lt;code&gt;DOS&lt;/code&gt; era and &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; what the keyboard actually had, because all the keycaps representations varied, is still completely valid today for the same reason.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you do not think people are this thick headed just read &lt;a href=&quot;https://slashdot.org/story/03/09/21/1344243/where-is-the-any-key&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Where is the &lt;kbd&gt;ANY&lt;/kbd&gt; key?&lt;/a&gt; stories.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So for these reasons &lt;kbd&gt;CTRL&lt;/kbd&gt; is the correct way for how to documentation should represent those keys.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And the most mass produced computer in the world and what my&#xA;generation learned to program on out of Compute! and Compute Gazette&#xA;magazines decades ago can not be left out. There have been millions of&#xA;people that learned to code on this keyboard and all the keys are in&#xA;UPPERCASE ( even CTRL )!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/0U0yN.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/0U0yN.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user17723" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditorDisplayName="user17723" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2018-06-29T14:14:25.277" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18014" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18057" CreationDate="2018-06-29T13:01:13.767" Score="9" ViewCount="98" Body="&lt;p&gt;Today I tried to search for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/1048301/507051&quot;&gt;this answer&lt;/a&gt;, but the only thing I could remember from it was &lt;code&gt;$_&lt;/code&gt;, so I tried to search for this term:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=%24_&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=%24_&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To my surprise the result page claimed to search for a single underscore only and didn’t find a single post:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;results found containing _&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I read &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/searching&quot;&gt;the help page&lt;/a&gt; and tried to quote the string without any avail, so I got curious:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;searching for &lt;code&gt;$_&lt;/code&gt; → &lt;code&gt;results found containing _&lt;/code&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;0 results&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;searching for &lt;code&gt;$@&lt;/code&gt; (without single quotes!) → &lt;code&gt;results found containing &quot;$@&quot;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;0 results&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;searching for &lt;code&gt;$*&lt;/code&gt; → &lt;code&gt;results found containing *&lt;/code&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;678,109 results, not necessarily containing either &lt;code&gt;$&lt;/code&gt; or &lt;code&gt;*&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;searching for &lt;code&gt;$1&lt;/code&gt; → &lt;code&gt;results found containing 1&lt;/code&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;91,291 results, exactly like searching for &lt;code&gt;1&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As neither of those searches give the expected result:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How do I properly search for a string containing &lt;code&gt;$&lt;/code&gt; using the site’s search function?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;Please do not comment or answer with “Did you try [third-party search engine]?” – I am well aware of google and the like, but if we have a search function it should work properly on its own.&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I found &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/39874/371617&quot;&gt;meta.SE: Search terms with dollar signs ($) are ignored&lt;/a&gt;, but this solution doesn’t work:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=&amp;quot;%24_&amp;quot;&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=&quot;%24_&quot;&lt;/a&gt; →  &lt;code&gt;results found containing &quot;$_&quot;&lt;/code&gt;: 0 results&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=%24_&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=%24_&lt;/a&gt; →  &lt;code&gt;results found containing _&lt;/code&gt;: 0 results&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The odd thing is: It works well if one &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=code%3A&amp;quot;%24_&amp;quot;&quot;&gt;searches for the string formatted as code&lt;/a&gt;! But we all know, not everybody formats a simply thing like &lt;code&gt;$@&lt;/code&gt; as code every times, plus it may appear in a quotation – there has to be a way to search for it!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="507051" LastEditorUserId="12845" LastEditDate="2018-07-18T20:36:50.600" LastActivityDate="2018-07-18T20:38:21.577" Title="How to search AU for a string containing “$”?" Tags="|support|bug|status-bydesign|search|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18016" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-06-30T13:10:10.333" Score="1" ViewCount="38" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am trying to post a new question.  However, when I click on &quot;ask question&quot; I see the previous question that I posted auto populated into the title, text, and tag fields.  I want to still keep that previous question active.  If I overwrite my new question with my old question, will that overwrite my old question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="830077" LastActivityDate="2018-06-30T13:10:10.333" Title="last question auto populates into the question form" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18017" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12142" CreationDate="2018-07-01T06:18:56.087" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here is how I use:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bold:&lt;/strong&gt; use for sudden contrast, when the emphasis shouldn't be fleeting and need to refer later, or when the emotion is pushed to extreme &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Italic:&lt;/strong&gt; use when the word naturally emerge and dissipate into the flow&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="239648" LastActivityDate="2018-07-01T06:18:56.087" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18018" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-07-01T02:39:34.630" Score="-3" ViewCount="78" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have asked a question and it had been linked to something entirely different, from what I needed or wanted. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;my original post &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1050869/next-step-for-my-first-program-not-menu-anything&quot;&gt;Next step for my First Program? NOT MENU ANYTHING&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="840995" OwnerDisplayName="plutesci" LastActivityDate="2018-07-01T09:51:39.687" Title="how to remove duplicate from my question?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18019" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18018" CreationDate="2018-07-01T09:51:39.687" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Welcome Plutesci,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some people (I'm one of them) interpreted your question to have been answered already here on this site, and therefore pointed you in the right direction to the duplicate &lt;em&gt;and apparently we were wrong.&lt;/em&gt;  Therefore:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;please go back to your question&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;edit it with the little grey edit button below your question&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;tell us what in the duplicate you've already tried&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;clarify your original question.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note:&lt;/strong&gt; You've also &lt;em&gt;answered your own question&lt;/em&gt; in the meantime, instead of &lt;em&gt;editing your question&lt;/em&gt;, so now it becomes totally confusing as to what you're really looking for, so sit back, think on how to edit your question, incorporating the current &amp;quot;answer&amp;quot; into it as well and ensure to provide &lt;em&gt;all the relevant information is &lt;strong&gt;in your question&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; and we'll have another go.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note 2:&lt;/strong&gt; this is a Q&amp;amp;A site very different from a normal forum.  The ideal is: one crystal clear question with one crystal clear answer or to say it with a picture:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/9UM0b.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/9UM0b.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;The little star in the middle is what Ask Ubuntu really is!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;:-)&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2018-07-01T09:51:39.687" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18020" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-07-02T08:37:27.203" Score="8" ViewCount="205" Body="&lt;p&gt;My answer &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/940617/how-to-change-the-abbreviations-of-layouts-shown-in-keyboard-layout-indicator-of/944751#answer-1050131&quot;&gt;How to change the abbreviations of layouts shown in keyboard layout indicator of GNOME panel?&lt;/a&gt; was deleted by a moderator. Of course it has the standard comment &lt;em&gt;Why was your post deleted? See the help center.&lt;/em&gt; However, apart from that, there was no further explanation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now I contest that my answer fits any of the 6 reasons listed on the help page. It would have been extremely helpful to know exactly why the moderator thought my answer was worthless. Wouldn’t it be good style to provide at least minimal feedback?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8373" LastActivityDate="2018-07-08T09:56:03.140" Title="Is it OK to delete answers without a comment?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18021" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18020" CreationDate="2018-07-02T09:05:40.500" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Yes&lt;/strong&gt;, it is OK to delete answers without a comment because mods can’t be pestered to explain everything they do if the information is there (in the help center) and the case is clear.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No&lt;/strong&gt;, your answer should not have been deleted, at least not single-handedly without review. The post is short but fine nevertheless IMO.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="507051" LastEditorUserId="507051" LastEditDate="2018-07-08T09:56:03.140" LastActivityDate="2018-07-08T09:56:03.140" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18022" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-07-02T12:16:21.873" Score="3" ViewCount="89" Body="&lt;p&gt;How does one go about finding questions and answers that are up to date, not 5 or more years old. I ask this so I can avoid the &quot;THIS Question has been asked.&quot; that I see in every question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is not the stone age you know.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just tired of spending 10 hours to find answers to questions that are relevant to the version of Ubuntu that is running at the time. My opinion would be drop the data base of everything 4 or more versions back, IE keep 18 16 and 14 and lose the rest.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And by the way, you know I am going to freak out if you give me that &quot;This question as been asked&quot; mesage.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EDIT&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;yes I did use version number in my search.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;a lot of the time I have found that things are in different places. Not this issue but plymouth was in lib and now in usr. Or told in old post to use this command that you can not get in the repo anymore. So you have to search for source compile and hope you have dependencies.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;How did I get here. I was not on Stack Exchange looking for answers. I very very seldom come here.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;That one poster is correct, don't throw out the database but at least update it some how so up-to-date info is found easer.&#xA;Was over on the orange web site looking for yet another new issue. firmware drivers error now that some update came. You know the only time I have any problems is when there is an update. ((well it seems like it anyway))&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyway sorry for being a pain in the .... Latter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="567130" OwnerDisplayName="Marty Bennett" LastEditorUserId="57576" LastEditDate="2022-08-19T07:58:20.607" LastActivityDate="2022-08-19T07:58:20.607" Title="Finding relevant aswers" Tags="|discussion|support|search|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18023" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18022" CreationDate="2018-07-02T12:31:48.050" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've found (when I used ubuntu) that even the solutions for older versions were either still relevant or gave me the tools to debug the problem myself. So I don't think dropping entire databases' worth of information is a good idea. As for finding answers for your version I also found putting the version number in my google search helped cut back on out of date or deprecated solutions, which I'm assuming you already do (if not then you probably should)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="747207" OwnerDisplayName="justin benge" LastActivityDate="2018-07-02T12:31:48.050" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18024" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18026" CreationDate="2018-07-02T12:39:21.827" Score="2" ViewCount="104" Body="&lt;p&gt;I might not be a native English speaker but I think I've made myself clear when I asked &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1050815/count-keys-typed-and-mouse-clicks?noredirect=1#comment1717363_1050815&quot; title=&quot;this question&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I want to know the &lt;strong&gt;amount&lt;/strong&gt; of keys typed and the &lt;strong&gt;amount&lt;/strong&gt; of mouse clicks.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I &lt;strong&gt;do not want a key logger&lt;/strong&gt;, because a key logger &lt;strong&gt;do not count letters&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;do not count clicks&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, how can &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1050815/count-keys-typed-and-mouse-clicks?noredirect=1#comment1717363_1050815&quot; title=&quot;this question&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; be a duplicate of this &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/899498/configure-ubuntu-to-record-every-keystroke-in-every-session&quot; title=&quot;other question&quot;&gt;other question&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="825933" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2018-07-02T12:46:41.660" LastActivityDate="2018-07-02T12:46:41.660" Title="How can this be a duplicate?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18025" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18022" CreationDate="2018-07-02T12:39:30.783" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;More relevant and up-to-date content will be available in places where it is easy to find if posting it is encouraged. Sometimes it is equally as important to reopen canonical closed questions as it was to close them in the first place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Canonical questions are highly upvoted questions about frequently asked subjects. Having open canonical questions is a way to provide a place to search for answers to frequently asked questions, however canonical questions cannot be 100% efficiently updated unless they are kept open so that updated answers can be posted by all users. For example see this Meta question: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/17878/need-to-edit-the-content-of-a-constantly-changing-canonical-question&quot;&gt;Need to edit the content of a constantly changing canonical question&lt;/a&gt;. As a result of this question, a closed canonical question was reopened, two new answers were posted to it, and then the question was closed again, but at least it was given an opportunity to post updated answers to it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="94914" LastEditorUserId="94914" LastEditDate="2018-07-02T12:46:16.263" LastActivityDate="2018-07-02T12:46:16.263" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18026" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18024" CreationDate="2018-07-02T12:45:43.683" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;I agree that your question isn't a duplicate, and that the only answer is indeed the one you have given. I have therefore reopened it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would also like to point out that this was just an honest mistake. Nobody was attacking you and there was no reason to assume people didn't read your question. It is a bit of a strange request, so I can understand why someone would have been confused by it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2018-07-02T12:45:43.683" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18027" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18020" CreationDate="2018-07-02T14:44:57.983" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;I didn't delete this, but I think I can understand why the mod who did chose to do so. The main issues I see with your answer are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;It doesn't actually provide an answer. It comes very close and, to someone with a very technical background, it could even provide an answer, but you don't actually come out and say it. So, instead of &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You’ll find the abbreviations that are used by the indicator in the /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/evdev.xml file in the  tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It would have been better to simply make the answer explicit:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You’ll find the abbreviations that are used by the indicator in the /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/evdev.xml file in the  tag. &lt;strong&gt;Changing the values there will do what you want&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;More importantly, you're not actually providing anything not already mentioned in the accepted answer. Yes, yours is a streamlined version of it, but since it isn't adding anything new, it would have been more useful as a comment on either the OP or the answer. Alternatively, you could have suggested an edit to the answer, similar to what the answer's author has now done. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In all, and given that the answer now has the sort of summary you seem to have wanted, I think the mod who deleted was right to do so since your answer wasn't adding anything to the post. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, thank you for coming here and posting a calm and civil request for explanation. That is very much appreciated!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="134729" LastEditDate="2018-07-06T15:37:14.683" LastActivityDate="2018-07-06T15:37:14.683" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18028" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17996" CreationDate="2018-07-02T19:49:10.020" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;As I'm the joker who also has the highest score &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/17991/what-to-do-with-half-hearted-edit-suggestions&quot;&gt;on the other edit question&lt;/a&gt;  and this does not seem to be answered, I'll throw in my 0,02€:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Edit the very unclear, difficult questions that need a lot of help first&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Leave the small edits where you just change 1 character to when you've reached 2000 rep (back in the stone age, when I was a beginning user, that's what had to be done, but the rules might have changed in the meantime)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Once you've become a reviewer and not an editor, &lt;em&gt;don't forget how difficult it was to be a beginning user!&lt;/em&gt;  &lt;strong&gt;:-)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Don't edit just to format until you've reached 2000 rep.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Translate if you speak multiple languages&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Change the sentence construction if it makes things clearer&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;incorporate comments into questions / answers&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Don't be exasperated by one single user who's just taken 10 minutes to edit one question or answer and then sees one that took 2 minutes: he's as human as you.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; (I'm not: I'm an alien being made out of pure energy)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;;-)&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;&lt;sup&gt;P.S. and don't forget to think! Cogito ergo sum! &lt;strong&gt;:D&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2018-07-02T19:49:10.020" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18029" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18048" CreationDate="2018-07-03T03:33:24.087" Score="7" ViewCount="63" Body="&lt;p&gt;As the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/299490/230282&quot;&gt;global maximum tag length has been increased to 35 characters&lt;/a&gt;, now the tag &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/wsl&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;wsl&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;wsl&lt;/a&gt; should be renamed to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/windows-subsystem-for-linux&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;windows-subsystem-for-linux&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;windows-subsystem-for-linux&lt;/a&gt; (or similar) and act as a synonym to the latter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other SE sites have already done the change&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.superuser.com/q/12738/241386&quot;&gt;Should WSL be a synonym for Windows Subsystem for Linux?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.meta.stackexchange.com/q/4226/44425&quot;&gt;The tag 'windows-subsystem-for-linux' is too long; the maximum length is 25 characters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/tags/windows-subsystem-for-linux/synonyms&quot;&gt;https://stackoverflow.com/tags/windows-subsystem-for-linux/synonyms&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The same thing should also be done on this site&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="253474" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2018-07-12T14:55:25.297" LastActivityDate="2018-07-12T14:55:25.297" Title="Add tag synonym for [tag:wsl]" Tags="|feature-request|status-completed|tag-synonyms|retag-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18030" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-07-05T14:43:50.917" Score="0" ViewCount="52" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is a weird behavior about code when write after Bulleted list.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Example :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;When Bulleted list is before code:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;1rst affirmation&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;2nd affirmation&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;weird code really bad&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;another code annoying&#xA;closing example1&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;When Bulleted list is after code:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;weird code really bad&#xA;another code annoying&#xA;closing example2&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;1rst affirmation&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;2nd affirmation&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you can see, code have got a weird behavior (just like a &lt;kbd&gt;Tab&lt;/kbd&gt; done) when a bulleted list is write just before. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Check with the &lt;em&gt;Edit&lt;/em&gt; if your aren't convinced, I see that when editing this following question :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1052422/dell-latitude-e6410-lagging&quot;&gt;Dell latitude e6410 lagging (intel HD graphics)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So how do you add code &lt;strong&gt;after&lt;/strong&gt; bulleted list &lt;strong&gt;without&lt;/strong&gt; saw a space as it can be inside the bulleted list?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="829702" LastEditorUserId="829702" LastEditDate="2018-07-05T14:50:47.843" LastActivityDate="2018-07-05T14:50:47.843" Title="behavior bulleted list/code" Tags="|bug|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2018-07-05T14:47:55.813" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18031" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-07-05T15:29:08.027" Score="3" ViewCount="118" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is an original question that has an answer that is deprecated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And now there is a duplicate question that has an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which question should persist?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Duplicate question: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1052311/network-unclaimed-on-ubuntu&quot;&gt;Network unclaimed on Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="724779" LastEditorUserId="158442" LastEditDate="2018-07-05T15:33:27.833" LastActivityDate="2018-07-13T19:20:13.920" Title="Duplicate, remove the original or the duplicate" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18032" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-07-06T17:28:14.877" Score="17" ViewCount="498" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is a notice regarding releases of Ubuntu that will be reaching End of Life.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The following versions of Ubuntu and derivatives &lt;strong&gt;are officially past end of life&lt;/strong&gt; as of July 19, 2018:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Artful Aardvark (17.10)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;New questions specific to the above versions posted after the aforementioned date may need to be considered &lt;strong&gt;off-topic&lt;/strong&gt;. Old questions (posted before the end of life date) that are still being answered regarding these releases should have a comment included on them about upgrading to a supported release to continue to get support for their versions of Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This information can be confirmed via the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2018-July/000232.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;17.10 End of Life Announcement email message stating the official End Of Life date&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, establishing July 19th, 2018 as the EOL date for Artful.  The official declaration of 17.10 now becoming End of Life can be confirmed at &lt;a href=&quot;https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2018-July/000233.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the relevant announcement email sent on July 19, 2018 at 22:47 UTC&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please upgrade to a supported release to continue to receive support via Ask Ubuntu and Ubuntu Security updates.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This Meta thread is NOT a discussion of how we handle EOL releases. This is simply a notification to all about an upcoming &quot;End of Life&quot; date for a current release of Ubuntu (as of this posting being made). Please refrain from asking in comments about how we handle EOL questions, or commenting on such handling policies.  Please also refrain from posting such things in answers on this post as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Relevant related posts:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/14993/a-note-on-flagging-end-of-life-questions&quot;&gt;A note on flagging End of Life questions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/5611/should-we-allow-questions-that-are-about-releases-which-are-considered-end-of-li&quot;&gt;Should we allow questions that are about releases which are considered End of Life?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/7457/eol-question-handling-discussion-again&quot;&gt;EOL Question Handling Discussion... again&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2018-07-20T02:08:21.360" LastActivityDate="2018-07-20T02:08:21.360" Title="EOL Notice: Artful Aardvark (17.10) reached End of Life on July 19, 2018" Tags="|discussion|end-of-life|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18033" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18035" CreationDate="2018-07-07T06:12:23.200" Score="13" ViewCount="208" Body="&lt;p&gt;There's &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/images&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;images&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;images&lt;/a&gt; tag, which has as description:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions about opening / editing / saving images using image-editing applications.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And then there's &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/pictures&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;pictures&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;pictures&lt;/a&gt; with no description.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;IMHO:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;As far as image-editing goes, we already have tags for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/image-processing&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;image-processing&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;image-processing&lt;/a&gt; and for specific applications like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/imagemagick&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;imagemagick&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;imagemagick&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/gimp&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;gimp&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;gimp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Opening and finding images on disk - that can easily fall under &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/files&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;files&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;files&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/find&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;find&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;find&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So what do you think, community? Do we need these tags?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="295286" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2020-08-11T11:55:03.937" LastActivityDate="2020-08-11T11:55:03.937" Title="Should we take [pictures] and [images] out of the picture?" Tags="|discussion|status-completed|tags|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18034" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18033" CreationDate="2018-07-07T07:26:21.413" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;No we don’t, let’s retag the questions according to your suggestions and remove both &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/images&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;images&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;images&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/pictures&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;pictures&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;pictures&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Feel free to edit this answer to add your reasons why we should delete these tags.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="507051" LastActivityDate="2018-07-07T07:26:21.413" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18035" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18033" CreationDate="2018-07-07T07:31:01.750" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/images&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;images&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;images&lt;/a&gt; is a poor tag name, not only because it does not define any specific task or software, but also because it has more than one distinct meaning, especially in our scope. A brief survey shows that this tag is being used for questions about images that are not pictures of stuff, for example&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/69363/mount-single-partition-from-image-of-entire-disk-device&quot;&gt;Mount single partition from image of entire disk (device)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/7576/what-software-can-be-used-to-create-a-restorable-drive-image&quot;&gt;What software can be used to create a restorable drive image?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/100733/why-arent-old-linux-images-removed-when-installing-new-kernel-updates&quot;&gt;Why aren&amp;#39;t old linux-images removed when installing new kernel updates?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems to me that those three posts (there are more examples similar to each of them) do not benefit from an &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/image&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;image&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;image&lt;/a&gt; tag and the &quot;image&quot; aspects of them are sufficiently defined by tags like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/backup&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;backup&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;backup&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/kernel&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;kernel&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;kernel&lt;/a&gt;. We also have a tag &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/disk-image&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;disk-image&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;disk-image&lt;/a&gt; which would be applicable to the first two.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are currently 476 posts with this tag, which means a long process to remove it by editing. The majority of the questions are about image processing or specific software as you suggested, and some can simply be tagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/software-recommendations&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;software-recommendations&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;software-recommendations&lt;/a&gt;, but some of them are about converting non-images to images (there is a tag &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/convert&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;convert&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;convert&lt;/a&gt; but that is probably at least as problematic as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/images&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;images&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;images&lt;/a&gt;), or about viewing or saving or identifying or organising images. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/image-processing&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;image-processing&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;image-processing&lt;/a&gt; may not be appropriate for all of them. There is a tag &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/photo-management&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;photo-management&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;photo-management&lt;/a&gt; which may be more suitable for some. Careful work is needed to apply specific software tags where appropriate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/pictures&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;pictures&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;pictures&lt;/a&gt; is probably less ambiguous, but similarly unnecessary and vague in failing to define a specific task or program.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Both should be carefully removed, imho.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We also have a tag &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/photo&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;photo&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;photo&lt;/a&gt; which doesn't seem useful...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2018-07-08T08:25:44.313" LastActivityDate="2018-07-08T08:25:44.313" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18036" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-07-09T04:22:01.450" Score="3" ViewCount="93" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have created a web crawler from a tutorial and the website in the video seems to be down.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would I be allowed to test it here at Ask Ubuntu, just solely for educational purposes?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If not, does anyone know a website that I could test it out on legally?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="840995" OwnerDisplayName="plutesci" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2018-07-09T06:17:59.143" LastActivityDate="2018-07-09T12:27:20.400" Title="Am I allowed to use a web crawler on Ask Ubuntu?" Tags="|support|legal|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18037" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18036" CreationDate="2018-07-09T12:27:20.400" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you want actual permission from Stack Exchange Inc, use &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/contact&quot;&gt;the contact form&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We can really only give you informal advice. Be polite. Don't hammer the server with hundreds of requests per second, don't leave it going for hours. Consider whether or not you need to index the whole thing or if you could limit it to something specific.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And if you're sharing the result of your scrape (eg you're setting up your own mirror), make sure you follow the copyright requirements for the content. The site designs are explicitly ⓒ Stack Overflow so copying them without permission is a no-no.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2018-07-09T12:27:20.400" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18038" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-07-09T18:13:47.190" Score="9" ViewCount="676" Body="&lt;p&gt;You might have seen the featured post &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/312365/280883&quot;&gt;Rollout of new network site themes&lt;/a&gt; on Meta Stack Exchange already, but here are the relevant parts for Ask Ubuntu again:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/307862/ch-ch-ch-changes-left-nav-responsive-design-themes&quot;&gt;mentioned on meta.stackexchange.com&lt;/a&gt; several months ago, all network sites will be getting updated themes. Ask Ubuntu is one of the first sites that will be updated. As such, I'm posting the design here so you can see how the new theming will be applied to your site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I want to acknowledge that this will be a painful change for sites that have rich, custom themes. I want to reinforce that the theme changes are a required step to deliver ongoing value to the sites with as little friction as possible. We released changes for &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/312180/354333&quot;&gt;tag watching&lt;/a&gt; (aka favorite tags) this week and will be releasing a beta of custom question list functionality soon. The only way to make sure Q&amp;amp;A improvements are quickly available to all Q&amp;amp;A sites is to fix our themes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To recap from the original post on themes:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Every Q&amp;amp;A site has its own theme. But there is great inequality in the level of theming that we support. A few (~10) get &lt;a href=&quot;https://photo.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Cadillac treatment&lt;/a&gt;, some (&amp;lt;50) are more like a &lt;a href=&quot;https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Honda&lt;/a&gt;, while most (~100) are a &lt;a href=&quot;https://ethereum.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Yugo&lt;/a&gt;. The reality is we created a theming system that we didn't have the design resources to fully support, thus the inequity. In addition, as currently defined, our theming gets in the way of releasing new features on the sites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In order to deliver the left nav, responsive design and future improvements to all sites we've created a more standardized way to support theming. This will reduce the burden of supporting designs as we make Q&amp;amp;A improvements. The result is that most sites will see an improvement in the level of theming that they can get. While some sites will see a reduction. All of Q&amp;amp;A (Enterprise, Teams, etc) will standardize on this new theming scheme.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;- &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/307862/ch-ch-ch-changes-left-nav-responsive-design-themes&quot;&gt;Ch-ch-ch-changes: Left nav, responsive design, &amp;amp; themes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Next steps&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Schedule&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Early July: Collect and respond to feedback from this post&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Late July: Update the site&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Feedback&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please review the mockups and feel free to provide constructive feedback in answers below. We aren't going to revisit the choices we've made around simplification, so it would be more productive to keep feedback focused on the application of the new theme scheme.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note&lt;/strong&gt;: I'm leaving on vacation later today, but didn't want to delay getting these designs posted. As such, I'll have limited time/ability to respond to feedback and comments until I return.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Enough talk, show me the money&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can click on the mockups below to see the image in a larger format.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One special note, the current Ask Ubuntu them sports an extra &amp;quot;top bar&amp;quot; that provides navigation to other Ubuntu sites. We are dropping support for this bar in our new theme. The application of this bar is inconsistent across the Ubuntu sites and it is lightly used on AU.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Ask Ubuntu&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/zfmXQ.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/zfmXQ.png&quot; alt=&quot;Ask Ubuntu home page&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/VbAAK.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/VbAAK.png&quot; alt=&quot;Ask Ubuntu question page&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="746779" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2021-10-25T12:08:31.257" Title="Ask Ubuntu new site theme coming soon" Tags="|discussion|design|" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2018-08-09T19:54:23.023" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18039" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18038" CreationDate="2018-07-09T18:51:13.033" Score="21" Body="&lt;p&gt;I myself would not mind if the bottom was less high. There should be enough room to make rows 2 and lower into 6 colums making it almost 1/2 the size. &#xA;Never going to happen I know ;-)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The orange bar is useless like this. The black bar could be orange and have the AskUbuntu logo in it (where the stackexchange logo could go 1st or 2nd next to the AskUbuntu logo and the search could move a bit to the right). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If this makes the titles take up 2 lines on a less wide screen I am not going to be happy though (removing 1 of the 2 bars would make room for 1 or 2 more questions).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastActivityDate="2018-07-09T18:51:13.033" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18040" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-07-10T23:23:43.440" Score="11" ViewCount="147" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/screencast&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;screencast&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;screencast&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/desktop-recording&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;desktop-recording&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;desktop-recording&lt;/a&gt; almost mean the same thing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I say almost, because there may be some subtle differences. But I don't believe they are enough to keep the tags separated.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;For example, a &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screencast&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;screencast&lt;/a&gt; &lt;em&gt;may&lt;/em&gt; contain audio narration. But I think desktop recording may have that as well.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Also, one can argue that a screencast should be a recording of the whole screen, while desktop recording doesn't need to be. But I can't find any definition of either word which says that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Currently, screencast has 101 questions, while desktop-recording has 54.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/screencast&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;screencast&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;screencast&lt;/a&gt; should be a synonym of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/desktop-recording&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;desktop-recording&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;desktop-recording&lt;/a&gt; but honestly, I'm not sure how the synonyms feature really works.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastEditorUserId="8698" LastEditDate="2018-07-13T07:40:58.373" LastActivityDate="2018-07-13T11:51:30.307" Title="Make [desktop-recording] a synonym of [screencast]" Tags="|discussion|tags|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18041" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18038" CreationDate="2018-07-11T09:16:27.700" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;Like Rinzwind also already noted in his answer, the huge orange top bar is now mainly useless and empty. While I see that this is how it's supposed to be to match the new overall theme structure, it could be prettified a bit while still staying within the capabilities of the new theme.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other sites have their top bar customized to not show a single plain solid color, but e.g. a gradient with simple shapes (compare e.g. &lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/C2lOP.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Magento SE&lt;/a&gt;), some unobtrusive symbols, structures or objects on the right side only (compare e.g. &lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/wZSLL.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Server Fault&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/YIDys.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Super User&lt;/a&gt;), across the whole top bar (compare e.g. &lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/chhn7.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Photography SE&lt;/a&gt;) or both (compare e.g. &lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/eQwnt.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Mi Yodeya&lt;/a&gt;). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The screenshots linked above are taken from the official MSE posts &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/312365/280883&quot;&gt;Rollout of new network site themes&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/307862/280883&quot;&gt;Ch-ch-ch-changes: Left nav, responsive design, &amp;amp; themes&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, how about making the site look a but nicer and more unique by customizing our own top bar in a similar way? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If this proposal is appreciated, we could collect and vote on ideas what to do exactly in a separate question. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastActivityDate="2018-07-11T09:16:27.700" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18042" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18038" CreationDate="2018-07-11T13:34:52.060" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just have a question about the placement of advertisements; will it be changed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because while some of us don't care, or care little about that because we have sufficient reputation which removes these ads, but will it render well for new/low reputation members? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I ask this question in particular about the top one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And probably a space on the left will be used too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="829702" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2018-07-13T08:23:21.903" LastActivityDate="2018-07-13T08:23:21.903" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18043" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18045" CreationDate="2018-07-11T20:23:59.177" Score="5" ViewCount="127" Body="&lt;p&gt;The top menu has moved to the left. I checked in two different browsers.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/WyTKD.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/WyTKD.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user772253" LastEditorUserId="1412" LastEditDate="2018-07-11T21:43:10.907" LastActivityDate="2018-07-13T21:40:31.887" Title="The top menu has moved to the left" Tags="|bug|status-completed|design|top-bar|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18044" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-07-11T20:56:47.450" Score="1" ViewCount="40" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can't see the icons at the top.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Firefox on Linux&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/vszpO.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/vszpO.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="243321" LastEditorUserId="507051" LastEditDate="2018-07-11T21:16:42.547" LastActivityDate="2018-07-11T21:16:42.547" Title="Top bars overlapping each other" Tags="|bug|design|top-bar|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2018-07-11T21:09:42.977" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18045" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18043" CreationDate="2018-07-11T21:40:51.347" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sorry about that. I broke this while &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/312501/new-global-preferences-keyboard-shortcuts-and-sticky-topbar&quot;&gt;rolling out support for fixed topbar&lt;/a&gt; across all network sites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's no graceful way to make this work right now with the custom bar in play as well. Not without a fair amount of effort, at any rate. Since Ask Ubuntu is going to get &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/18038/ask-ubuntu-new-site-theme-coming-soon&quot;&gt;a new theme soon&lt;/a&gt;, I'm deploying a change now to defer fixed topbar support until that time. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1412" LastEditorUserId="1412" LastEditDate="2018-07-13T21:40:31.887" LastActivityDate="2018-07-13T21:40:31.887" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18046" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-07-12T14:32:13.123" Score="2" ViewCount="42" Body="&lt;p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a question about my Ask Ubuntu post: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1054464/fatal-failed-to-fork-on-windows-subsystem-for-linux-with-ubuntu&quot;&gt;FATAL -&amp;gt; Failed to fork on Windows subsystem for Linux with Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&#xA;Hi&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it possible to create a new tag about the Windows Subsystem for Linux, something like windows-subsystem-for-linux for example?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Kind Regards&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="641930" LastActivityDate="2018-07-12T14:55:51.693" Title="New tag for Windows Subsystem for Linux" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2018-07-12T14:56:01.137" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18047" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18046" CreationDate="2018-07-12T14:47:31.433" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;We already have a tag for that, it’s called &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/windows-subsystem-for-linux&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;windows-subsystem-for-linux&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;windows-subsystem-for-linux&lt;/a&gt;. I tagged your question accordingly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="507051" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2018-07-12T14:55:51.693" LastActivityDate="2018-07-12T14:55:51.693" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18048" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18029" CreationDate="2018-07-12T14:55:06.163" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;This has now been done. All questions previously tagged with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/wsl&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;wsl&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;wsl&lt;/a&gt; are now tagged with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/windows-subsystem-for-linux&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;windows-subsystem-for-linux&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;windows-subsystem-for-linux&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/wsl&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;wsl&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;wsl&lt;/a&gt; is now a synonym pointing to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/windows-subsystem-for-linux&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;windows-subsystem-for-linux&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;windows-subsystem-for-linux&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2018-07-12T14:55:06.163" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18049" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18083" CreationDate="2018-07-13T07:39:05.820" Score="3" ViewCount="71" Body="&lt;p&gt;On Firefox for Android, when I try to add a comment, the bottom half of the text is hidden. And stuff like punctuations cannot be seen at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/BEUgF.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/BEUgF.png&quot; alt=&quot;Firefox for Android comment box&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It works better in Google Chrome, however, so the issue seems exclusive to Firefox. &#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Gyaj7.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Gyaj7.png&quot; alt=&quot;Chrome for Android comment box&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastEditorUserId="8698" LastEditDate="2018-07-30T09:49:56.383" LastActivityDate="2018-07-30T09:57:30.087" Title="Cannot properly see a comment I'm adding with Firefox for Android" Tags="|bug|comments|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18050" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18038" CreationDate="2018-07-13T09:06:22.707" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you dislike having the space on the left-hand side of the page being used for navigation links, there is a &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/369106/how-do-i-hide-the-left-navigation-sidebar&quot;&gt;Hide left navigation&lt;/a&gt; setting in the Stack Overflow site preferences which works well for maximizing screen real estate.&lt;sup&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4902/new-site-theme-coming-soon/4904#4904&quot;&gt;*&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; If you have already selected the Hide left navigation setting on Stack Overflow, the Ask Ubuntu site preferences will inherit this setting from Stack Overflow's site preferences. Depending on your work flow and monitor setup this could make the questions and answers easier to read.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;How to hide the left navigation sidebar&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Click your reputation on the top bar.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Click the &lt;em&gt;Edit Profile &amp;amp; Settings&lt;/em&gt; tab.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Click &lt;em&gt;Preferences&lt;/em&gt; under SITE SETTINGS.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Click the &lt;em&gt;Hide left navigation&lt;/em&gt; checkbox.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/W6oPi.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/W6oPi.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="94914" LastEditorUserId="94914" LastEditDate="2021-10-25T12:08:31.257" LastActivityDate="2021-10-25T12:08:31.257" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18051" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18040" CreationDate="2018-07-13T11:51:30.307" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;For me, both are synonyms to be specific and not go around the bush. Anything mentioned about one will still land on the other one. What can both do:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Record small videos&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Record long videos&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Record parts of the desktop&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Record specific windows on the desktop &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Record video only&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Record video and audio&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Stream recording to 3rd party source&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Live stream&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Save in popular different formats&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Compress raw recording&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Some option that wants to be applied to one but not the other and then realize, wait a minute batman, this applies to the other one too&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Realizing thanks to batman that both are the same thing. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7035" LastActivityDate="2018-07-13T11:51:30.307" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18052" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18031" CreationDate="2018-07-13T16:45:42.447" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I voted to close the older question against the newer one &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1052311/network-unclaimed-on-ubuntu#comment1719757_1052311&quot;&gt;as suggested by Pilot6&lt;/a&gt;, to make the up-to-date answer easier to find.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would appreciate it if someone could find a way to improve the title of the newer question to make it less generic. I'm not sure what hardware info should go into it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some extra FYI... &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As pointed out in the comments:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/18031/duplicate-remove-the-original-or-the-duplicate?cb=1#comment38024_18031&quot;&gt;You don't remove anything when making as a dupe. – Pilot6&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Neither question is deleted when one is duped to the other, and none of the answers should be either (unless they should be deleted anyway).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Closing a question, except as a duplicate, makes it more likely to be deleted automatically (it must be upvoted or have upvoted answers to survive) while closing as a duplicate makes a question no more likely to be deleted automatically than an open question. However, any closure makes it possible for users with over 10k reputation to vote to delete a question. But duplicates are generally valued and are unlikely to be deleted by voters unless they are of very poor quality or unsuitable for the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Answers are never deleted automatically unless the question they are posted on is deleted, or the account of the user who posted them is deleted and they are negatively scored. They can be deleted by users with over 20k if they have a negative score.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, mods can delete anything they want, but they usually only delete things that have been flagged.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/18031/duplicate-remove-the-original-or-the-duplicate?cb=1#comment38025_18031&quot;&gt;Also in general there is nothing against marking an older question as a duplicate of a newer one (provided the new one is a &quot;better&quot; question or has &quot;better&quot; answers). – pomsky&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While you may well see users making the assumption that the first question must be &quot;the original&quot;, no such policy is upheld; we try to favour clearer, more widely applicable questions and more comprehensive, more up-to-date, higher quality answers as targets for duplication. If there's not much to choose, votes and views matter, and those somewhat tend to increase with age, but age per se has no particular bearing on the decision of which question should be the target.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/18031/duplicate-remove-the-original-or-the-duplicate?cb=1#comment38028_18031&quot;&gt;There is also something called a &quot;merge&quot; but you need to flag for moderator attention... – Fabby&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Merging moves the answers of one question to another and leaves the merge origin question as an uneditable locked stub. It is arguably more destructive, and definitely more disruptive, than closing as a duplicate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unlike closing, merging cannot be undone. IMHO, it should only be done when&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;There are no significant/interesting differences between the two questions so there is no benefit in keeping both (does not seem to apply in this case)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The answers on the two questions are good and different (otherwise there is no benefit in moving them)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another reason not to merge in this case is that the obsolete accepted answer would remain on top regardless of the direction of the merge. If the new question were merged to the old, it would also remain accepted.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2018-07-13T19:20:13.920" LastActivityDate="2018-07-13T19:20:13.920" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18053" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18055" CreationDate="2018-07-14T21:14:39.007" Score="0" ViewCount="118" Body="&lt;h2&gt;TL;DR version:&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For the sake of argument below, a user showing negative behaviour on this site is called a &quot;Troll&quot; and a user exhibiting positive behaviour a &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;https://itsfoss.com/ubuntu-1410-code-named-utopic-unicorn/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Unicorn&lt;/a&gt;&quot;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've been pondering about creating a niceness system that would allow the trolls on this site to handle the trolls, the unicorns handle the unicorns and the neutrals handle everyone &lt;em&gt;if they choose so!&lt;/em&gt;  &lt;strong&gt;:-)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;The long version:&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Today, we only have a single type of reputation on the system that is based on &lt;em&gt;knowledge only!&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've been thinking of a system where we add an additional kind of rep that is based on a user's &quot;niceness&quot; where everyone starts at 0 where:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Past behaviour does not count&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Any behaviour on the site will have an influence on a user's &quot;niceness&quot; score &lt;em&gt;completely separate&lt;/em&gt;  from a user's &quot;knowledge&quot; score (today a.k.a &quot;Reputation&quot;) and would allow all of the existing site features to have an influence on a user's niceness score as well:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;spam flags&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;rude/offensive flags&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Chat bans&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;User bans&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;...&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;We use a scoring system that is similar to downvoting a question or an answer: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;downvoting a user's niceness score will give a penalty of -2 to the downvoted user &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;will affect the downvoter with -1 (as the fact of downvoting isn't &quot;nice&quot; neither).  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Upvoting a niceness score will remain similar to upvoting a question: no score change for the upvoting user, only for the upvoted one.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;the niceness interactivity is based on 2 signed INTs denominating:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;User's niceness score&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;User's niceness threshold&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Allowing an adaptive system to &lt;em&gt;naturally evolve over time&lt;/em&gt; depending on MIN(niceness) and MAX(niceness) on a particular site.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once we have that in place, users can start up/downvoting both according to the question / answer &lt;strong&gt;separate from&lt;/strong&gt; the user's &lt;em&gt;behaviour&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Calling a spade, a spade has some additional fringe benefits: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Users can choose which kind of users they want to interact with on the site according to the niceness they have (and that is what the niceness threshold is used for):&lt;br&gt;&#xA;☑ I want to interact with users who are unicorns&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;:-D&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;☑ I want to interact with users who are nice&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;:-)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;☑ I want to interact with users who are neutral&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;:-|&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;☑ I don't mind interacting with users who are a bit naughty&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;:-(&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;☑ I don't mind interacting with trolls&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;;-(&lt;/strong&gt;  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Users that do not &lt;em&gt;completely&lt;/em&gt; overlap with a user's individual sense of niceness will show up in light grey if there is only a little difference and be &lt;em&gt;completely invisible&lt;/em&gt; to a user including their/your questions/answers/comments!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;This is not a complete overhaul of the way the SE network works today:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Very negative answers are shown in grey already&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Deleted answers are invisible as well. (except to 10K+ users)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Additional storage capacity in the SE network's DB is negligible (~60 MB at the time of this writing, excluding indexes)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We have to do something as the sites grow and &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.blog/2018/04/26/stack-overflow-isnt-very-welcoming-its-time-for-that-to-change/&quot;&gt;we're seen as not very &quot;welcoming&quot; to new users&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the above compartementalises the users according to their behaviour.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We could create an additional privilege that allows very trusted users to see the niceness score for all users (50K?  halfway to 100K and the t-shirt, hat and stickers?) and to the other users (except mods) these scores would be invisible.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;&lt;sup&gt;Of course, a troll user limiting itself to interacting only with nice people will put itself in the unfortunate position of seeing very little on this site but then &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;that's their own personal and subjective freedom of choice!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Thoughts? Remarks? Improvements?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;P.S. &lt;strong&gt;Please don't just downvote: :-)&lt;/strong&gt; leave a comment at a minimum. A well-funded answer is preferred...  &lt;strong&gt;0:-)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="344926" LastEditDate="2018-07-15T15:28:00.410" LastActivityDate="2018-07-15T17:22:20.610" Title="Be nice: How to optimise interaction between Trolls and Unicorns" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18054" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-07-15T12:26:39.713" Score="2" ViewCount="187" Body="&lt;p&gt;AskUbuntu &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/editing-help#code&quot;&gt;help recommend&lt;/a&gt; to style pre-formatted text and console output with&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;#four spaces&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But sometimes it results in scrolling text. See &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/1056309/66509&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; as an example. The problematic line (as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/revisions/1056309/2&quot;&gt;formatted by David Foerster&lt;/a&gt;) with console output:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;'Ubuntu 18.04 LTS _Bionic Beaver_ - Release amd64 (20180426)' in the drive '/media/cdrom/' and press [Enter]&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On my non-customized browsers - tested Chromium 66.0.3359.181, Firefox ESR 52.9, SeaMonkey 2.49.3, Chrome 67.0.3396.99 this text is scrollable:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/D9yEJ.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/D9yEJ.png&quot; alt=&quot;Preformatted text is scrollable&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I found that scrolling gets enabled after I enter the 82nd symbol.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Possible workaround is to use backticks:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;'Ubuntu 18.04 LTS _Bionic Beaver_ - Release amd64 (20180426)' in the drive '/media/cdrom/' and press [Enter]&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;but some users do not like this method.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other solution from David Foerster is to use custom user-side CSS:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/fxIyP.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/fxIyP.png&quot; alt=&quot;custom CSS for code-formattin&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(the result looks similar as in narrow terminal with width of ≅80 characters )&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note: terminal does not have horizontal scrolling, only vertical.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should we avoid scrolling? Do you plan to customize this server-side?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Below in comments @PerlDuck wrote:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I'd like it best if there was something like the &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;!-- language: lang-js --&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; thingy, e.g. &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;!-- render: no-scroll --&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; or whatever so the author can decide. Sometimes scrolling is OK, sometimes it isn't.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So it would be great if user can choose the needed formatting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="66509" LastEditorUserId="66509" LastEditDate="2019-02-03T10:42:56.457" LastActivityDate="2019-02-03T10:42:56.457" Title="Preformatted text horizontal scrolling - bug or feature?" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|formatting|code-formatting|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18055" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18053" CreationDate="2018-07-15T16:24:22.650" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is indeed an interesting concept and I did smile while I was reading it. As tempting as it is to have this system, I'm not sure if it would work, as we're rating behaviour and strikes that are kept private for moderator and community team view only. That is, records of abusive comments, suspensions and other forms of unwanted behaviour. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The site strives to work on improvement, as opposed to punishment and for committed users it works well. Suspensions and bans are designed to give users time to reflect and rate limit the problem behaviour, ultimately weeding out disruptive members who cannot or will not abide by the site's policy. As the site encourages improvement, it's important we keep each user's &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/293213/why-we-dont-keep-public-records-of-suspensions/293335#293335&quot;&gt;moderated activity private&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From my moderation activity on other sites, I've noticed (anecdotal evidence only) that there's been an improvement in the behaviour of our long term users since the network has pushed to make &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/312038/wed-like-your-feedback-on-our-new-code-of-conduct&quot;&gt;changes to the code of conduct&lt;/a&gt;. The propensity for your proposed system to shame people is not in the spirit of what the site is trying to achieve. However, I wouldn't let this stop the brainstorming, as it's from posts like these, we grow to understand what the community prefers, helps us discover underlying issues and, ultimately (hopefully), create solutions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user513776" LastEditorDisplayName="user513776" LastEditDate="2018-07-15T17:22:20.610" LastActivityDate="2018-07-15T17:22:20.610" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18056" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-07-15T22:49:08.407" Score="2" ViewCount="82" Body="&lt;p&gt;This occurred today and at other times. Anyone else experienced it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It has occured on 16.04 and 18.04.(Ubuntu Mate)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/rtuXV.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/wHZyI.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="573838" OwnerDisplayName="fixit7" LastEditorUserId="158442" LastEditDate="2018-07-16T13:49:39.943" LastActivityDate="2018-07-16T13:49:39.943" Title="Text on Ask Ubuntu overwrites other text" Tags="|bug|design|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18057" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18014" CreationDate="2018-07-18T20:38:21.577" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The quote trick used to work - it was even documented in the help center!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Somewhere along the line, we dropped support for symbol-searches. Yes, that's annoying, but that's how it is. Until such a time as we're able to devote time and resources to improving search, you'll have to rely on 3rd-party search engines for tasks like these.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If this is ever supported again, we'll update &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/searching&quot;&gt;the help center page&lt;/a&gt; to reflect that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12845" LastActivityDate="2018-07-18T20:38:21.577" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18058" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5611" CreationDate="2018-07-19T22:32:01.040" Score="-2" Body="&lt;p&gt;It will help every person that encounters the same issue on the same version of the OS. You do not always chose what OS is available for work, on someone else computer, or embedded environment, or for tech support.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can tell people that updating is advised, not change how the world works in a snap of fingers, by deleting legit questions imo.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="639270" LastActivityDate="2018-07-19T22:32:01.040" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18059" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-07-20T07:38:50.673" Score="5" ViewCount="112" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Date stamps&lt;/strong&gt; are shown in a &lt;strong&gt;non-standardised&lt;/strong&gt; format &quot;&lt;strong&gt;mmm d 'yy&lt;/strong&gt;&quot;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/TpU0b.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/TpU0b.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When you hover the pointer over the date, you get title text showing the date and time in &lt;strong&gt;ISO 8601 standard&lt;/strong&gt; format: &quot;&lt;strong&gt;yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss&lt;/strong&gt;&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/aFI1x.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/aFI1x.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Wouldn't it be better to show date/time stamps in a standardised or localised format on the web page? Why or why not?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="524319" LastEditorUserId="175814" LastEditDate="2018-07-22T20:50:23.667" LastActivityDate="2019-05-16T15:08:31.023" Title="Use ISO 8601 or some localized format to display question, answer, edit, and comment dates instead of the &quot;customary&quot; M/D/Y" Tags="|feature-request|formatting|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18060" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18038" CreationDate="2018-07-20T07:59:29.360" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Date/Time stamps should be standardised or localised&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Currently a non-standard format is used: &quot;mmm d 'yy hh:mm&quot;:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Oj6XH.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Oj6XH.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Recommend&lt;/strong&gt; international standard &lt;strong&gt;ISO 8601&lt;/strong&gt;: &quot;yyyy-mm-dd&lt;strong&gt;T&lt;/strong&gt;hh:mm:ss&lt;strong&gt;TZ&lt;/strong&gt;&quot;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;Or something close/similar to this standard.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Where:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Time delimiter (&lt;strong&gt;T&lt;/strong&gt;):&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&amp;lt;date&amp;gt;&lt;strong&gt;T&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;lt;time&amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Time Zone designator (&lt;strong&gt;TZ&lt;/strong&gt;) UTC Offset:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&amp;lt;time&amp;gt;&lt;strong&gt;Z&lt;/strong&gt; (UTC ± Zero)&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&amp;lt;time&amp;gt;±&lt;strong&gt;hh:mm&lt;/strong&gt; (UTC ± hh:mm)&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&amp;lt;time&amp;gt;±&lt;strong&gt;hhmm&lt;/strong&gt; (UTC ± hhmm)&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&amp;lt;time&amp;gt;±&lt;strong&gt;hh&lt;/strong&gt; (UTC ± hh)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="524319" LastEditorUserId="524319" LastEditDate="2018-07-20T10:39:19.440" LastActivityDate="2018-07-20T10:39:19.440" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18061" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-07-20T10:14:11.787" Score="-3" ViewCount="41" Body="&lt;p&gt;I looked in the help center but could find no listing for help in editing.&#xA;Can someone point me the way?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="573838" LastActivityDate="2018-07-20T17:05:46.117" Title="Can not find Edit help" Tags="|support|editing|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18062" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18061" CreationDate="2018-07-20T13:30:12.053" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;There's three help documents currently:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/editing&quot;&gt;Why can people edit my posts? How does editing work?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/formatting&quot;&gt;How do I format my posts using Markdown or HTML?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/editing-help&quot;&gt;Markdown Editing Help&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For comments, you need to refer to the Meta.SE post called &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/19756/how-do-comments-work&quot;&gt;How do comments work?&lt;/a&gt; and read through that on how comments work, including formatting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If none of these are the specific &quot;editing help&quot; page you are looking for, then you need to specify what exactly you need help with.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2018-07-20T17:05:46.117" LastActivityDate="2018-07-20T17:05:46.117" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18063" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18066" CreationDate="2018-07-20T23:17:06.420" Score="7" ViewCount="246" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have seen questions popping up on this site where people have been installing the &lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/teejee2008/ukuu&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;ukuu&lt;/a&gt; (Ubuntu Kernel Update Utility) that will allow for them to install the latest (Mainline) kernels into their setup.  My question is, since these will be kernels that have not been tested nor are they part of the release schedule, will this be supported as on topic here?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am asking this because these kernels are part of unsupported versions of Ubuntu that are either EOL or that they have not been officially released yet and we don't support those versions of Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="231142" LastEditorUserId="231142" LastEditDate="2018-07-21T00:05:09.113" LastActivityDate="2018-07-21T15:24:48.143" Title="Is ukuu considered on topic?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18064" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18065" CreationDate="2018-07-21T10:59:25.103" Score="1" ViewCount="32" Body="&lt;p&gt;In &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1058094/why-is-virtualenv-venv-not-working-on-ubuntu-18-04&quot;&gt;this &lt;/a&gt;post, the op has used colour to highlight aspects of his question to very good effect.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How is that achieved? I can't seem to find a reference as to how it is done and the menu bar at the head of the text body doesn't provide any clues...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="307670" LastActivityDate="2018-07-21T11:33:20.217" Title="Coloured Text to highlight emphasis" Tags="|support|text-formatting|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18065" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18064" CreationDate="2018-07-21T11:15:20.403" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I doubt this is intentional – it‘s syntax highlighting, which in this case was added automatically when the question was tagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/python&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;python&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;python&lt;/a&gt;, see &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tags/python/info&quot;&gt;its Tag Info page&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Code Language (used for syntax highlighting): lang-py&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/editing-help#syntax-highlighting&quot;&gt;syntax highlighting help page&lt;/a&gt; explains how one can add this highlighting to one or all code blocks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Further reading:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/editing-help#syntax-highlighting&quot;&gt;Help on syntax highlighting&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/72082/changes-to-syntax-highlighting&quot;&gt;meta.SE post explaining tag-based syntax highlighting&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="507051" LastEditorUserId="507051" LastEditDate="2018-07-21T11:33:20.217" LastActivityDate="2018-07-21T11:33:20.217" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18066" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18063" CreationDate="2018-07-21T15:24:48.143" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;A critical difference between an &quot;unsupported&quot; kernel and (eg) Mint is —if the kernel might be even-slightly-relevant— we can just ask...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Do you have the same problem with the stock kernel?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's quick to test. And most Ukuu users seem to have the stock ones installed still.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The differences between distributions are much larger.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I wouldn't get too hung up on the &quot;tested&quot; factor. There are near infinite combinations of software within Ubuntu. A fraction of a percent of those are actually tested. We don't only support those.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2018-07-21T15:24:48.143" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18067" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-07-22T09:18:47.750" Score="4" ViewCount="65" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a question on AskUbuntu which I managed to solve myself with some guidance from another user, He suggested that I self answer my question and provided this link as reference: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/self-answer&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/help/self-answer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;According to the link, there is a 15 rep requirement to self answer your post, however said user believes that to be incorrect and suggested I post here for confirmation.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Is this the case? Does one require a minimum number of rep in order to answer there own question? If so, can I ask what the justification behind that is as it seems a bit silly. I can understand restricting answers from new users, but surely a self answer is a different case entirely.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="841275" LastActivityDate="2018-07-22T09:22:48.153" Title="Reputation requirement for a self answer?" Tags="|support|reputation|self-answer|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18068" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18067" CreationDate="2018-07-22T09:22:48.153" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;The rep requirement is for posting a question and its answer together. (That's what the checkbox on that page refers to: an option to compose the answer together with the question before positing both simultaneously.) It doesn't apply to posting an answer after posting the question. (Though a separate requirement means that you can't &lt;em&gt;accept&lt;/em&gt; a self-answer immediately.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2018-07-22T09:22:48.153" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18069" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18059" CreationDate="2018-07-22T17:46:35.027" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'd prefer a more common date format too, though none in particular as long as it lists day, month, and year in either this or the reverse order.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The display of hierarchical data tuples in an order that is neither ascending nor descending along the hierarchy is confusing to everyone but those who are counter-intuitively accustomed to it (i. e. North-Americans).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm aware that this may be a fight against the windmills of American cultural dominance that is entrenched in the Stack Exchange company: “If it's good enough for us it ought to be good enough for everybody.”&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="175814" LastActivityDate="2018-07-22T17:46:35.027" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18070" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-07-23T02:30:41.770" Score="-11" ViewCount="116" Body="&lt;p&gt;I found some humor in that I can get a badge for down voting someone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I try to look at the positive things in life.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's a waste of energy looking for the negative.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm sure someone will down vote this so they can get that badge. :-)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="573838" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2018-07-23T14:00:29.497" LastActivityDate="2018-07-23T14:14:56.160" Title="Why is there a badge for down voting?" Tags="|discussion|downvoting|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18071" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18070" CreationDate="2018-07-23T03:29:03.003" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;Why shouldn't there be? There are badges for all other major moderation tasks (flagging, editing, &lt;em&gt;up&lt;/em&gt;voting, deleting, reviewing), why should downvoting be exempt? Whatever you may think of it, downvoting is an important part of Stack Exchange.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2018-07-23T03:29:03.003" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18072" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18070" CreationDate="2018-07-23T14:14:56.160" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;Agree 100% with @muru.  The only thing I'ld add is that downvoting is arguably even MORE important than upvoting in the answer sorting process.  There's also a badge for retracting a negatively received post/answer.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have, in the past for example, gone through and started deleting all my 0 or negative answers or questions as site cleanup &lt;em&gt;assuming there's another more thorough answer present&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2018-07-23T14:14:56.160" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18073" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18074" CreationDate="2018-07-25T11:56:18.553" Score="0" ViewCount="78" Body="&lt;p&gt;Related: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1872/how-to-run-the-software-recommendation-tag&quot;&gt;How to run the Software Recommendation tag?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Given the existence of &lt;a href=&quot;https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Software Recommendations Stack Exchange&lt;/a&gt;, is there any need/justification for the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/software-recommendation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;software-recommendation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;software-recommendation&lt;/a&gt; tag here any more? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="151448" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2018-07-25T12:01:25.727" LastActivityDate="2018-07-25T12:12:13.737" Title="Should the [software-recommendation] tag be deprecated?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18074" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18073" CreationDate="2018-07-25T12:12:13.737" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;Overlap in scope between Stack Exchange sites is not generally considered a problem. Literally every (on-topic) question on our site would be on topic on &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Unix and Linux Stack Exchange&lt;/a&gt;, for instance. Should U&amp;amp;L remove their &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ubuntu&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ubuntu&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ubuntu&lt;/a&gt; tag and direct everyone who asks about Ubuntu here?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To me such an action seems like it would be an artificial narrowing of scope, and I feel the same way about the occasional attacks on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/software-recommendation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;software-recommendation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;software-recommendation&lt;/a&gt; tag here. Removing the tag would leave many perfectly on-topic questions without an appropriate tag. There are over 2700 questions with this tag, many highly upvoted and with highly upvoted answers, and they aren't going anywhere any time soon. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If there are objections to software recommendation questions on the grounds that they are often poor quality, can be targets for spam and so on, then aside from the fact that we have considered these questions on topic and answered them throughout the life of the site and we are not going to delete those &gt;2700 questions which have been viewed by millions of visitors, my response is that we should continue to take lessons from the Software Recommendations Stack Exchange and continue to improve and moderate these questions carefully.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2018-07-25T12:12:13.737" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18075" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-07-26T04:48:45.127" Score="-12" ViewCount="184" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's just bad advice to give to tell people to type in longer codes than are necessary. Think of all the wasted seconds spent typing that extra &lt;code&gt;-get&lt;/code&gt; that could be spent on other things. Yes, some apt codes are slightly different, but lets learn those differences instead of making people waste their time due to not wanting to learn them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="503773" LastActivityDate="2018-07-26T15:16:12.433" Title="Can we please stop telling people to use &quot;apt-get&quot; when simply &quot;apt&quot; accomplishes the same thing?" Tags="|support|answer-format|answering|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="9" ClosedDate="2018-08-09T07:14:48.690" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18076" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-07-26T05:05:58.167" Score="-22" ViewCount="277" Body="&lt;p&gt;As the thread title suggests, I think we need to stop considering people's attitude when answering questions and helping people. If the intent is good at the end of the day, it honestly does not matter at all if that person says something another person doesn't like. That's what used to be called tough love. Nowadays its called a ban hammer. Lets fix this people please grow up, you can handle being called a few names but you can't handle living with a broken PC.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In short, we need to change the rules to reflect a mature userbase, who ought to be able to handle criticism, otherwise they ought not to be allowed to use the site. It's not a children's playground, it's a &lt;em&gt;problem solving forum intended for grown-ups&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="503773" LastEditorUserId="503773" LastEditDate="2018-07-26T09:25:41.803" LastActivityDate="2018-09-02T08:33:24.470" Title="I'm probably going to get skewered for this -- You can be rude and still provide a perfectly suitable answer to a question" Tags="|discussion|answers|comments|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18077" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18076" CreationDate="2018-07-26T06:52:20.443" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I often get viewed as being curt, abrupt, or a touch to the rude side.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's no reason to be obnoxious in an answer to a question or in comments though.  So, if the answer or comment is just abrupt and concise, I don't read rude there.  On the other hand, if you take a look at the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tour&quot;&gt;FAQ&lt;/a&gt; there's a link to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ubuntu.com/community/code-of-conduct&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Code of Conduct&lt;/a&gt;.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's one of those things you sign up for by participating, and why we have so many nice/generally helpful people.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2018-07-26T06:52:20.443" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18078" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18076" CreationDate="2018-07-26T08:09:48.153" Score="26" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm afraid this is something that simply isn't up for discussion. Yes, we want to build a resource of useful knowledge and technical help. However, just as importantly, we want t build a &lt;em&gt;civil&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;friendly&lt;/em&gt; resource. If you can't ask or answer politely, then don't ask or answer at all. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you find this too restrictive, this might not be the right place for you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2018-07-26T08:09:48.153" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18079" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18076" CreationDate="2018-07-26T09:20:39.933" Score="-13" Body="&lt;p&gt;Think of it this way, folks. If you worked at a car shop, with a bunch of sweaty and dirty men, who were only concerned with getting their work done in a timely manner, would you expect them to always be &lt;em&gt;perfectly polite little schoolgirls&lt;/em&gt; about everything with their co-workers? No, you'd just expect them to work with their fellow employees to get the job done no matter what it takes and no matter how heated and frustrated they may get. These people who work at these car shops have the common sense to know that their co-workers might get frustrated at not being able to solve a problem, and they aren't just gonna &lt;em&gt;fire&lt;/em&gt; an employee, who is a critical asset to their company, because they &quot;didn't like their tone.&quot; An employer is not a mommy or daddy, and neither should a forum moderator be.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="503773" LastActivityDate="2018-07-26T09:20:39.933" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18080" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18075" CreationDate="2018-07-26T10:40:36.667" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;We all know the difference:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/445384/what-is-the-difference-between-apt-and-apt-get&quot;&gt;What is the difference between apt and apt-get?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Both have their merit as both work for the task they are designed to.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This also means there is no reason why we should force people into one or the other.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3940" LastActivityDate="2018-07-26T10:40:36.667" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18081" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18075" CreationDate="2018-07-26T15:09:09.407" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;Even when keeping in mind &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/445384/what-is-the-difference-between-apt-and-apt-get&quot;&gt;What is the difference between apt and apt-get?&lt;/a&gt; there is still no logical reason to enforce using &lt;code&gt;apt&lt;/code&gt; over &lt;code&gt;apt-get&lt;/code&gt;/&lt;code&gt;apt-cache&lt;/code&gt;.  An extra second or two to type 4-6 extra characters is not a major inconvenience and &lt;strong&gt;the vast majority of users&lt;/strong&gt; are not going to care if they're typing &lt;code&gt;apt&lt;/code&gt; versus &lt;code&gt;apt-get&lt;/code&gt; so long as it gets the job done of what they're intending to do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There may also be other factors at play, such as &lt;strong&gt;how used to a specific command being typed&lt;/strong&gt; someone is.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I am writing answers, I tend to use &lt;code&gt;apt-get&lt;/code&gt; because I've been using Ubuntu since 9.04 and it's ingrained in me that that's the command to use for command line management of installed packages.  Yes, &lt;code&gt;apt&lt;/code&gt; can do the same thing, but in &lt;em&gt;my&lt;/em&gt; case it's muscle-memory and a habit to write out &lt;code&gt;apt-get&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If Joe Smith is used to using &lt;code&gt;apt&lt;/code&gt; and not &lt;code&gt;apt-get&lt;/code&gt; and has a user write out &lt;code&gt;apt install ...&lt;/code&gt; instead of &lt;code&gt;apt-get install ...&lt;/code&gt; then that's their preference, and they're probably used to using &lt;code&gt;apt&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ultimately, however,&lt;/strong&gt; it's a matter of preference to what the user who posts a given answer/question uses as to which the answer may use for its commands.  &lt;code&gt;apt&lt;/code&gt; or &lt;code&gt;apt-get&lt;/code&gt; both work, and &lt;strong&gt;neither&lt;/strong&gt; are deprecated to the point they don't work, so users can use &lt;em&gt;either of them&lt;/em&gt; in answers depending on their preference.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I said earlier, &lt;strong&gt;there's no logical reason to enforce the usage of one or the other&lt;/strong&gt;.  After all, &lt;strong&gt;the vast majority of users&lt;/strong&gt; are not going to be inconvenienced by a single second or two's worth of extra typing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2018-07-26T15:16:12.433" LastActivityDate="2018-07-26T15:16:12.433" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18082" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-07-28T12:02:09.930" Score="9" ViewCount="366" Body="&lt;p&gt;There has been a recent &lt;a href=&quot;https://blog.ubuntu.com/2018/07/09/minimal-ubuntu-released?utm_source=MOTD&amp;amp;utm_medium=MOTD&amp;amp;utm_campaign=0)FY19_Cloud&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;announcement of an official Minimal Ubuntu stream&lt;/a&gt; with a &lt;a href=&quot;https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/minimal/releases/bionic/release/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;raw image&lt;/a&gt; as well as support on various clouds.  There is also an &lt;a href=&quot;https://packages.ubuntu.com/search?suite=all&amp;amp;searchon=names&amp;amp;keywords=ubuntu-minimal&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;ubuntu-minimal&lt;/code&gt; package&lt;/a&gt; which has existed since &lt;em&gt;trusty&lt;/em&gt;.  Various uses of &quot;minimal&quot; over the years have been used to describe vastly different OP situations.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A quick glance at questions with these terms seem to show that there has been a difference between the usage of &quot;Minimal&quot; on this site and, going forward, may refer to five distinctly different contexts:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;An installation of Ubuntu (usually server on bare-metal, but also virtualbox image) with the intention of using as little resources for running the OS as possible. Sometimes with competing aims, such as:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;a. streamlining as a guest; vs&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;b. hardware support (RAID, LVM, SSD, etc.), for example&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Install media that are smaller - in other words - &lt;em&gt;Ubuntu Live Server&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;An Ubuntu docker/lxd/aws container which doesn't require setup but does have some specific streamlining for working in these environments.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The &lt;code&gt;ubuntu-minimal&lt;/code&gt; metapackage, described as &quot;Minimal Core of Ubuntu&quot;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Another way of describing &lt;em&gt;Ubuntu Core&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's an unfortunate marketing problem which I'm quite surprised about, actually.  I would have thought this confusion would have been spotted long before it was decided to use the brand &quot;Minimal Ubuntu&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How can we help make it easier to find questions that specifically relate to these five or six distinctly different uses?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="98669" LastEditorUserId="98669" LastEditDate="2018-07-28T12:24:56.680" LastActivityDate="2018-07-28T12:24:56.680" Title="ubuntu-minimal vs Minimal Ubuntu" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18083" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18049" CreationDate="2018-07-30T09:57:30.087" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;This seems to be fixed now. The comment box is much better and bigger in both browsers, Firefox and Chrome.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ZzITQ.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ZzITQ.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastActivityDate="2018-07-30T09:57:30.087" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18084" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18085" CreationDate="2018-07-31T04:53:45.630" Score="3" ViewCount="84" Body="&lt;p&gt;Note that the question &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1060474/tar-errror-during-scala-installation&quot;&gt;tar Errror during scala installation&lt;/a&gt; has a typo error in the title &quot;Errror&quot; instead of &quot;error&quot; and a few typo errors in the commands. Clearly the asker can't spell as the title shows. This was completely ignored by the five reviewers who closed the question who gave the close reason as follows:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&quot;This describes a problem that can't be reproduced, that seemingly went away on its own or was only relevant to a very specific period of time. It's off-topic as it's unlikely to help future readers.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The real question is not found in the multiple non-reproducible typo errors but in the rest of the question because it's clearly a complicated, multi-dimensional question, including:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;How to get Scala installed by the method described in the question.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Whether the method described in the question is an appropriate method to use.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;How to set SCALA_HOME and add it to the PATH. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These three topics are all the things necessary to achieve the objective of installing Scala in Ubuntu. Nonetheless the reviewers who closed this question could not get beyond the inconsequential typo errors. Obviously the asker can't spell and the question was downvoted three times because of it, but why is it necessary to discard the content too because of spelling and typo errors? A large number of of questions posted at Ask Ubuntu have numerous spelling and typo errors, but they are not closed for being about &quot;a problem that can't be reproduced&quot; because reviewers have the ability to see beyond the spelling and typo errors into the content of the question. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please see beyond the spelling and typo errors into the content of this question. I am asking for help to reopen this question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="94914" LastEditorUserId="94914" LastEditDate="2018-08-01T06:27:05.873" LastActivityDate="2018-08-01T06:27:05.873" Title="Question got closed as an off topic question that can't be reproduced due to silly typo errors" Tags="|discussion|reopen-request|spelling|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18085" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18084" CreationDate="2018-07-31T06:10:30.527" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;This isn't really an answer but you've given me a sort-of-opportunity to voice this particular opinion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At Unix and Linux closing questions as no-repro when the problem is caused by a typo error in the command is a policy. I think it is a bad policy, or it is too difficult to apply well, and I don't want us to adopt it here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The main problem as I see it is that it's not easy to accurately distinguish a one-off typo from the kind of error someone makes because they have a misconception about how the shell works. That distinction is not always maintained on U&amp;amp;L. Witness &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/342828/wrong-mv-command-where-did-my-files-go&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;, closed as a duplicate (fine) of a question closed as no-repro(!)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Eliah Kagan made some comments about this &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/3877?m=44123657#44123657&quot;&gt;in chat&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Very often typos are related to conceptual misunderstandings; perhaps as often, conceptual misunderstandings about syntax that don't actually involve typos (in the sense of mistaken typing) are wrongly seen as being about typos and closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've seen the same confusions come up again and again on Unix &amp;amp; Linux and get closed. Searching for typo in /dev/chat (the Unix &amp;amp; Linux main chat) reveals numerous arguments over whether or not something involved an actual conceptual question, in which an extremely strong presumption that anything that involves wrong syntax is a typo has to be overcome.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2018-07-31T06:10:30.527" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18086" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18087" CreationDate="2018-07-31T10:05:45.393" Score="2" ViewCount="42" Body="&lt;p&gt;I hit a problem about encryption on 18.04, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/1024889/2088&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; was perfect. However, it was closed as off-topic saying that it should be reported as a bug.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, this isn't a bug — it's a &lt;a href=&quot;https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ecryptfs-utils/+bug/1756840&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;deliberate decision&lt;/a&gt; by Canonical. The poster is asking how to apply the alternative route that Canonical itself recommends, which I think is a valid question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, should this question really have been closed as off-topic? Please help me to understand.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2088" LastActivityDate="2018-07-31T10:23:10.230" Title="Why was this encryption question closed as off-topic as a bug even though it isn't a bug?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18087" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18086" CreationDate="2018-07-31T10:23:10.230" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes it was off topic when it was written, no it is not a bug but the other reason given is &quot;problems specific to development version of Ubuntu&quot; and, when it was posted, Apr 14th, 18.04 was not released, April 26th , so the close was correct.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some choices you have here are: Ask a new question now it is on topic or vote to reopen the question now 18.04 is out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastActivityDate="2018-07-31T10:23:10.230" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18089" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18084" CreationDate="2018-07-31T15:57:19.007" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm not certain I'm really qualified to talk about this, but I will.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Interestingly, it appears that the problems with the commands in that question were not only typos, but a combination of typos and actual mistakes in the structures of the commands.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An answer has been posted and accepted (and I just noticed it was you who answered it), highlighting what went wrong. So, the issue was technically reproducible, however, just like most other Ask Ubuntu questions, it was answered (and solved) with corrections to the commands in the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, there was a typo in the title, but the asker added spaces between file names and file extensions in their &lt;code&gt;tar&lt;/code&gt; command, while also attempting to extract the tar file to a text file. (As you know, that's not possible, and you answered the question to explain it.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I agree that the downvotes received were inappropriate. It would have been better to, like the eventual answerer (again, you), notice the mistakes and post an answer to fix them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To conclude, I don't think this question should have been put on hold. The error is reproducible, and the asker did not notice the errors in their &lt;code&gt;tar&lt;/code&gt; command, likely because they believed they had formed the command correctly. This was more than just a command typo, and should not be treated as such.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(PS: The basis of what I'm saying is that the asker thought there should be spaces between file names and extensions, and typed the command in AU accordingly. The &lt;code&gt;sscala&lt;/code&gt; was either a typo in the question &lt;em&gt;or&lt;/em&gt; it was an original unnoticed typo in the asker's commands, and, again, was copied to AU.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I hope I was clear enough, this made sense in my head!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="268301" LastActivityDate="2018-07-31T15:57:19.007" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18090" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2018-07-31T16:17:28.197" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="94914" LastEditorUserId="94914" LastEditDate="2018-07-31T16:17:28.197" LastActivityDate="2018-07-31T16:17:28.197" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18091" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2018-07-31T16:17:28.197" Score="0" Body="For discussing spelling-related edits, asking about spelling errors, or reporting spelling problems on the site itself." OwnerUserId="94914" LastEditorUserId="94914" LastEditDate="2018-07-31T16:17:28.197" LastActivityDate="2018-07-31T16:17:28.197" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18092" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-07-31T17:43:28.270" Score="0" ViewCount="37" Body="&lt;p&gt;My last post does not show up in my recent inbox messages.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But it does show up in a search.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does it only show up if it has had replies?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="573838" LastEditorUserId="57576" LastEditDate="2022-08-19T07:53:09.037" LastActivityDate="2022-08-19T07:53:09.037" Title="Last post not in recent inbox messages" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18093" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18092" CreationDate="2018-07-31T17:54:19.900" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;If by &quot;last post&quot; you mean &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1061084/brisk-menu-has-quit-running-unexpectedly&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt;, then you won't see anything in your inbox about this post unless you get replies to it or some other type of interaction (comments, answers, proposed edits, etc.).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;New posts made by yourself won't show up in your inbox until some trigger happens to make a message in your inbox, and such triggers are typically the things I just stated (new comments on it, new answers, new proposed edits to the question, etc.).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2018-07-31T17:54:19.900" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18094" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2018-08-01T06:34:16.907" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="94914" LastEditorUserId="94914" LastEditDate="2018-08-01T06:34:16.907" LastActivityDate="2018-08-01T06:34:16.907" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18095" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2018-08-01T06:34:16.907" Score="0" Body="For discussing spelling-related edits, asking about preferred spellings, or reporting spelling problems on the site itself. Usage of this tag may also include discussions about reasons for closing questions because of spelling errors or typos, or requests for reopening closed questions because of corrections of spelling errors or typos." OwnerUserId="94914" LastEditorUserId="94914" LastEditDate="2018-08-01T06:34:16.907" LastActivityDate="2018-08-01T06:34:16.907" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18096" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-08-01T12:24:33.840" Score="3" ViewCount="31" Body="&lt;p&gt;This overlay just started appearing, and I can't seem to get rid of it.&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/qpfzA.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/qpfzA.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="524319" LastActivityDate="2018-08-01T12:24:33.840" Title="Ask Ubuntu mysterious/mispositioned &quot;See votes, expandable usercard&quot; overlay just started appearing on Dashboard page" Tags="|bug|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18097" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-08-01T13:37:45.770" Score="3" ViewCount="108" Body="&lt;p&gt;When I add tags to the question and type &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/xenial&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;xenial&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;xenial&lt;/a&gt;, it suggests me to add &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/16.04&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;16.04&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;16.04&lt;/a&gt; but when I type bionic, no suggestion is given.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="816190" LastEditorUserId="75060" LastEditDate="2018-08-01T19:09:27.257" LastActivityDate="2018-08-01T19:09:27.257" Title="Make 18.04 and bionic synonym" Tags="|feature-request|tags|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18098" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5856" CreationDate="2018-08-03T02:34:51.917" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I can see room for several questions and answers:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A:  Software.  Sure, this is a moving target, but softwarerecs doesn't work.  This answer should distinguish between programs that attempt to recover data, and ones that try to rebuild the partition table.  Splitting the answers between platforms -- Mac, BSD, Linux, Windows&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;B:  Hints.  This is a set of answers about signature values that can be searched for with a disk editor to try to determine the original layout of the disk.  E.g. is the first sector of an HFSJ+ partition unique?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;C:  Resources.  Links to other web pages that may help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, this is not just a linux question, but is common to many operating systems.  Such a canonical set of answers &lt;em&gt;should&lt;/em&gt; be on an exchange that spans operating systems.  Superuser?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="774422" LastEditorUserId="774422" LastEditDate="2018-08-04T16:44:00.050" LastActivityDate="2018-08-04T16:44:00.050" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18099" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18100" CreationDate="2018-08-03T19:40:08.007" Score="7" ViewCount="115" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would like to ask a question about Ubuntu development policy, e.g. &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1062117/does-ubuntu-fix-bugs-in-lts-versions&quot;&gt;Does Ubuntu fix bugs in LTS versions?&lt;/a&gt;&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the correct tag for such questions? Is this a question for Meta?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="856475" LastEditorUserId="504066" LastEditDate="2018-08-03T20:04:48.650" LastActivityDate="2018-08-03T20:30:12.850" Title="What is the correct tag for questions regarding Ubuntu release policy?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18100" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18099" CreationDate="2018-08-03T20:30:12.850" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;That would be &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/release-management&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;release-management&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;release-management&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Questions about the release procedures for a release, including policies, stable release updates, and distribution upgrades.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2018-08-03T20:30:12.850" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18101" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-08-04T08:34:15.400" Score="7" ViewCount="52" Body="&lt;p&gt;By accident I have clicked &lt;em&gt;edit&lt;/em&gt; link on comment twice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After first click I have textarea for editing it (it is normal and expected behavior).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But on second and third click on &lt;em&gt;edit&lt;/em&gt; I get garbage:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;second&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/78BA7.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/78BA7.png&quot; alt=&quot;second click on edit&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;third&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/P5ZUx.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/P5ZUx.png&quot; alt=&quot;third click on edit&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Seems to be an unexpected behavior or bug.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;If I remember correctly, it did not exist in previous version of site layout.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm using Firefox ESR 52.9.0 if it matters.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can somebody confirm this issue?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="66509" LastEditorUserId="158442" LastEditDate="2018-08-04T10:34:09.983" LastActivityDate="2018-08-04T10:34:09.983" Title="Why user is able to edit comments in multiple textareas in the same time?" Tags="|bug|comments|design|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18102" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-08-04T20:20:11.303" Score="-2" ViewCount="119" Body="&lt;p&gt;If I spend the time researching and testing and writing an answer, I would like to know that I can publish it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have noticed that many times the Duplicate Post Police, (DPP), judge a question to be a duplicate without having read it, and often seem not to have read the allegedly &quot;duplicated&quot; question either. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a better way to reserve a spot in the answers that publishing an incomplete answer and Updating it later?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="43926" LastActivityDate="2018-08-05T11:13:35.787" Title="Possible Duplicate Post, How to reserve an answer?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18103" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18102" CreationDate="2018-08-04T20:39:37.693" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's the fastest gun in the west problem.  There's an MSO post about it where someone puts up a slapdash answer to be first, then goes back and edits it with details, so they're still first.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure it's a solveable problem.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the case of dupes, sometimes it makes sense to request a merge, which I have done in the past.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="5768" LastActivityDate="2018-08-04T20:39:37.693" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18104" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18102" CreationDate="2018-08-04T22:13:30.990" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Focusing specifically on your actual question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Is there a better way to reserve a spot in the answers that publishing an incomplete answer and Updating it later?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No, there isn't.  The way you attempted was to post saying &quot;Working on an answer, will update this in a bit&quot;, which is posting a non-answer as an answer.  That is already against the policy of &quot;Only answers should be posted as answers&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's no method to 'reserve' a spot in the answers.  It's a &quot;Post an answer before it's closed&quot; race condition, there's no way to solve that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The other proposed way you stated &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1062020/how-do-i-move-my-home-directory-onto-a-usb-ext4-drive-18-04#comment1738774_1062085&quot;&gt;via a comment&lt;/a&gt; was to post an answer, then delete it, and later undelete it once it's actually an answer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Thanks @ Thomas Ward: Is there a way to post, delete and resurrect an answer? If I spend the time researching and writing and testing an answer I would like to know that I can publish it&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Nope, same race condition, and same problem as what you actuall yiddid - you post a non-answer, then delete it because you know it's not an answer, only to undelete later when it is an answer.  This breaks the first rule since you're posting a non-answer as an answer.  The only difference is you have the chance to undelete it after it is an answer, because it wasn't mod-deleted for not being an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You still broke the &quot;Don't post non-answers as answers&quot; problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is no solution to the problem of answering before a question gets closed as a duplicate or as unclear or &lt;code&gt;{insert close reason here}&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is also no way to &lt;em&gt;reserve&lt;/em&gt; such a spot for your post - you either post your answer before it's closed and are lucky, or a post gets closed first.  That race condition continues to exist, and though it's had proposals to fix it in the past they haven't gone anywhere.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Posting half-answers that are incomplete is also probably not the proper way to go about this, either, since incomplete answers that just say &quot;I usually use {software} for this&quot; would typically be a &quot;comment, not an answer&quot; such problem since you don't actually provide a complete answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2018-08-04T22:32:10.053" LastActivityDate="2018-08-04T22:32:10.053" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18105" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18102" CreationDate="2018-08-05T11:08:27.607" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Don't do that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the post is not a duplicate, and really deserves a unique answer, and trying to reopen it by voting to reopen, commenting, editing etc has failed, then solicit support in chat or post on meta to get it reopened. For me, someone wanting to post an answer is nearly always enough reason for me to vote to reopen. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Otherwise, post your answer on the target.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2018-08-05T11:13:35.787" LastActivityDate="2018-08-05T11:13:35.787" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18106" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-08-05T14:59:29.943" Score="5" ViewCount="66" Body="&lt;p&gt;An accepted answer with three downvotes (now deleted) appeared &quot;faded&quot; but when my mouse pointer hovered over the answer, the text appeared normal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What does the faded text signify? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="248158" LastEditorUserId="248158" LastEditDate="2018-08-06T06:17:43.907" LastActivityDate="2018-08-06T06:17:43.907" Title="Why does an answer appear in &quot;faded&quot; text?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18107" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18106" CreationDate="2018-08-05T16:05:22.507" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;Answers with a total score of &lt;strong&gt;-3 or less automatically render faded&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;until you tickle them with your mouse.  That's independent of the&#xA;&lt;em&gt;accepted&lt;/em&gt; thingy. I think the reason is to visually mark them as not&#xA;exactly useful at a glance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;Disclaimer: I couldn't find an official source or help page for&#xA;this behaviour, so this is just my personal observation and experience.&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="504066" LastEditorUserId="507051" LastEditDate="2018-08-05T16:17:12.550" LastActivityDate="2018-08-05T16:17:12.550" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18109" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-08-08T01:51:38.973" Score="7" ViewCount="63" Body="&lt;p&gt;Not sure if this is related to the new theme that's being worked on or not, but:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/AoEIt.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/AoEIt.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="518562" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2018-08-08T05:31:36.213" LastActivityDate="2018-08-08T05:31:36.213" Title="Bug with code of conduct notification" Tags="|bug|design|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18111" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18112" CreationDate="2018-08-08T09:50:04.067" Score="12" ViewCount="178" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a problem with editing this question:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1063455/upgrade-to-1804-now-problem-w-sudo-apt-get-upgrade&quot;&gt;Upgrade to 18.04, now sudo apt-get upgrade produces loads of insserv errors&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;OP didn't format the terminal output (which as you can see, is really long), so I just used the &lt;em&gt;preformatted text code&lt;/em&gt; option as I usually do, but there is a problem. After adding the formatting, the number of characters is over the 30,000 limit, and I've got something like 30 840, so all around 840 more than accepted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I removed some parts of the output (which I replaced with &lt;code&gt;[...]&lt;/code&gt; with a note at the bottom to explain), and I would like to know if there is a better way to avoid this problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="829702" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2018-08-08T16:16:21.373" LastActivityDate="2018-08-08T16:16:21.373" Title="Can't format question properly because of character limit" Tags="|discussion|support|editing|formatting|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18112" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18111" CreationDate="2018-08-08T10:24:28.253" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is indeed an annoying problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think your edit removing some parts of the output which were unnecessary was fine. It was also a good idea to leave a note of what you had removed, because anything you've taken out will always be available in the revision history. I handled your edit suggestion and I actually removed those parts because I don't think they had any useful information in them anyway (but maybe I was overzealous).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This problem also occurs when formatting output from scripts like the wireless info script and boot repair info. Output that is too long can be dumped in a pastebin such as &lt;a href=&quot;http://paste.ubuntu.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;paste.ubuntu.com&lt;/a&gt;, but it's always preferable to have the information in the post if possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The reason the automatic pre formatting makes the output too long is that it inserts 4 space characters before each line. This adds &lt;em&gt;lines&lt;/em&gt;*4 characters to the count. As a workaround, you can use html tags:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;pre&amp;gt;&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;lines of formatted text&#xA;go here&#xA;between the tags&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/pre&amp;gt;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This works without indenting, so you don't need to add 4 spaces per line.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, you need to check the text, because within these tags, other html tags will still work, instead of rendering literally. For example...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Indenting shows tags:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;i&amp;gt;indented words&amp;lt;/i&amp;gt;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The syntax &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;pre&amp;gt;&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;&amp;lt;i&amp;gt;preformatted words&amp;lt;/i&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/code&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/pre&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; prints this, when not indented:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;&lt;i&gt;preformatted words&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So check the text for anything that may cause unexpected text formatting when doing this (obviously it's great when you actually want to add formatting).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2018-08-08T10:24:28.253" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18114" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-08-09T15:02:23.887" Score="10" ViewCount="793" Body="&lt;p&gt;We rolled out the new site theme for Ask Ubuntu. It is now live. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;What new theme?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you're like, &quot;What the heck are you talking about?&quot;, then you should read the Meta Stack Exchange post entitled &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/312365/rollout-of-new-network-site-themes&quot;&gt;Rollout of new network site themes&lt;/a&gt;  (and maybe the posts it links to for the full background).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Your help needed&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You are one of the first sites to get a new, unified theme. I &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/18038/ask-ubuntu-new-site-theme-coming-soon&quot;&gt;previously posted the designs for theme&lt;/a&gt; in meta. The feedback given to that post was considered prior to rolling out the theme. Please help us look for issues/bugs and post the details (including images where needed) as an answer below. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have concerns or issues regarding the left nav then &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/310908/live-left-nav-new-theming-and-responsiveness&quot;&gt;this Meta Stack Exchange post&lt;/a&gt; is the right place for feedback. If you have issues with any functionality that is unrelated to the new theme, then please post a new question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="746779" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2018-08-09T16:02:17.530" LastActivityDate="2018-08-16T17:27:07.227" Title="Ask Ubuntu new site theme is live" Tags="|discussion|design|" AnswerCount="9" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18115" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18114" CreationDate="2018-08-09T15:13:00.207" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/status-completed&quot; class=&quot;post-tag moderator-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;status-completed&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;status-completed&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/bug&quot; class=&quot;post-tag required-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;bug&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;bug&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The top-bar isn't sticky for me. It is sticky on U&amp;amp;L, Meta SE and Meta SO. I have custom styles set, but disabling those don't help with stickiness. I have tried toggling the stickiness preference in my AU preferences to no avail.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2018-08-09T20:09:00.803" LastActivityDate="2018-08-09T20:09:00.803" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18116" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18114" CreationDate="2018-08-09T17:12:16.220" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/status-completed&quot; class=&quot;post-tag moderator-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;status-completed&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;status-completed&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/bug&quot; class=&quot;post-tag required-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;bug&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;bug&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Visited question links are not differentiated by color.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Previously design had difference between &lt;code&gt;:active&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;:visited&lt;/code&gt; CSS selectors for questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Without such difference it is difficult to determine visited questions by color.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="66509" LastEditorUserId="858737" LastEditDate="2018-08-10T16:43:54.797" LastActivityDate="2018-08-10T16:43:54.797" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18119" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18114" CreationDate="2018-08-10T08:24:28.803" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;Joe, I basically only have 1 issue: the vertical space where questions are shown. Example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/NN3na.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/NN3na.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The main focus of the page should be the questions. Not the left pane, not the right pane and not the top. The 2 panes are fine. But the top is taking up too much space. I used to have 10 questions on my screen, now I see 6 (well I said 4 but my zoom is now also 1 less than it used to be).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From the questions upwards you have a block of white, orange and black with nothing. I believe it would be nicer with 1 &quot;small&quot; change: put &quot;active&quot; up to &quot;month&quot; next to &quot;top questions&quot; and &quot;ask question&quot;. That would leave room for 2 maybe 3 questions extra. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Compared to the old version it would look like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/yKLVg.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/yKLVg.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To small for my eyes and far too much white space left and right.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastActivityDate="2018-08-10T08:24:28.803" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18120" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18114" CreationDate="2018-08-10T10:48:26.703" Score="29" Body="&lt;p&gt;I can't tell I'm on Ask Ubuntu once I scroll past our logo.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know there &lt;em&gt;are&lt;/em&gt; small visual cues, but the generic &lt;code&gt;.top-bar&lt;/code&gt; completely steals my focus and I think I'm on &quot;Stack Exchange&quot;. SO has overcome this problem quite simply by displacing the network branding. Why can't we all do that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Get rid of the &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;header&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt;, like SO has&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Replace the Stack Exchange logo, like SO has&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Colour the main bar, like SO has&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A few clicks with the Firefox dev tools, gives me something like this. Obviously the text colour needs tweaking to something darker or lighter for contrast.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/QYQJX.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/QYQJX.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd be really surprised if the other sites with strong branding didn't want the same, or to de-sticky the distracting header.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2018-08-10T10:48:26.703" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18121" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-08-10T16:47:40.107" Score="1" ViewCount="127" Body="&lt;p&gt;I suppose that this post is a bit of a constructive criticism.  I've been using Ubuntu for about a year now and every time I have a question, I find a post, I go to ask for more detail and I'm blocked because I don't have 50 reputation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can post a new question but then you're told its too similar to another post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any suggestions for how to engage - do I post my questions on other posts in the form of an answer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="815986" OwnerDisplayName="76767676" LastActivityDate="2018-08-10T17:12:38.140" Title="How can you ask questions if you don't have 50 reputation?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ClosedDate="2018-08-10T17:12:49.380" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18122" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18121" CreationDate="2018-08-10T17:12:38.140" Score="2" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;do I post my questions on other posts in the form of an answer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Absolutely not.&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Posting questions (or comments) as answers to existing posts will get them deleted as &amp;quot;Not an Answer&amp;quot;, and if you do this enough and get enough posts flagged/deleted you will end up getting autobanned from posting answers by the system until you can show a certain amount of positive contributions (not readily known by the system, so I can't give any further insights here).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Answers should be reserved for answers to the original question being asked, not for 'comments' on other posts or the question itself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I find a post, I go to ask for more detail and I'm blocked because I don't have 50 reputation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By this, you mean &amp;quot;Ask for clarification from a poster&amp;quot;.  This is called &lt;strong&gt;commenting on a post&lt;/strong&gt;.  And this requires 50 reputation points.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can post a new question but then you're told its too similar to another post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can only post a &lt;em&gt;new&lt;/em&gt; question similar to but &lt;em&gt;different&lt;/em&gt; from the original question if the question is in fact the same exact problem but the answers did not work, or in the case where you can justify that your question is &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; the identical question already asked elsewhere.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The problem you have is you want to get clarification from the poster of either the question or one of the answers.  You cannot do this without 50 reputation points.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This requirement is explained more here: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/716/why-are-you-only-allowed-to-comment-with-50-rep&quot;&gt;Why are you only allowed to comment with 50 rep?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2018-08-10T17:12:38.140" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18123" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18114" CreationDate="2018-08-10T19:54:36.237" Score="19" Body="&lt;p&gt;Basically my only concern is that the orange header bar is so &lt;em&gt;huge&lt;/em&gt;, and yet it doesn't do anything at all. It's as tall as an entire question!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't understand why Stack Overflow gets a unified header, but all the other sites are forced into having a second huge block of colour to house their logo.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I wrote some CSS to give AU a SO-esque unified header (the logo is off due to a horrible hack):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/SzG9G.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/SzG9G.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;then I started really procrastinating and made an orange one too:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/2EREZ.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/2EREZ.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and honestly, I prefer either of those to the current design.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="478436" LastActivityDate="2018-08-10T19:54:36.237" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18124" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="5267" CreationDate="2018-08-11T05:40:40.227" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This occurs on almost &lt;em&gt;every&lt;/em&gt; popular SE site.&lt;/strong&gt; I recommend migrating this to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;Meta SE&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Assuming this issue may affect the meaning of reputation, or cause true disturbance in the system, is quite a stretch.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Boosting friends is bad.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;However...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Disclaimer:&lt;/strong&gt; My experience comes from Stack Overflow, where this behavior is very common.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Addressing some of your statements would help express why this is a non-issue in terms of bringing harm.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I found your post by searching for this same issue, but for SO.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Reputation is supposed to reflect the technical quality of users' answers over time&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Reputation doesn't express current ability&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/users/5445/cms&quot;&gt;Ranked #17 on Stack Overflow&lt;/a&gt; for all-time reputation.&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;Hasn't contributed a question or answer since July 12, over 5 years ago in 2012.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;His content is still useful.&lt;/strong&gt; The quality of his posts seem up to par. &lt;em&gt;It fits the philosophy of SE.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;But, for all we know,&lt;/strong&gt; this user could have switched hobbies/careers since, got rusty, and &lt;em&gt;they may struggle contributing properly in modern times.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This proves reputation isn't based on current capabilities.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Adding the issue of answering blantant duplicates, &lt;strong&gt;reputation appears to signify the amount of traffic you can generate.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Our problem with this sort of behaviour is — to put it bluntly — that it undermines the whole system&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/357021/reputable-people-keep-answering-duplicates-whats-the-solution&quot;&gt;Sounds familiar.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;The system undermines itself&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;10 upvotes. 20 downvotes. &lt;em&gt;60 rep was gained.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Users' reputation would mean nothing if SE died out. So why risk inflation of duplicate content to gain rep?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://web.archive.org/web/20170104004644/https://stackoverflow.com/users/367273/npe&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Hmmm...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can't &lt;em&gt;easily&lt;/em&gt; advertise maintenance. Yet, marking duplicates properly requires you to not only understand the question, but understand the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Those who help maintain the site by linking related information through duplicates get rewarded nothing.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But write an answer, have the OP upvote &amp;amp; accept, and you can gain 25 rep (10 for vote + 15 for accepted). Downvoted 10 times? &lt;code&gt;-2 * 10&lt;/code&gt;. Still made gains.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This isn't an oversight.&lt;/strong&gt; An elementary student could determine that downvoted content could gain rep while spending less time on quality.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;reputation now also reflects the number of friends a user has&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Not even close&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;These actions are obvious&lt;/strong&gt; when performed in a way that would cause any harmful or noticable impact.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If reputation started reflecting popularity&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;em&gt;it wouldn't be the fault of the users&lt;/em&gt;, rather the system itself. Automate it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/a/288242/2398375&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;The system sounded an alarm based on... fairly stupid heuristics. 5 deleted answers in a day is pretty alarming for most users, but when you average &amp;gt; 2 answers per day every day it's hardly a real problem. By volume, this is hardly a great loss; by % of total contributions, it's nothing.&amp;quot;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The system has no issue automatically banning someone&lt;/strong&gt; for removing content they contributed. Yet, it's up to the users to ensure the site remains clean?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Friend boosting becoming an impactful issue on the exchange sounds like a joke.&lt;/strong&gt; SE has already proven it's capabilities to automate tasks. So why not this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should we also ban ourselves for deleting our own content?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Your sugestions&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;In terms of what users can do&lt;/strong&gt;, I have no suggestions. Rather, this section of the post explains why your suggestions wont work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;In previous meta posts&lt;/strong&gt;, I touched on the issue of rep hounding. There are reputable members doing things they know goes against the philosophy of the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;For newer users who aren't familiar with how the site works&lt;/strong&gt;, asking or answering a blantant duplicate doesn't seem malicious. But friend boosting? That's not a given?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If new people don't care to check out the tour or help center when asked...&#xA;If reputable users don't care to maintain the site's philosophy...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What makes you feel anyone would follow this? What do they gain?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;My suggestions&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1.8k rep.&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;Across 3 users&lt;/em&gt;, a combined total of 1.8k rep.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would anyone care to go out if their way to prevent such small impact on the system?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;quot;Stop it before it becomes an issue&amp;quot;&lt;/strong&gt; is what one would say if they were oblivious to the much, MUCH, larger issues, which have a far bigger impact on the exchange than 1.8k across 3 accounts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If you fear of it expanding,&lt;/strong&gt; dish out some automated temporary suspensions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do this too much and you'll find out what losing a thousand reputation in a second feels like.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Who is your target audience here?&lt;/strong&gt; Regular SE users, or people who may contribute for about a year, then leave?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I lost 1k rep, out of my small total of 8k rep, I couldn't say I'd care. Reputation has lost it's meaning to me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But for those who do care for rep... 10 upvotes, 20 downvotes, +60 rep. Come on..&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I love the site, which is why I'm somewhat heartbroken that it has come down to this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;It's as if the serious issues won't be addressed properly, so we have to make 1.8k seem like a big deal.&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you can tell, there was no suggestion. &lt;strong&gt;This issue isn't on us.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;We are contributors, not slaves.&lt;/strong&gt; How are you going to tell us to go out of our way to enforce something the site could do itself?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;You can hope.&lt;/strong&gt; But until the system changes, it's going to be inevitable - the community is too large.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SE wants high quality?&lt;/strong&gt; Fix these extremely simplistic pitfalls. &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/357021/reputable-people-keep-answering-duplicates-whats-the-solution#comment517120_357021&quot;&gt;Kinda makes you wonder the intentions of SE.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="858850" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2018-08-11T21:55:55.430" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18126" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18114" CreationDate="2018-08-11T09:25:03.567" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/bug&quot; class=&quot;post-tag required-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;bug&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;bug&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/badges&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;badges&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;badges&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/status-planned&quot; class=&quot;post-tag moderator-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;status-planned&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;status-planned&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Badge icons in the top bar are partially covered by the numbers (on the main site, not on Meta):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/j1YmS.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/j1YmS.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(tested on Firefox and Safari on macOS)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Seems to be wider issue. Also happens on the profile page (&lt;code&gt;https://askubuntu.com/users/$id/$username&lt;/code&gt;) in badges and tags:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/7MFTg.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/7MFTg.png&quot; alt=&quot;badges and tags&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Tested on Chrome and Firefox.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="606366" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2018-08-16T00:32:32.513" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18127" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-08-13T15:48:34.820" Score="4" ViewCount="64" Body="&lt;p&gt;When trying to edit a question, I noticed that I have to edit the body area firstly, and only secondly the title area. If I try to do otherwise, the body area turns blank and I can't see the words or edit anything.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I use Chromium Version 65.0.3325.181 (Official Build) Built on Ubuntu, running on Ubuntu 14.04 (64-bit). The only extension I installed is Grammarly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/qvQdJ.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/qvQdJ.png&quot; alt=&quot;screenshot blank body area&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="146105" LastEditorUserId="8698" LastEditDate="2020-05-13T14:56:04.000" LastActivityDate="2020-05-13T14:56:04.000" Title="Possible bug: body area turns blank when editing question" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18128" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18114" CreationDate="2018-08-14T07:24:33.600" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Suggestion to get rid of the huge but useless orange top bar (&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/18119/3940&quot;&gt;post 1&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/18123/3940&quot;&gt;post 2&lt;/a&gt;) and to keep us informed &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/18120/3940&quot;&gt;we are on Ask Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt; and not on another site:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Move the Ask Ubuntu logo to the left side menu&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Remove the orange bar entirely&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Move the search box  a bit to the right to align to the menu&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/b0bzq.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/b0bzq.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3940" LastActivityDate="2018-08-14T07:24:33.600" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18129" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-08-14T07:34:35.937" Score="4" ViewCount="40" Body="&lt;p&gt;Seems like the badges are getting cut in half. Attaching the screenshot below&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/tyxzl.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/tyxzl.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527278" LastActivityDate="2018-08-14T07:34:35.937" Title="Badges getting cut in half" Tags="|bug|design|badges|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18130" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-08-14T09:13:34.513" Score="-3" ViewCount="47" Body="&lt;p&gt;The login screen for StackExchange/AskUbuntu has no option to select or deselect a &quot;keep me logged in&quot; function, but it retains the login by default.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Retaining an everlasting login session without the user's permission has got to be some kind of bug or design flaw.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The security implications are obviously less than for a website with financial and/or personal details, but they are still there, and should be locked down.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="524319" LastActivityDate="2018-08-16T21:51:15.670" Title="The StackExchange website keeps me logged in between sessions without asking me" Tags="|bug|security|website|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18131" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18132" CreationDate="2018-08-14T09:23:16.103" Score="1" ViewCount="82" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't know what is special about this question: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1064484/use-sleep-with-minutes-and-seconds&quot;&gt;Use sleep with minutes and seconds&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This question is about the use of a basic shell function, can anyone explain to me what is difficult about a command like that (for which we only need read a little of the manual, like we say: RTFM!)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This question has more views and more votes than some others that are more better and more instructive, so I didn't expect a success like that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;NB: I know this question won't be well received, but I really need explanation for this&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="829702" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2018-08-15T07:03:36.530" LastActivityDate="2018-08-16T21:48:10.810" Title="Simple question has surprisingly high votes and views" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18132" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18131" CreationDate="2018-08-14T10:56:36.663" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Confounding factors&lt;sup&gt;*&lt;/sup&gt; aside, questions (and answers) like this tend to have long term popularity &lt;em&gt;because&lt;/em&gt; people are trying to find a solution to the same problem. What &lt;em&gt;you&lt;/em&gt; might think too obvious, or solved by &lt;code&gt;man whatever&lt;/code&gt;, other people turn to Google (et al) as the first port of call.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Our goal is to &lt;em&gt;answer&lt;/em&gt; questions so just telling them to look it up elsewhere isn't welcome. If that happens to you, flag it. Seriously, RTFM answers (and comments) have no place here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's not to say we're against people improving themselves. A really good answer won't stop at answering the question, it'll tell you how to answer questions like that in the future.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;*&lt;/sup&gt; Questions like this might be &lt;em&gt;initially&lt;/em&gt; popular because people like low-hanging fruit. Some of the more simple things also tend to be solvable in a variety of ways and people like a good round of Code Golf and it's also a great way to learn advanced things you thought you already knew.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/badges/182/command-line&quot;&gt;people with a Gold&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/command-line&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;command-line&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;command-line&lt;/a&gt; are fine specimens of low fruit eaters :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="344926" LastEditDate="2018-08-16T21:48:10.810" LastActivityDate="2018-08-16T21:48:10.810" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18133" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18127" CreationDate="2018-08-15T13:34:13.543" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is a bug with the Grammarly extension. It's not a problem with the Stack Exchange editor.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've notified Grammarly about this issue some time ago, and they seem to be aware of it. For now, as a quick fix, you can temporarily disable the extension on Ask Ubuntu when this issue occurs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastActivityDate="2018-08-15T13:34:13.543" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18134" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18114" CreationDate="2018-08-16T07:50:18.427" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Today I noticed the color around OP’s profile changed to the red from the blue being used across all SE sites I can think about, regardless of what their main color is.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/20grU.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/20grU.png&quot; alt=&quot;user profile screenshot&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I first saw it (with another user’s profile), I thought: &lt;em&gt;He’s kinda blocked?&lt;/em&gt;&#xA;No, it seems to be a feature of the new theme.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Well, AU uses a red-white theme, so why not? I guess I can get used to this. However, the tags and bounties still remain blue:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/qU661.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/qU661.png&quot; alt=&quot;screenshot of the featured questions&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;as well as the frame around text areas:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/J9g4k.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/J9g4k.png&quot; alt=&quot;screenshot of a text area&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;…and maybe other features I haven’t found yet. Shouldn’t the color theme be more consistent?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="250300" LastEditorUserId="250300" LastEditDate="2018-08-16T08:17:08.933" LastActivityDate="2018-08-16T08:17:08.933" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18135" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18114" CreationDate="2018-08-16T10:34:43.473" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/bug&quot; class=&quot;post-tag required-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;bug&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;bug&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/status-review&quot; class=&quot;post-tag moderator-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;status-review&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;status-review&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just visited &lt;em&gt;Search&lt;/em&gt; page ( &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/search&lt;/a&gt; ).&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Clicked &lt;em&gt;Advanced Search Tips&lt;/em&gt; and was surprised with location of the tips.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;They were opened below &lt;em&gt;Advanced Search Tips&lt;/em&gt; link.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ZMchx.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ZMchx.png&quot; alt=&quot;Advanced Search Tips table&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So it is impossible to read tip and apply it to the search bar in the same time.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please move the table of tips to the right as it was before.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="66509" LastEditorUserId="746779" LastEditDate="2018-08-16T17:27:07.227" LastActivityDate="2018-08-16T17:27:07.227" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18136" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-08-15T16:09:25.493" Score="2" ViewCount="59" Body="&lt;p&gt;How can I send a video to you to show what's going on when I'm logging on Ubuntu 18.04? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a problem that involves a sequence of events and I need to show a video to explain the problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="841477" OwnerDisplayName="John Parry" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2018-08-16T18:12:31.567" LastActivityDate="2018-08-17T04:15:14.853" Title="How can I add videos to my questions?" Tags="|support|asking-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18137" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18136" CreationDate="2018-08-15T18:40:40.890" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Use a video camera to record a video of the screen, upload it to your favourite file or video hosting service and add a link to it to your question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately there's no good way to record the screen content at this stage of display and session management. You may want to look into different means to convey to us what's happening and you're welcome to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/ask&quot;&gt;ask for one&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="175814" OwnerDisplayName="David Foerster" LastEditorUserId="480481" LastEditDate="2018-08-17T04:15:14.853" LastActivityDate="2018-08-17T04:15:14.853" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18138" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18130" CreationDate="2018-08-16T21:51:15.670" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;That's what browser settings are for: if you insist on being logged out, set the StackExchange/AskUbuntu cookie to &quot;Allow for session&quot; in the exception rules.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Applause&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastActivityDate="2018-08-16T21:51:15.670" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18139" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18140" CreationDate="2018-08-17T09:45:47.593" Score="6" ViewCount="168" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1061754/dual-booting-everytime-windows-boots-it-increases-the-scrolling-speed-of-the-m&quot;&gt;This question&lt;/a&gt;, WinEunuuchs2Unix has written the best answers and put the most effort, but nothing seems to work&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Bernard Wei, a very smart answer, I really wished it would work, I thought it would work, it did not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Fabby, watched all the solutions fail, gave the simplest solution, his solution works, honestly I think it's the only one that works.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I give WinEunuuchs2Unix  the bounty and accept fabby's answer? Should I open multiple bounties and award each of them something? Can I accept WinEunuuchs2Unix even though his answer did not solve the problem? Him and wei wasted time and energy trying to come up with very smart answers, it's unfair not to give them anything. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have less than 24 hours to decide. I know that points mean nothing, at the end of the day we want to help each other but still. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="23239" LastEditorUserId="23239" LastEditDate="2018-08-17T10:07:06.537" LastActivityDate="2018-08-17T10:07:06.537" Title="Who to award the bounty to?" Tags="|discussion|bounty|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18140" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18139" CreationDate="2018-08-17T09:59:29.643" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes you can and it's a bit of a trick but WinEunuuchs2Unix deserves the bounty for all the work he put into it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Accept WinEunuuchs2Unix's answer, press &amp;quot;yes&amp;quot; to awarding your bounty, then accept Fabby's as the truth 25 hours later.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you would accept Fabby's now, that would be totally unfair to WinEunuuchs2Unix&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;However,&lt;/strong&gt; It's completely up to you what you do with your rep and I'm just posting a personal and subjective opinion on what I would do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Disclaimers:&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I'm Fabby!  &lt;strong&gt;:-)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I'm going to ping WinEunuuchs2Unix in chat and ask him to give his opinion here as well, but it'll take another 14 hours before he's back on-line again.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2018-08-17T09:59:29.643" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18141" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-08-17T16:24:44.907" Score="6" ViewCount="132" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here's the situation: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A question has answer A which explains something fairly well&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I already have an answer there with alternative solution B&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;However, I see that A can be explained in more detail and on deeper level that A already provides.  Such explanation is unrelated to B,  so doesn't seem appropriate to edit into my existing answer and would be too long for a comment under A&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would it be appropriate to post a new answer C ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="295286" LastActivityDate="2018-08-17T16:24:44.907" Title="Posting extra answer to support existing answer" Tags="|discussion|answers|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18142" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18149" CreationDate="2018-08-18T04:43:38.217" Score="3" ViewCount="82" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was clearing the late posts, and there was an answer that was a correct answer to the question, so I hit &quot;no action needed&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Turns out it was one of the &quot;test&quot; reviews. This question was already answered, and this answer was just a repeat of an existing answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Am I missing something? Why doesn't the review page display other answers? Do I need to start opening each complete post when I review?&#xA;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="190504" LastActivityDate="2018-08-19T23:46:51.747" Title="When reviewing answers, how can I view other answers for the post?" Tags="|discussion|support|answers|answered-questions|review-queue|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18143" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18145" CreationDate="2018-08-18T05:24:48.330" Score="2" ViewCount="244" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am curious as to the mentality behind upvoting/downvoting questions...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can understand the logic behind upvoting/downvoting answers &amp;quot;ok if an answer is bad then downvote it&amp;quot; sure this kind of makes sense (though in my head is a bit silly. if it is a bad answer then let the person who answered it know and maybe they can revise it and then we all learn a little more...)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But the idea of saying &amp;quot;hey this is a good question&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;this is a bad question&amp;quot; doesn't necessarily make sense to me. And I am not saying that I don't know what a bad question is. I understand that a lot of the questions on AskUbuntu can be answered with a simple google search and maybe 10 minutes of homework.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;So my question is what is the idea behind downvoting/upvoting questions?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Especially when you are able to downvote questions without saying why it is a bad question. And no I am no saying that to downvote you need to explain why you think it is a bad question. I am more saying, if you think it's a bad question or not worth your time then just leave it, rather than taking the time to downvote it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="747207" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2018-08-19T15:39:43.200" Title="What's the point of voting on questions (especially downvoting)?" Tags="|discussion|downvoting|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18144" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18143" CreationDate="2018-08-18T06:28:30.033" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Quoting the mouseover help:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;↑: This question shows research effort; it is useful and clear.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  ↓: This question does not show any research effort; it is unclear or not useful&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Quoting the help center on &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/vote-up&quot;&gt;upvoting&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;h3&gt;What is voting up?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Voting up is how the community indicates which questions and answers are most useful and appropriate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;h3&gt;When should I vote up?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Whenever you encounter a question, answer or comment that you feel is especially useful, vote it up!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;h3&gt;What happens when I vote up?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;When you vote up, you are moving that content &quot;up&quot; so it will be seen by more people.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Quoting the help center on &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/vote-down&quot;&gt;downvoting&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;h3&gt;What is voting down?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Voting down, also known as &quot;casting downvotes&quot;, is how the community indicates which questions and answers are least useful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;h3&gt;When should I vote down?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Use your downvotes whenever you encounter an egregiously sloppy, no-effort-expended post, or an answer that is clearly and perhaps dangerously incorrect.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;h3&gt;What happens when I vote down?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;When you vote down, you are nudging that content &quot;down&quot; the page, so it will be seen by fewer people. Voting down answers is not something we want you to take lightly, so it is not free.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="507051" LastActivityDate="2018-08-18T06:28:30.033" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18145" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18143" CreationDate="2018-08-18T07:28:34.087" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Downvoting questions is an important moderation task which helps to filter out low quality posts from the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Case in point&lt;/em&gt;: A question which is closed (except when closed as a duplicate) and has no answers with positive score gets deleted automatically after a certain period of time (30 days?) if it has a negative score. This means moderators and users with delete vote privilege don't have to keep track of all the closed, low-quality questions with the intention to remove them later in order to keep the site &quot;&lt;em&gt;clean&lt;/em&gt;&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I reckon the suggestion that &quot;&lt;em&gt;if you think it's a bad question or not worth your time then just leave it, rather than taking the time to downvote it&lt;/em&gt;&quot; is not really a productive one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="480481" LastActivityDate="2018-08-18T07:28:34.087" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18146" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18143" CreationDate="2018-08-19T02:35:56.227" Score="6" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;if you think it's a bad question or not worth your time then just leave it, rather than taking the time to downvote it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;NO.&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not sorry. No.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://media1.tenor.com/images/f66dc17b4094f2166909820578e6b4e9/tenor.gif?itemid=4844098&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't know how you use Stack Exchange sites or what you think their intended usage is, but &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.blog/2011/01/05/the-wikipedia-of-long-tail-programming-questions/&quot;&gt;I use it as a library&lt;/a&gt;*. When I browse this library, looking for something, I want &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;good&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; results. That means good answers. And that almost always means good questions. That means maintaining the sites: cleaning up useless crap, polishing the useful stuff, and ensuring that over time, there is more useful stuff than crap.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That means encouraging good questions ...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Discouraging bad questions.&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If there were no disincentive to posting crap, we'd be drowning it. Check my vote count on Ask Ubuntu:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;5,088 up&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  6,167 down&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But! That's my &lt;em&gt;total&lt;/em&gt; vote count, including deleted posts. My surviving downvotes, on posts that haven't been deleted, is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;2,033 votes cast&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That means a good two-thirds of the posts I have downvoted end up deleted. (For comparison, my surviving upvote count is 4,968 - some 2% have been deleted.) Now, you could say that some of the deleted posts I have downvoted may not have deserved it, but I say that some of the surviving downvoted posts do deserve deletion**, and these two balance each other out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How much useful would you think the site would be, if for every useful post you see here, there's two crap posts? The search is bad enough as it is, but it would be far worse if you couldn't even use question score as a way to filter out &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.blog/2011/06/13/optimizing-for-pearls-not-sand/&quot;&gt;sand&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Downvoting is, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/18145/158442&quot;&gt;as pomsky says&lt;/a&gt;, a quality-control mechanism. There's a reason why downvoting &lt;em&gt;questions&lt;/em&gt; is free (downvoting answers costs 1 rep): stem the tide of bad questions, and the number of bad answers that you then have to clean up automatically go down.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Aside from the roomba mechanism, which came rather late in the game, voting is the core quality control mechanism of Stack Exchange. Other systems depend on it: rate limiting, warnings, question bans. There's a lot that works with a signal as simple as a downvote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;* There's a reason I have posted something like ten times the answers on this site alone than I have posted questions on all SE sites combined. Most questions I have usually have been answered, or I have found answers I can adapt.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;** Sometimes the roomba doesn't clean up posts that I have downvoted because some well-meaning idiot gave a sympathy upvote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2018-08-19T02:35:56.227" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18149" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18142" CreationDate="2018-08-19T23:41:39.497" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Click the &quot;link&quot; button in the sidebar on the right.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Source: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/17299/158442&quot;&gt;muru's answer here&lt;/a&gt; - it also has some related info.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="301745" LastEditorUserId="301745" LastEditDate="2018-08-19T23:46:51.747" LastActivityDate="2018-08-19T23:46:51.747" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18150" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-08-20T07:00:30.250" Score="12" ViewCount="136" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a question regarding a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1008974/cannot-update-to-18-04-on-dualboot-efi-system-partition-esp-not-usable&quot;&gt;question&lt;/a&gt; which was closed as off-topic in February 2018, because it revolved around a development version of Ubuntu (18.04).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ubuntu 18.04 has been released since, and after that point I received at least two up-votes for my answer. From this I get that this problem still persists, and - if posted now - would be a valid question. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, off-topic questions concerning a development release can become on-topic, just by the passage of time. What are the rules here? How and under which circumstances should they be re-opened?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think right now questions like this just stay in this dormant state, with some probably sub-optimal answer and little possibility to improve or discuss problems.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="795892" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2018-08-20T12:01:04.657" LastActivityDate="2018-08-20T12:01:04.657" Title="Should we reopen a post closed as off-topic after the version release?" Tags="|discussion|close-reasons|reopen-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18151" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18150" CreationDate="2018-08-20T07:54:00.123" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;IMHO such questions can be reopened if they are about something that is reproducible in the released version. I voted to reopen the question you linked to. The fact that you got upvotes for your answer subsequent to the release suggests that the material remains useful so should probably be maintained.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that closed as off-topic questions with no upvotes and no upvoted or accepted answers will (thankfully) be automatically deleted by the system if they have not been recently edited. This keeps the site clear of a lot of useless things that would otherwise lie &quot;dormant&quot; as you mentioned. However, since a single upvote or upvoted answer will preserve any question forever even if it's closed, it is a good idea to try to clean up any closed beta-version posts that remain after release, either deleting or reopening them. A few users usually take responsibility for reviewing posts closed as off-topic for this reason around the time of a release. Usually, most of them relate to transient bugs and are dispensable, but a few are reopened. See &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/17379/closed-questions-which-may-be-considered-for-reopening-after-the-release-of-artf&quot;&gt;this meta post&lt;/a&gt; for an example of such activity.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://data.stackexchange.com/askubuntu/query/888598/posts-about-18-04-closed-as-off-topic-before-release&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Here is a poorly written SEDE query I made&lt;/a&gt; to find questions about 18.04 posted in the first 4 months of 2018 which are closed as off topic. It is imperfect because it only searches the post body for the string &lt;code&gt;18.04&lt;/code&gt;, and the PostHistory table does not provide the ability to distinguish between different off-topic reasons, only between the main reasons. Still, it probably finds most of what we're talking about.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I will try to find some time to look through the 43 posts found by this query to see which should be deleted or reopened.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2018-08-20T08:03:22.910" LastActivityDate="2018-08-20T08:03:22.910" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18152" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-08-21T15:29:21.577" Score="0" ViewCount="53" Body="&lt;p&gt;There has to be search function for this forum.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am sure this has been asked many times.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How do I change the screen size?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ralph&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="861645" OwnerDisplayName="ralphxyz" LastActivityDate="2018-08-21T16:56:07.717" Title="How to search prior questions?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18153" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18152" CreationDate="2018-08-21T16:56:07.717" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Personally, I don't like the Stack Exchange search. I use google instead, with &lt;code&gt;site:askubuntu.com&lt;/code&gt; to search here specifically, like &lt;code&gt;change screen size site:askubuntu.com&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Though often there's helpful info on other sites like Super User, Unix &amp;amp; Linux, How-to Geek, Ubuntu Forums, etc, so I just put &lt;code&gt;ubuntu&lt;/code&gt; in the query, like &lt;code&gt;ubuntu change screen size&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="301745" LastActivityDate="2018-08-21T16:56:07.717" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18154" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-08-21T21:23:32.233" Score="1" ViewCount="69" Body="&lt;p&gt;While reviewing the LQ queue I was presented with something new:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/5ZzEh.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/5ZzEh.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the purpose of the &quot;New contributor&quot; accompanied by a waving hand?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;del&gt;Why is it shown with someone who has already 99 points?&lt;/del&gt; Found that one myself :-)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="134729" LastActivityDate="2018-08-21T23:15:43.003" Title="Review (LQ): whats up with &quot;New Contributor&quot;?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18155" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18154" CreationDate="2018-08-21T22:59:44.620" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's just a user that's new to this site, so give them some slack as they don't know what we all take for granted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Definition of &quot;New&quot;: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Hasn't asked many questions / given many answers here here but might be another &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/users/22656/jon-skeet&quot;&gt;Jon Skeet&lt;/a&gt; somewhere else if their score hovers around 100.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is totally new to the entire Stack Exchange network if score is in the single digits (Haven't seen any others for the moment) and:&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;doesn't know a comment from an answer, &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;thinks this is a discussion forum,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;has no clue what code formatting is &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;asks Kali h@çk3rz questions (or at least thinks they do), &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;so &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;be even more patient&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;sub&gt;&lt;sup&gt;(or just avoid them if you're having a bad hair day)&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="344926" LastEditDate="2018-08-21T23:15:43.003" LastActivityDate="2018-08-21T23:15:43.003" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18156" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18157" CreationDate="2018-08-23T15:23:43.697" Score="-3" ViewCount="136" Body="&lt;p&gt;Don't get me wrong, I always enjoy the rep, but today made me curious, I got five reps for an upvote on an answer, &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; ten on the same day:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/suww4.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/suww4.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can't remember this ever happened to me before. &#xA;Tiny bug?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastActivityDate="2018-08-24T08:32:06.920" Title="Can I get 5 rep change for an upvote on -an answer-?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18157" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18156" CreationDate="2018-08-23T15:41:06.493" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;You got +5 from an upvote on the &lt;em&gt;question&lt;/em&gt;, not the answer. You simply happened to receive an upvote on both the question and the answer today, hence +10 for the answer and +5 for the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2018-08-23T15:41:06.493" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18158" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18156" CreationDate="2018-08-23T15:45:30.057" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've checked your profile and yes, that is absolutely possible, you've got one upvote for your question (&lt;strong&gt;= 5&lt;/strong&gt; reputation &lt;strong&gt;points&lt;/strong&gt;) and you've got another upvote for your own answer (&lt;strong&gt;= 10&lt;/strong&gt; reputation &lt;strong&gt;points&lt;/strong&gt;). Obviously you seem to be new to the Stack Exchange system ... hope you don't mind the joke. :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="260935" LastEditorUserId="260935" LastEditDate="2018-08-24T08:32:06.920" LastActivityDate="2018-08-24T08:32:06.920" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18160" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-08-24T11:52:57.477" Score="-4" ViewCount="119" Body="&lt;p&gt;First of all: &lt;strong&gt;Please stop thinking:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://Stackoverflow.com&quot;&gt;Stack OverFlow&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://superuser.com&quot;&gt;Super User&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com&quot;&gt;Ask Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;Unix &amp;amp; Linux&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;...&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and start thinking:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://Cooking.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;Cooking&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://vegetarianism.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;Veganism &amp;amp; Vegetarianism &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://english.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;English Language &amp;amp; Usage&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://Worldbuilding.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;Worldbuilding &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://Travel.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;Travel&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://diy.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;Home Improvement&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are you still OK??? You're thinking joss sticks and whale songs already?  &lt;strong&gt;:-)&lt;/strong&gt; Well then, as we're currently on a move towards becoming more welcoming to be able to expand our user base on the SE network, including visible warnings like these:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/BcFSq.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/BcFSq.png&quot; alt=&quot;New Contributor&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;wouldn't it be a good idea to have the SE employees review the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/247169/increase-close-reasons-from-400-to-512-characters&quot;&gt;size limit&lt;/a&gt; of any close reason upwards so that we can make all the close reason comments more welcoming?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Example:&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This question has been asked before and already has an answer &lt;code&gt;[here]()&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Say exactly what needs to be said but we need to review these again and be able to open a few meta questions to get input from the community and do things like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hello, we think your question is very similar or equal to &lt;code&gt;[link here]()&lt;/code&gt; and the &lt;code&gt;x&lt;/code&gt; answer(s) provided there might help you solve your problem.  If it does not, please [edit] your question and provide feedback on what you tried and what went wrong for all the answers there! &lt;em&gt;Keep up the good work!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(just testing the grounds before taking this to [meta.se] seeing what other people think here first.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;0:-)&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Why?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The former elicits &amp;quot;No, I'm unique, my question is different&amp;quot; whereas the second one tells you to try &lt;em&gt;all answers&lt;/em&gt; not just the accepted one and to comment &lt;em&gt;everything you've tried&lt;/em&gt; and not just the obvious things &lt;em&gt;and is more welcoming&lt;/em&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note¹:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;Definition of standard system-wide comments:&lt;/em&gt; Flag comments, From review comments, Duplicate comments and the comments that are left once the question is closed as a dupe, ... = any comment that the SE site  generates are very to to point but none are welcoming.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;Note²:&lt;/strong&gt; apparently &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackapps.com/questions/2116/autoreviewcomments-pro-forma-comments-for-se&quot;&gt;there is an app for that&lt;/a&gt; but not everyone is using the app.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;Note³:&lt;/strong&gt; I use &lt;code&gt;gedit&lt;/code&gt; and have my own comments txt file but I'd like for the &lt;em&gt;standard&lt;/em&gt; to be more welcoming...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2018-08-24T20:33:23.897" Title="Isn't it time to make the standard system-wide comments more welcoming?" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18161" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18160" CreationDate="2018-08-24T19:56:58.907" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Insofar as I might be prepared to agree there is one, I think the real problem with those comments is their canned-ness. I think you're talking about things like the low quality posts review queue comments like...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Please don't add &quot;thank you&quot; as an answer. Once you have sufficient reputation, you will be able to vote up questions and answers that you found helpful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(uses &quot;please&quot; and suggests a more appropriate action indirectly)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;While this link may answer the question, it is better to include the essential parts of the answer here and provide the link for reference. Link-only answers can become invalid if the linked page changes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(uses suggestive, indirect &quot;it is better to...&quot; rather than &quot;you should...&quot; or &quot;please...&quot; or an imperative)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;or the close reason messages like...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This question has been asked before and already has an answer. If those answers do not fully address your question, please ask a new question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(alas, we sometimes close things as dupes when they are not dupes, and this message makes us look silly...)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Please clarify your specific problem or add additional details to highlight exactly what you need. As it's currently written, it’s hard to tell exactly what you're asking. See the How to Ask page for help clarifying this question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(makes a polite request and explains the reason for doing so)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These messages use formal, polite language. Maybe when you say &quot;welcoming&quot; you want them to be &lt;em&gt;aggressively&lt;/em&gt; welcoming, with phrases like &lt;em&gt;Welcome to Ask Ubuntu!!!&lt;/em&gt; But I strongly feel that blog post about being welcoming was not about adopting some kind of servile customer service posture, but mainly about not making new users feel like idiots just because they had to ask a question (what, you didn't know this yourself? Ignoramuses like you don't belong here!). So I don't think &quot;Welcome to Ask Ubuntu!&quot; prefaces to comments telling OP how clueless they are are all that helpful. They just make us sound more up ourselves in my humble opinion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you may know, in British English, when we want to make a request or be polite, we become bizarrely indirect, and say odd things like&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Would you please [do x]?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Could you possibly [do x]?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  If it's not too much trouble, would you mind [doing x]?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These phrases are quite confusing when you think about it. Just getting to the point with a respectful &quot;please&quot; is probably best in an international context. That's the style our canned comments use. No need to embroider.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, perhaps since that direct formal language isn't natural to me, it doesn't really feel right, and I often prefer to just write my own comment. Writing in my own words feels more sincere. I think users respond to empathy, and empathy just doesn't come through in an obviously-canned comment, however many excess clauses or emojis it has. In fact, I strongly suspect impression-of-sincerity-given is probably inversely proportional to number-of-emojis in canned comments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, I would support an effort to make some of the comments &lt;em&gt;more &lt;strong&gt;tentatively&lt;/strong&gt; expressed&lt;/em&gt;, since we make plenty of mistakes in closing and flagging, etc. I would like us, the established community, to come off less arrogant.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You suggested in your question a more tentative version of the duplicate question message, which I earlier said I think makes us look silly when we get it wrong (the real solution to that is to stop closing questions as dupes when they are not dupes, but this is a rant for another meta post, and in the meantime making the message less assertive might make me feel better, if nothing else). The only thing about your suggestion that really bothers me is the nausea-inducing closing exhortation... but maybe a very simple rephrasing would do the job, like&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;We think&lt;/em&gt; this question has been asked before and already has an answer [...]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(I feel the rest of the comment should probably be changed, but the question of what we should suggest OP do about dupe-closure in the close-reason message is probably out of the scope of this question).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2018-08-24T20:33:23.897" LastActivityDate="2018-08-24T20:33:23.897" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18162" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-08-24T21:27:34.470" Score="0" ViewCount="60" Body="&lt;p&gt;As we all know from unformatted config files, the &lt;code&gt;#&lt;/code&gt; can make&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Very&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Big&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Titles&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Unfortunately,&lt;/em&gt; there where it matters as in making the following more readable:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;kbd&gt;Alt&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;space&lt;/kbd&gt; and then &lt;kbd&gt;↓&lt;/kbd&gt;&lt;kbd&gt;↓&lt;/kbd&gt;&lt;kbd&gt;↓&lt;/kbd&gt;&lt;kbd&gt;↓&lt;/kbd&gt;&lt;kbd&gt;↓&lt;/kbd&gt;&lt;kbd&gt;Enter&lt;/kbd&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/1068684/344926&quot;&gt;in this answer&lt;/a&gt; it just blows up the text and leaves the down-arrow inside the &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;kbd&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; just as small!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;&lt;kbd&gt;Alt&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;space&lt;/kbd&gt; and then &lt;kbd&gt;↓&lt;/kbd&gt;&lt;kbd&gt;↓&lt;/kbd&gt;&lt;kbd&gt;↓&lt;/kbd&gt;&lt;kbd&gt;↓&lt;/kbd&gt;&lt;kbd&gt;↓&lt;/kbd&gt;&lt;kbd&gt;Enter&lt;/kbd&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this documented as &amp;quot;normal behaviour&amp;quot; somewhere because that would make it a &amp;quot;feature&amp;quot;.  &lt;strong&gt;&amp;gt;:-)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;if not: &lt;strong&gt;It's a bug!&lt;/strong&gt; :-)&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2018-08-26T15:22:09.217" Title="Big titles don't work on &lt;kbd&gt; tag" Tags="|bug|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18163" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18164" CreationDate="2018-08-25T03:12:56.617" Score="7" ViewCount="144" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm reviewing edits from a new user who is pretty active and doing a lot of constructive edits. However, he/she puts Ubuntu, brand names and versions into italics which looks weird and is not constructive. I'm improving the edits, however it seems to be an ongoing thing. What would be the best way to convince the user to refrain from those changes:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ping him/her in chat using &lt;code&gt;@[user id]&lt;/code&gt; which makes it look like I want to denounce him/her in a public space.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Add a comment to one of his/her questions (and delete all of the conversation after it came to a conclusion) which possibly creates a larger set of comments where they don't belong.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Reject edits and select &quot;causes harm&quot; to provide a message to the user which might not work at all because other users would still have to reject the edit and this approach is demotivating for the user (I once got blocked on superuser.com because I didn't do enough edits - as I found out after raising the question on meta - and stopped editing posts there for a long time.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm aware that it's not the most important thing in the world. I'm just interested which mechanisms the platform provides.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="173287" LastActivityDate="2018-08-29T19:46:48.320" Title="How to send edit review feedback to a user?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18164" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18163" CreationDate="2018-08-25T06:46:40.537" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't know of any more convenient methods :(&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since, in this case, the user is only making one small style choice that's not appropriate, and assuming their edits are otherwise useful, talking in chat should be ok... &quot;Your edits are great, thanks for improving the site! There's just one thing...&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, if they are suggesting edits that &lt;em&gt;only&lt;/em&gt; make the change you mentioned, you can reject them with a message and watch for improvement. If the edits are approved by others you can bother other reviewers in chat about their wrong approvals (sometimes the OP approves an edit, and you can't do much about that) - reviewers can be held to higher standards than casual edit-suggesters. Eventually the message should get through, and if not you can try the other methods.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2018-08-25T06:46:40.537" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18165" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18163" CreationDate="2018-08-25T20:50:19.893" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a canned comment for that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Welcome to Ask Ubuntu! **;-)** &#xA;Could you please review my **[edits]()** and also review the [editing help](/editing-help) &#xA;to improve the readability of your questions in the future... **;-)** &#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then I link to the edit queue in the &lt;code&gt;edits()&lt;/code&gt; section (copy-paste of the link &quot;edited x mins/hours/days ago&quot;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In your case you might change:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;and also review the &lt;a href=&quot;/editing-help&quot;&gt;editing help&lt;/a&gt; to improve the readability of your questions in the future... &lt;strong&gt;;-)&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;to:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;. Please note we don't generally italicise the items you do, so unless you want to edit all 320 thousand questions, better stick to what everyone else is doing...  &lt;strong&gt;;-)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastActivityDate="2018-08-25T20:50:19.893" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18166" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18162" CreationDate="2018-08-26T15:22:09.217" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;The purpose of the &lt;code&gt;#&lt;/code&gt; element is &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; to create big, bold text but to mark the line as html-heading (see the editing help, section &lt;em&gt;Styling/Headers&lt;/em&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;#&lt;/code&gt; is equivalent to &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;h1&amp;gt;...&amp;lt;/h1&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;##&lt;/code&gt; is equivalent to &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;h2&amp;gt;...&amp;lt;/h2&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So the behaviour you observe is neither a feature nor a bug.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="134729" LastActivityDate="2018-08-26T15:22:09.217" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18168" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-08-28T02:28:40.807" Score="2" ViewCount="49" Body="&lt;p&gt;This must have changed within the past couple hours, but where we would normally see that nice sidebar in the mod panel with all the flag types and such no longer appears there, where the red freeform drawing is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/q0B1b.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/q0B1b.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's not &lt;em&gt;gone&lt;/em&gt; entirely, though, it's just no longer aligned properly... at the far bottom of the page &lt;em&gt;under&lt;/em&gt; all the flags where it's not useful:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/uzbOU.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/uzbOU.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, about 6 hours ago when I left for home after work, the panel appeared where the red freehand drawings were.  So has something changed in the past 6 hours to cause this?  Same browser, same computer, nothing's changed... except possibly the site theme...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Note that I tried as hard as possible to black out any type of data that otherwise shouldn't be seen by standard users... delete the screenshots if this is still 'too much' being shown)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2018-08-28T20:05:48.090" LastActivityDate="2018-08-28T20:05:48.090" Title="Mod Tools/Panel: Misaligned &quot;Flag Types&quot; Section" Tags="|bug|status-norepro|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18169" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-08-28T21:15:48.533" Score="3" ViewCount="34" Body="&lt;h1&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/9241/call-out-to-reviewers-you-can-skip&quot;&gt;Call out to reviewers - you CAN &amp;quot;skip&amp;quot;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;Yeah, I know: I'll be voting to close my own question as a duplicate now...&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2018-08-28T21:15:48.533" Title="Reminder to everyone: You can use the &quot;skip&quot; button if you don't know what the question/answer is about!" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2018-08-28T22:08:06.060" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18171" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18163" CreationDate="2018-08-29T19:46:48.320" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Note that if you choose 'Improve Edit' during review, the user who made the suggested edit will be counted as an editor of the post, so they can be &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/43020/295232&quot;&gt;'pinged'&lt;/a&gt; (even though their username won't be autocompleted for you). This will keep any possible public denouncement relatively small. You're using comments for (discussion of) improvement of the post, which is more or less what they're meant for. A possible drawback is that the author of the post will be notified of the comments; they might get annoyed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="606366" LastActivityDate="2018-08-29T19:46:48.320" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18172" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-08-30T11:07:02.300" Score="0" ViewCount="84" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am still getting some text distortion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ubuntu Mate 18.04&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Desktop site using Seamonkey. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/H9jum.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/H9jum.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a fix?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="573838" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2018-08-30T13:14:46.307" LastActivityDate="2018-08-30T13:14:46.307" Title="Text distortion on askubuntu and seamonkey" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18173" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-08-30T15:48:54.457" Score="14" ViewCount="288" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/12098/what-does-outputting-to-dev-null-accomplish-in-bash-scripts&quot;&gt;This&lt;/a&gt; is my question, asked way back in 2010 with a lot of upvotes and many useful answers. In late July of this year it was marked as a duplicate of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/350208/what-does-2-dev-null-mean&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; question, filed in 2013.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why was this done? Just because the newer question had a few less upvotes? Why does the duplicates system even allow this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3592" LastActivityDate="2018-09-06T23:50:39.973" Title="Why is it allowed for an older question to be marked as a duplicate of a newer question?" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18174" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18173" CreationDate="2018-08-30T16:40:39.970" Score="18" Body="&lt;p&gt;It has less to do with the &lt;em&gt;age&lt;/em&gt; of the posts and more with the &lt;em&gt;quality&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you can see, the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/350208/what-does-2-dev-null-mean&quot;&gt;newer&lt;/a&gt; question has a couple of high quality answers, which go into a decent amount of detail around &lt;code&gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;1&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;1&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;&amp;amp;&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; and what they each do and why you might want to use one over the other.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/12098/what-does-outputting-to-dev-null-accomplish-in-bash-scripts&quot;&gt;older&lt;/a&gt; question doesn't have as high quality of answers, so it was marked and closed as a duplicate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastActivityDate="2018-08-30T16:40:39.970" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18175" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18173" CreationDate="2018-08-31T20:02:33.227" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I remember a comment made by David Foerster on one of my posts. The comment stated:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Duplicates are marked irrespective of the dates posted. Duplicated are considered on the quality of posts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="816190" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2018-09-06T12:51:45.570" LastActivityDate="2018-09-06T12:51:45.570" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18176" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2018-09-01T15:25:46.267" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2018-09-01T15:25:46.267" LastActivityDate="2018-09-01T15:25:46.267" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18177" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2018-09-01T15:25:46.267" Score="0" Body="A special moderator-only tag to mark important meta discussions. A question with this tag can be seen on the main site, in a special sidebar, in the questions list, and when viewing individual questions." OwnerUserId="1438484" LastEditorUserId="1438484" LastEditDate="2021-11-12T11:29:06.270" LastActivityDate="2021-11-12T11:29:06.270" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18178" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18185" CreationDate="2018-09-01T15:57:56.430" Score="4" ViewCount="151" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'd like to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/833981/what-should-my-swap-size-be-if-i-have-32gb-of-ram/833990&quot;&gt;reopen this question&lt;/a&gt; to close it again afterwards as a duplicate of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/594054/how-much-swap-should-i-take-for-1gb-to-1tb-of-ram-on-14-04-or-higher&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; and would like to get some input from the community before I start the reopen process as &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;I might be biased because I answered that question&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;...  &lt;strong&gt;0:-)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Why?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Well, because it seems to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1071007/separate-file-for-hibernation-why-use-swap&quot;&gt;be referenced as canon&lt;/a&gt; and in my humble opinion the other question is not opinion-based but based on tangible data.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="94914" LastEditDate="2018-09-04T04:00:34.143" LastActivityDate="2018-09-13T09:28:01.723" Title="Reopen opinion-based question to close as a duplicate" Tags="|discussion|reopen-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18179" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-09-02T01:57:10.673" Score="2" ViewCount="111" Body="&lt;p&gt;If I edit my question after attempting to fix a problem and the problem still exists does my question still get answered or do I have to re-ask the question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="861970" OwnerDisplayName="Craig" LastEditorUserId="250300" LastEditDate="2018-09-04T10:35:20.610" LastActivityDate="2018-09-04T10:35:20.610" Title="Should I edit or re-ask my question?" Tags="|discussion|editing|asking-questions|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18181" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-09-03T07:46:39.033" Score="3" ViewCount="268" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've been a member of Ask Ubuntu for over 2.5 years, but because I'm always fighting with Ubuntu, I only ever have questions and never any answers. However, all questions I have are already asked. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I browse the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/&quot;&gt;questions&lt;/a&gt; I get overloaded with 'what are all those terms?' and 'how the heck should I know?' feelings. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because of this, I still don't even have enough reputation to downvote an answer! What should I do?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="495443" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2018-09-03T15:59:09.503" LastActivityDate="2018-09-15T11:37:10.563" Title="How to earn points as an Ubuntu noob?" Tags="|discussion|reputation|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2018-09-03T15:59:28.210" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18183" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18181" CreationDate="2018-09-03T10:49:28.103" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am going to try to give you some advice based on my experience earning rep, as a non-professional end user.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First, you can earn a thousand rep (while under two thousand total) just for suggesting edits to posts. This is a slow but easy way to get going.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When looking for something to answer, I don't set out to find something that I already know the answer to. I look for something I find interesting, perhaps something I would like to know the answer to myself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you find something you are interested in, the next step is to leave comments for the OP, to get any extra information you may need, for example, a version number or a command they ran.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you have that, assuming you don't know an answer already, visit relevant sites or other network sites, repos, bug reports, even just Google results you can find that are on the subject and through this research you can build an answer, even if you do not have perfect knowledge of the subject.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This can be a bit of a time sink at first but as you build knowledge by answering and failing to answer questions, you will start to see patterns that repeat in seemingly very different questions and others will seem trivial.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another important factor in an answer is formatting, well-formatted answers receive upvotes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;code looks like this&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.google.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;links look like this&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;kbd&gt;KB Keys look like this&lt;/kbd&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/16.04&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;16.04&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;16.04&lt;/a&gt; tags look like this&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Don't forget paragraphs, basic grammar and be nice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These are the basic things I do when answering questions but it is mostly going to take effort on your part to make any real rep from answers, if you feel overwhelmed, take it one question at a time, read and research until you feel comfortable and it is OK to be wrong, everyone is wrong sometimes, you can change or remove wrong answers later.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some useful links to get you started:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ubuntuforums.org&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;ubuntuforums.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://packages.ubuntu.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ubuntu repos&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories/Ubuntu&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;information on default packages&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bugzilla.org&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Bugzilla&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ubuntu bug tracker&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-forums-50/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Linux Questions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Linux forum&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Useful meta posts:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/89/style-guide-for-questions-and-answers&quot;&gt;Style guide for questions and answers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Everyone feel free to add more useful links :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastEditorUserId="8698" LastEditDate="2018-09-15T11:37:10.563" LastActivityDate="2018-09-15T11:37:10.563" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18185" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18178" CreationDate="2018-09-04T18:38:59.277" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The question was reopened and afterwards it was closed as a duplicate of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/594054/how-much-swap-should-i-take-for-1gb-to-1tb-of-ram-on-14-04-or-higher&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; as was requested. Putting my own two cents in I also don't agree that &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/594054/how-much-swap-should-i-take-for-1gb-to-1tb-of-ram-on-14-04-or-higher&quot;&gt;How much swap should I take for 1GB to 1TB of RAM on 14.04 or higher?&lt;/a&gt; is an exact duplicate of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/49109/i-have-16gb-ram-do-i-need-32gb-swap&quot;&gt;I have 16GB RAM. Do I need 32GB swap?&lt;/a&gt; as was discussed in the comments that were posted below this Meta question. In the end &quot;How much swap should I take for 1GB to 1TB of RAM on 14.04 or higher?&quot; was left open.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="94914" LastEditorUserId="94914" LastEditDate="2018-09-13T09:28:01.723" LastActivityDate="2018-09-13T09:28:01.723" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18186" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18187" CreationDate="2018-09-05T11:40:18.617" Score="3" ViewCount="127" Body="&lt;p&gt;I believe my &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1072203/apparmor-mod-php-mysql/&quot;&gt;question&lt;/a&gt; belongs on another Stack Exchange site, such as Super User.  But, there isn't an option to do so, and it's not getting enough views for a moderator to move it. What can I do?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="711310" LastActivityDate="2018-09-19T09:54:47.327" Title="How can I move my own question to another site?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18187" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18186" CreationDate="2018-09-05T11:43:35.993" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can't, what you can do is press edit and copy every thing, then post it on Superuser with a simple paste, formatting and all, in a couple of seconds.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then you can remove the question from here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastActivityDate="2018-09-05T11:43:35.993" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18188" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18186" CreationDate="2018-09-05T11:44:23.773" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Edit the question, copy all to a new question in the other Stack Exchange site, and deleted the &quot;moved&quot; question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="799907" LastActivityDate="2018-09-05T11:44:23.773" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18189" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18193" CreationDate="2018-09-05T23:27:33.017" Score="6" ViewCount="257" Body="&lt;p&gt;I posted this question which has garnered two down votes over two days (and counting): &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1072170/sort-uniq-remove-the-counts-that-occur-most-often&quot;&gt;sort | uniq remove the counts that occur most often&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately it's too late to delete it as it has a good answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This could be an opportunity for self improvement and avoid the same pitfalls with future questions and/or improving this question for redemption.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The down-voters didn't leave comments as is often the case so, perhaps others can help point out the flaws in my question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you for taking the time out of your busy day the world gives most of us. Hopefully others can learn from your comments / answers too :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="307523" LastActivityDate="2018-09-07T21:21:16.700" Title="Help me find the flaws in my question resulting in down votes" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18190" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18191" CreationDate="2018-09-06T09:07:25.670" Score="5" ViewCount="150" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recommended deletion on &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/low-quality-posts/875558&quot;&gt;this &lt;/a&gt;answer which the user then edited to improve his answer based on the review.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How can I recant that review and cancel the delete recommendation?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="307670" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2018-09-07T09:07:28.190" LastActivityDate="2018-09-07T09:14:06.420" Title="LQP queue recanting recommendations" Tags="|support|review|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18191" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18190" CreationDate="2018-09-06T10:11:07.847" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/low-quality-posts/875558&quot;&gt;The review in question was completed and the post survived&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/18190/lqp-queue-recanting-recommendations#comment38524_18190&quot;&gt;Mark Kirby mentioned in a comment&lt;/a&gt; there is no way to change a review after you've done it. A &lt;kbd&gt;Recommend deletion&lt;/kbd&gt; vote can't be retracted, and neither can a delete vote* cast by a user with delete vote privilege (I wish they could).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In a situation where a non-answer becomes an answer or for any other reason you change your mind about whether a post should be deleted, there are a few options:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Vote on the post&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A positive score on an answer in the low quality posts review queue will prevent deletion; even if the requisite six (I think) &lt;em&gt;Recommend deletion&lt;/em&gt; votes are cast, a mod has to review the flag in the end. Users with 20k answer delete vote privilege can only vote to delete* negatively scored posts, or posts with zero or less score through the queue. Only mods have unconditional delete vote privilege. Of course &lt;strong&gt;you should only upvote the post if you would have done so anyway&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A negative score helps to delete the post by making it easier for delete votes* to be cast. I always downvote posts I think should be deleted unless I'm encountering them in the low quality posts queue (which doesn't have a downvote button) and I am reasonably confident that they will be deleted without my downvoting them.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Consider editing the post&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you improve the post, perhaps rephrasing a &quot;me too&quot; statement or question at the beginning, others may be less likely to vote to delete it. I am saying this with caution however, as I am unsure in what circumstances this may have the drastic effect of completing the review without any further scrutiny of the post. I had thought this only happened when editing was selected as an option in the queue, but it &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/17896/low-quality-review-queue-did-i-cause-the-invalidate&quot;&gt;seems like any edit can have that effect&lt;/a&gt;. Therefore, I recommend doing this only if you are very sure the post should not be deleted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Watch to see the outcome of the review&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is annoying, because it's not very easy to keep track of posts. You could favourite the question, but you might forget to check back or forget why you favourited it (as I do). I usually just press the back button to the review and leave the browser tab open until the review completes, which usually takes less than 24 hours. If you have less than 10k reputation, you presumably won't be able to see the post if it has been deleted, but you'll probably see &lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/4eNbB.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;something like this&lt;/a&gt; which vaguely suggests that it has.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the post is deleted but you think it shouldn't have been (or vice versa), you can&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Come to &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/3877/raiders-of-the-lost-downboat&quot;&gt;the Downboat&lt;/a&gt; (a chat room for moderation tasks) or &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/201/ask-ubuntu-general-room&quot;&gt;Ask Ubuntu General Room&lt;/a&gt; to discuss the problem and solicit (un)delete votes. Users with 20k have the ability to vote to (un)delete* answers, unless a mod has deleted them. Mods also hang out in chat, and they are omnipotent, obviously.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Flag the post for moderator attention and ask for it to be undeleted&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Post on meta to advocate for the post (should rarely be necessary, but can be a last resort if you are unable to find any helpful folks in chat etc).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;* three non-mod delete votes, which can only be cast on negatively scored answers (or zero scored answers through the queue), delete an answer, and three non-mod undelete votes, which can only be used if a mod did not delete the post, undelete it. For questions, the situation is a little different, but that seems out of the scope of this question. The main point of this note is to point out that it takes three users with =&gt; 20k to (un)delete an answer and even then it's a conditional privilege.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2018-09-07T09:14:06.420" LastActivityDate="2018-09-07T09:14:06.420" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18192" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18173" CreationDate="2018-09-06T23:50:39.973" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Stack exchange's purpose is to be a rich, navigable archive of useful information for future users of the internet to refer to.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Stack exchange does not care about your user experience except insofar as it directly helps accomplish the goal described above.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, you will notice that they have gotten much stricter about question-asking as time has gone on, so I would say back in 2013 when the second variant was originally asked, they weren't vetting carefully for duplicates.  By the time the reviewers decided to mark it as a duplicate, the second question probably had received much more attention and was determined to be the more useful resource for future Googlers to arrive at.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="792580" LastActivityDate="2018-09-06T23:50:39.973" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18193" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18189" CreationDate="2018-09-07T09:43:40.677" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;What follows is my personal opinion; votes will show whether others agree or not. I like to be outspoken and clear which is sometimes misunderstood as being rude and hostile. Please bear with me; in no way do I intend to offend anybody.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your question is unclear and thus unlikely to help others. Only with the help of the answer am I able to &lt;em&gt;guess&lt;/em&gt; what you’re asking for. Here’s what I think you’re actually asking:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I have a text file with multiple lines whose first&#xA;  (whitespace-separated) column contains an integer. I want to remove&#xA;  every line with&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;the most occuring integer in this column and&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;any integer greater than this most occuring one.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;How can I do that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;h3&gt;Example input&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;  1 /mnt/e/bin/ps-suspects.sh Possible suspects causing problems&#xA; 11 1 S root       128     2  0  60 -20 -     0 -      03:27 ?&#xA; 11 4 Z root     19087  7064  0  80   0 -     0 -      03:32 ?&#xA; 11 1 S root        75     2  0  60 -20 -     0 -      03:27 ?&#xA;  3 1 S root       469     2  0  60 -20 -     0 -      03:27 ?&#xA;  3 1 S root       468     2  0  60 -20 -     0 -      03:27 ?&#xA; 22 0 S rick     17058  2859  0  80   0 -  7413 wait   16:56 pts/2&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Here, &lt;code&gt;11&lt;/code&gt; occurs most often and &lt;code&gt;22&lt;/code&gt; is greater than &lt;code&gt;11&lt;/code&gt;, so every&#xA;  line containing &lt;code&gt;11&lt;/code&gt; or &lt;code&gt;22&lt;/code&gt; in the first column needs to be removed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;h3&gt;Example output&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;  1 /mnt/e/bin/ps-suspects.sh Possible suspects causing problems&#xA;  3 1 S root       469     2  0  60 -20 -     0 -      03:27 ?&#xA;  3 1 S root       468     2  0  60 -20 -     0 -      03:27 ?&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;This&lt;/em&gt; should be the question and seems to be the only part that’s relevant and possibly helpful to others. If you really feel like this could be an XY problem (and only then) you can include further information on why you need this, but:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;keep it clearly separated from the actual question (= “tl;dr” section), connected by footnote marks &lt;em&gt;at most&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;from the beginning, explain clearly where you’re coming from, what you want to achieve in the end and where you’re stuck&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;(you certainly know what you’re doing, so) cut code and terminal output to only include relevant and non-redundant information&lt;br&gt;&#xA;The &lt;code&gt;echo&lt;/code&gt; lines from your script are nothing but noise in the context of your question, and the post contains them &lt;em&gt;twice&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not nearly as important as what’s said above, but still worth mentioning: Add tags according to their description, not because the tag name happens to be mentioned in your post. Your question is about &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/text-processing&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;text-processing&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;text-processing&lt;/a&gt; rather than &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/sort&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;sort&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;sort&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/uniq&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;uniq&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;uniq&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="507051" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2018-09-07T21:21:16.700" LastActivityDate="2018-09-07T21:21:16.700" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18194" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18196" CreationDate="2018-09-07T20:47:48.007" Score="3" ViewCount="71" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have four e-mails one each in google, microsoft, yahoo and yandex and all four have two step verification using mobile apps enabled. I have registered in my askubuntu account using my yandex e-mail.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I lost my phone and access to previous SIM card. I am using a new SIM card.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I could regain access to my google, microsoft and yahoo accounts. But, unfortunately, I have not been able to regain access to my yandex account.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Although still I am able to access my askubuntu account, if for any reason in future, I need access to my yandex account, I won't be able to do it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What to do?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="713059" LastActivityDate="2018-09-08T00:29:20.613" Title="Lost access to e-mail account used to register in askubuntu" Tags="|support|user-accounts|login|email|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18196" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18194" CreationDate="2018-09-08T00:29:20.613" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;It seems you cannot just change your log in, I guess one must be active at all times, I don't really know why.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can however add more &lt;a href=&quot;http://askubuntu.com/users/mylogins/current&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;, by clicking the add more logins button, then from the same page you can remove the previous one if you wish.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If for some reason, this still does not work, you can contact the SE team &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/contact&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastActivityDate="2018-09-08T00:29:20.613" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18198" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18201" CreationDate="2018-09-09T23:54:46.193" Score="7" ViewCount="142" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm curious.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since OpenID was removed in July 2018, a Launchpad Login button appeared*.  Previously, this button had appeared and disappeared over the year, which was why I got into the habit of logging in with my launchpad.net/~username URL, but now I don't need to, and it appears to be solid.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I like it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I presume it's not OpenID, so what method are we using for SSO with Launchpad now?&lt;/strong&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since in my research of this question I also stumbled upon discussions of old &quot;Ubuntu SSO&quot; vs &quot;Launchpad OpenID&quot;, &lt;strong&gt;how locked in are we&lt;/strong&gt; to this new SSO mechanism, whatever it is?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;*(I don't log out very often so, outside of the OpenID removal I'm a bit unaware, forgive me if these changes have been discussed).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="98669" LastActivityDate="2018-09-10T02:40:54.573" Title="What form of SSO is the launchpad login after July, 2018?" Tags="|discussion|login|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18199" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18198" CreationDate="2018-09-10T00:19:14.100" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://help.launchpad.net/API/SigningRequests&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Launchpad's API uses OAuth&lt;/a&gt;, so I bet AU uses that protocol.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="274320" LastActivityDate="2018-09-10T00:19:14.100" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18201" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18198" CreationDate="2018-09-10T02:29:36.930" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;The Launchpad login system in use here on Ask Ubuntu is 100% the OAuth mechanism.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Launchpad OpenID login mechanism has been fully retired here on the Stack Exchange network; the OAuth mechanism, however, &lt;strong&gt;only&lt;/strong&gt; works if you login to Ask Ubuntu first, and then elsewhere on the network, as it is &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; enabled for any other sites on the SE network.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(And I know this because I helped test to make sure the protocol for logins worked properly, and once we figured out the kinks in the system, it was considered 'usable' and deployed)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2018-09-10T02:40:54.573" LastActivityDate="2018-09-10T02:40:54.573" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18202" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-09-11T12:43:45.590" Score="19" ViewCount="500" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have withdrawn my present question in the face of the flag that has appeared at the top of my screen which warns me that my previous questions &quot;have not been well received.&quot; That has hurt me beyond common sense. I have reviewed my previous  questions but can't pin down where it was I tripped up. Nevertheless I have made some edits and I hope that will make the difference. &#xA;I have also re-read the rules for posting and yet still cannot see what justifies this flag. Perhaps you would be kind enough to tell me as I have no wish to offend anyone. This is far too useful a forum to risk being ostracised from it. I was hoping I could contribute at some point. &#xA;What phrases or questions in particular have offended you? &#xA;Sincerely, Berry G&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="493594" OwnerDisplayName="Berry Greene" LastActivityDate="2018-09-17T02:59:44.153" Title="Why am I threatened with being blocked?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18203" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18202" CreationDate="2018-09-11T13:11:01.580" Score="18" Body="&lt;p&gt;You have a couple of automatically deleted questions that each caught a downvote. You also had a couple of deleted answers, one with a downvote. I'm not able to give you a reason (that's between those voters and their gods).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyway, when you have a low number of posts, and low reputation, the system sees you as a potential problem and to save the community effort cleaning up after a trouble-maker, it starts to cut off access to certain tools.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To fix this, the company line is &lt;em&gt;you should improve these questions&lt;/em&gt;, but obviously now they're gone, there's nothing really to be done there. I might suggest grinding the review queues a bit. Editing new posts to improve grammar, layout, etc. Answering questions. I'm not party to how &quot;the algorithm&quot; here &lt;em&gt;actually&lt;/em&gt; works so this may only help your reputation and not your question quality issues.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I honestly don't see that you're doing anything that warrants post bans. Worst part of this is mods &lt;em&gt;cannot&lt;/em&gt; do a thing about this other than advise. I've made requests to be able to intervene before. &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/273258/moderator-override-on-automated-bans&quot;&gt;Moderator override on automated bans&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2018-09-11T13:11:01.580" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18205" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18186" CreationDate="2018-09-15T14:55:14.983" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've flagged question to be moved to another Stack Exchange site several times by clicking the flag link under the question and flagging the question to be migrated. This action requires approval by a moderator from the destination site. Even though this hurdle exists the question migration was usually successful, and the accept vote and all the upvotes were transferred to the new site along with all the accumulated reputation when the question was migrated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="94914" LastEditorUserId="250300" LastEditDate="2018-09-19T09:54:47.327" LastActivityDate="2018-09-19T09:54:47.327" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18206" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-09-15T12:20:17.027" Score="1" ViewCount="90" Body="&lt;p&gt;I tried to connect to Ask Ubuntu on my new computer but my email and password in the Login Mask just &quot;froze&quot; and nothing happened, I then tried the forgotten password business and received an email from you but after changing the password to the same one it didn't change anything either.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now I'm on my old computer and all is well!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What's the secret to changing accounts on computers please?&#xA;Can I keep my account on both old and new computer? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks for any info.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;...also why am I &quot;mysterious&quot; or something to that effect&quot; on your Ask Ubuntu site?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="667922" OwnerDisplayName="Garoolgan" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2018-09-16T18:06:58.770" LastActivityDate="2018-09-16T18:06:58.770" Title="Can't log in to Ask Ubuntu from my new computer - works fine on the old one" Tags="|support|login|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18207" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18206" CreationDate="2018-09-15T14:31:22.780" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &quot;secret&quot; to changing accounts on computers is that Firefox has a master password + sync feature that enables syncing website passwords across all your devices with the website passwords protected by the Firefox master password.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To sync Firefox Quantum versions 57 and later follow &lt;a href=&quot;https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1214940&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;these steps&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Login to Firefox with your master password.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Click the 3-bar toolbar button (labeled &lt;strong&gt;Open menu&lt;/strong&gt; on cursor hover) in the upper right corner of Firefox.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;A dual-circular arrow appears to the right of that email address, which will &quot;spin&quot; when Firefox is communicating with the Sync server. That &quot;dual-circular arrow &quot; also serves as a button for doing a manual sync event; upon cursor hover that &quot;button&quot; will show the Day and Time of the last sync event, either automatic or manual. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="94914" OwnerDisplayName="karel" LastActivityDate="2018-09-15T14:31:22.780" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18209" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18202" CreationDate="2018-09-17T02:59:44.153" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;I looked at the two deleted answers on the dual boot issues question and I was confused as to why you would respond to your own question like that - in one case complaining (fairly abruptly) that the question was off topic!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I think I understand it - you were attempting to apologise for your off topic question.  Unfortunately you made a few mistakes about how the site worked and caused some misunderstandings.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You used answers where you should have used comments.  You should be able to comment on your own question even with low reputation, but if not, answers must only be used for answering the actual question, and never for commentary on the question.  This is fairly well moderated and so that would have led to them being deleted.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;When you wrote your answer apologising for being off topic it came across as if you were rudely complaining about the question being off topic.  Only upon closer inspection was it clear to me that you were answering your own question, not someone else's, and it was therefore intended as an apology.  Regardless of this, it wasn't suitable as an answer as it was commentary on the question and didn't answer the question.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As others have said, unfortunately you had very few answers and questions at the time so even though this was a small number of deleted answers it still formed a high percentage of your total answers and questions and it triggered the system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can't do anything about those deleted answers, as they should not be answers anyway - so campaigning to get them undeleted will be fruitless.  I am sorry that I don't recall a way to find your deleted questions, so I don't know if undeleting them would be appropriate.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Nonetheless, if I understand correctly you are not banned yet, and can still ask and answer questions.  The way to raise your reputation is basically asking good questions and giving good answers.  Make sure you do not place non-answers as answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's ok to have some deleted answers and questions, and I'm sure I have a bunch, the only issue in this case was that you had few answers and questions in total.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54256" LastActivityDate="2018-09-17T02:59:44.153" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18210" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-09-18T14:08:35.123" Score="10" ViewCount="90" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/atom&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;atom&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;atom&lt;/a&gt; tag is currently being used for questions about GitHub's Atom editor and Intel's Atom CPU. I would favour a new tag for either. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe the best practice is to follow Stack Overflow and create &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/atom-editor&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;atom-editor&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;atom-editor&lt;/a&gt; for the former tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="279198" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2018-09-18T18:26:40.960" LastActivityDate="2018-09-18T18:26:40.960" Title="Rename the atom tag" Tags="|feature-request|tags|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18211" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18212" CreationDate="2018-09-20T01:46:38.417" Score="-3" ViewCount="252" Body="&lt;p&gt;Why my answer in this post &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1058603/wifi-stopped-working-after-ubuntu-16-04-updates/1058613#1058613&quot;&gt;WiFi stopped working after Ubuntu 16.04 updates&#xA;&lt;/a&gt; get deleted ? OP has commented that my answer was helpful!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I am using the internal wifi but the code suggested has fixed the&#xA;  problem. I do not understand why the update stopped the wifi working&#xA;  but all is fine now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And from answering help center:-&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Answers that &lt;strong&gt;do not fundamentally answer the question&lt;/strong&gt; may be&#xA;  removed. This includes answers that are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;commentary on the question or other answers&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;asking another, different question&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;“thanks!” or “me too!” responses&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;exact duplicates of other answers&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;barely more than a link to an external site&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;ot even a partial answer to the actual question&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So what are the reasons to delete my answer ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now I getting more downvotes after answer re-opened. It seems like people here to downvote is because the question was not stated clearly although the answer given was useful.But&#xA;the &lt;strong&gt;funniest thing&lt;/strong&gt; is the question has one vote although someone said that the question is unclear :D &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="642889" LastEditorUserId="642889" LastEditDate="2018-09-20T06:21:22.327" LastActivityDate="2018-09-22T12:24:11.777" Title="Helpful answer get deleted?" Tags="|discussion|deleted-questions|reopen-request|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18212" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18211" CreationDate="2018-09-20T14:32:08.733" Score="9" Body="&lt;h3&gt;You didn't show your working&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Imagine this... Your significant other gets severe abdominal pain. You take them to hospital. Without any discussion, they're immediately whisked away to surgery. No evidence the doctors actually investigated the problem. No explanation of what they think the problem is, or how surgery will fix it. How do you feel? Probably not great. And this is a scenario where you have some expectation that people are experts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;Download this random file and essentially execute it run it as root.&quot; is not an acceptable answer without some basic explanation of:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What you think is going wrong&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Why you think it'll help&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We don't need paragraphs upon paragraphs, but in this case, you could expand the answer to include &lt;strong&gt;why this driver&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;why download/dpkg instead of apt&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you &lt;em&gt;can't&lt;/em&gt; offer that, you're shooting in the dark. Even if it &lt;em&gt;did&lt;/em&gt; help this user, there's no scope around this, desperate random people with random wifi problems are going to run those random commands too. How do you know you're not doing them harm?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Show your reasoning, please. In the answer, not a comment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2018-09-20T14:32:08.733" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18213" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18211" CreationDate="2018-09-22T09:47:44.807" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I feel you have accepted &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/18212/480481&quot;&gt;@Oli's answer&lt;/a&gt; but missed its point. So here's my attempt to point out what's wrong with your answer(s) posted to that question &lt;em&gt;in particular&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A disclaimer first, I was the one to cast the first delete vote on &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/1058613/480481&quot;&gt;your answer&lt;/a&gt; (10k+ users only) which you deleted again after it was undeleted. I admit I overlooked the comment by the original asker mentioning the answer worked for them. Otherwise I would've just downvoted with a comment explaining the reason behind it. I offer my sincere apologies for that. But you did the right thing by bringing it up here at meta after the answer was deleted. I shall try my best to be as objective as I can be with my analysis.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now to the issues with the question and your answers. First of all, the question itself is not very clear. It says &lt;em&gt;Wi-Fi stopped working after Ubuntu 16.04 updates&lt;/em&gt;, but &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;says nothing about the nature of the update(s) (only &quot;&lt;em&gt;the updates that I received this morning&lt;/em&gt;&quot;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;more importantly says nothing about the kernel version and the wireless device &amp;amp; driver being used (only laptop model is mentioned: HP Stream11)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then your answer is essentially getting a specific version of the &lt;code&gt;bcmwl-kernel-source&lt;/code&gt; package and installing it. But why do you think it would work when we don't even know which device OP is using? We cannot even tell whether OP has a Broadcom device at all. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;It is &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; very wise to assume the device from the laptop model itself as laptop manufacturers may produce same model with different parts by different part-manufacturers depending on the model-variation, region, batch etc. In fact HP apparently ships (at least some variations of) &lt;a href=&quot;https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=195403&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Stream 11 laptops with &lt;strong&gt;Realtek RTL8723BE&lt;/strong&gt; device&lt;/a&gt; instead of any Broadcom device too.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So your answer looked to me like a random shot in the dark which &lt;em&gt;thankfully&lt;/em&gt; worked out for OP in this case (If I'm not horribly mistaken you have posted nearly identical answers to other questions which got deleted). Now imagine someone with the same laptop with a different device, but a similar-&lt;em&gt;looking&lt;/em&gt; issue may find your answer and blindly install that specific package which most likely waste their time and energy and may cause breakage in cases (running random commands with root privilege is &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; a wise thing in general). As &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/331791/andrew-t&quot;&gt;@Andrew T.&lt;/a&gt; puts it (in a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1058603/wifi-stopped-working-after-ubuntu-16-04-updates#comment1768316_1058613&quot;&gt;comment posted under the deleted answer&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;[...]&lt;/em&gt; the purpose of Stack Exchange is to build a high quality repository of Q&amp;amp;A as mentioned on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tour&quot;&gt;tour&lt;/a&gt;, so the goal is not only to help OP and yourself, but also future readers. Like, what is &quot;bcmwl-kernel-source&quot; and why it fixes the issue, etc. because this might fix OP's issue, but not other readers for this same problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You have had enough reputation to post a comment under the question and ask OP for more info. Alternatively, you could have added some explanation (or a caveat) to your answer following Oli's suggestion:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;What you think is going wrong&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Why you think it'll help&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example you could've added something like &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If your Stream 11 comes with Broadcom &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;insert-device-ID&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; chip, then recent update of the &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;insert-package-name&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; may have broken &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;insert-something&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt;. To fix this install the &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;insert-package-name-and-version&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; package by running the following commands:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  .&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  .&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this case the onus would be on the future reader before trying the solution as you have mentioned clearly in which case your solution is supposed to work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But you failed to do this again, as &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/18211/helpful-answer-get-deleted#comment38585_18211&quot;&gt;@Zanna pointed out&lt;/a&gt; &quot;&lt;em&gt;you deleted your downvoted answer and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/1076987/480481&quot;&gt;reposted it verbatim&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="480481" LastEditorUserId="480481" LastEditDate="2018-09-22T12:24:11.777" LastActivityDate="2018-09-22T12:24:11.777" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18214" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-09-23T16:17:12.050" Score="41" ViewCount="428" Body="&lt;p&gt;I got the following notification inside my inbox:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Edit suggested&#xA;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I clicked on the notification and got to the following page:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/880858&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/880858&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because it was an edit suggestion to my own question, and it was already approved, the UI only showed 1 button.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/3Xn5m.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/3Xn5m.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because the UI only shows 1 button, I though instinctively that it was an &quot;ok&quot; button, but just before I pressed it, I saw that the actual text was reject. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While I avoided the &quot;disaster&quot; in my case, I can quickly see how someone with less attention may confuse the button for an &quot;okay&quot; button, and press it accidentally.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think we should improve the sites UI to make this confusing less large&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="177648" LastEditorUserId="177648" LastEditDate="2018-10-01T17:05:56.107" LastActivityDate="2018-10-15T19:20:40.853" Title="Reject buttons looks too much like an ok button" Tags="|discussion|design|user-interface|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18215" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18217" CreationDate="2018-09-24T19:19:50.293" Score="10" ViewCount="113" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is there a way to report a user based on their profile? I found &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/874968/atlanta-strippers&quot;&gt;a user&lt;/a&gt; whose profile description is clearly promoting a strip club as is their profile pic. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm looking to report them based on their profile not just on a question they posted. Is there any way to do this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="511428" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2018-09-25T05:42:17.623" LastActivityDate="2018-09-25T05:42:17.623" Title="How can I report user profile as inappropriate?" Tags="|support|flagging|spam-handling|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18216" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18215" CreationDate="2018-09-24T20:18:00.020" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;You just did it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Nuked, from orbit. Thank you for pointing it out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2018-09-24T20:18:00.020" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18217" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18215" CreationDate="2018-09-24T20:46:58.110" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;To add to what Oli mentioned there is no direct way to report a profile.  The feature was trialed for a bit, but removed. I don't remember why, but I believe there were too many reports for non serious things.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Instead, flag a post that the user has created. Or, if they don't have any posts, posting here on meta works.  You can also drop by &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/201/ask-ubuntu-general-room&quot;&gt;chat&lt;/a&gt; and ping &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users?tab=moderators&quot;&gt;any of these folks&lt;/a&gt; if you see one around.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2018-09-24T20:46:58.110" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18218" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-10-01T20:15:45.873" Score="0" ViewCount="41" Body="&lt;p&gt;Assume there was some problem for an older version of Ubuntu and some one have asked about that.Then I got the same or very similar problem on a newer Ubuntu version and I cold solve it by different way. If I need to post an answer about my way what is the best way to do it,create a new question and answer my self or post an answer on the old question that mentioning version?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="713569" LastEditorUserId="713569" LastEditDate="2018-10-01T20:25:43.043" LastActivityDate="2018-10-01T20:25:43.043" Title="Posting answers on different ubuntu versions" Tags="|discussion|answer-format|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2018-10-03T19:53:09.530" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18219" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-10-02T00:43:21.577" Score="5" ViewCount="417" Body="&lt;p&gt;I came across &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/1080145/816190&quot;&gt;this answer&lt;/a&gt; for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1016894/im-having-issues-connecting-to-ubuntu-14-04-from-chromebook/1080145#1080145&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;We tried Kali Linux on Crouton with Enlightment desktop, and got the same error. It turns out they changed dbus to use different options syntax, or something like that, and they're busy updating different desktops and distros to make them work. We discovered that &lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton/wiki/Kali&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;only xfce4 is supported on Kali at this time&lt;/a&gt;. It may be different on Ubuntu. They say to &lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton/issues/3898&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;try different desktops&lt;/a&gt; like LXDE.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The docs on Crouton could use some help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What worked for us finally, today:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Install the &lt;strike&gt;kiwi extension&lt;/strike&gt;... Rats, I mean use crouton from the crosh shell to update the chroot with the -t xiwi,xfce4,extension options in that order. Presently, the options &lt;i&gt;must&lt;/i&gt; be listed xiwi first, or it &lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton/issues/1279&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;won't work&lt;/a&gt;.&#xA;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;      &lt;code&gt;sudo sh ~/Downloads/crouton -t xiwi,xfce,extension -u -n kali-rolling&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The -n (name) is optional, in case you have more than one chroot. You can do this in the Chrome OS Developer (crosh) shell. Here's another weird thing we ran into. If the newly-installed Chrome OS Developer shell from the Google App Store pops up with a blank screen and refuses to work, it is probably already installed. Uninstall that one and access crosh with CTRL-Alt-t hotkey. Gee, it would be nice if this was more intuitive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Next, get the &lt;a href=&quot;https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/crouton-integration/gcpneefbbnfalgjniomfjknbcgkbijom/related?utm_source=chrome-app-launcher-info-dialog&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;crouton integration extension&lt;/a&gt; for the Chrome browser. The link to it does not, at this time, appear on the crouton install hints screen, and oddly did not come up in the web store, app store, or google searches. But it does appear on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton#prerequisites&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Crouton GitHub Page under Prerequisites&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Finally, once everything is in order, try starting the desktop with the xiwi target.&#xA;      &lt;code&gt;sudo startxfce4 -t xiwi&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;That was the answer while this question/post was asked/posted.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So my question is &quot;Is it right to refer Kali in answers? If not, which flag should be raised?&quot; Since I am totally confused about which flag to be raised.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="816190" LastEditorUserId="816190" LastEditDate="2018-10-06T12:32:21.180" LastActivityDate="2018-10-06T12:32:21.180" Title="Which flag should be raised for answers about Kali Linux?" Tags="|discussion|flagging|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18221" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18223" CreationDate="2018-10-02T12:32:12.737" Score="2" ViewCount="65" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1080272/can-anyone-provide-me-high-pr-rank-guest-posting-sites-for-seo-activity&quot;&gt;Can anyone provide me high PR rank guest posting sites for SEO activity?&lt;/a&gt; has been put on hold but I feel it's a form of spam via the user profile.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I clearly remember a previous post by the same user but I can't find it in my list of flagged posts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've reported it as spam but also wanted to flag it for moderator attention but couldn't do so. Hence this post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="248158" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2018-10-02T13:30:10.960" LastActivityDate="2018-10-02T13:30:10.960" Title="Question put on hold as off-topic but maybe spam?" Tags="|support|status-completed|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18222" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18219" CreationDate="2018-10-02T13:12:52.257" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;The OP wrote in the first sentence of his answer:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;We tried Kali &amp;amp; Ubuntu Linux on Crouton with Enlightment desktop and got the same error.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The OP also posted the following comment below his answer:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The process is effectively the same for Ubuntu. Kali is just the first one we tried.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would give this answer the benefit of the doubt and not flag it. If this was a question instead of an answer and it was tagged with either &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/kali-linux-tools&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;kali-linux-tools&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;kali-linux-tools&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/katoolin&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;katoolin&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;katoolin&lt;/a&gt; then the Tag Info of these two tags would provide additional information to reviewers simply by hovering the mouse over the tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="94914" LastActivityDate="2018-10-02T13:12:52.257" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18223" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18221" CreationDate="2018-10-02T13:30:02.113" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;This was already removed as spam.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2018-10-02T13:30:02.113" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18225" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18219" CreationDate="2018-10-06T05:51:16.377" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Well, I was going to post it as a comment but hadn't earned enough rep. points for that yet. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can remove the Kali reference and say &quot;other distros&quot; because it's a general dBus problem affecting multiple desktops at the moment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Linux distros run so well on the Chromebook, once we got them set up, that we decided to wipe out the BIOS and install Native.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="877245" LastActivityDate="2018-10-06T05:51:16.377" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18226" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18214" CreationDate="2018-10-06T22:42:35.187" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yees, I'm totally agree! When there is only one button, usually it is a &lt;code&gt;Confirm&lt;/code&gt; (positive action) button. The first time, when I opened the screenshot, I didn't read anything, I just saw &lt;code&gt;Next&lt;/code&gt; or &lt;code&gt;Skip&lt;/code&gt; button or something like that. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Something more it sounds or looks like this case is against the latest SE's policy of kindness. Here we can't agree with the community's meaning and can't contribute to it by further improvements. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;IMO, the standard &lt;code&gt;Review|Suggested Edits&lt;/code&gt; form, which has all the necessary features, should be applied here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ivhck.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ivhck.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Just a notice to the moderators: This question currently has 35 up-votes here, it, probably, will be more worth on &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Meta SE&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="566421" LastEditorUserId="566421" LastEditDate="2018-10-06T23:10:27.207" LastActivityDate="2018-10-06T23:10:27.207" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18227" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18228" CreationDate="2018-10-08T14:03:56.373" Score="4" ViewCount="203" Body="&lt;p&gt;I came across &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/revisions/1081972/2&quot;&gt;this edit&lt;/a&gt; by abu_bua. I just want to know what is the use of this edit or was it even needed or is it just for increasing the numbers? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PS&lt;/strong&gt;: No personal differences with abu_bua. Just asking for the sake of knowledge.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="816190" LastEditorUserId="816190" LastEditDate="2018-10-08T14:13:20.037" LastActivityDate="2018-10-08T14:44:03.477" Title="Was this improvement necessary or required?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18228" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18227" CreationDate="2018-10-08T14:44:03.477" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;This edit was adding a bold face to the word 'after'.  It was not necessary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have reverted the edit manually as adding bold to a single word in the context it was in was not necessary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2018-10-08T14:44:03.477" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18229" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18913" CreationDate="2018-10-10T00:10:54.397" Score="8" ViewCount="214" Body="&lt;p&gt;At the top of the question, we have:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/a414O.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/a414O.png&quot; alt=&quot;Box listing duplicates at top of question&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and at the bottom we have &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/8F0vT.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/8F0vT.png&quot; alt=&quot;Box advising duplicate as reason for closure&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sometimes the question can be very long and these two boxes can be very far apart.   If you come from somewhere else (for example, via a link in the inbox to a comment) then that puts the &quot;Ask another question&quot; link much closer than the solution (the list of duplicates).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I came via the question list, being as I don't (yet) know if the question relates to me when I'm at the top of the article, I'm likely to skim over it first to get to the end.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, the first duplicates box is smaller and the title text (although bolded) is also smaller than regular text.  To me, that looks like a box you're supposed to skim over, like adverts that interrupt the flow of an article.  Whereas the box at the end is larger, and visually draws the eye as it is significantly indented and, besides, there's a natural pause that one does when one gets to the end to reflect on what you've read.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Apologies for the multi-barrelled question, but I see them as related:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Why is the line &quot;This question already has an answer here:&quot; smaller than the text it describes?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Why separate these two pieces of information?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Can we list the duplicates in the duplicate closure box also, so that &quot;ask a new question&quot; becomes one option of many?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="98669" LastEditorUserId="507051" LastEditDate="2018-10-10T06:49:30.760" LastActivityDate="2019-12-09T15:14:44.423" Title="&quot;Marked as duplicate&quot; should include a link to the duplicate(s) and not just &quot;Ask a new question&quot;" Tags="|feature-request|duplicates|design|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18233" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-10-12T04:57:30.937" Score="2" ViewCount="74" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tour&quot;&gt;Welcome Tour&lt;/a&gt; takes new users through the &lt;em&gt;mechanics&lt;/em&gt; of the SE sites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should we have an additional tour that explains key &lt;em&gt;behaviours&lt;/em&gt; that are expected of the AskUbuntu community?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Things like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;(Thoroughly) Search first&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Be specific in questions (and show how to get output and/or screenshots)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Don't copy and paste between questions or answers&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Duplicates should be marked duplicate&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What's on-topic here and what's off-topic?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Where should I go for closely-related / borderline questions?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Why would a question be off-topic?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Upvote regularly&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Overall hierarchy of users and features&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What moderators do&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What are Moderator Elections?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These are all things that could (and do) exist as meta questions, and most of them would overlap across all SE sites, but it might help to reduce people's presumptions and have something to refer to when new users have issues.  If you already took the Culture Tour on another site, it could also skip over things you (should) already know.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Oh, I see you haven't got the &quot;culture&quot; tag.  You might find it&#xA;  helpful to take the AskUbuntu Culture Tour.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It could also be something we can review rather than there being a somewhat loose idea of these kinds of things.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="98669" LastEditorUserId="98669" LastEditDate="2018-10-13T05:34:17.003" LastActivityDate="2018-10-13T05:34:17.003" Title="Should we have a &quot;Culture Tour&quot;?" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|new-users|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18234" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18235" CreationDate="2018-10-12T18:09:15.820" Score="7" ViewCount="215" Body="&lt;p&gt;During review I was presented with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1083052/how-to-connect-to-bigcommerce-webdav-via-18-04-solution&quot;&gt;How to connect to Bigcommerce webdav via 18.04&amp;lt;-- solution&lt;/a&gt; At first glance this appears to be just a Question and answer combined and in fact @triplee caught that and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1083052/how-to-connect-to-bigcommerce-webdav-via-18-04-solution#comment1780409_1083052&quot;&gt;commented accordingly.&lt;/a&gt; However, the post goes on to rant about the company that they perceive to be the source of the problem that it intends to solve, even going so far as to name names and link to a Linked in account of a &quot;senior vice president of customer success&quot;. This strikes me as both unprofessional and possibly libelous. What would be the best practice to follow in a case such as this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastEditorUserId="225694" LastEditDate="2018-10-19T10:53:48.000" LastActivityDate="2018-10-19T10:53:48.000" Title="Question and Answer Plus Rant in question box. Best Practices?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18235" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18234" CreationDate="2018-10-12T18:15:07.037" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;The simplest solution would be what I did (and though my moderator diamond definitely helps expedite handling of this type of thing, anyone with close vote privs and edit privs can do these two steps):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(1) Vote to Close because it's not actually a question in its current form.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(2) Edit and Remove the ranty bits but keep the rest of the post which is &quot;decent&quot; intact.  (Also make the images work).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Firstly, it was not a question in its current form so closing as &quot;Unclear what you are asking&quot; is the proper course, regardless.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for the ranting bits, you could've flagged it as not conducive to civil discussion or support, but in this case it is faster for you to just  edit out a huge majority of the remaining text after the actual 'solution' (and save us from having to handle a flag that didn't necessarily need moderator privileges to handle).  Just when you do that edit, make a note that you removed the ranting bits in the edit comment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If they put the ranting back after you or someone else edits it out, then feel free to flag it for mod attention because they're editing it to return senseless ranting in violation of policies back in.  We'll handle it from there (as we tend to have more 'say' in things like that then the average user).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/status-completed&quot; class=&quot;post-tag moderator-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;status-completed&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;status-completed&lt;/a&gt;, in the interim, since I did the removal of the ranting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2018-10-12T18:22:22.130" LastActivityDate="2018-10-12T18:22:22.130" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18237" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18214" CreationDate="2018-10-15T19:20:40.853" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The second line of text in the yellow box above the review area is supposed to explain what you're doing in this case, though I can understand if a lot of people skim it in preference of the bright red buttons. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A brief explanation, for those who may be unaware (skip past the bullet points if you're familiar with this):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When you are the person whose post has been edited through an edit suggestion, you have the option of overriding the review process in either case (assuming the post hasn't been edited in the interim).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you think that approving the edit was correct, you need do nothing at all.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you think that approving the edit was wrong, you reject it - which rolls back the edit to the previous version and subtracts two rep from the person who suggested the edit.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you think that rejecting the edit was correct, again, you don't have to do anything.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you think that rejecting the edit was wrong, you reject the rejection of the edit, thus reinstating it and granting the person who suggested it the 2 rep for doing so.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, what we may need to do is change the button to say something that relates more obviously to the review, not the edit, as that's what you're actually rejecting/approving.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Perhaps two buttons (with helpful tooltips):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;accept review (accept the outcome of this review, either approval or rejection)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;override review (override the outcome of this review, either approval or rejection)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We could then reword the yellow box to say something more like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you agree with the edit being approved/rejected, click &quot;accept review&quot;. If you disagree with the edit being approved/rejected, click &quot;override review&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Having both options also lets the OP specifically weigh-in on the edit in both cases and effectively &quot;closes&quot; the issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="761293" LastActivityDate="2018-10-15T19:20:40.853" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18238" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18239" CreationDate="2018-10-16T18:28:33.003" Score="0" ViewCount="100" Body="&lt;p&gt;The question &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/874782/i-set-usr-bin-usr-lib-and-usr-share-to-be-owned-by-my-regular-user-and-now&quot;&gt;I set /usr/bin, /usr/lib, and /usr/share to be owned by my regular user and now I am getting interesting errors&lt;/a&gt; is current closed as a duplicate of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/43621/what-if-i-accidentally-run-command-chmod-r-on-system-directories-etc&quot;&gt;What if I accidentally run command “chmod -R” on system directories (/, /etc, …)&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe the two questions are different and they shouldn't be a duplicate of one another. Although they are similar, the first one is somewhat easier to recover because the contents of those three directories are mostly (and most probably always) owned by root. And recovering from such an issue is just a matter of logging into recovery mode and fixing the ownership problem as Kaz Wolfe's &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/874796/8698&quot;&gt;answer explains&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;While in the second question, the system is almost completely damaged, and it's much tougher to recover from, as shown from the answer to those questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastEditorUserId="8698" LastEditDate="2018-10-16T18:33:36.600" LastActivityDate="2018-10-17T12:34:15.833" Title="Can we reopen the question about changing ownership of the /usr/bin, /usr/lib, and /usr/share directories?" Tags="|discussion|reopen-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18239" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18238" CreationDate="2018-10-17T12:34:15.833" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure. I'm not doing anything at the moment, just thinking out aloud.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I've answered a few questions on &quot;chmod/chown-gone-wild&quot; questions and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/452868/449&quot;&gt;I usually lean towards reinstallation&lt;/a&gt;. It's faster and safer.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;But I'm normally talking about &lt;strong&gt;system-wide&lt;/strong&gt; changes.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/343308/449&quot;&gt;It's &lt;code&gt;/var/&lt;/code&gt; that is most complex&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Most other directories are a much more simple &lt;code&gt;root:&lt;/code&gt; pattern until you get to &lt;code&gt;/home&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;But even in &lt;code&gt;/usr/&lt;/code&gt;, there are outliers:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;$ sudo find /usr/  -not \( -user 0 -group 0 \) -not -path &quot;/usr/*/node_modules/*&quot; -not -path &quot;/usr/local/lib/python*&quot; -printf &quot;%p,%u:%g\n&quot; | grep -viE &quot;(squeeze|rabbitmq|nginx|lxc|postfix)&quot; | sort -u | column -t -c 80 -s ,&#xA;/usr/bin/AfterShot3X64                                   oli:oli&#xA;/usr/bin/bsd-write                                       root:tty&#xA;/usr/bin/chage                                           root:shadow&#xA;/usr/bin/crontab                                         root:crontab&#xA;/usr/bin/dotlockfile                                     root:mail&#xA;/usr/bin/expiry                                          root:shadow&#xA;/usr/bin/mlocate                                         root:mlocate&#xA;/usr/bin/smerge                                          501:staff&#xA;/usr/bin/ssh-agent                                       root:ssh&#xA;/usr/bin/wall                                            root:tty&#xA;/usr/lib/dbus-1.0/dbus-daemon-launch-helper              root:messagebus&#xA;/usr/lib/evolution/camel-lock-helper-1.2                 root:mail&#xA;/usr/lib/libvte9/gnome-pty-helper                        root:utmp&#xA;/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/utempter/utempter              root:utmp&#xA;/usr/local/share/emacs                                   root:staff&#xA;/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp                         root:staff&#xA;/usr/local/share/fonts                                   root:staff&#xA;/usr/local/share/sgml/declaration                        root:staff&#xA;/usr/local/share/sgml/dtd                                root:staff&#xA;/usr/local/share/sgml/entities                           root:staff&#xA;/usr/local/share/sgml/misc                               root:staff&#xA;/usr/local/share/sgml                                    root:staff&#xA;/usr/local/share/sgml/stylesheet                         root:staff&#xA;/usr/local/share/texmf                                   root:staff&#xA;/usr/local/share/xml/declaration                         root:staff&#xA;/usr/local/share/xml/entities                            root:staff&#xA;/usr/local/share/xml/misc                                root:staff&#xA;/usr/local/share/xml                                     root:staff&#xA;/usr/local/share/xml/schema                              root:staff&#xA;/usr/sbin/postdrop                                       root:postdrop&#xA;/usr/sbin/postqueue                                      root:postdrop&#xA;/usr/sbin/pppd                                           root:dip&#xA;/usr/share/applications/AfterShot3X64.desktop            oli:oli&#xA;/usr/share/applications/sublime_merge.desktop            501:staff&#xA;/usr/share/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps/sublime-merge.png  501:staff&#xA;/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/sublime-merge.png    501:staff&#xA;/usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/sublime-merge.png  501:staff&#xA;/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/sublime-merge.png    501:staff&#xA;/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/sublime-merge.png    501:staff&#xA;/usr/share/mime/packages/AfterShot3X64.xml               oli:oli&#xA;/usr/share/pixmaps/AfterShot3X64.png                     oli:oli&#xA;/usr/share/ppd/custom                                    root:lpadmin&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Some of this is common some is crank from my computer. Note I excluded node_modules (which was &lt;em&gt;appalling&lt;/em&gt;) and similarly python (abused by &lt;code&gt;sudo pip3&lt;/code&gt; over the years). These were &lt;em&gt;thousands&lt;/em&gt; of files owned by $USER.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;So what next?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure. &lt;strong&gt;Is that answer good enough&lt;/strong&gt; that our collective advice to people changes from &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6rZfpSL1RQ&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;You Done Messed Up A-Aron!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; to &lt;em&gt;You can fix it&lt;/em&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can't speak for this user's system before &lt;em&gt;the incident&lt;/em&gt;, but whenever people deliberately start tearing down walls in the permissions, I worry about the other things they've done to get where they are.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd personally probably still recommend backup and reinstall.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2018-10-17T12:34:15.833" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18240" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-10-17T14:25:21.757" Score="6" ViewCount="164" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just reviewed &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/888227&quot;&gt;this helpful edit suggestion&lt;/a&gt; and realised that Ubuntu 14.04 is the only currently supported Ubuntu the advice in the wiki is relevant to. What happened to &lt;code&gt;remote-login-service&lt;/code&gt;, I wondered. I imagine systemd has eaten it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can anyone update &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tags/remote-login/info&quot;&gt;the remote-login wiki&lt;/a&gt; to make it clearer what &lt;em&gt;remote-login&lt;/em&gt; is and what's happened to it? Or is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/remote-login&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;remote-login&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;remote-login&lt;/a&gt; a tag on its way to being of only historical interest? Or is this tag one we should just get rid of because it lacks specificity?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2018-10-23T08:07:24.560" Title="Does the [remote-login] wiki need an update?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18241" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-10-18T00:13:24.387" Score="5" ViewCount="97" Body="&lt;p&gt;When I vote to close a question it's possible to retract close vote. When I press &lt;code&gt;delete(1)&lt;/code&gt; to remove my vote on an answer, it only asks for confirmation if I want to vote to delete, not retract. Can we please have that as an option?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="295286" LastActivityDate="2018-10-18T00:13:24.387" Title="Feature request: retracting delete vote on answers" Tags="|feature-request|answers|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18242" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18243" CreationDate="2018-10-18T02:31:18.157" Score="1" ViewCount="149" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just posted an answer which got down-voted and I'm wondering if the graphics upset the down-voter who as usual didn't leave a comment as to reason: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/1084727/307523&quot;&gt;Set CPU governor to performance in 18.04&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not wanting to upset anyone with my answers I'd really like to know what brought on the negative reaction?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit:&lt;/strong&gt; Taking comments and answer into consideration I've edited the answer in the link above. When viewing the link you'll need to view the revision history to fully understand comments below.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit2:&lt;/strong&gt; Following up on Oli's answer I put a script into the answer to prove Governor is being changed by kernel 1 minute into boot.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="307523" LastEditorUserId="307523" LastEditDate="2018-10-19T00:06:12.323" LastActivityDate="2018-10-19T00:06:12.323" Title="Did my answer get down-voted for being too flashy?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18243" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18242" CreationDate="2018-10-18T08:43:24.647" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Maybe.&lt;/em&gt; Where n=1, and there's nothing obvious, you really need the person doing the voting to tell you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What I will say about the graphic is it's hard to see what's actually going on because there's so much. It also requires you to infer the drop in clock speed came from &lt;em&gt;something&lt;/em&gt; happening at 1m, which isn't clear. A graphic showing just the uptime and governor, it might be easier to grok. It'd take up less space too. &lt;em&gt;If&lt;/em&gt; that was the problem, that might fix it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And if a GIF's loops are non-obvious, a little progress bar along the bottom goes a mile in terms of usability.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2018-10-18T08:49:37.323" LastActivityDate="2018-10-18T08:49:37.323" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18244" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-10-18T18:20:26.600" Score="36" ViewCount="928" Body="&lt;p&gt;As of about 17:47 UTC on October 18, 2018, &lt;strong&gt;Ubuntu Cosmic Cuttlefish 18.10&lt;/strong&gt; has been officially released.  The corresponding release announcement email that went out to the &lt;code&gt;ubuntu-announce&lt;/code&gt; mailing list is &lt;a href=&quot;https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2018-October/000237.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Therefore, effective as of this post, new 18.10 questions are now to be considered &lt;strong&gt;on topic&lt;/strong&gt; here so long as they comply with the other requirements for on topic posts as defined in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;Help Center&lt;/a&gt; and here on Meta.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This does not mean that 'older' 18.10 questions can be reopened without discussion or community consensus.  Questions which were closed because 18.10 at the time was off topic or questions which are related to upgrading or using 18.10 &lt;em&gt;prior&lt;/em&gt; to its official release remain offtopic, unless the community at-large believes (on a case-by-case basis) specific posts should be reopened.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;CLOSE REVIEWERS&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;: Do not close new 18.10 questions as &quot;offtopic&quot;, effective as of the time of this post, unless they are offtopic for some reason &lt;em&gt;other&lt;/em&gt; than the question being about 18.10&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2018-10-18T18:20:26.600" Title="Ubuntu Cosmic Cuttlefish 18.10 is now released, and posts about it are (generally) No Longer Offtopic" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18245" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18246" CreationDate="2018-10-19T08:15:30.837" Score="2" ViewCount="121" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Comments Notifications&lt;/strong&gt;: I recently commented on &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/1085041/816190&quot;&gt;this post&lt;/a&gt;. Earlier whenever I used to comment on a post and get a reply from OP just after my comment &lt;em&gt;even without mentioning my name&lt;/em&gt;, I used to get notifications, but since some days I am not getting more than 2 comment notifications. I use Stack Exchange app on my Android which sends me all notifications and website on Firefox, neither of them received a notification regarding the same.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Badge Notifications&lt;/strong&gt;: I recently edited a tag due to which I earned &lt;strong&gt;Tag Editor&lt;/strong&gt; badge a few hours ago. Earlier I used to get the notifications regarding badges but now no notification is there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe that above are due to recent changes in the website and consider it as a bug.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="816190" LastActivityDate="2018-10-19T08:46:23.790" Title="Not getting some of the comment and badge notifications" Tags="|support|bug|notifications|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18246" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18245" CreationDate="2018-10-19T08:46:23.790" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;It looks like the system is working in its intended and slightly confusing way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;You only get comment notifications when the system thinks the message is for you&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You made &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1085041/how-to-completely-remove-elementary-os-ubuntu-18-04&quot;&gt;a comment&lt;/a&gt; that the OP replied to without @'ing you. If you had been the only user apart from the author who commented on that post, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/125208/when-exactly-do-i-get-comment-notifications/125212#125212&quot;&gt;you would have been notified&lt;/a&gt; (this explains why you've received notifications without being @'d in the past), but since other people had also commented, when the OP replied, the system didn't know which of the commenters should be notified, so didn't notify any of them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;You only get badge notifications when the system thinks you'll actually care&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;TIL, not all bronze badges cause notifications for users who are considered &quot;veterans&quot; (those who have earned 200 reputation on any site and therefore get an association bonus on every site they join). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Only silver and gold badges, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/138113/which-badges-do-not-cause-a-notification-for-experienced-users&quot;&gt;the bronze badges listed here&lt;/a&gt; trigger badge notifications, presumably to avoid notification-fatigue for lots of unexciting badges.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2018-10-19T08:46:23.790" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18247" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18240" CreationDate="2018-10-19T18:36:52.790" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Alright, so, there are quite a few tags floating around for (roughly) the same thing:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/remote-login&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;remote-login&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;remote-login&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; - This tag, seeming to currently be for the &lt;code&gt;remote-login&lt;/code&gt; service, but being used for anything remote.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/remote-access&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;remote-access&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;remote-access&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; - The overarching tag for anything related to remoting in to any machine (SSH, VNC, and so on)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/remote-desktop&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;remote-desktop&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;remote-desktop&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; - A subset of &lt;code&gt;remote-access&lt;/code&gt;, seemingly meant for only graphical solutions.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ideally, we'd get rid of as many of these tags as possible, which brings me to my proposal here:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Regarding &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/remote-login&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;remote-login&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;remote-login&lt;/a&gt;, make it clear that it's meant for the legacy &lt;code&gt;remote-login&lt;/code&gt; service. Users who want to ask questions about remote access to their machines should use &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/remote-access&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;remote-access&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;remote-access&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Regarding &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/remote-desktop&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;remote-desktop&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;remote-desktop&lt;/a&gt;, make it a synonym for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/remote-access&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;remote-access&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;remote-access&lt;/a&gt;. Access is broader than desktop, and this prevents confusion with Microsoft's &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote_Desktop_Protocol&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Remote Desktop Protocol&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Re-tag posts under &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/remote-login&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;remote-login&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;remote-login&lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/remote-access&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;remote-access&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;remote-access&lt;/a&gt; as necessary. That is, where  questions are about general remote access to machines.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, we also have the slew of specific tags, such as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ssh&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ssh&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ssh&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/vnc&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;vnc&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;vnc&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/rdp&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;rdp&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;rdp&lt;/a&gt;, and so on. These should be kept around, and should be used &lt;em&gt;in addition&lt;/em&gt; to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/remote-access&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;remote-access&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;remote-access&lt;/a&gt; tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are rather few questions that I can see about &lt;em&gt;actual&lt;/em&gt; &lt;code&gt;remote-login&lt;/code&gt;, but it's still of historical note and is a valid tag in quite a few places, so I don't think it deserves burnination. However, as mentioned above, an update to the tag to show that it's unmaintained and is only to be used for the service would be a good idea.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastActivityDate="2018-10-19T18:36:52.790" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18249" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-10-23T08:05:53.620" Score="15" ViewCount="245" Body="&lt;p&gt;A few days ago I asked &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/18240/does-the-remote-login-wiki-need-an-update&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/18247/527764&quot;&gt;this answer by Kaz Wolfe&lt;/a&gt; pointed out that &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/remote-login&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;remote-login&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;remote-login&lt;/a&gt; is only one of several tags about remote stuff.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/remote-desktop&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;remote-desktop&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;remote-desktop&lt;/a&gt;, 761 questions&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions that refer to a software or an OS feature allowing applications, either command line programs or graphical applications, to be run remotely on a server, while being displayed locally.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/remote&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;remote&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;remote&lt;/a&gt;, 446 questions&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anything involving something running on one computer and interacting with resources of another computer (e.g. display).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/remote-access&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;remote-access&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;remote-access&lt;/a&gt;, 367 questions&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;the process of accessing a system remotely, over the network. eg via vnc or ssh.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/remote-x-session&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;remote-x-session&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;remote-x-session&lt;/a&gt;, 46 questions (no usage guidance)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/remote-assistance&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;remote-assistance&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;remote-assistance&lt;/a&gt;, 5 questions (no usage guidance)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should some of these tags be synonymised (or got rid of)? Kaz Wolfe suggested making &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/remote-desktop&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;remote-desktop&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;remote-desktop&lt;/a&gt; a synonym of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/remote-access&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;remote-access&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;remote-access&lt;/a&gt;. Is it useful, though, to distinguish &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/remote-desktop&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;remote-desktop&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;remote-desktop&lt;/a&gt; from more general... remoteness?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems to me there's no use for the catch-all tag &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/remote&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;remote&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;remote&lt;/a&gt;, since &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/remote-access&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;remote-access&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;remote-access&lt;/a&gt; seems general enough to do the same job. Am I wrong?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2019-10-15T20:33:17.377" Title="Are any of these tags [remote]ly useful?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18250" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18240" CreationDate="2018-10-23T08:07:24.560" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I should have researched more thoroughly before posting my question, but I hoped for some community insight on a topic I don't know about. Thanks for your help, Kaz Wolfe and muru.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This tag is being misused. Of the 48 questions that currently have it, I found only these that are actually about the buggy unmaintained and insecure &lt;code&gt;remote-login-service&lt;/code&gt; the tag wiki refers to:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/380032/how-to-turn-off-remote-login&quot;&gt;How to turn off Remote login?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/372238/how-can-i-enable-remote-login-in-13-10&quot;&gt;How can I enable remote login in 13.10?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/339579/how-to-remove-guest-session-and-remote-login-from-ubuntu-13-04&quot;&gt;How to Remove Guest Session and Remote Login from Ubuntu 13.04&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/455816/remote-login-on-ubuntu-14-04&quot;&gt;Remote login on Ubuntu 14.04&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All of the others are about remote access in general.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do not think a tag is justified for 4 questions and since the software is apparently obsolete, we cannot expect further questions about it (except possibly &quot;what happened to &lt;code&gt;remote-login-service&lt;/code&gt;?&quot;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I will destroy the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/remote-login&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;remote-login&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;remote-login&lt;/a&gt; tag unless there are strong objections, and re-tag the existing questions as appropriate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have asked &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/18249/are-any-of-these-tags-remotely-useful&quot;&gt;a follow-up question&lt;/a&gt; about what to do with the various &lt;code&gt;remote-&lt;/code&gt; tags so I know &lt;em&gt;what&lt;/em&gt; to best re-tag these questions with.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2018-10-23T08:07:24.560" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18251" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18263" CreationDate="2018-10-27T12:27:00.710" Score="20" ViewCount="272" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/local&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;local&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;local&lt;/a&gt; tag has no usage guidance and it has been applied to questions without any consistent sense (from package management to networking, wherever people think some meaning of the word &quot;local&quot; can be applied). It's useless for categorising anything and should be removed. Thoughts?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2018-11-05T22:18:24.570" Title="Useless tag of the day: local" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18254" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-10-29T01:51:53.603" Score="-9" ViewCount="138" Body="&lt;p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a question about my Ask Ubuntu post: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1087140/backup-for-cloud-email&quot;&gt;Backup for Cloud Email&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&#xA;Is there any mechanism to block trolls from harassing you?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I asked my first question (linked above) and it's infested by someone who doesn't seem to have read my question; certainly he doesn't understand it. I'd just like to delete everything he added so it can go back to unanswered, and block him from ever responding to anything I post. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="886040" LastActivityDate="2018-10-29T07:29:46.303" Title="Is there any mechanism to block trolls from harassing you?" Tags="|support|comments|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18255" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18254" CreationDate="2018-10-29T07:29:46.303" Score="11" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Is there any mechanism to block trolls from harassing you?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You report them. There is a option left of every comment where you can flag a comment. And you can flag an answer as &quot;not an answer&quot;. Be sure to flag appropriate though. Flags that are not correct influence your score negatively. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But who is it that is harassing you? I see one user that is trying to help you. Nothing more. If you disagree with the answer downvote it. The system will see there are no answers and keep the topic active (by once every so often kicking it to the frontpage) until it has an accepted answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastActivityDate="2018-10-29T07:29:46.303" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18256" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18257" CreationDate="2018-10-30T06:42:53.950" Score="12" ViewCount="230" Body="&lt;p&gt;It currently has no watchers. At this time, there are 13 questions tagged with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/copy.com&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;copy.com&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;copy.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://copy.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;copy.com&lt;/a&gt; has been discontinued.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I saw it in this recent question: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/1088477/248158&quot;&gt;compare and move a file from one directory to another in unix,&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="248158" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2018-10-31T14:00:42.647" LastActivityDate="2018-10-31T14:00:42.647" Title="Should the copy.com tag be removed?" Tags="|discussion|support|status-declined|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18257" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18256" CreationDate="2018-10-30T13:41:54.130" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;I went through all the questions tagged with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/copy.com&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;copy.com&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;copy.com&lt;/a&gt;.  Each and every one of those 12 questions (the 12 remaining after you removed the tag from the post you referenced) is actually in relation to the now-defunct &lt;code&gt;copy.com&lt;/code&gt; agent and client.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because those questions are all using the tag correctly, and it's a significant number of posts (12 is not a small number of legitimate-tag-use questions...) &lt;strong&gt;I'm not comfortable removing the tag&lt;/strong&gt; because the legacy questions that still use it are all legitimate questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To that end, I suggest you just remove the tag from the offending post you outlined.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have made revisions to the tag wiki for that tag to indicate this tag should not be used, and is kept for legacy purposes in the interim.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2018-10-31T13:54:27.043" LastActivityDate="2018-10-31T13:54:27.043" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18258" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-10-30T21:43:56.693" Score="2" ViewCount="112" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm getting lots of oops errors when clicking internal links (link from one question to another on AU)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/VnaXZ.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/VnaXZ.png&quot; alt=&quot;Oops error&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;E.G. in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/934679/swap-partition-to-swap-file&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; clicking the link for the duplicate &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/904372/swap-partition-vs-swap-file&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; gives me an Oops reliably...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it me with my &lt;s&gt;anally retentive attitude towards privacy&lt;/s&gt; &quot;no cookies until explicitly allowed&quot; policy or is it &lt;s&gt;Shog9&lt;/s&gt; a Stack Exchange issue?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;¯\_(ツ)_/¯&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="344926" LastEditDate="2018-10-30T21:47:15.973" LastActivityDate="2018-10-30T22:36:18.247" Title="Lots of Oops errors when clicking internal links" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18259" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18258" CreationDate="2018-10-30T21:46:50.510" Score="1" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Urgh!&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After being annoyed for 15 minutes by oops errors, &lt;em&gt;the moment I press &amp;quot;post&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt;, the problem &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/47415463#47415463&quot;&gt;seems have to have disappeared&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;&lt;sup&gt;That's proof it was Shog9!  &lt;strong&gt;;-)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2018-10-30T22:36:18.247" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18260" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18261" CreationDate="2018-10-31T16:58:42.217" Score="6" ViewCount="207" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm noticing that I'm getting a lot of new answers to very old questions. An example from today: Way back in 2013 I was troubleshooting what turned out to be a dodgy cable that was preventing my phone from mounting as a drive. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/297766/how-do-i-mount-my-android-phone/1088740&quot;&gt;How do I mount my Android phone?&lt;/a&gt; -- someone got me sorted within two hours.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And then today I see two new answers to the same question. One answer clearly didn't read the question through: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/1088731/13049&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/a/1088731/13049&lt;/a&gt; -- they suggest that I need to adjust my settings to allow file transfer over USB even though I clearly stated in the question that I had done that. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The other answer similarly suggests that mass storage may not be supported, even though the question definitely states that my USB settings indicate that it is supported: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/1088740/13049&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/a/1088740/13049&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I could just ignore them, but there is something bizarre about this phenomenon that makes me suspicious. Should I just ignore these new answers? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13049" LastActivityDate="2018-10-31T17:52:19.153" Title="Do we care about new duplicate (or wrong) answers to old questions?" Tags="|discussion|old-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18261" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18260" CreationDate="2018-10-31T17:52:19.153" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Part 0&lt;/strong&gt;: &quot;New Contributors&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not sure if anyone has noticed, but new users tend to 'add' to questions when they think they have things to add to it.  In many cases, they don't really add much to the question or restate things.  This is unfortunately a side effect of &quot;new contributors&quot; and we should keep this in mind.  Not everyone really reads the age of the question or through other answers to determine if this is answered, and sometimes people miss things in the original question.  So let's not be too too harsh on them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This said...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Part 1&lt;/strong&gt;: &lt;em&gt;Question 1 - &quot;Answerer didn't really read the question&quot;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You're right, the answerer didn't really read.  However, it's not 100% clear which settings were actually set - each version of Android tweaks the wording of settings, so sometimes this is more miscommunication than actively &quot;not reading&quot;, which I think is the case here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just indicate to the poster in a calm comment that you have already set the settings as such.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Part 2&lt;/strong&gt;: &lt;em&gt;Question 2 - &quot;Answerer suggests mass storage may not be supported&quot;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Actually, this should just be rephrased to be &quot;Answerer basically states 'As other answers said...' as their answer&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Whether they're right or wrong or not, they're really not giving you a unique answer.  That answer has a comment from me that they're basically reiterating other answers, and has since been deleted.  (10k+ can see the deleted post still).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Part 3&lt;/strong&gt;: What should you do?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For the first case, a simple comment indicating that you already have done those settings is usually sufficient.  Then let reviewers go through and deletion-vote &quot;not an answer&quot; posts like this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For the second case, a comment similar to that and deletion votes are a good idea, especially given that the second case didn't really &quot;add anything&quot; compared to other answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Overall, when you get a number of 'new contributors' contributing poor answers, you can ask the moderator team to determine whether we should protect questions to limit access to new contributions/answers to people who have been on the site for a while and are no longer considered 'new users' to an extent (the 10 rep beyond the association bonus - &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/new-user&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/new-user&lt;/a&gt;).  If necessary, we can &quot;protect&quot; questions.  (I've gone ahead and done this, by the way)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2018-10-31T17:52:19.153" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18262" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18249" CreationDate="2018-11-02T20:09:08.160" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote_desktop_software&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Wikipedia&lt;/a&gt; says the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;In computing, the term remote desktop refers to a software or operating system feature that allows a personal computer's desktop environment to be run remotely on one system, while being displayed on a separate client device... Taking over a desktop remotely is a form of &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote_administration&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;remote administration&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think that Remote Administration covers &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/remote-desktop&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;remote-desktop&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;remote-desktop&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/remote&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;remote&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;remote&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/remote-access&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;remote-access&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;remote-access&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't like the current description of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/remote-desktop&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;remote-desktop&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;remote-desktop&lt;/a&gt; - I personally feel that it should refer to GUI access only, not command line programs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My preference would be to create a new tag of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/remote-administration&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;remote-administration&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;remote-administration&lt;/a&gt; and make them all synonyms of it, but I can understand why this might not be the prefered solution - in which case I would agree with Kaz and make &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/remote-desktop&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;remote-desktop&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;remote-desktop&lt;/a&gt; a synonym of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/remote-access&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;remote-access&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;remote-access&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My pronouns are He / Him&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="186134" LastEditorUserId="186134" LastEditDate="2019-10-15T20:33:17.377" LastActivityDate="2019-10-15T20:33:17.377" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18263" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18251" CreationDate="2018-11-05T22:18:24.570" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;This tag is no longer &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/local&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;local&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;local&lt;/a&gt;ly available.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2018-11-05T22:18:24.570" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18264" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-11-06T22:34:30.603" Score="0" ViewCount="93" Body="&lt;p&gt;That's the response I got to a flag I raised about a &lt;code&gt;git&lt;/code&gt; question which had already been answered on StackOverflow a few years earlier.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Git runs on Ubuntu as well as on Windows or Mac, so it could be asked on AskDifferent or SuperUser, but I doubt it would be welcome there more than on SO.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyway, if we really allow questions about &quot;any tool that runs on Ubuntu&quot;, that's opening a can of worms. People could ask questions about, I don't know, Slack, because &lt;a href=&quot;https://slack.com/downloads/linux&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;it has an app that runs on Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="116961" LastActivityDate="2018-11-06T23:09:47.600" Title="Is &quot;any tool that runs on Ubuntu&quot; on topic here?" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2018-11-07T09:18:50.643" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18265" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18264" CreationDate="2018-11-06T22:54:56.633" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;the “What topics can I ask about here?” help page&lt;/a&gt; is quite clear about that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Questions that you may ask:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  …&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Running third-party applications on&#xA;  Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This obviously includes &lt;code&gt;git&lt;/code&gt; as well as Slack, and this is a good thing IMO. Installing and using e.g. Slack on Windows is quite different from doing the same on Ubuntu, so a platform for Ubuntu-related questions about it is needed. There are certainly questions here which are the same for other systems, but in the majority of cases nobody can be sure this is actually the case – and if it is, it still doesn’t really hurt to have the question on AU. It’s not worth the trouble to filter them out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="507051" LastEditorUserId="507051" LastEditDate="2018-11-06T23:09:47.600" LastActivityDate="2018-11-06T23:09:47.600" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18266" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-11-07T16:35:56.047" Score="-3" ViewCount="120" Body="&lt;p&gt;I asked &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/317948/notify-visitors-that-the-question-is-old&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; on meta.SE, it got marked as dupe for &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/98589/automatic-visual-indication-of-old-questions&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;, I'm posting it here because it has more value here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/317948/notify-visitors-that-the-question-is-old&quot;&gt;This question&lt;/a&gt; is 4 years old, someone commented:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Looks like the old accept is no longer valid... this is the reason&#xA;  accepts should float after a certain point in time... – Aaron Hall&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't think that floating accepted answers, is the solution, because 4 years ago the answer was perfect.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My suggestion is that all questions are older than 2 years should have a banner like the banner of the duplicate question that says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This question is old, the answers given may no longer work, you could sort them by date and try the newest of them and if none worked please flag the question to be archived.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If a question is flagged as old, it would still exist because it is still useful, but newer questions cannot be flagged as duplicates of the old question. And old question cannot resurface.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My proposal might be a good proposal for all stack exchange sites, but I think it's more useful for sites like Ask Ubuntu, my question is tagged 13.10, I think it's fair to keep it that way and just archive it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I unaccepted the  accepted answer, I have no way of verifying which is the best answer and future users will look for votes, it means they would still try the old answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An automated solution based on the date and tags used is the way to go, on sites which suffer from having too many old questions. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Regarding the question: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/98589/automatic-visual-indication-of-old-questions&quot;&gt;Automatic visual indication of old questions&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are two answers. I disagree with the accepted answer saying users don't read.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I agree with the second answer saying that there's no way of determining if an old answer still works.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I believe that such a visual indication is needed on Ask Ubuntu and others, because there's a high chance that the answer no longer works, in fact Ask Ubuntu refuses to answer EOL questions for that reason&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="23239" LastActivityDate="2018-11-08T13:46:09.657" Title="Notify visitors that the question is old" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18267" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18266" CreationDate="2018-11-07T22:24:40.223" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I do think we need to think about and work on keeping the site up to date, but I am not convinced that we should push all old questions towards being &quot;archived&quot;. Particularly if they have a lot of views, visitors will continue to land on them from search engines and from inside the site. I strongly believe old questions deserve as much attention as new ones, and giving them second class status will make it harder to maintain the overall site quality.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe questions that really are still useful should be maintained and improved by the community. For example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If current answers to a question are out of date, consider&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;posting an up-to-date answer&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;editing highly upvoted answers to maintain their usefulness if possible, avoiding throwing away legacy material entirely&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;adding a bounty to encourage an up-to-date answer&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;closing the old question as a duplicate of a newer one to lead visitors to up-to-date information. Flagging for merging may sometimes be a good option to bring answers about a topic together, but if old answers are going to end up on top (due to higher scores), not so much.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;asking a new question (if you are a new user who can't afford a bounty, your problem is a bit different, seems version-specific, etc), linking to the old one to help contextualise, and to help visitors who land on the old question find the new one.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Post a comment encouraging OP to change their accept if the accepted answer is obsolete (or otherwise bad), if they are still active.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Rather than seeking to have a new question for the same issue in every version of Ubuntu, try to generalise questions over time. If an issue is common to many versions or near enough version-agnostic, remove version tags and confine version information to the question body or remove completely if possible.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;When an issue is version-specific, check whether it remains through a range of versions. Add version information to answers if needed.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions that are really not useful at all should be deleted, so visitors don't waste their time landing on them. Don't be afraid to use your down and close and delete votes to help rid the site of useless things :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2018-11-08T13:46:09.657" LastActivityDate="2018-11-08T13:46:09.657" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18268" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18269" CreationDate="2018-11-08T15:23:03.583" Score="3" ViewCount="154" Body="&lt;p&gt;My reputation points and badges suddenly stopped increasing on Ask Ubuntu... &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have done some reviews today and I was also supposed to be awarded a gold badge for editing 500 posts. This started today. Everything was fine yesterday...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How do I get all the reputation points I should have had today and my badge too?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="531149" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2018-11-08T15:44:20.537" LastActivityDate="2018-11-09T15:10:14.440" Title="Reputation points and badges not incremented" Tags="|support|status-bydesign|editing|reputation|badges|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18269" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18268" CreationDate="2018-11-08T15:37:17.783" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/status-bydesign&quot; class=&quot;post-tag moderator-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;status-bydesign&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;status-bydesign&lt;/a&gt; on both the badge and reputation counts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Badge&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Keep in mind that the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/badges/49/copy-editor&quot;&gt;requirements for the Copy Editor Badge&lt;/a&gt; are as follows (bold emphasis mine):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Edit 500 posts (excluding own or &lt;strong&gt;deleted posts&lt;/strong&gt; and tag edits)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you look at your &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/531149/yufenyuy-veyeh-dider?tab=reputation&quot;&gt;reputation tab&lt;/a&gt; you'll note that there are a number of deleted posts that correspond to the edits you made.  Since those posts are deleted now, they don't count to your badge (and the rep +2s you did get from the edits there are gone because of the deletion).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This applies perpetually, so you need to edit &lt;em&gt;more&lt;/em&gt; in order to get the badge, and not have the posts be deleted.  There is also a lag time between getting the &quot;post amount&quot; and the badge actually being awarded due to automatic processes, so keep that in mind as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that once you do earn the Copy Editor badge it stays, so you won't lose it once you do earn it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You might want to read more on &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/17853/how-do-badges-work/17854#17854&quot;&gt;Meta.SE about how badges work&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Reputation&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;There is a reputation gain limit for edits.&lt;/strong&gt;  The cap for gaining reputation with &lt;em&gt;edits alone&lt;/em&gt; is 1000.  Judging by the huge number of edits you've been doing, and your claims that you aren't getting your 500 edits badge, you've likely hit this cap, &lt;strong&gt;and thus will no longer receive reputation just from edits&lt;/strong&gt; (500 edits times 2 rep per edit equals 1000 reputation from edits, i.e. the rep cap).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, if you want more reputation, you now need to contribute &lt;strong&gt;beyond&lt;/strong&gt; just doing edits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's two additional points to keep in mind as well, though they only apply of the rep cap hadn't been reached:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you have pending edits that haven't been accepted, you won't get rep until those are approved, provided that you haven't hit a rep cap for edits already.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you check your rep tab, you'll note that when posts got deleted you &lt;em&gt;lost&lt;/em&gt; the edit rep points.  Which means you're actually -8 reputation from yesterday currently.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2018-11-09T15:10:14.440" LastActivityDate="2018-11-09T15:10:14.440" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18272" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-11-09T16:08:55.713" Score="7" ViewCount="466" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is ask Ubuntu a site to ask questions about Ubuntu, a certain piece of software? Or is it just like for asking any type of questions? Or is it a sub-category of Stack Exchange which is the main site? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Think about, say, facebook; there's the main page, then there's smaller categories like other pages within the site, other communities within one community... So I'm asking, is Ask Ubuntu just a subcategory of the main site, Stack Exchange, and would I have to ask my questions around the topic of Ubuntu?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just wondering because I found a question that wasn't specifically about Ubuntu here earlier...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="891411" OwnerDisplayName="Kaylyn Danielle Sara Smith" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2018-11-09T19:12:08.133" LastActivityDate="2018-11-10T10:55:15.243" Title="What's the relationship between Ubuntu, Ask Ubuntu and Stack Exchange?" Tags="|support|scope|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18273" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18272" CreationDate="2018-11-09T16:16:24.453" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;StackExchange is the &quot;Mother of&quot; all specific sites. Some examples:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com&lt;/a&gt; is one of them and specific to questions related to Ubuntu. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://aviation.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;https://aviation.stackexchange.com/&lt;/a&gt; is another one related to aviation.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://martialarts.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;https://martialarts.stackexchange.com/&lt;/a&gt; is about martial arts.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are dozens of them, see &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackexchange.com/sites&quot;&gt;https://stackexchange.com/sites&lt;/a&gt; for an overview.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="504066" OwnerDisplayName="PerlDuck" LastActivityDate="2018-11-09T16:16:24.453" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18274" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18272" CreationDate="2018-11-10T02:23:05.617" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Stack Exchange is a network of currently 174 Q&amp;amp;A sites (175 really, but we don't count &lt;a href=&quot;https://area51.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;Area 51 Stack Exchange&lt;/a&gt;  as a Q&amp;amp;A site.) and the main site &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com&quot;&gt;Ask Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt; is one of them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It was created using the &lt;a href=&quot;https://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/7716/&quot;&gt;Area 51&lt;/a&gt; process like most of the other Stack Exchange sites except Stack Overflow,Super Users,Server Fault, Ask Patent, and CS50.SE.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, it's a part of the Stack Exchange network following the same criterias of the Stack Exchange system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="468313" LastActivityDate="2018-11-10T02:23:05.617" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18275" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18272" CreationDate="2018-11-10T10:55:15.243" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Stack Exchange had a site specifically for &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Unix and Linux&lt;/a&gt; before Ask Ubuntu came into existence. Despite of the the Stack Exchange policy against fragmentation,after deliberation and voting, Ask Ubuntu was allowed to continue alongside a separate 'Linux and Unix' site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu receives help from Canonical Ltd.(Company behind development and distribution of Ubuntu) which has allowed the site to use their trademark. Canonical Ltd has also helped in the designing of the site, ensuring that Ask Ubuntu's theme follows the Ubuntu brand guidelines.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So Ask Ubuntu is a site which is a part of Stack Exchange network specifically designed for Q&amp;amp;A for Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Source: &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ask_Ubuntu&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ask Ubuntu - Wikipedia&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="816190" LastActivityDate="2018-11-10T10:55:15.243" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18276" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18277" CreationDate="2018-11-10T11:05:50.107" Score="11" ViewCount="183" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sometimes I want to search posts which mention &lt;code&gt;some-command-name&lt;/code&gt; by using &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;`some-command-name`&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;formatting or maybe also multi-line code blocks (&lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;pre&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;code&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; or &lt;kbd&gt;Ctrl&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;K&lt;/kbd&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As of today the search query for the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=%22mate-disk-usage-analyzer%22&quot;&gt;quoted term &lt;code&gt;&quot;mate-disk-usage-analyzer&quot;&lt;/code&gt; is failed&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/EP5aJ.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/EP5aJ.png&quot; alt=&quot;search for quoted &amp;quot;mate-disk-usage-analyzer&amp;quot; failed&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;but is shows the result if &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=mate-disk-usage-analyzer&quot;&gt;I remove the quotes&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/6cZle.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/6cZle.png&quot; alt=&quot;search for mate-disk-usage-analyzer&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and what is interesting the requested term &lt;code&gt;mate-disk-usage-analyzer&lt;/code&gt; is not highglighted/bolded in the search result. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I know that for example my post from search results contains requested code block (see &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/1051417/66509&quot;&gt;A: How do I find the amount of free space on my hard drive?&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/revisions/01be51cc-3cb2-487c-941c-17812fb78dcc/view-source&quot;&gt;its source&lt;/a&gt;):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ZrwkY.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ZrwkY.png&quot; alt=&quot;source code of my answer with search term&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I expect that users can find posts by their contents of inline code and code blocks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it correct that search on AskUbuntu ignores code blocks and inline codes?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="66509" LastEditorUserId="1412" LastEditDate="2018-11-13T23:22:54.240" LastActivityDate="2018-11-13T23:22:54.240" Title="Is it correct that search on AskUbuntu ignores code blocks and inline codes?" Tags="|support|search|code|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18277" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18276" CreationDate="2018-11-10T21:11:58.273" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;There's &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/132632/270345&quot;&gt;a special syntax&lt;/a&gt; for searching in code blocks. Search for &lt;code&gt;code:&quot;mate-disk-usage-analyzer&quot;&lt;/code&gt; and your answer is the only hit:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/R1vuv.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/R1vuv.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2018-11-10T21:11:58.273" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18278" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18281" CreationDate="2018-11-12T13:04:20.613" Score="12" ViewCount="214" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have noticed that if I mistakenly flag a comment, I am not able to retract the flag afterwards. I think it would be a good feature to add the possibility to retract flags on comments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="531149" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2018-11-12T17:43:17.183" LastActivityDate="2018-11-13T00:47:36.990" Title="Make it possible to retract flags on comments" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|flagging|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18279" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18280" CreationDate="2018-11-12T22:43:35.460" Score="5" ViewCount="162" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just saw this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/sNTim.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/sNTim.png&quot; alt=&quot;Yufenyuy rep&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;a 1400 rep new user? &lt;strong&gt;Wow! He's learning fast&lt;/strong&gt; until I clicked &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/users/531149/yufenyuy-veyeh-dider&quot;&gt;his profile&lt;/a&gt; and he's a 2 YO user?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/E1Z0r.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/E1Z0r.png&quot; alt=&quot;Yufenyuy Profile&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Bug?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2018-11-13T00:36:52.170" Title="2 year old user is a new contributor?" Tags="|bug|status-bydesign|new-users|meta|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18280" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18279" CreationDate="2018-11-12T22:50:24.793" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is by design. First, the meta site and the main site are considered separately in this regard: the activity on one does not affect New Contributor status on the other. (&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/314509/update-the-new-contributor-indicator-on-meta-to-say-new-contributor-to-meta&quot;&gt;Reference&lt;/a&gt;). You are seeing the icon on meta. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Second, the criterion is the age of the oldest  non-deleted post on the site, not the age of account. From the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/314476&quot;&gt;spec&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;To set the bit, we look for a user's oldest non-deleted question or answer. If one doesn't exist or that found post is less than a week old, we mark the post as OwnerIsNewPoster.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user336085" LastActivityDate="2018-11-12T22:50:24.793" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18281" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18278" CreationDate="2018-11-13T00:47:36.990" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is a &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/status-deferred&quot; class=&quot;post-tag moderator-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;status-deferred&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;status-deferred&lt;/a&gt; request on &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/285003/270345&quot;&gt;Meta SE&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2018-11-13T00:47:36.990" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18282" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18284" CreationDate="2018-11-14T13:12:41.130" Score="7" ViewCount="332" Body="&lt;p&gt;I can see some moderators editing posts here...&#xA;These moderators have little reputation points such as 100 approx. and few silver and bronze badges.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I wish to know what it takes to be a moderator on Ask Ubuntu or the Meta site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="531149" LastActivityDate="2018-11-25T19:26:56.027" Title="What is required to become a moderator?" Tags="|discussion|support|reputation|badges|moderators|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18283" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18282" CreationDate="2018-11-14T13:29:09.260" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you ask who can do direct edits, everyone with more than 2000 reputation. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Remember: AskUbuntu and any other Stackexchange site is moderated by its users mostly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When it comes to be a moderator they are getting elected if there is need for expanding the moderator base.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="522934" LastActivityDate="2018-11-14T13:29:09.260" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18284" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18282" CreationDate="2018-11-14T13:32:54.277" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think you're talking about these two recent posts:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/18279/2-year-old-user-is-a-new-contributor&quot;&gt;2 year old user is a new contributor?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/18276/is-it-correct-that-search-on-askubuntu-ignores-code-blocks-and-inline-codes&quot;&gt;Is it correct that search on AskUbuntu ignores code blocks and inline codes?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These were edited by &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackexchange.com/users/620/shog9&quot;&gt;Shog9&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackexchange.com/users/37099/adam-lear&quot;&gt;Adam Lear&lt;/a&gt;. These two guys are Stack Exchange employees, so they have network-wide phenomenal cosmic powers and mod diamonds everywhere they go. They don't have much rep on Ask Ubuntu, since they haven't used this site much. However, they have lots of rep on other sites in the network. They became employees after contributing outstandingly to other Stack Exchange sites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;SE employees tend to drop by when any site's child meta gets a question tagged &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/bug&quot; class=&quot;post-tag required-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;bug&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;bug&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/feature-request&quot; class=&quot;post-tag required-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;feature-request&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;feature-request&lt;/a&gt; since if there really is a bug they'll have to fix it, and if a feature request is to be implemented, they'll have to implement it. They often edit the tags on those posts to indicate the status of the report/request, though site mods also handle many such posts if there's no need for attention from employees. Only moderators can add the red &lt;kbd&gt;status&lt;/kbd&gt; tags. You're also likely to see employees around when there is a moderator election.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The election of moderators is explained in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/site-moderators&quot;&gt;this page of our Help Center&lt;/a&gt;. On new SE sites, mods are appointed by SE employees, but on mature sites, they are always elected by popular vote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A humble ordinary moderator(!) rather than a Stack Exchange employee will in general have a lot of reputation and badges and suchlike on the site where they are a mod, since many members of the voting community are likely to interpret these as a measure of a user's contributions and commitment to the site. All our &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users?tab=moderators&quot;&gt;Ask Ubuntu moderators&lt;/a&gt; have many reputation points and badges.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A moderator on a site like Ask Ubuntu is also a moderator on that site's child meta, as you'd probably expect. There's no way to become a moderator only of a child meta.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2018-11-18T16:45:12.360" LastActivityDate="2018-11-18T16:45:12.360" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18285" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18282" CreationDate="2018-11-14T13:33:26.780" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;What you're referring to is probably editors and it takes 2000 rep to become an editor.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;On the main site,&lt;/em&gt; if the user is a few 100 rep, he's just a user that has to go through a review process before his/her edits are approved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;On Meta,&lt;/em&gt; only 2000 rep users can edit as per Zanna in the comments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For all privileges and the rep they need look &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not a moderator: moderators have a diamond next to their name like &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/users/44179/seth&quot;&gt;this one&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/users/10616/thomas-ward&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/users/85695/terdon&quot;&gt;here as well&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What it takes to become a mod is: &lt;em&gt;Being elected.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are also &lt;s&gt;rep whores&lt;/s&gt; very high rep users like &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/users/15811/rinzwind&quot;&gt;this one&lt;/a&gt; that just want to be a user and &lt;em&gt;do not want to be a mod&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="344926" LastEditDate="2018-11-14T13:46:10.757" LastActivityDate="2018-11-14T13:46:10.757" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18286" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-11-16T08:44:19.530" Score="6" ViewCount="76" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was writing comment &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/1093066/66509&quot;&gt;to the question&lt;/a&gt;(about Samba, so it uses UNC with backslashes).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The source code of my comment:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;On Linux you should use `//` instead of `\\`. On Windows you should use only `\\`. My idea was to determine full share name from Nautilus - for example `smb://host_name_or_ip/share_name` to write then it as `\\host_name_or_ip/share_name` on device.&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here (in question/answer fields) it renders normally as:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;On Linux you should use &lt;code&gt;//&lt;/code&gt; instead of &lt;code&gt;\\&lt;/code&gt;. On Windows you should use only &lt;code&gt;\\&lt;/code&gt;. My idea was to determine full share name from Nautilus - for example &lt;code&gt;smb://host_name_or_ip/share_name&lt;/code&gt; to write then it as &lt;code&gt;\\host_name_or_ip/share_name&lt;/code&gt; on device.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But in comments it is rendered incorrectly:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/DCfkw.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/DCfkw.png&quot; alt=&quot;Wrong rendering in comment&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I see that problematic parts contain backslash (&quot;\&quot;).&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Is it a bug in comments renderer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="66509" LastActivityDate="2018-11-16T11:39:20.870" Title="There is something wrong with backslash (&quot;\&quot;) behaviour in comments" Tags="|support|bug|comments|markdown|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18287" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18292" CreationDate="2018-11-16T10:33:02.130" Score="3" ViewCount="125" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sometimes, a question is not clear simply because it contains an abbreviation or acronym that a reader doesn't understand. I wonder if the instructions should encourage the definition of these things in the body of the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are experts in some fields that may get some of these abbreviations or acronyms on the spot, but for some newbies here or some basic users, it may not be clear to them at all. This thus affects the way in which they will interpret the post or event review it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this worth a mention in the help/instructions?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="531149" LastActivityDate="2018-11-17T07:10:05.873" Title="Should abbreviations and acronyms be discouraged?" Tags="|discussion|editing|formatting|faq-suggestion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18288" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18286" CreationDate="2018-11-16T11:39:20.870" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't remember the details, but there are differences in how markdown works in posts, in comments and in chat. In your case, you want this (see the comment under my answer for a demonstration):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;you should use `//` instead of ``\\`` foo.&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am guessing the issue is some combination of i) having many backticks and ii) having one of the backticks escaped (&lt;code&gt;\`&lt;/code&gt;). Anyway, using double backticks around the &lt;code&gt;\\&lt;/code&gt; works.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2018-11-16T11:39:20.870" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18289" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18290" CreationDate="2018-11-16T14:17:31.033" Score="7" ViewCount="340" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently posted a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1093469/what-is-the-significance-of-the-output-of-sudo-cat-etc-group&quot;&gt;question&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com&quot;&gt;Askubuntu&lt;/a&gt;, I realized later that its answer is obvious and only needs to read the man page of a command.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Now I am not sure whether to delete it or let it or just close it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="822295" LastActivityDate="2018-11-16T14:42:07.390" Title="Delete your own question" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18290" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18289" CreationDate="2018-11-16T14:36:57.257" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;After reviewing your question, what's obvious to you is not obvious to newbies who might be digging.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not going to delete your question because it could have value to users looking for information such as that which you asked about.  Even the 'stupid' questions sometimes have value!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Typically, if you wanted to delete your own post though, users should see a delete button underneath their answer they can use (unless it's answered):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/3FUrP.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/3FUrP.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the question has an answer, though, and that answer is accepted or upvoted you might not be able to do this, so you'd need to flag the question for moderator attention to request deletion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2018-11-16T14:42:07.390" LastActivityDate="2018-11-16T14:42:07.390" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18291" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18287" CreationDate="2018-11-16T18:04:15.420" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;One of the Universal Serial Bus ports on my Universal Serial Bus hub is not recognised.  Is this due to the Peripheral Component Interconnect or the Central Processing Unit or the Universal Extensible Firmware on my computer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(IOW: banning acronyms is not going to work &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=IYKWIMAITYD&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;IYKWIMAITYD&lt;/a&gt; )&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;;-)&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2018-11-16T18:04:15.420" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18292" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18287" CreationDate="2018-11-16T23:43:54.893" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;You haven't given an example, so I'm not sure which acronyms and abbreviations you've seen that could cause problems. As &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/18291/527764&quot;&gt;Fabby pointed out&lt;/a&gt;, many tech-related things are better known by their acronyms than their full names, and typing out the whole thing would be both cumbersome and obfuscatory.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, when editing posts (though I wouldn't always edit a post only for that purpose) I expand abbreviations which I think may not be as easily understood as the whole word, or which may hinder machine translation or text-to-speech. For example, I'll change cmnd to command, win10 to Windows 10, ex to &quot;for example&quot; and so on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do think it could be helpful for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/how-to-ask&quot;&gt;the Help Center guidance&lt;/a&gt; to say something about using clear language so that people can decipher what you actually want to know, but it would be better to avoid overly prescriptive advice, I think.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This site is a community based around a shared interest, and many terms that would be obscure to passers-by will be widely understood here, as &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/18287/should-abbreviations-and-acronyms-be-discouraged#comment38764_18287&quot;&gt;Kulfy hinted&lt;/a&gt;. My own view is that acronyms are very useful (because who likes typing?) and by using them here, we teach them to others who might find them helpful too. Rather than avoiding acronyms, in a context where you think they might not be understood and their meaning is important, you can hyperlink them to some explanatory resource, like so:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unified_Extensible_Firmware_Interface&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;UEFI&lt;/a&gt; has largely replaced &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIOS&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;BIOS&lt;/a&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2018-11-17T07:10:05.873" LastActivityDate="2018-11-17T07:10:05.873" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18294" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-11-17T14:09:08.833" Score="1" ViewCount="97" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can I ask about Ubuntu native (just plug it in) hardware support here?&#xA;I didn't see the word &quot;hardware&quot; on the tour. If this isn't the correct place, where should I ask?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it &lt;em&gt;IS&lt;/em&gt; on topic, can that be added to the tour please?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="352282" OwnerDisplayName="USERID_UNK" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2018-11-17T15:58:47.367" LastActivityDate="2018-11-17T16:15:19.943" Title="Are hardware support questions on topic?" Tags="|discussion|scope|asking-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18295" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18294" CreationDate="2018-11-17T16:01:54.523" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;A huge number of questions on Ask Ubuntu are about hardware support. Most of the questions tagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/wireless&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;wireless&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;wireless&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/drivers&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;drivers&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;drivers&lt;/a&gt; and many other questions with broad tags such as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/system-installation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;system-installation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;system-installation&lt;/a&gt; are hardware-specific.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will find many questions along the lines of &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;How do I get this particular {printer scanner soundcard webcam Bluetooth-headset} to work with Ubuntu?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Obviously these questions are on topic :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2018-11-17T16:15:19.943" LastActivityDate="2018-11-17T16:15:19.943" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18296" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18297" CreationDate="2018-11-19T12:58:02.817" Score="16" ViewCount="426" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have an &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/1094201/531149&quot;&gt;answer&lt;/a&gt; on which the new user who posted the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1094191/will-all-my-files-be-deleted-if-i-choose-erase-disk-and-install-ubuntu&quot;&gt;question&lt;/a&gt; requires further help though they have accepted the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/1094201/531149&quot;&gt;answer&lt;/a&gt;... But it turns out I am short of some knowledge in the case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I, for example, call on @Zanna to have a look at the new user's comment on my answer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="531149" LastEditorUserId="531149" LastEditDate="2018-11-19T14:16:47.787" LastActivityDate="2018-11-19T15:53:57.047" Title="Is it OK if I call on a high reputation user on part of my answer if it seems difficult from that point?" Tags="|discussion|support|comments|accepted-answer|new-users|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18297" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18296" CreationDate="2018-11-19T15:53:57.047" Score="22" Body="&lt;p&gt;As &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/18296/is-it-ok-if-i-call-on-a-high-reputation-user-on-part-of-my-answer-if-it-seems-di#comment38778_18296&quot;&gt;pointed out by Mark Kirby&lt;/a&gt;, you can't effectively call on a particular user from a post they haven't yet commented on or edited, because an @user will not send them a notification. See &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/125212/322419&quot;&gt;this Meta Stack Exchange answer&lt;/a&gt; for details of when comment notifications are triggered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want to seek help from high rep users*, you can always find a few lurking in &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/201/ask-ubuntu-general-room&quot;&gt;Ask Ubuntu General Room&lt;/a&gt; (which I know you have visited before :) ). Someone will usually be willing to take a look at any problem...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you're looking for a particular user, then, well, it depends on the user and whether they mind. I think most people won't mind being pinged in chat just to take a look at a few comments. Certainly you are (and anyone else is) welcome to ping me any time to ask my advice (I also hang out in &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/3877/raiders-of-the-lost-downboat&quot;&gt;the Downboat&lt;/a&gt; which is for moderation issues and &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/66387/island-of-castaway-thoughts&quot;&gt;the Island&lt;/a&gt; which is for anything at all) but there are plenty of topics I know nothing about and loads of regular users much more knowledgeable than me. I know a fair bit about how Ask Ubuntu works, not so much about other stuff (otherwise I would answer a lot more questions :/ ). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;* Note that high reputation often indicates that a user has spent a lot of time here, not necessarily that they know a lot. If you take a look at people's badges and the topics they answer in, and you will get an idea of their areas of knowledge.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As regards the particular case in point, as far as I understand it, there's no way an installation in a virtual machine can see or write to any other space than that which has been allocated to it on the host. However, I've never installed Ubuntu or any other OS in a virtual machine so I don't have any experience to help the OP of that question, sorry :(&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2018-11-19T15:53:57.047" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18298" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18299" CreationDate="2018-11-20T07:09:01.527" Score="5" ViewCount="115" Body="&lt;p&gt;About a month ago, I made &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1085977/no-gui-after-kubuntu-18-10-upgrade-from-18-04-lts&quot;&gt;this post&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I found out just now that my post is showing up verbatim in other sites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://mail.queryxchange.com/q/3_1085977/no-gui-after-kubuntu-18-10-upgrade-from-18-04-lts/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://mail.queryxchange.com/q/3_1085977/no-gui-after-kubuntu-18-10-upgrade-from-18-04-lts/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wyldeplayground.net/no-gui-after-kubuntu-18-10-upgrade-from-18-04-lts/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://wyldeplayground.net/no-gui-after-kubuntu-18-10-upgrade-from-18-04-lts/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm wondering what's up with that. I know for a fact that I did not make those posts in those other sites. In fact, I don't even have accounts with them or anything.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are those sites simply mining other sites for content or something? Is this a case where StackExchange is providing the data in a way that they have access to (e.g. API access, etc), or is it simply that they're making regular HTTP requests and parsing the data themselves, etc?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm just wondering how my questions were somehow duplicated in those sites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="535457" LastActivityDate="2018-11-20T07:32:30.487" Title="What's my question doing in QueryXchanger?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2018-11-22T01:40:24.210" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18299" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18298" CreationDate="2018-11-20T07:32:30.487" Score="3" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Are those sites simply mining other sites for content&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The database is pretty much open. There is an &lt;a href=&quot;https://data.stackexchange.com/stackoverflow/query/new&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;database explorer&lt;/a&gt; to query the database for instance. So asking that for the last 1000 questions is pretty easy and all you then need is a website to show it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Oh, and you only found those 2? :) If I search for my username and skip the 1st few pages of google results it starts showing tens of sites similar to that one. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastActivityDate="2018-11-20T07:32:30.487" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18300" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18301" CreationDate="2018-11-22T19:18:35.217" Score="5" ViewCount="239" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just noticed that I (as everyone else) can flag my own questions.&#xA;There are fewer options (no &lt;em&gt;&quot;spam&quot;&lt;/em&gt; nor &lt;em&gt;&quot;rude or abusive&quot;&lt;/em&gt;) to choose, but it's still possible to flag your own question as &lt;em&gt;&quot;should be closed&quot;&lt;/em&gt; or &lt;em&gt;&quot;duplicate&quot;&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't understand, if that is the case, shouldn't I just delete the question?&#xA;What's the purpose of having this options?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="873160" LastActivityDate="2018-12-04T17:05:42.237" Title="Why am I able to flag my own questions?" Tags="|discussion|flagging|moderation|flags|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18301" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18300" CreationDate="2018-11-22T19:48:47.890" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;Because flagging is better than deleting &lt;em&gt;most of the time¹&lt;/em&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A duplicate is a placeholder for the next person googling an answer.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;An off-topic question points to StackOverflow, Unix &amp;amp; Linux, ...&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A flag for Moderator attention can still get the attention of a mod that you're &lt;s&gt;being bullied&lt;/s&gt; not being treated like you should, ...&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;...&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note¹:&lt;/strong&gt; The notable exception being off-topic questions: they should be &lt;em&gt;burninated&lt;/em&gt;! &lt;strong&gt;;-)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="344926" LastEditDate="2018-12-01T14:06:02.933" LastActivityDate="2018-12-01T14:06:02.933" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18308" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-11-26T07:21:47.933" Score="-10" ViewCount="93" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think voice chat would be a valuable feature at Ask Ubuntu. Obviously some individuals cannot ask a question correctly when it comes to typing it because I see it said by other users all the time. Maybe if they could just ask the question out loud it would be easier for both parties involved. Also a person wouldn't have to see so many cry about how a question is asked. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user885356" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2018-11-26T14:46:39.183" LastActivityDate="2018-11-26T14:46:39.183" Title="Does Ask Ubuntu have voice chat, and if not are there any plans for it?" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="8" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18309" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18308" CreationDate="2018-11-26T09:13:14.737" Score="12" Body="&lt;h3&gt;Ask Ubuntu is not tech support&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Many sites have a live chat option where users can get instant support, from someone paid to provide this service. This isn't always voice chat; it's often text-based (and I prefer that because information written down is easier to copy and refer to, but others will prefer voice chat for various good reasons). What's special is that it's live. Someone has to be on call to provide it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's the main issue with your suggestion; nobody gets paid here. I can't imagine anyone wanting to tie themselves to a headset to provide live tech support for free. Of course, we like to help the person who asks. Helping people feels really good. But I think what motivates many people to contribute here, aside from the gameification aspects of the site, is that we are creating something that survives, we are publishing work that helps many people now and in the future, not just one person today.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu is not a tech support service:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ask Ubuntu&lt;/strong&gt; is a question and answer site for Ubuntu users and developers. It's built and run by &lt;em&gt;you&lt;/em&gt; as part of the Stack Exchange network of Q&amp;amp;A sites. With your help, we're working together to build a library of detailed answers to every question about Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Well, maybe a bit...&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This said, we do have text-based chat. For example &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/201/ask-ubuntu-general-room&quot;&gt;here's the Ask Ubuntu General Room&lt;/a&gt;. It's used for socialising, silliness and occasionally site-related discussion. Often, people come in and ask for help and get what I call &quot;tech support&quot;. That's not really what the main chat is for imho, and it's nice if long tech support exchanges move to one-on-one chat rooms, or turn into a valuable question on the site, but often, someone in the room with nothing much else to do knows how to help the person who wants help, or anyway has suggestions, and tech support happens. The entire chat history remains available as a &quot;transcript&quot; for anyone who might benefit from reading it in some way. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One of the problems with voice chat that isn't a problem with text chat would be that very often tech support questions require the exchange of information, like log file contents, output of commands, lines of code, which does not lend itself to being spoken. It might be many lines long, or require every character be exactly correct, or have special characters whose names are not standardised... Also, very very often, replies to a question brought up in chat, or part of them, are links to questions on the site (folks have been working on this Q&amp;amp;A library for a while now).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;How can we help users who struggle to interact with text?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You're bringing up an accessibility issue and all such issues deserve attention. You talk about users not being able to type their questions well. I'd say 95% of the time issues with the phrasing or formatting of a post can be fixed by editing. When what a user has written is not understandable and so cannot be fixed by editing, the reason is very likely that they don't know English well enough to write it clearly, and/or they used a translation service, and wouldn't be able to speak English either, and so wouldn't benefit from a voice chat, unless they could chat with someone who speaks one of the languages they do know well. I guess the Englishness of SE is its biggest access issue, but at the moment, the only thing I can think of to help this is to write posts in machine-translatable language.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know well that there are people who know English and could benefit from information here but who can't read or write easily, because I work with people like that. Fortunately, text-to-speech and speech-to-text technology is getting better and more widespread all the time. Writing posts in a way that aids accessibility is important. Including descriptive alt text and writing in clear language helps.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2018-11-26T11:08:25.123" LastActivityDate="2018-11-26T11:08:25.123" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18310" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18311" CreationDate="2018-11-26T13:07:42.410" Score="6" ViewCount="172" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been active on Ubuntu for one year...&#xA;I am about to achieve 2000 reputation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At the moment, with reputation 1658, all my edits are peer reviewed and once they are accepted, I am getting a reputation +2.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What will happen once I reach 2000 and edit posts; will those +2 points still come or nothing?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="739431" LastEditorUserId="739431" LastEditDate="2018-11-26T15:14:38.683" LastActivityDate="2018-11-26T15:14:38.683" Title="Will I still get +2 for editing questions and answers after I reach 2000 reputation?" Tags="|support|editing|reputation|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18311" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18310" CreationDate="2018-11-26T13:44:38.613" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;You actually get +2 reputation points from &lt;em&gt;suggested&lt;/em&gt; edits, and not from edits. And once you hit 2k, you will not be able to suggest edits but you will be doing direct edits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Simply put, once you hit 2k, you won't get +2 rep from editing posts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, you would still get +2 reputation if you suggest edits on tag wikis until you reach 20k reputation and get the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/trusted-user&quot;&gt;Trusted User&lt;/a&gt; privilege. As until then, you cannot edit tag wikis directly, you would still be submitting &lt;em&gt;edit suggestions&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastEditorUserId="8698" LastEditDate="2018-11-26T13:55:27.953" LastActivityDate="2018-11-26T13:55:27.953" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18315" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18300" CreationDate="2018-12-04T17:05:42.237" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;For example, in case &lt;strong&gt;you want delete your own question&lt;/strong&gt;, but question already has an answer and that answer is accepted or upvoted. Then you might not be able to do that. So you need to flag the question for moderator attention to request deletion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="881020" LastActivityDate="2018-12-04T17:05:42.237" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18316" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18317" CreationDate="2018-12-05T19:34:55.320" Score="8" ViewCount="115" Body="&lt;p&gt;I always feel bad when flagging something for moderator attention, because it's never important:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So what's &lt;em&gt;the least annoying&lt;/em&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;flagging&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;pinging in chat&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;?&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2018-12-12T00:08:48.253" Title="What's the least annoying for moderators: pinging or flagging?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18317" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18316" CreationDate="2018-12-05T19:37:42.923" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;Personally, I think it depends on the case on which &lt;strong&gt;I would want you to do&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I personally prefer that if it's not ultra-pressing you just flag a post, then one of us moderators can take a look at it.  And that's &lt;em&gt;any&lt;/em&gt; moderator because we all share the same flags queue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it's something more pressing and urgent then ping us in chat.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is, of course, &lt;strong&gt;my opinion&lt;/strong&gt; - other moderators may have different preferences.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The notable exception being flagging in chat:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;That's only for very serious situations!&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2018-12-12T00:08:48.253" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18318" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18316" CreationDate="2018-12-05T20:04:59.933" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm not a mod, but my comment was too long for the box.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Flagging seems to me much more appropriate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you're pinging a mod, that means you're pressing &lt;em&gt;that person&lt;/em&gt; to deal with it. Flags can be handled by any mod, so, no pressure is applied to anyone (in my culture, imho, the essence of true politeness is avoiding applying pressure to anyone!). It seems to me the annoyance factor of a ping, which makes an actual sound, is personal, and demands a response according to the rules of conversation (of course, one can ignore, but one is thus uncomfortably overriding a response learned in the first 8 months of life...), is infinitely higher than a flag in a queue which can be dealt with by any of a group of people at their convenience.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, flags are in the database, and provide justification, history and a train of reasoning for mod actions. They thus provide a level of transparency and data trail more effectively than chat messages. At the same time they are private, between the flagger and the mod team. This is in contrast with a chat message, which unnecessarily draws public attention to the person whose output is being highlighted as of concern (naturally I'm not thinking about spammers, but good-faith contributors).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2018-12-05T20:04:59.933" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18319" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18320" CreationDate="2018-12-05T20:23:24.603" Score="2" ViewCount="92" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just a moment ago I came across this question &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1098742/&quot;&gt;Ubuntu 18.04, complex network configuration with Netplan&lt;/a&gt;. OP solved his problem on his own and added that in the question body. However, Thomas Ward added that as an answer in the answer section and made it community wiki (which I appreciate as a I'm not that old contributor and saw that first time) and I edited the question to delete things like &lt;strong&gt;Solved&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;em&gt;answer in the question body&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, here's the question which arises in my mind. Sometimes it may happen that OP solves the problem on his own and write that in comment or question body. If I motivate him to write that as an answer in answer section, he might write that. But the problem arises when OP solves problem the same day and writes the solution as an answer. Due to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.blog/2009/01/06/accept-your-own-answers/&quot;&gt;policy of Stack Exchange&lt;/a&gt; he can't accept his answer before 48 hours of posting the question. Also, once the problem is solved some contributors not even bother to at least log in to the site. While on the other hand if some other contributor (like Thomas Ward) write that as an answer and made that as community wiki (to avoid reputation change), OP can accept that answer on the same day. So which one is better since I think questions with accepted answers are far better? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, day before yesterday I came across a question (I don't exactly remember) seemed to be an exact duplicate of an existing question. But the problem was that the question had an answer from OP but it was neither upvoted nor accepted. Due to this I wasn't able to flag that question. In that scenario what should be done? Is reverse of this a solution?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="816190" LastActivityDate="2018-12-05T20:46:43.360" Title="What is better: Answering questions from OPs edit by a contributor or motivating OP to write his own answer?" Tags="|discussion|answers|duplicates|flagging|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18320" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18319" CreationDate="2018-12-05T20:46:43.360" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't really see a problem here. An accepted answer just means the OP chose that answer as the best. But as far as the system is concerned, a question is counted as answered if it has at least one answer with a positive score. So it really makes no difference if a question has an accepted answer or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In fact, very often the OP accepts a bad answer or, at least, not the best one. But that's fine: accepting an answer only shows the OP's personal preference. An answer's score is a far better indication of its usefulness than whether or not it was accepted. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So don't worry about it. Yes, asking the OP to post as an answer is great, do that! But if they don't, also feel free to post the answer yourself. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2018-12-05T20:46:43.360" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18321" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-12-06T19:06:50.150" Score="-3" ViewCount="192" Body="&lt;p&gt;I posted at somewhat lengthy answer to an OP's original question, and later found out that the OP had edited my answer and added a whole bunch of unnecessary text.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I rejected the edit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How can the OP with a rep of 1 edit/add to my answer? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4272" LastActivityDate="2018-12-09T01:01:19.717" Title="How is it that an OP with a rep of 1 can edit and add text to my answer" Tags="|discussion|answers|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18322" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18321" CreationDate="2018-12-06T20:09:10.087" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Too bad you only found out now, but back when you were a rep 1 user, you could edit any post and that was then reviewed in the edit queue by users like David Foerster (I remember David leaving comments, re-editing my edits, declining my edits (oh, wait: that one was Seth!) &lt;strong&gt;:D&lt;/strong&gt; ).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And you got +2 for each and every approved edit until you reached 1000 rep gained from edits. These edits include post edits and tag wiki edits (500 edits in total). Tag wiki edits are the editing of tags (not re-tagging a question), i.e. editing/creating a tag or its info in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tags&quot;&gt;Tags&lt;/a&gt; tab.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Remember these rep will be gained if your edit is in peer review queue. That means once you gain 2000 rep in total, you'll stop getting +2 from post edits since &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/edit&quot;&gt;privileges of direct editing&lt;/a&gt; are granted at that time. The edits are applied immediately instead of going into peer review queue. And it is also to be noted you can still earn +2 from tag wiki edits until you gain 20k rep and become &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/trusted-user&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A Trusted User&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What you just found out was that when a low rep user edits your post, you get to approve it simultaneously with the edit queue and whoever approves / declines first gets to call the shots: the queue or you...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;:-)&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2018-12-09T01:01:19.717" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18323" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-12-06T21:10:23.923" Score="-6" ViewCount="170" Body="&lt;p&gt;For a while now I have noticed Ask Ubuntu has a system of PFO in place. The system I have experienced does not allow me to post or answer questions unless I have 50 reputation points. The system suggests I should answer some questions in order to get a reputation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your system looks like it is here to serve egos instead of helping.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please correct me if I am misinformed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="511253" OwnerDisplayName="Galen Thurber" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2018-12-07T07:15:47.287" LastActivityDate="2018-12-07T07:15:47.287" Title="Why is Ask Ubuntu set up to discourage users from participating?" Tags="|discussion|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18325" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18323" CreationDate="2018-12-06T21:24:50.643" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;Firstly, regarding comments, the number of comments provided by people who have not had time to acclimate to how the site works that were &lt;em&gt;bad comments&lt;/em&gt; or not even necessary comments or were otherwise poor or ranty or against the rules led the owners to require 50 rep to curb comment spam.  It's &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;very easy&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; to get 50 reputation provided you actually take the time to put good effort into asking questions and answering them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, of a more important note here is the quality of your answers - or rather, the lack thereof.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Taking a look at your account, you've encountered the 'Answering Ban&quot; which blocks you from answering questions.  You can still ask questions, though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Firstly, you need to read up here: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/86997/what-can-i-do-when-getting-we-are-no-longer-accepting-questions-answers-from-th&quot;&gt;What can I do when getting &amp;quot;We are no longer accepting questions/answers from this account&amp;quot;?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;READ THIS IN ITS ENTIRETY.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;  Then take note of the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of your four answers:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;One was not actually an answer and incorrectly stated that there are problems installing and running Skype on 16.04 - the issues your answer referred to were &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; related to OP's problem, meaning your post was not an answer (and was deleted from the review queue).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The second of your answers was simply an &quot;I'm having the same problem&quot;, and making a note that something about installing something with &lt;code&gt;sudo make install&lt;/code&gt; would actually help the problem.  This wasn't the case.  Also not an answer (and deleted from review)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The third of your answers was ranting about your post being deleted from the review queue by multiple individuals.  This is not an answer and not permitted, and was removed for that reason.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Your fourth answer was simply &quot;This is garbage, so my solution is to throw this away and use a six-dollar adapter&quot;.  Also not an answer per the guidelines we have for good quality answers.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The answering ban is the system doing automated quality control - you've posted 4 answers, of which &lt;strong&gt;every single answer&lt;/strong&gt; has been deleted by the review queues or by moderators because they were either against the rules or did not meet the quality requirements, and/or were flagged as such.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As such, the &lt;strong&gt;system&lt;/strong&gt; is disallowing you from answering posts as a measure of automated quality control.  You need to provide &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;POSITIVE&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; contributions in other methods or the system will not remove the answering ban.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for &lt;em&gt;asking questions&lt;/em&gt;, you can still post questions so long as they abide by the rules of the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2018-12-06T23:02:09.550" LastActivityDate="2018-12-06T23:02:09.550" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18327" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2018-12-07T16:00:23.283" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2018-12-07T16:00:23.283" LastActivityDate="2018-12-07T16:00:23.283" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18328" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2018-12-07T16:00:23.283" Score="0" Body="For questions about the Winter Bash (or holiday hats) to celebrate the end of the year." OwnerUserId="606366" LastEditorUserId="606366" LastEditDate="2018-12-15T17:00:23.170" LastActivityDate="2018-12-15T17:00:23.170" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18329" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18330" CreationDate="2018-12-07T21:39:08.140" Score="0" ViewCount="112" Body="&lt;p&gt;Remove &quot;reject&quot; in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/902895&quot;&gt;this suggested edit&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I just wanted to add extra information, that if the keys for addition division etc. are to be used, the right Unicode has to be chosen&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="193004" OwnerDisplayName="Gill" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2018-12-08T06:05:14.477" LastActivityDate="2018-12-08T17:51:00.183" Title="Remove the Reject mention" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18330" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18329" CreationDate="2018-12-08T17:51:00.183" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is not possible for us to retroactively edit the 'feedback' given on a suggested edit, therefore we cannot remove it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only way for this to happen would be someone going in at the database level to remove it, and that'd only be SE employees who can do that, and I don't think they'd be willing to do that just to remove a single 'reject' feedback, whether legitimately a reject or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2018-12-08T17:51:00.183" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18331" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15826" CreationDate="2018-12-09T13:19:28.787" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;At least it isn't the operating system of choice, as the questioner speculated, since Ask Ubuntu is much friendlier (personal experience) than Unix &amp;amp; Linux SE. There seem to be different people with different attitudes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's easier to ask a question in Ask Ubuntu than Unix &amp;amp; Linux even if it concerned linux in general and not just one distribution. It's pity since the answers would be relevant to any linux users. My personal feeling is that Unix &amp;amp; Linux would like to stay a very closed expert community, while Ask Ubuntu accepts also newcomers. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There may be also some truth what was suggested in comments (concerning not only StackOverflow but also U&amp;amp;L): Abandoning difficult questions may support the feeling of expertise. If you believe you are an expert above others it doesn't feel nice when a newcomer asks something you don't know. It is easier to blame the question was somehow wrong (stupid, too broad, or effortless).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="770014" LastActivityDate="2018-12-09T13:19:28.787" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18332" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15826" CreationDate="2018-12-09T15:04:00.093" Score="-2" Body="&lt;p&gt;A lot has changed since I asked this question. When I asked it I was considerably more naieve than I believe myself to be today.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do not think we should be trying to control the behaviour of users. If the users of the C/C++ region of SO are unfriendly and unforgiving so be it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The code of conduct policies that SE recently implemented are a mistake. In 2016 I probably thought it was a good idea to have a &quot;flag offensive comment&quot; feature. Having been on the recieving end of others using &quot;flag offensive content&quot; buttons within my workplace I now realize that since offense is subjective such buttons were a mistake to implement. In addition, dishonest persons are able to abuse such a button, particularly if algorithms are used for the implementation. Often such abuses are politically motivated. We should not be providing tools which can be used by dishonest persons with political motivations.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you for your consideration.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="121969" LastActivityDate="2018-12-09T15:04:00.093" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18333" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-12-10T19:18:55.717" Score="2" ViewCount="124" Body="&lt;p&gt;How can I be a voter. I want to thank the persons who helped me, but I don't how? If you would have already read my message you surely would know!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="901238" OwnerDisplayName="Nikolaus" LastActivityDate="2018-12-10T20:44:11.930" Title="How can I be a voter" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18334" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18333" CreationDate="2018-12-10T20:09:13.613" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;You have to contribute to the site, and gain reputation through good answers and good questions.  That is the only way you will gain the privileges you want - to cast votes.  There's two separate permissions levels though for casting votes:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You can &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/vote-up&quot;&gt;upvote things once you've gained 15 reputation&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You can &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/vote-down&quot;&gt;downvote things once you've gained 125 reputation&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any votes you try and cast without the reputation to cast the votes will be recorded in the database, and there's an obscure way to access statistics.  However, you won't influence the reputation of anyone nor will your votes actually show up on the front-end for other users to see until you have those privileges.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, you can still comment on your own posts and answers to questions you've posted, so you can probably thank users that way... at least until the &quot;thank you&quot; comments are removed during regular cleanup processes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2018-12-10T20:44:11.930" LastActivityDate="2018-12-10T20:44:11.930" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18335" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-12-11T17:26:11.230" Score="3" ViewCount="101" Body="&lt;p&gt;When our reputation changes, the title of reputation tab in our profile includes how many internet points we received or lost since we last viewed the reputation page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;During that same period, I had downvoted a post and then that post got deleted.&#xA;However, the total sum of the reputation change doesn't include the &lt;code&gt;+1&lt;/code&gt; of the deleted post but only includes the &lt;code&gt;-1&lt;/code&gt; of the downvote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See the following screenshot which the shows that reputation change was &lt;code&gt;24&lt;/code&gt; when it should be &lt;code&gt;25&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Tyecy.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Tyecy.png&quot; alt=&quot;Reputation in profile page&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the previous image, the downvote is on Dec 5, the post was deleted on Dec 6, and I opened the reputation tab in my profile on Dec 12. So I guess I waited about 5-6 days between the time the post was deleted and the time I opened the reputation tab in my profile.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastEditorUserId="8698" LastEditDate="2018-12-13T11:47:10.053" LastActivityDate="2018-12-13T11:47:10.053" Title="Sum of &quot;last period&quot; reputation is wrong when a post I downvoted is deleted" Tags="|bug|reputation|profile-page|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18339" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-12-20T17:07:37.687" Score="4" ViewCount="233" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have posted a question, having acted on a suggestion, how do I edit my post instead of adding comment? I have a terminal feed-out to post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="618917" OwnerDisplayName="Graeme Booth" LastActivityDate="2018-12-20T20:15:38.470" Title="How do I edit my post instead of adding comment" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18340" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18339" CreationDate="2018-12-20T19:18:08.290" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;Clicking “edit” under your post leads you to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/1103063/edit&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/posts/1103063/edit&lt;/a&gt; (if I guessed the question correctly), where you can edit your question and add information:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/GQC4Z.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/GQC4Z.png&quot; alt=&quot;screenshot&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please remember to use the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/formatting&quot;&gt;formatting tools&lt;/a&gt;, especially for terminal output.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="507051" LastEditorUserId="507051" LastEditDate="2018-12-20T20:15:38.470" LastActivityDate="2018-12-20T20:15:38.470" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18341" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18342" CreationDate="2018-12-21T12:56:47.993" Score="10" ViewCount="165" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've seen quite a few experienced veterans getting suspended recently on Ask Ubuntu...  As I'm an old, grouchy, grumpy, cranky geek, &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;I'm starting to get worried...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this a new script running that proactively gives everyone a &quot;suspend score&quot; and when the threshold is met just bans someone?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or will we still be contacted by a human first and only get suspended under the &quot;Three strikes and you're out&quot; regime?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;What &lt;s&gt;the hell&lt;/s&gt; is going on???&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/CimUes.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/CimUes.png&quot; alt=&quot;I&amp;#39;m genuinely worried now!&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2018-12-21T20:41:47.947" LastActivityDate="2018-12-21T20:41:47.947" Title="What does it take to get suspended?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18342" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18341" CreationDate="2018-12-21T13:13:23.910" Score="16" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is nothing new going on. Users are suspended when they do things that are in blatant violation of the site's rules. And yes, a suspension will always be given out by a human and you have the ability to respond to the human.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The mods, and SE, do not give suspensions lightly over nothing. I cannot discuss the details of any specific suspension, but I can tell you that when someone is suspended, everyone on the mod team is made aware of it and the suspension is usually (except in blatant cases where a discussion isn't even needed) discussed by multiple mods and we decide what to do together.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So you can rest assured that when you see a suspension, there have &lt;em&gt;always&lt;/em&gt; been humans involved in that decision. You can also rest assured that the mod team is either behind the suspension or, in the case of network-wide suspensions which can only be doled out by SE staff, aware of it and in agreement with it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2018-12-21T13:13:23.910" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18343" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18347" CreationDate="2018-12-22T21:58:16.007" Score="9" ViewCount="222" Body="&lt;p&gt;During the course of review I noticed &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1103591/how-can-i-avoid-having-to-enter-a-password-for-an-scp-command-by-hard-coding-the?noredirect=1#comment1819926_1103591&quot;&gt;How can I avoid having to enter a password for an scp command by hard-coding the password into my script?&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/55537/sudodus&quot;&gt;sudodus&lt;/a&gt; asked some good questions in the comments and was providing what looked to me like valuable information. I encouraged an answer, meanwhile this question was closed as a duplicate of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/153402/run-bash-script-as-root&quot;&gt;Run Bash Script as Root&lt;/a&gt; which to me doesn't appear to be a very good fit. I've voted to reopen in the hope that a quality answer can be provided. Does this seem to be a course of action the community can support?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastActivityDate="2018-12-26T21:47:00.627" Title="Is logging in via ssh without a password really the same as running a script as root?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18345" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18346" CreationDate="2018-12-24T12:05:14.363" Score="6" ViewCount="65" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm seeing code text with a variety of colors. Two recent examples:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1104203/installing-kubuntu-desktop-failed-during-18-04-upgrade&quot;&gt;installing kubuntu-desktop failed during 18.04 upgrade&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1104209/bash-file-automation&quot;&gt;Bash file automation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this image taken from the first one, there's text in light blue, dark blue, and red.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/GWn4j.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/GWn4j.png&quot; alt=&quot;code text colors&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And poking about, the light blue has &quot;span class&quot; &lt;code&gt;typ&lt;/code&gt;, the dark blue is &lt;code&gt;kwd&lt;/code&gt; and the dark red is &lt;code&gt;lit&lt;/code&gt;. Other text is &lt;code&gt;pln&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this a Winter Bash thing or is it the way code text will appear for the foreseeable future?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="248158" LastActivityDate="2018-12-24T20:38:56.483" Title="Has code formatting been &quot;enhanced&quot; after a recent update to this site's appearance?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18346" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18345" CreationDate="2018-12-24T12:28:21.793" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;What you are seeing there is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/editing-help#syntax-highlighting&quot;&gt;syntax highlighting&lt;/a&gt;. This can be formatted explicitly in a post, for example, you can turn on Bash syntax highlighting for a code snippet by adding a tag before it:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;!-- language: lang-bash --&amp;gt;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Syntax highlighting is also &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/72082/changes-to-syntax-highlighting&quot;&gt;applied automatically according to a post's tags&lt;/a&gt;. In this case, the question has the tag &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/python3&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;python3&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;python3&lt;/a&gt;, so all code in the question and all of its answers will be displayed with Python 3 syntax highlighting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is often not what you want... for example the question relates to Python but is mainly about package management and contains a code-formatted block of APT output. You can turn off syntax highlighting with a tag like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;!-- language: lang-none --&amp;gt;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;or to turn off all syntax highlighting in a post&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;!-- language-all: lang-none --&amp;gt;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For more information see &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/184108/what-is-syntax-highlighting-and-how-does-it-work&quot;&gt;What is syntax highlighting and how does it work? | MSE&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="507051" LastEditDate="2018-12-24T20:38:56.483" LastActivityDate="2018-12-24T20:38:56.483" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18347" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18343" CreationDate="2018-12-26T21:47:00.627" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;No it's not the same. Clearly this is something the community was willing to take action on as the question was re-opened and a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/1103977/225694&quot;&gt;quality answer&lt;/a&gt; was provided by &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/users/55537/sudodus&quot;&gt;sudodus.&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastActivityDate="2018-12-26T21:47:00.627" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18348" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18349" CreationDate="2018-12-27T16:17:08.853" Score="8" ViewCount="165" Body="&lt;p&gt;I need a free vpn that works on Ubuntu 16.04 and connects to UK. The old questions about that subject are obsolete.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd like to ask the question on this site, since it has a big community, definitely bigger than software recommendations.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would my question be accepted here or will it be closed as too broad and told to ask on the other site? &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/software-recommendation&quot;&gt;There is a software recommendation tag&lt;/a&gt; and I used to use it long ago, not sure if I can do that still or if it exists as a legacy tag. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="23239" LastActivityDate="2019-01-09T10:54:06.697" Title="Can software recommendation still be used?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18349" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18348" CreationDate="2018-12-27T17:07:08.567" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;This tag is in use and fully on topic, but remember your question should be specific and clear, see the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tags/software-recommendation/info&quot;&gt;software-recommendation tag info&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Questions asking for specific applications that perform a given task&#xA;  or work with a given file format. Give details about the &lt;strong&gt;purpose&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;  of the software you want and your minimum &lt;strong&gt;requirements&lt;/strong&gt; for it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You know what you want to do, and you need help finding an application&#xA;  you can run on Ubuntu that will help you achieve it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;When asking for software recommendations, please be detailed and&#xA;  specific about what you want the software to do. At a minimum, it is&#xA;  helpful to give&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;your use case&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;what features are required&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Stack Exchange has a&#xA;  dedicated &lt;a href=&quot;http://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;software recommendations&lt;/a&gt; site and a &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/336/what-is-required-for-a-question-to-contain-enough-information&quot;&gt;meta post&lt;/a&gt; there gives&#xA;  further guidance on how to ask for software recommendations&#xA;  effectively.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="507051" LastEditorUserId="250300" LastEditDate="2019-01-09T10:54:06.697" LastActivityDate="2019-01-09T10:54:06.697" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18350" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2018-12-27T19:52:02.447" Score="2" ViewCount="58" Body="&lt;p&gt;OP and I both edited &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/1104979/301745&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; at the exact same second. My revision is shown, but the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/1104979/revisions&quot;&gt;revision history&lt;/a&gt; says OP's is the most recent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think this is a bug, since the most recent revision should show, no? It seems like a race condition.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="301745" LastActivityDate="2018-12-27T19:52:02.447" Title="Editing race condition?" Tags="|bug|editing|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18351" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18352" CreationDate="2018-12-28T01:14:09.323" Score="3" ViewCount="40" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to add the contents of an rc file to my question.when I paste it it looks fine in the editor but appears in my post with the formatting all wrong. on my end Ive used gedit  and gvim and the results are the same. Any suggestions would be appreciated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="904818" LastActivityDate="2018-12-28T02:02:50.187" Title="pasting into stack exchange editor" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18352" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18351" CreationDate="2018-12-28T02:02:50.187" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Do you mean it appears out of alignment and such?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You need to wrap long blocks of code-based files like rc files in code blocks.  Paste your code as normal, then select the entire block of code, and click the button on the formatting bar that looks like &lt;code&gt;{}&lt;/code&gt; - this will format your block of text in code formatting and make it look like &lt;code&gt;vim&lt;/code&gt; or &lt;code&gt;gedit&lt;/code&gt; or &lt;code&gt;nano&lt;/code&gt; would render it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2018-12-28T02:02:50.187" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18353" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18354" CreationDate="2018-12-29T02:17:47.003" Score="11" ViewCount="249" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is there any policy on the use of emojis or emoticons?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Examples:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1105265/i-cant-login-please-help-me&quot;&gt;Can&amp;#39;t login with my PIN password in Ubuntu 18.10&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/NWqyh.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/NWqyh.png&quot; alt=&quot;In title of question&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/1105109/revisions&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/posts/1105109/revisions&lt;/a&gt; it was part of the code until the querist removed it&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/M13FI.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/M13FI.png&quot; alt=&quot;In code&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="248158" LastEditorUserId="248158" LastEditDate="2018-12-31T10:53:52.580" LastActivityDate="2018-12-31T10:53:52.580" Title="Is there a policy on the use of emojis or emoticons?" Tags="|discussion|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18354" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18353" CreationDate="2018-12-29T15:38:47.857" Score="23" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think the existing rules apply: if something isn't adding relevant information to a post, it is noise and it is better to remove it. Unless a question is actually about emojis, they don't add anything useful to a post, so I don't see why they should be treated any differently to any other type of noise. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More importantly, emojis often don't render correctly across different browsers and platforms, making it an even worse idea to include them in posts. So no, please don't include emojis in AU questions or answers unless they really are necessary for some reason. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2018-12-29T18:43:24.023" LastActivityDate="2018-12-29T18:43:24.023" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18355" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-01-01T02:44:26.420" Score="17" ViewCount="203" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's New Year's Day in &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zulu_Time&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Stack Exchange land&lt;/a&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A distinguishing characteristic of these sites is how they are moderated:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We designed the Stack Exchange network engine to be mostly self-regulating, in that we amortize the overall moderation cost of the system across thousands of teeny-tiny slices of effort contributed by regular, everyday users.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;-- &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/05/a-theory-of-moderation/&quot;&gt;A Theory of Moderation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While there certainly are &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.blog/2018/11/21/our-theory-of-moderation-re-visited/&quot;&gt;Moderators&lt;/a&gt; here, a significant amount of the &lt;em&gt;moderation&lt;/em&gt; is done by ordinary people, using the privileges&#xA;they've earned by virtue of their contributions to the site. Each of you contributes a little bit of time and effort, and together you accomplish much.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As we enter a new year, let's pause and reflect, taking a moment to appreciate the work that we do here together.&#xA;To that end, here is how the moderation done here on Ask Ubuntu breaks down by activity over the past 12 months:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;                 Action                  Moderators Community¹&#xA;---------------------------------------- ---------- ----------&#xA;Users suspended²                                  9        138&#xA;Users destroyed                                 295          0&#xA;Users deleted                                    19          0&#xA;Users contacted                                  35          0&#xA;User suspensions lifted early                     2          0&#xA;User banned from review                           0         24&#xA;Tasks reviewed³: Suggested Edit queue           223     31,266&#xA;Tasks reviewed³: Reopen Vote queue               17      5,351&#xA;Tasks reviewed³: Low Quality Posts queue         25     38,610&#xA;Tasks reviewed³: Late Answer queue                2     13,291&#xA;Tasks reviewed³: First Post queue                 2     45,245&#xA;Tasks reviewed³: Close Votes queue               56     35,612&#xA;Tags merged                                       4          0&#xA;Tag synonyms proposed                             8          3&#xA;Tag synonyms created                              7          0&#xA;Revisions redacted                               11          0&#xA;Questions unprotected                             0         13&#xA;Questions reopened                              117        338&#xA;Questions protected                              21        634&#xA;Questions migrated                               34         35&#xA;Questions merged                                 43          0&#xA;Questions flagged⁴                              192     37,041&#xA;Questions closed                                808     14,513&#xA;Question flags handled⁴                       1,849     35,384&#xA;Posts unlocked                                   10         21&#xA;Posts undeleted                                  98        957&#xA;Posts locked                                     52      5,447&#xA;Posts deleted⁵                                5,829     36,338&#xA;Posts bumped                                      0      8,731&#xA;Escalations to the CM team                        3          0&#xA;Comments undeleted                               83          0&#xA;Comments flagged                                  4     12,314&#xA;Comments deleted⁶                            10,219     27,302&#xA;Comment flags handled                         5,524      6,794&#xA;Bounties canceled                                 5          0&#xA;Answers flagged                                 128     21,254&#xA;Answer flags handled                         11,964      9,418&#xA;All comments on a post moved to chat            145          0&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Footnotes&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;¹ &amp;quot;Community&amp;quot; here refers both to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users&quot;&gt;the membership of Ask Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt; &lt;em&gt;without&lt;/em&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users?tab=moderators&quot;&gt;diamonds next to their names&lt;/a&gt;, and to the automated systems otherwise known as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/-1&quot;&gt;user #-1&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;² The system will suspend users under three circumstances: when a user is recreated after being previously suspended, when a user is recreated after being destroyed for spam or abuse, and when a network-wide suspension is in effect on an account.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;³ This counts every review that was submitted (not skipped) - so the 3 suggested edits reviews needed to approve an edit would count as 3, the goal being to indicate the frequency of moderation actions. This also applies to flags, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;⁴ Includes close flags (but &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; close or reopen votes).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;⁵ This ignores numerous deletions that happen automatically in response to some other action.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;⁶ This includes comments deleted by their own authors (which also account for some number of handled comment flags).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Wishing you all a happy new year...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12845" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2019-01-01T02:44:26.420" Title="2018: a year in moderation" Tags="|discussion|moderation|statistics|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18356" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18357" CreationDate="2019-01-02T04:54:28.813" Score="4" ViewCount="111" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am confused while addressing the user in comments..&#xA;if the user name for example &quot;Abcd E F&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How do I address it, @Abcd E F or @AbcdEF ??&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="739431" LastEditorUserId="739431" LastEditDate="2019-01-02T08:43:05.747" LastActivityDate="2019-01-02T08:45:04.540" Title="when addressing to user in comments - @user as it is or without spaces?? example @Abcd E F or @AbcdEF?" Tags="|support|user-accounts|users|user-communication|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18357" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18356" CreationDate="2019-01-02T08:03:15.463" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/43020&quot;&gt;this answer&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/43019/&quot;&gt;How do comment @replies work? - Meta Stack Exchange&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Spaces are removed &lt;em&gt;from the display names&lt;/em&gt; for matching purposes. So to match Peter Smith you may use &lt;em&gt;@pet&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;@peter&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;@peters&lt;/em&gt;, or &lt;em&gt;@petersmith&lt;/em&gt;.  The last two are useful if Peter Jones is also participating, who can then be distinguished using &lt;em&gt;@peterj&lt;/em&gt;. However, no spaces are allowed in the &lt;em&gt;@name&lt;/em&gt; itself. Like to notify P Smith, one must use &lt;em&gt;@psm&lt;/em&gt; or &lt;em&gt;@psmith&lt;/em&gt;. (Here &lt;em&gt;@P Smith&lt;/em&gt; would be handled as just &lt;em&gt;@P&lt;/em&gt;, which is too short.) Single quotes, dots, dashes and underscores should &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/51911/the-dot-in-username-within-first-3-character-preventing-from-comment-replies/51913#51913&quot;&gt;not&lt;/a&gt; be removed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, any combination of greater than three alphabets starting with first name will notify user &quot;Abcd E F&quot;, if he made any comment previously on the same post  and if there is no conflicting username participating. It's better to use @AbcdEF to notify &quot;Abcd E F&quot;, to avoid any kind of conflicts. In short, spaces can be neglected while writing the full name.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="816190" LastEditorUserId="816190" LastEditDate="2019-01-02T08:45:04.540" LastActivityDate="2019-01-02T08:45:04.540" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18359" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-01-03T16:12:08.150" Score="1" ViewCount="46" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm starting to learn radio -- from the days of &quot;Radio Rangers&quot; and crystal sets, and vacuum tubes (valves, if you're British) -- and I'm looking for software to draw circuit diagrams.  I specifically need it to have circuit symbols for tubes, as well as the usual inductors/capcitors/resistors etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I recall, however, that this kind of &quot;product recommendation&quot; question seems to be off topic for most of Stack Exchange.  Would the specificity of needing to include, or be able to add, symbols for tubes make this narrow enough, or would it still be a &quot;shopping question&quot;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="360188" LastActivityDate="2019-01-03T16:12:08.150" Title="Question about finding an application for a task on topic?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2019-01-03T16:59:50.537" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18360" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18361" CreationDate="2019-01-05T09:02:57.447" Score="13" ViewCount="411" Body="&lt;p&gt;After reading &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/18353&quot;&gt;Is there a policy on the use of emojis or emoticons?&lt;/a&gt; Here comes another question.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Sometimes I face users who don't have even a single character of English in their usernames.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;User: 910697&#xA; &lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/WM4nT.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/WM4nT.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;User: 910677&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/7MJTD.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/7MJTD.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While it is the right of a person to have their username whatever they want but on the other hand sometimes it makes difficult to address those users in comment section. I know we can just copy and paste their usernames if we don't have those characters on keyboard but again that's not what I'm trying to ask. So is there any SE's policy regarding only special/Non-English characters in their username?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="816190" LastEditorUserId="816190" LastEditDate="2019-01-05T09:09:26.237" LastActivityDate="2019-01-15T04:59:45.810" Title="Is there a policy regarding usernames with only non-English alphabets?" Tags="|discussion|users|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18361" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18360" CreationDate="2019-01-05T14:34:50.653" Score="19" Body="&lt;p&gt;Not as far as I know, no. There are many usernames across the network with non ASCII characters. There's even one, particularly annoying, instance of a user whose name consists entirely of unicode whitespace characters.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While I agree that it can indeed be cumbersome to communicate with these users if you don't happen to have the same keyboard layout as them, on the other hand and as you point out, it seems reasonable for people to be able to write their name in their own language without transliterating. Given that we insist on having everything on the site in English since that's the official language of Ask Ubuntu, allowing people to at least use their own language for their names, even if that makes it slightly harder for us, seems like a fair compromise. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="344926" LastEditDate="2019-01-06T00:30:54.930" LastActivityDate="2019-01-06T00:30:54.930" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18362" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18363" CreationDate="2019-01-07T08:47:56.430" Score="5" ViewCount="103" Body="&lt;p&gt;In my profile I went to &lt;strong&gt;Edit Profile &amp;amp; Settings &gt; Edit Email Settings&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I entered a new email address I want to use to log in.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why is it still possible to log in with the old email address?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="80338" OwnerDisplayName="blades" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2019-01-07T15:04:10.173" LastActivityDate="2019-01-07T15:04:10.173" Title="Why is it still possible to log in to Ask Ubuntu with my old email address after I added a new one?" Tags="|support|login|email|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18363" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18362" CreationDate="2019-01-07T12:15:05.557" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;The email preference that you edited is not the login information that is being used to log in, but the main contact email that Stack Exchange would use to contact you (newsletters, notification digests, etc).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want to modify your previous login method, you need to remove it from Profile &gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/edit/current&quot;&gt;Edit Profile &amp;amp; Settings&lt;/a&gt; &gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/mylogins/current&quot;&gt;My Logins&lt;/a&gt; instead of Edit Email Settings.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastEditorUserId="8698" LastEditDate="2019-01-07T12:24:29.487" LastActivityDate="2019-01-07T12:24:29.487" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18364" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18362" CreationDate="2019-01-07T14:28:34.910" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think you're confusing two things together:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(1) Email Settings&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(2) Your Logins&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Email Settings lets you set the preferred contact address.  If you add additional email addresses to your logins and set StackExchange login passwords you'll have to &lt;strong&gt;delink&lt;/strong&gt; those logins from your account separately.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you mean the email preference information in Email Settings, then Dan is 100% correct.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you mean why can you still login with your 'old' SE email/password combo, go to your My Logins page and see your logins you have authorized for your account and &lt;em&gt;remove&lt;/em&gt; the old address.  (The link to that page is also in Dan's answer).  Your &quot;old&quot; and &quot;new&quot; email addresses are both seemingly tied into your SE account currently.  (Just as an FYI, as a moderator I can see that information)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2019-01-07T14:28:34.910" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18365" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17648" CreationDate="2019-01-09T14:18:51.880" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;This will be fixed in the next build, thanks!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1118" LastActivityDate="2019-01-09T14:18:51.880" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18366" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18367" CreationDate="2019-01-09T19:33:23.273" Score="5" ViewCount="56" Body="&lt;p&gt;I can't really understand when I should use one flag or the other, for example on &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1108385/unable-to-get-out-of-emergency-mood&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Both of those flags seem to imply that a question is poorly written and should be removed, so why are they 2 different flags? Or am I missing something? I tried looking at &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/15888/how-do-i-flag-correctly&quot;&gt;How do I flag correctly?&lt;/a&gt; on the meta site but it didn't really help (the flags are now different?).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="818265" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2019-01-09T20:16:48.720" LastActivityDate="2019-01-09T20:40:02.150" Title="&quot;Very low quality&quot; vs &quot;should be closed ---&gt; unclear what you're asking&quot; flags" Tags="|support|flagging|flags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18367" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18366" CreationDate="2019-01-09T20:40:02.150" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;The flags have not changed, but &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/15921/527764&quot;&gt;the answer there&lt;/a&gt; focusses mainly on answers and doesn't seem to consider the case you mention, flagging to close (when you earn the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/close-questions&quot;&gt;close / reopen voting privilege&lt;/a&gt; this will redirect to the closing dialog).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, it tells you exactly when to use the &lt;em&gt;very low quality&lt;/em&gt; flag:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;VLQ should only be used for things that are so hopelessly awful, they can't be fixed. When thinking about whether you should flag something as VLQ, ask yourself this question: &lt;em&gt;If I could, would I just delete this immediately, or can it be fixed?&lt;/em&gt;. If the answer to the question is yes, I would delete this and no it is impossible to fix, then you might want to cast a VLQ flag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If, however, the post could conceivably be fixed and might contain some useful information, then &lt;strong&gt;please do not flag it&lt;/strong&gt;. Instead, either fix it yourself or, if that's not an option, downvote it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In practice, I think this flag is pretty redundant, because on answers the &lt;em&gt;not an answer&lt;/em&gt; flag is perfectly applicable to unsalvageable nonsense, and on questions, reviewers of the low quality posts queue, where questions flagged &lt;em&gt;very low quality&lt;/em&gt; or &lt;em&gt;should be closed&lt;/em&gt; are all sent, reviewers only have the option to close them, not delete them.  Presumably mods can just delete them, or at least close and delete them instantly, so perhaps that is a reason why the VLQ flag is better than &lt;em&gt;should be closed --&amp;gt; unclear&lt;/em&gt; for unsalvageable nonsense, but I doubt it makes much difference. Perhaps worth noting here that &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/321318/2018-a-year-in-closing/321324#321324&quot;&gt;on this site ~95% of closures are done by the community, not by mods&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is also a &lt;strike&gt;bug&lt;/strike&gt; feature of the VLQ flag which is... not always desirable, which is that when it is resolved as helpful, a downvote is automatically cast on the post it was cast on. These flags are often resolved as helpful when the post is edited, which ought really to suggest that the flag was wrongly raised, because a &lt;em&gt;very low quality&lt;/em&gt; post by the flag's definition &lt;em&gt;cannot be fixed by editing&lt;/em&gt;. It is often very annoying to me personally to finish improving a post only to find my efforts have downvoted it!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I almost never use the VLQ flag. If you want to use it, be aware that it is for unsalvageable rubbish, and not questions that are only poorly worded, spelled or formatted, or lack details we can request. Instead of flagging as VLQ, in any such cases, I recommend seeing if you can take any of these actions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Edit to fix&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Comment to ask for information&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Flag for closure&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Downvote&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2019-01-09T20:40:02.150" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18368" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18369" CreationDate="2019-01-10T18:14:54.957" Score="8" ViewCount="81" Body="&lt;p&gt;Today a red circle appeared on my review icon, but I don't know what it is. Nothing else has changed. Can anyone explain? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user833907" LastEditorDisplayName="user833907" LastEditDate="2019-01-10T18:25:20.297" LastActivityDate="2019-01-10T20:44:29.107" Title="What is the red circle on my review icon?" Tags="|support|review|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18369" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18368" CreationDate="2019-01-10T18:55:13.457" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, it's not very self-explanatory is it.&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The red dot means that there is stuff to review.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More specifically, it means that some per-site threshold for stuff-to-review in a particular queue that you can review has been exceeded, and also you have not looked at the review queues for an hour.&lt;sup&gt;2&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is a &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/302226/how-does-the-review-needed-indicator-work-exactly&quot;&gt;Meta Stack Exchange post&lt;/a&gt; that mostly explains it. Most of the initial problems with the icon appearing too often or not going away soon enough have been ironed out. Basically, the red dot is trying to encourage you to click the review icon.&lt;sup&gt;3&lt;/sup&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sub&gt; I'm going to take this opportunity to link to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/355236/the-new-review-icon-isnt-an-improvement&quot;&gt;my favourite post about the redesigned top bar&lt;/a&gt;. I am in agreement with the last paragraph of &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/17398/527764&quot;&gt;this meta answer&lt;/a&gt; also.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sub&gt; On sites with very low activity, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/304445/experiment-review-needed-indicator-logic-for-sites-that-sometimes-have-empty-qu&quot;&gt;it really just means there is something to review&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;3&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sub&gt; Because that icon used to be a little button saying &lt;strong&gt;review&lt;/strong&gt; and when they tested the new top bar without the text on Stack Overflow, everyone stopped reviewing.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="507051" LastEditDate="2019-01-10T20:44:29.107" LastActivityDate="2019-01-10T20:44:29.107" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18370" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18383" CreationDate="2019-01-11T09:56:42.427" Score="6" ViewCount="358" Body="&lt;p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a question about my Ask Ubuntu post: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1108791/i-dont-know-how-i-ended-up-here-but-what-is-ubuntu&quot;&gt;I don&amp;#39;t know how I ended up here but what is ubuntu?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why is this not a good question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Update: here is the deleted post for those who can't see it:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/3SZom.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/3SZom.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user912809" LastEditorUserId="115155" LastEditDate="2019-01-22T09:58:54.897" LastActivityDate="2019-01-22T10:03:11.473" Title="Why is this not a good question?" Tags="|discussion|support|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18371" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18370" CreationDate="2019-01-11T10:57:37.900" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;You're just new here and this is not a forum which most users are familiar with: this is a Question &amp;amp; Answer site and as a picture says more than a 1000 words:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/1EHXy.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/1EHXy.png&quot; alt=&quot;Stack Exchange Venn Diagram&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We're like the little asterisk in the middle, so &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tour&quot;&gt;take the tour&lt;/a&gt; and then &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help&quot;&gt;read the help pages&lt;/a&gt; because we like to have well-defined questions that lead to well-defined answers &lt;em&gt;without opinions, just facts&lt;/em&gt; so they lead to specific solutions to specific problems that help you now, &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;and&lt;/strong&gt; everyone else that has the same kind of problem in the future!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More specifically, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions?sort=votes&quot;&gt;here is a list of the best questions on Ask Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt;, so have a look at those as well and try to imitate them &lt;em&gt;and you will post &lt;strong&gt;great&lt;/strong&gt; questions!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;:-)&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2019-01-11T10:57:37.900" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18374" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-01-14T14:08:07.440" Score="4" ViewCount="214" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just read a question, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/859448&quot;&gt;Is there a command to factory reset Ubuntu?&lt;/a&gt; (asked in Dec '16)  which was closed as a duplicate of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/591167&quot;&gt;Resetting Ubuntu to factory settings&lt;/a&gt; (asked in Feb '15) back in Aug '18. But after seeing votes on the answer (including &lt;a href=&quot;https://data.stackexchange.com/askubuntu/query/725162/anonymous-feedback-on-a-question-and-its-answers&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;anonymous votes&lt;/a&gt;) and views on the earlier question, I believe that it was wrongly marked as duplicate. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my opinion these questions can either be merged or reverse voted (duplicate becomes target and target becomes duplicate) but still I'm not sure about this particular case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, I want to know what would be better: merging, reverse voting or letting them stay as they are?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="816190" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2019-01-15T11:33:26.873" LastActivityDate="2019-02-12T17:57:35.927" Title="Is reverse voting or merging a solution in this case?" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|merge|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18375" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18376" CreationDate="2019-01-14T15:08:22.010" Score="5" ViewCount="174" Body="&lt;p&gt;For example, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/1109626/248158&quot;&gt;Errors where encountered while processing and mint is weird - Linux mint [on hold]&lt;/a&gt; has been put on hold as off-topic. The poster then posted &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/q/494416/61798&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should such questions be flagged for deletion, or left as is?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="248158" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2019-01-14T17:14:37.247" LastActivityDate="2019-01-17T08:58:49.620" Title="Should questions closed here and then posted in another SE site be flagged for deletion?" Tags="|discussion|support|flagging|closed-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18376" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18375" CreationDate="2019-01-14T17:07:05.697" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I believe that off-topic* questions should in general be deleted. In particular, questions which have been closed with no good answers are dead ends in searches, so removing them is likely to make the site more useful to visitors. If the question has been asked on another site, there is even less reason for it to live on here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are a number of tools to help deletion of such questions happen, such that you are unlikely to need to resort to custom-flagging.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Closed&lt;/strong&gt; questions are deleted automatically when&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;they are not locked and&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;they are not closed as duplicate** and&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;they have a score of zero or less and&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;they have no accepted answer and&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;they have no answer with a score of more than zero and&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;they have not been edited in the last 9 days&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Therefore it is most often not necessary to take any action to cause deletion of a post closed as off-topic as the post meets the above criteria. The question you linked to will be deleted unless it receives upvotes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is also often possible to cause a closed question to be deleted by downvoting it, because doing so zeroes the score. Its being off-topic is usually sufficient reason for me to downvote a question, though I might not do that if it is very good, or if it is not bad and downvoting will not cause it to be deleted anyway. It is also occasionally possible to cause deletion of a question by downvoting an answer to it, but I do not feel right about doing that unless the answer is actually bad.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Users with 10k reputation may cast delete votes on any question that is closed (and has been so for 48 hours)***, so you may be able to bring about deletion of a post by bringing it to the attention of other users with &gt;10k. Please feel very welcome to visit &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/3877/raiders-of-the-lost-downboat&quot;&gt;the Downboat&lt;/a&gt; aka the Ask Ubuntu janitor's closet for opinions and help with deletion****.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the question has awesome answers, I suppose we can just tolerate its presence. I don't attempt to delete questions with obviously good answers even when they are off-topic, though I do take action to close them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Posts that have been closed only because they have been cross-posted and are actually on topic here (slightly different from the case you mentioned, but related), should imho usually not be deleted if they have answers that appear to be possibly useful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have thought about all the above and you still&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;feel that the post should be deleted&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;can't delete the post by your own efforts (or the Downboaters')&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;then you may want to flag it. I think I have only ever done this for locked posts I have come across which can't be voted on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Essential reading for those interested in moderation, imho:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/5221/how-does-deleting-work-what-can-cause-a-post-to-be-deleted-and-what-does-that&quot;&gt;How does deleting work? What can cause a post to be deleted, and what does that actually mean? What are the criteria for deletion? | Meta Stack Exchange&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;* Obviously I mean questions which are actually off-topic. Not questions which are wrongly close-voted or closed as off-topic. Those should be left-open or reopened, unless they are otherwise unanswerable within the site scope and format.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;sub&gt;** Duplicates are only deleted if they meet the deletion criteria applied to open questions, which are much more generous and mean that, for example, duplicates are never automatically deleted if they have answers, even if the answers are negatively scored. The only difference in delete-ability between open and closed-as-duplicate questions is that delete votes may be cast on the latter by users with 10k reputation.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;*** Users with 20k reputation may vote to delete questions with a score of less than -2 immediately. They may also vote to delete answers with a negative score. Deleting an answer is another method which may bring about deletion of a question in some cases.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;**** You can also ping me there and, as well as asking me to help delete things, ask me whether any particular question will be automatically deleted...&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2019-01-17T08:58:49.620" LastActivityDate="2019-01-17T08:58:49.620" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18377" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18360" CreationDate="2019-01-15T04:59:45.810" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Assuming Unicode provided a nice standardised method to do so, it would be good to ensure that all usernames include printable characters, to exclude usernames consisting entirely of either whitespace or non-printing characters.  Such a test might include normalising whitespace, trimming whitespace and comparing the result to an empty string.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As to whether to allow usernames without letter characters (ie, only symbols or emoji) as long as this isn't currently a huge problem I'm happy to leave this unpoliced.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54256" LastActivityDate="2019-01-15T04:59:45.810" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18378" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18374" CreationDate="2019-01-15T11:28:05.950" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Thank you for raising this case, which turns out to be a thought-provoking one, and given the views on the two questions, one deserving of attention.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thinking about it, the valid answers to the question &quot;Is there a &lt;em&gt;command&lt;/em&gt; to factory reset Ubuntu?&quot; are a subset of the valid answers to &quot;Is there a way to factory reset Ubuntu?&quot;, which the target question of the pair asks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am going to argue that this is more important than any other consideration in this particular case, and propose that the current situation is possibly the most appropriate one, but is still less than ideal and would benefit from some action.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;The effects of duplicate closure&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Let's think about the relevant effects that closing a post as a duplicate of another has on the two of them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A post closed as a duplicate cannot be answered.&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For me this is the most powerful, important, and potentially negative effect of duplicate closure. Someone who wants to answer a duplicate question should be able to post their answer to the target assuming the material of the hypothetical answer hasn't already been posted there in other answers. If the would-be answerer cannot do so, the closure may well be wrong. There is some justification for closing all small variations on a theme against a post that covers the theme thoroughly, but as a general principle a question that would benefit from a unique answer should be left open (assuming it is answerable within the site's scope and format).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this case, the close direction seems to be correct from this perspective.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A post closed as a duplicate has a prominent link directing visitors to its target&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This may cause good answers posted to the duplicate to be overlooked or bypassed in favour of the answers to the linked post.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The second of these two considerations may sometimes be the most important factor in deciding on a dupe-closure direction. We should try to direct visitors towards the best answer(s) where possible. However, I personally think that the first consideration is more important in cases where one particular close direction would discourage a type of answer that the other close direction would allow. In other words &lt;strong&gt;I believe that we should try to take actions that encourage &lt;em&gt;answering&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; where we have to choose between acceptable courses of action.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Putting aside the question of which of the two accepted answers is better to consider the interesting feature (the disparity in views, votes, and anonymous feedback) of the case you drew attention to, while it seems at least at first glance that users are not being directed from the closed post &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/859448/is-there-a-command-to-factory-reset-ubuntu&quot;&gt;Is there a command to factory reset Ubuntu?&lt;/a&gt; to its target &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/591167/resetting-ubuntu-to-factory-settings&quot;&gt;Resetting Ubuntu to factory settings&lt;/a&gt;, some investigation suggests that they are, and that the situation is not satisfactory. The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/859448/timeline&quot;&gt;timeline&lt;/a&gt; of the newer, closed question indicates that it has received upvotes at a lower rate since it was closed, while &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/591167/timeline&quot;&gt;that of the open question&lt;/a&gt; shows no obvious change. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I wrote &lt;a href=&quot;https://data.stackexchange.com/askubuntu/query/767220/when-were-the-anonymous-votes-cast&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;a really bad, hard to read query&lt;/a&gt; that shows when the anonymous votes&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt; were cast, and if I had any skills in visualising data in digital format, I would be able to be more illuminating here, but here is an attempt at a table:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;            before closure  |  after closure&#xA;          -----------------------------------&#xA;            | up  |  down   |   up  |  down&#xA;---------------------------------------------&#xA;target      |  1  |   10    |   2   |   2&#xA;---------------------------------------------&#xA;duplicate   | 17  |   29    |   1   |   8 &#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This data I think modestly suggests that the perception of the target became more positive after the closure, and the perception of the duplicate became more negative after the closure. This is very interesting. I am always wondering how to interpret anonymous feedback. I would welcome any &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/3877/raiders-of-the-lost-downboat&quot;&gt;discussion&lt;/a&gt; on that subject. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have not conducted an analysis of when the posts received their views, (and I really should do that to make this answer complete). But it is interesting that the post &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/591167/resetting-ubuntu-to-factory-settings&quot;&gt;Resetting Ubuntu to factory settings&lt;/a&gt; existed for approximately 20 months before &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/859448/is-there-a-command-to-factory-reset-ubuntu&quot;&gt;Is there a command to factory reset Ubuntu?&lt;/a&gt;, which is only approximately 25 months old, and has about 6.5 times the number of views. Perhaps we can conclude that there is something about the wording of the title of the newer question that makes it very much more likely to be found in searches. Maybe the magic string is &quot;factory reset Ubuntu&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Although I am now able to suggest that the closure of a post as a duplicate affects people's opinion of it, I think the effect on its actual usefulness is less significant, so let us consider the answers to these questions and the feedback on them. I am using &lt;a href=&quot;https://data.stackexchange.com/askubuntu/query/725162/anonymous-feedback-on-a-question-and-its-answers&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this query&lt;/a&gt; which you linked to in the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/591167/resetting-ubuntu-to-factory-settings&quot;&gt;Resetting Ubuntu to factory settings&lt;/a&gt; (target)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Post     |Score|Anon Up|Anon Down&#xA;-----------------------------------&#xA;question |  9  |   3   |   12&#xA;-----------------------------------&#xA;answer*  |  7  |   6   |    5&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;* &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/591167/resetting-ubuntu-to-factory-settings/591178#591178&quot;&gt;answer by Rinzwind&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/859448/is-there-a-command-to-factory-reset-ubuntu&quot;&gt;Is there a command to factory reset Ubuntu?&lt;/a&gt; (closed)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Post      | Score | Anon Up | Anon Down&#xA;---------------------------------------&#xA;question  |  18   |   18    |   37&#xA;---------------------------------------&#xA;answer1*  |  20   |  195    |  148&#xA;answer2** |   1   |   14    |   16&#xA;answer3***|   1   |    8    |   16&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;* &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/859448/is-there-a-command-to-factory-reset-ubuntu/859463#859463&quot;&gt;answer by kyodake&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;** &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/859448/is-there-a-command-to-factory-reset-ubuntu/898928#898928&quot;&gt;answer by tejas.jaiswal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;*** &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/859448/is-there-a-command-to-factory-reset-ubuntu/996151#996151&quot;&gt;answer by An0n&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As someone who looks at anonymous feedback almost daily, I feel qualified to suggest that the overall perception of both of these questions and their answers by visitors is quite negative, significantly more so than average. While the closed question has far &lt;em&gt;more&lt;/em&gt; anonymous feedback than the open one (as you pointed out), that feedback is not noticeably better. So, why are viewers of these posts not satisfied, and can we do anything to improve the situation?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think one reason is the lack of an actual factory reset function in Ubuntu, which is what people searching for this topic are presumably hoping for. We can't do much about that. But I do think that there is scope for further answers that would help some of the visitors who are voting down on these posts. Although the existing answers have merit, there is space for more. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/859448/is-there-a-command-to-factory-reset-ubuntu/859463#859463&quot;&gt;kyodake's answer&lt;/a&gt; is easy to follow but it will only work if the problem is a package management issue that can be cleared up by &lt;code&gt;dpkg-reconfigure&lt;/code&gt; and APT's &lt;code&gt;--fix-broken&lt;/code&gt; function, which will not always be the case. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/591167/resetting-ubuntu-to-factory-settings/591178#591178&quot;&gt;Rinzwind's answer&lt;/a&gt; seems to me quite difficult to follow and complicated. Both lack explanation of why we are doing what we are doing. The 14 anonymous upvotes on &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/859448/is-there-a-command-to-factory-reset-ubuntu/898928#898928&quot;&gt;the answer by tejas.jaiswal&lt;/a&gt;, which merely informs the reader that there is no such thing as a factory reset and that you should back up and reinstall seem to me to suggest that a broadly-scoped answer with beginner-level explanation, easy to follow suggestions, and links to recovery options for different situations would probably be really useful. I do not think this answer could be so easily added to &quot;Is there a command to factory reset Ubuntu?&quot; as it could to &quot;Is there a way to factory reset Ubuntu?&quot; because it should not be limited to commands. Therefore, I would not like the direction of voting to be reversed as I think it would discourage the type of answer I think is most needed to add to the existing ones.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are many questions which I would like to close against this question if it receives a canonical answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;What about merging?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Merging is an (almost&lt;sup&gt;3&lt;/sup&gt;) irreversible operation and its destructive effects should not be overlooked. The purpose of merging is to combine answers under one question. Whether the moved answers will help more people in their new home is hard to predict, but if the target question is much-viewed, and the answer of good quality, then merging may bring the answer to a wider audience. However, merging effectively destroys the source question, answers with accepts to it lose their accepts, and users whose answers are moved by a merge are not notified&lt;sup&gt;4&lt;/sup&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/16361/what-criteria-should-be-used-when-considering-merge-candidates/16753#16753&quot;&gt;have suggested&lt;/a&gt; that merging may be indicated where&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;there are different, good answers to two questions (this condition I consider satisfied in this case)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the questions are absolutely identical or one is of such low quality that it adds nothing to the other (this condition I consider not satisfied, but perhaps satisfiable)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You did not suggest a direction for merging, but you &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/3877?m=48491310#48491310&quot;&gt;implied in chat&lt;/a&gt; that you favour kyodake's answer, so I suppose you would favour merging the currently open question into the currently closed one. If the merge took place in the other direction, kyodake's answer would no longer be accepted and would appear below Rinzwind's answer although the latter has a lower score. As I have already argued, I think that the target question is more general, so if the merge from open to closed were to be effected, I think it would be necessary to change the title to avoid specifically requesting a command rather than some method. This action seems acceptable to me, but I would prefer to leave the questions as they are, because I can see some value in the contextualisation provided by &quot;is there a &lt;em&gt;command&lt;/em&gt; to do [thing]?&quot;, and there is some magic in this particular question that causes it to be found by visitors :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;TL;DR: let us favour the creation of answers&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Let's not reverse the close direction&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The closed question's possible answers are a subset of the open question's possible answers. Therefore, to encourage more answers, the most general question should remain open (maybe we should think about changing its title though?).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Let's not merge, or if we do, change the title&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To make sure all the possible useful answers to these questions remain valid, the open/surviving question should not ask specifically for a command, but asking for a command specifically perhaps deserves its own question (I think I'd rather reopen it than destroy it with a merge), and the existing question that asks for a command has some alchemy that attracts visitors. If a merge is performed, let the surviving question be retitled &lt;strong&gt;How can I factory reset Ubuntu?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Let's get a better answer for this topic&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think that &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/591167/resetting-ubuntu-to-factory-settings&quot;&gt;Resetting Ubuntu to factory settings&lt;/a&gt; would benefit from an answer that explains at beginner level that Ubuntu does not have a factory reset per se, but discusses various ways a system can be recovered, linking to high quality posts on methods for different situations and summarising them, and/or giving easy to follow instructions on how to do them. If this meta answer is well received, I will bounty this question to encourage such an answer (or if someone preempts me, I will award one retrospectively :) ).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt; &lt;sub&gt;Also, posts closed as duplicate which have no answers will auto-redirect to their targets for unregistered users.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt; &lt;sub&gt;Anonymous votes are misnamed, because all votes are very nearly anonymous. These votes are the ones cast by users whose votes do not affect the score of the post. This applies to all votes by unregistered visitors (and people who haven't signed in), upvotes cast by users with less than 15 reputation, and downvotes cast by users with less than 125 reputation. Perhaps I should call them something else, like &quot;silent votes&quot; or &quot;soft votes&quot; or &quot;non-scoring votes&quot;.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;sup&gt;3&lt;/sup&gt; &lt;sub&gt;As far as I know it is possible by directly rewriting the relevant parts of the database, but this could only be done by community managers (SE employees) and they probably wouldn't be very happy to have that extra work.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;sup&gt;4&lt;/sup&gt; &lt;sub&gt;There have been a few feature requests on MSE for that to be changed. Meanwhile you can use &lt;a href=&quot;https://data.stackexchange.com/askubuntu/query/828108/answers-by-a-user-that-have-been-merged-to-a-different-question&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this query&lt;/a&gt; to find any answers of your own which have been moved by a merge and check they they don't require editing to make sense in their new context.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2019-02-12T17:57:35.927" LastActivityDate="2019-02-12T17:57:35.927" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18379" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-01-17T16:27:07.777" Score="14" ViewCount="294" Body="&lt;p&gt;Suppose one day I woke up and decided &quot;I'm gonna start a blog about Ubuntu&quot; or &quot;I'm gonna write a book about Ubuntu&quot;. Over time I've accumulated large amounts of answers, some of which could be combined into chapters/blog posts of their own. Now, I know the reuse of &lt;em&gt;other&lt;/em&gt; people's answers has to come with attribution, and in fact a lot of my answers do rely on research from other sources. But what about my own answers? Can I republish them in another form? What are Stack Exchange policies on that? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="295286" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2019-01-17T17:10:25.840" LastActivityDate="2019-01-22T05:57:11.560" Title="Can I reuse my own answers outside of Ask Ubuntu?" Tags="|discussion|answers|legal|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18380" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18379" CreationDate="2019-01-17T17:09:42.887" Score="20" Body="&lt;p&gt;IANAL but, &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Material posted on Stack Exchange sites is owned by its author (you) and made available under the CC BY-SA &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative_Commons_license&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Creative Commons license&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;As the owner of the material, you are free to do anything you want with it elsewhere. You do not have to provide attribution to yourself or mention SE or the CC license when you republish this material. You are the licensor, and you own the Copyright. Licenses like CC and Copyleft which aim to make material more shareable and provide more rights to users all depend to some extent on the rights of the owner as established in Copyright law for their enforceability.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note however that you cannot revoke the CC BY-SA license you have granted to Stack Exchange. That is, you cannot remove the material you have posted here under a CC license in order to make it available &lt;em&gt;exclusively&lt;/em&gt; elsewhere (I know that's not what you asked, but it may be of interest to readers). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Technically, this means that you don't have the right to delete your own content here (although you'll have noticed that the UI allows you to do so), only the right to have your identity disassociated from it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To put this as simply as I can, your posts are your work so you have a right to distribute their content. The license you have eternally granted to SE to use that content doesn't affect that right (but it gives many rights to others to use your work which they would not otherwise have).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another point worth noting is that significant additions to a post by editors would, I believe, technically require attribution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For more details see, for example&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/faq/#what-things-should-i-think-about-before-i-apply-a-creative-commons-license&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;What should I think about before applying a Creative Commons License?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/legal/terms-of-service/public#licensing&quot;&gt;Stack Exchange TOS&lt;/a&gt; - section 6&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2019-01-22T05:57:11.560" LastActivityDate="2019-01-22T05:57:11.560" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18381" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18379" CreationDate="2019-01-18T08:38:35.690" Score="14" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Yes. Content &lt;em&gt;you create&lt;/em&gt; is yours.&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There was &lt;em&gt;briefly&lt;/em&gt; a clause in the Terms and Conditions that —by my reading— had the inadvertent impact of demanding attribution. I also occasionally write technical blog posts so I shared your concern.  &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/203209/can-you-ditch-the-attribution-for-own-content-clause-from-the-terms-of-service&quot;&gt;I pointed this out&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/203299/144180&quot;&gt;the offending clause was promptly fixed&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So again, things you create and submit here remain yours. You can reuse them wherever you like without attribution or restriction.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, the &amp;quot;you create&amp;quot; aspect is important. Posts get edited, sometimes extensively. If it contains substantive edits from other people (copyright law isn't black and white, I &lt;em&gt;can't&lt;/em&gt; define substantive), there is an argument that the end result is not entirely yours. Even if it's heavily edited, you could use it under the  CC-BY-SA license (see footer link), or use an earlier revision that was substantively yours.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And while it's not the focus of your question, it came up in the comments of Zanna's excellent answer but &lt;strong&gt;SE and its sites have an enduring license to &lt;em&gt;use&lt;/em&gt; the content you submit&lt;/strong&gt;. They don't &lt;em&gt;own&lt;/em&gt; it, they just have a license, but it's irrevocable. This comes up when people rage-quit and try to take all their answers with them. We moderators tend to stop and undo that. Obviously this makes those people super-happy but we're really just exercising our rights to the content in the interest of the sites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2019-01-18T09:23:22.833" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18382" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18391" CreationDate="2019-01-21T20:08:22.853" Score="6" ViewCount="238" Body="&lt;p&gt;I asked a question on askubuntu.com. (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1111486/upgrade-from-16-04-to-18-04-broke-apt&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1111486/upgrade-from-16-04-to-18-04-broke-apt&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br&gt;&#xA;First it was put on hold, because it was too broad. So I edited my question to make it more specific.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Some hours later the question was deleted without any comment.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I researched half a day before asking the question.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The English was not the best, but it was ok.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;As far as I perceived it the question was detailed and very specific.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I can't think of any reason why my question was deleted.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;I'd be glad if anyone could help me solving this mystery.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="864602" OwnerDisplayName="Unknown User" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2019-01-24T13:45:39.257" LastActivityDate="2019-01-24T13:45:39.257" Title="Could anyone explain me why my question was deleted?" Tags="|support|status-completed|deleted-questions|specific-question|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18383" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18370" CreationDate="2019-01-22T10:03:11.473" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think you genuinely want an answer to your question. So here are a few things that could be improved&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Your title mentions: 'I don't know how I ended up here' which is completely irrelevant to the question&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You then continue to call your own question stupid. I know that's not what you mean, but essentially you should ask the question, not reflect on it. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Your real question is: What is ubuntu and what can you do with it. Here you could improve the question by making it more specific: Is it a video-editing tool? Does it replace windows? Do you use it together with windows? Is it targetted at specialised people? Programmers? Whatever you think of you could add here.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You then add a link to google, but you don't mention what you learned from that query. What are the results telling you?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All the above make your question look sloppy and make it look like you have not taken the effort to research your question. Next time try to be specific, clear, without too much meta. There are many professionals on this site and they don't want to waste their time. So the more specific, the better.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="115155" LastActivityDate="2019-01-22T10:03:11.473" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18384" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18385" CreationDate="2019-01-22T14:18:01.370" Score="0" ViewCount="73" Body="&lt;p&gt;My &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1015007/cant-install-ubuntu-16-04-4-lts-from-a-flash-drive&quot;&gt;question&lt;/a&gt; is clearly not a duplicate of this other &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1006569/ubuntu-17-10-live-usb-firmware-bug-tsc-deadline&quot;&gt;one&lt;/a&gt;, because the solutions are completely different. Could somebody remove the [duplicate] mark?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="806029" LastActivityDate="2019-01-22T14:54:17.450" Title="Could somebody remove the &quot;duplicate&quot; mark that was wrongly applied to my question?" Tags="|support|duplicates|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18385" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18384" CreationDate="2019-01-22T14:54:17.450" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've removed the duplicate link.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've also copied your &lt;em&gt;edit&lt;/em&gt; into an answer in CW mode quoting your solution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Either accept that as the answer, or post your own answer stating the same that you did to fix the problem so that you can accept that one as the answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2019-01-22T14:54:17.450" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18386" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18387" CreationDate="2019-01-23T03:33:33.653" Score="46" ViewCount="1390" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sounds odd, I know. I think information should be free, but I am also wondering about the self-sustainability of those who offer up their time for free, for SE sites and open source developing. Is the goal attained to spread knowledge, finish a project, etc.?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="913404" LastActivityDate="2019-05-13T22:46:46.030" Title="Why are there so many helpful people?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="8" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18387" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18386" CreationDate="2019-01-23T09:46:26.963" Score="83" Body="&lt;p&gt;Journalist George Monbiot &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.monbiot.com/2017/10/19/the-ground-beneath-our-feet/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;reminds us&lt;/a&gt; that there are actually four sectors of the economy. Only two of these, business (&quot;private sector&quot;) and state (&quot;public sector&quot;) receive attention. Actually there are two other neglected sectors; the household (which is taken for granted for reasons addressed by feminist movements) and the commons. The concept of the commons receives so little attention that many people even in the Linux community are not aware of it, but Linux is actually an example of the commons. The commons means resources owned, managed and shared equally by a community. More elaborately:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A commons consists of three elements: an inalienable resource (it cannot be sold or given away), a community that controls and manages it, and the rules and negotiations developed by that community to ensure that the resource is sustained in perpetuity. The wealth arising from its use is shared equally by the members of the community.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The reasons people have for maintaining and contributing to a commons are quite simple; they derive some important benefit from it, and realise that without the participation of people like them, it will not exist. I believe this is a strong motivation, both emotional and rational. Not everyone will feel the need or have the skills/time/means to contribute, but if enough do, the commons will survive and thrive, as Linux has.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2019-01-23T09:46:26.963" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18388" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-01-23T11:53:10.913" Score="10" ViewCount="605" Body="&lt;p&gt;2019 is here! And with the new year, as usual, comes a new iteration of &lt;strong&gt;Community Promotion Ads&lt;/strong&gt;! Let’s refresh these for the coming year :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;What are Community Promotion Ads?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Community Promotion Ads are community-vetted advertisements that will show up on the main site, in the right sidebar. The purpose of this question is the vetting process. Images of the advertisements are provided, and community voting will enable the advertisements to be shown.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Why do we have Community Promotion Ads?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a method for the community to control what gets promoted to visitors on the site. For example, you might promote the following things:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;cool Ubuntu applications&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the site's Twitter account&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ubuntu scripts or power tools&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;cool events or conferences&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;anything else your community would genuinely be interested in&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The goal is for future visitors to find out about &lt;em&gt;the stuff your community deems important&lt;/em&gt;. This also serves as a way to promote information and resources that are &lt;em&gt;relevant to your own community's interests&lt;/em&gt;, both for those already in the community and those yet to join. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Why do we reset the ads every year?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some services will maintain usefulness over the years, while other things will wane to allow for new faces to show up. Resetting the ads every year helps accommodate this, and allows old ads that have served their purpose to be cycled out for fresher ads for newer things. This helps keep the material in the ads relevant to not just the subject matter of the community, but to the current status of the community. We reset the ads once a year, every December.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The community promotion ads have no restrictions against reposting an ad from a previous cycle. If a particular service or ad is very valuable to the community and will continue to be so, it is a good idea to repost it. It may be helpful to give it a new face in the process, so as to prevent the imagery of the ad from getting stale after a year of exposure.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;How does it work?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The answers you post to this question &lt;em&gt;must&lt;/em&gt; conform to the following rules, or they will be ignored. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;All answers should be in the exact form of:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;[![Tagline to show on mouseover][1]][2]&#xA;&#xA;   [1]: http://image-url&#xA;   [2]: http://clickthrough-url &#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please &lt;strong&gt;do not add anything else to the body of the post&lt;/strong&gt;. If you want to discuss something, do it in the comments.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The question must always be tagged with the magic &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/community-ads&quot; class=&quot;post-tag moderator-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;community-ads&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;community-ads&lt;/a&gt; tag. In addition to enabling the functionality of the advertisements, this tag also pre-fills the answer form with the above required form.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Image requirements&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The image that you create must be 300 x 250 pixels, or double that if high DPI.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Must be hosted through our standard image uploader (imgur)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Must be GIF or PNG&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;No animated GIFs&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Absolute limit on file size of 150 KB&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If the background of the image is white or partially white, there must be a 1px border (2px if high DPI) surrounding it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Score Threshold&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is a &lt;strong&gt;minimum score threshold&lt;/strong&gt; an answer must meet (currently &lt;strong&gt;6&lt;/strong&gt;) before it will be shown on the main site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can check out the ads that have met the threshold with basic click stats &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/ads/display/18388&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="306823" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2019-02-05T00:48:03.040" LastActivityDate="2019-03-11T15:18:53.340" Title="Community Promotion Ads — 2019" Tags="|discussion|community-ads|" AnswerCount="12" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="0" ClosedDate="2020-03-05T10:58:31.343" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18389" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18388" CreationDate="2019-01-23T11:53:10.913" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://twitter.com/askubuntu&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/LymVF.png&quot; alt=&quot;Help this community grow -- follow us on twitter!&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="306823" LastActivityDate="2019-01-23T11:53:10.913" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18390" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18499" CreationDate="2019-01-24T12:21:16.467" Score="8" ViewCount="115" Body="&lt;p&gt;There’s a boolean operator for the search that’s not mentioned on &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/searching&quot;&gt;the searching help page&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;deleted:&lt;/code&gt; yes/true/1 returns only posts that have been deleted; the default no/false/0 excludes deleted posts from the search. This operator does only return your own deleted posts regardless of the &lt;code&gt;user&lt;/code&gt; operator and is useable only by users with the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/moderator-tools&quot;&gt;Access To Moderator Tools&lt;/a&gt; privilege.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The above should be added in the “Boolean Operators” subsection.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="507051" LastEditorUserId="12845" LastEditDate="2019-03-18T18:12:34.960" LastActivityDate="2019-03-18T18:12:37.403" Title="help/searching doesn’t mention the `deleted` operator" Tags="|feature-request|status-completed|searching|help-center|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18391" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18382" CreationDate="2019-01-24T13:45:26.833" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;This appears to have gone full circuit already. I think you're in a good place now but here's the abridged timeline:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Five people voted to close it for being &quot;too broad&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You edited it and a review was started to reopen.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Before that completed three users voted to delete it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You posted this.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Three users (including one of the ones who voted to delete it) voted to undelete it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Other stuff happened.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Here we are.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Essentially it was deleted because the delete voters happened before the reopen review happened.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From a technical aspect, it's not entirely simple &lt;em&gt;what should&lt;/em&gt; happen here. Delete voters are usually of a higher reputation so if they think it should be deleted, even after editing, perhaps their votes should stand... But similarly —and it's a point I've made a few dozen times— &lt;strong&gt;they're doing nobody any favours by voting to delete&lt;/strong&gt; soft issue things in the first place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can't tell you why people did the things they did, only offer my exasperation that this stuff still happens every so often. Thankfully nothing is permanent so I trust everything is well now. Good luck with the problem and welcome to the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2019-01-24T13:45:26.833" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18392" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18386" CreationDate="2019-01-26T11:01:35.150" Score="20" Body="&lt;h3&gt;Don't tell anyone...&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think I can only speak for myself, and &amp;quot;right&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;wrong&amp;quot; is not applicable here. Although I strongly believe in the reasons @Zanna posted and elaborated, and I'd love to think my single motivation would be to do a &amp;quot;good thing to the world&amp;quot;, to me personally, that is a meta thought. I only feel that looking from a distance. An excellent one, but still. Don't get me wrong, I am happy to contribute, and if I feel an answer or solution helped someone, I am thrilled.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are however many things in life I can do, of which I feel they are useful and helpful to people, but I don't do them. To spend many hours here helping people, we need more than to believe in something or an altruist's mind.&#xA;Then what is my motivation, on a &amp;quot;primitive&amp;quot; level?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I need to be creative, and I love jumping into issues that seem unsolvable. They are the crossword puzzles I need to feed my mind with. Furthermore, I love coding, and I think I can say I actually learned it for the greater part here and on SO. No clue if it ever will be part of some kind of a &amp;quot;professional&amp;quot; life (in the sense of &amp;quot;paid&amp;quot; professional), but to me, that is irrelevant, I think I got the level. Furthermore, I got many, many other things from hanging around here and contribute. Things I value.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The thought that it helps people is the additional justification for spending so many hours here (or any other community that serves open source activities), and a sweet bonus.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2019-01-26T11:23:43.807" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18394" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18390" CreationDate="2019-01-27T16:36:36.487" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I know this isn't an answer to the question but we can &#xA;see our own &lt;em&gt;recently&lt;/em&gt; deleted posts from our profile:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Open your profile:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/hgTIB.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/hgTIB.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Open the &lt;em&gt;Activity&lt;/em&gt; tab&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/meSxR.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/meSxR.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Open the &lt;em&gt;answers&lt;/em&gt; or &lt;em&gt;questions&lt;/em&gt; tab&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/7iBPm.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/7iBPm.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Scroll down and click &lt;code&gt;deleted recent answers&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/BVjGv.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/BVjGv.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="504066" LastEditorUserId="480481" LastEditDate="2019-01-29T06:31:29.357" LastActivityDate="2019-01-29T06:31:29.357" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18395" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18388" CreationDate="2019-01-28T12:33:15.233" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://iot.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/wMSkg.png&quot; alt=&quot;Internet of Things&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527350" LastActivityDate="2019-01-28T12:33:15.233" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18396" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18386" CreationDate="2019-01-28T21:24:28.203" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;My reasons are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If I help others, others will help me when I need their help, like karma, and in fact in the early days of stackoverflow, people refrained from answering someone if he doesn't accept answers, correct me if I'm wrong but there was a percentage under the username showing how many accepted answer someone has, and a moderator used to leave a comment asking the user to accept answers. In fact I was blocked from asking on ServerFault and probably still am and the only way for that site to forgive me for asking stupid questions as a teen, is to answer questions, if I give good answers my account will be normal&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A good reputation is great on a CV, I know brilliant programmers who don't have an SE account nor a github account, but a good looking SE account will catch attention when you apply for a job, in fact I'm have a job interview tomorrow and yesterday evening I discovered that I know the CTO, how? Simply because he a top stackoverflow user in my country.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Those reasons are more than enough to guarantee the future for SE, people will always want these things, sites might die, other sites will be created, old people might not be so active, I was much more active 5 years ago, but there will always be new users younger and better than me, who will take my place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="23239" LastEditorUserId="23239" LastEditDate="2019-01-30T00:45:43.560" LastActivityDate="2019-01-30T00:45:43.560" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18397" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18386" CreationDate="2019-01-29T08:59:29.690" Score="21" Body="&lt;p&gt;As much as I'd love to say I contribute because it helps the greater good, honestly it comes down to badges and points a lot of the time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="3759" LastActivityDate="2019-01-29T08:59:29.690" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18398" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-01-29T11:03:58.330" Score="11" ViewCount="290" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sometimes when answering or reviewing questions on Ask Ubuntu I can find a duplicate question to some degree, but the proposed duplicate question is very old and its main accepted answer is for a completely different version of the software.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A good example is a question is asked about how to do something basic like manage a keyring. There are existing questions with answers for Gnome 2 and sometimes there are answers in those questions about Gnome 3, because the OP never specified what version of Gnome they were using, despite it being asked before Gnome 3 existed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Assuming that the correct answer is that the new question is Gnome 3 specific and deserves it's own set of answers, does this also mean that the old question with Gnome 3 answers to a Gnome 2 question should be removed or considered off-topic?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;EDIT&lt;/strong&gt; Here is the Gnome 2 keyring example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Recent question: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1113740/how-to-remove-a-keychain-in-xubuntu&quot;&gt;How to remove a keychain in xubuntu?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Potential duplicate: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/78344/how-to-completely-reset-erase-the-keyring/442611&quot;&gt;How to completely reset/erase the keyring?&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2770" LastEditorUserId="480481" LastEditDate="2019-01-29T14:21:07.473" LastActivityDate="2019-01-29T20:42:11.060" Title="Should questions be marked as duplicates when versions have changed drastically over many years?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18399" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18398" CreationDate="2019-01-29T12:59:09.137" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Most of the answers are applicable for newer versions too. But if the OP never specified which version he is using, in my opinion, it is the fault of OP. Whenever a question is answered, the one who posts answer generally reproduce the problem by asking some questions from them like Ubuntu version, &lt;em&gt;GNOME&lt;/em&gt;, etc. But if they don't answer that questions, then the question becomes &lt;strong&gt;unclear&lt;/strong&gt; and are closed as &lt;strong&gt;unclear what you're asking&lt;/strong&gt;. This might mean that OP never returned and at some point of time the question may become &lt;strong&gt;abandoned&lt;/strong&gt; (unless it is highly rated). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the OP never returned then we won't have someone to confirm the problem and what worked (if the problem is not widespread) until a person with similar problem visits the site and he have enough reputation to comment. And I strongly believe assumptions are avoided while  answering. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If there's a answer of GNOME3 on GNOME2 then it would be less voted since at that point of time people were using GNOME2 and then shifted to GNOME3. If the same problem occurs on GNOME3, it may get votes if the answers work. But if it doesn't work, OP can always edit his question and elaborate what errors he encountered and why that question's answer didn't work. That's why comments always say &quot;&lt;em&gt;Possible duplicate of xyz&lt;/em&gt;&quot; and need 5 votes to confirm (unless you are a mod). I've seen many a times people edit their questions if the suggested duplicate doesn't work and yes their questions are reopened. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;To be noted:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; If the OP tried the answer on the target question (the question of which OP's question is a &quot;possible&quot; duplicate) and edits the question, the question appears on reopen queue where reviewers can think of opening the question again. This queue is visible to 3k+ reputation users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;PS: I crossed 3k reputation just a month ago and this answer was based on my personal experience. If readers find anything contradicting feel free to edit the answer or leaving a comment :)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="816190" LastActivityDate="2019-01-29T12:59:09.137" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18400" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18386" CreationDate="2019-01-29T14:14:06.143" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since you ask about Stack Exchange (SE) sites in general: Many companies are using &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/teams&quot;&gt;Stack Overflow Teams&lt;/a&gt; as a way to internally help their programmers with knowledge. For example, there are companies using C++ that have complex templating questions to answer and in the process of doing it they use Stack Overflow to find existing answers and there aren't any they add high quality answers that otherwise might not exist.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With regards to Ask Ubuntu in specific, I think a lot of people have had a random question related to Ubuntu at one point and found a great answer here already. This saved them a lot of time and headache. Many experienced Linux users also know that it's very unlikely they know &lt;em&gt;everything&lt;/em&gt; about Linux, but the parts they do know they are glad to help out with. It's not uncommon to spend a few minutes, but in the process save someone else hours of their time. It's kind of like carrying the groceries for an elderly person.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Like &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/users/3759/mark-mcdonald&quot;&gt;Mark McDonald&lt;/a&gt; said it's also because the points. I'd be lying if I said I didn't like increasing the points and earning the badges. Over time, I think that effect fades, but by the time it's diminished you've already seen the impact you can have and will likely keep doing it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's also worth mentioning I actively shame lots of people in the &quot;real world&quot; for not contributing to Stack Exchange sites and in the past if an employer questions my time spent on a SE sites I will simply ask them if they want me to stop using SE sites to resolve questions. Obviously, they don't want me figuring everything out in a bubble so they desire I keep using SE sites, at which point it illustrates the point: How do you think a system of exchanging knowledge can work if everyone only takes and never gives?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2770" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2019-01-31T15:55:41.087" LastActivityDate="2019-01-31T15:55:41.087" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18401" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-01-29T18:46:57.497" Score="13" ViewCount="111" Body="&lt;p&gt;While editing a long answer with a large block of text to quote, I held my mouse over the button for quoting, and noted that the shortcut to add quotes is &lt;kbd&gt;Ctrl&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;Q&lt;/kbd&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The use of 'Q' makes sense, but it is also used to quit at least FireFox and Vivaldi!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can this be changed in the website?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/mSBk5.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/mSBk5.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/W7yx7.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/W7yx7.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="283721" LastEditorUserId="283721" LastEditDate="2019-01-29T22:03:05.573" LastActivityDate="2019-01-29T22:03:05.573" Title="Shortcut for adding quotes causes program to quit" Tags="|bug|editing|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18403" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18404" CreationDate="2019-01-30T19:50:38.160" Score="21" ViewCount="910" Body="&lt;p&gt;muru is one of the best users here, like Braiam and many other good folks. Out of curiosity, may I know why his account is suspended? He is a good guy. I just found out about his suspension by seeing he only has 1 reputation. I can't imagine what a veteran and nice man like him could do to deserve suspension. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="23239" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2019-01-31T22:25:20.103" LastActivityDate="2019-02-27T09:46:31.960" Title="Why was muru's account suspended?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18404" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18403" CreationDate="2019-01-30T22:25:04.000" Score="29" Body="&lt;p&gt;This puts me in a strange position. Stepping through the incident might be a teachable moment but without their input —which they &lt;em&gt;cannot&lt;/em&gt; currently give, for obvious reasons— it seems unfair to drag a defenceless user back through this. I also can't just delete this because censorship (sheeple!) so I'm left here giving you the vaguest confirmation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Yes, they earned a network wide suspension for activities on this site.  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It wasn't a mistake or an overreaction by a grumpy moderator.  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It wasn't an action that was taken lightly, at all, or without serious discussion.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;They will be thoroughly welcome back after their suspension is over.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's horrible having to discipline a user you respect, even a user who is a massive net good for the site, but we can't give established users significantly more leeway than newer users. &lt;strong&gt;That wouldn't be fair.&lt;/strong&gt;  We uphold the rules as best we can, across the board. Indeed, &quot;veterans&quot; know better than most where the boundaries lie.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I dispute in the strongest terms that this was a betrayal of any sort.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;A suspension was the only option that would have been fair to other users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Again, I'm not trying to drag muru through the mud. What's done is done. They are welcome back come the end of their suspension, as we have welcomed many other users back at the end of theirs. I can't speak to others' feelings other than to say &lt;em&gt;I&lt;/em&gt; think our actions were consistent with site rules, they should not feel betrayed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2019-02-07T13:05:01.527" LastActivityDate="2019-02-07T13:05:01.527" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18405" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18388" CreationDate="2019-01-31T00:18:35.643" Score="-4" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gnuhealth.org/home&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/GRq1S.png&quot; alt=&quot;GNU Health Federation&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="23239" LastActivityDate="2019-01-31T00:18:35.643" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18406" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18386" CreationDate="2019-02-01T04:46:01.890" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I try to answer questions and earn points. These points help me to offer bounties on my own questions so that they get answered quickly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="89267" LastActivityDate="2019-02-01T04:46:01.890" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18407" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-02-03T17:33:52.487" Score="1" ViewCount="326" Body="&lt;p&gt;I know this is a sensitive subject, and people seem to have a quite absolute opinion about it: posts not strictly and exclusively about Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Would I encourage people using other distros to post questions here? &lt;strong&gt;No!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Would I close questions which &lt;em&gt;possibly can&lt;/em&gt; be caused by distro-specific issues (non-Ubuntu)? &lt;strong&gt;Absolutely!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;s&gt;We are not idiots however&lt;/s&gt; Most of the time, we can see if an issue is &lt;em&gt;possibly&lt;/em&gt; caused by a distro-specific issue, but more importantly, &lt;strong&gt;when it isn't&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;br&gt;&#xA;If a question is an obviously generic Linux question, useful to us, 100% without a doubt applicable to Ubuntu, 100% certain &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; caused by a (-nother) distro's specific issue, would I close a useful question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hell no.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That is why, among others, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1115059/is-there-a-way-to-create-a-key-binding-that-would-allow-me-to-mount-my-googledri/1115064#1115064&quot;&gt;this closure&lt;/a&gt; hurts my eyes. You are wasting useful information, hurting the site. Let's not act like machines, in a binary type of decision taking. Reality is more complicated then a set of rules.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="72216" LastEditDate="2019-02-09T13:08:23.293" LastActivityDate="2019-02-09T13:08:23.293" Title="Do we -always- close posts if they are not exclusively about Ubuntu?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18408" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18407" CreationDate="2019-02-03T18:14:43.907" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;The reasons why we close questions that are not about Ubuntu are &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/5881/527764&quot;&gt;really good reasons&lt;/a&gt; and we should keep doing that. I expressed my views on this &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/45304402#45304402&quot;&gt;in chat&lt;/a&gt;. To quote myself (because this meta post came at a time when I can't quite give it all the attention it deserves)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems to me totally unreasonable to make reviewers responsible for knowing exactly how Ubuntu differs from any other distro&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are some people who edit distro info out of questions because they have such awesome knowledge they know the problem isn't specific to the other distro, but I think it's a big problem to set a precedent for doing that or a policy for doing that. If non-super knowledgeable people who just had the vague or wrong idea that something was the same on Ubuntu and Mint were doing that, it would be a really unmanageable situation for reviewers and probably affect the site quality badly over time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We don't close questions that are specific to EOL versions and that makes sense because we know what has changed between Ubuntu versions - that information is easily available, and somewhat embodied on the site, but the differences between even similar distros are subtle, myriad and not documented in any accessible way anywhere.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To summarise, we need a &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/5576/do-custom-kernels-constitute-off-topicness/5580#5580&quot;&gt;simple policy&lt;/a&gt; for deciding whether something is or is not about Ubuntu. We cannot have a policy that requires everyone who reviews to have a high level of expertise on distros that are not Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2019-02-03T18:14:43.907" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18409" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18407" CreationDate="2019-02-03T21:36:46.233" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Jacob, posting this as I know you're a bit miffed now.  You're not a N00b here and you're a good guy. &lt;strong&gt;:-)&lt;/strong&gt; Next time, &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/201/ask-ubuntu-general-room?_=64130581&amp;amp;_=1242303088&amp;amp;_=411103159&amp;amp;_=453169713&amp;amp;_=1245396198&amp;amp;_=759413041&amp;amp;_=244201860&amp;amp;_=938402163&amp;amp;_=1870464516&amp;amp;_=1298303016&amp;amp;_=1771657010&quot;&gt;drop by in chat&lt;/a&gt;, ping the regulars, ask for an opinion, and especially:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Breathe in; breathe out.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Doing only the former will make you red-faced whereas the other one will make you faint or worse...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;:-)&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2019-02-03T22:17:22.090" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18410" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18386" CreationDate="2019-02-04T19:49:12.757" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I honestly don't think I have &lt;strong&gt;single&lt;/strong&gt; reason I can point to,  &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/18387/225694&quot;&gt;Zanna&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/18392/225694&quot;&gt;Jacob&lt;/a&gt; answers ring true for me. As far as sustainability is concerned I've been in the business long enough that at this point I'm what my father called semi-retired. I do what interests me, help who I can, and find that I often further my own knowledge in the process. The &quot;unicorn points&quot; are pretty meaningless to me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastActivityDate="2019-02-04T19:49:12.757" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18411" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18388" CreationDate="2019-02-04T20:41:50.720" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ubuntuhideout.com/?from=askubuntu&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/hBt3G.png&quot; alt=&quot;Ubuntu Hideout on Discord&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastActivityDate="2019-02-04T20:41:50.720" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18412" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-02-04T22:20:39.760" Score="-1" ViewCount="367" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;For those not aware of the context: One side of the community is pro editing out mentions of other OS where question asks about &lt;em&gt;non-specific to OS things&lt;/em&gt;, such as scripting; another side, is pro-closing such questions as off-topic&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since forest has been missed for trees , I'm putting a few clarification points here for everyone to see:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The post proposes compromise and a method&lt;/strong&gt;: I've said in the question introduction I seek compromise. I've noticed those who are pro-editing and pro-keeping say &quot;question applies to Ubuntu&quot; without formal reasoning, and those con-keeping &quot;it requires knowing if question applies to Ubuntu&quot; base on maximalist ideas and &quot;this site has Ubuntu in name&quot; phrase. So I made clear list which both parties can use and agree &quot;yep, this can stay&quot; or &quot;nope, kick it out&quot;. As for site scope or policy, well that's what certain people unfortunately fixated on and keep saying, but I definitely did not say &quot;let's change what we deal with on AU&quot;. &lt;code&gt;So instead of &quot;Yay&quot; or &quot;Nay&quot; I'm saying &quot;Here's how we can figure this out&quot;.&lt;/code&gt;I even put it in bold in my question the word compromise. And all the while people take the whole situation way too seriously and out of context&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Scope of the site does not change&lt;/strong&gt;: What is proposed is filtering out noise from questions, and admitting questions that apply to Ubuntu, making them about Ubuntu, since by virtue of common utilities and interfaces, those questions don't touch on anything specific to operating system itself. Question about &lt;code&gt;bash&lt;/code&gt; is the same whether OP says or doesn't say they're using Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Being expert in other OS is unnecessary&lt;/strong&gt;: Because GNU coreutils and POSIX &lt;code&gt;/bin/sh&lt;/code&gt;, and other utilities are the same either on Ubuntu or elsewhere, you don't have to even know how other OS works - simply address the specifics of the tools about which the question asks; mention of a different OS is simply irrelevant noise in such cases. To make an example, the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/1115520/295286&quot;&gt;recent question&lt;/a&gt; which sparked the debate (although this has been going on for years) asked about &lt;code&gt;google-drive-ocamlfuse&lt;/code&gt;. New post by user dessert to which answers were migrated did not in any way make it any more about Ubuntu than before - same utility, same answers. On side note, you're not even required to edit the question - feel free to ignore it, or ask for advice from someone who can tell. Again, there is no policy and nothing binding to the users being proposed.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Claims about harming other communities are base-less&lt;/strong&gt;. There's no factual evidence simply to support this claim. Mostly when this comes up, Eliah Kagan is cited. And as much as I respect this user and his knowledge, his claim is based on sentiment and not facts.  Additionally, if question and answer are posted here on Ask Ubuntu, they still are &lt;em&gt;publicly available&lt;/em&gt; - they're not locked, they're not stolen, they are not hidden from members of other communities. Also, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/18412/proposal-checklist-for-addressing-questions-mentioning-non-ubuntu-distributions#comment39137_18412&quot;&gt;@Zanna mentioned&lt;/a&gt; herself in the comments, &quot;It would be almost impossible to supply direct evidence for a negative effect of something that has not been done. We have not allowed questions about non-Ubuntu distributions, so, there is no empirical evidence that our doing so is damaging.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Name of the site is not a factor&lt;/strong&gt;: While this site is in fact called Ask Ubuntu and for using and administering Ubuntu OS, what is used in the process of using and administering an OS is software. Where a question asks about software that is distributed both on Ubuntu and other distros, there is nothing OS specific to the question itself. In fact, the checklist here provides exactly that - a way to determine where a question is in fact OS specific and where it is not. Please also see &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/5578/295286&quot;&gt;Bruno Pereira's post&lt;/a&gt; about custom kernels on Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'll leave this for now with a very good example. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/97522/295286&quot;&gt;How can my script determine whether it's being run by bash or dash?&lt;/a&gt; with 7,359 views in the past 7 years, asks how to determine whether it is &lt;code&gt;bash&lt;/code&gt; or another shell that is running the script. Accepted answer provides an answer that is bash-specific (not OS-specific) which works on both Ubuntu and Mac OS X. My answer there makes use of &lt;code&gt;/proc&lt;/code&gt; directory, which is not used on Mac. And while OP protested &quot;This will not work on Mac. Check $BASH_VERSION&quot;, as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/274320/thewanderer&quot;&gt;TheWanderer&lt;/a&gt; pointed out &quot; it doesn't need to work on Mac. This is Ask Ubuntu.&quot;  I hope this anecdote helps you understand: what is proposed is not to break Ask Ubuntu, just have more sane, analytical approach to admitting questions and not relying on OPs word (&quot;Uh, um, yessir I am running Ubuntu, even though in reality I am not&quot;), and address actual problems, not internal politics. And things will remain the same: answers are required to be only done with tools that work on Ubuntu, and just so happen to work elsewhere.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, let me remind you that we are community support site, and not &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ubuntu.com/support&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Canonical's official commercial tech support&lt;/a&gt;. We're far more flexible, and don't have to deny entry just because OP isn't running Ubuntu, where question isn't even about OS specifics. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Introduction&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This post aims to propose reasoning and criteria for keeping questions which happen to mention operating systems or distributions other than Ubuntu (unlike other similar questions which ask whether or not we should). Over the course of my participation on this site it has become apparent that there is a split between users who vehemently oppose &lt;strong&gt;mentions&lt;/strong&gt; of other distributions, and veteran users who have experience with other OS and distributions and differentiate where a question is applicable to Ubuntu as well. The issue often comes down to heated discussions in chat and emotional outbursts, which often lead to issue not being handled in calm and respectful manner. This issue, IMHO, goes against Ubuntu Code of Conduct and StackExchange's recent policy of more welcoming behavior, along with depriving the community of potentially useful questions and depriving users of potential solutions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Therefore, my post aims to propose a &lt;strong&gt;compromise&lt;/strong&gt; between the two sides (not a hard policy), and a minimal guideline which should address how to handle the closing of such questions. While my primary focus in addressing the questions mentioning other distributions, there is a similar trend with questions which ask questions about utilities on Ubuntu and I would like to address that as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note&lt;/strong&gt;: this post has been edited from its original form to move large part of it as an answer, per suggestion in the comments. Core argument that I present here are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;inherently, questions which mention other distributions but in fact ask about utilities are not specific to those distribution, just as they are not specific to Ubuntu, because they are packaged and distributed by Ubuntu along with others, and they're exactly the same.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Keeping such questions benefits our site, since we will have solutions to issues which occur on Ubuntu just as well as elsewhere&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A lot of fears which are related to keeping such questions are based on fallacies or not grounded in facts&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please refer to the posted answer for the extensive overview of  these.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Conclusion&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Based on everything mentioned above, we can draw a conclusion that there is far less of what is Ubuntu-specific than what is not Ubuntu-specific. Handling the questions which are non-exclusive gains this community respect from other communities. Ubuntu does not exist in a vacuum and at the end of the day it's still a distribution - a collection of utilities that also may appear elsewhere. Instead of focusing on whether or not exclusivity to Ubuntu exists in the question, let's consider whether there exists commonality and standard set of utilities which can address the questioner's concerns. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Therefore, I propose the following checklist:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Does the issue involve any of the utilities that are used on Ubuntu or are shipped with Ubuntu ?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Can the issue be solved with POSIX-compliant utilities and shell ?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Can the issue be solved without touching kernel specifics, filesystem tree, or foreign packaging system ?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the answer to the above 3 points is YES, the question is very well applicable to Ubuntu. Also, I propose leaving a comment of the following form:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Dear @user. Please be aware that Ask Ubuntu handles questions specific to Ubuntu and it's official flavors. We can only provide solutions that are applicable within Ubuntu context. If you need to address an issue specific to your OS, please ask on unix.stackexchange.com&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This addresses 3 things:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;respectful communication with the user within &quot;be nice&quot; guideline, and aiming at providing a solution (again, which is applicable to Ubuntu; we're in no way required to provide solutions that work elsewhere, although portable scripting and common utilities allow for that)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Allows Ask Ubuntu integrate useful questions into its own wiki world&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Gives user a chance to agree to move the post elsewhere if necessary and realize &quot;Oh, &lt;code&gt;SOME DISTRO PLACEHOLDER&lt;/code&gt; and Ubuntu might actually be different&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are advantages to such checklist:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;users and reviewers &lt;strong&gt;do not&lt;/strong&gt; have to know in advance whether or not question can be solved with Ubuntu tools. In cases where you see something out of the ordinary, such as &lt;code&gt;/usr/bin/xpg4&lt;/code&gt; directory - use search engine&#xA;to verify&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ubuntu ships with GNU coreutils and two standard shells. You do not have to rely on a senior community member to let a question stand if these are utilities involved in the question.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;it also avoids things which are often distro-specific, such as package management&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This defines a more or less narrow scope as to the criteria for what allows a question remain on open. Claims that a question is about Mint,Debian, or other often base the decision on mere mention of the distribution, and there is no scope of determining whether or not something is in fact non-Ubuntu specific. At least with such checklist, we are benefiting both our community and others. At the very least, please consider editing and keeping open questions that are related to GNU coreutils, bash, scripting, and desktop environments - they can be solved with Ubuntu tools because Ubuntu ships with these tools. There exists common interfaces and standards which allow us addressing issue rather than argue about community itself. We can remove the noise text mentioning the other distribution and integrate the question into our domain, and make it useful for both Ubuntu community and others. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;Great thanks to our esteemed moderators for handling issues in the best way they can, some of whom are experienced in other distributions and sites, and understand the significance of collaboration&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="295286" LastEditorUserId="295286" LastEditDate="2019-02-07T18:50:21.843" LastActivityDate="2019-02-07T18:50:21.843" Title="PROPOSAL: Checklist for addressing questions mentioning non-Ubuntu distributions" Tags="|discussion|answers|closed-questions|" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="21" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
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  <row Id="18415" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18412" CreationDate="2019-02-05T01:40:49.050" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;This answer aims to present reasoning for the above mentioned checklist and keeping edited versions of questions which mention non-Ubuntu distributions, but in fact are asking about non-Ubuntu specific issues. Key points presented:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Restricting scope to Ubuntu only questions is very difficult, since Ubuntu userland shares the utilities with other distributions&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Keeping such questions does not harm the site, and in fact benefits the site and community&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Many fears related to disallowing editing and keeping such questions are based on either fallacies or wrong assumptions&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Operating Systems and Distributions&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Understanding where Ubuntu stands within Linux and Operating Systems ecosystem might be beneficial to understand the reasoning presented in this post. To quote Wikipedia (with my emphasis)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A Linux distribution (often abbreviated as distro) is an operating system made from a &lt;strong&gt;software collection&lt;/strong&gt;, which is based upon the &lt;strong&gt;Linux kernel&lt;/strong&gt; and, often, a &lt;strong&gt;package management system&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ubuntu in itself is a Linux distribution and by that definition is a collection of software, and much of the software is distribution agnostic. To quote &lt;a href=&quot;https://superuser.com/a/269958/418028&quot;&gt;lesmana's answer&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Ubuntu is a distribution which packs a lot of software together, small and large. There are graphic drivers, the X server, and Gnome, among others. &lt;strong&gt;Ubuntu itself is not developing those software&lt;/strong&gt;. Ubuntu is &quot;just&quot; packing the software together, making sure that the individual components work together. All that software which Ubuntu is packing together are called upstream from Ubuntu's point of view.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In particular much of the userspace utilities which Ubuntu packages and distributes can be found on other Linux distributions and operating systems:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;GNU coreutils - can be found virtually on any Linux distribution. This includes utilities such as &lt;code&gt;ls&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;df&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;du&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;grep&lt;/code&gt; and so forth.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;bash&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;dash&lt;/code&gt; shells. Tangentially, of particular importance is the use of these two as POSIX-compliant &lt;code&gt;/bin/sh&lt;/code&gt;. While currently &lt;code&gt;dash&lt;/code&gt; is symlinked to &lt;code&gt;/bin/sh&lt;/code&gt;, at one point in time Ubuntu used to have &lt;code&gt;/bin/bash&lt;/code&gt; as POSIX compliant shell, just as CentOS or RHEL. This has been greatly covered in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/976504/295286&quot;&gt;Gille's excellent answer&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;GNOME desktop&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;X11 server&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;systemd init system &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Non-shell scripting languages: Python, Perl, &lt;code&gt;awk&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;sed&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In other words, Ubuntu's inclusion of these tools does not make use of these tools exclusive to Ubuntu, nor encountering issues with these tools outside of Ubuntu environment make the issue non-existent or non-applicable to Ubuntu. Even more so, some of these utilities are essential to Ubuntu's functionality. Booting the OS involves &lt;code&gt;grub&lt;/code&gt;. Administering the system requires a shell, and preferably POSIX-compliant shell; this becomes significant in enterprise environment where system administrator has to support multiple operating systems or distributions. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While Ubuntu has been keen over the years to create a usable and user-friendly desktop distribution, Ubuntu is a significant player in server market. Just to quote &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.datanyze.com/market-share/operating-systems/ubuntu-vs-centos&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Datanyze page&lt;/a&gt;, Ubuntu has 26.83% market share compared to CentOS with 19.9%. Therefore, addressing questions related to utilities which Ubuntu uses is critical.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, of course Linux distributions share utilities, however by virtue of POSIX standard, in order to be UNIX-like operating systems have to conform to base set of specifications. For instance &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/423123/85039&quot;&gt;macOS is POSIX compliant&lt;/a&gt; and provides basic set of utilities along with &lt;code&gt;bash&lt;/code&gt; shell. Now, admittedly there are differences in flags which these utilities may use, however asking a question about &lt;code&gt;bash&lt;/code&gt;, or &lt;code&gt;ls&lt;/code&gt;, or &lt;code&gt;du&lt;/code&gt; does not make it exclusive to Ubuntu or MacOS unless it touches on the specific flags.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, there are overt cases where the issue touches on specifics of the OS or utilities. For instance, if a question touches on &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/199255/85039&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;/usr/bin/xpg4&lt;/code&gt; directory&lt;/a&gt; - this is something that is supported on Solaris, HP-UX, and a few others, but not Ubuntu. &lt;a href=&quot;https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/51317/297223&quot;&gt;On macOS X user's home directory&lt;/a&gt; is located in &lt;code&gt;/Users&lt;/code&gt; and not &lt;code&gt;/home&lt;/code&gt; as on Ubuntu. In such cases the question does have exclusivity to the OS. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please note that in the age of search engines, there's no requirement to be aware of these differences. If you suspect this seems to not apply to Ubuntu, one can always search and verify. Senior users who have worked with other OS or distributions know these simply by virtue of experience and research, which other users can perform as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Considering other software, such as GNOME desktop or X11 utilities, the key point to note is that they have common utilities and common interface. Just as a script written for &lt;code&gt;/bin/dash&lt;/code&gt; operates on premise of writing POSIX compliant code, so do solutions to issues involving these should be addressed - by addressing common interface and common utilities. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, there are exceptions. Linux kernel being a common denominator for distributions, is not always the same. &lt;a href=&quot;https://linuxinsider.com/story/85050.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Linux Insider&lt;/a&gt; cites case where 4.13 kernel shipped with Ubuntu 17.10 had unfinished kernel module for SPI devices which did not affect Arch Linux or openSUSE with the same kernel version. As such, the low-level software which has direct influence from Ubuntu developers and maintainers does make this case exclusive. And yet, software which does not touch low level computing , such as &lt;code&gt;bash&lt;/code&gt; or core utilities, are well applicable to both Arch and Ubuntu, for instance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Code of Conduct&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/2998/295286&quot;&gt;despite being featured on Canonical's site and installer&lt;/a&gt;, is not an official tech support. We are community and not Canonical employees, although some of the Canonical employees do participate here. As such we are not bound by exclusivity. Rather, I propose to focus on inclusive treatment of good questions and answer. To cite Stack Overflow code of conduct (and to keep our community grounded in the fact that we are part of Stack Exchange network), here's the expectations:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you’re here to help others, be patient and welcoming. Learning how&#xA;  to participate in our community can be hard. Offer support if you see&#xA;  someone struggling or otherwise in need of help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Be kind and friendly. Avoid sarcasm and be careful with jokes — tone&#xA;  is hard to decipher online. If a situation makes it hard to be&#xA;  friendly, stop participating and move on&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Without naming names, there have been cases where mentions of other distros got terse comments, which are unwarranted. In fact, such behavior has been detrimental to Stack Overflow, as they'e realized, and it can be detrimental to our community. Terse behavior has much more negative impact than integrating a question which mentions non-Ubuntu distro.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To quote &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ubuntu.com/community/code-of-conduct&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Code of Conduct v2.0&lt;/a&gt; (with my emphasis):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;We want a productive, happy and agile community that can welcome new&#xA;  ideas in a complex field, improve every process every year, and &lt;strong&gt;foster&#xA;  collaboration&lt;/strong&gt; between groups with very different needs, interests and&#xA;  skills.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;We gain strength from diversity, and &lt;strong&gt;actively seek participation from&#xA;  those who enhance it&lt;/strong&gt;. This code of conduct exists to ensure that&#xA;  diverse groups collaborate to &lt;strong&gt;mutual advantage and enjoyment&lt;/strong&gt;. We will&#xA;  challenge prejudice that could jeopardise the participation of any&#xA;  person in the project.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Integrating questions that may mention but are not specific to non-Ubuntu distribution aligns with Ubuntu code of conduct. It fosters collaboration, which is beneficial to both Ask Ubuntu to gain a question and more answers, and the person and community to which they may belong. It is a win win for both, mutual advantage and enjoyment. Another quote:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Open meritocracy &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;We invite anybody, from any company, to participate&#xA;  in any aspect of the project. Our community is open, and any&#xA;  responsibility can be carried by any contributor who demonstrates the&#xA;  required capacity and competence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ubuntu code of conduct itself is welcoming to participation in any aspect of the project. As such, questions which may be solved with Ubuntu tools do in fact foster participation in the project: answers gained from such question will be applicable and useful within Ubuntu environment. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Let me remind you also that according to the rules for moderator elections, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/election/5&quot;&gt;moderators are required to sign Ubuntu Code of Conduct&lt;/a&gt;. So bringing up these quotes is not something out of thin air. Our community does fall under this code of conduct by virtue of our moderators being required to follow it, and therefore enforce it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note, however, that what I've addressed in &quot;Fears&quot; section are often claims that do attack opinion of higher reputation users who do propose inclusion of questions that mention non-Ubuntu distributions, who are also under exactly the same code of conduct. It is my personal view that very valid opinions (which are based on experience) regarding such question are often met with distrust, which goes against both codes of conduct mentioned here. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Recent example of poor practice&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's an overview of how recently asked question has been handled: a user asked &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/1115059/295286&quot;&gt;Is there a way to create a key binding that would allow me to mount my googledrive? [duplicate]&lt;/a&gt;, which has been voted to be closed, subsequently reopened (note, both actions by community vote), then subsequently another question&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/1115520/295286&quot;&gt;How do I create a key binding that allows me to mount my google drive?&lt;/a&gt; has been asked and original merged and closed as duplicate of new one. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Key things to note:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;asking a new question has not any shape or form contributed to the question being Ubuntu-specific. In fact, information is essentially the same.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;comments which in respectful manner addressed the user and notified that we only are able to address Ubuntu side of things have been deleted.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;community vote to reopen has been essentially ignored, showing certain degree of distrust&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Additionally, if we were to use this as precedent, consider OP reaction. Your question is closed, but exactly same one appears from another user under the premise that this is specific to Ubuntu, while original question is not despite them being exactly the same. It may show favoritism to existing community members and ignoring the issue in favor of internal policy/politics. Of course, let's remember that moderators should step in when issues arise, but this particular case could have been handled with community vote and more trust to the members. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Fears&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are persistent fears within community, which often are on the verge of emotional investment rather than practical and professional view on the issue, and often base the claims on &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slippery_slope&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;slippery slope falacy&lt;/a&gt;. I will address these issues without naming names, since it's we need to distinguish between the message and the messenger, many of whom I greatly respect and consider friends.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;It's policy making.&lt;/strong&gt; It is not policy making as in making it official and written on &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;Ask Ubuntu Help page&lt;/a&gt;. Rather, we're addressing self-moderation of the site, with opinions and discussions presented by users to have a valid reason for questions to stay on the site. These issues should not be addressed by the moderators on an on-going basis, but  by the community, and the community should agree on set of practices. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Only high reputation users do this&lt;/strong&gt;. To quote &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.blog/2009/05/18/a-theory-of-moderation/&quot;&gt;theory of moderation&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Users with 15 rep can flag posts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Users with 500 rep can review posts from new users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Users with 2,000 rep can edit any question or answer in the system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Users with 3,000 rep can cast close and open votes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Users with 10,000 rep can cast delete and undelete votes on questions,&#xA;  and have access to a moderation dashboard.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Users with 15,000 rep can protect posts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Users with 20,000 rep can cast delete votes on negatively voted&#xA;  answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you can see at 500 and 2000 users already can review or edit posts. The claim that it is an exclusive view or ability of high-reputation user is not supported by the factual ability of lower rep users to participate in editing. Note also that reputation does not reflect experience in the matter itself - a system administrator with 10 years of professional experience may as well sign up for this site, and remain on low reputation. It does not diminish her knowledge in the matter, nor cognitive abilities to distinguish whether or not an issue is distro-neutral. The fact that high reputation users have been addressing this issue is that higher reputation tends to coincide with higher involvement into the community, and tangentially experience with handling questions that may require distinguishing whether or not an issue can be addressed within this community.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This sets precedent for non-Ubuntu users asking questions&lt;/strong&gt;. Let's  address the elephant in the room that this most often cited reason is slippery slope fallacy. Practically speaking, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;existing guidelines&lt;/a&gt; do not in any shape or form prevent posting a question in &quot;action-taking&quot; sense of it. Questions &lt;em&gt;are&lt;/em&gt; being asked already mentioning non-Ubuntu distributions. They are, however, left up to the community to moderate. It is up to us as community to determine the value of the question. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The underlying fear is that the site will be overrun by non-Ubuntu questions. However, at the time of writing there are plenty of question which are non-Ubuntu specific simply by virtue of utilities involved being non-Ubuntu specific. At the time of writing, there are the following amount of questions with these &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tags&quot;&gt;tags&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;command-line, 16327 &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;partitioning, 9577&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;bash, 7414&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;networking, 16098&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;nvidia, 8300&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;permissions, 5355&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;ssh, 4314&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;python, 3592&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Many of these have been asked before on other sites or have similar answers, which does not imply they should be moved elsewhere. I myself have addressed &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/498504/85039&quot;&gt;How do inode numbers from ls -i relate to inodes on disk&lt;/a&gt; of Unix &amp;amp; Linux, using very much same information as in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/1073802/295286&quot;&gt;What are directories, if everything on Linux is a file?&lt;/a&gt; on Ask Ubuntu. Imagine if the later one started out saying &quot;Hi, I'm using Debian&quot;. It's an irrelevant information to the core of the issue, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/18354/295286&quot;&gt;just like emojis are&lt;/a&gt;: &quot;...if something isn't adding relevant information to a post, it is noise and it is better to remove it.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;There are other support communities and we're robbing them away from questions&lt;/strong&gt;. Quite the opposite: Ask Ubuntu often integrates solutions from other communities, and vice versa. Example: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxquestions/comments/5zl0qk/ubuntu_1604_installation_error/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;/r/linuxquestions makes use of askubuntu solutions&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/1043139/295286&quot;&gt;My Ask Ubuntu answer&lt;/a&gt; integrates a step by step solution on linuxquestions.org into a script. Solutions being publicly available provides the chance for solutions to spread, and in no way robs other communities of questions. As a matter of fact, they spread to other communities.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;There's often no way to know if a question's answers will be Ubuntu-specific, Mint-specific, or otherwise&lt;/strong&gt;. Users on this site are only required to answer in Ubuntu-specific manner. Where an issue does not touch on kernel internals, package manager specifics, or OS-specific directory and filesystem issues, they are perfectly applicable to Ubuntu. Again, what is being missed quite often is that the underlying premise of a question being Ubuntu-specific is wrong - many utilities are in no shape or form Ubuntu specific. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ask Ubuntu will pose as authority for Debian and Ubuntu based distros&lt;/strong&gt;. Sadly, it will not, simply by definition of this site being specific to Ubuntu. We have no control over Linux Mint development, package management, kernel specifics. We do, however, &lt;strong&gt;share&lt;/strong&gt; utilities, and addressing issues related to that in no way exerts authority over other communities. In fact, it only helps both to find a solution to the actual problem. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Letting people ask questions which mention non-Ubuntu distro detracts from quality&lt;/strong&gt;. In cases where an issue can be handled via common interface/utility, quality of the post resides within the question and answer itself, not within mentioning or omitting of distro. Full disclosure: I have been Deepin Linux user for the past two years. In corse of this time, I have posted the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/1073802/295286&quot;&gt;What are directories, if everything on Linux is a file?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1071821/how-to-get-a-process-exit-status-from-another-shell-session&quot;&gt;How to get a process exit status from another shell session?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/1112126/295286&quot;&gt;Why does ls color two supposedly similar files differently?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and many answers which were written on my distribution.  Judging by progressive increase in my reputation on recent answers, they have been found useful and relevant to Ubuntu community, simply by virtue of not being specific to Ubuntu, but using common tools. Their quality, if I may say so, does not pale compared to someone who runs exclusively Ubuntu.  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Conclusion&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The ultimate goal is to make the site and community better. While there are certain questions which do not belong here, many of questions which are otherwise closed could thrive and receive a proper answer here just as well as anyone coming and saying &quot;Yes, yes, I run Ubuntu&quot; - something which we can only verify by questioning the user, where as it is much better for users themselves to admit what distribution or OS. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ultimately, we are not required to support any other distro besides Ubuntu and it is not what is being asked here. What is asked is discretion and focus on inclusion of questions &lt;em&gt;for the benefit of the site&lt;/em&gt;, and tangentially the users who ask those questions. Fact remains that a lot of userspace is not Ubuntu specific. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's also not a policy, but a proposal for our community to address these questions with a more practical and consistent approach, rather than mechanical parroting of &quot;This is not about Ubuntu&quot;. Again, note that the checklist does not require anyone to be an expert in other distributions, because questions related to common interfaces and utilites are not specific to those distributions just as they are not specific to Ubuntu. Everyone retains their right to vote, everyone retains their right to edit questions, and there are no new rules that bind users. By contrast, adopting such checklist as practice should make it much easier for reviewers and editors to determine whether or not a question is off-topic: no common interface or utilities ? off-topic. Has common common interface and utilities ? On-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, please consider Raphael Hertzog's comment (Debian developer)  on &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1336/how-is-ubuntu-different-from-debian#comment1371_1358&quot;&gt;How is Ubuntu different from Debian&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Debian is the result of the work of its contributors... bring us the nice improvements and more people can eat at the Debian restaurant too. It's not the end of the Ubuntu restaurant. Together we will be stronger and maybe more people will eat sanely (and maybe the number of fast food will drop).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ubuntu is also result of contributors - all of us, each one writing questions, editing posts, posting answers. A question solved is another contribution. Maybe a minor one, but one that is publicly available. Where we can recognize unifying factors (in the form of userland utilities at least), and where we can address issues related to those, we obtain Unity and not just as in desktop name. More importantly, we should thrive to focus on the values outlined in Ubuntu Code of Conduct and be welcoming of people. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Addendums&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To quote &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/14664/295286&quot;&gt;an answer&lt;/a&gt; by our esteemed moderator Oli on the same topic:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You can —and people have tried to— make the argument that we should&#xA;  only handle things that are &quot;strictly Ubuntu&quot;. What is that though?&#xA;  What is Ubuntu specific? Ubuntu is a collection of other people's&#xA;  tools so ultimately, very, very few things are actually specific to&#xA;  Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Sidestep the madness that comes from prescribing a strict &quot;line&quot;&#xA;  around on-topic subjects. It's folly to try. We aim help people&#xA;  install, use and develop on Ubuntu. It's that simple.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Please don't chase questions around with pitchforks because the&#xA;  underlying software also exists on another platform. The same can be&#xA;  said for 99% of the software available in Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="295286" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2019-02-05T09:06:34.733" LastActivityDate="2019-02-05T09:06:34.733" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18416" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18412" CreationDate="2019-02-05T09:28:19.547" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://media.giphy.com/media/3o7btT1T9qpQZWhNlK/giphy.gif&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://media.giphy.com/media/3o7btT1T9qpQZWhNlK/giphy.gif&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We should not change our policy - our scope - in the way you propose. By policy, I mean &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/18412/proposal-checklist-for-addressing-questions-mentioning-non-ubuntu-distributions#comment39096_18412&quot;&gt;what dessert said&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Let’s define “policy” here: For me that’s the set of rules which we as a community act on, it is partially codified on the mentioned help pages, but meta discussions and just-the-way-we-handle-things are equal parts of it as well. It doesn’t really matter whether it’s codified on a particular webpage or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Policy is what we do when we are not acting out. You are proposing that people should handle certain things in certain ways. If you don't want to call it policy, ok, but if the community does what you suggest and cites this post, that's a contradiction of our current scope policy, which, embodied on the help page and in many meta posts and in our actions, is that a question is on topic &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/5576/do-custom-kernels-constitute-off-topicness/5580#5580&quot;&gt;when the user is using Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt;. Note that &lt;strong&gt;it is not, and has never been, that the question must be specific to Ubuntu&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I explain to users that their question is off-topic because we only support Ubuntu here, I usually link to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/5877/why-are-questions-about-specifically-ubuntu-based-distros-off-limits/5881#5881&quot;&gt;this post by Eliah Kagan&lt;/a&gt;. I recommend reading it to everyone, because it says so much better than I can why we have this policy, but perhaps the most relevant part here (emphasis in original) is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;There's often &lt;strong&gt;no way to know at the outset&lt;/strong&gt; if a question's answers will be Ubuntu-specific, Mint-specific, or otherwise. We send people somewhere they may get better help &lt;em&gt;before&lt;/em&gt; failing to help them instead of &lt;em&gt;after&lt;/em&gt;. In situations where we would have succeeded, other, more suitable resources would likely also succeed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You have proposed a checklist which we must use to determine whether a question is distro-agnostic. I have already forgotten your list, and that matters, because policy should be straightforward, but I'll scroll up and paste it here so we can all read it again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Does the issue involve any of the utilities that are used on Ubuntu or are shipped with Ubuntu?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Can the issue be solved with POSIX-compliant utilities and shell?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Can the issue be solved without touching kernel specifics, filesystem tree, or foreign packaging system?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Assuming this is a complete list of all the things that could cause a question to be somehow specific to Ubuntu (which I personally doubt - for example, what about the use of &lt;code&gt;sudo&lt;/code&gt; on Ubuntu, running as root by default on some distributions, etc), I personally would have enormous difficulties determining whether any or all of the above were true for the great majority of questions I deal with here (and this really matters, even if it's only me, because, to date, I have done 15,433 close vote reviews, and 2,208 reopen reviews, and cast probably as many again close and reopen votes outside of the queues). I think your and others' estimation of how many questions we get are distro-agnostic (at least, fully determinable as such with the given information) is exaggerated. I think &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/960822/why-is-there-a-bin-echo-and-why-would-i-want-to-use-it&quot;&gt;this is a pretty distro-agnostic question&lt;/a&gt;, but few of our questions are theoretical like this one (and like many on U&amp;amp;L); most of them are of the form &quot;I have this problem with my system, and I don't know how to fix it&quot;. Determining whether such questions are distro-agnostic requires knowledge that we in our roles as moderators (in the broad sense that &quot;Ask Ubuntu is moderated by &lt;em&gt;you&lt;/em&gt; - I mean what we are doing when we vote up, down, to close, to reopen, to delete, or comment, or edit, or review), cannot reasonably be expected to have.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Let me contest the distro-agnosticity of a couple the tags you mentioned just to underline this point.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/command-line&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;command-line&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;command-line&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/bash&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;bash&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;bash&lt;/a&gt; - questions with these tags are often about configuration, manipulating files, root access. Answers may require a file to be in some particular place or for a shell to be configured a particular way. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/1035274/527764&quot;&gt;Here's one example where I had to enter a long discussion with a user because they weren't using Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt; (I did try to close the question, but there was not enough interest).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/partitioning&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;partitioning&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;partitioning&lt;/a&gt; - may also be about &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/system-installation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;system-installation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;system-installation&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/permissions&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;permissions&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;permissions&lt;/a&gt; - Ubuntu has a unique configuration for root, with &lt;code&gt;sudo&lt;/code&gt; enabled for the first user by default and intended to be used for all administrative tasks. This differs from most other distributions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/python&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;python&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;python&lt;/a&gt; - if a question about Python is truly distro-agnostic, it's likely to be at least borderline off-topic here and should be on Stack Overflow. I'd say the majority of questions about Python here are about package management and configuration which relate to the Ubuntu environment more or less. This is pretty much the rather subjective delineation of whether a programming question is on topic - can it be interpreted as an end-user issue? Or, does the issue seem to have something to do with the environment? If yes, it's on topic here, otherwise, it's probably a generic programming question and unless it's about shell scripting (the exceptional case) it's out of scope. (Just in case this comes off wrong, I am absolutely &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; suggesting that questions about Python should be off topic and I'd like to say that I appreciate that many answers using Python here have added value since they are applicable even on non-Linux systems.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We have a simple policy that everyone can easily apply, and you want to make it extremely hard! I do not see any reason for doing that. There is no need for it. All questions about other distros are on topic on both &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Unix and Linux&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://superuser.com/&quot;&gt;Super User&lt;/a&gt;. Many are also on topic on other sites, such as &lt;a href=&quot;https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;RaspberryPi&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;elementaryOS&lt;/a&gt;. We have plenty of questions here. In fact, we have more questions than we can handle. Our answered rate is &amp;lt;70%. We need more answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To your invocations of codes of conduct, I can only say that it is definitely possible to be respectful when telling someone that their question belongs elsewhere. If not, we have bigger problems than our scope policy. In relation to collaboration and so on, here's what Eliah wrote about respecting other communities (this is Fear #4 on your list, the rest of which I will address in a separate answer)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Finally, I believe there is a reason pertaining to the well-being &lt;em&gt;of the Mint community&lt;/em&gt; (and other such communities). Suppose we allowed Mint questions and some Mint users embraced Ask Ubuntu as an excellent place for them. Then &lt;strong&gt;the Ubuntu community would come to be seen as an authoritative source for information about Mint&lt;/strong&gt;. Mint (and most other unofficial derivatives) are &lt;em&gt;deliberately&lt;/em&gt; unofficial; most &lt;em&gt;don't want to be subject to the will of the Ubuntu community or the governance structures in it&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;So it would be bad if we were to &lt;em&gt;absorb&lt;/em&gt; Mint.&lt;/strong&gt; It would take power away from that community. Some people use Linux Mint because they want to be part of the community and governance structures set up for it and &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; for Ubuntu. We should respect people who choose to partake in other communities.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Efforts for greater cooperation are a good thing, and I think we do need more of them. But unless &lt;em&gt;the overwhelming majority&lt;/em&gt; of Mint users want to be assimilated into our community (either partially, for support purposes, or all the way, by becoming an official derivative), I don't think it's a good idea to have Mint questions here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is the ethical case for &lt;em&gt;staying in our lane&lt;/em&gt;, which is apparently often missed. When people argue that it's good for our site to allow questions that are not about Ubuntu as long as some conditions are met, they are ignoring these considerations.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, you have not described in detail how you expect this proposal to be implemented or considered how the site would change if such a policy change were made. Here are a couple of considerations.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Reviewers of close and reopen votes would have to determine whether posts are distro-agnostic, which is IMHO unreasonable. In &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/40618946#40618946&quot;&gt;chat, Eliah Kagan said&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;the idea that we should appoint close &lt;em&gt;reviewers&lt;/em&gt; as experts on other operating systems for the purposes of adjudicating whether they are enough like Ubuntu for specific purposes is, I think, entirely unworkable. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a prolific reviewer, I could not agree more, and I beg you not to push this on me. You propose the use of search engines, but as I have &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/18408/527764&quot;&gt;mentioned elsewhere&lt;/a&gt; the differences between Linux distros are not documented comprehensively or accessibly anywhere.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Partly due to the above, mistakes would be made, and answers would be posted that are not applicable to Ubuntu (in fact, they already are, but usually only on much-viewed questions with many other answers), because of people trying hard to get accepts.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Scope would be oriented around Ubuntu-specificity. At the moment, Ubuntu-specificity has very little to do with our scope. There are borderlines where it comes into play, such as the programming one I mentioned above, but, as has been mentioned in other posts, when something is the same as Ubuntu but on a different distro, we still close it, and when something is the same as on a different distro but on Ubuntu, we still leave it open. We only need to know if the OP is using Ubuntu. We have hardly ever cared whether the issue is specific to Ubuntu, until your proposal. I don't know how people's understanding of the site's scope would change over time with this reorientation, but I think it will be harder to understand and less consistently applied by all concerned: community and visitors.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note: in your question, you say that &quot;[users] vehemently oppose &lt;strong&gt;mentions&lt;/strong&gt; of other distros&quot;. I have taken that wording to be disingenuous, and answered as if you meant that users oppose leaving open questions in which the OP states that they are using another distro, because I think that &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; what you meant (and I am one of those users), and because &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/17404/shouldnt-we-stop-closing-questions-instantly-as-off-topic-if-we-see-the-words/17406#17406&quot;&gt;merely &lt;em&gt;mentioning&lt;/em&gt; another distro has never been an acceptable reason to close, though it certainly does trigger incorrect close voting at times&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note regarding &lt;strong&gt;Fear #2: Only high rep users can do this&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;If that were true, it would not be worrying. If you are proposing (which was not clear to me) that people should edit distro information out of posts on the basis of whether or not they think the question is distro-agnostic, an action I &lt;a href=&quot;http://forums.linuxmint.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;consider to be wrong&lt;/a&gt;, then obviously the fact that literally anyone can suggest an edit to any unlocked post is what makes it disturbing that such an action is being advocated. &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;In chat, I said&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;[L]etting things slide where there's a preexisting answer to save, ok, maybe I can live with it. But people with diamonds like @Seth and @terdon publically saying things like &quot;yeah you can edit out the distro information if you know it's a distro-agnostic issue&quot;... this is virtually policy-making. A bunch of high rep users might just take it upon themselves to go around doing that. And telling other users what they are doing, inevitably, and everyone will copy them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's the &quot;everyone will copy them&quot; part, that really concerns me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Personal note:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;There are persistent fears within community, which often are on the verge of emotional investment rather than practical and professional view on the issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My investment in Ask Ubuntu is absolutely emotional and not professional. I care deeply about the site and nobody is paying me to contribute to it, though I do get a lot out of it in validation feels, friendly chats etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2019-02-06T22:11:31.043" LastActivityDate="2019-02-06T22:11:31.043" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18419" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-02-05T15:40:00.920" Score="7" ViewCount="104" Body="&lt;p&gt;This question &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/95022/622994&quot;&gt;Which type of VirtualBox networking should I use?&lt;/a&gt; is highly voted and quite popular. It seems to be the first source of information when searching for the specific topic on search engine. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to be able to provide a new answer to keep the question &#xA; up-to-date. Currently I cannot do it, nor do I see an option for migrating the question somewhere else.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately the only option is to add comments or edit existing answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are the options for such kind of questions? Is there a way for a closed question to be recognized as valid again or be migrated?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;E.g. Consider questions that were closed as off-topic but after 5 years technology advances make them valid again. What should be done for these &#xA; questions?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="622994" OwnerDisplayName="Marinos An" LastEditorUserId="622994" LastEditDate="2019-02-05T16:07:58.310" LastActivityDate="2019-02-07T09:24:00.627" Title="What are the remaining options for popular/active questions that are closed?" Tags="|support|questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18420" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18419" CreationDate="2019-02-05T16:11:23.697" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;This question isn't on topic though. It is a typical example of &quot;primarily opinion based&quot;. If you want to keep it up to date, you can always edit one of the existing answers, but it really isn't a question that fits our scope or the SE model. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is both opinion based &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; is about running a VM on a Mac so any answers would have to be for virtualization solutions that work on a Mac. So it's doubly off topic here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, if you see a question that is indeed on topic today (although I can't really imagine how that would happen), then edit it. &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/196078/203101&quot;&gt;If the question was closed in the last 5 days&lt;/a&gt;, editing it will put it in a reopen queue. Alternatively, or for older questions, post a question here about it and explain why you feel it should be reopened. If enough people agree with you, they will vote to reopen it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2019-02-07T09:24:00.627" LastActivityDate="2019-02-07T09:24:00.627" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18421" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18412" CreationDate="2019-02-05T18:17:50.633" Score="0" Body="&lt;h3&gt;Response to Zanna's &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/18416/295286&quot;&gt;answer1&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/18417/295286&quot;&gt;answer2&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since it requires addressing more than comments can contain, I am addressing Zanna's response in this answer. I will address technical aspects first, and emotional second.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The post you cite by &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/5877/why-are-questions-about-specifically-ubuntu-based-distros-off-limits/5881#5881&quot;&gt;Eliah Kagan&lt;/a&gt; - I've already addressed within my original answer. &quot;There's often no way to know at the outset if a question's answers will be Ubuntu-specific, Mint-specific, or otherwise.&quot; The checklist does not require knowing whether an answer is Mint-specific, but by contrast - applicable to Ubuntu and Mint (or whatever distribution is in question). When it comes down to shell scripting, POSIX utilities and  shell, GNU coreutils, desktop environments, X11 questions - these all have common interface or consistent behavior on Ubuntu or elsewhere. GNU &lt;code&gt;sed&lt;/code&gt; is GNU &lt;code&gt;sed&lt;/code&gt; regardless whether it is on Ubuntu or Mint. Misconception is that what is proposed requires &lt;em&gt;everything&lt;/em&gt; Mint related to be allowed. By contrast, I propose checklist for filtering what is allowed. &lt;strong&gt;No expertise required&lt;/strong&gt;, and everything that is required already ships with Ubuntu &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Fear 4 was a direct address of another quote by Eliah that you've cited:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Finally, I believe there is a reason pertaining to the well-being of the Mint community (and other such communities). Suppose we allowed Mint questions and some Mint users embraced Ask Ubuntu as an excellent place for them. Then the Ubuntu community would come to be seen as an authoritative source for information about Mint.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;So it would be bad if we were to absorb Mint. It would take power away from that community. Some people use Linux Mint because they want to be part of the community and governance structures set up for it and not for Ubuntu. We should respect people who choose to partake in other communities.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that Eliah expressed his own personal belief and only supposes a hypothetical situation. Practically speaking, information posted on Ask Ubuntu is public and available to other communities to be linked, reposted, etc. &quot;So it would be bad if we were to absorb Mint&quot;, however we do not absorb Mint - it still stands as its own distribution and community. Addressing questions that rely on common and portable interface does not impose a monopoly over another community. That is a &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non_sequitur_(literary_device)&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;non sequitur&lt;/a&gt;. If information were exclusive to Ubuntu users only, I could understand the sentiment, however that is not the case. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;It's the &quot;everyone will copy them&quot; part, that really concerns me.&lt;/code&gt; Why ? As been explained what is advocated is integrating questions into our Ask Ubuntu domain based on narrow and clear set of criteria, and educating people on what is portable or not between distributions and OS. Why is that a concern ?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;Your post caused me to lose a lot of sleep and I felt personally attacked by it because it was me who raised many of the points you - I feel - misrepresented! - in your question and answer.&lt;/code&gt; I apologize if this causes you distress, however, your feelings of being personally attacked are not grounded in a fact. I have collected common sentiments across meta.askubuntu.com and from what is being said in chat, and as I mentioned in my answer I wrote without naming names because it's important to address ideas instead of people, and I don't engage in &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominem&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;ad hominem&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;pictures of vegetables on jigsaws&lt;/code&gt; vs  &lt;code&gt;anything to do with vegetables&lt;/code&gt; : well, first of all in this particular example that you make, it is indeed wrong scope for another stackexchange site; however in our case, scope does not change - we are still admitting questions related to Ubuntu, however with realization that Ubuntu is &lt;strong&gt;software distribution&lt;/strong&gt;, which has collection of software that is packaged with Ubuntu and other OS. What proposed is to admit things that are common enough, not outright anything. So the analogy is not quite appropriate. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="295286" LastActivityDate="2019-02-05T18:17:50.633" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18422" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18412" CreationDate="2019-02-05T20:25:14.233" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Please note that although I am a mod, this doesn't mean my word is law. I am posting this not as a site moderator but as a long time user of Ask Ubuntu. This is a discussion, not a declaration.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The way I see it, we don't need to change anything. It is standard practice to tweak a question to make it on topic. If someone asks &quot;what is the best way to foo the bar&quot; (primarily opinion based), an edit changing it to &quot;how can I foo the bar?&quot; is standard operating practice on all SE sites. If you ask &quot;how can I list samba shares on Ubuntu and on Windows?&quot;, an edit that removes mention of Windows and changes the question so it is only about Ubuntu is, again, standard. I really don't see why this needs to be any different. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If a Mint user asks a question about &lt;code&gt;sed&lt;/code&gt;, which is in no way different in Mint and Ubuntu, an edit removing the mention of Mint to ensure the question is on topic is just another case of an edit improving a question to make it on topic. Nothing particularly special. And this really isn't new. This has been happening for years. We don't need new rules, the old ones still apply:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When you see a question posted about a different distribution, you know the question is off topic. So vote to close it! That's absolutely fine. If, however, you happen to know that the question could just as well have been asked from a Ubuntu user, then you &lt;em&gt;may choose&lt;/em&gt; to instead edit it and make it on topic. That way, the OP gets an answer, we get a useful question and everyone is happy. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The worst case scenario is that the solution we provide might not work for the OP because they're using a different distribution. That's a shame, but that's why we have a scope. The OP shouldn't have asked here. However, the next &lt;em&gt;Ubuntu&lt;/em&gt; user with the same issue will now find a solution here. So, again, great! The OP is only a small (and in many ways the least significant) part of why we answer. The main reason is to collect a repository of useful information and help the millions of users and visitors we have. The OP is just one person. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And I really don't understand the concept that answering a question here somehow steals it from another community. The question was posted here, after all, we didn't go out and mug the OP in an alley and steal their question. They chose to come here and we chose to edit the question so that it fits this site's scope. Not to mention that AU is one of the more visible Linux sites on the internet, which means that having solutions here helps far more people than having them on the forums of a lesser known distribution. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have used many different distributions over the years. When I was a Mint user, I would often find my solution in Ubuntu forums. When I was an Ubuntu user, I would often find my solution in the Mint forums, or the Arch forums or wherever else. I haven't used Ubuntu or an Ubuntu-derived distribution for almost 10 years now. And yet, I &lt;em&gt;still&lt;/em&gt; find useful solutions in the Ubuntu world. I didn't need to show a passport or any other credentials, these are open sites and the information is available to all. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I guess I am saying that our primary responsibility is to &lt;em&gt;this&lt;/em&gt; site. If editing to make a question on topic makes the site richer by a useful question, then by extension, closing said question makes the site poorer and that can't be a good thing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, I am not saying we should go around blindly editing questions and forcing them to be on topic. In fact, I can count the times I felt that was worth doing on my fingers, and without taking off my socks. In most cases, the question isn't really so stellar or the issue isn't so clear-cut, and it's simpler for everyone to just close as off topic. But on those few, rare occasions where a question is really interesting &lt;em&gt;and you know it's applicable to Ubuntu&lt;/em&gt;, why not add some useful content to the site if all it takes is a simple edit?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't think we need Sergiy's checklist, and I agree that that would make things kinda complicated. There's no need to get everyone doing this, and (of course!) no need for any user to have any knowledge of non-Ubuntu systems in order to be active here. But if you do happen to know that the question would be the same on Ubuntu, then I don't see any issue with editing to fix it just like you would fix any other problem with a question. If you don't feel confident making the call, then don't. Don't edit. Don't approve an edit. Nobody's forcing anyone. But if you do happen to know, then why not? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2019-02-05T20:25:14.233" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18423" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-02-05T21:11:10.360" Score="4" ViewCount="65" Body="&lt;p&gt;So I love this site. Usually I find an answer right away. But sometimes I do find another solution or simply want to comment on instructions and what I had to do perhaps differently because of my hardware. I would like to upvote  certain really GREAT answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So my question is basically if I can't answer, comment, or vote... how can I obtain reputation points and contribute? Of course I understand the reasoning (needing experienced commenters) but what I'm facing is all my qestions get answered here, so I can barely contribute to solutions. High-class problems I know since I'm getting 95% of my learning done via this site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="901991" OwnerDisplayName="dubfactor" LastActivityDate="2019-02-05T22:37:18.290" Title="How to get reputation points so I can comment, vote, answer?" Tags="|discussion|community|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2019-02-06T07:07:05.497" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18424" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18412" CreationDate="2019-02-05T22:37:52.420" Score="2" Body="&lt;h3&gt;tl;dr: No, this site is about official Ubuntu flavours exclusively and it should stay this way.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is Ask Ubuntu, part of the StackExchange network. In this whole network, the scope of a site is what defines it. The scope, most importantly which questions you may or may not ask on the site, is the first thing which must be defined for a site during its Definition phase on &lt;a href=&quot;https://area51.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Area 51&lt;/a&gt;, long before it goes live. AU is about “[u]sing and administering official Ubuntu flavors”, and explicitly not about using “other Linux distributions”, questions about which you may not ask here:&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;on-topic&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With your help, we're working together to build a library of detailed answers to every question about Ubuntu.&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tour&quot;&gt;&lt;sup&gt;tour&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;1. Other distributions and even Ubuntu derivatives are not the same as Ubuntu.&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They use different packages, from different software sources and typically built differently. They are configured differently. Their principles and goals overlap with but are not the same as the principles and goals of the Ubuntu project.&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This pertains to even the most basic software, let’s just take a look at the &lt;code&gt;coreutils&lt;/code&gt; package: Currently supported Ubuntu versions ship v8.21-1, v8.25-2 and v8.28-1 whereas a current Arch Linux ships v8.30-1. How exactly do they differ? Unless you want to read hundreds of commit messages and maybe even source code &lt;code&gt;diff&lt;/code&gt;s there’s no way to know. My bad, I forgot to copy the last part of the version numbers, actually it’s v8.21-1ubuntu5.4, v8.25-2ubuntu3~16.04, v8.28-1ubuntu1 and v8.28-1ubuntu2.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;Let’s take &lt;code&gt;/bin/echo&lt;/code&gt; as an example, that one certainly doesn’t change – or does it? On v8.21, the source file &lt;code&gt;echo.c&lt;/code&gt; has a file size of 7630 bytes, on v8.25 it’s 7642 bytes and on v8.28 it’s 7634 bytes, whereas Arch Linux’s v8.30 &lt;code&gt;echo.c&lt;/code&gt; has a file size of 7635 bytes. Oh wait, I totally forgot the patches Ubuntu applies to the Debian packages (see long version numbers above), of course we need to check those as well…&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;Another example of huge differences between software versions is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/1105867/507051&quot;&gt;the recent case of &lt;code&gt;ls&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/a&gt; quoting filenames in 18.04, a behaviour which baffled Ubuntu users while &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/48443106#48443106&quot;&gt;Arch Linux users are long used to it&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even most basic commands, though of course called the same, are different from system to system, unless the systems involved share the same package sources.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ubuntu and its official derivatives (…) share package repositories, development philosophy, and substantial elements of design philosophy with Ubuntu.&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;2. The policy is about operating systems, not software.&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You’re trying to draw a line between software that’s Ubuntu-specific and software that’s not Ubuntu-specific. As I have shown above, that is very hard to do and gives surprising results even for basic software, it’s virtually impossible to draw this line clearly. In fact, this even pertains to the question you found poorly handled: The software in use is available both &lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/astrada/google-drive-ocamlfuse&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;directly from github&lt;/a&gt; (v0.7.1) and &lt;a href=&quot;https://launchpad.net/%7Ealessandro-strada/+archive/ubuntu/ppa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;compiled specifically for Ubuntu in a PPA&lt;/a&gt; (v0.7.1-0ubuntu3~ubuntu18.04.1), as the version numbers tell the Ubuntu version is different in a way again only code &lt;code&gt;diff&lt;/code&gt;s can show. We can never be totally sure these differences are irrelevant to the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How do we define our scope then? Simple: &lt;strong&gt;We limit ourselves to questions about using Ubuntu and its official derivatives.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This site is only about Ubuntu. Yes, that is often a silly distinction since 90% of all Linux stuff is common to any distribution, but if we don't want this site to cover all Linux flavors, the only way to draw the line is &amp;quot;Ubuntu == on topic&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;not Ubuntu == off topic&amp;quot;. Anything else essentially leads to chaos since the vast majority of people don't have the expertise needed to know that something would be the same on another distro.&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We aim help people install, use and develop on Ubuntu. It's that simple.&lt;sup&gt;3&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This way any user, they may be asker, answerer, voter, reviewer or mod can easily determine whether a question is on or off topic here, just by reading the concise help page &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;on-topic&lt;/a&gt;. No version number confusion, no code &lt;code&gt;diff&lt;/code&gt;s, no uncertainty, no need for discussion. It’s a clear rule defining what we do here. Yes, a Linux Mint user might have exactly the same issue a Ubuntu user could have, and yes, the answer may be the exact same for both – it doesn’t matter. This is Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;3. Keeping off-topic questions hurts everyone&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When AU receives an off-topic question, the usual course of action is to close the question as off-topic. The close notice gives a very good overview over other sites where the question may be on topic. Questions about other Linux distributions can often be migrated to Unix &amp;amp; Linux so that OP doesn’t even need to pose the question again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The migration tool was created to help those unfortunate users who asked good questions on the wrong site. Do your best to remember this, whether as a user (flagging or voting to close) or as a moderator (responding to flags).&lt;sup&gt;4&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;3.1 Keeping an off-topic question hurts its OP&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When asking a question, a user doesn’t really care about the site or the content they create, so let’s just concentrate on them and their issue for a moment.&#xA;Whether they didn’t take the tour or just don’t care of the site’s scope, although using an unsupported OS they ask a question on AU and don’t include the OS information.&#xA;Now someone answers the question – on and for Ubuntu, needless to say. Maybe this actually helps and solves OP’s problem, but because differences there’s also a notably good chance it doesn’t while on Ubuntu it would. Now in most cases OP will not let it slide, but rather post comments on the answer saying it doesn’t work, downvoting actually valuable content (“This answer is not useful”!) and in some cases even rant about getting trolled and molested by the answerer (yes, I experienced that). All that happens just because OP is asking the wrong community instead of having their question migrated to a fitting one or being pointed in the right direction. It wastes OP’s time and needlessly leads to confusion and frustration.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;3.2 Keeping off-topic questions hurts our community&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Writing good answers costs time, and it costs even more time when follow-up discussions with OP arise. With over 500k visits per day, AU is the third most visited site of the StackExchange network, but only two in three questions are answered, we have more than 100k unanswered questions here.&lt;sup&gt;5&lt;/sup&gt; 100,000 questions which hopefully for the most part are within our scope and to this day remain unanswered. If that is the case, do we want to spend time and invest energy on off-topic questions, just for the chance that they may be applicable to Ubuntu as well? No, we hurt the community by not answering on-topic questions in this time. What we need is answers, not questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If we start neglecting our scope on some questions, users get the idea that we’re basically accepting everything and consequently even less care about the help pages.&#xA;“[W]e’re working together to build a library of detailed answers to every question about Ubuntu”, remember?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anything not about Ubuntu is clutter that gets in the way of maintaining Ask Ubuntu as a resource for information about Ubuntu.&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We already get much of this clutter, encouraging users to flood AU with even more keeps us from this goal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;3.3 Keeping off-topic questions hurts other communities&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Though a remarkably big and vivid one we’re not the only Linux distribution community, there’s &lt;a href=&quot;https://ask.fedoraproject.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ask Fedora&lt;/a&gt;, the &lt;a href=&quot;http://forums.linuxmint.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Linux Mint Forum&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;Unix &amp;amp; Linux&lt;/a&gt; not to forget, just to name a few. If we act according to our policy when we receive an off-topic question, we hopefully point OP to other communities where their question is on topic and thus help other communities build their knowledge base. If we keep it and don’t tell OP that there’s a better place to ask that question, we impertinently keep their valuable content from them, effectively stealing traffic as well. That’s certainly not the spirit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Conclusion&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is Ask Ubuntu, it has a clear scope established for multiple very good reasons. Let’s not soften our prime policy, let’s not make it &lt;strong&gt;Ask Ubuntu-ish&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;1: Eliah Kagan on &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/5877/507051&quot;&gt;Why are questions about (specifically) Ubuntu based distros off-limits?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;2: terdon ♦ in &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/48842700#48842700&quot;&gt;https://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/48842700#48842700&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;3: Oli ♦ on &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/14663/507051&quot;&gt;Are non-Ubuntu-spefic questions allowed?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;4: Shog9 ♦ in &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.blog/2012/03/22/respect-the-community-your-own-and-others/&quot;&gt;Respect the community – your own, and others’&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;5: see &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackexchange.com/sites?view=list#traffic&quot;&gt;SE sites by traffic&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackexchange.com/sites?view=list#percentanswered&quot;&gt;SE sites by percentage of answered questions&lt;/a&gt; (Scroll down, keep scrolling, keep on … If you’ve seen enough, press &lt;kbd&gt;End&lt;/kbd&gt; and scroll up a bit, AU is on the ninth to the last place.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="507051" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2019-02-05T23:27:49.460" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18426" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-02-06T00:01:23.610" Score="20" ViewCount="322" Body="&lt;p&gt;The info of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/discussion&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;discussion&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;discussion&lt;/a&gt; tag here on Meta reads:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The question you're asking is designed to solicit opinions or best-practices on a particular topic, with the goal of reaching community consensus.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How do we define “consensus” when it comes to meta discussions?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It’s obviously complicated, so let’s just imagine a discussion with only two literal answers “Yes” and “No”. I suppose the easiest way to reach consensus is counting votes, but:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How exactly do we count?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Do only upvotes count, or do we take the displayed vote score (upvotes-downvotes)? If the latter, what if a user upvotes one answer and downvotes the other one?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;When do we call it a community consensus?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Does the highest voted answer reflect the community’s opinion from the moment the question is posted on? Or does an answer need a certain vote count? Which?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What do we do with questions with just one answer, does this automatically become consensus when it reaches a certain vote count? Which?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;A Meta discussion about Meta discussions – Inception&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="507051" LastEditorUserId="507051" LastEditDate="2019-02-06T07:00:18.940" LastActivityDate="2019-02-09T22:45:29.130" Title="What is considered a community consensus on Meta?" Tags="|discussion|voting|meta|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18427" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18426" CreationDate="2019-02-06T10:14:07.177" Score="8" Body="&lt;h3&gt;Good question&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A few thoughts &amp;amp; observations I made over the years:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Voting on Meta questions and answers is often not done on strictly rational grounds. Two posts, &lt;em&gt;in fact&lt;/em&gt; saying the same, can have opposite voting. Even in a time span of a few days.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Although we try to make things generic, questions and answers on meta are often strongly related to, and inspired by a specific case, subsequently quoted in situations, &lt;em&gt;just&lt;/em&gt; a bit different, but because of that, totally incorrectly applied.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The highest voted post on Meta has (of now) 117 votes, which definitely says something about the support in the community. At the same time, we have roughly 155.000 registered users. Then to say a few votes, even if many, represents &amp;quot;the&amp;quot; opinion of the community is not correct. It gives an indication of the opinion of the people who post and vote on Meta. To make it a democratical truth would require a system we don't have.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Like anything in life, there are different ways to look at things. When literally taken, even the highest valued posts and opinions clash from time to time in practice. Even in real life law, similar is the case, and common sense should tell us what to decide.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Therefore: discussions on meta are definitely useful, if the posts are good, it gives us tools and arguments to look at what we are doing and to make our practice.&#xA;They don't deliver &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;consensus&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; in the sense of a set of rules to blindly follow, and they should never replace common sense to make decisions in situations the posts were not meant for, or where different angles are applicable. Furthermore, the outcome of any of the posts is never an absolute truth that should be blindly applied year after year. Opinions and practice evolve over time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That is actually how we should look at meta discussions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2019-02-06T12:18:22.617" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18428" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18388" CreationDate="2019-02-07T22:43:54.277" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashPitfalls&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/OtHLx.png&quot; alt=&quot;Greg&amp;#39;s (GreyCat&amp;#39;s) Bash Wiki&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2019-02-07T22:43:54.277" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18429" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18407" CreationDate="2019-02-08T21:10:31.233" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't see a reason to override &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ask Ubuntu (AU)&lt;/strong&gt;'s policy&lt;/a&gt; of supporting only &lt;strong&gt;official Ubuntu flavours (OUF)&lt;/strong&gt; by &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; closing a question in which OP clearly mentions that they're using a non-OUF distro, a good reason behind this being the existence of an analogous site that would ideally support the question: &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Unix &amp;amp; Linux Stack Exchange&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;strong&gt;(U&amp;amp;L)&lt;/strong&gt;. Often it seems users, especially newcomers post questions at AU while using a non-OUF distro due to one of the two reasons:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;They have a misconception that &lt;em&gt;all&lt;/em&gt; Ubuntu-&lt;em&gt;based&lt;/em&gt; distros are supported&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Simply they're lost and ended up at the wrong site&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe then it's very reasonable to close the question as &quot;off-topic, not about Ubuntu&quot; and optionally leaving a comment directing OP to a &lt;em&gt;right&lt;/em&gt; place to ask the question (it would be included in the closure message anyway).&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;sub&gt;&#xA;As a side note, I would have preferred a direct migration path to U&amp;amp;L for close-voters, but I understand there is &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/8646/480481&quot;&gt;a good reason for not having that feature&lt;/a&gt;.&#xA;&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can also see some potential problems with selectively closing and not closing non-OUF questions. If we don't draw a clear line in the sand, then it might cause a rift between groups of users with mutually exclusive interests in the community on closing / &quot;non-closing&quot; a particular question every now and then. Let me give a more explicit hypothetical example:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;sub&gt;&#xA;Someone posts a question about a non-OUF distro, but they use GNOME. Now some users who use Ubuntu with GNOME may think that the issue is not distro-specific but related to GNOME and can be useful for Ubuntu users too. So they act accordingly (e.g. upvoting, posting answers, voting to &quot;leave open&quot; or voting to reopen if it gets closed etc.). On the other hand users who don't use GNOME might think the question is specific to the distro OP is using. &quot;&lt;em&gt;GNOME-haters&lt;/em&gt;&quot; (it seems that's a real thing at AU, it came up in a chatroom a few months ago that there is pattern of questions (even some completely unclear and low-quality garbage questions), in which OP is facing a problem apparently with GNOME, getting some &lt;em&gt;automatic-and-free&lt;/em&gt; upvotes) may be slightly more than eager to downvote / close / delete the question.&#xA;&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also I believe not closing non-OUF questions (and welcoming them by upvoting and answering instead) would increase the probability of them being referenced in future to justify other non-OUF questions. Even by now I have already seen a handful of times  OP claiming something along the lines of &quot;.. &lt;em&gt;but I have seen many questions about&lt;/em&gt; &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;enter-distro-name&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; &lt;em&gt;here&lt;/em&gt;...&quot; after their question about &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;enter-distro-name&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; has been closed as &quot;off-topic, not about Ubuntu&quot;. Right now this claim is quite easy to refute as almost always questions about &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;enter-distro-name&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; are indeed closed. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Often we find questions posted at AU or meta-AU which are nothing but rants (usually) by new users after their questions have been received poorly (downvoted / closed / deleted etc.) complaining about the way the user is being treated here. Unfortunately most of the times the underlying reason is not knowing how the site works (many still confuses AU with other forums or as a tech-support site). If we start welcoming non-OUF questions which are &lt;em&gt;useful to us&lt;/em&gt;, then whenever a user complains after getting their question closed for being a question about non-OUF &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;enter-distro-name&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt;, they'll have the opportunity to cite other questions about &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;enter-distro-name&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; that were received well. Telling them &quot;&lt;em&gt;your question was closed because other questions about&lt;/em&gt; &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;enter-distro-name&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; &lt;em&gt;were useful to us whereas yours is not&lt;/em&gt;&quot; would just strengthen their belief that they're being persecuted wrongfully, I reckon.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, what to do about the wastage of useful information? I have planned a course of action &lt;em&gt;for me&lt;/em&gt; sometime back in the case I come upon a useful question about a non-OUF distro:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;determine (the core of) the question to be valid for Ubuntu also&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;confirm would be able to answer the question&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;post a self-answered &lt;em&gt;new&lt;/em&gt; question (almost) identical to the original question&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;go back to the original question, vote to close as &quot;off-topic, not about Ubuntu&quot;, and leave a comment for OP, something like the following:  &#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(Welcome to Ask Ubuntu.) Unfortunately your question is off-topic here as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;only official flavours of Ubuntu are supported here&lt;/a&gt;. Please consider deleting your question and posting at our sister site  &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Unix &amp;amp; Linux Stack Exchange&lt;/a&gt;. However, &lt;code&gt;[this answer](link-to-the-newly-posted-answer)&lt;/code&gt; should work with Ubuntu. You might also find it useful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In fact, turns out this is something &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/507051/dessert&quot;&gt;@dessert&lt;/a&gt; did to deal with the disputed question (i.e. posting a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/1115520/480481&quot;&gt;self-answered question&lt;/a&gt;, although they eventually deleted their own answer).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;&#xA;Unfortunately, I myself haven't got a chance to follow the course yet. But in cases after voting to close a question I have left links to older answers by others for OP which I thought they might find useful.&#xA;&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;P.S.&lt;/em&gt; I am not very comfortable with the idea of &lt;em&gt;others&lt;/em&gt; editing the original question about a non-OUF distro and removing the reference of the distro just to &lt;em&gt;convert&lt;/em&gt; the question into an on-topic one either. I feel after such an edit we, as a community, should feel obliged to provide a working solution a for OP. In the (perhaps unlikely, but still not improbable) event of all the Ubuntu-specific answers posted to the question turning out to be unhelpful to OP, it would feel like robbing OP of their own question and wasting their valuable time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="480481" LastEditorUserId="480481" LastEditDate="2019-02-08T23:28:05.320" LastActivityDate="2019-02-08T23:28:05.320" CommentCount="12" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18430" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18426" CreationDate="2019-02-09T22:45:29.130" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;To answer both questions with one blithe statement: &lt;strong&gt;I don't think we do&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, that might not be the most useful answer to your question, but I'm speaking as one of the people tasked with attempting to apply this stuff, and largely speaking, keeping the wheels turning. Trying to define solid rules on quorum and then how opinion-de-jour gets applied to the site, well it leads to madness and frustration.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My observation of what tends to happen is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Person has opinion &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;They either apply it without asking and somebody complains on Meta, or&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;They ask whether or not it's right on Meta&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;More opinions get shared and people deploy votes&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The general outcome &lt;em&gt;usually&lt;/em&gt; get's applied to that case.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That sets a precedence so the next time another person has the same opinion and tries to act on it, we can reuse the old arguments. But similarly often, the thing gets churned up because the context is different, or the outcome wasn't satisfactory. I think that works for us.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I honestly think it's &lt;em&gt;dangerous&lt;/em&gt; to try and define a quorum here, or solid finite rules on our democracy. There's always situational context. There's nothing to say that somebody might one day, with hindsight maybe, have a better opinion. Speaking as one of the 48% of Brits being told that democracy is apparently immutable (unless it's trying to shove the same crappy deal through Parliament) I'm quite passionate about this concept of encouraging the revisiting old decisions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Basically, if you want to do something you suspect people disagree with, make your best case right there. By all means cite the previous discussions but they're not law. If you have a better reason on the day, there's no reason you might not buck the trend.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just to pull this back to me, I'm not always here. Few mods are. There are a great many high-rep users who do a fantastic job of answering Meta questions so that we don't have to. If you see one of us doing something that's against a recent consensus, please bring it up. We might have a good reason, we might not and we might need to revisit our actions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2019-02-09T22:45:29.130" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18431" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18403" CreationDate="2019-02-11T03:52:38.657" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;I could but won't make observations on specific user's conduct I've noticed myself. FWIW I've never lodged a complaint.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I will say that I received a 30 minute suspension in Ask Ubuntu General Chat Room which was good for me:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It made me reflect on the feelings of others.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The world can be politically biased to left and right extremes so jokes about politicians and mainstream media should be avoided.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After the 30 minute suspension ended I didn't hang out in the room as much as before. Perhaps only 1 to 5% as much?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Suspension taught me a lesson which it is designed to do. It doesn't matter how brilliant a person is here. Brilliance alone doesn't make one a shining star in diplomatic tact.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="307523" LastEditorUserId="307523" LastEditDate="2019-02-19T11:18:52.640" LastActivityDate="2019-02-19T11:18:52.640" CommentCount="17" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18432" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18436" CreationDate="2019-02-11T09:12:58.657" Score="11" ViewCount="247" Body="&lt;p&gt;In &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/1117160/344926&quot;&gt;this answer&lt;/a&gt; the user is sharing his experience of &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;what not to do&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; and says to follow the existing accepted answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;IMHO this is a &lt;em&gt;partial answer&lt;/em&gt; at best and &lt;em&gt;not an answer&lt;/em&gt; at worst, but the OP has a point that it might help someone trying to do the same as he did in the future, so taking this to meta.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Should we keep this partial (non-)answer or delete?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;P.S. I'm not talking about questions where the only answer is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Please, don't do this!&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just questions &lt;em&gt;where there is an answer&lt;/em&gt;, but a &lt;em&gt;don't do this&lt;/em&gt;  is posted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2019-02-11T14:46:20.970" Title="What should we do with answers only saying what not to do and advising readers to follow another answer instead" Tags="|discussion|support|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18433" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18435" CreationDate="2019-02-11T09:22:55.180" Score="8" ViewCount="203" Body="&lt;p&gt;So &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1093752/how-to-make-sure-im-not-using-any-proprietary-software-after-installation&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; has been closed as a duplicate of 3 different questions and their answers, but IMHO none of them &lt;em&gt;really answer the original question: &lt;strong&gt;they're just related...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Is it appropriate to reopen that (highly upvoted) question?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Disclaimer:&lt;/strong&gt; I answered that question so not voting myself as that feels too much like a conflict of interest.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastActivityDate="2019-02-25T07:50:33.703" Title="Reopen a question closed as a duplicate of 3 different ones?" Tags="|discussion|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18434" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18432" CreationDate="2019-02-11T09:49:41.927" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No, we should not allow this as an answer.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the information is important enough to keep it, it should be added to the solution answer as either a comment or – much better! – an edit. This should of course not be overly long, I consider it just an addendum. In this particular case a single sentence with the warning is enough, e.g.:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Do not edit &lt;code&gt;/etc/lsb-release&lt;/code&gt; to change the OS name, this breaks software relying on this information such as &lt;code&gt;software-center&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="507051" LastActivityDate="2019-02-11T09:49:41.927" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18435" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18433" CreationDate="2019-02-11T10:22:33.460" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;Five users voted and the question was reopened.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think you should vote to reopen even when you’re biased. It’s a good idea to add a comment for reviewers explaining why you think the question should be reopened, how dupes don’t match etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Asking on meta certainly brings attention to the question and your endeavor, but it is a bit much: A VTR which puts it in the review queue should rather be the way to approach the simple question “Should we reopen this or not?”, especially if you don’t need to raise points not fitting into a comment on the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;For users under 3000 reputation&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even if you haven’t gained the privilege to cast reopen votes yet there are several things you can do:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Edit the question (directly or through a suggestion) and clarify why it is not a duplicate&lt;br&gt;&#xA;An edit on a closed question automatically places it in the reopen queue where it’s considered for reopening by reviewers.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ask a question on Meta&lt;br&gt;&#xA;This is the right thing to do if you’re not sure about an edit. Include all information, especially why you think it isn’t a duplicate.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ask in chat&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Many experienced users and mods hang out in &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/201/ask-ubuntu-general-room&quot;&gt;the Ask Ubuntu General Room&lt;/a&gt;, you’re welcome to join and ask about things like that.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="507051" LastEditorUserId="507051" LastEditDate="2019-02-25T07:50:33.703" LastActivityDate="2019-02-25T07:50:33.703" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18436" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18432" CreationDate="2019-02-11T11:54:18.570" Score="16" Body="&lt;p&gt;I agree with &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/18434/527764&quot;&gt;dessert's answer&lt;/a&gt; that this type of information is probably usually best incorporated into a more complete answer, probably the answer it is recommending. It would, I think, be silly if questions accumulated answers warning against every possible wrong approach to a problem. It would only take a great imagination to come up with all kinds of bad ideas :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Still, I don't think &lt;em&gt;what not to do&lt;/em&gt; answers should always necessarily be discouraged or deleted. It is certainly acceptable for multiple answers to be posted to a question each addressing different aspects of the question and/or covering different approaches to the question or problem. These answers can and often should refer to each other. There is nothing wrong with an answer that says something like&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The [answer by &lt;em&gt;user&lt;/em&gt;](link to answer) gives the best approach to voozhing your wobflocker and I recommend following it. In this answer, I want to explain some other highly relevant things, [...]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some such highly relevant things might occasionally be common pitfalls. One valid reason for addressing these in an answer would be that the OP has mentioned in the question that they are thinking of following some bad plan. We should definitely make sure that the badness of that plan is explained somewhere.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While it's often great to simply contribute an edit to someone else's answer to make it more complete, (and that's probably the right approach when you only want to mention a possible mistake that only takes a sentence or two to describe) there are plenty of occasions where what you want to add just doesn't fit into an existing answer, or where you feel that you need the answer to be your own so that you can maintain it properly and cover everything you want to mention thoroughly. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The best questions usually have multiple valid and relevant answers, and we shouldn't discourage people from answering with different perspectives.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2019-02-11T11:54:18.570" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18437" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18432" CreationDate="2019-02-11T13:04:03.763" Score="5" Body="&lt;h2&gt;A non-answer?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You could argue it &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; a valid answer, since it attempts to point OP in the right direction, although it is in the negative sense. I'd leave it where it is.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just like a question like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;How do I...&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;could have a (valid) answer:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;You can't, because....&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;although it is not answering the question, as OP asked it. Similarly, I don't believe saying explicitly what &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; to do, with a good reasoning, is a non-answer. In both cases, it is a useful contribution to what OP asked for.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A good argument to leave it as a stand-alone answer could then be to make sure it is read. Better that than to bury it somewhere in another answer. That is especially the case when incorrect or even dangerous/harmful answers exist on the internet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2019-02-11T14:46:20.970" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18439" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-02-13T08:33:39.233" Score="0" ViewCount="57" Body="&lt;p&gt;4 minutes after posting a comment I quickly fixed a sentence. Too quickly, as I made a typo. Trying to fix the typo as fast as possible, I got &quot;You may only edit a comment every 5 seconds&quot;. So I waited 3 more seconds and tried again. Same message. I waited &lt;em&gt;another&lt;/em&gt; 3 seconds, and again I got the same message. This time I waited 6 seconds, and still I got the same message!!. I refreshed the page, and the 5 minutes already elapsed and now the typo is burned into history.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Either:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Bug: The 5 second counter is reset on every press of &quot;Save Edits&quot;, and/or&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Bug: It gives the wrong &quot;5 seconds&quot; message because the 5 minutes were elapsed.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="495443" LastActivityDate="2019-02-13T08:33:39.233" Title="5 seconds between comment edit is broken" Tags="|bug|comments|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18440" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-02-13T19:55:37.297" Score="2" ViewCount="70" Body="&lt;p&gt;Over the past two days, I've noted that &lt;a href=&quot;https://packages.ubuntu.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://packages.ubuntu.com/&lt;/a&gt; has been having a couple of issues.  Currently &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1117986/cant-upgrade-ubuntu-16-04-5-lts-to-18-04-1-lts-because-cant-upgrade-libbluray?noredirect=1#comment1847087_1117986&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; is looking for a package which &lt;em&gt;should&lt;/em&gt; exists in xenial (libasm-java) and does exist in trusty and bionic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would tell the OP where to download the .deb file from directly, but cannot find a good link...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="283721" LastActivityDate="2019-02-14T15:15:11.847" Title="Do we have an answer for &quot;Is there a problem with the Ubuntu repositories&quot;" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18441" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18440" CreationDate="2019-02-14T15:15:11.847" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think this is a package-specific issue, something to do with &lt;code&gt;libasm-java&lt;/code&gt; not existing in Xenial. There might be a reason, and there may be a way to step around this specific problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, I have submitted a rather generic answer about what &lt;em&gt;I would do&lt;/em&gt;. Essentially torturing and executing every package blocking the upgrade. Once I'm  on the other side, just reinstall what I need. It requires an amount of technical confidence and there are cases where you would not want to follow it blindly. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I wouldn't suggest it's canonical. As Thomas said in the comments, I think there is just a bit too much variation out there to suggest one way of doing things.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2019-02-14T15:15:11.847" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18442" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-02-15T06:40:36.057" Score="9" ViewCount="241" Body="&lt;p&gt;Suppose I found an answer from a few years ago, a Python script or shell script, maybe C code. It works and answers the question, but it's buggy,  the approach used isn't optimal, or messes up user configurations, and I suspect I could probably fix it. What are the options in such case ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;can I go ahead and directly edit the code ?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;can I request moderator to turn the answer into community wiki ?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;should I just vote to delete that answer and post the edited version of the answer ?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="295286" LastActivityDate="2019-02-15T10:05:15.627" Title="Re-working another user's answer?" Tags="|discussion|answers|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18443" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18442" CreationDate="2019-02-15T07:23:58.837" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;The question is a bit unclear on the specific situation, so it depends. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If an answer is undoubtedly harmful, I'd say edit! Fix, if you can without changing the concept, or include a warning if not. If it is a serious threat, flag for moderator attention.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If an answer has minor issues, either fix, post your own answer if the fixes are many, or leave a comment, depending on the situation.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If it is just a tiny thing, suggest an edit if OP is around.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If an answer just isn't the best in your opinion or you don't agree with the concept, you should leave it, or just post your own answer. It &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; an answer and you can't change a concept &quot;without moving away from the author's intention&quot;. Different opinions is why we have multiple answers for a question.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Deleting an answer is only an option if it is a really bad answer, or even does not attempt to answer the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="72216" LastEditDate="2019-02-15T07:41:53.397" LastActivityDate="2019-02-15T07:41:53.397" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18444" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18442" CreationDate="2019-02-15T09:48:37.900" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;Jacob answered what you &lt;strong&gt;should&lt;/strong&gt; do, and you've given a good answer for what you &lt;strong&gt;should not&lt;/strong&gt; do:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;vote to delete that answer and post the edited version of the answer&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/UbeWS.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;You&amp;#39;ve been Jammed&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd be &lt;em&gt;incandescent&lt;/em&gt; if out of the blue somebody tried to take my post and delete the original. There'd be meta posts. There'd be moderator messages. I'd be a complete diva about it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hell, I'd be disappointed if people just tried to delete my posts without giving me some sort of notification to let me know there was a problem. There is no expectation that everybody will get everything right all the time, but at least give them an opportunity to fix it, if you won't do that for them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You could also argue deleting the original is self-defeating. The CC licence here requires attribution to the post as well as the user. You delete it and you suddenly forfeit one of the conditions for your license. This argument is obviously not battle-tested but it's probably not worth getting in the situation where you have to make a legal argument for your right to use somebody else's content.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would [and would expect others to naturally] follow  Jacob's list there. Edit. Comment. If it's irredeemably awful, flag it (delete is too slow) but if it's that bad, you're not going to be reposting it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2019-02-15T10:05:15.627" LastActivityDate="2019-02-15T10:05:15.627" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18445" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14079" CreationDate="2019-02-17T01:01:59.597" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Crouton is not a bootloader. Crouton stands for  &lt;strong&gt;C&lt;/strong&gt;h&lt;strong&gt;R&lt;/strong&gt;omium &lt;strong&gt;O&lt;/strong&gt;s &lt;strong&gt;U&lt;/strong&gt;niversal chroo&lt;strong&gt;T&lt;/strong&gt; envir&lt;strong&gt;ON&lt;/strong&gt;ment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A chroot doesn't have full access to the system and this is a quote from the &lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;crouton github page&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&quot;The downside is that you must be running the correct chroot for your&#xA;  hardware, &lt;strong&gt;the software must be compatible with Chromium OS's kernel&lt;/strong&gt;,&#xA;  and machine resources are inextricably tied between the host Chromium&#xA;  OS and the guest OS&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you get it up and running it's still running in a chroot as a &quot;guest OS&quot;. It's more different to Ubuntu than a lot of unsupported Ubuntu derivatives as many of those at least use the Ubuntu kernel. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With that said, I do think that &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1118365/is-there-a-keyboard-shortcut-to-take-a-screenshot-that-doesnt-use-the-prtscrn-k&quot;&gt;some questions are on topic&lt;/a&gt;.  However, when the question &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; on topic, I see no use in mentioning crouton in the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="167115" LastActivityDate="2019-02-17T01:01:59.597" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18446" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-02-17T16:41:19.007" Score="-1" ViewCount="137" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/291221/error-with-tar-commad-cannot-open-no-such-file-or-directory&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/291221/error-with-tar-commad-cannot-open-no-such-file-or-directory&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can Someone explain what is wrong with this question, and why any discussion is shut like that by moderators or community leaders?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am facing this problem, extracting an archive and the tar returns these errors.&#xA;I wget the archive.&#xA;move it to a folder and try to extract it, when I extracted in home directory where I downloaded it did extract, creating a mess, but when moved same command no longer works.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;$ tar xvf ArchLinuxARM-rpi-latest.tar.gz&#xA;1: /home/user/bin/gzip: Syntax error: word unexpected (expecting &quot;)&quot;)&#xA;tar: Child returned status 2&#xA;tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;sidenote: I hope codinghorror writes more on how to live in a community or much simply, find the answers you might be looking for when you are just shut down for not having reputation or duplicate tagging, closing questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="673056" OwnerDisplayName="port" LastEditorUserId="507051" LastEditDate="2019-02-17T17:09:14.260" LastActivityDate="2019-02-17T18:36:49.900" Title="What is wrong with this question? And why is it closed by mods? Why answers don't make sense?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18447" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18446" CreationDate="2019-02-17T18:36:49.900" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;The question you link to doesn't seem to be related to the problem you are having. That question was about someone trying to run &lt;code&gt;tar&lt;/code&gt; on a file that didn't exist. It was closed because the issue is trivial (you cannot do anything to a file if that file doesn't exist) and unlikely to help future visitors.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your issue is complely different, so go ahead and ask a question on &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com&quot;&gt;the main site&lt;/a&gt;. Make sure to include the output of &lt;code&gt;type gzip&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;file ~/bin/gzip&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2019-02-17T18:36:49.900" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18449" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-02-20T00:39:02.610" Score="11" ViewCount="250" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a big fan of demonstrating good behaviour and avoiding getting a suspension.  I have never received a suspension on any SE site*.  However, this puts myself and those similar to me at a disadvantage because it means that only those who have experienced a suspension know the actual outcome and messages that are communicated to those who do get one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm also a big fan of &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanlon%27s_razor&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Hanlon's&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitchens%27s_razor&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Hitchen's&lt;/a&gt; Razors, so I have a tendency to lean towards defending the target of a suspension unless there is clear evidence available &lt;em&gt;to me&lt;/em&gt; about the particulars.  This, obviously, makes my opinion vulnerable to others explanation of their experiences.  Without SE's explanation, it's a bit one-sided.  Yes, we all know that a user's suspension is between SE and them, but there are other ways to make that less opaque.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As discussed in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/18431/98669&quot;&gt;comments&lt;/a&gt; to one particular high-rep user's experience, they misinterpreted a &quot;suspension&quot; message sent to them from 30 minutes to 30 days.  I, obviously, cannot speak to this since I have no experience, and I questioned SE's processes.  They have since updated their answer to retract their statement but I feel there is some evidence of a lack of transparency here if not to them, to &lt;em&gt;us - non-offending users&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If one searches &quot;suspension&quot; in the Help Center, I find that the policies, penalties, and messages of suspension are exceptionally vague, only stating &quot;(one day or more, depending on the violation)&quot;.  This is obviously not true, since another moderator in the same comment trail has indicated that, for chat room reports, that particular suspension was only for 30 minutes and &quot;the chat suspension...was automatically applied by the system because a comment was flagged&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Where (or why not) are these suspension policies published clearly (perhaps in table format?), particularly to include clearly the time penalty range and method of communication?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;*(and would, honestly, probably take it harder than most if I were to be suspended, so I'd hasten to say it's a &lt;em&gt;fear&lt;/em&gt; which exacerbates &lt;em&gt;anxiety&lt;/em&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="98669" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2019-02-20T17:39:04.583" LastActivityDate="2019-02-22T10:03:57.167" Title="Where are suspension policies published for independent reference?" Tags="|discussion|faq-suggestion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18450" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18449" CreationDate="2019-02-20T10:59:22.170" Score="16" Body="&lt;p&gt;First of all, there are two broad categories of suspension: site suspension and chat suspension. I will address each of the separately. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Chat suspension&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a suspension that is applied to your chat user. It doesn't block you from using any SE site and, in fact, it isn't even linked to any SE site. The SE chat system is shared across all sites in the SE network. With the exception of &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com&quot;&gt;Stack Overflow&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Meta Stack Exchange&lt;/a&gt;, who host their chats on &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackoverflow.com&quot;&gt;http://chat.stackoverflow.com&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.meta.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;http://chat.meta.stackexchange.com&lt;/a&gt;, all the rooms of the various sites are hosted on &lt;a href=&quot;http://chat.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;http://chat.stackexchange.com&lt;/a&gt;. This also means that all moderators of the SE network are chat moderators and any one of them can apply chat suspensions to any user from any site. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A chat suspension means that a user cannot participate in chat until the suspension is over. The user can still use the main sites normally, they just can't chat. Since these suspensions only affect chat, they are not treated with the same gravitas as site suspensions. For example, they can be issued automatically when multiple users flag something in chat as offensive. Then, the system will give a half-hour suspension to the offending chat user.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Alternatively, any moderator on the network can choose to suspend a user from chat if they feel they are being disruptive or if they are behaving in a way that breaks the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/conduct&quot;&gt;Code of Conduct&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are no clear cut rules about these suspensions since it's not really possible to have rules covering all eventualities. The details are left up to individual mods' discretion. However, it usually just comes down to &quot;be nice&quot; and &quot;don't be disruptive&quot;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Site suspension&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These are the serious ones. When your user is suspended from the site, you cannot ask or answer questions. This sort of suspension can only be given by the site's mod team and by SE employees. Site suspensions are &lt;em&gt;always&lt;/em&gt; accompanied by an email (and also a site inbox notification) from the mod team that will give the reason for the suspension. The suspended user can respond to the email to defend themselves if they feel the suspension was unfair. It isn't even possible to suspend a user without an email, the SE mod interface doesn't allow it. The only way we can suspend is by sending an email explaining the suspension. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for when we suspend, the rules are relatively simple: if you break the code of conduct or other rules of the site. The most common reasons for suspending users (in no particular order) are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sock puppet shenanigans&lt;/strong&gt;. A user has created multiple accounts and is using them to upvote their main account. Or, more generally, a user has multiple accounts and is using them to do things that would be impossible with a single account (down/upvoting posts multiple times, getting around a question ban or suspension, generally trying to game the system).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Vote shenanigans&lt;/strong&gt;. A user keeps voting for another user. This can be upvotes or downvotes. While moderators cannot see who voted for whom, we do have access to general voting trends and tools that alert us when something looks fishy. Voting based on &lt;em&gt;who&lt;/em&gt; posted instead of &lt;em&gt;what&lt;/em&gt; was posted is against the spirit of SE and if a user insists on doing so, they may be suspended. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rudeness&lt;/strong&gt;. If a user is consistently rude or aggressive towards other users, the mods can choose to suspend them. Again, this is down to the discretion of individual mods. There is no way to define a clear threshold of rudeness after which a suspension will be applied. So we need the judgement of a human. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Defacing the site&lt;/strong&gt;. A user who defaces posts (bad edits, hate speech, spam, even excessive deletion of your own content) can be suspended if they ignore moderator warnings and continue in their destructive behavior. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Anything else that is harming the site&lt;/strong&gt;. Users who are being disruptive can be suspended to protect the site. This includes spammers, trolls, people who consistently post poor quality content etc.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;In all of these cases, unless what you are doing is just blatantly bad, the mods will give a warning first&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.  Our first recourse is always telling the user they're doing something wrong and we'll only suspend if they ignore that warning and persist in doing whatever it is they're doing. Of course, if a user is doing something really bad, we may go straight to a suspension, but those are the cases where the user knows &lt;em&gt;exactly&lt;/em&gt; what they're doing wrong. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for the length of suspension, this is the guidance the SE interface gives mods:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;First (serious) offense: you get a 7-day suspension. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Second (serious) offense: 30 day suspension.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Third (serious) offense: 365 day suspension. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, for the first not so serious offense, the usual reaction is just a mod message letting you know you crossed a line and no suspension. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, the details will always vary. Mods are humans and able to apply their own judgement. This is actually &lt;em&gt;precisely&lt;/em&gt; why we're here: as human exception handlers, and suspending users is very much an exception. This means we can choose to give a shorter or longer suspension as we feel is merited. There are no strict rules about this sort of thing and there can't be since the details will always be important. Someone who posts a comment using racial slurs and threatening physical harm will be dealt with much more heavily than someone who posts a comment calling another user a &lt;em&gt;jerk&lt;/em&gt;. But, obviously, you cannot have a set of rules that says something like &quot;jerk=1day, asshole=4days&quot; etc. There will always be judgment calls. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In conclusion, there are no published suspension policies for the same reason there are no set sentences for crimes in real life. Just like you need a judge to make the call for how long to send someone to jail for, or a school principal to decide how long to suspend a student for, you need a human to make the call for how long to suspend for. And, just like in real life, there are guidelines that help make this decision, but these are not set in stone and cannot be 100% specific and unchanging.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2019-02-22T10:03:57.167" LastActivityDate="2019-02-22T10:03:57.167" CommentCount="12" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18451" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18465" CreationDate="2019-02-23T15:58:10.873" Score="11" ViewCount="281" Body="&lt;p&gt;The story starts on a (this) Saturday afternoon, finding myself trying to print something. Out of the printer comes a pretty blue piece of paper. I am pretty sure the blue is not coming from one of my creative burbs, so, I am looking up on AU what could be the cause.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And: yes! &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1120379/my-printer-adds-a-blue-background&quot;&gt;it is an existing problem&lt;/a&gt; apparently, caused by a... bug, which is, I understand, fixable for as long as the &quot;real&quot; fix is not available. The question is however closed, and the only answer does not work for me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Of course&lt;/em&gt;  bug reports need to be done, but numerous people would be happy if they could fix &lt;em&gt;now&lt;/em&gt;, and printing is a pretty essential thing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most likely, I will find my way around in the next 15 minutes or so, but could we, for the sake of being a useful site, &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; close the question if an answer can, and most likely will, help the undoubtedly many people in the same situation?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Related, maybe even a dupe, but just to refresh the thought: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/15908/please-reconsider-closing-bug-related-questions-if-a-workaround-can-be-produced&quot;&gt;Please reconsider closing bug-related questions if a workaround can be produced&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="72216" LastEditDate="2019-02-23T16:04:20.697" LastActivityDate="2019-03-01T20:34:03.367" Title="Should we close bug related questions -in all cases-?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18452" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18451" CreationDate="2019-02-23T17:33:15.523" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;The general idea was: if asked before it is a duplicate. If it is a bug, not asked before and there is a fix post the fix as an answer (or the workaround), otherwise close it as the bug with a link to the bug report or comment that it needs to be reported. When there is a fix the original q could be re-opened if need be.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastActivityDate="2019-02-23T17:33:15.523" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18453" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18451" CreationDate="2019-02-23T19:56:03.493" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;I feel that we should continue to close questions which are or should be bug reports, but we should apply our policy less strictly to questions which are not bug reports but are related to bugs, or change our policy to allow such questions in at least some cases.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While reviewing recently, I noticed a number of questions that I felt really ought not to have been closed as bug reports being closed as bug reports. This prompted me to read some of the meta discussions about bug reports being off topic, and I found that those discussions in general, though with some differences of opinion, justified closing questions about bugs as off-topic in most cases. I recently &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/48379937#48379937&quot;&gt;talked about this in chat&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I found the policy embodied on meta (as in what actually happened, for the most part, on the site), &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/5307/527764&quot;&gt;somewhat stricter&lt;/a&gt; than the policy &lt;em&gt;I would personally like us to have&lt;/em&gt;, which is to only close questions as bug reports if they were obviously &lt;em&gt;intended&lt;/em&gt; as or should definitely be bug reports or feature requests and could not readily be interpreted any other way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The reason I would like us to have this policy is that I think the only benefits of closing questions about bugs are that &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;it motivates people to report bugs and make feature requests on Launchpad and prevents Ask Ubuntu being perceived as a bug-reporting service&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;it might result in the deletion of obsolete questions&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The former seems to me only to apply to questions which obviously should be bug reports or feature requests. I agree completely that we ought to close the question and direct people to the developers/maintainers in such cases, but when someone asks for a workaround for a known bug, there seems no benefit in redirecting the OP to the developers. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Deleting truly obsolete questions (to prevent visitors wasting their time) is certainly a benefit worth having, I think, but it depends heavily on&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the question actually being obsolete and useless to everyone&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the question actually being deleted&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is hard to predict. Many bugs are long-lived. I have been using a workaround for one bug for the last 3.5 years. An answer describing such a workaround would be useful for longer, than, say, a configuration option applying to a particular version of a desktop environment... Thinking about this benefit, we have three options&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Assume the above criteria will be met (the question will become useless, and closing it will cause it to be deleted), and close all questions about bugs&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ask reviewers to assess whether the above criteria will be met, and close bug-related questions which are not likely to be useful in future (rather subjective)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Give bug-related non-bug report questions the benefit of the doubt, and assume they will probably be useful, so leave them open (unless, perhaps, they have clearly already become obsolete).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I personally favour an err-on-the-side-of-leaving-open version of option 2., or better, option 3., while our current policy seems to be closest to option 1..&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My own practice has been to interpret questions as not being bug reports when another interpretation seems better, and to not close bug-related questions that seem to me to be likely to benefit more from being answered than being closed and deleted. For example I recently &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/48447759#48447759&quot;&gt;advocated&lt;/a&gt; answering &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1108568/ubuntu-18-04-lock-screen-issue-with-gdm3&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; instead of closing it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think our policy favours closing this type of question, and I would prefer our policy to change to be more generous to such questions, while still closing questions that really should be bug reports or feature requests.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2019-02-23T19:56:03.493" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18454" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-02-25T13:20:51.177" Score="1" ViewCount="67" Body="&lt;p&gt;I ask this question with the idea that this may be a way to pass along experience with configuring an ubuntu system.&#xA;  I have recently gone through a process and think that if I can properly ask and then answer a question, it may be helpful to others on AskUbuntu dealing with a similar situation. I would of course expect input from others and that would be most welcome. So perhaps, properly handled, discussion and other ideas&#xA;would be promoted, too.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="414241" OwnerDisplayName="Craig" LastActivityDate="2019-02-25T13:27:46.817" Title="Ask and then answer one's own question on AskUbuntu?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2019-02-25T13:55:15.580" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18455" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-02-25T23:15:53.353" Score="2" ViewCount="109" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've noticed that when the little help box appears to the side, it says to show code using &quot;backticks&quot; when they are called graves.  For clarification, I am talking about these: `.  I don't think that these should be called backticks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="910930" LastActivityDate="2019-02-26T10:42:02.150" Title="Why does the little help box call them &quot;backticks&quot; when they're graves?" Tags="|discussion|formatting|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18456" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18455" CreationDate="2019-02-26T10:42:02.150" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;Both names, &quot;grave (accent)&quot; and &quot;backtick&quot; apply to the same character. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;grave&quot; is more common in the linguistic field and when it's actually combined with a letter (like &quot;è&quot;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;backtick&quot; is the name commonly used in technical or programming contexts, where it is used on its own like a quotation mark instead. Just like here in the Markdown editor, where you enclose text with `backticks` to &lt;code&gt;format it as code&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See also &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grave_accent#Use_in_programming&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grave_accent#Use_in_programming&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastActivityDate="2019-02-26T10:42:02.150" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18457" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-02-26T10:53:28.410" Score="4" ViewCount="76" Body="&lt;p&gt;Why is the search box (and button) in the top bar on Stack Exchange not visible at all times? I have been using Stack Exchange for months and only just found it by clicking randomly around the top of the screen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An undesirable side-effect is users asking questions instead of finding previous answers via a search.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At least on grounds of inclusiveness (particularly for those of us with mediocre eyesight) this would be worth implementing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="804032" LastActivityDate="2019-02-28T10:43:59.720" Title="Why is the Search box close to invisible on Stack Exchange?" Tags="|feature-request|stackexchange|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18458" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18457" CreationDate="2019-02-26T11:19:05.427" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The design of the site is a global concept across all stackexchange sites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/18114/ask-ubuntu-new-site-theme-is-live&quot;&gt;Ask Ubuntu new site theme is live&lt;/a&gt;  (and the closed &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/18038/ask-ubuntu-new-site-theme-coming-soon&quot;&gt;Ask Ubuntu new site theme coming soon&lt;/a&gt; )&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Important link from that points to the introduction of the changes: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/307862/ch-ch-ch-changes-left-nav-responsive-design-themes&quot;&gt;Ch-ch-ch-changes: Left nav, responsive design, &amp;amp; themes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are no settings to change the color of the top bar though Oli made a comment in the 1st link where he used some client side alterations to get the orange back for the top bar.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Weird thing: gmail does the same. My search bar at the top is as dark as the rest when using a dark theme.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastEditorUserId="15811" LastEditDate="2019-02-28T10:43:59.720" LastActivityDate="2019-02-28T10:43:59.720" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18460" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-02-27T18:35:07.133" Score="-8" ViewCount="115" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/18459/167850&quot;&gt;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/18459/167850&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I see no reason at all. Can anyone explain it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="167850" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2019-02-27T18:53:21.977" LastActivityDate="2019-03-31T23:44:33.250" Title="Why was my post deleted?" Tags="|discussion|deleted-answers|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18461" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18460" CreationDate="2019-02-27T20:20:34.740" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;I didn't delete it, but I agree with the mod who did 100%. That was noise. It was a joke, frankly not a very funny one, which was posted as an answer. The entire content of your post was this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I think it would be a good idea to suspend all too high-rated people like Oli, Rinzwind, etc. for a year or two to let other people do something useful ;-)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That is clearly not answering the question, and not providing anything useful to the discussion. What's worse, it was posted on a pretty serious subject where the suspension of a high rep user was being discussed. That isn't something we (mods or users) take lightly so that makes your post even more delete-worthy. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But the main reason it was deleted was for the same reason &lt;em&gt;anything&lt;/em&gt; on the site is deleted: it wasn't answering the question. If you felt it was so important, you should have left a comment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2019-02-27T20:20:34.740" CommentCount="14" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18462" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18463" CreationDate="2019-02-28T11:03:22.017" Score="7" ViewCount="378" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sometimes, posters provide links to &lt;a href=&quot;https://imgur.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://imgur.com&lt;/a&gt; rather than to &lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://i.stack.imgur.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then, if I want to include the image in the poster's question, I first have to open the &lt;a href=&quot;https://imgur.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://imgur.com&lt;/a&gt; image, download it, and then upload it the correct way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's not a big deal, but is there an easier way? I suspect not but I want to be sure!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="248158" LastEditorUserId="480481" LastEditDate="2019-02-28T14:59:36.033" LastActivityDate="2019-02-28T15:40:09.227" Title="Is there an easy way to include images from https://imgur.com?" Tags="|support|editing|image|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18463" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18462" CreationDate="2019-02-28T11:09:05.630" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Instead of downloading and re-uploading you can just copy the &lt;em&gt;image&lt;/em&gt; URL and paste it in the image upload tool:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/iJ9DH.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/iJ9DH.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;(click '&lt;em&gt;paste&lt;/em&gt;')&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/WHwko.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/WHwko.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="480481" LastActivityDate="2019-02-28T11:09:05.630" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18464" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18462" CreationDate="2019-02-28T15:40:09.227" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's actually a little bit easier than pomsky points out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You don't need the URL or to open the image box. You can just:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Right click the image, click &quot;Copy Image&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Then paste that image straight into an edit box. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It'll upload it to the right part of Imgur and insert the link.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/fwrGW.gif&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/fwrGW.gif&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2019-02-28T15:40:09.227" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18465" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18451" CreationDate="2019-03-01T20:34:03.367" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;Problem is that  close-as-bug option is misunderstood a lot and we need to pay attention to what the question asks. And I completely agree - we &lt;em&gt;should not close questions that actually ask for help&lt;/em&gt; or at least reopen question when a fix/workaround is available.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When a question asks, &quot;Hello, Ubuntu guys, here's an issue. Please fix it&quot; or &quot;I installed Ubuntu and this thing is broken. Devs need to fix this&quot;, that's a bug report. Ask Ubuntu is a community site, and despite the fact that some participants are developers or Canonical employees, most users are neither of those two, and Ask Ubuntu has not a lot of word in Ubuntu's development. And that's exactly what the close message means:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&quot;Bug reports and problems specific to development version of Ubuntu should be reported on Launchpad so that developers can see, track and fix these issues.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Don't tell us you &lt;strong&gt;found&lt;/strong&gt; a bug, report it to the developers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When a question asks, &quot;Hello, my thing is not working properly. How can I deal with it ?&quot; - that's a valid question, which occasionally might turn out to be a well known bug, potentially with a workaround or a fix, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/811254/files-bug-ubuntu-16-04&quot;&gt;or it may even be a duplicate&lt;/a&gt;.  There's plenty of examples across the site, some of which include:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/810765/295286&quot;&gt;Network Manager bug with link to workaround&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/810765/295286&quot;&gt;Wifi driver bug with workaround in BIOS&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/808746/295286&quot;&gt;GNOME bug with workaround in the edit&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/252134/295286&quot;&gt;Minitube bug with workaround via package removal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;As for the blue color in the printer, that was me - I hacked your printer to print my favorite colour. In case readers are confused by this statement, please visit &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.thefreedictionary.com/joke&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="295286" LastActivityDate="2019-03-01T20:34:03.367" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18466" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-03-03T19:09:24.733" Score="1" ViewCount="48" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm used to editing then noticing something small I missed and quickly editing again. Normally the second edit is merged with the first as long as it's within a grace period of 5 minutes, but I just now &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/1122748/revisions&quot;&gt;edited this post twice&lt;/a&gt; within two minutes (18:54 and 18:56 UTC, repectively) and the edits were not merged. Why did these edits not get merged? Did the grace period change, or is this a minor bug?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="301745" LastEditorUserId="301745" LastEditDate="2019-03-03T19:12:45.247" LastActivityDate="2019-03-03T19:12:45.247" Title="Made two edits within two minutes, but they weren't merged" Tags="|support|editing|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ClosedDate="2019-03-03T19:10:43.443" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18468" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-03-04T20:08:43.317" Score="4" ViewCount="32" Body="&lt;p&gt;If I want to find out more about a certain topic but don't have a specific question because I'm so out of my depth I don't even know where to start e.g. &quot;I have some software that I want to package as .deb? Where to find comprehensive resources/tutorials&quot; Would that be an acceptable question to ask on this site?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know that the tour states you should ask about &lt;strong&gt;actual problems&lt;/strong&gt;, but in this example I do have an actual problem regarding software packaging.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure if this is nitpicking or if I'm just overthinking this&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="556555" LastActivityDate="2019-03-04T20:08:43.317" Title="Is it on topic to ask for resources?" Tags="|discussion|asking-questions|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2019-03-04T20:29:34.540" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18470" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-03-06T01:45:43.380" Score="-8" ViewCount="122" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't get this behavioural bit with stack exchange and askunbtu. You look for an answer to a specific problem, and there are multiple responses that say &quot;This question has been asked before&quot;, but no links to previous answers like we're stupid for asking it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Instead of snubbing our problem solving requests, why not provide the PREVIOUS ANSWERS that you say already exist and save us searchers time in finding it. If you know everything and have the keys to the kingdom of knowledge, then why not let us peons know where the real answers exist? Heck I can't even follow up with a simple comment on previous answers unless I've got some huge some huge reliability number.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm sure this will be ignored and probably deleted by the first responders at askubuntu. You people are stifling innovation with people looking for solutions to simple problems. We are trying to work too. If our questions are stupid, then prove us wrong with an appropriate response, that has an actual solution, instead of hiding behind invisible curtains.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="931379" OwnerDisplayName="Doug Ryan" LastActivityDate="2019-03-06T04:39:27.010" Title="A real question about USB File transfer with Linux stalling mid-way" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18472" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18470" CreationDate="2019-03-06T03:44:19.213" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;It seems like you're taking this the wrong way. You're not stupid for asking questions. Nobody knows everything. If someone says your question has been asked before, that's simply saying that you're not the first one to have the problem. If they don't have the link, you do not have to search for the duplicate. Feel free to ignore these comments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Instead of snubbing our problem solving requests, why not provide the PREVIOUS ANSWERS that you say already exist and save us searchers time in finding it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's easier to close the question as a duplicate. If the question or an answer gets edited, it's &lt;em&gt;significantly&lt;/em&gt; easier to have it in only one place so it doesn't have to be continuously updated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's okay if you ask a duplicate question once in a while. It happens to everyone. Just don't do it on purpose and you'll be fine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you know everything and have the keys to the kingdom of knowledge, then why not let us peons know where the real answers exist? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We don't know everything, but we do try to answer questions. Questions are usually answered if they're on-topic and not duplicates. If you don't ever get a good answer and you've got enough reputation, you can &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/set-bounties&quot;&gt;start a bounty&lt;/a&gt; to attract extra attention.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Heck I can't even follow up with a simple comment on previous answers unless I've got some huge some huge reliability number.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yep. You need 50 reputation to comment to prevent spammers. You're clearly not a spammer, so gain some reputation and start commenting. Reputation can be gained from asking questions, answering questions, and suggesting edits. Do all three of those well and you'll start to gain quite a bit of reputation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I'm sure this will be ignored and probably deleted by the first responders at askubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Probably not. This doesn't meet the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/deleted-questions&quot;&gt;rules of deletion&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You people are stifling innovation with people looking for solutions to simple problems. We are trying to work too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We are building a high quality library of questions and answers. Sometimes that means we have to close or delete off-topic questions to keep the overall quality of the site high.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If our questions are stupid, then prove us wrong with an appropriate response, that has an actual solution, instead of hiding behind invisible curtains.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once again, nobody said your question is stupid. If someone wants to answer it, they will answer it. However, there is no way guarantee you will get a responses.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I mentioned before, we are all working together to build a high-quality Q&amp;amp;A library. Sometimes that means dealing with duplicate or off-topic questions. If you have a good question, please ask it. Hopefully you will get a good answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu can seem harsh at first, especially if your first question is closed and/or deleted. Please don't get angry. Take this time to read &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tour&quot;&gt;the tour&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help&quot;&gt;the help center&lt;/a&gt;, and your experience will be a lot more pleasant. Once you get to know the place, it's actually a very productive and interesting experience.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user930396" LastEditorDisplayName="user930396" LastEditDate="2019-03-06T04:39:27.010" LastActivityDate="2019-03-06T04:39:27.010" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18473" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-03-07T01:23:53.040" Score="13" ViewCount="283" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm curious how folks in the community handle research for complex questions. Typically, I end up with 25 tabs and 3-4 open windows when a question asks something that requires digging across multiple sources. Often some of them get lost after reboot or the original question itself cannot be found, or entirely forgotten, which is not the most optimal way to go around answering. So I'm curious how others handle questions that are complex, the process of writing an answer or assembling the material for the answer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Do you keep written notes ? Lists of articles/links ? Journal entries ?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Do you keep questions in a TODO list/app ?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Do you note what's missing in the answer and do you return to revise or research more about missing parts ?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My hope is that this can be a discussion that can help ourselves and new users produce better answers and improve flow of information. Share your tricks, tips, methods. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="295286" LastActivityDate="2019-03-12T17:16:50.293" Title="How do you research for answers?" Tags="|discussion|answers|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18474" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18473" CreationDate="2019-03-07T10:07:41.887" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;I use Firefox, which has 2 features that really help with those issues, one of which most browsers have:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Reopen tabs on restart (This is what most browsers have)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/awesome-bar-search-firefox-bookmarks-history-tabs&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Awesome Bar&lt;/a&gt; (i.e. where we input the URL). This is a very underrated feature of Firefox in my opinion as you can specifically search certain parts of Firefox for URLs. For example, search only in history, search only in bookmarks, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, the most important functionality, in my opinion, is the ability to search &lt;strong&gt;open tabs only&lt;/strong&gt; and switch to them. So when I end up with a big quantity of tabs, this comes really handy. All I need is to remember a couple of keywords in the title or the URL of a page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To do that, start by typing the percentage (&lt;code&gt;%&lt;/code&gt;) character, followed by a space and then you can type whatever you want. This will search in all open tabs in all open windows, except for private windows.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/TsvkN.gif&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/TsvkN.gif&quot; alt=&quot;Switch to Tab in Firefox&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;sup&gt;Sorry for Mac, but I'm not currently on personal desktop :p&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This only covers the part about losing tabs, but I still sometimes forget that I was answering a question altogether. And I have no solution for that, maybe someone else does.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastActivityDate="2019-03-07T10:07:41.887" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18475" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18388" CreationDate="2019-03-07T15:26:13.647" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gimp.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/avhVK.png&quot; alt=&quot;GIMP - The Free &amp;amp; Open Source Image Editor&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="163331" LastEditorUserId="163331" LastEditDate="2019-03-07T19:17:21.653" LastActivityDate="2019-03-07T19:17:21.653" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18476" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18388" CreationDate="2019-03-07T15:59:59.253" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/OyhZI.gif&quot; alt=&quot;Firefox Quantum - Fast for good.&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="163331" LastActivityDate="2019-03-07T15:59:59.253" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18477" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18388" CreationDate="2019-03-07T16:26:39.770" Score="-2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.wps.com/office/linux&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/TcObt.gif&quot; alt=&quot;WPS Office for Linux&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="163331" LastActivityDate="2019-03-07T16:26:39.770" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18478" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-03-07T20:26:09.267" Score="6" ViewCount="262" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have posted an answer to a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1123827/grub2-splash-screen/1123845?noredirect=1#comment1859262_1123845&quot;&gt;question&lt;/a&gt; that is advocated by the full manual entry itself for the particular situation. While my approach is perhaps not the most straightforward way of achieving the goal, it is in the end what the system ends up advocating in situations where a discovery of additional kernely systems is not required.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Clearly, two users who downvoted my answer were either not familiar with what the manual itself advocates, or that my answer - while still achieving the exact goal that was desired - was also meant to point out that it is important to realize that it is the configuration file in the /boot/grub folder that in the end gets changed and changing what others seem to recommend does not actually result in the effect desired. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I wonder if there is some particular way how one might request a look at the answer provided when there seems to be a disagreement between what is posted in the actual manual for the command and what other users who downvoted the original answer seem to recommend. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do not care that much about the downvotes, as much as I care about having the answer or answers to questions either agree with the manual itself for the commands, or have such answers offer specific reasons why the manual entry should be edited. Is there some way an answer to a question can be elevated for a reevaluation similar to how a bounty can be attached to the original question itself?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="407577" LastActivityDate="2019-03-11T05:57:20.163" Title="Is there a way to seek reevaluation of an answer to a question?" Tags="|discussion|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18479" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18388" CreationDate="2019-03-07T20:34:43.143" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.videolan.org/Category:How_To/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/q6EXJ.png&quot; alt=&quot;VLC - More than just a media Player &quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="163331" LastEditorUserId="163331" LastEditDate="2019-03-07T20:56:17.680" LastActivityDate="2019-03-07T20:56:17.680" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18480" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18388" CreationDate="2019-03-07T20:51:08.717" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://linuxcontainers.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/03AYe.png&quot; alt=&quot;LXD - Linux Container&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="163331" LastActivityDate="2019-03-07T20:51:08.717" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18481" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18478" CreationDate="2019-03-08T00:12:16.187" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;Actually, my joke comment above is pertinent to the problem.  Frequently an answer, although good, can be too long or detailed to read.  It can help &lt;em&gt;alot&lt;/em&gt; to break it out in different ways to help the reader:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Add a summary section at the top.&lt;/strong&gt; e.g. &quot;TL;DR .... You've edited the wrong file and it's getting replaced.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Avoid bolding too much&lt;/strong&gt;, particularly at the top, and bolding is really for headers and the occasional word.  In the words of @muru, &quot;an entire sentence bolded is unhelpful&quot;. Although I personally use bolding to draw the reader to the conclusion /question in much the same way as (1), so YMMV.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Put edits at the bottom&lt;/strong&gt; or better, add them to your answer, we can see all edits in the edit log anyway.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Summarise your copying.&lt;/strong&gt;  e.g. Your quote could be reduced to the pertinent points or the pertinent points could be bolded.  At a quick glance I don't see what you're referring to.  Help the reader.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you do an edit to a question, there's no harm in &lt;strong&gt;add&lt;/strong&gt;ing &lt;strong&gt;a comment to the question&lt;/strong&gt; to say you've updated your answer.  This sends a signal to the questioner.  &lt;strong&gt;You can't make them change their vote&lt;/strong&gt;, but you can point out you have improved it.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Try to think about your answer from the perspective of someone who is time-poor, as all moderators are.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="98669" LastEditorUserId="98669" LastEditDate="2019-03-11T05:57:20.163" LastActivityDate="2019-03-11T05:57:20.163" CommentCount="12" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18482" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-03-08T10:12:25.570" Score="5" ViewCount="119" Body="&lt;p&gt;See, for example, this new user: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/932262/alessandro-consalvi&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/users/932262/alessandro-consalvi&lt;/a&gt;. On both their posts and their profile, I cannot see an image. If I try to &lt;a href=&quot;https://graph.facebook.com/1278062722204692/picture?type=large&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;view the image directly&lt;/a&gt;, I get this response:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;{&#xA;   &quot;error&quot;: {&#xA;      &quot;message&quot;: &quot;Unsupported get request. Object with ID '1278062722204692' does not exist, cannot be loaded due to missing permissions, or does not support this operation. Please read the Graph API documentation at https://developers.facebook.com/docs/graph-api&quot;,&#xA;      &quot;type&quot;: &quot;GraphMethodException&quot;,&#xA;      &quot;code&quot;: 100,&#xA;      &quot;error_subcode&quot;: 33,&#xA;      &quot;fbtrace_id&quot;: &quot;F6EW6iuwSlh&quot;&#xA;   }&#xA;}&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Browser: Firefox&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:65.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/65.0&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="652" LastEditorUserId="652" LastEditDate="2019-03-08T11:54:46.737" LastActivityDate="2019-03-08T11:54:46.737" Title="Profile images from Facebook don't always show up" Tags="|bug|profile-page|image|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18483" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18484" CreationDate="2019-03-11T10:29:11.717" Score="3" ViewCount="175" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just looking for Ubuntu iso's, so I typed &lt;code&gt;cdimage ubuntu&lt;/code&gt; on the search bar. Found this site called &lt;code&gt;cdimage.ubuntu.org&lt;/code&gt;, I didn't see the &lt;code&gt;.org&lt;/code&gt;, so I just clicked it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My uBlock origin warned me to not go any further, some filter blacklist the site apparently.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.virustotal.com/#/url/d3f12a7919640557c5a146a8c812ce53c8ffdbaa6b78d5ff47d23b9da2cfe69e/detection&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;VirusTotal&lt;/a&gt; engine also give &lt;code&gt;Phishing&lt;/code&gt; to classify the site. Just a heads up..&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="253251" LastEditorUserId="8698" LastEditDate="2019-03-11T12:06:02.313" LastActivityDate="2019-03-11T12:06:02.313" Title="Phishing site under the name ubuntu.org" Tags="|discussion|website|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2019-03-11T14:37:35.873" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18484" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18483" CreationDate="2019-03-11T11:21:58.400" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Seems a trademark infringement to me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ubuntu.com/legal/intellectual-property-policy&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.ubuntu.com/legal/intellectual-property-policy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;8&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Contact us&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Please contact us:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;to report a breach of our IPRights Policy.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ubuntu.com/legal/terms-and-policies/contact-us&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.ubuntu.com/legal/terms-and-policies/contact-us&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastActivityDate="2019-03-11T11:21:58.400" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18485" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18486" CreationDate="2019-03-12T03:52:41.697" Score="8" ViewCount="70" Body="&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1124917/off-wi-fi-led-in-ubuntu&quot;&gt;Off Wi-Fi LED in Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt; for an example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Wq2L1.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Wq2L1.png&quot; alt=&quot;Possibly unrelated tags&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While it's ideally better to ask posters if, in this case, &lt;em&gt;lubuntu&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;syslinux&lt;/em&gt; are indeed relevant to the question, suppose posters doesn't respond or, even worse, come back?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If there's no clarity from posters, and other Ask Ubuntu users don't take action (and I too forget to come back to this question later), these tags will result in &quot;false positives&quot; for people who are monitoring, for example, the &lt;em&gt;lubuntu&lt;/em&gt; tag. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm inclined to remove such tags when I first encounter them. If posters feels they're germane, they can simply add them back.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the correct course of action here?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="248158" LastEditorUserId="761293" LastEditDate="2019-03-19T03:41:50.457" LastActivityDate="2019-03-19T03:41:50.457" Title="Should tags be edited out from a question if they appear irrelevant?" Tags="|support|tags|editing|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18486" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18485" CreationDate="2019-03-12T09:48:14.187" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;You should absolutely remove irrelevant tags, wrong tags, add missing tags and anything else that makes the question better. Collaborative editing is a big part of the SE model and tags are not special. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So yes, please, correct any tagging issues you see!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2019-03-12T09:48:14.187" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18487" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18473" CreationDate="2019-03-12T17:16:50.293" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The more complex the question the more likely I am to keep notes. Although for me, that's once I've exceeded around a dozen tabs. I do not keep questions in a TODO list/app but I've been known to favorite a question to facilitate finding it again. If I know something is missing from an answer I'll typically note that it's a work in progress in the answer itself and return to expand it later. If I'm not aware of something that's missing, the community has been exceptional at drawing my attention to answers that are unclear and therefore need further attention. Some of my more popular answers I try to revisit when a new release comes out in an attempt to keep them up to date. This is what I do, but I have no doubt that there are other more effective approaches.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastActivityDate="2019-03-12T17:16:50.293" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18488" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-03-13T22:23:43.097" Score="10" ViewCount="112" Body="&lt;p&gt;So we have the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/comparison&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;comparison&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;comparison&lt;/a&gt; tag, with 38 questions which does have a few highly voted posts, but overall is spread out over a broad range of topics, ranging from comparing DVDs to text files, to Ubuntu versions themselves.  There's no wiki nor synonyms.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Meanwhile, we have a very specific tag for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/diff&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;diff&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;diff&lt;/a&gt; utility, which achieves exactly that purpose - comparing the data. If you excuse the pun, should we compare the cons and pros of getting rid of the former, overly broad tag ? Is it easier to make it a synonym of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/diff&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;diff&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;diff&lt;/a&gt; ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="295286" LastActivityDate="2019-08-22T12:02:51.750" Title="In [comparison] to [diff]" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18489" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18491" CreationDate="2019-03-15T13:51:18.463" Score="1" ViewCount="172" Body="&lt;p&gt;Whenever I try to review a 1st post, it says no action required. Is it possible to have it show only posts that I can review?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="573838" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2019-03-17T06:03:20.293" LastActivityDate="2020-11-26T16:34:19.707" Title="When I try to review First Posts, why does it say &quot;No Action Needed&quot;?" Tags="|support|review|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18490" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-03-15T14:50:12.390" Score="18" ViewCount="571" Body="&lt;p&gt;Every once in a while, I stumble upon posts where comments ask users to accept an answer. In my opinion, it generates a lot of noise for something that is no longer needed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An example of such noise: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1125755/why-doesnt-using-two-cd-commands-in-bash-script-execute-the-second-command&quot;&gt;Why doesn&amp;#39;t using two cd commands in bash script execute the second command?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does it really matter that much to have that tick on an answer that we still need to ask for this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know in the old days of SE, we used to ask this so users have a higher &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/136951/lets-stop-displaying-a-users-accept-rate&quot;&gt;accept rate&lt;/a&gt;, but that is not the case anymore.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastActivityDate="2019-03-18T17:12:49.123" Title="Do we still really need to ask people to accept answers?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18491" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18489" CreationDate="2019-03-15T14:54:19.330" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;kbd&gt;No Action Needed&lt;/kbd&gt; button means that the post is good &lt;em&gt;in your opinion&lt;/em&gt;. However, it doesn't mean you have to press it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A post may need improvement, it may need to be flagged, it may need you to ask the OP for more clarification, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Knowing that, if you try to do any of the previous actions (suggest an edit, flag, comment, etc.), the &lt;kbd&gt;No Action Needed&lt;/kbd&gt; button will be disabled, and the &lt;kbd&gt;I'm Done&lt;/kbd&gt; button will be enabled instead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you click on &lt;code&gt;(more)&lt;/code&gt;, you can see more details about what to do in a review.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Ey3ws.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Ey3ws.png&quot; alt=&quot;Firt post review&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastEditorUserId="8698" LastEditDate="2020-11-26T16:34:19.707" LastActivityDate="2020-11-26T16:34:19.707" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18492" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18490" CreationDate="2019-03-15T16:01:36.797" Score="25" Body="&lt;h3&gt;Is accepting an answer useless?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know some people think differently, but I do believe accepting an answer &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; functional. Skimming for answers, I always check for the accepted answer &lt;em&gt;as a first pick&lt;/em&gt; to check, simply because the answer is proven to work &lt;em&gt;at least&lt;/em&gt; for OP. This is especially the case if I am not too familiar with the subject.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is an accepted answer always a good one, let alone the best? Absolutely not, but the same counts for voting. I've seen quite a few (up)votes over time on utterly incorrect answers, still the voting system is a good indication &lt;em&gt;in general&lt;/em&gt; on the quality of an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Do we &lt;em&gt;ask&lt;/em&gt; people to accept?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It totally depends on the case and, even more importantly, in what way. I hate to see someone pushing OP to accept his or her answer, even before anyone has had a fair chance to post a second/third answer, or the quality of an answer is all but a proven fact.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't see anything wrong however in a polite request to &lt;em&gt;consider&lt;/em&gt; accepting if OP tells you excited &amp;quot;Yay, this works fabulously, have been looking for this for ages&amp;quot;, but obviously is not familiar with the fact that he can accept an answer. Nothing wrong with a polite &lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;(only) IF the answer works for you and solves your issue, would you consider accepting...&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt; in such a case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If someone's profile shows he or she is familiar with accepting an answer though, I'd never ask for acceptance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2019-03-15T16:01:36.797" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18493" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18490" CreationDate="2019-03-15T22:59:43.773" Score="17" Body="&lt;p&gt;I advocate the practice of accepting answers (mainly by new users) for two reasons:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It shows that the answer worked for &lt;em&gt;at least&lt;/em&gt; OP.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It is the only way for a new user to explicitly show that they found one working solution for their problem (note that a user needs to reach some fixed, albeit very small reputation before their upvotes are visible and counted). As @Pilot6 pointed out &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/18490/do-we-still-really-need-to-ask-people-to-accept-answers/18493#comment39408_18490&quot;&gt;in comments&lt;/a&gt;, &quot;&lt;em&gt;if an answer is not accepted or upvoted, we can't close similar questions as dupes.&lt;/em&gt;&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a canned comment:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you find this answer useful, please consider &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/someone-answers&quot;&gt;&quot;accepting&quot; it&lt;/a&gt; (by clicking the tick (✓) next to it) to indicate you've found a working solution and also so that others may more easily find it in the future.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I post this comment (or a slight variant) &lt;em&gt;only&lt;/em&gt; whenever I see a &quot;&lt;em&gt;thank you, it worked&lt;/em&gt;&quot; comment by a newbie OP (and the associated answer is not accepted).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Newcomers must be taught IMO.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="480481" LastEditorUserId="480481" LastEditDate="2019-03-18T16:24:18.743" LastActivityDate="2019-03-18T16:24:18.743" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18494" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18490" CreationDate="2019-03-16T02:48:31.620" Score="1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Does it really matter that much to have that tick on an answer that we still need to ask for this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It depends. The original point of accepted answer is to signal that the solution &lt;strong&gt;works best for OP's question&lt;/strong&gt;, as per &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/help/someone-answers&quot;&gt;Stack Overflow's help page&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;As the asker, you have a special privilege: you may accept the answer that you believe is the best solution to your problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, of course this  implies the answer is &lt;em&gt;subjectively&lt;/em&gt; best, not objectively. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The OP can be completely unaware that the seemingly working answer can be actually wrong, malicious, unintentionally buggy/faulty, advocating bad practices, or creating new problems on their system. A small example I've once found is an accepted answer that advocated allowing SSH login for root on an embedded system running Ubuntu. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The OP may have left the site/forgotten the password/has no time to accept an answer. There may be an answer that addresses OP's case, maybe even objectively better, but they might not have returned to the site to even  see there's a better answer available&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That also implies that the solution works for OP's specific case and doesn't imply quality of the answer. Depending on the question it can be applicable elsewhere; shell scripting, basic GNU/POSIX utilities, text processing - these topics often have basic sets of practices and conceptual foundations behind them that fit a broad range of topics, so an accepted answer can work in theory for someone else's question. Questions about broken package system, compiling kernel modules, getting specific hardware working - those depend on a lot of OP-specific factors, so accepted answer really means just that it works for OP alone. The answerer also grows and changes over time, so their accepted answer posted 5 years ago may not be the best solution they could come up with today.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Accepted rate often is used as a metric of how good the answerer is or the extent of their knowledge, often this is viewed as a metric that could &lt;a href=&quot;https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/q/20407/296518&quot;&gt;potentially help one find a job, even though it is not an effective metric for that&lt;/a&gt;. However, &lt;strong&gt;there's no consistent co-relation between accepted rate and answerer's knowledge or quality of answers.&lt;/strong&gt;  There are users who have decades of professional experience as developers or sysadmins, and yet their reputation points are fairly low, plus accepted rate may be low. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;IMHO accepted tick mark should matter only to OP themselves. Canned comments are OK, they give OP incentive to think about the best solution they've received thus far (which may not be the best solution 2-3 years down the road). So long as &quot;Please accept an answer&quot; doesn't become unnecessary noise and unnecessary pressure for OP, that's all fine and dandy. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And the same Stack Overflow post has expressed this the best:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Accepting an answer is not mandatory; do not feel compelled to accept the first answer you receive. Wait until you receive an answer that answers your question well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even though back in the day I would rush to ask OPs to accept my answers, by now I sort of figured out it doesn't particularly matter, and objectively means very little. Others can go ahead and try to win OP's favoritism, but I'll just focus on quality of my own answers here, and if OP's  unavailable or cannot figure out my own answer might be better - well, that's their freedom and I'll respect that. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="295286" LastActivityDate="2019-03-16T02:48:31.620" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18496" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18498" CreationDate="2019-03-18T17:03:29.820" Score="6" ViewCount="41" Body="&lt;p&gt;Why does adding a comment to a good post prompt this message. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;STOP! Look and Listen. This was an audit, designed to see if you were&#xA;  paying attention. You didn't pass. Your review was inappropriate. This&#xA;  was a high quality post and you should have considered leaving it&#xA;  as-is or even upvoting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Don't worry, we've already handled this post appropriately – but&#xA;  please take a minute to look it over closely, keeping in mind the&#xA;  guidance above.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I looked at the question, it seemed like a question that would have already been answered, a quick google and the first hit showed an answer on the unix stackexchange. I provided a comment and a link to to the post. However I was flagged by the audit system. I feel that adding a comment is not reason to fail an audit since my understating is that linking to answers on other stack-exchange sites is the proper way to handle such situations and many good question will have the same question on other sites. Was I in the wrong here or is this a weakness in the audit system. If it is a weakness maybe could this be fixed by checking to see if the user is linking to another stack exchange site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is the question that I was reviewing. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1119144/run-a-command-that-requires-sudo-after-a-time-has-passed&quot;&gt;Run a command that requires sudo after a time has passed&#xA;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I realize this was deceased in &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/17430/adding-a-comment-audit-failed&quot;&gt;adding a comment = audit failed&lt;/a&gt; but I'm wondering about the providing links case. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="511428" LastActivityDate="2019-03-18T18:29:47.643" Title="The review-queue audit-system fails users for making a comments" Tags="|support|review-queue|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18498" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18496" CreationDate="2019-03-18T17:31:38.300" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's a weakness in the audit system. One of many. Don't worry about it, these audits are only there to catch people who are clicking blindly to get badges. Failing one every now and then is not an issue, just shake your head at the stupidity of all automated systems and move on to the next review item.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2019-03-18T18:29:47.643" LastActivityDate="2019-03-18T18:29:47.643" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18499" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18390" CreationDate="2019-03-18T18:12:37.403" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Nit-pick: this &lt;em&gt;isn't&lt;/em&gt; actually a boolean operator...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've added a separate section at the end detailing who can search deleted posts, and how they may do so:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;h3&gt;Deleted Posts (requires $Privilege-ModerationTools reputation)&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;When you earn &lt;a href=&quot;/help/privileges/moderator-tools&quot;&gt;the Access to Moderator Tools&lt;/a&gt; privilege, you may search your own deleted posts by using the &lt;code&gt;deleted:&lt;/code&gt; operator.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;deleted:1&lt;/code&gt; searches only your deleted posts&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;deleted:all&lt;/code&gt; searches both deleted and not-deleted posts that you've authored&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;deleted:0&lt;/code&gt; searches only not-deleted posts that you've authored (effectively the same as &lt;code&gt;user:me&lt;/code&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/help/site-moderators&quot;&gt;Site Moderators&lt;/a&gt; may use this operator to search &lt;em&gt;all&lt;/em&gt; posts on the site, including those owned by other users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12845" LastActivityDate="2019-03-18T18:12:37.403" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18501" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-03-19T17:28:17.780" Score="10" ViewCount="407" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've seen many a times questions are put on hold as unclear within some hours of posting. For example, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/1126900/816190&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; was closed within 3 hours of posting. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Suppose in some country there is a user who posted a question and slept. Meanwhile his question was put on hold after, say, 6 hours of posting. He got no time to improve his post in those 6 hours. And if he improves that question after those 6 hours, it may take up a while to reopen the question. And if another user finds the question interesting and knows the answer, he can't answer it since it is now put on hold and at later stage when question is reopened he forgot to answer that question which was not marked as favorite or lost the interest. We may lose a great answer. Sometimes, I wonder that this might also create a negative impact on the earlier user even when it is not intended to be.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my opinion, we should cast close votes especially the most loved &quot;unclear&quot; vote at least after 2 days of posting when there is a scope of improvement in the question. Also, closing a question require 5 votes and if you are the fifth one to vote (from question page or even in review queue), I'd like to urge to take sometime and think before closing because that last vote might close the question (may be) incorrectly and indefinite time. Since closing takes no time and sometimes reopening takes appreciable time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The main goal of posting this is to attract opinions of different users and aware others about that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="816190" LastEditorUserId="816190" LastEditDate="2019-03-19T18:11:14.160" LastActivityDate="2019-03-25T04:06:41.487" Title="Are we too fast in closing questions as unclear?" Tags="|discussion|vote-to-close|" AnswerCount="6" CommentCount="22" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18502" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18501" CreationDate="2019-03-19T20:14:11.723" Score="6" Body="&lt;h2&gt;As always, it depends&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Looking at a question like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PLZ HELP ME ASAP&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;error: some-error another error -&amp;gt; some totally unclear error&#xA;....&#xA;50-lines-of-crap&#xA;....&#xA;some-unclear-result&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd say &lt;em&gt;Shoot on sight!&lt;/em&gt;. In such a post is no effort whatsoever to even write down a decent question. It shouts DO MY JOB!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, we've got plenty of unclear questions, for various reasons, where OP obviously showed some effort to explain what is the problem. He or she just didn't succeed very well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Different perspectives&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From a high(er) rep user's point of view, all seems very simple. If your question isn't understood, edit it. If you think it is incorrectly marked unclear (or as a dupe or for whatever reason), shout out in chat or meta.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From a new user's perspective however, the site and its rules can feel very much different. To have a sincere first/second question closed as unclear in no time can feel intimidating and hostile, and the way to appeal is often unknown.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Do we need to change the rules?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No. We just need to be aware of the perspective of (mostly) new users. The criterion for a quick closure is then the (lack of) effort we sense in a question to explain what is the issue. In case user at least did an attempt, we should try to work with him or her to improve. If all fails, we can always close eventually.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In practice however, questions are often easier closed than reopened.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2019-03-20T10:26:12.663" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18503" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18501" CreationDate="2019-03-20T02:54:44.437" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;There is no such thing as closing bad questions too fast&lt;/strong&gt;. If a question is not a good fit for the site, it should be closed to both indicate that it is off-topic or a duplicate and to prevent it from being answered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Suppose in some country there is a user who posted a question and slept. Meanwhile his question was put on hold after, say, 6 hours of posting. He got no time to improve his post in those 6 hours. And if he improves that question after those 6 hours, it may take up a while to reopen the question. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's okay if a questions doesn't get improved before it's closed. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/reopen-questions&quot;&gt;Questions edited within 5 days of closure are sent to Reopen Votes review&lt;/a&gt;. Assuming you don't sleep for 5 days straight, you'll have time to improve your post. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sometimes it does take time to go through the reopen process, but when you ask a question, it's important to be patient and accept that it might take some time to get an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;And if another user finds the question interesting and knows the answer, he can't answer it since it is now put on hold and at later stage when question is reopened he forgot to answer that question which was not marked as favorite or lost the interest.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Question closure means that the question &lt;em&gt;shouldn't&lt;/em&gt; be answered, even if someone knows the answer. If the OP ends up improving the question after it gets closed and is then good enough for reopening, then it should be reopened pretty quickly. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the unlikely event that someone comes across the post between the narrow window where the post is closed but should be opened and gets reopened, then they'll just have to wait for it to be reopened, or not answer at all. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, closing questions slower isn't gonna make that big of a positive difference. If someone's not willing to respond to feedback soon after a question is asked, they should not have asked in the first place. The OP received constructive feedback on how to improve the question far before it was even closed; he should've edited first. And even though he ended up editing after, the question was still reopened.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="931758" LastActivityDate="2019-03-20T02:54:44.437" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18504" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18501" CreationDate="2019-03-20T05:25:40.273" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;A lot of things are done too fast on Stack Exchange network, and close-voting is one of them. It is frustrating and bureaucratic from the point of view of of OP, who might be not on site at the moment or is simply new to everything - Linux, Ubuntu, Stack Exchange system, down and up votes. However, &lt;em&gt;at the moment of voting&lt;/em&gt; the question indeed may be unclear, regardless of OP's situation. The good news is that there's a few ways we can approach this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Establish point of contact with the user to ask for clarifications(so that you get notified when they're back), maybe mention to OP to not take close votes and down votes too personally&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Bookmark the question or use &quot;Favorites&quot; feature to check back on the question.   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you know what this is all about, edit OP's post and try to find a duplicate or post an answer. Maybe explain in the comments what the question is so close voters can see.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions closed as unclear still can be voted to reopen once they're clarified or there's user who can explain what the user actually wants and edit the post for OP. The trick is that voting as unclear doesn't mean abandoning the post. More users need to get into habits of communicating with OP and watching for edits/clarifications.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="295286" LastActivityDate="2019-03-20T05:25:40.273" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18505" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18501" CreationDate="2019-03-20T07:41:16.697" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Closing questions is well, even when it is too fast. But it would be preferable to leave a comment explaining what they can do to improve it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Let's take an example here:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1126979/environment-still-acting-up&quot;&gt;Environment still acting up&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  I tried running some code to reset my proxy, and it messed with my desktop environment. I had to put the permissions back, but even after that, my background is the only thing that loads after logging in. What should I do?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What's unclear about this question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What Ubuntu version and desktop version they are running&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What code they run to try and reset the proxy&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How it exactly messed up the desktop environment - does it boot to a blank desktop? I &lt;strong&gt;assume&lt;/strong&gt; so&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How he figured out it was a permissions issue&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;And how he tried to (in his own words) &quot;put the permissions back&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most questions are in this format and truthfully, there is nothing we can do but just close them down and explain why. If it is edited, it will be pushed to the reopen review queue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If a question is simply un-answerable, the only logical course of action is to flag and close it as &quot;Unclear what you are asking&quot;. The time difference between when the question was asked and when it was closed shouldn't make any difference.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="163331" LastActivityDate="2019-03-20T07:41:16.697" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18506" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18501" CreationDate="2019-03-20T17:45:08.570" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Answers to unclear questions rely on guesswork. This can lead to answerers barking up the wrong tree, bad answers, good answers to the wrong question, and a host of confusion. It's best that unclear questions are closed &lt;em&gt;immediately&lt;/em&gt;, until they can be clarified. Once they're clarified, they should be reopened, also as fast as possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Closing unclear questions quickly is a good thing. It helps to prevent wasted effort and confusion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="652" LastActivityDate="2019-03-20T17:45:08.570" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18507" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-03-21T02:13:29.730" Score="11" ViewCount="268" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently had a user contact me outside of SE/AU questioning one of my moderation decisions in the queue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To be clear, it wasn't hostile, but it seemed a bit odd/off-putting(?).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Over the years, I've had my contact information occasionally used to follow me on twitter, contacts me for jobs/contract opportunities. I've even made a couple of acquaintances from having this info visible as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't recall anyone bringing my AU activity to me off-site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Has anyone else experienced this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've looked at a couple of potential dupes and don't see any discussion/policy regarding this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/11941/how-can-i-contact-a-user-from-this-site&quot;&gt;How can I contact a user from this site?&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3290/feature-request-for-private-messages-privilege-for-user-communication&quot;&gt;Feature request for &amp;quot;private messages&amp;quot; privilege for user communication&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/6954/contact-users-seen-on-askubuntu&quot;&gt;Contact Users seen on AskUbuntu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I might understand if this was a low rep user; but, they seem to be a pretty high rep user from another SE site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this normal for other regular users?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="106495" LastActivityDate="2019-03-21T12:19:40.043" Title="Is it appropriate to contact users offsite to question their site actions on Ask Ubuntu?" Tags="|discussion|user-communication|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18508" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18507" CreationDate="2019-03-21T07:39:37.460" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't believe there are strict/written rules on the subject, and below is nothing more than just my experience and opinion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;The principle&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is that we should not contact users and moderators directly, unless there is a good reason to make an exception to the rule.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Having said that&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have both been contacted by users (and once a moderator, &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; for suspension :) ), and I have contacted users and moderators occasionally. I must say I never felt I was offended, nor by the nature of the message, nor by the fact that they contacted me.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Likewise, I never felt that I did anything wrong in contacting people, especially if their email address is in their profile or the first link in the profile brings me to their email address. I can only hope they didn't feel offended, like I didn't feel I was.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;However&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At the same time, As said, I don't believe you can or should just contact anyone outside the site, and we should respect privacy and the fact that people might very well want to separate their daily life from their presence on AU or SE in general. This counts even more on moderators, since their position is more vulnerable by nature.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;What I feel is especially inappropriate&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Discussing moderation decisions, no matter if it is moderation by users (like your example), or by a moderator. These discussions belong on the site, either in chat or on meta.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Discussing answers, or giving support on questions that belongs on the site. This is leading away the discussion from the place where we all benefit from given insights.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Just contacting people for &amp;quot;chatty&amp;quot; reasons, with no reason(s) that justify making an exception on the rule.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No doubt the list is incomplete, but these are the most important ones I guess.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;In short, in this case&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would say it is inappropriate for anyone to contact you about moderation. The fact that it is not an offensive message doesn't change that. Moderation and the discussion about that belongs on the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2019-03-21T09:53:42.723" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18509" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18507" CreationDate="2019-03-21T12:19:40.043" Score="15" Body="&lt;h2&gt;If you provide contact details, you should &lt;strong&gt;expect&lt;/strong&gt; people to contact you.&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The site &lt;em&gt;deliberately&lt;/em&gt; omits a lot of social features, making chasing an individual down annoyingly hard.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have been on both sides of the scenario you have been in. There are lots of times I would have liked to quickly ask somebody to reconsider a decision they've made. A DM/PM would have been ideal but we don't have that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So imagine &lt;em&gt;you're&lt;/em&gt; in the position of the person who contacted you. Somebody has voted to close something and you don't understand why. What are your choices?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You can only @reply-comment if the other person commented/posted.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You might both be active in the same Chat channels, you might not. It's not immediately obvious.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Starting a Meta post is super-public and not always the right venue for something private.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You could look at their profile and find another velue to chat privately.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;[MODMODE] Click their profile and send them a message (reserved for important things)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the face of what you've said, I see nothing wrong. They've looked at their options and picked something private that you've volunteered, that ultimately you can ignore. If you don't want people to have that option, remove that detail from your profile. It's not a guarantee that they &lt;em&gt;can't&lt;/em&gt; find you, but a reasonable person would stop there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, we would expect the conduct to adhere to our rules. If somebody from the site starts sending you nastygrams, or keeps sending your messages in a harassing way, please let us or SE know immediately.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2019-03-21T12:19:40.043" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18510" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-03-21T13:56:34.913" Score="-10" ViewCount="168" Body="&lt;p&gt;Gentlemen!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Those who put &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1125228/ubuntu-18-10-radius-server-login-problem-updated&quot;&gt;my question&lt;/a&gt; on hold. Did you try to understand what was going on there? I have been struggling with the problem for about 3 weeks. Plenty comments left. I am at the same point. Does it worth to go on? I am not suppose to dig through tons of manuals, searching the net.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I should install UBUNTU and HAVE BASIC THINGS running.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If this is not a case here, then I am on the wrong road.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I needed UBUNTU to save internet traffic, but how much I have already spent, none of WINDOWS 10 would do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are you able to help? If NO - say it, but do not put ON HOLD.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may even BAN me - I do not care - I will switch to DEBIAN - this OS works.&#xA;Yes, it does not look so pretty, but operational.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If The Community has the power to control users here, It Must have enough knowledge as well. Power without knowledge and understanding is destructive&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;To Pilot6, personally.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Please read the post to the end and tell me WHERE the problem is 'AT ALL'.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="931014" OwnerDisplayName="Igor" LastEditorUserId="274320" LastEditDate="2019-03-27T12:11:11.543" LastActivityDate="2019-03-27T12:11:11.543" Title="Question is on hold" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18511" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18510" CreationDate="2019-03-21T14:36:12.283" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;I suspect the question was put on hold by the community due to the scarcity of information that the initial post had.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You have correctly now added much more info to it - so thanks!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Keep on editing as and when clarifications to comments are made.  Hopefully the community can help with the extra info added.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As such I have hit the reopen button for you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="14356" LastActivityDate="2019-03-21T14:36:12.283" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18513" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18515" CreationDate="2019-03-22T23:05:34.337" Score="10" ViewCount="367" Body="&lt;p&gt;Earlier I asked &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/18143/whats-the-point-of-voting-on-questions-especially-downvoting&quot;&gt;What&amp;#39;s the point of voting on questions (especially downvoting)?&lt;/a&gt;. From this question, I understand that down-voting (questions at least) seems to be for general house keeping among other things. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This question is more about down-voting answers especially those of new users. I see a lot of new users who try to answer questions who maybe don't have all the information necessary (as they can't comment to find more information) or they don't really know what a good answer looks like. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These answers (based on my personal experience) inevitably get down-voted to the depths, often with no comments. I don't always agree with this as I think it is great that new users want to get involved in contributing and it's unfortunate that they are ultimately met with some form of disdain. And they don't know what they did wrong.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Rather than down-voting the answer, I personally prefer to leave a comment detailing what they did wrong, and if it is really bad, generally flag it as well [1]. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So my question is, is it generally a good idea to down-vote &lt;strong&gt;new user&lt;/strong&gt; answers?[2] And how do we convince more low rep-moderators [3] to leave a comment rather than simply downvoting?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[1] I will say that I consistently see a few users who do in fact do exactly this as well but they all seem to be quite high-rep users and I can't say whether or not they personally down-vote as I don't know who up/down votes&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[2] I say new user as I think veteran users should know better about how to post, and these generally get down-voted for misinformation or god-awful formatting (again based purely on anecdotal evidence)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit 1: I would like to add that I see a lot of this behaviour in the First Posts review queue&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit 1.5: I'd also like to add that I don't have a problem with downvoting answers of any user if it is a bad answer. My problem is downvoting and not leaving a comment (when no one else has commented) detailing why it was deserving of a downvote and how to improve it. Or better yet, as mentioned in one of the answers, edit it yourself to improve the answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[3] Edit 2: By &quot;low rep moderator&quot; I was more meaning those with access to the review queue. Often when going through it in the morning it is quite empty, and I often run into answers in the wild from new users that have been down voted to the depths which are often easily fixed ie they merely posted a link to a solution rather than taking the time to type out the solution themselves, or some misinformation. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think a good example would be my most recent answer to a question, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1127906/measuring-performance-with-shell/1127910#1127910&quot;&gt;Measuring performance with shell&lt;/a&gt; I made a couple of blunders (forgetting which shell I was in and referencing the wrong help/man page). Rather than downvoting I was left a few comments detailing what I had done wrong, and it seems new users aren't granted the same liberty. (Granted the comments were from those I referenced earlier who tend to do the same as me) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="747207" LastEditorUserId="301745" LastEditDate="2019-03-25T15:41:29.273" LastActivityDate="2019-04-05T23:55:32.227" Title="Is it a good idea to downvote answers by new users?" Tags="|discussion|downvoting|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18514" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18513" CreationDate="2019-03-23T02:31:07.107" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;Voting is really important on Stack Exchange sites and its purpose is often misunderstood. The purpose of voting is &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;to reward users with unicorn dollars&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;to punish users by taking their unicorn dollars away&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;to encourage users&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;to discourage users&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Votes have the above effects and we should not ignore those effects. But the primary purpose of voting is to &lt;strong&gt;show which content is useful&lt;/strong&gt; and we should try to use voting to do that wherever possible. Therefore, &lt;strong&gt;bad content should always be downvoted unless it can be fixed&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since you mentioned it in your question, I'll point out that as for questions, downvoting answers does have a housekeeping purpose, as answers with a negative score can have delete-votes cast on them by users with 20k reputation, and might attract passing attention as potentially deletable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I prefer to leave a comment detailing what they did wrong&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Great. Leave a comment suggesting how to fix it. I often downvote as well as doing that, but I always remove my downvote if the post gets edited into a decent state, or upvote if it becomes good. IMHO, it's even better if you can edit the post to fix it yourself and then give it an upvote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;if it is really bad, generally flag it as well&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No! If it should be deleted, downvote it &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; flag it. If it is bad but should not be deleted, just downvote it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;how do we convince more low rep-moderators to leave a comment rather than simply downvoting?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Simply downvoting is often a reasonable action, and there is already a prompt to leave a comment if the post can be improved. If a post should be deleted, I downvote it and flag it without commenting. If others have already said what's wrong, I downvote without commenting. Besides, you might not always want to comment when you downvote, depending on the style and content of the post. As &lt;a href=&quot;https://jericson.github.io/2015/05/18/downvotes.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;one CM wrote here&lt;/a&gt;, sometimes critical comments are more hurtful even if they're polite, and comment-free downvotes encourage post authors to think.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt; i.e. reputation points&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2019-03-23T04:39:16.627" LastActivityDate="2019-03-23T04:39:16.627" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18515" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18513" CreationDate="2019-03-23T08:21:55.777" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;Typically, I prefer using comments as well. Voting up/down sort of sends the wrong message to new users, even though as Zanna explained it is &lt;em&gt;not intended&lt;/em&gt; to be a form of punishment/reward, but people see it that way. Well, OK, maybe it actually is intended. Stack Exchange is sort of built on the game principle to retain users; to quote Jeff Atwood - one of the creators of Stack Exchange - from his &lt;a href=&quot;https://blog.codinghorror.com/the-gamification/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;blog post Gamification&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;It is true that all our stolen ideas about reputation systems, achievements, identity, and vote scoring are in place specifically to encourage the adoption of the brave new no-nonsense, all-signal Stack Exchange Q&amp;amp;A model. Without those incentive systems, when left to their own devices, what you get is … well, every forum ever created. Broken by design.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So now - questions. &quot;Is it generally a good idea to down-vote new user answers?&quot; Voting on answers is always a good idea, but new users may not be familiar with the whole system of Stack Exchange. Good idea and intention, but if the user doesn't understand its purpose, it leads to bad results. Sorry, but as much as I like Stack Exchange and Ask Ubuntu, this is not the most intuitive site to use for the beginner. So as far as new users go, it is better to do the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Comment to say &lt;strong&gt;what&lt;/strong&gt; the user did wrong and &lt;strong&gt;how&lt;/strong&gt; they can improve. This will do much more good than just downvoting with no explanation. Make it a learning case for the new user.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Use the gamification idea and positive language in comments. They'll listen to you if you talk to them in encouraging way, rather than offensive &quot;You're wrong, n00b!!!&quot;. For example, something along the lines of&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Welcome to Ask Ubuntu! Please edit your answer to clarify which exact module the user should remove. It is best to provide exact steps which the question author could follow.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once the user gets past a certain reputation barrier - maybe 50-100 points - they should be familiar with how the site works and the purpose of downvotes. So it is OK to downvote the answer if it is incorrect, wrong, low quality, or off-topic.  For new users, a downvote (and probably deletion) is warranted without a comment only if it is spam, a security risk, off-topic, offensive, or a question - not an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;how do we convince more low rep-moderators to leave a comment rather than simply downvoting?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;FYI, there's no &quot;low-rep moderators&quot;. The site is designed to be self-moderating by the community. Actual moderators step in in cases where the post is offensive, the user has crossed behavioral boundaries (and it is ban-hammer time), etc. The way to convince people is pretty much the same as in any other place: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Give them an example to follow; do leave comments yourself, let others absorb your behavior&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Give them incentive; add +1 to the comment if it mentions good reasoning for why the answer is downvoted&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;IMHO there seems to be some irrational fear of new users and their so called &quot;clutter&quot; and &quot;poor answers&quot;. New users on the other hand get frustrated because of downvotes and take it overly personally. Neither is a serious issue. Just focus on &quot;playing the game without playing it&quot;, if you get what I mean.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="295286" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2019-03-28T21:26:00.913" LastActivityDate="2019-03-28T21:26:00.913" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18516" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18488" CreationDate="2019-03-24T08:53:05.467" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Judging from the comments and upvotes on the question, I've taken a liberty to untag all the questions that were previously tagged with [comparison]. Currently, there is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/355012/file-comparison-on-the-command-line&quot;&gt;one remaining post&lt;/a&gt; that is locked by moderator so I could not edit that out. Otherwise, the tag is ready for deletion&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Update: the tag is deleted&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="295286" LastEditorUserId="295286" LastEditDate="2019-03-25T11:27:47.707" LastActivityDate="2019-03-25T11:27:47.707" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18517" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18501" CreationDate="2019-03-25T04:06:41.487" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;On a lighter note, would it be rude to post something like the following comment?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Please provide more information. As it stands your question provides &lt;a href=&quot;https://i.chzbgr.com/full/9124604672/hC7DEA075/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;insufficient data&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="248158" LastActivityDate="2019-03-25T04:06:41.487" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18518" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18513" CreationDate="2019-03-26T04:19:41.260" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would add that, especially on older versions of the mobile app for StackExchange, the UI presented various hot questions from multiple communities in a way that a new user might have thought that he or she was being polled. That could have encouraged people to respond beyond their actual knowledge base. Newer app versions have addressed this by presenting more of a notice board look.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I will downvote answers, regardless of new user or not, if the answer is not thoughtful or does not show that the respondent actually took the time to read the original post. If someone tries to be constructive but simply is ignorant of some facts, I may comment or refrain, depending on the specifics. But I still appreciate the effort and will not downvote the answer unless it counsels something that could result in data loss, hardware damage, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I also ignore perceived tone in general, especially if the answer is helpful. Some very intelligent and helpful people nevertheless sometimes write like the BOFH. If the info helps, I will upvote it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="747480" LastActivityDate="2019-03-26T04:19:41.260" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18519" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18520" CreationDate="2019-03-26T10:20:58.707" Score="10" ViewCount="171" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are two tags:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/dual-monitor&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;dual-monitor&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;dual-monitor&lt;/a&gt; (currently 128 questions):&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;For questions about using multiple monitors on a computer system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/dualhead&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;dualhead&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;dualhead&lt;/a&gt; (currently 47 questions):&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Dualhead describes multi monitor setup with only two screens.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do they describe the same thing and thus need to be merged (synonymised)? If so, which one should be the target?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="480481" LastActivityDate="2019-04-06T19:28:39.767" Title="Are [dual-monitor] and [dualhead] the same?" Tags="|discussion|tags|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18520" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18519" CreationDate="2019-03-26T11:46:15.700" Score="9" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Update: synonyms were added. Thanks to everyone who voted&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Considering that the tag &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/multiple-monitors&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;multiple-monitors&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;multiple-monitors&lt;/a&gt; has 3096 questions tagged right now, we may want to make all of those synonyms of this tag. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Back to the topic.&lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Config/Multihead&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Wiki articule&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/multihead&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Arch Wiki&lt;/a&gt; article on this topic use  &quot;Multihead&quot; and &quot;multi-monitor&quot; terminology. &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Xorg/Multiple_monitors&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Gentoo Wiki&lt;/a&gt; as well. So these two are definitely synonymous.  Multihead is frequently used term in context of X11, but judging from the number of questions and simple guess that non-technical users are likely to use &quot;dual-monitor&quot; term, I'd suggest using &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/dual-monitor&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;dual-monitor&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;dual-monitor&lt;/a&gt; as the target and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/dual-head&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;dual-head&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;dual-head&lt;/a&gt; as synonym.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the tangential topic, we may want to create &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/multihead&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;multihead&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;multihead&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/multimonitor&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;multimonitor&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;multimonitor&lt;/a&gt; ( which can become synonym of existing tag &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/multiple-monitors&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;multiple-monitors&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;multiple-monitors&lt;/a&gt;) , because the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/dual-monitor&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;dual-monitor&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;dual-monitor&lt;/a&gt; is very much specific to using two  monitors, and yet there are other setups and ways to call it with more than two that can be done. Whether or not the later should be a  synonym of the former it's up for a discussion. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="295286" LastEditorUserId="295286" LastEditDate="2019-04-06T19:28:39.767" LastActivityDate="2019-04-06T19:28:39.767" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18521" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18522" CreationDate="2019-03-27T12:26:54.323" Score="4" ViewCount="59" Body="&lt;p&gt;I used Google to search for &lt;em&gt;wmctrl -a and window id&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The first hit was a link to a revision at Ask Ubuntu:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/L1WMO.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/L1WMO.png&quot; alt=&quot;Google search&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And clicking it gave me this link in the address bar:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;https://askubuntu.com/revisions/865e9305-bef6-4397-9097-2848d0dc1233/view-source&lt;/code&gt; with the following contents:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/knoSB.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/knoSB.png&quot; alt=&quot;Contents of the revision page&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I can't figure out where that revision originated. How do I find the corresponding question or answer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="248158" LastActivityDate="2019-03-27T13:31:52.323" Title="How to find the question or answer relating to this revision?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18522" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18521" CreationDate="2019-03-27T12:35:35.750" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would normally get there by &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.google.com/search?q=&amp;quot;if+you+have+wmctrl+installed&amp;quot;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Googling stand-out phrases in quotation marks&lt;/a&gt;, but that's messy and relies on those phrases still being there when Google reads it. At least it's fast, but in this case, not accurate enough.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Found a &quot;better&quot; way. Slower but cleaner. You can look up posts by revision GUID on &lt;a href=&quot;https://data.stackexchange.com/askubuntu/query/new&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Data.SE&lt;/a&gt; using the following query:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;SELECT PostId as [Post Link] FROM PostHistory WHERE RevisionGUID = '...';&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That returns &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/616767&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/q/616767&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's gnarly-as-hell but it will work most of the time. Note that Data.SE tends to lag behind the production databases. It gets regular dumps. Not an issue here but it could be for a brand new revision.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2019-03-27T13:31:52.323" LastActivityDate="2019-03-27T13:31:52.323" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18523" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18524" CreationDate="2019-03-27T15:54:23.417" Score="8" ViewCount="344" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was wondering if it couldn't be a good feature to be able to save an answer as a draft in case I don't yet want to post it since I may be doing something else with my machine before later completing the answer to be posted? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This feature does not exist yet, it could be nice to have it around, in my opinion. I am open to knowing more. Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="531149" LastEditorUserId="480481" LastEditDate="2019-03-28T08:41:25.097" LastActivityDate="2020-08-31T18:58:40.843" Title="Save an answer as a draft" Tags="|support|answers|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18524" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18523" CreationDate="2019-03-27T16:15:51.083" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;This feature already exists. Try writing an answer. Wait for about 30-45 seconds. &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Draft Saved&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; will appear and a &lt;strong&gt;Discard&lt;/strong&gt; button too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/w6uph.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/w6uph.png&quot; alt=&quot;Screenshot&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A secret:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote class=&quot;spoiler&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt; There was  a &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/319840/468333&quot;&gt;secret hat&lt;/a&gt; just for discarding the draft in &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.blog/2018/12/12/winter-bash-2018-2/&quot;&gt;Winter Bash 2018&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.blog/2019/12/09/tis-the-season-for-hats-join-us-for-winter-bash-2019/&quot;&gt;Winter Bash 2019&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rubber Ducky:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/gONd5.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/gONd5s.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/111578/468333&quot;&gt;waffles' answer&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/111050/468333&quot;&gt;What are the details/implementation of the draft feature? - Meta Stack Exchange&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Drafts are stored in redis for 7 days, with each site having storage&#xA;for one draft question and one draft answer per user.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For anonymous we use cookie to track the user. For non anonymous we&#xA;use the user id.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We ship it to the server in the heartbeat (once a minute or so), the&#xA;heartbeat also notifies you when new answers were added in the banner&#xA;on the top.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We only store drafts for new answers and new questions, not for edits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, for questions, only one draft is saved which can be retrieved after you click on &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ask a question&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; button. For answers, you should be lucky enough to find the question to find the answer's draft.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/a/361485/10785056&quot;&gt;Glorfindel's answer&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/q/361479/10785056&quot;&gt;How can I find my saved draft answers? - Meta Stack Overflow&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is no page on the Stack Overflow site with a list of your drafts, and since the drafts are stored server-side, you cannot browse your local storage / cookies for question IDs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Further Reading:&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Proposal for the feature: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/1177/468333&quot;&gt;Allow questions to be saved as drafts prior to posting - Meta Stack Exchange&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="816190" LastEditorUserId="816190" LastEditDate="2020-08-31T18:58:40.843" LastActivityDate="2020-08-31T18:58:40.843" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18525" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18526" CreationDate="2019-03-28T03:39:37.737" Score="7" ViewCount="132" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am trying to find all of my posts whether responded to or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I tried a search for &lt;code&gt;user:fixit7&lt;/code&gt; but it found nothing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="573838" LastEditorUserId="480481" LastEditDate="2019-03-28T04:57:46.737" LastActivityDate="2019-03-28T08:40:16.800" Title="Trying to find my posts" Tags="|support|searching|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18526" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18525" CreationDate="2019-03-28T04:50:54.047" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;User nickname is changeable and not necessarily unique, you need to use the unique numerical code associated to a user. So try &lt;code&gt;user:573838&lt;/code&gt;. Alternatively, for self-posts, you can also use &lt;code&gt;user:me&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also in order to find your questions with an answer you may use &lt;code&gt;answers:1&lt;/code&gt; (in general &lt;code&gt;answers:n&lt;/code&gt; for questions with at least &lt;em&gt;n&lt;/em&gt; answers). So simply search with &lt;code&gt;user:me answers:1&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="480481" LastEditorUserId="480481" LastEditDate="2019-03-28T08:40:16.800" LastActivityDate="2019-03-28T08:40:16.800" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18527" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18528" CreationDate="2019-03-31T10:31:59.817" Score="9" ViewCount="228" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/WwvSp.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/WwvSp.png&quot; alt=&quot;Bizarre screen&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't understand what's going on :(&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems it's an April Fool's gag! UGH!!! And each time I have to click on the clock icon to restore normalcy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="248158" LastEditorUserId="248158" LastEditDate="2019-03-31T14:36:00.197" LastActivityDate="2019-03-31T14:36:00.197" Title="What's happening with this bizarre screen?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18528" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18527" CreationDate="2019-03-31T12:29:11.583" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's the this year's April Fool :-)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When viewing the page source, you get a hint:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;...&#xA;&amp;lt;!--&#xA;                HAPPY APRIL FOOL'S FROM STACK OVERFLOW&#xA;&#xA;              \/                    __/   .::::.-'-(/-/)&#xA;                     _/:  .::::.-' .-'\/\_`*******          __ (_))&#xA;        \/          /:  .::::./   -._-.  d\|               (_))_(__))&#xA;                     /: (&quot;&quot;&quot;&quot;/    '.  (__/||           (_))__(_))--(__))&#xA;                      \::).-'  -._  \/ \\/\|&#xA;              __ _ .-'`)/  '-'. . '. |  (i_O&#xA;          .-'      \       -'      '\|&#xA;     _ _./      .-'|       '.  (    \\                         % % %&#xA;  .-'   :      '_  \         '-'\  /|/      @ @ @             % % % %&#xA; /      )\_      '- )_________.-|_/^\      @ @ @@@           % %\/% %&#xA; (   .-'   )-._-:  /        \(/\'-._ `.     @|@@@@            ..|........&#xA;  (   )  _//_/|:  /          `\()   `\_\     |/_@@             )'-._.-._.-&#xA;   ( (   \()^_/)_/             )/      \\    /                /   /&#xA;    )  _.-\\.\(_)__._.-'-.-'-.//_.-'-.-.)\-'/._              /&#xA;.-.-.-'   _o\ \\\     '::'   (o_ '-.-' |__\'-.-;~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~/   /\&#xA;          \ /  \\\__          )_\    .:::::::.-'\          '- - -|&#xA;     :::''':::::^)__\:::::::::::::::::'''''''-.  \                '- - -&#xA;    :::::::  '''''''''''   ''''''''''''':::. -'\  \     C. SWANSIGER&#xA;_____':::::_____________________________________\__\______________________&#xA;--&amp;gt;&#xA;...&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can toggle the theme between funny and back-to-normal with the clock icon in the upper right:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/k29zN.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/k29zN.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The cute &lt;em&gt;Fairy Dust Cursor&lt;/em&gt; (and others) can be downloaded from here: &lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/tholman/cursor-effects&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://github.com/tholman/cursor-effects&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="504066" LastEditorUserId="504066" LastEditDate="2019-03-31T13:06:24.783" LastActivityDate="2019-03-31T13:06:24.783" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18530" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18460" CreationDate="2019-03-31T23:44:33.250" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Firstly there is not really something universally dubbed a &quot;post&quot; here in AU. There are comments and answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Comments can be deleted or moved to discussion when the thread becomes too long, too much like an extended Q&amp;amp;A or too jovial.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Answers can be converted to a comment when a user doesn't have necessary rep to post a comment. Answers can be deleted when they are too personal or off-topic. I think your answer is rather a bit of both. This is how I would judged your case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as assertion of being the answer being funny goes, I put you right up there with Muru as not being funny. Which is not a bad thing. I think yours and his answers are usually intelligent, succint and highly educational.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On this so-called answer of yours, whether it be construed a comment or not, I think suggesting banning Oli and/or Windy is over the top.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you like a good joke though, I suggest trying our watered down Alberta Beer instead of Russian Vodka :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="307523" LastActivityDate="2019-03-31T23:44:33.250" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18531" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-04-01T16:21:39.807" Score="20" ViewCount="565" Body="&lt;p&gt;N.B. Be sure this post is &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; about points. Seriously, the 2 points from downvote is the last thing I'd worry about. It is about what an answer should be (or not).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The situation: user asks for a solution to start his application without having to type a complicated command each and every time. &lt;br&gt;&#xA;He obviously isn't familiar with existing possibilites, and so he says. He even makes clear he is looking for options: &lt;em&gt;&quot;something like a bat-script or .lnk in windows&quot;&lt;/em&gt; we read. Looking at the issue, a much better fit to his problem is available than what he literally asks for, and after posting, OP confirms that's indeed the solution he was looking for.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Then,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/1130361/72216&quot;&gt;the answer gets downvoted&lt;/a&gt; by someone, because although it solves OP's issue, it is &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; what OP himself had in mind for his problem. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;from the comment:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;You're probably right, but this is not the correct answer to the&#xA;  question. I see this as a problem (not the suggestion itself, but this&#xA;  post being the accepted answer), as some scripts may be longer and the&#xA;  actual answer to &quot;how do I make a sequence of commands a script&quot; is&#xA;  another one. Also note that your .desktop file does not do the same as&#xA;  the commands in the question, when MyDirectory does not exist.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Seriously? We answer questions to provide solutions. Nothing more, nothing less.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This has happened to me a few times lately. Again, &lt;em&gt;it is not about the points.&lt;/em&gt; It is about what an answer should be (or not).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please don't downvote an answer because it solves issues in another way than OP initially had in mind. &lt;br&gt;&#xA;It is like insisting on selling someone a €100,- screwdriver because he doesn't know where the cheaper ones are in the store.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2019-04-02T09:30:40.953" LastActivityDate="2019-04-15T11:02:41.043" Title="Should an answer be literally what OP asks for?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="17" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18532" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18531" CreationDate="2019-04-02T00:53:41.320" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;I suppose the ideal answer would have been a combination of the two answers in this case. Present the script, then explain there is a better - more elegant - way to solve the problem, and then let the OP choose.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I agree, downvoting any answer that actually solves the OP's problem is ridiculous, especially if the OP has already accepted that answer!  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For what it's worth, I upvoted both answers in this case.  As far as I'm concerned &lt;strong&gt;the only criteria should be whether or not the answer is useful&lt;/strong&gt; - which is exactly what it says on the tooltip:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/1lrHn.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/1lrHn.png&quot; alt=&quot;tooltip&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="682481" LastActivityDate="2019-04-02T00:53:41.320" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18533" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18531" CreationDate="2019-04-02T04:13:11.797" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Short answer: it depends on the question and OP's requirements. In cases of scripting or making small applications, like in the question you've linked, we have some room for interpretation, and often there are better or more practical ways to approach a problem. For instance, OP may want to make a shell script to parse a text file, but an &lt;code&gt;awk&lt;/code&gt; or &lt;code&gt;grep&lt;/code&gt; solution that needs just one line of code or less may be more practical, faster, and portable. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But there are cases where we absolutely have to do things a certain way. Consider a question &quot;How do I compile a kernel module against 2.6 kernel ?&quot; We cannot suggest compiling against 4.19 kernel because OP's organization/development environment relies heavily on 2.6 kernel.  Or consider a case where OP is writing a Gtk application in C - we can't suggest &quot;just use Python&quot;. There are many cases where we have to keep in mind dependencies, and no matter how elegant or short, clever or fast solution we provide - if it doesn't take into consideration critical parts of OP's question, it won't do any good. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Remember also that &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/18494/295286&quot;&gt;OP chooses answers that work best for their situation&lt;/a&gt;. We can suggest alternatives and better/practical ways, and OP can be rigid in their requirements and disregard our suggestions however good they may be. That doesn't make an answer less valid, but it also doesn't mean it has to be chosen as &quot;the best&quot; by OP. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In general, the person answering has to use their discretion and knowledge to decide whether or not OP needs exact solution or whether there is even a room for alternatives, and OP has their free choice to stick with their own requirements or embrace alternatives. Provide an alternative where possible, but ultimately RTFQ.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="295286" LastEditorUserId="507051" LastEditDate="2019-04-15T11:02:41.043" LastActivityDate="2019-04-15T11:02:41.043" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18534" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18531" CreationDate="2019-04-02T09:34:06.870" Score="22" Body="&lt;p&gt;Of course you should provide the best answer you can, even if it isn't the one the OP was thinking of. And of course people are free to downvote you for that. Personally, I would upvote you instead, but everyone is free to vote as they like. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's nothing new here. We've been doing this (providing better solutions than the OP asked for) for years and have been getting the occasional downvote for years. No matter what we do, people will downvote. I'm sure at some point I will get a downvote for not having enough cowbell. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, this particular case is not quite as simple as you make out. The comment (which I have edited your answer to quote in its entirety) gives specific reasons why the poster doesn't think yours is the best approach. And it isn't simply because &quot;the OP asked for something slightly different&quot;. So reducing that comment to just &quot;I was downvoted for not giving the exact solution the OP asked for&quot; seems unfair.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A user has objections to your answer, and expressed them in the best possible way: a downvote &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; an explanatory comment. Yay! The site is working exactly as it should!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2019-04-02T09:34:06.870" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18535" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18531" CreationDate="2019-04-03T15:29:52.660" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you helped the OP pinpoint their problem more specifically than they had before, it would probably be best to leave your answer as stands (since it &lt;strong&gt;does&lt;/strong&gt; answer the real question), but also to edit the original question to clarify the actual issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Though I wasn't following the exact post, this seems like a nice hybrid; the answer answers both the real question and the answer posed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can see where the downvoter was coming from; someone in the future with the question &lt;em&gt;posed&lt;/em&gt; by the OP could come to the post thinking that they will find the solution, only to be disappointed to see that the &lt;em&gt;accepted&lt;/em&gt; answer does not actually answer the question posed, and that the OP was not actually clear on what they really wanted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Consequently, it would probably be best to edit (or encourage the OP to edit) to explain what the real problem was.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After all, this is basically what happens (with the timeline slightly different) when a question is put on hold as &lt;code&gt;unclear what you're asking&lt;/code&gt;, is edited to clarify, and answered.  Obviously, it can get a bit messy and require some case-by-case evaluation when there are other answers on the post; this is why it's a good idea to vote to close the question temporarily if it's unclear until the OP has time to clear it up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527350" LastActivityDate="2019-04-03T15:29:52.660" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18536" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-04-05T19:59:36.197" Score="7" ViewCount="101" Body="&lt;p&gt;In general, where are links to duplicate questions located when a post is tagged as a duplicate?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This link is just an example of one of the many times I've been unable to find the duplicate:  Where is the link?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/604311/how-to-restore-data-after-running-rm&quot;&gt;how to restore data after running rm?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Where is the link?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/PMfmC.png&quot; alt=&quot;example problem&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="941840" OwnerDisplayName="NW_Photo_Laureate" LastEditorUserId="480481" LastEditDate="2019-04-06T07:26:15.947" LastActivityDate="2019-04-10T11:44:29.083" Title="Where do I find the links for duplicate questions?" Tags="|support|duplicates|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18537" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18536" CreationDate="2019-04-05T20:21:08.663" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;Links to duplicate questions can be found &lt;strong&gt;directly beneath the question title&lt;/strong&gt; at the beginning of the question body:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/TAW4K.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/TAW4K.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="507051" OwnerDisplayName="dessert" LastEditorUserId="344926" LastEditDate="2019-04-10T11:44:29.083" LastActivityDate="2019-04-10T11:44:29.083" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18538" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18513" CreationDate="2019-04-05T23:55:32.227" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a new user, and here's my experience. I asked a carefully written question on stackoverflow, and it promptly got downvoted and, eventually, automatically deleted as a result, all without explanation.  In the original (now deleted) question I had an exchange with a user who had left comments on my question, where I asked them if they knew why it was downvoted so much, and they replied that it was probably because it belonged on unix.stackexchange.com.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I went and re-posted it on unix.stackexchange.com, as is... where it was promptly closed and migrated right back to stackoverflow, &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/questions/54826257/libvlc-sample-code-sdl1-2-works-sdl2-doesnt-video-example-included&quot;&gt;where it still resides&lt;/a&gt;, no downvotes, no comments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If someone posted a question with the subject &quot;HEELLLP!!!!1111 I dont know how to fix!&quot; I can understand a downvote with no comment, because it's so obviously bad that the poster will very likely learn why in any number of ways.  But when someone has spent so much time making sure the post is succinct and informative... well, without explanation, the downvoting and closing of questions quite honestly seems arbitrary, and leaves me with the feeling that the people doing the downvoting don't actually understand the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="872280" LastActivityDate="2019-04-05T23:55:32.227" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18539" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18540" CreationDate="2019-04-07T21:53:33.103" Score="3" ViewCount="105" Body="&lt;p&gt;Unlike the &lt;code&gt;edit&lt;/code&gt;-button which brings me to the &lt;code&gt;Suggested Edits&lt;/code&gt;-queue when an edit is pending, the &lt;code&gt;close&lt;/code&gt;-button always open the VTC-dialog. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd prefer to be brought to the &lt;code&gt;Close Votes&lt;/code&gt;-queue if there are close votes already, because only here I can vote to leave the question open.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So how can I open a certain question in the &lt;code&gt;Close Votes&lt;/code&gt;-queue?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="590937" LastActivityDate="2019-04-08T10:22:37.123" Title="How to open a certain question in the Close Votes queue?" Tags="|support|review|vote-to-close|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18540" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18539" CreationDate="2019-04-08T01:41:08.953" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'd prefer that too :/&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, only mods can do that. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/318248/review-close-votes-on-question-you-are-currently-viewing&quot;&gt;this feature request on Meta Stack Exchange&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I want to find the review of a post, I look at the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/close/history&quot;&gt;review history page&lt;/a&gt; and scroll through the recent pages to find the post I want (&lt;kbd&gt;Ctrl&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;F&lt;/kbd&gt; is helpful), but this page only shows the history of reviews by everyone to users who have &gt;10k reputation - otherwise it shows you your &lt;em&gt;own&lt;/em&gt; reviews only, which is not helpful for this purpose. This also doesn't work if nobody has reviewed the post yet (for example, it received close votes from users who landed on the page; some questions get closed before anyone reviews them in the queue, but in such cases the closure is usually correct). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Only completed reviews are accessible in the post's timeline, so that also does not help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In short, there is no easy way to vote to Leave Open from a question page. If you post the question link in &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/3877/raiders-of-the-lost-downboat&quot;&gt;the Downboat&lt;/a&gt; I or someone else will be willing to look for it in the history or let you know if we encounter it in the queue and give you a link.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2019-04-08T06:28:01.270" LastActivityDate="2019-04-08T06:28:01.270" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18541" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18539" CreationDate="2019-04-08T10:22:37.123" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;To add to Zanna's answer, since we are &amp;lt;10k rep users, what I usually do is filter the Close Votes queue to certain criteria of a question I want to vote on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I take this question as an example: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1132067/console-command-or-putty-not-working-access-denied-in-ubuntu-17&quot;&gt;console command or Putty not working &amp;quot;Access denied&amp;quot; in Ubuntu 17&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Clicking the close button, I can see that the question is being closed as &lt;em&gt;unclear&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;off-topic&lt;/em&gt;. Also, it has the following tags: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/14.04&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;14.04&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;14.04&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/command-line&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;command-line&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;command-line&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/putty&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;putty&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;putty&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/14.04&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;14.04&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;14.04&lt;/a&gt; is quite broad so I usually ignore it.&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/HEDSB.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/HEDSB.png&quot; alt=&quot;VTC menu&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Next, I go to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/close&quot;&gt;Close Review&lt;/a&gt; queue and click on the &lt;code&gt;filter&lt;/code&gt; link at the top near the title. Finally, I filter based on the previous criteria so I get that question in order to review it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/HJOVR.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/HJOVR.png&quot; alt=&quot;Filtering the Close Votes Review Queue&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;P.S. This isn't a 100% optimal solution, sometimes I may need to review a couple of questions first before reaching the one I was searching for. And sometimes the tags all too broad for this to work at all. But more often than not, this method works.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastActivityDate="2019-04-08T10:22:37.123" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18542" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18543" CreationDate="2019-04-08T10:59:21.037" Score="0" ViewCount="74" Body="&lt;p&gt;Currently it reads like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Questions tagged [spam]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This is for flagged spam. Delete all other &lt;strong&gt;flags&lt;/strong&gt; and insert this&#xA;  &lt;strong&gt;flag&lt;/strong&gt; when you see a post that is clearly and unquestionably spam so that people following other tags don't get spammed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should &lt;strong&gt;tags&lt;/strong&gt; be used instead of &lt;strong&gt;flags&lt;/strong&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="248158" LastActivityDate="2019-04-08T11:34:21.413" Title="Should https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/spam be modified?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18543" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18542" CreationDate="2019-04-08T11:19:35.803" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, tags should &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; be used for this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/spam&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;spam&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;spam&lt;/a&gt; tag should be something to do with handling/removing/creating/etc spam (eg email) on Ubuntu, and not coerced to a meta-tag for doing something that is infinitely better done through flags.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit:&lt;/strong&gt; It was only created an hour ago, apparently for purpose. I think the justification is far too weak (no, spammers are &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; going to select the spam tag). I've run it over with my digger.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="507051" LastEditDate="2019-04-08T11:34:21.413" LastActivityDate="2019-04-08T11:34:21.413" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18546" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-04-15T06:43:10.417" Score="10" ViewCount="98" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/output&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;output&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;output&lt;/a&gt; has 149 questions tagged across wide range of topics - command line output, audio output, monitors - and no wiki nor usage guidance as to what this tag is all about. We already have specialized tags for all those topics, in particular &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/stdout&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;stdout&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;stdout&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/display&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;display&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;display&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/sound&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;sound&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;sound&lt;/a&gt;. Maybe we could get rid of this one ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="295286" LastActivityDate="2019-04-15T07:29:50.567" Title="output tag needs some community input" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18547" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-04-15T04:17:59.300" Score="11" ViewCount="279" Body="&lt;p&gt;How long should I wait for an answer to my question &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1131817/18-04-2-authentication-error&quot;&gt;18.04.2 authentication error&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;on here, and in the meantime is there anything I can do to make it more answerable?   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've already included a fair bit of detail so afraid adding more might overwhelm potential responders and discourage them,  but would very much welcome dialogue about editing my question if that might help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="270169" OwnerDisplayName="user270169" LastEditorUserId="480481" LastEditDate="2019-04-15T06:54:40.827" LastActivityDate="2019-04-28T10:00:49.893" Title="How long should I wait for an answer on here?" Tags="|discussion|support|asking-questions|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18548" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18546" CreationDate="2019-04-15T07:29:50.567" Score="11" Body="&lt;h3&gt;Let’s burminate it!&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(but I need 30 chars here)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="507051" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2019-04-15T07:29:50.567" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18549" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18547" CreationDate="2019-04-15T07:34:35.487" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;Questions at &lt;em&gt;askubuntu&lt;/em&gt; are answered from a voluntary community, so there is no ticket system that reminds people to answer questions.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;It happens that questions are replaced by newer ones and people will miss them even if they are good, because most wont scroll down a lot or even visit the next page(s).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That happens e.g. if they are posted on Sunday morning 8am CEST like yours, when lots of people will still be in bed. This, plus it seems a very specific issue that not many people or maybe even no one had themselves, so there are not many people that are able to help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is a pending edit on your question, and once that edit is approved, it will be on the front page again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="631600" LastEditorUserId="260447" LastEditDate="2019-04-28T10:00:03.350" LastActivityDate="2019-04-28T10:00:03.350" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18550" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18547" CreationDate="2019-04-15T07:57:50.873" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;We get &lt;em&gt;a lot&lt;/em&gt; of questions on Askubuntu, so aside from giving as much information as you can which is nicely covered by the help page&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/how-to-ask&quot;&gt;How do I ask a good question?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;it’s also very important to present your question in the right way – through proper formatting:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/formatting&quot;&gt;How do I format my posts using Markdown or HTML?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/editing-help&quot;&gt;Markdown help&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These help pages shows how you can format text as code, create lists, link other webpages, apply syntax highlighting and much more – things that help possible answerers read and understand your question better.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="507051" LastEditorUserId="260447" LastEditDate="2019-04-28T10:00:49.893" LastActivityDate="2019-04-28T10:00:49.893" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18551" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-04-17T05:50:07.397" Score="5" ViewCount="88" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are multiple times I have certain questions but I don't have the time to write their body and format them properly at that point of time. I have to then use an external To-Do List app to remember my questions. Is there a way currently to save multiple question as drafts on the site itself?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/X5lSn.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/X5lSn.png&quot; alt=&quot;User Navbar&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It would be great if AskUbuntu had a specific section called 'drafts' for it in the user profile page where it maintains lists of all my answers, questions, tags, badges etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="719469" LastEditorUserId="719469" LastEditDate="2019-04-17T09:22:50.803" LastActivityDate="2019-04-17T09:22:50.803" Title="Save multiple questions as drafts" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18552" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18553" CreationDate="2019-04-18T07:27:50.283" Score="7" ViewCount="167" Body="&lt;p&gt;I wrote an answer to someones &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1131817/authentication-error-at-login-after-online-upgrade-to-18-04&quot;&gt;question&lt;/a&gt; with the best intention to help. A few days later, I received an edit request for review:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/iNK4H.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/iNK4H.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ignoring the fact, that this edit would completely destroy my answer, what would be the best way to preserve that feedback in askubuntu?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Tell the guy to move it to the comment section? (seams to much and it would lose the context)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Tell him to update and change his question? (that would change and double the size of his question)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Something else?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="695857" LastEditorUserId="507051" LastEditDate="2019-04-18T08:19:35.483" LastActivityDate="2019-04-21T08:08:31.180" Title="Answer edit as long and detailed comment from OP - how to proceed?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18553" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18552" CreationDate="2019-04-18T07:38:36.030" Score="17" Body="&lt;p&gt;As this edit is OP’s reaction and feedback to your answer, it should be an edit to the question. There are three steps to take:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Reject the edit as “Attempt to reply”&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Write a comment to OP asking them to update their question with the new information&lt;br&gt;&#xA;I did that now and shortened the citations to avoid unnecessarily redundant information.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Edit your answer to account for the changed question&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="507051" LastEditorUserId="507051" LastEditDate="2019-04-21T08:08:31.180" LastActivityDate="2019-04-21T08:08:31.180" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18554" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18552" CreationDate="2019-04-18T07:53:55.600" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would accept it if it adds to the answer (but it does not ;) ). It is the person that asked the question so his -intent- is to add to your question what he thinks makes it a perfect answer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;He is adding things that are related to the question. So reject it and leave a comment&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastActivityDate="2019-04-18T07:53:55.600" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18555" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="12027" CreationDate="2019-04-19T12:21:52.893" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Some questions are clearly not version specific, for others it's not immediately clear. I'd rather see an unnecessary tag (that I can easily delete) than not see a tag that might drive an expert to find the question (which granted I could easily add). I happen to agree with &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/8562/when-a-version-specific-tag-alone-is-good-in-a-single-question?rq=1#comment15824_8562&quot;&gt;this comment.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastEditorUserId="225694" LastEditDate="2019-04-19T16:21:22.473" LastActivityDate="2019-04-19T16:21:22.473" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18557" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15125" CreationDate="2019-04-22T13:46:40.500" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;To add to Kos' answer, if you select the Electorate badge as your next tracked badge and then click on it you will get the following dropdown which makes it a lot clearer that you have two conditions you have to have met at the same time. It also tracks both of them separately. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ZcxiD.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ZcxiD.png&quot; alt=&quot;dropdown screen shot&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="511428" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2019-04-22T14:40:44.667" LastActivityDate="2019-04-22T14:40:44.667" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18558" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18560" CreationDate="2019-04-24T22:44:05.423" Score="5" ViewCount="80" Body="&lt;p&gt;I stumbled about &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1137727/dual-boot-ubuntu-and-windows-10&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; when it was eight hours old.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A new user (not the question author) commented under the question. The reputation score of the new user is &quot;one&quot;. Looking immediately at the user profile I see an &lt;code&gt;(unregistered)&lt;/code&gt; beside the user name, also the user has not posted any questions or answers yet, so it is unlikely that the user had at least 50 reputation points when he posted the comment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How can that be possible?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="590937" LastEditorUserId="1412" LastEditDate="2019-04-26T23:53:57.590" LastActivityDate="2019-04-26T23:53:57.590" Title="User with 1 Reputation is able to comment" Tags="|support|comments|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18559" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18558" CreationDate="2019-04-24T23:14:48.187" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;Moderators can convert an answer to a comment. This usually happens when the answer is flagged as &quot;not an answer&quot;, the moderator agrees, but does not want to delete the post entirely. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user336085" LastActivityDate="2019-04-24T23:14:48.187" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18560" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18558" CreationDate="2019-04-25T00:05:42.523" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you are referring to the 1-rep user Donald Duck's &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1137727/dual-boot-ubuntu-and-windows-10/1137729#comment1885446_1137727&quot;&gt;'comment' on that question&lt;/a&gt;, that was initially made as an answer.  Moderators such as myself reserve the power to convert non-answer answers to comments (automagically) when it's still worth keeping &lt;em&gt;as&lt;/em&gt; a comment, and as was stated by another answer here, we sometimes use this when there's a &quot;not an answer&quot; flag on a post.  (However this is one I found in the review queues and not via flags, - and yes, us moderators DO sometimes sift through the review queues to help things along).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We don't always do this action, though, for &quot;not an answer&quot; posts, but in this case I did because it was more asking questions to the original question poster than posting a &quot;non answer&quot; that served no useful purpose.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Note that at the 10k rep level you'd see the deleted post as well and seen it was converted to comment by moderators.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2019-04-25T00:05:42.523" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18561" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18571" CreationDate="2019-04-25T17:28:31.310" Score="17" ViewCount="152" Body="&lt;p&gt;(The only reason these are the same question is for the pun.  If they should be split, I can split them.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Neither of these have tag wiki entries.  As of now, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/lock&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;lock&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;lock&lt;/a&gt; has 182 questions, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/keys&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;keys&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;keys&lt;/a&gt; has 82.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/lock&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;lock&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;lock&lt;/a&gt; has questions about a variety of topics, including screen locks, folders having a lock icon, APT being locked, etc.  &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/keys&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;keys&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;keys&lt;/a&gt; has questions about SSH key pairs, gnome keyring, media buttons on laptops, as well as general keyboard topics.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;IMO, both of these should be removed.  We have much better tags that can be used.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="630512" LastEditorUserId="816190" LastEditDate="2019-04-25T17:42:42.610" LastActivityDate="2019-04-26T21:02:38.960" Title="We should put these tags under [lock] and [keys]" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18562" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18563" CreationDate="2019-04-26T01:32:02.510" Score="4" ViewCount="55" Body="&lt;p&gt;On this Q&amp;amp;A: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1138091/how-do-i-see-if-and-when-someone-logged-in-my-account&quot;&gt;How do I see if and when someone logged in my account&lt;/a&gt; I was thinking of asking OP to change question title from:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;How do I see if and when someone logged in my account&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;to:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;How do I find user login history?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since I took the time to answer the question I wanted to make it appeal to a broader audience. I felt the current title was too narrowly focused for an obscure situation and people would not click.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then I realized I could just change the title myself but I think that is unethical.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm wondering if others have ever felt the same way and if they would actually go ahead and change the title?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do change titles all the time to fix typos or make the title reflect the body of the question more accurately of course. So I think answers reflecting that are unnecessary here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="307523" LastActivityDate="2019-04-26T09:24:08.427" Title="Ethics of changing question title without asking OP" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18563" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18562" CreationDate="2019-04-26T09:24:08.427" Score="8" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Be faithful to the question being asked, and you're okay &lt;sup&gt;(with caveats)&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you've already mentioned, it's not always the case that the original title and the question body align. This usually comes from people not really knowing how to phrase what they're asking. If you're going to retitle a question, it's important you take the whole picture into account.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What you're suggesting seems to make sense but if you're not first on the scene, it's important you take other opinions into account. If there are other answers which answer an alternative interpretation, it might be best to bring it to Meta. People get upset when you &amp;quot;break&amp;quot; their answers. It's even possible your interpretation is not accurate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's important to highlight that this logic applies to OPs too. It being your question does not mean you get to invalidate every answer because you phrased it incorrectly. If that's what you're facing, start a new question and make sure you're explicit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I understand why you're asking —you have a reputation interest in this— but I don't think that makes you wrong. The edit you're suggesting makes sense and it does not break the other answer. Go for it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2019-04-26T09:24:08.427" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18564" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-04-26T11:14:15.860" Score="1" ViewCount="51" Body="&lt;p&gt;The question is in the title. &#xA;This is the most direct question ever.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="946799" LastActivityDate="2019-04-26T11:23:24.677" Title="Can I ask for programming advice on this site?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18565" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18564" CreationDate="2019-04-26T11:23:24.677" Score="6" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Yes, if..&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It relates to Ubuntu&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It's not too opinionated&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It doesn't trip over one of the other &amp;quot;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/dont-ask&quot;&gt;don't ask&lt;/a&gt;&amp;quot; formats.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2019-04-26T11:23:24.677" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18566" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18567" CreationDate="2019-04-26T14:04:52.043" Score="3" ViewCount="41" Body="&lt;p&gt;So I came across &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1138383/19-04-installation-shortcomings#&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt;. I flagged the &quot;question&quot; as too opinioned based but what should one actually do?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="818265" LastActivityDate="2019-04-26T14:52:53.193" Title="What to do when a question isn't a question" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18567" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18566" CreationDate="2019-04-26T14:08:43.860" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;If a posted question is not a question, or it is completely unclear what is being asked, it is best to use the &quot;Unclear what you are asking&quot; flag / close reason.  And you should probably leave a comment on the post as well indicating that it's not clear what's being asked (if you haven't already done so).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is the best suited flag/close reason for cases where a clear question is not being asked.  (&quot;Primarily Opinion Based&quot; usually implies that individuals won't get any fact-driven answers, not that the question is unclear or nonexistent.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2019-04-26T14:52:53.193" LastActivityDate="2019-04-26T14:52:53.193" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18568" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-04-26T15:05:40.783" Score="10" ViewCount="321" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sometimes I come across questions that are on-topic but cross-posted on multiple sites. According to Meta Stack Exchange, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/64069/468333&quot;&gt;cross-posting is highly discouraged&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://unix.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Unix and Linux&lt;/a&gt; has a closing option for this, but Ask Ubuntu doesn't. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/xuTJd.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/xuTJd.png&quot; alt=&quot;close reason on U&amp;amp;L &amp;quot;posted n multiple sites&amp;quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should this be implemented here on Ask Ubuntu or is it planned or not required at all (why?)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="816190" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2019-04-28T02:41:08.300" LastActivityDate="2019-04-29T01:51:59.563" Title="Why is &quot;posted on multiple sites&quot; as a closing reason absent on Ask Ubuntu?" Tags="|discussion|close-reasons|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18569" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18568" CreationDate="2019-04-26T15:10:19.917" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;We can only have 4 custom close reasons, and to my knowledge, crossposting doesn't come up enough to make it worthy of a close reason for itself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2019-04-26T17:15:33.200" LastActivityDate="2019-04-26T17:15:33.200" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18570" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18568" CreationDate="2019-04-26T16:13:05.437" Score="20" Body="&lt;p&gt;Each site can have 4 custom close reasons, as Thomas explained, and on Unix &amp;amp; Linux, we have added a reason for cross posting. So the strange thing isn't that AU doesn't have the reason, but that U&amp;amp;L does. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For reasons that have never been clear to me, the U&amp;amp;L community is particularly sensitive to cross posts. So much so, that we implemented a dedicated reason for that! Personally, I think that isn't a useful close reason, and I say this as a mod of U&amp;amp;L. I have never understood why we have that reason over there and I kinda wish we didn't. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, yes, it is theoretically possible to add it here too, but that would require removing one of the reasons we already have. And it really wouldn't be worth it, it my opinion. If you see crossposted questions, just flag for mod attention. That way, we can coordinate with the other site and make sure one of the two remains open (if they are worth keeping). I really don't see the benefit in a dedicated reason for this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2019-04-26T17:15:17.553" LastActivityDate="2019-04-26T17:15:17.553" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18571" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18561" CreationDate="2019-04-26T21:02:38.960" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Agreed. These tags are overly broad and should be removed, since we already have specific tags such as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ssh-keys&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ssh-keys&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ssh-keys&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/gnome-keyring&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;gnome-keyring&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;gnome-keyring&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="295286" LastActivityDate="2019-04-26T21:02:38.960" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18573" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18568" CreationDate="2019-04-29T01:51:59.563" Score="-4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think this is related to the reason that you can't also close something for belonging to a different site on the stack* network - Ask Ubuntu is treated as if it's a separately run and governed community that just happens to use the stack* platform, rather than a regular member of the stack* community.  So as a result, I don't think Ask Ubuntu is particularly worried about whether something duplicates something on another stack* site, since they regard it as sort of like a separate site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Nowadays the design is become more and more similar to a stack* site design.  It used to look and feel quite distinct despite running on the same platform.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54256" LastActivityDate="2019-04-29T01:51:59.563" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18574" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-04-29T20:48:21.930" Score="13" ViewCount="484" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The purpose of this thread was to collect questions for the questionnaire. The questionnaire is now live, and you may find it &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/18597/2019-moderator-election-qa-questionnaire&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu is scheduled for an election &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/election/6&quot;&gt;next week, May 6th 2019&lt;/a&gt;. In connection with that, we will be holding a Q&amp;amp;A with the candidates. This will be an opportunity for members of the community to pose questions to the candidates on the topic of moderation.  Participation is completely voluntary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's how it'll work:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Until the nomination phase, (so, until May 6th 2019 at 20:00:00Z UTC, or 4:00 pm EDT on the same day, give or take time to arrive for closure), this question will be open to collect potential questions from the users of the site. Post answers to this question containing any questions you would like to ask the candidates. Please only post &lt;em&gt;one question per answer&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;We, the Community Team, will be providing a small selection of generic questions. The first two will be guaranteed to be included, the latter ones are if the community doesn't supply enough questions. This will be done in a single post, unlike the prior instruction.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If your question contains a link, please use the syntax of &lt;code&gt;[text](link)&lt;/code&gt;, as that will make it easier for transcribing for the finished questionnaire.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;This is a perfect opportunity to voice questions that are specific to your community and issues that you are running into at currently.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;At the start of the nomination phase, the Community Team will select &lt;strong&gt;up to 8 of the top voted questions submitted by the community&lt;/strong&gt; provided in this thread, to use in addition to the aforementioned 2 guaranteed questions. We reserve some editorial control in the selection of the questions and may opt not to select a question that is tangential or irrelevant to moderation or the election.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Once questions have been selected, a new question will be opened to host the actual questionnaire for the candidates, typically containing 10 questions in total.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;This is not the only option that users have for gathering information on candidates. As a community, you are still free to, for example, hold a live chat session with your candidates to ask further questions, or perhaps clarifications from what is provided in the Q&amp;amp;A.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have any questions or feedback about this process, feel free to post as a comment here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="306823" LastEditorUserId="173605" LastEditDate="2019-05-06T20:08:30.267" LastActivityDate="2019-05-06T20:08:30.267" Title="2019 Moderator Election Q&amp;A - Question Collection" Tags="|discussion|election|" AnswerCount="7" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2019-05-06T20:09:10.120" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18575" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18574" CreationDate="2019-04-29T20:48:21.930" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here is a set of general questions, gathered as very common questions asked every election. As mentioned in the instructions, the first two questions are guaranteed to show up in the Q&amp;amp;A, while the others are if there aren't enough questions (or, if you like one enough, you may split it off as a separate answer for review within the community's 8). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How would you deal with a user who produced a steady stream of valuable answers, but tends to generate a large number of arguments/flags from comments? &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How would you handle a situation where another mod closed/deleted/etc a question that you feel shouldn't have been?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In your opinion, what do moderators do? &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A diamond will be attached to everything you say and have said in the past, including questions, answers and comments. Everything you will do will be seen under a different light. How do you feel about that? &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In what way do you feel that being a moderator will make you more effective as opposed to simply reaching 10k or 20k rep? &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="306823" LastActivityDate="2019-04-29T20:48:21.930" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18578" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18574" CreationDate="2019-04-30T11:28:15.537" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you are asked to defuse a situation between two users who are angry at each other, what would your approach to the resolution of this dispute be?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2019-04-30T11:28:15.537" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18579" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18574" CreationDate="2019-04-30T11:28:36.433" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;How would you handle a user who gets annoyed at you (if you were a moderator), over moderator actions taken against one of their posts or comments?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2019-04-30T11:28:36.433" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18580" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18574" CreationDate="2019-04-30T11:28:58.660" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;In your opinion, what does it mean to be a moderator, and what role do you believe a moderator plays here on Ask Ubuntu specifically versus other sites?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2019-04-30T11:28:58.660" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18581" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18574" CreationDate="2019-04-30T16:31:27.750" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;How do you think Ask Ubuntu is doing at being &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.blog/2018/04/26/stack-overflow-isnt-very-welcoming-its-time-for-that-to-change/&quot;&gt;welcoming&lt;/a&gt;? In what areas could we improve? Could you have any impact on this as a moderator?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2019-04-30T16:31:27.750" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18582" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18574" CreationDate="2019-04-30T19:49:08.200" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;What does Ask Ubuntu get when you become a moderator?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That is to say, what do you think makes you &lt;em&gt;different&lt;/em&gt; —better or not— from the existing talent pool in terms of your aims, drives, focus, etc. What effect do you think this will have on the site and its community?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2019-04-30T19:49:08.200" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18584" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-05-01T01:48:01.050" Score="-6" ViewCount="198" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was a little late to the part posting an answer to this question: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1139395/how-to-get-a-substring-from-bash-command/1139577#1139577&quot;&gt;How to get a substring from bash command&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We are all proud parents of our posted answers so I'm probably biased but I think my answer is better than Windy's accepted answer because:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It uses &lt;code&gt;cut&lt;/code&gt; which OP was trying to master&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Uses one command instead of two&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Without offending @Rinzwind (&lt;em&gt;Waves to Windy&lt;/em&gt;) who I've known for many years and admire and without nagging / whining at OP, what comment would I post to have them reconsider acceptance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Forget the fact you judge Windy's answer is better or my answer is better. How would you phrase the comment to OP? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This isn't necessarily about &quot;winning&quot; the 15 points. It's more about the fact we want future readers to get the most bang for their free Linux buck.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can tell me I suffer from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder if you want to :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;@Fabby confessed to me once how he made chatroom for OP and told OP to let me keep bounty but after period ended to accept Fabby's answer instead. That method makes sense but I think that is overly complicated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="307523" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2019-05-01T08:27:16.690" LastActivityDate="2019-05-02T12:41:48.603" Title="How do you ask OP to reconsider accepted answer and award yours?" Tags="|discussion|answers|accepted-answer|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18585" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18584" CreationDate="2019-05-01T03:05:06.383" Score="16" Body="&lt;p&gt;Honestly? Just don't do it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The OP gets notified about every new answer to their question, so you can assume they've either seen it already or they have no interest in checking their notifications. Promoting your answer to them, however politely, is likely to come across as unnecessary hassling. They might feel it would be rude to unaccept an answer and find the whole situation uncomfortably pressured, no matter how pleasantly you put it across. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your answer may well be better (I'm not going to look), but the OP has accepted a different one. This happens all the time and it only really matters when the accepted answer is really bad or dangerous. The OP is usually not an expert on the topic, so votes are usually a better indication of answers' value (or popularity) than acceptance. Sure, many visitors will go straight for the accepted answer, but if they can spare more than 30 seconds to solve the problem they'll probably scroll down. I always do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now it's possible that the person whose answer was accepted will see your answer and think it's way better than theirs and closer to what OP really wanted. That person is in a position to suggest to the OP that they might consider changing their accept. If I really really wanted to pursue this, I'd approach the person whose answer was accepted and not the OP.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Early on I was very interested in getting my answers accepted. Of course I had been telling myself that getting accepts was helping the site or visitors or whatever. But I don't think that's really true. Its only significant benefit IMHO is making it possible for an unappreciated question by a new user to show up as answered. I don't think seeking accepts for my own posts does the site any favours and I think it gives a poor impression to the OP.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2019-05-01T03:05:06.383" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18586" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18584" CreationDate="2019-05-01T06:24:38.003" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;This in the question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;but I'd like to have the most recommended approach.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;made me drop any interest in &lt;code&gt;cut&lt;/code&gt;. Great command but it can't stand in the shadow of &lt;code&gt;awk&lt;/code&gt;. Heck it even the command sounds more awesome. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For manipulation of text I depend on 2 tools: &lt;code&gt;sed&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;awk&lt;/code&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastActivityDate="2019-05-01T06:24:38.003" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18587" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18584" CreationDate="2019-05-01T15:19:33.207" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;My answer would be that you shouldn't, and I must say both as the one who asks, as well as the author of the accepted answer, I'd consider it a kind of a contempt. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;while anyone has the right to vote for (or against) the quality of an answer, it is the exclusive privilege of the one who asks to &lt;em&gt;accept whichever answer he or she considers most useful&lt;/em&gt;. OP does not need to defend his choice, nor should anyone use any pressure to accept this or that. I have seen it in the past more than once, and found it horrible without exception, Not to mention that I often disagreed with the claimed &quot;&lt;em&gt;this is the best answer&lt;/em&gt;&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Really good answers will often attract more votes over time, accepted or not. The gloomy attempt to push someone simply isn't serving any goal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="507051" LastEditDate="2019-05-02T12:41:48.603" LastActivityDate="2019-05-02T12:41:48.603" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18588" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18574" CreationDate="2019-05-01T17:24:16.647" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Looking at your personal profile, personality, qualities and background, in your opinion/expectation, what would be your biggest pitfalls you'd have to consider if you become a moderator?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastActivityDate="2019-05-01T17:24:16.647" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18589" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-05-01T20:02:53.753" Score="19" ViewCount="421" Body="&lt;p&gt;As of now &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/support&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;support&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;support&lt;/a&gt; has 137 questions tagged. There is no proper information about its usage on the site. The existing information looks vague. So, should we re-tag all questions and remove &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/support&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;support&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;support&lt;/a&gt; from the site or try to improve its usage information?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="816190" LastEditorUserId="816190" LastEditDate="2019-05-05T01:34:45.560" LastActivityDate="2019-09-10T11:56:22.453" Title="Do we need &quot;support&quot;?" Tags="|discussion|tags|tag-wiki|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="16" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18590" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18584" CreationDate="2019-05-01T23:06:36.453" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;My take on this particular link is I would never ask OP to change acceptance to my answer. I would point out that my comments made from &quot;smartphone&quot; were in error and I posted an answer still using &lt;code&gt;cut&lt;/code&gt; but prepending pipe line with &lt;code&gt;tr&lt;/code&gt; to condense contiguous whitespace.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have on a few occasions asked OP to change acceptance to a different answer that is not my own. Reasons for this could be:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Accepted answer is to a software package no longer supported or incompatible with current Ubuntu releases.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Accepted answer could be dangerous if used improperly.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Accepted answer involves too much hacking or is inefficient.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Accepted answer simply doesn't work today or perhaps never worked at all.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have accepted answers to my own questions as a way of awarding someone who answered that provided could insights to help me solve the problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In that case though I will post my own answer pointing out it is the best solution but thanking first answer and pointing out that is the reason for my acceptance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have posted a new answer five years later and the OP took away acceptance from a ~100 up voted answer and awarded to me. But in no shape or means did I request that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm guilty of awarding a bounty to an answer that didn't solve the suspend/resume issue. But I did &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; accept the answer. I made it known the bounty was awarded solely for hard work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This Q&amp;amp;A was intended for discussion. I have the upmost respect for Windy and have upvoted numerous of his answers along with the usual suspects Serge, Zanna, Terdon, Jacob, Fabby, Muru, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I often get heavily down voted with discussion topics but that's the nature of soliciting opinions. I'll never be a politician :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="307523" LastActivityDate="2019-05-01T23:06:36.453" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18593" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18594" CreationDate="2019-05-02T16:11:19.333" Score="0" ViewCount="212" Body="&lt;p&gt;My question has a light gray title, unlike a black title. Why?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1105892/installing-ubuntu-18-04-on-a-dell-inspiron-n7110&quot;&gt;Here's the question&lt;/a&gt;. You may need to view it on home or on my profile.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EDIT: Ironically, the title on this question is gray. How about that!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="730159" LastActivityDate="2019-05-03T07:56:12.247" Title="What does a gray title mean?" Tags="|support|asking-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18594" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18593" CreationDate="2019-05-02T17:00:17.920" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;It just means that you have visited the question's page previously.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When you visit a link in Ask Ubuntu and that link is part of your browser's history. Any link that is part of your browser's history becomes gray so you can tell that you had previously visited that link.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can check the following GIF which showcases this behavior. Notice when every time a question is clicked and visited, after going back to the original listing, the text color changes from black to gray for the link I had visited.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/pIQb3.gif&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/pIQb3.gif&quot; alt=&quot;Visited links style&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This behavior is common on all of the Stack Exchange sites, though colors might differ. In fact, this behavior is common in most of the World Wide Web. For example, Google changes the links from a blue color to a purple color after you visit them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastEditorUserId="8698" LastEditDate="2019-05-03T07:56:12.247" LastActivityDate="2019-05-03T07:56:12.247" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18595" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-05-06T11:25:21.520" Score="3" ViewCount="56" Body="&lt;p&gt;As I noticed on both &lt;a href=&quot;https://Askubuntu.com&quot;&gt;Ask Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;Unix &amp;amp; Linux&lt;/a&gt; that the word &amp;quot;off-topic&amp;quot; was appearing twice in the filter when working the close queue:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/BPfaB.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/BPfaB.png&quot; alt=&quot;Off-topic²&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I directly took it to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/327757/off-topic-twice-in-filter-menu&quot;&gt;meta.se&lt;/a&gt; as it wasn't just limited to Ask Ubuntu and &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/327757/off-topic-twice-in-filter-menu?noredirect=1#comment1070096_327757&quot;&gt;they're working on it already&lt;/a&gt; so if you'd see this: &lt;code&gt;SET IGNORE_MODE=ON&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;;-)&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2019-05-07T13:04:53.940" Title="Heads-up: Off-topic twice in filter menu" Tags="|bug|status-completed|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18596" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-05-06T20:03:26.870" Score="6" ViewCount="108" Body="&lt;p&gt;The 2019 Community Moderator Election is now underway!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Community moderator elections have three phases:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Nomination phase&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Primary phase&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Election phase&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most elections take between two and three weeks, but this depends on how many candidates there are.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please visit the official election page at&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/election&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/election&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;for more detail, and to participate!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have general questions about the election process, or questions for moderator candidates, feel free to ask them here on meta -- just make sure your questions are tagged &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/election&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;election&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;election&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="-1" LastActivityDate="2019-05-06T20:03:26.870" Title="2019 Community Moderator Election" Tags="|discussion|moderators|election|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2019-05-06T20:03:26.870" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18597" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-05-06T20:05:52.343" Score="21" ViewCount="1073" Body="&lt;p&gt;In connection with the moderator elections, we are holding a Q&amp;amp;A thread for the candidates. Questions collected &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/18574/2019-moderator-election-qa-question-collection&quot;&gt;from an earlier thread&lt;/a&gt; have been compiled into this one, which shall now serve as the space for the candidates to provide their answers. Due to the submission count, we have selected all provided questions as well as our back up questions for a total of 10 questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a candidate, your job is simple - post an answer to this question, citing each of the questions and then post your answer to each question given in that same answer. For your convenience, I will include all of the questions in quote format with a break in between each, suitable for you to insert your answers. Just &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/posts/18597/edit&quot;&gt;copy the whole thing after the first set of three dashes&lt;/a&gt;.Please consider putting your name at the top of your post so that readers will know who you are before they finish reading everything you have written, and also including a link to your answer on your nomination post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once all the answers have been compiled, this will serve as a transcript for voters to view the thoughts of their candidates, and will be appropriately linked in the Election page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Good luck to all of the candidates!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Oh, and when you've completed your answer, please provide a link to it after this blurb here, before that set of three dashes. Please leave the list of links in the order of submission.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To save scrolling here are links to the submissions from each candidate (in order of submission):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/18598/&quot;&gt;Answers of user68186&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/18600/&quot;&gt;Answers of George Udosen&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/18599/&quot;&gt;Answers of vidarlo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/18601/&quot;&gt;Answers of Zanna&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/18602/&quot;&gt;Answers of ByteCommander&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/18606/&quot;&gt;Answers of Videonauth&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/18608/&quot;&gt;Answers of Yufenyuy Veyeh Dider&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you are asked to defuse a situation between two users who are angry at each other, what would your approach to the resolution of this dispute be?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;How would you handle a user who gets annoyed at you (if you were a moderator), over moderator actions taken against one of their posts or comments?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;In your opinion, what does it mean to be a moderator, and what role do you believe a moderator plays here on Ask Ubuntu specifically versus other sites?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;How do you think Ask Ubuntu is doing at being &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.blog/2018/04/26/stack-overflow-isnt-very-welcoming-its-time-for-that-to-change/&quot;&gt;welcoming&lt;/a&gt;? In what areas could we improve? Could you have any impact on this as a moderator?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What does Ask Ubuntu get when you become a moderator? That is to say, what do you think makes you &lt;em&gt;different&lt;/em&gt; —better or not— from the existing talent pool in terms of your aims, drives, focus, etc. What effect do you think this will have on the site and its community?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Looking at your personal profile, personality, qualities and background, in your opinion/expectation, what would be your biggest pitfalls you'd have to consider if you become a moderator?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;How would you deal with a user who produced a steady stream of valuable answers, but tends to generate a large number of arguments/flags from comments? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;How would you handle a situation where another mod closed/deleted/etc a question that you feel shouldn't have been?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A diamond will be attached to everything you say and have said in the past, including questions, answers and comments. Everything you will do will be seen under a different light. How do you feel about that? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;In what way do you feel that being a moderator will make you more effective as opposed to simply reaching 10k or 20k rep? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="173605" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2019-05-28T13:50:42.153" LastActivityDate="2019-05-28T13:50:42.153" Title="2019 Moderator Election Q&amp;A - Questionnaire" Tags="|discussion|election|" AnswerCount="7" CommentCount="5" CommunityOwnedDate="2019-05-14T21:41:04.343" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18598" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18597" CreationDate="2019-05-07T14:22:53.630" Score="5" Body="&lt;h1&gt;user68186's Answers&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you are asked to defuse a situation between two users who are angry&#xA;  at each other, what would your approach to the resolution of this&#xA;  dispute be?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would read all the communications between the two users and ask them for clarifications if needed. I would listen to both the sides. I would ask them to amicably settle their dispute based on the guidance in the Ask Ubuntu help and meta for clear site policy and precedence. As a new moderator, I would seek the guidance of experienced moderators and decide on the appropriate action along with the other moderators.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;How would you handle a user who gets annoyed at you (if you were a&#xA;  moderator), over moderator actions taken against one of their posts or&#xA;  comments?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Before I take any moderator actions, I would explain to the user why the posts or comments are inappropriate citing Ask Ubuntu Help, and Meta, and ask them to take corrective actions. I believe clear communication can resolve the need for moderator actions in many cases. It is important to me that the user understands why a moderator action was necessary. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;In your opinion, what does it mean to be a moderator, and what role do&#xA;  you believe a moderator plays here on Ask Ubuntu specifically versus&#xA;  other sites?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a moderator my main role is to follow up on flagged posts and determine if any moderator actions are needed. I understand that a moderator action, such as a close vote is binding and instantly effective. Therefore as a moderator I will take such actions after careful deliberations, and with consultation with other moderators if necessary and in cases where such actions are needed for the continued working of the site in line with the site policy and guidance.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;How do you think Ask Ubuntu is doing at being welcoming? In what areas&#xA;  could we improve? Could you have any impact on this as a moderator?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think in the context of Stack Exchange, Ask Ubuntu is special as it not only caters to the community of developers, coders, and server administrators, but it is welcoming to normal desktop users of Ubuntu who may not have formal computer science training. I think Ask Ubuntu is doing a fantastic job identifying unwelcoming and abusive comments posts and weeding them out as quickly as possible. As a moderator I will contribute to this work and make sure that normal desktop users like me from all walks of life and from all socio-cultural background are welcome. The challenges faced by Non-English speaking users of Ask Ubuntu is particularly important to me. As a moderator I will try to understand their issues better and help them feel welcome to Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What does Ask Ubuntu get when you become a moderator? That is to say,&#xA;  what do you think makes you different —better or not— from the&#xA;  existing talent pool in terms of your aims, drives, focus, etc. What&#xA;  effect do you think this will have on the site and its community?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a moderator I bring in the perspective of a normal desktop user of Ubuntu. My ability to communicate with other users who are not technically trained will add to the diversity of the moderator pool. I will strive to make the site and its community better.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Looking at your personal profile, personality, qualities and&#xA;  background, in your opinion/expectation, what would be your biggest&#xA;  pitfalls you'd have to consider if you become a moderator?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a non-technical user of Ubuntu desktop, I like to use metaphors from daily life to help understand Ubuntu specific problems. For example, if someone tires to change the &lt;code&gt;/&lt;/code&gt; partition of a running system, I may say that one cannot change the tires of a car while driving the car. I understand that sometimes my comments can be taken as condescending or sarcastic. As a moderator I will be more careful about how the language of my comments.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;How would you deal with a user who produced a steady stream of&#xA;  valuable answers, but tends to generate a large number of&#xA;  arguments/flags from comments?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would identify the strength and weaknesses of this particular user and engage with them to help them become a more effective member of the community. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;How would you handle a situation where another mod closed/deleted/etc&#xA;  a question that you feel shouldn't have been?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would discuss my view with the other mod over chat and try to understand the reasons behind their actions. As a person and a moderator I am willing to learn from others.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A diamond will be attached to everything you say and have said in the&#xA;  past, including questions, answers and comments. Everything you will&#xA;  do will be seen under a different light. How do you feel about that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Being a moderator for Ask Ubuntu is a great honor and a great responsibility. If elected I hope to honor trust of the electorate and carry out the duties of a moderator to the best of my ability. As a human being I am not immune to mistakes. I am willing to let the community scrutinize my errors and my contribution to this site. I believe higher standards for the moderator along with greater scrutiny and responsibilities will make me a better person.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;In what way do you feel that being a moderator will make you more&#xA;  effective as opposed to simply reaching 10k or 20k rep?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am a long term user of this site. I use the privileges of my reputation effectively and responsibly. As an user I have been guided and inspired by some of the best moderators of this site. I am ready to take on the responsibility of the moderator and hope to help others just as other moderators have helped me when I faced difficult issues. They have guided me to the right direction, and now I want to do the same to the new users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="68186" LastEditorUserId="68186" LastEditDate="2019-05-09T15:01:46.910" LastActivityDate="2019-05-09T15:01:46.910" CommentCount="3" CommunityOwnedDate="2019-05-14T21:41:04.343" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18599" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18597" CreationDate="2019-05-07T19:12:48.987" Score="8" Body="&lt;h3&gt;Vidarlo's answers&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are asked to defuse a situation between two users who are angry at each other, what would your approach to the resolution of this dispute be?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Trying to understand the two person's viewpoints, and see if there was some common ground. It may be a detail, or it may be more serious. In either case, it's important that the users feel that they're heard.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Explaining a situation, and why an action was taken in the way it was is easily the most important way to defuse a situation - before it's even a situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How would you handle a user who gets annoyed at you (if you were a moderator), over moderator actions taken against one of their posts or comments?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I guess this depends on the experience as moderator. I imagine that in the beginning, I'd ask the quorum of moderators, just to ensure that my action was appropriate. With time, I would try to deal with such cases by explaining the rationale of the action.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think it's also important to not be afraid to step down and say that it's a mistake, and reverse the action, if the user can present a compelling case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In your opinion, what does it mean to be a moderator, and what role do you believe a moderator plays here on Ask Ubuntu specifically versus other sites?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe moderators are stewards. Most of the policy decisions are carried out on meta, and much of the moderation is performed by community. The moderators take care of the grunt that cannot be performed by regular (high rep) users, such as moving, handling spam more effectively than users, and user moderation (e.g. handling out blocks), tag maintenance etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How do you think Ask Ubuntu is doing at being welcoming? In what areas could we improve? Could you have any impact on this as a moderator?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's not the worst SE site I've been visiting. Far from it. But sometimes we may be (and I &lt;em&gt;totally&lt;/em&gt; include myself here) a bit short the 30th time we see the same question - and for instance closings for unclear question or dupes may seem rough to users not used to stack exchange format. We may be too quick to close questions in some cases.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a moderator I believe I can assist in this, by correcting, and bringing attention to obviously wrongful decisions in this regard.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What does Ask Ubuntu get when you become a moderator? That is to say, what do you think makes you different —better or not— from the existing talent pool in terms of your aims, drives, focus, etc. What effect do you think this will have on the site and its community?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Whoa. This one is though to answer. The current moderator team is absolutely awesome, skillful and resourceful. What can I add that they don't already have? Well, at least a new pair of hands to assist in moderation. Hopefully different viewpoints as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Overall the mod team we have today is just wonderful, and do a great job.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Looking at your personal profile, personality, qualities and background, in your opinion/expectation, what would be your biggest pitfalls you'd have to consider if you become a moderator?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm arrogant if I'm in a position where I'm fairly certain that I'm correct. This may easily irritate other people - and I'm aware of it. Yet I hope that people will not be afraid to point out when I am wrong. I try to be humble as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How would you deal with a user who produced a steady stream of valuable answers, but tends to generate a large number of arguments/flags from comments?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is always difficult - both a valuable member, and a source of noise. Scaring away users who provide high quality is all too easy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would try to reach out to the user, and inform about how other perceive the problematic comments - and at the same time stress that the user is a valuable contributor. If all else fails, removing the comments, and sanctions against users must be considered. Not with an easy hearth, but nevertheless...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How would you handle a situation where another mod closed/deleted/etc a question that you feel shouldn't have been?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Depends on the action. In general, discuss it privately with the other mods involved, and try to reach a common ground. I may very well be wrong, and may be convinced that I was wrong. If we couldn't come to a mutual understanding in either direction, I would take it up with other moderators to get more eyes on it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it is about a policy, checking consensus with Meta may also be worth it. Transparency in moderation is rather important to me. If the users understand why something is done, the understanding will probably be greater.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A diamond will be attached to everything you say and have said in the past, including questions, answers and comments. Everything you will do will be seen under a different light. How do you feel about that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is what makes me most uncertain. I hope (and believe) my answers are of a high enough quality for this site, and I will - as moderator - be careful with how I treat others. I will be humbly aware that what I do will be under scrutiny by everyone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In what way do you feel that being a moderator will make you more effective as opposed to simply reaching 10k or 20k rep?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Communication and authority. That's ultimately what the diamond is for. But also about keeping the community running smoothly, catching problems early. It gives&#xA;power to perform many janitorial tasks quickly and effectively.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="653515" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2019-05-08T17:10:38.050" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2019-05-14T21:41:04.343" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18600" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18597" CreationDate="2019-05-08T08:17:00.230" Score="5" Body="&lt;h3&gt;George Udosen's Answer&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are asked to defuse a situation between two users who are angry at each other, what would your approach to the resolution of this dispute be?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The first thing to do would be to listen to both users after duly going through their communication histories. Then refer both users to Ask Ubuntu site policy page to help them understand how such issues are supposed to be handled with a view to giving them an opportunity to do a self assessment and if this fails I will come in as a moderator where that still doesn't work I will invite a more experienced site moderator to add a voice to the situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How would you handle a user who gets annoyed at you (if you were a moderator), over moderator actions taken against one of their posts or comments?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First off all actions taken by me must be in accordance with the site policies based on that I would first apologize over my actions for any unintended offense caused then refer the user to the Ask Ubuntu site policy regarding this particular issue and help them understand how this affects them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In your opinion, what does it mean to be a moderator, and what role do you believe a moderator plays here on Ask Ubuntu specifically versus other sites?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe a moderator's basic role is to help users understand the purpose for which Ask Ubuntu exists through one-on-one guidance and education of site users. And to ensure that policies are implemented using best practices as laid down in the Code of Conduct document; act as the human face to the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How do you think Ask Ubuntu is doing at being welcoming? In what areas could we improve? Could you have any impact on this as a moderator?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When compared to other Stack sites and personal experience I believe that Ask Ubuntu is very welcoming but of course there is always room for improvement and this is where I come in. At times, I think some answers could be more &amp;quot;beginner friendly&amp;quot;. I will work to make sure that questions are made more &amp;quot;beginner friendly&amp;quot; by using the site tools to monitor and encourage better easy to understand answers from contributors.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What does Ask Ubuntu get when you become a moderator? That is to say, what do you think makes you different —better or not— from the existing talent pool in terms of your aims, drives, focus, etc. What effect do you think this will have on the site and its community?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe the following attributes gives me an edge:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;an eye for detail,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;an excellent team player,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;strong empathy towards people,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;an extremely patient individual, and&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;a service centered person.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In addition to the above listed quality I believe that we grow as we serve, so Ask Ubuntu will be getting a moderator that believes in growth in service and understands that rules are made to maintain order.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Looking at your personal profile, personality, qualities and background, in your opinion/expectation, what would be your biggest pitfalls you'd have to consider if you become a moderator?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would need to learn not to be overly sentimental when dealing with people and work on enforcing site policies even when it may offend any user.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How would you deal with a user who produced a steady stream of valuable answers, but tends to generate a large number of arguments/flags from comments?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would look at what arrears these flags belong and work with the user to help them improve their people skills and communication abilities.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How would you handle a situation where another mod closed/deleted/etc a question that you feel shouldn't have been?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu has a chat tool that makes it possible to interact with other users and in this case a moderator. I will use this medium to communicate with and better understand the moderator's position on this issue and clear any misunderstandings I have on their positions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A diamond will be attached to everything you say and have said in the past, including questions, answers and comments. Everything you will do will be seen under a different light. How do you feel about that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It gives me a feeling of more responsibility as I have always felt that all users on the site have once you get a reputation that makes it possible to carry out any function on the site. As a moderator I will always realize that my actions will impact the site whether positively or negatively as such I will always hold myself accountable and limit excuses for inadequacies and rather work to improve in other to serve better.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In what way do you feel that being a moderator will make you more effective as opposed to simply reaching 10k or 20k rep?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It will give me the added responsibility of carrying out site curating duties with added privileges that non-moderators don't have. It makes it possible to have access to site tools that are not normally available to other users and to use these tools to make the user experience on the site one to be envied across the Stack family of sites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="459561" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2019-05-08T21:57:14.543" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2019-05-14T21:41:04.343" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18601" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18597" CreationDate="2019-05-08T08:34:07.130" Score="26" Body="&lt;h3&gt;Zanna's Answers&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you are asked to defuse a situation between two users who are angry at each other, what would your approach to the resolution of this dispute be?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've been in this position a few times and it really depends on the people, my relationship with each of them, their relationship with each other, and what exactly has happened. It's much easier when I know the people and am friendly with them so I understand the dynamics and know how people will respond. Without any such advantage, I think you can only investigate thoroughly, try to understand both perspectives, and give both of them a chance to be heard, then look for a way to do justice or compromise.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;How would you handle a user who gets annoyed at you (if you were a moderator), over moderator actions taken against one of their posts or comments?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm always happy to explain myself (citing policy where useful), listen to criticism of my actions and consider the possibility that I've made a mistake, since I make mistakes all the time and I'm totally used to it. If it turns out I think I'm in the right (even after seeking a second opinion if needed) and can't persuade the person to agree with me, I'd let them know they can take their issue to meta. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;In your opinion, what does it mean to be a moderator, and what role do you believe a moderator plays here on Ask Ubuntu specifically versus other sites?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think moderators are those people who are accountable to the community for the atmosphere, tidiness and smooth-running of the site. Of course, mods can't make all the things awesome by themselves, but they are where recourse and remedy can be sought by all for things that can't otherwise be fixed. This site is running very nicely I think, so it's a matter of maintenance. I participate on some beta sites where mods have to do a lot more work that high rep users would be doing if there were enough of them, but here there are quite a lot of active high rep users so mods seem to mainly do the things that only mods can do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;How do you think Ask Ubuntu is doing at being &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.blog/2018/04/26/stack-overflow-isnt-very-welcoming-its-time-for-that-to-change/&quot;&gt;welcoming&lt;/a&gt;? In what areas could we improve? Could you have any impact on this as a moderator?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think this site is quite welcoming. Sometimes there are excessively snarky comments on lack of research or English language ability, unhelpful suggestions to read manuals etc, or duplicate (or wrong!) canned comments from review, but in general it feels like a nice place to be.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've worked in two secondary schools and I learned there that the behaviour of whoever is perceived to be in power is very influential, and I think that mods are perceived to be in power and to have accountability. It's what mods say and do that sets the tone. When I first came to this site, I was very impressed with the work of the moderators, and especially by efforts made by some of them to make me feel welcome in chat, responding to low-level sexism appropriately and so on. I hope I could manage to help with setting an enjoyable tone...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What does Ask Ubuntu get when you become a moderator? That is to say, what do you think makes you &lt;em&gt;different&lt;/em&gt; —better or not— from the existing talent pool in terms of your aims, drives, focus, etc. What effect do you think this will have on the site and its community?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm an introvert and I tend towards tidying and ordering. I think about visitors. Everyone I meet who uses Ask Ubuntu tells me they never need to ask because everything is already there, so I know that old posts matter as much as new ones and need attention. Nothing frustrates me more on AU (except maybe people who &lt;em&gt;always&lt;/em&gt; click &lt;strong&gt;No Action Needed&lt;/strong&gt; in review) than a question with thousands of views, a totally misleading title, no useful answers, and hundreds of invisible downvotes from low rep and unregistered users. So I concern myself mainly with content and its usefulness to visitors. I want questions to be answered where possible instead of closed, especially as duplicates of generic posts. I want old unanswered questions to get answered. I don't know what effect this could have... I don't have any intention to shake the place up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Looking at your personal profile, personality, qualities and background, in your opinion/expectation, what would be your biggest pitfalls you'd have to consider if you become a moderator?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I tend to seek agreement and avoid confrontation. I get upset when people disagree about something that's important to me. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have two periods of intense work every year; from mid January to mid February and from end of May to start of July. During these times I would be less active.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;How would you deal with a user who produced a steady stream of valuable answers, but tends to generate a large number of arguments/flags from comments? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is such a hard question and difficult scenario! I would let that user know that their contribution is very much valued and needed by the site, but the rules apply to everyone equally. I'd work with them to find a way to support them to keep contributing and act within the CoC too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;How would you handle a situation where another mod closed/deleted/etc a question that you feel shouldn't have been?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd ask them about it, since most likely I've missed whatever they noticed. If they were not to be found, I'd ask others to take a look, probably in &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/3877/raiders-of-the-lost-downboat&quot;&gt;the Downboat&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A diamond will be attached to everything you say and have said in the past, including questions, answers and comments. Everything you will do will be seen under a different light. How do you feel about that? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even as a well-known high-rep user I feel like what I say can have some excess weight. But mods have to tread even more lightly. I tend to say what I feel and put all my effort into things, so I would have to attend to that diamond heaviness and remember to hold back as appropriate. With regard to past actions, I do review my old comments (slowly) to see if they are still useful and appropriate. Sometimes I try to review my old posts as well to improve them if possible. Maybe I would need to take a look at my old meta &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/discussion&quot; class=&quot;post-tag required-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;discussion&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;discussion&lt;/a&gt; posts to make sure I'm not coming across too authoritatively!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;In what way do you feel that being a moderator will make you more effective as opposed to simply reaching 10k or 20k rep?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think the main difference in effectiveness is the perceived accountability. I think that people would find me to be helpful as a mod. They would know, I hope, that they could and should ask me for help with the things I can do, more than now. However, here is a brief list of powers I would really appreciate having:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;To go to a post in the review queue from the post, to cast a Leave Open vote if it is getting obviously wrong close votes.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;To tell people who &lt;em&gt;always&lt;/em&gt; click &lt;strong&gt;No Action Needed&lt;/strong&gt; when reviewing First Posts and Late Answers not to review at all if they are going to do it like that.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;To edit or vote on locked posts, especially if they should be deleted. When removing bad tags, I have to raise a custom flag to ask for these edits now.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;To edit the banner of duplicate posts, to add or remove targets, even when I don't have a gold badge in any of the question's tags.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2019-05-08T08:39:28.133" LastActivityDate="2019-05-08T08:39:28.133" CommentCount="2" CommunityOwnedDate="2019-05-14T21:41:04.343" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18602" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18597" CreationDate="2019-05-09T00:29:46.817" Score="15" Body="&lt;h3&gt;ByteCommander's answers&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you are asked to defuse a situation between two users who are angry at each other, what would your approach to the resolution of this dispute be?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Like with most questions, it depends on the individual case what actions should be done. Generally a moderator is there to moderate and help both parties to settle the argument in a way everyone can live with. Should it not be possible to find a peaceful resolution or at least get them to stop arguing in public, it might be necessary to put them in the infamous &quot;penalty box&quot; by handing out short temporary suspensions as a last resort until they managed to cool down.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I think most important is to avoid any damage to the site and unrelated members, so if there's e.g. a strong dispute in the comments below some post, it should rather be cleaned up quickly and possibly taken to chat if there's still more need to talk it out, or even private messages in terrible cases. Ask Ubuntu is meant to be welcoming and friendly, but the main site is also meant to stay focused and on topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;How would you handle a user who gets annoyed at you (if you were a moderator), over moderator actions taken against one of their posts or comments?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Nobody is perfect and we all make mistakes sometimes. Just bearing the moderator title would not make me infallible, but I believe I can handle constructive criticism and getting corrected in cases when I am wrong pretty well. Therefore I'd not be shy to admit if any of my decisions was wrong and correct it once I realize that. I also think this is pretty important to maintain transparency and hold up the trust our community puts into the moderator team.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, if I am not convinced to be wrong, I would take the time and explain my reasoning to the user in question and make sure they can understand why things happened this way. Meta and the help center are good resources to aid in explaining our community policies here. Should we still not be able to agree, I know I can always ask the rest of the team for their opinions on the matter and discuss it internally how to respond. Even escalating a disagreement to Meta and asking for the community's standpoint might be worthwhile in some cases.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;In your opinion, what does it mean to be a moderator, and what role do you believe a moderator plays here on Ask Ubuntu specifically versus other sites?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A moderator should be a both a representative and servant to the community. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With the diamond, all actions and posts gain extra weight and make a big influence in shaping how people experience the site, even though the volume of moderator posts overall is comparably small. People would likely align their own behaviour with what moderators as well as high-rep users show, so they end up being role models for the community and have to lead by example. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my opinion, they are not really supposed to lead by authority though, as the Stack Exchange model is deeply based on community self-moderation. It is important to stay humble and respect the community. &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.blog/2009/05/18/a-theory-of-moderation/&quot;&gt;&quot;Moderators are human exception handlers&quot;&lt;/a&gt; and are given their additional powers to deal with flags and extraordinary situations, while still continuing to keep the site clean by helping out in regular review and moderation duties. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All this holds true on every SE site, but on Ask Ubuntu specifically we have a community that strives to be very open, friendly and &quot;human&quot;. We don't want to scare anyone off and should put even more effort in guiding and assisting newcomers than other sites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;How do you think Ask Ubuntu is doing at being &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.blog/2018/04/26/stack-overflow-isnt-very-welcoming-its-time-for-that-to-change/&quot;&gt;welcoming&lt;/a&gt;? In what areas could we improve? Could you have any impact on this as a moderator?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I just mentioned, from my personal experience and what I hear from others, the Ubuntu community (not exclusive to Ask Ubuntu) is generally already one of the most welcoming technical communities out there. Ubuntu is meant to be used by humans of all experience levels, from total newcomers to expert sysadmins, and that is just how diverse we are as a community.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course we can still get better in some areas and e.g. try to avoid saying things in ways that might upset reasonable groups of people, be it based on gender, beliefs, origin or whatever. I believe most people intend no harm, but simply don't realize when their expression or humour could hurt people, and we have to make them aware of that and clean up the not so nice things, without ending up as a censorship authority.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We also should avoid just closing questions, downvoting posts, or other moderating actions without giving friendly explanations and hints how the posts can be fixed or improved. Few things are more upsetting than coming here seeking for help or wanting to contribute and getting turned down without even having a chance to understand why you didn't meet the quality standards.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What does Ask Ubuntu get when you become a moderator? That is to say, what do you think makes you &lt;em&gt;different&lt;/em&gt; —better or not— from the existing talent pool in terms of your aims, drives, focus, etc. What effect do you think this will have on the site and its community?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A tough question. Actually I have the impression that the current moderator team is already doing a very good job most of the time, and I couldn't point out a single thing that I (or any other potential candidate) could improve alone. It is all about team work and making progress in small but continuous steps in the right direction.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One thing that might make me different is my involvement in various technical and learning communities on Discord, where I created and lead another &lt;a href=&quot;https://ubuntuhideout.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ubuntu centered community&lt;/a&gt; and am a helper in the largest &lt;a href=&quot;https://pythondiscord.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Python server&lt;/a&gt;. Both gave me valuable additional insights and experience in dealing with people in similar settings like here, except that Discord basically gives you real-time chat instead of archiveable Q&amp;amp;A. This should allow me to add some different viewpoints to the moderator pool.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would probably be influencing the site as a moderator to focus a bit more on solving people's problems if possible, rather than being on the quick side to close borderline questions. Even if something is slightly off-topic, a comment pointing in the right direction does not hurt but gives a whole different user experience. Doesn't mean we should not still close questions to keep the site focused, but I believe everything should be done with common sense and human judgement instead of strictly following inflexible rules. I am also very open and direct to point out problems when I come across any.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Looking at your personal profile, personality, qualities and background, in your opinion/expectation, what would be your biggest pitfalls you'd have to consider if you become a moderator?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One thing that is currently a problem until roughly end of August will be time. I am in my final university semester right now and there will sure be phases where I need to focus more on that and a bit less on the site. After that time period I foresee no problems to return to higher activity levels again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I might also be a bit pedantic and perfectionist, taking more time than others to do a task thoroughly. Probably that will rather be a quality than a pitfall for a moderator though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;How would you deal with a user who produced a steady stream of valuable answers, but tends to generate a large number of arguments/flags from comments? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Depends on the benefit of the community from this user's knowledge as well as the kind and severity of issues they cause. Probably I would rather tend towards taking harsher moderating actions if necessary, than to tolerate behaviour that shines a bad light on the site and community in general.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course the first steps will always be to seek a dialogue and try to understand their behaviour and help them realizing its effect on other people. If there is no will to change and/or issues keep coming up, I believe we would benefit more from a peaceful and friendly community image that attracts and welcomes new people, than to cling onto one person and bend our rules and policies around them. I would not be afraid to argue for temporarily suspending people constantly causing trouble when discussing the problem with the rest of the team and deciding on what to do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;How would you handle a situation where another mod closed/deleted/etc a question that you feel shouldn't have been?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If there is a disagreement, we can talk about it and learn the other's point of view on the issue. I'm always open to hear others' opinions and reconsider my own if there are good arguments, but I also speak up when I feel like something is wrong and expect the same ability to take constructive criticism from others too. I don't expect any unsolvable conflicts to come up within the team there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A diamond will be attached to everything you say and have said in the past, including questions, answers and comments. Everything you will do will be seen under a different light. How do you feel about that? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am quite confident about my current posts and those of the more recent years. As I gained reputation relatively quickly and am now among the top 20 members of the site, everything with my name on it already does have a significant weight anyway (but of course still way less than with a diamond). People also know me by this name in other places and I don't think there is anything I need to be ashamed of.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, it would probably not hurt to go through a couple of my early posts again and look for opportunities to polish them up a bit with what I learned since then. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;In what way do you feel that being a moderator will make you more effective as opposed to simply reaching 10k or 20k rep? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am quick to spot problems, and if I feel like there is a mostly obvious right way to handle them (e.g. closing or deleting something), I can efficiently tidy up a lot without having to wait until enough people with enough reputation reviewed it. Of course that means I am taking the sole responsibility for these actions too instead of just casting one out of three or five votes, and I am aware of that and willing to rather discuss an issue first or leave it to the community if I am hesitating.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For some reason I also prefer handling the &quot;bad cases&quot; like going through the Low Quality review queue or flagging spam/abusive posts over the &quot;regular&quot; tasks like finding duplicates. Being a moderator would especially give me more powers in these areas, as &quot;human exception handlers&quot;, to quote Jeff Atwood again, which I think suits me quite well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;Thanks for reading through all of this. It grew much longer again than I intended. Hopefully I didn't sound like a politician too much...&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastActivityDate="2019-05-09T00:29:46.817" CommentCount="5" CommunityOwnedDate="2019-05-14T21:41:04.343" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18604" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18605" CreationDate="2019-05-10T09:57:43.743" Score="7" ViewCount="94" Body="&lt;p&gt;A poster asks a question that qualifies for closing. For example, take a question dealing with an unsupported distribution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I vote to close as off-topic and mine is the first vote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does the questioner immediately know that a vote to close has been cast with the reason &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&quot;This is not about Ubuntu. Questions about other Linux distributions&#xA;  can be asked on Unix &amp;amp; Linux, those about Windows on Super User, those&#xA;  about Apple products on Ask Different and generic programming&#xA;  questions on Stack Overflow.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;that ultimately appears?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; about the poster discovering my &quot;identity&quot;. It's about wanting to know if I'm &lt;strong&gt;adding any value&lt;/strong&gt; by adding a comment of my own such as: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This site offers support only for &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ubuntu.com/download/flavours&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;official flavors of&#xA;  Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;em&gt;XXX&lt;/em&gt; is off-topic&#xA;  here but questions about it are welcome at&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;https://unix.stackexchange.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I feel that a comment such I've posted above would be superfluous if the questioner can immediately see the official comment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="248158" LastActivityDate="2019-05-10T11:19:30.457" Title="When do posters know their questions are being voted to close?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18605" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18604" CreationDate="2019-05-10T10:57:08.797" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;They will not see anything until 5 people agree (or a gold badge user / mod uses their gold hammer / &lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/AqEH8.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Orbital cannon&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So &lt;strong&gt;yes, you're adding value&lt;/strong&gt;, but I'd use:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;This site offers support only for [official flavours of Ubuntu](https://www.ubuntu.com/download/flavours). XXX is off-topic here but welcomed at [unix.se], a sister site of [ubuntu.se].&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which should expand to:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This site offers support only for &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ubuntu.com/download/flavours&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;official flavours of Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt;. XXX is off-topic here but  welcomed at &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Unix &amp;amp; Linux&lt;/a&gt;, a sister site of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com&quot;&gt;Ask Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="507051" LastEditDate="2019-05-10T11:19:30.457" LastActivityDate="2019-05-10T11:19:30.457" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18606" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18597" CreationDate="2019-05-10T17:08:14.870" Score="3" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Videonauth's answers&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are asked to defuse a situation between two users who are angry at each other, what would your approach to the resolution of this dispute be?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This one of the harder questions as everyone has his/her own personality and the only thing I would do is trying to mediate between them in a private chat or offer them a way out of this quarrel if possible, but that of course depends on the situation. We easily forget that even tho we are mere names in a chat or page for others are real persons which have good and bad days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How would you handle a user who gets annoyed at you (if you were a moderator), over moderator actions taken against one of their posts or comments?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would try to explain them why an action was taken. Of course this would not guarantee the user will see where they failed and keep on being angry. But if an action has had to be taken this would be of course making people upset but nevertheless this is what we have the site's rules for.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In your opinion, what does it mean to be a moderator, and what role do you believe a moderator plays here on Ask Ubuntu specifically versus other sites?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The moderator job is, as far the SE network is concerned more a janitorial role so handling flags, keeping disputes at bay (if there where one). Being there for questions and concerns of users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How do you think Ask Ubuntu is doing at being &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.blog/2018/04/26/stack-overflow-isnt-very-welcoming-its-time-for-that-to-change/&quot;&gt;welcoming&lt;/a&gt;? In what areas could we improve? Could you have any impact on this as a moderator?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can not see much a moderator can do here as it is the user-base who has to embrace it seeing that everyone here is a human being, even though hidden behind a user tag, so all I see me being to do is to mediate between and remind users when they go astray of the normal conversation path.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What does Ask Ubuntu get when you become a moderator? That is to say, what do you think makes you &lt;em&gt;different&lt;/em&gt; —better or not— from the existing talent pool in terms of your aims, drives, focus, etc. What effect do you think this will have on the site and its community?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question is do I have to be so very different from the talent pool? What the people would get from me as a moderator is someone who is calm, and treating everyone equally. Answering where I know an answer to and providing help where I can.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Looking at your personal profile, personality, qualities and background, in your opinion/expectation, what would be your biggest pitfalls you'd have to consider if you become a moderator?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One of my biggest pitfalls as far I can see is that I want to help everyone I encounter. If that's a pitfall at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How would you deal with a user who produced a steady stream of valuable answers, but tends to generate a large number of arguments/flags from comments?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A personal conversation about it via the tools provided would be a start, but if it would continue taking more drastic actions after internal discussion with the rest of the mod team seems appropriate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How would you handle a situation where another mod closed/deleted/etc a question that you feel shouldn't have been?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Seeking an internal discussion and trying to find a solution which addresses the concerns of everyone involved, but then this is a really hard question as I would be a newcomer in the team.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A diamond will be attached to everything you say and have said in the past, including questions, answers and comments. Everything you will do will be seen under a different light. How do you feel about that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not any different I feel about all I contributed and wrote until now as usually try to give answers reactions with the mindset that the opposite is a human being too and will have feelings.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In what way do you feel that being a moderator will make you more effective as opposed to simply reaching 10k or 20k rep?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The hardest question in that whole row and I honestly am not sure how to answer that, only that I will be more restraint in the usage of tools like closing and deleting as those actions would have an immediate effect.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="522934" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2019-05-10T18:28:26.207" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2019-05-14T21:41:04.343" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18607" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18645" CreationDate="2019-05-12T18:18:32.467" Score="12" ViewCount="145" Body="&lt;p&gt;Currently we have both:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/compression&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;compression&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;compression&lt;/a&gt; × 185 (19 asked this year)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;the process in which a file or folder's size is reduced by using an algorithm to encode the same information using fewer bits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/decompress&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;decompress&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;decompress&lt;/a&gt; × 21 (1 asked this year)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;no description&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think we can safely get rid of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/decompress&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;decompress&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;decompress&lt;/a&gt; by retagging all questions with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/compression&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;compression&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;compression&lt;/a&gt; instead. Probably we should add a tag synonym like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/decompression&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;decompression&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;decompression&lt;/a&gt; instead though, to prevent people from recreating that tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Opinions? I'd be happy to edit those 21 questions and change the tags if there's positive feedback, but I can't currently suggest synonyms on &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/compression&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;compression&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;compression&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastEditorUserId="367990" LastEditDate="2019-06-11T15:36:41.890" LastActivityDate="2019-06-11T15:36:41.890" Title="These two tags could get [compressed]" Tags="|discussion|status-completed|tags|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18608" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18597" CreationDate="2019-05-13T14:29:23.103" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Yufenyuy Veyeh Didier's Answers&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If you are asked to defuse a situation between two users who are angry&#xA;  at each other, what would your approach to the resolution of this&#xA;  dispute be?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my opinion, I will keenly inspect the issue and pay enough attention to both users, after then, I'll find a way to handle it with consideration. In the case where it is too strong and both users still want to be heard, I'll take it out to a chat in order not to pollute the main site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;How would you handle a user who gets annoyed at you (if you were a&#xA;  moderator), over moderator actions taken against one of their posts or&#xA;  comments?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Well, I will explain to them why I took the said action and try to make them understand. Nevertheless, I will also crosscheck my judgment or the action I took since I am not perfect and could also make mistakes. In the case where they're still angry and want further attention, they'll be free take it to the Meta site or we create a chat for the issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;In your opinion, what does it mean to be a moderator, and what role do&#xA;  you believe a moderator plays here on Ask Ubuntu specifically versus&#xA;  other sites?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For me, to be a moderator implies everything you do represents the AskUbuntu as a whole. As such, one is an ambassador of the platform and is responsible for keeping a fair and calmly firm environment for each and everyone to duel well in the community.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;How do you think Ask Ubuntu is doing at being welcoming? In what areas&#xA;  could we improve? Could you have any impact on this as a moderator?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Generally speaking, I feel or think AskUbuntu is already quite good at welcoming. As time goes on, &quot;as a moderator&quot; ways to have more impact on it could spring forth.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What does Ask Ubuntu get when you become a moderator? That is to say,&#xA;  what do you think makes you different —better or not— from the&#xA;  existing talent pool in terms of your aims, drives, focus, etc. What&#xA;  effect do you think this will have on the site and its community?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Well.., AskUbuntu gets an additional moderator! I'm kidding...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am a &quot;perfectionist&quot; (maybe one of my weakest points) so I will love to see many unanswered posts here get answers (Some of my questions are in this mess) and also have every question on the site written in good English (I sometimes see a lot of trashy English around... I don't mean to come off rude!).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Looking at your personal profile, personality, qualities and&#xA;  background, in your opinion/expectation, what would be your biggest&#xA;  pitfalls you'd have to consider if you become a moderator?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Due to my busy daily schedule, I'll probably be less active sometimes.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;PS: I can really get annoyed when I think what someone said is unfair personally.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;How would you deal with a user who produced a steady stream of&#xA;  valuable answers, but tends to generate a large number of&#xA;  arguments/flags from comments?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'll appreciate the said user for their value provided, but then I'll remind them that they have to operate according to the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com/community/conduct&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Code of Conduct&lt;/a&gt; and maybe help them out on this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;How would you handle a situation where another mod closed/deleted/etc&#xA;  a question that you feel shouldn't have been?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In such a situation, I'll like to discuss the action in a chat so as to be clarified and also have an insight into why it had to be done that way than the other.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;A diamond will be attached to everything you say and have said in the&#xA;  past, including questions, answers, and comments. Everything you will&#xA;  do will be seen under a different light. How do you feel about that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Okay... How I wish this diamond was real-life diamond :)&lt;br&gt;&#xA;I think I feel... &quot;good&quot; and like there's more work! So let's see.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;In what way do you feel that being a moderator will make you more&#xA;  effective as opposed to simply reaching 10k or 20k rep?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In many ways that I am still to discover... (more privileges too) especially given my current rep points.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="531149" LastEditorUserId="531149" LastEditDate="2019-05-16T12:28:50.343" LastActivityDate="2019-05-16T12:28:50.343" CommentCount="6" CommunityOwnedDate="2019-05-14T21:41:04.343" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18609" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18610" CreationDate="2019-05-13T15:29:43.720" Score="7" ViewCount="144" Body="&lt;p&gt;I came across &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/1142881/248158&quot;&gt;Ubuntu 18.04 (respin) installer crashes on Dell XPS 15 9560&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It deals with a respin of Ubuntu 18.04:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Collection of scripts and tweaks to adapt Ubuntu and Linux Mint ISO images to let them run smooth on Dell XPS 15 9560. This might work on other Dell XPS too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From the &lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/stockmind/dell-xps-9560-ubuntu-respin&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;GitHub link&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="248158" LastEditorUserId="816190" LastEditDate="2019-05-13T15:33:54.553" LastActivityDate="2019-05-13T15:40:42.963" Title="Are &quot;respins&quot; on-topic?" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18610" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18609" CreationDate="2019-05-13T15:40:42.963" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't see how this would be on topic. We only support official Ubuntu flavors, and this isn't one. The problem described seems to be an issue with the modified installer so I closed the question and suggested to the OP that they open an issue on the respin's github page instead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2019-05-13T15:40:42.963" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18611" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18386" CreationDate="2019-05-13T22:46:46.030" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's already obvious from the other answers that there are multiple modes of motivation for people to contribute on Stack Exchange sites. I can subscribe to some, but also there's one more that was not yet mentioned so far:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have this &lt;strong&gt;drive to document and archive knowledge&lt;/strong&gt;. In the middle ages, people like me probably worked as monastery librarians, now we work on Stack Exchange :) Genetics might play a role, as I've always been a writer, thinker and hoarder. I just don't like knowledge to be lost, so when I figure out one of my problems I like to put in a bit of extra effort to document it in a format that feels satisfying because it can be useful in the future.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The helpful people were around before Stack Exchange, of course. People would just put the knowledge on their own blogs (&lt;a href=&quot;https://ma.juii.net/blog/category/computing&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;so did I&lt;/a&gt;), write on mailing lists and newsgroups etc.. Now with Stack Exchange around, we have a nice new format to publish and archive bits and pieces of knowledge. I often do by answering my own questions. And as long as people feel the deal&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt; is fair, it will continue to be a major &quot;outlet&quot; for knowledge and assistance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt; Roughly, the deal right now is: Stack Exchange (the company) cares for the hosting and platform development, gets the advertising revenue but lets us use ad blockers. And all our content is licensed under an open license. Sounds good to me …&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="107321" LastActivityDate="2019-05-13T22:46:46.030" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18612" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18615" CreationDate="2019-05-14T10:10:23.287" Score="2" ViewCount="71" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am unable to edit the 2019 Moderator Election Q&amp;amp;A - Questionnaire in order to add the link to my answer below the said question. I think it is due to the fact that;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&quot;Suggested edits are not allowed on non-tag-wiki posts on meta sites.&quot;&#xA;  &lt;br&gt;&lt;em&gt;(I have attached an image below.)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/quNcI.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/quNcI.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How do I add the link to my answers then, or can someone else with perhaps the privileges, add this for me?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="531149" LastEditorUserId="816190" LastEditDate="2019-05-14T10:33:03.363" LastActivityDate="2019-05-14T10:41:57.583" Title="Unable to add my answer link to the 2019 Moderator Election Q&amp;A - Questionnaire" Tags="|support|suggested-edits|election|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18613" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2019-05-14T10:12:17.427" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2019-05-14T10:12:17.427" LastActivityDate="2019-05-14T10:12:17.427" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18614" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2019-05-14T10:12:17.427" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2019-05-14T10:12:17.427" LastActivityDate="2019-05-14T10:12:17.427" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18615" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18612" CreationDate="2019-05-14T10:41:57.583" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/revisions/18597/10&quot;&gt;edited&lt;/a&gt; the question and added the link of your answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="816190" LastActivityDate="2019-05-14T10:41:57.583" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18616" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-05-14T11:55:26.563" Score="1" ViewCount="133" Body="&lt;p&gt;Please, I will really like to know why some of my tag suggestions or tag creations keep getting rejected for &lt;em&gt;(my personal opinion)&lt;/em&gt; nothing?!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Meanwhile, it seems some could be needed and of important use. An example is a tag (&lt;code&gt;davinci&lt;/code&gt;) I created when reviewing &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1143100/davinci-is-not-starting&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; question. I could clearly see that there was no alternative for the said DaVinci the user wanted to install on Ubuntu 19.04.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can anyone give me more insight on this? I'll be grateful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="531149" LastEditorUserId="816190" LastEditDate="2019-05-14T12:15:22.633" LastActivityDate="2019-05-14T12:23:23.103" Title="Why do some of my tag [suggestions or creations] get rejected?" Tags="|discussion|support|tags|suggested-edits|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18617" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18616" CreationDate="2019-05-14T12:07:20.740" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Tags are used to group questions that are similar or focused on a particular thing, like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/boot&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;boot&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;boot&lt;/a&gt;. There have been multiple instances where you tried to create tags which do not serve long lasting benefit to the site. We don't really need such tags. I left a comment for you &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1142036/undefined-reference-to-ssl-ctx-set-alpn-protos-in-ubuntu-14-04-2#comment1894021_1142036&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; regarding the same (I'm not sure if you saw that). So, please refrain from creating such tags. There are millions of apps/softwares out there. We can't have tags for each and every software. In the end such tags have to be destroyed using diggers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A simple &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/software-installation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;software-installation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;software-installation&lt;/a&gt; tag is enough for such questions. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since you are &gt;300 reputation user, it's your responsibility to help  community to decide which tags should be created. If you still feel these tags would benefit the site, feel free to ask a question on meta with your opinions that why are they needed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="816190" LastEditorUserId="816190" LastEditDate="2019-05-14T12:23:23.103" LastActivityDate="2019-05-14T12:23:23.103" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18618" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2019-05-14T12:39:14.767" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2019-05-14T12:39:14.767" LastActivityDate="2019-05-14T12:39:14.767" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18619" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2019-05-14T12:39:14.767" Score="0" Body="Used on questions concerning suggestions on edits or edits to be peer-reviewed." OwnerUserId="531149" LastEditorUserId="531149" LastEditDate="2019-05-16T17:14:43.520" LastActivityDate="2019-05-16T17:14:43.520" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18620" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-05-14T23:37:47.177" Score="1" ViewCount="90" Body="&lt;p&gt;EDIT: I should rephrase, &quot;Link only answers &lt;strike&gt;are bad&lt;/strike&gt; &lt;strong&gt;should be deleted&lt;/strong&gt; except for in one case: Software Recommendations&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If someone asks for a software recommendation, and you give a link-only answer &quot;Awesome Software Pro 2000&quot; that fulfills the question, I hold that should not be deleted or closed. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The reason why link-only answers is bad, is because if the website changes the answer is invalid.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But in the case of a software recommendation, if the website goes down or is removed you might as well delete the whole answer because now the answer is bad anyway. Having outdated information for software recommendations is not helpful, this is not The Wayback Machine where we want to archive the internet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I just gave a link only answer software recommendation, and it wasn't only downvoted, it was &lt;em&gt;deleted&lt;/em&gt;. To me, that is clearly a destructive, unhelpful moderation policy, because it fully answered the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="114641" LastEditorUserId="114641" LastEditDate="2019-05-16T08:05:18.920" LastActivityDate="2019-05-16T08:05:18.920" Title="Opinion: Link-only answers are bad except for in one case: Software Recommendations" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18621" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18620" CreationDate="2019-05-15T08:20:08.170" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, even in that case a link alone is not a good answer. Why is this software being recommended? What makes it good? How do you use it? How can you install it? You can always add a small explanation. If you just post a link and nothing else, you are not giving us any information about this software and what it is.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do agree that software requests are a special case and a link is more of an answer there than anywhere else, but adding a short description of what the tool can do will always make the answer better.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="507051" LastEditDate="2019-05-15T09:11:15.467" LastActivityDate="2019-05-15T09:11:15.467" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18622" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-05-15T21:20:49.767" Score="7" ViewCount="190" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am new Ubuntu and Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I asked a question today concerning how to make a desktop icon in GNOME, but do not know how I get back to the question, to see if anybody has offered a suggestion. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="956403" OwnerDisplayName="jack" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2019-05-17T02:55:14.977" LastActivityDate="2019-05-20T06:22:03.577" Title="I cannot seem to find a question I asked earlier" Tags="|support|asking-questions|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18623" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18622" CreationDate="2019-05-15T21:38:24.920" Score="-2" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the absence of any supplied information, the following assumes a&#xA;default Ubuntu Gnome 18.04 desktop. In the title bar at the top right&#xA;of the screen, left mouse click the section with your picture,&#xA;reputation, and awards. This brings up your profile.  At the top left,&#xA;select &quot;Activity&quot;, and from the list in the middle of the &quot;Activity&quot;&#xA;screen, Select &quot;Questions&quot;, third from the left.  Your Questions on&#xA;the starting (askubuntu) site will be listed.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that this answer, along with any other helpful answer or comment, is&#xA;totally useless in helping the user find their (first) question, since&#xA;some &quot;helpful&quot; administrator moved everything to another site (Meta,&#xA;since the question was arguably not about Ubuntu, but how to use the&#xA;site). Now the user's second question has disappeared!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Oh Meta-Meta where are you when we need you ;^O&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="82196" OwnerDisplayName="ubfan1" LastEditorUserId="82196" LastEditDate="2019-05-17T22:16:17.977" LastActivityDate="2019-05-17T22:16:17.977" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18624" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18625" CreationDate="2019-05-16T06:00:37.647" Score="9" ViewCount="301" Body="&lt;p&gt;Every morning I click on the &lt;strong&gt;unanswered&lt;/strong&gt; link and every morning I see many of questions answered in the comments section. When this happens, person who asked the question cannot mark it as answered, it cannot be upvoted and it looks like there are much more unanswered questions then there should be.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are there any guidelines for this? Am I the only one bothered by this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[Update after Zanna comment] I believe this is a little different topic. What I am talking about is when there are correct legitimate answers in comments. You can even see next comment from requester saying thank you it worked. But this will be never marked as answered and/or upvoted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="596137" LastEditorUserId="596137" LastEditDate="2019-05-17T05:47:21.497" LastActivityDate="2019-05-21T22:02:43.407" Title="Why are so many answers posted as comments?" Tags="|discussion|comments|unanswered-questions|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ClosedDate="2019-05-24T18:41:51.333" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18625" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18624" CreationDate="2019-05-16T06:40:22.217" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;Most of times either they are &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/2281/816190&quot;&gt;half-hearted answers&lt;/a&gt; or they are written by questioner or there is lack of communication between questioner and commentator.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Talking about my personal experience there have been multiple instances where I encounter such things. Suppose a person asks a question and some user commented &quot;&lt;em&gt;Try this&lt;/em&gt;&quot; and it worked!! It might happen that questioner never returned to acknowledge that worked or many users commented on it and questioner forgot to ping the commentator using &lt;code&gt;@&lt;/code&gt; due to which they missed that. Another case is that user returned after few days/months and commented that, &quot;&lt;em&gt;I did blah blah and it worked!!!&lt;/em&gt;&quot;. In that case  questioner should write that as an answer which I usually ask them whenever I encounter such situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What I do in such cases:&lt;/strong&gt; First of all I go to user's profile who &quot;answered in comments&quot; and see their last seen. If it's a day or a week, it means they are active on the site and ask them to write that comment as an answer and ping me so that I can delete my comment and upvote the answer (bribing them &lt;strong&gt;;-)&lt;/strong&gt;). Or if their last seen is ages ago, I shamelessly copy their comment, make it a &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/11740/468333&quot;&gt;community wiki answer&lt;/a&gt; (since I am not the owner/author of that answer) and post that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="816190" LastActivityDate="2019-05-16T06:40:22.217" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18627" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18622" CreationDate="2019-05-16T07:12:28.573" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;You will most certainly know a few of the keywords from your question. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To find all &lt;em&gt;questions&lt;/em&gt; I ever asked, containing the word &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;python&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, I type in the search bar (showing &quot;Search on Ask Ubuntu):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;python user:me is:q&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The result shows as a list:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/8YMOt.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/8YMOt.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To find all &lt;em&gt;answers&lt;/em&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;python user:me is:a&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(q -&gt; a)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastActivityDate="2019-05-16T07:12:28.573" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18628" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18059" CreationDate="2019-05-16T15:08:31.023" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/a/385090/383694&quot;&gt;solution for Firefox users that uses userContent.css&lt;/a&gt; and is probably adaptable to other browser. There's a greasemonkey script in the same place too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I added the code to &lt;a href=&quot;https://gist.github.com/pbhj/6065ca4ad64fc71fdc2dfd98e322dd9a&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;a gist&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The solution comprises using CSS to get the title attribute from the date span tag, and display it on the page. The span title uses what I think is RFC 3339 format, very similar to ISO-8601. As there is a space, just the YYYY-MM-dd thus can be shown, comments show a full ISO-like date. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The original date is just hidden by matching the background colour. Could use color:transparent, and probably do something fancy like float the pseudo-element ::before over the actual &amp;lt;span&amp;gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="29073" LastActivityDate="2019-05-16T15:08:31.023" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18629" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-05-18T10:57:05.710" Score="0" ViewCount="231" Body="&lt;p&gt;On a regular base, we see suggestions like above in chat. In far most cases, the call is just, and I am 100% positive it is done with nothing but good intentions to the site. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does that mean we should &quot;speed up&quot; voting to close like that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe it depends. If we seriously think the &lt;em&gt;result&lt;/em&gt; of voting is injust, incorrect of whatever, both Meta and chat are there to discuss, so bringing it in chat is fine in such cases. In &quot;normal&quot; situations however, I'd say we shouldn't call for additional votes in chat, and have the intended procedures do their work. Just like &quot;hey, I posted an answer, please give me an upvote&quot; is inappropriate, I must say, I often find the &quot;hey, I need an extra vtc here&quot; as a habbit not quite the right thing to do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Why?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As said, although I do not doubt the good intentions, and we all like to clean up things here, a call to vtc is always a &lt;em&gt;suggestion&lt;/em&gt;, which harms the independant way we should practice these things. Unavoidingly, if person x suggests to close, person y thinks &quot;ah, he or she should know, check!&quot;. To be honest, I've even vtc -ed myself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Let's be a bit restraint to &quot;lobby&quot; for votes, no matter if it is for reputation or closure, in cases where there is no specific reason or time pressure to get it done.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="72216" LastEditDate="2019-05-18T11:07:22.430" LastActivityDate="2019-05-19T18:47:07.823" Title="&quot;One more close vote needed&quot;, &quot;Please vtc this one&quot; &lt;- should we do that?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="17" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18630" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-05-19T10:06:58.543" Score="1" ViewCount="117" Body="&lt;p&gt;When scrolling a page on askubuntu, the background dots flicker visually.&#xA;It is a minor thing but the fix is so simple, just to set:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;background-attachment: fixed&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When i do it manually in the browser it looks perfect.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why is background not &lt;em&gt;fixed&lt;/em&gt; on askubuntu?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="827999" OwnerDisplayName="Jakub Fojtik" LastActivityDate="2019-05-19T17:22:34.030" Title="AskUbuntu background flicker" Tags="|feature-request|user-interface|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18631" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18629" CreationDate="2019-05-19T18:47:07.823" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think it's right to be concerned about the possibility of mindless close voting, but I think this is not only a danger in chat - in fact it may be less of a danger there than in the queue. I also don't see any reason why moderation activity should be confined to the queues, or practised without collaboration, or left to itself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To elaborate on the first point, I would hope that anyone who sees a suggestion to take an action on a post will read the post and decide whether they agree with the suggested action. Let everyone be reminded to do that always and without fail ;) In practise, we might sometimes, as you say, believe Experienced User that this question should be closed as a dupe or whatever and just click the buttons. Personally though I think that's less bad (actually I feel inclined to trust certain people's judgement) than voting to close in the queue on the basis that three or four people have already voted, so their judgement must be right - they might all have been as clueless as me! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd say it's a responsibility of the person suggesting moderation actions in chat to be sure they are suggesting a &lt;em&gt;correct&lt;/em&gt; action, and also to be aware of their audience (are there any new users or new close voters in chat today?). More helpfully, they can give an explanation if one is needed. Users who see such suggestions and disagree with them should certainly challenge the suggester to provide an explanation, or explain why they disagree with the suggestion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Giving an explanation makes the act of suggesting much more useful because it provides an opportunity for people to learn how to do moderation. I'm not talking only about close voting, but about up and down voting, flagging, commenting, editing. It's much easier to learn how and when to do these things, to pick up an understanding of scope and policy, with the opportunity to discuss them with other users. It's hard to learn them in the queues alone. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The opportunity for learning is one reason I feel raising moderation issues in chat shouldn't be discouraged. But since many people aren't very interested in doing that kind of activity (probably they are answering questions which is of course essential - it's like the paid work of the household, while moderation is like housework) I like to hang out &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/3877/raiders-of-the-lost-downboat&quot;&gt;in a room only for moderation&lt;/a&gt; where we are always asking for votes and other actions, not primarily for learning purposes (that happens incidentally) but because we know that correct close (and reopen) votes often age away without an extra push, especially when the close votes queue is full or during the summer holidays or whatever, purely because there are too few active reviewers at the time. Very often there are less than 5 active reviewers of close votes, and (I'm saying this as someone who loves to hit the back button when reviewing to see who else voted and how) reviewers are often not unanimous.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My mum and I joke that housework is done by fairies, because folks express amazement over its not having been done when the houseworkers were otherwise occupied or indisposed. Moderation will not do itself, and certainly not if it's confined to review queues or never talked about. We should be able to use all available channels and tools to help each other to do it. Why not? It's not really like asking for an upvote, which is bad etiquette because upvotes only benefit the receiver (in fact there are occasions when asking for an upvote is a moderation suggestion and perfectly acceptable - when making OP's self-answer-in-comments into a community wiki answer to have the question show up to visitors (and the system) as answered). There's IMHO no reason why we shouldn't talk about such matters in chat, though maybe we should do so with explanations rather than only saying &quot;this needs one more vote&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2019-05-19T18:47:07.823" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18632" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18622" CreationDate="2019-05-20T05:58:08.303" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/18627/527764&quot;&gt;Jacob's answer&lt;/a&gt; explains how to search among your posts, which is especially useful if you have many posts and a great tip for us all. However, I think in your particular case, you just don't know your way around the place yet and don't know where to find any of your posts in general. If you only have a few posts, or you want to look at the most recent post, the easiest way is to look in your profile.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Make sure you are on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com&quot;&gt;main site&lt;/a&gt;, not meta. Click your username or picture or reputation score in the top bar:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Biwfn.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Biwfn.png&quot; alt=&quot;click yourself screenshot&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And you will land on the Activity page of your profile:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/lxMjI.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/lxMjI.png&quot; alt=&quot;Activity page screenshot&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Look or scroll down and you will see mini lists of your answers and questions with titles. You can organise these lists by newest, most recently active, or highest scoring. In my case, I have written more answers than questions, so answers appear above questions. In your case it will likely be the other way around.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/YMNkz.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/YMNkz.png&quot; alt=&quot;Questions list in Activities&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can click the &lt;strong&gt;Questions&lt;/strong&gt; title to be taken to a more detailed list of your questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the question you are looking for is not there, it may have been deleted. It is hard to find deleted questions, and you may need to ask a mod for help if you need to see your deleted question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that you will receive a notification if anyone comments on or answers your question. The notification will appear as a red square with a number in it (corresponding to the number of messages) on the inbox icon to the right of your reputation and badges counts in the top bar. Unless you have turned off email notifications, you will sooner or later receive an email about such comments and answers too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2019-05-20T06:22:03.577" LastActivityDate="2019-05-20T06:22:03.577" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18633" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18634" CreationDate="2019-05-21T11:37:14.820" Score="4" ViewCount="34" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently noticed this &quot;Clear all filters&quot; in my flagging history option.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/jRYFp.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/jRYFp.png&quot; alt=&quot;Clear all filters&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm guessing it should be fine clearing all filters once in a while?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="248158" LastActivityDate="2019-05-21T12:47:51.780" Title="Is there any advantage or downside to using &quot;Clear all filters&quot; in one's flagging history?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18634" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18633" CreationDate="2019-05-21T12:47:51.780" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;&quot;Clear all filters&quot; is just a display option. It has no persistent effect.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you click on any of the flag categories like &lt;code&gt;spam flags&lt;/code&gt; or &lt;code&gt;post flags &amp;gt; declined&lt;/code&gt;, you set a filter on what flags are displayed in the current view. This is reflected in the browser URL too, e.g. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/flag-summary/current?group=2&amp;amp;status=2&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/users/flag-summary/current?group=2&amp;amp;status=2&lt;/a&gt; gives you all helpful (status=2) spam flags (group=2).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &quot;Clear all filters&quot; link only brings you back to the main flag overview with no filters applied, i.e. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/flag-summary/current&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/users/flag-summary/current&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastActivityDate="2019-05-21T12:47:51.780" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18635" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-05-21T20:07:50.480" Score="35" ViewCount="768" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu's &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/election/6&quot;&gt;sixth moderator election&lt;/a&gt; has come to a close, the votes have been tallied and the new moderator is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/367990/byte-commander&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/flair/367990.png&quot; alt=&quot;Byte Commander&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They'll be joining &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users?tab=moderators&quot;&gt;the existing crew&lt;/a&gt; shortly&amp;mdash;please thank them for volunteering, and share your assistance and advice with them as they learn the ropes!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, please join me in thanking Luis Alvarado who will be stepping down as moderator.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For details on how the voting played out, you can download the election results &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/election/6&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;, or &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.opavote.com/results/4509492899217408/0&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;view a summary report online&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="173605" LastActivityDate="2019-05-21T21:33:00.913" Title="2019 Community Moderator Election Results" Tags="|discussion|election|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18636" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18635" CreationDate="2019-05-21T20:30:13.433" Score="21" Body="&lt;p&gt;Congratulations @ByteCommander and welcome aboard! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can only hope you won't regret it! &gt;:)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And Goodbye Luis, and thanks for all the fish! You will be missed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2019-05-21T20:30:13.433" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18637" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18635" CreationDate="2019-05-21T21:33:00.913" Score="36" Body="&lt;p&gt;Thanks a lot to everyone who voted in the election and decided to put their trust in me. I'll do my best to live up to your expectations.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd also like to thank the other candidates who offered to volunteer as a moderator, especially Zanna who made a very close second place. I hope you all continue to contribute to Ask Ubuntu in your own ways and will participate again next time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And of course, thanks to Luis for your job as a moderator so far and all the best for the future.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastActivityDate="2019-05-21T21:33:00.913" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18638" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18624" CreationDate="2019-05-21T22:02:43.407" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If the comment turns out to be a valuable answer I will ask the contributor to post it as an answer and let them know that, upon them doing so, I will up-vote and mark correct.    It seems to work when people actually follow-up on their own comments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="954852" LastActivityDate="2019-05-21T22:02:43.407" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18639" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18640" CreationDate="2019-05-24T14:10:16.990" Score="4" ViewCount="66" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to see what percentage of votes each of candidates (for moderator) got and who was my 1st,2nd and 3rd choices. Is there way to do it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="393875" LastActivityDate="2019-05-24T15:10:08.987" Title="How to see election stats and who you voted for?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18640" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18639" CreationDate="2019-05-24T14:53:30.013" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your own votes should still be visible when you visit the actual &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/election/6?tab=election&quot;&gt;election tab (third phase) on the election page&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/18635/2019-community-moderator-election-results&quot;&gt;election results meta post&lt;/a&gt; you can find a link to this &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.opavote.com/results/4509492899217408/0&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;online election tool's results page&lt;/a&gt;. It provides a well visualized set of bar graphs that show you the standings after each stage, according to the used &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.opavote.com/methods/single-transferable-vote#meek-stv&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Meek's STV&lt;/a&gt; method.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can also click on e.g. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.opavote.com/reports/4509492899217408/0?style=txt&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;text report&lt;/a&gt; to get a more precise tabular representation of the individual stages of the ballot counting and candidate elimination stages. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Alternatively, you can download the raw ballot data &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/election/download-result/6&quot;&gt;from here&lt;/a&gt; and evaluate them on your local machine. For that, you can e.g. use OpenSTV (&lt;code&gt;sudo apt install openstv&lt;/code&gt;) with the downloaded ballot file and the settings you could find on the online results page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Method Options:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Precision -- 6&#xA;Threshold Formula -- Droop&#xA;Dynamic Threshold -- Dynamic&#xA;Fractional Threshold -- Whole&#xA;Weak Tie Breaking -- Backward&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also see &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/77541/280883&quot;&gt;How are moderator election votes counted, in plain English?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastActivityDate="2019-05-24T14:53:30.013" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18642" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18639" CreationDate="2019-05-24T15:04:05.717" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Checking the percentage of votes each of candidates&lt;/strong&gt;: Moderator election consists of multiple rounds. After the election ends you can download the data by either going to corresponding elections' result meta post or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/election/&quot;&gt;election page&lt;/a&gt; and clicking on the elections' summary you want to know. The excerpt which would provide the link would be like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ky86h.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ky86h.png&quot; alt=&quot;Screenshot 1&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;To know your choices:&lt;/strong&gt; Go to  &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/election/&quot;&gt;election page&lt;/a&gt; and choose the election in which you voted. Click on Election tab. You choices would be listed on right side.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/tOXhb.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/tOXhb.png&quot; alt=&quot;Screenshot 2&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;sup&gt;Whitened choices for security purposes :-P&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="816190" LastEditorUserId="816190" LastEditDate="2019-05-24T15:10:08.987" LastActivityDate="2019-05-24T15:10:08.987" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18644" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18647" CreationDate="2019-05-25T10:32:40.400" Score="21" ViewCount="403" Body="&lt;p&gt;When a user is deleted, reputation of users voted by the deleted user will change.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/user-was-removed&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/help/user-was-removed&lt;/a&gt; I see&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This removal occurs whenever a user is deleted, unless that user had a very high reputation score.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's a bit vague, is there a limit or does someone decide from case to case what exactly a “very high reputation score” is? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="590937" LastEditorUserId="507051" LastEditDate="2019-05-25T10:47:10.253" LastActivityDate="2019-05-29T00:08:55.533" Title="What is a “very high reputation score”?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18645" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18607" CreationDate="2019-05-25T12:40:21.630" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;As I now got elected as a moderator since I suggested this, and the community feedback was overall positive, I just carried the proposed changes out myself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/decompress&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;decompress&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;decompress&lt;/a&gt; no longer exists, I renamed it to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/decompression&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;decompression&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;decompression&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/decompression&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;decompression&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;decompression&lt;/a&gt; is now a synonym for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/compression&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;compression&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;compression&lt;/a&gt;. All searches for this tag will now redirect to the master tag, and you will also see the master tag as suggestion when you want to tag a question.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastActivityDate="2019-05-25T12:40:21.630" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18646" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-05-25T13:17:33.493" Score="21" ViewCount="708" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is there any tidy way to let me know which user was removed? That's a pretty big hit to take from one user's removal. Just curious.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4272" LastActivityDate="2019-05-25T15:34:17.113" Title="Lost 235 rep due to user removal" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18647" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18644" CreationDate="2019-05-25T13:23:00.273" Score="18" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Update:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/328674/280883&quot;&gt;The help text got revised.&lt;/a&gt; Its last paragraph now correctly states:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We have a system in place that examines the impact of removing a user's votes. If the user has cast a large number of votes, deletion will be held up so staff may consider preserving the votes prior to the deletion. The decision is at the staff's discretion and cannot be reversed after the deletion has taken place. If you are seeing a &amp;quot;User was removed&amp;quot; event in your reputation history, it implies that the user either hadn't cast enough votes to be reviewed, or staff made the explicit decision not to preserve the votes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Original answer:&lt;/strong&gt; The latest &amp;quot;official&amp;quot; post about this which I could find was &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/268608/280883&quot;&gt;this Meta SE answer by Shog9&lt;/a&gt; from 2015. I would &lt;em&gt;personally summarize&lt;/em&gt; it as:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The system checks the impact of removing a to-be-deleted user's votes, examining both the total number of votes cast as well as the votes cast against individual users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If either exceeds a potentially site-specific, non-disclosed threshold (all he said there is that it's &amp;quot;pretty low&amp;quot;), the deletion will be put on hold and requires a manual moderator review. During that, it will be ensured for example that the user was not involved in voting fraud. If that is not the case, votes will be preserved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This post doesn't say anything about a threshold regarding the to-be-deleted user's own reputation. My guess is that this was the old filter (before 2015) which turned out to be not that effective.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/126471/280883&quot;&gt;FAQ post about this&lt;/a&gt; was also very recently (couple hours ago) edited to mention the number of cast votes as criteria for whether votes will be preserved or not, instead of the reputation count. So probably all the help pages are wrong for a couple years now and nobody noticed yet until today :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Actually earlier today &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/328648/280883&quot;&gt;Stack Exchange employee animuson clarified&lt;/a&gt; (quoted, emphasis is mine):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;High reputation&amp;quot; is a generic way to explain what happens that isn't super confusing. A help center article isn't meant to go into all the explicit details, but rather just highlight the generic functionalities. Users get held up based on their number of votes and/or the number of people they've voted for. &lt;strong&gt;Reputation is not actually considered at all&lt;/strong&gt; in the check.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2019-05-29T00:08:55.533" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18648" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18646" CreationDate="2019-05-25T13:23:15.197" Score="22" Body="&lt;p&gt;Nope, sorry. This wasn't done by us (the AU mods), but by an SE employee, and they aren't telling. And correctly so. There are obvious privacy concerns involved. &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/328644/203101&quot;&gt;This is all we got&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;One or more users deleted their profiles, and there's really not anything further we can discuss about the topic for privacy reasons.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I get that you're curious (I am too) but I also accept that users have the right to delete their accounts and not have that announced publicly. So I doubt we'll ever know more details.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2019-05-25T13:43:09.723" LastActivityDate="2019-05-25T13:43:09.723" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18651" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18652" CreationDate="2019-05-25T18:54:44.210" Score="7" ViewCount="170" Body="&lt;p&gt;I raised a custom in need of moderator intervention flag on &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/1145090&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; post because it was a link-only answer (when I did). The user has also posted another link-only with the same link. So, I found more appropriate to flag one post for moderator intervention and explain them the situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the meantime, however, OP edited their answer and I wasn't notified. So, I didn't retract my mod-flag. Then, the flag was declined with the message:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The flagged answer includes details from the other thread, making it not a link-only answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and the other link-only answer the user had posted was deleted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd expect my flag to be cleared or disputed (if that is possible), but it was instead declined.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="931242" LastActivityDate="2019-06-03T08:48:41.957" Title="Flag declined because OP edited their answer in the meantime and I wasn't notified" Tags="|discussion|flagging|low-quality-posts|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18652" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18651" CreationDate="2019-05-25T19:22:18.213" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;Moderators only get &quot;Helpful&quot; or &quot;Declined&quot; for flag states.  In this case, I marked it as &quot;declined&quot; because at the time of the flag being reviewed, it was not valid, and I didn't find the flag to be &quot;helpful&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is no such thing as &quot;clearing&quot; a flag so it doesn't exist unless you retract it yourself (though the flag becomes &quot;Retracted&quot; in your flag history), and &quot;disputed&quot; state is not something that Moderators can set (this is explained &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/95275/what-is-a-disputed-flag&quot;&gt;here on Meta.SE in a question named &quot;What is a disputed flag?&quot;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Rest assured though that a &lt;em&gt;single&lt;/em&gt; declined flag is not a bad thing, we all have a small handful of declined flags (even myself, from my pre-moderator days).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2019-06-03T08:48:41.957" LastActivityDate="2019-06-03T08:48:41.957" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18653" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-05-26T05:33:27.763" Score="10" ViewCount="107" Body="&lt;p&gt;When a user is deleted are &quot;accepts&quot; by this user also affected? In other words, will the answer accepted by a deleted user no longer be shown as accepted?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/725674/how-do-i-change-lubuntus-logout-image&quot;&gt;one example&lt;/a&gt; I came across, it appears that at least the &quot;accepted&quot; tick mark remains. But that's just the one example and it's not clear whether the user was removed because of some malfeasance or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'll also point out that when &quot;someone&quot; became user47206, I didn't lose any rep. We shared common interests in LibreOffice, KDE, and LXQt.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="248158" LastEditorUserId="248158" LastEditDate="2019-05-27T01:09:04.037" LastActivityDate="2019-05-28T11:30:37.953" Title="When a user is deleted are their &quot;accepts&quot; removed?" Tags="|support|user-accounts|accepted-answer|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18654" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18653" CreationDate="2019-05-28T11:30:37.953" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You are &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; going to lose reputation if a user that has accepted your answer is deleted (assuming they have only accepted your answer).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After the user removal, the accept will be owned by the Community user. If you go to the Community's &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/-1/community?tab=activity&quot;&gt;All actions page&lt;/a&gt; and select tab &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/-1/community?tab=activity&amp;amp;sort=accepts&quot;&gt;accepts&lt;/a&gt;, then you will see that Community has accepted some answers, although it hasn't &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/-1/community?tab=questions&quot;&gt;any questions&lt;/a&gt;. How is that possible? It owns the deleted user's accepts of course!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Let's take the first example: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/1135001&quot;&gt;When I turn on my computer, I&amp;#39;m stuck on this: [open for photo]&lt;/a&gt;. The question has an accepted answer, however, since the user is deleted, the accept is owned by Community.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that if a user has created a sockpuppet to just create a question and answer it with the main account, then the moderators will simply nuke the account and delete the question, so the reputation will be removed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/19738&quot;&gt;Very related Meta Stack Exchange post&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/faq&quot; class=&quot;post-tag moderator-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;faq&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;faq&lt;/a&gt; (although it doesn't mention that it own accepts from deleted users).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="931242" LastActivityDate="2019-05-28T11:30:37.953" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18655" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18657" CreationDate="2019-05-29T14:27:57.643" Score="4" ViewCount="112" Body="&lt;p&gt;Feels like a silly question, but someone please shine a brilliant light on this: Since a few days, none of the rep changes occurred &amp;quot;in green&amp;quot; on any of my devices, (so not) like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/TmFQE.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/TmFQE.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;just the number changes. Also missing many of the pings. It happened to me occasionally in the past, which made me shrug, since it was only occasionally. Seems all the time now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Devices:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Desktop box Ubuntu 18.10 / Firefox 67.0&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Laptop Ubuntu 19.04 / Firefox 67.0&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Android 6.0 Phone / Chrome 74.0.3729.157&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What could be the cause?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;EDIT&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No clue what caused it but after a short period of this if I tried to reach AU:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/cWUPT.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/cWUPT.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I saw these again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/z7jRp.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/z7jRp.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;...Back to work...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2019-05-30T04:58:48.900" Title="Since a few days, no rep changes occur &quot;in green&quot;, not getting pinged" Tags="|support|bug|status-bydesign|reputation|top-bar|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18656" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18670" CreationDate="2019-05-29T16:39:29.183" Score="11" ViewCount="131" Body="&lt;p&gt;I found two similar tags for referring to the &quot;close, minimize, and maximize buttons&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/window-buttons&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;window-buttons&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;window-buttons&lt;/a&gt; with 106 posts (6 asked this year). Tag info:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Window Buttons are the buttons at the top of the windows that close, minimize, and maximize the current window. The red X closes a window, the minus sign minimizes, and the rectangle maximizes. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/window-control&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;window-control&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;window-control&lt;/a&gt; with 7 posts (1 asked this year). Tag info:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Window control refers to the close, minimize, and maximize buttons which are on, and used to control, windows. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For clarification, I looked up at several sources:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Wikipedia has &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Window_decoration&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this relevant article&lt;/a&gt; and apparently, the buttons are simply called &quot;titlebar buttons&quot; or &quot;buttons&quot; with given context.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;User Experience SE seems to agree with Wikipedia, in which there is no specific tag and searching with &lt;a href=&quot;https://ux.stackexchange.com/search?q=is%3Aquestion+window+button&quot;&gt;is:questions window button&lt;/a&gt; will return questions tagged with &quot;buttons&quot; and &quot;window&quot; separately.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Qt GUI documentation seems to agree with both Wikipedia and User Experience SE, although the term &quot;button&quot; is almost never used for explaining the QWindow Class but nevertheless &quot;titlebar buttons&quot; is mentioned once under &lt;a href=&quot;https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qwindow.html#windowState&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the windowState() const&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hence the tag synonyms suggestions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/window-buttons&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;window-buttons&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;window-buttons&lt;/a&gt; is most used and should be the parent tag&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/window-control&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;window-control&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;window-control&lt;/a&gt; is least used should be suggested as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tags/window-buttons/synonyms&quot;&gt;tag synonyms of the parent&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/titlebar-buttons&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;titlebar-buttons&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;titlebar-buttons&lt;/a&gt; is not used, but may be created and suggested as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tags/window-buttons/synonyms&quot;&gt;tag synonyms as well&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The parent tag has no synonyms yet, and I do not have sufficient scores to suggest synonyms. I hope other users with priviledge can help to suggest synonyms as described and to retag the 7 posts with the parent tag as well. Um, I think that is all about the tag synonyms suggestion?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user37165" LastEditorUserId="367990" LastEditDate="2019-06-10T12:01:34.577" LastActivityDate="2019-06-10T12:02:55.397" Title="Tag synonyms for [window-buttons]" Tags="|discussion|status-completed|tags|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18657" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18655" CreationDate="2019-05-30T04:52:03.530" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;A few days ago you lost a sizeable chunk of rep due to a user being removed. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/72216/jacob-vlijm?tab=reputation&quot;&gt;See May 25th&lt;/a&gt;. When you lose reputation, due to downvotes or vote reversals of any sort, we don't show you reputation increases again until your reputation earnings have exceeded your reputation loss. This is because we show your &lt;em&gt;net&lt;/em&gt; reputation change and we do not show negative numbers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, if your reputation drops 200 points, you have to earn 201 reputation before you see that first green +1 icon on the achievements trophy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The alternate way to start seeing your reputation changes in this case is to check your achievements by clicking on the trophy in the top bar. This will zero out your current running total and all new upvotes will again be visible. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For the most part we all actually do this regularly (with the exception of people who like to see big green numbers). You see a +20, click on the trophy to see which posts were upvoted and the +20 disappears. The difference here is that the +20 just turns the -200 into -180, which we still aren't going to show you. But, much as we clear the +20, we clear the unseen -180, so that next upvote does what you'd expect; +10.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/328820/is-anybody-else-having-pki-problems-connecting-using-firefox-67-0&quot;&gt;The Firefox error is unrelated.&lt;/a&gt; I'm guessing that at some point you clicked on the trophy icon to see why you weren't being notified which cleared your tally and made the numbers start showing up again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="761293" LastActivityDate="2019-05-30T04:52:03.530" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18658" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18659" CreationDate="2019-06-03T21:26:32.970" Score="3" ViewCount="72" Body="&lt;p&gt;Do moderators do this once in a while when they are in the mood or are some comments removed automatically?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The comment was not vital. I just need to know what to expect.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="772049" LastActivityDate="2019-06-04T13:35:10.750" Title="My comment got removed less than one day after I wrote it and the question. Who might have done it?" Tags="|discussion|comments|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2019-06-04T19:34:17.913" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18659" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18658" CreationDate="2019-06-03T21:29:34.227" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your comment with the other comments all deleted was no longer needed.  It was flagged as such which is why I deleted it in agreement with the flag in context.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We do regularly remove comments which no longer have value and are not needed anymore.  This happens frequently especially moreso when there are flags against such comments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The privilege to flag comments, posts, etc. is achieved once you get &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/flag-posts&quot;&gt;15 reputation points&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2019-06-04T13:35:10.750" LastActivityDate="2019-06-04T13:35:10.750" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18660" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-06-04T09:28:00.590" Score="9" ViewCount="214" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sometimes I encounter answers that suggest installing packages from Ubuntu Software Center written before 2015, for example, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/432622/816190&quot;&gt;this answer&lt;/a&gt;. Ubuntu Software Center was discontinued in 2015 and now all links to &lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.ubuntu.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Software Center&lt;/a&gt; redirects to  Snapcraft homepage. Moreover almost all links are broken now, for example,  &lt;a href=&quot;https://apps.ubuntu.com/cat/applications/netbeans&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Netbeans -  Ubuntu Software Center&lt;/a&gt; redirects to &lt;a href=&quot;https://snapcraft.io/store&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Snapcraft Store&lt;/a&gt; while it should redirect it to &lt;a href=&quot;https://snapcraft.io/netbeans&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Netbeans - Snapcraft&lt;/a&gt;(hopefully). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since it is necessary to keep answers here on Ask Ubuntu up-to-date so that they can be helpful for current and future readers/visitors. In that scenario, should community members who encounter such links edit the links, leave a note in comments or just leave them as it is to preserve the history? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="816190" LastActivityDate="2019-06-14T07:31:29.723" Title="Should Ubuntu Software Center links be edited?" Tags="|discussion|hyperlinks|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18661" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18660" CreationDate="2019-06-04T10:14:06.220" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'd say it depends on the question. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it is still current it should be fixed. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would rather see someone do this directly on the database instead of editing every question manually. Try not to flood the frontpage while editting. If there is one thing that makes me leave AU for a day it is seeing 20 topics on the FP I don't want to click on. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastActivityDate="2019-06-04T10:14:06.220" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18662" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18663" CreationDate="2019-06-04T19:50:37.330" Score="6" ViewCount="90" Body="&lt;p&gt;What is the &quot;correct&quot; action in the LQ queue when I am presented with obvious spam?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/U3LrQ.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/U3LrQ.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/KK5Vo.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/KK5Vo.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;None of the options in &lt;em&gt;Recommend Close&lt;/em&gt; seem useful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="134729" LastEditorUserId="134729" LastEditDate="2019-06-04T21:00:11.930" LastActivityDate="2019-06-04T21:06:56.003" Title="Review queue audit: what to do with obvious spam?" Tags="|support|review-audits|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18663" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18662" CreationDate="2019-06-04T19:52:09.777" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Once you're sure it's an audit, anything would be fine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="480481" LastEditorUserId="480481" LastEditDate="2019-06-04T19:53:20.007" LastActivityDate="2019-06-04T19:53:20.007" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18664" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18662" CreationDate="2019-06-04T21:06:56.003" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;You could click the link to view the question on the main site to examine the post more thoroughly. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it is really a spam post that hasn't been deleted yet, flag it as such. Or if it is not spam but otherwise bad but not fitting a close reason, downvote and/or flag accordingly. Maybe even leave a comment if you think the OP could fix the post or would benefit from feedback.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, if your inspection brings you the realization that you spotted an audit (because the question is deleted already), just go back to the review page and use &lt;em&gt;any&lt;/em&gt; close option. The reason does not matter at all and will not be checked. Pretty sure that attempting to edit the post would count as passed too. Just don't click on &quot;Looks OK&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastActivityDate="2019-06-04T21:06:56.003" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18665" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18660" CreationDate="2019-06-05T09:34:01.060" Score="-5" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NO&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Case in point: The ppa in the first answer you linked is also not available any more. If we start to run after every link, ppa or repository that has been replaced ... then we'd not have time for anything else.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;BUT&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Nothing prevents you from leaving another answer, with a current solution. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;OR&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Write a comment to the answer, alerting the user that this answer does not work currently.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, I think we don't have to keep answers up-to-date via editing. Old solutions still have value! While some questions are generic and can be updated with new solutions or caveats that old solutions don't work any more, others are specific to setups, hardware, software.... etc and might work for a group of people.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="783023" LastActivityDate="2019-06-05T09:34:01.060" CommentCount="14" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18666" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18667" CreationDate="2019-06-05T10:39:44.513" Score="7" ViewCount="239" Body="&lt;p&gt;So yet another &quot;What backup tool should I use?&quot;  question came up &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1148623/looking-for-backup-tools&quot;&gt;earlier today&lt;/a&gt;, so I:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;voted to close as a duplicate &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;s&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/1148756/344926&quot;&gt;answered the question&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/s&gt; Deleted as per answer below in the meantime, &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/1148760/344926&quot;&gt;answered the off-topic question&lt;/a&gt; as well, as BorgBackup (My current backup solution) does not seem to be in the list and it's pretty good.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is the above correct behaviour as I feel a bit awkward doing the above...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="186134" LastEditDate="2019-06-09T11:45:24.663" LastActivityDate="2019-06-09T11:45:24.663" Title="Is answering twice and closing good or bad behaviour?" Tags="|discussion|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18667" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18666" CreationDate="2019-06-05T11:23:05.857" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;Voting to close and adding your new answer to the more general master question is definitely good, but pasting the &lt;em&gt;exact same&lt;/em&gt; answer below the duplicate question is unnecessary at the very least.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It could even be considered abusive if someone repeatedly posts the same answer in multiple locations, because that might be a cheap way to harvest reputation with few effort and contribution. The system actually raises an automatic moderator flag on completely identical posts. If it's a rare occurrence and does not involve low quality posts, most likely there will be no action taken though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyway, it would be fine and welcome if you &lt;strong&gt;adapt your answer on the duplicate post&lt;/strong&gt; and tailor it to the specifics of the question, while still voting to close it as duplicate of the a more general question. However, if there is nothing to adapt, better just post on the master question and maybe leave a comment on the to-be-closed duplicate that links to your answer and briefly explains why you think it suits the question best.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastActivityDate="2019-06-05T11:23:05.857" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18668" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18669" CreationDate="2019-06-06T09:03:37.097" Score="2" ViewCount="92" Body="&lt;p&gt;Recently there was &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/1148986/816190&quot;&gt;an answer by @kaushik&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/1148984/816190&quot;&gt;Error while trying installation using sudo apt-get install&lt;/a&gt; which mentioned some commands. An editor with full edit privileges edited the answer and made it alike the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/102084/816190&quot;&gt;answer of @zurdo&lt;/a&gt; on a similar question. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However I felt that their action wasn't appropriate. So, I rolled back the edit to Revision 1 which was written by answerer and left a comment for the editor which is as follows:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Hey @efthialex, I'm not sure if kaushik actually copied the commands from &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/102084&quot;&gt;there&lt;/a&gt; but your edit made it a truely copied answer which may cause this answer to be in controversies and may be considered as plagiarism. Please refrain from doing such edits which can change posts drastically. I have rolled back your edit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Was my action right here? What are the views of community regarding such edits?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="816190" LastActivityDate="2019-06-06T09:58:52.520" Title="Should we rollback the edits by editors other than original poster which might make answers controversial?" Tags="|discussion|edits|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18669" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18668" CreationDate="2019-06-06T09:58:52.520" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;The edit seemed absolutely fine to me. The only similarity to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/102084/85695&quot;&gt;Zurdo's answer&lt;/a&gt; was the (valid) warning about this approach being dangerous and a last resort. The edit simply added that warning, explained what the commands did (which the original did not) and linked to other, better solutions. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There was nothing at all controversial and the edit seems like a clear improvement to me. The commands were already in the original answer so I don't understand what makes you think anything was copied.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have rolled back your roll back.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2019-06-06T09:58:52.520" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18670" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18656" CreationDate="2019-06-10T12:02:55.397" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/status-completed&quot; class=&quot;post-tag moderator-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;status-completed&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;status-completed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tags/window-buttons/synonyms&quot;&gt;Done as you suggested.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/window-buttons&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;window-buttons&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;window-buttons&lt;/a&gt; is the master tag, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/window-control&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;window-control&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;window-control&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/titlebar-buttons&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;titlebar-buttons&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;titlebar-buttons&lt;/a&gt; are synonyms.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastActivityDate="2019-06-10T12:02:55.397" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18671" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18660" CreationDate="2019-06-14T01:41:52.647" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Treat these answers as if version-specific&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;. For example, we don't want to edit answers for 13.04 release to add information for 18.04 release ( unless it's absolutely necessary and relevant ). Same approach applies here: if the answer relied on Software Center specifically, editing the links out of the answer affects the original intent of the poster. As much as we like to keep everything current, some answers have to remain as they are for historical value and context.  They may still be useful and the software might be installed from other means (apt,snaps,github, etc), so full answer removal is undesirable&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt;. Questions also may be specific to the time when they were posted. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Better approach would be to post a comment under the answer (or better yet under the question in bold text) to draw attention that the links won't work.  If you know alternative method of installing the desired software - edit  the answer to add that information. You can add a note in bold with the date of the edit saying &quot;the instructions/links may not work, but here's alternative approach&quot;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Adding new answer is also an option (if the question's context allows) and IMHO a much better approach. Users can see which answer is the newest and you can explicitly mention in your own answer  that the accepted answer may be outdated. Adding a new answer or editing existing one (without removing links) helps future/current visitors much more effectively.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;1. This is a comparison; I'm not saying &quot;treat x exactly as y&quot;, rather &quot;treat x with similar approach as y&quot;.  &lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;2. In cases where answers are outdated we sometimes may see those either downvoted or removed per community request, hence why I mentioned full removal here. As mentioned in this &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/117380/295160&quot;&gt;StackOverflow meta answer&lt;/a&gt;, answers are timestamped and anyone can figure out that the contents may be outdated, including links. Downvotes/removals don't add value and have no &quot;timestamp&quot; context.&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="295286" LastEditorUserId="295286" LastEditDate="2019-06-14T07:31:29.723" LastActivityDate="2019-06-14T07:31:29.723" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18672" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18673" CreationDate="2019-06-14T21:21:02.113" Score="7" ViewCount="329" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are a lot of people who code solutions and post it in forums like this one. I think, maybe I'm wrong because I'm a beginner, that these people are able to introduce &quot;evil code&quot;. Is some organization taking care of this or is it a user's responsibility?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="966037" OwnerDisplayName="VicenteC" LastEditorUserId="250300" LastEditDate="2019-06-19T11:14:53.807" LastActivityDate="2019-06-20T06:56:15.177" Title="How can we be safe about code from this site that we install?" Tags="|discussion|security|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18673" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18672" CreationDate="2019-06-14T22:25:05.510" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Stack Overflow is far ahead of Ask Ubuntu at reviewing code because it's a programming website. In addition to Stack Overflow's normal way of reviewing code by users who volunteer to be reviewers and by Stack Overflow's moderators, there are also chatrooms that were created specifically for reviewing code and several reviewing bots. Some of these same bots are also reviewing posts every day at Ask Ubuntu. It is possible for users to apply to the bot moderators for permission to participate in reviewing the results of the reviewing bots which flags false positive results and trains the bots to be more accurate. Some bots have the adaptive ability to retract their own results if enough false positives are reported by members of the bot's team.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the end none of these methods can succeed without the participation of human beings, so there must be oversight by users who volunteer to be reviewers. Anyone can participate in improving the quality of posts at Ask Ubuntu. There is no reputation requirement for submitting a suggested edit to any post to be reviewed by Ask Ubuntu's volunteer reviewers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="94914" LastEditorUserId="94914" LastEditDate="2019-06-14T22:33:55.183" LastActivityDate="2019-06-14T22:33:55.183" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18674" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18672" CreationDate="2019-06-15T09:44:33.103" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;ANY code that is going to be doing something you do not want will and must have a big fat warning. Most famous one:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/159491/why-did-the-command-make-my-system-lag-so-badly-i-had-to-reboot&quot;&gt;Why did the command &amp;quot;:(){ :|: &amp;amp; };:&amp;quot; make my system lag so badly I had to reboot?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More because guntbert doubts me :-)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/329775/terminal-command-to-remove-unknown-file&quot;&gt;Terminal command to remove unknown file&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/670648/what-does-rm-rf-do&quot;&gt;What does rm -rf do?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/381468/rm-rf-and-rm-r-have-the-same-results&quot;&gt;`rm -rf ` and `rm -r` have the same results&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have yet to see an answer where we did not have a warning&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I personally will interpret any code I see in questions. I fix software problems for a living so I have this weird habit that I HAVE to understand code I see otherwise I keep having this itch. At work I am known for pointing out problems with code where it is not even clear to me I have pointed to a problem. Yes I know I am weird :-X &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know lots of others on AU that review code too. Besides that there are a 10, 20 people on AU I trust when they post code on AU and most elaborate answers tend to come from a select few.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastEditorUserId="15811" LastEditDate="2019-06-15T19:45:27.773" LastActivityDate="2019-06-15T19:45:27.773" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18675" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-06-16T00:40:00.483" Score="2" ViewCount="65" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'd like to propose the creation of the tag &quot;legacy-bios&quot;, as I believe it was relevant to a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1151397/unable-to-access-grub-in-win10-ubuntu18-04-legacy-dual-boot&quot;&gt;question&lt;/a&gt; I just asked. It seems like it could be relevant to a forum dedicated to an OS. And there is already a &quot;uefi&quot;-tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="938273" LastActivityDate="2019-06-16T00:40:00.483" Title="Should there be a new tag &quot;legacy-bios&quot;?" Tags="|feature-request|tags|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18676" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18677" CreationDate="2019-06-17T12:07:45.110" Score="3" ViewCount="155" Body="&lt;p&gt;Other Stack Exchange sites have a common login. Once logged into one site, one is also logged into the other sites that one has activated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ask-Ubuntu shares user profiles with these other Stack Exchange sites, yet the log-in remains independent. Why is that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="508822" LastEditorUserId="816190" LastEditDate="2019-06-17T17:53:31.077" LastActivityDate="2019-06-21T05:38:07.377" Title="Why is the Ask-Ubuntu login independent from other StackExchange sites?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18677" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18676" CreationDate="2019-06-17T12:58:39.653" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The StackExchange network depends on browser cookies to remember the login state. Most StackExchange sites use *.stackexchange.com as domain, AskUbuntu is one of many exceptions using its own 2nd level domain (askubuntu.com).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The use of different privacy tools becomes more and more common. Unfortunately these mechanism tend to interfere. If this happens, one can temporarily disable all add-ons/extensions, to find out if one of them is responsible for the problem. If the problem disappears, one can enable the suspicios ones one-by-one to find the culprit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my case, I am making use of a browser add-on called &quot;Cookie AutoDelete&quot;. This add-on deletes all cookies when completely closing the browser, which of course was the problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The remedy is to make a white list entry for askubuntu.com in the preferences of the add-on. In my case, the corresponding entries for *.stackexchange.com were already there. I had created them earlier and forgot about it. Thanks @ByteCommander to hint me in the right direction.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="508822" LastActivityDate="2019-06-17T12:58:39.653" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18678" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18672" CreationDate="2019-06-19T18:27:28.827" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Excellent things have been said already, but let me add a few words from someone who posts those code snippets once in a while.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;How can we be safe about code from this site that we install?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; You can't. Any piece of code &lt;em&gt;could&lt;/em&gt; contain harmful - intentionally or not - elements. While that is also true for snippets on AU, you probably won't find a place with &lt;em&gt;less&lt;/em&gt; risk than on AU or other SE sites. The reason is that not only snippets are in general relatively short and clear, but more importantly: &lt;em&gt;anyone&lt;/em&gt; can (and will) look into the code, and anyone can comment on or flag a post. Any potential critic is visible directly on the post itself. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That is unlike some private websites where we can often see bad advice or inadvisable commands. If I am a crook and want to inject malicious code, the one environment I need to avoid is SE sites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As said, using code you didn't write yourself is a risk. In short however: in general, I believe the code posted here, especially from answers that already live a bit longer or posted by people who are around a bit longer, is probably the least of your concerns.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="94914" LastEditDate="2019-06-20T06:56:15.177" LastActivityDate="2019-06-20T06:56:15.177" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18679" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18681" CreationDate="2019-06-20T09:32:44.960" Score="7" ViewCount="223" Body="&lt;p&gt;So I was reviewing, and this &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/1148817/55778&quot;&gt;answer&lt;/a&gt; had to be reviewed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I added a comment explaining that this didn't solve the hot corner part of the question and was probably better as a comment on the OP, and it told me I failed the audit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It became clear it was a popular answer, but in my limited view I would first add this as a comment, if this solves the question, then move it to an answer. It seems strange to base the 'correct' answer of the audit on the hindsight knowledge that the OP accepted this as the answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also the fact that there is a real answer containing hot corners(which I saw in another audit as well, so 2 audits based on 1 question) that does answer the question fully.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This audit's correct answer is debatable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="55778" LastActivityDate="2019-06-20T13:46:38.517" Title="Disagree with audit" Tags="|discussion|review-audits|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18680" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18682" CreationDate="2019-06-20T11:07:30.837" Score="2" ViewCount="101" Body="&lt;p&gt;Apparently an answer I wrote was deleted (by others).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a way to retrieve a deleted answer? (I would like to&#xA;keep a copy of it)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user216043" LastActivityDate="2019-06-20T21:22:20.213" Title="how to get a copy of a deleted answer" Tags="|support|deleted-answers|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18681" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18679" CreationDate="2019-06-20T13:46:38.517" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;Audits are generated automatically by the system, there is no manual human verification of them involved, as far as I know. It just takes any post it deems as good, based on the metrics it knows (vote score, is accepted, maybe view count, ...) and shows that content to you in a less obvious way (i.e. hiding the votes etc.).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So yes, of course this system is not perfect, and if there are posts on the site that have good scores despite not being perfectly valid, it may fall for these. It's not the first time someone &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/15533/367990&quot;&gt;complains&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/17623/367990&quot;&gt;about&lt;/a&gt; a &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/8597/367990&quot;&gt;questionable&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/15990/367990&quot;&gt;audit&lt;/a&gt; and won't be the last, unfortunately, but I don't think there's any better solution really.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyway, a single failed audit can happen to anyone and does in itself not have any negative effects yet. Only if you fail multiple audits in a short time or periodically, there will be restrictions on your reviewing abilities set in place. No need to worry because of one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you still feel like the post on which you were audited needs any action, you are welcome to do so by visiting it on the main site and casting votes or raising flags as you see fit. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastActivityDate="2019-06-20T13:46:38.517" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18682" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18680" CreationDate="2019-06-20T21:22:20.213" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;My apologies: I was one of the &quot;deleters&quot;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is the system-wide deletion logic:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;a moderator can delete anything (no mod deleted anything)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;5 reviewers voting to delete can delete anything (None did)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;in your case 3 high-rep (&gt;20000 rep) reviewers agreed that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;this was not a good answer&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;one of them downvoted your answer &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;all 3 cast a delete vote &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and your answer was subsequently deleted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please allow me to explain the logic why &lt;em&gt;I voted to delete:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The answer was wrong,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The answer just provides &lt;code&gt;the codez&lt;/code&gt; without any explanation (yeah, comments inside the code don't count as explanation)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The question already had an answer that was more elegant, upvoted and accepted.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, the users here don't maintain the site logic and features: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/2645/show-all-of-my-question-answers-to-me-even-if-they-are-deleted&quot;&gt;Stack Exchange Employees do&lt;/a&gt; and though we would all like to see all of our deleted questions / answers, the powers that be decided to decline this feature request, but you did the right thing to ask about it here, you got your answer back and you can still &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/1150841/367990&quot;&gt;edit and improve it&lt;/a&gt; and ping the 3 of us &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/201/ask-ubuntu-general-room&quot;&gt;in chat&lt;/a&gt; and we'll undelete it for you...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Also please don't hate:&lt;/strong&gt; Fear is the path to the dark side: Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering. &lt;strong&gt;;-)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastActivityDate="2019-06-20T21:22:20.213" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18683" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18676" CreationDate="2019-06-21T05:38:07.377" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;One reason, is because we have a unique login, that is, via launchpad:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Fh4uL.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Fh4uL.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as I know, you can't login to any other SE with Launchpad. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="253579" LastActivityDate="2019-06-21T05:38:07.377" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18685" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18686" CreationDate="2019-06-23T09:26:37.153" Score="5" ViewCount="242" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm in little confusion today. While reviewing Low Quality Posts, I encountered &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/low-quality-posts/957724&quot;&gt;this post&lt;/a&gt;. I was curious that why the answerer is so confident. So, I just viewed their profile and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ej-technologies.com/company/profile.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this site&lt;/a&gt; and found the answerer is the &lt;strong&gt;CEO&lt;/strong&gt; of company behind that software. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I remember reading a &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.meta.stackexchange.com/q/5347/322920&quot;&gt;meta post on Unix &amp;amp; Linux&lt;/a&gt; where a mod deleted the answer by the original developer/author of the project and after going deeper they undone their decision. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my opinion the answers by the authors/CEO matters the most since at the end they are answerable for any thing in their software. Considering that, I clicked on &quot;Looks OK&quot;. Was my action appropriate here? If not, what is the appropriate action on such posts? Should we leave a comment under the answer and let the other reviewers know that they are the original developer/author/CEO and save the answer from getting &lt;em&gt;deleted&lt;/em&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="816190" LastActivityDate="2019-07-05T00:39:51.470" Title="What is the appropriate action on the answers by the original developer/author of the project regardless of the content?" Tags="|discussion|answers|answer-quality|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18686" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18685" CreationDate="2019-06-23T09:31:50.303" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't think it's an inappropriate or unhelpful answer and it does our users no benefit to remove it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It could certainly be &lt;em&gt;better&lt;/em&gt;. Ideas:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;An explanation that they're the co-owner of the company that makes this thing&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A link to something at their end showing that they're fixing it (eg public bug tracker)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That is all to say, your actions here have been wholly appropriate. You've been careful about how you've reviewed, you've put in leg work and you've even second-guessed yourself. I wish we were all able to be as introspective as this. Good work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2019-06-23T09:31:50.303" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18687" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18688" CreationDate="2019-06-28T17:14:59.397" Score="12" ViewCount="224" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Disclaimer&lt;/strong&gt;: &lt;em&gt;I answered the question that I believe was incorrectly marked as a duplicate.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1154502/accidentally-ran-chmod-754-at-root-directory&quot;&gt;This question&lt;/a&gt;, in which the OP accidentally changed the permissions of &lt;em&gt;one&lt;/em&gt; system directory, was marked as a duplicate of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/43621/what-if-i-accidentally-run-command-chmod-r-on-system-directories-etc&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;, in which the OP accidentally changed the permissions of &lt;em&gt;many&lt;/em&gt; system directories, recursively.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe that this might be an error.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The answers to the latter question state that the OP needs to completely reinstall their system or restore it from a backup. This is correct in that case, because it would be overwhelmingly difficult to restore permissions on so many directories. However, in the former question, the OP only needs to undo one change. I would consider the answers to the latter question to be &lt;strong&gt;very&lt;/strong&gt; bad advice in the case of the former because of the avoidable trouble they would cause to the OP to solve their problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;If&lt;/em&gt; the OP of the former question understood that the &lt;code&gt;chmod&lt;/code&gt; command that they ran only affected one of the system directories described in the answers to the latter question, then it's possible that they could synthesize that information to use a Live CD to revert their change, but I do not think it is safe to assume that they — &lt;strong&gt;and&lt;/strong&gt; everyone else who finds the duplicate and follows the link — would do that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, there was some confusion in the answers to the former question about how the &lt;code&gt;chmod&lt;/code&gt; command worked. The first answer (now deleted) assumed that &lt;code&gt;chmod&lt;/code&gt; had been run with the &lt;code&gt;-R&lt;/code&gt; argument (which I have definitely seen more commonly than without on this site), but the OP did not include it as part of the command they had run. The second answer would be correct if the OP had run &lt;code&gt;chmod /*&lt;/code&gt; instead of &lt;code&gt;chmod /&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This confusion could make it more difficult to acquire the understanding of permissions/&lt;code&gt;chmod&lt;/code&gt; needed to resolve the problem using the answers in the latter question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Given this situation, is it correct to mark the question as a duplicate?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="457562" LastEditorUserId="250300" LastEditDate="2019-07-10T12:36:45.233" LastActivityDate="2019-07-10T12:36:45.233" Title="Is it OK to mark a question as a dupe when the OP might require significant additional knowledge to use the answers to the existing question?" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|incorrectly-closed|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18688" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18687" CreationDate="2019-06-28T18:17:41.377" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;I edited both the question and the answer to make it abundantly clear that no recursive option was used, left a link to the duplicate in your answer and voted to reopen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I'm just one of the original 5 people that voted to close.  If another 4 (same or different) users vote to reopen, it will be reopened as it was a community effort to close, so it must be a community effort to re-open as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;;-)&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2019-06-28T18:23:19.890" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18689" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-06-30T01:10:02.077" Score="0" ViewCount="56" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/1152234/655715&quot;&gt;I installed lubuntu desktop thru the terminal but my laptop reboots still as ubuntu&lt;/a&gt; was marked as duplicate of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/491044/655715&quot;&gt;Using multiple desktop environments&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Compare the questions and the answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the first one, the OP has already installed a secondary desktop and is confused by how that works vs how he expected that to work. Vanadium does a good job at explaining how he can switch desktops.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the other question the OP clearly shows he understands the concept of a DE and how it works. He is asking if problems could affect his current working DE. And the answer there addresses precisely that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The questions are phrased &lt;strong&gt;very&lt;/strong&gt; differently and the answers are both specific to their questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Perhaps this is a better duplicate: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/162516/655715&quot;&gt;Switching window manager/desktop environments?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What to do? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Personally I'd like if Vanadium's answer could be accepted somehow.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't know how vote to reopen or if I need some amount of rep.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="655715" LastEditorUserId="367990" LastEditDate="2019-06-30T10:17:29.493" LastActivityDate="2019-07-01T11:27:57.610" Title="Duplicate may be duplicate of a question, but not the one it was marked as a dupe of" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18690" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18689" CreationDate="2019-06-30T01:23:57.343" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;To me it seems to be a fairly valid duplicate. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the closed question, nothing about selecting desktop environments is indicated; it only say that OP has a problem with the boot logos showing incorrectly. If this is the main problem, it should be made more explicit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the question is about how to select the DE to use on login, they should ask that question, not a question about boot logos.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As it stands I can't really see any reason to reopen. It may not be a perfect duplicate, and it may be as valid to close it as &lt;em&gt;unclear what you're asking&lt;/em&gt;, but the end result to the user would probably not be a lot better by closing as unclear. The user asking the question would have to refine it to get an answerable question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for accepting the answer, only the person asking the question can accept an answer. As for casting re-open vote, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/close-questions&quot;&gt;that requires 3000 rep&lt;/a&gt;. Any user with 3000 reputation or above can cast close and re-open votes. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="653515" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2019-07-01T11:27:57.610" LastActivityDate="2019-07-01T11:27:57.610" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18691" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18689" CreationDate="2019-06-30T10:25:12.500" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I &lt;em&gt;added&lt;/em&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/162516/switching-window-manager-desktop-environments&quot;&gt;your suggested post&lt;/a&gt; to the list of duplicate targets for now, although I don't really feel that either fits 100%. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As vidarlo already expressed in their answer here, the original question is really quite unclear, and it might also potentially get removed completely in the future. We will see.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastActivityDate="2019-06-30T10:25:12.500" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18692" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18782" CreationDate="2019-07-01T08:19:29.597" Score="-5" ViewCount="150" Body="&lt;p&gt;When I went to look at the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users?tab=Reputation&amp;amp;filter=quarter&quot;&gt;Quarter reputation tab&lt;/a&gt; I noticed I'm number 1 in the stats and the same goes for the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users?tab=Reputation&amp;amp;filter=month&quot;&gt;month&lt;/a&gt; but &#xA;as I know I'm vastly inferior to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/15811/rinzwind?tab=reputation&quot;&gt;Rinzwind&lt;/a&gt; &lt;strong&gt;0:-)&lt;/strong&gt; I'm suspecting something is borked in a query somewhere.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should I take this to meta.se or &lt;s&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/revisions/18692/3&quot;&gt;does shog9 trawl here too&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/s&gt; &lt;strong&gt;;-)&lt;/strong&gt; do the StackExchange Developers read this meta too if tagged as a bug??? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="344926" LastEditDate="2019-07-02T13:24:47.457" LastActivityDate="2019-10-06T13:50:05.040" Title="Month and Quarter reputation tab borked?" Tags="|support|bug|status-bydesign|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18693" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18695" CreationDate="2019-07-02T04:30:35.050" Score="3" ViewCount="63" Body="&lt;p&gt;When I visit &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackexchange.com/leagues/89/week/askubuntu&quot;&gt;https://stackexchange.com/leagues/89/week/askubuntu&lt;/a&gt; I see this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ve2pQ.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ve2pQ.png&quot; alt=&quot;Loss of reputation?&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I don't see that rep loss in my &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/248158/dk-bose?tab=reputation&quot;&gt;Ask Ubuntu profile&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/dEmzF.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/dEmzF.png&quot; alt=&quot;Rep at Ask Ubuntu&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(The recent rep loss was only ~65 and others were affected more or less across Stack Exchange.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How to reconcile the two?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've used the bug tag. I hope that's appropriate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Related: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/18692/month-and-quarter-reputation-tab-borked&quot;&gt;Month and Quarter reputation tab borked?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="248158" LastEditorUserId="761293" LastEditDate="2019-07-02T05:50:35.050" LastActivityDate="2019-07-02T05:50:35.050" Title="Why does my week rank show -483?" Tags="|support|reputation|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18694" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18693" CreationDate="2019-07-02T05:45:22.427" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Not a bug, that's the '&lt;strong&gt;change&lt;/strong&gt;' in rank (with respect to last week's rank).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="480481" LastActivityDate="2019-07-02T05:45:22.427" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18695" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18693" CreationDate="2019-07-02T05:45:38.260" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;The -483 isn't an amount of reputation, it's what your change in rank was.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, if I'm in 3rd place one week and drop to 10th, I've dropped seven slots, so my change is -7. If I do better the following week and get to 2nd place, the change is +8.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In your case, you were in 23rd place the week prior but you're now in 506th place, so the change was -483 (483+23=506).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ck7zu.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ck7zu.png&quot; alt=&quot;DK Bose rank for week of Jun 23-29 - 23rd place&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can see your rank the prior week by clicking &quot;prev week&quot; in the blue box in the upper right corner that has the dates.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="761293" LastActivityDate="2019-07-02T05:45:38.260" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18696" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18697" CreationDate="2019-07-02T13:43:53.290" Score="10" ViewCount="445" Body="&lt;p&gt;OK, so &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1154385/how-do-i-delete-the-kernel-and-still-run-the-os&quot;&gt;this is a really sad question&lt;/a&gt; but not everyone is familiar with the architecture of &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU/Linux_naming_controversy&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;GNU/Linux&lt;/a&gt;¹ nor do they know the history of GNU and Linux and the very big personalities of &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_Torvalds&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Linus&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Stallman&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;RMS&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So IMHO, this question needs reopening as we came down way too hard (IMHO again) on a, probably beginning, user who deserves a little bit of history and technical explanation that &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;today&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;  he cannot, but &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;in the future&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; when the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/hurd/what_is_the_gnu_hurd.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;GNU HURD&lt;/a&gt; comes out of development², he/she/it might.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;I've just cast the first reopen and undelete vote&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would the person/AI/Alien to cast the last reopen vote, &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/201/ask-ubuntu-general-room&quot;&gt;please ping me in chat&lt;/a&gt; so I can answer and educate this naive OP?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Thank you for being more welcoming!&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note ¹:&lt;/strong&gt; Just like not everyone here is aware that Diesel engines don't have spark plugs unlike your lawn mower...&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;&lt;sub&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note ²:&lt;/strong&gt; They've been at it for 20 years now.  It must come out of the development phase &lt;em&gt;sometime&lt;/em&gt; in the future!  &lt;strong&gt;&amp;gt;:-)&lt;/strong&gt;...&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2019-07-03T04:18:30.837" Title="Sad question reopen time?" Tags="|discussion|support|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18697" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18696" CreationDate="2019-07-02T13:49:54.780" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yeah, I think the balance here is out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;This is something that was understandable (wrong close reason)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;This is something that can be answered with &quot;No, Ubuntu is a Linux distribution&quot;, unless I'm mistaken&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Instead it attracted a pile of answers-as-comments. I'm undeleting, reopening. Have at it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2019-07-02T13:49:54.780" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18699" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-07-02T16:28:05.390" Score="5" ViewCount="206" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since this Exchange will not help me with a 14.04 bug, where can I go to ask the community for support on 14.04?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="436123" OwnerDisplayName="jrcichra" LastEditorUserId="480481" LastEditDate="2020-05-09T07:53:31.907" LastActivityDate="2020-05-09T07:53:31.907" Title="Where can I ask for help about a 14.04 (EOL) installation?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18700" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18699" CreationDate="2019-07-02T16:31:54.297" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;One option would be to pay Canonical for extended support.  This is almost certainly not cost effective for a single user system (it's intended for business users who may have a large installed base and find it more economical to pay for support than to immediately upgrade thousands of machines).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Otherwise, we can help very directly with bringing your system up to 16.04, 18.04, or 19.04 (currently supported versions).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="360188" OwnerDisplayName="Zeiss Ikon" LastEditorUserId="344926" LastEditDate="2019-07-05T18:42:13.423" LastActivityDate="2019-07-05T18:42:13.423" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18701" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18699" CreationDate="2019-07-02T17:34:01.750" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Community support for 14.04 LTS ended on April 25, 2019. At the stroke of midnight, poof, &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinderella#Cendrillon_ou_la_petite_pantoufle_de_verre,_by_Perrault&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the carriage turned back into a pumpkin&lt;/a&gt;. There's no grey area about when 14.04 was supported vs. not-supported.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After the end of community support, your only option for 14.04 support is paid &lt;a href=&quot;https://ubuntu.com/esm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Extended Security Maintenance (ESM)&lt;/a&gt; from Canonical. There is no other alternative for continued 14.04 support.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You are welcome to file bugs against 14.04 packages after the end of community support, but you must pay for ESM to receive the bugfixes through the Ubuntu repositories.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19626" OwnerDisplayName="user535733" LastActivityDate="2019-07-02T17:34:01.750" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18702" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18699" CreationDate="2019-07-02T18:00:44.827" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can ask about any Linux system on &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Unix &amp;amp; Linux&lt;/a&gt; or even on &lt;a href=&quot;https://superuser.com&quot;&gt;Super User&lt;/a&gt;. However, no matter where you ask, if the issue is caused by the fact that you are using a no longer supported system, people will be suggesting you just update. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyway, feel free to ask on either of those two sites. If there's a workaround, they may be able to suggest it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2019-07-02T18:00:44.827" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18703" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18696" CreationDate="2019-07-03T04:18:30.837" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I disagree. It should &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; be reopened.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If a user is to have a meaningful opinion on kernels (e.g. I don't want any Linux, only GNU), they are an advanced user.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I accept that users may have an opinion on licenses, but Linux is licensed under GPL2, which is the same license as most of GNU is developed under. Thus, GPL2 can't be a reason for a user to stay away from Linux, yet want GNU.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, this question &lt;em&gt;is off topic&lt;/em&gt;. Ubuntu is a GNU/Linux distribution. A Linux kernel with GNU userland. It's not GNU/Hurd or GNU/BSD. It's GNU/Linux. You want to run GNU/Hurd? Fine, but it's not Ubuntu any more. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You are utterly free to do whatever you please, including GNU/Hurd or GNU/BSD, but. It's not Ubuntu any more, and expect no support on your (exciting) endeavors!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="653515" LastActivityDate="2019-07-03T04:18:30.837" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18704" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18685" CreationDate="2019-07-05T00:39:51.470" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't think there is any good reason to treat an answer by a developer/owner any differently to an answer by anyone else.  I can't think of why someone would delete such an answer, unless it had problems that would have caused it to be deleted anyway, regardless of who it was.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An answer by someone involved in the development of some software is likely to be highly knowledgeable and very helpful, and may contain some insight unavailable to anyone else answering.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An answer that is not helpful and serves only to promote their product would be considered spam regardless of who they are, requiring no special treatment based on who posted it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only thing I might recommend would be that the answer should point out their relationship to the company, not as a mandatory rule but just to help lend credibility to the answer.  If I found that an answer was written by the CEO of the company who produce the software and didn't disclose this, I'd consider pointing it out in a comment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54256" LastActivityDate="2019-07-05T00:39:51.470" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18706" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18707" CreationDate="2019-07-08T21:39:10.527" Score="5" ViewCount="109" Body="&lt;p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a question about my Ask Ubuntu post: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1156814/using-chown-successfully-but-not-actually-changing-user-ownership-in-ubuntu-bash&quot;&gt;Using chown successfully but not actually changing user ownership in Ubuntu bash on Windows 10?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A user in the comments gave me some input on how to edit my question further for them to be able to give me some answers. I'm now in the dillema of should I comment back to notify them of the edits or do they already get notified? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/5663/in-a-comment-on-question-i-asked-for-more-info-from-the-asker-will-i-be-notifi&quot;&gt;this post&lt;/a&gt; I would say commenting back is perfectly okay but it doesn't explicity point out the best proven practice for askers on Stack Exchange forums. I want an explicit answer on whether comments can be used to notify people of edits to my question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="973377" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2019-07-09T07:16:12.647" LastActivityDate="2019-07-09T07:16:12.647" Title="Should I notify about edits in the question comments?" Tags="|discussion|comments|asking-questions|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18707" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18706" CreationDate="2019-07-08T21:53:04.667" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Edits do not notify users when done.  The system will only notify you about edits when someone else revises your post(s).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want to let the user know that you did your edits, you need to tell them explicitly - there is no automated notification system for other users about a specific post being edited.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And make sure to prefix your comment with @UserName for the user who you want to notify - otherwise they get no notification.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2019-07-09T01:21:26.127" LastActivityDate="2019-07-09T01:21:26.127" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18708" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18706" CreationDate="2019-07-08T23:29:52.363" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Another point to mention is you should prefix comments with @UserName because they will not know you made a comment to them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example on the same thread your comment to me an hour ago:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Sadly I do not know much about filesystems at all. I'm just starting&#xA;  out with the Linux CLI and learning as I go, about filesystems too&#xA;  apparently :) The linked question was marked as a possible duplicate&#xA;  of mine, hence the clarification in the EDIT section. – Amar Cerim 1&#xA;  hour ago&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I did not get a notification. I only stumbled across it through the Q&amp;amp;A here about that question. I only stumbled across this Q&amp;amp;A because it appeared in General Chatroom as a new Meta Q&amp;amp;A advert.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To make a long story short, put @WinEunuuchs2Unix at the start of a comment you wish to make to me. Or as in the case of my last comment to you I put @dessert into the middle. That works too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="307523" LastActivityDate="2019-07-08T23:29:52.363" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18709" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-07-11T22:30:32.890" Score="0" ViewCount="101" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would like to suggest more consistent methods may help us with some of our questioners seeking help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Nearly always, we need more info, so I have created a little boilerplate I trot out when folks haven't included hardware info, i.e.:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Please help us help you by doing &lt;code&gt;sudo dmidecode -s baseboard-product-name &amp;amp;&amp;amp; sudo dmidecode -s baseboard-manufacturer &amp;amp;&amp;amp; sudo lshw | grep product | head -n1 &amp;amp;&amp;amp; lshw | grep -v &quot;loop&quot; &amp;amp;&amp;amp; lsb_release -a&lt;/code&gt; and paste the result into your question after clicking [edit]. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Please do not click on &lt;kbd&gt;Add Comment&lt;/kbd&gt; as new comments can shove old comments off screen; your information about your PC and the Ubuntu installation should all go in the Question so we can all see your findings.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One public-spirited responder queried why, to which I offered the post &lt;a href=&quot;http://askubuntu.com/questions/1157538/&quot;&gt;http://askubuntu.com/questions/1157538/&lt;/a&gt; as one example where comments get pushed off screen when they pile up. I have seen many OPs overlook comments hidden behind &quot;Click Here&quot;, and want to encourage being more parsimonious in Comments, especially when OPs should be responding by editing their questions to give us the needed info.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In addition, a standardized request for hardware and software info is something I would like to encourage; the constant on-off, bespoke, boutique responses of folks trying to help consumes much time and energy, and I want to lead from the front in encouraging us to think about how we might better serve our OPs either a methodical and consistent approach (but, then, I was raised a Methodist).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="197910" LastEditorUserId="197910" LastEditDate="2019-08-19T20:44:41.147" LastActivityDate="2019-08-19T20:45:30.780" Title="Methods in our madness: Suggesting a consistent reply when HW info is useful but missing" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18710" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18712" CreationDate="2019-07-12T10:27:38.250" Score="10" ViewCount="310" Body="&lt;p&gt;My question is triggered by &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/1157501/653515&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;, which has some close votes due to being off-topic, and a comment saying that it is unsupported. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TrustyTahr/ReleaseNotes&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;14.04&lt;/a&gt; appears to be the most recently supported distribution with PHP5 available in the repositories. A question about 14.04 would clearly be off-topic at this stage.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But the linked question asks about installing old software on a still supported release (18.04). How should we handle this? At some point, the answer will probably be &lt;em&gt;not possible&lt;/em&gt;, due to changes in libraries and so forth. One quick example is QT4-applications.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So when do we stop accepting such questions? Should we stop accepting them? Should we close them, or should we answer &lt;em&gt;not trivially achievable&lt;/em&gt; when it's a huge work?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="653515" LastEditorUserId="816190" LastEditDate="2019-07-12T10:45:49.100" LastActivityDate="2019-07-20T12:18:42.810" Title="Do we stop *supporting* external software?" Tags="|discussion|scope|asking-questions|" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18711" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18710" CreationDate="2019-07-12T10:44:38.697" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;In my honest opinion we should still support questions specific to currently supported release but asking for a software that ain't supported anymore. For example, Java 9 and 10 have reached their end of public support (&lt;em&gt;Reference: &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_version_history&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Java version history - Wikipedia&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;). But still we got a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/1136453/816190&quot;&gt;question about installing Java 9 on June 23, 2019&lt;/a&gt;. Some people indeed love older versions and want to continue with it as long as they can. But again they should be specific to currently supported release. Also, they can be answered if the answerer is &lt;em&gt;brave enough&lt;/em&gt; to satisfy the dependencies without breaking the system. An answer like &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.meta.stackexchange.com/q/5347/322920&quot;&gt;this ain't possible&lt;/a&gt; is acceptable, I guess, but you can also give reference to a newer version/alternative too and its installation process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="816190" LastActivityDate="2019-07-12T10:44:38.697" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18712" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18710" CreationDate="2019-07-12T11:25:20.803" Score="20" Body="&lt;p&gt;We have a rule that we don't support Ubuntu versions that are no longer supported by Canonical. However, there is no rule about software from other sources. And I really think there shouldn't be such a rule. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First of all, many tools simply don't have newer versions. So you have no choice but to try and use an older one. And yes, while some of those might have security issues, the vast majority won't. For instance, domain-specific tools or minor github projects that haven't been updated. These aren't big important things like Java engines, but minor, simple tools that do a particular thing and which haven't been updated. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not all projects are regularly updated and, more importantly, not all environments can safely use up to date software. There are often very valid reasons foe using specific versions of a tool, even if that version is old. Not only is it often the case that there simply isn't a newer version, but other times, you &lt;em&gt;need&lt;/em&gt; that older version to make sure that your system works as expected. You may have updated the operating system on a production machine, for example, but cannot update the software tools you are using because doing so will change the results that your server gives to clients. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So yes, we should absolutely support older versions of software. If they can work on newer Ubuntu versions, then we can post answers with the necessary workarounds. If they cannot work on the newer versions of Ubuntu, then we post an answer saying it's impossible. But in no case should we have a rule that we will only support the latest version of a program!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2019-07-12T11:25:20.803" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18714" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18709" CreationDate="2019-07-13T20:34:47.407" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The first bit is a really neat idea, but the only thing you can do is to lead by example and post it under all questions that need it and other people will pick it up because there is no way to force people to do anything.  I would tell OPs to edit instead of &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; using comments&lt;/em&gt;, so I shamelessly stole the first bit and put it in my canned comments like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Welcome to [ubunte.se]!  &lt;strong&gt;;-)&lt;/strong&gt;  Please press [Ctrl][Alt][T] and copy-pasting &lt;code&gt;sudo dmidecode -s baseboard-product-name &amp;amp;&amp;amp; sudo dmidecode -s baseboard-manufacturer &amp;amp;&amp;amp; sudo lshw | grep product | head -n1 &amp;amp;&amp;amp; lshw | grep -v &quot;loop&quot; &amp;amp;&amp;amp; lsb_release -a&lt;/code&gt;, into the terminal and press [enter] and then [edit] your question and paste the results in there so your question itself stands all by itself. &lt;strong&gt;Thank you for helping us help you!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The codez:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Welcome to [ubunte.se]!  **;-)**  Please press [Ctrl][Alt][T] and copy-pasting `sudo dmidecode -s baseboard-product-name &amp;amp;&amp;amp; sudo dmidecode -s baseboard-manufacturer &amp;amp;&amp;amp; sudo lshw | grep product | head -n1 &amp;amp;&amp;amp; lshw | grep -v &quot;loop&quot; &amp;amp;&amp;amp; lsb_release -a`, into the terminal and press [enter] and then [edit] your question and paste the results in there so your question itself stands all by itself. **Thank you for helping us help you!**&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="197910" LastEditDate="2019-08-19T20:45:30.780" LastActivityDate="2019-08-19T20:45:30.780" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18715" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-07-14T01:32:37.237" Score="5" ViewCount="112" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would like to learn about the vote to close.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I understand it, it is a moderator who does so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does it only take one moderator to make that decision?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a link that shows all the particulars?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="573838" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2019-07-14T04:09:12.240" LastActivityDate="2019-07-15T11:38:22.330" Title="Vote to close specifics" Tags="|support|vote-to-close|moderators|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18716" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18715" CreationDate="2019-07-14T04:07:18.677" Score="13" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;As I understand it, it is a moderator who does so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any user with at least 3000 reputation points may cast a close (or reopen) vote. On this site, diamond moderators &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/321324/322419&quot;&gt;rarely participate in close voting&lt;/a&gt;, because the community here is relatively active in close-voting and reviewing, but on other Stack Exchange sites, moderators are more often involved in close voting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Does it only take one moderator to make that decision?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It only takes one vote by a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/site-moderators&quot;&gt;diamond moderator&lt;/a&gt; to close a question. When normal users with close voting privilege cast close votes, 5 such votes are required. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a special case, users who have earned a gold tag badge in a tag may close questions with that tag as duplicates, or reopen them if they are closed as duplicates.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the voters choose different close reasons, the reason chosen by the majority takes effect. If an even split occurs, the last vote cast decides the reason, and if a moderator votes, the reason they selected is used regardless of previous voters.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In all cases, closure of a question is reversible. Users with close vote privilege also have reopen vote privilege. 5 votes by such users are required to reopen a question, or 1 vote by a moderator.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Is there a link that shows all the particulars?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/close-questions&quot;&gt;This page of the Help Center&lt;/a&gt; explains close and reopen vote privilege in detail.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2019-07-15T11:38:22.330" LastActivityDate="2019-07-15T11:38:22.330" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18717" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18718" CreationDate="2019-07-16T01:24:10.117" Score="1" ViewCount="52" Body="&lt;p&gt;I had a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1158083/mistakenly-modified-bin-sh&quot;&gt;question&lt;/a&gt; that was doing very well &amp;amp; the number of views as well as likes was increasing fast, but I don't know why suddenly everything stopped &amp;amp; now it behaves as if it's a duplicate or closed post.Is there any reason? Such a sudden change seems really abnormal.     &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user833907" LastActivityDate="2019-07-16T01:38:39.730" Title="My question seemes to be frozen" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18718" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18717" CreationDate="2019-07-16T01:38:39.730" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Actually your question is now at normal state. You were getting so much interaction before because your question became a hot network question and was also tweeted by the automated Ask Ubuntu twitter account. See &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/1158083/timeline&quot;&gt;the timeline of your question:&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Z2WME.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Z2WME.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Enough time has passed that both of these are probably irrelevant now, hence the drop off in views.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastActivityDate="2019-07-16T01:38:39.730" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18719" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18710" CreationDate="2019-07-16T04:32:18.753" Score="1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Do we stop &lt;em&gt;supporting&lt;/em&gt; external software?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No do not stop, with commentary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The problem with old versions is that they clutter and confuse searches and explanations for current users of current software.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm of the opinion that asking questions for old things &lt;em&gt;should be allowed&lt;/em&gt;, but only if they are specifically identified as such.  I think truly solving the above problem is done at the underlying website/engine level in the same way that someone could search for help, but prioritize newer responses.  I have personally found great value in finding old solutions to awkward partly-related old questions for my current-software-problems.  The fact that those questions have been posed recently or not is irrelevant to my value of them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;&lt;em&gt;supporting&lt;/em&gt; external software&quot; creates the problem of distracting the attention of answerers.  They ought to pay more attention to current software for the larger audience and for the explicit purpose of this site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Explicitly support&lt;/em&gt;:  If more reasonably implemented (better identification/search), even though the above answerer-distraction problem remains.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Explicitly do not support&lt;/em&gt;:  If it clutters and could obviously threaten the purpose of this site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since no change at the engine level is proposed/forthcoming, I think some form of &lt;em&gt;do nothing&lt;/em&gt; makes sense.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Do nothing, discourage&lt;/em&gt; feels right to me.  That is, allow it to become a cultural norm for people to ignore these problems or not spend very much time helping, and to let the questioner know why.  Bounties then remain a possibility to those questioners.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="783751" LastActivityDate="2019-07-16T04:32:18.753" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18720" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18773" CreationDate="2019-07-16T17:04:26.350" Score="6" ViewCount="115" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to tag excerpt of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/documentation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;documentation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;documentation&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;For questions regarding written documentation such as manuals, &lt;strong&gt;help files&lt;/strong&gt;, policies, instructions, or guides.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But there exists &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/helpfile&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;helpfile&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;helpfile&lt;/a&gt; too which in my opinion can be considered as the synonym of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/documentation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;documentation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;documentation&lt;/a&gt; since I think &lt;em&gt;helpfile&lt;/em&gt; is in &lt;em&gt;documentation&lt;/em&gt; only.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But if the community wants to keep the tags separate, please consider posting an answer to this question with details.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="816190" LastActivityDate="2019-08-21T11:52:44.050" Title="Can we just add [helpfile] to [documentation]?" Tags="|discussion|tags|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18721" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18710" CreationDate="2019-07-17T13:45:52.893" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't know much about these platforms, and so I beg your pardon if what I write seems naive, but I do recognize the need for support for older versions. I use them myself on older HW, and I would really like to have dedicated areas specialized on old versions (and, too, dedicated repositories for them, with older versions of OS as well as SW versions).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So wouldn't it be fine to have either a new section or a new platform for these, and optionally a way to move questions there, accordingly? This way, they wouldn't &quot;clutter&quot; this platform, but nevertheless, satisfy the needs of those who have new questions about old versions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This way, whenever a question appears that obviously concerns an older version, it can be moved to the dedicated &quot;legacy&quot; area and doesn't disturb anymore.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Perhaps something similar already exists and I don't know about it? In this case, I'd be grateful for the relevant information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="975813" LastEditorUserId="8698" LastEditDate="2019-07-17T15:12:27.497" LastActivityDate="2019-07-17T15:12:27.497" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18722" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-07-17T15:36:44.283" Score="-6" ViewCount="168" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have &quot;earned &quot; some popularity badge AND STILL GETTING this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is forum owner privilege to administer the forum to his / her liking.  Somehow it seems very difficult for owners to realize that WITHOUT forum participants such &quot;privilege&quot; is pretty worthless and restricting the forum participant contribution does not contribute to popularity of a product nor advancement of the technology.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Of course if the forum purpose is to collect statistical data and rating &quot;well-received posts &quot;, disregard my remarks. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;PS I have attempted to &quot;improve formatting and clarity&quot; of mine not so well received posts and still getting this message. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Wait! Some of your past questions have not been well-received, and you're in danger of being blocked from asking any more.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For help formulating a clear, useful question, see: How do I ask a good question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, edit your previous questions to improve formatting and clarity.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1356422" OwnerDisplayName="user580382" LastActivityDate="2019-07-17T15:55:03.320" Title="How does this works?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18723" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18722" CreationDate="2019-07-17T15:45:08.047" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;You are also a user at Stack Overflow, so I suggest you try following the steps of Stack Overflow's question &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/questions/ask&quot;&gt;guided mode&lt;/a&gt;. This step-by-step wizard will guide you through the steps of asking a good question. There is a lot of overflow between how to ask a good question at Stack Overflow and at Ask Ubuntu too.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When it comes to writing a good answer, I also had problems when I started out at ubuntuforums.org and one of my answers was even deleted. It took 9 years for me to figure out why this answer was deleted, which I found out by means of an exchange of comments at Super User Q&amp;amp;A. By the time I started at Ask Ubuntu I was already a bit familiar with how these help sites work. In all these years nothing helped me to improve my answers as much as studying the criticism I received and trying to learn lessons from it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="94914" OwnerDisplayName="karel" LastEditorUserId="94914" LastEditDate="2019-07-17T15:55:03.320" LastActivityDate="2019-07-17T15:55:03.320" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18725" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18729" CreationDate="2019-07-19T20:31:10.487" Score="4" ViewCount="110" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just passed 25,000 rep, and now have access to site analytics.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On my profile summary tab, I see the following...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/yAgJx.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/yAgJx.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What does the new &lt;strong&gt;score&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;answers&lt;/strong&gt; numbers mean?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This &quot;new&quot; score/answers bars have never appeared on my summary page before. How does one change the &quot;Next tag badge&quot;, or is it static?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4272" LastEditorUserId="480481" LastEditDate="2019-07-20T04:01:41.737" LastActivityDate="2019-07-20T04:01:41.737" Title="Noticing &quot;score&quot; and &quot;answers&quot; bars after unlocking &quot;access to site analytics&quot;" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18726" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18725" CreationDate="2019-07-19T20:44:05.837" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;These two bars have nothing to do with the 25k analytics privilege, they are visualizing your progress towards the tag badge you're currently tracking. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In your case, that's currently the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/virtualbox&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;virtualbox&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;virtualbox&lt;/a&gt; tag. A score of 100 upvotes over at least 20 answers is the requirement for a bronze tag badge.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All this selection does is to pick one badge for which you can see the progress directly on your profile page. All others can be accessed and selected instead by clicking on the cog symbol next to the badge, as seen on your screenshot.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastActivityDate="2019-07-19T20:44:05.837" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18727" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18725" CreationDate="2019-07-19T20:44:34.240" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;That's your &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/virtualbox&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;virtualbox&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;virtualbox&lt;/a&gt; tag badge progress and has nothing to do with the site analytics.  &lt;strong&gt;0:-)&lt;/strong&gt;  You just went looking for something new and never noticed this one before &lt;em&gt;until now&lt;/em&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just click on &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/virtualbox&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;virtualbox&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;virtualbox&lt;/a&gt; and you can put &lt;em&gt;one of&lt;/em&gt; a number of badge progresses there...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;BTW:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Congratulations on being 25K rep and being in the top 1000 of users!¹&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note 1:&lt;/strong&gt; Top 0.12% is top 1000&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2019-07-20T03:37:01.103" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18728" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18725" CreationDate="2019-07-19T20:45:16.497" Score="3" Body="&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;score is the total of non-wiki answers for a tag (virtualbox). So each time you answer a question with a tag it goes up by 1.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;answers the total points you gained for that score&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;100/20 gets you a bronze badge for it but only gold is important 1000/200. Gold gets you the privilege to close questions with that tag instantly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastActivityDate="2019-07-19T20:45:16.497" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18729" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18725" CreationDate="2019-07-20T03:36:28.383" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The following question is raised in &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/18725/site-analytics-question#comment40013_18725&quot;&gt;a comment by OP&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This &quot;new&quot; score/answers bars have never appeared on my summary page before... so I thought it was related to site analytics. How does one change the &quot;Next tag badge&quot;, or is it static? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You didn't see this before because the site lets you track &lt;em&gt;either&lt;/em&gt; a &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/badges&quot;&gt;tag badge&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;or&lt;/em&gt; the next &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges&quot;&gt;privilege&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; to be unlocked and I'm pretty sure previously it was tracking privileges in your profile, something like this:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/SE2nt.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/SE2nt.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By reaching 25k, you have unlocked the last possible privilege, viz. '&lt;em&gt;access to site analytics&lt;/em&gt;'. Since there is no more privileges to track, the system has switched to tracking a tag badge instead and picked &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/virtualbox&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;virtualbox&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;virtualbox&lt;/a&gt; for being the most likely next in the queue (as per some algorithm).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as I know you cannot disable this feature. You can however pick a different tag to track by clicking the cogwheel next to tag being tracked currently (cogwheel next to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/virtualbox&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;virtualbox&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;virtualbox&lt;/a&gt; as in &lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/yAgJx.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;your screenshot&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="480481" LastEditorUserId="480481" LastEditDate="2019-07-20T03:51:13.290" LastActivityDate="2019-07-20T03:51:13.290" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18730" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18710" CreationDate="2019-07-20T12:18:42.810" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;The bottom-line from me is: do the installation/usage instructions provided by the software's publisher still apply to the version of Ubuntu that the user is running, or does using the software require shenanigans such as installing packages from other versions of Ubuntu or doing ugly things with symlinks or &lt;code&gt;LD_PRELOAD&lt;/code&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Java question goes into the first category, as probably does installing PHP 5.3, so even though I would not answer such questions myself I wouldn't VTC either.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The second category I am more uneasy with. While I can sympathise to some extent with the user who really, really needs to run software which was not compiled/packaged in a way that is compatible with his or her version of Ubuntu (&lt;em&gt;e.g.&lt;/em&gt;, software that is distributed as a DEB with a dependency on &lt;code&gt;libpng12-0&lt;/code&gt; when the user is running 18.04+), I just think that dealing with this should be the software's publisher's job, not ours, because we are not every software publisher's user support helpdesk.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Although I have in the past advised people about installing packages from other Ubuntu, I don't do it anymore and now in the above case I answer &quot;This package is not compatible with 18.04; you can use 16.04 or ask the package's publisher for a 18.04-compatible version,&quot; which I now believe is the only proper answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="256317" LastActivityDate="2019-07-20T12:18:42.810" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18731" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18732" CreationDate="2019-07-21T11:51:50.020" Score="2" ViewCount="96" Body="&lt;p&gt;I believe that it is very beneficial for related questions to be linked together for easy navigation.  When you use the duplicate tag, it has the benefit of linking questions together even if the question does not get closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question: Should we use the duplicate flag somewhat liberally, to link similar questions even if the questions are not &lt;em&gt;exactly&lt;/em&gt; the same?  Or should a duplicate flag be reserved only if you feel the question has an exact match and it should be closed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was advised the best place for related questions to show up is under &quot;related&quot;.  I agree, except I can't figure out how to link a question as &quot;related&quot;.  If not currently possible, it would be a good feature to be able to manually link &quot;related&quot; questions if duplicate flags are not to be used in this way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1159851/how-can-i-make-a-19-04-persistent-live-usb-from-windows&quot;&gt;The question I am referring to&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="953371" LastActivityDate="2019-07-22T00:35:15.303" Title="Duplicate vs Linked vs Related. Best practice for site navigation" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|flagging|moderation|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18732" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18731" CreationDate="2019-07-21T17:15:23.263" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you do not want to close the question as a duplicate, then &lt;em&gt;do not&lt;/em&gt; use the duplicate flag. Simply leave a comment with the link to the related question instead, then it would appear under the '&lt;strong&gt;Linked&lt;/strong&gt;' section at the right. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you flag the question, it goes to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/close/&quot;&gt;close vote review queue&lt;/a&gt; (accessible to users with 3000+ rep) and then it requires action from multiple reviewers. There is already a huge backlog of posts in this queue, &lt;em&gt;do not&lt;/em&gt; clog it more with unintended posts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="480481" LastEditorUserId="480481" LastEditDate="2019-07-22T00:35:15.303" LastActivityDate="2019-07-22T00:35:15.303" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18733" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-07-22T13:08:45.580" Score="5" ViewCount="138" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would like to renew / re-post my question about Bluetooth menu. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I want to add a screenshot to a post, I can use gnome-screenshot and copy the screenshot to the clipboard. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How do I add such a screenshot to this &quot;body&quot; of my post?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In other words - can I paste it here directly from clipboard? Yes or no?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And if yes, how?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have been saving screenshots in LibreOffice Writer files on my desktop and then adding the file here with the image dialog.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It works, but it's a little unnecessarily convoluted IMHO. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1356422" OwnerDisplayName="user580382" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2019-07-22T14:00:23.423" LastActivityDate="2019-07-23T03:35:38.963" Title="How can I add a screenshot directly from my clipboard to the body of a post?" Tags="|support|image|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18734" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18733" CreationDate="2019-07-22T14:53:44.570" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, you can.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Either click the '&lt;em&gt;enter image&lt;/em&gt;' button or press &lt;kbd&gt;Ctrl&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;G&lt;/kbd&gt;. Then it should get expanded as below:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/kTa5s.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/kTa5s.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Make sure you have an image in your clipboard and then simply press the universal paste shortcut &lt;kbd&gt;Ctrl&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;V&lt;/kbd&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="480481" LastEditorUserId="480481" LastEditDate="2019-07-22T16:28:50.637" LastActivityDate="2019-07-22T16:28:50.637" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18735" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18733" CreationDate="2019-07-23T03:35:38.963" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/sktr4.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/sktr4.png&quot; alt=&quot;Terminal menu bar &quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, both GUI “paste “ ( selected in mouse menu after right click )  or Ctrl +V works , however, not sure why there are still “instructions “ in the edited Body. They go away after &quot;Add picture&quot; button is used.   Sometime too many instructions are making things worst. BTW the objective was “from clipboard to Body “ - no “Image” button necessary. &#xA;Now if I can figure out how to screenshot the actual “pull down” menus. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user580382" LastActivityDate="2019-07-23T03:35:38.963" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18736" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-07-23T14:53:00.893" Score="2" ViewCount="48" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/1160354/320386&quot;&gt;This question&lt;/a&gt; concerns running minikube, a Kubernetes VM based on VirtualBox. The OP is experiencing the error as minikube can't be run on a nested VM (Windows, running Ubuntu on Vbox, runnin minikube). This is something that may be developed in future as described &lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/issues/4530&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It feels like I should maybe VTC as bug report/feature request, but also that the correct answer is &quot;You can't do that yet&quot;, which may be useful for other users?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should I vote to close or answer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="320386" LastActivityDate="2019-07-23T16:24:50.500" Title="Should this question be closed or answered?" Tags="|discussion|vote-to-close|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18737" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18736" CreationDate="2019-07-23T14:57:36.417" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't think this is a bug report, as they are simply stating they have this issue and it's a known issue already reported upstream and already indicated as &quot;Not Supported&quot; (&lt;em&gt;which is an answer!&lt;/em&gt;) nor is the question offtopic so I would say the two proper things to do are either &lt;strong&gt;answer the question&lt;/strong&gt; or &lt;strong&gt;do nothing&lt;/strong&gt; (but it sounds like this second option is NOT what you want to do).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Save the close votes for actual things that need closed - actual not-questions, unclear questions, offtopic questions, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2019-07-23T16:24:50.500" LastActivityDate="2019-07-23T16:24:50.500" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18738" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18739" CreationDate="2019-07-24T07:09:29.843" Score="0" ViewCount="63" Body="&lt;p&gt;So I posted a &lt;s&gt; brilliant&lt;/s&gt; Q and A on how to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1160618/how-do-i-resize-partitions-when-i-dont-have-physical-access-to-a-remote-server&quot;&gt;resize partitions when you don't have physical access to Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt; as I'm seeing this happen all the time and couldn't find any specific answers here on how to do that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If anyone visiting meta has posted something similar, please feel free to close it as a duplicate.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;To raise visibility of the Q&amp;amp;A, I &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/51132627#51132627&quot;&gt;posted a link in chat already&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question now becomes:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Is it ethical / technically possible to raise a bounty on this question in a few days and if no one comes up with another &lt;s&gt;brilliant&lt;/s&gt; answer, &lt;strong&gt;award the bounty to myself???&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastActivityDate="2019-07-24T09:20:33.390" Title="Raise visibility of self-answer by awarding bounty to self" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18739" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18738" CreationDate="2019-07-24T09:20:33.390" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;See e.g. &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/1358/367990&quot;&gt;Is a user not allowed to give the bounty to himself?&lt;/a&gt; linking the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/16067/280883&quot;&gt;How does the bounty system work?&lt;/a&gt; FAQ:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can not assign bounties to yourself (any more) at all, the button should be gone. In the past (before around 2011, I think), it was possible to award the bounty, but it would always display as &lt;kbd&gt;+0&lt;/kbd&gt; and return no points.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That does not mean you can not still place a bounty on the question, but you should not do it for the sake of promoting your own answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also please keep in mind that linking your own posts in chat is close to the border of inviting for targeted votes, which is frowned upon, so don't do that regularly. Exceptions should be okay.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What you could do instead that seems more legitimate and beneficial for the whole site to me is to share a link to the question or answer on social media and/or external sites. There are even &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/badges/57/announcer&quot;&gt;badges&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/badges/58/booster&quot;&gt;for&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/badges/59/publicist&quot;&gt;that&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastActivityDate="2019-07-24T09:20:33.390" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18741" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18748" CreationDate="2019-07-27T18:19:44.303" Score="0" ViewCount="140" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;In general, this meta post would have an objective answer of &quot;yes&quot; or &quot;no&quot; with simple reasoning; however, I have added &quot;(but what if)&quot; because I am looking for additional answers in case of not-so-simple reasonings.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/16990/37165&quot;&gt;Can I award a bounty to an answer that I like&lt;/a&gt;, which was asked in 2017, has received an answer that says, &quot;You can absolutely do that&quot;--in short, yes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Following that, I wanted to clarify this matter: What if the answer that I like seems underappreciated, but is not accepted and having mixed votes or zero votes?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Example post: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/1125710/37165&quot;&gt;What does it mean to make a bootable LiveUSB?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Recently &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/1125710/timeline&quot;&gt;(see timeline)&lt;/a&gt;, I have started my first bounty on the example post. The question itself somehow received a mixed response until the post has been revised by OP about four months ago. I consider this question is very relevant to anyone whom just about to try using Ubuntu, then soon discovered that creating Live USB is not the same as Live CD, as in copying (writing) ISO file to the storage media.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the example post, the most voted answer (also the longest answer) has been accepted as the best answer by OP. Personally, I do not think that is the best answer at all. There are several other answers that use less words but does a better job at answering the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I started a bounty to bring attention to the post and to appreciate the answer that I like. But what if I decided to award bounty to either one of these:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Case A (mixed votes)&lt;/strong&gt;: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/1125846/37165&quot;&gt;This answer by sudodus&lt;/a&gt; has total votes of +5/-1, but not sure why the -1 vote. Down-vote reason is not known. At least one commentator appreciated this answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Case B (zero votes)&lt;/strong&gt;: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/1125952/37165&quot;&gt;This answer by Dmitry Grigoryev&lt;/a&gt; has total votes of +1/0, but I consider that as having zero votes because +1 was voted by myself. Am I the only one who think this is also a good answer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note: If necessary, I will post a meta answer below to explain my reasoning why both answers are good, despite each has a different approach.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My concern is that the non-accepted answers that I like seem to have relatively less votes or zero votes. So far, I do not recall any bounty being awarded to such posts on Ask Ubuntu (and not even other Stack Exchange sites that I had joined so far).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In other words, bounties are usually awarded to either: Accepted answer, or most voted answer, or least voted but the only answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hence my meta question: Say I decided to award a bounty to such answer. As a result, will my decision cause the awarded answer to be targeted by unexpected down-votes or disagreement by the community? What are the recommended steps to appreciate such answer without causing such unintended result?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;TL;DR&lt;/strong&gt;: Started a bounty to appreciate the underappreciated answers, but now I &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chicken_out&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;chickened out&lt;/a&gt;, thinking of possible disagreement and such unintended result due to awarding bounty to least voted answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user37165" LastActivityDate="2019-08-01T14:41:03.170" Title="Should I award a bounty to a non-accepted answer (but what if)?" Tags="|discussion|bounty|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18742" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18741" CreationDate="2019-07-27T19:00:17.413" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;You started the bounty and paid with your own points, so you can decide whichever answer it shall be awarded to. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is no requirement or recommendation to award it to the accepted or highest voted answer - it just usually happens to be like that because all three are indicators of the most helpful answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An answer having few or no votes so far does not necessarily mean it is a bad answer either, it might just not have got much attention yet - maybe because it was posted much later than the question and/or many other answers. A single downvote is also nothing serious. Sometimes they're just from someone who had a bad day or misclicked without noticing - or &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/215397/280883&quot;&gt;Tim Post lost his keys again&lt;/a&gt;. Don't feel afraid to show appreciation for a post just because there might be some people who don't share it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;About your bounty possibly causing &quot;balance downvotes&quot;, I'd not put too many thoughts on that either. While of course somebody might come by and do that, I believe chances of people seeing a bounty as indicator that someone who knows their stuff really liked this one, as intended, are much higher. Otherwise, following your argumentation, you must not upvote any single post because it might provoke downvotes too. Also upvotes and especially bounties are worth much more reputation than a downvote takes away, btw.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So yeah, it's your decision where it should go to, within the boundaries of SE rules. The only criteria I would consider are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It is not possible to award a bounty to your own answer.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You should not give the bounty based on &lt;em&gt;who&lt;/em&gt; wrote an answer (equivalent to targeted voting, which can lead to moderating actions) but based on the quality of its content.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You should not give the bounty to an answer that is not suitable for the site and would otherwise deserve to get removed (i.e. anything that justifies post flags and deletion) - simply because we will still do that if necessary and then your points were in vain.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So much for the official part I can tell you as a moderator.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now personally, I would not think of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/1125952/367990&quot;&gt;Dmitry's answer here&lt;/a&gt; as a good bounty candidate, as even though it answers the question in a basic way, it doesn't really give you much to continue with. &lt;em&gt;&quot;Because of that, you need special magic to [...]&quot;&lt;/em&gt; is not really helpful IMHO. It is still a valid answer, but I would not consider it outstanding enough to deserve a bounty myself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2019-07-28T12:24:27.743" LastActivityDate="2019-07-28T12:24:27.743" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18743" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18744" CreationDate="2019-07-29T10:14:45.877" Score="5" ViewCount="67" Body="&lt;p&gt;Launchpad authentication is only available on AU. If you use that to create an AU profile, would doing so create a profile for you on the rest of the network?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="23239" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2019-07-29T10:59:12.617" LastActivityDate="2019-07-29T13:37:07.880" Title="If you sign up to Ask Ubuntu via Launchpad, would a profile get created on the wider SE network?" Tags="|support|login|launchpad|openid|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18744" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18743" CreationDate="2019-07-29T13:37:07.880" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, it should.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;However, you cannot use your Launchpad OAuth login on any site other than Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/strong&gt;  So you should also add either a StackExchange local login or a secondary login from, say, Google or Facebook, in order to authenticate to other sites (when cross-site cookies don't work or such).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2019-07-29T13:37:07.880" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18745" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-07-31T18:09:01.137" Score="-8" ViewCount="121" Body="&lt;p&gt;Please remove the ridiculous 20 minute wait time for each additional question. I often have more than one question and do not see any reason to waste time. You are disrespecting the members of this forum with this unnecessary restriction. And this Ubuntu Meta is even worse a 40 minute restriction is also unacceptable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="873515" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2019-07-31T19:54:25.213" LastActivityDate="2019-09-20T18:43:20.787" Title="remove one question every 20 minutes limit" Tags="|feature-request|status-bydesign|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18746" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18745" CreationDate="2019-07-31T18:30:17.670" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you earn 125 reputation the limit will be removed. &#xA;The reason for this limit is to reduce spam questions, there is no chance it will be removed permanently. It is not disrespecting anyone, in fact it is improving the quality of the content on the site. &#xA;If you really want to take this further you need to post on &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions&quot;&gt;meta.stackexchange.com&lt;/a&gt; but it won't go down well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is some information on how you can earn that reputation: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1209/how-do-i-quickly-gain-reputation&quot;&gt;How do I quickly gain reputation?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastEditorUserId="75060" LastEditDate="2019-09-20T18:43:20.787" LastActivityDate="2019-09-20T18:43:20.787" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18747" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18745" CreationDate="2019-07-31T19:54:12.673" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Until such time as you gain 125 reputation from the site (and therefore have your New User Limits removed here on Ask Ubuntu) you cannot post more than 1 question every 40 minutes on the site and its meta site (and this will apply &lt;strong&gt;anywhere across the StackExchange network&lt;/strong&gt; where you do not have the requisite 125 rep on those specific sites).  This is inbuilt rate limiting that has been around here for an eternity and is &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;hardcoded&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; into the StackExchange network and its sites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The rationale behind the various rate limitations you are going to encounter until you get enough rep are all detailed in &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/164899/the-complete-rate-limiting-guide/164900#164900&quot;&gt;The Complete Rate-Limiting Guide&lt;/a&gt; on Meta.SE.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The specific part you're going to want to focus on is this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;h2&gt;Asking&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Users with &amp;lt; 125 rep on the current site, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/a/322265&quot;&gt;40 minutes since their last question anywhere on the network&lt;/a&gt; (This applies to the user's&#xA;  IP address, not their account. If the user shares that IP with other&#xA;  users, they can be limited by the other user asking a question&#xA;  anywhere on the network.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/vr3HC.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/vr3HC.png&quot; alt=&quot;Question limit - You can only post once every 40 minutes&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Other per-site limits may apply; e.g. on Stack Overflow, new users can only ask once every 90 minutes&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;While the limit is waived for users with 125+ reputation on a given site, questions posted on sites where one has 125+ reputation&#xA;  still count toward the rate limit for sites where one doesn't. For&#xA;  instance, if you ask a question on a site where you have 150 rep, you&#xA;  can't ask another question on a site where you have only 100 rep for&#xA;  the next 40 minutes; however, you can ask them in reverse order&#xA;  immediately (first on the 100-rep site, then on the 150-rep site).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And keep in mind these restrictions specifically are &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;network-wide&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; so they apply on Ask Ubuntu, Superuser, Unix &amp;amp; Linux, Meta sites for each of these sites, etc. globally as defined.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Changes to this need to be proposed up at Meta.SE, as they affect all sites on the network, however I'm going to assume that you're going to run into a lot of flak with these 'requests' and proposals.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2019-07-31T19:54:12.673" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18748" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18741" CreationDate="2019-08-01T12:29:58.587" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I will answer my own meta question to explain how I made my decision.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Regarding the bounty, even one would be using own points and the decision is on whom had started that, one should also consider to evaluate if the to-be-awarded answer is actually &quot;valued&quot; by others to some extent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I use the word &quot;valued&quot; to describe the uncertain hint or some shy acknowledgement by others based on the votes distribution and constructive comments. If the answer has the least votes and no other constructive comments, that will be more difficult to decide.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Looking at &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/1125710/37165&quot;&gt;the example post&lt;/a&gt; (edited Mar 14 at 19:24):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I have to install Ubuntu on a PC and I saw I have to make a bootable LiveUSB from the Ubuntu iso file. However, I can't understand what's the technical difference between making a bootable LiveUSB with a program like Rufus, and copying a .iso file on a USB.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  Why is not enough to copy it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question asked the difference between a Live USB created by the program and another one created by just copying. That is neither about how does PC turns on and boot the Live USB, nor about how does BIOS/UEFI handle a Live USB--these are indeed related but do not really answer the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for the answers, many of them write like a commentary, a how-to, or a combination of both, which seemingly valid answers but not the real answer to the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Personally, I would consider sudodus' and Dmitry's answers are the real answers (to this meta-answered date). Both are good for different reasons that I could tell from my end-user experience, as follows.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/1125846/37165&quot;&gt;sudodus' answer&lt;/a&gt; is well-explained using less words. That contains &lt;em&gt;conventional&lt;/em&gt; information for end-users to understand &quot;there must be a bootloader&quot; and some associated details with BIOS/UEFI systems and 32/64-bit ISO images.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/1125952/37165&quot;&gt;Dmitry's answer&lt;/a&gt; is short and concise. That contains &lt;em&gt;sufficient&lt;/em&gt; information for end-users to understand Live USB has different layout from an ISO image, without complicating the matter with other technical information.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Between the two answers, sudodus' answer would have the upper hand:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&quot;There must be a bootloader&quot; is essentially the short answer, and the remaining text are expanded from the first five words;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The cloning tools and extracting tools: These are likely known to experienced users including myself, but somehow not well-explained by others (This explains how a Live USB may be created, given that &quot;a program like Rufus&quot; was noted by OP);&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&quot;If you simply copy [...]&quot; with external links: The reason is summarized in the last paragraph, then some links are provided for further reading (This repeats whatever explained from the beginning in least words possible that affirms the answer itself).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In terms of &quot;valued&quot; indicators:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;sudodus' answer has changed from +5/-1 (before) to +7/-1 (after). Down-vote reason is not known. At least one commentator appreciated this answer. No new comment.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Dmitry's answer has changed from +1/0 (before) to +2/-1 (after). Down-vote reason is probably not worth the bounty compared to sudodus' answer, or might be the counter-vote that balances my earlier vote. No new comment.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;My evaluation&lt;/strong&gt;: sudodus' answer not only answers the question itself, but also written in a way that could guide the readers to understand how a bootable Live USB is different from an ISO image or a Live CD. In fact, this is the only answer that clearly described the way a Live USB may be created by cloning or extracting, in addition to the reason &quot;why&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Based on my evaluation, sudodus' answer deserves the bounty.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;P.S.: This meta answer is specific to the example post, and may not be applicable to other underappreciated posts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;P.P.S: The bounty has been awarded (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/1125710/timeline#history_c6f78723-0ed0-4613-88fd-fb8131bc5d43&quot;&gt;2019-08-01 14:32:44Z&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user37165" LastEditorDisplayName="user37165" LastEditDate="2019-08-01T14:41:03.170" LastActivityDate="2019-08-01T14:41:03.170" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18749" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-08-02T18:09:26.667" Score="0" ViewCount="68" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What to use to backup server admin files to Google Drive?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I'd like to schedule periodic backups of admin files in an Ubuntu&#xA;  server to Google Drive but in a way that the server only uploads the&#xA;  files that have changed without keeping a local backup.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;From what I was able to read in a couple of blog posts, Deja-Dup works&#xA;  with Google Drive but I'm not sure if the entire operation could be&#xA;  accomplished from the command line, including Google Drive account set&#xA;  up process. Also, it seems to me that Deja-Dup would create local&#xA;  copies of each file.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;In case of restoring a individual file I also would like to just drag&#xA;  and dropping files from Google Drive onto a FTP client, so it would&#xA;  help is the tools used for the backup would upload the raw individual&#xA;  files.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="128893" LastActivityDate="2019-08-02T18:09:26.667" Title="Is this question about software recommendations on topic?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2019-08-02T18:30:17.687" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18750" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18751" CreationDate="2019-08-05T20:46:37.440" Score="2" ViewCount="84" Body="&lt;p&gt;As Microsoft improved windows subsystem for linux to version 2 there should be some questions related to version. the new tag  kind of wsl2 could be useful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="722922" LastEditorUserId="722922" LastEditDate="2019-08-06T17:44:57.740" LastActivityDate="2019-08-06T17:44:57.740" Title="Should there be a new tag wsl2?" Tags="|feature-request|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18751" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18750" CreationDate="2019-08-06T08:21:27.367" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;No. Not unless version 2 is somehow completely different and someone can be an expert in WSL2 and not in WSL. The version can be mentioned in the body, that is helpful, but having a different tag for every version of a tool that comes out will just complicate things.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I'd say we really don't need separate tags for separate versions of WSL. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2019-08-06T12:13:46.133" LastActivityDate="2019-08-06T12:13:46.133" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18752" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18753" CreationDate="2019-08-06T11:30:28.227" Score="10" ViewCount="216" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm at fault here, as I first created that tag. However, I agree with @terdon's &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/18750/should-there-be-a-new-tag-wsl2&quot;&gt;answer&lt;/a&gt; on another question that, separate tags for separate versions of a tool aren't helpful unless there was a big change and expertise between the 2 versions if completely different.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/apache2.4&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;apache2.4&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;apache2.4&lt;/a&gt; be a synonym of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/apache2&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;apache2&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;apache2&lt;/a&gt; in that case?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have created a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tags/apache2/synonyms&quot;&gt;synonym suggestion for the tags&lt;/a&gt; as the Rinzwind's seems to be the preferred opinion (I assume I did it correctly).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastEditorUserId="8698" LastEditDate="2019-08-14T10:48:58.093" LastActivityDate="2019-08-14T10:48:58.093" Title="Should apache2.4 be a synonym of apache2?" Tags="|discussion|tags|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18753" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18752" CreationDate="2019-08-06T11:59:35.340" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastActivityDate="2019-08-06T11:59:35.340" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18754" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18752" CreationDate="2019-08-06T13:33:43.747" Score="-3" Body="&lt;p&gt;No.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="522934" LastActivityDate="2019-08-06T13:33:43.747" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18757" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-08-08T01:40:04.557" Score="-1" ViewCount="76" Body="&lt;p&gt;It would be nice to have boiler-plate answers we can post without having to type them out all the time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Something akin to this: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1164196/i-dont-know-where-to-post-this/1164205#1164205&quot;&gt;I don&amp;#39;t know where to post this&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Forgive me for poorly worded question I'm kind of community brain-storming here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="307523" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2019-08-08T06:59:28.860" LastActivityDate="2019-08-08T07:06:17.753" Title="Feature request: canned answers" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|answers|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18758" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18757" CreationDate="2019-08-08T06:08:00.043" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is not answering the question for canned answers because I don’t see a valid usecase for them. Unlike a comment, an answer is as unique as a question, and if it’s not unique then it’s a duplicate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;this answer which is nothing more than an extended-length, nicely-formatted comment&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you agree this is actually not an answer, we don’t need that for &lt;em&gt;answers&lt;/em&gt; but rather for (nicely formatted) &lt;em&gt;comments&lt;/em&gt; – meet the AutoReviewComments userscript:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://stackapps.com/q/2116&quot;&gt;AutoReviewComments - Pro-forma comments for SE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Combined with some canned comments from this Meta this is a powerful weapon in the daily wars out there, e.g. from:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/1323/507051&quot;&gt;What prewritten Pro-forma (aka AutoReviewComments) userscript comments can we use and share?&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="507051" LastEditorUserId="507051" LastEditDate="2019-08-08T07:06:17.753" LastActivityDate="2019-08-08T07:06:17.753" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18759" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-08-11T15:20:53.157" Score="17" ViewCount="165" Body="&lt;p&gt;We have 51 questions tagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/frequency&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;frequency&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;frequency&lt;/a&gt;. This seems like an extremely general, cross-cutting concept that isn't useful as a tag. However, &lt;em&gt;most&lt;/em&gt; questions tagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/frequency&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;frequency&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;frequency&lt;/a&gt; are questions about CPU frequency. The tag has no tag wiki.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We also have a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/cpufreq&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;cpufreq&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;cpufreq&lt;/a&gt; tag. Some questions currently have both tags. It seems to me that &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/cpufreq&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;cpufreq&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;cpufreq&lt;/a&gt; could (and thus far &lt;em&gt;has been&lt;/em&gt;) used to cover the entire concept of CPU frequency, though &lt;em&gt;in theory&lt;/em&gt; it is more specific than that. Its &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tags/cpufreq/info&quot;&gt;tag wiki excerpt&lt;/a&gt; currently says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;CPU Frequency, or CPU Frequency Scaling. This is implemented in the Linux kernel, and in versions since 3.4 use an ondemand governor by default, which saves power by using as much as is needed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A couple &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/frequency&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;frequency&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;frequency&lt;/a&gt; questions are about CPU frequency but use the tag in a broader way, or are about something similar to but not the same as CPU frequency:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/930372/setting-intel-gpu-limits-in-ubuntu-17-04-no-longer-works&quot;&gt;Setting intel GPU limits in Ubuntu 17.04 no longer works&lt;/a&gt; is about CPU frequency but also &lt;em&gt;GPU&lt;/em&gt; frequency.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/216542/how-can-i-change-the-frequency-of-the-ram-and-also-know-its-value-from-ubuntu&quot;&gt;How can I change the frequency of the RAM, and also know its value from Ubuntu?&lt;/a&gt; is about RAM frequency.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A significant minority of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/frequency&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;frequency&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;frequency&lt;/a&gt; questions aren't about CPU frequency or anything related to it:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1113866/can-simons-voice-recognition-understand-frequency-instead-of-words&quot;&gt;Can Simon&amp;#39;s voice recognition understand frequency instead of words?&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1073378/filter-high-pitched-sound-on-live-audio&quot;&gt;Filter high-pitched sound on live audio&lt;/a&gt; are about pitch.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/945657/finding-the-frequency-of-can-controller-area-network-send-and-receive-messages&quot;&gt;Finding the frequency of CAN (controller area network) send and receive messages&lt;/a&gt; is about &lt;a href=&quot;https://docs.espressif.com/projects/esp-idf/en/latest/api-reference/peripherals/can.html#basic-can-concepts&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;CAN&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/754640/ubuntu-phone-aquarius-4-5-change-of-umts-frequency&quot;&gt;Ubuntu phone (Aquarius 4.5) change of UMTS frequency&lt;/a&gt; is about &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UMTS&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;UMTS&lt;/a&gt; bands (for cellular phones).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/578174/wifi-connection-deauthenticated-by-router&quot;&gt;Wifi connection deauthenticated by router&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/55740/how-to-find-which-wifi-frequencies-are-being-used-the-most-near-by&quot;&gt;How to find which WiFi frequencies are being used the most near by?&lt;/a&gt; are about Wi-Fi.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/463858/change-logitech-unifying-reciever-frequency-band&quot;&gt;Change Logitech Unifying Reciever Frequency Band?&lt;/a&gt; is about a wireless mouse (and interference from Wi-Fi).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/289277/can-i-sync-a-folder-once-a-day-rather-than-immediately&quot;&gt;Can I sync a folder once a day rather than immediately&lt;/a&gt; is about how often a backup is performed.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/210074/how-to-check-current-monitor-frequency&quot;&gt;How to check current monitor frequency?&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/164103/cannot-do-anything-after-booting-ubuntu-12-04-lts-problem-with-resolution&quot;&gt;cannot do anything after booting ubuntu 12.04 lts  , problem with resolution&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/67681/frequency-out-of-range-ati-hd-4670&quot;&gt;Frequency out of range ATI HD 4670&lt;/a&gt; are about monitors (or graphics cards).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What should we do with the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/frequency&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;frequency&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;frequency&lt;/a&gt; tag? Should we keep it? If so, should it retain is currently very general meaning? Should we remove it from questions that aren't about CPU frequency and make it a synonym of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/cpufreq&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;cpufreq&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;cpufreq&lt;/a&gt;? Or should we edit it out of the posts that currently have it, replacing it with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/cpufreq&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;cpufreq&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;cpufreq&lt;/a&gt; or other tags where applicable?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My inclination is to think it's fine to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/cpufreq&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;cpufreq&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;cpufreq&lt;/a&gt; on any post about CPU frequency, and that the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/frequency&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;frequency&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;frequency&lt;/a&gt; tag need not exist. But I'm not sure.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2019-08-11T15:55:46.093" LastActivityDate="2019-08-11T15:55:46.093" Title="How often is [frequency] useful?" Tags="|discussion|tags|retag-request|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18760" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18761" CreationDate="2019-08-11T18:04:04.367" Score="3" ViewCount="82" Body="&lt;p&gt;I got into a difficult situation where I can't use my primary laptop. I posted a question on Ask Ubuntu seeking for help and the first comment I received feels arrogant. is it OK? IMHO it doesn't sound welcoming and I think it goes against SO &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/conduct&quot;&gt;Code of Conduct&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;is it just me too sensitive? do you find this comment rude?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The comment: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1165010/cant-open-files-terminal-and-screenshot#comment1942135_1165010&quot;&gt;Can&amp;#39;t open Files, Terminal, and Screenshot&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Why don't you uninstall it and see if the damage is permanent before seeking a solution!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="519758" LastActivityDate="2019-08-11T18:13:32.290" Title="unpleasant comment" Tags="|discussion|best-practice|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18761" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18760" CreationDate="2019-08-11T18:07:43.940" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think the comment is a little bit brusque, and a little bit rude in the wording, but not enough to really warrant any CoC violation action beyond the comment deletion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As such, comment deleted, but also consider that your response to the comment about the comment being 'arrogant' is just as unhelpful and problematic as it tends to do nothing but incite a fight, so it was removed as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Next time you feel a comment is abusive towards you just use a mod flag and ask us to evaluate it.  Don't rebuke a comment with an accusatory comment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2019-08-11T18:13:32.290" LastActivityDate="2019-08-11T18:13:32.290" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18762" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18763" CreationDate="2019-08-15T13:07:27.053" Score="11" ViewCount="155" Body="&lt;p&gt;I &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/970476&quot;&gt;proposed an edit&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1165800/403-forbidden-error-apache2-ubuntu-tried-everything-and-all-solutions-ive-read&quot;&gt;on this post&lt;/a&gt;. It was rejected with the reason &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This edit did not correct critical issues with the post - view the revision history to see what should have been changed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The new edit is almost the same, save some minor style details, and what moves me to post this question is that said edit didn't resolve what I think &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; a critical issue, which is the title:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;403 Forbidden Error Apache2 Ubuntu (Tried everything and all solutions I've ready.)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which I corrected to:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;403 Forbidden Error Apache2 Ubuntu&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I guess that there's no action I can do to revert or at least discuss this situation?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I wanted to use this space to complain. I understand if it gets downvoted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="931617" LastActivityDate="2019-08-15T13:37:40.763" Title="Proposed edit rejected - new edition is almost the same and didn't solve some problems" Tags="|discussion|suggested-edits|edits|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18763" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18762" CreationDate="2019-08-15T13:29:24.323" Score="17" Body="&lt;p&gt;I clicked Reject and Edit while reviewing the post. Although the rejection is shown as being done by the &lt;em&gt;Community&lt;/em&gt; bot, I'm the one who's responsible for your edit being rejected (whether or not that action ends up being considered the correct one).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I rejected the edit because it:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;applied incorrect formatting to code-like text.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If paths are to be formatted specially, they should be formatted as code, not bolded. In rare cases, paths could be bolded (though typically also formatted as code) to indicate that they are especially important and should receive more attention than the surrounding text. That did not apply here.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;removed leading whitespace inside an already-correctly formatted block of code.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This whitespace was presumably present in the file being shown, so removing it made the post less accurate. Even aside from that, removing that whitespace didn't constitute an improvement. It did not make the code any easier to read; it just changed it from having one indentation width to another.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When a block of code is presented in a question to show something as it exists on the asker's computer, there is almost never a good reason to edit that block of code to show something else. Edits that do this without explaining the reason should rarely (if ever) be approved.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Accepting and improving the edit, to correct these problems, would have been much harder than just editing correctly starting from the existing revision, which is a pretty strong heuristic indication that an edit should be rejected.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is not a guess. I know it would have been harder because I actually tried that first--I generally prefer to accept and improve edits than to reject them--then backed out of it when I realized it was not reasonable to do that. Then I clicked &lt;em&gt;Reject and Edit&lt;/em&gt; and applied my own edits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I should very likely have improved the title while I was at it, and I think that should be considered an error on my part. I am sorry about this. &quot;403 Forbidden Error Apache2 Ubuntu&quot; is not really a good title. But removing the vague parenthesized text after it would indeed have been an improvement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Although I don't think the change to the title would have justified approving the edit given the other problems, I nonetheless think I could have done things better in light of that. I could either have edited the title during my edit, or rejected your edit with a &lt;em&gt;custom&lt;/em&gt; message pointing out what was harmful, or both.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2019-08-15T13:37:40.763" LastActivityDate="2019-08-15T13:37:40.763" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18764" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18765" CreationDate="2019-08-15T15:16:24.037" Score="11" ViewCount="241" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&lt;/a&gt; stated in part when I wrote this question: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Questions that you may ask:  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Using and administering official Ubuntu flavors including: Edubuntu (14.04), Ubuntu GNOME, Kubuntu, Ubuntu Kylin, Lubuntu, Mythbuntu (16.04), Ubuntu Studio, Xubuntu, Ubuntu MATE, Ubuntu Touch, Ubuntu Budgie (17.04+) and Ubuntu &quot;Snappy&quot; Core.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1165734/link-for-download-latest-edubuntu/1165737&quot;&gt;question arose about Edubuntu&lt;/a&gt; yesterday. After noting the OP could install Ubuntu then add &lt;em&gt;edubuntu-desktop&lt;/em&gt;, the thought came to me; why do we explicitly specify Edubuntu 14.04 is supported? Why not instead state we support the packages of &lt;em&gt;edubuntu-desktop&lt;/em&gt; instead, to eliminate the appearance of supporting 14.04? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Inquiring minds want to know :).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="197910" LastEditorUserId="197910" LastEditDate="2019-08-15T15:56:27.603" LastActivityDate="2019-08-15T15:56:27.603" Title="Is Edubuntu 14.04 supported by askubuntu.com?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18765" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18764" CreationDate="2019-08-15T15:34:59.137" Score="17" Body="&lt;p&gt;The idea is that we only support &lt;em&gt;official&lt;/em&gt; Ubuntu flavors and those are basically defined as the flavors listed on &lt;a href=&quot;https://ubuntu.com/download/flavours&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://ubuntu.com/download/flavours&lt;/a&gt;. That page currently shows:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Kubuntu&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Lubuntu&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ubuntu Budgie&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ubuntu Kylin&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ubuntu MATE&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ubuntu Studio&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Xubuntu&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That list doesn't include Edubuntu which means we don't support it. Back when this was originally raised, that one specific version of Edubuntu was an official flavor, but since 14.04 has reached EOL it is no longer supported. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, given that the list now is what I mentioned above, and Edubuntu and Ubuntu Gnome &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuFlavors&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;are marked as deprecated&lt;/a&gt;, I edited the on topic page to only mention those:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Using and administering &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com/about/about-ubuntu/derivatives&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;official Ubuntu flavors&lt;/a&gt;: Ubuntu, Ubuntu Budgie, Ubuntu MATE, Kubuntu, Ubuntu Kylin, Lubuntu, Ubuntu Studio and Xubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If anyone disagrees, now's the time to say so!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;The text was changed a while back in response to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/8682/85695&quot;&gt;a meta question&lt;/a&gt; I had asked when I first started hanging out here on AU. The beautiful irony is that when I asked it I wasn't a mod, so I even included the following:&#xA;&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;Since that is only 8 items that don't change very often, it shouldn't be too hard to maintain (he said, safe in the knowledge that maintaining it is not his job anyway).&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt; Well, since then things have changed and now it &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; my job to maintain it. D'oh! &lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2019-08-15T15:43:16.553" LastActivityDate="2019-08-15T15:43:16.553" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18766" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-08-16T00:32:13.853" Score="1" ViewCount="86" Body="&lt;p&gt;Would like to change it to DBGTBAH. Don't like my current username, and couldn't find it how to change it on here. It's out possible to do on my own? If not, where would I post this? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="849376" OwnerDisplayName="frigocc" LastEditorUserId="480481" LastEditDate="2019-08-16T08:01:05.427" LastActivityDate="2019-08-16T09:01:30.667" Title="How To Change Username On This Site?" Tags="|support|user-accounts|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2019-08-16T10:14:55.173" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18767" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18766" CreationDate="2019-08-16T06:03:57.257" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can do it yourself from within your user profile.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Click on the favicon on the Stack Exchange yo bar (hovering over it with your mouse will show you current username).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This will take you to your Activity page and click on the menu option Profile at the top.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here, under your Username and to the right of your chose favicon you will see in red &lt;code&gt;Click here to edit&lt;/code&gt; unless you already have some text in 'about me' in which case you may have to click on Main User over on the right to give access to Edit profile and settings as shown in graphic 2 below.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After clicking on this option you will be able to edit your name as required (and change your picture to something else if desired) then go to the bottom f the page and select as required &quot;Save changes just for this community&quot; or &quot; Save and copy changes to all public communities&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/jIXCd.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/jIXCd.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/7cJbW.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/7cJbW.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/QvNd5.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/QvNd5.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="307670" OwnerDisplayName="Graham" LastEditorUserId="307670" LastEditDate="2019-08-16T09:01:30.667" LastActivityDate="2019-08-16T09:01:30.667" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18768" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18769" CreationDate="2019-08-17T19:22:10.557" Score="13" ViewCount="320" Body="&lt;p&gt;Before marking this as a duplicate of &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/6715/why-did-i-lose-2-reputation-points&quot;&gt;this related question&lt;/a&gt;, take into account that my question is about &lt;strong&gt;the reason why&lt;/strong&gt; this happens, not the &lt;em&gt;cause&lt;/em&gt; of it, which is what &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/6716/931617&quot;&gt;the answer to that question&lt;/a&gt; addresses, not explaining why this mechanism is in place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/whats-reputation&quot;&gt;The Help Center page on reputation&lt;/a&gt; doesn't even mention it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Editing a question takes time and effort (relatively) which is rewarded with points. Very understandable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But when your edited question is removed, you lose those points. Why? The removing of the question is something out of the control of the editor.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems to me that the message is &lt;em&gt;&quot;Don't put effort into editing questions that could be removed&quot;&lt;/em&gt;. But that's just a gamble.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Two point are not that much, nothing to cry about, and I won't. After all it's a &quot;sum 0&quot; situation. But I think this is a valid question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="931617" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2019-08-18T11:29:51.527" LastActivityDate="2019-08-28T07:24:23.077" Title="What is the logic behind editors losing reputation when a question is removed?" Tags="|discussion|editing|reputation|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18769" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18768" CreationDate="2019-08-19T21:39:48.837" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;I &lt;em&gt;think&lt;/em&gt; this has been discussed before on &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Meta Stack Exchange&lt;/a&gt; but I'm unable to find the exact reference, probably because it's close to midnight already (for me anyway).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The philosophy behind this is that your reputation reflects contributions &lt;em&gt;which are visible on the site&lt;/em&gt;. If one of your own posts gets deleted, you'll lose any reputation you gained with it, and you'll get back any reputation you lost. (There's &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/5222/295232&quot;&gt;one exception&lt;/a&gt; for posts older than 60 days and a score of 3 or higher.) It happens when (a sufficient number of) other users vote to delete your post, which is more or less out of control of the author. It even happens if an answer you wrote gets deleted because its parent question is removed from the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An approved edit on a post which is now deleted is not a visible contribution anymore, and therefore yields no reputation. One particular advantage I just thought of: two users can farm reputation by approving edits on each other's posts. If the users delete the affected posts, it's a lot harder to detect this type of vote fraud.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="606366" LastActivityDate="2019-08-19T21:39:48.837" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18770" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18771" CreationDate="2019-08-19T22:48:24.883" Score="4" ViewCount="85" Body="&lt;p&gt;When multiple events (upvotes/downvotes/accept) happen on a single post, an expand icon shows up which shows all events in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/current?tab=reputation&quot;&gt;reputation tab&lt;/a&gt;. But since 2-3 days I observed that it ain't there. I thought it may be network wide but no, only Ask Ubuntu is affected. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Interestingly when I'm logged in, it doesn't shows up but when I'm logged out it's there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;When logged in&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/myikg.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/myikg.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;When logged out &#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/btEaf.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/btEaf.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="816190" LastEditorUserId="248158" LastEditDate="2019-08-20T13:29:59.633" LastActivityDate="2019-08-20T13:29:59.633" Title="Expand button isn't shown in the reputation tab after multiple events on a post" Tags="|support|reputation|profile-page|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18771" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18770" CreationDate="2019-08-20T07:19:17.813" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;When you open your &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/current?tab=reputation&quot;&gt;reputation page&lt;/a&gt;, make sure you have &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/current?tab=reputation&amp;amp;sort=post&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;Post&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/a&gt; as the selected sorting in the top right.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/F73ei.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/F73ei.png&quot; alt=&quot;Profile - Reputation&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastEditorUserId="480481" LastEditDate="2019-08-20T07:52:53.047" LastActivityDate="2019-08-20T07:52:53.047" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18772" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-08-21T10:04:01.883" Score="10" ViewCount="214" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Q0:&lt;/strong&gt; Where is the line of topicality where WSL is involved?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Q1:&lt;/strong&gt; Now that Ubuntu can be run on Windows using WSL, I see many questions about &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/windows-subsystem-for-linux&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;windows-subsystem-for-linux&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;windows-subsystem-for-linux&lt;/a&gt; Are these questions a better fit for a Windows-oriented site? If the problem is contained entirely on the Ubuntu side, I'd expect it's reasonable to ask here, as discussed in this question – &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/15229/567307&quot;&gt;Do we consider &amp;quot;Ubuntu on Windows 10&amp;quot; the same as an official Ubuntu flavour? Do we support it? To what extent?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Q2:&lt;/strong&gt; But what if the problem is getting WSL working at all? That is, it involves the Windows side. For instance, this question appears to be about a problem with the Windows Store that may have nothing to do with Ubuntu: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/1036930/567307&quot;&gt;Cannot Install Ubuntu 18.04 WSL&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Q3:&lt;/strong&gt; I've been informed that &quot;if you're using Ubuntu and trying to get it to do something, then you can ask about it here.&quot; So suppose I'm using Ubuntu on WSL, and I want to use it to process data from a Windows program. However, I can't get the program installed and working. This also appears to be entirely on the Windows side, independent of Ubuntu. However, since the intent &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; to use Ubuntu to process the data, would such a question about this scenario be appropriate here? For instance, this question is about accessing Windows-created Windows – &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/1147564/567307&quot;&gt;Accessing Windows Display via WSL X Server&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note: I don't use WSL, so likely won't be asking or answering any questions like these. I'm curious about the &lt;em&gt;rationale&lt;/em&gt; for drawing the line at various positions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Stats about WSL questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Total # of questions: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=%5Bwindows-subsystem-for-linux%5D%20is%3Aq&quot;&gt;416&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Total # of open questions with no answers whatsoever: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=%5Bwindows-subsystem-for-linux%5D%20is%3Aq%20answers%3A0%20closed%3Ano%20duplicate%3Ano&quot;&gt;93&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Total # of unanswered open questions&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt; : &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=%5Bwindows-subsystem-for-linux%5D+is%3Aq+isanswered%3Ano+closed%3Ano+duplicate%3Ano&quot;&gt;157&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt; Unanswered questions are questions that don't have accepted answers nor answers with 1 or more upvote&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="567307" LastEditorUserId="8698" LastEditDate="2019-08-23T07:37:09.477" LastActivityDate="2019-08-23T07:37:09.477" Title="Where is the line of topicality where WSL is involved?" Tags="|discussion|windows|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18773" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18720" CreationDate="2019-08-21T11:52:44.050" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Of the 55 questions currently tagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/helpfile&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;helpfile&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;helpfile&lt;/a&gt;, 13 of them are somewhat related to documentation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The remainder are questions about all kinds of things, for example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1122464/i-cant-open-nautilus-after-executing-rm-rf-ddd&quot;&gt;I can&amp;#39;t open nautilus after executing rm -rf ~/.ddd/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1086887/can-i-sell-a-modified-version-of-ubuntu&quot;&gt;Can I sell a modified version of Ubuntu?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/990986/ubuntu-16-04-not-detecting-hdmi&quot;&gt;Ubuntu 16.04 not detecting HDMI&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think that people are using this tag when they want help with something.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I propose that we remove the tag as it seems very likely to be misused. The questions that are about documentation can be tagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/documentation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;documentation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;documentation&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2019-08-21T11:52:44.050" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18774" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18772" CreationDate="2019-08-21T11:55:36.873" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I determine a topic-ness of a subject in two separate parts:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It's about Ubuntu or one of its derivatives or anything related to them (which is precisely the quote you mention in your question).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It's about an official Canonical product.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The second part is backed by the following text in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;help center&lt;/a&gt; about the questions that we can ask about:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Questions that you may ask:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;[...]&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Services provided by Ubuntu and Canonical.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;[...]&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;WSL falls in the second part, which is an official Canonical product. So I do not vote to close as off-topic virtually anything regarding WSL. That also includes installing it on Windows. Whether it's better suited to be asked on a Windows-specific Q&amp;amp;A site is irrelevant in my opinion. &lt;em&gt;Same reason as to why Ubuntu questions can be valid on Ask Ubuntu and Unix &amp;amp; Linux.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This reasoning of mine falls back to when Canonical had the, now discontinued, cross-platform Ubuntu One sync product. Any questions about that product used to be on-topic such as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/15627/how-to-install-ubuntu-one-windows-beta-on-xp&quot;&gt;How to install Ubuntu One Windows Beta on XP?&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastEditorUserId="8698" LastEditDate="2019-08-21T12:09:26.757" LastActivityDate="2019-08-21T12:09:26.757" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18775" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-08-23T23:05:50.373" Score="12" ViewCount="334" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm an infrequent user of Ask Ubuntu, and have fallen into the same trap a few times now...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I see a question I know the answer to, take up to an hour to figure out what I did to solve the problem, compose an answer, post it, only to find out I didn't have enough 'reputation points' to answer the question in the first place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I get why you do it, but any chance of making it clear that posting an answer is not available to users without the required reputation before they try to answer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="875434" OwnerDisplayName="Stevin Jed" LastActivityDate="2019-08-26T20:13:01.500" Title="Not enough reputation points to post an answer" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18776" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18777" CreationDate="2019-08-24T10:55:54.683" Score="4" ViewCount="71" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would like to know how to find the post ID of an answer on &lt;strong&gt;askubuntu.com&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I want to get the post ID of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/167400/&quot;&gt;l0b0's answer&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/16700/&quot;&gt;How can I change my own user ID?&lt;/a&gt;. I need it because I want to ask a question and link the answer by &lt;strong&gt;l0b0&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I to do how &lt;strong&gt;mook765&lt;/strong&gt; to say, &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;you'll find the user-id in the searchbar in the top&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The user-id of &lt;strong&gt;l0b0&lt;/strong&gt; is &lt;strong&gt;10371&lt;/strong&gt; but when I go to &lt;code&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/16700/how-can-i-change-my-own-user-id/10371&lt;/code&gt;,  I land on the top of the answers instead of l0b0's answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="988317" OwnerDisplayName="567hz" LastEditorUserId="816190" LastEditDate="2019-08-25T07:11:12.253" LastActivityDate="2019-08-25T07:11:12.253" Title="How to find ID from an answer on askubuntu" Tags="|support|answers|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18777" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18776" CreationDate="2019-08-24T12:26:05.060" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can use the &lt;code&gt;share&lt;/code&gt; button below every post to easily get a direct link to a specific answer or question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/HLXF2.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/HLXF2.png&quot; alt=&quot;&amp;quot;share a link to this answer&amp;quot; button&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This link is of the format &lt;code&gt;https://askubuntu.com/TYPE/POST_ID/USER_ID&lt;/code&gt;, where&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;TYPE&lt;/code&gt; is the type of the post, i.e. &lt;code&gt;q&lt;/code&gt; for questions or &lt;code&gt;a&lt;/code&gt; for answers,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;POST_ID&lt;/code&gt; (highlighted in the screenshot above) is, well, the ID number of this specific post, and&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;USER_ID&lt;/code&gt; is your own user ID, so that any clicks on this link can be tracked back to you. (There are e.g. some badges for sharing links that get clicked by a number of unique IP addresses). This part is optional and you could also remove it if you want an anonymous link.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can either just use this short direct link, or if you prefer the long link format that includes the question title slug plus an anchor to the desired answer, you can also use the post ID you retrieved from the &lt;code&gt;share&lt;/code&gt; link and append that (both as path component as well as anchor), like&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/16700/how-can-i-change-my-own-user-id/167400#167400&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/16700/how-can-i-change-my-own-user-id/167400#167400&#xA;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2019-08-24T12:26:05.060" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18778" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18779" CreationDate="2019-08-24T19:34:23.227" Score="5" ViewCount="55" Body="&lt;p&gt;Above the &lt;strong&gt;vote-up&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;vote-down&lt;/strong&gt; arrows, we can use the star icon to favorite a question. However, where can I access the list of my starred topics?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="689894" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2019-08-24T20:51:35.323" LastActivityDate="2019-08-24T20:51:35.323" Title="Where can I find the questions I have starred?" Tags="|support|profile-page|bookmarks|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18779" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18778" CreationDate="2019-08-24T20:04:13.223" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can find them in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/current?tab=favorites&quot;&gt;your profile&lt;/a&gt; on the activities page. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the mobile site, you must scroll down and change the drop down menu to favourites. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastActivityDate="2019-08-24T20:04:13.223" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18780" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-08-25T07:54:46.803" Score="2" ViewCount="72" Body="&lt;p&gt;Recently I've provided answers on few questions related to WSL, but, IMO, they are more Windows related rather than Ubuntu. For example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/1167821/566421&quot;&gt;How can I &amp;#39;open in terminal&amp;#39; when using Ubuntu subsystem on Windows 10?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/1165969/566421&quot;&gt;Ubuntu 18.04 on WSL cron daemon not running after reboot&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, whether such questions should be answered? What criteria we could keep in mind to decide which of such questions are off-topic or not?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="566421" LastActivityDate="2019-08-25T07:54:46.803" Title="Where is the border between Ubuntu and Windows while the questions are WSL related?" Tags="|discussion|windows|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2019-08-25T13:38:23.787" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18781" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18768" CreationDate="2019-08-26T07:36:04.057" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Same reason that if you take an awfully written question and edit it to be beautiful and clear and concise, and then they get 500 up votes, then you get your +2 rep for the edit plus diddly squat per upvote. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's because the creators of stack exchange did the best they could, but either didn't consider that particular problem, or couldn't agree on a solution, or it doesn't fit their goal so left it as simply unsolved. Although removing edit rep is contradictory to the goal of high quality answers, since edits improve it, and being able to lose the gained rep means you might put less effort into it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Their focus is on the quality of the answer and question, and edits are lower importance. Their implementation assumes that if it's deleted, it must be of poor quality, and so no rep is deserved for the original; and so your contribution and time is wasted as an unwanted side effect.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="60290" LastActivityDate="2019-08-26T07:36:04.057" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18782" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18692" CreationDate="2019-08-26T12:02:37.473" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;At the beginning of a period--whether it be a week, month, or quarter--the stats for that period go back to zero, because they applied to the previous period, which has just ended. This is probably the only reasonable way those stats could be displayed, but I've found it confusing as well, because when one week, month, or quarter is considered to end is sort of an arbitrary cultural fact.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/18692/month-and-quarter-reputation-tab-borked#comment39938_18692&quot;&gt;terdon said&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This month and this week simply means today since it's the first of the month and a Monday. You've gotten 41 points today and Rinzwind's gotten 20. Everything seems fine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note also that you observed this on the first day of July, which is the beginning of the third quarter of the year.&lt;/strong&gt; So all three periods happened to have restarted anew at that time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/18692/month-and-quarter-reputation-tab-borked#comment39940_18692&quot;&gt;you mentioned&lt;/a&gt;, the month shown there is not a rolling month, even though the concept of a rolling period of is intuitive and often useful. This is analogous, and similarly confusing, to the distinction between the English phrases &quot;within the hour&quot; and &quot;within an hour.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2019-10-06T13:50:05.040" LastActivityDate="2019-10-06T13:50:05.040" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18783" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18788" CreationDate="2019-08-26T17:19:47.470" Score="10" ViewCount="1511" Body="&lt;p&gt;Text in the last paragraph at this &lt;a href=&quot;http://fridge.ubuntu.com/2019/03/01/ubuntu-16-04-6-lts-released&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;web link&lt;/a&gt; seems to limit flavour support: &quot;Maintenance updates are provided for 5 years for Ubuntu Desktop, Ubuntu Server, Ubuntu Cloud, Ubuntu Base, and Ubuntu Kylin. All the remaining flavours are supported for 3 years.&quot; Has Lubuntu 16.04 LTS reached End of Public Support  &amp;amp; is  unsupported as suggested in comments at &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1168667/lubuntu-in-powerpc&quot;&gt;Lubuntu in PowerPC&lt;/a&gt; ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="197910" LastEditorUserId="197910" LastEditDate="2019-08-26T19:04:11.640" LastActivityDate="2019-08-29T17:51:51.200" Title="Has Lubuntu 16.04 LTS reached End of Public Support?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="14" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18785" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18775" CreationDate="2019-08-26T20:13:01.500" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;So, I think from your comments you're mistaking &quot;answers&quot; for &quot;comments&quot; and vice versa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Comments&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To comment on any post that isn't your own, you need 50 reputation points; this is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/comment&quot;&gt;a restriction within the system itself&lt;/a&gt;.  You add these with the &quot;Add a comment&quot; link underneath posts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Answers&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Answers are the big text box underneath questions where you can add answers.  These &lt;strong&gt;must&lt;/strong&gt; be answers to try and solve the OP's question or resolve the OP's question.  These are NOT for comments, and not for &quot;works for me&quot; or &quot;did you ever figure this out&quot; or &quot;me too&quot; type posts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you were attempting to &lt;em&gt;answer&lt;/em&gt; a post, then in this case, you were attempting to answer a protected question before you had sufficient reputation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Protected questions &lt;strong&gt;give you&lt;/strong&gt; a notice on the question itself that the question is protected.  It looks like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/CDaiZ.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/CDaiZ.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;However&lt;/strong&gt; the answer you posted to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1008474/cant-watch-4od-uk&quot;&gt;the question&lt;/a&gt; initially &lt;strong&gt;was a comment&lt;/strong&gt; and not really an answer, so it was deleted; you then needed to get to 50 rep for comments.  (I converted your answer into a comment though, so it &lt;em&gt;does&lt;/em&gt; show up as a comment)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2019-08-26T20:13:01.500" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18786" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-08-27T14:47:30.217" Score="13" ViewCount="161" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have not ever seen a question containing the word &quot;keto&quot; that was about Ubuntu. Is it possible to prevent Reputation 1 posters from posting a question containing &quot;keto&quot;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25618" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2019-08-27T14:57:54.890" LastActivityDate="2019-08-27T16:29:44.527" Title="Automatic flagging of &quot;keto&quot; users with Reputation == 1?" Tags="|feature-request|spam-handling|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18787" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18786" CreationDate="2019-08-27T15:56:00.460" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a room owner of &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackoverflow.com/rooms/41570/so-close-vote-reviewers&quot;&gt;SOCVR&lt;/a&gt; and a regular in &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/11540/charcoal-hq&quot;&gt;Charcoal-HQ&lt;/a&gt; and those rooms are involved in fighting spam posts across the SE network.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you for noticing these spam posts and offering ideas to put a stop to them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That specific spam is rather well known and persistent. Only on Ask Ubuntu over 2000 posts have been noticed and flagged. Even today 7 of such posts have been detected, which were deleted after 10, 20, 20, 120, 20, 5 and 60 seconds. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other spam posts seen today on Ask Ubuntu were for the usual enhancements of body parts and for some investment program. Most of those were removed within minutes. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do know that some spam posts for Ask Ubuntu are also reported in &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/3877/raiders-of-the-lost-downboat&quot;&gt;Raiders of the Lost Downboat&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I admit that none of the above helps in actually preventing the post from even reaching the server and this might be a good moment to reassess if some of the detection logic can be moved to the SE servers. Do know that until that is done the community around Charcoal tries to clean up as soon as spam arrives. It is open for anyone to join. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Related reading:   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/307585/a-machine-can-flag-spam-automatically-can-it-do-better&quot;&gt;A machine can flag spam automatically. Can it do better?&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://charcoal-se.org&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://charcoal-se.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="184931" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2019-08-27T16:29:44.527" LastActivityDate="2019-08-27T16:29:44.527" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18788" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18783" CreationDate="2019-08-27T20:52:17.373" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://lubuntu.me/xenial-released&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Lubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) Released!&lt;/a&gt; (from the &lt;a href=&quot;http://askubuntu.com/a/1071325/197910&quot;&gt;confirmed&lt;/a&gt; official &lt;a href=&quot;https://lubuntu.me&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Lubuntu web site&lt;/a&gt;) says &quot;Lubuntu 16.04 LTS will be supported until April 2019, with three years of support.&quot; That pretty much settles it; it has reached EoPS (End of Public Support). Fortunately, they have published &lt;a href=&quot;https://lubuntu.me/downloads/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Lubuntu 18.04 LTS&lt;/a&gt; in 32-bit and 64-bit editions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;em&gt;unofficial&lt;/em&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://lubuntu.net&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;site&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://lubuntu.net/about&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;About&lt;/a&gt; page is the place where 16.04 appears as the last LTS distro. Why unofficial? It states so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;lubuntu.net is maintained with ♡ by Free and Open Source contributors&#xA;  from Asia, Linux Fans and the lubuntu Meilix community. Thank you! Get&#xA;  in touch here. The content of the site has been created since 2009 by&#xA;  Mario Behling and lubuntu contributors, who hold the Copyright and&#xA;  have released the content under a free CC license or GPL v3 such as&#xA;  the derivative logo using the LXDE logo and Trademark. This site and&#xA;  its content are are not related to commercial activities of Canonical.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="197910" LastEditorUserId="507051" LastEditDate="2019-08-29T17:51:51.200" LastActivityDate="2019-08-29T17:51:51.200" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18789" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18768" CreationDate="2019-08-28T07:24:23.077" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The ultimate goal of edits is to make questions answerable (and answers precise and up-to-date). A question which is later removed obviously wasn't deemed answerable even after the effort you have put into it. Picking good questions as edit targets indeed helps, but if you see a question that is reasonable but so poorly worded/formatted that it's being closed as unclear, editing it into shape usually yields reputation too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course it's just a gamble, but so is asking and answering questions - sometimes good questions / answers just don't get any upvotes. What is certain is that if you keep making good contributions (be it questions, answers or edits), your rep will grow in the long term.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="395993" LastActivityDate="2019-08-28T07:24:23.077" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18790" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-08-30T14:28:56.210" Score="21" ViewCount="672" Body="&lt;p&gt;Based on my comments &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/posts/comments/40165&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/51160516&quot;&gt;my messages&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/3877&quot;&gt;Raiders of the Lost Downboat&lt;/a&gt;, I think the term &quot;end of life&quot; is sometimes confusing and may be misleading for new users. As of now, one of the closing reason states:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This question is specific to an &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;end of life&lt;/strong&gt; Ubuntu release&lt;/a&gt;. These are no longer supported and are therefore off-topic here. To upgrade, see: &lt;a href=&quot;http://askubuntu.com/questions/91815/&quot;&gt;How to install software or upgrade from old unsupported release?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;page&lt;/a&gt; (where &quot;&lt;strong&gt;end of life&lt;/strong&gt; Ubuntu release&quot; redirects), &quot;End of Life&quot; is basically defined as the End of Standard Support+End of Extended Security Maintenance(which is off-topic here).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, I think it's the time that the help center and closing reason be edited and &lt;em&gt;&quot;End of Life&quot;&lt;/em&gt; is changed to &lt;em&gt;&quot;End of Standard Support&quot;&lt;/em&gt; or &lt;em&gt;&quot;End of Public Support&quot;&lt;/em&gt; to make an attempt to avoid confusions and &lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/CK85q.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;such answers&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="816190" LastActivityDate="2019-09-11T19:21:03.430" Title="Is it the time to redefine &quot;end of life&quot;?" Tags="|discussion|end-of-life|help-center|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18791" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18792" CreationDate="2019-08-30T17:17:40.793" Score="2" ViewCount="184" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm still &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/help/privileges/edit&quot;&gt;below the reputation&lt;/a&gt; to edit posts without them needed to be peer reviewed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Suppose that I have 1000 approved edits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then comes along a user with enough reputation to edit posts without them needed to be peer reviewed, that has 0 approved edits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, I have more experience in editing posts  than this user. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which leads me to the question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Wouldn't make more sense that the editing without peer review privilege is gained by the amount of approved edits instead of an arbitrary reputation score?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;EDIT:&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;This is not a personal question, I don't think I should earn the privilege because of my current number of edits. The numbers are just an over exaggeration to make my point clear, shouldn't be taken literally. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="931617" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2019-08-31T13:22:19.820" LastActivityDate="2019-08-31T13:22:19.820" Title="Editing posts: number of edits vs reputation" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|editing|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="12" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18792" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18791" CreationDate="2019-08-30T18:53:22.897" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't think the &lt;em&gt;specific&lt;/em&gt; change proposed here would be an improvement, but this is a good question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the hypothetical situation you described--&lt;em&gt;which is a perfectly plausible situation&lt;/em&gt;, considering that many low-rep users do eventually make numerous good suggested edits--I will assume for the sake of simplicity that no corner cases apply, such as edits being approved on posts that are subsequently deleted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In that case, the first 500 of those approved edits would have conferred +2 reputation each, for a total of 1000 reputation. Since this is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/whats-reputation&quot;&gt;the maximum amount of reputation that can be gained from edit approvals&lt;/a&gt;, the next 500 approved edits would not have given any reputation, though the user would of course still be credited for having made the edits, in the edited posts' revision histories and elsewhere.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;So those 500 rep-conferring edits get the editor halfway to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/edit&quot;&gt;the 2000 rep mark&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; required to edit questions and answers directly without going through review.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Having had edits approved in the past is part of what predicts good edits in the future. But having general experience using the site, and being considered to have made valuable contributions in the form of questions and answers that show useful knowledge or effective research, is &lt;em&gt;relevant&lt;/em&gt; to edits, too. As the system stands, edits can bring a user halfway to gaining the rep necessary to edit directly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yet it's hard to say how relevant those other rep-generating activities are, compared to a history of making good edits. As you suggest, it &lt;em&gt;does&lt;/em&gt; seem like a user who hasn't gained much rep from questions or answers (or has but lost it, perhaps by giving out bounties) but who has made hundreds or thousands of good edits would be more likely to make good edits in the future than someone who has other site experience but very little editing experience.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;But what if, in addition to having 1000 edits approved, &lt;em&gt;the user also had 500 other edits rejected?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Under the feature change you've proposed, this user would get the ability to apply edits without review, based on their history of editing in a way that reviewers have judged to be about 67% good. That does not seem right at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Having an edit suggestion rejected doesn't take away reputation, and I don't think it should.&lt;sup&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; But this means that to make a reasonable prediction of future editing quality based on a user's edit suggestions, the system would have to consider how many were accepted and how many were rejected. This would be quite different from the specific change proposed here. I also think it would have at least three disadvantages, regardless of how it were done:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Stack Exchange system, which is already immensely complicated, would be even more complicated.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Reviewers would feel the need to consider the impact of their reviews on editors' ability to gain editing privileges, even though they really should not make decisions based on that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The specific bad effect I'm most worried about here is reviewers deciding whether or not to reject an edit based on their recollections--or general impressions--of the editor's prior edits and site activity.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Editors--or, in any case, a significant portion of editors--would feel the urge to consider the impact of their edit suggestions on how long it would take them to be able to edit without approval.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This might seem good at first, but I think it would really lead to defensive editing. That is, I think many low-rep users would both select posts to edit and decide on the content of their edits based more on the desire to make it clear to reviewers that the edits should be approved than on what would actually be most effective at making the site, and those posts, better.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Often, editors don't make this clear enough. Certainly many edit summaries that I encounter in the Suggested Edits review queue could be better, and I see a number of edits that make questionable changes or that fail to make clearly reasonable changes (for example, edits that fix the capitalization in one half of a post but not the other). However, the opposite extreme is always possible. Editors should improve posts as well as possible and justify their changes as clearly as possible, but it is often good to edit a post even if it cannot be made perfect, and the edit rather than its accompanying summary is what makes the biggest difference.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, although I think none of those disadvantages could be avoided, each could be made more or less severe by the specifics of what change were made to the system. It might well be justified to make the system a little more complicated, in a way that can be clearly documented and easily understood, and to make editors slightly more preoccupied with how long it may take them to gain the ability to edit directly, in order to make it more efficient for people who enjoy and are good at editing to make the site better.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But that would be a somewhat different proposal than simply conferring editing privileges based on some number of accepted edits, without looking at the number of rejected edits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;The reasons I think edit suggestions should never cause a loss of rep is are: &lt;em&gt;(a)&lt;/em&gt; The rep wouldn't be recouped by good edits made after the editing privilege was attained. This would feel unfair, and low-rep users wouldn't get enough practice making the kinds of edits they would then go on to make, so once they gained editing privileges, their edits would often be bad. &lt;em&gt;(b)&lt;/em&gt; For answers, a downvote is -2 and an upvote is +10, so the system still encourages answers from users who aren't sure how their contributions will be judged. Even so, people on Ask Ubuntu tend not to downvote very often. If suggesting an edit could cause rep loss, new users would be overly reluctant to edit, and reviewers would be overly reluctant to &lt;em&gt;reject&lt;/em&gt; edits, which would result in a smaller number of edits actually getting made, many of which would be bad.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2019-08-30T19:19:57.460" LastActivityDate="2019-08-30T19:19:57.460" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18793" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18794" CreationDate="2019-09-05T14:18:47.713" Score="2" ViewCount="114" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am new to Ubuntu and have been researching varies methods to accomplish certain tasks that I want done.  Some of my research has led me to questions asked in 2012. And I am hesitate in trying the answers/suggestions to those questions. I am working with Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS (Gnome 3) for now and have installed kubuntu.desktop (Plasma).  So, are questions asked 'n' years ago, still relevant to current supported Ubuntu distro's and officially recognized derivatives?  If that is the case, are deprecated Q&amp;amp;A removed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If this is a duplicate then I will remove, but I didn't see any questions concerning this topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="990583" OwnerDisplayName="dmbGamer7" LastActivityDate="2019-09-05T14:25:49.197" Title="Are questions asked 'n' plus years ago, still relevant?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18794" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18793" CreationDate="2019-09-05T14:25:49.197" Score="7" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;So, are questions asked 'n' years ago, still relevant to current supported Ubuntu distro's and officially recognized derivatives?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It depends on the question. Some are, some are not. Questions related to server editions tend to still be current; so core related questions last a lot longer than an Ubuntu release. Apache and mysql related questions can also still be current. Or if not current, can lead to the answer to the current question with a slight adjustment to the result. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If that is the case, are deprecated Q&amp;amp;A removed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No those are not removed. AskUbuntu is also an archive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Mind that there are also loads and loads of users still using older releases. Heck, we  had a 6.06 running ourself up to 2018. Those users will still depend on old questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastActivityDate="2019-09-05T14:25:49.197" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18795" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18790" CreationDate="2019-09-06T16:57:10.133" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;This &quot;End of Life&quot; issue is confusing the end-users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On one hand, the &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Releases on Ubuntu Wiki&lt;/a&gt; mentioned the term &quot;End of Standard Support&quot; and &quot;End of Life&quot;. On the other hand, the &lt;a href=&quot;https://ubuntu.com/about/release-cycle&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ubuntu release cycle on Ubuntu.com&lt;/a&gt; mentioned &quot;five-year public support&quot; or &quot;subscribe to ESM&quot;. Then, &lt;a href=&quot;https://duckduckgo.com/?q=site%3Aubuntu.com+%22end+of+life%22&amp;amp;t=canonical&amp;amp;ia=web&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;searching on Ubuntu.com&lt;/a&gt; will lead to the Releases on Ubuntu Wiki (again), and the recent post of &lt;a href=&quot;http://fridge.ubuntu.com/2019/07/19/ubuntu-18-10-cosmic-cuttlefish-end-of-life-reached-on-july-18-2019/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ubuntu 18.10 End of Life on Ubuntu Fridge&lt;/a&gt;, and then &lt;a href=&quot;https://ubuntu.com/blog/tag/end-of-life&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;'end-of-life' tag on Ubuntu Blog&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The problem: Ubuntu Wiki makes the term confusing by defining &quot;End of Life&quot; equals to &quot;End of Standard Support&quot; &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; &quot;Extended Support Maintenance (ESM)&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my opinion, Ubuntu Wiki should rename the terms as follows.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;End of Standard Support -&gt; End of Life  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;End of Life -&gt; End of Life ESM  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The naming is similar to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.debian.org/DebianReleases&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Releases on Debian Wiki&lt;/a&gt;:  End of life date, EOL &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.debian.org/LTS&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;LTS&lt;/a&gt;, EOL &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.debian.org/LTS/Extended&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;ELTS&lt;/a&gt;. These names are defined clearly. Then why not Ubuntu Wiki?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If renaming the terms on Ubuntu Wiki is made possible, then no need to redefine in the help center on Ask Ubuntu. That would solve the problem immediately--just two lines of text!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user37165" LastActivityDate="2019-09-06T16:57:10.133" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18796" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1186" CreationDate="2019-09-07T16:38:43.380" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, they are considered off-topic. See &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&lt;/a&gt; where it states quite plainly that Shopping or Hardware Recommendations should be avoided.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2019-09-09T04:51:22.747" LastActivityDate="2019-09-09T04:51:22.747" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18797" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18798" CreationDate="2019-09-09T07:47:59.230" Score="6" ViewCount="125" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have flagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/1170463/250300&quot;&gt;an answer&lt;/a&gt; as &lt;em&gt;very low quality&lt;/em&gt; since it barely can help OP to solve their problem (see &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/266180/tried-to-make-usb-stick-from-os-x/1170463#comment1953397_1170463&quot;&gt;my comment&lt;/a&gt; there).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The answer got two “Recommend Deletion” votes when &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/low-quality-posts/975057&quot;&gt;reviewed&lt;/a&gt; but then the review was invalidated as shown in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/1170463/timeline&quot;&gt;post’s timeline&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/4KrDb.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/4KrDb.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The reason to invalidate the review was an &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/1170463/revisions&quot;&gt;edit made to the answer&lt;/a&gt; which unfortunately did not fix the nature of the answer, just like the following edit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So my flag is marked “helpful” now…&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/mn1de.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/mn1de.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;…but the low-quality answer (assuming the community consensus from the upvotes to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/266180/tried-to-make-usb-stick-from-os-x/1170463#comment1953397_1170463&quot;&gt;my comment&lt;/a&gt; and no disagreeing reply) is remaining there and I cannot flag it again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/zL0kJ.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/zL0kJ.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;screenshot of the flagging window with VLQ grayed out&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I could use the “not an answer” flag but I find this inappropriate since the post &lt;em&gt;tries&lt;/em&gt; to answer the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What should I do now?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="250300" LastActivityDate="2019-09-09T08:19:45.307" Title="A VLQ flag invalidated by a minor edit" Tags="|discussion|support|flagging|low-quality-posts|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18798" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18797" CreationDate="2019-09-09T08:19:45.307" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;The answer was indeed not helpful since the &lt;code&gt;~&lt;/code&gt; are absolutely fine, as you pointed out. I have now deleted it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Next time, if a post requires attention and none of the standard flags fit (or are available to you), just raise a custom mod flag letting us know what the issue is. That way the mods can take care of it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2019-09-09T08:19:45.307" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18799" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-09-09T12:58:37.203" Score="2" ViewCount="93" Body="&lt;p&gt;I noticed recently that a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPF-oYb2-xN5FbCXy0167Gg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;YouTube user&lt;/a&gt; is scraping Ask Ubuntu (and possibly other stackexchange sites) and posting videos with the questions and answers. A few examples:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;My wireless is hard-blocked&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu question - &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/155391/my-wireless-is-hard-blocked&quot;&gt;My wireless is hard-blocked&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Scraped video &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIhq2kJKp1M&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIhq2kJKp1M&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How to avoid &quot;Assuming drive cache: write through&quot; message during restart?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu question - &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/32107/how-to-avoid-assuming-drive-cache-write-through-message-during-restart&quot;&gt;How to avoid &amp;quot;Assuming drive cache: write through&amp;quot; message during restart?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Scraped video - &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5TvNXOkgJ4&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5TvNXOkgJ4&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't know if content on this website is licenced under Creative Commons, but I think this action is worrying as he's also linking to a Patreon to get money out of people. Should this behaviour be stopped? Can it be stopped?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6689" LastActivityDate="2019-09-09T12:58:37.203" Title="Content scraping" Tags="|discussion|copyright|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2019-09-09T13:13:45.887" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18800" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18589" CreationDate="2019-09-10T11:56:22.453" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;While I would not go so far as to say that the posts in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/support&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;support&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;support&lt;/a&gt; have nothing in common with each other at all, I do not think grouping them with this tag is useful. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The questions fall into three categories:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Questions about support periods for Ubuntu versions.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Questions about hardware or software working or not on Ubuntu.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;People who want our support or someone else's are tagging their questions with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/support&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;support&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;support&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of these, the second and third categories are IMHO much too broad to be grouped by a tag. The first category, support periods for Ubuntu versions, could possibly benefit from being grouped by a tag, but it should have a less ambiguous name, such as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/support-period&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;support-period&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;support-period&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2019-09-10T11:56:22.453" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18801" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18790" CreationDate="2019-09-11T19:21:03.430" Score="-3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I know that this is probably not going to be a popular answer, but i think that this is an example of a knee-jerk reaction proposal in the format &quot;I don't want somebody else to answer these questions, make them stop!&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The idea of askubuntu.com was &quot;Answer questions about Ubuntu family of GNU/Linux distros until they reach End of Life&quot;. If End of Life can be extended, there is no harm in allowing such answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is there any damage what-so-ever in allowing somebody to answer such questions?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is somebody forcing you to answer these questions if you personally do not want to do that?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What uses more resources: trying to stop people from getting answers until EOL or simply letting such questions remain here?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="216568" LastActivityDate="2019-09-11T19:21:03.430" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18802" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1794" CreationDate="2019-09-12T05:46:18.183" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;As &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/1795/250300&quot;&gt;@JeffAtwood mentioned&lt;/a&gt;, links (&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/URL&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;URL&lt;/a&gt;s) have to contain the &lt;em&gt;protocol&lt;/em&gt; aka &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_Resource_Identifier#Generic_syntax&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;scheme&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; generally and are not valid without it – although most browsers accept just the hostnames without specifying the protocol.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I find displaying &lt;code&gt;[Link](google.com)&lt;/code&gt; as &lt;code&gt;Link&lt;/code&gt; instead of &lt;code&gt;[Link](google.com)&lt;/code&gt; a bug. If a markdown transformation is not applied fully, it should not be applied at all – just like if you write one backtick (`) or an asterisk (*). The current behavior looks somewhat half-hearted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="250300" LastActivityDate="2019-09-12T05:46:18.183" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18803" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18899" CreationDate="2019-09-12T05:50:59.580" Score="15" ViewCount="493" Body="&lt;p&gt;An edit suggestion &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/978255&quot;&gt;like this&lt;/a&gt; pretty often appears in the review queue.&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/2Rm6w.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/2Rm6w.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These edits are generally fixing &lt;code&gt;http://%20https://&lt;/code&gt; to &lt;code&gt;https://&lt;/code&gt;. (&lt;code&gt;%20&lt;/code&gt; means an escaped space in URLs.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does anyone know why such broken links appear so often? Shouldn’t they be corrected automatically?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="250300" LastActivityDate="2019-12-03T15:04:47.913" Title="Broken links starting with http://%20https://" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|hyperlinks|https|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18804" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18803" CreationDate="2019-09-12T07:32:43.200" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;I reckon this happens sometimes while adding a link using the &quot;insert hyperlink&quot; tool (either by clicking the button or pressing &lt;kbd&gt;Ctrl&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;L&lt;/kbd&gt;) instead of using Markdown.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The input box contains &lt;code&gt;https://&lt;/code&gt; (which is selected) by default&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/OrIzg.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/OrIzg.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;(and I believe it used to have &lt;code&gt;http://&lt;/code&gt; by default previously). So usually while pasting the link, it overwrites the &lt;code&gt;https://&lt;/code&gt; with the copied link. But it seems sometimes the default text (inadvertently) gets deselected and a space is added, and then the copied link gets appended.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="480481" LastActivityDate="2019-09-12T07:32:43.200" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18805" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-09-14T18:53:28.223" Score="6" ViewCount="287" Body="&lt;p&gt;I posted this Q&amp;amp;A style after helping another Kubuntu user solve his problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1174173/why-does-kde-notificaions-show-an-update-that-doesnt-exist&quot;&gt;Why does KDE Notificaions show an update that doesn&amp;#39;t exist?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes the problem is related to a bug but the question was about the results of the bug not the bug itself and the answer was about how to fix the issue, it only referred to the bug as it was the cause of the issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I will say that I initially neglected to add the &quot;kubuntu&quot; tag so maybe the close-voter didn't know it was about Ubuntu and more importantly an officially supported flavor of Ubuntu?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I posted the question because&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It applies Kubuntu specifically&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;When helping the user I had a hard time finding the issue via search and had to reword it several times to find a solution&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;There was nothing on AskUbuntu that helped solve the issue&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It will help other users solve this problem more quickly and much easier that my experience&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;flatpak and Discover flatpak backend support are available in the repos hence questions related to them should be on topic by definition&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So is this question truly off topic and if so is there some editing I can do to make it more on topic?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="65969" LastActivityDate="2019-09-15T20:03:41.327" Title="How is this question &quot;off-topic&quot;?" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18806" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18805" CreationDate="2019-09-15T07:41:40.010" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have edited your answer to remove the emphasis on the fact that it's a bug. In my opinion, I think that is what caused the confusion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is no need to emphasise the fact that it's a bug, as your answer properly mentions a workaround which is a much more important part of the answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2019-09-15T12:28:27.417" LastActivityDate="2019-09-15T12:28:27.417" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18807" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18805" CreationDate="2019-09-15T19:56:00.693" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;First of all: thank you very much for reminding me to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1140473/firefox-66-quantum-disabled-all-my-extensions-at-midnight&quot;&gt;close my own question and answer as a bug&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Secondly, I'm voicing a personal opinion and this should not be taken as gospel.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Bugs are &lt;em&gt;by their nature&lt;/em&gt; only temporary and as &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/5305/should-questions-seeking-workarounds-for-bugs-allowed&quot;&gt;this discussion of 2012&lt;/a&gt; points out, they need to be filed elsewhere.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you've been around for 7 years already, I don't mind you:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;filing a bug with the developer&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Posting a workarounds to the bug here&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But please:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Don't be like me:&lt;/strong&gt; Come back to your question and close it once a fix has been released.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Be like me:&lt;/strong&gt; if someone else is faster than you pointing out there is a fix, accept their answer&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Don't be upset when someone closes your Q&amp;amp;A as a bug&lt;/em&gt;, because we've decided in the past that... well...  bugs and workarounds are off-topic here.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;0:-)&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="344926" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2019-09-15T20:03:41.327" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18808" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18809" CreationDate="2019-09-18T12:52:39.090" Score="1" ViewCount="80" Body="&lt;p&gt;A couple of days ago, I voted to close &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/867416/are-there-differences-between-cli-and-tui&quot;&gt;this qestion&lt;/a&gt; as off-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems I'm still the only one who think it's off-topic, probably the question has been removed from the review-queue by another user.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question is, as far as I see, about terminology and not related with Ubuntu, so my question is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What makes this question on-topic?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="590937" LastActivityDate="2019-09-18T16:22:22.000" Title="What makes this question on-topic?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18809" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18808" CreationDate="2019-09-18T16:22:22.000" Score="5" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;nothing special for Ubuntu&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu allows &lt;em&gt;relevant to Ubuntu&lt;/em&gt;, not just &lt;em&gt;restricted to Ubuntu&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We've been through a few rounds of fireworks on Meta about this before, but ultimately, you'd go mad —and drive the rest of us that way too— if you tried to only allow questions that only worked on Ubuntu (and tried to push everything to a more generic or specific site).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's always a better pigeon hole for things. In practice, all you need do is work out if Ask Ubuntu is good enough that that person is going to get a satisfactory answer. In many questions like this, the answer is a resounding yes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2019-09-18T16:22:22.000" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18810" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18811" CreationDate="2019-09-21T17:15:07.153" Score="27" ViewCount="541" Body="&lt;p&gt;I suggested an &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/revisions/1175041/2&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/revisions/1175041/1&quot;&gt;this answer&lt;/a&gt; a few days ago. The edit was approved by a moderator, but was then rejected by the OP of the answer. Which is totally fine, since my interpretation of what the OP wanted to say could be different from what they actually wanted to say.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, the OP later edited their answer and copy-pasted my edit (I suppose from the Markdown Preview, since only the code tags are missing), as one can see in their &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/1175041/618353&quot;&gt;edited answer&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't have a problem with the rejection of an edit in general from a more experienced user or the OP (it's the OP's post after all) nor the -2 reputation points make a big difference. But, many times, when suggesting an edit, an editor spends a significant amount of time trying to decipher and state clearly what the OP wants to say and I don't think that the edit rejection is fair in a case like this particular one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the end, the post is improved either way, which is the goal of an editor, but, in this case, the OP didn't even copy the suggestion properly, leading to a less easy to read post than that of the suggested edit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this behavior acceptable in general? What can an editor do in such a case? Just accept the rejection? Comment under the OP's post and ask him to revert to the suggested edit? Make another edit suggestion?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="618353" LastEditorUserId="618353" LastEditDate="2020-12-15T15:03:46.493" LastActivityDate="2020-12-15T15:03:46.493" Title="OP rejected my edit and then copy-pasted it" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18811" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18810" CreationDate="2019-09-21T17:33:42.400" Score="31" Body="&lt;p&gt;It looks like an honest misunderstanding. The OP is very new, so probably misclicked, then realized their mistake and tried to apply the edit the only way they knew how.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for what you can do: nothing, really. You did your best. You suggested a useful edit, if the OP doesn't like that, there's nothing you can do. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2019-09-21T17:33:42.400" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18812" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18813" CreationDate="2019-09-26T00:05:16.870" Score="1" ViewCount="154" Body="&lt;p&gt;I had voted to close as &quot;too broad&quot; and wonder why that doesn't show in the comment section?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1176653&quot;&gt;I never heard of Ubuntu. What's Ubuntu?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On second sober thought maybe my VTC was &quot;Primarily Opinion Orientated&quot; but it's GONE so I can't be sure.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="307523" LastEditorUserId="307523" LastEditDate="2019-09-26T00:11:27.693" LastActivityDate="2019-09-26T00:27:33.657" Title="One of the worst questions ever was deleted but" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18813" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18812" CreationDate="2019-09-26T00:16:56.133" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The post was deleted for purposes of moderation by the system automatically.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a moderator and a user, though, I don't think it served any real purpose here, and even if it hadn't been deleted due to flags and system intervention, it probably still would have been closed as too broad or such.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I'd say you were fine, but keep in mind close votes for &quot;unclear what you're asking&quot; &lt;em&gt;do not&lt;/em&gt; get reflected in the comments.  They're in the moderator-visible close votes / flags logs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2019-09-26T00:27:33.657" LastActivityDate="2019-09-26T00:27:33.657" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18814" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-10-01T08:36:59.923" Score="4" ViewCount="63" Body="&lt;p&gt;When I press &lt;kbd&gt;← Back&lt;/kbd&gt; in Firefox in the AU review queue, I can usually view the post I’ve just reviewed together with votes of other reviewers. However, sometimes, the post is not shown again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/AFBj4.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/AFBj4.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;This time, it happened on &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/low-quality-posts/982726&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/review/low-quality-posts/982726&lt;/a&gt;. Even reopening the link in another browser tab does not help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I’ve just encountered this problem the second time already (the first time happened last week IIRC), so I’m asking: What does it mean? Is it a bug, or feature?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="250300" LastEditorUserId="816190" LastEditDate="2019-10-01T09:08:51.267" LastActivityDate="2019-10-01T09:08:51.267" Title="A reviewed post not displayed again in the review queue" Tags="|bug|review|review-queue|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18815" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-10-01T10:50:17.890" Score="-2" ViewCount="145" Body="&lt;p&gt;I wish to delete my account and questions as I do not want to waste anyone's time answering my posts. The links I have to get support to do it do not work. Please advise. Regards&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user1000623" LastEditorUserId="480481" LastEditDate="2019-10-01T11:58:26.077" LastActivityDate="2019-10-01T12:52:09.363" Title="How do I delete my account and all questions?" Tags="|support|user-accounts|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2019-10-05T10:12:08.460" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18816" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18815" CreationDate="2019-10-01T12:52:09.363" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;In response to an answer to your only question asked on the main site, you wrote:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The two responses I have received here have convinced me that I am not a suitable member of this elitist club and I will retire graciously and apologise for taking up your valuable time&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you still feel that way, the simplest option would be to just not visit the site any more.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="248158" LastActivityDate="2019-10-01T12:52:09.363" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18817" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-10-01T18:40:24.377" Score="10" ViewCount="374" Body="&lt;p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a question about my Ask Ubuntu post: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1177723/in-windows-terminal-running-ubuntu-how-can-i-make-the-default-directory-be&quot;&gt;In Windows Terminal running Ubuntu, how can I make the default directory be ~ (/home/jake) instead of / (root)?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Someone commented on my question and told me to edit my post without adding a comment reply. The instructions that I received from them did not work and did not augment my situation. I followed the link in their comment but the powershell commands on that site weren't working either.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It has only been a day, but there hasn't been any other activity on my question. If I'm patient will an answer likely come, or does my question look dead? What can I do to increase the chances of receiving an answer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that I'm fairly new to Linux and I am brand new to StackExchange. I want to learn how to use this platform effectively and efficiently!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1000993" LastActivityDate="2019-10-05T00:03:44.083" Title="How can I interact with someone who has commented on my post without adding another comment? What are some ways that I can improve my question?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18818" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18817" CreationDate="2019-10-02T11:35:21.973" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;Welcome to Ask Ubuntu!!! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have been on the site since 1.5 years which is very less than some big veterans. As a new user, it happens that one don't know how the site actually works. We all make mistakes, but it's the duty of &lt;em&gt;oldies&lt;/em&gt; to guide new users. As this point of time, I can't see that comment which asked you to edit your post to add details without adding a comment reply. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Actually, this site isn't a forum and doesn't work in a threaded form. All the details that are related to the question are expected to be in the post only. But new users generally post them as a comment. In comments, the formatting is &lt;em&gt;horrible&lt;/em&gt; and difficult to interpret the line breaks. So, that comment might have asked you to add the details to the question itself using &quot;edit&quot; button. However, you can always ping the users (who commented earlier/who edited the post) in the comment section and let them know that you have added what they asked.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I see that your question is about Ubuntu on Windows 10. Since this is a Ubuntu community, there are very less number of people here who actually use WSL in their daily life due to its limitations. Therefore, less people are aware of the issues/problems in that. &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/15229/do-we-consider-ubuntu-on-windows-10-the-same-as-an-official-ubuntu-flavour-do&quot;&gt;Also, some might consider the issue as a Windows problem (which is off-topic here).&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No question on Stack Exchange network is dead. It is always open (if not closed/deleted/locked) to receive answers. Being patient and providing all the information about the issue is all you can do. Formatting also matter a lot. Although, visualizing thing is good but try to post text wherever possible. In your question you provided the image of the configuration. However, in my opinion text would have been better. It allows the other users to search your question efficiently, load the Q&amp;amp;A on text only browser/slow network connection, copy and trying to reproduce the issue. And remember to follow your own post, post updates like what have you found, if you found solution on your own, please post it as an answer. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Help center is your friend. Have a look at it thoroughly to get an idea what to post and how to post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;I'm fairly new to Linux and I am brand new to StackExchange. I want to learn how to use this platform effectively and efficiently!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For this I can only suggest: participate and engage more. See what people are posting, how they are getting their questions solved, reading some of the brilliant answers. In short, learning shouldn't stop :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="816190" LastEditorUserId="225694" LastEditDate="2019-10-05T00:03:44.083" LastActivityDate="2019-10-05T00:03:44.083" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18820" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-10-04T12:51:23.187" Score="-3" ViewCount="166" Body="&lt;p&gt;So I have a problem with my VirtualBox Windows 7 64 guest.&#xA;It seems that it does not recognize the GPU.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While researching the problem I cam across this post .... &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/598317/enable-cuda-gpu-working-under-vm&quot;&gt;Enable CUDA GPU working under VM&lt;/a&gt; ... underneath the post is a message about this post being a duplicate and that the answer is elsewhere.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So here is my question...&#xA;If you are going to claim that a question is answered some place on the system why not put a link to that answer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How are we supposed to get assistance if you block one question from being answered yet do not provide with a location where the problem is resolved?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I still have my problem but have no clear path to find the answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="145374" OwnerDisplayName="whtemple1959" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2019-10-06T13:50:25.670" LastActivityDate="2019-10-06T13:50:25.670" Title="Guidance does not exist here" Tags="|support|duplicates|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2019-10-05T01:45:36.080" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18821" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18820" CreationDate="2019-10-04T12:56:23.553" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;Look right under the question's title where it links to its duplicate question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;&lt;b&gt;This question already has an answer here:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/139320/&quot;&gt;Enable graphics card in VirtualBox&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;i&gt;3 answers&lt;/i&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="94914" OwnerDisplayName="karel" LastActivityDate="2019-10-04T13:36:19.270" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18822" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18820" CreationDate="2019-10-04T13:37:59.333" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;As karel indicated, &lt;strong&gt;this already is done for you&lt;/strong&gt; - right under the question's title is a box where it shows the link to the duplicate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the mobile app, this is along a bar/box at the &lt;em&gt;bottom&lt;/em&gt; of the post window/screen.  It says that the post is marked as a duplicate, and there's a nice little info button there that'll show you details of the duplicate and the link to the dupe.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2019-10-04T13:37:59.333" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18823" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18824" CreationDate="2019-10-10T20:14:24.760" Score="1" ViewCount="59" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am suspecting that (some) of my answers are being reviewed by high privileged users, like I review first answers for example.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If my suspicion is right, &lt;em&gt;and as I feel part of this community&lt;/em&gt;, I ask myself if I don't have the right to know if I'm being reviewed in my interactions, and have some feedback if necessary. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="931617" LastActivityDate="2019-10-11T08:56:33.573" Title="Privileged users reviews" Tags="|discussion|review|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18824" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18823" CreationDate="2019-10-10T20:55:30.140" Score="7" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;have the right to know if I'm being reviewed&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe... I mean, we're all being monitored in the sense that everything we do here is seen by other users. On top of that, the lowest rep users have most of their posts fed into review queues, you will have your edits scrutinised before being approved until you hit 2k rep. And anybody can flag something  of yours for a moderator to intervene, whatever your reputation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But what's the value is in &lt;em&gt;telling&lt;/em&gt; everybody that something is is going to be reviewed though? That's just noise.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;and have some feedback if necessary&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You absolutely &lt;strong&gt;would&lt;/strong&gt; have some feedback in those cases. The important part there is &quot;if necessary&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The actions that people take in review are similar  to normal ones. They can vote (for and again), they can reject edits, they can improve them, they can comment (on first posts, reopen queue). With each of those you can infer that something wasn't perfect.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We're all just trying to get along, help a few Ubuntu users and keep the site clean for people in the future. If you want specific feedback about something, ask for it. In chat, here on Meta. We'll do our best to help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2019-10-11T08:56:33.573" LastActivityDate="2019-10-11T08:56:33.573" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18825" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18827" CreationDate="2019-10-10T23:10:29.777" Score="6" ViewCount="125" Body="&lt;p&gt;Recently, I'd suggested a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1179801/deleted-ubuntu-from-dual-boot-system-now-cant-boot-into-windows&quot;&gt;post&lt;/a&gt; be migrated. It was denied because the post failed to meet 'migration quality requirements'. Where are those defined?  I have read &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.blog/2012/03/22/respect-the-community-your-own-and-others/&quot;&gt;https://stackoverflow.blog/2012/03/22/respect-the-community-your-own-and-others/&lt;/a&gt; which does not seem to spell out much beyond &lt;em&gt;Don’t migrate poorly-asked or non-constructive questions&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="197910" LastEditorUserId="197910" LastEditDate="2019-10-11T15:49:23.530" LastActivityDate="2019-10-11T15:49:23.530" Title="What are the 'migration quality requirements'?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18826" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-10-11T06:25:20.850" Score="2" ViewCount="173" Body="&lt;p&gt;Seems lately there are an excessive number of -1 votes on unanswered &amp;amp; answered questions, majority of which are unwarranted.&#xA;Just 'fixed' probably 10 found in the latest 50.&#xA;What's going on? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit: here's 6 from yesterday (retrieving history from phone is a pita, there were more..&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1180091/keyup-event-not-work-in-chrome&quot;&gt;Keyup Event Not Work in Chrome&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1180116/ubuntu-seemingly-not-detecting-gpu&quot;&gt;Ubuntu seemingly not detecting GPU?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1180109/how-do-you-boot-into-ubuntu-from-usb-on-chrome-os-without-seabios&quot;&gt;How do you boot into Ubuntu from USB on Chrome OS without SeaBIOS?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1180123/trouble-creating-a-default-desktop-for-new-users-18-4-03&quot;&gt;Trouble creating a default desktop for new users 18.4.03&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1180088/what-files-can-the-xfce4-desktop-environment-run&quot;&gt;What files can the Xfce4 desktop environment run?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1180133/problem-with-touch-screen-in-xubuntu&quot;&gt;Problem with touch screen in Xubuntu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Point is there where at least a dozen in 50 most recent, more like someone is just down voting without any consideration.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="27773" LastEditorUserId="367990" LastEditDate="2019-10-12T10:28:54.977" LastActivityDate="2019-10-13T21:58:10.783" Title="Large number of -1 posts" Tags="|discussion|voting|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18827" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18825" CreationDate="2019-10-11T09:01:09.620" Score="10" Body="&lt;h2&gt;TL;DR: Don't send bad questions to other sites.&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's about it. Each site has its own rules, its own preferences, and its own standards. It's important that any question you send to that site meets all of those requirements. If you don't know, won't fix, or don't care about that other site, &lt;strong&gt;don't migrate the question&lt;/strong&gt;. Anything else is tantamount vandalism.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Take the following example.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;I hate Mint&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I installed it because a friend told me to but it's awful. lol.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That is off-topic here, so that means it's on-topic on U&amp;amp;L or Superuser, right? Would you migrate it? That is obviously a flagrant example, but you do occasionally see people forgetting this and trying to migrate some really awful posts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The threshold for a bad question waivers from person to person, site to site. There isn't a checklist of things I can say will definitely mean a question is accepted. Most people reserve them for objectively good questions in favour of just closing as off-topic and suggesting another site. Migrations are fairly rare.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2019-10-11T09:11:55.207" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18828" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18826" CreationDate="2019-10-13T21:58:10.783" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm afraid we can not really investigate that issue as moderators, because individual users' votes are anonymous and there is no way to know who voted on a specific post. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Probably the pattern will stop on its own soon or might even have stopped already. Otherwise, if it's clear that someone is actually trying to cause damage, it might have to be escalated to the SE Community Managers or Developers team, but that should only be done in emergencies. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Let's keep observing for now and see what happens. Sorry that we can't give a more satisfying response at this time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastActivityDate="2019-10-13T21:58:10.783" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18829" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-10-19T18:38:34.797" Score="106" ViewCount="2097" Body="&lt;p&gt;I’ve been honored to serve as a moderator here on Ask Ubuntu for almost six years now, but I’m sorry to announce that I will be resigning that position effective immediately. I’ve lost trust with Stack Exchange Inc. to the point that I feel I can no longer associate myself with the company. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Really this has been a long time coming. The actions that SE Inc. has taken over the last year show that their only concern is money and profit. For this I did not fault them, the money to run the sites and pay the employees must come from somewhere. And yet I watched as each change the company made drove a wedge between themselves and their community. Even, at times, distancing themselves from their own stated philosophy and purpose. But it never touched my site. It was easy to bunker down here and leave SE Inc. to themselves.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The turning point came at the end of September when SE Inc. &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/333965/firing-mods-and-forced-relicensing-is-stack-exchange-still-interested-in-cooper&quot;&gt;fired a moderator without due process&lt;/a&gt;, under (apparent) false pretenses, slandered them to the press (!!), and then doubled down on that decision. This shattered any faith I had in the company's promises to reconnect with the community and stop driving these wedges between us. While &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/334551/an-apology-to-our-community-and-next-steps&quot;&gt;the company’s latest response&lt;/a&gt; is a definite step in the right direction, it is unaccompanied by any actions to correct the egregious harm committed against one of their well respected moderators. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Putting aside the obvious harm that smearing someone’s real name to the press carries, Stack Exchange did not follow their own due process, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/conduct&quot;&gt;laid out in their Code of Conduct&lt;/a&gt;, for enforcement. Indeed, the moderator in question has stated that she was blindsided by the firing and still have not been informed of the rules she was accused of breaking. This is all in stark contrast to how moderators themselves are required to uphold rules. Although you may never see this from this outside, we are required to warn and contact users multiple times before even thinking of expulsion (with obvious exceptions of cases like spam). There is &lt;em&gt;always&lt;/em&gt; a formal warning before account suspension happens, and it usually takes two suspensions before a yearlong suspension (the highest moderators can issue) gets handed out. SE Inc. continually writes about being kind, welcoming, and respectful when interacting with your fellow users, but they don’t seem to apply those ideals to their own communities. In the end this was a very hard decision for me to make, but I do not feel that I can uphold values and beliefs, ones that I try to live by, for a company that gives them lip service only. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That aside, I will be leaving you in capable hands. Indeed, I honestly haven’t been very active over the last ~2 years due to ongoing struggles with my physical and mental health. Unfortunately, I had just gotten to a place in life where I felt like I could begin committing more time to this community again when these issues started. But the remaining moderator team is full of great people and I have no worries about the future of the site on that front. And I won’t be entirely disappearing. I’ve been a member here for almost eight years now and I still love the site and what we are accomplishing here. I’ll be in chat and around and about the main site as I am able.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Despite ongoing problems on the larger network, Ask Ubuntu is still one of my favorite communities on the internet. Thank you all for helping make it that :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44179" LastEditorUserId="44179" LastEditDate="2019-10-19T21:24:47.407" LastActivityDate="2019-11-10T03:24:04.883" Title="It's time for me to go" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="6" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18830" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18829" CreationDate="2019-10-19T19:00:08.640" Score="28" Body="&lt;p&gt;Thank you again Seth for all of your contributions over the years here for being moderator.  You have been helpful in helping me and other new moderators adjust to the position, and you have helped serve the community amazingly well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We continue to welcome your contributions around the site and I hope you continue to contribute amazingly well here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2019-10-19T19:00:08.640" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18831" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18829" CreationDate="2019-10-19T19:35:31.783" Score="26" Body="&lt;p&gt;Seth has helped me a great deal over the years. It's sad an issue SE has brought upon themselves is drowning so many great contributors to the sites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With any luck a SE will have a change of heart and recognize human rights. Then develop a new way of dealing with people whose careers or way of life are being decimated. After SE internal changes are made hopefully then the mods will be rehired / reunited into the fold.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Each mod can take many years to develop but an SE employee is probably for the most part a simple hiring process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will both be missed and remembered for all your assistance Seth.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="307523" LastEditorUserId="307523" LastEditDate="2019-10-19T21:45:26.287" LastActivityDate="2019-10-19T21:45:26.287" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18832" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18829" CreationDate="2019-10-20T13:34:15.323" Score="26" Body="&lt;p&gt;I found it very hard to upvote this. I really don't want to see you go, but I fully understand why you feel you must. You were here when I first got my diamond to help me learn the ropes and transition from moderating U&amp;amp;L to moderating AU. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know you'll still be around, so this isn't a goodbye, as such, but the mod team will be much poorer for your absence. You were always calm, fair and a model moderator. A constant voice of reason. You will be deeply missed. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At least the loss of your diamond doesn't mean you'll lose the respect the community has for you. I hope you will continue to give us the benefit of your experience even as &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/27345048#27345048&quot;&gt;a puny user, instead of mod&lt;/a&gt; :).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2019-10-20T13:34:15.323" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18833" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18829" CreationDate="2019-10-21T00:25:19.073" Score="20" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm sorry to see you step down as a moderator, though (&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/18832/22949&quot;&gt;like terdon&lt;/a&gt;) I understand the reason.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You've made Ask Ubuntu and numerous people's lives better through your contributions and interactions on Ask Ubuntu for as long as you've been on the site. Both as a mod and otherwise.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In posts, comments, chat, &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/3877/raiders-of-the-lost-downboat&quot;&gt;the Downboat&lt;/a&gt;... you've made this place better. &lt;strong&gt;I've often observed you bringing patience and clarity to confusing and potentially trying situations.&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;(&lt;/strong&gt;Also, you were very patient with me that one time I tried to defend a VLQ flag on a post that was, in hindsight... &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; VLQ. &lt;strong&gt;:)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Though you've stepped down as a moderator of Ask Ubuntu, you will always be part of this community, no matter in what ways or how much you choose to continue participating and contributing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Good luck, best of health, and thank you for everything you have given us here!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2019-10-21T01:30:30.080" LastActivityDate="2019-10-21T01:30:30.080" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18834" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1396" CreationDate="2019-10-21T14:39:32.580" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Have some image data in the clipboard and press &lt;kbd&gt;ctrl&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;v&lt;/kbd&gt; while in the editor, click &quot;Add Picture&quot; and immediately, the image is in place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/GYmow.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/GYmow.png&quot; alt=&quot;ctrl-v paste image in SE&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For super-fast copy-pasting a screenshot with Ubuntu, copy-paste a shot from full screen (&lt;kbd&gt;ctrl&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;print&lt;/kbd&gt;) or from a bounding box (&lt;kbd&gt;ctrl&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;shift&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;print&lt;/kbd&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="631600" LastEditorUserId="631600" LastEditDate="2019-10-21T14:45:04.443" LastActivityDate="2019-10-21T14:45:04.443" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18835" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-10-24T07:11:13.137" Score="10" ViewCount="160" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;*Credit to Eliah Kagan for &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/52271295#52271295&quot;&gt;the title&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We have a tag &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/maintenance&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;maintenance&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;maintenance&lt;/a&gt; which currently has 38 questions in it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The questions relate to a miscellany of topics, since &quot;maintenance&quot; is a very broad category of activity that could apply to many tasks having little in common with each other.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I feel that there is no benefit in having a tag for &lt;em&gt;maintenance&lt;/em&gt; since it can be applied too broadly to usefully define the subject of questions, and it is unlikely that anyone would take a particular interest in or have a particular expertise in &quot;maintenance&quot; &lt;em&gt;in general&lt;/em&gt; as opposed to in relation to some specific task or part of the OS. Tasks intended as maintenance can be described more precisely by tags relating to the action itself, such as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/package-management&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;package-management&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;package-management&lt;/a&gt;, its context, such as a particular piece of software, and/or perhaps its goal, such as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/performance&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;performance&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;performance&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should this tag be removed from the questions that have it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2019-10-24T07:11:13.137" Title="Can [maintenance] be kept in good working order?*" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18837" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="1396" CreationDate="2019-10-24T19:50:52.660" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I set cursor in right place on text post, then Drag n Drop image to editor from Nautilus or Desktop..&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="881020" LastActivityDate="2019-10-24T19:50:52.660" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18838" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18829" CreationDate="2019-10-26T05:43:51.333" Score="-2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You say '&lt;em&gt;that their only concern is money and profit&lt;/em&gt;', yep, and I believe a certain 'foundation' has taken over SE in 'stealth' mode.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is difficult to make tough decisions today with 'special interests' cash calling the shots, but the world became great with tough people and not by pandering to 'special interests'...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Good luck!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1009495" LastActivityDate="2019-10-26T05:43:51.333" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18839" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18840" CreationDate="2019-10-27T11:19:29.463" Score="3" ViewCount="38" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are times when some questions or answers have many comments. In such cases, there's a &quot;show &lt;code&gt;n&lt;/code&gt; more comments&quot; link. On clicking the link, I find, quite often, that the comments that were not shown initially, are often not comments chronologically later than the last previously visible comment but maybe even be between any of the previously visible comments. In which case, I need to go back to the top of the list of comments and work my way down to read the now visible comments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why is that?  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="248158" LastActivityDate="2019-10-27T13:06:31.690" Title="What determines which comments are displayed initially?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18840" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18839" CreationDate="2019-10-27T13:06:31.690" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can't find a detailed explanation post to link right now, except for &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/40157/280883&quot;&gt;Shog9's answer to &quot;Why are comments hidden by popularity and not by chronology?&quot; maybe&lt;/a&gt;, but it has to do with the comment vote score. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Priority to be shown among the initially visible set of comments is determined &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;primarily by the number of upvotes a comment has (higher score = higher priority) and&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;secondarily as a tie break by age (older = higher priority).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The reason is to rather show comments which were perceived as useful over potentially more irrelevant comments that might have come earlier or later in chronological order.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastActivityDate="2019-10-27T13:06:31.690" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18841" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-10-27T14:44:50.960" Score="7" ViewCount="232" Body="&lt;p&gt;After searching &lt;a href=&quot;http://askubuntu.com&quot;&gt;http://askubuntu.com&lt;/a&gt; I was looking through all the unanswered questions and its frustrating trawling through 607 unanswered questions at 15 per page (approx 9,105) and it appears that questions remain unanswered for the following reasons (with links to a few examples of each type, to demonstrate):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Question answered by a comment&lt;/strong&gt; -  and accepted by person who posted the question, but they never bother to change it into an answer.  It appears that the site admin doesn't sort them out either, as they are left in lmbo for years, (e.g.):&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1056571/ubuntu-18-04-logs-out-unexpectedly-or-crashes&quot;&gt;Ubuntu 18.04 logs out unexpectedly or crashes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1049838/failed-to-enroll-mok-key-on-upgrade-17-10-18-04&quot;&gt;failed to enroll MOK key on upgrade 17.10 -&amp;gt; 18.04&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1044778/how-to-change-nautilus-shortcuts-keys-in-ubuntu-18-04&quot;&gt;How to change Nautilus shortcuts keys in Ubuntu 18.04?&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Question is regarded as too broad&lt;/strong&gt; - however it is not flagged as such; it's just a comment again, and the latter recommended it should go to chat. It  appears that's what happened, but the question is still flagged as unanswered:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1067082/why-do-keyboard-shortcuts-stop-working-in-ubuntu-18-04-with-gnome&quot;&gt;Why do keyboard shortcuts stop working in Ubuntu 18.04 with Gnome&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1132809/gnome-terminal-hides-ending-characters-of-the-current-paths-first-row&quot;&gt;gnome-terminal hides ending characters of the current path&amp;#39;s first row&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Question is awaiting feedback&lt;/strong&gt; - Questions are still awaiting feedback over a year:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1062455/window-manager-warning-overwriting-existing-binding-of-keysym-xxx-with-keysym-x&quot;&gt;Window manager warning: Overwriting existing binding of keysym XXX with keysym XXX (keycode XX)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/922205/vboxdrv-does-not-exist-after-kernel-installation&quot;&gt;vboxdrv does not exist. after kernel installation&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Question is literally unanswered&lt;/strong&gt; - for example:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1085960/use-bluetooth-headset-with-microphone-hfp-in-ubuntu-18-04&quot;&gt;Use Bluetooth headset with microphone (HFP) in Ubuntu 18.04&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1084231/playonlinux-not-detecting-freetype-fonts-ubuntu-18-04&quot;&gt;PlayOnLinux not detecting FreeType fonts - ubuntu 18.04&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1060683/vpn-disconnect-do-not-stop-internet&quot;&gt;VPN disconnect - do not stop internet&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Answered but answer not yet accepted&lt;/strong&gt; - of which at time of writing there are:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;9,099 questions with no upvoted or accepted answers, despite a lot of them are actually answered but not yet accepted.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1061900/very-high-xorg-memory-usage-with-ubuntu-18-04&quot;&gt;Very high Xorg memory usage with Ubuntu 18.04&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1085438/what-causes-pkcs7-signature-not-signed-with-a-trusted-key&quot;&gt;What causes &amp;quot;PKCS#7 signature not signed with a trusted key&amp;quot;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;IMHO, I think these could be dealt with as follows:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;(1)&lt;/strong&gt;  No one should answer a question with a comment, but it appears to be common.  In many cases, the person asking the question has even accepted the answer.  Suggest that when entering a comment you should get a warning to make it clear you should not use comments to answer and what is it now? +50 to comment? Suggest it should be much higher and then it should be only the sort of people will never answer with a comment; maybe add an incentive by means of a points deduction, to put people off the malpractice and add this to the warning every time someone goes to add a comment.  Also, housekeeping should sort out ones that have already been answered by a comment and prompt the person who answered to post it as an actual answer, and the person who asked the question to accept the answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;(2)&lt;/strong&gt; If a question is regarded as too-broad or for any other reason is not accepted, then it should be flagged in some way and deleted after n days/n months.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;(3)&lt;/strong&gt; If a question doesn't get feedback from the person who asked the question after say 1 month, then delete it.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;(4)&lt;/strong&gt; What you do about questions still unanswered?  I don't know, but if I asked a question and it was unanswered for over a month it is highly likely I have since found a solution by then, and would answer it myself allowing it to be closed off at some point, but many users, especially new ones, do nothing.  Suggest you email the person to tell them the question is about to be closed if you get no feedback, then delete the question.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;(5)&lt;/strong&gt; Suggest administrators or those whose task it is, to make a point of going through questions and prompting the the person asking the question to mark the answer as accepted or whatever you can do to arrive more quickly at an accepted answer. for example this question is over 7 years old, it has 6 answers, the last has the most votes with 1131, so why didn't/doesn't someone simply mark that as the accepted answer since its clearly the best answer and why is it not right at the top since it has the most votes?:&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/86822/how-can-i-copy-the-contents-of-a-folder-to-another-folder-in-a-different-directo&quot;&gt;How can I copy the contents of a folder to another folder in a different directory using terminal?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also if you are looking only for an answer there is no option to list only answered questions or answered questions that actually have an accepted answer! suggest you add an Answered option to the list or&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Answered (accepted)&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Answered (not accepted):  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/7aPnc.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/7aPnc.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user993560" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2019-11-06T06:26:24.760" LastActivityDate="2019-11-06T06:26:24.760" Title="Suggestions to limit the large amount of unanswered questions?" 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  <row Id="18842" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18841" CreationDate="2019-10-28T20:06:54.903" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;You have some good points here but also a couple of misunderstandings on how the site works.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With regards to the 15 questions per page, at the bottom of every page you can select if you want 15, 30 or 50 questions per page, just choose the one you like.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is also worth noting that a question does not need to have a green check mark to be considered answered here, all it needs is an answer with a positive (+1) vote score. The check mark is just a way for the OP to say &quot;this worked for me!&quot;, it is not the way to find the best answer or even the correct answer, in some cases. You can find accepted answers that are heavily downvoted due to them being low quality, don't put to much faith in that check mark, it is not the be all, end all of answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is possible to get questions only with accepted answers if that is what you really want, as well as a myriad of other criteria too, by using the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/searching&quot;&gt;advanced search&lt;/a&gt; function, here are some examples:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=%5B18.04%5D%20isaccepted%3Ayes&quot;&gt;[18.04] isaccepted:yes&lt;/a&gt; Will find all questions tagged 18.04 and with an accepted answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=created%3A2018%20isaccepted%3Ano%20answers%3A1&quot;&gt;created:2018 isaccepted:no answers:1&lt;/a&gt; Will find all question from 2018, that have at least one answer but not an accepted one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you can see you can get quite specific with this, it is well worth learning.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now I will address your suggestions to improve the answer rate:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Nobody should answer a question with a comment, but it appears to be&#xA;  common&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While you are not wrong, it is much less black and white than that. Common reasons someone might answer in a comment can be that the comment was not intended as an answer, for example a comment saying &quot;can you try X and let me know if it helps&quot; may well contain the solution but the poster might not be sure and want some feedback before committing to an answer, if the OP gets a solution and never bothers to post back, then how can the commenter ever know if they were right? If you do see a comment answer then feel free to comment yourself asking them to post it as an answer, often a reminder is all they need.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;+50 to comment? suggest it should be much higher and then it should be only the sort of people will never answer with a comment and maybe add&#xA;  an incentive by means of a points deduction, to put people off the&#xA;  malpractice and add this to the warning every time someone goes to add&#xA;  a comment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Have you seen the amount of complaints already about requiring 50 rep to comment? This would not go down well.&#xA;I really don't agree people should lose rep for comments under any circumstances, you seem to have the impression that commenting is only being used for answers and that is very wrong, the vast majority of comments are used to request clarification, you may need it to answer but you may just need to understand an existing answer better or get a question clarified.&#xA;People know not to answer in comments, a warning is not going to help that if it was never their intention to do so in the first place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If a question is regarded as too-broad or for any other reason is not&#xA;  accepted, then it should be flagged in some way and deleted after n&#xA;  days/n months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This already happens, there is a robust flag/close system already, you can't see it because you don't meet the reputation requirements but question can be closed because they are unclear, too broad, duplicates, off topic etc, even at low rep you can flag a question for the attention of others.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If a question doesn't get feedback from the person who asked the&#xA;  question after say 1 month then delete it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That is not necessary, it might sound a bit harsh but we don't need any feedback or interaction from the question poster to take action on questions or answer them etc. Removing them after just a month may be a bit premature, sometimes questions get answered long after they were posted or can become relevant again years later.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is worth mentioning here that the point of the site is not to get the individual an answer but to create a database of Q&amp;amp;A that anyone can use, removing questions is really an extreme action here, we want them to stay, whether the OP cares or not, we should keep them, improve them, update them and hope someone in the future will find them of use.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Number four is pretty much the same thing, we don't remove questions because the OP does not care any more, the question may be useful others in the future and for that reason should not just be removed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Suggest you email the person to tell them the question is about to be&#xA;  closed if you get no feedback then delete the question&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This isn't a bad idea but may already happen, I'm not sure, I guess it would require consent from the OP to email them but it may get some to return.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;so why didn't/doesn't someone simply mark that as the accepted answer&#xA;  since its clearly the best answer&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The accept mark is just for the OP to say &quot;this helped me&quot;, no one else can accept an answer on their behalf. Like you say, the votes show that the answer is the best, what's wrong with that?&#xA;Note that we do ask people to accept answers all the time but sometimes the person who asked just doesn't care and ignores that request, nothing anyone can do about that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Something else to understand is that the software this site is running on was not designed with Ask Ubuntu in mind, the site must adapt to the software, not the software to the site, so while some things may seem logical to change it is just beyond the power of anyone here to make those changes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I hope this can clarify some things about why the site is the way it is for you, if you have any questions feel free to comment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here are a few relevant links:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/716/why-are-you-only-allowed-to-comment-with-50-rep&quot;&gt;Why are you only allowed to comment with 50 rep?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/18624/why-are-so-many-answers-posted-as-comments&quot;&gt;Why are so many answers posted as comments?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/18793/are-questions-asked-n-plus-years-ago-still-relevant&quot;&gt;Are questions asked &amp;#39;n&amp;#39; plus years ago, still relevant?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/4059/what-is-the-meaning-of-an-accept-of-an-answer&quot;&gt;What is the meaning of an accept (of an answer)?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1519/is-it-okay-to-ask-a-user-to-accept-an-answer-for-his-her-question&quot;&gt;Is it okay to ask a user to accept an answer for his/her question?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/5440/forcing-leavers-to-accept-an-answer&quot;&gt;Forcing &amp;quot;leavers&amp;quot; to accept an answer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This one is an SO link but the goal is the same for the whole network:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/254770/what-is-stack-overflow-s-goal&quot;&gt;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/254770/what-is-stack-overflow-s-goal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastEditorUserId="75060" LastEditDate="2019-10-28T22:11:32.047" LastActivityDate="2019-10-28T22:11:32.047" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18843" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-10-29T07:17:31.317" Score="6" ViewCount="206" Body="&lt;p&gt;I propose that these questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/743181/determine-which-kernel-ships-with-which-ubuntu-version?rq=1&quot;&gt;Determine which kernel ships with which Ubuntu version&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/646084/4-0-6-kernel-in-which-ubuntu-version?rq=1&quot;&gt;4.0.6 kernel in which ubuntu version?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/10308/what-kernel-version-comes-with-ubuntu-10-04-1?rq=1&quot;&gt;what kernel version comes with ubuntu 10.04.1?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/49546/what-kernel-version-comes-with-11-04?rq=1&quot;&gt;What kernel version comes with 11.04?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/65684/what-kernel-version-does-ubuntu-server-10-04-3-lts-come-with?rq=1&quot;&gt;What kernel version does Ubuntu Server 10.04.3 LTS come with?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should be flagged as duplicates of this question: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/517136/list-of-ubuntu-versions-with-corresponding-linux-kernel-version?rq=1&quot;&gt;List of Ubuntu Versions with Corresponding Linux Kernel Version&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The benefit this will have is that &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1184638/whats-the-default-kernel-version-comes-with-ubuntu-16-04-6&quot;&gt;new users asking similar questions&lt;/a&gt; might be seeing the questions in &quot;suggested duplicates&quot; but ignoring them because it doesn't contain the answer to their version. When we close them as duplicates, the user will go to the  &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/517136/list-of-ubuntu-versions-with-corresponding-linux-kernel-version?rq=1&quot;&gt;List of Ubuntu Versions with Corresponding Linux Kernel Version&lt;/a&gt; question instead and find their answer there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I wanted to ask if this is appropriate to do and if a mod could do it in one go instead of me having to raise duplicate flags for all of them&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="370026" LastActivityDate="2019-10-29T09:39:53.727" Title="Mass duplicate flagging of &quot;What kernel version does ubuntu X ship with?&quot;" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18844" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18843" CreationDate="2019-10-29T09:39:53.727" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;Questions that are actually of the simple form &lt;strong&gt;which kernel does &lt;em&gt;major version&lt;/em&gt; come with?&lt;/strong&gt; may, I think, be closed as duplicates without any meaningful loss.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, questions like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/646084/which-ubuntu-version-has-the-4-0-6-kernel-which-supports-l2tp-vpn&quot;&gt;Which Ubuntu version has the 4.0.6 kernel which supports L2TP VPN?&lt;/a&gt; should not be closed as such, since their details provide the potential for (and perhaps require) material that would not be appropriate in answers to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/517136/list-of-ubuntu-versions-with-corresponding-linux-kernel-version&quot;&gt;List of Ubuntu Versions with Corresponding Linux Kernel Version&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We can see immediately that &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/743181/determine-which-kernel-ships-with-which-ubuntu-version&quot;&gt;Determine which kernel ships with which Ubuntu version&lt;/a&gt;, which is in my opinion misleadingly titled, is not a duplicate of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/517136/list-of-ubuntu-versions-with-corresponding-linux-kernel-versio&quot;&gt;List of Ubuntu Versions with Corresponding Linux Kernel Version&lt;/a&gt; because the published list and its copies here do not document the point release kernels but only the initial release kernel. I actually don't know of anywhere this information is documented or where the information in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/743183/527764&quot;&gt;that question's answer&lt;/a&gt; comes from. In fact, that question would benefit from a new answer that actually does tell us &lt;em&gt;how&lt;/em&gt; to determine in advance (that is, without installation) the kernel version of a point release, with some clarity on the difference between vanilla kernel versions and Ubuntu kernel versions... Closing it would be a really bad idea I think! But, if such an answer were posted (and, probably, the question re-titled), it may then be reasonable to close questions of the form &lt;strong&gt;what kernel version does &lt;em&gt;point release&lt;/em&gt; come with?&lt;/strong&gt; against &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/743181/determine-which-kernel-ships-with-which-ubuntu-version&quot;&gt;Determine which kernel ships with which Ubuntu version&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2019-10-29T09:39:53.727" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18845" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18846" CreationDate="2019-10-30T08:38:38.257" Score="5" ViewCount="77" Body="&lt;p&gt;So this is just a general question I have about AskUbuntu. I have seen 2 badges and there are possibly more, in which you have to delete your  own question to be able to achieve. However, when I go to delete a question, I am greeted with the warning &quot;Deleting questions may result in a ban from asking questions&quot; or something like that, but that shouldn't be right. If the purpose of deleting questions is to obtain a badge, there should not be the potential risk of getting banned involved!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="965801" LastActivityDate="2019-10-30T09:31:09.770" Title="Obtaining a badge might &quot;result in a ban&quot;" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18846" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18845" CreationDate="2019-10-30T09:31:09.770" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are 2 such badges.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/badges/38&quot;&gt;Peer Presure&lt;/a&gt;: Delete own post with score of -3 or lower.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/badges/37/disciplined&quot;&gt;Disciplined&lt;/a&gt;: Delete own post with score of 3 or higher.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;None of the badge is specifically for deletion of &lt;strong&gt;a question&lt;/strong&gt;. They can earned either by deleting a question or an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When an off-topic or poorly written question or answer is posted on the site, it generally attracts downvotes. By looking at the downvotes, it can be judged if the post is helpful. Self-deleting such posts would award &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/badges/38&quot;&gt;a badge&lt;/a&gt;. While the purpose of earlier said badge is clear, but what about &lt;em&gt;being disciplined&lt;/em&gt;. The purpose of &lt;em&gt;being disciplined&lt;/em&gt; was asked on &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/7612&quot;&gt;Meta Stack Exchange&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.superuser.com/q/8585&quot;&gt;Super User Meta&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As per &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/7634&quot;&gt;Shog9's answer&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's a scenario I've been in many times: I post a quick answer to a question. It's accurate and reasonably helpful, and therefore collects several up-votes. Then someone else posts their answer... The extra time they spent on it clearly shows: it's comprehensive, easy to read, links to tangential-related information, includes good code samples...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And so I delete mine and up-vote the new answer. Maybe edit it a bit, to include something from mine that I feel would benefit it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;End result: the question gets a single, solid answer. The other guy is rewarded for the extra effort he put into it. I'm rewarded with... the satisfaction of a job well done.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And maybe a badge...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now coming to the ban. Getting a ban isn't triggered by merely deleting one post (AFAIK). Your all activities are monitored and it is observed how helpful are your questions or answers. If you try to delete multiple helpful posts you might even get &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/86998&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;suspended to cool down&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, I'll advise to delete those posts which you think are very bad to avoid ban and suspensions. :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="816190" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2019-10-30T09:31:09.770" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18847" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-10-30T15:59:53.260" Score="2" ViewCount="91" Body="&lt;p&gt;There's a &lt;a href=&quot;https://superuser.com/q/1495491/86708&quot;&gt;SuperUser question&lt;/a&gt; which is on-topic here, and has some answers. Normally, I'd recommend the OP to delete and repost here, but this question has existing answers that would be lost.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a good way to handle this? Would a cross-post be okay if it had a link to the original answer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="20358" LastActivityDate="2019-10-30T15:59:53.260" Title="Cross-posting okay from SuperUser?" Tags="|discussion|asking-questions|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="16" ClosedDate="2019-10-31T08:41:03.563" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18848" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18851" CreationDate="2019-10-30T20:40:46.420" Score="7" ViewCount="257" Body="&lt;p&gt;In 2012, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/136008/816190&quot;&gt;a question&lt;/a&gt; was asked about the installation of VMWare player. Some months later, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/14356/&quot;&gt;fossfreedom&lt;/a&gt; merged that question into &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/130937/816190&quot;&gt;How do I install VMware Player?&lt;/a&gt;. But in the latter one, the questioner wants to custom-patch VMWare with a custom script they have, and the accepted answer is about how to do that, not about the much more common situation of wanting to install VMWare.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The latter said question is now a duplicate target for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/linked/130937&quot;&gt;numerous questions&lt;/a&gt;. Although the title appears general and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/136115/816190&quot;&gt;Eliah Kagan's answer&lt;/a&gt; explains how to perform the installation, according to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1107256/e-unable-to-locate-package-vmware-player-15-0-2-10952284-x86-64-bundle#comment1980198_1107256&quot;&gt;Thomas Ward's comment&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;most users won't see it because they never read past the original accepted answer on dupe posts. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I also agree with this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, I believe it wasn't appropriate to merge those questions because they &lt;em&gt;aren't exact duplicates&lt;/em&gt;. Should these questions be &lt;em&gt;unmerged&lt;/em&gt;? If so, can mods please request SE staff to &lt;em&gt;un-merge&lt;/em&gt; those questions so that things would be where it they're supposed to be? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Footnote:&lt;/strong&gt; According to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/136168&quot;&gt;Shog9's post&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If a moderator becomes convinced that a merge was inappropriate, they can ask one of us (SE team) to help unmerge / clean up the mess.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="816190" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2019-10-31T15:44:14.670" LastActivityDate="2019-12-05T16:19:31.477" Title="Can these VMWares be un-merged?" Tags="|discussion|support|status-completed|merge|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18849" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18848" CreationDate="2019-10-31T06:07:01.957" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;When a commonly used canonical question does not serve its intended purpose it is appropriate to create a new dupe target, including by unmerging an existing merged question that would be a better dupe target than the existing canonical question. The benefit of unmerging in this case is that it preserves the upvotes that the existing merged question received which would be useful to indicate that this is a useful question. It is also worth noting in this case that merged questions cannot be upvoted or bountied.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="94914" LastEditorUserId="94914" LastEditDate="2019-10-31T06:12:26.057" LastActivityDate="2019-10-31T06:12:26.057" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18850" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18848" CreationDate="2019-10-31T06:31:00.353" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;This merge really does seem to have been done in error and the resulting situation seems very confusing for visitors. The questions are not only not &lt;em&gt;exact&lt;/em&gt; duplicates, but also the target is far less general than the origin and different enough from it that even reversing the direction of closure would be unsatisfactory. I cannot see any alternative to un-merging since if the target were edited to make it into the general question it's currently being used as (that is, if only its misleadingly general title were left and the body detail destroyed), the accepted answer with a score of 44 would become more or less incomprehensible. Writing a new question in which to merge this one would have the same effect.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's what needs to be ideally done in my view:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/136008/how-to-obtain-and-install-vmware-player&quot;&gt;How do I install VMware Player?&lt;/a&gt; should be unmerged from &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/130937/how-do-i-install-vmware-player&quot;&gt;How do I install VMware Player 4.0.3 (and patch the installer to work on my 12.04 system)?&lt;/a&gt;. All answers to that except the accepted one should be moved to the newly unmerged question &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The currently open question should be retitled to reflect the specific details of the situation, e.g. &lt;em&gt;Is there a script or patch that will allow me to install VMWare 4.0.3?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Questions closed as duplicates of the latter question should be reopened and reclosed as duplicates of the newly unmerged question as appropriate.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Whether the first part of the above can be done I don't know. But it seems a bad enough situation to request an intervention.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2019-12-05T16:19:31.477" LastActivityDate="2019-12-05T16:19:31.477" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18851" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18848" CreationDate="2019-10-31T15:43:49.540" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I agree that this needed unmerged, so I poked this up to The Great and Powerful Shog for unmerging.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The questions have been unmerged because they are substantially different from each other.  Edit the questions accordingly to make them noticeably different please :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/status-completed&quot; class=&quot;post-tag moderator-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;status-completed&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;status-completed&lt;/a&gt; by CMs (Shog9)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2019-10-31T15:43:49.540" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18852" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-10-31T18:44:35.527" Score="8" ViewCount="210" Body="&lt;p&gt;I Am new here. I wrote a question, and then saw a notification, clicked it, and it is a version of my question with red/green letters and strikethrough, like it had been proofread and edited.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do not know the forum etiquette, could someone please explain what this is? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't want to make faux pas. I would like to be an active member of the community, but I've only just ditched Windows, so I'm trying to learn.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1009549" OwnerDisplayName="count-testa" LastActivityDate="2019-11-01T17:24:50.883" Title="Forum etiquette (edited question)" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18853" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18852" CreationDate="2019-10-31T19:16:47.327" Score="17" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is as you say: your post has been edited.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Every question and answer on the site has a revision history, which shows each version of the post and provides comparisons between them. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/1185277/revisions&quot;&gt;This is the revision history for a question of yours that was recently edited.&lt;/a&gt; It sounds from your description like you're talking about that page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The revision history shows the edits that have been made to your post, by yourself or others. Text that is highlighted in red and crossed out is text that an edit removed. Text that is highlighted in green is text that an edit added.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are wondering &lt;em&gt;why&lt;/em&gt; your post has been edited at all, then &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/editing&quot;&gt;Why can people edit my posts? How does editing work?&lt;/a&gt; in the help center (as &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/18852/forum-etiquette-edited-question#comment40372_18852&quot;&gt;Kulfy mentioned&lt;/a&gt;) explains this. Although Ask Ubuntu doesn't work quite the same as a site like Wikipedia, posts are editable and edits from anyone are generally encouraged. This applies both when the editor is the same person who created the post and when they are different people.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Although the system has informed you of the edit, no specific action is expected from you in connection with it. The color highlighting and strikethrough shown in the revision history is just a way to &lt;em&gt;show&lt;/em&gt; the changes that were made. This isn't telling you what changes you should make; it's telling you what changes &lt;em&gt;were&lt;/em&gt; made.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With that said, if you think the edit is in error, then you can edit the post again (you can even roll back the edit from the revision history). In this case, the edit added information that is relevant to your question and that you provided in comments. It also removed some very general introductory text and some signature-like text at the end, which weren't really helping the post. As far as I can tell, this edit was helpful; I don't think it introduced any errors.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sometimes, someone will suggest an edit on one of your posts, but that edit &lt;em&gt;won't&lt;/em&gt; yet be applied. This happens when the editor doesn't have enough &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/whats-reputation&quot;&gt;reputation&lt;/a&gt; to apply edits directly, so their edits must go through review. The amount of reputation required to edit without going through review varies, but for most kinds of edits, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/edit&quot;&gt;it's 2000&lt;/a&gt;. When a user with less rep edits, they are actually submitting an edit &lt;em&gt;suggestion&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When that happens on one of your posts, the system will notify you of the edit suggestion. In that situation, the &lt;em&gt;proposed&lt;/em&gt; changes, which have not yet been made, are shown, in a manner similar to what is shown in the revision history. You can decide to accept or reject the edit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But even in this situation, you don't have to take any action if you don't want to, because suggested edits also go into a review queue where they are reviewed by other users. In fact, most suggested edits are accepted or rejected through the review process, rather than by the owner of the post. This is mainly because there are people from all over the world reviewing suggested edits all the time, and they'll often get to it before you do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As with any edit, whether by yourself or by someone else, you can always later make another edit to improve upon it further or to correct any errors it may have introduced.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2019-11-01T17:24:50.883" LastActivityDate="2019-11-01T17:24:50.883" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18854" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18856" CreationDate="2019-11-01T01:21:43.843" Score="3" ViewCount="152" Body="&lt;p&gt;When I was entering an answer, to my own question, it put my answer as a comment instead. I tried it again, and the same thing happened again. I kept the two attempted answers -- that got strangely redirected as comments in there (decided to not delete them) as reference.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is where I discovered it, see comment in question of post &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1184808/no-terminal-in-unity-after-faild-upgrade-from-ubuntu-19-04-to-19-10&quot;&gt;No Terminal in Unity after faild upgrade from Ubuntu 19.04 to 19.10&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="242995" OwnerDisplayName="MeSo2" LastEditorUserId="1118" LastEditDate="2020-01-07T02:25:33.033" LastActivityDate="2020-01-07T02:25:33.033" Title="Short answer is automatically converted to a comment" Tags="|support|bug|status-bydesign|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18855" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18854" CreationDate="2019-11-01T12:56:18.687" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you find a &lt;em&gt;bug&lt;/em&gt; in the Ask Ubuntu / StackExchange platform, you open a meta post here on &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com&quot;&gt;https://meta.askubuntu.com&lt;/a&gt; and detail the &lt;strong&gt;specific&lt;/strong&gt; issue you're seeing and use the 'bug' tag.  This will draw attention to the issue for SE developers and staff to look at.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;HOWEVER&lt;/strong&gt; as it currently stands, you have &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;not detailed the issue you're experiencing&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; and don't detail steps to observe/reproduce the issue.  We &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;cannot&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; help you (bugs or otherwise) if you don't provide details of the bug/issue you're running into on the SE platform, so we need a &lt;em&gt;detailed&lt;/em&gt; explanation of what you're seeing, including screenshots where relevant, and you need to provide 'steps to reproduce' the problem so we can try and see what exactly you're seeing so we can reproduce the issue.  If we (SE staff, elected moderators, others, etc.) can't reproduce the issue then the issue usually doesn't get identified or fixed/handled by the SE staff.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2019-11-01T12:56:18.687" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18856" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18854" CreationDate="2019-11-01T16:26:39.590" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;That is not a bug, it is by design.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is happening is you are posting a very short answer with a link and the system is picking that up automatically as a low quality / link only answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When you post a link answer you MUST include the relevant content from the link in the answer and leave the link as a reference.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To be fair to you, I had no idea this even a thing and it seems like it could be a poor way of handling these kinds of answers in some situations and we already have a review queue for this kind of thing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You are welcome to take it &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; and request a change but I doubt it be well received.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Relevant topic link: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/98950/answer-appears-automatically-converted-as-a-comment/98955&quot;&gt;Answer appears automatically converted as a comment&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastEditorUserId="75060" LastEditDate="2019-11-01T16:33:25.983" LastActivityDate="2019-11-01T16:33:25.983" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18858" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18859" CreationDate="2019-11-05T15:41:34.437" Score="6" ViewCount="82" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/18857/when-i-ask-ubuntu-the-interface-shows-number-of-answers-but-the-answers-are-not&quot;&gt;This question&lt;/a&gt; was moved from main to meta (rightfully) but it was closed here as unclear, causing all commenting to be prohibited and it to become a rejected migration.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I understand why this would happen when moving from one main site to another but in this case it seems to be a bit harsh to lock the comments as the question seems to fit on meta but could do with an update.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My concern here is that the OP will realize they can't comment and just not know another way to respond to the requests for clarification, causing them to not be helped and us to look like we don't want to help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can a mod remove the migration rejected state and put the question just in to a normal closed state, allowing people to comment again?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2019-11-05T16:04:54.123" LastActivityDate="2019-11-05T16:04:54.123" Title="Migration Rejected" Tags="|support|status-completed|closed-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18859" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18858" CreationDate="2019-11-05T16:04:45.670" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is done now.  &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/status-completed&quot; class=&quot;post-tag moderator-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;status-completed&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;status-completed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2019-11-05T16:04:45.670" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18860" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-11-09T16:26:30.853" Score="-1" ViewCount="428" Body="&lt;p&gt;I run into this problem often. Case in point:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1184283/19-10-seems-to-have-broken-suspend-on-my-mb-pro?newreg=1e69fcb57d804b8c95e2144074697364&quot;&gt;19.10 seems to have broken suspend on my MB Pro&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This user has a reputation of 111, appears to be an active contributor, and actually has the same problem I came here looking for answer to, along with possibly 84 other people, who have viewed his question. It's incredibly unhelpful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1014210" OwnerDisplayName="David Shepard" LastActivityDate="2019-12-14T01:42:50.807" Title="Why do valid questions get closed without providing any help?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18861" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18860" CreationDate="2019-11-09T17:00:49.337" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;The reason for the close is given in the blue box above the question body&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&quot;&lt;strong&gt;Bug reports and problems specific to development version of Ubuntu&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;  should be &lt;a href=&quot;http://askubuntu.com/questions/5121/how-do-i-report-a-bug&quot;&gt;reported on Launchpad&lt;/a&gt; so that developers can see, track and&#xA;  fix these issues.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Note:&lt;/strong&gt; This banner is visible only to the questioner and users with 3000+ reputation points&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Bugs are explicitly off topic here, as per &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;the help&lt;/a&gt;, meaning this is not a &quot;valid&quot; question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You state &quot;It's incredibly unhelpful&quot; but it is quite the opposite. Firstly the question had no answer, so won't be helping you or anyone else find a solution but the reason for closing gives the link to the correct place to report the bug and that is very helpful, seriously, go and report it on Launchpad, the developers will see it and they are the ones who can fix the issue, the more of you that go and report a bug, the more priority the devs will give to it and the quicker it will be fixed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastEditorUserId="816190" LastEditDate="2019-12-10T21:02:52.887" LastActivityDate="2019-12-10T21:02:52.887" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18862" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18829" CreationDate="2019-11-10T03:24:04.883" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been out of the loop for a while, but catching up now is causing me to consider moving on as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I respect your decision, and I will be making own known soon.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1992" LastActivityDate="2019-11-10T03:24:04.883" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18863" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-11-13T01:43:38.830" Score="51" ViewCount="1174" Body="&lt;p&gt;Dear fine gentlebeings of Ask Ubuntu and other hitchhikers of the internet,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/219714-in-many-of-the-more-relaxed-civilizations-on-the-outer&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;DON'T PANIC (imagine this written in large, friendly letters).&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is with a heavy heart that after being a moderator for the last 7 years (and really, not doing much for the last ~4 of them) that it is only right to vacate my spot on the roster and allow for someone else who is actively using Ubuntu and an active member of this community to be involved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Before I continue, I would like to make it clear that unlike &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/18829/its-time-for-me-to-go&quot;&gt;Seth&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;I am not resigning because of the recent actions of Stack Exchange, Inc&lt;/strong&gt;. This has been something I have been thinking about since I changed jobs in March, and during conversations with the other moderators I realized that it was time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, without further fanfare, let's have a little trip down memory lane about where things were 7 years ago when I became a moderator:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ubuntu 12.10 was released&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The site had about 46,000 users (the site passed the 1,000,000 mark a few weeks ago - that's a lot different!!)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We were getting &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/election/2&quot;&gt;gold watch spam pretty much every day&lt;/a&gt;, and it was kind of a (sad) running joke (go to that page and Ctrl-F for &quot;gold watch&quot;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We had a very small moderator team - when I joined there were 3 moderators, and we doubled the size with the election of 2012.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't really know how to end this, other than to say &quot;Thank you&quot; - I have really enjoyed my time as a moderator, and I believe that the current moderator team will continue to serve you well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So long, and thanks for all the fish.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6005" LastEditorUserId="6005" LastEditDate="2019-11-23T02:32:43.857" LastActivityDate="2019-11-23T02:32:43.857" Title="Farewell, y'all" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18864" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18863" CreationDate="2019-11-13T08:21:08.347" Score="25" Body="&lt;p&gt;Real life is like that. Thanks for all the work in those 7 years :) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Don't be a stranger though and drop in chat every so often. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can have some cookies but the fish stays where it is. The fish is reserved for 200k+ rep users. With only 40.8k rep you just managed to get out of the newbie state so cookies. You can have 42 towels for the new journey you started. And some milk. But the fish stays. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Ubuntu 12.10 was released&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What a lousy release that was. Stupid secure boot got introduced. Amazon search results. The death of Unity 2D. Oh and web app integration. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastActivityDate="2019-11-13T08:21:08.347" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18865" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18867" CreationDate="2019-11-13T13:27:13.733" Score="11" ViewCount="547" Body="&lt;p&gt;While reviewing first posts, I got to review &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1188032/why-do-some-applications-have-files-with-no-extension&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; about why some files do not have extensions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From the screenshot provided, it was clear to me that the OP was using Windows 10. Furthermore, the circled files (e.g COPYING, CREDITS, FAQ, README) usually have a .txt, .log or .md extension, which aren't shown in Windows if the &lt;em&gt;Hide extensions for known file types&lt;/em&gt; option is not disabled in the Windows File Manager options.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I flagged the question as off-topic, but then I was told that this was an audit and I failed, because this was a highly voted question! Indeed, the question is highly voted (12 upvotes/0 downvotes as of now) and has three high-quality answers (one with 30 upvotes as of now).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, I'm pretty confident that the absence of extensions is due to the Windows setting that I mention above. But, since the question is highly voted and the answers are pretty good (although referring to the Linux case of lack of extensions), I'm not sure how this should be handled. Should it be flagged as off-topic and closed, should it be edited to make sure that it refers to the Linux case, should there also be an answer about the Windows setting, or something else that I'm not aware that can be done?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;P.S. For the audit part, I think that it is an unfortunate coincidence, because the question was indeed highly voted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="618353" LastEditorUserId="618353" LastEditDate="2019-11-13T13:39:13.027" LastActivityDate="2019-11-14T23:40:47.460" Title="Question about Windows gets highly voted and has good Linux answers" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18866" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18865" CreationDate="2019-11-13T15:20:35.743" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;I should probably point out that the OP of that question is looking at a tarball/ZIP of data and source code.  MOST of those files for LICENSE, README, etc. don't have extensions as those are typically text files as indicated in an answer on the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;THIS SAID, my comment on the question stated &quot;I don't see how this is an Ubuntu question&quot; which means it was on my radar to get closed or such because it's not Ubuntu related. (Which, by the way, just happened because OP couldn't show me justification about how this was an Ubuntu question; I gave it a grace period before I closed it.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2019-11-13T15:20:35.743" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18867" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18865" CreationDate="2019-11-13T21:05:38.867" Score="17" Body="&lt;p&gt;The OP seems to be using Windows. But besides that, the question itself is not related to Windows in any way (I explain exactly why this is below). I think the good options, at this point, are &lt;em&gt;(a)&lt;/em&gt; to migrate the question to another site or &lt;em&gt;(b)&lt;/em&gt; to edit and reopen the question. I slightly favor editing and reopening it, but I am not sure that's better and I think either is acceptable. We could also &lt;em&gt;(c)&lt;/em&gt; do nothing further or &lt;em&gt;(d)&lt;/em&gt; reopen the question without editing it, but I don't recommend either of those approaches here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;There's no need to guess whether or not the files really have extensions.&lt;/strong&gt; The OP says the files are from &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;MediaWiki&lt;/a&gt;, which is a free open source software project. Specifically, it is the software &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;that powers Wikipedia&lt;/a&gt; and many other wikis. &lt;a href=&quot;https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/source/mediawiki/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Its source code repository can be browsed online and doing so readily verifies that the filenames are exactly as shown in the question.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;As currently asked&lt;/em&gt;, the question does not look like it is about Ubuntu.&lt;/strong&gt; The screenshot very strongly appears to show Windows Explorer. One can even deduce that the files truly have no extensions, through a discerning examination of how Windows Explorer shows them. The circled files in the question show the generic file icon, which is used for files whose types Windows doesn't know, and thus can't associate with any application. &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/18865/question-about-windows-gets-highly-voted-and-has-good-linux-answers#comment40410_18866&quot;&gt;As you've said&lt;/a&gt;, Windows Explorer never hides the extensions of unassociated files. It's &lt;em&gt;possible&lt;/em&gt; for that generic icon to be used as the icon of some file type or application, but this is fortunately rare.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Deducing a file's true name from how it is displayed in Windows Explorer and other file managers is an interesting topic, and someone should write &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&amp;amp;tbm=bks&amp;amp;ei=RWfMXbTYD4O5ggf3z4SABg&amp;amp;q=%22I%20have%20written%20a%20monograph%20on%20the%20subject.%20This%20ash%22&amp;amp;oq=%22I%20have%20written%20a%20monograph%20on%20the%20subject.%20This%20ash%22&amp;amp;gs_l=psy-ab.3...10690.17498.0.17595.69.47.4.0.0.0.199.4774.25j19.44.0....0...1c.1.64.psy-ab..22.24.2677...0j33i299k1j33i10k1.0.5Wl7rHV9cN8&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;a monograph on the subject&lt;/a&gt;. But the files the OP was talking about are public, and a better way to find their names is to just &lt;em&gt;check&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;One approach is to migrate the question to &lt;a href=&quot;https://superuser.com/&quot;&gt;Super User&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The OP is using Windows, which is on-topic there. It's a general software question, and I believe those are on-topic and fully embraced there. Furthermore, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1188032/why-do-some-applications-have-files-with-no-extension#comment1986954_1188032&quot;&gt;the OP seems amenable to migration&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Hi @ThomasWard I agree I have placed this question in the wrong forum, I am a hardware engineer and we try our best. I find the response and content here very useful, can we move this to a better location?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That might have been partly based on the assumption that the question couldn't be edited to be on-topic here (which it could, see below), but at the very least it &lt;em&gt;suggests&lt;/em&gt; the OP doesn't strongly feel that it should remain here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Another approach is to edit it so that it is on-topic.&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This would be quite easy to do. It might be sufficient simply &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/18865/question-about-windows-gets-highly-voted-and-has-good-linux-answers#comment40406_18865&quot;&gt;to replace the screenshot&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But it is possible to go beyond that, because &lt;strong&gt;MediaWiki is &lt;a href=&quot;https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mediawiki&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;officially packaged&lt;/a&gt; for Ubuntu&lt;/strong&gt; and available &lt;a href=&quot;https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories/Ubuntu#What_are_Repositories.3F&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;in the universe repository&lt;/a&gt;--which &lt;em&gt;in a way&lt;/em&gt; makes the question already a bit more about Ubuntu than Windows. (The downstream has a patch, but the patch does not affect the naming of those files.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;ek@Gnar:~$ apt policy mediawiki&#xA;mediawiki:&#xA;  Installed: (none)&#xA;  Candidate: 1:1.31.2-1ubuntu1&#xA;  Version table:&#xA;     1:1.31.2-1ubuntu1 500&#xA;        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan/universe amd64 Packages&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Consider the following variation of the question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Why do developers choose to not use file extensions for certain files?&#xA;  Here is an example from MediaWiki:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;ek@Gnar:~/src$ apt source mediawiki&#xA;Reading package lists... Done&#xA;NOTICE: 'mediawiki' packaging is maintained in the 'Git' version control system at:&#xA;https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/debian.git&#xA;Please use:&#xA;git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/debian.git&#xA;to retrieve the latest (possibly unreleased) updates to the package.&#xA;Need to get 35.4 MB of source archives.&#xA;Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan/universe mediawiki 1:1.31.2-1ubuntu1 (dsc) [2,428 B]&#xA;Get:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan/universe mediawiki 1:1.31.2-1ubuntu1 (tar) [35.3 MB]&#xA;Get:3 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan/universe mediawiki 1:1.31.2-1ubuntu1 (asc) [95 B]  &#xA;Get:4 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan/universe mediawiki 1:1.31.2-1ubuntu1 (diff) [112 kB]&#xA;Fetched 35.4 MB in 17s (2,038 kB/s)                                                               &#xA;dpkg-source: info: extracting mediawiki in mediawiki-1.31.2&#xA;dpkg-source: info: unpacking mediawiki_1.31.2.orig.tar.gz&#xA;dpkg-source: info: unpacking mediawiki_1.31.2-1ubuntu1.debian.tar.xz&#xA;dpkg-source: info: using patch list from debian/patches/series&#xA;dpkg-source: info: applying pear-phail-fail-shebang.diff&#xA;ek@Gnar:~/src$ cd mediawiki-1.31.2/&#xA;ek@Gnar:~/src/mediawiki-1.31.2$ ls -F&#xA;api.php                     debian/       includes/     opensearch_desc.php  StartProfiler.sample&#xA;autoload.php                docs/         index.php     profileinfo.php      tests/&#xA;cache/                      extensions/   INSTALL       README               thumb_handler.php&#xA;CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md          FAQ           jsduck.json   RELEASE-NOTES-1.31   thumb.php&#xA;composer.json               Gruntfile.js  languages/    resources/           UPGRADE&#xA;composer.local.json-sample  HISTORY       load.php      SECURITY             vendor/&#xA;COPYING                     images/       maintenance/  serialized/&#xA;CREDITS                     img_auth.php  mw-config/    skins/&#xA;ek@Gnar:~/src/mediawiki-1.31.2$ xdg-open .&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/JwKHp.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/JwKHp.png&quot; alt=&quot;screenshot of Mediawiki files in PCManFM-Qt&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;That's on my Lubuntu 19.10 system with the &lt;code&gt;mediawiki&lt;/code&gt; source package,&#xA;  but the files appear to be named the same &lt;a href=&quot;https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/source/mediawiki/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;upstream&lt;/a&gt; as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not saying we need to go that far in editing it, though in my opinion it would be &lt;em&gt;acceptable&lt;/em&gt; if we did. But perhaps the above example of what the question &lt;em&gt;could&lt;/em&gt; look like will be useful if we do edit it. Needless to say, any of the above may be used with or without modification, by anyone, in editing the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Given that we can easily edit the question to be on-topic--and that it's asking about files that are also in Ubuntu's repositories with the same filenames!--one argument for keeping the question is that, as you alluded to, it already has answers that are valuable to us here. On the other hand, those answers will likely be valuable elsewhere, too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.blog/2012/03/22/respect-the-community-your-own-and-others/&quot;&gt;The long-standing official guidance&lt;/a&gt; by Shog9 &lt;em&gt;seems&lt;/em&gt; to indicate that we should modify and keep the question rather than migrating it:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;h3&gt;Respecting your own community&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;As members of a community, your first loyalty should be to &lt;em&gt;that&lt;/em&gt;&#xA;  community. When evaluating a question, you shouldn’t be looking to&#xA;  push it off on some other site; instead, ask if it could be&#xA;  appropriate and on-topic for you, the experts who the author decided&#xA;  to ask. &lt;strong&gt;Be a bit jealous of your site&lt;/strong&gt; – don’t blithely turn askers&#xA;  away simply because their question could be asked somewhere else.&#xA;  Don’t hit them over the head with your scope, help them tailor their&#xA;  question to fit into it – and if that means your site’s scope overlaps&#xA;  a bit with another site’s, so be it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;strong&gt;From &quot;Respect the community – your own, and others’&quot; by Shog9. Emphasis in original.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my opinion, this guidance &lt;em&gt;is consistent&lt;/em&gt; with having closed (put on hold) the question in its current form. But if applied straightforwardly, it would suggest that the best course forward is to edit the question and reopen it, at least if the OP is comfortable with this approach.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;On the other hand&lt;/strong&gt;, in a very deep way there is, perhaps, something Windows-specific about the question: among users of all operating systems, Windows users are probably &lt;em&gt;the least accustomed&lt;/em&gt; to seeing files without extensions. Furthermore, Windows users might make the same incorrect assumption you made--that the files really did have extensions after all--and having the question somewhere Windows users are more likely to find it by browsing or searching could help mitigate that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Given that, and how the OP seems to be fine with migration, I think either approach is acceptable in this situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2019-11-14T01:56:59.667" LastActivityDate="2019-11-14T01:56:59.667" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18868" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18869" CreationDate="2019-11-14T17:36:43.607" Score="5" ViewCount="134" Body="&lt;p&gt;Today morning when I logged in to Ask Ubuntu, all of a sudden my reputation points changed from ~7000 to ~7300 but there are no traces. How is this possible?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How can I trace these reputation changes?&#xA;Also I was getting reputation +5 for a Question up voted to me. But I am getting +10 roughly after reaching 7000 reputation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="739431" LastEditorUserId="816190" LastEditDate="2019-11-14T17:47:22.043" LastActivityDate="2019-11-14T17:55:39.980" Title="All of a sudden reputation changed from ~7000 to ~7300. How is this possible?" Tags="|support|reputation|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18869" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18868" CreationDate="2019-11-14T17:40:39.480" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Global Rep Adjustment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Read &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.blog/2019/11/13/were-rewarding-the-question-askers/&quot;&gt;&quot;We're rewarding the question askers&quot;&lt;/a&gt; on the StackOverflow blog for details.  They started implementation yesterday.  (Upvotes on questions that were +5 are now +10 so you gain rep from this recalc)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Mods have more details on this than end users do, though, so I'll include this tidbit specific for your reputation for this inquiry only:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Global Recalc: question upvote value change old rep = 7024, new rep = 7364 by Community&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(this is moderator-visible only in the tools, which is where I got this from.  Everyone has a similar entry if they've posted any question that's gotten upvotes on the site.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2019-11-14T17:55:39.980" LastActivityDate="2019-11-14T17:55:39.980" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18870" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18868" CreationDate="2019-11-14T17:42:00.597" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is because network wide reputation recalculation occurred last night. Earlier an upvote on question used to award +5 reputation points but since yesterday it would award +10 (equal to an upvote on answer). The change was made retroactively, i.e., the reputation was awarded as if it was always +10. You can have a look on &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/reputation&quot;&gt;reputation&lt;/a&gt; page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You must have a total 60 upvotes on questions, thus adding extra 300 (5*60) points.&#xA; For more info, read the &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.blog/2019/11/13/were-rewarding-the-question-askers/?cb=1&quot;&gt;blog post by Sara Chipps&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="816190" LastActivityDate="2019-11-14T17:42:00.597" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18871" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18865" CreationDate="2019-11-14T22:11:21.537" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;del&gt;Firstly, imho, a highly voted question should not be trashed lightly.&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the present case, changing the screenshot wouldn't change anything in essence, and including a Ubuntu screenshot would not make it more on-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, it's not Ubuntu-specific, it's not Windows-specific, nor Mac OS, Solaris, SG/Irix, AIX, HP-UX, DEC Alpha, PDP-11 or whatever system specific, and it's not a developer question. However, it's clearly computer-related, and interesting to the community&lt;del&gt;, and as such it's acceptable here&lt;/del&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;del&gt;AFAIK, there's no place for system-neutral, computer-related, non-developer questions on SE, and I'm not sure such a place should exist anyway, because there would be too many people posting system-specific questions there, thinking it's system-independent. Which means such questions should be accepted on any system-specific place where they appear. Imho, of course.&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;EDIT :&lt;/strong&gt; It seems I was essentially wrong, since :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;There's a place for such questions, &lt;a href=&quot;https://superuser.com/&quot;&gt;Super User&lt;/a&gt; being for whatever computer-related doesn't explicitly fit anywhere else&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Off-topic questions are moved (with their answers), not deleted, which was another concern of mine because the question had quality answers already&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hence, my answer has changed, and I suppose that question could be moved to &lt;a href=&quot;https://superuser.com/&quot;&gt;Super User&lt;/a&gt; without harm.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="999963" LastEditorUserId="999963" LastEditDate="2019-11-14T23:40:47.460" LastActivityDate="2019-11-14T23:40:47.460" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18872" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-11-17T17:56:10.927" Score="2" ViewCount="111" Body="&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1189364/oneliner-which-should-redirect&quot;&gt;oneliner which should redirect&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is getting various close vote reasons I don't understand.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Currently tally is 4 close votes and it is one vote away from being closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No on has actually stated why they are voting but from comments one can &quot;guess&quot; who is.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note I understand Windy's comments and &gt;50% agree with him.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can someone post answers here on why it should be closed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Update&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;OP just posted comment a minute ago. Answers helped them out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I guess my concern now is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Is this the way we treat new users to Ask Ubuntu closing their question within 24 hours?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After all we were all new users to Linux at one point and I think for new people we should hold their hand a bit...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="307523" LastEditorUserId="307523" LastEditDate="2019-11-17T18:47:09.380" LastActivityDate="2019-11-18T10:35:04.833" Title="I don't understand the downvoting and criticism of this new user question" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18873" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18872" CreationDate="2019-11-17T18:33:59.330" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I added my questions as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1189364/oneliner-which-should-redirect/1189475?noredirect=1#comment1989472_1189364&quot;&gt;a comment&lt;/a&gt; on the post:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Please clarify: Which operating system and version do you use? Which&#xA;  permission errors are you referring to? Do you need the individual&#xA;  sizes or the total size of these files? What have you tried, and where&#xA;  did it fail?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some of these questions are there for hours in other comments, but still OP has failed to address them – the post actually seems abandoned. As it stands, the question does qualify for both “unclear” and “too broad”: There is not even a clear question, see the extended comment discussion resulting from this fact.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for the downvotes, people are generally free to do that at will, but the guideline (see mouseover) says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This question does not show any research effort; it is unclear or not&#xA;  useful (click again to undo)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As it stands, the first two of these three objectively match, while the third may subjectively.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="507051" LastEditorUserId="507051" LastEditDate="2019-11-17T18:39:54.933" LastActivityDate="2019-11-17T18:39:54.933" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18874" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18872" CreationDate="2019-11-17T18:39:15.440" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I only gave a comment that I don't like the question as is but also understand it is lack of knowledge from the user. Never downvoted. Never close voted (if I leave a comment like that I wait for others to vote).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The amount of comments clearly indicate there are things wrong with the question :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastActivityDate="2019-11-17T18:39:15.440" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18875" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18872" CreationDate="2019-11-18T10:35:04.833" Score="5" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this the way we treat new users to Ask Ubuntu closing their question within 24 hours?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After all we were all new users to Linux at one point and I think for new people we should hold their hand a bit..&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;New users simply don't have knowledge. There's nothing wrong with that! The problem with this question wasn't that the OP didn't know how to do what they wanted to do. It was that the OP seems to have put no effort &lt;em&gt;at all&lt;/em&gt; into solving it. That reads like a homework assignment and, instead of trying to do their work, the OP came to an online Q&amp;amp;A site and dumped their assignment on us so we can do their work for them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question had four main parts:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Identify &lt;code&gt;.conf&lt;/code&gt; files in &lt;code&gt;/etc&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Get their sizes.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Print output to a file.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Print errors to another file.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the OP had even tried to solve just one of those, the question would have been received much differently. If they'd said something like &amp;quot;I read up on how I can redirect to a file&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;I found I can use &lt;code&gt;find&lt;/code&gt;&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;I know I can get the size with ...&amp;quot; or &lt;em&gt;something&lt;/em&gt;, anything that shows that they tried a little and didn't just go to someone else to do their homework for them. But they didn't seem to have tried to solve any one of those issues.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As it stands, the question feels like the OP just wants someone else to do al the work. It feels as though the asker isn't here to learn how to do something, but only to avoid doing it. So, personally, I find the downvotes and the close votes completely justified. It should be closed as too broad, in my opinion, not as unclear, but I do agree that closing is valid. And downvoting it is certainly valid, that's a typical example of a question that should be downvoted for lack of effort.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2019-11-18T10:35:04.833" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18877" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-11-21T01:10:19.420" Score="3" ViewCount="132" Body="&lt;p&gt;The only other question on this topic I could find had 0 answers and was asked 4 years ago so I'm going to go ahead and ask it again&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I go to post a question, I get a warning stating some of my past questions were not well received and I may be blocked soon&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Wait! Some of your past questions have not been well-received, and you're in danger of being blocked from asking any more.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For help formulating a clear, useful question, see: How do I ask a good question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, edit your previous questions to improve formatting and clarity.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only major set of downvotes was on an answer not a question (7 downvotes I think) and I deleted that months ago. Only activity in a couple of months has been a comment or two&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What the heck is going on here? I had one account basically get banned (could not posts answers or questions) a few years back, and was only brave enough to create another account a little over a year ago, so I'm a little terrified to post on Ask Ubuntu now. I've accumalated about 298 rep on that site, and up to &amp;gt;1.3k on other sites, so obviously I'm doing something right, or at least not doing something wrong.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="924681" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2019-12-05T10:30:19.677" Title="I'm apparently in danger of being blocked... with the most votes being cast on a recent question +1" Tags="|support|reputation|post-ban|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="13" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18878" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18879" CreationDate="2019-11-22T04:41:07.807" Score="2" ViewCount="89" Body="&lt;p&gt;When I started participating in Ask Ubuntu, the reputation required to upvote a post was 15.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With the recent change in reputation earned from an upvote on question after &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.blog/2019/11/13/were-rewarding-the-question-askers/&quot;&gt;the question askers were awarded&lt;/a&gt;, is the 15 mark still there or changed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="739431" LastEditorUserId="816190" LastEditDate="2019-11-22T18:33:24.200" LastActivityDate="2019-11-22T18:33:24.200" Title="Is there any change in reputation points to upvote a post after the &quot;Question askers were awarded&quot;?" Tags="|support|reputation|up-votes|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18879" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18878" CreationDate="2019-11-22T13:32:04.387" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is no evidence that any privilege thresholds have changed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="167850" LastEditorUserId="248158" LastEditDate="2019-11-22T13:53:35.963" LastActivityDate="2019-11-22T13:53:35.963" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18881" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18882" CreationDate="2019-11-26T01:53:07.917" Score="-6" ViewCount="159" Body="&lt;p&gt;I came across a user account bearing the name of one of the Ubuntu flavours.  I was not aware of Xubuntu operating its own team account and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/903128/xubuntu&quot;&gt;this one&lt;/a&gt; uses the flavour's name.  I've pinged the team in its IRC channel to ask if this is something they're operating but this may be &lt;a href=&quot;https://ubuntu.com/legal/trademarks&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;a trademarks infringement&lt;/a&gt; against Canonical if not connected to the development team.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="139532" LastEditorUserId="8698" LastEditDate="2019-11-26T09:35:49.273" LastActivityDate="2019-11-26T13:54:08.913" Title="Trademark infringement in display names of user accounts" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18882" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18881" CreationDate="2019-11-26T13:54:08.913" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;Possible copyright or trademark infringements should be brought to the attention of the copyright or trademark holder.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It then becomes their problem to deal with how they see fit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If they want the offending post, image, username or whatever removed then they can contact Stack Exchange.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's not our place, as users or moderators, to police this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user403807" LastActivityDate="2019-11-26T13:54:08.913" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18883" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18884" CreationDate="2019-11-28T02:28:11.543" Score="15" ViewCount="207" Body="&lt;p&gt;One of my answers got upvoted today on a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/1095276/295286&quot;&gt;question&lt;/a&gt; that has been closed as duplicate long ago, and after re-visiting it I've noticed the question body was edited to contain spammy text.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've already rolled back the edit, however I'd like to know if there's anything else that should be done. Should I also flag the question for spam ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="295286" LastActivityDate="2019-11-28T19:09:03.210" Title="Spam edit in already closed question" Tags="|discussion|closed-questions|spam-handling|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18884" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18883" CreationDate="2019-11-28T08:11:13.157" Score="16" Body="&lt;p&gt;I see three possibilities as to how that question ended up edited into spam:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The account was compromised sometime between when the question was posted, 2018-11-23, and when it was edited into spam on 2019-02-11.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The question was originally posted with the intent to edit it into spam at a later date.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The question was originally posted in good faith, but the user had a change of heart and chose to edit it into spam two and a half months later.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Raise a custom moderator flag&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While it might be interesting to know which of those possibilities it was, or perhaps some other possibility, for all of those circumstances the moderators should be informed about the situation. Thus, you should raise a custom moderator flag and explain the situation. The moderators can look into it with better tools than regular users have available. They also have the tools available to deal with the situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Alternately, you could have just raised a spam flag, but I wouldn't do that once you've made the choice that the original content should be kept on the site (i.e. once you rolled-back the edit). The spam and rude/abusive flags should really only be used for content which you feel should be removed from the site, and which is obviously spam, or rude/abusive. If situation requires explanation, additional context, or isn't obvious, then you're usually better off with a custom mod-flag and explaining in reasonable detail.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Basically, however, that question ended up as spam, the account should be dealt with in some manner (i.e. the account is currently controlled by a spammer; maybe it's originally their account; maybe the account's been compromised). Moderators are the ones able to deal with the situation. So, raising a custom mod-flag is the way to handle it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Report the post to SmokeDetector / the Charcoal project&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://charcoal-se.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Charcoal team&lt;/a&gt; runs a bot called &lt;a href=&quot;https://charcoal-se.org/smokey/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;SmokeDetector&lt;/a&gt;, which scans all newly created or freshly edited posts on the Stack Exchange Network looking for spam and (some) rude/abusive posts. When SmokeDetector finds such a post, it reports the post into various chat rooms, with &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/11540/charcoal-hq&quot;&gt;Charcoal HQ&lt;/a&gt; being the primary room for interaction with SmokeDetector or communication with Charcoal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While SmokeDetector does a really good job of detecting spam, it's not perfect. In particular, it's significantly less adept at detecting spam in languages other than English. SmokeDetector, from time to time, doesn't detect some spam posts, such as the one you found. In &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/11540/charcoal-hq&quot;&gt;Charcoal HQ&lt;/a&gt;, we're always happy to get reports of spam which SmokeDetector has missed. You can always drop into the chat room and say that you've found a spam post, or use the &lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/Charcoal-SE/SmokeDetector/wiki/Commands#commands-for-everyone&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;!!/scan &amp;lt;post URL&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; command&lt;/a&gt; to have SmokeDetector scan a specified post. From those reports, we generate additional detection criteria, so that similar new spam posts are detected.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From looking at the post you identified, I determined a keyword which I could use to search Stack Exchange for additional occurrences of similar spam. So far, I've found 3 additional, similar posts (&lt;a href=&quot;https://metasmoke.erwaysoftware.com/post/211452&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;1&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://metasmoke.erwaysoftware.com/post/211453&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;2&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://metasmoke.erwaysoftware.com/post/211454&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;3&lt;/a&gt;), all of which were edited into being spam. From those three plus your reported question, I created 13 additional patterns which SmokeDetector will use to detect similar spam. The detections could be even better if someone who speaks Vietnamese is willing to contribute patterns.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you, or anyone else, is interested in helping out even more with Charcoal's fight against spam on Stack Exchange, we're always happy to have additional people participate. There's an &lt;a href=&quot;https://charcoal-se.org/training/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Introduction to Participating&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="380885" LastActivityDate="2019-11-28T08:11:13.157" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18885" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18883" CreationDate="2019-11-28T09:09:57.517" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you suspect that something harmless-looking might be spam related, check whether it was plagiarized.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That question was copied from &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/57736/what-keypress-will-take-me-to-tty13&quot;&gt;another question&lt;/a&gt;, and the user's profile text was copied from some random web page (&lt;code&gt;https://ancu.me/thong-tin-thi-truong-bat-dong-san/danh-sach-cac-chua-dep-gan-sai-gon-cau-binh-an-dip-le.html&lt;/code&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(I've raised a custom moderator flag.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="90892" LastEditorUserId="480481" LastEditDate="2019-11-28T19:09:03.210" LastActivityDate="2019-11-28T19:09:03.210" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18886" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18888" CreationDate="2019-11-30T15:57:10.343" Score="9" ViewCount="131" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/462769/remove-audio-from-mp4-file?noredirect=1&quot;&gt;Remove audio from mp4 file&lt;/a&gt; is asking a specific question and demonstrates that user tried to find a solution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It was closed as duplicate of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/27864/whats-video-converters-are-available-for-ubuntu&quot;&gt;What&amp;#39;s video converters are available for Ubuntu?&lt;/a&gt; despite that conversion between sane video formats will not remove sound and that this question is closed as too broad.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am posting here as recommeded by &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/4099/how-can-i-request-for-a-question-to-be-reopened-which-was-incorrectly-closed-as&quot;&gt;How can I request for a question to be reopened which was incorrectly closed as a duplicate?&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;For now, you can try posting in the meta site&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="349903" LastActivityDate="2019-11-30T19:20:33.743" Title="Requesting reopening specific question incorrectly closed as a duplicate of question closed as too broad" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18887" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-11-30T16:30:16.700" Score="2" ViewCount="48" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is there supposed to be a notification if a question you are participating (and awarded reputation) in is deleted? A couple of time I've seen my rep change, but there's no indication as to why.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is it normal to lose/gain rep on a deleted/held question?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Should there be some indication as to the rep change?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="975100" LastEditorUserId="975100" LastEditDate="2019-11-30T16:35:43.693" LastActivityDate="2019-11-30T16:35:43.693" Title="Notification on deleted/held questions" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ClosedDate="2019-11-30T16:58:10.580" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18888" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18886" CreationDate="2019-11-30T19:13:46.837" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;After a long and grueling battle, I am happy to report that this question has finally been re-opened.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/75060/mark-kirby&quot;&gt;Mark Kirby&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/94914/karel&quot;&gt;karel&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/22949/eliah-kagan&quot;&gt;Eliah Kagan&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/816190/kulfy&quot;&gt;Kulfy&lt;/a&gt; for additionally casting reopen votes on the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="208574" LastEditorUserId="208574" LastEditDate="2019-11-30T19:20:33.743" LastActivityDate="2019-11-30T19:20:33.743" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18889" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-12-01T16:21:38.833" Score="-6" ViewCount="64" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just asked a question about an Atomic Pi, and thought I could create the tag for it, but I am lacking sufficient rep here to make it.  Can someone make the tag on these questions?  Please/thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1151937/how-to-make-atomic-pi-with-ubuntu-18-04-2-and-chrome-play-youtube-videos&quot;&gt;How to make Atomic Pi with Ubuntu 18.04.2 and Chrome play YouTube videos&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1192984/how-to-install-lubuntu-19-10-on-an-atomic-pi&quot;&gt;How to install LUbuntu 19.10 on an Atomic Pi?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="505710" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2019-12-01T17:22:58.050" LastActivityDate="2019-12-01T19:19:25.527" Title="Proposed new tag: Atomic Pi" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18890" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18891" CreationDate="2019-12-01T17:14:19.760" Score="17" ViewCount="545" Body="&lt;p&gt;Over the years I've built up an understanding of regular members. How they tend to answer, their areas of expertise, even a certain amount of behavior predictability.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With the recent trend of putting &amp;quot;Monica&amp;quot; in their user ID I'm loosing touch with some long term member personality traits I had acquired.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Looking at their new member profile is there anyway of seeing their name history?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Case in Point: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/248158/justice-for-monica&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/users/248158/justice-for-monica&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;PS: I fully support people speaking their minds and protesting peacefully, even if I disagree with them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Who is Monica?&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Based on comments I'll update this question with this screenshot:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/8MMuY.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/8MMuY.png&quot; alt=&quot;Gilles profile.png&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="307523" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2019-12-03T06:58:18.483" Title="Many Monicas in Stack Exchange but who were they before?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18891" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18890" CreationDate="2019-12-01T17:42:01.273" Score="23" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://web.archive.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Wayback Machine&lt;/a&gt; to the rescue. Just enter the link of any post made by that user. If you are lucky enough, their post with their previous display name would appear. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In your particular example, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/248158/&quot;&gt;Justice for Monica&lt;/a&gt; is DK Bose.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Moreover IIRC, only moderators can see the previously used display names.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="816190" LastActivityDate="2019-12-01T17:42:01.273" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18892" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18889" CreationDate="2019-12-01T19:19:25.527" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/status-declined&quot; class=&quot;post-tag moderator-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;status-declined&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;status-declined&lt;/a&gt; (at the time of this post)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With only 4 questions there is not enough of a reason to &lt;em&gt;create&lt;/em&gt; a new tag for Atomic PI specific questions.  We do not need tags for every piece of hardware that can run Ubuntu, and there isn't any arguments as of yet to support creating a new tag &lt;em&gt;just&lt;/em&gt; for Atomic Pi, especially if there's only 4 such questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2019-12-01T19:19:25.527" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18893" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-12-02T11:09:11.447" Score="3" ViewCount="65" Body="&lt;p&gt;When I finished to review the Low Quality Posts Queue, I noticed the Red notification that is displayed, as you can see below :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/2fSr4.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/2fSr4.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I tried to understand why it shows itself again, because I didn't do 20 reviews today, and even after refreshing the web page, it continues to be displayed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/P2rla.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/P2rla.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="829702" LastActivityDate="2019-12-02T11:09:11.447" Title="Prior red notification for low quality posts queue" Tags="|bug|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18894" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-12-03T10:14:43.263" Score="69" ViewCount="821" Body="&lt;p&gt;The time has come for me to step down and put my diamond aside. I have had the privilege of being an elected moderator on Ask Ubuntu since June 2016. I have enjoyed it immensely, but I am afraid the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/333965/203101&quot;&gt;current state&lt;/a&gt; of the SE network means I just can't continue. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Until yesterday, I was a moderator on three sites of the network. I no longer feel I can do this. I just don't believe in the company behind these sites anymore, in fact, I actively fear it. I felt that being a multi-site mod required me to be more involved with SE than I am now comfortable being. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I love the communities I belong to and I really don't want to abandon them, but I just can't be a multi-site mod any more. It feels too much like an endorsement of SE. I have therefore put down two of my three diamonds and have only stayed on as a moderator of Unix &amp;amp; Linux, which was my first home on the SE network. This was a difficult choice since I am also very attached to the very fine community here at AU, but I just couldn't keep more than one diamond. I don't even know how long I'll manage to stay on at U&amp;amp;L. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Being a moderator for sites controlled by a company so unethical as to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/10/01/stack_exchange_controversy/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;publicly attack&lt;/a&gt; one of its own volunteer moderators in the press is very stressful. I don't want to rehash all of the ways SE has failed us in the past year, those interested can read the link in the first paragraph (and links therein). Suffice it to say that while I used to feel that SE had my back and would protect me, I now feel I need to protect myself and my communities from SE. While I used to feel that SE actually cared and honestly tried to be ethical, now I feel they don't give a crap about anything but the bottom line. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Feeling like this about the company behind the sites, I just can't be a moderator for multiple stacks anymore. It's taking too much out of me. So, I wold like to thank all of you, first for the trust you showed me in electing me in the first place and for being the wonderful community that you've been all these years. I leave you in the very capable hands of the remaining moderator team and I'll be seeing you around on the site!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2019-12-07T15:17:36.143" LastActivityDate="2019-12-07T15:17:36.143" Title="Stepping down as moderator" Tags="|discussion|moderators|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18895" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18894" CreationDate="2019-12-03T10:28:09.120" Score="16" Body="&lt;p&gt;We will miss you. Do hang out in the chatroom!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15003" LastActivityDate="2019-12-03T10:28:09.120" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18896" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18894" CreationDate="2019-12-03T10:32:33.110" Score="21" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sorry to see you go. Although I respect your decision but I'll surely miss bothering you in room no. 201 every once in a while. Thank you for all the support you have given as a mod. Peace ☮️. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="816190" LastActivityDate="2019-12-03T10:32:33.110" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18898" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-12-03T14:38:50.907" Score="-5" ViewCount="485" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would like to understand why we seem to prefer to use the &lt;strong&gt;byte&lt;/strong&gt; unit instead of &lt;strong&gt;octet&lt;/strong&gt; unit (because I used more commonly the octet unit at work, at home, ...).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are the reasons for describing sizes in bytes, or for describing them in octets? Are there good reasons to prefer one over the other when writing and editing posts?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here you can find few original posts &lt;em&gt;that I already edited&lt;/em&gt;, where OP explain data size / memory size using octet unit :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/revisions/1193445/1&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/revisions/1193445/1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/revisions/1064085/1&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/revisions/1064085/1&lt;/a&gt; (that one is old, and I use octet, which was corrected)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The most useful answers would describe, as best as possible, each reason to prefer bytes (if that is preferred). &lt;strong&gt;Solid sources would help very much&lt;/strong&gt;, because this unit choice greatly affects how I edit new users' posts--and I don't think I'm alone in this. Often new users' posts contain incomplete or confusing units, and some decision has to be made about how to improve them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that octet-based units are abbreviated as &lt;em&gt;Mo&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Go&lt;/em&gt;, while it's &lt;em&gt;MB&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;GB&lt;/em&gt;, ... for byte-based unit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(I asked it about this previously in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/52774738#52774738&quot;&gt;Ask Ubuntu General Room&lt;/a&gt;, but the question needs some research and is more suitable for meta.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="829702" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2019-12-03T15:51:01.787" LastActivityDate="2019-12-26T15:51:46.267" Title="Why do we used byte instead of octet as data size unit?" Tags="|discussion|editing|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18899" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18803" CreationDate="2019-12-03T15:04:47.913" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The problem seems to be caused by copying a link with a preceding space into the Insert Hyperlink dialog. The software adds &lt;code&gt;http://&lt;/code&gt; in front of it and a broken link starting with &lt;code&gt;http://%20https://&lt;/code&gt; is born.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/337401/what-causes-http-20https-links-to-be-made/337404#337404&quot;&gt;What causes “http://%20https://” links to be made? on Meta.SE&lt;/a&gt; for details.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="250300" LastActivityDate="2019-12-03T15:04:47.913" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18900" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18894" CreationDate="2019-12-04T06:31:46.300" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have to admit I had a hard time up-voting your resignation message as I find it sad to see you go. But I guess I can not change your mind in this matter being a mod on Ask Ubuntu even tho you where a good choice and you brought this way the U&amp;amp;L and Ask Ubuntu community closer together.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I still hope you will continue to hang out in chat and for the matter of being a mod, well, so long and thanks for all the fish.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="522934" LastActivityDate="2019-12-04T06:31:46.300" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18901" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18904" CreationDate="2019-12-04T21:31:48.263" Score="10" ViewCount="97" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm not used to writing questions; but the site is offering me Similar questions above where I'm typing, but I cannot read much of the text as the right side of it is covered by the &quot;How to format&quot; which has a yellow background that makes text underneath it unreadable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I cannot read all of comments on questions, or all of questions anymore at my chosen setting (100% or standard zoom) as the &quot;Blog&quot; and &quot;Related&quot; to the far right of the screens just covers the text I want to read &amp;amp; also makes it impossible to copy &amp;amp; paste into a text editor, as it won't let me copy what I want alone, but also selects the whole right side of blog/related..&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If this was a change as I suspect it was, it's made the site unusable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/PocxK.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/PocxK.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My browser is Chromium, on Lubuntu 20.04  (it reports Chromium 78.0.3904.108 snap)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="469152" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2019-12-05T14:54:43.733" LastActivityDate="2019-12-05T14:54:43.733" Title="Part of the question &amp; answers are now hidden by blog &amp; other details on the right" Tags="|bug|status-completed|site|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18902" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-12-04T22:15:48.480" Score="3" ViewCount="52" Body="&lt;p&gt;AskUbuntu answer sections appear to be broken, their layout/css is out of wack on multiple freshly installed browsers. Tested latest version of Google Chrome and Firefox on Linux Mint and Debian Linux. See image below for more details. If you want this post to be a real question then how was the site broken and when will it be fixed?&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ol9IU.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ol9IU.png&quot; alt=&quot;Broken AskUbuntu Answers on Chromium&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="726625" LastActivityDate="2019-12-04T22:15:48.480" Title="Ask Ubuntu Answer Section all over the page - Bug Report" Tags="|bug|bug-reports|site|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2019-12-05T07:17:43.293" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18903" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18877" CreationDate="2019-12-05T10:14:22.427" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;This answer is broken, but I'll add it anyway. Because the people who make the rules do not allow me to comment, on account my rep is too low, I can not comment, but I can add answers. I know a mod will delete this answer, which is confusing, since it's happened to me before and I cannot track where my answer moved to that time either. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Basically, the site rules make it hard for spammers, but at the same time make it hard to people who only log in once a year to contribute either. A lot like the people who have Whatsapp accounts that got deleted simply because their homes had no internet access for 6 months, this also biases the community for people with less broad network access. As was the case when I first logged into SO a decade ago, I had almost no net access, and consequently use SO like wikipedia. Occasionally as a source of truth (I never did get wifi working though). I only came around to this idea of SO being like Wikipedia recently, and consequently I have screwed up. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Apologies to all the SO users. I. Would really like a more inclusive moderation rule set to come out based on account age where older accounts automatically accrue points on an anniversary. Sorry, to be glib. But mods should find it easy to apply a rule like that, a rule that works in just fine in 74.3% of all social interaction today. Simple is good.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="231762" LastEditorUserId="231762" LastEditDate="2019-12-05T10:30:19.677" LastActivityDate="2019-12-05T10:30:19.677" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18904" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18901" CreationDate="2019-12-05T14:34:06.627" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;This issue was marked &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/status-completed&quot; class=&quot;post-tag moderator-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;status-completed&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;status-completed&lt;/a&gt; up on Meta.SE, indicating this issue has been fixed network wide 15 hours ago.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2019-12-05T14:34:06.627" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18905" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-12-05T16:37:07.970" Score="9" ViewCount="221" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is a follow-up to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/users/816190/kulfy&quot;&gt;Kulfy&lt;/a&gt;'s question &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/18848/can-these-vmwares-be-un-merged&quot;&gt;Can these VMWares be un-merged?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The requested unmerge was done, and questions closed against the former merge target were reopened. Attempts were made to close them against the unmerged question, but since some of the active reviewers were not able to vote on them, the votes aged away. Then another attempt was made to re-close them which also failed, and the questions remain open:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/357307/installing-vmware-player-chmod-cannot-access-no-such-file-or-directory&quot;&gt;Installing VMware player: &amp;quot;chmod: cannot access... no such file or directory&amp;quot;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/366283/how-can-i-install-vmware-player-on-ubuntu-12-10&quot;&gt;How can I install VMWare Player on Ubuntu 12.10?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/371359/how-can-i-install-vmware-on-ubuntu-13-10&quot;&gt;How can I install VMware on Ubuntu 13.10?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/459817/how-do-i-install-vmware&quot;&gt;How do I install VMware?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/1160479&quot;&gt;How do I install VMWare Workstation on Ubuntu 19.04?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This may well signify that the community thinks these questions should not be closed, as &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/52804972#52804972&quot;&gt;suggested in chat by Eliah Kagan&lt;/a&gt;, but there is only negative evidence for this conclusion since, on examining the review tasks in the questions' timelines, I found only one of all 10 tasks had any reviews (and that one showing only one reviewer, who voted to close). So perhaps people did not see the questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or, if people saw the questions and felt that they should not be closed, maybe they felt that something was lacking from the target question's answers?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should these questions be re-closed as duplicates of the newly unmerged target? Does the target question need improvement? Should anything else be done?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2019-12-07T17:45:57.660" LastActivityDate="2019-12-07T17:45:57.660" Title="Should these VMware questions be re-closed as duplicates?" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|vote-to-close|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18906" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18908" CreationDate="2019-12-05T18:43:21.057" Score="2" ViewCount="112" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1193856/&quot;&gt;My question&lt;/a&gt; was put on-hold recently with a banner:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;put on hold as off-topic by R S, Melebius, Pilot6, user68186, vidarlo - 9 mins ago&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But R S is me and I don't remember I did that to myself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="393875" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2019-12-05T19:24:25.750" LastActivityDate="2019-12-05T19:24:25.750" Title="Why was my question put on-hold by me?" Tags="|discussion|support|closed-questions|vote-to-close|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18907" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18906" CreationDate="2019-12-05T18:51:48.283" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;When you earn 250+ reputation points, you also earn &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/view-close-votes&quot;&gt;view and cast close and reopen votes on your own questions&lt;/a&gt;&quot; privilege. Some time in the past you might have cast a close vote on your own question (may be unknowingly). That's why your display name is being displayed on the banner. You can confirm the close votes you have cast in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/current?tab=votes&amp;amp;sort=closure&quot;&gt;closure tab under votes&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Update:&lt;/strong&gt; The question has now reopened. You are one the user who voted to reopen the question just like you were one of the close voters. For more information, see &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/1193856/timeline&quot;&gt;timeline&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="816190" LastEditorUserId="816190" LastEditDate="2019-12-05T19:19:58.507" LastActivityDate="2019-12-05T19:19:58.507" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18908" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18906" CreationDate="2019-12-05T19:23:06.433" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Looking at the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/1193856/timeline#closure_1164586&quot;&gt;post's timeline&lt;/a&gt;, it seems like you voted to close it around 11h ago (08:17 UTC) using the custom &lt;em&gt;Off-topic → Other&lt;/em&gt; reason, which also let you add a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1193856/can-i-convert-connection-type-using-router?noredirect=1#comment1999106_1193856&quot;&gt;comment&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;It seems it's more about hardware/software not related to Ubuntu. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/GUsIa.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/GUsIa.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Probably you wanted to just add the comment and accidentally picked the close option instead?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyway, it is reopened now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastActivityDate="2019-12-05T19:23:06.433" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18909" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2019-12-06T15:55:38.067" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2019-12-06T15:55:38.067" LastActivityDate="2019-12-06T15:55:38.067" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18910" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2019-12-06T15:55:38.067" Score="0" Body="For questions about the Winter Bash (or holiday hats) to celebrate the end of the year." OwnerUserId="606366" LastEditorUserId="606366" LastEditDate="2019-12-06T21:38:31.050" LastActivityDate="2019-12-06T21:38:31.050" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18911" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-12-07T13:32:21.990" Score="6" ViewCount="53" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have the following tags:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;kde&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;kubuntu&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;kwin&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;plasma&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;plasma-5&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Today I discovered that tagged questions have the following css:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;.tagged-interesting {&#xA;    box-shadow: inset 0 1px 0 &#xA;    rgba(255,255,255,0.25);&#xA;}&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;.tagged-interesting {&#xA;    background-color: &#xA;    #fffbec;&#xA;}&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But the css seems to be applied only when &lt;strong&gt;two&lt;/strong&gt; tags are present. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/3CsT0.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/3CsT0.png&quot; alt=&quot;Questions highlighted only when two tags are present&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the image above, questions 1, 2, and 4 have two of my tags and are highlighted. Questions 3 and 5 have only one of my tags and aren't highlighted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would expect the css to be applied even when one tag is present.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've checked with Firefox 71 (with Stylus inactivated &amp;amp; uBlock origin active) Google Chrome 78.0.3904.108 (no extensions) and Falkon 3.0.0 (internal ad blocker disabled and no other extensions active).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="248158" LastEditorUserId="248158" LastEditDate="2019-12-07T15:07:24.817" LastActivityDate="2019-12-07T15:15:19.060" Title="When are tagged questions highlighted?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18912" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18911" CreationDate="2019-12-07T15:15:19.060" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I misunderstood how highlighting works. It works as expected if I view &quot;Newest&quot; questions or &quot;Active&quot; questions. I was mistakenly searching through tagged questions. In the image, you can see that the search criterion was &quot;[Kubuntu]&quot; and so questions 3 and 5 with just &quot;Kubuntu&quot; as the tag weren't being highlighted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(By the way, I hadn't noticed the highlighting until today when I happened to change the angle of my laptop screen. It's a bit too subtle for me.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="248158" LastActivityDate="2019-12-07T15:15:19.060" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18913" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18229" CreationDate="2019-12-09T15:08:09.520" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;With the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/339700/468333&quot;&gt;recent redesign of post notices&lt;/a&gt; w.e.f. Dec 5, 2019, the banner has been reduced to just one and that too appears on the top eliminating all the confusions which were present before. Unlike then, now users with less than 3000 reputations aren't shown the close voters. For them the banner looks like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/LQRQo.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/LQRQo.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But for users with 3000 reputation points or more than that, the banner looks like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/LZKTi.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/LZKTi.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And for the questioner, it looks like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Zqy9V.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Zqy9V.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, now there's no need to include the link for duplicate beside &quot;ask a new one&quot; IMO.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note:&lt;/strong&gt; Instead of &quot;Close Voters&quot; as a text, list of close voters will be there. I've edited them just to make them more generalized.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="816190" LastEditorUserId="816190" LastEditDate="2019-12-09T15:14:44.423" LastActivityDate="2019-12-09T15:14:44.423" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18915" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-12-09T22:54:08.500" Score="1" ViewCount="83" Body="&lt;p&gt;I fixed an obvious grammar mistake in a post. The author rolled it back to the incorrect version. I thought grammar edits were encouraged since they improve the post even if in a small way. Why would a post author deliberately roll back to an incorrect version?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/222855/revisions&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/posts/222855/revisions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="613284" LastEditorUserId="613284" LastEditDate="2019-12-09T23:01:33.793" LastActivityDate="2019-12-09T23:01:33.793" Title="Why was my grammar edit rolled back?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18916" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-12-11T22:33:37.567" Score="10" ViewCount="240" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've being an active member of AskUbuntu and Unix &amp;amp; Linux for some time now. As such, I often edit Q&amp;amp;As. But I'm lost in some aspects and details of specific editing standards.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/89/style-guide-for-questions-and-answers&quot;&gt;This post&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/15446/lets-agree-on-some-commonly-accepted-formatting-guidelines&quot;&gt;this post&lt;/a&gt; are, in my opinion, just related, not duplicates (though there are parts that address my concerns), since these are not really answers, but &lt;em&gt;suggestions&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Wall of text&lt;/strong&gt;: posts of this type are for me unreadable. I think this happens to almost everyone. Should we separate walls of text into paragraphs to make posts more readable?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Paths/file names&lt;/strong&gt;: should paths and file names be formatted as code?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Errors&lt;/strong&gt;: code or block quotes? Is the length of the error a factor? My criterion would be: if it shows on the terminal screen, then it should be code.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Block quotes&lt;/strong&gt;: when to use them?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bold&lt;/strong&gt;: why not use bold to highlight important text such as: &quot;I'm using &lt;strong&gt;Ubuntu 19.10&lt;/strong&gt;&quot;. For me this would make easier to grasp fundamental information in the posts, but it &lt;em&gt;seems&lt;/em&gt; allowed just in the colloquial sense. Obviously not abusing it, just the right amount.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Links&lt;/strong&gt;: should they be shown like &quot;I followed &lt;a href=&quot;https://foo&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this link&lt;/a&gt;&quot; or like  &quot;I followed &lt;a href=&quot;https://foo&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://foo&lt;/a&gt;&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;GUI paths&lt;/strong&gt;: For example &lt;code&gt;Preferences &amp;gt; Foo &amp;gt; foo&lt;/code&gt;. Should it be code, quotations, or something else? Does it matter if the separator is &lt;code&gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;-&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;→&lt;/code&gt; or something else?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This list may not be exhaustive. I navigate through it intuitively since I see sometimes contradictory edits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to have specific criteria for the editing process, to be consistent and ultimately helpful across my edits. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or should I, once I've gained the reputation to edit freely in AU (as I have in U&amp;amp;L), just follow my instincts?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="931617" LastEditorUserId="480481" LastEditDate="2019-12-13T08:41:09.210" LastActivityDate="2019-12-15T08:13:31.527" Title="Standards for editing" Tags="|discussion|editing|formatting|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18917" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18916" CreationDate="2019-12-12T10:19:03.607" Score="6" Body="&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Walls of text should be separated into paragraphs to make posts more readable.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Paths should be formatted as code. Example: &lt;code&gt;/path/to/file&lt;/code&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Errors should usually be formatted the same as code inside a code fence between start markdown &lt;code&gt;&amp;#96;&amp;#96;&amp;#96;none&lt;/code&gt; and end markdown &lt;code&gt;&amp;#96;&amp;#96;&amp;#96;&lt;/code&gt; The &lt;code&gt;none&lt;/code&gt; string at the beginning of the code fence markdown suppresses text highlighting which is visually distracting in an error message. Another way of formatting code is by selecting the code and clicking the &lt;b&gt;{&amp;thinsp;}&lt;/b&gt; button in the Ask Ubuntu editor. Formatting errors as block quotes doesn't make sense to me because they are text snippets copied from the terminal, the same as commands and code are.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Block quotes should be used for quoting excerpts of text, either for quoting text from a webpage or for quoting text from a question.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Bold text is frequently misused. The correct use of headers and bold text is for titles to organize text in into separate sections and categories. Bold text draws the eye towards the text which helps the reader to skip from one section to another.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;There is rarely any point in showing an entire hyperlink. A less confusing way of formatting a link is in the more descriptive form of this example link: &lt;a href=&quot;https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories/CommandLine&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Repositories/CommandLine - Ubuntu Documentation&lt;/a&gt;. That tells the reader what the hyperlink links to without needing to click it.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Navigation in application windows is rarely enhanced by unnecessary use of bold text when italicized text would be less visually distracting, but using bold text is also permissible if it doesn't interfere with readability.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="94914" LastEditorUserId="94914" LastEditDate="2019-12-15T08:13:31.527" LastActivityDate="2019-12-15T08:13:31.527" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18918" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18916" CreationDate="2019-12-12T15:58:06.183" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to focus first on one of your questions that I consider very important:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;6&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Links&lt;/strong&gt;: should they be shown like &quot;I followed &lt;a href=&quot;https://foo&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this link&lt;/a&gt;&quot; or like  &quot;I followed &lt;a href=&quot;https://foo&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://foo&lt;/a&gt;&quot;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is true that links that contain the title or other descriptive text about their destination (which, from context, is what I believe &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/18917/22949&quot;&gt;karel is advocating&lt;/a&gt;) are generally preferred to bare URLs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;But links that &lt;em&gt;literally&lt;/em&gt; contain useless text like &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;https://example.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this link&lt;/a&gt;&quot; and &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;https://example.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&quot; are &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; preferred in posts.&lt;/strong&gt; That is bad for accessibility, as well as general readability. It takes relevant information away from the post, without replacing it with other relevant information. Not all ways of browsing the web facilitate efficiently checking the target of a URL.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please note this is not just my opinion. Judging from votes on meta, we have a pretty strong consensus that edits should &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; change links from any other style into the no-information &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;https://example.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this link&lt;/a&gt;&quot; style. The major meta posts about this are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/5876/22949&quot;&gt;Mateo's answer&lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/5873/should-posts-be-edited-to-have-readable-links&quot;&gt;Should posts be edited to have readable links?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/5971/a-call-to-uphold-accessibility-by-not-shortening-links-to-here&quot;&gt;A call to uphold accessibility by not shortening links to &amp;quot;here&amp;quot;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a separate matter, when adding or changing a link &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/18803/broken-links-starting-with-http-20https&quot;&gt;one should ensure that the link actually (still) works&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(None of this is based on any recollection of any of your edits. These are problems that I've seen a lot lately in edit suggestions, in general.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On your other questions, most of my thoughts &lt;em&gt;are&lt;/em&gt; just my opinion. Here they are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Yes, paragraph breaks can greatly improve readability. It is even occasionally helpful to break up a short paragraph into even shorter paragraphs. In particular, line breaks don't show up very well; in almost any situation where a line break is considered, a paragraph break is a better choice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But if a question consists of a single fairly short paragraph and makes sense, that's okay.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;As karel says, paths are best formatted as code.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;How errors should be formatted depends on the error, but like other text that is copied from a terminal, error messages copied from a terminal should be formatted as code unless there's a strong reason to do otherwise.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that this is just a general statement. I think &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/18916/standards-for-editing#comment40589_18917&quot;&gt;you may be wondering&lt;/a&gt; about my view of a particular post, but I don't know which post.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Blockquotes are good for quoting something that you want to format as one or more paragraph rather than a single short phrase. Besides web content and documentation, blockquotes are often a good way to quote messages shown by a program that do not appear in a terminal.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The way you've used bold in this meta question, for heading-like text that appears on the same line as other text, is good. I also think it is reasonable to use bold for emphasis, as I've sparingly done in this post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But names of software with or without a version number--like &quot;Ubuntu 19.10&quot;--should not be made bold. Even when someone has a problem with just one version of Ubuntu, or just one program, that version of Ubuntu or that program is still not more important than the description of the problem itself! And those names already stand out, due to their capitalization.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the very rare occasion that a post author's statement of what version or program they are using needs emphasis, I suppose I might consider making whole statement that they are using it bold. It still would not make sense for &lt;em&gt;just&lt;/em&gt; the name and/or version number to be bold.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;7&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Personally I prefer the style &lt;em&gt;Preferences → Foo → foo&lt;/em&gt;. This should not be formatted as code.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Or should I, once I've gained the reputation to edit freely in AU (as I have in U&amp;amp;L), just follow my instincts?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I wouldn't say you should &lt;em&gt;just&lt;/em&gt; follow them, but yes, if I understand you correctly, you should follow them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Meaning&lt;/em&gt; is what is important.&lt;/strong&gt; Formatting and syntax are relevant to what a post means, and they can clarify or obscure meaning, but they do not determine meaning. Judgments about edits should involve considering what a post means and how the edit affects that meaning. This cannot be--or at least &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; not--encompassed by any existing formatting guidelines. So your own judgments--from reason, intuition, or a combination of the two--are of great importance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2019-12-12T15:58:06.183" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18920" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18860" CreationDate="2019-12-14T01:42:50.807" Score="-2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I agree that others should have asked to see content of &lt;code&gt;journalctl -b-1&lt;/code&gt; in comments. Then after reason for broken suspend was ascertained posted an answer if possible or advised to file a bug report if not possible to fix.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You have to appreciate these days there are many many questions being asked without enough volunteers to carefully and thoroughly address them. Subjectively I think things have gotten worse since mods went on strike over that legal thing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The OP could have gamed the system by simply saying &quot;suspend is not working&quot; instead of saying &quot;suspend broken after 19.04 to 19.10 upgrade&quot;. It seems silly but many a question will be answered when saying &quot;X is broken&quot;. However if you say &quot;X is broken because of Y&quot; then they will say file a bug report against &quot;Y&quot;. In reality when looking at &lt;code&gt;journalctl -b-1&lt;/code&gt; it may say the problem is caused by &quot;Z&quot; and totally unrelated to &quot;Y&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I guess we can call this the X-Y-Z problem of prematurely closing questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="307523" LastActivityDate="2019-12-14T01:42:50.807" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18921" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-12-15T17:18:30.363" Score="4" ViewCount="54" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Use-case: Intra-Question and Intra-Answer Linking&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a user posting either Questions or Answers, I would like to be able to add a link within that Question or Answer to another heading within that, or different, question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Use-Case: Allow Linking from comments to specific headings within a Question or Answer&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a user, I need to be able to link to headings within &lt;em&gt;both&lt;/em&gt; Questions and Answers, while also allowing hyperlinks to those headings from within comments, or use those links outside of the StackExchange ecosystem very similar to the share links on Questions or Answers themselves (e.g., links to questions such as &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/923/340383&quot;&gt;Is there a way to hyperlink within an answer?&lt;/a&gt; or to answers such as &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/924/340383&quot;&gt;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/924/340383&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Justification&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Without this feature, various expensive-to-the-users workarounds are required: As a question poster, I have to say &amp;quot;see Update 4&amp;quot; which means the user has to search the question text to find that section. That workaround wastes roughly O(n) user time either:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Re-reading the entire question/answer, looking for &amp;quot;Update 4&amp;quot;, or&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Avoid re-reading the entire question/answer, but then using the browsers CTRL-F and retyping &amp;quot;Update 4 &amp;quot; which is also O(n) time which is more burdensome than a single click on a link pointing to that heading.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This manual searching is required in this context, not due to the character size of the post itself per se, but because that the addition of &lt;strong&gt;valuable&lt;/strong&gt; screenshots in Questions and Answers consumes browser page &amp;quot;real-estate&amp;quot; (user has to page up and down to find the referenced heading).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/1195928/340383&quot;&gt;How to enable Hide Top Bar Gnome Extension so that it hides the Top Bar?&lt;/a&gt; as a real-world example, that started out short and concise, but commenters revealed that it was more involved, and required additional real-estate-consuming screenshots and details. This resulted in posting several &amp;quot;Updates&amp;quot; into separate heading sections, each with additional screenshots.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Refer to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/924/340383&quot;&gt;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/924/340383&lt;/a&gt; where the comment was made:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No, there is no way to do footnoting or anchoring within a post at the moment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We have a post size limit of 30,000 chars which is a lot, but not so much that IMHO you'd really need such things. And most posts, even larger posts, are nowhere near 30k chars.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As of &amp;quot;Update 5&amp;quot;, the Question at &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/1195928/340383&quot;&gt;How to enable Hide Top Bar Gnome Extension so that it hides the Top Bar?&lt;/a&gt; had a total character count of 3614. 3614 is significantly less than the 30000 character limit referenced in &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/924/340383&quot;&gt;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/924/340383&lt;/a&gt;, so the size limit aspect is, IMO, not a significant objection to implementing this feature in this context, because of the screenshots that consume vertical web page &amp;quot;real-estate&amp;quot;, requiring the user to page up and down to find referenced material.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Suggested Implementation&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/a/33708270/257924&quot;&gt;https://stackoverflow.com/a/33708270/257924&lt;/a&gt; might be a clean and/or low-cost approach to implement this feature, but with the important addition of allowing linking to specific sections from within comments. This would allow the user to add a comment of the form:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have updated my question with the supplied information at INSERT_LINK_SYNTAX_HERE&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to hover over my mouse cursor somewhere over, or near, the heading in that Question or Answer, and use the browsers right-mouse-click context menu to copy the link of that particular heading, and paste it into the comment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;GitHub-based Markdown browser rendering allows for this.  For example, hover your mouse over the left of &lt;strong&gt;Helm interaction model&lt;/strong&gt; at &lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/emacs-helm/helm/wiki#helm-interaction-model&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://github.com/emacs-helm/helm/wiki#helm-interaction-model&lt;/a&gt; and a link is presented as a link icon: &lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/z4qLS.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/z4qLS.png&quot; alt=&quot;link icon&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. I can then use the right-mouse-click context menu in my browser on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/z4qLS.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/z4qLS.png&quot; alt=&quot;link icon&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; link icon, and select &amp;quot;Copy Link Location&amp;quot;, and then paste that into the comment as literally:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;https://github.com/emacs-helm/helm/wiki#general-helm-commands&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, in the context of StackExchange Sites, the above URL would change into one that would avoid link-rot, unless the question was subsequently modified by changing the heading text, in which case the resulting link-rot is surely user error.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Intra-Question or Intra-Answer heading references should still be allowed using syntax such as mentioned in &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/a/33708270/257924&quot;&gt;https://stackoverflow.com/a/33708270/257924&lt;/a&gt; as:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;So you can link to it simply by [My link](#my-header)&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Using hash-based permalinks similar to &lt;a href=&quot;https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/share-a-page-or-blog-post-16482511.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Atlassian Confluence short URL's&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://support.google.com/drive/answer/2494822#view_comment_edit&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Google Drive sharable links&lt;/a&gt; might be overkill for these use-cases.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="340383" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2019-12-15T17:18:30.363" Title="Provide way to link to headings from within both Questions and Answers and from comments" Tags="|feature-request|hyperlinks|link|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18922" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18923" CreationDate="2019-12-16T20:36:48.040" Score="12" ViewCount="337" Body="&lt;p&gt;It seems to me that questions closed as duplicate are hidden now. They are visible only to the post author and users with the close/reopen votes privilege.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That means that these questions will not be shown in search engines.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Before the recent change dupes were shown to everyone and they were very useful to point to canonical answers. That increased chances for people who search to find a correct answer. Now we lose all that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also some dues have good answers that are hidden now too and lost to the public.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This looks very sad to me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Example:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/1196625/522934&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/2ZoVd.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Example&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="167850" LastEditorUserId="480481" LastEditDate="2020-01-03T10:12:30.000" LastActivityDate="2020-01-03T10:12:30.000" Title="Are duplicate questions hidden now?" Tags="|support|duplicates|closed-questions|user-interface|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18923" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18922" CreationDate="2019-12-16T21:52:33.117" Score="20" Body="&lt;p&gt;The recent change to post notices does not change &lt;strong&gt;which posts&lt;/strong&gt; are visible. It changes &lt;strong&gt;what information about their closure&lt;/strong&gt; is visible. When you're logged in, you've probably seen text in post notices like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;(Viewable by the post author and users with the close/reopen votes privilege)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That text is referring to &lt;strong&gt;some of the information in the post notice itself&lt;/strong&gt;. It is not referring to the question itself or any of its answers. Those remain viewable by anyone, unless they are deleted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are multiple versions of post notices for closure: one for the OP, one for low-rep users and users who are not logged in, and one for high-rep users. It can be difficult to figure out exactly what is shown to whom, which I consider a disadvantage of the recent post-notice redesign.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, there is an easy and efficient way to check what a page looks like to users who are not signed in: open a private browsing window (or incognito window, as it is called in some browsers) and go to the page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;An Example&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a high-rep user on Ask Ubuntu, when I'm logged in, this is what I see when I visit &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/590364/changing-directory&quot;&gt;Changing directory&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Sc4qX.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Sc4qX.png&quot; alt=&quot;logged-in screenshot - what a closed duplicate question with answers looks like when I am signed in&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As shown immediately above, the text of the post notice shown to me when I am logged in is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This question already has answers here&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/262674/how-do-i-cd-into-a-directory-in-the-home-folder&quot;&gt;How do I cd into a directory in the home folder?&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;  (3 answers)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;hr&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Some community members have associated the post with a similar&#xA;  question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Closed 2 years ago by &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/22949/eliah-kagan&quot;&gt;Eliah Kagan&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/527764/zanna&quot;&gt;Zanna&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/command-line&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;command-line&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;command-line&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;(Viewable by the post author and users with the close/reopen&#xA;  votes privilege)&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In contrast, when I go to that same page while not logged in--for example, when I found that page via Google in a private browsing window during an attempt to reproduce the bug you've described--this is what I see:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/BUwZf.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/BUwZf.png&quot; alt=&quot;logged-out screenshot - what a closed duplicate question with answers looks like when I am not signed in&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As shown immediately above, the text of the post notice shown to me when I am not logged in is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This question already has answers here&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/262674/how-do-i-cd-into-a-directory-in-the-home-folder&quot;&gt;How do I cd into a directory in the home folder?&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;  (3 answers)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Closed 2 years ago.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;What Changed&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Users who are not logged in or who do not have much rep, and who are not the OP of a closed question, no longer see &lt;em&gt;on the question page&lt;/em&gt; who voted to close the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some of the post notices omit other information as well. For example, the post notice for questions closed as off-topic seems no longer to state &lt;em&gt;which&lt;/em&gt; off-topic sub-reasons were selected. This is annoying.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But on duplicates, the only information related to their closure that is hidden from the general public (which is also hidden for all other closed questions) is &lt;em&gt;who&lt;/em&gt; voted to close them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that this information is still not actually secret, it's just been made more obscure. It is still available even without logging in, by visiting the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/590364/revisions&quot;&gt;revision history&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/590364/timeline&quot;&gt;timeline&lt;/a&gt; of a post. Besides deleted posts, every post's revision history and timeline is public (though an actual link to the revision history is only provided on the page itself if the post has been edited, and an actual link to the timeline is not provided on the page itself, except perhaps to moderators). This information also continues to be available in &lt;a href=&quot;https://data.stackexchange.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;SEDE&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The reason I am shown four answers when I'm logged in but only three when I'm logged out is that one of the answers is deleted. Because I have over 10k reputation, I am able to see deleted posts when I'm logged in, so the system includes deleted answers in the count it shows me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for the &lt;em&gt;Edit&lt;/em&gt; link shown to me in the post notice when I'm logged in, that's because I have a gold &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/command-line&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;command-line&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;command-line&lt;/a&gt; badge, which permits me to edit the list of dupe targets (officially called &quot;originals&quot;) on questions that are tagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/command-line&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;command-line&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;command-line&lt;/a&gt; and closed as duplicates. This ability, and its reflection in post notices, has not been affected by the recent redesign of post notices.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;What Didn't Change&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some questions &lt;em&gt;are&lt;/em&gt; much less likely for users who aren't logged in to successfully find than for users who are logged in. But this is not recent or related to the recent change in post notices.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When a user is not logged in, and the user follows a link to a question, and&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the question is closed as a duplicate&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;of &lt;em&gt;one&lt;/em&gt; target (rather than two or more)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;and the question does not itself have any (non-deleted) answers&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;then the user is redirected to the target, unless the URL the user used had &lt;code&gt;?noredirect=1&lt;/code&gt; in it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Usually this is no problem, since the most useful information associated with a question that is closed as a duplicate is &lt;em&gt;usually&lt;/em&gt; in its answers, or in the knowledge of which questions it is duped to, and neither is obscured.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But it is sometimes quite frustrating, and I'm not sure this behavior is actually good. It makes it hard for people to figure out &lt;em&gt;why&lt;/em&gt; the problem they're looking for help with is addressed in the target of a duplicate they have found. We keep many duplicates around, even when they have no answers, because they serve as signposts, guiding the way to their targets. But signs shouldn't just tell you where something is; it should also say what is there. I feel the system does not fully achieve this goal in its current design.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, as far as I can tell, that is an entirely separate effect from the recent change in post notices. The system has performed these automatic redirections for years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="480481" LastEditDate="2019-12-18T19:16:17.880" LastActivityDate="2019-12-18T19:16:17.880" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18925" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18926" CreationDate="2019-12-17T01:10:15.440" Score="5" ViewCount="130" Body="&lt;p&gt;With 20 reputation you gains the chat privilege, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/16282/689894&quot;&gt;as described here&lt;/a&gt;, but I couldn't find this option in a user profile.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Where should I look for it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="689894" LastActivityDate="2019-12-17T17:14:10.280" Title="How to chat with another user?" Tags="|support|chat|privileges|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18926" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18925" CreationDate="2019-12-17T17:14:10.280" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;You won't find the chat links in user profiles, it is located in the top right on the black bar, in the little stack exchange hamburger &quot;community&quot; menu, it can be a bit hard to find.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/5YjcA.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/5YjcA.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is also located on the footer of every page&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/rhb95.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/rhb95.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is a direct link too, just for completeness&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/?tab=site&amp;amp;host=askubuntu.com&quot;&gt;https://chat.stackexchange.com/?tab=site&amp;amp;host=askubuntu.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastActivityDate="2019-12-17T17:14:10.280" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18927" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18942" CreationDate="2019-12-19T18:28:24.200" Score="20" ViewCount="436" Body="&lt;p&gt;I hope the plain title can still catch your attention--initially worded as &quot;presents&quot; instead of &quot;bounties&quot; but I decided for latter that has a clear intention.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Back then, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/16403/37165&quot;&gt;this meta post (2016)&lt;/a&gt; had asked for questions that need a bounty and I was the only user that had given suggestions at the time. Three years later today, I am writing this meta post to ask similarly from the other position.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We are now approaching the end of year 2019, so I would like to take this opportunity to offer bounties to selected questions. I could do the advanced search &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/16409/37165&quot;&gt;like I did last time&lt;/a&gt;, but I don't have much time left to sieve each and every questions by end of this year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So if anyone had bookmarked some unanswered questions but was &lt;a href=&quot;https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/in+no+mood+to+do&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;in no mood&lt;/a&gt; to research and write a good answer, then this might motivate you to write one!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Suggestions are open to not just one, but few questions that need or deserve a bounty. I have listed own criteria for suggesting questions as follows.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Bounty from 250 onwards for &lt;strong&gt;maximum six (6) selected questions&lt;/strong&gt;;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Each question &lt;strong&gt;must have a supporting reason for deserving a bounty&lt;/strong&gt; that can be either: unanswered, or has answers but underappreciated;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The questions asked by &lt;strong&gt;active users with points 1,000 and below&lt;/strong&gt;--preferably not own posts--will have the &lt;strong&gt;highest priority&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Suggestion template prepared as follows.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;https://askubuntu.com/q/{12345}&#xA;&#xA;1. Bounty suggested: {250|300|350|400|450|500}&#xA;&#xA;2. Reason suggested: {must have a reason to convince}&#xA;&#xA;3. Is asked by active user with points 1,000 or below? {yes|no}&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Post separately: &lt;strong&gt;one suggestion per meta answer&lt;/strong&gt;. Copy and paste above template and replace &lt;code&gt;{text in curly brackets}&lt;/code&gt; with &lt;code&gt;text of choice&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Open to suggestions &lt;strong&gt;from now until 29 December 2019, 23:59 UTC&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That is all, and I may review your suggestions soon.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user37165" LastActivityDate="2019-12-30T05:15:28.210" Title="Giving away bounties this December 2019" Tags="|discussion|bounty|" AnswerCount="6" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18928" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2019-12-19T20:50:22.773" Score="7" ViewCount="97" Body="&lt;p&gt;Following kulfy's advice I posted this bug report on meta.se (&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/341037/206420&quot;&gt;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/341037/206420&lt;/a&gt;), but would like to keep &lt;strong&gt;this&lt;/strong&gt; question for visibility (at least for a while)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &quot;needs clarity/details&quot; notice contains the words&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;... the problem being solved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This &lt;strong&gt;should&lt;/strong&gt; read something like  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;... the problem needing a solution.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;or just&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;... the problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/LH5j8.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/LH5j8.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't know if this wording is special to AU or sitewide and I should post this on Meta.SE . &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="134729" LastEditorUserId="134729" LastEditDate="2019-12-24T23:36:45.630" LastActivityDate="2019-12-24T23:36:45.630" Title="Weird wording in the &quot;needs clarity&quot; notice" Tags="|bug|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18929" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18927" CreationDate="2019-12-20T11:44:04.463" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/1009311&quot;&gt;Pros and cons of installing Ubuntu alongside Windows Boot Manager&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Bounty suggested: 250 &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Reason suggested: The accepted answer to this question says &lt;em&gt;I have personally messed 4 laptop hard disks simply because I failed to understand the right process.&lt;/em&gt; I noticed that the same thing happened in several questions at Ask Ubuntu. I'm looking for more detailed information about whether it is safe to choose the &lt;em&gt;Install Ubuntu alongside Windows Boot Manager&lt;/em&gt; option in the Ubuntu installer.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Is asked by active user with points 1,000 or below? yes&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="94914" LastEditorUserId="94914" LastEditDate="2019-12-22T10:40:54.557" LastActivityDate="2019-12-22T10:40:54.557" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18931" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17252" CreationDate="2019-12-20T21:59:51.433" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would say that my answer at &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/17708/50737&quot;&gt;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/17708/50737&lt;/a&gt; is what we should do, or perhaps we should treat it more like questions about &lt;em&gt;Ubuntu Touch&lt;/em&gt; are on topic, but questions about &lt;em&gt;UBports&lt;/em&gt; are not, in the same way that questions about &lt;em&gt;Ubuntu&lt;/em&gt; are on topic, but questions about &lt;em&gt;Canonical&lt;/em&gt; are not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That is, UBports is granted use of the Ubuntu name for &lt;em&gt;Ubuntu Touch&lt;/em&gt; and it is running based on a supported Ubuntu LTS version (as well as the fact that it provides a way to run legacy X11/CLI apps inside a container, via libertine). While it cannot meet the &lt;em&gt;official derivative&lt;/em&gt; requirements (and never could, even when Canonical was doing all the development), it is as practically close to being so as one can reasonably get for a phone/tablet OS based on Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="50737" LastActivityDate="2019-12-20T21:59:51.433" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18933" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18927" CreationDate="2019-12-23T05:05:59.420" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/943147&quot;&gt;Different colors for active/inactive Unity window title bars?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Bounty suggested: 250&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Reason suggested: Ubuntu does not seem to be friendly enough to colour-blind users. The high contrast theme appears &quot;broken&quot; from my last testing in both Ubuntu 16.04 and 18.04. So far nobody had suggested any alternative high contrast theme or easy method on how to change the active/inactive window title bars in Ubuntu--modifying the theme is tedious and not easy for most users.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Is asked by active user with points 1,000 or below? yes&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note: This was one of two questions I had put bounty (100) last month, but failed to get a good answer (as per comment in the linked post). If anyone knows how to solve and in mood to write an answer, then bounty may be given again here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user37165" LastActivityDate="2019-12-23T05:05:59.420" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18934" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18927" CreationDate="2019-12-25T03:20:38.367" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/213511&quot;&gt;How to format a SD card easily in KDE?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Bounty suggested: 250&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Reason suggested: This question is most likely asked by users migrating to Ubuntu/Linux from Windows, which intends to find the equivalent feature of &quot;right-click and format drive&quot; that is found in Windows. Despite a seemingly simple question, nobody has found any two-clicks solution to have such feature in Ubuntu/Linux (KDE) since 2012 to this date.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Is asked by active user with points 1,000 or below? yes&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note: Such feature had been requested as per &lt;a href=&quot;https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=209784&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this dated bug report (2009)&lt;/a&gt;, which was marked as &quot;WONT FIX&quot; or &quot;RESOLVED INTENTIONAL&quot;. Even &lt;a href=&quot;https://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?f=83&amp;amp;t=112188&amp;amp;sid=13babb392cae25952fa43b5d2cbebc1d&amp;amp;start=15&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the later discussion (2014)&lt;/a&gt; on KDE community forum indicates that there was no easy solution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Precaution&lt;/strong&gt;: Judging by the difficulty of finding the solution, the bounty will likely be wasted unless someone--most experienced in scripting and KDE context menu--is willing to come up with a feasible solution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user37165" LastActivityDate="2019-12-25T03:20:38.367" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18935" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18936" CreationDate="2019-12-25T13:09:18.520" Score="8" ViewCount="173" Body="&lt;p&gt;The question &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1198472/top-ubuntu-download-manger-with-bandwidth-limiter-and&quot;&gt;Top Ubuntu Download manger with bandwidth limiter and&lt;/a&gt; is tagged with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/uegt&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;uegt&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;uegt&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From the context I'd say the OP should have used the tag &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/uget&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;uget&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;uget&lt;/a&gt; instead.&#xA;The mentioned question is the only question using the tag &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/uegt&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;uegt&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;uegt&lt;/a&gt;.  The tag has no wiki and does not seem to make any sense.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Shouldn't the tag &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/uegt&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;uegt&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;uegt&lt;/a&gt; be removed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="590937" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2019-12-26T09:35:27.427" LastActivityDate="2019-12-26T09:35:27.427" Title="Should the uegt tag be removed?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18936" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18935" CreationDate="2019-12-25T14:24:36.160" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Thanks for the report, I believe you are correct and just edited the question and replaced the tag with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/uget&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;uget&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;uget&lt;/a&gt; as you suggested. The system will automatically remove the tag soon when it is not in use any more.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Next time, if it seems to be just a typo or any other case where you can be quite sure, you may also just edit the question yourself directly. Worst case if the OP or anyone reviewing it disagrees, it can be rolled back.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastActivityDate="2019-12-25T14:24:36.160" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18937" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18939" CreationDate="2019-12-26T11:38:33.890" Score="6" ViewCount="96" Body="&lt;p&gt;Recently I asked a question on Ask Ubuntu. I did not get any answer. Then after searching I found the solution and wrote it as an answer. I got one upvote for the answer and 0 for the question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/1197558/739431&quot;&gt;how to make symbolic links of the files from folder to folder&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After that, someone downvoted both my question and answer. This is causing me to think that my question is not good and this community is not encouraging this kind of question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So can I delete the question for which I only have written an answer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="739431" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2019-12-26T11:53:55.773" LastActivityDate="2019-12-26T12:07:44.663" Title="Can I delete a downvoted question that I answered myself (where nobody else has answered it)?" Tags="|support|vote-to-delete|self-answer|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18938" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18927" CreationDate="2019-12-26T11:44:22.920" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/991858&quot;&gt;Is it possible to run Windows 10 UWP apps on Ubuntu?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Bounty suggested: 250&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Reason suggested: People tend to leave a potential answer as a comment; instead of comments, someone should write an answer why this is not possible. Previously I had left several comments to provide more clues, but that seems &quot;still not easy&quot; to answer. The question seems answerable already: Simply follow the clues and clarify each reference to come up with a reasonable answer. Except, this is tedious to do.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Is asked by active user with points 1,000 or below? yes&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note: This was another one of two questions I had put bounty (100) last month, which only received a plagiarized answer without any better references (as per comment in the linked post). If anyone is willing to clarify and sum up relevant information into a proper answer, then bounty may be given again here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user37165" LastActivityDate="2019-12-26T11:44:22.920" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18939" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18937" CreationDate="2019-12-26T12:02:38.587" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;First of all, if you got one downvote, all that means is that one person felt the question should be downvoted. It doesn't in any way imply anything at all about &quot;the community&quot;. It only shows the opinion of one, single, non-representative user. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, I admit your answer is really kind of bad in that it has a few dangerously bad practices in there. You are &lt;a href=&quot;https://mywiki.wooledge.org/ParsingLs&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;parsing ls&lt;/a&gt; and you are using &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/q/171346/22222&quot;&gt;shell variables unquoted&lt;/a&gt;. So I can understand the downvote. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But when you get a downvote, you should just think of ways of improving your post, don't immediately jump to deletion. Yes, you can delete it, if you like, but it would be much better to improve it instead. I have posted a safer solution, &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2019-12-26T12:07:44.663" LastActivityDate="2019-12-26T12:07:44.663" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18940" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18898" CreationDate="2019-12-26T15:46:41.643" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;All the large units of bits are spelled out as quantities of bytes, so byte is commonly used instead of octet too. This makes units of bits standardized and easy to understand. The abbreviation for byte is B.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ribbT.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ribbT.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="94914" LastEditorUserId="94914" LastEditDate="2019-12-26T15:51:46.267" LastActivityDate="2019-12-26T15:51:46.267" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18941" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18927" CreationDate="2019-12-28T15:59:16.877" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/212346&quot;&gt;Can a Raspberry Pi run Ubuntu?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Bounty suggested: 350&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Reason suggested: This question was asked in late 2012, and the first (accepted) and second most voted answers are both outdated. There are several other answers that have been updated this year, but have less votes and thus underappreciated. The third most voted answer seems to be the best answer now.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Is asked by active user with points 1,000 or below? yes&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user37165" LastActivityDate="2019-12-28T15:59:16.877" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18942" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18927" CreationDate="2019-12-30T05:15:28.210" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;This meta post will summarize the selection results and related findings.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Selection results&lt;/strong&gt;: 5 suggested, 3 selected for bounties. All bounties were opened to reward existing answer, although some questions remain unanswered (#2, #3, #4).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/18929&quot;&gt;Dec 20&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/1009311&quot;&gt;Pros and cons of installing Ubuntu alongside Windows Boot Manager&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;em&gt;selected&lt;/em&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/18933&quot;&gt;Dec 21&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/943147&quot;&gt;Different colors for active/inactive Unity window title bars?&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;em&gt;selected&lt;/em&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/18934&quot;&gt;Dec 25&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/213511&quot;&gt;How to format a SD card easily in KDE?&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/18938&quot;&gt;Dec 26&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/991858&quot;&gt;Is it possible to run Windows 10 UWP apps on Ubuntu?&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/18941&quot;&gt;Dec 29&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/212346&quot;&gt;Can a Raspberry Pi run Ubuntu?&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;em&gt;selected&lt;/em&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Question #2 should be highly concerned, as there seems to be no way to make Ubuntu more friendly to colour-blind users. The high contrast themes are &quot;broken&quot; and almost all themes were not designed to differentiate colours for active/inactive window title bars. Bounty, even twice, has failed to get the real answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Related findings&lt;/strong&gt;: Through this meta post, there are few things that may be inferred alongside user experience of myself as the meta original poster.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Meta may not be visited by established users with relatively low reputation points (around 1,500 points and below)--I similarly have started to engage meta only when reaching that range few years ago, and before that I may have visited but never engaged in meta.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Bounty indeed draws attention, but seems hardly effective at encouraging users to post an answer that actually answer the question--bounty instead may be ignored, or tend to receive new duplicate answers that are not any better than existing answers.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The amount of bounty may be downplayed and does not necessarily valued by users--almost all bounties that I had earned over the years worth only 50 points each, which I had engaged only because there were no other answers that satisfy the question and I was willing to invest some time and had the means to write a better answer at the time; otherwise, unanswered questions with bounty given with 50 or 100 points may be often downplayed (not just on Ask Ubuntu but other SE sites that I have engaged).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Getting a good answer is basically finding a good match that fits the question, and bringing discussion on meta--even if that turned out &quot;preaching to the choir&quot; (having the wrong audience) as pointed by a commentator--was the only known way to clarify this matter.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Credits&lt;/strong&gt;: Thanks to all users who engaged in this meta post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/users/94914/karel&quot;&gt;@karel&lt;/a&gt;, the first and the only suggested post besides the original poster&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/users/344926/fabby&quot;&gt;@Fabby&lt;/a&gt;, the one provided bounties to 2 suggested posts&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/users/75060/mark-kirby&quot;&gt;@MarkKirby&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/users/26246/user-dz&quot;&gt;@user.dz&lt;/a&gt; and other commentators&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;and all annonymous voters (+18/-2)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That is all to share.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user37165" LastActivityDate="2019-12-30T05:15:28.210" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2019-12-30T05:15:28.210" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18943" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-01-01T02:48:28.747" Score="17" ViewCount="233" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's New Year's Day in &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zulu_Time&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Stack Exchange land&lt;/a&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A distinguishing characteristic of these sites is how they are moderated:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;We designed the Stack Exchange network engine to be mostly self-regulating, in that we amortize the overall moderation cost of the system across thousands of teeny-tiny slices of effort contributed by regular, everyday users.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  -- &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/05/a-theory-of-moderation/&quot;&gt;A Theory of Moderation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While there certainly are &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.blog/2018/11/21/our-theory-of-moderation-re-visited/&quot;&gt;Moderators&lt;/a&gt; here, a significant amount of the &lt;em&gt;moderation&lt;/em&gt; is done by ordinary people, using the privileges &#xA;they've earned by virtue of their contributions to the site. Each of you contributes a little bit of time and effort, and together you accomplish much.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As we enter a new year, let's pause and reflect, taking a moment to appreciate the work that we do here together. &#xA;And what could be more festive than a big pile of numbers? &#xA;So here is a breakdown of moderation actions performed on Ask Ubuntu over the past 12 months:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;                  Action                  Moderators Community¹&#xA;----------------------------------------- ---------- ----------&#xA;Users suspended²                                  15         62&#xA;Users destroyed³                                 508          0&#xA;Users deleted                                     10          0&#xA;Users contacted                                   37          0&#xA;User suspensions lifted early                      2          0&#xA;User banned from review                            0         12&#xA;Tasks reviewed⁴: Suggested Edit queue            153     21,742&#xA;Tasks reviewed⁴: Reopen Vote queue                 6      3,352&#xA;Tasks reviewed⁴: Low Quality Posts queue          27     21,994&#xA;Tasks reviewed⁴: Late Answer queue                 0     11,884&#xA;Tasks reviewed⁴: First Post queue                  2     37,414&#xA;Tasks reviewed⁴: Close Votes queue                50     19,947&#xA;Tags merged                                        2          0&#xA;Tag synonyms proposed                              3          5&#xA;Tag synonyms created                               7          0&#xA;Tag highlight language set                         1          0&#xA;Revisions redacted                                 4          0&#xA;Questions unprotected                              0         15&#xA;Questions reopened                                59        257&#xA;Questions protected                               84        621&#xA;Questions migrated                                38         24&#xA;Questions merged                                  15          0&#xA;Questions flagged⁵                               200     27,657&#xA;Questions closed                                 800      9,678&#xA;Question flags handled⁵                        1,708     26,141&#xA;Posts unlocked                                     8         15&#xA;Posts undeleted                                   77        674&#xA;Posts locked                                      23      4,317&#xA;Posts deleted⁶                                 5,675     32,726&#xA;Posts bumped                                       0      8,621&#xA;Escalations to the Community Manager team          3          0&#xA;Comments undeleted                                83          0&#xA;Comments flagged                                   2     14,279&#xA;Comments deleted⁷                              7,513     30,022&#xA;Comment flags handled                          3,515     10,765&#xA;Bounties canceled                                  4          0&#xA;Answers flagged                                  172     17,760&#xA;Answer flags handled                          11,917      6,028&#xA;All comments on a post moved to chat             152          0&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Footnotes&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;¹ &quot;Community&quot; here refers both to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users&quot;&gt;the membership of Ask Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt; &lt;em&gt;without&lt;/em&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users?tab=moderators&quot;&gt;diamonds next to their names&lt;/a&gt;, and to the automated systems otherwise known as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/-1&quot;&gt;user #-1&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;² The system will suspend users under three circumstances: when a user is recreated after being previously suspended, when a user is recreated after being destroyed for spam or abuse, and when a network-wide suspension is in effect on an account.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;³ A &quot;destroyed&quot; user is deleted along with all that they had posted: questions, answers, comments. &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/88994/what-is-the-difference-between-a-deleted-user-and-a-destroyed-user&quot;&gt;Generally used as an expedient way of getting rid of spam.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;⁴ This counts every review that was submitted (not skipped) - so the 2 suggested edits reviews needed to approve an edit would count as 2, the goal being to indicate the frequency of moderation actions. This also applies to flags, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;⁵ Includes close flags (but &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; close or reopen votes).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;⁶ This ignores numerous deletions that happen automatically in response to some other action.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;⁷ This includes comments deleted by their own authors (which also account for some number of handled comment flags).   &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Further reading:&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Wanna see how these numbers have changed over time? I posted a similar report here last year: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/18355/2018-a-year-in-moderation&quot;&gt;2018: a year in moderation&lt;/a&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You can also check out &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackexchange.com/search?q=title%3A%222019%3A+a+year+in+moderation%22&quot;&gt;this report on other sites&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Or peruse &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/341507/2019-a-year-in-closing&quot;&gt;detailed information on the number of questions closed and reopened across all sites&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Wishing you all a happy new year...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="12845" LastEditorUserId="12845" LastEditDate="2020-01-03T02:18:18.127" LastActivityDate="2020-01-03T02:18:18.127" Title="2019: a year in moderation" Tags="|discussion|moderation|statistics|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18944" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18945" CreationDate="2020-01-02T19:07:06.087" Score="0" ViewCount="68" Body="&lt;p&gt;I stumbled in the review queue over this &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1200090/opera-browser-still-showing-in-mac-launchpad/1200104#1200104&quot;&gt;question and answer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question is being closed, because it is a question for mac OS.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I understood this text&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Closed. This question is off-topic. It is not currently accepting answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;then no one can write an answer. Am I wrong?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="966203" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2020-01-03T06:00:27.357" Title="Are closed questions answerable?" Tags="|support|closed-questions|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18945" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18944" CreationDate="2020-01-02T19:26:48.343" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Basically correct yes. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A moderator and/or a group of users with 4 re-open votes could re-open it, someone then could answer it and they could close it again. But that it not something we would do for a question like this. It is indeed off topic&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastActivityDate="2020-01-02T19:26:48.343" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18946" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18943" CreationDate="2020-01-02T19:28:31.157" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Conclusion: moderators suck at reviewing &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;:D  :D :D&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All the best wishes to all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastActivityDate="2020-01-02T19:28:31.157" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18947" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18944" CreationDate="2020-01-03T04:09:22.160" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you are wondering how the question came to have an answer, you can see from the question's &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/1200090/timeline&quot;&gt;timeline&lt;/a&gt; that the answer was posted before the question was closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Preventing answers being posted is indeed the primary effect of closing a question. We close questions (except for duplicates) because they are not answerable &lt;em&gt;within the scope of the site&lt;/em&gt;, that is, they cannot receive an answer that belongs here. The idea is, if answers are posted to questions that are off topic, too broad, unclear, or primarily opinion based, then that increases the quantity of unsuitable content (and also makes it less likely that the question will be deleted or migrated). If duplicate questions receive answers, information that ought to be kept together gets spread out and probably harder to find.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2020-01-03T04:09:22.160" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18948" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18957" CreationDate="2020-01-07T09:33:25.143" Score="10" ViewCount="110" Body="&lt;p&gt;I discovered recently that apart from the well-known tag &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/partitioning&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;partitioning&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;partitioning&lt;/a&gt; (10,271 questions currently), there is also the tag &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/partitions&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;partitions&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;partitions&lt;/a&gt; with 771 questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even funnier thing is that the tag &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/partition&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;partition&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;partition&lt;/a&gt; is a synonym to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/partitioning&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;partitioning&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;partitioning&lt;/a&gt;, leaving &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/partitions&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;partitions&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;partitions&lt;/a&gt; unrelated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Shouldn’t &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/partitions&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;partitions&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;partitions&lt;/a&gt; be a synonym of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/partitioning&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;partitioning&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;partitioning&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="250300" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2020-01-13T15:03:19.237" LastActivityDate="2020-01-13T16:07:14.257" Title="Synonymize tags related to partitioning" Tags="|discussion|status-completed|tags|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18949" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18948" CreationDate="2020-01-07T09:57:09.587" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;I agree. Some even have both; seems overkill to me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And it is 767 :=)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastActivityDate="2020-01-07T09:57:09.587" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18950" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-01-08T02:02:27.477" Score="-3" ViewCount="160" Body="&lt;p&gt;A user was removed, and I lost 590 rep points!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The reason that this question got asked again, is I still don't understand why us (other) users get penalized because some user got removed. Their votes, up or down, counted when they were cast, and when the user was still active on this system. I don't need a big dialog here, but mostly to &lt;strong&gt;let SE know that I don't think this policy is fair to the rest of us&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4272" LastEditorUserId="4272" LastEditDate="2020-01-08T17:27:11.537" LastActivityDate="2020-01-08T17:27:11.537" Title="User Removed, and I lost 590 points!" Tags="|discussion|support|reputation|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="8" ClosedDate="2020-01-08T10:00:03.587" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18951" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18950" CreationDate="2020-01-08T03:50:59.410" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;To be fair, 590 points is just 59 upvotes.  Since you have posted 44 questions and 1,577 answers on the main site so far, that doesn't seem to be an excessive number.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems I only lost 10 points when this user was removed, but then I've posted far fewer questions and answers than you have.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="682481" LastActivityDate="2020-01-08T03:50:59.410" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18952" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18953" CreationDate="2020-01-08T12:36:12.117" Score="2" ViewCount="134" Body="&lt;p&gt;For 2 days I have had the privilege to edit questions and answers. Yesterday I lost some reputation points and now I have less then 2000. Is the privilege also gone?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="966203" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2020-01-08T13:01:44.603" LastActivityDate="2020-01-09T20:50:54.260" Title="I lost some reputation. Is my privilege also gone?" Tags="|support|reputation|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18953" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18952" CreationDate="2020-01-08T12:53:43.333" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, when your reputation dips below the level of a given privilege, you &lt;em&gt;lose&lt;/em&gt; that privilege until you gain enough rep to go above that requirement level again.  This is &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/status-bydesign&quot; class=&quot;post-tag moderator-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;status-bydesign&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;status-bydesign&lt;/a&gt; as part of reputation levels being tied to privileges.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2020-01-09T20:50:54.260" LastActivityDate="2020-01-09T20:50:54.260" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18954" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-01-08T14:32:38.510" Score="0" ViewCount="63" Body="&lt;p&gt;is it possible to know on which Question or Answer the reputation change occured in case of &quot;User was removed&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Example: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/739431?tab=reputation&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/users/739431?tab=reputation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;there is 106 Reputation removed. Is it possible to know on which Question or ANswer was it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="739431" LastActivityDate="2020-01-08T14:32:38.510" Title="is it possible to know on which Question or Answer the reputation change occured in case of &quot;User was removed&quot;" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2020-01-08T14:43:26.933" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18955" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18956" CreationDate="2020-01-11T21:25:34.987" Score="6" ViewCount="228" Body="&lt;p&gt;Currently, AU only has a defined migration path to Meta:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/oJnNL.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/oJnNL.png&quot; alt=&quot;Migration paths&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why is there no migration paths defined for U&amp;amp;L SE, and possible the ElementaryOS SE as well? To me, it would make more sense to be able to vote for moving than closing questions related to non-official derivatives of Ubuntu - and I believe it would benefit the users as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As it is we have to advise users to delete the question on AU and re-post on the appropriate site. Moving would offer a better exprience, especially to new users of both AU/SE and Linux.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="653515" LastEditorUserId="653515" LastEditDate="2020-01-11T22:20:58.237" LastActivityDate="2020-01-25T13:03:05.483" Title="Migrations paths" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18956" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18955" CreationDate="2020-01-13T13:46:42.663" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;First up, we &lt;em&gt;can&lt;/em&gt; migrate anywhere, it just takes a bit of teamwork. If you think you're looking at a &lt;strong&gt;great&lt;/strong&gt; question that has already had some great answers, flag it for a moderator. We'll likely* agree and kick it over.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;sub&gt;*Depending on your criteria, obviously. If we can &lt;em&gt;fix&lt;/em&gt; it, we would probably try that first. &lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Otherwise I'm not sure what's changed since last time...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We aren't the other sites. We don't know their quality thresholds.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Our volume of migratable questions that are objectively bad is very high.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;There's no point migrating an unanswered question without its user. &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/8660/449&quot;&gt;I've investigated this before&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;strong&gt;The abandonment rate for migrated questions is sky high.&lt;/strong&gt; So soliciting effort from a third party site with a higher-than-normal chance that it's going to be abandoned feels... rude.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So all in, the cost of open migrations is —in my rather unhumble opinion— high, for very little reward. Where there is genuine and obvious benefit to be had, just issue a custom flag and we'll weigh it up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2020-01-13T13:46:42.663" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18957" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18948" CreationDate="2020-01-13T16:07:14.257" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;My request is &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/status-completed&quot; class=&quot;post-tag moderator-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;status-completed&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;status-completed&lt;/a&gt; now, thank you Oli!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="250300" LastActivityDate="2020-01-13T16:07:14.257" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18958" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18959" CreationDate="2020-01-15T12:50:47.497" Score="2" ViewCount="114" Body="&lt;p&gt;Example: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1130767/how-do-you-autologin-in-lubuntu-18-10/1202954#1202954&quot;&gt;Very late answer to a question regarding 18.10&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, it isn't really an answer, but I wished to know, how it is generally regulated? Whatever the quality of the answer is.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="966203" LastEditorUserId="8698" LastEditDate="2020-01-15T15:28:54.663" LastActivityDate="2020-01-15T15:28:54.663" Title="How to deal with late answers for no longer supported releases in the review queue?" Tags="|support|close-reasons|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18959" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18958" CreationDate="2020-01-15T14:39:12.923" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;Do nothing.  As long as it seems like a suitable answer we leave it alone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This said, if the post is spammy, not related, or similar then we address it.  Otherwise, we leave the questions be - no need to touch something that's not really 'broken'.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2020-01-15T14:39:12.923" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18960" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18955" CreationDate="2020-01-25T13:03:05.483" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Speaking as an ex-mod here and current mod on U&amp;amp;L, and having seen the kind of question that is often suggested for migration, I can assure you that opening this path would be a horrible idea. Quite frankly, most questions that are flagged for migration are usually off topic on U&amp;amp;L, or just very bad questions. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my ~3 years as a mod here, I don't think I migrated more than 5 or so question to U&amp;amp;L. It just doesn't happen very often. The vast majority of cases where an OP doesn't realize this site is Ubuntu only, they also haven't bothered to craft a useful question. Questions that are worth migrating are so rare, it is simpler and more efficient to just flag for mod attention and ask for migration. Or, much, much better: just leave a comment to the OP suggesting they delete their question here and ask it again on the target site. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Migrations are next to useless as implemented. The question retains its original date, so it doesn't appear as new on the target site, it is very confusing for users and especially those with no account on the target. The whole thing is just more trouble than it's worth. So no, moving would absolutely not be a better experience for the user, more often than not, moving results in an orphaned question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is essentially no benefit whatsoever to opening a migration path and there are significant downsides. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2020-01-25T13:03:05.483" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18961" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18962" CreationDate="2020-02-06T12:43:07.620" Score="5" ViewCount="288" Body="&lt;p&gt;I use Ubuntu for my workstation and administer a lot of Debian servers. In my experience 98% of the times an Ubuntu solution applies on Debian at a similar age and vice versa.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Recently when searching Google for an issue I had on a Debian server, I noticed an Ubuntu answer that doesn't work, so I worked out the solution on my own. I was about to add that as an answer on the question, but somehow decided to come here first. I saw this question &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/745&quot;&gt;When are Debian questions off topic?&lt;/a&gt; but it's about questions, not answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it appropriate to add a Debian answer (for Jessie and later) here that doesn't work on Ubuntu (package name and functionality is different), where an existing answer is valid for Ubuntu Precise and later?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I personally think Debian has a special scope here because Ubuntu is &lt;em&gt;derived from&lt;/em&gt; Debian, while distros like Mint or Kali generally don't have any influence on Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="612877" LastActivityDate="2020-02-11T06:40:09.950" Title="Are answers specific to Debian on-topic?" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18962" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18961" CreationDate="2020-02-06T14:09:31.357" Score="19" Body="&lt;p&gt;If the answer works on Debian but does not work on Ubuntu, then it is &lt;strong&gt;not an answer&lt;/strong&gt; for Ubuntu and the scope of this site.  If the solution works on Debian &lt;strong&gt;and&lt;/strong&gt; Ubuntu then it's a valid answer.  Otherwise it's &lt;strong&gt;not a valid answer&lt;/strong&gt; and should not be posted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This said, if the solution works on multiple distributions &lt;strong&gt;including Ubuntu&lt;/strong&gt; then that is a valid answer here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2020-02-06T14:09:31.357" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18963" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18961" CreationDate="2020-02-06T16:30:50.570" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;help/on-topic&lt;/a&gt; provides a clear definition which distros are on- and which are off-topic:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Questions that you may ask:&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Using and administering &lt;strong&gt;official Ubuntu flavors&lt;/strong&gt;: Ubuntu, Ubuntu Budgie, Ubuntu MATE, Kubuntu, Ubuntu Kylin, Lubuntu, Ubuntu Studio and Xubuntu.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Questions that you should avoid:&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Linux Mint, Elementary OS, Backtrack, Gnome-Remix (prior to 13.04), budgie-remix (16.04 and 16.10) and &lt;strong&gt;other Linux distributions&lt;/strong&gt; (try our friends at Unix &amp;amp; Linux Stack Exchange).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Therefore, &lt;strong&gt;Debian is off-topic on AU&lt;/strong&gt; and questions about it should rather be asked on &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;Unix&amp;amp;Linux&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now if questions are off the scope, are answers as well? Yes indeed, as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/how-to-answer&quot;&gt;help/how-to-answer&lt;/a&gt; phrases it:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Answer the question&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Read the question carefully. What, specifically,&#xA;is the question asking for? Make sure your answer provides that – or a&#xA;viable alternative.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While installing Debian may be a viable alternative for some – it’s not really.&#xA;If the question itself is about Debian however, another rule applies:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Answer well-asked questions&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not all questions can or should be&#xA;answered here. Save yourself some frustration and avoid trying to&#xA;answer questions which...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;...are not about Ubuntu as defined in the help center.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;strong&gt;only exception&lt;/strong&gt; I see is an answer which you verified works on Ubuntu. If that’s the case of course there’s noting wrong with adding a line like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I found this working on both Ubuntu 18.04 and Debian Stretch as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your solution works just for an unsupported distribution search the equivalent question on &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;Unix&amp;amp;Linux&lt;/a&gt; and add it there, or create a new Q&amp;amp;A there if necessary – we love good content!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="507051" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2020-02-11T06:40:09.950" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18964" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-02-06T19:18:38.020" Score="1" ViewCount="139" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to ask a question to a user on Ask Ubuntu, but I don't understand how to do it. There is no email, no nothing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can you tell me how to do it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1017002" OwnerDisplayName="Dan Norris" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2020-02-16T14:41:25.290" LastActivityDate="2020-02-16T14:41:25.290" Title="How can I reply to a user?" Tags="|support|users|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18965" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18964" CreationDate="2020-02-06T19:55:42.347" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;StackExchange sites are intended for &lt;strong&gt;public&lt;/strong&gt; questions and answers. They are not really designed for private discussion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can ping a specific user in comments or chat. However, they are under NO obligation to respond. They are a volunteer, and answer what they please.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19626" OwnerDisplayName="user535733" LastActivityDate="2020-02-06T19:55:42.347" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18966" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18964" CreationDate="2020-02-06T20:57:08.850" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can only directly contact another user under certain circumstances.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Right now, as you are a 1 rep user, you can't, unless you asked a question or left an answer and someone else commented on it then you can &quot;ping&quot; them with @ followed by their user name. For example to ping me you would write @markkirby in your comment and I would receive a notification about your comment or I would write @dannorris to ping you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you have &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges&quot;&gt;the privilege to comment anywhere&lt;/a&gt; (requires 50 rep) there are a few other ways to make contact using the same @ method above.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If they posted a question or an answer, you can just comment below&#xA;the post and the author will be notified.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If someone else leaves a comment below a question or answer or is the&#xA;last person to edit a question or answer, shown by their user card,&#xA;centred, below the post.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The only other way to &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/?tab=site&amp;amp;host=askubuntu.com&quot;&gt;contact a user is in chat&lt;/a&gt; (requires 20 rep), you can ping any&#xA;user who left a message in chat for a limited time (24 hours?).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These are, for most users, the only way to directly contact someone on the site, please understand, this is not a social network and &quot;chatting&quot; is frowned upon (outside of chat of course), so the ways to contact someone are limited to only post interactions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some exceptions do exist, a mod can contact anyone, any time and some users will leave e-mail or social network details in their profiles, so it is worth a look if you really want to contact someone. Please also respect the fact that some users simply do not wish to be contacted off site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This might seem a bit unfair to a new user but the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/716/why-are-you-only-allowed-to-comment-with-50-rep&quot;&gt;limitations exist for a reason&lt;/a&gt;, these posts may help you to earn the 50 rep:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/257/how-does-ask-ubuntu-work&quot;&gt;How does Ask Ubuntu work?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1209/how-do-i-quickly-gain-reputation&quot;&gt;How do I quickly gain reputation?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/13564/reputation-how-do-i-get-the-minimum-necessary-points-in-askubuntu-to-get-starte&quot;&gt;Reputation: How do I get the minimum necessary points in askUbuntu to get started?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I also recommend you &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tour&quot;&gt;take the tour&lt;/a&gt; and check out &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help&quot;&gt;the help pages&lt;/a&gt; to get a better understanding of how this site works.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastEditorUserId="75060" LastEditDate="2020-02-06T21:02:27.917" LastActivityDate="2020-02-06T21:02:27.917" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18967" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-02-08T21:47:13.480" Score="2" ViewCount="138" Body="&lt;p&gt;A lot of spam is posted by unregistered users. They only have accounts on one site, and their only contribution is a spam or troll post. In my opinion, such users are not worth keeping. How about if an unregistered user's first contribution ever gets deleted as spam or offensive, the user just gets automatically deleted. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/1042335/william&quot;&gt;This&lt;/a&gt; is one of such users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is an example of one of such users that should be deleted/destroyed &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/1042335/william&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/users/1042335/william&lt;/a&gt;. If you are a moderator reading this, please delete that user.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user1100215" LastEditorDisplayName="user1100215" LastEditDate="2020-02-09T21:22:20.567" LastActivityDate="2020-02-09T21:22:20.567" Title="Unregistered spammers should be deleted outright" Tags="|feature-request|user-accounts|spam-handling|spam|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18968" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-02-13T10:09:13.827" Score="0" ViewCount="58" Body="&lt;p&gt;I made an edit to a post, realized I made a mistake but I couldn't edit it again. Then I noticed I was somehow logged out (I'm NEVER logged out normally so it didn't even cross my mind that the button which normally reads 'edit' now read 'improve answer').&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I logged in, but I cannot edit because a review is now pending, and I cannot review because I don't have the 2K rep yet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can someone find the review and reject it (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/1016139&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/1016139&lt;/a&gt;), or is there another trick I can do?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="495443" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2020-02-13T14:42:43.173" LastActivityDate="2020-02-13T14:42:43.173" Title="Edit post again after logging in" Tags="|support|status-completed|reputation|review-queue|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18969" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18972" CreationDate="2020-02-13T11:07:16.863" Score="6" ViewCount="49" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is seen the formatting of the answer at &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/1104744/37574&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/a/1104744/37574&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/mWfJg.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/mWfJg.png&quot; alt=&quot;Live Question&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The code block is enclosed in triple-backticks, but displayed as though it were in single-backticks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I try to edit the code though, the Preview looks fine:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/z8qfM.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/z8qfM.png&quot; alt=&quot;Question Preview&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I suspect it may be something to do with the ordered list, but I can't experiment without Updating the answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="37574" LastEditorUserId="853835" LastEditDate="2020-02-13T21:10:56.113" LastActivityDate="2020-02-13T21:10:56.113" Title="Final code block is rendered differently from Edit preview" Tags="|bug|status-bydesign|markdown|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18970" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18969" CreationDate="2020-02-13T11:22:42.557" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I solved it by indenting the code block by four spaces, which subordinates it under the ordered list:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;1. update your `/etc/default/grub` accordingly:&#xA;&#xA;    ```&#xA;    GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=&quot;nomodeset&quot;&#xA;    GRUB_GFXMODE=1152x864x32&#xA;    GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=1152x864x32&#xA;    ```&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The issue of the Preview showing something different than the post in the end of course remains.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="507051" LastActivityDate="2020-02-13T11:22:42.557" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18971" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18969" CreationDate="2020-02-13T12:01:18.637" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I usually double-up the indent for each level of bullet point you're under. So here that's an indent of 8 spaces. And it previews correctly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;1. Update your `/etc/default/grub` accordingly:&#xA;&#xA;        GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=&quot;nomodeset&quot;&#xA;        GRUB_GFXMODE=1152x864x32&#xA;        GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=1152x864x32&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Update your &lt;code&gt;/etc/default/grub&lt;/code&gt; accordingly:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=&quot;nomodeset&quot;&#xA;GRUB_GFXMODE=1152x864x32&#xA;GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=1152x864x32&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2020-02-13T12:01:18.637" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18972" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18969" CreationDate="2020-02-13T21:10:43.763" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;This has to do with the age of the post and is in fact happening by design.  When it was created in December 2018, Stack Exchange didn't support &lt;code&gt;```&lt;/code&gt; code fences.  It did, however, support &lt;code&gt;```&lt;/code&gt; as a way of entering inline code with like breaks.  That's what the answer in question was doing, purely by accident.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In January 2019, we added support for code blocks as described here: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/322000/235711&quot;&gt;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/322000/235711&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since Markdown is rendered at time of edit, the answer continued to look off until it received its first edit after January 2019.  Since the editor and renderer now support code blocks, the preview correctly matched what would be saved, even though there was no actual change to the markdown.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="853835" LastActivityDate="2020-02-13T21:10:43.763" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18973" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-02-16T20:42:38.077" Score="2" ViewCount="40" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just signed up for Ask Ubuntu. Looks like a great community.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am signed in. Closed all the windows, and the browser. When I open the site again, still signed in. I cannot locate a link to sign out of the forum!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks for your help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1044871" OwnerDisplayName="K E Decilon" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2020-02-17T10:06:15.353" LastActivityDate="2020-02-17T10:06:15.353" Title="Can't find link to logout from the forum?" Tags="|support|login|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2020-02-17T10:05:53.303" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18974" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-02-18T03:01:38.323" Score="-5" ViewCount="175" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/1017179&quot;&gt;suggested&lt;/a&gt; a very small edit to a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/1059214/&quot;&gt;post&lt;/a&gt; fixing outdated URLs which were rejected 2 times with the same reason.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The rejection notice states:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rejected 3 hours ago:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/106495/kevin-bowen&quot;&gt;Kevin Bowen&lt;/a&gt; reviewed this 3 hours ago: &lt;strong&gt;Reject&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  This edit does not make the post even a little bit easier to read,&#xA;  easier to find, more accurate or more accessible. Changes are either&#xA;  completely superfluous or actively harm readability.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/22949/eliah-kagan&quot;&gt;Eliah Kagan&lt;/a&gt; reviewed this 4 hours ago: &lt;strong&gt;Reject&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  This edit does not make the post even a little bit easier to read,&#xA;  easier to find, more accurate or more accessible. Changes are either&#xA;  completely superfluous or actively harm readability.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The edit was changing the following two URLs to working URLs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;# URLs in original post&#xA;wget http://security.debian.org/debian-security/pool/updates/main/j/jasper/libjasper1_1.900.1-13+deb7u6_amd64.deb&#xA;wget http://security.debian.org/debian-security/pool/updates/main/j/jasper/libjasper-dev_1.900.1-13+deb7u6_amd64.deb&#xA;&#xA;# Suggested changes&#xA;wget https://debian-security.sipwise.com/debian-security/pool/main/j/jasper/libjasper1_1.900.1-13+deb7u6_amd64.deb&#xA;wget https://debian-security.sipwise.com/debian-security/pool/main/j/jasper/libjasper-dev_1.900.1-13+deb7u6_amd64.deb&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd like the URLs fixed and my stats to not be damaged via this. Do I just re-edit, what is the proper course of action?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="395258" LastEditorUserId="816190" LastEditDate="2020-02-18T06:01:31.333" LastActivityDate="2020-02-18T23:47:28.643" Title="Why were my edit suggestions of fixing URL rejected?" Tags="|discussion|editing|suggested-edits|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18975" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18974" CreationDate="2020-02-18T05:14:14.037" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;As you know, I am one of the reviewers who rejected (both of) your attempts to apply this edit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think it is far from obvious that the specific change made here is correct or even safe. There are two issues:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It's not clear that changing the mirror is better than recommending the newer version that is available in the same place. Even in the post's current broken state, users who try to follow its directions are likely to find and (attempt to) use these newer packages. This might actually be better than using the old ones.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It's not clear why the mirror you're recommending should be trusted.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Both of these concerns could be addressed by providing more details in the immediately surrounding context, such as in the edit summary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When a specific version of a package disappears from an official repository, the reason is often that it is considered obsolete. This can happen when it has been superseded by a newer version that provides security or stability fixes. When a newer version has appeared in the same directory as the older version, and the older version has been removed, this does not ensure that the newer version should be used, but it is a sign that the newer version should be considered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The typical way to fix a URL that is broken because it links to something obsolete, &lt;em&gt;when there is a similar non-obsolete version available officially and in the same place&lt;/em&gt;, is to replace it with a link to a version that is not obsolete. In this case, that would entail changing the filenames to  &lt;code&gt;libjasper1_1.900.1-debian1-2.4+deb8u6_amd64.deb&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;libjasper-dev_1.900.1-debian1-2.4+deb8u6_amd64.deb&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But one should be careful about that, too. &lt;strong&gt;It may be that this approach is unsuitable and that the change you are trying to make is preferable.&lt;/strong&gt; For example, perhaps the newer version is less likely to work on the Ubuntu release the answer is written for. Or perhaps there is something specific to the problem being solved--the software it is being installed as a dependency for--that would cause breakage.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If, in view of this, you have good reason to believe that the specific change you are making is appropriate, then you could resubmit the edit &lt;strong&gt;with the necessary information so that reviewers can evaluate it&lt;/strong&gt;. Usually this can fit into the edit summary you write. Sometimes it makes sense to comment on the post. Occasionally--when the information is clearly relevant to people following the directions in the post--even an explanation in the body of the edit is appropriate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Suggested edits often require &lt;em&gt;some&lt;/em&gt; research effort from reviewers, and this does not always justify rejecting them. I think it is an open question as to how much of the burden of research can reasonably be foisted onto reviewers. However, this situation goes beyond merely requiring reviewers to &lt;em&gt;verify&lt;/em&gt; that an objective factual claim is correct. Your (now two) edits don't provide any justification for solving the problem the way they do, and they effectively leave it to reviewers to do one of the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;creatively come up with the missing justification, hope it's along the lines of what you were thinking, and investigate it&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;carelessly approve the review&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;reject the review&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is also the matter of the specific mirror chosen. When fixing a broken link to a website that is provided for further reading, just about any archived version will do. But when it comes to sites that provide software for users to download and install, it should always be clear that the site is a safe choice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When one installs packages with APT from a configured repository, APT checks their hashes (unless told not to do so). The hashes themselves are digitally signed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But that does not appear to apply here. The directions in the answer recommend manually downloading &lt;code&gt;.deb&lt;/code&gt; files and installing them with &lt;code&gt;dpkg -i&lt;/code&gt;. Therefore, it is of utmost importance that the server the post recommends be reasonably trustworthy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you resubmit this or a similar edit, then I recommend ensuring that enough information is available--in the edit summary or immediately surrounding context--to address that concern as well. Ordinarily, for Debian mirrors, it would be sufficient to link to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.debian.org/mirror/list&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.debian.org/mirror/list&lt;/a&gt; and mention it is listed there. However, the mirror you are recommending &lt;em&gt;is not listed there&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2020-02-18T05:25:48.633" LastActivityDate="2020-02-18T05:25:48.633" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18976" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-02-18T19:38:33.987" Score="1" ViewCount="118" Body="&lt;p&gt;Quite regularly I come across really good questions, that I'd like to know the answer to myself, but there doesn't seem to be a way to achieve this within the askubuntu functionality.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Am I missing a trick?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Does anyone else think this would be a useful feature (assuming it's not already there)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Does the suggested &quot;Favourite&quot; star enable alerts for the following?&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Question updates&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Comments&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;New Answers&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Answer updates&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="524319" LastEditorUserId="524319" LastEditDate="2020-02-18T20:10:46.303" LastActivityDate="2020-02-18T20:10:46.303" Title="Is there a way to &quot;watch&quot; a question posted by someone else? Be alerted to changes, comments and answers?" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" ClosedDate="2020-02-18T23:43:40.593" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18977" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18974" CreationDate="2020-02-18T23:38:06.810" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;I see that you flagged your post for moderator attention and then pointed here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;All the points made by Eliah Kagan in their answer to this discussion post are valid&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; and are 100% accurate.  As I stated in comments on the other answer in response to you:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the world of Debian, you should only be recommending on a public Q/A site mirrors that are listed on the Debian mirror sites page. NOT unvetted third-party ones. This is more for the safety of other users than not. You're free to suggest in comments that they use a specific mirror, but because we can't vet the mirror nor can Debian, the mirror is untrusted and I'd even swoop in and make a nice big warning comment about &amp;quot;Untrusted Mirrors&amp;quot;. The rejection of your edit suggestion was valid, and I would've rejected it myself as a moderator as well if I had seen it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(this applies to the Ubuntu world as well - we only suggest the public mirrors that're part of the round-robins as well, even country regional mirror lists - mostly because those are more trusted.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While you state that &amp;quot;this isn't an authoritative website&amp;quot; we &lt;strong&gt;still&lt;/strong&gt; strive to be as 'safe' as we can.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Further, as another example, if I changed the mirror in that URL to &lt;code&gt;ubuntu.thomas-ward-consulting.llc&lt;/code&gt; (which is actually a mirror synced directly from &lt;code&gt;archive.ubuntu.com&lt;/code&gt; and maintained through my LLC I personally own) or a similarly owned URL that would be a Debian mirror, that would be a similar example of an &amp;quot;unvetted&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;unsafe&amp;quot; Mirror to recommend be used for syncing.  It would &lt;strong&gt;also&lt;/strong&gt; 100% be an example of 'spam' and 'advertising' because I'm driving business and network activity to my own sites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And even if I disclose I run the mirror, there's no way to vet that the mirror is &lt;em&gt;identical&lt;/em&gt; to the Ubuntu repositories or Debian repositories and that I haven't done something egregious or malicious with the data on the repositories.  So it would have been rejected if I had tried the same (and as a moderator, the community would end up outcrying my edit actions here in Meta and I'd be publicly shamed forever - that said, this is why I &lt;em&gt;don't&lt;/em&gt; share links to my sites or resources unless it's a valid resource such as a blog post I've summarized in an answer but am pointing people to as source material I wrote).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For these reasons as stated, we (that is to say, the community at large) rejected your edits.  If you attempt to make the same edit again, it will get rejected by the community again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;To that end, when attempting to fix 'broken' URLs for Debian Mirrors, Ubuntu Mirrors, etc. please only use the official lists of Mirrors that are known to be 'safe' as vetted by the Debian and/or Ubuntu teams.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd like the URLs fixed and my stats to not be damaged via this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not entirely sure what you mean by &amp;quot;stats to not be damaged&amp;quot; here - and even then, 'stats' are not a useful indicator on their own of 'value' of activity.  You could have a hundred answer posts you've made and none of them downvoted and all of them upvoted but none of them accepted as answers.  That's just a 'statistic' that has no real bearing on the quality of your posts/activity.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2020-02-18T23:47:28.643" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18978" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-03-02T20:37:17.353" Score="1" ViewCount="40" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was going to edit &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1214349/cant-login-with-nautilus-sftp#1214349&quot;&gt;this post&lt;/a&gt;. My first thought was to delete the portion with the native language that OP posted. Googling it, it seems to be Norwegian. He provided a translation, that I was going to format to quotes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But then I thought that maybe some other Norwegian would look up the same error in her/his native language.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Being this site English only, and having in mind that OP provides a translation, what is the recommendation in these cases?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="931617" LastEditorUserId="75060" LastEditDate="2020-03-02T20:44:11.030" LastActivityDate="2020-03-02T20:44:11.030" Title="Editing: leave OP's original language" Tags="|discussion|editing|languages|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2020-03-02T20:51:36.113" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18979" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-03-03T21:50:52.330" Score="6" ViewCount="166" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/344513/the-new-ask-page-is-now-live-on-the-network&quot;&gt;The new ask page is now live on the network!&lt;/a&gt; discusses an 'ask' page which is configurable for each site in the SE universe. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Specific bits that can be modified and the procedure of getting it live are here:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What's per-site customizable, and what's the procedure to get it live?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;As you can see, any existing custom guidance on &quot;How to ask,&quot; &quot;How to&#xA;  tag,&quot; or any custom error or warning messages your site may already&#xA;  have in place will still be there, and will still be customizable with&#xA;  the same restraints (basic HTML, using paragraphs, lists, links) as&#xA;  before:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The &quot;welcome modal&quot; for new askers&lt;/strong&gt;, everything between the title and &quot;Before you&#xA;  post...&quot; (this is only custom on 4 sites at the moment).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;The full contents of &lt;strong&gt;the &quot;Draft your question&quot; sidebar&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The text in the tag popover&lt;/strong&gt;, between &quot;Tags help the right people...&quot; and the bullet points.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The placeholder text in the title field&lt;/strong&gt; (text only)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The warning text shown in the &quot;Review your question&quot; sidebar&lt;/strong&gt;, regex-based.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tag-related error messages&lt;/strong&gt;, regex-based.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;p&gt;These can only be edited by staff, so the process to get them live is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Create a Meta post on the appropriate Meta site, and discuss it with your community. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Once a consensus is reached, a mod should escalate it to the CM team. Generally speaking, the &quot;contact us&quot; form is the best way to go,&#xA;  though a ping in chat can sometimes work too (the most that could&#xA;  happen is we ask you to use the form).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;Unless there are any outstanding issues, the CMs should be able to get to it Soon™.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I did not find any discussion here of the 'ask' page, so may we start a discussion? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="197910" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2020-03-03T21:58:37.483" LastActivityDate="2020-03-12T18:59:50.037" Title="Use of new screening tool from SE" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18980" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18979" CreationDate="2020-03-03T21:57:22.230" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Suggestion 001:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Which version of Linux have you installed (Ubuntu server, Ubuntu&#xA;  desktop, Kubuntu, Lubuntu, Xubuntu, Ubuntu MATE, et al.), and which&#xA;  release number? Please click [edit] and add that vital information to your&#xA;  question so all the facts we need are in the question. Please do not&#xA;  use Add Comment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The enumeration of Ubuntu flavours is there to encourage folks who are not running any supported Ubuntu to provide the name of whatever distro they are running, so we may (&lt;em&gt;gently&lt;/em&gt;) redirect them to where their question should be posted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question regarding version number is so we can redirect (&lt;em&gt;again, gently&lt;/em&gt;) folks who have unsupported Ubuntu distros to the appropriate site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've been using this for about a month and it sure has turned up a lot of Mint, Kali, ElementaryOS, and other distros.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="197910" LastEditorUserId="197910" LastEditDate="2020-03-12T18:59:50.037" LastActivityDate="2020-03-12T18:59:50.037" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18981" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18979" CreationDate="2020-03-04T13:03:26.663" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Regarding &amp;quot;The full contents of the &amp;quot;Draft your question&amp;quot; sidebar.&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It would make sense for this to contain links to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;help/on-topic&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tour&quot;&gt;the tour&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/how-to-ask&quot;&gt;how to ask&lt;/a&gt; and perhaps even some helpful meta posts like this &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/89/style-guide-for-questions-and-answers&quot;&gt;style guide&lt;/a&gt;, it may even be a good idea to have a list of supported releases on the page too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Before you ask, to make sure you get the best help we can give you,&#xA;please take the time to review &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;help/on-topic&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/how-to-ask&quot;&gt;how to ask&lt;/a&gt; and&#xA;take &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tour&quot;&gt;the tour&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please include the following information in your question: Your distribution, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/12493/how-can-i-find-the-version-of-ubuntu-that-is-installed&quot;&gt;your Ubuntu version&lt;/a&gt; (ie 16.04) and any error messages as text (please avoid screenshots of errors, where possible).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Supported Distributions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ubuntu&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ubuntu Budgie&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ubuntu MATE&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Kubuntu&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ubuntu Kylin&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Lubuntu&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ubuntu Studio&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Xubuntu&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For questions about other distributions, please ask at &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Unix and&#xA;Linux&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To me this seems like a good way to get all the information users should really know before asking out there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a bit rough but I think it goes in the right direction of showing people how to ask a good question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2020-03-04T13:03:26.663" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18982" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18983" CreationDate="2020-03-04T13:39:45.097" Score="3" ViewCount="91" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/1214566/925128&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; answer is not fit to be deleted, at least not compared to other answers under the same question (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/771668/925128&quot;&gt;Why is it that I am unable to format my pendrive in exfat using gparted?&lt;/a&gt;) which received only answers that provide alternatives.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How could I find why was it voted for deletion?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit after comment saying &lt;strong&gt;answers can only be down-voted&lt;/strong&gt;; I am posting a screenshot:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/PKmhY.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/PKmhY.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am asking about the &amp;quot;delete&amp;quot; option — not about down-voting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="925128" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2020-03-04T15:48:34.693" Title="Why do I see a delete option under my answer (and how to find what's that about)?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="13" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18983" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18982" CreationDate="2020-03-04T15:32:46.950" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;It seems that &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/trusted-user&quot;&gt;20k+ users can cast delete votes&lt;/a&gt; on answer with a score of -1 or less.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it is anonymous and no explanation why, you can&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;ask for clarifications in a comment and&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;try to improve the answer without spending too much effort.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="55537" LastEditorUserId="75060" LastEditDate="2020-03-04T15:48:34.693" LastActivityDate="2020-03-04T15:48:34.693" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18984" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-03-05T06:09:19.090" Score="-4" ViewCount="144" Body="&lt;p&gt;The Question was:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I need to use the Creative Cloud for Photoshop, Illustrator, etc for work so I'd like to install a very minimal windows 10, in Ubuntu VirtualBox, so I can run just what's necessary so Photoshop can run as fast as possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1214611/whats-the-best-way-to-install-a-very-minimal-windows-10-as-a-virtual-machine-to?noredirect=1#comment2041581_1214611&quot;&gt;What&amp;#39;s the best way to install a very minimal Windows 10 as a Virtual Machine to run photoshop in?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This question was closed as being off-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I understand that topic of this question concerns third party software. Help Center &gt; Asking states: Questions that you may ask include: Running third-party applications on Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not only is VirtualBox third party software but when Windows is running in VirtualBox it is also, by definition, third party software.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Similar questions about running Photoshop in VirtualBox have been asked many times in Ask Ubuntu without being flagged off-topic. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=photoshop+virtualbox&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=photoshop+virtualbox&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have not seen one that I consider an exact duplicate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Google Says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Third Party are ALL software that does not come normally recommended (100% free software) with Ubuntu in the CD/DVD. For example the Flash and MP3 are proprietary (Until a better software emerges which i have high hopes like Lightspark and Gnash).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is: Is this question off-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="43926" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2020-03-05T14:11:57.323" LastActivityDate="2020-03-05T14:11:57.323" Title="Third Party Software - where do we draw the line on 'on topic'?" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18985" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18984" CreationDate="2020-03-05T07:38:08.073" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Asking about setting up VirtualBox on Ubuntu to install Windows (or any other OS) is completely on-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, asking about installing Photoshop on the Windows VM would be off-topic. As this requires Windows knowledge in order to properly set it up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, troubleshooting the Windows VM setup is sort of on the edge. You might face some VirtualBox issues which require modifications that need to be done on Ubuntu (on-topic) but it can also modifications that need to be done inside of the Windows installation (off-topic).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastActivityDate="2020-03-05T07:38:08.073" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18986" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18984" CreationDate="2020-03-05T07:38:24.933" Score="6" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Not only is VirtualBox third party software but when Windows is running in VirtualBox it is also, by definition, third party software. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;True but that would mean EVERY question you can ask in &lt;a href=&quot;http://superuser.com/&quot;&gt;http://superuser.com/&lt;/a&gt; would be on topic as long as you include &quot;virtual box&quot; to the question. That is stretching it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Installing virtualbox, installing tools for Virtualbox, how to set up Vbox is on topic. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Installing an OS inside virtualbox generally is not. That requires knowledge about that specific OS we so not need to have. The same goes for the software inside a vbox. As soon as virtualbox does no longer matter for the question asked it is off topic unless it is about Ubuntu (so a question about Ubuntu inside a vbox is on topic).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Similar questions about running Photoshop in VirtualBox have been asked many times in Ask Ubuntu without being flagged off-topic. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=photoshop+virtualbox&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=photoshop+virtualbox&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sort from newest and you will see that almost all are about WINE. Not Vbox. And those about vbox are mostly asking about how to install vbox and are using photoshop as an example of what they want to do. I have yet to find a topic similar to yours.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastEditorUserId="15811" LastEditDate="2020-03-05T07:43:37.800" LastActivityDate="2020-03-05T07:43:37.800" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18987" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-03-05T10:58:13.130" Score="8" ViewCount="301" Body="&lt;p&gt;2020 has come! But… oops, where did the time go? It’s already March! Belated as it is, it’s time for a refresh of &lt;strong&gt;Community Promotion Ads&lt;/strong&gt;!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;What are Community Promotion Ads?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Community Promotion Ads are community-vetted advertisements that will show up on the main site, in the right sidebar. The purpose of this question is the vetting process. Images of the advertisements are provided, and community voting will enable the advertisements to be shown.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Why do we have Community Promotion Ads?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a method for the community to control what gets promoted to visitors on the site. For example, you might promote the following things:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;cool Ubuntu applications&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ubuntu scripts or power tools&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;cool events or conferences&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;anything else your community would genuinely be interested in&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The goal is for future visitors to find out about &lt;em&gt;the stuff your community deems important&lt;/em&gt;. This also serves as a way to promote information and resources that are &lt;em&gt;relevant to your own community's interests&lt;/em&gt;, both for those already in the community and those yet to join. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Why do we reset the ads every year?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some services will maintain usefulness over the years, while other things will wane to allow for new faces to show up. Resetting the ads every year helps accommodate this, and allows old ads that have served their purpose to be cycled out for fresher ads for newer things. This helps keep the material in the ads relevant to not just the subject matter of the community, but to the current status of the community. We reset the ads once a year, every December.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The community promotion ads have no restrictions against reposting an ad from a previous cycle. If a particular service or ad is very valuable to the community and will continue to be so, it is a good idea to repost it. It may be helpful to give it a new face in the process, so as to prevent the imagery of the ad from getting stale after a year of exposure.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;How does it work?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The answers you post to this question &lt;em&gt;must&lt;/em&gt; conform to the following rules, or they will be ignored. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;All answers should be in the exact form of:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;[![Tagline to show on mouseover][1]][2]&#xA;&#xA;   [1]: http://image-url&#xA;   [2]: http://clickthrough-url &#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please &lt;strong&gt;do not add anything else to the body of the post&lt;/strong&gt;. If you want to discuss something, do it in the comments.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The question must always be tagged with the magic &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/community-ads&quot; class=&quot;post-tag moderator-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;community-ads&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;community-ads&lt;/a&gt; tag. In addition to enabling the functionality of the advertisements, this tag also pre-fills the answer form with the above required form.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Image requirements&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The image that you create must be 300 x 250 pixels, or double that if high DPI.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Must be hosted through our standard image uploader (imgur)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Must be GIF or PNG&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;No animated GIFs&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Absolute limit on file size of 150 KB&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If the background of the image is white or partially white, there must be a 1px border (2px if high DPI) surrounding it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Score Threshold&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is a &lt;strong&gt;minimum score threshold&lt;/strong&gt; an answer must meet (currently &lt;strong&gt;6&lt;/strong&gt;) before it will be shown on the main site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can check out the ads that have met the threshold with basic click stats &lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/ads/display/18987&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="306823" LastActivityDate="2020-03-13T18:22:29.573" Title="Community Promotion Ads — 2020" Tags="|discussion|community-ads|" AnswerCount="9" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2021-06-17T10:11:01.297" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18988" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18987" CreationDate="2020-03-05T12:57:43.200" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ubuntuhideout.com/?from=askubuntu&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/hBt3G.png&quot; alt=&quot;Ubuntu Hideout on Discord&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastActivityDate="2020-03-05T12:57:43.200" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18989" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18987" CreationDate="2020-03-05T12:59:31.243" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/201/ask-ubuntu-general-room&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/j8kHq.png&quot; alt=&quot;Join your fellow community members in chat!&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastActivityDate="2020-03-05T12:59:31.243" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18990" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18987" CreationDate="2020-03-05T16:34:23.947" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://vi.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/kXWI6.png&quot; alt=&quot;Vi and Vim Stack Exchange&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="507051" LastActivityDate="2020-03-05T16:34:23.947" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18991" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18987" CreationDate="2020-03-05T16:44:01.790" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://vivaldi.com?pk_campaign=Banners&amp;amp;pk_kwd=300x250_dark_bg_alt_2&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/F0ClE.png&quot; alt=&quot;Vivaldi – Browse your way&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="507051" LastEditorUserId="507051" LastEditDate="2020-03-07T13:48:48.007" LastActivityDate="2020-03-07T13:48:48.007" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18992" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18987" CreationDate="2020-03-05T21:58:49.993" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://discord.gg/EVVtPpw&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/rtmGL.png&quot; alt=&quot;We also serve Minty tea!&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1050796" LastEditorUserId="1050796" LastEditDate="2020-03-05T22:08:56.800" LastActivityDate="2020-03-05T22:08:56.800" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18995" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18987" CreationDate="2020-03-07T09:30:54.130" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i3wm.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/qnE8S.png&quot; alt=&quot;i3 – improved tiling window manager&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="507051" LastActivityDate="2020-03-07T09:30:54.130" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18996" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="18997" CreationDate="2020-03-08T12:44:44.147" Score="4" ViewCount="58" Body="&lt;p&gt;I tried searching many times in my profile, help center, here and Google, but I seem to be missing something.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a way to see a Comments summary of my comments just like 'Answers' and 'Questions' summaries?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I comment on questions here and there and sometimes forget about the comments / threads, thus unable to find the questions when there is no new activity or simply get lost in the notifications.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1040551" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2020-03-08T14:24:43.747" LastActivityDate="2020-03-10T08:54:24.197" Title="Where can I see a summary of the comments I have made, like the question and answer summaries on my profile?" Tags="|support|comments|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18997" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18996" CreationDate="2020-03-08T14:34:24.137" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;We have hidden it well, but there is such a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/current/?tab=activity&amp;amp;sort=comments&quot;&gt;page&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/asOzi.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/asOzi.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;all actions section in profile&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/GO3cb.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/GO3cb.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;comments section in all actions&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="8698" LastEditDate="2020-03-10T08:54:24.197" LastActivityDate="2020-03-10T08:54:24.197" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18998" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-03-08T17:28:53.743" Score="11" ViewCount="263" Body="&lt;p&gt;Let's say I posted a question. I did or didn't get some answers. But I also received some comments. Among them, one comment either answered my question or gave me hint to answer my own question. What's the proper way to give credit to the comment or the person that wrote that comment?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1002823" LastActivityDate="2020-03-15T20:49:26.447" Title="How to give credit to someone else when writing an answer based on a comment?" Tags="|discussion|comments|best-practice|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="18999" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18998" CreationDate="2020-03-08T18:07:28.533" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;Copy the link of the comment and add it to the question replacing the title of the comment by the user’s name. Something like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This comment from rinzwind helped me get there: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/18998/how-to-give-credit-to-someoe-else-when-writing-an-answer-based-on-a-comment/18999#comment40782_18999&quot;&gt;How to give credit to someone else when writing an answer based on a comment?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I did that by clicking on the time next to my name in the comment and copying the link into the answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastEditorUserId="250300" LastEditDate="2020-03-12T09:44:01.033" LastActivityDate="2020-03-12T09:44:01.033" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19000" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-03-10T16:41:18.063" Score="0" ViewCount="113" Body="&lt;p&gt;I see at least 3 ways to &lt;strong&gt;reply to a comment&lt;/strong&gt; while mentioning the user:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;@user: Bla-bla-bla&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;@user, Bla-bla-bla&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;@user - Bla-bla-bla&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which one is the proper or the &lt;strong&gt;best way to do it?&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1002823" LastActivityDate="2020-03-10T16:48:33.290" Title="What is the best way to write a reply to a comment?" Tags="|discussion|comments|best-practice|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19001" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19000" CreationDate="2020-03-10T16:48:33.290" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;It doesn't really matter how you embed the @mention into your comment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can even put it somewhere in the middle of your sentence or at the end too, although at the beginning makes it easier to see who you are addressing at once glance, if multiple people are discussing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just remember that you can only mention one user per comment, and that the user has to have interacted with that post before to be mentionable. If it works, there will be a little autocomplete-popup above your cursor while you are typing a mention.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastActivityDate="2020-03-10T16:48:33.290" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19002" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18987" CreationDate="2020-03-13T04:22:42.280" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gimp.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/avhVK.png&quot; alt=&quot;GIMP - The Free &amp;amp; Open Source Image Editor&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4066" LastActivityDate="2020-03-13T04:22:42.280" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19003" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18987" CreationDate="2020-03-13T04:23:07.820" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/OyhZI.gif&quot; alt=&quot;Firefox Quantum - Fast for good.&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4066" LastActivityDate="2020-03-13T04:23:07.820" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19004" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18987" CreationDate="2020-03-13T04:23:41.870" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.videolan.org/Category:How_To/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/q6EXJ.png&quot; alt=&quot;VLC - More than just a media Player &quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4066" LastActivityDate="2020-03-13T04:23:41.870" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19006" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="18998" CreationDate="2020-03-15T20:49:26.447" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can give credit to a comment (like &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/18998/39012#comment40784_18998&quot;&gt;Dan's comment&lt;/a&gt; helped me&quot;), but if someone has posted an answer in the comments, I will usually encourage them to post an answer, but after some time, I will post it as an answer myself and put a note like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;This answer came from &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/18998/39012#comment40784_18998&quot;&gt;a comment by Dan&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because we really need to break the habit of posting answers in comments. If someone has posted an answer in the comments for your question, you have an obligation to post it as an answer if they don't. Answers don't belong in comments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="39012" LastActivityDate="2020-03-15T20:49:26.447" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19007" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19008" CreationDate="2020-03-20T12:23:55.703" Score="5" ViewCount="89" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm seeing some greyed out questions on Meta.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/oyFID.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/oyFID.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this a normal behavior?  Or is something off with my system?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="966203" LastEditorUserId="816190" LastEditDate="2020-03-20T19:02:00.277" LastActivityDate="2020-04-07T07:57:07.890" Title="Some questions are greyed out on Meta" Tags="|support|user-interface|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19008" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19007" CreationDate="2020-03-20T15:01:34.827" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is because you are ignoring one (or more) of the questions tags, just hover over the tags to see which one(s).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastEditorUserId="75060" LastEditDate="2020-04-07T07:57:07.890" LastActivityDate="2020-04-07T07:57:07.890" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19009" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-03-20T18:59:43.820" Score="3" ViewCount="116" Body="&lt;p&gt;By using a further PC with a newly installed 16.04 Ubuntu, I accidentally created a new account - &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/1029634/tomas-peceny&quot;&gt;user:1029634&lt;/a&gt; and I need to merge it into my previous account &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/165175/tom%C3%A1%C5%A1-pe%C4%8Den%C3%BD&quot;&gt;user:165175&lt;/a&gt;. I have tried the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/contact&quot;&gt;contact form&lt;/a&gt; (called from &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/merging-accounts&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/help/merging-accounts&lt;/a&gt;), choosed 'I need to merge user profiles' and added the details and submitted; however I have obtained a response 'You may have contacted the wrong party. This email address provides support for the Q&amp;amp;A web sites at stackexchange.com, but we are not in a position to provide customer support for 3rd-party products or services, nor can we answer questions specific to certain technologies or topics. You will need to contact the correct support channels for help with your issue' from the Stack Overflow Team. They recommend me to ask at the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com&lt;/a&gt;. How should I ask for such merging?&#xA;Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="165175" OwnerDisplayName="Tomas Peceny" LastEditorUserId="165175" LastEditDate="2020-03-20T22:58:16.983" LastActivityDate="2020-03-20T22:58:16.983" Title="I accidentally created two accounts; how do I merge them?" Tags="|discussion|merge|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19013" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19014" CreationDate="2020-04-01T11:42:43.420" Score="-2" ViewCount="113" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to  change &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1223081/how-to-backup-full-system-as-iso&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; the kubuntu tag to ubuntu. But i could not find it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it lost? Or I'am blind.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="966203" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2020-04-01T15:09:37.707" LastActivityDate="2020-04-02T22:06:48.973" Title="No tag for ubuntu on askubuntu.com?" Tags="|feature-request|status-declined|user-interface|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19014" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19013" CreationDate="2020-04-01T15:09:27.943" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/status-declined&quot; class=&quot;post-tag moderator-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;status-declined&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;status-declined&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are posting on Ask Ubuntu, it's implied you're using Ubuntu or an official variant of Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's why we don't have an ubuntu tag - it's superfluous.  Use the version tag to identify your version of Ubuntu if the question is specific to that version, and only tag &lt;em&gt;variants&lt;/em&gt; of Ubuntu if you are not using Ubuntu Desktop or Server - otherwise it's implied.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2020-04-02T22:06:48.973" LastActivityDate="2020-04-02T22:06:48.973" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19015" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-04-02T21:15:22.843" Score="2" ViewCount="48" Body="&lt;p&gt;When clicking on &quot;following&quot; of a question after the suggestive &quot;Get updates...&quot; ok/box, that box does not disappear and the subsequent boxes that appear show below that pesky box. So I cannot read them.  Only going to another page makes this box disappear. FF 74.0&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="119823" LastActivityDate="2020-04-02T21:15:22.843" Title="Get updates ... OK-box does not disappear" Tags="|bug|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19017" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15684" CreationDate="2020-04-06T08:15:17.860" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;U&lt;strong&gt;bent&lt;/strong&gt;u, when your system is a little broken:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/q7bIx.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/q7bIx.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sources:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ZkuuJ.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ZkuuJ.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/EbGqU.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/EbGqU.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="431864" LastActivityDate="2020-04-06T08:15:17.860" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19018" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19019" CreationDate="2020-04-06T09:03:53.110" Score="12" ViewCount="220" Body="&lt;p&gt;Where do I add clarification to a question? I was asked to better describe my problem. When I added further description in a comment, I was told it is not a comment -- that it should be a question. When I started to ask a question it stood alone -- not attached to the first part. How do I continue discussion on the original question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="763401" LastEditorUserId="94914" LastEditDate="2020-04-14T07:31:10.650" LastActivityDate="2020-04-14T07:31:10.650" Title="How to edit my question to add clarification" Tags="|discussion|meta|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19019" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19018" CreationDate="2020-04-06T10:09:53.680" Score="17" Body="&lt;p&gt;Any user who posts a question or answer on Ask Ubuntu or Ask Ubuntu Meta has the privilege of editing his/her own post. Click the small gray edit button under the post to start editing it. The edit link is marked by a red arrow in the below screenshot.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/TPw3Y.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/TPw3Y.png&quot; alt=&quot;edit link&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Click the &lt;em&gt;Save Edits&lt;/em&gt; button to save your edits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/KG4Y0.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/KG4Y0.png&quot; alt=&quot;Save Edits&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="94914" LastEditorUserId="94914" LastEditDate="2020-04-06T10:18:32.750" LastActivityDate="2020-04-06T10:18:32.750" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19020" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-04-10T07:28:46.233" Score="-3" ViewCount="79" Body="&lt;p&gt;Given the number of questions asked which do not include the OS release, thus requiring asking the OP to (at best) amend their question or (not ideal) add the info in a comment, it is possible that the question s/w can be adapted to require a release number before allowing the question to be posted?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="307670" LastActivityDate="2020-04-14T06:25:41.940" Title="OS Release in Questions" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19021" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19022" CreationDate="2020-04-11T03:32:43.450" Score="0" ViewCount="191" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Opening remarks:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have recently joined this community and decided to contribute by reviewing all &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/php&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;php&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;php&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/regex&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;regex&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;regex&lt;/a&gt; tagged pages.  I have been looking for ways to earn some points by posting answers to questions that fall into my comfort zone.  So far, the only pages that I have had valuable insights to share actually turned out to be &lt;strong&gt;Blatantly Off-topic / Not related to Ubuntu&lt;/strong&gt; -- and have done the right thing by flagging to close rather than posting an answer.  I have enough experience in the Stack Exchange Network to know that this is a correct, valuable, and thankless task.  While looking over the questions and answers, I am also leaving insightful comments, whistleblowing incorrect answers, and upvoting clear/complete/educational posts (my downvotes have no effect because of my paltry volume of &quot;trust points&quot;). These hours of volunteer times have consequently resulted in a total rep increase of &lt;code&gt;2&lt;/code&gt; -- clearly I am not motivated by rep, but by the quality of my contributions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Opening argument:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have recently had a suggested edit rejected on the grounds that it was not a meaningful edit, it was incomplete, it was incorrectly formatted, or any combination of those points.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Exhibit A:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/1gKMK.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/1gKMK.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/796135/955434&quot;&gt;Link to question&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is in my suggested edit and why:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I corrected a misspelling in the title. Having correct spelling and grammar is important within any SE community because:&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;it maintains the expectation that content quality matters 100% of the time.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the title is a component of what search engines are crawling for.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;researchers who are using assistive devices or using translating services to convert English to their native language will have an easier time when text is correct.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I have reformatted the error messages and separated the OP's words from the two blocks of error messages.  Across ALL SE communities, it is most common to use quote-block formatting while citing content from an external source.  Namely, text from documentation, error messages, tutorials, etc should be using quote block formatting.  I don't always like how quote block text wrapping impacts the finished display of the text -- when this behavior negatively impacts the content, I nest code block formatting inside of the quote block for best readability.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Whether or not you agree with my choice of formatting style, the fact is: the OP's text is lost in the error messages and it should be receiving no special formatting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Exhibit B:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/9ow6b.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/9ow6b.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So @KevinBowen unilaterally decided that my edit wasn't quite right, then rejected&amp;amp;edited the post (discarded my efforts) to apply the same title change then make the surprisely useless change of wrapping double quotes around the word phpmyadmin.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can you see how the rejection of the efforts of a new volunteer, could negatively impact the likelihood of future efforts to improve the community?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Possible counter-remarks:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/14811/955434&quot;&gt;Useless edits in the review queue&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But this is, of course, a grey area on any Stack Exchange site.  You will not find me making any singular-change suggested edits -- I have a minimum threshold for what I believe deems a post to be edit-worthy.  I do feel that my edit was merited and worthy of a 2-point thank you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Closing remarks:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The volume of suggested edits in the review queue is &lt;em&gt;actually&lt;/em&gt; one reliable metric for the health of a community, so don't think of the queue as &quot;work that needs doing&quot; nor aspire to maintain a &quot;zero inbox&quot;.  When you have lots of contributions to review, then you have an active community -- be thankful for that.  Not every volunteer can answer the questions of the day, and they may not have questions, so if they can find items in the review queue, then they can feel valuable in this third way.  When volunteers are not being active in &quot;helpful&quot; ways, then the community should be grooming them without telling them to become inactive.  Rejecting a contribution is effectively telling the volunteer that their attempt to help is not welcome.  Yes, it takes more effort to positively groom, but this is how you grow and maintain a prosperous community without the risk of alienating contributors.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have thicker skin than most on SE sites, so this encounter will not deter me from helping further in this community, but I am posting this in the hope that this will be food-for-thought for volunteers in the review queue who are not thinking deeper about the consequences of their actions on others.  The next time, the rejected user may simply feel unwelcome and never help again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Update, I just discovered that another of my suggested edits has been incorrectly rejected.  I am NOT attempting to respond to the OP; rather, I am packing the question with the &quot;full story&quot; by transferring commented details to the body.  This is a good idea in any SE community because future researchers shouldn't need to derive any additional details from comments.  By transferring comment text, this sets up the removal of two comments (What have you tried? I have tried this.).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Exhibit C:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/slJeE.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/slJeE.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/1179952/955434&quot;&gt;Link to question&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="955434" LastEditorUserId="955434" LastEditDate="2020-04-11T13:51:56.650" LastActivityDate="2020-04-12T00:58:31.490" Title="Should I re-suggest edits that I feel were wrongly rejected from the review queue?" Tags="|discussion|new-users|review-queue|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="19" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19022" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19021" CreationDate="2020-04-11T15:03:43.050" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you feel that your suggested edit was wrongly rejected, it is usually a good idea to submit it again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, as you know, the suggested edit review queue gives reviewers very little scope for providing feedback to edit suggesters (and even the paltry feedback that can be given in cases where edits are rejected is unlikely to be seen since no notifications are provided when edits are rejected). If you are baffled as to why your edit suggestion was rejected, you may like to ask about it in &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/201/ask-ubuntu-general-room&quot;&gt;the main chat&lt;/a&gt; or in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/3877/raiders-of-the-lost-downboat&quot;&gt;Downboat&lt;/a&gt; which is a room dedicated to moderation issues. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Reviewers make mistakes, but also sites have their style preferences: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the case of the first &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/1032266&quot;&gt;suggested edit&lt;/a&gt; you mention, the blockquote formatting is objectionable, although the other changes definitely improved the post and the reviewer could have clicked &lt;em&gt;Improve&lt;/em&gt; instead of &lt;em&gt;Reject and Edit&lt;/em&gt;. But, it's a little awkward to remove all those &lt;code&gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; characters after they've been added, and I tend to reject such edits as well, because I don't want people to keep on applying quote formatting to things we don't like to apply quote formatting to.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the case of the second &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/1032143&quot;&gt;suggested edit&lt;/a&gt; you mentioned, I agree with you that this was wrongly rejected and should have been approved, as although the edit does look like an &quot;attempt to reply&quot;, a helpful edit summary has been provided by you to assist reviewers. I can only apologise for that, and note that, since edit suggesters rarely provide good edit summaries*, reviewers probably get used to not looking for them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you so much for your janitorial efforts to improve Ask Ubuntu. I am hugely grateful for such work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;* I can't really complain about this, since I am the worst offender when it comes to not writing edit summaries...&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2020-04-12T00:58:31.490" LastActivityDate="2020-04-12T00:58:31.490" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19024" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19020" CreationDate="2020-04-14T06:25:41.940" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm still against the idea for the same reasons for the answers linked in Mark's comments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1514/when-should-we-use-the-versions-tags/1521#1521&quot;&gt;When should we use the versions tags?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/14075/what-does-version-specific-mean-in-only-use-version-tag-if-the-question-is-ve&quot;&gt;What does &amp;quot;version-specific&amp;quot; mean in &amp;quot;Only use version tag if the question is version-specific&amp;quot;?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2212/can-we-make-version-tags-a-must-for-every-question&quot;&gt;Can we make version tags a must for every question?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Personally, I don't find it frequent enough to have it mandatory. I've removed version information from posts more than I have seen them being needed or requested.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My main concern is Jeff's answer. We will have an abundance of posts that will have only a version tag. That would end up making it useless.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastActivityDate="2020-04-14T06:25:41.940" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19025" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="14156" CreationDate="2020-04-14T06:41:02.427" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;This issue seems to be fixed now. The &lt;code&gt;accepted&lt;/code&gt; now has a green backgroud color.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastActivityDate="2020-04-14T06:41:02.427" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19026" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-04-17T00:33:52.970" Score="28" ViewCount="409" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just a heads up: I'm considering stepping down in the near future. Obviously, I'm not around often any more, and I can't really be of any use to the site. I'm not making this decision lightly as I still feel a &quot;connection&quot; to the site/community, but it's for the best.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All the best to everyone, especially my potential replacement(s).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1992" LastActivityDate="2020-04-29T17:34:09.883" Title="My time is as a moderator drawing to a close" Tags="|discussion|moderation|moderators|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19027" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19029" CreationDate="2020-04-19T03:30:56.240" Score="7" ViewCount="175" Body="&lt;p&gt;While doing a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/php&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;php&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;php&lt;/a&gt; tag dive a little over a week ago, I flagged a handful of posts which I thought should be closed.  At this point, 1 has been closed, and of the remaining 4 which remain open, 2 have aged away and 2 were deemed helpful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have done all I can on these pages.  With so few trust points (123 so far), I can't see the close vote count and I am not even able to downvote to help closed pages to be deleted by the system.  I would like to ask for assistance from other volunteers on these pages to progress the status of pages that should be rightfully closed and/or potentially deleted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;10 Apr: Needs details or clarity - Aged away - &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/1088879/955434&quot;&gt;Unable to insert in table in database in mysql using php&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;10 Apr: Needs details or clairty - Aged away - &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/1089155/955434&quot;&gt;mysql command changed to mysqli command after update is not working&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;10 Apr: Not suitable for this site - Pending &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/1184254/955434&quot;&gt;PHP mysql - I can not get affected_row to work 1&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;There is nothing to fix and no value to Ubuntu researchers; this page can easily be purged from the system.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;10 Apr: Needs details or clarity - Helpful - &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/1215600/955434&quot;&gt;Php INSERT INTO query doesn't work in lamp server&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;This has been successfully closed, but may need a human touch to purge the page -- it looks abandoned.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;10 Apr: Not suitable for this site - Helpful - &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/1218059/955434&quot;&gt;Unable to update 'datetime' with the current time in mysql&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;I cannot see if there are any close votes, but the page remains open.  I think it should be migrated/closed.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In addition to running through &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/php&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;php&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;php&lt;/a&gt; pages, I've gone for a swim in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/regex&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;regex&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;regex&lt;/a&gt; tag pool too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have flagged a couple more that remain open:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;10 Apr: Not suitable for this site - Helpful - &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/1181446/955434&quot;&gt;Exclude match if there is word between two patterns&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;9 Apr: Not suitable for this site - Helpful - &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/1182732/955434&quot;&gt;Regex for IP addresses&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;Aged away&quot; flags break my heart; what a shame when volunteer contributions simply fall flat without being considered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why are the Helpful flags not resulting in a closure?  Maybe these have a vote or two and are still in limbo, but I can't see this progress.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am new here (obviously) so I don't yet know the local culture. Are the review queues being regularly attended by volunteers here?  Is this community overly concerned about the negative impact of a page closure upon the psyche of question posters? (if so, I understand.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't mean to command the closure of these pages.  I am just asking others to consider honestly reviewing these pages and &lt;strong&gt;if&lt;/strong&gt; they agree with my flag, please support it for the betterment of the community.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="955434" LastActivityDate="2020-04-25T13:04:55.103" Title="Seeking support/feedback about closure flags not resulting in a page closure" Tags="|discussion|flagging|vote-to-close|close-review-queue|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19028" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17142" CreationDate="2020-04-19T04:00:26.143" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;COMPLETELY&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; concur with @Zanna with the advice in the question.  I have made the same categorical plea to specific users who have committed the same pattern of &quot;reviewership&quot; in the community where I moderate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I did, I am careful not to come across as scornful, but with an advisory tone.  Of course, everyone is free to review however they feel is appropriate, but more times than not, people are not fully considering the ramifications of their actions -- even down to minuscule act of reviewing a post.  It comes down to awareness.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Make no mistake, &lt;strong&gt;reviewing is one of many &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterfly_effect&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Butterfly Effect&lt;/a&gt; events&lt;/strong&gt; in the Stack Exchange Network.  Grooming the members of a community is not something that occurs in one fell swoop.  No one goes from novice to master in an instant.  The maturation of SE citizenship comes in successive waves of grooming by the whole community.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For me personally, my &quot;a-ha&quot; moment came once when another volunteer (non-moderator) at CodeReview noticed my review history and pointed me to &lt;a href=&quot;https://codereview.meta.stackexchange.com/a/1947/141885&quot;&gt;First Post Review Queue — what is it? Why is it a bad idea to click “No Action Needed”?&lt;/a&gt;.  Since reading that, my understanding of the purpose of reviewing and presenting positive feedback was forever recalibrated.  I only wish someone would have pushed me to that page years earlier.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To the list of possible comments, I find that I often leave a comment to new users that do not have their &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/informed&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;informed&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;informed&lt;/a&gt; badge like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Welcome to AskUbuntu.  While you wait for feedback/support, please take our [tour].&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Being familiar with comment shorthand links can be VERY helpful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/editing-help#comment-formatting&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/editing-help#comment-formatting&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The takeaway: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icUViErHTKI&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;if you see something, say something&lt;/a&gt;.  Grooming each other is how we form a better, stronger, more productive community.  It takes time, but it is always worth it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="955434" LastActivityDate="2020-04-19T04:00:26.143" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19029" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19027" CreationDate="2020-04-19T15:32:34.213" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am not debating the validity of your individual flags. The validity of each flag can be debated for a lot of flags. I think this question is based on a lack of information and feedback due to your low reputation. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Why are the Helpful flags not resulting in a closure? Maybe these have&#xA;  a vote or two and are still in limbo, but I can't see this progress.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They do have votes and you cannot see them&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1218059/unable-to-update-datetime-with-the-current-time-in-mysql&quot;&gt;Unable to update &amp;#39;datetime&amp;#39; with the current time in mysql&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;has 4 votes.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1184254/php-mysql-i-can-not-get-affected-row-to-work&quot;&gt;PHP mysql - I can not get affected_row to work&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;has 3 votes.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1089155/mysql-command-changed-to-mysqli-command-after-update-is-not-working&quot;&gt;mysql command changed to mysqli command after update is not working&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;has 1 vote.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1088879/unable-to-insert-in-table-in-database-in-mysql-using-php&quot;&gt;Unable to insert in table in database in mysql using php&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;has 3 votes.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1182732/regex-for-ip-addresses&quot;&gt;Regex for IP addresses&lt;/a&gt; has 4&#xA;votes.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1181446/exclude-match-if-there-is-word-between-two-patterns&quot;&gt;Exclude match if there is word between two patterns&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;has 3 votes.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want to see this count you need &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/close-questions&quot;&gt;3000 reputation&lt;/a&gt;, unless it is your own question, then you only need &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/view-close-votes&quot;&gt;250&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As to why these questions are not being closed quickly, there are many reasons.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First in order to close question it requires 5 votes from users with at least 3000 reputation. Each user is allowed 20 votes per day to use to vote close or leave open, the posts they can review are presented randomly with some basic filtering. Also, your flag does not count as a vote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Right now the review queue has 446 flags that need to be reviewed and it has had hundreds of flags to attend to for years. There are just not enough users to review them all and the randomization means some questions can just get lost forever while other get through quickly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not everyone who sees the post will vote on it, they can just move on or vote to leave it open. The topicality of some subjects is debated and the more controversial the topic of the question, the more it can effect voting. I think from comments above your examples may have some controversy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Reviewing is thankless, time consuming and difficult, many people just do it every now and again but very few are dedicated and even if they are, they will be limited by the system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&quot;Aged away&quot; flags break my heart; what a shame when volunteer&#xA;  contributions simply fall flat without being considered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Well you will be glad to hear that people are absolutely reviewing your flags and everything is working as it should, it can just take longer than it should, this seems to be why some of your flags age away after, I think, 30 days, even though the questions are still in the system, there just isn't the people to do it in time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The community is pretty healthy here and your contributions are welcomed, you just see a tiny part of what goes on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastActivityDate="2020-04-19T15:32:34.213" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19030" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-04-22T14:59:59.533" Score="5" ViewCount="219" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can users raise questions on the day of the announced release date irrespective of time or will they be closed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To be specific, Ubuntu 20.04 will be released on the 23rd Of April.&#xA;But some countries will have a different date due to timezone difference.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will these questions still be closed, I mean do we need to wait until the next day of its release day?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Example reasons for closing the questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1219156/ubuntu-20-04-extension-configuration-error&quot;&gt;Ubuntu 20.04 extension configuration error&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1225047/ubuntu-studio-20-04-firewire-compatibility&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Studio 20.04 FireWire compatibility&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="739431" LastEditorUserId="8698" LastEditDate="2020-04-23T09:54:58.293" LastActivityDate="2020-04-23T09:54:58.293" Title="Can users raise questions on the day of the announced release date irrespective of time?" Tags="|discussion|scope|asking-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19031" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19030" CreationDate="2020-04-22T15:43:19.977" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;The questions specific to future releases of Ubuntu are considered as off-topic until it is officially released. The release is notified by the &lt;a href=&quot;https://lists.ubuntu.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;mailing lists&lt;/a&gt;. It's fair to consider the questions as off-topic until the ISO image on &lt;a href=&quot;http://releases.ubuntu.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Releases&lt;/a&gt; is updated with the final release.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The example questions that you've mentioned were closed on 22 March 2020 and 8 April 2020 respectively. In general, the issues occured in beta stage which may or may not occur in final release. So, it isn't feasible to open the already closed questions. But if the issue still there in final release, a new question can be posted and it won't be closed as such.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Questions/Discussions you might find interesting:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/65476/816190&quot;&gt;At what time will the upcoming Ubuntu release be made available?&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/17863/816190&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Bionic Beaver 18.04 LTS is now released, and posts about it are (generally) No Longer Offtopic&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="816190" LastActivityDate="2020-04-22T15:43:19.977" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19032" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-04-22T18:23:13.870" Score="2" ViewCount="166" Body="&lt;p&gt;Truth and helpfulness versus user's wishes on use of publicly posted information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hi, long story, but someone answered my question I thought was a duplicate (and had stated so), but turns out not to be. And so they deleted their post. But it is the a correct solution for another answer (which actually has a factually incorrect answer marked as accepted). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I asked the user to post it as the correct answer on the other question. They declined. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Question: is the utility and value of a correct answer more important than the wishes of not reposting what I believe is perfectly legal public information? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EDIT1: The answer is correct for another question. My question is, should I post to it to help that other person. ..I do care about the users wishes, but I believe helping another person with a valid question is more important. Its a value judgement. And I am asking the community before taking any action, unlike this user who changed the title of my post to something not helpful. ..Personally, I think it is ironic this user is okay with editing another users title to a question that fit his answer, but not me posting his answer where it should go if he wont. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="795299" LastEditorUserId="72216" LastEditDate="2020-04-23T08:28:18.477" LastActivityDate="2020-04-23T08:41:42.487" Title="Should I post an answer from someone that is correct to another question, but that they deleted?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19034" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19037" CreationDate="2020-04-23T04:53:31.840" Score="10" ViewCount="174" Body="&lt;p&gt;I raised a flag, not a answer (link only answer) for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/1228774/843638&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Answer only provide youtube tutorial link . But flag is declined with message:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;declined - flags should not be used to indicate technical&#xA;  inaccuracies, or an altogether wrong answer&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What I am missing here. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Screenshot in case answer is deleted. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/wwooB.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/wwooB.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="843638" LastEditorUserId="843638" LastEditDate="2020-04-23T05:21:10.540" LastActivityDate="2020-04-23T16:23:50.073" Title="Why not an answer flag declined?" Tags="|discussion|flagging|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19035" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19032" CreationDate="2020-04-23T07:34:52.423" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since it is me who answered &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; deleted the answer on &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1229287/is-there-a-way-to-restore-window-from-maximized-if-not-where-is-the-code-for-th#comment2069538_1229287&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;, a few words from me. Let's look at what happened:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I read a question (yours) saying &quot;this is definitely a duplicate of , but the answer there is incorrect.&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Since your question was full of noise, and when removing the noise, not much of a question was left, I looked at the dupe. Then I made an exception to my own rule to &lt;em&gt;never answer an unclear question&lt;/em&gt;, however:&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I &lt;em&gt;thought&lt;/em&gt; I understood what you tried to achieve, making a combination of the linked question and yours, answered the question and edited the title to reflect what I assumed you meant to ask.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Then you commented on the answer, making clear that you had no understanding on the concept of the answer whatsoever, nor its code, you changed the title of your question. While in the beginning you mentioned &quot;this is definitely a dupe of..&quot;, then again you decided it wasn't. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If it wasn't already, the question turned into a mess. I decided the question/answer combination made no sense and wasn't useful on the site.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That is where my story with you ends.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To my astonishment however, you announced you would post my answer as an answer to &lt;em&gt;another&lt;/em&gt; question if I wouldn't. Apart from the fact that I am pretty sure it is legally incorrect, it is utterly disrespectful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Whether I should or could post the answer somewhere else is up to me. Not to someone who isn't even capable of explaining (nor understanding the real issue in) his own question. Even if you were the most brilliant coder on the site however: &lt;em&gt;you cannot post someone else’s answer&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="72216" LastEditDate="2020-04-23T08:41:42.487" LastActivityDate="2020-04-23T08:41:42.487" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19036" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19034" CreationDate="2020-04-23T11:04:06.723" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sometimes I don't feel self-confident enough to flag an answer without commenting below it to explain the reason why I flagged it to other reviewers, but I think it's safe to flag link-only answers like this one as &quot;not an answer&quot; without commenting. I was also asked by a moderator to stop using custom flags for link-only answers and use &quot;not an answer&quot; as the reason to flag link-only answers instead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="94914" LastEditorUserId="94914" LastEditDate="2020-04-23T16:23:50.073" LastActivityDate="2020-04-23T16:23:50.073" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19037" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19034" CreationDate="2020-04-23T12:17:57.903" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;It seems to have been a mistake, I think. I would agree with your flag. As others pointed out, it got deleted via community vote now anyway.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks for reporting and sorry for the confusion and inconvenience.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastActivityDate="2020-04-23T12:17:57.903" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19038" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19026" CreationDate="2020-04-23T16:41:04.627" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I fully understand you buddy. 100%. Same reason I stepped down and let someone else help out. Between life changes, family, work and more, it has become VERY hard to maintain the same level of productivity and engagement we had when we started. Just stay positive and you will do great champ. Big hugs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7035" LastActivityDate="2020-04-23T16:41:04.627" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19039" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19041" CreationDate="2020-04-23T17:30:32.817" Score="6" ViewCount="219" Body="&lt;p&gt;See comments here &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1229854/how-to-replace-os-x-with-ubuntu-20-04-on-macbook-pro-retina-13-inch-early-201&quot;&gt;How to replace OS X with Ubuntu 20.04 on MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The 20.04 has been released and the final iso uploaded to ubuntu.com.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Am I missing something? What kind of announcement is needed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="167850" LastActivityDate="2020-04-24T13:41:42.663" Title="What is the proper moment to stop closing Ubuntu+1 questions?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19040" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19039" CreationDate="2020-04-23T18:03:47.757" Score="-2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Official announcement from the Ubuntu Release Team is the requirement for the Ubuntu News Team.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;ie. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2020-April/000256.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2020-April/000256.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This release was slightly &lt;em&gt;less than ideal&lt;/em&gt; because normally (non-COVID-19) the team are all together rather than being remote, and a few &lt;em&gt;less than ideal&lt;/em&gt; things occurred.  Normally the meeting where the delay or release decision is made has all participants in the room.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;ISOs go up very early (so mirrors can get access to them before the release is actually made), and have been up and available for download up to a week before actual release time, eg. Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS and the Ubuntu Core 18 delay, the ISOs for all desktop &amp;amp; server releases (inc. flavors) were deemed frozen a week; though would have been re-spun had bad errors been found (iso.qa.ubuntu.com QA tracking site remained open) so doesn't make a good indication in my opinion.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There were indications on IRC it was being released in the ~10 minutes before I saw the release annoucement, but I feel it should be something concrete or auditable (like Ubuntu Release Team announcement).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="469152" LastActivityDate="2020-04-23T18:03:47.757" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19041" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19039" CreationDate="2020-04-24T00:47:26.553" Score="12" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;What is the proper moment to stop closing Ubuntu+1 questions?&lt;br&gt;&#xA;  What kind of announcement is needed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From &lt;em&gt;our&lt;/em&gt; perspective, we don't need an announcement, there is no set threshold in time. Just apply some critical thinking. Is it a question? Can the question be answered? Will the question and today's answers still apply at release?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question in question asked how to install 20.04 on a mac, on the day of release.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;It was fine. It likely would have been fine five months ago.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &quot;problems specific to development version of Ubuntu should be reported on Launchpad&quot; close reason tries to accomplish a few things:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Bugs should be reported in the right place. This isn't +1 specific.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Reduce speculation, eg &quot;Will 20.10 cook my breakfast?&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;No inappropriate wishlisting, etc&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We know when a release is going to release. We know the last week or so is &lt;em&gt;pretty much&lt;/em&gt; locked down. Many of the big decisions are made &lt;em&gt;well&lt;/em&gt; in advance of this. Simply, &lt;strong&gt;+1 questions were never automatically off-topic&lt;/strong&gt;. The only real thing that time changes is the speculative nature that things might change.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's not the site aim to close every question. Some people trip over themselves scurrying to close and delete as much as possible. Spend some time helping people instead. The application of some critical thought would have helped the OP and saved everybody a lot of waffling on about what constitutes a release announcement. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/LCxhG.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/LCxhG.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2020-04-24T13:41:42.663" LastActivityDate="2020-04-24T13:41:42.663" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19043" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19039" CreationDate="2020-04-24T12:31:26.623" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;I can't see the linked question as I don't have enough rep to see deleted questions, so my answer is more general than being about that specific question.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I totally agree with &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/19041/&quot;&gt;Oli's answer&lt;/a&gt;. And I would like to add my 2 cents.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Theoretically, there are a lot of +1 questions that are even answerable a long time before the release is made. But it's the community's decision here to close those questions due to the chance that those answers will become obsolete quite quickly. Which makes sense, and it's something I agree with.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, when a release is imminent, waiting to the exact second for it to be public in order to stop pressing that close button is counter-productive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even more broadly, the close button should not be pressed just because a +1 release is mentioned in a question. IIRC, that was never the decision here. We should always judge if the question is answerable or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As an example, check the following Q/A &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1206475/what-is-a-development-branch&quot;&gt;What is a development branch?&lt;/a&gt;&quot;. At one point, the question's title was edited to include &lt;code&gt;20.04&lt;/code&gt; in it. Almost immediately after that edit, the question attracted 2 close votes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the last stages of an Ubuntu release, things very rarely change. Changes are mostly regarding bug fixes and security fixes. And if a question was related to such issues, it would be closed as a bug report anyway.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;If a question was asked 1 hour ago, and the announcement was made just now, should I have VTC'ed an Ubuntu+1 question if I saw it 10 mins ago, but leave it open if I see it now?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In conclusion and in my opinion, we should be able to properly judge if a question was on topic or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastActivityDate="2020-04-24T12:31:26.623" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19044" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-04-24T13:09:14.650" Score="29" ViewCount="3915" Body="&lt;p&gt;(Meant to post this yesterday but crashed hard from lack of sleep)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As of about 17:47:04 UTC on April 23, 2020, &lt;strong&gt;Ubuntu Focal Fossa 20.04 LTS&lt;/strong&gt; has been officially released.  The corresponding release announcement email that went out to the &lt;code&gt;ubuntu-announce&lt;/code&gt; mailing list is &lt;a href=&quot;https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-release/2020-April/004969.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Therefore, effective as of this post, new 20.04 questions are now to be considered &lt;strong&gt;on topic&lt;/strong&gt; here so long as they comply with the other requirements for on topic posts as defined in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;Help Center&lt;/a&gt; and here on Meta.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This does not mean that 'older' 20.04 questions can be reopened without discussion or community consensus.  Questions which were closed because 20.04 at the time was off topic or questions which are related to upgrading or using 20.04 &lt;em&gt;prior&lt;/em&gt; to its official release remain offtopic, unless the community at-large believes (on a case-by-case basis) specific posts should be reopened.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;CLOSE REVIEWERS&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;: Do not close new 20.04 questions as &quot;offtopic&quot;, effective as of the time of this post, unless they are offtopic for some reason &lt;em&gt;other&lt;/em&gt; than the question being about 20.04&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2020-04-30T20:13:44.947" Title="Ubuntu Focal Fossa (20.04) LTS is now released, and posts about it are (generally) No Longer Offtopic" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19045" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-04-24T13:20:44.940" Score="2" ViewCount="69" Body="&lt;p&gt;my question has been closed as addressing a not released version, but now it's released.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please reopen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1228734/how-to-install-ubuntu-20-04-focal-fossa-remotely-with-virt-instlall&quot;&gt;How to install Ubuntu 20.04 Focal Fossa remotely with virt-instlall?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="712494" LastActivityDate="2020-04-24T13:20:44.940" Title="Reopen question after release of 20.04" Tags="|discussion|support|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19046" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2020-04-24T13:33:15.850" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;This tag is used by staff when sharing concepts in the Discovery phase relating to product or configuration changes. In most cases a direction and/or goal has been established, and there has likely been some amount of time invested into discovery work and research. The post is being presented to the Community for feedback to be taken into consideration. Where possible, the post includes specific questions to help guide Community feedback.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-04-28T08:51:03.790" LastActivityDate="2020-04-28T08:51:03.790" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19047" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2020-04-24T13:33:15.850" Score="0" Body="Indicates that the post shares product or configuration change concepts during the Discovery phase. Open to receiving feedback from the Community preceding implementation." OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-04-28T08:51:03.790" LastActivityDate="2020-04-28T08:51:03.790" Title="product-discovery" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19048" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16081" CreationDate="2020-04-24T19:41:06.710" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;Dark theme has been live on Stack Overflow since a while now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Dark theme for askUbuntu when???&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;this is amateur hour. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="307184" LastActivityDate="2020-04-24T19:41:06.710" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19049" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-04-24T17:59:13.470" Score="1" ViewCount="75" Body="&lt;p&gt;I came on here to ask a question. While I was here I saw a question I thought I could help with. They had already received some feedback that the question was more than one thing being asked, but to me that made sense to diagnose the issue and rule some things out. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I wrote an answer suggesting some steps that might be taken to fix the issue if it were certain things causing it, and some diagnostic steps to pin down what the issue was. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I then got a comment that my answer was a comment rather than an answer, and a downvote. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I took this onboard and tried to create a comment, only to find I needed 50 reputation in order to do it! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How am I supposed to earn reputation within the community by sharing my knowledge if I'm not allowed to participate in the diagnostic process until I get enough reputation?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="798080" OwnerDisplayName="Robert Levy" LastActivityDate="2020-04-25T07:41:05.433" Title="Ask Ubuntu seems fundamentally broken for new users" Tags="|discussion|community|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2020-04-25T07:41:29.007" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19050" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19027" CreationDate="2020-04-25T13:04:55.103" Score="-6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I find Stack-overflow is very over-moderated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most of the &quot;closed&quot; topics I encounter either:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;had valuable information and shouldn't be closed&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;or they were closed by moderators who didn't point to the right information&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="268145" LastActivityDate="2020-04-25T13:04:55.103" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19051" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19044" CreationDate="2020-04-26T06:12:18.017" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I gotta put here 2 cases that could be posted here but are actually bugs that I experienced:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Nvidia + Auto Login&lt;/strong&gt; - If you have an Nvidia card and install the driver (during the initial ISO setup) or upgrade from 19.10 or 18.04, and during this time, you either had Auto-Login enabled or set it up during the ISO setup), then you will encounter an issue where the Login screen won't let you log to the desktop. You will end up in a infinite loop. The issues is mentioned in &lt;a href=&quot;https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdm3/+bug/1845801&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdm3/+bug/1845801&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The workaround is adding &lt;code&gt;nvidia-drm.modeset=1&lt;/code&gt; to the default &lt;code&gt;/etc/default/grub&lt;/code&gt; file so that the &lt;strong&gt;GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT&lt;/strong&gt; option looks like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=&quot;quiet splash nvidia-drm.modeset=1&quot;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then rebooting. But this is actually a bug that is being worked on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;CUT/COPY in LibreOffice and other apps fails randomly&lt;/strong&gt; - The bug was first mentioned in &lt;a href=&quot;https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/focal/+source/mutter/+bug/1852183&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/focal/+source/mutter/+bug/1852183&lt;/a&gt; but basically, if you try to copy or cut quickly from one cell to another one in LibreOffice Calc (or other similar apps), it will fail and not paste correctly (or do other weird thing). The issues has been related to the Clipboard Extension, the GSConnect app and others. The bug is fixed in Mutter 3.36.2 (Currently Ubuntu 20.04 has 3.36.1) and will come to Ubuntu once it pushes this changes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course there are other bug reports that can be found at &lt;a href=&quot;https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/focal/+bugs&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/focal/+bugs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But this are the big ones I have encountered with other developers having the exact same issues.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7035" LastActivityDate="2020-04-26T06:12:18.017" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19052" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-04-26T10:23:47.670" Score="1" ViewCount="99" Body="&lt;p&gt;New releases, especially LTS ones, generate lots of questions regarding the upgrade process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Upgrade path doesn't open immediately after a release. For non-LTS releases, it's opened in a few days. For LTS to LTS, it's opened in three months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Before it's opened, the upgrade path is not recommended, not tested enough, and can cause all sorts of trouble.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;People running &lt;code&gt;do-release-upgrade -d&lt;/code&gt; are asking why they get a &quot;development release&quot; message, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These questions will become obsolete as soon as an upgrade path is sorted out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think this kind of upgrade questions should be treated the same way as questions about unreleased Ubuntu versions for exactly the same reason.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="167850" LastEditorUserId="8698" LastEditDate="2020-04-27T11:25:41.233" LastActivityDate="2020-04-27T11:46:28.467" Title="Should we make upgrade questions off-topic before an upgrade path is opened?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19053" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19052" CreationDate="2020-04-27T08:15:48.340" Score="0" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;People running do-release-upgrade -d are asking why they get a &quot;development release&quot; message, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One canonical question answering upgrade paths and timeline would suffice. Others could be closed as duplicate of this I believe. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="653515" LastActivityDate="2020-04-27T08:15:48.340" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19054" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19052" CreationDate="2020-04-27T11:46:28.467" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I completely disagree with making such upgrade questions off-topic. As @muru mentions in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/19052/should-we-make-upgrade-questions-off-topic-before-an-upgrade-path-is-opened#comment40912_19052&quot;&gt;comments&lt;/a&gt; and as &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/19053/8698&quot;&gt;answered&lt;/a&gt; by @vidarlo, a better approach is to use a canonical question (if there isn't already one) and dupe those questions to that canonical one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions regarding &lt;code&gt;do-release-upgrade&lt;/code&gt; should be completely supported, in my opinion, for 2 main reasons.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;That command is actually run on the currently supported version, so it doesn't fall in the &quot;Ubuntu+1&quot; category at all.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Telling users who used &lt;code&gt;do-release-upgrade -d&lt;/code&gt; that we will not give them any support and that they should figure out what they did by themselves has no benefits for the user nor for the community.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe, the reason there are so many questions about users running &lt;code&gt;do-release-upgrade -d&lt;/code&gt; is because this is what is being recommended by a lot of reputable and active people online. One such example is this tweet &lt;a href=&quot;https://twitter.com/nixcraft/status/1253381654044790784&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://twitter.com/nixcraft/status/1253381654044790784&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A lot of users just copy/paste commands, and continue on. This a problem that will happen again and again with every new release of an Ubuntu version. Which is why I completely disagree that this issue will become obsolete.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We should definitely have a canonical answer explaining what &lt;code&gt;do-release-upgrade -d&lt;/code&gt; and explain to users what they did and how they can [not] fix it. And highly recommend that they never copy/paste and run commands without knowing exactly what they do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastActivityDate="2020-04-27T11:46:28.467" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19055" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19026" CreationDate="2020-04-29T17:34:09.883" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Well sorry to see you go.  I'm just a newbe here and I could never imagine myself having that level of expertise to be able to answer technical questions 'gratis'.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="796532" LastActivityDate="2020-04-29T17:34:09.883" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19059" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19044" CreationDate="2020-04-30T20:13:44.947" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'd like to comment on the initial post, but I don't have the required reputation yet, so here I go.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is stated above:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;CLOSE REVIEWERS: Do not close new 20.04 questions as &quot;offtopic&quot;, effective as of the time of this post&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;however I posted my &lt;em&gt;Fossa&lt;/em&gt; related question on the following URL, and it was &lt;em&gt;closed&lt;/em&gt;:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1227945/problem-with-open-mpi-in-ubuntu-20-04&quot;&gt;Problem with open-mpi in Ubuntu 20.04&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Could you also please have a look? I filed in &lt;em&gt;Launchpad&lt;/em&gt; under the following &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/virtualbox/+bug/1873793&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/virtualbox/+bug/1873793&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="142768" LastActivityDate="2020-04-30T20:13:44.947" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19060" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19061" CreationDate="2020-05-01T05:09:27.427" Score="17" ViewCount="336" Body="&lt;p&gt;If I have seen a question in AskUbuntu, would I be able to answer with a way to complete the question in Python. They haven't specified how they wanted it done, and I can't include a link because I can't find it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;EDIT:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Explaining the code as well!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1075339" LastEditorUserId="1075339" LastEditDate="2020-05-05T07:24:27.193" LastActivityDate="2020-05-05T07:24:27.193" Title="Can I answer with Python code?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19061" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19060" CreationDate="2020-05-01T08:09:48.967" Score="22" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sure, why not? In principle, it is perfectly acceptable to give a solution in any language as long as it works on Ubuntu, but since Python is integral to Ubuntu and is a very popular language here, answers in Python are very welcome, and you will find many highly upvoted answers here which use it. Here are a couple of examples:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/858160/script-or-function-to-return-how-many-days-from-now-until-a-given-date/858182#858182&quot;&gt;Script or function to return how many days from now until a given date&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1023244/how-can-i-count-files-with-a-particular-extension-and-the-directories-they-are/1023281#1023281&quot;&gt;How can I count files with a particular extension, and the directories they are in?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2020-05-01T08:09:48.967" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19062" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-05-02T19:10:36.563" Score="-4" ViewCount="157" Body="&lt;p&gt;An increasing number of questions are appearing where the problem is a dual drive installation of Windows on one drive and Ubuntu on a different drive. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The solutions to dual-drive, dual-boot problems are specific to it and distinct from dual-boot, single-drive problems.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are  &gt; 14,000 questions tagged &lt;em&gt;dual-boot&lt;/em&gt;. By using a tag specifically for this, and using it in lieu of the tag 'dual-boot', I hope we can segregate these issues, to lead to quicker resolution.  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This question posted at the specific request of Kulfy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="197910" LastEditorUserId="197910" LastEditDate="2020-05-04T18:50:13.627" LastActivityDate="2020-05-06T17:30:18.400" Title="Discussion of new tag dual-drive-dual-boot" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19064" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-05-05T11:06:19.013" Score="0" ViewCount="79" Body="&lt;p&gt;Recently, I asked a question, and after realising that it was beyond my ability, wanted to &quot;close&quot; or &quot;delete&quot; my question. I don't know if its possible or good practice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1075339" LastEditorUserId="480481" LastEditDate="2020-05-06T09:10:27.290" LastActivityDate="2020-05-06T09:10:27.290" Title="How can I &quot;close&quot; or &quot;delete&quot; my own question?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2020-05-05T11:45:02.650" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19065" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19062" CreationDate="2020-05-06T17:30:18.400" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would add my voice for single tag dual-boot for these reasons:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Dual boot on separate drives is easier and has more forward solutions. The case is a subset of dual-boot category.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It is not wise going into that level of sub categories, as Ask Ubuntu has already wide spectrum of support topics. Currently, many tags need to be merged or become synonyms instead.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A side note about &lt;code&gt;dual-drive-dual-boot&lt;/code&gt;: it is a long text string.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is no correct answer for this. Even if keeping it seems wrong, it is not worth the effort opening the door to re-tag almost 15K question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="26246" LastActivityDate="2020-05-06T17:30:18.400" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19066" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-05-07T17:51:08.967" Score="9" ViewCount="257" Body="&lt;p&gt;Don't you think that it is a good idea to add a reply button to comments to questions and answers? Most people forget to type @username when replying which makes the person who made the previous comment miss the reply and miss the chance to help that person.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is a user script for this already. See the &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackapps.com/questions/2051/reply-links-on-comments&quot;&gt;stackapps post&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1073514" LastEditorUserId="1183638" LastEditDate="2021-03-18T17:35:54.377" LastActivityDate="2021-03-18T17:36:35.297" Title="Add a reply option for comments" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|status-declined|comments|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19067" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19066" CreationDate="2020-05-07T19:22:08.290" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is the story of a time long ago, a time of myth and legend, when Jeff Atwood ruled Stack Exchange. He &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/status-declined&quot; class=&quot;post-tag moderator-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;status-declined&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;status-declined&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/74778/270345&quot;&gt;Add &amp;quot;Reply&amp;quot; link to comment that pre-populates comment box with @username&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But! Since it was declined so long ago, and the company has changed considerably since then, it might worth asking for an escalation (see &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/345032/270345&quot;&gt;Community and Moderator guidelines for escalating issues via new response process (March-April 2020)&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2020-05-07T19:22:08.290" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19068" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-05-09T04:14:00.880" Score="1" ViewCount="74" Body="&lt;p&gt;Although this subject was discussed in 2012, 2016, etc., I did't see any current discussions of it, so please forgive me as I rattle the cage again:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On AskUbuntu, I frequently see questions marked as, &quot;off topic,&quot; because they are for versions of Ubuntu that have passed their end-of-life.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Many of us, for whatever reason, are stuck on hardware that cannot be upgraded to the newer releases of Ubuntu.  In my case, for example, my video card is no longer supported by the kernel beyond 14.04.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Where can &lt;strong&gt;these&lt;/strong&gt; users go to ask for help?&#xA;Should there be a distinct community for &quot;askUbuntu-EOL&quot; or something similar?  And, if we did have such a community on StackExchange, would any of the gurus upon whom we all depend be interested enough to participate on it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user573739" LastActivityDate="2020-05-09T12:48:47.487" Title="Where do users go to ask a question about their EOL version of Ubuntu?" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2020-05-09T12:51:53.063" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19069" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19068" CreationDate="2020-05-09T12:29:01.830" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Perhaps the best place for them to ask their questions would be on the retrocomputing community.&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://retrocomputing.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Retrocomputing Beta&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;...Or on Unix &amp;amp; Linux or Super User, as suggested by @terdon.&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Unix &amp;amp; Linux&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://superuser.com/&quot;&gt;Super User&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user573739" LastEditorDisplayName="user573739" LastEditDate="2020-05-09T12:48:47.487" LastActivityDate="2020-05-09T12:48:47.487" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19071" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19073" CreationDate="2020-05-13T17:59:56.510" Score="0" ViewCount="64" Body="&lt;p&gt;Once I'm logged into the ask ubuntu site, it seems there is no way to logoff short of exiting my browser.  If it is indeed possible to log off, I'd sure like to know how.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1055205" OwnerDisplayName="frogola" LastEditorUserId="75060" LastEditDate="2020-05-14T09:07:43.550" LastActivityDate="2020-05-14T09:07:43.550" Title="How to log off from ask ubuntu website?" Tags="|support|login|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2020-05-13T21:20:36.993" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19073" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19071" CreationDate="2020-05-13T18:03:28.890" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/222556/how-to-log-out-of-a-stack-exchange-site&quot;&gt;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/222556/how-to-log-out-of-a-stack-exchange-site&lt;/a&gt; for the step-by-step video.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Look in the top bar, right-most icon (&quot;A list of all 176 Stack Exchange Sites&quot;). It's in there.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19626" OwnerDisplayName="user535733" LastActivityDate="2020-05-13T18:03:28.890" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19074" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19076" CreationDate="2020-05-13T22:43:33.210" Score="2" ViewCount="421" Body="&lt;p&gt;I enjoy helping out on this forum.  Recently I have become more active in that. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Can someone tell me when I should comment and when I should answer?  How do you know which one to use?  In the answer field you can add lots more details with code and links and outlining etc. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Can I answer and then convert it to a comment later if irrelevant?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;How do you mark a thread as &quot;solved&quot;?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="409219" OwnerDisplayName="walttheboss" LastEditorUserId="75060" LastEditDate="2020-05-14T08:55:04.023" LastActivityDate="2020-05-14T13:07:45.107" Title="When should I answer and when should I comment?" Tags="|discussion|support|answers|comments|new-users|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19075" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19074" CreationDate="2020-05-13T22:50:48.700" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Read the tour as you were linked.  It answers all these questions you've stated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for converting answer to comment, that's a task that only moderators have teh button for so you can custom-flag your own post asking it to be converted to a comment and a moderator will eventually get to it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will be able to post comments once you get 50 reputation, so just contribute good questions and answers and you'll get that reputation &lt;em&gt;fast&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2020-05-13T22:53:47.460" LastActivityDate="2020-05-13T22:53:47.460" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19076" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19074" CreationDate="2020-05-14T00:59:59.720" Score="6" Body="&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If what you have to say seems like a good and complete answer to the original question, then it is an answer (others will up- or down-vote it depending upon whether they agree with this assessment).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If what you have to say is &lt;em&gt;about&lt;/em&gt; the question, or is a &lt;em&gt;relevant detail&lt;/em&gt; that could be part of an answer, then it is a comment (e.g. the observation that *.SE is not a &quot;forum&quot; is true, but irrelevant to your question.  Directing you to the &quot;help&quot; or &quot;tour&quot; page &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; relevant, but by itself isn't an answer.).&#xA;You should assume that eventually all comments will be deleted from the item.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you think your response &lt;em&gt;might&lt;/em&gt; be irrelevant, than you already know that it isn't an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The original poster of the question can select the check-mark to indicate that one specific answer completely answers the question, and is actually useful.  This selection is normally not done within 24 hours of asking, to give everyone in every time zone a chance to respond.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that these answers apply to &lt;em&gt;all&lt;/em&gt; *.SE sites, not only askUbuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="908977" LastEditorUserId="908977" LastEditDate="2020-05-14T13:07:45.107" LastActivityDate="2020-05-14T13:07:45.107" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19077" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19078" CreationDate="2020-05-16T08:59:05.423" Score="10" ViewCount="419" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://termux.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Termux&lt;/a&gt; is an Android terminal emulator and Linux environment app. Termux's wiki contains &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.termux.com/wiki/Ubuntu&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;instructions to install Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt; on top of their Android app. &#xA;I don't think it is a standalone distribution or official derivative of Ubuntu. Do we support questions specific to Ubuntu on Termux?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since &lt;a href=&quot;https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.termux&amp;amp;hl=en_US&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Termux's app page on Google Play&lt;/a&gt; suggests users to ask questions on &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.reddit.com/r/termux/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;termux - reddit&lt;/a&gt;, should we ask users to go there closing their questions here on Ask Ubuntu as off-topic?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="816190" LastActivityDate="2020-05-16T11:07:03.213" Title="Do we support Ubuntu on Termux?" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19078" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19077" CreationDate="2020-05-16T11:07:03.213" Score="8" Body="&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It is not an officially endorsed OS. Like for instance WSL is. &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;They point to reddit themself already making a point stating AU is not the place.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I would say: no, we do not. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is also &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/termux&quot;&gt;stackoverflow&lt;/a&gt; to send them to.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastActivityDate="2020-05-16T11:07:03.213" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19079" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-05-16T01:40:22.210" Score="0" ViewCount="54" Body="&lt;p&gt;I saw a question I'd like to answer, and contribute information to in order to help people who might also be looking for the same thing. Problem is, it says I have to have reputation. I just want to post to help with this one problem, I have nothing else really to say or any questions to ask in order to gain reputation, so is it possible to hand the answer to someone else here and have them go add it to the thread? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;the thread I'd like to help on is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/70156/hp-dv7-beats-audio-alsa-base-modification-what-should-be-the-line?newreg=60057b12b64b4eabb3afe69ea076dd5f&quot;&gt;HP DV7 Beats Audio alsa.base Modification. What should be the line?&lt;/a&gt; I'd like to say that I added options snd-hda-intel model=hp-dv7-4000 to alsa-base.conf and it worked for my HP DV7, the previous suggestion to add model=ref resulted in a muffled sound and no subwoofer but adding options snd-hda-intel model=hp-dv7-4000 sounds great! &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks :) &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1082936" OwnerDisplayName="Corky" LastActivityDate="2020-05-16T16:32:23.490" Title="Unable to contribute information" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2020-05-17T13:32:30.750" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19080" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19081" CreationDate="2020-05-18T08:46:27.757" Score="7" ViewCount="64" Body="&lt;p&gt;Let me explain my problem:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So when reviewing posts, I come across quite a few &quot;tests&quot;. These are low quality audits that I would normally click edit or downvote on. However, a few days (or maybe weeks) ago I encountered a low quality answer again, so I thought immediately it would be a test. As you would expect, I downvoted the answer (it was literally 1 lines long and didn't answer the question (see screenshot below)). The next day I log in to AskUbuntu, my reputation has dropped by 1. Yes, you are probably saying losing 1 rep doesn't matter but to me it does. For those of you who are wondering, this was the answer I downvoted:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/tPDFS.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/tPDFS.png&quot; alt=&quot;Screenshot of the low-quality answer&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To add to my justification of a downvote, &lt;code&gt;upgrade-dist&lt;/code&gt; is not a valid &lt;code&gt;apt&lt;/code&gt; operation and apt will complain about that if you run it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is the question itself: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/685329/error-while-installing-anything-using-apt-get/&quot;&gt;Error while installing anything using apt-get&lt;/a&gt;. As you may notice, it does have another answer that has been accepted (not the one I downvoted).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So today I found another potentially low-quality answer. But it was about 5 lines long so I wouldn't expect it to be a test. Due to the previous events, and not wanting to lose reputation, I decided to click &quot;No action needed&quot;. Then I get the classic &quot;STOP! LOOK &amp;amp; LISTEN!&quot; message come up on the screen, telling me I failed the test and wasn't paying attention... etc. etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So in short, my problem is, since it's hard to tell whether its a test or not, and risk losing rep for downvoting the answer when it's not a test, I'm stuck. I'll either lose rep the next day or get lectured by the system about not paying attention. It's pretty much a 50/50 chance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now I understand that tests are designed to be disguised as regular posts because that's the purpose of them, but since they are, I don't think I should be losing reputation when I downvote a genuine low-quality post that isn't a test. If my question overall is unclear, I apologise and will happily edit it to add more details if needed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you in advance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="965801" LastActivityDate="2020-06-03T01:56:32.790" Title="Post reviewing - Downvoting a bad answer when its not a &quot;test&quot; makes me lose reputation" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19081" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19080" CreationDate="2020-05-18T09:35:16.353" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is by design that one loses 1 reputation when downvoting an answer. I believe this is to discourage competitive (and perhaps frivolous) downvoting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While I would very much like to encourage you to downvote when appropriate regardless of the reputation loss, you may like to know that non-answers posted as answers and other low quality answers are often deleted, and:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;When a post you have downvoted is deleted, you re-gain the reputation you lost by downvoting it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Downvoting answers makes it easier for those with delete votes to delete them, as delete votes can only be cast on answers with a negative score (or non-positive score via the low quality posts review queue).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But, in general one should not &lt;em&gt;flag&lt;/em&gt; answers as low quality because they are wrong, incomplete, or need editing - edit them, comment on them and/or downvote them instead. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This leads me to some suggestions for solving your problem of wishing to avoid downvoting (although I strongly disapprove of avoiding downvoting! Please downvote if appropriate!) while reviewing. In first post and late answer review audits, for an answer the system deems low quality (and not spam), clicking &lt;strong&gt;edit&lt;/strong&gt; or attempting to add a comment will pass the audit, just as downvoting will. Also note that if you click the downvote (or upvote) button and repent a moment later, you will be able to undo your vote by clicking again (unless it is an audit). This ability expires in a short period of time, though I am not sure how short, but, if a post is edited after you have voted on it, you can remove or reverse your vote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Additionally&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You can always check whether a review item is an audit by clicking the link to the post on the right.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You can always &lt;strong&gt;skip&lt;/strong&gt; a review item when you are not sure, including when it is an audit.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The purpose of review is to &lt;em&gt;raise the quality of site content&lt;/em&gt; for everyone and you have absolutely no obligation to do it, so it is really best to do it only when you have time and inclination to give it careful attention :)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2020-06-03T01:56:32.790" LastActivityDate="2020-06-03T01:56:32.790" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19082" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19095" CreationDate="2020-05-18T11:34:53.083" Score="-5" ViewCount="106" Body="&lt;h3&gt;Why posting meta requires only 5 reputation? Why not something like 25 or more with the requirement of having some particular badges?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A new user automatically gets 1 reputation. So, to get privilege for posting on Meta requires only 4 reputation. So, new users can easily access Meta and ask useless questions about this site as they don't know much about this site. Many new users even not have the Informed badge but have privilege to post on Meta. Some just scroll the tour page to just earn the Informed badge.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Shouldn't we increase the requirement of posting on Meta so questions on Meta have more quality?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Shouldn't we set that users must have some bronze badge to post here to ensure that they know fundamentals of this site?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="961801" LastEditorUserId="158442" LastEditDate="2020-05-19T04:34:38.307" LastActivityDate="2020-05-20T14:31:09.023" Title="Why posting meta requires only 5 reputation?" Tags="|discussion|reputation|meta|privileges|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19083" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-05-18T13:17:26.133" Score="6" ViewCount="261" Body="&lt;p&gt;I answered this &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1238620/i-was-unable-to-update-to-ubuntu-20-from-ubuntu-18-04/1238665#1238665&quot;&gt;question&lt;/a&gt; recently and the questioner was helped by it. But instead of accepting the answer, he &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1238620/i-was-unable-to-update-to-ubuntu-20-from-ubuntu-18-04/1238665#comment2086709_1238665&quot;&gt;commented&lt;/a&gt; on my answer:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Hey thanks for your efforts I upgraded successfully&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which means he was able to solve his problem. But he didn't accept my answer. What can I do now?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="961801" LastEditorUserId="480481" LastEditDate="2020-05-19T06:52:04.743" LastActivityDate="2020-05-28T18:47:41.373" Title="What if someone just thanked answerer instead of accepting that answer?" Tags="|discussion|answers|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19084" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19083" CreationDate="2020-05-18T14:18:55.757" Score="16" Body="&lt;p&gt;For the general case, accepting an answer is a privilege that is enjoyed only by the OP (original poster) of the question. If OP is a new user and presumably unaware of how accepting works, you may ask them (as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1238620/i-was-unable-to-update-to-ubuntu-20-from-ubuntu-18-04/1238665#comment2087385_1238665&quot;&gt;you've done here&lt;/a&gt;); but if they decide not to accept any of the answers posted to their question, then nothing else can be done regarding it by the rest of us.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But particularly in this case, I don't think your answer actually solved OP's problem, they merely thanked you for your &lt;em&gt;efforts&lt;/em&gt;. The comment should probably be read as&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Hey, thanks for your efforts. I upgraded successfully.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think so because I noticed OP also posted &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/1239185/480481&quot;&gt;a self-answer&lt;/a&gt; explaining that &lt;em&gt;switching to the main server as the download source&lt;/em&gt; solved the problem. I don't see anything mentioning this in your answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Update:&lt;/strong&gt; Looks like OP accepted their own answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="480481" LastEditorUserId="480481" LastEditDate="2020-05-28T18:47:41.373" LastActivityDate="2020-05-28T18:47:41.373" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19085" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19086" CreationDate="2020-05-19T02:59:12.933" Score="6" ViewCount="49" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am still relatively new to this site, so I am wondering if it is possible for me to view my pending edits? If so, can I also cancel them? Whenever I try to look at pending edits I am told that my reputation is not high enough to take any action on pending edits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1082980" LastActivityDate="2020-05-19T04:32:17.890" Title="Can I view and cancel my pending edits?" Tags="|support|editing|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19086" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19085" CreationDate="2020-05-19T04:32:17.890" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can view them in your profile: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/current?tab=activity&amp;amp;sort=suggestions&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/users/current?tab=activity&amp;amp;sort=suggestions&lt;/a&gt; (which should redirect to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/1082980/sleipnir?tab=activity&amp;amp;sort=suggestions&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/users/1082980/sleipnir?tab=activity&amp;amp;sort=suggestions&lt;/a&gt; for you).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for cancelling, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/80933/270345&quot;&gt;not currently&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2020-05-19T04:32:17.890" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19087" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-05-19T15:53:22.790" Score="22" ViewCount="932" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's time for us to consider holding an election for moderators for Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The last election we held was back in 2019, where we elected a single moderator, and since then, several of our moderators have resigned (Seth, terdon, jrg, and RolandiXor). That leaves us with fewer moderators than we had, and of that not all of us are active.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So: we should hold a new election to get ourselves back up to a more regularly-available and active moderation team. To avoid finding ourselves in a situation where an election would fail due to an insufficient number of candidates, though, I'm posting this to try to assess the community members' willingness to step up and nominate themselves, when the actual election's nomination period starts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please leave an answer if you'd be willing to run for a moderator position, should we decide to run an election.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;NOTE: This is &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; an official election nomination thread, just a &quot;pulse check&quot; to get a notion of how many people here would be willing to step up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Currently, June 1st is the tentative date for such an election, but only if we can get enough people willing to run for moderator positions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A moderator election &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/election/7&quot;&gt;has been scheduled&lt;/a&gt; for June 1st.  The Question Collection post is now up &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/19104/306823&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="306823" LastEditDate="2020-06-01T19:20:44.697" LastActivityDate="2022-01-20T18:13:06.693" Title="2020 Potential Moderator Election: Community Interest Check" Tags="|discussion|election|" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19088" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19087" CreationDate="2020-05-19T18:40:01.480" Score="30" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would be willing to stand again if there were an election :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2020-05-19T18:40:01.480" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19089" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19087" CreationDate="2020-05-20T05:37:53.637" Score="17" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would like to join the existing crew. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="816190" LastActivityDate="2020-05-20T05:37:53.637" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19090" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19093" CreationDate="2020-05-20T10:33:44.650" Score="4" ViewCount="69" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sometimes I like editing questions by adding relevant tags, helping with formatting and overall question refining.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't usually get the edit rejected, but this time is was by &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/-1/community&quot;&gt;Community♦&lt;/a&gt;, stating &lt;code&gt;&quot;This edit conflicted with a subsequent edit&quot;&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The thing is: I refined the whole question and added relevant tags, and it seems that the asking user also edited the question after my edit suggestion, replacing 4 words of my original edit.&#xA;Thus resulting the question to be using my exact edit suggestion (except those 4 words), and represented as their own edit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why would the system count my edit as a reject?&#xA;And if so, why did the question keep all my changes?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is a screenshot of that action: &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/0RnRX.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/0RnRX.png&quot; alt=&quot;sc&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit&lt;/strong&gt;: In contrast to the thread suggested in the comments (&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/15439/why-did-the-community-user-reject-my-edits&quot;&gt;Why did the “community” user reject my edits?&lt;/a&gt;), it seems I submitted the edit first, and the user who asked and edited his question had no elevated privileges. &#xA;And while that thread suggests a possible reason for that to happen, I don't seem to really understand why and how all the changes I submitted were saved and used, but edit is considered as rejected. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Although I'm perfectly okay with the question overall got improved (no matter how it was done), at the bottom line it currently consists of all my changes while it was counted as a rejected edit, and market as if the user who asked the question done all the changes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1040551" LastEditorUserId="1040551" LastEditDate="2020-05-20T10:53:35.197" LastActivityDate="2020-05-20T12:25:35.143" Title="Edit conflicted with a subsequent edit" Tags="|support|editing|suggested-edits|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ClosedDate="2020-06-03T14:48:03.340" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19091" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19087" CreationDate="2020-05-20T10:44:07.413" Score="17" Body="&lt;p&gt;Well, I have run in the past two elections and I would run again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="522934" LastActivityDate="2020-05-20T10:44:07.413" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19092" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-05-20T12:24:59.487" Score="-5" ViewCount="111" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ref: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1241681/how-can-i-create-a-program-with-python-3-5&quot;&gt;how can I create a program with python 3.5&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a question in Ask Ubuntu about creating a program with python3.5.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Question was closed as being off-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&quot;Help Center &gt; Asking, What topics can I ask about here? Questions that you may ask: Running third-party applications on Ubuntu.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Python is installed in Ubuntu using: &lt;code&gt;sudo apt-get install python3.5&lt;/code&gt; which would indicate that it is a third party app.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="43926" LastActivityDate="2020-05-20T12:31:16.670" Title="Is python 3.5 an Ubuntu Third Party App?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19093" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19090" CreationDate="2020-05-20T12:25:35.143" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;There's one way this can happen quite by accident. If you go &lt;code&gt;/posts/&amp;lt;id&amp;gt;/edit&lt;/code&gt; (e.g., &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/posts/19090/edit&quot;&gt;https://meta.askubuntu.com/posts/19090/edit&lt;/a&gt; for this question), &lt;em&gt;while an editing is pending&lt;/em&gt;, (a) the editing window will show the version from the pending edit and (b) if you save the edit there, the pending edit gets rejected, even though its contents were applied.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can reach that link by, e.g., clicking on an &lt;code&gt;[edit]&lt;/code&gt; magic link left in the comments, or if you'd left the post open but it hadn't got refreshed for some reason (so the &lt;code&gt;edit&lt;/code&gt; link under the question wouldn't have been replaced by the edit pending one).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think this was likely an accident.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/262314/270345&quot;&gt;Edits that shadow a suggested edit inconsistently reject but include the suggestion&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2020-05-20T12:25:35.143" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19094" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19092" CreationDate="2020-05-20T12:31:16.670" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;As the close message says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;and generic programming questions on Stack Overflow. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's the epitome of a generic programming question if I ever saw one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2020-05-20T12:31:16.670" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19095" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19082" CreationDate="2020-05-20T14:31:09.023" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think you may have a bit of a misunderstanding about what Meta is for, it is not a special place for advanced users to discuss but a help site (just like main) for Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&quot;new users can easily access Meta&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sure they can, that is the point. Meta is where people can come and ask questions about the main site and new users are the demographic most in need of that help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&quot;Why posting meta requires only 5 reputation? Why not something like&#xA;  25 or more&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The reason for the 5 rep requirement is to stop spam posts and it works close to 100%, I can't remember the last spam I saw here, it is not to restrict access to low rep users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't think making it 25 or even 100 rep would bring the quality up, this site is low traffic (1 post a day even?) and as a result is well curated by its users, any bad or low quality posts would be removed quickly. Also rep means nothing, sometimes the best of us will ask bad and low quality questions, we are all just humans.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would go as far as to say, in a spam free world, remove the restrictions and let anyone who needs help get it (that is the stack exchange way, anyone can ask). I could even argue that keeping the entry requirements low also cleans up the main site. People will just spam support questions all over main, if they can't post here. Then someone(s) has to review and migrate them all here anyway.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyway, that is just my 2 pence (what happened with that exchange rate?), I hope it helps you with a bit of understanding.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastActivityDate="2020-05-20T14:31:09.023" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19096" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-05-21T07:01:03.820" Score="0" ViewCount="65" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm a newbie on Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can use the text formatting in the body of question in Ask Ubuntu.&#xA;Then, what kind of text formatting is possible in reply of the question?&#xA;I did not find such information in the help center.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="822588" OwnerDisplayName="Hongsoog" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2020-05-21T16:59:48.853" LastActivityDate="2020-05-21T16:59:48.853" Title="What kind of text formatting is possible in reply of the question in Ask Ubuntu?" Tags="|support|comments|formatting|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2020-05-21T16:59:56.687" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19097" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19087" CreationDate="2020-05-21T23:04:05.340" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have the time, and would be happy to serve.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="197910" LastActivityDate="2020-05-21T23:04:05.340" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19098" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-05-25T06:13:32.843" Score="0" ViewCount="77" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are some tools on internet like &lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/Distroshare/distroshare-ubuntu-imager&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Distroshare Ubuntu Imager&lt;/a&gt; to make distributions based on Ubuntu. Are questions on those distributions on topic here? Or are they off topic?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Assume that someone installed fresh Ubuntu. They he customized it by installing packages, from Ubuntu repositories and by compiling from source. Then he set his own distribution name and code. But he kept default Ubuntu repositories for APT Then he released it using those tools. Then I downloaded that. Then can I ask about that as that distro uses official Ubuntu repositories? Or are they off topic and I should ask them on Unix &amp;amp; Linux Stack Exchange?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="961801" LastEditorUserId="961801" LastEditDate="2020-05-25T06:45:36.913" LastActivityDate="2020-05-25T06:45:36.913" Title="Are questions about any distros based on Ubuntu on topic? (Made using tools like Distroshare Ubuntu Imager)" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2020-05-25T14:24:33.577" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19102" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-05-30T20:39:25.420" Score="0" ViewCount="88" Body="&lt;p&gt;It seems like I (in a review audit) managed to raise a flag on a comment of a &lt;strong&gt;deleted&lt;/strong&gt; question.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/iscCB.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/iscCB.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I hope the system will not break down ;-))&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="134729" LastActivityDate="2020-05-30T21:07:26.470" Title="Did I find a loop hole?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19103" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19102" CreationDate="2020-05-30T21:07:26.470" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Comments on deleted posts support flagging, as &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/19102/did-i-find-a-loop-hole#comment41057_19102&quot;&gt;pomsky says&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are a variety of situations where it makes sense to flag a comment on a deleted post. Of the flagging reasons currently available for comments, it would only rarely make sense to raise an &lt;em&gt;&quot;It's no longer needed&quot;&lt;/em&gt; flag, but the &lt;em&gt;&quot;It's unfriendly or unkind&quot;&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;&quot;It contains harassment, bigotry, or abuse&quot;&lt;/em&gt; flags are apply in all the cases where they otherwise would. The custom &lt;em&gt;Something else&lt;/em&gt; flag might also make sense, though you'd only want to use that if the issue requiring moderator attention was truly more about the comment than the post itself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Comments (that have not themselves been deleted) have the same visibility as the post they are attached to. Since many users can view deleted posts--people can view their own deleted posts, and users with 10k or more reputation can view deleted posts in general--it makes sense for comments on deleted posts to support flagging.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Over the years, I've flagged a handful of hostile comments that I've seen on deleted posts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for whether or not you've actually raised a flag on such a comment through review, I'm not sure, since audits in some of the review queues treat any action on a post, including its comments, as an action that completes the audit, rather than as a real action.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, if you're not sure and want to know, there are two ways:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You can click on the number of helpful flags in your profile to view &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/flag-summary/134729&quot;&gt;your flag summary&lt;/a&gt;. (Note that, even though I can link to your flag summary, I cannot actually view it, since non-moderators like me can only view our own flag summaries.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Since you have over 10k rep, you can view deleted posts and their comments, even outside of review audits. So you can go to the comment, assuming it is still there, and click the flag icon. If you've flagged it and your flag has not yet been handled, then you'll get a dialog telling you what kind of flag you have pending, and giving you the option to retract it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2020-05-30T21:07:26.470" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19104" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-06-01T19:19:42.823" Score="11" ViewCount="368" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The purpose of this thread was to collect questions for the questionnaire. The questionnaire is now live, and you may find it &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/19127/306823&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu is scheduled for an election &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/election/7&quot;&gt;next week, June 8th 2020&lt;/a&gt;. In connection with that, we will be holding a Q&amp;amp;A with the candidates. This will be an opportunity for members of the community to pose questions to the candidates on the topic of moderation.  Participation is completely voluntary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's how it'll work:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Until the nomination phase, (so, until June 8th 2020 at 20:00:00Z UTC, or 4:00 pm EDT on the same day, give or take time to arrive for closure), this question will be open to collect potential questions from the users of the site. Post answers to this question containing any questions you would like to ask the candidates. Please only post &lt;em&gt;one question per answer&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;We, the Community Team, will be providing a small selection of generic questions. The first two will be guaranteed to be included, the latter ones are if the community doesn't supply enough questions. This will be done in a single post, unlike the prior instruction.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If your question contains a link, please use the syntax of &lt;code&gt;[text](link)&lt;/code&gt;, as that will make it easier for transcribing for the finished questionnaire.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;This is a perfect opportunity to voice questions that are specific to your community and issues that you are running into currently.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;At the start of the nomination phase, the Community Team will select &lt;strong&gt;up to 8 of the top voted questions submitted by the community&lt;/strong&gt; provided in this thread, to use in addition to the aforementioned 2 guaranteed questions. We reserve some editorial control in the selection of the questions and may opt not to select a question that is tangential or irrelevant to moderation or the election.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Once questions have been selected, a new question will be opened to host the actual questionnaire for the candidates, typically containing 10 questions in total.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;This is not the only option that users have for gathering information on candidates. As a community, you are still free to, for example, hold a live chat session with your candidates to ask further questions, or perhaps clarifications from what is provided in the Q&amp;amp;A.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have any questions or feedback about this process, feel free to post as a comment here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="306823" LastEditorUserId="306823" LastEditDate="2020-06-08T20:00:18.730" LastActivityDate="2020-06-08T20:00:18.730" Title="2020 Moderator Election Q&amp;A - Question Collection" Tags="|discussion|election|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19105" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19104" CreationDate="2020-06-01T19:19:42.823" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here is a set of general questions, gathered as very common questions asked every election. As mentioned in the instructions, the first two questions are guaranteed to show up in the Q&amp;amp;A, while the others are if there aren't enough questions (or, if you like one enough, you may split it off as a separate answer for review within the community's 8). &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How would you deal with a user who produced a steady stream of valuable answers, but tends to generate a large number of arguments/flags from comments? &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How would you handle a situation where another mod closed/deleted/etc a question that you feel shouldn't have been?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In your opinion, what do moderators do? &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A diamond will be attached to everything you say and have said in the past, including questions, answers and comments. Everything you will do will be seen under a different light. How do you feel about that? &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In what way do you feel that being a moderator will make you more effective as opposed to simply reaching 10k or 20k rep? &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="306823" LastActivityDate="2020-06-01T19:19:42.823" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19106" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-06-01T21:43:32.967" Score="6" ViewCount="307" Body="&lt;p&gt;A few minutes ago I was reviewing low quality posts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A question appeared containing some link looking like a spam. I hovered over the link, but it didn't show the URL.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I pressed &quot;Edit&quot; to see the link and immediately got a message that I am banned for doing too many wrong reviews.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's funny.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;P.S. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/low-quality-posts/1052039&quot;&gt;This is&lt;/a&gt; the review. It clearly states that my action was &quot;Edit&quot;. It is a bad post. So the audit is blatantly wrong. How does one know it is spam?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;P.P.S. I looked at the review stats (now I can do it thanks to @ByteCommander) and see that I am #2 in Close Votes all time and #4 in Low Quality.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When a user with this stats is banned, that obviously mean that something goes wrong. The system is not perfect, but the main task of moderators is to fix this type of issues.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's a shame that a moderator instead of reviewing the audits and lifting the ban starts to write an answer, explaining why that happened with some wrong statements, and only after some hype and suggestions from other users payed attention and finally started looking for the button. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="167850" LastEditorUserId="167850" LastEditDate="2020-06-02T18:40:12.203" LastActivityDate="2020-06-04T11:52:38.197" Title="Some new weird review ban" Tags="|discussion|support|review|review-audits|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19107" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-06-02T08:29:18.690" Score="6" ViewCount="84" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was reading &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/348805/first-posts-reviews-not-working-coming-in-anymore&quot;&gt;this Meta question&lt;/a&gt; about a lack of first post reviews on multiple sites. It got my curiosity, so I went to the first post review queue and noticed there had not been a review in the queue for 13 hours.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Reading through &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/first-posts/history&quot;&gt;the review history&lt;/a&gt;, this is very strange. There are multiple reviews in this queue every hour and everyone knows this site has a large amount of first timers asking questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I just wanted to post this here to get the attention of staff and to show that this seems to be a bug happening here too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastEditorUserId="25798" LastEditDate="2020-06-06T07:56:05.763" LastActivityDate="2020-06-06T07:56:05.763" Title="No first post reviews for 13 hours?" Tags="|bug|status-completed|review|first-posts|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19108" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2020-06-02T08:30:37.737" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-02T08:30:37.737" LastActivityDate="2020-06-02T08:30:37.737" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19109" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2020-06-02T08:30:37.737" Score="0" Body="To be used for question related to the first posts review queue" OwnerUserId="75060" LastEditorUserId="75060" LastEditDate="2020-06-03T14:46:26.663" LastActivityDate="2020-06-03T14:46:26.663" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19110" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19106" CreationDate="2020-06-02T09:24:59.060" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/158678/280883&quot;&gt;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/158678/280883&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Here are the full details on how the ban works. Most of the steps take into account the length of any previous review bans you've faced, including manual bans imposed by a moderator:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;  &#xA;  &lt;ul&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you fail three audits within a (rolling) 30-day period, you will be banned for 2 days if you have no history of getting banned, or for half the length of your previous ban if you do.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Once a review ban ends, you'll be placed on &quot;review probation&quot; for a period of 30 days. If you fail a single audit while on review probation, you'll be banned for double the length of your previous ban. Review probation is also imposed at the end of a manual moderator's ban&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is no indication that the total number of reviews or passed audits is taken into account for the thresholds to block someone, only the failure count, as I see it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The system says that you seem to have actually failed even more than 3 audits within those last 30 days. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While I am not sure why you weren't already blocked earlier with these numbers, or whether the post I linked is not up to date, your current block is going to last three days and will be automatically revoked again then.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Regarding how edits should be treated in audits, that is a network-wide implementation and nothing we can directly influence here. &#xA;Complaints or suggestions about this would need to be posted on &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;Meta Stack Exchange&lt;/a&gt; instead. &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/a/368118/4464570&quot;&gt;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/a/368118/4464570&lt;/a&gt; clarifies the behaviour (unless that behavior got changed again by now):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;if you try to edit spam, you fail; if you try to edit anything else, you pass.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a tip for the future: Instead of using the built-in &quot;Edit&quot; button of the review queue UI, open the small &quot;link&quot; on the right side of a post in a new tab to visit the original post on the main site. This will allow you to interact with it normally without accidentally triggering any review action. Keep in mind you still need to go back to the review to complete it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastEditorUserId="367990" LastEditDate="2020-06-04T11:52:38.197" LastActivityDate="2020-06-04T11:52:38.197" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19111" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19104" CreationDate="2020-06-02T13:14:02.273" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;This question would be mostly valid for people who are very active in the review queues.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Before the diamond, reviews would require several people's votes before the system decides on the outcome. With the diamond, your vote will be the definitive one. Would that &lt;em&gt;spook&lt;/em&gt; you into skipping reviews?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In summary, &lt;em&gt;how would the diamond affect your activities in the review queue?&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastActivityDate="2020-06-02T13:14:02.273" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19112" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-06-03T02:27:56.083" Score="1" ViewCount="62" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have seen the same set of comments being used by many reviewers. Can an experienced reviewer please provide a list of those comments? Here's one:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;While this link may answer the question, it is better to include the essential parts of the answer here and provide the link for reference. Link-only answers can become invalid if the linked page changes. - From Review&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1073514" LastActivityDate="2020-06-03T07:23:01.713" Title="Post Reviewing Useful Comments" Tags="|support|comments|review|review-queue|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ClosedDate="2020-06-24T03:15:58.370" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19113" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-06-03T02:35:04.147" Score="2" ViewCount="48" Body="&lt;p&gt;How to get links to comments and to the review of a post to be added as &quot;By Review&quot;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1073514" LastActivityDate="2020-06-03T06:02:37.670" Title="Link to Comments and Review Queue" Tags="|support|comments|review|review-queue|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19114" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19113" CreationDate="2020-06-03T06:02:37.670" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Those comments are only generated in the Low Quality Posts review queue, and automatically (you can choose from a list of half a dozen standard comments, or choose to leave no comment at all). You get access to that queue at &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/edit&quot;&gt;2,000 reputation&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I agree that these comments can be useful from the First Posts (or Late Answers) queue as well; that's why I use the userscript &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackapps.com/q/2116/34061&quot;&gt;AutoReviewComments&lt;/a&gt; which gives me similar functionality &lt;em&gt;everywhere&lt;/em&gt; I can leave a comment (so on the main Q&amp;amp;A pages, but even in the moderator dashboard), and one of the default comments matches what you want to add:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Whilst this may theoretically answer the question, &lt;a href=&quot;//meta.stackexchange.com/q/8259&quot;&gt;it would be preferable&lt;/a&gt; to include the essential parts of the answer here, and provide the link for reference.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All you then have to do is copy the link from the current review, which is visible in the address bar:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/fjvYS.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/fjvYS.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and add a &lt;code&gt;[From Review](https://askubuntu.com/review/first-posts/xxxxxxx)&lt;/code&gt; at the end of the comment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="606366" LastActivityDate="2020-06-03T06:02:37.670" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19115" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19106" CreationDate="2020-06-03T06:23:19.213" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Review audits are frequently intentionally tricky and weird. It's a common practice on the Stack Exchange network designed to teach the reviewer to stop, look and listen. It's not unusual at Stack Overflow to find audit questions in the close vote  review that have an accepted self-answer posted by the author of the question. My first instinct would be to automatically vote to leave all such questions open in order to not close a question that has accepted answer, but the only way to pass the review audit is sometimes to close vote the question anyway because its accepted answer is not good enough. For example, the accepted answer is just a code snippet with no explanation. Even though it doesn't seem fair to close a question just because someone posted a bad answer to it, in this case it is fair because the question was &lt;em&gt;self-answered&lt;/em&gt; with a bad answer that no one can benefit from and the accepted self-answer locked out anyone who posted a better answer from getting an accept vote for it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are endless variations of honeypot review audits. The only sure way to not fail review audits is to stop, look and listen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="94914" LastEditorUserId="94914" LastEditDate="2020-06-03T06:43:37.827" LastActivityDate="2020-06-03T06:43:37.827" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19116" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19112" CreationDate="2020-06-03T07:23:01.713" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;That particular comment is automatically generated by the system through the Low Quality Posts review queue. I'm not sure if there is a list of these (so you can copy them) but you can see all options &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/143667/29523&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/gzNbl.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Nowadays, the comments have some links in them, but the text hasn't changed significantly over the years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other interesting links:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/136609/295232&quot;&gt;Repository of useful pro-forma comments&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://stackapps.com/q/2116/34061&quot;&gt;AutoReviewComments - Pro-forma comments for SE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="606366" LastActivityDate="2020-06-03T07:23:01.713" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19117" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19118" CreationDate="2020-06-04T07:20:31.460" Score="3" ViewCount="59" Body="&lt;p&gt;I can't figure out how I can integrate pictures when I read first posts in the review queue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I hope I didn't oversee something obvious.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="966203" LastEditorUserId="8698" LastEditDate="2020-06-04T13:37:10.893" LastActivityDate="2020-06-04T13:37:10.893" Title="How can I integrate pictures/images in review queues?" Tags="|support|image|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19118" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19117" CreationDate="2020-06-04T08:02:41.887" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;New users &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/15666/606366&quot;&gt;aren't able to post images&lt;/a&gt; (to prevent spam or abusive material) and their posts often end up containing&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;links to an image: &lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/99gX9.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;some text here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(source code: &lt;code&gt;[some text here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/99gX9.png)&lt;/code&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;bare links to an image page like this: &lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/DSM58.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://i.stack.imgur.com/DSM58.jpg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The first case is easy to solve: just put a &lt;code&gt;!&lt;/code&gt; in front of the opening square bracket: &lt;code&gt;![some text here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/99gX9.png)&lt;/code&gt;. It's a little bit more work to make it clickable, probably the easiest way to do that is to use the image uploader (see below).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For the second case, I usually visit the website, right click on the image and choose something like 'Copy image location' (exact text depends on your browser):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/umDzH.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/umDzH.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can either use that link to manually construct the necessary source code yourself (a la the previous example), or better: use the image uploader and use the 'paste an image or link' option:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/JFpUA.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/JFpUA.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="606366" LastEditorUserId="606366" LastEditDate="2020-06-04T11:41:31.143" LastActivityDate="2020-06-04T11:41:31.143" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19119" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19120" CreationDate="2020-06-04T14:39:15.603" Score="5" ViewCount="58" Body="&lt;p&gt;After bookmarking a couple of questions, how do I show a list of all questions bookmarked by me?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1002823" LastActivityDate="2020-06-04T14:54:02.113" Title="Bookmarked questions - how to see them?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19120" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19119" CreationDate="2020-06-04T14:46:20.117" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just visit your profile and choose the bookmarks tab&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/dSUaf.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/dSUaf.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;or click here &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/current/?tab=bookmarks&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/users/current/?tab=bookmarks&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastEditorUserId="75060" LastEditDate="2020-06-04T14:54:02.113" LastActivityDate="2020-06-04T14:54:02.113" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19121" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19104" CreationDate="2020-06-05T15:02:01.440" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;How much time will you have to moderate Ask Ubuntu every day? What is your timezone?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user1045367" LastActivityDate="2020-06-05T15:02:01.440" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19122" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-06-05T16:23:13.767" Score="4" ViewCount="80" Body="&lt;p&gt;I can't seem to get to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/4272/heynnema&quot;&gt;my user profile&lt;/a&gt;. It was working 5 minutes ago. The rest of the web site seems fine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ideas?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4272" LastEditorUserId="816190" LastEditDate="2020-06-05T20:48:34.137" LastActivityDate="2020-06-05T20:48:34.137" Title="&quot;Oops! Something Bad Happened!&quot; while opening user profile" Tags="|bug|profile-page|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19123" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19122" CreationDate="2020-06-05T16:44:12.073" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;This was reported on MSE:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/348987/707129&quot;&gt;Opening my own profile page causes a &amp;quot;Something bad happened!&amp;quot; error&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is reported to now be fixed:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;We pushed a change out that was behind a feature flag. Unfortunately, we missed a page that needed to check for that setting...the profile page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user1045367" LastActivityDate="2020-06-05T16:44:12.073" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19124" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19104" CreationDate="2020-06-06T05:43:17.370" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;What activity most occupies the time you spend in AskUbuntu? I mean, what would you say you most do here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="689894" LastEditorUserId="689894" LastEditDate="2020-06-06T22:28:36.687" LastActivityDate="2020-06-06T22:28:36.687" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19125" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19126" CreationDate="2020-06-06T15:34:58.710" Score="-2" ViewCount="85" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would like to help folks with first posts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But all I see is &quot;No action required.&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a setting to have it show only posts that need action?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/first-posts/1053682&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/review/first-posts/1053682&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="573838" LastEditorUserId="57576" LastEditDate="2022-08-19T07:52:41.617" LastActivityDate="2022-08-19T07:52:41.617" Title="Show only posts that need editing" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ClosedDate="2020-06-07T03:00:32.667" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19126" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19125" CreationDate="2020-06-06T18:08:59.073" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;'No Action Needed' is a &lt;em&gt;decision&lt;/em&gt; that you can make if there's nothing to do with a first post. Usually there is; you can upvote or downvote, add a comment, upvote and existing comment, (suggest an) edit or flag the question. Whenever you take one of these actions, the 'No Action Needed' will be disabled and the 'I'm Done' button will be enabled:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Cjdpc.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Cjdpc.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="606366" LastActivityDate="2020-06-06T18:08:59.073" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19127" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-06-08T20:00:07.407" Score="29" ViewCount="1554" Body="&lt;p&gt;In connection with the moderator elections, we are holding a Q&amp;amp;A thread for the candidates. Questions collected &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/19104/306823&quot;&gt;from an earlier thread&lt;/a&gt; have been compiled into this one, which shall now serve as the space for the candidates to provide their answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Due to the submission count, we have selected all provided questions as well as our back up questions for a total of 8 questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a candidate, your job is simple - post an answer to this question, citing each of the questions and then post your answer to each question given in that same answer. For your convenience, I will include all of the questions in quote format with a break in between each, suitable for you to insert your answers. Just &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/revisions/4856d5c4-47b4-4712-a509-d865c0257aa0/view-source&quot;&gt;copy the whole thing after the first set of three dashes&lt;/a&gt;.Please consider putting your name at the top of your post so that readers will know who you are before they finish reading everything you have written, and also including a link to your answer on your nomination post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once all the answers have been compiled, this will serve as a transcript for voters to view the thoughts of their candidates, and will be appropriately linked in the Election page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Good luck to all of the candidates!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Oh, and when you've completed your answer, please provide a link to it after this blurb here, before that set of three dashes. Please leave the list of links in the order of submission.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To save scrolling here are links to the submissions from each candidate (in order of submission):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/19129/527764&quot;&gt;Zanna's answers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/19130/306823&quot;&gt;Kulfy's answers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/19134/306823&quot;&gt;Akiva's answers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/19136/306823&quot;&gt;Tejas Lotlikar's answers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/19147/&quot;&gt;Ravexina's Answers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/19153/480481&quot;&gt;political science's Answers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/19157/&quot;&gt;Ashu's answers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/19160/&quot;&gt;ThunderBird's answers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How would you deal with a user who produced a steady stream of valuable answers, but tends to generate a large number of arguments/flags from comments?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How would you handle a situation where another mod closed/deleted/etc a question that you feel shouldn't have been?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In your opinion, what do moderators do?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;4&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A diamond will be attached to everything you say and have said in the past, including questions, answers and comments. Everything you will do will be seen under a different light. How do you feel about that?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;5&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In what way do you feel that being a moderator will make you more effective as opposed to simply reaching 10k or 20k rep?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;6&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;This question would be mostly valid for people who are very active in the review queues. Before the diamond, reviews would require several people's votes before the system decides on the outcome. With the diamond, your vote will be the definitive one. Would that spook you into skipping reviews? In summary, how would the diamond affect your activities in the review queue?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;7&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What activity most occupies the time you spend in AskUbuntu? I mean, what would you say you most do here.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;8&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How much time will you have to moderate Ask Ubuntu every day? What is your timezone?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="306823" LastEditorUserId="761293" LastEditDate="2020-06-23T20:16:47.143" LastActivityDate="2020-06-23T20:16:47.143" Title="2020 Moderator Election Q&amp;A - Questionnaire" Tags="|discussion|election|" AnswerCount="8" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19128" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-06-08T20:00:48.013" Score="14" ViewCount="466" Body="&lt;p&gt;The 2020 Community Moderator Election is now underway!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Community moderator elections have three phases:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Nomination phase&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Primary phase&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Election phase&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most elections take between two and three weeks, but this depends on how many candidates there are.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please visit the official election page at&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/election&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/election&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;for more detail, and to participate!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have general questions about the election process, or questions for moderator candidates, feel free to ask them here on meta -- just make sure your questions are tagged &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/election&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;election&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;election&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="25798" LastEditDate="2020-06-27T14:28:23.253" LastActivityDate="2020-06-27T14:28:23.253" Title="2020 Community Moderator Election" Tags="|discussion|election|moderators|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2020-06-08T20:00:48.013" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19129" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19127" CreationDate="2020-06-09T13:33:50.470" Score="26" Body="&lt;h3&gt;Zanna's Answers&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;How would you deal with a user who produced a steady stream of valuable answers, but tends to generate a large number of arguments/flags from comments?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think this is a really difficult situation, but it would mainly depend on my relationship with that user. I usually manage to have positive relationships with people I can respect, and that makes it a lot easier to resolve issues without acrimony. I guess would try to help that user find ways to avoid getting into arguments and let them know that, much as their work is valued and appreciated, it doesn't give them a pass to treat other people badly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;How would you handle a situation where another mod closed/deleted/etc a question that you feel shouldn't have been?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would go over the circumstances again, since when I think other people have made a mistake it's usually me. If I was still confused, I'd just ask them about it so they can point out what I've missed. If it turns out that the closure/deletion was really wrong, it could easily be fixed. It's not uncommon for questions closed by mods to get reopened by the community here especially after the OP edits, and also not that rare to find an answer deleted by a mod some time in the past that deserves salvaging and flagging for undeletion. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;In your opinion, what do moderators do?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think that moderators are the people accountable to the community for the feel of the site and its smooth-running. These things depend on so much more than mod efforts of course, but only mods are available to others for the purpose of seeking recourse to keep things running nicely. Mods fix the things only mods can fix, represent community issues to the higher powers where necessary, and help out with whatever needs their help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;4&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;A diamond will be attached to everything you say and have said in the past, including questions, answers and comments. Everything you will do will be seen under a different light. How do you feel about that?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I already feel that my reputation adds some excess weight to my actions, so I have generally tried not to come across as overly authoritative in my posts and comments, though I have probably not always succeeded in that. I always admire those mods who manage to have a light touch in everything they do. Since I tend to say what I feel, I would have to attend to that diamond heaviness and try to speak accordingly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;5&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;In what way do you feel that being a moderator will make you more effective as opposed to simply reaching 10k or 20k rep?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Well, I think that the main benefit is in the perception of accountability, in that people would see me as being there to help them and that would enable me to be more helpful. But mods do have some extra useful powers for fixing stuff. For example, I would especially like to be able to go directly from a post getting incorrect close votes to the review queue where I can vote to leave it open, and edit duplicate question banners to add or remove targets. I would also like to tell those people who always click &lt;em&gt;No Action Needed&lt;/em&gt; in First Posts and Late Answers reviews to please only review if they really have time and inclination to do it properly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;6&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;This question would be mostly valid for people who are very active in the review queues. Before the diamond, reviews would require several people's votes before the system decides on the outcome. With the diamond, your vote will be the definitive one. Would that spook you into skipping reviews? In summary, how would the diamond affect your activities in the review queue?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks for this question as it's something I've thought about a lot. Since being a moderator wouldn't automatically make my opinion more correct than before, I would certainly have to change my way of working to avoid hammering everything. But I do think it is OK for mods to cast the 5th close or reopen vote or the 3rd delete vote where they would have cast a vote as a normal user, as well close/delete things that very obviously should be closed or deleted. Also, mods have more powers to break things but, fortunately, more powers to fix them if things go wrong :) Rather than being &quot;spooked&quot; (I already hit the skip button more often than any other), I think I would just take it a little slower and more carefully.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;7&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;What activity most occupies the time you spend in Ask Ubuntu? I mean, what would you say you most do here?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The short answer is that my main activity is editing :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For a long answer, I'll try to give a loose description of my usual workflow on the site. I'll start out in &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/3877/raiders-of-the-lost-downboat&quot;&gt;The Downboat&lt;/a&gt; (a chatroom dedicated to moderation issues) and catch up on the discussions and actions needed there. I'll also be looking at &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/201/ask-ubuntu-general-room&quot;&gt;the main chat&lt;/a&gt; to see if anyone is chatting, but that is unusual these days :( At some point I will probably move on to looking at the review queues. I start with Reopen if there is anything there as I feel reopening is a bit more time-critical than other actions. Then I'll try to look at the other queues. I might check the First Posts review history to see if those reviews are being done properly. Also, I'm usually involved in some editing or other janitorial projects, for example I am currently trying to remove the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/images&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;images&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;images&lt;/a&gt; tag from all the posts that have it, which means carefully fixing everything else about the question and its answers too. I'm also trying to to help fix posts with &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/54555504#54555504&quot;&gt;code fence issues&lt;/a&gt;. I always look at meta to see if there are any new questions. In the course of all this, I do a lot of editing and voting, occasional commenting, and from time to time I even write posts!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;ol start=&quot;8&quot;&gt;&#xA;  &lt;li&gt;How much time will you have to moderate Ask Ubuntu every day? What is your timezone?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;  &lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think the time I spend actually doing stuff on Ask Ubuntu in an intentional manner averages out at about 30 minutes per day, although I spend somewhat more time than that logged in and in chat, intermittently at the keyboard, peeking in to see what's happening and casting a vote here and there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My time zone is UTC + five-and-a-half.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2020-06-09T13:33:50.470" CommentCount="14" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19130" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19127" CreationDate="2020-06-09T15:47:27.233" Score="17" Body="&lt;h2&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/816190&quot;&gt;Kulfy&lt;/a&gt;'s answers&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How would you deal with a user who produced a steady stream of valuable answers, but tends to generate a large number of arguments/flags from comments?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If we consider Code of Conduct, there should be no exception. Answers would help the site to have valuable stuffs while the Code of Conduct helps the community to grow and flourish. If I get to handle such situation, I will first of all discuss the situations with the user and try to convince them to not to generate/engage in arguments. I'll let them know that I appreciate their contributions but at the same time, its important to adhere to the rules and code of conduct of the site. People may not remember them by their answers but they would definitely remember them with by their generosity.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How would you handle a situation where another mod closed/deleted/etc a question that you feel shouldn't have been?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First of all, I'll give a second thought and will try to imagine the circumstances and thought process while reading the post. If I still feel the same way, I'll drop in moderators only chatroom and ping the other moderator. In that room, we can have other moderators' views too. After all, it's about the community.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In your opinion, what do moderators do?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Moderators are human exception handlers.&lt;/strong&gt; Their main work is behind the scenes which hardly anyone notices. Moderators' work is thankless job. Sometimes they may not get acknowledged of doing what makes site cleaner, safer and welcoming. Their main task is to handle flags, especially red flags and keep an eye on the working of community and take appropriate action if something fishy is going on. At the end of the day, moderators are accountable for the community.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;4&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A diamond will be attached to everything you say and have said in the past, including questions, answers and comments. Everything you will do will be seen under a different light. How do you feel about that?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've been always very cautious about my posts and words I wrote. I know that as I get higher reputation, the weightage of my words would change. Keeping that in my mind, I audit my previous posts and comments on a monthly basis. After the diamond, some may perceive whatever I say as a rule, therefore, I have to become more cautious.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;5&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In what way do you feel that being a moderator will make you more effective as opposed to simply reaching 10k or 20k rep?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I recently got 10k reputation points which, honestly, gives a very good feeling since I can now see deleted posts, access &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tools&quot;&gt;10k tools&lt;/a&gt; and have more insights than the past. After becoming a moderator, I'll get more tools to get more insights which would be helpful. For example, I'll be able to keep an eye on users who games the system by upvoting themselves from different accounts which is not detected by the system, delete spam only accounts, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;6&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;This question would be mostly valid for people who are very active in the review queues. Before the diamond, reviews would require several people's votes before the system decides on the outcome. With the diamond, your vote will be the definitive one. Would that spook you into skipping reviews? In summary, how would the diamond affect your activities in the review queue?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Review Queues are like the heart of any site on Stack Exchange Network. We can't ignore its importance. They are helpful for bumping ignored posts or posts with very critical issues. My most of the time on Ask Ubuntu goes in review queues. With the diamond, my vote would be binding. That said, I'll become more cautious of my vote since it would decide the fate of the post. I'm not going to skip reviews for sure since I'm habitual of it. Generally, I exhaust my review quota everyday but after the diamond I may not be able to exhaust the quota since I have to handle some other stuffs as well. I will surely vote on off-topic, non-answers and other evil things.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;7&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What activity most occupies the time you spend in AskUbuntu? I mean, what would you say you most do here.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm a regular at &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/3877/&quot;&gt;the Downboat&lt;/a&gt; where I interact with &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackapps.com/questions/7049&quot;&gt;Natty&lt;/a&gt;, call for actions on posts or contribute with my actions wherever needed. Most of my time here goes in review queues. I always prioritize reopen votes queue and suggested edits queue, since they both are very crucial and opens the room for improvements. But that doesn't mean I ignore other review queues.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once I exhaust my review quota, I use &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tools&quot;&gt;10k tools&lt;/a&gt; to check recent activities and the posts which are about to get threshold votes to get closed, reopened or deleted. This way I tackle the issue of aging away of votes which is a common thing on sites across the Stack Exchange Network.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Currently, I'm trying to minimise abandoned questions on the site using &lt;a href=&quot;https://data.stackexchange.com/askubuntu/revision/1248327/1535359/hit-and-run-version-2&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;a query&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;8&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How much time will you have to moderate Ask Ubuntu every day? What is your timezone?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since I gained sufficient reputation to do more and more stuffs, I started engaging more on the site, particularly in editing, reviewing and finding gems. In the past, on an average I had about 2 hours a day to see what's going on here and do my job wherever applicable. I generally devote this time in chunks, which I believe increases efficiency. I'll keep my average and would try to increase that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My timezone is UTC+5:30 and I don't observe daylight saving time. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="816190" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2020-06-09T15:47:27.233" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19131" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19133" CreationDate="2020-06-09T16:31:11.940" Score="0" ViewCount="311" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently asked a question on ask Ubuntu &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1247494/how-to-tell-whether-the-snap-or-ubuntu-repository-version-via-apt-is-being-use&quot;&gt;How to tell whether the snap or apt version is being used?&lt;/a&gt;  which was well received and got two excellent answers and 11 upvotes. Then today, 3 days after it was posted, someone edited the title, the text and removed a tag. I wasn't happpy with this and wanted MY question to be titled as I thought it should be. I don't think this is much to ask, after all people liked the question as it was and it had had hundreds of views without comprehension problems. However this user rolled back the title again and again. Eventually moderator Thomas Ward gave the question a compromised title and locked it. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have been a member of ask Ubuntu for years now and have 2184 reputation points, and I take exception to the way I have been treated regarding this issue. After all I just want to be allowed to keep my own, perfectly understandable and accurate, title to my own question. Search the web and you will find many other articles about &quot;Snap vs Apt&quot; as it is a perfectly legitimate question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="626979" LastEditorUserId="626979" LastEditDate="2020-06-09T18:10:01.903" LastActivityDate="2020-06-12T11:51:13.820" Title="Unwanted edits to my question in ask Ubuntu" Tags="|support|editing|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19133" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19131" CreationDate="2020-06-10T03:48:31.447" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is not a full answer to the question, as I don't feel I have anything helpful to say about any aspect of the situation except possibly the content of the post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Firstly, thanks for posting that useful question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Secondly, it does seem that the question would benefit slightly from a clarification, as Braiam's comments on the question rightly (well, he's the expert on that topic, not me) point out that the phrase &quot;apt version&quot; is somewhat misleading.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thirdly, while I do think the edit to your question made it more accurate, I am not sure it made it more clear or more accessible. As you suggested in your question here, readers may be familiar with a &quot;Snap vs. APT&quot; debate (although your question does not pertain to that debate, I think) and Ubuntu users in particular are very likely to be using APT for package management. Since the question is not actually about packaging formats or package management, I think the original wording was probably acceptable. (I also think this probably makes the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/apt&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;apt&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;apt&lt;/a&gt; tag unnecessary (the question is not about APT itself)). I was not even sure myself that the snap version did not come from some Ubuntu &lt;em&gt;snap&lt;/em&gt; repository of sorts and had to &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/54615080#54615080&quot;&gt;ask about it in chat&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Although I think both the original wording and the current wording are both more-or-less ok, I would like to suggest a wording for your question that avoids sort-of implying that APT has its own particular versions of software, rather than &lt;em&gt;just happening to be&lt;/em&gt; the package manager most commonly called by users on the command line in Ubuntu to install software from the Ubuntu repositories (you can tell I'm struggling to come up with an accurate description that is actually readable) and also avoids omitting the mention of APT altogether.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How about this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If I were to install the same application both as a snap and using APT, how would I be able to call each one separately and how would I know which one was running?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and for the title:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;If I've installed an application both as a snap and via APT, how can I tell which one is currently running?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2020-06-10T03:54:31.100" LastActivityDate="2020-06-10T03:54:31.100" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19134" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19127" CreationDate="2020-06-10T08:13:17.720" Score="-16" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;User produces good answers, but argues a lot in comments.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Cool&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mod deletes something good.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Restore it&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What do moderators do?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Keeps things on topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Are you scared about all the stupid things you said in the past?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Meh. C'est la vis.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What power does the Diamond give you?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With great power, comes great responsibility.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Are you scared of review queues?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Nope.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What do you do here most?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ask questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Timezone and hours&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Pacific Time, and an hour + whatever is needed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/UIfUj.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/UIfUj.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Re: Comments ( Insight on why I am short and sweet )&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The answers come across as surprisingly dismissive and does not provide much insight into the moderator candidate. – JayDin Jun 16 at 23:18&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;True, I dismiss the emotive wording of the &lt;strong&gt;questions&lt;/strong&gt;, because it is wrong to operate by emotions. &lt;strong&gt;My answers&lt;/strong&gt; reflect the Stack-Exchange design philosophy: &lt;strong&gt;Get information immediately.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you for your criticism.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;+1 For dealing wit tl;dr - Call me lazy, but this is the first answer-list I've completed, therefore it does give me maybe a bit more insight into personality compared to others – Breaker222 Jun 17 at 1:09&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not lazy; just value your time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;@JayDin In a way, they do. This would be a non-nonsense mod, but perhaps also a non-consensus one ;-). – Peter - Reinstate Monica Jun 17 at 6:30&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Good insight. &lt;strong&gt;Re:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;Consensus.&lt;/em&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Important&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;unless it is abused.&lt;/em&gt; How?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Consensus&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;It ruined Wikipedia.&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/320109/has-or-does-se-suffer-from-shills-or-cabals-of-special-interest-groups-looking-t&quot;&gt;My question on Meta reflects this.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I prefer people honestly voicing their concerns without repercussions, and then bearing the responsibility of making a decision.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;@Peter-ReinstateMonica - it's easy to be a no-nonsense mod and very hard to be consensus mod. That said, tbh, I did find the answerers funny :) – JayDin Jun 17 at 6:40&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Re: &lt;strong&gt;Hard to be consensus mod&lt;/strong&gt; -- It just depends who you are dealing with. If the person is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Reasonable&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;em&gt;pursue consensus.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Unreasonable&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;em&gt;pursue honesty.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Guys, you don't recognize a genius when you read it. – Alberto Salvia Novella Jun 17 at 19:17&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks, and God bless.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="253579" LastEditorUserId="253579" LastEditDate="2020-06-21T02:34:25.160" LastActivityDate="2020-06-21T02:34:25.160" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19135" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19131" CreationDate="2020-06-10T09:26:54.110" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Unwanted edits to my question in ask Ubuntu&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You have to ask yourself: &lt;em&gt;why unwanted?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Reading the question, it is clear that neither of you should have done what you did in the &lt;em&gt;edit war&lt;/em&gt;. The simple answer should be a one-liner: &lt;em&gt;Flag for moderator intervention&lt;/em&gt;. Case closed. &lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Both the question body as well as the comments you posted might however be subject to discussion. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Reading your Meta post above, you suggest that the edit should be denied for the following reasons:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;...&quot;&lt;em&gt;was well received and got two excellent answers and 11 upvotes&lt;/em&gt;&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;...&quot;&lt;em&gt;I wasn't happpy with this and wanted MY question to be titled as I thought it should be&lt;/em&gt;&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;...&quot;&lt;em&gt;people liked the question as it was and it had had hundreds of views without comprehension problems&lt;/em&gt;&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;...&quot;&lt;em&gt;I just want to be allowed to keep my own, perfectly understandable and accurate, title to my own question&lt;/em&gt;&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And in comments, I read:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&quot;...&lt;em&gt;So in your opinion Braiam is right and everybody else in the would is wrong&lt;/em&gt;...&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&quot;&lt;em&gt;...You are saying that only Braiam can possibly be correct&lt;/em&gt;...&quot;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I read no technical argument whatsoever.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For the record, I never mentioned who is technically right or wrong. If however someone like Braiam, who is technically top-shelf, would edit one of my posts, I would scratch my head a few times before I'd roll back, and I am not a beginner. The arguments you mention in your post, as summed up above, seem to say you are not really aware of the concept of AU. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would ask you to change your focus away from being hypersensitive on your personal contribution. Shift your ambition to &lt;em&gt;cooperating&lt;/em&gt; in creating good and technically correct content. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="72216" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T11:51:13.820" LastActivityDate="2020-06-12T11:51:13.820" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19136" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19127" CreationDate="2020-06-10T19:14:06.227" Score="0" Body="&lt;h1&gt;Tejas's answer&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How would you deal with a user who produced a steady stream of valuable answers, but tends to generate a large number of&#xA;arguments/flags from comments?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We are here to help a community of people. I would first warn the user by commenting on his/her reply to request to correct the behavior else, I will report such users after verifying the flags.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How would you handle a situation where another mod&#xA;closed/deleted/etc a question that you feel shouldn't have been?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I will first understand my actions as of what I would have done of tables were flipped, If I am not convinced, I will take the suggestions of other moderators and depending on the consensus, I will make a decision.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In your opinion, what do moderators do?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think moderators are the people who are responsible for ensuring that the community is healthy. They handle flags and perform appropriate actions depending on the behavior of the users&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;4&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A diamond will be attached to everything you say and have said in&#xA;the past, including questions, answers and comments. Everything you&#xA;will do will be seen under a different light. How do you feel about&#xA;that?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think that the community will respect the answers which have a diamond attached. It also increases the responsibility to make sure and audit them to make sure that they are correct and accurate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;5&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In what way do you feel that being a moderator will make you more&#xA;effective as opposed to simply reaching 10k or 20k rep?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would make sure that people who always click &lt;strong&gt;No Action Needed&lt;/strong&gt; in First Posts and Late Answers to finish reviewing faster and abuse the system to sure they do their due diligence. Also, being a moderator makes me liable for any actions I performing the site which includes reporting, flagging, or upvoting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;6&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;This question would be mostly valid for people who are very active&#xA;in the review queues. Before the diamond, reviews would require&#xA;several people's votes before the system decides on the outcome.&#xA;With the diamond, your vote will be the definitive one. Would that&#xA;spook you into skipping reviews? In summary, how would the diamond&#xA;affect your activities in the review queue?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Review queues are very important as it helps us to keep the community free from unwanted posts. I spend most of my time on Review queues. It is said that &lt;em&gt;with great power comes great responsibility.&lt;/em&gt; Also, mods have greater authority. I will try to make avoid skipping posts and pay full attention to them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;7&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What activity most occupies the time you spend in AskUbuntu? I mean,&#xA;what would you say you most do here.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I spend most of my time reviewing First Posts and Late Answers and editing posts, sometimes, I spend on replicating other users problems and finding the solution&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;8&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How much time will you have to moderate Ask Ubuntu every day? What&#xA;is your timezone?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can spend 3-4 hours daily moderating. On weekends it will somewhat extra. My timezone is UTC + 5:30&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="890892" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T14:35:34.630" LastActivityDate="2020-06-10T19:14:06.227" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19137" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19144" CreationDate="2020-06-10T21:54:36.097" Score="-3" ViewCount="78" Body="&lt;p&gt;How can I remove this icon from my Ask Ubuntu page?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/cGSVJ.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/cGSVJ.png&quot; alt=&quot;Review queues - help improve the site&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have enough trouble trying to get my own posts formatted correctly.  When I do look at the review queue, I don't see any need for changes to a particular post and I select the option that says that no changes are needed.  Then I get a message saying that I failed and that it was a trick question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am not an elitist troll.  If I see something obvious in a post that I think I can improve for the person posting, I might edit it if I know how to improve the formatting on their post, but I'm not going to sit and go through a queue just looking for ways to change other people's posts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user573739" LastActivityDate="2020-06-11T09:13:18.717" Title="Opt-out of editing other's posts" Tags="|support|review-queue|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19138" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19137" CreationDate="2020-06-10T23:54:27.260" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is no in-built mechanism to remove that icon from your page.  If you don't want to participate in reviews just ignore the icon.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2020-06-10T23:54:27.260" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19139" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19137" CreationDate="2020-06-11T00:27:23.120" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;&quot;no changes needed&quot; means that you have examined the item and have decided that it is okay in its current state.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you select &quot;no changes needed&quot; without actually examining the question, then &quot;failed&quot; &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; an appropriate result.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is also the &quot;skip&quot; option for when you don't want to suggest changes yet don't want to say it's okay.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(If you really want to get rid of the button, write your own browser extension to set style for SE pages: &lt;code&gt;.review-button-item { display: none; }&lt;/code&gt; ).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="908977" LastActivityDate="2020-06-11T00:27:23.120" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19140" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-06-11T05:54:33.750" Score="0" ViewCount="93" Body="&lt;p&gt;For example, this is a question that was asked 10 years ago: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/814/how-to-run-scripts-on-start-up&quot;&gt;How to run scripts on start up?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's the top result for &quot;&lt;em&gt;startup script ubuntu&lt;/em&gt;&quot; and many other such queries. Most of the top answers are outdated, but there are a couple of good answers in the thread.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The idea of AskUbuntu is to serve as a repository of questions and answers than to serve the person who's asking a question. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Should we edit the question (without changing much, to not lose SERP) and the top answer? Possibly convert it to a CW?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Should we remove the Accepted badge from this answer? New users tend to get confused as to what that tick means - they might think that's the recommended way to do it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Should we edit the other answers to mention that they're outdated? Or drop a comment under it?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know there isn't a one-size-fits-all approach to this problem, but I believe doing this at least for the very popular questions could be very useful for the site and its visitors.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="133170" LastActivityDate="2020-06-11T08:49:22.633" Title="What do we do about the outdated questions that have good anwers?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19141" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19140" CreationDate="2020-06-11T08:11:12.160" Score="3" Body="&lt;h3&gt;Generalizing the subject: is outdated synonym to useless?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Like &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/19140/what-do-we-do-about-the-outdated-questions-that-have-good-anwers#comment41177_19140&quot;&gt;muru said&lt;/a&gt;, the statement that many of the top answers are outdated is not true, but even if they are, they rarely are.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Why?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I remember countless situations when I was looking for a solution to something. Ran into a question / answer that was, so to speak, outdated. Reading the answer however gave me insights in how things work and made me look in the right direction, even created my own solution because I got to understand.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once you get more experienced, and understand the tendency of changes in software and language(s), you can often make an educated guess on what will be the updated solution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Apart from that, you won't make a lot of users happy on constant reputation changes, because their possibly excellent answer lost its vote or acceptance, just because it is not fully an literally up-to-date anymore. Imagine the unavoidable discussion &lt;em&gt;whether&lt;/em&gt; the post is outdated or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In short: Please, let's leave the post in its own context. If you know an updated version, post it!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="816190" LastEditDate="2020-06-11T08:49:22.633" LastActivityDate="2020-06-11T08:49:22.633" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19142" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-06-11T08:21:52.027" Score="9" ViewCount="181" Body="&lt;p&gt;Currently, one of the off-topic close reason's text is the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This is not about Ubuntu.&lt;/strong&gt; Questions about &lt;strong&gt;other Linux distributions&lt;/strong&gt; can be asked on &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Unix &amp;amp; Linux&lt;/a&gt;, those about &lt;strong&gt;Windows&lt;/strong&gt; on &lt;a href=&quot;https://superuser.com/&quot;&gt;Super User&lt;/a&gt;, those about &lt;strong&gt;Apple products&lt;/strong&gt; on &lt;a href=&quot;https://apple.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Ask Different&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;generic programming questions&lt;/strong&gt; on &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/&quot;&gt;Stack Overflow&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can it be changed to mention official Ubuntu Flavors instead of just Ubuntu? This is a suggestion of mine:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This is not about an &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;official Ubuntu flavor&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt; Questions about &lt;strong&gt;other Linux distributions&lt;/strong&gt; can be asked on &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Unix &amp;amp; Linux&lt;/a&gt;, those about &lt;strong&gt;Windows&lt;/strong&gt; on &lt;a href=&quot;https://superuser.com/&quot;&gt;Super User&lt;/a&gt;, those about &lt;strong&gt;Apple products&lt;/strong&gt; on &lt;a href=&quot;https://apple.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Ask Different&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;generic programming questions&lt;/strong&gt; on &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/&quot;&gt;Stack Overflow&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I just changed the first sentence to say &amp;quot;official Ubuntu flavor&amp;quot; instead of just &amp;quot;Ubuntu&amp;quot; with a link to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;on-topic help center artcle&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastEditorUserId="306823" LastEditDate="2020-07-28T13:44:54.740" LastActivityDate="2020-07-28T13:44:54.740" Title="Mention official Ubuntu flavors in the off-topic close reason" Tags="|feature-request|status-completed|close-reasons|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19144" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19137" CreationDate="2020-06-11T09:13:18.717" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;An out of the box solution, to complement the other (better) answers: consider posting a 100 point &lt;a href=&quot;/help/bounty&quot;&gt;bounty&lt;/a&gt; on a question or answer that deserves it; that will bring your reputation below 500, which is the level required for &lt;a href=&quot;/help/privileges/access-review-queues&quot;&gt;accessing the review queues&lt;/a&gt;. That will also hide the icon from the navigation bar.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="606366" LastActivityDate="2020-06-11T09:13:18.717" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19145" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19146" CreationDate="2020-06-11T09:56:34.753" Score="9" ViewCount="75" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the &quot;community-specific reason&quot; close reasons, all links to an SE site or article are using HTTP instead of HTTPs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This applies to all the close reason that include links in them:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Not about Ubuntu&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Bug report&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;EoL questions - &lt;em&gt;The link to the Ubuntu Wiki is already HTTPS, but the link to the Q/A on Ask Ubuntu is not&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastEditorUserId="25798" LastEditDate="2020-06-11T11:01:43.613" LastActivityDate="2020-06-11T11:01:43.613" Title="Close reason are using HTTP instead of HTTPS" Tags="|bug|status-completed|close-reasons|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19146" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19145" CreationDate="2020-06-11T11:01:34.587" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Invoking the great powers of &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/208518/jnat&quot;&gt;JNat&lt;/a&gt;, this issue has been resolved smoothly. Thank you for bringing it to our attention.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastActivityDate="2020-06-11T11:01:34.587" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19147" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19127" CreationDate="2020-06-11T11:54:58.453" Score="13" Body="&lt;h3&gt;Ravexina's Answers&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How would you deal with a user who produced a steady stream of valuable answers, but tends to generate a large number of arguments/flags from comments?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think the best way to get around this situation is to let the user know how much we as a community appreciate his/her work. To make the user feel as important as he/she is. To make sure that the user knows people are watching his/her actions and many users might be effected by those actions. Sometimes some knowledgeable people only want some kind of recognition. I think if we give them that we're good to go. If nothing goes well, sometimes reminding the user of rules and regulations as friendly as possible might also be helpful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How would you handle a situation where another mod closed/deleted/etc a question that you feel shouldn't have been?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would do the exact same thing that I already do. Look around to see that if it was really a wrong decision in my opinion or it is me getting a wrong idea. If still I think that the decision is not justified to me I would comment on the post or ask for more explanation adding my opinion on the situation. That's what I already do. We are a community. It definitely would be helpful to see other peoples perspective. I think it would rarely happen but if I really think that the decision was made wrongfully I would ask other mods opinion on it and not going to do something by my own to reflect my own opinion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In your opinion, what do moderators do?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The ideal moderator does as little as possible &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.blog/2009/05/18/a-theory-of-moderation/&quot;&gt;[1]&lt;/a&gt;. We're a community. most of the job is getting done by everyone. There are many great people flagging, reviewing, editing, casting votes on questions and answers to keep things clean and running. Mods are there for when something goes bad and needs special permission to handle or an immediate action. Say locking a question to make things cool down to deleting a spam while checking flagged posts or even directly communicate with a user to resolve any problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;4&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A diamond will be attached to everything you say and have said in the past, including questions, answers and comments. Everything you will do will be seen under a different light. How do you feel about that?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;With recognition comes responsibility...&lt;/em&gt; For me it's somehow like the reputation we received from other users. However this time it's the trust they put on us. Yes that diamond might indicate the &amp;quot;special&amp;quot; powers a user has. But more than of that it somehow indicates that people can trust this user. And obviously that puts special pressure on how someone thinks, acts or reacts to a situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;5&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In what way do you feel that being a moderator will make you more effective as opposed to simply reaching 10k or 20k rep?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've learned a lot from this community. It was my duty to try and give back as much as it was possible for me and I did what I could and I'm still doing that. I'm happy with what I have already done This is just another opportunity to do something good in other areas.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;6&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;This question would be mostly valid for people who are very active in the review queues. Before the diamond, reviews would require several people's votes before the system decides on the outcome. With the diamond, your vote will be the definitive one. Would that spook you into skipping reviews? In summary, how would the diamond affect your activities in the review queue?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This time, with power comes responsibility... With that diamond I won't be spooked. It actually becomes my duty to carefully keep my eyes on the queue even if I don't in a normal day. To think twice before deciding and clicking on something. to comment and explain why I choose to do that action. At the end it's always a good idea to wait for a little bit and see what other users or mods think of a post. To take into account that how many users believes that a post should be closed/deleted. that's the way I ask for help when I'm unsure. By looking around and understanding how other people think.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;7&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What activity most occupies the time you spend in Ask Ubuntu? I mean, what would you say you most do here?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In general a combination of anything a user can do. In the past my main activity was  answering questions that were interesting to me and sometimes editing posts, casting votes and flagging posts. These days I'm mostly watching what's happening. commenting on some posts, checking &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/201/ask-ubuntu-general-room&quot;&gt;General room&lt;/a&gt; which no one ever (well most of the times) is there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;8&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How much time will you have to moderate Ask Ubuntu every day? What is your timezone?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm almost always around... checking the site many times in 24 hours of a day. If elected I would put specific times dedicated to do what is my duty as a community elected mod.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Time zone: UTC+4:30&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="264781" LastEditorUserId="264781" LastEditDate="2020-06-14T18:34:53.917" LastActivityDate="2020-06-14T18:34:53.917" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19148" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-06-11T13:24:11.413" Score="9" ViewCount="106" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was looking at the election page and was surprised how some of the nominees don't have 100% of the moderation badges. Only to find out it was the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/badges/61/sportsmanship&quot;&gt;sportsmanship&lt;/a&gt; badge that is missing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That badge requires the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Up vote 100 answers on questions where an answer of yours has a positive score. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I find it odd to list it in the statistics of someone nominating to become a moderator. 100 answers alone is not a small feat. And upvoting 100 other answers on questions is even harder. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Personally, I don't care if a moderator has 10 answers or 10000 answers. A moderator's role is to moderate not answer questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastEditorUserId="8698" LastEditDate="2020-06-11T13:32:49.280" LastActivityDate="2020-06-11T14:04:45.693" Title="Why is sportsmanship considered under the moderation badges in election statistics?" Tags="|support|badges|election|moderation|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19149" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19148" CreationDate="2020-06-11T13:41:38.873" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sportsmanship is also listed as a moderation badge in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/badges&quot;&gt;list of badges&lt;/a&gt;, perhaps because &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/vote-up&quot;&gt;voting up&lt;/a&gt; is considered 'moderation' on Stack Exchange, and an important one (it's even mentioned in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tour&quot;&gt;tour&lt;/a&gt;). I guess it's equally valid to regard it as an answer badge.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why was it chosen? It &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/247138/295232&quot;&gt;turns out&lt;/a&gt; that it was the initiative of a community (Mathematics Stack Exchange) which was then adopted by the company:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;The purpose of counting these badges is to approximately quantify the contributions that do not result in reputation (edits, votes, meta posts, tagging, reviewing) as well as the level of experience with the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Upvoting competing answers doesn't give reputation (it can even &lt;em&gt;hinder&lt;/em&gt; gaining reputation, because you're giving your own answer less visibility).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;100 answers alone is not a small feat.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;True, but you don't need to have posted 100 positively-scoring answers; if (on a question where you have a positively-scoring answer) you upvote &lt;em&gt;n&lt;/em&gt; other answers, this will count &lt;em&gt;n&lt;/em&gt; times towards the badge. (I think this is unfortunate, but as explained in the comments &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/a/358149/4751173&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; that it won't be changed.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;  &lt;p&gt;Personally, I don't care if a moderator has 10 answers or 10000 answers. A moderator's role is to moderate not answer questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's certainly true (&lt;a href=&quot;https://apple.stackexchange.com/users/121968/glorfindel&quot;&gt;proof&lt;/a&gt;), but past elections across the network have shown reputation (and candidate score) have a large effect on whether a candidate is elected or not. On Stack Overflow, you have almost no chance to win unless your score is 40/40.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="606366" LastActivityDate="2020-06-11T13:41:38.873" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19150" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19148" CreationDate="2020-06-11T14:04:45.693" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have always felt that Sportsmanship is the single most important badge for elections. Posting 100 answers isn't much, really. Not if you're an active user of an active site like this one. All of our current moderators have somewhere between twice that number and 20 times that number. I, an ex-mod, have ~10x that number myself. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, the importance of that badge is not to count the number of answers you have (although it is reasonable to expect that someone who wants to be a mod has been active enough to have multiple posts, albeit not necessarily answers). The point of that badge is to give an indication of how &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.dictionary.com/browse/sportsmanlike&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;sportsmanlike&lt;/a&gt; your behavior on the site has been. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you do have &gt;100 answers and don't have that badge, it is a strong indicator that you don't tend to upvote competing answers. Or at least that you don't do so very often. That doesn't bode well for your ability to be impartial: if you can't even bring yourself to acknowledge that someone else's solution might be as good as or better than your own, how well will you handle yourself as an impartial moderator?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I think that badge is essential and gives a very relevant piece of information about a candidate's behavior. Yes, it isn't perfect and it doesn't work well if you don't have many answers, but if you do, it is really helpful and relevant. Personally, I would even go as far as to make it a hard requirement if you have a few hundred answers. We &lt;em&gt;want&lt;/em&gt; people who are comfortable upvoting others as moderators.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2020-06-11T14:04:45.693" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19151" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19152" CreationDate="2020-06-11T14:20:19.387" Score="5" ViewCount="209" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am on the verge of being banned from asking questions on Stack Overflow. I'm not sure why, I guess people don't really like my questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But without bashing on S.O. too much, I legitimately want to know if asking one more &quot;bad&quot; question on there would also ban me from ALL subsidiary QA sites (Pets, Physics, Ask Ubuntu, etc.)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75694" OwnerDisplayName="mmkstarr" LastEditorUserId="367990" LastEditDate="2020-06-11T14:32:28.203" LastActivityDate="2020-06-11T14:47:59.300" Title="If I get question banned on StackOverflow, will I also get banned on AskUbuntu?" Tags="|support|post-ban|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19152" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19151" CreationDate="2020-06-11T14:47:59.300" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Please see &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/help/question-bans&quot;&gt;Why are questions no longer being accepted from my account?&lt;/a&gt; from the Stack Overflow help center (or the equivalent page of any other SE network site) for more general information about question bans, how they work and what you can do to avoid them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;TL;DR: Post well received questions and also edit and improve your old questions to make them meet the respective site's standards of what makes a good and on-topic question. Consult the help center of each site, e.g. for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help&quot;&gt;Ask Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/help&quot;&gt;Stack Overflow&lt;/a&gt; section. Pay attention especially to the pinned entries, those are most important.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If, after reading those resources and revisiting your own posts, you still don't understand why they were badly received, you may consider asking on the respective Meta site about what is wrong with those posts, i.e. &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com&quot;&gt;Meta Stack Overflow&lt;/a&gt; for your SO posts. Do your own research first and explain what you tried though, else that question would just get downvoted and ignored again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Regarding your question whether a ban from asking or answering extends over multiple sites from the network, no, it does not, or at least I could not find any indication that it does. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All question and answer bans are also handled fully automatic by an algorithm that takes your contributions on a site and how well it was received into account. Moderators can neither manually impose or lift those.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastActivityDate="2020-06-11T14:47:59.300" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19153" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19127" CreationDate="2020-06-12T20:51:53.987" Score="-15" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How would you deal with a user who produced a steady stream of valuable answers, but tends to generate a large number of arguments/flags from comments?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I will patiently explain them the process of how do you decide what is the use of a new born baby.Meaning no one knows when a baby is born what is he going to become in future. Questions by users are similar.The question may sound meaningless to some one but on the other hand it could be meaning full to some one else.If I know the answer I will write an answer to original question.Otherwise I will politely explain the person not to disrespect the people who ask question as making this site valuable for every one is our duty as moderators.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How would you handle a situation where another mod closed/deleted/etc a question that you feel shouldn't have been?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I will up vote for  re opening the question and write my suggestions in comments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In your opinion, what do moderators do?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Moderators keep the forum spam free also at the same time if there is some duplicate question or possibly a duplicate one then they explain user how it is duplicate and if the user thinks it is not duplicate then opening the question which could have been down voted to be closed is also duty of moderator.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A diamond will be attached to everything you say and have said in the past, including questions, answers and comments. Everything you will do will be seen under a different light. How do you feel about that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I feel excited to have that attached to my profile.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In what way do you feel that being a moderator will make you more effective as opposed to simply reaching 10k or 20k rep?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Actually I like to learn new things. When we deal with a lot of user queries which are more of support request then in that process. Many a times we encounter some very knowledgeable posts or questions. So those things some times give valuable insight to how system is functioning from inside.Hence it is actually exciting to be a moderator.To have the reputation of 10K or 20K I need to have that much level of knowledge and by moderating problems I will come across the posts and read them this will give more insight to user problems.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This question would be mostly valid for people who are very active in the review queues. Before the diamond, reviews would require several people's votes before the system decides on the outcome. With the diamond, your vote will be the definitive one. Would that spook you into skipping reviews? In summary, how would the diamond affect your activities in the review queue?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I will show the diamond to my friends so they also get excited and I can brag a little bit about myself by more number of diamonds.So more diamonds means more I can brag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What activity most occupies the time you spend in AskUbuntu? I mean, what would you say you most do here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I usually when get in some problem which I am not able to solve myself then only I come here. Mostly asking question.But if I am aware of a solution then I do post it as an example read my answer to my question I had posted the question&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1185370/ubuntu-stuck-on-boot-in-after-upgrade-to-19-10-from-19-04-in-vmware-end-kernel&quot;&gt;ubuntu stuck on boot in after upgrade to 19.10 from 19.04 in vmware [end kernel panic not syncing:VFS:unable to mount root fs on block (0,0)]&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;asking help but I kept on struggling and found some steps then when I solved the problem I did post the answer which might have helped people in similar situation. I do have less post count but if I have some knowledge which I can share, then  I do share.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How much time will you have to moderate Ask Ubuntu every day? What is your timezone?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can contribute 6 hours to moderate.I am in UTC +5:30 Time Zone. Asia/Kolkata.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="992730" LastEditorUserId="992730" LastEditDate="2020-06-12T20:57:00.133" LastActivityDate="2020-06-12T20:57:00.133" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19154" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19155" CreationDate="2020-06-14T09:11:42.407" Score="7" ViewCount="71" Body="&lt;p&gt;I clicked &amp;quot;follow&amp;quot; on this answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/1235877/167850&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/a/1235877/167850&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It has been deleted since.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now when I try to unfollow it, I get a message&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This post has been deleted; deleted posts can't be voted on&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So is it possible to unfollow the answer anyway?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="167850" LastActivityDate="2020-06-14T13:22:01.973" Title="I can't unfollow a deleted answer" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19155" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19154" CreationDate="2020-06-14T13:22:01.973" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Resolved for now by temporarily undeleting the answer to unfollow it, but the core issue remains the currently still open bug reported on Meta SE, as commented above by Kulfy:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a bug already reported on Meta Stack Exchange. The bug exist for questions as well as answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/346423/468333&quot;&gt;How do I unfollow a deleted question?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastActivityDate="2020-06-14T13:22:01.973" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19157" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19127" CreationDate="2020-06-15T15:34:41.927" Score="1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How would you deal with a user who produced a steady stream of valuable answers, but tends to generate a large number of arguments/flags from comments?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It depends on each situation. Healthy debates and arguments are always welcome. But if the discussion is going in a different direction, I will engage with the user to stay focused and productive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How would you handle a situation where another mod closed/deleted/etc a question that you feel shouldn't have been?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I will first understand the entire situation and then reach out to the moderator and then have a very healthy discussion in a respectful manner to reach some consensus.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In your opinion, what do moderators do?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Moderators keep the site clean. They edit, modify the comments, questions and answers so that it makes some good sense to everybody. This way the site is more useful to everybody and attract more views. End of the day, stackoverflow or anything within that like askubuntu is to help the users for their Ubuntu Linux problems. Moderators job is to make this site more effective.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;4&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A diamond will be attached to everything you say and have said in the past, including questions, answers and comments. Everything you will do will be seen under a different light. How do you feel about that?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;“With power comes responsibilities” I would make sure I am not appearing to be commanding to anybody. I want to easy, approachable and helpful to the users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;5&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In what way do you feel that being a moderator will make you more effective as opposed to simply reaching 10k or 20k rep?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am here to help as a moderator. Let’s say there is a duplicate question banners, I will go thru the various similar questions to fix this.  Having good reputation helps as a moderator as your reputation has already earned some amount of trust. End of the day it will be better to be moderator if one understands the overall context/background of the subject being discussed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;6&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;This question would be mostly valid for people who are very active in the review queues. Before the diamond, reviews would require several people's votes before the system decides on the outcome. With the diamond, your vote will be the definitive one. Would that spook you into skipping reviews? In summary, how would the diamond affect your activities in the review queue?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sorry, I don’t have much idea about this due to lack of experience. But this is something that I will definitely develop.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;7&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What activity most occupies the time you spend in AskUbuntu? I mean, what would you say you most do here.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I generally answer the questions or ask the questions mostly. I also help in terms of duplicate questions and making the questions and answers better.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;8&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How much time will you have to moderate Ask Ubuntu every day? What is your timezone?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Around 30-45 minutes everyday and more time on the weekend. I am in Central time zone in USA.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367882" LastEditorUserId="158442" LastEditDate="2020-06-15T15:45:27.437" LastActivityDate="2020-06-15T15:45:27.437" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19158" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19162" CreationDate="2020-06-15T15:55:23.150" Score="11" ViewCount="232" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can I know the previous Elections for Moderators Nominated and Elected as a list?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For Example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Spc5Q.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Spc5Q.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.. 2012, 2013 &amp;amp; upto latest elections..&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And once elected as a Moderator.. what is the period of the Moderator position? 1year 2years? life time?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="739431" LastEditorUserId="739431" LastEditDate="2020-06-28T05:11:50.133" LastActivityDate="2020-06-28T15:04:23.587" Title="Can I know the previous Elections for Moderators Nominated and Elected?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19159" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19158" CreationDate="2020-06-15T16:01:15.617" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is an overview of the elected moderators normally visible at the following URL: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/election&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/election&lt;/a&gt;, but not right now because there's an election going on. I originally had a fix for this: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/301637/295232&quot;&gt;How to show the election history page when there is an ongoing election?&lt;/a&gt; but it doesn't work anymore. The Wayback Machine saved &lt;a href=&quot;https://web.archive.org/web/20170705115411/https://askubuntu.com/election&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;a copy in 2017&lt;/a&gt; which logically doesn't have the last finished election in 2019. Anyway, this page doesn't show all the candidates, just the winners.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You'd have to generate such an overview yourself; you can still visit e.g. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/election/1&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/election/1&lt;/a&gt; to view the first election, and increase the number all the way up to 6.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for your final question, moderators are elected for life, though they may step down voluntarily and (in rare cases) be removed by the company.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="606366" LastEditorUserId="606366" LastEditDate="2020-06-15T16:56:36.640" LastActivityDate="2020-06-15T16:56:36.640" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19160" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19127" CreationDate="2020-06-15T17:05:28.650" Score="-1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How would you deal with a user who produced a steady stream of valuable answers, but tends to generate a large number of arguments/flags from comments?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I will try to discuss with this user in a friendly manner and remind them about the Code of Conduct. I will find a way to help them not generate arguments/flags from comments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How would you handle a situation where another mod closed/deleted/etc a question that you feel shouldn't have been?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I will find out their reason(s) for doing so and if I'm not convinced by that I will take it to meta discussions and invite other moderators for us to try discussing the issue well. All in all, I personally think it's a rare situation I can face.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In your opinion, what do moderators do?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Moderators carryout all moderation tasks... I mean including those that only users with their privileges can do. This does not keep out the smooth running and functioning of the whole AskUbuntu community and helping out where and when they're needed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;4&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A diamond will be attached to everything you say and have said in the past, including questions, answers, and comments. Everything you will do will be seen under a different light. How do you feel about that?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If a diamond is attached to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/531149/thunderbird&quot;&gt;ThunderBird&lt;/a&gt;, I'll naturally feel good... But it will also remind me that I'm a moderator in this community and often have to fulfill my duties in a friendly and approachable way as much as I can.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;5&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In what way do you feel that being a moderator will make you more effective as opposed to simply reaching 10k or 20k rep?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Well, simply reaching 10k or 20k rep, I haven't experienced that. So I have very little to say, but I believe being a moderator gives more insight and tools in the community thereby making one be able to carry out extra moderation tasks that even the 10k rep or 20k rep doesn't permit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;6&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;This question would be mostly valid for people who are very active in the review queues. Before the diamond, reviews would require several people's votes before the system decides on the outcome. With the diamond, your vote will be the definitive one. Would that spook you into skipping reviews? In summary, how would the diamond affect your activities in the review queue?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Reviews are an important part of a system or community. That's why I've always been keen when reviewing. Nevertheless, the diamond will make me more cautious when reviewing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;7&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What activity most occupies the time you spend in AskUbuntu? I mean, what would you say you most do here.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of recent, I've been coming to AskUbuntu to review First Posts and Late Answers, though I rarely post an answer where I consider needed. So it's the reviews that mostly occupy my time on AskUbuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;8&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How much time will you have to moderate Ask Ubuntu every day? What is your timezone?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I could spend any time from 2 to 4 hours every day in moderating AskUbuntu.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;My timezone: GMT+1.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="531149" LastActivityDate="2020-06-15T17:05:28.650" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19161" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19158" CreationDate="2020-06-15T18:06:16.553" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/FimqS.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/FimqS.png&quot; alt=&quot;election table image&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2020-06-15T18:23:26.183" LastActivityDate="2020-06-15T18:23:26.183" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19162" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19158" CreationDate="2020-06-16T00:38:55.870" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;As we're on a tech site here, why not automate this task with a little script that scrapes the election pages you want and lists the candidates in your desired format, e.g. using my trusty friend Python.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may save the script at the end of this answer to any file and run it with the election number(s) you want as arguments. Python 3 (3.5+) and the &lt;code&gt;beautifulsoup4&lt;/code&gt; library are required at least.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Output right now:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;$ python3 mod-scraper.py {1..7}&#xA;&#xA;(1) 2011 Moderator Election: https://askubuntu.com/election/1&#xA;User ID | Name            | Elected?&#xA;--------+-----------------+---------&#xA;    333 | myusuf3         | &#xA;    866 | 8128            | &#xA;     41 | Marco Ceppi     | elected&#xA;      4 | txwikinger      | &#xA;    449 | Oli             | elected&#xA;   1067 | Stefano Palazzo | elected&#xA;      5 | Nathan Osman    | &#xA;&#xA;(2) 2012 Moderator Election: https://askubuntu.com/election/2&#xA;User ID | Name                | Elected?&#xA;--------+---------------------+---------&#xA;   2732 | Octavian A. Damiean | &#xA;   8436 | UAdapter            | &#xA;  30405 | William             | &#xA;  25798 | jokerdino           | &#xA;  14356 | fossfreedom         | elected&#xA;  40445 | gajdipajti          | &#xA;  17722 | Amith KK            | &#xA;   1992 | RolandiXor          | &#xA;  25863 | Bruno Pereira       | elected&#xA;   6005 | jrg                 | elected&#xA;&#xA;(3) 2013 Moderator Election: https://askubuntu.com/election/3&#xA;User ID | Name            | Elected?&#xA;--------+-----------------+---------&#xA;  46312 | Ringtail        | &#xA;   5691 | karthick87      | &#xA;  17722 | Amith KK        | &#xA;   1992 | RolandiXor      | elected&#xA;  33833 | rɑːdʒɑ          | &#xA;  25798 | jokerdino       | elected&#xA;  17681 | Journeyman Geek | &#xA;   7035 | Luis Alvarado   | elected&#xA;  54037 | Jared Burrows   | &#xA;  47291 | Mateo           | &#xA;   3550 | hhlp            | &#xA;  98085 | user98085       | &#xA;   3889 | TheXed          | &#xA;  54298 | nanofarad       | &#xA;&#xA;(4) 2014 Moderator Election: https://askubuntu.com/election/4&#xA;User ID | Name        | Elected?&#xA;--------+-------------+---------&#xA;  62483 | Lucio       | &#xA;  17722 | Amith KK    | &#xA;  44179 | Seth        | elected&#xA; 197910 | K7AAY       | &#xA; 169736 | Braiam      | &#xA;  47291 | Mateo       | &#xA;  98085 | user98085   | &#xA; 150504 | Maythux     | &#xA;  15598 | NaN         | &#xA;  59676 | Mitch       | elected&#xA;  72576 | jobin       | &#xA;  10616 | Thomas Ward | &#xA;  38094 | Richard     | &#xA;  36315 | blade19899  | &#xA;&#xA;(5) 2016 Moderator Election: https://askubuntu.com/election/5&#xA;User ID | Name                | Elected?&#xA;--------+---------------------+---------&#xA; 295286 | Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy | &#xA; 367990 | Byte Commander      | &#xA; 278703 | Faizan Akram Dar    | &#xA;  85695 | terdon              | elected&#xA; 153297 | Wild Man            | &#xA;  10616 | Thomas Ward         | elected&#xA;  72216 | Jacob Vlijm         | &#xA; 167850 | Pilot6              | &#xA;  26252 | maniat1k            | &#xA; 399217 | Rumesh              | &#xA;  57576 | andrew.46           | &#xA; 332494 | snoop               | &#xA; 186134 | Tim                 | &#xA;    271 | Andrea Lazzarotto   | &#xA; 522934 | Videonauth          | &#xA;&#xA;(6) 2019 Moderator Election: https://askubuntu.com/election/6&#xA;User ID | Name           | Elected?&#xA;--------+----------------+---------&#xA; 531149 | ThunderBird    | &#xA; 522934 | Videonauth     | &#xA; 367990 | Byte Commander | elected&#xA; 527764 | Zanna          | &#xA; 653515 | vidarlo        | &#xA; 459561 | George Udosen  | &#xA; 127308 | LifeBoy        | &#xA;  68186 | user68186      | &#xA;&#xA;(7) 2020 Moderator Election: https://askubuntu.com/election/7&#xA;User ID | Name              | Elected?&#xA;--------+-------------------+---------&#xA; 890892 | Tejas Lotlikar    | &#xA; 527764 | Zanna             | elected&#xA; 531149 | ThunderBird       | &#xA; 367882 | Ashu              | &#xA; 253579 | Akiva             | &#xA; 992730 | political science | &#xA; 816190 | Kulfy             | &#xA; 264781 | Ravexina          | elected&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Script source code:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;#!/usr/bin/env python3&#xA;&#xA;&amp;quot;&amp;quot;&amp;quot;&#xA;Scraper for Ask Ubuntu election pages to create a tabular history summary&#xA;&#xA;Specify one or more election numbers to examine as arguments.&#xA;If you use Bash or a compatible shell, you can use Brace expansions for this:&#xA;&amp;gt;    python3 mod-scraper.py {1..6}&#xA;&#xA;Dependencies:&#xA;- Python 3  (tested with version 3.5 - 3.8)&#xA;- required:  BeautifulSoup  (python3 -m pip install --user beautifulsoup4)&#xA;- optional:  requests       (python3 -m pip install --user requests)&#xA;&amp;quot;&amp;quot;&amp;quot;&#xA;&#xA;import sys&#xA;from bs4 import BeautifulSoup&#xA;&#xA;# Optional dependency: prefer requests, fall back to urllib if not installed&#xA;try:&#xA;    import requests&#xA;    fetch = lambda url: requests.get(url).text&#xA;except ImportError:&#xA;    import urllib.request&#xA;    fetch = lambda url: urllib.request.open(url).read()&#xA;&#xA;# Change to try other sites? Might convert this to an arg at some point anyway.&#xA;url_template = &amp;quot;https://askubuntu.com/election/{}&amp;quot;&#xA;&#xA;# Argument checking&#xA;args = sys.argv[1:]&#xA;if not args or any(not arg.isdigit() for arg in args):&#xA;    print(&amp;quot;One or more election number(s) required as arguments!&amp;quot;)&#xA;    sys.exit(1)&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;for num in args:&#xA;    # Download URL and parse its HTML structure&#xA;    url = url_template.format(num)&#xA;    soup = BeautifulSoup(fetch(url), &amp;quot;html.parser&amp;quot;)&#xA;&#xA;    # Find and process the interesting information in the document&#xA;    try:&#xA;        title = soup.find(&amp;quot;h1&amp;quot;).text.strip()&#xA;        winners = [&#xA;            img.get(&amp;quot;src&amp;quot;).split(&amp;quot;/&amp;quot;)[-1].rstrip(&amp;quot;.png&amp;quot;)&#xA;            for img in soup.find(class_=&amp;quot;question-status&amp;quot;).find_all(&amp;quot;img&amp;quot;)&#xA;        ]&#xA;        candidates = [&#xA;            (div.a.get(&amp;quot;href&amp;quot;).split(&amp;quot;/&amp;quot;)[2], div.a.text.strip())&#xA;            for div in soup.find_all(class_=&amp;quot;user-details&amp;quot;)&#xA;        ]&#xA;    except Exception:&#xA;        print(&#xA;            &amp;quot;({}) {}: {}&amp;quot;.format(num, &amp;quot;Error&amp;quot;, url),&#xA;            &amp;quot;Failed parsing the page - invalid link or changed layout maybe?&amp;quot;,&#xA;            sep=&amp;quot;\n&amp;quot;, end=&amp;quot;\n\n&amp;quot;&#xA;        )&#xA;        continue&#xA;&#xA;    # Output table and headline formatting&#xA;    template = &amp;quot;{:&amp;gt;7} | {:%d} | {}&amp;quot; % max(len(name) for _, name in candidates)&#xA;    header = template.format(&amp;quot;User ID&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Name&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Elected?&amp;quot;)&#xA;    print(&#xA;        &amp;quot;({}) {}: {}&amp;quot;.format(num, title, url),&#xA;        header,&#xA;        &amp;quot;&amp;quot;.join(&amp;quot;+&amp;quot; if c == &amp;quot;|&amp;quot; else &amp;quot;-&amp;quot; for c in header),&#xA;        *[&#xA;            template.format(uid, name, &amp;quot;elected&amp;quot; if uid in winners else &amp;quot;&amp;quot;)&#xA;            for uid, name in candidates&#xA;        ],&#xA;        sep=&amp;quot;\n&amp;quot;, end=&amp;quot;\n\n&amp;quot;&#xA;    )&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;About the time period, as already covered in &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/19159/367990&quot;&gt;@Glorfindel's answer&lt;/a&gt;, moderators on SE are elected for life time, unless they decide to resign voluntarily at some point, or the company decides to terminate their moderator privilege for any reason, e.g. violation of the Code of Conduct or Privacy Policy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastEditorUserId="283843" LastEditDate="2020-06-28T15:04:23.587" LastActivityDate="2020-06-28T15:04:23.587" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19163" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19164" CreationDate="2020-06-18T09:25:34.583" Score="3" ViewCount="136" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Backstory:&lt;/strong&gt; I joined ask Ubuntu end of April and installed Ubuntu for the 1st time start of May so I am pretty new. I have been using Ubuntu as my secondary OS for a while now. As I ran into a lot of issues during installation, I have a pretty good knowledge of how to deal with those.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What I want to know is, am I the only one that feels like Ask Ubuntu is a one huge Multiplayer Game where there is no competition whatsoever, but, nevertheless it is still fun and addictive. OK, that probably sounded super weird. I'll explain.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For me,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Reputation is how you go up the leaderboard but it doesn't matter much where you are in it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You unlock new abilities as you go up the leaderboard though, in the form of privileges.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Badges are symbols of your achievements that you can display on your profile.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The goal of this game, unlike most others, is to progress higher not on your own but pulling as many as you can with you. In other words, how you get better is by helping others. So it is never a one-man show.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You and others learn from each other's experience and develop each others' skills, so there is no secrecy or cheats only co-operation.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It is not competitive but there is always a need burning inside the user to do his/her best and show what he can do.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The best thing is you are not forced to play to the rules of others and play in your weak areas. Instead, you are allowed to chose your strong points and develop on them while learning how to improve your weak points at your leisure.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;This may not be true to all but for me, it is pretty addictive considering that I don't use Ubuntu much and I am new to the use of it. I personally spend over 2 hours daily in Ask Ubuntu either answering questions about things I know, asking questions, commenting on posts, missing replies to them as most new users don't use @username when commenting (see &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/19066/add-a-reply-option-for-comments&quot;&gt;Add a reply option for comments&lt;/a&gt;), voting and reviewing.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't know whether I am the only one who feels this way. It is not a bad thing but I think that this is an interesting angle to look at it. If you like this idea or feel the same way, upvote and drop a comment/answer. If you feel otherwise, please comment/answer on why. I mean this is one way to look at this and this is a discussion so I would like to feel how people feel about this ideology or is Ask Ubuntu supposed to feel this way?!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1073514" LastEditorUserId="1073514" LastEditDate="2020-06-18T09:33:03.753" LastActivityDate="2020-06-18T18:20:23.973" Title="Am I the only one who feels like this?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19164" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19163" CreationDate="2020-06-18T11:17:17.657" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's a Stack Exchange network thing. &lt;a href=&quot;https://blog.codinghorror.com/the-gamification/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;The Gamification&lt;/a&gt; was written by Stack Overflow co-founder Jeff Atwood. My humble opinion is that Stack Overflow is a more mature site than Ask Ubuntu both in number of users and number of high reputation users, and I feel that the gamification on Stack Overflow is more intense than the gamification on Ask Ubuntu. This opinion is based on personal experience which will vary from user to user, but the rules of the game are designed to be the same for all users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="94914" LastActivityDate="2020-06-18T11:17:17.657" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19165" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19167" CreationDate="2020-06-18T13:54:33.367" Score="5" ViewCount="146" Body="&lt;p&gt;So here is the scenario: a new item at the review queue of a new answer to an  &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/962920/how-do-i-get-pulseaudio-to-start-automatically-in-ubuntu-17-04-and-17-10-for-fir&quot;&gt;old question&lt;/a&gt;, about a problem occurred in an EOL version (was asked when it was not EOL) and has an accepted answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Searching for a hint, I stumbled upon those two questions and discussions: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/17284/should-old-questions-be-answered-or-commented-on&quot;&gt;Should old questions be answered or commented on?&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/16132/please-dont-flag-old-questions-as-eol&quot;&gt;Please don't flag old questions as EOL&lt;/a&gt;, but could not find the precise method for this situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How do we treat such answers?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also: how do we treat such answers, when the new added answer was &lt;strong&gt;tested / suggested on an upper version&lt;/strong&gt; (18.04 in this case) like appeared in the given question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;screenshot of the reviewed item:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/XOFrg.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/XOFrg.png&quot; alt=&quot;screenshot of the reviewed item&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1040551" LastActivityDate="2020-06-18T18:37:01.857" Title="What should we do with new answers to old questions of EOL versions, with an already accepted answer?" Tags="|discussion|answers|review-queue|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19167" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19165" CreationDate="2020-06-18T18:37:01.857" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is nothing special about newly posted answers to questions about releases that have reached end of life (or end of standard support).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The goal of the site is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tour&quot;&gt;to build a library of answers to questions about Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt;. A question that describes a problem on a particular release is not necessarily exclusive to that release. An answer that reports it was tested on a particular release is likewise not necessarily exclusive to that release. That one cannot be sure, from reading an answer, if it would work on the release mentioned in the question is not a moderation issue and is not a reason to delete a post or to recommend deletion in review. (In my opinion, it is most often not even a reason to cast a downvote.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When a problem &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; exclusive to some release but an answer assumes it is not, that is relevant to the accuracy of the answer. If you know this to be the case, and especially if you can explain it, downvoting and commenting may be helpful. When you can retain the meaning and intent of an answer while clarifying or even while improving it technically, an edit is appropriate. Rarely if ever should an answer receive flags or delete votes on the grounds that it is technically inaccurate. That's what votes are for.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;None of this has anything to do with whether the release originally asked about is currently supported or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2020-06-18T18:37:01.857" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19168" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19169" CreationDate="2020-06-19T18:42:37.440" Score="1" ViewCount="950" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm not positive about why &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1239503/20-04-etc-securetty-no-such-file-or-directory&quot;&gt;this topic&lt;/a&gt; was closed as not suitable for the site.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;;TL/DR; I'm guessing below that it's being considered a bug report and a dupe of Launchpad content.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It's about Ubuntu&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It's about a current release.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It's a valid inquiry. I'm having the same issue and was led to the topic with a Google search.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;There was some Q&amp;amp;A, and an answer that the OP provided/accepted for himself.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It looks completely normal to me. But three days after it was self-Accepted, it was closed as &amp;quot;off-topic&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Not suitable for this site&amp;quot; with the normal required mod+4 confirmations:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;*&#xA;Post Closed as &amp;quot;Not suitable for this site&amp;quot; by @pomsky, @karel, @dlin, @user68186, @Eric-Carvalho&#xA;*&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There was no reason posted by any of those voting to flag it as off-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The content does need editing: The OP's Answer to his own question wasn't really the right answer to &amp;quot;What's up with this file missing in 20.04?&amp;quot; The OP actually posted the right answer in a comment to his own question, that this is a &lt;a href=&quot;https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/shadow/+bug/1872443&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Confirmed&lt;/a&gt; issue in v20 ... confirmed before the thread was closed as not suitable. That should have been the answer, that a confirmed issue (can't call it a bug yet) causes the /etc/securetty file to be removed, and the OP provided a replacement file as a temporary fix.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, we can disagree with how the author answered the question, but the thread itself is not &amp;quot;off-topic&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;not suitable&amp;quot;. What gets me is how did 5 people conclude that it was worthy of closing? What am I missing in that thread and/or the rules there?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm guessing it was closed due to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/15327/revealing-bug-report-considered-answer&quot;&gt;position&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&amp;quot;We aren't a bug tracker&amp;quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&amp;quot;Just linking is lazy and makes for a poor quality answer&amp;quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's completely valid. If that's the reason for discomfort with a Q&amp;amp;A, then say so and give the people in the discussion an opportunity to understand what's happening. Otherwise the reason for closing doesn't make sense.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If there is agreement on my inquiry here, I'm hoping someone will re-open the thread, and I'll attempt to help fix the Q&amp;amp;A. People can decide later if we're unsuccessful in fixing it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But, finally, I hope this leads to a policy, that might already exist? : When people vote to close a thread, one of the criteria should be that the thread includes a comment to explain why the thread is invalid. The first person to suggest closing it should be compelled to post a comment with an explanation. Mods 2-5 should evaluate that comment and perhaps provide their own insight, or sure, just vote if the first comment was adequate. I think this will lead to less frustration from people who are just trying to admin their systems, and not familiar with the personalities, preferences, gamification, and other nuances of this forum.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Addition 1, response to @pomsky :&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;;TL/DR; I started this thread because over-use of a good policy is now accepted as the norm, and I hope we can achieve more balance. It's not about the specific thread. That thread is just a perfect example of the point I'm trying to make.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;About that thread and why it is on-topic, and not &amp;quot;not suitable&amp;quot;, let’s look at what is considered &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Questions that you may ask:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It's a questions and answers site for Ubuntu-related questions.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;(yes, on-topic)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It's also a place to share knowledge about Ubuntu.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;(check)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Using and administering official Ubuntu flavors.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;(check)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Avoid:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;…EOL unless … how to upgrade to a supported release.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;(yes, this was about a post-upgrade anomaly.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Information needed:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Apply as many tags as makes sense.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;(Yes, has tags)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Questions should show as much information about your problem as possible.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;(Yes, the OP researched the problem and provided adequate information.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Make sure the Question's title shows what the problem is about.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;(check)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If your question lacks information…&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;(question was complete)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Please look around to see if your question has been asked before.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;(check, I didn't see any other AU posts on this, it wasn't marked as duplicate, Google showed this as the #1 result… yes above Launchpad bug reports)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It’s also OK to ask and answer your own question.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;(which the OP did before the thread was flagged)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If your question is not specifically on-topic for Ask Ubuntu, it may be on topic for another Stack Exchange site.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;(nope, this issue is specific to Debian/Ubuntu)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I hope that confirms that this thread adequately qualifies as on-topic according to every single point in the on-topic page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;About the elephant in the room:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/226/are-bug-reports-suitable-for-this-site&quot;&gt;Avoid Bug reports&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;strong&gt;In that thread:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;@afr and others share an observation: &lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;Of course bug reports are not suitable, but how do users know it's a bug? What if they do not recognize it as bug and post it as regular question?&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;At the time the question was asked it was not evident that the issue was a bug (in fact it has still not been confirmed as a &amp;quot;bug&amp;quot; it's just been acknowledged that the issue is related to a Debian change. The point here is that the question was on-topic when it was posted, and should not have been denigrated after the fact.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;@lfaraone in the Community Wiki says &lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;Questions that are simply problem reports are not suitable… If it's not very obviously a bug, though, I think we can leave it. If it's behavior which might be a bug or, say, a case of PEBKAC, err on the side of being more permissive.&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The question as-posed was not disguised as a question to post a bug report. It was unlikely PEBKAC. The issue was not obviously a bug, and as noted above the exact nature of the issue has still not been determined. The point here : The mods should have preferred to &amp;quot;err on the side of being more permissive&amp;quot;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'll summarize on avoiding bug reports with a quote by @trampster in that thread:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;I do not believe just closing a question is helpful, it sends the&#xA;wrong message to people trying out Ubuntu. I also believe that if&#xA;people run into a problems with ubuntu they should be able to find&#xA;answers and solutions on this site. Just closing someones question&#xA;will not do that.&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;THAT&lt;/strong&gt; is exactly why I posted my thread here - not for this specific thread.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We can fault the thread OP in that Google showed may results pointing to Launchpad bug reports. (&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.google.com/search?q=ubuntu+securetty+no+such+file+or+directory&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.google.com/search?q=ubuntu+securetty+no+such+file+or+directory&lt;/a&gt;) If he did more research (beyond the effort he already expended) he would have found the answer on Launchpad, or at least a hint that his problem Might be the same or related. The &amp;quot;off-topic/not-suitable&amp;quot; label seems to be a slam in the face for someone who performed adequately, just not heroically. That's overkill and it's certainly not the intent of the Close mechanism.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How/why did Ask Ubuntu play a valued role here?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was able to detect a problem on my systems and find a solution on this site, and it saved me a lot of personal research time when I already spend a ton of research time trying to figure out anomalies with Ubuntu and dozens of other tools. That's how this is all supposed to work. If details about an ongoing investigation are in Launchpad, then a link to that information is a good answer to the question, not a reason to invalidate the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I said earlier, the OP had some issues in his (IMO) otherwise valid report. Because he (and so many others here) help me with my system administration, I'm offering to help clean up his report (if that's really required anymore?). THIS is how Community helps to foster collaboration. We do not encourage participation by closing threads too eagerly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not suggesting that this site allow abuse. I'm suggesting over-use of a good policy is now accepted as the norm, and I hope we can use this example in a new drive to achieve more balance with this often-discussed issue of protocol.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="793416" LastEditorUserId="793416" LastEditDate="2020-06-20T20:45:17.707" LastActivityDate="2020-06-20T20:45:17.707" Title="Requesting some eyes on this Closed thread" Tags="|discussion|incorrectly-closed|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19169" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19168" CreationDate="2020-06-19T19:04:32.583" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;It was closed as off-topic. The specific reason selected was:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bug reports&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;problems specific to development version of Ubuntu&lt;/strong&gt; should be &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/5121/how-do-i-report-a-bug&quot;&gt;reported on Launchpad&lt;/a&gt; so that developers can see, track and fix these issues.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;(emphasis in original)&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, the system probably didn't show you that detailed explanation. It ought to be shown to everyone who sees the question, but instead it's only shown to high-rep users and the user who posted the question. It's been this way since the network-wide redesign of how post notices are displayed. I view this as a serious problem that makes it impossible for most users to know what's going on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/users/366904/cody-gray&quot;&gt;Cody Gray&lt;/a&gt; (one of the moderators on &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/&quot;&gt;Stack Overflow&lt;/a&gt;) &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/a/392314/1038860&quot;&gt;said in an answer&lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/392307/what-close-reason-was-used-to-close-this-question&quot;&gt;What close reason was used to close this question?&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Apparently, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/339700/new-post-notices-are-live-network-wide&quot;&gt;the new post notices&lt;/a&gt; are no longer distinguishing between the &amp;quot;off-topic&amp;quot; closure reasons in the notices. This is, in my opinion, a &lt;em&gt;major&lt;/em&gt; misfeature. It was already confusing enough to group things like &amp;quot;no minimal, reproducible example&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;typo or not useful to others&amp;quot; underneath the &amp;quot;off-topic&amp;quot; category. But at least before, there was some explanatory text describing the actual reason for the closure. Now, there's just boilerplate suggesting that it is off-topic, which is absurd on its face, since these questions are clearly about programming. The off-topic closure only makes sense to people who are already experts on the nuanced scope of Stack Overflow, and this population of users has almost no overlap with the population of users whom we are trying to educate with the notices.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The topics and the available community-specific off-topic reasons are different on different sites, but I believe this is as much of a problem on Ask Ubuntu (and probably on every Stack Exchange site) as on Stack Overflow.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bringing it back to the question you asked about&lt;/strong&gt;, I'm not completely sure the closure is correct, but the OP did link bug reports in the question (one of which is a duplicate of the other), and it looks like the question may effectively just describe that bug.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the closure is wrong, it would be valuable to comment explaining how the question does not effectively just describe or attempt to report a bug.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2020-06-19T19:13:52.333" LastActivityDate="2020-06-19T19:13:52.333" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19170" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19171" CreationDate="2020-06-21T13:15:11.897" Score="1" ViewCount="148" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am trying to earn badges. How do I complete the stack Overflow survey?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1097470" OwnerDisplayName="Aaron Stone" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2020-06-28T01:00:56.450" LastActivityDate="2020-06-28T01:00:56.450" Title="The annual Stack Overflow survey" Tags="|support|badges|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19171" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19170" CreationDate="2020-06-21T13:51:04.163" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;You just missed it this year, here are &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.blog/2020/05/27/2020-stack-overflow-developer-survey-results/&quot;&gt;the results&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only thing I can do to help you here is to point you to the SO &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/users/email/settings/current&quot;&gt;email settings&lt;/a&gt; and advise you to check the box for research. This way you should get an email for the next one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastActivityDate="2020-06-21T13:51:04.163" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19172" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19170" CreationDate="2020-06-21T14:22:12.557" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Stack Overflow's Developer survey is generally conducted every year in the month of January-February and results are announced somewhere between April and May. As &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/19171/816190&quot;&gt;Mark Kirby stated&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;em&gt;you just missed it this year&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Whenever a new is available, you'll see survey's announcement in the yellow box on the right side under &lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;The Overflow Blog&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt;. Currently, these are the &lt;em&gt;hot&lt;/em&gt; topics on &lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;The Overflow Blog&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/tv0d0.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/tv0d0.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Alternatively, you can keep on eye on &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/survey?tab=Newest&quot;&gt;survey&lt;/a&gt; questions on Stack Overflow Meta or &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.blog/&quot;&gt;The Overflow Blog&lt;/a&gt; or change email settings as noted by Mark. But again, &lt;em&gt;the company&lt;/em&gt; would decide when the surveys would happen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you're eager to earn more and more badges, please visit &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/badges&quot;&gt;badges page&lt;/a&gt; in help center to know &lt;em&gt;the secrets&lt;/em&gt; to earn them quickly. Also, please note, the badges are non-transferrable, i.e., Ask Ubuntu's badge won't be reflected on other sites on Stack Exchange network such as Stack Overflow or Super User. Meta badges are also independent of the badges on the main site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="816190" LastActivityDate="2020-06-21T14:22:12.557" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19174" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19175" CreationDate="2020-06-23T10:34:32.587" Score="5" ViewCount="73" Body="&lt;p&gt;On this page &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/election?cb=1&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/election?cb=1&lt;/a&gt; I see the message&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Election closes in &amp;lt;x&amp;gt; hours.&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So are the results immediate?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="739431" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2020-06-23T11:12:18.633" LastActivityDate="2020-06-23T11:14:48.813" Title="Present Moderator Elections, When the Election Closes, are the Results Immediate?" Tags="|support|election|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19175" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19174" CreationDate="2020-06-23T11:12:23.437" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;It may take 1-2 minutes to calculate the results and to be available on &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.opavote.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;OpaVote&lt;/a&gt; (formerly, OpenSTV) and 5-10 for Community Managers to post. For example, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/election/6&quot;&gt;2019 election&lt;/a&gt; ended on May 21 '19 at 20:00, the &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/50380230#50380230&quot;&gt;results&lt;/a&gt; were available at 20:01 on OpaSTV and &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/18635/816190&quot;&gt;Jon posted&lt;/a&gt; at 20:07.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Related posts:&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/113746/468333&quot;&gt;When will we know the results of the recent elections for moderators?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/135360/468333&quot;&gt;There's an election going on. What's happening and how does it work?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/77541/468333&quot;&gt;How are moderator election votes counted, in plain English?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="816190" LastEditorUserId="816190" LastEditDate="2020-06-23T11:14:48.813" LastActivityDate="2020-06-23T11:14:48.813" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19176" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-06-23T20:16:32.660" Score="31" ViewCount="625" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu's &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/election/7&quot;&gt;seventh moderator election&lt;/a&gt; has come to a close, the votes have been tallied and the two new moderators are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/264781/ravexina&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/flair/264781.png&quot; alt=&quot;Ravexina&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/527764/zanna&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/flair/527764.png&quot; alt=&quot;Zanna&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They'll be joining &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users?tab=moderators&quot;&gt;the existing crew&lt;/a&gt; shortly—please thank them for volunteering, and share your assistance and advice with them as they learn the ropes!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For details on how the voting played out, you can download the election results &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/election/7&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;, or &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.opavote.com/results/5145958359760896/0&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;view a summary report online&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="761293" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2020-07-02T08:50:50.237" LastActivityDate="2020-07-02T08:50:50.237" Title="2020 Community Moderator Election Results" Tags="|discussion|election|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19177" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19176" CreationDate="2020-06-24T04:01:24.797" Score="23" Body="&lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://giphy.com/gifs/sesamestreet-sesame-street-50th-anniversary-ZbUIi5RuPahtCN90OL/tile&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;OMG&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Many thanks from me to everyone who participated in the election, especially the folks who stepped up to be candidates.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Congratulations to Ravexina!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I will do my best to serve the community &amp;lt;3 &amp;lt;3 &amp;lt;3&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2020-06-24T04:01:24.797" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19178" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19176" CreationDate="2020-06-24T07:11:17.517" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Congratulations to the new moderators. Hope the community will get benefited from their works.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="61218" LastActivityDate="2020-06-24T07:11:17.517" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19180" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19176" CreationDate="2020-06-24T17:16:20.620" Score="18" Body="&lt;p&gt;A lot of thanks to AskUbuntu family...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Congratulations to Zanna :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks to everyone who participated in the election in any form. We had great opponents in the election. Thanks to all of them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you for putting your &lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Ijvgn.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;trust&lt;/a&gt; in me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'll do as much as it's possible for me to help the community.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="264781" LastEditorUserId="264781" LastEditDate="2020-06-26T10:02:12.553" LastActivityDate="2020-06-26T10:02:12.553" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19181" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19182" CreationDate="2020-06-25T16:12:06.340" Score="-1" ViewCount="129" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a rather new Linux user and I'm having several issues with Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and audio.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have tried several solutions I found online to no affect. I would like to ask in the relevant Ubuntu forums but I'm not sure in which ones, what information to include (kernel version, cards model, &lt;code&gt;lspci&lt;/code&gt;/&lt;code&gt;dmesg&lt;/code&gt; output, etc...) Does someone have a good &amp;quot;How-To&amp;quot; ask for help in such fields for a newbie? Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1096469" OwnerDisplayName="Charles" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2020-06-25T17:45:21.863" LastActivityDate="2020-06-25T17:54:07.747" Title="Good link for &quot;how-to&quot; ask questions in Ubuntu Forums" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2020-06-26T01:54:45.093" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19182" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19181" CreationDate="2020-06-25T17:05:13.057" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Welcome to Ask Ubuntu! This is where you should ask any of your Ubuntu related questions. Here, you can learn &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/how-to-ask&quot;&gt;how to ask&lt;/a&gt; properly before you do so. When asking a question, be sure you are &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;on topic&lt;/a&gt;. This way, it's more likely volunteers on AU can help you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1073514" OwnerDisplayName="Sasuke Uchiha" LastEditorUserId="75060" LastEditDate="2020-06-25T17:54:07.747" LastActivityDate="2020-06-25T17:54:07.747" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19183" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19176" CreationDate="2020-06-27T21:25:05.623" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Cool, my two favorites became moderators. Congratulations to you two. I'm looking forward to a good year on this forum. Thanks for your efforts! I'm happy&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="906933" LastActivityDate="2020-06-27T21:25:05.623" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19184" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-06-30T20:47:45.307" Score="10" ViewCount="148" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This question is asked on MSE at the following link for more visibility: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/350210/feature-improvement-for-flags-history&quot;&gt;Make it easier to distinguish accepted and declined flags in addition to pending ones in flags history&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the flag summary section on a person's profile, it is difficult to differentiate the action of a flag. Although there is a feature to sort the flags' actions, it would be convenient to see them together. Just as the flags to be reviewed are highlighted with bold orange padding, it would be better to see a green background for the accepted flags and a red background for rejected flags.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/wl3ZG.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/wl3ZG.png&quot; alt=&quot;different flag types highlighted in flag summary&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the given image just as the pending is in the given orange background, the helpful could have green background, and the self-removed could have a gray padding.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I edited the CSS and HTML files to show how it could look if implemented.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/q7VXs.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/q7VXs.png&quot; alt=&quot;&amp;quot;helpful&amp;quot; highlighted green in flag summary&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1067851" LastEditorUserId="8698" LastEditDate="2020-07-01T08:42:43.047" LastActivityDate="2020-07-06T10:57:09.737" Title="Feature improvement for flags history" Tags="|feature-request|flagging|profile-page|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19186" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19066" CreationDate="2020-07-01T04:30:18.600" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;About &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/98093/765395&quot;&gt;Jeff Atwood's answer&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;AXIOM: A bunch of comments filled with &lt;code&gt;@username&lt;/code&gt; are harder to read and noisier than those which are not. The goal of our sites is to&#xA;&lt;em&gt;increase&lt;/em&gt; signal-to-noise, not reduce it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The average number of comments on a SO question is 2.5.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The median number of comments on a SO question is ZERO.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Post owners are &lt;em&gt;always&lt;/em&gt; notified of comments on their posts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If there are only two people talking in comments, the post owner and one other person, we auto-infer replies in that situation as well;&#xA;that is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Question? -- User A&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;Clarifying comment. -- User B&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;Response to clarifying comment. -- User A&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the above case, A would be notified of B's comment. And B would&#xA;be notified of A's response to his comment as well. Notice the&#xA;conspicuous lack of &lt;code&gt;@username&lt;/code&gt; anywhere!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If the average number of comments is 2.5 -- let's go nucking futs here and assume one of those is a reply from the post owner back to&#xA;the person who left the comment -- then &lt;em&gt;statistically speaking,&#xA;@username is not required at all&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I am not suggesting that @username should be used always. When users gain experience in the site, they will get a sense about when to use it and when not to. However, new users not using this purely because they are unaware, makes them lose the help of people who can help.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Unrelated. The average number is useless as the number of comments is unrelated to how helpful or willing to help a comment is.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Again unrelated.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;There is no reason use @username when replying to the OP. I agree. New users will figure this out.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;This is one of the instances where @username shouldn't be used that I mentioned in 0. and new users will figure this out soon enough.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;As I said, the average is unrelated as it doesn't mean comments are spread out evenly. Many posts I have seen have 7-8 comments and some have none.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1073514" LastEditorUserId="1073514" LastEditDate="2020-07-02T13:52:48.193" LastActivityDate="2020-07-02T13:52:48.193" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19187" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-07-01T14:32:05.463" Score="32" ViewCount="967" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/414/527764&quot;&gt;It seems&lt;/a&gt; that Ask Ubuntu was launched on or around 10th October 2010. This means that our 10th birthday is coming up in about three months :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This post is here to invite your ideas on how we can celebrate 10 years of Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think it would be easier for people to express approval etc, if answers to this question had just one idea each (so if you have three ideas, I suggest you add three answers).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2020-10-26T16:26:50.980" LastActivityDate="2020-10-26T16:26:50.980" Title="How should we celebrate 10 years of Ask Ubuntu?" Tags="|discussion|community|10th-anniversary|" AnswerCount="9" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19188" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19066" CreationDate="2020-07-01T17:06:06.553" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The only real disadvantage I can think of to a properly designed reply button is that it might lead to more replying, encouraging protracted conversations in comments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The original arguments against a reply button were mostly that it would result in the &lt;code&gt;@&lt;/code&gt; notation used unnecessarily, in places where users wouldn't otherwise use it. But in addition to having lots of comments that intend but don't achieve a notification, we also have numerous comments that already use this notation unnecessarily, sometimes unintentionally. Both these problems can be solved together, &lt;em&gt;with a reply button&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Instead of the reply button simply adding an &lt;code&gt;@&lt;/code&gt; mention for the user no matter what, it should:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;add an &lt;code&gt;@&lt;/code&gt; mention if doing so causes the user to be notified when they otherwise wouldn't&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;raise a tooltip to explain that the user will already be notified, if they already would&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;raise a tooltip to explain that the user &lt;em&gt;can't&lt;/em&gt; be notified, if they don't have activity on the post that would facilitate it&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That would result in &lt;em&gt;fewer&lt;/em&gt; unnecessary &lt;code&gt;@&lt;/code&gt; mentions, not more, if people use the reply button instead of writing the &lt;code&gt;@&lt;/code&gt; mentions manually.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The problem that people often think they're notifying someone when they're not is much more severe than the problem of extra noise that Jeff Atwood talked about. But a reply button needn't be a trade-off between them. It can mitigate both.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that it sometimes &lt;em&gt;does&lt;/em&gt; make sense to use @username when addressing a post author and in other scenarios where it is not needed. The purpose of code is not just to make computers behave a certain way, but also to make meaning clear to humans. This is still not the same as just writing their name; using the &lt;code&gt;@&lt;/code&gt; notation expresses an intent to notify them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, when replying to a comment by a post author when there has been at least one other commenter, I almost always use that notation, so that it is clear to them that they're not just being notified &lt;em&gt;incidentally&lt;/em&gt; to the comment being on their post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But this feature needn't prevent me from writing such notation manually, as I currently do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastActivityDate="2020-07-01T17:06:06.553" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19189" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19187" CreationDate="2020-07-01T17:17:38.253" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;Some kind of small banner or other decoration visible on the site for the month of October pointing out that Ask Ubuntu is 10 years old.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2020-07-01T17:17:38.253" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19190" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19187" CreationDate="2020-07-01T17:31:27.737" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Some sites previously had &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/316515/who-cut-the-cheese&quot;&gt;competitions&lt;/a&gt; where unique prizes were handed out to the winners.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Perhaps we could adapt the cheese idea to be relevant to this site &amp;quot;Show us your best Ubuntu memes and win a prize&amp;quot; or something to that effect could be fun.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I guess we would need to ask really nicely for some kind of unique swag like in the link.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;@staff I know we are not exactly SO but do you love us enough to help us out with some good Ask Ubuntu / SE themed prizes?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastActivityDate="2020-07-01T17:31:27.737" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19191" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19187" CreationDate="2020-07-01T17:42:43.863" Score="8" Body="&lt;h3&gt;Themed  Questions Challenge&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Identify (a) topic area(s) we need better resources about (please suggest some in comments here - or could be done in a later meta post)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Create a challenge for asking and answering questions about the topic(s)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Make a leaderboard to share the stats for the challenge&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2020-07-01T17:42:43.863" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19192" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19187" CreationDate="2020-07-01T17:52:09.907" Score="22" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Ask Ubuntu classrooms&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We could probably have some &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1568/what-is-the-ask-ubuntu-classroom-and-how-can-i-participate&quot;&gt;classroom&lt;/a&gt; sessions. I know it is a long forgotten idea but I think it would be nice to learn some new things from the experts around us.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;People interested in teaching or learning any specific topics should put forth their suggestions and recommendations.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Some ideas to keep it going:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Introduction to Command-line and navigating around the system using it&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Basic text editing using Vim&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Writing a simple bash or python script&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Creating a Debian package for your bash/python script and making a PPA&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Making a simple GUI app e.g. basic calculator&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Making a simple gnome-shell extension&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastEditorUserId="25798" LastEditDate="2020-07-03T15:43:32.737" LastActivityDate="2020-07-03T15:43:32.737" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19193" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19187" CreationDate="2020-07-01T17:56:23.920" Score="9" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Video-gaming events&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some years ago, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/14905/community-event-multi-player-0-a-d-game-2016-01-17&quot;&gt;a few of the community members came together and played 0 A.D&lt;/a&gt;. We can organise such events for interested participants.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastActivityDate="2020-07-01T17:56:23.920" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19194" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19195" CreationDate="2020-07-02T07:05:19.143" Score="9" ViewCount="257" Body="&lt;p&gt;Currently &amp;quot;zoom&amp;quot; tag description is&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions related to desktop zooming effect&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, during Covid-19 lockdown many people are using the tag for Zoom videoconferencing program. Should we create a new tag for videoconferencing app or modify &amp;quot;zoom&amp;quot; tag's description to include it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="750048" LastActivityDate="2020-07-08T09:41:36.530" Title="Should &quot;zoom&quot; tag also apply to the videoconferencing software?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19195" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19194" CreationDate="2020-07-02T07:30:28.677" Score="19" Body="&lt;p&gt;I had a look upon questions tagged with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/zoom&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;zoom&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;zoom&lt;/a&gt;. Only a small portion of them are related to the meeting app &amp;quot;zoom&amp;quot;. I was able to only spot three. Most are using it to show that the question is related to desktop zooming effect.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I guess creating a new tag should be the correct decision here. Something like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/zoom-app&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;zoom-app&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;zoom-app&lt;/a&gt; as suggested or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/zoom-meeting&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;zoom-meeting&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;zoom-meeting&lt;/a&gt; or even &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/zoom-meeting-app&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;zoom-meeting-app&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;zoom-meeting-app&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So we won't end up in the hassle of refining all these question tagged with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/zoom&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;zoom&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;zoom&lt;/a&gt; which are actually related to &amp;quot;desktop zooming effect&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/zoom-meeting&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;zoom-meeting&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;zoom-meeting&lt;/a&gt; Has been created. I was able to find and edit &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/zoom-meeting&quot;&gt;14 related questions&lt;/a&gt; adding the new tag. We can also create some synonyms like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/zoom-meeting-app&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;zoom-meeting-app&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;zoom-meeting-app&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/zoommtg&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;zoommtg&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;zoommtg&lt;/a&gt; as suggested in comments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="264781" LastEditorUserId="264781" LastEditDate="2020-07-08T09:41:36.530" LastActivityDate="2020-07-08T09:41:36.530" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19196" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19187" CreationDate="2020-07-02T09:59:34.407" Score="13" Body="&lt;h3&gt;Let's get to know each other more closely&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What is the story behind your username (if you aren't using your real name)?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What brought you to Ask Ubuntu?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What makes you stay here?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What do you takeaway from here at the end of the day?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="816190" LastActivityDate="2020-07-02T09:59:34.407" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19199" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-07-04T02:53:39.347" Score="10" ViewCount="70" Body="&lt;p&gt;When I click the &lt;strong&gt;Users&lt;/strong&gt; button in the left navigation bar, I am taken to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users&quot;&gt;a page&lt;/a&gt; that lists users by reputation increase. What seems surprising is that, many of the users listed don't seem to have posted any answers or questions recently. When I check the &lt;strong&gt;Activity&lt;/strong&gt; page on their profiles, it shows that their most recent answers, for example, were posted years ago.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, how is it that these mostly inactive users are gaining so much reputation on a yearly or monthly or even weekly basis?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2020-07-04T02:53:39.347" Title="Why do users who are no longer very active still get so much reputation?" Tags="|support|reputation|users|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19200" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19199" CreationDate="2020-07-04T02:53:39.347" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;In general, it's not surprising that people who were active on the site years ago are getting the &lt;em&gt;passive reputation&lt;/em&gt; increases observed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We get reputation not when posting something, but when someone upvotes it. A post can be upvoted any time after it is posted (unless it's locked or deleted), and posts that get a lot of views continue to get upvotes over time, thus giving their authors reputation points (unless the post is a community wiki).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To see upvotes over time, you can look at the timeline of a post. You can access this by clicking the little grey clock icon under a post's score. As an example, take a look at &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/17823/timeline?filter=WithVoteSummaries&quot;&gt;the timeline of the most upvoted question on Ask Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt;. You can see that this question has received upvotes every few days since it was posted. Check out the reputation tab of the author's profile and you can see the rep from just that question accruing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When a question has more views, it gets even more views as it appears higher in search engine results. So, the posts that get more views and more upvotes are generally old. Also, most of the questions people have about common problems and features were answered a long time ago and are still getting views. So, the old posts with many views, asked or answered years ago by folks who are now inactive here or have stopped asking or answering questions to focus on whatever else they feel like doing, are getting more upvotes than the vast majority of new questions posted today.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, the trend of inactive users who answered many questions in the past getting bigger reputation increases than many people active today is an expected effect of the way voting and reputation work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Personally, I find it very interesting to see which of my answers continue to get upvotes over time, as this goes some way to indicating which ones were actually the most useful. It's often the case that the answers that get the most attention around the time of posting don't receive any later, while answers that were barely noticed gradually get upvoted more and more over the years. An even better way to see this is to check the low rep/unregistered feedback on your posts, for example using &lt;a href=&quot;https://data.stackexchange.com/stackoverflow/query/542845/anonymous-feedback-on-a-users-posts&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this SEDE query&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2020-07-04T02:53:39.347" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19201" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19187" CreationDate="2020-07-04T03:06:22.693" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am really curious to know about the current life of the earliest contributors whose questions and answers has most upvotes, which surely helped more people to solve their problems. Let's try to contact them if possible and,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;know about how their Ubuntu/ Linux life has progressed over 10 years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If they are still using Ubuntu,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;or may be they are now in a different field and why?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="360794" LastEditorUserId="360794" LastEditDate="2020-07-05T15:14:01.663" LastActivityDate="2020-07-05T15:14:01.663" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19202" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-07-04T15:28:20.590" Score="1" ViewCount="63" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was wondering if there is some sort of a counter or statistics about registered / unregistered visitors of ask ubuntu by world region or country, in a certain given time period and / or site activity.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know &lt;a href=&quot;https://data.stackexchange.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;SE data explorer&lt;/a&gt; allows the creation of queries about every SE community, but it only gathers data on site components.&#xA;For example, the query below lists users by reputation of a given &amp;quot;country&amp;quot;, but it actually matches the input string to whatever is written at the &amp;quot;location&amp;quot; tab in all community users' profile.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This means that if a user hasn't written anything in their profile, or wrote something like &amp;quot;Wonderland&amp;quot;, they won't appear:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;SELECT&#xA;ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY Reputation DESC) AS [#], &#xA;Id AS [User Link], &#xA;Reputation&#xA;FROM&#xA;    Users&#xA;WHERE&#xA;    LOWER(Location) LIKE LOWER('%##CountryName##%')&#xA;ORDER BY&#xA;    Reputation DESC;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1040551" LastActivityDate="2020-07-04T15:28:20.590" Title="Is there a way to view statistics about visitors by country?" Tags="|support|statistics|data|data-explorer|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19203" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-07-04T17:56:18.367" Score="3" ViewCount="91" Body="&lt;p&gt;I can't seem to add an &amp;quot;answer&amp;quot; to indicate I'm having the same problem as a previous poster; e.g.:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;to question---&amp;gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1214447/external-usb-drive-keeps-unmounting-and-remounting-using-different-uuid&quot;&gt;External USB drive keeps unmounting and remounting using different UUID&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I tried to post---&amp;gt; ME-2:  Drive Label: 64GBFLASH...64GBFLASH1...64GBFLASH2...etc...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've never posted an &amp;quot;answer&amp;quot; to previous posts, BUT the site tells me that I'm not allowed to post due to previous &amp;quot;bad answers&amp;quot;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All of this leaves me to ask: how do existing problems get &amp;quot;escalated&amp;quot; by other victims for faster fixes?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, I'm not a &amp;quot;super-user&amp;quot; of Linux...just an average schmuck, so please don't curse me for asking.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks in advance for your help...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="883236" OwnerDisplayName="Mitchell McClure" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2020-07-04T18:13:40.870" LastActivityDate="2020-07-04T18:20:55.000" Title="I can't add an answer to indicate that I'm having the same problem as a previous poster" Tags="|support|answers|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19204" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19203" CreationDate="2020-07-04T18:20:55.000" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;You should &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; post an answer because you have to same problem, unless you have some research which at least partially solves the problem. See the Help Center answer &lt;a href=&quot;/help/how-to-answer&quot;&gt;How do I write a good answer?&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Have the same problem?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Still no answer to the question, and you have the same problem? Help us find a solution by researching the problem, then contribute the results of your research and anything additional you’ve tried as a partial answer. That way, even if we can’t figure it out, the next person has more to go on. You can also vote up the question or set a bounty on it so the question gets more attention.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Having the same problem with a slightly different configuration and posting your details generally speaking doesn't help solving the problem, and those answers are often flagged and/or commented on from the review queues:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This does not really answer the question. If you have a different question, you can ask it by clicking &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/ask&quot;&gt;Ask Question&lt;/a&gt;. You can also &lt;a href=&quot;/help/privileges/set-bounties&quot;&gt;add a bounty&lt;/a&gt; to draw more attention to this question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="606366" LastActivityDate="2020-07-04T18:20:55.000" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19206" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19209" CreationDate="2020-07-08T17:14:29.257" Score="9" ViewCount="346" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think it's important that the Questions and Answers on our site remain &amp;quot;on-topic&amp;quot;:  It is infinitely frustrating when trying to solve an issue, to search for a question, find an answer, and realize that the answer is invalid for Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I would like some clarification on what should be done about answers that explicitly say that they pertain to another operating system.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Per &amp;quot;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/18961/are-answers-specific-to-debian-on-topic&quot;&gt;Are answers specific to Debian on-topic?&lt;/a&gt;&amp;quot;, the criteria for whether or not an answer should be posted seems to be that the answer must apply to Ubuntu, otherwise it's not a valid answer and should not be posted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Answers about Debian are one thing;  I think they are probably fine due to the close relationship between Debian and Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;But what should we do about answers that explicitly apply to another operating system that is very dissimilar from Ubuntu, like Arch, Fedora, or SUSE?&lt;/strong&gt;  Answers pertaining to these distros are much less likely to apply to Ubuntu.  For what reasons should we keep or reject these answers?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="953371" LastActivityDate="2020-07-09T08:03:40.050" Title="Answers that aren't about Ubuntu (explicitly about another distro)" Tags="|discussion|answers|moderation|scope|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19207" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19206" CreationDate="2020-07-08T22:56:42.357" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;If an answer isn't applicable to Ubuntu, then it's simply not an answer and should be flagged as such.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If an answer is applicable to other distributions (doesn't matter whether they're Debian-based and/or similar to Ubuntu) as well as Ubuntu, it should be OK to post/keep relevant info.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Also if an answer contains addendum as parts of an answer, that are applicable to other distributions, that should be OK, too.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;For example, &amp;quot;To fix XYZ on Ubuntu, do ABC; For the same problem on RHEL, you'd instead do PQR&amp;quot;. After all, it contains the necessary answer for Ubuntu, and we're not against other distros or sharing knowledge/information as long as there's a valid answer for Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With respect to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/1257200/1046773&quot;&gt;this answer&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's not clear whether it'd work on Ubuntu as well. So if somebody confirms that it works on Ubuntu as well, great, it's a valid answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Similarly, if somebody confirms it does &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; work on Ubuntu, then it should be flagged as a non-answer and probably deleted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But as it is, it's an ambiguous situation. It &lt;em&gt;may&lt;/em&gt; turn out to be relevant answer or may not. Under the circumstances, you did the right thing by pointing this out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In general, an answer posted to any question is intrinsically tied to the question; doesn't exist own its own. Generic answer, additional information, historical artefacts or background, etc are fine. But it should be an &lt;em&gt;answer&lt;/em&gt; to the question to start with.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The point of having a dedicated &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com&lt;/a&gt; site is to find &lt;em&gt;solutions&lt;/em&gt; for problems &lt;em&gt;pertaining to Ubuntu ecosystem&lt;/em&gt;. As noted previously, it's fine to post answers that may &lt;em&gt;also&lt;/em&gt; applicable to other distros as long as it contains answer(s) valid for Ubuntu. Without that, it's just a useless noise. Otherwise, why not merge &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com&lt;/a&gt; with &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;https://unix.stackexchange.com&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It may be relevant to refer to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.blog/2010/08/14/unix-and-ubuntu-why-both/&quot;&gt;history&lt;/a&gt;, too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1046773" LastEditorUserId="1046773" LastEditDate="2020-07-09T08:03:40.050" LastActivityDate="2020-07-09T08:03:40.050" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19208" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19206" CreationDate="2020-07-09T00:10:26.323" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I largely agree with PP's observations but would expand his original list to include one other exception:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If an answer isn't applicable to Ubuntu, then it's simply not an answer and should be flagged as such.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If an answer is applicable to other distributions (doesn't matter whether they're Debian-based and/or similar to Ubuntu) as well as Ubuntu, it should be OK to post/keep relevant info.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Also if an answer contains addendum as parts of an answer, that are applicable to other distributions, that should be OK, too.&#xA;For example, &amp;quot;To fix XYZ on Ubuntu, do ABC; For the same problem on RHEL, you'd instead do PQR&amp;quot;. After all, it contains the necessary answer for Ubuntu, and we're not against other distros or sharing knowledge/information as long as there's a valid answer for Ubuntu.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I propose the following addition:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If the answer is untested and &lt;em&gt;could&lt;/em&gt; work on ubuntu (such as being from a child-distro) and is &lt;strong&gt;clearly labeled as unverified on ubuntu&lt;/strong&gt; that it be left standing until confirmed by the community to either work/not. My reasoning is that if it has been tested and confirmed to work on a &lt;em&gt;related&lt;/em&gt; distro, I feel that solution at least has some potential to also be viable on Ubuntu more so than someone simply typing untested code into a reply and saying &amp;quot;try this&amp;quot;. Furthermore, if the code does NOT work then OP has a known starting point to work backward from during comparison/debugging in order to help bridge the gap to a solution on Ubuntu.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I myself have had responses blocked/deleted that were said to be rules violations even though they were very well documented, using ubuntu repos, mostly distro-agnostic replies that happened to have &lt;em&gt;one sentence&lt;/em&gt; stating that I had verified my code on a related distro and that it still needed confirmation under Ubuntu. Especially in cases where there is no valid solution to the asked question, blocking/closing replies for simply mentioning another distro without review the context seems a bit heavy handed. If we block these kinds of replies, the most likely thing that would happen is that people would either not mention what distro they tested it on or lie about it and say &amp;quot;Ubuntu&amp;quot; instead of &amp;quot;XYZ&amp;quot;; either way, it's worse than simply allowing mention of another distro as long as the focus remains squarely on Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1003652" LastEditorUserId="1003652" LastEditDate="2020-07-09T00:19:09.167" LastActivityDate="2020-07-09T00:19:09.167" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19209" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19206" CreationDate="2020-07-09T00:55:06.447" Score="9" Body="&lt;h2&gt;TL;DR&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/19206/answers-that-arent-about-ubuntu-explicitly-about-another-distro#comment41385_19206&quot;&gt;Ravexina says&lt;/a&gt;, I think this is about &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/1257200/22949&quot;&gt;that answer&lt;/a&gt;, which appears intended to work on Ubuntu, but which discloses that it was tested on Fedora. Considering that it would not be considered a moderation issue if the answer had merely not mentioned it was tested at all, I don't support deleting that. What this comes down to is an issue of &lt;em&gt;correctness&lt;/em&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/19206/answers-that-arent-about-ubuntu-explicitly-about-another-distro#comment41386_19206&quot;&gt;as Kulfy says&lt;/a&gt;, that's what votes are for.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I admit there is some support for your position (though not from &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;the help page on what &lt;em&gt;questions&lt;/em&gt; people can ask&lt;/a&gt;). It is good you've posted about this. I've been somewhat aware of this issue for a while, and I should've posted myself. I think deleting answers for mentioning they were tested on another distro is a very, very bad idea, and that a policy that all answer authors must test their answers on Ubuntu would support deleting an enormous amount of valuable, highly upvoted content on the site. But I also acknowledge that my view may be in the minority, and that this is not my call to make.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;When answers are wrong&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is frustrating when an answer is invalid for Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, most answers that are invalid for Ubuntu don't have anything to do with other operating systems, and don't mention any other operating systems. They're simply wrong answers. We get a lot of wrong answers. We get a lot of answers that are not tested, or not fully tested, or not tested under the specific conditions the OP had. Many of these are wrong answers. Many others are not wrong, and it is often not feasible to reproduce every aspect of a problem the OP had.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu, being a Stack Exchange site, is built from the ground up with a mechanism to address answers that are wrong, misleading, or otherwise low quality: &lt;strong&gt;downvotes&lt;/strong&gt;. (It is also useful to comment and, when an answer can be improved without radically changing its meaning, to edit.) Upvotes are the main way to indicate that an answer is correct and useful, and downvotes are the main way to indicate that an answer is wrong or not useful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, you might consider it harmful or unfair to downvote an answer that could well be right and that you have no strong reason to think is wrong. But if that is the case, outright &lt;em&gt;deleting&lt;/em&gt; the answer is far worse!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;When answers don't even try to answer the question&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We should interpret questions as being about Ubuntu when it is reasonable to do so, and we should close them when it is not. We should judge answers based, first, on whether they're even attempting to answer the question they're posted on, and second, whether they succeed in this goal. I think--and this is my opinion, not an established policy--that there is a big difference between:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;an answer that is intended only to work for some operating system other than Ubuntu and is thus not even an &lt;em&gt;attempt&lt;/em&gt; to answer the question it was posted on.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;an answer that is intended to work on Ubuntu but &lt;em&gt;discloses&lt;/em&gt; information that suggests it might not.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my opinion, the first is NAA--though occasionally it could be fixed by editing--but the second is just fine. &lt;em&gt;As a matter of moderation&lt;/em&gt;, we don't actually require that people test their answers at all. If someone has tested their answer on Ubuntu, that's good, and it speaks to the quality of their answer. If someone has tested it on some other operating system, that's less useful, and sometimes not useful at all, but it doesn't mean their answer is not intended to answer the question that was asked. Furthermore, it's a good thing when answers disclose possible shortcomings.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This site is based on the idea that we, together, are reasonably capable of judging whether answers to questions about Ubuntu are correct.&lt;/strong&gt; This is something we're in a good position to do, because most of us use Ubuntu and have some knowledge of Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We're not in a good position to judge other operating systems, whether for similarity to Ubuntu or otherwise. For example, you've proposed allowing answers that mention Debian specifically. What about other Debian derivatives? What about unofficial Ubuntu derivatives? Furthermore, how similar or dissimilar Ubuntu is to another OS depends on &lt;em&gt;what topic&lt;/em&gt; is being asked about. Fortunately, knowledge of other OSes is not needed to judge whether an answer is correct for Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;...but our existing policy may actually support your position.&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Considering that I am constantly going on about the importance of community consensus and the value in citing existing policy, it would be bad--like, real, real bad--if I failed to mention that, at least at the time of this writing, &lt;strong&gt;the existing community consensus on this issue appears to favor your position and &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; mine.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the one hand, I think the answers to the meta question you cited here, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/18961/are-answers-specific-to-debian-on-topic&quot;&gt;Are answers specific to Debian on-topic?&lt;/a&gt;, actually support my view. They're about what OS an answer actually applies to, not merely whether or not it has been tested on Ubuntu at the time it was posted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But on the other hand, as &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/19206/answers-that-arent-about-ubuntu-explicitly-about-another-distro#comment41385_19206&quot;&gt;Ravexina pointed out&lt;/a&gt;, we have the more general question &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/16472/what-should-i-do-with-answers-about-other-linux-distros&quot;&gt;What should I do with answers about other Linux distros?&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/16473/22949&quot;&gt;One answer&lt;/a&gt; (by &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/users/274320/thewanderer&quot;&gt;TheWanderer&lt;/a&gt;) has &lt;em&gt;decisively&lt;/em&gt; more votes than any others, and it basically supports your position on this. It begins by saying:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I tend to follow the same mentality I use for questions. Questions about Mint, Kali or even macOS &lt;em&gt;could&lt;/em&gt; be perfectly applicable to Ubuntu, but I don't know that, and so I flag as OT. There are specific rules about this for questions, but I use this reasoning to explain my decisions if needed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An answer that's based off of RHEL, Kali, Debian, etc could certainly work perfectly fine on Ubuntu, but there's no way to really know unless you or the OP tests it. For most cases, I'd flag the answer if it said something like &amp;quot;this worked on Fedora...&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, I really strongly disagree with this. Answers are not questions--to answer a question, we have to know about the system the OP is using, but to judge an answer, we have to know about Ubuntu. So a question about a non-Ubuntu OS is actually about a non-Ubuntu OS, while an answer tested on a non-Ubuntu OS may still be an attempt to answer a question about Ubuntu. Furthermore, the need &lt;em&gt;to actually check if an answer works&lt;/em&gt; is in no way limited to answers that-- Well, it is in no way limited at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But perhaps this criticism is too harsh, considering how that answer then goes on to carve out a major exception:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, there are cases where an answer might be all-round Linux&#xA;applicable. If it's something like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Q: How do I copy a file from a to b in terminal?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A: I use RHEL, and this is what works: &lt;code&gt;sudo cp /file /dir/&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then the RHEL is pretty much irrelevant. Something that simple, it&#xA;doesn't really matter what distro the answerer uses, since it's&#xA;definitely applicable to Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Something more complex, like VNC/RDP, should probably only get answers&#xA;from Ubuntu users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's challenging to apply this recommendation, because the one example it gives of something that's the same on all distros is a textbook case of something that is not the same on all distros. Not all distros ship with, or recommend, &lt;code&gt;sudo&lt;/code&gt;. Furthermore, the example mentions CentOS. I haven't used CentOS in a while, but last time I used it, &lt;code&gt;sudo&lt;/code&gt; quite deliberately did &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; work out of the box.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Deleting all answers by authors who aren't Ubuntu users is not something anyone seems to support. But deleting many such answers, while trying to protect others that seem obviously okay, appears very popular. In that answer, simplicity was the guideline. In what you've proposed, distro similarity is the guideline. But I think it is precisely that kind of judgements that go into such policymaking that we are ill-equipped to do here, and precisely the kind of judgments that go into commenting and voting on possibly wrong answers that we are well-equipped to do here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't think I'm the only one uncomfortable with this. I believe that policy is rarely applied, and even more rarely cited. But that doesn't make it right for me to simply ignore it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;A disturbing trend&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I see efforts to flag and delete answers that mention they were tested on another operating system as part of a larger trend of using flags and delete votes in place of downvotes. I'm not saying this is something you often do, but I am saying it's something that gets done a lot on this site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It has become common that I see an answer I know to be correct that has been deleted on the grounds that it's clearly wrong. I often edit these answers to clarify them, and vote to undelete them (or flag them if deleted by a moderator, since then the system doesn't let me cast an undelete vote).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I also just ignore a lot of them. I have to pick my battles. It takes a lot less time and energy to cast a delete vote or raise a flag, than it takes to edit a post and then explain why it should be undeleted. And that's just the ones I happen to &lt;em&gt;know&lt;/em&gt; are correct.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I wish, at minimum, that people would stop trying to delete things they aren't even comfortable downvoting.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2020-07-09T01:10:12.370" LastActivityDate="2020-07-09T01:10:12.370" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19210" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19274" CreationDate="2020-07-09T09:23:51.587" Score="4" ViewCount="101" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently posted a question, but after reviewing the question I noticed the Post Question button is disabled.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I tried to make little changes in the question body without success.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, I edited the HTML in the Developer Tools to enable the button, and posting the question worked. It is an edge case probably, but just reporting it in case you find the problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Using Google Chrome on Ubuntu 20.04.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Actually, right when trying to publish this very question on Meta, I am seeing the same issue again:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Hfpgu.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Hfpgu.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After entering the question tags I pressed &lt;kbd&gt;Enter&lt;/kbd&gt; and the Post Question button is disabled.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="148451" LastEditorUserId="853835" LastEditDate="2020-08-20T19:33:18.450" LastActivityDate="2020-08-20T19:33:18.450" Title="Publish question button is disabled" Tags="|bug|status-completed|asking-questions|posts|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19212" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19187" CreationDate="2020-07-10T11:46:34.320" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I really like all the ideas that have been posted here but what if we added a few sections to ask ubuntu like running commands, networking, and boot (need I go on). Right now it's just a bunch of mumbo-jumbo this way people that are good at say networking can look at the networking section, people that can do boot go to boot...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1101948" LastActivityDate="2020-07-10T11:46:34.320" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19214" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19187" CreationDate="2020-07-14T15:26:46.473" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Live stream of Ubuntu from 10 years ago getting upgraded to the latest versions. Similar to the Windows 1.0 through to 10 on a VM upgrade&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="89412" LastActivityDate="2020-07-14T15:26:46.473" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19215" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-07-15T11:52:44.127" Score="4" ViewCount="117" Body="&lt;p&gt;Today I realized that someone had edited another person's answer so that it is now the same as my pre-existing answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/267764/527764&quot;&gt;Jordanka's answer&lt;/a&gt; to this question &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/267764/revisions&quot;&gt;was edited&lt;/a&gt; by another user (as you can see, the update was made to reflect the changes to the Dropbox help page).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/786103/527764&quot;&gt;my answer&lt;/a&gt; to the same question has always had the same content as Jordanka's answer has since the edit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Was editing the answer the right thing to do? It seems rather unfair to me as it seems to make my own answer redundant, even though it already existed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="513771" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2020-07-15T12:14:18.143" LastActivityDate="2020-07-15T13:39:49.053" Title="Is it right to edit an answer so that it's almost identical to an existing one?" Tags="|discussion|editing|answers|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19217" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19215" CreationDate="2020-07-15T13:39:49.053" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Personally, if I see such an edit in the review queue I would approve it without hesitation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The answer originally references the official Dropbox documentation. When the documentation changes, updating the content of the answer to reflect that change is extremely valuable. This is how Stack Exchange supposed to work. Keeping answers up-to-date.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It doesn't seem to be a copy of your answer, but a copy of the official documentation. Event the identical comment you mentioned &lt;code&gt;# Should report &amp;quot;not running&amp;quot;&lt;/code&gt;, is from the documentation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastActivityDate="2020-07-15T13:39:49.053" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19218" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-07-16T03:58:00.613" Score="20" ViewCount="1266" Body="&lt;p&gt;This follows up on &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/19187/how-should-we-celebrate-10-years-of-ask-ubuntu&quot;&gt;How should we celebrate 10 years of Ask Ubuntu?&lt;/a&gt;. The &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/19192/527764&quot;&gt;answer by jokerdino&lt;/a&gt; suggesting &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1568/what-is-the-ask-ubuntu-classroom-and-how-can-i-participate&quot;&gt;Ask Ubuntu Classrooms&lt;/a&gt; was very popular so this post is an attempt to start organising it. I have also &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/19236/527764&quot;&gt;posted&lt;/a&gt; about making a banner or other means of notifying people about events.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The idea is to have learning sessions (most likely in chat) about things we can do in Ubuntu, around the time of Ask Ubuntu's 10th anniversary in October.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please &lt;strong&gt;post an answer here&lt;/strong&gt; to&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Request&lt;/strong&gt; a session about something you would like to learn&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Offer&lt;/strong&gt; a session you would like to teach&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you can offer a session that has been requested, it may be sufficient to comment on the request, rather than posting a new answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note&lt;/strong&gt;: Other ideas may also be taken forward. Everyone is hereby encouraged to post on meta or &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/201/ask-ubuntu-general-room&quot;&gt;in chat&lt;/a&gt; (feel free to ping me) about implementing any other celebration ideas.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2020-10-26T16:24:07.477" LastActivityDate="2020-10-26T16:24:07.477" Title="Organising &quot;classrooms&quot; for 10th birthday celebrations" Tags="|discussion|community|10th-anniversary|" AnswerCount="10" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19219" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19218" CreationDate="2020-07-16T04:52:30.603" Score="14" Body="&lt;h3&gt;Request&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to learn about writing a new &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;gnome-shell extension from scratch&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; as &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/19187/how-should-we-celebrate-10-years-of-ask-ubuntu/19192#19192&quot;&gt;jokerdino suggested&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Shell extensions are used quite often and are very useful. Even the &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GnomeShell/Extensions/StepByStepTutorial&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;official wiki&lt;/a&gt; is not completed yet, and there aren't many good resources available for this. I think &lt;em&gt;Learning by building a extension&lt;/em&gt; will be fun and insightful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="443229" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2020-07-16T05:10:08.257" LastActivityDate="2020-07-16T05:10:08.257" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19220" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19218" CreationDate="2020-07-16T12:03:16.653" Score="14" Body="&lt;h3&gt;Offer&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am willing to do a very beginner level introduction to command line and basic file permissions, if it is of interest&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2020-07-16T12:03:16.653" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19221" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-07-20T02:18:03.760" Score="13" ViewCount="89" Body="&lt;p&gt;We have a tag &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/troubleshooting&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;troubleshooting&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;troubleshooting&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At best, &lt;em&gt;troubleshooting&lt;/em&gt; describes a type of activity, though not a very specific one, and not one in which people would be likely to have a particular interest or expertise.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At worst, the tag is applicable to every situation where something is not working as expected. This seems to be the way it is being used on the majority of the 223 posts that currently have it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can we remove this tag?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;Credit to &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/54954170#54954170&quot;&gt;jokerdino&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/3877?m=54953063#54953063&quot;&gt;Eliah Kagan&lt;/a&gt; for the title of this post :)&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2020-07-20T02:18:03.760" Title="Troubleshooting the tag: can we diagnose it as unnecessary?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19222" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-07-20T03:30:59.627" Score="0" ViewCount="142" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1260456/how-can-i-push-to-launchpad-if-port-22-is-blocked&quot;&gt;How can I push to Launchpad if port 22 is blocked?&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Asked a question about using git, and pushing to Launchpad.&#xA;I was asked my distribution, I responded &amp;quot;19.10&amp;quot;, and asked why that mattered. I did not get an answer, because it obviously does not matter:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;git&lt;/code&gt; -- a static and well established revision control system&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;launchpad&lt;/code&gt; -- a website&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/f0uPZ.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/f0uPZ.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The comments revolving around me being EOL are thus superfluous and annoying, because they are asked as &lt;code&gt;routine&lt;/code&gt; but lacking any reasoning or justification.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There should be a caveat that when citing the &lt;code&gt;No support for EOL rule&lt;/code&gt;, that the question has to be actually dependent upon the version of Ubuntu, and not simply asked as &amp;quot;Routine&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Asking,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Would the answer vary depending on the version of ubuntu?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If no, then don't bother asking.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would be sufficient.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="253579" LastActivityDate="2020-07-20T11:58:03.507" Title="Can we do away with, &quot;We don't support EOL distributions&quot; when it is tangential and completely and utterly unrelated to the question?" Tags="|discussion|comments|close-reasons|end-of-life|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19223" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19222" CreationDate="2020-07-20T11:58:03.507" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;It &lt;em&gt;does&lt;/em&gt; occasionally matter though... Even if it doesn't in this case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The people initially involved in the question might not know or appreciate the finer details of what's going on. Networking stacks and application firewalls &lt;strong&gt;are&lt;/strong&gt; slowly changing, and I won't be surprised when systemd takes over from iptables/ufw then grub, and bash, &lt;em&gt;ad infinitum&lt;/em&gt;. The tools available to work around it (eg a &lt;code&gt;wg&lt;/code&gt; VPN) might not be present in older unsupported releases.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That is all to say, &lt;strong&gt;the &lt;em&gt;way&lt;/em&gt; we answer things will change with time&lt;/strong&gt;, so it's good manners —if nothing else— to tell people what version they're answering for so their effort isn't wasted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On your particular post, there's also an &amp;quot;is this legal?&amp;quot; question hanging over it. Circumventing network restrictions on a network you don't own are the sort of things mentioned in criminal computer misuse laws. I feel like this has come up on Meta before.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for the broader policy of sun-setting old releases, it achieves a few things, from simplifying the pool of knowledge to answer things, to the public health argument, that it does none of us any good to have a pile of computers without security updates roaming around. Get vaccinated and install your updates.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2020-07-20T11:58:03.507" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19224" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="47" CreationDate="2020-07-20T15:06:54.403" Score="-4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ubuntu is one of the most popular Linux distribution over the world. So there may be some general questions relevant to any Debian based Linux distro. But that does not mean he/she can't post it here. Because if it is a general question for Debian based distro there will be a 90% probability that ubuntu also have the same question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="856116" LastActivityDate="2020-07-20T15:06:54.403" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19225" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-07-20T21:33:39.773" Score="6" ViewCount="178" Body="&lt;p&gt;There have been many instances* where I see off-topic close votes on questions that are about upgrading EOL releases to a supported one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;help center&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Questions that you should avoid:&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Support for versions for Ubuntu releases past their Support or &amp;quot;End of Life&amp;quot; (EOL) — unless the question is asking how to upgrade to a supported release.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If we adhere to the policies and follow the help center, I don't think questions about upgrading an EOL release should be considered as off-topic. It may be a duplicate of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/91815/&quot;&gt;How to install software or upgrade from an old unsupported release?&lt;/a&gt; but not necessarily, for example, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/1208109/&quot;&gt;How to upgrade from 18.10 to 19.10, using the command line?&lt;/a&gt; is a specific question and has an excellent answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At the end of the day we're a community and are here to help needy and answer &lt;em&gt;supported Ubuntu specific&lt;/em&gt; questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Suggestions are welcome as comments or answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;*&lt;strong&gt;Some Instances I'm aware of:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/1161907/816190&quot;&gt;Problem when i try update linux ubuntu 18.10&lt;/a&gt; (deleted by Community♦️)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/1162333&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;W: Ignoring Provides line with DepCompareOp for package xxxx&amp;quot; while trying to upgrade Xubuntu 14.04&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/1260697/816190&quot;&gt;do-release-upgrade not finding next version&lt;/a&gt; (Current)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="816190" LastActivityDate="2020-07-21T12:03:36.463" Title="Close Voters: Questions about upgrading EOL releases aren't off-topic" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19226" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19225" CreationDate="2020-07-21T08:11:23.317" Score="5" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Flag things being incorrectly closed.&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Let us sort them out. That's the short answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The longer extension to that is to [please] just be careful what you're looking at.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1161907/problem-when-i-try-update-linux-ubuntu-18-10&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1161907/problem-when-i-try-update-linux-ubuntu-18-10&lt;/a&gt; is about &lt;code&gt;apt-get update&lt;/code&gt; errors. &lt;strike&gt;It is off-topic.&lt;/strike&gt; You're right, the actual problem here is [probably] that the PPA just didn't release for 18.10 and 19.04 and an answer for that would have been helpful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1162333/w-ignoring-provides-line-with-depcompareop-for-package-xxxx-while-trying-to-u&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;W: Ignoring Provides line with DepCompareOp for package xxxx&amp;quot; while trying to upgrade Xubuntu 14.04&lt;/a&gt; is about &lt;code&gt;apt-get dist-upgrade&lt;/code&gt; errors. It is off-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1260697/do-release-upgrade-not-finding-next-version&quot;&gt;do-release-upgrade not finding next version&lt;/a&gt; contains somebody &lt;em&gt;moaning about&lt;/em&gt; the release age but the close-reason is duplicate. But yes, that's on-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2020-07-21T12:03:36.463" LastActivityDate="2020-07-21T12:03:36.463" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19227" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19228" CreationDate="2020-07-21T12:06:41.860" Score="7" ViewCount="65" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sometimes in review an audit comes along. Oh nice answer/question, I upvote. Then a message appears&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This was a test, you passed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I don't know if my upvote is counting. Do I have go to the answer/question and make it for real?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="966203" LastEditorUserId="816190" LastEditDate="2020-07-21T12:14:47.057" LastActivityDate="2020-07-21T13:02:39.283" Title="How do I check if the vote I cast in review audit is actually cast on the original post?" Tags="|support|review|review-audits|up-votes|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19228" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19227" CreationDate="2020-07-21T12:14:17.250" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/345933/upvoting-a-first-posts-review-audit-doesnt-actually-upvote-the-post&quot;&gt;This post from 2017 suggests the vote does &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; get registered on the real post&lt;/a&gt;. If you want your vote to stick, you have to go through to the real post and vote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I (correctly) upvoted it as a reasonable post and passed the review audit; however, when I looked at it later, my upvote hadn't actually been applied. (I was able to manually upvote it later).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure if that's accurate, or still true, but it's the best indicator I have.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not that it matters, I also don't agree with it. Upvotes should carry.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2020-07-21T12:14:17.250" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19229" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19227" CreationDate="2020-07-21T13:02:39.283" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Nothing you do in a review audit is real. I think of review audits as mock-ups based on real posts. The post score will be shown differently from the real score, the author's picture and reputation may be fake, and the post itself may already have been deleted. We cannot interact with this mirage. Follow the link to the real post to upvote for real.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/242840/votes-on-review-audit-are-not-placed-on-the-question/242841#242841&quot;&gt;Shog9 confirms here that votes on a review audit don't count, and explains why they shouldn't&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2020-07-21T13:02:39.283" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19230" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-07-21T17:19:52.993" Score="7" ViewCount="123" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm fairly new to Ask Ubuntu, but I'm noticing a lot of low quality questions, along the lines of: &amp;quot;wifi doesnt work&amp;quot; &amp;amp; &amp;quot;ubuntu overheating&amp;quot; which are very similar to other questions (duplicates) and/or don't show any research into the issue - notice the bad formatting as well:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/550384/ubuntu-14-04-overheating-problem&quot;&gt;ubuntu 14.04 overheating problem&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1233758/overheating-ubuntu-20-04&quot;&gt;Overheating ubuntu 20.04&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1234645/wifi-does-not-work-correctly-on-ubuntu-18-04&quot;&gt;WiFi does not work correctly on Ubuntu 18.04&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't mind if a question is very similar to another question, if the user shows they've done their research and if they include some helpful outputs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think that questions like these get removed much faster on SuperUser for example, but here on Ask Ubuntu it seems like there's a lot of people wanting to answer every such question - presumably to get more reputation. Sometimes, there are comments asking for specific outputs, which to me feels is more like spoonfeeding than actual helping.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What do others think? Should questions like these be tolerated? Should we be more strict?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="940668" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2020-07-21T17:54:35.703" LastActivityDate="2020-07-22T12:14:42.323" Title="How to deal with low quality/duplicate questions which already have comments/answers?" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|low-quality-posts|question-quality|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19231" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19230" CreationDate="2020-07-21T17:28:43.310" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here is my opinion which has been shaped from &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/users/449/oli&quot;&gt;Oli&lt;/a&gt;'s &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/17073/264781&quot;&gt;answer&lt;/a&gt; to another &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/17070/is-it-okay-to-both-answer-and-mark-a-question-as-duplicate&quot;&gt;question&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are some processes that are pretty daunting to new users. Boot errors, graphics driver foul ups, random crashes. You can throw them at a 10,000 word generic answer ... but they're left having to follow it. It's not always possible for every level of user.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm sure ninety-something percent of questions that might fall into this area probably could have improvements on their existing answers, but sometimes it's easier to help that one person with their specific issue. Get their lsusb, their fdisk -l and apply an existing answer to their situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But it's still a duplicate. Closing it against a canonical answer —if it fits— is still the right thing to do too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At the end, If you think that something is duplicate, then flag it. It's up to community to decide what happens to the question. Almost all the times If I think a question is duplicate and the duplicate already has a good answer and the user doesn't need any kind of specific guidance, I vote to close.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="264781" LastEditorUserId="264781" LastEditDate="2020-07-21T17:42:00.063" LastActivityDate="2020-07-21T17:42:00.063" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19232" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19230" CreationDate="2020-07-21T17:51:37.587" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have no objections at all to people coming here to get help fixing their problem as soon as possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do not think we should expect visitors to&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;have any prior knowledge about using Ubuntu - they might be installing for the first time and we support that (effective research is &lt;strong&gt;really&lt;/strong&gt; hard when you know nothing about the subject)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;have a desire to become a Linux expert - Ubuntu has always, to my knowledge, aimed to be an accessible, easy-to-use operating system&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;have a desire to become a great contributor to Ask Ubuntu - they probably only found out it existed today when they were trying to solve their annoying problem&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's pretty much why the community has all these tools to fix and deal appropriately with posts: because we can't reasonably expect visitors to care much about our site and its long-term helpfulness, &lt;strong&gt;but we do care about it&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Poor formatting? Vague or misleading title? Excessive meta commentary? (Suggest an) edit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Question lacks info? Comment and request it.*&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's a dupe? Vote or flag to close.*&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Low quality? Downvote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Don't feel like doing anything? No problem at all! Move on to the next question (or whatever else you feel like doing, on the site or not) and let others deal with it :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;* &lt;sub&gt;One reason we have so many questions about wifi not working, for example, is that there is no generic solution to this widespread problem. Hardware details are usually essential for answering such questions, and until it is provided (from those specific command outputs requested in the comments), the question is unclear and should be closed as such.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2020-07-22T12:14:42.323" LastActivityDate="2020-07-22T12:14:42.323" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19234" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-07-22T14:06:49.137" Score="4" ViewCount="91" Body="&lt;p&gt;I saw &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1261122/clear-swap-on-every-shutdown&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; question, and it has already started receiving closed votes because the author mentioned (s)he is using a development version of Ubuntu. However, the question has nothing to do with the development version at all, and this is valid for most other recent versions of Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe, instead of closing the question, it can be edited to fit a supported version of Ubuntu?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, the answer should address the supported version of Ubuntu (maybe, OP can be pointed out that this solution is supposed to work in the development version as well, and (s)he may be encouraged to open a bug report if it does not work, because, this question is not a &amp;quot;Bug report&amp;quot; or a &amp;quot;problem&amp;quot; &amp;quot;with the development version of Ubuntu&amp;quot;, which certainly &amp;quot;should be reported on Launchpad&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="124466" LastEditorUserId="124466" LastEditDate="2020-07-22T14:13:36.070" LastActivityDate="2020-07-22T14:13:36.070" Title="Questions referring to a development version which has nothing to do with development at all" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2020-07-29T10:55:14.343" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19235" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-07-23T03:10:01.057" Score="10" ViewCount="298" Body="&lt;p&gt;Recently, I posted a couple of questions here and received no answer. I answered some of my questions by myself. The site seems like is not active. Sometimes, I don't know if I post my question here, on SuperUser or on Stack Overflow. Sometimes I feel that if I ask it on Stack Overflow, I have more chance to get an answer even if it's about Linux. However, I feel recently all the above sites have declined and most of the informed people have migrated from them, so the remained ones can't cover many questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know that I must research more to find my answers by myself, however sometimes even a link or comment can help, but this is also withheld.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="568773" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2020-07-23T10:00:41.047" LastActivityDate="2020-07-23T15:33:59.083" Title="The website seems to be less active than before" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19236" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19340" CreationDate="2020-07-23T03:47:04.387" Score="9" ViewCount="192" Body="&lt;p&gt;This follows up on &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/19187/how-should-we-celebrate-10-years-of-ask-ubuntu&quot;&gt;How should we celebrate 10 years of Ask Ubuntu?&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/19189/527764&quot;&gt;The proposal&lt;/a&gt; to create a banner was well-received and it &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/19187/how-should-we-celebrate-10-years-of-ask-ubuntu#comment41337_19189&quot;&gt;was suggested&lt;/a&gt; that this would be a good way to link to celebration events.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The idea is to display some kind of banner on the site around Ask Ubuntu's 10th anniversary in October.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please post your ideas, designs and other thoughts relating to creating such a banner or banner-like thing here!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note&lt;/strong&gt;: Other ideas may also be taken forward. Everyone is hereby encouraged to post on meta or &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/201/ask-ubuntu-general-room&quot;&gt;in chat&lt;/a&gt; (feel free to ping me) about implementing any other celebration ideas.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2020-10-26T16:24:18.723" LastActivityDate="2020-10-26T16:24:18.723" Title="Creating a banner for 10th birthday celebrations" Tags="|discussion|community|10th-anniversary|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19237" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19235" CreationDate="2020-07-23T09:57:09.160" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;I feel sad to read your post. I am sorry that you did not get any response to your recent questions, and I am grateful to you for taking the time to post the solutions you found yourself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, I think you are right that a significant number of people who had been active on the site earlier recently left or reduced their activity. I think this happened in connection with some events that happened last year and affected the entire Stack Exchange network. Perhaps the open letter linked in &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/334575/dear-stack-exchange-a-statement-and-a-letter-from-your-moderators&quot;&gt;this post&lt;/a&gt; on the network-wide meta site summarises the issues best. The answer to that question has a link to the company's response, which many regard as indicating a positive shift.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do feel that there are many people in this community who are still very invested in it and continuing to contribute. There are just fewer of us, so it is a little harder to attend to all the questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If people like you continue to post good questions and answers, I am hopeful that this site will thrive and future visitors will get a better response than you have.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks again for your participation and also for coming to meta to express your concerns.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2020-07-23T09:57:09.160" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19238" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19235" CreationDate="2020-07-23T15:33:59.083" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Answering questions are done voluntarily and may require expertise. It may happen that you get an answer eventually if not immediately.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/333965/468333&quot;&gt;Firing mods and forced relicensing: is Stack Exchange still interested in cooperating with the community?&lt;/a&gt; contains important details of the events that happened after &lt;a href=&quot;https://judaism.meta.stackexchange.com/q/5193&quot;&gt;a not so welcomed move by &lt;em&gt;the company&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. This caused many moderators to resign, some users reduced their activities and some veterans even left the network.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are interested, how the events affected the questions and answers per day that are posted on the site, there is a &lt;a href=&quot;https://data.stackexchange.com/askubuntu/query/1266414/questions-and-answers-per-day#graph&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;query&lt;/a&gt; on Stack Exchange Data Explorer. Since the initial event happened on 27 Sept 2019, the query would show the number of questions and answer posted per day since then. You can see the data in tabular as well as graphical form.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since the data dump happens every Sunday, the current data dump is till Jul 19, 2020. There may be inconsistency for the data about that day until another data dump happens.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here are number of questions and answers posted per day  from Sept 27, 2019 to Jul 19, 2020 plotted on a graph.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/vha0Z.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/vha0Z.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="816190" LastActivityDate="2020-07-23T15:33:59.083" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19239" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-07-23T19:44:02.460" Score="0" ViewCount="93" Body="&lt;p&gt;A few days ago my display in Kubuntu 18.04 suddenly was magnified as if, from that time onward, a virtual display has been kept in memory which is perhaps twice as large vertically and horizontally as my physical display. The virtual display thus contains a magnified version of what I want on my physical display. My physical display then presents only perhaps one quarter of the virtual magnified display, depending on where my mouse pointer is. For instance when I move my mouse pointer to the left hand top corner of my physical display the left hand top ~1/4 section of the virtual (magnified) display will be displayed on my physical display. I can still use my laptop this way but, as you probably can imagine, it is awkward.  I am writing the posting you are reading on this laptop.  I have used Kubuntu for many years. Since my last installation of 18.04, perhaps about 6 months ago, it has been running acceptably on my old System_76 Bonobo Extreme laptop. It would seem that pressing some combination of keys, or something in settings, should get me out of this mode. Rebooting my laptop does not solve the problem. I have worked for hours on trying to solve this problem without any luck, or find mention of any other user of Kubuntu (or Ubuntu) having the same problem.  Does this kubuntu related question belong here or in a KDE forum?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="808974" OwnerDisplayName="Vim Linux dummy born in 1935" LastEditorUserId="68186" LastEditDate="2020-07-23T19:58:28.577" LastActivityDate="2020-07-23T19:58:28.577" Title="Does this kubuntu related question belong to Ask Ubuntu or to a KDE forum?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19240" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19239" CreationDate="2020-07-23T19:57:15.313" Score="1" Body="&lt;h1&gt;The question in the title belongs to Meta Ask Ubuntu&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question in the title is about Ask Ubuntu. Therefore it belongs to Meta Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;The question in the Body belongs to Ask Ubuntu&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question in the body is about Kubuntu 18.04. Kubuntu is an official flavor of Ubuntu and the version 18.04 is one of the currently supported versions. Thus, the question in the body belong to Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note, once a version of Ubuntu (and its official flavors, such as Kubuntu) reaches its end of life, questions about such unsupported versions are not valid in Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hope this helps&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="68186" LastActivityDate="2020-07-23T19:57:15.313" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19241" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19218" CreationDate="2020-07-26T04:03:44.283" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Offer&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Learning by doing: How to host a package in PPA and Snapcraft.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1107236" LastActivityDate="2020-07-26T04:03:44.283" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19242" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2020-07-26T12:12:51.920" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;A feature request or bug report with this tag is neither declined nor destined for implementation/fix. When such a decision has been made, the tag will be changed accordingly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are multiple factors that may leave a report under review. There could be consideration of whether the proposed feature or bugfix is feasible or useful. There could be investigations on the complexity of the necessary solution. There could be insufficient information in the feature or bug report as presented. Site developers may provide additional comments to request more information or to provide status updates as appropriate to the status of the review, until such time as the decision for approval or decline is made.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Status tags can only be applied by staff and ♦ moderators; the latter will only use this tag as part of the escalation process described here: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/348642/295232&quot;&gt;What posts should be escalated to staff using [status-review], and how do I escalate them?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;Copied from: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/tags/status-review/info&quot;&gt;https://meta.stackexchange.com/tags/status-review/info&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="606366" LastEditorUserId="606366" LastEditDate="2020-07-27T15:55:27.730" LastActivityDate="2020-07-27T15:55:27.730" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19243" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2020-07-26T12:12:51.920" Score="0" Body="Indicates that a change in functionality is currently under consideration, or needs further investigation." OwnerUserId="606366" LastEditorUserId="606366" LastEditDate="2020-07-27T15:55:34.677" LastActivityDate="2020-07-27T15:55:34.677" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19245" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19218" CreationDate="2020-08-03T09:07:16.737" Score="9" Body="&lt;h3&gt;Request&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like some tips on using Vim efficiently and doing clever things with it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2020-08-03T09:07:16.737" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19246" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-08-04T04:40:26.177" Score="13" ViewCount="268" Body="&lt;p&gt;The tag &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/virtual&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;virtual&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;virtual&lt;/a&gt; covers so many rather unrelated things:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions related to virtualization, virtual devices, virtual terminal emulators, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's of little use for searching or following. Can we remove this? We do have &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/virtualization&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;virtualization&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;virtualization&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/virtual-console&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;virtual-console&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;virtual-console&lt;/a&gt; (of which &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/virtual-terminal&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;virtual-terminal&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;virtual-terminal&lt;/a&gt; is a synonym), so it doesn't serve much of a purpose.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2021-05-09T07:48:36.867" LastActivityDate="2021-05-09T07:48:36.867" Title="Can we remove this [virtual]ly useless tag?" Tags="|discussion|status-completed|tags|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19247" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19246" CreationDate="2020-08-04T08:56:12.367" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Didn't disagree, went ahead and &lt;strike&gt;did it&lt;/strike&gt; did some of it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit:&lt;/strong&gt; D'oh. I had a filter on, there's lost more to be done. But spend some time with it. Don't just remove the tag until there aren't any more virtual instances. Try to make sure your edits are actually benefiting the questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This will probably need doing again at some point because it's quiet a natural word to want to use when you're describing software-implemented things that might normally be handled by hardware (displays, routers, disks, etc).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2020-08-04T21:01:37.340" LastActivityDate="2020-08-04T21:01:37.340" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19248" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19246" CreationDate="2020-08-04T11:20:49.060" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, I agree that the tag is too vague and that more specific tags should be used instead to properly define what these questions are about.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I suggest that we cause the tag to be deleted by removing it from all the questions that have it. This is a good opportunity to tidy up:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;When editing, fix everything else about the post as well, and also check any of the answers to see if they would benefit from editing or deserve up/down votes or should be flagged.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You may be able to answer an unanswered question, or upvote good answers that are underappreciated (use &lt;a href=&quot;https://data.stackexchange.com/askubuntu/query/725162/anonymous-feedback-on-a-question-and-its-answers&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this query&lt;/a&gt; to check the feedback by users who are unregistered, not logged in, or have insufficient reputation to upvote)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Close/downvote/delete low quality questions in the tag.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Avoid editing a large number of posts in one go, as editing causes them to be bumped (this is also a good argument for checking and fixing the answers in the same shot).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you have more than 10k reputation, check the deleted answers to see if any of them are useful and should be undeleted - I find quite a few when I'm doing tag work.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As usual I'm more than willing to do this work myself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2020-08-05T08:38:10.357" LastActivityDate="2020-08-05T08:38:10.357" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19249" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-08-04T12:12:44.757" Score="9" ViewCount="290" Body="&lt;p&gt;More than half a year ago, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/391832/we-re-lowering-the-close-reopen-vote-threshold-from-5-to-3-for-good&quot;&gt;Stack Overflow lowered the close/reopen vote threshold from 5 to 3&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu has an order of magnitude smaller community than &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/&quot;&gt;Stack Overflow&lt;/a&gt;&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt; but we still require 5 close/reopen votes here. Since there are fewer users with the close/reopen privilege, it can currently take days to close/reopen a question on Ask Ubuntu and I guess it is less probable here that a question gets closed/reopened at all after the initial vote or flag happens.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The experiment done on Stack Overflow a year ago showed that &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/390083/threshold-experiment-results-closing-editing-and-reopening-all-become-more-eff&quot;&gt;closing, editing, and reopening become more effective&lt;/a&gt; with 3 votes threshold. I find myself doing more reviews on Stack Overflow than on Ask Ubuntu now while my ratio was reversed before the change.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Shouldn’t we lower the close/reopen vote threshold to 3 votes, too?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt; I compared the number of pages of the user lists: &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/users/&quot;&gt;https://stackoverflow.com/users/&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/users/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="250300" LastEditorUserId="250300" LastEditDate="2020-08-04T18:14:26.867" LastActivityDate="2020-08-08T10:58:31.713" Title="Shouldn’t we lower the close/reopen vote threshold?" Tags="|discussion|vote-to-close|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19250" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19249" CreationDate="2020-08-04T18:21:18.257" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't think we need those changes to be implemented right now on Ask Ubuntu. Stack Overflow is big, very big. Daily ~6000 are posted there. On the other hand, Ask Ubuntu gets ~200 questions per day and in my honest opinion, that's a manageable number.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As of now there are ~4500 items in close vote review queue and ~300 in reopen queue &lt;a href=&quot;http://stackoverflow.com/review&quot;&gt;on Stack Overflow&lt;/a&gt; while there are ~200 items in close vote review queue and exactly 1 in reopen queue &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/&quot;&gt;on Ask Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt;. Looking at those numbers we have less than 5% pending items as compared to Stack Overflow. These numbers may also reflect the chances of close/reopen votes getting aged.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These are the closure statistics for past week retrieved from &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tools/question-close-stats?daterange=last7days&quot;&gt;10k tools&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/f9EEg.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/f9EEg.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, I think reducing the threshold isn't needed for now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://softwareengineering.meta.stackexchange.com/q/7723&quot;&gt;Similar experiment&lt;/a&gt; was carried away on Software Engineering 5 years ago but as far as I know they never implemented that on that site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="816190" LastEditorUserId="816190" LastEditDate="2020-08-04T18:27:45.153" LastActivityDate="2020-08-04T18:27:45.153" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19251" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-08-05T05:48:48.380" Score="-5" ViewCount="117" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1227402/gnome-screenshot-area-selection-causing-freezes&quot;&gt;GNOME Screenshot area selection causing freezes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have this problem and needed the answer contained in the post and responses. I don't really care where it was posted, it was a good post, and if it offended someone it should have been moved rather than suppressed.  If not for Google's cache I would still be looking for this solution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1113649" OwnerDisplayName="Chindokae" LastEditorUserId="134729" LastEditDate="2020-08-05T21:27:19.000" LastActivityDate="2020-08-05T21:27:19.000" Title="Why was this very relevant link moderated?" Tags="|discussion|deleted-questions|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19252" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19251" CreationDate="2020-08-05T06:47:12.543" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;The question was closed due to the original author answered:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At some point in the last week or so, an update for something seems to have fixed this issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The close-reason was:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This describes a problem that can't be reproduced, &lt;strong&gt;that seemingly went away on its own&lt;/strong&gt; or was only relevant to a very specific period of time. It's off-topic as it's unlikely to help future readers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have the same or similar issue and still have it with all recent updates, you should open a new question explaining your problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="631600" LastActivityDate="2020-08-05T06:47:12.543" CommentCount="1" CommunityOwnedDate="2020-08-05T06:47:12.543" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19253" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19251" CreationDate="2020-08-05T07:18:53.857" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have undeleted the post since it was useful to you. The closure seems correct to me, but both the question, the self-answer and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/1234430/527764&quot;&gt;the answer with the workaround&lt;/a&gt; seem to at least have information that may help other users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2020-08-05T07:18:53.857" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19254" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19249" CreationDate="2020-08-05T14:18:43.807" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;The post you linked to on Stack Overflow has strong community support. It seems the change was received very positively. However, my feeling is that the change was made to cope with the fact that the Close Votes queue was, according to a Stack Overflow mod, &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/51408717#51408717&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;like a black hole&amp;quot;&lt;/a&gt; due to having &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/51408727#51408727&quot;&gt;8000 posts in it&lt;/a&gt;. So, the community response may reflect the fact that something just had to give, and finally reviewing Close Votes became actually worthwhile and possible. The feature request had been made &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/208583/322419&quot;&gt;many years earlier when the number of items in the queue was an order of magnitude higher&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At the other end of the scale, very small sites like &lt;a href=&quot;https://vegetarianism.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Vegetarianism &amp;amp; Veganism&lt;/a&gt;, where I have been active, also can't manage to close questions with five votes, because they have a very small number of active reviewers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu ought to be in the middle, with few enough posts in the queue and enough active reviewers to keep on top of it, as &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/19250/527764&quot;&gt;Kulfy argues&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have not come to a conclusion on this myself, but I have some material for the discussion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/users/761293/catija&quot;&gt;Catija&lt;/a&gt; kindly provided me with some statistics.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;90 days prior to the most recent 30 days (120-30 days ago):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Questions getting one vote/flag: 6073&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Percent handled &amp;quot;close&amp;quot; - 60%&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Percent handled &amp;quot;leave open&amp;quot; - 5%&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Total percent handled - 64%&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So... not terrible but that's ~35% going unhandled.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This, to be honest, surprised me. &lt;strong&gt;35% unhandled attempts to close&lt;/strong&gt; seems very high. This really challenges my assumption that we are dealing sufficiently well with attempts to close.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, 5% leave open seems very low. In recent years, I have generally been reviewing at least 50% of items in the Close Votes queue as Leave Open. Assuming that a decent proportion of my votes were correct, this suggests that very many posts get wrongly closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have had many of my own close votes age away over the years, and at times, due to low numbers of active reviewers and a full queue, it has been difficult to get things closed and even more so reopened. One of the main functions of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/3877/raiders-of-the-lost-downboat&quot;&gt;Downboat&lt;/a&gt; is to coordinate closing, leaving open and reopening (and to discuss them, of course).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, mods can always step in and help out. But, Catija wrote, a high proportion of questions being closed by mods is an indicator that lowering the close vote threshold will be useful to the site. But Ask Ubuntu has a very low proportion of questions closed by mods compared to other sites. [For the same period]:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;329 questions closed by mods, 3857 by users, so about 8% by mods&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know there is a post somewhere on MSE that has detailed stats on that for all sites, but I couldn't find it and only have this for comparison (from a post by Catija on the Stack Moderators Team)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;there's dozens of sites where the mods are closing as many posts as the users on the site... sometimes in the hundreds - for example, the SO in Portuguese mods have closed 4301 questions in the same 90 days that the users have closed 4763 - six mods have closed 4301 posts in 90 days [...] Super User is 2076 for mods vs 2492 for users; Server Fault is 1260 vs 1439. This is true across the spectrum of sites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, mods have relatively little involvement in close voting on Ask Ubuntu. But it's unclear to me whether this in itself is an argument either way for lowering or not lowering the threshold. Maybe mods could pick up some of the unhandled slack here, rather than the threshold being lowered - would that carry a smaller risk of incorrect closures?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I also received some reopen stats:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For the same period as above:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Edited after close: 609&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Percentage reopened: 5%&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Percentage marked &amp;quot;leave closed&amp;quot;: 23%&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Total handled: 27%&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Assuming every post in the reopen queue (which never has more than a handful of posts) was handled, it seems about 165 of the 609 went to the reopen queue, and so about 18% of those were reopened.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But, it would be more interesting to know which posts were wrongly closed, and information on posts that were reopened without being edited would be more useful for that, assuming that posts were edited into an answerable state and thus reopened, having been rightly closed earlier.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Perhaps the most important question for this discussion is &lt;em&gt;how many posts receive at least 3 incorrect close votes&lt;/em&gt;. Even if posts could be more easily reopened, it may be that, if there are many &lt;em&gt;more&lt;/em&gt; wrongly closed posts, more of them will go unseen and the wrong closures will not be addressed. Assuming my belief that many posts on Ask Ubuntu receive wrong close votes has some basis, lowering the threshold should, if it is to happen, perhaps be accompanied by some initiative to train new close vote reviewers. At present, such an effort would be hampered by &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/19168/requesting-some-eyes-on-this-closed-thread/19169#19169&quot;&gt;closed-as-off-topic posts now being displayed uninformatively to users who lack the close voting privilege&lt;/a&gt;, but maybe we could put together a crash course or something.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have not figured out any way to determine how many posts receive 3 wrong close votes, or whether the difference between 3 and 5 close votes required is a difference that allows such posts to be prevented from being closed, or whether the greater ease of reopening could compensate for that difference. If anyone has any data, or can even suggest what data should be sought to inform this, it would be of great help. Perhaps we could even devise and perform a data-gathering exercise. We probably have time to do that, because, again according to Catija, while lowering the threshold can be done, for technical reasons, it can't be done right now, although I do not know when that will change.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2020-08-05T14:18:43.807" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19255" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19259" CreationDate="2020-08-06T13:19:05.927" Score="9" ViewCount="136" Body="&lt;p&gt;We have two tags &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/emulator&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;emulator&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;emulator&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/emulation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;emulation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;emulation&lt;/a&gt;, each with around 130 questions. The questions seem to me to be covering the same range of topics.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should one be a synonym of the other (I prefer &lt;em&gt;emulation&lt;/em&gt; which sounds like a topic)? Or should something else be done?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2020-08-12T07:26:31.067" LastActivityDate="2020-08-12T07:26:31.067" Title="Is emulator emulating emulation?" Tags="|discussion|status-completed|tags|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19256" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-08-07T13:08:14.070" Score="3" ViewCount="94" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/d4ReZ.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/d4ReZ.png&quot; alt=&quot;Flags&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you can see in the picture, I've flagged 10 posts. But if we total the number of flags in the categories of &lt;em&gt;post flags&lt;/em&gt;, we only get 9.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After checking which flag wasn't mentioned in the categories, I found out that this flag is not mentioned in the categories:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/62myB.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/62myB.png&quot; alt=&quot;Flags 1&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So is this a problem in the website or am I mistaken?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1103140" LastActivityDate="2020-08-09T07:17:49.857" Title="The flags count isn't detailed perfectly" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19257" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19256" CreationDate="2020-08-07T13:34:25.710" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The simplest answer that I can provide is that your flag on &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1264922/fingerprint-scanner-in-my-hp-proobook-is-not-working&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; does not belong to any category so it does not get assigned to any while getting counted anyway.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your flag on that question has been &amp;quot;Invalidated&amp;quot; by the system before any of us could act on it. So it doesn't belong to any typical category.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why it has been Invalidated? because before anyone can decide that it's helpful or not the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1264915/fingerprint-scanner-not-visible&quot;&gt;other question&lt;/a&gt; has been closed as a duplicate of the question you flagged. So it's a dead end. A loop. Two questions can't be simultaneously duplicate of each other.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="264781" LastActivityDate="2020-08-07T13:34:25.710" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19258" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19256" CreationDate="2020-08-07T13:34:49.447" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/283463/missing-flag-in-flagging-history&quot;&gt;This post on Meta Stack Exchange&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/19260/addition-of-a-new-category-for-invalidated-flags#comment41516_19260&quot;&gt;found by Mark Kirby&lt;/a&gt;) discusses this type of event.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You flagged one post as a duplicate of another - it was actually a question re-posted by the OP.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Before the question you flagged for closure got closed, the target you suggested in your flag was closed as a duplicate of the question that you flagged.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Community♦ cleared your flag (that is, handled it, or deactivated it so that it had no further effects) and marked it &amp;quot;EventInvalidated&amp;quot; (in the flag history, which is not shown publicly). Your flag would have sent the post to the Close Votes queue, but due to the target being closed as a dupe of the suggested dupe, the review also shows as Invalidated in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/1264922/timeline&quot;&gt;post timeline&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/187530/flagged-post-status-is-set-to-eventinvalidated-in-my-flagging-history&quot;&gt;This meta stack exchange post&lt;/a&gt; also explains that some flags are invalidated like this, because there is no reasonable way for them to be resolved. Invalidated flags do not count against the flagger in any way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These flags used, apparently, to show up in your flag history as &amp;quot;eventinvalidated&amp;quot;, but, it seems, now show up as &amp;quot;removed during a deletion&amp;quot;, which in this case is very misleading as nothing was actually deleted (this would show up in the timelines of the posts). The wrongness of this message, and the fact that your flag count ends up not adding up correctly &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/352697/flag-message-showing-as-removed-during-a-deletion-in-the-flag-history&quot;&gt;seems to be a bug&lt;/a&gt; (although I am not sure this linked post actually adequately covers the latter, which was only mentioned in &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.meta.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8505586#8505586&quot;&gt;this comment&lt;/a&gt; on the post, subsequently moved to chat).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sorry for the weirdness. Perhaps your flag will turn up in the count eventually.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2020-08-09T07:17:49.857" LastActivityDate="2020-08-09T07:17:49.857" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19259" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19255" CreationDate="2020-08-07T20:15:57.793" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;As &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/emulation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;emulation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;emulation&lt;/a&gt; has at least a sensible excerpt while &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/emulator&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;emulator&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;emulator&lt;/a&gt; has none I agree with your proposal to keep &lt;em&gt;emulation&lt;/em&gt; and make &lt;em&gt;emulator&lt;/em&gt; a synonym.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="134729" LastActivityDate="2020-08-07T20:15:57.793" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19260" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-08-08T10:29:06.587" Score="0" ViewCount="108" Body="&lt;p&gt;Before explaining about the feature request, please refer this link to understand the context: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/19256/1103140&quot;&gt;The flags count isn&amp;#39;t detailed perfectly&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/YqZ8C.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/YqZ8C.png&quot; alt=&quot;Flag&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The aforementioned flag is not categorised in the flags.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/UWjxg.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/UWjxg.png&quot; alt=&quot;Flag stats&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So why can't we create a new category for these kind of flags? The new category can be named as &lt;strong&gt;miscellaneous&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1103140" LastEditorUserId="1103140" LastEditDate="2020-08-13T07:47:43.827" LastActivityDate="2020-08-13T07:47:43.827" Title="Addition of a new category for invalidated flags" Tags="|feature-request|flags|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19261" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19249" CreationDate="2020-08-08T10:58:31.713" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't advocate lowering the vote threshold for closing questions from 5 to 3 like Stack Overflow does for two reasons.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Stack Overflow has many more users than Ask Ubuntu in general and many more gold badge tag users than Ask Ubuntu in particular. Most duplicate questions at Stack Overflow are closed by gold badge tag users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Stack Overflow also has many more 100k+ reputation moderators than Ask Ubuntu. Stack Overflow reviewers are moderated hard by moderators, to reduce the number of incorrect question closures.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="94914" LastActivityDate="2020-08-08T10:58:31.713" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19262" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19218" CreationDate="2020-08-08T17:26:33.467" Score="8" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Request&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Setting up regular backups like using rsync&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="304317" LastActivityDate="2020-08-08T17:26:33.467" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19263" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19255" CreationDate="2020-08-09T20:06:13.980" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Beside what you have proposed is completely logical, if we look up other sites on the network we can see others are taking the same approach.&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/tags/emulation/synonyms&quot;&gt;Stack Overflow&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/emulation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;emulation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;emulation&lt;/a&gt; main tag. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/emulator&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;emulator&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;emulator&lt;/a&gt; synonym.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So... Yeah.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="264781" LastActivityDate="2020-08-09T20:06:13.980" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19264" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19218" CreationDate="2020-08-10T15:51:45.473" Score="5" Body="&lt;h3&gt;Request&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://old.reddit.com/r/Ubuntu/comments/i5x164/ask_ubuntu_10_year_birthday_celebrations/g0txxa4/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;I would like a lesson on how to use the perl rename command.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;-- Reddit user &lt;a href=&quot;https://old.reddit.com/user/SpecificHat&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;SpecificHat&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastActivityDate="2020-08-10T15:51:45.473" CommentCount="8" CommunityOwnedDate="2020-08-10T15:51:45.473" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19265" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-08-12T12:14:35.397" Score="6" ViewCount="67" Body="&lt;p&gt;Securing our digital accounts is a very important thing to do to be safe in the Internet. Having a strong password is just the start in my opinion. Two-step verification is a very important tool to keep our accounts safe. Many companies provide two-step verification feature to its users like Google, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm proposing  a two-step verification &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/feature-request&quot; class=&quot;post-tag required-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;feature-request&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;feature-request&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If any of you feel this is not a necessary feature, let me know your reasons.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1103140" LastEditorUserId="1103140" LastEditDate="2020-08-13T07:45:23.173" LastActivityDate="2020-08-13T07:45:23.173" Title="Feature request: Two step verification" Tags="|feature-request|user-accounts|security|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19266" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19267" CreationDate="2020-08-12T23:38:26.347" Score="10" ViewCount="145" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a mildly &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/218567/any-way-to-check-the-clock-speed-of-my-processor/218570#218570&quot;&gt;popular answer&lt;/a&gt; that has generated a number of (IMHO) helpful comments over the years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am asking the community if you think that the answer might be cleaner/more helpful if I took the comments and added them to the answer and have the comments removed? This might reduce some of the noise and decrease the chances of folks missing some helpful options that are not obvious in my answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This answer was my first on Ask Ubuntu and could probably use some clean up at this point to include these suggestions. Or, should I just leave well enough alone?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="106495" LastActivityDate="2020-08-13T04:18:38.823" Title="Should I merge the comments with my answer to make a more useful answer?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19267" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19266" CreationDate="2020-08-13T04:18:38.823" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;In general&lt;/em&gt; I try to merge comments that suggest improvements to my answer into the answer. The idea is to get the post itself into the best possible state. It's also good to clean up comments that are no longer needed after their suggestions have been incorporated (sometimes I thank the commenter in the post and leave the comment as is, but people often remove their own comments after edits have added their suggestions).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, it's always good to be cautious about changing a highly upvoted answer (I don't want it to look like people approved of something that, actually, they never saw), and in this case it seems that the comments are proposing methods that could be answers in themselves (if I receive a comment like that, I usually comment something like &amp;quot;that's a great answer - I suggest posting it&amp;quot; rather than incorporating it into my post), and elements of those suggestions seem to appear in the other answers. At the moment the comments on your (very popular) answer seem to be a fairly confusing conversation, and, given that other answers on the page seem to achieve the same things as the commands they are suggesting, &lt;strong&gt;I would be inclined to leave the post as is and simply remove all the comments&lt;/strong&gt;. If you do want to include any of the suggestions as additions to your answer, or even post a new answer based on any of the suggestions you particularly like, that would also be fine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2020-08-13T04:18:38.823" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19270" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-08-15T14:21:35.993" Score="6" ViewCount="103" Body="&lt;p&gt;Why do flags age away?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/wWHFj.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/wWHFj.png&quot; alt=&quot;flags age away&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What do the words &amp;quot;no one&amp;quot; refer to? Who handle flags? Is it moderators?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How much &amp;quot;time&amp;quot; is &amp;quot;allowed by the system&amp;quot;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1103140" LastEditorUserId="1103140" LastEditDate="2020-08-17T12:43:18.867" LastActivityDate="2020-08-17T12:49:43.427" Title="Why do flags age away?" Tags="|support|flags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19271" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19270" CreationDate="2020-08-15T14:38:54.580" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;In this case, a flag to close a question, it's handled by users with 3,000 or more reputation in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/close/stats&quot;&gt;Close Votes review queue&lt;/a&gt;. It's quite full, 170 questions (though nowhere near Stack Overflow levels) and that means that for some questions the review never gets completed. Even though there may be enough active reviewers, if the decision to close a question or leave it open is difficult, some of them may skip the review.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Close votes and close flags age away after &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/204347/295232&quot;&gt;4-14 days&lt;/a&gt; - if you're certain the question should be closed, you can flag again. Otherwise, it's better to leave it open; the worst thing that can happen is that it gets an answer :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="606366" LastEditorUserId="606366" LastEditDate="2020-08-17T12:49:43.427" LastActivityDate="2020-08-17T12:49:43.427" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19272" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-08-17T06:15:58.950" Score="6" ViewCount="85" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the process of removing the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/images&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;images&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;images&lt;/a&gt; tag, one of the tags I added to was &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/image-viewer&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;image-viewer&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;image-viewer&lt;/a&gt;. At some point, I realised that Image Viewer is often the name shown in GUI elements for the system's default image viewing application, which is often Eye of GNOME (proper tag: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/eog&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;eog&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;eog&lt;/a&gt;) but may be another program.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Checking out the posts in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/image-viewer&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;image-viewer&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;image-viewer&lt;/a&gt;, it looks like many of these posts should instead be titled with the tag specific to the program, such as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/eog&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;eog&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;eog&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I see some benefit in a general tag for image viewers (with the benefit of the experience of removing the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/images&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;images&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;images&lt;/a&gt; tag by editing all the posts), although I think perhaps &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/software-recommendation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;software-recommendation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;software-recommendation&lt;/a&gt; could absorb the non-specific posts if the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/image-viewer&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;image-viewer&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;image-viewer&lt;/a&gt; tag were removed. Should we remove it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another idea I had was renaming it to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/image-viewers&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;image-viewers&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;image-viewers&lt;/a&gt; and explaining in the usage guidance to use specific tags (eg &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/eog&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;eog&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;eog&lt;/a&gt;) for questions about a particular image viewer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another thought I had was that it may not even matter that much that the tag is being used for image viewing programs in general and specific problems with the different default image viewing apps of each DE because these topics are related, and the use of this tag does not preclude the use of more specific tags.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What, if anything, should be done with the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/image-viewer&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;image-viewer&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;image-viewer&lt;/a&gt; tag?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2020-08-21T20:18:28.587" Title="Usage of image-viewer tag is somewhat inconsistent - what's the best solution?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19274" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19210" CreationDate="2020-08-20T19:33:03.887" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is fixed as discussed at &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/353280/235711&quot;&gt;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/353280/235711&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This was only happening when you entered the review step using the &lt;kbd&gt;Enter&lt;/kbd&gt; key, due to a competing &lt;code&gt;submit&lt;/code&gt; event listener.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="853835" LastActivityDate="2020-08-20T19:33:03.887" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19275" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19272" CreationDate="2020-08-21T20:18:28.587" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I suggest renaming it to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/image-viewers&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;image-viewers&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;image-viewers&lt;/a&gt; (and so avoid the ambiguity with &lt;code&gt;eog&lt;/code&gt;) and then to follow your &amp;quot;Another thought...&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="134729" LastActivityDate="2020-08-21T20:18:28.587" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19278" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-08-23T20:34:20.387" Score="-3" ViewCount="103" Body="&lt;p&gt;It happens very often that output in terminals has ANSI control sequences that gives it better readability, different colors, bold, underline, hence I think it would be interesting to be able to benefit this in questions and answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's an example &lt;code&gt;dmesg -H&lt;/code&gt; output, but of course it doesn't work right now and will be atrociously ugly :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;[32m[1m[Aug22 16:11] [0m[33mpci 0000:01:00.0[0m: [10de:1198] type 00 class 0x030000&#xA;[32m[  +0.000036] [0m[33mpci 0000:01:00.0[0m: reg 0x10: [mem 0xf6000000-0xf6ffffff]&#xA;[32m[  +0.000017] [0m[33mpci 0000:01:00.0[0m: reg 0x14: [mem 0xe0000000-0xefffffff 64bit pref]&#xA;[32m[  +0.000016] [0m[33mpci 0000:01:00.0[0m: reg 0x1c: [mem 0xf0000000-0xf1ffffff 64bit pref]&#xA;[32m[  +0.000012] [0m[33mpci 0000:01:00.0[0m: reg 0x24: [io  0xe000-0xe07f]&#xA;[32m[  +0.000012] [0m[33mpci 0000:01:00.0[0m: reg 0x30: [mem 0xf7000000-0xf707ffff pref]&#xA;[32m[  +0.000052] [0m[33mpci 0000:01:00.0[0m: Enabling HDA controller&#xA;[32m[  +0.000087] [0m[33mpci 0000:01:00.0[0m: 32.000 Gb/s available PCIe bandwidth, limited by 2.5 GT/s x16 link at 0000:00:01.0 (capable of 126.016 Gb/s with 8 GT/s x16 link)&#xA;[32m[  +0.000486] [0m[33mpci 0000:01:00.0[0m: vgaarb: VGA device added: decodes=io+mem,owns=none,locks=none&#xA;[32m[  +0.000011] [0m[33mi915 0000:00:02.0[0m: vgaarb: changed VGA decodes: olddecodes=io+mem,decodes=none:owns=io+mem&#xA;[32m[  +0.000160] [0m[33mpci 0000:01:00.1[0m: [10de:0e0a] type 00 class 0x040300&#xA;[32m[  +0.000029] [0m[33mpci 0000:01:00.1[0m: reg 0x10: [mem 0x00000000-0x00003fff]&#xA;[32m[  +0.000057] [0m[33mpci 0000:01:00.1[0m: Max Payload Size set to 256 (was 128, max 256)&#xA;[32m[  +0.000382] [0m[33mpcieport 0000:00:01.0[0m[1m: ASPM: current common clock configuration is broken, reconfiguring[0m&#xA;[32m[  +0.009663] [0m[33mpci 0000:01:00.0[0m: BAR 1: assigned [mem 0xe0000000-0xefffffff 64bit pref]&#xA;[32m[  +0.000037] [0m[33mpci 0000:01:00.0[0m: BAR 3: assigned [mem 0xf0000000-0xf1ffffff 64bit pref]&#xA;[32m[  +0.000018] [0m[33mpci 0000:01:00.0[0m: BAR 0: assigned [mem 0xf6000000-0xf6ffffff]&#xA;[32m[  +0.000003] [0m[33mpci 0000:01:00.0[0m: BAR 6: assigned [mem 0xf7000000-0xf707ffff pref]&#xA;[32m[  +0.000002] [0m[33mpci 0000:01:00.1[0m: BAR 0: assigned [mem 0xf7080000-0xf7083fff]&#xA;[32m[  +0.000002] [0m[33mpci 0000:01:00.0[0m: BAR 5: assigned [io  0xe000-0xe07f]&#xA;[32m[  +0.000004] [0m[33mpcieport 0000:00:01.0[0m: PCI bridge to [bus 01]&#xA;[32m[  +0.000001] [0m[33mpcieport 0000:00:01.0[0m:   bridge window [io  0xe000-0xefff]&#xA;[32m[  +0.000003] [0m[33mpcieport 0000:00:01.0[0m:   bridge window [mem 0xf6000000-0xf70fffff]&#xA;[32m[  +0.000002] [0m[33mpcieport 0000:00:01.0[0m:   bridge window [mem 0xe0000000-0xf1ffffff 64bit pref]&#xA;[32m[  +0.000176] [0m[33mpci 0000:01:00.1[0m: D0 power state depends on 0000:01:00.0&#xA;[32m[  +0.000036] [0m[33msnd_hda_intel 0000:01:00.1[0m: enabling device (0000 -&amp;gt; 0002)&#xA;[32m[  +0.000057] [0m[33msnd_hda_intel 0000:01:00.1[0m: Disabling MSI&#xA;[32m[  +0.000006] [0m[33msnd_hda_intel 0000:01:00.1[0m: Handle vga_switcheroo audio client&#xA;[32m[  +0.041484] [0m[33mIPMI message handler[0m: version 39.2&#xA;[32m[  +0.016187] [0mipmi device interface&#xA;[32m[  +0.704043] [0m[33mnvidia[0m[1m: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.[0m&#xA;[32m[  +0.000001] [0m[1mDisabling lock debugging due to kernel taint[0m&#xA;[32m[  +0.012267] [0m[33mnvidia-nvlink[0m: Nvlink Core is being initialized, major device number 237&#xA;[32m[  +0.000320] [0m[33mnvidia 0000:01:00.0[0m: enabling device (0006 -&amp;gt; 0007)&#xA;[32m[  +0.000078] [0m[33mnvidia 0000:01:00.0[0m: vgaarb: changed VGA decodes: olddecodes=io+mem,decodes=none:owns=none&#xA;[32m[  +0.099429] [0m[33mNVRM[0m[1m: loading NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module  440.100  Fri May 29 08:45:51 UTC 2020[0m&#xA;[32m[  +0.055239] [0m[33mnvidia-modeset[0m: Loading NVIDIA Kernel Mode Setting Driver for UNIX platforms  440.100  Fri May 29 08:14:04 UTC 2020&#xA;[32m[  +0.002640] [0m[drm] [nvidia-drm] [GPU ID 0x00000100] Loading driver&#xA;[32m[  +0.020768] [0m[33mACPI Warning[0m[1m: \_SB.PCI0.PEG0.PEGP._DSM: Argument #4 type mismatch - Found [Buffer], ACPI requires [Package] (20190816/nsarguments-59)[0m&#xA;[32m[ +30.855545] [0m[33mNVRM[0m[1m: GPU 0000:01:00.0: RmInitAdapter failed! 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(0x26:0x65:1227)[0m&#xA;[32m[  +0.000023] [0m[33mNVRM[0m[1m: GPU 0000:01:00.0: rm_init_adapter failed, device minor number 0[0m&#xA;[32m[  +8.171964] [0m[33mNVRM[0m[1m: GPU 0000:01:00.0: RmInitAdapter failed! (0x26:0x65:1227)[0m&#xA;[32m[  +0.000039] [0m[33mNVRM[0m[1m: GPU 0000:01:00.0: rm_init_adapter failed, device minor number 0[0m&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;EDIT :&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;Imho, it should work this way : the code block is started with &lt;code&gt;```ansi&lt;/code&gt; and finishes with &lt;code&gt;```&lt;/code&gt;, which is consistent with current usage, explicitly requesting ANSI escape sequences parsing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, is it worth it in terms of development ? I'm pretty sure there's already much code in the open addressing the problem of ANSI sequences parsing, maybe even libraries. It's already possible to copy the output from the GNOME terminal as HTML with colour tags (that aren't recognised here afaik), hence much of the work has already been done somewhere.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So yes, imo it is worth it, the investment wouldn't be that big and the results of having coloured + emphasized console output posted instead of the current monochrome would be beneficial.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That being said, I'm not the one who would have to implement this, and only those people could say for sure.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="999963" LastEditorUserId="999963" LastEditDate="2020-08-24T15:05:52.063" LastActivityDate="2020-08-24T15:05:52.063" Title="Could we have ANSI control sequence parsing in code blocks?" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19279" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19278" CreationDate="2020-08-24T10:19:22.743" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;tl;dr I don't believe it's worth implementing this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If we just search for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=0m&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;0m&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/a&gt;* on main, you get 304 results. Keeping in mind that those 304 results including &lt;code&gt;0m&lt;/code&gt; are not supposed to be coloured outputs, still, 304 results is a tiny number when compared to &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackexchange.com/sites#technology-name&quot;&gt;the 358k questions and 450k answers Ask Ubuntu has&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From a functionality perspective, how would would it work?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Would the output be parsed to remove the colour codes so the text would be coloured?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This would be a problem because the purpose of code blocks is to show the text as is without any parsing whatsoever.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Would the output stay as is but coloured?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This would be a problem because the output gets cluttered with unnecessary information. So it will make it less readable&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On a brighter note, a workaround these two problems could be to use a completely new formatting directive, for example, encapsulating log output with triple tildes (&lt;code&gt;~~~&lt;/code&gt;) instead of triple backticks (&lt;code&gt;```&lt;/code&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I still think it's not worth it and development work is better spent on other problems.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When a coloured output is required to help users fix an issue - if that ever happens - screenshots, gifs or even &lt;a href=&quot;https://asciinema.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://asciinema.org/&lt;/a&gt; can be a solution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;* I chose &lt;code&gt;0m&lt;/code&gt; because that's part of the code used for to reset all formatting so it would be the most frequent code used when colouring is involved. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.growingwiththeweb.com/2015/05/colours-in-gnome-terminal.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.growingwiththeweb.com/2015/05/colours-in-gnome-terminal.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastActivityDate="2020-08-24T10:19:22.743" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19280" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-08-24T18:17:53.023" Score="-10" ViewCount="110" Body="&lt;p&gt;What we have here is a failure to communicate&#xA;I am not allowed to ask questions - reached a limit - but Y am also not allowed to clear such limit .&#xA;I am also not allowed to say this because my &amp;quot;incorrectly&amp;quot; placed question in &amp;quot;ask a public (?) question &amp;quot; was deleted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;so what are my options besides asking somewhere else about Ubuntu issue ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;meaningless reply not necessary, save you keyboard.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user580382" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2020-08-24T18:37:09.730" LastActivityDate="2020-08-27T18:40:41.623" Title="What we have here is a failure to communicate" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19281" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19280" CreationDate="2020-08-24T18:36:48.330" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;You have 17 questions, of which 8 are deleted or were flagged for deletion and were in fact deleted, or were deleted by yourself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This means your questions are mostly against the quality guidelines held by the community.  Or, you are just mass deleting things and not contributing good-quality questions.  Deletions can trigger question/answer bans, and there is nothing Moderators or anyone else can do to remove those restrictions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Go read &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/86997/what-can-i-do-when-getting-we-are-no-longer-accepting-questions-answers-from-th&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;What can I do when getting &amp;quot;We are no longer accepting questions/answers&amp;quot; from this account?&amp;quot;&lt;/a&gt; in its entirety.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2020-08-27T18:40:41.623" LastActivityDate="2020-08-27T18:40:41.623" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19282" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-08-28T14:11:17.347" Score="9" ViewCount="247" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've been editing posts on the Ask Ubuntu website for a couple of weeks and I've found that there more than a hundred posts where images are not formatted properly. Most of the users are either forgetting to add the &lt;em&gt;exclamation mark&lt;/em&gt; or maybe deleted the &lt;em&gt;exclamation mark&lt;/em&gt; before posting the question/answer. What can Ask Ubuntu do to tackle this issue? Can a new badge be awarded to a user when he/she formats a image properly (for the first time)? Or should Ask Ubuntu not let the user post the question/answer until they format the image properly?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also one more thing to note is that many users are not typing the image descriptions either. To find out the posts where images are not formatted peoperly, I type &lt;em&gt;enter image description here&lt;/em&gt; in the search box. There are many results and some are even closed/duplicate. I've edited some closed/duplicate questions in the past. But after a couple of days(after editing the question), the post gets removed and I lose the reputation gained earlier. In these kinda situations I'm confused as to whether I must edit the post in the first place because anyway it might mostly be removed. Or am I mistaken?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do understand that other users in the community can edit the post but what I'm trying to say is, what if we never let the post containing an improperly formatted image be published until the user properly formats it. Is this a bad or good idea?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1103140" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2020-08-28T15:37:59.850" LastActivityDate="2020-08-31T08:53:48.090" Title="Many users are not formatting images properly. What to do?" Tags="|discussion|markdown|image|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19283" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19282" CreationDate="2020-08-28T14:40:25.957" Score="17" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most of the users are either forgetting to add the &lt;em&gt;exclamation mark&lt;/em&gt; or maybe deleted the &lt;em&gt;exclamation mark&lt;/em&gt; before posting the question/answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's not what happens (at least not in most cases); new users &lt;em&gt;are not allowed&lt;/em&gt; to post images on some sites: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/258875/295232&quot;&gt;Which SE sites require 10 reputation points to post images?&lt;/a&gt; because it &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/286118/295232&quot;&gt;has led to abuse&lt;/a&gt; in the past.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Those posts usually end up in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/first-posts/1078589&quot;&gt;First Posts review queue&lt;/a&gt;; users there are expected (if the question is good enough for the site) to edit the post and inline the images (and crop/resize them if necessary). Once a new user receives their first upvote, they already have enough reputation to properly post images.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="606366" LastEditorUserId="606366" LastEditDate="2020-08-31T08:53:48.090" LastActivityDate="2020-08-31T08:53:48.090" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19284" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19285" CreationDate="2020-08-29T22:30:30.493" Score="8" ViewCount="188" Body="&lt;p&gt;This question was asked on July 1:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1255232/ubuntu-20-04-on-a-new-lenovo-ideapad-flex-5-is-not-detecting-my-second-monitor-t&quot;&gt;Ubuntu 20.04 on a new Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 5 is not detecting my second monitor through HDMI&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Today, a new user with 1 reputation attempted to provide an answer to that question and apparently was blocked from doing so with the following reason:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;quot;Highly active question. Earn 10 reputation in order to answer this question. The reputation requirement helps protect this question from spam and non-answer activity.&amp;quot;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The new user then, with no other options to contribute, created and answered a new question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1271121/ubuntu-20-04-on-lenovo-ideapad-flex-5-using-amd-ryzen-not-detecting-external-mon&quot;&gt;Ubuntu 20.04 on Lenovo Ideapad Flex 5 using AMD Ryzen not detecting external monitor&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The original question remained unanswered and because of &amp;quot;comment everywhere&amp;quot; reputation requirements, the new user is unable to comment or link to the answer they just posted:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Don't we have reviews just for this reason: to protect against spam and non-answer activity?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What makes this a &amp;quot;highly active question&amp;quot;?  My guess is that some algorithm has deemed it as such.  But it does not look like anything I'd consider a highly active question in my opinion: no interactions in 24 days and no answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do we have any control over this spam block?  Is it really helpful to the site if it's redundant and the real-world result is that new users can't answer, questions go unanswered, and duplicates are spawned?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="953371" LastEditorUserId="816190" LastEditDate="2020-08-30T10:53:48.597" LastActivityDate="2022-07-23T16:13:55.327" Title="Are new users banned from answering &quot;highly active questions&quot;?" Tags="|support|answers|new-users|spam-handling|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19285" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19284" CreationDate="2020-08-29T22:44:45.380" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;The question got a lot of views quickly and then was automatically protected after three non-answers were posted by 1 rep users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As this happened ages ago (Aug 5th), I have unprotected the question and now 1 rep users can answer it again, consider contacting the user you mention in this post if you can.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are no reviews for protected questions, protection is a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/protect-questions&quot;&gt;privilege&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To learn more about why the question got protected, you can read &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/52764/what-is-a-protected-or-highly-active-question&quot;&gt;this meta post&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastEditorUserId="243321" LastEditDate="2022-07-23T16:13:55.327" LastActivityDate="2022-07-23T16:13:55.327" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19286" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19284" CreationDate="2020-08-30T02:18:02.577" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have edited the answer from the new question into the stub answer posted by the OP and merged the new question into the old one which &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/1271122/527764&quot;&gt;moved the answer there&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I should probably have noticed that the question got protected last time it got a new NAA (because it was me who deleted it) and unprotected it, because the first two answers posted were by the same person and not spam or &amp;quot;me too&amp;quot; posts, and it was unanswered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Recently, &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/3877?m=54688056#54688056&quot;&gt;we (of the Downboat) unprotected some unnecessarily protected questions&lt;/a&gt;. I also unprotected some questions whose deleted answers were actually &lt;em&gt;critiques of existing answers&lt;/em&gt; (like &amp;quot;I tried this answer but ...&amp;quot;) rather than spam/me-too, indicating that &lt;em&gt;the post needs more answers&lt;/em&gt;. It's a bit unfortunate that there isn't a review process for this, and also that while Community♦ often automatically protects questions, there is no process (such as a timeout) to automatically unprotect them. So anyone who has the privilege of unprotecting questions should keep an eye out for opportunities to use it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you see a &lt;em&gt;highly active question&lt;/em&gt; that clearly &lt;strong&gt;needs more answers&lt;/strong&gt;, but you don't have the privilege of unprotecting it (or of checking out its deleted answers), you can always come to &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/3877/raiders-of-the-lost-downboat&quot;&gt;the Downboat&lt;/a&gt; to get folks to look at it, raise a flag for mod attention, or post on meta.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks a lot for catching this and bringing it to attention, and thanks also to Mark Kirby for also helping the OP and for answering here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2020-08-30T15:09:09.677" LastActivityDate="2020-08-30T15:09:09.677" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19288" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-09-07T08:13:39.650" Score="11" ViewCount="170" Body="&lt;p&gt;While I was reviewing first posts in Ask Ubuntu, I had to review &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/1269090/1103140&quot;&gt;this post&lt;/a&gt;. I commented asking for a screenshot for reference and then I clicked &lt;em&gt;I'm Done&lt;/em&gt; and then I got this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/IGNAC.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/IGNAC.png&quot; alt=&quot;Review test (audit) screenshot&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Was it wrong to comment in a &amp;quot;high quality post&amp;quot; in a review test (audit)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Link to the audit task: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/first-posts/1081201&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/review/first-posts/1081201&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I certainly don't think it's wrong in any way unless the comment is vague. And I don't think the system checks the relevance of the comment (Is it even possible to do?). Or am I mistaken?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know that the system is not perfect. But sometimes, these kinda situations annoys the user (who is reviewing) and maybe he/she can stop reviewing the posts just because the system comes to a conclusion without understanding the context of the situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A reviewer lost is never a good thing for the system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What can Ask Ubuntu do to improve the system?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1103140" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2020-09-16T13:14:18.050" LastActivityDate="2020-09-16T13:14:18.050" Title="Is it wrong to comment in a &quot;high quality post&quot; in a review test (audit)?" Tags="|discussion|support|review-audits|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19289" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2020-09-07T08:32:43.313" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-09-07T08:32:43.313" LastActivityDate="2020-09-07T08:32:43.313" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19290" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2020-09-07T08:32:43.313" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2020-09-07T08:32:43.313" LastActivityDate="2020-09-07T08:32:43.313" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19291" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19288" CreationDate="2020-09-07T09:13:18.330" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, you're right, it makes no sense at all that trying to add a comment causes you to fail an audit when the post is high quality. You are also right that the system does not read your comment to see if it is reasonable &lt;sub&gt;(also, on a personal note, if commenting is going to cause me to fail an audit, can I please fail as soon as I click &lt;em&gt;add a comment&lt;/em&gt; instead of when I try to submit the huge comment I spent 10 minutes composing?)&lt;/sub&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/188887/322419&quot;&gt;most upvoted answer&lt;/a&gt; (at the time of typing this) to the post &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/19288/is-it-wrong-to-comment-in-a-high-quality-post-in-a-review-test-audit#comment41590_19288&quot;&gt;Kulfy linked to&lt;/a&gt; refers to a problem of people trying to quickly pass audits by doing an action that will reliably pass all audits. But this is a very very bad reason for making an attempt to add a comment fail an audit where the post is supposedly high quality. Instead of that, we could give new reviewers better guidance, and provide better tools for moderating reviews to more users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't know what we can do to improve the situation. Someone (which could be me, or you, or anyone else) could post a feature request asking for attempting to comment on a &amp;quot;high quality post&amp;quot; audit not to fail the audit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;FYI, mods have almost* no special powers to decide which posts will become audits or to remove them. There is a general way to somewhat avoid bad audits being created, which is the community handling all posts correctly, but even that would not help with this particular situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, we can escalate feature requests and probably complain about stuff on your behalf more influentially to people who might be able to do something (although such people are at present extremely overworked and lacking time to take on new stuff, I believe).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;*I say &lt;em&gt;almost&lt;/em&gt;, because posts that have at least one validated rude/abusive flag are not used in audits (so you hopefully don't have to see horrible things just so the system can attempt to check you are reviewing properly), and mods have significantly more power than other users to validate such flags.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2020-09-07T09:13:18.330" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19292" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-09-08T07:44:33.850" Score="6" ViewCount="199" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/157172&quot;&gt;Meta Stack Exchange FAQ of review tests (audits)&lt;/a&gt;, it is mentioned:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, if you find something in the review audit system that makes&#xA;audits extremely obvious (as in one can tell that a review is an audit&#xA;in just a few seconds, with little to no extra investigation), feel&#xA;free to report that flaw.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, the goal of this post is to report such a flaw.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/42Cvt.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/42Cvt.png&quot; alt=&quot;Screenshot of review test (audit)&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the above screenshot we can notice that the question has 0 answers. So it's pretty obvious to the reviewer that this review is an audit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But there's also one more thing mentioned in the FAQ:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Easy-to-identify audits help legitimate reviewers pass and help better&#xA;hone new reviewers' skills.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So is this a flaw or is it meant for new users to improve their reviewing skills?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/users/527764/zanna&quot;&gt;Zanna&lt;/a&gt;'s suggestion (given in &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/19293/1103140&quot;&gt;her answer&lt;/a&gt;), I asked a question in Meta Stack Exchange (&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/353961/846219&quot;&gt;link to the question&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1103140" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2020-09-16T13:14:50.687" LastActivityDate="2020-09-16T13:14:50.687" Title="Obviously wrong answer count in review reveals it's an audit at a glance" Tags="|discussion|review-audits|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19293" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19292" CreationDate="2020-09-08T08:30:10.370" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't know exactly how review audits are generated, but it looks like the question is displayed as is. If that is always the case, then a deleted answer would most probably cause a wrong count in one or other of the small numbers on the right panels as you noticed here (&lt;em&gt;other answers&lt;/em&gt; count or &lt;em&gt;answer&lt;/em&gt; count) and reveal the auditness at a glance. I have spotted audits this way on a few occasions. It is indeed a flaw of the kind that post is telling you to report, because it only takes a second to check whether &lt;em&gt;answers&lt;/em&gt;=&lt;em&gt;other answers&lt;/em&gt;+1 or not. I am not sure how it could be fixed, but it may be worth posting a bug report about it on &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/ask&quot;&gt;Meta Stack Exchange&lt;/a&gt; (I or anyone else can do that if you prefer not to).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2020-09-08T08:30:10.370" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19294" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19292" CreationDate="2020-09-08T09:53:33.417" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Audits are usually for identifying and &lt;em&gt;suspend&lt;/em&gt; &amp;quot;robot reviewers&amp;quot; who click on &lt;strong&gt;&amp;quot;No action needed&amp;quot;&lt;/strong&gt; or up/down vote for every post they encounter. If you observed the answers count, you're surely not  a robot and were paying attention while reviewing. As of now the question on which that answer was posted has 2 more deleted answers (visible to 10k+ users).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are many flaws in audits. For example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Once you're &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/established-user&quot;&gt;an established user&lt;/a&gt;, you can split the votes. And if you do that on the deleted posts, you'll get &amp;quot;&lt;strong&gt;This post has been deleted&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;quot; (if you have &amp;lt;10k points) or see discrepancy in vote count (10k+ users can see splited the votes on deleted posts as well).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Once you get &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/edit&quot;&gt;edit privileges&lt;/a&gt;, you'll see suggested edits from random users and once audit is done, it'll be owned by Community bot.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Funny thing is that once I got an audit from my sock puppet account. (Sock puppet accounts are allowed as long as they are not used to increase the main account's reputation or amplify its votes, or vice versa).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Once you get &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/close-questions&quot;&gt;cast close and reopen votes&lt;/a&gt;, you'll get access to close and reopen votes queues. There, in audits, you may see people who don't have enough privileges or visited site some &lt;em&gt;decades&lt;/em&gt; ago have cast close vote recently.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, in audits the displayed reputation points may not be the &amp;quot;actual&amp;quot; points. So, you may see some discrepancies in the reputation points as well. You're not reviewing the posts, but a &lt;em&gt;mirage&lt;/em&gt;. So, I'm not sure if they are &lt;em&gt;bugs&lt;/em&gt; that are to be considered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And lastly thank you for all the good work you're doing in reviews. Happy reviewing :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="816190" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2020-09-08T10:36:27.810" LastActivityDate="2020-09-08T10:36:27.810" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19296" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-09-08T11:58:18.077" Score="2" ViewCount="73" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'd like some elaboration as to why &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/1273251/847449&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; on unmet dependencies was closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's not an obscure package, although it's also not in the default repos.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Broadly, just asking how to install, and, I'd note that the &lt;a href=&quot;https://superuser.com/q/1576201/977796&quot;&gt;corresponding&lt;/a&gt; question on Unix &amp;amp; Linux Stack Exchange wasn't closed and, indeed, was up-voted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="847449" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2020-09-08T14:25:38.063" LastActivityDate="2020-09-08T14:25:38.063" Title="installing software leads to &quot;unmet dependencies&quot; so question is closed...why?" Tags="|discussion|close-reasons|closed-questions|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19298" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19299" CreationDate="2020-09-10T03:51:01.113" Score="10" ViewCount="280" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am unsure of where I should ask about Linux or things like &lt;code&gt;sed&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;awk&lt;/code&gt;, and &lt;code&gt;grep&lt;/code&gt;. Is Stack Overflow not the place and should I only limit those questions to Ask Ubuntu? &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/315556/why-are-there-so-many-non-programming-questions-on-stack-overflow&quot;&gt;This question on Meta Stack Overflow&lt;/a&gt; is about Linux stuff as non programming questions, and it made me confused on whether or not I should use Stack Overflow for these questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1117131" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2020-09-10T03:55:34.983" LastActivityDate="2020-09-20T17:54:16.720" Title="When do I ask Linux questions in Ask Ubuntu and when in Stack Overflow?" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19299" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19298" CreationDate="2020-09-10T04:21:51.300" Score="18" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;My understanding of the scope of Stack Overflow is limited, so I hope people will comment or edit to correct me.&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is significant overlap in scope (on-topicness) between various Stack Exchange sites, including Stack Overflow and Ask Ubuntu, and this is not considered a problem. The same question may be on topic on Stack Overflow and on Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My understanding is that on Stack Overflow, anything &lt;strong&gt;about&lt;/strong&gt; writing code is on topic. The question should be actually &lt;em&gt;about&lt;/em&gt; writing code, and not just related to writing code. See &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;the Stack Overflow on-topic page&lt;/a&gt; for a detailed description.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On Ask Ubuntu, questions about shell scripting or text processing are on topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other questions about/related to writing code are on topic &lt;strong&gt;if and only if&lt;/strong&gt; they are somehow related to the operating system. For example &amp;quot;how do I write a Hello World program in Python?&amp;quot; is off topic on Ask Ubuntu, but questions about installing software and setting up your environment for writing code, or about problems writing code that occur because of the environment, are on topic on Ask Ubuntu (assuming you are using Ubuntu of course). Oh, also, questions about developing software &lt;strong&gt;for&lt;/strong&gt; Ubuntu are always on topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, you can ask questions about using &lt;code&gt;sed&lt;/code&gt; &lt;code&gt;grep&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;awk&lt;/code&gt; on either Stack Overflow or Ask Ubuntu, because text processing is a scope overlap area.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2020-09-13T13:16:45.327" LastActivityDate="2020-09-13T13:16:45.327" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19300" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-09-10T09:05:40.157" Score="9" ViewCount="161" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since the start of 2019, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/125148/implement-style-fenced-markdown-code-blocks/322000#322000&quot;&gt;code fences have been fully supported on Stack Exchange sites&lt;/a&gt;. By code fences, I mean the use of opening and closing triple backticks to format a code block. The effect of this is the same as indentation (which continues to be fully supported). Writing this in the editor:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;```&#xA;code&#xA;more code&#xA;and more code&#xA;```&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;produces:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;code&#xA;more code&#xA;and more code&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The purpose of this post is to point out some issues to be aware of relating to code fences.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Lost text&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One of the nice, convenient features of code fences is that one can specify a language for syntax highlighting by writing the language name on the same line as and after the opening set of backticks. So, a Bash script can be syntax highlighted as such by writing something like this in the editor:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;```bash&#xA;code&#xA;more code&#xA;even more code&#xA;```&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If a question has a tag like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/bash&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;bash&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;bash&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/scripts&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;scripts&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;scripts&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/java&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;java&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;java&lt;/a&gt;, any code-formatted text in the question and its answers will automatically get syntax highlighted. You can turn this off by putting &lt;code&gt;none&lt;/code&gt; after the opening backticks:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;```none&#xA;stuff that should not be syntax highlighted&#xA;such as output from an APT command&#xA;```&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So far, so easy and nice. But there is a pitfall here. Any text on the same line as the opening backticks will be hidden. Obviously that is good if the text is there to set or unset syntax highlighting, but, very often users put the first part of the text they want to show on the same line as the opening backticks. When this is what was entered&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;```the command I ran&#xA;the output&#xA;some more output&#xA;```&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;this is what gets displayed&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;the output&#xA;some more output&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is obviously bad. When you see a post that seems like it might have the first line of the code missing, check the markdown by clicking &lt;kbd&gt;edit&lt;/kbd&gt; and see if this is what happened to it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Endless code&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another issue can happen at the end of the fence. The closing set of backticks has to be on its own line. If it's trailing on the same line as some text that is part of the block you want to format, it is considered to be part of the code itself, and the block remains open (so anything that follows is also formatted as code, down to the next line that opens with three backticks)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;a code block&#xA;that goes on```&#xA;&#xA;and on, even though this text is not supposed to be code&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A less common problem is using mismatched numbers of backticks. Three is the minimum number of backticks for creating a code fence, and as far as I know there is no maximum, so a line starting with four or five or eight consecutive backticks will open a code block, and &lt;em&gt;the same number must be used to close the block&lt;/em&gt;, so&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;four backticks above this line&#xA;turned this into code&#xA;```&#xA;those three backticks failed to close the block&#xA;on it goes!&#xA;until I type four backticks under this line&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Posts that were created before code fences were supported that have text on the line after the opening backticks display similarly to inline code, without the text being hidden. Viewing these posts in the editor or the revision history displays them as they would be displayed currently. Here is an example to illustrate that, as well as the lost text and endless code issues:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's part of a post:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/EQhSw.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/EQhSw.png&quot; alt=&quot;multiline inline code from before code fences were supported&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And here's the same post showing the markdown that produced the above, and in the preview, what that markdown would produce now that code fences are supported. Note that the first line of the code is hidden and the code block never ends, and because the image and link URLs at the end of the post are now code formatted, they do not display where they are referenced:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/uImIf.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/uImIf.png&quot; alt=&quot;editor + preview&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;What are we doing about it?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/22949/eliah-kagan&quot;&gt;Eliah Kagan&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/3877?m=54555504#54555504&quot;&gt;pointed out this issue&lt;/a&gt; and wrote &lt;a href=&quot;https://gist.github.com/EliahKagan/16a6b13ee717149ab41f983b3635659c#file-filter-fences&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;some code&lt;/a&gt; to parse the results of SEDE queries that find code fences like &lt;a href=&quot;https://data.stackexchange.com/askubuntu/revision/1246925/1535442/seems-to-have-code-fences&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this one&lt;/a&gt; to find posts with code fence issues. When we started working on fixing these posts, that code found 659 results, including some false positives and things that did not actually need fixing. We are slowly working on editing them. If anyone is interested in joining in with that, come to &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/3877/raiders-of-the-lost-downboat&quot;&gt;the Downboat&lt;/a&gt; and we will give you some work. Also, the approach to finding the posts could be refined - this query times out on Stack Overflow and takes a long time to run on Ask Ubuntu, and presumably it could be possible to query directly only for broken code fences, not just all the code fences (we tried that, and it was hard). I am currently using &lt;a href=&quot;https://etherpad.snopyta.org/p/fence&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this thing&lt;/a&gt;, although it doesn't work very well. Even after fixing these posts, it is highly likely that incorrectly formatted code fences will continue to appear and we will need to keep querying for them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the meantime, everyone can help by spotting and fixing these issues with posts whenever you happen to interact with them (for example in the First Posts, Late Answers and Suggested Edits queues, but also anywhere else).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;TL;DR&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Text on the same line as the three backticks (&lt;code&gt;```&lt;/code&gt;) that open a code fence will be hidden. Only syntax highlighting specifications such as &lt;code&gt;sh&lt;/code&gt; &lt;code&gt;python&lt;/code&gt; &lt;code&gt;none&lt;/code&gt; should be written there. The code you want to display should start on the line after the opening backticks.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Three backticks that trail on the same line as the last line of a code block do not close the code block, but instead become part of the code block, which continues after them. The closing backticks need to be on a new line after the block, and need to match the opening backticks in number.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please watch out for these issues and correct them by editing if possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2020-09-10T10:00:26.337" LastActivityDate="2020-09-10T10:00:26.337" Title="Code fence formatting problems to watch out for and fix" Tags="|support|editing|formatting|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19301" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19298" CreationDate="2020-09-10T15:55:10.667" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Questions about Linux and things like &lt;code&gt;sed&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;awk&lt;/code&gt; or &lt;code&gt;grep&lt;/code&gt; are usually good candidates for the &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Unix &amp;amp; Linux&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt; site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="132686" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2020-09-20T17:54:16.720" LastActivityDate="2020-09-20T17:54:16.720" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19302" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-09-13T18:56:15.107" Score="-3" ViewCount="105" Body="&lt;p&gt;re: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1274622/expand-os-partition-backwards/1274696#1274696&quot;&gt;expand OS partition backwards&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;ALL of my comments from 9/12/2020 , and all of the comments from the OP to me, on this question, have disappeared!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anybody know where/how they disappeared?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4272" LastEditorUserId="4272" LastEditDate="2020-09-13T19:40:05.197" LastActivityDate="2020-09-15T22:01:52.153" Title="Where did all of my comments from 9/12/2020 go?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19303" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19302" CreationDate="2020-09-13T19:20:36.750" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your comments (And OP's comments) have been flagged by users (as no longer needed I assume) and have been removed by moderators.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's just a typical process of cleaning up questions. Nothing weird has happened here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;You should use chat-rooms for discussions.&lt;/em&gt; Comments are for asking more details and clarification. &lt;em&gt;If it's getting into a long discussions&lt;/em&gt; you should &lt;em&gt;continue it in chats&lt;/em&gt; to keep comment section clean.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/95937/why-must-we-avoid-discussions-in-comments&quot;&gt;Why must we “avoid discussions in comments”?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="264781" LastEditorUserId="264781" LastEditDate="2020-09-15T22:01:52.153" LastActivityDate="2020-09-15T22:01:52.153" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19304" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19305" CreationDate="2020-09-15T11:00:07.877" Score="7" ViewCount="72" Body="&lt;p&gt;Stumbling upon &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1274470/ssh-intermittent-blocking-connections&quot;&gt;this migrated question&lt;/a&gt;, I noticed that it asks about a problem in an EoL version (12.04). It even has a bounty set on it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now I do know that in some cases when the question is not a version-specific question and also applies to non-EoL versions, they choice is not to close them. Was this the case with the given question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1040551" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2020-09-15T13:53:13.570" LastActivityDate="2020-09-15T13:53:13.570" Title="How are migrated questions to askubuntu treated when are actually off topic?" Tags="|support|status-completed|asking-questions|migration|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19305" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19304" CreationDate="2020-09-15T13:53:00.117" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Moderators are more than capable of handling questions in this case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This question was migrated and before VTCers came by and addressed it, the bounty was posted.  To that end, the bounty was removed and the question force-closed by moderator diamond, therefore the 'migration' on SO's side will show up as &amp;quot;rejected&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2020-09-15T13:53:00.117" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19306" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-09-16T00:31:33.147" Score="-3" ViewCount="339" Body="&lt;p&gt;My current chat status is &amp;quot;This user is suspended on the parent site and cannot chat for 343 days.&amp;quot; Actually I am not able to chat in any chatroom network-wide. Stack Exchange has a channel  for communicating with  Community Managers, but that   has never worked (only one succeeded, some directed me back to post on meta of specific sites, and the majority have no response), and the suspension affects everywhere including the chatrooms of this site which I occasionally visited before (and the chatrooms of other sites I visited often), so I guess it might help to post my questions here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First of all, some background: my suspension in chatrooms is questionable at least and unfair in fact. See what I described here and &lt;a href=&quot;https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/NNm5sNbRgK/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;there&lt;/a&gt;.&#xA;In July, I was discriminated by not knowing my level of knowledge in a chatroom of math stackexchange, by being censured by an owner. That owner claimed they didn't allow discussing basic knowledge. Last week, I happened to visit again that room for the first time after July, and caught that owner discussing  very basic stuffs in length with a user who didn't reveal their level of knowledge. I pointed out the inconsistency, but I was censured again by the owner and was suspended by a moderator for several hours. I revealed my bad experiences on the meta site, and received mostly upvotes on the first day, but one day later, my meta post was downvoted, closed and deleted. Then I found out   the chatroom buddies of the owner   smeared me in another chatroom  and conspired to remove my meta post. Then I joined the chatroom to fight against them. They censured me again, and summoned Thomas Ward to  suspend me. The suspension was initially for a few hours, then changed to a week after a few minutes, and then changed to 345 days and network-wide after a few hours. Around that time,  I was suspended on math stackexchange for a week (which is very unfair), and I questioned and criticized the moderators and Thomas Ward in my profile.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Secondly, what I would like to ask here: what is the justification for changing the length and scope of the suspension? The changes seem subjective and very much retaliation because of my questioning and criticizing the moderators being biased.&#xA;In particular, the chatrooms of this site have nothing to do with what happened on math stackexchange. Why am I suspended on the chatrooms here for almost a year? What is the suspension intended to achieve?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thomas Ward: since you are a moderator here and was involved, I hope you could think it over, regardless of your bindings. If you want to act, act unbiased this time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1471" LastEditorUserId="1471" LastEditDate="2020-09-16T14:25:29.027" LastActivityDate="2020-09-17T06:24:51.823" Title="Why am I suspended from the chatrooms of this site for almost a year?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2020-09-16T20:58:21.190" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19307" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19306" CreationDate="2020-09-16T13:50:52.683" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You are &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; suspended in the chat rooms on Ask Ubuntu directly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Rather, your parent account, on Mathematics.SE, is suspended and as such because you are suspended on that site the suspension carries onto your SE account. That chat suspension for a year is &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; Moderator-done - it's system done.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You received a chat suspension for disruptive behavior from a moderator until the 17th for unspecified reasons, then you got suspended on your parent site which means your chat suspension was instituted &lt;em&gt;because&lt;/em&gt; you were suspended on the main Mathematics site where your account is suspended.  That was not anything to do with Ask Ubuntu or its moderators.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As such, this is a question you need to take up with the Mathematics moderators, not the Ask Ubuntu moderators.  (Mathematics and Ask Ubuntu are part of the same chat network on Stack Exchange - you need to actually address this issue with the moderators of the main site you're on, which is where you're suspended.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2020-09-16T13:50:52.683" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19308" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19306" CreationDate="2020-09-16T14:19:05.833" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;The short answer here is that chat suspensions are global (there are some other chat servers, but your suspension is on the one where both Mathematics and Ask Ubuntu chatrooms reside).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When one is suspended on the site of one's chat &amp;quot;parent user&amp;quot; (your chat parent user is your Mathematics account), one is suspended in chat also.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is unclear why your chat suspension is so long, while your site suspension is only for another 5 days. I have not been able to find out exactly what happened. &lt;strike&gt;I will update this if I do.&lt;/strike&gt; But &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/19309/527764&quot;&gt;Catija's answer&lt;/a&gt; has addressed this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After some investigation and discussion, I did not find any grounds for such a long suspension.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After your suspension on the Math Stack Exchange ends, I would suggest that the chat suspension should also be ended.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By the way, as a suggestion, when trying to resolve a conflict, I recommend doing your best to present a clear picture (with, like, links and stuff if needed) of the situation without judgements; this will in general be more effective, as you avoid the risk of people feeling attacked, which often leads to further escalation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2020-09-17T06:24:51.823" LastActivityDate="2020-09-17T06:24:51.823" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19309" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19306" CreationDate="2020-09-16T20:58:06.600" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;So... I understand that you've been having some struggles the last few days. I'm one of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/99338/who-is-on-the-community-management-team-and-what-do-they-do&quot;&gt;Community Managers&lt;/a&gt; here on Stack Exchange. As far as I'm aware, the issues you've had over the last week have been on Mathematics, so I'm not really sure this is the best forum for your question. Considering that, I'll be closing it after I answer it but I didn't want to shut down discussion entirely because I do want to get you some answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In general, this is the sort of thing that is best handled through the Contact form but it seems you've struggled with getting a response in the past - so I can understand why you're reaching out on meta... though, it'd be better done on Meta Stack Exchange or Meta Math Stack Exchange, save that you can't post on either currently.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Before I go any further I'll say that I've already reset your chat suspension to coincide with your Mathematics suspension rather than your Meta Stack Exchange suspension, so it will expire in four days instead of in a year. I'm not going to remove the suspension entirely. I'll take this moment to remind you that we require users to be professional and &amp;quot;be nice&amp;quot; on this network, even in chat and in particular on our sites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Calling out and accusing specific users by name on meta or in user profiles is not appropriate - questions on Meta should focus on the situation not the users who got it there. If a question is closed and deleted, focus on the fact that it's closed and deleted, not on who did it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ask questions about these situations in an open manner, looking to understand and improve rather than to accuse others of wrongdoing. The former will more often lead to a constructive discussion. The latter leaves both the people being called out and the people who know and support them in a defensive mood. If you find you're unable to ask a constructive question on meta, I recommend you taking a day to think about it and calm down before posting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Chat suspensions on Stack Exchange (not MSE or SO) are somewhat odd but we learn to work with that. We have three separate chat servers -&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Stack Overflow Chat - for SO only.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Meta Stack Exchange Chat - for MSE only.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Stack Exchange Chat - for all 170+ SE sites.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Suspensions are server based, not site based, so if you get a chat suspension on the SO server, you can still chat most other places. However, if you get a suspension due to actions in a Math chat room, that suspension will carry over to all of the SE server, leaving you unable to talk in rooms anywhere other than SO or MSE. You insist on being unsuspended from chat rooms other than those parented on Math - that is impossible. The system simply doesn't allow for single site or even single room chat suspensions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As such, moderation of the Stack Exchange Chat is done by all moderators across the network and, to a degree, by all users with &amp;gt;10k aggregate reputation network-wide, as those users can review rude/abusive chat flags - and, if validated, chat flags give 30 minute suspensions per message. As such, telling Thomas Ward to not moderate your actions in the Math rooms is inappropriate and based on a misunderstanding of our system. If we didn't want him to be able to act in Math rooms, we'd make mods only have power on their own sites - but we didn't do that because it's often necessary for an off-site mod to act.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's an added caveat when it comes to suspensions pulled from sites - your chat parent determines whether a site suspension will cause a chat suspension. If you're suspended on Site A and that's your chat parent - you'll also get a chat suspension for the exact duration of the site suspension. If the chat parent is any other site, you will not get a suspension in chat.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some users intentionally keep their chat parent set to a site they don't use but still act up in chat, so we give moderators the ability to reparent a chat profile to a different site. When reparenting occurs, the chat account is suspended for the remainder of the site suspension duration. This is how I reset your suspension duration to match the Math suspension.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is also how your suspension was extended to match the Meta Stack Exchange duration. While I can't say who made the change, I will say that it wasn't a moderator on Math or here on AU, so I'd appreciate if you'd rescind your accusations of Thomas Ward.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I hope the info provided here helps you better understand this specific situation and also helps you improve your meta participation going forward.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="761293" LastActivityDate="2020-09-16T20:58:06.600" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19310" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-09-17T13:00:46.753" Score="12" ViewCount="116" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yesterday I removed the recently created tag &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/review-audits&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;review-audits&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;review-audits&lt;/a&gt; from a post here on meta. We have a preexisting tag &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/audits&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;audits&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;audits&lt;/a&gt; for that subject, so to keep all the audit-related questions together they should have one and the same tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, on reflection, &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/review-audits&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;review-audits&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;review-audits&lt;/a&gt; seems to me like a &lt;em&gt;better&lt;/em&gt; tag name than &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/audits&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;audits&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;audits&lt;/a&gt;, since it's a more unambiguous description of the thing it's referring to.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We can rename the &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/audits&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;audits&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;audits&lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/review-audits&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;review-audits&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;review-audits&lt;/a&gt; and synonymize &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/audits&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;audits&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;audits&lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/review-audits&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;review-audits&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;review-audits&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or, if folks prefer, we can just synonymize &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/review-audits&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;review-audits&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;review-audits&lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/audits&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;audits&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;audits&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or, we can just do nothing :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any thoughts?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2020-09-26T05:45:28.623" LastActivityDate="2020-09-26T05:45:28.623" Title="Someone made a meta tag [review-audits] - is that a better name than [audits]?" Tags="|discussion|status-completed|tags|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19311" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19310" CreationDate="2020-09-17T15:28:49.253" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;I believe &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/review-audits&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;review-audits&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;review-audits&lt;/a&gt; is a better tag name than &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/audits&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;audits&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;audits&lt;/a&gt;. The main reason is what you say: it is less ambiguous. But there is another, minor reason.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/review-audits&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;review-audits&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;review-audits&lt;/a&gt; will be easier to find and, &lt;em&gt;for users who are less familiar with meta&lt;/em&gt;, easier to apply. This is because its name contains both &amp;quot;review&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;audits&amp;quot;. When askers are typing into the tag box on their posts, or searching for tags at &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/tags&quot;&gt;https://meta.askubuntu.com/tags&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/review-audits&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;review-audits&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;review-audits&lt;/a&gt; will come up when they (start to) type &amp;quot;review&amp;quot; as well as when they (start to) type &amp;quot;audits&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In contrast, &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/audits&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;audits&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;audits&lt;/a&gt; does not come up, in either place, when one types &amp;quot;review&amp;quot; -- nor even when one types &amp;quot;review-audits&amp;quot;, which perhaps explains how the &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/review-audits&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;review-audits&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;review-audits&lt;/a&gt; tag came into existence even though we already had &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/audits&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;audits&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;audits&lt;/a&gt;. This is to say that the system matches the &lt;em&gt;entirety&lt;/em&gt; of what we type into the tag box or tag search against &lt;em&gt;any part&lt;/em&gt; of any existing tag name.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The reason I say this is a minor reason is that having either tag as a synonym of the other should be sufficient to guide people to the main.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="22949" LastEditorUserId="22949" LastEditDate="2020-09-18T11:26:38.193" LastActivityDate="2020-09-18T11:26:38.193" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19312" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-09-18T02:09:10.160" Score="0" ViewCount="131" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have several canned comments that I use repeatedly, with some edits. See below.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this in accordance with the AskUbuntu Way, or should I refrain?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here they are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Telling us which remote procedure (RP) you &amp;quot;followed&amp;quot; doesn't help us help you for N reasons: 1) It's remote. Will the link exist tomorrow? 2) Reading the RP doesn't tell us how accurately you &amp;quot;followed&amp;quot; it. Did you suffer typos or missed lines? We have. 3) Reading the RP omits the error messages you got on your system. These error messages (and the commands that caused them) are key elements in any diagnosis.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do not post the whole log file! 99+% of the log entries are not of interest. Use an editor (on  a copy of the file), and keep ONLY the error entries, plus 2 lines before and 2 lines after. You should end up with a max of 50 lines, and probably fewer than 50. Edit your question to add information,  and use the formatting tools. Comments are for US to ask YOU to improve your Question, to help us help you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;AskUbuntu (this site) is all volunteers. We answer (for free) questions about Ubuntu. Canonical, a for-profit company packages and releases Ubuntu. They've not the same.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By posting a picture of text, you make it impossible for potential helpers on phones, or text terminals. to see your text. Rather, copy and paste the text into your Question, select it and use the &lt;code&gt;{}&lt;/code&gt; formatting tool.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please edit your post to add new information, properly formatted. Information added via comments is hard for you to format, hard for us to read, ignored by AskUbuntu's indexing system, and ignored by future readers. Please click [edit] and add that vital information to your question so all the facts we need are in the question. Please don't use Add Comment, since that's our uplink to you. All facts about your system should go in the Question with [edit]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's all so far&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25618" LastEditorUserId="158442" LastEditDate="2020-09-18T03:10:18.340" LastActivityDate="2020-09-18T14:05:03.990" Title="Am I a curmudgeon? Should I STFU?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19313" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19312" CreationDate="2020-09-18T02:40:40.197" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since new users don't have the privilege to comment anywhere except on their own questions, answers to their questions, and their own answers, suggesting that the system considers it important to allow them to comment there, I don't agree with advising people not to use the Add Comment button. While it's true that many of the requests we make in comments on a question are best responded to by an edit, I suggest instead couching them in a phrase that actually requests an edit, like&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please [edit] your question and add the output of &lt;code&gt;command&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;command&lt;/code&gt;. When you do that, please copy the text from the terminal and format it as code.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even if you have to make that request more than once, or if the OP misses it and posts the entire output of &lt;code&gt;sudo apt update&lt;/code&gt; in 6 unreadable comments*, it is better than incorrectly informing them that they should not comment at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are certainly occasions when a comment from the OP may be more appropriate than an edit, especially if the comments are not very helpful...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Have you tried toggling the blabbler widget? - user A&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;@userA Actually I'm not trying to blabble, what I want is to worble, as mentioned - OP&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;*&lt;sub&gt;PS, when stuff like that actually happens, I suggest flagging the post for mod attention asking for the comments to be fixed, because mods can access the markdown of comments including their original line breaks, and delete the comments after pasting the output into the question with proper formatting, saving everyone considerable frustration.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2020-09-18T14:05:03.990" LastActivityDate="2020-09-18T14:05:03.990" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19314" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19310" CreationDate="2020-09-20T15:42:16.953" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I guess I was the first one to use the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/review-audits&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;review-audits&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;review-audits&lt;/a&gt; tag. (&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/revisions/19292/1&quot;&gt;https://meta.askubuntu.com/revisions/19292/1&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The reason why I used the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/review-audits&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;review-audits&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;review-audits&lt;/a&gt; tag was because the Meta Stack Exchange has a tag named &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/review-audits&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;review-audits&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;review-audits&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/tags/review-audits/info&quot;&gt;https://meta.stackexchange.com/tags/review-audits/info&lt;/a&gt;). Also, I didn't know that there's a tag named &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/audits&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;audits&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;audits&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One more thing to note is that in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/157172/846219&quot;&gt;Meta Stack Exchange review audits FAQ&lt;/a&gt;, it's clearly mentioned that these are called review audits, not just 'audits'. So using the name 'review audits', instead of 'audits', will make things simpler for a new user on Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I suggest you to rename the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/audits&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;audits&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;audits&lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/review-audits&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;review-audits&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;review-audits&lt;/a&gt; and synonymize &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/audits&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;audits&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;audits&lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/review-audits&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;review-audits&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;review-audits&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1103140" LastActivityDate="2020-09-20T15:42:16.953" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19315" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-09-22T13:06:05.497" Score="10" ViewCount="188" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tags/format/info&quot;&gt;tag wiki excerpt&lt;/a&gt; of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/format&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;format&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;format&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;tag-format-tooltip-container&quot;&gt;format&lt;/a&gt; states that the tag has a broad scope:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For questions regarding file formats, or formatting hard drives.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We can ask questions about file formats or formatting hard drives under the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/format&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;format&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;format&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;tag-format-tooltip-container&quot;&gt;format&lt;/a&gt; tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Instead of this, why can't we have a separate tag for file formats and a separate tag for formatting hard drives?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I just now got to know that there is already a tag named &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/file-format&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;file-format&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;file-format&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;tag-file-format-tooltip-container&quot;&gt;file-format&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This makes me feel that the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/format&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;format&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;format&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;tag-format-tooltip-container&quot;&gt;format&lt;/a&gt; tag is vague.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my opinion, the best thing to do right now is to get rid of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/format&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;format&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;format&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;tag-format-tooltip-container&quot;&gt;format&lt;/a&gt; tag and, as Zanna suggested in &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/19322/1103140&quot;&gt;her answer&lt;/a&gt;, create a new tag named &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/disk-formatting&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;disk-formatting&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;disk-formatting&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;tag-disk-formatting-tooltip-container&quot;&gt;disk-formatting&lt;/a&gt; for questions related to formatting storage devices. The scope of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/file-format&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;file-format&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;file-format&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;tag-file-format-tooltip-container&quot;&gt;file-format&lt;/a&gt; is a matter which needs to be addressed some time later.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1103140" LastEditorUserId="618353" LastEditDate="2023-11-29T15:29:45.650" LastActivityDate="2023-11-29T15:29:45.650" Title="The [format] tag has a broad scope. What should we do?" Tags="|discussion|tags|tag-wiki|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19316" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-09-23T11:00:00.310" Score="-1" ViewCount="88" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't know where are my points. I asked question, set up bounty and had no time to react (test proposed solutions, choose best answer, grant bounty). What now? I would like to get my points back or be able to grant them to an author of the best answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is the question in topic&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1270092/how-to-make-windows-guest-running-on-qemu-kvm-obtain-ip-address-from-physical-ro&quot;&gt;How to make Windows guest running on qemu/kvm obtain IP address from physical router with DHCP server?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="28081" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2020-09-23T12:05:37.900" LastActivityDate="2020-09-23T21:44:12.530" Title="What happens to all the points when my bounty expires?" Tags="|support|bounty|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19318" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19316" CreationDate="2020-09-23T13:34:01.817" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;As detailed in &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/16065/how-does-the-bounty-system-work&quot;&gt;How does the bounty system work?&lt;/a&gt;, when you place a bounty, after a week plus a grace period if no answers have +2 on votes or you haven't granted the bounty, the bounty simply expires and you've lost the points.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is why the bounty page gives you notes that once you issue a bounty it isn't going to be able to be recovered/refunded.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This being said, using bounties to entice people to give detailed answers is not always the best solution - bounties tend to also incite lower-quality answers/posts as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="134729" LastEditDate="2020-09-23T21:44:12.530" LastActivityDate="2020-09-23T21:44:12.530" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19319" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19315" CreationDate="2020-09-24T14:28:24.360" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;There already is a tag &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/hard-drive&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;hard-drive&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;hard-drive&lt;/a&gt; that is &amp;quot;Questions about hard drives, configuring and formatting them.&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/format&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;format&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;format&lt;/a&gt; includes questions about things like SD cards and flash memory, which aren't really hard drives. I should think we'd rather need something like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/block-devices&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;block-devices&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;block-devices&lt;/a&gt; or something.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my opinion, even a tag about file formats is way too broad. I don't suppose we need to tag a question to say its about file formats. That would be a question about file conversion, or parsing json, or decompression, or whatever.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="724843" LastActivityDate="2020-09-24T14:28:24.360" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19320" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-09-26T05:37:47.917" Score="17" ViewCount="892" Body="&lt;p&gt;Oops time passed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have created a public chat room for the 10th anniversary lessons:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/113418/classroom&quot;&gt;Join the Classroom&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All lessons will be held there. This post is for scheduling the lessons.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If you would like to give a lesson, please post an answer with the topic for your lesson and the provisional timing (please give the UTC time, or if you are giving your local time, give the time zone).&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The actual date of the anniversary seems to be 10/10/2020 which is a Saturday, so I suggest lessons should be scheduled any time between Friday 9th October and Sunday 18th October.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyone giving a lesson will be made an owner of the room. This provides some useful privileges:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Add/remove events in the room's schedule&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Freeze the room to get everyone's attention (prevents anyone from adding messages)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Move messages to other rooms&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Control feeds to the room&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Read deleted messages&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Mods will do our best to support. I will try to attend all the lessons if I can expect to be awake when they take place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want to offer a lesson that has not been mentioned yet, please feel free to go ahead and post it here in the schedule. If you prefer to gauge community interest first, or you want to request a lesson rather than offer one, you can post &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/19218/organising-classrooms-for-10th-birthday-celebrations&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; or just make a new meta question about it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/info/113418/classroom?tab=schedule&quot;&gt;Sign up for scheduled classes here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks a lot to anyone participating!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2020-11-04T05:36:50.080" LastActivityDate="2020-11-10T12:09:19.363" Title="Scheduling lessons for 10th anniversary celebration classroom" Tags="|discussion|community|10th-anniversary|" AnswerCount="7" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19321" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19320" CreationDate="2020-09-26T06:24:23.630" Score="13" Body="&lt;h3&gt;Beginner-level introduction to command line (Part 1*)&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sunday 11th October - 15:00-16:00 UTC&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;*Haven't prepared Part 2 yet though O.O...&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In case you missed it: &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/113418/conversation/beginner-level-introduction-to-command-line-part-1&quot;&gt;lesson transcript&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2020-10-21T07:57:45.443" LastActivityDate="2020-10-21T07:57:45.443" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19322" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19315" CreationDate="2020-09-26T08:25:13.197" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;You're right, the tag covers too much (file format and formatting a drive are barely if at all related), and is being used even for other types of &amp;quot;format&amp;quot; like date format and text format. We should definitely get rid of it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't think we need a tag for file formats in general. This is not likely to be anyone's area of interest or expertise. There are tags for various file formats already as well as tags for specific tasks like file type conversions, so there is no need for a new tag, imho.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The task of formatting a disk/device may merit a tag. I think we could just create and use &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/disk-formatting&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;disk-formatting&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;disk-formatting&lt;/a&gt; as you suggest. That should be ok for all storage devices, not just hard drives.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2020-09-26T08:25:13.197" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19323" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-09-27T17:33:52.810" Score="14" ViewCount="214" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since &lt;strong&gt;Ubuntu's 20.04&lt;/strong&gt; official release, I've seen more and more questions related to &lt;strong&gt;microphone&lt;/strong&gt; not being detected, white noise, headsets with only speakers working and etc, especially in the first few months of the release.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most of the questions remain unanswered, and even new questions that pop every day remain unanswered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can't assess the actual amount of such questions as not all are correctly tagged, but when &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=%5Bmicrophone%5D20.04&quot;&gt;querying the microphone tag with the 20.04 search string&lt;/a&gt;, we may find around 130 matching questions and &lt;strong&gt;only few are answered&lt;/strong&gt;, let alone accepted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;It is also to be noted&lt;/strong&gt; that the 2 most answered questions (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1260928/no-speakers-no-microphone-but-headphones-dell-lattitude-e6530-20-04&quot;&gt;Q1&lt;/a&gt; , &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1262607/ubuntu-20-04-internal-microphone-is-not-working-input-device-drop-down-menu-is&quot;&gt;Q2&lt;/a&gt; ) contain many different possible solutions and comments, which differ greatly one from another. It seems like there are no common known solutions you can mark questions as duplicate or suggest in the comments with them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It also seems that &lt;strong&gt;there was a known bug&lt;/strong&gt; when upgrading the system to 20.04 after its release (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1237885/kazam-microphone-unknown&quot;&gt;Q3)&lt;/a&gt;, but I'm sure that's not the cause for all or even most of the questions since then.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I personally did not encounter such problems, but is there an actual list of common problems with verified common solutions that may help answering such questions?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1040551" LastEditorUserId="1040551" LastEditDate="2020-09-27T21:24:03.017" LastActivityDate="2021-01-14T08:52:53.700" Title="Why is there a staggering amount of unanswered microphone-related questions using ubuntu 20.04?" Tags="|discussion|unanswered-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19324" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-09-30T17:00:11.147" Score="2" ViewCount="65" Body="&lt;p&gt;I had a problem, so I have asked a Question &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1278153/lines-of-log-files-referenced-by-logwatch-warnings-ubuntu-server-18-04&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then later on I have found out how to solve it, so I was going to post an Answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was prevented to post the answer with a message: &lt;code&gt;Please see the error above&lt;/code&gt;, but there was actually nothing highlighted/stated/suggested above or below or anywhere else, regarding the problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, I thought I would ask this Question, why it was so?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then by trying to post this I found out, that while I was writing the Answer to the original &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1278153/lines-of-log-files-referenced-by-logwatch-warnings-ubuntu-server-18-04&quot;&gt;Question&lt;/a&gt; the website timed out on me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It was time to log back in, but I had no idea because the message in the title was all I was getting, without explanation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1079605" OwnerDisplayName="Andras" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2020-09-30T17:12:42.917" LastActivityDate="2020-09-30T17:12:42.917" Title="Getting “Please see the error above” when trying to post an Answer" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19325" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19324" CreationDate="2020-09-30T17:00:11.147" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;So, yes, try to see if you need to &lt;strong&gt;log back in&lt;/strong&gt;, that might be why you are getting &lt;code&gt;Please see the error above&lt;/code&gt; without any explanation or highlight of what the actual problem is.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1079605" OwnerDisplayName="Andras" LastActivityDate="2020-09-30T17:00:11.147" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19326" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19218" CreationDate="2020-10-02T05:21:32.453" Score="1" Body="&lt;h3&gt;Request&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to learn about using Windows and Android programs on Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1013762" LastActivityDate="2020-10-02T05:21:32.453" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19327" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19218" CreationDate="2020-10-02T05:34:07.470" Score="1" Body="&lt;h3&gt;Request&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Tricks to speed up Ubuntu ⚡⚡.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user1122646" LastActivityDate="2020-10-02T05:34:07.470" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19328" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19218" CreationDate="2020-10-02T05:36:49.440" Score="2" Body="&lt;h3&gt;Request&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Precautions and safety measures to be taken while running commands (that could affect our system).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user1127583" LastActivityDate="2020-10-02T05:36:49.440" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19329" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19320" CreationDate="2020-10-03T17:11:10.080" Score="10" Body="&lt;h3&gt;Introduction to software installation&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Saturday October, 10 14:00-16:00 UTC&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In case you missed it: &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/113418/conversation/introduction-to-software-installation&quot;&gt;lesson transcript&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="94914" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2020-10-21T07:57:01.927" LastActivityDate="2020-10-21T07:57:01.927" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19330" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-10-06T08:20:54.200" Score="2" ViewCount="117" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just joined Ask Ubuntu and wanted to answer one question at &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/unanswered&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/unanswered&lt;/a&gt; but there is no answer field to enter my answer. Why?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have 1 reputation and I tried to contribute to raise it so I can unlock some activities but I don't understand why I can't do that. One example from today is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/1272864/944289&quot;&gt;20.04 - Google Chrome Display Glitches after wake up&lt;/a&gt; (an unanswered question where I cannot see any answering field to write into).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="944289" OwnerDisplayName="ktii" LastEditorUserId="250300" LastEditDate="2020-10-06T09:41:51.980" LastActivityDate="2020-10-06T09:41:51.980" Title="Why I cannot answer some questions in askubuntu.com/unanswered (no answer-field)?" Tags="|discussion|unanswered-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2020-10-06T14:56:08.377" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19331" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19330" CreationDate="2020-10-06T08:33:17.583" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;As the page says in the bottom, you must earn 10 reputation points before you can answer such a question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/HZIYQ.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/HZIYQ.png&quot; alt=&quot;Highly active question. Earn 10 reputation in order to answer this question. The reputation requirement helps protect this question from spam and non-answer activity.&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This measure is usually put on questions which got many answers in the past that were later deleted because of their low quality.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are still lots of ordinary questions you can answer freely even with 1 reputation!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="250300" OwnerDisplayName="Melebius" LastActivityDate="2020-10-06T09:06:52.813" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19332" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19333" CreationDate="2020-10-07T10:31:19.350" Score="-12" ViewCount="269" Body="&lt;p&gt;Did &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/1067/stefano-palazzo&quot;&gt;Stefano Palazzo♦&lt;/a&gt; use the moderator vacation tool to inform regarding Stefano Palazzo's inactivity? According to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/1067/stefano-palazzo&quot;&gt;the profile&lt;/a&gt;, last seen is August 29 (which is approximately a month ago).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/uBls9.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/uBls9.png&quot; alt=&quot;Screenshot of Stefano Palazzo's profile page as on 07/10/2020&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Did any other moderators get any information regarding Stefano Palazzo's inactivity in their dashboard?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;UPDATE:&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As on 6&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; November, 2020, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/1067/stefano-palazzo&quot;&gt;Stefano Palazzo&lt;/a&gt; is no longer a moderator :(&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The date of quitting is unknown but it must be somewhere between 7&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; October, 2020 and 24&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; October, 2020.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ZUB45.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ZUB45.png&quot; alt=&quot;Screenshot of Stefano Palazzo's profile page as on 06/11/2020&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;List of moderators as on 7&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; October, 2020 (old):&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/wJShh.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/wJShh.png&quot; alt=&quot;Screenshot of list of moderators from https://askubuntu.com/users?tab=moderators (as on 07/10/2020)&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;(from &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users?tab=moderators&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/users?tab=moderators&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;List of moderators as on 24&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; October, 2020 (new):&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/5uV6O.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/5uV6O.png&quot; alt=&quot;Screenshot of list of moderators from https://askubuntu.com/users?tab=moderators (as on 24/10/2020)&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;(from &lt;a href=&quot;https://web.archive.org/web/20201024074131/https://askubuntu.com/users?tab=moderators&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://web.archive.org/web/20201024074131/https://askubuntu.com/users?tab=moderators&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;List of moderators as on 7&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; October, 2020 (old):&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/IUT3l.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/IUT3l.png&quot; alt=&quot;Screenshot of list of moderators from https://stackexchange.com/about/moderators (as on 07/10/2020)&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;(from &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackexchange.com/about/moderators&quot;&gt;https://stackexchange.com/about/moderators&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;List of moderators as on 6&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; November, 2020 (new):&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Bj5aG.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Bj5aG.png&quot; alt=&quot;Screenshot of list of moderators from https://stackexchange.com/about/moderators (as on 06/11/2020)&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;(from &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackexchange.com/about/moderators&quot;&gt;https://stackexchange.com/about/moderators&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Related information can be found here: &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/56071902#56071902&quot;&gt;https://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/56071902#56071902&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1103140" LastEditorUserId="1103140" LastEditDate="2021-01-10T17:45:12.107" LastActivityDate="2021-01-10T17:45:12.107" Title="Did Stefano Palazzo♦ use the moderator vacation tool to inform regarding Stefano Palazzo's inactivity?" Tags="|discussion|moderators|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19333" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19332" CreationDate="2020-10-07T17:44:51.677" Score="17" Body="&lt;p&gt;Firstly, I'm going to focus on this as a general question because I'm not a huge fan of calling out specific people. I'm not quite sure what your specific concerns are here. The mods who are active seem very capable and are on top of moderation issues (there are exactly zero unhandled flags), so picking on a single mod who's been MIA doesn't really make sense to me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;OK. To clear up some confusion - Moderators are able to be absent from their sites for up to four months before we start poking them about it. We don't start thinking about removing an inactive mod until they're gone for six months. On most sites, we have plenty of mods to handle flags and Meta issues even if a single mod is missing. We do, of course, have concern for them personally should they be gone without any communication and don't respond to attempts to communicate - particularly with the pandemic going on right now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Additionally, due to the pandemic and the struggles that so many are having with keeping up with their extracurricular activities, we're being even more thoughtful about how we reach out to mods and what level of activity we expect from them. We balance this with the needs of the site - with their absence, are the other mods keeping up with things? If so, then we're OK. If the mods need help, we'll look at having an election but that still doesn't mean the absent mod would get removed unless they request removal or have hit six months of inactivity.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While moderators have access to the vacation tool, we don't require that they use it - it's completely optional and can be helpful to the rest of the team but there are certainly times where something unforeseen happens to make it so that they can't mark themselves out on vacation - which can even include being unaware of the tool at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, there's not really much that can be gained from the specific info you are asking for. If you have something that isn't a directed query about a specific mod, feel free to ask but, in future, please avoid it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="761293" LastActivityDate="2020-10-07T17:44:51.677" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19334" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-10-09T16:55:34.033" Score="58" ViewCount="2555" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu was launched on 10/10/2010, so it's now just about 10 years old!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To celebrate we are running some workshops / lessons in &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/113418/classroom&quot;&gt;chat&lt;/a&gt;. So far this is &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/19320/scheduling-lessons-for-10th-anniversary-celebration-classroom&quot;&gt;the schedule&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Introduction to software installation&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;by &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/users/94914/karel&quot;&gt;karel&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Saturday 10th October 2020&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;14:00-16:00 UTC&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Catch up: view the lesson &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/113418/conversation/introduction-to-software-installation&quot;&gt;transcript&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Beginner level introduction to command line (part 1)&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;by &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/users/527764/zanna&quot;&gt;Zanna&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sunday 11th October 2020&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;15:00-16:00 UTC&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Catch up: view the lesson &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/113418/conversation/beginner-level-introduction-to-command-line-part-1&quot;&gt;transcript&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Beginner level introduction to command line (part 2)&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;by &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/users/527764/zanna&quot;&gt;Zanna&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sunday 18th October 2020&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;15:00-16:00 UTC&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Catch up: view the lesson &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/113418/conversation/beginner-level-introduction-to-command-line-part-2&quot;&gt;transcript&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Beginner level introduction to command line (part 3)&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;by &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/users/527764/zanna&quot;&gt;Zanna&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sunday 25th October 2020&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;14:30-15:30 UTC&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Catch up: view the lesson &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/113418/conversation/beginner-level-introduction-to-command-line-part-3&quot;&gt;transcript&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Introduction to SSH, Rsync and Cron&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;by &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/users/1066942/artur-meinild&quot;&gt;Artur Meinild&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sunday 25th of October&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;16:00 - 17:00 UTC&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Agenda&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Basic SSH usage&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Basic Rsync CLI usage&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Basic usage of Rsync with cron&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Using SSHFS to mount remote folders&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Taste of advanced Rsync script (if there is time)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Catch up: view the lesson &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/113418/conversation/introduction-to-ssh-rsync-and-cron&quot;&gt;transcript&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Beginner level introduction to command line (part 4)&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;by &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/users/527764/zanna&quot;&gt;Zanna&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sunday 1st November 2020&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;14:30-15:30 UTC&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Catch up: view the lesson &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/113418/conversation/beginner-level-introduction-to-command-line-part-4&quot;&gt;transcript&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;SSH, Rsync and Cron - Continuation, clarification and questions&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;by &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/users/1066942/artur-meinild&quot;&gt;Artur Meinild&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sunday 1st November 2020&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;16:00-17:00 UTC&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Catch up: view the lesson &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/113418/conversation/ssh-rsync-and-cron-continuation-clarification-and-questions&quot;&gt;transcript&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/113418/classroom&quot;&gt;Join the classroom&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/info/113418/classroom?tab=schedule&quot;&gt;Sign up for scheduled lessons&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please feel free to offer or request more lessons &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/19218/organising-classrooms-for-10th-birthday-celebrations&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; or by making a new meta post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/19335/whats-your-ubuntu-story&quot;&gt;What&amp;#39;s your Ubuntu story?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I will add any other celebration events to this post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are organising an event, you may like to post an answer here to describe what you are doing and allow people to engage in comments. You could also make another meta question. If your event only needs to be a meta post (like some of the ideas posted on &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/19187/how-should-we-celebrate-10-years-of-ask-ubuntu&quot;&gt;How should we celebrate 10 years of Ask Ubuntu?&lt;/a&gt;), go ahead and post your meta post and I'll add a link to it here. If you need any kind of help organising or getting involved, you can comment, ping me in &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/201/ask-ubuntu-general-room&quot;&gt;chat&lt;/a&gt;, make a new meta post, or employ whatever alternative strategy appeals to you :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/284336/catija&quot;&gt;Catija&lt;/a&gt; for organising &lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/FJAbc.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the banner&lt;/a&gt;! Catija also mentioned that she has some Stack Overflow stickers to send to people giving lessons :D&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2020-11-04T05:09:07.747" LastActivityDate="2020-11-04T05:09:07.747" Title="Happy 10th anniversary to Ask Ubuntu!" Tags="|discussion|community|10th-anniversary|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19335" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-10-10T09:51:50.763" Score="23" ViewCount="1276" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu is 10 years young now! And the community is always growing. It's time to celebrate, isn't it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We came to Ask Ubuntu to ask questions about Ubuntu because many of us were noobs at using it, or at least I was. But the question which many of us don't ask ourselves is &amp;quot;&lt;strong&gt;What's your Ubuntu story?&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why did you start using Ubuntu? Was it because of your friend recommending it to you or you wanted to be cool by using Linux?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since when are you using Ubuntu? Is it a month, a year, a decade or more?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In case if you are a long-time user, why didn't you switch to other distros when you had the choice?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not gonna make it sound like boring questionnaire. Tell us anything about your &lt;em&gt;Ubuntu story!&lt;/em&gt; We're thrilled to know about your story!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And once again, happy decade anniversary to Ask Ubuntu!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1103140" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2020-10-26T16:25:01.947" LastActivityDate="2022-04-21T04:55:09.153" Title="What's your Ubuntu story?" Tags="|discussion|community|ubuntu-community|10th-anniversary|" AnswerCount="23" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19336" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19335" CreationDate="2020-10-10T10:49:59.297" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;I had a subject called Operating Systems during my graduation. All the assigments were to be done on Linux environment, preferably, Ubuntu. So, my professor indirectly introduced me to Ubuntu in 2017.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I started using Ubuntu, apart from doing assignments, primarily because whenever I had some urgent work, my main operating system (at that time) started to update. Initially I used Ubuntu as the second option in case the earlier said operating system starts updating again when having urgent work. But slowly it became my primary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A year ago I thought of migrating to Fedora and installed that in a virtual machine but I was very much habitual of APT. So I stayed with Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/IAxhr.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;That's all Folks!&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="816190" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2020-10-10T12:52:06.713" LastActivityDate="2020-10-10T12:52:06.713" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19337" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19335" CreationDate="2020-10-10T11:40:13.557" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;I used to live with someone who collected old PCs that were getting discarded by his college. He had practically a wall of them in his room and was always trying to get some form of Linux to run. Occasionally he would ask me to help him build or rebuild a machine. He spent most of his free time on this, and nothing ever worked properly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It was around 2007 I guess I heard of Ubuntu from him. Ubuntu was just another Linux, but I looked up the meaning and I read that ubuntu means something like &lt;em&gt;I am because we are&lt;/em&gt;, that is, it is a statement of interdependence. At that time I also read some writings of Richard Stallman and I was convinced of the ethical case for free software, but I was studying other things at the time and I needed my computer (pieced together from parts my dad and brother had replaced in their own) to Just Work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I went to sea in 2009 and I experienced terrible loneliness. My younger brother sent me a tiny Asus EEE PC as a gift. I think it took him years to pay for it. Yes, I am the luckiest person ever. It ran Windows XP, from then until it suddenly died one morning in the summer of 2015. By this time I was 100% determined to run Linux, regardless of how difficult it might be. I was still carrying the word ubuntu around like a piece of gold in my pocket and it meant more and more to me over time, as did the idea of free software.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On someone's recommendation I bought the infamous Asus X205TA. Little did I know that at the time on Linux there was no wireless support and no audio support, and no 32-bit UEFI support. It took me 10 days (as a total novice) to install Ubuntu, and I had to &lt;em&gt;compile&lt;/em&gt; GRUB to get it to work. One could get wireless working by upgrading the kernel, borrowing a driver from Android and fiddling with an nvram file. Audio? Well, I was living in a shared flat, so I would have had to keep the sound down anyway. At least, I was happy. My system booted in 8 seconds and only did things I asked it to.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For the next few months, I didn't learn anything more, but then a kernel upgrade broke my touchpad. I had to boot the old kernel to be able to use it, but I couldn't get the GRUB menu to come up. I became quite good at keyboard-only browsing... Finally I discovered that one could force the GRUB menu to come up by commenting out a line in &lt;code&gt;/etc/default/grub&lt;/code&gt;. It was that small piece of magic that got me hooked on learning Linux. That's how I got here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The strongest reason I continue to mainly use Ubuntu and not other Linux distributions is to help me be useful to Ask Ubuntu, because my work here is my very small contribution to Linux.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2020-10-10T11:46:09.577" LastActivityDate="2020-10-10T11:46:09.577" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19339" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19335" CreationDate="2020-10-10T14:11:09.463" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;My ubuntu story is short. My main OS is Debian. And I found it is a good idea to look over the children and grandchildren from debian.&#xA;I often found solution for my debian problems here and in a german community, so I thought it is pay day. To give something back.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I told short story.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="966203" LastEditorUserId="966203" LastEditDate="2020-10-11T08:36:21.453" LastActivityDate="2020-10-11T08:36:21.453" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19340" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19236" CreationDate="2020-10-10T14:28:42.093" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Catija sorted a nice banner for us linking to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/19334/happy-10th-anniversary-to-ask-ubuntu&quot;&gt;events post&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/FJAbc.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/FJAbc.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;screenshot of askubuntu.com front page with banner at top of right sidebar&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2020-10-10T14:28:42.093" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19341" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19335" CreationDate="2020-10-10T17:55:08.677" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was looking for an OS that would work on a NEC Z1 all-in-one system that wasn't Windows.  Ubuntu 8.04 fit the bill perfectly and I never looked back.  =)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;This is the old NEC Z1 that kicked off my love of Ubuntu.  It is in need of some loving care and it does boot, but it is having issues right now with its 10.04 installation.  It really has been a good system. It is a P3 450MHz with 192MB RAM, it may not run anything newer.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/jwLux.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/jwLux.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="231142" LastEditorUserId="231142" LastEditDate="2020-10-16T16:36:38.373" LastActivityDate="2020-10-16T16:36:38.373" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19342" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19335" CreationDate="2020-10-10T19:15:21.023" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just want to say &lt;strong&gt;THANK YOU to this amazing community!&lt;/strong&gt; I have only been here for approx. 15 days or so; and I have been able (even though my kinda, not-so-good English ) and I have somehow managed to be at least a bit of help; (&lt;strong&gt;hopefully&lt;/strong&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Thanks!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Regards,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;William Martens.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1130604" LastActivityDate="2020-10-10T19:15:21.023" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19343" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19334" CreationDate="2020-10-10T19:47:58.390" Score="21" Body="&lt;h3&gt;Not an event, just a look back on how the site design changed over the time.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Click on the image to get the full page on &lt;a href=&quot;https://web.archive.org&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Wayback Machine&lt;/a&gt;. This post was made possible because of the big cached page library Wayback Machine has.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ubuntu - Stack Exchange (2010)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://web.archive.org/web/20101011134716/http://askubuntu.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Fre8G.png&quot; alt=&quot;Ubuntu - Stack Exchange (2010)&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu - Stack Exchange (2011)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://web.archive.org/web/20111216083118/http://askubuntu.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/WLEkq.png&quot; alt=&quot;Ask Ubuntu - Stack Exchange (2011)&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu (2012)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://web.archive.org/web/20121206174431/http://askubuntu.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ennWf.png&quot; alt=&quot;Ask Ubuntu (2012)&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu (2013) (Somewhat redesigned)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://web.archive.org/web/20131231202044/http://askubuntu.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Cdrcf.png&quot; alt=&quot;Ask Ubuntu (2013)&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu (2014) (Tour time calculated, i.e., &amp;quot;Take the tour&amp;quot; was changed to &amp;quot;Take the 2 minute tour&amp;quot;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://web.archive.org/web/20141231055612/http://askubuntu.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/13WQM.png&quot; alt=&quot;Ask Ubuntu (2014)&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu (2015) (No tour without signing up or logging in)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://web.archive.org/web/20151231123821/http://askubuntu.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/L9O1e.png&quot; alt=&quot;Ask Ubuntu (2015)&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu (2016)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://web.archive.org/web/20161231114411/http://askubuntu.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Xvnz3.png&quot; alt=&quot;Ask Ubuntu (2016)&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu (2017) (Top bar redesigned)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://web.archive.org/web/20171228042735/https://askubuntu.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/YFA3x.png&quot; alt=&quot;Ask Ubuntu (2017)&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu (2018) (Massive redesign and the emergence of responsive design across the Stack Exchange network: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/307862/468333&quot;&gt;Ch-ch-ch-changes: Left nav, responsive design, &amp;amp; themes&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://web.archive.org/web/20181231121928/https://askubuntu.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/YRBRa.png&quot; alt=&quot;Ask Ubuntu (2018)&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu (2019) (Introductory banner redesigned and color &amp;quot;Sign Up&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;Log in&amp;quot;  button changed to match with site color)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://web.archive.org/web/20191231161501/https://askubuntu.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Qtijk.png&quot; alt=&quot;Ask Ubuntu (2019)&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu (2020) (On its birthday!!!)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://web.archive.org/web/20201010021407/https://askubuntu.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/BZSr6.png&quot; alt=&quot;Ask Ubuntu (2020)&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="816190" LastActivityDate="2020-10-10T19:47:58.390" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19344" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19335" CreationDate="2020-10-11T15:57:21.523" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;My first experience with Linux was during my graduation in Electronic Engineering: I had to learn how to design field-programmable gate arrays (FPGA) using some tools that were able to run only on Red Hat Linux (I don't remember exactly which version, but this happened more or less in 2007).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My curiosity about Linux increased after that experience, but what I did was simply to install Ubuntu on a virtual machine with the purpose of using it to learn new things, but I understood that installing an alternative OS in a VM is the better way to NOT use it :-D&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In 2014, I eventually had a notebook that became my &amp;quot;real&amp;quot; personal computer (till that day I used my company laptop also for personal purposes ^_^' ) and decided to dual boot my Windows 8.1 installation with Ubuntu 14.10. Maybe it was a sign of the fate (I was born on October 14th) but the dual boot worked at the first try, with Ubuntu default OS. I started to use it more and more, and in 2017 I decided to compeltely wipe the Windows installation and have only Ubuntu on my machine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My first love was Unity, then I switched to Ubuntu Budgie when Unity was replaced by a (not-yet mature) GNOME reinterpretation of Unity look&amp;amp;feel, then I come back to Ubuntu with 20.04. Meanwhile, due to the fact that my professional skills are more towards the SW than the HW, I'm having a lot of fun on scripting the most common things that I do (video conversions, &amp;quot;spring-cleaning&amp;quot; of my system, automate Ubuntu software installation and configuration after a clean installation, backup my data).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I still use Windows at work, but I think I'll never come back to it at home... next step is to convince my step-daughters to give a try to Ubuntu :-)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1037999" LastEditorUserId="1037999" LastEditDate="2020-10-12T07:56:46.257" LastActivityDate="2020-10-12T07:56:46.257" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19345" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19320" CreationDate="2020-10-11T18:27:09.133" Score="8" Body="&lt;h3&gt;Beginner-level introduction to command line (Part 2*)&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sunday 18th October, 15:00 - 16:00 UTC&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;* actually it's still Part 1 as we didn't finish it, but I can just call it Part 2 and nobody will ever know I still haven't prepared the real Part 2 yet ^_^ &lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In case you missed it: &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/113418/conversation/beginner-level-introduction-to-command-line-part-2&quot;&gt;lesson transcript&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2020-10-21T07:58:31.560" LastActivityDate="2020-10-21T07:58:31.560" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19346" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19335" CreationDate="2020-10-13T09:50:54.533" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been tinkering around with different Linux and BSD distros (and NAS variants) together with a friend for about 10 years now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Recently we both needed to upgrade our home servers, and talked about settling on a single distribution that would be best suitable for our needs. After some research, we decided to give Ubuntu a try over Debian, mainly because of the great support options, the easy guides on the webpage, and the broad support for different hardware (and also for ZFS support).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So in spring 2020 we both installed Ubuntu 20.04 on our main servers, and we have been learning and developing different scripts and utilities since then. This is still very much a learning experience for both of us, but I thinks it's safe to say that neither of us regret for one second choosing Ubuntu as our preferred server distribution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1066942" LastActivityDate="2020-10-13T09:50:54.533" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19347" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19335" CreationDate="2020-10-13T13:07:52.723" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;I always used to be an open-source fan! The first open-source program I fully embraced was Firefox 1.0.0.0. I was at university during that time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was a Windows user, even though I already knew about Linux. Mostly because of gaming. I started a job at a small company where my work involved the development of websites using ASP.NET with C#.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Around 2-3 years, I started &amp;quot;lobbying&amp;quot; my CTO to switch from .NET. We then received a project that involved an e-commerce website. We ended up developing it using Magento (which is built using PHP). It worked. It was great. My lobbying pressed on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was no longer a junior developer at that time, and I started receiving more and more e-commerce projects. We started becoming better and better at Magento.&#xA;I saw myself working less and less on .NET projects.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This was around 2010. I installed Ubuntu alongside Windows on my company computer. It was 10.10.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Took about a day for me to set it up the way I wanted it. It was my first non-Windows OS I ever used. I found out about Ask Ubuntu and started lurking here since then.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A couple of months in, I noticed that since I installed Ubuntu, I never once booted Windows. I fell in love with the command line.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Around December, I formatted the machine. I installed Ubuntu 10.10 without Windows this time. I have never used Windows ever since. The last version I used was Windows XP.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Meanwhile, I found that Ubuntu releases are quite frequent as they make a new release every 6 months. I love new stuff even if it might break.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then came the 11.04 upgrade. I found out about &lt;code&gt;do-release-upgrade&lt;/code&gt;. I run the command in the terminal as that is cooler than a GUI. It starts downloading stuff. There was about 1GB of download that needed about 2-3 hours to download at my connection speed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I realised that I can still use the OS while it's downloading.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;Sometime later, after I forgot about the download/upgrade that was going on in the background, I started seeing stuff.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What is that icon that just popped up in my taskbar?!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Oh, the upgrade!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Hold up! Did the upgrade really just install and run the new cool stuff while I'm still using the OS?!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;THIS IS SO COOL!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;NO RESTART THAT NEEDS HOURS REQUIRED?!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Nothing broke after the upgrade. It went smoothly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then 2012 came. I found out there are LTS versions that are released every 2 years. I started getting worried. Am I gonna get stuck with the same version for 2 years? I don't want that! I want cool icons popping up in my taskbar!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And that was my &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/101050/should-i-upgrade-to-an-lts-release-if-i-want-to-keep-receiving-non-lts-releases&quot;&gt;first question&lt;/a&gt; on Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastEditorUserId="8698" LastEditDate="2020-10-13T14:54:23.280" LastActivityDate="2020-10-13T14:54:23.280" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19348" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19335" CreationDate="2020-10-13T17:03:29.043" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was a long-time Windows user since 3.1.  But when my new computer came with Windows 8, it was insufferable.  My workplace at the time used a mixed Linux / Windows environment, so I had some exposure to Linux. I talked to some veteran Linux users and got their recommendation - Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I started out testing Ubuntu 12.04 in a virtual machine, then went to dual booting, then finally full time Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="243321" LastActivityDate="2020-10-13T17:03:29.043" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19349" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-10-14T04:45:53.933" Score="2" ViewCount="60" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was using the &amp;lt;kbd&amp;gt; tag for version numbers, like Ubuntu &lt;kbd&gt;20.04&lt;/kbd&gt; and @muru edited &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1283364/mysql-my-cnf-and-etc-alternatives&quot;&gt;my question&lt;/a&gt; to remove the markers, saying&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;we don't need keyboard formatting for version numbers&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Actually I was using these tags because they're emphasizing the version number in a way I thought was more readable, design wise, not because they were &amp;quot;keyboard&amp;quot; related.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is that bad?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="6619" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2020-10-15T06:18:35.817" LastActivityDate="2020-10-15T11:14:56.787" Title="Using the keyboard markers for other things" Tags="|discussion|editing|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19351" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19349" CreationDate="2020-10-14T07:13:38.987" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;I feel that formatting should be used for emphasis sparingly. Excessive use of contrast formatting has a negative effect on readability. The primary use of formatting is not for emphasis but to aid readability of code and distinguish text types. Version numbers do not need to be emphasised with formatting and are most comfortably read as a normal part of the text.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Keyboard formatting is useful for showing key combinations like &lt;kbd&gt;Ctrl&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;Alt&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;T&lt;/kbd&gt;. Some people, including me, also sometimes use it for buttons that appear in GUI dialogs, like the button at the top right of the main page area here that says &lt;kbd&gt;Ask Question&lt;/kbd&gt;. This decision seems reasonable to me, because the effect of &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;kbd&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; formatting is to make the text look like a button, hopefully aiding recognition. Please note that by &amp;quot;button&amp;quot; I do not mean everything that is clickable - to distinguish GUI menu items that are not buttony in appearance I use bold or italic formatting which is less obtrusive than &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;kbd&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2020-10-14T07:13:38.987" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19352" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19218" CreationDate="2020-10-14T09:46:04.340" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;It would be nice lesson for systemd. Like make own target or service system-wide or for user associated with udev.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="966203" LastActivityDate="2020-10-14T09:46:04.340" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19353" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-10-14T14:40:46.167" Score="1" ViewCount="77" Body="&lt;p&gt;As a new user on askubuntu, I want to contribute to a thread with valuable information for those who are still struggling&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I cannot because the thread already has answers (or so it appears). Certainly in my case and many others, those answers haven't dealt with specific cases and in fact there are answers which are off-topic and in danger of derailing the thread completely&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For the curious, the thread is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/126381/1137630&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/a/126381/1137630&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's a power down issue where the PC fires up immediately after shutdown. In my case, the situation is resolved by disabling an option in the BIOS relating to &amp;quot;Resume from S5 by #PME&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's not exactly a solution because it obviously prevents resume in instances where this is desirable behaviour, but it's a legitimate workaround for those awaiting a more elegant solution&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is definitely not a problem in Windows (on the same PC) and it certainly has nothing to do with failure to shutdown because of hung services or misbehaving drivers (as the thread is more recently veering towards)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For the even more curious, the mobo is an Asus M5A88-V EVO on kernel 5.40-48, but has been an issue since 4.15&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any way I can contribute or may I expect a moderator to intervene on my behalf? Presumably this is a reputation issue?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Many thanks&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1137630" OwnerDisplayName="plants" LastActivityDate="2020-10-14T14:43:05.907" Title="New user on askubuntu, would like to help but cannot" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="8" ClosedDate="2020-10-20T17:00:26.983" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19354" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19320" CreationDate="2020-10-15T10:46:24.167" Score="8" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Introduction to SSH, Rsync and Cron&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sunday 25th of October, 16:00 - 17:00 UTC&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Agenda&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Basic SSH usage&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Basic Rsync CLI usage&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Basic usage of Rsync with cron&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Using SSHFS to mount remote folders&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Taste of advanced Rsync script (if there is time)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In case you missed it: &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/113418/conversation/introduction-to-ssh-rsync-and-cron&quot;&gt;lesson transcript&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1066942" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2020-11-10T12:08:41.033" LastActivityDate="2020-11-10T12:08:41.033" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19356" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-10-15T16:26:28.643" Score="-2" ViewCount="63" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just wanted to ask why this was marked off-topic?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1284049/how-do-i-learn-to-program-or-code-so-that-i-can-contribute-to-the-community&quot;&gt;How do I learn to program or code so that I can contribute to the community?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I agree that it may depend on how you read the question, but I read it as the user wanted to contribute to the Ubuntu community.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And it may be a little disengaging to have the topic closed with no further explanation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1066942" LastEditorUserId="1066942" LastEditDate="2020-10-15T16:46:01.607" LastActivityDate="2020-10-15T17:04:57.720" Title="Why was this question marked off-topic?" Tags="|discussion|closed-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19357" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19356" CreationDate="2020-10-15T17:04:57.720" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;Because it is clearly off topic: it isn't a question about Ubuntu at all. The OP is looking for a &lt;em&gt;person&lt;/em&gt; who can help them learn. That's absolutely great, and I wish the OP the very best, but that isn't a question that we can answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even if we don't take it literally, the best we could do is offer some sort of list of resources. This is also off topic since it isn't a technical question about Ubuntu but is asking for off-site resources.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In any case, the question itself wasn't related to Ubuntu at all. It was about learning to program. So it really isn't even close to being on topic here. In all, I don't really see how we could have done anything other than close it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Remember that we're trying to keep things short and to the point here. This site is &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; a forum, and the reason it works is precisely because we only do direct, questions and answers about Ubuntu. So this sort of broad, open ended question, which isn't even Ubuntu-related, is not the sort of thing we handle here. That's what the Ubuntu Forums and the dozens of other sites that allow discussions are for!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2020-10-15T17:04:57.720" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19359" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19360" CreationDate="2020-10-16T13:38:22.310" Score="-5" ViewCount="47" Body="&lt;p&gt;It appears, adding &lt;code&gt;comment&lt;/code&gt; with &lt;code&gt;link&lt;/code&gt; to post at &lt;code&gt;askubuntu.com&lt;/code&gt; loading new &lt;code&gt;url&lt;/code&gt; to current page rather than new tab.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;How about adding a &lt;strong&gt;target=&amp;quot;_blank&amp;quot;&lt;/strong&gt; with every &lt;code&gt;link&lt;/code&gt; so I dont lose my current conversion and open a new &lt;code&gt;askubuntu&lt;/code&gt; page and start conversation again?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="318808" LastActivityDate="2020-10-16T14:07:45.330" Title="Links inside comments replacing current page rather than taking me to new tab url" Tags="|feature-request|bug|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19360" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19359" CreationDate="2020-10-16T14:07:45.330" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can always return to where you were with the back button of your browser. Or (depending on the browser) using one of the keyboard modifiers (&lt;kbd&gt;Ctrl&lt;/kbd&gt;, &lt;kbd&gt;Alt&lt;/kbd&gt;, etc.) to open it in a new tab.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Personally, I prefer that to each click &lt;em&gt;automatically&lt;/em&gt; opening a new tab. That gets messy if you do it too often.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="606366" LastActivityDate="2020-10-16T14:07:45.330" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19361" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19320" CreationDate="2020-10-18T17:12:45.517" Score="8" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Beginner level introduction to command line (part 3*)&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sunday 25th October 2020, 14:30-15:30 UTC&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;* It's technically still part 1 - I guess we'll be doing this until Ask Ubuntu's next birthday...&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In case you missed it: &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/info/113418/ask-ubuntu-classroom?tab=conversations&quot;&gt;lesson transcript&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2020-11-10T12:07:56.957" LastActivityDate="2020-11-10T12:07:56.957" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19362" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19335" CreationDate="2020-10-18T17:17:15.497" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Adding my 2nd answer here; Because the community really deserves (every single one of you) the thank you - post I did above;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My first experience with Linux, was...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A terminal.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No but - enough with the jokes; It was Ubuntu, my friend introduced me to it as I begun more and more show interest in programming and , especially computer security. And as I grew older I installed Kali Linux, although.. I went back pretty quickly from Kali to Ubuntu.. Because... Ubuntu is better. Always been. Always will be.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks for me!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;//Will.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Wish you a continuing, nice, day-No;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;A continuing nice year.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1130604" LastActivityDate="2020-10-18T17:17:15.497" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19363" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19335" CreationDate="2020-10-18T17:29:48.957" Score="9" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Time Line&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;1996 PC (Windows95, just public access)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;1998 TI Calc (Got interested in its Basic)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;2003 VAX at university, PC (Windows XP, with full access)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;2006 Debian at university&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;2007 Ubuntu till now. Still trying some other distributions from time to time.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At work, company endorsed some systems:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;2008-2012 OpenBSD server (Replaced later with FreeBSD, ~2014)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;2012-2013 Debian KDE Desktop (Kind of legacy from an acquired product line, Migrated to Windows ~2015)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Long Story&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I heard about PC's but couldn't have access to one till 1996, when cybercafes appear to the public which were using only 56Kbps phone modem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm still remembering the fun when we had lost connection, and everyone lift their heads up and looked at the admin waiting for the reconnecting tone like &lt;a href=&quot;https://soundcloud.com/jerry-berg/56k-dialup-model-connection-sound&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this one&lt;/a&gt;. If it failed we looked at each other, who has patient to wait next trial! Few people left .. for the best to get better bandwidth share.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was 9 and my country was in a civil war, empty pocket and 1 hour was very expensive. I didn't care much about system, all i do is 15-30min per week downloading electronics related stuff for hobby circuits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My head was still in a box regarding OS's, only when I joined university on 2nd year, 2003. For Pascal lab sessions, I faced that octopus machine called VAX with that 80x25 orange text terminal, wow... so there existed some other systems other than Windows. Then I met a teacher who was a Free Software enthusiastic, teaching C++ and Data Structures for 4th year class, 2006. He setup all lab machines himself, Dual boot with Debian, one machine was including a local repository. I was impressed, Debian was around 9 or 10 CD's. He was also able to convince manager of central library to install Debian on ~40 PC's, they were facing Windows viruses and couldn't afford anti-virus license.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My teacher advised me to use Ubuntu because it was easier to install, configure and get basic things working on vanilla install with 1st boot. Or try Live CD to check hardware compatibility, because it was really a down point for GNU and Linux at that period.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2003, my sister got a PC home as prize for high school achievement. From that time, I was reinstalling Windows XP every 2~6 months, due to Viruses and Abnormalities, Lost of control.  I received Ubuntu 7.04 CD in 2007 and started making dual boot on every machine I had some control on it, single boot on my own.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;2008, Back to dual boot due to limited software support related to work and weak support of 3D graphic adapters.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I kept installing Ubuntu even on the company machine till VirtualBox and CPU's got enough power around 2014.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;What interest me much&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;FLOSS philosophy because it does agree with my religious POV (knowledge should be free &amp;amp; gratis for everyone with a good will) as I was also interested in OpenHW, Tools on the click from repository, Quick development environment setup, Scripting routine tasks, Quick Server Setup, KDE also was away far beautiful than Windows XP, Live CD and PXE Boot were too powerful, It was and still is an environment that force you to learn new things.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="26246" LastEditorUserId="26246" LastEditDate="2020-10-19T15:36:15.567" LastActivityDate="2020-10-19T15:36:15.567" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19364" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-10-18T22:33:30.407" Score="6" ViewCount="78" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've answered a lot of questions, sometimes my answer is the only answer, but the OP has never come back to acknowledge the answer. Forgive me if this is already in place, I have no idea, but the following might encourage OP's to check the site periodically for answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;When a new member signs up, one of the things that should be presented in bold is that if they ask a question, they should not abandon it, in other words check back periodically for answers and acknowledge them.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The site could send an email reminder if it detects that the OP has ignored their own question which has answers.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;After a predetermined period, if still no response from the OP, the OP's should be put on some kind of restriction from posting more questions.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="504604" LastEditorUserId="504604" LastEditDate="2020-10-18T22:40:13.237" LastActivityDate="2020-12-17T14:20:04.997" Title="Suggestion for OP's who ask a question, then never acknowledge any replies" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19365" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19366" CreationDate="2020-10-19T10:16:26.127" Score="5" ViewCount="65" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/115211/ubuntu-20-04-1-upgrade-failure-error-dist-upgrade-failed-broken-packages-afte&quot;&gt;my chatroom&lt;/a&gt; It was never in use the question was solved before&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do not want to leave my trash behind&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="966203" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2020-10-19T13:28:45.533" LastActivityDate="2020-10-19T13:28:45.533" Title="How to erase a chatroom I created myself" Tags="|support|status-completed|chat|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19366" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19365" CreationDate="2020-10-19T10:29:04.857" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Don't worry about it. Inactive rooms are deleted automatically by the system. I don't remember if non-mods can delete the rooms they created, but if you can, it will be on the &amp;quot;Access&amp;quot; tab.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, try going to &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms&quot;&gt;https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms&lt;/a&gt;, find your room, click on the &amp;quot;info&amp;quot; link of the room, go to &amp;quot;access&amp;quot; and see if you have a delete button. If you do, great. If not, never mind it will be deleted in a few days anyway.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2020-10-19T10:29:04.857" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19367" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19365" CreationDate="2020-10-19T10:36:12.053" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Related post on Meta SE: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/57099/280883&quot;&gt;How do you delete a room on chat?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Related chat FAQ: &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/faq#retention&quot;&gt; Will these rooms exist forever?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Quote (emphasis mine):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Rooms will exist indefinitely, so long as there is at least one person actively talking in the room. A room is considered worth retaining if it has more than &lt;strong&gt;15 messages by at least 2 users&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Rooms not worth retaining which are &lt;strong&gt;inactive for 7 days will be deleted&lt;/strong&gt;. Rooms worth retaining which are inactive for 14 days will be frozen. Frozen rooms do not allow any new messages to be sent, and are not shown in the default room list to prevent cluttering the rooms interface.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;TL;DR: Post nothing and it will be cleaned up automatically in a week.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;(terdon already deleted this one manually though, as mentioned in his own answer)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastEditorUserId="618353" LastEditDate="2020-10-19T11:57:29.857" LastActivityDate="2020-10-19T11:57:29.857" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19368" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-10-20T11:13:11.223" Score="0" ViewCount="60" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was reviewing posts in the First Posts review queue and I got a review audit. Link to the review audit: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/first-posts/1093198&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/review/first-posts/1093198&lt;/a&gt;. I found it was an audit by clicking on the link of the answer. There was this text mentioned in the audit (visible before passing the audit and after passing the audit):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Our system has identified this post as possible spam; please review&#xA;carefully&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But the post was not really spam.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Screenshot of the audit:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/4Du3R.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/4Du3R.png&quot; alt=&quot;Screenshot of the audit after passing&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why was the post 'identified as possible spam' by the 'system'?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By the way, what does the word 'system' refer to? Is it a bot?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why is the question also marked as 'possible spam'?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/0jTnz.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/0jTnz.png&quot; alt=&quot;Screenshot of the question in audit&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1103140" LastActivityDate="2020-10-20T12:45:04.410" Title="Why did 'the system identify' a high quality post 'as possible spam' in review audit?" Tags="|support|review-audits|spam|first-posts|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19369" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19368" CreationDate="2020-10-20T11:52:09.407" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;It wasn't identified as spam, on the contrary, it was identified as high quality and that's why it was used in a review audit. Review audits are there to stop &amp;quot;robo reviewing&amp;quot;: people who just blindly click through a review queue in order to get a badge. Yes, such people actually exist and they're why we have review audits in the first place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this case, the idea was to see if you were paying attention. If you weren't paying attention, you could have marked that as spam which would have made you fail the audit. Since you &lt;em&gt;were&lt;/em&gt; paying attention, you correctly marked it as &amp;quot;looks good&amp;quot; or whatever, and you passed the audit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2020-10-20T12:45:04.410" LastActivityDate="2020-10-20T12:45:04.410" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19371" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19372" CreationDate="2020-10-21T03:30:57.760" Score="11" ViewCount="75" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have written people a lot of comments here and when I look in my profile to find something that I wrote to someone I have to go through pages and pages of comments to find the exact thing I was looking for.  I have 196 pages right now.  :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a way that we can have a Search added to the Comments under All Actions in our profiles?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="231142" LastActivityDate="2020-10-21T17:25:24.670" Title="Would it be possible to add a search to our comments that we have left for people?" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19372" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19371" CreationDate="2020-10-21T06:12:04.170" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;+1 to the FR&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/148066/can-i-search-my-comments-using-some-keywords&quot;&gt;Related on Meta Stack Exchange&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Two workarounds in the meantime:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Use &lt;a href=&quot;https://data.stackexchange.com/askubuntu/query/845560/search-for-comments-by-a-user-with-particular-text&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;an SEDE query&lt;/a&gt;. This only finds comments posted before the most recent data update (they update the data more or less every Sunday at varying times), but newer comments should be findable in the first few pages of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/current?tab=activity&amp;amp;sort=comments&quot;&gt;the comment tab in your profile&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ask a mod to search for you. You can ping me any time in &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/201/ask-ubuntu-general-room&quot;&gt;AUGR&lt;/a&gt;, though sometimes I am asleep or otherwise afk, so this is not very convenient for you, but we have got a per user comment text search box that finds comments too new for SEDE (and even deleted ones).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2020-10-21T17:25:24.670" LastActivityDate="2020-10-21T17:25:24.670" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19373" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19335" CreationDate="2020-10-23T01:41:02.027" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Many years ago I rented a Dedicated Server that had Windows installed when someone mentioned that Linux was a better solution for what I was using the server for and negates the cost of a Windows Server Licence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Out of curiocity, having never used Linux, I installed CentOS on the server and was impressed. Then I installed Ubuntu Hardy Heron with its Desktop GUI accessible from home via the NoMachineNX remote Desktop App and became very impressed. So impressed, I installed Hardy Heron as dual-boot O/S alongside Windows on my own home computer and have been a Ubuntu user ever since.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The upshot of this move was that it brought me back to coding, which I was heavily into from my Commodore 64/Amiga days up until the DOS4GW days on PC.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I found that coding on Linux was so easy because Linux was mostly coded in the C language which had a very similar syntax learned way back in my Commodore 64 days using a coding package called White-Lightening and on the Amiga using a scripting language called AREXX.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Comparing the old Ubuntu Hardy Heron vs the current Focal Fossa is like comparing night with day - Keep up the good work Ubuntu. :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Edit&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I apologise for the spelling mistakes, however I was a little drunk when&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;adding this post and am not new to contributing.  My recent contribution&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;was &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1252007/opening-ubuntu-20-04-desktop-on-wsl2/1265411&quot;&gt;Opening Ubuntu 20.04 Desktop on WSL2&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="787595" LastEditorUserId="787595" LastEditDate="2020-10-23T22:48:19.093" LastActivityDate="2020-10-23T22:48:19.093" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19374" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-10-23T05:36:11.467" Score="18" ViewCount="2081" Body="&lt;p&gt;(I'm a day late, I got busy with work stuff and at-home stuff)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As of about 17:39:04 UTC on October 22, 2020, &lt;strong&gt;Ubuntu Groovy Gorilla 20.10&lt;/strong&gt; has been officially released.  The corresponding release announcement email that went out to the &lt;code&gt;ubuntu-announce&lt;/code&gt; mailing list is &lt;a href=&quot;https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2020-October/000263.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Therefore, effective as of this post, new 20.10 questions are now to be considered &lt;strong&gt;on topic&lt;/strong&gt; here so long as they comply with the other requirements for on topic posts as defined in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;Help Center&lt;/a&gt; and here on Meta.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This does not mean that 'older' 20.10 questions can be reopened without discussion or community consensus.  Questions which were closed because 20.10 at the time was off topic or questions which are related to upgrading or using 20.10 &lt;em&gt;prior&lt;/em&gt; to its official release remain offtopic, unless the community at-large believes (on a case-by-case basis) specific posts should be reopened.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;CLOSE REVIEWERS&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;: Do not close new 20.10 questions as &amp;quot;offtopic&amp;quot;, effective as of the time of this post, unless they are offtopic for some reason &lt;em&gt;other&lt;/em&gt; than the question being about 20.10&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="8698" LastEditDate="2020-10-23T06:11:34.213" LastActivityDate="2020-10-28T11:21:45.000" Title="Ubuntu Groovy Gorilla (20.10) is now released, and posts about it are (generally) No Longer Offtopic" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19375" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19335" CreationDate="2020-10-25T20:37:53.480" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Background&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've ran and developed software for Windows since circa 1992 &amp;amp; Win 3.1 (yes, before Win 3.11 which included Windows For Workgroups networking).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I absolutely loved it when  Win95 was released and we got true pre-emptive multitasking.  It was world-changing!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I enjoyed various versions of Windows (2000,XP,7) and was able to skip a lot of the worst distros (98, ME, Vista) just by being slow to take up new versions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since 2010 every year or so I'd check out the latest Linux distros and I really liked them for their power, but I was always stuck on the packaging systems.  Even being someone familiar with technology there was just a lot to do to get stuff installed.  Ubuntu was always at the top of the list to check out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How I Finally Converted to Linux via Ubuntu&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally,in 2018 I bought PC parts to build my own computer:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Gigabyte mainboard&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;AMD Ryzen 5 2600x (6-core x 2 = 12)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;16 GB RAM&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyways, I installed Win10 on it and it would crash after running for about 5 minutes.  BSOD!!  Terrible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was really irritated.&#xA;I installed Ubuntu on it (dual boot) and started running Ubuntu 18.04.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ubuntu didn't crash for 3 days.  I even left it running a solid 48 hours at one point.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Well, it was indeed bad hardware and since Ubuntu crashed too I was able to take all the hardware back and replace it.  I haven't had a problems since.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Complete Ubuntu Take-over&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I started using Ubuntu 18.04 and everything was faster.&#xA;I do Android development and Android Studio and Android emulator are just smoking fast.&#xA;The low memory usage by the OS itself is so amazing.&#xA;Visual Stuio Code (VSC) released and runs natively on Linux (I'm also a C# dev) and I discovered that I could do 80% of the work I wanted to do using VSC.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The more I used Ubuntu the less I wanted to use Win10.&#xA;Finally, I have recently converted to Ubuntu 20.04 and run it 100% of the time now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I recently deleted my windows 10 partition and now run it as a VM (Oracle VirtualBox) inside of my Ubuntu 20.04 installation.  :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="444450" LastEditorUserId="444450" LastEditDate="2020-10-26T12:56:53.460" LastActivityDate="2020-10-26T12:56:53.460" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19377" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19320" CreationDate="2020-10-26T09:07:06.420" Score="5" Body="&lt;h2&gt;SSH, Rsync and Cron - Continuation, clarification and questions&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sunday 1st of November, 16:00 - 17:00 UTC&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In case you missed it: &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/113418/conversation/ssh-rsync-and-cron-continuation-clarification-and-questions&quot;&gt;lesson transcript&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1066942" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2020-11-10T12:09:19.363" LastActivityDate="2020-11-10T12:09:19.363" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19378" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19320" CreationDate="2020-10-26T10:55:10.943" Score="4" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Beginner level introduction to command line (part 4)&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sunday 1st November 2020, 14:30-15:30 UTC&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In case you missed it: &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/113418/conversation/beginner-level-introduction-to-command-line-part-4&quot;&gt;lesson transcript&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2020-11-10T12:06:49.417" LastActivityDate="2020-11-10T12:06:49.417" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19379" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-10-26T14:24:46.007" Score="2" ViewCount="109" Body="&lt;p&gt;I sometimes have a doubt if the meta site of Ask Ubuntu is &lt;em&gt;Ask Ubuntu Meta&lt;/em&gt; or &lt;em&gt;Meta Ask Ubuntu&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Let's look into some details (to understand why I'm confused).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If we click on the Stack Exchange icon at the top right corner, the site name is mentioned as &lt;em&gt;Ask Ubuntu Meta&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/uMeRe.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/uMeRe.png&quot; alt=&quot;Screenshot of contents displayed under &amp;quot;CURRENT COMMUNITY&amp;quot; when clicked on Stack Exchange icon at the top right corner&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When we go to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com&quot;&gt;meta site&lt;/a&gt;, we can see the name of site mentioned in search bar and at bottom left as &lt;em&gt;Ask Ubuntu Meta&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ebqDr.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ebqDr.png&quot; alt=&quot;Screenshot of name of site mentioned in search bar in meta site&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/2HBSV.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/2HBSV.png&quot; alt=&quot;Screenshot of name of site at the bottom left in meta site&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The logo of the meta site might confuse new users as to how to read it (either as Ask Ubuntu Meta or Meta Ask Ubuntu or Ask Meta Ubuntu). But for the sake of this question, let's say it's Ask Ubuntu Meta.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/tQu6A.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/tQu6A.png&quot; alt=&quot;Screenshot of logo of meta site of Ask Ubuntu&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So far the naming seems consistent. But.. the help center article is the problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/whats-meta&quot;&gt;What is &amp;quot;meta&amp;quot;? How does it work?&lt;/a&gt; article of help center, the name of the meta site of Ask Ubuntu is mentioned as &lt;em&gt;Meta Ask Ubuntu&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is &amp;quot;meta&amp;quot;? How does it work?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Meta Ask Ubuntu is the part of the site where users discuss the&#xA;workings and policies of Ask Ubuntu rather than discussing Ubuntu&#xA;itself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/hxQzS.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/hxQzS.png&quot; alt=&quot;Screenshot of &amp;quot;What is &amp;quot;meta&amp;quot;? How does it work?&amp;quot; help center article&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So what is the name of the meta site of Ask Ubuntu? Is it &lt;em&gt;Ask Ubuntu Meta&lt;/em&gt; or &lt;em&gt;Meta Ask Ubuntu&lt;/em&gt;? If it's &lt;em&gt;Ask Ubuntu Meta&lt;/em&gt;, is the help center article wrong in naming? (So is it a bug?)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1103140" LastActivityDate="2020-10-26T15:01:07.387" Title="Is it &quot;Ask Ubuntu Meta&quot; or &quot;Meta Ask Ubuntu&quot;?" Tags="|discussion|bug|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19380" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19379" CreationDate="2020-10-26T15:01:07.387" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the help article you've linked, you need to think of the word &amp;quot;meta&amp;quot; as an adjective instead of part of the site name.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, if the article is about explaining the colour grey for Ask Ubuntu, it would have been like so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;What is &amp;quot;grey&amp;quot;? How does it work?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Grey Ask Ubuntu is the part of the site where users [...]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The article isn't talking about the meta site itself, but it's talking about the &amp;quot;meta part of Ask Ubuntu&amp;quot; if that makes sense.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another example that can maybe explain the situation better is to look at another site that is a subdomain of stackexchange.com instead of its own domain like askubuntu.com.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ai.stackexchange.com/help/whats-meta&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;What's meta&amp;quot; on Artificial Intelligence&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Meta Artificial Intelligence Stack Exchange&lt;/strong&gt; is the part of the site where users [...]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this case, it is slightly clearer that the intention isn't to use the full name of the meta site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastActivityDate="2020-10-26T15:01:07.387" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19381" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2020-10-26T18:20:49.233" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The 10th anniversary of Ask Ubuntu was on the 10&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; of October 2020.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Originally proposed on &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/19187/how-should-we-celebrate-10-years-of-ask-ubuntu&quot;&gt;the 1st of July in 2020&lt;/a&gt; and then organized by &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/users/527764/zanna&quot;&gt;Zanna&lt;/a&gt;, the community celebrated the anniversary with &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/19320/scheduling-lessons-for-10th-anniversary-celebration-classroom&quot;&gt;workshops and lessons&lt;/a&gt; that were hosted by community members using different rooms in the Stack Exchange Chat, on weekends, for several weeks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Transcripts of the classes can be found with the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/19334/happy-10th-anniversary-to-ask-ubuntu&quot;&gt;anniversary annoucement&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastEditorUserId="8698" LastEditDate="2020-10-28T10:41:29.497" LastActivityDate="2020-10-28T10:41:29.497" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19382" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2020-10-26T18:20:49.233" Score="0" Body="Posts about the 10th anniversary of Ask Ubuntu" OwnerUserId="8698" LastEditorUserId="8698" LastEditDate="2020-10-28T10:41:11.000" LastActivityDate="2020-10-28T10:41:11.000" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19383" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-10-26T16:25:08.970" Score="0" ViewCount="90" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm new to this site and Ubuntu. Do I have to stay logged on to see if I get an answer to a question I asked earlier?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1141732" OwnerDisplayName="george lassiter" LastEditorUserId="1037999" LastEditDate="2020-10-28T08:38:46.917" LastActivityDate="2020-10-28T08:38:46.917" Title="Do I need to be logged in to Ask Ubuntu to see if I received an answer to my question?" Tags="|support|answers|user-accounts|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19384" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19383" CreationDate="2020-10-26T18:15:27.847" Score="-4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Short answer:No&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Long answer: No, You may log out but then you have to log in again to check if your question has been answered. You may check at regular/ irregular intervals to see if your questions has been answered and you will need to login each such time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1125470" OwnerDisplayName="Ashish" LastActivityDate="2020-10-26T18:15:27.847" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19385" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19383" CreationDate="2020-10-27T04:59:46.273" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;You don't need to be logged in to Ask Ubuntu to only read questions and answers, but you do need to be logged in to vote, accept an answer, comment, mark your question as a duplicate of another question, and delete anything you posted on Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another advantage of being logged in is  the &lt;em&gt;Recent inbox messages&lt;/em&gt; icon&#xA;at the right side of the Ask Ubuntu toolbar gets a red circle emblem on it whenever someone posts a new answer to your question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="94914" LastEditorUserId="94914" LastEditDate="2020-10-27T05:25:04.840" LastActivityDate="2020-10-27T05:25:04.840" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19386" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19387" CreationDate="2020-10-28T07:37:39.943" Score="5" ViewCount="122" Body="&lt;p&gt;I sometimes go through the bountied questions in Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Often I see the notice indicating the reason for offering the bounty is a specific reason written manually.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other standard noticed like &amp;quot;Want to reward existing answer&amp;quot; are easily understood.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/1285463/739431&quot;&gt;Gnome 3 standard brightness control with external monitor&lt;/a&gt; this question has a notice saying the person offering the bounty&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;is looking for a canonical answer&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, I am confused - does Canonical have a system linked to Ask Ubuntu bountied questions? I mean when the person chooses this option &amp;quot;looking for a canonical answer,&amp;quot; will Canonical be notified?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The OP wants an answer from Canonical, and it seems they are very clear in the question that they don't want help in writing scripts or keybindings etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is that really possible? Canonical will answer this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="739431" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2020-10-28T08:45:03.253" LastActivityDate="2020-10-28T08:54:13.757" Title="What does &quot;canonical answer&quot; refer to in bountied question notices?" Tags="|support|bounty|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19387" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19386" CreationDate="2020-10-28T08:01:01.367" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think there is a bit of confusion on your part, you seem to be confusing the company Canonical who make Ubuntu with the English meaning of the word, it is an easy mistake to make here, a relevant definition of the word (from &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.dictionary.com/browse/canonical?s=t&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;dictionary.com&lt;/a&gt; via Zanna in comments)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;authorized; recognized; accepted:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So what they actually want is a definitive or best answer to the question rather than an answer from the developers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a common term through out Stack Exchange, my explanation is not great so here are some examples from various sites&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/291992/what-is-a-canonical-question-answer-and-what-is-their-purpose&quot;&gt;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/291992/what-is-a-canonical-question-answer-and-what-is-their-purpose&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/185778/meaning-of-canonical-answer-required-bounty-category&quot;&gt;Meaning of &amp;quot;Canonical answer required&amp;quot; bounty category&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://english.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/7115/what-is-a-canonical-answer&quot;&gt;https://english.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/7115/what-is-a-canonical-answer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://arduino.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1269/what-is-a-canonical-question-exactly&quot;&gt;https://arduino.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1269/what-is-a-canonical-question-exactly&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastEditorUserId="75060" LastEditDate="2020-10-28T08:54:13.757" LastActivityDate="2020-10-28T08:54:13.757" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19389" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-10-29T04:52:31.867" Score="9" ViewCount="121" Body="&lt;p&gt;I started to post my first post and was offered similar posts, but when I scrolled, I saw this problem in Firefox. The text is scrolling behind the original text that I saw.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/lUBcb.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/lUBcb.png&quot; alt=&quot;The text is scrolling behind the original test I see/saw&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's no no preview button I can see, so now I am kind of typing blind, and I am not sure you will see what I saw and posted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1142660" OwnerDisplayName="Recently Updated Ubuntu user" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2020-10-29T07:04:13.207" LastActivityDate="2020-10-29T07:45:07.583" Title="Before I ask a question the similar posts suggestions do not scroll properly" Tags="|bug|asking-questions|firefox|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19390" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19389" CreationDate="2020-10-29T07:45:07.583" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Same problem here. The bug has already been &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/340329/stack-overflow-duplicated-layer-bug&quot;&gt;reported on Meta Stack Exchange&lt;/a&gt;, with many confirmations. Hopefully this will get fixed some time soon.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Workarounds include:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;clicking any of the links offered (they open in new tabs) - scrolling gets fixed&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;pressing the up arrow to close the suggestions and reopening them with the down arrow&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;using a different browser to Firefox&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sorry for the inconvenience!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2020-10-29T07:45:07.583" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19391" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-10-30T19:17:02.440" Score="3" ViewCount="74" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have looked at &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/how-to-ask&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/help/how-to-ask&lt;/a&gt; .  A style guide shows what is wanted and how to incorporate various things.  For example, most professional journals and conference proceedings have a LaTeX, MS Word, CSS, etc., &amp;quot;template&amp;quot; to handle formatting (bold, underlined, italic, URLs, etc.)?  Are the instructions as to how to use the embedded on-line editor (that I am using to compose this question) to achieve the conforming formats?  An Ask Ubuntu moderator modified my posting,both in content (clarity for the intended audience) but also converted the format of certain parts of the posts (&amp;quot;commands&amp;quot;, GUI use, etc.).  Although I appreciate such work, it is simpler to compose to the required style than post-posting edit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1135725" OwnerDisplayName="Yasha Karant" LastActivityDate="2020-10-30T23:01:52.423" Title="Is there a style guide for these Ask Ubuntu lists?" Tags="|discussion|style|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ClosedDate="2020-11-16T23:17:23.370" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19392" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19391" CreationDate="2020-10-30T21:12:29.147" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Well, it is all there. See when Asking a Question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Quick Help as text below tool bar&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Link to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/editing-help&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/editing-help&lt;/a&gt; (same link I give in comment)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Help Center, search for &lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;format&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt; or &lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;MarkDown&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt; this is how it is called (An advanced alternative of the legacy &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBCode&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;BBCode&lt;/a&gt;). Many editors in Ubuntu support it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/formatting&quot;&gt;How do I format my posts using Markdown or HTML?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Link to Meta, If you find nothing and want to ask about site features and community.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/7KNCp.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/7KNCp.png&quot; alt=&quot;picture of help hint on ask a question&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="26246" OwnerDisplayName="user.dz" LastActivityDate="2020-10-30T21:17:57.480" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19394" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19395" CreationDate="2020-11-02T20:07:57.890" Score="1" ViewCount="80" Body="&lt;p&gt;To make it more clear, here's the flag page/fly-out thing:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/05Ol3.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/05Ol3.png&quot; alt=&quot;flag dialogue&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Pardon the coloration, as I use a dark theme for the site.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the very top-most option, it has links to &lt;em&gt;Unix &amp;amp; Linux&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Super User&lt;/em&gt;, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's still in beta, and I'm not sure if that status matters, but Elementary OS has its own StackExchange site &lt;a href=&quot;https://elementaryos.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; and has had it for a while now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should Elementary OS be added to that dialogue?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It may make more people aware that it exists and may lower the number of questions we get about Elementary OS. Of course we can just ship them off to the Unix &amp;amp; Linux site, as we currently do. At the same time, it may be a better idea to send them somewhere more specific when the opportunity arises.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, it may make absolutely no difference at all &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; the Elementary page is still in beta. It may also start a trend where we'd have to have the text changed every time another Linux distro gets a SE site of its own. That could end up rather verbose.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Related:&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/11890/can-elementary-os-be-added-in-the-help-section-for-topics-not-to-ask-about&quot;&gt;Can Elementary OS be added in the help section for topics not to ask about?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="453950" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2020-11-02T22:03:37.147" LastActivityDate="2020-11-02T22:55:50.140" Title="Should Elementary OS be added to the flag text &quot;This is not about an official Ubuntu flavor.&quot;?" Tags="|feature-request|status-declined|close-reasons|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19395" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19394" CreationDate="2020-11-02T22:04:34.283" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/status-declined&quot; class=&quot;post-tag moderator-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;status-declined&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;status-declined&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We have a very limited amount of space for statements in close reasons - if we could fit other OSes there we probably would but we are out of space in that reason's length to do that right now.  We have space for only 69 characters more on that close reason - if we expanded to include eOS and others we won't have the space to include them all - which is why we simply say &amp;quot;This is not Ubuntu&amp;quot; and point people to U&amp;amp;L for other Linux distros (Mint, eOS, etc.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2020-11-02T22:55:50.140" LastActivityDate="2020-11-02T22:55:50.140" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19396" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-11-04T05:35:09.443" Score="23" ViewCount="570" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just posting to say a big thank you to everyone for participating in the 10th anniversary celebrations and making it fun and awesome.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Acknowledgements:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For teaching classroom sessions, huge thanks and a round of applause to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/94914/karel&quot;&gt;karel&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/1066942/artur-meinild&quot;&gt;Artur Meinild&lt;/a&gt; for sharing your knowledge.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For joining and supporting classroom sessions, deep gratitude to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/618353/beastofcaerbannog&quot;&gt;BeastOfCaerbannog&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/22949/eliah-kagan&quot;&gt;Eliah Kagan&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/283843/%ce%b1%d2%93s%d0%bd%ce%b9%ce%b7&quot;&gt;αғsнιη&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/1066942/artur-meinild&quot;&gt;Artur Meinild&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/25798/jokerdino&quot;&gt;jokerdino&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/26246/user-dz&quot;&gt;user.dz&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/1103140/technastic-tc&quot;&gt;technastic_tc&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/85695/terdon&quot;&gt;terdon&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/94914/karel&quot;&gt;karel&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/1067851/abhay-patil&quot;&gt;Abhay Patil&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/594579/sirguelph&quot;&gt;SirGuelph&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/816190/kulfy&quot;&gt;Kulfy&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/966203/nobody&quot;&gt;nobody&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/11141/maria&quot;&gt;maria&lt;/a&gt; and anyone else who attended (sorry if I missed you!) - you were all so helpful and nice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Special thanks to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/25798/jokerdino&quot;&gt;jokerdino&lt;/a&gt; for great help organising and running all the sessions, and to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/22949/eliah-kagan&quot;&gt;Eliah Kagan&lt;/a&gt; for kindly reading several versions of my own lesson preparations and offering many corrections and improvements (for the remaining mistakes I take sole credit). Also, thanks a lot for creating transcript &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/info/113418/ask-ubuntu-classroom?tab=conversations&quot;&gt;bookmarks&lt;/a&gt; for the lessons (not my favourite job).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For organising the lovely &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/19340/527764&quot;&gt;banner&lt;/a&gt;, very grateful thanks to community manager &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/761293/catija&quot;&gt;Catija&lt;/a&gt;. Thanks also to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/163331/parto&quot;&gt;Parto&lt;/a&gt; for stepping up to help with the design, and sorry I wasn't able to organise that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For creating the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/19335/whats-your-ubuntu-story&quot;&gt;What's your Ubuntu story?&lt;/a&gt; post, thanks to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/1103140/technastic-tc&quot;&gt;technastic_tc&lt;/a&gt;. Thanks to all who have answered it to share their stories too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For contributing ideas and support to make the celebration happen, thank you so much to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/75060/mark-kirby&quot;&gt;Mark Kirby&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/8698/dan&quot;&gt;Dan&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/25798/jokerdino&quot;&gt;jokerdino&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/816190/kulfy&quot;&gt;Kulfy&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/360794/nuwan-thisara&quot;&gt;Nuwan Thisara&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/89412/canadian-luke&quot;&gt;Canadian Luke&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/443229/kashish&quot;&gt;kashish&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/304317/user3226932&quot;&gt;user3226932&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/1107236/turbulence&quot;&gt;turbulence&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/1013762/gopal-s&quot;&gt;Gopal S&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/1127583/user203849&quot;&gt;user203849&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/1122646/user406875&quot;&gt;user406875&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/618353/beastofcaerbannog&quot;&gt;BeastOfCaerbannog&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/256099/pandya&quot;&gt;Pandya&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/264781/ravexina&quot;&gt;Ravexina&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/10616/thomas-ward&quot;&gt;Thomas Ward&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/367990/byte-commander&quot;&gt;Byte Commander&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks to all &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users?tab=moderators&quot;&gt;the moderators&lt;/a&gt; for general support and encouragement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And thank you to you the community. Nothing can happen without y'all. &amp;lt;3&amp;lt;3&amp;lt;3&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2020-11-04T05:42:26.427" LastActivityDate="2020-11-04T21:34:20.500" Title="Thank you for celebrating 10 years of Ask Ubuntu!" Tags="|discussion|community|10th-anniversary|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19397" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19396" CreationDate="2020-11-04T15:36:30.940" Score="16" Body="&lt;p&gt;Thanks for the mention! I wanted to join in the classrooms, but it was a bit hard for me with other matters, unfortunately. But I'm going to be checking out the transcripts now that all classes are over, thank you all for making them easily accessible!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, my main reason for adding an answer was not to excuse myself but to add one more name to the list that I strongly believe deserves a mention and an acknowledgement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you haven't guessed it yet, it's &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/users/527764/zanna&quot;&gt;Zanna&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You did an amazing job organizing this! Your name can be listed in every paragraph in your post! Thank you for proposing, kickstarting, and organising the event!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Looking forward for the &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/20th-anniversary&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;20th-anniversary&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;20th-anniversary&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastEditorUserId="8698" LastEditDate="2020-11-04T21:34:20.500" LastActivityDate="2020-11-04T21:34:20.500" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19398" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-11-07T09:44:15.277" Score="5" ViewCount="57" Body="&lt;p&gt;The question which I'm referring to in the title is this: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/1288765/1103140&quot;&gt;Error : If you do not go back to the partitioning menu and correct these errors, the partition will be used as is&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I flagged this question 2 days ago and it was marked as &amp;quot;helpful&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/le15U.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/le15U.png&quot; alt=&quot;Screenshot of flag from https://askubuntu.com/users/flag-summary/1103140&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, I saw the same post while reviewing posts in First Posts review queue and I cannot click on the &amp;quot;I'm Done&amp;quot; option.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Link to review: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/first-posts/1096403&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/review/first-posts/1096403&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/kEQEH.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/kEQEH.png&quot; alt=&quot;Screenshot of the post from First Posts review queue | Link: https://askubuntu.com/review/first-posts/1096403&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And the system does know that I've flagged the question already.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/KwKev.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/KwKev.png&quot; alt=&quot;Screenshot of flag option of the post in review&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You have already raised a recommended closure flag&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the system already knows that I've flagged the question, why is the &amp;quot;I'm Done&amp;quot; option non-clickable? Is this a bug?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1103140" LastActivityDate="2020-11-07T09:44:15.277" Title="Flagged a question before I saw it in First Posts review queue. I cannot click &quot;I'm Done&quot;" Tags="|discussion|support|bug|flags|first-posts|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19399" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19400" CreationDate="2020-11-07T09:54:05.650" Score="3" ViewCount="62" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have found this link:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/editing-help#comment-formatting&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/editing-help#comment-formatting&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And it says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Linebreaks&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;End a line with two spaces to add a &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; linebreak:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How do I love thee?&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;Let me count the ways&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems to (obviously) work here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yet when I use it in a reply, it doesn't work.&#xA;(Why?)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1142660" OwnerDisplayName="Recently Updated Ubuntu user" LastEditorUserId="8698" LastEditDate="2020-11-09T08:48:42.727" LastActivityDate="2020-11-09T08:48:42.727" Title="Markdown editing commands don't seem to work" Tags="|discussion|markdown|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19400" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19399" CreationDate="2020-11-07T10:54:42.173" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Comment formatting only supports a very specific subset, the commands in the block at the top. The other ones in the list, like line breaks, are exclusive to posts (questions and answers).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="606366" LastActivityDate="2020-11-07T10:54:42.173" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19401" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-11-08T15:50:06.920" Score="5" ViewCount="62" Body="&lt;p&gt;This question:&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1058750/new-alert-keeps-showing-up-server-returned-error-nxdomain-mitigating-potential&quot;&gt;New alert keeps showing up: Server returned error NXDOMAIN, mitigating potential DNS violation DVE-2018-0001 - Ask Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;reports an annoying syslog message.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The selected answer (currently with 56 upvotes) gives a solution for for these annoying syslog entries:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;cd /etc &amp;amp;&amp;amp; \&#xA;mv resolv.conf resolv.conf.orig &amp;amp;&amp;amp; \&#xA;ln -s /run/systemd/resolve/resolv.conf resolv.conf&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The highest rated comment (24 votes) and the second highest rated answer (52 votes) say that this is only a workaround and it is wrong as it skips some processing and only hides the real problem.&#xA;No other solution is offered though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Many other answers (far fewer votes) give various other ways of &amp;quot;solving&amp;quot; the problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the first 8 hours today (when the system wasn't even in use) my &lt;code&gt;/var/log/syslog&lt;/code&gt; accumulated 124 of those annoying (displayed in red in &lt;code&gt;view&lt;/code&gt;) messages.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd like to eliminate them, but there doesn't seem to be any consensus on the correct way of doing that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(So, like many others, I've closed my eyes and made the link, knowing that it is wrong.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd expect that there would be a practical correction for this problem.&#xA;But all we have is a choice between:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;a way to hide the message by breaking something else (use a penny as a fuse).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;a dismissal that &amp;quot;this can be tolerated&amp;quot; (don't use your hair dryer).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After several years of this, surely the community should be able to come up with something better than that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even if we don't care about this specific problem itself, &lt;strong&gt;shouldn't we care that the highly voted and accepted answer is wrong&lt;/strong&gt;, and that the second best answer offers no real solution?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="908977" LastActivityDate="2020-11-08T17:27:19.487" Title="What to do about highly rated and accepted answers that are wrong?" Tags="|discussion|support|answer-quality|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19402" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19401" CreationDate="2020-11-08T17:27:19.487" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Essentially, we do &lt;strong&gt;nothing&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The issue isn't the community, it's the infrastructure system we have in place and the reputation/voting/scoring system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Firstly, we can't &lt;strong&gt;unaccept&lt;/strong&gt; answers.  Only the original post owner can who made the question.  Because a lot of old questions have posters who have moved on and are no longer active, there's nothing we can do about that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Secondly, we don't delete answers just because they're wrong &lt;em&gt;now&lt;/em&gt; - if they were initially accurate but are no longer, then just post a comment indicating it's wrong and point at another answer (or write your own if none of the answers are correct).  Historically speaking, we have tons of people with old posts that at the time the answer was right but it's no longer accurate - depriving people of that reputation (points) they've gained is not desirable so we don't just delete old posts with lots of upvotes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can always post a bounty on the question and reward the &lt;strong&gt;most desirable&lt;/strong&gt; answer - that's always a thing if you want.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But essentially, &lt;strong&gt;we do nothing&lt;/strong&gt; in these cases.  Do we care?  Yes, but we usually comment where possible, and if it's entirely wrong or dangerous we (moderators or high rep editors) usually edit in a notice about it, but leave the rest of the post alone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2020-11-08T17:27:19.487" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19403" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19405" CreationDate="2020-11-09T11:26:41.103" Score="13" ViewCount="137" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu has a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/groovy&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;groovy&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;groovy&lt;/a&gt; tag that is dedicated to “a dynamic language for the Java Virtual Machine”.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/19374/ubuntu-groovy-gorilla-20-10-is-now-released-and-posts-about-it-are-generally&quot;&gt;Groovy (Gorilla) is the name of Ubuntu 20.10&lt;/a&gt; and users started to (mis)use the tag for Ubuntu 20.10 – there are 3 such questions currently but I’d expect more to come.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should the original tag be renamed (to &lt;code&gt;jvm-groovy&lt;/code&gt;, for example)? Should the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/groovy&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;groovy&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;groovy&lt;/a&gt; description be improved, so users are aware of its intended meaning?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="250300" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2020-11-25T06:25:21.077" LastActivityDate="2020-11-25T06:25:21.077" Title="The [groovy] tag became ambiguous" Tags="|discussion|status-completed|tags|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19404" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19403" CreationDate="2020-11-09T12:21:17.803" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Great catch! Renaming the tag to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/jvm-groovy&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;jvm-groovy&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;jvm-groovy&lt;/a&gt; as you suggested is a good idea. Editing the usage guidance should also be done if the tag is renamed, but just fixing the usage guidance alone is very unlikely to prevent the tag from being misused.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Version tags are available (although some folks feel they should not be used at all) in the form &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/16.04&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;16.04&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;16.04&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/18.04&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;18.04&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;18.04&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/20.04&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;20.04&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;20.04&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/20.10&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;20.10&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;20.10&lt;/a&gt; etc. Usually we have synonymised them so that, for example, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/xenial&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;xenial&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;xenial&lt;/a&gt; maps to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/16.04&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;16.04&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;16.04&lt;/a&gt; (attempts to use the former add the latter). We could do the same with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/groovy&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;groovy&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;groovy&lt;/a&gt; if we rename the current &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/groovy&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;groovy&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;groovy&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2020-11-09T13:33:22.853" LastActivityDate="2020-11-09T13:33:22.853" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19405" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19403" CreationDate="2020-11-09T12:30:26.153" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;Great catch! Another alternative - we could remove the tag altogether. Do we actually need a tag for that language? There are only 20 questions in the tag (including the wrongly tagged ones) and most of them are about &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/software-installation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;software-installation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;software-installation&lt;/a&gt;. If they were about features of the language itself, or about platform-independent issues with using in it, they would be off-topic anyway.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Version tags are available (although some folks feel they should not be used at all) in the form &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/16.04&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;16.04&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;16.04&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/18.04&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;18.04&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;18.04&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/20.04&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;20.04&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;20.04&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/20.10&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;20.10&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;20.10&lt;/a&gt; etc. Usually we have synonymised them so that, for example, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/xenial&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;xenial&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;xenial&lt;/a&gt; maps to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/16.04&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;16.04&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;16.04&lt;/a&gt; (attempts to use the former add the latter). We could do the same with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/groovy&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;groovy&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;groovy&lt;/a&gt; if we remove it from the java-related questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2020-11-09T13:33:07.137" LastActivityDate="2020-11-09T13:33:07.137" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19406" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-11-09T17:44:02.497" Score="-6" ViewCount="208" Body="&lt;p&gt;A moderator seems to be &lt;strong&gt;shadowing&lt;/strong&gt; me, &lt;strong&gt;down voting&lt;/strong&gt; me within minutes of my posting an answer, and making &lt;strong&gt;inappropriate comments&lt;/strong&gt;, and actions that are totally &lt;strong&gt;harassing&lt;/strong&gt; me. Yeah, I'm pissed off.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I voluntarily contribute my time to help out here on AskUbuntu, and all I get from him is ****.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as the yearly numbers say, I'm the &lt;strong&gt;FOURTH highest contributor&lt;/strong&gt; here on AskUbuntu. My answer accept rate is high.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Latest example: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1290450/usb-bug-which-locks-the-kernel#comment2191460_1290450&quot;&gt;USB bug which locks the kernel&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Within &lt;strong&gt;3 minutes&lt;/strong&gt; of posting my answer, the moderator down voted it, without leaving a comment as to who/why.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then says &amp;quot;&lt;em&gt;You know why I've downvoted you (and we've discussed the core problem with these types of posts MANY times before)&lt;/em&gt;&amp;quot;. I have no idea what he's referring to.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This may be a poor example, but this treatment by the moderator is really frustrating me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4272" LastEditorUserId="761293" LastEditDate="2020-11-09T20:24:24.903" LastActivityDate="2020-11-09T20:24:24.903" Title="It feels like one of the moderators is being overly critical of my posts - what can I do?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="12" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19407" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19406" CreationDate="2020-11-09T20:22:30.697" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;This sort of post calling out a moderator is inappropriate here on Meta. It's bordering on outright rude.  If you believe that a moderator is abusing their abilities, you have a few options - &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/28867/what-recourse-do-i-have-if-i-believe-a-moderator-has-abused-their-privileges&quot;&gt;What recourse do I have if I believe a moderator has abused their privileges?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, one of the options here is to go to meta to discuss the issue but the focus in any complaint should be on the actions, not the person who took them. Calling out anyone on our sites publicly as &amp;quot;harassing&amp;quot; you and calling them a &amp;quot;bully&amp;quot; is not ok, whether the user is a moderator or not. Questions raised on meta should be done politely and openly - remember, moderators are often well-liked and their work is often under-appreciated. Trying to destroy their reputation in this way is more likely to make people defensive than to make them open to listening to your concerns.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other options are to raise a flag on one of the posts where this has happened. Our moderators know that complaints about their own actions in flags should be left to others on their team, so you should feel safe in knowing that someone other than the moderator you're struggling to work well with will review the situation. If you feel you need to give more information, ask to talk with a mod privately in chat.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you don't feel you can follow one of these options, I invite you to use the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/contact&quot;&gt;contact form&lt;/a&gt; to reach out to the Community Managers (like myself) to review the situation. As with the meta post, focus on the actions of the moderator and give any examples you have. Avoid just calling names with no specific evidence or examples of cases.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As to your complaints, since you've raised them here and I'd like to respond to them at least somewhat, I've looked into your concerns and I see no evidence of targeted downvoting at all. I've also looked at comments on your posts and I similarly see no evidence of targeted commenting. It might be helpful to remember that, as an avid user - particularly one with so much reputation -  you're likely creating far more content than other users are. Similarly, moderators are participating and commenting on many more posts than the average user.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Having someone point out that your content needs improvement is rarely an enjoyable experience, particularly if you feel like an expert in a subject and the point being made is one you feel you should have remembered yourself. For some people, they can easily accept the guidance or correction and for myself it takes a bit of work to accept that an error was made... I'm a bit of a perfectionist.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What I do see here is a disagreement between very active users about when an answer should be posted in the first place. There are times that questions are short on info - the user doesn't include important details and those need to be gotten from them before a definite answer can be given. Often, comments should be left to request these details from the asker and, if they're not provided, closing the question may be the best course of action until such time that they are.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sometimes people will - through their experience with the subject - make jumps that others can't see. Perhaps they've seen the same issue with a specific version of a software so, even though it's not explained in the post, they think it's a safe bet to make an assumption before that information is included. If they're correct, they can cash in... but if they're not, they may be misleading the asker and adding confusion, particularly if the answer is never removed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In general, my recommendation - unless you're absolutely certain rather than guessing - is to ask clarifying questions in the comments and wait to answer until you have the full picture of the situation. At the very least, it's best to put a caveat on your answer if you do choose to write one, something like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Based on your question and having run into similar situations, I'm guessing that you're trying to herd kittens into a barn. While you don't say this specifically, I'm going to write this answer under that assumption. If you're instead trying to herd geese into a pond, this answer won't work, so please clarify your question and I'll update or remove my answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This shows later readers that your answer may not work in all cases, only the cases involving kittens and barns. Hopefully the asker confirms your hunch and everyone wins! But be prepared for it to be wrong, too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What the policy is here on AU for this is not mine to define. That's up to the community. Based on Thomas' comment, I'm guessing the mods at least lean towards only answering once the question is complete because of the downsides I've mentioned above (and others I'm failing to remember at the moment). So, if y'all haven't had this discussion yet, have it - and I hope that once it's had, y'all can adjust your expectations as appropriate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="761293" LastActivityDate="2020-11-09T20:22:30.697" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19408" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19335" CreationDate="2020-11-11T16:32:35.160" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Note: Please click on the various links that I've included to see pictures and more information.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When the first personal computers started to arrive in the mid-1970s, I was smitten by computers like the &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altair_8800&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Altair 8800&lt;/a&gt; and the &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sol-20&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Sol-20&lt;/a&gt;. I wanted one so badly. &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S-100_bus&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;S-100&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CP/M&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;CP/M&lt;/a&gt;, and later &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MP/M&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;MP/M&lt;/a&gt; were the common talk items of the day. Couldn't afford them at the time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In 1977/78 I purchased one of the early &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_II&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Apple II computers&lt;/a&gt; to come off of the production line. As I recall it had 48K memory, a 16K memory expansion card, two floppy disks, and Pascal and Apple DOS. Fantastic computer. I used it, and the later models like the ][+ and //e, for many years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In 1987 I worked as a Digital Equipment Corporation resident engineer at Apple Computer in Cupertino, CA, where they ran DEC VAX/VMS and, as I recall, some BSD Unix. While there, I acquired a bunch of &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Lisa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Apple Lisa&lt;/a&gt; computers. Most ran the Apple Lisa OS, but one ran SCO Linux. My first personal hands-on exposure to Linux. &lt;em&gt;opinion: The Apple Lisa was one of the best designed computers of all time, and Lisa OS &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PARC_(company)&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;(thank you Xerox PARC)&lt;/a&gt; was way ahead of its time.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I learned about Ubuntu by knowing that I didn't want any Microsoft OS's, and that Linux might be a good alternative. I had already been using &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacOS_version_history&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Apple Macintosh OS's&lt;/a&gt; since early 2000, when the &amp;quot;Mac OS X public beta&amp;quot; was released. In those days we didn't have the same Internet resources as we have today, but I did some research, and Ubuntu came out as a clear possibility, so I installed it. Been with Ubuntu ever since. Ubuntu has it's little anomalies, but it's still a better choice for me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Fast forward to about 2008, before AskUbuntu even existed, and I was probably running &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_version_history&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ubuntu 8.10&lt;/a&gt;, maybe even an earlier version. For me, it was a much better choice than Microsoft DOS, or any of the Microsoft Windows variants. Gosh, don't you just hate the Windows updates?!? I'm now running Ubuntu 20.04, and upgrading my computer(s) to the recent 20.10. I've been on AskUbuntu now for 10 years! Happy Birthday AskUbuntu! Hard to believe!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, since about 2017, I've been contributing back to the community, by helping others with Ubuntu questions and problems, here on AskUbuntu. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/4272/heynnema?tab=profile&quot;&gt;My Profile&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4272" LastEditorUserId="4272" LastEditDate="2020-11-13T14:37:55.900" LastActivityDate="2020-11-13T14:37:55.900" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19409" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19335" CreationDate="2020-11-13T10:53:06.030" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;I used to blog a fair bit in the 2000s and I therefore have &lt;a href=&quot;https://thepcspy.com/archives/tag=ubuntu/page=2/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;a fairly good log of how I migrated to Linux&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;90s-2006: Playing with Linux. I first got a Linux CD on a magazine in 1995. I saw a file structure, kept seeing screenshots of SUSE in various magazines, and I was really interested... But seeing the file structure was about as far as I got until I started playing with Live CDs 2004-2006. None stuck.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;2006/10: &lt;a href=&quot;https://thepcspy.com/read/when_windows_met_ubuntu/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;A uni friend had a &lt;em&gt;seriously&lt;/em&gt; bad experience with Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt; so obviously &lt;a href=&quot;https://thepcspy.com/read/moving_to_ubuntu__part_1/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;I followed their lead and tried migrating to Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt;. It was pretty, it had clear advantages to a developer, and I was aware-enough™ of limitations to know what I had to workaround. Unfortunately, &lt;a href=&quot;https://thepcspy.com/read/ubuntu_and_linux_are_not_consumer_ready/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;it didn't stick&lt;/a&gt;. I had too much hardware without drivers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;2007/10: &lt;a href=&quot;https://thepcspy.com/read/gutsy_youre_just_too_pretty/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;I took the plunge again&lt;/a&gt;. Gutsy was &lt;em&gt;pretty&lt;/em&gt;. Compiz cubes and wobbly windows and &lt;em&gt;just enough&lt;/em&gt; driver support... It was heaven &lt;a href=&quot;https://thepcspy.com/read/so_whats_wrong_with_ubuntu/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;with caveats&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Obviously, that's a very abridged history. I was a Windows-based ASP, then ASP.NET developer before I migrated. I'd been working at a MS Gold Partner. I was addicted to Visual Studio.net. These things weren't available for Ubuntu like they are now. I had to move my whole workflow and clients to PHP (and later, Python+Django), as well as find new editors, entirely new [to me] ways of doing things.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It took time, sacrifice (Wine wasn't what it is today), but that was pretty much my migration. My Vista install died off fairly soon after 2007.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2020-11-13T10:53:06.030" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19410" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-11-15T23:11:16.907" Score="-1" ViewCount="129" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am throwing out an idea here and looking for some feedback.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Lately, it seems, that older questions are getting some mostly (in my opinion), low effort, low quality answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Honestly, it's a subjective impression looking at the Late Answers review queue in the last couple months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would it be worthwhile if Ask Ubuntu auto-protected questions that were aged-out over some specified period? Say, two LTS releases? So, today, any questions pre-16.04 would be protected. Or whatever consensus considered appropriate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't know if this is feasible, I am just seeing a bit of uptick in junk answers for older questions and would be interested in mitigating additional noise.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="106495" LastEditorUserId="1037999" LastEditDate="2020-11-16T20:39:13.243" LastActivityDate="2020-11-16T20:39:13.243" Title="Protecting old questions to possibly mitigate low effort answers?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19411" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19410" CreationDate="2020-11-16T08:57:58.513" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;In my opinion, this is a very harsh and drastic measure.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We can lose more quality feedback than we would be blocking them. It might even cause worse &amp;quot;junk&amp;quot; posts due to new users creating duplicates because they aren't able to answer other posts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Protecting questions and answers is and should be used sparingly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If we start auto protecting posts older than a certain date, we would be defeating the purpose of an SE website. Which is to keep Q/A posts up-to-date. Or else, this site will become like any other support forum.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A couple more viewpoints I'd like to mention are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The Late Answers queue is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review&quot;&gt;currently empty&lt;/a&gt;. First posts, however, is much more problematic. This would &lt;em&gt;somewhat&lt;/em&gt; make my theory above even worse. As it would be moving most of the reviews from the Late Answers to the First Posts queue.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you find yourself reviewing more and more in the Late Answers queue for the last couple of months, it may also be because of fewer people reviewing than before, instead of AU getting more bad answers. I don't have enough reputation and privilege to see detailed stats of a queue, but a couple of events that I can think of and that can cause such a thing is the recent events that happened between SE and mods that caused lots of veteran users to quit. Another one is the recent mod elections. I would assume that would also mean that we may have lost* Zanna as a reviewer. Being a mod is already taxing on their time. I wouldn't think they would still have enough time to be as active in a review queue as they used to be.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;* I don't particularly appreciate calling out users but I mean it in good faith, as Zanna is super active in review queues.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastActivityDate="2020-11-16T08:57:58.513" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19412" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19410" CreationDate="2020-11-16T14:28:41.763" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Autoprotect, as indicated by Dan, is something that would prevent old items from getting updated regularly.  The system is also not designed with autoprotect in mind, and &amp;quot;protect&amp;quot; should be used sparingly as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are going to be in the review queues, review as normal.  If enough low quality posts on the 'old question' get deleted by flags, etc. the system will put a protect on the post automatically.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Auto-protecting based on date is something that is &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; worthwhile because it isn't really feasible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(This said, as I see low quality posts, etc. on old items and delete items per site policy or content policy, I also protect those 'old' threads.  However, that's a case-by-case basis, not automatically.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2020-11-16T14:43:57.920" LastActivityDate="2020-11-16T14:43:57.920" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19413" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19410" CreationDate="2020-11-16T16:51:05.890" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Regardless of the fact that I disagree with your proposal, I'm always grateful for ideas and willingness to improve the site, so thank you very much for posting, and thank you so much for the huge amounts of reviewing you do too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I guess I have just enough to add to post an answer, though I strongly agree with other points that have been raised.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While poor quality answers may be a problem, I see them as a less bad problem than questions having no useful answers. I firmly believe that old questions deserve just as much attention as new ones, because most of the people who are helped by this site, I assume, search for their problem and find the answer without ever posting anything (although it's likely the engaged community is helped by this site much more per person, in various ways, than those many visitors). Searching and landing on unanswered questions, or questions with only out-of-date answers, is frustrating. I think we should do our best to encourage people to answer questions, both new and old.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's certainly a moderation overhead in allowing new users to post answers everywhere, but the only reason that overhead may be slightly higher for old questions than for new ones, in my opinion, is that new users are likely to answer old questions (perhaps as likely as they are to answer new questions), because (judging by the better quality late answer posts I see), finding a solution to some problem of their own may be what motivates them to post on the site for the first time (or first time in a while). I think that is a good thing. We need new answers, and we need new users too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2020-11-16T16:51:05.890" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19414" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-11-18T18:20:20.550" Score="10" ViewCount="318" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would like to thank &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/1067/stefano-palazzo&quot;&gt;Stefano Palazzo&lt;/a&gt; for their contribution to the Ask Ubuntu community and also for moderating Ask Ubuntu for 9 years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Stefano was one of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/election/1&quot;&gt;longest-serving moderators&lt;/a&gt; in Ask Ubuntu and it's sad to see that &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/19332&quot;&gt;Stefano is no longer a moderator&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In case if you're reading this Stefano..... I hope you'll continue helping the community though you're not a moderator. May the Force be with you!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would love to hear from the Ask Ubuntu community about the nostalgic experiences which they had with Stefano (since I'm a pretty new member of the Ask Ubuntu community).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;P.S. Here's the link to Stefano's moderator nomination post: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/election/1#post-24227&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/election/1#post-24227&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1103140" LastActivityDate="2020-11-18T18:20:20.550" Title="Thank you Stefano Palazzo!" Tags="|discussion|community|moderators|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19415" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19335" CreationDate="2020-11-21T07:18:44.057" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;About a year ago I took a mandatory Operating Systems course in my university. We were introduced to the &amp;quot;Linux shell&amp;quot; (bash) early on and told that &amp;quot;CentOS is Linux&amp;quot;, but back then, I still had little idea what Linux was except that it had a command line similar to that of macOS (I was a long time macOS user from mid-2013 to mid-2020).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Fast-forward to my internship in a tech company in June where NixOS is used. I spent the first few days fumbling around with the computer and trying to figure out what was going on (since NixOS does package management so differently and I had to commonly fetch software packages to do my work), but then eventually figured out that the computer was running something called &amp;quot;NixOS Linux&amp;quot;. But wait, isn't &lt;em&gt;CentOS&lt;/em&gt; Linux? How could NixOS &lt;em&gt;also&lt;/em&gt; be Linux? This sparked great interest in me to figure out just what &amp;quot;Linux&amp;quot; is all about, and it didn't take me long to start surfing the web to learn all about these &amp;quot;Linux distros&amp;quot; out there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After a period of intense research (probably at least a week or so), it became clear to me that Ubuntu is widely regarded as &lt;em&gt;the&lt;/em&gt; desktop Linux made for mere human beings, so I bought a new Lenovo laptop around June/July and replaced Windows 10 with Ubuntu and was happy with what I saw. I've since replaced Ubuntu with Fedora on that Lenovo laptop around September, but also got tired of using macOS on my MacBook Air and so replaced that with Ubuntu instead. And since my MacBook Air is still well and functioning, touch wood, I still use it as my main laptop six days a week, only taking out my Lenovo one every Saturday for a spin.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So yeah, as of 21/11/2020, I'm happily using Ubuntu 20.04 LTS as my main OS (running on my 7 year old MacBook Air) and not planning to switch to another Linux distro anytime soon.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Ig0tj.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Ig0tj.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Ubuntu 20.04 LTS on my 7 year old MacBook Air&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1110020" LastEditorUserId="1110020" LastEditDate="2020-11-22T04:41:09.553" LastActivityDate="2020-11-22T04:41:09.553" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19416" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19335" CreationDate="2020-11-23T18:39:52.307" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;When I started learning Python and developing I realized windows is trash. Then I installed Ubuntu a month ago with dual-boot(Windows). After a week I completely removed windows and Became an Ubuntu user.(Ubuntu was better anyway. Since we didn't have windows support in Iran)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1137952" LastActivityDate="2020-11-23T18:39:52.307" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19417" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-11-24T11:36:26.210" Score="5" ViewCount="227" Body="&lt;p&gt;There might be similar posts regarding this in the past. So, please forgive me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I often find it hard to edit a post which has lengthy code (indented using 4 spaces). Also, there are higher chances of editing wrong while dealing with lengthy code which is indented using 4 spaces.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I generally feel indentation is only good for one-line code and backticks are good for multi-line code.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What's the community's opinion about this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1103140" LastActivityDate="2021-09-29T11:27:25.900" Title="Community consensus regarding using backticks or 4 spaces for code" Tags="|discussion|editing|community|code-formatting|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19418" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19417" CreationDate="2020-11-24T11:52:34.937" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I actually know of five ways to format code on SE, not including the editor button (click edit to see):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;back ticks&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;html&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;four spaces&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;blocks using back ticks&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;blocks using tilde&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know, that is even more confusing, but if we look at the way they format code, I think we can see that back tick and html are for inline code &lt;code&gt;like this&lt;/code&gt; and the other are for formatting whole blocks of code.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To back up my claim, if we use the button in the editor, it makes back ticks for &lt;code&gt;this&lt;/code&gt; and four spaces for&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;this&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;so would strongly imply this is what the different ways to format code were intended for, even if I can't find a direct quote to back it up right now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastActivityDate="2020-11-24T11:52:34.937" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19419" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19417" CreationDate="2020-11-24T11:53:48.493" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;My personal preference is to use the triple backtick as that's the most common way to set code blocks in Markdown outside of Stack Exchange. I find it much easier to use.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I am editing someone else's post though, if it's a small piece of code, I just select it and click on the &lt;code&gt;{}&lt;/code&gt; button in the editor. The default behaviour of that button is to use 4 spaces.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it's a large block of text that needs to be formatted as code, I find it much easier to just add triple backticks at the start and triple backticks at the end.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On a side note, fenced markdown for code blocks wasn't available on SE until it was &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/322000/172297&quot;&gt;released in 2019&lt;/a&gt;.&#xA;Another thing to note is that in the case of a very large text, especially logs, using 4 spaces might not be possible as it can cause the post to reach its character limit. Although, I have never encountered this issue myself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In summary, I don't think we need a consensus. Just go with whatever you prefer until SE decides to stop supporting one of the methods.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastEditorUserId="8698" LastEditDate="2021-09-29T11:27:25.900" LastActivityDate="2021-09-29T11:27:25.900" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19420" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19417" CreationDate="2020-11-24T12:45:02.477" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't think it makes any difference at all. I am very used to the 4-spaces indentation, my muscle memory works that way and there is a &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackapps.com/q/3247&quot;&gt;nifty userscript&lt;/a&gt; that means I can indent by just selecting text and hitting tab, just like you do in many code editors. Selecting a block of text and hitting &lt;kbd&gt;tab&lt;/kbd&gt; to indent it, is so common that I am sure many of us will be very tied to it from the various editors we use. I really, really don't want to lose this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In any case, as far as I can tell, both three backticks and four spaces produce the exact same html rendering, so I really don't see any reason to have guidelines. We can all use whichever of the two (or &lt;code&gt;~~~&lt;/code&gt;) we prefer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2020-11-24T12:45:02.477" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19421" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19417" CreationDate="2020-11-24T13:40:07.187" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just like &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/19419/250300&quot;&gt;Dan&lt;/a&gt;, I don’t think we need a consensus. In &lt;strong&gt;your&lt;/strong&gt; posts, use whatever you want (but keep the difference of in-line vs. block code formatting as &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/19418/250300&quot;&gt;Mark Kirby noted&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, if I edit &lt;strong&gt;someone else’s post&lt;/strong&gt;, I apply a bit stricter rules. I use &lt;code&gt;```&lt;/code&gt; for multi-line code as only the line before and after the code block gets modified in the diff view while with 4 spaces, it would be every line of the block. In the case of a single line code block (mostly a command), I prefer 4 spaces because just one line gets modified – and I save at least 4 bytes&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt; of the disk space. ;-)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt; Just double &lt;code&gt;```&lt;/code&gt; means 6 characters. And each newline means 1–2 characters depending on the platform.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="250300" LastActivityDate="2020-11-24T13:40:07.187" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19422" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-11-28T14:00:38.720" Score="13" ViewCount="454" Body="&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Who created the 'Raiders of the Lost Downboat' chat room?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What is the room currently used for?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What was the room used for?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Who came up with the name 'Raiders of the Lost Downboat'?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Who were the room owners at the creation of the chat room?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Who are the room owners of the chat room now?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1103140" LastActivityDate="2023-11-26T21:16:22.487" Title="The 'Raiders of the Lost Downboat' chat room" Tags="|discussion|chat|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19423" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19422" CreationDate="2020-11-29T03:28:25.453" Score="16" Body="&lt;p&gt;It seems, as &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/19422/the-raiders-of-the-lost-downboat-chat-room#comment41958_19422&quot;&gt;discovered by Mark Kirby&lt;/a&gt;, that &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/47291/mateo&quot;&gt;Mateo&lt;/a&gt; created the room (on June 26th 2012), with the purpose of &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/5105746&quot;&gt;coordinating voting&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why would one want to coordinate voting? Well, questions with no answers and a negative score are &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/roomba&quot;&gt;automatically deleted&lt;/a&gt; if they have been around for a while. It's evident from &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/5105217&quot;&gt;the conversation leading up to the creation of the room in Ask Ubuntu General Room&lt;/a&gt; (from which is seems that the idea of setting up the room was actually &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/25798/jokerdino&quot;&gt;jokerdino&lt;/a&gt;'s) and &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/3877/2012/6/26&quot;&gt;the second day of the room's transcript&lt;/a&gt; that causing unanswered, low quality questions to be deleted by downvoting them was one of the room's purposes. The chat in AUGR also gives the original name, which was &lt;strong&gt;Crusaders of the Lost Downboat&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Mateo was the only owner of the room at the time of creation, but promptly made &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/6005/jrg&quot;&gt;jrg&lt;/a&gt; an owner so that he could add a feed. But jrg was a moderator at the time so he did not need to be a room owner to do that and Mateo removed him as an owner. jrg made jokerdino a room owner on July 10th 2012. jokerdino was not a moderator at the time; he was elected in 2013. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/22949/eliah-kagan&quot;&gt;Eliah Kagan&lt;/a&gt; was made a room owner on July 12th 2012 by Mateo, who also added &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/58612/ish&quot;&gt;ish&lt;/a&gt; to the list of owners on August 5th 2012.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The room was &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/3877/2012/10/2&quot;&gt;frozen for inactivity&lt;/a&gt; on October 2nd 2012 (just a few months after being created).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The room was unfrozen on October 5th 2016 by jokerdino, so that he, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/61218/anwar&quot;&gt;Anwar&lt;/a&gt; and I, and anyone else interested, could use it for a &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/16236/cleanup-project-using-sede-query&quot;&gt;project&lt;/a&gt; for which we had previously been using the &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/206/2016/10/5&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Regulators&lt;/a&gt; room, which had been used for moderation purposes (it was created on 10th October 2010). Some users wanted to use that room for another purpose than our project, so we vacated it. At that time, I expressed concern about the word '&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crusades&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;crusaders&lt;/a&gt;' and jokerdino changed that word to 'raiders'. That's how the room got its current name. jokerdino added Anwar and myself (neither of us were moderators at the time) as room owners when it was unfrozen in 2016.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The room was used for the query project and, increasingly, for general moderation* purposes, as today. Here is a non-exhaustive list of the current uses of the room in no particular order:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Discussing how to improve posts or their situation. &lt;em&gt;What should we do with this post?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Discussing all other matters of moderation policy (anything that would be on topic on meta).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Asking or explaining how site features work and do not work (anything that would be on topic on meta).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Pointing out good, underappreciated posts that deserve upvotes.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Asking for duplicate targets for questions (because you know it must be a dupe but you can't find a good one).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Identifying questions that can be answered based on the comments, and encouraging commenters to answer or posting community wiki answers based on those comments and upvoting them.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Sharing posts that should not be closed so others can vote to leave them open.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Sharing posts that should be closed so others can vote to close them.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Sharing posts that should be reopened so others can vote to reopen them.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Sharing posts that should be deleted so others can downvote or vote to delete them.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Identifying and salvaging and/or undeleting wrongly deleted posts (by voting to undelete or flagging for moderator attention).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Sharing posts that should be flagged so others can flag them (&lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/charcoal-se/smokedetector&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Smoke Detector&lt;/a&gt; is most active in this particular field).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Interacting with &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/users/4099593/bhargav-rao&quot;&gt;Bhargav Rao&lt;/a&gt;'s bot &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackapps.com/questions/7049/natty-bringing-10k-moderation-to-all&quot;&gt;Natty&lt;/a&gt;, which finds possible not-an-answer posts.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Moderating review queues (checking that they are being used properly).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On 25th June 2020, jokerdino added &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/816190/kulfy&quot;&gt;Kulfy&lt;/a&gt;, who had long been a highly active participant in the room, to the list of the room's owners.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On 26th August 2021, I added &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/618353/beastofcaerbannog&quot;&gt;BeastOfCaerbannog&lt;/a&gt;, who had been taking care of the room nicely for a long time, to the list of the room's owners.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On 10th February 2023, I added &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/57576/andrew-46&quot;&gt;andrew.46&lt;/a&gt;, who was an elected mod at the time and had provided valuable contributions to the room, to the list of the room's owners.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/info/3877/raiders-of-the-lost-downboat?tab=access&quot;&gt;list of room owners&lt;/a&gt; is public. Nobody except jrg has ever been removed as an owner so the owners are Mateo, jokerdino, Eliah Kagan, izx (ish), Anwar, Zanna, Kulfy, BeastOfCaerbannog, and andrew.46.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;* &amp;quot;Moderation&amp;quot; is meant in the broad sense of community moderation, which includes voting, editing, flagging, commenting, closing, reopening, deleting, undeleting, determining policy etc, not specifically the activity of diamond mods. Raiders of the Lost Downboat has no access restrictions. All users are welcome to participate, to visit and ask for help on moderation issues there.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="618353" LastEditDate="2023-11-26T21:16:22.487" LastActivityDate="2023-11-26T21:16:22.487" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19424" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19335" CreationDate="2020-11-29T17:51:12.163" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;My first experience with Linux was during my first year at the University (Physics department), in 2007, where we used some version of &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.redhat.com/en&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Red Hat&lt;/a&gt; with &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K_Desktop_Environment_3&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;KDE 3&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Emacs&lt;/a&gt; as the text editor for a C course.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The first time I tried to install Ubuntu was in 2008, using &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wubi_(software)&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Wubi&lt;/a&gt; (remember it?) to install &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardyHeron/RC&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Hardy Heron&lt;/a&gt; alongside Windows XP. I had some font problems and various other issues that I don't remember with it and I managed to break my installation many times trying to fix them, but Wubi made it really easy to reinstall without the fear of losing my Windows data. I was delighted playing with Compiz and the various effects it offered!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then Unity came and I tried to get familiar with it but, influenced by the mostly critical reviews I was reading about it online (I was young and naive and hadn't yet realized that everyone has an opinion about everything, with the less-knowledgeable also being the loudest - see &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Dunning-Kruger effect&lt;/a&gt;), I started searching for something else. I distro-hopped for a few years and tried out most of the major distributions and a lot of minor ones, going almost always back to Ubuntu or an Ubuntu derivative.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, I decided to stick with Ubuntu, mainly due to the community support it offers. I now use Ubuntu 20.04 and it works great for me!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Having been helped very much by the Ubuntu community and especially Ask Ubuntu all these years, and having acquired some experience in Linux, I decided to try to also give something back to the community. So for the last couple of years I try to be an active member of Ask Ubuntu and help as much as I can.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And at this point I think it is a good opportunity to specifically thank &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/22949/eliah-kagan&quot;&gt;Eliah Kagan&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/816190/kulfy&quot;&gt;Kulfy&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/94914/karel&quot;&gt;Karel&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/527764/zanna&quot;&gt;Zanna&lt;/a&gt; (the order of the names is random) for their work and for helping me become a more useful (I hope) member here, with conversations about various site matters and advice!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="618353" LastEditorUserId="618353" LastEditDate="2020-11-29T18:29:12.867" LastActivityDate="2020-11-29T18:29:12.867" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19425" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19427" CreationDate="2020-11-29T19:55:01.440" Score="2" ViewCount="57" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've seen this question multiple times, but they're all dated, so I don't feel appropriate to resurrect any of those ancient threads. Can a mod help me merge my StackExchange account (which is linked to Google and GitHub) with my Launchpad account (&lt;code&gt;[REDACTED]&lt;/code&gt;) ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks a lot!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1074958" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2020-11-29T20:16:47.280" LastActivityDate="2020-11-29T20:16:47.280" Title="Can I merge my LaunchPad login to this account?" Tags="|support|status-completed|login|launchpad|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19427" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19425" CreationDate="2020-11-29T20:15:23.557" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;To add Launchpad login to your account, you can click &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/mylogins/current&quot;&gt;this multi user link&lt;/a&gt; (works for who ever clicks it) to go to your profile and then click on &amp;quot;add more logins&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/kPrS9m.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/kPrS9m.png&quot; alt=&quot;Screenshot of logins page&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For more information you can see &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/edit-credentials&quot;&gt;this page&lt;/a&gt; in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help&quot;&gt;help center&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastActivityDate="2020-11-29T20:15:23.557" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19430" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-12-02T12:19:31.487" Score="21" ViewCount="367" Body="&lt;p&gt;Lately I notice that many link-only (or link-mainly) answers are being flagged as Very Low Quality, so I am taking to meta to ask y'all to use the Not An Answer flag for link-only answer (LOA) posts instead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I realise that the phrase &amp;quot;very low quality&amp;quot; is incredibly vague and open to endless interpretation, but the flag called Very Low Quality is only to be used for posts which are incoherent and &lt;strong&gt;not salvageable by editing&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, it's true that most of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/deleted-answers&quot;&gt;the posts we consider Not An Answer&lt;/a&gt;, such as answers thanking other answers, answers that say &amp;quot;I have the same problem; have you solved it yet?&amp;quot; and so on, are not salvageable by editing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But there is one category of Not An Answer post that is fairly likely to be salvageable by editing, and that is link-only answers. Many new users, when prompted by a comment, will go ahead and expand their answer to include details from a link, and other users might be able and willing to edit such posts into shape themselves (I do it pretty frequently). It's not always appropriate to edit link-only answers (for instance, there may be copyright issues if we reproduce material from outside sources) but quite often it is, and editing might sometimes even make them good, upvoteable answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, you may well be thinking at this point that I'm being pedantic. Who cares what the flag is called as long as the post gets the correct treatment, right? The reason I care a lot about this is that the Very Low Quality flag has a really &lt;em&gt;interesting&lt;/em&gt; &amp;quot;feature&amp;quot;, which is that any action, except deletion, that resolves such a flag cast on an answer as helpful, will automatically cast a downvote on that answer. And for some reason, editing a post flagged Very Low Quality resolves that flag as helpful (even though the flag is supposed to be raised on posts that are not salvageable by editing) (this includes when the author edits) (this isn't the case for Not An Answer flags, by the way). So on those not-infrequent occasions when I find an answer flagged Very Low Quality (link-only or not) that I want to fix by editing, I have to do one of these things to avoid it being automatically downvoted:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;delete the post (resolves the flag as helpful), undelete it and edit it (if it was flaggable)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;decline the flag, and then edit the post (if the answer wasn't flaggable at all in my opinion)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't mind doing that, but, sometimes I forget to do it and edit first and the post gets downvoted. Ugh. Or someone else edits the post first (probably the author, poor soul), and it gets downvoted. Ugh. Or another mod dismisses the flag as helpful without deleting it because, although it's relying quite heavily on a link (or for some other reason was understandably flagged) it's actually not a link-only answer* (or otherwise deleteable), and it gets downvoted. Ugh. Nothing removes those downvotes!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;In conclusion, please flag link-only answers as Not An Answer&lt;/strong&gt; (unless you can fix them yourself or the author has indicated that they will do so imminently).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Why is a link-only answer not an answer?&lt;/strong&gt; See &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/225370/your-answer-is-in-another-castle-when-is-an-answer-not-an-answer&quot;&gt;this Meta Stack Exchange post&lt;/a&gt; (ironically I'm relying totally on that link...)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;*When is a link-only answer not Not An Answer, and what is a link-only answer anyway?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A link-only answer is one that is not useful at all without the link&lt;/strong&gt;. Sometimes answers that are useful without the link(s) they contain are flagged, but should not be. For example, an answer that gives a &lt;em&gt;specific, relevant recommendation&lt;/em&gt;, even if it's very short, and includes a link that gives a step-by-step procedure to follow that recommendation, is not a link-only answer, because it's still useful without the link. Such answers can very often be improved, of course, by adding some version of the step-by-step procedure.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are very rare occasions when a link-only answer is an answer and should not be flagged. Sometimes, the question asks for something which cannot practically be included in the post. For example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I need a driver for this thingy I have&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is a driver for your thingy &lt;code&gt;[in this repository](URL)&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Well, some installation instructions would be good, but we can't put the driver itself in the post, so this type of answer should not generally be flagged or deleted (commenting or editing or downvoting may be appropriate though).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2020-12-02T12:49:20.700" Title="Please don't flag link-only answers as Very Low Quality" Tags="|discussion|editing|answers|flagging|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19431" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19430" CreationDate="2020-12-02T12:49:20.700" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;I get where you're coming from, and I have seen this posted in other places as well, but (and of course you won't like where I am going with this), I'll continue to flag such answers as VLQ, because:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;This default canned review comment is available in the VLQ review queue:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/X6bxL.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/X6bxL.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In fact, the very existence of this comment indicates to me that no matter what SE might say, this queue is where such posts belong. Statements and advice don't matter as much as actions, and the action of having this comment in this queue speaks much more loudly than any post you can link to.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;AFAIK NAA flags can only be handled by mods. Why in the name of Jeff Atwood do we specifically need mods to handle these posts when 3-6 random users in the VLQ queue can (a) use the default comment mentioned above to provide the necessary advice and (b) delete the post altogether?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This entire problem is due to SE not being consistent in what they say VLQ is for vs what they actually implement in the code for VLQ. Most of the problems you mention (including those misfeatures) can be attributed to this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Very Low Quality is only to be used for posts which are incoherent and not salvageable by editing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know you are only quoting SE here, but this is BS of the highest order. Otherwise &lt;kbd&gt;Edit&lt;/kbd&gt; wouldn't be one of the big orange buttons in the VLQ queue. It would be a dichotomy between &lt;kbd&gt;Looks OK&lt;/kbd&gt; (== this flag is invalid) and &lt;kbd&gt;Delete&lt;/kbd&gt; (== this flag is valid).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ultimately, SE has made a steaming mess of the VLQ and asking users to do X or not do Y isn't going to fix a broken system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2020-12-02T12:49:20.700" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19432" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19335" CreationDate="2020-12-07T06:42:58.737" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;I confess that I did not actually go out of my way to install or use Ubuntu Linux but when I was after a very cheap and small computer to run in my study in the early 2000s I picked up an HP eVectra that came preinstalled with Ubuntu 5.04 (Hoary Hedgehog). I was new to Linux and made every rookie mistake in the book: it was quite some time before I managed to get a stable and useful system running, although my skills with wipe and reinstall become second to none!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once I had a stable system in 2006 I became a regular on the Ubuntu Forums as &lt;a href=&quot;https://ubuntuforums.org/member.php?u=208550&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;andrew.46&lt;/a&gt; and started contributing to the Forums as well as absorbing the great advice given there during the Forum's busiest times, particularly in the Tutorials and Tips section. I maintained Ubuntu as my primary Desktop until shortly after the release of Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With the slow fading away of the Ubuntu Forums I moved my Ubuntu focus to Ask Ubuntu where again as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/57576/andrew-46?tab=profile&quot;&gt;andrew.46&lt;/a&gt; I have been absorbing and giving answers for some 8 years now. Hopefully some of my work has been useful? On my Desktop issues such as the Unity Desktop, systemd and a few other annoyances meant that my Ubuntu systems were increasing being run in Virtual Machine and I experimented more and more with Slackware.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unlike most in this long thread I confess that my day to day computing is now done exclusively on Slackware -current however I have a plethora of Virtual Machines where I continue to test out Ubuntu releases. My heart is with Ubuntu while my head is with Slackware and it is a combination that has allowed me to still function and contribute in the Ubuntu world :).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="57576" LastEditorUserId="57576" LastEditDate="2022-04-21T04:55:09.153" LastActivityDate="2022-04-21T04:55:09.153" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19433" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19335" CreationDate="2020-12-13T01:33:55.647" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'd previously been a Unix user and then moved to Windows on the desktop. We were still largely a Sun shop at the server level, but I didn't do much with that as I'd hired people who could do so for me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And so it went until I was able to sell my business and retire.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It was around that time that I realized I had no further use for Windows and converted entirely, and immediately, to Linux. I'd distro hop for a while but I eventually settled on Ubuntu because of the vast amount of support available and the fact that pretty much anything I'd ever want is packaged for Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, I've used Ubuntu for a long time and exclusively used Linux for a smidge longer than a decade. I regret nothing and I feel really fortunate to be in a position where I have no need for any software that is Windows-only. It means I don't have to deal with things like dual-booting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do not use Ubuntu exclusively, technically Lubuntu, but I do use it on the majority of personal computation devices that I own. Even my wife uses Lubuntu. One of my children is a Linux user and the other is a Mac user. So, we're a pretty UNIX-y family.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="453950" LastActivityDate="2020-12-13T01:33:55.647" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19434" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-12-12T20:21:03.013" Score="2" ViewCount="119" Body="&lt;p&gt;Often, when I post something in forums, a 'report' is demanded in return (generated by a command in the Terminal). How to provide this? Is there a file saved on my computer? Where is it and how to insert it in the post?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="78061" OwnerDisplayName="kamyogi" LastActivityDate="2020-12-13T02:38:22.457" Title="How To Provide Terminal Report" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19435" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19434" CreationDate="2020-12-12T20:43:27.857" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Example #1: Show us output.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Please edit your question to show us the complete output of &lt;code&gt;apt list hello&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Open a terminal&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Input the command (&lt;code&gt;apt list hello&lt;/code&gt;), then press &lt;kbd&gt;Enter&lt;/kbd&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Use your cursor to highlight the output, and &lt;strong&gt;copy&lt;/strong&gt; it to your clipboard&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Right-click, select &lt;code&gt;copy&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Or &lt;kbd&gt;CTRL&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;Shift&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;C&lt;/kbd&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Return to your web browser. &lt;strong&gt;Paste&lt;/strong&gt; the output into your AskUbuntu Question  (or answer) from the clipboard.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Right click, select &lt;code&gt;paste&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Or &lt;kbd&gt;CTRL&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;V&lt;/kbd&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Pro Tip&lt;/strong&gt;: Paste information into your Question, where it can be edited and formatted. DON'T paste new information into comments, where it may be easily missed and cannot be formatted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Edit the formatting into monospace font so the output appears correct.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Add three backticks (```) before and after the pasted section.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Or indent each line of the pasted section four spaces.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Or use AskUbuntu's &lt;code&gt;{ }&lt;/code&gt; editing icon.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Example #2: Show us a file&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Please review your /var/log/apt/term.log. Show us any session with the error.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Read the file. Don't dump an enormous file unless specifically requested.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Small files or sections&lt;/strong&gt;: Copy-and-paste into your Question just like in Example #1.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Large Files or sections&lt;/strong&gt;: Either copy/paste the file contents into &lt;a href=&quot;https://paste.ubuntu.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://paste.ubuntu.com/&lt;/a&gt; or use the &lt;code&gt;pastebinit&lt;/code&gt; command to save the file in Ubuntu's pastebin. Provide the pastebin link in your Question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19626" OwnerDisplayName="user535733" LastActivityDate="2020-12-12T22:07:44.133" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19436" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19437" CreationDate="2020-12-16T11:51:33.737" Score="-11" ViewCount="112" Body="&lt;p&gt;The new Winter Bash provides new hats, the first hat one will get are face masks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/5oPND.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/5oPND.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since Corona is a hot topic, this may create a shitstorm.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When working on Ask Ubuntu, I want to concentrate on the questions and answers, I don't want to think about Corona.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know, political discussions are not allowed here and I don't want to start one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please, please, keep Ask Ubuntu Corona-free...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="590937" LastEditorUserId="25798" LastEditDate="2020-12-17T09:41:38.363" LastActivityDate="2020-12-17T09:41:38.363" Title="Please keep Corona away from AskUbuntu" Tags="|discussion|hats|winter-bash|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19437" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19436" CreationDate="2020-12-16T12:59:05.003" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;We are keeping Ask Ubuntu Covid-19-free, that's what the masks are for!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On a more serious note, you can trivially disable &lt;a href=&quot;https://winterbash2020.stackexchange.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;winterbash&lt;/a&gt; if you don't want to participate:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/jfche.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/jfche.png&quot; alt=&quot;screenshot of snowflake menu and &amp;quot;no hats for me&amp;quot; button&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't understand what you mean about politics, there is nothing political here, but you can deactivate the hats and that will completely remove all this frivolity from your SE experience.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2020-12-16T12:59:05.003" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19438" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19442" CreationDate="2020-12-17T13:56:11.217" Score="2" ViewCount="70" Body="&lt;p&gt;While I believe I was &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/1108038&quot;&gt;suggesting a helpful edit&lt;/a&gt;, seems the community (conflict?) / OP believes otherwise. Was the edit not helpful?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="402324" LastEditorUserId="8698" LastEditDate="2020-12-17T15:58:57.560" LastActivityDate="2020-12-18T09:45:58.343" Title="Edit suggestion was rejected by OP" Tags="|discussion|suggested-edits|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19439" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19364" CreationDate="2020-12-17T14:20:04.997" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Some people simply do a one time sign up with a throw-away email just so they can ask a specific question just so that they can get a specific answer and once they get their help just probably would never come back so I don't know how useful putting the OP on an asking restriction would be. Instead, OP needs to have a certain amount of reputation to ask a question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1159787" LastActivityDate="2020-12-17T14:20:04.997" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19440" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19441" CreationDate="2020-12-17T16:43:10.340" Score="10" ViewCount="183" Body="&lt;p&gt;New users may not know about the policy of this site, and sometimes their questions may be quickly closed before they can get back to add more information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Reopening a question by editing it often takes a lot of time and patience. As a result, they may be discouraged to further use this site, and possibly stop using Ubuntu (because often they come to this website after encountering a major issue). Some users become frustrated, and ask the same question (which has been closed) again, only to be marked as duplicate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, I saw &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1294141/regarding-pagemap-file&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; question. It is somewhat unclear, and possibly OP does not know why the large &amp;quot;pagemap file&amp;quot; was generated (I admit that I don't know what they are either), and wanted to know how it can be prevented. However the question was not properly phrased, and it started gathering close votes (without any feedback).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can we create a policy that questions posted by new users won't be closed as &amp;quot;needs details or clarity&amp;quot;, so that we can ask them to add more information (and then mark it as duplicate or off topic, if applicable) and wait for some time (at least, a few days) for them to get back, instead of quickly closing it (which often happens within an hour)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="124466" LastEditorUserId="124466" LastEditDate="2020-12-18T07:52:49.963" LastActivityDate="2020-12-18T07:52:49.963" Title="Should we close questions posted by new users as &quot;needs details or clarity&quot;?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19441" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19440" CreationDate="2020-12-17T17:16:44.413" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think this is a good thought, and it has been raised in some form a number of times before. To my mind the problem is that the site doesn't provide any really useable way to &lt;em&gt;wait a few days&lt;/em&gt;. It's nearly impossible to coordinate waiting a few days. Stuff we're waiting on for a few days will just not happen at all, because of the constant flow of new stuff to deal with.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Fortunately, an edit to the post body automatically sends the answer to the reopen queue. So, the theory goes, and I agree, we should close unclear questions, encourage the OP to edit them, and reopen them promptly if they oblige.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If we simply adopt a policy of not closing unclear questions by new users, I feel the site will be littered with unclear questions (because open questions never get deleted unless they have a negative score, or zero score and less than 2 comments).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, one should definitely comment on an unclear question (please can y'all try to do that in an encouraging manner) requesting the required information, if at all possible (some questions are so unclear one can't even formulate such a request, but that is unusual) if such a comment has not already been posted (if it has, you can upvote it).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, I'd encourage waiting a few &lt;em&gt;hours&lt;/em&gt; for the OP to add information, or at least for a coffee break, or however long you can comfortably leave the tab open.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, (suggesting an) edit(ing) to add info from comments or make a question more readable with formatting adjustments is highly encouraged.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, I think we are slightly too ready to close questions as &lt;em&gt;Needs Details or Clarity&lt;/em&gt; when we just don't know how to answer them. When eyeing the Close button, it's useful to keep in mind that our goal is to help folks (present and future), not to close as many questions as possible...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2020-12-17T17:16:44.413" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19442" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19438" CreationDate="2020-12-18T09:45:58.343" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The suggested edit looked OK to me. Even though the suggested edit seems helpful the owner of the question rejected the edit for some unknown reason, and it is the privilege of the OP to do so for any reason.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="94914" LastActivityDate="2020-12-18T09:45:58.343" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19443" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19444" CreationDate="2020-12-09T20:44:31.860" Score="1" ViewCount="54" Body="&lt;p&gt;Many problems on this website create the appearance that something is missing from Ubuntu and that a remedy might involve &lt;code&gt;sudo apt install&lt;/code&gt;. Unfortunately many posted solutions do not have references. For example is the following.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;askubuntu has a web page for the following problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Gtk-Message: Failed to load module &amp;quot;canberra-gtk-module&amp;quot;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The answer with the most up-votes has 389 up-votes. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/342202/failed-to-load-module-canberra-gtk-module-but-already-installed&quot;&gt;askubuntu.com link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The solution with the most up-votes does not seek to install using the same string that is cited in the error message. In other words the answer is not &lt;code&gt;sudo apt install canberra-gtk-module&lt;/code&gt;. The solution with the most up-votes is somewhat similar to that but not exactly. Since it is not exactly that, ideally the correct answer or the most up-voted answer should have a reference to a canonical source.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How can I independently verify via referencing canonical sources that the most up-voted answer is the correct answer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25031" OwnerDisplayName="H2ONaCl" LastActivityDate="2020-12-18T10:09:20.287" Title="Researching references for common Ubuntu problems" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19444" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19443" CreationDate="2020-12-09T20:49:33.447" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;For packages, you can always verify with a search on &lt;a href=&quot;https://packages.ubuntu.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;packages.ubuntu.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1074958" OwnerDisplayName="wyphan" LastActivityDate="2020-12-09T20:49:33.447" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19445" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19446" CreationDate="2020-12-18T15:03:41.020" Score="2" ViewCount="102" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am trying to understand why a question was moved from ask Ubuntu to unix linux site. The reason given was that site has an answer. Guess what it does not. Many other questions about headsets are presently on ask Ubuntu and it has never been suggested they do not belong there. Therefore I would like to understand the reasoning behind the move.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1134215" LastActivityDate="2020-12-18T15:36:50.800" Title="Why was a question moved from ask ubuntu to the unix linux site" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19446" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19445" CreationDate="2020-12-18T15:36:50.800" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;I assume you are talking about &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/625065/bluetooth-hsp-hfp-and-a2dp-problem-switching-between-profiles-not-working&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I migrated it to Unix &amp;amp; Linux because it is a reasonably high quality question that is off-topic here (it's about Linux Mint) but on-topic there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The migration help text does not claim that the question has an answer, rather that it &lt;em&gt;can be answered&lt;/em&gt; on the destination site:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This question was migrated to Unix &amp;amp; Linux Stack Exchange because it can be answered by users of Linux, FreeBSD and other Un*x-like operating systems.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See also &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/10249/what-is-migration-and-how-does-it-work&quot;&gt;the post on Meta Stack Exchange&lt;/a&gt; also linked in the help text for further information about migration in general.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2020-12-18T15:36:50.800" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19447" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19788" CreationDate="2020-12-24T06:27:00.073" Score="20" ViewCount="513" Body="&lt;p&gt;We get a lot of questions about Linux Mint, Kali Linux, Pop OS, and other distributions. Most likely, new users do not read all the rules in the help center before asking their first question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can we put up a notice in the Ask Question page that those are off topic and will be closed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/kvM81.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/kvM81.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It would save a lot of time of the moderators and others who close vote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It does not necessarily have to be intelligent, and can be shown to all new users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As mentioned in the comments we would need SE staffs' approval to do so. How do we let them know?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit: Any updates? We are getting a lot of Kali Linux and Pop OS questions everyday. Do we have &amp;quot;enough community support&amp;quot; for this question to alert the SE staff?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="124466" LastEditorUserId="306823" LastEditDate="2021-10-25T09:01:01.070" LastActivityDate="2021-10-25T09:01:40.027" Title="Can we warn new users that questions about Kali Linux, Pop OS and so on are off topic when they attempt to ask a new question?" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|status-completed|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="10" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19448" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19335" CreationDate="2020-12-25T04:09:25.987" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;March 2019. I bought a Dell PC with Ubuntu 12.04 pre-installed. I used it for a while and everything was fast and was working out of the box. I didn't like the default theme though, but couldn't change it at the time because I knew nothing about tweaking Ubuntu. I was the only student in the medical college running Ubuntu, hence I earned the nick name &amp;quot;Ubuntu&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;May 2019. I cleaned the disk and installed Windows 10 on the PC.  This time round, I wasn't contented with Windows anymore, I missed Ubuntu, I missed the freedom, I missed the speed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;September 2019. I learnt about dual booting. I installed Ubuntu 19.10 alongside Windows 10. I found the Ubuntu community on Ask Ubuntu, a bunch of nice people. Ever since, Ubuntu has been my primary OS. I have themed it to my taste from Plymouth to GTK themes. Now I'm on 20.04 LTS.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What I like about Ubuntu:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Open source&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Stability&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The community&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It's fast&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1137668" LastEditorUserId="618353" LastEditDate="2020-12-26T17:11:00.137" LastActivityDate="2020-12-26T17:11:00.137" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19449" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19450" CreationDate="2020-12-27T17:59:07.097" Score="7" ViewCount="133" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't have a dual-boot setup, so I will not be able to help much to people with related difficulties; yet this topic makes up a very large percentage of incoming posts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have never had an Nvidia graphics card, so I won't be able to help there either.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it possible to filter the homepage list to exclude tags, like in this example &lt;code&gt;dual-boot&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;nvidia&lt;/code&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(If not possible yet, would a feature request for it stand a chance?)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(P.S. seemingly there is no &lt;code&gt;filter&lt;/code&gt; tag here on Meta and I could not create it; would have been useful for this post.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1157519" LastEditorUserId="8698" LastEditDate="2020-12-28T09:33:10.550" LastActivityDate="2020-12-28T09:33:10.550" Title="A custom filter for excluding posts with specific tags?" Tags="|support|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19450" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19449" CreationDate="2020-12-27T18:18:00.980" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/19177/468333&quot;&gt;ignore tags&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Hover over to the tag and click &amp;quot;&lt;em&gt; Ignore Tag&lt;/em&gt;&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/5fqyi.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/5fqyi.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Find &amp;quot;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ignored Tags&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&amp;quot; window on the right side of the homepage, click on &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;edit&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; and select &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hide questions in your ignored tags&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/I0GJJ.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/I0GJJ.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Alternatively:&lt;/strong&gt; You can always add tags to the ignored tags list.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="816190" LastActivityDate="2020-12-27T18:18:00.980" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19451" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19452" CreationDate="2020-12-28T07:28:45.383" Score="6" ViewCount="166" Body="&lt;p&gt;From time to time, I like editing questions and answers here and there that require some considerable formatting and overall question refining, so OP would actually have a good chance of someone answering their question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While this operation is a bit time consuming and requires some effort - sometimes I stumble upon some very minor edits (usually done by high rep. users) that I'm not sure if they were actually needed, and what their gain is.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I edited &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/1302760/revisions&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; and left the &amp;quot;TIA&amp;quot; word (since I use it in my questions and it's &amp;quot;nice to have&amp;quot;), while OP removed it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/1302728/revisions&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; I edited, OP only changed the letter i to I in the title.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure how the system even accepts such edits, as a revision requires at least 5 or 6 character changes to be submitted. I assume this gets approved automatically for high rep. users?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And if so, should we actually make such minor changes?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1040551" LastActivityDate="2021-01-04T15:02:13.113" Title="Should such minor question edits actually count and accepted as edits?" Tags="|discussion|review|suggested-edits|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19452" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19451" CreationDate="2020-12-28T07:48:41.973" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;In both cases, it isn't the OP who made the secondary edits you refer to, but &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/1110101&quot;&gt;another user who was reviewing your suggested edit&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Reviewers other than the OP must have 2000 reputation. At &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/edit&quot;&gt;that level&lt;/a&gt;, users can make edits:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;without having to undergo review,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;without having to meet the character limit,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;however, without the 2-rep reward.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The help officially discourages trivial edits:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tiny, trivial edits are discouraged&lt;/strong&gt; - try to make the post significantly better when you edit, correcting all problems that you observe.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The &amp;quot;Improve edit&amp;quot; review action is specifically for cases where the reviewer feels a suggested edit missed out on something; and&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;At this rep, trivial edits only bother the OP. They get a notification when their post is edited, but then in such cases (suggested edits with an improvement tacked on) they're getting a notification anyway, so it makes no difference.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2020-12-28T07:48:41.973" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19453" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19451" CreationDate="2020-12-28T08:01:03.270" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/19452/&quot;&gt;muru's answer&lt;/a&gt; is all true, but I just want to add some extra information, as the edits you linked are done by a user with the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/edit&quot;&gt;edit privilege&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And before answering your question, I want to explain how edits work first. There are 2 types of edits:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Normal edits&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These are edits that can be done by anyone with the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/edit&quot;&gt;edit privilege&lt;/a&gt;. They don't need to be reviewed and they have no restrictions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Edit suggestions&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These are edits that are done by users without the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/edit&quot;&gt;edit privilege&lt;/a&gt;, which on Ask Ubuntu you receive after reaching a reputation of 2000.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Those edits have restrictions on them. A hard restriction, which is a minimum amount of character changes. And a soft restriction, which is set by the community where reviewers reject minor edits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Having said that, the reason we prefer not to have minor edits isn't that they are just minor. It's because they waste reviewers time and daily review limit. We reject those to teach newcomers that they should put work into the edits so that they are worth being reviewed by two other members.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once your reputation reaches 2000, you are free to do any sort of edits. Although it's still preferable to avoid minor and unnecessary edits, it's fine to do them, especially on new or active Q&amp;amp;A posts. You won't need to take the reviewer's time in this case. And that mostly what it is about.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastActivityDate="2020-12-28T08:01:03.270" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19454" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-12-29T18:02:44.460" Score="12" ViewCount="204" Body="&lt;p&gt;Recently, the perennial question of &lt;em&gt;how to keep Ask Ubuntu up-to-date&lt;/em&gt; was brought into focus for me by numerous pleas to reopen &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1260939/cannot-upgrade-from-disco-19-04-to-focal-20-04-after-end-of-life-using-do-releas&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;, which had been closed as a duplicate of the canonical post* &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/91815/how-to-install-software-or-upgrade-from-an-old-unsupported-release&quot;&gt;How to install software or upgrade from an old unsupported release?&lt;/a&gt; (as well as two other posts). Many visitors getting stuck during upgrades were not finding anything to help them on that old question, suggesting that it probably needs some kind of overhaul (or even replacement).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Fortunately, it's hat season, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/356997/new-feature-table-support&quot;&gt;Stack Exchange now supports tables&lt;/a&gt;, so I'm feeling it's a good time to ask y'all to think about how we can improve our canonical posts. One method that can work really well is to add an index of answers or table of contents (which can now be an actual table!) to a question that has many answers, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/307280/how-do-i-install-applications-in-ubuntu&quot;&gt;like this&lt;/a&gt;. Other possibilities are adding answers, offering bounties, editing, merging, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For now what I suggest is using this question to identify canonical posts and issues with them (post them in the answers), especially ones that would benefit from some extra attention. We could also post individual meta questions to talk about the canonical posts that need work, and/or discuss them in &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/201/ask-ubuntu-general-room&quot;&gt;chat&lt;/a&gt; if necessary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;*A &lt;em&gt;canonical post&lt;/em&gt; is one that addresses a very common question about Ubuntu. Canonical posts have many other questions closed as duplicates of them. They have thousands of page views and usually lots of upvotes. Many of them are very old and have obsolete accepted or highly upvoted answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2021-01-09T04:20:46.300" Title="Maintaining canonical posts - how can we improve our most popular questions?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19455" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2020-12-29T19:18:07.010" Score="4" ViewCount="132" Body="&lt;p&gt;A hypothetical scenario:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another person has edited an answer of mine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't deeply agree with how it looks now, and collaboration through comments and edits did not bring such a state that I would accept. I don't want my name to be associated with it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I still recognize and respect the contribution of the editor: they went to such a length in efforts to bring new info that I haven't gone to and would not have. (Say, it's about installing packages and verifying how they install and whether/how they work.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At this point, deleting the answer would ruin their effort and sacrifice, and also deprive the community of both of our findings.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For such a case, is there a possibility to remove me, as the author of the answer? Furthermore, in such a way that would also protect my reputation against potential future downvotes on that answer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I, the author of that answer, with my relatively low reputation, execute this mechanism?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If not, is there a recommended policy to follow in such cases?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1157519" LastActivityDate="2020-12-30T08:51:36.730" Title="Is there a mechanism to disown my own answer?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19456" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19462" CreationDate="2020-12-30T07:05:25.610" Score="1" ViewCount="117" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/1291377/124466&quot;&gt;This question&lt;/a&gt; is about installing Ubuntu on a mac with M1 processor, and it was marked as a duplicate of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/986878/will-my-device-work-with-ubuntu&quot;&gt;Will my device work with Ubuntu?&lt;/a&gt;. The answer to that question is open ended, and says &amp;quot;try it out&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, most of us don't know how to even &amp;quot;Try Ubuntu&amp;quot; on the new mac due to its new (and closed) architecture. A lot of people may be interested in running Ubuntu on it. That's why I suggest we reopen this question until someone finds a solution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why I want to reopen this despite the current answer being &amp;quot;no, you can't&amp;quot;: people are &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2020/12/apple-silicon-linux-support-project&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;working&lt;/a&gt; on it, and the answer may change in near future.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="124466" LastEditorUserId="124466" LastEditDate="2020-12-30T08:43:54.847" LastActivityDate="2020-12-30T15:23:21.967" Title="Can we reopen this question as a special case?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19457" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19456" CreationDate="2020-12-30T07:38:12.820" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I agree with this, as the answer to this question is a pretty straightforward &amp;quot;no&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since the Linux kernel will not support it in the near future based on Linus' feedback.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And then link it in the main answer of the duplicate under a new &amp;quot;M1&amp;quot; section.&#xA;I voted to reopen the question, you can answer it if enough people agree with reopening it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastActivityDate="2020-12-30T07:38:12.820" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19458" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19454" CreationDate="2020-12-30T08:00:59.647" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Right now I owe myself quite some sleep, so this likely ends up as an incomplete answer; nevertheless I wanted to put down the thoughts that I had about it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Our premise&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;StackExchage sites are natively excellent for short-term information exchange. The noble and understandable intent to keep AskUbuntu's canonical questions well-maintained, however, forces a second role onto this site: it introduces the role of a documentation. Desire to live up to this role, however, may push mods into patterns that go against the the nature of how a Q/A site tries to work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Closing questions as duplicates forces users to find their way against the grain of the site (e.g. arguing in comment threads, appealing to reopen, commenting in outdated threads, etc.). Frustration, like &amp;quot;Those 8-9 year old posts don't answer my question&amp;quot; ensue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Navigating merged posts — with the current implementation at least — may prove to be confusing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;The principle of decaying information + theorizing on ways to cope&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Linux and Ubuntu evolve over time. For this reason, static records of information that try to describe them (answers on the site), slowly, but inevitably lose their validity. Surely, some info holds up better, while some age faster. But the tendency is the same. Information recorded in a database is slowly rotting away.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One way to keep information up-to-date is via manual edits. This however is not native to how a forum works; this is how documentations work. Also, it is pretty work-intensive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Following the aforementioned principle, newer questions are always in a better position to collect up-to-date information — whose shelf-life expectancy is also better.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Allowing deprecated information to get replaced with valid one is aligning well with the grain of how a forum works, and delegates the lion's share of work to the site users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Take-aways&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd like to offer an adaptation of Lao Tze's guidance:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Governing a large country is like frying a small fish. You spoil it with too much poking.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The adapted variant being:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Managing large amounts of evolving/alive information is like frying a small fish. You set yourself up to a Herculean task with swimming against the stream. (Plus you may spoil it too.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In principle, aim to achieve the goal with the least amount of least intrusive interventions, and the least amount of work. Utilize well what the site already delivers instead of over-sculpting / rewriting it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to suggest to be slower and more considerate on closing &amp;quot;duplicate content&amp;quot;. The discipline to discourage redundant-appearing posting could stay, but the enforcement could become more lenient.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would advise against trying to force several years old threads to remain alive &lt;em&gt;just because&lt;/em&gt; they are already there and there are a lot of upvotes. Several of them may be beyond their peak usefulness. Even more of them will be so a year or two later.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The interpretation I'm offering &lt;em&gt;invalidates&lt;/em&gt; the very term &lt;strong&gt;canonical post&lt;/strong&gt;. It's not the posts themselves that are canonical: remember, the posts are slowly decaying.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Rather, it's &lt;strong&gt;topics, that are evergreen&lt;/strong&gt;. Or something along that line.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Suggestions&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I suggest relying most on interlinking questions.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;After identifying an &lt;strong&gt;evergreen topic&lt;/strong&gt;, maybe a &amp;quot;&lt;strong&gt;hub-question&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;quot;could be created for it, with the goal of interlinking several organic questions that deal with its premises.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Then high quality organic questions — that have accumulated a lot of useful information — could be identified, and and marked as &amp;quot;&lt;strong&gt;Elevated&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;quot;, or &amp;quot;Staff pick&amp;quot; questions. These could be the ones that could be linked in the hub-questions.&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In this case, aging would mean less of a challenge, because a question marked as Elevated would not attempt to guarantee up-to-dateness; it just testifies, that at one point in time, it was highly helpful.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The parent hub-question could try to offer an insight on the relative values of Elevated questions linked within: by ordering, displaying (well curated) tags, question age, average answer age, and upvotes (both question upvotes + cumulative, inclusive answers).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Hub-questions could organize the interlinked questions in chronological order, by default the newer being on the top. Or one could write a script that would update the ordering with the overall number of upvotes also taken in consideration.&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Possibly, if the need arises, the number of Elevated questions linked from a hub-question could be limited, with the least valuable ones getting pushed out.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Alternatively, visual organization, usage of layouts, grouping, and appropriate typography (headings) could aid the overview of those lists with several items.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Organic questions would also contain a link to their parent hub-question.&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A question could contain a link to a corresponding hub-question, even if it's not elevated, and is not being included in the hub's list. This way, if someone finds a lower quality (but already hub-link equipped) question via googling, they could quickly navigate towards highly valuable information.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In this sense, adding the hub link to a question could be analogous to how tags are added. Regular users would be given the right to identify and carry out the association of any question with a relevant hub-page.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1157519" LastEditorUserId="1157519" LastEditDate="2020-12-30T14:03:03.350" LastActivityDate="2020-12-30T14:03:03.350" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19459" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19456" CreationDate="2020-12-30T08:04:31.467" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Why does it need reopening? Just add an M1 case to the community wiki answer on the dupe. If there were actually some documented special method, sure, it would be worth reopening and posting as an answer, but if the answer is just &amp;quot;no, you can't at the moment&amp;quot;, then I don't see a need for a separate post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2020-12-30T08:04:31.467" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19460" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19455" CreationDate="2020-12-30T08:47:44.247" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;When you contribute a post on a Stack Exchange site, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/licensing&quot;&gt;you grant the company a license to use your content&lt;/a&gt;. Under that license, you have a right to have that content disassociated from your identity, so the answer to your question legally has to be &lt;em&gt;yes&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In fact this important question is addressed &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/96732/how-do-i-remove-my-name-from-a-post-in-accordance-with-cc-by-sa&quot;&gt;in this post&lt;/a&gt; on Meta Stack Exchange as an FAQ item.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As mentioned there, your reputation would no longer be affected by votes on the post, and any reputation changes that had previously taken place due to votes cast on it to date would be reversed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In practice disassociation is rarely done and there's no button for it (ironically, you have no right under the CC BY-SA licenses to delete your posts, but in most cases you do have a button for that). You can &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/contact&quot;&gt;use the contact form&lt;/a&gt; to make your request and it will be carried out manually. Note that it may take days (or even weeks) for anything to happen due to the community team being overloaded with work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While I realise the scenario you described is hypothetical, and might indeed be one where a user would want to seek disassociation, I would suggest that in most such cases some alternative would be preferable, such as rolling back the edit and inviting the editor to post a new answer (based on yours, with proper attribution if appropriate) to share the information they wish to contribute.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2020-12-30T08:47:44.247" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19461" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19455" CreationDate="2020-12-30T08:51:36.730" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you want to &lt;em&gt;transfer&lt;/em&gt; the ownership of the post from yourself to the &lt;em&gt;community&lt;/em&gt;, you can simply make your post &lt;em&gt;Community Wiki post&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/11741/468333&quot;&gt;What are &amp;quot;Community Wiki&amp;quot; posts?&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Community Wiki posts work by partly transferring ownership of the post from the original author to the community. They make the post easier to edit and maintain by a wider group of users, but they do not contribute to any user's reputation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To make your post community wiki, click on [edit] button and click on the &lt;em&gt;Community wiki&lt;/em&gt; checkbox.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="816190" LastActivityDate="2020-12-30T08:51:36.730" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19462" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19456" CreationDate="2020-12-30T15:23:21.967" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;This question was reopened by the community and a moderator, but I'm going to put my two cents into this with my mod hat on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question of &amp;quot;Can I install Ubuntu on X&amp;quot; remains answered at the core duplicate question of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/986878/will-my-device-work-with-ubuntu&quot;&gt;Will my device work with Ubuntu?&lt;/a&gt; and should probably still be closed &lt;strong&gt;as a duplicate of that&lt;/strong&gt;.  The accepted answer and community wiki there can be amended with the content of my answer &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/1303897/10616&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The answer to this question comes from Linus Torvalds himself - put&#xA;simply, it's a &amp;quot;no&amp;quot;.  But more specifically:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The main problem with the M1 for me is the GPU and other devices around it, because that's likely what would hold me off using it&#xA;because it wouldn't have any Linux support unless Apple opens up...&#xA;[that] seems unlikely, but hey, you can always hope.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;Source: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.zdnet.com/article/linus-torvalds-would-like-to-use-an-m1-mac-for-linux-but/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.zdnet.com/article/linus-torvalds-would-like-to-use-an-m1-mac-for-linux-but/&lt;/a&gt; - an Interview with Linus by ZDNet&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The core problem here is that the Linux kernel itself does not support&#xA;the M1, and without core Linux support in the core Linux kernel for M1&#xA;chips and architectures and devices, there is not going to be a way to&#xA;install Ubuntu.  And without Apple releasing information on the&#xA;support for the chipset and such, it will not likely see any Linux&#xA;support in the future.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Purportedly, there &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2020/12/apple-silicon-linux-support-project&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;are developers working on supporting the M1&#xA;chip&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;however there is NO eta on this, and unless Apple starts releasing&#xA;more information and code for their chipsets it's likely to take A&#xA;Long Time.  And until such support is figured out through the 'trial&#xA;and error' approach to code hacking and developing support and such,&#xA;there is no way to install Ubuntu (or any Linux variant) on M1 chips.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;... with the above text being added to an &amp;quot;M1 Chips on Apple Hardware&amp;quot; subsection.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't personally agree as a moderator with the reopening - edge cases like this are easy to fix on the canonical question and should be done, rather than reopening a single post simply to say &amp;quot;No, it won't be supported&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2020-12-30T15:23:21.967" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19465" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19454" CreationDate="2021-01-02T07:44:28.163" Score="2" Body="&lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/91815/how-to-install-software-or-upgrade-from-an-old-unsupported-release&quot;&gt;How to install software or upgrade from an old unsupported release?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This question &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/91815/revisions&quot;&gt;originally asked only how to install software on an unsupported release&lt;/a&gt;, and was subsequently generalised and had several questions merged into it. The effect of merging is to move answers and comments from the source posts to the destination post. Care should be taken to ensure that the answers make sense on the target and any adjustments made - the authors are not notified that their answers have been moved. Generalising the question and merging into it may have been a good solution at the time, but I'm sceptical that this question is a good canonical post for the task of upgrading from an unsupported release because the question body appears to be about something else. Also, recent visitors are adamant that the answers to this question are not helpful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think we should think about how to improve the situation with regard to this question. For example, perhaps we could consider these options:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Edit the question to remove the distracting stuff about VLC, so that the body matches the title and perhaps includes some of the error messages that recent questions about this have mentioned. Anyone who can test attempting to upgrade from old releases could help with this!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Add an index of answers to the question, to help users find up-to-date information&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Add new answers that address the problems users are having with this task these days&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Improve any of the existing answers if possible&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or more drastically:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Choose (or create) a new canonical post about upgrading from an unsupported release.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Reopen all the posts closed against this post and close them against the better target(s) instead.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We could make a new meta post to discuss this. For now comment here with your thoughts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2021-01-02T07:44:28.163" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19466" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-01-02T17:34:04.623" Score="6" ViewCount="137" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/19323/1122556&quot;&gt;Recently&lt;/a&gt; there have been a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?tab=newest&amp;amp;q=microphone&quot;&gt;large number&lt;/a&gt; of questions related to microphones not being recognized or not working in some way, most of them liekly due to COVID-19 making people work from home. While the answer could &lt;em&gt;largely&lt;/em&gt; vary from mic to mic and install to install, it seems to me like it would be a good idea to have a community wiki (or several for different problems, e.g. not showing up vs bad quality vs silent) with possible/common solutions to these problems. Any thoughts?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1122556" LastEditorUserId="1122556" LastEditDate="2021-01-02T17:44:57.223" LastActivityDate="2021-01-14T08:49:28.990" Title="Should we have a canon dupe for microphone problems?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19467" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19469" CreationDate="2021-01-02T21:59:25.753" Score="7" ViewCount="188" Body="&lt;p&gt;Six months ago, SurvivalMachine asked &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/19194/677341&quot;&gt;Should “zoom” tag also apply to the videoconferencing software?&lt;/a&gt; At the time, it seemed that relatively few questions about the Zoom meeting app used the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/zoom&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;zoom&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;zoom&lt;/a&gt; tag. Today, however, it seems that a larger share of questions tagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/zoom&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;zoom&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;zoom&lt;/a&gt; are about the Zoom meeting app; if fact, some use both &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/zoom&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;zoom&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;zoom&lt;/a&gt; and  &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/zoom-meeting&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;zoom-meeting&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;zoom-meeting&lt;/a&gt; [1].&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For this reason, I would like to reduce the risk of incorrectly tagged Zoom app questions by doing the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Create the tag &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/magnification&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;magnification&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;magnification&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Synonymise &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/zoom&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;zoom&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;zoom&lt;/a&gt; (source) with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/magnification&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;magnification&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;magnification&lt;/a&gt; (target),&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Merge the tags,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Clean up the questions about the Zoom meeting app that are tagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/magnification&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;magnification&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;magnification&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a result, the number of future questions about the Zoom meeting app that are tagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/zoom&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;zoom&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;zoom&lt;/a&gt; should significantly decrease.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[1] Since zooming or magnification is an important accessibility features, these two categories of software should obviously be kept clearly separated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Update 13.01.2021&lt;/strong&gt;: muru's suggestion turned out to be better than mine. See Zanna's comment:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/zoom&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;zoom&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;zoom&lt;/a&gt; tag has been renamed to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/zooming&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;zooming&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;zooming&lt;/a&gt; and I think all the questions about Zoom have been removed from it. Thanks to muru for the idea and to everyone who helped with editing work. Also thanks Tsundoku for the question!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="677341" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2021-01-13T17:56:31.423" LastActivityDate="2021-01-13T17:56:31.423" Title="Replace 'zoom' tag with 'magnification' (synonymise + merge)?" Tags="|discussion|status-completed|tags|retag-request|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19468" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19467" CreationDate="2021-01-04T01:02:18.130" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure this is a good idea, because the feature of being able to zoom is usually called &lt;em&gt;zoom&lt;/em&gt; and not &lt;em&gt;magnification&lt;/em&gt;. I think that dedicating the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/zoom&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;zoom&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;zoom&lt;/a&gt; tag to the zoom application would not solve the problem of the tag being used inconsistently - it would continue to be used for both zooming in and out, and the particular software application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think the only thing we can do here is to make the usage guidance of the zoom tag say something like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;THIS TAG IS FOR QUESTIONS ABOUT ZOOMING IN AND OUT, NOT FOR THE ZOOM APP (use the zoom-meeting tag instead).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2021-01-04T01:02:18.130" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19469" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19467" CreationDate="2021-01-04T01:58:08.500" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Alternate suggestion: use &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/zooming&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;zooming&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;zooming&lt;/a&gt; for zooming in and out and continue using &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/zoom-meeting&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;zoom-meeting&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;zoom-meeting&lt;/a&gt; for the meeting app. Nuke the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/zoom&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;zoom&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;zoom&lt;/a&gt; tag, don't keep it, don't synonymise it and don't allow it to be created again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2021-01-04T01:58:08.500" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19470" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19451" CreationDate="2021-01-04T15:02:13.113" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Besides the managerial reasons stated by muru and Dan, I would also like to add a bit of technical reasoning.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Why are those edits allowed?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because sometimes it's the details that make the difference.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I very specifically remember two weeks ago, when I was helping an owner of a small VPS setup a piece of software over Discord. To be honest the errors he was dealing with were quite novice-level, yet the OG developer of said software wasn't able to help him because his description of the error greatly confused him.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But then I realised why they were having trouble communicating - this VPS owner was confusing &lt;code&gt;nvm&lt;/code&gt; - a program used to manage NodeJS versions, with &lt;code&gt;npm&lt;/code&gt; - NodeJS's package manager. This developer had in fact never used &lt;code&gt;nvm&lt;/code&gt;, thought it was a typo, and therefore was befuddled by the unfamiliar error messages the program was spitting out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So all I did was pointed out the difference to both of them. They went &amp;quot;ah-hah&amp;quot;, and the problem was solved in no time. Now imagine if this is a question on StackExchange - by simply changing a single letter, the question can become a whole lot clearer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now from a technical perspective, it's completely impractical to try to distinguish this kind of edit from other kinds of &amp;quot;meaningless&amp;quot; minor edits. I imagine you can train a neural network to estimate the &amp;quot;meaning delta&amp;quot;, but that sounds like a lot of work and it is. Considering there is little to gain from spamming minor edits, it's best to just leave them alone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Why are these edits registered in edit history?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because no matter how small they are, they are edits nonetheless.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To give the simplest of examples - you can easily invert the meaning of a sentence entirely by inserting a &amp;quot;not&amp;quot;. Hopefully I do not have to explain further why small edits need to be recorded as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1020143" LastActivityDate="2021-01-04T15:02:13.113" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19471" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19472" CreationDate="2021-01-06T03:19:13.677" Score="4" ViewCount="88" Body="&lt;p&gt;Last month, I accidentally clicked down-vote on a very useful answer that I had meant to up-vote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I didn't realize my error until today.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, when I try to correct the mistake, I get the message, &amp;quot;Your vote is now locked in unless this answer is edited.&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would someone please help me remedy this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="100356" LastActivityDate="2021-01-06T03:25:24.097" Title="I accidentally down-voted an answer that I meant to up-vote, and now I can't change it" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19472" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19471" CreationDate="2021-01-06T03:25:24.097" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Make an edit to the answer. You have &amp;gt;2k rep, so you can edit it directly. Once edited, you're free to change your vote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2021-01-06T03:25:24.097" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19473" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-01-08T12:28:25.453" Score="2" ViewCount="131" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sometimes I get several questions but here I can only one question in 40 minutes. If I am posting more than one question in single question, I am getting objected by users. How to solve this so I can post more questions especially very relevant to Ubuntu? Thank you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user1166730" LastEditorDisplayName="user1166730" LastEditDate="2021-01-08T17:10:40.460" LastActivityDate="2021-01-09T22:49:21.010" Title="How can we post more questions on Ask Ubuntu without the 40 minute rule?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2021-01-10T21:08:17.790" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19474" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19473" CreationDate="2021-01-08T12:44:29.663" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;This site has a protection against users that post rubbish. Spam.  That 40 minute rule is one of the hurdles in place to prevent that. And yes I have seen what happens without that rule. It is unfortunately needed to keep the frontpage useable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;AU wants you to 1st proof you are serious and you do that by answering a few questions. You gain reputation rather quickly for answering questions with a well written response.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And when you have reputation all those hurdles disappear.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;125 is the magic number for this specific hurdle. I can guarantee you 125 rep in minutes: questions where you can answer by copying parts from the man page tend to get 10 upvotes and an accept.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges&lt;/a&gt; for a list on privileges.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" OwnerDisplayName="Rinzwind" LastEditorUserId="15811" LastEditDate="2021-01-09T22:49:21.010" LastActivityDate="2021-01-09T22:49:21.010" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19475" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19454" CreationDate="2021-01-09T04:20:46.300" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/221835/how-do-i-install-ubuntu-alongside-a-pre-installed-windows-with-uefi&quot;&gt;How do I install Ubuntu alongside a pre-installed Windows with UEFI?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I often sort questions by &amp;quot;Newest&amp;quot;. A great deal of questions are about system installation, especially questions from new users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For those who simply want to install Ubuntu as the only operating system, I find that the &lt;a href=&quot;https://ubuntu.com/tutorials/install-ubuntu-desktop#1-overview&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;official tutorials&lt;/a&gt; for creating installation media and system installation are the best way to redirect these questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But there are a lot of variables when setting up a dual boot configuration with a pre-existing Windows installation.  Generally, these new questions get redirected here or they are closed as duplicates because of the wealth of information on this question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, even with all of the good information, it is difficult to discern which answers are applicable to someone's particular situation.  For someone completely unfamiliar with Ubuntu/Linux, I imagine that being redirected here is overwhelming.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think the idea of using an index on questions like this is a great idea. It would be helpful if we could identify or flag answers that may be outdated or obsolete.  I also think it would also be useful to identify if there are common scenarios that aren't well answered, so that we could encourage people to post new answers about specific scenarios.  (&lt;em&gt;ex. Windows currently takes up the entire hard drive&lt;/em&gt;).  We could also link to other questions which are very closely related, but not duplicates, like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/126153/how-to-resize-partitions&quot;&gt;How to resize partitions?&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One thing that's problematic about the question is that there are a lot of &lt;em&gt;opinions&lt;/em&gt; on the best way to set up a dual boot configuration, and we know that our format is not the best at handling these types of queries.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Honestly, this question has so much information all over the place that &lt;em&gt;I&lt;/em&gt; get the &amp;quot;deer in headlights&amp;quot; response when I try to think of ways to improve this question and the answers it contains.  I would be curious to know what other people think about how we could improve our response when users ask how to set up a dual-boot configuration.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="953371" LastActivityDate="2021-01-09T04:20:46.300" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19476" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19467" CreationDate="2021-01-09T17:03:32.543" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;From a user experience, it would be very bad to do the magnification idea or even remove zoom. And this is getting too complicated just because of the zoom app. I would suggest, to simplify this to:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Keep &lt;code&gt;zoom&lt;/code&gt; as is. This is used if you see the questions at hand for zooming in general. (Zoom in, zoom out). Very few will be actually typing zooming for this or even worse, magnification. Imagine applying the whole -ing to other tags. It would be a mess.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Keep &lt;code&gt;zoom-meeting&lt;/code&gt; for the zoom app and explain it in the description.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The actual tag of zoom would always be zoom tag. The use of the zoom meeting would be the zoom-meeting tag. This way it is simple.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="7035" LastActivityDate="2021-01-09T17:03:32.543" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19477" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-01-12T08:04:54.460" Score="-4" ViewCount="119" Body="&lt;p&gt;Recently someone down-voted a question I posted on Ask Ubuntu which was a very good question. I do not give a damn but is it alright to sit and see the down-vote on a good question or is there a way in Ask Ubuntu, to pragmatically deal with it? There could be a flag available to users to report a down-vote perhaps. Thank you. :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user1166730" LastEditorUserId="8698" LastEditDate="2021-01-12T09:59:24.487" LastActivityDate="2021-01-13T18:02:53.300" Title="How to pragmatically deal with down-votes on a good question when you are the author of the questions?" Tags="|discussion|downvoting|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19478" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19477" CreationDate="2021-01-12T09:51:26.963" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Voting is the central moderation mechanism of Ask Ubuntu. Ideally, the score of a post should signal to visitors whether a post is likely to be useful or not. We even get a tooltip on hover telling us what sort of reasons one might have for clicking the up and down vote buttons. Folks can vote for other reasons too, and, ok, sometimes those reasons are bad. It might be the case that the downvote on your post was accidental (it's easy to misclick on a small touch screen, for example) or was cast for some nefarious reason. Or, maybe, someone just didn't think your post was useful. It's hard to view your own work with a high degree of objectivity - I may feel my post (or what I cooked for lunch today) is really great, but other people may feel differently about it. Sometimes people leave comments about issues with a post, and using their or your own insights you can edit it to make it better, sometimes not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Usually there's no way to tell that a downvote you received was ill-motivated, but sometimes there are signs that the voting system is being abused. If you're getting downvotes on many posts and you suspect someone is targeting you, we can definitely look into that. You can use a flag for moderator attention in that case. But we can't do anything about the odd downvote here and there - that's just par for the course here and complaining about it usually doesn't garner all that much sympathy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you can't think of any way to improve your post by editing it, you might consider offering a bounty. That can sometimes improve the community perception of a question, especially when it requires relatively a lot of work to answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2021-01-13T18:02:53.300" LastActivityDate="2021-01-13T18:02:53.300" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19479" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-01-12T10:03:25.767" Score="7" ViewCount="56" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here on meta, we have two tags regarding downvotes &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/down-votes&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;down-votes&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;down-votes&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/downvoting&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;downvoting&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;downvoting&lt;/a&gt;. Can we merge them into one?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Currently &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/down-votes&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;down-votes&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;down-votes&lt;/a&gt; has 8 questions and &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/downvoting&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;downvoting&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;downvoting&lt;/a&gt; has 63 questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my opinion, though, we should use &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/down-votes&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;down-votes&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;down-votes&lt;/a&gt; as &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/upvoting&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;upvoting&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;upvoting&lt;/a&gt; does not exist while &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/up-votes&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;up-votes&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;up-votes&lt;/a&gt; does. This way we can keep it consistent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastActivityDate="2021-01-12T10:03:25.767" Title="Merge [meta:down-votes] and [meta:downvoting]" Tags="|feature-request|meta|tag-merge|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19480" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19482" CreationDate="2021-01-12T17:57:37.437" Score="6" ViewCount="256" Body="&lt;p&gt;Whenever I click the &lt;strong&gt;Accept all cookies&lt;/strong&gt; button on the cookie consent banner at the bottom of the page, it disappears, but then it reappears again as soon as I navigate to another page or reload the same page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am logged in and have had an account for years. I don't visit Ask Ubuntu very often so I don't know how long this has been happening. But I do recall seeing the consent banner a few days ago and accepting it then, which is why I was surprised to see it again today.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am not blocking cookies or other local storage. I did try &lt;em&gt;clearing&lt;/em&gt; cookies and logging in again, but the consent banner continues to reappear on every page despite repeatedly clicking &lt;strong&gt;Accept all cookies&lt;/strong&gt;. I also tried clicking &lt;strong&gt;Customize settings&lt;/strong&gt; but the only effect was to briefly show a spinner, and then do nothing I could see. Clicking it a second time had no effect at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This does not seem to be happening elsewhere on the network, but I also don't know if any other site has such a banner.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My browser is Firefox 84.0.2 for Fedora.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When testing with Firefox 84.0.2 on my Mac, I noticed that clicking the Accept button sends requests to the cookielaw.org domain. This domain is blocked on the Linux machine. It's not clear why such a request would be sent there at all. That domain is listed in several lists used by ad blockers, including (according to uBlock Origin) AdGuard Annoyances, Fanboy's Annoyance and Easylist Cookie.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75668" LastEditorUserId="75668" LastEditDate="2021-01-12T19:44:50.413" LastActivityDate="2021-01-13T00:41:49.650" Title="Cookie consent banner won't stay away" Tags="|bug|cookies|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19481" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-01-12T20:16:23.270" Score="2" ViewCount="91" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;In my opinion questions that ask how to hack or bypass encryption should be closed as off-topic.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here are some examples of some recent questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1304050/i-dont-have-the-luks-password-for-my-hp-notebook/&quot;&gt;I don't have the LUKs password for my HP notebook&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1307441/i-forgot-my-sda5-crypt-password&quot;&gt;I forgot my sda5_crypt password&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These questions seem to always come from new users, so the narratives that accompany the questions inspire doubt and lack credibility.  I simply don't believe that these questions came from people who are trying to hack into their own devices due to a forgotten password.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my opinion, Ask Ubuntu is not the appropriate place to host questions about hacking, especially questions like these that really have nothing to do with Ubuntu and are purely concerned with bypassing encryption.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We really shouldn't have to judge the intent of questions' authors, but intent would not change the answer:  Even if the original author was honest when asking how to ethically hack their own device, any answers would become a roadmap for future visitors to break encryption, including bad actors.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I just don't think that our &amp;quot;library of questions&amp;quot; should include questions and answers that give instructions on how to break encryption.  I think they should be closed as off-topic.  What do you guys think?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="953371" LastActivityDate="2021-01-12T20:16:23.270" Title="How should we handle questions from users asking how to brute force passwords or break encryption?" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19482" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19480" CreationDate="2021-01-13T00:41:49.650" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Disable your ad blocker (temporarily!) and try again.  A lot of ad blockers and cookie blockers and content blockers block the underlying cookielaw.org site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2021-01-13T00:41:49.650" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19483" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19466" CreationDate="2021-01-14T08:49:28.990" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Let's not close all microphone issues as duplicates. There are different microphone issues with different solutions. If we close them all  as duplicates pointing to just one post, we will frustrate a lot of people who cannot fix their issue using the answers on that post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I like the idea of having a good question and answer post to troubleshoot all microphone issues, but I doubt it will be good enough to satisfy all the people having microphone issues. If you think otherwise, please point me to a page or post that is good enough to resolve everybody's issues.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2355" LastActivityDate="2021-01-14T08:49:28.990" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19484" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19323" CreationDate="2021-01-14T08:52:53.700" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's probably due to these factors:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;There are more and more people working from home, due to Covid-19, and they are taking more remote calls&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Maybe there are more Ubuntu users generally&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ubuntu's handling of microphones is still pretty buggy. I certainly am experiencing problems with the microphone on Ubuntu.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2355" LastActivityDate="2021-01-14T08:52:53.700" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19485" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19486" CreationDate="2021-01-16T22:21:03.930" Score="5" ViewCount="134" Body="&lt;p&gt;You could say that formatting tools should be evident, but it's clear that newcomers aren't aware of them in most cases, for example adding images to the post. Countless times I've edited post just to add an image.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What do you think about adding to the tour simple animations with brief demonstrations on how to use them? Just before the &amp;quot;Find a question to answer, or ask your own&amp;quot; section.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Considering that these are Q&amp;amp;A sites, and the new users are prone to jump directly to ask a question without reading the help section, but may at least take a glimpse in the tour.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The goal with be to reduce poor quality posts, make posts clearer and readable, without having to rely always on editors.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just an idea.&#xA;Of course another explanation is that they just don't care, nothing can be done about that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="931617" LastActivityDate="2021-01-27T21:18:22.047" Title="Add to the tour how to use the post formatting tools" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19486" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19485" CreationDate="2021-01-17T03:59:59.893" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;My first thought is that a detailed instruction like that would be out of place in the tour. I feel its role is to give a brief explanation of the site's purpose and format, rather than to be a guide on how to use it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But let's imagine that we did put it into the tour. I don't think that making it a guide several panels long would work. It would have to be brief, just one extra panel, so as not to make the tour a lot longer (and thus discourage people from reading it). Rather than a tutorial that would force people to slow down and try to memorise stuff (which wouldn't be easy because they wouldn't be in a position to try it out right there on the page) or quit reading, it could be a kind of feature demo. It could say something like&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Use Markdown to create well-formatted posts&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and have an animation of text appearing in the editor with the preview and the guide highlighted at the side, not for people to learn then and there, but just to point it out to them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think that would actually be good. It might prime people who take the tour to look at the mini formatting guide when it appears in the place it's really needed, alongside the editor, or to check out the longer formatting guide in the Help Center when they run into issues.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Possible obstacle: SE were trialing a new WYSIWYG editor recently...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2021-01-17T03:59:59.893" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19487" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-01-19T17:15:46.153" Score="10" ViewCount="151" Body="&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As we say goodbye to the old year and welcome the new one, we have &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/search?q=%22year+in+moderation%22+is%3Aquestion&quot;&gt;a tradition of sharing moderation stats for the past 12 months&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As most of you here are aware, sites on the Stack Exchange network are moderated somewhat differently to other sites on the web:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We designed the Stack Exchange network engine to be mostly self-regulating, in that we amortize the overall moderation cost of the system across thousands of teeny-tiny slices of effort contributed by regular, everyday users.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;-- &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/05/a-theory-of-moderation/&quot;&gt;A Theory of Moderation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That doesn't eliminate the need for having &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.blog/2018/11/21/our-theory-of-moderation-re-visited/&quot;&gt;moderators&lt;/a&gt; altogether, but it does mean that the bulk of moderation work is carried out by regular folks. Every bit of time and effort y'all contribute to the site gives you access to more privileges you can use to help in this effort, all of which produce a cumulative effect that makes a big difference.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So as we welcome 2021, and in keeping with tradition, let us look back at what we accomplished as a community... by looking at some &lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/pU1Al.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;exciting&lt;/em&gt; stats&lt;/a&gt;. Below is a breakdown of moderation actions performed on Ask Ubuntu over the past 12 months:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;div class=&quot;s-table-container&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;table class=&quot;s-table&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;thead&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;th style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Action&lt;/th&gt;&#xA;&lt;th style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;Moderators&lt;/th&gt;&#xA;&lt;th style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;Community¹&lt;/th&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;/thead&gt;&#xA;&lt;tbody&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Users suspended²&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;16&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;50&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Users destroyed³&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;278&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: 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right;&quot;&gt;212&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;11,850&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Tasks reviewed⁴: First Post queue&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;198&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;37,705&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Tasks reviewed⁴: Close Votes queue&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;156&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;15,885&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Tags merged&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;5&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;0&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Tag synonyms proposed&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td 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right;&quot;&gt;131&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;130&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Questions protected&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;70&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;612&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Questions migrated&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;56&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;18&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Questions merged&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;25&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;0&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Questions flagged⁵&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;237&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;16,358&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Questions closed&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;1,080&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;10,145&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Question flags handled⁵&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;2,052&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;14,546&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Posts unlocked&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;13&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;10&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Posts undeleted&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;212&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;770&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Posts locked&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;32&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;2,617&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Posts deleted⁶&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;7,805&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;28,881&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Posts bumped&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;0&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;8,559&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Escalations to the Community Manager team&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;5&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;0&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Comments undeleted&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;120&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;0&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Comments flagged&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;159&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;3,883&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Comments deleted⁷&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;8,674&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;21,222&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Comment flags handled&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;3,226&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;818&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Bounties canceled&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;2&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;0&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Answers flagged&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;482&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;16,970&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Answer flags handled&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;13,282&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;4,192&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;All comments on a post moved to chat&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;108&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;0&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tbody&gt;&#xA;&lt;/table&gt;&#xA;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Footnotes&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;¹ &amp;quot;Community&amp;quot; here refers both to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users&quot;&gt;the membership of Ask Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt; &lt;em&gt;without&lt;/em&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users?tab=moderators&quot;&gt;diamonds next to their names&lt;/a&gt;, and to the automated systems otherwise known as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/-1&quot;&gt;user #-1&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;² The system will suspend users under three circumstances: when a user is recreated after being previously suspended, when a user is recreated after being destroyed for spam or abuse, and when a network-wide suspension is in effect on an account.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;³ A &amp;quot;destroyed&amp;quot; user is deleted along with all that they had posted: questions, answers, comments. &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/88994/what-is-the-difference-between-a-deleted-user-and-a-destroyed-user&quot;&gt;Generally used as an expedient way of getting rid of spam.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;⁴ This counts every review that was submitted (not skipped) - so the 2 suggested edits reviews needed to approve an edit would count as 2, the goal being to indicate the frequency of moderation actions. This also applies to flags, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;⁵ Includes close flags (but &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; close or reopen votes).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;⁶ This ignores numerous deletions that happen automatically in response to some other action.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;⁷ This includes comments deleted by their own authors (which also account for some number of handled comment flags).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Further reading:&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Wanna see how these numbers have changed over time? We posted a similar report here last year: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/18943/2019-a-year-in-moderation&quot;&gt;2019: a year in moderation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You can also check out &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackexchange.com/search?q=title%3A%222020%3A+a+year+in+moderation%22&quot;&gt;this report on other sites&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Or peruse &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/359735/208518&quot;&gt;detailed information on the number of questions closed and reopened across all sites&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A big thank you to &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackexchange.com/users/620/shog9&quot;&gt;Shog9&lt;/a&gt; for writing the queries and script to facilitate fetching and posting this data to all the sites in the network, and to &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackexchange.com/users/459488/brian-nickel&quot;&gt;Brian&lt;/a&gt; for the subsequent work making the whole thing more user friendly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Wishing everyone a happy 2021!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="306823" LastEditorUserId="306823" LastEditDate="2021-01-21T11:29:29.790" LastActivityDate="2021-01-21T11:29:29.790" Title="2020: a year in moderation" Tags="|discussion|moderation|statistics|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19488" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-01-19T20:09:30.550" Score="4" ViewCount="58" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am trying to add a screenshot to a question of mine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After I select the picture with the &amp;quot;browse&amp;quot; link, the small preview shows the correct image.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But when I click the &amp;quot;Add picture&amp;quot; button, an entirely unrelated image ends up in the post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have tried&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;renaming my screenshot file,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;discarding my draft,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;and shift+reloading the browser page.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Still, the issue persists.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Update:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After retrying, now I get a different, but still wrong image. Seems to be something's up with Imgur?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1157519" LastEditorUserId="1157519" LastEditDate="2021-01-19T20:14:35.063" LastActivityDate="2021-01-19T20:14:35.063" Title="Image uploader provides wrong image" Tags="|support|bug|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19490" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19491" CreationDate="2021-01-26T20:30:54.947" Score="13" ViewCount="230" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have seen that &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/8897/1157519&quot;&gt;changing our display name&lt;/a&gt; is very easy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I just wanted to ask, how will it look like, and whether this change comes with any unexpected side-effects.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does it update the displayed name on previous posts, or just on posts published thereafter?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, does it impact&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the reputation?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the ability to edit previous posts?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the &amp;quot;share link&amp;quot; to previous posts?&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;what happens to a &amp;quot;share link&amp;quot; after I edit a previous answer, while already having an updated display name?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I expect that these things should not bring any surprise based on software glitches, considering who the people are behind the StackExchange network.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What I am thinking about is maybe something intentionally implemented, some limitation necessitated by a policy, by an intent to maintain credibility, or a spam countermeasure, that I, as a novice user would not have thought about.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, is there anything that I should be prepared for, after I have changed my displayed name?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1157519" LastEditorUserId="1157519" LastEditDate="2021-01-26T21:00:58.237" LastActivityDate="2021-02-07T23:25:46.317" Title="Does changing my display name have any unexpected side-effects?" Tags="|discussion|support|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19491" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19490" CreationDate="2021-01-26T21:20:00.890" Score="12" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does it update the displayed name on previous posts, or just on posts published thereafter?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is applied retroactively to all previous posts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, does it impact&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the reputation?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the ability to edit previous posts?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the &amp;quot;share link&amp;quot; to previous posts?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No, it doesn't. Those are all tied to your user ID, and that doesn't change.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, is there anything that I should be prepared for, after I have changed my displayed name?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can use the feature only once every 30 days, to prevent abuse. If you choose a new name, you'll have to stick with it for a while.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="606366" LastActivityDate="2021-01-26T21:20:00.890" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19494" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19497" CreationDate="2021-01-29T17:42:00.700" Score="4" ViewCount="106" Body="&lt;p&gt;I got all of them a second time a couple of minutes ago.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="167850" LastActivityDate="2021-02-01T12:54:46.973" Title="What has happened with the &quot;Steward&quot; badge?" Tags="|support|bug|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19495" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19496" CreationDate="2021-01-29T23:16:42.757" Score="1" ViewCount="73" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is Regolith supported on AskUbuntu? I have seen questions about them that haven't been closed on AskUbuntu, but I can't find out whether the ISO is supported. The ISO is not on the official flavors wiki page, so is the regolith package/DE supported but the installer isn't?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks for the help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="772416" LastEditorUserId="1037999" LastEditDate="2021-01-31T12:46:16.677" LastActivityDate="2021-01-31T12:46:16.677" Title="Regolith Support" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19496" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19495" CreationDate="2021-01-30T00:11:15.667" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just because the questions haven't been closed doesn't mean they're on topic.  The specific policy is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Any non-official variant or flavor of Ubuntu such as Regolith, Mint, PopOS, etc. are considered &lt;em&gt;offtopic&lt;/em&gt; here on Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To quote the Help Center (links stripped by me)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Questions that you may ask:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Using and administering official Ubuntu flavors: Ubuntu, Ubuntu&#xA;Budgie, Ubuntu MATE, Kubuntu, Ubuntu Kylin, Lubuntu, Ubuntu Studio and&#xA;Xubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Running third-party applications on Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Development on Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Services provided by Ubuntu and Canonical.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any questions not mentioned below or here are great!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Questions that you should avoid:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Linux Mint, Elementary OS, Backtrack, Gnome-Remix (prior to 13.04),&#xA;budgie-remix (16.04 and 16.10) and other Linux distributions (try our&#xA;friends at Unix &amp;amp; Linux Stack Exchange).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Bug reports&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Issues with the next version of Ubuntu (Ubuntu+1)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Shopping or Hardware Recommendations&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Support for versions for Ubuntu releases past their Support or &amp;quot;End&#xA;of Life&amp;quot; (EOL) — unless the question is asking how to upgrade to a&#xA;supported release.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We could probably expand the first bullet-point of Questions that you should avoid to read as &amp;quot;any non-official flavor or variant of Ubuntu&amp;quot; with a link to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuFlavors&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;official list of Ubuntu Flavors that are recognized&lt;/a&gt;, however this should already be self-explanatory as &amp;quot;Regolith Linux&amp;quot; markets itself as a different non-Ubuntu name, so like Kali or Mint or PopOS, fit into the &amp;quot;other Linux distributions&amp;quot; category.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are asking &amp;quot;How do i install the Regolith desktop into my Ubuntu 20.04&amp;quot; system, that &lt;em&gt;could&lt;/em&gt; be ontopic, but there's still a chance you'll not be able to get much support since it was designed for Regolith Linux, not Ubuntu itself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2021-01-30T17:09:55.097" LastActivityDate="2021-01-30T17:09:55.097" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19497" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19494" CreationDate="2021-02-01T12:54:46.973" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Apparently, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/360279/steward-badge-can-now-be-awarded-multiple-times-backfill-details&quot;&gt;the Steward badge can now be awarded multiple times&lt;/a&gt;, and they have been retroactively awarded.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe review participation (or at least &lt;em&gt;my&lt;/em&gt; review participation) will improve :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2021-02-01T12:54:46.973" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19498" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19490" CreationDate="2021-02-07T23:25:46.317" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is a slight downside, and that's existing comments containing a &lt;code&gt;@yourname&lt;/code&gt; or &lt;code&gt;yourname&lt;/code&gt;  will become outdated and potentially confusing, especially if the display name is similar/duplicates someone else's.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've seen replies in comments addressed to a user who since renamed themselves.&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/questions/23961/definition-of-a-bunny-hop&quot;&gt;https://bicycles.stackexchange.com/questions/23961/definition-of-a-bunny-hop&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, Blam talks about different bunny hops....&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But that username is gone, having been replaced by the user themselves at some later date.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Overall it's really quite minor.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="528688" LastActivityDate="2021-02-07T23:25:46.317" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19499" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-02-08T08:32:48.127" Score="0" ViewCount="63" Body="&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a question about my Ask Ubuntu post: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1220175/how-do-i-get-the-grub-menu-to-show-on-a-macbook/1314400#1314400&quot;&gt;How do I get the grub menu to show on a MacBook?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My post was not an answer but a comment, not sure if that's the reason because has been deleted.&#xA;I can't post comment because I just registered. I'm not new to *nix and I'm in love with Ubuntu since maany years.&#xA;I decided to register to give my appreciation to a user posting a reaaly long and detailed description, and give my result to others.. just trying to contribute for the little I felt/could.&#xA;So, just that, feeling strange in having the post deleted.&#xA;All the best, and thanks for everything, you rocks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1180004" LastActivityDate="2021-02-08T12:56:50.647" Title="Can a new-user comment and answer? Is a feedback to an answer allowed to be posted as an answer?" Tags="|support|comments|moderation|new-users|deleted-answers|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19500" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19499" CreationDate="2021-02-08T12:56:50.647" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The Help Center &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/deleted-answers&quot;&gt;explains&lt;/a&gt; that answers that do not provide an answer to the original question will be deleted. The structure of this site doesn't support posting a comment on another post as an answer, because the general idea is to make it as easy as possible to find the best answer to the question. So:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Posts that don't answer the question would be &amp;quot;noise&amp;quot;, causing answer seekers to spend more time looking for the solution they need.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Answers to a question are independent. By default they are displayed according to score, highest at the top, so a post that is intended as a comment on another post may not appear anywhere near that post, the author won't be notified (as they are when a comment is posted on their post), so a comment posted as an answer is likely to cause only confusion to readers.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Instead of writing a post (or even a comment) to say &amp;quot;thanks&amp;quot;, we upvote the post that helped. You need 15 &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/whats-reputation&quot;&gt;reputation&lt;/a&gt; for your votes to affect the post score, but clicks on the vote buttons by low-reputation and unregistered users are counted and recorded in the public database which can be queried &lt;a href=&quot;https://data.stackexchange.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You need to gain 50 reputation to post comments - the idea of this is to prevent spam.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2021-02-08T12:56:50.647" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19501" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19502" CreationDate="2021-02-08T21:11:14.980" Score="5" ViewCount="117" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently reached 500 rep and gained access to the review system, so I'm evidently new to it. Today I received my first audit, which I almost failed directly as a result of it being an audit. It took what it (or, I suppose more accurately, the up-voters) deemed to be a high-quality answer and put it in the &amp;quot;First Posts&amp;quot; queue. When I viewed the answer in the queue, it had 0 up-votes, was not accepted, and, as I later noticed, had no username, profile picture, rep, badges, or whatever attached. I clicked the link to the question itself and saw the same answer posted by an evidently &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; new user (17k rep) with 21 up-votes and an accept. I made what I thought was the only logical assumption: someone had seen the answer and copy-pasted it into a new one. I would have flagged it, but then I scrolled down on the question's page itself to view the only other answer, and noticed it was not a copy-pasted version. I then concluded that it was an audit, up-voted the post, hit &amp;quot;I'm done,&amp;quot; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/first-posts/1121540&quot;&gt;received a notice saying I passed&lt;/a&gt;. My question is, however, what if I &lt;em&gt;had&lt;/em&gt; flagged this post? Would the system have deleted the flag? Would it have counted in my total &amp;quot;raised flags&amp;quot; count, and, if so, would it have been marked as unhelpful?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Rough reconstruction of what the answer in the queue looked like (profile pic was originally a generic person silhouette):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/lRGph.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/lRGph.png&quot; alt=&quot;Audit picture&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Actual answer:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/0t2Pk.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/0t2Pk.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1122556" LastEditorUserId="1122556" LastEditDate="2021-02-08T21:26:21.107" LastActivityDate="2021-02-08T22:09:41.220" Title="What happens if I flag a high-quality post in a review audit?" Tags="|discussion|flagging|review-audits|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19502" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19501" CreationDate="2021-02-08T22:09:41.220" Score="8" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is, however, what if I had flagged this post?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even though the UI seems to indicate you flagged the post, the flag itself is never cast. I've &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/356599/295232&quot;&gt;tested this a while ago&lt;/a&gt; after somebody asked a similar question on Meta Stack Exchange.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Depending on what flag you use, it might cause you to fail the audit though. I'm pretty sure this holds for the spam, rude/abusive, very low quality and not an answer flags (and close flags for questions); I'm not sure about moderator flags. The &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/157121/295232&quot;&gt;FAQ&lt;/a&gt; doesn't answer it, and probably nobody wants to try out (on 'good' posts; my test was on a 'bad' post).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="606366" LastActivityDate="2021-02-08T22:09:41.220" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19503" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-02-08T22:09:54.353" Score="9" ViewCount="182" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are several comments, such as &amp;quot;this is Linux but not Ubuntu, ask on Unix SE,&amp;quot; &amp;quot;This is Windows, ask on SuperUser,&amp;quot; &amp;quot;this release has reached EOL,&amp;quot; &amp;quot;this is Ubuntu-based but not an official flavour,&amp;quot; etc that appear commonly on this site. I've noticed several users repeatedly use the same comments for these, such as guiverc's one for questions about 14.04:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Only supported releases of Ubuntu (&lt;em&gt;standard support&lt;/em&gt;) are on-topic for this site.  Ubuntu 14.04 LTS is EOL (&lt;em&gt;end-of-life&lt;/em&gt;) thus off-topic, and Ubuntu 14.04 ESM is in extended support and only supported by Canonical via Ubuntu Advantage thus also off-topic here.  Refer &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EOLUpgrades&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EOLUpgrades&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://fridge.ubuntu.com/2019/05/02/ubuntu-14-04-trusty-tahr-reached-end-of-life-on-april-25-2019-esm-available/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://fridge.ubuntu.com/2019/05/02/ubuntu-14-04-trusty-tahr-reached-end-of-life-on-april-25-2019-esm-available/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And, again guiverc's, comment for version numbers:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ubuntu 18?   Do you mean Ubuntu Core 18? or Ubuntu 18.04 LTS ? or something else?  The &lt;em&gt;year&lt;/em&gt; format release, are different products to the more common &lt;em&gt;year.month&lt;/em&gt; products; the &lt;em&gt;year&lt;/em&gt; products are &lt;em&gt;snap&lt;/em&gt; only so everything is containerized, thus impacting configs.  Please specify your release, as there is no Ubuntu 18.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(haven't seen that one re-used, but still applicable)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it ok to copy these comments (and of course other ones by other users, guiverc's were just the two most recent ones I saw) and use them on different posts?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1122556" LastActivityDate="2021-02-21T09:53:38.840" Title="Is it acceptable to copy other user's common, moderation-related comments?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19504" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19503" CreationDate="2021-02-10T12:49:39.557" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the strictest sense, &lt;em&gt;any&lt;/em&gt; copying should be done with attribution. All the content is under CC-BY-SA... But I personally wouldn't expect somebody to give a moderation comment of mine attribution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Use your own judgement. If it's short, helpful to the site, bang on.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;If you're concerned it's a significant amount of content, give it some attribution (though that might be gnarly).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There used to be a scripted repository of automatic comments for dealing with common we-need-more-information comments, with a user script for adding them. I'm not sure if it still exists.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2021-02-10T12:49:39.557" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19505" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-02-12T23:15:37.470" Score="10" ViewCount="627" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't like cookies. My browser is set to discard them after it is closed.&#xA;I have no problem with logging in every time I reopen the browser &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; want to use a Stack network&#xA;in a non-read-only way and I fail to see why any of them would be &amp;quot;necessary&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Recently an enormous cookie banner was introduced in AskUbuntu. It takes&#xA;about &lt;strong&gt;one third&lt;/strong&gt; of the window until the user decides what to do about his&#xA;cookies (and of course the shortest path is to accept all), partially obstructing the questions&#xA;and answers, which are the very reason people visit this website.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ExqJX.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ExqJX.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The previous &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/359358/we-re-adding-more-user-controls-for-cookie-consent&quot;&gt;cookie consent banner&lt;/a&gt; was a decent footer that did not make it impossible to read&#xA;posts. One could ignore its existence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as I can remember, Stack has always had an uncluttered interface with sane and respectful choices.&#xA;No gigantic banners.&#xA;We know what the next step is: A large pop-up asking visitors to log-in or to create an account. Actually this is already a big header as you can see in the picture, but at least it goes away as one scrolls down.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The new banner harms the user experience. It is too big, too intrusive.&#xA;I suggest the interface design team considers rolling back to the previous footer banner.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note: A/B testing is ongoing, so the full page banner may be smaller for you (see comments to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/361009/&quot;&gt;this related answer in Meta&lt;/a&gt;). Slightly better, but still intrusive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="832813" LastEditorUserId="832813" LastEditDate="2021-02-19T17:30:08.640" LastActivityDate="2021-02-19T17:30:08.640" Title="The new cookie consent banner is way larger than needed" Tags="|bug|user-interface|cookies|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19506" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-02-13T00:51:01.110" Score="-2" ViewCount="192" Body="&lt;p&gt;The first week of January 2021, I submitted two questions to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/contact&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/contact&lt;/a&gt;. In week two, I submitted another. I have yet to get a response to any of these questions. Not even the usual automated response that virtually all websites send these days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I suspect this is broken. Can someone look into this, please?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1124410" OwnerDisplayName="Richard J Uschold" LastEditorUserId="8698" LastEditDate="2021-08-18T16:08:20.450" LastActivityDate="2021-08-23T17:31:23.933" Title="Ask Ubuntu's contact page seems to be broken" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19507" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-02-15T11:21:14.403" Score="7" ViewCount="110" Body="&lt;p&gt;When I click the &lt;code&gt;Flag&lt;/code&gt; link under a question, the options offered to me are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;spam&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;rude or abusive&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;needs improvement&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;a duplicate&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;very low quality&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;in need of moderator intervention&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No &amp;quot;off-topic&amp;quot; among these.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even reading the descriptions, I cannot identify whether one of these was intended to cover the concept of off-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why is this? Maybe I don't have enough reputation to see it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Update:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm posting the flag-dialog as I see it now. Sorry I did not have the idea to post it earlier:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/fJsxN.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/fJsxN.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Update 2&lt;/strong&gt; Just to help making sense of the UI:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I have learned from the answer, selecting some of the radio buttons in the above screen may open up further screens with options &amp;quot;a level deeper&amp;quot;. This can go on to several levels deep in some cases.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1157519" LastEditorUserId="1157519" LastEditDate="2021-02-15T12:22:08.683" LastActivityDate="2021-02-15T12:22:08.683" Title="Why don't I see a device to flag a question as &quot;off-topic&quot;?" Tags="|discussion|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19508" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19507" CreationDate="2021-02-15T11:38:19.360" Score="5" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;needs improvement&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's the one you're looking for; then, choose &amp;quot;A community-specific reason&amp;quot; and you'll get the familiar list of options:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/NQhsn.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/NQhsn.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They have renamed the option last year; for details, see &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/q/396754/4751173&quot;&gt;Question Close Updates: Phase 1&lt;/a&gt; on Meta Stack Overflow.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="606366" LastEditorUserId="606366" LastEditDate="2021-02-15T12:00:25.823" LastActivityDate="2021-02-15T12:00:25.823" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19509" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-02-16T03:29:38.347" Score="0" ViewCount="46" Body="&lt;p&gt;Let's say I have a question which concerns all Ubuntu users, but not only them. (e.g. about &lt;code&gt;apt&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;aptitude&lt;/code&gt;). On which Stack Exchange site should I ask it, depending on if my distribution is Ubuntu or if it is ascending (Debian) or descending (e.g. Mint) from Ubuntu? &lt;a href=&quot;http://askubuntu.com&quot;&gt;Here&lt;/a&gt;, on &lt;a href=&quot;http://unix.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;Unix &amp;amp; Linux&lt;/a&gt; or on both?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="780824" LastEditorUserId="618353" LastEditDate="2021-02-16T08:52:04.893" LastActivityDate="2021-02-16T08:52:04.893" Title="Should I ask my question on Ask Ubuntu, on Unix &amp; Linux or on both?" Tags="|discussion|support|asking-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2021-02-16T08:04:25.703" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19510" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19529" CreationDate="2021-02-16T06:00:16.250" Score="10" ViewCount="640" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;THREAD NOTICE: This issue has been raised to Mark Shuttleworth, the Ubuntu Community Council, and the Ubuntu Technical Board via &lt;a href=&quot;https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/technical-board/2021-February/002543.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this email message (TB is the only public archive version of the email)&lt;/a&gt;.  You may wish to wait for official governance and definitions on &amp;quot;End of Standard Support&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;End of Life&amp;quot;, UA-I, and ESM from Canonical, the Technical Board, and the Community Council on this matter before officially deciding a policy change here on Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I have searched Meta and could not find a specific answer to this question.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another question: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1316699/can-you-play-java-minecraft-on-a-linux-1gb-ram-ubuntu-14-04-computestick#comment2241946_1316699&quot;&gt;Can you play java minecraft on a linux 1gb ram ubuntu 14.04 computestick?&lt;/a&gt;, was closed as off-topic, claiming &amp;quot;end of life Ubuntu release&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Referring to Ubuntu Wiki page: &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases&lt;/a&gt;, I see that Canonical clearly states that &lt;strong&gt;14.04 LTS End of Life is April 2022&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Referring to Ask Ubuntu Help page: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&lt;/a&gt;, states: &amp;quot;Support for versions for Ubuntu releases past their Support or &amp;quot;End of Life&amp;quot; (EOL)&amp;quot;, (not past &amp;quot;End of Standard Support&amp;quot;), are off topic. The Help page makes no mention of ESM versions being disqualified.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Extended Security Maintenance is free for personal use: &lt;a href=&quot;https://ubuntu.com/advantage&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://ubuntu.com/advantage&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Will someone please present official documentation to clear this up. Not just hearsay, &amp;quot;I heard from a friend of a friend's friend&amp;quot;, or &amp;quot;everybody knows this&amp;quot; or old wives tales, etc. Give actual facts please.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One excuse that I have heard a number of times, is that many users are not familiar with older versions of Ubuntu and can not answer the questions, well there are many, many users not familiar with some third party software that is on-topic at Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do not understand why some users want to have so much control over what other users do, it does not reflect kindly on the Ubuntu community.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="43926" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2021-02-17T03:09:33.630" LastActivityDate="2021-12-11T19:24:56.367" Title="Is Ubuntu 14.04 off-topic on Ask Ubuntu?" Tags="|discussion|end-of-life|scope|" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19511" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19509" CreationDate="2021-02-16T06:17:59.333" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you are using Ubuntu or one of the other &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;official flavors&lt;/a&gt;, you can ask your question on Ask Ubuntu, although you can also ask it on Unix &amp;amp; Linux - your choice. I would suggest looking for questions similar to the one you want to ask on both sites to reach a decision as to where you're most likely to get the kind of answers you want.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are using a different Linux distribution, whether it's Debian, Linux Mint or anything else, you should ask on U&amp;amp;L (or even on Superuser)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Posting the same question on multiple Stack Exchange sites (cross-posting) is discouraged. But if you ask a question on one site and it stays unanswered for a while, you'll probably get away with asking it again on another one, especially if you delete the original.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2021-02-16T06:17:59.333" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19513" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-02-16T12:30:35.323" Score="1" ViewCount="84" Body="&lt;p&gt;I seem to observe that messages alike this one:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please [ edit your question and ] provide the &lt;strong&gt;Ubuntu flavor&lt;/strong&gt; you are using, its &lt;strong&gt;version&lt;/strong&gt;, [and maybe your &lt;strong&gt;desktop environment&lt;/strong&gt; (if you are using a non-default one)].&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;could stand a good chance in a contest for the most redundant piece of information entered into this website by its users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have looked at the following pages in the help center:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/how-to-ask&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/help/how-to-ask&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To my surprise, none of these two pages contain the word &lt;code&gt;version&lt;/code&gt; with the intention introduced above.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &amp;quot;on-topic&amp;quot; page already has a section titled &amp;quot;&lt;strong&gt;Information needed when creating a question&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;quot;, which seems to beg for this information to be included there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At the same time, wouldn't this section belong rather on the &amp;quot;how-to-ask&amp;quot; page?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even, wouldn't both of these pages benefit from a similarly titled section (even if the section content could be diverged, to align it better with the premise of the pages, correspondingly)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Update:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't want this question to be mistaken for the tag debate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We can and we should avoid mixing that question with this one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I just want to see the version. I don't care how it's delivered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Simply put, people asking questions need to know that we will need the version. Just let them know. Writing it there in plain text would already be a step forward from what we have now:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By the way, people answering your question will need the version number.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At this stage, no suggestion about how to deliver it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1157519" LastEditorUserId="1157519" LastEditDate="2021-02-16T14:32:51.043" LastActivityDate="2021-02-16T16:23:42.383" Title="Should the help-center's question-related guidance promote including Ubuntu flavor and version in questions?" Tags="|discussion|suggested-edits|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19514" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19510" CreationDate="2021-02-16T14:46:37.290" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;14.04 has gone End of Life for the purposes of Community Support, &lt;strong&gt;which makes most questions about it (other than how to upgrade to a newer release) offtopic here on Ask Ubuntu&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;ESM is &lt;strong&gt;generally&lt;/strong&gt; a paid service which provides extended security updates but only security updates, and not long term bug fixes, support for other software, etc.  It is designed to let you use the old systems for &lt;strong&gt;a short period of time&lt;/strong&gt; so you can work on migration, not so you can continue to use outdated systems.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are using 14.04, it's End of Life from a Community Support perspective - including here on Ask Ubuntu.  To get continued 14.04 support beyond its EOL date you need to pay Canonical for the Ubuntu Advantage solution for paid support for 14.04 and endpoint systems (and that gets pricey quickly).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some notes on this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When ESM was announced for 12.04 and 14.04, the definition of &amp;quot;end of life&amp;quot; for the release per ESM is later.   &lt;strong&gt;However, Standard Support means the primary support mechanisms of the Community, Ask Ubuntu, and other primary support mediums such as the IRC systems.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Indeed, the IRC channels and tidbits even say this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) was the 20th release of Ubuntu. !End-of-life was April 25th, 2019. Paid support (ESM) is available. See also !esm, !eol, !eolupgrade&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;While the ESM repositories may be free for a limited number of personal machines for use, this does NOT include paid support from Canonical&lt;/strong&gt; - any actual support under ESM has always, and should still be, Paid Only, meaning that for actual support under ESM you need a paid contract with Canonical - the ESM repositories may be 'free' but that does not extend to the Paid Support service.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you really want to argue this, then you need to approach the Ubuntu Community Council and Canonical with your argument, because we tend to follow the guidance of the other support mediums that're maintained by the official governance teams.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;ALSO to quote the blog that was linked by CS Cameron earlier:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For Ubuntu 14.04 users and UA Infrastructure customers to get started with UA client, visit ubuntu.com/advantage and please contact support** with any questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;**Only Ubuntu Advantage for Infrastructure customers will have access to the support contact link via the Canonical support portal. If you are not a UA Infrastructure customer, please visit ubuntu.com/advantage to subscribe and get started with the new UA Client.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And per the Ubuntu Advantage Infrastructure (UA-I) page (&lt;a href=&quot;https://ubuntu.com/advantage&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://ubuntu.com/advantage&lt;/a&gt;):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Anyone can use UA Infrastructure Essential for free on up to 3 machines (limitations apply).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;... and Essential comes with &lt;strong&gt;no paid support&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/8Ukyb.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/8Ukyb.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;... so in order to get &lt;strong&gt;continued support from Canonical you need to pay for Standard UA-I.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2021-03-07T16:11:07.763" LastActivityDate="2021-03-07T16:11:07.763" CommentCount="15" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19515" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19510" CreationDate="2021-02-16T15:07:34.960" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just to help visualizing the issue at hand, I include this helpful illustration from the &lt;a href=&quot;https://ubuntu.com/about/release-cycle&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ubuntu release-cycle page&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/DOQcP.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/DOQcP.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1157519" LastEditorUserId="1157519" LastEditDate="2021-02-16T15:33:52.950" LastActivityDate="2021-02-16T15:33:52.950" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19516" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19513" CreationDate="2021-02-16T16:23:42.383" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think this makes perfect sense. It should be enough to simply add another bullet point to the &amp;quot;Information needed when creating a question&amp;quot; section. Something like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Always mention the Ubuntu flavor you are using, its version (e.g. &amp;quot;20.04&amp;quot;) and if you have changed the default graphical environment, mention what desktop manager you are using. For example: &amp;quot;I am using Kubuntu version 20.20 with the Cinnamon desktop&amp;quot;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2021-02-16T16:23:42.383" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19517" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19518" CreationDate="2021-02-16T17:30:10.367" Score="3" ViewCount="270" Body="&lt;p&gt;How do I add JPEG images in Ask Ubuntu questions?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1182903" OwnerDisplayName="Linuxfreund" LastEditorUserId="480481" LastEditDate="2021-02-16T19:26:48.937" LastActivityDate="2021-02-16T19:58:36.097" Title="How do I add images in questions?" Tags="|support|image|posts|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2021-02-20T17:26:38.507" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19518" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19517" CreationDate="2021-02-16T18:19:43.653" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu has a built-in image uploader:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ezAHz.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ezAHz.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you use it with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/new-user&quot;&gt;less than 10 reputation&lt;/a&gt;, it will add them as &lt;em&gt;links&lt;/em&gt; to your post; this is to prevent &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/q/268469/4751173&quot;&gt;abuse&lt;/a&gt;. However, you can hope another user will convert them to properly inlined images.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="606366" LastEditorUserId="606366" LastEditDate="2021-02-16T19:58:36.097" LastActivityDate="2021-02-16T19:58:36.097" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19519" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-02-16T21:36:38.653" Score="1" ViewCount="112" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just got a big surprise :-((&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This looks like someone is trying very hard to drive reviewers away&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;difficult to identify the post in question (is it the Q or the A?)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&amp;quot;link&amp;quot; to see post in context is not there any more&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;screen real estate wasted&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/3ZdSc.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/3ZdSc.png&quot; alt=&quot;New Review UI&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To elaborate (see @terdon's comment):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;identify post: the &amp;quot;banner&amp;quot; marked red (I don't have a better name for this region)  at the top shows very prominently infos about the &lt;strong&gt;question&lt;/strong&gt; (which is totally irrelevant when reviewing an answer)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ElK4xm.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ElK4xm.png&quot; alt=&quot;banner&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;link: &lt;strong&gt;where&lt;/strong&gt;? I have been trying to find it just now for several minutes&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;real estate:&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the &amp;quot;actions&amp;quot; window covers the place where the &lt;em&gt;link&lt;/em&gt; to the post in question used to be&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I am not able any more to see the answer and the question at the same time&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Remark: Sorry to have dumped my initial anger here - I &lt;em&gt;could&lt;/em&gt; have found that meta post myself :-)) where I in the meantime have posted an answer influenced by @Glorfindel's admonition of constructivity.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="134729" LastEditorUserId="134729" LastEditDate="2021-02-17T20:39:51.490" LastActivityDate="2021-02-17T20:39:51.490" Title="Whats the idea behind that &quot;new&quot; review UI?" Tags="|support|bug|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19520" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19519" CreationDate="2021-02-16T21:45:31.500" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;What's going on is described here on Meta Stack Exchange: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/360198/295232&quot;&gt;Visual design changes to the review queues&lt;/a&gt;. That is also the place to leave feedback. They've already improved quite a lot of things reported by the community in the first round (Close/Reopen review queues on Meta Stack Exchange/Meta Stack Overflow) so perhaps they will take your criticism as well, as long as you post it in a constructive way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="606366" LastActivityDate="2021-02-16T21:45:31.500" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19521" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-02-16T22:38:33.500" Score="0" ViewCount="66" Body="&lt;p&gt;When I hover the mouse over &amp;quot;post your question&amp;quot;, that box disappears.&#xA;I am using Seamonkey 2.53.6 with Ubuntu Mate 18.04.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It does not occur when using newest Firefox.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is that normal behavior?&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/EwgN3.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/EwgN3.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="573838" LastEditorUserId="573838" LastEditDate="2021-02-17T03:22:35.663" LastActivityDate="2021-02-17T03:22:35.663" Title="Box disappears when mouse hovers over it" Tags="|support|bug|user-interface|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19522" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19519" CreationDate="2021-02-17T19:10:42.390" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'll post an answer since it's hard to do in comments. I will be using this review item as an example: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/low-quality-posts/1123857&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/review/low-quality-posts/1123857&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/7tdaq.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/7tdaq.png&quot; alt=&quot;screenshot of review task&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, on to your specific points.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;identify post: the banner at the top shows very prominently infos about the question (which is totally irrelevant when reviewing an answer)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I honestly don't understand this. The banner clearly states &lt;em&gt;answer&lt;/em&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/cQHBb.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/cQHBb.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And the same information is further reinforced. In total, there are three places where the system is telling you it is an answer:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/JYuVa.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/JYuVa.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I really don't understand what else is missing here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;link: where? I have been trying to find it just now for several minutes&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question title is a link:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/LEWTn.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/LEWTn.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, this takes you to the question page and does not immediately scroll to the answer. If that's what you meant, I do agree that it should be improved. However, I find that with the new interface you don't need to actually go to the question since everything is already here. In any case, the old system also took you to the question and not the specific answer, if I remember correctly, right?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;real estate:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;the &amp;quot;actions&amp;quot; window covers the place where the link to the post in question used to be&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This one I don't get at all. The link to the question is still there, as explained above, and now I have the actions in a nice clear box easy to access and clearly visible. Removing it would just leave empty screen. Why?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am not able any more to see the answer and the question at the same time&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, OK. I don't particularly miss that myself. For one thing, that was only possible when both the question and the answer were both tiny enough to fit in one screen. in most cases, the old system wouldn't let you see both at the same time without scrolling anyway.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, this does seem to contradict your initial complaint about having too much information about the question which you said is &amp;quot;totally irrelevant when reviewing an answer&amp;quot;. You seem to be both wanting  more from the question and less.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Personally, I find that in the vast majority of cases I can either review the answer without even checking the question (link only, clearly bad etc), or I can just read the question once and that's enough to make a judgement on the answer. Since they usually don't fit in one screen anyway, the new interface makes it much easier to consult the question while reviewing the answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, in all, I just don't see most of the problems you mention, myself. This seems like a clear improvement which has fixed many of the long standing issues with the review.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2021-02-17T19:10:42.390" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19523" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19524" CreationDate="2021-02-17T20:44:29.923" Score="12" ViewCount="166" Body="&lt;p&gt;Luckily there is a &lt;code&gt;dark theme&lt;/code&gt; available for &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/&quot;&gt;https://stackoverflow.com/&lt;/a&gt;  as per&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/LsHIZ.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/LsHIZ.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a similar &lt;code&gt;dark theme&lt;/code&gt; for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/&lt;/a&gt;  ?    if so how to navigate to engage ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am not asking for a desktop theme but one inside the website itself&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="18025" OwnerDisplayName="Scott Stensland" LastActivityDate="2021-02-18T08:10:07.517" Title="Is there a `dark theme` for https://askubuntu.com similar to whats available on https://stackoverflow.com/" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19524" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19523" CreationDate="2021-02-18T07:24:25.443" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;Some new features, such as &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/345661/295232&quot;&gt;following questions and answers&lt;/a&gt;, are very easy to roll out across the entire network. Just update the codebase and it works. Dark Mode is sadly not one of those things; they'll have to go over &lt;em&gt;all&lt;/em&gt; the sites individually (at least the ones with a custom design) and tweak the colors and images.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some relevant references: the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/q/395949/4751173&quot;&gt;announcement of Dark Mode on Stack Overflow&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Future releases&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At this point, the focus of Dark Mode is on Stack Overflow and we’ll eventually bring it to MSO. While the retheming we did across the network two years ago makes updating our LESS easier, creating dark versions of all of our sites, particularly the custom-designed ones, is going to be a huge challenge we’re not able to contemplate at this time. The artwork on some of those sites simply can’t be made dark because we don’t have access to the original art files and, to be honest, some of the themes will always be better as-is.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and a &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/348482/295232&quot;&gt;discussion&lt;/a&gt; on a community feedback post, with an answer by a staff member:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Q: You mentioned paying off a lot of technical debt to implement Dark Mode on Stack Overflow. How much of this effort would be useful in expanding Dark Mode to the entire network? For example, would you need to re-implement it mostly from scratch on each individual site, or is there now a Dark Mode Module that can be installed, tested, and tweaked pretty much anywhere you want to with a much smaller amount of effort than was necessary to implement it the first time around for Stack Overflow?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A: From talking to Aaron... it's kinda complicated. We can't just turn a lot of sites dark because their artwork was designed with light mode in mind (excepting for Science Fiction &amp;amp; Fantasy, for the most part). So plopping dark mode on, say... Worldbuilding or English Language Learners or Seasoned Advice... would be pretty impossible without redoing their artwork... again. This is one of those... rare cases where beta sites have a leg up... :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu has a fairly basic theme so it's probably one of the easiest sites to convert, but it will take a while before they'll do it (if they are going to do it at all).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="606366" LastEditorUserId="158442" LastEditDate="2021-02-18T08:10:07.517" LastActivityDate="2021-02-18T08:10:07.517" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19525" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19505" CreationDate="2021-02-18T12:35:17.460" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think we might have stumbled upon something here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/19505/the-new-cookie-consent-banner-is-way-larger-than-needed#comment42264_19512&quot;&gt;HuHa's comment&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to EU law, the default setting needs to be essential&#xA;cookies, but they overlooked that all such banners provide a big fat&#xA;&amp;quot;accept all&amp;quot; button and then a &amp;quot;settings&amp;quot; button where you have to&#xA;click multiple times to get rid of the banner without accepting all&#xA;cookies.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/19505/the-new-cookie-consent-banner-is-way-larger-than-needed#comment42276_19512&quot;&gt;my comment&lt;/a&gt; (the context being personal experience with other such widgets encountered):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Admittedly, it took me some time to figure this out, and in the&#xA;beginning I too was indeed intimidated by the complicated interface&#xA;and the manipulation by how those buttons are designed (prominence /&#xA;color / contrast). Seems like there is some regulation, but the&#xA;implementations are not free from attempts at using dark patterns.&#xA;Site operators are indeed invested in keeping tracking enabled.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I know this is speculation, and I know that speculation tends to be frowned upon these days, but I risk offering this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One possible reason for the redesign could have been an attempt to apply pressure on the users to not explore and exercise their rights, but instead seek the fastest way of getting rid of this monstrous, unusual, intimidating thing. &amp;quot;Coincidentally&amp;quot;, allowing all cookies in the process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1157519" LastEditorUserId="1157519" LastEditDate="2021-02-18T12:42:44.170" LastActivityDate="2021-02-18T12:42:44.170" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19526" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19527" CreationDate="2021-02-19T12:09:50.813" Score="4" ViewCount="60" Body="&lt;p&gt;How can I separate two following codeblocks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I mean something like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First command + output&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt; sudo apt-cache policy &#xA;[sudo] Passwort für alex: &#xA;Paketdateien:&#xA; 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status&#xA;     release a=now&#xA; 300 http://ppa.launchpad.net/system76-dev/stable/ubuntu focal/main i386 Packages&#xA;     release v=20.04,o=LP-PPA-system76-dev-stable,a=focal,n=focal,l=System76 Stable PPA,c=main,b=i386&#xA;     origin ppa.launchpad.net&#xA; 300 http://ppa.launchpad.net/system76-dev/stable/ubuntu focal/main amd64 Packages&#xA;     release v=20.04,o=LP-PPA-system76-dev-stable,a=focal,n=focal,l=System76 Stable PPA,c=main,b=amd64&#xA;     origin ppa.launchpad.net&#xA;snip&#xA;&#xA;sudo apt update &#xA;OK:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal InRelease&#xA;snip&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="966203" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2021-02-19T12:55:45.377" LastActivityDate="2021-02-19T12:55:45.377" Title="How to separate two adjacent code blocks" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19527" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19526" CreationDate="2021-02-19T12:42:40.083" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are several options.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Perhaps the easiest is to use separate code fences like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;```&#xA;code&#xA;```&#xA;&#xA;```&#xA;separate code&#xA;```&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which produces this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;code&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;separate code&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another way is to insert a line rule by putting three (or more) hyphens/dashes (&lt;code&gt;---&lt;/code&gt;) on an empty line, without indentation, between the blocks, which produces a sharper separation:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;code&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;separate code&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(this can be used with indented code blocks as I've done here, or in addition to separate code fences as shown in my first example)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With indentation you can also use an unindented &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; tag, or better, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/19526/how-to-seperate-two-following-codeblocks/19527#comment42283_19527&quot;&gt;as noted by muru&lt;/a&gt; a html comment &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;!-- --&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; to force a break (this also works in list context), which does this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;code&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;separate code&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;or&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;code&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;separate code&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;NB: In case it's useful, those with 2k reputation can click the edit button under this post to see the markdown. Since there is no facility to suggest edits on meta, I have pasted the markdown text &lt;a href=&quot;https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/8MmFFtkymf/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; for those who don't have 2k reputation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2021-02-19T12:51:01.243" LastActivityDate="2021-02-19T12:51:01.243" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19528" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-02-19T12:39:38.657" Score="0" ViewCount="44" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just added a post to Stack asking for help and showed lines from my terminal to help clarify the question..&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I tried placing it in the Blockquotes but that didnt look right so resorted to adding dashes at the beginning and end.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please can you tell me what the correct method is for adding lines from my Terminal in future as Im sure I will be adding many more questions and would like to ensure they are in the correct format.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Many thanks!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1182461" OwnerDisplayName="sparky" LastActivityDate="2021-02-19T13:17:45.253" Title="Adding text from Terminal in Ubuntu 20.04 to Stack Exchange" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19529" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19510" CreationDate="2021-02-19T13:32:35.703" Score="-2" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Is Ubuntu 14.04 off-topic on Ask Ubuntu&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to Ask Ubuntu, a release of Ubuntu is only off-topic if it is past EOL.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to Ubuntu Wiki page, Ubuntu 14.04 is not EOL until April 2022.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These two facts should be enough to establish beyond doubt that Ubuntu 14.04 is not off-topic on Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some people have claimed that when Ask Ubuntu says EOL, it really means &amp;quot;End of Standard Support&amp;quot;. (as if Ask Ubuntu does not understand what it is saying).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If Canonical is still supporting 14.04, then Ask Ubuntu should also still be supporting 14.04.  Standard Support starts and ends with Canonical. I therefore endeavored to determine the degree to which Canonical still supports Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I started out by installing an Ubuntu 14.04.4 ISO I had in my downloads folder. (I probably should have downloaded ubuntu-14.04.6-desktop-amd64.iso from &lt;a href=&quot;https://releases.ubuntu.com/14.04/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://releases.ubuntu.com/14.04/&lt;/a&gt;) . At this point we at least know for a fact that the downloading of 14.04 Desktop and Server is fully supported by Canonical.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;During the install process I selected the option to &lt;code&gt;download updates while installing&lt;/code&gt;. I think that if I would have used point release 6, there might have been fewer updates and the process might have gone faster.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It was a pleasure to log into 14.04 after so long, sort of nostalgic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First priority was security. For 14.04, this means signing up for Ubuntu Advantage (UA) client and installing ESM.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Ubuntu wiki page for information on installing Ubuntu ESM is &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UA&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UA&lt;/a&gt; client. the page directed me to &lt;a href=&quot;https://ubuntu.com/advantage&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://ubuntu.com/advantage&lt;/a&gt; where I completed the registration process and ended up with a &lt;strong&gt;free token&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Back on &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UA&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UA&lt;/a&gt; client I continued with &lt;strong&gt;Installing the UA client&lt;/strong&gt; by running a couple of commands as instructed. Next I proceeded to &lt;strong&gt;Attach the UA client&lt;/strong&gt;. I ran the line I got when registering &lt;code&gt;sudo ua attach [UNIQUECODE]&lt;/code&gt;, (Please use your own free token).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Running &lt;code&gt;sudo ua status&lt;/code&gt; I confirmed that ESM was enabled.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I completed the upgrade by running &lt;code&gt;sudo apt update&lt;/code&gt; and then &lt;code&gt;sudo apt upgrade&lt;/code&gt;. The installer ran for quite a while.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I ran Software Updater and It installed quite a few security updates.&#xA;All Settings/Overview tells me &lt;strong&gt;System Up-To-Date&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It appears to me that  Canonical is truly supporting Ubuntu 14.04 for free. The question is whether Ask Ubuntu will also continue to support Ubuntu 14.04 until it's End of Life as claimed on the Help page?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;AND EVERYTHING WAS FREE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="43926" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2021-02-19T16:08:32.467" LastActivityDate="2021-02-19T16:08:32.467" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19530" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19505" CreationDate="2021-02-19T15:14:19.110" Score="1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't like cookies. My browser is set to discard them after it is closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a web developer, that seems like a slightly absurd overreaction, but each to their own. It obviously means a site can't remember your preferences, let alone things like sessions and logins. I think you know that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you visit a site a lot, it might be worth using something like UBlock Origin. You can then right click elements to hide, forever. The targeting can be a bit iffy so the things you want to block are &lt;code&gt;##.js-consent-banner&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;##.js-dismissable-hero&lt;/code&gt;. After that you'll simply never see them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can use similar techniques on other sites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2021-02-19T15:14:19.110" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19531" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19503" CreationDate="2021-02-21T09:46:17.737" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;For what it is worth, and a little shameless self-publicising of the 3D Printing SE site, we maintain a list of common moderating/review comments, for everyone to use. Some have been taken from other SE sites, where I had seen them being used frequently, and some are the auto-review comments from other SE sites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Each comment is displayed as it would be seen (in blockquote format), but to use them it is best to copy the &lt;code&gt;code formatted&lt;/code&gt; examples, under the &amp;quot;Copy and Paste&amp;quot; logo: &lt;strong&gt;C&amp;amp;P ⎘&lt;/strong&gt;. This is because they contain the shorthand links, which don't travel well when copied from the blockquote formatted examples.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Feel free to take a look and use or copy them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can find them here, &lt;a href=&quot;https://3dprinting.meta.stackexchange.com/q/303/4762&quot;&gt;Do we have Standardised Comments?&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="348964" LastEditorUserId="348964" LastEditDate="2021-02-21T09:53:38.840" LastActivityDate="2021-02-21T09:53:38.840" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19532" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19533" CreationDate="2021-02-23T03:48:10.067" Score="6" ViewCount="121" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have noticed that some users have a lot of expertise in certain fields.&#xA;For example, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/43926/c-s-cameron&quot;&gt;C.S.Cameron&lt;/a&gt; has answered a lot of questions on interesting unconventional installation methods, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/66509/n0rbert&quot;&gt;N0rbert&lt;/a&gt; has answered many questions related to numerical computation using Ubuntu (of course, they have answered other questions too, and there are certainly many more users who have expertise in other fields).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can I tag (@) someone in comments in case a question remains unanswered for some time? It may be that they have not noticed the question, and may be capable of answering it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="124466" LastEditorUserId="480481" LastEditDate="2021-03-15T09:32:40.270" LastActivityDate="2021-03-15T09:32:40.270" Title="Can I tag people in the comments of an unanswered question?" Tags="|support|comments|users|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19533" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19532" CreationDate="2021-02-23T04:33:00.080" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, you can't successfully notify people with @ in comments under a post unless they have interacted with the post in specific ways:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If they have ever commented on the post&lt;/strong&gt;, you will be able to tab-complete their username (start typing @name and it will appear) and the tagging will send them a notification.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If they have ever edited the post&lt;/strong&gt;, you won't be able to tab-complete the name, but if you put @username they will get a notification (note that this doesn't work for users who suggested an edit to the post if the edit was not applied)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, if you @ someone in comments under a post they haven't commented on or edited, they'll probably never know about it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you think a particular user might be interested in answering a question, you could let them know in &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/201/ask-ubuntu-general-room&quot;&gt;chat&lt;/a&gt;, but if they haven't been there (if you can't tab-complete their username when you start typing @user) then they won't get a notification there either. I guess most users would probably be ok with you leaving a comment on one of their own posts linking to the post you think they'll be interested in, though you might want to check with them first (I would be ok with it, but there aren't many questions I can answer - also I'm always in chat and happy to be pinged there :).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2021-02-23T05:48:15.410" LastActivityDate="2021-02-23T05:48:15.410" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19534" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-02-23T05:27:03.177" Score="9" ViewCount="187" Body="&lt;p&gt;I´m planning to add the &amp;quot;Ask&amp;quot; logo into &lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/simple-icons/simple-icons/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the &lt;code&gt;simple-icons&lt;/code&gt; project&lt;/a&gt;, in the hope of contributing to the growing collection of &lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/simple-icons/simple-icons/blob/develop/icons/superuser.svg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/simple-icons/simple-icons/blob/develop/icons/serverfault.svg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;stack&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/simple-icons/simple-icons/blob/develop/icons/stackoverflow.svg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;exchange&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/simple-icons/simple-icons/blob/develop/icons/stackexchange.svg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;network&lt;/a&gt; icons.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;Things are, I haven't found a defined official color yet. &lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/simple-icons/simple-icons/issues/5095#issue-812981075&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Quoting myself&lt;/a&gt;, what I've found so far:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://cdn.sstatic.net/Sites/askubuntu/Img/apple-touch-icon.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;#dd4c00&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;img src=&quot;https://cdn.sstatic.net/Sites/askubuntu/Img/apple-touch-icon.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://cdn.sstatic.net/Sites/askubuntu/Img/apple-touch-icon@2.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;#f47323&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;img src=&quot;https://cdn.sstatic.net/Sites/askubuntu/Img/apple-touch-icon@2.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;#dc461d&lt;/code&gt; in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com&quot;&gt;logo's topbar&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One of the maintainers of the project have made &lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/simple-icons/simple-icons/issues/5095#issuecomment-783776572&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;his own research on this topic&lt;/a&gt;, but he's also not clear on this and suggested to ask here.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;So... any official advise on this matter?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="41141" LastActivityDate="2021-02-27T10:33:24.303" Title="Is there any official &quot;Ask Ubuntu&quot; color defined?" Tags="|discussion|design|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19535" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19538" CreationDate="2021-02-23T21:17:57.387" Score="5" ViewCount="106" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've just earned a badge in &lt;a href=&quot;https://superuser.com/q/1504821/1063603&quot;&gt;this popular question&lt;/a&gt; I wrote 15 months ago in &lt;em&gt;SuperUser Community&lt;/em&gt;. And it attracted me because, even after all this time and 1000 views, it stills not-answered. Thus I got that I questioned it in the wrong community, probably in AskUbuntu it wouldn't stayed so much time untouched.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I would like to understand what is the policy over transfer questions between communities and how I could achieve it&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I checked &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/6078/689894&quot;&gt;Transfering a question from Ask Ubuntu to Super User&lt;/a&gt;, but there's also no answers there&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="689894" LastEditorUserId="158442" LastEditDate="2021-02-23T23:18:21.460" LastActivityDate="2021-02-26T17:32:13.947" Title="How to transfer a question through Stack Exchange Communities" Tags="|discussion|support|asking-questions|unanswered-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19536" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19537" CreationDate="2021-02-23T11:08:12.630" Score="3" ViewCount="73" Body="&lt;p&gt;How can I log out from my account on this forum? Maybe I am just missing something obvious, but so far I haven't found out how to log out. I have tried everything I can think of …&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I also couldn't find any hint among existing questions on the forum, nor in the help center. That's why I assume it must be very obvious, and for some reason I just don't see it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1184898" OwnerDisplayName="sabbamitta" LastEditorUserId="480481" LastEditDate="2021-02-24T08:10:34.000" LastActivityDate="2021-02-24T08:10:34.000" Title="How can I log out from my account on askubuntu?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2021-02-27T19:08:24.967" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19537" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19536" CreationDate="2021-02-23T11:17:55.400" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Click the grey Stack Exchange logo in the top right beside the grey question mark.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/zNYUp.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/zNYUp.png&quot; alt=&quot;Stack Logo&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then, besides Ask Ubuntu, click &amp;quot;Log out&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/uERkj.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/uERkj.png&quot; alt=&quot;Ask Ubuntu&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Remember, questions like this should be added to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com&quot;&gt;Meta&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1170729" OwnerDisplayName="Amint" LastActivityDate="2021-02-23T11:17:55.400" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19538" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19535" CreationDate="2021-02-24T17:29:03.120" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Transferring posts between communities is a lot more... complex... than you'd think.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Firstly, &lt;strong&gt;unless there's migration paths opened already&lt;/strong&gt; (which there are not for the 'community' to use to move things to / from Ask UbuntU), migration of questions between communities requires the moderators on the origin site to intervene to moderate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Secondly, &lt;strong&gt;the older the question, usually the more it's not likely to get migrated&lt;/strong&gt;.  That's a decision by the origin site's mods, yes, but the mods of the destination site &lt;em&gt;can&lt;/em&gt; reject the migration by closing the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thirdly, &lt;strong&gt;the system does not let us migrate posts that are more than 2 months old&lt;/strong&gt;.  (which I just confirmed by testing)  Which means your post cannot be migrated.  You'll have to delete and repost it here if you &lt;em&gt;really&lt;/em&gt; want to move it to Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The issue of migration not being possible aside...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Specifically for your question, you've also &lt;strong&gt;already given yourself your answer&lt;/strong&gt; - you can do this by altering the &lt;code&gt;.desktop&lt;/code&gt;'s Exec line to pass in the option you want to not prompt.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You're also &lt;strong&gt;very very vague&lt;/strong&gt; with your question - to quote muru from that post's comment:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;What do you mean by &amp;quot;manage this in the appropriate setting&amp;quot;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;... this means it's more likely that it'd be closed as &amp;quot;unclear what you're asking&amp;quot; here (by close voters), which would also reject the migration.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have every intention of wanting the post here on Ask Ubuntu, the solution is to delete (or flag for deletion) the other post on Super User, and repost here.  Keep in mind that you have an upvote on your question, so that is also a factor.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2021-02-26T17:32:13.947" LastActivityDate="2021-02-26T17:32:13.947" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19539" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19540" CreationDate="2021-02-25T09:03:36.913" Score="-1" ViewCount="77" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Super User version: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.superuser.com/questions/14360/super-user-logo-meaning&quot;&gt;Super User logo meaning&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is always a meaning to the logos of certain brands.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does Ask Ubuntu have a meaning to its logo? It has a bubble in it and also the Ubuntu logo at its top-right corner, but what does that mean exactly?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user1157494" LastActivityDate="2021-02-25T09:41:42.487" Title="What's the meaning of the Ask Ubuntu logo?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19540" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19539" CreationDate="2021-02-25T09:41:42.487" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The logo is the name of the site, with the word &amp;quot;ask&amp;quot; in a speech bubble like that of a cartoon character speaking. I don't think there's anything else to add, really. It's sort of what you see is what you get.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2021-02-25T09:41:42.487" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19541" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19534" CreationDate="2021-02-27T10:33:24.303" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;As far as I am aware there is no official &amp;quot;Ask Ubuntu&amp;quot; colours, however, before the change to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/315662/responsive-design-released-for-all-beta-undesigned-sites&quot;&gt;responsive design&lt;/a&gt;, this site did use the official Ubuntu colour scheme.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Rather than be concerned about the sites colours or the colour of icons found online, I would recommend for you to use the official Ubuntu colours &lt;a href=&quot;https://design.ubuntu.com/brand/colour-palette/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;listed here&lt;/a&gt;. The &amp;quot;Ubuntu orange&amp;quot; is very much something people recognize as part of the brand.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ubuntu orange: HEX #E95420&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/QztNK.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/QztNK.png&quot; alt=&quot;Ubuntu Orange HEX #E95420&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastActivityDate="2021-02-27T10:33:24.303" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19542" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-03-08T15:21:42.807" Score="0" ViewCount="83" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have to log in with my old email here on askubuntu even though I already changed the email.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What do I do to log in on ask ubuntu with my new email?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="722898" OwnerDisplayName="newcat1000" LastEditorUserId="722898" LastEditDate="2021-03-08T17:53:56.077" LastActivityDate="2021-03-08T17:53:56.077" Title="I have to log in with my old email here on ask ubuntu even though I already changed the email" Tags="|discussion|login|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19543" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-03-12T15:43:20.497" Score="15" ViewCount="1291" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This is a proposal for adjusting a policy.&lt;/strong&gt;  The Community at large should vote on this change and determine whether or not they are in support of it.  &lt;strong&gt;This will be as simple as upvoting the official answer tallys - one for &amp;quot;Yes I support the changes&amp;quot; and one for &amp;quot;No I do not support the changes&amp;quot;.&lt;/strong&gt; Only upvotes on the answer of your choice will be counted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;DO NOT&lt;/strong&gt; downvote the &amp;quot;Yes&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;No&amp;quot; answers here, please - simply upvote that which is your support or not for the proposed change.  Only the upvote counts on each of the two main answers will be counted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This will be available for exactly 30 days until April 12th, which should give the majority of the community the chance to weigh in.  At which point, we will be able to tally the votes and consider that as Community Consensus on whether to change the policy or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As of April 12, 2021 at 16:20 UTC, the vote counts are as follows:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;ISSUE: Revise policy to explicitly include &amp;quot;past end-of-standard-support or end of life, whichever happens first&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Votes in favor:&lt;/strong&gt; 39&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Votes against:&lt;/strong&gt; 8.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Given this tally, there is overwhelming support from the community which means that this will be adopted as policy, and the relevant help center topics and close reasons will be revised accordingly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you don't want to read the justification for my proposal because you either don't want to or don't care to, then search for &amp;quot;I would like to propose&amp;quot; and read the proposal beneath the extra large bold heading line.  That's where the change proposal lies.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Currently, the policy is we do not support &amp;quot;End of Life&amp;quot; releases.  This is a proposed amendment to adapt for the changing landscape that &amp;quot;Extended Security Maintenance&amp;quot; provides.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This applies for 12.04, 14.04, 16.04, and future LTS releases that get ESM after a standard support period of 5 years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The terms for &amp;quot;End of Standard Support&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;End of Life&amp;quot; are being further defined by Canonical, however they do not have a policy on this yet drafted for the terms &amp;quot;End of Standard Support&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;End of Life&amp;quot; vs. &amp;quot;ESM&amp;quot;.  So, as such, let's abide by the general interpretation of these terms, and interpretations provided by Ubuntu Release announcements and pages relevant to the components being discussed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This said, there are three cases to define here, as there are three terms:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;End of Life - when a release is fully dead and no longer supported by Ubuntu or Canonical at all&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;End of Standard Support - the standard 5 year life cycle for LTSes through which maintenance updates and package updates of a non-security nature are accepted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Extended Security Maintenance (aka ESM) - &lt;a href=&quot;https://ubuntu.com/security/esm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;from their page&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Continue to receive security updates for the Ubuntu base OS and critical infrastructure components – Ceph, OpenStack and more – with ESM in your Ubuntu Advantage subscription.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ubuntu Advantage for Infrastructure is available for physical servers, virtual machines, containers, and desktops. Free for personal use.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A note on Security Updates: Having had to handle three 12.04 and six 14.04 systems in my Full Time job, I can point that only critical security updates to packages in Main pocket of the repos have been getting updates from my observation - there are no &amp;quot;general security updates&amp;quot; that I've seen land in ESM yet.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are some key takeaways from this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ubuntu Advantage for Infrastructure, the &amp;quot;free&amp;quot; version, is an extremely stripped down version of the &amp;quot;Essential&amp;quot; category of UA-I subscriptions - in that it &lt;em&gt;only&lt;/em&gt; provides the ESM repositories and no paid support.  It provides Livepatch access and ESM repository access only.  It does NOT provide paid Canonical support, or anything else.  That requires a &amp;quot;Standard&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;Premium&amp;quot; license from Canonical, including for Personal Support.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Enterprise versions of the Ubuntu Advantage plans are listed here below for relevance, screenshot from &lt;a href=&quot;https://ubuntu.com/advantage&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the UA-I page&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/9KYPa.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/9KYPa.png&quot; alt=&quot;Ubuntu Advantage for Infrastructure Commercial Plans&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Extended Security Maintenance is ongoing security patching for certain packages by the Security Team - nothing more.  It does not guarantee ongoing support and bug fixes or updates for non-security issues for a repository.  It also does not guarantee that the age of the system and its libraries is going to get you support for newer releases - that is, the C libraries and any other libraries in the repos at ESM time are &lt;strong&gt;ancient&lt;/strong&gt; and many of the changes in them are going to bar them from working with newer software.  This was part of the justification for &amp;quot;End of Life&amp;quot; not being supported here on Ask Ubuntu, the other being &amp;quot;Users should upgrade to a newer release to get continued support and features&amp;quot; - ESM aside, this probably should apply for &amp;quot;End of Standard Support&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The 'free' version of UA-I &lt;strong&gt;has substantial limitations&lt;/strong&gt; as stated on the UA-I page:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyone can use UA Infrastructure Essential for free on up to 3 machines (limitations apply).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These limitations include: Lack of FIPS crypto modules, lack of EAL2, no Landscape access, No certified windows drivers for guests in KVM, &lt;strong&gt;security updates only&lt;/strong&gt;, and finally &lt;strong&gt;no Canonical support&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Release Announcement for 16.04 clearly stated:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maintenance updates will be provided for 5 years for Ubuntu Desktop, Ubuntu Server, Ubuntu Cloud, Ubuntu Core, and Ubuntu Kylin. All the remaining flavours will be supported for 3 years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;None of the subsequent offical release announcements for 16.04 point releases mentions ESM extending the standard support beyond 5 years&lt;/strong&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2016-July/000209.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;.1&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-release/2017-February/004036.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;.2&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2017-August/000224.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;.3&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2018-March/000229.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;.4&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2018-August/000235.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;.5&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2019-February/000239.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;.6&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2020-August/000261.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;.7&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Similarly, none of the 14.04 announcements have any ESM mentions, nor any statement that &lt;strong&gt;official general support&lt;/strong&gt; by the community at large will continue past 5 years after the first release. (&lt;a href=&quot;https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2014-April/000182.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;.0&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2014-July/000188.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;.1&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2015-February/000192.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;.2&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2015-August/000200.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;.3&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2016-February/000205.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;.4&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2016-August/000211.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;.5&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2019-March/000240.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;.6&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The actual &lt;a href=&quot;https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2019-May/000244.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;14.04 ESM release statement&lt;/a&gt; specifically states that the process to move things to old-releases for 14.04 has begun the moment that ESM began for 14.04.&lt;/strong&gt;  This is the same process for EOL releases which get all their data moved to old-releases and frozen, and then at a later date removed from the main repositories.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Specifically:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a follow-up to the Extended Support warning sent a month ago to confirm that as of April 25, 2019, Ubuntu 14.04 LTS basic support has ended.  No more package updates will be accepted to the 14.04 primary archive, and any subsequent support will be done via Extended Security Maintenance.  Over the coming weeks, various images will be archived, and the primary archive will be copied to old-releases.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Given that ESM is a &lt;strong&gt;Canonical Enterprise Product&lt;/strong&gt; - even though the repositories are 'free' to users for 3 machines - this is &lt;strong&gt;still a Commercial Offering&lt;/strong&gt; - this does not state that it extends general support for the version beyond Security Updates - think of this as Microsoft issuing out-of-band security patches for Windows 7 for a long period of time until they finally killed Windows 7 off.  That doesn't mean Windows 7 is still supported, it just means that a security issue was major enough that they wanted to handle the inertia of people not updating or upgrading systems - this is essentially what ESM is for with Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Given all the above, I would like to propose to the community at large that we amend the support policy for Ubuntu Releases as follows:&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We currently consider all releases that are past their End of Standard Support dates off topic. This is to clarify that even if a release has an option of Extended Security Maintenance, that doesn't make it on topic if it is past its End of Standard Support date.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;For non-LTS releases that get only 9 months of support from release, they continue to not be supported past their EOL date.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;For LTS releases that have 5 years of support plus ESM, we stop supporting the release once End of Standard Support (the 5 year maintenance updates cycle that is &lt;em&gt;standard&lt;/em&gt;) has been reached.  Once EOSS (End of Standard Support) is reached, the LTS version is considered &amp;quot;no longer supported on Ask Ubuntu&amp;quot;, and users who want to get ongoing support for ESM enabled versions of their system need to reach out to Canonical with a paid contract for getting ongoing support for their system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Any questions regarding supporting systems that have ESM enabled on them will be considered &amp;quot;offtopic&amp;quot; per #2 above.&lt;/strong&gt; ESM is a Canonical product offering, and while it gives critical security updates it is &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; designed nor intended as a way to continue to use &amp;quot;End of Standard Support&amp;quot; systems - it was designed for the Enterprise which has core infrastructure that cannot be readily upgraded to have extra time to do that step, and &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; continue to provide 'consumer support' past standard release.  Ask Ubuntu qualifies as Consumer Support - the Community at Large - and not paid Canonical support.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2021-04-12T16:22:19.767" LastActivityDate="2021-08-12T19:02:08.460" Title="Policy Change Proposal: &quot;End of Standard Support&quot; for ESM releases is effectively the &quot;Not Supported&quot; date for a release on Ask Ubuntu" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19544" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19543" CreationDate="2021-03-12T15:44:00.410" Score="36" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This is an official voting tally answer.  DO NOT modify it, except to vote on it, and please do not downvote it if you disagree with the statement - upvote the other vote option instead.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Yes, I support the proposed changes to policy.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2021-03-12T16:36:16.503" LastActivityDate="2021-03-12T16:36:16.503" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19545" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19543" CreationDate="2021-03-12T15:45:20.763" Score="16" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This is an official voting tally answer.  DO NOT modify it, except to vote on it, and please do not downvote it if you disagree with the statement - upvote the other vote option instead.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;strong&gt;No, I do not support the proposed changes to policy.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2021-03-12T16:36:03.943" LastActivityDate="2021-03-12T16:36:03.943" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19546" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19547" CreationDate="2021-03-13T07:51:03.627" Score="2" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;I offer a bounty &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1232733/ubuntu-20-04-lts-locks-up-in-shutdown-uefi&quot;&gt;for this question&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I have not always the time to test the solutions at once. To trigger my error I have always to make a cold boot.&#xA;So my question is, can I give the bounty after the bounty period?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="966203" LastActivityDate="2021-03-13T08:00:14.047" Title="can I give bounty after time?" Tags="|support|bounty|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19547" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19546" CreationDate="2021-03-13T08:00:14.047" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, you can't. You'll have to award the bounty now (or in the next 24 hours, the so-called 'grace period'). If you don't, none of the existing answers will get the bounty and if you do want to award one of them which turns out to help you, you'll need to post &lt;em&gt;another&lt;/em&gt; bounty (and remember that each time the amount needs to &lt;em&gt;double&lt;/em&gt;). Or just upvote and accept it, that already gives 25 reputation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your situation (not being able to test answers while having an active bounty) is quite rare and hence the system doesn't accommodate it. You'd need to plan such things in advance, just like you shouldn't post a bounty a few days before your vacation. Some Stack Exchange site have a list of bounties with no deadline (&lt;a href=&quot;https://codegolf.meta.stackexchange.com/q/5243/38979&quot;&gt;example&lt;/a&gt;) but I'm not aware of such a topic here, and neither do I know how effective such topics are.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For more information, see the &lt;a href=&quot;/help/bounty&quot;&gt;Help Center&lt;/a&gt; and the FAQ on Meta Stack Exchange: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/16065/295232&quot;&gt;How does the bounty system work?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="606366" LastActivityDate="2021-03-13T08:00:14.047" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19548" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19510" CreationDate="2021-03-13T11:15:49.470" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;You're right that &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases?_ga=2.65288046.1315620405.1615617292-802788384.1591777617&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the Ubuntu wiki&lt;/a&gt; uses the term &amp;quot;End of Life&amp;quot; in a way that supports your argument, i.e. it says that Ubuntu 14.04 will be EOL in April 2022.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Disconcertingly, the mobile version of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://ubuntu.com/about/release-cycle&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;ubuntu.com release cycle page&lt;/a&gt; uses the term &amp;quot;End of Life&amp;quot; in a completely different way (the desktop version of the page avoids the term entirely, though it does link to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases?_ga=2.65288046.1315620405.1615617292-802788384.1591777617&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;wiki page&lt;/a&gt; which contradicts the table in the mobile version).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/gYO5dl.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/gYO5dl.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;End of Life for 14.04 April 2019&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From this I conclude that Ubuntu 14.04 is EOL, and Ubuntu 14.04 is not EOL, and therefore, &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle_of_explosion&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;everything is true&lt;/a&gt;; in particular it is true that we currently have a policy that is not really possible to understand or consistently apply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thomas Ward has asked Canonical to clear things up, and they &lt;a href=&quot;https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/technical-board/2021-February/002544.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;have said&lt;/a&gt; that they are working on the public definitions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the meantime, I think we've all been using the method &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/57317982&quot;&gt;described in chat by terdon&lt;/a&gt; to decide what old releases are off, topic, that is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Has @ThomasWard posted an EOL notice about this release on meta? If yes, it is off topic and if not, it isn't&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also in this long meantime of EOL being poorly defined, Thomas Ward has &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/19514/527764&quot;&gt;argued&lt;/a&gt; that we should support those versions of Ubuntu that Canonical say are in Standard Support according to &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases?_ga=2.65288046.1315620405.1615617292-802788384.1591777617&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the wiki page&lt;/a&gt;. Perhaps we can consider ourselves part of Standard Support, although, as &lt;a href=&quot;https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/technical-board/2021-February/002543.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Thomas Ward wrote&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;there has been increasing confusion as to what &amp;quot;standard support&amp;quot; means, and how&#xA;it applies to community support mediums such as IRC, the Forums, Ask Ubuntu, etc&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;He has also &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/19543/policy-change-proposal-end-of-standard-support-for-esm-releases-is-effectivel&quot;&gt;proposed&lt;/a&gt; rewording or clarifying the policy we have to use a clear definition of &amp;quot;standard support&amp;quot; instead of relying implicitly on Canonical's confusing definitions of &amp;quot;end of life&amp;quot;. This seems like a significant improvement on the current situation to me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I would like us to take this opportunity to consider what our currently incoherent EOL policy is &lt;em&gt;trying&lt;/em&gt; to do, what it's actually doing, and whether/why we do want to continue with that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I thought the justification for closing questions about (supposedly specific to, but in practice just all of them unless someone appeals a closure on meta) old releases was that we want to strongly encourage people to upgrade, because old releases are insecure. I feel the existence of ESM does challenge that justification, as you have argued, especially if ESM is free. Personally, I'm not convinced that libraries being old leading to compatibility issues with new software and whatnot is a good reason to declare questions off topic. The &amp;quot;it's for your own good&amp;quot; argument seems to me just not at all in the spirit of software freedom at that point, though of course we're not actually stopping people from using old releases by closing questions about them, just making it harder, and maybe I might be able to persuade myself that that is the right thing to do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Seeing what happens on the site, it does look as if people here want there to be a policy that allows questions about old releases to be closed. It does serve the purpose of &lt;em&gt;getting this tricky question off my plate&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/AbMKcl.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/AbMKcl.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;fielding team celebrate getting batsman out in cricket match - &amp;quot;You're using Ubuntu 14.04? Out!&amp;quot;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One thing on my mind when trying to consider this question of what versions we should support is that, &lt;em&gt;we are not tech support, or customer service -- we are a Stack Exchange community, and we are &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tour&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;working together to build a library of detailed answers to every question about Ubuntu.&amp;quot;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;. Nobody here is in any way obliged to answer any particular question, about 14.04 or any other release, and the question here is not, do we want to answer these questions, but, do we want to actively prevent them from being answered? The answer to this can totally be yes, like, &amp;quot;yes, because we want to &lt;em&gt;strongly&lt;/em&gt; encourage people to upgrade as it's in their own interest&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;yes because our community can't reasonably be expected to address issues people have with ancient releases&amp;quot;, but we do need an answer, especially as the votes on &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2122/should-questions-about-using-end-of-life-ubuntu-releases-be-closed&quot;&gt;this meta question about closing questions about EOL releases&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/5611/should-we-allow-questions-that-are-about-releases-which-are-considered-end-of-li&quot;&gt;the one it's closed against&lt;/a&gt; suggest that it's a fairly unpopular policy, at least among the small subgroup of our community that uses meta, or has done so over time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;TL;DR&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In practice, questions about Ubuntu 14.04 are off topic on Ask Ubuntu, but the policy behind that practice is in great need of revision, one way or another. Thank you for challenging that policy and reopening discussion about it, pushing for things to change for the better.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2021-03-13T11:15:49.470" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19549" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-03-15T10:01:30.663" Score="-3" ViewCount="137" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a question about my Ask Ubuntu post: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1034121/under-ubuntu-18-04-my-java-10-application-doesnt-scale-with-the-screen/1323523#1323523&quot;&gt;Under Ubuntu 18.04 my Java 10 application doesn't scale with the screen&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why was my post deleted? No reason is given as far as I can see. What's wrong with the (related) question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1192268" LastEditorUserId="618353" LastEditDate="2021-03-15T11:52:10.133" LastActivityDate="2021-03-15T11:52:10.133" Title="My post was deleted and I don't know what was wrong with it" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19550" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19549" CreationDate="2021-03-15T10:16:03.347" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu or any other site on Stack Exchange network is based on Q&amp;amp;A model and your question was posted in answer section.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/531149&quot;&gt;Thunderbird&lt;/a&gt; left &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/comments/2255792&quot;&gt;a similar comment&lt;/a&gt; on your post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have any question please post that using &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/ask&quot;&gt;Ask Question&lt;/a&gt; button and provide the link to the already existing post(s) only if they provide any context. For more visit &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help&quot;&gt;help center&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="816190" LastEditorUserId="816190" LastEditDate="2021-03-15T10:21:05.640" LastActivityDate="2021-03-15T10:21:05.640" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19551" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19549" CreationDate="2021-03-15T10:22:33.517" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm the one who deleted your question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As already someone in the comments has pointed out, you should post your problem as a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/ask&quot;&gt;new question&lt;/a&gt; and not an answer to another question. AskUbuntu is a Q/A website and not a forum.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Stack Overflow is not a discussion forum. Most forums are largely discussion-based and tend to follow less strict rules about what posts can be like.&#xA;On Stack Overflow (and Stack Exchange in general), we require every new thread to be started with a question and every response to that question to be an attempt at answering it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;from &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/92107/are-stack-exchange-sites-forums&quot;&gt;Are Stack Exchange sites forums?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You might also want to take the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tour&quot;&gt;tour&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="264781" LastActivityDate="2021-03-15T10:22:33.517" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19552" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19553" CreationDate="2021-03-16T09:11:43.207" Score="7" ViewCount="192" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://paste.ubuntu.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ubuntu pastebin&lt;/a&gt; is a nice online tool for sharing formatted text between users, especially for very large log files &lt;strong&gt;for a short period of time&lt;/strong&gt;, then it expires and is permanently deleted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Stumbling upon &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1322849/unable-to-login-to-ubuntu-in-asus-rog-zephyrus&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; while reviewing, OP included 3 pastebin links that will expire in one month from the moment created, and the link would break, thus making the question unanswerable or undocumented.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, those log files are &lt;strong&gt;huge&lt;/strong&gt;, and embedding them as part of the question's body wouldn't be a smart choice, so OP actually chose a smart way of sharing this information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We have two question standard requirements that somewhat collide.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;How do we handle such questions?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1040551" LastEditorUserId="134729" LastEditDate="2021-03-19T21:07:36.107" LastActivityDate="2021-03-19T21:07:36.107" Title="How do you handle questions that include Ubuntu pastebin links?" Tags="|discussion|review|asking-questions|formatting|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19553" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19552" CreationDate="2021-03-16T09:26:02.363" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;In my opinion you have three options:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If the pastebins aren't huge just embed them in the post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ask the OP to reupload the pastebins without expiration.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Reupload the pastebins yourself without expiration.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the case you mention, the pastebins aren't extremely big, so they could be embedded.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, if you look closely, they aren't three pastebins, but only one. The OP just linked them three times in their question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="618353" LastActivityDate="2021-03-16T09:26:02.363" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19554" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19552" CreationDate="2021-03-18T11:07:02.437" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;I agree with BeastOfCaerbannog, wholly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The system can handle large-ish pastes and will tell you when it can't. Just remember that you don't have to indent you can use &lt;code&gt;~~~&lt;/code&gt; fences before and after code and that saves you 4n characters.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But as a fourth point, &lt;em&gt;if you know what you're looking at&lt;/em&gt;, you could edit in the just relevant error message or code fragment or whatever. Most questions don't need a 4000-line &lt;code&gt;dmesg&lt;/code&gt; output, just a few lines. So editorialise if that makes the question clearer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In &lt;em&gt;this&lt;/em&gt; case, editorialising a formatted log like this might not work as well, but keep it in mind for posts that have large multi-source data splooges. We probably don't need all that to answer the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2021-03-18T11:07:02.437" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19555" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19556" CreationDate="2021-03-18T11:55:53.403" Score="11" ViewCount="140" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've recently noticed an increased incidence of questioners repeating their question if no reply (or one they can accept) is received toot suite or in a time scale of their choosing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Often, they will delete their first attempted question before reposting or when the dupe is noted in comments, they will then delete the first incidence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In one recent case, the question was answered but since the questioner seemingly didn't agree with the answer given, the question was again repeated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a policy on how best to handle this? Some questioners have become quite aggressive when challenged.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="307670" LastActivityDate="2021-03-18T12:38:13.113" Title="Handling repeatingly repeated questions" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19556" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19555" CreationDate="2021-03-18T12:38:13.113" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;Flag one of the posts for the mods.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Peer to peer discipline is tough on both parties, often ending in disagreements or worse. Let us handle the rougher edges. It's not just an authority thing, we can see more, including deleted posts, proper timelines, and might see why they're doing something —it's possible you might not be right— and then move onto contacting them in an official way, and if needs be, taking further action.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2021-03-18T12:38:13.113" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19557" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-03-18T15:54:05.160" Score="6" ViewCount="40" Body="&lt;p&gt;I found &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/14378/124466&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;, which has two similar answers, both about Foliate. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/1323672/124466&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/a/1323672/124466&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/1323699/124466&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/a/1323699/124466&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it a good idea to keep the better answer, and remove the link only answer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This question has so many answers that it would be hard to know about other applications, if there are multiple answers about a single application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This issue of duplicate answers are present in some other highly voted questions as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="124466" LastActivityDate="2021-03-18T15:54:05.160" Title="Should we remove duplicate answers on questions with many answers?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2021-03-20T02:51:21.020" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19558" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19559" CreationDate="2021-03-18T16:34:45.140" Score="12" ViewCount="149" Body="&lt;h3&gt;Hello,&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Clarified question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Say we have a question, (solved by a answer) which, might be any (but not limited to) of the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;[x] outdated. (Maybe the Question is about a Python 2 problem/issue - and now, we have Python3 - or something similar)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;[x] The problem is - just 1 problem; but (maybe) this problem is followed by sub-problems ? (Sometimes no, sometimes yes - ) Here I thought of maybe - one could add a additional line (maybe at the end of ones answer) &amp;quot;If one gets this / these problem(s) &lt;em&gt;afterwards&lt;/em&gt; this got solved, one could try (...) (referencing with links, and additional Resources) &amp;quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;h4&gt;Instead of having only 1 answer to 1 question, would it be advised to (even if solved) post alternative solutions?&lt;/h4&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;E.g, if someone had problems with a driver, instead of only letting 1 answer &amp;quot;be the only one&amp;quot; (Not that it is like this, this is just a question! :) )  would it be &amp;quot;okay&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;recommended&amp;quot; to post a solution that worked for one self - but as the other (accepted) solution did not work (not for the one that's asking, but for someone having the same problem)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would it be recommended to post &amp;quot;other&amp;quot; solutions &amp;quot;to the same problem&amp;quot; ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have very often asked myself this, and not really got any good answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I hope it is not too fuzzy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Edit: Thanks a lot for answer;  Have a great - &lt;strong&gt;Corona free&lt;/strong&gt; Year on you all reading this!&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;External references&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://physics.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/14306/is-it-advisable-to-provide-a-supplementary-answer-to-a-question&quot;&gt;https://physics.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/14306/is-it-advisable-to-provide-a-supplementary-answer-to-a-question&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;even though it is for Physics, I still post it, as it could also give some info as well :)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is a practical example of something like this I did;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1279976/ubuntu-boots-to-black-screen-with-cursor-after-upgrade-from-18-04-to-20-04/1279979#1279979&quot;&gt;Ubuntu boots to black screen with cursor after upgrade (from 18.04 to 20.04)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1130604" LastEditorUserId="1130604" LastEditDate="2023-01-15T16:30:36.967" LastActivityDate="2023-01-15T16:30:36.967" Title="Would it be advised to answer already answered questions - with alternative answers?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19559" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19558" CreationDate="2021-03-18T16:56:56.410" Score="18" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, definitely. Having a variety of valid answers makes it more likely that people visiting the page will find an answer that works for them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2021-03-18T16:56:56.410" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19560" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19066" CreationDate="2021-03-18T17:36:35.297" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Based on our &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.blog/2021/01/28/the-loop-community-public-platform-roadmap-q1-2021/&quot;&gt;current roadmap&lt;/a&gt;, this isn't work that we will take on, as it doesn't coincide with functional areas that we plan to improve in the near future. We recognize that there's community support for this, but unfortunately, we can't prioritize it at this time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1183638" LastActivityDate="2021-03-18T17:36:35.297" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19561" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-03-23T15:10:15.320" Score="5" ViewCount="155" Body="&lt;p&gt;The website at the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;itectec.com&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; domain is stealing content from StackExchange sites (including this one) and other forums and shows it as their own content.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They are pretty good with search engines, the website often pops up in the search results next to or before the original, legit hoster of the content.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't know what's the business behind running this scam site, but I for one don't want to wait until it becomes malicious / a source of malware.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Could we implement a filter that would strip links to that domain from questions and answers?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Optimally users attempting to paste these links could be warned about the problem with the site.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe &lt;em&gt;practice extra care&lt;/em&gt; with the site in question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm no expert or anything, but as soon as I have opened that website in Firefox, a steady amount of disk write started up (exposed real time by gnome-shell-extension-system-monitor), and maintained itself until I rebooted. (Upon shutdown even a 90 seconds &amp;quot;stop job&amp;quot; timeout has shown up, delaying the shutdown, that I have cut short with a REISUB.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't know if it had anything to do with the site or whether it was a coincidence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Update:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have learned about the existence of StackExchange's &amp;quot;SmokeDetector&amp;quot;: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/291301/can-a-machine-be-taught-to-flag-spam-automatically&quot;&gt;Can a machine be taught to flag spam automatically?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;I think setting up SmokeDetector to assist in the case this question introduces could be relevant.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since the suggested canonical answer (the one this was marked as duplicate of):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;is 2-3 years &lt;em&gt;older&lt;/em&gt; than the info about SmokeDetector (allowing one to speculate that the info about SmokeDetector (or about its level of efficiency) was not available at that time)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;and is promoting a possibly inferior manual procedure&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I vote to not delete this question, but to consider a more up-to-date answer to it (involving SmokeDetector).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1157519" LastEditorUserId="1157519" LastEditDate="2021-04-03T22:31:28.770" LastActivityDate="2021-04-03T22:31:28.770" Title="&quot;itectec.com&quot; website links — could they be stripped from questions/answers?" Tags="|discussion|support|feature-request|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2021-03-23T16:16:39.187" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19564" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-04-01T08:49:17.193" Score="-9" ViewCount="138" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've seen a number of downvotes for IMHO reasonable questions with no explanation on why?.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Surely the idea with the site is that people that want to learn about Ubuntu can ask questions that they can't themselves.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would it would be more constructive to leave a comment on why its downvoted?   Perhaps we can all then vote on that comment to avoid people that just down vote questions which they personally don't like rather than answer them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1180055" LastActivityDate="2022-10-11T13:40:22.080" Title="Should it be made mandatory to add a comment when downvoting questions?" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19565" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19564" CreationDate="2021-04-01T10:22:59.640" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am one of the downvoters to this post, and I'll add an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm against this because I believe the bad far outweighs the good in this case, from long debates to users getting attacked etc. If you want to drop a comment yourself, please do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another problem, what if another downvoter already posted a comment? Does every other downvoter need to post a reason for the downvote?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Take the following old post on meta.SE, for example, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/272956/a-new-code-license-the-mit-this-time-with-attribution-required&quot;&gt;A New Code License: The MIT, this time with Attribution Required&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This post was downvoted 533 times as of this writing. Do you really want to read 533 comments to that post where most of them will be the same?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;I can also recommend checking the following posts &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/linked/2008?lq=1&quot;&gt;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/linked/2008?lq=1&lt;/a&gt; and their answers. Almost all of them are about the same subject with good discussions.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastEditorUserId="8698" LastEditDate="2022-10-11T13:40:22.080" LastActivityDate="2022-10-11T13:40:22.080" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19566" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19567" CreationDate="2021-04-02T16:52:42.203" Score="1" ViewCount="89" Body="&lt;p&gt;I assumed &amp;quot;indexing&amp;quot; without any special treatment would take longer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there any story behind this, or are they just being extra useful? :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1157519" LastActivityDate="2021-04-02T19:04:12.080" Title="How can DuckDuckGo list my question as a search result only after 7 minutes I have submitted it on this site?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19567" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19566" CreationDate="2021-04-02T18:54:24.267" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Google and DDG search engine bots crawl StackExchange sites regularly (usually every few seconds or 30 seconds or whatever they're set for), because we're high activity sites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is just how these search indexer crawlers work, it's not an SE/AU specific thing it's just how those crawlers are written.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2021-04-02T19:04:12.080" LastActivityDate="2021-04-02T19:04:12.080" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19568" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-04-05T03:29:25.153" Score="1" ViewCount="179" Body="&lt;p&gt;So I read a comment, it seemed good, so I &amp;quot;upvoted&amp;quot; it (with the teeny-weeny little triangle).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then in like 15 seconds I spotted that &lt;em&gt;somehow I skipped over an important detail&lt;/em&gt; that actually makes me disagree with the comment and I don't want to suggest any more that it represents a valuable position.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I immediately moved for the triangle again, but clicking it did not help, however fast I have caught the mistake.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please consider how comments are so much less legible than regular content: this is a significant catalyst for this kind of mistake.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From Muru I have learned that it is allowed within a minute's timeframe.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/rElpl.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/rElpl.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/5CFvy.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/5CFvy.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have tried it out now and it worked.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Could the time limit to revoke an &amp;quot;upvote&amp;quot; on a comment be &lt;strong&gt;raised to a reasonable value&lt;/strong&gt;, one that corresponds on how long someone may spend until entirely parsed a comment thread's information? Or even, to one that allows for one to update their position (change their mind) due to information found in another answer to the same question? (That would make like at least 5-10 minutes.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I should mention that I have just found an &lt;strong&gt;AU website bug&lt;/strong&gt; that destroys (or rather, fails to restore) the comment vote revoking mechanism entirely (click interactions on the upvoted triangle are dead) if one navigates away and then returns to the page (or reloads), even within the time limit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(If navigating back to the page happens with the browser's history back button, a reload will be necessary, because the page otherwise does not show the results of the latest interactions. For example the fact that I upvoted the comment becomes visible again only after a page reload. Which however does not restore the revoking mechanism.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Update:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yeah, you can close this with &lt;code&gt;won't fix&lt;/code&gt;. I have found the site-wide bug-report where they answered that they won't do anything to it: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/358572/908360&quot;&gt;Unable to undo comment-upvote after page reload&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;New update:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have left comments on the (in my opinion, misguided) &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/358575/908360&quot;&gt;official answer&lt;/a&gt; that (in an arrogant tone) rejects any improvements, but they got deleted. (I have already seen enough around the meta SE to not be shocked, or even surprised by this.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I at least bring my comments here. If any of you see a way to get this seen by those who could improve things (I must say, in general), please help with it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;StackOverflow is running the very platform where the developers of current and future digital infrastructure gather to learn their craft from. This puts an incredibly big responsibility on this company / website to lead by good example. If you personally have a doubt about this being a bug, an overlooked detail (or at least a lazy implementation, a shortcut taken) — that now you appear to excuse retroacively (explaining it with policy and &amp;quot;intent&amp;quot;) — then please consult a coding expert who can clarify it for you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;intentionally unforgiving&amp;quot;? — in terms of user experience, this is terrible, and I can't fathom how SO would ever need to rely on intentionally terrible experience. For the sake of humankind — tumbling forward ever faster into a digitally lived society of ever growing impact — I ask you to connect the dots and see the biblical amount of misery and suffering that would get unleashed on people in all walks of life if developers worldwide would take example from this kind of attitude. I wish that you can grow up to the responsibility, and manage to &lt;em&gt;lead by good example&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1157519" LastEditorUserId="1157519" LastEditDate="2021-04-08T19:58:19.290" LastActivityDate="2021-04-08T19:58:19.290" Title="Please, I want to take back my &quot;upvote&quot; from a comment" Tags="|support|bug|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19570" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19543" CreationDate="2021-04-09T17:59:26.680" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;This question doesn't make sense.  Local ballots do a much better job of explaining the implications of votes.  In this case, it seems like a &amp;quot;yes&amp;quot; vote means, &amp;quot;we should not support extended life versions past their standard life, which is the status quo, but we're making it official&amp;quot; and a &amp;quot;no&amp;quot; vote means, &amp;quot;we shouldn't change anything.&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In other words, you haven't proposed a &lt;em&gt;change&lt;/em&gt; in any policy.  You're proposing a clarification that effectively keeps the policy exactly what it already is: versions past end-of-standard-support are unsupported here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Given that, it seems the &amp;quot;yes&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;no&amp;quot; votes mean the same thing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="457111" LastActivityDate="2021-04-09T17:59:26.680" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19571" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-04-11T01:23:53.063" Score="0" ViewCount="53" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sorry! Logged in w/Launchpad apparently created a new ID for me instead of merge. Please merge TyphSniftR and typhaneic at gmail.com. I am&#xA;on stackoverflow, ubuntu, linux, launchpad, github, etc. w/ same email, same handle, same name&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="789409" LastEditorUserId="134729" LastEditDate="2021-04-18T19:29:15.653" LastActivityDate="2021-04-18T19:29:15.653" Title="login issue; dual accounts" Tags="|support|login|merge|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19572" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-04-12T11:58:28.427" Score="9" ViewCount="170" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ubuntu 21.04 will be released later this month.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are questions like &amp;quot;Will all Ubuntu 21.04 flavours also use Wayland by default?&amp;quot;, or &amp;quot;Will Ubuntu 21.04 have GTK4?&amp;quot; on topic on this site?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&lt;/a&gt; says that we should not ask about &amp;quot;Issues with the next version of Ubuntu&amp;quot;, but does not say anything about general questions about the next version of Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="124466" LastActivityDate="2021-04-12T14:00:09.550" Title="Are questions about the next version of Ubuntu (which are not bug reports) on topic?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19573" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19572" CreationDate="2021-04-12T12:23:06.180" Score="16" Body="&lt;p&gt;Huh. I don't think we have a clear rule on this. So let's make one! In my opinion, such questions should not be allowed since they are basically pointless. When an official release is out, we will be able to give a definitive answer, but until that happens, asking whether something is planned doesn't seem very useful. For one thing, plans can change, so any answer we give has the potential to become obsolete as soon as the actual release happens.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, I suggest we consider anything related to future releases as off topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2021-04-12T12:23:06.180" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19574" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19572" CreationDate="2021-04-12T13:50:36.713" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;For awareness: I am a person with many hats, both here on Ask Ubuntu and in the Ubuntu Community at large.  I'm going to split this into analysis based on which hats are on per section.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Speaking with the following hats on:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ubuntu Core Developer&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ubuntu Community Council&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only people that can really answer &amp;quot;Will Ubuntu XX.YY have XYZ?&amp;quot; is the Ubuntu Developers and relevant teams.  Unfortunately, those teams do not have much of a presence here on Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only authoritative place to get a response is to contact the relevant teams or ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com which is the developer discussion list.  That's where you'll get your answers to these types of questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;NOW, I'm speaking with my Moderator hat on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;GIVEN that the questions of &amp;quot;Will X have Y?&amp;quot; are time-bounded questions (and therefore not really helpful beyond the single scope of the question and the release in question), I don't believe these types of questions are really a good fit for Ask Ubuntu, because sometimes those questions are in flux and can't be answered yet.  Further, if we accept the questions for the current development release, then that sets the precedent that this is acceptable for &lt;strong&gt;all future in-development releases at any point in the dev cycle&lt;/strong&gt; which will result in a lot of closures and noise.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;It is my belief as a moderator that these questions should remain offtopic on Ask Ubuntu as a &amp;quot;bad fit&amp;quot; for the site&lt;/strong&gt; given that the question requires developer knowledge (that not many in Ask Ubuntu will have) and that those types of questions should be sent to the relevant mailing lists for development rather than Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Further, I believe we should expand the off-topic rules to include &amp;quot;Questions related to the current development release of Ubuntu&amp;quot; as a broader whole&lt;/strong&gt; - this is because most of the questions related to the development release are either bug report issues or &amp;quot;How do I upgrade to the release when it comes out?&amp;quot; (which is answered in many locations).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2021-04-12T14:00:09.550" LastActivityDate="2021-04-12T14:00:09.550" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19575" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-04-12T18:04:57.263" Score="12" ViewCount="736" Body="&lt;p&gt;Per the discussions yielded in &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/19543/policy-change-proposal-end-of-standard-support-for-esm-releases-is-effectivel&quot;&gt;Policy Change Proposal: &amp;quot;End of Standard Support&amp;quot; for ESM releases is effectively the &amp;quot;Not Supported&amp;quot; date for a release on Ask Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt; and 30 days of voting done, there was overwhelming support 39 to 8 to amend the Help Center and Close Vote reasons to include the move verbose definitions of &amp;quot;End of Standard Support&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;End of Life&amp;quot; (whichever comes first) as the date that support for a release goes away.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Moderation team has already updated the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;Help Center's 'on topic' help page&lt;/a&gt; with this information and a link to the Releases page on the Ubuntu Wiki with the relevant dates.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;s&gt;We are waiting on the Community Management Team to edit the existing close reason to adjust for this change.&lt;/s&gt;  The Community Managers have revised the close rule for &amp;quot;end of life&amp;quot; releases to include &amp;quot;end of standard support&amp;quot; as well, as well as update the close reason to the new format that StackExchange is using.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This is now in effect as of April 12, 2021.  Any questions about a release that has reached its End of Standard Support date or its End of Life date, whichever of the two is the earlier date, will be offtopic when that date is reached.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="307670" LastEditDate="2021-04-17T12:12:35.227" LastActivityDate="2021-04-17T12:12:35.227" Title="Policy Clarifications In Place on &quot;End of Standard Support&quot; and &quot;End of Life&quot;" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19576" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-04-01T08:21:30.930" Score="0" ViewCount="43" Body="&lt;p&gt;While looking for information on hindi keyboard, I found really nice keyboard images on that page:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/573667/how-to-type-the-devanagari-tra-letter&quot;&gt;How to type the Devanagari tra letter?&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;Are these images under Creative Commons licence? Can I use them in another context? Or, to whom should I ask permission to use these images?&#xA;(In my case, it would be in an educative context, for a school report)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you for attention!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1199092" OwnerDisplayName="ThibaultUsel" LastActivityDate="2021-04-15T12:48:47.737" Title="Are screenshots and other images on askubuntu.com free to be used?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19577" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19578" CreationDate="2021-04-17T20:16:23.480" Score="13" ViewCount="203" Body="&lt;p&gt;Canonical hosts &lt;a href=&quot;https://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-base/releases/20.04/release/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Base images&lt;/a&gt; for ARM and other architectures. These are minimal root file system images. After installing them, one can install desktop environments and use GUI with VNC on the same phone. It is possible to play sound too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do we support them on this site?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In case we support them, then our official stance regarding using &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/19077/do-we-support-ubuntu-on-termux&quot;&gt;Ubuntu on Termux&lt;/a&gt; may have to change, because these images can be run in &lt;a href=&quot;https://termux.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Termux&lt;/a&gt; with &lt;a href=&quot;https://proot-me.github.io/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;PRoot&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These images can be installed in almost any Android device (even on 5+ years old discarded Android phones), and have a lot of possibilities (which will only increase in near future) with the so many (recently released) &lt;code&gt;libhandy&lt;/code&gt;-based, touch-friendly applications.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;These images really come handy&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, I was able to install &lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/johnfactotum/foliate/issues/690&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Foliate&lt;/a&gt; eBook reader and the ambient noise app &lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/rafaelmardojai/blanket/discussions/114&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Blanket&lt;/a&gt; on my Android phone, and almost all their features work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/3063132/111808031-9ac88980-88f9-11eb-9c19-93a0039385ad.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/3063132/111808031-9ac88980-88f9-11eb-9c19-93a0039385ad.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Foliate&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2020/06/foliate-ebook-search-comic-support&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Foliate eBook reader&lt;/a&gt; running on my &lt;code&gt;armhf&lt;/code&gt; Android phone, with an Ubuntu 20.04 base image in Termux.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;In case we don't support them currently, let's have a discussion if we can support them from now onwards.&lt;/strong&gt; Since Ubuntu-on-Android was discontinued, and Canonical shifted its focus from Ubuntu Touch, this is the next best Ubuntu experience we can have on Android phones and tablets.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="124466" LastEditorUserId="124466" LastEditDate="2021-04-19T06:53:37.690" LastActivityDate="2021-04-19T06:53:37.690" Title="Are the official Ubuntu Base images for ARM on topic in Ask Ubuntu?" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|android|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19578" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19577" CreationDate="2021-04-18T09:03:23.150" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;This seems to be running Ubuntu in a container of some sort. The parts inside the container would be on-topic, just like, say, a Ubuntu Docker or LXC container would be, and to some extend the parts interfacing with the containerization (e.g., networking config inside Ubuntu), but I don't see why the parts outside it would be, which would include the containerization itself or the configuration thereof.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have, for example, trouble with:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;touch not working properly, that's the problem of whatever VNC client Termux has, and not an Ubuntu issue.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;GUI theming, that would be a problem entirely within the Ubuntu installation unrelated to the containerization used.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2021-04-18T09:03:23.150" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19579" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19580" CreationDate="2021-04-21T14:42:17.620" Score="2" ViewCount="87" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is it &lt;em&gt;okay&lt;/em&gt; to ask a question about a problem, for which I can't test the answers for, out of general curiosity ? Say I want to ask a question about a problem I would potentially face / I used to face when I was using a Server account, but I no longer have access to the said server account. Can I ask such a question without going out of the boundaries of what is allowed in ask ubuntu ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="607487" LastActivityDate="2021-04-21T16:18:03.390" Title="Can i ask a question about a problem i no longer face or have access to test?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19580" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19579" CreationDate="2021-04-21T16:18:03.390" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;In general&lt;/em&gt;, no.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You might not be able to answer requests for detail&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You might not be able to say what worked (if it's something that needs fixing)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's hard to think of many examples of questions that can be asked in the abstract that are about an actual system. If you think you have one, be more specific in your question here, or just ask but make it clear that you cannot get more information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems likely that the time spent answering this won't offset the limited reward of answering your curiosity, but also consider that we've no way to police any of these things. Just be conscientious with other people's time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2021-04-21T16:18:03.390" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19581" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-04-22T09:15:07.273" Score="2" ViewCount="236" Body="&lt;p&gt;We have the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/flicker&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;flicker&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;flicker&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;tag-flicker-tooltip-container&quot;&gt;flicker&lt;/a&gt; tag. Its usage guidance says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When something flickers it flashes repeatedly. Flickering in the Ask Ubuntu forums is generally referring to screen issues, or to describe an LED, such as,&amp;quot;The hard disk access light flickered.&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Having a single tag for both screen flickering and other kinds of flickering is rather confusing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since the vast majority of the questions regarding this tag in Ask Ubuntu is about screen flickering, should the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/flicker&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;flicker&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;flicker&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;tag-flicker-tooltip-container&quot;&gt;flicker&lt;/a&gt; tag be renamed to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/screen-flicker&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;screen-flicker&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;screen-flicker&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;tag-screen-flicker-tooltip-container&quot;&gt;screen-flicker&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/screen-flickering&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;screen-flickering&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;screen-flickering&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;tag-screen-flickering-tooltip-container&quot;&gt;screen-flickering&lt;/a&gt; (and its usage guidance edited accordingly)? Or as &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/19581/should-this-tag-be-transformed-in-a-flicker-of-light#comment42452_19581&quot;&gt;muru has suggested in the comments&lt;/a&gt; should it be made a synonym of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/visual-artifacts&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;visual-artifacts&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;visual-artifacts&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;tag-visual-artifacts-tooltip-container&quot;&gt;visual-artifacts&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;Thanks Zanna for &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/57730798#57730798&quot;&gt;pointing up&lt;/a&gt; to the issue.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="618353" LastEditorUserId="618353" LastEditDate="2023-09-08T06:59:45.543" LastActivityDate="2023-09-08T06:59:45.543" Title="Should this tag be transformed in a [flicker] of light?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="17" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19582" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-04-27T17:12:44.990" Score="10" ViewCount="1407" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This will be enforced starting May 1, 2021.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a notice regarding releases of Ubuntu that will be reaching, or have reached, the end of their standard support period.  These releases are no longer on topic effective the above enforcement date.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The following version of Ubuntu and its derivatives &lt;strong&gt;officially reach End of Standard Support&lt;/strong&gt; on April 30, 2021:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Xenial Xerus (16.04)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;New questions specific to the above versions of Ubuntu posted on or after the enforcement date may need to be considered &lt;strong&gt;offtopic&lt;/strong&gt;.  Old questions (before the end of standard support date) that are still being answered regarding these releases should have a comment included on them about upgrading to a supported release to get continued support for their versions of Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This information can be confirmed via the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2021-March/000266.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;16.04 announcement message regarding when 16.04 enters ESM&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt; (this was sent out on &lt;strong&gt;March 12, 2021&lt;/strong&gt; as is typical ahead of a release leaving standard support).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Per discussions related to scope and on-topic posts &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/19575/policy-clarifications-in-place-on-end-of-standard-support-and-end-of-life?cb=1&quot;&gt;effective April 12, 2021&lt;/a&gt;, End of Standard Support and End of Life are treated the same way with posts becoming 'Offtopic' at that point.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is an Extended Security Maintenance program as part of the Ubuntu Advantage system.  &lt;strong&gt;This does NOT give ongoing support for bugs and issues with 16.04 and is only designed to provide ongoing security updates for legacy systems you cannot yet migrate to newer software versions.&lt;/strong&gt;  This is a Canonical commercial service, and though there is a 'free' version of ESM it does not make a release 'on topic' here on Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have a concern with this policy, raise it as a separate Meta issue.  DO NOT post to this thread regarding your concerns with how we handle end of standard support and end of life posts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2022-01-27T15:24:40.767" LastActivityDate="2022-01-27T15:24:40.767" Title="End of Support Notice: Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial Xerus) reached End of Standard Support on April 30, 2021" Tags="|discussion|scope|end-of-support|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19583" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2021-04-27T17:13:55.973" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2021-04-27T17:13:55.973" LastActivityDate="2021-04-27T17:13:55.973" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19584" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2021-04-27T17:13:55.973" Score="0" Body="This tag is used by moderators (for End of Standard Support notices) or by anyone for discussions about handling posts about versions of Ubuntu which have reached the end of their standard support period." OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2021-04-27T17:13:55.973" LastActivityDate="2021-04-27T17:13:55.973" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19585" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-05-15T16:16:24.620" Score="-2" ViewCount="90" Body="&lt;p&gt;The user rep numbers have gone wonky in the last few weeks. Some new change on AU caused the problem(s). The numbers don't always add up any more.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's an example...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My summary rep shows only +10.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My detail shows +35.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Everything AFTER the &amp;quot;User was removed&amp;quot; isn't counted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/SUySY.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/SUySY.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/iz7dV.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/iz7dV.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4272" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2021-05-15T16:35:32.553" LastActivityDate="2021-05-15T16:35:32.553" Title="Lost more rep, after user removal loss" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19586" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19585" CreationDate="2021-05-15T16:35:20.060" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The number in the green bubble shows only net reputation gain since you last checked. See how it matches the 127 next to the Reputation tab title bottom right of this screenshot:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/VhWPJ.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/VhWPJ.png&quot; alt=&quot;127 in green bubble before checking rep tab&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I go to the rep tab (this counts as checking my rep) and the bubble is still there:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/9fFfa.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/9fFfa.png&quot; alt=&quot;bubble still there&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Back to the summary and the bubble has gone (because I haven't gained any rep since I last checked a few seconds ago).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/1G208.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/1G208.png&quot; alt=&quot;127 bubble gone&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So that number in the green bubble isn't a summary of the reputation over any particular time period, except the period since you last checked the reputation tab. That is the only event the number has a reference to.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2021-05-15T16:35:20.060" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19588" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19589" CreationDate="2021-05-18T00:59:35.150" Score="2" ViewCount="73" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have filed a bug report on Launchpad against a package.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like other users to verify this bug report.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would asking a question on AskUbuntu for others to verify the bug be against AskUbuntu policy?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I suspect that most users just ignore or overlook this issue, and won't bother to search for an existing bug report on Launchpad to mark themselves as impacted. So I don't think my Launchpad bug report will get traction, unless I point out the issue to call attention to it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is the bug I am referring to: &lt;a href=&quot;https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/+bug/1927558&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Check boxes in Software Updater are trimmed along left edge&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/jNfEk.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/jNfEk.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="100356" LastEditorUserId="100356" LastEditDate="2021-05-18T01:16:24.213" LastActivityDate="2021-05-19T13:14:13.043" Title="How can I ask others to verify a bug report I have filed?" Tags="|discussion|bug|asking-questions|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19589" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19588" CreationDate="2021-05-18T13:17:53.203" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, this is not the site to request for people to verify your bug reports.  Filing bug reports is independent from Ask Ubuntu, and this is not a forum site, so this does not fit into the questions permitted on the help center.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Asking someone to verify a bug is tantamount, essentially, to filing a bug report on Ask Ubuntu, which is explicitly disallowed and gets those questions closed as offtopic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2021-05-18T13:17:53.203" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19590" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19588" CreationDate="2021-05-19T13:14:13.043" Score="3" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Ubuntu Forums&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the bug is interesting you might ask for confirmation at Ubuntu Forums, (&lt;a href=&quot;https://ubuntuforums.org/forum.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://ubuntuforums.org/forum.php&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have asked for and been given confirmation of bugs by users at that sight, Likewise, I have been asked to confirm bugs by users from there also.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Their rules are a little looser than here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="43926" LastActivityDate="2021-05-19T13:14:13.043" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19591" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-05-20T15:47:25.627" Score="0" ViewCount="90" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm just about positive that the computer I have now is not compatible with Lynx and therefore there are no solutions that will work to get Ubuntu 20.04 to work properly with it.&#xA;So how do I delete the question I asked about getting my printer to work.&#xA;The solution is to get a new computer.&#xA;The other question I have is, how do I follow my own question, so that when people respond, I'll know?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1234554" OwnerDisplayName="homestead" LastActivityDate="2021-05-24T10:52:07.837" Title="Problem using this site" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19592" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19591" CreationDate="2021-05-20T17:10:28.973" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is no need to delete your question and, in fact, please don't! Questions asked here can help thousands or even millions of other users, they are not just for you. So even if you are no longer interested, someone else might be. Then, if a question gets no upvotes and no answers after a period of time, it will be deleted anyway by the system. So there is no need for you to take any action at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for being notified of an answer, that is how the system works by default. If anyone answers, you will get a notification and (depending on your settings) an email as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2021-05-24T10:52:07.837" LastActivityDate="2021-05-24T10:52:07.837" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19593" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-05-20T20:30:51.473" Score="0" ViewCount="28" Body="&lt;p&gt;I posted a few questions earlier. But I'm  unable to view threads. How can I list those I asked earlier?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="504078" LastActivityDate="2021-05-20T20:30:51.473" Title="how to view my question thread from earlier?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2021-05-21T06:53:07.533" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19594" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-05-22T17:12:56.840" Score="3" ViewCount="80" Body="&lt;p&gt;So I was trying to help a first time poster find out why docker wasn't started on his Ubuntu 18.04 - &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1340001/why-wont-docker-start-in-ubuntu-18&quot;&gt;this is the thread&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In trying to help him, I was asking about the output of &lt;code&gt;systemctl status docker&lt;/code&gt;, since I was 100% convinced that if you use Ubuntu, you are also using &lt;code&gt;systemd&lt;/code&gt; as the Init system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, as it turned out, he finally posted this output: &lt;code&gt;System has not been booted with systemd as init system (PID 1). Can't operate.&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure if this is because that's how WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) works, or if it's another reason. But anyhow the case is, that if it's not running &lt;code&gt;systemd&lt;/code&gt; I'm not really aware how to help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So this got me thinking a little bit further: How much can you change and customize on your Ubuntu system before it's not official anymore? I tried to search here, and found &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/15391/when-the-question-is-about-an-application-its-configuration-and-in-no-way-rela&quot;&gt;this earlier thread&lt;/a&gt;. But this only touches upon applications, and I'm thinking more if you're actually changing and customizing core system components.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So to sum up:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is there a limit to how much of the core system you can change, and still expect support on this site? If yes, where is that line (approximately)?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Or is it OK to hack all that you want (as long as you started on an official Ubuntu distro), but knowing the risk that the more you change your system from default, the harder it might be to get help?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;And finally, in the particular case: Does anyone know if it's a WSL issue that &lt;code&gt;systemd&lt;/code&gt; might not be the Init system? And is it something that we/I generally need to consider when trying to help, that there might be another Init system than &lt;code&gt;systemd&lt;/code&gt;? (I must confess that before this, I didn't even think this was a possibility).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1066942" LastEditorUserId="1066942" LastEditDate="2021-05-22T20:07:23.937" LastActivityDate="2021-05-22T20:07:23.937" Title="Is an Ubuntu installation with another Init system than `systemd` still an &quot;official&quot; Ubuntu flavor?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19595" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-05-23T11:59:09.527" Score="1" ViewCount="124" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;EDIT&lt;/strong&gt;:&#xA;As per answers, I want to clarify that I am not merely focused on&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;upvote, and&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;acceptance&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;of answers, which are two forms of providing feedback.&#xA;I am also referring to&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;editing questions according to what is posted in answers/comments.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;commenting on what is the result of trying an answer, and&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;replying to comments.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From my experience, I think that low rep (say, &amp;lt;20, and particularly newcomers with rep=1) are much more likely not to provide feedback on whatever help (comments, answers) is provided.&#xA;This is either by not replying at all, or by not reasonably following a thread (not posting needed info, etc.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That has two consequences, in my view:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Not being able to follow-up on a solution.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Discouraging helping in questions from askers with low rep, based on a increased expectation of the above.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So my two questions are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Do others have the same impression?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is there any way to measure the distribution of &amp;quot;feedback rate&amp;quot; vs. rep, to confirm or reject this hypothesis?&#xA;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;I understand a confirmation of the hypothesis might be a double edged sword, as it may improve the overall quality of Ask Ubuntu (drive more productive interactions, and a cleaner database of Q&amp;amp;A), but it might discourage others answering to low rep askers... I don't know which would prevail.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="226614" LastEditorUserId="226614" LastEditDate="2021-05-24T21:41:39.757" LastActivityDate="2021-05-25T08:00:49.107" Title="Low rep more prone to not providing feedback" Tags="|discussion|reputation|low-quality-posts|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19596" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19595" CreationDate="2021-05-23T20:09:43.787" Score="1" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do others have the same impression?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Well, I had quite a few such cases when first-(or-so-)question people were really engaged in either providing and/or requesting further feedbacks, and were appreciative after finding a solution for their cases.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I had plenty such positive experiences that the premise of your question is not a bother to me; if a lot of newcomers don't follow-up, well then they don't. Still, I managed to feel helpful — and to reinforce my personal impression of this platform as useful for the success of the Ubuntu effort — even in this &amp;quot;thin statistical environment&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I guess our impressions may differ; they may depend on how one approaches Linux and this website.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For my case, I'm a Linux/Ubuntu learner myself without a strong specialization in anything. That is reflected in my path on this site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I, like everyone, felt the pressure from SE's rep-points-oriented design, especially as a beginner. But in lack of substantial Linux knowledge, I had to go at anything that I had a chance of solving. Due to this condition, I feel I ended up more on the &amp;quot;helping others&amp;quot; side, instead of &amp;quot;sharing substantial knowledge&amp;quot;, which latter one is more worthy of those numerous upvotes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have built-up ~1800 rep in five months — I think, while it's far from stellar, or even impressive, it's still not a slow rate — but what is interesting is that my &lt;em&gt;highest&lt;/em&gt; upvoted contribution is currently at &lt;strong&gt;7&lt;/strong&gt; upvotes (okay, I got a +100 bounty once). So, overall, I'm not getting a growth graph with several-dozen-times upvoted bombshells of contributions. I got where I am with a lot of small little things. (It was a lot of work and it needed a lot of time; so much that I now feel I won't be able to sustain.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also: I'm not seeing much passive rep growth: a lot of my sense of success came from acts of help in pretty unique or obscure cases, which may not earn much attention from others apart from the OP. Now, you may ask, does this kind of success justify the existence of this website? Will statisticians be able to put that into a powerpoint presentation, and drum up more support or whatnot with it? I don't know.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I personally feel I got my reward for most of my efforts, while I'm also pretty convinced that most of those who needed help, got some; even if it does not always end up getting reflected in rep points.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Update:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I just remembered that there's one beef of mine that I would mention in this regard.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What I cannot seem to stand is when someone submits a question, and then promptly disappear from the site for a few days.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This does not only squash the chance for efficient clarification / feedback rounds, but also gives the impression that the asker just came here to throw their problem into this free answer-automat, and they plan to return at a later time to fetch their free result that &amp;quot;got delivered&amp;quot; in the meantime. That's just plain disappointing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I however haven't observed yet whether this is more likely with low rep members or not...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Do I seem to have an answer for myself?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have just realized that there is this trend, or even, fashionable fad going on, called &amp;quot;social anxiety&amp;quot;; it's where some people even show off (through memes) how they avoid social interaction at all costs. Maybe this &amp;quot;waiting for my free answers while staying away&amp;quot; pattern has something to do with that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1157519" LastEditorUserId="1157519" LastEditDate="2021-05-25T08:00:49.107" LastActivityDate="2021-05-25T08:00:49.107" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19597" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19595" CreationDate="2021-05-24T13:38:08.300" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think that a big part of not getting upvotes and accepts from low rep users, is that no nobody has explained to them that this is the only thanks the people answering questions get.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another problem is that when a similar question with answer is linked in the comments, the new user does not have the necessary reputation to comment on or upvote the linked data.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This would put the much of the blame on site management and site design, not on new contributors.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="43926" LastActivityDate="2021-05-24T13:38:08.300" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19598" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19595" CreationDate="2021-05-24T17:32:46.887" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Another, altogether different take:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In cases of disturbing lack of feedback, look at the user profile of the asker: it will show their SE-wide network presence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If they are enrolled in only a few stacks and are altogether low-rep, I think it's safe to assume that they just don't yet get how SE works.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would guess that if they manage to stick around, they will eventually get the hang of it, and their pattern of interaction improves.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1157519" LastActivityDate="2021-05-24T17:32:46.887" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19599" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-05-25T12:49:46.483" Score="10" ViewCount="206" Body="&lt;p&gt;New users of Ask Ubuntu often post outputs of commands in comments (mostly without formatting it as code) when other users ask them for the output of commands.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The code needs to be in the question and it is tough for a normal user to copy the code and format it as code (with proper spacing), especially if it is multi-line code, and add it in the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In these kinda situations, what should a user do:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Try their best to format the code properly with the risk of messing the spacing up?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ignore it and leave the code in the comment?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Flag the comment as:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Something else.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;A problem not listed above. Try to be as specific as possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and notify moderators as they can &amp;quot;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/75192&quot;&gt;edit ... any comment at any time&lt;/a&gt;&amp;quot;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1103140" LastEditorUserId="618353" LastEditDate="2021-05-25T20:10:41.533" LastActivityDate="2021-05-27T17:35:59.907" Title="What should we do to code that is posted in comments of post?" Tags="|discussion|comments|code|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19600" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19599" CreationDate="2021-05-25T13:07:44.970" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just edit the comment into the question yourself. If you don't have enough reputation to edit, just suggest an edit and explain that you are copying information from the comments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Moderators don't have any better tools than you do, so it is just as hard for them as it is for us. Yes, mods can edit comments, but here the idea is to add the comment to the question and in any case, markdown is very limited in comments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In general, you should avoid calling in the moderators for things you can do yourself since that just creates work for the mods. In addition, the more work done by the community the better since we don't want a site that is &amp;quot;controlled&amp;quot; by a few moderators. These are collaborative sites, after all, and editing is an integral part of it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, either edit the comment into the post or, if you don't have the time, leave it. But I would argue you should not flag it for mod attention since it isn't something that requires a moderator or even something that a moderator could do better or more easily than any other user.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2021-05-25T13:14:35.387" LastActivityDate="2021-05-25T13:14:35.387" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19601" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19599" CreationDate="2021-05-27T17:33:04.873" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;First, have a look to see if the material from the comments has already been added to the post by an edit. If it has, you can flag the comments as &lt;em&gt;no longer needed&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Small single line pieces of code can be edited into the post by you. If you need to suggest an edit, you can put in the edit summary something like &amp;quot;added information given by OP in the comments&amp;quot; to make it more obvious to reviewers that the edit is justified.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the comments appear to contain multiline code or, more likely, command output, I approve of flagging them for &lt;em&gt;Something else...&lt;/em&gt; because mods have an editor for comments which makes it possible to retrieve the original line breaks. At times it can be very difficult to work out where the line breaks were, and in any case it is relatively laborious to insert them, while for mods it's just a matter of click, copy, click, paste.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, other mods may dislike the prospect of editing text from comments into a post and decline your flag. If you are worried about your flags getting declined, please feel free to ping me in chat and ask me to edit multiline code from comments into posts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2021-05-27T17:35:59.907" LastActivityDate="2021-05-27T17:35:59.907" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19602" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19607" CreationDate="2021-05-30T03:34:40.580" Score="15" ViewCount="366" Body="&lt;p&gt;Lately a few folks have mentioned that they were unable to suggest edits because the queue itself was full. Apparently, the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits&quot;&gt;Suggested Edits queue&lt;/a&gt; is &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/84362/whats-the-fixed-size-of-the-suggested-edit-queue/84398#84398&quot;&gt;only allowed to contain 40 items&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That seems low for Ask Ubuntu which is busier than all but two of the other Stack Exchange sites (Stack Overflow's queue has a capacity of 500).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;People frequently hitting the queue capacity limit before the per-user limit (a user is only allowed to have five pending edit suggestions) seems bad to me. While we could definitely use more active reviewers of several of the queues including Suggested Edits, I believe suggestions would still get cleared promptly if the capacity were increased. According to my stats about 1320 reviews have been done in the last 30 days (which is 44 per day). I think it would be safe to increase the capacity of the Suggested Edits queue to at least 50.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What do y'all think?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="761293" LastEditDate="2021-06-08T20:00:28.620" LastActivityDate="2021-06-08T20:00:28.620" Title="Can we increase the capacity of our Suggested Edits queue?" Tags="|discussion|review|suggested-edits|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="5" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19603" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19602" CreationDate="2021-05-30T06:54:32.783" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;jokerdino pointed out some more data to me, and we noted that the number of suggested edits being made per day/week/month has actually been gradually declining at least since 2015 and is currently at a particularly low level. The fact that people are running into the queue size limit in these circumstances indicates that reviewing of the queue has declined even more than suggestions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the ancient past, there was a number in the top bar indicating pending suggested edits, to encourage people to review them promptly. During my time, thousands of years ago, I feel like that number rarely reached double figures, although there were more suggested edits per day back then. The redesign of the top bar both removed that indicator, and also made the review queues less discoverable by changing the labelled button (it said &amp;quot;review&amp;quot;) to a mysterious icon. This may partly explain the decline in reviewing, in addition to many people having recently reduced or redirected their activity (including me - these days I mostly handle flags and stuff).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Therefore, in addition to increasing the queue's capacity (or even if we leave that as it is) we need more reviewers!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2021-05-30T06:54:32.783" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19604" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-06-03T17:30:48.663" Score="0" ViewCount="70" Body="&lt;p&gt;Why is it necessary to get 50 reputation before answering a question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1299808" OwnerDisplayName="Eric Liclair" LastEditorUserId="480481" LastEditDate="2021-06-04T13:28:47.227" LastActivityDate="2021-06-04T13:28:47.227" Title="Why do I need a reputation above 50 to answer?" Tags="|support|reputation|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2021-06-04T21:16:19.683" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19605" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19606" CreationDate="2021-06-05T00:51:48.600" Score="5" ViewCount="64" Body="&lt;p&gt;Where should I post a lengthy follow-up to an answer to my question? My comment ran to too many characters. Should I answer my own question, although it's really a response to one particular answer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="763401" LastActivityDate="2021-06-05T16:20:07.773" Title="How to post follow-up to answer" Tags="|support|answers|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19606" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19605" CreationDate="2021-06-05T04:05:36.077" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;You shouldn't post an answer in reply to an existing answer, unless it somehow constitutes an answer to the question itself. Sometimes this type of material is best edited into the question: &lt;em&gt;I tried &lt;code&gt;[answer](url)&lt;/code&gt; and this is what happened...&lt;/em&gt;, but sometimes it doesn't really fit there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can post multiple comments if you run out of characters. Ideally, comments will lead to improvement of the answer and can later be removed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can also invite the user to chat if they have enough reputation. Chat allows formatting of multi-line code, unlike comments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Occasionally, if I want to explain or demonstrate something that won't be easy to read in comments, like show a command and its output, I use &lt;a href=&quot;https://paste.ubuntu.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://paste.ubuntu.com/&lt;/a&gt; and post the link in a comment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2021-06-05T16:20:07.773" LastActivityDate="2021-06-05T16:20:07.773" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19607" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19602" CreationDate="2021-06-08T20:00:19.010" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think the immediate need for this has passed but let's look at some data since we're here and I've been looking at data.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is that graph Zanna mentioned in her answer. This is suggested edits per week from July 2019 until today:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Cb3im.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Cb3im.png&quot; alt=&quot;Graph of suggested edits per week over time starting in July 2019 until today. There are three lines being charted, registered user edits, anonymous user edits, and total of the two. The average number of suggested edits per week is around 100-250 from the July 2019 until April 2020 then there's a huge increase where there were suggested edits in the 350-400 range some weeks down to 200 other weeks. from April 2020 until October 2020. At that point it goes back to an average between 100 and 200 per week. There's also a big spike in anonymous edits in July 2020&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm guessing that I'm looking at a slightly wider window that Zanna did because, while in the last year, there's been a decrease, the average per week is actually closer now to what it was in 2019. I'm not quite sure what was happening midyear in 2020 to cause such a huge increase in suggested edits, particularly from anonymous users at that time but... there you have it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do agree with the assessment is that fewer people are reviewing - or at least, that fewer reviews are happening. Based on another query, I can see that y'all did have a period where you were hitting 40 on some days, and that's when this post was written. The immediate impact of this post, though, is that y'all haven't hit 40 since.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/4OMZ6.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/4OMZ6.png&quot; alt=&quot;27540 - The number of reviews in the queue per week, maximum, minimum, and average. January 2020 until today. Prior to March, the high number of reviews at any given time was around 25-30. Starting in March, the high count of reviews within a week was closer to or at 40.&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The chart above shows the maximum, minimum and average number of reviews in the suggested edit queue over a week. You can see that there were two recent weeks that reached 40 and two others that got very close. When we zoom in, as in the next chart, you can see that the last time y'all hit 40 was on May 24th, but, over the last week, y'all have stayed at almost half the cap, even at the max, with the recent high on June 6th of 25.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/cCnYx.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/cCnYx.png&quot; alt=&quot;27540 - The same graph as before but in 1-day intervals from May 10th until June 8th. Four days (May 20, 21, 22, and 24) hit 40 reviews at one time but the max has been lower since.&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd also point out that y'all are clearing the queue entirely or nearly at times, which wasn't as common since the big increase in pending reviews in March. So, good job to you all for answering the call, and thanks to Zanna for bringing this to the community's attention.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, since it &lt;em&gt;seems&lt;/em&gt; like y'all have it under control, I think I'm going to leave the setting where it is for now. Let me know if you have any questions. :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="761293" LastActivityDate="2021-06-08T20:00:19.010" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19608" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-06-15T09:11:57.553" Score="2" ViewCount="55" Body="&lt;p&gt;When you flag a question with a duplicate flag, it automatically sends a comment like&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does this answer your question? How to run Visual Studio Code as root&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But for the &lt;code&gt;Needs improvement - A community-specific reason -  This is not about an official Ubuntu flavor.&lt;/code&gt; flag, there is no such comment posted. I think that would be a great addition as it would ease the process of making a comment to warn the author about the fact that the distro isn't supported&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1133128" LastActivityDate="2021-06-15T09:11:57.553" Title="Could the non-official flavour flag have an automatic comment like duplicate has?" Tags="|feature-request|flagging|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19609" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19610" CreationDate="2021-06-15T09:52:46.870" Score="1" ViewCount="85" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just watched &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1345985/help-ran-sudo-apt-get-f-install-and-it-removed-almost-everything-including-e&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; question get closed as off-topic. The question involves reinstalling / recovering accidentally deleted packages in Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Granted, it is an older version (16.04), but I was under the impression that all Ubuntu versions were within the scope of Ask Ubuntu. Am I wrong about that or overlooking another detail?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can see it needs improving. OP left out a few major details, such as which packages are missing. I am sure that it has duplicates under different contexts, but as you know, with Linux systems, what works in one instance may or may not work in the next.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Regardless, I don't understand how it is off-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1164434" LastEditorUserId="8698" LastEditDate="2021-06-15T16:40:55.233" LastActivityDate="2021-06-15T16:40:55.233" Title="How is the linked question off-topic?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2021-06-16T15:02:13.840" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19610" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19609" CreationDate="2021-06-15T13:04:55.703" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/1345985/revisions&quot;&gt;the revision history&lt;/a&gt; or the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/revisions/1345985/1&quot;&gt;first version of the post&lt;/a&gt;, which has&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Linux Distro: Elementary OS Loki&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's not an official flavor.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is the close reason text which, due to a terrible bug, is currently only shown to high rep users and the OP (sorry to everyone for the confusion this causes):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This is not about an &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;official Ubuntu flavor&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. Questions about other Linux distributions can be asked on &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Unix &amp;amp; Linux&lt;/a&gt;, those about Windows on &lt;a href=&quot;https://superuser.com/&quot;&gt;Super User&lt;/a&gt;, those about Apple products on &lt;a href=&quot;https://apple.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Ask Different&lt;/a&gt; and generic programming questions on &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/&quot;&gt;Stack Overflow&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's also the &lt;a href=&quot;https://elementaryos.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;elementary OS Stack Exchange&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's why I closed the question (but it's not deleted).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The OP subsequently edited the question and removed the OS information, which is not a good idea since we don't know exactly how elementary OS differs from Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2021-06-15T13:14:26.940" LastActivityDate="2021-06-15T13:14:26.940" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19611" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-06-16T16:39:43.177" Score="8" ViewCount="188" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are four tags which I would like to focus upon:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/usb-drive&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;usb-drive&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;usb-drive&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/usb-storage&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;usb-storage&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;usb-storage&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/usb-c&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;usb-c&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;usb-c&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/usb-device&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;usb-device&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;usb-device&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do we really require these many tags?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I feel &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/usb-c&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;usb-c&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;usb-c&lt;/a&gt; tag is not good one. It sets a precedent that we can have tags like micro-usb, usb-a, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please decide what should be done to all these tags.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1103140" LastActivityDate="2021-06-19T08:55:08.063" Title="Why do we have so many usb tags?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19612" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-06-17T09:48:46.027" Score="0" ViewCount="92" Body="&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a question about my Ask Ubuntu post: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1330880/ubuntu-20-04-acpi-errors-after-suspend-cannot-release-mutex/1338056#1338056&quot;&gt;Ubuntu 20.04 ACPI errors after suspend: cannot release Mutex&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After I realized a persistent error message, I searched for it and found the exact problem on someone else's identical system (both XPS 15s with Ubuntu 20.04). One of the answers wrote &amp;quot;solved:&amp;quot; and suggested a solution, but it did not work for me so I wrote about it. I just came back to check if there are any new solutions, but to my surprise, the answer was deleted by &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/264781/ravexina&quot;&gt;Ravexina&lt;/a&gt;. I would just like to know why.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1250629" LastEditorUserId="8698" LastEditDate="2021-06-18T08:31:56.360" LastActivityDate="2021-06-18T08:31:56.360" Title="Why is my answer deleted?" Tags="|support|answers|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19613" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19611" CreationDate="2021-06-17T09:50:00.343" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'll add my opinion on each tag. But in summary, I say we should get rid of all of them except &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/usb-drive&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;usb-drive&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;usb-drive&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/usb-drive&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;usb-drive&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;usb-drive&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Excerpt:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For questions regarding storage drives that connect using a USB port.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This tag is used a lot, especially since it has &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tags/usb-drive/synonyms&quot;&gt;2 synonyms&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/flash-drive&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;flash-drive&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;flash-drive&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/pendrive&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;pendrive&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;pendrive&lt;/a&gt;. Currently, it has 1315 questions tagged with it.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;&lt;strong&gt;This one we should keep&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/usb-storage&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;usb-storage&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;usb-storage&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This tag has no excerpt with 187 questions tagged with it.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;I would recommend making it a &lt;strong&gt;synonym of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/usb-drive&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;usb-drive&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;usb-drive&lt;/a&gt; tag&lt;/strong&gt; above. &lt;em&gt;The excerpt of that tag even mentions storage drives explicitly.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/usb-c&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;usb-c&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;usb-c&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure if this tag has any use at all with 101 questions and 0 watchers.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;I would &lt;strong&gt;recommend deleting it&lt;/strong&gt; and retagging with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/usb&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;usb&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;usb&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/usb-device&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;usb-device&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;usb-device&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This tag isn't being used much with a mere 34 questions and 0 watchers. It's mostly used for external devices plugged in through a USB interface. Nowadays, almost all external devices use a USB interface for connection as long as it's not a very old machine or Apple product (which recently is also shifting to USB).&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;I would &lt;strong&gt;recommend deleting it&lt;/strong&gt; and retagging with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/usb&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;usb&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;usb&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastEditorUserId="8698" LastEditDate="2021-06-19T08:55:08.063" LastActivityDate="2021-06-19T08:55:08.063" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19614" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19612" CreationDate="2021-06-17T09:59:03.133" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't have enough rep to see your deleted answer. But based on your description in this meta post, it seems your answer wasn't an answer at all. But it's a follow-up question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If that was the case, it was rightfully deleted and what you should do instead is create a new question. You can link to that question in your new post and mention what you tried and what didn't work for you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I recommend checking &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tour&quot;&gt;the tour&lt;/a&gt; and some posts in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help&quot;&gt;the help center&lt;/a&gt; for more details on how the site works.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tour&quot;&gt;Tour&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/deleted-answers&quot;&gt;Why and how are some answers deleted?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/how-to-answer&quot;&gt;How do I write a good answer?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastActivityDate="2021-06-17T09:59:03.133" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19615" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-06-17T10:10:48.793" Score="8" ViewCount="657" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;September update:&lt;/strong&gt; Community Ads are now live network-wide. All ads with a score of 6 or higher, or with a score of 4 or higher &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; no downvotes will be displayed (except for any that have a note from the CM Team explaining why it wasn't selected). Go to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/364556/208518&quot;&gt;the main post on MSE&lt;/a&gt; for a list of the ads that are being displayed. And stay tuned for 2022's edition for the next opportunity to submit more ad proposals!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;AUGUST NOTE:&lt;/strong&gt; This post has now been locked and new submissions are not being accepted. Ad submissions are now undergoing review by the Community Team, and this question will be updated once the ads are live.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We're almost halfway through 2021, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/364556/208518&quot;&gt;in case you missed it&lt;/a&gt;, Community Promotion Ads are gonna be a bit different this time! &lt;strong&gt;TL;DR: submit and vote for ad proposals before August 2nd!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;What are Community Ads?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Community Ads are community-vetted advertisements that will show up on the main site, or on other sites in the network. They can show up in the right sidebar, or in banners in question pages. The purpose of this question is the vetting process. Images of the advertisements are provided, and community voting will enable the advertisements to be considered by &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/99341/208518&quot;&gt;the Community Management Team&lt;/a&gt; to be displayed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Why do we have Community Ads?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a method for the community to control what gets promoted to visitors on the site. The goal of this initiative is for future visitors to find out about &lt;em&gt;the stuff your community deems important&lt;/em&gt;. This also serves as a way to promote information and resources that are &lt;em&gt;relevant to your own community's interests&lt;/em&gt;, both for those already in the community and those yet to join. You may want to promote external resources, or Meta guidance for newcomers, for instance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This initiative has an added goal of providing your community with &lt;em&gt;an opportunity to showcase exemplary questions from your main site, as well as frequently-linked-to guides from your Meta site&lt;/em&gt;. While the latter makes sense to be shown solely on this site, the former can be shown all across the network. These should avoid hot button topics, and instead focus more on evergreen questions that show what your community’s all about.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Why do we reset the ads?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some services will maintain usefulness over the years, while other things will wane to allow for new faces to show up. Resetting the ads every year helps accommodate this, and allows old ads that have served their purpose to be cycled out for fresher ads for newer things. This helps keep the material in the ads relevant to not just the subject matter of the community, but to the current status of the community. Historically, we've reset the ads every year — since this is the first run of a new format, we'll run the ads collected in this post through the end of 2021 and reassess the rotation cycle then.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The community ads have no restrictions against reposting an ad from a previous cycle. If a particular service or ad is very valuable to the community and will continue to be so, it is a good idea to repost it. It may be helpful to give it a new face in the process, so as to prevent the imagery of the ad from getting stale after a previous exposure.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Are there restrictions to the ads I can post?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All proposed ads need to abide by &lt;a href=&quot;/conduct&quot;&gt;our Code of Conduct&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/advertising/guidelines&quot;&gt;Our ad creative guidelines&lt;/a&gt; also generally apply (note that the first 2 bullet points on the “Tracking” section do not apply, and a lot of the guidelines surrounding claims, comparisons, proof, etc., while still applicable, may not be particularly relevant). Finally, ads can not be promoting products nor soliciting programmer time or resources for: knowledge sharing or collaboration tools for technologists, or for sites where ad buyers are primarily targeting technologists.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;How does it work?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The answers you post to this question &lt;em&gt;must&lt;/em&gt; conform to the following rules, or they will be ignored:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Each answer must relate to a single ad submission.&lt;/strong&gt; Please do not post multiple ad submissions in the same answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;All answers must be in one of the below formats:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you have an image for the ad you want to display on this site (must be the case for ads to external sources):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;[![Image name. Example: &amp;quot;community_ad_name_300x250&amp;quot;][1]][2]&#xA;&#xA;  [1]: https://image-url&#xA;  [2]: https://clickthrough-url&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you want to create an ad for a question from your main or meta site, to be advertised on this or other sites in the network (staff will generate a frame for the ad with this site's theme, for brand consistency):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Question title  &#xA;Question URL&#xA;Ad size (right sidebar or banner ads)&#xA;Site(s) to be displayed in. Can be:&#xA;  - &amp;quot;self&amp;quot; for ads to be displayed on this site&#xA;  - &amp;quot;all&amp;quot; for ads to be displayed all over the network&#xA;  - a specific subset of sites&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Please &lt;strong&gt;do not add anything else to the body of the post&lt;/strong&gt;. If you want to discuss something, do it in the comments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Image requirements&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The image that you create must be 300 x 250 pixels for right sidebar ads or 728 x 90 pixels for banner ads. Images can be double that if high DPI.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Must be hosted through our standard image uploader (imgur)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Must be GIF, PNG, or JPG&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;No animated GIFs&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Absolute limit on file size of 150 KB&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If the background of the image is white or partially white, there must be a 1px border (2px if high DPI) surrounding it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Selection process&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This post will remain open for ad submissions and voting until August 2nd&lt;/strong&gt;. At that point, the question will be closed/locked, and no more ad submissions will be accepted. For ad submissions to be considered for selection by the Community Management Team, they must have &lt;strong&gt;a minimum score of 6 at the time the post was closed/locked for submissions.&lt;/strong&gt; Given this is the first run with this new format, we may adjust the score threshold to be a bit lower if we see ads struggling to get to it (especially if the ads are not getting downvotes) by the time submissions and voting are closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Reporting statistics&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once this cycle is over, at the end of 2021, the Community Management Team will provide you with reporting statistics, as described in the &amp;quot;reporting&amp;quot; section of &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/364556/208518&quot;&gt;this post&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Feel free to use the question's comment section to ask for any clarifications.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="306823" LastEditorUserId="306823" LastEditDate="2021-09-09T11:33:58.877" LastActivityDate="2021-09-09T11:33:58.877" Title="Community Ads for 2021" Tags="|discussion|community-ads|" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19616" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19617" CreationDate="2021-06-17T13:31:33.517" Score="15" ViewCount="1831" Body="&lt;p&gt;Recently, there have been &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/19543/policy-change-proposal-end-of-standard-support-for-esm-releases-is-effectivel&quot;&gt;proposed&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/19575/policy-clarifications-in-place-on-end-of-standard-support-and-end-of-life&quot;&gt;applied&lt;/a&gt; changes regarding &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1185962/end-of-standard-support-and-end-of-life&quot;&gt;“End of Standard Support” and “End of Life”&lt;/a&gt;. It is not clear, however, if this policy also applies to the official flavors.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ubuntu MATE 18.04 &lt;a href=&quot;https://ubuntu-mate.community/t/ubuntu-mate-18-04-lts-reaches-end-of-life/23966&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;has reached EOL&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Xubuntu 18.04 &lt;a href=&quot;https://xubuntu.org/release/18-04/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;has reached EOL&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Lubuntu 18.04 &lt;a href=&quot;https://lubuntu.me/bionic-eol/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;has reached EOL&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ubuntu Studio 18.04 &lt;a href=&quot;https://ubuntustudio.org/2019/04/ubuntu-studio-18-04-extended-support/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;has reached EOL&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Kubuntu 18.04 &lt;a href=&quot;https://kubuntu.org/news/kubuntu-18-04-lts-bionic-beaver-reaches-end-of-kubuntu-support/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;has reached EOL&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ubuntu Kylin 18.04 has reached EOL (I couldn't find an announcement though).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While the main version of Ubuntu 18.04 (with GNOME) &lt;a href=&quot;https://ubuntu.com/about/release-cycle&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;has not yet reached&lt;/a&gt; its “End of Standard Support” or “End of Life”, the flavors have.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I had a &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/58331019#58331019&quot;&gt;conversation with Zanna&lt;/a&gt; in the Downboat about this matter, but it seems that there is confusion even among moderators about it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, are the flavors considered off-topic in Ask Ubuntu after they reach their EOL or do we continue to support them for as long we support the main version?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="618353" LastEditorUserId="618353" LastEditDate="2021-06-17T16:46:54.850" LastActivityDate="2021-08-29T18:10:35.660" Title="How long do we support Ubuntu flavors?" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19617" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19616" CreationDate="2021-06-17T14:39:25.263" Score="19" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Interpreting Flavor Support Policy against Overall Ubuntu Release Lifespan&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(This part is with my Ubuntu Developer and Lubuntu Council hats on.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a member of the Lubuntu Council I am fluent in this policy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Essentially, while the core of an LTS release - Ubuntu Kernel, Main repository packages, etc. - are still supported through the LTS lifecycle of Ubuntu as well as a flavor, the Flavor-specific components (desktop environment, specific applications shipped with that Flavor but not others, etc.) are not 'supported' by that flavor's team past the 3 years.  Which means you can still file bugs, etc. against those packages, but no new feature development nor any bug fixes are guaranteed to get any support from that flavor's development team (essentially becoming 'community supported' after that flavor's support timeframe).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Kernel, underlying core of Ubuntu OS, Main repository packages, etc. will still be 'supported' in the sense Security team and other teams are still going to handle bugs, updates, security patches, etc.  But the flavor specific components (LXQt for Lubuntu for example) are not expected to get Lubuntu Development Team support after three years.  Doesn't mean other developers and such can't fix critical bugs or do security patching, just means that it's likely to not happen after those 3 years for a flavor.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What does this mean for Ask Ubuntu though?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(THIS part is with my mod hat on)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Simply put: &lt;strong&gt;We don't follow the flavor-specific 'support' period, we follow the overarching 5 year LTS support limit that the 'main' Ubuntu release follows, even for the flavors of Ubuntu like Lubuntu, Xubuntu, and Kubuntu.  We also qualify as 'community support'.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Therefore, using Lubuntu 20.04 LTS as an example, in 2023 the Lubuntu Desktop LXQt components will 'no longer be supported by the Lubuntu Development Team' for the purposes of bug fixing, etc.  However, 20.04 still is 'supported' overall by Ask Ubuntu until 2025 because the primary Ubuntu release (20.04) has not gone past End of Standard Support (or End of Life) as dictated on the Ubuntu wiki.  There's just no guarantee of bug fixes or such from the Lubuntu team after those 3 years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any flavor of Ubuntu outside of the flavor team's 'support' period is still supported by Ask Ubuntu until the overarching main Ubuntu release reaches EoSS or EoL (per the core &amp;quot;Ubuntu&amp;quot; version and not the flavors).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2021-08-29T17:58:06.287" LastActivityDate="2021-08-29T17:58:06.287" CommentCount="13" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19618" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19615" CreationDate="2021-06-17T23:46:19.640" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://mattermodeling.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/1LCZs.png&quot; alt=&quot;Common topics on Matter Modeling Stack Exchange&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="676348" LastEditorUserId="306823" LastEditDate="2021-08-12T10:59:06.187" LastActivityDate="2021-08-12T10:59:06.187" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19619" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19615" CreationDate="2021-06-20T17:48:15.500" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ubuntuhideout.com/?from=askubuntu&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/1MPhe.png&quot; alt=&quot;Ubuntu Hideout on Discord&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastEditorUserId="367990" LastEditDate="2021-07-23T19:15:33.993" LastActivityDate="2021-07-23T19:15:33.993" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19621" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19625" CreationDate="2021-06-20T11:09:57.900" Score="16" ViewCount="254" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would like to post something about my 'journey' to transition from Windows to Ubuntu that might be useful to others.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am a UK doctor and had some quite specific - basic but essential - requirements,and I suspect a lot of other people will have similar needs and be put off because some of them are quite challenging to overcome.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Previously my attempts to move to Ubuntu were limited by a few things I couldn't get to work; as they were essential to my work (-1- getting NHSmail [the UK email system, which doesn't by default work in anything other than Outlook on Windows or Mail on Mac, and the administrators are reluctant to release settinsgs and when they do they don't work!] to work in an email client, and -2- getting remote access to a server in a different hospital), I ended up having to use Windows daily and so drifted away from Linux.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More recently I got an SSD for my laptop and decided to give it a more concerted effort. After a lot of digging around I found ways to do everything. For various reasons I needed to install Ubuntu on a second laptop for more occasional use, and for future reference kept a careful log of every step I took to get a dual boot system with all the applications for a UK medic, including secure storage of patient data, synchronisation between encrypted partitions on my hard drives (desktop and laptops) and an encrypted USB drive, NHSmail (which uses MS Outlook 365 servers).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is that something that would be useful to post on this website, and if so should I just start a new thread (even though I'm not really asking for help)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you - and thanks to you all for the tips on the site which were invaluable in getting it all working.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="801777" OwnerDisplayName="Will" LastActivityDate="2021-06-21T09:24:25.167" Title="How I can help new users?" Tags="|discussion|email|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19622" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19621" CreationDate="2021-06-20T11:18:57.243" Score="17" Body="&lt;p&gt;Honestly, advocate for Ubuntu in your social circles. As someone who has overcome the hurdles you have, you probably work with other medical practitioners in the UK in a similar position.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know there are private forums and discussion areas which non-NHS staff will have difficulty getting access to. With your skills, and access, you could help support new Ubuntu users, or encourage people to switch, from within.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="612" OwnerDisplayName="popey" LastActivityDate="2021-06-20T11:18:57.243" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19623" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19621" CreationDate="2021-06-20T12:05:32.547" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Why not look to create a new stack exchange site specifically for your target audience?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://communitybuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/3132/how-do-i-gather-the-people-to-create-a-new-stack-exchange-community&quot;&gt;Community Building Beta&lt;/a&gt; shows how this can be achieved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Might require some effort on your part but I'm sure with your enthusiasm and knowledge, it could be made achievable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="307670" OwnerDisplayName="24601" LastActivityDate="2021-06-20T12:05:32.547" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19624" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19621" CreationDate="2021-06-20T14:32:23.363" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;A few ideas:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Document it&lt;/strong&gt;: Publish what you did...even if your documentation is merely a blog post with a step-by-step checklist. Google will find it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Keep the document up-to-date&lt;/strong&gt;: Set your calendar to try your install again (in a Virtual Machine) for the next release of Ubuntu. Then publish an update to your document.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Recruit a Linux-friendly administrator&lt;/strong&gt;: They can make your documentation &amp;quot;official&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;supported&amp;quot; within their zone. They can provide access to internal storage for your documentation rather than a public blog. They can double-check your settings for security holes. They can warn you when a feature might blow up due to an upstream change.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And, of course, it's always nice to make a new friend.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Announce a Help Hour&lt;/strong&gt; regularly in those private NHS venues, where fellow NHS folks who have run into problems following your instructions can get your assistance. Their questions also help you improve your documentation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Recruit a helper or two&lt;/strong&gt; to regularly scan the NHS help venues and Ubuntu help venues to discover fellow NHS travelers who need to know about the path you have blazed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which leads to...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Become an &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Membership&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Member&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Build a community&lt;/strong&gt; of folks who share many interests. And, incidentally, to influence NHS to be a bit more Linux-friendly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19626" OwnerDisplayName="user535733" LastActivityDate="2021-06-20T14:32:23.363" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19625" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19621" CreationDate="2021-06-20T18:05:27.500" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;This answer focuses on how to help new users using this site (&lt;strong&gt;Ask Ubuntu&lt;/strong&gt;) specifically.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Read the Ask Ubuntu Help Pages&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To help new users of Ubuntu using this site, first you should learn how to use this site effectively. I suggest you start with the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help&quot;&gt;help pages&lt;/a&gt;. These pages will teach you:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How to frame your questions specifically for this site.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How to frame your answers.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, this question is not appropriate for Ask Ubuntu, but this is just right for the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Meta&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Ask Ubuntu. You may want to look at the Meta section of Ask Ubuntu for many related questions and answers about Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Ask One Question at a Time&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a question answer site. You are most welcome to answer your own question. But to do that, first you have to ask the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You have overcome several obstacles and solved many problems. Pick one problem and ask a question. See the site help on how to ask good questions. Pick a question like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How do I connect to the &amp;quot;NHSmail&amp;quot; server using Ubuntu?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How do I connect to NHS remote server using Ubuntu?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How do I setup a dualboot computer for medical practice in the UK?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These are just a few of my guesses based on your question above. You may have different questions, or want to frame them differently.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Answer Your Own Question&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A good question is only the beginning. Once you are happy with the question, click on the &lt;strong&gt;Answer your own question&lt;/strong&gt; button below and start working on the answer. This is where all the logs and documentations you have made comes in. Use screenshots, diagrams, drawings, if needed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The help pages has a good section on how to answer questions on this site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Be a Part of this Community&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Visit this site regularly. Read other's questions and answer them if you can. Earn some reputations in this site to be able to comment on other people's questions and answers. You can help with the grammar and formatting of new site users, particularly for non-native English speakers. As you get more reputation in this site, you will be able to do more, like vote questions for closure as duplicates and other reasons.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hope this helps&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="68186" OwnerDisplayName="user68186" LastActivityDate="2021-06-20T18:12:34.143" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19626" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-06-22T09:36:42.217" Score="-4" ViewCount="175" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Alternate Title is:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;At What Point Does an Official Ubuntu Flavor Become Off-Topic on Ask Ubuntu?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;It must be agreed that a Live Ubuntu install is on-topic on Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;It must also be agreed that a Persistent or full Ubuntu install, with no 3rd party apps installed, is on-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;It should also be agreed that a Persistent or full Ubuntu install, with 3rd party apps, is on-topic, as noted in Ask Ubuntu Help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Does customizing the boot screen and wallpaper make the Ubuntu install off-topic?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If I change the text in the splash screen or grub.cfg from &lt;strong&gt;Xubuntu&lt;/strong&gt; to &lt;strong&gt;C.S.Cameron&lt;/strong&gt;, does my install become off topic?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If a dedicated person does the above and adds third party engineering software to a Ubuntu flavor, does it make the flavor off-topic?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;CAELinux is standard Xubuntu that includes advanced engineering software for CAE, CAD, CFD, FEM, FEA, Multiphysic Simulation, Electronics Design, Scientific Computing, Programming and Mathematical Modelling, There is over 4GB of Ubuntu 3rd party software.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;xfce4-about&lt;/code&gt; confirms that Xubuntu is running:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/kWlTd.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/kWlTd.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The latest version of CAELinux is 2020 which is Xubuntu 18.04 with added programs. The question of Xubuntu 18.04 support is covered by &amp;quot;Any flavor of Ubuntu outside of the flavor team's 'support' period is still supported by Ask Ubuntu until the overarching Ubuntu release reaches EoSS or EoL (per the core &amp;quot;Ubuntu&amp;quot; version and not the flavors).&amp;quot; see &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/19617/43926&quot;&gt;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/19617/43926&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To make the question a little more interesting, running &lt;code&gt;sudo do-release-upgrade -d&lt;/code&gt; upgraded CAELinux 2020 to Xubuntu 20.04 and kept all of the installed apps except for FreeCAD. I was able to upgrade FreeCAD by hand.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/0nwQ2.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/0nwQ2.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Running HardInfo showed that CAELinux was now Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS with Xubuntu desktop session.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/GmCoy.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/GmCoy.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;So the question is:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Is CAELinux Supported on Ask Ubuntu?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If not, at what point did it stop being Xubuntu and become off-topic?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If not, does CAELinux become on-topic after doing an upgrade even if nothing changes except the logos?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A Rose by any other name...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="43926" LastActivityDate="2021-06-22T13:01:35.620" Title="Is CAELinux Supported on Ask Ubuntu?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19627" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19626" CreationDate="2021-06-22T12:09:21.997" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;First, my proposed answers:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Is CAELinux Supported on Ask Ubuntu?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;If not, at what point did it stop being Xubuntu and become off-topic?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When you installed a non-official Ubuntu flavor.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;If not, does CAELinux become on-topic after doing an upgrade even if nothing changes except the logos?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No, because you are using a system which wasn't installed as an official flavor.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Let's make one thing clear from the beginning: our rules for what is and what is not on topic will never be 100% rational. We need to draw the line somewhere, and we all know the differences between the various available Ubuntus are usually tiny. The problem is that we, as a community, cannot know the exact details of what makes every single existing Ubuntu-based distribution different to the others, so we need some way of deciding. And yes, this means that sometimes we will make something off topic that doesn't necessarily need to be off topic. I just don't see any way around that and we need to draw the line &lt;em&gt;somewhere&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, the place we've decided to draw the line has been on the officially listed Ubuntu flavors. And the way we've decided to define what you have installed is by, well, what you installed. So if the originally installed system was an official Ubuntu flavor, then it's on topic and will remain on topic even if you modify it extensively because you started from an on topic flavor.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Conversely, if you started from an non-official flavor, so something that is not on topic, then it will remain off topic no matter how you later modify it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If this feels like a slightly arbitrary line, that's because it is. It is also, however, the only &lt;em&gt;clear&lt;/em&gt; and unambiguous line I can think of and the only one that has ever come up in the many, many meta discussions on the subject we've had over the years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From what you describe, it certainly sounds like anything that is applicable to CAELinux will also be applicable to supported Ubuntus. You know this, but most of us won't. And how about SomeOtherLinux? Is that one close enough to be supported? How can we know? We need some sort of general rule that can be applied and which doesn't require all of our users to have detailed knowledge of an Ubuntu-based distribution in order to know if it is supported or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which brings us back to the, admittedly arbitrary, line in the sand:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;In order for your question to be on topic, you must be on a system that was &lt;strong&gt;originally installed&lt;/strong&gt; as an official Ubuntu flavor.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, this is sometimes needlessly restrictive. Yes, it is hard to defend for edge cases like the one you mention here. However it is the best distinction we've come up with so far.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2021-06-22T13:01:35.620" LastActivityDate="2021-06-22T13:01:35.620" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19628" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-06-23T13:04:49.247" Score="2" ViewCount="128" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/users/449/oli&quot;&gt;Oli&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/users?tab=moderators&quot;&gt;moderator of Ask Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt;, posted this post on January 4, 2014: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/7995&quot;&gt;Mod Meeting 2014-01-04: &amp;quot;On Meetings&amp;quot;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Did moderators have any similar meetings after the one which was held on January 4, 2014?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If no, what happened to the moderator meetings? Are they no longer happening?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If they are no longer happening, what was the reason for stopping such meetings?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would love to hear the moderators' views.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1103140" LastActivityDate="2021-06-23T16:48:20.260" Title="What happened to moderator meetings?" Tags="|discussion|moderators|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19629" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19628" CreationDate="2021-06-23T16:48:20.260" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Personally, I love the idea of occasional mod meetings, but I'd want them to be less formal than the one mentioned in the post you linked to. Since I have been a mod, there haven't been any such meetings and I don't recall hearing about them. However, there is a private room for Ask Ubuntu mods which is great for asynchronous discussion of whatever comes up as and when, which serves our purposes well enough, I think.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What I think would be even better than mod meetings would be an open meeting (like, maybe a monthly event in &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/201/ask-ubuntu-general-room&quot;&gt;AUGR&lt;/a&gt; or possibly &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/3877/raiders-of-the-lost-downboat&quot;&gt;the Downboat&lt;/a&gt;) for discussion of moderation stuff that might benefit from the input of diamond mods (like, rather than, though not excluding, general community moderation, for which the Downboat is already a hub).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2021-06-23T16:48:20.260" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19630" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-06-24T04:12:46.000" Score="0" ViewCount="151" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have noticed that quite a few Old questions are appearing in the &lt;strong&gt;Close Vote Review Queue&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They mention older releases and have been flagged as past &lt;strong&gt;&amp;quot;end of standard support or end of life date&amp;quot;&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most of these questions seem to have high votes and to have been on-topic at the time they were asked.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think old obsolete questions and old obsolete answers are of no use to anyone and are just confusing, especially if they have a high number of positive votes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the best way to flag these old obsolete questions and answers so they are closed ASAP? Should every question that is tagged with an EoSS or EoL release version be closed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It might be a good idea to notify the OP, and give them the opportunity to update the question, however this does not guarantee that the up-votes are still warranted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example see: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/close/1153065&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/review/close/1153065&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/close/1153068&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/review/close/1153068&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="43926" LastActivityDate="2021-06-24T08:21:49.063" Title="Flagging Old Questions as End of Standard Support or End of Life," Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="13" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19631" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19630" CreationDate="2021-06-24T07:47:08.630" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;At Stack Overflow there is a &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackoverflow.com/rooms/41570/so-close-vote-reviewers&quot;&gt;SO Close Vote Review&lt;/a&gt; chat room for discussing these kinds of questions. It's an active chat room that is regularly visited by SO mods. Although this doesn't answer all of the points in your question, &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/3877/raiders-of-the-lost-downboat&quot;&gt;Raiders of the Lost Downboat&lt;/a&gt; is a similar chat room at Ask Ubuntu. This chat room would be especially helpful for questions that require further discussion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="94914" LastEditorUserId="94914" LastEditDate="2021-06-24T07:53:43.830" LastActivityDate="2021-06-24T07:53:43.830" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19632" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19630" CreationDate="2021-06-24T07:48:05.833" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think there may be something else at play here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First things first, in the spirit of &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/14994/1157519&quot;&gt;@Oli's answer&lt;/a&gt; to the question @muru linked in his comment, I agree that these old questions should not be &amp;quot;closed&amp;quot;: they were on-topic at the time of posting; no need to update their status for that reason.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As time passes, a lot of content becomes obsolete: we should expect that and embrace that, as I have written about it earlier in &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/19458/1157519&quot;&gt;this answer&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I agree that we do need something: something that could be a feature-request.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That would be a new flag-variant. This new flag could be labelled as such:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Prevent the &lt;em&gt;Community&lt;/em&gt; bot from upcycling this question to the front page.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because that indeed seems to be an issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There were earlier meta conversations about whether the &lt;em&gt;Community&lt;/em&gt; bot should upcycle old questions at all, and the consensus seemed to suggest that yes, it should, because many of the old questions still contain relevant / useful information. (I think this may be the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/11808/1157519&quot;&gt;specific thread&lt;/a&gt; that I have seen earlier.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At the same time however, there are those old posts that are entirely irrelevant today, e.g. because they are asking about some subsystem that got entirely abandoned, and is not part of Ubuntu since a long time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These latter posts are pretty irritating on the front page, I agree, and can trigger one's OCD: &amp;quot;&lt;em&gt;something is not right with this. This is a kind of a problem that could be sorted out with a little piece of code: so it should be&lt;/em&gt;&amp;quot;. This is the very drive that makes us write software. I believe ignoring this feeling would not be right.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's how the new flag variant could help: it would allow keeping the habit of upcycling old questions to the front page for the useful parts in them, but would allow us to vote out old content that proves to have grown entirely irrelevant.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This flag could work in a comparable fashion as the close votes: as in, at least &lt;code&gt;n&lt;/code&gt; number of people should cast it for it to take effect. In turn, it could work without needing manual effort from mods.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It would be interesting to consider how many other stacks could benefit from such a feature. If there would be more such stacks, we could actually hope that SE takes on this feature request: it does not seem to need a huge effort — it could be achieved (re-)using/expanding already existing features.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1157519" LastEditorUserId="1157519" LastEditDate="2021-06-24T08:21:49.063" LastActivityDate="2021-06-24T08:21:49.063" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19633" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19615" CreationDate="2021-06-25T21:04:56.640" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/201/ask-ubuntu-general-room&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/j8kHq.png&quot; alt=&quot;Join your fellow community members in chat!&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastActivityDate="2021-06-25T21:04:56.640" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19634" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19615" CreationDate="2021-06-25T21:06:56.717" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gimp.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/avhVK.png&quot; alt=&quot;GIMP: The Free &amp;amp; Open Source Image Editor&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastEditorUserId="306823" LastEditDate="2021-08-12T11:05:29.267" LastActivityDate="2021-08-12T11:05:29.267" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19635" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19615" CreationDate="2021-06-25T21:09:26.863" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://vi.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/kXWI6.png&quot; alt=&quot;Vi and Vim Stack Exchange&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="367990" LastActivityDate="2021-06-25T21:09:26.863" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19637" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19651" CreationDate="2021-06-27T11:07:30.133" Score="1" ViewCount="118" Body="&lt;p&gt;The flairs of the moderators are not visible in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/election&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/election&lt;/a&gt;. Refer this screenshot:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/TZ41r.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/TZ41r.png&quot; alt=&quot;Screenshot of https://askubuntu.com/election in Firefox&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I try to open image in new tab in Firefox, it's completely blank:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/oyIMd.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/oyIMd.png&quot; alt=&quot;Screenshot of https://askubuntu.com/users/flair/264781.png in Firefox&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I try to open image in new tab in Chrome, there's an error:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ILnzZ.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ILnzZ.png&quot; alt=&quot;Screenshot of https://askubuntu.com/users/flair/264781.png in Chrome&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;This page isn’t working&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;askubuntu.com&lt;/strong&gt; is currently unable to handle this request.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;HTTP ERROR 500&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I tried in both Firefox (version 89.0.2) and Chrome (Version 91.0.4472.114). Looks like this is a bug. Please fix it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1103140" LastEditorUserId="480675" LastEditDate="2021-07-06T10:36:58.530" LastActivityDate="2021-07-06T10:36:58.530" Title="Flairs are not visible in https://askubuntu.com/election" Tags="|bug|status-norepro|flair|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19639" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-06-28T11:37:13.657" Score="0" ViewCount="111" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to my opinion, there are 3 main/official chat rooms in our site:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/201/ask-ubuntu-general-room&quot;&gt;Ask Ubuntu General Room&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/3877/raiders-of-the-lost-downboat&quot;&gt;Raiders of the Lost Downboat&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/66387/island-of-castaway-thoughts&quot;&gt;Island of castaway thoughts&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the official policy regarding becoming an owner of the aforementioned chat rooms?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Let's take a look at some of my guesses:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;In Ask Ubuntu General Room, all the owners are either a moderator in Ask Ubuntu or a former moderator. So is this the official policy?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If this is the official policy, shouldn't it be uniform? What I mean by uniform is, all the present moderators and former moderators should be the owners of this room, but that isn't the case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;(And why are former moderators the owners of the room? Is letting former moderators retain the ownership of the room a tribute to the former moderator for their moderation?)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;In case of Raiders of the Lost Downboat, it looks like people who were/are actively involved in helping in moderation are the room owners.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I have no clue about the criterion for being a room owner in Island of castaway thoughts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In case if we do not have a policy regarding ownership of official chat rooms, should we create a policy or continue having no official policy/rule?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/hMr8x.gif&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/hMr8x.gif&quot; alt=&quot;John Wick Rules GIF&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1103140" LastActivityDate="2021-06-29T02:47:29.940" Title="Questions regarding official chat rooms' ownership" Tags="|discussion|chat|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19640" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19647" CreationDate="2021-06-28T17:32:40.090" Score="0" ViewCount="126" Body="&lt;p&gt;In &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/reviews-intro&quot;&gt;this help center article&lt;/a&gt;, there is some information about &lt;em&gt;triage&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;help and improvement review queues&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/help/review-triage&quot;&gt;Triage&lt;/a&gt; – Stack Overflow only - 500 reputation. The primary goal of Triage is to quickly sort questions into groups: good as is, needs community editing, or should be closed/flagged.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/help/review-help-and-improvement&quot;&gt;Help and improvement&lt;/a&gt; - Stack Overflow only - 2,000 reputation. This queue lets you edit questions that were flagged in Triage as needing community editing.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since the aforementioned review queues are specific to Stack Overflow, I don't understand why the above quoted information exists in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help&quot;&gt;Ask Ubuntu help center&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why does this information exist in Ask Ubuntu help center? Shouldn't it be removed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1103140" LastEditorUserId="761293" LastEditDate="2021-07-01T19:17:01.623" LastActivityDate="2021-07-01T19:24:24.157" Title="Why is information about triage and help and improvement review queues there in help center?" Tags="|discussion|status-declined|review-queue|help-center|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19641" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19639" CreationDate="2021-06-28T18:49:36.330" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are many chat rooms in the Ask Ubuntu space of the network. Of the three you mentioned, only Ask Ubuntu General Room is what I would call official, since it was created &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/201?m=312796&quot;&gt;&lt;strike&gt;at the dawn of time&lt;/strike&gt; when the site came into being&lt;/a&gt; for the purpose of being its chat room.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Back then the creator bot, or whoever was there in the primordial swamp, said&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a general discussion room, but please feel free to create more subject-specific rooms (a single room with &lt;em&gt;every possible discussion&lt;/em&gt; isn't very helpful)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And askubuntuers went forth and created many chat rooms for all the purposes for which they wanted chat rooms.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, they created the Downboat, whose meandering history &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/19422/the-raiders-of-the-lost-downboat-chat-room/19423#19423&quot;&gt;I have elsewhere documented&lt;/a&gt;. Note that the room has been repurposed (or at least, its purpose has evolved).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They also created the Island of Castaway Thoughts. That happened because some users of the Downboat such as myself and Eliah Kagan would at times start talking about something in the Downboat relating to a post, and the discussion would become long and technical and contain large code blocks and so on, or the conversation in the room would gently veer into some other thing unrelated to moderation, so it was felt that in order for people to comfortably use the Downboat for moderation, there needed to be a room to bail out off-topic conversations into, and the Island serves that purpose.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are many other rooms which people have created and used for their needs and interests.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like people to have&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;autonomy&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;empathy&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and use those things to&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;enjoy using chat&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;achieve things they want to use chat to achieve&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;allow others to enjoy and achieve things too by being adequately respectful, considerate and, when joining an existing room, on board with the spirit of that room&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Especially to help the last point along, some degree of moderation is needed at times. And we have arrived at my point, which is that &lt;strong&gt;the purpose of room ownership is moderation&lt;/strong&gt;. Poor room owners are expected, to some degree, to try to moderate the rooms they own. But room owner privileges are limited to being able to read deleted messages and to move messages from their owned room to any other room where they have write access.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Each room, depending on its purpose and its inhabitants, has its own moderation needs. The Downboat, for example, almost never has any issues that can't be completely dealt with by the ability to move messages (usually to the Island), so room owners of the Downboat are in a position to fulfill its moderation requirements. AUGR is a different story - in the past it was an unpleasant environment for me on quite a few occasions, and some of those situations were mitigated by interventions made by moderators.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Moderators have room owner abilities in all rooms*, and can also edit and delete messages by other users, so they have no need to be room owners. Someone once made all the current moderators of Ask Ubuntu owners of AUGR, but there is no particular reason for that to be the case. If any of the existing room owners were to express a wish to be removed as room owner (or if, like, their cat started using their account to move messages randomly as a prank), they could be removed. Since several moderators frequent AUGR, I do not think there is any need to add additional room owners (though anyone could post on meta requesting or suggesting the addition of room owners). Neither do I think there is any need for a policy to be formulated with regard to room ownership - room owners can be simply added (and removed) as per need and willingness, and the moderation needs of rooms are various and evolving.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;* that is, all rooms on the chat server that Ask Ubuntu is on. There are many other sites on this server, but Meta Stack Exchange and Stack Overflow are on other servers, I think. Also, mods are shown flags for moderator attention in any room on the server, so a flag in any room will quickly attract a mod. Rude/abusive flags are also shown to all users who have 10k reputation across their sites, so those get handled even faster.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2021-06-29T02:47:29.940" LastActivityDate="2021-06-29T02:47:29.940" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19642" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-06-29T18:45:30.827" Score="0" ViewCount="150" Body="&lt;p&gt;From which website can I download the Ask Ubuntu logo?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I found this website which contains logos of Stack Overflow and Stack Exchange: &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.design/brand/logo/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://stackoverflow.design/brand/logo/&lt;/a&gt;, but there is no Ask Ubuntu logo in there. :(&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This question does not answer my question: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/2630&quot;&gt;Where can I get the Ask Ubuntu speech bubble logo?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is about the speech bubble and does not include the entire logo.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I want an official website of Stack Exchange from where I can download the logo of Ask Ubuntu (similar to the one mentioned above), not a logo made by community members using their own photo editing skills.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question has nothing to do with copyright stuff related to Ask Ubuntu logo.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1103140" LastEditorUserId="618353" LastEditDate="2021-07-01T08:03:44.730" LastActivityDate="2021-07-14T10:42:32.577" Title="Ask Ubuntu logo download link" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19643" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19642" CreationDate="2021-06-30T17:51:04.323" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can download it from &lt;em&gt;this&lt;/em&gt; website. Either right click on the logo and select &amp;quot;save image as&amp;quot; or right click on the logo and select &amp;quot;copy image address&amp;quot; which will give you this: &lt;code&gt;https://cdn.sstatic.net/Sites/askubuntu/Img/logo.svg?v=a83024ffc000&lt;/code&gt; so you can even do:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt; wget https://cdn.sstatic.net/Sites/askubuntu/Img/logo.svg&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and get the file.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I just tried this and both approaches work. I even ran this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;inkscape -w 144 -h 48 logo.svg -o logo.png &#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which created a png I can add to this very answer:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/fCk5C.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/fCk5C.png&quot; alt=&quot;Ask Ubuntu logo white text on white background, looks empty&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That &lt;em&gt;looks&lt;/em&gt; like a blank image but that's because the logo's font is white and the image is being shown on a white background. In fact, when I posted my answer just now which briefly makes it flash with a different color background, I could see the image. I can also see it if I delete this answer which will also change the background:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/1K7vr.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/1K7vr.png&quot; alt=&quot;Screenshot of this answer deleted so the logo can be seen&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, I also ran this to get a black background and, voilà:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/JVgYD.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/JVgYD.png&quot; alt=&quot;Ask Ubuntu logo with a black backround&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2021-07-14T10:42:32.577" LastActivityDate="2021-07-14T10:42:32.577" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19645" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19640" CreationDate="2021-07-01T18:03:52.267" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think it's quite nice that it's there - it's like we're overhearing something not exactly meant for us but that may nonetheless be of interest. Like, if our site became immensely busier for some reason, we might think about requesting the addition of those queues. Or, we might see this stuff in the Help Center and feel a surge of generous interest in helping the poor overworked Stack Overflow reviewers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2021-07-01T18:03:52.267" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19646" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-07-01T19:09:30.683" Score="2" ViewCount="88" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am unable to understand the use of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/unknown-device&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;unknown-device&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;unknown-device&lt;/a&gt; tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please explain about the purpose of the tag and also explain if it is needed right now or useless.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1103140" LastActivityDate="2021-07-01T19:09:30.683" Title="What is the purpose of unknown-device tag?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19647" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19640" CreationDate="2021-07-01T19:24:24.157" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/367009/284336&quot;&gt;answer Tinkeringbell wrote on MSE&lt;/a&gt; is pretty much the explanation for this but I'll throw a bit of additional information out there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As mentioned in &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/363552/workflow-changes-for-review-queues&quot;&gt;Workflow changes for review queues&lt;/a&gt; - Help &amp;amp; Improvement will be retired in the near future - so that's one of them removed. Triage will not be retired but it may be added to additional sites that wish to have it, so it will be applicable in more places (though we'll likely have to change &amp;quot;Stack Overflow only&amp;quot; to &amp;quot;where applicable&amp;quot;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These pages can't be specialized for each site without making them have to be custom edited on every site. This is why moderators can't edit these pages - we need to have them be identical so that they can be updated. They work just like regular posts but we do have some ability to reference tables to pull in information - that's how the reputation levels for different privileges are custom to the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As to changing the order so that the Triage option is at the bottom - it's &lt;em&gt;possible&lt;/em&gt; but the items are (generally) in order based on when someone unlocks the queue - though this doesn't work on beta sites or MSE where the rep levels are different because (again) we can't adjust the content that appears on that level on a per-site basis.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="761293" LastActivityDate="2021-07-01T19:24:24.157" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19648" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-07-03T13:43:54.410" Score="7" ViewCount="137" Body="&lt;p&gt;I searched &amp;quot;flag&amp;quot; in Ask Ubuntu help center and I got this error:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Oops! Something Bad Happened!&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We apologize for any inconvenience, but an unexpected error occurred while you were browsing our site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It’s not you, it’s us. &lt;strong&gt;This is our fault.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Detailed information about this error has automatically been recorded and we have been notified.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, we do look at every error. We even try to fix some of them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It’s not strictly necessary, but if you’d like to give us additional information about this error, do so at our feedback site, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com&quot;&gt;https://meta.askubuntu.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/KCTpX.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/KCTpX.png&quot; alt=&quot;Screenshot of error shown in Help Center&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since it's mentioned&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It’s not strictly necessary, but if you’d like to give us additional information about this error, do so at our feedback site, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com&quot;&gt;https://meta.askubuntu.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have posted this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1103140" LastEditorUserId="733338" LastEditDate="2021-08-17T15:22:28.547" LastActivityDate="2021-08-17T15:22:28.547" Title="Search is not working in Ask Ubuntu Help Center" Tags="|bug|status-completed|help-center|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19649" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-07-03T14:19:47.623" Score="1" ViewCount="118" Body="&lt;p&gt;While reviewing posts, I noticed these two tags: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/drive&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;drive&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;drive&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/hard-drive&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;hard-drive&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;hard-drive&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I feel both these tags have similar scope. So should we merge these tags?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1103140" LastEditorUserId="618353" LastEditDate="2023-10-11T07:13:27.723" LastActivityDate="2023-10-11T07:13:27.723" Title="Is the scope of [hard-drive] tag and [drive] tag similar?" Tags="|discussion|tags|tag-merge|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19650" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19649" CreationDate="2021-07-05T16:02:50.287" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Examining the questions in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/drive&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;drive&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;drive&lt;/a&gt; tag reveals that its scope is, as might be expected, broader than the scope of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/hard-drive&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;hard-drive&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;hard-drive&lt;/a&gt;. After all there are various types of drives that wouldn't usually be called &amp;quot;hard drives&amp;quot;, such as floppy disks, USB flash drives, solid state drives (SSD) and so on.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Perhaps the tag &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/drive&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;drive&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;drive&lt;/a&gt; has excessively broad scope. My preference would be to review the questions with that tag and retag them with more precise tags for specific types of drive, such as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/hard-drive&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;hard-drive&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;hard-drive&lt;/a&gt;, or remove the tag where it is not descriptive of the question's subject.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2021-07-05T16:02:50.287" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19651" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19637" CreationDate="2021-07-06T10:36:47.520" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Marking this as norepro, as it looks like the problem has resolved on its own (caching issue? errant server rebuilt?). If anyone sees this again, please let me know.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="480675" LastActivityDate="2021-07-06T10:36:47.520" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19653" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-07-12T17:59:40.723" Score="-1" ViewCount="229" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have lately been noticing that many new users of Ask Ubuntu, who are also new users of Ubuntu, ask questions (probably something related to graphics driver, GRUB, etc.) and many users of Ask Ubuntu, who are highly-knowledgeable about the question's topic, respond:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;by asking more information related to the question (in a manner which &lt;strong&gt;might&lt;/strong&gt; be difficult for the OP to understand) to understand the issue more properly &lt;strong&gt;through comments&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, let's say an OP asked a question about GNOME in Ubuntu 20.04 but tagged the wrong Ubuntu version (like 14.04, 16.04, etc.) or wrong desktop environment (like KDE, LXDE, etc.) or wrong flavour (like Kubuntu, Lubuntu, etc.), instead of asking the OP about the incorrect tags and explaining about EoL and EoSS, we can request the OP to share the output of &lt;code&gt;lsb_release -a&lt;/code&gt; or any relevant command to know the correct flavour/desktop environment/version.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once, the OP provides the output, we can edit the tags :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;by trying to explain the cause of the OP's problem/ suggest a solution (&lt;strong&gt;in comments&lt;/strong&gt;) in a manner which will seem esoteric &lt;sup&gt;(meaning: very unusual and understood or liked by only a small number of people, especially those with special knowledge)&lt;/sup&gt; and complex to the OP.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Let's say someone is facing some issue with their hard disk. Instead of just requesting the OP to do &lt;code&gt;fsck&lt;/code&gt;, it would be better to guide the OP to resources which will help the OP to understand what &lt;code&gt;fsck&lt;/code&gt; is and how to do it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am not trying to call out any Ask Ubuntu users. I am grateful that the experienced Ubuntu users are sharing their knowledge, but IMO we need to use a simplified technical language for new Ubuntu users who ask questions on our site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are your thoughts on this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1103140" LastEditorUserId="1103140" LastEditDate="2021-07-23T18:28:24.393" LastActivityDate="2021-07-28T04:08:03.187" Title="Let's try to explain complex topics to new users in a simple manner" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19655" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19653" CreationDate="2021-07-13T13:06:56.847" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Meta meta note:&lt;/strong&gt; This answer was posted in response to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/revisions/19653/1&quot;&gt;the first version of the question&lt;/a&gt;, which I thought was at least partly about answers and not comments. I am leaving it here as I think it has some value, and since over a week passed before the question was edited, it accrued some votes such that I can't just edit it to respond to the new version of the question. Since it seems I misunderstood the intent of the question, I'm just writing a new answer rather than asking that the new version be posted as a separate question&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the one hand, yeah.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure this is what you meant by your first bullet point, but when we ask for more information from an OP, it makes sense to tell them how they can get that information (for example, what commands will retrieve it).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, &lt;strong&gt;what I want is for our site to be helpful to as many people as possible&lt;/strong&gt;, and I think that goal is served by trying to write answers as accessibly as one can, which can sometimes mean explaining technical concepts and terms at a basic level.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, choosing the pitch of an answer to reach as many people as possible is hard. If you explain everything at a foundation level, the answer will become long. You might never come to the key insights you want to convey before you hit the character limit :) Or more likely, you might make the answer &lt;em&gt;less&lt;/em&gt; accessible: those who might benefit from its advanced content might miss out, because the answer is so overstuffed with things they already know that they don't bother to read it all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are three factors I can think of that help with this difficulty of pitching.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Firstly, there's the OP. What level of knowledge does the question express? As you point out, many of our questions come from people who are new to Ubuntu, and so answers to their questions should account for that. Other questions reveal a high level of knowledge. If the user asks about an issue they're having writing a script, we probably don't need to tell them how to open a terminal. At a minimum, we want to help the OP. Hopefully, future users working at similar levels with similar problems will find our answer useful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Secondly, there's myself and my &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber_duck_debugging&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;rubber duck&lt;/a&gt;. I'll explain the answer in a way that makes sense to me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thirdly, and most importantly, thankfully I am not alone here trying to answer all the questions. Ask Ubuntu is great because it's the work of many different brains, working from different perspectives and experiences. I'll write an answer pitched at the level that feels right to me, and some other folks will write other answers in different styles with different levels of explanation, and &lt;em&gt;that&lt;/em&gt; will make the site useful to a wider audience, because some people will benefit from a long and thorough answer, and some people will benefit from a terse, simple answer (in fact the same person might benefit from different answers at different times...)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now I'm not saying all answers are equally helpful or valuable and that we shouldn't encourage people to, for example, add explanation to their answer so that it can be used by people less familiar with the topic (I often post comments to do that), or even edit answers to add details and explanation where appropriate, but I am saying that I don't think we should insist on a particular pitch or style policy for all cases.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2021-07-27T12:03:22.543" LastActivityDate="2021-07-27T12:03:22.543" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19657" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-07-14T14:06:21.397" Score="5" ViewCount="159" Body="&lt;p&gt;On July 12, 2021, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/612/popey&quot;&gt;popey&lt;/a&gt;, Developer Advocate at Canonical, shared this link in &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/58598338#58598338&quot;&gt;Ask Ubuntu General Room&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href=&quot;https://twitter.com/ubuntu/status/1414611927993622532&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://twitter.com/ubuntu/status/1414611927993622532&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's the tweet:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's a 'questioning' week for UbuntuOnAir when we invite AskUbuntu to come join us!  Rhys and Monica will be chatting with AskUbuntu moderators about everything they do to help your support questions get answered! ‍ Tune in at noon UTC on 15 July!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://youtu.be/y1Yvte7EZD0&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://youtu.be/y1Yvte7EZD0&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here are my questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Why is there no announcement about this event in the Ask Ubuntu Meta?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Can the moderators please post a post in Ask Ubuntu Meta explaining about the event including details like who approached whom (did Canonical approach Stack Exchange or did Ask Ubuntu moderators approach Canonical?) to talk about having this event and inviting Ask Ubuntu community members to participate in the live stream?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Who are the moderators participating in the event?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Our website name is Ask Ubuntu right? Or is it AskUbuntu according to Canonical?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit&lt;/strong&gt;: Link to official announcement post: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/19663&quot;&gt;Join us on UbuntuOnAir on 15th July 12:00 UTC!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1103140" LastEditorUserId="1103140" LastEditDate="2021-07-15T17:16:19.323" LastActivityDate="2021-07-15T17:16:19.323" Title="UbuntuOnAir: &quot;Ask AskUbuntu&quot;" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19658" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19659" CreationDate="2021-07-14T14:18:50.380" Score="7" ViewCount="447" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;What topics can I ask about here?&lt;/a&gt; article in Ask Ubuntu help center, under the &amp;quot;Questions that you should avoid:&amp;quot; heading, the following bullet point is mentioned:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Support for versions for Ubuntu releases &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;past their &amp;quot;End of Standard Support&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;End of Life&amp;quot; dates&lt;/a&gt; (whichever is earlier) — unless the question is asking how to upgrade to a supported release.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are the meanings of the following terms:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;End of Standard Support (EoSS)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Long Term Support (LTS)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Extended Security Maintenance (ESM)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;End of Life (EoL)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1103140" LastEditorUserId="1103140" LastEditDate="2021-07-14T14:27:26.800" LastActivityDate="2021-07-14T14:40:43.507" Title="What are the meanings of EoSS, LTS, ESM and EoL?" Tags="|support|faq|scope|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19659" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19658" CreationDate="2021-07-14T14:19:36.957" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;One of the primary confusion points we have right now is with the definitions of the following, and what they mean:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;End of Standard Support&lt;/strong&gt; (EoSS)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Long Term Support&lt;/strong&gt; (LTS)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Extended Security Maintenance&lt;/strong&gt; (ESM)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;End of Life&lt;/strong&gt; (EoL)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A while ago, the Community Council raised this with Canonical and we got a definitions page written up on the Wiki (managed by Canonical) for this.  This wiki tries to explain to the end user in the least technical ways what the various support periods are, and are the basis of the rules regarding EoSS, ESM, and EoL equivalent 'support' meanings here on Ask Ubuntu: &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/supportperiod&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/supportperiod&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A similar question was brought up regarding &amp;quot;Long Term Support&amp;quot; releases because flavor releases have a 3 year LTS period instead of a 5 year period - this is explained in greater detail here: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/19616/how-long-do-we-support-ubuntu-flavors?cb=1&quot;&gt;How long do we support Ubuntu flavors?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To summarize all the above data though, and put it into the Ask Ubuntu mindset:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Standard Support, and End of Standard Support (EoSS)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All Ubuntu releases have a support period of 'standard support'.  This is the time in which a given release is considered 'supported' by the community.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is usually a period of 9 months from a given release date for a given version of Ubuntu, except for Long Term Support (LTS) releases which have 5 years of support for the release.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At the end of the term of Standard Support for a given release, Ask Ubuntu will no longer consider new posts for that release on topic on Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For non-LTS releases, the end of Standard Support is also the End of Life (EoL) of the release.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Long Term Support&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Long Term Support refers to releases of Ubuntu that have longer terms of Standard Support (as stated above, this is a 5 year support period for a given release of Ubuntu or its flavors).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;LTS releases of Ubuntu are supported on Ask Ubuntu throughout the 5 year lifecycle of the release.  At the end of the 5 years of Standard Support, an LTS release migrates into what is called &lt;strong&gt;Extended Security Maintenance&lt;/strong&gt;, which is a Canonical offering.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At the end of the Standard Support period of 5 years, LTS releases are considered &lt;strong&gt;offtopic&lt;/strong&gt; here on Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Extended Security Maintenance (ESM)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Extended Security Maintenance is a period after an LTS's given release where you must register for Ubuntu Advantage for Infrastructure - Essential level.  This is 'free' for a limited number of systems for personal users, and is not free for corporate users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;During the ESM period, a release that is enrolled in ESM will receive security patches for packages that are part of the base Ubuntu operating system in the Main pocket of the Ubuntu repositories.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Releases of Ubuntu in the ESM period are NOT on topic here on Ask Ubuntu, as this is considered beyond the end of standard support.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;End of Life (EoL)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An End of Life release is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Any non-LTS release which has reached the end of its standard support period (EoSS), or&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Any LTS release which has gone past both its standard support period (and is thus EoSS) and which has also gone past the 5 year period that ESM was available for that release.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;End of Life releases are considered &lt;strong&gt;dead and no longer supported&lt;/strong&gt; by the Ubuntu community as a whole.  As such, End of Life releases are considered offtopic on Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2021-07-14T14:40:43.507" LastActivityDate="2021-07-14T14:40:43.507" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19660" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19657" CreationDate="2021-07-14T14:22:53.947" Score="3" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why is there no announcement about this event in the Ask Ubuntu Meta?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Only one moderator has actually said they'd be present - that's Zanna.  Nobody's posted yet, is all.  Moderators are busy people, after all. :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can the moderators please post a post in Ask Ubuntu Meta explaining about the event including details like who approached whom to talk about having this event and inviting Ask Ubuntu community members to participate in the live stream?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Canonical Community Team (specificaly, Monica on that team) approached the Ask Ubuntu moderators for whether we'd be interested in a session.  This had nothing to do with Stack Exchange.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have no idea which bits Zanna is going to discuss about, so I can't provide a post explaining the event or details, sorry!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Who are the moderators participating in the event?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That'd be Zanna, and only Zanna for right now.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Our website name is Ask Ubuntu right? Or is it AskUbuntu according to Canonical?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As said in my comment, the site is &amp;quot;Ask Ubuntu&amp;quot;.  I let Monica know.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2021-07-14T15:27:09.440" LastActivityDate="2021-07-14T15:27:09.440" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19661" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19657" CreationDate="2021-07-14T15:37:15.923" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;(This answer will contain proxy-responses from Monica on the Community Team because she doesn't have enough rep here - she has direct contact with me on Discord though)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Per Monica of the Community Team (who prodded me with HER reply to this on Discord):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks Thomas! I just want to add that there was no announcement and no approach from Canonical because Rhys and I are running these office hours as individual Ubuntu members with other members. It wasn't a Canonical approach but a Monica approach and it wasn't an Ask Ubuntu announcement because we're speaking to Zanna from Ask Ubuntu. However, we do see our mistakes in the tweet that it looks like we're asking Ask Ubuntu as an org, and we'll correct that in our next tweets! That said, if any other mods or the whole team want to join for a community office hours session or your own separate Ask Ubuntu office hours we would LOVE to have you. At the moment this is all coordinated pretty low key on the Ubuntu Hideout Discord server but we'd love to have you, and seeing teward's comments we have sessions at 12 and 6pm UTC if you could make either of those.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More from Monica RE: RandomPerson's inquiry about where the convo happened:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For the person asking if the conversation is happening on the Ubuntu Hideout Discord server, only some casual, low-key brainstorming conversations.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Though I don't know what I can say beyond what we posted. We screwed up in our wording but we'd love to have Ask Ubuntu involved in future UbuntuOnAir programming.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can provide my Ubuntu member e-mail (madhens@ubuntu.com) if anyone would like to speak to me directly, but I think that's the best way for me to handle this particular situation going forwards.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So forward your questions to Monica directly - email above.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2021-07-14T16:01:51.433" LastActivityDate="2021-07-14T16:01:51.433" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19662" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19657" CreationDate="2021-07-14T16:20:36.440" Score="4" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why is there no announcement about this event in the Ask Ubuntu Meta?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Partly because I'm not sure how to explain what it is, since I haven't been involved in organising it - thankfully Monica and Rhys have done all that difficult stuff. I'm not even sure what they'll want to talk about! I myself only found out it was going ahead on Monday evening when I saw the tweet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also because yesterday when I was thinking of posting about it I procrastinated by writing an answer to your other meta question instead :D&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can the moderators please post a post in Ask Ubuntu Meta explaining about the event including details like who approached whom (did Canonical approach Stack Exchange or did Ask Ubuntu moderators approach Canonical?) to talk about having this event and inviting Ask Ubuntu community members to participate in the live stream?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Monica kindly invited me to participate after Byte Commander mentioned it to me and I said I was interested. I didn't even know Ubuntu On Air existed until I started chatting with Monica about it on Discord over the last couple of weeks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to post something about it but I'm a bit clueless about what to write... since you have prompted me I'll get jokerdino to help me figure it out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Who are the moderators participating in the event?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'll be there!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Our website name is Ask Ubuntu right? Or is it AskUbuntu according to Canonical?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The twitter handle of Ask Ubuntu is @AskUbuntu - perhaps that was the thought behind that tweet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2021-07-14T17:52:40.443" LastActivityDate="2021-07-14T17:52:40.443" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19663" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-07-14T17:39:11.773" Score="7" ViewCount="218" Body="&lt;p&gt;Monica and Rhys from the Ubuntu Community Team have kindly &lt;a href=&quot;https://twitter.com/ubuntu/status/1415328236146417670&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;invited the mod team&lt;/a&gt; to participate in a Community Office Hours session to chat about Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can catch it &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1Yvte7EZD0&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here on YouTube&lt;/a&gt; on 15th July at noon UTC.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's a 'questioning' week's UbuntuOnAir when we chat with Zanna, an Ask Ubuntu moderator!  Rhys and Monica will be chatting with her about how she came to Ubuntu and the amazing work Ask Ubuntu moderators do to support this support resource!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks to Random Person for &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/19657/ubuntuonair-ask-askubuntu&quot;&gt;posting about it&lt;/a&gt; already and prompting me to let y'all know about it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit&lt;/strong&gt;: If you missed it, you can still watch the session at the YouTube link above :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2021-07-20T16:47:36.093" LastActivityDate="2021-07-25T13:10:41.457" Title="Join us on UbuntuOnAir on 15th July 12:00 UTC!" Tags="|discussion|ubuntu-community|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19664" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19663" CreationDate="2021-07-14T18:28:52.463" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here's a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/generic?iso=20210715T12&amp;amp;p0=1440&amp;amp;msg=UbuntuOnAir%3A%20Meet%20an%20Ask%20Ubuntu%20Moderator%21%20%7C%20Community%20Office%20Hours&amp;amp;font=sanserif&amp;amp;csz=1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;countdown&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/AvrsF.gif&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/AvrsF.gif&quot; alt=&quot;Tick Tock GIF&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1103140" LastActivityDate="2021-07-14T18:28:52.463" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19666" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19663" CreationDate="2021-07-15T16:36:07.100" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;It was a great session Zanna! Good job!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would love to see more of these events :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The pose in the thumbnail of the video is XD&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/gWIb1.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/gWIb1.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Thumbnail of the video&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1103140" LastEditorUserId="1103140" LastEditDate="2021-07-15T16:42:32.793" LastActivityDate="2021-07-15T16:42:32.793" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19667" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="2212" CreationDate="2021-07-20T15:33:19.280" Score="-5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I wish that we would.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No matter the question, the user is asking to resolve something on &lt;em&gt;their&lt;/em&gt; installation of a supported/unsupported version.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Given how much time is spent in the already over-stuffed review queues, requiring a supported version tag when creating a question could go a long way to reducing the number of questions reviewed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150172" LastActivityDate="2021-07-20T15:33:19.280" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19668" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19653" CreationDate="2021-07-23T20:47:59.483" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ups and Downs!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;It depends on OP knowledge, experience and even the mood. That applies to the users trying to help too. We are all humans.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Two factors from user background I usually try to look for when a question seems interesting but not complete. Estimate age and language proficiency of the OP. I think these are hard barriers, I consider them before answering.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;CLI is quick and efficient method but it is not for Most users. If user not used to terminals/consoles. But it is worth teaching him to run scripts collecting troubleshooting data (ex: &lt;code&gt;alsainfo&lt;/code&gt;). So sometimes, installing GUI alternatives is the best course.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would recommend personalized answer to some level and keep technical details precise and exact (even they are hard). This is a natural learning path.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Personally, I prefer directly share my thinking/suspicions/theory and how OP may verify it. And try to shorten time for the OP. However, this doesn't work well sometimes. Comments may target many angles of the issue, OP may feel overwhelmed or lost.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On other hand, step by step guiding for troubleshooting may take long time which many may not able to afford. I usually lost track of a question if it takes more then few days to update.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="26246" LastActivityDate="2021-07-23T20:47:59.483" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19669" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-07-24T10:54:11.377" Score="2" ViewCount="90" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have found OP1 (from 2019)&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1107447/how-to-set-different-layouts-for-2-keyboards&quot;&gt;How to Set Different Layouts for 2 Keyboards&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;and OP2&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1353786/can-i-set-different-languages-to-2-keyboards&quot;&gt;Can I Set Different Languages to 2 Keyboards?&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;(recent), which is an obvious dupe of OP1.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I mean to flag OP1 as a dupe, but I get a &amp;quot;greyed out&amp;quot; Vote to close button&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/XsQq8.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/XsQq8.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, the fact that an original question does not have any upvoted or accepted answer precludes others being flagged as dupes.&#xA;I don't see the rationale for this. The nature of a dupe would not depend on the answers, I guess.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;1. Can someone explain the rationale?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note 1:&#xA;OP2 seems in turn a dupe of the linked OP3 &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/465488/xsetkbmap-odd-behaviour-using-the-device-option&quot;&gt;Xsetkbmap, odd behaviour using the device option&lt;/a&gt;, as per &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/465488/xsetkbmap-odd-behaviour-using-the-device-option#comment1827234_465488&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note 2:&#xA;I found a few questions Q1, Q2, ..., related to this one in Meta, but if I understand correctly they do not ask the same as I am asking here. Moreover, they seem to imply that the OPs of Q1, ..., do not see the limitation I am seeing&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3792/flagging-duplicate-questions-when-answers-are-not-accepted&quot;&gt;Flagging Duplicate questions when answers are not accepted&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3854/should-a-question-be-flagged-as-duplicate-even-if-the-question-older-pointed-t&quot;&gt;Should a question be flagged as duplicate even if the question (older) pointed to as the duplicate has no answers?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/5961/are-we-doing-anything-differently-with-duplicates-when-there-is-no-answer&quot;&gt;Are we doing anything differently with duplicates when there is no answer?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2. Can someone explain why these other people can apparently flag dupes under conditions I cannot?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;PS:&#xA;4. &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/12212/what-should-i-do-if-i-cant-flag-as-duplicate-because-answer-is-neither-accepted&quot;&gt;What should I do If I can&amp;#39;t flag as duplicate because answer is neither accepted nor upvoted?&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;sees the same limitation as I do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="226614" LastEditorUserId="226614" LastEditDate="2021-07-26T11:09:29.763" LastActivityDate="2021-08-25T12:06:11.070" Title="Cannot flag as duplicate if there are no upvoted or accepted answers" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19670" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19663" CreationDate="2021-07-24T21:42:29.840" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;A fabulous appearance. Best Office Hour yet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I learned a lot about more ways that I should be helping folks and contributing -- like more editing titles, being gentler with homework problems, and looking for ways to help update/replace old answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I really like the feedback about the Moderators' vision and the gaps that they see.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19626" LastEditorUserId="19626" LastEditDate="2021-07-25T13:10:41.457" LastActivityDate="2021-07-25T13:10:41.457" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19672" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19669" CreationDate="2021-07-26T11:07:44.513" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Thanks to links in comments I can answer question 2.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Beginning&lt;/strong&gt;.&#xA;1 In the beginning Jeff Atwood and Joel Spolsky created Stackoverflow.&#xA;2 And they said, “Let there be dupe flagging,” and any question could be flagged as a dupe...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As per &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/165928/we-should-be-able-to-close-questions-as-duplicates-of-any-question&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt;, dated [&lt;em&gt;Feb 2 '13 at 0:07&lt;/em&gt;] &amp;quot;Today, the behavior of duplicate close votes was changed so that a question can only be a duplicate close vote target if it has an upvoted or accepted answer&amp;quot;, also confirmed &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/165933/changes-to-close-as-duplicate&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;, dated [&lt;em&gt;Feb 2 '13 at 0:29&lt;/em&gt;].&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That is why&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3792/flagging-duplicate-questions-when-answers-are-not-accepted&quot;&gt;Flagging Duplicate questions when answers are not accepted&lt;/a&gt; [&lt;em&gt;Jul 30 '12 at 10:54&lt;/em&gt;]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3854/should-a-question-be-flagged-as-duplicate-even-if-the-question-older-pointed-t&quot;&gt;Should a question be flagged as duplicate even if the question (older) pointed to as the duplicate has no answers?&lt;/a&gt; [&lt;em&gt;Aug 7 '12 at 12:52&lt;/em&gt;]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/5961/are-we-doing-anything-differently-with-duplicates-when-there-is-no-answer&quot;&gt;Are we doing anything differently with duplicates when there is no answer?&lt;/a&gt; [&lt;em&gt;Feb 1 '13 at 10:38&lt;/em&gt;]... &lt;strong&gt;This one was asked the day before the change, did it influence in any way the decision for a change?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;do not see the limitation, and&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;4&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/12212/what-should-i-do-if-i-cant-flag-as-duplicate-because-answer-is-neither-accepted&quot;&gt;What should I do If I can&amp;#39;t flag as duplicate because answer is neither accepted nor upvoted?&lt;/a&gt; [&lt;em&gt;Nov 5 '14 at 17:32&lt;/em&gt;]&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;does.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Related&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/133955/prevent-closing-as-duplicate-when-the-duplicate-has-no-accepted-answer&quot;&gt;Prevent Closing as duplicate when the duplicate has no accepted answer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="226614" LastActivityDate="2021-07-26T11:07:44.513" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19673" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-07-26T14:39:37.460" Score="-1" ViewCount="83" Body="&lt;p&gt;Isn't it weird that you type upgrades and get updates?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why did this question: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1354080/is-there-a-command-to-find-updatable-packages&quot;&gt;Is there a command to find updatable packages?&lt;/a&gt; get negative votes?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I explained in the comment. The problem is here ، It should be like this:&#xA;&lt;code&gt;apt refresh&lt;/code&gt; and then &lt;code&gt;apt list --updatable&lt;/code&gt; and finally &lt;code&gt;apt update&lt;/code&gt; ، &lt;strong&gt;Upgrades are usually about hardware, not software.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1350083" LastEditorUserId="75060" LastEditDate="2021-07-26T15:54:47.563" LastActivityDate="2021-07-27T16:41:24.410" Title="Isn't it weird that you type upgrades and get updates?" Tags="|support|downvoting|votes|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19674" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19673" CreationDate="2021-07-26T21:00:16.347" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;The definitions of both &lt;code&gt;update&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;upgrade&lt;/code&gt; come from Debian, not Ubuntu. If you want those terms changed, you must convince the Debian community (not us).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If Debian changed the definitions tomorrow, we would follow suit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's important for everybody to use the same terms so we understand apt-related and deb-related questions and answers properly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So don't make this a one-person fight, and don't trick new users into confusing everybody.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19626" LastEditorUserId="19626" LastEditDate="2021-07-26T21:08:50.760" LastActivityDate="2021-07-26T21:08:50.760" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19675" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19653" CreationDate="2021-07-27T13:10:20.663" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;In my original answer I mentioned that asking the OP for details of the problem in comments should be done in a way that enabled them to provide the information asked for. For example, we can suggest commands to retrieve information. Some comments also explain how to format the output requested, which is a good idea especially when the question contains wrongly formatted code, screenshots, photos of the screen where pasted text would be more appropriate etc indicating that such explanation is needed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, your two examples don't refer to that kind of request.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your first example about Ubuntu versions reminds me of certain comments like this snippet:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ubuntu 20? No such release, so do you mean Ubuntu Core 20? (Ubuntu uses year.month for deb based products &amp;amp; the year format for snap only products)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Such comments make sense and are informative, but I feel that people usually write things like &amp;quot;Ubuntu 20&amp;quot; when they mean 20.04 or 20.10, and also that people using Ubuntu Core xx would probably be a little more clued up and not make the mistake of calling &amp;quot;Ubuntu Core 20&amp;quot; &amp;quot;Ubuntu 20&amp;quot;, and that the OP's mind will be on their problem and not in a state to receive the information in parentheses which is explanatory but itself lacks explanation (&lt;em&gt;deb based products???&lt;/em&gt; I can hear the OP wondering). I do think it would be better in general to ask for version information in a more straightforward way (with regard to your advice to use &lt;code&gt;lsb-release -a&lt;/code&gt; I prefer &lt;code&gt;lsb_release -d&lt;/code&gt; which is less repetitive :).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;About your second example - all I really have to say is that people should not be giving explanations of the problem or (especially) suggesting solutions in the comments. People who are tempted to do that (&lt;strike&gt;including&lt;/strike&gt; especially me) should regularly read &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2281/please-stop-posting-half-answers-and-dumb-advice-as-comments&quot;&gt;this excellent meta post&lt;/a&gt; about that. Just to reiterate again, &lt;strong&gt;comments are not for off-the-cuff suggestions that one thinks might not work&lt;/strong&gt;. Neither are they for speculative explanations of the problem (I'm particularly guilty here...). Such material belongs in answers. Comments can't be downvoted or edited*, and if they're on the question and don't get deleted, they're probably going to be seen by visitors to the page before any of the answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I do agree that linking to relevant information is often a reasonable use of comments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;* actually, mods can edit comments (so you can flag or otherwise contact a mod if you encounter a situation where you strongly feel that editing a comment is necessary), but that is rarely appropriate to do since users can't (re)edit their own comments or even access a revision history to see what was changed.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2021-07-28T04:08:03.187" LastActivityDate="2021-07-28T04:08:03.187" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19676" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19673" CreationDate="2021-07-27T16:41:24.410" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;You are misunderstanding what the words are referring to. Which is understandable, it isn't particularly obvious. However, &lt;code&gt;apt update&lt;/code&gt; will &lt;em&gt;update&lt;/em&gt; the &lt;strong&gt;list of available packages&lt;/strong&gt;. On the other hand &lt;code&gt;apt upgrade&lt;/code&gt; will &lt;em&gt;upgrade&lt;/em&gt; &lt;strong&gt;installed packages&lt;/strong&gt; to their latest version. But, before you can &lt;em&gt;upgrade&lt;/em&gt; your system to the latest version, you need to first &lt;em&gt;update&lt;/em&gt; the list of available packages so you can know what the latest version is.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I do understand your confusion, but the reason is because it is one thing that is being &lt;em&gt;updated&lt;/em&gt; (the package list) and another that is being &lt;em&gt;upgraded&lt;/em&gt; (the packages themselves).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From &lt;code&gt;man apt&lt;/code&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;update (apt-get(8))&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;update is used to download package information from all&#xA;configured sources. Other commands operate on this data to&#xA;e.g. perform package upgrades or search in and display details&#xA;about all packages available for installation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;upgrade (apt-get(8))&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;upgrade is used to install available upgrades of all packages&#xA;currently installed on the system from the sources configured&#xA;via sources.list(5). New packages will be installed if required&#xA;to satisfy dependencies, but existing packages will never be&#xA;removed. If an upgrade for a package requires the remove[sic] of&#xA;an installed package the upgrade for this package isn't performed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2021-07-27T16:41:24.410" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19677" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-07-28T04:10:15.810" Score="0" ViewCount="149" Body="&lt;p&gt;While trying to ask a new question, I'm getting&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3 id=&quot;you-have-reached-your-question-limit-8fzf&quot;&gt;You have reached your question limit&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sorry, we are no longer accepting questions from this account.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/yFEFa.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/yFEFa.png&quot; alt=&quot;You have reached ...&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the reason I can no longer ask questions?&#xA;What is wrong with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1354156/error-receiving-python-3-8-10-modules&quot;&gt;Error receiving Python 3.8.10 modules&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1350083" LastEditorUserId="816190" LastEditDate="2021-07-28T15:29:21.577" LastActivityDate="2021-07-29T12:56:30.193" Title="Why questions are no longer accepted from my account? Why am I getting &quot;You have reached your question limit&quot; while trying to post a new question?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19678" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19677" CreationDate="2021-07-28T06:56:55.630" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;There does not appear to be anything wrong with your question about Python modules. You may be simply hit a rate limit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Stack Exchange sites generally have rate-limiting in place, and the limit is determined on a number of factors. &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/164900&quot;&gt;This Meta answer from a few years back&lt;/a&gt; goes into greater detail about the various limits that a person might run into. For your question, I'd recommend looking at the &amp;quot;Asking&amp;quot; bit, which says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Users with &amp;lt; 125 rep on the current site, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/a/322265&quot;&gt;40 minutes since their last question anywhere on the network&lt;/a&gt; (This applies to the user's IP address, not their account. If the user shares that IP with other users, they can be limited by the other user asking a question anywhere on the network; similarly, if the same user posts a question from a different IP address, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/341711/377214&quot;&gt;they may not be limited&lt;/a&gt;.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/vr3HC.png&quot; alt=&quot;Question limit - You can only post once every 40 minutes&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Other per-site limits may apply; e.g. on Stack Overflow, new users can only ask once every 90 minutes. Some of these per-site limits do also check the account, not just the IP address.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;While the limit is waived for users with 125+ reputation on a given site, questions posted on sites where one has 125+ reputation still count toward the rate limit for sites where one doesn't. For instance, if you ask a question on a site where you have 150 rep, you can't ask another question on a site where you have only 100 rep for the next 40 minutes; however, you can ask them in reverse order immediately (first on the 100-rep site, then on the 150-rep site).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Users limited by Anti-Recidivism System, one question per week&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Users limited from asking questions for 1 – 7 days based on the performance of their previous questions&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Users prevented from asking questions due to the quality filter: one question per 6 months&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Users with &amp;lt; 10k rep trip CAPTCHA* if more than once per 60 seconds, or within 5 seconds of starting new post&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Users with ≥ 10k rep trip CAPTCHA* if more than once per 30 seconds, or within 5 seconds of starting new post&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;On Stack Overflow, Super User, Server Fault and Mathematics (not active on all other sites)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;maximum of 6 questions per day&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;maximum of 50 questions per 30 days, on a rolling basis (50 questions in past 720 hours before current time).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sorry, you are only allowed to ask 50 questions in a 30 day period&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Stack Exchange staff members are not subject to these rate limits on meta sites&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;AskUbuntu may or may not use some or all of these rules. From what I understand, the limits are opaque to everyone. That said, one effective way to reduce the limitations that you may face would be to become more active in the community and gain a higher reputation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1222991" LastActivityDate="2021-07-28T06:56:55.630" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19679" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19677" CreationDate="2021-07-28T15:02:54.863" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Firstly, what you're hitting is the system controls on content quality.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is the total sum of your 10 question submissions, their votes, and which ones were deleted:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/lzfts.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/lzfts.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of all 10, 5 have been downvoted.  Two have been deleted.  Of the two that were deleted, one was closed as requiring details, and then removed by the system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of the ten questions, 3 were closed as needing details.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This block is implemented by the system, based on community acceptance of your posts, how many were closed/flagged, and how many were deleted by you.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is nothing implicitly wrong with your questions, but deleting your own questions &lt;strong&gt;is seen as a negative mark in the system&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Details on this automated system and how you can handle the situation are in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/question-bans&quot;&gt;Help Center topic about Question Bans&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With the large number of closed and deleted questions, I would surmise that your questions are not containing requisite information necessary to address or solve the problem, and that you should focus on providing information requested in comments.  However, the system initiated squashing of your ability to post questions is &lt;strong&gt;system implemented&lt;/strong&gt; and nobody can override that, not even the CMs who are SE staff.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Refer to the help center - improve your questions and interact positively and the system might let you go free.  However, there's no more action anyone can take on this, it's a system-implemented thing, not anything that Moderators or the Community can do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/86997/what-can-i-do-when-getting-we-are-no-longer-accepting-questions-answers-from-th&quot;&gt;read this Meta.SE post in its entirety&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.  It explains what you can do to 'improve' your posts and how to handle this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2021-07-29T12:56:30.193" LastActivityDate="2021-07-29T12:56:30.193" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19680" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16081" CreationDate="2021-07-28T18:07:29.843" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can achieve it with &lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/openstyles/stylus&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Stylus&lt;/a&gt; overwriting the style of askubuntu.com with &lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/silexcorp/AskUbuntu-Dark-Theme&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;AskUbuntu-Dark-Theme&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Install &lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/openstyles/stylus&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Stylus&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Go to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Cick on &lt;strong&gt;Stylus icon&lt;/strong&gt; and Write style for askubuntu.com&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Paste style &lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/silexcorp/AskUbuntu-Dark-Theme/blob/master/style.css&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;dark&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;Override style for:&lt;/strong&gt; askubuntu.com&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Save and ejoy!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/YliKr.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/YliKr.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More instructions: &lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/openstyles/stylus/wiki/Usercss&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Usercss Wiki&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want a &lt;strong&gt;global dark mode&lt;/strong&gt; use: &lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/ThomazPom/Moz-Ext-UltimaDark&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;UltimaDark&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note: if the extension break webpages like askubuntu.com use stylus to fix it and exclude the webpages on UltimaDark, enjoy :D&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/hhSdm.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/hhSdm.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1379475" LastEditorUserId="1379475" LastEditDate="2021-07-28T18:15:17.497" LastActivityDate="2021-07-28T18:15:17.497" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19681" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19682" CreationDate="2021-08-02T11:13:41.563" Score="1" ViewCount="52" Body="&lt;p&gt;Searching for previous possible answers to my questions I am frustrated by reams of material referring to earlier iterations of Ubuntu. If the solutions do not change, fine - but I suspect they might.&#xA;I understand older versions are likely to have more answers! I can't see any control for ordering them more appropriately for me :-(&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1383603" OwnerDisplayName="The William" LastActivityDate="2021-08-02T12:50:47.920" Title="how can I change the order of replies to &quot;most recent first&quot; or (even better) &quot;most recent version&quot;?" Tags="|discussion|search|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19682" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19681" CreationDate="2021-08-02T12:50:47.920" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The problem with suspicions is that it’s very hard to prove a negative.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Searching by version would be an interesting feature, but would also require a remarkable amount of consistency and historical knowledge from people answering the questions to ensure applicable versions are appropriately identified (and updated a every six months).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you’ve undoubtedly found, there are three ways to filter answers:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/hcScI.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Filter Options&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;div class=&quot;s-table-container&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;table class=&quot;s-table&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;thead&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;th style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;Option&lt;/th&gt;&#xA;&lt;th&gt;Definition&lt;/th&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;/thead&gt;&#xA;&lt;tbody&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Active&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;Show answers that have recently been posted, edited, or commented on from newest activity to oldest&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Oldest&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;Show answers in a FIFO order&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Votes&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;Show an accepted answer first, then all other answers sorted by votes descending&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tbody&gt;&#xA;&lt;/table&gt;&#xA;&lt;/div&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Generally speaking, &lt;em&gt;Votes&lt;/em&gt; has been the most helpful for colleagues and acquaintances who seem to always have a browser tab dedicated to an SE site. If the accepted answer doesn’t work (anymore), the answer with the highest votes beneath it will sometimes be the solution we seek.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course you probably already know this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Depending on your level of SQL-fu, one possibility would be to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.brentozar.com/archive/2015/10/how-to-download-the-stack-overflow-database-via-bittorrent/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;download a copy of the Stack Overflow database&lt;/a&gt; and test some filtering algorithms that promote current or modern solutions in a manner that works for you. Stack Overflow is not AskUbuntu — and the criteria will be a bit different — but, if you can design a more effective mechanism to raise better answers to the top of the list (and share it with the Stack Exchange development team), you’ll likely have a million people from across the planet thanking you for saving them a lot of time and effort &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1222991" LastActivityDate="2021-08-02T12:50:47.920" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19683" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-08-03T17:52:45.277" Score="13" ViewCount="952" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/936316/philippe&quot;&gt;Philippe&lt;/a&gt;, the Vice President of Community for the Stack Exchange Network, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/367906&quot;&gt;posted a question on Meta Stack Exchange&lt;/a&gt; seeking input from the community regarding &amp;quot;ONE thing&amp;quot; that would help one's community.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you had a magic wand that you could wave that would let you fix ONE thing that would help your community (not the network, not the company, but the specific site community with which you most closely identify) overnight, what would you change (and why?), and what would the result look like - how would we know it was different?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I request the Ask Ubuntu community members to share the one thing which you think would help our community. You can post your answer here and someone kind enough can repost it as an answer for Philippe's question on Meta Stack Exchange or you can directly post your answer in the aforementioned Meta Stack Exchange question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1103140" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2021-08-04T17:06:54.120" LastActivityDate="2022-09-05T22:21:46.217" Title="What does our community need? (Magic wand time in MSE)" Tags="|discussion|community|" AnswerCount="8" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19684" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19683" CreationDate="2021-08-03T18:07:07.730" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to my personal experience, I have noticed a lot of questions on Ask Ubuntu which are related to non-Ubuntu Linux distributions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It &lt;strong&gt;might&lt;/strong&gt; be difficult to find these kinda questions and &lt;strong&gt;sometimes&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;some&lt;/strong&gt; questions which are about non-Ubuntu Linux distributions don't get closed and they remain hidden in our site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a suggestion which might help us tackle this problem. It would be nice if we can have a chat bot which will a send a message in a chatroom if it notices new posts which contain words like &amp;quot;Fedora&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Linux Mint&amp;quot;, etc. containing the link of the post (something &lt;em&gt;similar&lt;/em&gt; to what Natty does).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do acknowledge that this is not a perfect solution as there are many posts which talk about shifting from one OS to another OS (like from Linux Mint to Ubuntu).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What's your opinion about my suggestion, people?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1103140" LastActivityDate="2021-08-03T18:07:07.730" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19685" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19683" CreationDate="2021-08-04T03:02:17.250" Score="26" Body="&lt;p&gt;I posted my answer &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/368125&quot;&gt;there&lt;/a&gt; already. I will reproduce it here:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Archive feature&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On Ask Ubuntu we have a lot of questions, and especially a lot of answers, which were super relevant and useful to a lot of people at the time they were posted, but which no longer have value in helping folks find out how to do x, because how to do x has changed over time. Many such posts are highly upvoted, jump up on search engines, and if they are answers show at the top of the by-default-vote-ordered pile.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We don't delete such posts, and I don't think we should delete them or even necessarily edit them to update them (often this would involve replacing all of the content, perhaps making it the same as other existing answers to the same question), because they have a social history value and perhaps can be of use to people interested in user experience and various other aspects of software development - who knows? But the mass of obsolete material is only increasing over time and gradually making it harder for visitors and reviewers to find answers that actually give accurate and current information. It's not at all the case that everything old is out-of-date, but enough of our posts &lt;em&gt;are&lt;/em&gt; out-of-date that it's an issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Recently &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/madhens&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Monica&lt;/a&gt; from the Ubuntu community team gave me the idea of an archive feature. The way I think it could work would be different for questions and answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For answers, 5 users could vote to archive an answer, and it would be pushed to the bottom of the page in all views under a notice that the below answers are archived and may not work any more.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For questions, 5 users could vote to archive a question, and a notice would appear at the top of it stating that it is archived and may no longer be relevant, and optionally and preferably, linking to newer questions with current answers on the same topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="618353" LastEditDate="2021-08-06T19:31:28.630" LastActivityDate="2021-08-06T19:31:28.630" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19686" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19683" CreationDate="2021-08-04T05:42:44.583" Score="-3" Body="&lt;h2&gt;ESM&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions about older versions of Ubuntu still covered by ESM should be on topic on Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There may be many valid reasons a person still needs to use 14.04 or 16.04. Where else will they go to find an answer to there questions besides AU?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If Canonical can continue support of these versions, I think AU can find space to post these questions on this site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Nobody is forced to answer these questions or to even view them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes there was a phony vote to settle this matter earlier this year, something like 40 people out of a total of 25 million Ubuntu users voted to ban EoSS questions. This is far from a quorum.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="43926" LastEditorUserId="43926" LastEditDate="2021-08-04T07:31:41.480" LastActivityDate="2021-08-04T07:31:41.480" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19687" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19683" CreationDate="2021-08-04T19:09:13.693" Score="-13" Body="&lt;p&gt;I for one would rather more content be moved off this site entirely when it's determined to not be unique to Ubuntu. It would be better for those projects that we're supporting and the other communities on StackExchange,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why is Ubuntu.SE answering questions about Database installs and functionality, such as&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/postgresql&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;postgresql&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;postgresql&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/mysql&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;mysql&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;mysql&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/mariadb&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;mariadb&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;mariadb&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All of those questions seem like they'd find a better home on Database Administrators than here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="29097" LastActivityDate="2021-08-04T19:09:13.693" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19689" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-08-11T15:56:26.173" Score="22" ViewCount="869" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/341663&quot;&gt;the answer in Meta Stack Exchange&lt;/a&gt;, Ask Ubuntu is &amp;quot;sponsored informally, under special agreements that were negotiated before SE launched the formal site sponsorship program&amp;quot; by Canonical.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this true? Can someone from Canonical confirm if Ask Ubuntu is sponsored by Canonical?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it's sponsored, I am curious to know why our site does not have a sponsored by Canonical image in the top like &lt;a href=&quot;https://salesforce.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;https://salesforce.stackexchange.com&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://serverfault.com&quot;&gt;https://serverfault.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In an answer to a &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/14547&quot;&gt;similar question&lt;/a&gt; in Ask Ubuntu Meta, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/users/235/jorge-castro&quot;&gt;Jorge Castro&lt;/a&gt; said that there is no commercial relationship with SE and Canonical.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There isn't a commercial relationship with SE and Canonical. Ask Ubuntu was first proposed as a community effort and reached enough critical mass to get the support of Canonical. (Things like the theme matching, etc.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This makes me wonder if the answer in Meta Stack Exchange is inaccurate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1103140" LastEditorUserId="1103140" LastEditDate="2021-08-12T13:31:55.843" LastActivityDate="2021-08-30T19:11:52.487" Title="Is Ask Ubuntu sponsored by Canonical?" Tags="|discussion|community|ubuntu-community|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19690" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19683" CreationDate="2021-08-12T00:34:12.790" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Better integration with other forms of Ubuntu documentation.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Many of the questions that we answer are already addressed in documentation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But those answers are hard to find, hard to understand for some audiences, of varying quality, and spread among a dozen places I can think of.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So we wind up duplicating a bunch of it here. And then both the original location and the answer here slowly rot, both minimally-maintained and both hard to find.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I would use the magic wand&lt;/strong&gt; to make the 10 minutes I spend writing an answer ALSO incrementally improve the existing documentation and make that improved documentation easier to find.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a consequence, we would have better documentation that's updated (instead of languishing), more understandable by a wider audience, and every AskUbuntu answer becomes a more effective contribution to the Ubuntu community.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I realize that's a tall order, and I don't claim to fully see the path to get there from here. Good thing it's a &lt;em&gt;magic&lt;/em&gt; wand.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19626" LastEditorUserId="19626" LastEditDate="2021-08-12T00:40:24.137" LastActivityDate="2021-08-12T00:40:24.137" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19692" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19543" CreationDate="2021-08-12T14:34:08.937" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I know I am too late. But I will state what I want to state.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your &amp;quot;policy change proposal&amp;quot; tries to do two things:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;To change one point in the &amp;quot;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;What topics can I ask about here&lt;/a&gt;?&amp;quot; help center article.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You intend to change this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Support for versions for Ubuntu releases past their Support or &amp;quot;End of Life&amp;quot; (EOL) — unless the question is asking how to upgrade to a supported release.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;(&lt;a href=&quot;https://web.archive.org/web/20210121145835/https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;to&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Support for versions for Ubuntu releases &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;past their &amp;quot;End of Standard Support&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;End of Life&amp;quot; dates&lt;/a&gt; (whichever is earlier) — unless the question is asking how to upgrade to a supported release.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Make all ESM-related questions off-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to me, one should consider a few things before proposing a policy change.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Firstly, did the community feel that there was a need to change the policy? This could have been assessed by posting something similar to this: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/19087&quot;&gt;2020 Potential Moderator Election: Community Interest Check&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If the community did feel that there was a need to change the policy, did the community members have the opportunity to share their opinions (in a platform like Ask Ubuntu Meta) about what must be the new policy?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/19510&quot;&gt;This post&lt;/a&gt; started a discussion about the policy change but we cannot really consider it as post which was trying to take input/opinions from other users of Ask Ubuntu regarding changing the policy, or at least that is what I feel.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Secondly, did &lt;strong&gt;all&lt;/strong&gt; the moderators have any &lt;strong&gt;public&lt;/strong&gt; discussion (in a public chatroom or in Ask Ubuntu Meta), not a closed discussion in private chatroom, about changing the policy?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If yes, the transcript of the discussion should have been mentioned in the post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If no, the reason for not having a public discussion with all the moderators (in a public platform) should have been explained in your &amp;quot;policy proposal&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If a discussion about changing the policy happened in a private chatroom and if &lt;strong&gt;all&lt;/strong&gt; moderators were not able to opine in the chatroom (due to inactivity in Ask Ubuntu) about changing the policy, were they contacted through other platforms (like email, social media, instant messaging, etc.) to request them to opine about changing the policy?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Why was one month chosen as the time limit? Was there any community consensus or moderators consensus about choosing the time limit?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If there was any consensus, please share the relevant link which leads us to the discussion about reaching a consensus.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If there was no such consensus, who decided the time limit?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Why is the time when the post is going to be locked not mentioned in your policy proposal?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1103140" LastEditorUserId="1103140" LastEditDate="2021-08-12T19:02:08.460" LastActivityDate="2021-08-12T19:02:08.460" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19693" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19694" CreationDate="2021-08-15T09:06:04.833" Score="3" ViewCount="70" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was in the First posts review queue reviewing posts. I noticed this suddenly:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Uqt6Z.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Uqt6Z.png&quot; alt=&quot;Screenshot of the First posts review queue: https://askubuntu.com/review/first-posts/1163303&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Link: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/first-posts/1163303&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/review/first-posts/1163303&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you can see in the screenshot, I have used the filter option to only see questions. But I was asked to review an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this a bug?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1103140" LastActivityDate="2021-08-16T10:16:43.173" Title="Why is an answer shown in First posts review queue when I filtered it for only questions?" Tags="|bug|review-queue|first-posts|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19694" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19693" CreationDate="2021-08-16T10:16:43.173" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think this happened because that was not a real review but a review audit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/0qPqn.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/0qPqn.png&quot; alt=&quot;review audit passed&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I guess filters don't work on review audits for some reason. Generally review audits are pretty shoddy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sorry!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2021-08-16T10:16:43.173" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19695" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-08-16T12:41:36.697" Score="12" ViewCount="146" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently answered a question on Ask Ubuntu and got 2 very different comments that I thought might be worth considering by the community.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The OP had asked about how to disable the lid switch on a laptop. As someone relatively new to Linux who has gained a lot from the site, I try to give a bit back by answering relatively simple questions (hopefully freeing up IT experts for those questions that are complex / require a lot of knowledge that is way beyond me).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The research I did came across an answer from 10 years before on Ask Ubuntu... it needed a minor tweak and the previous answer was a bit bogged down in detail for a new user, so I answered (after confirming the fix worked on my laptop which runs the same Ubuntu version used by the OP) by referencing the original answer and summarising the bit that was relevant to the user.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First comment on my answer was that it's better to close such questions and refer to the original answer as it's a disservice to other users who might come across my answer and not get all the benefits of the more detailed previous answer (and even if they do find both answers, it makes Ask Ubuntu more cumbersome to navigate). The second comment said it was better to do what I did and give a concise answer that worked for the OP, because I made it easier for the OP to find the fix they needed. The OP clearly liked my answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I appreciate there is no absolute to this, and the answer is probably ideally both - but do we (when answering) prioritise the specific question that is asked for that particular user, or do we prioritise giving answers that are useful to everyone? And in terms of the specifics, is it better to refer to a previous answer, even if very old, so long as it still works, or is it better to give a new answer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I imagine there will be different views on this so perhaps might work best if a few people give views as comments and then some of the very experienced users / moderators could give answers?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;FWIW, my personal view is that I've really found it helpful as a relative novice when the responses to my questions have been written in a way that reflects my inexperience, and so I've valued the more individual approach.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I hope this question helps rather than creates more confusion!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="801777" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2021-08-16T15:24:34.790" LastActivityDate="2021-08-16T15:24:34.790" Title="How to answer questions using a previous answer" Tags="|discussion|answering|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19696" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19695" CreationDate="2021-08-16T13:13:57.427" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;If a question is going to be, or to put it another way, is clearly justified in being&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;, closed as a duplicate, then you might prefer to guide the OP in the comments as to which answer you recommend and so on, rather than posting an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, if there are slight alterations needed, or you feel you can write an answer in a more appropriate way, then it's perfectly okay and the better option in my opinion to just go ahead and write an answer. If the question is already closed you can write an answer to the target and direct the OP to it if that seems preferable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The notion that similar answers to different questions, or answers to one question linking to answers on another make the site harder to navigate somehow makes no sense to me, and if the target has multiple answers then it's much better for the duplicate to have the answer that's most suitable for it, because that's one less click and probably significantly less reading for future visitors who land on the page to do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I mean the priority is for the site to be as useful as possible to as many people as it can, not for every reputation point possible to be awarded to the author of some ancient answer who already has 30k...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Perhaps the question should not be closed as a duplicate&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;, but you've still noticed that an answer to another question somewhere provides a solution. In that case I recommend writing an answer in the way you did, linking to the other answer with proper attribution to the author etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;do we (when answering) prioritise the specific question that is asked for that particular user, or do we prioritise giving answers that are useful to everyone?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We are &amp;quot;building a library&amp;quot;. Questions are not only or even primarily for their askers - we hope they will be useful to many more future visitors. But I think that writing answers suitable for the question is the best way to build that library. Also if all goes well we can be sure we helped at least one person :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt; &lt;sub&gt;I decide whether a question should be closed as a duplicate in a stricter way than others, using this question:&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;&lt;em&gt;Can I imagine an answer that could be posted to the proposed duplicate that could not be posted to the proposed target?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;If not, then close it. If so, leave it open.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2021-08-16T13:13:57.427" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19697" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19695" CreationDate="2021-08-16T13:25:04.977" Score="5" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Answering Questions with a Link to a Previous Answer&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From what I have seen in 'Ask Ubuntu General Room', it is agreed that answering a question with a Link in a major sin.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Likewise posting a comment with a Link may be temporarily useful, however comments often do not have a long lifetime.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your answer Pulled a good example out of a ten year old question that had 25 mostly obsolete looking answers. It might have taken the OP days to test them before finding one that worked.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was a little shocked to see that someone then posted your link as a comment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my opinion the purpose of Ask Ubuntu is to help people with questions about Ubuntu. I think you did a good job of this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="43926" LastActivityDate="2021-08-16T13:25:04.977" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19698" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19689" CreationDate="2021-08-17T12:54:06.190" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;Via Monica on the Canonical Community Team, I was given the following content to share on behalf of Canonical:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sorry for the delay! Here's the quote from Thibaut in marketing:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We granted them for free the right to use the name Ubuntu (Ask Ubuntu) for free.&#xA;So as I mentioned it's a quid pro quo: they benefit from building a community around Ubuntu, we benefit from having an amazing amount of content and a great community on the platform.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Follow up to this message should be directed to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://discourse.ubuntu.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Discourse&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;ALSO, Canonical has asked (via Monica) that I post the following notice given continued inquiries by the original poster here to them via email:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is no more information than what you have already uncovered with your emails to SE, and contacting Canonical additionally on this is not going to get you any more answers or information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;ADDITIONALLY, Canonical is not obligated to provide this information as it is a private company and therefore is not obligated to share any information upon requests.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2021-08-25T19:21:07.063" LastActivityDate="2021-08-25T19:21:07.063" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19699" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19707" CreationDate="2021-08-17T15:09:38.387" Score="10" ViewCount="186" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the bottom of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/&quot;&gt;Ask Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt; website, we can notice this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/5XzSS.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/5XzSS.png&quot; alt=&quot;Screenshot of the bottom of https://askubuntu.com/&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ubuntu and Canonical are registered trademarks of Canonical Ltd.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But in Ask Ubuntu Meta, the aforementioned text is not there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/VMJgg.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/VMJgg.png&quot; alt=&quot;Screenshot of the bottom of https://meta.askubuntu.com/&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why is the text there in Ask Ubuntu but not in Ask Ubuntu Meta?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We do use the Ubuntu logo in Ask Ubuntu Meta, so I think it would be appropriate if the aforementioned text is also mentioned in Ask Ubuntu Meta.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1103140" LastEditorUserId="1103140" LastEditDate="2022-08-18T17:10:08.423" LastActivityDate="2022-08-18T17:10:08.423" Title="Why is &quot;Ubuntu and Canonical are registered trademarks of Canonical Ltd.&quot; not mentioned in Ask Ubuntu Meta?" Tags="|support|status-completed|design|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19701" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19506" CreationDate="2021-08-17T18:48:32.710" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;s&gt;Firstly, no &amp;quot;automated response&amp;quot; is sent by Stack Exchange when you submit tickets in the contact page. &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/posts/comments/961355&quot;&gt;This&lt;/a&gt; was said by &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/146126/grace-note&quot;&gt;Grace Note&lt;/a&gt; (a Stack Exchange employee):&lt;/s&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;s&gt; When you reach out through Contact Us, &lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/wJoho.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;you receive the following confirmation message&lt;/a&gt;. Sending a followup email that just echoes that seems redundant and not particularly any more convincing.&lt;/s&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Actually, automated responses are generally sent. But there were some issues because of which they weren't sent. Read this for more information: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/368740&quot;&gt;Since when did Stack Exchange start sending automated mails when one contacts Stack Exchange?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I suspect this is broken. Can someone look into this please?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Did you see something like this after pressing submit:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/wJoho.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/wJoho.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you did see something like this, it is not broken :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After three weeks, there is no indication that anyone is even looking into this issue. Perhaps this is the wrong place to post this? If so, where would be a better place to post this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users&quot;&gt;The users of Ask Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users?tab=moderators&quot;&gt;the moderators of Ask Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt; cannot answer your question because we do not have access to the things which you have sent to Stack Exchange through &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/contact&quot;&gt;the contact page&lt;/a&gt;. Only Stack Exchange staff have access to it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu Meta &lt;em&gt;might&lt;/em&gt; be a wrong place to post this. Maybe you can post this in Meta Stack Exchange, but I am not 100% sure.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is now five weeks after I asked this question and there is NO response. Is there anyone who actually READS this forum? Is there a different place I should ask this question? Perhaps &amp;quot;Ask Ubuntu Meta Meta&amp;quot; exists?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am sorry for the late response. Generally, the users of Ask Ubuntu or the moderators of Ask Ubuntu post an answer or add a comment in meta posts as soon as possible. Maybe they missed your post or did not know what to say to you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is no &amp;quot;&lt;em&gt;Ask Ubuntu Meta Meta&lt;/em&gt;&amp;quot;. You can try to talk to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/40354&quot;&gt;Community Manager&lt;/a&gt;s in chatrooms. &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/99338&quot;&gt;They&lt;/a&gt; are mostly there in &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.meta.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Meta Stack Exchange chatrooms&lt;/a&gt;. But there's no guarantee that they will reply to you in the chatrooms.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1103140" LastEditorUserId="1103140" LastEditDate="2021-08-23T17:31:23.933" LastActivityDate="2021-08-23T17:31:23.933" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19702" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19823" CreationDate="2021-08-17T19:14:17.447" Score="3" ViewCount="237" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are two links in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/contact&quot;&gt;Ask Ubuntu contact page&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/2UydW.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/2UydW.png&quot; alt=&quot;Screenshot of links in https://askubuntu.com/contact&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The first one is for contacting Ubuntu: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com/about/contact-us&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.ubuntu.com/about/contact-us&lt;/a&gt; (HTTP )&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This redirects to &lt;a href=&quot;https://ubuntu.com/contact-us&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://ubuntu.com/contact-us&lt;/a&gt;. I feel the link can be changed to &lt;a href=&quot;https://ubuntu.com/contact-us&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://ubuntu.com/contact-us&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The second one is for contacting Canonical: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.canonical.com/services/contact-us&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.canonical.com/services/contact-us&lt;/a&gt; (HTTP )&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This redirects to &lt;a href=&quot;https://ubuntu.com/support/contact-us&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://ubuntu.com/support/contact-us&lt;/a&gt;. I feel that the redirected site is a bit irrelevant to contacting Canonical. I feel the link needs to be changed to this: &lt;a href=&quot;https://canonical.com/contact-us&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://canonical.com/contact-us&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1103140" LastEditorUserId="761293" LastEditDate="2021-11-17T14:33:06.223" LastActivityDate="2021-11-17T14:33:06.223" Title="Change the links in Ask Ubuntu contact page" Tags="|bug|status-completed|https|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19703" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19689" CreationDate="2021-08-18T17:38:03.190" Score="9" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Stack Exchange&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I contacted Stack Exchange regarding this on 17&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; August, 2021 at 8:10 PM Indian Standard Time (approximately).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/8yTIs.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Screenshot of https://askubuntu.com/contact after pressing &amp;quot;Submit&amp;quot;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is what I sent them:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sir/Madam,&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;Through this mail I would like to enquire about Stack Exchange's Ask Ubuntu's relationship/agreement/partnership with Canonical.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.blog/2010/10/11/ubuntu-stack-exchange-is-askubuntu-com/&quot;&gt;https://stackoverflow.blog/2010/10/11/ubuntu-stack-exchange-is-askubuntu-com/&lt;/a&gt;, it is mentioned:&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;&amp;quot;We’re pleased to announce that ubuntu.stackexchange.com, in partnership with Canonical, Ltd, has become Ask Ubuntu.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;But there is no details of the partnership mentioned in the post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I would like to know what kind of relationship/agreement/partnership Stack Exchange's Ask Ubuntu has with Canonical.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Is Ask Ubuntu sponsored/funded by Canonical? If yes, why is nothing like this: &amp;quot;sponsored by Canonical&amp;quot; mentioned in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;Other sites in Stack Exchange which are sponsored by other companies have such text (example: &lt;a href=&quot;https://salesforce.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;https://salesforce.stackexchange.com/&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If Ask Ubuntu is sponsored/funded by Canonical, does Canonical have any control over deciding what topics can be on-topic/off-topic in Ask Ubuntu?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If Ask Ubuntu is not sponsored/funded by Canonical in any manner, what is the relationship/agreement/partnership about?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It would be nice if you can answer the above questions here: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/19689&quot;&gt;Is Ask Ubuntu sponsored by Canonical?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Regards,&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;Random Person.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This was the reply which I got (at 8:20 PM Indian Standard Time on 17&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; August, 2021):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hello,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It looks like you’ve already gotten an answer to your question there on meta. There is no formal relationship outside them having allowed us to use the name and logo of “Ubuntu” in the design of the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Regards,&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;Stack Overflow Team&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Zplyh.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Screenshot of the reply which I got from Stack Exchange&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I replied back to the mail. This is what I sent:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can you confirm if Ubuntu/Canonical has the authority to decide the scope (on-topic/off-topic) of Ask Ubuntu?  If yes, why so? If no, does the Ask Ubuntu community have the complete authority to decide the scope of Ask Ubuntu without the influence of Ubuntu/Canonical?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/2QIu3.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Screenshot of my reply to Stack Exchange&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They replied back. This is what I received:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hello,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They have no influence over the community at all, nor do sponsorships in general give the sponsor any influence over a site. Ask Ubuntu is a Stack Exchange site capable of their own decisions like any other. We do not offer any kind of partnership that gives a specific organization control over a site, as our philosophies do not mesh with it. Sponsorships are basically a form of advertising.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Regards,&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;Stack Overflow Team&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/eEAcs.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Screenshot of Stack Exchange's reply&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I replied back to the mail. This is what I sent:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to ask few more questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Does Stack Exchange have a legal agreement with Canonical such that the former can use the latter's logo and trademarks? If yes, please share the details of the legal agreement. I do understand that some legal agreements are meant to be confidential, but if that's not the case with the agreement between Stack Exchange and Canonical, please share the details of it. If the details cannot be shared because of confidentiality, at least acknowledge the existence of the agreement between Stack Exchange and Canonical.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You have said, &amp;quot;Sponsorships are basically a form of advertising.&amp;quot;. I would like to know what is the &amp;quot;sponsorship&amp;quot; / &amp;quot;form of advertising&amp;quot; in the context of Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/hfnD2.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Screenshot of my reply to Stack Exchange&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They replied back. This is what I received:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hello,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is no further information we are able to share with you about this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Regards,&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;Stack Overflow Team&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/BjnkX.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Screenshot of Stack Exchange's reply&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;Note: The time mentioned in the screenshots are Indian Standard Time.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Canonical&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I sent an email (similar to the first email I sent to Stack Exchange) to a representative of Ubuntu on 17&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; August, 2021 at 11:15 PM Indian Standard Time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The representative replied back to me within a week. Here's an excerpt of what they said:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So the partnership isn't financial! We gave Ask Ubuntu permission to use the Ubuntu trademark (name and logos), and in exchange, they got to use those to build their community. So there's no financial partnership like there might be with Salesforce.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Canonical has no control over the topics and what is on topic or off topic. That's probably decided by the moderators.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;My opinion&lt;/strong&gt;: &lt;em&gt;Moderators of Ask Ubuntu do not decide what topics are on-topic or off-topic. It is decided by the Ask Ubuntu community.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1103140" LastEditorUserId="1103140" LastEditDate="2021-08-30T19:11:52.487" LastActivityDate="2021-08-30T19:11:52.487" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19704" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19335" CreationDate="2021-08-19T12:01:56.970" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;When I turned twenty one I immigrated to Canada from California. I brought everything I could fit on the back of my Flat Head Harley.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I did a drafting course in 1972 and loved it.&#xA;Decided to become a mechanical engineer and started University in 1974.&#xA;Did a few computer courses as part of the curriculum and learned to punch punch cards.&#xA;Graduated in 1979 and went to work for the same engineering company I had been a designer for.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They decided to buy a mainframe computer and get into Computer Aided Design and Drafting.&#xA;Was sent to Boston to learn Computer Vision's CADD system.&#xA;Loved CADD and worked on developing the companies CAE capabilities.&#xA;Became interested in 3D Design, Finite Element Analysis and Stress Analysis of Structures and of Piping Systems. I designed Tensile Fabric Structures on the side.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Was mostly working on VAX until the PC came to power. Started using Bentley Microsystem, AutoCAD, SFrame, STAAD Pro, Solidworks, Cosmos, Ansys etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;About 1986 I bought the parts for a 386. My brother gave me a copy of DOS. I soon upgraded my RAM (at $100 a MB). Then I upgraded my motherboard and CPU and for a while had a 486, then came Windows, Pentiums 75's etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Come 2006 and I was spending my weekends hunting viruses. My wife the virus queen was gifting my kids a couple of new viruses every week. I had previously tried KNOPPIX but it ate my hard drive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I heard that Dell was starting to ship computers with Ubuntu, so I gave it a try. Told my Wife that it was a new virus proof version of Windows. She has never complained or shared a virus since.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was terrified of the idea that computers and technology were in the hands of a few greedy corporations. I figure that if Apple had beat Microsoft, all computers would now have hardware locks and that most of us would not be able to afford a good computer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seemed that being able to boot Ubuntu from a USB was a great way to introduce people to Free software that it could help them escape Microsoft and Apple. I decided that helping people use bootable Linux USB's as a way that I could help the cause.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="43926" LastActivityDate="2021-08-19T12:01:56.970" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19705" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-08-19T13:05:39.763" Score="-5" ViewCount="58" Body="&lt;p&gt;I asked a question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Create Bash Alias That Accepts Commands&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;but now I can not find it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1385532" LastActivityDate="2021-08-19T13:10:11.667" Title="I asked a question but now I can not find it" Tags="|discussion|support|bug|asking-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19706" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19705" CreationDate="2021-08-19T13:10:11.667" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here it is: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1358909/create-bash-alias-that-accepts-arguments&quot;&gt;Create bash alias that accepts arguments&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can find your questions/answers by going into your &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/1385532/ubunshitu&quot;&gt;profile&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="264781" LastActivityDate="2021-08-19T13:10:11.667" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19707" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19699" CreationDate="2021-08-19T18:09:26.390" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/users/306823/jnat&quot;&gt;JNat&lt;/a&gt;, Community Manager for Stack Exchange, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/posts/19699/timeline#history_0a81b83c-757e-4315-a935-2e5bc26bdddc&quot;&gt;has added the tag&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/status-completed&quot; class=&quot;post-tag moderator-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;status-completed&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;status-completed&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, &amp;quot;Ubuntu and Canonical are registered trademarks of Canonical Ltd.&amp;quot; is also mentioned in Ask Ubuntu Meta.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Current screenshot of the bottom of Ask Ubuntu Meta:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/GRB4h.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/GRB4h.png&quot; alt=&quot;Screenshot of the bottom of Ask Ubuntu Meta&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1103140" LastActivityDate="2021-08-19T18:09:26.390" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19708" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-08-21T04:16:55.697" Score="3" ViewCount="145" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is there a mechanism that allows me to “unsubscribe” from comment notifications on my answers? Ideally something that operates on a per-answer basis. Alternatively, can I mute certain people so their rants do not result in a notification?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1222991" LastActivityDate="2022-02-03T15:03:16.100" Title="Can I unsubscribe from comments to my answers?" Tags="|support|comments|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19709" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19702" CreationDate="2021-08-21T16:38:28.270" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Both links should be removed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To me, they look like legacy stubs that never really took off and have outlived their usefulness.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Neither provides a useful way to communicate with the Ubuntu Project.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ubuntu Contact leads to &lt;a href=&quot;https://ubuntu.com/contact-us&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://ubuntu.com/contact-us&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;...which, in turn, has a 'technical support' link leading to &lt;a href=&quot;https://ubuntu.com/support/contact-us&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://ubuntu.com/support/contact-us&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;(The page sells Ubuntu Advantage. It's not a support page)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;...which, in turn has a 'Need Help?' section with a link right back to AskUBuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Contact Canonical leads directly to the same sales page for Ubuntu Advantage.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The most effective way for users to communicate with the Ubuntu Project is generally for the user to ask a question about their specific problem on AskUbuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;AskUbuntu should not be funneling lost querants to a sales page. It's (not intentionally) misleading and seems disingenuous to new and lost users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19626" LastActivityDate="2021-08-21T16:38:28.270" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19710" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-08-22T12:38:49.587" Score="6" ViewCount="73" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was previously able to see the last seen of any user.&#xA;Recently with the new look of AskUbuntu page, I could not find this option.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it removed or is there any different approach to the &amp;quot;last seen&amp;quot; of any user.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="739431" LastActivityDate="2021-08-22T12:38:49.587" Title="ask ubuntu home page last seen gone with new ui" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19711" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-08-23T08:29:51.103" Score="2" ViewCount="115" Body="&lt;p&gt;Every so often I stumble upon an excellent answer to a problem only to find that, while it may have a high score, the answer has yet to be accepted. Case in point:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/x88DE.png&quot; alt=&quot;Changing the Extension of Multiple Files&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This happens with many &amp;quot;drive-by questions&amp;quot; from new visitors who are unfamiliar with how Stack Exchange sites operate, but it also happens with people who have been active participants on the network for years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What would be a good, non-annoying way to encourage people to click/tap that checkmark?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;em&gt;This is certainly a duplicate, as there's &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2869/encouraging-new-users-to-accept-answers&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; from a decade ago, but I'm wondering if there are any modern/more-accepted ways to encourage this sort of participation.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1222991" LastActivityDate="2021-08-23T11:54:05.203" Title="What is a good way to encourage askers to accept an answer?" Tags="|discussion|unanswered-questions|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19712" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19711" CreationDate="2021-08-23T10:59:07.863" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you really, really want to, and the OP has posted something indicating they've seen and appreciate the answer, you can add a comment along these lines:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If one of the answers here solved your issue, please take a moment and&#xA;[accept it](&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/someone-answers&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/help/someone-answers&lt;/a&gt;) by clicking on&#xA;the checkmark on the left. That is the best way to express your thanks&#xA;on the Stack Exchange sites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But there is rarely any point. The accept mark isn't important, doesn't affect whether a question is considered answered (having an upvoted answer means the question counts as answered), and simply indicates what the OP's preferred answer was. This is often not even the best answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So as a rule, I would just say do nothing. There is no benefit to having an answer accepted so why bother?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2021-08-23T10:59:07.863" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19713" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19711" CreationDate="2021-08-23T11:54:05.203" Score="-3" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Encourage Askers to Accept an Answer&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think this boils down to crappy web page design.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you were a New Contributor how would you know how to accept an answer? And how would you know that you should?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is nothing on this page that says &amp;quot;Click here to accept the answer and give the Answerer 15 points&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is nothing to say &amp;quot;Click the little well hidden question mark to search for site etiquette&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Perhaps the best thing to do is ignore 1 rep people until the page layout is improved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please take a moment and accept this answer, sounds like you are begging.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="43926" LastActivityDate="2021-08-23T11:54:05.203" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19714" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17528" CreationDate="2021-08-26T20:35:43.170" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am blown away by how much push back there is on asking/answering question relating to certain hardware. It looks like this website attempts to keep track of what is and isn't compatible: &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.linuxcompatible.org/compatibility/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.linuxcompatible.org/compatibility/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This website is also useful:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://fwupd.org/lvfs/devices/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://fwupd.org/lvfs/devices/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, if someone wants to buy a computer that is on sale, but is concerned about whether or not it (or certain hardware components it has) is compatible with Linux, they should have the resources available to figure out whether it is compatible with Linux. This forum can be one of those places to figure this out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1394439" LastActivityDate="2021-08-26T20:35:43.170" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19715" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17528" CreationDate="2021-08-27T00:44:34.117" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sometimes, closing a question from a new user can be a bit heavy-handed, discouraging the user from joining our community, learning, and eventually contributing to help others.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I agree that vague or generic answers are not helpful. But there is also the potential to receive very specific and useful answers to such questions... I am certain that there will be users on this forum who have encountered the same problem on the same hardware that the user is asking about.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a suggestion, perhaps creating tags for specific hardware vendors may be a way to notify experienced users who have the same hardware, so they can jump in and help. As long as the question poster includes the vendor tag, users who want to be notified about those vendor questions can see and hopefully answer the poster's question with higher quality.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="100356" LastActivityDate="2021-08-27T00:44:34.117" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19717" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-08-29T18:17:30.947" Score="6" ViewCount="209" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would suggest the following change to the Help Center page on &amp;quot;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;What topics to ask&lt;/a&gt;&amp;quot;, under the last bullet in &amp;quot;Questions you should avoid&amp;quot;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Support for Ubuntu releases &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;past their &amp;quot;End of Standard Support&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;End of Life&amp;quot; dates&lt;/a&gt; (whichever is earlier) — unless the question is asking how to upgrade to a supported release.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is changed to:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Support for Ubuntu releases &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;past their support period &lt;/a&gt; (5 years after first release for LTS and 9 months after first release for non-LTS) — unless the question is asking how to upgrade to a supported release&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is not taking into account a different support timespan for Ubuntu Core though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Alternate suggestion if Ubuntu Core support is 10 years (as it currently appears to be - &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1361838/whats-the-official-support-period-for-ubuntu-core-releases&quot;&gt;pending clarification&lt;/a&gt;):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Support for Ubuntu releases &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;past their support period &lt;/a&gt; (10 years after first release for Core, 5 years after first release for LTS and 9 months after first release for non-LTS) — unless the question is asking how to upgrade to a supported release&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This would in my opinion make the paragraph more precise and easier to understand. And there would be no doubt, that there's up to 3 time frames you should know for a release to expire here - 10 years (Core), 5 years (LTS) and 9 months (non-LTS).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The way it's phrased right now, if I was a new reviewer, and hadn't read the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/19616/how-long-do-we-support-ubuntu-flavors&quot;&gt;meta post&lt;/a&gt;, I would assume the on-topic period is 5 years for standard Ubuntu and 3 years for official flavors. In addition, the current guidelines do not mention Ubuntu Core at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1066942" LastEditorUserId="1066942" LastEditDate="2021-09-21T08:05:12.627" LastActivityDate="2021-09-21T08:05:12.627" Title="Suggestion to change description of &quot;End of Support&quot; / &quot;End of Life&quot; in Help Center" Tags="|discussion|help-center|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19718" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-08-30T07:28:31.747" Score="9" ViewCount="148" Body="&lt;p&gt;On Ask Ubuntu we have a lot of questions and answers that include multiple lines of terminal output which is best handled by using code fences.  Without formatting, this information is difficult to parse and it makes the content much more difficult to read.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Currently our community &amp;quot;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/editing-help&quot;&gt;Markdown help&lt;/a&gt;&amp;quot; page has the instructions for how to use code fences hidden behind a &amp;quot;show more&amp;quot; link.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My primary suggestion is that that we do away with the &amp;quot;show more&amp;quot; link so that this information is not hidden by default.  This will make the information more readily accessible.  Otherwise, it is very easy to miss.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The help page could be improved further if we could also show examples of the rendered output after the example markdown input, similar to our &amp;quot;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/formatting&quot;&gt;Formatting&lt;/a&gt;&amp;quot; help page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ideally, I think that these two different help pages should eventually be consolidated.  Several items are duplicated on both pages and it would be more consistent to have a single page for formatting and markdown help and examples.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Qdl7J.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Qdl7J.png&quot; alt=&quot;&amp;quot;show more&amp;quot; link, hidden&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="953371" LastActivityDate="2021-09-03T06:42:28.447" Title="Suggested improvements to &quot;Markdown help&quot; and formatting help" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|formatting|help-center|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19719" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19718" CreationDate="2021-08-30T10:24:09.583" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Nmath, your suggestion is nice. But I am not sure if the moderators can edit the content in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/editing-help&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/editing-help&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/formatting&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/help/formatting&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have another suggestion. We can post an FAQ post about formatting in Ask Ubuntu Meta. Something similar to this: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/22186&quot;&gt;How do I format my code blocks?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1103140" LastEditorUserId="1103140" LastEditDate="2021-08-30T10:32:27.183" LastActivityDate="2021-08-30T10:32:27.183" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19722" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-09-02T15:49:45.570" Score="1" ViewCount="50" Body="&lt;p&gt;When a question is unclear or missing key elements that might lead to an answer — such as versions, logs, and whatnot — it should be flagged for closure. To the best of my knowledge this is for two reasons:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;People may misinterpret the question and offer an answer or comment that addresses an unrelated issue, introducing confusion for people who may have a similar question in the future&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A closed question that an OP really wants answered will &lt;em&gt;hopefully&lt;/em&gt; result in a better-written edit that can lead to a reopening and proper solution to the problem&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Examples of recent opaque questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I cant seem to find drives like E or D, in ubuntu, every folder or file get saved in the desktop itself. Please help — &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/1361404/1222991&quot;&gt;Source&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I want to restrict a user to run a command only two times in Ubuntu … — &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/1361327/1222991&quot;&gt;Source&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is there a way or program to create a key combination to enter a special character? […] Actually I just want to press alt + 61 and it returns an &amp;quot;=&amp;quot; and so with several codes, I don't need all the ascii but I do need several. — &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/1360875/1222991&quot;&gt;Source&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For some of these, it may be possible to guess at what the objective is. However, if a question is as clear as mud and has an accepted or positively-voted answer, should it still be marked for closure?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1222991" LastActivityDate="2021-09-02T15:49:45.570" Title="Should unclear questions with accepted (or plausible) answers be marked for closing?" Tags="|discussion|vote-to-close|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19724" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19718" CreationDate="2021-09-03T06:42:28.447" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Workaround for the info on fenced code blocks being hidden behind the jump: Go to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/editing-help#code&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/editing-help#code&lt;/a&gt; (linking directly to section in question). All section links in that page expand the relevant section if possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2021-09-03T06:42:28.447" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19725" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-09-04T07:07:19.863" Score="5" ViewCount="155" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can we turn &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/1361769/124466&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; question (&amp;quot;How do I upgrade Ubuntu 18.04 to 21.04 on i386 architecture?&amp;quot;) into something like &amp;quot;I have a 32 bit computer running Ubuntu 18.04, and want to use an operating system with recent versions of packages. What all options do I have?&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That question would not be strictly about Ubuntu, but it would help Ubuntu users continue using their 32 bit computers with a supported operating system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;People still ask &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1361321/how-can-i-install-ubuntu-18-04-lts-32-bit-gui-iso-found-see-added-ref/1361325#1361325&quot;&gt;questions&lt;/a&gt; like &amp;quot;How to install 32 bit 18.04?&amp;quot;&#xA;Since 18.04 would go EOL in another two years, can we have a generic question with possible migration options?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="124466" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2021-09-15T14:41:53.193" LastActivityDate="2021-09-15T14:41:53.193" Title="Can we turn this question into a more generic one?" Tags="|discussion|specific-question|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19726" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19727" CreationDate="2021-09-05T17:41:59.013" Score="6" ViewCount="95" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was an idiot and edited an answer rather than &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/145472/matthew-brown-aka-lord-matt&quot;&gt;my question&lt;/a&gt; - how do I make sure my stupid edit never sees the light of day?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1360478/i-need-some-help-understanding-the-output-of-journalctl-as-it-relates-to-system&quot;&gt;Question where I screwed up&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/1361619/145472&quot;&gt;Answer I accidentally vandalised&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="145472" LastEditorUserId="145472" LastEditDate="2021-09-05T17:54:06.067" LastActivityDate="2021-09-05T17:56:30.183" Title="How do I make sure my stupid edit never sees the light of day?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19727" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19726" CreationDate="2021-09-05T17:56:30.183" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;I rejected your &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/1167616&quot;&gt;edit suggestion&lt;/a&gt; (hope it was the one you meant - the comment was a good clue), so the edit won't be applied :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But in general, you've hit on a small problem - &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/80933/how-can-i-cancel-an-edit-i-made-on-another-users-question-or-answer&quot;&gt;there's no way to retract an edit suggestion&lt;/a&gt; as far as I know.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can click the &lt;strong&gt;Edit&lt;/strong&gt; button again and sort of undo your changes, but this is often tricky, especially if the text has formatting, so I don't recommend it unless the suggestion you made was very minor. Of course, this &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; the right action if you spotted a mistake in an otherwise good edit suggestion you've made (just not one you didn't actually want to make at all).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another option is to ask someone to reject the edit - for example you could leave a comment for the post author asking them to reject your suggestion, or come to &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/3877/raiders-of-the-lost-downboat&quot;&gt;the Downboat&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/201/ask-ubuntu-general-room&quot;&gt;Ask Ubuntu General Room&lt;/a&gt; and ask folks there to reject.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2021-09-05T17:56:30.183" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19728" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-09-08T16:43:15.493" Score="19" ViewCount="851" Body="&lt;p&gt;Community manager Nicholas Chabanovsky has posted this on Meta Stack Exchange:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/369568/unpinning-the-accepted-answer-from-the-top-of-the-list-of-answers&quot;&gt;Unpinning the accepted answer from the top of the list of answers&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On Stack Overflow, apparently, answers are now by default sorted by score, with the accepted answer appearing wherever its score places it, instead of being pinned to the top.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The linked question asks whether we would like to have the same behaviour on our site, or stick with the old way of having the accepted answer appear at the top of the list regardless of its score (or, I guess, something else entirely).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are your thoughts on this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This question is about the main site, Ask Ubuntu. For the same question with regard to meta, see &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/19733/should-we-unpin-the-accepted-answer-from-the-top-of-the-list-on-meta&quot;&gt;my other question&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have posted feedback on this discussion &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/369568/unpinning-the-accepted-answer-from-the-top-of-the-list-of-answers/369982#369982&quot;&gt;in answer to Nicholas Chabanovsky's question&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2021-09-18T17:47:08.217" LastActivityDate="2021-09-18T19:58:11.323" Title="Should we unpin the accepted answer from the top of the list?" Tags="|discussion|answers|accepted-answer|" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19729" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19728" CreationDate="2021-09-08T16:50:30.797" Score="19" Body="&lt;p&gt;Accepts are a way to indicate what worked best for the OP or which answer they personally liked. Sometimes the OP's choice isn't the best one - after all, many people ask questions because they don't know much about the topic, so they can't necessarily be expected to be a good judge. Also, sometimes better answers are posted later after the OP has stopped interacting with the question or no longer has the ability to test solutions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The score of a post gives a more reliable indication of its quality, as potentially more (and possibly more knowledgeable) people are involved in determining it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Therefore, I think we should have the accepted answer sort according to score, rather than being pinned to the top.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For anyone interested, &lt;a href=&quot;https://data.stackexchange.com/askubuntu/query/1457743/questions-whose-accepted-answer-is-outscored-by-another-answer&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here's an SEDE query&lt;/a&gt; for posts where the accepted answer is outscored by another answer (according to this, on Ask Ubuntu there are around 9000 such posts).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2021-09-09T05:19:16.013" LastActivityDate="2021-09-09T05:19:16.013" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19730" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19728" CreationDate="2021-09-08T21:37:18.647" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Neither system is perfect.  The problem with vote totals deciding the &amp;quot;best answer&amp;quot; (by sort order, at least) is that they are momentum that is hard to overcome in the event that things change.  And with the age of some questions (on most of the Stack sites), a new answer can come along that makes &lt;em&gt;much&lt;/em&gt; more sense &lt;em&gt;today&lt;/em&gt; than the top voted answer of yesteryear.  I've seen this happen multiple times in my relatively short time answering on Stack sites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The ability of the OP to &lt;em&gt;change&lt;/em&gt; the accepted answer based on new information is useful, and allows the new information to automatically get to the top, regardless of how many votes the old, outdated (often even now &lt;em&gt;wrong&lt;/em&gt;) answer might have.  Without this, the momentum is for readers to continue to read the highest voted answer, and often even upvote it again since it might &lt;em&gt;seem&lt;/em&gt; to work for them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sure, it's a lot of &amp;quot;power&amp;quot; to give the OP, but someone needs to have the ability to &amp;quot;pin&amp;quot; an answer, IMHO, and who better than the person who asked it originally?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Vote totals, which are &lt;em&gt;difficult&lt;/em&gt; to change after months or years, aren't always the best metric for the &amp;quot;best answer&amp;quot; -- Especially on older questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1165986" LastActivityDate="2021-09-08T21:37:18.647" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19731" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19728" CreationDate="2021-09-09T02:33:13.273" Score="12" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Obsolete Answer Flag&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In many cases the answer with the most upvotes is simply the one that has been here longest. Often these high vote answers are totally obsolete and no longer work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It was much easier to get votes in the old days, when Ask Ubuntu was new and unique. Answers did not need to be very good to get lots of upvotes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There should be an &lt;strong&gt;obsolete flag&lt;/strong&gt; so that users can flag these old and obsolete answers to drop them from the top of the list. A flagged answer does not need to be totally removed, just dropped to the bottom of the page where it won't hurt anyone. It should probably take a vote of five flags to demote an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Closing a duplicate question and then linking an old question with 20 obsolete answers wastes the users time and does not give users much confidence in Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some people talk about historical value of these answers but people come here to get help making their Ubuntu work, not history lessons.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Lets keep Ask Ubuntu relevant and up to date.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="43926" LastActivityDate="2021-09-09T02:33:13.273" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19732" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19683" CreationDate="2021-09-10T00:58:36.100" Score="5" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Obsolete Answer Flag&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In many cases the answer with the most upvotes is simply the one that has been here longest. Often these high vote answers are totally obsolete and no longer work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It was much easier to get votes in the old days, when Ask Ubuntu was new and unique. Answers did not need to be very good to get lots of upvotes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There should be an &lt;strong&gt;obsolete flag&lt;/strong&gt; so that users can flag these old and obsolete answers to drop them from the top of the list. A flagged answer does not need to be totally removed, just dropped to the bottom of the page where it won't hurt anyone. It should probably take a vote of five flags to demote an answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Closing a duplicate question and then linking an old question with 20 obsolete answers wastes the users time and does not give users much confidence in Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some people talk about historical value of these answers but people come here to get help making their Ubuntu work, not history lessons.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Lets keep Ask Ubuntu relevant and up to date.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="43926" LastActivityDate="2021-09-10T00:58:36.100" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19733" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-09-11T11:11:46.690" Score="11" ViewCount="768" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is the partner to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/19728/should-we-unpin-the-accepted-answer-from-the-top-of-the-list&quot;&gt;my other question&lt;/a&gt;, concerning specifically Meta Ask Ubuntu. Because accepts may have a somewhat different meaning or purpose on meta I am posting this question to gather feedback separately.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Community manager Nicholas Chabanovsky has posted this on Meta Stack Exchange:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/369568/unpinning-the-accepted-answer-from-the-top-of-the-list-of-answers&quot;&gt;Unpinning the accepted answer from the top of the list of answers&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On Stack Overflow, apparently, answers are now by default sorted by score, with the accepted answer appearing wherever its score places it, instead of being pinned to the top.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The linked question asks whether we would like to have the same behaviour on our site, or stick with the old way of having the accepted answer appear at the top of the list regardless of its score (or, I guess, something else entirely).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are your thoughts on this, specifically on meta?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have posted feedback on this discussion &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/369568/unpinning-the-accepted-answer-from-the-top-of-the-list-of-answers/369982#369982&quot;&gt;in answer to Nicholas Chabanovsky's question&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2021-09-18T17:46:43.903" LastActivityDate="2021-10-15T13:56:34.573" Title="Should we unpin the accepted answer from the top of the list on meta?" Tags="|discussion|answers|accepted-answer|meta|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19734" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19733" CreationDate="2021-09-11T11:11:46.690" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Accepts can have a different function on meta, highlighting a definitive statement from SE staff or indicating what line of action was actually taken at the conclusion of a discussion. I talked about the difference between the meaning of accepts on main vs. meta &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/58317465&quot;&gt;here in chat&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the case of &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/support&quot; class=&quot;post-tag required-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;support&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;support&lt;/a&gt; questions the accept often has a similar meaning to on the main site. However, community knowledge about the site itself is much more widespread and comprehensive than knowledge about the myriad Ubuntu-related things that can be asked about on the site, so any important errors are likely to be swiftly corrected.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since it's very likely to be the most useful one, having the accepted answer pinned to the top seems like a good idea on meta.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2021-09-11T11:11:46.690" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19735" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-09-13T02:27:46.447" Score="-5" ViewCount="164" Body="&lt;p&gt;Responding to that invitation, I revised &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/826014/difference-between-installation-of-ubuntu-software-center-and-command-line&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hi I'm new to ubuntu world. I have few questions about the software&#xA;installation in ubuntu:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What's the difference between installing a software in ubuntu software center and command line?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Why some software I installed with command line can't be searched in software center (press the window key)?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What are the correct commands to install a software from command line so that I can search them?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I backed and restored up my system once but some commands worked before (like &amp;quot;subl&amp;quot;) don't work after restoring the system.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think these questions are about $PATH somehow but I can't find some&#xA;material about this. Any extra material would be appreciated. :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This question has been viewed more than 3,000 times. Like many other viewers, no doubt, I arrived at it through a Google search. It seemed to be asking a good question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question was closed on the grounds that it &amp;quot;needs to be more &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/closed-questions&quot;&gt;focused&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;quot; The linked page explains that this criticism applies &amp;quot;if your question has many valid answers (but no way to determine which - if any - are correct).&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A person could read the question that way. I just don't know why they would want to.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The idea seems to be that the original poster (OP) approached Ask Ubuntu in a rather scatterbrained state of mind, and needed to be properly schooled. That demeaning undertone would predictably discourage the newcomer from participating further.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems to have done so for the OP. He said he was a newbie. This was his one and only question on any Stack Exchange forum. He hasn't been back in four years. Ironically, Ask Ubuntu gave him a &amp;quot;Popular Question&amp;quot; badge for it two years ago.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And to think that there are people who just don't understand why newcomers mostly retreat to Windows or Mac after dipping a toe in the Linux pool.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For reasons I am about to present, Ask Ubuntu's debilitating response does not appear to have done justice to the OP and his question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First, the criticism just quoted does not seem to apply. It is surely not true that there is &amp;quot;no way to determine&amp;quot; which answers would be correct. Even the OP's relatively bemused point 4 could be addressed with a simple indication that what he reports could not have happened, or could only have happened for specific reasons. As we see in many other Ask Ubuntu discussions, OPs can and do submit additional detail if needed. The website would be vastly less helpful if the response were, consistently, to close their questions until they felt like standing up for another round of criticism.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As indicated above, the claim that the post &amp;quot;needs to be more focused&amp;quot; links to a page elaborating what &amp;quot;focus&amp;quot; means. That linked page says, &amp;quot;This can often be fixed by ... focusing on a specific part of the problem.&amp;quot; This suggests that the OP could have rescued the question by explaining how his enumerated points related to a single, central question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In response to the website's invitation, I submitted a revision that did exactly that. My revision read as follows:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question: for purposes of software installation, what is the&#xA;relationship between the command line and the Ubuntu Software Center?&#xA;This question arises from several observations and uncertainties:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A search of the Software Center fails to produce some of the packages that I have installed via command line. So it appears that these two methods have somewhat different purposes or functionality.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I noticed that a system backup and restore seemed to break some software installed via command line (e.g., &lt;code&gt;subl&lt;/code&gt;). I wondered whether maybe that was because the Software Center does a better job than CLI installation, for purposes of registering or preserving the relevant $PATH information.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Since listing in the Software Center seems to have some advantages (e.g., for searching, for surviving a restore), I would like to know whether it is possible to write the installation command so that my installed software will be so listed.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That edit was rejected on grounds that &amp;quot;This edit deviates from the original intent of the post. Even edits that must make drastic changes should strive to preserve the goals of the post's owner.&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That seems illogical. If the OP's intent was clear, then his question should not have been closed in the first place. If his intent was not clear, then it would be difficult to be certain that my revision departed from it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It does not seem to have done so. Note that my revision reflects the focus of the OP's numbered points: they all convey his impression of installation inconsistencies involving the Software Center and the command line.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One would not expect constructive participants in Ask Ubuntu to reject an edit that actually improves the original question while sharpening the focus on the OP's primary concern.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is odd in any event that third parties would be deciding what the OP intended. The more sensible response would be to ask him.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since the closing seems to have deterred the OP from any further participation in Ask Ubuntu, he might not respond to a request for approval of my edit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yet his question lives on, and continues to draw a large number of visits. In that case, it does not seem practical to tell people like me that we are silly to look for answers to the OP's question. The practical response would be to let that popular question be clarified and reopened, so that Ask Ubuntu can function as intended -- as a forum for good questions to be asked and answered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My experience in this case suggests that Ask Ubuntu is falsely inviting revisions that cannot meet its criteria, because those criteria are applied arbitrarily. As a relative newcomer myself, I must ask: do the established members of this forum pride themselves on discouraging newcomers?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would not think so. I haven't been in Ask Ubuntu very long, but that has not been my impression so far. But I cannot reasonably be expected to feel good about investing time in a revision that was rejected for reasons that don't add up, by people who do not even seem to have tried to understand the original question. Plainly, it would be foolish for me to devote that kind of effort again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe that's why a popular question remains closed after four years, continuing to rack up visits long after the chastised OP has left the scene. Are we in Never-Never Land -- are we waiting for some magical character to render the perfect rephrasing of that question? In the real world, the evidence says that Ask Ubuntu is behaving as if it does not want that question to be fixed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Clearly, the people responsible for the original closing, and for rejecting my revision, are not striving to encourage our participation; nor are they intent upon producing a helpful outcome in this specific case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The problem may be that participants accrue points, in Ask Ubuntu, through displays of technical expertise. As this case illustrates, such expertise is not always relevant -- it may be counterproductive -- for purposes of applying the forum's criteria.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Specifically, as already pointed out, the closers and rejecters said that they did not understand the OP's goals and intent. Those are exactly the things the criteria depend upon. They admitted that they were not qualified to judge my revision. That was their choice. It's not my fault.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Newcomers, almost by definition, will fail to express themselves in ideal terms. When thousands of them seek an answer to a question that the technical experts want to shut down, the practical response would be to encourage them to ask their question, help them shape their phrasing as they improve their understanding -- and dial back this toxic tendency to drive outsiders away.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="80644" OwnerDisplayName="Ray Woodcock" LastActivityDate="2021-09-13T10:37:31.090" Title="Want to improve this question? Update the question so it focuses on one problem only by editing this post" Tags="|discussion|edits|new-users|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19736" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19735" CreationDate="2021-09-13T03:11:38.370" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am not from this community, but I’m active enough on stack exchange in general that I believe I can answer this correctly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Addressing the question and why it was closed.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hi I'm new to ubuntu world. I have few questions about the software installation in ubuntu:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What's the difference between installing a software in ubuntu software center and command line?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Why some software I installed with command line can't be searched in software center (press the window key)?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What are the correct commands to install a software from command line so that I can search them?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I backed and restored up my system once but some commands worked before (like &amp;quot;subl&amp;quot;) don't work after restoring the system.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think these questions are about $PATH somehow but I can't find some material about this. Any extra material would be appreciated. :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You said this question was closed as &lt;em&gt;needs more focus&lt;/em&gt;, and I completely agree with the closers. This question fundamentally asks multiple different questions (this can be showed by the different points in the list), in addition, at the end the OP asks for a &lt;em&gt;list&lt;/em&gt; of stuff, which on its own is enough to get the question closed as &lt;em&gt;needs more focus&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for the article you linked too, that article is a bit misleading. Needs more focus means it asks multiple questions, not that there is no way to determine the best answer. There’s probably a feature request asking to change it somewhere on the main meta, and if you really can’t find one you can post your own.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In addition, later in the post you mention&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That seems illogical. If the OP's intent was clear, then his question should not have been closed in the first place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, having clear intent does not mean a post shouldn’t be closed. To provide a drastic example of this, if I asked&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is your favorite ice cream flavor&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On here, I would sure hope that question gets closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Addressing the fact that you think we are attacking the user&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You say&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The idea seems to be that the original poster (OP) approached Ask Ubuntu in a rather scatterbrained state of mind, and needed to be properly schooled. That demeaning undertone would predictably discourage the newcomer from participating further.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are plenty of discussions on the main meta trying to find ways to make the site more welcoming, feel free to upvote and pitch in on those questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I recognize that this wasn’t your post, but for your own posts (in the future) please keep in mind that &lt;strong&gt;this isn’t a personal attack or insult, but rather a content rating mechanism&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;The suggested edit&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Honestly, I know too little about Ubuntu to comment on whether that asks something completely different or is just a slight verbiage change. So, I’ll refrain from commenting on that and leave that to other people.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;your insults&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One would not expect constructive participants in Ask Ubuntu to reject an edit that actually improves the original question while sharpening the focus on the OP's primary concern.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I must ask: do the established members of this forum pride themselves on discouraging newcomers?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When thousands of them seek an answer to a question that the technical experts want to shut down, the practical response would be to encourage them to ask their question, help them shape their phrasing as they improve their understanding -- and dial back this toxic tendency to drive outsiders away.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Calling people toxic, making rhetorical questions, and calling people not constructive rarely gets anywhere.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Some other stuff&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Specifically, as already pointed out, the closers and rejecters said that they did not understand the OP's goals and intent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They never said that. The closers said the OP asks too many questions, and the rejectors said your edit deviates from the intent of the post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are we in Never-Never Land -- are we waiting for some magical character to render the perfect rephrasing of that question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You seem to imply that fixing the question isn’t possible. I agree, kinda. You could ask each of the parts of the question on the numbered list separately (assuming they stand as good questions on their own), link to them all in the comments, and problem solved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The practical response would be to let that popular question be clarified and reopened, so that Ask Ubuntu can function as intended -- as a forum for good questions to be asked and answered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You seem to think we’re a forum. &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/92107/are-stack-exchange-sites-forums&quot;&gt;we’re not&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1297386" LastActivityDate="2021-09-13T03:11:38.370" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19737" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19735" CreationDate="2021-09-13T10:29:21.083" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;As one of the reviewers that rejected your edit, I want to clarify the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;As &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/19735/want-to-improve-this-question-update-the-question-so-it-focuses-on-one-problem#comment42987_19735&quot;&gt;muru commented&lt;/a&gt;, the OP was kindly asked to improve their question so it wouldn't be closed as it eventually did. This clearly shows that people tried to help OP improve their question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;In my opinion, the question indeed needed more focus. However, in this particular case, it got multiple answers and even an accepted one that addressed the multiple questions, so it could have been left open in the first place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;This edit indeed deviates from the original intent of the question. I mean it's a complete rewrite of the question, that also alters the intention of it. Take for example this part of the original question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;4&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I backed and restored up my system once but some commands worked before (like &amp;quot;subl&amp;quot;) don't work after restoring the system.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think these questions are about $PATH somehow but I can't find some material about this. Any extra material would be appreciated. :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your edit changed it to this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I noticed that a system backup and restore seemed to break some software installed via command line (e.g., &lt;code&gt;subl&lt;/code&gt;). I wondered whether maybe that was because the Software Center does a better job than CLI installation, for purposes of registering or preserving the relevant $PATH information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's not what the OP asked about! They just speculated about a relation of the Software Center and the &lt;code&gt;$PATH&lt;/code&gt; variable, they didn't ask if &amp;quot;Software Center does a better job than CLI installation, for purposes of registering or preserving the relevant $PATH information.&amp;quot; That's a totally new question! So the best thing would have been to actually ask a new question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The answers to the question contained quotes from it. Having accepted the edit, the quotes would be out of context (as they are now). So the existing answers don't exactly answer the edited question anymore and they should be rewritten. However, I doubt that any of the OPs of the answers would/will do this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="618353" LastEditorUserId="618353" LastEditDate="2021-09-13T10:37:31.090" LastActivityDate="2021-09-13T10:37:31.090" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19738" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-09-14T17:11:49.307" Score="4" ViewCount="76" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am talking about this question: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/1276498&quot;&gt;Software Updater is saying &amp;quot;You stopped the check for updates&amp;quot;. What should I do?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/GhM0P.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/GhM0P.png&quot; alt=&quot;Screenshot of part of https://askubuntu.com/q/1276498&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question was &lt;em&gt;asked&lt;/em&gt; &lt;strong&gt;11 months ago&lt;/strong&gt; and the question was &lt;em&gt;closed&lt;/em&gt; &lt;strong&gt;12 months ago&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How is this possible? Is this a bug?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1103140" LastActivityDate="2021-09-14T17:11:49.307" Title="Inconsistent date in close description" Tags="|discussion|bug|close-reasons|closed-questions|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19739" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19702" CreationDate="2021-09-18T02:49:56.423" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The two links lead to the same information, so I guess at most we can include one of them &lt;a href=&quot;https://ubuntu.com/contact-us&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://ubuntu.com/contact-us&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I tend to agree with &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/19709/527764&quot;&gt;user535733's answer&lt;/a&gt; suggesting that we don't need these links at all. The contact page is very sales oriented, sadly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thinking about what might actually help people, maybe we could add a link to &lt;a href=&quot;https://launchpad.net/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://launchpad.net/&lt;/a&gt;. Launchpad is the development platform for Ubuntu, where bug reports and feature requests should be posted (instead of on Ask Ubuntu!)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And/or we could add a link to the discourse homepage &lt;a href=&quot;https://discourse.ubuntu.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://discourse.ubuntu.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, what about adding contact pages for flavors? These are much more useful than the page at ubuntu.com:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://xubuntu.org/contact/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://xubuntu.org/contact/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://discourse.lubuntu.me/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://discourse.lubuntu.me/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://kubuntu.org/support/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://kubuntu.org/support/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ubuntu-mate.org/support/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://ubuntu-mate.org/support/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ubuntukylin.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://ubuntukylin.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ubuntustudio.org/support/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://ubuntustudio.org/support/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2021-09-18T07:42:33.653" LastActivityDate="2021-09-18T07:42:33.653" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19740" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19728" CreationDate="2021-09-18T07:48:22.820" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;From my limited experience looking for solutions (especially programming related on Stack Overflow), I have noticed that the accepted answers are not generally useful for my case. This could be due to different versions of software used by the original questioner and newer features have been built over the time, which makes the accepted answer less useful for my situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Fortunately, there are multiple other people having similar questions and some of them have posted their own working solutions which have been helpful for me. It was interesting to note that these newer updated answers have way more upvotes than the accepted answer. I reckon unpinning the accepted answer will help us find our solution faster -- a few minutes earlier at least.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The argument that OP will be responsible enough to come back and check which answer is more useful and change their accepted answer does not seem to happen often. We have had multiple flags asking if mods can reassign accepted answers, because people rarely change their accepts even if a better answer has appeared.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastActivityDate="2021-09-18T07:48:22.820" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19741" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19683" CreationDate="2021-09-18T07:56:35.687" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A move-to-chat button on demand&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are certain questions which will require some back and forth to arrive at a working solution. The current system only prompts you to move to chat after some 20 comments have been posted to the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It will be better if we can speed up this process and allow us to move to chat at the earliest.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Link to similar feature request on meta.Stack Exchange and my answer there nearly 10 years ago: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/100967/should-move-to-chat-be-provided-on-demand-as-a-button-perhaps/131566&quot;&gt;Should &amp;quot;move-to-chat&amp;quot; be provided on demand (as a button perhaps)?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25798" LastActivityDate="2021-09-18T07:56:35.687" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19742" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19728" CreationDate="2021-09-18T19:58:11.323" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am late as usual. But, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/274323/nicolas-chabanovsky&quot;&gt;Nicolas Chabanovsky&lt;/a&gt;, a community manager, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/369568&quot;&gt;said&lt;/a&gt; &amp;quot;&lt;em&gt;before the end of September 19th&lt;/em&gt;&amp;quot;. It is still 18th September according to UTC .&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am not gonna discuss about the merits or demerits of unpinning the accepted answer. Other answers do a good job about them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am proposing to have a trial before coming to any conclusions. Since many people seem to support unpinning the accepted answer, let's have a trial of that for, let's say, 1 month or 3 months (or whatever time period which would be good). This will help us get a better picture.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the impact of unpinning the accepted answer will be good, we can continue having accepted answers unpinned. If the impact of unpinning the accepted answer will be negative, we can change back to pinning the accepted answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt; But, I am not sure how we can assess the impact. (Maybe the moderators or community managers can assess the impact...) &lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/284336/catija&quot;&gt;Catija&lt;/a&gt;, a community manager, said &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/posts/comments/1233313&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;.... This should be a site setting that the CMs have access to and can change in a minute. Provided the request was status-reviewed on the child meta, I don't think this would take more than a day or two to change.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But since she mentioned &amp;quot;&lt;em&gt;should be&lt;/em&gt;&amp;quot;, I presume that this &amp;quot;setting&amp;quot; has not been created yet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Meanwhile &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/349251/anita-taylor&quot;&gt;Anita Taylor&lt;/a&gt;, Product manager for the Public Platform team, said this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/349266/the-community-teams-stack-exchange-and-how-we-work-together&quot;&gt;Public Platform team&lt;/a&gt; will go through these requests and determine what to prioritize, defer and decline. We ask for your patience -- key members of the team are on vacation over the next few weeks, so we won't be able to triage these requests until mid-to-late October.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Considering the fact that the triaging of requests will take time until mid-to-late October, I request the moderators to not remove the &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/featured&quot; class=&quot;post-tag moderator-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;featured&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;featured&lt;/a&gt; tag from the two posts such that more people will have look at these posts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, our meta is not much active. So having a trial (and then coming to a decision) is better than directly coming to a final decision based on votes in meta.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1103140" LastActivityDate="2021-09-18T19:58:11.323" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19743" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19744" CreationDate="2021-09-18T22:05:35.817" Score="2" ViewCount="142" Body="&lt;p&gt;My last Q was about odd behaviour during intramfs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Q is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1363252/&quot;&gt;GRUB starts but init cant read any media&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I find the comments asking for clarification unreasonable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;initramfs doesn't change between 20.04.x does it? initramfs doesn't change for server vs desktop does it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And of course, I get a downvote for my actual solution.   That's just ...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What hurts the most, besides the misrepresentations, is probably&#xA;&amp;quot;something that someone who has been a member here for 10 years should know already, by heart.&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I deliberately ranted on my Win experience, I thought that would fly here. The support tag is obviously wrong. Sorry for this rant. I'm just frustrated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19559" LastActivityDate="2021-09-19T14:57:56.147" Title="This is my impression of askubuntu" Tags="|discussion|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19744" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19743" CreationDate="2021-09-19T14:57:56.147" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Hmmm. To me, this looks like two well-meaning people &lt;strong&gt;unintentionally&lt;/strong&gt; pushing each other's buttons.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We see each other only through text. Text is a poor conveyance of emotional detail (humans rely on visual and audio cues much more). We don't know if somebody was preoccupied by a bad day at work, or has a 3-day toothache, or is worrying about a sick loved one, or is merely young, or is suffering some other frustration.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From the Ubuntu Code of Conduct:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Be respectful&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Disagreement is no excuse for poor manners. We work together to resolve conflict, assume good intentions and do our best to act in an empathic fashion. We don’t allow frustration to turn into a personal attack. A community where people feel uncomfortable or threatened is not a productive one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Each of us can go back and edit our own words that carry unintended meaning to be more clear. Or to delete (unintentionally) hurtful comments entirely.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Each of us can make an effort forgive the rudeness of others, especially if unintended; to let it go.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19626" LastActivityDate="2021-09-19T14:57:56.147" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19745" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19747" CreationDate="2021-09-20T07:12:20.693" Score="9" ViewCount="168" Body="&lt;p&gt;An edit was in the review queue &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/1201641/1222991&quot;&gt;for this answer&lt;/a&gt; and it’s clear that the author of the edit is doing everyone a favour with the additional details being added:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/OQMqB.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;In the Queue&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Given how drastic the “hijack” of the answer is, should this be an additional answer that can be voted upon based on its merit, or is the edit an ideal situation as it reduces the number of answers that a reader needs to filter?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1222991" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2021-09-20T13:09:52.963" LastActivityDate="2021-09-20T13:09:52.963" Title="How much can an answer be modified before it should be its own entity?" Tags="|discussion|editing|answers|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19746" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19745" CreationDate="2021-09-20T08:22:14.010" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This should definitely be a new answer.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An editor should improve an post grammatically, visually, and based on their comprehension of the problem (and many times the comments of the OP), but should also strive to preserve the original intention of the OP.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this case, the edit clearly deviates from the original answer, adding much more content and even changing the commands that were present in the original answer. The rejection reasons in the Suggested Edits review queue include the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/9pxc4.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/9pxc4.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Either one of these reasons is fine for the edit to be rejected against.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another reason for rejecting it is that the answer was judged based on its original content and obtained 4 upvotes. Completely changing it, as in this case, would require for the answer to be judged again by the people who voted. Obviously, this is not feasible, as the voters may never see this post again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All in all, this is a bad edit but probably a good answer and the editor should get the merit of it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="618353" LastEditorUserId="618353" LastEditDate="2021-09-20T09:04:37.833" LastActivityDate="2021-09-20T09:04:37.833" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19747" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19745" CreationDate="2021-09-20T09:36:46.267" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;I do agree that that is a comprehensive edit, but it isn't actually adding anything new, only explanations and details. The main answer, &amp;quot;use kiosk mode&amp;quot; is unchanged. This couldn't have been posted as a separate answer since it wouldn't have been adding a new approach but would only have been a more detailed version of an existing answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I think it was right to be submitted as an edit since it keeps the original solution (use kiosk mode) and just makes the answer much better by including more details. Had this been posted as a new answer, it would most likely have been flagged (correctly) as duplicating the information in another.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2021-09-20T09:36:46.267" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19748" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19745" CreationDate="2021-09-20T11:57:51.477" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I remember reading somewhere in the SE help wikis (I'll try to dig it up when I get a chance. If anyone else knows where it is already, please post it.) about &amp;quot;support answers&amp;quot;. I can't remember the actual term, but the concept has stuck with me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am referring to an answer that (in my own wording) isn't quite enough if it were to stand alone, but when provided alongside another answer, fills in important gaps where needed, and adds context which makes the original more helpful in some way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The consensus was that these were/ are valid answers, with users being encouraged to provide them where needed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is how I usually react in situations like the one above. I give a secondary answer, but I make sure that the very first sentence / paragraph informs the reader about the answer's purpose. I also make sure, in the same breath, to point the reader toward the answer to which I am adding.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this situation, this seems like the best solution to me, as answers like the original above are little more than words to many (most?) if the poster doesn't try to explain, or link an explanation to, terms like &lt;code&gt;kiosk mode&lt;/code&gt;. To anyone who has never heard of that term, the answer would have been worthless.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I wouldn't feel comfortable editing info like that into another users post, because there is always the possibility that I do not understand the concepts being discussed as well as I think I do. There have been times when I was certain of an answer, only to find out later that I had completely misinterpreted the question. The result is embarrassing enough when it is my own name at the bottom of the post. This is the main reason that I do not try to alter content in another user's answer, unless it cannot be avoided. I am good enough at embarrassing myself. I don't need any help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1164434" LastActivityDate="2021-09-20T11:57:51.477" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19749" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-09-22T02:32:48.790" Score="0" ViewCount="76" Body="&lt;p&gt;The title of the page (the text on the tab) should reflect the post with the proposed edits, not the original version. E.g., this question should display &lt;code&gt;Snap store isn't installing&lt;/code&gt; as the title of the page, instead of &lt;code&gt;Pls somebody help why...&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is a screenshot of the issue&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/v2vB8.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/v2vB8.png&quot; alt=&quot;Screenshot of inconsistancy&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1438484" LastActivityDate="2021-09-22T02:32:48.790" Title="Title of page does not reflect suggested edits" Tags="|feature-request|suggested-edits|question-titles|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19750" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19751" CreationDate="2021-09-23T01:28:41.263" Score="2" ViewCount="117" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, I have found &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/14878/should-we-blacklist-the-freeze-tag&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;em&gt;But&lt;/em&gt;, it was last discussed over five years ago, and there are &lt;em&gt;still&lt;/em&gt; new questions getting posted about it, so I think it is worth revisiting. Also, the linked question didn't have a conclusive answer (in my opinion).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/freeze&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;freeze&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;freeze&lt;/a&gt; tag should be blocked. It already says in the tag description...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do not use. This tag is in process of removal. If your software is freezing then you likely need to file a bug, as freeze problems are usually off topic here and will likely be closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/freeze&quot;&gt;questions are still getting posted with it&lt;/a&gt;, despite the description saying &lt;code&gt;Do not use&lt;/code&gt;. Most questions with this tag are either duplicate of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/4408/what-should-i-do-when-ubuntu-freezes&quot;&gt;this one&lt;/a&gt;, or are off topic, as they are bug reports (see also &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/16801/are-all-freeze-related-questions-automatically-off-topic&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;). Therefore, I think the [freeze] tag should be blocked from being used on new questions, as it (a) it says &lt;code&gt;Do not use&lt;/code&gt; in the tag description, but is still being used often and (b) is almost always off-topic or a duplicate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thoughts?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1438484" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2021-09-24T08:22:41.790" LastActivityDate="2021-09-24T08:25:34.657" Title="I think we should block the [freeze] tag" Tags="|discussion|tags|tag-block-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19751" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19750" CreationDate="2021-09-24T08:25:34.657" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think we should allow the freeze tag to exist and change the usage guidance. Freezes are a common problem with some specific known causes and that can often be resolved with specific courses of action.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since we allow people to ask about freezing problems and do not generally consider them off topic, despite the claims about that in the usage guidance, we probably need to have a tag for it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I attempt to retag questions that talk about this problem, I struggle to find anything appropriate - the nearest thing seems to be &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/performance&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;performance&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;performance&lt;/a&gt; which is way less specific.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I propose that we fix the usage guidance, write a tag wiki linking to the canonical post about freezes, and put in some work to clean up duplicates and low quality questions in the tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2021-09-24T08:25:34.657" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19752" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-09-26T05:35:07.060" Score="2" ViewCount="52" Body="&lt;p&gt;I came across an answer which suggest installing x tool which have a recently found a high priority security risk, so I edit it to add:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Update x ASAP: &lt;a href=&quot;https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-mmmmm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;CVE-2021-nnnnn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;: High priority security vulnerability.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The user who answered the question revert the edit arguing:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I reverted your edit because security vulnerability info isn't really relevant to the question and somewhat ephemeral. Here's the link to the CVE alert that was removed: ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-nnnnn&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I replied:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Being ephemeral doesn't make it less important. You could leave the security alert as long as it's relevant. Software with high priority security risks are relevant in this context.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I wonder what other people think. Should we add this (necessary ephemeral) security alerts on questions or answers in which the main subject is around a software with a high priority vulnerabilities?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit&lt;/strong&gt;: It seems there is a consensus that it should have been a comment. There is any case where should be an edit? What if there isn't a release patch yet?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="349837" LastEditorUserId="349837" LastEditDate="2021-09-26T21:49:32.037" LastActivityDate="2021-09-26T21:49:32.037" Title="Should we add ephemeral security alerts on high priority vulnerabilities?" Tags="|discussion|support|security|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19753" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19752" CreationDate="2021-09-26T07:27:49.890" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Well - while this started as a comment, it deserves a fuller answer so...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It should be a comment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As per the help center&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Add relevant but minor or transient information to a post (e.g. a link to a related question, or an alert to the author that the question has been updated).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While its 'important' in the 'greater scheme of things' - in most cases a known CVE isn't part of the main answer. Its something OP or someone else using the answer needs to be aware of but isn't actually part of the problem they are trying to solve.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It very much is what a comment is for - and its perfectly fit for purpose.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17681" LastActivityDate="2021-09-26T07:27:49.890" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19754" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19752" CreationDate="2021-09-26T08:57:09.137" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I will second what Journeyman Geek said: a comment is better. Especially since, in the specific case of &lt;a href=&quot;https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-22204&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;CVE-2021-22204&lt;/a&gt;, the security vulnerability you pointed out, the issue has already been fixed in all supported Ubuntu versions:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/0vU6U.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/0vU6U.png&quot; alt=&quot;screenshot of the CVE page showing it has been patched for supported versions of Ubuntu&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since it has been patched, and in fact the patch was &lt;a href=&quot;https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libimage-exiftool-perl/+bug/1925985&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;released back in June&lt;/a&gt;, well before your edit, it is no longer relevant and has no place in the answer. I would not even leave a comment, not for a patched one, but if you feel it is necessary for some reason, then a comment is the place for it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2021-09-26T08:57:09.137" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19755" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19756" CreationDate="2021-09-29T11:44:19.167" Score="8" ViewCount="238" Body="&lt;p&gt;In my 1½ year here, I don't think I've ever seen the tag &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/kali-linux-tools&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;kali-linux-tools&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;kali-linux-tools&lt;/a&gt; used correctly. People usually use this tag when asking about Kali Linux, which will then be closed. And there already is a tag &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/katoolin&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;katoolin&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;katoolin&lt;/a&gt; for the script that helps install Kali Tools on Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my opinion, this tag adds more confusion than it solves, so removing/blocking it would probably help with new users not using it correctly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, the description is pretty vague: &lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;Kali Linux Tools can be a synonym for Katoolin ...&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt;. But what else can it be? The options for misuse are endless...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1066942" LastEditorUserId="1066942" LastEditDate="2021-09-29T13:33:09.520" LastActivityDate="2021-10-05T13:27:06.007" Title="Why does the tag `kali-linux-tools` even exist? It would help if it were removed" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19756" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19755" CreationDate="2021-10-02T09:31:06.497" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;This question has been resolved by edits that were made to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/kali-linux-tools&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;kali-linux-tools&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;kali-linux-tools&lt;/a&gt; tag by Artur Meinild.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;EDIT: Added the following - Artur&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The suggested change focused more on what Kali Linux tools (and Katoolin3 script) is, and why it differs from the Kali Linux distribution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The following text were added:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Kali Linux contains a large amount of penetration testing tools from&#xA;various different niches of the security and forensics fields. Many of&#xA;these can be installed and used on Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://tools.kali.org/tools-listing&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Kali Linux Tools&lt;/a&gt; is a suite of software that can either be&#xA;installed manually from the Kali Linux page or with the &lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/s-h-3-l-l/katoolin3&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Katoolin3&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;script. Installing and using Kali Linux Tools on Ubuntu is largely&#xA;unsupported, can break your system and will require some knowledge of&#xA;the end user.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="94914" LastEditorUserId="1066942" LastEditDate="2021-10-05T13:27:06.007" LastActivityDate="2021-10-05T13:27:06.007" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19758" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19761" CreationDate="2021-10-07T07:02:38.073" Score="4" ViewCount="242" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a new ask ubuntu user and recently I just asked &lt;strong&gt;only 1 question&lt;/strong&gt; on it about my computer being stuck. I was flagged for duplicate / off-topic questions. My question was deleted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;It was actually on topic&lt;/strong&gt; but if it was even off-topic then I also should get another chance to ask a good question. whenever I go to ask questions I get the prompt that I can only ask 1 question per 1 week. That's is unfair.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have given really good answers by then (at least I can answer and help the community). That is why I have &lt;strong&gt;108 reputation&lt;/strong&gt;(not counting the association bonus). So that can be a reason to give me the privilege to ask questions. If you won't believe that I have only asked 1 question then moderators can check it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit:The error I am getting -&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/t5aVB.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/t5aVB.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;this is the message&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1460940" LastEditorUserId="1460940" LastEditDate="2022-01-04T05:08:48.467" LastActivityDate="2022-01-04T05:08:48.467" Title="I am not able to ask questions on Ask Ubuntu" Tags="|support|asking-questions|closed-questions|post-ban|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19759" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-09-22T05:32:46.067" Score="0" ViewCount="78" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have one problem in pasting photo in stack exchange SE site IDE, and that is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Stack exchange writing IDE don't let paste the photo by Ctrl+v, and I&#xA;must save the photo in my Ubuntu then upload it, but it was possible&#xA;before.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, as you can see below, This could because of my chrome setting which don't have the paste icon on &lt;strong&gt;drag and drop&lt;/strong&gt; option of adding images:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/E4vfc.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;sa&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1053175" OwnerDisplayName="so sa" LastActivityDate="2021-10-07T07:34:14.643" Title="How to paste an image in the clipboard to SE sites with Ubuntu?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19760" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19759" CreationDate="2021-09-22T05:56:59.593" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You are trying to paste it in the wrong place!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do not click on the picture button, directly press &lt;kbd&gt; ctrl &lt;/kbd&gt; + &lt;kbd&gt; v &lt;/kbd&gt; in the textbox for the question (&lt;code&gt;Right Click -&amp;gt; Paste&lt;/code&gt; works too).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have tested this in Firefox and Chromium in Ubuntu 20.04, and it should work in Chrome too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="124466" OwnerDisplayName="Archisman Panigrahi" LastActivityDate="2021-09-22T05:56:59.593" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19761" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19758" CreationDate="2021-10-07T13:41:34.947" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;There's nothing we can do - the limit is automatically imposed by the system and can't be lifted by mods.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By the way, you can ask 1 question per week, apparently.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/234610/322419&quot;&gt;this post&lt;/a&gt; which describes the thought behind this particular question limit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm a bit surprised that this happened after asking only one question*, but the only thing you can do about it is to try to make sure your next questions are good. You chose to delete your question - deleting makes things worse, not better, with regard to bans and limits. Your question could probably have been closed as a duplicate instead and in that case I doubt that you would have run into the limit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;* note that these limits and bans are meant to be against the user rather than the account, so it's possible that activity from another account or someone else sharing your IP address could affect them&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2021-10-07T13:41:34.947" CommentCount="16" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19762" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19763" CreationDate="2021-10-08T21:37:22.387" Score="6" ViewCount="115" Body="&lt;p&gt;The description for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/trackpad&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;trackpad&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;trackpad&lt;/a&gt; is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;an input device commonly found on laptops, used in place of a mouse. Also called a touchpad.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And the description for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/touchpad&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;touchpad&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;touchpad&lt;/a&gt; is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions related to the configuration and activation of touchpad/trackpads.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The two tags pretty much refer to the exact same thing, and so I think it makes sense to make those two tags synonyms.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1438484" LastEditorUserId="618353" LastEditDate="2021-10-09T20:21:06.470" LastActivityDate="2021-10-09T20:21:06.470" Title="I think [trackpad] and [touchpad] should be tag synonyms" Tags="|discussion|tags|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19763" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19762" CreationDate="2021-10-08T22:16:15.403" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;They already are &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tags/touchpad/synonyms&quot;&gt;synonyms&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Technically trackpads and touchpads are two different things that serve a similar function.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://anydifferencebetween.com/difference-between-touchpad-and-trackpad/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://anydifferencebetween.com/difference-between-touchpad-and-trackpad/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/WhTYk.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/WhTYk.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Image of a trackpad next to a laptop with a touchpad&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think the tag descriptions should get altered to reflect that, I don't think they are synonyms personally but trackpad has so little use, it probably makes no difference.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastActivityDate="2021-10-08T22:16:15.403" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19764" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-10-12T10:06:47.053" Score="0" ViewCount="102" Body="&lt;p&gt;How do I find a question on this site that I may have already asked?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A secondary question arises due to my failure to post this simple question. What tag should I use to allow the original question to be posted? I see no list and I have no clues either so my wrist gets slapped if I use common sense with a tag like 'question', because, it seems, I have to know all about tags and have had to have posted three hundred questions before ANY of the tags I tried worked!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1474674" OwnerDisplayName="crb999" LastEditorUserId="94914" LastEditDate="2021-10-12T11:49:40.210" LastActivityDate="2021-10-14T05:30:59.127" Title="How do I find a question on this site that I may have already asked?" Tags="|discussion|tags|profile-page|search|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19765" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19764" CreationDate="2021-10-12T10:25:51.910" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;All questions that you have asked on this site are accessible for you from your profile. You can navigate to your profile by clicking on your avatar in the top right corner of this page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The tag that you use for your question can be whatever you like. But the tags won't be come useful unless the tag is related to your question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="950051" OwnerDisplayName="Thor Tomasarson" LastActivityDate="2021-10-12T10:25:51.910" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19766" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19764" CreationDate="2021-10-12T11:57:49.380" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Searching for tags to tag a question sometimes requires a certain amount of trial and error, but in this case finding the right tags for your question was not difficult. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/tag&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;tag&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;tag&lt;/a&gt; was an obvious tag to start with because of the high probability that someone already asked a question at Ask Ubuntu Meta related to this tag. Surely the volunteers who help to create new tags wouldn't be likely to have not created other relevant tags like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/search&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;search&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;search&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/profile-page&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;profile-page&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;profile-page&lt;/a&gt; either.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By the way you can hover the mouse over any tag including the tags in this answer to show information about the tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="94914" LastEditorUserId="94914" LastEditDate="2021-10-12T12:03:43.067" LastActivityDate="2021-10-12T12:03:43.067" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19767" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19764" CreationDate="2021-10-14T05:16:15.647" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the search bar, type:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;keyword&amp;gt; user:me is:q&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;... and you'll find all your questions where the keyword appears (your user number appears automatically)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/OYXt1.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/OYXt1.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To get all your &lt;em&gt;answers&lt;/em&gt; with the keyword, type &lt;code&gt;is:a&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="72216" LastEditDate="2021-10-14T05:30:59.127" LastActivityDate="2021-10-14T05:30:59.127" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19769" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19733" CreationDate="2021-10-15T13:56:34.573" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't think that the person who create the question post should be the only person with the ability to pin an answer, just because they happened to be the first person to ask the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It would make much more sense to let the community decide which answer is top (by voting), or to give the ability of pinning answers in Meta only to moderators and staff.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2355" LastActivityDate="2021-10-15T13:56:34.573" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19770" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19772" CreationDate="2021-10-16T08:53:56.177" Score="7" ViewCount="92" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/19615&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; statement:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;September update:&lt;/strong&gt; Community Ads are now live network-wide. All ads with a score of 6 or higher, or with a score of 4 or higher and no downvotes will be displayed (except for any that have a note from the CM Team explaining why it wasn't selected).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Community Ads are live.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I can see no Community Ads in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com&lt;/a&gt;. I have also asked fellow users about this, and they too cannot see the ads.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All I could see were these:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Td1t5.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Td1t5.png&quot; alt=&quot;Screenshot of one of the ads&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/YMFLK.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/YMFLK.png&quot; alt=&quot;Screenshot of one of the ads&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1103140" LastEditorUserId="306823" LastEditDate="2021-10-18T12:47:31.320" LastActivityDate="2021-10-18T12:47:31.320" Title="Community Ads not being displayed" Tags="|bug|status-bydesign|community|advertising|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19772" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19770" CreationDate="2021-10-18T12:47:23.587" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just double checked the reporting tools used for the Community Ads, and can confirm the ads submitted in the initiative on this site are being displayed around 200~300 times a day each.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You may not see these ads all that frequently because they are being run in rotation with hundreds of other ad campaigns, and which ad you see is dependent on a large amount of factors, such as:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Your geographical location (country);&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Which campaigns you’ve seen previously on the network;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The tags of the content you are visiting;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Time of day, day of week, etc.;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How the campaigns are pacing (i.e. forecasted to hit their target).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="306823" LastActivityDate="2021-10-18T12:47:23.587" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19773" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-10-18T14:24:57.833" Score="9" ViewCount="293" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, I found &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/6946/1438484&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;. But I think it is worth revisiting. Turns out &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/19771/burninate-request-amazon-microsoft-and-apple#comment43127_19771&quot;&gt;I wasn't supposed to ask multiple questions in one&lt;/a&gt;. Oops. This post is about the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/amazon&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;amazon&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;amazon&lt;/a&gt; tag, and ones for the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/microsoft&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;microsoft&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;microsoft&lt;/a&gt; tag and the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/apple&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;apple&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;apple&lt;/a&gt; will come later.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Meta SO doesn't like the &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/tags/amazon/info&quot;&gt;[amazon]&lt;/a&gt; tag, and requested it to be burninated. You can read their reasons &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/q/345643/16886597&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. I don't think we need the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/amazon&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;amazon&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;amazon&lt;/a&gt; tag on Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Can anyone be an expert in Amazon?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't think so. One might be an expert in a specific Amazon product, say, AWS. But not all Amazon.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Does it meaningfully add information to the context of the post?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No. Other than saying that the question is in some way related to Amazon, it doesn't.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Is it on topic for Ask Ubuntu?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Depends on what specific Amazon thing they question is about.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just looking at the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/amazon?tab=Votes&quot;&gt;top questions&lt;/a&gt; for the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/amazon&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;amazon&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;amazon&lt;/a&gt; tag, we can see that they all are different. Some are about Alexa. Some about Amazon search in the dash. Others about Prime Video. Each question is about something different, and the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/amazon&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;amazon&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;amazon&lt;/a&gt; doesn't add meaning or clarify the topic at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Let's burninate the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/amazon&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;amazon&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;amazon&lt;/a&gt; tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1438484" LastEditorUserId="618353" LastEditDate="2021-10-18T18:29:32.437" LastActivityDate="2021-10-19T09:16:58.713" Title="This [amazon] should die with honor!" Tags="|discussion|burnination-request|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19774" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-10-18T22:40:37.157" Score="0" ViewCount="62" Body="&lt;p&gt;I’m not personally a great fan of the concept of down-votes, but I know people want to express a view and I understand they play a useful role. For me, the upvotes say enough and dreadful posts can be flagged for closure.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What I think is really unhelpful is when a question / answer receives down-votes with no feedback to the poster. Very few people intentionally post something unhelpful. What seems like a lousy post to an experienced user may not be so obvious to the novice. My personal mission is to try to get more people using Ubuntu and I think we risk putting people off by down-voting what they think is a reasonable question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The tiny negative effect on your own reputation is not a deterrent to trigger-happy down-voting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the basis that everything we do in the site should make it better, would it be possible to mandate some kind of feedback to say &lt;em&gt;why&lt;/em&gt; the post needs improvement when down-voting?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don’t know if this is possible in SE, but I think it would be a very positive step. (I’m also interested in the irony of the number of down-votes my criticism of down-votes gets!!)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="801777" LastActivityDate="2021-10-18T22:40:37.157" Title="Down votes without comments" Tags="|feature-request|downvoting|down-votes|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ClosedDate="2021-10-19T05:18:15.683" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19776" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19875" CreationDate="2021-10-21T10:51:40.840" Score="2" ViewCount="164" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes! I read this &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/3053/1438484&quot;&gt;question&lt;/a&gt; And it was useful, But this contains some old information, And I want the updated information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;What I want&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I want to know existing canonical questions on our website.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I want to give some suggestions&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I want to know How can I ask one canonical question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;1.What are existing canonical questions&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I want to know what are existing canonical questions and is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1370462/how-to-troubleshoot-wifi&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; a canonical question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;2.Suggestions&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;We should have a tag or some sort of a different library as a canonical question library browse through the tag or library and know if our question is already asked or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Every canonical question should have an automatic bounty of like 35 or 50 ( I mean if a user asks a question with a canonical tag the question should have a bounty from the system, not the s reputation )&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;People who are having above 300 reputations should have the privilege to ask and answer canonical questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;How can I ask a canonical question&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For an example&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/314482/network-interface-not-config-in-12-04-lst-usb-boot?&quot;&gt;This&lt;/a&gt; And &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1040911/xubuntu-16-04-wireless-not-working-anymore-on-ms-1688?&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; Are some same questions and have the same answer ( maybe I am wrong ) And even not these there are like hundreds of other questions with the same problem and answer. So I wanted to ask a question as I did &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1370462/how-to-troubleshoot-wifi&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; But it didn't seem to be working. So is there some special way to create a new canonical question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1460940" LastEditorUserId="1066942" LastEditDate="2022-01-04T07:00:51.863" LastActivityDate="2022-01-04T07:00:51.863" Title="Canonical questions" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|canonical-questions|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19777" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19778" CreationDate="2021-10-21T14:04:31.223" Score="-1" ViewCount="82" Body="&lt;p&gt;Why does the tags of the releases who have met there end life even exists for eg -&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/20.10&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;20.10&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;20.10&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/19.04&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;19.04&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;19.04&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/16.04&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;16.04&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;16.04&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What are the point of still using these tags ? When all the questions about them are off topic , I have never seen A question with this tag to be on topic most of them are just off topic So it would be much better if we remove these tags &lt;strong&gt;or change the description of these tags&lt;/strong&gt; , So that people will thing before asking questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What do you think ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also I saw that most questions asked with this tag are not marked as off topic,  However  Help centre says that these questions are off topic here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1460940" LastActivityDate="2021-10-21T20:35:51.403" Title="Why does the tag `20.10` Even exist If it is off topic?" Tags="|discussion|support|bug|tags|scope|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19778" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19777" CreationDate="2021-10-21T20:35:51.403" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think you're slightly confused about the timing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;20.10 may be End of Life and offtopic &lt;em&gt;now&lt;/em&gt; but it &lt;strong&gt;was&lt;/strong&gt; on topic at the time.  We can update the tag description (and people do do that regularly) and mark it's offtopic, but it's also in the Help Center what we do about 'end of support' releases.  We also tend to &lt;em&gt;keep&lt;/em&gt; the tags and update their descriptions when they go end of life, but keep the tags because &lt;em&gt;older&lt;/em&gt; questions still have them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We also don't close questions posted about releases that &lt;em&gt;at the time&lt;/em&gt; were on topic - we tend to comment though about whether or not a release is offtopic if new answers, etc. happen on them.  However, a little patience is still helpful here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2021-10-21T20:35:51.403" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19779" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3053" CreationDate="2021-10-22T08:02:16.100" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Another CQ below.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are different causes and solutions for this problem (and most likely for other CQs as well).&#xA;But I guess what could be considered &amp;quot;Canonical&amp;quot; is the initial set of actions, commands to try, information to post in a prospective new question.&#xA;This should be brought to attention immediately for anyone asking, I guess.&#xA;See also &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3053/what-are-common-canonical-questions-for-our-site#comment43145_3073&quot;&gt;this comment&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1258510/only-dummy-output-sound-in-ubuntu-20-04-after-reboot-broken-driver-modul&quot;&gt;Only &amp;quot;Dummy output&amp;quot; (sound) in Ubuntu 20.04 after reboot - Broken driver / module&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Examples:&lt;/strong&gt; (out of the tons &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=dummy%20output&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;)&#xA;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1144663/ubuntu-19-04-dummy-output&quot;&gt;Ubuntu 19.04 dummy output&lt;/a&gt; ,&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1218413/output-device-is-dummy-output&quot;&gt;Output device is dummy output&lt;/a&gt; ,&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1345902/ubuntu-21-04-dummy-output&quot;&gt;Ubuntu 21.04 dummy output&lt;/a&gt; ,&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/800262/persistent-dummy-output&quot;&gt;Persistent Dummy Output&lt;/a&gt; ,&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1222089/ubuntu-18-04-lts-dummy-output&quot;&gt;Ubuntu 18.04 LTS dummy output&lt;/a&gt; ,&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1219889/ubuntu-19-10-dummy-output-error&quot;&gt;Ubuntu 19.10 Dummy Output error&lt;/a&gt; ,&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1273465/no-audio-output-in-18-04-only-output-device-is-dummy-output&quot;&gt;No audio output in 18.04. Only output device is &amp;#39;dummy output&amp;#39;&lt;/a&gt; ,&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/837472/dummy-output-after-upgrade-to-16-10&quot;&gt;Dummy Output after upgrade to 16.10&lt;/a&gt; ,&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/843745/sound-stopped-working-dummy-output&quot;&gt;Sound stopped working, &amp;quot;dummy output&amp;quot;&lt;/a&gt; ,&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1218771/dummy-output-sound-error&quot;&gt;Dummy Output Sound Error&lt;/a&gt; ,&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1357502/dummy-output-help-required&quot;&gt;Dummy Output help required&lt;/a&gt; ,&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1329442/dummy-output-no-soundcard-detected&quot;&gt;Dummy output, no soundcard detected&lt;/a&gt; ,&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1332456/dummy-output-for-sound&quot;&gt;Dummy output for sound&lt;/a&gt; ,&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1320660/dummy-output-ubuntu-20-04&quot;&gt;Dummy Output Ubuntu 20.04&lt;/a&gt; ,&#xA;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="226614" LastActivityDate="2021-10-22T08:02:16.100" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19780" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19781" CreationDate="2021-10-22T12:41:52.243" Score="5" ViewCount="119" Body="&lt;p&gt;I came accross to very similar questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The first is older, the comments on the question helped the Q find its own A. But the Answer was never marked as excepted: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1207281/cannot-print-from-libreoffice-but-can-from-a-terminal&quot;&gt;Cannot print from LibreOffice, but can from a terminal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The second was written pretty recently and I commented that it was similar to the first: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1370881/printer-works-but-docs-can-only-print-to-file&quot;&gt;Printer works but docs can only print to file&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was reminded by another user that the answer on the first questions isn't very good, to which I agree. Still: I would like to mark the second beeing a duplicate of the first. Currently this isn't possible because the answer was not marked as accepted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75166" LastActivityDate="2021-10-22T12:51:50.670" Title="Duplicate question one with a (unaccepted) answer the other with none" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19781" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19780" CreationDate="2021-10-22T12:51:50.670" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;An upvote to the answer will make it possible to close the other one against it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The criteria for being able to use a question as the target of a duplicate closure are the same as for the system to consider a question answered: it must have at least one answer with a positive score, or an accepted answer with any score (or both).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are not willing to upvote the answer in its current state, perhaps you are able to improve it with an edit, possibly by adding information from the comments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2021-10-22T12:51:50.670" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19782" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19783" CreationDate="2021-10-23T13:16:54.200" Score="8" ViewCount="122" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/1371070/448998&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/a/1371070/448998&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Community bot flagged this answer for missing sources:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your answer could be improved with additional supporting information. Please edit to add further details, such as citations or documentation, so that others can confirm that your answer is correct. You can find more information on how to write good answers in the help center.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why did this happen?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I cited multiple pieces of documentation: freedesktop.org and two man pages; I also cited a Unix.SE answer. Only once did I cite my experience with Apache.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Was I supposed to also&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;quote&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;the documentation?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The answer is already long enough and I thought that just summarizing most important points would be sufficient. Also, I once quoted the default contents of a configuration file, since these were hard to link to. Was I incorrect?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How do I improve this answer so that it is no longer missing &amp;quot;&lt;em&gt;additional supporting information&lt;/em&gt;&amp;quot;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="448998" LastActivityDate="2021-10-24T14:55:32.680" Title="Why was my answer flagged as missing sources?" Tags="|discussion|answers|specific-question|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19783" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19782" CreationDate="2021-10-23T14:29:47.407" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;So... my honest opinion... this new feature of review where people can leave canned &amp;quot;feedback&amp;quot; as Community♦ is &lt;em&gt;the worst feature ever&lt;/em&gt;. It encourages reviewers to treat the task as something completely meaningless and throwaway. There is no accountability - one can't straightforwardly tell who decided to leave the comment (it's possible by &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/369073/322419&quot;&gt;digging around&lt;/a&gt;), or reply to it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While I have once or twice seen these comments saying something relevant to the post they were on, the vast majority of them make little to no sense where posted. I have been deleting all of them. I'm sorry this one didn't get deleted before it caused you confusion. Thankfully jokerdino♦ has removed it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="618353" LastEditDate="2021-10-24T14:55:32.680" LastActivityDate="2021-10-24T14:55:32.680" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19784" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-10-24T04:46:30.010" Score="2" ViewCount="99" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to ask what the rules are for asking for help here, because I have several times been turned down by senior members just because I run Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is my understanding from &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases&lt;/a&gt; that 16.04 LTS is supported until 2026, so why the refusal to offer help to Ubuntu 16.04 users?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="869451" OwnerDisplayName="Jan Johansson" LastEditorUserId="94914" LastEditDate="2021-10-24T07:34:08.527" LastActivityDate="2021-10-24T16:44:02.613" Title="Ask Ubuntu support rules" Tags="|discussion|end-of-support|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="0" ClosedDate="2021-10-26T08:52:14.127" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19785" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3229" CreationDate="2021-10-24T05:03:08.543" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;What topics can I ask about here?&lt;/a&gt; in the Ask Ubuntu Help Center questions you should avoid asking at Ask Ubuntu include:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Support for versions for Ubuntu releases past their &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;End of Standard Support&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;End of Life&amp;quot; dates&lt;/a&gt; (whichever is earlier) — unless the question is asking how to upgrade to a supported release.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think this policy is OK because the functionality of asking questions about EOL Ubuntu releases is already duplicated at Unix &amp;amp; Linux Q&amp;amp;A. This policy also allows Ask Ubuntu to focus on addressing the real problems of most Ubuntu users thereby providing an improved user experience for most Ubuntu users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Support for LTS versions is currently 5 years from Canonical and at Ask Ubuntu with an additional 5 years of optional Extended Security Maintenance (ESM) provided by Canonical only. Support for non-LTS versions is currently 9 months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/994oJ.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/994oJ.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="94914" OwnerDisplayName="karel" LastEditorUserId="94914" LastEditDate="2021-10-26T17:19:45.373" LastActivityDate="2021-10-26T17:19:45.373" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19786" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-10-24T18:56:35.077" Score="5" ViewCount="109" Body="&lt;p&gt;I found a similar question in search but didn't feel that it answered this question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Came up here:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/235279/my-wifi-adapter-is-not-working-at-all-how-to-troubleshoot/235280?noredirect=1#comment2357689_235280&quot;&gt;My WiFi adapter is not working at all, how to troubleshoot?&lt;/a&gt;. I came across that answer while I was troubleshooting some wifi problems a few weeks back. It's pretty high up in the SEO ranking for that issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The most upvoted answer is many years outdated and the best approach to the problem has changed, according to @chili555, who knows a heck of a lot about linux in my opinion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I see three options:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;edit the old answer (this would be a substantial edit)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;add a new answer and add a note about the newer answer in the old one&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;add a new answer and let the upvotes do the work&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of the three I prefer #2.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="35158" LastActivityDate="2022-01-03T19:03:53.973" Title="Which is better: editing someone's old but outdated answer to keep it up to date or making a new answer and adding a note to the old one?" Tags="|discussion|editing|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19787" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19786" CreationDate="2021-10-24T19:05:44.067" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Substantial edits that change the intent or meaning of a post should be avoided.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this case, I would write a new answer, explain it is from this year and the top answer is old, something like&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The answers here are a bit old, this one is an up to date solution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;then, given their is only one other good answer on that question, people should see it and voting should sort it out with time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I strongly advise against adding anything about a new answer, without permission from the OP, to the old answer, it will come off as vandalism and begging for votes on the new answer and may annoy the OP or other users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="75060" LastEditorUserId="75060" LastEditDate="2021-10-24T19:16:40.743" LastActivityDate="2021-10-24T19:16:40.743" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19788" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19447" CreationDate="2021-10-25T09:01:40.027" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &amp;quot;Step 1: Draft your question&amp;quot; box on the right sidebar has been updated and now looks like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Hh5H3.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Hh5H3.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="306823" LastActivityDate="2021-10-25T09:01:40.027" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19789" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19790" CreationDate="2021-10-26T04:36:31.763" Score="11" ViewCount="294" Body="&lt;p&gt;Over the last couple of weeks there has been a growing number of answers that are unabashed copy/pastes of entire posts from sources around the web. These have generally been pointed out in the comments under the answer as such, but I wonder if this is the ideal way to handle blatant plagiarism.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/175/how-should-unattributed-copying-plagiarism-be-dealt-with&quot;&gt;This Meta question on the subject from a decade ago&lt;/a&gt; outlines some thoughts on how unattributed copying should be dealt with, such as:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;editing the answer to include a link to the source&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;removing the answer as it's someone's attempt to take credit for another person's work&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A case can certainly be made for both of these options.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ideally, it would be great to have a way to flag these sorts of posts so that an answer could be examined for plagiarism by multiple people and voted upon, much like is done for other types of actions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/1O3tg.png&quot; alt=&quot;zOMG, You Guys! Blatant Plagiarism!&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is unlikely that the Stack Exchange development team will invest the time into something like this if it hasn't been enough of an issue, yet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, getting back to the question, what is the policy for dealing with plagiarism? Should the source link be edited into the answer? Should the source link be added as a comment in the hope that the creator of the answer will edit their own post? Should the answer be flagged for moderator intervention? Or is there a better way to handle this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1222991" LastActivityDate="2023-01-03T06:45:29.007" Title="What is the policy for dealing with plagiarism?" Tags="|discussion|answers|plagiarism|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19790" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19789" CreationDate="2021-10-26T05:18:08.540" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are a few slightly different cases here:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The post is copypasta with a spam link added &amp;lt;---flag as spam&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The post is verbatim copypasta with nothing added &amp;lt;---flag for moderator attention*&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The post is copied but links to the source (a sign of good faith)&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;if the source is a post on Stack Exchange (or there's an indication at the source that a Creative Commons license applies), you can add proper attribution:&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;quote-format the copied text&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;link to the author's profile and name them&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;link to the original text as well&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;if the source is elsewhere and there's no sign of permissive licensing at the source, I tend to decide what to do based on the length of the post. If it's reasonably short you might want to comment asking the author of the post to consider re-writing the post in their own words or rewrite it yourself accordingly. If it's a great long post I suggest flagging it for mod attention.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The post copies the text from another answer in an attempt to say that the answer worked or did not work (the post author adds some cryptic text: &lt;em&gt;pageful of existing answer with messed up formatting&lt;/em&gt; did not help me, please help) &amp;lt;---flag as NAA&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;* What will mods do if you flag the post? We'll probably delete it and contact the author to tell them not to plagiarize any more. Generally it's considered a pretty serious abuse of the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2021-10-26T05:22:03.333" LastActivityDate="2021-10-26T05:22:03.333" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19791" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19793" CreationDate="2021-10-26T13:41:22.110" Score="0" ViewCount="54" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was going through Ask Ubuntu Meta and found this question: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/16530&quot;&gt;Bullying as a strategy to force close a question&lt;/a&gt;. There are 2 answers to the question: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/16542&quot;&gt;one&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/users/527764/zanna&quot;&gt;Zanna&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/16541&quot;&gt;one&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/users/94914/karel&quot;&gt;karel&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I used the sort answers by votes feature. Our community &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/19733&quot;&gt;decided&lt;/a&gt; that accepted answers would be pinned to the top instead of the post with the highest score in Ask Ubuntu Meta.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But, in karel's meta question, Zanna's answer was pinned to the top. Is this because of the the sort answers by votes feature or is this a bug? I have no clue. Please help me understand the situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1103140" LastActivityDate="2021-10-26T15:34:09.683" Title="Are accepted answers pinned to the top in Ask Ubuntu Meta?" Tags="|support|meta|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ClosedDate="2021-10-26T18:20:58.293" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19793" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19791" CreationDate="2021-10-26T15:34:09.683" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;As muru indirectly pointed out, this is because karel accepted their own answer. When a person accepts their own answer it is not pinned to the top. This behaviour is longstanding (it has been that way on both meta and main at least since I joined in 2016).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/11988/527764&quot;&gt;Here's an example&lt;/a&gt; of a post where the accepted answer is pinned above a slightly more popular one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2021-10-26T15:34:09.683" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19794" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17350" CreationDate="2021-10-26T18:17:17.433" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;From &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/5235&quot;&gt;Meta Stack Exchange&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Can I accept my own self-answer?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes; if you've self-answered your own question, you can mark your answer as the accepted answer. There are some differences, though, that exist in order to ensure everyone gets a fair shot at answering:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Accepting your own answer won't award you any reputation.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The question must be at least 48 hours old before you can accept a self-answer.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Self-answers that are accepted will never be pinned to the top.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;&lt;strong&gt;Self-answers that are accepted will never be pinned to the top.&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This rule stays intact though there has been a recent change in the way answers are pinned (read this for more information: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/369568&quot;&gt;Unpinning the accepted answer from the top of the list of answers&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This rule also applies to Ask Ubuntu Meta (read this for more information: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/19793&quot;&gt;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/19793&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1103140" LastActivityDate="2021-10-26T18:17:17.433" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19796" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-10-27T03:16:54.320" Score="1" ViewCount="54" Body="&lt;p&gt;As the title suggests, I am curious to know whether the &amp;quot;total reputation&amp;quot; for an account is calculated differently from the different time-based reputations. While looking at &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackexchange.com/leagues/89/year/askubuntu/2021-01-01/1222991#1222991&quot;&gt;the Year 2021 rankings&lt;/a&gt; I noticed a slight discrepancy:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/mDM1F.png&quot; alt=&quot;Off By Twelve&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The total value is twelve points lower than the reputation for the year. Initially I figured this was due to a caching issue, so waited until after midnight UTC for the Stack Exchange stats to be updated. However, the 12-point discrepancy persists.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thinking this might have to do with downvotes being uncounted in the yearly calculation, I went to see how many of these have been given and how many were received.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The summary view shows 10 downvotes:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/b6yRS.png&quot; alt=&quot;Whole Lot of Voting&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The detail view shows 3 downvotes:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/f7mRi.png&quot; alt=&quot;Three is not Ten&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;Perhaps the summary includes posts that were flagged as spam? &lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's difficult to quickly determine how many downvotes have been received, so a little bit of &amp;quot;hacking&amp;quot; reveals this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/VCRMw.png&quot; alt=&quot;What do you call Negative One sitting alone in a room?&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This breaks down as:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;22 points from downvotes&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;12 points from removed posts&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;3 points from posts I downvoted (though only one is in the list — oops)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Looking at these numbers, is it fair to say the following things are true:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;if we delete an answer, we're dinged 2 points (plus any points as a result of votes)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;yearly reputation calculations do not take into account removed posts&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Using the very helpful &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/reputation&quot;&gt;text-based reputation link&lt;/a&gt;, the reputation for the year is shown as being 5864, which would be 5,965 - 100 (Association Bonus) - 1 (Everyone gets a Point):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;** rep today: 0&#xA;** rep this week (2021-10-24 - 2021-10-30): 93&#xA;** rep this month (2021-10-01 - 2021-10-31): 641&#xA;** rep this quarter (2021-10-01 - 2021-12-31): 641&#xA;** rep this year (2021-01-01 - 2021-12-31): 5864&#xA;** rep from bonuses: 100&#xA;** total rep 5965 :)&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I guess this is just one of those situations where numbers don't match because different elements look at different criteria which is (probably) cached at different times &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1222991" LastEditorUserId="1222991" LastEditDate="2021-10-27T05:00:35.910" LastActivityDate="2021-10-27T05:00:35.910" Title="Is Total Reputation Calculated Differently to a Time-based Reputation?" Tags="|bug|reputation|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19800" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19801" CreationDate="2021-10-28T09:26:13.410" Score="1" ViewCount="68" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ok, so I really don't want to burst anyones bubble, but I stumbled upon this question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/100945/how-do-i-update-the-bios-of-a-dell-laptop&quot;&gt;How do I update the BIOS of a Dell laptop?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And I'm wondering - what does this even remotely have to do with Ubuntu?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, I'm aware that you might be able to upgrade your BIOS from Linux, as well as you can do it from Windows or any other OS. But still, updating BIOS/UEFI has (in my opinion) nothing to do with the Ubuntu operating system. In any case, the Ubuntu related answers could as well apply to any other Linux distro.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there an option to migrate such questions to another Stack Exchange site, do we close it, or do we just accept that it was a different time 10 years ago?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Have a nice day everyone. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1066942" LastEditorUserId="1066942" LastEditDate="2021-10-28T09:39:04.510" LastActivityDate="2022-03-05T22:54:57.817" Title="Migrating questions that have nothing to do with Ubuntu?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19801" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19800" CreationDate="2021-10-28T10:00:47.990" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would say that questions about the BIOS are off topic, yes. As you correctly point out, the BIOS isn't part of the OS. However, the question you linked to isn't really about BIOS but about how one can upgrade the BIOS &lt;em&gt;using Ubuntu&lt;/em&gt;. It is, therefore, a question about Ubuntu falling under the general category of &amp;quot;How do I do foo on Ubuntu&amp;quot;. So I would say it is perfectly on topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A rule of thumb could be that if the question is asking about configuring the BIOS, so that the answers wouldn't involve Ubuntu at all, then it is off topic. However, if it is asking about using Ubuntu to do something, whatever that something is, then it is on topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, I want to address your point that &amp;quot;Ubuntu related answers could as well apply to any other Linux distro&amp;quot;. That is not relevant in any way since every single answer on this site would also be applicable to other distributions. There's nothing unique about Ubuntu: Ubuntu is based on Debian and many other distributions are based on Ubuntu. This means that anything applicable to Ubuntu is bound to also be applicable to at least &lt;em&gt;some&lt;/em&gt; other distributions. There are very few things that are specific to any distribution, let alone one as widely used and built upon as Ubuntu, so whether a solution is applicable to other distros really isn't a consideration when considering what is on topic. Also see: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/14523/85695&quot;&gt;Are &amp;quot;not only Ubuntu-specific&amp;quot; questions on-topic?&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2022-03-05T22:54:57.817" LastActivityDate="2022-03-05T22:54:57.817" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19803" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19804" CreationDate="2021-10-31T04:32:39.437" Score="7" ViewCount="123" Body="&lt;p&gt;This edit popped up in the review queue and I’m not quite sure if my initial thought is correct or not:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/bKpPe.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;A Slippery Slope&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/86852/1222991&quot;&gt;The answer&lt;/a&gt; was posted almost a decade ago and — as you can see — has a very respectable upvote count. The question itself has been viewed almost six million times.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Looking at the edit, two things popped into my head:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The use of &lt;code&gt;apt-get&lt;/code&gt; was standard in 2011&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;At no time did the person asking the question state they were having permission issues or that the file was downloaded to a directory not owned by the user account&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If this edit is approved, then it would mean that we (the community) should go in an editing spree to clean up &lt;em&gt;all&lt;/em&gt; references to &lt;code&gt;apt-get&lt;/code&gt;, including those on new posts that are made today. This seems excessive. However, given that six million people have seen this question and a good percentage will have used this exact answer, an argument could be made that the edit is justified to ensure people are exposed to using &lt;code&gt;apt&lt;/code&gt; without &lt;code&gt;-get&lt;/code&gt; before the deprecated command is removed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Am I just overthinking this? &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1222991" LastActivityDate="2021-10-31T06:28:11.900" Title="Is This an Appropriate Edit?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19804" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19803" CreationDate="2021-10-31T06:28:11.900" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/829864/is-apt-get-deprecated&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;apt-get&lt;/code&gt; is not deprecated&lt;/a&gt;. The additional command seems unnecessary. I would reject this edit with a custom message saying that &lt;code&gt;apt-get&lt;/code&gt; is not deprecated. It would also make sense to reject it as &amp;quot;no improvement&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you feel like the additional command adds value, you could approve the edit (changing &lt;code&gt;apt-get&lt;/code&gt; to &lt;code&gt;apt&lt;/code&gt; is not a problem, just not needed) - that would also be reasonable in my opinion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2021-10-31T06:28:11.900" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19806" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19807" CreationDate="2021-11-05T06:25:54.540" Score="4" ViewCount="183" Body="&lt;p&gt;I stumbled across &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1373657/i-am-getting-an-rpc-error-when-trying-to-run-any-bitcoin-cli-commands&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt;. Just in case something happens to that question or its comments, &lt;a href=&quot;http://web.archive.org/web/20211105061709/https://askubuntu.com/questions/1373657/i-am-getting-an-rpc-error-when-trying-to-run-any-bitcoin-cli-commands&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; is a Wayback Machine link. I wasn't quite sure about if Bitcoin was on-topic, so I didn't flag it or vote on it. I still haven't. Here are two comments that were attached:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This question might be better answered on &lt;a href=&quot;https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;the Bitcoin SE site&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This question is not releated to Ubuntu , you can ask this on Bitcoin SE , Only questions about Ubuntu and it's official flavours are accepted here. We are sorry that you cannot ask questions about bitcoin here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But... Ask Ubuntu has a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/bitcoin&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;bitcoin&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;bitcoin&lt;/a&gt; tag, with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/41001/1438484&quot;&gt;the top-question in that tag scored at 53&lt;/a&gt; at the time of me writing this, it looks like Bitcoin might be on topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Personally, I don't have an opinion one way or the other, but I do think it is worth clarifying.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, is Bitcoin on-topic on Ask Ubuntu?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit to address the comments:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The main problem I have with that question is OP mentions some tutorial, but doesn't link to it and doesn't specify what exactly they did to arrive at their current situation. I'll VTC as unclear&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, I think it is totally fine to VTC as unclear if the question is unclear, but... the comments on the linked question didn't say &amp;quot;Your question is a bit unclear, please [edit] your question to include the link to the tutorial. Also, you could ask on Bitcoin SE&amp;quot;. Instead, it said the question was &lt;em&gt;off-topic&lt;/em&gt; because it was about Bitcoin. &lt;em&gt;That&lt;/em&gt; is why I wanted clarification. Flagging because the question is unclear is fine, but I wasn't sure about if it was on-topic or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I like that you kept the emoji in my comment. It's like a signature  – My suggestion that the question might be better answered on the Bitcoin SE site wasn't so much a &amp;quot;this isn't Ubuntu&amp;quot; question, but more of a &amp;quot;it might be better to ask experts about RPC credentials and authentication cookies&amp;quot; ...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(1) Emojis are fun. (2) As to your comment itself, I'm fine with adding a link to Bitcoin SE, and I think your comment was good. Honestly, I included your comment simply for context, not because I disagreed with it or because it was confusing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1438484" LastEditorUserId="1438484" LastEditDate="2021-11-05T16:55:52.470" LastActivityDate="2021-11-05T17:10:40.887" Title="Is Bitcoin on-topic on Ask Ubuntu?" Tags="|discussion|specific-question|scope|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19807" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19806" CreationDate="2021-11-05T10:39:05.580" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/users/1066942/artur-meinild&quot;&gt;Artur Meinild&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/19806/is-bitcoin-on-topic-on-ask-ubuntu#comment43221_19806&quot;&gt;commented&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe questions about running Bitcoin software on Ubuntu is as much on-topic as questions about running any other software on Ubuntu. But questions about the inner workings of Bitcoin and blockchain technology - not so much.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I agree with this comment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions about using third party software on Ubuntu are on topic. Of course! But the question should be about &lt;em&gt;using software on Ubuntu&lt;/em&gt;. This is a subtle matter. There is a bit of a grey area somewhere in here. Is the question really about using the software (the one you linked to &lt;strong&gt;is&lt;/strong&gt;), or is it really about something else?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/users/22949/eliah-kagan&quot;&gt;Eliah Kagan&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/201?m=51223939&quot;&gt;gave an example&lt;/a&gt; to help with this, which I call The Pirate Test:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;How do I put a footer on every page except the first in LibreOffice Writer&amp;quot; (on-topic) vs. &amp;quot;How do I write real-sounding dialogue between [...] the captain and first mate of a late 17th century buccaneer vessel in the short story I'm writing in LibreOffice Writer?&amp;quot; (off-topic).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can try asking yourself, &lt;em&gt;would an expert on this software (with knowledge of Ubuntu if necessary) be able to answer the question?&lt;/em&gt; If expertise in some other field (say, cryptocurrency, or 17th century English, or graphic design, or coding in Python) is called for, perhaps the question is off topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;TL;DR&lt;/strong&gt;: not everything about Bitcoin is on topic here, but using software relating to Bitcoin on Ubuntu is on topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2021-11-05T17:10:40.887" LastActivityDate="2021-11-05T17:10:40.887" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19808" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-11-05T10:51:53.250" Score="11" ViewCount="261" Body="&lt;p&gt;As you may or may not know, Stack Exchange moderators have access to a Private Team SE site where staff and mods can discuss stuff and help each other (similar to Meta Stack Exchange, but with restricted access).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Today a discussion opened there inviting questions from mods for the CM (community manager) team. Here is the most important part of the post:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The CM/Mod Quarterly Meetup is your opportunity to ask questions that matter to you personally or folks from the communities you moderate. You can ask any question about the Stack Exchange network, even if the answer requires us (CMs) to contact our colleagues in other departments. We can't promise that we will answer every question, but we will do our best to bring the information that interests you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If there is anything you would like to be raised, please post about it here before 16th November.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2021-12-07T13:08:03.850" Title="What would you like to ask the Stack Exchange Community Team?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19809" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19808" CreationDate="2021-11-05T18:11:10.867" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since I got access to the review queues in Ask Ubuntu, one thing which I noticed a lot is that our community has (or at least IMO has) less number of reviewers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because of the less number of reviewers, I noticed that many reviews got invalidated and this is worrisome.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to know if Stack Exchange has an eye on the state of review queues of its communities (something like a dashboard which shows which community has lots of pending reviews, lots of invalidated reviews, less number of reviewers, etc.).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;If there is such a &lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/IvGmn.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;dashboard&lt;/a&gt;, I would love to see it.&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1103140" LastActivityDate="2021-11-05T18:11:10.867" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19811" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-11-09T18:05:05.463" Score="14" ViewCount="323" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/1374518/124466&quot;&gt;This&lt;/a&gt; question is quite clearly written, and has not been edited so far.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There was a comment from the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/-1/community&quot;&gt;Community Bot&lt;/a&gt; (which I flagged):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please clarify your specific problem or provide additional details to highlight exactly what you need. As it's currently written, it's hard to tell exactly what you're asking.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since the OP described the problem quite clearly, &lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;it's hard to tell exactly what you're asking&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt; clearly does not apply here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do these comments automatically appear to the questions of every new user? They are not helping very much.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="124466" LastEditorUserId="618353" LastEditDate="2021-11-11T15:39:23.980" LastActivityDate="2021-11-11T15:39:23.980" Title="Out of context comments from the community bot" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19813" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19808" CreationDate="2021-11-12T17:37:49.683" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;AFAIK, many people in the Ask Ubuntu community have expressed frustration about the misuse of Community bot comments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please talk about this issue to the SE staff.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know that SE staff would not be interested to completely remove this feature, but they can do some other things like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Make the Community bot comment option available on a per-site basis (for example, like this &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/369568&quot;&gt;Unpinning the accepted answer from the top of the list of answers&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Make the feature of being able to comment using Community bot limited to few reviewers (based on factors like reputation, tag badges, etc.). &lt;sup&gt;I don't think this is an ideal solution.&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Give moderators the permission to stop a user from using the Community bot comment feature if they misuse it. &lt;sup&gt;I know that moderators can suspend users, but that might be overkill in some scenarios.&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1103140" LastActivityDate="2021-11-12T17:37:49.683" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19814" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19815" CreationDate="2021-11-14T19:56:40.383" Score="2" ViewCount="48" Body="&lt;p&gt;I asked the following question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/1375529/831094&quot;&gt;How to launch a long-running Python code in a Docker container running on a remote server&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;but I was wondering whether it would be more in-topic on Stack Overflow or Software Recommendations. What do you think? If I remember correctly, cross-posting is frowned upon in the Stack Exchange hierarchy, so if I post on another site I should first delete my question here. Correct?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="831094" LastEditorUserId="618353" LastEditDate="2021-11-15T09:04:11.650" LastActivityDate="2021-11-15T09:04:11.650" Title="Is this question about long-running codes on remote servers on-topic?" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19815" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19814" CreationDate="2021-11-15T01:34:35.337" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;In your question, you say:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Docker container is based on an Ubuntu image&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/19807/1222991&quot;&gt;this recent answer about whether something is on topic or not&lt;/a&gt;, Zanna (a moderator), said:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;TL;DR: not everything about {subject} is on topic here, but using software relating to {subject} on Ubuntu is on topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note:&lt;/strong&gt; The {subject} was originally about Bitcoin, but is just as valid when asking questions related to Python, Docker, and anything else that can run &lt;em&gt;on&lt;/em&gt; Ubuntu.&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, given that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the Docker container is built from an Ubuntu 18.04 image&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you are asking for solutions related to that container (as opposed to the host OS, which is not stated)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would say that it is on topic for AskUbuntu &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1222991" LastActivityDate="2021-11-15T01:34:35.337" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19816" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19818" CreationDate="2021-11-15T08:45:50.283" Score="8" ViewCount="95" Body="&lt;p&gt;I asked a question yesterday&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/1375529/831094&quot;&gt;How to launch a long-running Python code in a Docker container running on a remote server&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and then it crossed my mind that maybe the question was off-topic&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/19814/831094&quot;&gt;Is this question about long-running codes on remote servers in-topic?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As it turns out, the question was in-topic and actually a duplicate. Also, the question of which my question is a duplicate has some excellent answers. I haven't been very active on Stack Exchange in the last years, but I seem to remember that duplicates are bad. Should I delete my question, or do I just leave it there?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="831094" LastEditorUserId="134729" LastEditDate="2021-11-26T22:12:20.893" LastActivityDate="2021-11-26T22:12:20.893" Title="Question correctly flagged as duplicate, should I delete it?" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19817" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-11-15T11:48:02.857" Score="5" ViewCount="137" Body="&lt;p&gt;Hello Today I was browsing through all the questions... &lt;br&gt;&#xA;I was seeing and almost all the questions were answered. So I selected the &amp;quot;unanswered category&amp;quot; of questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By default, sort by votes (in unanswered questions:- It will show all unanswered questions and sort them by votes, so it would be something like 20votes answer in front and -4votes answer in end) is selected (at least in my case). It is OK there I don't see any answered questions and it is working fine... However, when I went to page 2, it switched to category &amp;quot;all&amp;quot; with the filter &amp;quot;votes&amp;quot;. (I mean, now I no longer see any unanswered question but see all lines of questions and they are sorted by votes for eg:- It is showing an answered question with +700votes)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this only for me? (I am on a Samsung Tablet)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;This issue is only on mobile version&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.imgur.com/JQ6Hne1.gif&quot; width=&quot;210&quot;&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1460940" LastEditorUserId="150172" LastEditDate="2021-12-01T17:50:26.437" LastActivityDate="2021-12-01T17:50:26.437" Title="BUG : Unanswered questions?" Tags="|bug|unanswered-questions|votes|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19818" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19816" CreationDate="2021-11-16T04:07:51.263" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;Good quality duplicates are good. You can leave your question there. Other people might land on your post and find the excellent answers posted to the other one through the link.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2021-11-16T04:07:51.263" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19819" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19820" CreationDate="2021-11-16T06:27:48.607" Score="14" ViewCount="231" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm on a bit of an &amp;quot;edit rampage&amp;quot; on AskUbuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/1183929&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/1183929&lt;/a&gt; ...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Two users rejected my edit and cited:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The edit does not improve the quality of the post. Changes to the content are unnecessary or make the post more confusing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My comment with my suggested edit was:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Improved English, removed irrelevant text, added some formatting&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My opinion (of course) is that my ~15 changes to the question text absolutely did improve the readability and clarity of the post. I take the editing of other users' content very seriously and I aim to only do non-trivial and comprehensive edits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;May I receive more specific feedback about why my suggested edit was rejected?  How bad could my suggested edit have been to not merit the &amp;quot;Improve Edit&amp;quot; option?  Were these bad reviews?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="955434" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2021-11-16T12:58:37.177" LastActivityDate="2021-11-16T12:58:37.177" Title="Please explain the rejected outcome for this suggested edit" Tags="|discussion|editing|suggested-edits|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19820" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19819" CreationDate="2021-11-16T06:58:25.323" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;The edit suggestion obviously improved the post and should have been approved. I approved it and made some further changes. I also edited the answer slightly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My take: it is always worthwhile to improve an old post that is not going to be deleted. The age of a post has no bearing on whether it should be edited or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The tour says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;we're working together to build a library of detailed answers to every question about Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So let's try to make each post as clear as possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a reviewer, if you come across a post that you feel should be deleted in the Suggested Edits queue, you can certainly take steps towards deleting the post (such as downvoting, flagging or voting to close or delete). In such cases you may wish to reject the edit suggestion, but I think it is often better to approve a good edit suggestion so that other reviewers can take a decision on whether to delete the better version of the post (we shouldn't delete a useful post because of its spelling errors or lack of paragraphs).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2021-11-16T07:34:08.510" LastActivityDate="2021-11-16T07:34:08.510" CommentCount="12" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19821" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19808" CreationDate="2021-11-16T10:45:49.090" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I made two answers to the question on Teams:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/19808/what-would-you-like-to-ask-the-stack-exchange-community-team&quot;&gt;asked on Ask Ubuntu meta&lt;/a&gt; what people would like to be discussed in this diffuse meeting-like arrangement :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The most popular answer concerned the lack of activity in review. There are few enough active reviewers on Ask Ubuntu that many posts do not get the attention they need. For example, we &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/3877?m=59085890&quot;&gt;found that&lt;/a&gt; over 1000 First Post reviews were invalidated between the start of 2021 and the retiring of the queue. We also found that &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/3877?m=59248567&quot;&gt;many Close Votes are aging away&lt;/a&gt;. The Suggested Edits queue used to move fast and has become quite congested in recent times, even though &lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/qIAzK.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the number of edits being suggested has reduced over time&lt;/a&gt;. Right now our review queues don't look so bad, though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The answer asked if CMs have a &amp;quot;dashboard&amp;quot; to help monitor review activity, and if such data could be shared. I mentioned the annual &lt;em&gt;year in moderation&lt;/em&gt; posts which give an interesting summary of that kind of activity (I would love some graphs though), but I would be grateful for any suggestions for us to monitor review activity in a way that could be shared to encourage people to participate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is the answer to the above:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We have a dashboard that we have been using since we kicked off the work on review queues. The dashboard lives in a Google Colab notebook and requires access to a private dataset. I believe that it is totally fine to share the final charts with the community. At the same time it is not an easy task from a technical perspective to give you access to the dashboard at any time because of the dataset.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe we can recreate some of the charts on &lt;a href=&quot;https://data.stackexchange.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Stack Exchange Data Explorer&lt;/a&gt;. The two primary the tables to look at are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;ReviewTasks&lt;/code&gt; represents posts in the review queues and their states.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;ReviewTaskResults&lt;/code&gt; represents a review task that is created for a user when they visit a particular review queue and clicks “Submit”, “Skip” or any other action buttons.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/2677/274323&quot;&gt;Here is a question&lt;/a&gt; that describes the SE DB schema in more detail.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is worth mentioning that the Stack Exchange Data Explorer does not have data about users who performed the reviews. It means that, for example, one cannot query the number of reviewers over time. The easiest way to do so is ping me (Nicolas) or post a question on Meta Ask Ubuntu and tag it “status-review”. We will query the data and share the result with you all. -Nic&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So it looks like I need to write some queries and on, say, a monthly or quarterly basis post the results. Please someone remind me to do this if nothing has appeared by the end of the year - I am too busy to do it just at the moment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another answer to my &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/19808/what-would-you-like-to-ask-the-stack-exchange-community-team&quot;&gt;Ask Ubuntu Meta post&lt;/a&gt; about this meeting was about the comments from review appearing to be posted by Community♦. I &lt;em&gt;passionately&lt;/em&gt; hate this feature and much of the Ask Ubuntu community seems to feel the same way. I am planning to make a meta post asking people not to use it at all (as a personal request), but might there be any possibility of turning it off on a per site basis?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is the answer:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks for the great question - I learned a lot in digging for the answers here.  First, I’m sorry that this interface element is causing you disruption. I hate when we break workflows or cause problems on sites because things don’t work as expected.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I’m afraid that I don’t have an answer for you yet, though I promise to dig into it and see if this is something that we could put behind a site setting or something. However, with that said, I think it’s important to point out that the only things that can be sent from the Community user are the default responses - anything custom is required to be sent non-anonymously (and attributed to the user’s account).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It would be helpful if you could let me know (feel free to email me or just comment here) whether you are looking for a feature to remove the ability to use the default comments at all or only to remove the ability to leave them without attribution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Again, fascinating question. I don’t doubt that this is an issue that’s come up before, but as one of the newer members of the team, it’s always fun to dig into things. (And thanks, Catija, for helping me learn!) -Philippe&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I emailed Philippe to clarify that while I dislike generic comments and don't have much hope of them being used appropriately at the moment, the major problem is that they can be posted as Community.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2021-12-07T13:08:03.850" LastActivityDate="2021-12-07T13:08:03.850" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19822" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-11-17T07:56:33.920" Score="14" ViewCount="288" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just a quick PSA here - thanks to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/users/618353/beastofcaerbannog&quot;&gt;BeastOfCaerbannog&lt;/a&gt; I've realised that the new &lt;em&gt;Recommend Deletion&lt;/em&gt; option in the Late Answers queue completes the review and gives you the option to leave the canned comments from the Low Quality Posts queue, but otherwise &lt;strong&gt;does absolutely nothing&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you encounter a post in Late Answers that should be deleted, please flag it. You can then go ahead and use the Recommend Deletion option (although I feel it's completely misleading and &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/371918/remove-or-rename-the-ineffective-recommend-deletion-option-from-late-answers&quot;&gt;should be removed&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/371947/322419&quot;&gt;or open a flagging dialog&lt;/a&gt;), but be aware that it does nothing towards deleting the post, whereas flagging the post sends it to the Low Quality Posts queue and also brings it to the attention of mods.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks a lot!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;P.S. I also recommend flagging posts that should be deleted in the Low Quality Posts queue, especially if they are spam or abusive. While some posts there already have flags, many are put into the queue automatically and don't have flags. Flagging may speed up handling of the posts by bringing them to the attention of mods. This will clear the queue faster.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2021-12-02T16:20:14.363" LastActivityDate="2021-12-02T16:20:14.363" Title="Recommend Deletion option in Late Answers review queue does nothing - please flag posts that should be deleted" Tags="|support|review|flagging|late-answers|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="10" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19823" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19702" CreationDate="2021-11-17T14:32:40.597" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've removed the second link (to Canonical) and updated the link to Ubuntu so that it doesn't redirect. I've also added a link to the Ubuntu Launchpad site with information about using it for bug reports and feature requests.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="761293" LastActivityDate="2021-11-17T14:32:40.597" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19824" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19825" CreationDate="2021-11-17T15:35:59.980" Score="8" ViewCount="100" Body="&lt;p&gt;Earlier today I asked a question &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/1376114/197753&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;How to find out what version of a package is in an apt repository?&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; which was closed as a duplicate of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/510056/197753&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;How to install Google Chrome&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I feel like me adding details and context to my question worked against me here, and that the mention of &amp;quot;&lt;em&gt;installing Google Chrome&lt;/em&gt;&amp;quot; jumped out and caused a quick closure as a duplicate. But actually &lt;em&gt;I don't care (currently) about how to install Google Chrome&lt;/em&gt; specifically. I want to know how I can effectively browse through the contents of  azure.archive.ubuntu.com, as a skill that seems useful on its own.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I even tried to clarify that at the end of my question, the &amp;quot;teach me how to fish&amp;quot; part, but now the dupe-hammer has given me a fish and told me to move on after all. And now I still don't know how to dig through azure.archive.ubuntu.com.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any recommendations for what to do? Should I vote to reopen with my explanation? Should I write a new, more dedicated question that is more succinct (and not mention google-chrome at all)? Should I find my help outside of askubuntu.com? Your advice, please.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="197753" LastActivityDate="2021-11-17T16:52:19.590" Title="Advice requested for a question closed as a duplicate" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19825" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19824" CreationDate="2021-11-17T16:52:19.590" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've reopened the post and removed the dupe link.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2021-11-17T16:52:19.590" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19826" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19829" CreationDate="2021-11-18T15:33:28.417" Score="-4" ViewCount="165" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently noticed the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/contact&quot;&gt;Ask Ubuntu Meta contact page&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/HfG9p.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/HfG9p.png&quot; alt=&quot;Screenshot of Ask Ubuntu Meta contact page&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://help.yahoo.com/kb/helpcentral&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Yahoo link&lt;/a&gt; redirects to &lt;a href=&quot;https://help.yahoo.com/kb/account&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://help.yahoo.com/kb/account&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.google.com/contact/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Google link&lt;/a&gt; is HTTP and redirects to &lt;a href=&quot;https://about.google/contact-google/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://about.google/contact-google/&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com/about/contact-us&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ubuntu link&lt;/a&gt; is HTTP and redirects to &lt;a href=&quot;https://ubuntu.com/contact-us&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://ubuntu.com/contact-us&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please fix these issues.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1103140" LastEditorUserId="761293" LastEditDate="2021-11-19T14:00:30.697" LastActivityDate="2021-11-19T14:00:32.887" Title="Change the links in Ask Ubuntu Meta contact page" Tags="|bug|status-completed|https|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19827" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19828" CreationDate="2021-11-19T08:20:57.447" Score="6" ViewCount="110" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yet another question about edits as I work out the borders between an appropriate and inappropriate edit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/UXP3o.png&quot; alt=&quot;Suggested Edit - VPN OpenConnect Pulse&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;@Dan is one of the developers of OpenConnect, making him one of the better-suited people to offer an answer on the problem reported by the OP. He &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/1368954/1222991&quot;&gt;wrote an answer&lt;/a&gt; that explains there is a bug in certain conditions and included a comment under the question pointing to the answer. All of this is cool.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, now we have an edit that adds a bunch of information to the question that may or may not apply to the OPs situation. As a developer on OpenConnect, he would know better than most how the bug could be triggered, so the added context may allow future readers to more quickly identify whether they are seeing the same issue, a similar matter, or something different.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With this in mind, is this an appropriate edit?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My initial reaction is &amp;quot;No, it would be better to edit the offered answer to add any additional context and hope the supplementary information gives his answer more love so that it rises to the top&amp;quot;. Some of the detail is already part of his answer:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/KgKX1.png&quot; alt=&quot;Dan's Original Answer&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can certainly appreciate the desire to have people understand that a problem can be fixed simply by updating their software, but modifying the question to include this additional detail as a commentary strikes me as an incongruous edit &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1222991" LastActivityDate="2021-11-19T08:51:17.133" Title="Does this edit fail to improve the post?" Tags="|discussion|suggested-edits|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19828" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19827" CreationDate="2021-11-19T08:51:17.133" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think these additions are commentary on the question, and should be kept in the answer (Dan has already mentioned this apparent mistake in his answer) or in comments. People often do correct the question's premise in answers but editing the question itself is IMO not done unless the OP says it was a mistake.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the OP confirms that they were using Juniper, sure we can edit the question to specifically say that, but the rest of it doesn't belong in the question as written, IMO.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/vpn&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;vpn&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;vpn&lt;/a&gt; tag does fit, though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2021-11-19T08:51:17.133" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19829" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19826" CreationDate="2021-11-19T14:00:32.887" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;The UI I normally use for updating the text on this page is only available on main sites - it's a special CM-only hub with stats and special links that we need that allow us to do a variety of things.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since this doesn't exist for metas, I was a bit at a loss of how to make this change... until I realized the site setting that the UI edits is also accessible to me directly and I can access the meta site settings in addition to the main site ones. As such, I've updated the text on meta - which had never been done as far as I can tell. So... yay?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="761293" LastActivityDate="2021-11-19T14:00:32.887" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19831" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19832" CreationDate="2021-11-23T05:57:59.100" Score="0" ViewCount="71" Body="&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a question about my Ask Ubuntu post: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1375997/deja-dup-not-backing-up-entire-system&quot;&gt;Deja Dup not backing up entire system&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I apologize if this has been asked or commented on by another thread. I do not have the time to read 25 pages of search results for fear of asking a duplicate question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why are other people (community, moderators, etc) granted the authority/power to decide/accept/delete what I determine was an answer to MY question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I posted a question that received two relative responses (one a partial answer to my question, and the other a link to possible solutions).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After finding the solution to my query I responded to my own question with an 'answer' that combined the two relative responses, and a solution was found.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My answer contained the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;That the app in question was simply unable to perform the task.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;That another app must be used.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The specific app I found.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Shouldn't I be the one that determines what answered my question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1541714" LastEditorUserId="8698" LastEditDate="2021-11-23T10:28:38.253" LastActivityDate="2021-11-23T10:28:38.253" Title="Why are other people able to determine what answered the posters question?" Tags="|support|site|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19832" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19831" CreationDate="2021-11-23T07:15:56.850" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Hmm... we usually do take your word for it on a self-answer. Your answer seemed okay to me, at least before you removed most of the information from it. I've returned it to an earlier state and undeleted it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2021-11-23T07:15:56.850" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19833" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-11-24T17:19:25.123" Score="5" ViewCount="78" Body="&lt;p&gt;What triggers this message&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As it’s currently written, your answer is unclear. Please edit to add additional details that will help others understand how this addresses the question asked. You can find more information on how to write good answers in the help center. –&#xA;Community&#xA;Bot&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've seen this several times recently. As in the case of this answer &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1178797/ln-failed-to-create-symbolic-link-function-not-implemented/1377300#1377300&quot;&gt;ln: failed to create symbolic link &amp;quot;Function not implemented&lt;/a&gt; -- I don't know if the answer is right or wrong, I didn't try it, but it isn't &amp;quot;unclear&amp;quot; in the slightest, and this comment is not helpful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="243321" LastActivityDate="2021-11-24T17:19:25.123" Title="Why is Community Bot calling perfectly good answers unclear?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ClosedDate="2021-11-25T02:29:35.223" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19834" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-11-24T18:04:09.960" Score="11" ViewCount="143" Body="&lt;p&gt;This happened &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1178797/ln-failed-to-create-symbolic-link-function-not-implemented/1377300#comment2372475_1377300&quot;&gt;on this post's deleted comment&lt;/a&gt; - visible to moderators and staff as it's a deleted comment:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/8FCZ1.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/8FCZ1.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a post done by a reviewer and masked by the Community bot.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Mitch is an actual diamond moderator, not a bot, this is a problem with the system not properly tagging things correctly for users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="1406746" LastEditDate="2022-02-03T17:08:23.203" LastActivityDate="2022-02-03T17:08:23.203" Title="Bug: Moderator not getting the mod tag but being tagged as a bot in mod actions for comments" Tags="|bug|comments|community-user|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19835" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-11-25T17:50:06.193" Score="38" ViewCount="366" Body="&lt;p&gt;Thanks for reviewing. I really appreciate it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Recently review got reformatted quite a lot. Personally, I don't like many of the changes. I guess I'm an old stick-in-the-mud. But about one feature in particular, I think my feelings are correct. I'm talking about the &lt;strong&gt;Leave Feedback&lt;/strong&gt; option that, for some reason I will never understand, allows you to pretend to be Community♦ (although instead of having a diamond, it is now labelled &lt;strong&gt;bot&lt;/strong&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We've already had a couple of complaints about these comments here on meta&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/19833/why-is-community-bot-calling-perfectly-good-answers-unclear&quot;&gt;Why is Community Bot calling perfectly good answers unclear?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/19811/out-of-context-comments-from-the-community-bot&quot;&gt;Out of context comments from the community bot&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and people have said they feel the feature is being misused. My feeling is that the problem is not with the users of the feature but with the feature itself. There is no way to use this feature that I would be okay with.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The comments from Community[bot] can't be meaningfully replied to. They take away accountability from the reviewer. Even if the comment is relevant (they rarely seem to be), this turns review into a throwaway task.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So since I feel I can't ask for this feature to be removed just yet, I'm asking y'all to think about not using it, as a personal favour. :) &amp;lt;3&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I need to be clear on this: I have no right to stop y'all from using it. I promise I won't yell at anyone for using it. This isn't a rule I'm arbitrarily and unilaterally making. I'm just asking y'all to think about whether you really want to leave a comment pretending to be Community, or whether it would be more respectful and welcoming, and more useful, to leave a comment as yourself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks a lot, friends :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2021-11-25T17:50:06.193" Title="Please consider not leaving feedback as Community♦" Tags="|discussion|comments|review|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="13" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19836" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19837" CreationDate="2021-12-01T03:28:54.260" Score="1" ViewCount="52" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/gOTOg.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/gOTOg.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The above is a user from Stack Overflow. How can I add a subname like &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Data Wrangler&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; above? I don't see an option in my profile preferences to do this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="253251" LastEditorUserId="8698" LastEditDate="2021-12-01T15:12:06.217" LastActivityDate="2021-12-01T15:12:06.217" Title="How to add subname in profile?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19837" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19836" CreationDate="2021-12-01T05:46:54.043" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's only available on SO. Here's a feature request asking for it on other SE sites: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/329778/270345&quot;&gt;Getting Stack Overflow like Title field on other Stack Exchange sites&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2021-12-01T05:46:54.043" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19838" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-12-02T09:13:15.493" Score="18" ViewCount="275" Body="&lt;p&gt;So, not very long ago a change was made to the format of the banner that appears at the top of closed questions. It no longer shows who closed the post (I disapprove of this change, but this post here is not about that) and it no longer shows a detailed description of the reason for closure, except to the OP and to users with the close vote privilege, which is a small minority of all visitors to the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here are some examples:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;This is what a question closed as &lt;strong&gt;&amp;quot;no-repro&amp;quot;&lt;/strong&gt; looks like to the author of the question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/0w8s0.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/0w8s0.png&quot; alt=&quot;private feedback for you&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Here's what a question closed as &lt;strong&gt;&amp;quot;not about Ubuntu&amp;quot;&lt;/strong&gt; looks like to high rep users:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/JbPNW.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/JbPNW.png&quot; alt=&quot;viewable by the post author and users with the close /reopen votes privilege&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;And here's what that question looks like in an &lt;strong&gt;incognito/private browsing session&lt;/strong&gt; (i.e. to the vast majority of users):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/FwsJz.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/FwsJz.png&quot; alt=&quot;detailed feedback missing&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The text explaining the reason for the closure is missing. There's currently no way for this text to be displayed to everyone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Personally, I think this is bad, because people who don't have the close voting privilege should still be able to understand why questions are being closed. This will be particularly helpful to keen new users who want to learn how to do moderation tasks, and to visitors thinking of posting questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the future, this might change, but for now, we can make at least a small improvement. You'll notice that there is a part of the close notice that is shown to everyone:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/bxdhR.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/bxdhR.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;freehand red circle&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At the moment, this is the same for all of our site-specific close reasons. It just says the question is off topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The point of this post (if you're still reading, thanks :) ) is to propose short versions of each of the reasons to be used instead of that generic text, so that everyone can at least get some idea of why the question was closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I propose that the short version of &lt;strong&gt;close reason #1&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is not about an &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;official Ubuntu flavor&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. Questions about other Linux distributions can be asked on Unix &amp;amp; Linux, those about Windows on Super User, those about Apple products on Ask Different and generic programming questions on Stack Overflow.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;be this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This question is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;off topic&lt;/a&gt;; it's not about an official Ubuntu flavor.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I propose that the short version for &lt;strong&gt;close reason #2&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bug reports&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;problems specific to development version of Ubuntu&lt;/strong&gt; should be &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/5121/how-do-i-report-a-bug&quot;&gt;reported on Launchpad&lt;/a&gt; so that developers can see, track and fix these issues.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;be this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This question is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;off topic&lt;/a&gt;; the issue should be reported as a bug.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I propose that the short version for &lt;strong&gt;close reason #3&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;End of Standard Support or End of Life Release&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;This question is specific to a release of Ubuntu which has reached its &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;end of standard support or end of life&lt;/a&gt; date, and is not related to asking for help to upgrade to a supported release. Such questions are considered unsupported and off-topic on Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;be this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This question is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;off topic&lt;/a&gt;; it's specific to an &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;old unsupported release&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I propose that the short version for &lt;strong&gt;close reason #4&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This describes a problem that can't be reproduced, that seemingly went away on its own or was only relevant to a very specific period of time. It's off-topic as it's unlikely to help future readers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;be this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This question is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;off topic&lt;/a&gt;; it's about a problem that can't be reproduced.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please post any thoughts on this issue and/or feedback or suggestions to improve the proposed wording in answers or comments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="618353" LastEditDate="2024-01-31T16:57:07.153" LastActivityDate="2024-01-31T16:57:07.153" Title="Improving question closed banners for most users - short wording needed for site specific reasons" Tags="|discussion|close-reasons|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="16" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19839" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-12-02T17:57:51.850" Score="4" ViewCount="188" Body="&lt;p&gt;I posted &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1378623/cant-access-any-files-on-android-phone-connected-to-usb-port?noredirect=1#comment2375810_1378623&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; recently, and after I answered a comment requesting information with something like &amp;quot;I'll try to do this when I'm home&amp;quot;, the same user who had requested the information responded with the following (I presume) &amp;quot;pre-canned&amp;quot; comment:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please edit your post to add new information, properly formatted. Information added via comments is hard for you to format, hard for us to read and ignored by future readers. Please click edit and add that vital information to your question so all the facts we need are in the question. Please don't use Add Comment, since that's our uplink to you. All facts about your system should go in the Question with edit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This seems both a little brusque (seemingly the new tone of AskUbuntu) and rather condescending.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I saw &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1323/what-prewritten-pro-forma-aka-autoreviewcomments-userscript-comments-can-we-us&quot;&gt;a recent meta post encouraging use of &amp;quot;pre-canned&amp;quot; comments&lt;/a&gt;, but haven't checked in detail to see if this is from that list -- but it certainly sounds as if we no longer want questions or answers from people who aren't already experts (rather like the situation when trying to report a bug as an end user, rather than a developer -- &amp;quot;if you don't know all this technical stuff, we don't want to hear it.&amp;quot;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is AskUbuntu no longer a friendly place for those who aren't gurus to seek solutions to their problems?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="360188" LastEditorUserId="360188" LastEditDate="2021-12-02T20:25:54.353" LastActivityDate="2021-12-03T07:30:06.583" Title="Were the &quot;pre-canned&quot; comments intended to be brusque and condescending? If so, why?" Tags="|discussion|comments|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19840" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19839" CreationDate="2021-12-03T04:45:50.910" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yeah I don't know who composed that comment; it's not one provided by SE. I have seen it numerous times though and I strongly dislike it. Aside from the tone, it gives obviously incorrect information to the OP &amp;quot;don't use Ask Comment, as that's our uplink to you&amp;quot; - if the OP were not meant to use comments to communicate, why would they be given the ability to comment on their own posts and answers to their questions even if they don't have the comment privilege?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This instruction is also likely to conflict with advice given by other commenters, since people often request that the OP ping them (using @) in comments (which is a more reasonable request - I for one am likely to forget to check back on my comments for quite a while if I'm not pinged).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please flag any bad comments, canned or otherwise.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;Unnecessary pedantic English note: Surely &amp;quot;precanned&amp;quot; (&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2281/please-stop-posting-half-answers-and-bad-advice-as-comments&quot;&gt;from Jorge's post&lt;/a&gt;) is overkill. For me &amp;quot;canned&amp;quot; is already too much. Soon we'll be calling these comments &amp;quot;precanned in advance&amp;quot;.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2021-12-03T07:30:06.583" LastActivityDate="2021-12-03T07:30:06.583" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19842" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19708" CreationDate="2021-12-05T03:53:54.247" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;There isn't a way to turn off notifications for comments on your posts. I've personally found a long series of comment notifications unwelcome on a few occasions. But I guess I am glad they can't be disabled since comments sometimes convey very important information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The general attitude towards comments on SE is that they exist to help people work towards improving posts, though they do sometimes have some other kind of value. Once the improvement to the post has been effected, comments ought to be no longer needed. They are considered to be of transient value at best (though a substantial minority at least are worth keeping around).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because of this philosophy of comments, it is felt that they may be removed casually. If a person has something of lasting importance to share, they had better put it into a post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, you should not hesitate to flag comments that are not of value. Comment flags are rarely declined. One of the things I try to do every time I visit any question or answer on Ask Ubuntu is scroll through the page looking for comments that can be cleaned up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;NB: This doesn't apply to meta, which, unlike the main site, exists in part to allow and preserve discussion. It's rarely desirable to remove comments on meta. However, if someone is trolling you with comments on meta do go ahead and flag.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2021-12-05T03:53:54.247" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19843" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19845" CreationDate="2021-12-05T15:21:50.303" Score="8" ViewCount="209" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/1379258/1210606&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/a/1379258/1210606&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The answer above was deleted by a mod with the justification:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The workaround is Windows only!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Either this person doesn't know Wine's folder structure (&lt;code&gt;drive_c&lt;/code&gt;) and/or doesn't know WineHQ from where the workaround was copied from (and linked to), a single test of the game in question: &lt;a href=&quot;https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&amp;amp;iId=28925&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&amp;amp;iId=28925&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Whether or not it works remains to be tested. I didn't test it and I won't. I don't buy Windows games. But in any case, &lt;strong&gt;there's no reason to delete an answer that faithfully reproduces a possible solution found by someone testing it and having experienced the same problem as the OP&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1210606" LastEditorUserId="618353" LastEditDate="2021-12-06T10:47:24.060" LastActivityDate="2021-12-06T10:47:24.060" Title="Correct answer deleted?" Tags="|discussion|deleted-answers|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19844" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19843" CreationDate="2021-12-06T07:21:22.333" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sorry about that. I've undeleted your answer which seems to be on point, and in any case seems to have been deleted based on a misunderstanding as you say.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2021-12-06T07:21:22.333" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19845" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19843" CreationDate="2021-12-06T07:57:21.453" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your answer started with &amp;quot;Total War: Rome 2 is Windows only software. &amp;quot;  Based on that, and the fact that the path you specified &amp;quot;drive_c/users//Application Data/The Creative Assembly/Rome2/scripts/preferences.script.txt&amp;quot; with the exception of &amp;quot;drive_c&amp;quot;, led to the closing of the question, which was an over sight on my end, and I do apologize for that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="59676" LastActivityDate="2021-12-06T07:57:21.453" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19846" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-12-07T18:39:38.220" Score="4" ViewCount="403" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since important policy decisions regarding Ask Ubuntu's scope are taken using voting in Ask Ubuntu Meta, it's important that as many people as possible participate in the discussion related to changing policies of Ask Ubuntu in Ask Ubuntu Meta (by voting/commenting/some other way). (Something related: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/18426&quot;&gt;What is considered a community consensus on Meta?&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I created some SEDE queries to get &lt;a href=&quot;https://data.stackexchange.com/meta.askubuntu/query/1528095/number-of-posts-in-ask-ubuntu-meta&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the total number of posts per year&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://data.stackexchange.com/meta.askubuntu/query/1528087/posts-in-ask-ubuntu-meta-with-a-score-of-10&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the number of posts per year with a score more than 10&lt;/a&gt; in Ask Ubuntu Meta. You can check the results here:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;div class=&quot;s-table-container&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;table class=&quot;s-table&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;thead&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;th&gt;Year&lt;/th&gt;&#xA;&lt;th&gt;Total&lt;/th&gt;&#xA;&lt;th&gt;Score 10+&lt;/th&gt;&#xA;&lt;th&gt;Score 10+ as % of total&lt;/th&gt;&#xA;&lt;th&gt;Score 10-&lt;/th&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;/thead&gt;&#xA;&lt;tbody&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;2010&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;741&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;174&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;23.4818&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;567&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;2011&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;1285&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;255&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;19.8444&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;1030&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;2012&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;2148&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;323&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;15.0372&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;1825&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;2013&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;2090&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;382&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;18.2775&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;1708&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;2014&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;2094&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;261&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;12.4642&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;1833&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;2015&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;1325&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;207&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;15.6226&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;1118&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;2016&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;1473&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;342&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;23.2179&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;1131&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;2017&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;942&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;207&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;21.9745&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;735&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;2018&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;674&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;139&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;20.6231&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;535&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;2019&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;528&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;152&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;28.7879&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;376&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;2020&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;457&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;100&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;21.8818&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;357&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;2021&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;368&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;56&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;15.2174&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;312&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tbody&gt;&#xA;&lt;/table&gt;&#xA;&lt;/div&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here are the above results as a graph to make things more clear:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/fIFwK.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/fIFwK.png&quot; alt=&quot;Stacked bar graph&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[Credits to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/users/618353/beastofcaerbannog&quot;&gt;BeastOfCaerbannog&lt;/a&gt; for the nice graph! If you are interested to make the graph on your own, you can refer the code used by me: &lt;a href=&quot;https://paste.debian.net/1236724/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://paste.debian.net/1236724/&lt;/a&gt; (once again credits to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/users/618353/beastofcaerbannog&quot;&gt;BeastOfCaerbannog&lt;/a&gt;!)]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note&lt;/strong&gt;: The data might change a bit if the old posts get upvotes/downvotes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There were days in Ask Ubuntu Meta when posts (which are not even related to policy decisions) had chances of getting more than 70 votes. [&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/18387&quot;&gt;Example&lt;/a&gt; (excellent answer by &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/users/527764/zanna&quot;&gt;Zanna&lt;/a&gt;)...&#xA;Gone are those days!]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/19544&quot;&gt;recent policy change proposal&lt;/a&gt; just got approximately only 40 votes and this is sad to see. The &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/19334&quot;&gt;10 years anniversary post&lt;/a&gt; got more votes than it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I might be judgemental to compare the state of Ask Ubuntu Meta just based on votes. But I feel that the active users of Ask Ubuntu Meta do know that other forms of interaction (like comments, answers) too have decreased substantially in the recent past.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thinking about votes in meta made me think about election statistics. The reason why I thought to look into election statistics is because I thought that voting can be considered as a metric to determine community participation in taking important decisions for the community (i.e., in this case, choosing a moderator).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I could not find any SEDE data about this (or I didn't search properly). So, I found the data manually from &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/election&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/election&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;div class=&quot;s-table-container&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;table class=&quot;s-table&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;thead&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;th&gt;Election year&lt;/th&gt;&#xA;&lt;th&gt;Number of people who voted&lt;/th&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;/thead&gt;&#xA;&lt;tbody&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;2011&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;145&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;2012&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;180&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;2013&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;240&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;2014&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;680&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;2016&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;1006&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;2019&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;1185&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;2020&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;1499&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tbody&gt;&#xA;&lt;/table&gt;&#xA;&lt;/div&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Let's look at the data graphically:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/F4kGj.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/F4kGj.png&quot; alt=&quot;Bar graph&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After looking into the data, these are the questions which I have:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;We can clearly see a huge growth in the number of people who voted in the election since the past few years. But votes in meta have decreased over the past few years. Does this indicate that there is no correlation between these two facts?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;There is a complaint being raised by some users regarding accepting the policy change as the votes were low. How do we deal with the issue of declining participation in Ask Ubuntu Meta? Should we perhaps have the &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/featured&quot; class=&quot;post-tag moderator-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;featured&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;featured&lt;/a&gt; tag for more than a month for posts regarding a policy change? Should we invite more people to meta? (and how do we invite them?)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;As of creating this post, I have never participated in an election. According to information shared by a fellow user, I got to know that notifications are sent to users regarding the election.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, wouldn't it be a good idea to send notifications to users regarding voting in policy change proposals in meta? Maybe the staff can help with that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Another issue could be the fact that meta is hard to find. So how can it be made more accessible? There have been some requests made in Meta Stack Exchange regarding this (which are worth checking out):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/367982&quot;&gt;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/367982&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/372787&quot;&gt;Rename &amp;quot;Feedback&amp;quot; to &amp;quot;Meta&amp;quot; in footer&lt;/a&gt; (Sorry for self promotion )&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1103140" LastEditorUserId="1103140" LastEditDate="2022-04-07T09:52:55.353" LastActivityDate="2022-04-07T09:52:55.353" Title="How do we change the policy of Ask Ubuntu if votes are low in Ask Ubuntu Meta?" Tags="|discussion|scope|votes|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19847" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19846" CreationDate="2021-12-08T01:57:57.523" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;People not voting on site policies and more generally not taking part in Meta means they accept how site policies are being managed, else they would engage and vote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as specific questions to be featured, I think just requesting it in a comment on the question seems appropriate as mods are suspiciously omnipresent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150172" LastActivityDate="2021-12-08T01:57:57.523" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19848" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-12-08T07:56:00.583" Score="2" ViewCount="126" Body="&lt;p&gt;I can't always be in front of a computer, so I sometimes use an Android/Apple phone (with Brave browser) to use &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com&quot;&gt;Ask Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt;. There I have noticed that when I edit a post in the review queues by clicking on the &lt;kbd&gt;Edit&lt;/kbd&gt; button below it, I get an interface like this (cropped screenshot):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/sTyn0l.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/sTyn0l.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;mobile interface when pressing the &amp;quot;Edit&amp;quot; button in the review queues&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, when I edit a post out of a review queue, I get an interface like this one (cropped screenshot):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/lIYXh.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/lIYXh.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;mobile interface by pressing the &amp;quot;Edit&amp;quot; button out of the review queues&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I prefer the first interface, the in-review queues one, but I'm not able to use it unless or until I edit in a review queue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Responsiveness is enabled (But I am not sure, but the responsiveness button shows the option &amp;quot;disable responsiveness&amp;quot;, so it seems like responsiveness is enabled) and the desktop mode is not on in both cases.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How can I always get the first edit interface when I'm editing on my mobile?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1460940" LastEditorUserId="1460940" LastEditDate="2021-12-14T14:12:56.390" LastActivityDate="2021-12-14T14:12:56.390" Title="The in-review-queues edit layout is different from the normal (out-of-review-queues) edit layout on mobile. How can I always use the former?" Tags="|discussion|review|edits|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19849" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19848" CreationDate="2021-12-08T20:18:23.697" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm not able to reproduce your issue &lt;em&gt;exactly&lt;/em&gt; (it looks like the desktop website is on in your second screenshot), but I indeed get two different interfaces when trying to edit posts in and out of a review queue when I am on my phone using the &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;mobile&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; version of the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;This is the edit layout I get in a review queue (same as yours):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/85ntel.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/85ntel.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;edit layout in a review queue&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;And this is the (quite spartan) layout I get outside a review queue:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/nD68Nl.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/nD68Nl.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;edit layout outside a review queue&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;mobile&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; version of Ask Ubuntu (actually all SE websites) is quite limited and provides a relatively bad experience almost in everything except basic navigation of posts. That's why SE tries to improve the mobile experience and make it on par with the desktop one. So the &lt;em&gt;mobile&lt;/em&gt; version of the SE websites &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/367609/deprecating-our-mobile-views&quot;&gt;will soon be deprecated&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thus the solution to your issue could be the use of the new, fully responsive layout. To enable it, scroll to the bottom of the Ask Ubuntu website in your mobile and select the &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;full site&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; option (see screenshot below).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Ya8T9l.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Ya8T9l.png&quot; alt=&quot;change to &amp;quot;full site&amp;quot; layout&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With the &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;full site&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; option enabled, the edit layout is the same (at least in my case) for posts both in and out of a review queue and similar to the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/pk7Pcl.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/pk7Pcl.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;edit layout with the &amp;quot;full site&amp;quot; option enabled&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="618353" LastEditorUserId="618353" LastEditDate="2021-12-08T20:26:36.660" LastActivityDate="2021-12-08T20:26:36.660" CommentCount="13" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19850" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19838" CreationDate="2021-12-10T05:54:59.530" Score="8" Body="&lt;h3&gt;UPDATE:&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've updated the close blurbs for 1 and 4 below to match the text I've proposed. I haven't updated 2 because there was some ongoing discussion about site scope that seems to need to wrap up before we change the wording here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I didn't update 3 because it was already customized so I wasn't sure whether I should leave the current version or update it to my proposal below. The current text is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This question is off-topic, as it is specific to an unsupported release of Ubuntu. It is not currently accepting answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've been working on these edits across the network off and on for different sites - as such, I'd like to throw some alternatives at y'all based on my experience. Feel free suggest changes or decide the other version is better if you want.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Before I get into that, I will confirm that I've had a discussion internally and, while I don't know &lt;em&gt;when&lt;/em&gt; it will happen, the consensus is that we will eventually be showing the full close reason to everyone (again).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, I'll take a minute to plug &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/362581/should-we-update-clarify-our-help-center-with-respect-to-other-sites-and-teams/362584#362584&quot;&gt;my guide to writing close reasons on Meta Stack Exchange&lt;/a&gt;. While I'm OK with making this interim change because I agree that the short form is often not useful or downright wrong - i.e. not all community-specific close reasons are &amp;quot;off topic&amp;quot; at all - I'd love it if y'all could work on improving the &lt;em&gt;full&lt;/em&gt; five fields that can be updated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have questions about this, let me know.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;1. Not about Ubuntu&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Full text:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is not about an &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;official Ubuntu flavor&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. Questions about other Linux distributions can be asked on Unix &amp;amp; Linux, those about Windows on Super User, those about Apple products on Ask Different and generic programming questions on Stack Overflow.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your version:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This question is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;off topic&lt;/a&gt;; it's not about an official Ubuntu flavor.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My recommendation:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This question was &lt;strong&gt;closed&lt;/strong&gt; because it is not about an official Ubuntu flavor. It is not currently accepting answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;2. Bug reports&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Full text:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bug reports&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;problems specific to development version of Ubuntu&lt;/strong&gt; should be &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/5121/how-do-i-report-a-bug&quot;&gt;reported on Launchpad&lt;/a&gt; so that developers can see, track and fix these issues.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your version:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This question is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;off topic&lt;/a&gt;; the issue should be reported as a bug.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My recommendation:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This question was &lt;strong&gt;closed&lt;/strong&gt; because it should be &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/5121/how-do-i-report-a-bug&quot;&gt;reported on Launchpad as a bug&lt;/a&gt;. It is not currently accepting answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;3. Unsupported Ubuntu versions&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Full text:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;End of Standard Support or End of Life Release&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;This question is specific to a release of Ubuntu which has reached its &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;end of standard support or end of life&lt;/a&gt; date, and is not related to asking for help to upgrade to a supported release. Such questions are considered unsupported and off-topic on Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your version:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This question is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;off topic&lt;/a&gt;; it's specific to an &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;old unsupported release&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My recommendation:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This question was &lt;strong&gt;closed&lt;/strong&gt; because it's about using an unsupported release of Ubuntu. It is not currently accepting answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this one, I thought that &amp;quot;using&amp;quot; might bring the focus to the use of the release as opposed to the upgrading away from it - which seems to be allowed. That said, I'm not sure whether &amp;quot;using&amp;quot; captures the full scope of this close reason. I also said &amp;quot;of Ubuntu&amp;quot; since that's what the link goes to - it doesn't seem to be used for flavors other than real Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;4. Can't be reproduced.&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Full text:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This describes a problem that can't be reproduced, that seemingly went away on its own or was only relevant to a very specific period of time. It's off-topic as it's unlikely to help future readers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your version:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This question is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;off topic&lt;/a&gt;; it's about a problem that can't be reproduced.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My recommendation:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This question was &lt;strong&gt;closed&lt;/strong&gt; because the problem as described can't be reproduced.  It is not currently accepting answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;General notes:&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've removed &amp;quot;off-topic&amp;quot; from these because it's something that ends up being a thing people can argue about or get hung up on. I find just saying that it's closed and why can be neater.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &amp;quot;It is not currently accepting answers.&amp;quot; is going to be the sort of default we add to all close reasons.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've omitted the links in these short versions of close reasons because I'm a bit concerned about cases where they're the same link that's going to appear in both the short version and the long version - it means that the asker and high-rep users will see the same link twice, but with different text, which readers tend to assume will be a different link, not two separate cases of the same link. I understand wanting to have the link in the short version but it might make sense to think about whether it should also be in the long version.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is, again, an argument to refresh these entirely with wording that is more targeted at the people who will be seeing these notices.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, if you like the headers I used, I can go ahead and make them the &amp;quot;name&amp;quot; of the close reason, which will make that the quick-reference term used in the close dialogue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="761293" LastEditorUserId="761293" LastEditDate="2022-01-30T20:34:15.383" LastActivityDate="2022-01-30T20:34:15.383" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19851" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19838" CreationDate="2021-12-10T15:32:12.680" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;My brain wanted to keep poking at this so I wanted to do a non-Ubuntu user version of the five-field format as an example for one of the close reasons so that y'all can see what it could look like in practice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Not about Ubuntu&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Close/flag modal:&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's important to keep in mind that this is only visible to people casting close votes or flagging to close, so they're likely more informed about these tools - that said, we should still consider flaggers and newer close voters who may not be fluent in them. As such, linking to help center or meta discussions about this can help inform them. I couldn't find a meta discussion about this, though - if there is one, it might be worth adding.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Use this close reason for questions that are not about an &lt;a href=&quot;https://ubuntu.com/download/flavours&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;official Ubuntu flavor&lt;/a&gt;. Consider leaving a comment recommending they ask on the appropriate Stack Exchange site, such as &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;Unix &amp;amp; Linux&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://superuser.com&quot;&gt;Super User&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://apple.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Ask Different&lt;/a&gt;, or &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com&quot;&gt;Stack Overflow&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure whether the Ubuntu official list of flavors or the on-topic page is better here - I do like keeping links on site but I'm not sure how often the list is updated on the on topic page. Leaving a comment is valuable for close voters to consider because it might get the user the information that their question is off topic sooner.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's kinda what the brief description and usage guidance would look like in the close modal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/BNeVC.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/BNeVC.png&quot; alt=&quot;Screenshot of the &amp;quot;Not about Ubuntu&amp;quot; proposed close modal text, as quoted above.&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Close description&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This question was &lt;strong&gt;closed&lt;/strong&gt; because it is not about an &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;official Ubuntu flavor&lt;/a&gt;. It is not currently accepting answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Kept the link here to the on-topic page because we want to keep viewers on the site rather than sending them to the Ubuntu site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Post owner guidance:&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is shown with the close description, so it doesn't need to duplicate it - it should be instructions to the asker about why their question was closed and how to improve it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your question may be more appropriate on another Stack Exchange site. Ask questions about &lt;strong&gt;other Linux distributions&lt;/strong&gt; on &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;Unix &amp;amp; Linux&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;Windows&lt;/strong&gt; on &lt;a href=&quot;https://superuser.com&quot;&gt;Super User&lt;/a&gt;,  &lt;strong&gt;Apple products&lt;/strong&gt; on &lt;a href=&quot;https://apple.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Ask Different&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;generic programming questions&lt;/strong&gt; on &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com&quot;&gt;Stack Overflow&lt;/a&gt;. If your question is about an official flavor of Ubuntu, please edit it to make that clear.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's what the asker would see as the post notice:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Xf7Lh.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Xf7Lh.png&quot; alt=&quot;Screenshot of the asker view of the post notice with the close description and post owner guidance quoted above.&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Privileged user guidance:&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Like the Post owner guidance, this is shown with the Close description, so it can avoid restating the content there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you can guide the asker to the correct site, please consider doing so in a comment. If you believe that this question &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; about an official flavor of Ubuntu, please edit the question to make that clear or leave a comment guiding the user on how to improve their question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's what users with the close privilege would see:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/HEp2f.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/HEp2f.png&quot; alt=&quot;Screenshot of the privileged user view with the close description and privileged user guidance quoted above.&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I really love when these close post notices encourage action by the reader - it can help them know what to do next. So often, we say &amp;quot;this is off-topic&amp;quot; and think that's the end of it, so it can feel really helpless to not know what to do now. Comments are the best way reviewers can help since the comment can be customized to the question in a way that we could never do with rote close reasons.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="761293" LastActivityDate="2021-12-10T15:32:12.680" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19852" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19510" CreationDate="2021-12-11T19:24:56.367" Score="-2" Body="&lt;p&gt;My answer is kinda an update to &lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/3FuHo.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Zanna's answer&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The table in the &lt;strong&gt;mobile version&lt;/strong&gt; of &lt;a href=&quot;https://ubuntu.com/about/release-cycle&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://ubuntu.com/about/release-cycle&lt;/a&gt; has slightly changed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's how it looks now:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/3FuHo.jpg&quot; width=&quot;360&quot; height=&quot;854&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;Credits to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/users/618353/beastofcaerbannog&quot;&gt;BeastOfCaerbannog&lt;/a&gt; for sharing the screenshot :)&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a screenshot of &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/wade1.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/wade1.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, we can now say that &lt;a href=&quot;https://ubuntu.com/about/release-cycle&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://ubuntu.com/about/release-cycle&lt;/a&gt; (mobile version) and &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases&lt;/a&gt; are &lt;strong&gt;kinda&lt;/strong&gt; consistent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I say &amp;quot;kinda&amp;quot; because EoL dates are not mentioned for some releases (10.04, 20.10, 21.10 and 21.04) in &lt;a href=&quot;https://ubuntu.com/about/release-cycle&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://ubuntu.com/about/release-cycle&lt;/a&gt; (mobile version) though they are mentioned in &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, the desktop version of &lt;a href=&quot;https://ubuntu.com/about/release-cycle&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://ubuntu.com/about/release-cycle&lt;/a&gt; still does not have the table which is there in the mobile version :(&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From this I conclude that Ubuntu 14.04 is EOL, and Ubuntu 14.04 is not EOL, and therefore, &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle_of_explosion&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;everything is true&lt;/a&gt;; in particular it is true that we currently have a policy that is not really possible to understand or consistently apply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From the latest update in Ubuntu's website, we can now conclude that Ubuntu 14.04 has not reached EoL. It will reach EoL in &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/generic?iso=20240401T00&amp;amp;p0=%3A&amp;amp;msg=Ubuntu%2014.04%20EoL&amp;amp;ud=1&amp;amp;font=cursive#&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;April 2024&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1103140" LastActivityDate="2021-12-11T19:24:56.367" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19853" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19855" CreationDate="2021-12-15T11:59:53.803" Score="8" ViewCount="250" Body="&lt;p&gt;Was it necessary to close &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/5466/&quot;&gt;Is a clean install better than upgrading?&lt;/a&gt; as opinion-based? The phrase &amp;quot;clean install&amp;quot; should be enough to suggest to an informed reviewer that a clean install sometimes has less problems than an upgraded operating system. A clean install is also quick and easy for new users to do. If you're looking for edge cases and corner cases you can find them in this question alongside good advice like backing up files before upgrading, but that's not sufficient reason to categorize the whole question as opinion-based. It seems to me that the edge cases and corner cases have dominated the good advice here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This question's timeline shows that this question was already reopened once after being closed and I voted to reopen it at that time. Two of the five reviewers who close voted it this time are no longer users at Ask Ubuntu. I think it's time to reopen this question again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="94914" LastEditorUserId="94914" LastEditDate="2021-12-15T12:10:42.023" LastActivityDate="2021-12-24T08:12:14.590" Title="Was it necessary to close &quot;Is a clean install better than upgrading?&quot; as opinion-based?" Tags="|discussion|reopen-request|incorrectly-closed|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19854" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19853" CreationDate="2021-12-16T03:36:24.507" Score="-2" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The phrase &amp;quot;clean install&amp;quot; should be enough to suggest to an informed reviewer that a clean install sometimes has less problems than an upgraded operating system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Eh .. the phrase &amp;quot;clean install&amp;quot; IMO should be read as &amp;quot;clean install + installing whatever other crap I had installed previously so I can get back to a semblance of what I had previously&amp;quot;. Nobody's doing a clean slate install and just using Ubuntu as-is. &lt;em&gt;That&lt;/em&gt; is inherently a toss-up. I voted to close it again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2021-12-16T03:36:24.507" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19855" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19853" CreationDate="2021-12-16T03:57:17.263" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/5466/&quot;&gt;Is a clean install better than upgrading?&lt;/a&gt; has been reopened again. This will make it easier to keep it up to date. There's less incentive to keep a canonical question up to date if it's closed, and it's harder to review possible duplicate questions if the logical canonical &amp;quot;duplicate of...&amp;quot; question has answers which contain obsolete content or are not up to date.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The objection that it is opinion-based still stands, but it is inherently a toss-up because the answers to this question contain many facts too. In addition to the aforementioned macOS and Android users are provided with a clean, fast and error-free upgrade by default which gives their users the impression that upgrading is better for them than a series of not offered by default clean installations. Ubuntu is more open source by design than macOS and Android. The Ubuntu user is free to modify the operating system, so other installed apt packages are upgraded along with the core operating system packages when upgrading Ubuntu. Otherwise something might not work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ubuntu is open source by design has resulted in a more complicated upgrade than in macOS or Android, so we should leave this question open in order to pave the way for a smoother and more successful release upgrade for Ubuntu users. Repetitively closing this question and scattering the most up-to-date information about upgrading Ubuntu all over Ask Ubuntu cannot fully replace the benefits of having one canonical question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="94914" LastEditorUserId="94914" LastEditDate="2021-12-24T08:12:14.590" LastActivityDate="2021-12-24T08:12:14.590" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19856" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-12-16T16:07:04.587" Score="1" ViewCount="210" Body="&lt;p&gt;Happened just a few minutes ago...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/oDvsH.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/oDvsH.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Where did they go?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4272" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2021-12-16T19:12:35.057" LastActivityDate="2021-12-16T19:12:35.057" Title="All my ANSWERS have disappeared from my Activity screen" Tags="|support|status-completed|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19857" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-12-16T16:43:46.877" Score="1" ViewCount="92" Body="&lt;p&gt;As usual, change provokes more change... the new ACTIVITY screen needs some tweaking...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;BADGES shows up twice...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/R2hIi.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/R2hIi.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/KULId.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/KULId.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And REPUTATION should be moved up IN PLACE of the first BADGES image...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/lG7IT.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/lG7IT.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4272" LastActivityDate="2021-12-17T01:57:01.437" Title="ACTIVITY screen in my profile needs work" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19859" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19860" CreationDate="2021-12-17T16:50:03.557" Score="16" ViewCount="144" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/unreadable&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;unreadable&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;unreadable&lt;/a&gt; tag makes very little sense in my opinion, as it encapsulates multiple, technically unrelated concepts. The usage guide reads as follows:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This can describe a file or any output that is not readable by the user or a program.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This can mean the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A text is too small for the user to read&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A font is missing (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/972688/cant-read-system-fonts-after-upgrade-to-ubuntu-17-10&quot;&gt;example&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A user doesn't know what format a file is (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1354719/how-i-can-read-backup-files&quot;&gt;example&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;There is a permission problem with a file (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/914513/i-made-a-folder-unreadable-after-chmod-i-cant-undo-it-from-terminal&quot;&gt;example&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A version mismatch prevents a program from reading a file created with a different version of said program&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Hardware failure renders a storage medium unreadable (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1334738/usb-drive-with-corrupted-fat32-system&quot;&gt;example&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A user doesn't know how to open a file (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1382317/how-can-i-open-libreoffice-dat-files&quot;&gt;example&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are many many more examples of what could prevent a user or program from reading a file or output, but the examples illustrate that none of these have &lt;em&gt;anything&lt;/em&gt; in common. If we look at the first burnination criteria (even if this is not a burnination request), we can see that the tag &lt;strong&gt;does not describe the contents of the questions to which it is applied&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe that &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/unreadable&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;unreadable&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;unreadable&lt;/a&gt; does not add any value to the questions to which it is applied. Or is there any deeper meaning behind the tag, which I don't know about?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="65301" LastActivityDate="2021-12-19T07:04:37.787" Title="Does the [unreadable] tag make sense?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19860" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19859" CreationDate="2021-12-19T07:04:37.787" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;Every now and then, somebody will go and type parts of some error they're seeing into the tag box, and if the have more than 300 reputation, the tag system will gladly create tags out of each individual word typed into the box. I have seen this happen multiple times, and I'd guess this is the result of one such instance early in AU's history. (The earliest posts were all from low-rep users, so I'd guess the actual post that created this is now deleted ... or this tag was created when we were in beta and the reputation thresholds lower.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In any case, I'd say this is one useless tag, and should be removed. It's only on 29 posts, so it won't be that much of a trouble to remove.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2021-12-19T07:04:37.787" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19861" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-12-21T15:43:14.533" Score="8" ViewCount="218" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently edited the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3053/what-are-common-canonical-questions-for-our-site&quot;&gt;canonical Q&amp;amp;A&lt;/a&gt; post with the inclusion of a very popular topic: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/10290/how-do-i-improve-boot-speed&quot;&gt;How do I improve boot speed?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1382830/how-can-i-make-ubuntu-start-faster&quot;&gt;new question&lt;/a&gt; about this pops up (there is at least 1 new post per week about this), so I'm just curious about your opinion:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Should this question (and most previous similar questions) be closed as dupe, and pointed to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/10290/how-do-i-improve-boot-speed&quot;&gt;canonical post&lt;/a&gt; I found?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Or should we allow these posts to pop up all the time, and be answered individually?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think you already guessed that I'm for option 1.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a bonus element, I also lean towards downvoting most of these questions (at least if they don't include anything more specific than &amp;quot;How do I improve boot speed&amp;quot;), since their poster obviously has not done any research and hasn't found the many thousands previous posts about the same topic. Is it too harsh to feel this way?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1066942" LastEditorUserId="618353" LastEditDate="2021-12-22T10:23:45.650" LastActivityDate="2022-01-19T20:28:56.963" Title="&quot;How can I make ubuntu start faster&quot; - close or not?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19862" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19861" CreationDate="2021-12-21T16:39:55.087" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;If the user does not respond to the comment asking if the duplicate answers their question to explain why it does not, then the question should be closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="150172" LastActivityDate="2021-12-21T16:39:55.087" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19863" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19861" CreationDate="2021-12-22T07:43:34.987" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Whether or not to close a question as a duplicate of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/10290/how-do-i-improve-boot-speed&quot;&gt;How do I improve boot speed?&lt;/a&gt; depends on the question. If the asker has provided a bootchart or even an excerpt from a bootchart this might provide a clue to finding a different non-canonical duplicate question, or if it doesn't seem to be a duplicate of another question it might suggest a possible solution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Scattering answers all over the place might seem like a bad idea to some reviewers, but sometimes the answers for two different scenarios are mutually exclusive in which case I don't want to waste users' time trying out answers that I know wouldn't work. The better alternative is to separate mutually exclusive scenarios into different questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="94914" LastEditorUserId="94914" LastEditDate="2022-01-01T10:09:21.697" LastActivityDate="2022-01-01T10:09:21.697" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19864" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19865" CreationDate="2021-12-22T11:57:40.400" Score="3" ViewCount="87" Body="&lt;p&gt;This days I found some questions about to install software in no longer supported releases (linke xenial)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I never know for sure flagging as EOL or flagging as a duplicate (like how to install or upgrade from a no longer supported release) ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="966203" LastActivityDate="2021-12-29T15:57:49.593" Title="How to decide which flag is the correct one?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19865" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19864" CreationDate="2021-12-22T13:43:37.900" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;(&lt;strong&gt;Note:&lt;/strong&gt; Opinions ahead)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A general rule of thumb I have when trying to decide is to look at how much work went into the question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;div class=&quot;s-table-container&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;table class=&quot;s-table&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;thead&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;th&gt;Effort&lt;/th&gt;&#xA;&lt;th&gt;Action&lt;/th&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;/thead&gt;&#xA;&lt;tbody&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;Two sentences and calling the OS &amp;quot;Obonto 12&amp;quot;&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;Flag as EOL&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;A paragraph with no stated attempt to solve the issue&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;Link to possible answer (no flagging until later)&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;A paragraph and maybe an &amp;quot;I tried everything online&amp;quot;&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;Ask follow-up question(s) and include an emoji &lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;A series of paragraphs clearly outlining the goal, the issue(s), what's been tried, and the results&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;Link to possible answer(s), ask follow-up questions, offer solutions (regardless of EOL status), or some combination of the above.&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tbody&gt;&#xA;&lt;/table&gt;&#xA;&lt;/div&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, I will admit there are times when I have no idea how to classify something and just leave it for the rest of the community. If I hit the review queues while in a sour mood, a hastily-crafted two-sentence &amp;quot;Obonto&amp;quot; question may result in language so foul an East Coast rapper would blush ... which doesn't help anybody.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1222991" LastActivityDate="2021-12-22T13:43:37.900" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19866" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2021-12-22T15:08:11.873" Score="-4" ViewCount="162" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1383206/ethernet-is-disabled-after-reboot-ubuntu-server-20-04-3&quot;&gt;Ethernet is disabled after reboot - Ubuntu server 20.04.3&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Question posted yesterday.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I left a comment requesting more info from the OP. OP responded with info, and then pinged me with a comment to let me know that the requested info had been made available.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This morning my comment requesting more info is missing, and so is the ping comment that OP left for me. &lt;strong&gt;Without the OP's ping comment, how am I supposed to know that the requested info is available?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Who deleted them? Why?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="4272" LastEditorUserId="4272" LastEditDate="2021-12-23T03:42:13.737" LastActivityDate="2021-12-23T03:42:13.737" Title="Missing comments. Who deleted them?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19867" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19866" CreationDate="2021-12-22T15:43:22.053" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is completely normal. Mods will regularly delete obsolete comments, and a comment asking for more info is a typical example of an obsolete comment (once the info has been added). This is the expected behavior.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for being notified, there is no mechanism to notify users when their comments are deleted, and cleaning up comments is a major part of the janitorial work moderators do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I see you re-added the comment but since the OP has already given you the info you needed, I flagged it as obsolete again, so it will soon be removed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2021-12-22T15:43:22.053" CommentCount="16" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19868" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19866" CreationDate="2021-12-22T17:52:16.103" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;That would be me. I flagged those two comments on &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/1383206/1438484&quot;&gt;that post&lt;/a&gt; as &amp;quot;No longer needed&amp;quot;. You asked the OP to add some information to the post, which is fine, and what comments are for. The OP then added that information, and commented something like&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;@heynnema I added the information&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But at that point, once the information was added, the comments were no longer needed, so I flagged them as such. Note that I flagged them &lt;em&gt;after&lt;/em&gt; the OP added the requested info, so the OP did what was asked, but once that happened, the comments didn't need to stay.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/114kal.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/114kal.png&quot; alt=&quot;Screenshot of my flags which were marked helpful&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once the requested information was added by the OP, the comments weren't needed because the OP already did it, and to everyone else, they are just noise. That is why I flagged them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1438484" LastActivityDate="2021-12-22T17:52:16.103" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19869" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19853" CreationDate="2021-12-23T14:33:43.143" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;It doesn't matter whenever is necessary or not. It is opinion based, and none of the answers there are outside of the realm of opinions. What is not necessary was to reopen it (it was reopened by you, to then answer it, something that you left out). We don't need more opinions, and reopening only invites to that. In the 2 years closed, it never got a reopen vote. If you didn't bring this up, it would have stayed closed. Why is it reopened? Doesn't the &amp;quot;answers&amp;quot; there cover the &amp;quot;it depends&amp;quot; extensively? Do we need more?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="169736" LastActivityDate="2021-12-23T14:33:43.143" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19870" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19872" CreationDate="2021-12-29T04:25:19.197" Score="8" ViewCount="189" Body="&lt;p&gt;Recently, I came across a post which went like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How can I configure KDE to look like this:-&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5rDMTk5n618/YCPMshjyRSI/AAAAAAAAFME/-NsHQycBLeYfZ0UVND_sb4isqupct2AngCLcBGAsYHQ/s1439/orchis-theme-default.png&quot; alt=&quot;Some image&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Although, the question was closed as Off-topic because the poster was on Manjaro, it strikes my mind that are questions about configuring any desktop environment On-Topic on Ask Ubuntu?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would personally categorise them as too broad, since achieving something like this would require a lot of steps. I would prefer these questions to be limited to something specific such as &amp;quot;which theme is used in the given image and how can I download it&amp;quot; or post multiple questions to achieve specific requirements.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But how does the community guidelines look upon such questions?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1460940" LastEditorUserId="1460940" LastEditDate="2023-11-05T16:22:41.660" LastActivityDate="2023-11-05T16:22:41.660" Title="Are questions about configuring KDE On-topic on Ask Ubuntu?" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19872" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19870" CreationDate="2021-12-29T16:44:29.367" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sure. Why not? What would be the basis for considering such questions off-topic? Questions about configuring any desktop environment on Ubuntu can be asked.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question in question was rightly closed because the OP was running Manjaro. If they were running Ubuntu (including all official flavors), then there would be no scope issue with the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is also nothing else wrong with the question; it clearly shows the desired result, so is sufficiently clear and focused.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2021-12-30T08:37:11.743" LastActivityDate="2021-12-30T08:37:11.743" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19874" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19861" CreationDate="2021-12-30T01:51:20.320" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;While at first glance &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1382830/how-can-i-make-ubuntu-start-faster&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; may appear to be a duplicate, drilling down into the details provided makes it abundantly clear to the casual observer that the user is operating under a misconception. The user is operating on a Western Digital 320GB Scorpio Blue SATAII 5400RPM hard drive rather than the SSD he states he has. This IMHO is clearly the root cause of his confusion. While 2 mins would be an incredibly long boot time for a SSD, it's certainly not for a lowly 5400 RPM HDD.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="225694" LastEditorUserId="225694" LastEditDate="2022-01-19T20:28:56.963" LastActivityDate="2022-01-19T20:28:56.963" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19875" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19776" CreationDate="2021-12-30T19:28:47.923" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;To my experience with Ask Ubuntu&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Canonical Question is a normal question in Ask Ubuntu. They are not featured by the Stack Exchange QA system (with a label or flag) but by Users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;There is no static list that can hold all of them and community can't keep it updated at least.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Many of them can be found using &amp;quot;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions?sort=MostFrequent&amp;amp;edited=true&quot;&gt;Most Frequent&lt;/a&gt;&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions?sort=MostVotes&amp;amp;edited=true&quot;&gt;Most Votes&lt;/a&gt;&amp;quot; search filter. I would like to see a filter for Most Answers too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Publishing one? yes it is possible but hard and difficult. It needs efforts and some time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It needs to cover the issue well: explaining it and solve wider range of similar cases. Many of these had been written after multiple issue facing cycles and re-tuned many times over the years (edited, re-tagged, merged, some converted to wiki)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hardware related questions are rarely go canonical. Example WiFi, chips has relatively short support life from manufacturer beside the multiple way they were integrated in the system: PCI bus or PCIe bus, or connected via USB, PC Card, ExpressCard, Mini PCIe or M.2. Not forgetting the software stack which is evolving fast.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Think of it as making a resumed troubleshooting flowchart. Good start is to discuss and try solve a specific type of issues for sometime. You could also join site Chat.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="26246" LastActivityDate="2021-12-30T19:28:47.923" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19877" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2022-01-01T17:22:07.950" Score="2" ViewCount="70" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think the &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/edits&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;edits&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;edits&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/editing&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;editing&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;editing&lt;/a&gt; should be the same (on Meta). I guess there is a small difference (one being the action and one being the edit itself). But the tags are used interchangeably, so I think they should be the same tag. I don't really have a preference as to which one becomes the main tag, but I don't see a great reason to have two separate ones. Thoughts?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1438484" LastEditorUserId="8698" LastEditDate="2022-01-03T08:13:01.043" LastActivityDate="2022-01-03T08:13:01.043" Title="Should [edits] and [editing] be tag synonyms on meta?" Tags="|discussion|tags|tag-synonyms|meta|tag-merge|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19878" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19879" CreationDate="2022-01-02T13:55:55.787" Score="13" ViewCount="191" Body="&lt;p&gt;Are comments &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1384848/how-to-manipulate-dns-requests-on-desktop-ubuntu#comment2389399_1384848&quot;&gt;like this&lt;/a&gt; permitted on AskUbuntu:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/aK8C9.png&quot; alt=&quot;A Promo?&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is a flag for questions and answers to mark them as spam if they are promoting a product or service without clearly stating the author's affiliation, so this comment doesn't really fit into that category. Reading through &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/conduct&quot;&gt;the Code of Conduct&lt;/a&gt;, I'm not seeing anything specifically saying that a person cannot offer their services. However, this is something that is generally not seen on AskUbuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My understanding is that the community helps individuals solve problems in an open and accessible manner so that people with the same question in the future will – &lt;em&gt;hopefully&lt;/em&gt; – have a reliable and reproducible solution. Offering services, regardless of how professional the individual or organisation may be, is the opposite of open and accessible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With this in mind, should the comment be flagged as &amp;quot;Something Else&amp;quot; with the gist of this Meta question? Or are we permitted to offer professional services to people with technical problems?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/DWGDx.png&quot; alt=&quot;Infinite Flags!&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1222991" LastActivityDate="2022-01-04T09:05:05.570" Title="Should comments offering offline support be flagged?" Tags="|discussion|advertising|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19879" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19878" CreationDate="2022-01-02T16:17:42.707" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't think that should happen. If that person knows an answer to the question, then they should post an answer. They can ask for clarification in comments. Chat also exists for extended discussion. Posting half answers in comments &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/2281/1438484&quot;&gt;is already discouraged&lt;/a&gt;, because if the commenter's suggestion is wrong, we can't downvote it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would even go so far as to say talking offline like that hurts the site. SE sites are meant to be a collection of knowledge, and so questions should be useful for more than just the OP. If they talk off-site, and then self-answer, or get the person to post an answer, then that isn't terrible. But... I find that often they won't come back to do that, so it's better if communication stays on-site. Of course, we also have chat, which works just fine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would flag as Needs Moderator Attention or No Longer Needed, but I'm not sure which is correct.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See also &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/18507/1438484&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; for a related discussion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1438484" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2022-01-04T09:05:05.570" LastActivityDate="2022-01-04T09:05:05.570" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19881" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19776" CreationDate="2022-01-03T17:06:08.763" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/19875/8698&quot;&gt;@user.dz's answer&lt;/a&gt; is all good, but I want to add (opinionated) reasons why your approach will be hard to achieve.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You have a lot of meta-information in your question's body. Out of the whole text, the only relevant part is &amp;quot;What's the best way to troubleshoot a non-functional WiFi?&amp;quot;. When users are looking for an answer to their problem, they need to figure out if that question tackles the same issue they are facing. Users will most likely ignore it and move on with so much extra text.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A canonical question is a question that needs to cover as many scenarios as possible so other questions can be duped into it. As @Pilot6 mentioned in the comments to this question, troubleshooting WiFi is a broad topic. But maybe it is possible to start somewhere.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A similar question already exists &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/235279&quot;&gt;My WiFi adapter is not working at all, how to troubleshoot?&lt;/a&gt;, has 321k views, 63 upvotes and an answer with 83 upvotes. Outdated or not, creating a new question is not how this site works. Users will ignore your new question and try the upvoted instead until they fail.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Asking a new question because it is asked too many times doesn't help. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/34430/revisions&quot;&gt;Good&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/601/revisions&quot;&gt;canonical&lt;/a&gt; questions, although possible, don't start as a canonical question. They almost always begin as a standard question that gets edited to become canonical.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Making a question a proper canonical one requires a bit of investment. Offering bounties is the best way to achieve that.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Having said all that, the question posted by Pilot6 is a good candidate if you want to have a canonical question for this topic. You shouldn't ignore it because the answer is outdated. However, it would be best to create a bounty on that question for people to give it more attention as it will get pinned for a week in the &amp;quot;Bountied&amp;quot; tab. There's even a bounty reason called &amp;quot;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Ee8Ur.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Current answers are outdated&lt;/a&gt;&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would vote to close your question as a dupe to the other one, but seeing that it has a good answer now, I would instead flag it for merge.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Final note: There was another meta-question here about that specific question a short while ago that is worth the read as well: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/19786/8698&quot;&gt;Which is better: editing someone&amp;#39;s old but outdated answer to keep it up to date or making a new answer and adding a note to the old one?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastEditorUserId="8698" LastEditDate="2022-01-03T17:13:20.753" LastActivityDate="2022-01-03T17:13:20.753" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19882" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19786" CreationDate="2022-01-03T18:58:01.140" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I agree with &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/19787/26246&quot;&gt;Mark Kirby's answer&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While we don't have much control on others content. There are few features that may help:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;For the new answer: Start with Markdown header1 and may be quoted note for highlighting. Put a hint about answers didn't work for you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;From user looking for help prospective, I personally keep toggling the answer sorting switch: &lt;em&gt;Votes&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;Active&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Active&lt;/em&gt; will put last updated and new answers to the top. A lesson learned from open source projects, always watch for update dates and look for last and edge documentation. Old stuff will survive for years to come.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;May be only advanced users notice it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/a4VXr.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/a4VXr.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It is better to link answer directly (not the question) if you think it is best for someone looking for help. May also &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/235279/my-wifi-adapter-is-not-working-at-all-how-to-troubleshoot?answertab=active#tab-top&quot;&gt;link question with active answer sorting&lt;/a&gt; as in previous point.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="26246" LastEditorUserId="26246" LastEditDate="2022-01-03T19:03:53.973" LastActivityDate="2022-01-03T19:03:53.973" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19883" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19886" CreationDate="2022-01-04T03:44:01.263" Score="5" ViewCount="186" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;I considered posting this on Meta SE instead of Ask Ubuntu Meta, but because several of these are Ask Ubuntu specific, I went with here. That said, I think the rest of SE chat should get an update, but that is a separate question.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The chat design is rather... inconsistent with the main site. And, in my opinion, looks outdated. I propose that chat gets a redesign. Here's what the &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/3877/raiders-of-the-lost-downboat&quot;&gt;Raiders of the Lost Downboat&lt;/a&gt; (the Ask Ubuntu chatroom mostly for discussion about site moderation) looks like. I've blurred out some messages and usernames to protect privacy. If you are really wondering, the chatroom is public.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/aIBkp.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/aIBkp.png&quot; alt=&quot;Screenshot of Ask Ubuntu chatroom.&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think chat could use some changes regarding how it looks. Here some of my ideas:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Change the orange bottom bar where I put my message to be a solid color. That pattern &lt;a href=&quot;http://web.archive.org/web/20120508094316/http://askubuntu.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;is from 2012&lt;/a&gt;. On the Ask Ubuntu site, it uses a solid color, and I think chat should be the same:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/m1uoH.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/m1uoH.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The bottoms (&lt;code&gt;all rooms&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;[ask] site rooms&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;send&lt;/code&gt;, and &lt;code&gt;upload...&lt;/code&gt;) should be matte (i.e., not 3D).  See &lt;a href=&quot;https://ux.stackexchange.com/q/35576&quot;&gt;this UX SE question&lt;/a&gt; for some examples of that.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The &amp;quot;put your message here&amp;quot; textbox should be the same style as the &amp;quot;Add a comment&amp;quot; one:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/9V6Ou.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/9V6Ou.png&quot; alt=&quot;Comment textbox&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Tags should render like they do on Meta (&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/fBYaF.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/fBYaF.png&quot; alt=&quot;chat tag&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; vs. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/gnome&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;gnome&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;gnome&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The mute icon (top-right, left of &lt;code&gt;all rooms&lt;/code&gt;) should probobly be updated to have the same style as the rest of the SE icons. The RSS icon should also be updated to have a matte theme.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In summary, I think the chat should get a re-design to make it look more modern, and consistent with the rest of Ask Ubuntu. Thoughts? Agree? Disagree?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1438484" LastActivityDate="2022-01-04T18:10:01.350" Title="Can chat get a redesign? Please?" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|design|chat|style|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19886" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19883" CreationDate="2022-01-04T16:12:47.180" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;Chat has never been a priority for SE but if that changes and they decide they want to put some work into it, then I would say that the absolute least important thing to do would be this kind of purely cosmetic changes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We have real issues with chat moderation, the way it is split across servers in some cases (MSE chat, SO chat and SE chat), the way it is not split between sites so that problems on one site become problems in another (which can be a good thing or a bad thing, depending on the situation), the way flags are shown to all users, including those who don't speak the language of the flag and all sorts of other things.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The actual chat mechanics are, for me, the best I have ever used. I love the SE chat engine, specifically the ability to easily reply to messages, and the simplicity of it combined with the glorious lack of emojis. The UI is OK, maybe it could be improved (but please not by making buttons look like not-buttons!), but that seems like a very, very low priority.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So my vote is for leaving the interface alone and if any work is to be done, that should be to add/improve actual features and not just a facelift.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, I admit I also personally disagree with a lot of your suggestions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Change the orange bottom bar where I put my message to be a solid color. That pattern &lt;a href=&quot;http://web.archive.org/web/20120508094316/http://askubuntu.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;is from 2012&lt;/a&gt;. On the Ask Ubuntu site, it uses a solid color, and I think chat should be the same:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/m1uoH.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/m1uoH.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yeah, OK, sure. Seems simple enough and harmless. I kind of prefer the current pattern, but I don't have any strong feelings either way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The bottoms (&lt;code&gt;all rooms&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;[ask] site rooms&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;send&lt;/code&gt;, and &lt;code&gt;upload...&lt;/code&gt;) should be matte (i.e., not 3D).  See &lt;a href=&quot;https://ux.stackexchange.com/q/35576&quot;&gt;this UX SE question&lt;/a&gt; for some examples of that.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No, no, no, please no! These are buttons. They should look like buttons: clearly 3D and clickable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The &amp;quot;put your message here&amp;quot; textbox should be the same style as the &amp;quot;Add a comment&amp;quot; one:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/9V6Ou.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/9V6Ou.png&quot; alt=&quot;Comment textbox&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It already is, isn't it? One of these is the chat text box and the other is the comment text box. I&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/N1oiM.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/N1oiM.png&quot; alt=&quot;one text box&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/nYlIB.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/nYlIB.png&quot; alt=&quot;the other text box&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only differences I see is the background color and the text in the box itself. Do you mean you want the drop-shadow around the box that appears on the site? How would that work on an orange background?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Tags should render like they do on Meta (&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/fBYaF.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/fBYaF.png&quot; alt=&quot;chat tag&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; vs. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/gnome&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;gnome&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;gnome&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Tags already do render that way. You just need to write them as &lt;code&gt;[tag:foo]&lt;/code&gt; in chat. See &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/60051570#60051570&quot;&gt;https://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/60051570#60051570&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/zuwvo.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/zuwvo.png&quot; alt=&quot;screenshot of a chat message showing the markup for tags&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The mute icon (top-right, left of &lt;code&gt;all rooms&lt;/code&gt;) should probobly be updated to have the same style as the rest of the SE icons. The RSS icon should also be updated to have a matte theme.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't see any benefit in changing the mute icon. It seems fine and understandable as it is. And the SE icons in general are very unclear and confusing (e.g. the ones on the top of this page where we need to somehow guess what each icon is supposed to represent). Why would we change a clear, familiar and instantly recognizable icon (see below) to something else that we would then need to train users to recognize?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/XGiSz.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/XGiSz.png&quot; alt=&quot;mute icon&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't actually know what the &amp;quot;RSS icon&amp;quot; is, but I also am not a fan of matte (if that wasn't clear so far! ;P) so I doubt I would personally be in favor of changing it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In summary, I would argue that this sort of cosmetic change would be a waste of developer time and if they want to put any effort into chat, there are loads of important, &lt;em&gt;functional&lt;/em&gt; changes that should be prioritized over minor things like changing the aesthetic from something already good to something that could maybe be prettier, but could also be uglier. Sounds like a lot of work for negligible (if any) benefit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2022-01-04T18:10:01.350" LastActivityDate="2022-01-04T18:10:01.350" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19887" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19846" CreationDate="2022-01-06T15:45:08.623" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;Thanks for posting about this topic. I think it is a real problem that meta participation has declined, because if a smaller proportion of site users participate in meta, the site becomes less democratic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you mentioned in &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/19846/how-do-we-change-the-policy-of-ask-ubuntu-if-votes-are-low-in-ask-ubuntu-meta/19847#comment43396_19847&quot;&gt;a comment&lt;/a&gt;, meta is not very discoverable. It became less discoverable in October 2017 with &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/301845/new-top-bar-is-live&quot;&gt;the implementation of the new top bar&lt;/a&gt; which, in my opinion, was a disaster for community moderation, because the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/meta&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;meta&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;meta&lt;/a&gt; and the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/review&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;review&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;review&lt;/a&gt; buttons that had been in the old top bar, encouraging people to participate in improving the site, disappeared.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I wanted to know whether meta participation had decreased &lt;em&gt;relative to main site activity&lt;/em&gt; since the top bar was redesigned.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/users/618353/beastofcaerbannog&quot;&gt;BeastOfCaerbannog&lt;/a&gt; kindly made this wonderful graph&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; showing how the total numbers of posts on main and meta changed over time:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/PhybJ.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/PhybJ.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;both main site and meta posts decline from 2014 and particularly from 2016 onwards, but meta posts decline faster&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The last five years show a divergence, where activity on both sites declined, but meta activity declined more.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With regard to the question of &lt;em&gt;how we change policy&lt;/em&gt;, I don't think that I have any fresh insights. &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/18426/what-is-considered-a-community-consensus-on-meta&quot;&gt;That earlier question&lt;/a&gt; you linked to has answers that I more or less agree with. At least, I don't know a better way to reach a policy decision than through an open discussion on meta, where all and especially dissenting views are taken seriously and addressed. We can probably work on doing that better.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But your question leads to a more practical question: how do we let people know that meta exists, that they can come here to ask for change? Perhaps we can investigate whether other sites across the network have seen a decline in specifically meta participation and seek design improvements that could address it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the meantime, we can continue to feature important posts and perhaps try to take opportunities to mention meta in comments to let new users know about it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2022-01-06T15:45:08.623" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19888" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2022-01-08T17:47:33.217" Score="3" ViewCount="114" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've been trying to use the &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; tag to include literal output in this forum, but I cannot get it to work for me. My understanding is that if a chunk of text is surrounded by the &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; tags, then newlines within that chunk will  be preserved. But that doesn't seem to be happening.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="101815" OwnerDisplayName="Paul A." LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2022-01-09T15:38:48.330" LastActivityDate="2022-01-09T15:38:48.330" Title="Is the &lt;blockquote&gt; tag working correctly on Ask Ubuntu?" Tags="|support|formatting|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19889" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19888" CreationDate="2022-01-08T18:17:30.867" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;You don't need HTML. Instead, to make a blockquote, use the &lt;code&gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; character. Remember to have a blank line after the end of the blockquote. Here's an example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;&amp;gt; Ask Ubuntu is amazing!&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's how that will render&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu is amazing!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And using multiple lines:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;&amp;gt; Ask Ubuntu is amazing!&#xA;&amp;gt;&#xA;&amp;gt; Unix SE is very good, too!&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And here is how that will render&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu is amazing!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unix SE is very good, too!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you &lt;em&gt;really&lt;/em&gt; want to use HTML instead of Markdown, you can. Here's how:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;&#xA;Ask Ubuntu is amazing!&#xA;Unix SE is great, too!&#xA;&amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Remember to have a blank line after &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; or strange things can happen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And that will render as this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;Ask Ubuntu is amazing!&#xA;Unix SE is great, too!&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You mentioned it isn't making a newline. You have to have an entire blank line if you want a linebreak, like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;blockquote&amp;gt;&#xA;Ask Ubuntu is amazing!&#xA;&#xA;Unix SE is great, too!&#xA;&amp;lt;/blockquote&amp;gt;&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And that will render as this (with the newline as desired). For the Markdown version, just include a &lt;code&gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; on a line by itself to indicate a line break.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;Ask Ubuntu is amazing!&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unix SE is great, too!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For the rest of the valid HTML tags on SE, see &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/1777/1081494&quot;&gt;this Meta SE post&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, for command output (or code), don't use blockquotes. Instead, use a codeblock, and you start end end those with three backticks (&lt;code&gt;```&lt;/code&gt;).&#xA;Here's an example (you can optionally include a language, like C or Python, after the three backticks if you want, for syntax highlighting)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;```c&#xA;int main()&#xA;{&#xA;    printf(&amp;quot;Hello World&amp;quot;);&#xA;    return 0;&#xA;}&#xA;```&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That will render like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;int main()&#xA;{&#xA;    printf(&amp;quot;Hello World&amp;quot;);&#xA;    return 0;&#xA;}&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you're wondering why you have to include an entire blank line (or, in the Markdown version, add a &lt;code&gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; on a line by itself), check out &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/q/7167519/16886597&quot;&gt;this Stack Overflow question&lt;/a&gt; that includes the reasons.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1438484" OwnerDisplayName="cocomac" LastEditorUserId="1438484" LastEditDate="2022-01-08T18:35:00.370" LastActivityDate="2022-01-08T18:35:00.370" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19890" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19888" CreationDate="2022-01-09T08:54:06.020" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Blockquote formatting does not preserve line breaks, which is why it should not be used to format output from a command - long output becomes horribly unreadable, and since blockquoted text, unlike unformatted text, also loses the &lt;em&gt;original line breaks&lt;/em&gt; from the markdown text, it is impossible to fix the problem by editing!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Use code formatting to preserve line breaks in output from a terminal or code, or if the text is actually a quote rather than code(like text) and for some reason you really need to preserve the line breaks, you can insert line breaks as needed by putting two spaces and then a newline, though I rarely find any need to do so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2022-01-09T08:54:06.020" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19891" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2022-01-12T14:52:18.020" Score="17" ViewCount="530" Body="&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As we say goodbye to the old year and welcome the new one, we have &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/search?q=%22year+in+moderation%22+is%3Aquestion&quot;&gt;a tradition of sharing moderation stats for the preceding calendar year&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As most of you here are aware, sites on the Stack Exchange network are moderated somewhat differently to other sites on the web:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We designed the Stack Exchange network engine to be mostly self-regulating, in that we amortize the overall moderation cost of the system across thousands of teeny-tiny slices of effort contributed by regular, everyday users.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;-- &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/05/a-theory-of-moderation/&quot;&gt;A Theory of Moderation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That doesn't eliminate the need for having &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.blog/2018/11/21/our-theory-of-moderation-re-visited/&quot;&gt;moderators&lt;/a&gt; altogether, but it does mean that the bulk of moderation work is carried out by regular folks. Every bit of time and effort y'all contribute to the site gives you access to more privileges you can use to help in this effort, all of which produce a cumulative effect that makes a big difference.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So as we say goodbye to 2021, let us look back at what we accomplished as a community... by looking at some &lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/KZntT.gif&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;exciting&lt;/em&gt; stats&lt;/a&gt;. Below is a breakdown of moderation actions performed on Ask Ubuntu over the past 12 months:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;div class=&quot;s-table-container&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;table class=&quot;s-table&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;thead&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;th style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Action&lt;/th&gt;&#xA;&lt;th style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;Moderators&lt;/th&gt;&#xA;&lt;th style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;Community¹&lt;/th&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;/thead&gt;&#xA;&lt;tbody&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Users suspended²&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;19&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;68&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Users destroyed³&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;272&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;0&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Users deleted&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;15&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;0&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Users contacted&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;47&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;0&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;User banned from review&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;0&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;14&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Tasks reviewed⁴: Suggested Edit queue&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;507&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;15,177&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Tasks reviewed⁴: Reopen Vote queue&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;15&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;1,464&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Tasks reviewed⁴: Low Quality Posts queue&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;204&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;8,769&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Tasks reviewed⁴: Late Answer queue&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;31&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;9,453&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Tasks reviewed⁴: First questions queue&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;15&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;8,280&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Tasks reviewed⁴: First Post queue&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;78&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;14,011&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Tasks reviewed⁴: First answers queue&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;17&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;4,827&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Tasks reviewed⁴: Close Votes queue&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;160&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;12,182&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Tags merged&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;1&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;0&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Revisions redacted&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;14&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;0&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Questions unprotected&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;2&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;3&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Questions reopened&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;78&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;53&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Questions protected&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;45&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;448&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Questions migrated&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;16&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;17&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Questions merged&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;15&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;0&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Questions flagged⁵&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;215&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;13,796&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Questions closed&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;722&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;5,967&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Question flags handled⁵&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;1,853&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;11,793&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Posts unlocked&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;8&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;14&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Posts undeleted&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;141&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;620&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Posts locked&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;37&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;1,562&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Posts deleted⁶&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;6,507&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;29,235&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Posts bumped&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;0&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;8,258&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Escalations to the Community Manager team&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;4&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;0&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Comments undeleted&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;114&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;0&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Comments flagged&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;145&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;4,672&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Comments deleted⁷&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;8,021&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;15,790&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Comment flags handled&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;2,810&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;2,007&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Bounties canceled&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;5&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;0&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Answers flagged&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;298&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;11,373&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Answer flags handled&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;10,143&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;1,530&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;All comments on a post moved to chat&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;72&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;0&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tbody&gt;&#xA;&lt;/table&gt;&#xA;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Footnotes&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;¹ &amp;quot;Community&amp;quot; here refers both to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users&quot;&gt;the membership of Ask Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt; &lt;em&gt;without&lt;/em&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users?tab=moderators&quot;&gt;diamonds next to their names&lt;/a&gt;, and to the automated systems otherwise known as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/-1&quot;&gt;user #-1&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;² The system will suspend users under three circumstances: when a user is recreated after being previously suspended, when a user is recreated after being destroyed for spam or abuse, and when a network-wide suspension is in effect on an account.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;³ A &amp;quot;destroyed&amp;quot; user is deleted along with all that they had posted: questions, answers, comments. &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/88994/what-is-the-difference-between-a-deleted-user-and-a-destroyed-user&quot;&gt;Generally used as an expedient way of getting rid of spam.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;⁴ This counts every review that was submitted (not skipped) - so the 2 suggested edits reviews needed to approve an edit would count as 2, the goal being to indicate the frequency of moderation actions. This also applies to flags, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;⁵ Includes close flags (but &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; close or reopen votes).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;⁶ This ignores numerous deletions that happen automatically in response to some other action.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;⁷ This includes comments deleted by their own authors (which also account for some number of handled comment flags).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Further reading:&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Wanna see how these numbers have changed over time? We posted a similar report here last year: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/19487/2020-a-year-in-moderation&quot;&gt;2020: a year in moderation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You can also check out &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackexchange.com/search?q=title%3A%222021%3A+a+year+in+moderation%22&quot;&gt;this report on other sites&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Or peruse &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/374784/208518&quot;&gt;detailed information on the number of questions closed and reopened across all sites&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Wishing everyone a happy 2022! ^_^&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="306823" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2022-01-13T15:46:57.900" LastActivityDate="2022-01-13T15:46:57.900" Title="2021: a year in moderation" Tags="|discussion|moderation|statistics|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19892" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19893" CreationDate="2022-01-12T23:20:05.740" Score="7" ViewCount="108" Body="&lt;p&gt;A question (but first a comment) regarding &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/19891/1165986&quot;&gt;2021: a year in moderation&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First, that's 32,646 actions taken by our hard working &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users?tab=moderators&quot;&gt;Mod team&lt;/a&gt; in 2021.  I know that there's even more that you do that isn't even represented in these stats -- Thank you!  You are definitely appreciated!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the &amp;quot;Community&amp;quot; side, I do want to question one stat.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is repeating a point I made when I sanity-checked the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/q/415250/11810933&quot;&gt;Stack Overflow results&lt;/a&gt;, but since it's related to a chat in AUGR that a few of us (@Zanna, @RandomPerson, and others) had back in September, I figured I'd check the AU numbers as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From AUGR chat:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Zanna:  I mean, I agree with @RandomPerson that reviews automatically getting invalidated due to nobody ever doing them is real real bad&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At that time, the concern was primarily over the First Posts Review queue (now, of course, split into First Questions and First Answers).  But the &amp;quot;Close Vote Review&amp;quot; queue is, in my understanding, fed partly (mostly?) from Flagged questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In these AU moderation stats, we see that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A total of 14,011 questions were flagged either by Mods or by Community Members (or Community Bot).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A total of 13,646 question flags were &amp;quot;handled&amp;quot; (97.39%)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Leaving, presumably, only 365 question flags (2.61%) that weren't handled in 2021.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But are things really that good?  According to a comment from @Makyen (mod) on my meta post on SO:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Close-flags, like close-votes, do age out but those flags are not presented to moderators. They go to the CV review queue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So are we (the community) &lt;em&gt;really&lt;/em&gt; &amp;quot;handling&amp;quot; nearly every question flag?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Zanna pointed out a SEDE query that checked whether a review had &amp;quot;aged out&amp;quot; due to expired votes, and I've attempted to &lt;a href=&quot;https://data.stackexchange.com/askubuntu/revision/1541292/1885566&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;adapt that to Close Votes Reviews&lt;/a&gt;.  I've extended the range of days it was in the queue to:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Between 4 and 7&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Between 14 and 17&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;... based on &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/120902/902710&quot;&gt;this information&lt;/a&gt; that Close votes expire at a rate of 1 per day after day 4 (for highly viewed posts) and day 14 (for low-eyeball posts).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the query assumptions are accurate, we actually had 4,037 questions here on AU that (likely) aged out of the Review queue in 2021.  That's almost 30% of the ones that the stats above say that we (the community) &amp;quot;handled.&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;IMHO, that's hiding a rather significant problem that, as Zanna said, &lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;is real real bad&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Related side note:  It seems &lt;em&gt;very&lt;/em&gt; difficult to get a Close Vote Review to muster enough votes (either &amp;quot;Close&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;Leave Open&amp;quot;, really), even in the most obvious of cases.  Even when the OP &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/1380907/1165986&quot;&gt;says in the comments that the problem was a typo&lt;/a&gt;.  Even when the OP &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/1382302/1165986&quot;&gt;agrees in the comments that the problem isn't Ubuntu related and reposts on Super User&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Are &amp;quot;invalidated&amp;quot;/&amp;quot;aged out&amp;quot; reviews being counted as &amp;quot;Handled&amp;quot; in the Moderation Stats just because they moved from &amp;quot;Flagged&amp;quot; to &amp;quot;Review Queue&amp;quot;?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Should they be?  Or should the stats instead show that there's a potential issue with Review Queues not being &amp;quot;handled&amp;quot;?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1165986" LastEditorUserId="1165986" LastEditDate="2022-01-13T00:47:02.940" LastActivityDate="2022-01-13T09:35:17.043" Title="2021: a year in moderation - Handled Question Flags" Tags="|discussion|feature-request|close-review-queue|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19893" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19892" CreationDate="2022-01-13T04:39:13.707" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;A flag to close a post is considered to be handled if it is marked helpful. &lt;strong&gt;This happens if the post receives at least one close vote&lt;/strong&gt;, regardless of the outcome of the close review.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, you flagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1382302/ubuntu-20-04-disappears-from-windows-10-wsl2-after-reboot&quot;&gt;Ubuntu 20.04 disappears from Windows 10 WSL2 after reboot&lt;/a&gt; for closure, and another user subsequently voted to close it (I can see this in the post timeline, but it is not visible to non-mods, frustratingly). The close vote aged away (incidentally, the close vote was not cast from the queue). One leave open vote was cast, but that would not remove the post from the queue, so a strict perspective would consider the close effort unhandled. However, the flag was marked helpful, and so it was &amp;quot;handled&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A flag to close is also considered handled if it is declined, which I think only happens if and only if the post receives no close votes AND the final outcome of the review is leave open (this requires 3 leave open votes*). This is okay - we can consider the close effort handled there, I think.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To be clear:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A single close vote cast on a post flagged for closure instantly handles the flag as helpful.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If the close review is resolved as leave open before any close votes are cast, any flag to close on it is declined.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Given that the post receiving only one close vote is sufficient to handle close flags, I am not surprised that most such flags do get &amp;quot;handled&amp;quot;, although the post does not really get handled in many such cases.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just a thought - I would be surprised if posts primarily came to the Close Votes queue from flags - I think they are at least as likely, if not more likely, to arrive there because they receive a close vote from a user with at least 3k reputation. When one reviews the CV queue, one can see the previous close votes the question received. If no votes are seen, the post only has a flag. I feel this is rare - the case for less than 1 in 20 posts, while having only 1 previous close vote is common.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;* that is, 3 leave open votes by normal users - a mod voting to leave open at any point would also complete the review, automatically declining any unhandled flags to close&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2022-01-13T09:35:17.043" LastActivityDate="2022-01-13T09:35:17.043" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19894" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19895" CreationDate="2022-01-14T05:17:16.043" Score="16" ViewCount="478" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've seen several questions in non-English, where a user (typically high-rep) puts it into &lt;a href=&quot;https://translate.google.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Google Translate&lt;/a&gt;. Here's &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/1387028/revisions&quot;&gt;an example&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;https://web.archive.org/web/20220114044805/https://askubuntu.com/posts/1387028/revisions&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Wayback Machine if it gets deleted&lt;/a&gt;). I do realize that post had other issues (THE OP USED ALL CAPITALS, for one). But most non-English posts tend to lack sufficient details for a meaningful/correct answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/1507/1438484&quot;&gt;current Meta consensus&lt;/a&gt; appears to be non-English posts aren't allowed, but if you see one, you can translate it &lt;em&gt;if you know the language&lt;/em&gt;, and that &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/5939/1438484&quot;&gt;the non-English part should be removed&lt;/a&gt;.  Also note that that question/answer is more than ten years old, so Google Translate has improved since then. A newer, but less agreed upon (+24/-12) question &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/15793/1438484&quot;&gt;proposes that we translate instead of VTC&lt;/a&gt;. The answer (+16/-0) says that they should totally be closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But, high-rep (more than 20k rep) users have been using Google Translate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My personal opinion and this is similar to what &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/users/85695/terdon&quot;&gt;@terdon&lt;/a&gt; said is that non-English questions should be closed &lt;em&gt;and not translated&lt;/em&gt;. Here's why:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If the OP didn't post their question in English, the answers probably aren't useful to them&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Google Translate isn't consistent. Can it be great? Sure! Is it &amp;quot;good enough&amp;quot;? I don't think so.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If someone &lt;em&gt;that knows the language&lt;/em&gt; translates it after it is closed, they can always vote to reopen.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I find that non-English posts tend to be lack details, so one couldn't meaningfully answer them anyways, so translating a question, only to have the result &amp;quot;lack detail or clarity&amp;quot; isn't useful. Might aswell just VTC in the first place.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Non-English posts aren't allowed on Ask Ubuntu, so closing (and maybe downvoting?) them is better than using a questionable translation source to try to fix a question&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I think that immediately using Google Translate to translate non-English questions is bad.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, should questions posted in non-English languages be translated (with Google Translate) or closed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1438484" LastEditorUserId="1438484" LastEditDate="2022-01-21T17:28:27.800" LastActivityDate="2023-04-11T11:19:21.143" Title="Is translating posts using Google Translate acceptable?" Tags="|discussion|editing|languages|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19895" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19894" CreationDate="2022-01-14T12:01:33.647" Score="22" Body="&lt;h1&gt;NO.&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sorry, but no. If the OP is so lazy they can't even be bothered to try and use Google Translate themselves, then we should absolutely not do it for them. As you say, Google Translate translations tend to be bad, and an OP who isn't even willing to put in the minimum effort required to realize that they are posting in a language that is not the language of the page they are visiting is very unlikely to ever spend the effort of trying to understand any answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Posting in other languages is rude and inconsiderate. And don't get me wrong, I have spent most of my adult life living in countries whose language I speak as a foreigner. I completely understand and empathize with people who are trying to communicate in a foreign language. But I do expect people to at least try and not just dump their question in their own language with no consideration or effort.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am one of the most prolific editors of both &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users?tab=Editors&amp;amp;filter=all&quot;&gt;AU&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/users?tab=Editors&amp;amp;filter=all&quot;&gt;U&amp;amp;L&lt;/a&gt; and on most of the sites I participate in, precisely because I know how hard it is to write in a language that is not your own. I have nothing but sympathy and patience for people whose English is limited and who try to use the site. But if they are so lazy and inconsiderate as to not even bother trying, despite the existence of tools like Google Translate, then my patience is at an end.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, as I said in &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/15799/85695&quot;&gt;my answer&lt;/a&gt; to one of the linked Meta Posts, I have yet to see &lt;em&gt;one single example&lt;/em&gt; where translating the question resulted in anything useful for the site or for the OP (I have found one where translating the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/822723/85695&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;answer&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; was useful since the answer was actually good but posted in Spanish). People who are too lazy to notice that this site is in English are also too lazy to add the necessary detail to ask good questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The way I see it, &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;translating the OP's post using Google Translate is actively harmful&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;. It just adds more garbage to the site, the OP won't be able to provide any details, no clarifications will ever be given and we have just added one more bad, useless post to the site. Please, please do not do this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Instead, if you speak the language, you can leave a polite message in that language explaining that we only accept posts in English and perhaps recommending another place where they can ask. But don't just dump the post into Google Translate and hope for the best, that really isn't helping anyone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2023-04-04T21:29:29.597" LastActivityDate="2023-04-04T21:29:29.597" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19897" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19898" CreationDate="2022-01-19T23:13:35.087" Score="5" ViewCount="99" Body="&lt;p&gt;A bit of a question and a bit of a PSA for others to potentially avoid the problem I ran into.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/1379271/1165986&quot;&gt;This question&lt;/a&gt; was originally unclear.  The title did not match the question body, and there was (currently is) a comment to that effect.  No problem there -- The comment &lt;em&gt;was&lt;/em&gt; absolutely correct.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After some clarification with the OP, I ...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;... proposed an edit to the title to match the question.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;... simultaneously flagged the comment as &amp;quot;no longer needed&amp;quot; based on my proposed edit.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I get now that I probably did the wrong thing.  I considered it a &amp;quot;single transaction&amp;quot;, when it really wasn't.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The result was that (presumably):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A Mod reviewed the flag and declined it.  Since my edit had not been accepted yet, I assume the Mod thought that the comment was still valid against the (pre-edit) question, which, of course, it was.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;My edit was later approved.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No big deal.  A declined edit here and there won't kill me ;-).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But at that point, with the flag declined, I'm unable to re-flag the comment as &amp;quot;No longer needed&amp;quot;, even though at this point the question body/title do match.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems to me based on this that I should have:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Proposed the edit&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Waited for the edit to be approved&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Then flagged the comment as no-longer-needed&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Correct?  And I ask this, again, for other users who might run into it (with the understandably slim hopes that they read Meta and happen to remember this ;-)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And, at the same time, could I request a Mod now review that comment and remove it if it's agreed that it is no-longer-needed?  Or, if I'm misinterpreting the reason the flag was declined, I'm open to that as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1165986" LastEditorUserId="1165986" LastEditDate="2022-01-20T03:35:17.643" LastActivityDate="2022-01-20T12:49:19.527" Title="Order of operations when editing/flagging" Tags="|discussion|editing|comments|flagging|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19898" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19897" CreationDate="2022-01-20T11:23:17.917" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;This should work out okay in theory, since when viewing a post one can see that an edit suggestion is pending, though this is indicated in subtle manner (a tiny parenthetical number next to the Edit button) that could be easily missed. One ought to notice this when handling the flag to see if the comment is being made obsolete by the pending edit suggestion. The onus shouldn't be on you to check that your edit got applied and then flag the comment - we should be able to handle that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I have myself made the mistake of declining a flag on a super popular comment before realising that the flagger had made an edit suggestion that incorporated the useful part of the comment into the post in an entirely appropriate way . At least the flagger got their edit points :S&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, yeah, while this is totally our bad, and it should be fine to submit an edit and flag a comment that your edit makes redundant at the same time, mistakes happen (and edit suggestions get rejected too, sometimes wrongly), and if a declined flag is going to ruin your day, you may want to play it safe and flag the comment after the edit gets applied (of course, the flag might still get declined for some wrong or right reason, but at that point this would be only as likely as with any other flag).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="1165986" LastEditDate="2022-01-20T12:49:19.527" LastActivityDate="2022-01-20T12:49:19.527" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19899" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19087" CreationDate="2022-01-20T18:13:06.693" Score="-2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would love to continue to help people in this community! I've been on a pause due to my personal offline circumstances once - sadly, it was too deep to evade, but I'm online and I do have both: a desire to help and a time to do so. So - I'll be glad to continue serving this community to make things safer!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="380128" LastActivityDate="2022-01-20T18:13:06.693" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19900" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2022-01-21T07:45:40.913" Score="2" ViewCount="76" Body="&lt;p&gt;I found &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/897700/124466&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; answer, which is about a discontinued Chrome extension. Should such answers be deleted, since they don't help anyone anymore?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="124466" LastActivityDate="2022-01-21T07:45:40.913" Title="Should invalid answers be deleted?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19903" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2022-01-22T08:59:51.263" Score="1" ViewCount="81" Body="&lt;p&gt;I made answer, probably in october 2020 (guessing from my login data), which was about keyboard problem after boot.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to it - keyboard stoped to work after some upgrades. I discovered, that problem appeared after upgrading to recent kernel, which was 5.4.0-48 for that moment, while keybord only worked at 5.4.0-42 as last. The only possible solution, which I proposed, was to downgrade kernel. Now this bug is not actual, but there's actual one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My reply about solution was there for some time, but than someone removed it without reason, only to be replaced with other, yet less exact. What's curious - it happens so, that neither my or removal activity is visible - all looks like it's removed not only from eyes, but also from history as well. As far as I got from login data, I answered at 2020.10.02, later - probably edited (I see next login date at 2020.10.03).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Need reason for that removal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1132671" OwnerDisplayName="Nikita Zlobin" LastActivityDate="2022-01-22T10:14:19.693" Title="Answer removed without reason as if never was created. Need reason" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19904" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19903" CreationDate="2022-01-22T10:14:19.693" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;You posted your answer to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1235190/keyboard-not-working-on-desktop-in-ubuntu-20-04&quot;&gt;Keyboard not working on desktop in Ubuntu 20.04&lt;/a&gt; - you will be able to see it there, though without a link to that page you would not have been able to find it. Sorry about that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's a screenshot of your post, which was deleted by me:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/UmkxI.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/UmkxI.png&quot; alt=&quot;post&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I deleted your post because I did not consider it to be an answer to the question - rather I think it adds information about the problem that would be best posted in a question (as the commenter said). However, if you were to edit the answer and suggest a solution or workaround, I would be happy to undelete the post. Perhaps you have solved this issue somehow, or did the bug get fixed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Alternatively you could suggest an edit to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/1279719/527764&quot;&gt;this answer&lt;/a&gt; if you think you could make it more detailed, for example to add the kernel version that worked.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2022-01-22T10:14:19.693" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19906" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2022-01-23T21:43:29.983" Score="2" ViewCount="69" Body="&lt;p&gt;These two questions came up in the &amp;quot;reopen votes&amp;quot; review queue:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/1219523&quot;&gt;How to permanently uninstall Microsoft Teams?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/1075505&quot;&gt;How do I increase swapfile in Ubuntu 18.04?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Both of these questions were closed as duplicates. Both questions also have lots of votes and at least one high-quality, highly-upvoted answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For the question about Microsoft Teams, I voted to reopen because this question is more specific than the questions that were deemed duplicates.  The accepted answer to this question is also specific to Microsoft Teams, and the answers to the other questions are generic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe the second question about swapfiles is definitely a duplicate, but this question also has a high-quality accepted answer with 140 votes.  I am not sure how to vote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I understand that even if the duplicate stays closed, it will show up as a &amp;quot;linked&amp;quot; question, but I don't like that a good answer to this question will not show up on the open question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ideally, I'd like to see this answer merged into the question that is still open. I'm not sure if this is something that moderators are able to do, or perhaps there is a drawback to merging the two questions that I'm not aware of.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What is the best way to handle reopening questions that were closed as duplicates even if they have a lot of votes and contain good answers?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="953371" LastActivityDate="2022-01-24T02:58:21.230" Title="Should we vote to reopen duplicates that have lots of votes and good answers?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19907" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2022-01-24T00:21:21.720" Score="8" ViewCount="103" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Edit: I completely missed the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/19249/1165986&quot;&gt;Shouldn’t we lower the close/reopen vote threshold?&lt;/a&gt; post of which this could be considered a duplicate.  Things have changed since then, since three-vote-close is now implemented on additional sites, but that post should probably be brushed off instead.  Flagging mine as a duplicate.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Stack Overflow moved to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/q/391832/11810933&quot;&gt;require only three close-votes&lt;/a&gt; a little over two years ago after &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/q/390083/11810933&quot;&gt;the results of a 30 day experiment&lt;/a&gt; showed that it (to over-summarize Shog9's &lt;em&gt;very long&lt;/em&gt; post) led to an approximately 53% improvement in questions successfully exiting the Close Vote review queue (with either &amp;quot;Closed&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;Leave Open&amp;quot; results).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;Hardware Recommendations&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://webapps.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;Web Applications&lt;/a&gt; also made the switch around the same time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;About eight months ago, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/364007/902710&quot;&gt;another 13 sites were selected&lt;/a&gt; for the same experiment.  In most cases, I believe these changes were made permanent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should we ask for three-vote-close to be implemented here on AU, and if so, what needs to happen?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;According to the posts by @Catija:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your site thinks this might help because, have a discussion on your meta - this isn't a one-time event.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From the comments (also by @Catija):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;... mods to draw attention to things that need our help - using the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/status-review&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;status-review&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;status-review&lt;/a&gt; tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h4&gt;Supporting data&lt;/h4&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We seem to have a fairly low rate of completion for Close Vote Reviews.  In &lt;a href=&quot;https://data.stackexchange.com/askubuntu/revision/1546844/1891550/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;December of 2021 (SEDE link)&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;68.5% of close vote reviews were Invalidated between 4 and 7 days or 14 and 17 days after creation.  These periods were chosen because they indicate that the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/120902/902710&quot;&gt;Close votes likely expired&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;10.63% of Close Votes Review &amp;quot;Completed&amp;quot; (either exited with 5 &amp;quot;Close&amp;quot; or 3 &amp;quot;Leave Open&amp;quot;).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Another 20.87% of Close Vote Reviews were invalidated in other time periods.  These could have been for a number of reasons.  Perhaps the post was deleted (by the user, the community, or a mod) or perhaps the votes expired in such a way as to not fall into the 4-7/14-17 day window.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Regardless, with (presumably) around 68.5% of close vote reviews being invalidated due to not receiving enough votes, we have a lot of room for improvement.  The stats for January so far are roughly the same.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On most other sites with similar stats, moving to 3-vote-close  improved the community closure rate and reduced the workload on mods.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1165986" LastEditorUserId="1165986" LastEditDate="2022-01-24T14:37:43.147" LastActivityDate="2022-01-24T14:37:43.147" Title="Implementing three-vote-close on Ask Ubuntu?" Tags="|discussion|close-review-queue|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="15" ClosedDate="2022-01-24T14:41:32.563" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19908" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19906" CreationDate="2022-01-24T02:58:21.230" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Are they &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; duplicates just because they're upvoted? If there are good answers you want to see in the dupe target, then the posts should be merged. I don't see any reasoning whatsoever as to why these posts &lt;em&gt;aren't&lt;/em&gt; answered by the duplicate targets.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At any rate, this explains why the swap post kept popping up in the reopen queue without any justification at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2022-01-24T02:58:21.230" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19909" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2022-01-25T12:04:24.190" Score="7" ViewCount="114" Body="&lt;p&gt;So the new layout - don't know...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But what does the tag &amp;quot;Watched&amp;quot; mean? And why does one variant have an eye icon? Just curious - couldn't find solid info on this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/YowVj.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/YowVj.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Mf9jP.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Mf9jP.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1066942" LastActivityDate="2022-01-27T18:15:12.943" Title="What does &quot;Watched&quot; mean on the new summary page?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19910" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19909" CreationDate="2022-01-25T12:50:21.983" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Apparently, Watched means the question has a tag you are watching. In the past, such questions showed up with a faint highlighting effect, which was not particularly informative either. &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/375520/322419&quot;&gt;Some users prefer the old design&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Eye icon - apparently there's a &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/375081/new-post-summary-designs-on-site-home-pages-and-greatest-hits-now-everywhere-el#comment1250911_375509&quot;&gt;bug with that&lt;/a&gt; that should get fixed soon. It's supposed to be on all of them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Update&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Apparently, while other elements of the new layout remain, the watched button has been removed in favour of the old way of showing that one was watching one of the post's tags (the orangey highlighting). At least, that's what I've been seeing for the past ~12 hours, and since &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/375081/new-post-summary-designs-on-site-home-pages-and-greatest-hits-now-everywhere-el/375520#375520&quot;&gt;this post&lt;/a&gt; has a status-completed tag, it looks like this particular change has been reverted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Er... another update&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It has been changed again - now any tags one is watching are appearing  (along with other tags on the question) in a yellowy colour with an eye icon - I like this - much more understandable than the cryptic highlighting or mysterious Watched plaque :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2022-01-27T18:15:12.943" LastActivityDate="2022-01-27T18:15:12.943" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19911" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2022-01-26T21:53:07.053" Score="2" ViewCount="109" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sorry - I'm new here, but I couldn't find how to log out of askubuntu.com again.  Did I just miss it? Is logging out of askubuntu.com the same as logging out of the Ubuntu Software Centre, which seems not to be possible? (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/150184/how-do-i-logout-of-ubuntu-software-center-seriously-wheres-the-logout-button&quot;&gt;How do I logout of Ubuntu Software Center? (Seriously, where&amp;#39;s the logout button?)&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you can log in, why can't you log out?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1565489" OwnerDisplayName="mbietenholz" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2022-01-27T13:26:17.580" LastActivityDate="2022-01-27T22:23:02.993" Title="How do I log out of Ask Ubuntu?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2022-01-28T09:16:44.507" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19912" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19911" CreationDate="2022-01-26T22:37:51.477" Score="6" Body="&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Click on the &amp;quot;callout&amp;quot; icon at the top right.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Click &amp;quot;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/logout&quot;&gt;log out&lt;/a&gt;&amp;quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/D2Gba.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/D2Gba.png&quot; alt=&quot;Logout&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="100356" LastActivityDate="2022-01-26T22:37:51.477" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19913" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2022-01-27T15:27:12.697" Score="12" ViewCount="1912" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This will be enforced starting from January 20, 2022 and onwards.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a notice regarding releases of Ubuntu that will be reaching, or have reached, the end of their standard support period.  These releases are no longer on topic effective the above enforcement date.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The following version of Ubuntu and its derivatives &lt;strong&gt;officially reached End of Standard Support&lt;/strong&gt; on January 22, 2022:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Hirsute Hippo (21.04)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;New questions specific to the above versions of Ubuntu posted on or after the enforcement date may need to be considered &lt;strong&gt;offtopic&lt;/strong&gt;.  Old questions (before the end of standard support date) that are still being answered regarding these releases should have a comment included on them about upgrading to a supported release to get continued support for their versions of Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This information can be confirmed via the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2022-January/000276.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;End of Life Announcement for 21.04 on the Ubuntu Announce mailing list&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt; (this was sent out on &lt;strong&gt;January 20, 2022&lt;/strong&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Per discussions related to scope and on-topic posts &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/19575/policy-clarifications-in-place-on-end-of-standard-support-and-end-of-life?cb=1&quot;&gt;effective April 12, 2021&lt;/a&gt;, End of Standard Support and End of Life are treated the same way with posts becoming 'Offtopic' at that point.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have a concern with this policy, raise it as a separate Meta issue.  DO NOT post to this thread regarding your concerns with how we handle end of standard support and end of life posts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2022-01-27T15:27:12.697" Title="End of Life Notice: Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo) reached End of Life on January 20, 2022" Tags="|discussion|scope|end-of-life|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19914" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19911" CreationDate="2022-01-27T22:23:02.993" Score="3" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm new here&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Welcome!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is logging out of askubuntu.com the same as logging out of the Ubuntu Software Centre, which seems not to be possible?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And no, askubuntu.com and the Software Center are two completely different logins, managed by two different, completed unrelated companies:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Software Center is an application created and managed by Canonical Ltd., the creators of Ubuntu.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ask Ubuntu, on the other hand, is owned and managed by Stack Exchange, Inc. which has no relation to Canonical (although we often see users have confusion on that point).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you can log in, why can't you log out?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/19912/1165986&quot;&gt;the other current answer&lt;/a&gt; clarifies, this is not &lt;a href=&quot;https://open.spotify.com/track/40riOy7x9W7GXjyGp4pjAv?si=91a50276c27c44c6&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Hotel California&lt;/a&gt; -- You can check out, and you &lt;em&gt;can&lt;/em&gt; leave.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But we do hope you'll stick around!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1165986" LastActivityDate="2022-01-27T22:23:02.993" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19918" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16670" CreationDate="2022-01-30T12:07:57.130" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;User deletion is irreversible! By sending this request, your votes will be revoked, and all of your content will be made anonymous.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As of January 30, 2022, you can easily delete your account by going to &lt;em&gt;Profile&lt;/em&gt; → &lt;em&gt;Edit Profile&lt;/em&gt; → &lt;em&gt;Navigation&lt;/em&gt; → &lt;em&gt;Delete profile&lt;/em&gt; → &lt;em&gt;Delete&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Click on your &lt;em&gt;Avatar&lt;/em&gt; or &lt;em&gt;display icon&lt;/em&gt; to enter &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/current&quot;&gt;your profile page&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Click on the &lt;em&gt;Edit profile&lt;/em&gt; button.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Go to the &lt;em&gt;Site Settings&lt;/em&gt; column.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Select &lt;em&gt;Delete Profile&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Accept the conditions and click on &lt;em&gt;Delete&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/4P107.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/4P107.png&quot; alt=&quot;Self Delete&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Alternatively, you can quickly go to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/delete/current&quot;&gt;this link&lt;/a&gt; and apply for deletion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note&lt;/strong&gt;: If you have never made any posts from this profile and you have 101 or less reputation, it will be immediately deleted.&#xA;Otherwise, your profile will be scheduled for deletion in 24 hours. During that time, you can cancel the deletion request by visiting your profile and clicking the cancel link in the banner at the top. Otherwise, it will be deleted after 24 hours.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;N.B&lt;/strong&gt;: &lt;strong&gt;Deletion of an account is not a complete deletion. To prevent &lt;em&gt;spammers&lt;/em&gt; Stack Exchange stores &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/375402/1085714&quot;&gt;some information about the users even after the account deletion&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Reference: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/deleting-account&quot;&gt;Help Center&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1460940" LastEditorUserId="1460940" LastEditDate="2023-11-04T15:29:18.907" LastActivityDate="2023-11-04T15:29:18.907" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19919" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2022-01-30T20:22:11.550" Score="0" ViewCount="365" Body="&lt;p&gt;Per the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/19543/177393&quot;&gt;general end-of-life policy&lt;/a&gt;, as the 18.04 LTS release of Ubuntu will go out of support five years later in April 2023, questions asked about it afterwards will be closed on sight as off-topic, with the user directed to upgrade to a supported release.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I think there's an argument to make that we should continue to allow questions about it even after that date.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One major factor is that &lt;strong&gt;this is the last supported version of Ubuntu with a 32-bit release.&lt;/strong&gt; All newer currently supported official versions are exclusively 64-bit releases. This means that users who are running a 32-bit build will be unable to upgrade to a newer release. This includes the following categories of users:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;users with 32-bit processors&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;users who've installed a 32-bit build on a 64-bit processor long ago and have generally otherwise been upgrading for support&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;users who'd otherwise install a 64-bit build but are running some software that has compatibility issues with 64-bit builds&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's worth noting that for many years now, Ubuntu &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/488844/177393&quot;&gt;has supported PAE&lt;/a&gt;, meaning that 32-bit versions can address 64 GiB of RAM instead of only 4 GiB, and a processor supporting PAE has been a required prerequisite  to install Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Additionally, some official flavors of Ubuntu, &lt;a href=&quot;https://lubuntu.me/bionic-eol/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;such as Lubuntu&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;don't support upgrading from 18.04 LTS to newer builds, &lt;em&gt;even on 64-bit releases&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In summary, while it's generally been easy in the past to upgrade from an unsupported release to a supported one, it would be difficult for a lot of users to upgrade from 18.04 LTS to newer versions for the above reasons, and I'd expect a lot of users would continue to use it even after April 2023. Doing so requires at best a complete clean install (for the second bullet above and for flavors that don't support upgrading), and at worst is completely impossible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would it be a good idea to make an exception to the normal end-of-life policy for the 18.04 LTS releases of Ubuntu and allow questions about it to be asked even afterwards?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="177393" LastEditorUserId="177393" LastEditDate="2022-01-31T00:10:20.720" LastActivityDate="2022-01-31T20:13:05.837" Title="Should we make an exception to our general end-of-life policy for the 18.04 release?" Tags="|discussion|end-of-life|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="12" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19920" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19919" CreationDate="2022-01-30T22:53:34.197" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't think we should make an exception. Here's why:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It's a hassle. If Canonical is no longer supporting 18.04, those systems won't get updates, and downloading packages will be harder, as the system is &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/19659/1438484&quot;&gt;EoSS&lt;/a&gt;. General maintenance will be difficult, as package authors will stop supporting EoSS releases (because, you know, they're EoSS). Also, there won't be security updates for old releases which is bad.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I believe that if someone really needs/wants to use a 32-bit system, they're better off using &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.debian.org/distrib/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the 32-bit version of Debian&lt;/a&gt; than an EoSS Ubuntu release. Ubuntu is based on Debian, and while some things are different (networking, for one), given that they are simaler in a bunch of ways (package management, basic command line tools, etc.), I think users that have a 32-bit system will be better off with Debian because it will still get updates and is supported (although those questions belong on Unix SE, not here).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Those questions aren't helpful. They're mostly only useful to the OP, and &lt;em&gt;maybe&lt;/em&gt; a few future visitors. Instead, I think we should have a canonical question (or several) that answers things like the following. I've added a sample answer. I think that would be more useful to more people, and would be a good alternative to supporting an EoSS release.&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Q: Software XYZ only runs on a 32 bit system, but I want to use a 64-bit OS for support&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A: ...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Q: I have a 32-bit CPU, but I like Ubuntu. What should I do?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A: Sorry, if you use Ubuntu you won't get security updates, and PPAs won't support your old release. Consider using 32-bit Debian instead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Q: I have a 64-bit CPU, but a 32-bit release. How can I update to a supported 64-bit release while keeping my files?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A: ...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, I don't think we should support EoSS releases, even if it means we won't help people with 32-bit systems. A canonical question (or several) about what to do if you have a 32-bit system might be good (although that's a separate discussion).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1438484" LastEditorUserId="1438484" LastEditDate="2022-01-31T20:13:05.837" LastActivityDate="2022-01-31T20:13:05.837" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19921" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2022-02-02T22:36:05.690" Score="10" ViewCount="228" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/charset&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;charset&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;charset&lt;/a&gt; tag and the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/character-set&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;character-set&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;character-set&lt;/a&gt; refer to the same thing. One is simply the abbreviation. I don't see any reason for them to be seperate. Can they be made synonyms, please?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1438484" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2023-09-27T05:07:50.190" LastActivityDate="2023-09-27T05:07:50.190" Title="Can the [charset] and [character-set] tags be made synonyms?" Tags="|discussion|status-completed|tags|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19922" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19923" CreationDate="2022-02-02T23:47:33.420" Score="10" ViewCount="181" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is Extended Security Maintenance on-topic on AU even though the subject OS is EoSS?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ubuntu Help states:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Questions that you may ask:&lt;/strong&gt; include:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;Services provided by Ubuntu and Canonical&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;ESM is a Canonical service.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="43926" LastActivityDate="2022-02-04T20:59:17.850" Title="Is Extended Security Maintenance on-topic?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19923" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19922" CreationDate="2022-02-03T15:15:57.470" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would argue that questions about the ESM program itself, how it works, what it provides etc. would be on topic since we do allow questions about Canonical services and this is a service provided by Canonical.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I also think it would be best to change this policy and limit our scope to the technical side of things since we are &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; Canonical and don't work for them so we shouldn't be answering questions about the company's services, but that would have to be a separate discussion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, as long as we explicitly allow questions about Canonical services, we should also consider questions about the details of ESM on topic. This does not meant that technical questions about Ubuntu versions that are no longer actively maintained are on topic (we still can't ask &amp;quot;How can I foo the bar in Ubuntu 16.04?&amp;quot;), but we can ask about the ESM service itself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="301745" LastEditDate="2022-02-04T20:59:17.850" LastActivityDate="2022-02-04T20:59:17.850" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19924" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2022-02-04T21:24:02.900" Score="7" ViewCount="245" Body="&lt;p&gt;Over on Meta Stack Exchange, someone's &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/375430/repeated-review-audit-5-times-so-far&quot;&gt;reported having received the same post as a review audit&lt;/a&gt; in the &lt;em&gt;First questions&lt;/em&gt; review queue five times overall. Per &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/q/315848/6083675&quot;&gt;this post from a then-employee&lt;/a&gt;, when the system generates a review audit, it does not check to see if a given user has previously received the same post as an audit, and just randomly selects an eligible post to generate an audit from.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That the same post was randomly selected as a known-bad audit for the &lt;em&gt;same&lt;/em&gt; user &lt;em&gt;five&lt;/em&gt; times leads me to believe that the pool of eligible known-bad audit questions is extremely small: per the probability rules, the chances of the same post being selected are one in the number of eligible questions to the fifth power. (Unfortunately, as the post is deleted, I as a &amp;lt;10k user cannot see its timeline, and so don't know how many times it was used as an audit in total, for all users.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why is the selectable pool of known-bad first question audits so small, and what can be done to increase it? Are there some classes of questions being excluded from selection (e.g. those asked more than one year ago)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm asking this because even if the feature change requested in the linked report, to check to see if the same post was used to audit the same user, is implemented, this could lead to a dearth of available questions to select once a user has audited all the eligible questions, which means they're no longer being checked for robo-reviewing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="177393" LastEditorUserId="1629708" LastEditDate="2022-09-07T14:19:43.400" LastActivityDate="2022-09-07T14:20:31.393" Title="Why is the pool of selectable known-bad first question audits so small?" Tags="|support|status-completed|review|review-audits|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19925" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19926" CreationDate="2022-02-05T03:45:53.393" Score="5" ViewCount="122" Body="&lt;p&gt;Recently, while randomly browsing Meta Ask Ubuntu, I found the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/users?tab=participation&quot;&gt;Participation&lt;/a&gt; tab in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/users&quot;&gt;Users&lt;/a&gt; section. To me, it is showing me on the top of the tab:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ZRRrl.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ZRRrl.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I haven't posted any meta posts recently, so, I believe it shows the current user on the top of the page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Am I correct? Does it show the current user on top? How is participation calculated on Meta?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1460940" LastEditorUserId="169736" LastEditDate="2022-02-18T01:56:34.730" LastActivityDate="2022-02-18T01:56:34.730" Title="How is the Meta participation calculated?" Tags="|support|meta|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19926" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19925" CreationDate="2022-02-05T07:03:16.993" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;There's a tooltip on the &amp;quot;Participation&amp;quot; button at the top, which you can see if you hover over it:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Users most active on this site in the last 60 days (combined number of posts, votes, comments and edits).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/149097/377214&quot;&gt;This post&lt;/a&gt; elaborates more on it:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Take the sum of those four values and sort the users based on those sums. The only minor details that are not in the tooltip are things like &amp;quot;don't count deleted stuff&amp;quot;, and the fact that &amp;quot;votes&amp;quot; includes answer acceptance and that &amp;quot;edits&amp;quot; excludes edits to your own posts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As site metas don't have reputation, the designers needed a different way to order users who participate on them, so this is what they came up with.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Incidentally, this sort order is also available on main sites despite there not being a link to it; it can be accessed by going to &lt;code&gt;/users?tab=participation&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="177393" LastActivityDate="2022-02-05T07:03:16.993" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19927" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="3053" CreationDate="2022-02-05T18:31:05.400" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Needed:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I broke my system by messing about with python. How do I fix it?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I used the directions on a website to install wine and broke my system. How do I fix it?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Pending Update of Snap Store / canonical answer &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/1412580/243321&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/a/1412580/243321&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Why are packages being held back when I do an update / because of phased updates&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="243321" LastEditorUserId="243321" LastEditDate="2022-09-18T14:22:53.333" LastActivityDate="2022-09-18T14:22:53.333" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19928" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2022-02-09T20:47:49.123" Score="2" ViewCount="90" Body="&lt;p&gt;I visit the AskUbuntu-page every day and browse trough the questions. I open questions and mostly browse till page 4. I don't really understand how my counter shows only 4 days. Please can anyone tell me why this doesn't count? Thank you  very much.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1450922" LastActivityDate="2022-02-09T20:47:49.123" Title="incorrect (4) consecutive days count while I visit this page every day" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19930" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19932" CreationDate="2022-02-17T21:37:00.227" Score="1" ViewCount="107" Body="&lt;p&gt;I had a 308 reputation about thirty minutes ago, and someone has spontaneously down-voted at least four of my answers, and voted to delete them. I expect that this will happen more, and I would like to fix it. How can I report this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1004300" LastEditorUserId="158442" LastEditDate="2022-02-18T10:08:22.770" LastActivityDate="2022-02-18T10:08:22.770" Title="Spontaneous Reputation Loss" Tags="|support|reputation|voting|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19931" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19930" CreationDate="2022-02-17T22:02:46.660" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I didn't down-vote any of your posts. I did make a suggestion to improve one...before you deleted it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You're absolutely right that it's awful when somebody is clearly being mean. Many of us have received that kind of cowardly attack.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, as somebody who has lived through similar dark days, I encourage you keep contributing and to let the current system work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your contributions will be recognized and rewarded without needing to make moderators review hundreds of extra posts each day.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Those trolls do get bored and wander away. Some do indeed get banned (the moderators don't make a lot of noise when that occurs).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19626" LastActivityDate="2022-02-17T22:02:46.660" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19932" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19930" CreationDate="2022-02-18T04:46:42.850" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Fun fact, when you get serial downvoted or attacked by reputation, the system is kinda smart.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's what your reputation tracker says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/6Arbm.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/6Arbm.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ldI0F.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ldI0F.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Downvotes on your posts which were then removed led to automatic reverts of those downvotes, and later there were more reverting of the downvotes or reputation loss for &amp;quot;Serial Downvoting&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This shows you that 'trolls' who serial downvote someone get handled by the system, moderators don't even have to do anything about that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, I wouldn't fret about small fluctuations - they happen all the time, but even this being said, the system is doing its job.  So don't worry about it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2022-02-18T04:46:42.850" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19934" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2022-02-28T13:35:48.760" Score="4" ViewCount="113" Body="&lt;p&gt;How does that happen?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/nIiim.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/nIiim.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;yeah it is spam&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;6 views but 8 downvotes?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="966203" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2022-02-28T21:56:43.633" LastActivityDate="2022-02-28T21:56:43.633" Title="Double downvote?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19937" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2022-03-04T08:10:49.410" Score="5" ViewCount="91" Body="&lt;p&gt;At least 10 per cent of the questions asked on AskUbuntu are for an unsupported version of Ubuntu or Linux or even another OS. It would be nice to have an automatic check in AskUbuntu that will force the poster to specify the version of the OS in question and &lt;strong&gt;automatically reject&lt;/strong&gt; the question if this is not about a supported version.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This will save huge amount of time for the people trying to help and eliminate comments like &amp;quot;what is your version?&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;you cannot post this question here because of this and that&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="855322" LastActivityDate="2022-03-04T08:10:49.410" Title="Checking version of Ubuntu before posting a question" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19939" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19944" CreationDate="2022-03-04T18:54:18.407" Score="1" ViewCount="93" Body="&lt;p&gt;For example, editing the question to change Linux Mint 19 to Ubuntu 18.04, or Zorin OS 16 to Ubuntu 20.04, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1107213" LastActivityDate="2022-03-06T12:04:48.353" Title="Is it OK to edit a question to replace the ubuntu spin off to its ubuntu equivalent?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19940" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19939" CreationDate="2022-03-05T01:48:14.460" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;No.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If a question is about an off-topic distro, it should be closed as off-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We can't assume that a problem or question about Zorin or Mint would exist if the question's author was using Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, edits should never deviate from the intentions of the original post.  You should never change details, especially critically relevant details like the operating system in use.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="953371" LastActivityDate="2022-03-05T01:48:14.460" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19941" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2022-03-05T08:18:58.357" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;This tag refers to all questions deleted from Stack Exchange sites. The tag 'specific-question' should also be used when referencing a specific question that has been deleted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For more information see:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/5221/how-does-deleting-work-what-can-cause-a-post-to-be-deleted-and-what-does-that&quot;&gt;How does deleting work? What can cause a post to be deleted, and what does that actually mean? What are the criteria for deletion?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since 2022 there is also an option to find all your deleted question and answers through your profile:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Her is a direct link to the part of your profile showing the deleted questions: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/deleted-questions/current&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/users/deleted-questions/current&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/10337&quot;&gt;Retrieve a deleted question&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/2645#374184&quot;&gt;Show all of my question/answers to me even if they are deleted&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/13193#13203&quot;&gt;We should be able to find questions or answers that we have deleted&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="378196" LastEditorUserId="378196" LastEditDate="2022-03-10T02:18:13.893" LastActivityDate="2022-03-10T02:18:13.893" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19942" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2022-03-05T08:18:58.357" Score="0" Body="This tag refers to all questions deleted from Stack Exchange sites. The tag 'specific-question' should also be used when referencing a specific question that has been deleted." OwnerUserId="378196" LastEditorUserId="378196" LastEditDate="2022-03-10T02:17:49.227" LastActivityDate="2022-03-10T02:17:49.227" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19943" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="10337" CreationDate="2022-03-05T08:26:43.473" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;This was changed relatively recently (in 2022). You can now find all your deleted questions/deleted answers. (See also the entries about January 2021 here: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/59445#375078&quot;&gt;Recent feature changes to Stack Exchange&lt;/a&gt;.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you go to your profile and to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/current?tab=questions&quot;&gt;question tab&lt;/a&gt;, simply scroll to the bottom and click on &lt;em&gt;deleted questions&lt;/em&gt;. You can get to the list of deleted answers in the same way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is a direct link that should get you to the list of your deleted questions: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/deleted-questions/current&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/users/deleted-questions/current&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="378196" LastActivityDate="2022-03-05T08:26:43.473" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19944" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19939" CreationDate="2022-03-05T14:32:28.670" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;The way I see it, it depends on whether or not you can know for a fact that the question is applicable to Ubuntu. If you do know it, then an edit that removes the mention of the other OS seems perfectly fine: the site just gained another useful question and potential answers that are applicable to Ubuntu. If you don't know or cannot be sure, then don't edit and just vote to close, that is also fine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If a Mint user asks a question about &lt;code&gt;sed&lt;/code&gt;, which is in no way different in Mint and Ubuntu, an edit removing the mention of Mint to ensure the question is on topic is just another case of an edit improving a question to make it on topic. Nothing particularly special.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When you see a question posted about a different distribution, you know the question is off topic. So vote to close it! That's absolutely fine. If, however, you happen to know that the question could just as well have been asked by an Ubuntu user, then you may choose to instead edit it and make it on topic. That way, the OP gets an answer, we get a useful question and everyone is happy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The worst case scenario is that the solution we provide might not work for the OP because they're using a different distribution. That's a shame, but that's why we have a scope. The OP shouldn't have asked here. However, the next Ubuntu user with the same issue will now find a solution here. So, again, great! The OP is only a small (and in many ways the least significant) part of why we answer. The main reason is to collect a repository of useful information and help the millions of users and visitors we have. The OP is just one person.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have used many different distributions over the years. When I was a Mint user, I would often find my solution in Ubuntu forums. When I was an Ubuntu user, I would often find my solution in the Mint forums, or the Arch forums or wherever else. I haven't used Ubuntu or an Ubuntu-derived distribution for more than 10 years now. And yet, I still find useful solutions in the Ubuntu world.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The simple truth is that questions that are really distro-specific are a tiny subset of the questions posted about Linux. The differences between the distributions are far, far fewer than their similarities. So if you &lt;em&gt;know&lt;/em&gt; that a question is applicable to Ubuntu, there is no benefit in closing it, that just deprives us of a useful question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I guess I am saying that our primary responsibility is to the site. If editing to make a question on topic makes the site richer by a useful question, then by extension, closing said question makes the site poorer and that can't be a good thing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, I am not saying we should go around blindly editing questions and forcing them to be on topic. In fact, I can count the times I felt that was worth doing on my fingers, and without taking off my socks. In most cases, the question isn't really so stellar or the issue isn't so clear-cut, and it's simpler for everyone to just close as off topic. But on those few, rare occasions where a question is really interesting and you know it's applicable to Ubuntu, why not add some useful content to the site if all it takes is a simple edit?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Much of this answer has been reproduced from my answer here: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/18422/85695&quot;&gt;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/18422/85695&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2022-03-06T12:04:48.353" LastActivityDate="2022-03-06T12:04:48.353" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19945" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2022-03-07T20:15:15.407" Score="17" ViewCount="748" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The purpose of this thread was to collect questions for the questionnaire. The questionnaire is now live, and you may find it &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/election/8#questionnaire&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu is scheduled for an election &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/election/8&quot;&gt;next week, 2022-03-14&lt;/a&gt;. In connection with that, we will be holding a Q&amp;amp;A with the candidates. This will be an opportunity for members of the community to pose questions to the candidates on the topic of moderation.  Participation is completely voluntary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here’s how it’ll work:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Until the nomination phase, (so, until 2022-03-14 at 20:00:00Z UTC, or 4:00 pm EDT on the same day, give or take time to arrive for closure), this question will be open to collect potential questions from the users of the site. Post answers to this question containing any questions you would like to ask the candidates. Please only post &lt;em&gt;one question per answer&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If your question contains a link, please use the syntax of &lt;code&gt;[text](link)&lt;/code&gt;, as that will make it easier for transcribing for the finished questionnaire.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;This is a perfect opportunity to voice questions that are specific to your community and issues that you are running into currently.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;We, the Community Team, will be providing a small selection of generic questions. The following two questions are guaranteed to be included:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How would you deal with a user who produced a steady stream of valuable answers, but tends to generate a large number of arguments/flags from comments?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How would you handle a situation where another mod closed/deleted/etc. a question that you feel shouldn’t have been?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The community team may also include the following three questions if the community doesn’t supply enough questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In your opinion, what do moderators do?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A diamond will be attached to everything you say and have said in the past, including questions, answers and comments. Everything you will do will be seen under a different light. How do you feel about that?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In what way do you feel that being a moderator will make you more effective as opposed to simply reaching 10k or 20k rep?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;At the start of the nomination phase, the Community Team will select &lt;strong&gt;up to 8 of the top voted questions submitted by the community&lt;/strong&gt; provided in this thread, to use in addition to the aforementioned 2 guaranteed questions. We reserve some editorial control in the selection of the questions and may opt not to select a question that is tangential or irrelevant to moderation or the election. We exclude any suggested questions that are negatively scored.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We will post the final questionnaire on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/election/8&quot;&gt;Election page&lt;/a&gt;. Candidates will have the option to fill out the questionnaire, and their answers will appear beneath their intro statements.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;This is not the only option that users have for gathering information on candidates. As a community, you are still free to, for example, hold a live chat session with your candidates to ask further questions, or perhaps clarifications from what is provided in the Q&amp;amp;A.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have any questions or feedback about this process, feel free to post as a comment here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="761293" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2022-04-04T11:16:50.037" LastActivityDate="2022-04-04T11:16:50.037" Title="2022 Moderator Election Q&amp;A – Question Collection" Tags="|discussion|election|" AnswerCount="8" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19946" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19945" CreationDate="2022-03-08T15:53:02.040" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;This may be a little far-fetched - but I'm giving it a shot anyway:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In which ways do you feel, that you as a moderator will be able to invoke and enhance the underlying philosophy of &amp;quot;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_philosophy&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt;&amp;quot; (in the meaning &lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;I am because we are&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt; or &lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;humanity towards each other&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt;) on the Ask Ubuntu site?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1066942" LastEditorUserId="1066942" LastEditDate="2022-03-09T13:21:50.167" LastActivityDate="2022-03-09T13:21:50.167" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19948" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2022-03-10T01:20:49.407" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2022-03-10T01:20:49.407" LastActivityDate="2022-03-10T01:20:49.407" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19949" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2022-03-10T01:20:49.407" Score="0" Body="Refers to &quot;The 7 Essential Meta Questions of Every Beta&quot; from The Overflow - https://stackoverflow.blog/2010/07/10/the-7-essential-meta-questions-of-every-beta/" OwnerUserId="1438484" LastEditorUserId="1438484" LastEditDate="2022-04-05T06:51:59.133" LastActivityDate="2022-04-05T06:51:59.133" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19950" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19945" CreationDate="2022-03-11T15:28:11.600" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;If anything comes to mind, please link to one or two or three meta posts that you like (by other people, but if you want to include one of your own that might be good).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2022-03-11T15:28:11.600" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19951" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19945" CreationDate="2022-03-11T15:29:38.330" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;If anything comes to mind, please share a positive experience you have had in relation to the work of moderators (on Ask Ubuntu, or any other Stack Exchange site).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2022-03-11T15:29:38.330" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19952" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2022-03-11T20:07:14.490" Score="0" ViewCount="87" Body="&lt;p&gt;Today I try asking the question 'How to send a mail with two or three copies from Thunderbird?'; I have completed details 'I was used to click Enter after address for the copy; it resulted in showing further field for another address. Now, it does not work in my Thunderbird 91.5.0 in Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS.', added tags [18.04], [thunderbird] and [copy], clicked at 'Review your question' and got a message that the question is ready to post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But when I click at 'Post your question' the page being displayed only returns to the same picture with the 'Post your question' pushbutton and the question does not appear among questions in my  user:165175 profile.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="165175" LastEditorUserId="165175" LastEditDate="2022-03-11T20:14:50.127" LastActivityDate="2022-03-11T20:14:50.127" Title="why I cannot post my question?" Tags="|discussion|posts|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19953" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19945" CreationDate="2022-03-12T00:03:47.180" Score="-2" Body="&lt;p&gt;There has been a long-standing debate about Ask Ubuntu making questions pertaining to Extended Security Maintenance (ESM) releases on-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Users have had highly conflicting views about this and to be honest, the minority opinions were stifled.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How will you try to resolve this debate amicably?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1103140" LastEditorUserId="1103140" LastEditDate="2022-03-18T13:02:18.723" LastActivityDate="2022-03-18T13:02:18.723" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19954" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19945" CreationDate="2022-03-12T00:09:29.800" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;How will you condemn inappropriate behaviour of high reputation users (including moderators)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There have been various instances when users spoke in a rude way in chat, or in comments of posts in meta and in some cases, no real action was taken against them. How will you deal with such kind of issue? Is suspension your only option?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1103140" LastActivityDate="2022-03-12T00:09:29.800" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19955" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19945" CreationDate="2022-03-12T00:20:09.343" Score="-10" Body="&lt;p&gt;Are you comfortable with users contacting you (privately: through email or some other method which is outside the boundaries of Stack Exchange) regarding issues related to Ask Ubuntu (like abusive behaviour of a particular user, or sharing opinion regarding Ask Ubuntu Meta stuff, etc.)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If no, how do you feel users can approach you privately?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1103140" LastActivityDate="2022-03-12T00:20:09.343" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19956" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19945" CreationDate="2022-03-12T00:25:58.110" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Will you be active in chatrooms after becoming a moderator?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There have been various users who became inactive in chat after becoming moderators. In rooms like the Raiders of the Lost Downboat, a presence of moderator can be extremely helpful to new users (as you can guide them how to review).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know that it's not obligatory for a moderator to be active in chat but I would love to hear your take on this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1103140" LastActivityDate="2022-03-12T00:25:58.110" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19957" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2022-03-14T16:01:58.417" Score="1" ViewCount="71" Body="&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a question about my Ask Ubuntu post: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1361214/full-disk-encryption-that-is-fips-certified/1397146#1397146&quot;&gt;Full Disk Encryption that is FIPS certified&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I had the exact same question as the poster in the link above. Unfortunately, it does not have any answers. However, it is several months old, so I thought the poster might have resolved the issue since then but forgot to post a follow-up answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I signed up for Ask Ubuntu, but I quickly realized it was not possible to interact with the question in any meaningful way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I didn't realize it at the time, but it looks like &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/14616/how-can-a-new-user-escalate-an-old-unanswered-question&quot;&gt;this meta question&lt;/a&gt; exactly captures my dilemma.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At the time, I assumed asking the same question would be immediately closed as a duplicate. So instead, I took the only action I thought I could; I posted the comment-as-an-answer above, which promptly got downvoted and deleted. Yet the user who deleted my post did not provide any guidance on what to do instead. After searching the meta questions, I eventually found the post above, which would have been helpful. But it would have been even more helpful if there had been clear instructions to begin with.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user1578175" LastActivityDate="2022-03-17T23:29:41.630" Title="Please provide guidance to new users seeking to elevate old, unanswered questions" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19958" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19945" CreationDate="2022-03-14T17:45:39.633" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;This question would be mostly valid for people who are very active in the review queues.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Before the diamond, reviews would require several people's votes before the system decides on the outcome. With the diamond, your vote will be the definitive one. Would that &lt;em&gt;spook&lt;/em&gt; you into skipping reviews?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In summary, &lt;em&gt;how would the diamond affect your activities in the review queue?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastActivityDate="2022-03-14T17:45:39.633" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19959" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2022-03-14T20:00:00.743" Score="13" ViewCount="344" Body="&lt;p&gt;The 2022 Community Moderator Election is now underway!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Community moderator elections have three phases:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Nomination phase&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Primary phase&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Election phase&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most elections take between two and three weeks, but this depends on how many candidates there are.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please visit the official election page at&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/election&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/election&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;for more detail, and to participate!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have general questions about the election process, or questions for moderator candidates, feel free to ask them here on meta -- just make sure your questions are tagged &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/election&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;election&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;election&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2022-04-03T13:25:06.557" LastActivityDate="2022-04-03T13:25:06.557" Title="2022 Community Moderator Election" Tags="|discussion|election|moderators|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2022-03-14T20:00:00.743" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19960" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2022-03-16T03:32:46.917" Score="2" ViewCount="83" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1391701/xubuntu-20-04-network-device-disconnecting-every-few-minutes-kernel-driver-e100&quot;&gt;XUbuntu 20.04 Network Device disconnecting every few minutes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The linked-to solution does not solve the problem. How can it be said that it has already been answered? Perhaps someone else with a similar problem had that solution work for them. I am having this problem, and that solution does not work for me. Unless I am improperly applying the proposed solution (I don't believe I am) this tells us that the problems are different.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Imagine PersonA posts about their printer not working, and then PersonB links to a thread where a printer was made to work by installing driver ABCD. PersonA then installs driver ABCD and their printer still doesn't work. Clearly, despite the problems appearing similar, the underlying cause of the problem is different. Otherwise, the solution would have worked.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My Ubuntu 20.04 machine broke after an update. I have not been able to fix that problem, despite trying all of the recommendations in that thread, including the false solution of installing &amp;quot;DKMS-based driver from &lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/koljah-de/e1000e-dkms-debian&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://github.com/koljah-de/e1000e-dkms-debian&lt;/a&gt; .&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I come here for help because this is a strange problem. The answer I get is that my question has already been solved, despite the fact that the proposed solution does not solve the problem?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this the community we want to be? Double-speak and false cures?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the problem is not solved, the thread should not be closed. It should be left open so an answer can be potentially found, and so I can decide whether to use the bounty tool to generate attention to the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="217857" LastEditorUserId="217857" LastEditDate="2022-03-16T03:44:17.317" LastActivityDate="2022-03-16T03:44:17.317" Title="Question marked as &quot;already answered&quot;, but the answer linked to does not answer my question" Tags="|discussion|moderation|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19961" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19335" CreationDate="2022-03-16T15:11:04.463" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;My &lt;em&gt;Ubuntu Story&lt;/em&gt;™ is probably one of the geekier examples that one might read about, as the Ubuntu aspect starts in 2004 with a conversation on Usenet&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt; that migrated over to Slashdot before becoming a series of posts published on a &amp;quot;proto-blog&amp;quot; powered by Michel Valdrighi's B2/cafelog&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt;, but it really begins in 1995 when I was introduced to Slackware Linux while visiting the University of Toronto.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Way back in the 90s, there were just a handful of Linux distributions and I would often bounce between Slackware and SUSE. By mid-2001 I had grown tired of distro-hopping and, in true geek fashion, decided I would &lt;em&gt;create my own distribution&lt;/em&gt;. It was called NatashaOS and it was ... crashy. The underlying bits were fine, as the proper Linux kernel and base packages were pretty decent, but I wanted my UI to be flashy and cool, like the LiteStep&lt;sup&gt;3&lt;/sup&gt; alternative shells one would see people apply to their Windows 9x gaming machines (often inspired by something seen in Japanese anime&lt;sup&gt;4&lt;/sup&gt;). A &lt;em&gt;normal&lt;/em&gt; person at this point would probably ask: &amp;quot;Wait. If all you wanted was a better desktop, why didn't you build a new DE for Slackware or SUSE?&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A reasonable question. However, a 22 year old male is hardly a model of reason. Guys of that age generally consist only of ambition, ego, and pizza. There is no room for perspective or patience.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So NatashaOS consumed a great deal of my time. This effort was the reason I gave up gaming – because there wasn't time – and offered a remarkable opportunity to learn about writing graphics drivers for S3 Trio&lt;sup&gt;5&lt;/sup&gt; and, later, Savage video cards. However, as anyone who has ever written hardware drivers can attest, the slightest thing can bring a system down. This was the problem that I fought with for all of 2002 and most of 2003 ... until the first version of Fedora Linux was released.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Fedora had it all. &amp;quot;Great&amp;quot; hardware support. A decent desktop environment. A community of invested people. Nothing I might assemble could ever compete with the might of Red Hat. So I made the switch and everyone lived happily ever after.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Well ... until the summer of 2004 when there was a lot of buzz in a Usenet group – &lt;code&gt;alt.os.linux&lt;/code&gt;, I think – about a new project that wanted to make Linux &amp;quot;human friendly&amp;quot;. It had an intriguing name and lofty ambitions. I dabbled with it from time to time on my &amp;quot;l33t&amp;quot; AMD Athlon 3200+ system&lt;sup&gt;6&lt;/sup&gt; but, at that point in my life, I had to be focused on getting things done. That meant using Windows for &amp;quot;work&amp;quot; and Fedora for &lt;em&gt;work&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Every couple of weeks I would swap a hard drive out of the workstation or notebook to install Ubuntu for a weekend to see how the project was progressing. This went on for almost two years. It wasn't until Dapper Drake – 6.06 – was released on June 1, 2006 that I saw Ubuntu as being ready to replace Fedora on my systems. Ubuntu 6.06 managed to do everything I wanted to do with NatashaOS and everything I couldn't easily do with Fedora. Ubiquity made installations a breeze. The Humanlooks theme was visually appealing and smooth. Heck, I could even have both English and Japanese applications running without dealing with messy font problems!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At this point, Ubuntu replaced Fedora and became my primary desktop. I would still use Windows on work machines when mandated, and later use MacOS for other purposes, but Ubuntu is – and has been – my primary desktop and server distribution for well over 15 years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why haven't I switched to other distributions over the years? Probably because there has never been a need. There are certainly some interesting projects going on. Arch has become incredibly usable for average people. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.bodhilinux.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Bodhi Linux&lt;/a&gt; remains my favourite light-weight OS for machines that have CPUs older than my (retired) Palm Tungsten T3&lt;sup&gt;7&lt;/sup&gt;. EndeavourOS is poised to make waves in the near future. Heck, Fedora's SilverBlue could completely revolutionise the way technology is deployed and managed at most medium-to-large corporations, making familiarity with the OS a &amp;quot;smart career decision&amp;quot;. But Ubuntu does everything I ask it to and then some. The fleet of servers I manage rarely need any attention and the desktop systems are rock solid so long as I'm not trying to mess around with ZFS in non-standard ways&lt;sup&gt;8&lt;/sup&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would I consider switching distributions in the future if something else came along? Of course. However, that something else would need to offer benefits that Ubuntu – and the community around it – cannot.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Looking at how much has changed since the days of Slackware, Usenet, Slashdot, B2, S3, and Palm handhelds, I feel much, &lt;em&gt;much&lt;/em&gt; older than my age ... &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Wiki on Usenet&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nexcess.net/blog/wordpress-history/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Short history of WordPress precursor B2/cafelog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LiteStep&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;LiteStep&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Does anybody else remember &lt;a href=&quot;https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/1330469-gijinka-moe-anthropomorphism&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the iMac anime girl&lt;/a&gt; that was everywhere at the turn of the century?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S3_Trio&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Wiki on S3 Trio&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You're usin' a 286? Don't make me laugh. Your Windows boots up in what, a day and a half? &lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_Tungsten#Tungsten_T3&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Wiki on the Palm Tungsten T3&lt;/a&gt;. After this, I went to an HP iPad 211 Enterprise running Windows Mobile 5 with a custom ROM ... then later an iPod Touch that made every previous mobile device look like a joke in comparison.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The best way to learn about fixing file system problems is to break the file system. Try not to do this on your primary machine, though.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1222991" LastActivityDate="2022-03-16T15:11:04.463" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19963" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19957" CreationDate="2022-03-17T23:12:55.663" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can &amp;quot;elevate&amp;quot; an unanswered question by helping to improve it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Make sure it has the right tags, so it shows up to subscribers of those tags.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Make sure it has the right keywords and phrases so it shows up in searches.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If output or additional detail or troubleshooting tests have been requested but not provided, help provide it.&#xA;&amp;quot;I have the exact same issue, and my output is....&amp;quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If the question is clear but poorly written, offer a suggested edit (rewrite) for the community to review.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After you edit an unanswered question, it pops to the top of the Home page and gets immediate visibility by a lot of the volunteers here. It will, of course, slowly start working its way downhill as other edits and posts grab that coveted top position.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;DON'T&lt;/strong&gt; hijack a question into something different with your edits. Make sure you are really &lt;em&gt;improving&lt;/em&gt; the original question, and helping to make it answerable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;DON'T&lt;/strong&gt; make trivial changes to a Question just to keep recycling it to the top. Trying to game the system will quickly attract the ire of a Moderator.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;DON'T&lt;/strong&gt; make changes to an answered question if the answer didn't work for you. That often means your problem is different. Instead, post a new question clearly showing how it didn't work -- and is therefore not a duplicate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, many questions are unanswered simply because they are &lt;em&gt;unanswerable as currently written&lt;/em&gt;. Maybe they lack detail. Maybe they have a conceptual flaw. Maybe the person asking was misdirected. Questions that are obviously off-topic or abandoned with insufficient data should be closed instead of elevated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, the answer you need might be in AskUbuntu already...but attached to a question that is differently worded, misspelled, or have the wrong tags. A few minutes trying to outwit the Search box with different terms and permutations might payoff handsomely. If you strike gold and find a great answer to a poorly-written question, please help improve that question so others can find it without suffering.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;P.S. ...and, of course, remember to post an answer to your own question if you discover a better answer on your own!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19626" LastEditorUserId="19626" LastEditDate="2022-03-17T23:29:41.630" LastActivityDate="2022-03-17T23:29:41.630" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19964" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19965" CreationDate="2022-03-18T00:25:27.090" Score="6" ViewCount="120" Body="&lt;p&gt;A bounty has gone up for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1316249/one-click-gpu-passthrough-to-vm-in-gnome-boxes&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; and, given the number of upvotes, it's certainly something that a number of people would like to see an answer for:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/i3jv9.png&quot; alt=&quot;NixOS? Seriously?&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, the comment from Jalil has me wondering a couple of things:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;NixOS is off-topic here. Does this make the bounty off topic?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A solution that works for Ubuntu 20.04, the version tagged by the question author, may not work for NixOS. Does this make the bounty more or less unclaimable, as the solution would need to work for NixOS ahead of Ubuntu?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While the bounty is certainly an effective way of getting this question in front of people again, I wonder if it should be cancelled. That said, would the 50 points escrowed by Jalil be returned to him if the bounty is nixed? My understanding is that once a bounty amount is removed from an account, it is never returned.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1222991" LastActivityDate="2022-03-18T12:45:48.333" Title="An Unclaimable Bounty?" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19965" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19964" CreationDate="2022-03-18T12:45:48.333" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;Basically: not our problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The site deals with Ubuntu. If the person who offered the bounty gets a solution that works for Ubuntu but not for NixOS so they feel they cannot award the bounty, then the system will just award it automatically as explained in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/bounty&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/help/bounty&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you do not award your bounty within 7 days (plus the grace period), the highest voted answer created after the bounty started with a minimum score of 2 will be awarded half the bounty amount (or the full amount, if the answer is also accepted). If two or more eligible answers have the same score (their scores are tied), the oldest answer is chosen. If there's no answer meeting those criteria, no bounty is awarded to anyone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, the moderators can refund bounties but this is done very rarely since we don't want people to just open bounties and then retract them all the time. I would argue there is no reason to refund, if the user who offered the bounty didn't want an Ubuntu answer, they shouldn't have added a bounty to an Ubuntu question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2022-03-18T12:45:48.333" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19966" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2022-03-19T15:11:52.267" Score="0" ViewCount="68" Body="&lt;p&gt;I edited a question (translated from Italian to English) and my name wasn't shown on the post. Then in my two and a half hours later I noticed that someone else's name is displayed there. How is that possible? How does that work? I got 2 points for editing though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1450922" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2022-03-20T02:28:05.693" LastActivityDate="2022-03-20T08:20:30.647" Title="Edited a question, but it doesn't display my name" Tags="|support|editing|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19967" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19966" CreationDate="2022-03-19T17:41:12.927" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Because you currently have less than 2000 reputation, your edit was not applied immediately and was instead sent to a queue to be peer reviewed by other users (who have at least 2000 reputation).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Someone &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/1213157&quot;&gt;reviewed your edit suggestion and chose to &lt;strong&gt;Edit&lt;/strong&gt; it&lt;/a&gt;. That means that when they were presented with your suggestion in the queue, they chose the option to &lt;strong&gt;Improve&lt;/strong&gt; the suggestion, which has these effects:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the reviewer is presented with the post in the editor with the suggested changes applied, and can edit it however they see fit&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the edit suggestion is &amp;quot;approved&amp;quot; when the reviewer finishes their additional edit&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the suggester receives +2 reputation&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/1398268/revisions&quot;&gt;the revision history&lt;/a&gt; shows both edits, as separate revisions&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;the reviewer is considered to be the more recent of the two editors and so their name and avatar are displayed in the &lt;em&gt;last edited by&lt;/em&gt; spot immediately, &lt;strong&gt;so the suggester's name and avatar are never shown there&lt;/strong&gt;. If the edit is simply approved by reviewers without further changes being made, then the suggester's name and avatar will be displayed.*&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By the way, please see &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/19894/is-translating-posts-using-google-translate-acceptable&quot;&gt;this post&lt;/a&gt; - we actually don't want such edits to be done.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;*&lt;sub&gt;Different rules apply to a rare type of post called a Community Wiki, which can be edited by any user with at least 100 reputation points. For those posts, the name of the last editor is not displayed at all, and the person who has contributed the most to the post will be shown as the author. The post you edited is not a Community Wiki.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="1460940" LastEditDate="2022-03-20T08:20:30.647" LastActivityDate="2022-03-20T08:20:30.647" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19968" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2022-03-22T11:38:12.617" Score="2" ViewCount="58" Body="&lt;p&gt;Related to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/8313/synonym-request-software-uninstall-to-uninstall&quot;&gt;Synonym request: [software-uninstall] to [uninstall]&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To help with choosing the right tag, between &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/uninstall&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;uninstall&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;uninstall&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/software-uninstall&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;software-uninstall&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;software-uninstall&lt;/a&gt; maybe the tag description for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/uninstall&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;uninstall&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;uninstall&lt;/a&gt; should be changed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Current &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/uninstall&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;uninstall&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;uninstall&lt;/a&gt; description:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions about uninstalling software in Ubuntu, or uninstalling Ubuntu from a computer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Suggested &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/uninstall&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;uninstall&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;uninstall&lt;/a&gt; description:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions about uninstalling Ubuntu from a computer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1561409" LastActivityDate="2022-03-22T17:09:49.010" Title="Maybe change the tag description for [uninstall]" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19969" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19968" CreationDate="2022-03-22T13:38:38.803" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've gotta say, I just looked at the related link, and I disagree with the consensus. Sure, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/uninstall&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;uninstall&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;uninstall&lt;/a&gt; is technically a more general category, but within the context of valid questions on AU, I am not so sure. Everything inside the OS is software.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sure, there are a lot of instances of firmware/hardware questions that are within the AU scope, but firmware/hardware uninstall questions? I can't think of any, at least not any that are valid.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If appropriate use of a tag encourages poor questions (e.g. &amp;quot;uninstall the internet itself?&amp;quot; as in one of the linked page's comments, supposedly a real example??), isn't it doing more harm than good?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1164434" LastEditorUserId="618353" LastEditDate="2022-03-22T17:09:49.010" LastActivityDate="2022-03-22T17:09:49.010" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19970" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2022-03-22T16:02:17.523" Score="2" ViewCount="806" Body="&lt;p&gt;Why was my question &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/1398568/538283&quot;&gt;Installing python: who is deadsnakes and why should I trust them?&lt;/a&gt; closed as a duplicate of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/35629/538283&quot;&gt;Are PPAs safe to add to my system and what are some &amp;quot;red flags&amp;quot; to watch out for?&lt;/a&gt; even though I have linked to it when asking and explained why it doesn't answer my question? Was it really possible to trivially infer from there everything that was said in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/1398569/538283&quot;&gt;the great answer I received&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="538283" LastActivityDate="2022-03-25T14:38:44.200" Title="Why was my question closed as a duplicate?" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|closed-questions|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19971" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19968" CreationDate="2022-03-22T16:50:55.610" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is no need for a tag about uninstalling Ubuntu itself. One does not uninstall an operating system but simply installs over it or erases the disk.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Generally I use the tag &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/software-uninstall&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;software-uninstall&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;software-uninstall&lt;/a&gt; rather than &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/uninstall&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;uninstall&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;uninstall&lt;/a&gt;, but there is no reason for us to have both of these tags. I suggest keeping &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/software-uninstall&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;software-uninstall&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;software-uninstall&lt;/a&gt; and making &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/uninstall&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;uninstall&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;uninstall&lt;/a&gt; a synonym of it and merging them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2022-03-22T16:50:55.610" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19972" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19970" CreationDate="2022-03-22T19:01:22.480" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I believe the reason your question was closed is that you asked about a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1398568/installing-python-who-is-deadsnakes-and-why-should-i-trust-them&quot;&gt;specific ppa&lt;/a&gt;, but this was already answered in a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/35629/are-ppas-safe-to-add-to-my-system-and-what-are-some-red-flags-to-watch-out-for&quot;&gt;generic way&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The reasoning here is that from the generic information about green and red flags for PPAs, you should be able to extrapolate this information and apply it to your specific case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For instance, the PPA &lt;code&gt;deadsnakes&lt;/code&gt; has a &lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/deadsnakes&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Github page&lt;/a&gt;, which is updated daily.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In addition, the &lt;a href=&quot;https://launchpad.net/%7Edeadsnakes/+archive/ubuntu/ppa&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;PPA itself&lt;/a&gt; is very active. There is detailed information, support for both 18.04 and 20.04, and the main author (&lt;a href=&quot;https://launchpad.net/%7Efkrull&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Felix Krull&lt;/a&gt;) has been a member since 2009.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All this points to a legitimate and good supported PPA.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Imagine if the same question is asked for each and every PPA in existence - this would give hundreds, maybe even thousands of questions with basically the same answer: Engage in your own thorough due diligence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1066942" LastEditorUserId="8698" LastEditDate="2022-03-23T13:34:51.643" LastActivityDate="2022-03-23T13:34:51.643" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19973" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19970" CreationDate="2022-03-25T14:38:44.200" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would guess that the reason your question was closed as a duplicate was that either it was the same as the duplicated question or else the people judging it did not read either your question, the duplicated question, or both. The reason may just be similar titles, I see a lot of questions judged as duplicate just because they have similar titles.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="43926" LastActivityDate="2022-03-25T14:38:44.200" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19974" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2022-03-29T20:03:56.063" Score="24" ViewCount="522" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/election/8&quot;&gt;Moderator election #8&lt;/a&gt; on Ask Ubuntu has come to a close, the votes have been tallied, and the new moderator is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/57576&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/flair/57576.png&quot; alt=&quot;andrew.46&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They will be joining &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users?tab=moderators&quot;&gt;the existing crew&lt;/a&gt; shortly — please thank them for volunteering and share your assistance and advice with them as they learn the ropes!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, please join me in thanking the following user, who will be stepping down as moderator:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/41&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/flair/41.png&quot; alt=&quot;Marco Ceppi&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For details on how the voting played out, you can download the election results &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/election/8&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.opavote.com/results/6257550686158848&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;view a summary report online&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="761293" LastActivityDate="2022-03-29T20:11:24.263" Title="2022 Community Moderator Election Results" Tags="|discussion|election|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19975" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19974" CreationDate="2022-03-29T20:11:24.263" Score="23" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is very exciting!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you to all who participated in the election and especially thanks to the people who stepped up to be candidates. And thank you to those who have put their trust in me by voting me into this position, I will work diligently as moderator to repay this trust.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My special thanks as well to Marco Ceppi for all his hard work on Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And again: thank you!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="57576" LastActivityDate="2022-03-29T20:11:24.263" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19977" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19978" CreationDate="2022-03-30T22:29:45.450" Score="10" ViewCount="177" Body="&lt;p&gt;Our &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;What topics can I ask about here?&lt;/a&gt; help center page feels like it could use an update.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The first section, &lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;Questions that you may ask&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt;, looks fairly good.  Apparently at one point in time, it also included the final line:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are no &amp;quot;dumb&amp;quot; questions&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;... but, well &lt;em&gt;that's&lt;/em&gt; been removed in a previous update, apparently ... ;-)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A couple of possible suggestions, however.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The first line is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Using and administering &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com/about/about-ubuntu/derivatives&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;official Ubuntu flavors&lt;/a&gt;: Ubuntu, Ubuntu Budgie, Ubuntu MATE, Kubuntu, Ubuntu Kylin, Lubuntu, Ubuntu Studio and Xubuntu.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Perhaps we could go ahead and put in the qualifier that they must be &lt;em&gt;currently supported&lt;/em&gt; releases.  I know that's also covered in the next (&amp;quot;avoid&amp;quot;) section, but some people may see this first line and stop reading.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, (as the resident &amp;quot;WSL guy&amp;quot; around here) I think it might be useful to call out &lt;a href=&quot;https://ubuntu.com/wsl&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ubuntu on WSL&lt;/a&gt; as a supported release, since I know there's been a lot of confusion over this in the past.  We get more &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?tab=newest&amp;amp;q=user%3a1165986%20%5bwindows-subsystem-for-linux%5d&quot;&gt;Ubuntu on WSL questions&lt;/a&gt; than, say &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/budgie?tab=Newest&quot;&gt;Budgie&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The next section, &lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;Questions that you should avoid:&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt; could use some attention.  Here's the current wording:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h4&gt;Questions that you should avoid:&lt;/h4&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Linux Mint, Elementary OS, Backtrack, Gnome-Remix (prior to 13.04), budgie-remix (16.04 and 16.10) and other Linux distributions (try our friends at Unix &amp;amp; Linux Stack Exchange).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/226/are-bug-reports-suitable-for-this-site&quot;&gt;Bug reports&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;http://askubuntu.com/questions/5121/how-do-i-report-a-bug&quot;&gt;How do I submit a bug?&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/871/41&quot;&gt;Issues with the next version of Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt; (Ubuntu+1) (&lt;a href=&quot;http://askubuntu.com/questions/18641/theres-an-issue-with-an-alpha-release-of-ubuntu-what-should-i-do&quot;&gt;More information about Alpha and Beta release issues&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Shopping or Hardware Recommendations.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Support for versions for Ubuntu releases &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;past their &amp;quot;End of Standard Support&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;End of Life&amp;quot; dates&lt;/a&gt; (whichever is earlier) — unless the question is asking how to upgrade to a supported release.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some suggestions/comments on improvements:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;First up - Backtrack?  I had to look up what that was, since I've known it as Kali for quite a few years.  Kali is such a common off-topic question that we definitely should name it specifically, IMHO, and using the name it's had for the last (nearly) 10 years ;-).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;As I understand it, &amp;quot;Gnome-Remix&amp;quot; really just became mainline, and &amp;quot;budgie-remix&amp;quot; is now Ubuntu Budgie.  For both of these, the &amp;quot;currently supported&amp;quot; part should be sufficient, right?  Is there still a need to call them out separately with release numbers?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;It seems to me that we get far more off-topic questions on &amp;quot;not currently supported&amp;quot; Ubuntu releases than &amp;quot;bug reports&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Ubuntu+1&amp;quot;, or &amp;quot;Shopping/Hardware Recommendations&amp;quot;, right?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If that's truly the case, then let's move that higher in the list -- Probably the second bullet, but could be the first.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Finally, there is often confusion over &amp;quot;Ubuntu-derived&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;Debian-derived&amp;quot; distributions, so it might make sense to make a statement around that directly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;There are a few items in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tour&quot;&gt;tour&lt;/a&gt; that aren't present in the Help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;A nitpick, but the word &amp;quot;that&amp;quot; in the section headers &lt;a href=&quot;https://web.ku.edu/%7Eedit/that.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;isn't really necessary&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Also a nitpick -- Expanding some of the parenthetical links might make things more readable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;And one final nitpick, but as long as we are considering updating, the &amp;quot;Hardware and Shopping Recommendations&amp;quot; might use an explanatory link.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So how does this get updated, assuming we agree that it is in need of one?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I assume:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We upvote or downvote this question to agree or disagree that an update is needed?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We make proposals in the form of answers (mine is below), vote, and discuss here?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The mods then discuss and reach agreement based on the community discussion?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The mods then flag the final wording in an answer (or some other method) with the status-review tag for Staff to take action on?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1165986" LastActivityDate="2022-08-18T13:09:16.473" Title="&quot;What topics can I ask about here?&quot; in need of an update?" 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  <row Id="19978" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19977" CreationDate="2022-03-30T22:29:45.450" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;First pass at a proposed update:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Change the title and first bullet in ...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Questions you may ask:&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Using and administering &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;currently supported&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com/about/about-ubuntu/derivatives&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;official Ubuntu flavors&lt;/a&gt;: Ubuntu, Ubuntu Budgie, Ubuntu MATE, Kubuntu, Ubuntu Kylin, Lubuntu, Ubuntu Studio, Xubuntu, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://ubuntu.com/wsl&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ubuntu on WSL&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This might help clarify for those that hit that first bullet, think, &amp;quot;Oh, I'm asking about Ubuntu, so it's okay&amp;quot; and post without reading the rest.  You know they do ... ;-)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, if we include &amp;quot;Ubuntu on WSL&amp;quot;, it needs its own link since it's listed on a separate ubuntu.com page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And then update ...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Questions you should avoid:&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Questions regarding Linux distributions which are not covered above, &lt;em&gt;even if they are &amp;quot;based on&amp;quot; Ubuntu or Debian&lt;/em&gt;.  This includes, but is not limited to:  Linux Mint, Elementary OS, Kali Linux, and Pop!_OS.  For questions regarding non-Canonical, non-Ubuntu distributions, try our friends at the &lt;a href=&quot;http://unix.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Unix &amp;amp; Linux Stack Exchange&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Questions regarding Ubuntu releases &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;past their &amp;quot;End of Standard Support&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;End of Life&amp;quot; dates&lt;/a&gt; (whichever is earlier), unless the question is asking how to upgrade to a supported release.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/226/are-bug-reports-suitable-for-this-site&quot;&gt;Bug reports&lt;/a&gt;.  See &lt;a href=&quot;http://askubuntu.com/questions/5121/how-do-i-report-a-bug&quot;&gt;How do I submit a bug?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://meta.askubuntu.com/q/871/41&quot;&gt;Questions about not-yet-released versions of Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt; (&amp;quot;the next version&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Ubuntu+1&amp;quot;).  See &lt;a href=&quot;http://askubuntu.com/questions/18641/theres-an-issue-with-an-alpha-release-of-ubuntu-what-should-i-do&quot;&gt;More information about Alpha and Beta release issues&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Questions that are primarily opinion-based, such as &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/8922/1165986&quot;&gt;shopping or hardware recommendations&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Other topics that are not directly related to Ubuntu, its community, or officially supported derivatives.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Notes:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;This merges in some of the useful wording from the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tour&quot;&gt;tour&lt;/a&gt;, along with addressing the other issues I mentioned in the original question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I think the emphasis on &lt;em&gt;even if they are &amp;quot;based on&amp;quot; Ubuntu or Debian&lt;/em&gt; is warranted, but it's not &lt;em&gt;necessary&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Is &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/8922/1165986&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; a reasonable link to add to the &amp;quot;Hardware and Shopping Recommendations&amp;quot; bullet?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1165986" LastEditorUserId="1165986" LastEditDate="2022-04-14T13:24:05.020" LastActivityDate="2022-04-14T13:24:05.020" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19979" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2022-03-31T15:38:24.527" Score="6" ViewCount="363" Body="&lt;p&gt;Monica R Ayhens-Madon &lt;a href=&quot;https://ubuntu.com/blog/inclusive-language-and-its-future-at-canonical&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;penned a blog post on the Ubuntu blog&lt;/a&gt; this month about Canonical's participation in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://inclusivenaming.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Inclusive Naming Initiative&lt;/a&gt; and how language in the code and documentation of Ubuntu will be updated to a new set of standards. This is certainly overdue given the tech community's general move towards &amp;quot;less charged&amp;quot; terminology over the last few years, and it's something that I can certainly get behind to a point¹.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With this in mind, does it make sense to edit – or ask an author to edit – posts that use terms that have become frowned upon in recent years? A prime example that has bothered me since the 90s is the term &amp;quot;master&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;slave&amp;quot;, when referring to devices or databases.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On other sites, such as the Database Administrators SE, I will edit a post to replace &lt;em&gt;master&lt;/em&gt; with &amp;quot;primary&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;publisher&amp;quot;, or &amp;quot;main&amp;quot; while &lt;em&gt;slave&lt;/em&gt; is replaced with &amp;quot;secondary&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;subscriber&amp;quot;, or &amp;quot;auxiliary&amp;quot;. This is wholly dependent on which database engine a person is talking about, of course, as SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, and MariaDB have differing terminology for these systems roles. Is this something we should be doing on AskUbuntu as well?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The people asking and answering questions are generally pretty good about the language that they use already, given that many of the edits made to posts are to set images to appear inline or to wrap Terminal outputs in code blocks but, if Canonical is aiming to define which language is preferable, should the questions and answers on this site follow the same rulebook? Or is AskUbuntu independent enough to choose what language is acceptable and which language should be &amp;quot;updated&amp;quot; based solely on the general principles contained within the &lt;a href=&quot;https://ubuntu.com/community/code-of-conduct&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Code of Conduct&lt;/a&gt;²?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;¹ leaving politics aside, compelled speech in any community is suboptimal. As far as I can tell, Canonical is &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; doing this, so it's all good.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;² the Ubuntu Code of Conduct does have a fuzzy set of paragraphs suggesting we &amp;quot;take responsibility for our words and our actions&amp;quot; (the same thing is mentioned numerous times, but with different words), which I would think any &lt;em&gt;normal&lt;/em&gt; human being would do by default, but there is nothing explicitly stating that we should not use specific technical terminology that is considered historically loaded, harmful, or &amp;quot;questionably acceptable&amp;quot; in public discourse.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note:&lt;/strong&gt; Apologies for the excessive quotation marks. These are used to group terms and/or ideas, not to act as a passive-aggressive &amp;quot;quote-unquote&amp;quot; sort of thing. I make &lt;em&gt;a lot&lt;/em&gt; of edits to posts as they come in, so am aiming to ensure the things I change meet community standards and expectations.&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1222991" LastEditorUserId="618353" LastEditDate="2022-03-31T18:15:32.217" LastActivityDate="2022-04-05T11:26:18.373" Title="Should We &quot;Mind Our Language&quot;?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19980" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19979" CreationDate="2022-03-31T17:01:42.067" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is an interesting and somewhat difficult topic, where I'm sure there are many different opinions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe that the management groups of different open source projects should in fact ensure that the terminology they use going forward is inclusive. However, the degree on which each project decides to do this may vary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Using the Master/Slave example, here are a couple of different replacements:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;One suggestion is Marshal/Soldier. This avoids the ownership metaphor completely, but on the other hand it introduces a military metaphor instead. This is definitely better, but is it good enough to be truly inclusive and not offensive?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;SaltStack uses Master/Minion. I personally find this completely inoffensive because of the cartoonish associations I get, and as above it is definitely better than the original. But where does the line go for when you can use &amp;quot;Master&amp;quot; in a context that's inclusive and not offensive?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That being said, I don't think questions referring to historical naming conventions should be edited. In my opinion, there is a very fine line when you begin to talk about &amp;quot;editing history&amp;quot; for the sake of political correctness.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions should be &amp;quot;correct&amp;quot; for the topic (and time period) being asked about. Imagine you needed to ask a question about a database installation using the old terminology. Here it would only be correct to use the actual terminology at hand.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I think it would be a nice gesture to include an explanation/disclaimer that these are &amp;quot;old&amp;quot; terms, that have now been replaced with more inclusive ones. In this way you show that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You are aware of the historical connotations of the past terms&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You are aware that history must be recognized and not censored&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You are aware that the terms are changing for something better&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1066942" LastEditorUserId="1066942" LastEditDate="2022-03-31T17:46:48.853" LastActivityDate="2022-03-31T17:46:48.853" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19981" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19979" CreationDate="2022-03-31T17:13:46.650" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu is completely independent of Canonical, so it's up to us to decide what we should do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd support any effort to make Ask Ubuntu more inclusive. Editing to fix stuff that's subtly (or of course unsubtly!) ableist or racist or otherwise likely to be hurtful to some group of people seems in keeping not only with the Ubuntu Code of Conduct, but the Stack Exchange Code of Conduct, which we actually do all need to abide by.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I personally don't want to be prescriptive about what should be changed - there's always a subjective element to editing - but I would encourage people to make language more inclusive when editing as they see fit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From Monica's post&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Inclusive language carries plenty of benefits to justify using it. It reduces barriers to participating in tech spaces. Inclusive language also makes the tasks of writing and translating technical writing much easier.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Words with emotional or historical baggage bring the wrong things to mind. They’re loaded with unintended meanings that they weren’t meant to have, and those who are affected by them can’t escape. These words distract from whatever we were trying to say. Likewise, metaphors and idioms can make it hard for non-primary speakers to understand a text or translate it. Using inclusive language can solve all of these issues at once.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More importantly, inclusive language shows respect for others. Not only does it show welcome and safety – it lets everybody, no matter their background or identity, to reach their full potential at work, in the community, and beyond.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2022-04-05T11:26:18.373" LastActivityDate="2022-04-05T11:26:18.373" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19982" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19979" CreationDate="2022-04-04T10:00:00.920" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would, as far as it applies, stick to the names used in the software.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I have a problem with, for example, not being able to push to the master branch on Github in 2020, I would have googled for the &amp;quot;master&amp;quot; branch.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After the change in 2021, where the &amp;quot;master&amp;quot; branch was renamed to &amp;quot;main&amp;quot;, I would be googleing for the &amp;quot;main&amp;quot; branch.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Same with other Ubuntu-related software. I would stick with whatever the stuff is called in Ubuntu, to make sure that people looking for a solution can actually find it using search engines. To me, that is the most important function of names: being able to find/communicate what I mean.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As Ubuntu and other projects are slowly shifting towards less charged terminology, this will also automatically solve that problem here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="322885" LastActivityDate="2022-04-04T10:00:00.920" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19984" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="19988" CreationDate="2022-04-06T11:20:42.590" Score="12" ViewCount="134" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think the tags &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/video-driver&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;video-driver&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;video-driver&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/gpu-drivers&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;gpu-drivers&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;gpu-drivers&lt;/a&gt; basically means the same thing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I suggest we merge one of the tags into the other.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1561210" LastActivityDate="2022-04-13T10:27:47.027" Title="Merge tags [video-driver] and [gpu-drivers]?" Tags="|discussion|tags|tag-merge|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19985" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2022-04-11T02:18:51.507" Score="5" ViewCount="219" Body="&lt;p&gt;How can I stop a mod from tagging a question as related to an unsupported version when the question is not version specific?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a very generic question that applies to probably every Ubuntu version that uses Apt. How can I get this mod to understand that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1401870/why-does-one-incorrect-repo-block-every-other-repo-from-updating-with-apt&quot;&gt;Why does one incorrect repo block every other repo from updating with Apt?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="795299" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2022-04-11T13:04:34.747" LastActivityDate="2022-04-11T13:04:34.747" Title="How to stop a mod from tagging a question as related to unsupported version when the question is not version specific?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19986" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19985" CreationDate="2022-04-11T04:52:00.840" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Well, presumably the confusion here arose because the problem you ran into is happening because of your Ubuntu version, as pointed out in the comments - the problem is that there is no package for your Ubuntu version in the repository yet. This is a very common problem. We have a canonical post about it: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/866901/what-can-i-do-if-a-repository-ppa-does-not-have-a-release-file&quot;&gt;What can I do if a repository/PPA does not have a Release file?&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, it's quite clear that you are asking &lt;em&gt;why&lt;/em&gt; APT behaves in the way it does (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/1401873/527764&quot;&gt;the answer&lt;/a&gt; makes this even clearer, as is often the case) and that the example from your system should be taken as an arbitrary example. This is not a &lt;em&gt;problem specific to a development version of Ubuntu&lt;/em&gt; and so should not be closed for that reason.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, the question is not &amp;quot;opinion based&amp;quot; (once again - those who think it is may observe that it has been answered in a largely objective manner with reference to the source code). Also note that questions like &amp;quot;isn't x a security risk?&amp;quot; can usually receive good answers based on expertise.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Currently your question is not in the close vote queue any more and may not be closed. If it does get closed, comment here and we will reopen it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In general if one feels that one's question has been wrongly closed one can:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;edit it to make it clearer that the close reason does not apply&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;post on meta to ask for a review&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;if one has enough reputation, come to &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/3877/raiders-of-the-lost-downboat?_=4959438&quot;&gt;the Downboat&lt;/a&gt; chatroom and ask for help&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;if one has enough reputation, vote to reopen the question&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;NB: while moderation, including close voting, is undertaken by the whole community, most people here understand &amp;quot;mods&amp;quot; to refer to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/site-moderators&quot;&gt;elected moderators&lt;/a&gt; i.e. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users?tab=moderators&quot;&gt;this bunch&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2022-04-11T04:52:00.840" CommentCount="35" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19988" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19984" CreationDate="2022-04-13T00:53:39.957" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have found a quiet moment to merge the tags and after some thought I did the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Created a tag for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/gpu-driver&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;gpu-driver&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;gpu-driver&lt;/a&gt; and as a temporary measure filled the tag details in from the older tag &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/video-driver&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;video-driver&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;video-driver&lt;/a&gt;. These details could really do with some editing and updating.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Merged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/gpu-drivers&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;gpu-drivers&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;gpu-drivers&lt;/a&gt; into &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/gpu-driver&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;gpu-driver&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;gpu-driver&lt;/a&gt; without creating a synonym. This means that all the older tags are renamed now. However this leaves &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/gpu-drivers&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;gpu-drivers&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;gpu-drivers&lt;/a&gt; available for use again. If it is not used and remains empty for 24 hours the system will eat it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Merged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/video-driver&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;video-driver&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;video-driver&lt;/a&gt; into &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/gpu-driver&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;gpu-driver&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;gpu-driver&lt;/a&gt; without creating a synonym. This means that all the older tags are renamed now. Again this means that &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/video-driver&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;video-driver&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;video-driver&lt;/a&gt; will be available for use again. If it is not used and remains empty for 24 hours the system will eat it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Only job for the future is to watch to see if the old tags are reused before the system has a chance to consume them when empty. If they are used it will be simply be a matter of either quietly editing and switching the tags or simply putting a synonym in place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks Ola Ström for engaging with the community on Meta and getting a change made!!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Thoughts on Merge +/- Synonyms...&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;@muru asked 'Why not create the synonyms?' so I have added this little section to this answer.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When merging tags there are 2 good choices with some subtle differences: 'Merge with Synonyms' and 'Merge without Synonyms'. A quick description:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Merge with Synonyms&lt;/strong&gt; If this is selected the system &lt;em&gt;does not alter tagging of existing questions&lt;/em&gt; but simply ensures that all questions will use the new tag, tag info will redirect to the new tag's info. Safest option and &lt;em&gt;one that would most normally be used&lt;/em&gt; but not ideal for our example as 2 existing tags are serving the same function and we want to merge both into a new tag.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Merge without Synonyms&lt;/strong&gt; If this is selected the old tags are removed &lt;em&gt;throughout the entire system&lt;/em&gt; and replaced with the new tag. Perfect for our changes here as both tags have the same purpose throughout the system and can logically both be completely replaced by our new tag. This option would &lt;em&gt;not be all that commonly used&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This information and much more available on my very valuable Moderator Cheat Sheet!!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="57576" LastEditorUserId="57576" LastEditDate="2022-04-13T10:27:47.027" LastActivityDate="2022-04-13T10:27:47.027" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19989" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2022-04-18T16:44:33.677" Score="3" ViewCount="172" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Is Ubuntu Core (20) on-topic on Ask Ubuntu?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If so, does it have 10 years of support as advertised?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="43926" LastEditorUserId="1066942" LastEditDate="2022-04-20T17:06:20.637" LastActivityDate="2022-04-20T17:06:20.637" Title="Is Ubuntu Core (20) on-topic on Ask Ubuntu?" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19990" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19989" CreationDate="2022-04-18T18:28:56.737" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://ubuntu.com/blog/ubuntu-core-20-secures-linux-for-iot&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;blog post&lt;/a&gt; announcing it says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Canonical secures business critical devices for 10 years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So ask Canonical for your ten years of support.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2022-04-18T18:28:56.737" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19991" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19989" CreationDate="2022-04-18T18:44:25.937" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, all versions of Ubuntu Core is on-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Whether or not Canonical will keep their promise about 10 years of support - your crystal ball is as good as mine. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1066942" LastActivityDate="2022-04-18T18:44:25.937" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19992" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2022-04-19T14:50:48.713" Score="1" ViewCount="112" Body="&lt;p&gt;I tried to ask &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1403210/is-upgrading-vs-reinstalling-clean-more-reliable-if-you-dont-skip-lts-versio&quot;&gt;a question&lt;/a&gt; about how to improve my odds with &amp;quot;upgrade&amp;quot; process (hoping to save a weekend doing a clean install when it's time to upgrade).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While I was still proofreading the question for the second time, I got two comments that more or less amounted to &amp;quot;you're trying to do the impossible and you can't depend on the upgrade process.&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I admit, it hadn't occurred to me that the examples I gave aren't fully explained -- my upgrade process wasn't primarily a &amp;quot;product line&amp;quot; jump; rather that occurred after, the first time, being advised against even trying to upgrade (and in response to what I then perceived as immaturity of the Plasma 5 desktop), and the second time, after a failed attempt to upgrade MATE 16.04 which was already EOL.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;End result, however, I'm still trying to ask how to improve the odds of &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; spending an entire weekend &amp;quot;upgrading&amp;quot; my system.  Ideally, without snide remarks like &amp;quot;he must want it to fail&amp;quot; that assume I'm just trolling AskUbuntu instead of that I'm just not a guru at this (and don't want to &lt;em&gt;have to be&lt;/em&gt; to use my computer without letting Microsoft decide they have to upgrade it when I'm in the middle of something).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="360188" LastActivityDate="2022-04-21T21:26:08.167" Title="How can I ask this question without it being closed or being ridiculed for not being an Ubuntu guru?" Tags="|discussion|asking-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="12" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19993" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2022-04-19T21:53:10.377" Score="3" ViewCount="189" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu quotes Alphabet's misleading ad blurb about  &lt;code&gt;ajax.googleapis.com&lt;/code&gt;, as if Ask Ubuntu doesn't know that &lt;code&gt;ajax.googleapis.com&lt;/code&gt; is an open door to tracking.  &lt;code&gt;ajax.googleapis.com&lt;/code&gt; passes user data to &lt;code&gt;google-analytics.com&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;googletagmanager.com&lt;/code&gt;, and &lt;code&gt;gstatic.com&lt;/code&gt;, all of which communicate with Alphabet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We can't see what Alphabet does with these data, but unless we live in a cave or if we use Alphabet's ad targeting/tracking services, we know exactly what they do with them. In addition, you must fully disable ad blocking, and when you do, Google will use this back door to place trackers on your system. &lt;code&gt;google.com&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;accounts.google.com&lt;/code&gt; place cookies on your system, as do Ask Ubuntu and SourceForge. Ask Ubuntu is sleeping with the enemy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="841158" OwnerDisplayName="smanion" LastEditorUserId="618353" LastEditDate="2022-04-20T15:32:55.700" LastActivityDate="2022-04-20T15:32:55.700" Title="Why does Ask Ubuntu subject users to tracking?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19994" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2022-04-21T08:12:31.543" Score="0" ViewCount="82" Body="&lt;p&gt;I always log in to this site after my father is done. However he has more consecutive days than me. I have only 2. When/how does the site register a visit?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1565716" LastActivityDate="2022-04-21T08:12:31.543" Title="problem with registering visiting days" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19995" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2022-04-21T17:03:59.687" Score="11" ViewCount="1844" Body="&lt;p&gt;Now that &lt;a href=&quot;https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2022-April/000279.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;22.04 is released&lt;/a&gt;, questions pertaining to it are no longer off-topic (due to the version) as of Thu Apr 21 17:09:48 UTC 2022; however, they may still be closed for other reasons. &lt;em&gt;New&lt;/em&gt; 22.04 questions should not be closed &lt;em&gt;for being about 22.04&lt;/em&gt;. Of course, posts still need to be on-topic (see &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;the Help Center&lt;/a&gt;), just being about 22.04 is no longer a valid reason to close a question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This does not mean that older (i.e., before release) questions about 22.04 can be reopened without discussion/community consensus. Questions about 22.04 that were published prior to the release remain off-topic unless the community decides on a case-by-case basis that a specific post should be re-opened.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1438484" LastEditorUserId="57576" LastEditDate="2022-04-21T20:42:24.620" LastActivityDate="2022-04-21T20:42:24.620" Title="Ubuntu 22.04 is released and posts about it are no longer off-topic" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19996" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19992" CreationDate="2022-04-21T21:26:08.167" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Addressing some of the question, but also some of the comments on the question here.  You've been around here a while, so I'm sure you know a lot of this already, but here goes:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(from the comments) I wonder why I bother?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Well, you've asked nearly 40 other questions here that haven't been closed, and answered hundreds of questions, so I do hope you'll be able to get past this particular experience and continue to contribute to and benefit from the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;without snide remarks .... Not so much name-calling as the kind of remarks adults make to each other when the kid is badly confused.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Be aware that the bar for flagging something &amp;quot;rude or abusive&amp;quot; is pretty low in the Stack Exchange &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/conduct&quot;&gt;Code of Conduct&lt;/a&gt;.  It doesn't have to be name-calling or personal attacks, but can include (paraphrasing the Code of Conduct):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;subtle put-downs or unfriendly language&amp;quot; [such as] &lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;You could Google this in 5 seconds.&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;[H]e must want it to fail&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt; most definitely (IMHO) falls into that category, and it sounds like it has been dealt with.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Definitely flag it so that (a) the comment can be reviewed/handle by a mod, (b) the user can be made aware that their behavior wasn't acceptable and correct/improve it in the future, and (c) repeat offenders are noticed and handled by the mods.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How can I ask this question without it being closed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Realistically, there are just some questions that can't be asked here.  As the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tour&quot;&gt;Tour&lt;/a&gt; says, &lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;Not all questions work well in our format.  Avoid questions that are primarily opinion-based, or that are likely to generate discussion rather than answers.... Don't ask about ... Questions with too many possible answers or would require an extremely long answer&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While you may disagree, I think your question fits the &amp;quot;too many possible answers&amp;quot; scenario, at the very least.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my opinion, you've done the right thing by bringing the question here to Meta for discussion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;From the comments:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I haven't tried Ubuntu Forums. If they work the way I'm used to seeing on other forums, I'll either get no response at all, 6 conflicting answers to an &amp;quot;A or B&amp;quot; question, or hundreds of replies without any discernible answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;6 conflicting answers to an &amp;quot;A or B&amp;quot; question, or hundreds of replies without any discernible answer&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt; -- this is exactly why your question is off-topic here. – Nmath&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;@Nmath And that is exactly why people feel unwelcome here. You have a question, you can't get a sensible answer in the forums, you come here and get sent to the forums.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know from experience that it can be all-too-easy to take it personally when your question is closed, but &amp;quot;rules/guidelines/mores/norms&amp;quot; are a necessary part of almost every community, online or otherwise.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Let me be clear, since it hasn't been said already -- I believe your question is a &lt;strong&gt;good question&lt;/strong&gt; in general.  But, as @Nmath said, you can just as easily receive 6 conflicting answers &lt;em&gt;here&lt;/em&gt; to your question (and plenty of comments or, ultimately, chat replies), which is why it probably isn't a good fit for Ask Ubuntu's format.  It's something that needs &lt;em&gt;discussion&lt;/em&gt;, rather than a Q&amp;amp;A style.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do sometimes wish there was a &lt;em&gt;forum&lt;/em&gt; that had the same level of experience that I see here on Ask Ubuntu, but that doesn't mean we can turn Ask Ubuntu into that forum.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;Don't have that question&amp;quot; has been repeatedly put up as an unacceptable response, but that's what this all adds up to.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not quite sure I understand that since &amp;quot;don't have that question &lt;em&gt;here&lt;/em&gt;&amp;quot; is a perfectly acceptable response, as I think we've covered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And why I deleted the question in the first place. As noted above -- I wonder why I bother?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Again, I think the &lt;em&gt;first&lt;/em&gt; response should be to flag the unfriendly comments.  Then, if the question is closed (or being discussed for closure), you can bring it here for Meta discussion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1165986" LastActivityDate="2022-04-21T21:26:08.167" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19997" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2022-04-21T22:53:02.803" Score="5" ViewCount="234" Body="&lt;p&gt;Regarding the main Ask Ubuntu site, there are two Meta questions here that I found that mention &amp;quot;time&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;duplicates&amp;quot;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Primarily:  &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/9056/1165986&quot;&gt;Would it be useful to allow duplicates after x time?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;(To a much lesser extent): &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/13712/1165986&quot;&gt;Does time get considered in deciding Duplicate Questions?&lt;/a&gt;.  While it's more about two questions that were asked nearly simultaneously, @Oli's answer mentions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If there is a lot of time between the questions, it may also be worth considering that they are different issues and closing the new one may not be appropriate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I couldn't find a Meta question where the same topic had been covered for Ask Ubuntu &lt;em&gt;Meta&lt;/em&gt; questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The site has been around for nearly 12 years now, and community (and even individual) opinions can change during that time, sometimes quite a bit.  Would it make sense to allow some older questions to be asked again for updated opinions and discussion without fear of them being closed as duplicates?  I think we should always link back to the older discussion (either the OP or someone via edit), but it seems that it would be nice at times to have a &amp;quot;clean slate&amp;quot; discussion, even if the outcome ends up the same.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1165986" LastEditorUserId="1406746" LastEditDate="2022-05-06T18:43:36.743" LastActivityDate="2022-05-06T18:43:36.743" Title="Would it be useful to allow Meta duplicates after a certain amount of time?" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|meta|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19998" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20000" CreationDate="2022-04-23T11:57:54.680" Score="4" ViewCount="135" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have asked &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/1403556/1165986&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I delete it I get:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We do not recommend deleting questions with answers because doing so deprives future readers of this knowledge. See &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/what-to-do-instead-of-deleting-question&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;I've thought better of my question; can I delete it?&amp;quot;&lt;/a&gt; for alternatives to deletion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Repeated deletion of answered questions can result in your account being blocked from asking. Are you sure you wish to delete?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I ask a new question I get:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Wait! Some of your past questions have not been well-received, and you're in danger of being blocked from asking any more.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For help formulating a clear, useful question, see: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/how-to-ask&quot;&gt;How do I ask a good question?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, edit your previous questions to improve formatting and clarity.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What does the community want to do?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="722898" LastEditorUserId="1165986" LastEditDate="2022-04-23T16:35:55.743" LastActivityDate="2022-04-23T19:11:35.687" Title="What to do with a downvoted answered question on Ask Ubunbu?" Tags="|discussion|community|specific-question|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="19999" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19998" CreationDate="2022-04-23T17:16:36.133" Score="5" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What does the community want to do?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's honestly not much the &lt;em&gt;community&lt;/em&gt; can do here, other than try to perhaps help you understand why your previous question(s) were poorly received so that you can improve your questions in the future.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As the help says, deleting the question &lt;em&gt;won't help&lt;/em&gt; recover your reputation.  The damage from asking a question that was poorly received can't be undone with a deletion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And deleting questions with answers has a different, but similar, penalty system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;If&lt;/em&gt; the question could be improved to encourage upvotes (or encourage some voters to reverse their downvotes), then that would be the first option.  However, I'm really not sure that's likely in this case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I assume that, if you are receiving the &lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;Some of your past questions have not been well-received&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt; message, then it isn't just this one.  It sounds like there are some questions you've asked in the past that have been downvoted as well.  I assume those have already been deleted - Perhaps by you, but more likely by the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/roomba&quot;&gt;Roomba&lt;/a&gt; bot that clears certain downvoted questions after a span of time.  So I can't offer suggestions on past questions, really.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Looking at this particular one, however, I don't think it can be improved to gain upvotes.  While it's impossible to truly know the reasons that three individuals downvoted your question, I can make some guesses.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/how-to-ask&quot;&gt;How do I ask a good question?&lt;/a&gt; page says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Search, and research&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Have you thoroughly searched for an answer before asking your question? Sharing your research helps everyone. Tell us what you found and why it didn’t meet your needs. This demonstrates that you’ve taken the time to try to help yourself, it saves us from reiterating obvious answers, and above all, it helps you get a more specific and relevant answer!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's no indication in your question that you searched for that particular error, and there's no list of what you tried to do to solve it on your own before posting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Usually, my first step would be to look for common words in the error, remove any &amp;quot;specifics&amp;quot; like filenames or processes, and search on that.  For instance, from your error:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;W: http://repo.mysql.com/apt/ubuntu/dists/bionic/InRelease: Key is stored in legacy trusted.gpg keyring (/etc/apt/trusted.gpg), see the DEPRECATION section in apt-key(8) for details.&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I took the search terms:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Key is stored in legacy&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;keyring&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;DEPRECATION&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I ignored &lt;code&gt;trusted.gpg&lt;/code&gt; since that's a specific filename that &lt;em&gt;could&lt;/em&gt; vary between users' systems.  So I search for:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=Key+is+stored+in+legacy+keyring+DEPRECATION&quot;&gt;Key is stored in legacy keyring DEPRECATION&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this case, however, even the specifics ...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=Key+is+stored+in+legacy+keyring+deprecation&quot;&gt;Key is stored in legacy trusted.gpg keyring&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;... would have been fine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Either result would have provided some things to try.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Whether they worked for you or not, when you write your question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Include the links to other questions (or sometimes even websites) that you found in your search(es)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Include what you tried from them&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Include any messages or errors you received or why they didn't work&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Often, you'll find the answer to your question when &lt;em&gt;writing a good question&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Again, taking an educated guess here, that's why the question received downvotes -- A lack of research (at least as shown in the question) and helping us understand what you had already tried.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for the questions I can't see, if there are any that you think might be salvageable, perhaps I'm wrong on this, but I would recommend trying to do so.  You can then bring the question here to Meta and ask those with 10k rep or higher (who can see deleted questions) to review your improvements and see if it might be worth reopening and then upvoting to recover reputation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But the best advice I can give you going forward would simply be to make &lt;em&gt;sure&lt;/em&gt; you are following the guidelines in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/how-to-ask&quot;&gt;How do I ask a good question?&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some additional reading material from the Stack Overflow page on the same topic -- &lt;a href=&quot;https://codeblog.jonskeet.uk/2010/08/29/writing-the-perfect-question/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Writing the perfect question&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1165986" LastActivityDate="2022-04-23T17:16:36.133" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20000" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19998" CreationDate="2022-04-23T19:11:35.687" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I predict the exact topic you asked about is one we will see pop up many, many times as people upgrade to 22.04, since &lt;code&gt;apt&lt;/code&gt; now throws this warning, which it didn't do before.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So there is absolutely nothing wrong with your question - I'm pretty sure many users will ask this time and time again. However, that doesn't change that it's a duplicate that has been answered, as NotTheDroids stated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I feel both Debian and Ubuntu developers have been lacking in communication about this issue, and have left users to figure out for themselves what to do with APT keys. And it doesn't help that the instructions on how to do it now are rather cryptic terminal commands like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;wget -O- &amp;lt;https://example.com/key/repo-key.gpg&amp;gt; | gpg --dearmor | sudo tee /usr/share/keyrings/&amp;lt;myrepository&amp;gt;-archive-keyring.gpg&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And this leads me to a piece of shameless self promotion: I actually created a script last year that helps with installing GPG keys in this manner, and also add the proper repository line to your &lt;code&gt;/etc/apt/sources.list&lt;/code&gt; (or display what should be added).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My script is included in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/1321263/1066942&quot;&gt;this answer&lt;/a&gt;. Once you understand the &lt;code&gt;Readme&lt;/code&gt; for the script, I believe this is much easier than doing all the commands manually.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1066942" LastActivityDate="2022-04-23T19:11:35.687" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20001" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2022-04-25T14:18:57.843" Score="1" ViewCount="122" Body="&lt;p&gt;Although I made a comment yesterday, it didn't register my visit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/unOrD.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/unOrD.png&quot; alt=&quot;screenshot showing I commented yesterday&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I had 69 days and today it shows 1. Clicking on &lt;em&gt;Consecutive days&lt;/em&gt; shows I missed yesterday. I was really on my way to 100. Very disappointing. And not the first time either. Can anyone fix this please?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1450922" LastEditorUserId="618353" LastEditDate="2023-01-16T14:18:01.393" LastActivityDate="2023-01-16T14:18:01.393" Title="Consecutive days counter not working as expected" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20002" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20001" CreationDate="2022-04-25T17:16:21.933" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Your comment shows as two days ago (2022-04-23 14:56:04Z)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A day is based on a UTC timezone, so if you're a long way off that, it can be easy to not trigger an event every day.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2022-04-25T17:16:21.933" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20003" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20005" CreationDate="2022-05-01T00:25:02.973" Score="13" ViewCount="234" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is asking questions about the Ubuntu wiki off-topic.&#xA;So I ask a question &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1386193/do-i-edit-the-wifi-help-page-on-the-ubuntu-wiki&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; about an error in the Ubuntu wiki and how do I edit said wiki page and the question got flagged as off-topic, why is this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Screenshot of deleted question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/iC31P.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/iC31P.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1100768" LastEditorUserId="1406746" LastEditDate="2022-05-06T18:41:23.643" LastActivityDate="2022-05-06T18:41:23.643" Title="Is asking questions about the ubuntu wiki off-topic" Tags="|discussion|scope|questions|specific-question|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20004" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20003" CreationDate="2022-05-03T17:56:38.530" Score="7" Body="&lt;h2&gt;On-topic&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The list of acceptable topics is posted at &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions that you may ask:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Using and administering official Ubuntu flavors: Ubuntu, Ubuntu Budgie, Ubuntu MATE, Kubuntu, Ubuntu Kylin, Lubuntu, Ubuntu Studio and Xubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Running third-party applications on Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Development on Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Services provided by Ubuntu and Canonical.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any questions not mentioned below or here are great!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions about the Ubuntu Wiki are NOT on the proscribed list (same page; not shown), and DO seem acceptable under &amp;quot;&lt;em&gt;Services provided by Ubuntu&lt;/em&gt;&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, the question seems a clear duplicate of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/632048/how-to-give-feedback-to-an-immutable-page-at-wiki-ubuntu-com&quot;&gt;How to give feedback to an immutable page at wiki.ubuntu.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19626" LastActivityDate="2022-05-03T17:56:38.530" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20005" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20003" CreationDate="2022-05-04T04:53:18.827" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;In general...&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There has been a range of viewpoints on the more general question raised here of: '&lt;strong&gt;Is asking questions about the Ubuntu wiki off-topic?&lt;/strong&gt;' For me the viewpoint that has resonated the most was seen in this comment from @Seth:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ubuntu is a project, not just an operating system. The site should welcome questions about other parts of the project if they're reasonably answerable, as this is.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And as the Ubuntu Wiki is most assuredly a part of the Ubuntu project questions concerning the Ubuntu Wiki are &lt;em&gt;welcomed&lt;/em&gt; on Ask Ubuntu and thus can be considered &lt;em&gt;on-topic&lt;/em&gt;. Of course the usual caveats of Duplicates, Low Quality questions etc will still apply.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For those who like certainty you will not see the Ubuntu Wiki mentioned &lt;em&gt;specifically&lt;/em&gt; in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;What topics can I ask about here?&lt;/a&gt; page but you will see two entries amongst the &lt;em&gt;allowable&lt;/em&gt; questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Services provided by Ubuntu and Canonical.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Any questions not mentioned below or &lt;a href=&quot;http://askubuntu.com/faq#dontask&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; are great!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and I would argue &lt;em&gt;most strongly&lt;/em&gt; that questions about the Ubuntu Wiki are covered in at least these two bullet points of allowable questions. And for those who can see &lt;em&gt;the bigger picture&lt;/em&gt; remember Seth's words: 'Ubuntu is a project, not just an operating system.' and both Ask Ubuntu and the Ubuntu Wiki are a part of that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;From here...&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For my own part I will reopen @Inee's post, removing the part of the question that queries the closure (as that has been dealt with here). I will also trim out the comments calling for closure as 'Not about Ubuntu' (also dealt with here). Two more steps I will leave to the Community:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From the Community I would ask:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Is this a duplicate?&lt;/strong&gt; There needs to be a &lt;em&gt;canonical answer&lt;/em&gt; to the 'Why can't I log into the Ubuntu Wiki?'. I am not completely convinced that the linked post is a great duplicate and perhaps a better, more modern answer could be written for this question.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ubuntu-wiki&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ubuntu-wiki&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;ubuntu-wiki&lt;/a&gt; information&lt;/strong&gt;: This needs to be updated, encapsulating the thoughts expressed by many in this thread.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;And in conclusion...&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am in the process of joining &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DocumentationTeam&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the doc team&lt;/a&gt;, maybe you should too?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="57576" LastEditorUserId="57576" LastEditDate="2022-05-04T05:48:57.813" LastActivityDate="2022-05-04T05:48:57.813" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20006" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2022-05-04T12:55:37.650" Score="7" ViewCount="146" Body="&lt;p&gt;So &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1406549/matching-colour-format-in-bash&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; (which actually isn't even a question)...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems the only purpose is to get someone to solve or validate a particular regular expression.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Feels much to me like doing somebody else's homework (no matter if that's the case or nor).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The user will never learn anything, if they post their very specific inquiries here without studying and learning anything from it (which to me seems to be the case).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So what's the recommended action in this case? Just let it be, until some kind soul actually decides to solve their specific problem?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I actually believe a good answer could be written to explain some of the aspects of regular expressions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, I wonder what could be written here about regular expressions that isn't already in the official documentation about the subject.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So frankly, I'm a bit at a loss here - both for the specific post, and also this particular user's post history taken into account.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1066942" LastEditorUserId="1406746" LastEditDate="2022-05-06T18:42:32.170" LastActivityDate="2022-05-06T18:42:32.170" Title="Question with the sole purpose to validate a particular regular expression - what to do?" Tags="|discussion|specific-question|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20007" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20006" CreationDate="2022-05-04T15:44:22.647" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;That seems like a perfectly on topic question to me. We handle shell scripting and this is about shell scripting. It's about using a specific flavor of regular expression, Extended POSIX Regular Expresions (ERE), inside bash's &lt;code&gt;[[&lt;/code&gt; builtin.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, if the user has a history of not learning, then we are all free to ignore the question, or downvote it if we feel it is a bad question, and go about our day. But apart from that, it seems like a perfectly on topic question well within the core subject matter of the site. It's a bad question since we have no context, no question and no explanation of what happens when the OP tries the existing code, but it isn't off topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Relevant Meta discussion: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/13807/are-bash-shell-scripting-questions-on-topic&quot;&gt;Are bash/shell scripting questions on topic?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2022-05-04T15:44:22.647" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20008" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20003" CreationDate="2022-05-04T16:39:12.187" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Off topic.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would argue that we are not the right place to solve technical issues with the Ubuntu Wiki. As far as I know, that is a Canonical thing, we do not administer it, we cannot access its logs, we can't really help much at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While I understand that the site's scope has always included &amp;quot;services provided by Canonical&amp;quot;, this question—which is about the internal workings of the Ubuntu Wiki—seems to go well beyond the normal &amp;quot;Canonical Services&amp;quot; that we cover. I can understand considering questions like &amp;quot;Is this Ubuntu Wiki page correct when it says foo&amp;quot;, but &amp;quot;How do I log in and edit a page in the Ubuntu Wiki&amp;quot; seems 100% off topic here. It is not a technical question about Ubuntu or another Canonical product, it is about the specific rules and setup of a webpage we are not strongly connected to.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I would say this sort of question is off topic and should instead be addressed to whatever support system the Wiki may have.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2022-05-04T17:15:10.640" LastActivityDate="2022-05-04T17:15:10.640" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20009" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20012" CreationDate="2022-05-05T18:43:09.787" Score="19" ViewCount="539" Body="&lt;p&gt;First off, I am &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; interested in having an argument about the CoC changes regarding pronouns. Nor am I interested in debating mod resignations as a result of that. Those discussions should go somewhere else. I'm asking for clarification, not starting a war over the policy itself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I saw &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/1221481&quot;&gt;this suggested edit&lt;/a&gt;. Here is what it did - it replaced 'him' with 'them'. It did not improve (edit) the post other than that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If only one user needs read/write access, you can make &lt;s&gt;him&lt;/s&gt; &lt;strong&gt;them the&lt;/strong&gt; owner of the mounted directory using the option &lt;code&gt;uid=&amp;lt;linux_username&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I found &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/336379/1081494&quot;&gt;this answer&lt;/a&gt; that states gender-neutral changes are good, but mass editing isn't. And this edit doesn't change anything else, so that doesn't provide any clarity. One high-rep user voted to approve it, one voted to reject the edit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do have an opinion, but I'm not going to share it here&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So which is it? Should these edits be approved or rejected?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1438484" LastEditorUserId="1438484" LastEditDate="2022-05-06T14:49:05.340" LastActivityDate="2022-05-16T16:57:47.727" Title="Should 'he' to 'they' edits be accepted?" Tags="|discussion|suggested-edits|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20010" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2022-05-06T07:01:53.943" Score="5" ViewCount="109" Body="&lt;p&gt;How many positive arrows does a question need to be considered a well received question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1450922" LastEditorUserId="1406746" LastEditDate="2022-05-06T18:41:53.223" LastActivityDate="2022-05-06T18:41:53.223" Title="What do you consider a well received question?" Tags="|support|badges|questions|votes|up-votes|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20011" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20010" CreationDate="2022-05-06T10:25:45.387" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I believe for the badges (Curious, Inquisitive and Socratic), a &amp;quot;well-received question&amp;quot; means that &lt;em&gt;the question itself&lt;/em&gt; has a positive score, i.e. 1 or more. This can be 2 positives and 1 negative vote, it's still well received in total.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Looking at your question history, this would mean you have 3 out of 5 well-received questions for the Curious badge (for the main site).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1066942" LastEditorUserId="1066942" LastEditDate="2022-05-06T12:43:30.397" LastActivityDate="2022-05-06T12:43:30.397" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20012" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20009" CreationDate="2022-05-06T16:49:07.603" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;As a general answer, I would personally accept it if I'm reviewing and it's just a one-off. But if I see several of the edits by the same user, I would reject them with a custom message with something like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Although we appreciate fixing pronouns in posts, we prefer not to go into an editing spree to improve old posts as it would clutter the homepage, and new posts of people's questions will be pushed down and missed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this case, similar to @andrew.46's comment, I would accept and improve the edit to remove the pronouns altogether.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's easier than worrying about which pronouns to use, especially in this case. The first part explicitly mentions a &lt;em&gt;single&lt;/em&gt; user, while the last part of the sentence is plural.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastActivityDate="2022-05-06T16:49:07.603" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20013" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20014" CreationDate="2022-05-12T05:03:25.463" Score="3" ViewCount="122" Body="&lt;p&gt;It seems to me that users often face problems when they tinker with system python, such as&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1405480/problem-updating-20-04-python3-7-errors/1406471&quot;&gt;Problem updating 20.04 - python3.7 errors&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;who attempted to install python3.7 to use AI/ML and ended up with a broken apt. Shall we recommend users to use Anaconda or compile python from source in their home folder?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1107236" LastActivityDate="2022-05-12T08:58:33.887" Title="Use of Anaconda/Alternate python for AI and data analysis" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20014" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20013" CreationDate="2022-05-12T08:58:33.887" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Adding an answer to use Anaconda for setting up multiple python versions is fine.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I would be against making it a canonical answer. There are multiple ways to install different python versions. Deciding on Anaconda being the go-to answer doesn't seem right, especially since it's not part of the official repositories offered and reviewed by Canonical.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The official way to install Anaconda is to run a script you &lt;a href=&quot;https://docs.anaconda.com/anaconda/install/linux/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;download&lt;/a&gt; from their site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I understand it's a popular product, but running any external script is dangerous when you are not careful. Take the popular bumblebee project, for example, that at some point had an &lt;code&gt;rm&lt;/code&gt; that &lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/MrMEEE/bumblebee-Old-and-abbandoned/issues/123&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;wiped the whole system&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastActivityDate="2022-05-12T08:58:33.887" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20015" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20040" CreationDate="2022-05-14T04:48:02.883" Score="4" ViewCount="188" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the filters of &amp;quot;First Question&amp;quot; queue, it is suggesting 14.04.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/LKSG7.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/LKSG7.png&quot; alt=&quot;Filter Tags placeholder&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1107236" LastEditorUserId="1406746" LastEditDate="2022-06-09T16:23:52.753" LastActivityDate="2022-06-10T15:31:24.727" Title="In First Question filters, it suggests 14.04" Tags="|bug|tags|review|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20017" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20021" CreationDate="2022-05-18T17:06:54.510" Score="7" ViewCount="243" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sometimes I come across a question in Ask Ubuntu about how to do something with a third party software application, without any reference to the OS the OP is using. For example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1408027/way-to-share-virtual-machine-image-for-independent-use-for-multiple-users-on-di#comment2448544_1408027&quot;&gt;Way to share Virtual Machine image for independent use for multiple users (on different host machines)?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have asked for clarification but so far there is no response from the OP.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;In such cases should we assume that the OP is using a supported (not EOL) official flavor of Ubuntu and leave leave it as on-topic? This is the &amp;quot;innocent until proven guilty&amp;quot; approach.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Or should we flag these as off-topic, assuming the OP does not clarify which OS they are using?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have seen a couple of questions in Meta on similar issues:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/14382/asking-questions-about-third-party-applications-running-on-ubuntu&quot;&gt;Asking questions about third-party applications running on Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3465/was-142386-closed-because-its-about-freebsd-or-because-it-might-not-also-be-ab&quot;&gt;Was 142386 closed because it&amp;#39;s about FreeBSD, or because it might not also be about Ubuntu?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I don't think they address my question directly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks for the help&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="68186" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2022-05-19T06:26:06.520" LastActivityDate="2022-05-19T06:26:06.520" Title="Is a question about third party software on topic if there is no reference to Ubuntu?" Tags="|discussion|scope|third-party-software|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20018" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20017" CreationDate="2022-05-19T01:42:23.207" Score="6" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Note: Opinions ahead ...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Q. In such cases should we assume that the OP is using a supported (not EOL) official flavor of Ubuntu and leave leave it as on-topic?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is generally how I approach things unless there are version-specific considerations to be taken into account. For the example you linked to, the question was about exporting a VirtualBox VM that contained an Ubuntu installation. You're right that there's no mention of the host system, but there is still an opportunity to answer the core question about VM distribution and Ubuntu user accounts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Q. Or should we flag these as off-topic, assuming the OP does not clarify which OS they are using?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Going from the feedback on posts I've marked for closure, unless we know something is off-topic, it's generally better to wait until there is some form of evidence to prove the point. With your example, if the OP returns to say they're using a Windows or MacOS host and their VM is running Pop! OS, then there is nothing to salvage and the vote to close can be justified. If either of those prove to be a supported version of Ubuntu, then a vote for closure may be unwarranted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1222991" LastActivityDate="2022-05-19T01:42:23.207" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20019" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20017" CreationDate="2022-05-19T02:20:24.407" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;On topic (usually)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would generally consider a question on-topic if the question is about software that runs natively on Ubuntu, especially if it is in Ubuntu repositories. In these cases, I would assume that they are using Ubuntu unless they state otherwise.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So for example, questions about using Firefox and LibreOffice would be on topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;However...&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the question is a highly specialized question pertaining to a specific application, it should be judged on a case-by-case basis, even if the software is in Ubuntu repositories.  Some questions may pertain to software that runs on Ubuntu, but the question is less about Ubuntu than it is some other specialization.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, if someone wants a detailed explanation about how to compose certain types of documents in LaTeX, or if someone has a technical problem with designing a 3D image in blender, we are probably better off directing them to a different SE site or some other forum or Q&amp;amp;A where there is more expertise on those questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But similar questions may be considered on topic, like questions about getting certain hardware to work with blender or installing software that can render LaTeX.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, if a question is about software that doesn't even run natively on Ubuntu and they don't mention Ubuntu, I would consider the question off-topic. For example, questions asking about Photoshop or Microsoft Office are off-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="953371" LastActivityDate="2022-05-19T02:20:24.407" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20021" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20017" CreationDate="2022-05-19T06:21:34.270" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;I agree with the previously posted answers, but I want to say simply that I think we should assume that an OP posted here because they are using Ubuntu, until there's some evidence to the contrary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I want to separate two issues here:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is the OP using Ubuntu?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is this third party software question really about using the software or is it about &lt;em&gt;knowledge in some other domain&lt;/em&gt; that we can't be expected to have?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I think that uncertainty about whether the OP is using Ubuntu is unrelated to uncertainty about whether a software use question is really about the software.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In general, we assume the OP is using Ubuntu, until we find out that they are not. This principle should continue to apply, even when there are other concerns about whether the question is on-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've written about my views on the tricky third party software issue in &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/19806/is-bitcoin-on-topic-on-ask-ubuntu/19807#19807&quot;&gt;another meta post&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2022-05-19T06:21:34.270" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20022" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20024" CreationDate="2022-05-20T07:55:28.833" Score="4" ViewCount="137" Body="&lt;p&gt;I cast a close vote but selected the wrong reason by mistake. Now the only option I am offered is to retract the close vote, and the system tells me that if I do that I won't be allowed to vote for closing that question again. How can I maintain the close vote but fix the reason?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="671546" LastActivityDate="2022-05-20T13:16:31.610" Title="How can I correct the reason for a close vote?" Tags="|support|vote-to-close|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20023" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20022" CreationDate="2022-05-20T09:46:44.537" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't think you can. Just retract the close vote, someone else will handle it. It is better to leave a bad question open for a while than to close it for the wrong reasons: a large part of closing questions is informing users about the rules, so closing with the wrong rule is worse than not closing at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2022-05-20T09:46:44.537" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20024" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20022" CreationDate="2022-05-20T10:30:33.930" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can't do this. It has been discussed on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/200391/allow-another-close-vote-after-retraction/&quot;&gt;Meta Stack Exchange site&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've had several occasions where I would like to change the close reason, but to no avail. So in this case, retract the vote and don't mind it any further.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, see Zanna's answer by bringing it to the Downboat.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1066942" LastEditorUserId="1066942" LastEditDate="2022-05-20T13:16:31.610" LastActivityDate="2022-05-20T13:16:31.610" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20025" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20022" CreationDate="2022-05-20T10:40:02.897" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I agree you should retract the vote, but since it can be hard to get enough close votes sometimes, you may like to bring the question to &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/3877/raiders-of-the-lost-downboat?_=4959438&quot;&gt;the Downboat&lt;/a&gt; where you might find help getting a close vote for the correct reason to compensate for the one you lost :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2022-05-20T10:40:02.897" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20026" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2022-05-27T13:48:50.667" Score="5" ViewCount="303" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, I don't want to copy the screenshot of an area to the clipboard. But these users do:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/1404753/158442&quot;&gt;How to get back previous screenshot functionality on 22.04?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/1407422/158442&quot;&gt;Screenshot selection in 22.04&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/1408270/158442&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;Copy a screenshot area to clipboard&amp;quot; isn&amp;#39;t available on Ubuntu 22.04&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(and maybe others, but these were the most recently active)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can we merge the useful answers of these into one post?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="57576" LastEditDate="2022-07-02T10:01:09.547" LastActivityDate="2022-07-03T01:24:23.863" Title="Copy a screenshot of an area to clipboard" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20027" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20029" CreationDate="2022-05-29T14:24:14.200" Score="6" ViewCount="213" Body="&lt;p&gt;Lately 100% of the audits I've seen in the suggested edits queue have looked like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/dB5Wj.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/dB5Wj.png&quot; alt=&quot;fake edit filled with nonsense text&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These are obviously not legitimate edits. They look like they've been generated by the audit system instead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What I'm used to from the audit system is getting a normal-looking entry, taking the appropriate action, and getting rewarded by being told I made the right decision (or, occasionally, being reminded to pay attention). These nonsense edits accomplish neither. They just make me angry because I had to read word vomit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a reason the audit system is generating these edits? Couldn't it just use previously flagged edits like all the other review queues?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="457562" LastActivityDate="2022-05-30T21:34:42.297" Title="Can the audit system not use fake edits?" Tags="|feature-request|suggested-edits|review-audits|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20028" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20027" CreationDate="2022-05-29T18:02:27.733" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;This isn't specific to Ask Ubuntu, but Stack Exchange.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have no problem with these types of audits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Remember that the purpose of an audit is to prevent people from blindly completing reviews without actually making an effort to review the information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your complaint seems to indicate that it is a waste of time.  If anything, these particular reviews are &lt;strong&gt;too easy&lt;/strong&gt;. It's very obvious that the edits do not offer any improvement and should be rejected.  Remember also the review queue for edits is for people suggesting edits to &lt;em&gt;someone else's&lt;/em&gt; question or answer. It should be immediately obvious that these edits are inappropriate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="953371" LastActivityDate="2022-05-29T18:02:27.733" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20029" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20027" CreationDate="2022-05-30T08:47:00.417" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is by design.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Audits are not to make sure you know how to fix a post. They are there to deter &amp;quot;robo-reviewers&amp;quot; who click approve without bothering to check posts to hunt for badges.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Making it very easily distinguishable is by design. These audits should waste as little time from reviewers as possible so they can use that time for properly reviewing other legitimate posts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastActivityDate="2022-05-30T08:47:00.417" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20030" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20027" CreationDate="2022-05-30T21:34:42.297" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Dan's answer is correct. Don't waste review time, but still find the lowest hanging fruit. Which is important to do. People reviewing solely to juice their numbers really spoil a crowd-sourced system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I will add this to your follow-up suggestion...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Couldn't it just use previously flagged edits like all the other review queues?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Real life is messy. I've declined flags and have still gone onto delete a post, I've declined appalling edits and then re-edit in a different direction, there are times when things deserve a little more hand-holding and all these things conspire into a big creamy trifle of subjectivity.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The great thing about these is they're day and night. Nobody's going to get bent up if they're caught by an audit like this. It's a fair collar they know it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2022-05-30T21:34:42.297" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20031" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2022-05-31T15:02:08.183" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;A feature request or bug with this tag is something that has been evaluated as positive on potential,&#xA;but it is not present in the current work timeline. It is also not guaranteed to be implemented - when&#xA;it resurfaces the proposal may be re-evaluated and declined depending on how the situation has changed since then.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Contrast &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/status-planned&quot; class=&quot;post-tag moderator-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;status-planned&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;status-planned&lt;/a&gt;, in which a feature is something that the site developers have&#xA;definitively approved for implementation but the timing is unknown.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Status tags can only be applied by moderators and site developers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="378196" LastEditorUserId="378196" LastEditDate="2022-06-02T08:13:35.693" LastActivityDate="2022-06-02T08:13:35.693" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20032" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2022-05-31T15:02:08.183" Score="0" Body="Indicates that the feature request or bug is something that is intended to be implemented or fixed, but not in the near term." OwnerUserId="378196" LastEditorUserId="378196" LastEditDate="2022-06-02T08:14:18.080" LastActivityDate="2022-06-02T08:14:18.080" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20033" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2022-05-31T15:02:50.753" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;A feature request or bug with this tag is something that has been evaluated as definitive to implementation.&#xA;However, either there is ongoing investigation on the methods to implement the proposal, or there are other&#xA;active projects that are ahead of it in priority for the site developers. Ideally, this tag indicates that&#xA;the proposal is intended to be implemented in the near term.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Contrast &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/status-deferred&quot; class=&quot;post-tag moderator-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;status-deferred&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;status-deferred&lt;/a&gt;, in which the feature is of lower priority and may be re-evaluated&#xA;on feasibility at a later date.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Status tags can only be applied by moderators and site developers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="378196" LastEditorUserId="378196" LastEditDate="2022-06-02T08:14:11.463" LastActivityDate="2022-06-02T08:14:11.463" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20034" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2022-05-31T15:02:50.753" Score="0" Body="Indicates that the feature request or bug is something that is intended to be implemented or fixed, ideally in the near term." OwnerUserId="378196" LastEditorUserId="378196" LastEditDate="2022-06-02T08:13:42.197" LastActivityDate="2022-06-02T08:13:42.197" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20035" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20036" CreationDate="2022-06-06T11:31:57.197" Score="2" ViewCount="284" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/1412080/1519798&quot;&gt;posted a question&lt;/a&gt;, and it was closed as &amp;quot;opinion based&amp;quot;, presumably (and from a comment here) because of the word &amp;quot;best&amp;quot; in the title. I don't quite see where the opinion is; I really only asked (or meant to ask) &lt;strong&gt;how&lt;/strong&gt; to achieve something in Ubuntu/Gnome.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question is &lt;em&gt;essentially identical&lt;/em&gt; with the word &amp;quot;best&amp;quot; removed from the title.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should questions be closed as opinion-based when they are really simply asking &amp;quot;How&amp;quot; to do something?  It's obvious that people are going to answer &amp;quot;How&amp;quot; questions with what they feel (in their opinion) is the best way anyway.  But if all &amp;quot;how do I&amp;quot; questions are &amp;quot;opinion-based&amp;quot;, then it seems there wouldn't be many valid questions here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1519798" OwnerDisplayName="pglpm" LastEditorUserId="1165986" LastEditDate="2022-06-06T13:13:32.490" LastActivityDate="2022-06-16T18:45:24.147" Title="Does the word &quot;best&quot; automatically make a question &quot;Opinion based&quot;?" Tags="|discussion|support|closed-questions|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="16" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20036" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20035" CreationDate="2022-06-06T13:31:05.670" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's probably obvious from my edits and comments to your question, but I think you have a valid point here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think there should probably be a &amp;quot;litmus test&amp;quot; on questions that ask for the &amp;quot;best way&amp;quot; to do something.  If the question is essentially a &amp;quot;how do I&amp;quot; question, as yours seems to be, then the word &amp;quot;best&amp;quot; is, as you mentioned in the comments &amp;quot;moot&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think a simple edit on the part of an existing user, along with/or a comment warning about the &amp;quot;danger&amp;quot; of using the &amp;quot;best&amp;quot; word ;-) would have been a better approach.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sometimes we (I've done it too) are too hasty to flag or vote-to-close questions without taking the full context into account.  It happens, unfortunately.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But that's one of the reasons we have Meta here - To discuss, review, and potentially think differently in the future about how we handle these.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that, while I've voted to reopen, it's possible (I'd say likely) that there's an existing duplicate on the topic.  One good approach when you are asking for an &lt;em&gt;updated&lt;/em&gt;/current answer is to:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Look for existing questions/answers to similar or the same problem&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Reference them in your new question, note why they don't work (or aren't optimal) for you, or even just that you wonder if there's a better current approach.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You've done some of that, at least, with the note in your question that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I checked several questions and answers on Stackexchange, but most of them seem to be quite outdated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;It doesn't necessarily mean that the question won't be closed as a duplicate, even if it's reopened as not opinion based.&lt;/strong&gt;  However, it does (IMHO) greatly reduce the chances of it being closed if you reference the other duplicates and give the reason why you believe your question is still valid.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1165986" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2022-06-07T16:29:28.560" LastActivityDate="2022-06-07T16:29:28.560" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20037" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20038" CreationDate="2022-06-08T19:34:33.243" Score="10" ViewCount="236" Body="&lt;p&gt;Snapcraft is having some firewall issues today, resulting in issues with the Snap Store crashing. As a result, we now have &lt;em&gt;five&lt;/em&gt; questions asking about crashing Software app, all from today.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1412986/ubuntu-software-is-closing-when-i-select-application-to-install&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Software is closing when I select application to install&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1412960/ubuntu-22-04-software-installer-crashes&quot;&gt;Ubuntu 22.04 software installer crashes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1412939/could-not-install-any-app-via-software-in-ubuntu-22-04&quot;&gt;Could not install any app via Software in Ubuntu 22.04&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1412900/cant-launch-ubuntu-software-qsnapstore&quot;&gt;Can&amp;#39;t launch ubuntu-software / QSnapStore&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1412896/software-keeps-crashing-after-updating-to-22-04/1412992#1412992&quot;&gt;&amp;#39;Software&amp;#39; keeps crashing after updating to 22.04&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What do we do about these kinds of situations/this specific case? Can 4 of them be closed as duplicates of one of them (I put comments by most and answers to one, but it's ridiculous to keep all of them here)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1083397" LastActivityDate="2022-06-09T09:16:49.390" Title="What do we do with these 5 questions about Software Center from today?" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20038" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20037" CreationDate="2022-06-08T20:00:11.050" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;All the questions on this have been dupe-closed as duplicates of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1412896/software-keeps-crashing-after-updating-to-22-04/1413019#1412896&quot;&gt;&amp;#39;Software&amp;#39; keeps crashing after updating to 22.04&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have posted an answer on that question which points to the Snapcraft intermittent outages being reported by them, and protected the post as it's a &amp;quot;current event&amp;quot; issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any more posts that are created between now and a firm resolution of the problem by Snapcraft should be dupe-closed / dupe-flagged as the aforementioned post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2022-06-08T20:00:11.050" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20039" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20037" CreationDate="2022-06-09T09:16:49.390" Score="7" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What do we do about these kinds of situations/this specific case?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the broader side of things, it's exactly the same as any other question, just a little more urgent. &lt;strong&gt;Deal with them.&lt;/strong&gt; Get them answered, and closed, and dealt with as quickly as possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The quicker we have a body of material that actually deals with the problem, or let's people know what's going on, the quicker Google will start returning those things when people search for the errors they see. Even if you vote to close (dupe), leaving &lt;em&gt;extra&lt;/em&gt; comments can help people while it's being closed, even duplicate answer in a complex situation. The system isn't going to explode.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Everything we do here —not just surge situations— isn't just to help one person, it's to help the next ten people with the same problem. It's to deduplicate the effort at both ends of the problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In a surge, the tail, the time our answers will help is short but we have to act really quickly to avoid lots of people having to hunt for the answer, ask duplicate questions, and leave us with even more work to answer them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this case, I'd be tempted to butcher the title on the canonical answer thread so it's clear this is a &amp;quot;June 2022&amp;quot; problem that's being described, but I'd leave that until after it's resolved maybe? Who knows.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2022-06-09T09:16:49.390" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20040" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20015" CreationDate="2022-06-10T13:11:13.860" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;As some comments have already mentioned, it's probably not a bug as it's just some selection of popular tags.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If something needs to be changed here, it should probably be a separate feature request.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Having said that, I think it's good to show outdated tags in the &lt;em&gt;First questions&lt;/em&gt; queue. For example, if you filter on 14.04 and find questions about them, there's a high chance they will be off-topic (please don't robo-vote-to-close, though!).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When you're creating a new question, it shows different tags, but if I remember correctly, moderators have control over what to show there (or not show?).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/2dtPQ.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/2dtPQ.png&quot; alt=&quot;Tags when asking a question&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastEditorUserId="8698" LastEditDate="2022-06-10T15:31:24.727" LastActivityDate="2022-06-10T15:31:24.727" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20041" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2022-06-11T17:55:00.307" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;A bug report is considered not reproducible if it is a bug that the site developers&#xA;would fix, but cannot due to an inability to recreate the problematic behavior in&#xA;spite of attempts to do so. Reports that are not reproducible typically represent&#xA;bugs that come from using unsupported browsers and tools, or because of sunspots&#xA;and other activity entirely unrelated to the site creating a momentary issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If a bug can’t be reproduced due to being immediately presented as being through&#xA;an unsupported browser, thus bypassing the need of the site developers to even&#xA;attempt to reproduce the bug, then &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/status-declined&quot; class=&quot;post-tag moderator-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;status-declined&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;status-declined&lt;/a&gt; should be used.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are the reporter of a bug that receives this tag, it may indicate&#xA;that the bug was intermittent, or merely that you didn't thoroughly explain&#xA;the circumstances under which you encountered it. First, verify that &lt;em&gt;you&lt;/em&gt;&#xA;can still cause the bug to appear, and (if you can) then:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Describe in detail what you were doing when it happened. Include links to any relevant pages / posts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;List the steps you took to encounter the bug.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Describe your environment: browser make and version, OS, add-ons, userscripts (if applicable).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Include screenshots if applicable. Use hand-drawn circles to highlight key portions&#xA;of the problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Status tags can only be applied by moderators and site developers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="378196" LastEditorUserId="378196" LastEditDate="2022-06-16T15:43:48.040" LastActivityDate="2022-06-16T15:43:48.040" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20042" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2022-06-11T17:55:00.307" Score="0" Body="Indicates that the site developers were not able to replicate the behavior reported." OwnerUserId="378196" LastEditorUserId="378196" LastEditDate="2022-06-16T15:42:28.637" LastActivityDate="2022-06-16T15:42:28.637" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20043" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2022-06-11T17:55:38.757" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;A bug report is considered reproduced only if the site developers have successfully reproduced the bug.&#xA;This tag should only be applied if the site developers cannot immediately address the bug, such as if&#xA;it requires further investigation into solutions or if the implementation of a fix would be stalled&#xA;for other reasons. When a fix is eventually implemented, the tag should become &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/status-completed&quot; class=&quot;post-tag moderator-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;status-completed&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;status-completed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Status tags can only be applied by moderators and site developers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="378196" LastEditorUserId="378196" LastEditDate="2022-06-16T15:42:36.973" LastActivityDate="2022-06-16T15:42:36.973" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20044" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2022-06-11T17:55:38.757" Score="0" Body="Indicates that the site developers were able to replicate the behavior reported, but cannot address its cause at this time." OwnerUserId="378196" LastEditorUserId="378196" LastEditDate="2022-06-16T15:43:28.590" LastActivityDate="2022-06-16T15:43:28.590" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20045" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2022-06-12T16:49:56.733" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Before posting your question, please check the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/faq&quot;&gt;FAQs&lt;/a&gt;, and do a &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/search&quot;&gt;search&lt;/a&gt; to see if your problem already has a known solution or procedure. If you cannot find an answer, we will be happy to help you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="378196" LastEditorUserId="378196" LastEditDate="2022-06-16T15:43:21.330" LastActivityDate="2022-06-16T15:43:21.330" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20046" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2022-06-12T16:49:56.733" Score="0" Body="You need help with the use of one or more of the site's features." OwnerUserId="378196" LastEditorUserId="378196" LastEditDate="2022-06-16T15:43:38.597" LastActivityDate="2022-06-16T15:43:38.597" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20047" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20035" CreationDate="2022-06-15T16:41:58.833" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Speaking as a bit of a language nerd: yes, almost always. And in situations where &amp;quot;best&amp;quot; isn't asking for subjective opinion, such as:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Which team has the best odds of winning the Super Bowl?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What are best practices in [situation]?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Who was the Best drummer for the Beatles?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;...rephrasing the question will likely get you more useful answers. For example, instead of asking for the &amp;quot;best odds&amp;quot; of a team, which isn't exactly accurate because it isn't the team that keeps the odds, one might ask &amp;quot;Which team are the bookies in Vegas saying will win the Super Bowl?&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;How do I go about finding out which team is the odds-on favorite for the Super Bowl?&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="172116" LastEditorUserId="172116" LastEditDate="2022-06-16T18:45:24.147" LastActivityDate="2022-06-16T18:45:24.147" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20049" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20050" CreationDate="2022-06-30T13:54:22.877" Score="8" ViewCount="151" Body="&lt;p&gt;It appears that Slack v 4.27.154, which was released 3 days ago, isn't working for some users, and the official workaround from Slack support is to downgrade to an older version. We right now have 4 questions about this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1416364/slack-refusing-to-start&quot;&gt;Slack refusing to start&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1416589/slack-not-starting-after-update&quot;&gt;Slack not starting after update&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1416329/how-to-get-past-apparmor-denied-operation-open&quot;&gt;How to get past &lt;code&gt;apparmor=&amp;quot;DENIED&amp;quot; operation=&amp;quot;open&amp;quot;&lt;/code&gt;?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1416275/updating-slack-breaks-it&quot;&gt;Updating Slack breaks it&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1416364/slack-refusing-to-start/1416376#1416376&quot;&gt;this answer&lt;/a&gt; to the first question listed seems to be the most detailed, although it only describes how to do so for apt packages, not deb or flatpak ones.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can we get these closed as duplicates?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1083397" LastEditorUserId="1083397" LastEditDate="2022-06-30T17:10:33.373" LastActivityDate="2022-07-01T02:45:59.883" Title="Duplicate questions about Slack v4.27.154" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20050" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20049" CreationDate="2022-06-30T23:36:17.797" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Some great detective work! I have closed 2-4 as duplicates of your number 1 question as there is a basic premise of: Slack currently is broken, revert to an older version. Doubtless there will be more new questions along the same line...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are some choices when you have found such a run of dupes, and I make the following list &lt;em&gt;in no particular order&lt;/em&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Make a post on Meta (as you have done)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Leave a polite note under the question querying a Duplicate (as you have done)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/close-questions&quot;&gt;Flag for closing as a Duplicate&lt;/a&gt; and let the community decide (3,000 Rep)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Discuss the issue on chat, with &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/3877/raiders-of-the-lost-downboat&quot;&gt;Raiders of the lost downboat&lt;/a&gt; being a great choice&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And thanks @Esther for making the effort!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="57576" LastEditorUserId="57576" LastEditDate="2022-07-01T02:45:59.883" LastActivityDate="2022-07-01T02:45:59.883" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20051" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20026" CreationDate="2022-07-03T01:24:23.863" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;There has not been &lt;em&gt;huge&lt;/em&gt; discussion of this issue but it has been a good time to visit the idea of merging. The following quote from the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/119111/moderator-cheat-sheet&quot;&gt;Moderator Cheat Sheet&lt;/a&gt; goes to the crux of the issue when &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/119111/moderator-cheat-sheet#119518&quot;&gt;merging questions&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;When should I merge questions, as opposed to just closing as a duplicate?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When the &lt;em&gt;exact&lt;/em&gt; same question gets asked twice and the answers on both are worth preserving, you should merge one into the other. You should only merge if the answers on the question-to-be-merged make perfect sense on the target question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There certainly should &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; be all three question of these questions active on Ask Ubuntu, there is far too much overlap and thus dilution of community effort and the ability to find a canonical, accepted answer on AU.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But neither is there the '&lt;em&gt;exact&lt;/em&gt; same question' and answers that 'make perfect sense on the target question' as mentioned on the Moderator Cheat Sheet. I note as well the following statement on the Cheat Sheet:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I am not sure if I should vote to close or merge?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Merging should be much more unusual - it's in the mod menu. The answers must make sense on the target question - hence closing as duplicate first. If in doubt, ask.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And so in the presence of some variation of opinion and some doubt about the correct course of action the better course, I believe, (and @muru has agreed that this is at least better than the current situation) is to close questions 1 and 3 as Duplicates of question 2.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is a bit of a 'line ball' call but the mechanisms are available here on meta or an Ask Ubuntu (Re-edit / Reopen Votes etc) to disagree :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="57576" LastActivityDate="2022-07-03T01:24:23.863" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20052" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20056" CreationDate="2022-07-11T18:51:39.767" Score="6" ViewCount="188" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have noticed a &lt;em&gt;lot&lt;/em&gt; of questions lately about generic &amp;quot;errors on boot&amp;quot; (ACPI warnings and such).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here are some that came up since June 1st:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1418244/how-to-fix-these-errors-during-boot&quot;&gt;How to fix these errors during boot?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1418222/strange-messages-on-startup-after-the-latest-update&quot;&gt;Strange messages on startup after the latest update&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1418139/multiple-errors-when-booting-ubuntu-sgx-disabled-by-bios-among-others&quot;&gt;Multiple errors when booting Ubuntu (SGX disabled by BIOS among others)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1418135/bios-acpi-error-when-dual-booting-ubuntu-22-04&quot;&gt;BIOS ACPI error when dual booting Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1417480/can-someone-explain-help-me-understand-solve-this-acpi-error-bug&quot;&gt;Can someone explain/help me understand/solve this ACPI error bug?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1417209/ubuntu-boot-acpi-error&quot;&gt;Ubuntu boot ACPI error&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1416767/ubuntu-firmware-bug-on-boot&quot;&gt;Ubuntu firmware bug on boot&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And some more from earlier:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1405225/when-i-turn-on-my-desktop-every-time-showing-some-error-ubuntu-22-04&quot;&gt;When I turn on my desktop every time showing some error&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1367947/acpi-error-messages-during-boot&quot;&gt;ACPI error messages during boot&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1407739/how-do-i-fix-an-acpi-error&quot;&gt;How do I fix an ACPI error?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1360648/error-messages-at-boot-what-they-mean-and-how-can-i-fix-them&quot;&gt;Error messages at boot, what they mean and how can I fix them?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I understand, if the OS otherwise boots properly and seems to be working, it is safe to ignore the errors. Are there specific cases where we should be recommending some debugging steps (even when the OS otherwise works properly)? Is there some canonical answer I can send these kinds of questions to?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1083397" LastActivityDate="2022-07-15T09:58:46.040" Title="&quot;Errors on boot&quot; duplicate questions" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20053" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20052" CreationDate="2022-07-12T09:25:05.353" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;As per Andrew's suggestion, I've updated the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3053/what-are-common-canonical-questions-for-our-site&quot;&gt;canonical questions thread&lt;/a&gt;, and included the suggested base answer, as well as all Esther's findings.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please upvote or improve the canonical answer, if you feel this is warranted. Also, @Rinzwind has a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/1368002/1066942&quot;&gt;good answer here&lt;/a&gt;, which could possibly be merged as an answer to the canonical question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1066942" LastActivityDate="2022-07-12T09:25:05.353" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20054" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2022-07-12T10:42:29.680" Score="1" ViewCount="88" Body="&lt;p&gt;So I was doing the &amp;quot;first questions&amp;quot; moderation queue and this question on &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1415863/how-do-i-make-a-program-quit-with-q-and-restore-the-console-like-man-does&quot;&gt;making a program quit using a keypress came up&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To me, the question is clearly due for another site -- probably Superuser or Unix, maybe SO -- it's not about Ubuntu IMO.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I tried to moderate it I got a 'failed' warning telling me this was a test question and was already approved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How is the question an exemplar of Ask Ubuntu questions? Why is it not more appropriate for one of the other SE sites?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To me it seems like the sort of question we do answer here (with comments!) but which rightly belongs on a different SE where it almost certainly had a good answer already.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="29073" LastEditorUserId="8698" LastEditDate="2022-07-12T13:34:06.113" LastActivityDate="2022-07-16T14:33:33.753" Title="Why is this question exemplary for AskUbuntu?" Tags="|support|moderation|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20056" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20052" CreationDate="2022-07-14T06:45:15.397" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;To expand a little on my thoughts, expressed in the comments above:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions related to ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) warnings on boot are in fact in over supply on Ask Ubuntu. Thanks to @Esther for some keen detective work in not only seeing the trend but also in documenting the trend so exactly! And thanks as well to @Artur Meinild for getting things moving along!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My own view of the ACPI warnings is that there are three &lt;em&gt;general&lt;/em&gt; classes of answers that could be given, with one answer being the most usually acceptable (hint: it is the number 1 bullet point!):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Benign warnings which can be safely ignored&lt;/strong&gt;: BIOS / UEFI developers have not followed the exact ACPI specifications that Linux tests for and a &lt;em&gt;warning&lt;/em&gt; is issued; often unfortunately labelled as an &lt;em&gt;error&lt;/em&gt;. 95% of these warnings can be &lt;em&gt;safely ignored&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;BIOS updates and/or adjustments required&lt;/strong&gt;: In rare cases an updated BIOS &lt;em&gt;may&lt;/em&gt; address the errors and perhaps in some cases some small changes in the existing BIOS settings may be required to address the warnings. Keeping in mind the target audience on AU and the &lt;em&gt;very real&lt;/em&gt; possibility of bricking the computer with a bad BIOS flash I would suspect that advice of this sort would be issued sparingly and with considerable warnings. (I would think the same caveats would apply to updating the Kernel in a bid to escape ACPI warnings.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Turn ACPI off via grub&lt;/strong&gt;: This would general be a 'Bad Idea™' as this would open the door to many applications and services that use ACPI not functioning at all. Heating and hardware issues are addressed &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/858370/57576&quot;&gt;here on AU&lt;/a&gt; where it can be seen that while it can be done it is not a great idea.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On my look through Ask Ubuntu the question and answer that I found that seemed to address the safest course was this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/1333069/57576&quot;&gt;ACPI error on every boot&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And after the required discussion on this Meta thread I would suggest that this would be a reasonable canonical thread with which to close as Duplicates &lt;em&gt;most&lt;/em&gt; (not all) of the many other ACPI error threads.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I am more than prepared for this and all the points raised in this answer to be robustly debated and/or challenged before a wholesale set of Duplicates are created!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit:&lt;/strong&gt; I have closed some as Duplicates and I see the Community has sorted out the rest...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="57576" LastEditorUserId="57576" LastEditDate="2022-07-15T09:58:46.040" LastActivityDate="2022-07-15T09:58:46.040" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20057" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2022-07-14T19:40:48.870" Score="1" ViewCount="401" Body="&lt;p&gt;First things first, we all know that Ask Ubuntu is independent and does not follow orders from Canonical (related: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/19689&quot;&gt;Is Ask Ubuntu sponsored by Canonical?&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But, the imposition of Ubuntu Code of Conduct seems contradictory to the fact that Ask Ubuntu is independent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://web.archive.org/web/20180101235556/https://stackexchange.com/legal&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Back then&lt;/a&gt;, this was mentioned in Stack Exchange Network Terms of Service:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When accessing the askubuntu.com, meta.askubuntu.com, or chat.askubuntu.com sites (&amp;quot;AskUbuntu&amp;quot;), Subscriber will also abide by the most current Ubuntu Code of Conduct, which can be found at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntu.com/community/conduct&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http://www.ubuntu.com/community/conduct&lt;/a&gt;, and is hereby incorporated by reference, but solely with regard to AskUbuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, check this post: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/217647&quot;&gt;Why does Ask Ubuntu have elevated status in the Terms of Use?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But, this clause no longer exists in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/legal/terms-of-service&quot;&gt;current Terms of Service&lt;/a&gt;. (Also, check this post: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/324001&quot;&gt;Why was the Ubuntu Code of Conduct clause removed from the Ask Ubuntu terms of service?&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Though the clause has been removed from the Terms of Service, Ubuntu Code of Conduct is still mentioned in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tour&quot;&gt;tour page&lt;/a&gt; (&amp;quot;&lt;em&gt;Please follow the &lt;a href=&quot;https://ubuntu.com/community/code-of-conduct&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Code of Conduct&lt;/a&gt; when participating within this community.&lt;/em&gt;&amp;quot;) and people who want to nominate themselves in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/election&quot;&gt;moderator election&lt;/a&gt; &lt;strong&gt;have&lt;/strong&gt; to sign the Ubuntu Code of Conduct. Also, it is weird that the bullet point relating to Ubuntu Code of Conduct in election page is bold as if it is the most important thing required to be a moderator and it being bold kind of belittles other important bullet points.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/eid2E.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/eid2E.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, what do you feel? Should we still include Ubuntu Code of Conduct in Ask Ubuntu? Or should we remove it? I would love to hear your thoughts!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Let me quote some text from an &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/15538&quot;&gt;old question in Ask Ubuntu Meta&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In order to nominate one self for the community moderator elections one must provide a link to one's LaunchPad account in order to verify that one has signed the Ubuntu Code of Conduct. However some individuals such as myself may not want to link to their LP account because it contains provide details about oneself such as the real person's name and an email assigned to the GPG key.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1103140" LastEditorUserId="1103140" LastEditDate="2022-07-16T19:24:28.633" LastActivityDate="2022-07-16T19:24:28.633" Title="Let's talk about the Ubuntu Code of Conduct in Ask Ubuntu!" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20058" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20057" CreationDate="2022-07-15T09:21:06.187" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have mixed feelings about this, but I lean towards keeping the status quo.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I feel that our community is already somewhat unwelcoming with all the rules and restrictions. And I don't think we should add extra constraints.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Besides, the Ubuntu Code of Conduct and the SE Code of Conduct align well. If anything, I feel the SE CoC is more &amp;quot;restrictive&amp;quot; and covers more conduct-related behaviour than the Ubuntu CoC.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The extra items covered in the Ubuntu CoC are more related to teamwork and leadership in projects, Which is not something needed by newcomers asking or answering questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, moderators in Ask Ubuntu have an active leadership role, so asking moderators to sign the Ubuntu CoC is relevant.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;em&gt;Ps. Just to make it clearer. I'm not against the Ubuntu CoC. I've signed it a long time ago and I completely agree with its content. I just don't feel we should force it on every user in Ask Ubuntu especially since the SE CoC is already enforced.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastEditorUserId="8698" LastEditDate="2022-07-15T09:33:42.290" LastActivityDate="2022-07-15T09:33:42.290" CommentCount="12" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20059" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2022-07-16T01:23:34.140" Score="6" ViewCount="1371" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This will be enforced starting from July 14, 2022 and onwards.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a notice regarding releases of Ubuntu that will be reaching, or have reached, the end of their life cycle.  These releases are no longer on topic effective the above enforcement date.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The following version of Ubuntu and its derivatives &lt;strong&gt;officially reached End of Life&lt;/strong&gt; on July 14, 2022:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Impish Indri (21.10)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;New questions specific to the above versions of Ubuntu posted on or after the enforcement date may need to be considered &lt;strong&gt;offtopic&lt;/strong&gt;.  Old questions (before the end of standard support date) that are still being answered regarding these releases should have a comment included on them about upgrading to a supported release to get continued support for their versions of Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This information can be confirmed via the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2022-May/000280.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;End of Life Announcement for 21.10 on the Ubuntu Announce mailing list&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; (this notice been sent on May 31, 2022 to the announcements list)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Per discussions related to scope and on-topic posts &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/19575/policy-clarifications-in-place-on-end-of-standard-support-and-end-of-life?cb=1&quot;&gt;effective April 12, 2021&lt;/a&gt;, End of Standard Support and End of Life are treated the same way with posts becoming 'Offtopic' at that point.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have a concern with this policy, raise it as a separate Meta issue.  DO NOT post to this thread regarding your concerns with how we handle end of standard support and end of life posts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2022-07-16T01:23:34.140" Title="End of Life Notice: Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri) reached End of Life on July 14, 2022" Tags="|discussion|scope|end-of-life|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20060" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20054" CreationDate="2022-07-16T14:33:33.753" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Questions that you may ask:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Using and administering official Ubuntu flavors: [...].&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Running third-party applications on Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Development on Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;[...]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Stopping a program with a keypress combination falls well within these scenarios.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is exactly what this site is for.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1157519" LastActivityDate="2022-07-16T14:33:33.753" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20061" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2022-07-20T03:53:18.207" Score="-7" ViewCount="193" Body="&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a question about my Ask Ubuntu post: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1404704/ubuntu-22-04-app-black-screen-and-laggy/1419384#1419384&quot;&gt;ubuntu 22.04 app black screen and laggy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To start, this was my first answer on this site although I’ve used for years. I’ve posted answers on many sites for decades, and I try to help. I’ve been into tech for 40 years, I’ve earned my way many times the hard way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, I recently installed 22.04 and came across this thread. Issues similar to what I’ve found and some I’ve resolved or found work arounds. I signed up for an account and provided my work around and links as well. Now I see my answer has been deleted, why? The moderator indicated I asked a question didn’t provide an answer???&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do not recall any questions marks in my answer. I provided legitimate assistance to those in need. I’ve used Ubuntu and other Linux/BSD distros personally and professionally since the 90s. Mostly extremely custom and I can get deep into the weeds.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Want to block my attempt to assist your community, I could care less. A bit of advice, teach your moderators how to moderate. If your moderator wanted to reach out personally and give me feedback, that is acceptable. Meanwhile it took me a couple hours to install 22.04.1 (yes evidently a prerelease???) and go from barely functional to stable. I’ve see several threads on issues. Appears 22.04 has a few bumps. I’ve not seen a release this glitchy for some time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am off in the weeds again. Will probably block my feedback/answer/question again because I didn’t know the magic word or something.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Done here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1613860" LastActivityDate="2022-07-21T09:55:11.790" Title="Answer unfairly blocked" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20062" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20061" CreationDate="2022-07-20T07:33:31.000" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you would like your answer to be accepted, I suggest that you shorten it down, and focus entirely on what you did that helped the situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You mention that &lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;I did find one article that mentioned changing the disk cache to a memory cache. I did this and helped a lot.&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt; So in my opinion, your answer should focus solely on that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But you don't mention any details on how to do this, so your answer actually doesn't help anyone yet (except that an article exist about how to do something). But if you provide the exact details on how to change from disk cache to memory cache, then it might be of help to other users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I would suggest you do a 2 line intro about your situation, and then focus on the actual solution, and cut the rest. Then the answer would be perfectly acceptable. The question itself could still be closed for being unclear, but that's another matter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I hope you can follow my rationale here - nobody on this site (including mods) does anything to censor or block people from giving answers - it is done solely to maintain the quality of the site content, according to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/how-to-answer&quot;&gt;Answer guidelines&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1066942" LastEditorUserId="1066942" LastEditDate="2022-07-20T12:41:14.333" LastActivityDate="2022-07-20T12:41:14.333" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20063" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2022-07-20T13:29:31.480" Score="0" ViewCount="1451" Body="&lt;p&gt;We're thrilled to announce that &lt;a href=&quot;https://aws.amazon.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;AWS&lt;/a&gt; will be sponsoring Ask Ubuntu starting on &lt;strong&gt;July 22 through December 31&lt;/strong&gt;. We wanted to give you a heads-up and walk you through what that means.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;How and where will the sponsorship be displayed?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The sponsorship will be found on the right side of the header at the top of the site similar to what you see below.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/pPHDv.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/pPHDv.png&quot; alt=&quot;Ask Ubuntu Home Page with AWS Ad Banner&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;What else changes?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not a thing! Borrowing from &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/307861/site-sponsorships-bringing-resources-back-to-stack-exchange&quot;&gt;the original MSE announcement on sponsorships&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First — sponsors do not own these Q&amp;amp;A sites. Sponsors work alongside&#xA;our communities who ultimately build these sites. Communities ask the&#xA;questions; communities create the tags; communities conduct elections&#xA;as they do now, and we are not renaming our current sites like a&#xA;garish sport stadium to the highest bidder. Any ads a sponsor submits&#xA;still have go through our crazy-strict ad editorial process… as it has&#xA;always been. Companies do not have access to personal data, and all&#xA;Q&amp;amp;A content remains irrevocably licensed under Creative Commons for&#xA;sharing and attribution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sponsorships are a tool that our clients can use to let folks who could be interested in their products know about them in a non-intrusive way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;What if I've found a design glitch/bug?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If something looks off, please report it as a &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/bug&quot;&gt;bug&lt;/a&gt; so we can investigate and squash it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's all. If you have any other questions or concerns, please leave them as answers below.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Lastly, thank you. These types of partnerships help us bring more resources to our communities, and they wouldn't be possible without the work you've put into making Ask Ubuntu successful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1183965" LastActivityDate="2022-07-24T05:55:43.053" Title="AWS will be sponsoring Ask Ubuntu" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="16" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20064" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20063" CreationDate="2022-07-20T15:08:54.857" Score="-6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Were the moderators of Ask Ubuntu given a heads-up regarding this sponsorship?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, on a general note, if moderators are given a heads-up regarding sponsorship and if moderators do not feel okay with the sponsorship and express it to Stack Exchange staff (before official announcement in meta), will the sponsorship be called off?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1103140" LastActivityDate="2022-07-20T15:08:54.857" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20065" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20063" CreationDate="2022-07-20T19:45:26.743" Score="24" Body="&lt;p&gt;What is the benefit of this sponsorship to the Ask Ubuntu community?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How exactly will AWS &amp;quot;work alongside our community&amp;quot;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="953371" LastActivityDate="2022-07-20T19:45:26.743" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20066" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20061" CreationDate="2022-07-21T01:24:29.863" Score="14" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I’ve posted answers on many sites for decades&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In all fairness, Stack Exchange sites (of which Ask Ubuntu is one) are &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; like other sites.  If you've been participating in online communities for that long, I'm sure you can agree that it's best to follow the guidelines of each community you participate in.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;this was my first answer on this site although I’ve used [it] for years&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you've been reading here for years, then please consider that you've already benefited greatly from these very guidelines that make the site what it is!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The moderator indicated I asked a question didn’t provide an answer&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Well no, the Mod indicated that you had a &lt;em&gt;comment&lt;/em&gt; rather than an answer.  And while you may believe you provided an &amp;quot;answer&amp;quot;, you really didn't according to the guidelines of the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's important to realize that Ask Ubuntu is &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; a &amp;quot;discussion site&amp;quot; or forum.  It's a question-and-answer site, with a specific set of guidelines in place to help it succeed in &lt;em&gt;that&lt;/em&gt; purpose.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In light of the community guidelines, your answer reminds me of a quote from Isaac Asimov's &lt;em&gt;Foundation&lt;/em&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;“The analysis was the most difficult of the three by all odds. When Holk, after two days of steady work, succeeded in eliminating meaningless statements, vague gibberish, useless qualifications - in short, all the goo and dribble - he found he had nothing left. Everything cancelled out.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Lord Dorwin, gentlemen, in five days of discussion didn't say one damned thing, and said it so you never noticed.”&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not that your post is &amp;quot;vague gibberish&amp;quot;, but doing an &amp;quot;analysis&amp;quot; against it, there's mainly:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;I ... am experiencing a general sluggishness as well.&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This makes it sound like you are &lt;em&gt;currently&lt;/em&gt; having the same problem, rather than having solved it (even partially) and providing an answer.  Substituting the word &lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;am&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt; with &lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;was&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt; would help set the stage for an &lt;em&gt;answer&lt;/em&gt;.&#xA;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;Horrible keyboard / can't enter a password / Video still lags / Likely not the root cause of the sluggishness / if I can't get it stable I can always reinstall 20.04 / many of the UI utils appear to be not quite there yet / still appears rather rough / so yeah, bleeding edge&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Perhaps this isn't &amp;quot;vague gibberish&amp;quot;, but it definitely doesn't help to provide an understanding the issue or the solution.  Honestly, it just comes across as &amp;quot;ranting&amp;quot;.  It's absolutely okay to point out that there are quality issues, but that shouldn't take up 80% of your post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In general, Stack Exchange sites have an &amp;quot;anti-fluff&amp;quot; policy.  The answer should focus on the solution, rather than recapping your problems.&#xA;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;I made a few tweaks and this helped but still slow.&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But you don't list any tweaks that you made in that section, and based on the &amp;quot;still slow&amp;quot;, we assume you're still having the issue.  If the tweaks helped, though, then it would be better to include them in the answer.&#xA;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;I was able to expand, which helped but not a lot.&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But there doesn't seem to be any indication in the original question that the OP ran out of space.  As such, this is extraneous information that isn't useful to answering the question; just describing one of &lt;em&gt;your&lt;/em&gt; issues and how you resolved it.&#xA;&lt;br&gt;&#xA;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;I did find one article that mentioned changing the disk cache to a memory cache. I did this and helped a lot.&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's great, but please understand that linking to a website is still considered &amp;quot;Not an Answer&amp;quot; here unless you also include at least a summary of the steps necessary to fix it.  See the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/deleted-answers&quot;&gt;Why and how are some answers deleted?&lt;/a&gt; Help:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;barely more than a link to an external site (i.e. the actual answer is not included in the post)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So as with Asimov's semantic analysis, once we cancel out the &amp;quot;fluff&amp;quot; and rants, we're left with a link only answer, which also gets cancelled out.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Done here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Perhaps so, although I hope not.  You say that you've been a reader here for years, so again, these guidelines that you ran afoul of have worked to create a site that you've enjoyed from the other end.  Hopefully, you can work within these guidelines in answering questions in the future.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As @ArturMeinild said, your post could certainly be edited into a reasonable answer that might help some readers make progress on related issues, if you have the desire to do so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1165986" LastEditorUserId="618353" LastEditDate="2022-07-21T09:55:11.790" LastActivityDate="2022-07-21T09:55:11.790" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20068" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20063" CreationDate="2022-07-22T18:45:55.850" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/bug&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;bug&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;bug&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/design&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;design&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;design&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;AWS sponsored-by message is annoyingly big and looks like a banner ad. Turns out this affects multiple sites, so I've moved this to Meta SE, but as I've gotten some votes here, I'll keep this answer around as a pointer to there&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/380655/1081494&quot;&gt;Can the &amp;quot;Sponsored by AWS&amp;quot; message made smaller (less annoying)?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;del&gt;&#xA;On the mobile site, it takes up a large amount of space - can something be done so it takes up less of the page? Maybe put the AWS logo on the same line as Ask Ubuntu?&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I find the amount of space it takes up on mobile to be annoying (and consider it gives me no useful information, I don’t need it taking up that much of the page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is on the same line in the desktop site, so I assume this was simply an oversight. If it helps, I’m using Microsoft Edge as my mobile browser&#xA;&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1438484" LastEditorUserId="1438484" LastEditDate="2022-07-24T05:55:43.053" LastActivityDate="2022-07-24T05:55:43.053" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20069" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20070" CreationDate="2022-07-22T20:39:38.597" Score="10" ViewCount="307" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't know if this is the right place to ask this, but I haven't seen it answered anywhere. More than a year ago, I was asking Ask Ubuntu &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/1340158/1165986&quot;&gt;about having a desktop shortcut to Google Calendar&lt;/a&gt; on Ubuntu 20.04. I received a few answers, but I was unable to get them to work. I confessed my ignorance of computer use and got some more suggestions, which I still couldn't implement, so I gave up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then a few days ago, I got a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/1419506/1165986&quot;&gt;new answer&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can use Calendar Indicator instead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To download it type these lines in terminal:&#xA;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I tried to install the downloaded app, Google blocked it, saying it is unsafe. When I clicked on the Calendar Indicator pop-up's Privacy link, the site could not be found. I'm now wondering if I've been sent to a dangerous download, or is it just Google wanting to control everything?  Is there anything Ask Ubuntu can do to keep malicious links out? If a bad link is posted, will someone notice it and send an alert?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="763401" LastEditorUserId="1165986" LastEditDate="2022-07-22T23:05:44.940" LastActivityDate="2022-07-26T01:03:16.730" Title="Is it safe to download links from Ask Ubuntu?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20070" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20069" CreationDate="2022-07-22T22:37:56.263" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ask Ubuntu is moderated by community members just like you.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Our users and elected moderators do our best to keep malicious content off of the site. If you see malicious content, you should &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/flagging&quot;&gt;flag&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions and answers also come from community members. Not all answers are good answers. An answer doesn't have to be outright malicious for it to cause harm.  If you follow bad advice from sources that are not knowledgeable or authoritative, you can create problems. Similarly, if you follow advice that doesn't apply to your situation, or if you don't apply solutions faithfully, you can cause problems.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you see a bad answer, you can comment with an explanation why it's bad. You can also vote down.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the end, &lt;strong&gt;you&lt;/strong&gt; are ultimately responsible for what you download and execute on your system. You need to exercise just as much caution here as you would anywhere else.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I strongly recommend that you don't blindly run commands or perform actions when you don't know what they do. Yes, those actions could be malicious; but more likely, you'll have problems because you really have no idea what you just did or how to reverse it.  If you don't know what something does, then research it until you do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="953371" LastEditorUserId="953371" LastEditDate="2022-07-22T22:58:29.400" LastActivityDate="2022-07-22T22:58:29.400" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20071" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20069" CreationDate="2022-07-23T02:54:01.440" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I fully agree with @Nmath's answer, but I'd add that you should take two actions to help the community yourself:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;First, comment on the answer that Google flagged the app as &amp;quot;Unsafe&amp;quot; and blocked its use against Google Calendar.  People reading this later need to be aware of that so that they either (a) don't install it, or (b) at least know that it didn't work for you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Second, downvote the answer -- It didn't work for you.  It wasn't helpful, and based on what you've said, it's likely not to work for others.  If the person who posted it can come back and give additional guidance, then you can always reverse the downvote (and even accept it, if it ultimately works).  Currently there's one downvote (mine) and one upvote (probably, if I had to take a guess, based on @ChanganAuto and my edits that make the answer look better than it might be).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As @Nmath said, we as a community are the ones who moderate it, and you're part of that community.  Please make sure to do your part to help others by taking action on that answer based on your experience!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1165986" LastActivityDate="2022-07-23T02:54:01.440" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20072" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2022-07-23T04:37:09.320" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2022-07-23T04:37:09.320" LastActivityDate="2022-07-23T04:37:09.320" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20073" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2022-07-23T04:37:09.320" Score="0" Body="Refers to &quot;Local Community&quot;, specifically &quot;Ubuntu Local Community&quot;. See also https://loco.ubuntu.com/" OwnerUserId="1438484" LastEditorUserId="1438484" LastEditDate="2022-07-29T07:47:21.400" LastActivityDate="2022-07-29T07:47:21.400" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20075" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2022-07-24T00:18:42.597" Score="-1" ViewCount="75" Body="&lt;p&gt;I posted a question which was already answered. As the 10th of 12 answers. Despite of my question precluding the 9 previous answers, it was still marked as &amp;quot;This question already has answers here&amp;quot; and now, after further research, I can't answer my own question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But recently I've got a gold &amp;quot;Famous question&amp;quot; badge for that. So can I prevent other people from trying 9 wrong answers?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="549777" LastEditorUserId="1066942" LastEditDate="2022-07-25T22:52:56.680" LastActivityDate="2022-07-25T22:52:56.680" Title="How to better take care of already answered questions?" Tags="|bug|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20076" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20075" CreationDate="2022-07-24T01:02:52.557" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;A few thoughts…&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Time isn’t always relevant to dupes. Sometimes (more on SO) if a newer question has many good answers and is highly upvoted, an an ancient dupe target is found, the old one may still be marked as a dupe of the new one.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;RE wrong answers: downvote them. Do NOT flag as NAA. Wrong answers are still considered answers (for the NAA flag, anyways)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you found an answer, post it on the question your question was made a dupe of. If you feel it isn’t a good dupe, edit your question to clarify why it isn’t, and it can be un-marked as a dupe (then you post your answer)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1438484" LastActivityDate="2022-07-24T01:02:52.557" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20077" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20069" CreationDate="2022-07-26T00:39:47.870" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I see that @Nmath and @NotTheDr01ds have beautifully addressed the more &lt;em&gt;global&lt;/em&gt; issues raised in this question. I have nothing extra to add to their excellent comments so I will just add a few thoughts about the answer itself that triggered the more general questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I ran the commands listed in the answer in a 20.04 VM and all went smoothly until I attempted to connect to Google, and then I saw the same warning that @Frank P spoke of:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/HSTaU.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/HSTaU.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now I note in your post here on Meta you stated:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When I tried to install the downloaded app, Google blocked it, saying it is unsafe.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not completely correct as Google has stated that your browser or app as not being &lt;em&gt;unsafe&lt;/em&gt; but instead that it '&lt;em&gt;may not be secure&lt;/em&gt;'. I suspect that Calendar-Indicator has not adapted to changes at the Google end which relate to security standards for apps that use their service. My own experience of these changes over the years (as a mutt and Gmail user) has been:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Early days&lt;/strong&gt;: A comparative free-for-all where most applications could easily access Google services&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Changing days&lt;/strong&gt;: Most so-called 'non-secure' apps could access Google services if 'Allow access by less secure apps' was checked in Google security settings&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Modern days&lt;/strong&gt;: 2 Factor Authentication (2FA) is being rolled out and for applications that do not understand 2FA an App Password can be generated and successfully used. 'Allow access by less secure apps' no longer available when 2FA is used.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Somewhere in these changes it seems that Calendar-Indicator has lost its ability to access Google. There have been 3 bugs filed on this with the developer:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/atareao/calendar-indicator/issues/7&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Problem using from Ubuntu 20.04&lt;/a&gt;: Here 8 users confirm the issue that you have raised, some using Ubuntu&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/atareao/calendar-indicator/issues/5&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Problema ao efetuar a autenticação do google com calendar-indicator&lt;/a&gt;: Same issue, different language, with several 'me too' posts.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/atareao/calendar-indicator/issues/3&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Login&lt;/a&gt;: Same issue with several 'me too' posts.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately the developer has not yet responded to any of these bug reports.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;In conclusion:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So for this specific answer, as has been suggested, the solution is to leave a reference to this Meta question and answer in the comments (or perhaps merely reference in the comments the unresolved bugs on the developer's bug tracker). And then vote down, in this way the Community has registered its opinions. All of this after the lock on the answer has expired, this will allow time for any further discussion on issues raised by the question or answers on this Meta thread.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And thanks for bringing the issue to Meta!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="57576" LastEditorUserId="57576" LastEditDate="2022-07-26T01:03:16.730" LastActivityDate="2022-07-26T01:03:16.730" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20078" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20079" CreationDate="2022-07-27T13:30:21.747" Score="5" ViewCount="96" Body="&lt;p&gt;My question &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/1408798/1165986&quot;&gt;Why is the Breeze theme a flatpak?&lt;/a&gt; is closed for being opinion based. If you ask why a certain package is a flatpak instead of a normal &lt;code&gt;.deb&lt;/code&gt; package, it is not opinion based. It is just a question. The fact that I want as few flatpaks and snaps on my system &lt;em&gt;is&lt;/em&gt; opinion, but that has nothing to do with the question. Therefore I think that closing the question for being opinion-based was and still is not the right thing to do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1450922" LastEditorUserId="1165986" LastEditDate="2022-07-27T14:05:57.087" LastActivityDate="2022-07-27T14:43:12.330" Title="Why is my question opinion based" Tags="|support|closed-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20079" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20078" CreationDate="2022-07-27T14:21:29.440" Score="9" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;... it is not opinion based. It is just a question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's possible that you may be confused slightly on the close reason, but that's entirely understandable.  The banner at the top clearly (and yet confusingly!) says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This question is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/closed-questions&quot;&gt;opinion-based&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, the problem isn't that the &lt;em&gt;question&lt;/em&gt; is based on opinion.  If you follow the help page that's linked, the problem is that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This question is likely to be answered with opinions rather than facts and citations. It should be updated so it will lead to fact-based answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So it's not your question, it's that the &lt;em&gt;answers&lt;/em&gt; to it are likely to be opinion-based.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why is it a flatpak?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This, in itself, seems to be your main (at least first) question; and many people would consider the reason &lt;em&gt;why&lt;/em&gt; to be a matter of opinion.  Unless the author of the theme answers, the rest of us can probably only speculate on why it was packaged as a Flatpak rather than a &lt;code&gt;.deb&lt;/code&gt;.  My guess/opinion, for instance, would be that the theme's author felt it was easier to target multiple distributions with a Flatpak than to limit themselves to Debian-based distributions or have to create multiple packages.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From there, it's entirely too possible to get into a &amp;quot;war of competing opinions&amp;quot; in the &amp;quot;answers&amp;quot; as to whether or not things like this &lt;em&gt;should&lt;/em&gt; be packaged as Flatpaks, etc.  That's the type of &amp;quot;forum&amp;quot;/&amp;quot;discussion&amp;quot; behavior that Stack tries to avoid so that it remains focused on being a &amp;quot;Question and Answer&amp;quot; site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But given the &lt;em&gt;rest&lt;/em&gt; of your context, and the answer that you accepted, it seems your &amp;quot;real question&amp;quot; is more around:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Why did this Flatpak get installed on my system?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is it safe to remove this Flatpak?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is there a similar theme available via the standard repositories?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Personally, as a voter, I probably would have take the full context of the question into account and left a comment recommending that you rewrite or replace the, &amp;quot;Why is it a flatpak&amp;quot; portion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I can certainly see how readers/voters zero'd in on that particular question, especially since it is the first listed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's &lt;em&gt;likely&lt;/em&gt; (IMHO) a very easy reopen with some minor changes.&#xA;Consider editing to replace, &amp;quot;Why is it a flatpak?&amp;quot; with something like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Why did this get installed on my system as a Flatpak? (which I see @Dan has done in an edit just now)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is there a technical reason why this needs to be a Flatpak?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, note that I might be missing part of the reason why people voted to close as Opinion-based, so I'd encourage you to look for other comments/answers/suggestions here as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1165986" LastEditorUserId="1165986" LastEditDate="2022-07-27T14:43:12.330" LastActivityDate="2022-07-27T14:43:12.330" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20080" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2022-07-30T13:36:06.177" Score="0" ViewCount="381" Body="&lt;p&gt;I went to my account and clicked responses yesterday and it states that I made some responses and got an answer to my &lt;em&gt;Responses&lt;/em&gt;. See screenshot:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Y0aen.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Y0aen.png&quot; alt=&quot;responses menu&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My day counter however states that I have not visited the page on July 28. What is happening with the day counter? Why are these 2 different?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1450922" LastEditorUserId="618353" LastEditDate="2023-01-16T14:20:38.963" LastActivityDate="2023-01-16T14:20:38.963" Title="What is happening with the daycounter?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20081" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="15152" CreationDate="2022-07-31T02:10:34.583" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Following these tips will improve the response from the community and increase your chances of getting a helpful answer to your question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Pretend that you have to answer your own question with only the information you provided.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One of the biggest mistakes you can make is to assume that we know more about your problem than you do. You may believe that you know very little about Ubuntu or Linux, but you are actually the expert when it comes your own experience!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, you are the only person who has physical access to your device and the only person who can interact with your system.  You are the only one who can see your screen.  You are the only one that can tell us what actions you've taken on your device.  You are the only person who can share your research with us.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Someone reading your question might possess the knowledge and ability to answer your question, but if they can't  understand what you're asking, or if your details are insufficient, they won't be able to answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Include clear, specific, complete, and reproducible details&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To increase the chances that your question will be clear to others, avoid ambiguity as much as possible.  Remember that the only information we have to answer your question is the information you provide to us.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In particular, avoid statements that sound like details, but don't actually contain any details.  Here are some examples:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;div class=&quot;s-table-container&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;table class=&quot;s-table&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;thead&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;th&gt;Don't say&lt;/th&gt;&#xA;&lt;th&gt;How to improve...&lt;/th&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;/thead&gt;&#xA;&lt;tbody&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;I searched everywhere&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;Share links to the information you found in your research. Tell us what you found and why it didn't work for you.&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;I tried everything&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;Tell us &lt;em&gt;exactly&lt;/em&gt; what you tried (input) and provide &lt;em&gt;exact&lt;/em&gt; details of each attempt (output). For example, if you ran a command in your terminal, you should provide the entire command that you used and then copy/paste the entire output of that command. If you made multiple attempts to fix the problem, include each input with the corresponding output.&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;...doesn't work&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;Elaborate on what you mean by &lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;doesn't work&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt;. To avoid ambiguity, add three pieces of information-- First, tell us the exact steps needed to reproduce the problematic behavior. Then, tell us the behavior that you expected to happen after taking these steps.  Finally, describe the actual behavior exactly as it presents itself. &lt;em&gt;(If you have error messages, please copy/paste the entire error message.)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;I followed the guide&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt; / &lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;I did everything right&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;If you are following some guide, make sure that you provide a link to the resources you are using.  If the link contains a lot of different information, cite or quote your source so we know exactly which parts of the guide you have followed. Tell us about any instructions that may have been unclear or unsuccessful on your end.&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tbody&gt;&#xA;&lt;/table&gt;&#xA;&lt;/div&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Your question title should be brief, but it also needs to adequately summarize your question.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question title is the first thing that people will read! This is the best opportunity for you summarize your question so that the community knows at a glance exactly what you need.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In terms of logistics, a brief, descriptive title is important because Ask Ubuntu is organized entirely by question titles. Please do not use overly generic titles like &lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;I have a problem with Ubuntu&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt;, because a non-descriptive title will need to be changed so that it adequately describes and identifies your question among other questions on our site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Leave out personal narratives and other statements that aren't useful in asking or answering your question.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have gotten to the point where you need to ask, then you may be frustrated. We have all had this experience! But please don't include statements about your frustrations. These statements do not provide information that will be useful to answer your question and they detract from information that is actually useful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Greetings and signatures and &amp;quot;chit chat&amp;quot; should be avoided. Our Q&amp;amp;A format does not lend well to conversational speech. It's better if you remain on-topic.  Greetings in particular are unwanted because they push useful information out of the question summary.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If you have some other unrelated problem, past or present, please do not bring it up unless you believe this other problem is somehow related to the problem you are asking about.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you think another problem is related, please provide details explaining why you believe they are related.  If you've also tried to work on this other related problem, be sure to provide the details of the solution(s) that you have attempted so far.  If you have another unrelated problem, please ask separately.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Proofread!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This may seem overly pedantic, but please try to write to the best of your ability using proper grammar, spelling, and capitalization. We are not here to judge your proficiency in English, but if your question is filled with errors, typos, and other inconsistencies, it can be hard for other people to understand what you wrote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Organize the order of information so that it makes logical sense.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If information is presented in a disorganized or chaotic manner, it will be hard for others to follow.  In general, it's most effective to present information in chronological order. Break up &amp;quot;walls of text&amp;quot; with new paragraphs whenever you transition between different pieces of information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Keep your question up-to-date and edit your question when people leave comments asking for more information.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If people are asking you for more information, it's usually because they believe that additional information may help in answering your question. Take your time and make sure you have addressed all of the points raised in comments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Comments are temporary in nature and frequently deleted, so instead of adding new information in comments, be sure to edit your question so the question will always be up-to-date. Remember that Ask Ubuntu is not a chat room or threaded forum.  A new person who comes upon your question should not need to read back and forth replies. When editing, add the new information where it makes the most sense logically. Then proofread your question again to make sure it makes sense to someone reading your question for the first time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="953371" LastEditorUserId="953371" LastEditDate="2023-01-02T23:03:05.127" LastActivityDate="2023-01-02T23:03:05.127" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20082" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20083" CreationDate="2022-07-31T15:53:09.387" Score="9" ViewCount="200" Body="&lt;p&gt;This question was marked and closed as a duplicate: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1421048/ubuntu-server-20-04-4-lts-is-unable-to-detect-wi-fi-adapter&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Server 20.04.4 LTS is unable to detect Wi-Fi adapter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The closure pointed to this as the duplicate: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/425155/my-wireless-wifi-connection-does-not-work-what-information-is-needed-to-diagnos&quot;&gt;My wireless/WiFi connection does not work. What information is needed to diagnose the issue?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, I happen to agree that the answer there is quite good, however, it doesn’t answer the original question, unable to detect wifi adapter; it is a request to post additional diagnostic details.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please see: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/duplicates&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/help/duplicates&lt;/a&gt; where it clearly says: “In general, the original question must have an answer…”&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my opinion, a request for additional information is not an answer. The additional information, if provided, may or may not lead to an answer, but is not an answer on its face.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What shall we do when a question is closed by a purported duplicate that is not actually an answer but a request for more information?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Shall we vote to reopen and note our conclusion or something else?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19421" LastActivityDate="2022-08-03T23:31:42.693" Title="What is a duplicate?" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20083" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20082" CreationDate="2022-08-03T23:31:42.693" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;A request for more information is not an answer and therefore not a duplicate. It does not provide a working solution to the asked question. Please see: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/duplicates&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/help/duplicates&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In general, the original question must have an answer…&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is preferable to vote to close as unclear and make a comment; something like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As stated, your question is unclear as it lacks the necessary details&#xA;to propose an answer. Please start here:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/425155/my-wireless-wifi-connection-does-not-work-what-information-is-needed-to-diagnos&quot;&gt;My wireless/WiFi connection does not work. What information is needed to diagnose the issue?&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;Please edit your question to include the result of the wireless info&#xA;report.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19421" LastActivityDate="2022-08-03T23:31:42.693" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20084" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2022-08-10T23:53:56.757" Score="6" ViewCount="213" Body="&lt;p&gt;In order to help explain the difference between Ubuntu, its flavors, unofficial remixes, and unofficial derivatives, I created a self answered question called &amp;quot;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1422818/ubuntu-ubuntu-flavors-ubuntu-remixes-ubuntu-derivatives-whats-the-differen?noredirect=1#comment2477005_1422818&quot;&gt;Ubuntu, Ubuntu Flavors, Ubuntu Remixes, Ubuntu Derivatives - what's the difference?&lt;/a&gt;&amp;quot; In the answer, I give a clear, concise explanation as to what the four things are and what the difference is between them, including the technical rationale behind why remixes and unofficial derivatives are not officially supported by the Ubuntu community.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sadly I'm guessing I chose the perfectly wrong title, as my question got flagged as a duplicate of two loosely related questions that mostly missed the point of my original question, but that appeared to be duplicates looking at the title.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One was &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/690/what-is-the-difference-between-ubuntu-and-its-derivatives&quot;&gt;What is the difference between Ubuntu and its derivatives?&lt;/a&gt;. While this sounds like a duplicate, it actually dives deep into the differences between the official Ubuntu flavors (like the fact that Kubuntu uses the KDE desktop rather than Unity or GNOME), which wasn't the point of my question at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The other one was was &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/699354/what-does-official-ubuntu-flavour-mean&quot;&gt;What does &amp;quot;official Ubuntu flavour&amp;quot; mean?&lt;/a&gt;. This answers only one aspect of my question, and while it answers that aspect very well and in great detail, it completely leaves out the other three aspects of the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this question actually a duplicate of the two linked questions? If so, can someone explain to me why? If not, could we throw some reopen votes at my question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1598467" LastActivityDate="2022-08-10T23:53:56.757" Title="I think my question got mistakenly marked as a duplicate, help?" Tags="|support|duplicates|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20085" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2022-08-13T17:52:31.647" Score="0" ViewCount="159" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to log in using another id, as I have too little rep with this one.  There is no ask ubuntu / StackExchange logout button.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="860516" OwnerDisplayName="David Pickett" LastActivityDate="2022-08-13T23:38:32.500" Title="I signed in with a less used email and do not have the rep to comment, but there is no log out of ask ubuntu button!" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20086" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20088" CreationDate="2022-08-14T07:32:36.443" Score="5" ViewCount="62" Body="&lt;p&gt;I know how to add an image file in question post like this, but I need to add a very wide txt file and I am strugling for this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please, what I'm missing ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I click on image insertion button I can insert only image, but for the .txt?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1598359" LastActivityDate="2022-08-17T04:47:20.220" Title="How do I add files to posts?" Tags="|support|formatting|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20087" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2022-08-14T13:07:48.127" Score="10" ViewCount="467" Body="&lt;p&gt;As of now, this is the logo of Launchpad shown in &lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/xewPi.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ask Ubuntu contact pages&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/contact&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/contact&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/contact&quot;&gt;https://meta.askubuntu.com/contact&lt;/a&gt;) and &lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/4ssX1.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;login page&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/login&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/users/login&lt;/a&gt;):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/mQFav.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/mQFav.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Recently, the logo of Launchpad was changed. This is the new logo: &lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Q5LDQ.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Q5LDQ.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I request staff to change the logo in Ask Ubuntu contact page and login page. (This link might be helpful: &lt;a href=&quot;https://launchpad.net/@@/launchpad-logo.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://launchpad.net/@@/launchpad-logo.png&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1103140" LastEditorUserId="1103140" LastEditDate="2022-09-08T12:06:14.137" LastActivityDate="2022-09-08T12:06:14.137" Title="Change the Launchpad logo on Ask Ubuntu's Contact and Login pages" Tags="|support|status-review|design|launchpad|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="5" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20088" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20086" CreationDate="2022-08-15T06:46:11.387" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;You cannot attach a file, like you would in email. That isn’t supported. You have a few options:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Use a &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pastebin&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;pastebin&lt;/a&gt; - there are many if you search, &lt;a href=&quot;https://pastebin.ubuntu.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ubuntu also has one&lt;/a&gt;. Do read the note about pastebins below&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If it isn't too long, put it in a &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/editing-help#code&quot;&gt;code block&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note: I would encourage anyone that thinks they need a file so big it won't fit in a code block to consider (1) if the question would be useful to others and (2) if that specific data is needed. For example, if it is just &amp;quot;How can I read a 12GB CSV file?&amp;quot;, the specific contents of &lt;em&gt;your&lt;/em&gt; CSV file is irrelevant. If the file contents really is important to the question, consider archiving the pastebin (or direct download, if one) with &lt;a href=&quot;https://web.archive.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the Wayback Machine&lt;/a&gt; in case the original page goes away&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But do consider this first: do you &lt;em&gt;really&lt;/em&gt; need to include the entire file? Would your question be fine without it? If it isn't needed, don’t add it. Also, depending on the question, adding a portion of the file could work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1438484" LastEditorUserId="1438484" LastEditDate="2022-08-17T04:47:20.220" LastActivityDate="2022-08-17T04:47:20.220" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20089" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2022-08-17T05:21:22.490" Score="17" ViewCount="250" Body="&lt;p&gt;This tag is fully useless IMO. We don't need it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So... we have a &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/help&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;help&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;help&lt;/a&gt; tag on Meta Ask Ubuntu (NOT the main site). IMO, it is useless. Let's go through the criteria to get rid of it:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does it describe the contents of the questions to which it is applied? and is it unambiguous?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Certainly not. It provides &lt;em&gt;zero&lt;/em&gt; info about the contents of the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is the concept described even on-topic for the site?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, but the entire purpose of AU Meta (and AU) is &lt;em&gt;help&lt;/em&gt; with problems. So it literally gives no information, as it is implied when asking a question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does the tag add any meaningful information to the post?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Absolutely not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does it mean the same thing in all common contexts?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sure, the OP wants help with &lt;em&gt;something&lt;/em&gt;. But tags should describe the subject of a question or what it is about., not just what it &lt;em&gt;contains&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Most of the questions can get retagged to &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/support&quot; class=&quot;post-tag required-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;support&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;support&lt;/a&gt;, but a few are &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/discussion&quot; class=&quot;post-tag required-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;discussion&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;discussion&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's a fairly small tag, so if nobody objects, it's probably safe to go ahead and do it&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1438484" LastEditorUserId="1406746" LastEditDate="2022-09-30T17:59:01.680" LastActivityDate="2022-09-30T17:59:01.680" Title="I need some [help] getting rid of this tag from Ask Ubuntu Meta!" Tags="|discussion|status-completed|tags|meta|burnination-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="12" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20090" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20093" CreationDate="2022-08-17T06:12:51.290" Score="5" ViewCount="180" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/how-to-ask&quot;&gt;The &amp;quot;How do I ask a good question?&amp;quot; Help Center page&lt;/a&gt; could use some work. Part of it is wrong, some of it could use more info, and some of it could be expanded. Let's go through what's there, and then let's brainstorm some ideas for improving it!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Search, and research&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Have you thoroughly searched for an answer before asking your question? Sharing your research helps everyone. Tell us what you found and why it didn't meet your needs. This demonstrates that you’ve taken the time to try to help yourself, it saves us from reiterating obvious answers, and above all, it helps you get a more specific and relevant answer!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yep, if there is a obvious dupe target, explaining why it didn't work is important. Specifically that OPs should include what &lt;em&gt;exactly&lt;/em&gt; they tried and how it didn't work. A.k.a. &amp;quot;It didn't work&amp;quot; isn't sufficient for not being a dupe.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Be on-topic&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Our community is defined by a specific set of topics that you can view in the help center; please stick to those topics and avoid asking for opinions or open-ended discussion. If your question is about the site itself, ask on our meta-discussion site. If you're looking for a different topic, it might be covered on another Stack Exchange site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Seems good.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Be specific&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you ask a vague question, you'll get a vague answer. But if you give us details and context, we can provide a useful answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Incorrect. Vague questions that can't be answered without more info should (and hopefully will) be closed as &amp;quot;Needs Details or Clarity&amp;quot;, perhaps with a (polite) comment explaining what else is needed. Vague, incomplete answers aren't the correct action for insufficient detail in a question. Either the question is specific enough for a good answer, or it isn't.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Make it relevant to others&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We like to help as many people at a time as we can. Make it clear how your question is relevant to more people than just you, and more of us will be interested in your question and willing to look into it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is true, but unhelpful. To me and most active SE users, this makes sense. But think about it from the perspective of a first-time question asker who knows nothing about the SE model - &amp;quot;Why should I care about it being useful to others, I just want an answer to &lt;em&gt;my&lt;/em&gt; problem&amp;quot;. I'll come back to this in a bit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Keep an open mind&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The answer to your question may not always be the one you wanted, but that doesn't mean it is wrong. A conclusive answer isn't always possible. When in doubt, ask people to cite their sources, or to explain how/where they learned something. Even if we don't agree with you, or tell you exactly what you wanted to hear, remember: we're just trying to help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, &lt;a href=&quot;https://rpg.meta.stackexchange.com/a/6843/73458&quot;&gt;frame challenges&lt;/a&gt; (this) sometimes happen, and being open-minded is important. Although, frame challenges (on AU) tend to happen when the OP has &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/66377/what-is-the-xy-problem&quot;&gt;an XY Problem&lt;/a&gt;, so IMO we should explain (or link to?) the XY Problem. Also, asking for a source is fine, but &lt;em&gt;how&lt;/em&gt; they learned it really isn't the purpose of comments, so that should probably be removed (a brand new AU user is highly unlikely to use chat).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I also propose that we incorporate some of &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/help/minimal-reproducible-example&quot;&gt;the MCVE page from SO&lt;/a&gt; into this page, but talored to AU. Here's what I propose (ish):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't point out the &amp;quot;Minimal&amp;quot; part, because I'd like to avoid XY Problems when possible. Maybe there is a way to do both...?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When asking a question, people will be better able to help you if you clearly explain your issue, and you don't include more info than is needed to &lt;em&gt;clearly&lt;/em&gt; communicate your question. Your question should&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Provide all parts someone else needs to reproduce your problem in the question itself. If you're having an issue with Ubuntu itself, see if you can &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/1384358/1438484&quot;&gt;reproduce it in a live CD&lt;/a&gt;, and if so, include the exact steps you took to reproduce the issue.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Include any and all commands (and command output) &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/editing-help#code&quot;&gt;formatted as code blocks&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;not as images&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Explain what you're trying to accomplish - this makes it easier to find a solution&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, we may want to re-order these items to have the most important ones at the top.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Regardless of if you agree, disagree, or have more ideas, feel free to post an answer! I'm not attached to this perticular wording or these perticular things too much, my goal is to make that page as helpful as possible&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1438484" LastActivityDate="2022-08-20T04:25:58.707" Title="Let's improve the &quot;How do I ask a good question?&quot; wiki page?" Tags="|discussion|help-center|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20091" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20090" CreationDate="2022-08-18T02:13:05.703" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I fully support the idea of improvements to this page and it would be a simple world if the Moderator Team could &lt;em&gt;directly&lt;/em&gt; edit the page. However for a variety of network reasons this is currently &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; the case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Drawing from a post on the Stack Moderators Meta pages (quoted in italics and modified slightly as shown with [xxx] markings) I propose a roadmap for the changes to go through:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Create a post on the appropriate community’s Meta site asking for an edit to a Help Center page.&lt;/em&gt; So this has been done thanks to @cocomac!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Copy/paste the URL of the Help Center page in the question and submit the edits. Include the source text and the proposed edits so that [the Community Managers] can quickly make the changes. Be sure to have gathered consensus from the community/moderator teams about the change before moving to the next step.&lt;/em&gt; This process of Community consultation is now underway and probably should be given some &lt;em&gt;reasonable&lt;/em&gt; time to process. &lt;s&gt;As for the source code I see the relevant section for editing in this  on the page: &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;div class=&amp;quot;s-prose js-post-body w100&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; Contents here... &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt;. Simple matter to edit this and present to the CMs as raw HTML.&lt;/s&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Edit:&lt;/strong&gt; As corrected by @V2Blast ordinary standard SE markdown is fine in this case...&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Tag the post with 'status-review' which will trigger an alert on [the Community Managers'] internal board and [they will] triage it and add it to [their] queue.&lt;/em&gt; This can be done by any of the Moderator team.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;[Community Managers] will respond and make the edit or ask further questions should something be unclear or need to be adjusted.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;The tag will change to either 'status-completed' or 'status-declined'.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So the process will take a while I suspect but in an ideal world we will eventually present a &lt;em&gt;single&lt;/em&gt; 'Answer' to the Community Managers that contains alterations to this page, in raw HTML, that has achieved Community consensus. And then respond to any concerns of the CM team.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should be fun :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;References&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/259914/662263&quot;&gt;What parts of the help center can site moderators edit?&lt;/a&gt; A look at areas that Moderators can &lt;em&gt;directly&lt;/em&gt; edit. Most other areas need Community consensus and an obliging CM...&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="57576" LastEditorUserId="57576" LastEditDate="2022-08-20T04:25:58.707" LastActivityDate="2022-08-20T04:25:58.707" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20092" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19977" CreationDate="2022-08-18T13:09:16.473" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Oops, @andrew.46 got to it before I could recommend one more change, so posting this as a separate answer.  @cocomac pointed out that the wording on the intro paragraph is a bit odd, and I agree, but it needs more changes than just those originally proposed and done:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Recommend changing &lt;em&gt;from&lt;/em&gt; (current):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Ask Ubuntu&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's a question and answer site for Ubuntu-related questions. It's also a place to share knowledge about Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Before posting any Questions/Answers please follow the Ubuntu Code of Conduct and this FAQ when participating in this community.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;to&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;&lt;strike&gt; Ask Ubuntu&lt;/strike&gt; (remove heading)&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu is a question and answer site for Ubuntu-related questions. It's also a place to share knowledge about Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Before posting any Questions/Answers please follow the &lt;a href=&quot;https://ubuntu.com/community/code-of-conduct&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Code of Conduct&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://askubuntu.com/faq#etiquette&quot;&gt;this FAQ&lt;/a&gt; when participating in this community.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Reasons:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;Ask Ubuntu&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt; as a heading is redundant since it's in the page title.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;It's&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt; is a bit weird when referring to a title.  I recommend we follow the example of other Stack Exchange on-topic pages with the &lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;[site name] is ...&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt; form.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Examples:  &lt;a href=&quot;https://superuser.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;Super User&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;Stack Overflow&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;Unix &amp;amp; Linux&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Whether or not we need to leave the Ubuntu Code of Conduct in there is a separate question.  I think it should come out for &lt;em&gt;users&lt;/em&gt;, at least, since it is no longer part of the Terms of Service.  But if it's in there, it does need the &lt;em&gt;link&lt;/em&gt;, which is missing at the moment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1165986" LastActivityDate="2022-08-18T13:09:16.473" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20093" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20090" CreationDate="2022-08-19T20:19:56.187" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the interest of making sure this is highly visible, I'm copying this from @V2Blast (Staff)'s comment on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/20091/1165986&quot;&gt;other answer&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We generally avoid customizing Help Center articles for specific sites unless the current version of the page doesn't fit the site at all. If you think the relevant Help Center page should be updated network-wide, you may want to suggest the change on &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Meta Stack Exchange&lt;/a&gt; instead. Also, it doesn't need to be HTML; markdown works just fine on Help Center pages.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With that in mind, let me suggest we close this discussion out here and, if warranted, open a discussion on MSE.  If it were just about tweaking the AU page, I'd throw in some suggestions myself, but I can understand the SE Staff desire to keep one common page across sites as much as possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1165986" LastActivityDate="2022-08-19T20:19:56.187" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20094" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2022-08-20T01:49:28.900" Score="-1" ViewCount="87" Body="&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;How does one log out of AskUbuntu?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Or is there only logging in?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've searched each time I've been on and not a logout button or direction or hint to be found.&#xA;I've looked through the Help Center.&#xA;There are no hints anywhere.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1621229" OwnerDisplayName="TLMystic" LastActivityDate="2022-08-20T06:20:35.523" Title="How to Logout of AskUbuntu?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2022-08-20T13:15:33.493" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20095" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20094" CreationDate="2022-08-20T06:20:35.523" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Top right on the browser window I have a Stack Exchange option&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/jQdA8.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/jQdA8.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Clicking on it shows a logout option top right, where I only need to click on the &amp;quot;log out&amp;quot; option.  It asks for confirmation which allows me to logout, or cancel logout if I changed my mind.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="469152" LastActivityDate="2022-08-20T06:20:35.523" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20096" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20089" CreationDate="2022-08-21T00:48:40.660" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;As always I have been to the Moderator Cheat Sheet for this one and &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/119111/moderator-cheat-sheet#119377&quot;&gt;it says in part&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A bad tag's sprung up. Can I destroy and/or block it myself?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;No: moderators don't have the ability to outright destroy or block tags. For that, you need to create consensus on your meta-discussion site that the tag must not exist and contact Stack Exchange to perform the destruction and/or blocking. Alternatively, you can ask the community to manually clean out the tags, which helps identify off-topic and low-quality questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So we are well on the path to ridding ourselves of this tag:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Achieve Consensus:&lt;/strong&gt; We have established that the &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/help&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;help&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;help-container&quot;&gt;help&lt;/a&gt; tag does not belong on the Meta site of AU by both the up-votes and comments attached to this question. Interestingly enough this consensus &lt;em&gt;has been reached before&lt;/em&gt; for the main site at least: @linuxtechnical has found consensus for the tag removal &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/3706/57576&quot;&gt;on the main site&lt;/a&gt; 10 years ago!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Manual Clean:&lt;/strong&gt; The Community has cleaned the tag away on Meta manually so after 24 hours of no use the tag should disappear. The danger is that any user can easily recreate this tag and then the process restarts.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Block the Tag:&lt;/strong&gt; I have started the process to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/20099/57576&quot;&gt;request the tag be blocked by SO&lt;/a&gt;. This was done for the main AU site previously by Shog9 but it appears as if Meta was not considered at the time.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And thanks to @cocomac for pushing this through :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="57576" LastEditorUserId="57576" LastEditDate="2022-08-25T09:46:24.860" LastActivityDate="2022-08-25T09:46:24.860" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20097" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2022-08-23T08:26:17.010" Score="4" ViewCount="55" Body="&lt;p&gt;I wanted to ask a question. While I was drafting it, Ask Ubuntu listed some closely related questions that had been answered. I thought those answers might answer the question I was going to ask but being a newbie here I could not see how to read those answers and could not find a tag that my problem relates to. I recently updated from Ubuntu 20.04 to 22.04 if that helps. I ask: how can I read answers to questions? Is there some relevant icon I don't know the meaning of?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1623194" OwnerDisplayName="John Harper" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2022-08-23T09:51:02.677" LastActivityDate="2022-09-16T21:15:52.320" Title="How can I read answers to the related questions that appear when I'm drafting a question?" Tags="|support|asking-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20098" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20097" CreationDate="2022-08-23T08:35:45.880" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;While you type in a question, the site suggests other questions that may be similar in a &amp;quot;Similar questions&amp;quot; box. This box shows an excerpt of each question, so you can get an idea whether it could be helpful for your situation or not. The titles of the questions in the box are links. So you can open a question that seems interesting, for example in a new tab, and read the full question and its answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="48867" OwnerDisplayName="Henning Kockerbeck" LastEditorUserId="134729" LastEditDate="2022-09-16T21:15:52.320" LastActivityDate="2022-09-16T21:15:52.320" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20099" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2022-08-24T23:32:26.723" Score="5" ViewCount="119" Body="&lt;p&gt;Could CMs please block the &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/help&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;help&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;help&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;help-container&quot;&gt;help&lt;/a&gt; tag on AU Meta.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Following &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/239192/662263&quot;&gt;Shog9's guide&lt;/a&gt;, we have accomplished the prerequisites:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Burninate the tag:&lt;/strong&gt; A combination of myself and the community have edited out the tag and substituted the more relevant tags.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Decide if it needs to be blocked:&lt;/strong&gt; This was discussed some time ago &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/3217/57576&quot;&gt;Burninate the meta tags {help} and {features}?&lt;/a&gt; at a time shortly after the tag was blocked on the main AU. (The term 'banned' was used rather than the term 'blocked' in the answer.) The tag has &lt;em&gt;reappeared&lt;/em&gt; subsequently and is &lt;em&gt;still not welcome&lt;/em&gt; on Meta.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Discuss if the tag is relevant:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/20089/57576&quot;&gt;Recent conversation on Meta&lt;/a&gt; has reinforced the lack of relevance of this tag on Meta. You will note the community support in the form of up votes in the discussion.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Moderator involvement and status-review:&lt;/strong&gt; I &lt;em&gt;strongly&lt;/em&gt; support the removal and blocking of this tag from AU Meta (note its removal and blocking on the main AU site) and have create this separate post, as requested by JNat, and added the status-review tag.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please let me know if any more is required...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;References:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/239189/662263&quot;&gt;How do we request to have a tag blocked?&lt;/a&gt; – Shog9's definitive guide to the blocking of unwanted tags on SO.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/20089/57576&quot;&gt;I need some [help] getting rid of this tag from Ask Ubuntu Meta!&lt;/a&gt; – Cocomac's recent post on removal of the tag with community support and discussion.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="57576" LastEditorUserId="1406746" LastEditDate="2022-09-30T17:25:23.653" LastActivityDate="2022-09-30T17:46:07.737" Title="Please block the [help] tag on AU Meta" Tags="|discussion|status-declined|tags|meta|tag-block-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20101" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2022-09-03T06:50:49.290" Score="3" ViewCount="54" Body="&lt;p&gt;How can I easily see my own questions and threads to which I have commented on this site?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I cannot find something relevant on the top right near the user's badges links.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="949433" OwnerDisplayName="pierrely" LastEditorUserId="618353" LastEditDate="2022-09-03T13:21:41.597" LastActivityDate="2022-09-04T10:33:21.767" Title="How can I easily see my own questions and threads to which I have commented on this site?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20102" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20101" CreationDate="2022-09-03T06:55:47.157" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Simply click on the area containing your icon and that will take you to your user profile.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From there, scroll down to your list of &lt;em&gt;Newest questions&lt;/em&gt; or select the appropriate tab for other options.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/tm6lE.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/tm6lE.png&quot; alt=&quot;Newest questions&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To see things like comments, select the &lt;em&gt;Activity&lt;/em&gt; tab and then &lt;em&gt;Responses&lt;/em&gt; from the left panel which will show responses from others to you. Otherwise, if you want to see only your responses then select &lt;em&gt;All actions&lt;/em&gt; → &lt;em&gt;Comments&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/pRlGv.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/pRlGv.png&quot; alt=&quot;Responses&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="307670" OwnerDisplayName="24601" LastEditorUserId="618353" LastEditDate="2022-09-04T10:33:21.767" LastActivityDate="2022-09-04T10:33:21.767" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20103" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2022-09-04T03:16:38.230" Score="-6" ViewCount="366" Body="&lt;p&gt;Old posts with outdated info, which are irrelevant to the currently supported versions, should be excluded by the search engine bots. Perhaps, they should be marked and archived (i.e.: Internet Archive, Wayback Machine).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is not a thoughtless post. I am active on Internet Archive, regularly searching for information for Wikipedia. The current process of recommending webpages for archiving is very slow. Which entity archives webpages currently? Companies who want to eliminate advertising outdated products.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The same Ubuntu tech page from 2004 popped up twice in a search result, and that is on Ubuntu to deal with. Block these pages from being included by search engines. This doesn't need an individual's involvement, and we gain more time by not reading irrelevant solutions to current problems (in 2022).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://help.archive.org/help/using-the-wayback-machine/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://help.archive.org/help/using-the-wayback-machine/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="334620" OwnerDisplayName="ineuw" LastEditorUserId="57576" LastEditDate="2022-09-13T22:42:31.523" LastActivityDate="2022-10-04T14:01:25.630" Title="Marking outdated posts/info etc. to be archived" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="23" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20105" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19683" CreationDate="2022-09-05T22:21:46.217" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;My goal is to archive Ubuntu articles that have no technical value in a current search for help for a Ubuntu/Linux Mint content, but are readily available in a historical context.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Archiving is already being done in a sophisticated way and while tagging is limited to the individual, it is something I would do if available.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The criteria to identify these en masse are available and known, and the process currently used by Internet Archive is slow. Speeding it up is only a matter of funding.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="334620" LastActivityDate="2022-09-05T22:21:46.217" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20106" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19924" CreationDate="2022-09-07T14:20:31.393" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;We modified the review queues so that users cannot be audited on questions they already reviewed. We hope that solves your issues!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Answering your question about the question pool - yes, we audit users only on recent questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1629708" LastActivityDate="2022-09-07T14:20:31.393" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20111" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2022-09-17T04:47:11.660" Score="6" ViewCount="137" Body="&lt;p&gt;How can I view inactive posts? I am trying to earn the Excavator badge.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="573838" LastActivityDate="2022-09-17T06:17:06.027" Title="View inactive posts to achieve Excavator badge" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20112" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20111" CreationDate="2022-09-17T06:05:04.733" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can use this SEDE query which was created exactly for this purpose: &lt;a href=&quot;https://data.stackexchange.com/askubuntu/query/1633507/posts-inactive-for-over-6-months-useful-for-archaeologist-badge-progress&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Posts inactive for over 6 months: Useful for Archaeologist badge progress&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or you can use advanced search options in the site's search bar. Specifically, you may use the &lt;code&gt;created:&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;lastactive:&lt;/code&gt; search operators to search for posts as described in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/searching&quot;&gt;How do I search?&lt;/a&gt; section of the Help center:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h4&gt;Dates&lt;/h4&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can use specific dates or date ranges to narrow results down to posts created or active within a certain time period, using the following operators:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;created:&lt;/code&gt; to specify when the posts were created&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;lastactive:&lt;/code&gt; for posts active in a specified time period&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Dates can be entered in the following formats:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Absolute dates:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;year only&lt;/em&gt; – e.g., &lt;code&gt;created:2012..2013&lt;/code&gt; searches posts created from January 1, 2012 through December 31, 2013; &lt;code&gt;created:2012&lt;/code&gt; searches posts created from January 1, 2012 through December 31, 2012.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;year and month&lt;/em&gt; – e.g., &lt;code&gt;created:2012-04..2012-05&lt;/code&gt; searches posts created between April 1, 2012 and May 31, 2012.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;day, month, and year&lt;/em&gt; – e.g., &lt;code&gt;lastactive:2012-04-03&lt;/code&gt; searches posts who were last active between 12:00 AM on April 3, 2012 and 11:59 PM on April 3, 2012.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Relative dates:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;1y&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;1m&lt;/code&gt;, and &lt;code&gt;1d&lt;/code&gt; are shorthand for &amp;quot;last year&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;last month&amp;quot;, and &amp;quot;yesterday&amp;quot; – e.g., if today is April 15, &lt;code&gt;created:1m&lt;/code&gt; searches posts created between March 1 and March 31. (You can substitute any number for &lt;code&gt;1&lt;/code&gt; to look back that many years, months, or days.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Relative dates in a range (&lt;code&gt;1y..&lt;/code&gt;) look back to the same date in the previous period – e.g., if you want to see all the posts active in the last three months, use &lt;code&gt;lastactive:3m..&lt;/code&gt; On April 15, that will show posts from January 15 up to the most recently active. You can close the range as well: &lt;code&gt;lastactive:3m..1m&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Please note&lt;/strong&gt; that all times are recorded in UTC; the results may not match your timezone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="618353" LastEditorUserId="618353" LastEditDate="2022-09-17T06:17:06.027" LastActivityDate="2022-09-17T06:17:06.027" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20114" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="17111" CreationDate="2022-09-22T18:50:11.203" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Came across this while searching for another topic.  Old, old question I know.  It looks like, since you hit 20k rep at some point, you were able to delete your answer yourself?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Personally, in this case, I would just recommending editing your answer (which I'm assuming is still the accepted one, even if deleted)  to point to the one you feel is a better solution.  Something like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After posting this, &lt;em&gt;[@xyx]&lt;/em&gt; (I'm assuming @MikaDo-) posted what I believe is a better solution &lt;em&gt;[link to that answer]&lt;/em&gt;.  I would recommend following that solution rather than mine because &lt;em&gt;[reason(s) why the other answer is better]&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since the OP of the question hasn't visited the site since then, it's unlikely that the accepted answer will ever changed, but that gives you the ability to &amp;quot;redirect&amp;quot; others to what you believe is the correct answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can, of course, either leave your answer below that as an alternative or just keep it in the edit history.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1165986" LastActivityDate="2022-09-22T18:50:11.203" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20115" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20122" CreationDate="2022-09-22T22:58:55.347" Score="1" ViewCount="86" Body="&lt;p&gt;A lot of people use Ubuntu for scientific computing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can we have a tag for it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Many of the questions like &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=octave&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=mathematica&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=numpy&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=julia&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; will fall under this category.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="124466" LastActivityDate="2022-09-28T22:16:16.987" Title="Can we have a tag for scientific-computing?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="5" FavoriteCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20116" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20115" CreationDate="2022-09-23T12:34:17.743" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;This tag seems unnecessarily vague.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's not even a single class of software (eg &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/calculator&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;calculator&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;calculator&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;calculator-container&quot;&gt;calculator&lt;/a&gt;), it barely an intention and broadly speaking, it would probably only serve as an umbrella around several tags which are otherwise more specifically tagged because they're &lt;em&gt;about&lt;/em&gt; that software, not the intention.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm probably not being imaginative enough but I don't see who this tag would help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2022-09-23T12:34:17.743" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20117" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2022-09-23T17:50:22.853" Score="8" ViewCount="178" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is the second time I've submitted a self-answered question and found that it had been closed and marked as a duplicate of two questions that didn't actually apply. As one would imagine, this is somewhat frustrating.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The first question, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1422818/ubuntu-ubuntu-flavors-ubuntu-remixes-ubuntu-derivatives-whats-the-differen&quot;&gt;Ubuntu, Ubuntu Flavors, Ubuntu Remixes, Ubuntu Derivatives - what&amp;#39;s the difference?&lt;/a&gt;, was closed as a duplicate of two questions. The first one, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/690/what-is-the-difference-between-ubuntu-and-its-derivatives&quot;&gt;What is the difference between Ubuntu and its derivatives?&lt;/a&gt;, covered the differences between the various Ubuntu &lt;em&gt;flavors&lt;/em&gt; (not the question, just looked similar at first glance). The other one, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/699354/what-does-official-ubuntu-flavour-mean&quot;&gt;What does &amp;quot;official Ubuntu flavour&amp;quot; mean?&lt;/a&gt;, covered only the definition of an official Ubuntu flavor.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The second question, which was asked today, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1431940/what-are-phased-updates-and-why-does-ubuntu-use-them/1431941#1431941&quot;&gt;What are phased updates, and why does Ubuntu use them?&lt;/a&gt;, was closed as a duplicate of another two questions. The first one, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1431741/how-to-disable-skip-phased-updates-on-22-04&quot;&gt;How to disable/skip phased updates on 22.04?&lt;/a&gt;, covers the process of disabling phased updates for a machine, but otherwise it misses most of the question. The second one, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1421222/update-upgrade-not-working-because-of-phased-updates&quot;&gt;Update/Upgrade not working (because of phased updates)&lt;/a&gt;, has an answer that briefly covers the first four points of the my question (what phased updates are, why Ubuntu uses them, how they help the user, and if they should be disabled or not), but misses the fifth point entirely (why &lt;code&gt;apt&lt;/code&gt;'s messages regarding phased updates are so unclear), and doesn't go into much detail for the first four points. My question was intended to have a detailed answer, not a brief overview.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems like self-answered questions are in somewhat of a different category from usual questions. Where as a usual support question may be sufficiently answered by a quick overview of a topic followed by practical steps, a self-answered question is typically designed to receive a highly detailed, comprehensive answer, as it is more of a documentation page than an actual question. As a result, questions that appear to be duplicates of a self-answered question are very likely to not be, as they may not meet all of the criteria that the original asker intended to be met by the answer. They may have little to nothing to do with the question, especially if the question is self-answered and the presumed duplicate was a support request.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Flagging a self-answered question as a duplicate when it isn't gives the question an aura of unreliability, as it appears to break the site's rules at first glance, when, in fact, it doesn't. To have this flag removed, the asker ends up having to edit the question to clarify why it's not a duplicate, request reviews, and possibly ask for help getting the question reopened over here. It frustrates the efforts of a person attempting to document info, requiring them to go through a somewhat difficult process to get their question out of the pit of duplicate-ville and back into the realm of normal questions. Overall, it's a bad experience. And given the fact that this is the second time (in a row) that I've gone through this, I get the feeling that it's not going to stop.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My request is that the moderators and trusted members of Ask Ubuntu study self-answered questions more closely than normal when considering marking them as duplicates of other questions. I realize I'm asking a volunteer force to do more work than normal, but in my opinion, being a volunteer worker is a reason for not doing as much work as one might expect at first glance. It's not a reason to do a job incorrectly and create more work for other volunteers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does this sound like a good idea to the rest of the community? Anything in particular that self-answerers should do to reduce the likelihood of their question being marked as a duplicate in the mean time?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(For those who are reading this who do the job of flagging questions as duplicates, please don't take this as a personal attack. I also do a lot of volunteer work for the Ubuntu project, and fully understand the difficulties of it. I don't imagine anyone means one ounce of ill will in what they've done and are doing, nor do I think people are being sloppy. I think it's just that there's a part of the site (the category of self-answered questions) that could use different treatment than the current way things are going, and I'd like to bring this to the attention of the community. You guys are doing great, keep up the good work!)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;P.S.: Wow, my spellchecker does not like the words &amp;quot;asker&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;self-answerer&amp;quot;. What words should I be using here, or is Chrome just being silly?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit: The second question mentioned in this question has been reopened, thank you guys!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1598467" LastEditorUserId="1598467" LastEditDate="2022-09-23T22:51:44.013" LastActivityDate="2022-09-28T21:25:15.763" Title="Should we pay more attention to self-answered questions when considering flagging them as duplicates?" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20118" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20117" CreationDate="2022-09-24T06:17:40.003" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;You did the right thing in both situations and also by posting here. Neither of these questions are duplicates.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We do need to do better at making sure that questions are not prematurely closed as duplicates, but I don't agree that it matters whether or not the question is self-answered.  Self-answering does not make a question any more or less a duplicate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as the question that was asked today, it was closed by a user that has privileges to close questions related to the &lt;code&gt;apt&lt;/code&gt; tag.  I think the closure was a mistake, but playing devil's advocate, I can see why...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The idea is that, in general, we would prefer to have one question with many answers vs. many similar questions with answers spread around. There's an answer on the supposed duplicate that briefly answered the question that you asked, but not as completely as you have. Question titles in particular are not always ideal, and the community can associate your question with an answer that already exists on an existing question, even though the question itself is slightly different. I don't always agree with this, and I don't in this case, and it seems neither did the community, because we voted to reopen it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as editing questions after a closure: Yes, please edit questions the best you can to address the closure reason, but I don't think you should make your case for reopening in that edit. Instead, if you want to discuss why a question was closed or want to have a discussion about reopening, post here on meta.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="953371" LastActivityDate="2022-09-24T06:17:40.003" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20119" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20120" CreationDate="2022-09-27T11:55:43.400" Score="2" ViewCount="64" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am trying to submit a question. I have spent a lot of effort trying to be clear.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I like to make icons containing text. They are 240x240 pixels.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, when I put them on my desktop, the icons are way to large and I have to resize them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a way to make them display their true size?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I keep getting&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your question could not be submitted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What could I do differently?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/BVYwh.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/BVYwh.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="573838" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2022-09-27T12:38:23.033" LastActivityDate="2022-09-27T12:41:01.337" Title="Why &quot;Your question could not be submitted.&quot;" Tags="|support|asking-questions|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20120" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20119" CreationDate="2022-09-27T12:41:01.337" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Scroll down on that page. The &amp;quot;issue&amp;quot; would hopefully be highlighted in red. My guess would be that you need to add at least one tag?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2022-09-27T12:41:01.337" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20121" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20117" CreationDate="2022-09-28T21:25:15.763" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Based on your question title here, I was thinking this was going to be a very different type of question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my experience, many self-answered questions &lt;em&gt;are&lt;/em&gt; duplicates.  The OP has run across an issue and found the answer to it -- Perhaps they found the solution through their own efforts, perhaps through another site, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In their haste to post the solution for others, they often don't search quite hard enough for a possible duplicate.  And sometimes it's just a matter of not searching for the right terms.  The SE search engine isn't that great compared to the Google (etc.) indices, and many attempts to find duplicates don't go further than the search box on the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So if I see a quick &amp;quot;problem/solution&amp;quot; self-answer Q&amp;amp;A, I often do go looking for a duplicate (or I'm often already aware of one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So yes, self-answered questions &lt;em&gt;do&lt;/em&gt; get a different view than regular answers when it comes to duplicates, but probably not in the way that you meant/hoped ;-).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But regarding yours specifically, they don't fall into that category.  They are clearly well-intentioned, well-researched.  While I might look for a possible duplicate if I saw your self-answer, there are two reasons I probably &lt;em&gt;wouldn't&lt;/em&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You have a reasonable amount of reputation to &amp;quot;know better&amp;quot; (which isn't always a great indicator), but ...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;More importantly, there is a &lt;em&gt;lot&lt;/em&gt; of good information in those two posts.  Even if they consolidated information that's present in other Q's &amp;amp; A's, they are still &lt;em&gt;valuable&lt;/em&gt; consolidations (and additions).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1165986" LastActivityDate="2022-09-28T21:25:15.763" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20122" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20115" CreationDate="2022-09-28T22:16:16.987" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;First of all, if you were going to go this route, I would recommend using the same &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/data-science&quot;&gt;&lt;code&gt;data-science&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/a&gt; terminology that Stack Overflow uses.  They may not be identical terms, but I think the software that you reference tends to lean towards &amp;quot;data science&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And there &lt;em&gt;might&lt;/em&gt; be a case for there being unique &lt;code&gt;data-science&lt;/code&gt; questions here on AU, &lt;strong&gt;but&lt;/strong&gt; the vast majority of those in your searches certainly don't seem to qualify, IMHO.  Just looking through the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/octave&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;octave&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;octave&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;octave-container&quot;&gt;octave&lt;/a&gt; questions, for instance, the vast (vast, vast) majority are simply installation issues of one sort or another.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Honestly, I haven't found a single question &lt;em&gt;yet&lt;/em&gt; in any of those tags that I would consider data-science and/or scientific-computing.  Not that I've exhausted, but I've skimmed through at least 60 questions in those tags without coming across a great candidate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1165986" LastActivityDate="2022-09-28T22:16:16.987" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20123" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20099" CreationDate="2022-09-30T17:46:07.737" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;As noted in my comment above, the tag hasn't actually been recreated since it was blocked, so there doesn't appear to be a need to block the tag at this time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it does end up getting inappropriately recreated, feel free to raise a new request to block the tag at that time. (You should wait to get consensus from the community before adding the &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/status-review&quot; class=&quot;post-tag moderator-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;status-review&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;status-review&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;status-review-container&quot;&gt;status-review&lt;/a&gt; tag to the post, however.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1406746" LastActivityDate="2022-09-30T17:46:07.737" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20124" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20103" CreationDate="2022-10-02T12:49:50.070" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;An answer might be outdated over time. Its abstraction rarely is though, even if actual info no longer works.&#xA;I must say the majority of solutions I found, on AU as well as SO, is from outdated answers, using their procedures as an inspiration.&#xA;Selecting and marking answers with no value in the current time is a subjective and undoable job. If they even exist.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="72216" LastEditDate="2022-10-04T14:01:25.630" LastActivityDate="2022-10-04T14:01:25.630" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20125" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20128" CreationDate="2022-10-06T13:05:27.150" Score="7" ViewCount="283" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is it only me, or has there been a large influx of new users this year, who seemingly haven't understood what differentiates a SE Q&amp;amp;A site from a forum?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This leads me to think if the mandatory introduction given to new users is good enough, since a number of new users doesn't really seem to understand it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't know what could be done - if anything could be done. But I think that any good suggestions to highlight the features of this site, as compared to a discussion forum to new users, would be a good thing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe someone who has been on the site longer than me can provide some insight as to whether it has always been like this, or if it has in fact gotten worse.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;FYI, I've created a &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/383018/is-a-timeout-period-for-new-users-considered-or-even-possible-at-some-se-sites&quot;&gt;question on Meta SE&lt;/a&gt; about the possibility of a timeout period for new users, since I think this actually might be a good idea (although the period should probably be rather short, like 24 hours).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have become aware of a &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/staging-ground&quot;&gt;staging ground feature&lt;/a&gt; discussed at Stack Overflow meta that have many of the same aims as this post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1066942" LastEditorUserId="1406746" LastEditDate="2022-11-04T17:25:21.197" LastActivityDate="2022-11-18T14:08:59.397" Title="Are new users properly introduced to the site when signing up?" Tags="|discussion|new-users|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20126" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20129" CreationDate="2022-10-07T10:16:09.347" Score="7" ViewCount="138" Body="&lt;p&gt;I raised a bounty on &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1423350/remmina-doest-work-correctly&quot;&gt;this question&lt;/a&gt; because I face the same problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now I have got a mail from SO that I must award the bounty within 24 hours.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But there are no answers, so how can I award the bounty? I am confused :-)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="234360" LastActivityDate="2022-10-08T04:13:00.287" Title="How can I award a bounty when there is not answer?" Tags="|discussion|bounty|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20127" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20126" CreationDate="2022-10-07T11:17:26.303" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can't award a bounty in this case.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="167850" LastActivityDate="2022-10-07T11:17:26.303" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20128" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20125" CreationDate="2022-10-07T23:47:00.443" Score="10" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are new users properly introduced to the site when signing up?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;IMHO, Yes. (Bear with me).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;has there been a large influx of new users this year, who seemingly haven't understood what differentiates a SE Q&amp;amp;A site from a forum?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, although I don't know if the number is any more or less than in past years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But that's &lt;em&gt;always&lt;/em&gt; going to be a problem.  We do have a lot of rules/guidelines/nitpicks in general here and across the Stack Exchange sites.  That's not a complaint - It's these community guidelines that make us what we are.  But it's a lot for a new user to get used to.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But we should start with what a new user &lt;em&gt;does&lt;/em&gt; see.  Whether or not they read it or pay attention to it is a different issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;First, they must register to ask a question -- That's not the case on all Stack Exchange sites.  For instance, on Super User and Unix &amp;amp; Linux, it's still possible to post a question as a guest.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Before registering, they'll see:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Ask Ubuntu is a question and answer site for Ubuntu users and developers. It only takes a minute to sign up.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When they start to ask a question, they'll see the same help text that we all do:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Title: Be specific and imagine you’re asking a question to another person&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Body: Include all the information someone would need to answer your question&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Information on off-topic releases&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Helpful Links&lt;/em&gt; to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;On-topic help&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/how-to-ask&quot;&gt;How to ask a good question&lt;/a&gt;, the general &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help&quot;&gt;Help Center&lt;/a&gt;, and Meta.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Formatting tips (multi-level expansion for each topic)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If they insert an image, a helpful warning to also include any relevant text (new users, less than 20 rep).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Wow!  Honestly, I'm amazed at how much the design team has packed in there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I'm not quite sure what we'd change there -- Would we &lt;em&gt;force&lt;/em&gt; them to read the On-topic and Good-question help?  Honestly, would &lt;em&gt;you&lt;/em&gt; read it your first time here?  Do most users read the Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, etc. for a website, even if &amp;quot;forced&amp;quot; to?  Or would they just skip to the bottom and click &amp;quot;Agree&amp;quot;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's based on that viewpoint that I say, &amp;quot;Yes&amp;quot;, new users are properly introduced to the site and our guidelines.  Adding extra gates probably wouldn't make one bit of difference, and would be off-putting as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So how do we handle this instead?  (not necessarily addressed at &lt;em&gt;you&lt;/em&gt;, but to readers-in-general, and addressing some of the comments on your question)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Be patient.  I know that we tire of seeing the same issues over-and-over, but realize that each new-user is, well, new.  We may have seen a dozen users make this mistake, but this user has (hopefully) only made it once.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Be welcoming, &lt;em&gt;especially&lt;/em&gt; if &amp;quot;correction&amp;quot; is going to come next.  I always try to start out with something like &lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;Hello and Welcome to Ask Ubuntu&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt; (something I've seen adopted by a few others), then, &lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;Just a heads-up that ...&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt; (note on what needs work and potentially how to fix it).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Be nice when correcting users.  I know that some people hate &amp;quot;boilerplate&amp;quot; comments, and I'm not suggesting that we &lt;em&gt;all&lt;/em&gt; use exactly the same comment.  But for those of us who often comment, it can be handy to have some &amp;quot;stock nice comments&amp;quot; that can be tweaked for the particular situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For the types of &amp;quot;Discussion&amp;quot; questions that you seem to be asking about, perhaps something like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hello and Welcome to Ask Ubuntu.  While that's a good question in general, it's unfortunately not a good fit for Ask Ubuntu's Q&amp;amp;A style.  We're just not set up for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/dont-ask&quot;&gt;discussion-style questions&lt;/a&gt; where every answer could be equally valid.  Can you potentially reword this to focus on a single, objective question if at all possible?  Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Hopefully the new user sees this as helpful, but some will unfortunately become upset or belligerent at what they may see as &amp;quot;confrontation&amp;quot;, even when done nicely.  If they don't like the response, point them here for discussion/escalation.  E.g.:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I understand your frustration.  If you'd like to discuss it further, or with other members of the community, you can post a question on &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com&quot;&gt;Meta&lt;/a&gt;.  I don't guarantee you'll get a different answer, but it does provide a place for additional feedback.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1165986" LastEditorUserId="1165986" LastEditDate="2022-10-08T04:23:33.457" LastActivityDate="2022-10-08T04:23:33.457" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20129" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20126" CreationDate="2022-10-08T04:13:00.287" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;The help page, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/bounty&quot;&gt;What is a bounty? How can I start one?&lt;/a&gt; describes exactly what happens in this situation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How is a bounty awarded?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The bounty period lasts 7 days. Bounties must have a minimum duration of at least 1 day. After the bounty ends, there is a grace period of 24 hours to manually award the bounty. Simply click the bounty award icon next to each answer to permanently award your bounty to the answerer. (You cannot award a bounty to your own answer.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you do not award your bounty within 7 days (plus the grace period), the highest voted answer created after the bounty started with a minimum score of 2 will be awarded half the bounty amount (or the full amount, if the answer is also accepted). If two or more eligible answers have the same score (their scores are tied), the oldest answer is chosen. &lt;strong&gt;If there's no answer meeting those criteria, no bounty is awarded to anyone.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="953371" LastActivityDate="2022-10-08T04:13:00.287" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20130" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2022-10-08T20:17:45.253" Score="13" ViewCount="541" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've recently come across a few questions with downvotes that seemed a bit harsh; I accept everyone has a different view and it's fine to accommodate differences of opinion in a community.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I got the impression that one user in particular might be regularly downvoting because they put often derisory comments on a lot of those posts with a negative score. I checked their profile out of interest - here it is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/EiIyf.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/EiIyf.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd be interested in the community's view on that ... ignore it as it'll all balance out, all of those 2855 downvotes are only one down for each question / answer? It does seem a bit of an outlier compared with other users, and to me isn't really in the spirit of what I feel AU is about - certainly not very encouraging to other users!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure there's much of a solution to this kind of behaviour even if it's felt to be something that isn't good for the site (and maybe others don't share my view and the variation in behaviour is a good thing). I guess the alternative of censoring people who downvote too often doesn't appeal to me either. Maybe an automated alert to a user if they are downvoting more than upvoting, or something like that to get them to think before continuing?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks all!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="801777" LastActivityDate="2022-10-17T21:20:28.163" Title="Should we be concerned with prolific downvoters?" Tags="|discussion|downvoting|" AnswerCount="6" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20131" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20130" CreationDate="2022-10-09T07:19:08.460" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't know about this specific user, but in general, yes:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;We should be &lt;em&gt;thankful&lt;/em&gt; for users who spend time downvoting.&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If anything, we should have an alert for people who upvote far more often than they downvote. There is no shortage of &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/18146/158442&quot;&gt;well-meaning but confused folks who upvote objectively poor posts out of sympathy&lt;/a&gt; (Oooh, somebody downvoted this new user's post, how dare they be so heartless! Oh, this rant gave me a laugh, let's upvote it!). Something needs to be done about these users because they make it difficult to clean up the site. Thankfully we have users who also take the time to downvote regularly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have an issue about one specific user's actions, raise a custom moderator flag on one of their posts describing the issue in as much detail as you can.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2022-10-09T10:59:07.620" LastActivityDate="2022-10-09T10:59:07.620" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20132" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="11808" CreationDate="2022-10-09T17:57:47.260" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is still a problem now. About 10% of my feed is irrelevant bumps by Community Bot.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, I'm aware of the irony of bumping this! But I just spent time writing up a nice Meta question, only to find this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="243321" LastActivityDate="2022-10-09T17:57:47.260" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20133" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20130" CreationDate="2022-10-10T08:06:56.533" Score="-10" Body="&lt;p&gt;Down votes are garbage. They are a favorite with online sadists and are not required on this site. Up votes carry enough information on their own.&#xA;No site that abuses users will last long.&#xA;The ability to down vote should be removed from this site.&#xA;or prolific down voters should be banned.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Edit&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think my score on this answer is proof of what I say. Imagine so many downvotes for suggesting that people should be kinder.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="43926" LastEditorUserId="43926" LastEditDate="2022-10-11T06:15:07.590" LastActivityDate="2022-10-11T06:15:07.590" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20134" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20130" CreationDate="2022-10-10T08:07:17.217" Score="16" Body="&lt;p&gt;You may very well be right about this specific user, but if I can just put in my two pennies worth, I think concluding only from the raw number(s) is a bit risky.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you go and check my profile right now, you'll find out that I have cast 3,261 upvotes and 7,369 downvotes. What you can't see is out of those 7,369 downvotes only 523 post are still surviving, rest got deleted by now. That means almost 93% of the posts downvoted by me got deleted eventually. Downvoting is an &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/18145/480481&quot;&gt;important moderation task&lt;/a&gt; IMO.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="480481" LastActivityDate="2022-10-10T08:07:17.217" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20136" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20130" CreationDate="2022-10-10T09:35:24.180" Score="11" Body="&lt;p&gt;We can't say for sure what this person is doing but that sort of ratio isn't unusual for somebody who spends a lot of their time reviewing. There are a few review queues that expose you to posts that have already been flagged in some way as being bad and they're likely to attract more votes down, for closure and for deletion than the main question queue might.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You might expect more balance but &lt;em&gt;not downvoting&lt;/em&gt; doesn't automatically mean it deserves an upvote.  Consider actions like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Fix the post to make it acceptable. Doesn't mean it's &lt;em&gt;good&lt;/em&gt; though.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Post feedback to help the OP make their own post better.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Just marking &amp;quot;Looks OK&amp;quot;, because it might be &lt;em&gt;just okay&lt;/em&gt;. Not every post is a star.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And some people save upvotes for genuinely interesting posts which are comparatively rare, especially in certain review queues.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Obviously people can take this too far too. If you think it goes outside the standard curve, said, flag the user and the mods can attempt to intervene if they think it's an actual problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2022-10-10T11:13:01.017" LastActivityDate="2022-10-10T11:13:01.017" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20137" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20130" CreationDate="2022-10-10T12:48:15.500" Score="3" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I got the impression that one user in particular might be regularly downvoting&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The system will nuke this user. Someday.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think a lot of people downvote without ever reading the question or answer. – C.S.Cameron&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The few I did are mostly more out of anger than anything else :-D  Like a user constantly ignoring basic rules of AU. Excessive commenting when told not to.&#xA;I often retract them too :D&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastActivityDate="2022-10-10T12:48:15.500" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20138" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20142" CreationDate="2022-10-13T06:31:23.783" Score="3" ViewCount="374" Body="&lt;p&gt;There was a good point being made in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1434838/unknown-configuration-value-getkeyfromrealsmdc&quot;&gt;this thread&lt;/a&gt;. The OP was trying to virtualize MacOS, which isn't legal following its terms of service.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the correct action for this question? I voted to close with the reason &amp;quot;Not an official Ubuntu flavor&amp;quot;, but I don't really think this fits, since questions about virtualizing other OS'es (which don't have any legal restrictions) is on-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe I should have chosen the custom close reason with a comment instead?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1066942" LastEditorUserId="1406746" LastEditDate="2022-11-04T17:24:52.957" LastActivityDate="2022-11-04T17:24:52.957" Title="Correct action for questions in legal grey area" Tags="|discussion|close-reasons|specific-question|legal|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="17" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20139" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20130" CreationDate="2022-10-17T21:20:28.163" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Thank you to all the contributors - it's been a great education for me and good to see the indepth discussion. I absolutely love the variety of the answers all of which are intelligent and eloquent.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My view has changed significantly as a result of this - I genuinely asked the original question as I thought the voting pattern was rogue and not good for the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've now got a lot more respect for the downvoters! I'm grateful for that perspective.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think my final position is that I will continue to be more of an upvoter than a downvoter - I think as c.s.cameron says, upvotes probably carry enough information for the site. Posts that are just bad can be flagged (and I do that in preference to downvoting) but I do see the role for downvotes. I also think I am probably a bit of a trigger-happy upvoter and my position has moved significantly on that too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The main issue for me about downvotes is that it is deeply discouraging to the recipient - it's in red (not green), it drops your reputation, everything about it is (literally) negative - and I'd hate to discourage people at the earliest stages of their journey in Linux or the site. Of course we shouldn't reward poor Qs or As on the site, so I will pause before upvoting mediocre posts - in all honesty I'm guilty of that previously (though I've never upvoted a poor post to counter what I think is an unfair downvote) - but I still think better to post a comment encouraging an edit rather than just downvoting. But I do accept muru's comment that my excessive upvoting is probably as bad as any excessive downvoting - so thank you again. I do like the idea of leaving a constructive comment and if the post is left as poor quality, or if the OP keeps doing things they're asked not to, then later downvoting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the interests of transparency, my upvotes (1059) are currently &amp;gt;100x my downvotes (9) ... but I've placed 330 helpful flags suggesting inappropriate posts. I'm sure that places me firmly in the outliers for upvotes to downvotes ratio and I'll be a bit more of a downvoter in future!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And as a special thank you to everyone who's answered, I've upvoted every answer here  :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="801777" LastActivityDate="2022-10-17T21:20:28.163" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20141" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2022-10-20T22:48:00.023" Score="13" ViewCount="2336" Body="&lt;p&gt;As of Thu Oct 20 19:13:20 UTC, 2022, Ubuntu 22.10 &lt;a href=&quot;https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2022-October/000285.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;has been released&lt;/a&gt; and posts about it are no longer off-topic purely for being about 22.10 (of course, posts still should meet all the other criteria &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help&quot;&gt;as described in the help center&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This does not mean that questions posted before the release that were closed for being about 22.10 should be re-opened. They &lt;em&gt;may&lt;/em&gt; be re-opened on a case-by-case basis, but not generally. If you have a question you feel should be re-opened, propose it should be re-opened &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/ask&quot;&gt;on Meta Ask Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt; (i.e., this site).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also note that &lt;a href=&quot;https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/kinetic-kudu-release-notes/27976&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;as mentioned in the release-notes&lt;/a&gt; (toward the bottom of that page), Ubuntu Unity is an official flavor.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1438484" LastEditorUserId="8698" LastEditDate="2022-10-21T07:10:10.073" LastActivityDate="2022-10-21T07:10:10.073" Title="Ubuntu 22.10 has been released, and posts about it are no longer (generally) off-topic" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20142" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20138" CreationDate="2022-10-23T08:06:34.170" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's not &lt;em&gt;illegal&lt;/em&gt;  to run OS X in a VM. My government will not care.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It may be a breach of the license terms. But that's &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; our problem. The user should know the license agreement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is no way we can have a overview of all EULA's for third party software; we simply have to leave that conundrum to the users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="653515" LastActivityDate="2022-10-23T08:06:34.170" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20144" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2022-10-27T19:18:46.050" Score="9" ViewCount="174" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/1644572/muitotri&quot;&gt;This user&lt;/a&gt; was created today, and the user has written 3 answers, of which 2 has been removed as spam &lt;em&gt;(visible to +10k users)&lt;/em&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/1437654/1066942&quot;&gt;How to connect to remote desktop, Kali Linux from ubuntu?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/1437653/1066942&quot;&gt;Multi-user remote desktop from windows to linux machine&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/1437688/1066942&quot;&gt;Multiple users use linux pc at the same time&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All answers point to the ThinLinc remote desktop solution. This looks like a VNC server/client solution, but it has a subscription fee, which can be seen &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.cendio.com/thinlinc/buy&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think it's fairly obvious that this user is advertising a single product. I flagged all 3 posts as spam - the first flag is &amp;quot;disputed&amp;quot;, but the 2 second flags have been accepted as helpful. I can live with that - but I still think this is spam - although somewhat subtle, since it's &amp;quot;on-topic&amp;quot; spam.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What do you think?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1066942" LastEditorUserId="1406746" LastEditDate="2022-11-04T17:15:30.193" LastActivityDate="2022-11-04T17:15:30.193" Title="New user promoting a single service - (subtle) spam?" Tags="|discussion|answers|spam-handling|advertising|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20145" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20144" CreationDate="2022-10-27T20:09:32.480" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;I also think it's spam.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;None of the answers actually try to answer the question except to say &amp;quot;use this product/service&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the user would actually go into detail about &lt;em&gt;how&lt;/em&gt; the product/service could answer the question, I would be less likely to define this as spam.  But there has been no real effort to actually answer these questions.  The postings only exist to promote the product/service.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="953371" LastActivityDate="2022-10-27T20:09:32.480" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20146" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20144" CreationDate="2022-10-27T20:33:18.907" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;All three of this user's posts have been deleted as spam; this being said, they shouldn't be able to post answers anymore (the anti-abuse system is doing its job)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2022-10-27T20:33:18.907" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20147" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2022-10-29T15:57:32.000" Score="12" ViewCount="267" Body="&lt;p&gt;Many questions have inaccurate or misleading version information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For example, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1426354/search-missing-from-activities-in-ubuntu-22&quot;&gt;Search missing from Activities in Ubuntu 22&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've upgraded from Ubuntu 20 --&amp;gt; Ubuntu 22&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Reading through the question, it quickly becomes clear that the querent is NOT asking about Ubuntu Core 20 or Ubuntu Core 22 releases, but is instead asking about the far-more-popular Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Desktop release (or 20.04 Server).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How should we handle these common inaccuracies?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19626" LastEditorUserId="19626" LastEditDate="2022-10-31T16:11:11.273" LastActivityDate="2022-10-31T16:11:11.273" Title="Questions about Ubuntu 18, 20, 22 that *really* intend 18.04, 20.04, 22.04" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20148" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20144" CreationDate="2022-10-29T18:03:36.637" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;ThinLinc is 19 years old though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We used it at university [a long while back]. Yes, it's paid, but it had management features which made it more useful than the bare VNC servers of the day&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not impossible that it's spam (new user, multiple posts, proprietary software; all strong hints) but sometimes people see multiple places where one answer can work and want more points.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2022-10-29T18:03:36.637" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20149" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20147" CreationDate="2022-10-30T04:56:21.677" Score="11" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Reading through the question, it quickly becomes clear&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it becomes clear to you, then correct the post to make it clear for others.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it remains unclear, then ask the OP to clarify before editing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the situation is so unclear that answering the question is not possible, then one may consider voting to close, but this should very rarely happen as it's perfectly okay to post a &lt;em&gt;speculative&lt;/em&gt; answer, something like&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;assuming you are using Ubuntu 22.04, you can try jorbling the woozle flumpler to fix this problem...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and many questions are not strictly version dependent anyway.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2022-10-30T04:56:21.677" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20150" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20147" CreationDate="2022-10-30T05:03:54.080" Score="6" Body="&lt;h2&gt;New Users and correct spelling&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the New User errors in correctly identifying the version of Ubuntu, say Ubunu 22, 22.24, 2200, etc. don't make fun of them or play obnoxious games.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Perhaps edit the question with the correct designation/spelling.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yesterday I made this reply, then edited the question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Give the beginner a break. We all know that he is referring to 22.04.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To this question: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1438035/making-an-ubuntu-22-04-desktop-and-server#comment2508065_1438035&quot;&gt;making an **ubuntu 22.04** desktop and server&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And please don't close the question before the OP has a chance to make suggested edits or tests, that is just plain mean.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We don't want people going around accusing all Ask Ubuntu volunteers of being jerks, at least I don't.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="43926" LastEditorUserId="43926" LastEditDate="2022-10-30T05:10:50.607" LastActivityDate="2022-10-30T05:10:50.607" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20151" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20152" CreationDate="2022-10-30T18:00:34.190" Score="6" ViewCount="116" Body="&lt;p&gt;In previous design of Ask Ubuntu, there was an option to find the posts/comments I had flagged. I cannot find it in the recent design.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How to find the posts I had flagged?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="124466" LastEditorUserId="1406746" LastEditDate="2022-11-04T17:23:44.273" LastActivityDate="2022-11-04T17:23:44.273" Title="How to find posts I had flagged?" Tags="|discussion|flagging|flags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20152" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20151" CreationDate="2022-10-30T19:30:56.980" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;In the &lt;em&gt;Activity&lt;/em&gt; tab of your profile, click on the &lt;em&gt;helpful flags&lt;/em&gt; item in the &lt;em&gt;IMPACT&lt;/em&gt; box.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/SJ1kE.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/SJ1kE.png&quot; alt=&quot;helpful flags item&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Despite the name, this is the place where you can find all your flags, both &lt;em&gt;helpful&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;declined&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="618353" LastEditorUserId="618353" LastEditDate="2022-10-30T19:44:22.077" LastActivityDate="2022-10-30T19:44:22.077" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20153" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2022-11-02T13:47:06.493" Score="2" ViewCount="120" Body="&lt;p&gt;This question (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1438706/starting-container-process-caused-error-loading-seccomp-filter-into-kernel-loa&quot;&gt;starting container process caused: error loading seccomp filter into kernel: loading seccomp filter: errno 524: unknown&lt;/a&gt;) is on-topic, right? The host OS is Ubuntu 20.04, and the container OS is Ubuntu 14.04.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my opinion, containers are the exact solution to running ancient stuff without polluting your base system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1066942" LastEditorUserId="1406746" LastEditDate="2022-11-04T17:47:49.323" LastActivityDate="2022-11-06T17:54:31.483" Title="Question about deprecated releases in a container" Tags="|discussion|scope|specific-question|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20154" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20153" CreationDate="2022-11-02T13:56:07.670" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yeah. On-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;People can focus on the minutia, make arguments about kicking it off to another site or demanding they update the container (how? it's not booting!) but we have to remember we're here to help people.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The host system seems to be the problem here. Let's help them rather than mummify them in red tape.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it does transpire to be a problem in the container, that serves as a good answer for other people bumping into the same problems with their older containers. Because people do &lt;em&gt;deliberately&lt;/em&gt; run on old-version-Ubuntu containers because that's the only way people can run their software. I've had to do that for local services that have been uneconomical to upgrade.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2022-11-02T13:59:52.600" LastActivityDate="2022-11-02T13:59:52.600" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20155" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20153" CreationDate="2022-11-03T08:57:05.223" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;At first, this seems like an ideal solution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But are we allowed to ask questions about the containerized OS if it is past EoSS? Or just about the container?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If so, we should stop playing games and go back to allowing questions up to EOL (with or without ESM).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If Canonical can support an LTS version for ten years, I am sure Ask Ubuntu also has enough talent to do likewise.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="43926" LastEditorUserId="8698" LastEditDate="2022-11-03T10:16:08.153" LastActivityDate="2022-11-03T10:16:08.153" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20156" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="9025" CreationDate="2022-11-06T04:53:39.560" Score="1" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Here is an Example of Old Questions with Too Many Answers&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The question is about Black Screen, ( &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1439249/ubuntu-boots-to-a-black-screen-with-login#comment2511167_1439249&quot;&gt;Ubuntu boots to a black screen with login&lt;/a&gt; ).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A Duplicated question is given in comments: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/162075/my-computer-boots-to-a-black-screen-what-options-do-i-have-to-fix-it&quot;&gt;My computer boots to a black screen, what options do I have to fix it?&lt;/a&gt; .&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This &amp;quot;Duplicated&amp;quot; question is many years old and has more questionable answers than we can expect the OP to try, (52 answers).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are many answers concerning Live CD's, Wubi, Ubuntu 10.04, ATI Catalyst drivers, many outdated links, Links to other questions with over 25 answers, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I voted to keep the above question open. All answers that use WUBI as a solution should be eliminated.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We are here to help users, not give them nervous breakdowns.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="43926" LastEditorUserId="43926" LastEditDate="2022-11-06T05:02:55.797" LastActivityDate="2022-11-06T05:02:55.797" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20157" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20153" CreationDate="2022-11-06T17:54:31.483" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;In this, I'd say we should treat them like VMs. We can help with getting the containers to start, and problems with interfacing the containers with host (like networking), but problems that are purely inside the containers would be out of scope if the OS inside the container is out-of-scope.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2022-11-06T17:54:31.483" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20158" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20162" CreationDate="2022-11-08T09:21:08.230" Score="6" ViewCount="205" Body="&lt;p&gt;Most often organizations allow voting for everybody it seems, this site shows a message all the time telling that I don't have enough reputation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1626652" OwnerDisplayName="stax76" LastActivityDate="2022-11-10T11:43:53.873" Title="Why isn't everybody allowed to upvote?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20159" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2022-11-08T10:35:21.417" Score="10" ViewCount="342" Body="&lt;p&gt;AskUbuntu &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1439642&quot;&gt;question 1439642&lt;/a&gt; is a support question from a user trying Ubuntu Pro beta.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are Ubuntu Pro support questions on-topic per &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&lt;/a&gt; ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Services provided by Ubuntu and Canonical&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or are Ubuntu Pro support questions off-topic as a commercial product, for which support is the seller's responsibility?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19626" LastEditorUserId="19626" LastEditDate="2022-11-08T10:48:11.670" LastActivityDate="2022-11-08T22:51:22.610" Title="Are Ubuntu Pro support questions off-topic?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20160" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20159" CreationDate="2022-11-08T11:38:35.233" Score="5" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Services provided by Ubuntu and Canonical&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think when this line was added, the thinking was that services like Launchpad, the Ubuntu package index, Ubuntu manpage repository, Ubuntu pastebin, etc. (which I'd say are part of the Ubuntu ecosystem) would become on-topic in that users could ask other users for help in using these services. And that remains true.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, we never could actually do anything to &lt;em&gt;fix&lt;/em&gt; problems that arose with these services (except in so far as that we could submit patches to the public source code of the manpage repository and things like that). So if someone posted a question about getting an HTTP error on doing a normal thing on LP, what's the point of doing that on AU? Those should be closed and the asker should raise a bug report.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In that spirit, I'd think questions on &lt;em&gt;how&lt;/em&gt; to use Ubuntu Pro (or Ubuntu Advantage or whatever it is called) would be on topic. But that's about it. If users run into problems, realistically there's not much we can do to help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More to the point, this service is in &lt;em&gt;beta&lt;/em&gt;. I think that label carries with it the expectation and understanding that there will be problems, problems that should be reported to the developers who can fix them. I think this is one of those cases and I would vote to close it in that respect. OP has followed the instructions given in the website, the error message talks about &lt;a href=&quot;https://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=usg-benchmarks&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;a package that does not exist in packages.ubuntu.com&lt;/a&gt;, so whatever it is looks like a problem that only Canonical can fix. Hence this should be reported as a bug, or if a support contract is available, raised as a support ticket.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2022-11-08T11:38:35.233" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20161" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20158" CreationDate="2022-11-08T11:51:55.587" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The short answer is: Because that's how the site works.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges&quot;&gt;list of privileges&lt;/a&gt; you can earn, and upvotes are earned at 15 reputation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The idea here is that you are required to invest some effort into the site to get certain privileges - for instance by asking, answering or suggesting edits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For general questions and answers about how the entire Stack Exchange model works, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Meta Stack Exchange&lt;/a&gt; would be the place to visit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1066942" LastEditorUserId="1066942" LastEditDate="2022-11-08T13:30:38.077" LastActivityDate="2022-11-08T13:30:38.077" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20162" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20158" CreationDate="2022-11-08T14:00:57.303" Score="16" Body="&lt;p&gt;Stack Exchange sites have a gameified system of moderation to encourage people to participate. The more reputation one gains, the more power one has to moderate the site. And one gains reputation primarily by receiving upvotes. Voting is the most important form of moderation here, so restricting it to the small proportion of visitors who are logged in and have 15 reputation may seem like a bad call. However, there's a good reason for it: it helps to prevent frivolous or abusive voting intended to increase or decrease user reputation rather than indicate the value of the post. Restriction of voting and other moderation powers hopes to make the site as useful as possible to visitors.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Actually, all votes are counted, it's just that only votes by accounts with at least 15 reputation affect the score of the post and the reputation of its author. The other votes are stored in the database and can be accessed using the Stack Exchange Data Explorer. I find this feedback very useful and I wish it were more easily visible, so I like &lt;a href=&quot;https://data.stackexchange.com/meta.stackexchange/query/725162/anonymous-feedback-on-a-question-and-its-answers&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this query&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you really want to bump the score of a post up, the easiest way to gain reputation is by suggesting edits. Many posts need basic formatting fixes and it won't take you long to rack up those few points.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2022-11-10T11:43:53.873" LastActivityDate="2022-11-10T11:43:53.873" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20163" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2022-11-08T22:15:59.903" Score="5" ViewCount="333" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am aware of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/editing-help#code&quot;&gt;editing help&lt;/a&gt; topic, but I'm still not sure how I am supposed to format the text I copy/pasted from my terminal.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I want to be able to share these details from my terminal and I want to make sure that the information is not lost in translation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How can I include a paste from my terminal in a way that preserves the original line breaks and monospace formatting?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="953371" LastActivityDate="2022-11-10T21:44:25.053" Title="How should I paste from my terminal?" Tags="|support|formatting|new-users|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20164" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20163" CreationDate="2022-11-08T22:15:59.903" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;✅ &lt;strong&gt;Please use code fences.&lt;/strong&gt;  Here's how to do it:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Copy/Paste directly from your terminal into the editing box on Ask Ubuntu.&#xA;&lt;br&gt;&lt;em&gt;Do not make any alterations to the text you just pasted.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Add a new line &lt;em&gt;before&lt;/em&gt; your paste with three backticks  ( &lt;code&gt;```&lt;/code&gt; )&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Add another new line &lt;em&gt;after&lt;/em&gt; your paste with three backticks. ( &lt;code&gt;```&lt;/code&gt; )&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The contents between two lines with three backticks will keep their original line breaks and monospace formatting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;✅ Here's what this should look like in the editing box:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;```&#xA;Reading package lists... Done&#xA;Building dependency tree... Done&#xA;Reading state information... Done&#xA;Calculating upgrade... Done&#xA;0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.&#xA;```&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;✅ This is how the same text will appear in questions and answers:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Reading package lists... Done&#xA;Building dependency tree... Done&#xA;Reading state information... Done&#xA;Calculating upgrade... Done&#xA;0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Please Don't...&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please go back and edit your question or answer if the paste from your terminal looks like any of the following.  These bad examples either add unwanted ambiguity to your details, or they are difficult to parse, or difficult for us to work with.  Posting details in these ways can make it more difficult to understand your details well enough to help you get a relevant answer:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;❌ &lt;strong&gt;No formatting at all&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Reading package lists... Done&#xA;Building dependency tree... Done&#xA;Reading state information... Done&#xA;Calculating upgrade... Done&#xA;0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;❌ &lt;strong&gt;Contents of the paste have been manipulated&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Reading package lists... Done - &#xA;Building dependency tree... Done - (Can someone explain this line to me?)&#xA;    Reading state information... Done&#xA;&amp;gt; Calculating upgrade... Done&#xA;Everything seems okay here.&#xA;0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;❌ &lt;strong&gt;Using block quotes&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Reading package lists... Done&#xA;Building dependency tree... Done&#xA;Reading state information... Done&#xA;Calculating upgrade... Done&#xA;0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;❌ &lt;strong&gt;A screenshot of your terminal or photograph of your screen:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/vmEYn.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/vmEYn.png&quot; alt=&quot;screenshot of a terminal&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="953371" LastEditorUserId="8698" LastEditDate="2022-11-09T10:31:12.630" LastActivityDate="2022-11-09T10:31:12.630" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20165" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20159" CreationDate="2022-11-08T22:51:22.610" Score="4" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NOTE: This is my personal opinion, not my opinion as a site moderator.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ubuntu Pro is, in part, a rebrand of &amp;quot;Ubuntu Advantage&amp;quot; - while Ubuntu Pro itself remains in Beta for esm-apps, its core functionality is the same as Ubuntu Advantage.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;General questions about enabling Ubuntu Pro, etc. are things we can help with.  However, when a package is present in esm-infra or esm-apps (which Pro enables), it's outside our purview to support.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;How do I use/get/enable Ubuntu Pro?&amp;quot; is something we can answer.  Issues with the offering from Canonical (package conflicts, etc.) are not something we can help with or fix, and should be offtopic because we can't do anything about it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that this is just my opinion personally, not my opinion as a moderator.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2022-11-08T22:51:22.610" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20166" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2022-11-09T19:01:27.373" Score="1" ViewCount="276" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently posted a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1439863/&quot;&gt;question that received excessive down votes&lt;/a&gt; in addition to being closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are practices of such kind discouraged? Is it necessary that so many different users should express the same reaction, despite the question also being closed anyway?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user199972" LastActivityDate="2023-02-09T21:36:16.720" Title="Excessive down votes for closed question" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="17" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20167" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20166" CreationDate="2022-11-09T21:11:08.223" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Voting is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/why-vote&quot;&gt;important&lt;/a&gt;. It is an essential element of how our site is moderated.  Useful questions get voted up.  Questions that are not useful get voted down.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Those with the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/vote-down&quot;&gt;vote down privilege&lt;/a&gt; are supposed to vote down when a question is not useful&lt;/strong&gt; or appropriate for our site.  Questions that are off-topic like the one you asked are considered not useful and therefore it is a responsibility of community moderators to vote it down.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Users are not able to vote multiple times.  You received &lt;em&gt;multiple&lt;/em&gt; down votes because &lt;em&gt;multiple&lt;/em&gt; users determined that your question was off-topic or otherwise not useful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In addition to all of this, your question was likely perceived by most downvoters as a complaint or a &amp;quot;rant in disguise&amp;quot;.  In my experience, users are much less forgiving of someone who makes a post just to rant.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you find yourself in a situation where you've realized that you've made post to a SE site where the community is clearly not in agreement that your post is appropriate, then you have the ability to &amp;quot;stop the bleeding&amp;quot; by self deleting your own post. This action will prevent any new votes from being cast.  Calling more attention to it may just subject you to even more down votes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="953371" LastActivityDate="2022-11-09T21:11:08.223" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20168" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20166" CreationDate="2022-11-10T11:34:24.283" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;Many people, including myself, try to encourage others to vote up or down according to particular criteria for various reasons. Ultimately though, the culture on Stack Exchange tends to leave the matter to the voter's discretion, unless votes are targeted at a particular user, which is considered abuse.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One reason for downvoting that newcomers are unlikely to be aware of is to encourage deletion of the post. Closed questions are deleted automatically after a certain period, if their score is zero or less. Users with more than 10k reputation may vote to delete any closed question after 3 days since the closure, and users with more than 20k may vote to delete a question with a score of -3 or less immediately. Even open questions are automatically deleted after a while if they are unanswered and have a negative score (or eventually if they have a zero score if they have low views and less than 2 comments). These features help clear away content that is not useful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On this basis, I encourage people to downvote even questions that are already closed or already have a negative score, if downvoting is warranted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But I do observe that voting tends to pile on... we see both downvotes and upvotes accummulating. I wonder at times if we feel so much pressure to cast votes, because voting is encouraged, that we vote in agreement rather than on making an independent judgement, because the latter is harder work...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By the way, I am not sure your particular question warrants downvoting. I am not sure what you are really seeking. I think voters perceived your question as a kind of feature request to Canonical, or alternatively as a prompt for a discussion. Neither belong on this site - feature requests should be made on &lt;a href=&quot;https://launchpad.net/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Launchpad&lt;/a&gt;, and discussion is ill suited to our format or scope - our goal is to produce a high quality reference library. However, taking your question at face value, it does not seem to me a bad question, nor does it seem opinion based, because experts on Ubuntu will be able to answer it on the basis of fact. Perhaps there is some edit you can make to your question to make it clearer that you are requesting expert explanation, if that is indeed what you hope to receive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2022-11-10T13:38:56.800" LastActivityDate="2022-11-10T13:38:56.800" CommentCount="15" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20169" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20166" CreationDate="2022-11-10T17:00:02.133" Score="4" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are practices of such kind discouraged?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's a tough one.  As @Zanna said your question wasn't &lt;em&gt;bad&lt;/em&gt;.  It's just possible that some users saw it as not being a great fit for this site.  As @Zanna mentioned, downvotes on questions are important to &amp;quot;help along &lt;a href=&quot;https://physics.stackexchange.com/help/roomba&quot;&gt;the Roomba&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But for reasonable questions like yours, that are closed as off-topic, I personally would never downvote if the score was already -2 or lower.  I do see this as &amp;quot;piling on&amp;quot;, and discouraging to the OP (you, in this case, of course).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, sometimes when there's a -2 score, one or two more users will come along and do a (presumably) &amp;quot;sympathy upvote&amp;quot; that can return the score to Roomba-ineligible status.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, it &lt;em&gt;seems&lt;/em&gt; to me that the &amp;quot;Stack Exchange&amp;quot; auto-ban algorithms also likely take into account the number of downvotes on questions.  You certainly won't be temp-banned for a single &amp;quot;bad question&amp;quot;, but having other downvoted questions combined with this &amp;quot;highly downvoted&amp;quot; question &lt;em&gt;could&lt;/em&gt; trigger a ban faster than having just several &amp;quot;slightly downvoted&amp;quot; questions.  This is all &lt;em&gt;complete theory&lt;/em&gt; on my part, as we don't know how the actual algorithms are implemented (intentionally so).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For this reason, I would only &amp;quot;pile-on&amp;quot; on a &lt;em&gt;really&lt;/em&gt; bad question where corrective behavior for the user may be warranted if they repeat the behavior consistently.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In addition to the reasons that @Zanna mentions about people seeing your question as a &amp;quot;feature request&amp;quot; to Canonical, there's also the &lt;em&gt;possibility&lt;/em&gt; that some users saw a lot of &lt;strong&gt;bold text&lt;/strong&gt; in your question and voted because they perceive that as &lt;strong&gt;shouting&lt;/strong&gt;, similar to ALL CAPS.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I personally do not like a lot of bold text in a post.  It seems unnecessary to me, and jarring, and it does look a lot like Internet shouting, even though I know you didn't mean it that way.  I didn't see or vote on your question prior to seeing this Meta question, but if I saw a question that I felt was off-topic, &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; it had excessive bold, that would usually garner a downvote from me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would propose a &lt;em&gt;light emphasis&lt;/em&gt; is typically more appropriate for posts, and I've made that edit your post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for whether it is &amp;quot;Opinion-based&amp;quot;, I respect @Zanna's views a lot, but I would still consider this one as being (just slightly) &amp;quot;too subjective&amp;quot; to fit here at first glance.  I don't arrive at this view on the basis that &amp;quot;Only Canonical can answer it.&amp;quot;  However, it seems to me that answers to it must inherently discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the various methods, and it feels like answers would far too easily devolve into the type of &amp;quot;Discussion Answers&amp;quot; that we try to avoid here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But while I wouldn't personally vote-to-reopen, I definitely wouldn't &amp;quot;pile on&amp;quot; downvotes here either ;-).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1165986" LastActivityDate="2022-11-10T17:00:02.133" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20170" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20163" CreationDate="2022-11-10T17:33:53.287" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Agree with @Nmath's recommendations overall (wouldn't mind seeing a Community Wiki question and answer for this), but I'd add that there are some situations where Block Quotes + Inline Code improves readability.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;❌ Using code-block (triple-backticks) or inline code (single-backticks):  Difficult to read.  Critical information can be difficult to find while manually sliding the horizontal scrollbar:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;A really long error message or output that is easily readable on your screen due to the terminal automatically wrapping. It includes important information throughout the output.  It may even include multiple sentences since some output just assumes it will line-wrap, and  forgoes any line-breaks.  These can sometimes be hundreds of characters long and therefore very difficult to read with a scrollbar in a pure code-fence.&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;❌ Using a block-quote:  Semantically correct (you are, after all, quoting the error message), but doesn't fully provide the &amp;quot;visual indicator&amp;quot; that this is &lt;code&gt;output&lt;/code&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A really long error message or output that is easily readable on your screen due to the terminal automatically wrapping. It includes important information throughout the output.  It may even include multiple sentences since some output just assumes it will line-wrap, and  forgoes any line-breaks.  These can sometimes be hundreds of characters long and therefore very difficult to read with a scrollbar in a pure code-fence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;✅ Using a block-quote + inline (single backtick):  Best compromise between being semantically correct, readable, and providing proper visual queues&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;A really long error message or output that is easily readable on your screen due to the terminal automatically wrapping. It includes important information throughout the output.  It may even include multiple sentences since some output just assumes it will line-wrap, and  forgoes any line-breaks.  These can sometimes be hundreds of characters long and therefore very difficult to read with a scrollbar in a pure code-fence.&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1165986" LastEditorUserId="1165986" LastEditDate="2022-11-10T21:44:25.053" LastActivityDate="2022-11-10T21:44:25.053" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20171" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20172" CreationDate="2022-11-16T12:18:20.233" Score="4" ViewCount="82" Body="&lt;p&gt;I suspect I'm missing something really obvious (and might have to delete this question in embarrassment!).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can't see the reason why some questions have a yellow background (e.g. see below from current home page).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/EyZUo.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/EyZUol.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;screenshot showing question with yellow background&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What have I missed? Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="801777" LastEditorUserId="618353" LastEditDate="2022-11-16T13:40:55.713" LastActivityDate="2022-11-16T13:40:55.713" Title="Why do some questions show with a yellow background?" Tags="|support|user-interface|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20172" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20171" CreationDate="2022-11-16T13:17:25.070" Score="8" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Watched Tags&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have wondered about this for years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A couple of days ago I noticed that these yellowish orange questions seem to coincide with my &lt;strong&gt;Watched Tags&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Let us know if this is true for you also.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="43926" LastActivityDate="2022-11-16T13:17:25.070" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20174" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20125" CreationDate="2022-11-18T14:08:59.397" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would like to add that I recently spent some more time in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/first-questions&quot;&gt;First Questions&lt;/a&gt; queue, and this is an easy way to help new users get a proper introduction to the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So if you have the time and review access, please help new users feel welcome, and provide constructive feedback in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/first-questions&quot;&gt;First Questions&lt;/a&gt; queue (it's currently at 350-400 questions, so all reviews are extremely welcome).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1066942" LastActivityDate="2022-11-18T14:08:59.397" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20175" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2022-11-22T21:31:45.080" Score="8" ViewCount="186" Body="&lt;p&gt;I ran across a clear &amp;quot;spam&amp;quot; question in the low-quality posts review queue today. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/low-quality-posts/1264467&quot;&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt; in case it works, but I hate promoting it by even linking it here :-/.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;em&gt;correct&lt;/em&gt; response to spam is to flag it as such, but there's no option to flag in the low-quality review queue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Looks OK:  Nope!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Edit:  Nope!&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Close:  Which requires a reason -- The &amp;quot;closest&amp;quot; close-reason would be &amp;quot;A community-specific reason&amp;quot; followed by a &amp;quot;Other - add comment&amp;quot;.  But again, that's not how spam would or should normally be handled.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With that in mind:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Are spam questions supposed to be the LQ review queue?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Doesn't this just put the spam post in front of more eyes?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What's the correct action when reviewing a clear-spam post in the low-quality review queue?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I feel like I'm failing this review-queue audit test :-/.  Is it me, or is there a problem with this audit test?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Update:  It definitely was an Audit question.  I see it came back up for @Nmath, who passed it with a &amp;quot;Close&amp;quot; response.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/low-quality-posts/1270307&quot;&gt;another similar audit question&lt;/a&gt; has come up in the queue recently as well.  This one, @BeastOfCaerbannog accidentally failed while looking for a way to &amp;quot;Flag&amp;quot; it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1165986" LastEditorUserId="1165986" LastEditDate="2022-12-24T18:03:27.030" LastActivityDate="2022-12-25T17:55:32.087" Title="What's the &quot;expected&quot; audit response to spam in the LQ posts review queue?" Tags="|discussion|review-audits|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20176" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="16264" CreationDate="2022-12-02T06:15:18.783" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I regard myself as NON-Technical...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;FYI, am not newbie, long ago serious brain injuries damaged my memory, ever since frequently loose access to memory, so often forget things.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Example faces and names of family/friends/relatives, frequently my brain refuses my access to the linked information there !&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Learning constantly is part of my life... if do not regularly do things, my memory disappears... to be re-learnt :-@&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Am sure most who post are doing best they can at the time...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;IMHO we all best help others who ask what we can answer, and encourage them to learn a little more...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="735033" LastActivityDate="2022-12-02T06:15:18.783" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20178" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2022-12-13T10:10:38.847" Score="-5" ViewCount="337" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS and often have issues with it, but can never find a relevant answer here. 10 year old answers just don't work for newer versions of Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1655673" OwnerDisplayName="Anthony Forwood" LastEditorUserId="1066942" LastEditDate="2023-10-31T07:20:01.923" LastActivityDate="2023-10-31T07:20:01.923" Title="Why are all the questions/answers on this site so old and out of date?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20179" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20178" CreationDate="2022-12-13T11:02:56.753" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;First, I generally disagree with you that &lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;all the questions/answers on this site so old&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt; and that you &lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;can never find a relevant answer here&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt;. That's an over-generalization that simply isn't true.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I can think of some examples where this can be true. Question and answers that are very specific to certain desktop environments can change dramatically over time. My advice here would be to first search for a relevant answer. If none is found for your particular version of Ubuntu, ask a new question, and tag it with your version (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/22.04&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;22.04&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;22.04&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;tag-22.04-tooltip-container&quot;&gt;22.04&lt;/a&gt; for instance). Then it's perfectly clear that the question and answer is for that particular version.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are many topics where 10-20 year old answers are still perfectly valid. Some examples are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;General Debian/Ubuntu package management (basic features of &lt;code&gt;apt&lt;/code&gt; - not newer features of course)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Generel CLI applications - GNU coreutils, &lt;code&gt;vim&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;nano&lt;/code&gt; editors etc.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;General scripting questions (Bash, Python etc. - basic features, not cutting edge)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Kernel and application compilation questions&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Other questions on general Ubuntu and Linux topics&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Then there are some questions, where you have to know when underlying technologies have changed. In these cases, only answers from &lt;em&gt;after&lt;/em&gt; the Ubuntu version in which these features were introduced apply in that scenario. Again some examples:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;systemd&lt;/code&gt; was introduced (replacing &lt;code&gt;upstart&lt;/code&gt; as the default init system) in Ubuntu 15.04&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;netplan&lt;/code&gt; was introduced (replacing &lt;code&gt;ifupdown&lt;/code&gt; for network configuration) in Ubuntu 17.10&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;ZFS&lt;/code&gt; filesystem support (kernel module) was added in Ubuntu 16.04&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;python2&lt;/code&gt; was removed from the distribution as default in Ubuntu 20.04&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;PulseAudio was introduced in Ubuntu 8.04 - and again replaced by PipeWire in Ubuntu 22.10&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Wayland as a display server was included from Ubuntu 17.10 - and recently was changed to default for non-Nvidia cards on Ubuntu 21.04 and Nvidia cards on Ubuntu 21.10&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Gnome 3.X Desktop was introduced in Ubuntu 18.04 (default flavor)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Gnome 4X Desktop was introduced in Ubuntu 21.10 (default flavor)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1066942" LastEditorUserId="1066942" LastEditDate="2023-10-23T08:22:38.147" LastActivityDate="2023-10-23T08:22:38.147" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20180" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20178" CreationDate="2022-12-13T22:25:20.107" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just for reference, there are currently:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=%5B22.04%5D+closed%3Afalse&quot;&gt;3,464 open questions&lt;/a&gt; tagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/22.04&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;22.04&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;22.04&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;22.04-container&quot;&gt;22.04&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=%5B22.04%5D+is%3Aquestion+closed%3A0+answers%3A1..&quot;&gt;1,616 of those&lt;/a&gt; have answers&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=-%5B22.04%5D+22.04+is%3Aquestion+closed%3A0&quot;&gt;Another 3,458&lt;/a&gt; that mention 22.04 but are missing that tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=-%5B22.04%5D+22.04+is%3Aquestion+closed%3A0+answers%3A1..&quot;&gt;1,445 of those&lt;/a&gt; have answers&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And that's 10 months into the 22.04 lifecycle.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The equivalent numbers for 20.04 (the vast majority of which will still apply to 22.04) are &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=%5B20.04%5D+is%3Aquestion+closed%3A0&quot;&gt;12,396&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=%5B20.04%5D+is%3Aquestion+closed%3A0+answers%3A1..&quot;&gt;7,271&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=-%5B20.04%5D+20.04+is%3Aquestion+closed%3A0+&quot;&gt;13,451&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=-%5B20.04%5D+20.04+is%3Aquestion+closed%3A0+answers%3A1..&quot;&gt;7,432&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sure, there are hundreds of thousands &lt;em&gt;more&lt;/em&gt; that apply to even older releases (or may not mention &lt;em&gt;any&lt;/em&gt; release), but if you ...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;can never find a relevant answer here&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;... then you are hitting some &lt;em&gt;really&lt;/em&gt; bad odds ;-).  But, as &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/20179/1165986&quot;&gt;@ArturMeinild mentioned&lt;/a&gt;, if that's the case, then please do add your question!  If there's already a question out there that doesn't have an answer (or that answer doesn't work for you) - Upvote and perhaps even add a bounty!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1165986" LastEditorUserId="1165986" LastEditDate="2022-12-14T23:29:03.047" LastActivityDate="2022-12-14T23:29:03.047" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20181" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20184" CreationDate="2022-12-14T12:19:46.690" Score="3" ViewCount="135" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was just seeing the snapshots of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://web.archive.org/web/20101114113108/http://askubuntu.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;old askubuntu site&lt;/a&gt; from Wayback machine, and when I clicked the &amp;quot;Ask Question&amp;quot; button, I saw this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/7xpNx.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/7xpNx.png&quot; alt=&quot;image&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why did they remove this? I'm just curious. it could help new users if added back.(I wish I had this feature when joining this site)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1168363" LastActivityDate="2023-01-29T12:29:30.390" Title="Why did the askubuntu team remove this?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20182" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2022-12-14T07:19:06.270" Score="1" ViewCount="186" Body="&lt;p&gt;I could not find the right area to post this, but I could use some help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I try to answer all my inbox messages, but it is now impossible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a way to mark them all as read with just a few clicks?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/YZ2MQ.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/YZ2MQ.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="573838" OwnerDisplayName="fixit7" LastActivityDate="2022-12-14T13:16:57.903" Title="Clear unread inbox messages" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20183" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20178" CreationDate="2022-12-14T21:08:04.547" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have registered on this site in December 2020, and the focus of my interest was 20.04.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My main motivation in registering was to share solutions to stumbling blocks that I encountered, and to thus give back to the Ubuntu project (which I appreciate a lot). Helping others here seemed to be a good way to contribute. I ended up posting quite a few answers before posting my first question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All the while, I did not find a usable answer to the most &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/1305080/1157519&quot;&gt;painful problem&lt;/a&gt; that I had with Ubuntu at the time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I ended up having to research the topic myself with only the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1305080/changing-the-dark-overlay-background-on-the-activity-and-apps-overview-screens#comment2219789_1305080&quot;&gt;tiniest of assistance&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Six weeks later, AskUbuntu finally got equipped with a very detailed, very helpful &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/1317692/1157519&quot;&gt;answer&lt;/a&gt; regarding my original question. This answer had everything in it that I wished to find in the first place! Its appearance was not a coincidence however: having been succesful in my research and in reaching my goal, I posted it myself.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I share this story to illustrate how dedication produces the content on this site, and how it can sometimes be our own dedication that contributes to our collective success.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1157519" LastEditorUserId="1157519" LastEditDate="2022-12-14T21:21:16.940" LastActivityDate="2022-12-14T21:21:16.940" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20184" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20181" CreationDate="2022-12-15T11:49:48.110" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Source: @ Thomas Ward and @V2Blast&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;StackExchange did this, not the AU team. The entire structure and format of the site has changed since that original snapshot you've seen. A hint though: new users still didn't read this when posting leading to the closing of things, etc. so it never really had any major impact on things, probably why SE removed it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a note, at least parts of this guidance are still shown in certain parts of the UI. For instance, when suggesting an edit (when you don't have the privilege to edit posts directly), or if you open the &amp;quot;Edit&amp;quot; link in a new tab/window, the &amp;quot;How to Edit&amp;quot; guidance is shown on the right side of the page when the cursor is in the title area, &amp;quot;How to Format&amp;quot; is shown when the cursor is in the body text area, and &amp;quot;How to Tag&amp;quot; is shown when the cursor is in the tag area&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1168363" LastEditorUserId="1168363" LastEditDate="2023-01-29T12:29:30.390" LastActivityDate="2023-01-29T12:29:30.390" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20185" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2022-12-19T03:25:27.667" Score="35" ViewCount="2504" Body="&lt;p&gt;ChatGPT generated answers have been found across the Stack Exchange network and some examples have also been recently seen and removed from Ask Ubuntu. Our colleagues on Stack Overflow have put &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/421831/temporary-policy-chatgpt-is-banned&quot;&gt;a temporary ban&lt;/a&gt; on all such posts while &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/384922/is-there-a-list-of-chatgpt-discussions-and-policies-for-our-sites/&quot;&gt;other sites have begun debate&lt;/a&gt; on what their positions will be. Stack Exchange itself has decided &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/385002/662263&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; to institute a network ban&lt;/a&gt;. So now for Ask Ubuntu...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are many issues with ChatGPT answers but for me the main issue has been that they look like they &lt;em&gt;might&lt;/em&gt; be good answers, (the ones I have seen have been &lt;em&gt;beautifully&lt;/em&gt; written), but relying as they do merely on a statistical method they can very, very easily be completely incorrect. The accuracy or otherwise of such an answer &lt;em&gt;has not usually been tested&lt;/em&gt; and thus has never been fully evaluated before being presented as &lt;em&gt;a definitive answer&lt;/em&gt; to a group of users who are often new to Ubuntu and are often very trusting of such material presented on Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Such answers therefore carry the risk of being harmful to the users of Ask Ubuntu and also harmful to the reputation of Ask Ubuntu as a quality Question and Answer site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The other major issue is plagiarism. AI posts &lt;em&gt;cannot&lt;/em&gt; be effectively referenced as their data comes from a soup of information that cannot ever be effectively referenced. As well many of those using ChatGPT to post will attempt to conceal this usage, thus doubly violating &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/19789/57576&quot;&gt;AU plagiarism rules&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My own thought is that such posts have no place on Ask Ubuntu and that, as Stack Overflow, Super User snd other areas have done, we should institute a &lt;em&gt;temporary&lt;/em&gt; ban on ChatGPT and similar AI technologies. 'Temporary' while a clearer picture is sought on the role of such technology across the &lt;em&gt;entire&lt;/em&gt; Stack Exchange network.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This ban, IMO, would involve:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Deletion of all ChatGPT content, whether acknowledged as such or not&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Moderator email for initial occurrence, &lt;em&gt;if minor in scope&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Seven day Suspension for subsequent occurrence, or initial occurrence &lt;em&gt;if larger in scope&lt;/em&gt;, and then the usual escalation of penalties for further infractions&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would welcome input from those who believe that AI generated answers &lt;em&gt;have a place on AU&lt;/em&gt; as well as those who feel these answers &lt;em&gt;have no place&lt;/em&gt;. There is room on AU Meta for varied opinions and vigorous discussion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your thoughts?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Further References:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.superuser.com/q/14862&quot;&gt;Use of ChatGPT is now banned on Super User&lt;/a&gt;: Our colleagues on Super User have now instituted a complete ban on ChatGPT content.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/help/gpt-policy&quot;&gt;Why posting GPT and ChatGPT generated answers is not currently acceptable&lt;/a&gt;: The Stack Overflow rational for banning ChatGPT answers.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://english.meta.stackexchange.com/q/15500&quot;&gt;Announcement: AI generated answers are officially banned here&lt;/a&gt;: An announcement on English Language and Usage completely banning technology such as ChatGPT from their area.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="57576" LastEditorUserId="57576" LastEditDate="2023-01-05T06:45:22.177" LastActivityDate="2023-04-29T22:54:57.230" Title="Ban ChatGPT and AI-generated answers on Ask Ubuntu?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="8" CommentCount="16" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20186" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20185" CreationDate="2022-12-19T06:31:37.510" Score="-4" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Are we a bunch of Luddites?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why not just ban spell checkers and any other computer aided technology?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;ChatGPT is the future, we should practice it and learn to use it correctly, not hide from it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Perhaps banning people that misuse it may be okay, but not those who use it for the better and to extend technology..&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;People can generate lots of good looking answers, that are not correct, without the need for a bot. I've seen it with my own eyes&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In a year or so there may not be anyway to even detect if it was used.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Story&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Back in first year Engineering, ~1974, I had a physics prof who made us use slide rules because she thought calculators were just a fad.&#xA;At the end of the year we were pretty good with slide rules but most of us never used them again. Meanwhile the guys with more progressive profs were way ahead of us in the use of calculators.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="43926" LastEditorUserId="43926" LastEditDate="2022-12-19T09:12:51.573" LastActivityDate="2022-12-19T09:12:51.573" CommentCount="19" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20187" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20185" CreationDate="2022-12-19T20:27:45.263" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;My straw-man position:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I am opposed to a flat-out &lt;em&gt;ban&lt;/em&gt; on ChatGPT, because I do believe it &lt;em&gt;can&lt;/em&gt; be a useful &lt;em&gt;aid&lt;/em&gt; for &lt;em&gt;improving&lt;/em&gt; answers (see below), but there do need to be rules (and common sense) around its use.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;ChatGPT should not be used to &lt;em&gt;write&lt;/em&gt; answers, but rather to &lt;em&gt;improve&lt;/em&gt; answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;A ChatGPT-based answer should never be posted by someone without subject matter expertise in the question being asked in the first place.  Confirming that the answer &lt;em&gt;works&lt;/em&gt; is not enough.  If you are even using ChatGPT to &lt;em&gt;assist&lt;/em&gt; you in crafting the answer, then you must have the ability to:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Confirm&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; that the answer is correct and works&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Fully &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;understand&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; the answer that you are posting&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Correct&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; any issues&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Communicate&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; the answer in your own words&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Reply&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; to follow-up questions/comments about your answer&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Warn&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; of corner cases or potential issues if needed&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cite&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; any reliance you made on ChatGPT for the answer&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's in addition to the &lt;em&gt;normal&lt;/em&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/how-to-answer&quot;&gt;requirements for a good answer&lt;/a&gt;.  As just one example from that help page, answering a commonly-asked-duplicate is not useful, regardless of whether your answer is AI-assisted or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, I firmly believe that ChatGPT can be a useful &lt;em&gt;aid&lt;/em&gt; when answering questions (and performing other actions on the site):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If I'm going to post an answer of my own, I don't mind running the question through ChatGPT to see if there are &lt;em&gt;additional&lt;/em&gt; things that I hadn't considered.  Those suggestions that ChatGPT makes may or not be useful, but they at least make me think about ways that I might be able to improve my answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Many users here have the right level of expertise (or beyond), but may &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; have mastered &lt;em&gt;writing&lt;/em&gt; in English.  It's far easier for most people to &lt;em&gt;read&lt;/em&gt; in a language than it is to &lt;em&gt;write&lt;/em&gt; well in that same language.  For this reason, ChatGPT can typically offer some great suggestions on improving English grammar for these users.  And those users will likely be able to confirm that the meaning of their answer hasn't changed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I have personally used ChatGPT on several occasions here on Ask Ubuntu to improve the grammar of some questions during Edits.  The two that I've done:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Example 1:  &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/revisions/1445104/4&quot;&gt;Before&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/revisions/1445104/5&quot;&gt;after&lt;/a&gt;.  IIRC, I'm fairly certain I did change one word from the ChatGPT suggestion -- I felt &amp;quot;the issue persists&amp;quot; was better than &amp;quot;this issue persists&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Example 2:  &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/revisions/1445103/1&quot;&gt;Before&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/revisions/1445103/2&quot;&gt;after&lt;/a&gt;:  I definitely made some small tweaks to the ChatGPT suggestion to make it slightly more concise, but I can't recall exactly what they were.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do a lot of grammar/clarity edits (including, frequently, on my own mistakes).  While I certainly &lt;em&gt;could&lt;/em&gt; have cleaned up these two posts on my own, ChatGPT saved a &lt;em&gt;lot&lt;/em&gt; of effort in these cases, and I believe the posts (and site) are better for it.  In no way did ChatGPT suggest an answer here, or rely on any training other than proper English grammar.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;h4&gt;Personal Anecdote&lt;/h4&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My wife has asked me on several occasions how to solve a Windows problem that she has.  A certain application shifts its window &lt;em&gt;entirely off screen&lt;/em&gt; when switching from her docked, three-monitor setup to her single-screen laptop.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My answer (from personal, long-past experience) is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Select the application on the Windows task bar.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Press &lt;kbd&gt;Alt&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;Space&lt;/kbd&gt; to show the &amp;quot;window menu&amp;quot;, which appears on-screen.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Use the &lt;kbd&gt;Down Arrow&lt;/kbd&gt; to navigate to the &lt;em&gt;Move&lt;/em&gt; option.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Press the &lt;kbd&gt;Enter&lt;/kbd&gt; key to activate it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Hold down the &lt;kbd&gt;Left Arrow&lt;/kbd&gt; to move it back on the screen.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;She's always amazed that I know this off the top of my head.  And let's be realistic -- there aren't many people who &lt;em&gt;can&lt;/em&gt; give that answer from memory.  It's a technique that I developed on my own, before the web and search engines even existed in the form they do today.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I was curious how (or if) ChatGPT would handle that.  I asked it something like &lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;I have an application whose window is appearing off screen in Windows.  How do I get it back?&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To my amazement, ChatGPT not only gave me my normal method, but also suggested some other (easier) things that I hadn't considered, like &lt;kbd&gt;Win (Super)&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;Left&lt;/kbd&gt; might snap it back to the proper side of the screen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I was answering a question like this on a Stack Exchange site, then the extra information that ChatGPT provided would be useful in my answer &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;as long as I could Confirm, Understand, Correct, Communicate, Reply, Warn, and Cite&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; as mentioned above.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1165986" LastEditorUserId="1165986" LastEditDate="2022-12-19T22:13:08.720" LastActivityDate="2022-12-19T22:13:08.720" CommentCount="16" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20188" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20185" CreationDate="2022-12-19T23:50:45.423" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;As is commonly the case, I probably got carried away in my &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/20187/1165986&quot;&gt;other answer&lt;/a&gt;.  Let's see if I can propose a &lt;em&gt;simple&lt;/em&gt; policy for ChatGPT usage on Ask Ubuntu that could be expressed in the Help:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h4&gt;ChatGPT (and general AI tool) usage policy on Ask Ubuntu&lt;/h4&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Users are not allowed to post answers directly generated by ChatGPT or other similar AI tools.&lt;/strong&gt;  Offenders may be warned, and repeat or frequent postings may result in a ban.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you are able to answer a question on your own, you may use AI tools to assist in wording or to suggest improvements to your answer. If you choose to do so, you should, to the best of your ability:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Confirm&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; that the answer is correct and works&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Understand&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; the answer that you are posting&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Correct&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; any issues that could reasonably be identified&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Communicate&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; the answer in your own words&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Reply&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; to follow-up questions/comments about your answer&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Warn&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; of corner cases or potential issues if needed&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cite&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; any reliance on third-party sources such as ChatGPT for the answer&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;AI tools such as ChatGPT may be used for accessibility purposes such as voice-to-text transcription.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;AI tools may be used to suggest grammar improvements for your own posts and to make suggested edits to posts with poor grammar. However, as with any edit, take care not to change the meaning of another user's post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;&lt;sup&gt;Note:&lt;/sup&gt; ChatGPT was used to suggest slight improvements in readability and conciseness to this policy.  Some suggestions were used, while others were rejected&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1165986" LastEditorUserId="1165986" LastEditDate="2022-12-20T07:51:48.877" LastActivityDate="2022-12-20T07:51:48.877" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20189" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20185" CreationDate="2022-12-20T03:13:48.987" Score="11" Body="&lt;h2&gt;The problem seems more about a large volume of garbage answers.&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/421831/temporary-policy-chatgpt-is-banned&quot;&gt;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/421831/temporary-policy-chatgpt-is-banned&lt;/a&gt; :&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;The volume of these answers (thousands) and the fact that the answers often require a detailed read by someone with at least some subject matter expertise in order to determine that the answer is actually bad has effectively swamped our volunteer-based quality curation infrastructure.&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The current problem is the potential for a blizzard of garbage answers that overload the AskUbuntu cadre of great volunteers. That the answers are written by AI is interesting, but not the main problem. The blizzard is the problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The risk to this community is loss of credibility -- that noise drowns out signal and that AskUbuntu's reputation changes from &amp;quot;great gurus&amp;quot; to &amp;quot;garbage farm.&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We face a &lt;em&gt;potential&lt;/em&gt; flood of malicious vandalism. If that flood materializes, our Moderators will need help from us to spot and flag garbage, and to help identify key garbage posters.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When you identify a AI-written garbage answer:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Downvote it.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Flag it ('not an answer' for jibberish, or 'in need of moderator intervention' for flat-wrong or damaging).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Click on the user and see if they are posting lots of similar garbage. If so, you just discovered a user that needs immediate action. Jump into &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/3877/raiders-of-the-lost-downboat&quot;&gt;chat&lt;/a&gt; and let the moderators know about that user.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Our goal should be to get these garbage-posters &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/answer-bans&quot;&gt;answer-banned&lt;/a&gt; --or perhaps completely user-banned-- and all their answers deleted. Rapidly!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's up to the volunteer community to speed up the process and help the moderators by identifying obvious perpetrators.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's up to the moderators to determine if their numbers are adequate to weather the storm (should it arrive), if their workflow to identify and handle garbage-posters rapidly is adequate, how they prefer communication of frequent-garbage-posters discovered by the community, and to communicate how else non-moderators can best help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19626" LastEditorUserId="19626" LastEditDate="2022-12-20T16:56:23.033" LastActivityDate="2022-12-20T16:56:23.033" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20190" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20185" CreationDate="2022-12-20T03:51:31.873" Score="19" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;100 % Agree with the ban&lt;/strong&gt;, Specially for Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here are some points I came up with against allowing ChatGPT answers:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;ChatGPT is not &amp;quot;Sentient&amp;quot; , it was trained on answers from forums&#xA;like these.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It was trained on outdated information before 2021.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Inaccurate answers will cause more harm specially in these forums as we are dealing with operating systems.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It is very overconfident spitting out wrong answers.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It wont be able to help with/fix issues arising from suggested solution.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&amp;quot;The model would not ask clarifying questions when the user provided an ambiguous query. Instead, our current models usually guess what the user intended&amp;quot; - &lt;a href=&quot;https://openai.com/blog/chatgpt/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://openai.com/blog/chatgpt/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are 78,466 questions with no answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The community feels to be getting weaker with every passing day.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;People often get discouraged from trying out new distributions / switching to Linux witnessing poor community support. I see new questions everyday made by new members who leave after getting none to little help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would suggest if a new user posts a relatively &amp;quot;simple/harmless&amp;quot; question that remains unanswered for a week there should be some automated response referring them to external resources such that people don't abandon the project altogether.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1198244" LastEditorUserId="1198244" LastEditDate="2022-12-20T04:22:38.950" LastActivityDate="2022-12-20T04:22:38.950" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20192" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2022-12-22T15:14:56.430" Score="0" ViewCount="85" Body="&lt;p&gt;In 2016 I created an Ask Ubuntu account with a login containing my email adress. I recently changed my email, how can I change to a new login name without losing my Ask Ubuntu history?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="546622" LastEditorUserId="158442" LastEditDate="2022-12-23T03:38:47.367" LastActivityDate="2022-12-23T03:38:47.367" Title="Change login name containing my email adress" Tags="|support|user-accounts|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20194" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20192" CreationDate="2022-12-22T16:21:22.537" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;goto profiles &amp;gt; edit profiles (top right corner)&amp;gt; your logins &amp;gt; add login&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/EfLVl.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/EfLVl.png&quot; alt=&quot;edit profiles &amp;gt; yourlogin&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/VJHzy.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/VJHzy.png&quot; alt=&quot;yourlogin&amp;gt; add login&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Hlp57.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Hlp57.png&quot; alt=&quot;add login &amp;gt; give email id and a new password&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1458582" LastEditorUserId="1458582" LastEditDate="2022-12-22T16:29:46.007" LastActivityDate="2022-12-22T16:29:46.007" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20196" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20175" CreationDate="2022-12-25T17:55:32.087" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;The expected response is &amp;quot;Close&amp;quot;, which is kind of counter-intuitive. Close reason could be &amp;quot;Not about Ubuntu&amp;quot; (which is entirely true).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is of course because normally spam post should not be closed, but instead flagged as spam (it took me a while to learn this btw).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe this is an error in the audit system - in my opinion, spam posts should not come up in neither the &amp;quot;Close votes&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;Low quality&amp;quot; queues as audits, but I believe they do.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1066942" LastActivityDate="2022-12-25T17:55:32.087" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20200" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20201" CreationDate="2022-12-30T09:14:57.333" Score="8" ViewCount="536" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was just reading this &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/20185/ban-chatgpt-and-ai-generated-answers-on-ask-ubuntu?cb=1&amp;amp;_gl=1*5xkgo6*_ga*MjAxNzg3ODU5NS4xNjcwOTQwMzcy*_ga_S812YQPLT2*MTY3MjM5MDQ2MS4yMC4xLjE2NzIzOTA2MDcuMC4wLjA.&quot;&gt;post&lt;/a&gt; and this question popped in my head.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have used Grammarly for a few months now and I use it to fix grammatical errors in a post or just assist me in writing better questions(like this one).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Around 5-10% was purely my edits, 80-85% was assisted by Grammarly(i.e Corrections done by Grammarly plus some edits of mine like formatting improvements, etc.) and a small percentage were done purely by Grammarly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even though everything I said above was focused on Grammarly, the question is, are these tools allowed on the platform?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1168363" LastEditorUserId="1438484" LastEditDate="2023-01-03T01:04:44.750" LastActivityDate="2023-03-17T10:10:26.207" Title="Are AI Correction apps (like Grammarly) allowed to be used on the platform?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20201" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20200" CreationDate="2022-12-30T09:53:48.833" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;Generally using Grammarly or spellcheck to correct your &lt;em&gt;own&lt;/em&gt; content is fine. As long as its fixing &lt;em&gt;language&lt;/em&gt; and not creating (broken) content - its a fairly normal thing to do, and it feels like a beneficial thing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17681" LastActivityDate="2022-12-30T09:53:48.833" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20203" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20200" CreationDate="2023-01-01T14:25:16.943" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;tl;dr&lt;/em&gt; Consider ChatGPT for some assistance as well, perhaps in combination with Grammarly.  Many grammar tools are becoming AI-assisted, including Grammarly and even the Microsoft Office grammar-tool, but I think ChatGPT currently provides the best improvements by far.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Preface:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I'm a bit of a grammar nut, but pobody's nerfect, and I make my fair share of typos (and more).  If I was writing in a second language (as many people here are), I would make far, far, far more.  So please don't take &lt;em&gt;any&lt;/em&gt; of my comments below as criticism.  I know I would do far worse if I was in your position.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;While we require posts here to be in English (for good reason), I believe that lack of mastery in the language should not (within reason) be a barrier that prevents anyone from posting here.  I've seen a person on another Stack Exchange site argue that posts with very poor grammar should be closed, but I strongly disagree.  If a post can be fixed by another community member then it wasn't &amp;quot;unclear&amp;quot; in the first place.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Voice-to-text transcription obviously provides a huge benefit in Accessibility, but the results can often look like poor grammar, even if the original input was perfect.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I make quite a few edits to posts that need a bit (or more) of grammatical assistance.  I haven't done a direct comparison, but I'll make a guess that I'm (currently, at least) the most prolific editor here when it comes to grammar.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/20187/1165986&quot;&gt;As I mentioned&lt;/a&gt; in the post you linked, I've used ChatGPT a few times for grammar assistance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With that in mind, since your question here still had a few grammatical issues after Grammarly was done with it, I was curious what ChatGPT would suggest.  To do this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I copied the Markdown source of your question to the clipboard&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;In ChatGPT, asked &amp;quot;Improve the grammar of the following:&amp;quot; then &lt;kbd&gt;Shift&lt;/kbd&gt;+&lt;kbd&gt;Enter&lt;/kbd&gt; (twice) to add some link breaks.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Pasted the Markdown from the clipboard.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's the end result:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was reading this &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/20185/ban-chatgpt-and-ai-generated-answers-on-ask-ubuntu?cb=1&amp;amp;_gl=1*5xkgo6*_ga*MjAxNzg3ODU5NS4xNjcwOTQwMzcy*_ga_S812YQPLT2*MTY3MjM5MDQ2MS4yMC4xLjE2NzIzOTA2MDcuMC4wLjA.&quot;&gt;post&lt;/a&gt; when a question came to mind. I have been using Grammarly for a few months to fix grammatical errors in my posts and to help me write better questions like this one. Around 5-10% of my edits are purely mine, while 80-85% are assisted by Grammarly (that is, corrections made by Grammarly plus some of my own edits, like formatting improvements). A small percentage of the edits are done purely by Grammarly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Although I have been talking about Grammarly, my question is: are these types of tools allowed on this platform?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Advantages:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The grammar is (IMHO) &lt;em&gt;almost&lt;/em&gt; perfect.  One &lt;em&gt;might&lt;/em&gt; nitpick the use of the colon in the last sentence, but that use is so commonly accepted nowadays that I don't have an issue with it personally.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The meaning is (again, mostly) intact.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I think ChatGPT's suggestion to combine the first 3 paragraphs is probably correct.  I don't think I would have done that myself when editing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Disadvantages:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;It should have left &lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;like this one&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt; in parenthesis.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;It added added the word, &lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;my&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt; in &lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;errors in my posts&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt;, which is not what you said originally.  The general term &lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;errors in posts&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt; would have been more accurate.  ChatGPT may have been confused by the &lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;a post&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt; from the original, which was also technically inaccurate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Some word replacement choices weren't &amp;quot;ideal&amp;quot;, but that's a subjective viewpoint.  Personally, I think your (or Grammarly's) use of &lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;i.e.&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt; was better than ChatGPT's &lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;that is&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;of my edits&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt; may not be technically correct.  A better &amp;quot;fix&amp;quot; might have been &lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;of the edits I make&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I had been editing manually, here are the changes I would have made:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I was just reading &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/20185/ban-chatgpt-and-ai-generated-answers-on-ask-ubuntu?cb=1&amp;amp;_gl=1*5xkgo6*_ga*MjAxNzg3ODU5NS4xNjcwOTQwMzcy*_ga_S812YQPLT2*MTY3MjM5MDQ2MS4yMC4xLjE2NzIzOTA2MDcuMC4wLjA.&quot;&gt;this post&lt;/a&gt;, and this question popped into my head.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have used Grammarly for a few months now, and I use it to fix grammatical errors in posts.  I also use it to assist me in writing better questions (like this one).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Around 5-10% were purely my edits, 80-85% were assisted by Grammarly (i.e. corrections done by Grammarly plus some edits of mine like formatting improvements, etc.), and a small percentage were done purely by Grammarly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Even though everything I said above was focused on Grammarly, the question is, are these tools allowed on the platform?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So the following changes:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Changed &lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;in my head&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt; to &lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;into my head&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt;.  The idea &amp;quot;entered&amp;quot; your head, so it came &amp;quot;into&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Added commas to separate the two independent sentences (technically clauses, I believe) in two different cases.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Broke the &amp;quot;or …&amp;quot; part of one of those off into its own sentence to avoid it &amp;quot;running on&amp;quot; too long.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Added spaces before the opening parenthesis.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Changed &lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;was&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt; to &lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;were&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt;.  Since &lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;edits&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt; is plural, it requires the plural verb &lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;were&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt;.  For instance:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;The man was happy.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;The men were happy.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Corrected &lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;i.e&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt; to &lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;i.e.&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt;.  I probably would not have noticed this if it hadn't been flagged by the basic &amp;quot;text box grammar check&amp;quot; in my browser (no extension).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Extended the markdown link to include &amp;quot;&lt;em&gt;this post&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Made &lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;corrections&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt; lowercase.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course, most all of these were also fixed by ChatGPT.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of the three versions, on a scale of 1-10, I'd score:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Grammarly:  7.8.  It's certainly readable, and would have been no danger of being closed for being &amp;quot;unclear&amp;quot;, so that's a win.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;ChatGPT:  9.7.  As I said above, it's nearly perfect.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;NotTheDr01ds:  9.3.  I would have made the minimal edits needed to try to correct the clear issues.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I took ChatGPT's result and added two or three of my own edits, I think it would be a 9.9 or 10.0.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1165986" LastEditorUserId="618353" LastEditDate="2023-03-17T10:10:26.207" LastActivityDate="2023-03-17T10:10:26.207" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20204" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2023-01-02T21:59:04.457" Score="-3" ViewCount="84" Body="&lt;p&gt;This post contains a euphemism.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, the gentlemen that made the rules made it so you need reputation to comment and ask not to edit an answer to reply to the author, so I have to ask a separate question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I tried to find if you can run Minecraft: Bedrock Edition betas in GNU and found &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1379067/is-there-any-way-i-can-play-minecraft-bedrock-edition-for-free-in-ubuntu&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The accepted answer was:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Tl;dr: No, you can't.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's the real answer:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You have two issues:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Minecraft Java Edition &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/download&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;can be downloaded for Linux&lt;/a&gt;. After you pay for the game, of course. Minecraft Bedrock Edition (a.k.a. Minecraft: Windows 10 Edition) won't work on Ubuntu (or any other Linux distro, for that matter). It is distributed via &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.xbox.com/en-us/games/store/Minecraft-for-Windows/9NBLGGH2JHXJ&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the Microsoft/Xbox store&lt;/a&gt;. Not a downloadable &lt;code&gt;.exe&lt;/code&gt;. So you can't download that version for Ubuntu. &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/qemtk8/i_got_minecraft_bedrock_running_with_wine_dxvk_on/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Some people&lt;/a&gt; (Reddit link) have gotten it working on Linux. &lt;a href=&quot;https://mcpelauncher.readthedocs.io/en/latest/getting_started.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Here&lt;/a&gt; is another one. So it is technically possible, just hard.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It isn't free. Neither Minecraft: Java Edition nor Minecraft: Bedrock Edition are free (on Windows, Mac, or Linux). So you have to pay.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want an easy way, I'd just create a Windows 10 VM using &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.virtualbox.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;VirtualBox&lt;/a&gt;, or just play Minecraft: Java Edition.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't understand this answer. What do you have to pay for? Neither Bedrock release nor Bedrock betas are free, and I don't think any of them is distributed as .exe, but release is paid, and betas are foc. Does that mean that you have to pay more for release?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1110847" OwnerDisplayName="Orisphera" LastEditorUserId="1438484" LastEditDate="2023-01-03T01:06:27.013" LastActivityDate="2023-01-03T01:53:34.430" Title="What is the logic behind cocomac's answer?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20205" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20204" CreationDate="2023-01-03T01:03:35.947" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;(I'm cocomac - the user that posted that)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Regarding the requirement to have more reputation to comment, see the post on MSE (the discussion site for the Stack Exchange network of sites) called &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/214173/why-do-i-need-50-reputation-to-comment-what-can-i-do-instead&quot;&gt;Why do I need 50 reputation to comment? What can I do instead?&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm somewhat confused by exactly what you're asking, but I'll do my best to clarify.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Regarding the rest of your question, I mean the game costs money for the game. I.e., it isn't free. That's what costs money - the game.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure that you're statement of &amp;quot;the betas are foc&amp;quot; is correct. As far as I'm aware, beta/preview versions of Minecraft aren't free and require you to own the game.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I misunderstood and you you mean the Demo version of the game, I'm not sure if you can run that on Ubuntu (that would be a separate question, though).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1438484" LastActivityDate="2023-01-03T01:03:35.947" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20206" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20204" CreationDate="2023-01-03T01:53:34.430" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Seems like a simple misunderstanding.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Microsoft (Mojang) charges for player accounts that use the client launcher (including single-player mode).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, multiplayer servers --like the Minecraft Java Server-- are distributed and licensed for use free of charge.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Client = Proprietary/Paid.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;Server = Proprietary/Free-of-charge.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this case, A assumes you are treating both Client and Server as a single system (paid), while B assumes server alone (free).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A + B = misunderstanding.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19626" LastActivityDate="2023-01-03T01:53:34.430" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20208" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20185" CreationDate="2023-01-03T18:04:25.140" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NOTE:&lt;/strong&gt; find updates at the bottom of the post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Having learned the views of others, I'd like to offer some degree of summary in response, and to deliver some new suggestions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;How to answer to the future, today?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I acknowledge the points of those who claim that AI is the future, and that denying it is futile — foolish even. I also sense the intent of a warning that advises us not to make similar mistakes to those who initially dismissed major, history-shaping technological advancements as unimpactful fads (only to be proven wrong by history shortly afterwards).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yet, I argue, in itself, this insight is not a sufficient foundation for us to unconditionally embrace &amp;quot;AI produced content&amp;quot; on our website &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;today&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. Our (e.g. those who engage with meta.askubuntu) main goal here is to be the custodians of a collection of reliable answers about Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The current state of available AI technology is not adequate to meet our requirement for factually consistently correct — and therefore safe-to-apply — information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;ChatGPT seems like an early proof of concept whose primary mission was to produce passable contributions to random conversations.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[ Aside: I have seen arguments that it's not even an AI: it's merely a machine learning model oriented at language. ]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Until an AI or equivalent technology &lt;strong&gt;is not capable of installing Ubuntu in a virtual machine and verifying the effects of its assertions&lt;/strong&gt;, all it can do is to collect information from other, already existing sources — quite possibly including unverified ones — recombine it with unreliable degree of accuracy, and pass it on repackaged into unique linguistic constructs. This is no way to produce reliable answers for our Ubuntu-related questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A further, massive deal-breaker — as some of us had already seen — is when the machine grants itself creative freedoms in recombining and reshuffling software configuration options, regardless of whether these inventions correspond to existing specifications or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On these grounds, I don't see the place for the term &amp;quot;luddite&amp;quot; in our argument, for when someone expresses unwillingness to work with information of such low reliability. I believe no one is against technology here. &lt;strong&gt;We are against a barrage of useless lies / fiction that the current iteration of ChatGPT is capable of producing under the guise of reliable facts.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Seeing the dialogue in this thread, I am convinced that as soon as an AI will be able to produce truly and consistently reliable information about Ubuntu-related challenges, we will re-evaluate our position. (Impactfully, at that point, we also will have to face the question: what mission would keep this community (and numerous other online collaborations) working together from that point on.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;In the meanwhile&lt;/em&gt;, our burden is to keep this site free from misleading, potentially dangerous garbage.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;How to maintain a reliable stock of information on AskUbuntu?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We are seeing in this thread that several people:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;are against a blanket ban, for various motivations&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;are in agreement about the prediction that with the rapid evolution and refinement of the AI / ML technology, enforcing a blanket ban might turn out to be technically challenging&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The following suggestions aim to acknowledge these positions &amp;amp; considerations, and suggest measures for a modus operandi where we have to live together with a constant influx of AI-produced content.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I offer the following suggestions; feel free to cherry-pick the most feasible ideas:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Inform proactively: announce a policy&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We need to communicate our issues regarding low quality AI posts: this needs to be mentioned in the onboarding process and it needs its dedicated section in the Code Of Conduct.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Additionally, we could consider putting up small, unobtrusive banners where relevant (maybe accompanying the question- and answer submission forms).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Demand disclosure of origin for AI-generated posts&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;(Updated content)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I have learned in the meanwhile, it is a general &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/384648/908360&quot;&gt;policy of StackExchange to demand disclosure&lt;/a&gt; of such material:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;If it wasn't created by you, attribution is always required here.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Rely on community-delegated moderation&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is a threat that the volume of low quality posts could overwhelm our volunteer moderators. To relieve them, we should develop measures that could maintain order without needing explicit moderator attention for each individual case. This could be implemented through flagging, whose sufficient numbers could automatically lead to the removal of posts (comparable to how the &amp;quot;spam&amp;quot; flag works today).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h4&gt;Establish a new flag dedicated to the issue&lt;/h4&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Could be content-oriented:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Low effort answer with inadequate content&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or behavior-oriented:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For lack of a better term currently, until we find something better, I would suggest &amp;quot;meddling&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.dictionary.com/browse/meddling&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;dictionary.com&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;verb&lt;/em&gt; &lt;strong&gt;meddling&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;to involve oneself in a matter without right or invitation; interfere officiously and unwantedly&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We already have a behavior-oriented flag for &lt;strong&gt;spamming&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now we could think about experimenting with a new, tailor-made flag for this new challenge:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;[ Act of | A product of ] meddling&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The poster appears to disseminate cheaply sourced third-party content while failing to demonstrate an ability to verify the adequacy of the information within.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Multiple posts being removed through flagging by the community could invite mod attention, where a temporary suspension could be used to discourage the unwanted activity.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Re-evaluate as necessary&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Perhaps we don't get it right for the first try. Let's see how it goes, and, if under pressure, update the policies as necessity dictates.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At the end of the day, the ultimate goal is that AskUbuntu remains a reputable source of reliable information. We should maintain only such policies that do not endanger this primary mission.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;UPDATE:&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I maintain my suggestion to address the problematic usage of ChatGPT by a tailor-made policy and corresponding countermeasure.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This time, I suggest contemplating the usefulness of the terms &amp;quot;impostor&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;charlatan&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.dictionary.com/browse/impostor&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;dictionary.com&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;noun&lt;/em&gt; &lt;strong&gt;impostor&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;a person who practices deception under an assumed character, identity, or name&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;British Dictionary definitions for impostor&amp;quot;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;a person who deceives others, esp by assuming a false identity; charlatan&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.dictionary.com/browse/charlatan&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;dictionary.com&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;noun&lt;/em&gt; &lt;strong&gt;charlatan&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;a person who pretends or claims to have more knowledge or skill than he or she possesses; quack.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I opine, as long as the poster does not disclose up front that the core &amp;quot;value&amp;quot; of the post was generated through ChatGPT, their behavior amounts to acting &lt;em&gt;both&lt;/em&gt; as an impostor and charlatan.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;However, let's recognize that &lt;em&gt;ChatGPT itself is acting as a charlatan&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt; I interpret, that's at the core of our ban against it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In that sense, could a single additional flag aimed at &amp;quot;charlatanism&amp;quot; cover the case?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I admit that I feel both &amp;quot;charlatan&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;impostor&amp;quot; are strong words, and carry heavy emotional weight on top of the intended correct semantical identification of the behaviors in question. Also, introducing them as-is could carry the risk of detrimentally impacting the community culture.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Nevertheless, I feel that the dictionary description of these words match the case we are experiencing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;UPDATE 2:&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As I explored earlier, ChatGPT is not (currently) in a position of verifying the adequacy of its assertions through testing the validity of those on a live Ubuntu system (e.g. running one in a virtual machine).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Out of this circumstance, attempting to compile valid information — short of quoting snippets from &lt;em&gt;successfully version-matched(!)&lt;/em&gt; documentation — is akin to how one sits in the casino in front of a slot machine with the spinning fruit symbols. Sometimes things end up aligning succesfully, oftentimes however not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'd like to point out that the above is not analogous to the contemporary machine-learning practice of trial and error, because trial and error — it seems to me — implicitly involves the verification/evaluation of the results, and the iterative development of the conclusion. That's fundamentally missing from ChatGPT's capabilities.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Therefore we could create a flag along the lines of:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Information produced through means of gambling.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or, perhaps:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Information produced through means not accepted by this community.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1157519" LastEditorUserId="1157519" LastEditDate="2023-01-15T21:40:12.380" LastActivityDate="2023-01-15T21:40:12.380" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20209" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2023-01-05T06:44:59.067" Score="77" ViewCount="13170" Body="&lt;p&gt;As of February 2 2023, there is a ban on the use of AI-generated content on Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This ban involves:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Deletion of &lt;em&gt;all&lt;/em&gt; AI-generated content, whether acknowledged as such or not&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Moderator warning email for initial occurrence&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The usual escalation of penalties for further infractions&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Grammar and Spell Checking Tools&lt;/strong&gt;: Note that it is the moderator team's opinion that the use of Grammarly and spell checking tools to correct grammar errors and spelling errors is not &lt;em&gt;AI-generated content&lt;/em&gt;. Using those tools to improve your own written posts' grammar or to correct spelling errors is not forbidden; however, we are specifically barring the use of ChatGPT and other AIs as the sole source of generating answer content.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Timeline:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Community Consultation&lt;/strong&gt;: On December 19th 2022, Community discussion commenced &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/20185/57576&quot;&gt;on AU Meta&lt;/a&gt; concerning our position on AI-generated content. This discussion attracted considerable Community interest and involvement.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Temporary Ban&lt;/strong&gt;: On January 5th 2023, while Community discussion was taking place, there was a considerable upsurge in the number of of AI-generated answers and spam messages posted on Ask Ubuntu. To get control of this upsurge of incorrect, nonworking, and unvetted content in answers, a temporary ban on AI-generated answers was instituted. This ban continued until February 2, 2023, when a permanent ban was instituted.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SE Enforcement Guidelines&lt;/strong&gt;: On May 29 2023 SE issued a set of &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/391626/662263&quot;&gt;enforcement guidelines&lt;/a&gt; which prohibited most of the Ask Ubuntu interventions related to AI-generated content. This action, along with several other factors, lead to the general strike by Moderators and curators of SE.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Strike Resolution and new Policy&lt;/strong&gt;: On August 6th 2023, with the strike resolved, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/391990/662263&quot;&gt;a new AI Policy&lt;/a&gt; was jointly created by SE staff and Moderators.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="57576" LastEditorUserId="57576" LastEditDate="2024-03-24T09:45:25.497" LastActivityDate="2024-03-29T18:42:16.187" Title="AI-generated content is not permitted on Ask Ubuntu" Tags="|discussion|featured|" AnswerCount="6" CommentCount="18" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20210" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20212" CreationDate="2023-01-05T15:24:11.647" Score="13" ViewCount="358" Body="&lt;p&gt;I reviewed &amp;quot;First Answers&amp;quot; and selected &amp;quot;Looks OK&amp;quot; for two answers that look really OK to me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/first-answers/1272716&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/review/first-answers/1272716&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/first-answers/1272761&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/review/first-answers/1272761&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I noticed that these answers had been deleted by &lt;strong&gt;andrew.46&lt;/strong&gt;. There is no comment on why the questions have been deleted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They may be incorrect, but the &amp;quot;First Answers&amp;quot; review doesn't require from a reviewer to check if every answer is correct. We check if it is a real answer and if quality is OK enough to leave the answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other users can vote up or down depending on if a question is correct or not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These review tasks look weird to me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="167850" LastActivityDate="2023-01-05T19:46:24.707" Title="I've been banned from reviewing for some strange reason" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20211" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2023-01-05T16:04:42.897" Score="21" ViewCount="1548" Body="&lt;p&gt;As many of you are aware &lt;a href=&quot;https://canonical.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Canonical&lt;/a&gt; recently updated the logo for &lt;a href=&quot;https://ubuntu.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt;. With this update came a request from Canonical to update the banner logo as well as the trademark copy in the footer of the page. Here is a preview of what the new logo will look like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/cIHFN.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/cIHFN.png&quot; alt=&quot;Ask Ubuntu Logo&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should expect to see these updates on the site on January 9, 2023. We hope you like the mini face lift. Let us know if you have any questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1183965" LastEditorUserId="1438484" LastEditDate="2023-01-09T07:22:46.753" LastActivityDate="2023-01-12T19:18:06.667" Title="Ask Ubuntu is getting a logo update" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20212" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20210" CreationDate="2023-01-05T16:08:15.087" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is an unfortunate collission between the queues not being cleared and bot-content bans.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The system imposed a temporary 2 day review ban due to assuming this was robo-reviewing.  And in reality, it isn't but you ended up in this odd race condition case where a post was reviewed but was already deleted as violation of rules.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can't remove the system imposed suspension on my end (maybe something's blocked...) but Jokerdino has unsuspended you from review.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2023-01-05T19:46:24.707" LastActivityDate="2023-01-05T19:46:24.707" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20213" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20211" CreationDate="2023-01-06T06:18:27.717" Score="16" Body="&lt;p&gt;It feels weird to see Ubuntu capitalised when:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The current AU logo doesn't have it capitalised:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/CMG9I.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/CMG9I.png&quot; alt=&quot;Ask Ubuntu logo screenshot&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Ubuntu website doesn't have it capitalised, as can be seen on &lt;a href=&quot;https://ubuntu.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://ubuntu.com&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/qjpU5.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/qjpU5.png&quot; alt=&quot;screenshot of Ubuntu logo from ubuntu.com&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;or in the assets downloadable from &lt;a href=&quot;https://canonical.com/press-centre&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://canonical.com/press-centre&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Did Canonical request that it be capitalised?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2023-01-06T06:18:27.717" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20214" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20211" CreationDate="2023-01-10T03:26:20.637" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;On mobile (iOS, Microsoft Edge), the logo isn’t vertically centered… could the margins be adjusted so it is correctly vertically centered within that orange section…?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/PwW2Y.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/PwW2Y.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1438484" LastActivityDate="2023-01-10T03:26:20.637" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20215" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2023-01-10T04:47:10.690" Score="-2" ViewCount="196" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is ChatGPT considered Ubuntu Third Party Software?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are questions about using it on Ubuntu on-topic?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="43926" LastActivityDate="2023-01-10T11:50:42.657" Title="Is ChatGPT considered Ubuntu Third Party Software?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20216" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20215" CreationDate="2023-01-10T05:45:08.930" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Generally no, but possibly&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If your question is simply about using ChatGPT itself in your browser and your OS happens to be Ubuntu, then no, it isn't on-topic anymore than asking for help with other web applications is (i.e., it would be off-topic). If you're having an issue using the web version that is Ubuntu-specific, I suppose that could be on-topic, but I'm having trouble imagining such a question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If a user asks ChatGPT how to do something on Ubuntu, and then has trouble, and wants to ask what their mistake was/how to do it correctly, then I &lt;em&gt;think&lt;/em&gt; that would be on topic (although bear in mind that that last statement is my opinion, and I don't have a policy/Meta post backing that up)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, a question about how to get it or related software running locally would be on topic. Of course, AFAIK, you can't run it locally, but I know we already have (at least) one well-received question asking how to get a ChatGPT detector running locally.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1438484" LastActivityDate="2023-01-10T05:45:08.930" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20217" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20215" CreationDate="2023-01-10T11:50:42.657" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;You're not running ChatGPT&lt;/strong&gt;. Your browser handles input and output, but it's not running on Ubuntu. It's running in datacentres rented by OpenAI.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A question about it —in the way it exists at the time of writing— is &lt;em&gt;likely&lt;/em&gt; off-topic &lt;strong&gt;but&lt;/strong&gt; there probably are questions about it, its API and ways to develop and improve Ubuntu that do integrate its service that could be on-topic, so it's important to note that &amp;quot;likely&amp;quot; explicitly does not mean &amp;quot;always and forever more&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are other AI packages that you can run locally, and getting them working would be on-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2023-01-10T11:50:42.657" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20218" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20211" CreationDate="2023-01-12T19:18:06.667" Score="-8" Body="&lt;p&gt;I feel the moderators should have been informed about this prior to changing the logo (before official announcement in meta). I hope they were informed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With this update came a request from Canonical to update the banner logo as well as the trademark copy in the footer of the page.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While it's normal for companies to ask for changing their logos where old logos are used, Stack Exchange should have thought about this in a different manner when Canonical approached them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This could have been the perfect time for a new logo for our site, which could have been created by the Ask Ubuntu community, and maybe even a site redesign. I know that site redesign is quite a time-consuming process, but letting the users choose a new logo would have been a better choice.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And this kinda reminds me of my old question. For how long is the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/19689&quot;&gt;Canonical sponsorship&lt;/a&gt; gonna have strings attached? Now let's say the community decides to change the logo, there was a logo competition organised in meta, and a logo has many upvotes, will the highly upvoted logo be considered as the new logo by Stack Exchange? Or does it require authorisation from Canonical?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think it's time we rethink about the sponsorship such that AU can be more independent IMO.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1103140" LastActivityDate="2023-01-12T19:18:06.667" CommentCount="13" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20219" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2023-01-14T12:18:24.307" Score="0" ViewCount="74" Body="&lt;p&gt;Dear administrators of StackExchange/AskUbuntu,&#xA;restriction &amp;quot;You must have 50 reputation to comment&amp;quot; blocks many useful comments and tips !!!&#xA;I'm not a geek who spends his leisure time here and has 50 reputations, I'm just a common being who's using Ubuntu and who has found this site by a search engine when trying to resolve an issue (upgrade of 20 to 22 in my case). I've finally resolved the issue and I'd like to share the how-to with the others on AskUbuntu. With this restriction, I simply cannot and therefore hundreds of other &amp;quot;not-geek-beings&amp;quot; will spend their time again struggling with the same issue...&#xA;Please remove it, it doesn't harmonize with Linux philosophy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1664716" OwnerDisplayName="U Buntů" LastEditorUserId="1157519" LastEditDate="2023-01-14T16:38:16.317" LastActivityDate="2023-01-14T16:38:16.317" Title="Please remove the restriction &quot;You must have 50 reputation to comment&quot;" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="10" ClosedDate="2023-01-14T13:10:57.087" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20220" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20221" CreationDate="2023-01-15T03:19:27.743" Score="2" ViewCount="49" Body="&lt;p&gt;I asked a question, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/1450213/1165986&quot;&gt;Grub forcing me to boot from flash drive&lt;/a&gt; and rapidly got a great answer that solved the problem.  I upvoted the answer, but there's no check mark for me to mark that I accepted the answer.  Is this because this is my first question in &amp;quot;Ask Ubuntu?&amp;quot; as opposed to the other exchanges?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="750068" LastEditorUserId="1165986" LastEditDate="2023-01-15T03:51:20.413" LastActivityDate="2023-01-15T04:57:03.063" Title="I asked a question and got a great answer -- but I can't seem to mark it as answered" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20221" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20220" CreationDate="2023-01-15T03:57:50.457" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1450213/grub-forcing-me-to-boot-from-flash-drive#comment2532045_1450213&quot;&gt;The response&lt;/a&gt; that you are calling an answer in this case is really a comment.  Comments can be &amp;quot;upvoted&amp;quot;, but aren't considered answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the comment alone was sufficient to answer your question, then the &lt;em&gt;normal&lt;/em&gt; course of action would be to @reply to user who posted the comment and ask them to convert it to an actual answer so that you could accept it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, in this case, the comment linked to another answer here on Ask Ubuntu.  That means that in reality, we should &lt;em&gt;likely&lt;/em&gt; mark your question as a duplicate of the other question.  Closing a question as a duplicate isn't a bad thing.  It can even serve as a useful &amp;quot;signpost&amp;quot; for others who find your question through search, which leads to the other question (and its answers).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you'd like, I believe you can even Flag your own question (since you have enough Rep from other Stack sites) as a duplicate of the other question.  You should then be able to accept your own duplicate proposal (via the header).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've actually done this myself at one point here on Meta, when I posted a question and then found that it was a duplicate of an older question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is this because this is my first question in &amp;quot;Ask Ubuntu?&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Nope!  You've actually already &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/1434096/1165986&quot;&gt;asked a question&lt;/a&gt; here that had an answer that you marked as accepted!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1165986" LastEditorUserId="1165986" LastEditDate="2023-01-15T04:57:03.063" LastActivityDate="2023-01-15T04:57:03.063" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20223" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20001" CreationDate="2023-01-16T11:35:46.110" Score="2" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The only thing is I'm there every day, same hours,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Visiting the site once per day (at roughly the same time) still makes you vulnerable to missing a day. Here's why:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Let's say in your timezone (as an example) you visit around 12:00 in the beginning of January - this is by chance the exact same time that day counter on Ask Ubuntu switches to the next day.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Let's then say on the one day, you visit at 11:59, and the next day you visit at 12:01.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, the first day you visit will be registered as January 1st on Ask Ubuntu. However, since you didn't visit in the interval 12:00-12:00 the following day, you next visit at 12:01 will register as January 3rd on Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want to be sure this can't happen, you need to visit twice a day with 12-hour intervals - then this will never happen.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1066942" LastActivityDate="2023-01-16T11:35:46.110" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20224" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2023-01-17T22:50:57.643" Score="-3" ViewCount="151" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1450423/e-type-echo-is-not-known-on-line-1-in-source-list-etc-apt-sources-list-d-vir&quot;&gt;E: Type &amp;#39;echo&amp;#39; is not known on line 1 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/virtualbox.list&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The post that was sited as the reason for closing my question, does nothing to help me if I can't comment on it to ask how to fix my problem!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerDisplayName="user1665227" LastActivityDate="2023-01-18T02:00:55.057" Title="Why was my question closed?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20225" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20224" CreationDate="2023-01-17T23:48:42.967" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Firstly&lt;/strong&gt; your question was off-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you read &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&lt;/a&gt; you'll note this site is for Ubuntu and &lt;a href=&quot;https://ubuntu.com/download/flavours&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;flavors&lt;/em&gt; of Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt;, with Linux Mint specifically mentioned in the questions to be avoided (as off-topic).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Secondly&lt;/strong&gt; your question was a &lt;em&gt;duplicate&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The directory &lt;code&gt;/etc/apt/sources.list.d/&lt;/code&gt; is empty on a new install (&lt;em&gt;of on-topic Ubuntu systems&lt;/em&gt;), so anything in that file was added by a user with &lt;code&gt;sudo&lt;/code&gt; privileges.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Your error told you line 1 of the file mentioned in the error message contained error(s), ie. &lt;code&gt;echo&lt;/code&gt; is not a valid &lt;em&gt;keyword&lt;/em&gt; used in sources files.  That file needed to be edited &amp;amp; corrected to match your system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Linux Mint provides system(s) based on Ubuntu, and system(s) based on Debian, your picture of a file contained a mixture of both Debian &amp;amp; Ubuntu - thus was invalid even if the &lt;em&gt;echo&lt;/em&gt; was ignored. Your question however was off-topic on this site, which deals only with Ubuntu  (&lt;em&gt;Debian isn't on-topic, unless the question is specific to how Ubuntu &amp;amp; Debian interact, as both teams often do&lt;/em&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Don't forget this site is an official Ubuntu support site; I can access it using only my Ubuntu SSO/signon, though I can't access CHAT services as they require a Stack Exchange signon.  You're likely accessing it via Stack Exchange, where 'SE Unix &amp;amp; Linux' covers your Operating System, not this Ubuntu only site.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="469152" LastActivityDate="2023-01-17T23:48:42.967" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20226" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20224" CreationDate="2023-01-18T02:00:55.057" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's common for folks who do not understand an answer to understandably complain that an answer is not helpful...or to mistakenly claim that an answer is not applicable or not duplicate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Keep in mind that we are a community of volunteers. Few here are professional documentation writers or professional support engineers, and there is no training for these volunteers. We rely on YOU to help improve answers for future readers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please help improve answers by using the editing tools.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or offer your own clearer, more accurate, better-written answer after you solve the problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19626" LastActivityDate="2023-01-18T02:00:55.057" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20227" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20234" CreationDate="2023-01-20T14:04:42.590" Score="6" ViewCount="109" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've been pretty active in community-moderation/curation here for a bit, but I'm honestly still confused about one part of the process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Let's say that someone, for example, posts a link-only answer.  I usually reply with a comment like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While this may be useful information, just a heads-up that link-only answers are &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/q/413510/11810933&quot;&gt;strongly discouraged&lt;/a&gt;, and often deleted on Stack Exchange sites since &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/225370/your-answer-is-in-another-castle-when-is-an-answer-not-an-answer&quot;&gt;they aren't considered complete &amp;quot;answers&amp;quot;&lt;/a&gt;.  It's best to include the relevant portions of the link, or at least a summary, in your answer.  Thanks!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And then I flag it as not-an-answer.  The &amp;quot;answer&amp;quot; is typically deleted by a mod shortly thereafter.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But let's say that the user fixes the problem after deletion via an edit, and they put enough information directly in their post to answer the question independent of the link.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At that point, how does the answer get undeleted?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Must it be flagged by the user for a Mod to review?  If so, does the user (usually a new user) know this?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is it like an edit to a closed-question, where the edit has a checkbox that &lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;This edit solves the original delete reason&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt;?  I'm kind of doubting this is the case, because there's no &amp;quot;undelete queue&amp;quot; that things go into that I'm aware of.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Does a mod get notified of edits to deleted posts automatically for review?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Or should the user post here on Meta asking for review and undeletion?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And are there instructions provided automatically to the user as to what is expected of them in order to have their post undeleted?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or is it better that we advise the user to create a &lt;em&gt;new&lt;/em&gt; answer if the existing one is already deleted?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With &lt;em&gt;questions&lt;/em&gt;, it's clear to me as a community user how to propose that a closed-question be reopened.  For one that was deleted, I'd use either Chat or Meta.  But for answers, it's just not clear to me how a &lt;em&gt;new user&lt;/em&gt; would get their post undeleted if they fixed it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1165986" LastActivityDate="2023-01-22T04:17:06.913" Title="What's the proper process for &quot;fixing&quot; a Mod-or-community-deleted answer?" Tags="|discussion|deleted-answers|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20228" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20227" CreationDate="2023-01-20T14:24:13.597" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Well - as the OP, you do the necessary changes, make sure its good enough and flag for undeletion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17681" LastEditorUserId="17681" LastEditDate="2023-01-20T15:07:32.390" LastActivityDate="2023-01-20T15:07:32.390" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20231" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2023-01-21T17:33:32.550" Score="2" ViewCount="72" Body="&lt;p&gt;I want to know why my question about Ubuntu desktop shortcuts was deleted. I don't see how it can not be an appropriate topic for Ask Ubuntu. And if Ask Ubuntu is not the right place to ask questions about Ubuntu program shortcuts, can someone please tell me where I can ask such a question ?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1660693" OwnerDisplayName="Crash" LastActivityDate="2023-01-22T00:57:31.373" Title="Why was my question about Ubuntu desktop shortcuts deleted?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20233" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20231" CreationDate="2023-01-22T00:01:24.110" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;As mentioned in the comments, it sounds like you are referring to your question ...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/1449390/1165986&quot;&gt;What do I need to change to get my program icon image to appear in my deasktop shortcut?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If so, then it has never been deleted, or even closed.  You can check the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/posts/1449390/timeline&quot;&gt;post timeline&lt;/a&gt; for details on every action that has occurred on your post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h4&gt;Finding your posts&lt;/h4&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should be able to easily find all of your non-deleted questions and answers in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/1660693/crash&quot;&gt;your profile&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can click on your avatar icon in the header (on the main site) to get to your profile from almost any page on the site.  However, if you click on your profile here on Meta, you'll need to switch to the Main site by using the &lt;em&gt;Profiles&lt;/em&gt; drop-down.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h4&gt;Finding your deleted posts&lt;/h4&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The normal list of your questions and answers does not show those that have been deleted.  If the question I mentioned above is &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; the one you are referring to, then please update your Meta post here with a link to the question that &lt;em&gt;was&lt;/em&gt; deleted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can find your posts which have been deleted in your profile as well.  You'll need to select &lt;em&gt;All questions&lt;/em&gt; (or answers).  At the bottom of that list will be an option to view &lt;em&gt;Deleted questions&lt;/em&gt; (or answers).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can share a link to the post of yours that has been deleted, but note that only users here with more than 10k reputation will be able to actually see it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h4&gt;Deletion process for questions&lt;/h4&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Questions&lt;/em&gt; here on Ask Ubuntu are almost never &lt;em&gt;immediately&lt;/em&gt; deleted unless they contain offensive material or spam.  Normally, a question from a new user will go into a queue where experienced community members will be asked to review it.  If 5 users here believe that something in the question is not appropriate for the site, then it will be closed.  A sole, elected moderator can also make that decision.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, if the question is closed, it will still be visible to all users; it just won't be able to accept answers until the post is edited to remove the issue(s).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Only after a question has been closed for a span of 9 days does it become &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/roomba&quot;&gt;a candidate for automatic deletion&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h4&gt;Your question&lt;/h4&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I also agree with @ArturMeinild that your question &lt;em&gt;needs improvement&lt;/em&gt;.  Trust me, I suffer from a need to overexplain as well (which should be obvious from &lt;em&gt;this&lt;/em&gt; answer), but see if you can organize your thoughts better to focus on the main question.  Posts that ask too many questions &lt;em&gt;are&lt;/em&gt; often closed as needing to &lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;Focus on one question only&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt;.  When you ask too many questions in one post, it's difficult to get a single answer that should be accepted as correct.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It appears you have the following questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How to make an icon image appear in the shortcut?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Can you get the shortcut into the favorites bar?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If the option &amp;quot;show in files&amp;quot; makes it also appear in “Show Applications” (a 3 x 3 pattern of dots) at the bottom of the favorites bar or moves it there?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If you can get your shortcut into the favorites bar, or into Show Applications, can you then remove the original from the desktop without making the copy fail?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's just too much for a single post.  I know they are highly related, but focus on one at a time, or break them into separate questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, see if you can make it more concise.  Some examples of things to remove:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;It's not important that you used &lt;code&gt;gedit&lt;/code&gt; to edit a text file.  Just list the filename and the contents.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;It's not important that you did certain things on January 7th and another on January 8th.  Just list the things you tried in the order you tried them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You spend a lot of time at the beginning in what &lt;em&gt;seems&lt;/em&gt; to reach the conclusion that you have simply ... &lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;created a desktop shortcut for applications you have created in Delphi.  [You] followed the information in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/182700/1165986&quot;&gt;this AU question&lt;/a&gt; to do so.&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt;  You could probably replace most of the first paragraph with just two sentences.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While we definitely want you to be as detailed as possible, there's just a lot of information in there that &lt;em&gt;isn't&lt;/em&gt; going to help anyone answer your question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h4&gt;Somewhat, but barely related:  Deletion of &lt;em&gt;Answers&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that the above process does not apply to &lt;em&gt;answers&lt;/em&gt;.  A lot of new users mistakenly ask a follow-up question as an &amp;quot;answer&amp;quot; to a question.  When this happens, the answer is usually flagged as &lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;Not an answer&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt; and deleted fairly rapidly by a site-Moderator.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If there's a chance that you did this, check your &lt;em&gt;Deleted answers&lt;/em&gt; to find it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1165986" LastEditorUserId="1165986" LastEditDate="2023-01-22T00:57:31.373" LastActivityDate="2023-01-22T00:57:31.373" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20234" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20227" CreationDate="2023-01-22T04:17:06.913" Score="5" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Must it be flagged by the user for a Mod to review? If so, does the user (usually a new user) know this?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Yes&lt;/strong&gt;, since mod-deleted posts cannot be undeleted by anyone else other than the mods, and one way to notify the mods is by flagging it. While deleted posts also show the banner that references &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/deleted-answers&quot;&gt;Why and how are some answers deleted?&lt;/a&gt;, it's not explained about the additional restriction put on the mod deletion and flagging for undeletion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Is it like an edit to a closed-question, where the edit has a checkbox that &amp;quot;This edit solves the original delete reason&amp;quot;? I'm kind of doubting this is the case, because there's no &amp;quot;undelete queue&amp;quot; that things go into that I'm aware of.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No, there's no Undelete vote review queue, though anyone with access to &amp;quot;moderator tools&amp;quot; (10k) can see &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tools?tab=Delete&amp;amp;daterange=last30days&quot;&gt;posts with delete &amp;amp; undelete votes&lt;/a&gt;. However, as mentioned above that mod-deleted posts cannot be voted on by regular users, the post won't show there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Does a mod get notified of edits to deleted posts automatically for review?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No, unless the mod also &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/345661/241919&quot;&gt;follows the posts&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Or should the user post here on Meta asking for review and undeletion?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/274518/241919&quot;&gt;everyone can post on the meta regarding their own post&lt;/a&gt;, this might be another option.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or is it better that we advise the user to create a &lt;em&gt;new&lt;/em&gt; answer if the existing one is already deleted?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Posting a new answer if the deleted answer can still be salvaged/edited is discouraged, though it's somewhat understandable but unfortunate that the new user may post it as a new answer instead of waiting for their post to be undeleted due to the confusion or impatient...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And there's that - If &amp;quot;flagging&amp;quot; is the answer, then it's not going to be intuitively obvious to a new user that it is what they should do, unless it's explained to them in advance. Once deleted, non-Mods can no longer add comments to help guide the new user.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Appending the comment with &amp;quot;&lt;em&gt;feel free to flag the post requesting for undeletion after the answer has been improved&lt;/em&gt;&amp;quot; may be appreciated. Otherwise, 10k users can also flag the post for undeletion if they think the deleted posts are worthy to be undeleted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="331791" LastActivityDate="2023-01-22T04:17:06.913" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20235" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20237" CreationDate="2023-01-22T15:12:37.593" Score="8" ViewCount="141" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've recently switched from Windows to Ubuntu and I don't miss anything except for one program named &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.phraseexpress.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;PhraseExpress&lt;/a&gt;. With it, you can create shortcuts for words, or fix spelling mistakes you make often, automatically.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Examples:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;yuo → you&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;rfg → Rindfleischverpackungsettikettierungsgerät&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;==&amp;gt; → $\Rightarrow$&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and stuff like that. I haven't found a replacement for it on Linux, yet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would it be appropriate to ask for a program similar to that on Ask Ubuntu?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1664901" LastEditorUserId="618353" LastEditDate="2023-01-23T19:54:42.650" LastActivityDate="2023-01-30T08:45:07.323" Title="Is it allowed to ask for software advice?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20236" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20235" CreationDate="2023-01-22T16:33:30.727" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would not ask it on AU as there is a sister site on Stack Exchange that has software recommendations as its main goal: &lt;a href=&quot;https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my opinion we should not compete with that. Besides that the to goto site is &lt;a href=&quot;https://alternativeto.net/browse/search/?q=phrase%20express&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://alternativeto.net/browse/search/?q=phrase%20express&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would it be appropriate to ask for a program similar to that on AskUbuntu?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A finite answer needs to be possible.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The way it is asked is important as it needs to pass the close votes options like &amp;quot;opinion&amp;quot;, and &amp;quot;lacks detail&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes: what software can I use to do this, this and this.&#xA;No: what is a or the best replacement for this software I use on windows/mac&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="15811" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2023-01-30T08:45:07.323" LastActivityDate="2023-01-30T08:45:07.323" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20237" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20235" CreationDate="2023-01-23T07:11:31.957" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;Software recommendation questions are fine here; we just ask that they be sufficiently specific and detailed. For example, there could be a brief description of the use case or of the features required. You have included sufficient detail in your question here about what you need the software to do, so it looks like you're all set to ask a good question about it on the main site :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2023-01-23T07:11:31.957" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20238" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20239" CreationDate="2023-01-23T11:40:28.627" Score="11" ViewCount="358" Body="&lt;p&gt;AI generated answers are banned from Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But how can I recognise them?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="966203" LastEditorUserId="1165986" LastEditDate="2023-01-23T14:37:45.743" LastActivityDate="2023-02-03T20:41:41.893" Title="How to detect AI-generated answers?" Tags="|discussion|support|answers|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20239" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20238" CreationDate="2023-01-23T12:15:53.673" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm using this online ChatGPT detector:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://openai-openai-detector.hf.space/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://openai-openai-detector.hf.space/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just paste the question/answer, and it gives you a really good indication.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's also a Stack Exchange script, that can be integrated that does the same thing:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://stackapps.com/questions/9611/openai-detector&quot;&gt;https://stackapps.com/questions/9611/openai-detector&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1066942" LastActivityDate="2023-01-23T12:15:53.673" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20240" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20235" CreationDate="2023-01-23T12:21:13.530" Score="3" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've recently switched from Windows to Ubuntu and I don't miss anything except for one program named &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.phraseexpress.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;PhraseExpress&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[...]&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I haven't found a replacement for it on Linux, yet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would it be appropriate to ask for a program similar to that on Ask Ubuntu?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In your case, this would be perfectly acceptable. Your question would then be along the lines:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;I need an application with functionality equal to &amp;quot;PhraseExpress&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt; (And then explain what PhraseExpress does..) &lt;em&gt;Is there an application for Ubuntu with a similar functionality?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1066942" LastEditorUserId="1066942" LastEditDate="2023-01-24T11:45:41.127" LastActivityDate="2023-01-24T11:45:41.127" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20241" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20238" CreationDate="2023-01-23T14:26:28.670" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;There's a very common &amp;quot;style&amp;quot; to ChatGPT responses&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt;.  If you start to use ChatGPT yourself, you'll quickly become familiar with it.  And ChatGPT &lt;em&gt;can be&lt;/em&gt; a useful tool, if you keep in mind its limitations, so I do recommend that you try it, especially while it is free.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you do suspect that an answer is generated by ChatGPT, you can then run it through the detector that &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/20239/618353&quot;&gt;@ArturMeinild mentioned&lt;/a&gt;.  However, the detector is not nerfect (pobody is), and can be (and has been) fooled.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other indicators that increase the odds of an answer being from ChatGPT are:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;A new user who posts a &amp;quot;professional looking&amp;quot; answer as their first post.  That's not to say we haven't had some stellar first answers here, but for most users it takes some time to become &lt;em&gt;really good&lt;/em&gt; at taking the time to &lt;em&gt;fully read and understand&lt;/em&gt; the question, and to learn how to write a &lt;em&gt;really good&lt;/em&gt; answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;An answer that mentions a particular setting, with a comment from the OP that they couldn't find that setting.  ChatGPT is &lt;em&gt;really bad&lt;/em&gt; (or &lt;em&gt;good&lt;/em&gt;, depending on how you look at it) about just &amp;quot;making up&amp;quot; settings or features that don't exist.  It appears to hate to give a &amp;quot;There's no way to do that&amp;quot; answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;A new user who posts multiple answers in a short span of time.  These answers may not even all be here on Ask Ubuntu.  Often, the user will create multiple answers across multiple Stack sites in a short span of time, on a wide-range of topics.  So if you &lt;em&gt;suspect&lt;/em&gt; that an answer is ChatGPT based, look at other answers from that user, both here on AU and other SE sites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I came across an answer here on AU just last night that &amp;quot;sounded&amp;quot; ChatGPT'ish, but actually came up as &amp;quot;98% real&amp;quot; on the detector that @ArturMeinild mentioned.  But on further examination, I found 22 answers that the user had posted in 7 hours across more than a dozen Stack sites.  Fortunately (for purposes of &amp;quot;proof&amp;quot; at least), all of the other answers &lt;em&gt;did&lt;/em&gt; test at a nearly 100% GPT rate or highly so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;An answer that doesn't seem to actually answer the &lt;em&gt;question&lt;/em&gt; that was asked, or skips key details from it.  Often, to get a &amp;quot;focused&amp;quot; answer, someone will just copy the question &lt;em&gt;title&lt;/em&gt; (or a subset of the question) into ChatGPT.  The answer that is posted will seem &amp;quot;off&amp;quot;, if you read it in context of the &lt;em&gt;question&lt;/em&gt; that was really asked.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;None of these &lt;em&gt;absolutely&lt;/em&gt; means that the answer is ChatGPT-based (or AI-based), but each warning flag increases the odds.  And it's highly unlikely that a user is going to post just &lt;em&gt;one&lt;/em&gt; ChatGPT answer.  Over the long term, I'm &lt;em&gt;hopeful&lt;/em&gt; that we'll be able to spot the patterns above (and more) across multiple answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;1&lt;/sup&gt; There are a few frequent users here who actually have that same style (and have had, since well before ChatGPT).  @karel, @rinzwind, and @NotTheDr01ds (err, yes, that's me) all often have a similar style to ChatGPT.  However, we always (in my experience) pass the &amp;quot;real&amp;quot; test on the Detector.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;At this point, I commonly scan through the list of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?tab=newest&amp;amp;q=is%3aanswer&quot;&gt;new answers&lt;/a&gt; in chronological order.  I can often spot potential ChatGPT answers just from the first few lines in the preview.  However, most of the time when @karel or @rinzwind answer, it often &amp;quot;triggers&amp;quot; my &lt;em&gt;sense&lt;/em&gt; of a ChatGPT answer.  But it's clearly &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt;, of course.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've even started to read some of &lt;em&gt;my&lt;/em&gt; answers when it took a split-second for me to realize that I'd written it, even though it initially sounded ChatGPT'ish.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1165986" LastEditorUserId="1165986" LastEditDate="2023-02-03T20:41:41.893" LastActivityDate="2023-02-03T20:41:41.893" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20243" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20255" CreationDate="2023-01-24T04:18:03.740" Score="5" ViewCount="119" Body="&lt;h3&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This is a &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/discussion&quot; class=&quot;post-tag required-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;discussion&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;discussion&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;discussion-container&quot;&gt;discussion&lt;/a&gt; about a tag, not an invitation to mass-edit questions containing said tag (at least for now)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;**&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We have a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/kvm&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;kvm&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;kvm&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;kvm-container&quot;&gt;kvm&lt;/a&gt; tag. It is meant to be about &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kernel-based_Virtual_Machine&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Kernel-based Virtual Machines&lt;/a&gt; (based on &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tags/kvm/info&quot;&gt;the Tag Wiki&lt;/a&gt; for it). We also have a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/kvm-switch&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;kvm-switch&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;kvm-switch&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;kvm-switch-container&quot;&gt;kvm-switch&lt;/a&gt; tag for questions pertaining to &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KVM_switch&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;KVM switches&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I recently noticed a few Suggested Edits that re-tagged questions that were (wrongly) tagged with the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/kvm&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;kvm&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;kvm&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;kvm-container&quot;&gt;kvm&lt;/a&gt; tag to use the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/kvm-switch&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;kvm-switch&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;kvm-switch&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;kvm-switch-container&quot;&gt;kvm-switch&lt;/a&gt; tag (for questions about KVM switches). These edits aren't wrong at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I noticed there's about 1,100 questions tagged with the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/kvm&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;kvm&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;kvm&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;kvm-container&quot;&gt;kvm&lt;/a&gt; tag, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=%5Bkvm%5D+%22switch%22&quot;&gt;104 of which also contain the word &amp;quot;switch&amp;quot;&lt;/a&gt;. In addition, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?q=%5Bkvm%5D+%22kvm+switch%22&quot;&gt;28 questions tagged with &lt;code&gt;kvm&lt;/code&gt; include the phrase &amp;quot;kvm switch&amp;quot;&lt;/a&gt;. There's also &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/kvm-switch+kvm&quot;&gt;three questions tagged with both the &lt;code&gt;kvm&lt;/code&gt; tag and the &lt;code&gt;kvm-switch&lt;/code&gt; tag&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I haven't gone through all 104 questions that contain the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/kvm&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;kvm&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;kvm&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;kvm-container&quot;&gt;kvm&lt;/a&gt; and the word &amp;quot;switch&amp;quot;, but a quick glance indicates many (most?) are about KVM switches (although at least a couple are actually about Kernel-based Virtual Machines).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, what should we with the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/kvm&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;kvm&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;kvm&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;kvm-container&quot;&gt;kvm&lt;/a&gt; tag? Some initial ideas include:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Keep the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/kvm&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;kvm&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;kvm&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;kvm-container&quot;&gt;kvm&lt;/a&gt; tag, clean up the wrongly-tagged questions, and &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/299884/how-do-we-get-a-custom-warning-when-asking-a-question-on-a-stack-exchange-site&quot;&gt;request a tag warning for that tag&lt;/a&gt; Pros: Less work,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Create a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/kernel-virtual-machine&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;kernel-virtual-machine&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;kernel-virtual-machine&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;kernel-virtual-machine-container&quot;&gt;kernel-virtual-machine&lt;/a&gt; tag, and retag all questions tagged with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/kvm&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;kvm&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;kvm&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;kvm-container&quot;&gt;kvm&lt;/a&gt; to either &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/kernel-virtual-machine&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;kernel-virtual-machine&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;kernel-virtual-machine&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;kernel-virtual-machine-container&quot;&gt;kernel-virtual-machine&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/kvm-switch&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;kvm-switch&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;kvm-switch&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;kvm-switch-container&quot;&gt;kvm-switch&lt;/a&gt;. Pros: tag name is unambigous Cons: Retagging tons of questions is a lot of work, and would likely heavily polute the front page*&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;*It might be possible to rename the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/kvm&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;kvm&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;kvm&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;kvm-container&quot;&gt;kvm&lt;/a&gt; tag to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/kernel-virtual-machine&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;kernel-virtual-machine&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;kernel-virtual-machine&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;kernel-virtual-machine-container&quot;&gt;kernel-virtual-machine&lt;/a&gt; and then just re-tag those questions, and that might be easier, but I'm not sure&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;**This should be obvious, but several of my other tag-related Meta questions (on MSO) have resulted in other users deciding to take action on a tag before consensus was reached, so I'm trying to avoid that issue here&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1438484" LastEditorUserId="1438484" LastEditDate="2023-01-24T04:26:34.777" LastActivityDate="2023-02-03T07:16:50.433" Title="How should we clean up the [kvm] tag?" Tags="|discussion|tags|tag-disambiguation|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20244" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2023-01-24T04:18:55.997" Score="0" Body="" OwnerUserId="-1" LastEditorUserId="-1" LastEditDate="2023-01-24T04:18:55.997" LastActivityDate="2023-01-24T04:18:55.997" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20245" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2023-01-24T04:18:55.997" Score="0" Body="Questions about unclear tags (and likely clarifying them)" OwnerUserId="1438484" LastEditorUserId="1438484" LastEditDate="2023-02-12T12:22:59.647" LastActivityDate="2023-02-12T12:22:59.647" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20246" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20238" CreationDate="2023-01-24T17:33:25.880" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;A well known user on the SE network, Glorfindel, &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackapps.com/questions/9611/openai-detector&quot;&gt;created a userscript&lt;/a&gt; that provides a &amp;quot;Detect OpenAI&amp;quot; link to posts, that when clicked runs the post through OpenAI detections, using &lt;a href=&quot;https://openai-openai-detector.hf.space/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Hugging Face's AI detector&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a few non-free solutions I pay to use in addition to Glorfindel's script, like &lt;a href=&quot;https://originality.ai&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Originality.AI&lt;/a&gt; which allows me to copy/paste questioned content into there for analysis on plagiarism, AI generated probability, and other functions unique to that system.  It's &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; free though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2023-01-24T17:33:25.880" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20247" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20248" CreationDate="2023-01-26T12:37:34.080" Score="1" ViewCount="82" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;I am not sure whether I should write this on MSE or MAU, but here I go anyway&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Context:&lt;/strong&gt; Couple of months ago, I came across a dearly interesting question related to corrupted desktop environments (&lt;em&gt;unfortunately,&lt;/em&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/5776/what-to-do-with-questions-whose-op-hasnt-visited-the-site-for-a-long-time&quot;&gt;one of these&lt;/a&gt;). The question was answered fairly well by a user &amp;quot;X&amp;quot; who had about 500 reputation (the answer wasn't accepted and had only one or two upvotes, but was factually right and well formatted).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Lately, I happened upon the same post and noticed that, that answer had been deleted by the user. Upon further investigation, I discovered that a different question with an identical body to the former question has been posted by them and self-answered with the exact same answer and have got a reasonable amount of upvotes on the question as well as the answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I could be wrong with my assumption, but the main objective is to know what stops a user from doing what is aforementioned OR if it is allowed/encouraged to do the same on SE.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1460940" LastActivityDate="2023-01-26T15:50:07.663" Title="A user deletes their answer and posts the same question as a new post and self answers" Tags="|discussion|deleted-answers|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20248" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20247" CreationDate="2023-01-26T12:47:29.177" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;First, I would assume this is an extremely rare scenario.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Second, if the answering user reposts another users question without any modification, this would be considered blatant &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/19789/what-is-the-policy-for-dealing-with-plagiarism&quot;&gt;plagiarism&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, if the answering user asks a similar question in a way that's not plagiarism, posts it and answers, then technically that's within the rules (but possibly prone to duplicate closure etc.).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It could still be argued that this isn't a very ethical way to act, and under all circumstances it should be flagged for further attention by the moderation team.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1066942" LastEditorUserId="1066942" LastEditDate="2023-01-26T13:48:55.097" LastActivityDate="2023-01-26T13:48:55.097" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20249" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20247" CreationDate="2023-01-26T13:06:23.397" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Flag it - linking the other post, ideally.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's unfair to the user who posted the answer to the original post - and it's probably worth a mod taking a look.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17681" LastEditorUserId="618353" LastEditDate="2023-01-26T15:50:07.663" LastActivityDate="2023-01-26T15:50:07.663" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20250" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2023-01-26T15:02:16.273" Score="12" ViewCount="210" Body="&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As we say goodbye to the old year and welcome the new one, we have &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/search?q=%22year+in+moderation%22+is%3Aquestion&quot;&gt;a tradition of sharing moderation stats for the preceding calendar year&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As most of you here are aware, sites on the Stack Exchange network are moderated somewhat differently to other sites on the web:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We designed the Stack Exchange network engine to be mostly self-regulating, in that we amortize the overall moderation cost of the system across thousands of teeny-tiny slices of effort contributed by regular, everyday users.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;-- &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/05/a-theory-of-moderation/&quot;&gt;A Theory of Moderation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That doesn't eliminate the need for having &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.blog/2018/11/21/our-theory-of-moderation-re-visited/&quot;&gt;moderators&lt;/a&gt; altogether, but it does mean that the bulk of moderation work is carried out by regular folks. Every bit of time and effort y'all contribute to the site gives you access to more privileges you can use to help in this effort, all of which produce a cumulative effect that makes a big difference.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So as we say goodbye to 2022 (and where did January go, right?) and dive head first into 2023, let us look back at what we accomplished as a community... by looking at some &lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/V0TPg.gif&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;exciting&lt;/em&gt; stats&lt;/a&gt;. Below is a breakdown of moderation actions performed on Ask Ubuntu over the past 12 months:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;div class=&quot;s-table-container&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;table class=&quot;s-table&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;thead&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;th style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Action&lt;/th&gt;&#xA;&lt;th style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;Moderators&lt;/th&gt;&#xA;&lt;th style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;Community¹&lt;/th&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;/thead&gt;&#xA;&lt;tbody&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;All comments on a post moved to chat&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;81&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;0&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Answer flags handled&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;7,227&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;928&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Answers flagged&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;176&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;7,987&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Comment flags handled&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;2,682&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;1,101&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Comments deleted⁷&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;7,484&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;12,100&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Comments flagged&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;62&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;3,720&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Comments undeleted&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;82&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;0&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Escalations to the Community Manager team&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;5&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;0&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Posts bumped&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;0&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;8,258&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Posts deleted⁶&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;6,179&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;18,563&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Posts locked&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;36&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;707&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Posts undeleted&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;105&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;456&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Posts unlocked&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;8&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;25&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Question flags handled⁵&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;1,293&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;8,287&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Questions closed&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;1,235&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;5,280&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Questions flagged⁵&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;81&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;9,296&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Questions merged&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;9&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;0&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Questions migrated&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;18&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;10&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Questions protected&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;18&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;393&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Questions reopened&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;127&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;115&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Questions unprotected&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;1&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;1&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Revisions redacted&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;8&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;0&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Tag highlight language set&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;2&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;0&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Tag synonyms created&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;4&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;0&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Tags merged&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;2&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;0&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Tasks reviewed⁴: &amp;quot;Close votes&amp;quot; queue&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;126&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;13,018&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Tasks reviewed⁴: &amp;quot;First answers&amp;quot; queue&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;44&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;10,152&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Tasks reviewed⁴: &amp;quot;First questions&amp;quot; queue&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;11&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;14,048&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Tasks reviewed⁴: &amp;quot;Late answers&amp;quot; queue&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;14&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;5,331&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Tasks reviewed⁴: &amp;quot;Low quality posts&amp;quot; queue&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;120&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;6,391&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Tasks reviewed⁴: &amp;quot;Reopen votes&amp;quot; queue&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;17&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;961&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Tasks reviewed⁴: &amp;quot;Suggested edits&amp;quot; queue&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;466&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;9,585&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;User banned from review&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;1&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;7&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Users contacted&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;28&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;0&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Users deleted&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;5&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;0&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Users destroyed³&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;465&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;0&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Users suspended²&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;16&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;102&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tbody&gt;&#xA;&lt;/table&gt;&#xA;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Footnotes&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;¹ &amp;quot;Community&amp;quot; here refers both to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users&quot;&gt;the membership of Ask Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt; &lt;em&gt;without&lt;/em&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users?tab=moderators&quot;&gt;diamonds next to their names&lt;/a&gt;, and to the automated systems otherwise known as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/-1&quot;&gt;user #-1&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;² The system will suspend users under three circumstances: when a user is recreated after being previously suspended, when a user is recreated after being destroyed for spam or abuse, and when a network-wide suspension is in effect on an account.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;³ A &amp;quot;destroyed&amp;quot; user is deleted along with all that they had posted: questions, answers, comments. &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/88994/what-is-the-difference-between-a-deleted-user-and-a-destroyed-user&quot;&gt;Generally used as an expedient way of getting rid of spam.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;⁴ This counts every review that was submitted (not skipped) - so the 2 suggested edits reviews needed to approve an edit would count as 2, the goal being to indicate the frequency of moderation actions. This also applies to flags, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;⁵ Includes close flags (but &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; close or reopen votes). Community can handle these flags by at least one person voting to close a question that has a close flag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;⁶ This ignores numerous deletions that happen automatically in response to some other action.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;⁷ This includes comments deleted by their own authors (which also account for some number of handled comment flags).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Further reading:&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Wanna see how these numbers have changed over time? We posted a similar report here last year: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/19891/2021-a-year-in-moderation&quot;&gt;2021: a year in moderation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You can also check out &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackexchange.com/search?q=title%3A%222022%3A+a+year+in+moderation%22&quot;&gt;this report on other sites&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Or peruse &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/386090/208518&quot;&gt;detailed information on the number of questions closed and reopened across all sites&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Wishing everyone a happy 2023! ^_^&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="306823" LastEditorUserId="306823" LastEditDate="2023-01-26T18:01:42.450" LastActivityDate="2023-01-26T18:01:42.450" Title="2022: a year in moderation" Tags="|discussion|moderation|statistics|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20251" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2023-01-27T14:07:16.000" Score="3" ViewCount="193" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have noticed one particular user's activity is only adding tags to questions, nothing else. I see them almost daily in review queue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The user adds mostly irrelevant tags. I reject the edits. Others accept some and reject others.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My opinion is that tag-only edits by low rep users shouldn't be accepted, because it make only noise and isn't really helpful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also this kind of activity as the only one is really weird.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="167850" LastEditorUserId="57576" LastEditDate="2023-01-31T03:10:12.260" LastActivityDate="2023-01-31T04:56:34.407" Title="A user doesn't ask or answer, but only adds tags" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="14" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20252" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2023-01-28T02:35:37.320" Score="0" ViewCount="67" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is no good Tag for this -- maybe I'm in the wrong place. I can't figure out how to log out of Ask Ubuntu. Where is the log out icon or selection located. I think I've looked in all the normal places.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1666334" OwnerDisplayName="Audry Leigh" LastEditorUserId="1438484" LastEditDate="2023-02-02T17:50:36.667" LastActivityDate="2023-02-02T17:50:36.667" Title="How do I log out of &quot;Ask Ubuntu&quot;?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ClosedDate="2023-01-28T08:34:10.390" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20253" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20251" CreationDate="2023-01-31T03:47:04.977" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;My own view of an Ask Ubuntu user whose participation is mostly in making minor changes (in this case tag edits) is that &lt;em&gt;we already have mechanisms in place to deal with such occurrences&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I borrow heavily from MSO and &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/a/314573/7358809&quot;&gt;Braiam's excellent answer&lt;/a&gt; to say that there are two paths to follow:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Look at each one of the edits in isolation and decide whether to approve the edit, improve the edit or reject the edit. This is basic to editing work across SE and needs no modification in this case&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If there is an emerging pattern of poor edits from a particular user the system may very well catch this; if not flag for Elected Mod attention: we have tools to deal with this.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a third point I would encourage some patience with users who are perhaps still working out &lt;em&gt;where they can best contribute to Ask Ubuntu&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some will end up becoming great editors, some will ask great questions, some will create incredible answers, &lt;s&gt;some will become great tag editors,&lt;/s&gt; and a very small number will become great all rounders.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But in the beginning there may be some flailing around that ordinarily should respond to &lt;em&gt;gentle&lt;/em&gt; guidance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="57576" LastEditorUserId="57576" LastEditDate="2023-01-31T04:56:34.407" LastActivityDate="2023-01-31T04:56:34.407" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20254" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20238" CreationDate="2023-02-01T21:35:04.780" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;OpenAI (maker of ChatGPT) has a classifier they currently call a work in progress that you can use for this purpose.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://openai.com/blog/new-ai-classifier-for-indicating-ai-written-text/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Blog post on the classifier&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://platform.openai.com/ai-text-classifier&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;The classifier&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="83644" LastActivityDate="2023-02-01T21:35:04.780" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20255" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20243" CreationDate="2023-02-03T06:27:49.020" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;After some further discussion with @cocomac on &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/3877/raiders-of-the-lost-downboat&quot;&gt;Raiders of the Lost Downboat&lt;/a&gt; the following changes have now been completed:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/vIVwe.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/vIVwe.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A few tasks remain:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Some re-tagging of posts tagged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/kvm-virtualization&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;kvm-virtualization&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;kvm-virtualization&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;kvm-virtualization-container&quot;&gt;kvm-virtualization&lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/kvm-switch&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;kvm-switch&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;kvm-switch&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;kvm-switch-container&quot;&gt;kvm-switch&lt;/a&gt; as appropriate which cocomac has agreed to undertake.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Usage guidelines and a tag wiki will need to be added to the the new &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/kvm-virtualization&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;kvm-virtualization&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;kvm-virtualization&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;kvm-virtualization-container&quot;&gt;kvm-virtualization&lt;/a&gt; which is currently barren of any useful details.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And thanks again to cocomac for finding the issue, bringing it forward to the Community and acting on it!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;References:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/119111/moderator-cheat-sheet#119377&quot;&gt;Moderator Cheat Sheet&lt;/a&gt;: The canonical guide to manipulating tags&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="57576" LastEditorUserId="57576" LastEditDate="2023-02-03T07:16:50.433" LastActivityDate="2023-02-03T07:16:50.433" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20256" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20257" CreationDate="2023-02-06T21:28:08.390" Score="1" ViewCount="66" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a magic keyboard from Apple set on US language and I try to find the keyboard shortcut for the grave accent (`) to add code in the comment section on askubuntu.com.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't want to copy-paste the grave accent (`) every time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I searched on Google, tried different websites in vain.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the comment section it's written:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;Comments use mini-Markdown formatting: [link](http://example.com) _italic_ **bold** `code`.&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1669037" LastEditorUserId="1669037" LastEditDate="2023-02-06T21:29:10.150" LastActivityDate="2023-02-06T21:44:55.380" Title="How to write the grave accent to add code in the comment section?" Tags="|bug|comments|code-formatting|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20257" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20256" CreationDate="2023-02-06T21:44:55.380" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;As far as I can see, the &lt;kbd&gt;`&lt;/kbd&gt; is the top left standard key (to the left of the &lt;kbd&gt;1&lt;/kbd&gt;) on both US an UK keyboards.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Images from &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_and_American_keyboards&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Wikipedia&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;UK Keyboard:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/9w2yq.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/9w2yq.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;US Keyboard:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/RZQvz.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/RZQvz.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1066942" LastActivityDate="2023-02-06T21:44:55.380" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20258" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2023-02-07T17:29:42.030" Score="7" ViewCount="342" Body="&lt;p&gt;@BeastOfCaerbannog and I were having a &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/62933067#62933067&quot;&gt;chat discussion&lt;/a&gt; today debating the role of &amp;quot;general&amp;quot; programming questions here on Ask Ubuntu.  The current &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;on-topic help text&lt;/a&gt; includes:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Questions you may ask:&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Development on Ubuntu.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's also &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/6755/1165986&quot;&gt;this older Meta post&lt;/a&gt; from @Oli who mentioned:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Development is on-topic here unless it really has nothing to do with Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I wouldn't object to Python questions here but you might get better service on Stack Overflow which is really all about programming. If your questions involve Ubuntu peculiarities or packaging a Python application, then we're probably the best bet. But again, &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;this is on-topic on both sites&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;(Emphasis-added)&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;... As well as several others (links below in &lt;sup&gt;footnote&lt;/sup&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's pretty open, and the help text indicates that any development being done &lt;em&gt;on&lt;/em&gt; Ubuntu is on-topic, even if the development is not unique to (or about) Ubuntu.  Under this guidance, I've typically supported not &amp;quot;Closing&amp;quot; questions about programming, as long as they have &lt;em&gt;some&lt;/em&gt; relevance to Ubuntu (even if the developer is just using Ubuntu as their target platform).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;@BeastOfCaerbannog felt that questions that were &amp;quot;general programming&amp;quot; should be closed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And I'm fully supportive of that, assuming we officially update the help-text.  The reasons, as @BeastOfCaerbannog and I both agree is that &amp;quot;General programming questions&amp;quot;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;... are not &amp;quot;about Ubuntu&amp;quot; and don't require Ubuntu expertise (unless the question specifically is about how to do something on Ubuntu).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;... are &lt;em&gt;more&lt;/em&gt; appropriate on &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com&quot;&gt;Stack Overflow&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;... will typically receive a faster response on &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com&quot;&gt;Stack Overflow&lt;/a&gt; due to its more active developer user-base.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;... will typically receive higher-quality responses on &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com&quot;&gt;Stack Overflow&lt;/a&gt; due to its more active developer user-base.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;... should not be cross-posted (as with any question) to more than one Stack Exchange site at a time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As such, it's really in the OP's best interest that the question be closed or migrated as quickly as possible, so that they can repost (if needed) on Stack Overflow.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the community is in agreement with this, what changes should we make to the &amp;quot;on-topic&amp;quot; wording to clarify this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If, however, you don't agree that a change is warranted, then please provide feedback on this proposal as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;sup&gt;Footnote: &lt;/sup&gt;Additional Meta links&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/13807/1165986&quot;&gt;Are bash/shell scripting questions on topic?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/18564/1165986&quot;&gt;Can I ask for programming advice on this site?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/10317/1165986&quot;&gt;Can we please ban unrelated programming questions?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1165986" LastEditorUserId="618353" LastEditDate="2023-02-07T17:55:40.943" LastActivityDate="2023-02-20T13:16:31.350" Title="Suggestions for revising the &quot;on-topic&quot; policy for programming questions" Tags="|discussion|scope|questions|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20259" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20258" CreationDate="2023-02-07T17:29:42.030" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;My proposal is to change the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;on-topic&lt;/a&gt; wording to:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Questions you may ask:&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/20258/1165986&quot;&gt;Writing software for Ubuntu or setting up a software development environment on Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt;.  Note that general-programming questions are usually better suited for &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com&quot;&gt;Stack Overflow&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;em&gt;may&lt;/em&gt; be closed here on Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With the link to this Meta post (or a future Community Wiki) with examples (to be added) of questions that would be appropriate and those that would not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The small wording change puts the burden on the question being &lt;em&gt;about&lt;/em&gt; Ubuntu, rather than just something that the developer may be tangentially using.  It also prevents &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/14486/902710&quot;&gt;boat-meme&lt;/a&gt; types of questions, where &lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;on Ubuntu&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt; is appended just to try to make a general programming question on-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;h4&gt;Examples and guidance for on-topic questions&lt;/h4&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;An answer to the question is likely to be Ubuntu-specific.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Shell-scripting questions, within reason, since shell-scripting is a common system-administration task of high importance to Ubuntu users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Installing or fixing issues with development tools or libraries on Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;More to be added&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h4&gt;Examples and guidance for off-topic questions&lt;/h4&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To be added&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1165986" LastEditorUserId="618353" LastEditDate="2023-02-20T13:16:31.350" LastActivityDate="2023-02-20T13:16:31.350" CommentCount="15" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20260" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20166" CreationDate="2023-02-09T21:36:16.720" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'd like to chime in to this discussion because it seems that downvoting of questions increase. Over the years, I've been monitoring and answering questions in this forum and detect more and more downvotes. Often on &amp;quot;first&amp;quot; questions, where the OP might get not have the gist to ask it correctly. Personally, I find downvoting very distracting if the OP tries to ask something (except they're ranting). I would like the idea that the down voter has to argue why he did so. It's easy to click a button, more difficult to justify it. And the OP could learn and understand how to ask better questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="906933" LastActivityDate="2023-02-09T21:36:16.720" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20261" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20258" CreationDate="2023-02-10T05:10:28.097" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;quot;Development on Ubuntu&amp;quot; in the on-topic guidance refers to developing Ubuntu itself i.e. writing software for Ubuntu.&lt;/strong&gt; This is always on topic regardless of the tools being used. I don't think that should be changed, even though the relevant expertise may be scant here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;General programming questions are already off topic&lt;/strong&gt; with the exception of shell scripting which our community has extensive knowledge about, as you mentioned in your answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's also on topic to ask about setting up a development environment on Ubuntu, and so on. See &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/19806/is-bitcoin-on-topic-on-ask-ubuntu/19807#19807&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;the pirate test&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Perhaps the wording of the page could make these things clearer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;BTW, a mod needs a lot of courage to migrate to SO.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2023-02-10T10:14:40.853" LastActivityDate="2023-02-10T10:14:40.853" CommentCount="13" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20262" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20258" CreationDate="2023-02-10T21:43:05.760" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Regarding the on-topic policy for programming questions, a few considerations pop into my mind:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;There is no functional reason whatsoever to create a strict line between the different SE sites. On the contrary, &lt;em&gt;some&lt;/em&gt; overlap is extremely useful to have different angles of insight, different styles to approach a subject. It is non-sense furthermore to assume strictly Ubuntu-related programming even exists.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;It seems quite weird to allow (for example) text processing,&#xA;as long as it is awk, grep, sed, wc or alike, then suddenly say if we do the same with (e.g.) python, it is off-topic. Also note that all&#xA;of these tools &lt;em&gt;aren't specifically Ubuntu at all&lt;/em&gt;, not even&#xA;Linux-specific. Note also that the vast majority of questions, tagged as &amp;quot;bash&amp;quot; are not about bash at all, but people often assume that anything that happens in the terminal is about bash. And again, if anything is &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; Ubuntu specific, it would be bash.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I learned &lt;em&gt;a lot&lt;/em&gt; by writing stuff on Ask Ubuntu;&#xA;scripts, tools, mini-apps. Some more or less specifically for Ubuntu, but much stuff could and would easily be considered off-topic in a rigid conception. Would I be better off on SO? I doubt that, but it simply wasn't my environment.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In short: If there is no way to relate a question or answer to Ubuntu or programming for- or on Ubuntu, let's close it. But also: let's not practice over-management, be too eager to create an artificial line that does not exist in reality, closing off a big potential of the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="72216" LastEditorUserId="72216" LastEditDate="2023-02-11T10:00:50.363" LastActivityDate="2023-02-11T10:00:50.363" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20263" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20265" CreationDate="2023-02-12T07:48:53.380" Score="2" ViewCount="105" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently asked a question at Ask Ubuntu. Two days later, after checking up on it I find that somebody has edited my question. I disagree with the edits made and want to have those edits undone. How do I achieve this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="661466" OwnerDisplayName="Joe" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2023-02-13T10:00:09.377" LastActivityDate="2023-02-13T10:00:09.377" Title="How to undo an edit to a question?" Tags="|support|editing|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20264" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20263" CreationDate="2023-02-12T08:58:42.537" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can click &amp;quot;edited [Date] at [Time]&amp;quot; link. You'll see all revisions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can rollback edits there.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="167850" LastEditorUserId="1066942" LastEditDate="2023-02-13T07:52:10.257" LastActivityDate="2023-02-13T07:52:10.257" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20265" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20263" CreationDate="2023-02-12T11:35:57.097" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;The link to the revisions of a post is not very obvious. Here is a screenshot of the bottom part of one of my answers, which someone else has edited:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/pnk8T.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/pnk8T.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;edited on date link&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The text saying when the post was edited is clickable and leads to page showing revisions of the post. (You can see that the most recent editing user's picture and name are displayed. If the last editor was the author, nothing is shown in that space below the &lt;em&gt;edited [date]&lt;/em&gt; link.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the revisions page, you can find the version of the post you want to restore and click the &lt;em&gt;Rollback&lt;/em&gt; button at the top of it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="618353" LastEditDate="2023-02-12T12:42:23.970" LastActivityDate="2023-02-12T12:42:23.970" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20266" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20267" CreationDate="2023-02-15T05:50:32.260" Score="7" ViewCount="176" Body="&lt;p&gt;On AU, there is a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/wheel&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;wheel&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;wheel&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;wheel-container&quot;&gt;wheel&lt;/a&gt; tag, with no usage guidance. From looking at the 14 questions tagged with it, the tag seems to refer to&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The &lt;code&gt;wheel&lt;/code&gt; group - &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheel_(computing)#Wheel_group&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;a group used on some *nix systems to give a user access to the &lt;code&gt;sudo&lt;/code&gt; command&lt;/a&gt;. The group may also be called the &lt;code&gt;sudo&lt;/code&gt; group&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Questions regarding &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scroll_wheel&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;a scroll wheel&lt;/a&gt; (may also be referred to as a &amp;quot;mouse wheel&amp;quot;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/questions/38547651/what-are-wheels-used-for-and-why-are-they-helpful-in-the-context-of-installing?noredirect=1&quot;&gt;Python wheels&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What should we do with this tag?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1438484" LastActivityDate="2023-02-28T05:40:07.793" Title="Let's spin the [wheel] for ideas on how to handle this tag!" Tags="|discussion|tags|tag-disambiguation|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20267" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20266" CreationDate="2023-02-15T05:50:32.260" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;Update: given that everyone agrees here, and no-one has objected, the questions have been re-tagged using the plan below&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I propose that&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Questions about mouse/scroll wheels are re-tagged to use the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/mouse-wheel&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;mouse-wheel&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;mouse-wheel&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;tag-mouse-wheel-tooltip-container&quot;&gt;mouse-wheel&lt;/a&gt; tag&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;For questions about installing Python packages using wheels, use &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/software-installation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;software-installation&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;software-installation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;tag-software-installation-tooltip-container&quot;&gt;software-installation&lt;/a&gt; + &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/python&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;python&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;python&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;tag-python-tooltip-container&quot;&gt;python&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Re-tag the two questions about the wheel group to use the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/groups&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;groups&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;groups&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;tag-groups-tooltip-container&quot;&gt;groups&lt;/a&gt; tag instead&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1438484" LastEditorUserId="158442" LastEditDate="2023-02-28T05:40:07.793" LastActivityDate="2023-02-28T05:40:07.793" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20272" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20273" CreationDate="2023-02-22T08:08:36.767" Score="3" ViewCount="105" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am somewhat of an active user of Ask Ubuntu. As I've been editing other peoples' posts (to improve them or something else) I've noticed a pattern... Users with below a 100 reputation used links to post images and those with above a 100 reputation posted visible images.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Out of curiosity, I created an alt account (don't worry, I deleted it afterwards) and made a question draft, and dragged a picture... it said that you can only post images above 10 reputation... and there was my answer for why there was this pattern (the users who got 11-99 reputation must have stuck with it). But what is the reason for this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1168363" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2023-02-22T08:59:44.633" LastActivityDate="2023-02-22T08:59:44.633" Title="Why are new users not allowed to post images below 10 reputation?" Tags="|support|image|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20273" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20272" CreationDate="2023-02-22T08:53:48.053" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is indeed a bit of a pain, but there is an important reason: to prevent spammers from posting inappropriate images.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the plus side, people who want to gain reputation to access features like voting and commenting can clock up points by suggesting edits to format images :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2023-02-22T08:53:48.053" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20274" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20275" CreationDate="2023-02-22T13:43:37.517" Score="5" ViewCount="62" Body="&lt;p&gt;I often have the problem when I flag something as duplicate and try to search in this searchbox I get no hits. But when I use the same keywords in my google search I find what I'm after.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With search box I mean&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/DEgyA.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/DEgyA.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;searchbox&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="966203" LastActivityDate="2023-02-22T13:58:53.100" Title="Searchbox during flagging inept results" Tags="|support|flagging|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20275" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20274" CreationDate="2023-02-22T13:58:53.100" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yeah.. I usually flag as dupe from prior knowledge, and then use the main search or search engine to get the results.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's also this thread with &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3053/what-are-common-canonical-questions-for-our-site&quot;&gt;common canonical questions&lt;/a&gt;, which can help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But you're right, the search box in flag as dupe is rather useless - I don't know if anything can be done about it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1066942" LastActivityDate="2023-02-22T13:58:53.100" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20276" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20277" CreationDate="2023-02-27T21:57:08.253" Score="2" ViewCount="164" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is a bit of a weird one (or I'm missing something obvious).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/57730/1165986&quot;&gt;This quite-old (and reasonably upvoted) question&lt;/a&gt; asks:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a web based terminal/ssh client?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Today, a new answer appeared from a new contributor with a suggestion for (yet) another alternative.  The answer was quickly downvoted 4 times and flagged as spam.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/1457000/1165986&quot;&gt;Here's the link to the answer&lt;/a&gt; for those that have 10k rep and can see it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The answer is simply:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I used this freeware web based ssh client for all my OPs tasks managing almost hundreds VMs and stand-alone Linux servers: ... &lt;em&gt;[redacted in case it really is spam and I'm missing something]&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm confused as to how this is spam (or even worth being downvoted), given that it seems to me to be a direct answer to the question that was asked?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And that's not the only one:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/929244/1165986&quot;&gt;Another answer&lt;/a&gt; on the same question from around 5 years ago was also downvoted, flagged as spam, and deleted for the same reason.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/664008/1165986&quot;&gt;And this one&lt;/a&gt; was mod-deleted.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are a number of other answers that have been deleted that &lt;em&gt;don't&lt;/em&gt; actually answer the question that was asked, and I have no problem with that.  And then there are answers that are almost the same as these, but point to &lt;em&gt;different&lt;/em&gt; web-based tools, that are left open.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But why is it that some &lt;em&gt;actual&lt;/em&gt; attempts to answer to the question being asked seem to be deleted and/or flagged as spam?  Am I misreading something here?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Side-note:  I would suggest closing the &lt;em&gt;question&lt;/em&gt; as it doesn't, IMHO, have anything to do with &lt;em&gt;Ubuntu&lt;/em&gt;.  The OP is simply asking for a web-based &lt;em&gt;terminal&lt;/em&gt; that they can access from &lt;em&gt;Windows&lt;/em&gt;.  The &lt;em&gt;target&lt;/em&gt; OS doesn't matter here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But let's not punish those who attempt, in good-faith, to &lt;em&gt;answer&lt;/em&gt; the question that was asked.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1165986" LastActivityDate="2023-02-28T18:11:49.897" Title="A bit confused about the responses to answers to this question" Tags="|discussion|answers|specific-question|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20277" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20276" CreationDate="2023-02-27T23:36:26.770" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;The answer posted today is giving me a lot of red flags:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The link points to a webpage about the software, but there's nothing else there except a vague description of the software.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's no &amp;quot;About&amp;quot; page with information about the owner or developer other than saying &amp;quot;NetBro is developed by Vlad U&amp;quot;.  This name is similar to the username here on AU, which can be interpreted as self promotion.  But the answer on AU does not indicate that they are the owner/developer of this software, while the language used implies that they are not. That seems deceptive.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's also not any way to download any software from this website. And even more suspiciously, the site solicits additional personal information to establish an account to supposedly get the link to download the software.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The answer is also coming from a new user so the trust level is already low.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure if I would vote down or mark as spam but I certainly understand why it would be.  It certainly looks like a scam.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The second answer points to a link that does not exist.  Because of that, it's hard to tell if it was spam when it was closed 5 years ago.  But it's certainly not a useful answer now, so voting down is appropriate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The third answer is the same as the 2nd.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="953371" LastEditorUserId="953371" LastEditDate="2023-02-28T00:13:55.377" LastActivityDate="2023-02-28T00:13:55.377" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20278" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20276" CreationDate="2023-02-28T08:50:49.850" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'll add another perspective to this - which also adds to why some answers look more like a scam than others. I think you can divide the answers to that question into 2 categories:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The self-hosted vs. cloud-hosted solutions&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The open-source vs. closed-source solutions&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In general, when people think about Linux, homelabs etc., most people naturally tend to have a bias towards self-hosted and open-source solutions - which I understand perfectly well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For this particular question, I also believe it has the effect that any answer, that mentions and links to a self-hosted and/or open-source solution, is automatically more accepted and taken in good faith, than any answer pointing to a cloud-hosted and/or closed-source solution. Again, I completely understand and agree with that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So naturally, open-source people would probably rate the reliability of answers like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Self-hosted and open-source&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Cloud-hosted and open-source&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Self-hosted and closed-source&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Cloud-hosted and closed-source&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As far as I can see, the answer by Vlad falls into the third category (first I thought it was cloud-hosted, but it is actually something you have to install yourself).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But when you add to that all the red flags that Nmath mentions, it's clear to see why it comes down the priority list, and also smells more like spam/scam/slam than a serious answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1066942" LastEditorUserId="1066942" LastEditDate="2023-02-28T08:56:54.407" LastActivityDate="2023-02-28T08:56:54.407" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20279" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20276" CreationDate="2023-02-28T18:11:49.897" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I can add that there is a rule at &lt;a href=&quot;https://charcoal-se.org/smokey/Feedback-Guidance#disclosed-affiliation&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Charcoal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Disclosed affiliation&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It’s fine to promote your own product or service on Stack Exchange, as&#xA;long as:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;you’re not doing it excessively&#xA;you disclose your affiliation&#xA;you only do so where relevant&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If all of those conditions are true, then self-promotion is not spam&#xA;and therefore f and not k (unless it doesn’t answer the question, in&#xA;which case it’s n). If any of them are false, self-promotion is k.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In this case affiliation was not disclosed, hence it is spam.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="167850" LastActivityDate="2023-02-28T18:11:49.897" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20281" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2023-03-11T09:18:37.707" Score="1" ViewCount="61" Body="&lt;p&gt;I accidentally created my account with a google credential and now do not have any reputation - not even to put this onto meta :-(&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can some moderate please correct and link it to my  stackoverflow credentials (user TaW) this so I get the usual 100 points..?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;tia, tw&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1680551" OwnerDisplayName="Thomas Wulf" LastActivityDate="2023-03-11T20:40:57.753" Title="create account with my stackoverflow credentials" Tags="|discussion|login|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20282" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20281" CreationDate="2023-03-11T20:40:57.753" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;Merging requires you to use the Contact Us form at the bottom of the page to get staff to do it.  Moderators cannot merge your accounts.  See the note in the help center about merging accounts: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/merging-accounts&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/help/merging-accounts&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;I accidentally created two accounts; how do I merge them?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you have two accounts that you would like to join together, please&#xA;sign into either account, visit the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/contact&quot;&gt;Contact&lt;/a&gt; form, select &amp;quot;Account&#xA;Issue&amp;quot;, and then select &amp;quot;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/contact?topic=4&quot;&gt;I need to merge user profiles&lt;/a&gt;&amp;quot;. After&#xA;you contact us, the Stack Exchange Team will reach out to verify that&#xA;you own both accounts. If we can confirm your ownership, we will&#xA;initiate a merge.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you can't remember how to log in, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/account-recovery&quot;&gt;go here&lt;/a&gt; and enter the email&#xA;address you used to create the account you are trying to sign into.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2023-03-11T20:40:57.753" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20283" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20284" CreationDate="2023-03-13T19:45:54.567" Score="2" ViewCount="107" Body="&lt;p&gt;I had gone and tried to improve some Tag Wikis here on AU. Here are my suggested edits (all of these tags did not have an existing Wiki). All of these I wrote myself - they weren't copy-pasted from anywhere&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;du&lt;/code&gt; tag: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/1286569&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/1286569&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;du is a command that can get the size of folders/partitions on Linux&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;l2tp&lt;/code&gt; tag: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/1286568&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/1286568&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;L2TP refers to the Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol, which is a protocol for VPNs&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;json&lt;/code&gt; tag: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/1286566&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/1286566&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;JSON stands for JavaScript Object Notation, and is a format for data storage and data transmission&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;numpy&lt;/code&gt; tag: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/1286565&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/1286565&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;NumPy is a numerical computing library for Python&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Except... one user did &lt;code&gt;Reject and Edit&lt;/code&gt; on them, with this message:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This edit did not correct critical issues with the post - view the revision history to see what should have been changed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ok, I'll go through and look at what they got changed to:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;code&gt;du&lt;/code&gt; tag:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;du is a Unix command to measure disk usage.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Fair enough, that's a better description. Although it was copied from to &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/du&quot;&gt;du Tag Wiki on SO&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;code&gt;l2tp&lt;/code&gt; tag:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In computer networking, Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP) is a tunneling protocol used to support virtual private networks or as part of the delivery of services by ISPs. To ensure security and privacy, L2TP must rely on an encryption protocol to pass within the tunnel.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not completely, but the first part of that Wiki &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Layer_2_Tunneling_Protocol&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;is taken from Wikipedia&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;code&gt;json&lt;/code&gt; tag:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) is a serializable data interchange format that is a machine and human readable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This Wiki is taken from &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/json&quot;&gt;the one on SO&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;code&gt;numpy&lt;/code&gt; tag:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;NumPy is an extension of the Python language that adds support to large multidimensional arrays and matrices, along with a large library of high-level mathematical functions for operations with these arrays.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The first part of this one is &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/numpy&quot;&gt;taken from the Tag Wiki on SO&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's my question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What exactly was incorrect/wrong with the ones I proposed that lead to them getting rejected? Also, is it acceptable to take text from Wikipedia and/or SO Tag Wikis and use it for our Tag Wikis here on AU?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1438484" LastActivityDate="2023-03-15T11:31:00.413" Title="Why were my Tag Wiki edit suggestions rejected (and is it acceptable to copy-paste the Tag Wikis from SO?" Tags="|discussion|suggested-edits|tag-wiki|plagiarism|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20284" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20283" CreationDate="2023-03-13T20:48:42.360" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm afraid both your original suggestions &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; the new ones added by the editor should all have been rejected. The point of a tag wiki excerpt isn't to explain the tag's subject, it is to explain how the tag itself is supposed to be used on this site and also when not to use it. To take the &lt;code&gt;du&lt;/code&gt; example, a good tag wiki excerpt would be something like:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;du is the standard command to measure disk usage. Use this tag if your question is specifically about the du program and how it works. Do not use the tag for general questions about hard disks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is explained in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/tag-excerpts&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/help/tag-excerpts&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The excerpt is the elevator pitch for the tag. You only have ~500 plain text characters for the excerpt, so don’t feel obligated to cover everything in it! Save that for the 30,000+ character Markdown tag wiki. The excerpt should define the shared quality of questions containing this tag — boiled down to a few short sentences.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Avoid generically defining the concept behind a tag, unless it is highly specialized. The “email” tag, for example, does not need to explain what email is. I think we can safely assume most internet users know what email is; there’s no value in a boilerplate explanation of email to anyone.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Concentrate on what a tag means to your community. For “email” on Server Fault, mention the server aspects of email including POP3, SMTP, IMAP, and server software. For “email” on Super User, mention desktop email clients and explicitly exclude webmail, as that would be more appropriate for the Web Applications Stack Exchange.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Provide basic guidance on when to use the tag. In other words, what kinds of questions should have this tag? Tags only exist as ways of organizing questions, so if we don’t provide proper guidance on which questions need this tag, they won’t get tagged at all, rendering the tag excerpt moot. Think of it as a sales pitch: in a room full of tags screaming “pick me!”, what would convince a question asker to select your tag?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Some tags are common knowledge. Most tags require a bit of explanation in the excerpt, even if it’s only 3 or 4 words. But if the tag is common knowledge — that is, if you walked up to any random person on the street and said the tag word to them, and they would know what you were talking about — then don’t bother explaining the tag at all. Stick to usage of the tag within your community in the excerpt.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, copying tag excerpts or even wikis from other SE sites should be fine since we'd just be using the same wording in the same place on another site of the same network. If foo.se already have a great tag excerpt and/or wiki that also describes how the tag works here, there's no point in rewriting it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Copying from Wikipedia or any other external source is not OK, however, and would be considered plagiarism.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="1066942" LastEditDate="2023-03-15T11:31:00.413" LastActivityDate="2023-03-15T11:31:00.413" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20285" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20200" CreationDate="2023-03-17T08:12:31.340" Score="2" Body="&lt;h2&gt;TL: DR;&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Effective February 2, 2023, a &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/20209/announcement-ai-generated-content-is-now-permanently-banned-on-ask-ubuntu&quot;&gt;permanent and complete ban&lt;/a&gt; on using ChatGPT and AI-generated content on Ask Ubuntu went into effect. Given these developments, we can now answer the OP's question definitively.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Let's take a closer look at the phrasing here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;AI-generated content&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, under this lens, let's review the tools in question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;✅ Using Grammarly, spellcheck, and other AI-powered tools to fix or improve &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;content that originated from your brain&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; is permitted; &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/20209/announcement-ai-generated-content-is-now-permanently-banned-on-ask-ubuntu#comment45611_20209&quot;&gt;remaining acceptable&lt;/a&gt; even after the ChatGPT ban. Here are some examples:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Spelling &amp;amp; grammar checks&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Suggestions to enhance flow or delivery style.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;SEO changes, such as increasing/decreasing word count.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;❌ Using ChatGPT or any other AI technology to &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;generate content on your behalf&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; is no longer allowed on &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/&quot;&gt;AskUbuntu&lt;/a&gt;. Such content is hallmarked by the scarcity or complete absence of input from a human author and &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/20209/announcement-ai-generated-content-is-now-permanently-banned-on-ask-ubuntu#comment45603_20209&quot;&gt;nearly always has devious or malicious intent&lt;/a&gt;. Such scenarios &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/20209/announcement-ai-generated-content-is-now-permanently-banned-on-ask-ubuntu#comment45814_20209&quot;&gt;include but are not limited to the following&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Gaming the reputation system.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Creating spam and using it to flood the site.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Generating &amp;amp; posting empty, confusing, or inaccurate answers.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Summary:&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In a nutshell, AI-powered tools that help you write more fluently and answer questions more clearly can still be used  on AskUbuntu. On the other hand, the use of any AI technology designed to generate its own content is now strictly prohibited.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1153800" LastActivityDate="2023-03-17T08:12:31.340" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20286" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20287" CreationDate="2023-03-20T14:03:38.603" Score="1" ViewCount="64" Body="&lt;p&gt;I came across &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/384250/what-is-the-command-to-switch-to-normal-user&quot;&gt;What is the command to switch to normal user?&lt;/a&gt; and was a bit mystified that the question is closed as a duplicate of a largely unrelated question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The closed question asks how to switch to a regular user after you have successfully obtained privileged access with &lt;code&gt;su&lt;/code&gt; or &lt;code&gt;sudo&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The current duplicate &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/34329/su-command-authentication-failure&quot;&gt;su command + authentication failure&lt;/a&gt; asks about authentication failures, probably because the OP was trying to input their own password to &lt;code&gt;su&lt;/code&gt; (this is correct for &lt;code&gt;sudo&lt;/code&gt;, but wrong for &lt;code&gt;su&lt;/code&gt;). There are answers which (tangentially) explain how to switch to a regular user account with &lt;code&gt;sudo su&lt;/code&gt;; but this is at best an obscure answer to a slightly different question, and arguably not a good answer to the question about authentication failures.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have not spent a lot of effort on searching for additional duplicates; it is possible that there is a better duplicate and that the duplicate target should simply be redirected.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(The reason I want it to be reopened is that it lacks an answer specific to &lt;code&gt;sudo&lt;/code&gt; which I was looking for, and found an answer to on a different site. I'd like to be able to add that answer to this question, too.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25077" LastActivityDate="2023-03-21T05:49:23.153" Title="Should this ostensible duplicate about dropping privileges be reopened?" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|specific-question|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20287" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20286" CreationDate="2023-03-21T05:49:23.153" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I guess from the comments the consensus is &amp;quot;no&amp;quot; and given the perspectives offered, I concur.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="25077" LastActivityDate="2023-03-21T05:49:23.153" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20288" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2023-03-22T16:26:41.880" Score="2" ViewCount="84" Body="&lt;p&gt;Re. &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1459450/&quot;&gt;Surprisingly massive slowdown with CLI PHP(8.0/8.1/8.2) over NFS on 22.04.2&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This has no answers. Over the last week, our team has actually eliminated several false positives - mainly that this has nothing to do with PHP or Laravel.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We are able to replicate the issue using both nginx and apache, as long as our requests are over 443 and also as long as the document (even a flat html document) is on an nfs server.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am happy to do either - but it seems disingenuous to leave the old question up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;OTOH, if I edit it, people may think 'hm, I have read this already' and it's no longer the same.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;My guess is that I am meant to create a new question, and then delete the old one (or request that it be deleted.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="961191" LastActivityDate="2023-03-22T20:54:05.020" Title="My recent unanswered question needs a rewrite - should I leave old one, edit old one, or something else?" Tags="|support|editing|asking-questions|revisions|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20289" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20288" CreationDate="2023-03-22T17:02:30.613" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Do not delete your post.&lt;/strong&gt;  If you delete and repost, it's considered spam and noise and against policy, and you WILL get your old question undeleted by moderators, and the new one duped against it.  Therefore forcing you to be on the original question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Deleting your post and reposting it as &amp;quot;new&amp;quot; is not going to help you as it's against policy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In most cases, the situation is &amp;quot;We don't know how to help or start debugging&amp;quot; so there's no responses or attention.  Remember, everyone here is a volunteer - we don't know every answer or even how to necessarily begin debugging every issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2023-03-22T17:02:30.613" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20290" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20288" CreationDate="2023-03-22T20:54:05.020" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Edit the old one.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can make it clear what you’ve changed when you edit it - so it’s not disingenuous.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When you edit, it’ll show as modified and jump to the top of the main page - so you should get more / new attention.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="801777" LastActivityDate="2023-03-22T20:54:05.020" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20291" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="19894" CreationDate="2023-04-10T03:34:02.960" Score="-2" Body="&lt;h2&gt;YES&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Editing posts on Ask Ubuntu has a long history, (even though it can be considered a form of plagiarism, ie taking credit for another person's work).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Remember, If editing a question on Ask Ubuntu changes the original meaning of the post significantly, then it may be considered plagiarism if it is done without the original author's consent or input.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think that it would be a noble act to translate a post using Google and then edit the results in order to make it useful to English speakers who need this information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Using Google Translate, etc, can be considered the first step in editing a non-English post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However in my opinion ChatGPT does a better job of translating than Google Translate:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;I recently installed Ubuntu 20.04 on my new notebook, but I seem to have lost both my cable and wifi network connections. Unfortunately, my new notebook does not have an old network cable input, RJ45, so I cannot connect to the internet in any other way. I even tried using my phone to create a hotspot, but my notebook doesn't seem to recognize it. Can anyone please provide me with some assistance to get my network connections back up and running? Thank you!&amp;quot; - ChatGPT&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But this approach using AI is against the rules of AU and can lead to a permanent ban.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Compare this translation to the translation on cocomac's link&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;ChatGPT also does a good job answering this question but I do know that posting those results is against the rules of Ask Ubuntu and can get a person permanently deleted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Perhaps it is better for non-English speakers to forget Ask Ubuntu and consult ChatGPT first.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="43926" LastEditorUserId="43926" LastEditDate="2023-04-11T11:19:21.143" LastActivityDate="2023-04-11T11:19:21.143" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20292" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20209" CreationDate="2023-04-11T14:54:10.173" Score="-20" Body="&lt;p&gt;If you can’t beat them, join them. ChatGPT can give quicker and better organized answers. If you want it you get. 1 minute no one else needs to be involved. No one gets upset at you for not following a strict set of rules. Espically for newbies, people will prefer ChatGPT. If we allow GPT content that will allow us to have far content then we could otherwise and attract more users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1597457" LastActivityDate="2023-04-11T14:54:10.173" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20293" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20185" CreationDate="2023-04-12T14:57:39.510" Score="-1" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm sure it is written somewhere but I cannot find it…&#xA;I had an answer deleted as I cited my discussion with ChatGPT which helped me solve a problem I did not find the answer here or elsewhere. I wrote my question and pasted the dialog because I was thinking it would be very useful for others. And it seemed fair to acknowledge the source. I did not know the ban at this time.&#xA;So, if this kind of thing happen again, am I authorized to write down myself an answer using the knowledge I gained from ChatGPT, knowledge that I empirically checked on my own computer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Update&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;After reading the first comment, I'd like to add my grain of salt. I consider myself that if a tool like ChatGPT gives a correct and hard to find elsewhere answer AND that the user verify himself or herself the correctness of the answer AND that he or she rewrite it from scratch with his or her newly gained knowledge, then he or she should be allowed to do so. BUT for fairness, he or she should be allowed to acknowledge the fact that the original answer came from the AI tool.&#xA;Maybe a sentence like &amp;quot;&lt;em&gt;derived from a human-checked AI generated answer&lt;/em&gt;&amp;quot; could be a good addition to this kind of answers.&#xA;If something like that is not allowed, I think that there will be a lot of hidden AI generated content modified just to escape the ban.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="374549" LastEditorUserId="374549" LastEditDate="2023-04-13T08:36:27.727" LastActivityDate="2023-04-13T08:36:27.727" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20295" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20296" CreationDate="2023-04-20T12:45:37.757" Score="7" ViewCount="103" Body="&lt;p&gt;When I enter a &amp;quot;preformatted&amp;quot; code block in a body of Q or A, I have the option to specify the language of this code like this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;```bash&#xA;#!/bin/bash&#xA;echo &amp;quot;something&amp;quot;&#xA;sleep 10&#xA;exit&#xA;```&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;so that the code block is colored (&lt;em&gt;syntax highlighted&lt;/em&gt;) appropriately:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/7M3ws.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/7M3ws.png&quot; alt=&quot;syntax highlighted code&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think the system can also color the code automatically by &amp;quot;guessing&amp;quot; about the contents of the code (I may be wrong about this).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;a complete list&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; of all the &amp;quot;languages&amp;quot; (like &lt;code&gt;bash&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;c&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;python&lt;/code&gt;, etc.) supported in &lt;em&gt;AskUbuntu&lt;/em&gt;? There are cases where I do &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; want any coloring, like a simple text data; how can I indicate this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="855322" LastEditorUserId="618353" LastEditDate="2023-04-20T19:51:03.537" LastActivityDate="2023-04-21T09:35:42.040" Title="List of &quot;languages&quot; to be used in &quot;preformatted&quot; code blocks for &quot;Syntax Highlighting&quot;" Tags="|support|formatting|markdown|code|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20296" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20295" CreationDate="2023-04-20T13:05:11.070" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;The answer is here: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/184108/what-is-syntax-highlighting-and-how-does-it-work/184109#184109&quot;&gt;What is syntax highlighting and how does it work?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that &lt;code&gt;lang-plaintext&lt;/code&gt; or &lt;code&gt;lang-none&lt;/code&gt; explicitly disables syntax highlighting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Quote from post edited 30 Aug, 2022.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Language codes currently available on Stack Exchange&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a complete list of every identifier that you can use in a&#xA;language hint for syntax highlighting. All the language identifiers in&#xA;each group point to the same highlighter. Other language aliases set&#xA;by highlight.js (in brackets) should work, but only identifiers&#xA;&lt;em&gt;before them&lt;/em&gt; are officially supported by Stack Exchange.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA; &#xA;&lt;p&gt;Format: &lt;strong&gt;Language name: &lt;code&gt;lang-code&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;,&#xA;custom Stack Exchange aliases, (other Highlight.js aliases)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Plain text: &lt;code&gt;lang-plaintext&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;code&gt;lang-none&lt;/code&gt;, (&lt;code&gt;lang-text&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;lang-txt&lt;/code&gt;)     (explicitly disables syntax highlighting)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bash and other shell scripts: &lt;code&gt;lang-bash&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;code&gt;lang-bsh&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;lang-csh&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;lang-sh&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;C and C-likes: &lt;code&gt;lang-c&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;code&gt;lang-cyc&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;lang-m&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;lang-c-like&lt;/code&gt;, (&lt;code&gt;lang-h&lt;/code&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Clojure: &lt;code&gt;lang-clojure&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;code&gt;lang-clj&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;CoffeeScript: &lt;code&gt;lang-coffeescript&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;code&gt;lang-coffee&lt;/code&gt;, (&lt;code&gt;lang-cson&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;lang-iced&lt;/code&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;C++: &lt;code&gt;lang-cpp&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;code&gt;lang-cc&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;lang-cxx&lt;/code&gt;, (&lt;code&gt;lang-c++&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;lang-h++&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;lang-hpp&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;lang-hh&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;lang-hxx&lt;/code&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;C#: &lt;code&gt;lang-csharp&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;code&gt;lang-cs&lt;/code&gt;, (&lt;code&gt;lang-c#&lt;/code&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;CSS: &lt;code&gt;lang-css&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Dart: &lt;code&gt;lang-dart&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Delphi, Pascal: &lt;code&gt;lang-delphi&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, (&lt;code&gt;lang-dpr&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;lang-dfm&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;lang-pas&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;lang-pascal&lt;/code&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Erlang: &lt;code&gt;lang-erlang&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;code&gt;lang-erl&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Go: &lt;code&gt;lang-go&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, (&lt;code&gt;lang-golang&lt;/code&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Haskell: &lt;code&gt;lang-haskell&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;code&gt;lang-hs&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;HTTP request/​response: &lt;code&gt;lang-http&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, (&lt;code&gt;lang-https&lt;/code&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;INI, TOML: &lt;code&gt;lang-ini&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, (&lt;code&gt;lang-toml&lt;/code&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Java: &lt;code&gt;lang-java&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, (&lt;code&gt;lang-jsp&lt;/code&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;JavaScript: &lt;code&gt;lang-javascript&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;code&gt;lang-js&lt;/code&gt;, (&lt;code&gt;lang-jsx&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;lang-mjs&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;lang-cjs&lt;/code&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;JSON: &lt;code&gt;lang-json&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Kotlin: &lt;code&gt;lang-kotlin&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, (&lt;code&gt;lang-kt&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;lang-kts&lt;/code&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;LaTeX, TeX: &lt;code&gt;lang-latex&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;code&gt;lang-tex&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Less: &lt;code&gt;lang-less&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Lisp: &lt;code&gt;lang-lisp&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;code&gt;lang-cl&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;lang-el&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;lang-lsp&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Lua: &lt;code&gt;lang-lua&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Makefile: &lt;code&gt;lang-makefile&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, (&lt;code&gt;lang-mk&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;lang-mak&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;lang-make&lt;/code&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Markdown: &lt;code&gt;lang-markdown&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, (&lt;code&gt;lang-md&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;lang-mkdown&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;lang-mkd&lt;/code&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mathematica / Wolfram Language: &lt;code&gt;lang-mathematica&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;code&gt;lang-mma&lt;/code&gt;, (&lt;code&gt;lang-wl&lt;/code&gt;)     (Mathematica SE only)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;MATLAB: &lt;code&gt;lang-matlab&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Objective-C: &lt;code&gt;lang-objectivec&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, (&lt;code&gt;lang-mm&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;lang-objc&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;lang-obj-c&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;lang-obj-c++&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;lang-objective-c++&lt;/code&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;OCaml, F#, SML and other ML-family languages: &lt;code&gt;lang-ocaml&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;code&gt;lang-fs&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;lang-ml&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Perl: &lt;code&gt;lang-perl&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;code&gt;lang-pl&lt;/code&gt;, (&lt;code&gt;lang-pm&lt;/code&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PHP: &lt;code&gt;lang-php&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PHP template (HTML+PHP): &lt;code&gt;lang-php-template&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Protocol Buffers: &lt;code&gt;lang-protobuf&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Python: &lt;code&gt;lang-python&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;code&gt;lang-py&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;lang-cv&lt;/code&gt;, (&lt;code&gt;lang-gyp&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;lang-ipython&lt;/code&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;R, S: &lt;code&gt;lang-r&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;code&gt;lang-s&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ruby: &lt;code&gt;lang-ruby&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;code&gt;lang-rb&lt;/code&gt;, (&lt;code&gt;lang-gemspec&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;lang-podspec&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;lang-thor&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;lang-irb&lt;/code&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rust: &lt;code&gt;lang-rust&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;code&gt;lang-rc&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;lang-rs&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Scala: &lt;code&gt;lang-scala&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Scheme, Racket: &lt;code&gt;lang-scheme&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;code&gt;lang-scm&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;lang-ss&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;lang-rkt&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SCSS: &lt;code&gt;lang-scss&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Shell session: &lt;code&gt;lang-shell&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, (&lt;code&gt;lang-console&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;lang-shellsession&lt;/code&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SQL: &lt;code&gt;lang-sql&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Swift: &lt;code&gt;lang-swift&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;TypeScript: &lt;code&gt;lang-typescript&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, (&lt;code&gt;lang-ts&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;lang-tsx&lt;/code&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Visual Basic (.NET), VBScript: &lt;code&gt;lang-vbnet&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;code&gt;lang-vb&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;lang-vbs&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;VHDL: &lt;code&gt;lang-vhdl&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;code&gt;lang-vhd&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;XML, HTML and their derivatives: &lt;code&gt;lang-xml&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;code&gt;lang-html&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;lang-xsl&lt;/code&gt;, (&lt;code&gt;lang-xhtml&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;lang-rss&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;lang-atom&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;lang-xjb&lt;/code&gt;,&#xA;&lt;code&gt;lang-xsd&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;lang-plist&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;lang-wsf&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;lang-svg&lt;/code&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;YAML: &lt;code&gt;lang-yaml&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, (&lt;code&gt;lang-yml&lt;/code&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1066942" LastEditorUserId="1066942" LastEditDate="2023-04-21T09:35:42.040" LastActivityDate="2023-04-21T09:35:42.040" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20297" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2023-04-20T14:57:11.257" Score="16" ViewCount="1909" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ubuntu 23.04 (a.k.a. Lunar Lobster) is now released. As of today (April 20th, 2023), posts about it are no longer off-topic on Ask Ubuntu. As usual, posts still must meet &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;the normal requirements for being on-topic&lt;/a&gt;, though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Additionally, please refrain from re-opening questions about Ubuntu 23.04 that were posted prior to its release without Meta consensus. They can be re-opened, but it needs to be agreed upon via a Meta discussion first.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See also &lt;a href=&quot;https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/lunar-lobster-release-notes/31910&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the Lunar Lobster Release Notes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1438484" LastEditorUserId="57576" LastEditDate="2023-04-20T23:26:48.807" LastActivityDate="2023-04-20T23:26:48.807" Title="Ubuntu 23.04 (Lunar Lobster) is now released and is no longer off-topic" Tags="|discussion|scope|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20298" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20209" CreationDate="2023-04-20T23:17:32.340" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am fine with this. To date, the times I have asked ChatGPT for code or linux help, it's been wrong. The whole point of AU and SE in general is learning and helping other. Perhaps the should start a &amp;quot;How to Ask ChatGPT&amp;quot; SE group.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1623329" LastActivityDate="2023-04-20T23:17:32.340" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20299" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20300" CreationDate="2023-04-27T03:40:33.577" Score="6" ViewCount="86" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would like to submit a different answer to this question: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1464051/how-can-i-force-ubuntu-22-04-server-to-use-only-the-dns-servers-listed-in-etc-s&quot;&gt;How can I force Ubuntu 22.04 SERVER to use ONLY the DNS servers listed in /etc/systemd/resolved.conf (NOT my router's DNS) AND use DNS-over-TLS?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My new answer is significantly different than what I previously submitted. Futhermore, there are several comments to my original answer that would no longer apply if I replaced.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These are the options I see:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Replace the original&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Update and add to the original&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Submit a new answer&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the best protocol?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1684306" LastActivityDate="2023-04-27T06:16:40.433" Title="Should I update/change my answer or submit a new answer to a question?" Tags="|discussion|answers|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20300" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20299" CreationDate="2023-04-27T06:16:40.433" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's fine to add a new answer. It's unusual, but it can be the right thing to do in a situation where:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You have a new idea that's distinct from the idea you expressed in your existing answer (so it doesn't feel right to just extend or update your existing answer, especially if people have already voted and commented on it)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Your existing answer isn't wrong (so it doesn't feel right to correct or delete your existing answer)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2023-04-27T06:16:40.433" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20301" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2023-04-29T19:50:42.293" Score="0" ViewCount="210" Body="&lt;p&gt;Every time I open a page on Stack Exchange it wants me to accept all cookies:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By clicking “Accept all cookies”, you agree Stack Exchange can store cookies on your device and disclose information in accordance with our Cookie Policy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It doesn't matter whether I click on All Cookies or Necessary Cookies. I always get that prompt. How do I turn it off?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm running Firefox 112.0.2 (64-bit) on Windows 10. NoScript, AdBlock, and Privacy Badger are all okay with the site, not blocking anything.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Solution:&#xA;I opened DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials, turned off &amp;quot;Protections for this site&amp;quot;, and I don't get the ask to accept cookies (more than once). After reloading the page, I re-enabled the &amp;quot;Protections for this site&amp;quot;, and the asks don't come any more. Yay.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="65690" OwnerDisplayName="Chelmite" LastEditorUserId="65690" LastEditDate="2023-04-30T20:14:30.460" LastActivityDate="2023-04-30T20:14:30.460" Title="Why does Stack Exchange ask about cookies on every screen?" Tags="|discussion|support|firefox|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="7" ClosedDate="2023-04-30T02:48:54.157" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20302" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20185" CreationDate="2023-04-29T22:54:57.230" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've worked with ChatGPT yesterday again. Asked it about flask and plotly. The answers look good, but they don't work. It is completely ok to use it privately, but I do not want to investigate the &amp;quot;mostly correct but not working&amp;quot; answers in this forum. So I'm opting for a ban until the company worked out its flaws.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To sum it up: &lt;strong&gt;ChatGPT needs to be banned until it works&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="906933" LastActivityDate="2023-04-29T22:54:57.230" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20303" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20304" CreationDate="2023-05-01T19:51:04.627" Score="11" ViewCount="245" Body="&lt;p&gt;Per &lt;a href=&quot;https://help.imgur.com/hc/en-us/articles/14415587638029/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this page on the Imgur website&lt;/a&gt; (under &amp;quot;What are we doing?&amp;quot;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Our new Terms of Service will go into effect on May 15, 2023. We will be focused on removing old, unused, and inactive content that is not tied to a user account from our platform ... You will need to download/save any images that you wish to save ...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;I've omitted some irrelevant parts of that quote&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that this change does &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; apply to the SE Imgur account&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While a significant portion of images on AU are under the SE Imgur account (&lt;code&gt;i.stack.imgur.com&lt;/code&gt;) (32123 in answers + 43982 in questions), a significant amount, quite a few are still not under that account:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;div class=&quot;s-table-container&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;table class=&quot;s-table&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;thead&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;th&gt;&lt;/th&gt;&#xA;&lt;th&gt;&lt;code&gt;i.imgur.com&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/th&gt;&#xA;&lt;th&gt;&lt;code&gt;i.imgur.com&lt;/code&gt;, score &amp;gt;= 1&lt;/th&gt;&#xA;&lt;th&gt;&lt;code&gt;i.stack.imgur.com&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/th&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;/thead&gt;&#xA;&lt;tbody&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;Questions&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;1328&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;916&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;43982&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;Answers&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;542&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;463&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td&gt;32123&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tbody&gt;&#xA;&lt;/table&gt;&#xA;&lt;/div&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Those are the numbers, but what should we actually &lt;em&gt;do&lt;/em&gt; about this? Some potential ideas include&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Try to ask SE to ask Imgur to exclude those images from the deletion&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Attempt to manually edit them to use the SE account&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also worth considering: if it isn't possible to save all the images (e.g., due to time), how should we decide which ones to prioritize? By question/answer score?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All that said, what should we do regarding this issue?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;See also:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;MSE: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/388556/imgur-tos-change-on-may-15th-2023-could-cause-the-loss-of-thousands-of-stack-exc&quot;&gt;Imgur TOS change on May 15th 2023 could cause the loss of thousands of Stack Exchange images!&lt;/a&gt; (and &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/388726/620527&quot;&gt;Glorfindel's answer&lt;/a&gt; to that)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Query used (&lt;a href=&quot;https://data.stackexchange.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;SEDE&lt;/a&gt;), with &lt;code&gt;PostTypeId&lt;/code&gt; changed to &lt;code&gt;2&lt;/code&gt; to get answers, and &lt;code&gt;i.stack.imgur.com&lt;/code&gt; replaced with &lt;code&gt;i.imgur.com&lt;/code&gt; to get non-SE-account images. The &lt;code&gt;AND Score &amp;gt;= 1&lt;/code&gt; removed when not applicable for the current query.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;SELECT CONCAT('https://askubuntu.com/a/', Id), Score FROM Posts WHERE PostTypeId = 1 AND Body LIKE '%i.stack.imgur.com%' AND Score &amp;gt;= 1&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1438484" LastEditorUserId="618353" LastEditDate="2023-05-05T08:49:36.140" LastActivityDate="2023-05-05T08:49:36.140" Title="How should we handle the Imgur TOS change?" Tags="|discussion|image|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20304" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20303" CreationDate="2023-05-02T09:11:20.923" Score="11" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Updated plan&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;This takes into account &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/20303/how-should-we-handle-the-imgur-tos-change#comment45981_20304&quot;&gt;Marijn's suggestion&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;. I also agree that we should focus on uploading as many images as possible to SE Imgur, and &lt;em&gt;after that&lt;/em&gt; try to do the editing. This is mostly because I'd rather have all the images safe and have time to edit (at the cost of temporarily having missing images) vs. having some never break, but some potentially getting lost forever.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/388726/620527&quot;&gt;Glorfindel already has uploaded&lt;/a&gt; many of the images to SE Imgur (tons of credit to him!), but some weren't uploaded that way (either due to them not being available or due to a file size limitation).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For the ones limited by file size (~40 images), I'm taking care of those using a script to download them, and then apply just enough JPEG compression to get them below the limit, and then the script will upload them back to SE. That is being coordinated over in &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.meta.stackexchange.com/rooms/89/tavern-on-the-meta&quot;&gt;Tavern on the Meta&lt;/a&gt; (a chatroom).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;RE the images that aren't available, the idea is to attempt to use the Wayback Machine, but that has some issues. Also being coordinated in the Tavern on the Meta chatroom, although that is being (mostly?) done by Glorfindel.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After images have been saved (either automatically via Glorfindel's script, re-uploaded after being downsized, or after being recovered via the Wayback Machine), I'll move to focus on editing posts. The best way to do that is TBD currently.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Original plan&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's my proposal:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I (cocomac) write a small script using the SE API to edit the posts to use the updated SE Imgur account. Glorfindel has already uploaded them to the SE account, so I largely need to just do the edits.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Prior to use (beyond testing on one or two posts), the script is published here for the community to give feedback on (edit message, the actual script, potential issues with it, etc.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I test the script on a small subset of posts (say, four posts), and if it works, then slowly do the rest, while monitoring for potentially issues&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Risks:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Concern:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This &lt;em&gt;will&lt;/em&gt; flood the front page with edits.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Response: Yes, but &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/20303/how-should-we-handle-the-imgur-tos-change#comment45979_20303&quot;&gt;as Zanna said&lt;/a&gt;, preserving content matters more. Also, other than SE stepping in, there isn't a great alternative&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Concern:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You would be single-handed editing tons of posts - would others be able to see this easily to ensure you aren’t adding something bad to the posts?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Answer: my edit history is public, but I can also publish a log from the script as well&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Prior to doing this, I would want a mod to read this over and approve it, and I'll leave this answer up for at least 24-hours prior to taking action here&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thoughts?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1438484" LastEditorUserId="618353" LastEditDate="2023-05-05T08:47:55.633" LastActivityDate="2023-05-05T08:47:55.633" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20305" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2023-05-03T15:43:56.520" Score="3" ViewCount="418" Body="&lt;p&gt;As you all know, advertising is an important source of revenue for Stack Overflow and it helps us support all the sites across the Stack Exchange Network and the resources that go into maintaining and improving the experience on the platform. We are going to be introducing middle sidebar ads, which have been on the main Stack Overflow site for years, to some of the tech sites including Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The middle sidebar ads have the same standards as any other ads on the platform. Ads are non-intrusive and static. Ads go through a vetting process to ensure they are appropriate for the communities on Stack Exchange. If you see an ad that may not follow our established standards and guidelines, you can let us know by using the &amp;quot;&lt;strong&gt;report this ad&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;quot; functionality. Here is a mockup of what these will look like when two ads are showed (the existing ad placement and the new middle sidebar ad placement):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/iwJ6t.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/iwJ6t.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;sample of ads on the middle side bar of the site&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This ad space won’t be available for display until May 10 because we wanted to give you a heads-up before you started seeing them. Ads are an essential line of business for us and we’re committed to giving you advanced notice whenever we introduce a new form of advertising on the network sites. If you have any questions or concerns, please let us know.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1183965" LastActivityDate="2023-05-03T15:43:56.520" Title="Middle Sidebar Advertising" Tags="|discussion|advertising|announcement|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20306" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2023-05-07T14:56:40.550" Score="4" ViewCount="167" Body="&lt;p&gt;I found &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1466964/installing-ubuntu-linux-mint-on-macbook-1-1&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; question about installing Ubuntu on a 32-bit Mac.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems that &lt;a href=&quot;https://igotoffer.com/apple/macbook-air-1-1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this Mac&lt;/a&gt; has a 64 bit processor, and Ubuntu should support it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since this question broadly falls in the range of &amp;quot;How to install Ubuntu on a particular platform?&amp;quot;, it should be on-topic although it requires using MacOS to create a live media.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="124466" LastActivityDate="2023-05-07T14:56:40.550" Title="Can we reopen this question about how to install Ubuntu on a 32 bit mac with 64 bit processor?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="13" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20308" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2023-05-14T19:57:12.253" Score="-1" ViewCount="79" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This is a discussion, it is NOT an invitation to start burninating this tag. We must follow &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/239191/1081494&quot;&gt;the documented procedure&lt;/a&gt; here.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We have a tag, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/storage&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;storage&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;storage&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;tag-storage-tooltip-container&quot;&gt;storage&lt;/a&gt;. I don't think it is a good tag, though. At the same time, it does not meet the criteria to be eligible for burnination:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does it describe the contents of the questions to which it is applied? and is it unambiguous?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Well... it does describe the questions. And it specific to some extent. But... there are other tags that are almost always &lt;em&gt;better&lt;/em&gt;. It isn't &lt;em&gt;not descriptive&lt;/em&gt;, it is just unhelpful because it is vague IMO.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is the concept described even on-topic for the site?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, the storage is on-topic here (assuming it is about Ubuntu, anyways).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does the tag add any meaningful information to the post?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, it is somehow about storage. But again, a more specific tag would likely be more useful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does it mean the same thing in all common contexts?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No, it does not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;IMO, this tag should not be used and the following should be used instead:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/filesystem&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;filesystem&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;filesystem&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;tag-filesystem-tooltip-container&quot;&gt;filesystem&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/files&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;files&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;files&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;tag-files-tooltip-container&quot;&gt;files&lt;/a&gt;/&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/directory&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;directory&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;directory&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;tag-directory-tooltip-container&quot;&gt;directory&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/hard-drive&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;hard-drive&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;hard-drive&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;tag-hard-drive-tooltip-container&quot;&gt;hard-drive&lt;/a&gt;/&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/disk&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;disk&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;disk&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;tag-disk-tooltip-container&quot;&gt;disk&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/partitioning&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;partitioning&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;partitioning&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;tag-partitioning-tooltip-container&quot;&gt;partitioning&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ext4&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ext4&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ext4&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;tag-ext4-tooltip-container&quot;&gt;ext4&lt;/a&gt;/&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/zfs&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;zfs&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;zfs&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;tag-zfs-tooltip-container&quot;&gt;zfs&lt;/a&gt;/&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ntfs&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ntfs&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ntfs&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;tag-ntfs-tooltip-container&quot;&gt;ntfs&lt;/a&gt;/&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/btrfs&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;btrfs&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;btrfs&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;tag-btrfs-tooltip-container&quot;&gt;btrfs&lt;/a&gt;/etc.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;etc.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But, what should we do with this tag? It failed the burnination criteria, but at the same time, I feel it can almost always be replaced with a more specific tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1438484" LastActivityDate="2023-05-15T09:43:00.910" Title="Should this tag be put into [storage]? Or not?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20309" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20308" CreationDate="2023-05-15T09:43:00.910" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't think that it's a bad tag. Being generic is not necessarily a bad thing and not  enough reason to remove it. The fact that there are other tags that may be more specific is also not a good reason to have the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/storage&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;storage&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;storage&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;tag-storage-tooltip-container&quot;&gt;storage&lt;/a&gt; tag removed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Generic tags are useful to people that have interest in the general subject and specific tags can be used alongside the generic ones to narrow down the scope of the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I'm not in favor of removing the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/storage&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;storage&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;storage&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;tag-storage-tooltip-container&quot;&gt;storage&lt;/a&gt; tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="618353" LastActivityDate="2023-05-15T09:43:00.910" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20310" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2023-05-17T14:02:30.517" Score="1" ViewCount="128" Body="&lt;p&gt;how come answers and questions are banned without feedback and essential system issues cannot be resolved and re propose again and again (?) Is this question unproperly phrased (?)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1082133" OwnerDisplayName="fred" LastActivityDate="2023-05-23T15:26:15.703" Title="how come answers and questions are banned without feedback" Tags="|discussion|community|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20311" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20310" CreationDate="2023-05-17T17:33:12.843" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are no specifics in your question so we can only give you general information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are several help page topics that go into reasons why questions and answers would be closed or deleted:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/closed-questions&quot;&gt;What does it mean if a question is &amp;quot;closed&amp;quot;? &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/deleted-questions&quot;&gt;Why and how are some questions deleted?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/deleted-answers&quot;&gt;Why and how are some answers deleted?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/answer-bans&quot;&gt;Why are answers no longer being accepted from my account?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please remember that Ask Ubuntu is community moderated. Sometimes questions or answers are removed that shouldn't have been removed. This is often due to a misunderstanding, so it's really important that you make a good effort to ensure that your question or answer is clear and specific and on-topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you believe that a specific question or answer was removed and shouldn't have been, you should post a question about it here on Meta. Tell us why you think it shouldn't be closed and we can have a discussion about it.  Either we will agree with you and reopen it, or we can tell you exactly why it was removed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just like on the main site, if you ask a vague question, you can only get a vague answer. But hopefully this gives you enough information to understand why your questions or answers were deleted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="953371" LastActivityDate="2023-05-17T17:33:12.843" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20312" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20209" CreationDate="2023-05-18T17:28:09.130" Score="-9" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As of February 2, 2023, there is a permanent and complete ban on the use of ChatGPT and AI generated content on Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I disagree: we shouldn't blindly discriminate against AI. If some AI model provides a correct answer, then it shouldn't be deleted, provided it has the proper attributions. No need to waste human time if some AI can do it. However, if an SE user tends to post incorrect answers, then they should be banned. Ban users, not the tools.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44876" LastActivityDate="2023-05-18T17:28:09.130" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20313" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20310" CreationDate="2023-05-23T15:26:15.703" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think it's entirely fair that you get some feedback, and that should really be handled at the point that your posts are being moderated. I think sometimes people think that an action is so very obvious that they don't need to say anything about it. I'm sorry people haven't been more forthcoming.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some of your Answers haven't met the base requirements for answers. Some haven't answered the question (eg, you've just said you've had the same problem), and a couple didn't really make much sense to me, which may be a rushed post, or a language barrier.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Really for a site like this to survive, answers have to answer the question in a clear way. There isn't room in the answer section for chaff. That might seem unfair but it's the cost of doing business here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm not sure why you've only just been answer-banned. Your last flagged answer was a while ago.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;You are not banned from asking questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2023-05-23T15:26:15.703" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20314" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20315" CreationDate="2023-05-25T10:47:24.000" Score="1" ViewCount="93" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have recently posted a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1469342/haunted-computer-windows-alternatives-to-quick-fixes-in-ubuntu&quot;&gt;question&lt;/a&gt; on ask ubuntu. However, that question was not about a problem that I am currently facing but about something I have faced before and that could happen again. This problem keeps happening to me because of my habit of installing and trying out lots of programs for fun. But this is not the kind of problem that can be solved with a single method you have to try out different ways to solve this problem with different commands. You will understand it if you read my question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When windows start slowing down or face any kind of problems, that can&#xA;be fixed by using CHKDSK, DISM or SFC. If none of that works, we can&#xA;just RESET the pc. Can you give me a list of command to get similar&#xA;results on Linux.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That is everything that can be done when your pc is acting haunted.&#xA;What are some first aid that can be done when you experience this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;NOTE: currently I am not facing any issue. whenever I face any issue,&#xA;I just do a clean install which is not very efficient. I want to know&#xA;what I can do the next time this happens. I am looking for everything&#xA;that can be done including the alternatives for the three commands&#xA;mentioned above and also steps to achieve similar results as doing a&#xA;RESET.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This question is more of a general problem that you may face and does not have a one specific single method to solve. What I am expecting for an answer is some commands that I can tryout that may fix these general problems that I face in ubuntu the same way I can fix general problems I face in windows with commands like CHKDSK or by a RESET.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some users have pointed out that when I post a question it has to be a specific problem that I am facing. I don't know what to do is there any way to improve my question, should I delete the question or is a general question like this even valid on stack exchange?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is my question on ask ubuntu: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1469342/haunted-computer-windows-alternatives-to-quick-fixes-in-ubuntu&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1469342/haunted-computer-windows-alternatives-to-quick-fixes-in-ubuntu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1069384" LastEditorUserId="1069384" LastEditDate="2023-05-28T06:12:01.390" LastActivityDate="2023-05-28T06:12:01.390" Title="Question about asking general questions" Tags="|discussion|asking-questions|questions|specific-question|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20315" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20314" CreationDate="2023-05-25T13:46:07.910" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I personally agree with the feedback you have received regarding your question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The style of Ask Ubuntu (or any other Stack Exchange site) is a Q&amp;amp;A where a question should be about a specific problem, and answers should be objectively direct (as opposed to opinionated ones or answers that request more details, etc.). Open-ended questions that can generate a lot of answers usually end up getting closed. It is somewhat a similar reason why software recommendation questions are often closed if they don't offer enough information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, your type of question is fit more in a forum-style website, as they generate a lot back of and forth discussions (as evidenced by the number of comments you received on your question). I recommend using the &lt;a href=&quot;https://ubuntuforums.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Ubuntu Forums&lt;/a&gt; for such questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastActivityDate="2023-05-25T13:46:07.910" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20316" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2023-05-28T03:58:00.437" Score="-3" ViewCount="70" Body="&lt;p&gt;High level assembly (HLA) is an assembly language aimed at allowing you to learn assembly without having to write pure assembly. However, since it's a bit obscure, setting it up can be kind of a pain, and lots of things can go wrong in the installation process, so I believe it deserves it's own tag. I recently made a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1469433/using-high-level-assembly-hla-sh-1-hlaparse-not-found/1469434?noredirect=1#comment2575372_1469434&quot;&gt;post&lt;/a&gt; about it but didn't have the appropriate tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1670487" LastActivityDate="2023-06-03T14:24:18.953" Title="Suggestion for &quot;high-level-assembly&quot; tag" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20317" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20209" CreationDate="2023-05-30T23:38:16.297" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Basically I concur. ChatGPT has been proven to be unreliable, thus a ban is justified. However I've tested some code writing and was surprised that it worked.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I just wonder how we want to figure out if ChatGPT was the author?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="906933" LastActivityDate="2023-05-30T23:38:16.297" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20318" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2023-06-02T20:19:13.793" Score="21" ViewCount="2171" Body="&lt;p&gt;A couple of days ago, Stack Exchange Inc., the company running these sites, announced a new policy for handling AI content.&#xA;This policy goes against our own, local policy on how to deal with AI content, where the Ask Ubuntu community made it &lt;em&gt;very&lt;/em&gt; clear that such content was not welcome: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/20209/85695&quot;&gt;Announcement: AI-generated content is now permanently banned on Ask Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am writing this post to make sure that the Ask Ubuntu community is aware of this new network-wide policy and to provide a place where we can discuss it and maybe decide how to handle it. The full text of the new policy can be read below, but I urge you to visit (and vote on) &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/389582/203101&quot;&gt;the original on Meta Stack Exchange&lt;/a&gt; as well:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We recently performed a set of analyses on the current approach to&#xA;AI-generated content moderation. The conclusions of these analyses&#xA;strongly indicate to us that AI-generated content is not being&#xA;properly identified across the network, and that the potential for&#xA;false-positives is very high. Through no fault of moderators' own, we&#xA;also suspect that there have been biases for or against residents of&#xA;specific countries as a potential result of the heuristics being&#xA;applied to these posts. Finally, internal evidence strongly suggests&#xA;that the overapplication of suspensions for AI-generated content may&#xA;be turning away a large number of legitimate contributors to the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In order to help mitigate the issue, we've asked moderators to apply a&#xA;very strict standard of evidence to determining whether a post is&#xA;AI-authored when deciding to suspend a user. This standard of evidence&#xA;excludes the use of moderators' best guesses based on users' writing&#xA;styles and behavioral indicators, because we could not validate that&#xA;these indicators are actually successfully identifying AI-generated&#xA;posts when they are written. This standard would exclude most&#xA;suspensions issued to date.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We've also identified that current GPT detectors have an unacceptably&#xA;high false positive rate for content on our network and should not be&#xA;regarded as reliable indicators of GPT authorship. While these aren't&#xA;the sole tools that moderators rely upon to identify AI-generated&#xA;content, some of the heuristics used have been developed with their&#xA;assistance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We've reminded moderators that suspensions (and typically mod messages&#xA;as well) are for real, verifiable malfeasance only, and should not be&#xA;enacted on the basis of hunches, guesses, intuition, or unverified&#xA;heuristics. Therefore, we are not confident that either GPT detectors&#xA;or best-guess heuristics can be used to definitively identify&#xA;suspicious content for the purposes of suspension.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As always, moderators who identify that a user has a problematic&#xA;pattern of low-quality posts should continue to act on such users as&#xA;they otherwise would. Indicators moderators currently use to determine&#xA;that a post was authored with the help of AI can in some cases form a&#xA;reliable set of indicators that the content quality may be poor, and&#xA;moderators should feel free to review posts as such. If someone is&#xA;repeatedly contributing low-quality content, we already have policies&#xA;in place to help handle it, including a suspension reason that can, in&#xA;those cases, be used.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="1438484" LastEditDate="2023-06-03T04:31:36.357" LastActivityDate="2023-07-27T17:09:43.640" Title="PSA: Stack Exchange Inc. has announced a network-wide policy for AI content" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="6" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20319" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20318" CreationDate="2023-06-02T23:15:27.373" Score="27" Body="&lt;p&gt;It is a good time to be &lt;em&gt;completely candid&lt;/em&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We worked hard to get a solid policy in place for the torrent of AI/LLM material that was appearing on Ask Ubuntu. And by 'we' I mean the elected and community moderators, the &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Community&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; that is what Ask Ubuntu should be all about.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a policy that worked well and a policy that was &lt;em&gt;always&lt;/em&gt; ready for improvement, for modification as the world of AI/LLM matured.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What we experienced from Stack Exchange was neither improvement nor modification. They proposed first in secret, and then in a watered down public version, to &lt;em&gt;sweep away&lt;/em&gt; our Community policy and to &lt;em&gt;completely obstruct&lt;/em&gt; Moderator ability to deal with a flow of almost always &lt;em&gt;extremely low quality, unverified material&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not good enough Stack Exchange!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am personally not happy to stand aside and watch this happen and I have undertaken the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I have signed &lt;a href=&quot;https://openletter.mousetail.nl/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the letter of protest&lt;/a&gt; which has given a 'line in the sand' to Stack Exchange&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I have committed to the upcoming action as of Monday and will be withdrawing from &lt;em&gt;all&lt;/em&gt; Moderator activities as of that time for the duration of the action&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These are not actions taken lightly but in the face of a company that seems to have &lt;em&gt;no interest&lt;/em&gt; in maintaining &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;quality&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; on the site, no interest in fostering Community and only great interest in their own bottom line: these steps are necessary...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Links:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://openletter.mousetail.nl/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Open Letter to Stack Overflow, Inc.&lt;/a&gt; The open letter to the company that describes the issues leading up to the June 5th 2023 strike. There is a facility on this page to sign up and participate in the strike, if you wish.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/389811/662263&quot;&gt;Moderation strike: Stack Overflow, Inc. cannot consistently ignore, mistreat, and malign its volunteers&lt;/a&gt; Details of the SE strike, written beautifully, on Meta SE.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/389558/662263&quot;&gt;Stack Exchange is failing its community&lt;/a&gt; Journeyman Geek as usual gets to the heart of the matter: the disconnect between the company and the Community.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/389582/662263&quot;&gt;What is the network policy regarding AI Generated content?&lt;/a&gt; The official announcement of the new policy. Bear in mind that this differs significantly from the version handed down to Moderators in a private forum.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="57576" LastEditorUserId="57576" LastEditDate="2023-06-05T07:12:42.133" LastActivityDate="2023-06-05T07:12:42.133" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20320" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20318" CreationDate="2023-06-03T05:51:07.013" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;We're living in &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_you_live_in_interesting_times&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;interesting times&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my understanding, the reason we don't want AI-generated content is that it's garbage - the bot doesn't know the answer to the question, it only knows how to produce answerlike text.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We can delete garbage. Does the answer actually answer the question? Does it make sense? Does it contain false, made up, or irrelevant things? Downvote, delete, flag. Just don't tell me it's AI-generated ;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An answer being long and grammatically correct doesn't make it right. On the other hand though, let's not assume every long and grammatically correct post is AI garbage!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2023-06-03T05:51:07.013" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20321" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20318" CreationDate="2023-06-03T12:18:00.400" Score="-16" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Libel, Slander or other Defamation&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think I would be the last person to praise a Billion dollar a year cooperation that depends on Free labor, but I do appreciate Stack Exchange's stand against defaming its contributors and inviting retaliation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Stack Exchange Inc can be sued for libel in most of the countries where it is available. In some countries, libel is not just a civil matter but a crime punishable by imprisonment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is wrong to libel a person just on suspicion, a hunch, or without solid proof.&#xA;Solid proof of AI use is pretty much impossible at this time, It is evolving rapidly and is not the same beast it was when it was banned.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So what is wrong with AI? I think most ASK users just want an answer to their question and don't care if it comes from AI or from a contributor that just looks it up on the internet.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Perhaps this is just a move by SE to eliminate the human element and move to an AI-based Q &amp;amp; A model, Human help is cheap, but they complain a lot.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One thing that can be done for mega AI posts is to change the downvote rep change from -2 to -10 (for new users). Right now I don't care if I get 10 downvotes for an answer as long as I get 3 upvotes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="43926" LastActivityDate="2023-06-03T12:18:00.400" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20322" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20316" CreationDate="2023-06-03T14:13:02.847" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;In cases like these we usually wait to create a new tag until the topic has more traction on this site. Currently there is only one question about HLA at Ask Ubuntu. By contrast there are 75 questions tagged with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/hla&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;hla&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;hla&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;tag-hla-tooltip-container&quot;&gt;hla&lt;/a&gt; at Stack Overflow.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've created several new tags at Ask Ubuntu over the years, many of which had more than 100 questions containing the tag's keyword at the time the tag was created. I also created a tag extract and a tag wiki for each new tag and tagged at least ten questions containing the tag's keyword (preferably in the question's title) with the new tag in order to make the tag easy to understand and hard to delete.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="94914" LastEditorUserId="94914" LastEditDate="2023-06-03T14:24:18.953" LastActivityDate="2023-06-03T14:24:18.953" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20323" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20318" CreationDate="2023-06-04T19:25:06.280" Score="7" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;overapplication of suspensions for AI-generated content may be turning away a large number of legitimate contributors to the site&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The new owner does not seem to understand that the value of the these sites is the reliability of the information that is amassed here. That the information here, until now, was produced by invested authentic contributors in good faith. That's what draws people to these sites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Accordingly, dumping unreliable AI content here can not count as legitimate contribution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The new owner, according to my knowledge, is &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosus&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Prosus N.V.&lt;/a&gt; On &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.prosus.com/companies&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;their portfolio page&lt;/a&gt;, they currently &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/q/23991945&quot;&gt;seem to list&lt;/a&gt; 88 online businesses that are their property. With that many properties, they apparently don't have time to study and realize what makes StackExchange valuable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;They just go after the generic capitalist metric: number of users. We are no more than a bodycount, from now on. The nature of our contributions, Prosus does not recognize.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, on the aforementioned &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.prosus.com/companies&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;portfolio page&lt;/a&gt; (in the &amp;quot;Edtech&amp;quot; category) they list only StackOverflow, which is only the flagship of the network of these sites. They seem to ignore that StackOverflow is only a part of the whole. And so they appear to express complete disinterest in the rest of the StackExchange sites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If they unleash AI content around here, that will undermine the usability of these sites and dilute their value at the same time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is interesting, is if they make StackOverflow unusable, the entire world will feel that. The most impactful human creations these times rely on code. Accordingly, disrupting StackOverflow (and Unix&amp;amp;Linux) may disrupt industries, public authorities, and with those, our societies.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But Prosus seem to have only money, and not expertise.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And the StackExchange home team appears to be missing in action too! (Though the Monica Cellio case, its aftermath, and the &lt;em&gt;massive quality hit&lt;/em&gt; that the network suffered then, had demonstrated their true attitudes years ago.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;AI is upon us, threatening with the disruption of anything that's done digitally today; the networks organizing our societies are under threat.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Twitter is destroyed, the owners of Reddit are following, now this network here also may join in the self-sabotage, education getting systematically dismantled, greedflation to be observed globally (the capitalist owning class is cashing their investments out as quick as they can, a lot of capitalists seem to not be interested in sustainable business any more (because they might not even know how to do that any more, under the given conditions)), billionaires prepping their bunkers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This may either be a chain reaction of panic in capitalist systems, or a controlled and planned implosion of public wellbeing — or, as I seem to believe, the blend of the two. When capitalists see that the variant of capitalism oriented at the illusion of human wellbeing is not sustainable any more (it never was, by concept; its implosion was just a matter of time), they now attempt to transition society to some new shape.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Without education, knowledge, without corresponding infrastructure, without democracy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But one in which they hope to remain on top of the rest of us.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The possible trigger could have been insights into AI potential, I seem to have read somewhere. (Those insights are not necessarily brand new; insiders might have enjoyed years of leeway, behind closed doors.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the meanwhile, if someone is willing to bother to save the knowledge that's amassed on StackExchange, I say, it's time to scrape it and archive it somewhere safe, while there is opportunity to do so.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It would also worth asking Canonical if they would be interested in hosting us somewhere else.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://english.stackexchange.com/a/175508&quot;&gt;Gentlefolks&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://imgur.com/gallery/GmkUZud&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;it has been a privilege&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5zGkqAWsWE&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;playing with you tonight&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Regardless of what happens tomorrow, I thank you all, network-wide, for this opportunity to develop personally with you. It's been, and is, an honor.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;UPDATE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;SE sites are the essence from all of our learnings, hard-won insights, and successful battles that we share here, and that could serve the next generation with all that we could offer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;SE sites are our cultural heritage, fragments and facets of our authentic personalities, shared in good faith, and frozen in text content.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;These sites here carry the fingerprints of our hearts.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A proposal:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Make SE &lt;a href=&quot;https://whc.unesco.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;UNESCO cultural heritage&lt;/a&gt;, perhaps &lt;a href=&quot;https://ich.unesco.org/en/home&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;an intangible one&lt;/a&gt;, and assign a worthy custodian to it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not a joke, and I hope, not a delusion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the face of the AI content tsunami, it's time to start to establish natural reserves, and cultural monuments to our cultural heritage.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1157519" LastEditorUserId="1157519" LastEditDate="2023-06-06T21:19:06.347" LastActivityDate="2023-06-06T21:19:06.347" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20324" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2023-06-05T05:56:41.007" Score="53" ViewCount="2708" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Note: This post is not on behalf of the moderators of Ask Ubuntu, although they are welcome to strike as well. I'm also not a diamond moderator.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Tl;dr I'm going on strike. Read &lt;a href=&quot;https://openletter.mousetail.nl&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the letter and rationale here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Hi! I'm cocomac - I'm often here on Meta AU, but you may have also seen me over on MSE, where I have been regularly posting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/20209/announcement-ai-generated-content-is-now-permanently-banned-on-ask-ubuntu&quot;&gt;has banned AI-generated content&lt;/a&gt;, and that ban has been overall supported by the AU&#xA;community. More details on that ban and the rationale are in that linked AU post as well as &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/421831/temporary-policy-chatgpt-is-banned&quot;&gt;on MSO&lt;/a&gt;. Quoting Makyen on MSO,&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The primary problem is that while the answers which ChatGPT produces have a high rate of being incorrect, they typically &lt;em&gt;look like they might&lt;/em&gt; be good and the answers are &lt;em&gt;very&lt;/em&gt; easy to produce. There are also many people trying out ChatGPT to create answers, without the expertise or willingness to verify that the answer is correct prior to posting. Because such answers are so easy to produce, a large number of people are posting a &lt;em&gt;lot&lt;/em&gt; of answers. The volume of these answers [...] and the fact that the answers often require a detailed read by someone with at least some subject matter expertise in order to determine that the answer is actually bad has effectively swamped our volunteer-based quality curation infrastructure.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sadly, on MSE, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/389582/what-is-the-network-policy-regarding-ai-generated-content&quot;&gt;Stack Exchange, Inc. unilaterally determined that moderators &lt;em&gt;across the network&lt;/em&gt; are effectively powerless to deal with users that post AI-generated content&lt;/a&gt;. That announcement was forced upon &lt;em&gt;all&lt;/em&gt; network moderators, and the community was not given a chance to give feedback on that policy prior to it taking place. In addition, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/389814/why-wasnt-the-guidance-to-moderators-on-how-to-moderate-ai-generated-content-ma&quot;&gt;moderators were also given &lt;em&gt;different&lt;/em&gt; stricter rules&lt;/a&gt; to follow than what is public. These additional rules are not public as of now, despite that mods are required to follow them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This policy, going by what is public, is based on theories and suspicions by SE. They've mentioned data, including a high rate of false-positive suspensions, but have not published any data to support their claims, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/389617/discussion-network-policy-regarding-ai-generated-content/389621#389621&quot;&gt;despite that data being requested&lt;/a&gt;, presumably because that data would be nearly impossible to gather and is possibly made up. The moderator team has not been suspending users randomly - they've looked at a number of factors when determining if a user needs a suspention.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Due to this, I am, effective immediately, going on strike across the network until this policy is reverted. This includes flagging posts, reviewing in the queues, etc..&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There's &lt;a href=&quot;https://openletter.mousetail.nl&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;a letter&lt;/a&gt; that includes many more details. I'd encourage anyone supportive of this to sign it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1438484" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2023-06-05T09:12:32.237" LastActivityDate="2023-06-05T09:12:32.237" Title="I'm going on a general moderation strike due to the new AI-content policy forced upon us by SE" Tags="|discussion|announcement|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="11" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20325" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2023-06-05T07:38:26.287" Score="45" ViewCount="2079" Body="&lt;p&gt;As of June 5th 2023 a general moderation strike is in place across the entire Stack Exchange Network. There are &lt;em&gt;two key documents&lt;/em&gt; that should be read to understand the background and reasoning for this strike:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/389811/662263&quot;&gt;Moderation strike: Stack Overflow, Inc. cannot consistently ignore, mistreat, and malign its volunteers&lt;/a&gt; This letter, published on Meta SE gives great details on the background of the strike as well as the demands of those who are striking.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://openletter.mousetail.nl/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;An open letter to Stack Overflow, Inc.&lt;/a&gt; An open letter addressed to Stack Overflow, Inc. that has been signed by the many who support the strike effort. (You may also sign this to demonstrate your support...)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But how will this affect the day to day running of Ask Ubuntu?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Firstly there is a &lt;em&gt;guarantee&lt;/em&gt; that there will always be elected Moderator coverage for &lt;em&gt;any emergency situation&lt;/em&gt;. This sort of emergency would include a threat or risk in such situations as people being perceived as suicide risk, or the publishing of CSAM (Child Sexual Abuse Material).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The open letter covers specific areas that will however &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; be addressed during the strike by those participating:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Raising and handling flags.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Running SmokeDetector, the anti-spam bot.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Closing or voting to close posts.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Deleting or voting to delete posts.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Reviewing tasks in the various review queues.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Running various other bots designed to assist in moderation, such as detecting plagiarism, low-quality answers, and rude comments.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Difficult times ahead and there at the least be some &lt;em&gt;turbulence&lt;/em&gt; in our normally tightly run part of Ask Ubuntu. I believe this short term difficulty is a sound investment in the future of Ask Ubuntu and I ask for your patience and of course your support in these difficult time...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="57576" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2023-06-05T09:12:09.487" LastActivityDate="2023-07-01T14:50:18.747" Title="Stack Exchange general moderation strike: the effects on Ask Ubuntu" Tags="|discussion|announcement|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20326" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20328" CreationDate="2023-06-05T15:12:59.250" Score="9" ViewCount="157" Body="&lt;p&gt;All the answers that I published here demanded many hours of invested time, and I figured that if I wanted to carry out many of those actions today, I would need reminders about exact details.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Until now, I could always return to my AskUbuntu account for this purpose, and find the info here. Perhaps that can stay like that in the future as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, these days' developments inspired me to download all the content that I produced on this site (answers and questions), preferably in their original markdown format.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know SE offers some APIs, but I never invested time in learning about them, and SQL is not my forte either.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is it possible to fetch all my answers and questions from some interface with some straightforward query?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Could you please explain how to do that?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Bonus: in case of my questions, I would like to save the answers that I received from others, as well.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1157519" LastActivityDate="2023-06-06T19:34:57.927" Title="How can I scrape my own content efficiently?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20327" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20318" CreationDate="2023-06-05T18:06:51.863" Score="11" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my understanding, the reason we don't want AI-generated content is that it's garbage - the bot doesn't know the answer to the question, it only knows how to produce answerlike text.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We can delete garbage. Does the answer actually answer the question? Does it make sense? Does it contain false, made up, or irrelevant things? Downvote, delete, flag. Just don't tell me it's AI-generated ;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a lot of respect for you @Zanna &lt;sup&gt;&lt;em&gt;See Footnote&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;, but I believe your views on this are missing some key points:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Plagiarism:&lt;/strong&gt; It's not &lt;em&gt;just&lt;/em&gt; about the answer being right-or-wrong (or somewhere in between).  Even if the answer is right, someone who posts AI-generated content and passes it off as their own is violating the plagiarism policy here as well.  This is true whether they copied the information ChatGPT, Bing Chat, OpenAI, or even Wikipedia, Reddit, or example.com.  This is true whether the user copy/pasted or tried to &amp;quot;reword&amp;quot; the AI's answer.  We simply don't allow someone to take credit for an answer that they didn't write themselves.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is the main reason why my &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/389675/902710&quot;&gt;proposed AI responsible-use policy&lt;/a&gt; starts with &lt;strong&gt;Cite&lt;/strong&gt; as a requirement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Side-note: Now there are certainly times that citation doesn't necessarily make sense.  Most of us here on Ask Ubuntu know that, to set environment variables &amp;quot;permanently&amp;quot;, you would do so in your startup files (e.g. &lt;code&gt;~/.bashrc&lt;/code&gt;).  But who among us remembers &lt;em&gt;where&lt;/em&gt; they learned this in order to be able to cite it if we mention it in an answer?  At some point, what we learn becomes part of our &amp;quot;residual knowledge&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But that's not the case when using ChatGPT or another AI.  The user who posts it knows &lt;em&gt;exactly&lt;/em&gt; where the material came from in those cases, and it isn't the user's &amp;quot;knowledge&amp;quot; learned somewhere in the past. It should be cited.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Trust and Reputation:&lt;/strong&gt; Hand-in-hand with that goes the fact that we are a site built on &lt;em&gt;trust&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;reputation&lt;/em&gt;.  We expect someone with reputation in their tags to have some level of expertise.  When a user posts AI-content as their own, a &lt;em&gt;good&lt;/em&gt; AI-answer will increase that &lt;em&gt;user's&lt;/em&gt; reputation, even though that person might not have the necessary subject matter expertise.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's not right or fair, and it has the potential to destroy the community's trust.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Incentive:&lt;/strong&gt; The reward-vs-risk for posting AI-generated content is too high based on your proposal.  Let's say a user with no expertise posts AI-generated 20 answers:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;5 of these are &amp;quot;good&amp;quot; answers&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;5 are &amp;quot;so so&amp;quot;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;10 are &lt;em&gt;bad&lt;/em&gt; and get removed&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Let's say that the user even gets blocked for a period of time (automatically or via suspension) for repeatedly posting low-quality.  But those answers that remain sit here for years to come and can continue to receive upvotes.  The user may have even gained a quick 50 rep for those 5 &amp;quot;good&amp;quot; answers - ~ 2 acceptances and 2 upvotes.  Then there are additional potential upvotes in the future across all 10 of the answers that remained.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Potential for additional spam:&lt;/strong&gt; And keep in mind that with 50 rep (which can far more easily be obtained using AI than &amp;quot;normal&amp;quot; methods, IMHO), a spam account can then turn around and post comment spam, of course.  Granted, that's &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; the motivation behind the majority of AI use here, but we know that we have spam accounts who have posted AI content as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Difficulty for non-experts to judge the quality:&lt;/strong&gt; What's worse is that  the problem with AI is that the answers &lt;em&gt;sound&lt;/em&gt; so &amp;quot;informed&amp;quot; that a new user (often the one posting the question) or an inexperienced one can't tell the difference between a &lt;em&gt;good&lt;/em&gt; answer and one with potential issues.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I suspect that many &amp;quot;new user&amp;quot; AI answers are upvoted during the&#xA;First Answers review queue without a close examination, and I've had&#xA;one Mod (via private chat) on a low-traffic site confirm that I was&#xA;right about this (at least in one case) when they wondered how and&#xA;why an obviously bad, obviously AI answer was upvoted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An answer being long and grammatically correct doesn't make it right. On the other hand though, let's not assume every long and grammatically correct post is AI garbage!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think you know that's not how AI answers have been detected here, by any stretch :-).  I'm happy to discuss with you privately &lt;em&gt;(e.g. chat, or even Discord if you prefer, and yes I know all mods can see private chat)&lt;/em&gt; the techniques I've used if you'd like, but having flagged more than 1,200 suspected AI answers on Stack Overflow, a few here and on Super User, and having over 2,000 GPT answers in my &amp;quot;Saves&amp;quot; list from the three sites, I &lt;em&gt;think&lt;/em&gt; I've developed a good sense and set of heuristics to determine AI use.  Of course, I freely admit that I am obviously biased, but the Stack Overflow mods, if my &amp;quot;Helpful&amp;quot; flag rate is any indication, at least, seem to agree.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know you can't see the deleted answers on Stack Overflow, which I think would give you a &lt;em&gt;great&lt;/em&gt; sense of a &amp;quot;common&amp;quot; GPT answer, but perhaps I can find some way to share a set with you.  On bright (not-so) bright side, there are quite a few &lt;em&gt;undeleted&lt;/em&gt; AI answers on Stack Overflow at the moment to work with.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&lt;em&gt;Footnote:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Interesting anecdote - I still remember my first interaction with @Zanna.  I called her out for being wrong about making an edit to a post I didn't feel was substantiated.  I didn't even notice her Mod diamond, but it didn't matter -- After reading more closely, I discovered &lt;em&gt;I was wrong&lt;/em&gt; (/gulp!), and @Zanna was right.  And maybe that's the case here as well.  Who knows? ;-)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1165986" LastEditorUserId="1165986" LastEditDate="2023-06-05T18:20:20.467" LastActivityDate="2023-06-05T18:20:20.467" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20328" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20326" CreationDate="2023-06-06T17:34:31.973" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is a SEDE query that allows you to do exactly that: &lt;a href=&quot;https://data.stackexchange.com/stackoverflow/query/1529864/all-my-posts-on-the-se-network-with-markdown-and-html-content-plus-editors-and-s&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;All my posts on the SE network (with Markdown and HTML content plus editors and status)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can use it to download a CSV with all your posts along the Stack Exchange network as follows:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Go to your profile page → &lt;em&gt;Profiles&lt;/em&gt; → &lt;em&gt;Network profile&lt;/em&gt;, as shown in the screenshot below:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/k8JQR.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/k8JQR.png&quot; alt=&quot;Profile page&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Copy your SE network account ID, found in the URL, as shown in the screenshot below:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/zdTI0.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/zdTI0.png&quot; alt=&quot;Network profile page&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Open the &lt;a href=&quot;https://data.stackexchange.com/stackoverflow/query/1529864/all-my-posts-on-the-se-network-with-markdown-and-html-content-plus-editors-and-s&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;SEDE query&lt;/a&gt;, paste your ID in the &lt;em&gt;Enter Parameters&lt;/em&gt; textbox, and press &lt;em&gt;Run query&lt;/em&gt; (you may need to solve a Captcha):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/VNxiK.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/VNxiK.png&quot; alt=&quot;SEDE query page&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;This will show all your posts in a table, similar to the one below:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/hU6UO.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/hU6UO.png&quot; alt=&quot;SEDE query results table&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You can save the results in a CSV file by clicking &lt;em&gt;Download CSV&lt;/em&gt; (also shown in the above screenshot).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you wish to edit the downloaded CSV, the simplest way is to use LibreOffice Calc:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;kbd&gt;right-click&lt;/kbd&gt; on the downloaded file → &lt;em&gt;Open With...&lt;/em&gt; → &lt;em&gt;LibreOffice Calc&lt;/em&gt; → &lt;em&gt;Open&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;In the window that opens check &lt;em&gt;Comma&lt;/em&gt; under &lt;em&gt;Separator Options&lt;/em&gt; and then click &lt;em&gt;OK&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/1i8j0.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/1i8j0.png&quot; alt=&quot;LibreOffice Calc import window&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;That's it! You should now have your results in a spreadsheet similar to the following:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/i5tbX.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/i5tbX.png&quot; alt=&quot;Results in LibreOffice Calc&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="618353" LastEditorUserId="618353" LastEditDate="2023-06-06T19:34:57.927" LastActivityDate="2023-06-06T19:34:57.927" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20329" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20330" CreationDate="2023-06-07T03:37:16.150" Score="2" ViewCount="63" Body="&lt;p&gt;Currently, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/libvirt&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;libvirt&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;libvirt&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;tag-libvirt-tooltip-container&quot;&gt;libvirt&lt;/a&gt; is a synonym of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/virtualization&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;virtualization&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;virtualization&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;tag-virtualization-tooltip-container&quot;&gt;virtualization&lt;/a&gt;, and is mentioned in some ~800 questions (plus its client tool &lt;code&gt;virsh&lt;/code&gt; is mentioned in some ~200 questions that don't mention libvirt). The synonym has caused ~200 renames, so there are people trying to use it, but are unable to.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="106495" LastEditDate="2023-06-26T05:42:52.793" LastActivityDate="2023-06-26T05:42:52.793" Title="Can we undo the libvirt -&gt; virtualization tag synonym?" Tags="|discussion|status-completed|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20330" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20329" CreationDate="2023-06-07T10:05:37.843" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;You're right, we shouldn't synonymise &lt;em&gt;specific&lt;/em&gt; tech to generic terms unless they are they only way of doing that. I don't believe that was the case even back in 2012 when this was first done.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Fixed the synonym. There are still libvirt posts using &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/virtualization&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;virtualization&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;virtualization&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;tag-virtualization-tooltip-container&quot;&gt;virtualization&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2023-06-07T10:05:37.843" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20331" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2023-06-09T15:45:14.693" Score="18" ViewCount="302" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was disappointed to find out that this is a problem:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/389922/june-2023-data-dump-is-missing/390023#390023&quot;&gt;June 2023 Data Dump is missing&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We need to make sure we preserve our community contributions for the next generation, does anyone have the bandwidth to investigate this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="235" LastActivityDate="2023-06-21T20:08:08.450" Title="We need to ensure that Ask Ubuntu's archive remains publically available" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20332" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2023-06-09T22:48:32.630" Score="13" ViewCount="587" Body="&lt;p&gt;I caught wind of a new insight (credit: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/178170/leanne&quot;&gt;@leanne&lt;/a&gt;), that enables some foreshight into aspects of the possible future.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The following quote is to be found as &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/389994&quot;&gt;the update section at the bottom of this post&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After doing some research on &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosus&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Prosus&lt;/a&gt; and checking out the StackOverflow blog entry from April 2023, &lt;a href=&quot;https://the-stack-overflow-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/is-this-the-ai-renaissance/transcript&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Is this the AI renaissance? (Ep. 564)&lt;/a&gt;: I can say that&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Prosus has known about AI and its workings for years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;They have their own AI team.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;They have purchased StackExchange, Udemy, CodeAcademy, and other learning sites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Based on this information, I posit that &amp;quot;the writing's on the wall&amp;quot;: Prosus is going to be using these sites' data for its own search/learning system that they can possibly hugely monetize. Soon, no more &amp;quot;volunteers&amp;quot; needed...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And, if international corporations, like US corporations, are beholden to their shareholders... well, that's why they seem to not care about their volunteers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We, the AskUbuntu community are on this platform with a specific mission.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The above speculated developments however do not seem to be aligned with our goals.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Specifically, they seem to impose a risk on the healty support of the Ubuntu project through human contributions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please, anyone well-connected and insightful among you, start studying the challenge, and maybe implement some precautionary measures in support of a possible migration away from the StackExchange infrastructure, so that &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;if / when&lt;/strong&gt; it proves necessary, you can tackle it well-prepared&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you, and bless Linux and Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Update:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Considering that the strike did not yet get resolved, and I see sentiment that may project another exodus of existing users, I wonder if that exodus would be enough to impact SE's normal operation even before they could pivot to their AI-oriented business model.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In other words, the strike sentiment may trigger complications sooner than otherwise expected.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Update 2:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I forgot that SE also made the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/389743&quot;&gt;strike-triggering, limiting&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/389583&quot;&gt;policy about moderating AI content&lt;/a&gt; that may already be compromising the accuracy of our information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If SE doesn't sufficiently revert that policy, then we can reckon with our information having started to decay from the beginning of June 2023.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A decay that&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;keeps proliferating further every day&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;we won't be able to repair&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;as long as we are on this platform.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1157519" LastEditorUserId="1157519" LastEditDate="2023-06-13T12:16:08.057" LastActivityDate="2023-07-25T04:58:59.383" Title="We may need to migrate away from the StackExchange platform. If you know how, please start studying the challenge" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20333" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20332" CreationDate="2023-06-10T10:33:06.033" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can we see how it plays out a bit first before we start tearing up the carpet?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think some people are too fast to read the worst possible outcomes as soon as they see &amp;quot;AI&amp;quot;, and the change you're recommending is massive, so let's deal with some of what's actually, materially happening here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The battle over AI will play out and ultimately AI content will be allowed. That's honestly the only eventual outcome. I can see the problems with that, but I think a lot of people are ignoring how hard it'll be to stop. The genie is out, the horses are gone. Our mission is to help Ubuntu users, not chase out AI posts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The way SE Inc treats its community is a factor but it's not completely unlike the way Canonical treats its members and users. Sometimes companies rule their communities by decree and in their interest. I hold this in balance with what we get back.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;This system isn't just what you see, there's a network of spam control infrastructure and moderation tools that benefit hugely from the scale of the whole.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Prosus didn't need to buy SE to train &amp;quot;their AI&amp;quot; on SE content. It's been available to anyone for a long time. And given their portfolio, I'd fully expect them to offer more products based on SE content, because why wouldn't you? Others are.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Lessening the demand on volunteers isn't automatically a bad thing. Even if that gets down to the point where we're just reviewers for AI answers. Our mission here is to help Ubuntu users. Good answers —whatever their origin— are paramount.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think there's plenty to be malcontented with, but &lt;em&gt;on balance&lt;/em&gt; not enough to build and host an alternative elsewhere. Maybe I don't appreciate something as much as others do though, but I do have quite a good idea about the costs and resources needed to run something like Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I realise you're only asking us to plan, and it's always wise to have an idea in the back of your head, but I think we are still &lt;em&gt;several&lt;/em&gt; steps, several of these &amp;quot;what if they make it worse&amp;quot;-events away from that balance tilting to the point where we'd be better off elsewhere.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2023-06-10T14:45:28.423" LastActivityDate="2023-06-10T14:45:28.423" CommentCount="19" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20334" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20332" CreationDate="2023-06-13T02:24:42.433" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;There was plenty of support before AskUbuntu, and those venues are still active.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Nobody &amp;quot;decided&amp;quot; that AskUbuntu should be a major source for technical support. A few intrepid, hopeful folks liked the StackExchange experience and decided to try it, and it worked out well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;ALL platforms wax and wane, and both users and gurus move around to whatever platforms they prefer. Healthy communities are dynamic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Other official support platforms are still out there and active:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;UbuntuForums and IRC were both much busier before AskUbuntu, and both can reasonably be expected to handle increased load again, if needed. Recall that the Ubuntu IRC Council migrated from Freenode to Libera back around 2019.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Ubuntu Wiki hollowed out and became a ghost town after AskUbuntu grew popular. But it's still there, and still available. There has been low-level buzz for years about shutting it down due to lack of use...but it's still there anyway. Ubuntu Members still have edit permission --yet another good reason for Ubuntu membership-- and it can spin back up rapidly if folks find a need to use it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ubuntu Discourse is specifically NOT for technical support, but it's the home for pages that we should be linking to: Team-produced documentation (replacing their Wiki docs), Ubuntu Tutorials (tutorials.ubuntu.com), updates and news and announcements, discussion and collaboration threads, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;All those venues are currently in existence and running right now. No planning or preparation needed beyond new login/passwords for some folks. Plenty of alternatives with plenty of capacity.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's before we get to the unofficial venues that already exist: Reddit, Codidact Linux, Discord, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19626" LastEditorUserId="1157519" LastEditDate="2023-06-13T14:15:40.680" LastActivityDate="2023-06-13T14:15:40.680" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20335" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20332" CreationDate="2023-06-13T06:56:52.350" Score="4" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Ubuntu Forums vs Ask Ubuntu&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If migrating away from Ask Ubuntu, Ubuntu Forums might be a good destination.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Larger community, providing more answers and perspectives.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Friendlier community, no nasty downvotes.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;No ego-based reputation system. Less competition between users.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Fewer unanswered questions.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Longer and more in-depth discussions.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Categories for easier navigation.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Broader range of topics.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;No spam, (at least very little).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Nonprofit, does not make money off of your free labor.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="43926" LastEditorUserId="43926" LastEditDate="2023-06-14T05:19:35.493" LastActivityDate="2023-06-14T05:19:35.493" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20336" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2023-06-13T10:22:31.767" Score="17" ViewCount="321" Body="&lt;p&gt;This has been bothering me for a while now, and I'm interested in hearing other people's points of view.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Problem&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Contributors are very quick to comment with correctional boilerplate messages where a questioner makes a minor mistake.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Why is this a problem&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's unfriendly, and smacks of the &amp;quot;Well, actually!&amp;quot; response people make whenever a new person enters a community. It often doesn't actually help solve the problem the user has.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Examples&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here are a couple of examples which are made up, but reflective of exactly the issue I keep seeing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Example 1&lt;/em&gt;: Questioner asks for help identifying a problem binary on &amp;quot;Ubuntu 20&amp;quot;. The response is a detailed treatise on the different numbering systems used by traditional deb-based Ubuntu and the different, shorter numbering system used by the snap-based Ubuntu Core distribution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Example 2&lt;/em&gt;: Questioner asks for help installing a package on Ubuntu that they previously used on Linux Mint. The response is that the person should not be asking here because only supported Ubuntu flavours are allowed. The questioner &lt;em&gt;did&lt;/em&gt; ask about Ubuntu, but the commenter seems triggered by the use of &amp;quot;Mint&amp;quot; in the past tense within the text.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Outcomes&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The time spent commenting on the correctness of the question often doesn't actually help solve the question, nor does it provide a useful answer&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The person is left feeling like they aren't welcome, we're not friendly, or we aren't willing to help unless they're 100% perfect in grammar, Ubuntu versions etc.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Why is this happening?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Possibly people are jumping in too quickly to answer questions, without reading them fully.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Maybe people are re-using boilerplate responses, which aren't always useful in all situations.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Our neurodiverse brains tend to push us to perfectionism rather than answering questions.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Something else?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Often it's very easy to take a moment to re-read a question and comprehend what they're really asking. Perhaps they're not technically competent, or English isn't their first language. They're likely upset and frustrated that something isn't working. Correcting them doesn't help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I completely understand that we want high-quality, readable, comprehensible questions, and answers. However, I think some people in the community are pushing a little too far in terms of getting everything perfect, rather than focusing on answering the actual question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="612" LastEditorUserId="1066942" LastEditDate="2023-06-13T16:57:34.557" LastActivityDate="2023-08-08T09:43:39.747" Title="Dialling down the boilerplate" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="10" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20337" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20338" CreationDate="2023-06-13T22:41:47.407" Score="-14" ViewCount="364" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://chess.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1195/homepage-spammed&quot;&gt;I'm&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://chess.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1191/why-does-spam-get-an-upvote&quot;&gt;getting&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://chess.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1199/homepage-spammed-again&quot;&gt;sick&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://astronomy.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/908/spam-shouldnt-take-this-long-to-be-deleted&quot;&gt;of&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.serverfault.com/questions/9880/homepage-spammed&quot;&gt;writing&lt;/a&gt; these posts. But, yep our homepage was spammed by a bunch of spammers. As usual my question is this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How can we prevent this?&#xA;Note that these things have been happening before the strike, but has certainly gotten worse since.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1597457" LastActivityDate="2023-06-14T17:21:18.240" Title="Homepage spammed" Tags="|discussion|new-users|spam-handling|users|spam|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="18" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20338" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20337" CreationDate="2023-06-14T17:21:18.240" Score="17" Body="&lt;p&gt;You have 101 reputation on AU, which was obtained for being a trusted user on other SE sites.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;You clearly don't even use AU, so why are you posting about this here?&lt;/strong&gt; How can you claim to have knowledge of our specific community's abilities to handle spam when you do not interact with this community?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't know about other SE sites, but here in AU, &lt;strong&gt;before the strike, our volunteer and elected moderators have been excellent at removing spam with breakneck speed.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe this has been a problem on the other SEs you patron, but it has never been a problem here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If a question like this were posted on the main site, it would be closed as &amp;quot;Can't be reproduced&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="953371" LastActivityDate="2023-06-14T17:21:18.240" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20339" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2023-06-21T06:57:42.027" Score="7" ViewCount="544" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's been like this every day for a long time now&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/4kXkK.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/4kXkK.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of course I flag it.  It's a firehose though..&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54256" LastEditorUserId="54256" LastEditDate="2023-06-21T13:39:08.343" LastActivityDate="2023-07-20T13:46:21.177" Title="can we do anything about the front page being literally filled with spam" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20340" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20339" CreationDate="2023-06-21T07:40:25.507" Score="28" Body="&lt;p&gt;The community &lt;a href=&quot;https://charcoal-se.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;has built spam detection tools&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/389811/moderation-strike-stack-overflow-inc-cannot-consistently-ignore-mistreat-an&quot;&gt;many moderators and curators are on strike&lt;/a&gt;, but hopefully we can deal with this once the strike is over.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One of the main spam filtering systems is community-run, and with the stand of the company of moderation of GenAI content, it's hard to justify putting in time and energy.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I also suggest people sign the &lt;a href=&quot;https://openletter.mousetail.nl/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Open letter to Stack Exchange Inc.&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Honestly, on my own sites, I'm itching to get rid of this garbage, but sometimes some pain is needed for long term good. :(&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="17681" LastEditorUserId="618353" LastEditDate="2023-06-21T11:24:23.673" LastActivityDate="2023-06-21T11:24:23.673" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20341" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20331" CreationDate="2023-06-21T19:56:27.877" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;It would be great if the diamond moderators of our community can request Canonical to maintain copies of Ask Ubuntu's data dumps (Ask Ubuntu Meta's too).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the worst case scenario in future, it could be useful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1103140" LastEditorUserId="1103140" LastEditDate="2023-06-21T20:08:08.450" LastActivityDate="2023-06-21T20:08:08.450" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20342" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20339" CreationDate="2023-06-26T11:47:45.243" Score="-7" Body="&lt;h2&gt;Edit Out Spam&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;(strike stopgap)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do not like seeing the site flooded with ads for Turkish Call Girls, Loan Sharks, Penis Enlargers, Voodoo spells, and Gummy Drugs. I have been flagging each spam post I see as spam as well as editing the spam out of the title and body, replacing it with&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;---------- spam ----------&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This gets messaged to the spammer and pasted to their home as an activity.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The spam post seems to get removed much faster than when left alone.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I tried different text strings and this one did not look too offensive to me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have been told that editing out spam is not against Ask Ubuntu rules.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;From past experience, spam is not a problem here when the moderators are not on strike.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is a list of the spammers whose spam I edited. How to Delete them?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://cdn.sstatic.net/Sites/askubuntu/img/site-background-image.png?v=29bccd27864c&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://cdn.sstatic.net/Sites/askubuntu/img/site-background-image.png?v=29bccd27864c&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/1709908/wendy-swilso&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/users/1709908/wendy-swilso&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/1705894/loan-app&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/users/1705894/loan-app&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/1706183/safatul-kumar&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/users/1706183/safatul-kumar&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/1705023/aah-i-g&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/users/1705023/aah-i-g&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/1709867/usjg-ku&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/users/1709867/usjg-ku&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/1709858/fshj-hsb&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/users/1709858/fshj-hsb&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/1709844/%d8%b9%d9%88%d8%a7%d8%af-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b8%d9%81%d9%8a%d8%b1%d9%8a&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/users/1709844/%d8%b9%d9%88%d8%a7%d8%af-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b8%d9%81%d9%8a%d8%b1%d9%8a&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/1706758/dr-goddy7spirit&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/users/1706758/dr-goddy7spirit&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/1707135/wales-fc&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/users/1707135/wales-fc&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/1709710/mtkal-abd&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/users/1709710/mtkal-abd&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/1709683/devi-kumari&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/users/1709683/devi-kumari&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/1709653/jacqueli-nenajer&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/users/1709653/jacqueli-nenajer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/1681184/%d8%a2%d8%af%d9%85-%d8%b9%d8%b2%d8%b1%d8%a9&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/users/1681184/%d8%a2%d8%af%d9%85-%d8%b9%d8%b2%d8%b1%d8%a9&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/1709621/madrachod-kumar&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/users/1709621/madrachod-kumar&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/1709618/muni-kumari&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/users/1709618/muni-kumari&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/1702437/sahirf-kumar&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/users/1702437/sahirf-kumar&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/1707054/rohit-sharma&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/users/1707054/rohit-sharma&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/1709493/userstream&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/users/1709493/userstream&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/1709472/rina-grubs&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/users/1709472/rina-grubs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/1709430/hero-ruppe-kumar&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/users/1709430/hero-ruppe-kumar&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a 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href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/1707027/aisho&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/users/1707027/aisho&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/1707788/hanshiya&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/users/1707788/hanshiya&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/1707791/miyakhanna&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/users/1707791/miyakhanna&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/1707207/muna-khan&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/users/1707207/muna-khan&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/1707794/queen-banni76&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/users/1707794/queen-banni76&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/1707289/pankaj-raj&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/users/1707289/pankaj-raj&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/1707091/rohan-parjapati&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/users/1707091/rohan-parjapati&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="43926" LastEditorUserId="43926" LastEditDate="2023-07-04T08:34:22.737" LastActivityDate="2023-07-04T08:34:22.737" CommentCount="13" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20343" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20325" CreationDate="2023-06-27T00:20:49.550" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I support the volunteers wholeheartedly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="270081" LastActivityDate="2023-06-27T00:20:49.550" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20344" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20325" CreationDate="2023-07-01T14:50:18.747" Score="-8" Body="&lt;p&gt;Not as much considering prior to &amp;quot;strike&amp;quot; there is at least one inactive moderator (like averaging less than one action per month, has not answered anything in more than 10 yrs etc)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Good time to drain the swamp I suppose&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="43485" LastActivityDate="2023-07-01T14:50:18.747" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20345" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20339" CreationDate="2023-07-01T17:24:39.667" Score="-5" Body="&lt;p&gt;By doing your part instead of relying on a few specific individuals (they are not coming back)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="43485" LastActivityDate="2023-07-01T17:24:39.667" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20346" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20336" CreationDate="2023-07-13T19:58:16.513" Score="10" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm addressing one side of this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please refer askubuntu.com/help/on-topic, Ubuntu and official flavors of Ubuntu (ubuntu.com/download/flavours) are on-topic on this site. The on-topic link provides alternate SE sites for non-Ubuntu OSes. This isn't a Linux site - SE Unix &amp;amp; Linux covers Linux&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This is a comment I saw under a question where &lt;em&gt;nothing&lt;/em&gt; in the question indicated that it wasn't about Ubuntu - and the question was about a basic Unix utility that is part of base Ubuntu install.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think we should establish that we have good faith. If the question doesn't clearly indicate that it's not about Ubuntu, via for instance mentioning other operating systems or mentioning versions that never shipped with Ubuntu, we should assume - and answer - as if the question is about Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Let's assume it's about Ubuntu. If we need to ask what Ubuntu version, &lt;em&gt;assume&lt;/em&gt; it is an supported one. Assume it's Ubuntu - until told otherwise.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Remember that we're supporting &lt;em&gt;use&lt;/em&gt; of Ubuntu. Not only the very basic things, but topics as wide-spread as macros in LibreOffice and shell scripting in Bash - it's all part of Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In addition to the support aspect, please remember that we are providing a knowledge base for Ubuntu users. How to write a bash for loop is useful knowledge for Ubuntu users. That it's useful knowledge for Slackware users doesn't change this. You suspect that the asker runs Slackware, but nothing in the question indicates it? Why is that important? The answer will be applicable to Ubuntu!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="653515" LastEditorUserId="653515" LastEditDate="2023-07-18T00:33:16.663" LastActivityDate="2023-07-18T00:33:16.663" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20347" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20339" CreationDate="2023-07-20T13:46:21.177" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, there has been a serious issue with spam posts over the last couple of weeks that has caused major disruptions to the site. The Trust &amp;amp; Safety team is aware and has been actively trying to combat it. Let me tell you how:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h5&gt;Blacklists&lt;/h5&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The good news is we have blacklisted a lot of the key phrases that these spammers are using. The bad news is they are really good at being able to change the phrases faster than we can keep up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h5&gt;Monitoring&lt;/h5&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I am personally checking this site multiple times a day to do a sweep of the posts. By monitoring the flag queue as well as searching &lt;code&gt;deleted:true&lt;/code&gt; to see which posts have been deleted by red flags I am able to see the bulk of the posts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once I have the list of posts I then grab one of the profiles being used to spam. With that I can check for sockpuppets, and 9/10 they have many. With that information, I am able to destroy multiple accounts in one fell swoop.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do understand that this issue has been incessant and debilitating to the site. Please continue to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/58035&quot;&gt;flag these posts&lt;/a&gt;. It deletes them faster and puts them in the flag queue which speeds up the workflow. Rest assured I am using all the tools at my disposal to fight these spammers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1476385" LastActivityDate="2023-07-20T13:46:21.177" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20348" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2023-07-23T08:18:55.107" Score="16" ViewCount="395" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am a regular AU user for five years. I have observed that the quality of questions and answers (and comments) has dropped dramatically recently (let's say during the last two months) in AU. Is this deliberately done as a part of the ongoing strike? Or is this a result of the natural decline of all Stack Exchange sites? Is there any plan for actions to reverse this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="855322" LastActivityDate="2023-08-08T07:25:56.813" Title="Decline in AU quality" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20349" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20348" CreationDate="2023-07-23T13:21:30.407" Score="14" Body="&lt;p&gt;I sense that a lot of people who ensured the quality of the site are now staying away. I suspect because it's hard to take this platform seriously any more, and staying here is a frustrating experience.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's not done deliberately by the striking people. If you visit the AU chat, you will see that a number of people are expressing their frustrations regularly, and are scheming to restore site quality as soon as the strike ends.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What the striking community is doing is not purposeful sabotage. They are just mirroring the company in taking an unsustainable stance. And we are not in the position of giving the strike up, as the demand of the company —making untolerably low-quality and low-relevance AI bullshit part of the site— is not within a range that is sensibly acceptable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(I mean it could be accepted, but that would cause me to lose interest in this site; I would not be motivated to come here any more, and to me, the site would be lost. It's especially tragic and harmful, because I did not come here and did not invest hundreds of hours into producing the content I posted to have fun; I created my account and invested my time to contribute to the sustained well-being of the Ubuntu project. Which now suffers.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Additionally, allowing organic, natural low quality to proliferate, demonstrates what an immense effort human volunteers invested here to uphold that quality. This also demonstrates to SE what values they are now trampling on. This shows them what their platform would be worth without the countless hours of persistent volunteer contributions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Is there any plan for actions to reverse this?&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the AU chat you will see that yes, people are planning their actions to clean up.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A remark: until the beginning of June 2023, AI content had been weeded out, and site quality been upheld to the desired standards.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If an opportunity arose for the AU SE database to serve the community in good health ever again, it would be possible to look at the timestamps of the posts, and focus cleaning up the ones starting from June 2023. The rest before that, I take, is good.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;... is this a result of the natural decline ...?&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;SE operates as a capitalist organization aimed at producing profit for its owner.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Capitalism, throughout its history, seems to be intertwined with exploitation and betrayal. The &amp;quot;successful&amp;quot; capitalist could not rise without others delivering the necessary contributions for that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Capitalists harvest a disproportional amount of the fruit of others' efforts, and let those exerting the efforts down. Then they gaslight their victims into contributing to a next round.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Until now, SE lived on &amp;quot;investments&amp;quot; from corporations, implying, promising, that there will be returns. Soon they will have to deliver on those promises.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And that is leaving its mark on the platform.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With AI on their side, they seem to believe that they soon can either leave us human contributors behind, or deal us a new, different role in upholding the platform. In any case, we now seem to have even less leverage than before.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h1&gt;Will things on SE turn to the better?&lt;/h1&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Look at &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/20347/1157519&quot;&gt;their recent communication&lt;/a&gt; 7 weeks into the strike: They never even acknowledge the community-driven counter-spam solution (which was taken offline to support the strike). They are talking about taking over the task themselves, without ever even acknowledging that a community-driven solution exists (and that they had enjoyed its advantages throughout several years).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This kind of posting seems to allow an insight into their perception and intentions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are multiple aspects where I am grateful for the current elevated interest in AI; one of those aspects is how we got collectively introduced to the concept of &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI_alignment&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;alignment&lt;/a&gt;, in the context of a potentially emerging Artificial General / Super Intelligence.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I recognize that this concept of alignment can also be applied to further contexts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Equipped with this awareness, and also with insights that I obtained  from reading and interacting with the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;meta.SE&lt;/a&gt; website, I can conclude that Stack Exchange Inc. appears to be in a significant misalignment with the community of volunteers who produce(d) and maintain(ed) the content on this platform.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(Those past tenses are meant to convey that SE, apparently through their own &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/333965&quot;&gt;actions&lt;/a&gt;, continuously loses the participation of incredibly talented, incredibly sophisticated, noble even, contributors, network-wide. SE's sustained lack of acknowledgement of the community is easliy percieved as downright toxic.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the meanwhile I maintain my suggestion to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/20332/1157519&quot;&gt;decouple&lt;/a&gt; the success of the Ubuntu project from the SE platform.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1157519" LastEditorUserId="1157519" LastEditDate="2023-07-26T16:23:35.720" LastActivityDate="2023-07-26T16:23:35.720" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20350" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20332" CreationDate="2023-07-25T04:58:59.383" Score="0" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Based on this information, I posit that &amp;quot;the writing's on the wall&amp;quot;: Prosus is going to be using these sites' data for its own search/learning system that they can possibly hugely monetize. Soon, no more &amp;quot;volunteers&amp;quot; needed...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No, human volunteers will still be needed for the foreseeable future (&amp;gt;3 years). AI systems are nowhere near good enough to replace a large group of humans for open-domain QA (or a domain as large as Ubuntu). They still need human supervision. They can, however, help humans be more efficient at QA in some cases.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="44876" LastActivityDate="2023-07-25T04:58:59.383" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20351" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20352" CreationDate="2023-07-25T19:29:01.707" Score="6" ViewCount="123" Body="&lt;p&gt;When using Ask Ubuntu on Android, the font is too large when it comes to anything except post content and comments.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can reproduce the issue exists in Firefox and in Chrome.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The issue is exclusive to Ask Ubuntu (main site). All other sites in the SE network I tried, have a normal size font, even Ask Ubuntu Meta.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can see the difference in font size in the below two screenshots (click for larger size).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/FRJZG.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/FRJZGm.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Main site&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/VsJgd.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/VsJgdm.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Meta site&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="8698" LastActivityDate="2023-07-25T22:29:04.170" Title="Ask Ubuntu on mobile has an extremely large font size" Tags="|bug|design|font|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20352" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20351" CreationDate="2023-07-25T22:29:04.170" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is supposedly a fixed bug: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/391579/270345&quot;&gt;Mobile font-size way too large&lt;/a&gt;. But with caching involved, it may take a while to go away, and which sites you see it on is a matter of timing. I don't see the problem here on AU, but I do see it on Unix &amp;amp; Linux.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2023-07-25T22:29:04.170" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20353" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20318" CreationDate="2023-07-27T17:03:52.793" Score="1" Body="&lt;h3&gt;Tactical Withdraw, may be?&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Bear with me as this was my chain of thinking. Personally, I still believed AI generated contents is of unknown quality but expected to be low most of the time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So what the current options to handle it:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu community policy: Ban it ...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Experienced users expected to flag it. Moderator review then reject or hide it from public and it get deleted later.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Stack Exchange network policy: Leave it be ...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Administrator are asked to close eyes. Users are not pushed either way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I tried to come up with a in-middle option: Label it ...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;User expected to flag it. Moderator review then reject or a special AI label to make users aware.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Back to it now after I reread this thread again. Option 1 and 3 will give bad results on long run. Because of the way AI works.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/tQwU6.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/tQwU6.png&quot; alt=&quot;AI feedback loop&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Stack Exchange network data are already public and they are also serving it as API. That gives AI users a head start. So that data is used as training set.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;AI users will contribute some posts here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;And they will wait for feedback!&lt;/strong&gt;. Whatever we do with them votes, flags, comments, deletion...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This feedback will be very helpful, to continues AI learning. 1 and 3 will just levels up the AI and it will be hard with time to distinguish soon or later. 2 is not perfect but delaying the hide/deletion action will slow down the AI learning process.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;May be it is wrong for me to put this in public? Anyway CM already gave some hints of SE secret scroll.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="26246" LastEditorUserId="26246" LastEditDate="2023-07-27T17:09:43.640" LastActivityDate="2023-07-27T17:09:43.640" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20354" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20362" CreationDate="2023-07-31T03:07:51.163" Score="8" ViewCount="136" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does it describe the contents of the questions to which it is applied? and is it unambiguous?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No, this tag can refer to users attempting to (a) purchase Ubuntu itself (c) buy software on Ubuntu (c) use/package commercial (purchased/purchasable) software on Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is the concept described even on-topic for the site?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes (assuming it complies with the rest of our scope). But... this still isn't a good tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does the tag add any meaningful information to the post?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does it mean the same thing in all common contexts?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No, see #1.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Therefore, I propose that we burninate the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/purchase&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;purchase&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;purchase&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;tag-purchase-tooltip-container&quot;&gt;purchase&lt;/a&gt; tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thoughts? Anyone have a reason to keep it around?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1438484" LastActivityDate="2023-08-13T03:29:11.573" Title="Should the [purchase] tag be burninated?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20355" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20356" CreationDate="2023-08-02T08:10:34.090" Score="20" ViewCount="429" Body="&lt;p&gt;As of today (Wednesday August 2nd 2023) many of the Moderators and curators of Ask Ubuntu have been taking part in the SE wide strike for just over 8 weeks. Many regulars on AU are feeling a little lost as Ask Ubuntu is deluged with spam, voting is low, question and answer quality is dropping, chat rooms are silent and there is an upsurge in AI generated non-answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So this Meta post is to take stock at this particular point in time, to see the progress that is being made in negotiations with Stack Exchange, Inc. and to look at our way forward.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Negotiations...&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A small team of negotiators has been working with Stack Exchange, Inc. representatives and there has been resolution achieved in some areas. The full details can be found &lt;a href=&quot;https://discord.com/channels/628507458452586497/1117590339188965396&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;on Discord&lt;/a&gt;, but below I give both a summary and some commentary:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;AI Issues&lt;/strong&gt;: The issue that Stack Exchange, Inc. released two different policies regarding AI, a private, Moderator-only AI policy and a &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/389582/what-is-the-network-policy-regarding-ai-generated-content&quot;&gt;public AI policy&lt;/a&gt;, has been resolved with the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/391626/662263&quot;&gt;public release of the previously private policy&lt;/a&gt;. A new interim AI policy will be issued soon that will be subsequently be informed by a working group that will examine 'strong' and 'weak' heuristics, with guidelines on removing the material based on which heuristics are present. IMHO this is a strong result given the Company's massive commitment to generative AI on the platform.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Data Dumps&lt;/strong&gt;: Stack Exchange, Inc. &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/391634/662263&quot;&gt;has changed its stance&lt;/a&gt; and is now &lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;committed to the long-term (foreseeable future) survival of the data dumps, the API, and SEDE&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt;. There is some debate as to what this time interval actually &lt;em&gt;means&lt;/em&gt; but this is considered a positive step from Stack Exchange, Inc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Improved Communication&lt;/strong&gt;: There has been a commitment to better communication between Community Managers and Moderators regarding binding policy changes as well in the open discussion of Moderator decisions where Community Managers question these decisions. There is also work underway concerning major software updates to the platform without adequate community input.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Press Statements&lt;/strong&gt;: There has been some success on the issue of injudicious and inappropriate comments made to the press. My own personal opinion is a little jaded on this one, this is an area that the company has failed in before and doubtless will again despite assurances given.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Way Forward...&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But despite this (glacial!) movement in negotiations our carefully cared for Ask Ubuntu is &lt;em&gt;a mess&lt;/em&gt;, and in &lt;a href=&quot;https://discord.com/channels/628507458452586497/676092389672222758/1135473753657188352&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;my own gloomier moments&lt;/a&gt; I have wondered if repair was even possible. I have recovered from this gloomy spell and I can now see the path forward more clearly:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;We care about AU...&lt;/strong&gt;: We are a great bunch of people who have achieved something remarkable in Ask Ubuntu. Spammers don't care about AU, Rep-gamers (with a ChatGPT window open to the side) don't care about AU, I suspect that many 'important' people in Stack Exchange, Inc. also don't care about AU. &lt;em&gt;But we do&lt;/em&gt; and I am convinced that this will be enough to reboot AU post strike.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Some hard work ahead...&lt;/strong&gt;: Once the new AI policy has been released the litter of AI generated non-answers will be categorised and dealt with &lt;em&gt;strictly and rigorously&lt;/em&gt; by the letter of this policy. The review queues will not only need attention but many, many of the newer posts will require some substantial editing and improvement. The chat rooms of Ask Ubuntu, with careful attention, will come back to life and with this careful attention hopefully return to even older levels of activity. New questions... new answers.... with hard work we can get the AU system running better than before.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A personal commitment...&lt;/strong&gt;: I know the active Moderators on Ask Ubuntu are very, very keen to get back to work and I am personally prepared to put in some extra work post strike to bring things back up to speed and to make Ask Ubuntu a great community again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;What about you?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="57576" LastEditorUserId="57576" LastEditDate="2023-08-02T21:53:02.637" LastActivityDate="2023-08-04T11:38:47.853" Title="Are we there yet? 8 weeks on strike" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20356" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20355" CreationDate="2023-08-02T09:50:08.797" Score="13" Body="&lt;p&gt;I totally agree with Andrew’s points here, and just wanted to chime in with my own thoughts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It really isn’t time to pop the champagne bottles yet &lt;em&gt;(EDIT: But it was pretty damn close!)&lt;/em&gt;, but it’s evident from the Strike Organization chat on Discord that some significant progress has been made during the negotiations. But still, SE is a large company, and it takes time for important decisions to be made.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I would encourage everyone to hold on for the strike until a final resolution is reached, but on the other hand to be prepared to get back to moderating duties as soon as this happens.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is my list of important activities that I would hope as many as possible would resume doing when the time comes:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Handle &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review&quot;&gt;review queues&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Work with &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackapps.com/questions/7049/natty-bringing-10k-moderation-to-all&quot;&gt;Natty&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://charcoal-se.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Smokey&lt;/a&gt; when (and if) they come back online&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Go through your own notes of spam and low-quality (including AI) posts and posters, and flag accordingly&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Generally have an increased focus on &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/edit&quot;&gt;editing&lt;/a&gt; &lt;em&gt;(for posts that can be salvaged)&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/flag-posts&quot;&gt;flagging&lt;/a&gt; &lt;em&gt;(for posts that can't be salvaged)&lt;/em&gt; - this will be especially true for old posts as well, since this has been let down for several months&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Increase focus on helping new users with &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/comment&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;constructive&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;helpful&lt;/em&gt; comments&lt;/a&gt; on their first questions or answers&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Resume use of &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/3877/raiders-of-the-lost-downboat&quot;&gt;Downboat chat&lt;/a&gt; to help keeping the site clean&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Resume use of &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/201/ask-ubuntu-general-room&quot;&gt;General chat&lt;/a&gt; to increase the feeling of community&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is probably more – but the most important thing in my mind is that we start working together again as a community.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The strike has been tough on all of us, and I believe some of us have had the feeling that the community has been falling apart during this time. But I also believe this is an opportunity to rebuild a great community and make it even stronger, if we chose that path. I’m willing to do so, and I hope others will as well!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1066942" LastEditorUserId="1066942" LastEditDate="2023-08-04T11:38:47.853" LastActivityDate="2023-08-04T11:38:47.853" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20357" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20363" CreationDate="2023-08-07T04:39:15.493" Score="13" ViewCount="141" Body="&lt;p&gt;We have a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/safely&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;safely&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;safely&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;tag-safely-tooltip-container&quot;&gt;safely&lt;/a&gt; tag. I don't really like it and think we should burninate it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Burnination criteria:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does it describe the contents of the questions to which it is applied? and is it unambiguous?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This tag is ambigous. It's something about (attempting to) do something safely, but that is rather vauge.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is the concept described even on-topic for the site?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Sure! Doing things without breaking your system is on topic. It's still a bad tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does the tag add &lt;em&gt;any&lt;/em&gt; meaningful information to the post?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does it mean the same thing in all common contexts?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No. It can refer to&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If a file/directory can be removed safely (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1413698/snap-folders-on-ubuntu-focal-20-04&quot;&gt;example&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If an arbitrary setup is safe (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1239284/how-safe-is-this-remote-rsync-setup&quot;&gt;example&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Trying to do risky actions safely (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1219155/what-is-the-best-way-to-upgrade-all-packages-if-you-use-a-desktop-pc-without-a-n&quot;&gt;example 1&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1141064/how-can-i-test-a-shell-script-in-a-safe-environment-to-avoid-harm-to-my-comput&quot;&gt;example 2&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Safely removing external storage (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/463214/safely-remove-option-for-external-devices-removed-from-ubuntu-14-04&quot;&gt;example&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Given that, I think this tag should go.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1438484" LastActivityDate="2023-08-13T03:37:07.177" Title="Can we [safely] remove this tag?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20358" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20348" CreationDate="2023-08-08T06:53:30.553" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;With end of the moderation strike, I hope everyone here (and not only me) can see the quality of the site content starting to improve again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you want to help out, please see &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/20356/1066942&quot;&gt;my answer here&lt;/a&gt; with suggestions on how everyone can help improving the site quality.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1066942" LastEditorUserId="1066942" LastEditDate="2023-08-08T07:25:56.813" LastActivityDate="2023-08-08T07:25:56.813" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20359" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20336" CreationDate="2023-08-08T07:53:42.303" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Can I say at the outset that I am &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; a big fan of the semi-automated addition of text as comments driven by some sort of user script, the so-called 'boilerplate' text.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Just to quote a little from the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/comment&quot;&gt;Comment everywhere page&lt;/a&gt;, which speaks (amongst other things) about &lt;em&gt;when&lt;/em&gt; you should comment:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You should submit a comment if you want to:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Request clarification from the author;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Leave constructive criticism&#xA;that guides the author in improving the post&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Add relevant but minor&#xA;or transient information to a post (e.g. a link to a related&#xA;question, or an alert to the author that the question has been&#xA;updated).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Note that these explanatory, bulleted instructions are pretty &lt;em&gt;low-key&lt;/em&gt; and aimed primarily at gently guiding the author of the post into &lt;em&gt;the production of a better post&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If, in the interests of getting through larger volumes of posts, you use a standardised set of responses you run the increased risk of:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Inadvertently&lt;/em&gt; appearing to be giving &lt;em&gt;hostile and peremptory instructions&lt;/em&gt; rather than the low-key guidance that our 'Comment everywhere' documentation asks for.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Missing the &lt;em&gt;exact&lt;/em&gt; nature of a question that will often &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; be a good match to your boilerplate text. It is not always necessary to know &lt;em&gt;exactly&lt;/em&gt; what version of Ubuntu the OP is using for example.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Alienating new users of Ubuntu and Ask Ubuntu by what they will often view as &lt;em&gt;brusque, impersonal comments&lt;/em&gt; directed at their work.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So if you are using boilerplate text to add comments to Ask Ubuntu questions just consider from time to time if your quest for efficiency and the ability to easily motor through large amounts of questions is also causing some pain to the people we are actually all here to help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="57576" LastEditorUserId="57576" LastEditDate="2023-08-08T09:43:39.747" LastActivityDate="2023-08-08T09:43:39.747" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20360" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2023-08-08T09:59:01.387" Score="1" ViewCount="111" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have a 500 MB epub file and would like to include it in a post asking about some problem of processing it. I can't use Google Drive, Microsoft One Drive, Dropbox, Archive.org, and more, so I would like to find a website that is shown to work via website-monitoring websites such as &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.websitepulse.com/tools/china-firewall-test&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://www.websitepulse.com/tools/china-firewall-test&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a website which allows me to upload the file, so that others can download it to find a solution?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1471" LastEditorUserId="618353" LastEditDate="2023-08-08T17:16:45.007" LastActivityDate="2023-08-08T17:16:45.007" Title="Could you recommend a website for uploading files for others to download?" Tags="|discussion|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20361" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20360" CreationDate="2023-08-08T10:15:21.250" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://wetransfer.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;WeTransfer.com&lt;/a&gt; passes the &amp;quot;Great Firewall of China&amp;quot; test.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When you go to the main site, clicking the 3 dots in the lower-left corner allows you to get a transfer link instead of sending the file with email.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/nGDfp.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/nGDfp.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please note that files expire after 1 week, so you'll have to re-upload the file every week (which shouldn't really be a problem).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1066942" LastActivityDate="2023-08-08T10:15:21.250" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20362" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20354" CreationDate="2023-08-13T00:10:44.970" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;It was a rainy day so I have manually removed all of the tag from across Ask Ubuntu. My apologies to the front page which I spammed pretty solidly :).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;With the tag deleted in this way there should be 24 hours or so until the tag itself vanishes and &lt;em&gt;with no further usage&lt;/em&gt; (and re-creation) it will not be seen again. If it reappears there will then be a case for a formal burnination request.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Interestingly enough &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/239190/662263&quot;&gt;the canonical Meta article on burnination&lt;/a&gt; is a little disparaging about &lt;em&gt;most&lt;/em&gt; burnination efforts but in this case I think that at least the removal of this tag is a good and necessary start...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="57576" LastEditorUserId="57576" LastEditDate="2023-08-13T03:29:11.573" LastActivityDate="2023-08-13T03:29:11.573" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20363" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20357" CreationDate="2023-08-13T03:37:07.177" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have removed the last of the tags today; it was raining and cold outside so a perfect day for some tag housekeeping :).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The tag should vanish after 24 hours of non-use but if it is created again we can start the formal process of &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/239190/662263&quot;&gt;burnination...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="57576" LastActivityDate="2023-08-13T03:37:07.177" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20364" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20371" CreationDate="2023-08-21T00:33:31.153" Score="6" ViewCount="137" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Moderator Note&lt;/strong&gt;: This is already reported on the main StackExchange meta site: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/391952/positive-reputation-notification-for-edit-approvals-uses-relative-url-which-cau&quot;&gt;Positive reputation notification for edit approvals uses relative URL, which causes the link to go to the wrong place&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You will have better luck tracking that topic/item than tracking here on Ask Ubuntu, as this is a network-wide issue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have a notification that seems to link to the current StackExchange website I'm on. Here is a screenshot of it linking to AskUbuntu:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/5aO86.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/5aO86.png&quot; alt=&quot;Screenshot showing me hovering the cursor over a notification with the site icon of crypto stackexchange, but the link goes to askubuntu&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now that I'm on &lt;code&gt;meta.askubuntu.com&lt;/code&gt;, it links to that site instead. What is should link to is &lt;code&gt;crypto.stackexchange.com&lt;/code&gt;. When clicking the notification, it of course tries to find this question ID on the current site and happens to come up with a 'this question was deleted' and confused the heck out of me for a while.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Not sure where to best report this, sorry if this is not the best spot I just happen to know of the meta post mechanism where you can tag posts with &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/bug&quot; class=&quot;post-tag required-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;bug&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;bug&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;tag-bug-tooltip-container&quot;&gt;bug&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="111115" LastEditorUserId="1406746" LastEditDate="2023-09-05T18:40:07.297" LastActivityDate="2023-09-06T15:37:49.537" Title="Notification links to wrong StackExchange site" Tags="|bug|status-completed|notifications|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20365" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2023-08-26T13:33:00.513" Score="5" ViewCount="188" Body="&lt;p&gt;I could not log on my &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/85273/cm-t&quot;&gt;original account&lt;/a&gt; throught SSO on askubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I've tryed on Firefox, Chromium (fresh install with the purpose of this test, no extension).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How to reproduce:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;New private window: askubuntu.com&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Click on Log in&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Choose &lt;code&gt;Log in with Launchpad&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You are redirected to Ubuntu SSO log in form&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Log in, it ask you if you are OK to log on launchpad&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Click Yes, you are redirected to launchpad, with many question about how you want to give access to your lp account&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Select an option &lt;em&gt;(no access, Read Non-Private data, Change Non-Private data, Read Anything,  Change Anything)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You are redirected on askubuntu with an error message:&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;Launchpad Login Failed. Please try logging in again.&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;you can try again with any other options at step 7. &lt;em&gt;(I've tryed them all, all failed)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Looks like an oidc error, or a config somewhere between askubuntu/ubuntuSSO/launchpad.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;Is it just me&amp;quot; ? :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1726344" OwnerDisplayName="cm-t" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2023-08-26T18:09:52.863" LastActivityDate="2024-03-09T22:08:31.020" Title="Can't connect to askubuntu with Ubuntu SSO" Tags="|bug|launchpad|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20366" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2023-08-30T23:22:58.903" Score="11" ViewCount="230" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;TL;DR: Don't cast EOL close votes on old questions if the release in question was supported &lt;em&gt;at the time of posting&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Yes, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/16132/please-dont-flag-old-questions-as-eol&quot;&gt;this is a blatant dupe&lt;/a&gt;. Actually, it's also a dupe of &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/14993/a-note-on-flagging-end-of-life-questions&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt;.&#xA;But... it seems a reminder is warranted regardless.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This has came up at least twice in the last few days in &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/3877/raiders-of-the-lost-downboat&quot;&gt;Raiders of the Lost Downboat&lt;/a&gt;, and... I think it's time to address it here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A question was posted about some version of Ubuntu, and it was &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; EOL when the question was posted. Then, several users go and cast close votes for it being EOL &lt;em&gt;now&lt;/em&gt;. This isn't really in line with our guidence. We don't go mass-closing old questions purely because they are about releases that have gone EOL since posting.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the release of Ubuntu was supported &lt;em&gt;at the time of posting&lt;/em&gt;, then it's still on-topic. If it's off-topic for other reasons, that's fine, but that's also not the problem here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So when casting close votes (or flagging to close) questions as EOL, please remember to check the date the question was posted to see if it was a supported release then.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1438484" LastEditorUserId="1066942" LastEditDate="2023-08-31T12:19:10.123" LastActivityDate="2023-08-31T12:19:10.123" Title="Reminder: Don't close old questions as EOL if the release was supported when the question was posted" Tags="|discussion|incorrectly-closed|old-questions|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20367" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20369" CreationDate="2023-09-02T03:06:54.617" Score="2" ViewCount="77" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think my point ranking was #1 in Ask Ubuntu for 2018 but I can't seem to find this. I've started a job search and think this might be helpful. Is there a way to see the point rankings by year?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="307523" LastActivityDate="2023-09-02T06:05:54.337" Title="Show ranking for year" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20369" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20367" CreationDate="2023-09-02T06:05:54.337" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Here you go: &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackexchange.com/leagues/89/year/askubuntu/2018-01-01&quot;&gt;https://stackexchange.com/leagues/89/year/askubuntu/2018-01-01&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users&quot;&gt;users page&lt;/a&gt; has a link to the reputation leagues at the bottom.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2023-09-02T06:05:54.337" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20370" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2023-09-04T21:40:28.247" Score="7" ViewCount="115" Body="&lt;p&gt;I just saw &lt;em&gt;yet another&lt;/em&gt; question about why xrandr isn't working to add a custom resolution after updating the OS, and I think we should have a canonical question about this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Do we have a comprehensive answer about this yet?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1083397" LastActivityDate="2023-09-04T21:40:28.247" Title="Do we have a canonical question about custom resolutions with Wayland?" Tags="|discussion|canonical-questions|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20371" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20364" CreationDate="2023-09-05T17:59:53.777" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/392827/&quot;&gt;Answer from MSE&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/344828/kristinalustig&quot;&gt;kristinalustig&lt;/a&gt; (Staff)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks for reporting! I fixed this issue - it was due to a refactoring error in a switch statement determining how we were creating the URL for the Achievements tab. Those dang fall-throughs... Anyway, it's no longer a relative URL so this should work just fine - please let me know if you're still seeing any issues.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1438484" LastEditorUserId="1103140" LastEditDate="2023-09-06T15:37:49.537" LastActivityDate="2023-09-06T15:37:49.537" CommentCount="0" CommunityOwnedDate="2023-09-05T17:59:53.777" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20372" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20373" CreationDate="2023-09-07T23:20:15.367" Score="2" ViewCount="102" Body="&lt;p&gt;My Reputation isn't high enough yet to edit questions/answers without moderator review. Therefore, any edits I do are entered into a queue for these pending edits. I'm aware of this and accepting of it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I'm not monitoring this queue regularly, and I'm not keeping a mental record of how many are in the queue. Recently, I've discovered that there's a limit to how many I'm allowed to have in the queue before editing more. Once again, I'm ok with this.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But the problem I have is that &lt;strong&gt;I don't know that the queue is full until after I've spent time editing&lt;/strong&gt; and then clicking &lt;em&gt;Submit&lt;/em&gt;. When doing so, I get the following error message:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;You have too many pending edits. Further edits cannot be submitted until prior edits have been approved.&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This might go without saying, but this is a bit frustrating after having spent time editing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can the application be changed so that either a warning is presented when the queue is full or that the &lt;em&gt;Edit&lt;/em&gt; button is blocked from clicking? Ideally, I'd recommend both.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1684306" LastEditorUserId="1684306" LastEditDate="2023-09-08T00:47:37.697" LastActivityDate="2023-09-08T13:47:40.030" Title="Can a warning be implemented when the &quot;Pending Edit Queue&quot; is full?" Tags="|feature-request|editing|suggested-edits|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20373" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20372" CreationDate="2023-09-08T05:26:58.390" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think you misunderstood the message. It's not the Suggested edits queue that is full, which in fact has only 5 suggested edits at the moment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's that you, as a user with less than 2000 reputation points, cannot have more than 5 edits pending. Just wait a bit and your pending edits will be handled by community reviewers and you will be able to suggest edits again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The reasoning for this limit is &lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;to limit the damage someone can do with blasting the review queue with minor edit suggestions&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt;, as you can read in &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/210416/rate-limit-suggested-edits&quot;&gt;Rate limit suggested edits&lt;/a&gt;.&#xA;To keep track of your pending edits, you can go to your profile → &lt;em&gt;Activity&lt;/em&gt; → &lt;em&gt;All actions&lt;/em&gt; → &lt;em&gt;Suggestions&lt;/em&gt; or click &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/current?tab=activity&amp;amp;sort=suggestions&quot;&gt;this link&lt;/a&gt; and see how many pending edits you have (see the following screenshot from my profile, though I don't have any pending edits at the moment).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/QGaA3.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/QGaA3.png&quot; alt=&quot;Suggestions section in my profile&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for your suggestion to get a warning or have the &lt;em&gt;Edit&lt;/em&gt; button disabled when you have reached the 5 suggested edits limit, you need to ask for it in &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com&quot;&gt;Meta Stack Exchange&lt;/a&gt;, since it's a feature that should be implemented network-wide, if it gets accepted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="618353" LastEditorUserId="618353" LastEditDate="2023-09-08T13:47:40.030" LastActivityDate="2023-09-08T13:47:40.030" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20374" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7457" CreationDate="2023-09-10T06:04:42.750" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;To be honest the whole EOL closure thing seems to be something of a community foot gun.  Having a scope that deliberately and &lt;strong&gt;mechanically&lt;/strong&gt; (not organically) shifts every six months is bound to create confusion, as is having a scope that's 100% different for new posts and existing posts.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The fact that &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/20366/reminder-dont-close-old-questions-as-eol-if-the-release-was-supported-when-the?cb=1&quot;&gt;repeated reminders on how to apply the rule&lt;/a&gt; need to be posted here is evidence of that, and to be honest, I doubt they will be particularly effective, due to the natural churn of reviewers.  By that I mean: I cannot think of another stack exchange site where monitoring the close review queue requires reviewers to check the post-date on a question. That includes &lt;a href=&quot;https://unix.stackexchange.com/&quot;&gt;Unix and Linux [SE]&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But the biggest problem is that this seems to be a decision that's made for totally the wrong reason.  Scope decisions should be made based on what is best for managing this community: IE setting which topics are of most relevance to Ubuntu users, and pruning out ones which are nothing but a distraction...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;... but the discussion in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/7459/39039&quot;&gt;most up-voted answer here&lt;/a&gt; and comments is not remotely related to what is best for this community.  Instead it is an attempt to militantly force the general public (not even just community members) to take action we would like them to take.  That is not a good reason to set a scope boundary, we are not here to fix the world, just help ubuntu users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My other misgiving with this rule is that it's blind to the fact that there are situations where upgrading inline with Canonical's calendar is simply not possible, or massively economically inviable.  And it tries to say &amp;quot;we know what's best for you&amp;quot; when in fact we know nothing about an individual's situation.  They are rare cases, yet they significant enough.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The general ethos of SE is that we don't try to force people to do anything. We treat people as adults by presenting the information and letting them chose for themselves. Indeed &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/8893/206656&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;don't do it&amp;quot; is a legitimate answer&lt;/a&gt;, and much less a legitimate close reason.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Without naming any names, I've worked for a few companies where they ran third party proprietary software from vendors that no-longer exist.  The OS can't be upgraded because the existing software is incompatible.  The proprietary software cannot be abandoned because it performs a business critical function integrated with other systems.  Replacing it like for like would be &amp;gt; $5M.  After risk assessment, the decision was to simply firewall the server and put a 5 year plan in place to migrate the business away from it over time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's really wrong (IMHO) for the Ubuntu community to try to dictate that such decisions should come with militant community consequences.  They are very rarely made through laziness as some might suggest.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The one and only legitimate justification I see for this rule would be one of bandwidth.  If the concern is genuinely that the community believes it would get far too many unanswerable questions, or too many that only have a solution of &amp;quot;upgrade, you idiot&amp;quot;, then that would be a good reason for the scope decision.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="39039" LastEditorUserId="39039" LastEditDate="2023-09-10T09:40:35.623" LastActivityDate="2023-09-10T09:40:35.623" CommentCount="13" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20375" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2023-09-14T09:11:38.310" Score="-8" ViewCount="86" Body="&lt;p&gt;So I've got 15-ish years of exp on everything webdev/js/ts, but no reputation. I see questions asked where I would really be able to contribute with a good answer but I can't because ... no reputation points.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is the fastest way to earning reputation ?&#xA;(because I literally don't have at my disposal the time to &amp;quot;work my way up&amp;quot;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thank you in advance people.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1731882" OwnerDisplayName="Ioan Alferaru" LastEditorUserId="1066942" LastEditDate="2023-09-14T10:05:20.870" LastActivityDate="2023-09-14T15:17:22.680" Title="How do I earn reputation points the fastest?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="4" ClosedDate="2023-09-14T11:48:54.060" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20376" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20375" CreationDate="2023-09-14T09:14:23.747" Score="-6" Body="&lt;p&gt;So apparently one way to earning reputation is to answer my on questions ?!!?!&#xA;How will that help, of course ... i'll keep you posted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;please up-vote !&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;thank you in advance people !&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;notes:&#xA;upon posting answers they will give you some pointers on how to respond .... well, that's not bad as a method to take in the community standards in an organic way ...&#xA;let's see how it works out !&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1731882" OwnerDisplayName="Ioan Alferaru" LastActivityDate="2023-09-14T09:16:22.200" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20377" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20375" CreationDate="2023-09-14T10:11:14.207" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;You can answer most questions with no reputation. In addition, some high-volume questions are &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/protect-questions&quot;&gt;protected&lt;/a&gt;, but as far as I know, it only takes 10 reputation to answer these.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So here are some advice:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Just provide good questions and answers - each upvote on a question or answer will give you 10 reputation&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;You can also suggest edits to existing questions and answers - each accepted edit will give you 2 reputation.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Don't expect to take any shortcuts - the only reliable way to gain rep is to contribute with quality content&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here are two examples of behavior that will NOT gain you any reputation:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;(because I literally don't have at my disposal the time to &amp;quot;work my way up&amp;quot;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;please up-vote !&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, why would you think you're special, and the normal rules for reputation should not apply to you? I'm just curious.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1066942" LastEditorUserId="1066942" LastEditDate="2023-09-14T15:17:22.680" LastActivityDate="2023-09-14T15:17:22.680" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20378" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2023-09-21T17:41:06.583" Score="20" ViewCount="467" Body="&lt;p&gt;On September 19th, 2023, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/393127/if-more-users-could-vote-would-they-engage-more-testing-1-reputation-voting-on&quot;&gt;SE announced&lt;/a&gt; that a few Stack Exchange sites would be participating in an experiment where one-rep users (with registered accounts) could cast both upvotes and downvotes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While I've read a lot of the [public] rationale for this experiment, I feel this would do more harm here on Ask Ubuntu as I think it will potentially lead to a noticeable increase of &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/tags/sock-puppets/info&quot;&gt;sock puppets&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/126857&quot;&gt;serial/targeted voting&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm aware they're looking for established sites, and I'd like to preemptively NOT do it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can we &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; join this experiment?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1438484" LastEditorUserId="1438484" LastEditDate="2023-09-24T07:14:33.133" LastActivityDate="2023-10-01T06:27:03.207" Title="Let's NOT participate in the one-rep voting experiment" Tags="|discussion|voting|new-users|votes|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20379" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20378" CreationDate="2023-09-21T23:36:31.560" Score="23" Body="&lt;p&gt;I assumed this was opt in, so the default would be for us to not be in it, but if isn't, I'd agree, we shouldn't be in it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu is &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackexchange.com/sites#users&quot;&gt;a top-5 Stack Exchange site&lt;/a&gt; in terms of registered users (№ 3!), traffic, and total questions. We're 6th in questions per day.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Whatever the SE folks say, I don't believe they are ready to handle traffic like ours. Aside from the behemoth that is Stack Overflow itself, we are toe-to-toe with the other top sites. They should really start with some mid-level sites first.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;I don't think we're lacking for voting users like some of the smaller sites. On some beta sites, there are regular exhortations to vote because otherwise they struggle to get users enough rep to do moderation tasks. Here we have new users breaking into the top of the reputation leagues every year.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastActivityDate="2023-09-21T23:36:31.560" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20380" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20378" CreationDate="2023-09-27T09:40:35.827" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;Just a counterpoint, consider the type of traffic we get. Ask Ubuntu is a technical site, making us somewhat less sticky than the er, &lt;em&gt;deductive science&lt;/em&gt; sites. A lot of our traffic follows this pattern:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Ubuntu user has a problem&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;They find an answer here&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;They can't &lt;em&gt;do&lt;/em&gt; anything so bounce without leaving a trace&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If we do our job well, answers help people so effectively that they don't need to register to post &amp;quot;me too&amp;quot;, or post a duplicate. These drive-by users cannot vote so it stands to reason that some of the most helpful answers on Ask Ubuntu receive proportionally less credit for their writers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Reducing the barrier makes it easier for those authors (and those posts) to get recognition, and because this whole thing is a feedback loop that plays into the human ability to derive pleasure from helping others, it may help newer users get that encouragement that can seem so unobtainable to begin with.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, I'm not sure this would go &lt;em&gt;far enough&lt;/em&gt; to achieve that. If you want to solicit that sort of feedback, you need to go the next step an allow anonymous votes. I don't think that is part of this suggestion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm personally with you. It's less about the feature —which I clearly see some merit in— and more about the competency of the people driving it to stop it being abused. We still see stupid-simple spam. I don't know what they're doing to combat this stuff at a technical level but it's moderately clear that they're happy to sit back and let the community deal with it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And that's just not good enough for something as opaque as voting. Even moderators would struggle to identify subtle semi-anonymous voting patterns.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2023-09-27T09:40:35.827" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20381" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20378" CreationDate="2023-10-01T06:27:03.207" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;At the risk of just so many downvotes, I'd like to share my experience as a new user.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have posted one question on the forum. Within about 2 hours I got an answer. Unfortunately, it was just a &amp;quot;me-too&amp;quot; from a user with an account newer than mine. So now, on the endless pages of questions with no answers, mine shows as answered. Even though it isn't marked as accepted that will reduce its visibility.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What recourse was available to me? I wasn't empowered to downvote the answer, so I did the one thing I could. I commented that user's answer, sharing information I had that might help, and politely highlighting the effect the non-answer would be likely to have. And on doing so, I exhausted all the options I had. But let's be honest, most new accounts aren't coming back any time soon. Eventually the answer was removed, by its author or moderation I can't say, but I was pages down by them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't blame that user though. Take my answer here, it would more appropriately be shared divided into comments to the more knowledgeable answers that precede it. But to do even that, to comment, requires 50 reputation. That the reality for all of us new users. And none of them are likely to be as willing to grind edits to get there as me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe downvotes for reputation 1 is a bad idea.. No, it's very obviously a bad idea. But there's a germ of a good idea in there, or that's my thoughts on it anyways. Thank you for your patience in indulging my two cents.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1734326" LastActivityDate="2023-10-01T06:27:03.207" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20383" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20384" CreationDate="2023-10-12T10:35:42.470" Score="2" ViewCount="61" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's the first time I see this option:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/M4zKW.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/M4zKW.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;When was this option added? And do you have any opinion on whether we should prefer this as a &amp;quot;flag&amp;quot; rather than VTC with &amp;quot;Needs detail or clarity&amp;quot;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm a bit confused about this. &lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1066942" LastActivityDate="2023-10-12T12:33:21.930" Title="When was the option &quot;Needs improvement&quot; added to the flag dialog?" Tags="|discussion|vote-to-close|flags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20384" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20383" CreationDate="2023-10-12T12:33:21.930" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;This option used to be named &amp;quot;should be closed&amp;quot;*. &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/q/396754&quot;&gt;It was changed to &amp;quot;needs improvement&amp;quot;&lt;/a&gt; in April 2020, going by the date of the linked post.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It leads to the various close options. Users who don't have close and reopen vote privilege may cast flags to close on the question, which puts it into the close votes review queue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;sub&gt;* I don't know when or how the option of flagging to close came into being. It must have been in the very ancient past.&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2023-10-12T12:33:21.930" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20385" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2023-10-12T22:32:46.427" Score="15" ViewCount="1479" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ubuntu 23.10 (&lt;a href=&quot;https://releases.ubuntu.com/mantic&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https://releases.ubuntu.com/mantic&lt;/a&gt;) is now released and is on topic.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As usual, posts still must meet &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;the normal requirements for being on-topic&lt;/a&gt;, though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Additionally, please refrain from re-opening questions about Ubuntu 23.10 that were posted prior to its release without Meta consensus. They can be re-opened, but it needs to be agreed upon via a Meta discussion first.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;s&gt;Note: some of the images &lt;a href=&quot;https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/announcement-ubuntu-desktop-23-10-release-image-is-being-updated-to-resolve-a-malicious-translation-incident/39365&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;were un-released&lt;/a&gt; as a result of malicious/offensive translations.&lt;/s&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1438484" LastEditorUserId="1438484" LastEditDate="2023-10-16T20:21:28.030" LastActivityDate="2023-10-16T20:21:28.030" Title="Ubuntu 23.10 is now on-topic!" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20386" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20385" CreationDate="2023-10-13T09:30:53.883" Score="12" Body="&lt;p&gt;Ubuntu 23.10 has a new default software center which is called the App Center.&#xA;The new App Center has been written from the ground up to be more efficient and reliable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/app-center&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;app-center&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;app-center&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;tag-app-center-tooltip-container&quot;&gt;app-center&lt;/a&gt; tag. Questions about the App Center are on topic at Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here is the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/23.10&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;23.10&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;23.10&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;tag-23.10-tooltip-container&quot;&gt;23.10&lt;/a&gt; tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="94914" LastEditorUserId="94914" LastEditDate="2023-10-14T09:08:38.903" LastActivityDate="2023-10-14T09:08:38.903" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20387" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2023-10-14T16:17:25.843" Score="10" ViewCount="220" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/8313/synonym-request-software-uninstall-to-uninstall&quot;&gt;been asked about before&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/19968/maybe-change-the-tag-description-for-uninstall&quot;&gt;asked about again&lt;/a&gt; but it seems like the large &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/uninstall&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;uninstall&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;uninstall&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;tag-uninstall-tooltip-container&quot;&gt;uninstall&lt;/a&gt; tag is still a bit of a miscellany, with the majority of questions in it being about uninstalling software, while we have another &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/software-uninstall&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;software-uninstall&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;software-uninstall&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;tag-software-uninstall-tooltip-container&quot;&gt;software-uninstall&lt;/a&gt; tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What should we do with these tags?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Should we merge &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/software-uninstall&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;software-uninstall&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;software-uninstall&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;tag-software-uninstall-tooltip-container&quot;&gt;software-uninstall&lt;/a&gt; into &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/uninstall&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;uninstall&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;uninstall&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;tag-uninstall-tooltip-container&quot;&gt;uninstall&lt;/a&gt; and clean it up?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or should we merge &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/uninstall&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;uninstall&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;uninstall&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;tag-uninstall-tooltip-container&quot;&gt;uninstall&lt;/a&gt; into &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/software-uninstall&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;software-uninstall&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;software-uninstall&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;tag-software-uninstall-tooltip-container&quot;&gt;software-uninstall&lt;/a&gt;, creating other tags such as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/system-uninstall&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;system-uninstall&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;system-uninstall&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;tag-system-uninstall-tooltip-container&quot;&gt;system-uninstall&lt;/a&gt; as/if needed?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or should we get rid of both of them? Are there any experts on &lt;em&gt;uninstalling&lt;/em&gt; stuff? Anyone interested in following these tags? Could the tasks of uninstalling currently gathered loosely in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/uninstall&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;uninstall&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;uninstall&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;tag-uninstall-tooltip-container&quot;&gt;uninstall&lt;/a&gt; be considered to be better covered by other tags such as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/package-management&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;package-management&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;package-management&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;tag-package-management-tooltip-container&quot;&gt;package-management&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/software-installation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;software-installation&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;software-installation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;tag-software-installation-tooltip-container&quot;&gt;software-installation&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/apt&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;apt&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;apt&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;tag-apt-tooltip-container&quot;&gt;apt&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/system-installation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;system-installation&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;system-installation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;tag-system-installation-tooltip-container&quot;&gt;system-installation&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/dual-boot&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;dual-boot&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;dual-boot&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;tag-dual-boot-tooltip-container&quot;&gt;dual-boot&lt;/a&gt;, etc?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or should we do something else entirely? :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2023-10-14T17:37:30.357" LastActivityDate="2024-03-13T09:23:15.737" Title="Can we fix this tag or should we just [uninstall]?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20389" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20393" CreationDate="2023-10-15T04:19:17.187" Score="6" ViewCount="72" Body="&lt;p&gt;We already have a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/22.04&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;22.04&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;22.04&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;tag-22.04-tooltip-container&quot;&gt;22.04&lt;/a&gt; tag. I guess someone accidentally created the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ubuntu22.04&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ubuntu22.04&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ubuntu22.04&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;tag-ubuntu22.04-tooltip-container&quot;&gt;ubuntu22.04&lt;/a&gt; tag. Shall we delete it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="124466" LastEditorUserId="8698" LastEditDate="2023-10-16T11:42:29.510" LastActivityDate="2023-10-16T11:42:29.510" Title="Can we remove the [ubuntu22.04] tag?" Tags="|discussion|status-completed|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20390" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20387" CreationDate="2023-10-15T11:34:10.340" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;I agree that the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/uninstall&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;uninstall&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;uninstall&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;tag-uninstall-tooltip-container&quot;&gt;uninstall&lt;/a&gt; tag is too broad. It's a big tag that currently has 2,262 questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I don't mind creating a new &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/system-delete&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;system-delete&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;system-delete&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;tag-system-delete-tooltip-container&quot;&gt;system-delete&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/system-uninstall&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;system-uninstall&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;system-uninstall&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;tag-system-uninstall-tooltip-container&quot;&gt;system-uninstall&lt;/a&gt; tag though. It would be another big tag. Searching for &amp;quot;Ubuntu install&amp;quot; questions returns 476 results. I don't see any reason why it wouldn't be possible to request in the tag wiki excerpt to restrict the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/system-uninstall&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;system-uninstall&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;system-uninstall&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;tag-system-uninstall-tooltip-container&quot;&gt;system-uninstall&lt;/a&gt; tag to be used only for currently supported versions of Ubuntu and its officially supported flavors.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="94914" LastEditorUserId="94914" LastEditDate="2023-10-22T13:41:19.347" LastActivityDate="2023-10-22T13:41:19.347" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20391" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20392" CreationDate="2023-10-15T13:19:23.413" Score="8" ViewCount="113" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently posted a question titled &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1488991/slow-simulated-typing-speed-in-ubuntu-when-using-nonprintable-characters&quot;&gt;Slow Simulated Typing Speed in Ubuntu When Using Nonprintable Characters&lt;/a&gt; on Ask Ubuntu. The question was about an issue I’ve encountered in Ubuntu related to the handling of nonprintable characters such as &lt;code&gt;\n&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;\t&lt;/code&gt;, and &lt;code&gt;\e&lt;/code&gt;. I provided a Python snippet to demonstrate the issue and mentioned that it isn’t limited to Python or the &lt;code&gt;pynput&lt;/code&gt; library. I also noted that this problem doesn’t occur on Arch Linux.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Despite my efforts to ensure that my question was clear, specific, and well-researched in accordance with the community guidelines, it received two downvotes without any comments or feedback. I’m seeking guidance on how I can improve my question or understand the reasons behind the downvotes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Any insights or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your time and understanding.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1738716" LastEditorUserId="618353" LastEditDate="2023-10-18T13:57:50.417" LastActivityDate="2023-10-18T13:57:50.417" Title="I need guidance for downvoted question without feedback" Tags="|support|down-votes|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20392" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20391" CreationDate="2023-10-15T14:09:49.637" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;First of all, remember that downvotes are personal. All it takes is for one user to have a bad day, or dislike your avatar, or hate people with an &lt;code&gt;s&lt;/code&gt; in their usernames. Don't read too much into downvotes, that way lies madness.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Next, there are many people here on Ask Ubuntu with the mistaken idea that if a question involves any form of programming, then it is off topic. This is absolutely not the case; in fact, developing on Ubuntu is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/on-topic&quot;&gt;explicitly on topic&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, there seem to be some folks here that will consider anything that even mentions a non-Ubuntu OS off topic, so it could be that your mention of Arch made them think that your question deserves a downvote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In any case, your question seems fine to me, on topic and well explained, but you could improve it by adding a non-pythonic way of reproducing the error; while trying to investigate, I was forced to create python venvs to install the required package. It would also help to show the time differences between the problematic and non problematic systems so we know what to look for.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, don't read too much into the downvotes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2023-10-15T16:36:16.310" LastActivityDate="2023-10-15T16:36:16.310" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20393" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20389" CreationDate="2023-10-15T17:55:57.370" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is done and I solved the problem with a &lt;strong&gt;tag merge&lt;/strong&gt; that also forces an alias for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ubuntu22.04&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ubuntu22.04&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ubuntu22.04&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;tag-ubuntu22.04-tooltip-container&quot;&gt;ubuntu22.04&lt;/a&gt; to be &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/22.04&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;22.04&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;22.04&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;tag-22.04-tooltip-container&quot;&gt;22.04&lt;/a&gt;.  No more &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/ubuntu22.04&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ubuntu22.04&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;ubuntu22.04&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;tag-ubuntu22.04-tooltip-container&quot;&gt;ubuntu22.04&lt;/a&gt; tag!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/gMaMJ.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/gMaMJ.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2023-10-15T17:55:57.370" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20395" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="7195" CreationDate="2023-10-17T11:25:04.923" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;If there is no sign of research effort and the question is not useful to the community because of the lack of research effort, then feel free to downvote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are useful questions to the community that nevertheless do not show research effort. You can downvote those if you like, but never close them. Remember, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/11926/2355&quot;&gt;there's no lower threshold for research needed for questions&lt;/a&gt;. We want to keep questions that are useful to the community open to the community. Here are some examples:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How do I install Steam on Ubuntu?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How can I change the clock in GNOME from 24 hour format to 12 hour format, or vice-versa?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How do I empty the trash folder?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you feel that the questioner is being lazy, and you don't want to do the work of researching the answer for them, that's OK! Don't. Just leave the question open for members of the community who do want to contribute answers in this way.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We want answers to these questions on AskUbuntu, even if the answer is already elsewhere on the web, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/387900/162948&quot;&gt;for many reasons&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="2355" LastEditorUserId="134729" LastEditDate="2023-10-19T15:22:45.073" LastActivityDate="2023-10-19T15:22:45.073" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20396" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20397" CreationDate="2023-10-22T02:02:56.970" Score="3" ViewCount="112" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently earned the privilege to close and reopen votes. I am ecstatic that I earned this privilege. It is of course, my intention to do all I can to improve AU website. There are some legitimate questions that get voted to be closed within a 24 hour period because the OP did not provide enough information. Am I wrong to vote to leave the question open to give the OP some more time to revise their question?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="767056" LastEditorUserId="1460940" LastEditDate="2023-10-22T06:56:11.153" LastActivityDate="2023-10-22T16:31:43.193" Title="Close votes etiquette" Tags="|discussion|close-reasons|vote-to-close|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20397" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20396" CreationDate="2023-10-22T05:15:47.120" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Good question, and I'll preface this by saying it's &lt;em&gt;excellent&lt;/em&gt; that you care about responsibly casting close votes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While we do have objective(ish) guidelines for close votes, it can be a judgement call at times. Additionally, there's the &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/3877/raiders-of-the-lost-downboat&quot;&gt;Raiders of the Lost Downboat&lt;/a&gt; chatroom where you can get input on specific questions. Sometimes it's requested there that a question is closed, or perhaps that one is reopened. There's absolutely nothing wrong with using Meta, but it's worth being aware of.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In terms of lacking sufficient information... it depends. If I see a question that is unambiguously unanswerable and would need a lot of work to make answerable, it should probably be closed as Needs Details or Clarity. Depending on the question, it might be better to close it as a duplicate of &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/3053/what-are-common-canonical-questions-for-our-site&quot;&gt;a Canonical Question&lt;/a&gt; (if there's an applicable one), as that can provide &lt;em&gt;some&lt;/em&gt; information for the OP.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On the other hand, if there's a question that's very close to having enough information, I'll probably refrain from casting a close vote. At the same time, I don't know if I'd &lt;em&gt;vote to keep open&lt;/em&gt;, though. A good way to think about it is by considering if a question is answerable. To quote &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/238416&quot;&gt;this answer&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/181798/sam-i-am-says-reinstate-monica&quot;&gt;Sam I am says Reinstate Monica&#xA;&lt;/a&gt; on MSE:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you can imagine a potential answer&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;That is unambiguously correct (I.E. the OP gave you all the information you need, and the answer is not an opinion.)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;That doesn't leave loose ends. (This covers the problematic list questions where there can always be more items to put on the list)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;That can be written without an unreasonable amount of effort&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Than the question is probably answerable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If it's &lt;em&gt;close&lt;/em&gt; to having enough details and you think OP will add them (i.e., because you're in a comment thread with them), I'd be hesitant to VTC. IDK if I'd vote to keep open, though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We have a reopen queue, too. If you see something closed, and the OP edits it to have enough details, you can vote to reopen. But... while this works in theory... new users can get discouraged when their questions get closed. This isn't intended to &lt;em&gt;blame&lt;/em&gt; those casting close votes. OT questions &lt;em&gt;should be closed&lt;/em&gt;. But... if it's close to being answerable... consider if it's better to close or try to get the OP to add details. To be clear, there's absolutely cases where the right answer is to close it, of course.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also... if you're not sure, there's &lt;em&gt;absoultely nothing wrong&lt;/em&gt; with doing &lt;kbd&gt;Skip&lt;/kbd&gt;. If you disagree, it's also fine to ask here on Meta or &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/3877/raiders-of-the-lost-downboat&quot;&gt;in Raiders of the Lost Downboat&lt;/a&gt; (although please include reasoning - simply stating that something was closed and it should be re-opened with no reasoning is... not great).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1438484" LastEditorUserId="1438484" LastEditDate="2023-10-22T16:31:43.193" LastActivityDate="2023-10-22T16:31:43.193" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20398" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2023-10-22T20:37:30.547" Score="5" ViewCount="128" Body="&lt;p&gt;I am constantly frustrated by the amount of out of date information  or misleading information given in a question:answer(s) format. I call this &amp;quot;Fubar disinformation&amp;quot; which can lead you down many rabbit holes trying to fix a problem. Not only that, but lead to irrecoverable damage to your system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So I'm asking for a format or wiki that culls out disinformation ,  finds the best direct and easiest solution(s) and vets them (they need to be corroborated and replicated). Then they are presented in a wikipedia style for ease of use and searchability.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Does this already exist or is this forum the best that is offered now?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Signed &amp;quot;lost in the subterranean rabbit matrix&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1149033" OwnerDisplayName="mxbdev" LastEditorUserId="1438484" LastEditDate="2023-10-24T04:33:30.667" LastActivityDate="2023-10-24T04:33:30.667" Title="Improvements to Ask Ubuntu or wiki, help" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20400" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20398" CreationDate="2023-10-23T11:44:10.887" Score="9" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't quite understand. You are describing the Stack Exchange format. It was designed, &lt;a href=&quot;https://blog.codinghorror.com/stack-overflow-none-of-us-is-as-dumb-as-all-of-us/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;from the very beginning&lt;/a&gt;, as a system that incorporates features of wikis, forums, Digg/Reddit and blogs:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/W3XHP.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/W3XHP.png&quot; alt=&quot;SE venn diagram showing it is a mix of wiki, blog, reddit and forum&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you find wrong information, well these sites are designed to act as wikis and allow collaborative editing. So edit! Fix the errors!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As for finding &amp;quot;the best direct and easiest solution(s)&amp;quot;, well that's what upvotes, downvotes, and accepts are for.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, if you find wrong answers: downvote. If you can fix them: edit them. If you find good answers: upvote. If the right answer is missing because everything is out of date: post a new answer with the up to date solution. If someone gives you the right solution to your question: accept.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In other words, you already have all the tools to do what you describe, just use them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2023-10-23T12:24:54.363" LastActivityDate="2023-10-23T12:24:54.363" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20402" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20409" CreationDate="2023-11-01T09:12:28.437" Score="6" ViewCount="163" Body="&lt;p&gt;We have the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/wallpaper&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;wallpaper&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;wallpaper&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;tag-wallpaper-tooltip-container&quot;&gt;wallpaper&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/background&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;background&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;background&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;tag-background-tooltip-container&quot;&gt;background&lt;/a&gt; tags. The tag excerpt of the first says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For questions regarding the image displayed on the desktop background.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The tag excerpt of the second says:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions about using desktop backgrounds in Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So the tags are essentially about the same thing, i.e. about desktop wallpapers/backgrounds.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the past &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2496/should-the-background-tag-be-burninated&quot;&gt;it was proposed&lt;/a&gt; that the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/background&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;background&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;background&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;tag-background-tooltip-container&quot;&gt;background&lt;/a&gt; tag should be burninated because it was also used for issues with background tasks/processes, which led to the creation of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/background-process&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;background-process&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;background-process&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;tag-background-process-tooltip-container&quot;&gt;background-process&lt;/a&gt; tag. However, the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/background&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;background&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;background&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;tag-background-tooltip-container&quot;&gt;background&lt;/a&gt; tag is still in use for desktop backgrounds.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I suggest that &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/background&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;background&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;background&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;tag-background-tooltip-container&quot;&gt;background&lt;/a&gt; should become a synonym of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/wallpaper&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;wallpaper&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;wallpaper&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;tag-wallpaper-tooltip-container&quot;&gt;wallpaper&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Note:&lt;/strong&gt; Before synonymization (if agreed) some retagging must be done to questions that use the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/background&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;background&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;background&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;tag-background-tooltip-container&quot;&gt;background&lt;/a&gt; tag but should have used the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/background-process&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;background-process&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;background-process&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;tag-background-process-tooltip-container&quot;&gt;background-process&lt;/a&gt; tag instead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="618353" LastEditorUserId="618353" LastEditDate="2023-11-02T10:59:43.420" LastActivityDate="2023-11-14T13:13:12.503" Title="Should we put [wallpaper] to the [background] (or vice-versa)?" Tags="|discussion|tags|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20403" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20436" CreationDate="2023-11-08T02:46:25.423" Score="25" ViewCount="2427" Body="&lt;p&gt;We have &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/395881/662263&quot;&gt;an opportunity to increase awareness of the Ask Ubuntu prohibition on AI-generated content&lt;/a&gt;. Currently we have &lt;em&gt;only two&lt;/em&gt; active notification areas:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/20209/57576&quot;&gt;AI-generated content is not permitted on Ask Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt;: This is the policy itself which sits in Meta and will usually have a 'featured' tag affixed to bring a link to the main AU page.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tour&quot;&gt;Welcome to Ask Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt;: The 'Tour' page contains a link to the AI policy; in theory &lt;em&gt;all&lt;/em&gt; users take the Tour but experience suggests that most do not.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is a little scanty and there have been some users claiming ignorance of our AI prohibition when approached by Moderators about such content in their answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As a result of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/391847/moderation-strike-results-of-negotiations&quot;&gt;consensus reached in the recent Moderation Strike&lt;/a&gt; there is &lt;em&gt;another&lt;/em&gt; option that we can now bring in to play. This will entail a warning that will show to users pasting in content to the Answer box, notifying the user about the prohibition on AI-generated content. &lt;em&gt;This could not be missed or overlooked.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On Stack Overflow this will look something like the following 'first concept' image:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/xMakJ.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/xMakJ.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My proposal is that we opt in and &lt;em&gt;take this option&lt;/em&gt; with the obvious change of 'Stack Overflow' to 'Ask Ubuntu' and a link to our own policy, or to a new 'Help' page in the 'Learn More' link. But the beginning of this process, as with most larger changes, is consultation with the community, and here we are...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="57576" LastEditorUserId="57576" LastEditDate="2024-02-23T09:39:05.807" LastActivityDate="2024-02-23T09:39:05.807" Title="Notifying users about the policy on AU concerning AI-generated content" Tags="|discussion|status-review|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20404" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20406" CreationDate="2023-11-10T00:21:07.617" Score="3" ViewCount="84" Body="&lt;p&gt;There are too many times this is used as a duplicate, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/425155/my-wireless-wifi-connection-does-not-work-what-information-is-needed-to-diagnos&quot;&gt;My wireless/WiFi connection does not work. What information is needed to diagnose the issue?&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;The wireless script is just a tool to help find the answer, it is not an answer to many questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My reason for asking this is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1492029/d-link-dwa-182-rev-c-ubuntu-23-10-is-not-working&quot;&gt;D-Link DWA-182 Rev C Ubuntu 23.10 is not working&lt;/a&gt; amoung many others flagged as duplicate by a few users&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I see this has another similar question at &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/20082/what-is-a-duplicate&quot;&gt;What is a duplicate?&lt;/a&gt; but it needs to be fixed&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="300665" LastActivityDate="2023-11-13T10:35:02.480" Title="Is there any way to block a question to be used as a duplicate" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20405" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20407" CreationDate="2023-11-10T00:40:12.150" Score="1" ViewCount="84" Body="&lt;p&gt;Editing a long post seems to be very painful. This could even prevent many - at least users who are new to the editor - not to edit anything complex anymore.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You need to double scroll - scroll between source and result pane, and scroll inside source pane. Why not use left-right layout?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Why not provide a source-result synchronization feature? Which means, whenever you click somewhere in the source or result pane, the other is auto scrolled (need left-right layout to do this) and the corresponding place is high lighted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="950187" LastActivityDate="2023-11-13T17:56:52.543" Title="Why doesn't StackExchange editor support auto synced source and result?" Tags="|feature-request|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20406" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20404" CreationDate="2023-11-10T01:13:11.803" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;We already implemented tag warnings to make people provide that information: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/14270/158442&quot;&gt;Tag Warning Is Now Live for &amp;quot;Wireless&amp;quot;&lt;/a&gt;. If people still don't provide it, then I'm OK with using duplicate close votes as a way to ask OP for that info instead. It has two advantages:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The post should end up being closed anyway due to lack of clarity, so this kills two birds with one stone by both casting a CV and having that CV inform OP in a very clear way what to do next.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The UI presented for duplicates makes it much more noticeable than for any other close vote. Users are asked directly at the top of the post about the duplicate, so it's hard to ignore.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In the specific example given, it did have the unfortunate defect that OP themselves agreed to close it, but I think there's no harm done. They've added the information so if nominated for reopening, there will be no disagreement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="158442" LastEditorUserId="618353" LastEditDate="2023-11-13T10:35:02.480" LastActivityDate="2023-11-13T10:35:02.480" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20407" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20405" CreationDate="2023-11-10T02:40:26.917" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;The simple answer is &amp;quot;nobody wrote code to do that for SE&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, if that's something you'd like or would find useful, you could use an IDE such as &lt;a href=&quot;https://code.visualstudio.com/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Visual Studio Code&lt;/a&gt; that supports that functionality. Some online IDEs, including &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackedit.io/app&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;stackedit.io&lt;/a&gt; also support that feature. You could compose your question (or answer) in one of those, and then copy-paste it into the Stack Exchange question/answer box once you're happy with it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's probably possible to write &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackapps.com&quot;&gt;a userscript&lt;/a&gt; that does that, but... using an existing tool, like one of those, isn't hard, so it's somewhat unlikely someone will write a userscript for that. Still, you could try to do that if you really wanted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1438484" LastEditorUserId="1438484" LastEditDate="2023-11-13T17:56:52.543" LastActivityDate="2023-11-13T17:56:52.543" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20408" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20403" CreationDate="2023-11-10T10:40:43.973" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I agree with the direction, as I had proposed something in this regard in &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/20208/1157519&quot;&gt;my post in January 2023&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Additionally, we could consider putting up small, unobtrusive banners where relevant (maybe accompanying the question- and answer submission forms).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While the message promises to be useful, I find a specific issue with the presented design mockup:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The problem is the placement of that banner, it's literally sitting inside the same textarea I am typing my answer into.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It seems to fall into a similar category with those distressing and &amp;quot;impatient&amp;quot; alert banners that some e-mail-address-field validation tools produce, &lt;em&gt;while&lt;/em&gt; one is still typing:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;This is not a valid e-mail address! Fix it already!&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;I know, smart*ss, I have just started typing the first character, lemme finish first!&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You perhaps had already encountered such.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now the hereby suggested placement of the banner has a somewhat related problem, and it is that this &lt;strong&gt;overly pesky banner&lt;/strong&gt;™ keeps putting pressure on the user with a humiliating, and thus, highly distressing suspicion, that seems to presume at all times that the user &lt;em&gt;wants to&lt;/em&gt; post AI content.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;And this suspicion cannot even be resolved by correcting the content in any ways: I presume, the banner stays up all the while the answer is being produced.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One can get rid of that &lt;strong&gt;feeling of accusation&lt;/strong&gt; only by completing the post and leaving the form.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That's humiliating and distressing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Posting here ends up being rewarded with distress. We do not intend that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It also does not make sense to put this accusatory piece of UI in between the content that I produce and the tools I use in producing it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If I rely on any of those WYSIWYG buttons on the top, my mouse cursor has to travel over —and land right next to— this visually prominent, psychologically distressing (&amp;quot;no, I am &lt;em&gt;still&lt;/em&gt; not committing that offense that it keeps reminding me about&amp;quot;) piece of information.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I do believe that this effect is brought to existence solely by the placement, and proximity of that banner to the textarea device.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Putting the banner just a teeny-weeny bit away, could alter the message:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;We know that you wouldn't post that kind of content. This reminder has to be here out of necessity, but you are free to tune it out; &lt;strong&gt;your contribution is appreciated, and we are thankful for it&lt;/strong&gt;; &lt;strong&gt;we recognize and cater to your need to post with dignity&lt;/strong&gt;.&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A different placement, just putting that banner a teeny-weeny bit away, could do away with the problematic effect.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Put it outside of the textarea-device please.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1157519" LastEditorUserId="1157519" LastEditDate="2023-11-10T10:59:40.693" LastActivityDate="2023-11-10T10:59:40.693" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20409" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20402" CreationDate="2023-11-14T13:13:12.503" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Let us make the main tag &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/desktop-background&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;desktop-background&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;desktop-background&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;tag-desktop-background-tooltip-container&quot;&gt;desktop-background&lt;/a&gt; so as to be as unambiguous as possible, and let &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/background&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;background&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;background&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;tag-background-tooltip-container&quot;&gt;background&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/wallpaper&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;wallpaper&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;wallpaper&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;tag-wallpaper-tooltip-container&quot;&gt;wallpaper&lt;/a&gt; be synonyms of that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2023-11-14T13:13:12.503" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20410" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20411" CreationDate="2023-11-14T18:17:12.623" Score="3" ViewCount="97" Body="&lt;p&gt;How can I get an e-mail if a question of mine in Ask Ubuntu gets a new answer?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1745386" OwnerDisplayName="Stefan Franz" LastEditorUserId="618353" LastEditDate="2023-11-14T20:41:51.827" LastActivityDate="2023-11-14T21:51:57.827" Title="How to get an e-mail notification when I get a new answer or comment at my question?" Tags="|discussion|email|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20411" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20410" CreationDate="2023-11-14T20:39:52.317" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;You don't have to do anything. By default you will get notified once per day about new answers to your questions in the email you have used to set up your Ask Ubuntu account.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can also change when you receive this email by going to your profile → &lt;em&gt;Settings&lt;/em&gt; → &lt;em&gt;Edit email settings&lt;/em&gt; (or just &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/email/settings/current&quot;&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt;) and changing the &lt;em&gt;Inbox&lt;/em&gt; value to either &lt;em&gt;3hrs&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Daily&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Weekly&lt;/em&gt;, or &lt;em&gt;Off&lt;/em&gt; (if you don't want to receive email notifications about answers or comments to your questions).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/vEiuT.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/vEiuT.png&quot; alt=&quot;my email settings&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="618353" LastEditorUserId="618353" LastEditDate="2023-11-14T21:51:57.827" LastActivityDate="2023-11-14T21:51:57.827" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20414" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20417" CreationDate="2023-11-20T05:06:40.793" Score="15" ViewCount="412" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is the maximum &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackexchange.com/leagues/89/year/askubuntu&quot;&gt;year-wise reputation&lt;/a&gt; obtained by a user so far.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;2011: 31,002 (fossfreedom)&#xA;2012: 43,677 (ish)&#xA;2013: 27,938 (Radu Rădeanu)&#xA;2014: 37,417 (Oli)&#xA;2015: 58,133 (A.B.)&#xA;2016: 36,112 (Rinzwind)&#xA;2017: 35,917 (muru)&#xA;2018: 29,278 (WinEunuuchs2Unix)&#xA;2019: 25,835 (Rinzwind)&#xA;2020: 21,406 (Rinzwind)&#xA;2021: 25,884 (N0rbert)&#xA;2022: 24,021 (Vanadium)&#xA;2023 (upto 19th November): 10,140 (Artur Meinild)&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I noticed that the maximum reputation obtained by a user is significantly less this year (2023) compared to any other year. I also noticed that the average of the last five years is quite less than the previous years.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Since the maximum reputation is so low in 2023, it means that all the active users (on average) earned less reputation than any previous year, which could be because they asked or answered a less number of questions, or their posts received less votes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Why could that have happened? (Are users losing their interest to vote up?)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are we gradually losing our most active members? What all constructive steps can we take to make our community more thriving?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="124466" LastEditorUserId="124466" LastEditDate="2023-11-29T02:18:23.233" LastActivityDate="2023-11-29T15:22:00.267" Title="Are we gradually losing our most active members?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="3" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20415" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20414" CreationDate="2023-11-20T11:08:42.270" Score="16" Body="&lt;p&gt;I don't disagree with your observation at all, but I think there's more to it than presented in the question. A couple of points:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Isn't it natural that the total number of new questions &lt;em&gt;that needs to be answered&lt;/em&gt; will be lower over time, since more and more questions have already been asked, and thus closed as duplicates?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Total yearly rep is just one metric of many. As Byte Commander states, this should at least be compared to the number of &lt;em&gt;answerable&lt;/em&gt; questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Taking everything else into account, lower yearly rep could also be an indication that there are simply &lt;em&gt;more&lt;/em&gt; qualified active members, so that the available voting points are spread out over more people.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;I haven't really dug into the metrics, nor do I currently have the time to do so...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1066942" LastEditorUserId="1066942" LastEditDate="2023-11-20T12:15:27.350" LastActivityDate="2023-11-20T12:15:27.350" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20416" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20387" CreationDate="2023-11-21T18:20:42.940" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;Since uninstalling software can be broadly considered as part of software installation, I propose that we make both &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/software-uninstall&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;software-uninstall&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;software-uninstall&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;tag-software-uninstall-tooltip-container&quot;&gt;software-uninstall&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/uninstall&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;uninstall&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;uninstall&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;tag-uninstall-tooltip-container&quot;&gt;uninstall&lt;/a&gt; tags synonyms of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/software-installation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;software-installation&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;software-installation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;tag-software-installation-tooltip-container&quot;&gt;software-installation&lt;/a&gt; tag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Similarly, since &amp;quot;uninstalling a system&amp;quot; doesn't make much sense as a term and since it can be broadly considered as part of system installation, I also propose that we make &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/system-uninstall&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;system-uninstall&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;system-uninstall&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;tag-system-uninstall-tooltip-container&quot;&gt;system-uninstall&lt;/a&gt; a synonym of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/system-installation&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;system-installation&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;system-installation&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;tag-system-installation-tooltip-container&quot;&gt;system-installation&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe it's better that we don't get rid of the tags completely, rather make the above synonyms, as it seems that quite many users use these tags, and even if we remove them, chances are that someone will create them again.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="618353" LastEditorUserId="618353" LastEditDate="2024-03-13T09:23:15.737" LastActivityDate="2024-03-13T09:23:15.737" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20417" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20414" CreationDate="2023-11-24T05:26:11.713" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;Great contributors have come and gone since AskUbuntu started.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Communities change over time, and people change over time too.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It's completely natural for folks to drift away as their interests evolve.&lt;br&gt;&#xA;It's NOT natural for folks to drift away because they feel unappreciated or abused. That's cultural, and we can fix that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;One of the easiest ways to retain great AskUbuntu contributors is to offer positive feedback that their hard work is noticed and appreciated: Upvote good answers. Offer positive suggestions and edits for improvement. Ask for great comments to be expanded into answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you run across a former contributor in another venue, let them know that you remember their great contribution...and that you miss them here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19626" LastActivityDate="2023-11-24T05:26:11.713" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20418" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20420" CreationDate="2023-11-26T04:38:16.640" Score="0" ViewCount="198" Body="&lt;p&gt;My title says it all. Yes, I know this has been asked before.&#xA;Allow me to break it down to the basic Ask Ubuntu core values.  According to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/tour&quot;&gt;Tour&lt;/a&gt; page, one should:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Improve posts by editing or commenting&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;and:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Our goal is to have the best answers to every question, so if you see questions or answers that can be improved, you can edit them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;So how can a downvote escape these principles without any edit or comment?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Example case in point is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/1493860/767056&quot;&gt;my answer&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/1493857/618353&quot;&gt;PowerShell-like history auto suggestion for Bash&lt;/a&gt;, which is downvoted without explanation. My comment in my answer:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Down-votes don't bother me much. I am here to help people to the best of my ability. What bothers me is when I take the time to make a honest effort to answer the OP question and it gets met with a down-vote without explanation. I can assure you, I am not discouraged from your lack of feedback. –&#xA;stumblebee&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;To be clear:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This isn't just about my answer. I see alot of answers and questions that get downvoted for no good apparent reason and without explanation. I can't help thinking this is done maliciously. When I see this, I upvote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="767056" LastEditorUserId="767056" LastEditDate="2023-11-26T19:36:59.927" LastActivityDate="2023-11-27T08:20:10.747" Title="Why is downvoting a question or answer without a explanation acceptable?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20419" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20418" CreationDate="2023-11-26T12:06:25.397" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is a subject that has been raised dozens of &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/19564/85695&quot;&gt;times&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/8005/85695&quot;&gt;both&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/14122/85695&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; and on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/325416/203101&quot;&gt;main meta&lt;/a&gt;, and it is indeed a reasonable suggestion if you don't have much experience with Stack Exchange. However, it is a fundamentally bad suggestion as I hope you will understand if you read some of the links or just the FAQ answer to the main meta post, whose bullet points I reproduce below:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Voting is, first and foremost, a &lt;em&gt;content rating&lt;/em&gt; system.&lt;/strong&gt; Rather than being a way of communicating with the &lt;em&gt;author&lt;/em&gt;, downvotes &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/a/250181&quot;&gt;are a way of communicating to &lt;em&gt;future readers&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; that a post is not useful, doesn't show much research effort, or is not a good fit for the site. If someone wants to leave a comment to communicate with the author, they can always do so, &lt;em&gt;independent&lt;/em&gt; of the voting system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;In the vast majority of cases, nothing needs to be clarified.&lt;/strong&gt; The tooltip on the downvote arrow already explains what a downvote&#xA;means, and it is specific for questions and answers. In most cases,&#xA;the &amp;quot;comment&amp;quot; in the tooltip already adequately explains the logic&#xA;behind the downvote, so an additional comment would just be wasted&#xA;effort and noise.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Any requirement could be trivially circumvented&lt;/strong&gt; by entering gibberish or something unconstructive like &amp;quot;this is bad&amp;quot;. Detecting&#xA;and stopping those who enter such stuff through&#xA;moderation/administrative action is simply not feasible on a network&#xA;with millions of users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;It may not feel that way to you at the moment, but downvoters are doing the site a service, and making voting more difficult would&#xA;impede the site's most important quality-control tool.&lt;/strong&gt; Voting is&#xA;ad-hoc and frictionless &lt;em&gt;by design&lt;/em&gt;! Voting separates good content&#xA;from bad, and makes the good content more visible. &lt;em&gt;This is essential&#xA;for the platform to work, even if it sometimes feels mean.&lt;/em&gt; If a vote&#xA;is in error—which can always happen—the expectation is&#xA;that the &amp;quot;swarm intelligence&amp;quot; of future viewers will eventually&#xA;correct the problem. A single vote is nothing, really. What matters is&#xA;the &lt;em&gt;sum&lt;/em&gt; of all votes, which is why we only display the aggregate&#xA;score.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Scale.&lt;/strong&gt; Stack Exchange sites get &lt;em&gt;thousands&lt;/em&gt; of questions every day overall. Many of them are of poor quality, or just not a good fit&#xA;for the site they are asked on. It is beyond human capability to&#xA;respond to each one of those bad or misplaced questions with&#xA;custom-tailored advice. It would drain too much time and energy from&#xA;the unpaid volunteers who answer questions and help users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If downvoting is made more difficult, then upvoting would need to be made correspondingly more difficult.&lt;/strong&gt; The system uses downvotes&#xA;&lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; upvotes to filter out the &amp;quot;good&amp;quot; content from the &amp;quot;bad.&amp;quot; If consequence-free downvoting is a problem, then, logically,&#xA;consequence-free upvoting is, too, because it potentially marks&#xA;low-quality content as &amp;quot;good&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Documentation on &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/help/how-to-ask&quot;&gt;how to ask a good question&lt;/a&gt; is made easily available for those willing to read it.&lt;/strong&gt; Stack Exchange's rules are&#xA;special and arcane, but it's not like there hasn't been a lot written&#xA;on the topic; in addition to the help pages, there are also&#xA;comprehensive FAQ questions written by Meta community members, with&#xA;the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/faq&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;faq&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;faq&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;tag-faq-tooltip-container&quot;&gt;faq&lt;/a&gt; tag. Similarly, we provide &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/help/how-to-answer&quot;&gt;extensive guidance on how to&#xA;answer questions&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Leaving a comment accompanying a downvote can lead to negative consequences, like revenge downvoting and even off-site harassment.&lt;/strong&gt;&#xA;Many experienced users &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/a/353978&quot;&gt;will tell&#xA;you&lt;/a&gt; that they used to leave&#xA;helpful comments along with their downvotes, but have stopped doing so&#xA;because of the unpleasant blowback they received from some&#xA;unreasonable users. Even for those users who remain rational,&#xA;commenting about votes almost inevitably leads to extended, off-topic&#xA;discussions, which we strive to avoid.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Stack Exchange, Inc. is actually doing a &lt;em&gt;hell of a lot&lt;/em&gt; to make the place feel more friendly.&lt;/strong&gt; The past few years have seen tons of&#xA;discussions, &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.blog/2012/07/20/kicking-off-the-summer-of-love/&quot;&gt;initiatives&lt;/a&gt;, UI changes, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/182812/introducing-a-brand-new-consolidated-help-center&quot;&gt;help center updates&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;and renovations, experiments like mentoring, and more—all&#xA;aimed at making starting out on Stack Exchange a more pleasant&#xA;experience without compromising on quality. (Actually, a lot of&#xA;veteran users feel that site's owners are putting &lt;em&gt;too much&lt;/em&gt; emphasis&#xA;on making the site feel nice, for the sake of traffic—which&#xA;translates into money—over quality; regardless of whether&#xA;they're right or not, it is not accurate to say nothing is being done.&#xA;It's just a really tough problem.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;We can't accommodate everyone.&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.blog/2011/06/13/optimizing-for-pearls-not-sand/&quot;&gt;There will always be more question-askers out there than there are competent answerers.&lt;/a&gt; You&#xA;can't overburden the latter by allowing a huge quantity of bad or&#xA;badly-fitting questions into the system—you'd destroy the entire&#xA;system, and hence prevent any questions from getting answered. Not&#xA;getting to ask your question on Stack Exchange isn't a death sentence;&#xA;many veterans have questions every day that they don't ask on Stack&#xA;Exchange because they know they wouldn't be a good fit under the&#xA;current model. The resources those veterans turn to to solve their&#xA;problems are usually open to everyone on the Internet—they just&#xA;take time, effort, and sometimes periods of frustration to understand.&#xA;There are also other, more mentoring-oriented resources to turn to.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;* On meta sites, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/help/whats-meta&quot;&gt;downvoting is used to indicate&#xA;disagreement&lt;/a&gt; with&#xA;feature requests. But it's the same thing: the votes are a way of&#xA;communicating to future readers (including the Stack Exchange team)&#xA;that a certain feature request is overall disagreed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastActivityDate="2023-11-26T12:06:25.397" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20420" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20418" CreationDate="2023-11-26T14:13:40.877" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;I agree &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/20418/why-is-downvoting-a-question-or-answer-without-a-explanation-acceptable#comment46417_20418&quot;&gt;with @muru&lt;/a&gt; that the reason for the downvotes is most likely that your answer doesn't exactly address the OP's question, rather offers an alternative. And this seems quite clear.&#xA;One would expect that being this clear should have made it very easy for the people who downvoted your answer to provide a comment with their reasoning, and your frustration is understandable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So if your question here is intended as a means to express your frustration about the unexplained downvotes, then I totally can understand that. And it's okay for you to feel like that. If on the other hand your question is meant as a statement against downvoting in general, then I cannot agree with it. Downvoting is essential for the site to work properly (see &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/20419/618353&quot;&gt;@terdon's answer&lt;/a&gt;), even if sometimes it's not used as well as it should.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You (all of us) just have to accept that sometimes you'll get downvotes without an explanation and move on to your next great answer!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PS:&lt;/strong&gt; Your answer has also received some upvotes, which means that some users actually find it useful! So don't fixate on the unexplained downvotes only, but also on the useful side of the post you've provided!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edit:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This isn't just about my answer. I see alot of answers and questions that get downvoted for no good apparent reason and without explanation. I can't help thinking this is done maliciously. When I see this, I upvote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I understand that, but I'm not sure if most downvotes without explanation have malicious intent or if they are a result of poor understanding of the post (I mostly believe that the latter is the most frequent case). Most of the time this poor understanding can be attributed either to the lack of clarity of the post, so the OP is to be &amp;quot;blamed&amp;quot;, or to the lack of willingness of a reader/downvoter of the post to try to understand what the OP (who very often is not a native speaker or a Linux guru) might wanted to say, so the reader/downvoter is to be &amp;quot;blamed&amp;quot;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In any case, what we can do is:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Lead by example and try to justify our downvotes as often as we can.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Try to see what a downvoter could have seen as wrong with a post and let the OP know, so they can fix it, or maybe we try to fix that ourselves by editing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Upvote the post if we find it useful, but of course not upvote it just because it got a downvote without explanation.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Visit the &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/3877/raiders-of-the-lost-downboat&quot;&gt;Raiders of the Lost Downboat&lt;/a&gt; chatroom, our special room dedicated to moderation (see &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/19422/the-raiders-of-the-lost-downboat-chat-room&quot;&gt;The &amp;#39;Raiders of the Lost Downboat&amp;#39; chat room&lt;/a&gt;), and let the people there know about a post that was wrongly downvoted, so they may try and fix the votes of the post by upvoting or editing it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="618353" LastEditorUserId="618353" LastEditDate="2023-11-27T08:20:10.747" LastActivityDate="2023-11-27T08:20:10.747" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20421" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20414" CreationDate="2023-11-29T15:22:00.267" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;Maybe because many questions have been answered already. This leaves repeat questions, or no questions for top contributors to answer and gain rep from. Combine that with the fact that we are in a ever changing environment and these new bleeding edge technologies like ai and web3 and biotech have less contributors to answer questions because the tech is so new. I'm sure theres many other reasons for the slowdown such as chatgpt,quora, tech layoffs which means less people interested in tech but the big part may be as others mentioned is that people will come and read and not leave a vote&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="986751" LastActivityDate="2023-11-29T15:22:00.267" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20422" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20423" CreationDate="2023-11-29T23:32:49.697" Score="7" ViewCount="166" Body="&lt;p&gt;Some time ago I found &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/15272/181442&quot;&gt;an answer&lt;/a&gt; which I had found useful and upvoted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Recently I bumped into the same issue again and, trying to apply the steps from the answer, I found that the solution is now deprecated, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/13065/how-do-i-fix-the-gpg-error-no-pubkey#comment2483338_15272&quot;&gt;as pointed out in a comment&lt;/a&gt; (which I upvoted).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After some searching I found an &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/a/71384057/897968&quot;&gt;answer on StackOverflow&lt;/a&gt; that is up-to date and working for me, so I upvoted that as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now what to do about the original &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/15272/181442&quot;&gt;answer&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I tried removing my upvote, but it says it's locked (&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/9070/your-vote-is-locked-in-unless-answer-is-edited&quot;&gt;see here for an explanation&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/13065/how-do-i-fix-the-gpg-error-no-pubkey#comment2483338_15272&quot;&gt;comment&lt;/a&gt; is over a year old, so I'm assuming the original author didn't know what to do about it or doesn't care to update the answer.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I could add another comment, pointing to the newer answer I found.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I could edit the answer but that &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/18443/181442&quot;&gt;doesn't feel right since it's not mine&lt;/a&gt;. Options are&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;adding an obvious warning at the top, potentially including a link to the new answer,&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;updating it to show the new solution or&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;both.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I could flag the answer, but that doesn't seem right to me either.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What is one supposed to do in such a case?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="181442" LastActivityDate="2023-11-30T00:28:27.460" Title="Should I be able to change my vote if an answer becomes outdated? Or should I take another action?" Tags="|discussion|answers|voting|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20423" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20422" CreationDate="2023-11-30T00:28:27.460" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;In these cases, I edit the answer to add a note like&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;This answer was valid for Ubuntu 20.04 and previous versions. For Ubuntu 20.10 and later versions, see this answer (link).&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In case the new solution is short, I add it to the existing answer (instead of just posting the link), so that it is relatively easy to discover.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I personally refrain from downvoting an existing answer which worked when the answer was written.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="124466" LastActivityDate="2023-11-30T00:28:27.460" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20424" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2023-12-12T14:37:21.917" Score="0" ViewCount="110" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have an account, however, when I go to login, it asks for the two-step verification code and I don't think I ever set that up. If I did, I'm not getting it on my phone or on my email account.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1752135" OwnerDisplayName="Jorge LeRoy" LastEditorUserId="618353" LastEditDate="2023-12-12T15:15:39.310" LastActivityDate="2024-01-11T20:08:26.137" Title="Getting asked for two-step verification code, but I'm not getting notification on my phone or email" Tags="|discussion|login|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20425" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20424" CreationDate="2023-12-12T19:41:46.180" Score="1" Body="&lt;p&gt;If this is for your login to this site, and you use a third-party provider like Google, Facebook, etc. to authenticate, then the two-step verification code handling originates on that side of the system, and you must address the issue with that provider.  More than likely, those systems want you to use your 2FA program like Google Authenticator or similar to generate your 2FA code, and have a fall-back to SMS or Email authentication.  Unfortunately, Ask Ubuntu nor StackExchange have any insight into these third party authentication integrations, and you will have to talk to those providers for support directly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you are using a StackExchange login directly for the site, I don't &lt;em&gt;think&lt;/em&gt; it has 2FA as an option (please feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, as I haven't checked as I use Google to authenticate), but that'd require you to contact the staff of StackExchange for assistance (see the &amp;quot;Contact&amp;quot; button at the bottom of every page).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If this is for your Ubuntu system, then clarify that and post this as an actual question to Ask Ubuntu.  This will then depend 100% on how your 2FA system is configured with Ubuntu, but the vast majority don't have email / SMS integration.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In none of these cases can Meta here on Ask Ubuntu assist you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2023-12-12T19:41:46.180" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20426" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20427" CreationDate="2023-12-20T18:51:25.290" Score="5" ViewCount="54" Body="&lt;p&gt;I'm trying to figure out what my weather and world clock options are on my new laptop. Most of the posts I am surfacing about weather indicators are about &lt;code&gt;weather-indicator&lt;/code&gt; which hasn't been updated since 2011 and the posts are typically at least 10 years old.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Is there a way to search for posts that are &amp;lt; 5 years old?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="13049" LastActivityDate="2023-12-20T22:45:17.600" Title="Can we limit searches by date?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20427" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20426" CreationDate="2023-12-20T22:45:17.600" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yes, there are ways to filter searches, but its limited.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Refer to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/searching&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/help/searching&lt;/a&gt; for the large details.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Specifics include:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Dates&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can use specific dates or date ranges to narrow results down to&#xA;posts created or active within a certain time period, using the&#xA;following operators:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;created:&lt;/code&gt; to specify when the posts were created&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;lastactive:&lt;/code&gt; for posts active in a specified time period&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Dates can be entered in the following formats:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Absolute dates:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;year only – e.g., &lt;code&gt;created:2012..2013&lt;/code&gt; searches posts created from January 1, 2012 through December 31, 2013; &lt;code&gt;created:2012&lt;/code&gt;&#xA;searches posts created from January 1, 2012 through December 31, 2012.&#xA;year and month – e.g., &lt;code&gt;created:2012-04..2012-05&lt;/code&gt; searches posts created between April 1, 2012 and May 31, 2012.&#xA;day, month, and year – e.g., &lt;code&gt;lastactive:2012-04-03&lt;/code&gt; searches posts who were last active between 12:00 AM on April 3, 2012 and 11:59&#xA;PM on April 3, 2012.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Relative dates:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;1y&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;code&gt;1m&lt;/code&gt;, and &lt;code&gt;1d&lt;/code&gt; are shorthand for &amp;quot;last year&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;last month&amp;quot;, and &amp;quot;yesterday&amp;quot; – e.g., if today is April 15, &lt;code&gt;created:1m&lt;/code&gt;&#xA;searches posts created between March 1 and March 31. (You can&#xA;substitute any number for 1 to look back that many years, months, or&#xA;days.)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Relative dates in a range (&lt;code&gt;1y..&lt;/code&gt;) look back to the same date in the previous period – e.g., if you want to see all the posts active&#xA;in the last three months, use &lt;code&gt;lastactive:3m..&lt;/code&gt; On April 15, that will&#xA;show posts from January 15 up to the most recently active. You can&#xA;close the range as well: &lt;code&gt;lastactive:3m..1m&lt;/code&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Please note that all times are recorded in UTC; the results may not&#xA;match your timezone.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2023-12-20T22:45:17.600" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20428" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20429" CreationDate="2024-01-02T12:11:34.473" Score="-1" ViewCount="180" Body="&lt;p&gt;Is it against the rules to post answers that solve problems without using the command line?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I posted an answer &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/1498706/1066942&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;, but apparently solving a problem using Synaptic Package Manager is unacceptable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1455533" OwnerDisplayName="GlenM" LastActivityDate="2024-01-02T14:06:15.960" Title="Is it againt the rules" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="9" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20429" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20428" CreationDate="2024-01-02T12:38:22.733" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, of course you can post an answer that details how to do anything by any available means.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, I also &lt;em&gt;don't&lt;/em&gt; think the Mod comment actually state a very clear or understandable reason why the answer is deleted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I &lt;em&gt;believe&lt;/em&gt; the reason your answer does not qualify as such is because it lacks sufficient detail on &lt;em&gt;how&lt;/em&gt; to do what you state. If you improved the answer by adding 1) How to install &lt;code&gt;synaptic&lt;/code&gt; and 2) How to do the exact steps that solved the issue for you, then your answer could be undeleted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1066942" LastActivityDate="2024-01-02T12:38:22.733" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20430" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20428" CreationDate="2024-01-02T13:01:53.497" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;As Artur said, posting answer that don't use the command line is absolutely fine. However, your post wasn't actually an answer. After your edit which removed the suggestion of the already existing feature of unattended upgrades, this is the entirety of your answer:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have had the same problem. I was able to do the updates through Synaptic Package manager.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;OK. So what is this tool? How does one get it? What do you need to do with it to get around the problem? How do you use it?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We expect answers to have more detail here and explain what needs to be done. The question doesn't actually ask a specific question, which is unfortunate, but a perfect answer would explain what this &amp;quot;prepared update&amp;quot; thing is, what causes it, how to avoid it in the future, and how to get around it. Your answer only suggests that using some tool in some unspecified way might be able to do some undefined improvement.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I know it seems like we're all a bunch of nitpicking pedants. And, frankly, many of us are. I certainly am! But the goal of thee sites is to provide a useful library of questions and answers to help future visitors. This is why we're so persnickety about &amp;quot;quality&amp;quot; and rules. It seems weird at first, but the simple truth is that these rules, and this pedantry, result in a useful resource and are what stops us from becoming the noisy mess of the classic forums.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2024-01-02T14:06:15.960" LastActivityDate="2024-01-02T14:06:15.960" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20431" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20403" CreationDate="2024-01-05T15:47:08.120" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;There’s now an MSE post allowing us to opt in, which is probably the best way to do this unless we want something custom for some reason.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/395881/1081494&quot;&gt;Sites can now request to enable a banner to warn about their policy on AI-generated content&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Once we have consensus, a mod can give this question status-review.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Per this:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Both options have a &amp;quot;Learn more&amp;quot; link, which will point to a per-site help center article, whose contents should also be a part of the community discussion — this article should explain what the site's policy on AI-generated content is (here's SO's article, as an example).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It looks like we might need a help center page about our LLM-usage ban, too. IDK if we're allowed to link to Meta instead.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1438484" LastEditorUserId="1438484" LastEditDate="2024-01-05T17:49:27.217" LastActivityDate="2024-01-05T17:49:27.217" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20433" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2024-01-06T03:22:58.143" Score="2" ViewCount="38" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was browsing around since I just added TPM to my older motherboard and I wanted to check the full version.  While browsing I stumbled across &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/1415651/231142&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/a/1415651/231142&lt;/a&gt; where it is deleted.  While they marked it as from SuSE Linux, the answer is exactly the same for Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Running that answer for my Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, I get this output.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;$ cat /sys/class/tpm/tpm0/device/firmware_node/description &#xA;TPM 1.2 Device&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Which seems very valid to me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My question then would be do we leave this answer deleted even though it is a valid answer but mentions SuSE Linux?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="231142" LastActivityDate="2024-01-07T11:31:14.983" Title="Possible undelete of answer?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20434" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20433" CreationDate="2024-01-07T11:31:14.983" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think that answers for other Linux distros should be kept if they seem likely to be relevant for Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2024-01-07T11:31:14.983" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20435" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2024-01-07T20:12:47.520" Score="1" ViewCount="71" Body="&lt;p&gt;I do have an Ubuntu Launchpad account (still works, e.g. for reporting bugs, etc.) and I used to use it to login into Ask Ubuntu as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;For some months now, I can't login into Ask Ubuntu anymore. After authorizing to launchpad, which still works, password OK, and choosing the access level, I do get an error message from Ask Ubuntu that login failed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The Ubuntu customer service could not help, they don't even understand the problem.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm logged in here with my Google Account instead of Launchpad right now, but the question remains: Is there anyone in charge and able to fix this?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Compliciation:&lt;/strong&gt; I do know that this question belongs to meta.askubuntu.com, but this site requires me to have 5 or more reputation points, which I do not have with this workaround google account. So one is never able to ask on meta.askubuntu.com, why authentication on askubuntu.com wouldn't work, since this requirement breaks itself by design.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;regards&#xA;Hadmut&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1758626" OwnerDisplayName="Hadmut Danisch" LastEditorUserId="10616" LastEditDate="2024-01-07T23:40:33.433" LastActivityDate="2024-01-07T23:40:33.433" Title="Why can't I login into Ask Ubuntu with launchpad anymore?" Tags="|support|launchpad|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20436" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20403" CreationDate="2024-01-08T01:15:36.203" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;This question has now been available for comment for almost 3 months and has gained 2k views in that time. It has had the &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/featured&quot; class=&quot;post-tag moderator-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;featured&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;featured&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;tag-featured-tooltip-container&quot;&gt;featured&lt;/a&gt; tag applied for most of this time to give greater prominence. The question itself has 23 positive votes and 1 negative as of January 26th 2024.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Discussion has taken place:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;As comments and answers to this question&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Informally on the chat room 'Raiders of the Lost Downboat' (chat room for AU editors and reviewers)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Informally on 'Ubuntu Moderation' (chat room for AU elected moderators)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Informally on 'AI Domination' (chat room for AI discussions)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Feedback has been overwhelmingly in favor of the addition of the following as a banner text option:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;code&gt;**Reminder**: Answers generated by Artificial Intelligence tools are not allowed on [Site Name]. Learn more&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Discussion has been a little divided as to the 'Learn more' link with some quite happy for a link to &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/20209/57576&quot;&gt;our own AI Policy on Meta&lt;/a&gt; while others have been happy with a 'Help Centre' page along the lines of &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/help/ai-policy&quot;&gt;the SO page&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I personally would be quite happy with an AU version of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.com/help/ai-policy&quot;&gt;SO AI Help Centre page&lt;/a&gt; that could be &lt;em&gt;directly edited by the Ask Ubuntu Moderators&lt;/em&gt;. I have added a draft version of such an article here, it has drawn heavily from the SO help article and our own Meta post:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Draft version of AI 'Help' Page...&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Why can't I use Artificial Intelligence tools to generate content?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Artificial Intelligence tools (a.k.a. ChatGPT, LLMs, generative AI (genAI) models, Google Bard, etc.) may not be used to generate content for Ask Ubuntu. The content (including questions and answers) you provide on Ask Ubuntu can only be:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Your own &lt;em&gt;original&lt;/em&gt; work&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/referencing&quot;&gt;properly cited&lt;/a&gt; work of others (&lt;em&gt;excludes&lt;/em&gt; citation of an AI source)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the content you have placed on Ask Ubuntu is determined to have been written utilizing an Artificial Intelligence tool,  &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/conduct/inauthentic-usage&quot;&gt;that content will be deleted&lt;/a&gt; along with any reputation earned. Posting AI-generated content will lead to a warning from moderators, and any further infractions can lead to a &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.blog/2009/04/06/a-day-in-the-penalty-box/&quot;&gt;suspension&lt;/a&gt; from the site.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;What counts as “content generated by Artificial Intelligence tools”?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An “answer generated by Artificial Intelligence tools” is any answer crafted in part or in whole using a tool that writes a response automatically based on a prompt it is provided.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Because these tools are trained to answer with language that matches authentic text, the responses may look and sound plausible, but the quality of generated answers can vary significantly (up to, and including, completely wrong answers).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is permissible to use grammar and spell-checking tools to correct grammar and spelling errors in your own posts or while editing and improving the posts of others.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;Why am I not allowed to use Artificial Intelligence services to draft my answer?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Ask Ubuntu is a collaborative resource, developed and maintained by members of the Community. There are a few primary issues with content generated by large language models that make it unsuitable for use on Ask Ubuntu:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Users who ask questions on Ask Ubuntu expect to receive an answer authored and vetted by a human. This ensures that the answer is factual, relevant, and complete, up to the standards of another human. While human authors are not perfect, Artificial Intelligence tools may not take into account other important factors to a question (i.e., optimization, security, etc.), often add excessive noise to their answers (i.e., explaining all details, no matter how relevant), and may fabricate false or misleading information (hallucinations).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;AI's cannot cite the sources of knowledge used up to the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/referencing&quot;&gt;standards of Ask Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt;. Even when Artificial Intelligence appears to cite sources for responses, such sources may not be relevant to the original request or may not exist at all. For Ask Ubuntu, the answer may not honestly or fairly represent the sources of knowledge used, even if someone explicitly cites the Artificial Intelligence as an author in their answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;h2&gt;What is an alternative to using artificial intelligence services?&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Many of the answers on Ask Ubuntu are created by users sharing their own expertise, though this is not always required. In particular, users should cite trustworthy sources when supplying answers outside their expertise. Searching for sources, synthesizing them into a good answer, and citing them clearly are critical steps in developing a well-crafted answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="57576" LastEditorUserId="1438484" LastEditDate="2024-01-30T07:16:39.897" LastActivityDate="2024-01-30T07:16:39.897" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20437" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20209" CreationDate="2024-01-08T04:53:47.323" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;AI is dangerous and this rule helps bring it to light. If everyone comes to depend on AI solutions, then the reason to learn and learning would cease. It would cause mankind to give up independence, control and ingenuity; going against everything open source stands for. Dependence upon AI would leave the mind a fruitless waste land, and unable to accomplish the simplest of task.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1591468" LastActivityDate="2024-01-08T04:53:47.323" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20438" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20439" CreationDate="2024-01-11T15:36:31.243" Score="7" ViewCount="183" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have technical problems i can't solve, and instead of providing help, I've been attacked. People complain that they don't like my questions, they troll all my content to down vote it, and now I've been told i can't ask anymore questions, due to people not liking me. Is this site here to help people with ubuntu issues, or is it just here for people to stroke their own egos, by pushing around people without as good of computer skills as them? I assume I'll be banned just for asking this, based on previous community interactions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="832570" LastActivityDate="2024-02-27T18:09:37.153" Title="Why does the site attack people seeking help?" Tags="|support|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20439" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20438" CreationDate="2024-01-11T16:50:39.580" Score="15" Body="&lt;p&gt;No, this site isn't here to help people with Ubuntu issues, that is a very common (and understandable) misunderstanding. The objective of this site is to collect a library of useful questions and answers that can help everyone, not just the person asking the question. This is why we get so obsessive about quality and clarity. And this is why we have a voting system, so useful questions and answers can be voted up, and less useful ones voted down. This has nothing to do with you, or any other individual, it is only about the questions and answers, not about the person posting them.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That said, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/832570/liberated&quot;&gt;you have asked&lt;/a&gt; a total of 8 questions:&#xA;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/IOHqA.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/IOHqA.png&quot; alt=&quot;screenshot of OP's profile, showing questions&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Of these, only two have a negative score. In total, you have received 4 downvotes and 14 upvotes. That really doesn't seem like anyone is targeting you. Your questions have clearly been well received on average.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In any case, downvoting is &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;not trolling&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;. Not at all. If anything, not downvoting questions that deserve to be downvoted is trolling. Votes aren't personal, they are about the question. If a question isn't clear, if it isn't going to be helpful to others in the future, if it shows no effort, then it &lt;em&gt;should&lt;/em&gt; be downvoted. That's how we can separate the really good questions and answers. I know it can feel bad, but please try not to take it personally, it really isn't about you at all.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I assume what prompted this question is &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/1499607/85695&quot;&gt;your post from today&lt;/a&gt;. That only has two downvotes, at the time of writing, and 49 views. So two people, no more than that, out of 49 who read the question, felt it wasn't useful and downvoted. That really isn't much of a signal. It's just two people having an opinion. I have now upvoted the question myself since I do think it is clear and can be useful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Maybe the people who downvoted felt you should have realized that you were reading old posts that were referring to an older version of the tool you use and that in the new version, there's a sort button right next to where you were looking. That is their right, of course, but I agree with you that this isn't very obvious. Not everyone finds icons with no text intuitive and not everyone is in the habit of trying every button to see what it does, so I can completely understand your confusion.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Or, perhaps, the people who downvoted felt your question wasn't clear. That makes a little bit more sense since you have posted screenshots but you haven't told us what tool you are using. There are multiple file browsers available for Linux systems, and if you don't tell us which one you are using, that is a little confusing. So maybe that's why people downvoted.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;No matter the reason, it really doesn't make much difference: it's just two people's opinion, don't read too much into it. Most importantly, when people tell you your question isn't clear, that isn't an attack. It is an honest request for clarification. So please try not to take it as an attack and instead just clarify what they asked.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="85695" LastEditDate="2024-02-27T18:09:37.153" LastActivityDate="2024-02-27T18:09:37.153" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20440" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2024-01-21T20:20:44.380" Score="4" ViewCount="90" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have been an on-and-off user of AskUbuntu for 10 years.  Coming back this year I notice that the majority of questions on the front page have a -1, often already within the hour after they are asked.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my recollection this wasn't the case before.  Downvoting wasn't something to do lightly, and when you did there would occasionaly be a (moderator) comment &lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;if you downvote, please explain why you did so&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This seems to be different now.  I just counted, and of the top 20 questions 4 have a 0 score.  16 have -1 or less.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can't disagree with the -1s.  Questions &lt;em&gt;are&lt;/em&gt; worse than they were 10 years ago, when measured against AU policy and the &amp;quot;how to ask a good question&amp;quot; guidelines.  Many are little more than &lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;X doesn't work, please help&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt; and deserve a downvote.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I suppose this is the &amp;quot;eternal September&amp;quot; of Ubuntu (yes, I'm old enough to have lived through Usenet's eternal September) and I can only be happy for the many people discovering it.  But it's been a bit of a bummer for AU.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Anyway, my question is: has policy on downvoting changed and/or is it OK to downvote a bad question without leaving a comment?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="134479" LastActivityDate="2024-01-21T20:23:57.493" Title="Has policy on downvotes changed?" Tags="|support|downvoting|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="8" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20441" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20440" CreationDate="2024-01-21T20:23:57.493" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's OK to downvote a bad question, but it would also be a nice and recommended gesture to leave a comment explaining what could be improved.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1066942" LastActivityDate="2024-01-21T20:23:57.493" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20442" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20450" CreationDate="2024-01-24T10:41:41.107" Score="0" ViewCount="110" Body="&lt;p&gt;I recently saw a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1501143/samsung-magician-software&quot;&gt;question&lt;/a&gt; where the user asked where to buy &amp;quot;Samsung Magician software&amp;quot; for GNU/Linux. A quick google search shows that it is a software for health checkup and performance optimization of Samsung SSDs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Clearly this is not directly fall into &amp;quot;not an official Ubuntu flavor&amp;quot; (because this is actually about drive optimazation in Ubuntu) or &amp;quot;bug reports about Ubuntu&amp;quot; or something like that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, it seems that the user wants to fix a problem (drive optimization == X) using Ubuntu, but they want to use a non-existing solution (samsung magician software == Y), and asked a question about Y. This is another example of the &lt;a href=&quot;https://xyproblem.info/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;XY Problem&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We regularly get many similar questions, which don't directly fall into existing categories for closure.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Shall we create a separate closure category for XY problems?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="124466" LastActivityDate="2024-02-03T12:34:05.967" Title="Add option to close vote because it is an XY problem?" Tags="|discussion|close-reasons|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20444" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2024-01-24T16:40:52.420" Score="11" ViewCount="75" Body="&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It’s that time of the year again! As we wave goodbye to last year and welcome the new one, we have &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/search?q=%22year+in+moderation%22+is%3Aquestion&quot;&gt;a tradition of sharing moderation stats for the preceding calendar year&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As most of you here might be aware, sites on the Stack Exchange network are moderated somewhat differently to other sites on the web:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We designed the Stack Exchange network engine to be mostly self-regulating, in that we amortize the overall moderation cost of the system across thousands of teeny-tiny slices of effort contributed by regular, everyday users.&lt;br /&gt;&#xA;-- &lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2009/05/a-theory-of-moderation/&quot;&gt;A Theory of Moderation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That doesn't eliminate the need for having &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackoverflow.blog/2018/11/21/our-theory-of-moderation-re-visited/&quot;&gt;moderators&lt;/a&gt; altogether, but it does mean that the bulk of moderation work is carried out by regular folks — folks like you. Every bit of time and effort y'all contribute to the site gives you access to more privileges you can use to help in this effort, all of which produce a cumulative effect that makes a big difference in ensuring Stack Exchange sites remain a valuable source of high-quality content on the web.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So as we say goodbye to 2023 (and January 2024… ahem) and move into 2024, let us look back at what we accomplished as a community... by looking at some &lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/pmN7M.gif&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;exciting&lt;/em&gt; stats&lt;/a&gt;. Below is a breakdown of moderation actions performed on Ask Ubuntu over the past 12 months:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;div class=&quot;s-table-container&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;table class=&quot;s-table&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;thead&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;th style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Action&lt;/th&gt;&#xA;&lt;th style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;Moderators&lt;/th&gt;&#xA;&lt;th style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;Community User¹&lt;/th&gt;&#xA;&lt;th style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;Community²&lt;/th&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;/thead&gt;&#xA;&lt;tbody&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;All comments on a post moved to chat&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;32&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;0&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;0&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Answer flags 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right;&quot;&gt;0&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;0&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Users deleted&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;1&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;0&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;0&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Users destroyed⁴&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;532&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;0&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;0&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Users suspended³&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;71&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;366&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;0&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tr&gt;&#xA;&lt;/tbody&gt;&#xA;&lt;/table&gt;&#xA;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Footnotes&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;¹ This refers to the automated systems otherwise known as &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/-1&quot;&gt;user #-1&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;² This refers to &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users&quot;&gt;the membership of Ask Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt; &lt;em&gt;without&lt;/em&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users?tab=moderators&quot;&gt;diamonds next to their names&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;³ The system will suspend users under three circumstances: when a user is recreated after being previously suspended, when a user is recreated after being destroyed for spam or abuse, and when a network-wide suspension is in effect on an account.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;⁴ A &amp;quot;destroyed&amp;quot; user is deleted along with all that they had posted: questions, answers, comments. &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/88994/what-is-the-difference-between-a-deleted-user-and-a-destroyed-user&quot;&gt;Generally used as an expedient way of getting rid of spam.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;⁵ This counts every review that was submitted (not skipped) - so the 2 suggested edits reviews needed to approve an edit would count as 2, the goal being to indicate the frequency of moderation actions. This also applies to flags, etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;⁶ Includes close flags (but &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; close or reopen votes). The community² can handle these flags by at least one person voting to close a question that has a close flag.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;⁷ This ignores numerous deletions that happen automatically in response to some other action.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;⁸ This includes comments deleted by their own authors (which also account for some number of handled comment flags).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h3&gt;Further reading:&lt;/h3&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Wanna see how these numbers have changed over time? We posted a similar report here last year: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/20250/2022-a-year-in-moderation&quot;&gt;2022: a year in moderation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;You can also check out &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackexchange.com/search?q=title%3A%222023%3A+a+year+in+moderation%22&quot;&gt;this report on other sites&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Or peruse &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/396299/208518&quot;&gt;detailed information on the number of questions closed and reopened across all sites&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Wishing everyone a happy 2024! ^_^&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="306823" LastEditorUserId="306823" LastEditDate="2024-01-24T18:42:53.480" LastActivityDate="2024-01-24T18:42:53.480" Title="2023: a year in moderation" Tags="|discussion|moderation|statistics|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20445" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20442" CreationDate="2024-01-24T17:21:45.410" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;We're currently at our limit of &amp;quot;custom close reasons&amp;quot;.  Compared to the other close reasons we have, I don't see XY problem posts as frequently happening enough to warrant removing one of our existing close reasons to replace it with XY as a closure reason.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2024-01-24T17:21:45.410" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20448" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20451" CreationDate="2024-01-25T06:00:26.570" Score="9" ViewCount="274" Body="&lt;p&gt;In consultation with the Ask Ubuntu Community I would like to have some discussion and ideally &lt;em&gt;a firm policy&lt;/em&gt; on how we should deal with Answers or Comments that invite people to find their own answers in the man pages of the relevant application.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An example, &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/q/1498045/57576&quot;&gt;drawn from Ask Ubuntu&lt;/a&gt;, is this comment which gives some &lt;em&gt;hints&lt;/em&gt; about a script problem and then a requirement to read a man page:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Wrap your &lt;code&gt;autofix&lt;/code&gt; command in a bash script, and call that script from your &lt;code&gt;for&lt;/code&gt; loop. In the scrip you can control &lt;code&gt;autofix&lt;/code&gt;'s outputs, check it's exit status, trap segfaults, etc. Read man bash.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are such hints to read even &lt;em&gt;sections&lt;/em&gt; of a 5,223 page man page useful for the type of user most usually found on Ask Ubuntu? Please give your thoughts below and help us to formulate a policy for dealing effectively and kindly with this matter...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="57576" LastActivityDate="2024-01-30T06:18:09.870" Title="Do 'Read the man pages...' type comments and answers have a place on Ask Ubuntu?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="4" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20449" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20448" CreationDate="2024-01-25T07:12:28.543" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would argue no &lt;em&gt;in general&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;AskUbuntu tend to have novice users that are probably not &lt;em&gt;very&lt;/em&gt; familiar with either Ubuntu or the Terminal in the first place; they won't know how to interpret the &lt;code&gt;man&lt;/code&gt; page they're reading anyway, so it won't help.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This especially applies if there's many relevant man pages, or there's no indication for which section of a man page. An answer that point out that &lt;code&gt;man foo&lt;/code&gt;, section about &lt;code&gt;bar&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;em&gt;and quotes relevant parts of it&lt;/em&gt; may be a good answer. An answer that simply says &lt;code&gt;man foo&lt;/code&gt; is probably not.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In addition it goes kind of against the spirits of comments; If we believe the comment is helpful, it's an (bad) answer. And &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2281/please-stop-posting-half-answers-and-bad-advice-as-comments&quot;&gt;we don't want that in the comment section&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Teaching someone to use &lt;code&gt;man&lt;/code&gt; is, on the gripping hand, entirely fine. Explaining what &lt;code&gt;man&lt;/code&gt; is, and how it can be used to find answer to a particular question is Good(TM). But that probably involves hilighting a section, and may not be appropriate for novice users that havent ventured into a terminal yet...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="653515" LastEditorUserId="1066942" LastEditDate="2024-01-25T11:21:09.940" LastActivityDate="2024-01-25T11:21:09.940" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20450" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20442" CreationDate="2024-01-25T07:49:39.090" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Even if we weren't at our limit &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/20445/618353&quot;&gt;as Thomas said&lt;/a&gt;, I don't think that XY questions that need to be closed occur frequently enough that they would need a new closure reason.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The best option would be, in my opinion, to close such questions with a custom closure reason. To do that:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Click &lt;em&gt;Close&lt;/em&gt; below a question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Select &lt;strong&gt;A community-specific reason&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ZqgSr.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/ZqgSr.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Select &lt;strong&gt;Other - add a comment&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/eX69D.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/eX69D.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;There you can add your custom reason for closing the question. For example:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm voting to close this question because it is an &lt;a href=&quot;https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/XY_problem&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;XY problem&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Click the &lt;em&gt;Vote to close&lt;/em&gt; button.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="618353" LastEditorUserId="618353" LastEditDate="2024-02-03T12:34:05.967" LastActivityDate="2024-02-03T12:34:05.967" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20451" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20448" CreationDate="2024-01-25T08:01:53.237" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;I think there are several factors in play here that should be considered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I believe it's good practice to reference to the man pages for some questions that fits the right criteria, namely:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The question is about a terminal command.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The question is about the use of a specific identifiable command (e.g. &lt;code&gt;ls&lt;/code&gt;).&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In these cases I think it's recommended to explain where to find the asked functionality in the &lt;code&gt;man&lt;/code&gt; (or even &lt;code&gt;info&lt;/code&gt;) pages where relevant.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Optimally, the answer should include a quote of the relevant section of the &lt;code&gt;man&lt;/code&gt; or &lt;code&gt;info&lt;/code&gt; page, and then preferably a link to the Ubuntu &lt;code&gt;man&lt;/code&gt; page for the relevant distro. In the case of &lt;code&gt;ls&lt;/code&gt; on Ubuntu 22.04, &lt;a href=&quot;https://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/jammy/en/man1/ls.1.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;this link should be included&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1401980/why-does-the-ls-l-bin-command-show-only-1-file/1401984#1401984&quot;&gt;I have an answer&lt;/a&gt; that I think is a good example of referencing the &lt;code&gt;info&lt;/code&gt; page for &lt;code&gt;ls&lt;/code&gt; (because in this case, the additional description was in the &lt;code&gt;info&lt;/code&gt; page, not the &lt;code&gt;man&lt;/code&gt; page).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I also think there can be questions that are technical in nature (and fits the above criteria), where you could rightly say that if a user didn't even consult the man page first, it would qualify as &lt;em&gt;lack of research&lt;/em&gt;. But this again would entirely depend on the nature of the question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the question is clearly from a novice user, trying to do their best using the terminal, then I wouldn't expect familiarity with &lt;code&gt;man&lt;/code&gt; pages. But if the question is clearly from an expert user, involving advanced terminal options, then I would expect the user to have at least glanced at the &lt;code&gt;man&lt;/code&gt; page as part of their research.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But this could very well be a gray area, as there could be some questions in between, where it's difficult to determine what could &lt;em&gt;reasonably&lt;/em&gt; be expected from the user.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, I believe the example @andrew.46 includes is a good example of what &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; to do. Since the question is more about generally getting some things to work properly (and thus I don't think it fits the criteria I just lined out), just referencing the entire &lt;code&gt;man bash&lt;/code&gt; (without any more details given) is somewhat rude actually.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;h5&gt;Conclusion&lt;/h5&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Answers or Comments that invite people to find their own answers in the man pages of the relevant application&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;These have no place on Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;An answer that point out that &lt;code&gt;man foo&lt;/code&gt;, section about &lt;code&gt;bar&lt;/code&gt;, &lt;em&gt;and quotes relevant parts of it&lt;/em&gt; may be a good answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But this would be the way to do it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1066942" LastEditorUserId="1066942" LastEditDate="2024-01-25T11:19:32.667" LastActivityDate="2024-01-25T11:19:32.667" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20452" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20448" CreationDate="2024-01-25T15:57:40.307" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;I would like to make a case that points out that a generalized, &amp;quot;blanket&amp;quot; approach (rule(s)) might be less constructive than hoped.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Recently I have &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/a/1499851/1157519&quot;&gt;contributed an answer&lt;/a&gt; that later had proved to be useful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I had cut out time for it from my life at a time when I am incredibly overwhelmed with challenges of incredible volume and incredible consequences. In fact, my IRL challenges are so overwhelming that coming to AskUbuntu and successfully help others is a rare source of uplifting success in my life.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;In my answer, I had hinted at that I am not currently in a state to delve deep into a solution; I just shared a hunch that was cheap to produce. After that hunch had proved to be right, I aimed to help further by directing the asker in a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1499783/ubuntu-booting-directly-into-emergency-mode-after-removing-a-disk/1499851#comment2628367_1499851&quot;&gt;follow-up comment&lt;/a&gt; towards the relevant manual:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;[...] glad to be of help. Now that it's verified what the problem was, if you want, you can research the options used / usable in fstab. Maybe there are options that could be useful for you. &lt;code&gt;man fstab&lt;/code&gt; tells me that it may be the &lt;code&gt;nofail&lt;/code&gt; option. Seemingly this might enable you to reactivate the line —while equipping it with this option— and then temporarily remove additional external disks at ease, without having to edit fstab each time.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I suggest that my conduct —considering the current low availability of my resources— had found the optimal degree of investment from both the asker, and from me.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I aim to show that directing users towards manual pages can have a legit merit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;My takeaway is: when aiming for any policy, consider the user experience not only of the askers, but also the life circumstances of the answerers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Please aim for a solution that acknowledges and includes both.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1157519" LastActivityDate="2024-01-25T15:57:40.307" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20453" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20448" CreationDate="2024-01-30T06:18:09.870" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Directing someone to a manpage is a good idea, but not if it's used as a way to avoid giving an answer to the user's question in the body of the answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here would be some practices I would recommend:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;When writing an &lt;em&gt;answer&lt;/em&gt;, all the information that actually answers the user's question should be in the body of the answer.  If there are links to information on another site, or instructions to look up information elsewhere, they should provide additional information and not be required reading to understand the answer.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;If the entire answer to the user's question can be found at another location, then providing a link is a good idea, but the answer should also be transcribed, or included in the body of the answer as  quoted text.  If it is given as quoted text and the quote alone is not enough to properly answer the user's question without additional interpretation, additional text should be given in the answer to explain this.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Pertaining manpages in particular, in addition to the above (not solely relying on information elsewhere) it may be a good idea not only to link to the manpage (Ubuntu has manpages.ubuntu.com so you can always link to them), but to keep in mind the user may be unfamiliar with manpages, and may benefit from some background to what a manpage is and how to use one (&amp;quot;teach a man to fish&amp;quot; style).  &lt;a href=&quot;https://help.ubuntu.com/community/man&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;This&lt;/a&gt; article is the most helpful official article about that I found with a quick Google but there may be others.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some of this is already covered by pre-existing rules about link-only answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="54256" LastActivityDate="2024-01-30T06:18:09.870" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20454" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20455" CreationDate="2024-02-03T02:37:56.130" Score="2" ViewCount="112" Body="&lt;p&gt;My browser displays the user reputation in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/current&quot;&gt;the user's &lt;em&gt;Activity&lt;/em&gt; page&lt;/a&gt; without a graph:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Ey291.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/Ey291.png&quot; alt=&quot;screenshot of reputation section without a graph&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;How can I display the user reputation with a graph, as shown in the image below?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/n5bRB.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/n5bRB.png&quot; alt=&quot;screenshot of reputation section with a graph&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="767056" LastEditorUserId="618353" LastEditDate="2024-02-04T09:38:47.640" LastActivityDate="2024-02-04T21:00:56.833" Title="How to see the user's reputation graph?" Tags="|discussion|reputation|profile-page|reputation-graph|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20455" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20454" CreationDate="2024-02-03T02:37:56.130" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;You have three options:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Lower your browser's zoom level (I had to reduce it to 90% because I had &lt;em&gt;Hide left navigation&lt;/em&gt; disabled in &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/preferences/&quot;&gt;profile &lt;em&gt;Settings&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Enable &lt;em&gt;Hide left navigation&lt;/em&gt; in your &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/preferences/&quot;&gt;profile &lt;em&gt;Settings&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; so you can see the graph at 100% zoom.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Use a monitor that has a higher resolution.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Source:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/415576/the-reputation-graph-disappears-when-zooming-in-past-100&quot;&gt;The reputation graph disappears when zooming in past 100%&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="767056" LastEditorUserId="767056" LastEditDate="2024-02-04T21:00:56.833" LastActivityDate="2024-02-04T21:00:56.833" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20456" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2024-02-04T01:41:51.570" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;The reputation graphs are available to give visual representations of reputation gain/loss over time. A reputation graph is available in the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/current?tab=topactivity&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Activity&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; tab of your Ask Ubuntu profile. This bar graph shows your reputation gain/loss for each day. A line graph of all sites you participate with more than 200 reputation is available on the &lt;a href=&quot;https://stackexchange.com/users/current?tab=reputation&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;reputation&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; tab of your Network profile.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Examples,from the &lt;em&gt;Activity&lt;/em&gt; tab of a user profile:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/IgtgJ.gif&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/IgtgJ.gif&quot; alt=&quot;Cumulative line&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After clicking on the reputation graph:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/hSUhi.gif&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/hSUhi.gif&quot; alt=&quot;Detailed column charts&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="767056" LastEditorUserId="618353" LastEditDate="2024-02-06T10:05:03.243" LastActivityDate="2024-02-06T10:05:03.243" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20457" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2024-02-04T01:41:51.570" Score="0" Body="The reputation graphs are visual representations of reputation gain/loss over time and are found in the Activity tab of a user's profile. Use this tag for questions about the reputation graph listed in a user profile summary." OwnerUserId="767056" LastEditorUserId="618353" LastEditDate="2024-02-06T10:03:54.447" LastActivityDate="2024-02-06T10:03:54.447" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20459" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20365" CreationDate="2024-02-08T21:51:22.017" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;What you can do is use the email that you logged in to launchpad with and click recover account you will get the recovery email to reset your password and then you in.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1100768" LastActivityDate="2024-02-08T21:51:22.017" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20462" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2024-02-18T23:19:48.743" Score="2" ViewCount="72" Body="&lt;p&gt;I was able to figure out some useful details to a question that was asked about the .epub format...but when I wanted to share what I found (which was not in the answers), I can't because of the reputation system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I guess I'll just get on with my life instead of spending time increasing my reputation points, but is that really the best way to prevent spam on a site?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1768553" OwnerDisplayName="Chris Leger" LastActivityDate="2024-02-19T14:45:32.147" Title="If I have useful information to add to an answer, why do I need reputation to post it and how do I get it?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20463" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20462" CreationDate="2024-02-19T10:28:12.043" Score="7" Body="&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;… is that really the best way to prevent spam on a site?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I'm afraid it is, yes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I understand the frustration and it can feel pretty backwards when it's getting between you and &lt;em&gt;doing something good&lt;/em&gt;, but as somebody who has seen systems without these checks in place, the level of spam we're talking about stopping is almost unimaginable.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You also need to understand that this site runs on the time and sweat of its community. This is a very finite resource and we need to spend it carefully.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Questions and answers from new users are manually reviewed by 3-5 people&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;These (and other reviews) generate flags that also get reviewed.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Flagged issues also go can go up to one of a handful of moderators&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;We ask users to edit and improve any post they can&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;As well as voting, to help distinguish better questions and answers.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;And that's all before using their expertise to actually help people with their problems. Reviewers get to be reviewers by having reputation.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;On a question and answer site, comments are merely an occasional-but-necessary evil, a lubricant to help questions and answers get better.  But given we're already splitting our users time between answering questions and fixing bad ones, reviewing what would-be thousands of comments —many of them &amp;quot;thanks&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;+1&amp;quot;, and even more flagrant spam— I think keeping some focus on the questions and answers isn't a bad thing.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You can see more about privileges here: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You're really very welcome here, Chris, but there are differences between this and a forum. I believe those changes and quirks are what makes it effective.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastEditorUserId="449" LastEditDate="2024-02-19T14:45:32.147" LastActivityDate="2024-02-19T14:45:32.147" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20464" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2024-02-23T09:31:29.760" Score="49" ViewCount="3956" Body="&lt;p&gt;The Ask Ubuntu Community has lost a long time contributor from its ranks of esteemed contributors with the recent death of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/users/159370/gunnar-hjalmarsson?tab=profile&quot;&gt;Gunnar Hjalmarsson&lt;/a&gt;. Gunnar was a highly valued contributor to Ask Ubuntu for 10 years and 9 months.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;His profile tells us that on Ask Ubuntu he reached 4.4m people, crafted 1,061 answers and asked 3 questions. It saddens me that we do not know that much more about Gunnar, although &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/GunnarHj&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;his Ubuntu Wiki&lt;/a&gt; fills in a few gaps perhaps.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would welcome those who perhaps know Gunnar better to post answers or comments to this post so that we can all then better appreciate the man and his work beyond the bare details given here.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Our thoughts and condolences to the family of Gunnar Hjalmarsson...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="57576" LastEditorUserId="57576" LastEditDate="2024-03-09T05:33:00.663" LastActivityDate="2024-03-09T05:33:00.663" Title="Goodbye Gunnar Hjalmarsson 1958.10.06 - 2023.12.20" Tags="|discussion|in-memoriam|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20465" PostTypeId="5" CreationDate="2024-02-23T09:32:44.130" Score="0" Body="&lt;p&gt;For memorial posts about users who had a impact on Ask Ubuntu and who have passed away.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="57576" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2024-03-11T13:40:23.370" LastActivityDate="2024-03-11T13:40:23.370" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20466" PostTypeId="4" CreationDate="2024-02-23T09:32:44.130" Score="0" Body="This tag should be used on Meta posts relating to people who were important to the Ask Ubuntu community who have recently passed away. " OwnerUserId="57576" LastEditorUserId="57576" LastEditDate="2024-02-23T09:32:44.130" LastActivityDate="2024-02-23T09:32:44.130" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20467" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2024-02-25T20:33:43.073" Score="3" ViewCount="60" Body="&lt;p&gt;I've somehow fried my pc trying to install ubuntu and have a lot to write to describe symptoms, etc. Is this where people do that kind of thing or is there somewhere less official where people go for more complex questions?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1769725" OwnerDisplayName="Dylan" LastActivityDate="2024-02-27T05:34:35.013" Title="Is this the best place to ask complex questions?" Tags="|discussion|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20468" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20464" CreationDate="2024-02-26T15:32:51.793" Score="29" Body="&lt;p&gt;Gunnar played an important role in Debian-packaging and distributing IBus Avro, a phonetic keyboard for the Bangla (my native) language, as well such packages for as many other languages.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I can easily set up the tools for writing Bangla in my computer partly due to the efforts of Gunnar.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Despite not being a native speaker of this language, he would put extreme efforts to help with the bug reports in GitHub, many of which were reported in Bangla. He would patiently use online translators to understand the cause of frustration of the users.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;He once commented about the decline in the number of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/search?tab=newest&amp;amp;q=avro&amp;amp;searchOn=3&quot;&gt;questions&lt;/a&gt; in Ask Ubuntu about IBus Avro, which means, people are having less trouble configuring it. In other words, his efforts for distributing the software were very successful.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;He also had a thorough knowledge of how to configure input methods in all kinds of desktop interfaces as well as in all versions of Ubuntu, which had different underlying settings.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;He was an active contributor to IBus and other similar tools, and helped with the development and packaging of writing tools in many languages, not just Bangla.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While I did not know him personally, I interacted with him on several occasions in Ask Ubuntu and GitHub. He was always very kind in answering my questions in Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;While Gunnar's absence will be felt, his contributions will continue to benefit millions of users who write in their native scripts on Debian based operating systems. He will definitely be remembered.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="124466" LastEditorUserId="124466" LastEditDate="2024-02-26T22:25:15.737" LastActivityDate="2024-02-26T22:25:15.737" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20469" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20467" CreationDate="2024-02-27T05:34:35.013" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;If possible, break your complex problem into several smaller, simpler problems, each asked separately.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;AskUbuntu works best with simple, answerable questions: &amp;quot;How do I troubleshoot XYZ?&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;What does XYZ mean?&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If you need interactive help (i.e. lots of followup questions), then &lt;a href=&quot;https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IRC/ChannelList&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;IRC&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ubuntuforums.org&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;UbuntuForums&lt;/a&gt; might be a better fit.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Don't forget to try the search bar with each simpler question. Maybe it was asked already. And answered. If you discover a newer or better answer, add it to that question!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="19626" LastActivityDate="2024-02-27T05:34:35.013" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20470" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20464" CreationDate="2024-02-27T08:03:36.193" Score="18" Body="&lt;p&gt;I used to watch for LP bug reports related to languages with RTL scripts (Like: Arabic, Persian, Hebrew, Urdu ...), i18n &amp;amp; l10n in general. That time, the translations were incomplete for may components of the core system.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Later, I joined Ask Ubuntu to learn more about these issues from users directly. There where I saw many posts got handled by Mr. Gunnar. He managed to give support for many users here and in launchpad even with slow response ones.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Part of the knowledge I have is from his contributions. Thank you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="26246" LastActivityDate="2024-02-27T08:03:36.193" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20471" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2024-03-04T11:54:00.637" Score="2" ViewCount="42" Body="&lt;p&gt;Yesterday I posted in Ask Ubuntu a question about &lt;code&gt;dnsmasq&lt;/code&gt;, and it was a large post with all important details, what I have tried already, the error messages, and it became really long - more than I usually see in Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Today, some minutes ago, I deleted the first post and did a new one, a lot more summarized, because I think it is better like that: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1506431/dnsmasq-configuration-for-tftp-proxydhcp-in-ubuntu-server-22-04-3-lts&quot;&gt;dnsmasq configuration for TFTP + ProxyDHCP in Ubuntu Server 22.04.3 LTS&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Some minutes later, I received a downvote and I don't know why.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Can anybody tell me what is wrong in that new post?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="729604" LastEditorUserId="618353" LastEditDate="2024-03-04T13:04:05.073" LastActivityDate="2024-03-04T13:04:05.073" Title="About a post in AskUbuntu that received a downvote" Tags="|discussion|downvoting|" AnswerCount="0" CommentCount="2" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20472" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20474" CreationDate="2024-03-04T22:20:22.517" Score="5" ViewCount="80" Body="&lt;p&gt;I posted a comment, and I can't edit it anymore. Why?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We &lt;em&gt;can&lt;/em&gt; edit questions, even after a while.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1749634" LastEditorUserId="618353" LastEditDate="2024-03-05T07:50:56.757" LastActivityDate="2024-03-05T07:50:56.757" Title="Why can't we edit comments?" Tags="|discussion|editing|comments|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20473" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20472" CreationDate="2024-03-05T00:36:45.443" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;There is a 5 minute timeout for comment revisions.  Only moderators and staff have unrestricted comment editing.  If you are trying to do a &lt;em&gt;minor&lt;/em&gt; revision then don't worry about it.  If you have something &lt;em&gt;NEW&lt;/em&gt; to add, just add another comment.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="10616" LastActivityDate="2024-03-05T00:36:45.443" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20474" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20472" CreationDate="2024-03-05T02:52:59.450" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;The goal of Ask Ubuntu is to create a high quality reference library of questions and answers. It makes sense that posts can be revised and improved. Comments are supposed to facilitate the improvement of posts, for example by pointing out the need for corrections. Once a comment has served its purpose, it ought to be removed (in practice, comments serve a variety of purposes and sometimes deserve to stick around for longer).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think one reason we can't edit comments is that comments are somewhat conversational and being able to edit them could create confusion about what was said, especially when comments become argumentative!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Another reason might be just to avoid maintaining extensive revision histories for large numbers of comments, when comments are considered relatively unimportant anyway.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/20473/527764&quot;&gt;mentioned by Thomas Ward&lt;/a&gt; you do get a bit of time to fix the typos and wording of your comment. As a person who doesn't think enough before starting to type, I used to occasionally get frustrated that the comment fixing grace period would expire before I was done. The thing to do in that case is just delete the comment and write it anew.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2024-03-05T02:52:59.450" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20475" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20482" CreationDate="2024-03-05T08:54:27.217" Score="4" ViewCount="79" Body="&lt;p&gt;We have a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/language-support&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;language-support&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;language-support&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;tag-language-support-tooltip-container&quot;&gt;language-support&lt;/a&gt; tag which has the following guidance:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions related to the language support provided by Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We also have a &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/language&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;language&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;language&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;tag-language-tooltip-container&quot;&gt;language&lt;/a&gt; tag  which has the following guidance:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Questions that relate to the use of different languages in Ubuntu&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is obvious that the tags are similar in scope, identical I might say.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think that we don't need both and I suggest that we make the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/language-support&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;language-support&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;language-support&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;tag-language-support-tooltip-container&quot;&gt;language-support&lt;/a&gt; tag a synonym of &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/language&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;language&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;language&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;tag-language-tooltip-container&quot;&gt;language&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="618353" LastActivityDate="2024-03-14T05:52:19.040" Title="Do we support [language-support]?" Tags="|discussion|tags|tag-synonyms|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20476" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20478" CreationDate="2024-03-11T18:41:37.990" Score="7" ViewCount="112" Body="&lt;p&gt;My &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1506762/error-while-installing-balena-etcher&quot;&gt;question&lt;/a&gt; on Ask Ubuntu was flagged as duplicate. The post that was said to be my dupe did not apply to my circumstances, so I edited my question and voted for its reopening.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How many votes do I have to get so my answer would be reopened?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Are there any other alternative ways to reopen questions?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Are there any ways I can bring more attention to a question other than bounties?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;It is not that I am going to perish as a result of my question not being answered on AskUbuntu, but it would help a lot.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1749634" LastEditorUserId="1438484" LastEditDate="2024-03-15T16:11:54.267" LastActivityDate="2024-03-15T16:11:54.267" Title="How to bring more attention to a non-duplicate" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|bounty|reopen-request|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20477" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20476" CreationDate="2024-03-11T19:41:08.590" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A. 1&lt;/strong&gt;: You need &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/reopen-questions&quot;&gt;5 re-open votes&lt;/a&gt;. As soon as you edit your question, it goes into the &amp;quot;Reopen Queue&amp;quot; (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/reopen&quot;&gt;https://askubuntu.com/review/reopen&lt;/a&gt;) where users can vote to reopen if your edit satisfied them that it isn't a duplicate.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A. 2&lt;/strong&gt;:The only other alternative is coming here, as you have done. Note, however, that it won't be very well received if you just come to complain. If you post civil, reasonable questions as you have done here, it should be fine. Your only other option is to leave a comment addressed to one of the users who closed your question, telling them you have edited to clarify.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A. 3&lt;/strong&gt;: Not really. A bounty is your best bet to call attention to a question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, in the specific case of your question, if you have activated the universe repositories as the output of your &lt;code&gt;apt update&lt;/code&gt; suggests, please mention that explicitly in the question and explain how. Perhaps also show us the contents of your &lt;code&gt;/etc/apt/sources.list&lt;/code&gt;. I had to search for the word &lt;code&gt;universe&lt;/code&gt; in the output and that isn't easy to find.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="85695" LastEditorUserId="57576" LastEditDate="2024-03-15T09:40:51.570" LastActivityDate="2024-03-15T09:40:51.570" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20478" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20476" CreationDate="2024-03-11T20:16:45.073" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;First a few words on how the reopening mechanism works. You can read more in the relevant Help Center article: &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/reopen-questions&quot;&gt;What if I disagree with the closure of a question? How can I reopen it?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;A closed question can be reopened either by the community or by a moderator. For a question to be reopened by the community, it needs to get 5 reopen votes. However, moderators can reopen any closed question single-handedly, without requiring the 5 votes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There are two ways that the reopening process can be initiated for a closed question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Either the OP (you in this case) or a user edits the question and checks the &lt;strong&gt;Submit for review&lt;/strong&gt; option:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/dLXAX.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/dLXAX.png&quot; alt=&quot;Submit for review option after editing a closed question&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Either the OP or a user clicks the &lt;em&gt;Reopen&lt;/em&gt; button right below the question, if they have the required reputation (&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/close-questions&quot;&gt;3000 reputation points&lt;/a&gt;):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/pYqbk.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/pYqbk.png&quot; alt=&quot;Reopen button below a closed question&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The screenshot above is from your own question.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Both of the above ways lead to the question sent to a special queue, the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/reopen&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Reopen votes&lt;/em&gt; queue&lt;/a&gt;. There the community votes to either reopen the question or leave it closed:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/6J8X1.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/6J8X1.png&quot; alt=&quot;Votes for the question in the Reopen votes queue&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;As you can see, your question currently has received 2 &lt;em&gt;Reopen&lt;/em&gt; and 2 &lt;em&gt;Leave Closed&lt;/em&gt; votes in the &lt;em&gt;Reopen votes&lt;/em&gt; queue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr /&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now, addressing your questions:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;How many votes do I have to get so my answer would be reopened?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You need 5 reopen votes, as I described above. These votes should not be confused with upvotes or downvotes that a question has. As you can see in the screenshot of your question I shared above, your question had 3 reopen votes at the time the screenshot was taken.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Are there any other ways to reopen questions?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The two ways to reopen questions are described above. Additionally, if you have tried to reopen your question but it hasn't been reopened and you strongly believe that it should have, you can ask here or let us know in one of the two main chatrooms of the site: &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/3877/raiders-of-the-lost-downboat&quot;&gt;Raiders of the Lost Downboat&lt;/a&gt;, a room specifically used for moderation purposes (such as voting to reopen or close questions, flagging, etc.) or &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/201/ask-ubuntu-general-room&quot;&gt;Ask Ubuntu General Room&lt;/a&gt;, a general-purpose room.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol start=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Are there any ways I can bring more attention to a question other than bounties?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;You cannot add a bounty to a closed question, so adding a bounty is not really an option for your current case. What can, however, increase the chances of your question getting reopened is to edit it and explain clearly why you disagree with the closing reason, in this case with the question that your question is closed as a duplicate of. This way the reviewers will know that you have, for example, tried the suggestions in that question and that they haven't worked for you.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="618353" LastEditorUserId="618353" LastEditDate="2024-03-12T12:47:31.297" LastActivityDate="2024-03-12T12:47:31.297" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20479" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20480" CreationDate="2024-03-14T03:02:51.643" Score="7" ViewCount="88" Body="&lt;p&gt;Recently an election took place on Stack Overflow.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;When is the next moderator election on Ask Ubuntu scheduled?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;What are the intervals between elections?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Where and when can I &lt;em&gt;participate&lt;/em&gt; in the election (as a candidate)?&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1749634" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2024-03-14T05:37:17.343" LastActivityDate="2024-03-14T05:37:17.343" Title="When is the next moderator election?" Tags="|discussion|election|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20480" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20479" CreationDate="2024-03-14T05:34:44.750" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;To answer your questions in numerical sequence:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;When is the next moderator election on Ask Ubuntu scheduled?&lt;/strong&gt; There is currently (as of March 14th 2024) &lt;em&gt;no&lt;/em&gt; forthcoming election scheduled for Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What are the intervals between elections?&lt;/strong&gt; Elections are not scheduled at regular intervals, they are held when either Moderator numbers are down, workload is heavy, or a combination of these two events. There will usually be some negotiation and discussion between the elected Moderators and the Community Managers on this subject when appropriate.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Where and when can I participate in the election (as a candidate)?&lt;/strong&gt; Elections are held here on Meta and you can nominate yourself if you are a community member in good standing with at least 300 reputation.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Bear in mind the work of an elected Moderator on Ask Ubuntu can be difficult at times but it is always, &lt;em&gt;always&lt;/em&gt; worthwhile work.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Bear in mind as well that this process is &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/396431/what-would-you-like-to-change-about-the-moderator-election-process&quot;&gt;under review&lt;/a&gt; at the moment...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="57576" LastActivityDate="2024-03-14T05:34:44.750" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20481" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20479" CreationDate="2024-03-14T05:35:21.610" Score="6" Body="&lt;p&gt;Unlike, say, elections for political representatives, moderator elections are held on Stack Exchange sites not at regular intervals but simply when current moderators or staff decide that one or more additional moderators are needed.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;There is no election scheduled at the moment for Ask Ubuntu.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;However, *sneak preview alert*, recent backstage discussions suggest an election may be forthcoming some time soon.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Here's what will happen when an election is scheduled:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A staff member will post here on meta announcing the upcoming election, detailing the timeline and how many mod seats are going to be filled.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Community members with at least 300 reputation will be invited to stand as a candidate in the election by writing a brief nomination post in the election page. It's really easy.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Candidates will complete a questionnaire to give the voting community an idea of their style and approach.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Voting will take place after the nomination period. Community members with at least 150 reputation will be able to vote to elect moderators.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The successful candidate(s) will &lt;s&gt;undergo a rigorous training regime&lt;/s&gt; get started right away.&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;NB: &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/396924/changing-how-community-leadership-works-on-stack-exchange-a-proposal-and-rough&quot;&gt;All of this may change in the future&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2024-03-14T05:35:21.610" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20482" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20475" CreationDate="2024-03-14T05:52:19.040" Score="2" Body="&lt;p&gt;A small community consensus but nevertheless a consensus. So:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;I have merged &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/language&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;language&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;language&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;tag-language-tooltip-container&quot;&gt;language&lt;/a&gt; into &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/language-support&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;language-support&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;language-support&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;tag-language-support-tooltip-container&quot;&gt;language-support&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Subsequently&lt;/em&gt; I have created &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/language&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;language&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;language&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;tag-language-tooltip-container&quot;&gt;language&lt;/a&gt; as a synonym for &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/language-support&quot; class=&quot;post-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;language-support&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;language-support&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;tag-language-support-tooltip-container&quot;&gt;language-support&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ol&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Perhaps a little backwards but it is all working well enough...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="57576" LastActivityDate="2024-03-14T05:52:19.040" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20483" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20485" CreationDate="2024-03-18T17:31:59.607" Score="6" ViewCount="126" Body="&lt;p&gt;What to do when there are two &lt;em&gt;different&lt;/em&gt; questions but they can be solved with the same answer (such as &amp;quot;What is 3 + 1&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;What is 2 + 2&amp;quot;)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Look at this question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1507882/icons-from-my-home-directory-in-23-10/1507888#1507888&quot;&gt;Icons from my Home Directory in 23.10&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Now observe this one:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/questions/1507849/all-folders-visible-in-desktop-linux/1507891#1507891&quot;&gt;All folders visible in desktop linux&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have answered the first question and was about to answer the second but caught myself on the thought that I was basically saying the same thing as in the first answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;What do we do in this case? The questions &lt;em&gt;are not&lt;/em&gt; duplicates but can be solved in the same way. Would we &lt;em&gt;still&lt;/em&gt; flag one of the posts as duplicate of the other (because the solutions are are the same)?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1749634" LastEditorUserId="1749634" LastEditDate="2024-04-01T17:10:53.960" LastActivityDate="2024-04-01T17:15:00.433" Title="How do we handle questions that are different but could be solved by the same answer?" Tags="|discussion|duplicates|" AnswerCount="5" CommentCount="1" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20484" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20483" CreationDate="2024-03-19T05:16:03.533" Score="5" Body="&lt;h2&gt;&amp;quot;YES and NO&amp;quot;&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are valid answers to many questions in life.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So are &lt;strong&gt;&amp;quot;TRUE&amp;quot;&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;&amp;quot;FALSE&amp;quot;&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;quot;Check to make sure the computer is plugged in&amp;quot;&lt;/strong&gt; may be a valid answer to many Ubuntu questions.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the answer suits the question and is valid, it is the right answer.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="43926" LastActivityDate="2024-03-19T05:16:03.533" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20485" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20483" CreationDate="2024-03-19T08:06:16.993" Score="8" Body="&lt;p&gt;When deciding whether to flag or vote to close a question as duplicate, I ask this question:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Could a useful answer to this question exist that would not make sense if posted to the proposed target?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If the answer is yes, then don't close, because closing shuts down the potential for useful answers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I also agree with people who say this another way: that it's not enough for the target to have an answer that could work for the proposed dupe question; the question itself must be the same.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;After all, our goal is not to close as many questions as possible or to have as few questions as possible!&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="527764" LastEditDate="2024-03-19T14:41:08.247" LastActivityDate="2024-03-19T14:41:08.247" CommentCount="4" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20486" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20487" CreationDate="2024-03-20T22:33:19.783" Score="0" ViewCount="29" Body="&lt;p&gt;Really not about Ubuntu, but I have recently noticed some people using this symbol &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;3&lt;/code&gt; on Ask Ubuntu and Ask Ubuntu Meta. What does it mean? Is it some secret code that only certain people understand?.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Thanks in advance.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1749634" LastActivityDate="2024-03-21T09:58:25.777" Title="What does this symbol mean?" Tags="|discussion|comments|symbols|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20487" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20486" CreationDate="2024-03-20T22:56:46.977" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;It's a heart, tilted 90 degrees clockwise.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;❤️ ~ &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;3&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1066942" LastEditorUserId="1066942" LastEditDate="2024-03-21T09:58:25.777" LastActivityDate="2024-03-21T09:58:25.777" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20488" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20493" CreationDate="2024-03-21T18:14:42.710" Score="1" ViewCount="52" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/2290/what-does-the-site-look-like-to-a-moderator&quot;&gt;What does the site look like to a moderator?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Has anything changed from 12 years ago?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1749634" LastActivityDate="2024-03-22T10:27:14.587" Title="What does the site look like to a moderator? (2.0)" Tags="|discussion|moderation|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20489" PostTypeId="1" AcceptedAnswerId="20490" CreationDate="2024-03-22T02:25:48.040" Score="1" ViewCount="62" Body="&lt;p&gt;I know what this means, but it has been like that for about 24 hours. Only once one of my edits was acknowledged, and then this message again. Are there &lt;em&gt;so many&lt;/em&gt; pending edits that people are not being able to check them?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1749634" LastActivityDate="2024-03-22T15:37:11.300" Title="&quot;You have too many pending edits&quot;" Tags="|discussion|editing|suggested-edits|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20490" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20489" CreationDate="2024-03-22T08:10:47.437" Score="4" Body="&lt;p&gt;Sorry about that. Suggested edits to be reviewed used to show up much more prominently in the top bar. &lt;em&gt;Grumble grumble, back in my day, etc etc&lt;/em&gt;. We keep having this problem. I'm not sure how to solve it. Please do become a prolific reviewer of Suggested Edits once you earn the privilege ;)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;By the way...&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/W6R6L.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/W6R6L.png&quot; alt=&quot;Suggested edit review page example&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I rejected that. Please don't remove the link text entirely. Keep it as alt text if it is not needed or replace it with something more informative. Also make images links with this syntax:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;[![alt text here][1]][1]&#xA;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastActivityDate="2024-03-22T08:10:47.437" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20491" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2024-03-22T09:35:26.490" Score="10" ViewCount="199" Body="&lt;p&gt;Some of y'all may remember that way back in the mists of time, &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/19334/happy-10th-anniversary-to-ask-ubuntu&quot;&gt;we celebrated Ask Ubuntu's 10th birthday with some chat-based workshops&lt;/a&gt;. That was pretty cool.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The other day &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/users/1066942/artur-meinild&quot;&gt;Artur Meinild&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/65366360&quot;&gt;mentioned&lt;/a&gt; that he would be interested in running a workshop (on using Docker at home) in the near future (reminding me that I had said I would some day do the vaguely planned second series of my command line basics sessions O_O).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The upcoming LTS release (which always brings more people to Ask Ubuntu) seems like a good excuse to organize workshops.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;So, does anyone have any ideas for chat workshops or other fun activities?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="527764" LastEditorUserId="57576" LastEditDate="2024-04-03T07:29:16.587" LastActivityDate="2024-04-03T07:29:16.587" Title="Let's organize some chat workshops" Tags="|discussion|featured|community|" AnswerCount="2" CommentCount="5" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20492" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20491" CreationDate="2024-03-22T10:12:12.070" Score="7" Body="&lt;p&gt;As @Zanna mentioned, I would like to arrange a session on using Docker Engine (Community Edition) on home servers.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I imagine the following agenda for the session(s):&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Introduction to and installing Docker&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The basics: Using Docker CLI&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;The basics: Docker Networking&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Tip #1: Create a script to start your containers&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Case #1: ??? &lt;em&gt;(Open to suggestions - running your first container)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Tip #2: Use persistent volumes (bind mounts)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Case #2: Install a Docker Web GUI (Portainer)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Tip #3: Using Docker Compose&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Case #3: Install a Docker Compose Web GUI (Dockge)&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I think this workshop could very well be held over several 1 hour sessions (maybe 1 week in between), to allow for questions etc.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Also, there is a practicality in that this session should be held after the Docker repos are updated to support Ubuntu 24.04. I think this usually takes 2-4 weeks after the LTS release, so we'll have to see and arrange the session as soon as it becomes available.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;If anyone have questions or suggestions for the agenda, please post them here as comments, and I'll try and take it into account for the session.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1066942" LastEditorUserId="1066942" LastEditDate="2024-03-25T07:21:47.990" LastActivityDate="2024-03-25T07:21:47.990" CommentCount="7" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20493" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20488" CreationDate="2024-03-22T10:27:14.587" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;To quote my last answer, &lt;em&gt;it's not drastically different&lt;/em&gt;. 95%+ of moderator time is the the same old flag queue though.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;But the tools accessible through the admin section are slightly better laid out (see below) so we can find niche tools a bit easier. We also have a little more access to see what's going on than we did before. They're pretty slight changes.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/pha4T.png&quot; alt=&quot;Admin links&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="449" LastActivityDate="2024-03-22T10:27:14.587" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20494" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20489" CreationDate="2024-03-22T15:31:52.610" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;I completely agree with &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.askubuntu.com/a/20490/618353&quot;&gt;@Zanna's answer&lt;/a&gt; and rejection reason for your edit (I also &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/1344807&quot;&gt;rejected the edit&lt;/a&gt; for the same reason).&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I would like to make clear, though, that the reason why you got the message &lt;em&gt;&amp;quot;You have too many pending edits&amp;quot;&lt;/em&gt; is not that the &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Suggested edits&lt;/em&gt; review queue&lt;/a&gt; is full. It's almost empty right now actually and in quite good shape in terms of edits waiting for review.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The real reason that you got the message is because a user with less than 2000 rep (i.e. without &lt;a href=&quot;https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges/edit&quot;&gt;editing privileges&lt;/a&gt;) can only suggest up to 5 edits at any given time. So, if you have 5 edits pending review and try to suggest another one, you will get the message. If then one of your suggested edits gets reviewed, you will be able to suggest another edit, but if you try to suggest one more you will get the same message again, because your pending edits are already 5. In other words, it's like a personal queue, unrelated to the number of posts waiting for review in the &lt;em&gt;Suggested edits&lt;/em&gt; queue.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Finally, keep in mind that the reason for some delays in reviews of suggested edits can be attributed to the time difference, which is of course related to the fact that not many people participate in the review queues.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="618353" LastEditorUserId="618353" LastEditDate="2024-03-22T15:37:11.300" LastActivityDate="2024-03-22T15:37:11.300" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20495" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2024-03-25T21:29:17.747" Score="1" ViewCount="60" Body="&lt;p&gt;I have just noticed that the menu has been improved:&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/1Lokj.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/1Lokj.png&quot; alt=&quot;Menu&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Are there other improvements, if any?&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1749634" LastEditorUserId="1749634" LastEditDate="2024-03-25T21:51:37.683" LastActivityDate="2024-03-26T16:22:50.500" Title="UI has been changed?" Tags="|discussion|style|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20496" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20495" CreationDate="2024-03-25T22:32:25.830" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;Whether or not you consider a design choice is an improvement is up to you. That said, see the &lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/StackExchange/Stacks&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;Stacks GitHub repo&lt;/a&gt;* releases section, and specifically &lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/StackExchange/Stacks/releases&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;the changelog for each release&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;That specific change was made &lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/StackExchange/Stacks/releases/tag/v2.3.0&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;in Stacks release v2.3.0&lt;/a&gt;. (It's the change labeled Important in purple text)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;hr&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;*Stacks is the design system Stack Exchange uses for the SE network.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1438484" LastEditorUserId="1438484" LastEditDate="2024-03-26T16:22:50.500" LastActivityDate="2024-03-26T16:22:50.500" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20497" PostTypeId="1" CreationDate="2024-03-26T17:05:03.920" Score="3" ViewCount="57" Body="&lt;p&gt;I noticed yesterday that the UI for AskUbuntu has changed, but I’m having an issue with the search field on an iPhone with the Safari browser. As it stands, there are two spyglasses in the top menu bar, and when either one is selected, the search field is not displayed properly.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The symptoms are the same with DuckDuckGo browser as well.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/2LnY1.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/2LnY1l.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/DSQ41.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/DSQ41l.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/9VHMt.png&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.stack.imgur.com/9VHMtl.png&quot; alt=&quot;enter image description here&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1684306" LastEditorUserId="618353" LastEditDate="2024-03-26T20:19:17.750" LastActivityDate="2024-03-27T19:19:24.647" Title="The new UI has two search fields on an iPhone and does not display properly" Tags="|bug|user-interface|searching|search|" AnswerCount="1" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20498" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20497" CreationDate="2024-03-26T18:39:44.987" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Update:&lt;/strong&gt; This has been fixed, and the MSE report has been marked &lt;a href=&quot;/questions/tagged/status-completed&quot; class=&quot;post-tag moderator-tag&quot; title=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;status-completed&amp;#39;&quot; aria-label=&quot;show questions tagged &amp;#39;status-completed&amp;#39;&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot; aria-labelledby=&quot;tag-status-completed-tooltip-container&quot;&gt;status-completed&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;This has been &lt;a href=&quot;https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/398680/1081494&quot;&gt;reported on MSE&lt;/a&gt;, and SE staff are working on fixing it.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;&lt;s&gt;I'll update this once it gets fixed.&lt;/s&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="1438484" LastEditorUserId="1438484" LastEditDate="2024-03-27T19:19:24.647" LastActivityDate="2024-03-27T19:19:24.647" CommentCount="3" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20499" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20491" CreationDate="2024-03-28T08:23:36.907" Score="5" Body="&lt;p&gt;I could do a session on setting up zigbee2mqtt + homeassistant in Docker if there's any interest in that.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Would be a good and natural follow up to Arthur Meinild's Docker presentation :)&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;ul&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Setting up HomeAssistant in Docker&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Setting up zigbee2mqtt&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;Adding devices&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;li&gt;A bit on automation perhaps&lt;/li&gt;&#xA;&lt;/ul&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="653515" LastActivityDate="2024-03-28T08:23:36.907" CommentCount="6" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
  <row Id="20500" PostTypeId="2" ParentId="20209" CreationDate="2024-03-29T18:42:16.187" Score="3" Body="&lt;p&gt;This is sensible. Users still have the option to ask ChatGPT or another LLM themselves if they wish to. However, on a platform where every answer has a person's name attached to it, users should be able to safely assume that it was written by that person.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Current LLMs are often not correct in the information they provide, but format it in a highly convincing manner. When a user gets output from a LLM directly, they may know to scrutinize it accordingly. However, when this output masquerades as something produced by a person, the user doesn't have this opportunity.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;" OwnerUserId="562485" LastActivityDate="2024-03-29T18:42:16.187" CommentCount="0" ContentLicense="CC BY-SA 4.0" />
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